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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
THE TABLES ARE TURNED.

While the democrats were in
power, republicans dinned the coun-
try's ears with criticism and de-
nunciation. Every act and every
omission was wrong. Nothing was
right. The war was muddled; peace
was delayed; reconstruction was i'm
possible. The cure was republican
congress with brilliant statesmen
and economists like Senators Lodge
and Penrose and Representatives Gill
lett and Mondell as its leaders.
Three months of Republican
responsibility and control has not
convinced the people that the
change was for the better. Indeed,
there is not problem which has not
become more acute; not popular
demand that has not remained un-
fulfilled in this fourth of a year of
republican accountability for legis-
lation.
At the worst, the democratic con-
gress preceding the one now in ses-
sion was charged with doing its work
poorly. But it acted. The present
republican congress has done next
to nothing-and done it very badly
If the democrats made mistakes it
was because they made efforts.
Against the republicans is fairly
chargeable the greatest and cost
lest of all mistakes-failure to try.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
THE ONLY WAY OUT.

"This country" says Henry Clews,
sis passing through one of the great,
if not the greatest, Crisis in it's his
tory. Though far distant from the
seat of war, and much less injured
than any of the combatants, we are
as sharply as they. The very fact
that we suffered less means that we
must help more; hence in the work
Of reconstruction our burdens are
actually much heavier than we had
even expected them to be. We have
not only been obliged to feed Europe
more freely than usual with our
spare grain and meat; but now that
peace is here we are also called up
quantities of cotton, copper, petro-
leum and steel products, in order to
fill up the void created by five years
of intense destruction. Europe's de-
mands are not easy to measure. In
addition to those just mentioned we
have been called upon to provide
ships, coal, credit and many other
things formerly obtained from other
sources. Such exceptional demands
forced high prices in every direction
ments enables labor to insist upon
higher and higher wages. Domestic
extravaganza is also an important
element in high prices. Whether
these movements have reached their
climax or not depends upon how far
the demand has been met. When
buyers cease striving for goods, be-
cause either satisfied or exhausted,
then the advance will surely end and
dizziness ensue until demand receives
fresh stimulus from new inquiries
or lower prices. AS long as these con-
itiOns last it is useless to expect in
dustrial stability. Return to the
normal will require many months of
large product and hard work The
Federal Reserve Board wisely said
that the only cure for the present
crisis is work and save" This ap-
plies to all classes of workers, those
of hand and head alike
washington will be the center of
interest for the balance of the years
at least. On the surface our foreign
relations appear to be the chief fac
tor. AS matter of reality. our in
dustrial problems are of far more
pressing Importance. The stoppage
of profiteering is at the moment of
greater consequence than playing
politics with the peace treaty. II
was urgent that an immediate check
be placed upon the rise in prices
which may modify the advance in
costs somewhat, but cannot stop the
demands for high wages. The later
are based not altogether upon high
prices. but in part upon the desire to
secure a larger share in the general
prosperity as long as it lasts.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
NOW FOR RATIFICATION.

President Wilson met the virtual
challenge of the senatorial opponents
of the peace treaty and the League
of Nations by the freest and fullest
presentation of the conditions and
Considerations which dictated the en-
gagements that are now awaiting
ratification by the senate. For three
answered the questions propounded
to him by members of the Foreign
Relations Committee. With pa
tience, painstaking and the utmost
frankness he responded to their re-
quest for information.
This conference was without pre-
cedent in American history, but it
ise-made months ago-that he
would take the senate and the coun-
try into his confidence in respect to
the treaty and the league 1t was
the fault of the senate committee
that this complete exposition and ex-
PLANTATION of the treaty and the COW
enant was not sooner forthcoming.
The president upon his return from
France expressed his willingness =
prepared ness-to clarity and justify
every act of the Paris peace council.
From the lips of the man who was
one of the authors of the treaty and
of the league-who knows every
inch of the ground between their in
ception and their consummation--
the FOREIGN Relations Committee has
learned that Article x of the COW
enant is subject to our own Judgment
and to the authority of Congress;
that the Monroe Doctrine is beyond
the purview of the league; that
questions of purely domestic policy
and government, like immigration
and the tariff, are equally outside
it's jurisdiction. If the senators who
have opposed the treaty and the lea
que continue their obstruction it will
not be for want of understanding
and reassurances. Their opposition
henceforth will be suspected as of
different origin.
The president made it quite plain
to the members of the Foreign Re-
lations Committee that. if they
choose to regard their country's obli-
cations lightly. they may adopt in
terpretations that do not alter the
text or impair the force of the treaty.
If such Interpretations" in a sen
arate resolution will salve their pride
without at the same time ieopardiz-
ing the ADVANTAGES which the United
States derives from the treatv and
the security which all the world OBJ
tains through the league, the SEN
ators are free, so far as the president
is concerned, to take that course.
Whatever the action of the recall
citrant senators may be. the peoples
attitude will be unmistakable. They
know the president has had greater
opportunity and q better right to
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

