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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02
ShcriH'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 18th day OF February
1918, in favor of J. A. Harris as
Plaintiff, and against Anna Mckin-
ley, j. J. Summers, Mrs: J j. sum
mers, E. L. Strecker and Mrs. E. l..
|Strecker as Defendants. for the sum
of Four Hundred and Ninety-one
Dollars and % Cents, 1896 at
torney's fees and costs taxed at
|$19.S5, and accruing costs. | have
levied upon the following Real Es-
tate, taken as the property of said
Defendants, to satisfy said execu-
ton, to-wit:
The west one-half of the south
twenty acres of the southwest one.
fourth of the southwest quarter OF
section 10, township 50, range 25,
west 5th P. NJ, containing 10 acres,
more or less.
And will offer the same for sale
to the highest bidder for cash in
hand, on the 18th day of May, A.
d. 1918, in front of the Court House
door in Leon, Iowa. at the hour of
10 o'clock A. M. of said day. when
and where due attendance will be
given by the undersigned.
Dated at Leon, Iowa, April 18th,
1918.
John A. Fulton,
37-2t Sheriff of Said County.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02
WHY OUR SOLDIERS FIGHT.

Almost Every day you read of the
morale Of this or that army, and
you possibly wonder what makes the
morale" of an army? You wonder
what it is that impels men to fight
and to keep on fighting when their
ranks are mown down by exploding
shells, amid gas attacks, and the as,
sault of overwhelming numbers?
Among the allied forces it is not
hate. 1t is not the hope of conquest
and indemnities or of establishing
by force a claim that they are of a
race and have divine
right to rule or exterminate other
people. None of these things in
spire their hearts or nerve their.
of all is the love of liberty. They
say with Patrick Henry: ), Give . me
prove the sincerely of their words
when thousands of them go to their
death in defense of liberty. They
will never submit to living under the
direction Of military clique and
have their lives directed by orders
directed from an autocracy. They
never will.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02
IOWA'S WHEAT FIGURES.

The figures which show the re-
Spouse of Iowa farms to the request
that all farms carry at least 10 acres
of wheat this year is gratifying but
it is what Iowa might be expected to
do: lowe gets down to business
drum corps usually. When bonds
are to be sold and wheat sown and
volunteers for war furnished lOwa's
response has been her full quota of
men and money. So it was nothing
strange that Iowa came across with
the wheat fields asked for.
Several things entered into it..
First Of all the steady strong vol
ume of Iowa patriotism and deter
mination. Next the object lesson of
wheat scarcity that arrived with the
food administrations orders restrict
ing, the use of wheat products. Iowa
had been used to having ~, all the
never been a real scarcity of bread
since Iowa began to find herself and
change from wilderness to the gar
den Of the Mississippi valley, So
that came as a shock and set men
thinking. Then every county, in
county agents have done extraordin-
airy work They have been the clear
ing house for seed wheat, the ad
vertisers and urgers Of wheat seed
ing.
The east grows hysterical and
shouts and waves banners and holds
mass meetings-and then falls
ference in people and sections. Iowa
is inclined to staidness and consid-
Grafton; but when a big thing ar
rives and a great necessity confronts
the nation Iowa steps in and carries
on.
In short Iowa is there with the
goods: OF all that is. steadfast. de-
NAUTICAL Iowa affords the most. She
may not start as suddenly as certain
other communities Ford cranks
easier than 70 h. p.-but nothing
stops her and she can carry tho load
-Marshalltown Times-Republican
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

Right now is the time for the
government to take over the coal
pairing to contest with the coal short
age that is almost certain next win
ter" insists the Webster City Free
man-Journal According to reports
from various sections many coal
mines are being closed because of
lack of orders. Yet the government
is doing nothing effective to keep
the people will be crying for fuel
and those who are prone to criticize
the administration will be told to
shut up as the administration is do
ing the best it can. 1t will do the
best it can, of course, when the
worst comes, but now is the time for
action that will prevent a most seri-
Gus situation next winter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02
GERMANY's STRENGTH.

