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The Washington times., 1919-04-04
FAST NEAR QUOTA
.. IN JEWISH DRIVE

Washington's quota of S4.T4O in the
Jewish drive for 100000 for the sup
rort Of Hebrew religious and educa.
tional institutions. has been nearly
met. The money will be used for the
Hebrew Union College, the Jewish
bureau of Civil Rights, various de-
partments OF synagogue and school
extension. and the National Fedora
ton OF the Temple of Sisterhoods. all
or which are under the general man
agement of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations.
The Washington drive is in charge
OF Maurice d. Rosenberg, OF the ex-
ecutive board of the union. A. Nj.
Fishel is president of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation. and Mrs. Abram
Simon is the president of the Temple
Sisterhood
DR.. Abram Simon and DR.. Louis p
Stern will leave this week for Cincin-
natl, where they will attend the an,
nual convention of rabbis. The con-
vention is being held this year for the
purpose of honoring Rabbi Isaac NJ.
Wise, Of Cincinnati, who celebrates
his Tooth birthday anniversary this
week. He was the founder of many
Hebrew religious institutions.
The Washington times., 1919-04-04
PREDICTS END Of
WAR dry LAW

ALLENTOWN, Pa. April "A
prominent Allentown Democrat, high
in the councils of his party, who last
fall was a candidate on the State
ticket and who is close to Admins
trstjon leaders, upon his return from
Washington today offered a wager.
$500 straight or 1000 to $500 that
the war prohibition order would be
revoked by June /, and that the vets
would have a lease OF life until at
least next January 16. when consti-
tutiona1 prohibition is to go into ef-
feet.
The man is not given to making
wild statements. He is close enough
to at least one Cabinet officer TO have
gotten a straight tip as TO Admins
tration plans, and his statement is
taken to mean that the President
either already has issued, or has de-
cided to issue, a revoktng order, to
be released not later than the first
OF June.
The Washington times., 1919-04-04
boy .''BOLSHEvKS"
|. HOLD-UP "COPPER""

CLEVELAND. Ohio. April 4-The
germ OF banditry had permeated thei-
beings-they were BOlsheviks
The yOUngsters-both Cleveland
lads. one ten and his chum fourteen
grew tired. they said. of the order u
social affairs and abandoned their
homes. dwelling for three days in a
cave under the Denison and Harvard
bridge here.
In seclusioR they parleyed. draw
ing up tenets by which their life of
outlawry would be governed.
PatTOlman August Dyke was their
hrst hOld-up victim. The ten-year- old
approached him with a .44-caliber re-
vOlver and his pal with a ten-in-h
dagger just as the officer left ,is
home TO report for duty.
He smiled and polished his silver
star. Then he disarmed the youths
and took them 10 the juvenile court
authorities
Here they said they were "as brutal
as Huns" and couldn't support any
law that prohibited bsnditry."
We're out for freedom; just like
the Bolshevik." said the other lad
They are being detained by the au-
thorities for investigation. They will
not tell who their parents are.
The Washington times., 1919-04-04
ILLINOIS COAL MINERS
PUT BAN ON BOLSHEVISM

PEORIA. H., April Goal miners
or this district OF Illinois want no
RolShevism. An attempt TO inject
~ into a recent convention attended
ny 800 members OF the United Mine
Workers Union OF America by Will
lam HartnesS, president-eIeCt Of the
Peoria Canton district. resulted in
rear riot. resolution was intro
dIced favoring q nation wide strike
as a protest against the non-with-
crawal OF allied troops from Russia.
II was voted down amid an uprOar
and the IntrOduoer Of the resolution
lIled of the convention floor.
The Washington times., 1919-04-04
LONDON TO HOLD WORLD
ALL-STAR HORSE SHOW

