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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-31
V an Vert,

Mrs. Geo. Webb who had been on
the sick list for the past few days is
reported to be better at this writing.
n. H. Frey was a guest at Sunday
dinner at the home Of his brother, l..
NJ Frey and family.
The Memorial sermon was preach
ed Sunday morning in the NJ, e..
church by Rev. Weyrauch. a large
crowd was present, and the sermon
was enjoyed by ali.
Mrs. j. NJ. Halstead was calling on
Mrs. John Hawkins Saturday after
noon.
Jake Wolfe of Murray was trans
day:
Miss Callie Johnson was calling at
the home Of her friend, Miss Coda
Frey last Tuesday
A. e. Price attended the Sunday
school convention held in Grand Riv-
er last week.
Mrs. Anna Fierce and Mrs. Bertha
Gould departed Thursday afternoon
for visit at Russell with Mrs.
er and family.
c. J. Price Of Des Moines was a
business visitor in our city Saturday
Misses Gladys HOadley and Lucille
Fierce spent last Tuesday night in
| Grand River with friends.
Clifton Smith spent last Monday
night at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Will Hedrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hall Of sharps-
burg were over Sunday visitors with
friends in town.
Leo Boatman spent Friday night
and Saturday in Diagonal.
Miss Carma Johnson spent Sunday
in the country with her friend, Miss
Gladys Price
Miss Grace Keller who has been
| to, hi,,o Of nj 1ac
week to spend the summer with her
mother, Mrs. Laura Keller.
Mrs. Ivy Muse and children OF
! EldOn came Saturday afternoon for
a few days visit with her parents,
! Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Smith.
Will Simmerman shipped car load
of fine hogs Wednesday.
Miss Fay Myers who has been
spending the past few months in
| Sharpsburg came Saturday afternoon
for visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Myers.
Harold Smith spent Sunday in Des
MoineS with relatives.
Miss Samanth Burnett who has
been on the sick list for the past few
days is now said to be better.
| Mrs. Sarah Ward was calling at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jess
Holt and family Saturday evening:
| Misses Baalis Halstead and Edith
| 1lCuJc Nc1S vi d1lu 1SlNSt CCllCl ldSI
| Wednesday evening.
John Minor was visiting with
friends in town last week.
Mrs Bertha Gould was calling at
the home of Mrs. A. B. Fierce We'd
nesday evening.
The band boys gave a splendid
concert Saturday evening. This is
their second open air concert this
season. The boys are certainly do
ing fine, and everyone needs to boost
for them.
Miss Rosa Smith was calling at the
home of Miss Bessie Blades Thurs
day afternoon.
A large number from here attend
! ed the Sunday school convention at
Grand River Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
The c. w. B. M. meeting will be
held at $3.50 o'clock at the home of
Mrs. l. NJ Frey. All members are
urged to be present.
| Miss Bessie Blades spent Sunday
afternoon at the home Of Miss Rosa
Smith
Decoration day services will be
held at 1880 in the Christian church.
| Hon. " R. McGinnis of Leon will
speak Sunday afternoon in the Chris
tian church in the interest of the Ar
my Y. M. G. A. A large attendance
is urged.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-31
Orphan Ridge.

The road gang was laid off a
couple of days last week on account
of the rain.
Tillman Smith who was called
here by the death of his father, w.
NJ. Smith, returned to his home at
Upham, N. D., Wednesday.
Ernest Hamilton of Leon was a
caller at the Osborn home Thursday
afternoon.
Dewey Martin of Leon was in these
parts Thursday on business.
J. NJ Osborn went to Leon Friday
and bought a new Ford and brought
it home with him.
Alva Durell was caller on the
Barlean boys Friday.
A. J. Fulton is grading the roads
this week from Blockley on Route
3 to the Brazelton farm and when
finished will be as fine piece OF
road as there will be anywhere
c. M. Axes spent several days at
Blockley the past week overseeing
his fine farms.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-31

Alva Durell went to Decatur City
Saturday to visit his uncle, Ora
Eaton, and to catch some OF the fin
ny tribe.
Those spending Saturday in Leon
from here were Jim Osborn and wife.
Lee Davis Mr.. Merritt, L. A. Black
man and wife, the Barlean boys.
Mrs. George Leahy spent several
days at the home of her parents, MI.
and Mrs. B. F. Robson near Van
Vert.
George Leahy and Buddie Baker
spent Sunday with the Barlean boys.
Jim Osborn and family spent Sun
day at Nell Stills.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-31
Spring Colds Are Dangerous.

