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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-28
Sweet Creek No. 2.

Isaac Bedell called at the S. D.
Miller home Tuesday.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Phipps were
+ Decatur callers Saturday night. :.
Several from this vicinity attend.
soH the sa arae ana evePPGe
George N0ftsger called on Isaac
Bedell Wednesday.
The program and Christmas tree
we're we'll attended at Elk Chapel
Gin Lloyd is on the sick list this
Hannah Young, Leonard Alexan-
! der and Frank Miller jr. spent Satur-
day night and Sunday at the S. D.
Franz Smith and wife and broth
or Lester we're Decatur callers Satur-
sesaral from this vicinity attended
Mrs. Frank Noftsger and children
spent Sunday night and Monday with
WHO ats Christmas Saas nj dinner a.S
Fan. 'q Sott: aSx and and a dha%lds ME-
and Mrs. M. J. Alexander and dauEh-
ter Frances and sons Leonard, Will
liam and Miner Earl, Charlie San
\ ders and sons Leonard and Bill, Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Orfield and family,
! and MISS Nora Gardner.
Miss Clara Miller spent Sunday
night and Monoay with her friend,
1 Matte Alexander.
;;s Mr. and Mrs. Jim Phipps and
daughters Maude and Juanita and
Herman Deck and family. Mr.. and
8 MRS. Bright and family OF Leon
took dinner at the Ralph Phipps
- GSNva n Low =
Skip Miller spent Monday at the
Jay Alexander home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-28
Van Vert.

Van Vert.
Miss Lenore Price who has been
teaching school at Diagonal came ne
.c Christina vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ]. Price.
Tuesday evening in town with
8. A.. Talbot Of Keokuk was
transacting business IN our little city
Miss Ghristia Lantz was visiting
I with her friend. Mis- Lena Edge,
Lee Easter who has been teaching
at Boone came home Saturday for a
few days visit with his mother, Mrs
NJ Miss GLADYS Price spent last week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F
Miss Irene Stone of Leon was Wis
iting with friends in town Thursday
MI. and Mrs. J. A. Hanks and ID
damghsss Mdrea OF 1es to spend
Christmas at the home of their son
Prof. ]. E. Prather went to- Leon
Thursday to act as one of the judges
for the contest held there.
Miss Christia Lantz spent last
lueSuay III Io"A az IAo "oiAS " A's'
Mrs. Grant Spencer was calling
at the home of Mrs. l. NJ. FREY Sat
urday afternoon.
Miss Opal Grimm was visiting, in
town Thursday afternoon with her
friend Il, Miss a Blanche as 9 Grimm. his cafe
from the building owned by A.. 7.
Owens to the Tallman building
which was recently vacated by C. T.
Smith.
Miss Hattie Boatman spent Friday
evening with her friend, Miss Marie
Miss Bessie Upheld of Delray was
a visitor in our town Saturday.
A number from our town attended
the high school contest at Leon
Thursday evening.
Mrs. A. 3: Fierce was calling on
Bertha nuG GGerd Of youag peope We're
visitors in Osceola Saturday evening.
! Misses Flossie and Leila Easter
who are attending Drake at Des
MONIES came the last of the week
for short visit with their mother,
Mrs. Fannie Easter.
I Rev. A. B. Cornell who has been
spending the past week visiting with
friends and relatives in Des Monies
urday. His daughter Ett1e who is
teaching school at New Sharon &C
companied him home.
There will be no school until the
day after New Years. No wonder
ali the scholars are wearing such
'i Mrs. W. ". Browne of Missouri
came Saturday afternoon to spend
Christmas with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs: ]. NJ. Halstead.
Christmas has come and gone and
another year Is drawing to It's close
the Threshold of a new year, look;
ing out into the dim unknown, and
wondering what new victories, new
defeats. new joys or new sorrows are
lying in wait for us beyond the
threshhold over which we shall soon
pass. We ask ourselves, What does
this new year hold for me-" and yet
wait; and see and not grow impatient
rs learn of what lies ahead, and do
We really want to know what the fu-
sture year holds for us? If it held
some great sorrow would we nave
the courage to go on and meet it, or
arrival? The Great Creator OF all has
\ not given us the power with which to
pierce through the curtain of the fu-
fure and see what awaits us and He
does best IN all things.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rushing. OF
Waterloo came saturday for visit
3as Rev. A. B. Cornell and daughter
Enc were Sunday visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Price and
daughter LenOre.
Burbank Halstead was an Osceola
visitor Saturday evening.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-28

