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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-19
TROUBLE LOOMING
 AHEAD IN MEXICO
By HOLLAND

New York, November 1s--On or before the first of January the government at Washington may have it's attention .d;- ences in Europe to new conditions sud- denly developed in Mexico. For there is excellent authority for reporting that speedily, perhaps as soon as January 1, Carranza will be overthrown and Felix Diaz will be accepted as the new ruler of Mexico.
 Distracted as our people have been by war events they have had little oppor- tunity or inclination to learn what the actual conditions in Mexico now are. Under Carranza's rule the population of Mexico City has increased from about 800, GOO to 100000 But Is is not normal, healthful increase. For thousands who formerly lived on haciendos, by reason os lack of any form of government which would protect them, have sought shell ter in Mexico City Not much better off have they been in Mexico<City than they were formerly. Daylight robberies are so frequent as to attract no attention and no person who is not known to be in thorough accord with Carranza appears upon the streets of Mexico City after sunset.
 Carranza finds himself now seriously embarrassed by the action which he took sometime ago in closing and seizing all the banks in Mexico City excepting those which were controlled by. German capital. For now no one can teIr what the effect of the termination of the European war and the collapse of Germany will be upon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-19
MUCH WORRY IN HUN CAPITAL ABOUT WHO
 SHALL HAVE POWERS
Premier Ebert Declares U. s. Will Help Feed Masses, But Order Must Be
 Maintained

I Amsterdam, November 16.-(Saturday.)
 Berlin newspapers and dispatches reach ] ing here indicate that there is great confusion in Germany over the powers ! to be given the various councils, com
 mittees and officials.
 !, The dispatches indicated that there is chaos in government affairs owing to the formation by the Spartacus group | of new political party, which has re- duced the strength of the independent
 socialists. How strong this new party
 will be is not known.
 I The so-called executive council of the workmen's and soldiers council has fol- lowed the Berlin garrison's demand by temporarily" resembling it's order for the formation of civilian red guard i There is reason to believe that the ex- eeutiye council, despite the fact that Captain Won Beerfeld was forced to leave it because he was considered too radical, is still more socalistic and radical than the larger council. from which it has, its commission.
 That the bulk of the soldiers them- selves refuse to countenance bolsheyik methods again has been demonstrated at a meeting in the Reichstag building of delegates from all the soldiers councils in Berlin and delegates of similar coun- cils elsewhere. The Berlin soldiers are
 united firmly against Dr. Karl Lieb-
 knecht They declared that he had teen
 thrown out of the barracks owing to his
 repeated efforts to deliver incitive speeches.
 Premier Ebert in addressing the meet ing declared that a vast majority ot
 the people supported the government. The government had nothing to fear from the troops at the front, but that many men from rear positions who are hurrying home are causing disorder in Baden and Wurttemberg
 The premier added that the United States would help feed the Germans. but that order must be maintained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-19
AMATEUR STANDING |OF ATHLETICS BEING
 NOW WORKED OUT
Amateur Athletic Union Has Many Perplexing Prob lems Before It During
 Two-Day Session

Philadelphia, November 1s.-Matters pertaining to the amateur standing of athletes who acted as paid instructors at army cantonments during the past year, the awarding of championships and delegate representation are among the things that will be considered at the annual meeting of the Amateur Athletic union of the United States, which be- gan a two-day session here today. In the absence of Charles A. Dean, the president. the meeting was called to or der by Samuel J. Dallas, Philadelphia, vice president.
 Committees which held sessions today included those on legislation, records, championships, gymnastics and recreation and basketball. The records committee has nearly 100 records made in various parts of the country to investigate and approve for presentation to the national body tomorrow.
 The committee on legislation is ex- pected to favorabIy report a resolution that no person whl was eligible to com pete as an amateYt- at the beginning of the war and who has been a paid in- structor in army camps shall be consd- cred as not having forfeited his amateur standing unless he shall continue in such paid position after the war is over.
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into the contest
 Terry, as everyone familiar with ring history knows went after Young Cor bett with the same whilwind speed and aggressiveness that had won for him every other battle of his career He figured that he would wear Young Corbett down with terrific volley of blows But in this he was. unsuccessful and his very carelessness in leaving his jaw ex- posed gave to Young Corbett the chance Ito send through some crashing blows which quickly made Terry knockout victim-for the first time in his career.
 Jess Willard was another who narrow. ly escaped obliteration from the pugilistic map because of carelessness-and because he held certain foe in contempt.
 Willard. who was working industrious ly in an effort to reach the top in the white hope division, had taken on all corners through 1911. 1912 and 1913. He had met with splendid success and this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-19
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMEs J. coRBET Y

