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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
CONVICT AUTHOR
WELCOMED AT HOME
Made $1,000 While In Prison
by Writing Short Stories.

Jackson, Mich. - Frank Goewey
Jones, who during the past year has
written a number OF short stories of
high quality while serving a sentence
for forgery in a ~penitentiary at IOnia.
Mich. has received his pardon from
Governor Ferris and a big welcome at
Muskegon, Mich. where be was con
yicted OF the crime in July. 1911.
After q leading magazine had printed
In November "A Problem In E~ugenics,"
written by Jones, the editor wrote to
Ii. NJ. Nlmmo, editor Of the Detroit
Saturday Night, asking for information
about the remarkable prisoner. The
letter was forwarded to Warden Otis
Fuller Of Ionia. who wrote:
Jones was sentenced to this institution
on July 6, 1911, for a minimum term OF
four years and a maximum term OF four
teen years on a forgery charge.
Something more than a year ago he
submitted to me a couple OF manuscripts
with the request hat / read them and
advise him whether or not ! thought he
could write stories. They were couched
In such unusually clear and crisp English.
and he had invaded such a new and orig
NAL field, that / assured him / thought he
could write. or at least that his stories
had made such an impression upon me
that l could not see why they should not
make a hit with the average reader. espe-
cially among business men.
Jones has certainly been a rapidly ris-
ing star Oh the literary horizon. During
the past year he has received more than
1850 from stories that have been accept
81. He has a fine mind. a good education
and an unusual fund OF optimism and good
humor.
The magazine editor wrote another
letter to Nimmo saying that after the
sitting OF 10000 manuscripts. which
bad been submitted in a prize short
story contest. the story by Jones had
been seriously considered for one Of
the twelve prizes. 1t received no prize.
but the magazine bought 1t and print
ed 1t. The editor wrote:
incidentally It Is worth noting that
one OF the things which I observed in
looking into his writings and which I'm
pressed me particularly was a note OF
cheerfulness and optimism. This. to-
gether with the accuracy or his under
lying knowledge of human nature. are
marked characteristics OF his writings"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
FRENCH QUIT ATTACK
ON GERMAN POSITION

Paris, Jan. 14.-French troops are
in action east and west of Rheims In
an effort to drive a wedge through the
German lines and thus lift the siege
of the city.
All frontal attacks on the main Ger.
man positions north of there have
failed. The French commander de.
clares the German line Is too strong
to be carried In this way.
AS a result new movements have
been initiated.
Fighting also continues northeast
Of Scissors, where the Germans are
attempting to retake trenches which
the French took last week.
In the vicinity of st. Mihiel the
French are maintaining new posi-
tions. So far they have been unable
to gain additional ground.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14

oped scant activity. Buyers appeared
to 10 cautiously but gradually
warmed up to a point where most of
them were ready TO operate about at
terms weak with yesterdays average.
Compared with the windup last
week, most of the steer and butcher
stock sales show a discount OF a full
quarter.
Continued heavy marketing has
brought a lower drift in prices in
the stock cattle division. Trade to-
day was slew and declines of a dime
were quoted on most classes. max
ing the break for the week 10 date
about a quarter.
naid uneyenness featured in the
masost for hogs. Shippers set the
pace and bought freely at steady to
strong figures, while the close to
packers was a shade easier. Tops
went al 1915, while the bulk for the
day was $6.6546.70.
Shep house business was very re-
stricted in volume. Bearish advices
from other eenters created a weak
feeling.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14