We can use some choice first mort
gage farm loans. Farmers e Trad
ers State Bank, Leon,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
Wilson Shows Gain in Hearst Poll;
Hughes is Getting Roosevelt Vote


N ASSOCIATED edpprh hrolhru the UmS WiN sh his sDpn
ligh
BY
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II he m country d to lis pc ! a
wilson Bennl TmW wilson Rn
Roosevelt 10 o o ugw h WlCn
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
Grand Opera Stars
Lose Some Hundred
Pounds of Weight

CHICAGO, Oct 27.-Chicago's
grand opera company IN the aggre-
gate has lost several hundred
pounds >upcriluouS flesh during the
last summer. according to Cleo
iontc Campaninl the director. He
claims that new theory in die
tctlc, which he promulgated last
spring. Just before the organization
broke up Tor the summer months,
was responsible Tor the change
No bread, potatoes, little meat
and liquid, i, the haS,, o' his SC
Crct \, instances ol what ha,
taken place, Marguerite Matte
nauer. contralto, has lost fifty
pounds, and Vittorio Armandi
baSso tips the scales at thirty six
pounds less than he did last year,
Francesca Daddi, tenor, is hardly
recognizable less iorty-Scven
pounds, which he left Somewhere
IN Italy"
Others who have lost excess
weigh, are Octave Qua, tenor;
Serena Van Gordon mc,zo.
soprano. Geraldine Farrar, Lima
Ca,alicrl Julia ClauSscu and even
Director tampanini himself
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27

\ national campaign against Nnec2e
producers was described by DIR vii
liam Schcppegrcll president of the
American llay-Fcver Prevention aSSo,
citation
DR. Schcppegrel said | percent OF the
population OF the United States suffers
from hay fever TO relieve their annual
period OF SnccLing and Snuiiling. DR.
Schcppcgrcll'S association I, engaged
in a nationwide publicity and cduca
tlonal campaign on the relationship oi
pollen TO hay-ievcr and for the pas
sage OF laws Tor the eradication OF
weeds that cause the disease.
The deaths OF $4,000 women in thi;
country in 1913 from conditions caused
bv childbirth was the Chief argumcn'
given by DR. Grace /. MeigS, chici
OF the division of hygiene OF the led
cral Chlldren'S bureau, in paper read
today before the American Public
Health association urging renewed ci-
forts to convince women and their hus
bands OF the need OF skilled service for
maternity Approximately 700O oi the
total loss OF life during childbirth is
due 10 childbed fever she declared
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27

terms. Only new terms peculiar to
aeronautcS are defined IN the appended
list OF ll2 words and phrases.
Examination OF the preferred terms
shown, indicate that an effort has been
made to eliminate also all foreign
words which have come into use
through the development OF aircraft.
Most OF these are French, Very few
such words have been retained how
ever, even such terms as volplane be-
ing discarded in favor of glide" and
yolpique rejected for nose dive One
French term retained is cabrc which IS
defined as meaning the flying attitude
OF a machine which travels down by
the stern when in the air
Russia has Just placed an ordcr with
an English firm Tor 2.00O0N yards -
or over l,lO0 mles-oi khaki cloth for
uniforms.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
0UCH!! PAIN, PAIN.
RUB RHEUMATIC,
Aching JOINTS
Rub pain right out with
small trial bottle of old
"St. Jacobs Oil

Rheumatism is pain only Not
one case in fifty requires internal
treatment, Stop drugging Rub >ooth
ing, penetrating st Jacobs OIL" right
into your sore. stiff aching Joints and
muscles, and relief comes instantly.
st Jacob, Or is a harmless rhcuma
tism cure which never disappolnt> and
can not burn the skin
Timber up Out complaining Get
. small trial bottle OF old. honest
st Jacob OH" at ANY drug store. and
in just moment you'll be Tree from
rheumatic PAIN. soreness, stiffness and
swelling Don't suffer- Relief await,
YOU "St Jacob, or has cured mil
lions OF rheumatism sufferers IN the
last hall century, and IS jus, as good
for Solalca, neuralgia. lumbago, back
ache, ,praln,-Ady.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
Ten Miles of
Ships Pass Canal