For two years .., we e, have been 4: say.
Though We have heard it for
three years-that her resources We're
so far below those of the allies that
she could not stand up half SO long.
grafton of Russia, Germany has be-
come relatively stronger. No mat
ter how inefficient Russia was at her
best, she possessed millions of men,
millions Of soldiers Look up Tie
newspaper files of 1915 and you Will
read that the millions of Slavs were
certain to overwhe dna.t G ! ;raa ny;
men---and mighty long on that war
commodity. With the menace gone
from the eastern front, the Germans
are much stronger on the western
front. II was only recently that. a
German newspaper of authority
claimed that the Germanic arms
were superior in numbers, guns, air
err front. This probably is eXagger-
areG in some of the counts, but the
germ of the truth remains.
Granted that victory is ultimately
assured for the allies-largely
through the operations-to.come Of
the United States--it is still evident
that the outlook is for longer war
than anybody expected. ana every
means billions of additional cost and
the sacrifice of the lives of thousands
of our finest sons. 1t is foolhardy to
do the ostrich act. To eliminate
the menace of perpetual ornaments
from the world the Prussian sword
must be broken. Be this sword
stronger than ever before in the
history of the war, due to the cir
n1J ct
there isn't the slightest doubt that
the American sword is stronger If
all our resources are properly utiliz-
ed
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02
Notice of Appointment of Executrix

In the District Court of the State
of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of j.
W.. Gochenouer, deceased
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has. qualified as executrix of the es-
tate of ]. w. Gochenouer late of De.
catur County, Iowa, deceased: All
persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or his estate will make
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against said de-
ceased or his estate will present
them in manner and form as by law
required, for allowance and pay
ment.
Dated this gath day of April, A. D.
1918.
Martha Ellen Gochenouer,
38-3t Executrix of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

Do you recall that it will be twenty
years next Wednesday since Admiral
Dewey put the Spanish fleet to soak
in Manila bay? And if you do, you
probably remember that he had to
threaten to shoot the sausage out OF
the German admiral in the same wat
er because that apostle of 'Deutsch-
land Ueber Allies did everything he
possibly could to mess up the tight
ing so as to give the Yankees the
worst of it. Uncle Sam has had
twenty years in which to study the
it is no wonder that he is now
..b'ilin' mad. Manson Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

United States senatorship has
never been stepping stone to the
presidency. Quite the contrary. and
mind when he declined appointment
to the senate by Governor Gardner
Of Missouri and may still have Dres-
idential aspirations. Mr.. Clark has
been twenty-five years in the house
and has never been a candidate for
the senate. AS speaker he ranks in
official life next to the vice president
and receives $4,000 a year more
than senator.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

The declination of Speaker Champ
Clark Of an appointment to a seat
in the United States senate, recalls
the fact that in the past half century
only one speaker, John G., Carlisle,
has sought the senate, and he was
bigger man by far as speaker than
as senator. Heed had an opportun-
ity of going to the senate, but re-
fused it and Cannon never had an
ambition to be a senator.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

Efforts to conduct this years con-
gressional campaign on nonpartisan
lines will fail, according to the
signs at this time. The fifty-sixth
congress will serve until March 4,
1921, and, even il the war should
war business will demand attention
at the hands of the national legisla-
tors and will cause the usual divis-
ions on party lines.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

Newspaper waste baskets are
stuffed every day with Washington
circulars that simply can't be read
complains the Sioux City Journal;
elf ten men in every medium sized
newspaper office were assigned sole
ly to the task of reading and dispos-
ing of the publicity matter that
tai bureaus they would have to put
in long hours doing it. The actual
tonnage of paper waste must be tre-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

President Wilson is in the same
fix that Lincoln was during the civil
war. AS did lincoln, Wilson asks
that certain powers be conferred on
him in order the more effectually to
conduct the war, and his enemies in
congress, as did Lincoln's enemies,
haggle and nag him, and affect to
fear that he may turn despot and de-
stroy our liberties.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

When trade is resumed the COM
merce of the world will remember
that the great military machine de-
signed to destroy democracy was
made in Germany"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

According to an Amsterdam dis
patch, more than 5000 of the Ger
man nobility have been killed in the
war But the kaiser's seven sons
have remained unscathed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

The political status of the nation
al house of representatives as cor
rected to date is as follows: Demo
Gratis, 215; Republicans, 21O; Inde-
pendents, 2; ProhibitiOnist, 1; Pro-
gressives, 2; vacancies, 4. Total,
ABS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

