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New-York tribune., 1919-03-03

now before him within a short time
possibly before sailing for France next
Wednesday.
All Cases Scrutinized
Careful scrutiny and analysis Of all
cases now pending under the espionage
act are being made. MIR. Gregory
said, in order that, so far as possible
"only those cases shall be prosecuted d
which have substantial merit and are
clearly prima facic violations OF law
With regard to the records in the
cases of convicted persons thus far cx-
amined, Mr. Gregory SAID he was salts
fled that in most cases Of conviction
substantial justice was done defend
ants by the conduct of the trial. the
character of the evidence and the SEN
tcnces imposed" He said, however
that IN some cases where the evidence
OF wlliul intent was indirect or circum-
stantlal In character injustice resulted
to certain defendants "bccause of the
ali-prevailing condition Of intense pa
trIotlsm and aroused emotions on the
part of jurors"
Referring TO recent demands from
individuals and organizations that d
general amnesty be granted all per-
sons convicted under the espionage
act, now that the war has ended. Mr..
Gregory wrote that these persons were
IN no sense "polltlca prisoners" and
that he could not recommend an in
discriminate pardon tor them l4c said
they had not been convicted for "merc
expressions OF opinion" but for will
full violation OF law, the sole aim
of which was to prevent deliberate
obstructons IN the prosecution of the
war
Must Prove Intent
"The statute under which they were
convicted" wrote Mr.. Gregory, "rc-
quired in every instance that proof
be made of their wilfulness and of an
evil intent to hinder this country in
the conduct of the war, and the asser-
ton that, as a class. these defendants
are political prisoners is one which
cannot be sustained. | cannot recon-
mend an indiscriminate pardon OF
these persons.
"There naturally have been some
cases in which the evidence of wilful
intent was indirect or circumstantial
in character, and it has happened that
in close cases of this type injustice
resulted to certain defendants. That
injustice did result in certain cases
of this type must be conceded. 1t
could hardly be otherwise.
"Having these considerations in
mind, some three months ago | caused
review to be instituted by several
of my assistants of all cases in which
men have been convicted under the
espionage law or other so-called war
statutes.
"Tho result Of this analysis and re-
view of each individual case satisfie s
me that in most cases of conviction
substantial justice was done defend
ants by the conduct of the trial, the
character of the evidence and the SEN
tenccs imposed. In other cases, how
ever. I am satisfied that the ends of
justice do not now require that the
sentences imposed by the court during
the war need be enforced with full
severity.
81, therefore, have the honor to sub
NIT herewith warrants of commutation
embodying my recommendations to
you for the exercise of executive
clemency to the extent indicated in
each particular case. The work Of re
viewing all convictions has not been
completed, and | shall later take the
liberty of submitting recommendations
in some Of the remaining cases"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Bronx Building Burned

Fire destroyed the three story
wooden building of Posner Brothers.
eoopers. at 144th Street and Austen
Place, The Bronx, last night. The dam
age has not yet been estimated.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Ne,o York City
Died of Disease

DOLOBOFF, Reuben, 254 Pulaski Street,
Brooklyn.
SHERIDAN, Thomas j.. POI East Twenty
first Street New York City
WALLER. Edward, 81 West 137th Street.
New York City.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03

DETROIT. March . Taking to his
bed hcartbrokcn upon being Informed
of the arrest of his son. Samuel Mosco-
witz, in connection with alleged graft
ing in obtaining discharges from the
Great Lakes Training Station, Solomon
Moscowitz, aged eighty, is dead here.
To-day the family was notified of the
suicide in Chicago of the boy, who.
relatives say, was the favoritc son and
largely the support of his father
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03

TURNER. Donald B., Basking Ridge (w)
OHIO:
AUG. Thomas P. Cincinnati ID D..
,,,iSl, KEY NO!DS; Lee O.. corp. Warren ID Al.
CHAPMAN. Steven NJ. Cory ID Dl.
EWING Charles r. corp. Apollo Cd d.
tICkElSSEN, Elmer w, Philadelphia
FINK. Alden r. Hollidaysburg % d..
SOUTH DAKOTA:
WADDELL. John O., Lucas ID %.
VIRGINIA:
ORE, Tommie. Lynchburg Cd d..
WASHINGTON:
ALBERTsON. Ellsworth E.. corp, Mount
Vernon ID D..
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
CANADA:
BRENTON, Frank H. corp. Nova Scotia
Cd A.
HOLLAND:
HEEG. Albert. Gronenger Cd D..
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
e. a s 11a ie s

