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The Washington herald., 1918-01-09
Comment from All Sources on Presidents

Italy" said close associate Of the
italian Ambassador last night.
The thing that will mark for Italy
the Just completion Of this war will
be the redemption Of her lost pro-
vinces. He says that the President
has brushed aside all the specious
distinctions upon which Austria has
sought to bolster her retention OF
Italia Irredenta by his single asser-
ton that the boundaries Of Italy must
be redrawn upon ''lines easily recog-
nizeable."
Those he said. "are the lines
for which Italy Is fighting, the lines
of history and the lines of race and
sentiment"
Apparently the President has found
the solution of this difficulty, for the
Italians here are as satisfied with
the suggestions as are the Serbs. DR..
Vesnitch, head of the Serbian Mis-
sion here refused to be quoted. But
the access Of Serbia to the sea, pro-
posed by the President. Is. In the
opinion of a member Of his stan,
the step best calculated of any yet
proposed, to solve the whole tumultu-
Gus Balkan problem. Serbia has been
the one Balkan state dependent upon
her neighbors for her trade with the
world I'm tobacco. hides, oil and other
valuable products.
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the right to prevail and desire just
and stable peace such as can be Sc
cured only by removing the chief prov
ocations to war, which this program
does remove.
We have no Jealousy of German
greatness. and there is nothing in this
program that impairs II. We grudge
her no achievement or distinction OF
learning or Of pacific enterprise such
as have made her record very bright
and very enviable.
We do not wish to injure her or
to block In any way her legitimate
influence or power. We do not wish
to fight her either with arms or with
hostile arrangements Of trade IL she
is willing to associate herself with US
and the other peace-ioving nations of
the world in covenants of justice and
law and fair dealing.
We wish her only to accept a place
of equality among the peoples Of the
world-the new world in which we now
live-instead of a place of mastery.
Neither do we presume to suggest
to her any alteration or modification
of her institutions. But 1t Is neces-
sary as a preliminary to any intel
ligent dealings with her on our part.
that we should know whom her
spokesmen speak for when they speak
to us. whether Reichstag majority
or for the military party. and the
men whose creed is imperial domina-
ton.
Leave No Doubt.
We have spoken now, surely in
terms too concrete to admit of any
further doubt or question. An evident
principle through the whole program
/ have outlined. 1t is the principle
Of justice to all peoples and ma
tionalities and their right to live on
equal terms OF liberty and safety
with one another whether he be
strong or weak.
Unless this principle be made its
foundation no part of the structure
Of international justice can stand.
The people of the United States could
act upon no other principle and to
the vindication OF this principle they
are ready to devote their lives, their
honor. and everything that they pos
sess. The moral climax Of this the
eliminating and final war for human
liberty has come. and they are ready
to put their own strength, their own
highest purpose, their own integrity
and devotion to the test.
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CONGRESSIONAL COMMENT

