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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
RAIL CASE HANGS ON WORD
Expected to Take Three Months to
Get Definition.

New York. Oct 2O.-On the little
word intent" hangs the failure or
success of the government suit against
the New Haven directors now on trial
here.
Il. L. Bats, special attorney for the
government. declared that the indict-
ed present and former directors in
tended to benefit themselves and
throttle competition.
I'VE will show that the New Haven
directors intended to benefit, not de-
stroy, the commerce and transporta.
tion of New England" answered De-
lancy Nicholl, counsel for the direc-
tors.
1t is expected to take three months
to thrash out the issue of intent" I"
but the whole case hangs on that
point.
Government Attorney Bats con-
tinued his opening address.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
United States Takes Formal
Action in Matter.
OTHER RNATIONS TOFOLLOW
Countries Not Represented in PAN
American Conference Expected to
Act In Accordance With Decision
Reached at Joint Meeting.

Washington, Oct. 20.-Formal recog.
milton by the United States of the de
facto government of Mexico. with
General Venustiano Carranza as chief
executive. was accomplished by the
delivery to General Carranza's repre-.
sentative, Eliseo Arredondo, at the
Mexican embassy of letter from Sec
retary Lansing. Recognition letters
from the Pan-American conferees,
similar in tone, also were received
by Mr.. Arredondo.
The communication from Secretary
Lansing was sent by messenger and
later Mr.. Arredondo was invited to
the state department by the secre.
tary for general conference on Mex
ican affairs. Mr.. Arredondo will start
shortly for Saltillo, Mex, to meet Gen
eral Carranza and present to him the
letters and notes of recognition from
the several governments
Recognition by other nations than
those represented in the Pan-Amer-
lean conference Is expected to follow
soon. now that the United States has
made known its policy Great Britain
probably will be one of the first of
these.
Although no final decision has been
reached as to the appointment of an
American ambassador to Mexico City
the most likely choice is Henry p
Fletcher, at present the ambassador
to Chile. He has had long experience
in Latin-American countries and al
though a Republican in politics he
was promoted from minister to am
bassador by President Wilson.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
Official Report Tells Of Cap
ture Of Two Towns.
RESISTANCE TO BULGARS
Arrival of French Troops Prevents
Cutting Of Railway Communication
and invaders Are Thrown Pack
With Severe Losses.

Berlin. Oct 20.-The Austrian army
which is invading Servia over the
Save front. along the northwestern
border. apparently has its movement
well under way, after meeting with
determined opposition from the Serv.
ians.
Army headquarters announced the
capture of the town of Obrenovatz.
South OF Belgrade. on the Danube
front, the Austrians have made q
further advance. The troops of Gen.
eral Won Gallwitz have occupied
points of strategic Importance
The war ofiice also announced that
the Bulgarian army of invasion had
captured the Servian town of vranya
on the railroad between Saloniki and
Nish, cutting of all rail communica.
tion between the Servian capital and
the source OF supplies in the south.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
BANDITS HOLD UP
TRAIN IN new YORK

New York. Oct. 2O.-Six armed
men held up and robbed two freight
trains and attempted TO rob an Ameri.
can Express train on the West Shore
railroad at the entrance to a tunnel
between Congers and Haverstraw
N. Y. After loading an automobile
with packages taken from the two
freigt. trains the bandits escaped
Arriving at the mouth of the tun.
mel in an automobile the robbers tam.
pered with the wires controlling a sig
nal and caused the light to show red.
This halted the first freight train and
as 1t stopped the holdup men appear
ed beside the locomotive and covered
the engineer and fireman with re-
volvers.
They then ripped open several
freight cars and selected such pack.
ages as they wanted.
The second freight train was held
up and robbed In a similar manner
When the American Express train
stopped at the red signal the robbers
neglected to station a man at the To-
comotive and all of them went back
apparently with the intention of
breaking into one OF the cars AS
soon as they were out of sight the
engineer opened the throttle and
started up the train.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
GREATER SAFETY DEMANDED
Opportunity to Escape" Not Sufficient
Protection at Sea.