applicant must apply TO the station
nearest which he lives. The local com.
mission gives the applicant "A card.
which states his name, address and the
number of members in his family.
Each member Of the family is entitled
TO $50 grams Of bread and one-half litre
can OF soup a day. The rations are dis.
tributed at appointed hours. when the
applicants appear with their cards at
the stations and receive as many ra.
lions as there are members OF the fam
lily. The card is marked or punched
like a meal ticket. to guard against
~'repeaters.' and the committee also
keeps n record on a duplicate card OF
the number OF rations issued TO each
applicant.
MIX Is distributed to all children
under three years OF age. To prevent
adults from taking the milk meant for
the children the children are brought
to the station and consume the milk
there.
"One OF the most interesting sights
| witnessed was the work OF the cloth
ing department at Brussels. They
were handling both new and second
hand clothes. Some OF the w~ealthiest
women in Brussels were working at
this job like day laborers. They are
giving work to hundreds Of poor won
en- by paying them for knitting sha wis
and stockings. They collect all the
clothing possible. and the minute care
with which they inspect 1t is a lesson
to American charitable associa tons.
They go oyer all the contributions and
throw away those garments which are
in bad condition. The rest of the
clothing Is repaired by competent wo
men II then goes TO the dislnfectine
department, where 1t Is rendered com.
pletely sterile. Finally It is cleaned.
saw piles OF secondhand clothing which
had received this treatment and which
frnka1 IfHa nam aIathfnrp
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
WILSON EXPLAINS POSITION
Has No Desire to Make Obnoxious
Appointments.

Washington, Jan. 14.-Democratic
members OF the senate are hopeful of
an early settlement OF differences
which have arisen between President
Wilson and some of their number
over federal appointments.
The president is understood to have
told senators that he has no intention
of making appointments of men per-
sonally obnoxious to the interested
members of the senate.
While there are no direct indica-
tions OF the intention OF the president
to withdraw any OF the nominations
which have caused trouble in the sen.
ate, among senators directly concern
ed in the question there is apparent .
general expectation that some salts
factory arrangement will hs made.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14

Majority Leader Underwood admitted
after a visit at the White House. He
professed confidence, however, in it's
passage by the house.
Underwood declared he has not
canysssed the Democratic membership
since the presidents Indianapolis
speech and consequently was unable
to say whether house opposition to
the measure had decreased.
There are some men who are ad.
mittedly against the BILL" he said,
but | feel SUR that il II reaches the
house II VIII pass BY a close vote"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
MADISON n A MARKET.
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET

Sioux City, Jan. 14.-Cattle re-
ceipts were again of liberal volume.
some lis cars or around 5000 head,
as against 1851 a week ago and
1900 the corresponding day a year
ago.
Supply of killing grades of cattle
was sufficient for present needs and
with weakness reported at outside
markets there were soft spots in the
days trade. Opening rounds devel-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14

Ever notice how closely life insurance
examiners look for symptoms of kidney
diseases They do so because weakened
kidneys lead TO many forms of dreadful
Hfe-shOrtening Affections. If you have
any symptoms like pain in the back,
frequent. scanty OF painful action, tired
feeling, aches and pains. get Foley Kid
ney Pills today. For sale by all drug
gists.-Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
MANY DISORDERS COME
FROM THE LIVER
Are You Just at Odds with YOURSELF
DO Ynu Raqulafa IdvfuQf

Are you sometimes at odds with your
self and with the world2 Do you won
der what aiIs your True you may b.
eating regularly and sleeping well. YET
something is the matter Constipation
headache, nervousness and bilious spells
indicate a sluggish liver. The tried rem
edy is DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Only
25c at your druggist. Bucklen's Arnics
Salve for skin eruptions.-Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South St. Paul. Jan. 13.-Cattle-
Steers. s450dS.25; COWS and heifers,
s4.50d6.75; calves, $4,000 9.25; stock
ers and feeders. s4.25G6.60. Hogs
s6.50ne.10. Sheep-Lambs, s4.50q
s.25: wethers. sl.75M6.0O; ewes. $3.50
05.25.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Jan. 13.-Wheat-May.
s1.32B; July, s1.33%. Cash close on
ern. s1.32d1.37; No. 2 Northern, 81
29d1.35; No. 3 yellow corn, 65hD
&c: No. 3 white oats, 5eA Q50Ncj
fax. s1.7Sh.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14

Backache? Feel tired2 Not so spry
as you used 10 be- Getting old2 Many
persons mistake kidney trouble for adj
vancing age. Kidneys out OF order
make you feel old before your time
Foley Kidney Pills tone up and invig-
crate the kidneys. Danish baekache. rid
your blood OF acids and poisons. Sold
By all druggists-Ady.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. Jan. 13.-Wheat-May. 81
3SL2; July. S1.2SH. Corn-May, 75c;
July. 76c. Oats-May, 55hc; July,
531sc. Pork-May. sls.97. Butter
Creameries, 21c. Eggs-24q35c. Poul-
try Springs. he; fowls. 13c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
ST. Paul Grain.