Sudden changes of temperature
and underwear bring spring colds
DR.. Kings New Discovery is sure re-
lief, this happy combination of an
tiseptic balsams clears the head,
soothes the irritated membranes
and what might have been linger-
ing cold is broken up. Don't stop
treatment when relief is first felt as
a haf cured cold is dangerous. Take
DR.. Kings New Discovery till your
cold is gone.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-31

Do you get up at night! Sanol is
surely the best for all kidney or
bladder troubles. Sanol gives relief
in "a hours from all backache and
bladder troubles. Sanol is a guar
anteed remedy. 35c and 81 a bot
lie at the 6rug store. os-'ls
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-31

Miss Cecil McNelly was taken very
sick Saturday night and it was neces-
sary to call a doctor.
Several from here went to Little
River Sunday to look after the tnny
tribe.
John Minor was here Sunday look
inc after his interests.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-02
How the War came to Am erica


duly ratified and proclaimed But In this work. we were made
The while Great
and Italy cordially welcomed oveu the German
Hungarian Empires noceby absent from the
by specific agreements advance minimize
the danger of
conflict toward other might
faveb beens summarized under three heads:
docnWe had pledged ourselves defend the New
had by word and deed made
clear that would not intervene in European dispute
influence had
principle that be worthy
general respect be based the of the governed
Arbihaion-As had secured peace home by referring
disputes federal tribunal urged similar settlement of inter-
national controversies Our ideal world court. We
had already arbitration with which
might conceivaby freely with weaker nebos
good recognizing equality of all nations
both small We had made plain nations
foresl the world
The outbreak SURPRISE
of Europe had had least of the coming
blind onslaught
impossible
The incompehensibe Either side
millions living among European
accusations threw thoughts disay
days could
direct assault rights seemcd first OF purely
European dispute minds prepared
conflict The Presidents proclamation of neutrality received
natural and inevitable quickly
citizens of the Republic"
Every who really
spirit OF neutrality he sd mpatialy
and endiness
and difficult it, expressed
might become divided i'll hostile opinion.
among us might seriously proper
oace OF our duty as the nation
holding itself ready
OF peace ana accommodations partisan, frend'
This puosc-he
we might be OF use in the great task of mediation
speeches
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-22
WILL BRING WEBB
HERE FOR A TRIAL

Henry Grady We6b arrested in
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
DARING Av|ATORS
SAVE MACHINE BY
QUICK HEAD WORK

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE. Feb. 3, via London, Feb. 10.
-(From a staff correspondent OF the
Associated Press )-One OF the most
thrilling flying episodes of the war was
recorded today when the British OBJ
server in a. two-seated machine when
had been damaged by German shell
fire, climbed out on one of the wings
and steadied the airplane while the
pilot brought ii safely to earth.
Two young aviators We're leading an
offensive patrol when an anti aircraft
high explosive shell burst just behind
the right lower wing of the airplane.
The machine was completely riddled.
Three of the stay Blooms were cut, one
blade of the propeller was blown away
and all the controls, except the elevator,
were put out of action. The machine
was further smashed by the broken
propeller blade and became uncon-
trollable.
Realizing the situation the observer
did not hesitate, but climbed out three
quarters of the way on the right wing
tip in order to balance the machine.
The aircraft continued to fall in spirals,
until it was about 1000 feet above the
earth. Here the observer succeeded
in balancing it and the machine glided
down evenly. When about 200 feet from
the earth slight movement by the man
on the wing caused the machine TO spin
again, but the pilot was able to control
it when just ten feet above the ground
and the aircraft landed with neither
| man injured.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

