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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
RATE CASES ARE REOPENED
Supreme Court Gives No Reason foI
Its Action.

Washington, April 9.-Reargument
OF the so called "intermountain rate
cases. was ordered by the supreme
court of the United States. Chief
Justice White gave no reason for the
reargument, merely stating that they
would be restored for argument be-
fore a full bench
The reargument will permit Justice
Pitney to participate in the decision OF
the cases. All the other justices heard
the cases when they were argued In
February.
The cases involve the constitutional
ity of the Tong and short haul proyi'
sions of the interstate commerce law
and the power of the interstate com
merce commission to make blanket
rates over large zone of territory in
stead OF acting merely on rates from
specific points.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
WILL RAIN LATE IN WEEK
Weather for Northwestern States as
Forecasted by Bureau.

Washington, April 9.-Temperatures
will be near the seasonal average
throughout the country this week,
with rains generally light and local,
according to the weekly bulletin.
Warmer weather is probable in the
Middle West early in the week" )"
says the bulletin. THE next disturb
ance of importance to cross the coun-
try will appear in the Far West about
Wednesday, to cross the Middle West
about Thursday or Friday and the
Eastern states near the close of the
week; it will be attended by local
rains and be followed by cooler wealth.
er, which will overspread the North.
western states Thursday or Friday"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
GIRL CRUSHED TO DEATH
Fatally Hurt While Operating Elevator
in Duluth Hotel.

Duluth, April 9.-Alino Sackso, eight
cen years old, was crushed to death
by the elevator in the St Louis hotel.
She was running the car The girls
cries gave the alarm. A cool headed
guest rushed to the cage and stopped
It. The girls body, pinned by the
automatic door, then fell out.
She was SO terribly mangled that
she died on the way to the hospital.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
Louisville Schools Closed.

Louisville, KY, April 9.-ln final
effort to eradicate cerebro spinal men
ingitis the city health department has
ordered the public schools to remain
closed this week. About fifty deaths
from the disease have occurred in the
last two months, including among its
victims the son of Episcopal Bishop
Charles E. Woodcock. The situation
has improved lately.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
HOPES TO RUSH BUSINESS
Governor of Wisconsin Expects Extra
Session viii Be Short.

Madison, Wis, April BY holding
conferences with the presiding officer
OF each house of the legislature, chair
men Of important committees and peo-
pie particularly affected by the pro-
posed legislation, Governor F. e. Nc
Govern is hopeful the coming special
session of the legislature can be con-
cluded in one week.
All bills for consideration have been
drafted and copies are being sent out
to the interested parties.
April 80 is the date for the extra ses'
sion and a new water power measure
relief for the Black River Falls flood
situation and protection of Portage
against floods are among the matters
to receive consideration.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09

Forced to Vacate Homes.

Baton Rouge. La, April 9.-Citizens
OF two towns I'm Louisiana have be-
come flood refugees during the last
twenty-four hours, the crevasse in the
west bank of the Atchafalaya river
having forced those living in Elliott
City and Lottie to desert their homes.
The water has already inundated Ell
lott City and is moving toward Lottie,
situated between Baton Rouge and the
river No loss of life has been re-
ported
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
Youth Shoots Girl and Himself.

Logansport, Ind, April 9.-Otto G..
Brown, nineteen years old, SON of a
Macy Qnd.l farmer, shot and probably
fatally wounded his sweetheart, Leona
Ehlinger, fifteen years old, and then
committed suicide because the girls
mother refused her consent tJ their
marriage on account of their ages
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
PASSENGERS TAKEN
OFF BURNING SHIP
Wireless Summons ResCuers TO
the Scene.

