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CHAPTER II.
GirI out ef tbe NigFt.

A GirI Out ef tbe Nigl1t. 0 NEIL climbed to the bridge. 4Ts
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 Captain Johnny.
 "It fs- But we're piled up on inc reef outside. She may hold fast. I hope so. for there's deep water astern, sand if she slips off she's go down" e.sI,d like to save my horses" said the Egounger man wistfully. Through all ethe strain of the past half hour or more his uppernost thought had been sfor them. But Brennan had no sym pathy for such sentiments.
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
 DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss., PRORATE COURT

March %, 1916 Estate of Jameb T. Brady, late of Sthe town of Bridgeport in said dis trict deceased
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for Creditors of said Estate to Those who neglect to present their exhibit their claims for settlement. accounts, properly atfested, within said time, will be debarred a, recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 JOHN F. BRADY, Executor. No. 8 North Washington Ave. U sa
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NOTICE
BRIDGEPORT HYDRAULIC
 COMPANY NO. S2O MAIN STREET

Water rates for the quarter ending April 1st, 1916 are NOW DUE and payable at the office Of the Company, No. 82O Main Street. All bills must be paid on or before April 15, 1916. Business hours on Saturdays from
 8 A. NJ. to 12 M.
 For the accommo dation of the pub lie the office will be kept open from
 8 A. M. to P. M. Mondays, April 3rd and 10th, 1916
 ALBERT B. LAvERY, ri t% Secretary.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
new WORKERS PLAN
NATIONAL MARKET

New York. Dec 20. - Plans for a
great national market" through
which food producers both for con
sumption in this city and shipment
abroad would be handled here under
governmental supervision for the pur
pose of eliminating the middleman as
an economic factor. were announced
by Joseph Hartigan. commissioner of
weights and measures OF this city.
He said that in April a conference
will be held and that he had been as
sured that il would be attended by
leading producers and shippers from
every state as well as official repre-
sentatiyes appointed by the various
governors. TO take up practical de-
tails of the plan The move, he said,
has the endorsement of Mayor Nit
chel and the meeting is TO be held
under city auspices.
THE fact that New York city rep
resents market OF 5000, 900 consum-
ers in itself for food supplies from all
over the country. as we'll as being the
chief distributing center for Europe,
has interested the producing men of
the country in this plan purely as a
good business proposition" the COM
missioner said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
SCANDINAVIAN NOTE
DECLARES FOR PEACE

..London. Dec. 30.-The Scandinavian
governments have sent a joint note to
beligerents supporting the peace note
of. President Wilson.
A Reuter- dispatch from Copenha-
gen says the Danish, Swedish and
Norwegian governments have in
structed their legations to address to
the governments of the belligerent
countries notes in which the Scandi-
navian governments, adhering to the
note of President Wilson concerning
measures TO be adopted for facilitat-
ing durable peace; declare they
would consider themselves as falling
in their duty toward their respective
peoples and toward humanity as a
whole ii they did not express their
most profound sympathy with every
effort which may contribute toward
putting an end to the sufferings and
losses. moral and material, which are
ever growing in consequence of the
war.
The three governments In conclu.
sion cherish the hope that the initia
tive taken by President Wilson will
lead to a result worthy OF the gener
Gus spirit which prompted this action
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
NATION CAN DRAFT
TO FILL RESERVES

Washington. Dec. 30.-Every able
bodied male citizen OF the United
States between the ages of eighteen
and forty-live years is held liable for
service in the national guard in war
time, without further act OF congress.
by war department regulations for the
government OF the guard issued un-
der the national defense act
In a circular prepared nearly two
months ago. but only just made public.
the militia bureau directs that where
a national guard regiment is called
out for war service. a reserve train.
ing battalion to fill vacancies at the
front shall be organized out OF the
national guard reserve and by volun.
tary enlistment.
''If for any reason" the order con-
tinues, there shall not be enough
reservists or enough voluntary enlist.
ments to organize or to keep the re.
serve battalions at prescribed strength.
a sufficient number of the unorganized
military shall be drafted by the presi.
dent to maintain such battalion or
lesser unit at the prescribed strength. "
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
GERMANY EXPECTS
ALLIED OFFENSIVE

Berlin, Dec 3O-Judging from un-
official reports from the front and dip
lomatic comment the peace efforts of
President Wilson, the central powers
and Switzerland will not succeed im.
mediately
That the war will not end without
the allies making another gigantic ef-
fort to break the German front is I'm
dicated by artillery preparations be.
ing made.
England in the west and her allies
in Greece. Russia and Roumania ap.
parently expect to accept General Hin.
Genburg's challenge for winter battle
When these battles begin peace talk
will probably subside to await tie
outcome of the bitter struggles.
Germany believes the entente pow.
ers will again meet defeat In their
efforts to break the Teutonic lines
The belief that peace will not come
until after the allies have attempted
another gigantic offensive is voiced
by the Vossiche Zeitung, which points
out the preparations that are being
made on all fronts by Germany's enc
mics.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
WHITE PINE BLISTER
WARNING IS ISSUED

