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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
III EVENT OF RAIL STRIKE
st. Paul Would Be Out of Coal Within
Ten Days.

st. Paul. Aug. 16. - The supply OF
coal in st. Paul will not last more
than ten days if a railroad strike Is
called.
This was the %concensus Of opinion
of Wholesale coal dealers, who have
tried in vain recently to increase their
stores. There is no immediate pros.
pect for the supply being increased.
Sufficient coal is on hand for house.
holders to last until cold weather un.
less they suddenly order unusual
amounts. The big deficiency would be
in soft coal, used for power purposes
The supply of soft coal on hand is
small, many small manufacturing
plants having only several days sup
ply.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
J. !. ). i !. !. :. = !. + + i. j. i. + :. 4
IMMIGRATION ON DECLINE
Lowest Years Record Since 1898 At.
tributed 70 War.

Washington. Aug. 16.-Immigration
to the United States during the fiscal
year just ended again reached a
phencmenally low mark. lower even
than hat of the first year of the war
Compulsory retention of citizens in
most European countries is the cause.
Aliens who intend to remain in the
United States arriving in the twelve
months ended June 80 numbered $685.
S26, comparing with 1926. 700 a year
before, and establishing the lowest
record since 1898.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
REPORTED BY GEN. PERSHING
Mexican Army officer Killed by Amer.
lean Soldier.

San Antonio, Tex, Aug. ia
lieutenant of the C~arranza army was
shot and killed by an American pro-
vost guard at Colonia Dublan three
days ago, according to a report to
General Funston by General P~ershing
The dispatch mentioned no names.
The Mexican officer had fired on a
Mexican Northwestern railroad brake
man. The provost guard ordered the
officer to halt.
The latter turned and fired at this
American, who then shot and killed
the lieutenant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
DEATH TRAIN PILOT
is KILLED BY WORRY

Toledo, O. Aug. 16. ~ Dennis w
Leonard, engineer on the Twentieth
Century limited. New York Central
train, which was wrecked at Amherst,
o, March %, last. was found dead in
bed at his home here.
Heart disease s~uperinduced by wor.
ry over the wreck is given by physi.
clans as the cause of death, He was
absolved from blame in the catastro.
phe. but has been unable to keep out
OF his mind the sight of the wreckage
and the cries of the mangled passen-
gers.
Engineer Leonard was fifty-two
years old.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
DUE TO THREATENED STRIKE
Order TO Move Militia TO Border Is
Suspended.

Washington, Aug. 16-Because Of
the threatened railway strike the war
department has suspended indefinite.
ly the proposed movement to the Dor.
der of between $4,000 and 5000 mo.
bilized militia in state camps last
week to the Mexican border
The reason for %suspending the order
is a possible shortage of supplies and
difficulty of obtaining transportation
for the men. 1t has no connection, it
was said, with possible use of the
troops during the threatened strike
Until further orders are issued
none Of the organizations who are pre-.
pairing to leave state camps will be
sent to the border.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
ATTEMPT TO BURN CROPS
Allied Aviators Drop Bombs on Ger.
man Harvest Fields.

Berlin, Aug. 16.-Allied military
chieftains have attempted to aid the
''starve Germany" campaign by set
ting fire to German harvest fields.
Raids by Anglo-French a~viators
over the Black forest and farm lands
rear karlsruhe are said to have been
experiments.
Incendiary bombs were dropped Ia
fields with the object of starting great
fires, but did only slight damage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
FAv0RS SALE OF ISLANDS
Lower House of Danish Parliament
Acts F~avorably.

Copenhagen, Aug. l6. The lower
house of the Danish parliament voted
in favor Of selling the Danish West
indies TO the United States, If a plebis.
cite favored the sale.
Thea ote was 81 for the proposition
to Al against it, one member being de-
MED a vote and six being absent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
CHINESE AND JAPS IN CLASH
Possibility of Complications in the
Far East.

London, Aug. l6.-Possibilities of
complications in the Far East were
seen in reports Of a clash between
Chinese and Japanese troops at Cheng-
chiatun, northeast of Picking.
Toxic dispatches assert the Chinese
were the aggressors, attacking the
Japanese garrison and later besieging
the Japanese in the Chengchiatun
fort.
One officer and seventeen Japanese
soldiers are reported killed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
OPTION ELECTION Is CLOSE
Beitraml County. Mimi, Votes on Sa.
loon Question.