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27-At the
end OF the first two years operation OF
the Panama canal. a financial survey
shows that tolls amounted TO N.4ll6Sl.
though the waterway was closed from
Aug IS, 1915, to Aug "a. 1910. by
slides In the two-year period total
OF 2O97 ships passed through the canal
and last July the aggregate length OF
the lao ships passing through the canal
was lO2 statute miles The heaviest
draft vessel was the Ohioan, drawing
% feet, ! inches.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
NORWEGIAN LIFE LOSS
WITH SHIPPING, 149

tllRlSTlANA, Oct 27-Thc losSc,
to Norwegian shipping caused by the
war have reached total OF 26S 600 tons
gross register according to a compila
ton made by the Ritzau News Agency
The insurance carried amounted to l02
OoOO krone and the loss OF life to l49
The Norwegian steamers Atle- Jarl t.
OS4 tons and Profit. l.l2b tons hay,
been taken to Swincmundc and Cuxha
ven respectively by German warships
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
"AIRPLANE" NEW NAME FOR
FLYING CRAFT, SAYS BOARD
Advisory Committee Discards French
Words, Even Volplane Going
Into DiscaIds.

WASHINGTON. Oct 27-Thc name
aeroplanc to designate heavier than air
craft has been discarded hy the ma
tlonal advisory committee Tor aeronau-
tics, In report issued to day on
nomenclature for aeroEluticS." the
name alrplane is substituted for any
form OF aircraft heavier than air which
has wing surfaces for SuStentlon, with
>tabllzlng surface rudders lor steer
ing and power plant tor propulsion
through the air The !, ding gear may
he suited for either land OF water use.
An introduction to the report says
1t is issued to eliminate Implications
and erroneous use of aeronautlcal
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
PORTION OF GREEK
TROOPS DISMISSED

ATHENS, oct 27- In compliance
with assurances given the French min
iSter, the king today signed decree
releasing from active service half OF
the class OF 1913 now with the colorS
as well as other miscellaneous leyieS
under training This reduces the nil
tary force in Greece from 10000 to IS
coo, thus disposing of the differences
between Greece and the entente powers
on the ground OF danger from the Greek
army to the entente armies IN the orr
ent
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
Bewildered Geese
Prevent Sleeping

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo - Many
thousand, OF wild geese bcw,ldcred by
th, electric lights IN the city and at
hc pen,,cutlary kept ncryou, people
from ,ltcpug The first flights ap
pcarcd about Q p. m, and toward mid
night the air was literally alive with
them Il was not until dayligh, that
the last flock found rest ON the Mis-
suurl river
Hunters say the increased numbers
is due to the federal law prohibiting
,h1otlnr migratory bird, and water
fowl during the snr,ug
Pumicr stone is the sondiiicd lro,h
OF the lava thrown ont by cruptlug vol
canoes
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
BIRTH CONTROL
DECLARED NOT
RACE SUICIDE
Physician Says Experiment Is
Success in Holland,

CINCINNATI. Ohio, oct 27-"Iu-
dicious birth control is not race SUI
eide, but race preservation" said DR..
$ AdolphuS knopi, professor OF mcdi-
cine at the New York Post Graduate
Medical school and hospital in an ad-
dress here today before the American
Public Health association Vigorously
urging repeal Of federal aud state law,
prohibiting circulation OF information
As 10 birth control DR. knopi pleaded
for the establishment of free clinics di-
rcctcd by regular physicians OF high
rcputc. paid bv the city or state who
would be competent to give iniorma-
rion a> to birth limitations in cases
where they deemed such instruction ad
NiSablc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
Campaign Against Sneeiing.

vcnereal diseases and prostitution have
become more and more rare
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
Income Rarely Increases.

With the increase Of the family" he
said there's rarely, II ever. CORE
Snondlng increase of the earnings OF the
father or mother. and as a result, NAL
nutrition and insufficient clothing enter
as factors to predi>poSe to tuberculosis
and other diseases In the larger fami-
lies It is usually the latter born who
contract tuberculosis most frequently
Fifty thousand children die annually
from tuberculosis IN the United States
and the morbdity and mortality from
this disease is highest among the poor
where the number OF children is great
cSt"
The records OF the charity organiya-
tionS prove that, as rule the larger
the families are that apply for rclici.
the greater is their distress, according
TO DR. knopi The larger the family OF
the poor, the more there is child labor
the more disruption and irregularity,
and the more frequently one finds a
lower standard OF lie and morals in
general. he said In Holland among
families OF the laborerS there is a bet
ter personal and general hygiene and a
liner moral and intellectual development
since the establishment OF birth con.
troll cRlcS, he asserted; young pco.
pie marry earlier, and illeg,macy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27