I'VE must teach the children
German, because after the war we
shall be doing business with the
Germans" say the propagandists.
Can't the Germans learn English at
ter the war?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

There has always been great
deal of trouble in the world, only to-
day we don't need to look around SO
much in order to find it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

Plaintiff.
Myrtle Graves Simpson,
Defendant.
To Myrtle Graves Simpson,:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court Of the
above named County and State, Pc
tition of the plaintiff claiming OF
you a divorce from the bonds of mat
rimony. and asking. that the mar
riage contract existing between. you
be held for naught, wand that the
plaintiff be restored to all the
rights, benefits and immunities of
an unmarried person, on the grounds
that since you have been married to
the plaintiff you have been guilty OF
the crime of adultery: Plaintiff for
the marriage contract be set aside
and cancelled and held for naught
for the reason that at the time you
and plaintiff were married you, were
already married woman and had
no legal right to enter into mar.
riage contract with the plalntlff
herein. Plaintiff asks that he be re-
immunities OF an unmarried person,
that he have Judgment for costs. and
have such other and further relief
as equity and good conscience may
suggest.
For full particulars see petition.
Now, unless you appear thereto
and defend on or before noon OF
the second day of the next term OF
said court to be held at leon, Iowa,
in said county, commencing on
July 18th, 1918, default will be en-
tered against you and Judgment
rendered thereon in accordance with
the prayer of said petition.
C. W. Hoffman.
3S-4t Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02

You may just as well make up
your mind that the coal situation is
going to remain steadily on the job.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02
Advertising Rates.

Advertising Rates.
Display Advertising. special Sec
vice, per inch 49,. ....... &c
Reading notices. per line ...:,. sc
cards Of Thanks, cash with
Resolutions of Respect .. 800
church, school and society no
tees, where admission or en-.
tertainment fee is charged
per line -. 80 80. DC
We are glad to publish any and
Ill church or society notices, but
please don't confound news notices
With advertising locals. Correspon-
said notices with their items unless
they are authorized and paid for, and
II possible remittance for same
should accompany the notice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02
Original Notice.

In the District Court OF Iowa, in
and for Decatur County, July Term,
1918.
Clyde Simpson,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-20
FINE WEATHER 4
|; is PREDI CTED /
J. s.s FOR NEXT WEEK

wash'ington. April so.-weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday. issued BY the weather bu-i
reau today b; ss + G8 s,S3 ilt
II; Great Lakes region: Fair and.
warmer first. Of week. middle and end
Of week, probably fair, with temper,
Atufes above normal. N
Upper Mtssissippi and lower Mis-
souri, valleys: Generally fair. except
probably showsss ini !, I the a I1akotas
"wednesday or Ii Thnr9day: warmer
first Of week With Temperatures
above normal after Tuesday. S.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-20
MOB ATTEMPTS ]
TOLYNCH MAN
IN OKLAHOMA
Prisoner Held for Disloyal-
ty Taken From
Officers. ..4. +
& $50 =.
Rleadings of Official Needed
Neck is Badly
Torn.

Tulse, Okla, April :o-with his
neck torn and cut by moose with
which an irate mob at Collinsville,
Okla. last night attempted to lynch
him. Henry Rhemer was brought to
the county Jail here today. to avoid
further violence at the hands Of his
townsmen who accuse him OF disloy-
atty. sRhemer ia in custody Of Unit
ed States marshal and IL to be taken
to the federal prison at Muskogee as
"a measure Of further precaution.
A mob Of about fifty mon captured
Rhemer last night and swung him
into the air until he was in semi
conscious state. They released him
!, only at the request of Charles Miller.
assistant chief Of police who pleaded
that he be given the right Of hear
ing. Rhemer had been taken from
Miller and two patrolmen at the Jail
by members of the party who dragged
the prisoner to the home guard arm
ory, tied an electric light cord about
his. neck and swung it over.a basket
ball goal post. He was then placed
upon a. chair and after he had COM
piled with a command that he kiss
eyeFysstar on an American .hkg held
efoFs his face; tn. ci,Asl; yas rsgeey- q
edii and his. body left sanetnhE itE the
i airs.- He Vas allowed. 10 III 3
faeconds or more before ~ 1pfora
relented and cut him ,doNn:ss - :
He is SO years old and sayskhesis q
native Of Russia. ..,., =; i! y.s.*%g. - :
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-20
TWO MILLION IN
FIRST CLASS, HE
DECLARED TODAY
= n --1 j.
/ This is Exclusive of Between
500, 900 and Million Add
ed Annually.
PLANS FOR NEXT
CALL UNSETTLED
House Amendment Would
Cause Inequalities in New
Call, He Says.