Washington, Oct 20-A demand for
better provision TO save the lives of
passengers and crews of American
ships destroyed by the Germans for
carrying contraband is made in the
latest note in the steamer Frye case.
In its note, the text of which has
just been made public. the United
States insists that AN opportunity to
escape in lifeboats" is not sufficient
provision for safety.
In the Frye case the commander OF
the Prinz Eitel Friedrich. the German
ship which sunk the Frye, took the
crew aboard his own vessel. When
the Leelanaw. an American ship car
rying absolute contraband, was de
stroyed the crew was taken aboard
the submarine and transferred to
small boats when near shore.
The United States insists that while
no complaint has been made as to
past treatment 1t is looking out for
The future.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
SERvIANS ARE RETREATING
Teutons Claim Progress Along Entire
Balkan Front

Vienna, Oct. 20.-Reports that the
Servians have repulsed the Austro
Germans along the Danube were met
here with an official statement de-
scribing steady progress by the Ger.
man allies along their Balkan front
From the Avala region, about
twelve miles southeast of Belgrade,
1T was said the Servians were retreat
ing slowly.
North of Ralja, twelve miles on the
Servian side of the Danube. the Aus
tro-Germans were reported attackina
the Servians.
In the Macva district, on both sides
of the Morava. the Servians were de-
clared still in retreat. The Bulgarians,
it is stated, continued to occupy the
heights in the Northeastern Servian
triangle between the Danube and Tt.
mok rivers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
President to Open Campaign
at New York Nov. 4.
BUILDERS WILL BE TAXED
Contemplated Addition of Sixteen
Capital Ships to the Navy by 1925
Expected to Keep American Yards
Crowded to the Limit.

Washington, Oct. 1e.-President
Wilson will open his campaign for his
national defense program in a speech
before the Manhattan club in New
York on the evening of Nov. 4.
This will be the presidents first
public utterance on the subject since
he approved the plans prepared by
Secretary Garrison and Secretary
Daniels, and he is expected to disclose
the reasons he will urge on congress
why the United States should be more
adequately prepared for defense
The five-year naval building pro-
gram, contemplating the addition OF
sixteen capital ships to the navy by
1925, will tax the normal capacity of
American ship yards. in the opinion
of navy officers. Secretary Daniels
said that fact had weight in deter
mining over what period of expendi-
ture of the $500. .O0O, 900, which will be
asked. was to be distributed Ameri-
can yards are busy with new ships
and have contracts to keep them en-
gagged for several years.
The secretary said he expected eff.
forts would be made when congress
assembled to urge the expenditure of
the whole s5000O0.00O within two
years or less Without a great in
crease in both public and private ship
building facilities he thought il would
be virtually impossible to construct
the sixteen ships in any less time
than the period fixed upon.
Mr.. Daniels said he thought the pro-
gram approved by the president would
be found the most economical and sen
sible to be pursued unless a great
emergency should arise.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
DENY THE RAILWAY is CUT
Communication Between Saloniki and
Nish Still Open.

Paris. Oct. 2O.-Denial is made in
Athens that railway communication
between Saloniki and Nish has been
interrupted.
The Athens correspondent OF the
Havas News agency, who forwarded
this information, reported also that
the arrival at Saloniki was expected
of the first train bearing French sol
diers wounded in fighting with the
Bulgarians.
The Hestia of Athens says that the
arrival OF French troops has prevent
ed the Buigarians from interrupting
railway communication. The Bul-
garians. this newspaper states. were
thrown back with heavy losses
A train has arrived at Saloniki on
its way to Monastir. in Southwestern
Servia, near the Greek border, carry.
ing the books and money of the Ser.
Wan National bank. The train show.
ed the marks of the rife fire through
which 1t had passed.
Heavy losses for the Bulgarians In
the fighting which preceded the cap
ture by the allies of Strumitza Is re.
ported In a dispatch from Saloniki to
Milan, as forwarded to the Havas
News agency. II is asserted that en-
tire battalions were annihilated by
the Franco-Servian forces.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
NIGHT ATTACKS REPULSED
French Statement Tells Of German
Assaults.

