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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
MAY CONFER ON SITUATION
Neutral Nations Take interest in Con
trab3nd of War;

Washington, Jan. 2.-The note sent
by the United states to Great Britain
insisting on an early improvement in
the treatment of American commerce
has awakened much enthusiasm
among South American diplomats
who think it paves the way for a
more vigorous interest on the part OF
the United States in the various pro
posals looking to an assertion of the
rights of neutrals.
incidentally it was said that the
sentiment in favor of the proposal
made by Venezuela for convocation
OF neutral nations to discuss contra
hand was rapidly growing and II
would cause no surprise If one of the
results of the present situation is the
convening OF such congress in Wash
ington.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02

FIERCE FIGHTING IS
REPORTED IN ALSACE

Paris. Jan 2-Fierce fighting in
Alsace along the heights of the Meuse
and in the Champagne region marked
the dawn OF the new year
All the rest of the battle line the
situation was reported comparatively
quiet by the war Office
In the north the artillery Is again
active, but the weather and underfoot
conditions still prevent any infantry
operations OF magnitude.
In Alsace the Germans are bringing
up large reinforcements. 1t becomes
daily more and more evident that the
next important move in the war, so
far as France is concerned will come
here
In this particular region the French
have the fighting to themselves and
the British and Belgian forces are
concentrated on the left wing. Be.
cause of this and the desire to retake
the lost provinces" there is more
anxiety felt here regarding the opera
tions there than has been in evidence
since the Germans were checked in
their advance on Paris.
But there is the utmost confidence
expressed in General Paul, who is in
direct charge, and General Joffre al
ready has made arrangements to fur
nsh him all the men he needs for
the northern drive, which he has
sta art ed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
GENERAL LUGO IS EXECUTED
6elated News of Mexican's Death
Reaches Washington.

st. Louis, Jan. 2.-General Manuel
Garcia Lugo of Mexico was executed
on his hacienda in the state of Goa.
hula early in December, according to
information from the state depart
ment at Washington received here by
Zach Tinker, father-in-law OF General
Lugo.
The information was cabled to
Washington by the Brazilian minister
at Mexico City, but as far as Mr.. Tin
ker has been able to learn no details
OF the execution were given. General
Lugo was the Mexican military repre-.
sentative at the Louisiana exposition
Asi6 hssu In 1904.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
PRESIDENT PRESSES BUTTON
San Diego's Panama California EXPO
sition Opens.

San Diego, Cal, Jan. 2.-San Diego s
Panama California exposition is open.
ed.
Commemorating the opening of the
Panama canal and the closer alliance
between the United States and Latin.
America the big, year-round fair open.
ed promptly at midnight, when Presi-
dent Wilson from his bed in the
White House in Washington, touched
the button that set the whole exposi.
tion grounds ablaze with light.
AS the lights of the exposition
grounds flashed out aerial bombs we're
exploded, the guns of warships in the
harbor and at Fort Rosencrans. across
the bay, doomed out and great cheer
went up from thousands. of throats
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
SAILS AGAIN TO BELGIUM
Massapequa Carries $500 Tons OF
Food and Clothing.

New York, Jan. 2.-The steamship
Massapequa was dispatched from this
port to Rotterdam by the Rockefeller
foundation with $500 tons of food and
clothing for the Belgian war sufferers
The foundation has now spent more
than 100000 on ships and cargoes
for Belgian relief Ii Is said.
This is the second voyage of the
Massapequa, which was the first OF
the Belgian relief ships to leave this
country. On the present trip the
steamer carries a cargo made up OF
donations received from all over the
United States in response to the joint
appeal of the foundation and the Bel.
gian relief committee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
TAX ACT DECLARED VOID
North Dakota Statute is Held to Be
Unconstitutional.

Fargo, N. d.. Jan. 2.-The act OF
1911 granting plenary powers to the
state tax commission has been declar-
ed unconstitutional by District Judge
Pollock. The commission mandamused
County Auditor Leech to place a Ger.
tain valuation on public utilities In
Fargo. He refused and placed on his
books the ~aluations as made by the
local assessor and equalized by both
the county anu the state boards of
equalization. The tax commission
claimed final authority without the
right of the property owner to review
it's acts
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
MISS HOBBS is H0N0RED
Famous oregon Woman Member o.
Industrial Commission.