Bemidji, Mimi. Aug. 16.-"Wets'
are leading in returns from the OPP
ton election In Beltrami county. With
thirty-fve outlying precincts, casting
about 400 votes. yet to be heard from.
the VETS lead by 103 votes out of
approximately $500 reported.
Unusual interest attaches to the
election. more than 1900 votes being
cast. The ifty-three precincts that
have reported included the city OF
Bemidji. which voted dry, $3.50 to 1888.
Only Beaudette and Spooner have
saloons, the rest of the county being
dry under provisions of the Indian
treaty.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
Mail Delay to Be Lessened.

Washington. Aug. 16.-How Brit.
aims examination of international
mail IA conducted has been explain.
ed to Secretary of State Lansing. The
statement says examination of mail,
to some foreign countries has beef
reduced from one to three days and
that much of the delay heretofore ey
%peTienced in transmitting neutral cor
respondence win be eliminated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16

President Samuel Gompers Of the
American Federation of Labor was
characterized as a public nuisance
by Senator sherman of Illinois in a
DEPRESSION from a senate speech on
the shipping bill.
There is no tyrannical, out
rageous injustice than that of leaders
who live on the sweat of other peo.
pies brows,7 said Senator sherman
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
erandeis Declines TO Serve.

Washington, Aug. 16.-L. ID. Bran.
deis associate justice of the United
States supreme court, has declined to
serve Oh the American-Mexican COM
mission. This commission is to try
10 reach an agreement on the issues
between the countries. Justice Bran
deis gives pressure of court business
as his REASON for declining.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
Germans Sink Destroyer.

London, Aug. 16.-The British tor
pedo boat destroyer Lassoo has been
sunk off the Dutch coast Six of the
crew are missing and two injured. The
German admiralty says the Lassoo
was t%orpedoed; also that fifteen Brit
ish and French vessels have been
sunk between Aug. 2 and Aug. 10.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
Nav Admit Paper Free.

Washington, Aug. 16.-News print
D is to be placed on the free list
to relieve the present shortage, Demo
cratic members OF the senate finance
committee plan. Paper valued at not
more than s cents a pound will be ad-
nitted free.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
Three Killed in Train Crash.

Washington, Pa, Aug. 16.-Three
men were killed and several injured
at Stance when two ~double-header
freight trains of the Baltimore and
Ohio crashed head on.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
WARNS HUGHES AGAINST
USE OF FLAG.

Chicago. Aug. 16.-Captain +.
r. Lewis. former president of
the American Flag Day asso-
citation. has protested to Judge
Hughes against the American
flag being used on campaign
posters and pictures. Captain
Lewis says action will be taken
against campaign managers
and publishers il not stopped
at once.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
STILL HOPES TO
AVERT TROUBLE
President Wilson Continues
Rail Discussions.
CONFERS WITH MANAGERS

Representatives of Railroads Said to
Be Ready to Concede Principle Of
Eight Hour Day, Providing Conoes
sions Are Made by Employees on
Other Demands.
Washington, Aug. 16.-After the
committee of railroad managers had
another conference with President
Wilson it became known that a pro.
posal is under consideration by which
the railroads would accept the princi-
pie OF an eight-hour day and leave the
working out of its application to the
interstate commerce commission or
some body formed for the purpose.
Secretary Tumulty issued the fol,
lowing statement:
The president spent an hour and
a half with the representatives of the
railway management
After the conference he said it was
impossible as vet to report results. all
that he could say was that a candid
and honest discussion was in progress
about practicable basis OF settlement
Whether this plan can be worked
out Will not be known until President
Wilson presents il 10 the brotherhood
leaders
The railroads are understood 10 be
rta3y 10 Goa ele the principle Of the
eislthoe~ day. providing concessions
H. made by the employees SO too heavy
a burden viii not be placed on the
railroads
Tie men take the stand that they
principally want the eight-hour day
on conditions thai ii shah De enforced
whenever possible
Calls Issues lnseparable.
The manaaers take the position that
the eight-hogr day and the collateral
issues are i~nseparable and that it
would not he practicable to accept. the
eight-hour day and submit the other
questions TO arbitration. All OF the
issues are interviewer. they contend
and must ho decided together
Representatives OF the brotherhood
heard Of the proposal with interest
bnt insisted. however that the propo
sitiut is rat 2 new cne.
IS tnewt voet acc onc OF the Of
t.fe's sid "th t the railroad m2a
ag. ra had snsh a pr3aoefti.n in m'nl'
None Of tie brotherhood Officials
wotl3 ttsaitt himself on what The
attlteje of tie employees would be to
ward such a proposal. but they dii
not appear optimistic over the liteli
hood of It proving acceptable.
II was pointed out by the employ
es' representatives. however. that ii
such a proposition were rendered in
concrete form TO them they would only
refer it to the general board. com
posed Of 600 committee chairmen now
in New York
1t was probable. one of the officials
said. that if such a proposition were
submitted to them through the presi
lent they would retur to New York
and place it before the general board
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
Enter Outskirts of TOlminO,
Thirteen Miles Distant.
AUSTRIAN FLEET LEAVES
War Vessels at Adriatic Port Depart
AM Citizens Are Reported Seeking
Safety Observation-Disclosures Gain Ger.
man Trenches in the West.

