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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-04

Our government VIII not consider the
establishment of such u zone. No
doubt the Mexican government, such
ms 1t Is, would refuse to consent To-
any such a plan. as 1t would be an ac-
acknowledgement that IL has not the pow
or TO control it's people. While that Is
n fact, the SO called government does
not want TO up TO its impotency.
Political Weather Forecast.
Next to the weather politics Is a IA
vorite topic. The political forccastcrs
assert that from now until the Repub-
llcan convention meets we may expect
disturbances, originating mainly In the
vicinity of oyster Bay. N. Y. Great
activity Is predicted for the whole re-
gion which by wireless or by mental
telepathy is In touch with Sycamore
Hill.
Might Have Been Biased.
A point In the Indian appropriation
bill called for n ruling by the vice
president. '"The cha believes said
Marshall, that he either has an opin
ion or a very great prejudice about
these expenditures for irrigation prof
Gets, and under these circumstances OF
ntal attitude the chair will not dc
c,do Tho auostior II submit IL to IN,
senate"
Handing Mccain Something.
There had been a great deal of dis
pute as TO the number of men In til,
country trained for military purposes
No one could agree as To the number
nor did they know how to make the
estimates. Then n member had
bright thought. lie put i'm a resolu
tion requiring the adjutant general 4
inform congress how many men In TIN
United States had military training
General Mccain during these tryini
Mexican troubles has only about twic'
as much work as ordinarily ome Il
him. but he has this dumped In on him
my guess is ms good as anybody's,
was the grim way I'm which he received
the resolution.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
MIR. Tumulty's Troubles.

The governor OF New Jersey THOUGHT tbe
Democratic State chairman told him that the
President had no preference in the matter of Sc
Lection OF an orator to place his name Lefore
chairman thought he had it straight from Sec
retary Tumulty: Did the Hon. Joe think he
had it himself from Supreme Authority? Squire
Of train dispatcher on a single-track road is not
sinecure when there's freight on every turn
out and local or two dwadling in front of the
midway between Shadow Lawn and the govrT,
nor's mansion at Sea Girt, Mr. Tumuitv is
likely to make a pretty warm summer of it
New York Sun. -
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
The Colonel Speeds Us Up.

Every man, woman, and child in Washington
who caught glimpse of him yesterday gave the
famous American, whom the Capital still claims
as its own some sign OF glad recognition. Our
official atmosphere agitatcd once more by
rush OF the impulsive energy of The Colonel
and for space of four hours or so the red tape
and routine out OF gear. Passers-by saw
the White House and the State War and Navy
Departments rocking though from an earth
tremor. Policemen walked erect, small boys
turned in false alarms Of fire, and fought bigger
boys in the street. and CANNES snapped more
viciously at motorcycles dashing by at accele-
rated speed.
What Washington would do with its votes,
if it had any, no man can tell, but Theodore
Roosevelt, American and doer OF deeds, holds a
big place in the heart OF it that is not political
Col. Roosevelt came to Washington on purpose
to tell jury what fine type Of a man is a
friend of his who lives here, and he made sure
that he didn't waste the mileage.
Centering his energy in small zone mid
way between the White House and the Supreme
Court the Colonel snapped and sparkled but no
wireless tower caught fash that any political
code book could translate. His fighting ground
yeSterday-for wherever the Colonel stands is
fighting ground-was between President Wilson
and Justice Hughes but Washington wasn't look
ing for Presidential omens. 1t was just glad to
see The Colonel back-for four hours
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
ARMY ORDERS,

