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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
ATTACKED BY PET BUCK.
Hatchery Superintendent and Wife Set
Upon While Feeding Pet Deer.

Auburn, Me.-John +. Stanley, sew.
enty-six, superintendent of the Maine
fish hatchery grounds, and his wife,
seventy-one, were nearly killed by q
pet buck which suddenly became en-
ragged. Stanley was feeding the ami
NAL, which charged on him. breaking
several ribs and cutting and bruising
him. Mrs. Stanley was awakened by
the noise and, clad only In her night
gown, rushed to the inclosure to aid
her husband. The buck charged her,
too, and would have killed her but for
a collie, which set upon the deer and
drove him away.
Mrs. Stanley crawled to the tele-
phone, gave the alarm and then faint
ed. Her husband was found half sub.
merged In brook and helpless. The
buck was killed by order Of the state
authorities.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
SANTA CLAUS BANS WAR
TOYS FOR THE KIDDIES
Everything Else For the Children
Being Made In Great Ken
sington Plants.

Philadells lshla. Santa Claus sat In his
workshop Twas nearing the middle
Of December-the childrens own month
and Santa was wondering what
they'd like In their stockings.
Haven't you been reading the pa
persT queried his first assistant. "War
nothing but war. Give 'em soldiers
this year. Tir soldiers with medals on
their breasts, and muskets and cannon
and block fortresses and real subma-
rine ships that will sink and war aeros
that will fly. Give the babies the war
10 play with
But Santa gazed with sad eyes.
Peace on earth" he said softly. Men
slay each other, but the children OF
men mustn't cherish thoughts OF MUIR
der. Wen give them their dolls and
their toy animals to teach them love,
and pray through them IL may rule all
men"
That's what Santa Claus said He
gave orders that never q cannon nor Il
soldier was to be made in his work
shop. And he sent out word to all his
assistant workshops up and down the
world that he didn't care to drive his
reindeer along housetops this year for
the purpose of dropping war toys down
chimneys.
At the big toy factories in Kensing-
ton the word that Santa Claus sent
down from the north pole was received
joyfully. The factories never did make
many war toys. This year they'll make
almost none
But dolls are there-dolls and dolls
and dolls. There are "rolly dollies."
designed for children so tiny that their
toys must sort OF take care of them
selves. Then there are dolls that near
ly approach old fashioned. too hand
some French dolls; golden curls, blood
red smiles, fixed, starry eyes and rufiied
gowns. And best Of all, there are char
acter dolls-modeled after real, live
breathing boys and girls. They wear
their straight, soft looking hair bob
bed their cheeks are only pink as regu
lar children's cheeks are pink their
little gingham dresses were designed
and made by a dressmaker who for
years was children's dressmaker.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
FIGHTS BIRD KILLING PLAN.
Audubon Society Says Work Would Be
Harmful For Boy Scouts.

Trenton, :. 1.-The plan to have
week next spring set aside for the ex-
termination Of the English sparrow and
to enlist the services of boy scouts and
other children in the work OF killing
these birds meets a protest from the
New Jersey Audubon society.
wholesale killing of birds by chill
dren, whose characters are peculiarly
sensitive TO impressions received at
such stage in their lives" says the
society 5 protest, even though such
killing be confined to a species under
stood TO be misplaced and undesirable.
cannot in our estimation have other
than very detrimental effect on such
child characters Moreover, there is
not more than one in 100 of our adult
population who is able to certainly
identify the English sparrow from ma
tive species when at liberty, and such
a crusade as that proposed would al
most surely result in a destruction of
valuable native birds, the evil effect OF
which would far more than offset any
possible advantage resulting from Eng
lish sparrow killing
"Any effort locking to the destruction
of the English sparrow in this country
should be under a carefully formulated
plan, whereby the work should be care
fully done by experienced persons fully
capable of discriminating between the
foreign and native species and prefer
ably by means of traps, so that the
birds caught could be handled and ex
amined and any native birds caught
liberated unha rmed"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
LEFT PRISON A REFORMER.
auinIan, l. w. W. Leader. Told of Evils
He Found as a Convict


