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the year just past, there are many
places where it can be applied with
beneficial results. So many of our
roads in this hundred are so low and
swampy and AZ times so completely
watorlogged that it is hard to tell
when best to apply each years al
lowance. However, as a result the
hard world of the last few years we
are beginning to make some consid-
erable show in road work, and hope
ultimately 10 get all our roads broken
in. On several Of our sandy roads
we have spread a layer of clay and
worked il into the body of the road,
and on other stretches of clay roads
spread sand with beneficial results
in both cases. This year we scrapod
twenty-five miles and dragged several
times over fifty miles. and cut some
four hundred rods Of side ditches.
Five go small very handsome CON
crete bridges were built, an of 20
feet width of roadway and of various
lengths and heights. and some forty
! (40) repaired. Seventeen metal pipe
oulyerts were put i'm and fifteen old
culvorts repaired We used I'm our
bridge work; n - barrels of ce-
ment, 81 barrels Of nails, 120 pounds
wire. and 545 iron rod reinforce
ments. 22OS feet of lumber. and JSSf
/ feet Of bridge plank.
List of tools. one scraner. nine
steel drags. one old wooden drag. one
road plow, one scoop. picks. shovels
etc
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED.
TrOmas p Casey. Supervisor
Receipts.
Bal on hand April 1, 1915. Sl2.0445'
, Cash for taxes ... 12A7S.6!
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"The balance this year is some
what smaller than last year. and is
accounted for 10y the heavy road work
done The Marsh Road, from it's in
torsecton with the Silvofside Road
to within a short distance of Carr
croft station, some $500 feet i'm
length. was completely rebuilt with a
good macadam road ~ feet wide and
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Material ..... ........ 2.799.45
Overpaid taxes ...... ..... 152
Miscellaneous road .......... 1000
Scariier ... ......... $500
SS,991.S1
Balance April 1. 1916 ... s2,969.SO
1--WE have little better balance this
year than last, notwithstanding that
very much expensive work was done.
and a good secondhand stone crush
er. with new bins and engine. was
bought. On the Limestone Road. Walk
er's Hill and Chambers Hill, were cut
down, and about mile Of road was
graded for receiving macadam top
Continued on Page Eight0
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weu DIR PerosP 70
remedies tablet by Doctor Pierce ANuc has been
Y, the kidneys
aidr eadng urine and urinary yhoubes
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ASSESSMENT.
Rate. .S0.4O on 10000

The report Of Engineer Wilson
reads
To the PRESIDENT and Members OF The
Levy Court Of New Castle County,
Delaware
an accordance with an Act passed
by the General Assembly. 1907, en-
titled An Act 10 provide system for
the repair and improvement Of the
public roads, bridges and causeways.
in New Castle county. for the col
lection Of hundred road taxes, here
tofore assessed and levied and 10 re-
peal all acts Inconsistent herewith
beg to submit the following:
APPOINTMENTS HUNDRED.
Levi Lattomus. Supervisor.
Receipts,
Bal on hand April /, 1915 .S271932
Cash for taxes. .............. 3.769.25
$6AsS.57
Disbursements.
Labor ........... ..4.....S2.Sl1. .bh
haulng ........ .-........s., l,52O.4l
material ........ .......... l23.hO
Overpaid taxes ...... ...... 447
Miscellaneous road ........ 1000
Scarider ... ........... $500
Town Of Townsend zee. .... 400 OO
S5.g45. 05
Bal on hand April 1, 1916. s9iS.52
"This last year some good hard
work was done In this hundred and
many roads which heretofore had
been out of shape for years, were
rounded up by our road machines and
gotten ready for maintenance by the
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done. We cut down and reduced the
grade Of twelve u2 different hills.
and widoned the road al these places.
"The very wet recent winter caused
many of the roads OF This hundred
like the roads elsewhere TO become
very sogey and ruitod. and in places
entirely broken through. but the
good effect OF the previous road work
ing was seen in the effect tho drag
has had i'm the last week or two. In
month or $50 of dragging The roads
win ho restored TO their condition of
last year.
List of tools one now wheeled
scoop. two scrapers. two wheelbar-
rows. three mattoX. one pick five
shovols. three spades, one plow sew
en- steel drars nine wooden drogs,
saws. hatchet, axe, sc.
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has been discovered by Dr. Pierce of the Invalids'
Hotel Buffalo, N. Y, that will ward off
BACKACHE, HEADACHE,
RHEUMATISM, ,LUMBAGO,