Leave Of absence for three months granted Cart
bdgar y. Graft, Medical C"rpS
The resignation by Capt Carl z wigEin. Coast
ARTILLERY ConS. is accepted
First Lieut., Henry H. Arnold. Third Regimsnt.
IS detailed in the Aviation Section Of the signal
CgrTs, and will proceed To San Diego. Cal
Lieut. Col. George MoutE7mcry Ordnance De
partment, will visit Sandy Hook Proving Ground,
y. J.. on official business
Second Lieut.. Lawrence 4. Mclaughlin Coast
ARTILLERY Corps. Is relieved from treatment Al
Walter Reed General Hospital D. @
Capt Daniel W. Hand. Fifth Field A-tiIlerv IS
relieved FROM treatment at the Walter Reed Cen
ersl Hospital D. C
Cart. Charles L. J Frohwitter. Coast Ar11lle-y
COrTS. hsTing been found incapacItatsd for Actir.
service on account Of disability. is retired
Capt Wallace NJ. Craigie Thirteenth Cavalrv
having been found hv an army retiring board IN
capacitsted for active service on account Of dis
ability iucidert thereto and such finding having
been approved by the President the retirement
cf Cap.. CraiEiC fr'm active service is announced
C3pt Villa. D. A. Andersen. Corps OF En-
gineeIs, will report in person TO Lieut. Dol Cbrs-
ter Harding Corps q Engineers. president Of N.
examining board in the Canal Zone for .1srnIns.
ton TO determine his fitness for promotion.
The following named officers q the Corns ~
Engineers will report TO Lieut. Col Juy J. Morrow
Co-TS of EuEneers. president Of the examining
board in the Canal Z0ne. at such time as tIrev
may b. required by the board for illumination
to determine their htnes for prUnction: FIrs,
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
By e. b. JOHNS.

Lieut.. Gen : B NJ Young. president
of the Association for National Service
defends the NatiOngl Guard against the
attack which is heinz made upon It, for
the failure Of the Texas militia to re-
sDond unanimously 10 the call for mOhili-
zatiOn on the border. He insists that the
Mexican situation Is a REGULAR army prob
lem and that the National Guard should
not he called out for such service 1t
is argued by Gen. Young that citizen SOL
diers should rot he called away from
their homes except in a great war when
the fate Of the nation is at stake. In
such times Gen. Young insists the Coun-
try should not be so dependent upon the
National Guard but that it adopt sys-
TEN Of national military training which
would prepare every young man to re-
spond to the call.
Gen Young takes the same view OF
the situation as is outlined in the report
of the War College. He makes the dis
tinction between first and second line
troops The first line troops, he insists,
should he composed entirely Of the reg
Ular army and its reserves. The reserves
from the regular army, according to the
War College report, are those who have
had regular army service.
The question of universal military train
ing will be up for consideration at this
session Of Congress. Chairman Chamber
lain, after a conference with Secretary of
War Baker yesterday. announced that he
would call a meeting Of the Senate Com
mittee on Military Affairs for Friday
At this meeting he will lay before the
committee his AmeriCanized Swiss system
bill In the opinion of Chairman Cham
berlain the hill should be reported out
without hearings. but some Of the mem
bcrs Of the committee may insist upon
a hearing.
THE personnel of the National Guard
is being unjustIy attacked" said Lieut.
Gen :. B. NJ. Young. because the mill
tia Of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona
has failed to mobilize in sufficient
strength for the Mexican border patrol
TO begin with. the patrol of the border
and the entire Mexican situation is a
problem which should be handled by the
regular army. We should have a regular
army Of sufficient strength. not only to
patrol the border, but to form the first
expeditionary force that would be sent
into the country in the event of interven-
ton Under the plans of the War Col
Iege. which have been followed to a GER
tain extent by the bill which has just
passed both Houses of Congress the funC.
ton of a regular army is to handle Just
such situations as exist now in Mexico
and are apt to develop there. The pur-
pose of a regular army is also to meet
the first expedition that any of the great
powers would send in the event Of an in
vasion of this country. The regular
army should be always kept at the high
est state OF efficiency, ready for such
emergencies. This is what is called the
first line of land defense, and it should
he composed OF a regular army and its
reserves.
The second line should be composed Of
citizen soldiers, and the citizen should not
be called from his home and business ex-
Cept in a great war where the fate Of the
nation is at stake. When that time
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