London, Aug. 16.-The Italian ad.
vance guard moving southeast from
Galicia is within thirteen miles of
Trieste, whence the greater part OF
the Austrian fleet has sailed for an
unknown destination.
Italian troops have entered the sub
urbs Of Tolmino, which is under con
tinuous shell fire, according 20 a dis
patch from Turin. The Austrians.
says the dispatch, are evacuating the
city.
After attacks of the greatest VIC
lence on the Somme front the British
obtained a footing in first line German
trenches on the Thiepval-Pozieres
front, the Berlin war office announced.
Austro-German troops under Gen
eral Count Won Bothmer are Offering
determined resistance L the Russian
advance along the Upper Stripa in
Northern Gaiicia. They have com
pletely repulsed strong attacks in the
Internationally sector, according TO
The Official statement Of the German
var Office.
Kaiser on Eastern Front.
Emperor William again is on the
Eastern trent. where the Austro-Gar-
man armies are struggling desperate
~ to withstand the heavy strokes OF
the russians in Galicia and Volhynia.
III the latter region the opposing
forces apparently are at a standstilL
but in Galiria the onward sweep Of
General Rrusi'of's forces is continu.
ing with %r2pidity.,
The Zlota Lipa line. to which the
Austrians fell back after the forced
evacuation OF their position along the
Stripa. apparently is not destined to
hold tor any length of time.
P|etrograd reports the Russians
crossing to the west banks of the
Zlota Iipa river at some points, thus
menacing the flank Of General Won
Bothmer's lines elsewhere along that
stream.
Further south General Letchitzky is
continuing his advance below Halle
across the Bystritza -Slotovina line,
while to the north the Russians are
moving along the Upper Stripa upon
the new positions west of the Teutons'
old line.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-16
PLAYING BOY BROWNS IN
a JAR OF WATER.

Bis Sandy, Mont. Aug. 10
While trying to reach for a toy
that had dropped into a zen
gallon jar of water. Robert,
one-year.old son of Mr.. and
Mrs Hofsommer. fell in. Life
was almost extinct a few min
utes later when he was found
with his legs protruding from
the jar. Efforts to revive him
failed.
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Representatives Of Railroads Said to
Be Ready TO Concede Principle Of
Eight Hour Day, Providing Conces
sions Are Made by Employees or
Other Demands.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
OWE DEBT TO SERvIAN BARDs
Men Of Letters Have Kept Alive the
Spirit of Liberty Which Ia the
Countrys Pride.

