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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
PROCRESSIVES PLAN
TO TAKE OVER G. 0. P,

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Progress.
sives and Progressive Republicans of
the West and Middle West intend to
take over the Republican party bod
lily before the next national convention.
A plan to accomplish this end within
the next four years already has been
formulated.
1t is believed by those familiar with
the details that it will be the most
comprehensive and intensive effort to
remake political party that ever
has been attempted in this country.
The meeting of Chester II. Rowell,
Republican state chairman of Califor-
mia; Raymond Robins, Clifford Pin
chot, Harold l.. Ickes, William Allen
White and j. r. Garfield at Chicago
a few days ago was significant of some
such move. 1t was more than that,
however The plan itself was per-
pected at that conference.
Mr.. Rowell, who came East to
sound sentiment about it, outlined the
general scope of it, I'VE propose to
make the Republican party the Pro
gressive party in 1920" he said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
YD-CEORCE HAS
POWER OF DICTATOR

London, Dec 12.-England's every
resource is to be turned into the con
duct of the war. Every luxury is to
be cut off.
Nothing could be clearer than this
decision in the public's behalf, after
announcement OF David Lloyd
Georges new cabinet and considera.
tion of preliminary measures to be
enacted.
The little Welshman becomes prac-
tically dictator of England. Associat
ed with him In the war council are
Earl Curzon, who will be government
leader In the house of lords: Andrew
Bonar Law, who will be leader in the
house of commons; Arthur Hender
son and Lord Miner. ministers with,
out portfolio.
Because Curzon and Law will be
largely occupied with their duties In
the two houses the war council really
narrows down to a permanent mem
bership of three men, and two OF
these-Milner and Henderson-are
without other tasks than that of mem.
bers OF the war council.
They are left entirely free to prose
cute the war with Lloyd-George.
Thus the government forces are
aligned for efficiency. This new gov
ernment also plans reforms for pub
lie economy. 1t is believed practical.
ly certain that Lloyd-George's regime
will impose absolute prohibition on
spirits throughout Britain. Manufac.
ture of liquor will be forbidden.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
COAL PROBE
STARTEDIN FIVEC CITIES

New York, Dec. 12.-The federal
governments inquiry into the high
cost of living began here with prepa-
rations for grand jury investigation
of the coal business.
Similar Investigations will be made
in Chicago, Detroit Toledo and Gin
cinnati These inquiries will be in
terlocking and will exchange infor-
nation.
According to Frank Swacker,
special prosecutor representing the
department of justice, the government
already has discovered that there has
been no shortage in the supply OF
anthracite coal at this port and no
warrant for the high prices charged
by some dealers.
Mr.. Swacker said that the grand
jury would consider also evidence
relating to conspiracies in fixing the
prices OF food commodities.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
NEW JUDGES LOSE CONTEST
viii Not Occupy North Dakota su
preme Bench Until Jan. l..

Bismarck, NJ d., Dec. 12.-Three re-
tiring justices of the supreme court OF
North Dakota will not be replaced by
their successors, chosen in the recent
election, until the first Monday in Jan.
uary, under decision handed down
by the provisional supreme court
composed OF district judges.
The decision also set aside the plea
OF the justices elect that the provision
al court, made up of four district court
judges, was without authority to act
The justices elect, j. e. Robinson
Luther Birdzell and r. M. Grace, con
tended the state constitution fixes the
first Monday in December as the time
for the new justices to take their
seats and had declared that they had
formally qualified last Monday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
GERMAN PLEDGE is BROKEN
Washington So Decides In Case Of
British Steamer Marina.

Washington. Dec. 12.-Announce-
ment was made at the state depart
ment that complete information now
at hand covering the case of the Brit
ish ship Marina, torpedoed with loss
of six Americans. makes it appear to
be clear cut" violation of Ger
many's pledges TO the United States.
Full information on the case of the
Arabia will be awaited before the
next move is made, which Is expected
to take the form OF new note intend.
ed to clear up what appears to be diff
ferences OF Interpretation on what
Germany's pledges in the Sussex case
actually covered, especially with
reference to armed ships.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
BRITISH CAININ SOUTHAFRICA
Advance Sixty Miles Along Two Hun
dred-Miie Front.

