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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

DIR. MOORE is specializing in the
treatment of pyorrhea and diseases
of the teeth and gums. Special eme-
tine treatment expertly given. Cases
from out of the city will receive
prompt attention.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
SWEET JERSEY MILK

and cream from high-grade Jersey
COWS. That's what you are getting
when you patronize the Creamy
Dairy. Furthermore you will get
milk that is just as pure and clean,
as sanitary surroundings can make
it. Other people like our milk and
our service. Try it and you will too.
Greany's Dairy. Farmers Phone,
Lancaster, Wisconsin. 2w12p
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

past ten years. The funeral services
were held from the Methodist church
of this city Rev BeaVins, conducting
the service. InteTment at Hillside.
Two sons and one daughter, and two
grandsons survive.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

twp. Consideration -- 7,480.00
Frank Webb and wife to Her
Little Grant. Con. = 1,699.51
Herman Koppen and wife ct
acres in Cassville twp. Con. 100000
Sherman Smalley to Edwin
Helm, lots in Cuba City.
Consideration ----------- 100000
Matt Hendricks and wife to
City. Consideration - 10000
Clarence Fralick and wife
BagIey. Consideration 100000
Mary Massman to Barbara
Schwingle, lot in Muscoda.
Consideration - $4,000
p. S. Graham to Roy E.
Fennimore. Con- - 10000
r. w. Peters to Leroy Chit
wood, lots in Blue River.
Consideration -------- 375.OO
Geo. Muender and wife to
Manifee Burris of Mont
fort. lots in MOntfort. Con. 1,15O.OO
lots OTIS in Muscoda Con. - 10000
Lewis COllard to John Pet
Muscoda Consideration 10000
Aug. Mousseau and wife to
Mascoda. Consideration 100000
Charles and Joe Neswatch-
Tuscoda. Con. - $500
Caroline Huber to John
er eric o-'it twp &C consideration 100000
w. c. Coumbe and wife to
Blue River. Con. - 10000
George Elwood McFall and
wife, Martha E. McFall to
James B. Edge, 40 acres in
Harrison twp. Con. ----- 3.SOO.OO
Henry O'Hara and wife to
Gilbert GilbertsOn, 800 a.
in No. Lancaster. Con. = 100000
Jas. Whitish and wife to VIM.
Earl, lot in FennimOre.
Consideration ----------- $4,000
Lewis COllard to Olive Heff-
ner lots s, and 10 in blk
80 of vii. Muscoda. Con- LOO
Alkaline A. Dillen to Martha
Waldorf, lot in FennimOre.
Consideration ----------- 10000
F. z. Rector to Andrew Al
len, lot in Fennimore. Con. $4,000
Geo. Graney and wife to Hal
Horton, lot in FennimOre.
Consideration - $4,000
John Peacock and wife to
Louis G. Brechler, lot in
Fennimore. Con. - 10000
n IJOnlrinc 10 TbnC
Jerrett, $50 acres in No.
Lancaster. Con. - 100000
Zaidee Edge and William
Edge to Pearl Storrs, lot
in Fennimore Con. 1900 5000
Peter O'Holt to Severt S.
Oleson, lots 1, 2, 3, 10, II
and u blk z Brindley's
add. city Boscobel. Con- 100000
Leo. V. Conlon and wife to
vii. of Cuba City, lot in
Cuba City. Consideration LOO
Grace Wilson Marks to Jno.
Rowden, lot in Fennimore.
Consideration - 100000
McLimans to Eu
gene and Roy Loney, lot in
FennimOre. Consideration LOO
Henry Koenig and wife to
Fred Freymiller, cont. $50
acres, more or less in Ma
rion twp. Con. -------- 6,500.00
John Hendricks and wife to
Cuba City. Con. - 1880
Chas. E. Marks and wife to
John c. Napp, lot in Fenni-
more. Con. ---------- 10000
I. NJ Smith to Ira w. Smith
LOT in FennimOre Con 5000
Marie Lauerman to Anna
Lauerman, lots in Musco-
da. Con. --- 3l5.O0
Jesse Blackburn and wife to
in MiIlville, Con. - 100000
Albert Marshall and wife
to Thomas Bailie, cont. 16
in Bloomington. Con. - $4,000
A. Trapp and wife to Writ
Monroe, IS acres in Mill
vile twp. Consideration $4,000
Caroline ThOrsOn to Robert
McLimans, lot in Boscobel.
Consideration ----------- 10000
L. A. Clark and wife to Geo.
Slaght, lot in Platteville.
Other val. consideration
and l.OO
J. S. Peters and wife to
Frank Reed, lots IN Blue
River. Consideration - 100000
Frank A. Reed and wife to j.
S. Peters, land in Wat
terstOwn. Consideration 100000
Henry Lee and wife to Jas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

FOR SALE-Fifteen calves; half
steers and half heifers, one year old /;
two steers, 2 years old. Well bred
stuff Frank ZenZ, Lancaster, Rt. 9.
Farmers phone. 7p1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
FOR SALE-LivestOck.