The schoolmaster as the citadel and
hope of national aspirations is today
what he was hundred years ago,
when korais laid the foundations OF
Greek independence by purging the
native tongue of it's barbaric infee-
tons and bringing it as near as pos
sible to the language Of Pericles. It
may be the professional schoolmas.
tiers, or it may be the professors, writ.
ers, poets, who constitute themselves
the schoolmasters Of a nation. With
the hedge priests OF ireland who kept
alive the national spirit under fercs
prosecutions stand the Servian bards
who, through the centuries. kept the
national soul alive under the despot.
ism of the Turk. AS applied to racial
awakenings, Faust's conclusion is
wrong. In the beginning is not the
deed, but the word, the word that
often has TO be taught to a people that
has forgotten it, and even when half
learned falls upon their ears from an
ancient past as call to great deeds.
It Is the schoolmaster and the book
men who have stirred up and led rev
olutions in our own day, the intellec
tuals in Russia, Nansen and SiguId
Ibsen IN Norway, Braga in Portugal.
D'Annunzio and Martinetti in Italy,
and now Pearse and his predecessors
of the Gaelic league in Ireland. Among
the Jews today the revival of national
aspirations expresses itself. in one
form, through the retirth of the Ian.
guage Of the Bible as a spoken tongue.
parallel strangely akin to the Gaelic
renaissance.-NewY York Evening Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
WHERE THE WOMEN WORK
In Palestine No Woman Is Considered
Too Old or Too Young to
Work.

No woman in Palestine is too old
or too young to work. A girl Of six
tends her small brothers or sisters,
and the grandmother weaves or spins
until the day she dies. AS Is common
among oriental women, those of Pales-
tine age early, and at twenty-five the
ordinary woman of the laboring class
is wrinkled and bent. unless as wa
ter bearer she preserves her erect
carriage and Queenly gait.
The old woman spins wool as she
goes to her home or the fields where
the men till the ground or beat the
green olives from the trees. Her eos
tune is composed of two pieces, unless
she wears shoes, which is neither
necessary nor customary. The full
dress or tobe is gathered at the waist
by belt of coarse cloth, and is tied
at the throat with a heavy string,
so that weatherbeaten strip of neck
can be seen below 1T. One piece Of
goods forms the front and another the
back, and until Paris fashions affect
the laborers, as they have already af-
fected the drones in the Levant, a
triangular piece of cloth, to give high
speed walking fullness to the skirt, is
the only material added.
The veil is long and strong, and
can be used to tie up fagots or to con-
tain such measures of barley as Ruth
had from Boaz in the fields. Coarse
and durable embroidery may decorate
both tobe and veil, but the young bride
wears embroidery for which rich tour
lists bargain in vain.-Christian Her
aid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
BUNYAN AND HIS GREAT WORK
"PiIgrim's Progress" Was First Printed
About a Decade Before the
Authors Death.

The first edition of "The Pilgrims
Progress" was printed in 1878, just a
decade before the death of the author,
John Bunyan, who breathed his last in
the home of London grocer 22S years
ago. The first edition was printed for
Nath. Ponder, at the Peacock in the
Poultry, 1875" and second edition
was necessary the same year. Ten
editions were printed before Bunyan
died, and the book enjoyed a huge
popularity among the lowly and hum
bic of England and Scotland, but was
sneered at by the educated classes
Bunyan was very proud of the fact
that his work was greatly admired by
New Englanders and by the French
Huguenots. For more than century
"Pilgrims Progress had no standing
in literary circles. "All the numerous
editions" said Macaulay, ''were evil
IDENTIFY meant for the cottage and the
servants hall, as the paper, the print
ing and the plates were of the mean
est description" In his youth Bunyan
was tinker, and far from pious. 1t
is recorded that woman, whose char
acter was such as to make her an au-
thority on profanity, declared that he
was 'the ungodliest fellow for swear
ing she had ever heard in all her life,
and that it made her tremble to hear
him" -EXchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
rha - Is nntimiam.

Live in the active voice, intent on
what you can 60 rather than on what
happens TO you; IN the indicative mood.
concerned with facts IS they are rather
thsn as they might be. in the present
tense. concentrated on the duty in
hand without regard fer The past or
worry about The future; in the first
person. c'itfeishIg yourself rather than
CONCERNING Others; II the singular
number. seeking the approval of your
own conscience rather than popularity
with the many. hoover lives the life
OF such unEelfsh devotion to the good
OF Others and of al and lives it in the
active voice. indicative mood, present
tense, FIRST person, singular aumber. is
bound 70 fra lis lie fu.l and rich and
glad and flee-is bound, in other words,
10 be an optimist--Niliam De Witt
HYDE.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
That Indefinite Article,