test declared positively that Sullivan had never broken a bone during any part of the fight and loudly declared that the fight had been stopped to save sulli- van from being knocked out.
 Another case where ring carelessness lost fight for man-and resulted in his death-was the Luther McCarthy-
 Arthur Pelke fight in Calgary. Alberta
 McCarty, at the time, was at the abso- lute crest of his career and was looked
 upon as the white heavyweight cham pion of the world. Pelkey, on the other hand. was in the tlemon" class. The two men came out of their corners for the first round and McCarty, just to show his contempt for Pelkey. practi- cally walked up to his husky rival with his guard down, inviting a punch
 Pelkey let loose q wild swing which caught McCarty on the jaw--and Mc-
 Carty went to the floor. He was counted
 out and eight minutes later was dead A coroner's jury, however, exonerated
 Pelkey from blame as to McCarty's death by declaring that the end was and that the real reason for death was the result of a punch which McCarty had received earlier in his career
 If Terry McGovern had a little more respect for the slugging powers of
 Young Corbett, it is unlikely that the great Brooklyn warrior would have gone down to the sensational defeat in Hart ford, Conn, in 1901.
 McGovern, flushed by victories over George Dixon, Pedlar Palmer, Frank Erne and others, had grown to believe that no man could stand up for 10 rounds before his furious onslaughts. And Terry, who had taken the most terrific punches that more than a score of men dealt out to him, reckoned that he was knock k-out-proof. So when Young Corbett comparative unknown" sought match with McGovern. Terry eagerly signed articles--and just as eagerly went
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was in splendid fighting condition-and he found that Miller was far different fighter than he had been pictured to be. The result was that Willard was on the receiving end of terrible beating that night and it was all that Jess could do to weather the storm of Millers blows. Miller set pace so fast that he wore out Jess in three or four rounds and it was all that Jess could do to stave off de- feat until the end of the limited contest,
 The cases which I have cited are only a few of many in ring history that show how Ncarelessness and ovef-confi- dence have lost titles-and often caused men to take beatings who, if they had trained, would have won in eanter. Not so long ago a youngster. aspiring for ring prominence. asked for advice and among other things, I said to him:
 Regard every man that you are matched to fight as the champion of champions"
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gave to him a feeling of confidence in his own ability. He landed out in San Francisco and there some of the pro- motors asked him if he would take on Charlie Miller, a graduate street car motorman, who had been cutting a fairly wide swath through the pugilistie lanes of the Pacific coast.
 "Sure,' said Jess.
 So the two men were matched Jess wandered around trying to get low down on Miller and was told by many persons that Miller was the worst kind of a dub-that he couldn't hit, had no science and. that a few good punches would send Miller to dreamland. So Jess decided there wasn't any use of train ing to fight such a joke warrior as Miller was pictured to be. When the two men climbed into the ring on June 2, 1913. Willard quickly became aware of the fact that he had pulled "a boner in not training. He found that Miller
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-19
GREAT OLD REMEDY
 FOR SKIN DISEASES

