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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-25
women COMPLAIN
OF p 0. BOX RULE
Object to "POstman Tracking
Up Front Porch Every
Morning."

Few short of twenty-five per cent OF
the housewives of Richmond have tel
ephoned Postmaster Beck and Super
intendent Of Mails Handley, inform
ing them emphatically of their opin-
ion of the ordar to place mail recep-
tacles or mail slots at the front Of the
house.
The mistaken impression that the
Richmond office asked the post office
department at Washington for the
order is prevalent. The order was is
sued to every first class post office in
the United States.
81 refuse to place a box on my porch
and have the carrier track 1t up every
day. l would rather set box out on
a post" one woman accustomed to
the side door delivery informed Super
intendent of Mails Handley.
THANK you. That will expedite the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-25

w. o. Mendenhall, chairman of the
peace committee and member of the
Earlham college faculty, asked to be
released from the committee and his
request was granted by the Yearly
Meeting yesterday.
The appropriation of 500 asked for
by the committee was referred to the
finance committee for favorable con-
sideration.
Two interesting documents were
read at this session, one by Allen D..
Hole from the committee which has
charge of foreign missions in the
churches of the United States, ad-
dressed to the churches of North
America, asking, among other things,
that October 4, designated by Presi-
dent Wilson as a day when prayers
should be offered all over the nation
for the cessation of the war.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-25
POLL BOOKS SHOW
INDEPENDENT VOTE
UNUSUALLY LARGE
Progressives Expect to Re-
ceive Their Share of Non
cOmmittal Voters and Win
Election.

From Progressive, Democratic and
Republican workers 1t was learned to-
day that the polls taken throughout
the county this fall by all three par
ties have revealed the fact that there
will be an unusual amount of indie
pendent voting at the November cleo
ton and they predict there will be
much scratching Of ballots.
Progressive committeeman in exam
ming fifty-eight of the sixty-four pre-
cinct polls are well pleased with the
prospects they present. These polls
show that while there have been a
large number of voters who have re-
fused to commit themselves as to their
party affiliations, the substantial ma
jority OF those who have declared
themselves are Progressives.
I'm a Fifth ward precinct" said q
Progressive worker today, "our poll
showed the following result: Pro
gressives 141, Democrats so, Republi-
cans 40. Non-commital SO. The num-
Der of doubtful voters in this precinct
Is unusually large, but if they all
voted the straight Republican or the
straight Democratic ticket, there
would still be a Progressive majority.
In figuring out this doubtful vote we
know the Progressive party will get
its fair proportion of it, not only in
the precinct l refer to, but in every
other precinct. so the prospects for an
other Progressive victory next No
vember look awfully good. Polls in
Clay, Dalton, Jefferson and Green
townships indicate that every Progress
sive candidate from township advisor
up will, be elected by sweeping plurali-
ties"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-25

A recent government estimate of the
nopulation of Sweden placed the fig
ures at 5.63S.5S3, an increase in two
years Of A,391.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-25

4th be observed for the same purpose
The forty-fifth annual report of the
Peace Association of Friends in Amer
lea was presented at this session, also
the report coming under three heads
l.. Concerning the publication OF
the Messenger of Peace, the organiza.
tons official paper
2. Distribution Of other peace lit.
erature, and
3. Correspondence concerning many
different phases of the work.
The report shows that the MESSENGER
OF Peace had netted over 400 new an
nual subscriptions during the year but
the editors stated that they hoped the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-25
WORK OF VISITING
NURSE INCREASES

Miss Benner, visiting nurse, has
heightened her hours and is now act
ing from 8 o'clock in the morning until
or 1870 o'clock in the evening This
is caused by flood of work in the
past week.
The cases are scattered in all sec
lions OF the city. There is no prevail
ence of any disease but the increased
duties are general. 1t was necessary
for Miss Benner to secure the assist
ance of another nurse on one case
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-25

beautiful assortment Of chocolates
IN neat packages at Prices.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-25

delivery of mail to you still more"
Mr.. Handley answered
Postmaster Beck stated today that
the complaints Of the housewives Will:
have no effect on him. but he will en-
force the order rigidly when 1t is ef-.
fective in November.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-25
At TAX CONVENTION
Bowman Helps Arrange Con.
ference Date.