Senator James Hamilton Lewis,
Illinois.
The message was a notice to the
Russian people that this nation was
still with them in their effort to es-
tablish a democracy. 1t was also
to suggest to France that above all
other considerations for peace the
restoration of Alsace and. Lorraine
was the first one. This message
brings US nearer to peace than we
have been since the declaration of
war. 1t puts the peace question yp
to Germany.
Senator Oscar w. e. Underwood.
H Alabama.
The message is frask and impress
sive. 1t goes farther than that, for
it indicates that there is opportu-
nifty in Europe, as wen as here at
home, for a discussion Of peace.
Senator William e. Borah, Idaho.
I have thought from the begin
ming of the Russian revolution that
we should give more consideration
and greater encouragement and SYM
pathy to the people of Russia. In
this respect the message is admira-
Bile. 1 hape we will not get in the
habit of discussing too much terri
torial readjustment. That is the Eu-
ropean vice.
Champ Clark, Speaker of the House.
The message was an exceedingly
clear, forceful statement 1t was the
most luminous the President has ever
deliVered-clear as crystal-and the
man who cannot understand it must
be exceedingly dense"
Representative Joseph G. Cannon,
Illinois.
The President always is strong in
his utterances. I wish this one could
be read to every man, woman and
child in Germany and Austria and
Clearly explained. More and more our
own people understand we can never
turn back from this war until the
ideals we fight for prevail.
Representative Claude KItchIn,
North Carolina.
1t was a truly remarkable message
in its characteristic appeal 10 Justice
and its unselfishness.
Representative F. III. GIIlett,. Mass
achusetts.
I am in thorough accord with prac-
tically the whole of the Presidents =
speech. What most impressed me was
that the peace for which we strive
must be permanent. That is the prin-
ciple which will induce the American
people to fight the war through to a
finish.
Representative J. Hampton Moore,
Pennsylvania.
There is one point in the address
from which Republicans must differ.
This is the establishment of an equal
ity Of trade conditions amtIE ali ma
tons consenting to peace. Most Re
publicans would think that seems TO
opeli a free trade system. Cor which
this country is not prepared.
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Representative J. n. Baer, Nom
partisan.
The people will be heartened that
the aims which We are fighting for
are now clear to the world. Had Rus
sia known them a few weeks ago, she
might still have been in the fray.
Representative f. A. Britten, Illinois.
1t means ten years more OF war, be-
cause the President closed all the
doors to peace.
Representative p. ID. Norton, North
Dakota.
It is up to Germany now to say what
she is, fighting for and whether she
wishes to continue.
Representative W. b. Madden,
Illinois.
Section 3 OF the peace terms would
seem to mean nothing more nor less
than free trade. Republican members
certainly will not stand for the de-
struction of American business inter
ests through unfair competition with
the nations were are fighting when
the war is ended.
senator Smoot.
II agree in most of the program.
but I cannot agree to international
free trading"
Senator Martin, Virginia.
"One of the ablest messages a
President ever delivered; 1t met the
situation from every viewpoint"
Senator Chamberlain, Oregon.
TT states out and out what we
fight for"
Senator Lodge, Massachusetts.
"a very able message; a very
concrete proposition
Senator Harding, Ohio.
1T leaves us square-toed facing
a world in tumult. 1 like the de-
tailed declarations. He spoke more
favorably to Russia than / have
been able to feel but I cannot ques-
tion the timeliness of his utter
ances."
Senator Kenyon, Iowa.
"A remarkable message"
Senator Curtis, Kansas.
"A fine, timely message"
Senator Ashrust, Arizona.
Timely, luminous. specific, clear.
1t breathes hope and encourage
ment to all nations"
Chairman Flood, House Foreign A.
fairs Committee.
cit will hearten the sorely
tried people of Russia. 1t should
have a profound effect on the Ger
man people. IT should shorten the
war many months"
Meyer London, Socialist, New York.
This counter peace offensive of
the allies will shorten the war
more than all military offensives
combined"
The Washington herald., 1918-01-09
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The Washington herald., 1918-01-09
Pittsburgh Post.

President Wilson's restatement Of
our war aims had a significance be-
yond the statement Of allied aims
recently by Lloyd George. President
Wilson'S address was dominated
largely by an appeal TO the Rus
slams. indicating that the task OF
reviving and holdig the Muscovite
in line is to ,devolve principally upon
Americans. His statements also IN
dicate confidence that the Russians.
though broken I'm power. will hold for
the principles Of democracy. Anoth-
er satisfying thing was the emphasis
the President laid upon the unity
in aims of the opponents Of the cen
tral allies. The German people are
CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-09
PRESS COMMENT

force and selfish aggression. All the
peoples of the world are in effect
partners in this interest and for our
own part we seefvsyy clearly that un-
less justice be done to others IL will
hot be done to us
The Washington herald., 1918-01-09

women's Black Cotton aud
Lisle Hose; medium and
heavier weights: all sizes.
Splendid value nj &c pair.
PaIaIs ROyaI-Street Floor.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-09

Good weight Cashm, re Hose.
in black and white; excellent
wearing qualities. Special Ht
59c pair.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-09

Women's Pure Silk Hose, IN
white, black and colurs: pain
and drop-stitch; also dainty
embroidered eff ects and
clocks. $50 and sl.69 values.
Pair. SI.3S.
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Incident Significant.