must get his target broadside on to
have reasonable chance of making a
torpedo hit, and as torpedoes are a
very expensive missile he cannot af-
ford TO take many chances on miss
"A periscope above the water at n
distance of 200 or 800 yards makes a
fair mark for a gunner working from
the deck of a ship thirty or forty feet
above the surface of the sea. One shot
hitting the mark is all that is needed
as the submarines are of light con-
struction easily penetrated and hole
in their shell spells their doom.
1T is seldom that a torpedo is fired
when a threatened snip can so man
euver as to show only her stern for a
mark and in most of the cases of this
nature so far reported the submersibles
have come to the SUI face and resorted
to Sunflre from a deck gun In this
kind of a fight gun mounted on a
steamship has great advantage for
the platform offered by a submarine
is an unsteady thing to fire from, and,
despite the smaller target offered, the
gunners on ships have the better of it.
Careful observations made during
the last year of steamers mountaing de-
Tense guns show that they are in a
measure immune from attack-unless
without warning as in the case of the
California. The number of U-boats
that the Germans have lost have made
them chary about showing themselves
within range of ships on which they
see guns or which they have learned
are defensively armed.
Other methods of catching submar-
ines such as nets, bombs, and devices
that are admiralty secrets are still bein
used, but the deck gun on steamers
in the hands of good marksmen is
leading all others in results"
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

lRepuDiCan a. r. Leased WHeI
ALBANY. N. Y. Feb. Am agree
ment for ten-round boxing bout be-
tween Jess Willard, worlds heavy
weight champion and Fred Fulton at
Madison Square Garden, New York,
March &c, conditional upon Fulton's
victory over Charley Weinert next
Monday night, was announced here
TO-DAY by Brant Hugh Browne of
New York.
The announcement was made before
the state athletic commission after
a license had been granted to 1.-THE
garden tower corporation the new
lessees of Madison Square Garden,
represented by Browne at today's
meeting.
The license granted to Browne and
his associates today is dependent up
on their meeting the objections Of
the attorney generals office to the
terms to the lease of Madison 'quare
Garden. Chairman Frederic A.
WenCk of the athletic commission
and Bronze conferred today with
Deputy Attorney General Morton f.
Lewis, who pointed out that the lease
did not conform to the provisions Of
the athletic commission law in that
the papers did not show that Garden
Tower corporation is the owner of
Madison Square Garden.
The law requires that the club or
corporation conducting bouts must
show in its application for a license
that it is either the owner or the
lessee for at least year of the prop
erty in which the exhibitions are to
be given. In this case, the legal
papers provide for the transfer of the
property to the Garden Tower cor
poration on March 1.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

tons for his departure are incom-
plete and that it has been impossible
u issue passports so quickly to the
hundreds or so persons concerned.
With the United States especially
lie we not wish to apply a system of
warfare to non combatants such as
Great Britain introduced in the in
ternment of civilians. Therefore, by
the mediation of the Swiss govern
ment, we are negotiating with the
United States for the mitigation, ac-
cording to treaty. of any harshness
that might possibly result to the sub
jects of both sides from the rupture
of relations We hope these negotia-
tions will have a happy result"
DR.. Won Stunm is quoted as having
declared that he considered it un-
necessary to justify Germany's sub
marine warfare. which he suggested
would speedily lead to peace. David
Lloyd George. the British premier.
he added, called it savagery and
barbarism, but on the contrary, Ger
many has adopted it from humane
considerations, and. in desire to
avoid the sinking of neutral vessels
and endangeriGg lives. assigned limits
to the danger zones and warned
neutrals from them.
Germany since the beginning of
the war" DIR. Won Stumm continued.
has been obliged TO renounce he.'
oversee traffic. England only needs
10 discontinue hers, and her seamen
who do not belong to the navy viii
not be exposed to danger That's
what We wish TO obtain by our sub
marine war. so that England and her
allies may he compelled to make war
under the same conditions as Ger
many and her allies. | am
decidedly of the opinion that our
submarines shortly will establish the
euual conditions
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
PRESIDENT DECIDES
COURSE IF GERMANY
FOLLOWS UP THREAT
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that confirmation was expected through
the slower official channels
Officials maintained absolute silence
on Mr.. Gerards detention until today,
when Secretary Lansing authorized the
following statement:
Il am very loath to believe that the
German government Intentionally is
OBTAINING Ambassador Gerard in Berlin
on any excuse whatsoever. | should be
very much surprised if such a course
had been TAKEN
The incident will be considered
closed, so far as this country is con-
cerned, If press dispatches are borne
out and the ambassador is allowed to
leave Germany. Nevertheless, a dis
agreeable impression has been created
here.
Final arrangements for the departure
or former German officials on the
scandinavian liner Frederick VIII next
Tuesday from New York via Halifax
Tor Christiania were completed today
by agents of the company and the state
department. The United States al the
suggestion of both the owners of the
vessel and Count Won Bernstorff. asked
specifically that the trip be made via
Halifax in order to avoid the German
war zone on the route via Falmouth or
kirkWall, and the British and French
governments, in granting safe conducts
to the 200 former German officials, ac-
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 9.-Lieuten-
ant Hans Berg and his prize crew
which took the captured British liner
Appam into Hampton Roads early last
year arrived at the Philadelphia navy
yard tonight from Newport News and
were given quarters with the crews of
the informed German auxiliary cruisers
kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel
Friedrich
The men were accompanied to this
city by a guard in command of Lieu
tenant West of the Norfolk navy yard.
strong guard of police and govern
ment agents met them at the railroad
station here and accompanied them to
the local navy yard
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

