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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

President Wilson has given the
country further proof that he is not
actuated by political influences in
naming men to assist him in carry
ing on the great work of the war.
William Howard Taft, who made the
race for the presidency in 1912, and
Charles E. Hughes, who was his OPP
ponent in 1916, have been named for
positions.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

While every war has made a presi-
dent, no sailor has ever occupied the
White House or ever been nominated
for the presidency. AS the present
war is war on both land and sea
the sailors time may be coming.
Who knows?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

Forty years ago. the Sioux City
Journal noted a 25 per cent reduc-
ton in the price of flour to S4.75
sack for patents and $3.50 to 1915
for commoner grades. So you see
father got his, too.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

Do you get up at night! Sanol is
surely the best for all kidney or
bladder troubles. SaE,l gives relief
in "a hours from all backache and
bladder troubles. Sanol Is guar
anteed remedy. S5c and 81 9 bot
tie at the 6rug store. SSs1S
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

1t is the American training camp"
in France at present, but pretty soon
it will be the American front in
France"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16
IOWA PREsSS
Ys0cIX1|Y
Subscription Rates.

Subscription Rates.
y1x months .15
Three months ............. 40
Canadian and foreign countries,
$500 per year.
Entered as second class matter at
the Leon, Iowa, Postotfice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

The phrase, Union Jack, means the
national flag Of the British empire.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
ADJUSTMENTS
EMPRESS.

Laughs, more laughs, and still more
laughs, mixed with melody of richness,
quality and popularity, will make up the
elements Of next weeks happy show at
the Empress Theater With six acts out
of seven, including the comedy film, de-
signed for keeping audiences in cheerful
good humor and for real entertaining
purposes, the program will set new rec
ord as a real feast of fun and unre-
strained and unalloyed hilarity.
1t will be headed by as delightful and
lively an act as has been seen at the En-
Four Musical Charlottes. Everybody
loves a jazz band"-so run the words of
one of the new songs and when that
band is composed of four attractive and
dainty girls who are experts from mu-
sical standpoint as well, audiences should
be even more fond of them All this ap-
plies I'd the -Four Musical Charlottes, a
quartet of melody maids who have just
finished long tour on one of the most
important vaudeville circuits, with
headline honors awaiting. them ev-
erywhere. The Charlottes are special
1918 Ill sWllSy, JllSllHS harmony OF 10
day, with agreeable surprises of charm
ing and enjoyable character, heightened
by the rich and unique stage setting with
which they make their offering elaborate
and of superior class.
A veritable cyclone of mirth on the
same bill is the act of Bradshaw and
Lyndon, who present a merry concoc-
ton called up and Down" 1t is a
breezy, screaming arrangement, that
keeps audiences in constant roaring
mood. Marcelle Marion and Janet VIII
lard are "a double order of comedy
maids, well done, and these two effer-
vescent damscls add considerable
share to the enjoyability Of the show
Wolfe and Zadclla have brand-new
blend of fun, which they call "a Golf
Cure" in which jollity and songology
are equally mixed. Howard Martelle,
one of the past-masters of ventriloquial
humor and good cheer, is also an i'm
portant factor on the program. His in
imitablc output of humor is happiness
itself. The Aerial Vendas have rapid
routine of thrills on high They are
genuinely wonderful opponents of grace
and daring with the tension marked by
"lofty" laughing material Comedy films
conclude one of the best programs of the
! season.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
"CAN'T- STRIKE" LAW
TOTALLY DISCREDITED

Denver.-Colorado's cant strike" law,
which was widely heralded as the solu-
ton for industrial ills, is so thoroughly
discredited by organized workers that
state officials are laughed at when they
threaten to Jail or fine unionists who
dare quit their employment without the
consent of some politician.
Denver painters and carpenters are the
latest to make good the notification to
the last legislature that if this law is
not repealed, workers will exercise their
rights as American citizens.
Members of Painters union No. 70
were ordered by the state industrial COM
mission to remain at work until their
wage demands were investigated. The
unions officials notified the commission
that strike would be called if wages
were not raised 711 cents an hour. Many
contractors signed the agreement, but
200 of the 700 painters were forced to
suspend work. The commission then
cited about score of the strikers to
appear before this august body and give
testimony" Threats of fine and impris-
onment were laughed at by the strikers,
who declared that they would stay in
! Jail or at union headquarters until their
demands were granted. After four days
the commission gravely announced that
the painters demands were just and
should be granted. The contractors
yielded and now pay their workers SIS a
day instead of $40.
The Carpenters District Council has
had similar experience with the state
industrial commission, which insisted
that this wage movement should be Gin
vestigated," according to law. The car
penters expressed regrets, but announced
that in the management of their own
affairs their date for suspending work
would not permit of state investigation.
The contractors then entered into con-
ference with their employees and after
a short session wages were raised cents
an hour until October Is, when an adj
ditional 5 cents an hour will meet the
carpenters original demand
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
STEADY GAINS BY CARPENTERS

