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Evening star., 1915-01-13
SENATE MAJORITY
FOR HALF-AND-HA[F
Votes as to 20 to Reject Rider
Abrogating Organic
Act.
REFUSES ALL PROPOSALS
TO CHANGE PRESENT PLAN
Gallinger or Similar Amendment to
Investigate D. c. Taxation System
Likely to Be Adopted.

The Senate, by an overwhelming vote,
yesterday afternoon rejected the john
son rider and restored the half-and half
principle to the District appropriation
bill The vote was 46 to 20 in favor
of the amendment offered by the ap-
propriations committee, striking out
the johnson rider and substituting the
half-and-half plan. The vote was a
distinct surprise to the supporters of
the johnson rider, who had believed
that they would receive more support
in the Senate.
The great majority of the members
Of the Senate, however. have become
impressed with the fact that any rad
ical change in the method of caring
for the District, without first making
a careful investigation of the whole
matter, would be most unwise. In con-
sequence they voted down all proposals
to change the present system and re-
turned the half-and-half plan to the
pending bill.
1t is expected that the Gallinger
or some similar amend
ment, providing for thorough inves-
into the relations between the
federal government and the District
and the system of taxation here will
now be adopted. Senator Gore of Okla
homa also has pending an amendment
providing for an Investigation of Dis
trict affairs, but it provides for the
payment of salaries to the commits
sioners at the rate of $500 a year,
and the Senate Is distinctly opposed to
the creation of any more salaried COM
missions than are absolutely necessary.
Evening star., 1915-01-13

What becomes of all tn investi-
cations?
A kindly manner goes lots
further with a clerk than charge
account.
Evening star., 1915-01-13

THE ANNUAL. MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLM
ers of the Atlantic building Company for the
election of officers and directors for the ensuing
wear will he Field at the company office. 123
South ROYAL ST., Alexandria. Va. on THURSDAY.
the 21st instant, at II o'clock a m.
NJ NJ PARKER. President.
Evening star., 1915-01-13

YOU MINIMIZE THE CHARGE FOR PLUMB
ing when you employ the best service to be
hadi The Shedd work is famously good.
JOHN L. SHEDD. 52I 10th st. Phi. NJ 314.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-21

urban conveyance, freight car, travel
ing hospital, land cruiser, it serves
with equal willingness.
A description Of the wonders ac-
complished by the bus in London,
previous to the time~when it was
Communicated by the war office, is
likely to give big boost to the urgent
demand recently made in many
American cities for notorious trans
pOTtatiOn.
For what the buses have done in
London, they can do in America. In
London they form the most remark
able system Of transportation in the
world. They have developed a SO
per cent efficiency. They carry pas
sengers faster, farther, more COM
fOrtably, more surely, more safely,
than street cars. In London their
fierce competition has driven the
street car system into corner, and
it is bowling for help. The quickest
and easiest way for American cities to
free themselves from the ruthless
tyranny of their street car manOp-
OIies would be to institute a compre-
hensive notorious seTvice-and the
street car companies realize it.
They fight the notorious tooth and
nail whenever it is so much as men
toned in an American community.
"a mile for a penny"-which means
2 cents U. S. Ais the cOckney's
phrase describing with fair accuracy
the rate you pay on London bus.
In a scurrying current going any
where and everywhere. that YOU
want to go, over 5000 buses were
plying night and day at steady speed,
before the war broke out. At any
corner in the center of the city it
was possible to get a bus every 20
seconds, in either direction. In the
rush periods, about $50 buses per
hour passed one point in Oxford st.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-21
WOMEN RUN "JITNEY BUS" AND
MAKE GOOD MONEY

San Francisco, Jan. "Jitney
buses" are today spreading to small
towns where there are no street car
lines. Miss Rose Madison and Mrs.
Ida TregnOn are doing a rushing bus
mess operating a bus line between
San Anselmo and Fairfax in Marin
county.
I'VE made $25 clear yesterday"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-21

