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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-24

Rags Wanted-The Reporter Of.
fee wants to buy quantity Of clean
cotton rags. Must not be less than
IL inches square. aud larger prefer.
red. Will pay 2 cents per pound
We cannot use heavy WOODEN raSa
Bring in your rags and get the
monsv
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-24
Results of War in Europe.

| Some newspaper man has tabulat-
ed the results so far accomplished by
the Germans in their campaigns
against the allies in Europe. This
tabulation is as follows:
1. Conquest of Belgium, including
antwerp and Zeebrugge.
2. Occupation of the northern part
of France, including Lille.
3. Occupation of Russian Poland
and the effective holding up of the
Russian armies.
4. Destruction of Serbia and the
establishment with the help of Bull
garia of through route to Constan.
tinople.
5. Check to the British attempt TO
pierce the Dardanelles.
This is certainly rather formidable
list of accomplishments for the CEN
trail power to have achieved in the
year and half the war has been in
operation. But the allies are consol-
ing themselves with the fact that the
Germans have failed to accomplish
the following objects:
/. Failed to crush the French ar
mics.
2. Failed to crush the Russian ar
mics.
8. Failed even to wound Great
Britain.
4. Paris and Calais remain untak-
en-.
5. Petrograd and Moscow are in
tact
6. England's seapower mistaken
while German submarine warfare
dies down
z. rallied to save her colonies.
s. Failed to stem the sure attri-
ton OF German strength in men and
material.
However, ones preference may be
with reference to this war it will be
conceded that the man who tabulat-
ed these facts has given pretty fair
epitome of the situation as it stands
today. Without any question the
war is one of attrition and it is a
question whether German efficiency
can prevail over the unquestioned
superiority of the allies in resources.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-24

Order cut flowers and loral de-
signs from Q. E. Hall, local agent OF
Lozier, Of Des Moines, at The Re-
porter Office. Orders sent BY phone
or mail, but order as early a. posi-
bio.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-24
Motorcycle

New and rebuilt, on monthly pay.
ment plan. Dealers and riders want.
I'd. Eagle Motor Co., Cedar Falls.
owa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-02-24
Presbyterian Church.

Sunday school ..g....... 9:45 a. m.
Morning service -. 80. 1900 a. m.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08
TRADES
COUNCIL
N E w S

Council met at 8 p. m. Vice Prest-
dent Grant presiding.
The boycott on 5rause Brothers,
Baltimore clothing manufacturers,
makers of High Art clothes, was
removed on request Of the United
Garment Workers of Baltimore.
The members of Lognshoremen's
Union No. 3S are being blacldisted by
the boss stevedores and are seeking
aid from outside unions. Here is an
other case of broken promises The
time is soon coming when the word Of
employers and bosses cannot be taken
with substantial guarantee.
The Carmen Manufacturing Co. of
Portland, Ore, makers Of mattresses,
bedding, etc, have been declared un-
fair by the Upholsterers' Union Of
Portland.
The committee on ARRANGEMENTS for
the State Federation Of Labor, to meet
here January %, was increased to
eight. The committee now comprises
Brothers Wagner, Hoffner Vingen,
Mills, Mrs. Altman, Grant, Ingersoll
and Bonem.
Reports of Unions
Electrical Workers had no meeting,
but reported the grand social and
financial success of their dances on
Thanksgiving eve and THANKSGIVING
night.
Plumbers reported good meeting
Pressmen had full attendance at
their last meeting and reported all
members working.
Stage Employees reported good
meeting and the opening Of the Rialto
Theatre, formerly the Grand.
Teamsters had good meeting.
Lathers had GOOD meeting
Building Trades Council had good
meeting.
The election Of delegates to the
State Federation of Labor was held.
There were two delegates and two
alternates to be elected, resulting as
follows:
H. w. Watt, Vic Olson, 0. F. Wef-
ferling, Geo. Vingen and NJ. J. Grant
were nominated The vote resulted in
the selection of George Vingen and
Vic Olson for delegates. NJ J. Grant
and o. F. Wefferling were chosen for
alternates.
The chair appointed A. w Stanley,
Jake Michel and Robert Mills as the
committee on organization and visit
ing unions.
After a general discussion Of topics
of interest to the unions the Council
adjourned
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08
UNITED MINE WORKERS
PLAN PENSION SYSTEM