LONDON. April Am all-star
world horse show will be held in the
Olympia Stadium here I'm June.
Entries will include everything.
from army mules which helped pull
guns in last falls allied drive, the
cavaSry horse, the thoroughbred rae
er and the draft horse.
The Washington times., 1919-04-04
Can That Smoke, Says
DeCkhand on FerrybOat;
Did Baker Do 1t? He Did

SAN FRANCISCO. April l.
The deCkhand. blonde and rough
hewn. possibly did not recognize
Secretary OF War Newton y.
Baker. II he had It probably
would have made no difference to
him. To him rules is always
rules"
Secretary Raker and a group Of
distinguished persons. among
them Senator James ID, Phelan,
stood on the upper deck of a
Southern Pacific ferryboat en-
route for the Oakland mole. The
Secretary of War asked a major
for a cigarette. lighted il, and
was putting away serenely when
the deckhand approached.
Hey, you" he gruffly COM
manded. Can that. No smoking
on the upper deck"
Secretary Baker looked startled.
as people arc in the habit Of ad
dressing him with certain
amount OF respect-but he
canned" that smoke"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
New Court Cases.

Marjorie B. Ritter VS.. Aaron L.
Ritter. These parties were married
at Osceola on Feb. 5, 1917. Plain
tiff asks for a decree of divorce on
the grounds of desertion and that
she have the custody of their two
minor children. Will ]. Springer
attorney for plaintiff.
J. T. Cox VS.. N. NJ. Cox ct al.
The parties are the heirs of S. l..
Cox deceased and ask that the
shares of the heirs be confirmed and
the estate divided among them. A.
P. Olsen attorney for plaintiff.
w. K. Carey VS.. G. NJ Keller.
Suit is for real estate commission
of $13,34O which plaintiff claims on
an oral contract for the selling of
q farm owned by plaintiff to A. 2.
Scott and L. w. Reynolds. F. E.
Gates and Lynch & Byers, attorneys
for plaintiff.
lMaude Beavers VS.. Freely Bea-
vers. Plaintiff and defendant were
married in Woodland township Nov.
1892, and lived together until
August IS, 1919, and she asks for a
decree of divorce on the grounds of
cruel and inhuman treatment, that
she be awarded the custody of their
five minor children and that a prop
erty settlement between her and
her husband be confirmed. A. P.
Olsen attorney for plaintiff.
j. C. Gould vs.. O.. E. Black Suit
is for a commission of $3.50 which
plaintiff claims he earned in finding
a buyer for farm owned by defend
ant. c.. w. Hoffman and Ed Sharp
attorneys for plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
Escaped by a Hairbreadth.

C. w. Hoffman escaped death by
a hair'sbreadth last "Wednesday
been attending the state fair at Des
Moines. and rode home with Bob and
Earl Akesin their car. They stop
ped in front of Mr. Hoffman's home
to let him out, pulling over to the
east side Of the road: Just sad as :, Cal Cal
stepped out the boys remarked there
was car coming. so Cal stepped be-
hind their car. But there were two
cars coming, one from each way, and
just as the Axes car pulled over to
the right hand side, a car passed
them, and was upon Mr.; Hoffman.
He was carrying a new grip in which
he had his overcoat and other cloth
ing, and he tried to jump out of the
way. the car which was running
rapidly striking the grip. and It
struck it so hard that the sewing OF
the grip was broken loose. and Cal
fell over about ten feet, but escaped
injury aside from a bruised leg. But
he saws he never expects to be as
near death again and escape.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
Sanders-Warnstaff.

At the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Warnstaff, Of
Leon, on Thursday, August 2Sth,
1919 occurred the marriage OF their
daughter, Miss Glada Fern, to Mr.
William Henry Sanders, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. c. II.
Hitler, pastor of the Leon NJ. Z.
church, using the beautiful ring cere-
mony.
The bride was attired in a beanti-
full gown of pearl gray silk, and was
attended by her cousin, Miss Esther
Turner, of Weldon.
The groom wore his service
uniform, having recently returned
from overseas, being a member of
Co. D, 130th Regiment, 33rd Divis-
ion: His soldier friend, Clyde Combs,
officiated as best man, and was also
attired in his uniform.
These young folks are we'll and
favorably known among a large cir
Gle of friends in this vicinity, and
are the recipients of the hearty con-
gratulations of all their friends, who
wish them a happy and prosperous
journey through life. They will
make their home in Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
New Landlords at Hotel Leon.