Salem, Ore, Jan. AFTER acting as
private secretary to Governor Oswald
West, who retires from ONCE jan II,
for several years, Miss Fern Hobbs
has become member of the state in
dustrial accident commission.
I. Miss Hobbs tenure as private secre-
tary to the chief executive was mark
ed by activities that attracted nation
wide attention. She conducted a num-
ber OF Investigations in connection
with moral crusades in various towns
OF the state. Her most spectacular
performance was a year ago, when,
accompanied by squad OF state mill
tia, she invaded Copperfield, a town
of the old wild West" sort, closed all
saloons and caused to be confiscatt |
the stocks of liquors. gambllng pAfl.
rhsrnAlia ID Asearme.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02


n in
his the regular send II through the
will
the starving Beans the he has paid for
food normal times could import Work
feed
million until the
and nation Europe will to their this winter unless
While Belgium
the donor adds his and address, TOGETHER WITH THE
TER 1t
nntcd from SOUTH DAKOTA should o
!Nl ANSI COMPANY WAREHOUSE
who
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
ENGLISH RAILWAY DISASTER
Ten Persons Killed and Fifty Injured
in Collision.

London, Jan. 2.--Ten persons were
killed and fifty injured in a collision
between an express bound for London
and a local train on the Great Eastern
railway at llford.
The victims were crushed in the
rear car of the local train. which was
standing on siding when the sx.
press crashed int &.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
DRUGGIST Is FOUND GUILTY
Pharmacist Convicted Of invoiuntar,
Marsiauqhter.

Middlebury, Vt,Jan. 2.--Dr Don A
Bisbee, a druggist in the no licen 3e
town OF Bristol who sold liquor from
the effects of which thirteen men died
was found guilty or involuntary man,
slaughter by a jury.
Testimony at the trial showed that
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
GUSTS NINE LUMBER FIRMS
Missouri Supreme Court Orders En-
forcement OF Judgment.

jefferson City, Mo, Jan. 2.-Judg
nents of custer were ordered enforced
by the supreme court against the fol
lowing lumber companies:
Alfred Bennett, Bradley, Dixie
Hogg Harris, Van Cleve, Arkansas
Chicago Lumber and Coal company
Colonial Lumber and Timber company
and Freeman Smith. These compa-
nies failed to pay the fines levied by
the state supreme court for violation
OF the antitrust laws.
The other companies named in the
original custer of the supreme court
have paid their fines and will be al
lowed to remain i'm the state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02

FIND Note NOT
AN ULTIMATUM
Publication of Full Text Dis
pelS British Anger.
WILL GIVE SATISFACTION
London Press Confident Sir Edward
Grey Proposes to Grant All the
American Government Can Properly
Ask Under the Circumstances.

Ask Under the Circumstances.
London, Jan. 2.-The publication in
London of the text OF the American
note to the British government on the
question of unwarranted interference
with American shipping has dispelled
irritation occasioned by the incom.
plete sentences in the first summary
of the communication cabled from the
United States.
There were Englishmen who saw
something like an ultimatum in the
cabled extracts. but a perusal OF the
actual context of these particular
phrases has dispelled this conception
The Pail Mall Gazette voices the
general opinion when 1t says:
We perhaps could place our finger
on certain contentious advanced in
the note which show some failure to
appreciate the difficulties of our posi-.
ton, but it is not our business to chop
logic with the government of the
United States.
Sir Edward Grey may be trusted
to give the government OF President
Wilson all the satisfaction ii can prop
erly ask, while at the same time in
dicating with courtesy and firmness
the measures our position as a bellig
erent power compels us to continue.
The government of tha I7nitaf
States has shown every disposition tC
put itself in our place and recognize
our difficulties. Our government will
not show itself to be less fair minded
than that OF President Wilson. Shor
OF sacrificing our best weapon fol
bringing the war to a successful anC
speedy end, nothing will be left un
done to meet the wishes of the United
States"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
Another British Bat
tIeship Sunk.
NINE OR SUBMARINE
OBSTRUCTIVE AGENT
Vessel Carried $50 Men and Only
Seventy-One Are Rescued.