Washington. Dec. 30-Attention Il
called sharply to the fact that the
white pine blister disease has beeu
found in'Western Wisconsin and along
the border OF Minnesota by Charles
Lathrop Pack. president of the Ameri
can Forestry association
The disease has a strong foothold
in New England and other Northeast
ern states said Mr. Pack, and warn
ings have teen issued by the federal
government against the spread of the
scouree, which threatens the lumber
industry
Each state west of the Mississippi
should at once enforce an absolute
prohibition against the importation oi
fine needle pines or currant and
gooseberry bushes, upon which the
fungus feeds The importance oil
state quarantines cannot be urged toe
strongly and hope Minnesota will
take appropriate action.
The white pine blister disease will
be one OF the principal subjects of dis
eussion at the annual meeting of the
association, to be held here Jan Is
and 10.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
FRENCH SOCIALISTS
URGE MORE SPEED

Paris. Dec. 3O.-A resolution has
been adopted by the Socialist congress
calling upon the government to pur,
sue a more vigorous policy both in
military and in economic action. SO
that the full resources of the country
may be brought into play and the war
terminated more speedily.
The resolution is predicted on the
assertion that the replies of the cen.
trail powers to President Wilson's note
leave no doubt that the offer of peace
negotiations was a snare.
Deputies who met German and 9th.
er foreign Socialist delegates at the
conference In Switzerland supported
a motion in favor of resumption OF
international relations among Social.
lists. This proposal was defeated by
small majority, after a long and
heated discussion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
WILL BE WORST ON RECORD
Locust and Drouth Damaging Argen-
tina's Crop.

Washington. Dec. 29.-Argentina's
grain crop this year will be one of
the poorest the country ever has seen,
due to injury by drouth and locusts.
Consular reports say the amount of
grain available for export this year
will total not more than 100000 tons.
Normally 2,500,000 tons are exported.
The rainfall this year has been the
smallest in a generation. Pasture
lands have failed to support the coun-
try's cattle and thousands of head are
dying. The Argentine department OF
agriculture has just obtained from
railways special rates SO that cattle
may be transported into territory
where some pasturage still exists.
Cereal prices in the republic are
the highest ever known.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
CHINESE PIRATES
KILL WRECK VICTIMS

Toxic, Dec. 30-Three hundred per.
sons. mostly Chinese laborers, perish.
ed in the wreck OF the Sankaku Maru
off Chefoo
Many victims were killed by Chinese
pirates who boarded the grounded ship
and plundered its passengers and
stores
The steamer went aground Wednes.
day Fifty survivors have been landed
in safety They include two Ameri-
cans
Because OF the mountainous seas all
attempts at rescue OF those aboard the
vessel failed at first.
II was impossible for the rescuing
boats to approach anywhere near the
Sankaku, but, the survivors say. the
pirates succeeded in driving close
enough to the ship TO board II and
make off safely with a large booty
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
VILLA LOSES IN BIG FIGHTS
Mexico City Reports Severe Defeats
for Bandit Leader.

Mexico City. Dec. 30.-It is officially
reported that the Villistas have suf-
fered several severe defeats in the
north during the last two days.
A decree has been issued giving
foreigners holding title to real estate.
mining and oil properties and timber
lands until April Is to resign their
treaty rights in so far as the proper.
ties in question are concerned
Formal remuneration Of such rights
must be made in accordance with the
decree issued more than four months
ago which provided that such foreign
ers must. in effect, become Mexican
citizens in as far as their property
was concerned
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30

Representative Hull OF Tennessee
says that neutral nations should ex-
ert their influence to secure in any
peace treaty that may be negotiated
between the belligerent powers the
adoption OF "a provision for an interna-
tional trade agreement congress.
Mr.. Hull announced his intention
TO introduce in the house a resolution
embodying his idea He believes that
such an agreement is vital to the
maintenance OF peaceful relations be
tween the powers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
Wants Modification of With
drawal Protocol.
AGREEMENT MAY RESULT
American and Mexican Commission.
ers Will Discuss New Phases and
indications Are That No Serious
Barriers Have Arisen.