lndianapolis-General Secretary Duff
fy, of the Brotherhood of Carpenters,
reports the following recent gains, Sc
cured without strikes, by locals of this
craft:
Derby, Conn.-Wages increased from
A to so cents an hour. Sedalia, Mo-
40 to SO cents. Conneaut, O.-45 to
55 cents hours reduced from nine to
\ eight. San Francisco Maritime work.
ers raised wages from $3.50 to $4.75 a
day for new work and SIS to $3.50 for
old work; after three months rates will
be raised to SIS and SO respectively.
Haverhill, Mass.-4S to 81 cents an hour.
Albany N. " Two-year agreement ;
from 81 to $3.50 until May /, 1918, and
$3.50 thereafter Seattle-$45O to $500
until August 1, 1917; $500 thereafter.
Denver-From 65 to 10 cents until Oc-
tober /, 1917; rs Scents thereafter.
Jacksonville Fla.-$3 to $3.50, starting
June /, 1917. Steubenville, O.-56H to
cents; Saturday half holiday. Peckvlle,
Pa.-42H to As cents until April /, 1918 A;
46M cents thereafter. Oneida, N. ".
40 to AS cents. Fostoria, O.-35 to 45
cents. Oil City, Pa.-$3.75 to $4.25 until
August /, 1917; $3.50 thereafter.
Urichsville, O.--40 to so cents; hours
reduced from nine to eight. Bar Har.
Dor, Me.-$3.60 to 81. Decatur, ILL.,
so to 60 cents. Columbus, Ind.--25 and
35 cents to 40 cents.
Philadelphia. = Organized carpenters
and contractors associations have set
tied wage differences and signed one
year contract The minimum rate shall
be 60 cents an hour. Work done on
Saturday afternoons, Sundays, New
Years, Memorial day, independence day
Thanksgiving, and Christmas shall be
paid at the rate of double time. No work
shall be done on Labor day.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
UNION sMAsHERs PAY DEAR.

Toledo, Ohio.-It cost the Ohio State
Telephone company pretty penny to
discover that it could not smash union
ism. Last fall the telephone operators
organized and when several of the more
active were discharged, the others sus-
pended work. The electrical workers
struck in sympathy and the company
filled the town with strikebreakers, Sc
cured an injunction and lost several
thousand customers.
Later the management agreed not to
discriminate against trade unionists and
to abide by an arbitration award on 9TH
er questions. The company now reports
that its lesson cost it $s5,53s.11.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
KENTUCKY MINERS
OPPOSE FEUDALISM

lndianapolis.-"The struggle for or
ganization of the miners is still meeting
with fierce opposition in the strongholds
of the St. Bernard Coal company and
allied companies in western Kentucky"
says the United Mine Workers Journal.
Refusing to recognize the fact that
industrial feudalism, as strenuously de-
Tended in West Virginia and Colorado,
has proved itself an utter failure and
is fast being replaced by industrial DEM
ocracy in those States, the. Kentucky
coal operators are still seeking to MAIN
tain their closed camps, closed to the
local business men and farmers as we'll
as to the union organizers.
But the miners of Kentucky are fast
awakening. While discharge is the i'm
mediate penalty meted out to those
known to have joined the union, an
ever increasing number of the miners
are accepting such penalty in preference
to working under conditions that ap-
proximate slavery.
"The citizens of Kentucky, those who
have lived near the mining camps, are
loudly protesting against the methods
adopted by the operators. They have
seen their neighbors that were, even their
relatives, driven out of the country to
make room for the imported workers
from the south who, at that time, con-
sented to work under conditions the ma
tive miners had revolted against and
today, when those who were the import
ed strikers in the early strikes, in turn
ask for more humane conditions and
are threatened with deportation in turn,
their places to be taken by still other,
and more degraded workers from the far
south, the citizens of the country are
revolving; are demanding of the COM
pany by what right do they degrade the
workers to dependency and then throw
the burden of their outworn workers
and their families upon the community
"This question will demand an an
swer; even the most powerful corpor-
ations cannot withstand the increasing
discomfort, the condemnation of the en-
tire community that is affected directly
by their methods of conducting their
plants"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
WESTERN UNION REDUCES
HOURS.