L. S. Bowman, county auditor, is at
tending an officers meeting of the In
diana State Tax association, at In
dianapolis today.
At this meeting the program will be
COMPLETED and definite arrangements
will be made as to the time of the next
meeting. This will be held in Indian
apolis the second or third week in No
vember. 1t will be a two days session.
At this meeting information is ex-
pected to be given from Commercial
clubs and investigators all over the
state which will be collected and tai
ulated.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-25
FRIENDS AID CHILDREN
AT WHITES INSTITUTE

The second personal letter from
the president of the National Board
of Charities and Corrections to Tim
othy Nicholson, asking that October
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30
ALLEGED SW|NDLER


Marion, Jan. 3O.-Attorney 81. Van
Ruschen has received word from United
States Postofice Inspector Marles to the
effect that government officers have
apprehended and taken into custody
one S. p. L~essleyoung, alias j. W.
Brown, j. w. Lessleyoung, James
Williams. Farmers General Service
company, Universal Stock Cabinet
company. etc.. under the charge of
using the mails in furtherance of a
scheme to defraud through the differ
ent companies named.
This party is alleged 20 have OBJ.
tanned notes. through the aid OF a con.
federate who is not yet in custody
amounting to thousands of dollars
from farmers all over the northw esi
for membership fees in a trust bust
ing scheme, in 1910, when a large
number of prominent farmers in thil
locality were victimized to the tune Of
about 81. 900 in promissory notes
Most of them saved themselves agains'
the payment of these notes by giving
prompt notice of Tescission, bnt a few
of the more timid mes paid up and re
ceived nothing in return except
membership certificate and a small
Quantity of veterinary medicines.
IL took the authorities yer three
years to land this bunch as it tool
time to get the necessary evidence
but it seems that the chase has final
ly ended successfully
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30
INDIANS RESTLESS
Funds Held Back Council Soon
to be Held.

Aberdeen, Jan. 30. There is general
unrest among Indians of the Cheyenne
reservation in western South Dakota
over the manner i'm which the govern
ment had held up trust funds belong
ing to them, and a general council of
Sioux Indians west of the river will be
called in the near future to meet at
Cherry Creek to discuss the matter
preparatory to LAYING the claims be-
fore the board of Indian affairs at
w Washington.
At the present time several hundred
thousands of dollars belonging 10 the
Indians is held in trust by the gov
eminent, these funds accruing from
the sale of Indian lands. Although
it is understood many of the Indian
families are in a destitute condition,
none of these funds can he had.
Since the custom of leasing lands on
the reservation to the large cattle in.
terests was established twenty years
ago, the Indians have been gradually
forced out of the stock business. unit
today but few own any sock of theil
own. 1t is proposed by the chiefs o
the several tribes to compel the gov
eminent TO turn over a portion of these
funds to enable the Indians to enter
stock raising for themselves.
A general council meeting will hrins
together several thousand Indians
representing nearly every family OF
the reservation, it being proposed (,
adopt IA set of resolutions asking thu
boardof Indian affairs to send an inves
tigating committee to the reservation
to examine into the administration o
affairs there, it being alleged that ther'
is a great amount of graft connected
with the management of Indial
affairs. This appears to be more thai
a mere tribal conference. it being IN
derstood that matters are rapid.
rea ching a crisis in the west country
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30