street is closed, the DuS taxes anOLn-
er route.
In London it has been proved the
buses pass. In these densely-
thronged London thoroughfares, that
the buses make better time, by at
least 2 miles an hour, than the street
cars.
They make shorter stops, because
there are fewer seats to fill, and when
the seats are full, your bus becomes
through express. There are no sar-
dine-packed straphangers in a Lon
don bus.
Yet in spite of their superior speed,
the buses are safer than the street
cars. The London street cars in 1912
injured one person for every 205,O0O
passengers, the buses. only one for
every 100000. The bus puts off and
takes on its passengers in safety at
the curb. Moreover, it can dodge
quickly, as well as stop quickly in an
emergency.
And as to reliability, the figures
scientifically worked out show that
for the six months ending with No
vember, 1913, the London notorious
system developed the astonishing eff
cheney of 99.89 per cent! Of 55,131,-
GIT miles scheduled to be run, the
buses actually covered 55,O65,23
miles
For all these reasons, the notorious
has become a competitor which
threatens to drive the tram cars from
the streets. The remarkable gains
are shown by the fact that in the one
year 1912 the total passengers car
ried by cars diminished 100000,
while the buses made a gain in pas
sengers of 15O,OOO,OOO!
WOMEN RUN "JITNEY BUS" AND
MAKE GOOD MONEY
San Francisco, Jan. FL itney
buses" are today spreading to small
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
CHEMISTRY ABOLISHES
WORK WITH The HOE
Weeds Killed by Arsenic and
Much Labor Is Saved.

Washington.-Oficial Of the depart
ment of agriculture are greatly inter
ested In reports received from Hawaii,
to the effect that one OF the big sugar
companies has adopted as a regular
field practice the system of destroying
weeds by use of an arsenic poison
spray instead OF by hoeing. :
Experts who have conducted expert
ments on Hawaii sugar lands estimate
that by the spraying method a saving
can be made I'm labor of SIS to $50
per acre per annum.
The latest developments along this
line In Hawaii are discussed In a let
ter received from Professor III. p. Agee,
director of the experiment station staff
Of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters asso-
citation. Before going to Hawaii Pro
fessor Agee co-operated with the de-
partment In experiments on Louisiana
sugar land.
The value OF this method IN Hawaii
Is very great. because OF the fact that,
like most tropical regions, the islands
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
MADISON GRAIN MARKET
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET

Sioux City, May 20.-The supply
of cattle here for the middle day of
the week was estimated at 1900 head
as against 1851 a week ago and S92
the corresponding day a year ago.
Steady to loo lower vas the YER
dict as to the status of the trade in
the killer division. Yearlings and
handy weight steers were favored
and cleared at fully steady figures,
while what little decline fell on the
medium to plain quality stuff. A new
top for the year was reached on light
cattle when $500 was paid.
Market on stockers ruled active
and prices showed a slight turn for
the better. Supply at hand was very
light. j.
Hog prices were forced 5Q10c
lower under the influence of ~increas-
ed supplies and bearish advices from
other centers. Tops landed at $7.25,
while the bulk of the sales ranged
from S7.12 q 7.15.
Steady prices were paid for the
few odd lots of sheep and lambs that
reached the local market today.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
EATS FIRST REAL MEAL
after SURGICAL PROBE
Drank Lya When a Baby---Un-
able 10 Eat For Sixteen Years.

St Louis. - Miss Katherine Besse,
eighteen years old, ate the first break
fast, luncheon and dinner she ever ate
In her life a few days ago. For six
teen years she had not tasted COM
pletely food of any description. Tue
channel of her throat. the esophagus,
was In position, but was entirely use
less until DIR. Francis w. Kirsch per-
formed an operation known as gas
trotomy and brought her back TO nor
NAL.
When she was two years old Miss
Besse, who is the daughter of the wild
ow of a grocer. drank a solution OF
lye while her mother was busy AT her
homework.
The I've burned away the membranes
of the child's mouth and the lining OF
her esophagus and caused this channel
from her mouth to her stomach TO be-
come strictured and TO close tightly.
A physician who was called to at
tend her said she would die unless her
esophagus was cut loose from her
stomach and a new M made from
parts of the stomach fashioned into a
tube and sewed to the surface of her
breast
Her parents refused TO permit the
physician to cut away the deadened
esophagus but granted him permission
to bring the lining of the stomach to
the surface of her body and make an
opening near the solar plexus. through
which liquid food might be given her.
DR.. Kirsch became interested in the
case. He began a gentle probing with
a slender pliable steel rod, which he
forced down her esophagus. One after
tissue were forced open and broken
apart. As they were broken they were
left attached tt the inside Of the new
tissue that gradually had grown
around the unused tube.
Nature then began its process Of alb
sorption until the new throat was clear
OF any structure. Then the surgeon
placed the patient under an anaesthet-
ic and swiftly Gu away the stitches
that held the lining OF the stomach to
the old opening In the breast. sewed
this together and dropped 1t In place.
sewed together the muscles that had
been severed sixteen years ago. cut
away the abnormal tissues that had
grown around the wound. stitched the
severed skin together and when Miss
Besse awoke from the ether told her
she had become normal again.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20

LandIady Kept IL and Had to Pay
S102.

