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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-22
Uncle Sans Allies Are Asking Smaller Loans

A MERICAS job as banker for the allies "a lighter in January than at any
"A time since the nation entered the a Only S17OOOOOO was paid out as
loans to the allies up to January %. Credits established and payments made
were enOrted as follows.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-22
The Police Will Not Catch This Murderer Asleep

T AXE FOREST, nL-About midnight Mrs. Cyrus H. Adams. Jr, fancied
the person of Chief of Police James Gordon, ably assisted by Policeman
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
REAR ADMIRAL SIMS
PRAISED BY ELLICOE

SYDNEY, Australia, June 4 (by AS
sociated Press Recognition of the
service rendered by Rear Admiral
William S. Sims, as commander of the
American naval forces in the war zone,
was accorded by Lord Jellicoe in a
speech delivered at Adelaide on a visit
there recently. He said:
"While we were developing often
sive measures against the submarine
we were also developing defensive
or offensive system of conveying
ships. Admiral Sims, for whom [ have
the highest regard, and whose assist
ance was always valuable, looked upon
the convoy as an offensive system be-
cause if submarines could be attracted
to the convoy the destrOyers had an
opportunity of dealing with them. At
first we had not sufficient cruisers and
destroyers for conveys, but the sue
cess of the system was shown almost
Immediately we had"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
GERMAN INTRIGUE
EXPOSED IN CHINA

TOXIC, June 5 (by maiD Defend
ing his policy towards China during
his premiership, Marquis Okuma has
made a statement that it was never
his intention to make a protectOrate
of China.
He declared that the movement of
Yuan Shi-Kai to make himself en-
peror of China owed much to the in
stigation of Germany, and if Yuan's
ambition had been attained and he had
been proclaimed emperor it was more
than probable that China would have
been brought under the complete sway
of Germany. At that time Japan ten
dered advice to President Yuan, and
France and Great Britain took the
same view as Japan did, endeavoring
to check the realization of Germany's
designs.
Referring to the famous twenty-One
demands presented to China while he
was premier, the marquis held it was
wrong to attack the Chinese policy of
the Okuma government without max
ing a careful study of Chinese affairs
and of the diplomatic history that
obliged the conclusion of the treaties
that followed.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
UPHEAVAL OF STREET
DUE TO TORRID HEAT

Mrs Sophia Scott is in receipt of
letter from her daughter, Mrs. Flory,
who has many friends in Cordoya,
where she spent a summer couple
of years ago, inclosinig a clipping
from a Dayton, Ohio, paper of July
4, which gives some idea of how the
people back East are suffering from
the rays of Old Sol, and is as follows:
The sizzling heat of yesterday was
a source Of general complaint. And
if there is the slightest doubt that it
was all that was claimed for it, just
inspect the pavement at Grand and
Belemon avenues.
THE heat became so intense that
the bricks of the street were actually
blown up, forming an upheaval about
six feet wide and extending from curb
to curb. 1t was necessary to detour
traffic"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
AMERICAN RED CROSS
CARES FOR RUSSIANS
FIGHTING BOLSHEVIKI

OMSK, Siberia, June 2 (by maiD.-
To meet an emergency in hospital
work for wounded Russians of the
army fighting the Bolsheviki the
American Red Cross has opened one
of it's biggest hospitals at Cheliabinsk.
The opening of heavy fighting on the
Ufa front brought many wounded sol
diers to the already burdened Russian
military hospitals. The Red Cross
sent to Cheliabinsk DR.. Henry w.
Newman.
Cheliabinsk promises to be an i'm
portant station for American Red
Red Cross work this summer, as it is
expected that the fighting will be par
ticularly heavy in the district front
ing it.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
STAGE DIRECTOR FORCED
TO RESIGN BY STRIKE OF
FORCES OF OPERA HOUSE

BERLIN, June IS Correspondence
of Associated Press The principals,
chorus and stage hands of the German
opera house at Charlottenburg, after a
five days strike, have forced the re-
tirement of Otto Neumann Hofer, it's
director general, with whom the en-
ployes had been in conflict for several
years. The forces of the opera house,
numbering five hundred, went on
strike without warning.
Socialist members of the Chariot
tenburg town council espoused the
cause of the strikers and demanded
that the board of directors remove
Herr Hofer. Realizing the futility of
further resistance, he resigned. 1t was
charged that he consistently opposed
all social reforms in favor of the en-
ployes and was unyielding in his dis.
cipline.
The incident was one of the most
sensational episodes in the history of
German grand opera, and the occur
renee would have been impossible un-
der the old political dispensation.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
CHILDREN KEPT
FROM SCHOOL
BY HUNGER