Approximately 100000 coal miners
in the United States and Canada will
be relieved from the fear of pauperism
in their old age by the terms of an old
age pension plan to be submitted to
the next biennial convention of the
United Mine Workers of America by
a special committee of it's members
appointed by President John p White.
The committee, consisting of Will
liam Mitchell Of Iowa, John HutchisOn
Of Indiana and Evan Evans of Illinois,
is now drafting its final report after
an investigation lasting four months.
1t will advise against the establish
ment of a home for aged miners, on
the ground that men of advanced
years should be enabled to obtain re-
lief without leaving their families and
living in an institution.
A per capita tax of 25 cents per
month to be levied on the 100000
members of the United Mine Workers
during the next five years and the
payment after 1928 of a monthly pen
sion of $40 to all miners more than 65
years of age, is recommended by the
committee Miners under 65 years of
age who are incapacitated by accident
and who have no means of support
would receive a like amount. No
miner would be eligible until he had
been continuously a member of the
organization for ten years and had
paid the pension tax for five years.
The committee was appointed by
President John p. White last spring
under authority of resolution
adopted at the last biennial conven-
tion in Indianapolis. It's report will
be acted upon at the next convention
in Indianapolis in January, 1918 1t
has visited the homes for aged union
maintained by the Interna-
tional Typographical Union at Colo
rado Springs and by the Printing
Pressmen and Assistants Union at
Tenn, as well as several
homes maintained by fraternal socie-
ties and by the government for old
As reslt Of its investigations, the
estimates that at least 1000
miners, on the basis of the present
would be eligible for
under the proposed plan. If
a per capita tax of 25 cents a month
IS levied by the next biennial conven-
lion, the committee estimates that at
The end of five years, during which no
would be paid, the organiza-
lion would have a pension fund of
S5OOO,O00 principal, the interest on
which would thereafter largely meet
he cost of the system Payments
could then be increased, the age limit
lowered or the per capita pension tax
reduced
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08
HEADS OF INDUSTRY
ARE TO BLAME

Industry in America is on a war
basis. 1t must be put on a peace basis
if the questions agitating industry are
ever to be solved" declared Miss Ida
M, Tarbell, teacher, journalist and
lecturer, at Youngstown, Ohio, on the
evening of November %, in an address
under joint auspices of the City
Teachers Association and the Youngs-
town Chamber of Commerce
Conditions disturbing industry are
not due to the faults of workingmen.
but of the managers of many of the
big enterprises" she said. TOO many
employers are trying to run the bust
ness in defiance of the laws of human
justice and welfare.
Proper consideration must be
given to the health of the working
people and there must be a fair dis
position of profits. 1t has been dem
onstrated in some of the big plants of
this country that an equitable wage
is advantageous to all concerned
There is no reason why this should
not be true in all lines of industry"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08
TAILORS' UNION

The local Tailors Union held a very
interesting session 1T the Labor Tenn
pie Wednesday niaht, at which sub
jects Of interest to The body were dis
cussed at length
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing term:
President. A. Bogdan.
Vice President-O. w, Hodge.
Corresponding Secretary Die
terle.
Financial Secretary-Carl Christian
son.
Treasurer. w. Beck.
Sergeant-at-Arms Mr.. Risdal
Trustees -E. D. Klint A. Schuberc
and f. Meini.
Member of Board of Control of the
Labor Journal-O. w. Hodge
Delegates to Trades Council-A.
Dieterle and Paul Hatton.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08
THE LARGEST IRON ORE DEPOSITS And
HOW THE STEEL TRUST COT THEM