Anthony, Kan.-The famous Harper
county umbrella, which has been I'm
litigation for several months, became
the ~undisputed property of Mrs. Mary
Schoeneman of Harper a few days ago
when a jury In the district court as
sessed her 81 for the property rights
attached thereto. together with the
costs In the case. which have mounted
10 500.
Mrs. Schoeneman is the landlady at
n rooming house I'm Harper. Mrs. Lii
lie Smith, with her daughter and two
grandchildren. contracted for a room
with the Schoenemans. Mrs. Smith
says the contract price for the bed for
four was 30 cents. Mrs. S~choeneman
says 1t was 70 cents.
Mrs. Smith would pay only 90 cents
when she left, and 1t was accepted.
She forgot her umbrella. Mrs. Schoe-
neman held Ii for the twenty-five cent
balance.
Mrs. Smith sued. The justice court
gave her a verdict for $3.50 and 81 at
torney fees. Mrs. Schoeneman appeal
ed to a jury, and 1t found again fol
Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. S~choeneman paid
the costs and quit
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
W|PlNG OUT MALARIA
IN PANAMA CANAL ZONE
American Sanitary Officers
Meeting With Great Success.

Washington.-The report of the de-
nal for the last calendar year shows
that the American sanitary officers on
the canal zone are meeting with re-
markable success In combating ma
laria.
Those other diseases so likely to Wis
Ii white men in tropical climates, dys-
EMERY and typhoid fever, are also be-
ing COPIED with successfully. The report
shows that no deaths occurred among
Americans in the canal zone in the
year 1914 from malaria. d~ysentery or
typhoid fever. Yellow fever, as is well
known, has long since been banished
from the canal o n by the scientific
efficacy and thoroughness of the meth.
DDS Of the American sanitary officials
The fact is that malaria, not only
among the Americans in the canal re
gion, but among the entire population
there, has been reduced to a lower
point than ever before. In this con
nection, 1t appears. apart from the re
port for the year 1914. that the mala
rial outbreaks among employees in the
canal zone outside OF Cristobal ant
Toro Point are now at the loves
point
The pneumonia death rate increased
considerably owing to prevalence o
measles among the black employee
and the o~vercrowded conditions II
which the people live in Panama. Th'
five diseases causing the highest mum
Der of deaths In their order are pneu
monia, tuberculosis, nephritis, organi
diseases OF the heart and malaria.
In the latter half Of 1914 a periods
physical examination was made of al
food handlers in the kitchens, mes
rooms and commissaries of the Pana
ma canal with the result hat one ty
phoid carrier and a number of cases o
contagious diseases were detected an
eliminated. This doubtless prevente
much disease among employees.
In Colon and PaL0ma the figure
show a high infant mortality. due I
ignorance and Indifference ON the par
of mothers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20

are subject to torrential rains. The
less the surface of sugar and other
lands Is disturbed by cultivation the
less chance there Is that heavy rains
will wash off the top soil or immedi-
ately beat 1t into compact form.
A few years ago the department OF
agriculture issued a bulletin dealing
with the weed factor In the cultivation
of corn, following a series Of expert
ments extending over several years,
which apparently established the prin-
ciple that it Is the removal of the
weeds rather than the cultivation prop
er that contributes most to the pro
duction OF the corn crop. A series of
125 experiments were conducted, COW
ering many states. On some plots the
most approved methods of cultivation
were employed, while on other plots
there was no cultivation whatever. the
weeds being eliminated by surface
scraping with a hoe.
A general average of all these ex'
periments showed that the plots that
were simply weeded produced 95.l per
cent as much fodder and 99.10S pei
cent as much grain as those that were
subjected to the most approved meth
DDS of cultivation.
The arsenic spray method will bt
given a trial on corn land In Louisiana
this year by experts of the office %
farm management In cooperation Will
local authorities, with a view to de
termining whether 1t Is not available
for use In that region, where climati'
conditions to some extent approach
those In Hawaii.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20