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, June II
Correspondence of Associated Press).
-One-third of the school children in
Czechoslovakia are absent from school
every day on account of hunger, &C
cording to Red Cross investigators
reports. Many of the children in the
schools were found so weak from lack
of nourishment that they could not
hold their heads erect. Frequently
children had to be carried home be-
cause they had not the strength to
walk.
Miss Edith Hoyt of Washington, D.
c., and Mrs. Ethel D. Earle of New
York city, two of the trained social
workers sent by the Red Cross into
seventeen towns in the Erzebirge dis
trict, reported that in this section 80
per cent of the children were actually
starving. To relieve this situation ar
rangements have been made for the
establishment of public kitchens
throughout the country. The Ameri-
cans are supervising their operation
and the distribution of food supplies to
them.
THE children we're understood and
Backward" writes Miss Hoyt, both
physically and mentally. They showed
signs of tuberculosis, ricketts, and
anemia. We went through school
rooms after school room asking, How
many have had no breakfast this morn
ing?' In a class of forty-eight, nine
teen little hands went up. This was
typical of the situation throughout the
district
"Nettles, weed, form the principal
item of diet in the poorer homes, and
only one town we visited had any po-
tatoes. We entered many houses un-
expectedly, in order to obtain a true
idea of conditions.
Among the school children, ricketts,
softening of the bones due to lack of
fats-prevails universally. Childen of
seven are like children of four. Chill
dren of ten or twelve are the size Of a
normal six-year-old. Their faces are
gray with pallor, and abnormalIy sad
and gloomy"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
POUNDS COLLEGE FOR
FATHERLESS GIRLS

PHILADELPHIA July 16 (by maiD.
The Charles E. Ellis College for the
Education of Fatherless Girls is now
open. 1t is located in the beautiful
Whitmarsh valley, four miles north of
the Chestnut Hill section of Philadel-
phia.
Mr.. Ellis provided for the mainte-
nance of the college, which he de-
signed to do for girls what the Girard
College does for boys, by endowing
it with $5,OOO,000 He died ten years
ago. Girls who can not be supported
properly under their present living
conditions will be given the opportu-
nifty for free education. More than
two hundred can be accommodated,
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the United States Commissioners
Court in and for Cordova Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.-In Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of Michael
James Costello, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned, administrator Of the estate
of Michael James Costello, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the nee
essary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication of this no.
tice, to the said administrator at the
office of Frank H. Foster, at Cordova,
Alaska, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of said
estate. WILLIAM HAYES,
Administrator.
July 8-5w
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
FIRST MEXICAN-MADE
AUTO IS ON MARKET

MEXICO CITY, July "a (by Associ-
ated Press).-The first automobile
ever constructed in Mexico appeared
recently in the capital, having come
from Monterey, where, it is said, ar
rangements are being made for build
ing the machine in quantities.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24

If you do not receive your copy Of
the Times regularly, please notify the
circulation manager.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05
Elk Creek.

Mrs. j.. w. Stephens and Mrs.
Malcolm Hart were Decatur callers
L. N. Stephens and son Loren
and nephew Clarence Stephens, of
Van Buren,, Ark, were Leon callers
Monday.
George Norman and son Claud
were Decatur callers Tuesday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Norman and
sons Clifford and Lowell, Mr.. and
Mrs c. H. Norman, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
W. Stephens and daughters Iva and
Nora, Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Stephens
and son Loren, Clarence Stephens
and Forest Stanley attended an ice
cream supper at the Gravatt home
Wednesday evening.
Ollie Gravatt spent Thursday
night with her uncle J. w. Stephens
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm, Hart at
tended the play ..The Pirates Of
Pensance" in Lamont Friday night.
Loren stephens and cousin Clar-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05
Franklin.

