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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
ALLEGED PLOT TO
BRIBE CONCRESSMEN

New York Dec, 23-An alleged
plan. carefully worked out. IL Is said,
To bribe enough members of congress
to insure the enactment of legisla-
ton prohibiting the export OF war
supplies for the allies is under in.
vestigation by the federal authorities
here and in Washington.
That an American college graduate
was hired at ST 600 a week to under
take the work and that he had un-
limited funds at his disposal, spend
ing almost s1,000,000 before he was
called off, are facts said TO be in the
possession OF the department OF jus
tlCe
1t is limited the man who is alleged
TO have served as an agent for the
big German interests and who be.
came involved in their affairs in many
ways is ready to tell his story and, in
fact, 1t was asserted here he already
has visited United States District At
torney Marshall
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
CAPTAIN Won PAPEN
SAILS FOR GERMANY

New York, Dec. 23-Germans prom.
inent in commercial and official cir.
cles bade farewell TO Captain Franz
Won Papen, formerly military attache
of the German embassy at Washing
ton, who was recalled by the German
emperor at the request OF Secretary
Lansing because of what the United
States government considered i'm
proper activities IN military matters
Captain Won Papen sailed on the
steamer Noordam for Rotterdam by
the way Of Falmouth, Eng The en-
tente allies have given him safe con
duct across the Atlantic
Won Papen was appointed military
attache OF the German embassy in DE.
cember. 1913. Public attention was
directed TO him in September last
when a letter which he wrote to his
wife was found among the papers
seized by the British government from
James r. J. Archibald while he was
carrying them to Europe
In this letter Won Papen alluded to
"bloedsinning Yankees" which was
translated as "idiotic Yankees" lie
said the term was applied to New
York publishers In whose papers his
activities have been criticised.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
vARNA REPORTED CAPTURED
Russians Said to Have Taken BuI-
uaran Port

London, Dec. 23.-The Daily Chron-
icle reports the capture of Varna. Bull
garia's chief Black sea port, by the
Russians. 1t says the bombardment
OF the Russians silenced the Bull
garians' guns and laid the town in
ruins. the garrison suffering heavily.
The Russians then. according TO the
report, landed infantry and artillery
without loss and in sufficient force 70
hold the town against Bulgarian at
tack.
1t is announced from Teheran. &C.
cording to a dispatch received here
from the Petrograd semiotficial news
agency, that the Russians have occu-
pied the town OF Kun. eighty miles
southeast Of Teheran, after great
battle In which the opposing forces
were completely defeated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
ARMY TOLD TO RETURN FIRE
instructions TO American Soldiers or
Mexican Border

Washington, Dec 23.--American
troops at El Paso. the war department
announced. have been given orders 10
return vigorously any further de
liberate firing from the Mexican side
of the border.
General Pershing, in command at El
Paso, has reported that the firing.
which resulted in the death of an
American car inspector was the de-
liberate act of a squad OF Mexicans
who appeared half mile east of the
international bridge.
state department agent at El
Paso reported that the American car
inspector was killed by an irresponsi-
BILE soldier. who was afterward killed
by his own men.
American troops, the report added,
are covering the whole river front
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
Renew Efforts to Get Greece
and ROumania Into Line.
Promptly Take Advantage of Moral
Effect Produced by Withdrawal OF
British Troops From Gallipoi Pen
nsuia--Reported Russian Attack on
Varna Not Officially Confirmed.

London. Dec 23 The Tcutonic
powers are represented as taking fun
advantage OF the moral effect produc-
ed by the withdrawal OF British forces
from Gallipoli peninsula and to be at.
tempting once more to swing Greece
aud Roumania TO their side in the Bal
kan operations If the news OF the
hombardment of Varna is correct Rus
sia is losing no time in an attempt 10
iorestall these efforts.
From several sources, all unofficial,
London has heard OF the hombardment
OF the Bulgarian port. Various dis.
patches say that the Russian warships
are accompanied by fleet OF trans
ports which. according 10 reports, al
ready has landed a sufficient force to
hold the town
While the Greek elections have
given large majority TO former Pre-
mier Gounaris powerful member OF
the present cabinet who is not over
frieRdly TO the entente powers. il Is
not believed here the change will
have much Of an Offset on the attitude
OF Greece, which is now much more
agitated by the possibility that Dul-
garans will cross the frontier than by
the formation of a new government.
Along the Western line, according
TO British official reports the Germans
suffered heavy losses while exposing
their forces in an attempt to occupy
craters which their mics had opened
along the front near Armentieres
Trench operations at most places are
hampered greatly by bad weather, but
considerable portion of the German
works on Weilerkopt has
been carried
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
FARMERS ON BUSINESS BASIS
Cooperation Yields Greater Profits,
Says United States Reports.