washington, April 2o-Provost
Marshal General Crowder has advised
the senate military committee that
approximately two million drafted
men will be placed in class 1. These
two million, according to. General
.Crowder, are exclusive of between
100000 and 100000 more annually
who would be made subject to mill
taKy duty under the proposed bill
subjecting to registration youths
'eaching their majority. II
From the two million men in class
and the additional number to be Sc
cured by new legislation, General
Crowder has advised senators that it
will be improbable that calls will go
4 outside, Of the highest class.
Plans for the new draft are some-
what unsettled by the House amend
ment to the senate bill changing basis
Of. quotas sfrou state populations to
the number of men in class i, which
would give credit to states for all men
previously furnished. 80 7. .Q..y s.-.-,
Operation OF the House amend
nnent.. according to General Crowder,
would cause much inequality between
states in the new draft. Agricultural
states, he has advised zthe committee q,
would have to furnish the largest new
sssls = ssll a(isss 10 :tas s
would be lAdVleaRles16ssssle DkY USCs2
sity Observation-Disclosures a st6od prod dnct ti0H
according to preliminary inquiry q q
az the HouSe amendment. three states
would be exempt entirely from the
new call. yrEs.?
Because sof the tdisproportionsesa aris.
ing under; the House plans. General
Crowder has ,obtafded an agreement
from congressional leaders, to post:
rone. action on the bill until careful
analysis Of results is available. r-s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-20

Washington. April 2o.--A revised
enemy trading list. containing more
than five thousand names and for
the first time Including enemy firms
in the neutral countries OF Europe.
was issued today by the war trade
beard. 1t was established il: con.
junction with. Great Britain and
France to unity the efforts of the al-
lies to keep their products from
reaching the enemy.
Italy has accepted the list in prin-
ciple. !, 81 "a! ..
The number. of firms listed ,as enc
mics in. South America was slightly
reduced from previous lists, after in
vestigation. 1t was said. however,
that many firms which probably de-
served to be listed as enemy agents
were not on the list because actual
proof of their German connections
was lacking Extreme care Is being
taken in licensing shipments to them.
however. to- see that they obtain
nothing detrimental to the allies.
Besides the neutral countries of
Europe Greece and Morocco are in
cluded in the list.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-20
!. M,I,U(C,H /, :, DUgT j N : AYR

5t London, April 40 DsclartnE that
suspended dust and dirt oonnetst great
waste of human life. pr. 8. pwsns
aty the Royal Nst6fpt0 NJ sooisty.
were forced TO breathe was redecteds
In. the following nguHsA Shoxing the
sdepc6if from The air for one yeAr::
Manchester, e3S tons per square mtlGsi
London, sAS3 tons per sq,aAfA mil9;I
Shemeld. as tons per sqaare AL .s; q
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-20
U. 5. DESTROYER
BELL LAUNCHED
IN EAST TODAY
Mrs. Josephus Daniels spon-
sor-Christened in Honor
Of Civil War Admiral.
MEN MAKE GREAT
WAR SACRIFICES
Secretary of Navy Calls At
tention to Wonderful
Work of all Glasses,