FOR SALE Calves, yearlings and 2
year-olds; some milk COWS; also q
quantity of good hay and seed oats
Fay BOrstOw. Tito
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

I HEREBY announce my candidacy
on the Republican ticket for Grant
County Treasurer, subject to the
action of the September primaries.
Respectfully, JOHN E. DIVALL,
Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
Gold for YOu.

Gold to the amount of $50 will be
given FREE in the publicity cam
paign by the Gross Music House. See
their ad on page eight.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

ASTONISHES Lancaster-The quick
action of buckthorn bark, glycer-
inc, ETC., as mixed in Adler-i-ka,
the appendicitis preventative, as
tonishes Lancaster people. ONE
SPOONFUL Of this remedy relieves
sour stomach, gas and constipation
AT ONCE. J. T. Bennett, druggist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

hereby announce my candidacy on
the Republican ticket for Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Grant county, sub
ject to the action of the September
primaries. FRED G. BURR,
Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

MODERN HOME FOR SALE-Having
purchased farm, 1 offer for sale my
modern home, located in the Fourth
Ward, 2 blocks from high school.
This house is practically new and
modern in every respect, with Z
rooms and bath; house has east
frontage. Lot is 78x12O feet. Good
garage and chicken house. @. E.
Mcmahon. 48tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

1 hereby announce myself on the
Republican ticket as a candidate for
sheriff of Grant county, subject to
the action of the September primar-
les. w. G. HYMER, POtosi, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

GOLD FOR YOU-GoId to. the amount
of $500 will be given FREE in the
publicity campaign by the Gross
Music House. See their ad on page
Eight.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

FOR RENT-A first class house To-
Gated in the first ward, east of the
North school. This includes a
large garden, an abundance of
fruit and pasture large enough for
cow See Phil Bennett, or in
quire at this office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
Gold for Ynn.

Gold to the amount OF $50 will be
given FREE in the publicity cam
their ad on page eight.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-The Massey Homestead"
consisting of 1854 acres of farm,
timber and pasture land; large,
brick house and other improvements.
Located in the village of Potosi,
Wis. Address, Mrs. E. E. Foster,
executrix, Potosi, Wis, 29tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

FOR SALE OR TRADE-One four
passenger Moline automobile, in ex-
ce1lent condition. This is a bar
gain. Will sell cheap, or trade for
cattle. L. D. Eastman, Lancaster,
Wisconsin. Site
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

FOR SaIe-Team OF horses; one is
grey horse years old, sound and
reliable. The other is colt, brok-
en-, coming 3-year-old. Also a
farm wagon. J. G. Bailie, Lancas-
ter, Wisconsin. 4tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

FOR SALE-Eggs for setting. White
Plymouth Rocks at SOC the dozen.
Mrs. L. B. Roesch, Lancaster, Wis,
Rt. 8, Farmers phone, 4tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12


I wish to announce my candidacy for
the office of sheriff of Grant county
on the republican ticket, subject to the
decision of the September primaries.
Your support is respectfully solicited.
BERT CAMBRIDGE, POstOffice, Sin
Sinawa Jamestown, Wis.
I hereby announce myself as can
didate for the Republican nomination
for District Attorney of Grant county.
FRANK G.. MEYER.
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE Good brood sows. old and
young. Bennett Bros, Lancaster,
Wis. RID. Farmers phone. 7tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

FOR SALE. D. Hatch has three
young draft bred brood mares and
four young Aberdeen Angus bulls
for sale. ATTIC
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

FOR SALE-My farm, 154 acres IA
miles northeast of court house on
Fennimore road. VIII leave from
so to so per cent on the place for
10 years at per cent. The best
buy in Grant county. w. A. john
son. 52tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

I hereby announce myself as can
didate for the Republican nomina-
ton for Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Grant County at the primaries held
in September.
CHARLES w. BURROWS,
Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-My farm of 172 acres, To-
Gated miles north of Lancaster,
and miles south Of FennimOre.
Will rent for cash or on shares. G..
H. Vesperman, Lancaster, Wis 52tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

l hereby announce myself as can
didate at the September primaries for
the Republican nomination for the Of
flee of District Attorney OF Grant
county.
MANFRED S. BLOCK,
Platteville, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12

FOR SALE Medicine business with
team and complete outfit. Address
inquiries or call on G. F. Dickin-
son, Lancaster, Wis. 4tfc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
SUMMONS.