Washington, Dec. 23.-The advan-
tages OF cooperation in the sale OF
farm products are emphasized In the
annual organization OF the department
of agriculture.
THE conclusion seems warranted"
II says, that in communities where
cooperation is practically applied to
the farmers business the results OBJ
tanned are far more satisfactory than
those secured by individual methods
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
Imports and Exports for No
vember Break Records.
LARGE TOTAL FOR YEAR
Aggregate for Twelve Months Ending
Nov. 30 Passed the Five Billion
Dollar Mark, the Exports Exceeding
the Previous Years Record by a
Billion and a Half.

Washington, Dec. 23-Foreign trade
Of the United States in November
jumped to the unprecedented total OF
half a billion dollars. A department
of commerce statement shows that
| imports as we'll as exports broke rec.
ords for the month A record OF $5,-
O00. 900 for the past twelve months
exports and imports was set
November imports were $164,319,.
1863. more by s11.0o0,000 than the
previous November record. made in
1912. November exports of $331.144,-
527 were the greatest of any month In
the country's history. The best previ-
Gus month was last October. when
exports were 1928 s,030,2sl
Twelve months imports To Nov 80
aggregated 81 ,229, against ST..
s58,645.O27 for the preceding year
I he years exports were $3,437 ,292,533,
81 SOC. 100000 more than the preced-
ing year and nearly $1,000. .000. 900
more than two years ago
The great amount OF gold pouring
into the United States is shown ia the
statement that s6l 100000 in gold ar
rived in November. Twelve months
imports Of gold aggregated $410,650.-
a76, compared with $5s.352. .035 in 1914.
The net inward gold movement for
i the last twelve months was $3.50, ,9S3,-
4 il9. against a net outward movement
the year before OF STA, ,705, ,790
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23

Say British Left Behind Large Quan.
ties of Stores.

Berlin, Dec % Enormous quaint
ties OF ammunition. cannon and tents
were taken by the Turks on with.
drawal OF the British from the posi-
tions evacuated on the Gallipoi pen.
insula, it was officially announced in
the Turkish headquarters report re
teived here from Constantinople.
In the British attack OH the Sedd-ul-
Bahr front. which preceded the with
drawal from the other sectors, the
British suffered enormous losses, 4 II
declared.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23

Gave introduced bills for a tariff com
mission. and quite number OF men
have introduced bills which have been
prepared By different organizations
which have made speciality Of boost
ing measures for tariff commission
Take the tariff out of politics" is a
good slogan. but it is found that the
tariff is the first subject of political
discussion which comes up In congress,
and IT Is generally the last.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
ROOSEVELT FLAYS WILSON
"ls Year Late on Defense, Half Heart
ed and Inefficient

New York, Dec. 23-President VIII
son is a year late in recommending
preparedness, and even now his ef-
forts are half hearted and ineffl-
cient," in the opinion CT Theodore
Roosevelt.
In an article to be printed in the
January Cosmopolitan Colonel Roose-
welt severely censures the presidents
European policy and his recognition
OF CarranZa as we'll
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23

thus prominently the
w communication the time
faithful numbered the friends
the Sun
| years old. Some little friends
If in The Sun it's So
tell the truth is there Santa Claus?
VIRGINIA O'HANLON"
Virginia your They
which comprehensive
their little All minds Virginia whether the
chidrens, little In this
his his intellect compared the bo ndess world
him intelligence capable the
whole of truth and knowledge
is a Claus
and generosity devotion exist and know that they
o beauty
would be the world there Claus would
be dreary Vgnas There would be child
like faith then make tolerabe this exist
We should sight The
childhood fills world would
guishd Not believe Santa Claus You might well believe
might hire watch in all of
Claus
did Santa Claus coming what would that poye No
body Claus but that sign that there Santa
world
proof they Nobody
all the
apart babys
inside world which
the united all the
that lived could Only faith
world nothing abiding
Thank God! he lives and he lives thousand
Virginia, times thousand
continue make glad the hearts OF childhood
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23

