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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03

New York, Oct. 3.-The first and
second games Of the world series will
be held in Boston on Oct. Z and 9.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
MAY ADJOURN NEXT FRIDAY
Members of Congress Believe Session
Nearly over.

Washington. Aug. -. - Congress is
getting ready to adjourn next Friday,
if possible, ignoring all threats OF
members to press special bills for con
sideration over protests of administra-
tion leaders
1t is expected that joint resolution
to provide for adjournment Friday
evening will be submitted to both
houses next week, as soon as the gen,
eral deficiency appropriation bin has
passed the house. probably on Tues.
day.
Democratic leaders declare the reso-
luton will be adopted and that this
will operate to check a threatened pro.
longed fight in the senate over the
Owen corrupt practices bill, which
aroused a fusillade OF charges and
counter charges of political corrup-
ton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
DANIELS DEFENDS
GuNNERY OF NAVY

Milbridge Ne. Aug 2S - Secretary
Of the Navy Daniels delivered here
the Grst OF "A series of speeches he
viii make in this state during the
next few days which mark his entry
into the campaign for the reelection
of presiden Wilson
While he touched on other topics to
some extent Mr. Daniels devoted HIM
self particularly to answering charges
made by representative Gardner of
Massachusetts, who has been the sec
retary chief critic in congress.
Mr. Daniels referred TO a series OF
thirteen questions regarding the ad.
ministration of the navy which Mr.
Gardner rropounded 10 the secretary
in letter saying that all of them
had been asked by Mr. Gardner and
answered satisfactorily by the navy
department many times.
There are doubtless people who are
able to ask more questions than Mr..
Gardner" the secretary said hut |
doubt if any one has ever asked the
same questions SO many times without
paying the slightest attention TO the
answers
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
HAVE RANGE OF IS MILES
Army Experts Working on Huge Field
Howitzers.

Washington. Aug 2S.-Army ord
nance experts are at work on designs
FOR huge field howitzers larger than
the German 42-centimeter guns.
They will be at least l6-inch caliber
with range Of twelve to fifteen miles.
hurting a projectile weighing more
than a ton and carrying huge amount
OF high explosive.
I'm addition TO placing several of
these mammoth weapons along the
coast line for mobile defense against
naval attack army officials now are
considering the creation OF a special
regiment, equipped with six OF the
howitzers, TO work as a unit OF the
mobile army
The problem confronting the design
ers in that regard is to distribute the
enormous weight of the gun carriage
i'm such a way that 1t can be moved
over any good roads
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
GERMANY MAY RENEW
SUBMARINE ATTACKS

Washington, Aug 2S.-The Ameri-
can embassy at Berlin has advised
Secretary of State Lansing of definite
threats from prominent German
sources of a renewal Of former meth
ods OF submarine warfare against
merchantmen regardless of the wishes
of the United States
The fact that this government has
in no way caused Great Britain TO
modify her blockade is given as the
reason.
The news from Ambassador Gerard
had caused some uneasiness here.
Secretary Lansing admitted that he
had been informed of a public mani
festo issued by Grand Admiral Won
Tirpitz, retired, openly advocating de-
fiance of the United States.
Mr. Gerard has incorporated the
manifesto in his diplomatic mail To
gether with it are other indications
that the German people are demand
ing resumption of the old U-boat
methods
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
OF RUSSIAN
TERRITORY IS URGED

Berlin. Aug IS proclamation
containing views on the peace condi-
tions which might be imposed by Ger
many is published by "the independent
committee for German peace" an or
ganization formed some time ago by
those considered to be the extreme
war advocates in Germany.
The document asserts that Russian
territory from the Baltic to Volhynia
must In the future be included in the
German sphere, to serve as a bulwark
against the Russian tendency to ami
hilate Germany. Frances revenge
ideas must consistently be kept in
mind, so that in the west also changes
would be necessary.
Belgium, in the future, adds the
proclamation, either will be German
or an English bulwark, SO real guar
antees" there also are needed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
GR0NNA FLAYS OLD GUARD
Denies Tariff Had Anything to Do
With Overthrow of Cannon.