In his statement to members OF
the Foreign Relations Committee at
the White House conference Pres
ident Wilson gave some excellent
reasons for speedy ratification OF
the treaty. He pointed out that the
and Alaska are operating at a
loss; that the zinc mines of Missouri,
Tennessee and Wisconsin are pro-
ducing but half their normal output
only portion of it's former market;
that the sale of cotton in the Central
Empires and other parts of Europe
is impossible and that many other
commodities cannot be marketed be-
cause the channels of trade are bar
red until the resumption of COM
mercial relations is made possible by
the ratification of the treaty. Those
nations which first conclude peace
will also be the first to enjoy pros
Derity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
Notice of Probating will.

To all whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the office of the
Clerk Of the District Court of Iowa,
in and for Decatur county, an instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be the
Richardson late of said county de-
ceased, and that 9 o'clock A. NJ, of
the 3Oth day of September 1919 has
been fixed for the pre- bate Of said
Will, at which time you can appear
at the Court House in said county
and show cause, il any there be, why
said Will should not be admitted to
probate.
In witness Whereof l have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said court at Leon, Iowa, this
21st day Of August, 1919.
IRA B. OFFICER,
,3-3t Clerk Of the District Court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

Before the Republican Senators
can come to an agreement as to
their action on the League of Nations
some one will have to negotiate a
the mild revisionists" and the
outright rejectionists.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
Notice of Appointment of Admin
StratOr.

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 18th day of August A.
d. 1919.
H. L. Osborn, Administrator OF
said estate. LIT.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

No one would be so foolish as to
allege that all republicans are profit
GERS, but the present leaders of con-
gress are acting as if they strongly
suspected that all profiteers are re-
publicans.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

we'll in a small way by repeating the
tax on soda water and soft drinks,
but it's leaders ought to remember
that there is another side to the con-
sumer's difficulties-his outside, for
instance. Now for the repeal of the
taxes on clothing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

If Congressional committee ira
wells 1000 miles in private car for
thirty-five days to Investigate" par
tisan charges respecting what hap
pened last year. what is the price
per yard of ancient history?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

Judge the need and meaning and
value of the treaty and of the league
than the senatorial critics of his
work have had. If neither is per-
feet the people are not dissatisfied.
They will not tolerate the senate's at
tempt to give them less because they
have not obtained more. They want
the treaty ratified and the covenant
accepted without further delay.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

Republican congressman who are
travelling. thousands of miles to in
vestigate what happened last year
are failing thereby to observe the
evidence Of what is going to happen
to them next year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

Investigations into the war are
popular with the present Republican
Congress because they offer a hope
of distracting the public mind to the
past. Why don't the Republican
leaders show an equal interest in
the high cost of living and other
problems of the present?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

Apparently republicans in congress
believe that there can be no move to-
ward Reconstruction" until after
they have wrecked the constructive
work of the last Democratic con-
gress.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

Most of the soldiers have been de-
modified, but they are still fighting
for fair recognition from repub-
llcan congress.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

Did the republican senators con-
suit President Wilson for inform
alton or was it their purpose to get
another pretext for talking for two
months?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

The republican congress has been
prevented from passing bills by it's
engrossment in an effort to "pass
the buck"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

The high cost of living is greatly
aggravated by the necessity of living
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

There are three P's in peace
duction,. prosperity and progress
Ratify the treaty!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04

Some of the best Republican or
atory now to be heard has for its
theme, "How Not to Do it,"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-04
Our Repair
Policy

Recharging, repairs, test.
ing-these are part of our
service. We have the train
ingandequipment to do thi,
workweU, at the least price
consistent with good work.
Cheap work isn't cheap
at any price, and would only
lose US customers.
But vereeard this ser-
vice as q part of our obi
cation to make Willard
Batteries last as long as
possible at least expense.
Another of our obligations 10
to distribute for Willard q bat.
terry that will last longer and
doesn't need 20 many repairs-
the Willard Battery with Thread.
ed Rubber Insulation.
It gives longer life with fewer
troubles just 40 Z cord tire does.
Drop in and let u tell you Its
remarkable performance record
after over four years Of service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
No Crime Waue, Says Enright