paid them in salary right here in
town. Besides a good ball team adj
v~ertises the town and puts it on the
map.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Donovan of Lu-
verne, Mimi, are guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Turner. Mr.. Dono-
van is Mrs. Turner's brother.
= j. +. Peck lost AN auto tire a day
or two ago and advertised his loss in
The Daily Leader with the result that
the tire has been returned to him. So
you see, it pays to advertise in The
Daily Leader.
Brookings dispatch: The city OF
Brookings lost II per cent of its popu.
lation and seven tenths of the area OF
the townsite this week by action of its
city council. When incorporated
|, about thirty years ago, it embraced an
area of nine square miles, considerable
of which was, and still is. farm land.
The resident farmers have for a long
time claimed that the municipal taxes
are burdensome and that they received
no compensatory benefits. The ques-
ton of segregation had been agitated
fo1 several years which at last culmin.
ated in the action of the council by
setting out FIVE of the nine sections OF
the city's land and attaching the same
to an adjoining township.
The Sioux Indians, former devotes
of the brutal sun dance and wal
dance have drawn the line ON til,
bear dance and caused the arrest of q
woman who danced it at al enter,
tainment at which Indians were
guests. The entertainment was il
progress in a school house near The
border of the Pine Ridge Indian res
er walton, when Mrs. Estelle Wolf, &
mixed blood Sioux woman undertook
to present the bear dance. In a mo
ment the entertainment broke up il
a riot and Mrs. Wolf was arrested
AS there was doubt about the dancing
of the bear dance being a violation
of the state statutes she was charged
with using profane, abusive ant
threatening language, growing out Of
her Discrimination to stop the dance
when ordered to do so. She wa
taken into court and made TO pay
fine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30
TAX COMMISSION
Pleased With Their System OF
Taxation-Wil Assess
on Same Basis.

Mitchell, Jan. 3O.-H. &. reston,
member of the State Tax Commission,
arrived in the city Saturday evening
to remain at home a few days. MIR.
Preston said the commission was
steadily at work now in working out
the plans for the coming assessment to
be made this spring. The FIRST year,
naturally, everything was not done
just as the commission might wish,
but he said that there was more jus.
tice done in the 1918 assessment than
in any previous year of the states as
sessment.
1T is a mere matter of justice and
equality in the matter of assessment. "
said Mr.. Preston, ''and while the com
mission was being criticized at The
start in the change of the basis of the
assessment, we are now receiving com
menGation even from men whose taxes
have been raised by the higher as
sessment. As an example of the in
equality of the assessment there is nc
greater display of this than in the
counties CT Lyman and Stanley in com-
parison with Onion county. Farmers
out west of the river were being as
sessed S35 on a horse that actually was
not worth more than that sum. Will ID
farmers down in Union county were
assessed the same amount ON q horse
that was worth $3.50 or $175. Can
anybody say that the farmers in the
two sections were being assessed on
their horses at a fair and honest figure.
/ have talked with some of the farmers
in Union county and they agreed that
they had been getting off exceedingly
light on their valuable horse flesh. ]
find. after an examination, that every
county in the state, with the ex'
ception of Union county, will pay
less state tax this year than ever be
fore. Dawson county will pay 81, 00(
less. while Lyman and Stanley counties
! will pay As and so per cent lass stat,
tax this year. 1t is brought about by
the simple application of equalizins
the assessment. The commission wa
we'll pleased with the work done las
year as a whole, and we have every
reason to believe that the assessment
this year will result in the SAINT
| way.'
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30
RUNAWAY GIRL
Nina Gilmore, Student in Spring
field Normal, Didn't Like
Mathematics.

Sioux City, Jan. 80. Believing that
Nina Gilmore, 10 years old, is in
Sioux City seeking work, Mrs. Fannie
Gilmore, mother of the girl, came to
this city in an effort to locate her
daughter, who has bsen missing since
last Saturday.
Nina Gilmore has been a pupil at
the State Normal school at Spring
field, 8. d.. where her mother lives,
and was completing her junior year.
Recently she has had troubles with
her courses in mathematics and told
her mother she hated the study.
Saturday morning she packed up "a
few of her clothes and disappeared.
At the time she had but $40 in
money and only a few of her articles
of wearing apparel, her mother said
at the Helping Hand mission, where
she is staying. The daughter wrote
a letter from Sioux City Saturday
evening, stating that she WAS all right
and looking for work. This letter
was sent to Springfield, and Mrs. Gil
more came here.
81 can't understand Nina's mysteri-
Gus absence" Mrs. Gilmore said. She
was popular at the college and always
seemed contented with the exception of
her studies, and this is the only excuse
l can give for her not writing. | am
| willing IL she he so wishes. that she
should 90 out and work, but / just
want to hear from her, for | am heart
| broken.
81 am positive that there WAS no
young man with whom she was in love
mixed up in her disappearance, and !
am also confident that she was not a
girl who was stage struck although
she frequently went to moving pictures
and at one time was employed in a
moving picture theater as a piano play
er. | simply want her to come back
to Inc or to write and let me know what
she is doing and if she is in need
Mrs. Gilmore has not yet asked pc
lice aid in searching for her daughter
and probably will not do sc until
week OF more. She is III hope
that the appeal made through
the newspapers will reach the girl
who, she says. will answer if sh'
knows her mother is worrying. Nina
Gilmore is described AS 5 feet and
inches in height, brunette and smarti.
dressed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30
LOCAL NEWS.