The whole incident is full Of sig
nIfcance. Il Is also full of perplex-
ity. With whom are the Russian rep
resentatives dealing? For whom are
the representatives OF the central
empires speaking? Are they speak
ing for the majorities Of their re-
speetive parliaments or for the mi
nority parties. that military and i'm
perialistic minority party which has
so far dominated their whole policy
and controlled the affairs of Turkey
and OF the Balkan states which have
felt obliged to become their asso-
ciates in this war?
The Washington herald., 1918-01-09
Women's S Hose

womenIS Pure Silk Hose, in
black and plain Colors: also
silk clocks and dTop-stltCh
effects. S225 and S2.50 val
ues, at. n pair, SI.95.
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for a moment to permit himself to
continue this tragical and appalling
.outpouring Of blood and treasure un-
less he Is sure beyond a peradven-
ture that the objects OF the vital sac
rifice are part and parcel Of the very
life Of society and that the people
for whom he speaks think them right
and imperative as he does.
Russians Ask Light.
There is, moreover, a voice calling
for these definitions of principle and
of purposes which is, it seems to me,
more thrilling and. compelling than
any of the many moving voices with
which the troubled air Of the world
Is filIed.
It Is the voice OF the Russian pec-
pie. They are prostrate and all but
helpless. 1t would seem. before the
hitherto known no relenting and no
pity. Their power, apparently, Is
shattered.
And yet their soul is not subservi-
ent. They will not yield either in
principle or in action. Their con-
ception OF what Is right. Of what II
is humane and honorable for them
to accept. had been stated with a
frankness, a largeness of view, a
generosity Of spirit and a universal
human sympathy which must chal-
lenge the admiration of every friend
Of mankind; and they have refused
to compound their ideals or desert
others that they themselves may be
safe.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-09

For this No. 2 Heavy
Galvanized Wash - Tub.
Come early. so that you
will not be disappointed.
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Foes Are seeretiye.

The only secrecy of counsel, the
only lack Of fearless frankness. the
only failure to make definite state
ment Of the objects of the war, lies
with Germany and her allies. The
issues Of life and death hang upon
these definitions.
No statesman who has the least
conception Of his responsibility ought
The Washington herald., 1918-01-09

Sl.75
For this strong De Luxe
Ironing Table. Can be
folded and put away
when not in use. S2.75
value.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
The U. S. Food Administra-
ton for Iowa.

Following is list of the officers ant
attaches of the United States foot
administration for Iowa, whose head
quarters at burlington. Iowa, were
opened August 1, 1917:
J. F.. Deems. United States food adj
miniStrator for Iowa.
r. T.. LogSlon. executive secretary
w. r. McElroy, chief Of sugar divi
sion.
d. G. Thompson, chief of the -four
division.
NJ l.. Parker, chief Of the merchants
representatives.
W. r. Harper, chief of the milk and
ice division.
w. f. Miller. chief of the hotel and
restaurant division.
Il. f. Pittigrew, assistant to Mr.. NIL
Ter.
Il. r. Welday, chief Of the bakery
division.
G. F. Altstadt. chairman Of the
bakers service committee for Iowa.
Leon Brown. educational director.
Mrs. Francis E. Whitley. chairman
Of fhe womcn's committee.
Miss Neale s. Knowles. director OF
the home demonstration agents.
Paul Guelich. chief Of the enforce
ment division.
G. G. Puuly, chief of the mailing di-
vision
Miss Alice French, in charge of patri-
otto meetings.
Mrs. Max Mayer. state field repre-
sentative.
John Demling, assistant to Mr..
Pauly.
Mrs. T. Hedge, Jr., chief Of the vol
unteers' division.
Miss Julianne Doane, secretary to
Administrator Deems.
A. II. Blank. director of the moving
picture division.
Mrs. II. r. Boies, chief Of the Col
lege Women's league.
III. c. Orrick, special investigator.
Ed Canny, special investigator.
Oliver Longueville, field representa-
tive.
A. E. Peterson, special Investigator
A. o. Stephenson, special investi-
gator.
Miss Julia A. Robinson, library d.
rector.
Herbert r. Wright, special organizer
for the negroes.
A score of office assistants are not
included in this list. Nor are the
members of the organizations of the
various division chiefs included, nor
their office attaches. And the names
of the 1913 food administrators, their
many hundred assistants, their COM
mittee chairmen-for each county is
perfectly organized--the district, coun-
ty and township chairmen Of the WON
ems committee, the district and coun-
ty chairmen OF the bakers, of the hotels
and restaurants. of the retail mer-
chants division. etc, are not included
n this list.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
PAY OF ENLISTED MEN OF U. S.
ARMY.
Men Overseas Draw 30 Per Cent
More. Pay of Privates and Nom
commissioned Officers.

