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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
Did Not Write Letter Ex'
tOlling Florida Lands.
USED AS ADVERTISEMENT
Secretary Of Agriculture Says His
Name is Frequently Used Withou
His Consent by Concerns Desiring
to Profit Thereby.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Secretary oil
Agriculture Wilson has denied au
thorship of a letter which has been
widely circulated by one of the com
panies exploiting lands In the Florida
everglades.
The advertisement, headed "Secre
tary Wilson's opinion" was credited
to the East Coast Homeseeker OF
"June." the year not being given The
purported letter follows:
There is no other large body OF
land anywhere in the United States,
In fact. anywhere else in the world
that will, when the drainage Is com.
pleted. be so valuable as the once de
apised everglades. Between three and
four million acres of rich alluvial
lands located in a climate that is al
most absolute perfection, where all
crops can be grown the entire season
through, where there are no long. cold
winters. no excessive heat In the sum
mer and no malaria or other diseases
From the very nature of the con.
ditions Florida becomes the paradise
of the whole world There a careful,
thrifty tiller of the soil can make more
money on ten or twenty acres of land
than on $50 in the North or West. The
doubling Thomases who are standing
back awaiting developments will in a
o. f-rl
II have no recollection of ever writ
ing anything of this Sort" said Mr.
Wilson. This sort of thing happens
often and ! will have to stop 1t as
have been forced to do many times be.
fore. II is not uncommon to find my
name and that of DR.. Wiley used with.
out authority In advertisements, DR.
Wiley's, perhaps, oftener than mine
because he is more prominent"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
FAST SERVICE PROMISED
Canada Plans New Steamship Service
to Great Britain.

Ottawa, Ont, Feb, 21.-The estab-
lishment of new fast steamship serv.
Ice between Canada and Great Britain
to care for large part of the traffic
which now goes via New York is the
object of negotiations now In progress
between the Canadian government and
certain English and Canadian steam.
ship companies. The plan is for the
investment of $3O.O0O,0O0. making pos
sible twenty-knot service and four
and one-half day trip between Halifax
and Liverpool. The contracting lines
will have the support of the Canadian
Pacific railroad and other transconti.
mental lines.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
n,o Building CoIlapses.

Pittsburg, Feb. 20.-One workman
was killed and four were injured in the
collapse of three and half story
concrete and steel Office building at
Etna The building, which was near
ing completion. was 1000 feet long.
Without warning. from cause yet
unknown, about 500 feet OF IT crumpled
up like an eggshell, and fell into the
cellar, a mass of debris and twisted
steel work;
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
WOMEN DEFY THE POLICE
Infantry and Cavalry Called on to Dis
perse Band of Strikers.

Lawrence, Mass, Feb. 20.-A band
of Polish women operatives who are
participating in the great textile strike
assembled near st. Anthony's Syrian
church and defied the police and mi
litia authorities to disperse them. The
women numbered about a dozen and
were engaged in picketing the mills
They did not disperse until squad of
about thirty police officers, small de
tachment of infantry and troop of
cavalry were sent to the scene. Three
of the women were arrested charged
with disorderly conduct.
The rumor was persistent that the
stationary firemen propose to strike
This would seriously cripple seyera
mills.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
House Committee Considers
Colombian Claims.
LAY OPPOSE ARBITRATION
General Opinion Is That Large In
demnlty Would Be Awarded Central
American Country II Charges Con-
eernine Panama Revolt Could BE
Proven.

Washington. Feb. 21.-Whether IL
would be dangerous from the stand
point of facing an enormous indemni-
ty verdict for the United States to
submit to The Hague tribunal the
claims of the republic of Colombia
for the Panama canal strip is ques-
ton which the house committee on
foreign affairs will consider before
making a report to congress of its in
vsstigation of Colombia's claims.
The hearings on the Rainey resolu.
tion, urging submission OF the dispute
to The Hague, continued during the
day and Henry ID Hall of the New
York World summed up the evidence
in the case which, he said. tended to
prove that former President Roose-
velt took the isthmus in violation of
treaty obligations. that the revolution
was fomented by this country and that
Colombia was entitled to reparation.
In a recent speech Secretary Knox
pointed out that the United States
wanted to see all nations of the world
send their differences to The Hague.
said Mr. Hall
How do you account for the fact,
then" asked Representative Garner
OF Texas, that Secretary Knox does
not want to send this dispute with
Colombia to The Hague?"
II can well see how there is some
hesitation on Secretary Knox's part
to take into The Hague this indefensi-
BILE case. He does not want to go in
with losing case. In which the judges
can do nothing but say that we should
pay Colombia the intrinsic value of
the isthmus."
That this would amount to more
than $100,000,000 he estimated as a
conservative figure.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
PATRoLMAN FINDS BOMB
Coffee Pot sputterino on Doorstep
Contains Dynamite.