strict confidence. A can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman
thus has been established a confidential
correspondence which has extended over
many years and which has never been
broken. Never have they published a
testimonial or used a letter without the
written consento of the writer, and never
has the Company allowed these conf
Dental letters to get out of their pos
session, as the hundreds of thousands
of them in their files will attest.
Out of the vast volume of experience
which they have to draw from, it's more
than possible hat they possess the very
knowledge needed IN your case. Moth
ing is asked in return except your good
will, and their advice has helped thou
sands. Surely any woman, rich or poor,
should be glad to take advantage of this
generous offer of assistance. Address
Lydia f. Pinkham Medicine CO., icon
fdentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to have
Lydia E. Pinkham's SO-page
Text Book. 1t is not a book for
general distribution, as it is too
expensive. 1t is free and only
obtainable by mail. Write for
il today.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20

Passenger on Canadian Liner Sends
Remarkable Wireless Message.

Passenger on Canadian Liner n
Remarkable Wireless Message
A passenger Of the Canadian Pacific
steamship Missanabie, from Halifax.
which passed over the Gene Of the
Lusitania disaster twenty-four hours
later, Immediately sem the following
remarkable message to the London
Times. He was then In ignorance Of
the truth:
Saturday. 100 o'clock. l see floating
dack chairs and a boat upon the bow
OF which l read the word Liverpool.
Our ship swings her around and on the
other side the word 'Lusitania.' My
God. it has happened!
II realize that we are ON the scene
of a great tragedy. There + Other
iifeboats about One contains a pair
OF boots and a hat There r COLLAPSE.
BILE boats awash. some with sides not
up. There Is a whaleboat keel up
ward with a body lying over 1t, the
lifebelt slipping of the neck. Yes, q
dead man.
captain Evans, our commander. mas
1000 lives aboard his ship to get to
safety. and up goes our speed. and we
are dashing away on a zigzag course
Just now a bald head hobs up In the
water not twenty-five feet away from
US. 1t is CHASTITY In the sunshine.
1.-THE water Is almost motionless
The silence and im~pressiveness Of 1t al
are coupled with the dawning sense o.
our own danger. 1t has brought won
derful calm to all Our women arr
dne-silent and sad. with full sympa
thy which overrides fear.
1--WE can do naught but race on. but
by 6 o'clock tonight our risk will b.
over. Captain Evans calm and digni
ty are fine, yet no nan could live hi,
previous twenty-four hours unmoved
and his own thoughts must have flowr
to his own 0 In the trenches"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
GOTHAM VETERAN SUCCUMBS
Brigadier General Hubbard, Survivor
of Civil War, Is Dead.

New York, May 20.-Brigadier Gen.
eral Thomas II. Hubbard, aged sew
enty-seven years, veteran of the Civil
war, died here after two weeks i'll
ness.
General Hubbard had been promi-
nent in financial, legal and social
circles. In his career he has been di-
rector OF the Southern Pacific and
Mexican International railroads, the
National Bank of Commerce, the West
ern Union and other institutions, part
owner of the New York Globe, presi-
dent of the Peary Arctic club and
commander-in-chie OF the military or
DER OF the Loyal Legion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
Find Three More Bodies.
ATTORNEY BOWERS SUMS UP
Assails Truth of Statements Made BY
William Barnes.

Syracuse, N. Y, May 20.-John M.
Bowers, chief counsel for Theodore
Roosevelt, summed up in the supreme
court here the case of the defense in
William Barnes suit for libel.
He ~assailed the truth of many OF
the statements made by the plaintiff
and presented arguments that his
client was justified in saying the
things he did about the former chair
man of the Republican state commit
tee.
The lawyer contended that the suit
a not brought with the purpose OF
securing pecuniary damages, but In
reality was a game to lower the de
PENDANT before the people of the Unit
ed States"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20

ton as bees ordinarily found with
paralysis. Their abdomeRs became dis
tended. their two front feet drawn up
against their chests. the four hind feet
stretched out, sprawling and CULVER
ing; the mouth parts extended and
quivering and the head frequently
turned to one side"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, May 19.-Wheat-May
$1.49M; July, $1.44; Sept, $1.16A
Dec, $1.165s. Cash close on track:
No. / hard. $15SA; No. l Northern
$1.5fM 01.57%; No. 2 Northern, 81.
47% G1.542s; No. 3 Northern. s1.40%
@1.49%; No. 3 yellow corn, 69Ad
70%c; No. 3 white oats, 50A @50&c;
fax. S1Q1&.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
hATTERS SEE ARMY FRAUD
New York Convention Charges Spcci
fications Are ignored.