In the winter OF 1SS1-1Ss2 a commission
was appointed to travel through the
country and take testimony with regard
no less to the local than TO the national
| conditions of trade and industry, for the
purpose of supplying Congress with
trustworthy data upon which to act in
reducing the duties.
Its report was in due course made, and
an Act was passed which effected re-
duction of duties which was in substan-
tial accord with its Communications.
/ But the majority of the commission
had been made up Of stout protectionists,
and the changes in the tariff which it
recommended made little difference eth
er in the revenues or in the incidence of
taxation.
1t began to be plainly evident, more
over, that the tariff question was but a
part Of that general question of the de-
Velopment of trade and industry which
year by year grew so various. so COM
plex so difficult to set justly apart in its
clements.
The country was undoubtedly prosper
Gus. The South. especially, was show
ing how it could respond TO the economic
stimulation Of the time, to the general
development OF the resources Of the
country, now that its corrupt govern
ments, with their negro majorities, were
lifted from its shoulders.
But the very expansion OF industry.
the very growth and cumulative pro-
ductiveness OF capital made difficulties
Of their own-dificulties novel, unlocked
for, in the handling Of which statesmen
were without experience or precedent
and even men Of business without stand
ards Of Judgment
Capitalists were erfeCtinC a novel con-
centration Of their power. through cor
porate association. through united lines
, OF railway, through extensive combina-
tions in industrial undertakings which
created a sort of league to control both
the output and the prices. And Iaborers,
finding that they had to deal no longer
with individual employers. but with pow
erful groups Of men whom they never
saw and could speak with only through
their agents. themselves drew together
in leagues, larger than the old trades
unions. in order that workIngmen as we'll
As employers might WELD the power of
wide combination.
Even lahorers of different occupations
drew together. So long ago as 1863 a So
Ciety had been formed in Philadelphia,
upon the initiative of a Sagacious tailor,
one Triah stevens, to unite workingmen
Of different occupations for their mutual
benefit and protection, not only In re-
spect Of their relations with their en-
p.Oyers, but also in respect TO their re-
latons with one another and the general
advancement # their interests.
Before statesmen saw what new cues
tions were before them It had grown into
Noble Order of knights Of Labor
whose membership was numbered in f9-
ures which exceeded one hundred thou
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
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ir Washington

comes We should not de7end upon the
National Guard and a few patriotic vol
unteeTs, but. CARRYING out the spirit Of the
constitution, the burden should he eIaIIy
distributed upon The shoulders OF all
To my mind. q National Guardsran is
under no more obligation to serve the
country than any other citizen. Many Of
those who are heaDing abuse upon the
heads Of the National Guard are living
in glass houses and should not be casting
so many stones. In the event Of great
war. We would have more trouble in rsis-
Ing large volunteer army than the
government is now experiencing in Secrlr-
ns sufficient force Of National Guards,
men to assist in the patrol of the border
IhiS is tn reason that the Association
Tor National Service is advocating mill
tarT training policy which will rrepare
every young man TO respond to the call
of the country II believes that this can
be brought about without interfering with
the economic conditions OF the country
ana IN manner which will develop 2
higher type Of citizenship
The situation on the border is only
I another object lesson which demonstrs-e -es
the weakness of our volunteer system.
1t Is a grave injustice TO blame the per-
sonneI OF the National Guard for the
weakness Of our entire system
Army officers visiting the War Depart-
ment Yesterday included Mat E. J
undertake, 9. NJ. C.; Maj E. E. Butts,
Infantry, and Capts. Charles King, Rob
ert c. Eddy, c. A. c., and H. Hawkins
Fourth Cavalry.
AdVices have been received at the War
department by the sdjUtant general OF
the army on Nav q to the effect that
the transport Fitzpatrick sailed at y 80
| p m. May p for Cristobal. canal zone.
with First Lieuts. r. P Glassburn and
Guy A Mix, Coast Artillery. aboard
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
Fire Losses.

Insurance companies, Of course, keep a close
watch upon fire losses, only from month to
month, but from day to day, for it is with them
matter OF business. But such waste is of no less
interest to all OF US, for every owner of build
ing is interested in that which affects the rates
he must pay. For the first four months of this
year the fire loss in the United States and Can
ada amounted to $97,55s,42o, as compared with
1915 and of S88162,45o in 1914 Last Years
record a whole was by comparison favor
able one, and this year starts off badly. March
amounting to $38,82o,25o, While the April loss
is only $12,68Io5o. Nowhere in business is
preparedness more to be desired than in
guarding against the loss caused by fire. Care
lessnesS and crlminality always playing too
large a part in this matter. We are making
progress in the direction of better regulation Of
building in the cities, but more than all else
eternal watchfulness and honesty are needed
Springfield Republican.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
NAVAL ORDERS.