st. Paul. Jan. 13.-Wheat-No.
Northern. S1.357s; No. 2 Northern, 81.
33%s; No. . Montana hard. s1.32A;
Corn. 67c; oats, 50951c; barley. SO
q zoe; rye. s1.0912; fax, si.77.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jan. l3.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive. No. l hard, S1.341a; No
1 Northern. s1.33h; No. 2 Northern.
$780,. F1ax-On track and TO ar
rive. S1.76l2.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-Cattle-Steers
s5.30I9.50; COWS and heifers, $500
100; calves. s7.50Q10.25. Hogs-Lght
ss.55G6.90; mixed. $500 $50; heavy
$6.55G $50; rough, $6.55G6.65; pigs
s5.25G6.s0. Sheep-Native, $3.50
$50; yeariiHgs, s6.S0I7.75.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
TURKEYS FOR ENEMIES
OF TURKEY.

!. Chicago, Jan. 14.-Sailors in
!. the British navy are being fed
i. on American turkeys. Orders
!. have been placed with Chicago
!. commission men for 1900, 900
/. pounds of poultry. Ten car
!. loads of Texas turkeys have
+ been ordered for the British
I. admiralty.
!. Commission dealers said that
= the poultry in storage in the
!. United States at present Is 20
I. per cent less than at this time
+ last year.
=.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14

Bowels clogged, sick headache. no fun
is it, Why not haYe that happy face,
red cheeks that come with good digeS-
tion. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
makes the bowels work regular. natural.
makes you feel like new. Take il to-
nfght.-A. H osborn.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14

you don't have to. DIR. Kings New
Discovery checks the cold, soothes the
cough. allays the Inflammation, kills the
germs and allows nature to do her heal
Ing work. soc at your druggist. Buy
q bottle today.-Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
STOP TIE CHILD'S CoIDSLxX1Y
OT11M INSULT S11IoUnxY.

Colds. Group and whooping cough are
children's ailments which need lmme-
date attention. The after effects are
often most serious. Don't taxi the risk
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
CLOSE VOTE ON SHIP Bill

Measure Has Many Opponents In the
House.
Washington, Jan. 14.-If the gov
eminent ship purchase bill reaches
the house T. close Contest will raaplt,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
{ BUY FROM DEALER OR SEND los STAMPS TouS
EXHIBIT

Of Receipts n sbursemen In the Count of AXE for he Quarter Ending
Dceember 81 l9l4S Showing the Amount of Funds in the Treasury
n Where Deposited.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14
State of South Dakota,
County OF Lake

NJ. D McGinivray Auditor, bing first duly sworn. doth say that he
Treasurer Exhibit hereon is a true nd correct tatement Of the financial
condition II Lake County, as appears by his books, and that he auditors Ex-
hiht is a "e I'M correct statement of all warrants rawn on The treasury
during the quarter. ant that the statement Of assets m liabilities il true
ano correct M d McGHLIvRAY.
ORA BERGSTRESER. Notary Public s D
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-14

ked Ike new Clothing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-24
WHAT ONE MOTHER THINKS IS
 THE BEST OF ALL THE GIFTS
By DOLLY DALRYsIPLE

A sort of srence' fell up.,n the group.
 The converscucn was raHing rather a serious turn.
 In an in1tant young mother of fine character herself, and with tremendous boise and reserve, said:
 ''The real thing to possess" she said lis self-complacency. If people want to get all the real happiness that there is to be snatched from life, they must have selfcompla cency. When you have that and it stays with you, then nothing can make you altogether hate the universe. Oh, I know it doesn't sound noble or ex- alted nor nearly as interesting as the things you other women have expressed desire for. but it is practical wish for it means an awful lot of comfort and freedom from annoyance or regret. Just to know that you are about as perfect as anyone-maybe a little more so-in fact. more nearly so than anybody else you know. never to imagine you are not good enough looking, nor to go through the agony of th.alSing you are badly dressed, badly shod. or badly groomed-yes, all things considered. would certainly se- lect -complacency as the very best gift the gods have to offer and I want my child to be richly endowed with just this one attribute. I believe it will as- sure her of much happiness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-24
g MARION H IHARLANDS x
 HELPING HAND Lx11sxryo,7 Hs,zxzd
Fruit Cake