H'HERE crime Police Commits
sloner Richard E. Enrght positive
information to 500 Brooklyn Academy
night
Only few hours later highway robbers
men pursued their trade undisurbed
policemen.
There is of population of 100000 people,
sald "a certain Of But the
New York the smallest in relation its population
the world"
After thus casually revising the figures Commits
soner stated that there would be
1919 than there 1918 He did divuge
arriving at this conclusion.
Even murder indicative of
right resumed AT least of the homces the work
of degenerate and the others regular police
did not mpa to his hearers whether this had anything
with ecen homicides remaining unsoved) Why,
rural communities of Suffolk and Nassau Counties the
metropolis cards and spades when crime
Brooklyn Institute Forum rules
after addresses to questions of those
Enrght had questions him, he pleaded
gagement' and left in hurry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
Bartender Is Sho
REISENWEBER'S

A new Revue will open at Rcisen-
weber's, Fifty-eighth Street and Co.
lumbus Circle, on February IS. The
held of artists has been secured to
secure the most novel and capable
performers, so that the new produc-
ton will overshadow all attempts in
restaurant entertainment. Charac-
ter1zed by an extraordinary cast of
pretty girls and principals.
The music is by Louis Silvers, the
staging by Earl Lindsay and lyrics
by BUD De Sylvia. Miss Loretta
Rhodes. the fascinating prima don
ma, will support Midgie Miller, who
has been the subject of profuse
praise in her other Appearances at
Researchers. To supplement the
other numbers the Crane Sisters
Will appear for the first time in New
York and will introduce fascinating
songs and dances, while the Norrie
Sisters will help to enliven the eve
nlng by futuristic presentations of
the light fantastic and melody. Ed
die Myers, the juvenile, will further
add to the attractiveness of the new
Revue, and Margaret SEVERN, the
incompatible toe dancer, will again
win the hearts of the audience bv
new characterizations of dancing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

creasing, since they are free to marry
and bring forth children, and the in
dividual defective who pays the speci-
fled penalty for his crime steadily
progresses in criminal proficiency. In
stead of putting him under the care
Of skilled and kindly doctors, he is
under the influence of shrewd, un-
scrupulous criminals; yet if the doctors
should have as good success in their
efforts as the criminals have in theirs
it is fair to conclude that our supply
of criminal detectives would soon dis
appear.
This is radical treatment, but we have
tried the other kind of treatment long
enough to see that it won't work. From
other points of view besides the
criminal it is clear that the need is
Imperative for graphing with the ques-
tlon of the mental defective, and trying
to free the community of him. And
from the criminal point of view alone
we should not need to have so many
policemen by a goodly percentage, even
if we went no further in the matter
than to ordain that such mental dafec-
tives as are convicted of crime should
be immured until cured
Copyright by Princeton Press published hv .r
rangcmcnt with Twenty first Century Press
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
The Origin of Coffee Drinking

The ordinary coffee plant is a native
of Abyssinia, and as such was used as
a beverage, both in the wild and cul-
tivated state, from time immemorial.
It was carried into Arabia about the
beginning Of the Fifteenth Century.
From Arabia it was carried to all parts
of the Mohametan world by the Mecca
pilgrims, who found in it happy SUBJ
stitute for the alcoholic beverages for
hidden by the Koran. The first au-
thentic mention of it by European
was by German physician and travel
ler on his return from a tour through
Syria in 1878. 1t was brought to Ven
ice by a physician in 1891 1t was re-
ferred to in 1921 by Burton in his
Anatomy of Melancholy" as follows:
"The Turks have drink called coffee,
so named from a berry black as SCOT
and as bitter, which they sip hot be-
cause they find by experience that that
kind of drink, so used, helpeth diges-
ton and promoteth alacrity." The first
coffee house established in Londan was
IN 1862. Coffee was heard of in France
in 1858. and became fashionable in
Paris in 1669.-Spokane Spokesman Re-
view
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

welfare of each along natural lines.
Naturally. it would have to consider
uneconomic laws or restrictions involv-
ing unfair commercial advantages or
unfair determinations against the nat
ural products of other nations.
Germany, the great offender, would
have to seek admission by making good
in all the obligations imposed by the
peace terms finally arranged, or be
economically crushed to an extent that
would destroy her as an industrial
nation.
Tired of Political Failures
Discussing business mems attitude
toward all the present-day problems,
Mr.. Lewis declared that "business is
more interested in peace prosperity
and development than any other class
on earth" He said that the world
had grown tired of the failures that the
statesmen and politicians had made
in the past, and that business would
take great part in the solution of
problems in the future.
John Graham Brooks, author and
economist, warned the diners to watch
carefully the progress Of labor.
He said that labor all over the world
IS going to try some government itself.
Professor Brooks said that in all
labor circles there is a "growing con-
servatism against all radical things"
DR.. 4. +. Slosson, editor of the ON
dependent" said that the theory of free
trade has been proven worthless and
the cause Of much difficulty, and that
regulated trade" was the order of the
UaV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