London, Jan. 2.-The British battle
ship Formidable was sunk in the Eng
lish channel by either a mine or a
submarine, according to an announce
ment given out by the official infor'
nation bureau The text of the bu
reau's statement follows:
The battleship Formidable was
sunk in the channel, but whether by
a mine or submarine il not yet Ger
tain.
"Seventy-one survivors have been
picked up by a British light cruiser
and it is possible that others may
have been rescued by other vessels
The Formidable had displacement
of $4,000 tons. Ii WAS 430 feet lone
and carried a complement OF 100 men
IL WAS heavily armored and carried
four 12-inch guns. twelve 6-inch guns
and sixteen 12-pounders. II was pro
vided also with four submerged tor
pedo tubes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
HAS SUBSTITUTE FOR BILL
Senator Smcot Would Sell Water
Power Sites to States,

Washington, Jan. 2.--Sale of water
power sites by the federal government
to the states on application is propos-
ed in bill introduced by Senator
Smoot as substitute for the Ferris
water power site leasing bill now be-
fore the senate public lands commit.
Tee,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
No Decisive Result
for Either Side.
COLD WEATHER DOES
NOT AFFECT CONTEST
Fighting Continues Actively on
Both East and West Fronts.

London, Jan. 2.-After five months
of hostility in the great war the land
fighting both in the eastern and the
western arenas is going on without
decipive result for either side. There
has been no material letup with the
advent of severe winter weather in
the determination and severity OF en-
counters
la Poland there are today active
hostllities between Germans and Rus
SLAMS on 'le front from the Lower
Vistula TO the Pilica river. and be-
tween German-A Austria and Russian
troops from the Pilica river 10 the
Upper Nistula river In the western
theater from the sea to the Swiss
frontier there are almost continuous
exchanges OF artillery lire or infantry
charges against trenches. followed by
desperate counter attacks.
The latest official communication
says no important fighting occurred
during the day on the left bank OF
the Vistula river, but between this
stream and the Pilica river the Rus.
SLAMS repulsed day and night attacks
made by the Germans to the south OF
the road from Bolmow to NJ Mednevice
TO the north of the River Rawka a
German offensive was repulsed by a
counter attack.
German Column Dispersed.
Near Jesergatz, east of the Pilica
river German column attempting
night attack was dispersed To the
east OF Tomaszow the German often
sive has shifted in the direction OF
Opoczno where the Russians say Ger
man attacks were repulsed Opoczno
is several miles east OF points men
toned in Russian statements as the
scene of Sighting last week, indicating
the German center in Poland has
made some gains.
The French Off statement, refer
ring to the situation in the western
theater of the war, says from the sea
to Rheims there was hardly anything
more than artillery engagements. The
Germans bombarded, without result
the village OF St George, recently oc
cupied by the allies. French aviators
have made night attacks on the rail
way stations at Metz and at Arnaville
Further progress, marked by feet, is
reported in Steinbach, Upper Alsace
French artillery fire, according to
the statement, gained advantages be-
tween La Bassee and Carency, be
tween Albert and Roye, in the region
of Verneetil and in theneighborhood
of Blanc Sablon
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
cash for Russian Prisoners.

Petrograd, Jan. 2.-The Russian
government has decided to make cash
allowances to captured officers 1t the
following rate: Generals. $3.50 q year;
stan oficers, SA60; all other 1cers,
eteo
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
TURKISH LEADER REPORT
Ed MURDERED.

Cairo, Jan. 2.-Refugees from
Jaffa report that Djemal Pasha,
the Turkish commander, was
murdered in Jerusalem on
Christmas day.
They say he arrived there
the day before at the head of
5000 men miserably equipped.
The next morning he was
found dead In his hotel room
evidently slain dring the night.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02
BELLiGERENT BREAK THE
LAW OF NATIONS.

London, Jan. 2.-Replying to
the Daily Nails request for a
New Years message pr. X. II.
j.. Hammarskjold, the Swedish
premier, wired:
The necessities of war have
been invoked on both belliger-
ent sides to justify a series of
measures contrary to the law
of nations and the rights of
neutral countries.
1T is desirable that such
pernicious doctrine be univer-
sally stigmatized and abandon
ed"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-02

The Formidable was launched in
1898 and was sister ship to the lr-
resistible and Implacible.
The Formidable had assigned to
her. according to the British navy list
for December, various feet officers
and consequently undoubtedly was
acting as flagship at the time of her
destruction.
Her captain was Arthur n. Loxley
and her commander Charles +. Bal
lard Captain John c. Deed was in
command OF the marines on board,
while the fleet surgeon was Godfrey
TAYLOR and the feet paymaster p. j.
Ling The chaplain is given as the
Rev. George B. Robinson. On board
the Formidable were also sixteen mid
shipmen.
Dunkirk, on the northern coast of
France. was bombarded again by four
German aeroplanes according to re-
ports reaching Paris.
Evening star., 1915-06-06
SPEAKS TO GRADUATES.
G.. W. q. Glasses to Hear Baccalau-
reate Discourse Today.