 When space allows, will you please publish reliable fruit cake recipe, the kind that improves with age. Also tenn perature of oven and length of time for baking? AGNES J. O." Cream together a half pound each of butter and sugar and stir in six well beaten eggs. Now beat in one teaspoon cinnamon. cup and a half of sifted flour, a half pound each of cleaned entrants, seeded and chopped raisins. and a quar- ter of a pound of finely shredded citron- all thoroughly dredged with flour. Last of all, add wine glass of French brandy. brandy goes in. Turn into well greased mold with a funnel in the middle and bake in a steady oven for two hours. The oven should be steady and not too hot Try it with your barred arm thrust into the open door. If you can hold it there while you count 20 deliberately say about two minutes-it is right. So few families are provided with thermome- ters for testing the heat of the oven that directions for their use are superf1uous have never known cook who could be depended upon to manage her baking by the thermometer. I wish the advanced and systematic housewife who has suc- ceeded in training Bridget-Thekla-Dina in the intelligent use of Fahrenheit's g tube would ''arise and tell'' us how she did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-24
MISS HOFFMAN
 ENTERTAINS VISITORS

At the home of her parents, MT. and
 Mrs. R. B. Hoffman, Miss Rosa Hoffman was dainty hostess Thursday evening complimentary to Miss Clifford Williams
 of Falkville, and Miss Pearl Vickery of Marbury.
 The hostess and honorees received the guests on the porch, where ferns and flowers were attractively used in decorat- inS the tables were arranged for progress siye games and contests. Miss Josie Al ston was the lucky winner of box oi candy. Following the games ices and
 cakes were served to the guests includ- ing Miss Clifford Williams, Miss Pear Vlckery Miss Leta Jones, Miss Iva Adams
 Miss Rosa Burwell, Miss Alma Leonard Miss Gertrude Burnett, Miss Gladys Pick ems, Miss Irene Davis, Miss Jimmie Jones, Miss Ada Tomlinson. Mrs. Collins
 Mrs. Holtam and Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs MeWburne and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-24
Applauding an Enemy
.nm the Washinefnn Star.

From the Washington Star. While the ''Iron Duke" was still Marquis of Wellington he went from Paris to Toulouse. where he had fought and won the last battle of the peninsular war. He attended the opera that first evening, and though he wore plain clothes and sat in the back of the box he was almost inn mediately recognized by some one in the orchestra chairs, who called out: 'Wel- lingtonr'
 The name was taken up by others, and at last the entire house rose turned to the box. and cafeld. ''Vice Wellington!'
 Nor would the people be satisfied until he had stood up and bowed to them. when he was cheered and applauded again., At the conclusion of the performance the pas sage from the box was found to be crowded with people The women of the party drew back nervousy, but the duke said: Come along" in his brusque way, and conducted them on. While they were still in the corridor a man in the crowd was heard to say to his companions:
 But why are you applauding so muchf He has always beaten us,'
 This was very true, and the question seemed a natural one, but the answer was charming:
 "Yes, but he has always beaten us like a gentleman"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-24
Persistent Burglar

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 White Plains, N. Y.-After struggling with women in two homes In the best residential section of this place a burg lar was engaged in two fights with Wilson Fifth Smith, division engineer of the New York board of water supply. at his home before daylight. In the first light MT. Smith disarmed the burglar and tore a mask from his face. In the second struggle the engineer threw the intruder over the balustrade of sec- ond-story porch to the lawn. The man got up and ran.
 While that entire section of the vil- lage was highly excited the chief and every member of the police force wel e seeking the burglar he continued to enter homes while the police searched, but at the end of his exciting work his net proceeds amounted to a gold watch and $1 bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-24