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CONTINUED on PAGE ELEVEN
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Increase Salaries First.

The appeal made at tie Capitol yesterday by
representatives of the National Association Of
Civil Service Employees and the joint retirement
committee of the District for retirement system
and a pension fund, to which the clerks shall not
be required to contribute can be justified by
citing the fact, Of which Congress must be con-
vinced, that the majority of the clerks are not
at present receiving adequate salaries To COM
pei them to contribute to the establishment of
a pension fund would be added injustice 1t
would seem that the legislation of first impor-
tance is that to provide tor horizontal increase
in the clerks pay.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

sand. A new economic force had come
upon the field.
Financial disaster, a time OF sharp
strtngency when men looked to their in
vestments. regretted their loans, Ques-
toned every adventure of business. and
stood dismayed to see the prosperity OF
the country OF a sudden checked, ii
might be destroyed, added its thrill of
excitement and OF apprehension to bring
the thought of the country TO an i'm
perative reckoning upon economic QUes-
tons
As in 1873, so again now IL was the too
ra pid development of railways, their too
desperate competition for earnings which
were at best insufficient to support them,
and the reckless speculation Of those
who dealt in their stocks that brought
the sudden contraction Of values on and
then panic and ruin
The country was growing very rapidly
alike in population and in the increase
OF wealth and the multiplication Of re-
sources. The census taken in 1850 had
shown that the population had within
the preceding ten years, increased more
than thirty per cent, from g, ,55s, 81 10
50,I55. .7S3. 1t was estimated that the ac-
tual wealth Of the country had within
the same period increased quite forty
fve per cent, from Sc, O6S. .5lSJJ7 to <45,-
642 10000
Nothing had Jagged. Agriculture. man.
ufactures, commerce, the products OF the
mines and Of every industry that added
to the resources OF the country and made
1t rich and quick with energy showed q
sound and wholesome growth COmmen-
surate with crowding numbers and the
zest Of hopeful enterprise
But the construction OF railways had
outrun all reason in the attempt TO keep
pace with the country's growth. The
total railway mileage Of the United
states had been increased from 52,Sl4 tc
1851 within the decade New lines had
bid against the old for patronage by
sharp reductions in the rates Of car
rage; rates had fallen below the actual
cost Of the service; and while rulnols
competition cut away profits. speculation
in railway securities in the stock market
completed the mischief
That speculation had reached its high.
est point OF reckless adventure IN 1890
After that the prices OF railway secu-I,
ties began to decline. al first only a lit.
tie, then very sharply. and in May, 1884
the inevitable crash came.
As usual, some firms upon the Street
suffered not only ruin but dishonor also
among the rest the firm Of Grant anC
Ward. in which General Grant had beer
a silent partner. He had known nothins
of the dlshonorable transactions OF hil
partners but the disgrace and ruin il
which they involved him touched his las
days with humiliation and with a deei
/ sadness which he could not shake of
Cnscrupulous men had played upon hin
in business as they had played upon hin
N politics, and mems minds went al
ways backwards 10 find his time Of glory
Tomorrow Ready for a Change in
Ieadershin
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
The Only Liars?

, William Jennings Bryan remarked at At
!antlc City, apparently with considerable acid
ity, that it was "mortifying for me to live in a
country where the newspapers lie so much =
But, then, just think how much modification
Mr.. Bryan has caused countless innocent news
papers, good Democratic ones, too, by his say
lngs and doings in this same country He should
have limited his sweeping arragnment to Re-
publican newspapers. They lie because thew
can't help it. 1t is just born in them Their
treatment of President Wilson shows this innate
dePravity, which is beyond correction-Phila-
delphia Record
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

