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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
.CnAUTAUQUA is fine
Opened Monday Afternoon and First
Two Days Indicate Exceptional
Good PROGRAM This Year.

If the first two days of the Mid
land Chautauqua are any criterion
of the weeks program, Leon is going
to have the best Chautauqua we
opened Monday afternoon, the first
session being held in the assembly
room of the High School on account
of the big tent not being ready. Inc
Varallo-Gross trio and j. Walter Will
son furnished delightful afternoon
of music and reading, and in the eyy-
ening the prelude was fSH5,dMed 6H 6ne Yarai, hv
Strickland Gillian, repeater from
last year, but everybody was mighty
glad to have him come back. There
is only one Gilliland, and the big
audience enjoyed every minute OF
his talk. He has the faculty OF in
iculous as no other speaker can, and
his patriotic talk. Gilliland can
come back year after year and al
ways has something new and there
is not dull moment while he is on
Tuesday the Overseas Military
Quartet, Jour veterans from France,
good singers and entertainers. each
one victims of injuries at the hands
of the Huns, furnished delightful
afternoon. Harry Bull, who was
wounded Whlle operating macHlHe
gun, losing leg, gave a real talk,
and told in an interesting way how
the boys from the U. S. A.. are fight
ing over there, and related many OF
the atrocities which he had witness
ed. Bull is a fighter, and takes
great satisfaction in knowing. that
while he was over there with a
Canadian regiment for a year and
half, his faithful Betsy firing 600
shots minute, moved down the ,ad--
yancing Huns in swarms. He lost
his leg at Lens last year. In the
evening this quartet again occupied
the platform for more than an hour,
and then several reels OF war movies
Everything points to the SUCCESS
of the Chautauqua this year. Rev.
T. F. Campbell, the local manager,
has worked like beaver to make
it a success. and Rev. U. G. Lacey,
the platform superintendent is
mighty congenial fellow, who does
not bore the audience with long
winded talks, and keeps things NOV
ing all the time. Miss Fannie Pick
ard, the Junior supervisor has
large class of boys and girls who are
enjoying the morning hour. The
attendance is much better than was
anticipated, and if attenaance keeps
up the full guarantee will be sold.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
Coming Attractions at the Idle Hour
and New Theatres.

The attraction today is the tenth
episode of the adventure serial, THE
Bulls Eye" This serial gains in
popularity with each succeeding
week.
Tomorrow, Friday, August 18th,
start ztart'T Triangle gf cast AS' triangle e. pic.
lures are fine and this picture will
furnish abundant entertainment.
Admission 6 and II cents which in
Hdeb @ Be th1 ssown war at tax the News es
New va 'Tieaf Theatre III is Roy Roy Stewart, the
noted western star, in red blooded
story of the great west, "Faith En-
durin'." This is one of the biggest
and best western pictures OF the
with Leon audience. Admission
and Is cents which includes the war
The attraction at the Idle Hour
Saturday is the stirring western
story 1.-The Boss Of the Lazy Y"
Il life filled with thrills and action.
Seldom have you seen so good a
western picture as this one. It is
great all the way through with a
big cast Of all star western players.
Admission and 5 cents which in
cludes the war tax.
"The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin"
Theatres for a two day showing
next Monday and Tuesday. This
great picture broke all records when
first run here and it make a tre-
mendous impression. The demand
for return showing was so great
that the matter has been arranged.
Hundreds Of people want to see it.
A matinee will be given each Of the
two days at the Idle Hour Theatre
only At night the picture, will be
shown in both theatres, the first
show starting at the Idle Hour at
O'Clock and the first show at the
New Theatre at $3.50. The admls-.
sion will be 13 cents and cents
war tax for children and 25 cents and
| 9 cents war tax for adults.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
Four Sons i'm Service.

There are not many families
which have four sons in the. service
of their country, and among them
are Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. McCutchan,
of Belfield, North Dakota. former
Mrs. McCutchan being a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. jenkins, of
Leon. \All four boys were engaged
in agriculture, with their father
farming over 600 acres besides run
ming 200 head of horses and 70
head of cattle, but none Of them
son, Monty, although only eighteen
years old enlisting last month. Mr..
and Mrs. McCutchan have a reason
to be proud of their four sons.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
To the Trade.