New York.-The Western Union Tele-
graph company's spy system has failed
to check the activities of the Commercial
Telegraphers' union and this corporation
will now try another method-by Install
ing the eight-hour work day in many of
its departments.
The reduction of hours will hardly
place this corporation in bankruptcy
however, as its annual report for 1916,
just issued, shows the largest volume OF
business in its history. The profits for
the year, before paying dividends, was
$2,227,S14, an increase of s1.9 per cent;
the surplus, after transferring $1,0O0,00O
to reserve for maintenance and allowing
for regular and extra dividends of per
cent increased 301 per cent, to $5,-
$685. 100.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
WALL STREET AND WAR.
Persons and Property Represented
in it Will Suffer From Conflict.

Of the many admirable speeches in
the Senate in support of the war resolu-
ton, that of John Sharp Williams, Of
Missouri, was notable because it strip
ped Senators Norris and La Toilette of
their various disgrises and exposed them
to the merciless inspection of their fel-
low-countrymen.
1t is to be Wall street war, Messrs
Norris and La Toilette had shrieked
Did Wall street devastate Belgium and
Serbia? Did Wall street sink the Lusi-
tania, the Arabic and the Sussex? Did
Wall street blow the American ships
Healdton, Aztec and Missourian out of
the water? Has Wall street ever de-
stroyed hospital ship or Belgian re-
lief ship? When did Wall street drop
bombs upon women and children in un-
defended towns, and how long is it since
pie off the seas?
Wall street is not without sin, but
such interest as it has manifested in this
war is not to be used to its reproach
The persons and the property represent
Gu III w all strcct VIII pay uearly lot
war. Many constituent of Mr.. Norris
and Mr. La Toilette with food products
to sell has keener appreciation of pos
sible war profits today than most of the
people in Wall street.
Wall street has made more money
with the United States at peace than 1t
can ever hope to make with the United
States at war. A war for national
rights, the money cost of which is to be
borne largely by the accumulated wealth
represented in Wall street, can never be
Wall street war except as Wall street,
rising to its best estate, makes common
cause with humanity
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
RETAIN EIGHT-HOUR DAY.

Bridgeport, Conn.-Fear of COM
plete tieup caused the Remington Arms
and Ammunition company to change its
mind about abandoning the eight-hour
day for machinists. Negotiations re-
suited in continuing the eight-hour day
for the months of January, February,
March, April, October, November and
December and 4S-hour week and Sat
urday half holiday during the summer
months. Discharged members of the
Machinists' union will be reinstated.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21

The Cement Workers No 524, held
its annual election last Tuesday night.
The meeting was largely attended and
the following officers were elected: W..
r. Coleman, president; E. Meisner, vice
presidents r. Nathan, financial secre-
tary; A. H. Doble, corresponding secre-
tary, and Jos. Nolde, business agent.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
CARvERs WIN LONG STRIKE.

Syracuse, N,1Y.-The Wood Carvcrs'
association has won its long strike
against the Butler Manufacturing com
pany, which agrees to a minimum wage
of 35 cents and 50-hour work week.
In January, 1915, the work week was
81 hours and the firm attempted to re-
duce wages from 32H to 2s cents an
hour.
Rochester, N. Y.-The Barnard & Sim
onds Chair company has conceded i'm
proved working conditions and will pay
the prevailing wage rate OF the Wood
Carvers' association.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-04-21
WOMEN's HOURS REDUCED.