A deal was closed the past week,
whereby John Mcbride, the popular
of Hotel Leon, disposed OF
his lease on the hotel to W. r.
Baker, of Kansas City, and r. G.
Jones of Leon, who will continue the
business. Mr.. Mcbride has been in
such poor health lately that his ply
sicians ordered him to another eli
mate, and he left the first of the
week for a trip west. His many
friends hope the change will restore
him to good health. During his
residence in Leon Mr.. Mcbride made
friends of everyone, and was very
popular among the travelling public.
Mr.. Baker is an expert hotel man,
at Joplin, mo-, until few months
ago when he took charge of hotel
at Albany. Mo. Mr.. Jones has been
the travelling salesman for Swift
Co., and ressntly mo moved %ot to Leon as%
prietors will keep the hotel up to it's
high standing which was maintained
by Mr.. Mcbride. They are both fine
fellows and we are pleased to see
them engaged in business in Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
Don't Kick on Losing to Leon.

The lads from Leon trimmed the
home boys on last Sunday afternoon
by the score of to 2 in an interest
ing game of base ball at the Chand-
ler grounds. The grounds were not
in the best of condition owing to the
rain which fell at noon. This also
cut down the size of the crowd but
even at that a fair sized crowd was
present. Marinelle, who pitched for
Charlton was hit quite freely but
with the proper support was entitled
to win; Sample for Leon kept the
hits we'll scattered and his delivery
proved a puzzle to the Charlton bat
ters. Marinelle got four hits out of
four times at bat and was respon-
sible for driving in the two scores Of
the locals. Leon has a good ball
club and although the home club dis
likes to lose, they. would rather lose
to Leon than any club, as they are
good sportsmen and fine, fellows;
It is quite possible these clubs will
meet again before the close of the
eason.-Chariton Leader.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
After Delinquent Auto Tax.

During the past week state agent
has made the rounds of Clarke coun-
ty seeking to locate automobiles up
on which the state tax for the year
1919 has not as yet been paid.
His method is to locate cars bear
ing old numbers or other unauthor-
lied numbers after which he ties up
on the car tag advising the owner
to call at the county seat and pay
his tax. If he can locate the owner
he gives him a bit of advice after
wards he files description of the
car and the irregular number with
the county attorney who continues
the Investigation. BY this means
already some 5000 or $500 have
been collected in Clarke county.
When this means has reached the
desired end the entire list of car
owners in each county is to be check
ed up and a way will be made to
collect all the money dne on or be-
fore January 1, 192O.-Osceola
Sentinel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
Methodist Church Notes.


Services of the church at the fol-
lowing hours, Sunday school at 9:45
and morning worship at l l. Ep-
worth League at 7 and evening ser
vice at s Prayer meeting at 1890
on Wednesday evening followed by
choir rehearsal at $3.50.
For Sunday Special
music for morning, Anthem, "Hark.
Hark. My Soul McPhail and solo.
Il heard the Voice of Jesus Say"
Rathbun by Mr. Petty. Evening
Anthem, make a Joyful Noise" Nc
Phail. Song service. Appropriate
and helpful sermon themes. All are
most cordially invited.
Special attention is called again
to the lecture on Thursday evening,
Sept 4th, tonight to the lecture in
the church by Rev. Riggs a former
Decatur Co. boy who has been for a
number of years in RangOon,
Burma Brings 20 or 80 slides. No
admission charge.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
State Auto Agent Here.