This is my first Big Sale of my
business experience and | am going
to say to you this is to be straight
forward legitimate effort to reduce
my stock. In most lines | own mer-
chandise at a price that, will show
our trade good juicy clean saving
on the merchandise they need.
This is not a hot air sale but will be
clean. My stock in many lines seems
little heavy and its your chance to
supply most of your wants. on a
basis that is bound to appeal to all
who understand or know anything
about present market conditions.
You will find many lines on sale
here not mentioned in our sale ad-
vertisement, many small lots that
will be on sale at ridiculously low
prices. Some lines we have been
compelled to buy at new prices and
while not offered as cheap as stock
we owned previously to the advances
many will be offered at money say
ing prices just the same. We
promise you absolutely fair treat
ment and satisfaction. This is q
chance for you to do yourselves real
good and save money.
Frank N. Hansell.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
New Fire Alarm Here.

The big electric siren fire alarm
recently ordered by the city council,
has arrived, and workmen are in
stalling it on the water tower. The
siren is operated by an electric
motor, and will be tried out as soon
as it is completely installed, and it
several miles around Leon when it
is blown. The dismantling Of the
electric light plant here since cur
rent is received from the plant at
Centerville, left the town without a
fire alarm, and the electric siren is
the latest thing in fire alarms.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
Methodist Church Honor Roll.

At the memorial service, in honor
of Mr.. John o. Cowl, held in the
Methodist church last Sunday morn
ing, a service in which all the
churches of Leon participated, the
Honor Roll of the Methodist, church
following is the complete list:
John o. COWl.
Ronald Monroe.
Charles Horn.
Ralph Rumley.
Ancil Barry.
Harry Lemley..
D. Reese Gittinger.
Guy McMorris.
Raymond McMorris.
James McMorris.
George Youngs.
Joe Keshlear.
Glen Butler.
Frederick Hoffman.
James Hoffman.
Fay Hatch.
Mark Smith.
Robert Scott.
Edgar Rowell.
Cecil Wright
RAYMOND Howell.
Elmer Kimport.
Harley Bullard.
Lewis e. Hurst.
Walter d. Cooking.
Arthur Hale.
Frank BOies.
g Roland Dale.
Homer Dale
Harold Wright.
DIR. C. H. Mitchell.
Willard Slower.
Harry Snyder.
G.. E. Butler.
Clifford Merwin.
The memorial service was well at
tended and the sympathy of the
Whole community goes out to the be
reayed friends. In fact the whole
community feels that the memory oi
John O. Cowl is sacred to us; his
death is our loss, our sacrifice to the
cause Of humf unity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
ORDERED TO GET READY.
Local Board Must Prepare to Handle
Registration Soon.

The local exemption board has re-
ceived orders from the adjutant gen
eral to get ready for the registration
OF additional men as soon as the
legislation now before congress has
been acted upon. The local board
viii have Jurisdiction and supervis-
ion over the registration, which is
expected to come early in ,Septem-
Der. but the actual registrations
will be made by registrars which will
be appointed by the board. The
registration will be by voting pre-
cincts, as was done in the first reg
istrars for the various precincts of
the county have not yet been ap-
nointed
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
Emmert Chaplin Injured at Wood
land.

Emmert Chaplin, lad of ten ;a n
Working in a blacksmith shop at
Woodland last Wednesday. A gaso-
line engine was used for. operating
a grinding machine, and the lad at
TEN pied to detach the belt when. 1t
flew off and caught him. throwing
him against the ceiling of the shop
and then back into the engine which
had not stopped. His right leg was
cut and bruised about the head and
face. He was taken to the home OF
his mother, Mrs. Phipps, in wood
land, and is getting along very
pioo1v
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
Notice,

Having sold the Davis City tele-
phone plant to Ralph H. johnson,
who took possessir- August 1, 1918,
all claims against and for said plant
to that date will settle with Geo. p
Campbell. After August 1st all
claims will be settled with Ralph II.
Johnson. 1t will be contin ued by the
name of the Davis City Telephone
Co. by Mr.. johnson under the super
vision of the U. s. government.
Geo. p. Campbell,
Ralph HI. johnson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
DIR. Trimmer Enlist in Navy.