Men who serve in the United
States army in foreign service draw
80 per cent more than the pay quot
ed below:
$4,000 all privates; the armv en-
tering pay.
$685. first class privates.
$1,000 corporals, saddlers, far
riers, wagoners and musicians oil
the third class.
$500 line sergeants, which in.
cludes sergeants OF the infantry
cavalry, field artillery and coast ar
tillery; musicians of the second class
$4,000 sergeants of engineers
ordinance, signal corps. quarter
master corps, medical department
band first class musicians
$4,000 battalion geantsmajor
squadron sergeants-majOr, sergeant
major (junior grade), sergeant bug
lerS, master gunnerS, assistant band
leader Of the line.
$51.0 regimental sergeants-ma-
jor, regimental supply sergeants,
Sergeants-major (seniOr gradeJ
quartermaSter-serg OF the q.
NJ. corps, ordnance sergeants, first
sergeants, electricians, sergeants OF
the first class.
$500 sergeants first class of the
medical department.
$71.0O hospital sergeants, master
engineers Of the junior grace, engin-
GERS.
$500 quartermaste r-sergeants Of
the senior grade Of the Q. NJ Corps,
band leaders, master signal electri-
clans, master engineers of the SEN
ior grade, master hospital sergeants.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
For Those Who Die for Their
Country.

1t is an intensely personal matter
he expression of ones grief for a
member of ones family killed in the
service of his country. Yet we
hink President Wilson has done
we'll to approve the suggestion OF
the woman's committee of the coun-
ell of national defense, that a black
cleveland bearing gold star be
hus worn. No one expects univer-
sal confor nifty. Everyone will be
to express a grief and pride surely
UNIQUE among human emotions.
The wearing of black is neither
suitable nor right. The loss is not
the less; the sorrow 2 is not the less IS
something more than personal. They
are part, tragieially ines sacppiae
which our whole nation is laying on
he altar of liberty and justice and
humanity. We shall honor not only
our own dearly beloved dead, but
the heroes of the great cause. We
shall need to express beyond grief
the Hottest pride known to man.
New York Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
With Their Faces Toward Germany.

A special correspondent of The
Stars and Stripes tells the story re-
lated by the chaplains of two Yam
kee regiments that st0rmed slope
above the Ourcq. The chaplains re-
turned at shutdown from the task of
burying their dead. They were eX-
ceedingly weary, but the expression
on their faces showed they had been
nplifted. They made the report
that In all that battlefield we found
without a single exception that ev-
cry one of those boys died crouching
forward with his face toward Ger
man."
That is the spirit that animates
our men, one and all: That was
the spirit of which the kaiser and
his advisers knew nothing when
they said we would not fight we'll on
foreign soil. They do not know and
they have nothing within them that
could make them comprehend the
ideals that animate these men. Our
soldiers are stirred by patriotism
before they ever leave our shores
but when they enter France and
England and see with their own
eyes what horror the Hun has
wrought, their spirits are kindled
anew and they are led by a grim
purpose that augurs ill for the
powers that set in motion the ter
rib1e forces of evil that have ravag
ed Europe for four wears. 1t has
been said that our boys will not be
satisfied unless they pierce to Berlin,
and the above incident seemingly
confirms the assertion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
National Facts.