London, Dec. Unsuccessful British
operations In German East Africa. by
which the British line OF investment
was advanced sixty miles along a
front of 200 miles. are described in a
Reuters dispatch from Nirggoro. The
advance was made from New Iringa
and Kissagi to the coast
In the course OF the operations a
detached German corps. consisting of
seven white officers. forty-seven white
soldiers and 240 native soldiers. was
captured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
CHICAGO POLICE GET BUSY
Four Hundred Jailed in Windy City
Crime Wave.

Chicago, Dec. 12.-Nearly 400 sus-
poets are in cells as result of a
weekend crime wave that aroused
the police to great activity. In addi-
ton there were seventy men and
women who had been taken from
houses and flats on the South Side.
Sixteen robberies were on the police
report book, of which number six
were holdups done in the West Thir-
teenth street police precinct alone.
Other robberies were reported, but
not listed on the precinct books, in
Guiding a safeblowing. One South
Side man was shot and wounded when
he fought off four highwaymen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
Supreme Court Sets Date
for Argument.
PROTECT ALL INTERESTS
Law Is Slated to Take Effect the First
OF the Year, but Both Sides Are
Amply Looked After In Stipulation
Agreed to by Attorneys.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Arguments
on constitutionality of the Adamson
railway wage law were set by the su-
preme court for Jan. 8.
Although the court set the argu-
ments for week after the law goes
into effect the interests of railroad
employees and also the railroads are
deemed amply protected under the
stipulation signed by railroad and
government attorneys.
This stipulation, part of the Off
cial record, requires the railroads to
keep special accounts of wages due
employees under the Adamson act, for
prompt payment If the court sustains
the law.
The stipulation also suspends all
litigation both by the railroads and
the government over the law pending
the courts decision.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
Prince oyama Was Leader Against
Russia.

Toxic, Dec. IL. - Field Marshal
Prince Iwao Oyama, commander-in-
chief of the Manchurian army of ia
pan during the Russo-Japanese war,
ts dead.
Field Marshal Prince Oyama pos
Bessed the highest military and civil
'honors in the gift Of the emperor.
Prince Oyama was ssyenty-four years
old. In the war with Russia he acted
as commander-in-chief and added to
his reputation by series Of victories
A princedom was bestowed upon him
for his achievements.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
GEORGE p. BEMlS is DEAD
Famous as Promoter, Adventurer and
Mayor of Omaha.

Omaha, Dec. 12.-George Z. Bemis,
who, with his cousin, George Francis
Train, built the first tramways in Lon
don, Is dead. He had been twice
elected mayor of Omaha He was
seyenty-eight years old.
The career o Bemis, who for many
years was associated with his cousin
Train, was unusually spectacular.
In 1870, when the Prussians we're
invading France. Bemis and Train at
tempted to found a French republic.
They were about to be shot for ''in-
citing to treason" but the order was
countermanded. Train, IL was report
ed, snapped his fingers at the firing
squad and he and Bemis wrapped the
American flag about them. Train and
Bemis campaigned together for wom-
an suffrage in Kansas in 1867.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
BANDIT TELLS
OBJECT OF WAR
Villa Issues Proclamation to
Mexican People.
FLAYS The UNITED STATES

