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naturally be postponed until after the national conventions
 It IS hoped here that should Colonel rouse pay such a visit, he will come this tune as hamburger of peace, or at any rate to prepare, if possible the founda- tlons Tor peace proposal. difficult as thls task is recognized to be.
 The situation, it may be said, now has chahged. Apparently there is no harm, rom either a political or a strategical stanopolnt, in saying that Germany would welcome peace. As Arthur Von G"lnner the managing director of the Del tsche Bank in Berlin, stated to the Associated Press correspondent recently. Germany is in the position of a poker player who has gathered in all the money on the table and, naturally, is willing to break off an all-night session and retire with his winnings
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PULLMAN EMPLOYES
 MAY PURCHASE STOCK

F. J. Carten, local representative Of tne Pullman company, has advices from ms management that number of shares Of stock have been set aside for subscription by the minor employees. thus allowing them to become share holuefs on very easy tern1y
 rms IS regarded as an unusual op- portunity Tor the employees to par ticipate in the earnings of the corn pany. The price quoted is Sl55 and sub scrlpt1on lists will be open from May "A to July 15.
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Kentucky postmaster to protest against the action of the committee. The letter states that the department has served notice that unless its recommendations are concurred in, it's limited appropria- ton will compel a reduction in salaries.
 The charge of the department that the railroad lobby is in control of the com mittee is another reason for the anger of the members. Sensational develop merts are anticipated, for it is said to be reasonably certain that a demand will be made that Blakeslee be dismissed from the service.
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The quarrel of second importance is based OH the negative action of the com mittee in respect to the departments s recommendat ton that railroads carrying mali be paid by space rather than weight. There is a copy of letter in the hands of the committee written by the post master of Louisville in which the post master declares that he has been or dered by Washington to induce all other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-27
GENERAL NEWS

Elizabeth Tomerlin, the s-months-old daushter of MT. and Mrs J. H. Tomerlin dled this morning at the home of her ma r.,
 ehts' iZoS Nineteenth street. following a snort Hines. The funeral will take place residence, interment being made ot r.dns, Hill cemetery with Huey and McC.onnall in charge
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$ SPL B B N DISPLAYED BY THE COMMONER IN
 LATEST TALK WITH
 THE NEWSPAPER MEN
Continued from Page one)

trade views held by Rublee, and is ex- pressed in the following statement from Senator Bankhead:
 T did not vote against Rublee's con- firmation because he was objectionable or offensive to Senator Gallinger, al- though this rule has obtained in the Sen- ate for nearly 30 years, and is the only safeguard the minority has, whether that minority be democratic republican, against the confirmation of one objection able and unworthy.
 THE FERRIS BILL
 T voted against Rublee's confirmation for different reason.
 The reason, to my mind, goes to the very foundation of our commercial sys- tenn.
 MT Rumblee is the author of and sponsor for what is known as the Ferris bill, now pending in Congress. When stripped of its superfluous and technical language, the bill provides that any con- tract for the sale of articles to any dealer, wholesale or retail, by any producer, grower, manufacturer, or owner thereof, may prescribe the price to be charged the consumer when resold
 Tn other words it provides that the manufacturer or producer of any article may fix the price at which the retailer shall sell to the ultimate consumer The CIeSt oI lie plll WOulu De, IL IS OBVIOUS, to increase the price of all articles resofc to the ultimate consumer, or the people.
 THE COURTS OPINION
 "The very duty of the trade commits sion, to which Rublee was nominated, is to guard against such unreasona ble trade conditions as are suggested in the Ferris Dill. The supreme court of the United States has decided that the principles en1- bodied in the bill are unconstitutional be- cause contrary to good public policy and a violation of the sherman antitrust law.
 MT Rublee is what is known as a 'progressve,' and it seems to me that he is properly named. For the reasons above stated, I could not consistently vote for his confirmation.
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PERSONAL

Rufe Bivins member of the board of revenue, last night re turned from New fork and Washington, where he has been for the past week on a combined business and pleasure trip.
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BIVINS IN CAPITAL

Washington, May 26-tSpecial. )--Ru- fus R. Bivins recently reelected to of the board of revenue, and one of the most popular citizens of Jefferson county is in Washington on business.
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Weather Conditions