Ditch Plain Livesaving Station. l..
l., April 9.-The Merchants and Min
ers' line steamer Ontario, from Balti-
more to Boston, which carried fifteen
passengers and crew of forty is or
the rocks off Montauk Point with q
fire raging fiercely in her hold.
The passengers were taken off by a
tug, but the crew remained aboard
fighting the fire. Long before day
light they had chopped a dozen holes
through the pithouse and water was
poured from the vessels own engines
into the hold. At o'clock a, m. Cap
tain Bood sent word ashore that the
fire had been checked.
The fire broke out during the night
and became so threatening that short
ly before a. m. Captain Bood ordered
the wireless operator to send IS. o.
S." distress signals. An hour later he
turned back upon his course and drove
the vessel full speed ahead for the
reefs off Montauk Point.
Through the early morning hours
the wireless sputtered along the entire
North Atlantic coast with news of the
vessels danger. Ten minutes later the
men at this station saw the ship on
the rocks, hurried off with breeches
buoy apparatus and later dragged their
boat on it's truck three miles over the
beach to the burning steamer.
The lifesavers, reinforced by crew
from the Hither Plain station two
miles away, transferred the passen
gers in small boats to tug and stood
off at readiness to take the crew
| ashnre if need he
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
IN PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL
Paintings Begun by Edwin Abbey
Turned over to Woman Artist.

Harrisburg, Pa, April 9.-Miss Vic
let Oakley, who was chosen to com
Ilete the paintings in the state capitol
that were left unfinished by the death
OF Edwin Abbey, the artist, will re-
ceive the same compensation, $50 a
foot, as Mr.. Abbey's contract called
for. This will net her something like
100000. Miss Oakley has a wide
reputation for remarkable skill in
mural work. She was born in New
Jersey and studied art under some Of
the greatest masters.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
TO TRY TO SAVE RlCHESON
Counsel for Minister Start Movement
for cIemency Plea.

Boston, April 9.-The first move to
save the life of Clarence v. r. Richie
son, the confessed murderer of Miss
Avis Linnell, who is sentenced to die
In the electric chair during the week
of May 19, has been made
The former minister's attorney, Will
lam A. Morse, had a short conference
with Executive Secretary Hamlin,
after which 1t was announced that on
April 26 counsel for the condemned
man would appear before Governor
Foss and argue on the question of pre-
ferring a petition to the executive
council
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09

VIM. T. Topel, 602-srd ST.. Bis
marck, N. D., tells of the benefits he
derived from Foley Kidney Pills. Il
suffered with intense pains in my back
and sides. and my kidneys were very
weak. took Foley Kidney Pills and
in short time the pains left my body
and my kidneys are we'll again. For
this am deeply grateful to Foley Kid
ney Pills. For sale by all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
FALLING STONES KILL TWO
Seven immense Rocks Drop of New
Building in New York.

New York, April 9.-William Bulge,
a rigger, and an unidentified laborer
were instantly killed by the falling of
seven stones, each weighing 1000
pounds, from the third floor of build.
ing in the course of construction on
upper Fifth avenue.
A derrick on the fourth floor, thrown
from its fastening by the weight of
he stones, crashed to the street, in
uring several pedestrians.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
FIVE THOUSAND HOMELESS
Hundreds of Tents Erected at Hlck-
man, Ky.

Hickman, KY, April 9.-The work OF
caring for 5000 homeless persons re-
quired the attention of Hickman. The
breaks In the levee near Memphis re-
lieved the flood situation here consid'
erably, the river falling eight inches,
Five hundred tents have been erect
ed on the hills back of the town and
the distribution of clothing and ra'
tions has been started.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
Greatest Menace at Present
Is Below Memphis.
UPPER LEYEES ARE SAFE
River Is Now Receding Slowly Above
Memphis, but Is Rising Below That
Po!nt--Towr af Modoc, Ark, Twen
ty Feet Under Water.