One of the special state agents
from the state auto deparment was
in Leon Saturday. and Immediately
got busy, and calling sheriff Fulton
to his assistance he placed official
notice on more than one hundred
autos which did not bear the re-
quired two license plates for the
year 1919, notifying them to report
within five days to the county at
torney and comply with the law by
securing their license plates or the
missing plates. He left that evening
but will return to Leon in few
days to see that the parties have
complied with the law, and also
left a supply of official notices with
sheriff Fulton to place on other cars
which are being operated without
the state license plat offieial
notice in regard to the matter from
county. attorney Springer appears
elsewhere, and all parties should
take due notice and comply with the
law and save bill of expense,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
AUGUST BIRTH RECORD.
List of Births Recorded With Clerk
Ira Il. Officer During August.

Warren Maine, Adair, boy, July
81, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Adalr,
Leon.
Bertha Beulah Bethards, girl,
August 8, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W..
Bethards, High Point township.
|2S, to Mr.. and Mrs. Erie L. Beavers,
Woodland township. :,
I Beulah Irene Brown, girl, April
|25, to Mr.. and Mrs. Horace S. Brown,
Bloomington township.
Rex Elwood Devore, boy, July s.,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde M. Deyore,
Long Creek township. ~,
and Mrs. b. W. Fest, Bloomington
Roy L. Farmer boy, August 8, to
tMr. and Mrs. Roy l.. Farmer, Deca-
tur township.
Lillian Pauline Hinebaugh, girl,
July Is, to Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Rufus Hinebaugh, Garden Grove
INGRAM boy, August II. to
hudson, boy, July 81, to Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur K. Judson, Fayette
John William Jones, boy, June 80,
Decatur township.
Ava Marie Moore, girl, June 25, to
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore, Morgan
Lloyd Frederick Morrison, boy,
August s, to Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
NJ orrison, Grand River township:
. Lois Maude Mccullough girl, July
~, to Mr and ind ig Mrs. +oWnshin Wililam Guy
Iona Fern Mccullough, girl,
August 10, to Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
]. Mccullough, Garden Grove town
Lawrence Alfred Owens, boy,
August 2, to Mr.. and Mrs. Steve
F. Owens, Leon.
JUNE fs to ffnaSn H sna MSs Ralmsf Sah h9eB T.
Palmer, Long Creek township.
Louise Porter, girl, July Il to Mr..
and Mrs. Hiram Charles Porter,
Bloomington township.
-Parsons, boy, August 7, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Lee Parsons,
High Point township.
Virginia Nathlee Perkins, girl.
Clarence Perkins, Morgan township.
Mildred Arlene Ramsey, girl, June
5, to Mr.. and Mrs. Homer M. Ram
sey, Long Creek township.
Leatha Louise Ramsey, girl, July
23, to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. M. Ramsey,
Center township.
Shirley Rosamond Rosengrant,
girl, July %, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
Otto Rosengrant, High Point town
lship.
-Sweeten, boy. August 13, to
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Perkins Sweeten,
Bloomington township.
-Trisler boy, August z, to Mr..
and Mrs. Artie |. Trisler Leon.
lHSLoren John Thomas Wills, boy,
t,,l, &o Ndrer II
car Willis, Bloomington township.
We're Lorene Zika, girl. August a.,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Elmer Zika,
Decatur township
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
FATAL AlRPLAkE CRASH
One Of the,Morrlson Taxi Co.'S A'r'
pianes FELL Saturday, and James
lonomyer Fatally Injured.