DR.. F.. M. Trimmer, the specialist
who has visited Leon each month
for a number of years, last week re-
ceived his commission as a lieuten-
ant in the medical division of the
naval reserve, and was ordered to
report for duty at once at the Great
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
Wheat Made 81 u Bushels and Oats
68 Bushels.

w. w. Fulton's threshing machine
threshed four acres of measured
ground for Walter Smith of east of
Leon, which produced 122 bushels
machine wheat, which weighed out
126 bushels, being an average of
machine threshed Is acres of oats
for ben Chastain which produced
1O5k bushels, averaging sc bushels
per here.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
Wheat Averaged 231z and Oats 80
Bushels.

lot of threshing in the month Of
July, inform us that for the month
the average of all wheat threshed
by their machine was 23k bushels
per acre, while average of the oats
threshed was SO bushels per acre.
Not 70 bad for war times.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
Expect the New Draft Law to Pass
Next Week,

The senate military committee has
voted to report favorably today the
administration bill extending the
draft ages to from ,1S to 45 years.
The bill will be taken up by con-
gress next Monday and 1t Is thought
it will be passed at once.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
OF a Century AGO.

Thomas G. Ryan and Mrs. Nellie
Rice, both OF Decatur, were mar
ried by Rev. Thomas Waller at the
home nom OF 5. A. Gates IN Leon on
AuE; John ~ Nj. Daley and Miss Lottie
McGrew were married at the NJ. E.
parsonage, Tuesday evening by Rev.
Hohansheldt.
l. NJ. Fry and Miss Mary A.
Grove were married at the residence
day, August 18th, by Elder Ebert of
the Christian church.
The New York horse buyer who
has been in Leon couple Of weeks,
has had a narrowing experience. In
the first place he had his money to
buy car of horses deposited in the
suspended. He telegraphed home
for more money and ordered it sent
to him direct, saying he had done
all the business with banks in this
town he proposed to do. The money
came Tuesday afternoon, and he was
at the depot to get it.. The, express
tanning $1,000 in silver and 500 in
gold, the whole weighing nearly 100
pounds. He had to hire dray to
haul it up town and was very glad
to put it in the Exchange Bank.
He was also caught a short time ago
in a Colorado bank failure for
The following marriage licenses
We're issued the past week:
Samuel M. Sidders "a to Edna A.
Thos; G. Ryan 4s to Mrs. Mary
Rice 33.
Fry byys4 "a t9 s5 Mary f6 yyo4fs Il eFGce %esrs% 2
Mrs. Ross Sanders and daughters
started yesterday for Salt Lake City,
Utah, to visit Mrs. Sanders mother,
whom she had not seen since she
was fourteen years of age.
ter Miss Minnie started yesterday
for Salt Lake City, Utah, where they
will visit for several months with
n. W. Lawhorn, of salina, Kan
sas, an old Leon boy, spent the day
in this this city Msca last TT Thursday rsdaS RobDts
monograph to New Hampton, Mo,
harvest picnic held there
T. B. McCready departed for
Wellington, Kansas, Monday to
take charge of a, steam riding gal
lery he is interested in. o,.o
A. Hildreth, of Columbus, OHIO,
property here
Robert Shular, of Charlton. is Wis
iting in Leon, the guest Of Miss
Clella Bashaw.
from Buffalo, N. Y, where he had
been to see his PAGER Blue Sign race.
At the republican county conven-
tion held at Leon Saturday the, fol-
lowing county ticket was nominat-
ed: Representative, q. Fl. Gurley;
treasurer Chas. H. Edwards; sheriff,
&c. c.. Beck; superintendent a. A.
Roy; member board, W. H. Paris;
surveyor, J. M. Hollinger; coroner,
DR.. H. r. Layton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
Marriage Licenses.

Oscar, Mcdaniel, Davis City...-3S |
Florence Grimes, Davis City .------18 |
Willard Charles Moon, Lamont -.-21 |
Minna Elsie Feldhahn, Lamont l.-21
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15
Leon Won Double Header at Osce-
ola Sunday.