Paris. Oct. 20.-Three German at
tacks with hand grenades to the
northeast OF Souchez were completely
repulsed by the French forces. ac
cording to the French official state.
ment given out by the war Office. The
text OF the communication follows:
German forces delivered three Sc.
rious attacks. making use of hand
grenades, in the Bois- En- -Hache. to the
northeast of Souchsz. Our infantry
firmly intrenched In the position re-
Gently conquered by us. completely
repulsed the assailants. In this they
were helped by our batteries.
ITO the south of the River Somme,
In the sector of Lihons. there were
spirited rife exchanges In which both
sides took part.
'In the Champagne district there
has been some fighting with bombs
to the east of the neighboring farm. '
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
MORE TROOPS FOR BALKANS
Allies to Send Heavy Reinforcement
to Servla.

Athens. Oct. 20.-The British and
Russian ministers have notified the
Greek government in friendly way
of the allies determination to send
heavy reinforcements to the Balkans.
They discussed also with the for
eign minister the Servian-Greek treaty,
automatically but plainly intimating
that the allies could not endorse the
Greek view that the pact did not re-
quire Greece to go to Servia's aid
against Bulgaria.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
PREMIER ASQUITH is liz
Head of British Cabinet Ordered 70
Take Rest

London. Oct 20.-Premier As.
quith is i'll, necessitating a few days
rest.
The cabinet met presumably to
take up in addition to war problems
the &''.ation created by Attorney
Generg. Sir Edward Carson's resigna.
ton.
Subs irution of General Munroe for
GenerS Hamilton as British com.
mander at the Dardanelles was in.
terpreted here as meaning both con.
fession that the campaign thus far
has failed and that instead of aban-
doning it, as was recently suggested.
the government intends to increase IL.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20

Galesburg, ILL.,, Oct. 19.-Lynn Math.
ews, chief of police, was shot and
killed while leading a raid on negro
gambling house. When the officers
burst into the place, where a number
cf negroes were engaged about the
gaming tables, one of the negroes,
known as Lottie Hopkins, opened fire
on the officers. The chief fell with a
bullet wound through his right lung
He died in few moments.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
BULGARS SEEM CONFIDENT
Declare Capture of Servian Capital Is
Imminent.

Washington, Oct. 20.-The capture
by Bulgarian troops of Vranya, Ser
via. on the railroad between Nish and
Saloniki. Greece, was reported off.
cially to the Bulgarian legation.
According to the legations advices
four forces Of troops are operating
against Servia. vrnaya has been the
objective OF one OF the strongest of
those forces. With vranya occupied
and the railroad northward to Nish
In operation officials OF the legation
were Of the opinion that a large army
would be before the capital within
three days.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
WILL FIGHT IMMIGRATION
American Federation Of Labor Ex.
pectcd to Act

San Francisco, Oct. 20.-Immigra
t,on will loom large in the councils OF
the American Federation of Labor
convention, which opens here Nov. g.
Indications point TO a strong senti.
ment among many delegates against
admitting more immigrants than the
nation can readily assimilate and edu.
cate to an understanding of American
ideals of life and conditions of living.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20

Chicago, Oct. 20.-Virginia Brooks
Washburne, reformer, vice crusader
and Joan of Arc of West Hammond,
who two years ago resigned Ca
reer" to acquire a husband and q
home. has not found welded life ell
she had hoped. Mrs. Washburne has
filed papers in a suit for divorce from
Charles 8. Washburne. Chicago
newspaper man.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
CHARLTON TRIAL RESUMEp
Session Spent in Giving Testimony as
to Mental Condition.

Como, Italy, Oct. 20.-The trial Of
Porter Charlton on the charge of hav-
ing murdered his wife was resumed
here. A large part of the session was
given over to expert testimony in re-
gard to the mental condition of the
prisoner Dispositions were read from
the testimony taken In the United
States during the extradition proceed
ings against Charlton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
BROOKLYN MAGNATE DEAD
President Ward Of Federal League
Club, Stricken With rheumatism.

New York, Oct. 2O.-Robert b. Ward,
president of the Brooklyn Federal
league baseball club and head of an
immense Brooklyn bread company, is
dead after short illness.
He became interested in the Fed.
eral league a year ago and was the
owner of the Brooklyn club and also
interested in one of the others. He
was taken Ill with rheumatism about
a week ago. He was sixty-four years
old
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
Favored by Many BritOns to
Succeed Asquith.
LATTER IS REPORTED I'LL
Prime Minister Stricken With Intes.
final Trouble Necesstating Few
Days of Complete Rest-Carson's
Retirement Regarded as Favorable
Omen in Liberal Quarters.