ney Miller's saloon, 116 Union Avenue.
where Cannon was bartender.
Persons passing the saloon heard the
shot and saw Gannon's assailant dart
out the door. A crowd pursued him
through Lorimer Street. He boarded a
trolley car, but leaped off at Powers
Street and ran to the corner Of Leon
ard Street, where his pursuers, who by
this time included several policemen,
lost sight of him. A house to- house
search.in the vicinity failed to reveal
the fugitive. He is described as about
five feet five inches tall, about thirty
years old ana wearing long overcoat
and soft brown hat.
Cannon was rushed to st. Gather
ines Hospital. He died few hours
afterward without having regained con-
seriousness. The police are not certain
whether Gannon's slayer was bent on
robbery and became frightened after
he had shot the bartender, or the
crime the result of quarrel.
Cracksmen Also Busy
While holdup men and gunner were
plying their trade in Brooklyn, cracks
men and burglars had by no means
been idle. The biggest haul was made
in the office of R. Tyson White e. Son,
800 Bridge Street, Brooklyn. Three
safes were ripped open and one of
them rifed Of $3.50 in cash and ST 600
in Liberty bonds. The other two con-
tanned nothing of value
The police believe the same burglars
entered the clothing store of Ferdi-
nand Mckee, of 1l2 Myrtle Street, lust
around the corner, where several hun
dred dollars worth Of clothing was
stolen.
Sometime during the early morning
the home of Samuel Cohen, 1856 West
Thirty tirdst Street, Brooklyn, was bro
ken into and a small safe cracked. Lib
erty bonds and jewelry worth $3.50 re-
warded the thieves
In the meantime, Sheftall was being
grilled at Brooklyn Police Headuuar-
ters IN an effort to determine his true
role in the paymaster robbery was that
of victim or confederate. Confronted
with the picture of "Charles Tharles"
from the rogues' gallery, Shcftall
freely admitted it was his own, but
insisted that the fact that the forgery
charge against him ten years ago was
dropped be not overlooked.
His Record as an Aid
He threw out the suggestion that the
bandits who stopped the taxicab and
covered him and his two assistants with
guns may have known Of his former
trouble and counted on his being ar
rested, thus giving them time to cover
their own tracks.
Sheftall told Captain of Police
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

hme' Galli-Curci Charms as
Nioietta i'm ga r.

La Traviata" was the ono.
scented by the Chicago Comn opera pss-
Lexington Theatre vester G6any at Che
noon, with Nine. Galli-CnrsS alter
Fioietta. Almost needless ~ as The
auditorium was filled to Tho cay -he
an audience which gave voc;fe Unit by
preston of approval. eious ez-
NerdIs opera is cast in tho
tional forms of an old~r DO Do, conven-
calculated to make a nowe ussy, little
b l,ol'a Al appeal 10 audiences of tod.
y; ou1 .he arr OF Nine. CALI Curci msnss
:, ~, 1--WE again. Her Violetta is s rsss
mp .: ton, ,piquet and alur ;sal
aiio rage g1 IN her self-sacrifce ,sS
deatn. The ease and fiexibility of , s.a
singing gives the music a qualjty !,
spontanelty that makes it seer q
natural expression of her mood " T.
fler hands 1t is not outmoded !"
Mr.. Stracciari, as the father C;o,.
Germont, torn between familv Isl so
and compassion, gave an adm;rsmSee
lmpersonatlon. He has the bsasSe
combination of distinction of be a,sSy
and fine voice, which he uses a;,s
discretion. His singing in the ses MA
act won spontaneous and hearty Nv .n
plause a9-
Of varying merit was the perforn
aRce Of Mir. Dolci as Alfredo ''' u;.
singing was sometimes marred ' i.'
forced tones and unevenness. In ~
duet in the last act he achieved greo,.s
fluency and tonal beauty than 6a
before shown, though his singing -
the aria in the first act was spirited
Mr.. Polacco conducted with entbns,
asm, and with wealth Of accent and
contrast. The opera was produced with
high degree of finish in all its 10.
tails, and was sumptuous in settins-
and costumes.