Concord, N H.-The house has pass
ed bill which reduces the maximum
work week for women and minors in
this state from 55 to 81 hours. Domes-
tics, nurses, hotel employees, and tele-
phone operators are not included
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
!. BULL TO BARE KNEES,
BAN PANTS, ADOPT KILTS

LONDON. June 20.-Kilts may re-
place trousers for civilian dress
England considers adopting them as
a result of the governments advice
that men should wear material of
one hue to economize In dye stuffs.
a government fashion expert says
they dispense with the nuisance Of
pressing and of their durability
there can be no question. because
Scottish families have passed one kilt
from generation to generation.
Physicians say it is the IDEAL dress
for boys, because it gives them the
greatest warmth around the stomach
and greater freedom than trousers.
The Liverpool Post SAYS; Ger
talnly something should he done to
abolish the hideous sylindrical bags
in which we hide our legs today.
Whoever saw a statue that looks dig
nified in trousers ?"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23

q small amount of vinegar which
keeps injurious bacteria down while
the natural lactic-ucid ferment starts
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
$500 INCOME TAX EXEMPTION
FOR EACH DEPENDENT CHILD
Proposal Approved By senate Com
mittcc: Reduction i'm Charge on
Bank Checks.

WASHINGTON. June 20.-An in
come tax exemption allowance of
$500 for each dependent child of a
taxable parent and reduction of the
2-ccnt stamp tax on bank checks To
cent were decisions reached today
hy the senate Finance Committee re-
vieine the war tax bill.
other stamp taxes tentatively ap-
proved were formally approved today
with little change from the house
provision.
BY a tie. q motion to reconsider the
committees action in exenpting all
confectionery from taxation was lost
IT, am effort Ia place tax upon high
grade candy. The committee also re
jected motion 10 exempt requests
and Iegacies from income and exist
ing inheritance taxes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
$40 600 900 CONCERN FAILS
HAD 80 DEPOSIT IN BANkS
Authorities Tracing S3OO.OO0 In
trusted to Concern to he Sent
Abroad

NEW YORK. June 2o.--Df the biz
force once maintained by Kennedy
Mitchell & 60. inc. a s10.0OO,0OO
corporation. at 35 Wall street, onlS
two clerks remained today. An in
voluntary petition in bankruptcy wa
filed against the firm late yesterday
and the sheriff seized the offices on
a judgment for s6o0.O 600 obtained by
l. H. Bgelow & Co, ON bill for
stationery.
Assistant District Attorney Doc
ling is still awaiting reply to cables
sent in an effort to learn the disposi-
tion Of 100000 intrusted TO the firm
hv small Hungarian bankers in this
country to he transmitted to Hun
gary Books of the TIrm show de-
posit of So in one bank and 81 in an
other.
Nothing has been learned as to
whether the president of the concern,
William A. Kennedy. formerly OF
Pennington, Mo-, has reached Spain.
When he left. Kennedy said he was
going to France to look after
$500 GOO 900 franc contract
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
You Cannot Expect
10 Have a Clear
Complexion
BY Constantly MassagiHg It With
So-calied Skin Foods or CreamsI
Often Rancid or Germy.
Substitute Cuticura
For One Week

And make Cuticurs Soap and Oint-
nlent your everyday ,niiet preparations.
They cannot possibly inJaTe tbe pores
Cuutrast the purity, fragrance. cu.uiuFt
and convenience oi these supef-CrcamY
emollients with 'bca5ity fads- 50 c'sln-
mon. tiresome and expensive A bIth
9iih Cuticira Sap and hot water or
rising and retiring thoroughly cieauses
and stimulates sluggish pores, giving
the comnlcxiun a fresh heairly Eiou.
II signs Of pimplcs. redncsz OF rurgil-
ness be present smear thcfn win the
Ointment and lei i remain hrc minute
before bathing Nothing purcf, sNecisr
o. more effective for y0gr skin and ha.T
than Cuticlra rD matter hos ulucn 1ui
pay for y.
For Free Sample By Return NAL
stIfr-.s p5zf -rlrI '-Cuticura, Dept =
Hozfon Ssld esers rsHurrc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
QUART or LIQUOR CAUSES
ARREST or LAI'T-F.R WOMEN