NoTE - You've all undoubtedly heard of the
famous Doctor Pierce and his wel-known medicines.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for weak women
and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for the
blood have been favorably known for the past forty
nd ,lo adia tod Jav
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MONARCH BOLSTER
CASES, SIZE ~ BY OOo
y .............. AOO
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DRESSING SACKS, MADE
or FIGURED LAWNS, 0Eo
VERY SPECIAL .... ZOO
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
FRENCH AND TEUT0NS CLASH
Opposing Forces Face Each Other on
Greek Frontier.

London. March 21-A strong French
column with light artillery from the
Saloniki entrenched camp has attack
ed and occupied the villages OF Nfacf.
kovo, Karadaeh and Kosuna, which
had been entered by Teuton and Bnl-
earian forces. according to dispatch
from Saloniki The French had only
a few casualties Owing to the en-
croachments of the Teuton allies into
Greek territory and the consequent
advance of the French tho neutral
frontier zone which had been agreed
upon between the Greek and Bulgarian
governments is now eliminated
Forces of the central powers and Of
the entente allies are face to face,
the dispatch adds. and shelling, snip
ing an6 grenade throwing are in prog
ress in the neighborhood of the above
mentioned villages, about thirty miles
north of Saloniki.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
LAWYER is KILLED BY WIFE
New York Woman Claims Deed Was
Done in Self-Defense.

Frederisk, Md, March 21.-Mrs.
Eloise Young English shot and killed
her husband, Arthur +. English, law
yer of New York, at their home near
here.
The shooting was done in the pres
ence Of their six-year-old daughter and
is said to have occurred during a
quarrel English was the son of
Thomas Dunn English, a former rep
resentativo in congress from New Jer-
sey and the author of the song Ben
Bolt"
Mrs. English asserts that she shot
in self-defense, when her husband, In
a fit of anger, pointed a revolver at
her An examination of the body of
English showed that a bullet had gone
through the heart and that four other
bullets had taken effect. The furni-
ture In the room in which the body
was found was in great disorder, indi-
eating that a struggle had taken place
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
LAWYER AND BRIDE KILLED
Dubuque (Ia.) Couple Meet Death in
Auto Accident.

Dubuque, Ia, March 21-Attorney
Thomas Fitzpatrick and his young
bride of two months were instantly
killed and Mrs. Margaret Morrison OF
Chicago, mother of the dead girl, was
severely injured when the automobile
in which they were riding left the
roadway six miles out of Dubuque,
rolled down an embankment and turn
ed over, pinioning the occupants be-
meath It.
Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. David Hack
of Chicago were riding In the rear
seat. They were thrown clear of the
car. Mrs. Morrison suffered broken
wrist and slight bruises. Mrs. Hack
was only slightly hurt.
Mrs. Hack is daughter of James
NJ German, president Of the Rock Is
land railroad.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
DUTCH STEAMERS ACQUIRED
Pacific Mail Steamship Company Adds
Three to Its Fleet.

Amsterdam, March 21.-The Pacific
Mail Steamship company of San Fran
cisco has purchased three steamships
from the Dutch West Indian Mail
Steamship company.
The steamer Venezuela, previously
to the Pacific Mail company and has
sailed to San Francisco under the
American flag and with a Dutch crew.
The other two steamers are the
Ecuador and Colombia. They will
leave soon for San Francisco.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
Goes on Record Against
Large Standing Army.
AMENDMENT IS DEFEATED
BY Vote of t5s to 81 Lowereranch Of
Congress Refuses to Increase Regu-
lar Military Force of United States
From 100000 to 100000 Men.

Washington, March 21.-The house
went on record overwhelmingly
against large standing army.
BY rising vote OF 1853 to SO it de-
feated an amendment of Representa-
tive Kahn (Cal) to the Hay army re-
organization bill which would increase
the regular army from 100000 to 22O,-
0OO.
The senate probably will pass the
Chamberlain bill at once, doubling
the number of West Point cadets and
giving 500 privates Of the regular
army appointments to the academy.
The senate also will pass the Till
man bill appropriating $1l,00OO0O for
a government armor plate plant.
Following the armor plate bill Chair
man Chamberlain of the military COM
mittee will ask the senate to displace
the Meyer water power bill and take
up the army reorganization bill
Although the Hay bill will be passed
by the house by Thursday indefinite
discussion of the army program is
promised in the senate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
DULUTH AWARDED REGATTA
Rowing Championships viii Be Decid-
ed Aug. II and H.