WASHINGTON March 2.Thc public bv
Var Department to-day contains the enlisted
Of these died accident other causes disease
wounded severely degree undetermined and
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Ekemheye

Character of casualties follows (K killed
action; (W) wounded Cd
w died Cd of disease (Al missing:
(T) prisoner
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
4 ''&ey,es
3 py Sentences
BE COMMITTED
Photos by slgnni Corf,s.
Continued from pnee

dent was expected to act on the cases
now before him within short time,
possibly before sailing for France next
Wednesday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18
The Sleeping Car.

The sleeping car is one Of the
greatest of American Inventions. 1t
enables the corporations to work us
while we sleep.
The sleeping car is filled with
beautiful plush seats which are made
more uncomfortable at night by be-
ing turned into berths. There are
berth holds one and three-fifths per-
sons and peck Of cinders. The
berths are divided into lower and up
per berths respectively. The lower
berths were much more popular be-
cause of their proximity to the floor
until the Interstate Commerce Com
mission lowered the rates on the up
pers, after which it was discovered
that the long hard climb to the up
per berth is very beneficial and as
sists in producing sleep.
To utilize the sleeping car you
must pay about 81 night Seven
tyfive cents of this is for the use OF
the car, the blankets and the pillows.
and the rest is for the use of the
beautiful wood carving and inlaying
with which the car is decorated. If
will find on the inside a small ham
mock large enough to hold a No.
shoe on an A last. Into this you may
place your clothes, your overcoat.
your hat and your valise, reserving
your pocket handkerchief for ad-
ditional bed covering. If you rent
an upper berth, you must ascend by
means of a ladder. Climbing to the
top of this you take hold of the cur
tain rail with one hand and the outer
ring of Saturn by the other and draw
yourself up until you can clasp one
leg about the berth chain next to the
wall. You then retreat gradually in
to the berth sideways after which
the porter takes away your shoes in
order to have evidence against you
in the morning when he calls for his
tip.
Rules of etiquette require pas
sengers to dress in the berths of a
sleeping car instead of in the aisles.
AS a result of this American contor-
tiOnists now the lead the world.
Women often travel in sleeping cars
but the company doesn't encourage
the practice. It has made the
women's toilet room so small that
only one woman at time can oc-
cupy it, and if two women are in the
car one of them has to get up at
three O'Clock in order to give both
a chance to dress before breakfast.
Sleeping, cars are now so numer-
Gus that the company finds great
dlfflculty in finding names for them.
1t has exhausted the names of coun-
tries, cities, and operas, but If it will
start in on the names that passen-
gers have called sleeping cars. it
will be amply provided for all time
to come.-Howard Ram.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18
tFORMER SHERIFF lNDORSES
TANLAC
Money Couldn't Buy The Good II
Did Me-" Says Hon. A. II.
Anderson.