New York, Feb 21.--Patrolman Stor-
Jan, passing tenement house In the
East Side. rubbed his eyes and pinched
himself when he suddenly noticed q
blackened coffee pot reposing on the
Icy doorstep and steaming and sput-
tering as though on redhot stove.
The lifting OF the cover revealed a
long smoking fuse, communicating
with black mass in the bottom Of
the pot.
Storjan scooped up hatful Of snow
and packed II down tight over the
fuse. extinguishing the blaze. Then he
carried the pot gingerly to his precinct
headquarters. where the experts d.
agnosed II as one OF the most danger
Gus dynamite bombs that has been
found In many months.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
Brakeman Accused of HoIdup.

Cumberland, Md, Feb. 21.-Within
seven hours after a masked bandit
held up Baltimore and Ohio train No.
/ west of Piedmont, w. Va. and re-
lieved number of passengers of their
jewelry and money at the point of a
revolver. Brakeman Becker was ar
rested and locked up in the Keyser
tW. Va Jail, charged with the holdup.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
PRESIDENT FOR
LIABILITY BILL
Recommends MeaSureinMeS-
sage to Congress.
ITS PROVISIONS DRASTIC
Legislation Proposed in Many Years,
Report Of Commission Submitted to
Congress by Chief Executive.

Washington, Feb. 21.-President
Taft has submitted to congress the re
port of the employers liability com
nissWn and the commissions pro.
posed employers liability and work.
mems compensation BILL accompanied
by message urging the enactment OF
the measure, which is the most adj
vanced piece of liability legislation
yet presented The president sets
forth that the proposed law not only
would insure to employees of railroads
engaged in interstate commerce quick
adjustment Of their claims for dam
ages, but also would relieve the courts
of vast amount of work and enable
them to administer judicial affairs
with greater dispatch.
Il sincerely hope that the act will
pass" says the president II deem ii
one of the great steps of progress to.
ward satisfactory solution OF an i'm
portant phase of the controversies be.
tween employer and employe"
The main provisions of the measure
are sketched in the message and then
Mr. Taft takes up and disposes OF
three objections that have been adj
vanced by its opponents
Basis of Compensation.
The report of the employers liza,
bility and workmen's compensation
commission is regarded as the most
drastic employers liability legislation
proposed in many years.
The report is accompanied by the
draft of bill In which the commits
trine of negligence with what 1t char
acterizes as the unjust defenses of as
sumption of risk, fellow servants fault
and contributory negligence. Compen
sation with a general basis of an
equivalent to one-half wages is to be
paid in every case except where the
injury or death is caused by the will
full intention of the employe to injure
himself or another or in case of in
toxication on duty.
The combined railroad companies oi
the country are paying out to their
employees for accidents in settlements
and judgments approximately $10,0S5,
600 and the proposed law. as nearly as
the commission can estimate it, will
raise this by 25 per cent. Figuring or
the periodical payments extending
over term of years and capitalized
at per cent the commission points
out that the total received by the
beneficiaries would reach an aggregate
OF $15,00O,0o0 annually.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
RAILROAD TRACKS CREASED
Officials Blame Former Employees for
Wreck

Salt Lake City, Feb. 21-That the
tracks of the Copper Belt railroad at
Bingham, Utah, were creased last
train to run away. resulting in the
death of three persons and injuring
nine others, was the announcement
made here by officials of the Denver
and Rio Grande Railway company.
Officials of the road who have been
investigating the wreck say the rails
we're creased for seventy-five feet by
former employees of the railroad, who
left several weeks ago
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
Slayer Pleads Guilty.