Washington. Dec 30.-One more ap.
peal for modification of the protocol
providing for the withdrawal Of Amer
ican troops from Mexico is made by
General Carranza in a message de.
liyered to Secretary Lane by Luis
Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican
members of the joint commission.
The Mexican first chief replied to
the insistent American demand that
the protocol signed by his spokesmen
at Atlantic City be ratified. with an
S00-word document in which he failed
to accede TO the demand, but refrain
ed from writing anything that could
be construed as a fiat reputation.
The latest suggestions for changes
in the agreement will be considered
by the three American representa-
tives
Secretary Lane has asked his col
leagues TO meet him here as soon as
they can conveniently.
Early next week a joint session OF
the Mexican-American commission
will be held when the Americans will
give the Mexicans their answer
Neither Mr. Cabrera nor Secretary
Lane would discuss the nature of Car
rama s reply
II was learned the Mexican com
missioners are confident no insuper
able barrier has been raised by Car
rama
The chief insistence of Carranza
has been that the American troops
should be Withdrawn Internationally.
which the American commissioners
would not consider
There appeared reason to believe
one of the conditions to which Car
rama objects is that under which he
would be obliged TO garrison the ter
ritory evacuated by the Americans as
they marched out.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
RAILROADS STEAL" CARS
Charge Made by Interstate Commerce
Commissioner.

state commerce commission is consid
ering an order to be issued to all rail
roads to return all cars owned by 9TH
or lines Immediately upon unloading.
Railroad men urgently opposed the
plan, saying that the roads are doing
all in their power to cope with the
car shortage
Commissioners McChord said rail.
roads seem to pay no attention to the
railroad association orders and even
steal" cars from each other.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
MOOSE EXPIRES IN NEW YORK
Progressives Failed to Secure Neces
sary Number of Votes.

New York. Dec. 30.-Owing to the
failure of the Progressives in New
York state to poll the necessary votes
in the recent elections to entitle their
ticket to place on the ballot the
party lost official recognition in this
state and the doors of the Progressive
headquarters here-state and national
have been closed
At the Office OF George w Perkins,
of the Progressive national commit
tee. the only statement of an explana-
tory nature forthcoming was:
There Is no longer a Progressive
organization in this state"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
WHEAT SCARCE IN HOLLAND
Compulsory Brown Bread Regulation
Probable

Washington, Dec. 29.-Scarcity of
wheat -four in Holland has made prob
able another period of compulsory
brown bread and no white bread, as
there was for months last spring.
A1vices to the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce tell also of
reports that universal bread cards
will be employed and that consump-
ton will be restricted.
Hollands supply of wheat and -four,
1t is said, is likely to be exhausted by
the delay or loss of wheat laden
steamers. Bread prices continue to
rise.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
AWAIT ElGHT-H0UR RULING
Roads Will Not Act Until Supreme
Court Decides Adamson Law.

New York. Dec. 30.-Following the
meeting between railroad conference
committee and railroad labor leaders
Elisha Lee. chairman OF the confer
ence committee. said
"The railroads will await the deci.
sion OF the supreme court in the Ad.
anson law test case.
BY agreement with the department
of justice at Washington the railroads
will keep record from Jan OF the
wages of all employees affected by the
Adamson law. i'm order that. If the law
is upheld by the court. the employees
will receive the extra back pay due
them
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
Chairman Henry Wires Bos.
ton Financier.
TELEGRAM TO THE POINT
Head of House Rules Committee Tells
Noted Piuuger to "Put Up or Shut
Up'-Proposes to Push Bill to Regu.
late Stock Exchange.

Washington. Dec 30.-The contro.
versy which has followed Congress
man Woods resolution for investiga
lion of whether any member of Pres
ident Wilson's official family profited
in the stock market because of 'in.
side information" on the presidents
peace notes got into semi-official form
when Chairman Henry of the house
rules committee telegraphed Thomas
w. Lawson of Boston to come to
Washington and substantiate his pub
lished statements that he knew of the
so called leak and his prediction that
there would be another
Put up or shut up" said Chairman
Henrys telegram. Cease slandering
and libeling congress and public Off
Gals or make good your charges
Mr.. Henry announced that he would
reintroduce his bill next Tuesday TO
regulate the New York Stock Ex.
change
"lf Mr. Lawson states the truth
about Wall street and an alleged
leak, he said. 'it shows sconclusively
that the bill introduced by me in the
Sixtythird congress to regulate the
New York Stock Exchange should be
speedily passed and should be made
even more drastic
This short session should find a
way 10 protect the American people
against such crimes as the one just
perpetrated by Wall street. If Mr.
Lawson is anywhere near the truth "
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
DEATH RATE MUCH LOWER
Policemen and Firemen OutIive Ordi.
nary Citizens.

New York, Dec. 29.-Statistics pre-
pared by medical officers OF the New
York police and fire departments and
submitted to Mayor Mitchell by Fire
Commissioner Adamson indicate that
despite the risks of their service ii
is safer to be fireman than a police
man and safer to be either than a
plain citizen. Percentages of death
and illness are lower in both services
than in the general average of the
public.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
TEN YEARS FOR H0LDUP
This 10 Fate Of Man Whc Was His
Own Attorney.