London. Oct. 20.-Differences OF
opinion continue to shake the coali-
ton cabinet and the anti-Asquith
forces are active These would like
to make a clean sweep of the govern
ment with the exception of Lloyd.
George, whom they wish to make
prime minister.
Sir Edward Carson's disappearance
from the cabinet is regarded in Lib
eral quarters as a favorable omen,
since the doughty FISHERMAN is the
incarnation of what Irish Nationalists
and probably the majority Of Britona
mistrust.
Premier Asquith is believed by some
to- be too slow for the swift agencies
of war, but his astutenes and prestige
remain predominant in spite of his
illness. Should he be displaced by
Lloyd-George every one is asking
whom the Welsh statesman could get
for his cabinet. inasmGch as the gov
ernment as now organized embraces
every British politician of outstanding
ability and reputation.
Nation Remains Calm.
While political circles are i'm com
motion the nation is calm. Recruit
ing proceeds briskly i'm all parts OF
the country and thousands of men are
being vigorously prepared for the
Held. Reinforcements are pouring in.
to Greece to resist the central powers
and their allies.
Premier Asquith has suddenly be-
come Ill. His state of health will re-
Quire withdrawal from public activi-
ties The following bulletin was is
sued at Downing street:
The prime minister Is suffering
from an attack of gastro-intestinal
eatarrh. which will necessitate a few
days OF complete rest"
In Premier Asquiths absence David
Lloyd-George, minister of munitions,
led in the house of commons and
steered off all propounders of what
the government considered awkward
questions.
1T is impossible at present" was
his reply to urgent requests for a
statement whether the Dardanelles
campaign would be abandoned. Lord
Robert Cecil parliamentary under.
secretary for foreign affairs. made
practically the same reply.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
BuIqarians Claim Victories.

London. Oct. 2O.-Capture of long
list of obscure villages few miles
inside the eastern and northwestern
Servian frontier Is claimed in an off,
cial Bulgarian report. The Morava
valley, II Is asserted, has been occu-
pied by the Bulgars In the vrania re-
gion. All along the line. the report
said, the Bulgarians are advancing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
MARIPosA HERO is DEAD
Captain Who Rescued Seventy.nlne
Persons Dies Of Exhaustion.

Seattle, Oct. 20.-Captain Simon B.
Brunn Of the steamship Alaska, who
was on his bridge continuously for
five consecutive days while rescuing
the passengers Of the wrecked steam
er Mariposa recently. died of ex.
haustion at . hospital at Ketchikan.
Alaska. He rescued ssvsnty.nius per.
Sous.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20

Rome. Oct. 19.-The Italians have
stormed Pregasina, an important ad-
in Trentino, according to an official
communication issued.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
ITALY DECLARES WAR ON
BULGARIA.

Rome, Oct. 20.-Italy has de-
clared war on Bulgaria.
This makes the fourth decla-
ration of hostilities against the
Bulgars.
Italy was preceded by Serv.
la, England and France. Rus
sia also has announced that a
state of war between the Rus
slams and Bulgarians existed
from the moment the latter
began lighting the Servians.
but q formal declaration has
not been issued from Petro-
grad.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-20
Two Dead. Three Hurt In Wreck.

Chickasha, Okla. Oct. 20.-Two men
were instantly killed. another Is miss
ing and three were injured. one fatal
ly, when . southbound Rock Island
passenger train collided headon with
. fast freight at ASran, sevsnteor
m1aos soueA o1 Aeso.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-07
"UpIift" in Fiction.

Latter-day American story tellers,
most of them, seem to be in a con-
spiracy to make the world better"
to touch the heart" to make you
forget all your troubles" to "exalt
life and love-" to be "a sunshine
maker" These intentions are so UNI
faltering, and the stress laid on clean
living" is so insistent, that one is
forced to ask ones self whether the
practice and theory of living in Amer
lea are not antagonistic? whether the
exaggerated sentimental appeal may
not denote thinness of real emotion,
and the persistent absorption with the
moral issue an uneasy self-distrust? 1t
would be as ridiculous to charge the
great American people with being less
honest with themselves than sre those
of other nations as it would be to
doubt that in the land of freedom"
there is less inner freedom than else
where. But the ,atter-day American
novel often leaves one with an I'M
easy idea that the weight and momen-
tum of American civilization are roll
ing out the paste of human nature
very fiat and are stamping it with ma
chine-made patterns of too common an
order.-The Atlantic.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-07
GERALDINE FARRAR IN PHOToPLAY CARMEN"