Colonel r. NJ House, confidential
adviser OF President Wilson, will sail
soon for Europe at the request Of the
president
Colonel House declared that the sole
purpose OF his trip will be to deliver
to certain American ambassadors in
formation regarding this governments
attitude on various international mat
tiers now pending.
He den ed emphatically that his trip
will in any way be a peace mission. =
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23

been compelled 10 retire before Rus
sian counter attacks after buryinl
his cannon and abandoning an enor
nous amount of material The Ger
mans. unable to cross the Drina. have
suffered heavily Five German divi
siohs have retreated on Tukum
against which the Russians are ad
vancing A sanguinary battle is In
progress near Gxhull."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
PARLIAMENT LEARNS TEu.
TONIC LOSSES.

London, Dec 23.--Harold ].
Tenant. parliamentary under
secretary OF war, made the
statement in the house of com
mons that the number of cas-
ualties published In the official
lists for Prussia. Saxony. Pa
varia and Wurttemberg up TO
Nov 30 were 2.524,4
OF this number. Mr. Tenant
added. 4s4,22S men we're kill
ed or died of their wounds:
354,19S were severely wound
ed; 27 ,674 died OF disease, and
3S1,l49 were missing. Naval
casualties, he said, were not
included In these figures
-. =. - y. - y. =. L L q =. =.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23

General Board Favors Fleet Equal 70
ANY in World.

Washington. Dec. 23.-The navy
should be equal to the most power
full maintained by any other nation OF
the world not later than 1925, in the
opinion Of the navy general board
headed by Admiral Dewey.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23

Former Villa Soldiers Indulge in Riot
ING at Juarez.

El Paso, Tex, Dec. 23.-George A.
Diepert. an American. was killed and
the lives OF other Americans endan
gered by the rioting among former
Villa soldiers in .Juarez. across the
river from here.
Diepert was knocked from the top
OF a car of his train on the American
side of the border by a bullet from
the Mexican side. He was dead when
a corporafs guard reached him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
Serb Wealth In Paris.

Marseilles, Dec 23.--Eighty million
francs, constituting the Serbian treas.
ury, have arrived here on the way to
Paris. The money will be deposited
in the Franco-Serbian bank at the
capital
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23

prominently in the early events of the
war. being commander of German
troops which invaded Belgium
The heavy loss OF life suffered by
the Germans at Liege was said to
have shattered the confidence OF the
general
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
WAR OFFICE is FLOODED
WITH INVENTIONS.

!. Washington, Dec 23.-lnyen-
|. tors have been flooding the war
r department with suggestions
+ since the outbreak OF the Eu
+ ropean war, the board Of ord
I. nance and fortifications having
!. reviewed an average OF 300
!. proposals a month, according
!. to its annual report. A new
:. system has been inaugurated
!. under which department heads
+ will pass on these suggestions
+ in the first instance, relieving
I. the board of much useless la
I. Dor, as many of them have no
+ value.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
EPISCOPAL GIFTS ENORMOUS
Record Progress Made by Church Dur
inc Year Just Ending.

New York Dec. 23.-The Episcopal
church has made greater progress in
numbers and i'm money gifts than i'm
any recent year. Membership gained
26.l67 and is now 1,05S,S04, with $780,
600 Sunday school teachers and schol-
ars. There are 100000 communicates
in the diocese of New York
The gifts passed the S20,000,000
mark by nearly a million, making an
average OF $50 a communicate
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
GERMAN OFFENSIVE FAILS
Won HIndsnburg Compelled to Retire
From RIGA.

London, Dec 23-"The German Of
fensivs on the Riga front has COM
pletsly failed" telegraphed the Gene
Va corresDoadsnt OF the Daily Dxs
nreoo.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
GENERAL Won EMMlCH DEAD
German Conqueror of Liege Passes
Away al Hanover

Berlin, Dec 81 The death at Han.
over of General Won Emmich, the con
queror OF liege is announced by the
Overseas News agency
General Won Emmich, as comman.
der OF the Tenth army corps. figured
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
Second Note to Austria in An
coma Case Made Public.
QUOTES OFFICIAL REPORT
Declares Admission Made in Vienna
Statement of Nov. IS That Vessel
Was Torpedoed When Passengers
Were Still on Board Is Sufficient
Evidence 90 Fix Responsibility.