development in the situation with Aus
tria since Ambassador Penfield last
Saturday forwarded from Vienna an
Austrian note similar but not identical
with Germany's.
Only about half as much tonnage as
during each of the past three days was
reported sunk in Lloyd's dispatches re-
eived at the department today. Wheth-
er the sudden drop was due to better
British patrolling. armament, or de-
struction of submarines is not known.
The figures for the next few days how
ever, will be watched with the deepest
'-tareet as indicative of whether tn
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
American Freiohters Start

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Two freight
steamers flying the American flag were
ready tonight to start for Bordeaux
with -contraband cargoes They
are the Orlean of the Oriental Naviga-
ton company and the Rochester, of the
Kerr Steamship company.
Each vessel registers about six thous-
and tons and each is manned exclusive
~ by Americans. Both vessels have the
American flag painted on both sides.
Until her purchase recently by the Or
iental company the Orlean was known
as the Avsllanada and was under the
Argentine flag. The freighters will get
away tomorrow morning, their owners
announced.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
Spanish Ship Sunk

LONDON. Feb. 9.-Lloyd's announces
that the Spanish steamer Nueva Mon
tana, 2.O39 tons. h s been torpedoed.
Her crew was saved
Reuters Christiania correspondent
reports that the Norwegian steamer
Odin of Bergen, a vessel of 1,045 tons,
was sunk February without warning
and that two persons were killed.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

coded to that request out of courtesy
to this country.
AS one explanation tor the earnest
desire to avoid the APPARENTLY inevitable
break with Austria Hungary. it was
pointed out today that If that were done
all communication between this coun
try and Bulgaria and Turkey would be
cut off This would be particularly
serious for the American relief work
in Syria and Armenia and the 1000 or
more Americans for whose departure
from Asia Minor the state department
has succeeded after immense difficult
ties in arranging There has been no
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

effect that cannon firing was heard be-
tween two and six a. m. today near the
island of Fernando de Norohna. Bra
lillian island 125 miles from the main
land.
The newspaper says flashes were OBJ
served from the island as though large
naval guns were being fired. The naval
command at Fernando de Norohna is
said to have made a report to the ad-
miraity,
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

The failure of Count Won Bernstorff to
communicate with the government was
explained by the former ambassador
himself several days ago, when he said
he sent no messages home personally
because he took it for granted he could
not use code and did not care to use
plain language over the wireless. The
Swiss minister, however, forwarded
notice of the severance of relations and
any other communication it was de-
sired to send.
Officials here are indignant over Ger
many's action in OBTAINING Ambassador
Gerard. However, dispatches today in
dicated that full information concerning
what was being done here for the Ger
mans and the intention of the Amer
lean government not to modest German
war bound ships. had reached Berlin
and that the departure of Mr.. Gerard
would not be delayed further When
Mr. Gerard and the other Americans
are safely out of Germany the incident
will be considered closed in spite of
the disagreeable impression created
here by Germany's course.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
Republican A. p. Leased WireJ

NEWPORT. R l.. Feb. "a brig
ade of SEQ apprentice seamen with ii
band will go to Washington to take
part in the inaugural ceremonies, in
accordance with orders received at
the naval training station here today.
This is the first time the brigade has
been asked to take part in the exer-
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
Word From London

LONDON, Feb. g. = The Times
Amsterdam correspondents sends a
fuller account of the interview with
DR.. Won Stumm.
Americans here" DR.. Won Stumm
said. fare excellently They move
about freely and DO what they like.
The American ambassador has not
left in view of the fact that prepara-
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