Memphis, Tenn, April 9-Flood con-
ditions in the Mississippi valley
showed some Improvement when a
sunny day gave further encourage
ment to those conducting the work OF
rescue among the hundreds driven
from their homes by the high water.
All levees in the food district were
holding strong and at this point the
river had subsidized seyentenths of a
foot
With upper district levees holding,
however, the strain in the dikes in the
Yazoo section increased and men
worked all night on the embankments
south of Memphis 70 botjter weak
spots.
The danger at several 2 .,nts along
the Arkansas shore has not passed.
South of Memphis there were minor
breaks In the embankments protect.
ing the Arkansas shores and while
these creyasses temporarily relieve
the strain on the Texas ard Yazoo
ulhbs the Wdltl AOulig "Clhb Dt1Sh
into the main torrent
Two hundred levee workers narrow.
ly escaped being swept away when the
embankment cayed at Mile Post "a
sixteen miles south of Helena, Ark.
The town of Modoc, near the break
is twenty feet under water. Modoc
practically has been depopulated and
those who remained took to flight
when the roar OF the water gave warn.
Ing of it's coming.
Rescued From Housetops.
The steamer Kate Adams was neal
Modoc when the leyee broke and res
cued those imperiled. A hundred OF
more panic stricken negroes were
taken from a government barge. Later
motor launches went into the fiooc
and rescued a number of farmhands
from the roofs of their cabins, from
the trees and the peaks of knobs
which were above the water.
The work of caring for the refugees
from the lowlands is fast being syste
matized. Tents and supplies have beer
shipped for the establishment OF &
central relief headquarters at Helena
Captain W. P. Baker, Fourth In
fantry, U. s. A., will be in charge O
the Reelfoot Lake region, with head
quarters at Tiptonville, Tenn.
A relief train sent out from Fores
City, Ark, to rescue farmers in the
overflow sections of st. Francis ant
Crittenden counties returned with 1OO
refugees aboard, but with the mission
only half completed.
The train could not proceed further
than the town of Heth, twenty miles
east of this city. Beyond that point
where many persons are believed t.
be marooned, only boats can be o
service.
In Mississippi, Arkansas and Louis
lana villages, behind the levees alarm
over the oncoming crest Is spreadini
and hundreds of people have fed t
the highlands.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
UTAH IN FAVOR OF TAFT
State Central Committee Endorses
Administration.

Salt Lake City, April S.-President
Taft was endorsed for denomination
for president at meeting of the Re-
publican state central committee here
The state convention will be held at
Provo May Is to select delegates to
the national convention.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
Falls Dead as Home Burns.

Washington, Pa, April 9.-While
leading a party of neighbors in an at
tempt to extinguish fire which was
destroying his home near here Robert
Williams suddenly threw up his hands
and fell dead OF heart disease.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
Man Kills Himself While Phoning.

Dodgeville, Wis. April 6.-Holding
a telephone receiver In one hand and
a vial Of carbolic acid In the other. 0.
C. Thompson, aged twenty-eight,
drank the acid and died when pretty
Sophia Klupsen, aged twenty, refused
for the second time to marry him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
More Anti-Foreign Riots.

London, April 9--Anti-foreign riots
have broken out in the Chinese prov
ince of Shensi, where many Moham-
medans have been massacred, accord
ing to a news agency dispatch from
TtpntEin
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
Fifteen Cars Wrecked.

Columbia, Pa, April 9--A south
bound freight train on the Columbia
and Port Deposit division Of the Penn
sylvania railroad ran into landslide
at York Furnace, Pa, seventeen miles
below here. Fifteen cars were wrecked.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
Ex-President OF Mine Workers Seeks
Republican Nomination.

Bridgeport, o., April s.-Announce-
ment Is made of the candidacy Of
Thomas l.. Lewis, former president Of
the United Mine Workers OF America.
for the Republican nomination for
congress in the Sixteenth Ohio dis
trict. There are 1900 union miners
In the district. Lewis 10 working here
as a miner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09
DIXON WRITES
LETTER TO TAFT
Complains of Action of Ken
lucky PostmasterS.
Charges Deliberate Theft of Several
Districts by Federal OfficehoIders
"Receiver of Stolen Goods"