blood tonic that will purify your blood and cause most decided abatement of your trouble, and finally make you en- tirely we'll Fifty years ago 8. s. s. was discovered and given to suffering man.
 kind. During this period 1t has proven it's remarkable properties as a blood purifier and tonic. and has relieved thousands of cases of disease caused by
 poor and impure blood. and chronic or
 inherited blood diseases You can be
 relieved. but you must take s. s. s. Take lit if only pimples appear. for they de- note bad blood. and may be followed by the sufferings from torturing skin eruptions- Therefore be sure. Don't taks chances, don't use lotions. Get s. s. s, from your druggist. If yours ts spe-
 cial case, write for expert medical ad- vice. Address Medical Director, 42S Swift Laboratory, Atlanta Ga
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John L. Sullivan was another famous fighter frequently guilty or ring care lessness. The mighty Sullivan believed so implicitly in his own fighting ability that he never made real effort to train for any of his contests with the exception of those few that involved the probable loss of his title. Sullivan looked upon the ordinary ringman as man who could be conquered with little more than few of the famous Sullivan glares.
 John l.. had several narrow escapes uullhg ms lighting career. And among them was his contest with Patsy Cardiff of Peoria, H.. who was known then as
 The Peoria Giant,n John L. was matched 10 meet Cardiff on January 1S 1887. in Minneapolis and in such slight esteem did John L. hold the Peoria battIer that he went into the ring that night in awful physical condition.
 What was the result?
 Cardiff, in fine shape, rushed Sullivan with the bang of the first gong and kent after John l.. mercilessiy through every one of the six rounds of fighting. sulIi- van was in such shape that he was un- steady on his feet, never could set him self for punch and was an easy target for the Peoria warrior. Through every one of those rounds Cardiff hit Sullivan when and where he willed and a fusi1- iade of blows gradually wore the cham pion down to staggering condition
 And then, just as it seemed that Car. diff had Sullivan on the verge of a knock out, the friends of John L. stopped the light, claiming that Sullivan had broken a wrist by hitting Cardiff on the head. The supporters of Cardiff, after the con
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natural resources, especially mineral and oil, should assure her. j SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN MEXICO

c. F. Huntington caused an extension Of the Southern Pacific railroad to be built almost paralleling the west shore of Mexico to Guyamas. His purpose was to sextend the line until at last it would connect with the national railroad of Mexico at Guadalajara. That work was continued after MT. Huntington's death until at last the road was built to within 100 miles of a junction point at Guad- alajara. The revolution caused construc- ton to cease. If Diaz succeeds in es- tablishing stable government in Mexico and if peace conditions are favorable un- doubtedly the Southern Pacific railroad will complete its line so that 1t will at last have. through traffic or contract agreement with the National railroad of Mexico, entrance into Mexico City, and thus Huntingtons ambition will be justi- fled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-19
s. s. s. Clears Skin of Erup. tions-Drives Poison From
 the System

Get it fixed in your mind that skin
 eruptions, Scrofula. Ec1ema, burn ing, itching skin. and all skin diseases are due entirely to impure and infected blood If the trouble was on the out side of the skin, by simply washing and
 keeping it clean you could obtain re- licf-not even ointmentE. lotions and salves would be necessary Agree with us in this belief and your trouble can he relieved--you can be entirely re- stored to health. S. s. g. Is a purely vegetable treatment that you can se- cure from your own druggist-ft is a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-19
Meditations of William

By c. S. Gauden. We'll, I am down und oudt, 1t seems,
 completely down und oudt. They've turned my scepder into junk und smashed my droops erbout Somehow dis plan uf me und Gott to rule dis mundane svere Got badly damned somevere in roudt und brought up devilish queer. Py all der laws uf might und bluff l should haf licked der foo: My dactics dey vas great alright, but tam-n, dey didn't go. I can't egsplain it to myself, I know 1t makes me zick
 To dink dose stupid allies should my
 peerless soldiers lick For years und years der var planned.
 und eferyting prepare, Und dot dere should no hitch ogcur take der greatest care. I'll take dem nations py zuhprise, dot $ vat I said to me, Und fore they knows vat I'm erbout I'll haf dem licked, you see. But tam--n dem grazy allies! init dere rokie droops they rise. Und viting Ike old sgratch. py gott. gif me der big zuhprise. But did I dink theyd victory vinf py himmel, not 1 did; But under my imperial boots they certnly put der skid. Gott strafe dem npsdart Yankee pigs. it makes by demper boil To think dot they should intervere und my ambition spoil. pey told me dot my submarines must not dere vessels zink, Ven vas starving England oudt to put her on her blink. Ah-oh. der Kaiser vat vas, no longer am he;
 My vickle szubjects dey haf ceased to make a goot uf me. Upon my banner now might be fn- szribed dis saying drue, In all der world heres none so low dot will him honor do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-19

Indigo is now being made from coal l. tar in this country. At Midland, Mich. 1000 pounds of 20 per cent paste are produced daily, reports Popular Science Monthly. Ali the tariff bills of this nation, commencing with the tariff of March 3, 1883. and including the tarife of October ?, 1913. placed indigo on the free list. Not until September g. |1916, was . bill passed putting . duty on it. It was the first schedule that braved tho anger of the German dye
 makers
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-26
Sergeant Harold Hawkins Will Speak
at Court House Tuesday Even
ing.