The heavy rain Sunday delayed
farm work for several days.
Miss Ruth Teaney who has been
assisting her sister Mrs. Tour Boyce
with her house cleaning, returned
home Saturday morning.
Charlie Christensen, of near
Leon, spent Friday night with his
brother Pete and family.
Miss Muriel Smith came Wednes-
day for few days visit at the home
of her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Scott.
Guy Mccullough and family spent
Thursday evening at the Wise Nc
Collough home.
Albert Hughes, who has been In
service in France, returned home
Paul Teaney, Wells Knapp and
Sylvan Petticord spent Sunday at
the E. v. Teaney home.
Misses Edrie and Audrey McCOl-
Tough spent Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. p. G.. ChristenseN.
Miss Jemima Kob departed Tues
day of last week for m attended
visit in Wyoming, Oregon and other
points in the west.
sheep zen; for Ben Ben Sears last week.
Pearl Hinehaugh. who has been
assisting Carl Kendall With bis farm
work. returned to his home In Care
den Grove Friday evening.
Muriel Smith spent Friday With
Misses Edrie and Audrey McCQl-
Tough.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05
Leon II. F. ID. No. 8.

So much rain makes the farmers
have the blues. Quit a lot of corn
not planted yet.
Henry Yaeger, our new neighbor
on the old Truitt farm, had rela-
tives from Adair county visiting
him last Sunday.
Mrs. Clarence Brothers went to
Creston Tuesday to join her hus-
band.
c. ]. Horney helped Gil Wander
pool finish planting his corn last
week.
Paul, Clyde, Leslie, Opal and Dor
with their uncies Alpha and Wade
Fulton.
Sunday school is progressing
is superintendent. They meet at 10
There are three county bridges
out on the east and west road from
Valley school house to the JEFFERSON
Howard Muse is the boss sheep
shearer. He sheared 80 head for
Mr.. Mani0n in seven hours.
The Leon Chamber. of Commerce
could do q good job for the Leon
market II they could get their egg
men to pay rs much for eggs as the
surrounding towns.
What do you think of the new
county fair! Something the county
ought to have. The old county fair
was Ill right until set OF scrookS
rot hold Of Il and sold them ont.
A few Of The boyo GOT caught u
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05

responsibility f.. the failure neec Of con,
tax as we'll as for. the failure to pass
many important bills for the con-
duct Of the government. 800
under consideration, it was discoy-
cred that it would be impracticab,le
to pass it without provision for the
so-caiied luxury tax, and this sec,
ton was not stricken from the Dill
in conference; Senator simmons
and the OTHER senate o co m tSs
retention Of the provision until there
was a general agreement among the
conferees that it should be repealed
Nv. Joint resolution after the enact
ment of the revenue bill.
Republicans Break Agreement.
The conferees OF the senate ana
the house, therefore, agreed that i'm n
would be passed in both houses of
congress repeating that part of the
measure providing for the IMPOSE
ton and collection of a luxury tax.
Accordingly, such a resolution was
tives, and was sent to the senate. 1t
would have been adopted also in
that branch of congress but for the
filibuster which the republican SEN
ators started, continued and success
fully concluded by preventing the
passage not only of this joint reso,
luton but other even more benehclal
legislation.
Senator Penrose gave aid and
comfort to this filibuster.. Senator
Simmons, acting for the democratic
members of the senate and for the
committee on finance, made earnest
efforts in the last hours OF congress
to obtain unanimous consent for the
consideration and massage OF the
resolution-to which the senate,
through it's conferees, stood commit
ted. The republicans, including
Senator PenrOse, refused to, matt
their filibuster and the resolution
was defeated. In consequence, the
luxury tax remained operative be-
cause of republican opposition and in
spite of democratic endeaVors to re-
peal it.
All these facts, which are matters
of record, will be related by Senator
Simmons the moment Senator Pen
rose undertakes to pose as the
champion of the repeal. It will be
shown that the republican filibuster
and that alone was the cause OF
perpetuating an Objectionable tax
out of which Senator Penrose pur-
poses to make little capital for his
party.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05
PRESIDENT TO FORCE LUXURY
= TAX REPEAL q
Republican Responsibility For De-
feat Of Resembling Resolution.