The rule dealing with the indefinite
article preceding words commencing
with 'u'' (when pronounced ''yu') does
not appear to be an adamantine one.
Like Macaulay. with his fondness for
Fan university, many of our best
writer's. and speakers prefer to ignore
the rule and back their fancy in this
little question of euphony. AS for the
man in the street, the matter has long
ago been settled in favor of "a" in all
cases where the initial ''u" has the
''yu" sound, partly no doubt because
such phrases as IAN united people" do
not come trippingly off the tongue and
have an old fashioned. pedantic flavor.
And there are sensitive ears that will
prefer "a unique to the more studied
IAN unique. london Chronicle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
The Word sPsster.n

When we say we have been pestered
by the bill collector and the political
candidate we are not indulging in
American slang. We are using a word
that is more ancient and aristocratic
than any of our proudly displayed
coats Of arrus. And 1t came from the
same source as most OF the worlds
aristocracy-frgm the farnIi Poster
is an abbreyiation for '.impester, AMI
a Dasteeigla. in classic Latin, was sim
ply pasture. Isge were 10 fences
around the pasture. and to prevent tile
horses apg eszslle faqr1 straEing t.
far IN quest Of lush grass their feet
were shacaled. Yoa world think yoG
were being pestcred if yoar feet were
tiel--tllat l., iTnpestered- so that yoa
could moi rist ] Es Globe-Demo-
crat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
An Ant That Spins.

The spinning ant is found in India,
in tCeylon, in the islands Of Malacca
and in Australia. This ant weaves its
nest between two leaves of q tree,
preferably the mango. 1t begins to
build or to weave by drawing two
leaves together, To do this it runs q
line of its working material-material
similar to the spiders thread-the
length of the leaf and around it. While
at work it clings to the leaf with its
nails and at the same time draws on
the leaf nearest to it with its mandi-
bles. Sometimes the two leaves suit
able for nest building are too far apart;
then the builder calls in its fellow
ants, and they help to form chain.
Each ant clings to the waist of its
neighbor by its mandibles. Thus en-
chained, they work to build the nest
of their comrade.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
The First Atlas.

The first modern atlas was the work
of Abraham Ortelius. Dutch geogra-
pher. who died 51S years ago. His
monumental treatise, entitled "The-
atrum Cribs Terrarum," was first pub
lished at Antwerp in 1910 and was re-
yised and reissued five times during
the authors lifetime. 1t was a folio
volume containing nearly a huadred
maps, representing the different coun-
tries and continents as they were then
known, Although this atlas was a
momentous achievement, yet a bright
schoolboy today could draw maps from
memory with better approximation
TO correctness. Even England and
Scotland appear in this pioneer volume
with amazing distortions of coast line
and relative area, and many other
maps In the volume bear only a slight
resemblance to those of today.-New
York World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
Yale,s Famous 'S2.

The late George w. Smalley be
ionged at Yale to the class of IS
which included Isaac H. Bromley. tn.
brilliant journalist; Henry C. Robin
son, the leading Connecticut lawyer;
Gen. Edward Harland of Norwich, DIS
tinguished in the Civil war; Edmund
Clarence Stedman, the, banker-poet
George H. Watrous, president of tht
New Haven road; Andrew D. White
former ambassador to Berlin and pres
ident Of Cornell; Senator Tom Plat
of New York. Senator Randall E. Glib
son of Louisiana, Charlton T. Lewis
prison reformer and insurance expert;
George Shiras. Jr., a member Of Tx
United States Supreme court; Epis
copal Bishop Davies Of Michigan, ant
Wayne MacVeagh, a leading lawyer
and in Garfield's cabinet. This is quite
list for one Yale ASS to produce
Waterbury Americ.A.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
lndfay,e and Time.

Certain ct the reservation Indians
ak{ll cling to the calendar Of their an
cestors. The Indian method was to
compute time by sleeps and moons.
A sleep Is twenty -four hours, and a
moon Is a month, There is also a
uiidmoon, where the sun Is at IL
o'clock meridian This hour Is indi-
Gated by pointing overhead.
When an Indian pointed quarter way
up the sky he meant o'clock: when
he pointed quarter way down he meant
8 o'clock Sunrise was the eastern
horizon and sunset the western.
When there was moon the time
was indicated in the same way as by
the sun. y,ere an Indian asked the
distance to certain place or how far
he had come he would say so many
sleeps, or days travel A sleep, as
describing distance, was about thirty
five miles when walking deliberately
or from fifty to seventy-fve miles if
going in haste with a message.-Phil-
adeiphia Inquirer