State Of Wisconsin
In Circuit Court for Grant County.
Otto Smith Atkinson, Eliza Jane At
kinson and Blanche Alice Remy,
Plaintiffs,
VS.
Robert Atkinson. Christopher Atkin-
son, Frances, Maria Atkinson, William
Forck, Delos Woods, Warren Creig
and David Birch,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-03

TRY TO IELL u
Dick came forward slowly to the
bed. He tried to speak as though
nothing had happened.
q am having he~furniture from
the apartment taken over to Mrs.
Selwin's today, Margie," he said. 81
know you are going to be comfOrta-
bIe."
I looked up solemnly. Dick, I
shall never be comfortable in mind
or body until one of two things hap
pens"
And they are?"
"One that I may be able to walk
again, the other that may die"
Dick did not say anything and l
was glad he was silent.
Please, Dick, don't think l am a
wilmer. am trying to be calm and
keep my sanity. I am more sorry for
you than for myself.
81 have sent for you, Dick, to ask
you to promise something and to tell
you, whether you promise it or not,
I have determined on a course that
may seem to you, at first, rather COW
ardly."
why don't you wait little, Mar
gle? You are not over the shock of
it all yet, Take little time to adj
just your shrieking nerves"
Dick, you certainly know the one
thing I cannot stand is suspense. l
am so glad you did not tell me when
you only suspected my condition. I
would have died a thousand deaths
waiting for the verdict.
But the sentence has been pro-
nOunced and although it is an indie
terminate one, yet l must prepare
myself for the carrying of it out.
Most of all, please believe me, my
husband, when l say I am concerned
about you.
"Since I have been lying here I
have had much time to think, and
since Eleanor FairlOW died I have
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-03

) OF A WIFE
lex OF MY PLAN.
derstand you, tried to see that in a
mans world a mans temptations
were greater than he sometimes
could resist"
Dicks hand stole over mine.
''Margie, Margie," he said, you
will kill me with your kindness.
''No, Dick, did not mean to be any
kinder to you than I was to myself.
I know, and so do you, that marriage
might be successful without love, but
not without perfect trust"
'Woman-like, I had planned a
great beginning all over again when
l should come to you in the fullness
of health and say: Here l am, Dick.
Take me again to your heart. have
banished distrust and all thought Of
revenge. I only want to be happy
while we live-and then this awful
thing comes to me. can't be any
thing to you but drag.
while l live my very presence pre-
clUdes you from enjoying the COM
pany of any other women that might
make you happy. Dick, my heart
would break if I thought you were
caring for another women and was
standing between.
Dick, this is what I am coming to.
I must have some hopeI must have
your assurance that you will help me
end it all if we find l am never to be
well again"
Dick looked at me in horror.
''Margie, you do not know what you
are sayingw
Perfectly, and I know that unless
you will help me you will not only
have a bed-ridden wife, but an in
sane woman on your hands"
Poor girl, you are very near it
now" said Dick tenderly. Listen to
me, dear. We are not going to give
up for one moment the idea that you
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
GERMAN MILITARY
CRITICS CAUTIOUS

Ioneon aug l6. A special cable
TO the Daily News from Rotterdam
says Ga. Eoraht once more rebukes
the EASY optimism in Germany. which
refuses to recognize the danger Of the
Russian offensive Commenting. in
he BerHnef TaSehlau. with particu.
lar frn,uess on tile latest Russian
VI 9rics h. writes
"BrusiloG's attacks III the region Of
Il mcster re- cf strategic signif-
canoe Ills idea seems to he that il
he cannot push directly throush the
armies in front OF Lemberg he can
force them into retreat by pushing
back the neiehboriug armies North
of Lembere this plan has thus far been
unsuccessful, while south OF thesDnies.
ter, We are told. regrouping Of armies
had not been completed when the Rus
slams obtained their success.
1t is quite wrong 10 ignore the Rus.
sian attacks and sav after every new
event ia tone OF superiority that this
attack will of course. be beaten off
Also it has an injurious effect on our
own prospects when people assume
they can perceive the plans of the
most silent of an army leaders and
assure each other that these obstinate
Russian attacks Will not have the
slightest influence on Hindenburg's
operations.
"That we shall finally be able to
bring this Russian offensive to a
standstll and perhaps even throw it
back, we all hope but we have a very
difficult task In meeting the clever
leadership OF Brusiloff with his stu.
pendous material i'm men and help Of
artillery from Japan and America"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
CAUCUS APPROVES
REVENUE MEASURE