termined efforts on the part of the Ger
 mans to take Warsaw. Again and again
 death and every kind of destruction swept the country for hundreds of miles around.
 1 :. I had, as you know, plenty of money, a splendid estate and a fine chateau. I have now a cellar under the ruins of my home-that is all Nobody is better off. The whole country is a desert. The people are starving.
 ""The ruins above my cellar are so | complete that if a shell should drop among them it would surely find me in my cellar. There have been many mar TOW escapes-but I cling to my hole in the ground, for it is all I have and all the surrounding country offers no better refuge.
 If I particularize about my present state remember that the pale applies equally well to many thousands of others. My cellar is damp; I am get ting rheumatism. There is no time in which to store It well with even the com monest necessities. A month ago I wrote coffee, and only a handful of grain left, and with Prince Lul<ouirski and his wife here to share it with me.
 How we managed to live since then seems a miracle. Refugees stop to poke about in the ruins above us and some- tl1neS thelr pity oVercomeS their pru- dence; they share what little they have with us and pass on. Occasionally the prince leaves us on a foraging expedi- tion Were there ever worse foraging op- portunities. But twice he brought to our cellar a little grain, and once-marvelous he brought home a chicken. It was a lean one, but it made broth and some bones to pick. You will find it difficult to believe it, but the very squirrels have h to rI,o xrr;tI ,.rl,o@ .f their winters supply of acorns. A few turnips picked up in shell-torn fields were a Godsend.
 T am not so young as I once was how long shal survive is becoming most interesting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-24

A REGENT issue of the Musical
 "A Leader gives the following ac-
 = count of the pitiable plight of Edouard de Reszke, the worlds great est grand opera basso, who is starving in the cellar of his once splendid chateau near Warsaw. brought to this condition through the ravages of the European war:
 That he is destitute as the humblest peasant who farms the wide lands that surround the de Reszke chateau he con fessed a month ago in a letter which reached his brother, Jean, in Paris, and which the former star tenor of the Metro politan Opera forwarded to the American Polish relief committee of which Mime. Marcella Sembrch is president. The let ter was printed in the United States, and the many friends of the de Reszkes in this country hoped that Edouard would soon be able to extricate himself from his pitiable situation.
 Unfortunately that hope did not take into consideration the impenetrability of the ghastly barriers which hem in Po- land. particularly in which Warsaw and the de Reszke estate are located Not in months has the American Polish relief committee been able to communicate with a point nearer than Lemberg, in Austrian Poland, which lies about 300 miles to the south of Warsaw. The only route to Lemberg for letters money and supplies. which are so badly needed throughout Poland lies through Genoa and Vienna.
 Destitute and suffering though he is it seems that Edouard de Reszke still commands some influence with the mill tary authorities, for he has been able to reach the outer world, via Vienna and Genoa, with second letter This, re- gently forwarded to a personal friend in New York. conveys the same impression of the basso's plight as did the earlier letter sent to his brother, Jean, in Paris It contains these paragraphs:
 " I am sending this at venture The chances seem 100 to l against it ever reaching you. A month ago I posted a letter to Jean. Probably it did not reach him-at least l have received no reply. You know that if Jean had even a suspicion that I was in trouble he would move heaven and earth. "'You are to think of me as one of several millions of Polish war victims This war is a great leveler. If Poland contains a peasant or a common laborer u a worst plight than Edouard de Res zke, his case is indeed desperate
 That is because my preparations to got away from the war zone were too selahorate Before I realized it, I was trapped. Then came those weeks of de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-24
Bran Bread

If you see fit to publish recipe for bran bread, here is one that is excellent: One quart of coarse bran, one pint of white flour, little salt, half cup of mo- lasses, one teaspoon of soda mixed In hot water and put into the molasses, one third package of raisins added to the flour before the molasses goes in, and, lastly, a little over a pint of buttermilk. Mix all well and bake one hour in a slow oven, and it will be fine MRS. J. E. G..
 Bran bread. once comparatively un- known in some sections of the United States and utterly unknown in others, has leaped into prominence and apparently into favor during the last five years. The variety of the compound you give us is less extraordinary than the longer for mula we published earlier In the week. and simpler. Both have strong family resemblance to fruit cake, and none to what we used to call "diet bread" also based upon bran.