New York, March 21.-The annual
championship scull and gig races OF
the National Association of Amateur
Oarsmen will be held under the
auspices of the Duluth Boat club of
Duluth, Mimi, Aug. IL and IL, the ex-
ecutive committee of the association
announced after a meeting here.
Invitations from Lynn, Mass, and
Buffalo, n. Y, were considered before
the regatta was awarded to Duluth,
but their claims were rejected because
the races had not been held in the
West in more than four years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
FIFTY AEROPLANES
IN GREAT BATTLE

Basel, Switzerland, March 21.-
When twenty-three allied aeroplanes
raided Mulhausen, Upper Alsace, the
greatest aerial battle of the war took
place. Accounts just reaching here
declare that more than fifty machines
were fighting at such close quarters
that the German anti-aircraft guns
had to cease fire to avoid hitting their
own machines.
One French airman rammed Ger
man machine, which fell in flames.
Five German aeroplanes and three
French fell, the occupants OF all be
ing killed. Even while the allied air
men were fighting they dropped bombs
IN military positions.
Many thousands of persons witness.
ed the combat.
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SlO0,00G,00O IN INCOME TAX
Returns for 1916 SIS, ,coo,coo More Than
Estimated

Washington, March 21.-The income
tax will place In the United States
treasury this year approximately $780,
600, 900, or $l5,000000 more than was
estimated last fall, according to pre-
liminary estimates compiled by the in
ternal revenue bureau.
Returns last year were about $50
600 600 and the new figure is a record
The estimates, which cover both in
lividual and corporation returns, are
based on reports of revenue collectors.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
FIVE DIE OF ASPHYXIATION
Two Mothers and Three Children
Found Lifeless in Gotham.

New York, March 21.-Two mothers
and three children were found dead
here from gas asphyxiation. The vic
tins were Mrs. Theresa Backstetter,
twenty-six years old; her daughter,
eight, and q son, one year old; Mrs.
Ann Quarry, thirty years old, and
her four-year-old son.
In each instance the tragedy was
discovered by the husband and father
when he returned home.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
HAS FEARFUL EXPERIENCE
Woman Hides in Abandoned Mine
From Villa Bandits.

El Paso, Tex, March 21.-On the
verge of a nervous breakdown, Mrs.
Wallace Rogers, Detroit, Mich, the
wife Of a mine owner, hugged her baby
tightly in her arms and retold the
story Of their tow days refuge in
an abandoned copper mine shaft in
the Cananea district, while Villaista
bandits ravaged the countryside and
sought to slay all Americans.
Mrs. Rogers said the Mexicans be-
came infuriated at the sight af the
American flag and respected only the
British flag. Many Americans, she
asserted, were compelled at this time
to seek protection under the folds OF
the British Union Jack
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
AiRMEN RAID ENGLISH COAST
Nine Persons Are Killed and Over
Thirty Injured.

London, March 21.-Nine persons
were killed and thirty-one injured in
a raid of four German seaplanes over
the east coast Of Kent, it was an
nounced officially
A British airman brought down one
raider over the sea, the German OBJ
server being killed.
The total casualties SO far reported
are: Killed three men, one woman
and five children, injured, seventeen
men, five women, nineteen children
AS far as ascertained forty-eight
bombs were dropped altogether.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
Director of interior Resigns Post, Says
Imperial Ukase.

London, March 21. = An imperial
ukase announces the resignation OF
Alex I. Khvostoff, Russian minister OF
interior, according to a Reuter- dis
patch from Petrograd. Premier Stur
mer is assigned the portfolio, adds the
dispatch, assuming its duties in addi
tion to those of the nreniarshin
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
CALL WAGE DE MANDS UNF AIR
Eastern Railroads Issue Statement TO
Stockholders.