A fatal accident occurred last Sat
urdav afternoon about 8 O'CLOCK
short, distance southwest OF Deca.uii,
when one of the two a1rplanes O"neu
by the Morrison Taxi CO.., OF Des
Moines, which had been flying IN IN
mast three weeks, went wrong ana
Crashed to the ground, and the me-
chanician, James Longmyer,, recelv
ed Injuries which resulted IN MS
death two hours later.
At the time of the accident tne
airplane was being driven Dy
William Logan, and Longmyer was
had been in a wreck down at Plea
santon, a couple of weeks ago, and
they had been making repairs on 1t
at Davis City, and were trying 1t OUT
when the accident occurred. A
short time before Dallas Speer and
". NJ. Marshall had been up in 1t,
and after they landed Logan ana
Longmyer, took it up, while sPeer sEeer
airplane. ahI maiSan and We're were flying some dis
tance away at the time. of the ac-
cident. They were up in the, air
several hundred feet when something
went wrong with the engine, and
the aviators attempted to land IN the
field on the farm of w. II. Colter a
little over a mile southwest OF De.
catur. They volplaned IN clrcies a, ana a
the machine went into tail spin,
and crashed to the ground nose first,
striking with great force. Long
myer. who was in the front seat, was
terribly injured, both bones OF both
legs being broken below the, knees,
one leg being terribly mangled, his
jaws were fractured in the center, a
and his neck injured, the immediate
cause Of his death, being hem
orrhage in the throat.
A number of parties at Decatur
were watching the planes when tney
saw one fall, and several parties
rushed to the scene in autos. When
they arrived both men were stlll
strapped in teir seats. Longmyer
being unconscious and Logan being
daZed. but he escaped with severe
shaking up. Longmyer was taken
to Decatur where Dr.. Brittan render,
ed first aid, and then accompanied
the injured man to the Leon hospital
where DR.. Bowman assisted IN car
ring for him, but he passed away
about o'clock, just two hours after
being injured.
taken to the Stewart undertaking
parlors, where it was prepared, for
burial. But little was known about
the dead man except that ne had
recently been discharged from army
service. Mr.. Morrison made every
effort to locate his relatives, .,stse Mrs and
Remers, living near Gibson City,
illinois. Mrs. Remers, accompanied
by her son, arrived in Leon Tuesday Ia
morning, and took the body to Glib
son City for burial.
The deceased was 81 years, 9
months and 29 days of age, jovial
fellow, a great favorite with his fel-
low aviators, and they were greatly
broken up over the fatal accident
Mr.. Logan, who was driving the ma
chine When it crashed to the earth;
was greatly affected, and lam announced sed
nothing could induce him to go up
again.
being broken in two, and the engine
and wings wrecked 1t came down
with such force that it made hole
in the hard ground a foot or more in
danfh
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
Two More Victories for Leon.

The Leon ball team added two
more victories to their long string
this week, defeating Alton on the
Leon grounds Sunday by a score of
Is to s, and gave the Iowa Cord
team of Des Moines a shut out on
the Leon grounds Monday by
score of to 0.
The scores:
Leon-O 80 2 1 3 *-15
Batteries-Leon, Sample d
Butcher; Alton, Tarlton and Knox
Iowa Cord-0 90 90
Leon 700 O 0 o 0 2 "A
Batteries-Leon, Sample d
Butcher; Iowa Cord, Davis and
Knox.
Next Sunday the fast Abba team,
the only team which has defeated
Leon this year, will play Leon on the
Leon grounds, and the Leon boys
are hoping to win this game and be
on an equal footing with Abba.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Ago
items Taken from the files of The
Reporter Published Z Quarter
Of a Century AGO.

