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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26

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HAY FRvERITE HAVING HIS TROUBLES.
Mecca OF immunity for the annual con
yentlon OF the pollinOsis patients
In New York. since time immemOrial
Aug H. has been the official day for
the opening Of the open season for
sneezes. The red noses and weeping
eyes will arrive right on time this year.
according to H. Il. Jerome. chairman OF
the board Of directors Of the Hay
Fever association aud custodian, dur
ing eleven months of the year. OF all
the sneeZes Of the nation. Mr. Jerome
says that hay fever promises to retain
its popularity this year. despite the
drive of appendicitis as the ailment OF
the aristocracy
That there are 2J,O00 sneeZers Ia New
York state is stated In the annual re
port. The report adds that the aver
age number Of days that sneezers
sneeZe is forty-two each year: that the
average number OF sneeZes sneeZers
sneeze each day is seventy-three This
makes grand total of 76.65O,000
sneezes year In New York Rockies
In the ranks OF the hay feverites point
with pride TO these figures.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26
NEVADA AND TYPE OF NEW ANTI-AIR GRAF
GUN.

NEVADA AND 1 EE Of NEW AN IL Al II NRAE 4 !
GUN.
naughts of the Atlantic fleet. the Penn
sylyania and the Nevada. have already
been equipped with these guns
American naval officers contend that
these are the most effective guns in the
world for use against air craft. This
claim is set up in a statement recently
issued by Secretary Daniels. in which
he says
"Se, eral Of the newest dreadnaughts
of the Atlantic fleet are now equipped
with the most effective anti,air craft
guns in the world. \ quantity of these
guns are completed and will be mount
ed on other vessels as rapidly as ships
become available for navy yard work.
Three years ago we had no anti-air
craft guns. The design then under
consideration, which proposed the adap-
tation of former secondary battery
guns, had to be discarded"
The gun is of three inch bore and of
fifty ealibers. The claim made for 1t
by naval ordnance experts Is that ii
will shoot five miles straight up into
the air
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26
FEAR OF LIGHTNING KILLS.
New Jersey Woman Dies OF Fright
DURING a Thunderstorm.

Newton, ~ J.-During one OF the
most severe thunderstorms that had
visited this neighborhood In several
years damaging buildings. crops and
roads. Mrs Mamie Louise McCracken
OF Woodside avenue this place. be
came unconscious from fright and died
shortly after, Mrs McCracken was
fifty years old and all her life had felt
a nervous fear Of thunder and lightning
She was a daughter of the late John
Dalrymple Of Washington, y. j.. and
had been resident of this township
since her marriage, thirty-one years
ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26
BEAR CUBS CAUGHT.
Gentle as Puppies After Their Mother
Was Driven Away.

Estacada. ore Fred Bannister of
Estacada returned recently from a trip
in the interests Of the forestry depart
ment near Cary's Hot Springs. on the
Upper Clackamas river. bringing with
him two brown bear cubs.
These cubs are about three months
old and were captured by Bannister
after the mother bear had been driven
off aud the youngsters allowed 10 climb
a tall tree.
Temporarily the animals. which are
as gentle as puppies, will be kept Ia
Estacada, where they are furnishing
much amusement for young and old
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26
PARK FOR WOMEN ONLY.
No Chance For Spoonlng In New Kan
sas City Playground.

Kansas City. Mo.-A park exclusively
for women was established by the
Kansas City park board following the
plea OF a business women's organiza
ton for recreation and rest ground
where women can enjoy themselves un.
molested
site was chosen on a high point
overlooking the Missouri river. where
tennis courts. croquet grounds and a
Dutch oven" will be constructed and
a shelter house built.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26

Liberty. Mo. = Dan Rhodus has a
country ham hanging In his smoke.
house at his home, near Mosby. which
was cured by his father in 1878, thirty,
seven years ago. 1t is plump and Of
fine appearance. although seemingly
as solid as q rock.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26
Somebody Fooled School Board.