President Jacob Gould Schurman OF Cornell
University wrote of Charles Evans Hughes,
when he governor of New York: "As a
most sagacious party leader, the President
(RoosevelD recognized in the hero of the gas
and insurance Investigations a name to wrest
victory in a critical contest in his own State.
I believe that in the interest of the party he
urged the nomination, and that this pressure was
the deciding influence in the convention. But
all the while Mr.. Hughes stood a1oof as though
the matter were no concern of his. And, indeed,
he regarded it no concern of his He would
not say he desired the office; he would not au-
thorize any present TO present his claims or
herald his availability. 1t was matter solely
for the people Of the State to decide" Rather
an interesting bit Of history in view of the atti-
tude OF these two great national figures on the
eve OF the Republican convention.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

Testimony introduced in a New York will
contest, for the purpose OF proving that the
testator was of unsound mind quoted him as
saying he glad the women and children
of the Lusitania drowned, and that if the
Germans were responsible they would pay for
it Whatever verdict may be rendered in the
case, it will not be accepted as a precedent for
acquitting all exponents OF "kultur" on the
ground OF insanity.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
FAIR-WEATHER FRIENDS.

Fair-Weather Friends are good to hold.
Some think them lacking in true gold,
But they're the kind l like to see
If they be warm
In stress Of storm,
And bring fair weather unto me.
tCopyriEht l9l6J
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

They are raising a fuss in New York be-
cause the city's pay rolls increased more than
100000 during the first two years of Mayor
MitchePs administration. In view of the fact
that this wage increase amounts to just about
twice what it is proposed the Federal govern
ment shall pay for the support of the Nations
Capital next year. perhaps the New Workers have
a right to complain.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

The Carranza government has ordered 10000
troops into the border region for the purpose of
exterminating bandits, according to advces to the
State Department 1t would be interesting to
know what has suddenly caused the First Chief
and his advisers to realize that determination OF
bandits is a worthy enterprise. A lot OF trouble
might have been avoided il it had occurred to
them a year or so ago.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
PAINFUL TETTER ON
HANDS AND FACE
Broke Out in Red SpIotches. Would
Itch and Burn. Could Not Put
Hands in Water,
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

Since childhood had been a sufferer
from tetter. My hands and face would
break out IN great red spIotches which
would itch and burn and be quite painful
at times. The skin was very sore and in
famed and the itching would get so bad
that would Just have to scratch the parts
affected. At times I could not put my
hands in water and could not so out In
the wind. 1t was very diShgIring and /
looked horrid
Then ! sent for a free sample Of CUT
cura Soap and Ointment and saw at onos
that it relieved me. then got large box
Of Ointment and a cake Of Soap and the
result was simply marvellous for in two
months was completely healed" lSigned)
Mrs. J. r. Furrow, 1857 Windsor Ave.
Bristol. Tenn, July IS, 1918.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

candidate for Democratic national commit
teenan from the District OF Columbia recon-
mends several plans to insure" fair, honest and
correct count and return Of all cast" in the
approaching primary From which it may be in
;erred that his chances Of being chosen commit
leeman are SLIM indeed. Watch the returns.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

David Lamar, wolf of Wall Street." is to
begin today his term OF two years in the Atlanta
peniteutiary for impersonating member Of Con-
gress It always has been mystery why his
lawyers didn't set up a plea OF temporary insan-
ity for him.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

1t is announced that more than 1000 Pro-
gressives in Washington voted for delegates to
the party convention; but since there were no
charges OF fraud the balloting attracted very lit
tie attention.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
Can't Meet There.

Hyphenated citizens in upstate New York
have just organized the Orange County German
Alliance. But the Clanna-Gael cannot be ex-
pected to affiliate with ii unless it moves to
county of some other color.-Providence Journal
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

The refusal Of those Texas militiamen to en-
enlist in the service OF the United States might
be interpreted, and not unreasonably, as a con-
fession that Texas is not a part of the United
States.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

Col Roosevelt doesn't to hold any spe-
cial grudge against anyone, unless he happens to
be in the White House headed in that direc-
ton
The Washington herald., 1916-05-24

The man who has just won $4,000 by walk
ing backwards from Seattle to New York will
accept President Wilson's Endorsement of for
ward-looking men with reservation.