/! Mr.. Walter C. Smith and Miss Net
| tie Chastain were married at the
home of the brides aunt, Eliza Chas-
tain, in this city last Friday evening,
the ceremony being performed ny
Tons of grapes in this county have
been ruined the past few days 6y
bees, which break the skin and ab-
stract the juice and pulp. The alb
sence of any flowers is supposed to
be the cause OF their attack on the
grapes.
Jenkins were married at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs:
w. H. Jenkins, a mile southeast of
Leon, Sept. 4th, Rev. F. Edwards
officiating. The happy couple took
the afternoon train for Des Moines to
attend are state fair.
! The Leon public schools opened
pupils, Prof S. L. Darrah is superin-
tendent and he has eight teachers to
Samuel Kirkwood, Iowa's famous
war governor, died at his home in
Iowa City last Saturday. He is sur
vivied by his wife, but no children.
The popullsts OF foss neeatur 1ast cSdny satnE
day and nominated complete coun-
ty ticket, as follows: clerk, VIM.
Allbaugh, Decatur; auditor, N; N.
Hazelton, Lamont; recorder, Sam
Mcdaniel, Eden; county attorney,
Geo. w. Baker, Davis City; member
board of supervisors, J. X. Hender-
son, Davis City.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. ]. Garrett depart
ed Monday for Eddyville to attend
the reunion of Mr. CARROTS old regi-
ment, the 3rd Iowa, he being a men,
Der Of Co. G. Mrs. Garrett will also
visit few days with an uncle at
Melrose whom she had not seen for
81 years.
| Henry Lunbeck, of New York City,
and Miss Clare Lunbeck of Charles
City, are expected in Leon next Mon
day to visit their parents and friends
in this city.
The work of cutting corn is in pro-
gress, and the state authorities esti-
mate that fully 80 per cent of the
corn in the southern half of the
state will be cut and used as fodder,
and more than so per cent in the en-
| tire state will be cut and fed with
out husking.
| Miss Mayme Penniwell is expected
home next week from Baker City,
| Oregon, where she has been visiting
the past year. Her sister, Mrs. Kate
| Weatherby and little son will come
with her and will spend the winter
Miss Winifred Reeder,of Will
| iamsburg, came yesterday morning
| to attend the Leon schools the COM
ling year. She will stay with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Marvin
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
Phillips-Fann.

Mr.. Roy Phillips, of Leon, and
Mrs. Belle Fam, of Garden Grove,
were united in marriage on Monday,
Sept. 1st, by Rev. Chas. w. Reeder,
at his home in Leon. They we're ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Reiss, who acted as witnesses.
boy, who but recently returned from
overseas service, and the bride is
well known in the vicinity of Garden
Grove, where she has made her
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips will for the
present make their home on a farm
in High Point township, and their
many friends extend their con-
gratulations and best wishes for a
tOgether.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

Cleo N. Sill, son of Rev. N. B. Sill,
of Darlington, the Baptist minister
who breaches at New Harmony
church arrived last week from over
seas with a French bride. In COM
pany with his father who filled his
appointment Sunday at. his church,
the young man brought his bride to
New Hampton Saturday evening and
they were guests that evening at the
home of J. X. Phillips. By previous
arrangement a son of L. q. Williams
of Denver, was also expected to be at
the same church with his French
bride, that the two ladies might
meet and become acquainted and
thereby be company for each other.
Mrs. Sill is a beautiful little lady,
but as yet, cannot speak word of
English. She was formerly Miss
Endrea Chastel, and she and Mr..
Sill were married in France July 19.
They departed Monday morning for
their home at Darlington.-New.
Hampton Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
AutOist Upset by q Cow; Sues for
$4,000.

And now it's the motorists turn!
In the past it has been the farmer,
with pigs, chickens and cows that
were out to wander on the highways,
who sought a recompense when he
found crippled pig, chicken or COW
in the wake of speeding motor car.
But it's a queer mOtorist who does
not turn. And this is the case of a
fair mOtOrist who turned-over.
Her name is Miss Halle Beard of
Joplin, Mo. and in a suit filed in
the circuit court she asks $4,000
damages against William D., Roy D.
and Robert c. Hornbuckle, farmers,
half mile west of the Longview
farm.
On May II, 1918, the petition re-
cites, she was driving her chumy
roadster along the Hickman Mills
road near the Hornbuckle farm.
Suddenly, and without warning, she
asserts, a large sized animal, com.
monty called a COW appeared in
front of the machine on the public
highway.
There was a crash. The car turn
ed over and the COW ambled off bel
lowing. Miss Beard bases her suit
on the Missouri herding law which
forbids cattle grazing along road
ways. The petition states she was
injured in the collision.-K. C. Post.