He Found as a Convict.
Paterson, \. Patrick Quinlan, the
[. W W. leader who was released
from the New Jersey state prison after
serving time for melting riot. told al
audience of 1000 persons in Turn hall
that he was going into prison reform
conference in Newark with Thomas
Mott Osborne, former warden of sing
Sing. and several other leaders In
prison reform. Quinlan was In the
Trenton prison for a year and half
In his recent campaign against CON
ditions in New York prisons Mr.. Os-
borne often spoke OF bad conditions In
the New Jersey prison.
Quinlan said he was well treated by
the prison authorities. but that the
physical condition of the prison was
bad. He said that the bathing facilities
were all right In summer but that the
bathtubs were not used in winter, the
prisoners getting only pals of water
$50 men were in a condemned section
of the prison and complained that the
inmates were allowed to write only
one letter month and that the letters
were censored going and coming. He
declared that a letter written to him
had been given to reporters before he
had seen 1t.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
CANAL A SUCCESS
Major General GoethalS Says
Slides viii Cease.
MAKES REPLY TO CRITICISMS.
Declares That Notwithstanding Calam-
ity Howlers Obstacles Will Be Over
come For All Time-Bog Theory o
Myth, as Existing Channel Was Ex-
cavated Through Rock.

Washigtom- that the earth
movements which have frequently in
terrupted traffic through the Panama
canal viii finally be overcome for all
time. Major General George w. Goe
thals, In his final report as builder of th E
canal and governor of the zone, made
public by the war department, replies
sharply to criticisms of the giant cut,
which he charges have seriously affect
ell its commercial rating.
For some unaccountable reason" he
says. there seems TO be a general be
lief that the entire length of the cut Is
affected. A report emanating recently
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
DEER WRECKS AN AUTOMOBILE
DazzIed by Headlight, II Piunses Into
Draper Car

Cold Spring. ~ Y.-Game Warden
James Barry was called to Peekskin
to take charge OF the carcass OF big
male deer which plunged into an auto
mobile in the darkness before daybreak
and wrecked 1t near Peekskill village.
The automobile, driven by Algernon
Draper of Closter. N. j., was bowling
along the Oscawanna road when the
buck. emerging from the brush, got In
front OF the car. The searchlights must
have dazzled 1t. for 1t plunged head
foremost into the machine and was
dragged underneath the engine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
HID FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Fled After Killing Playmate; Comes
Home For Trial.

Murphy, n. C.-In an alteration
with a playmate twenty-five years ago
r. l.. Phillips threw a rock, striking
the other boy on the head, killing him.
Fearful OF the consequences, he fed,
and for a quarter Of a century his
whereabouts have not been known
even to his own father
Recently Phillips appeared here and
gave himself up to the authorities after
revealing his identity. He had been In
the West and had accumulated consid
erable means. His own father and
brothers did not recognize him.
He will stand trial for the death of
his boyhood playmate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
POSTMASTER GENERAL BURLEsoN.

sive measures because postmasters
were chosen for their popularity rather
than for their business ability.
The plan proposed would make post
mastership u business which a man
must first qualify for before receiving
an appointment 1t would make pos
sible the promotion of a postmaster
from a small office to a larger one.
and instead of installing a postmaster
for four year term to remain in one
place he would be installed in the of
fee he Is best fitted for. IL 1t were
found that "A postmaster serving In an
office with receipts of $4,000 was quail
of 100000 he would be In line for pro-
motion to such an Office.
BY this method the service, 1t Is de
clared, would be improved and at the
same time would be economized ard
placed on a business basis.
The proposed change would affect
9,192 postmasters. the number now ap-
pointed by the president. OF these 56I
are first class, 2.212 second class and
6.413 third class.
The totals of first, second and third
class by states are as follows: Ala.
bama, 124; Alaska, IL; Arizona, Al
Arkansas. E'2; California, 307 Colo
RADIO, 115; Coh iecticut, 122; Delaware
81; District of Columbia, 1; Florida,
100; Georgia, 1876; Hawaii. II; Idaho.
81: Illinois, 510; Indiana, 90: Iowa.
422: Kansas, sol; Kentucky, 147;
Louisiana. 100; Maine. 127: Maryland,
70; Massachusetts,. 2l5; Michigan, 334
Minnesota. 305; Mississippi. 141; Mis-
souri,, 300; Montana, 1903; Nebraska,
262; Nevada, 81; New Hampshire, 73;
New Jersey, 209; New Mexico. 1t; New
York, 593; North Carolina, ia; North
Dakota. 157: Ohio, 316 Oklahoma, 231;
Oregon, 112; Pennsylvania. 546: Porto
Rico. 16: Rhode Island, 81; South Caro-
lima, 102; South Dakota. l47; Tennes-
see. l23; Texas, 451; Utah, 40; Yer
mont. 60: Virginia, l66; Washington
l4S; West Virginia. 115; Wisconsin
907: Wyoming. 81.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
Boy Tells of Killing Father.