New York, May 20.-The United
Hatters of North America, in V
ton here, have passed a resolution
demanding an investigation by the
wal department or by congress into
government contracts for the manu-
facture of hats for the United States
army.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20

Chicago. May 19.-Wheat-May. ST.
51H; July, S1.25A; Sept, $t.19B.
729sc; July, 75Ae; Sept,
762sc. Oats-May, sic; July. 50Bc;
Sept. 45%c. Pork-May, $17.65; July,
S1792; Sept, $1S.22h. Butter
Creameries. &c. Eggs-1701Shc.
Poultry-Fowls, 15c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
Our "Jitney" ofer-This and SC.

Our "Jitney" offer-This and sc.
Don't miss this. Cut out this slip, en-
close with 5 cents TO Foley Il Co, Chi
cago. Ill, writing YOU name and adj
dress clearly. You will receive i'm return
a trial package containing Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. for coughs. colds
and Group, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley
Cathartic Tablets Sold everywhere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, May i9.-Cattle-
Receipts, 1900; steers. $5.000S.25;
cows and heifers, $4.50G7.25; calves.
$3.75@S.O0; stockers and feeders,
$4.5007.75. Hogs-Receipts, $500;
range $7.006735. Sheep-Receipts,
so; lambs, S4.O009.00; wethers, 5000
07.25; ewes, $3.0007.00.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
st. Paul Grain.

st. Paul, May 19-Wheat-No. l
Northern, $1.51B@1.57#; No.
Northern, $1.473s 01.52M; No. 2 Mon.
tana hard, $151M@1533s corn, 69%
670Ac; oats. 5Ota 050%c; barley
67@72c; rye, $1.15@t.16; fax, $1.91A
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, May 19.-Cattle-Steers,
$6.900925; COWS and heifers, $3.50
S.75; calves. $6.50@9.0O. Hogs-Light,
$7.5007.S0; mixed, $7.45d7.S0; heavy,
S725@7.75; rough. $7.2567.40; pigs,
S5.7567.30. Sheep-Native, $500
$50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
BEES HAVE PARALYSIS.
Oklahoma Entomologist Finds Evi.
dence Of Disease.

Oklahoma City, Okla. &C. E. San
born, state ~entomologist at the A. and
n. college, has discovered that a dis
ease which he describes as paralysis
has attacked the ~honeybees In Oklaho-
ma. Dead bees are furnished him for
Investigation.
He took live bees and infected them
with the bacillus OF the dead ones. and
soon they died. He says:
In death they showed the same &C.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
DEFEAT OF RUSSIANS
WILL PROLONG WAR

London, May 20.-"As a result of
the latest German tactics" says 4
dispatch to the Mail from ~Petrograd,
"all that had been accomplished by
the Russians in the C~arpathians has
been undone and months have been
added to the duration of the war.
IF the German plans had succeed
ed completely the blow would have
been terrific. Fortunately, as mat
ters now stand, the enemy has not
accomplished anything really de-
cisive. The general idea of the Ger
man offensive was to advance upon
Lemberg from three different direc-
tons. Won Mackensen was to attack
from the west, breaking through the
Russian front; Linsingen was to force
Tukhalka Pass and move swiftly up
the Stry valley; Archduke Eugene in
Bukowina was to urn the Russian
left. Apparently General o Mack.
ensen alone was successful in his at
tack, Linsingen being held back.
while the a~rchduke's army was sound
ly beaten.
THE leading Russian military au
thority suggests that the Germans in
tend to follow up their successes with
an advance on Warsaw, but for this
they will need more troops than they
can muster as long as the present &C
tivity on the western front continues
This is the only road to allied victory
but let there be no mistake-the END
is a very long way off"
Find Three More Bodies.
Queenstown, May 20.-The bodies
of three victims of the Lusitania dis
aster, two men and n woman, have
been recovered from the ses. The
men presumably are Charles II
Lund of Chicago and Montague F
Grant of London and Chicago. The
body of the woman has not been iden
tiled.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-20
Corn.M lad? Use
~"GETS.lT,"I It's Sure
Makes Corns Vanish Like Magic

A hard cap of skin makes up every
corn. When you put 2 drops Of GETS
ITn on IL, 1T shrivels up and come ri@ht
off-and there's your ~corn-gOne by thun-
deri Simple as taking of your hati That's