Lowell Mass-A woman without au-
thority suspended afternoon sessions
OF the public schools Of Lowell by tele-
phoning the central fire station TO
sound the no school signal. When Su.
perintendent Molloy heard the bells he
telephoned the fire officials, who de
clared that the woman had said she
was in the school superintendent's Of.
Ace.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26
SKUNK SACKS UNDER HOUSE.
Mean Wisconsin Persons New Form
Of Deviltry.

Eagle, wis. Despite the offer OF a re
ward Of 800, State Senator A. G.
Clark. wealthy Chicago man, who
has a summer home on Eagle Springs
lake. has been unable to discover the
identity Of the person who put skunk
sacks under the floor OF his home
In the last issue Of the Eagle Gum
Senator Clark inserted the following
notice offering a reward and telling Of
his troubles:
"Will personally add $50 TO the $50
reward already offered by the Eagle
Springs Lake Protective association. !
do so because Mrs Clark found II was
impossible to live in the house"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26
HUGHES COLLAR IN MUSEUM
Candidate Adds One to Collection OF
Those of Notables.

Bridgehampton, n. Y.-Among the
many unusual letters received by
Charles E Hughes, the Republican
nominee for president. was one asking
him for a collar, preferably one which
he had worn. Mr. Hughes sent the
collar.
The letter came from the owner OF a
collar factory which has a museum
In which are kept as exhibits collars
dents have contributed. and there are
any number of lesser dignitaries repre-
ssuted In the collection.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26
SAFE ON A COWCATCHER.
MotorcycIist Seated There on His Ma
chine When Struck by Train.

Millville, ~ J.-While Charles Nor
struck by West Jersey and Seashore
railroad train at the East Main street
crossing and received only slight
bruises
The motorcycle. with Norberry still
on the seat, was fastened to the COW
catcher until the train was stopped 800
feet from where the accident occurred
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-26
NAvY'S new GUN
Will Be Mounted on BattleShipS
For Use Against Air Craft.
BELIEVED TO BE EFFECTIVE.

Is Of Three Inch Bore and of so Cali
bers, and Claim Is That II Will Shoot
Five Miles Straight Up into the Air.
Already Mounted on Nevada and
Pennsylvania.
Washington. Forty of the new anti
air craft guns FOR use by the American
navy have been completed and viii be
mounted on twenty battleships of the
Atlantic fleet as rapidly as Is possible
without interfering with the summer
maneuvers. Two Of the newest dread
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
NO PICTAIL FOR UNCLE SAN.