Wearing academic caps and gowns,
the graduates of George Washington
University will this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock assemble at the Medical build
ing. 1925 H street northwest. and
march to First Congregational Church.
10th and G streets northwest. where
Rev. DR.. Jay T. Stocking will preach
the baccalaureate sermon, the services
commencing at 4 o'clock.
The student procession will be head
ed by Erwin Harsch of the college of
engineering. senior marshal, assisted
by Melville Ralph Walton of Colum- :
bian College and Frank J. Pierce of
the law school, Members Of the fac
uIty will march in the procession, to-
eether with the trustees of the uni
versity and Of the various colleges
comprising 1t.
Rear Admiral Charles Herbert Stock
ton, L. s. N. retired. president Of the
university, and Mrs. Stockton will re-
ceive the members of the graduating
classes tomorrow afternoon from to
7 o'clock at the Washington Club, 1901
K street northwest. Tomorrow night
Chi Omega Sorority will hold an alum
nae banquet at the sorority rooms 2O24
G street northwest. Theta Delta Chi
fraternity Will give a graduate smok-
er at the chapter house.
Evening star., 1915-06-06
CHARITY WORK DISCUSSED
AT OUTDOOR LUNCHEON
DR.. and Mrs. George S. Duncan En-
tertain at Their Home on 7th
Street Northeast.

DR.. and Mrs. George S Duncan Of
2900 7th street northeast entertained
at an out-of-d doors reception and lunch
con Friday afternoon from to 8
o'clock on the grounds of their home
The luncheon was served at tables
scattered over the lawn.
Afterward the subject of charity
work was considered. when the follow
ing addresses were made: "The Method
and Scope of Past Charity Work." by
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins: THE Nature
and Extent of Present Charity Work"
by Walter s. Ufford; The Duty of
Citizens to Organized Charity Work."
by Rev. DR.. A. J. McKelway. Numerous
hymns were sung under the leadership
of Rev. DR.. j. c. Palmer and Irwin b.
Linton. Grace was said by Rev. DR..
Samuel H. Greene. and the benediction
was pronounced by Chancellor Frank
lin Hamilton.
Among the guestt present were Rev.
and Mrs. A. E. Barrows, Rev. and Mrs
S. A. Bower. Rev. H. f. Brundase, Rev,
and Mrs. =. c; Clark, Mrs. w. F. Crafts,
+ TeSi r. o. M N; Cummings, pn Rev and Mrs.
Hickok, Rev: and Mrs. H. R. Johnson,
Rev. j. T. Kelly. Rev. and Mrs. ]. T.
Marshall, Rev. and Mrs. J. c. Palmer,
rev j. w "lghtman, Rev. T. Charles
Thomas. Rev. and Mrs. c. H. Butler.
Rev. and Mrs S. H Greene, Mrs.
Brainard H. Warner. Hamilton Warner,
Mr.. and Mrs. l. B. Linton, Miss NJ.
Catharine Linton, Mrs. Flournoy Meme
Zee. Miss Mary L. Gildersleeve, Rev. w.
J.. ID. Thomas, DR.. c. o. Paullin, Mrs. j.
W. Townsend, DR.. Mitchell Carroll.
Mitchell Carroll. jr., Miss Estelle NJ.
SAWYER. Prof. and Mrs Charles L,
Goodrich, Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Tfford
Miss Belle Lane. Mrs. NJ l.. Champlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Emerson, Harry
Edwards Miss Mary A. Cushing. Mrs.
Stella Duvall. Miss Edith Graham, Rev.
A: J. McKelway, Miss Maude |. Dakin.
Chancellor Franklin Hamilton, Prof.
and Mrs Frank w. Collier. Miss Fran
ces G. Falconer. Miss Celestine B.
Hodges. Miss Marion Craig, Miss Iva
Judge. Mrs. Martha Jacobson. Mis-,
Eleanor Tingley, Miss Anna c. Lip
pert. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Rev. ".
Bishop Gates. DR.. and Mrs. William ~
Gill. -
Evening star., 1915-06-06
DEPT. OF COMMERCE.