To secure reliable tenants. try 4
want ad
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27

by CLIFFORD LEON SHERMAN 1915 by John
= wish would ten
to tell
. This
had peek In the windows here
family could scrd they almost Amecah
dol mkd n and the hIhhll
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27

honest unScllSh, capable industrious,
and harmoniou, organization which
realized that the country has not kept
pace with others and which was seek
ing solution Of China's problems
Should Keep Philippines.
Il would be a grave mistake. the
speaker declared for the United State
To- give up the Philippines
Discussing business conditions, Mr.
Gary urged exercise OF caution and
ior any "uniavorablc
changes lie said he believed it the
present "unprotcctivc tariff laws re
manned unchanged, there would be com
petition from foreign sources after the
war which would adversely and per
haps dlsastrously affect American in
du,try and American labor
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-27
CHIEF JAP PANESE
ARE FRIENDS OF
u.s., SAYS CARY
Steel Magnate Declares Orient
Wishes Peace,

ST. LOUIS. Oct 27-The leading
men OF Japan are anxious tor pcrmau-
ent. pcaccahlc and friendly relation,
with the United States. Ebert II Gary.
president ot the American Iron and
Steel institute. declared here today IN
an addrsS at the semi annual meeting
OF the organization Mr Gay's talk
was given in response To- a request from
the Institutes directors that he discuss
his summer trip to the orient, where
he visited the Philippines, China and
Japan,
Suggestion of Hostility.
For some time there have been Sug
gestlons,' he said. in public and IN
private in the United States and IN
Japan as well that Tor uumcrou, rca-
sons not necessary To- recall there was
n possibility It not likelihood, ot active
hostility between the two countries
u said repeatedly on my own re-
sponSibil,y making no claim EXCEPT
that believe | could accurately repre-
sent public sentiment, that a large ma
joriy OF the people ot the United
sNdlNN wv l''I NNNllN, bNl N'ulN w.
plorc and ,ubbomN oppose war with
Japan except in sell detcusc and that
they were ot the opinion there is not
now nor Will be any cause for serious
trouble or disagrccmcnt>.
Japanese Want No War.
And now gcntclmcu, am here to
say TO YOU m words just aS emphatic
and in a bcllct no less absolutely. that
the leading and controlling men Of
Japan are equally anxious to have con
tinued permanently the pcaccabit and
friendly relation, now existing be
tween these two countries That there
may be exceptions may 60 without ,Ey
ing It would be usual and need excite
no surprise nor fear IT such is the tact
"Thc most prominent and influential
men in Japan are outSpokcn IN their
proicsslonl OF friendship toward the
United States
Desire Prosperity for China
Mr. Gary said that basing his opln-
ION ON inquiry and study, he ha, con
cluded that Japan desires that China
shall become firmly established as I
sound, peaceful, progressive, prosperous
and rich government with free and open
seaports
Discussing conditions IN China. he
described the government there a. AN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-06
ANOTHER
SHIPYARD
CONTINUED From Page one.)

CONTINUED From Page One.)
ideal site on Puget Sound for the
kind of plant we wish to operate. :"
James Reid In Deal.
The land on which the, Alta
lanta hotel and the Union dock
stand Is included in the purchase.
No dredging or filling will be re-
Quired, says Barren.
Capt. James Reid of the old Ia
coma shipbuilding firm of Craw-
ford G. Reid. and one of the best
known shipbuilders on the coast,
has been engaged as supervisor OF
construction. He will have
charge Of the ground and equip
ment of the plant.
Car Ferry Promised.
The Milwaukee railroad Is de-
clared to have guaranteed to run
q car ferry to the plant, the COM
pany to build a ferry slip.
Fifty residents of Gig Harbor
are said to have a limited finan-
cial interest in the concern, and
have added in the negotiations
to get the plant there.
The office of the new company
is located in Tacoma at 1904
Bankers Trust building.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-06
MRS. OWENS HAS
JOKE, SHE THINKS
ON SCHOOL GIRLS