Wilson'S recomme ndation to con
Rress to repeal the tax on luXurles
will compel the republican majority
to rescind this part OF the revenue
ball which their .tilibuster IN 81 inc
senate last March continued IN enest
in spite of democratic efforts.' NO.
only will the republicans now +,o ~
forced to abolish this tax, but they
will also be obliged to bear. the re-
.snonsibility- for their deliberate re-
fusal to eliminate it,. .:
This recommendation from Presl-
dent Wilson anticipates what is
thought to have been the plan OF the
republican leaders-in particular
Senator Penrose. Reallzlng tna1
their obstruction OF this repeal ana
other even more vital leglslatlon IN
the filibuster had left a bad taste IN
the mouth of the public, these lead
ers were preparing to introduce a
bill to Withdraw the tax and at
tempt to take the credit. This OPP
pOrtunity has been denied them by
the action Of the president.
When congress considers the re-
neal of the luxury tax it will be dem
onstrated to the satisfaction Of the
public and the confusion OF the re-
publicans that it was their tllbuster
that perpetuated this charge on busl-
ness and the consumer. Inc more ore
capital out of the abolition OF the
tax the more thoroughly the people
will be convinced that the obstruc-
tive methods of republican senators
were responsible for it's having re-
NAMED operative.
The facts indict and convict the
republican leaders in the senate OF
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05
Burr Oak Ridge.

Mrs. Raymond and Miss Hazel
Mullin spent few days IL week
at C. E. Chastain's.
Bob Martin and Margaret Walton
had lucky auto accident one day
last week.
Miles and Julian Frost visited ov-
er Sunday at Fetch Groves.
Weldon was out of banks again.
Miss Ruth Johnson, of Leon, Wis
tied her cousin, Stella a few days
Mrs. e: E. chastain spent the
week end at Davis City, the guest
of her sister Mrs. Belle Turner.
Mrs. Winnie Richards and daugh-
ter Catherine spent few days last
week at Woodland, the guest of her
grandma Bethards.
Miss Lua Record was an over
Sunday visitor with Clara Chastain.
Mrs. c.. E. Chastain received
word Monday that her son Willard,
who had been with the A. E. F. for
the past year in France and Ger
many, had arrived at New York,
May 28th. @
the many friends of Miss Julia
Main are glad to know she is i'm
proving from her recent illness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05
Money to loan on some good farms
Leon Savings Bank.
Davis City.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Marvin OF
Leon, were called to the home or
Mrs. Marvin's parents, F. NJ. KICKS,
by the serious illness of her broth
Mrs. Gertie Radnich entertained
the Priscilla club Thursday.
Des Moines, visited their many
friends in this city the past week
and attended Decoration, returning
Ernest Kicks is seriously sick at
this writing. He is one Of our dis
charged soldiers, and returned home
from overseas recently. His many n;
friends are sorry to hear OF his i'll
ness.
Mrs. Grace StandIler returned returned
home from Omaha, Neb.,, THURSDAY
store for the past three months,
Mrs. Hazel Howell visited her
mother Mrs. Vina Frazier and 9TH
er relatives the past week, return
ing to her home at Des Molnes
Monday.
visiting in the north part of the
s past two We Weeks ik1e' ~ nv
Mr.. and Mrs. John McCully, Of
Osceola, spent Decoration Day IN
our city, returning home the same
Mrs. Walter McCully visited
friends in this city Friday.
Isaac Jeffries is visiting his son
Dr.. Jeffries at Chicago.
Harry Harmon, of Des Molnes,
visited his mother Mrs. Harmon, OF
his city, Friday and attended Deco
George Shoemaker came home
Thursday evening to pack and ship
his household goods to- Lenox,
South Dakota, where they will make
their future home. Their many
friends regret their departure from
among us, as they will be greatly
and as a church worker, Mr.. Shoe
maker cannot be excelled. They
are moving to be closer to Mr.. Shoe
makers headquarters as he is one
of the tobacco statesmen.
Mrs Eva Poush goes to Des
Moines Wednesday to attend sum-
mer school,
Mrs. Asbury Norman accompanied
her daughter Estella to Troy, Kan
S"s {. 4. Marble came in after two
weeks absence as travelling sales
man to visit home folks.
Mrs. Clark, of Council Bluffs, Wis
a tea at ret tne homf home on Mond GSks FRI
Mrs. Grover Rains went to st.
Joe to be operated upon Saturday.
She was accompanied by her hus-
band and her mother, Mrs. Hullin-
ger. and DR.. Reed.
Mrs. Dot Markley and Mrs. Jess
Franklin were callers in Davis City
last Friday.
DR.. Harmon made a drive out to
Lamont and from there to Terre
Haute, on Decoration Day and they
report crop prospects are very. bad.
that acres of ground is not yet broke
and no corn planted to speak Of.
Mrs. Gertie Grimes came in last
Thursday from Nebraska to spend
Decoration Day with her mother,
Mrs. George VanBeek.
Mrs. Ira Daniels, after a few
days visit with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Wells, returned to her home
at Ridgeway, Mo-, last Monday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05