Pekin. ILL.,, Dec. 21-"It was a case
OF who could shoot first" said four
oner in the Tazewell county jail here
on charge of killing his father John
Ringwald, aged forty, a well to do
farmer of fremont. The boy shot his
father with a shotgun, literally tear
ing his head away They had had a
dispute and the father leveled rifle
at the son before the latter shot. he
asserts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
Woman Ovsrtakss Bear.

Newport. Ore.-Miss Dorothy Lowe
schoolteacher at Agate Beach, start
ed recently to walk to Otter Greek to
visit friends. In the gathering dark
ness she saw what she thought was a
woman few feet ahead of her. Wish
ing company. she quickened her step.
Catching up with the stroller, Miss
Lowe discovered she had overtaken a
black bear. She permitted the bear to
proceed without announcing her pres
ence.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
GIRL FIGHTS THIEF; $3.50 SAFE
Miss Bessie Schlieff, Attacked by Ban.
dit, Keeps PAYROLL.

New York. Although repeatedly
stuck in the face by highwayman,
Miss Bessie Schlieff, twenty-one years
Old, bookkeeper employed by NJ. Sum
mergrade, bedding manufactures,
smanaged to hold on to the payroll she
was carrying and finally beat off her
assailant.
The girl received the money, amount
ing to $500, at the State bank. As she
passed a coal yard on her way back to
the office a young man tried to grab
the envelope containing the cash. Sew
eral loungers in the coal yard heard
the girls cries, but did not interfere.
Finally the bandit fed, after Miss
Schlieff had fought him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
FILM SAFE CRACKERS BANNED
Board of Censors Also Bars Heroines
Tied to Railroad Tracks.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Films showing safe
crackers at work, tramps stealing
watches and persons taking drugs are
to be eliminated from moving picture
exhibitions I'm Pennsylvania, according
to bulletin issued by the state board
Of censors. A long list Of film plays.
some Of them thrillers with heroines
tied to railroad tracks. is forbidden.
Scores of films In series are enulner-
ated as condemned, including abont
sixty. on the subject Of white slavery
and twenty-five on Mexican scenes
whose manufacturers the censors have
been unable to locate. Prizefghting
films also have been put under the ban.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED
BY A FEROCIoUS BUL.

D Mason, Tenn.-Jumbo, fero-
cious bull, matched his strength
y against that OF locomotive pull
D ing a freight train up grade
D near here the other day. In
D field beside the tracks the engine
D lies on its side only a few feet
. from Jumbo's dead body. In
> hospital at Mason, John Burns,
D fireman. is seriously injured. The
. locomotive was hurled down a
I. steep eWi.ankment when 1t col.
3 lided with the bulls headlong
3 charge, but the animal continued
D so active that the train crew shot
D him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
LICENSE TO WE'D Is
GIVEN THROUGH kEYHoLE

; New York.--Love laughs at
) locksmiths and quarantines. Pro-
; fessor Frederick Barry of Co
; lumbia university wanted mar
; riage lksnse. but be had diph-
; iberia. i license clerk went to
) the Barry apartment and obtain
; ed answers to the necessary ques-
) tions through a keyhole. Then
) he stood twenty feet down the
) corridor and witnessed the sig
) nature of Barry and Miss Ada
; B. Norris without violating the
quarantine regulations.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
BIRD DOG WEARS GLASSES.
Georgia Setter Does Good Work After
visit to OcuIist.