New York, March 2l.-A statement
has been issued by the Eastern roads
conference committee of managers to
stockholders stating that the demand
Of railroad trainmen for higher wages
is unfair.
THE carriers cannot and should not
shoulder this burden of an unwarrant-
ed increase of s100,000,000 in the
wages of a small minority of en-
ployes," il SAYS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
RUSSIANS AGAIN
TAKE SPOTLIGHT
Heavily Attack Both German
and Austrian Fronts.
SLAV LOSSES IMMENSE


Cars Troops Are Killed, Wounded
or Made Prisoners in Sudden offen-
sive Against Won Hindenburg'a Line.
London, March 21.-Heavy Russian
attacks on both the Austrian and
German fronts shift interest tempo
rarily from the waning German often
sive around Verdun,
The Austrian war Office admits the
Austrians were compelled to give
ground near the Vocieczko bridge
head
The Slavs attacked with grenades
following an artillery bombardment.
Berlin dispatches assert the Rus
slams lost 10000 in killed, wounded
and prisoners in a sudden offensive
against Won Hindenburg's lines on a
sixty-fve-mile front in the wilma re-
gion.
The German positions were bonn
barded twenty-four hours previous,
but artillery preparations were inef-
fective, Berlin reports. Won linden
burg's men met the offensive with a
steady stream of machine gun fire.
Pemograd dispatches are silent on
the new Russian offensive. 1t Is be
lieved the Russian strokes were de-
livered to prevent the shifting Of more
German troops to the Western front.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
NEW BRITISH DEPARTMENT
Bureau to Give Effect to Policy of
Import Prohibition.

London. March 20.-The board OF
trade has instituted a department OF
import restrictions" to give effect to
the British policy regarding the pro-
hibiton or restriction upon imports to
meet the deficiency in tonnage. Sir
William Guy Granet Is controller of
the department.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
Mine Damages Danish Town.

London, March 21.-Two thousand
panes of glass were shattered and
serious damage resulted to houses and
shops when a mine which drifted
ashore off Gudhjem exploded, says
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Copenhagen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
Tiqhten Net Around Villa.

FL Paso, Tex, March 21.-Villa has
doubled east and south to Namiquipa,
according to a telegram received from
General Gavira He reports that the
Carranza troops are advancing from
the south, while the Americans are
continuing their march from the north
in an effort to close the net around
the bandit
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
Mesicans in Pershing's Rear.

Ell Paso, Tex. March 21.-Carranza
troops stationed at Casas Grandes and
other points of that section at the
time General Pershing began his
march into Mexico are located at Jua-
rez, opposite Ell Paso, and in the rear
of General Pershing's columns, 1t was
authoritatively stated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
10000 NEW YORK SCHOOL
CHILDREN HUNGRY.

New York, March 21.-More
than 10000 school children in
New York city are suffering
from some form of malnutri-
ton, according to report of
the school luncheon committee
of the Association for Improv-
ing the Condition of the Poor
Emphasis is placed on the
necessity of extending the pen
ny lunch system, although in
the school terms ending last
February 100000 portions of
food were supplied to the pu-
pills at the rate of about one
third of a cent a portion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
SHOOTS THREE; KILLS SELF
Tilted Lover Turns Loose With Gun
Near Butler, Pa.

Butler, Pa, March 21-Alexander
10th, thirty-nve years DID, tailor of
Pittsburg, shot and killed julius Pc
tro, twenty-one years old, and his faith
er, Stephen Pctro, wounded the for
mer's wife and then committed sui
eide at the Petro home near here.
Mrs. Petro was former sweet
heart of 10th, but married Petro two
weeks ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
Use of Railroad necessary.

THE American forces are reported
at Galeana." Or. Bush said. Twenty
miles south OF there Is FL Vale and
from that point the only practicable
way of bringing up supplies is by rail
road. The valley converges there into
a narrow, deep gorge in which about
1000 people live. The territory In
which Villa probably will remain is
embraced in an imaginary line be-
tween chihuahua and Minaca, with the
Mexican Central railroad on one side
and the Sierra Madre on the other.
"His soldiers have the advantage
over the Americans in that they will
travel light with only few days pro
visions and are seasoned and well able
to stand the hardships Of mountain
campaigning in that climate"
Or Bush said that he had no doubt
that villa was spreading stories Of his
wonderful victories over the Ameri-
cans, Of how he captured Texas, and
that Carrauza had gone over to the
United States 1t would be easy, he
/ said for him to make the ignorant
poems believe the widest stories
Another serious situation has been
caused by General Gales, military
governor Of Sonora, that the La Colo
rada Mining company of New York
reopen their mine at Hermosillo at
once. He has wired the company that
II the mine is not reopened immedi
ately he will take it over and run it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
GERMANS CHARGE
BRITISH SANK SHIP