Many Decatur county people VINO
heard Sergeant Harold Hawkins
speak at Leon some weeks ago in be-
half Of the Salvation Army drive,
will be pleased to learn he has an
open date and is coming back to Wis
it Leon again, and. will speak in the
court house on Tuesday evening,
October 1st. Sergeant hawkins lost
leg in rranee and he agd is most
count of the great crowd when he
previously visited Leon, many we're
unable to hear his talk Come to
the court house next Tuesday even
ing and hear him speak inside where
all can hear him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-26
Coming Attractions at the Idle Hour
and New Theatrer

The fifteenth chapter of the adven,
ture serial, THE Bulls Eye, Will
be shown at the Idle Hour theatre
this afternoon and tonight Admis-
The attraction tomorrow, Friday.
Fly Cod" A western picture of the
highest merit and just released for
exhibition. Roy Stewart is one of
the best of the actors appearing In
western pictures. The admission will
be and Is cents which includes the
war tax.
The attraction Saturday at the
Idle Hour is "The Sea Panther
one of the big thrilling pictures of
the year with an all star Triangle
cast of players. This is a splendid
picture and lit it wi will att attract Large, large
at o'clock and first night show at
the usual hour Admission and Is
cents which includes the war tax.
The Saturday attraction at the
New Theatre is the Bluebird feature
production, The Wife He Bought"
ing. immense crowds wherever shown
and if you want to see picture fill
ed to overflowing with thrills and
surprises see '"The Wife He Bought.
Admission and Is cents.
Monday. September, goth, the at
traction at the New Theatre Will De
Wallace Macdonald in "Mlle. Pau
lette,' story of mystery and thrills
galore. It is a Triangle play of
high merit. The admission will be,
6 and Is cents.
Tuesday and Wednesday will be
the biggest days without doubt In
the history of the Idle Hour and
New Theatres when the big govern
ment in moving picture. feature,
"Pershing's Crusaders will be the
attraction. This immense produc-
ton is in eight reels. In order to
handle the large crowds this picture
will be shown at both the Idle Hour
and New Theatres, the first show
starting at the New Theatre thirty
minutes later than the first snow az
the Idle Hour. Admission, children
Is cents, adults % cents which in
cludes the war tax Matinee each
day at the Idle Hour only
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-26
Lamont Steam Laundry Establishes
Branch at Leon,

After less than a year of success
full operation in Lamont, the steam
laundry at that place has extended
its operations over a considerable
territory, and now includes Leon,
following the closing of the Jung
laundry.
made a few visits to Leon recently
and likes the attitude of our people
very much. He has arranged with
Mrs. E. J. Grouse to manage the
branch office here She will con-
tinue to do part of the work and
take care of all local calls for the
company. They plan to make sew
eral calls and deliveries each week
and will thus offer as prompt and
satisfactory service as is had bv
residents of larger cities. 1t is like
ly that the around-town calls will
be made by Mr.. A. E. Stoft. a joint
manager of this firm of young
hustlers.
They are doing family washings
now in addition to pressing and
cleaning. from Mount Ayr, Kellerton,
Eagleville and Blythedale, in addi-
ton to their home town. Next to
having a laundry like this of our
own, this looks like good PROPOSE
ton for Leon. They are advertising
in this issue.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-26
FELL FORTY FEET.
Silo ScaffOld Breaks and George and
Milan Sanger and Kenneth Carl
son Are Injured in Fall.