before a season of good times gives
the ore producers strength and oppor-
tunity to get together" Sure, while
he's down, kick i'm in the Stats!
All perfectly legal? Certainly! Or
ganized wealth has always at its ell
bow the cringing corporation lawyer
to see that it stays out Of jail, though
not necessarily within the law. The
only one to be accused of lawlessness,
to be convicted on the slightest of
fenses, on the most transparent frame
ups, is always the worker who de-
mands a raise, the organizer who
shows the worker the road to power!
This, then, is the sum of Steel Trust
control on the Mesaba Range: The
employer, whose capitalization is the
staggering sum of $1,404,000, 1000, ac-
uired the greatest part Of its ore
properties without the expenditure of
a single dollar. This gigantic en-
ployer, whose dividends this year will
exceed three hundred millions of dol
lars, refuses the right of it's miners to
organize or demand any wage in
crease. This is one of those firms
who yell appropriation" when labor
asks for a NIGEL a day to be added to
it's wage pittance, despite that they
hold their property rights in natural
resources by reason of no virtue, by
chicane and by trickery. This is the
firm that backs with its grimy mil
lions the persecution of brave men,
the firm who desires the conviction
on a framed-up murder charge of
Carlo Tresca, Sam Scarlett and Joe
Schmidt-organizers who brought
their loyalty to labor into the miners
strike and who are guilty Of no other
crime.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08
MARTENS STATEMENT
DENIED

In that portion of B. J. Martens
statement in Tuesdays Herald I de
sire to correct the misstatements
made. He says that eight or ten
Mukilteo longshoremen returned to
work, and there were only three. As
soon as the strike was called off and
Martens saw that his salary would be
cut off as president, he resigned so
that he could put in his application
for foreman or stevedore boss for
some company.
1t is rumored in Mukilteo that the
Everett longshOremen repudiated
Martens. GUSTAVUS PT.Z.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08
EFFECT ON BABYHOOD OF
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS

That children's welfare from baby
hood to adolescence is bound up with
industrial conditions is emphasized by
the recent work of the Federal Chill
dren's Bureau, of which the chief,
Miss Julia c. Lathrop, tells in her
fourth annual report made public to-
day.
A study of infant mortality in Man
chester, N. H., completed this year,
adds new evidence that when the
fathers earnings are low or the
mothers work out of the home the in
fant mortality rate is exceptionally
high. In Manchester it varies from
one death among every four babies
where fathers earn less than $3.50 to
one death among every sixteen babies
where fathers earn $1050 or more.
Miss Lathrop's report refers to the
effect of living conditions upon moth
ers and points out that the sickness
or death of the mother lessons the
baby's chances for life and health.
The bureau has prepared statistical
study of maternal mortality and finds
that $4,000 mothers die year by year
in this country from largely prevent
able causes incident to maternity and
that the death rate from maternal
causes has not decreased since 1900.
Miss Lathrop says in commenting upon
this fact: "The means of prevention
are the instruction of the mother,
skilled supervision before the birth of
her child, and suitable care during
confinement. But she must have
also nourishing food and sufficient
rest and freedom from anXiety-in
other words, decent living conditions" :"
Then the bureau has been concerned
with the protection of the child him
self from premature employment. 1t
has published all the child labor laws
in the United States and has com
pleted a report on the administration
of the employment certificate system
in New York State In commenting
upon the new federal child labor law
as marking a distinct advance in the
attitude of this nation toward that
one-third Of its population which is
under is years of age, Miss Lathrop
says
Merely koN. the breath of life
in children is N.'ueless to the nation
unless they are brought on to adult
life trained masters of their full
powers of body and mind. The law is
a national measure and all attainable
information for a better understand
ing of the ways in which the children
it sets free from labor may be started
in life should be furnished by a
national study"
1T is a matter of speculation as to
what proportion of children at work
are dependent upon their own earn
ings or support families in whole or
in part Also the number of de-
pendent Children now supported by
public and private funds is unknown
IN fact" Miss Lathrop says, "our ig-
uOrance of the whole field of de-
pendency is great" The report gives
figures about Philadelphia indicating
that the majority Of dependent chill
dren are members Of families and the
question of protecting them is ques-
ton of family structure and support.
Preliminary work toward study of
dependency has been done by the
bureau, and Miss Lathrop expresses
the hope that congress may direct the
Children's Bureau to make a special
inquiry into the condition of the chill
dren to be affected by the federal law.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08

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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08

The round-headed apple tree borer
may be greatly reduced in numbers
by destroying the common service
tree when in proximity to orchards.
1t has been found that the tree is
favorite food plant of the insect.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08
TIE LANDLORD WE
HAVE ALWAYS WITH US
BY SCOTT NEARING