Berlin, March 21.-"The Cologne
Volkszeitung reports several credible
witnesses said that soon before and
after the sinking Of the Dutch steam
ship Tubantia a British submarine
was observed near Noord Hinder light
ship" says the Overseas News agency.
There is good reason to believe a
British submarine sank the Tuban-
tia"
Count Won Reventlow in the Tages
zeitung also expresses a suspicion that
d British submarine sank the Tuban.
tia, particularly i'm view of the state
mcnts Of officers OF the vessel that
they observed the course of torpedo
Count Won Reventlow says that in
several similar cases previously there
we're indications that British suEma
rines destroyed neutral steamers,
while the press at the same time was
spreading reports that German subma-
rines were responsible, thus creating
i'll feeling against Germany in neu.
tral countries"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
PRINCE OF WALES IN EGYPT
Heir to British Throne Appointed Staff
Captain.

London, March 21.-"The Prince OF
Wales has arrived In Egypt on ap-
pointment as staff captain to the gen.
eral officer commanding in chief OF
the Mediterranean expeditionary
force" says an official statement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
Premier's Life Attempted.

London, March 21.-An unsuccess-
full attempt to assassinate Premier
Radoslavoff Of Bulgaria is reported in
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Rome.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21

Zeebrugge is on the Belgian coast
twelve miles northeast of Ostend
Since the German occupation this port
has become of considerable impor-
tance, particularly as German sub
marine base. 1t Is one of the princi-
pal points from which submarine op-
erations in the North sea are di-
rected
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21

In response to similar reports previ.
ously from German sources, the Brit
ish government last week denied
there was any ground for conjecture
that the Tubantia might have been
sunk by a British submarine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
BRITONS FEAR FURTHER
INCREASE I'M TAXES.

. London, March 21.-COnsid-
. erable increase in taxation will
. be proposed in the budget early
; next month, according to the
: Daily News.
; The News expresses the he
: lief that the income tax and
: taxes on spirits. sugar and to-
: bacco win be increased and
: new duties are likely to be
: levied on imported watches,
!. clocks. hats, plate glass and
: automobile tires.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
FORTY-SEvEN SEAMEN LOSE
French Destroyer Is Torpedoed in the
Adriatic Sea.

Paris, March 21.-The French tor
pedo destroyer Renaudin has been
sunk in the Adriatic by a submarine.
Three officers and forty-four of the
crew were lost.
Two officers and thirty-four OF the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
BELGIAN TOWN BOMBARDED
Sixty-five Allied Aeroplanes Attack
Zeebrugge.

London, March 21.-Sixty-fve allied
aeroplanes bombarded the Belgian
coast town of Zeebrugge. All re-
turned.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21
MALANCOURT is BOMBARDED
Germans Attack French Position With
Artillery.

Paris, March 21.-German forces
have bombarded Malancourt and an
attack made by them on the French
position at Cote de Poivre has failed
according to announcement by the
French war office. There has been
intermittent bombardment in the re-
gion of Vaux.
Berlin, March 2l.-An attack made
by French troops on the village Of
Vaux, northeast of Verdun, was re-
pulsed with heavy losses, the war of
flee announced.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-03-21

El Paso, Tex, Maran 21.-The rail-
road problem oversRadowed every
thing here in the Mexican situation.
A refusal by General Carranza to the
request of the United States govern
ment for permission to use the rail.
roads will embarrass the operations
OF the American troops, while ac~
quiescence would be bound to be seri-
ously msccnstrucd by a large part OF
the Mexican people and to be eX-
plotted by the enemies Of General Car
rama.
Americans familiar with the coun-
try where the columns are assert 1t Is
imperative the railroads be placed at
the army's disposal for bringing up
supplies.
Or. !. ]. Bush, formerly chief sur
geon of Madero's army, asserted that
speedy transportation. facilities are
essential to further progress by the
American soldiers.