Chicago, Feb. 21.-Fred Boneham,
one of the four alleged holdup men
placed on trial here for the murder of
Mrs. Hattie Kaufman. whom it is
charged they shot while trying to rob
her husband pleaded guilty and threw
himself on the mercy of the court
Boneham will be used as states wit.
ness against his companions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
FARMERS ACCUSE TRUSTS

Combined to Defeat Action In Mon.
tana Courts.
Washington, Feb. 21.-That q com
bination between Standard Oil and
copper trusts defeated farmers In the
Deer Lodge valley of Montana when
they tried to get Montana courts to
close the mammoth Washoe copper
a1Koltar at Anaconda. was the declara-
feA 1nAa q a appeal presented tA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
Government May Run Mines.

London, Feb. 21.-The danger OF q
coal miners strike on March 18 is SO
serious here that a meeting OF the
cabinet was held to consider the situ-
alton. As last resort the govern
ment may operate the mines to pre-.
vent a tieup of the country's indus.
trfoa
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
BATTLE IN MEXICAN PRISON
rwenty.seven convicts and Guards
Are Killed.

Mexico City, Feb. 21.-Twenty-seven
prisoners and prison guards were
killed at Puebla in a fight which fol-
lowed an attempt by the prisoners to
escape from jail. according to spe-
cial dispatch received by the Mexican
Herald from that city. Twenty Of the
men succeeded In escaping.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
INDlCT FOR WHARF GRAH
Federal Grand Jury Acts Against Sew
enteen Business Men.

Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 20.-Telegraph-
ic warrants were issued for the arrest
Of seventeen business men prominent
In affairs Of Alaska and the Pacific
coast on four indictments returned by
the federal grand jury that has been
investigating the alleged violation Of
the Sherman antitrust law In connec-
don with the control OF wharf facli-
tfAs At 6kagway.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS HAPPY
Cheer Statement That Colonel Would
Be Easy to Defeat.

+ Joplin. Mo-, Feb. 21.-Missouri Dem
ocrats, In state convention here.
cheered wildly statement by State
Chairman Shannon that I'VE can lick
Roosevelt as easily as the Roosevelt
people say we can lick Taft"
Later, when Speaker Champ Clark
was referred to as ''our intrepid lead
err" whose efforts, more than those
OF any one else, had resulted, 'in the
uniting Of the Democratic party and
the rending asunder OF the Republican
party" the convention was In an up
roar OF applause which lasted several
minutes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21

s Philadelphia, Feb. 21.-The Pennsyl-
vania special No. 2S, eastbound on the
Pennsylvania railroad, ran into light
engine near Middletown, Pa. Both en-
gines were demolished and the first
car OF the special was slightly dam
aged. A fireman's leg was cut OF.
None Of the passengers was injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21

Explosion Of Plant Shakes Entire
Town OF Waukeoan. Wis.

Waukegan. Wis, Feb. 21.--The dry
starch mill of the Corn Products com.
pany's big plant here blew up with an
explosion that shook the entire town.
The building and machinery were
blown to pieces and most of the de.
bris dropped into the lake, causing
an inundation along the shore that re-
sembled tidal wave.
Only two men were hurt In the ex.
plosion. as the day force had not re.
ported.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST
Accused Of Being Accessory to Alleged
Absconder.

Boston, Feb. 21.-Mrs. George M.
Stuart was arrested here on warrant
charging her with being an accessory
to the larceny of $4,000 from the A.
w. Shaw corporation. Arthur w.
Shaw, an officer OF the company, dis
appeared about week ago and 1t was
charged that there was a shortage of
$50, 900 in his accounts.
The creditors say that Shaw Is an
absconder. Mrs. Stuart was made a
party to the civil action. as 1t Is al
legged that large sums OF money be-
longing to the company were deposited
IN her name as well as Shaw's.
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the supreme court of the United
States.
Many farmers Joined in a suit to
have the smelter closed as public
nuisance because fumes from the
plant ruined vegetation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
BATTLE FOUGHT IN HAITI
Forty Governments Troops Killed and
Many Injured.

Cape Haitien, Haiti. Feb. 21.--An
oGicial report has just been received
Of severe fight between the revoiu-
tonary forces and the government
troops near the San DOMINICAN from.
ter. The result is not recorded, be-
yond the fact that the government
troops suffered loss of forty killed
and large number wounded.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
COURT UPHOLDS VERDICT
Former sergeant-at-Arms of Ohio Sen.
ate Goes to Prison.