Eat at Jacks.
Temperature climbed up to as this
afternoon.
The Lottery Man at the opera house
tonight.
Boston brown bread and baked beans
tomorrow at Runchey's.
Lost Fountain pen, brown cap.
Kindly return to this Office.
Stop the shivers; our hot beef tea.
Porter Pbarmscy.
Some cooking apples at 30 cents a
peck. at Earle's.
Wanted. Family washing. Phone
$40 green.
Truth Thermometers, at right prices.
Porter Pharmacy.
II. Casanova of Ramona were among
the business visitors in Madison today.
Cream pufs filed with whipped
cream, tomorrow, at R%unchey's.
Wash ice delivered to any part Of
the city. = Geo. Parker, phone 81 main.
For Sale. One Holstein and one
Jersey bull. Inquire of E. L. Kiusley.
A special meeting of Cyrus chapter,
r. A. NJ, at 7:30 this evening. Work.
&C. E. Kennedy, FL. P.
The big slaughter sale at Mis-.
Knoeri's is still on and will continue
until Jan. 81.
For Sale. New steel range. A snaI
at Sop. Hirtes, roc West Fifth
street.
Eat at Jacks.
Phone for drugs any time. We have
the stock and deliver free. -Portel
Pharmacy.
Loose OF baled upland hay delivered
on short notice.. 8 Thompson
phone 400 red.
Fancy oranges, not very large. bu
"A snap at Is cents a dozen. EARLE l.
Kelley.
Florida grape fruit never an.
nicer; 70 cents each, large. Earle l.
Kelley.
Put your feet against one of our Il
cent hot water bottles. Porter Pharin
acy.
Wanted. Girl for general house
work. Address Mrs. Geo. I. Wilkin
son, box 426.
The Lingerlonger Chrochet club wa
entertained yesterday afternoon at TIN
home o. Mrs. G. E. Shitiett.
Eat at Jacks
The Women's Relief Corps holds
bake sale Saturday at Soule's store
beginning at 10 o'clock.
Please stop coughing. use our men
tbolated White Pine Expectorant.-
Porter Pharmacy.
Miss Irma Rowland and Miss Pear
Dye. teachers in the Artesian schools
were morning arrivals aud spent tn
day visiting Madison schools.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30
SCHOOLS AS MEETING PLACE
Community Advancement Urged at
Country Life Conference.

Madison, Wis, Jan. 30.-The inn
provement of community life in small
cities and towns through larger use
of school buildings for community
meetings In the evenings and on Sat
urdays was urged by speakers at the
second days sessions of the fourth
Wisconsin Country Life conference.
The speakers dwelt upon the bene-
fits which such frequent interchanges
of ideas would bring about In the de.
velopment of farms, poultry and cat.
tie raising. and even in making house
keeping more systematic and less mo
notonous.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30