Our national in the balance AericanisH Is
on trial If produce merely the set-seeking easeoVs
dutvshirkng whether he be mere nateas or mere
silly sentmentaist if produce only the Americans OF inc
CRATER and the moycodde and the safeyrst gechqucK
peace man, will have produced an American
faithful only to spirit the Tories of 1916 and the copper
heads of 1861 and fit only vanish from the earth
speak for military preparedness | speak tor INDUSTRIAL
preparedness speak performance OF international duty
which can only come when fit ourselves to do our DUTY 10
ourselves and when have made minds never to make
promise to any other nation which cannot be Kept WHICH
ought not to be kept and which will not be kept
twofod duty imposed upon us (when the preier'
war began) by of prosperity and by the tact OF our
nomentary immunity from danger This twofold duty Was
first 70 make our felt for the weak who had been wroneeu
m tho strong and for international humanity and honor and
for peace on justice for all concerned and second I'M
edatev and in fashion to prepare ourselves
50 that there might bea even greater scale such
disaster as bee Belgium We have sgnaly failed IN ootn
duties.
believe that great majority of my fellow countrynen
when thew finally the trouble to think on the problem al
all will refuse to acquiesce in the Chnacation OF
this country believe that they will refuse to follow those VINO
would make right pless before might who would put pig
tail IN Uncle Sam and the Goddess Of Liberty into pa
cc female huckste cutchng bag OF dollars which she mas
not the courage O guard against aggression
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or.+s with their fellows. II would De
on an.;septic TO militarism; for swirl
orIand and Australia are the least mil
;.aa;s.;c and most democratic OF COM
r,onweal.hs. Il would be done IN the
schools and then by four 20 SIX months
work in the field when they leave tne
scbools II would mean only EXTENDING
tho syster, already admirably appheu
IN Wyoming. With such system we
should be guaranteed forever against
no Kind Of conflict which is known as
rich mans war and poor man
fcht We should never have war un-
loss the people who were 10 tignt II ue,
iiberately determined upon it. IL wouio
no war waged By the people Tor the
people.
AsI have said again and again, ana
as cannot too often repeat auNo-
cate this preparedness as means 10
secure peace and to avoid war. good
,nother wrote me the other day ths'
she feared preparedness because sns
did not wish her boys ITO go up sgalD;st
tho cannon" Now, the one pertecIiy
certain method Of insurlng that ner
bovs and all the other boys IN TINS
conntrv shall go up against the eau
ron" is to persuade foreign powers
that thew can attack US with impuni.s
hacouse our mothers have refused 10
W, .Loir bovs be trained efficiently.
ahbor unjust and wanton war. more
than that; If there were a gres. war
nv sons would go. and probably all my
youno kinsfolk would go. II the war
became serious enough | woulL nave 10
go. =.
I, vould be the bitterest grlet 10
mo N see my sons 90, as every iaVhei
H.. will understand. All that nonor-
ahiv could do would be done TO neip
raon This country out of war, SO tnat
nv sons would not have 70 go. but
would far rather have them go Una"
have them stay at home under conu
.;ons which would make their cnlioren
ashamed of them and ashamed OF peihs
Americans.
Our foreign policy should be man.
- IN tho basis of showing courteous
~ecard for the rights and the feeIlnsS
81 others and a refusal TO be irrl'a'eu
o,.er or tax, offence at tribes; out d.
H. same time an equally courteous put
resolute insistence upon our oT"
r;o,bts Insolence and disregard OF inc
r;Shts and feelings of others may en-
hroil in war: but weakness ana con
yeying the impression that we do oes co
..Lars are even more certain 10 90 SO
IN the long run. Strength, courage and
no courteous doing of justice tend 70 ,
avert war: weakness. and above al
,,oaLness combined with buster, 'eno
in the long run to make it inevitable.
W. stand for the peace which comes as
matter of right TO the just man armed
and not for the peace which IS pu df
chased by the coward at the cost O Oh
abiect submission TO wrong ne pea
of cowardice ultimately ads to war as
the end of record of shame.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
Inadequacy Of Army Evident.

Surely the utter inadequacy OF our
army must have been made evident 20
every thinking man by what has oc-
CURED on the Mexican border After
tame submission TO innumerable in
juries. one bandit raid was so fragrant
that our army followed the raiders
The army was in such condition that
the immediate pursuit which would
have insured prompt success could not
be undertaken and after over a month
had passed by and after wellnigh our
entire mobile army had been called
upon we were still entirely I'M
able 20 deal adequately with
the situation. Remember that
month covered the time from the
opening Of the great European war 10
the Battle Of the Marine. Remember
that if disaster happened to our navy
a month would be sufficient for any one
Of several of the great Old World mill
tary powers. without subtracting from
it's army a force whose loss would be
in any way felt az home. 10 land in San
Francisco or New York force five
times as great as our mobile army.
In practice We have been unable
within six weeks to gather enough
troops 10 cope with the situation
created DN TIA TdlO. mink deeply,
friends, what this means and the i'm
potence il reveals for meeting any kind
Of serious assault made upon our
shores by any military power of the Old
World; and remember that this war
has shown that save in the teeth Of
navy of great size and AZ the highest
point Of efficiency the ocean ~ a high
way for the rapid transport of troops.
1t is shortsighted folly Of the most
sinister kind not TO provide at once,
Immediately. for regular army Of
quarter OF a million of men, in order
that we shall have within our own
limits a mobile body Of $4,000 men so
constantly trained and maneuvred that
inaide OF week they could be CON
centrated in the highest condition OF
lighting efficiency at any point of our
border or coast line. Relatively TO the
population Of this country this army
would be no larger than the Chicago
police force is TO the city Of Chicago.
My proposition no more smacks of
militarism than does the Chicago police
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30