Washington, Aug. Ex-senator Gron-
ma of North Dakota vigorously re-
piled to the criticism of Senator Gal
linger, the minority leader in the SEN
ate, that progressive Republicans
sowed the seeds of discomfort over
the Dingley tariff and chose former
Speaker Cannon as the Jonah on
whom to heap the burden of blame,
and that they preached the false
theory that the high cost of living was
due to the Dingley tariff.
Senator Gronna declared the tariff
had nothing to do with the overthrow
of Cannon and that he was attacked
only to end an era of autocratic DOM
ination of the house.
The clash occurred during debate on
the emergency revenue bill
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
BORDEN PARTY
ESCAPES DEATH
Vessel Wrecked, But All on
Board Reach Land.
STORM CAUSES DISASTER

United States Coast Guard Cutter Nc.
CulIoeh. Sent to Search for Explorer
Picks Up Refugees Fifteen Days
After Accident
On Board United States Coast Guard
Cutter McCulloch. Bering Sea. Aug
2S via wireless to Seattle-The power
schooner Great Bear, carrying the Arc.
tic expedition headed by John Borden
of Chicago and Captain Louis Lane OF
Seattle. was wrecked on a pinnacle
rock in a storm on Bering sea Aug 10.
The vessel was loss, but the en-.
tire party landed safely on St Mat
thew's island where it was found by
the McCulloch.
Members OF the party aboard the
Great Bear were able to land tents
and provisions on st. Mathews island
and lived comfortably fifteen days un-
oil the McCulloch which had been
sent from Nome to search for the yes.
sci. found them.
Mr. Borden and his entire party
were taken aboard the McCulloch,
which started back TO Nome
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
ARCHBISHOP SPALDlNG DEAD
Noted Catholic Prelate Expires at
Peoria, III.

Peoria, ILL.,, Aug. 2S - Archbishop
John Lancaster Spalding. a noted pre-
ate OF the Catholic church in Hin is
and a resident of Peoria consecutively
since 1871 when he was elected to
the position of bishop of the newly
created Peoria diocese, died at his
residence here.
He had been i'll for a number of
years. having suffered paralytic
stroke in 1906.
Archbishop Spalding received ma
tionwide notice when President Roose-
Welt named him as one of the arbitra-
tors to settle the anthracite coal
strike in 1902 Tie was the author of
several books dealing with labor topics
and also wrote several works on re-
ligious questions.
Bishop Spalding was born in Leba-
non. KY. June 2. 1S40
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
WHOOPINC COWBOYS
MEET HUGHES PARTY

Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 2S.-Charles
Western style. The touch OF realism
was furnished by group OF cowboys.
Galloping along on mustangs and
whooping as they went the cowpunch.
ers led a parade to Frontier park,
where the nominee addressed an audi.
enee in the open air.
Following the cowboys in the first
Of a string of automobiles were Mr.
and Mrs. Hughes, smilingly taking the
dust kicked UP by the horses heels.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
TWO ARE NAMED FOR RUSSIA
Washington Man VIII Represent State
Department in Petrograd.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-Appointment
Of Basil Miles of this city as special
representative Of the state depart.
ment in Petrograd was announced by
Secretary Lansing.
Maddin Summers of Nashville,
Tenn, acting chief of the bureau of
Latin American affairs in the state de-
partment, has been selected for con-
sui general in Moscow, Russia. He
will have charge Of war prisoners re-
lief work
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
AS RESULT OF THE WAR
Italian City Facing Serious Economic
Crisis.

Rome, Aug. 2S.-Venice is facing a
serious economic crisis as result OF
the war.
The city government has sent a
delegation to ask the national govern
ment for special measures of assist
ance.
The people complain they have been
deprived of the usual business of the
port, of their income from tourists,
and prevented from fishing in the
Adriatic, cutting off their customary
sources OF revenue
Premier Boselli received the delega-
tion and viii endeavor to aid the We
netians.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
POKER GAME IN BOX CAR
Holder OF Four Kings Dies From
Broken Neck.

Revillo, s. D., Aug 2S.-Because he
from him in a poker game in which
harvest hands were the participants
held four jacks John Covey is dead
from being kicked in the neck and
William Mccormick is sought by the
police as the slayer. The game was
in session in a box car. Seeing he was
beaten, witnesses say, Mccormick be-
came enraged and kisked his oppo-
nent. Then he leaped from the car and
disappeared. Covey died in a few
TN Lie ,aacir Lrcl..,.,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
WILL AID RETIRED SOLDIERS
United States TO Adopt Policy Pat
termed After British.