Quincy, Mass, April 2o.-Mrs Jo-
sephus Daniels, wife Of the secretary
Of the navy, was sponsor for the lat
est United States destroyer. which
was launched today with patriotic,
ceremonies, at the Fore River plant
Fpany. Secretary Daniels and promt-
nent citizens of Massachusetts, were.
present. f...5, ..5.
Mr.. Daniels announced that the
new destroyer had been christened
the Bell in honor OF Rear Admiral
Henry II. Bell, a native Of. North
Carolina. who commanded a division
of the United States fleet under. Far
rugut in the Civil war: He lost his
life by drowning in Japan in 1868,
Visit New Works.
Mr.. Daniels' party then visited the
Squantum works where a few months
ago was ,quagmire today there
! stands q great shipbuilding yard.
1 i Tho visitors were conducted to the
| slips in which lay the keel blocks
only. Under guidance Of Superin-
tenaent y ] !. Nolan, veteran ship
a.|a nan ssl.sq s,t
~ After the destroyer had 4 been
| launched the ;shipbuilders called on
'Mr.: Daniels for q speech. sl499.
! -: Daniels Speaks. >eS,4+
The most gratifying thing about
this war; he said sis that the bulk
lpk.ftte men Of all callingsl have been
!, ready to make whatever sacrifices the
authorities have asked them to make.
The spirit Of America is that there
/ will he no profiteering and no tolera-
ton of slackers, either in the mill
tary service in munition plants, in
1.-THE sshipyards or anywhere else. The
men who are turning out destroyers
and munitions are just as brave as
men who are at the front. Unless
i their courage and willingness makes
sacrifice to furnish the implements
of war, the brave men at the front
will give their lives without the
win the war" z
..The greatest disappointment Of
4 the kaiser has not been the failure OF
the U-hoat warfare to starve our al
lies, although that was keen disap-
pointment The great disappoint-
ment was the falling down Of the
we'll planned propaganda to foment
social revolution in America. The
greatest disappointment OF all Is that
the efforts OF his paid spies and ennis
I saries. whispering in the ears Of any
laboring man who would listen, al
worse than wasted. Labor in Amer
ica understands that it depends 70,
its life and progress and future vic
tories upon overcoming German au.
tocracy in this war. y
Five Frames Are Ready.
Circling the plant and returning te
THE slips. where the keels had beer
llaid fifty minutes earlier. Mr.: Danielt
found that sted frame works Of five
destroyers were actually in position
tlt was a remarkable object lesson Of
, what American shipbuilders are
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-20
MORE ! / OBSTACLES
TO BIG FIGHT !
Public Safety! Commission
to be Guided by Pub
III. re. lie Opinion.

st. Faul. MINI, April 2o.-Co,onel
]. C. Miller. promoter of the proposed
Willard Fulton fight, conferred with
Governor Burnquist today. Shortly
after noon, Miller announced at the
capitol that he would leave for the
east tonight. It was understood that
local negotiations were at. a standstill.
nrss.e'ity s. Msp Apa, sSTap
figtt between Jess Willard and Fred
Fulton would be held in. the Twin
Cities on july 4, dwtndled to q possi-
bility today. More obstacles were
met by; the promoter. Colonel u; C.
Miller. z. Is.' Il IS
Although Miller announced that he
would mark time until next Tuesday
when the Minnesota; safety commits
sion would formally consider the ad.
visibility of permitting the contest, II
became known that Miller Is again
considering offers from other cities.
capitol. coupled with the, announce.
ment that the safety commission
would be guided by public opinion
was one cause /. tor uncertainty. A
statement. credited to Colonel Miller
toFthe eject that ne would insist upoF
the 10000 'inducement bonus from
the Twin Cities as soon as he closed
the4i Int arrangements. also helped te
cloud the situation. j
TT. Is understood that Miller told
Twin City associates he wanted thil
guarantee money to- irhrnediately
start work on the. arena. Some OF the
men interested in the fight are re-
ported to have taken the position thai
snch a move would force Twin Cit,
enthusiasts. to bear a heavy fnAncia
loss II the hght was called of at thu
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-20
(! .SAMbllES IN PARIS &
# PLANTO CELEBRATE
i sss' MEMORIAL DAY

Paris. April ze.-Plans for the
Memorial; day celebration are already
being made by the men OF the Ameri-
can 4 e1peditionary. forces. in and
around Paris 1t has been arranged
to hold big athletic meet in the
suburbs. at Co!ombes, May. so. Cfnder
path events, q tug Of war, three
legged race and other athletic COM
petitions, including a baseball game,
will make up the program.
The racing club Of France has
placed at, the disposition OF the
American army officers It's fine club
house and grounds In the Bois De
Boulogne with its tennis courts. cinder
path, dressing rooms and restaurants.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-20
GERMANY STILL
HAS MANY RESERVES.
GERMANS CANNOT
vxArN Ar pREaEnaTy

The Germans annots halt now ne
Ethsy would attempt tos crush the allies