The breaking of a scaffold on the
inside Of a silo being erected on the
farm of C. A. Carlson, mile north
west of Decatur last Wednesday
evening, gave three men, Geo. w.
Sanger and son Milo, of Leon, and
Kenneth Carlson, son of Mr.. Carl
son, a terrible fall, and although all
three were injured they escaped be-
ing killed. The scaffold on which
the men were working, forty feet in
the air. suddenly gave way, and they
fell to the bottom Of the silo.
George w. Sanger had no bones
broken, but his back which was in
jured when a scaffold fell with him
at Garden Grove about year ago,
was wrenched, and he was badly
bruised up, and will be laid up for
some time. Milan Sanger had his
left arm broken just above the ell
bow, as well as being badly bruised,
and Kenneth Carlson escaped with
three broken ribs and a number of
bruises. DR.. j. w. Robson was
called to attend them, and Mr.. Sang
er and son were brought to their
homes in this city. Geo. w. Sanger
is the democratic candidate for
county recorder, and this accident
will probably prevent him from
making an active canvass, and his
friends will have to do the work for
him
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-26
OUR QUOTA S863,7oO
That is the Amount Decatur County
Must Subscribe for the Fourth
Liberty Loan Bond Sale.

The Fourth Liberty Loan will be
for not less than six billion dollars,
$S63,7OO, nearly three times the
quota for the Third Liberty Loan,
and at that there are but ten coun-
tries in Iowa with smaller quota
than Decatur. A census of the
property owned in Decatur county
was taken in every precinct in the
of the township chairman held at
Leon yesterday it was decided it
would take 3 per cent of the net
value of the property after deduct
ing indebtedness to raise the quota,
and the following is the amount OF
bonds which must be purchased. in
each precinct. 1t is expected that
by Saturday DECATUR ou county yyhis VIII b;e GO
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-26
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Ago
items Taken from the files of The
Reporter Published Quarter
OF Century Ago.

The elite of the city attended a
dance at the Mrs. Swartz restaurant
Monday night
Geo. w. Baker has opened law
legal lore to the residents of that
locality.
Matt Chick on Monday purchased
2SO acres of land on Elk creek from
Senator e. G.. Hawley. of Dundee
ILL.,, the consideration being So 90.
Judge Samuel Forrey has sold his
1870 acre farm just west OF Leon to
Only one marriage license was is
sued the past week, that being to
Isaac Smith rs and Annie Martin %.
Matt Rush, the big good natured
lineman on the electric light plant,
stole down to Blythedale, Mo-, last
Thursday where he was married to
Miss Mollie ParrOtt.
the top Of the big clay hill a mile
west of town last Thursday evening
with dynamite, but was not success
full. The clay is so hard tnat ploW
or scraper will not touch it, so Gus
thought he could blow it up with
dynamite. He had a II inch. hole
drilled down 16 feet and put in 81
tas Iea Re G e ass pounSf %hen OF e stuff ana
ploded it raised the. ground up
about three or four feet high and
then it sank back and the only re-
suit of the blast was few cracks in
the road, andaa small place raised
up about like a gopher hill. He is
not satisfied with the trial, and is
going to try it again this tall put
poses to put so sticks of dynamite
along the top of the hill, a stick in
a place and only few feet below the
surface, and thinks it will loosen
the ground SO it can be graded:
Rev. w. G. Hohansheldt and fam
lily departed Thursday for Des
ing been appointed pastor of Grace
NJ. E. church in that city.
Judge j. w. Harvey and Capt. ).
A. Raw went to Osceola yesterday to
attend the reunion of their regiment,
the 18th Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-26
Iowa County Picnic.

The annual Iowa county picnic
was held last Saturday at the home
of D. D. Evans near Weldon. 1t was
beautiful day for the occasion and
about eighty-fve people took ad-
vantage of it ana were present.
There were several visitors in at
tendance. A very sumptuous dinner
was served which everybody enjoy
ed to the fullest extent. In the af-
ternoon short program was render
ed, consisting of music, readings and
patriotic talk given by REV. Jones:
of Garden Grove. Various races and
games were indulged in for which!
the winners received small cash
prize. At a business session. the
following officers were reelected
for the ensuing year:
President, D. o. Evans; Treasur-
er, Elbert White; Secretary. Thomas
Williams. A program committee
was appointed consisting of Misses
Jennie Barbour, LYDIA Davis and Isa-
bel Hastings, The place Of meeting
grounds and will be held the first
Saturday in September.