c.o.os IN the high seas likewise.
anneal TO every American. whether
neal 70 every good American. whethef
tanner or merchant. business man or
nrofessional man. whether he works
r';tb brain or hand. Anything Of DIS
Grace or dishonor that befalls our peo--
9ie anywhere is of vital moment TO all
If ne wherever we live; and any deed
that reflects credit on the American
name Is a subject OF congratulauon TOT
every American Of every section oil TINS
country. -, c.. .. .
whole Surely il ought 10 be Innec-
essarv to say that IT spells as absolute
min to hermit divisions among our peo-
ME along the lines OF creed or OF ma
t;onaI origin as IL does 10 per
MT division by geographical sec
tion We must not stand mere
w for America first. We must
stand for America first and last ana
for no other nation second except as
we stand for fair play for all nations
There can be no divided Loyalty IN
The man who tries 10 be loyal 10
this country and also 10 some otner
country is certain in the end 10 put ms
LOYALTY 10 the other country aheau "
his LOYALTY to this. The politiico-raciai
hyphen is the breeder Of moral treason
We are @ new nation, by blood AKIN 20
hut different from all the nations OF
Turope. In the veins OF our people runs
the blood Of German, Englishman and
Irishman. Of scandinavian. Slav and
Latin. Any one OF these people can bring
something of value TO our common ma,
tjonal life. Each can contribute social
and cultural traditions and customs, OF
value; and all must join in CORDIAL
mutually OF respect for Whatever is
valuable that each brings out eae FAC,
must put the contribution at the ser
vice of our common and unified citizen
shin. and by utilizing all that Is thus
contributed. and by adapting and devel-
oping it so that it shall meet and eX ,,
press our common needs. we snail build
our own distinctive national culture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
LOCAL DEFENCE .st,
-'~'- PLANS pUsp
c. Vanderbilt Announces ~.
.paign to Unite Corps ia w

Cornelius Vanderbilt. eh'l,NI IA,
the Mayors Committee On ,1,y 4
defence announced yes,e'U,,s.
the committee would begin ,'s, .
campaign OF active eoope,ssS,:.s
ether agencies IN the pe'iN ,s y
plans for local defence 10 b, Az
City. This work IS 70 pe ,sss,!
to the committees eror.s ls(s
curing adequate prepsreanDs.'rh ~
ticn from Congress, IN s,.osvs,'
been engaged since inc Loss
convention OF mayors IN ."
March 3 and 4. .5 tbs,
MIR Vanderbilt announces .,ss
the first step, he had spP. "a u
derman Henry II. Cur'sn,, p'
chairman OF sub,ecnin''inH,, mari
onsrate with the Police p.Vp,le
in the recruiting OF the hV, iii v
League. The committee ~. ~
ranized this week. and s -
ready been made IN q II
increase the memoe'sm,. efv
league from its present wv
TO 22.5o0 citizens. .ru,. u y
The object OF the ieSss ,, ~,
lined BY Police Comui'ss, SION, -
is TO enroll $50 eitlren.re a,v ~,
men in each OF the nlnev ~
in the city. who. in the s' Or,
trcme or concentrated need , ~ 4
part OF the Police pep.rIrss
be sworn in as special p '. Su.is
take up the work Of pol,e. horse
the protection OF their own ,,rseisss|
business interests in the P"-1
which they live.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
If We Leave Our Democracy In
efficient 1t Will Go Down In
Ruin, T. r. Warns.
OUR NATIONAL CHARACTER
HANGING IN THE BALANCE
Industrial Preparedness Necessary to Mill
tary Service, but Congress HAS Done
Nothing, Asserts Colonel