The greatest photodramatic pro-
duction ever seen on the screen will
be the attraction at the New Daytona
theatre tonight, when Geraldine Far
rar, the celebrated operate prima
donna will appear in film version of
her famous opera, Carmen produced
by the Jesse l.. Lasky company.
In securing the appearance of Miss
Farrar before the motion picture
camera the Lasky company scored
the greatest coup in the history of
the motion picture industry. This
distinguished international artist had
held herself aloof from scores of flat
tering offers to appear before the
camera until she was approached by
a representative of the Lasky organ
ization.
In Carmen" Miss Farrar is seen
as the half-wild, fascinating gypsy
who is the head of a band Of SNUG
glers. How she leads one man to
death and another to ruin and is her
self stabbed by jealous lover are
but incidents in this thrilling five
reel picture.
The bull fight scenes were specially
staged by a company of Toreadors
brought from Spain and with a bull
brought from Mexico. Over 10000
people took part in the scenes a
the arena.
The cast to support Miss Farral
was selected from the most prominen
and capable artists in the country
Wallace Reid, one of the most prom
inent stars in the country, plays Dor
Jose; Pedro De Cordoba, leading mai
for Margaret Aaglin, is seen as the
Toreador, William Elmer, Anita King
Jeanne Macpherson, H. B. Carpente
and other members of the Lasky all
star stock company are seen il
strong roles.
Carmen" is considered the las
word in photodramatic development
and will only be seen at the New Day
tona theatre for one night.
Pedro De Cordoba, one of the bes
known leading men in the country
proved himself to be better bul
fighter than the professional torea
doris, in the staging of the bull fgh
scenes of the Geraldine Farrar Pre-
duction of her famous opera Car
men" by. the Jesse L. Lasky CON
pany De Cordoba, although he ha
never seen a bull fight, was AZ
plauded by 10000 people for his spler
did work
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-07

the bodies to one Of the new Cham
payne cemeteries at the rear Lifting
the torn cap from the face of the SOL
der with the crossed arms. some one
asked in hushed voice:
How did it happenY'
STRAY bullet" the cart pusher re-
sponded laconically. "Whew. it's pref
ty warm today"
The stiff armed soldiers death had
been instantaneous. He suffered as he
had fallen. his arms before his face.
He had been very young man. A
small mustache f1axen light was on his
upper lip. The cap was replaced, and
we went our way, leaving the living
and dead TO go theirs.
Were Not Pitiless.
Now, don't misunderstood. These
four men escorting their dead COM
rades to the graveyard were not unfeel-
ing nor pitiless in the ordinary sense
Taken from refined homes probably
where the sight of pain hurt them
deeply and from an environment where
the presence of the dead was depress-
ing and awesome. they We're suddenly
plunged into war and slaughter and
agony and death until their senses
were deadened. Their power of ap-
probation had been nullifed. Dead
men no longer awed them. blood no
longer sickened them.
Nature, which makes men fight and
mutilate and kill each other, had pro-
vided its own antidote: otherwise these
men instead of kidding" each other
would have been gibbering idiots.
One man-his wife and little girl live
in Paris-after serving through the
battle of Champagne had to be sent to
special hospital. He was not wound
ed. His nerves had been shattered, his
mental balance upset. His brain had
not been able to readiust itself. Ma
ture had let him 90 on weighing and
approaching all the horror about him
The other condition is the only pos
sible safeguard against insanity. 1t is
the war gods own anaesthetic.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-07
OBJECTIONS FILED
TO DRAINAGE PLAN

At the meeting Of the board of
county commissioners Monday even
ing the engineers plans and esti.
mates for the proposed Haw Greek
drainage district were submitted and
ordered filed. While the January
meeting of the board is the date set
for objections to be filed, Isaac A.
Stewart submitted a protest from
property owners in the proposed dis
trict who object to it's formation and
the consequent bond issue for drain
age purposes. No action was taken
for consideration at the next meet
ing.