Miss Hattie Evans spent Saturday
night and Sunday with home folks.
Nell Still and wife were Davis
City visitors Wednesday.
Herbert Hub bard, an oversee SOL
der, returned home last week from
Camp Dodge where he was muster
ed out of service. He wears a
wound chrevon which he received
over there and his many friends and
relatives are sure glad to see him
back home again. r.
lack Mcdaniel and wife and son
Gerald and Roscoe Mcdaniel were
Sunday visitors at E. J. Evans.
Willie Moore and Andy Smith and
wife spent one day last week at
Steve Latta's near Blythedale, Mo.
Herbert Hubbard has purchased
new Ford and is enjoying himself
nowadays.
Walter Rumley and wife spent
one evening last week at David
Hubbard's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05

sive of the loans to the allies, which
will not be paid for many years and
possibly portion never.
/ Although the interest cost will de-
crease as the debt is liquidated, 1t
will be necessary to 1mp PRES 6o taxes
We Year 1.J if the cost of the war is to be
met witnih a generation. Taxes
this year will be $4,000, 100000.
The republicans aim to reduce the
ordinary expenses OF the goVernment
to approximately the 1000, OO0,1VO
year Of the antebeiium az days ne snIS
$4,000, 900 a year on the war
Before July 1, 1920, the treasury,
it is predicted, will find It necessary
to obtain loans of $S:OOO,O00,0oO
from the banks on certificates, It pc
ing understood that there are to be
no more war loans offered for popu-
lar subscription.
After conference of the republic
can leaders today, mainly deVoted 10
discussion of the provisions OF a
war debt sinking fund, Senator
SmoOt said:
"The proceeds of the last victory
loan will be used to take up treasury
certificates. 1t will be necessary, to
issue still more of these and they
will be carried by the financial in
situations, ObVlatlng, l nope, tne
necessity to sell more and more
bonds at public sale. But we can
take our choice; about $8,000,O00,-
900 more bonds or $S,0O0,O0O,O 900
in certificates of Indebtedness will
vet have to be issued.
1--WE now face the necessity Of
raising about 100000 a year to
lie debt 1t is true that our loans
abroad a'b amounting to 100000
900, will bring in some contribution
toward meeting this amount. but it
is uncertain how much. 1t will pc
| a good many years before we will
know how much of our. war loans 10
our allied states can be collected.
Some of it never will be, some will
be very slow, and we must take
measures that will insure independ-
ent provision to take care of every
! thing"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05
PAY WAR DEBT IN GENERATION.
Leaders Say Annual Tax of $3,OOO,'
600. 900 Necessary.

Washington, May 27.-To pay for
the war within a generation at the
rate of 1,O0O,000,OOO of the prin-
cipal of the debt and nearly $1,000
wear. constitutes the basis of the tis-
cal program being framed by the re-
publican leadership of the new con-
gress.
= The cost of the war to date is in
the neighborhood of $4,000, OOO,-
900, including $4,000, 900, 900 OF
loans to the allies. The cost will be
increased several billions more by
decentralization and other expenses.
Altogether it is estimated that the
American peoples war bill will ap-
proximate $25, 1000, exclu-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05
Brush College.

Mrs. David Hubbard and son
Herbert and daughter Annie were
Davis City visitors one day last
week.
Earl Still and wife spent one at-
ternoon last week at Jim Stills.
Miss Mildred Latta visited few
days last week with home folks
near Blythedale, Mo.
Mrs. David Hubbard and daugh-
ter Annie aad son Clarence spent
Last Monday evening In Le0n at
Ralph Hfook's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05

ence were Lamont callers Friday
evening.
Elva Rauch spent Friday night
Clyde Rauch and son Lowell were
Lamont callers Saturday night.
Loren and Clarence Stephens
spent Sunday afternoon at the Ora
watt home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Hart spent
Sunday night with his parents in
Lamont
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05

the rain Saturday night and Sunday
and had to remain in town.
DR.. F. J. Parsons went up the
track Saturday with a fine string of
fish caught in MacGruder.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-05

Some men think it is smart to
boast that they do not read the local
DaDerS