EehJurcsome, aggressive discontented
spirits that failed to find place in
the more closely KNIT society Of the
Older world The frontier, like the
ocean, was oPS" ana lTee'
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his r,,,3r,. +, r.frI,. df.ool nron,r+t,.
to tbo amount of ,orl, which he uas
wfninp to do Whom au If tna da.
sfr,blo nioo.. or 7ro,,o,. r7,r+h or,
tal,en into indivfduol rossossfo, tba
dfrect rotation botreo, effort and in.
c,na aivae nlace to am indiroo+ ~.
ration in which land ownership he.
oo,,os , eo,rco Of income frrosnoo+ivo
of am, orfort o,.nordod ,nor Il 7ond
scarcttv anah1os tha man who owns q
niece of if to ovact o ron+ from, tbo
man who wishes to usn if Rort con
ovist onIy who're tbo amount Of do.
sirable land is limited If land were
as abundant as air and sunshine the
landlord might wait to eternity before
his land would yield him a penny.
Tho r,ontio, hoe oono ord tho 1ord
,ord hoe +o7,o, its r1ooo IN hn,orfoo,
1fa Tbo Iond1ord fs l,ora tbara o,,5
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08

The ownership of the Labor
Unionist of Bellingham has gone into
new hands, with Walter l.. Sutherlin
as editor and publisher The Unionist
will continue to be published under
the direction of the Central Labor
Council of Bellingham
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08

Santa Claus will be in his Work
Shop Friday Afternoon at The Golden
Rule.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08

Santa Claus will make toys in one
of the big windows at The Golden
Rule Friday afternoon.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08

A. p. Miller makes Christmas
jewelry to order 1916 Hewitt.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08

John L. Archbold heirapparent 10
ihe throne of John d. Rockefeller
king of Perolia and several other
is dead, but Standard
ON suu slips smoothly along.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08

See Toyland at The Golden Rule.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-12-08

'aole sauce out Of soy beans. wheat
and rock salt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14
VILLA MAY. RISK BATTLE AGAINST AMERICAN ARMY EI PasO Hears Report That Outlaws May Make Stand
 En Narrow Pass. FRONTIER IS NERVOUS
 OVER WILD REPORTS Military Trains Continue to Bring Troops and Supplies
 to Texas Towns.

Fl Paso. Tex, March 14-A circum- stantial story reached here today from Mexican sources to the effect that l Villa had once more changed his plans and intended making stand against the American punitive expedi- ton at Ojitos pass, the narrow gap in the western Chihuahua Sierras through which he made his mur- derous dash on Columbus. Americans familiar with the coun- try assert that the Ojitos Pass is a,d- nirably adapted for a successful de- fense if Villa really intends to risk an open engagement with the Amer1- can troops and does not care to use Guerrilla tactics.
 All night long sensational reports came into this city from various points along the border but nearly all lack confirmation. The most def mite came from Naco, Ariz.
 For some days reports have reach ed here from the border near Naco, of heavy movements of Carranza . troops under General Gales. Early today it was asserted that a consid erable number of these troops were showing increasing hostility towards Americanse and might even espouse the cause of Villa The United States military authorities were sufficiently aroused by these stories to rush re-
  The frontier country between here and Columbus is showing unmfstaka- ble signs of the nervous strain that has been increasing in tension since the Columbus raid.
 The scattered ham1ets which mark this section consisting generally of half a dozen houses occupied by rail- road men and sections hands, sent re- quests to the military officials for pro- lection. Stories of the activities of Villa agents have poured into Fort Bliss and many have been received by the civil thorities- Several ar. rests have a1reary been made and others are expected to follow.
 One such story is to the effect that Villa sympathizers are using dogs to send messages and information across the border. The man who brought this story is an American living on the border close to this city. He said he had seen one dog with. a roll of papers tied around his neck, run ming across the border. He fired sew eraI bullets at the animal but failed to hi tit.
 In the, meantime, trains. loaded with all kinds of military supplies continue to arrive here or pass through on their way to other points on the ment brought in was a train load of motor trucks which .are to be tried as transports in the sandy wastes of the Chihuahua deserts
 Keen interest is being shown here in the arrival of the aerop1ane squa- dron which is reported to be on it's way from San Antonio and is expected 1 to arrive today or tomorrow.
 The 23rds infantry, which was or [ dered from Galveston, is expected | here tomorrow
 The question as where the border | will be crossed first and when re- | mains a matter of pure speculation | in the absence of any official an- n nouneement but there are numerous l signs that the start will not be long
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14
5000 CARRANZESTAS
 READY FOR PURSUIT