Washington, April 9.--ln an open
letter to President Taft, given out at
Roosevelt's headquarters here, Sena-
tor Joseph Dixon, campaign manager
for Colonel Roosevelt, declares that
the president "will become the de-
liberate receiver of stolen goods" if
he does not repudiate the action of
certain federal officeholders in the
Kentucky elections Saturday and in
stitute proceedings against them.
Senator Dixon's letter was sent as
the result of telegram received from
the supreme court of Kentucky, and
Republican candidate for governor at
the last election. This telegram was
as follows:
Later returns give Roosevelt First
district, but chairman of McCracken
county, who is deputy postmaster at
Paducah, signs Taft certificates,
though Roosevelt carried county by
!, 1,006 to SIT In Carlisle county Roose-
Welt had all but three, one of whom
was the chairman, but the postmaster
signs Taft certificates. The district
chairman is postmaster at Mayfield.
Nothing approaching these high
handed methods ever has been de-
veloped before in Kentucky politics." >"
Senator Dixon in his letter declares
that federal officeholders supporting
President Taft specifically are charged
| by Judge O'Rear with violating the
law, the civil service regulations and
executive orders.
These acts operate to subvert the
directly expressed will OF the major
ity of the voters in the districts where
committed" said the letter
Receiver of Stolen Goods.
"In plain language, these acts con-
stitute theft. Unless they are prompt
ly repudiated by you, and those who
committed them Immediately are cited
to trial, you cannot escape the charge
of being willing to profit knowingly by
such theft In other words, you will
become the deliberate receiver of stol-
en- goods"
| Senator Dixon declares postmasters
have ignored President Taft's recent
message to congress recommending
the transfer of postmasters to the civil
service; or that they refuse to credit
you with sincerity in your public dec
larations.
Failure on your part now to act in
prompt rebuke and punishment OF
these crimes can only convince the
whole country that the assault upon
your honor by your subordinates in
Kentucky is justified.
II call upon you, not as candidate
for denomination, but as president oi
the United States, to issue an order tc
the officeholders of Kentucky to canoe
their illegal action.
Il call upon you as president of the
UNITED States to punish these mer
Iguilty of violating the civil service
rules and the orders Of your predeces
Isor l call upon you as president o.
the United States to enforce the law.
Senator Dixon stated that he hat
sent the reports to the civil service
commission. In giving out the lettel
he said the matter would be "befor,
congress within twenty-four hours"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-09

the duties along the lines to be deter
mined by the tariff board acting in
the public interest and doing justice
to the wage Garner, the importer and
the people at large"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-14
WILL TEACH MODERN
LANGUAGES BY SOUND.
Washington State College Announces a
Distinct Innovation.

Washington State college at Pull
man, Wash, is to provide phonetic in
struction in modern languages. This
department has just completed ar
rangements for the installation of COM
plete apparatus.
Special Photographs are to be in
stalled, and these will be equipped
with records in French, German, Span
are to be imported, and many will be
reproductions of the voices of noted
people of the various countries whose
language is to be taught Professor
Frank c. Chalfant, professor of Ger
man and head of the department of
Iodern languages, in speaking of the
new arrangement, said:
I'VE are proud of the fact that Wash
ington State college is the first school
In the west to adopt this method. We
shall have a fully equipped laboratory
for this work in a short time. The
laboratory is equipped with the latest
Photographic appliances for the repro
duction of classics and modern literary
selections in both prose and poetry in
the different languages as rendered by
foreign actors and elocudonists. A
recording machine is used to register
and reproduce the students rendering
of the same selections, and the faults
are made evident to the student and
gradually eliminated. Each language
has its peculiar accent and melody, and
the language laboratory is for the pur-
pose of teaching accurately foreign ac-
cent and intonation, so difficult to at
tain by the ordinary methods of in
struction. Tests corresponding to the
various records will be furnished the
students. The phonetic laboratory will
be open to all by the payment of n
small fee for materials used"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-14
Spraying For Potato Blight.

The destruction by pests has
reached such stage in this State"
said Zoologist II. A. Surface in his
office at Harrisburg recently, that
it becomes necessary to practice
modern methods of spraying or pest
suppression of practically every crop
that the farmer grows"
Prof. Surface then proceeded to
discuss spraying for potato blight as
follows:
There are three diseases Of po-
tatoes that are commonly called
Potato Blight and all of which
should be distinguished by the
grower, as there is only one that is
really controlled by spraying. The
first Is called Early blight and
commences while the plants are
quite young, causing the entire leaf
to turn brown and die. 1t does not
make the stem black nor cause the
tuber to rot. Another that is wrong
ly called blight Is to be called the
Tip burn as the tip of the leaf be-
comes brown as though burnt. This
is not due to a disease, but is due
to dry, hot weather. Good cultiva-
tion to keep plenty of moisture in the
soil Is one of the best means to over
come this. The third cause of dead
potato leaves is the disease known
as the Late blight which causes the
leaves to turn brown and the stem
to turn black, and the tubers to rot.
While this is a very destructive dis
ease, it is, fortunately, controlled by
spraying.
While the Geological Bureau of
the Department of Agriculture has
justly recommended dilute lime-sul-
fur as fungicide for the summer
spraying of many plants, especially
recommend this as a summer spray
ing for potatoes. BY all means the
best fungicide for spraying potatoes
is strong Bordeaux mixture, made by
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-14
WOmen'S Column
Flower Laden Hats.