Washington, Aug l6 - The admin
istration revenue bin as amended by
the senate finance committee was ap
proved by the Democratic senate eau
Gus
The measure, leaders estimate. will
yield $205, 600 annually. an in
crease Of $7.500,0 900 over the estimat
ed revenue as il passed the house
Final approval of the measure was
voted after the caucus. which began
sessions on the measure a week ago
had debated the various sections ex
haustively and had defeated many mo
tions to sitter lire provisions inserted
BY the committee
The bin also provides for the crea
tion of a nonpertisan tariff commits
sion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
ITALIAN WARSHIP
AFIRE; 300 DEAD

Paris, Aug 16.-The Italian dread
nought Leonardo Da Vinci caught fire
and blew up in the harbor OF Taranto
Italy, and 800 of her crew were
drowned, says a Turin dispatch to the
Petit Journal. The date of the disas-
ter is given as a day in August.
The fire, says the dispatch. was dis
covered in the dreadnought's kitchen
and spread rapidly.
The captain Immediately ordered
the magazines flooded and tried to
beach the battleship. but one maya
zine exploded before this could be
done
The vessel was turned over on it's
side and large number of the crew
were thrown into the sea
II is believed the battleship can be
righted and refoated.
The Leonardo Da Vinci was a sister
ship of the Conte di Cavour and of
the Giulio Casare and was launched
in October, 1911.
Its displacement was $4,000 tons
and it was 57512 feet long, 91A feet
beam and carried total company of
951 men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
III EVENT OF RAIL STRIKE
St. Paul Would Be Out of Coal Within
Ten Days.

st Paul, Aug l6. - The supply OF
coal in St Paul viii not last more
than ten days if a railroad strike is
called
This was the concensus of opinion
of wholesale coal dealers, who have
tried i'm vain recently to increase their
stores There is no immediate. pros
pect for the supply being increased.
Sufficient coal is on hand for house.
holders to last until cold weather un.
less they suddenly order unusual
amounts The big deficiency would be
i'm soft coal. used for power purposes
The supply of soft coal on hand is
small many small manufacturing
plants having only several days sup
ply.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
TELEGRAPAERS
MAY WALK OUT
Northern Pacific Keymen
Taking Strike Vote.
LONG NEGOTIATIONS FAIL

Main Points of Difference Are De
mands of Employees for Fewer Hours.
Ten Per Cent Increase in Wages
and Two Weeks Vacation With Pay.
St Paul, Aug. 16.-Demands for
changes in the working rules and in
creased wages may result in "a strike
of the Northern Pacific railroad teleg-
raphers Ii is announced that the
telegraphers of the system are taking
a strike vote.
The taking of a vote follows the
failure of railway officials and repre-
sentatives of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers TO get together after
numerous conferences during the past
three months.
The main points of differences are
the demands Of the employees for few
er hours, an increase in wages amount
ing 10 practically 10 per cent, and two
weeks vacation with pay
Although the company has agreed
TO some Of the minor demands, the
main points of issue are far from set
tlement. according 10 H. j Manion
fifth vice president of the Order OF
Railroad Telegraphers. who was called
here from New York two weeks ago
to take general charge for the EN-
Moves
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
i. !. !. + !. + !. !. = = j. T. !. i. + :. i
IMMIGRATION ON DECLINE
Lowest Years Record Since 1898 At.
tributed TO War.