Columbus, o.. Feb. 21.-Rodney Die
gel. former sergeant-at-arms of the
senate, must serve three years in the
penitentiary for completely In legisia
tive bribery deals last spring.
The supreme court has affirmed his
conviction in the lower courts. there
by holding the entrapment and use OF
the dictagraph valid and opening the
way for the procedure for the trials OF
the rest of the men caught in the trap
sprung by Burns detectives.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-21
NEW NORWEGIAN CABINET
Ministers Chosen Under Leadership
of Premier Bratiie.

Christiania, Feb. 21.-A new Nor
wegian cabinet has been formed un
der the leadership of General j. X. M
Bratlie, former minister of war. The
portfolios are distributed as follows:
Premier and defense, General j. X
M. Bratlie; foreign affairs, Johanne:
Irgens; justice, Professor Frederic
Stang; agriculture, M. Euge; finance
Frederick Know; public worship, A. J
Liljedahl; commerce, A. o. Lindvigi
labor, b. Braenne.
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Washington, Feb 21.-Julia Mar
lowe, the actress. was taken to hos
pital for an operation upon her throat.
Il was said not to be serious one.
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+

New York-How the White Star liner Titanic, the largest ship afoat,
sank off the Grand banks of Newfoundland. carving to their death.
details for the first time with the arrival in New York of the Cunard
liner Carpathia, bearing the exhausted survivors of the catastrophe.
REPORTED THAT CAPTAIN OF TITANIC AND OTHER OFFICERS
- SHOT SELVES.
one that Captain Smith and the first officer and the chief engineer had
abr benselves vben hev realized the ship was doomed These enorts
we're denied by most of the passengers, although one or two said that
they had heard there was some shooting.
PASSENGERS REFUSED TO LEAVE SINKING SHIP.
or the man accounts given by the passengers most of them agreed
that the shock when the Titanic struck the iceberg, although ripping
her great sides like a giant can opener did not greatly jar the vessel for
the blow a a gancing one along her side. .... ..
The accounts also agree substantially that when the passengers were
taken off on the lfeboats there were no serious panics, and that many
wished ito remain o N board the Titanic, believing her to be unsink-
able" . ..
The most distressing stories are those giving the experiences Of the
passengers in Ifeboats. These tell not only of their own suffering, but
give the narrowing details of how they sw the great hulk of the Titanic
stand o end and then uppermost FOL minutes before punging to the
bottom. AS this awful spectacle was witnessed by the groups Of surviv-
os in the boats, they plainly saw many of those whom they had just
left. leaping from the decks into the water
DEATH LIST HAS GROWN LARGER INSTEAD OF BEING
DECREASED.
OF the great facts that stand out from the chaotic account Of the trag
edy. these arr the most salient:
The death list has been increased rather than decreased.
The list of prominent persons lost stands a previously reported.
Practically every woman and child, with the exception OF those who
The survivors o. the hfeboats saw the lights o. the stricken vessel
gimmer ITO the last, heard her band playing and IA the doomed hun
dreds o. her deck and heard their groans and cries when the vessel
sank.
to where a baby drowning and carried it to a lfeboat and swan
back to his boat
ICEBERG.
Accounts vary as to the extent of the disorder o N board. Not only
was the Titanic tearing through the night to her doom with every ounce
of steam crowded on, but was under orders from the general officers OF
the line % make all the speed of which she a capable. This was the
statement made by ). H. Moody, a quartermaste Of the vessel and the
20 knots a hour, and the officers vel striving to live up to the orders
to smash the record.
1T was close Ito midnight" said Moody, and was o the bridge with
the second officer, who was in command. Suddenly he shouted, Port
your helm!' did SO, but it was to- late. We struck the submerged pr-
ton of the berg"
Six persons died after being re:cued.
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STORY OF RESCUE
BY THE SURVIVORS
COMMITTEE OF SURVIVING PAS
sENGERs ISSUE, STATEMENT
DESCRIBING DISASTER.
PRAISE CARPA1HIA OFFICERS
The carpathia Answered the Wireless
of the Titanic and Picked UP the
Boats Containing Survivors.