A bill without the signature of
the president may become law in
either Of two ways. First, if passed
by congress and submitted to the
president and not returned by, him
in ten days, Sundays excepted, it be-
second, bill passed by congress and
vetoed by the president becomes a
| law if passed over the president S
veto by a two-thirds vote of both
| houses.
The law of the presidential sue
cession, passed in 1885, expressly
states that in case of the death of
both president and vice-president,
the succession shall go to the mem
bers of the cabinet, beginning with
the secretary Of state, but, only
''such as are eligible to the office OF
president under the constitution.
If the secretary of state was foreign
born, therefore, the succession
would pass over him and go to the
secretary of the treasury.
The American Declaration of In
member Of the continental congress
signers from New Hampshire, five
from Massachusetts, two from Mode
Island, four from Connecticut, four
from New York, five from New Jer-
sey, three from Delaware, nine from
pennsylvania, four from Maryland,
seven from Virginia three from
Carolina and three from Georgia.
In the process of naturalization
as an American citizen two years
must elapse between the filing of the
declaration of intention first paper)
and the petition for final naturaliza
ton Second paper. The applicant
for final naturalization must have
resided continuously in the United
German subject or other alien enemy
who has first naturalization papers,
cannot get the final papers until af-
ter the war.
The provision of the constitution
Of the United States giving each
state, the smallest as we'll as the
largest, two senator's, and apportion
ing members of the lower house, ac-
suit of a long contest in the consti-
tutional convention of 1887 between
the delegates from the smaller states
and those from the larger ones.
The former insisted upon the equal
of the states, as
such. in congress, while the delega-
ton from the larger states advocated
making population the basis of rep
resentation. There was, OF course,
the contest ended by compromise
giving all the states, large and
small, equal representation in the
upper house of congress and apply
ing the population rule to represen-
tation in the lower house.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Si,erif's Sale.

By virtue of an execution, direct
ed to me from the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of Decatur county, Iowa,
on a Judgment obtained in said
court, on the 18th day of July, 1918,
in favor of Olive Hullinger as Plain
tiff, and against P. E. Shirley and
Lizzie Shirley as Defendants. for
the sum of Three Hundred Thirty
Six Dollars and so cents, $3.50 at
torney's fees and costs taxed at
s9.O5, and accruing costs, have
levied upon the following Real Els
tate, taken as the property OF said
Defendant, to satisfy said execution,
tO-wit: =
Lot six CO., block seven 60, in
Referees addition to the town OF
Davis City. Decatur county, Iowa.
And will offer the same for sale
to the highest bidder for cash in
hand, on the goth day of September
A. D. 1913, in front of the Court
House door in Leon, Iowa, at the
hour of 40 o'clock A. M. of said
day. when and where due attendance
will be given by the undersigned.
Dated at Leon, Iowa, August ~,
John A. Fulton,
got Sheriff of said County.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
The Boys in Brown.

Over in France our boys are there,
To fight the Prussian host,
Whose ruler to conquer the world,
That was his Haunting boast.
Chorus
Hurrah for the boys,
hurrah for the boys in brown,
They're fighting now in liberty's
cause,
The Kaiser they will down.
To France we owe debt of old,
And Lafayette her son
Who brought force of Frenchmen
bold,
To fight with Washington.
When General Pershing strikes the
Rhine,
And hits the naughty Hun,
He'll drive them back to old Berlin,
And avenee the wrong they've
done.
M. E. She'll
Decatur, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
SheriH's Sale.

By virtue of an execution, direct
ed to me from the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of Decatur county, Iowa,
on judgment obtained in said
court, on the 4th day of March.
1918, in favor of Merchants and
Bankers Fire Insurance Company as
Plaintiff, and against T. M. Craft as
Defendant, for the sum of Two
Hundred and lightweight hundred
tbs dollars, $4,000 attorneys fees
and costs taxed at 1885, and accru-
ing costs, ! have levied upon the
following real estate, taken as the
property of said Defendant, to satisfy
said execution, to-wit::
Lot four (4), block fifteen (15) (,
Barr addition to the town of Van
Vert, Decatur County, Iowa. 81
And will offer the same for sale to
the highest bidder for cash in hand,
on the 18th day of September, A. d.
1918, in front of the Court House
door in Leon, Iowa, at the hour of
10 o'clock A. NJ. of said day, when
and where due attendance will be
given by the undersigned.
Dated at Leon, Iowa, August Z,
1918.
John A. Fulton.
2-2t. Sheriff of said County.
Stamp duties on the letters patent
creating Sir John French viscount
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29

Stamp duties on the letters patent
creating Sir John French viscount
amounted to 900.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29

We are here to please our
patrons and if you buy some
thing and take it home and
find you don't want it bring
it back and get your money.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29

Saturday, August 3lst,
closes this big cut-price sale.
We are making deeper cuts
than ever for the last day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29

We are going to put our en-
tire stock in this remodeling
sale and will quote you pri-
ces on anything you want at
less than we could buy it on
the market today. 1T will
pay you big to anticipate
your needs for one year ahead.
We have a big stock of good
merchandise to select from.