Money could not buy the good
Tanlac has done me, and l gladly
recommend it for what it has done
I'm my case" said Hon. Archie r..
Sheriff OF Harris county, recently,
Mr.. Anderson is unquestlonaDly,
not only one OF the best known, but
one of the most popular men who
ever held public office in the state OF
Texas. After serving as deputy
years, Mr.. Anderson was elected
Chief of Police of the city of Hous-
.ton. He had occupied this office only
n short time when the Sheriff OF
Harris county died. Mr.. Anderson
friends persuaded him to make the
race for the unexpired term OF
Sheriff to which he was easily elect
selection seven different times and
served the people in this important
office for fifteen consecutive years.
Then Mr.. Anderson declined re-
selection and retired to private life.
He cast his lot among the people of
Houston and is a large property
sowner and foremost citizen of that
81 was in a rundown condition."
continued Mr.. Anderson, land had
no appetite at all. / could harly
sleep at night and never felt like
getting up in the mornings was so
tired. had the worst form of in
digestion, suffered all the time from
gas on my stomach and was con-
:finually belching up undigested
food. / had to take my coffee with
out sugar, as when l drank it with
sugar, l would just belch for hours.
I would bloat and swell up like I
was poisoned and suffered with
sneuralgic pains of the worst sort,
and nothing seemed to help me only
tell you how I did suffer for the
past four years and up to the time l
began taking Tanlac, a few weeks
when I read the testimonials of
some who had been relieved of
troubles like mine I just felt like I
couldn't make a mistake by taking
Tanlac and it has done even more
for me than l had expected. I be-
gan to feel better after taking my
first bottle and have just now start
I'D on my third and I'm different
man already. l sleep like log now
and eat just any and everything l
want without the slightest discom-
fort afterwards. am glad to en-
H0rse Tanlac because it does the
work and I'm telling all my friends
Just what I'm telling you. never
felt better in my life than I do since
taking Tanlac. I am willing for you
ito publish my statement and let
every suffering person who may
wish, benefit by my experience with
this great medicine"
Tanlac is sold in Leon by E. E.
Bell, in Lamont by J. T. Jones.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18
Frank Harlan Charged With MUIR
der.

Frank Harlan a we'll known horse
buyer who frequently visited Leon,
buying horses for w. +. Hall, OF
Lancaster, Mo-, shot and killed Jas
last Friday, and was held to answer
| to the charge of murder in the
second degree under bonde OF $4,000
which he gave. The killing occurred
in Sullivan county about twenty
miles southeast OF UnionVille MO
The following account OF the tragedy
is taken from the UnionVille Rer
publican:
Jasper Bell, a we'll known school
teacher of the Sidney neighborhood,
was shot and killed Friday afternoon
| by FRANK Harlan in front OF the lat
ters home. The weapon used was a
twelve gauge Winchester repeating
T6e Coroner DR.. E. A. Mont
He empanelled jury and after
the scene. He empanelled jury and
after hearing the evidence produc-
ed it returned a verdict to the effect
that Jasper Bell had come to his
death by shotgun inflicted by Frank
Harlan. Harlan walked from the
scene of the killing to Unionvllle
emo gave himself up. The following
mu nlng re was charged with second
degree murder and released on
$4,000 bond.
There are many conflicting stories
about the steps which led up to the
killing, but one generally agreed up
on seems to show that the trouble
had its beginning over Bells former
wife from whom he had been divorc-
ed for some time. Harlan, who has
been several times married, was pay
ing some attention to Mrs. Bell who
haad the custody of the little son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bell. 1t was reported
tht Harlan had whipped the boy
ana this, together with the general genera
between the two men. They both
were at Sidney earlier in the after
noon or rather Bell was. there when
Harlan rode up. harlan turned his
horse and went home roundabout
way and secured his shotgun. When
Bell passed on his way home was
when the; tragedy occurred.
the effect that Bell had threatened
tc kill him and that he thought Bell
was going to try it at the store when
Observation-Disclosures unanrmed. He
claims that when Bell passed his
home or rode up he called Harlan
and accused him of striking his son.
Harlan n says he denied MED doing t4 SO and nd
had lied and that Bell retorted that
nobody could call his folks liars and
started to draw a gun whereupon
Harlan fired. Bell expired within
few seconds, and it is alleged that an
automatic and vicious looking
knife were found on the person of
Bell. Whether this is all the
material evidence that will be
brought out in the case remains to
be seen. Feeling is running high in
the neighborhood of the murder
where the belief is that not all of
the facts have yet come to light
The funeral of Mr.. Bell was held
Sunday at the Ledford cemetery, and
what was said to have been the larg-
est crowd ever present attended the
funeral. The crowd was estimated at
between ,1,5O0 and 1900 persons:
Mr. Bell leaves three children, two of
whom were in his custody and the
other in the custody Of his former
wife. Mr.. Harlan is the father of
five children. Both, men are be-
tween forty and fifty years of age.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18
How the Old World is Growing
Better