Washington. Aug. 6.-Immigration
to the United States during the fiscal
year just ended again reached a
phenomenally low mark. lower even
than that of the first year of the war
Compulsory retention of citizens in
Aliens who intend to remain in the
United States arriving in the twelve
months ended June 30 numbered $685.
s26, comparing with 1926, 700 a year
before, and establishing the lowest
record since 1898.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
DEATH TRAIN PILOT
is KILLED BY WORRY

Toledo. O. Aug l6. ~ Dennis w
Leonard. engineer on the Twentieth
Century limited. New York Central
train. which was wrecked at Amherst
O.. March %. last, was found dead in
bed at his home here.
Heart disease superinduced by wor
ry over the wreck Is given by physi
clans as the cause of death He was
absolved from blame in the catastro
phe. but has been unable to keep out
of his mind the sight of the wreckage
and the cries of the mangled passen
gers.
Engineer Leonard was fifty-two
years old.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
CHINESE AND JAPS IN CLASH
Possibility of Complications in the
Far East

London, Aug. 16.-Possibilities of
complications in the Far East were
seen in reports Of a clash between
Chinese and Japanese troops at Cheng-
chiatun, northeast of Peking
Toxic dispatches assert the Chinese
were the aggressors, attacking the
Japanese garrison and later besieging
the Japanese in the Chengchiatun
fort.
One officer and seventeen Japanese
soldiers are reported killed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
DUE TO THREATENED STRIKE
Order to Move Militia TO Border Is
Suspended.

Washington, Aug 16- Because OF
the threatened railway strike the war
department has suspended indefinite.
ly the proposed movement to the Dor
der of between $4,000 and $4,000 mo.
bilized militia in state camps last
week to the Mexican border
The reason for suspending the order
is a possible shortage of supplies and
difficulty of obtaining transportation
for the men 1t has no connection, il
was said, with possible use of the
troops during the threatened strike
Until further orders are issued
none of the organizations who are pre-.
pairing to leave state camps will be
sent to the border
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
ATTEMPT. TO BURN CROPS
Allied Aviators Drop Bombs on Ger
man Harvest Fields.

Berlin, Aug. 16.-Allied military
chiettains have attempted to aid the
'starye Germany" campaign by set.
ting fire to German harvest fields.
Raids by Anglo-French aviators
over the Black forest and farm lands
rear Karlsruhe are said to have been
experiments.
Incendiary bombs were dropped Ia
fields with the object of starting great
fires. but did only slight damage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
REPORTED BY GEN. PERSHING
Mexican Army officer Killed by Amer
lean Soldier.

San Antonio, Tex, Aug. 16.-A
lieutenant of the Carranza army was
shot and killed by an American pro
vost guard at Colonia Dublan three
days ago, according to a report to
General Funston by General Pershing
The dispatch mentioned no names.
The Mexican officer had fired on a
Mexican Northwestern railroad brake.
man. The provost guard ordered the
officer to halt.
The latter turned and fired at the
American, who then shot and killed
the lieutenant
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
OPTION ELECTION Is CLOSE
BeitramI County. Mimi, Votes on Sa.
loon Question.

Bemidji, Mimi. Aug 16-"Wets
are leading in returns from the op-
ton election in Beltrami county. With
thirty-fve outlying precincts. casting
about 400 votes. yet to be heard from
the "wets" lead by 103 votes out OF
approximately $500 reported
Unusual interest attaches to the
election more than 1000 votes being
cast. The fifty-three precincts that
have reported included the city OF
Bemidii which voted dry, 366 to 1888
Only Beaudette and Spooner have
saloons, the rest of the county being
dry under provisions of the Indian
treaty.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
FAv0RS SALE OF ISLANDS
Lower House of Danish Pariame nj
Acts Favoraby.

Copenhagen, Aug. is. - The lower
house of the Danish parliament voted
in favor Of selling the Danish West
Indies to the United States, If a plebis.
cite favored the sale.
Thea ote was 62 for the proposition
to "A against it, one member being de-
MED vote and six being absent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
Mall Delay to Be Lessened.

Washington. Aug. 16-How Brit.
aims examination CT international
mail was conducted has been explain.
ed to Secretary of State Lansing. The
statement says examination of mai,
to some foreign countries has beer,
reduced from one to three days and
that much of the delay heretofore ex.
pefienced In transmitting neutral cor
respondence will be eliminated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16

President Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor was
characterized as public nuisance"
by Senator Sherman OF Illinois in a
DEPRESSION from a senate speech on
the shipping bill
There is no more tyrannical out
rageous injustice than that of leaders
who live on the sweat of other peo-
pies brows. said Senator Sherman
Mr. Gompers is a public nuisance +"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
MAY Admit Paper Free.

Washington, Aug. 16.-News print
paper is to be placed on the free list
to relieve the present shortage, Demo
cratic members of the senate finance
committee plan. Paper valued at not
more than 5 cents pound will be ad
nitted free.