Douglas, Ariz., March 14-For sew eraI days General Gales, of the de facto Mexican government, has been rushing troops northward from Her mosiIlo to the border near Naco. From there they were marched across coun- try to the Agua Prieta and then sent south to CabuIIona, 1 8 miles south of the Arizona border. On account of the critical situation along the border foreigner have crossed to the Mexican side in the last week and the maneu- yer of the troops remained a secret until the announcement was published today of them obi1ization of his forces at CabulIona. The army, which will take up the pursuit of Villa, is said to be 5000 strong and to have Is pieces of artillery.
 It is reported in Mexican circles that two more divisions of Gales army will arrive from Hermos1llo shortly, following the same route, al though the reason for bringing them through Agua Prieta is unknown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14
AMERICAN DUM-DUMS
 USED BY MEXICANS

Chicago, March 14-American made dum-dum bullet were used by Villa forces in their raid on Columbus, N. M, according to Private Stephen Wieczorkiewicz, of the Seventh United States Cavalry, who took part in their pursuit across the border. Wieczor- kiewicz made this statement while passing through Chicago on his way to his home in Toledo, O., where he expects to arrive today. He exhibited soft-nosed bullet of the dunn dunn type and asserted they were taken from the belts of dead Mexican bandits by members of the Thirteenth Cavalry at Columbus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

tIeSFIP- | TiS ueInS Is iuiIe IoHSy DS9ifts with "Ver' and ends with "in,'' and the name of the battleshiPs if remsm- Der correctly, was similar to PaVol- optkin. His paintings were usually of war scenes similar to Meissonier.
 VassiH Verestchagin, Russian mffi- tary painter, was born at Cherepovets, in Novgorod, in 1842. He studied un- der Gerome in Paris. He was present with the Russian troops in the war against Boghara in 1867 and in the Russo Turkish war of 1877; was in the Shipka pass at the siege of Plevna and was secretary to General SkobeleH during the negotiations of peace at San Stefano. Thereafter with the brush he preached peace by painting such terrible subjects as "The ApOthe- osis of War" a pyramid of skulls, ded- icated ''to all conquerers, past, present and to come," and "The Street of Plevna." In 1901 he was with the United States army in the Philippines, and the result was a series of battle pictures of that campaign. Verestcha- gins last visit to the United States was in 1902, when he also went to Cuba to make sketches of the battle grounds of the Spanish-Amertcan war, later painting a series representing those scenes, which he exhibited in New York. Verestchagin pertshed in the Pelropavlovsk outside Port Arthur on April 4, 1904.
 Why cannot American ships carry freight as cheapIy as foreign ships7
 Greater cost of building and higher wages may make some difference.
 Will you please answer how many commissioned and also how many non commissioned officers were on the Maine when it was blown uP7
 There were twenty-six commissioned and noncommissioned officers attached to the Maine at the time. Twenty of these officers were on board when the explosion occurred, and four of them were on shore. Two of the ofl- =ers were killed and twenty saved.
 What is the present svrengvn or yne American Federation of Labor? What is it's main obieet2
 It comprises 113 national and inter national unions, representing apprOxi- mately 27,0O0 local unions, 5 depart ments, 42 state branches, 615 city cen tral unions and 673 local unions. The paid membership is nearly 100000 @ The object and aim of the fedora ton Is omclally sCaLeQ to EenueE Sua- nkOyment and means of subsistence Mss precarious by securing to the workers an equitable share of tho fruits of their labor.
 Please state how many hints are iH the United States and where are they located; also the assay offices and where they are located.
 There are three hints located at Philadelphia, San Francisco and Den yer. There are two assay offices, ut Carson City and New Orleans.