Manifesto Calls for Annument Of Al
carranza Concessions and the Re
pudiation OF All Foreign Claims
Americans Are Called "Barbarians. ;
FL Paso, Tex, Dec. IA NANTES
to, issued by Francisco Villa and
printed at San Andreas, Chihuahua
copies of which were received here
set forth Villas reasons for wagine
war in Mexico. The document, which
is signed by Villa as "commander-in
chief" emphasizes the slogan, Mex
leo for Mexicans."
"All the peoples of the earth," the
document begins. "are capable in de
termined moments of the greatest
sacrifices when they see their national
integrity menaced and when their
rights as free men have been jeopar
died
"Of this we have an example in the
titanic confagration of Europe, and
particularly in heroic Belgium.
Our fatherland also has arrived al
the solemn moment when we must op
pose the unjustifed invasion by ou
eternal enemies. the barbarians o.
the North"
Villa regrets that Mexico cannot
be unified because OF the Carranzs
partisans. whom he calls renegade
patriots"
Villas declaration of principles in
! clude Annulment of all Carranzf
concessions; reputation of all foreign
claims for damages.
Only those foreigners OF continuous
residence in the country for twenty
! five years and who have become nat
uralized citizens for the same perio(
will be allowed to acquire property
| in Mexico.
All foreign property is confscated
All railroads and mines are included
in the confscation. and to stimuIat,
Mexican industry. il is made unlawful
to trade with the United States. Tt
! this end all rail and wire connections
will be cut eighteen miles below tn,
I boundary.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
y. BARLEYCORN" NAMED
IN DIVORCE ACTION.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. IL.
John Barleycorn" was made
correspondent in a divorce suit
filed here by Hazel Wadlow,
seeking a separation from her
husband, Charles Wadlow. The
petition alleges that John
Barleycorn' has been a very in
innate associate of the defend
ant for three years past, and
has been frequent visitor at
the home, and at such times
the defendant has been con-
stantly with him."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12

Berlin, Dec. IL. - Emepror William
has returned from a visit to Emperor
Charles. The German emperor. who
was accompanied by Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, visited the Austrian
emperor In his camp at Austro-Hun-
garian headquarters
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
NINETEEN DAYS ON THE TRIP
Submarine Deutschland Arrives al
Home Port.

Berlin, Dec. 1.-THE submarine
Deutschland is home from the Unit
ed States.
She was nineteen days returning
from New London, Conn, from her
second visit to America.
She will start back soon with an
other costly cargo.
The previous return trip from the
United States occupied twenty-three
days.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
ADMITS THEFT TO DlSPROVE
MURDER CHARGE.

Chicago, Dec. 12.-In order
to clear himself Of the suspi-
cion of having murdered his
wife, Howard de Weese con-
fessed to having committed a
number of burglaries in Salt
Lake City, Utah. De Weese
said he returned from robbing q
house about Sept. 20 and found
his wife with her head crushed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12

Shipping Speed Law Void.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 12.--The Nebras-
ka law requiring railroads to trans
port live stock at an average rate of
1877 miles an hour on main lines and
fourteen on branch lines less than
125 miles In length, was declared un-
constitutional by the state supreme
court
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
WAX NAMED IN NEW ROLE
Merchant Charges Gay Decelver With
EmbexzIcment.

New York, Dec. IL. - Charles H.
Wax, alias '"Oliver Osborne" confess
ed breaker OF women's hearts and
selfstyled enchantsr. elusive party to
Rae Tanzer's $4,000 suit against
James Osborne, developed new role
when an irate grocer, who refused to
give his name, charged that Wax en-
bexxled $2,4O0 from his wife.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
Grandson Of Houston Dead.

Austin, Tex, Dec. 1z.-Captain J. Fl.
Morrow of the Texas national guard,
q grandson Of General Sam Houston,
famous az . Mexican war soldier.
died here. He served in the United
States army and was stationed In the
Philippines and Hawaii.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
Jealous Husband Kills Brother.

Portland, Ore, Dec. 12.-Samuel
Amato was shot and killed by his
brother, Frank Amato, in the latter's
home. Frank told the police his
brother had forced unwelcome atten.
tions on Mrs. Frank Amato and that,
returning homs suddenly. hs haA sur
Dglsod him
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12

San Antonio Tex, Dec. 12.-After
more than sixty-three hours continuous
piano playing, e. ]. Leach of Knox
Vile, Tenn, claimed new worlds
record here. The former record WAS
81 hours 80 minutes and 80 seconds.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
FOUR PERSONS ARE KILLED
Automobile Struck by Train at Yer.
gas, MINI.