Local market today: Wheat, rs;
velvet chaff, IA; oats, 80; corn, 80;
barley, AZ. Sioux City hog market,
IS. 05 to So. Is.
Cutter and harness for sale. One
good cutter, a single harness, a set of
buggy harness. Phone 1S6. Rev.
Martin Anderson, S14 Harth Ave.
Temperature marked eleven degrees
aboe zero at Z o'clock this morning,
rising during the day, partly cloudy,
southerly winds
Kenneth Stoltzman was a morning
departure for Sioux Falls where he has
accepted a position in the office of the
Sioux Falls Fruit Co.
Ploza Derungs of Badus was a
business visitor in Madison today,
and explained that the elegant weather
of the present winter is all due tc
the democratic administration.
Miss GLADYS Sylvester entertained 8
number of her friends last evening at 8
six o'clock dinner in honor of Miss
Gertrude Baumbakie of Chicago. H..
who has been visiting in the city the
past week.
Mrs. Jacob Kundert and Mrs. Geo.
Craney entertained last evening al
whist at the home of the former,
the company comprising t~wenty-foul
couples. The social enjoyment and
the playing were both spirited.
John Fl. Roberts of Brookings who
was in Madison a few days ago in.
vestigating business property with q
view of purchasing and engaging il
business here, has decided to remain
in Bookings, having purchased a
business lot in that city and will
erect a brick block.
Preparations are being completed fol-
the annual farmers institute for Lake
county which will open in Madison
February 16 and continue six days. In
addition to prizes offered by 10
cal business men for exhibits, whole
salers have ALEC pledged a list o
prizes whi;h will add to the interes
in this feature of the institute.
G. j. Simpson has a force of ~sixteer
men at work at Lake Madison harvest
ing ice. The ice is about fifteen inches
thick, clear as crystal aud of fine quail
ity. Mr.. Simpson has orders on hanc
for sixty carloads, most of which will
be shipped to towns on the north line
The railroad company which the pas
several years has had ice put up from
Lake Madison this year let their con
tract to Sioux City parties.
Fl. s. Reiser is installing a line o
machinery in his repair shop in Yves
Fourth street which Is calculated t.
make of it one of the best institution
of the kind in this section. He has il
operation a machine for welding cas-
iron and has already had orders fo
work in this line from a number o
surrounding towns. He ia also putin,
in the latest appliances for AUTOMOBILE
repair work and plans to have every
thing up to date.
Howard Democrat: The base bal
fans are getting ready to put a goo
team in the field this season, n evel
better than we had last year. 1t is til
opinion of most of our business me
that a good ball team is a payinI
investment, for the simple reason tina
most of the players leave the none.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30
PARCEL POST PROFITS BIG.
Baltimore Alone, In Holidays, Cleared
$4,000.

Washington. = Uncle Sam made a
clean profit of about $4,000 on the par
Gel post business handled at the Balti-
more office alone in the Christmas sea
son. according to q preliminary report
to Postmaster General Burleson. The
Maryland city was the first large office
10 report for the rush period.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30

For Frost Bites and Chapped Skin.
For frost bitten ears, fingers and
toes; cnapped hands and lips, chill
blains, cold sores, red and rough skins,
there is nothing to equal Bucklen's
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30
THE CITY.


Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday,
warmer east and central portions to-
night; colder Saturday afternoon;
brisk to high southerly winds.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30
is YOUR CHICKEN SANDED?
Uncle Sam intends to Find Out-May
Prosecute Dealers.

Prosecute Dealers.
Washington. The department OF ag
riculture will investigate the charges
that some of the poultry sold in New
York markets is sanded to increase the
weight. Dealers thought guilty Of the
practice will be indicted under the
pure food laws.
Assistant Secretary Galloway said
that the department had been receiy-
ing complaints from New York for
more than a year that middlemen were
sanding poultry.
A difference in Working Hours.
A mans working day is 8 hours.
His body organs must work perfectly
"a hours to keep him ct for 8 hours
work. Weak, sore, inactive kidneys
can not do it. They must be sound
and healthily active all the time. Fo-
ley Kidney Pills will make them 80.
You cannot take them into your sys-
tenn without good results following.
For sale BY oil drugRistA ADV
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30

es. itching eczema, letter, piles, etc.
25c. A druggists or by mail. II. E.
Bucken q Co., Philadelphia or st.
Louis. ADV.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-30

Arnica Salve. Stops the pain at once
and heals quickly. In every home
there should be a box handy all the
time. Best remedy for all skin diseas-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-10-28
MERCHANTS WARNED
AGAINST SHARPERS
Men With Stolen Postoffice
Orders Working Towns of
State; Sheriff on Watch

Secretary Fred Wenner of the
chamber Of commerce and the sher-
iffs office today received communica-
tions from Poe Nffice Inspector SUIT
ton warniE T merchants every
where again. g money orders
issued by the d. Okla post o.
flee as thieves * stole a book
of blank orders h = p office and
are forging and cas- at var
ious places in Kansa uri and
Oklahoma The man " most of
the work is about thirty years Old
height five feet five inches or lit
tie more, weight about 14O. dark corn
plexion hair and clothes, black Fe-
dora hat and often accompanied by
one or two young women.