Cunard Pier New York.-The fol
lowing statement issued by a COM
mittee of the surviving passengers,
was given the press on the arrival OF
the Carpathia:s 2
: 1--WE, the undersigned surviving pas
sengers from the steamship Titanic,
in order to forestall any sensational
on exaggerated statements, deem it
our duty to give to the press a state
ment of facts which have come to our
knowledge and which We believe to
be erue. W
ION Sunday, April 14,A1912, at about
.l1:40 p. m, on a cold starlight night,
In a smooth sea, and with no moon,
the ship struck an iceberg which had
been reported to the bridge by look
outs, but not early enough to avoid
collision. Steps were taken, to ascer-
tain the damage and save passengers
and ship. Orders were given to put
on life belts and the boats were low
cred. The ship sank at about 2:20 a.
M Monday andTthe usual distress sig
nails were sent out by wireless and
rockets fired at intervals from the
ship Fortunately, the wireless mes
sage was received by the Cunard
steamship Carpathia, at about -
o'clock midnight, and she arrived on
the scene Of the disaster at about 4
a. m, Monday. i
| When the Ship Struck.
"The officers and crew of the steam
ship Carpathia had been preparing all
night for the rescue and comfort OF
the survivors and the Ast mentioned
we're received on board with the most
touching care and kindness, every at
,tention being given to all, irrespective
of class. The passengers, officers and
crew gave up gladly their staterooms,
clothing and comforts for u benefit;
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SOULS TOLL
OF TITANIC HORROR
THE OFFICIAL FIGURES GREATLY
MAGNIFY ESTIMATES THAT
HAD HELD OUT HOPE.
BOAT SUNK BY EXPLOSION
Even After Ship Had Begun to Sink
Few People Knew Death by Ex-
i p,osion Awaited Them.

New York.-The Titanic disaster,
as written into history by many OF
the 745 survivors accounts for the
loss Of 1885 persons at sea off the
Newfoundland banks, and the subse-
quent death Of persons who had been
rescued, bringing the total Of lives
lost to 1886.
These official figures magnify great
~ estimates which had come by wire
less and the stories which survivors
tell make certain, as had already been
Judged from the meagre wireless re
ports, that the disaster is the great
est ocean travel has ever known.
The big facts which came to the
surface in the flood of narratives are
that 1885 persons met their death;
that there is hardly the shadow of a
hope that this grand total will be cur-
tailed by a single additional survivor;
that several men of wealth and world
wide prominence, as had been feared
for several days, we're among those
who persisted; that practically the
only women who were not saved were
those who chose to die in their hus-
bands embrace: that nearly all of
the survivors saw the Titanic sink
and heard the band playing Nearer,
My God, to Thee" and the shrieks Of
those whom the sea claimed as the
vessel sank in 1000 fathoms.
Sunk by Explosion.
The Titanic struck an iceberg about
90 feet high, which ripped the liners
side open and made the water-tight
compartments useless, and while the
vessel was gradually sinking the icy
water reached her steaming boilers,
causing an explosion which sent her
to the bottom.
Among the hundreds on her decks
to the last were Col, John Jacob AS
tor and Maj. Archibald Butt, Presi-
dent Taft's military aide; BENJAMIN
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1.-The net total of 745 saved was
about 80 per cent. Of the maximum ca
pacity of the ifeboats.
We feel it u duty to call the at
tention of the public to what We con-
slider the Inadequate supply Of life
saving apparatus provided for on mod
ern passenger steamships and recon-.
mend that immediate steps be taken
to compel passenger steamers to car
nv sufficient boats to accommodate
the maximum number of people car
ried on board. The following facts
were observed and should be consid-
cred in this connection: -
1.-The insufhciency of lifeboats,
RATS, etc.; lack of trained seamen
to man same (stokers, stewards, etc.,
are not efficient boat.handlers); not
enough officers to carry out emerg-
ency orders on the bridge and super
intend the launching and control OF
lifeboats: absence of searchlights.
The board of trade (British) rules
allow for entirely too many people in
each boat to permit the same to be
properly handled. On the Titanic the
boat deck was about Is feet above
water, and consequently the passen-
gers were required to embark before
lowering boats, thus endangering the
operation and preventing the taking
on of the maximum number the boats
would hold. Boats at all times should
be properly equipped with provisions,
water, lamps, compasses, lights, etc.
Lifesaving boat drills should be more
frequent and thoroughly carried out,
and officers should be armed