Since the days of the Merry
Widow" of beloved memory, hats
have not been so flower-laden as
they are this spring. From the sim
pie wreath about the wide brimmed
shape, to the bonnet entirely covered
with flowers and trimmed with a
stiff, standing bunch of blossoms and
foliage, flowers are the feature of
trimmed hats. They merit this con-
sideration for there never was a
time when artificial blossoms were
made with such marvellous fidelity to
nature. They are more than faith
full copies, they may be said to be
even lovingly made, for every little
graceful turn of stem and curl of
petal has been reproduced
Beside those flowers which are
copies of nature there is a great lik-
ing for what may be called "conven-
tional flowers. These are made of
silk or satin folded into flower forms
but only suggest the original models.
They are used more sparingly than
others and in small wreathes and
tiny bunches. They are likely i'm
mensely on children's millinery.
In all-fower hats, the brim-edge
is usually bound with velvet and the
under-brim covered with maline or
chiffon. AS a rule such hats set
close to the head, for naturally the
hats entirely covered with flowers are
in the smaller shapes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-14
Charming Designs and Many Models
Are Provided From Which to
Make q Selection.

Tailormade coat and skirt cos
tunes are very much under discus
sion at the moment, and many of
them are carried out in fine navy
serge and adorned with long rows
OF embroidered buttons.
Others, again, are trimmed more
or less elaborately with black silk
braiding, and arranged with smartly
cut coats, lined with white satin, and
finished with collars of black corded
silk.
A new and very effective navy
serge costume has a skirt opens
down the center of the front to show
narnoW panel of the same mater
ial, covered closely with black braid
ing. The coat, which is made in a
short three-quarter length, has broad
revers braided to match the panel
which adorns the front of the skirt,
the cuffs being braided to CORES
pond.
In the course of the last fortnight
fair number of new models in cloth
taffetas and charmeuse have been
launched upon the Paris stage and at
the races. One point is certain, the
vogue of the long sleeve is estab-
lished, and, in nine cases out of ten,
we find it adapted to the principal
creations of the rival camps in the
dressmaking world.
The principal object in reviving
this sleeve is to reveal the shape of
the arm in all it's beauty. In thick
materials for tailor costumes, such as
serge or cloth, the sleeve starts from
the shoulder seam, and is cut on al
most tight fitting classical lines
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-14

w ayne Common Pleas: Trial List
w June Term, 1912.
Week of June IT.
Wallentywicz VS.. Allen ct. al.
Klaussner VS.. De Breun.
Sellick VS.. De Breun.
Theobald VS.. Ramble.
Holbert VS.. Hadaway.
Conley VS.. McKenna.
Olszefski VS.. Kimble.
Wayne Concrete Supply Co. VS..
Cortright & Son.
Noble VS.. Braman.
LoVelass VS.. Twp. of Damascus.
Carey VS.. Twp. of Buckingham.
Cortright & Son VS.. Kreitner Bros.
ct. al.
Kreitner Bros. VS.. Cortright &
Son.
Nagle VS.. Lake Lodore Improve
ment Co.
Hancock Crushed Building Stone
Co. VS.. New York, Ontario & West
ern r. r. Co.
A. o. Blake VS.. Horace Dexter.
/. l.. Thomas VS.. w. M. Norton,
Exr.
John Slinke ct. al. VS.. Frank Kel-
sey, ct. al.
w. ]. BARNES, Clerk.
Honesdale, Pa, May 22, 1912.