Washington, Aug 2S.A policy Of
caring for federal soldiers on retire
ment to civil life, patterned after that
of the British government which OBJ
tains employment for enlisted men re-
firing from the army, has just been in
aueurated by the Uuited States.
1t is announced in pamphlet issued
by Adjutant General Mccain explain
ing how the soldier may take advan-
tage Of lucrative offers, provided he
has demonstrated his efficiency for
civil employment during enlistment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
Brotherhood Men DiSSatified
Over Delay.
ROADS TO MAKE PROPOSAL
ment to Be Submitted to President
Wilson Denying Eight-Hour Day
but Making Other Concessions.

Washington. Aug 2S.-The threat
added tensity as the railway execu-
tives continued their deliberations over
the form of their counter proposal TO
President Wilson's plan and the broth
erhood leaders silently awaited the
next move
The executives have been told that
the mems leaders expect difficulty in
restraining them much longer
The presidents worked steadily on
their statement to President Wilson,
but have taken no final vote on it.
AS has been outlined unofficially it
declines to concede the eight-hour day
without arbitration and investigation
of it's application to railroading, but
makes some concessions as to collat
eral issues.
The effect of the executives coun-
ter proposal will be to pass the issue
back to the brotherhoods.
Several of the railway executives
say their proposition positively is their
last; some of the mems leaders stand
firmly against arbitration Others on
both sides have hopes that out of 1t
will come further negotiation delaying
a strike, and possibly averting it.
Regarded as Significant.
A statement issued by the federal
board of mediation on the settlements
1t had conducted is regarded as signifi-
cant.
1t described a report about TO be
made to the senate. which will dis
close that i'm every case of settlements
conducted under the old Erdman act
or the later Newlands law substantial
advantages have been won by the EN-
ployes through arbitration.
The only instance recorded where
the men did not benefit was a settle
ment made without the participation
of the federal mediators.
President Wilson regards the situa-
tion as serious, but has not given up
hope of a settlement
After the heads of the four great
railroad brotherhoods threatening a
nationwide strike had gone to the
White House with a warning that
their men would not wait much long
er for reply from the railroad execu-
tives to President Wilson's suggestion
that an eight-hour day be granted, the
executives agreed upon u counter pro
posal to be submitted to the presi-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
Missouri Officials With Guard Must
Give Up Salaries

Jefferson City. Mo. Aug. 2S.-Three
officers on the staff of Brigadier Cen
eral Harvey G.. Clark, commander of
the Missouri troops at Laredo, Tex,
who have been drawing salaries from
the state of Missouri while on border
service, will receive them no longer
as a result of legal opinion given by
Attorney General Barker.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
SEES STUDENTS RETURNING
Nerth Dakota ~" President Believes
Men Can Leave Guard.

Grand Forks, n. d., Aug. 2S.-Presi
dent +. L. McVey of the University OF
North Dakota expressed belief the
forty-eight members of the North Da-
kota First infantry, at Mercedes, Tex,
will be permitted to return for the
opening of the various higher educa.
tional institutions OF the state In
which thsy are students.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
GREEKS SHOW WAR SPIRIT
Denounce BuIgar Occupation Of Hell
lenic Territory.

Saloniki, Aug. 28.-A large popular
meeting was held here to protest
against the occupation of Greek terri
tory by Bulgarians.
1t was followed by a demonstration
for Venizelos and the singing Of the
national hymn. The crowd then
marched to the headquarters of Cen
eral Sarrail, entente commander, and
sang the "Marseillaise"
A formal protest against the Bull
garian occupation was drawn and left
with the prefect OF police.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
KILLED BY ELECTRIC WIRE


New York, Aug. 2S.-A man and two
boys were killed and two other boys
burned severely In the Bronx yards
of the New Haven railroad when one
of the youngsters touched 11,000-
volt electric wire hanging over the
roofs of freight cars on which the
lads were playing
John Fulton, an inspector, the man
killed, was hurled to the ground as
he seized the electrically charged body
Of one of the boys to pull him from
the wire. His neck was broken.
French Pay $500 for Horses.
Belfeld, N. d.. Aug. 26 French
agents disbursed $500 to local horse
statesmen in sale conducted In this
city. The animals will be shipped to
France for war purposes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
Priest Falls to His Death.