Visit to Oculist.
Moultrie, Ga.-Fanny. thorough
bred setter. wears spectacles. She was
fitted with glasses by an oculist. who
found that she had astigmatism.
For years Fanny has been known as
one OF the best hunting dogs In this
section. Before the opening of the
quail season this year she went to the
fields ty herself and on returning
showed evidence OF bad falls. Fanny
could not help falling into bitches and
running into trees. Then It was dis
covered that her eyes had become af-
fected.
1t IL believed the glasses will correct
the trouble. AT least Fanny now II do
Ing her work as we'll as usual.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
HE REACHES HOME IN
TIME FOR OWN FUNERAL

. New York After an absence
/" Of three days in hospital Michael
3 Addison reached home in time to
D halt his own funeral. He got to
3 his house as the undertakers
2 brought in "A pine box from the
o same hospital he had been In.
. Just then the mourners began to
3 arrive Addison's daughter faint
9 ed The pine box contained an
3 other Michael Addison, and the
Q mourning was transferred to an
o other part of the city.
a
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
SETS TIN CAN TRAP
FOR THEFT OF HAMS

Riverside, N. IA tin can man
trap devised by Joseph Grimmer
at a grocery store IL said to have
caught a victim In one Thomas
Jones, a negro. Missing hams
from the storage room, Grimmer
attached a silk thread to huge
ham and ran the other end out
into the store and attached 1t to
a tin can. A few days later the
tin can ratified across the floor.
The negro Ia held for the grand
Jury.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-28
H|7SAT PATRONAGE
Plan to Place PoStmaSterS Under
Civil Service.
WOULD MEAN EFFICIENCY.

If Adopted, Act viii Take Away From
Members of Congress Their influence
In Selecting Officials and Remove
From Politics Subject of Patronage
the Country Over.
Washington.-Pla by which the
present method Of presidential APP
pointment of postmasters Will be abol-
lshed and appointments made instead
under the civil service are under con
sideration by the postoliice department
Postmaster General Burleson is said to
favor the change.
IL adopted the act will take away
from members of congress their intlu-
ence in the selection of postmasters
and remove from politics a subject Of
patronage the country over. Among
many members of congress there is u
strong sentiment for the law.
The department. it is said, has been
handicapped In some of its progres-
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-07
ALASKA A LAND or BEAUTY
Traveller Tells Of its Many Attrac-
tions, Calling It Country Of
Enchantment.

Cooks inlet, with its arms ana
reaches, has many bewildering chan
nels resulting from the numerous
rugged islands. The forbidding ana
embattled shores rising into lofty
mountains, and ut present swathed
In white almost to the waters edge,
possess virllity. grandeur and sub
Unity which require the most poetic
Imagination and most fncile pen even
'aintly to portray. The grand plno-
rama reaches its climax In Mount Nc
kinley, monarch of the North Ameri-
can continent. With Its altitude OF
N4GO feet 1t stands alone In lofty
pride and III distinctly visible. from the
vessel. Notwithstanding the very great
Instance. The fact well establishes
'he quality Of the clarified and invig-
Grating atmosphere Of this fur north
country. sst ss a
"A careful reading of literature per.
'a'ning to Alaska prepared me In pnrt'
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-07

the Hon 4. Barton Hepburn writes in
Leslie's, "for what the journey was
bound to disclose. but seeing Is the
only sense that can give knowledge
and secure appreciation of the gran
deur, the sublimity, the fascinating
beauty of mountain, sea. stream. ford
falls, Islands. forests, clouds and the
glorious color effects which the daZ
zling rays Of the sun bring into rN-
istence. In connection with all these
Is land of enchantment for all who
love and can appreciate nature.
"The Thousand islands with all their
beauty would scarcely serve rs Il pre-
lude to the surprising grandeur and
loyeliness of the many thousand Is
lands that adorn the 5000 miles OF
Alaskan coast. The iiOrds of Nor
way, the far-famed glaciers of Swift
zerland cannot compare with their
countcrparts to be found in AInska In
number, variety, size, color effect and
nll the qualities TINT give charm to
these works Of nature"
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most satisfactory growth. The locust
in particular did exceedingly well, be-
ing lcg,ime which secures its nitro
gen from the air through the minis
traton of the bacteria aOn its roots
Moreover. II loose. sandy soil permits
both air and water to enter. instead
of the rain running of as in the case
where II tough sod covers the ground
thus making ideal conditions for the
development of the bacteria.
Having discovered the right kind OF
tree Mr.. Abbott entered into the work
of planting them with enthusiasm. For
1cciduous trees he soon discovered
that Il ycarling plant was preferable
to I'M older one. being easier TO plant,
costing less. and standing better
chunce to live. Yenr-old deciduOus
trees can usually be secured from
thousand. while the cost of planting
them is relatively small, as two men
can easily plant 5000 trees day.
The result of the first planting was
apparent in Il little over year, us
the trees. which were then three or
four feet high and in n tlourishing CON
d!,ion, successfully checked the sand
blowing. In couple of seasons more
the leaves falling to the ground
formed II forest mulch. which helped
retain the moisture. and grass began
TO creep in. eventually giving to the
land n value for grazing which 1t did
not possess before.
Altogether Mr.. Abbott has planted
some 10000 trees on approximately so
ncrcs Of land or Mt the rate of LOCO
trees per acre, the spacing being about
by I feet. These trees have
not only increased the value of
the land on which they stand about
rnur-fold but have proved most eff
fcctive barriers in protecting cult
,a,ed fields from the few remaining
blowholes. The heat In these blow
holes during the summer sometimes
reaches $50 degrees. II Is rather re-
murkabie, however, that even at such
II time, moisture may be found In the
sand at depth of few inches.
An idea of the rapidity with which
The sand drifted before Mr.. Abbott
began his tree planting may be gained
from the accompanying photographs.
which show the Originnl fence posts
surrounding some of the fields now
almost covered. Mr.. Abbott is now.
after a period of five or six years. cut
ting considerable timber from his for
est plantations.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-07