The Leon base ball team won
two good games at Osceola Sunday
afternoon, a big crowd being in at
tendance. The first game was be-
tween Leon and the Camp Dodge
team, and Osceola was to play the
from Camp Dodge by score of 5
to 8, and. then turned right around
and defeated Osceola in the second
game by a score of 1 to Q. The fea-
ture Of the games was the pitching
of Fuson for Leon, who although
having just finished pitching the first
game with Camp Dodge, turned
right around and shut out Osceola
in the second game with no hits and
no runs.
The following is the scores of the
games:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-15

Leon -......,1 ooOs $1,000 5 s %
Dodge Oo21ooO 3 0
Batteries, Fuson and Yaryan.
Dearborn and Napier.
Leon 0001O0O0 / 9 Q
Osceola 20 O 0 0 o 5000 0 0 0
Batteries, Fuson and Yaryan,
Jones and Shaffer.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-11-29
OFFICERS ARE DUMMIES

New York.-At a hearing to fix the
responsibility for the recent wreck on
the lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit company, which killed nearly 100
passengers, President Halleck of the
Consolidated Railway company, the
operating company, acknowledged he
was figurehead. He would not agree
that he was dummy official because
he does not like the term. The wreck
followed a strike after the company
refused to obey an order of the ma
tiOnal war labor board to reinstate 30
victimized trade unionists. When the
unionists suspended work a strike
breaker attempted to operate the
train.
The company's attorney said it
wanted to submit the war labor
boards order to trustees of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Benevolent
association. The district attorney
showed that this association is a COM
pany institution in every particular,
that its president is appointed by the
company, its treasurer is the COM
pany's treasurer and that its bylaws
provide against any action inimical to
the company.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-11-29
NO BACKWARD STEP
Wage Cut and Longer Hours VIII Not Be Toler
ated By Working Men
Frank P. Walsh Joint Chairman of National War Labor
Board, Replies to William H. Barr President of Nat
ional Founders Association, Who Favors a
Return to Pre-War Conditions

public and private charities, so that the
community as a whole carried the
heaviest burden of the cost of indus
try. With the increased cost of living
during the war, it was found that the
lowest possible wage upon which a
worker and his family could subsist
in health and reasonable comfort was
1872 cents per hour; this, of course
based upon the actual 8-hour day.
"The National War Labor Board
fixed the minimum rate for common
labor at 4212 cents per hour, a bare
subsistence wage. If the industries
of the country are to be on a self
sustaining basis after the war and
common laborers are not to be forced
to live in part upon charity, it is OBJ
vious that there can be no reduction
of wages, at least in the field of COM
mon labor.
Likewise as to the wages paid
skilled mechanics, considering the
preparation for the work and the
value of the product turned out, as
we'll as the colossal fortunes gained
by others from their energy and skill,
in my opinion no disinterested person
who has made careful study of the
question can honestly say that wages
of skilled craftsmen in general are
too high today, even for peace time
"The fact is that on account of eco
nomic repression of various kinds,
workers prior to the war were not in
, ap osition to secure anything like the
fair fruits of their efforts from en-
ployers. War necessity, shortage of
labor supply, accelerated movement in
trade union organization and desire
upon the part of the Government, as
well as many large employers, to deal
justly with workers, all have operated
to bring wages\to the present general
standard.
"When the cost of necessities of
life diminishes to pre-war level
(Which | doubt will occur within less
than five years., then the workers in
the average industry will be receiving
only fair return for their work, if
present wage standards are rigidly
maintained. Otherwise not.
"The reconstruction problems in in
dustry are manifold and must be met
in the highest spirit of fairness and
accommodation. To throw the whole
subject into the realm of bitter con-
troversy at this time will make the
task of allocating the industrial struc-
Continued on page q
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-11-29
Wants Action
TELEGRAPHERS UNION ASKS
RELIEF
Chief BurlesOn Urged to Investigate
Grievances Presented by
Key ManipulatOrs

Washington.-The Commercial Tel
egraphers' union has appealed to the
national war labor board for relief
against the discriminating practices
Of the post office department, and the
board sends this letter to Postmaster
General Burleson:
"a committee representing the en-
ployes of the Western Union and
Postal telegraph companies has ap-
peared before the board and has ap-
pealed for action by it for alleged
discrimination against employees of
said telegraph companies, claiming
that their various applications for re-
lief presented to the wire board and
wage commission of your department
have not been acknowledged, and no
consideration or hearings whatever
have been given.
"The board feels, in view of the es-
tablishment Of the wire board and
wage commission, by your depart
ment, for the purpose of adjusting
hours, wages and working conditions,
under the principles of this board, it
should not take jurisdiction until the
functions of your department for
such adjustments have been ex-
hausted.
However, we recommend that the
complaints of the employees should
receive your early consideration, and
until it is apparent that your wire
board and wage commission will not
take action we hesitate to assume
jurisdiction.
"The memorandum presented to
this board, upon which the claims of
the employees are based. is appended
hereto"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-11-29