Chicago, Aug. 2S.-Rev. lgnatius
Thomazin. aged seventy, formerly =
Catholic priest of Albany, MINI
plunged to his death here from the
rear of the sixth floor Of the Sherman
hotel. He had bssn III several months.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28

Mrs William G McAdoo, wife of
the secretary OF the treasury and a
daughter Of President Wilson. who
has been i'll at her summer home at
Spring Lake, y, J.. is suffering from
a light attack of scarlet fever. but her
condition is not serious
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28

Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt of New York
has just returned to Paris from the
trenches at the front, and she de
scribes her visit as the "crowning ex
perience" of her life.
Mrs Vanderbilt is called the guard
ian angel of the American ambulance
field service" which she has gener-
ously aided financially.
She visited Verdun, where she dined
with the American ambulance driv-
ers at their mess. She was the first
American woman to enter the city
since the attack began. The only
women there were nurses.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
Austrians Pressed Back.

In the foothills of the Carpathians.
in Galicia, the Russians have pressed
back the Austrians and made consid-
erable advances, it is announced Off
cially by the Russian war Office
Russian troops which are attempt
ing to advance in the Carpathians to-
ward the Hungarian border have been
partially repulsed, suffering large
losses. the official Austrian report an
nounces. 1t adds that Austrian posi-
tions captured by the Russians on
General Won -Ermolli's front, in
the Terepelnike- Pieniak sector, have
been recovered
While determinedly resisting the al
lied advance on the Somme front in
Northern France the Germans are
launching strong attacks in other Sec
tors of the Western battle line, the
latest offensive movement reported be-
ing in the Champagne region.
Near Tabure in the Champagne. the
scene of hard fighting in the French
offensive last September, German
troops penetrated French positions,
but were driven out, Paris declares.
This attack followed quickly upon a
German assault on the St Mighiel
salient, southeast of VerdGn, which the
French repelled by a counter attack,
and was carried out simultaneously
with attacks In the region of Verdun
itself and along the Somme front.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
BULCARS TAKE
CREC|AN FORT
Entire Garrison Slain for
Offering Resistance.
COUNTRY BEING OVERRUN


nand Occupy All Northeastern
Greece-German Forces on Western
Front Showing Considerable Activity.
London Aug. 2S.-The Bulgarians
have attacked and captured the Greek
fort at Startila after killing its com
mander and the entire garrison, which
offered spirited resistance. says a So
fla dispatch.
The Sofia announcement diSclOses a
wide extension of the Bulgarian occu-
patton of Greek territory. The area
now taken overskirts the Aegean for
about fifty miles.
Apparently the Bulgarians have
reached all Northwestern Greece from
the Bulgarian border to Orfano, where
the old front ended, thus being estab-
lished over large section on the east
ern flank of the entente allies.
The Bulgarians began occupation of
this region two weeks ago, sending
one force westward across the Mesta
river to the vicinity of Kavala and
another southwark along the Struma
river where several Greek forts were
occupied.
In the light of Sofas announcement
it is apparent the Bulgarians have
been continuing this movement evi-
IDENTIFY with the purpose of anticipat-
ing the entente allies and organizing
for defense the open country along
the Aegean. which affords the best
avenue of approach for an invasion of
| Bulgaria from Saloniki.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-28
STATE PAY Is WITHDRAWN

minutes His neck was broken
The Harrison times., 1916-04-29
The Uses and Abuses
of Fertilizers

A Series of Six Articles which
Should BE of Valuable Assistance
to Agriculturfsts and Herticuitur-
lists Of Arkansas--By Prof. Il. J.
Fl. De Lonch, Director of Georgia
Experiment Station.
The Harrison times., 1916-04-29
I. THE USE OF COMMERCIAL FER.
TiLlZERS-HiSTOR