Washington Dec 23.--The reply Of
the United States to Austro-Hungary'
note on the destruction OF the Italian
liner Ancona follows:
The government OF the United
States has received the note OF your
excellency relative to the sinking of
the Ancona. which was delivered al
Vienna on Dec. Is, 1915, and trans
nitted to Washington, and has given
the note immediate and careful con.
sideration
"On Nov l5. 1915. Baron Zwiedinek
the charge d'atfaires OF the imperial
and royal government at Washington
transmitted TO the department OF
state report OF the Austro Hungarian
admiralty with regard To the sinking
of the steamship Ancona, in which II
was admitted that the vessel was tor
pedoed after engines had been stop
ped and when passengers were still
on board
Wilifuliy Violated Law
This admission alone Is. in the
view or the government OF the United
States, sufficient to fix on the com
mander of the submarine which fired
the torpedo the esponsbiity for hav
ing willfully violated the recognized
law OF nations and entirely disregard
ed those humane principles which
every helligerent should observe in
the conduct OF war at sea. In view Of
these admitted circumstances the gov
ernment of the United States feels
justified in holding that the details Of
the sinking of the Ancona. the weight
and character of the additional testi-
mony corroborating the admiralty's
report. and the number of Americans
killed or injured are i'm no way essen
tia matters OF discussion The cul
pability OF the commander is in any
case established, and the undisputed
fact is that citizens of the United
States were killed or wounded or put
in jeopardy by this lawless act
Insists on First Demands.
The rules OF international war and
the principles OF humanity which were
thus willfullv violated by the com
mander OF the submarine have been
so long and so universally recognized
and are so manifest from the stand
point OF right and justice that the
government OF the United States does
not feel called on to debate them and
does not understand that the imperial
and royal government questions OF
disputes them.
The government of the United
States therefore finds no other course
open to II but to hold the imperial
and royal government responsible for
the act OF its naval commander and
to renew the definite but respectful
demands made in it's communication
of Dec. 6, 1915. 1t sincerely hopes that
the foregoing statement OF its posi-
ton will enable the imperial and royal
government to perceive the justice OF
these demands and comply with them
In the same spirit OF frankness and
with the same concern for the good
relations now existing between the
United States and Austria Hungary
which prompted the government OF
the United States to make them"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23
Yes, Virginia, There Is Santa Claus.

trHls is THE FAMOUS SANTA CLAUS EXPLANATION TT
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-23

and the
w the time
qualification
or he
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-15
SOY BEANS OR cow PEAS WHICH?
Some Advantages OF The Soy Bean
Over Cow Peas as Soil
Improver.
NICHOLAS SCHMITZ,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Since the soy bean is coming into
prominence in this State many farm.
ers are beginning to ask the question,
is it better to grow soy beans or
COW peas?"
Which is best depends upon the soil
and the climate and the purpose for
which the crop is grown. Soy beans
can never take place of COW peas on
poor, sandy soil. For this soil nothing
has yet been found equal to the COW
peas. On the heavier clay soils of the
State soy beans are ordinarily better
suited than the COW peas
Soy beans will yield as much or
more hay per acre than the COW peas,
and the quality of the hay is better on
account of the soy beans retaining
their leaves much better than the COW
peas in the curing. Soy bean hay also
cures much more rapidly than COW pea
hay and is damaged less by rain.
Another advantage of the soy beans
is that they will yield anywhere from
10 to 50 bushels of seed per acre, which
can be harvested and threshed with
the same machinery and as easily as
wheat Cow pea seed will deteriorate
in case it is subjected to a week or
10 days Of wet weather after it has
ripened, while the soy bean is not
damaged under these conditions on &C
count of shedding the water quite
readily
The place of the soy bean in the
farm rotation will always be that OF
fertilizing crop as well as hay
crop. On the Eastern Shore and in
Southern Maryland, however, where
wheat is not paying crop and straw
is not essential for bedding, the soy
bean may replace wheat as a ready
money crop, the seed of the better
varieties now selling for from $3.50
to $500 per bushel.
There are many varieties of SOY
beans, and in the success with the
crop depends largely upon growing the
varieties best adapted to local condi
tions. There are certain varieties.
however, which will do we'll almost any
where in this State outside of the
mountain section There are: Will
son, Medium Yellow, Sable, Haber
land Virginia, Cloud, Ebony, Picking
and Taha. These varieties are all good
seed and hay producers, excepting the
Picking, which is better suited to seed
production and not so well to the pro
ductiOn of hay on account of it's not
growing as large as the other varieties,
although on good soil it will yield two
tons of hay to the acre.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-15