Don't stutter and bubble and try
to defend the old liquor-drinking
habit. That is getting so old that
there is moss on the north side of it..
1t is only few years ago when you
could pick up dozens of rot-gut
whiskey bottles on our streets any
Sunday morning. You remember
how fellows would howl like a pack
of hungry hyenas until late hour,
and then some of them have to be
hauled home. Doesn't it beat all
how quickly the change has come?
There are no more "empties" lying
around, and if you hear any nocturn-
al racket you can bet it is only some
sober boys out for little innocent
fun Everyone is fast learning that
you can't have real good enjoyable
time when half or two-thirds drunk.
Keep it going this way and people
will soon forget that there is such a
thing as liquor. What a blessing
for the rising generation! They will
not form the beastly habit which has
dragged untold thousands down to
ruin. but will grow up clean and
manly, an honor to home and
friends. We are mighty glad that
we have made fight along this line
for years, and now we feel that we
have at least done a little good in
this old world that is wearing a more
rosy heu.-Winfield Beacon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18
Iowa Day.

Iowa Day, Friday, October Gath.
will be observed in practically all OF
the public schools Of the state and
also in the private and parochial
schools according to plans being
worked out by the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, Mr.. P.
e. McClenahan. Superintendent Nc,
Clenahan is communicating with all
of the superintendent of schools
throughout the state, concerning the
.eeiebration and suggesting pro
gram which is quite comprehensive.
f It is supposed that five or six
pupils in each of the schools be
designated to learn short story:
Iowa's present day activities. If the
scholar is particularly apt, he or She
will learn the story by memory and
recite it-otherwise it will be read,
The five subjects selected treat
with history and government,
agriculture and animal husbandry,
manufacturing, merchandising, civic
progress.
Lists of Iowa made goods are being
distributed to all of the schools and
an effort will be made to have some
sort of contest, giving the prize to
the scholar who can enumerate the
largest number of Iowa made pro-
ducts or who can stand the best eX
animation on this subject.
The basic idea of Greater Iowa
Week is not to build wall round
Iowa that will keep Iowamade goods
at home or keep competitive goods
out of Iowa-it is merely an effort
TO acuuaint the people of the state
with the manufacturing resources
and development of their state and
the creation of pride in industrial
progress. that will in some measure
be commensurate with their pride in
our progress in agriculture and
animal husbandry.
Indications are that Iowa Day
celebration will be a great success
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18
LAST "EAGLE" LAUNCHED AT
FORD SHlPYARD.
500 Ford Bodies Daily to Be Made
In Plant.

Ford Eagle Boat Number Sixty
the last one to be built by the
Ford Motor Company, under the
stipulations of it's wartime contract
with the Navy Department-Was
launched at the River Rogue (De-
triot) yard August 10th at o:oO Z.
NJ, and the long assembling pulld-
and housed twenty-one OF the SUP
marine chasers at a time. is ALREADY
being transferred into body-build..
ing plant with proposed output or
500 bodies daily.
Ford officials workers, sailors
and many invited guestS S TsdneS Was
dressed dre with flags and bunting and
as it found it's level in the Rogue
and floated free from the railroad
tracks which had carried it onto the
elevator-like launching table, the
factory whistle took palt in the cere-
mony by blowing sixty blasts--one
for each boat launched at the Ford
Yard.
Twenty-Five eagles have already
been commissioned by the Navy. and
boats will be entirely complete by
November 1st. One thing which
greatly prolonged the work was the
changes made in the outfitting OF
the boats shortly after the arms
tice was signed AS readily as the
joining different squadrons of the U.
S. Fleet:-Six of the Ford boats are
going to the PHILIPPINES to replace
six old destroyers and gun-boats;
another squadron will join the Inter.
national Patrol off the coast OF
China: eagles" /, and 3 are now
doing patrol duty adjacent to Arch
angle, Russia, and it is quite prob
able that a small fleet will be sent
The ''Eagle" were designed par
ticularly to carry the submarine de-
tecting devices or listeners, depth
bomb protectors and three,inch guns
with which to combat the U-boat
once it had been located by the
Listener" They are practically, noise.
less in operation, light speedy and
so constructed that quick getaway
is possible-it being necessary to
often stop to 'listen' while chasing
down detected sub. Had the sub
marine destroyers been called into
actual service-which only the sign
ing of the armistice prevented-they
would have operated in flotillas
of three.
Commander Nicholas, stationed at
the Rogue Yard, said he knew of
no statement or report issued by the
merits of the eagles" but that they
have performed remarkably we'll on
their trial trips and all tests given
them just before leaving the Ford
Yard. And that had they been call
ed into actual service, they would
have proven a very formidable
enemy to the submarines.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18
Notice of Appointment of Admins
StratOr.