We would not be disposed to try to
give complete history of the use of
commercial fertilizers, but only to
show how this great industry began
and grew in the Southern United
States. Generally speaking, the far.
mers of this generation inherited the
habit OF applying fertilizers to soils,
but have not been taught the underly-
ing principles Of the industry.
The use of some kind of manures on
soils with crops for the purpose Of in
creasing the yields goes back to an
cient times. We know that many an
cient people applied animal manures
to their soils for this purpose. The
Chinese centuries ago, applied ma
nures of various kinds to their soils
and gardens and with phenomenal re-
suits. In Won Tshudi's Travels in Pc.
ru we fnd that as early as the middle
OF the last century notes were being
taken on the actual value OF Guano by
the Peruvians.
Bousingault speaks Of seeing fields
In Peru on which wheat had been
grown every year for two centuries,
and the yield still high and the grow.
ers prosperous.
The practice OF using mineral ferti,
lizers was introduced direct from Pc
~ to the United States in the year
lS46, and was based on such reports
rs we find above. II had already been
used in England before 1t found It's
way into the United States, but Peru
seems to be the country in which the
application OF minerals to soils as
plant food originated We do not
know this Is true, but all evidence
points TO this. It is OF greater interest
to US therefore that we know about
the customs In Peru.
The first man in the Southern States
to use this Peruvian guano was David
b'Shpohi Va Dpaibh pot WHu oaW hh
advertisement OF It In the old Amerl.
can Farmer published in Baltimore,
The South has perhaps never had
more successful farmer then David
Dixon, who made many millions OF
dollars farming, and who was a plo-
neer In many other lines AZ well Az In
the use of mineral fertilizers, In tho
year lS46, the year after 1t was intro.
duced into the United States, he ebought
three sacks and used it, and on hnd-
Ing that It paid him, bought It in in.
creasing quantities till the year 1865
and 1856, when he went into It fully"
AS is suggested above this is no doubt
the first instance Of the use Of con.
centrated mineral fertilizer on cotton
In the United States,
The Harrison times., 1916-04-29

me universal success with which
Mr. Dickson met in the use Of this Pc
ruvian guano led many other promi-
nent farmers to follow his example.
and in every reported case, success
followed its use. We are constrained
to believe that the way that the appli-
cation Of this mineral fertilizer to the
cotton and other crops In the South
could not possibly have been an acci.
dent, It's success was unquestionably
based on the actual needs Of the soil.
A quickly available manure was what
the crop needed, and when this was
once applied results were evident.
After a time 1t was found that tha
Peruvian guano, which contained prin.
cipally nitrogen, produced too much
stalk and not much increase in the
yield Of fruit, and hence It's use was
somewhat discouraged for a season.
About this time the war between
the States began, and at the same
time the discovery Of the potash beds
OF Germany, also, the offering on the
market of various kinds OF mineral
fertilizers resulting from the teach,
ings of Won Liebig of Germany, who
was at that time the greatest cham.
pion In the world OF Agriculture and
Its possibilities AS a result the pop.
ulartty Of Peruvian guano subsidized
and more study was given to the gen.
eral question of the use Of mineral
msnures, both by farmers themselves
and the students Of agriculture.
Two great contributing factors to
the rise Of the fertilizer trade In the
South are nrst the abolition OF slav.
cry, and second, the rise Of agricui.
tural education Before the war the
question OF land was secondary. II
growing farm crops in the South wore
the land out" there were plenty OF
slaves to take in more land" Ii was
cheaper to take in land than to pay
for any artificial manure, In 1862.
the Morrill, Bill passed Congress,
creating agricultural colleges in the
various states, after which there be-
gan a campaign for improving meth,
DDS In agriculture. Experiments at
public expense were begun on a small
scale, and the public was induced to
make greater use OF plant foods OF all
kinds, as we'll as to improve methods
OF tillage. This, OF course. caused an
Immediate increase in the use of min.
eral plant foods, and out OF which
grew demands for great quantities Of
fertilizers. From this great demand
there sprang up fertilizer factories, in
all parts OF the country. All kinds Of
materials were tried out, some was
good, and some was not but much OF
both kinds used The factories had
no restrictions and many of them
palmed off on the farmers anything
that would smell strong and that
could be put in sacks, This condi.
tion on account OF state laws did not
last very long We begin the next
article by giving resume Of the part
taken In the rise Of the trade by the
states themselves.
The Harrison times., 1916-04-29

See the Boone Co. Abstract Co. for
Abstracts Office in Court House.