Miss Agathe Olsen. confidential clerk
to Secretary Redfield. has returned to
her desk, after a visit to her parents
at Port Richmond, S. l.
w. A. Naughten, bureau Of foreign
and domestic commerce, is kept away
from his duties on account of illness.
Jules s Fehr. bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. is on military
leave. He is on duty with the M
tional Guard of the District Of Column
bia-
l.. T. kidwell bureau Of foreign and
domestic commerce. Is on leave for a
week.
Burton II. Lamore, bureau or foreign
and domestic commerce, is away on
leave.
George H. Thomson, bureau Of foreign
and domestic commerce, is away on
leave.
J.. L. Bucklen, bureau Of foreign and
domestic commerce, has returned from
South America. where he has been
making study of the field for Ameri-
can furniture.
L. Grant Smith. private secretary to
Secretary Red1eld, was In BROOKLYN
" Y. the latter part of last week
Harry J. Benoit OF the chief clerks
Office, was on leave during the week
preparing for his Law examinations at
Georgetown University.
Director Samuel l.. Rogers. census
bureau. Is spending the week at his
home in Franklin. N. c.
Starke N. Grogen, chief statistician.
and Eugene f. Hartley, chief of diyi-
sion, took a two-day outing on the
water last week. They left Washing
ton Saturday afternoon on the auxiliary
yawl Nenemoosha, and sailed to An
napolis. arriving there Monday even
ing.
Marion T. Tolson has completed his
field work In Ohio for the division of
manufactures, and has been transfer
Evening star., 1915-06-06
HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION.
Alumni Association of Howard Uni
versity Chooses Officers.

Officers of the Howard University
General Alumni Association were elect.
ed for the ensuing year at meeting
of the organizati ton Wednesday at the
university building. The officers are:
President, Shelby ]. Davidson; vice
presidents. Sylvester L. McLaurin of
the District of Columbia. Miss Beulah
Burke of Kansas. G. Smith Wormley
of the District of Columbia B. H. Jack
son of West Virginia. DIR. E. G. Evans
Of the District of Columbia. W. Justin
Carter of Pennsylvania; secretary, Jo-
seph B. Allen: financial secretary, Rob-
ert A. Pelham; treasurer. Miss Nellie
Quander
In connection with the meeting, Prof.
George W. Cabaniss acted as toastmas-
ter at a banquet held in the evening
1t was announced the alumni plans
for the year include the celebration of
Charter day, March 2. 1915, at which
time the local associations throughout
the country will hold special meetings
in the interest of the alma mater. The
organization Of associations in every
city where the alumni are located will
be carried forward. and the gymnasium
was subscribed to very largely. will
be taken up and pushed to completion.
The Kansas City, Mo, alumni sent,
through their representative and corre-
spending secretary, Miss Beulah Burke,
a donation toward the gym. fund: a
number of subscriptions were pledged
and some paid at the banquet.
Evening star., 1915-06-06
AROUND THE WORLD AFo0T.
Philadelphian Claims He Travelled
100, 900 Miles by Land and Sea.

Joseph E. Mikulec Of Philadelphia.
who claims that he has been around the
world on foot and Travelled more than
100000 miles by land and sea, 10 in
Washington today.
To prove the fact that he has been
in almost every country of the globe he
has letters certifying to a visit, from
American ambassadors and ministers In
all parts of the globe, as we'll as many
governors general serving under King
George of England, scattered from an
dia to Canada.
While in Washington Mikulec So
cured a. letter from President Wilson
testifying to the fact that he called at
the White House yesterday Secretary
Bryan at the State Department saw
that he was accommodated with a
passport
Mikulec. who is regarded as "a globe
trotter in the true sense of the word"
is now visiting the state capitals of the
country and everywhere securing let
ters from the governors. The next state
capital he plans to visit, and where he
expects to arrive In day or so, is
Harrisburg, Pa, where he hopes to Sc
cure letter from Gov. Brumbaugh.