Mrs. l.. w. Owens, founder OF
National Fathers day, has a good
joke on somebody. She doesn't
know whether it is on the aud
fence at the Y. w. G. A. program
OF the Northwest Field Confer
ence Tuesday evening, or on the
Lincoln Park high school girls.
One of the biggest nits of the
evening was made by an old, black
nanny" who, wrinkled but
spry, convulsed the crowd by her
antics and her dialect.
who is it," was the demand
that ran through the room.
tits boy dressed as q wom-
an?"
mo. it's one of those Lincoln
Park high school girls"
And Mrs. Owens, chuckling un-
der her burnt cork, threw in a few
extra capers for good measure.
They don't know yet who II
was" she exulted this morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-06
STOP DAND RUFF!
HAIR GETS THICK.
WAvY, Be AUT|FUL
Girls! Draw a cloth
through your hair and
double it's beauty.
Spend % cents! Dandruff
vanishes and hairs stops
coming out.

To be possessed of a head OF
heavy, beautiful hair, soft, lus-
trous, fluffy, wavy and free
from dandruff is merely mat
ter of using little Danderine.
1t is easy and inexpensive to
have nice. soft hair and lots of it.
Just get 25-cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine now-all
drug stores recommend it-apply
a little as directed and within
ten minutes there will be an APP
pearance of abundance. freshness,
fluffiness and an Incompatible
gloss and lustre, and try as you
will you can not find a trace of
dandruff or falling hair; but your
real surprise will be after about
two weeks use, when you will
see new hair--fine and downy at
first-yes-but really new hair
-sprouting out all over your
scalp-Danderine is, we believe,
the only sure hair grower, de-
stroyer of dandruff and cure for
itchy scalp and 1t never fails to
stop falling hair at once.
If you want to prove how pref
ty and soft your hair really is,
moisten cloth with a little DAN
derine and carefully draw 1t
through your hair-taking one
small strand at time. Your hair
will be soft, glossy and beautiful
in just few moments delight
full surprise awaits everyone who
tries this.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-06
BERLIN PLANNING DRIVE
WITH ODESSA AS COAL

ment now approaching its climax.
is not Bucharest alone.
Germany's object is first to de-
stroy the Rumanian army, prepar-
atory to a march toward Russia,
with perhaps Odessa as the final
goal.
All officers here believe that
the present operations in Rumania
are only the beginning Of a gi-
gantic operation by Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg in the eastern.
instead of the western theater of
war. designed to bring the decis-
ion in the war to this field.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-06
NO QUININE IN
THIS COLD CURE
''Pape's Cold Compound
ends colds and grippe in
a few hours.

Take "Pape's Cold Compound"
every two hours until you have
taken three doses, then all grippe
misery goes and your cold will be
broken. II promptly opens your
clogged-up nostrils and the air
passages of the head: stops nasty
discharge or nose running; re-
lieves the headache, dullness, fe-
verishness, sore throat, sneezing,
soreness and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit
blowing and snuffling. Ease your
throbbing head-nothing else. In
the world gives such prompt relief
as ~"Pape's Cold Compound"
which costs only 20 cents at any
drug store. II acts without as
sistance, tastes nice, and causes no
inconvenience. Accept no substi-
tute.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-06
MUST SHOW A
BIG DAMAGE
united Press Leased wire.)


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6. -
Cities along the Pacific coast must
show the interstate commerce
commission that great damage to
them will result from any change
in trans-continental freight rates
and likewise intermediate cities
like Spokane, Reno and Phoenix,
must show that a change in rates
would be of great benefit to them,
II present rates are to be changed.
This was indicated here today in
the course of examinations by
Henry w. Thurtell, examiner for
the commission.
In the course of the oXamina-
ton here it was shown that near
ly 100000 will be lost on two
contracts il the rates are changed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-06
PROBES NEGRO CHARGE
UNITED Press Leased Wire,l

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 6.-At-
torney General Thomas w. Greg
DRY continued his Investigations
today into the charges that ne
groes were imported into Missouri
to vote and that they we're intimi-
dated in st. Louis and prevented
from voting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-06
Omitted Press Leased wire.)

WITH THE GERMAN ARMY
AT PITESCI, Rumania, Dec. a.
(Via Berlin and Sayville wireless,
Dec. 6.)-Bucharest's fate Is a
matter Of only few days. Des-
perate resistance by the Ruman-
ians can only delay occupation of
the capital.
To an observer of this great
German achievement in Rumania,
the goal of offensive in the move