In the District Court of the state
of Iowa, in and for Decatur county.
In probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Henry Reed, Deceased.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrator of the
estate of Henry Reed late of Decatur
county, Iowa, deceased. All persons
in any manner indebted to said de-
ceased or his estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said deceased
or his estate will present them in
manner and form as by law required,
For allowance and payment.
Dated this 29th day Of August A..
D. 1919.
y, T. Osborn, administrators of
I'D nctata 4-3t.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18

At Emmetsburg the proprietor of
a moving picture house decided he
would buy an airplane and give the
people peoIef Of town to 3a and vicinity the OPP
at the ate of one dollar per minute.
which is the standard price all over
the state. The airplane was ordered,
but before it's arrival Lieut.. Donald
son of Milford flew into town and
Immediately proceeded to business.
The home man did not believe this
was square deal so he ordered DON
aldson to move on, and this brings
up another question for the courts to
ADJUST.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18

Since I cannot govern my own
tongue tho within my own teeth,
how can l hope to govern the ton
CUES of others?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18

Order cut flowers and floral de-
signs from U. e. Hull, local agent az
LoZier, Of Des Moines, at The Re,
porter Office Orders sent by phone
1r all. but order AZ early az DOS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-18

Gossip and rho-ograrhs repea
everything they hear.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-03
EAT LESS AND TAKE
 SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
Take a Glass of Salts if Your Back
 Hurts or Bladder Sothers.

The American men and women must guard constantly against Kidney trou- ble, because we eat too m ch and all our food is rich. Our blood is filled with uric acid which the kidneys strive to filter out, they weaken from over work, become sluggish; the elimina- tive tissues clog and the result is kid ney trouble, bladder weakness and a general decline in health.
 When your kidneys feel like Jumps of lead; your back hurts or thA urine is cloudy, full of sediment or you are obliged to- seek relief two or three times during the night; if you suffer with sick headache or dizzy. nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheumatism when the weather is bad get from your pharmacist about four ounces of lad Salts; take a table spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acio of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used fors gen erations to flush and stimulate c1bgsed kidneys; to neutralize tie acids in the urine so it no longer is a source o1 irritation, thus ending bladder dis orders.
 lad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in jure. makes a delightful eferyescent lithia- water beverage, and belongs ir every home because nobody can make a mistake by having a good kidney flushing any time.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-03

leaves school, how fortunate to have enough money saved to go to college or to begin successful business or to own ones home! Thousands of boys and girls fail in life because they did not prepare themselves to begin right Thousands cannot enter their proper vocation because they were not thrifty
 If they had saved and invested their money, they would have the means to early success.
 If the/ 2O.000,O00 school children
 practiced thrift, they could save more
 money than is spent by all the colleges and universities in the country. If they saved one -carfare day, it would
 amount to million dollars a day. The
 price of admission to the movies, if
 saved, would reach two million dollars
 day. The cost of candy saved would
 mean another million dollars. All together, these items would tota
 billion and half dollars in the year If loaned to the government this amount would be enough to pay fo1
 the ordinary expenses of the govern ment As an investment it would bring large income to the boys and girls o1
 the country.
 At the same time their health would be better on account of walking instead oI lluiIlS III uiSdlllldEN tTOlley cars Their eyes would not be injured by
 looking at moving pictures. Theii minds would find it easier to study Their teeth and stomachs would no
 be ruined by candy. They would hay,
 more time for self improvement or in creased earnings.
 i So, boys and girls, buy as man, stamps as you can. Keep them as Ions as you can. It will teach you to ust
 what is confded to your keeping al well as you can.