In commenting unpon the speech of
William H. Barr, President of the
National Founders Association, be-
fore that organization in New York
recently in which he maintained that
the 8-hour day in American industry
should be abolished and wages reduced
to a pre-war level, Frank P. Walsh,
Joint Chairman of the National War
Labor Board, said:
"I consider it most deplorable that
Immediately following the patriotic
outburst of our people over the vic
torious close of the war that man,
assuming to speak for large en-
ployers, should have for his first ut
terance that the workers of America
must be deprived of the 8-hour day
was something that was extended to
labor as a war measure.
"The fact is that the fine thought
of this country, in both the ranks of
workers, employers and the general
public, is with the declaration which
President Wilson made almost five
years ago, to the effect that society
had reached the point where it was
insistent in its demand that no man
should be compelled to work over
eight hours a day in order to earn a
living.
"This was not, even at that COM
paratively early date, an arbitrary
announcement, but simply declara-
tion of a palpable economic and physi-
illogical fact: That mems best effort
and fullest life can only be accomplish
ed when he is not taxed beyond his
physical strength by his daily task
and when he has sufficient time for
his mental development and recrea-
tional needs, all of which are a neces-
sary basis for useful citizenship.
"The so-called 8-hour day, which is
criticised as being a mere scheme for
raising wages, will disappear when
the actual 8-hour day is installed with
fair living wage for eight hours
work. When men insist upon work
ing more than eight hours day it
is because they cannot make enough
to live upon in comfort during eight
hours.
GAS to wages: 1t may be startling
fact to some, but nevertheless the re-
search of our Government shows con-
clusively that prior to the war the
great majority of the common labor
ers of the country were earning far
below enough to live upon.
"The deficiency was made up by
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-11-29

Laredo, Tex.-By the formation of
the Pan-American Federation of La
Dor the foundation for peace and good
will between the peoples on the west
ern hemisphere has been built.
This foundation is not the work of
exploiters, nor of diplomats or min
insters of state-it is the effort of
those who would develop fraternity
between the peoples of the United
States, Canada, Mexico and other
Latin American countries.
The meeting of organized workers
in this city that resulted in the Pan
American Federation of Labor was
attended by President Gompers and
the executive council of the A. F. of
L., trade union representatives from
Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Porto
Rico, Costa Rica and Salvador and
officers of national and international
unions affiliated with the A. F. of l..
The convention organized by electing
President Gompers chairman and
John Murray, secretary. Addresses
were made by Secretary of Labor
Wilson and Governor Hunt or Ari-
zona. The former greeted the visitors
in the name of the president of the
United States.
ave want the right" he said, "to
work out our destiny and we insist
that all the people of the earth shall
have the same right. The achieve
ment of political democracy is not
the end, but only the means to ac-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-11-29
Organized Labor on the Western Hemisphere Firmly United

therests of all nations and of vital
Importance to wage earners;
"That in law and in practice the
principle shall be recognized that the
labor of human beings is not a COM
modify or article of commerce;
Industrial servitude shall not ex-
ist except as punishment for crime,
whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted;
"The right of free association, free
assemblage, free speech and free
press shall not be abridged;
"That the seamen of the merchant
marine shall be guaranteed the right
of leaving their vessels when the
same are safe in harbor;
"No article or commodity shall be
shipped or delivered in international
commerce in the production of which
children under the age of 16 years
have been employed or permitted to
work;
at shall be declared that the basic
work day in industry and commerce
shall not exceed eight hours a day;
"Trial by jury should be estab-
lished."
The convention was in session four
days and the relations of workers in
the various countries were fully dis
cussed and understandings reached.
The following officers were elected:
Chairman, Samuel Gompers; English
secretary, John Murray; Spanish sec
reatry, Canuto Vargas.