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have been by far the most effective
weapon. | know personally that as
many as two submarines have been
bagged in one day in this way.
"A submarine commander looking
through a periscope has a range of
vision of about three miles hi'- he
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
FIVE NEUTRAL
SHIPS GO DOWN
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Continued From Page One)
Somme and Ypres sectors there mas
been little activity in the battlefields
or Europe. Berlin reports lively ac-
tlvity on the Somme front, but the
latest British official report mentions
only some actions in the vicinity of
Ypres.
French troops have carried out a
successful surprise attack east OF
Rheims, returning with some prison
ers. In the eastern and Macedonian
theaters all has beer quiet, except
around Stanislau. Galicia. which Pet
rograd reports has been under bonn
bardment Of Austro- German guns
A British torpedo boat destroyer OF
an old type has been lost in the Eng
lish channel through striking a mine
The British admiralty saws that all
the officers were lost as were all the
members of the crew, except five.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
APPRENTICES AT CEREMONY

German attempt to starve out England
can be successful.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

The oldest type of destroyers in the
British navy is known as class A, built
between 1899 and 1895. There are Il
vessels Of this type.
Two of the vessels have a compile
ment Of As men each while the other
ten carry fifty men each. The next
Oldest type. class B, numbers 20 yes
sells, built between 1895 and 1905 Their
complement is sixty men each.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
British Warshlp sunk

LONDON. FEB. "a British torpedo
boat destroyer of an older type. the
British admiralty announced tonight,
struck mine in the English channel
Thursday night and sank. All the Of
ficers and all Of the crew, except five
were lost.
The official statement follows:
"A torpedo boat destroyer of an old
er type, employed in patrol duty in the
English channel, struck a mine last
night and sank. All the officers were
lost. There were five survivors among
the crew"
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
Fiohtino Off South Ameriea

'Sht''9 VI SoNSH N'le'iSd
RIO JANEIRO, Feb. "a dispatch
received here from Pernambuco, Brazil,
quotes the Diario of that city to the
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
SHELL SUBS AND
THEY SINK SURE

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
tw DIVISION ORDERED
FOR OVERSEE SERVICE

wson Young Men Ask to Go as
Members of Hospital Corps.
americas determination to push
war against Germany to a sue
ksful conclusion was emphasized
len simultaneously with the an
suncement from Rome that Pope
knedict has renewed his peace pro-
Asals came word from the war de-
rtment that a new division, the
ry-second, for overseas" service
! been organized and will go for
srd soon. sci"
. 1t is made up of selected units
Om the national guard of &c states
! d the District of Columbia. Geor-
being one of the states, will be
presented by the three companies
the Second regiment, which make
the Macon battalion.
However, many officers and men
We been transferred from other
mpanies of the Georgia brigade to
crease this selected battalion to
aXimum strength. In this number
te included Messrs. Homer Patter-
sn, Butler Thomas and Cornelius
Rwhorn, of Dawson, who have been
the hospital corps of the Second
sgiment, and asked that they be
|ansferred to the same corps of this
Nv battalion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
SCHEDULE CHANGES
ASKED BY SEABOARD
WOULD RADICALLY AFFECT AR
RIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF
TRAINS AT DAWSON.

The Seaboard Air Line railroad
filed with the state railroad commits
sion petition to make an extensive
discontinuance of trains and read
justments of schedules on its lines in
Georgia. The petition was made on
the ground of the need of equipment
in the war emergency The commits
sion has set the petition for hearing
September IL.
The petition seeks changes in
schedules and annullment of thirty
or more of its trains in Georgia, in
Guiding both the passenger and mix
ed trains on this division.
1t is proposed to make Albany in
stead of Columbus the starting point
of the trains, the northbound passen-
ger train which now arrives at Daw-
son at 248 p. m. to leave Albany
at z a. m. and arrive at Dawson at
8 a. M, and the southbound train,
which now arrives at Dawson at
:35 p. M, to leave Columbus at
2 80 p. m. and arrive at Dawson at
5 p. m.
The proposed schedule of the
northbound accommodation or mixed
train, which now arrives at Dawson
at 7 :45 p. M, is to leave Albany at
2.30 p. m. and arrive at Dawson at
8 80 p. m. and southbound leave
Richland at q a. m. and arrive at
Dawson at $3.50 a. m.