Detroit, Mimi. Dec. 12.-Four per.
sons were killed when a train on the
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault Ste
Marie road hit the automobile they
we're riding In at Vergas, Ottertail
county. The dead are Alfred Koplin
Mrs. Alfred Koplin, Mrs. Phillip Kop
lin and Mrs. Dettinger.
Francis Koplin, thirteen years old
son OF Alfred Koplin, was seriously
hurt. but an infant of Mr.. and Mrs
Koplin was injured.
All lived at Frazee, Becker county
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
NEW BRITISH PREMIER Ill
LIoyd-George Unable to Visit King
With His Colleagues.

London, Dec. 12.-Premier Lloyd
George is ILL. He was unable to 60
to Buckingham palace with members
Of his cabinet to receive the seals OF
Office from King George.
Andrew Bonar Law and the other
members of the ministry who are not
required to seek reelection on as
sumption of office, and also the lords
who are cooperating with the new
administration, went to the palace
kissed the hands Of the king and 70
eeived their seals Of ONCE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
SEEK TO BREAK
TEUT0N|C LINES
Russians Hammer Away at
AuStrO=GermanS.
MAKING SOME HEADWAY

Evident Purpose Is to Hold the Mol.
davia Frontier Safe and Get In Be.
hind Enemy Forces in Effort to Cut
Communications.
London, Dec. 12-The Russians are
hammering away at the Austro-Ger.
man lines on the western frontier OF
Moldavia and report making headway
In the valleys running toward the
west. Their object apparently is not
only to hold the Moldavian frontier
safe, but possibly to achieve an event.
full success in breaking well through
into Hungary and cutting In behind
the Austro-German supply lines lead.
ing into Roumania from the north.
Indications point more strongly
than ever to the probability that the
new defensive line OF the Roumanians.
following their retreat from Bucha-
rest. will be drawn along the Buzeu
river, forming the southern boundary
of their northern province OF Mol
davia
Additional reports from Petrograd
indicate a considerable measure of
success by the Roumanian Northern
army in holding up the Teutonic ad
vance northeast along the railroad
from Ploechti, north of Bucharest. to
the town OF Buzea, located at about
the center of the Buzean river line.
which stretches eastward to the lower
reaches OF the Danube.
New Buigsr Forces Threaten.
These Roumanian forces are threat
ened not only by Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's Danube army. but by
new contingents of Bulgarians which
have crossed the Danube between
Silistra and Tchernavoda.
Berlin reports that the pursuit by
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's troops
Of the retreating Roumanian armies
continues in spite of a pouring rain
and the destruction of bridges. At
places some resistance was met. the
statement adds, and this has been
broken. Several thousand more Rou-
manians were taken prisoners.
There has been little fighting OF an
important nature on the other fronts.
In Macedonia the Serbians report hav.
ing driven the Bulgarians back in one
sector northeast of Monastir. On the
Franco Belgian front little has devel
oped beyond intermittent artillery ac.
tivity in the Somme area and aviation
operations on a considerable scale.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12

Evident Purpose Is to Hold the Mol.
davia Frontier Safe and Get In Be.
hind Enemy Forces in Effort to Cut
Communications.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-12
HERO OF JAP CONFLICT DIES

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Denver labor bulletin., 1916-12-09

on and it, together with costly and ILL
advised management, resulted in Rookie
Teller taking over the whole works of
the Merritt group. He refused to re-
new the loan and the real developers
were left with empty hands. The hard
times had also pressed Oliver to the
wall and he was in way of financial
collapse when approached by the Carne-
gle Steel company, and seeing a way
out he hurried to Pittsburg.
1t was there that the steel trust, the
most pitiless eXploiter of labor the world
has witnessed, conceived itself in the
mind of Henry Clay Frick, chairman of
the Carnegie Steel company. Frick knew
Oliver needed money and he enforced a
most amazing contract upon him which
Oliver, having no alternative but bank
ruptcy, accepted. The Carnegie Steel
company loaned Oliver S50O,OOO, to be
spent in development work. This loan
was secured by mortgage and, of course,
was to be repaid with interest. Yet a
condition of the loan was that Oliver
must give to the Carnegie Steel com
pany, half of his present and future
holdings. In other words, Oliver was
held up for half his ore properties,
worth untold millions and the Carnegie
Steel company, afterward to become the
nucleus of the United States Steel Cor
poration, came into control OF half its
present vast interests on the Mesaba
range without costing Carnegie so much
as a postage stamp!
However, there was further work to
be done, and Frick and Oliver, now work
ing together, dickered with Rockefeller,
and by contract with Greasy John, Sc
cured leases on all the mines Rockefeller
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-12-09
How the Steel Trust Got 1t
By HARRISON GEORGE