LAPEER. Mich. June 2O.-I-ady
i'ootiesgers are an innovation in La
peer and two OF them have been ar
rested. charged with violating the 10
cal option law. one quart OF whisk'
was the cause for both arrests. Mrs
Frank Spsrry was arrested charged
with selling Mrs. Elizabeth Cross
man quart OF whisky and Mrs.
Cros~man was arrested Tor furnishing
james Sunderland with the same
quart Airs Sucrry was arraigned
before Judge Williams TODAY and
pleaded guilty. Sentence was deferred
rutH Thursday Mr. Gresham VIII
appear brfnr- Justice Perkins FRI
dag FOR examination
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
CORN MEAL AND WATER
NOT A PRESERVA1IVE

WARRINGTON. June 2o.-There is
NO corn meal and water prcsersative
for vegetables 4 report ." fhis effect
recentie published and credited Co III"
United states Department 81 AEricul-
ture. prota biy originated f-om the
fact that q mixture nf corn meal and
water had been used bJ a department
specialist 10 stsrt the iatclc-sc-d fer
ment in c1lI Potatoes put uu Cor feed
in the form Il silage. This starter
has been used in the care % Eese-
tables frrulcnted far fo"d bur 81 D.
not the preserving fcrmrut. the sIie-
ciaiists espialn 90 onl, starts this
fermcut u is mot recommended for
houFehuId use. huwetsr The same
purI,ol. Or better served. as recently
anuolnced m e.ruect.uu uifn tn- fer
uIrutafl,.r process 20 preFrrt .u- -r.-
-etatIs- Tor food. hy THE addition os
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
O'BRIEN, ON NEW BEAT,
Sill ENCES RHINE ANTHEM

CHICAGO. June 2O.-If HallcclS
Edward O'Brien had been travelling
his beat in the prarieS "A meeting of
the Geistliche GruessliChe guide. of
Niles Center. H.. probably would have
ended in the regular war last night.
But O'Brien quit to become mar
shal Of Niles Center.
The German organization was sing
ing Die Wacht Am Rhine" o Erien
burst into the clubrooms
"Cut it out" he shouted.
The meeting closed with The star
Spangled Ranner."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
WANTS SIZE or LOAF
OF BREAD REGULATED

SALEM. June 2O.---Mrs. Millie
Turnbull. representing the women's
division of the state defense council
asked the public service commission
to regulate the size OF a loaf of
bread. She declared the loaves va
ried greatly in weight. She said the
price of fish had scared beyond rea-
sonable bounds and urged the COM
mission to regulate the price as the
price OF light and telephones is regu.
lated
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23

To buSinesslike landladies rumors
are less interesting than roomers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
MAY Buy LIQUOR TRADE.


LONDON. June 2O.-Recent re-
ports that the government was con-
sidering the desirability OF purchas-
ing the liquor trade were confirmei
in the house of commons today by
Chancellor Ronar Law. He gave as-
surances that the house would De
consuIted before the completion Of
such action Commissioners have
been appointed by the cabinet I"
consider the question.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
GRAY SITUATION
CLEARS
Ss3Hroads can Move All of Old Crop
Before New Ready.

NEW YORK. June Ca State
uneut thai the grain transportation
ssi1SRaijaD shows marked Improvement
ssSss z1s flsrzzed here tonight by Fair
zsRx Harrison, chairman Of the rail-
read war board Reports from the 70
principal grain carrying roads. the
sazstsn1ent sgss. show there is COM
'szaszs5 iveh little car shortage affecting
grain movements and that there u
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23

practically no disposition on the part
of the farmers or country elevators
u hold back on shipments
\ summary Of the replies, the state
ment says. shows that the old grain
can be moved before the new crop is
ready. that few country elevators are
full and that nearly every car ordered
for grain is used TO capacity for that
purpose
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23

the mother has Offered all her pro-
perty. consisting of 200 acres of land.
to the Government Ior any purpose.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-23
WHOLE FAMILY IN THE WAR
Three FLORIDA sons Enrolled, Mother
AMI Daughter 20 Elltcr Ised Cross.

WASHINGTON. June 2O---War De
pa,tment records TO-DAY disclosed that
fbree sons Of "a Tampa OFia.b family
are enrolled. rcsps ctivc-y. in the resu-
Ia trrnv. the Aviation Corps and the
ogeiccrs. training camp at Fort osle'
thorpe. Ga. Mother aud dauEhter anu
the rest Of the family are prepaIli's
to toin the ned Cross. and ~ a"u''''''