rowed in, to thoroughly incorporate
it in the soil. Lime should not be al
lowed to ''air" slake, as by so doing it
and Is changed back to the carbonate
the form in which it existed before
burning and consequently some of that
which was paid for in burning is lost
Lime put on small or large piles to
Stake should be covered with earth
to keep it out of contact with the air
while shaking, and, as soon as it has
come to powdery condition, it should
be spread on the land and narrowed
in
1t will generally be found more eco
nomical to haul water to apply to the
lime and slake it out at once rather
than cover with earth Stacking with
water would be more economical
method than to lose part of the value
of the lime through air shaking.
Do not apply lime on top of the
land with the idea that the rains will
dissolve it and carry it into the soil,
for, in the first place the rains may
not come until after some lapse of
time and much of the lime will have
returned to the carbonate; and, in the
second place, it takes 700 pounds Of
water to dissolve one pound of lime
and that amount of rain could not be
depended upon.
Pure Magnesium lime, which is com.
monty claimed to be poisonous to the
soil and crop, gave the highest yield
in crop test conducted at the Mary.
land Experimental Station, the results
of which were published in Bulletin
No 66.
A comparison of the results showed
stone lime and shell lime to be OF
about the same value ON the soil
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-15
LINE is WASTED WHEN IMPRoP
ERLY APPLIED.
II. J. PATTERSON,
Maryland Agricultural College.

Considerable energy is wasted and
money lost in the manner in which
lime is often applied. In the first
place it should be remembered that
the tendency Of lime is downward in
the soil, so it should always be applied
at the surface and never plowed under
In the second place it should be re.
membered that the lime, when in its
caustic or quick state, has the most
power in producing chemical and
physical changes in the soil For this
reason the aim should be to get the
lime into the soil in its active state
and have it thoroughly incorporated in
the soil before it has had a chance to
lose any of its active principles. With
this idea in mind, lime should be
Stacked by means of water, and, as
soon as in powdery state. should be
spread over the land and at once har-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-15
Roll &C Honor.

The following are the names of pupils
of the Oakland Grammar School who
were neither absent nor tardy during
the month of March:
First Grade miss Olive Dewitt,
Teacher)-Lola Montgomery, Mary
Scott. sJeannette Yelling, Nell Frantz.
Maxine Gale, Adeline Ashby, Helen
West, Anna May Echard. Helen Stuart,
Archie Miller, Luther Sellers, Percy
Lawton, Lloyd Liller
Second Grade Miss Jennie L. Miller,
Teacher)-Agnes Carney, Kathleen
Lawton, Donald Davis, Florence Ring
er. Paul Turney. Minnie Newman,
Helen TreacY, Oscar Kisner, Bly, Kis-
ner.
Third Grade-(Miss Zadie Browning,
Teacher)-Susie Lee, George Littman,
Willie Lauer, Wade Fike.
Fourth Grade miss Beulah Lough-
ridge. Teacher) -Arlo Flke, Keith Ash
by.
Fifth Grade-(Miss Orley V. Dun
ham. Teacher) Edward Pollock, JOS
eph Hesen, Philip Walters, Joe Hine-
baugh, Gertrude Glottelty, Marie
Stanton.
Sixth Grade miss Josphine Brown
ing, Teacher)-Ara Peddicord, Uriel
Cheuvront, Harry Newman, Albert
Straight.
Seventh Grade (Mr R, R. Sauner,
Teacher)-Fanny Newman, Elizabeth
Mitchell. Robert Scott, Edward Kahl,
Townshend Mayor, Efia Wamsley,
Carlton Hinebaugh, Martha West,
Mary West, Nell McComas.