the bluffs became covered with grass
and. with the advent Of the white man.
became the grazing ground of great
herds of cattle. The grass on the
hills Is more nutritious than that in
the valleys. SO the hills were grazed
closely. Then In n dry season III"
grass was killed the tr:lmpinG of
many hoofS broke up the turf. and til"
sand began TO blow. always from the
southwest to the northeast. covering
uT everything in Its course anu bury
ing fertile land.
This was the situation faccd by Mr..
Abbott when he came into possession
of his farm. and for II long time those
t:reary sand dunes were thorn in
his side. Acres of land were going
to waste. and. what was worse. every
wear saw the sand cncrOachinG still
more on cultivated land.
Then one day he hal an drn. Stand
ing on the summit of one of the sand
hills, us IL to nccentuatc the utter bar
rcnncss of its surroundings, was II
solitary gigantic cottonwood tree, with
n rirth of at least 16 feet. How the
seed from which it sprang got there,
and by what miracle 1t had outStrfpped
In growth any other tree in the county
was something to ponder on. But
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ALLIES BREAK
GERMAN LINES
BRITISH AND FRENCH SWEEP
BACK FOE in WARS GREAT
EST OFFENSIVE.
DR.. We FIvE-MILE WEDGE
FOUR VILLAGES TAKEN AND
THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS
ARE CAPTURED.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service"
London, July 3,7-Thc British and
French troops, thrown forward in Il
grand offensive against the German
lines on both sides of the river
Sommc, sixty miles north of Paris,
have penetrated at one point to n
depth of five miles; taken several
villages and captured u labyrinth OF
trenches extending to depth of l.,
600 yards on front of seven miles.
The town of Albert was the starting
point of one of the ficrccst thrusts,
the British advancing from east Of
the town to Montauban, more than
five miles away. Besides Montauban
and Serre, the villages OF Eebuterne,
La Boisselle and Mametz have been
captured.
All through the night the great
British and French offensive which
began Saturday morning continued
with intensity and there was no dimi-
mutton in the battle on Sunday. Botn
British and French war offices re
port a steady advance at certain
points, but speak of the formidable
German resistance. Fricourt, an i'm
portant town. three miles east OF AL
bert, has fallen to the British arms.
while the French have taken Curlu.
which lies to tie southeast. The
fighting at the southern end of the
British line, where it is in contact
with the French, is of the fiercest ma
ture. tremendous artillery action pre-
ced;ng all the infantry attacks. The
French have taken about G,0O0 prison
ers according to the latest estimates.
while the British, though reporting
the capture of $500, later declared
that the estimates were too low. Ow-
ing to the nature of the battle it is
not doubted that the casualties are
very high.
Notwithstanding the terrific offens
i've against them in the Somme river
region the Germans have not ceased
in their efforts around NeTdun. They
have bombarded several of the Yer
dun sectors and have launched infant
ry attacks against the French
trenches.
While Berlin declares that the
French attacks against the famous
Thiaumont works were rcpulsed by
curtains of fire, the French war of
flee announces that this strategic po-
sition has been recaptured.