1t is the custom for an employer,
when faced with demand for a wage
increase made by organized labor, to
emit loud howls OF purse stricken pain,
to cry "confiscation" and complain that
the predatory poor" are rendering value
less his immense holdings, into which he
has sunken-at great personal risk-his
life, his fortune and perhaps-his sacred
honor"
Let us review, in brief, just what this
argument is worth when applied to the
United States Steel Corporation in it's
requirement of the largest iron ore de-
posts in the world on the Mesaba range
in Minnesota.
Iron was discovered on the Mesaba
range in 1890. As the United States
Steel Corporation was not formed until
1901 we must deal with those whose acts
led to its formation. The swarm OF
spectators which overran the range
upon the discovery of iron ore can be
roughly divided into three groups: the
Merits and their friends, group of
local capitalists; lot of get-rich quick
pure or impure speculators, who
grabbed everything in sight and then
lay on their cores" waiting for some.
thing to happen. Something did hap
pen-tho not to their liking. The first
question was that of transportation and
the Merritts, who We're real developers
built a railroad from Lake Superior to
the range. This required more money
than they had, SO they borrowed the
necessary cash from Rockefeller and
with child-like simplicity, mortgaged
their entire interests-mines and rail.
road-to the Oil King.
The panic of the early nineties came
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-12-09

had taken away from the Merritts. ct
al; agreeing, in consideration of the
small royalty he assented to (25c per
ton), to ship not less than 100000 tons
of ore each year over the Rockefeller
roads. Rocky caught them coming and
going.
This was great advantage to Carne-
gle and Oliver, as the combination be-
tween them and Rockefeller sent the
third group into Mysteries OF fear and
they fought with one another to get
out from under. This was Just what
Frick and Oliver had figured on, and
after much trouble in forcing Carnegie
to accept the fortune thus to be OBJ
tanned; finally won his consent and they
bought up the best remaining locations
on the range; acquiring for what was to
be the steel trust-incredible riches for
a song. Says Oliver, writing to Carne-
gle, July 27, 1897, in an effort to get
you, that if it had not been for our
Rockefeller deal, with the consequent
generalization caused by the publication
thereof; it would not have been possible
for us to now secure the other range
properties 7 propose to acquire. Nov
let us take advantage of our action be-
fore a season of good times gives the
ore producers strength and opportunity
to get together" Sure, while he's down,
kick i'm in the Stats!
All perfectly legal? Certainly! Or
ganized wealth has always at its elbow
the cringing corporation lawyer to see
that it stays out of jail. tho not neces-
sarily within the law. The only one to
be accused of lawlessness, to be convict
ed on the slightest offenses, on the most
transparent frame-ups is always the
worker who demands a raise. the organ
izer who shows the worker the road to
power!
This. then, is the sum of steel trust
control on thc Mesaba range! The en-
ployer, whose capitalization is the stag
pering sum of 81, ,4O4 100000, acquired
the greatest part of its ore properties
without the expenditure Of a single dol
lar This gigantic employer. whose divi-
dends this year will exceed three hun
drcd millions of dollars, refuses the
right Of its miners to organize or de-
mand wage increases. This is one OF
those firms who veil appropriation"
when labor asks for a nickel a day to
be added TO its wage -pittance; despite
that they hold their property rights in
natural resources by reason of no virtue,
by chicane and by trickery. This is the
firm that backs with its grimy millions,
the persecution of brave men; the firm
who desires the conviction on a framed
up murder charge of Carlo Tresca, Sam
Scarlet and Joe neutrality-suspicious.
who brought their loyalty to labor into
the miners strike and who are guilty of
no other crime.