San Francisco. Dec. 29.-Edwin Won
Walden, formerly of Cincinnati, COD
victed of holding up branch banb
In this city in August. was sentenced
to ten years in Folsom penitentiary
During his trial Won Walden acted a.
his own attorney.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
Postage Boost May Fall.

Washington, Dec. 29.-House lead
ers predict that the proposed increase
In postage rates on second class mat
ter, now included in the tentative
draft of the postoffice appropriation
bill. never will be enacted into law.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30

Smiths Falls. Ont, Dec. 29.-Six pas
sengers we're killed and several others
injured when the eastbound Toronto
Montreal Canadian Pacific railway e.-
press crashed into the westbound
Cornwall local near st. Polycarpe
Junction.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
$4,000 ARMENIANS DYING
American Ambassador to, Turkey Re.
ports on Food Shortage.

New York, Dec. 29.-Fifty thousand
deported Armenians are starving in
the vicinity of Aleppo, Asiatic Turkey,
as a result of recent temporary sus-
pension OF relief appropriations, ac-
cording to a cablegram from Ameri-
can Ambassador Elkus, received
through tho state department at Wash.
inStou.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
ROUMANiAN OIL FIELDS
ARE DESTROYED.

London, Dec. British
military mission i'm Roumania
destroyed Roumanian oil fields
valued at s150,000,000 before
that territory fell into German
hands, w. W, Rutherford, a
member Of parliament. an
nouneed at a general meeting
OF the Roumanian Consolidated
Oil Fields company here. He
said the property and stock
obtained by the Germans was
valueless.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
RUSSIA SEES INVASION BY
GERMANS AHEAD.

Petrograd, Dec. 29.-Invasion
of Russian soil, through Rou-
mania, is the object of General
Mackensens thrust through Do
brudja. Odessa is the objec-
tive.
On the west the allied front
is protected by the great Car
pathian range, and on the east
the Danube and Pruth rivers
are safeguards.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
Three Hundred Cars Burn.

Toronto, Ont, Dec. 30.-Barns Of the
Toronto street railway were destroy
ed by fire, causing loss OF $1,000, 900.
Three hundred cars were destroyed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
PRESIDENT May
PRESENT CASE
Said IeutOnS Are Willing to
Give Foe Terms.
SECRET NOTE is COMING
Central Powers Score Success in Re.
gion Of Rimnik-Sarat and Across
Danube-They Are Moving Rapidly
on Town of 5raiIa.

Danube- Ihey Are Moving Rapidly
on Town of 5raiIa.
Washington, Dec. 29-Germany, II
was made known here. will not per
NIT the road to peace negotiations to
be blocked by a refusal of the entente
belligerents to enter a conference with.
out prior knowledge of her terms.
IL has been forecast that the en-.
tente powers would base a refusal on
such a condition.
The central powers are represent
ed as willing to permit a confidential
exchange of broad tentative terms
through President Wilson, should 1t
become necessary to do SO to bridge
the gap which threatens to prevent a
gathering of peace delegates
statement of this position by Ger
many either had been communicated
to the United States government or
would soon be.
Official Text OF Reply at Hand.
The official text OF Germanys re.
ply to President Wilson's note has ar
rived and 1t was declared that no con
fidential communication from Ambas-
sador Gerard accompanied It.
There are indications, however. that
a confidential statement of Germany's
position. If made. would come through
the ambassador
II has been announced in advance,
however. that il would not be made
public and II is likely that its receipt
even would not be admitted.
Germany is looking TO the United
States to make every effort 10 bring
about a peace conference and to that
end is ready to consider any sugges-
tions from the president
As the case stands now the Ger
man government considers IL has met
all the suggestions in the presidents
note and statement to that effect
has been made by Count Won Bern.
storff, the German ambassador.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-30
RAIL CONFERENCE
WITHOUT EFFECT

New York, Dec. 29.-Resumption OF
conferences between representatives
of the railroads and the employees
brotherhoods was quickly terminated
The reason was understood to be that
the conference committee of railroad
managers sought TO apply the recent
switchmen's arbitration award to the
present controversy over the Adam
son act The brotherhood chiefs were
obviously disturbed
New York, Dec. 29.-Creation of
federal commission to decide disputes
between railroads and their employees,
regardless Of whether the United
States supreme court may hold the
Adamson act constitutional, was the
suggestion which the chiefs of the
four railway brotherhoods indicated
they might place before the confer
ence committee of railroad managers
Representa- yes of the two sides
went into conference here to discuss
the Adamson legislation and its ef-
fects.