rible gospel in which u is written by
an alien conqueror IN letters OF steel
and Of flame.
The First Necessity.
The first necessity is that we shall IN
good faith and without reservation un-
dertake to be a nation and not merely
20 call ourselves a nation. make my
especial appeal TO the national spirit
here in Chicago, here in the great Md
die West. here in the territory stretch
ing from the Alleghanies 10 the Rock
lee. The prophets of gloom have said
that the West. prosperous and lndlfier-
ent. secure in her fancied safety be
cause she is in the middle of the con-
tinent cares nothing for the dangers
that might befsll the cities on the At
lantic or theRacifc Coast. cares moth
ing for whatvas befallen the dwellers
along TIE Mexican boundary, and Is as
indifferent TO what befalls elsewhere as
Picking once was 10 what befell its out
living Chinese provinces 10 the ultl-
mate ruin of Picking. by the way TINS
do not for one moment believe. ~ /
did | should despair OF the Republic.
This is 20 peculiar degree the
democratic. intensely and characteristic
cally American, section OF our land.
The West produced for the service or
the whole nation Abraham Lincoln and
Andrew Jackson: and | know that their
spirit is still the spirit OF her sons.
enpeal 10 the men of the West 10 take
the lead in the movement for the gen
nine naturalization Of our people. "
the republic founded by Washington
and saved by Lincoln IS TO be turned
into mere polyglot boarding house,
where dollar hunters Of twenty differ
EFT uationalities scramble for gam,
each nationality bearing no real allie
glance except 10 the land from when
IL originally came, then We may as well
make up our minds that the great eX-
periment Of democratic government on
this continent will have failed.
II will have failed II each section
thinks only Of the welfare Of that sec
ton and with Grass blindness believes
that disaster 20 some other section VIII
not affect il. And the failure viii be
greatest of all if foolish men are per-
suaded by wicked men that one caste
or class is the prime enemy OF some
other class or caste. ] appeal TO the
men of the East 70 prepare so that the
men Of the Pacific Slope shall be tree
from all menace OF danger. appeal 10
the men of the West to prepare so that
the men of the Atlantic Coast shall be
free from all danger | appeal 20 the
North. South, West and East alike TO
hold the life of every man and the
honor Of every woman on the most re-
mote ranch on the Mexican border as a
sacred trust TO be guaranteed by the
might OF our entire nation and the
life Of every man. woman and child
who should be protected by the United
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
An1ericQnisn1 on Trial. Says Roosevelt Warning OF Pe1

a robust and virile nationalist !.
ready 70 cope with all possihl. ss
at home and abroad. | ano..e cesy
spirit Of sane. common ~.
faces things as they prae,;e." rs|
! appeal TO that spirit ~ ~
which sees great goal and va
toward that goal. | ask 70, s0>
preparedness as an arm 10
soul OF the nation. ash ~
quicken the national consei,,.,
the national discipline. ,.I.nh
prepare ourselves within. az
cannot prepare ourselves xi,.;sN
We also prepare against d.n. Ar. w.
without. You hate the vast. m
spilling Of war. SO do |. y.a s'
hate such waste and such NJ. aascl
ing more than do. rs'' 'rill,
lamentable of all the tr,,.a naj
nected with blood spillinr = 4" ess|
ing OF the blood Of brave m., 'el1
to secure the end for which !, ~ ~
IS split: Under such conSi,.ms w
is no chance Of triumph: "a. nsr(
choice is between dying hoo. q. a',sd.s
umphsnt iniquity. nu|
May We so act that neith.,
our children's children ,s.n"N
in the future have 10 faes ~
alternative. We wish 10 s.s wi
both for ourselves and for AL. ~
do so We must be both ,,ro.s
Just; for weakness invite, ir;~s
its own expense and is por..,o
ward off injustice from o,bs,.
you TO prepare so that ". ma
peace for ourselves and for o,I.
the peace OF covardice nor IN
OF seltishness, but the pese. ~
eousness and OF justice. m.
brave men pledged TO tho ~"
this mighty democratic repohE.
through that service pledged ,l,n,.
service OF TIE world az lsro. ""
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30

done: but we never took single
step in the way Of preparation TO en-,
force our words if unhappily IT should
become necessary to do so. At presen'
we have sent another ultimatum TO
Germany no stronger than the one
sent fourteen months ago; but the err
cumstances of its delivery are such as
10 seem to indicate that more weight
must be attached TO II. Yet we are
still not preparing in any way. The
Lower House OF Congress has taken
what measures it could TO interfere
with the organizations on which we
should have TO rely in any belated and
hurried efforts TO meet our needs
should we have to act in support OF our
note. and has passed legislation ex-
cellently designed to prevent all EN-
iency from the military standpoint.
Substantially we are not IN the least