Summary of observations made at United States weather bureau stations during the 24 hours ending at D. m., seventy-ffth meridian time, May 26, 1916:
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THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington May 26.-Forecast for Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida; Fair Saturday and Sunday
 Tennessee: Fair Saturday and proba- bly, Sunday.
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SENSATIONAL CLASH TO BE AIRED TODAY
 BEFORE COMMITTEE
,Con,inued from Pare Une,

nee essary, an appropriation to cover the additional labor.
 The principal quarrel between the de- pertinent and committee is the defeat by the latter of the recommendation of the
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And the best of it is you need never hesitate to use Resinol Soap and Resinol
 Ointment. There is, nothing in them to
 injure the tenderest surface. Resinol Is a doctors prescription which for
 over twenty years has been used by
 careful physicians in treating skin af- factions. They prescribe Resinol freely, knowing that it's soothing. healing ac- tion is brought about by medication so bland and gentle as to be suited to the most delicate or irritated slSin--even of tiny baby. Every druggist sells Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment. Samples free, Dept. 29-R, Resinol. Bal
 tlmore. Md.
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the trouble is due {
 some serious interna condition. it quickly clears away all trace of eczema, ringworm pimples or simila
 tormenting, unsightly eruption, leaving tn, skin clear and healthy.
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nesinol Stops
 Itching At Once

It is positive fact that the moment Resinol Ointment touches any itching skin, the itching usually stops and healing begins. Unless
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PRESIDENT WILSON
 IS GIVING SERIOUS
 CONSIDERATION TO \ REPORTS OF PEACE

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 rumors to this effect are regarded as having certain basis in fact, although the opinion prevails that the trip would
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Haue Lunch and Supper Today Al the Garden
Restaurant
Lunch 11:3O to 2:3O. Supper 500 to 500

Come up the Garden Restaurant today for lunch and supper High above the city fifth floor away from the noise and heat of the streets.
 The cooking is the good old fashioned, home cooked sort splenddly prepared in spotess kitchen where only the very best food products used And the prices extremely moderate Look the bill of fare listed below and the liberal lunches and their reasonable price.
 Get acquainted with this place to lmch come up today and lunch and if you downtown tonight you are bret ty to up for supper.
 Bill of Fare For Lunch and Supper
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SECONDARY QUARREL

for n1er that rural routes be consoli- dated and motor service installed.
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Local Data

4 hours ending at 2 p. m.,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
SYRIANS ARE DYING
BY THE THOUSAND

London Aug. IA Times CORE
spondent back from Syria writes con
corning conditions there:
The state of the people of Syria is
past all belief. Ii is estimated that
from $4,000 to 10000 have died from
starvation in Northern Syria. The
Turks are proceeding with great thor
oughness in removing large sections
of the population and in some vii
lagos there are no Arabic speaking
Christians left.
THE epidemic of typhus is gaining
everywhere and great many Turkish
army doctors have succumbed. Many
civilian prisoners, mostly British, also
have contracted typhus.
"One great difficulty in a systematic
fight against the epidemic Is the great
scarcity of drugs and antiseptics. The
Germans have taken careful precau.
tions, but the disease is gaining"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
COMP lines ACCUSED
or DISCRIMINATION

Madison Wis. Aue H. One Of the
largest lsia ever filed here was pre-
sented to the insurance department
and industrial commission in the case
OF Neal Brown OF Nausau against
nineteen principal stock and casualty
insurance companies charging rate
determinations and asking that the
companies be ousted from the state
The companies are members Of the
workmen's compensation bureau
Behind every dollar spent by the
bureau behind every move it has
MADE behind every yaunted under
taking advanced here as evidence Of
good faith We find the sinister hand
of monopoly" is the summing up Of
the brief
A reply by the companies attorneys
will be filed in a few days Upon the
evidence the commissioner Of insur-
ance will make his findings Out Of
this hearing has grown Commissioner
Cleary's idea of new method of fix
ing the rates and classiGeations Of
workmen's compensation insurance
companies operating in this state
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
SHORTAGE OF FOOD
IN CITY OF MEXICO

FL Paso. Tex, Aug. 14-Conditions
in Mexico City are bordering on an
archy because of food shortages, ac-
cording TO arrivals from the Mexican
capital.
The refugees, all of whom were
Mexicans, said rioters had seized the
electric lighting and power plant out.
side the city, and that as a result the
town had been without lights or
street car service for more than a
week before their departure.
Poems throughout the country north
of the capital are suffering from hun
ger, they added. The situation in
Sacat Zacates was described as pitt.
able.
At railway stations in that state, ac-
cording to refugees, men and women
and children would beg travellers for
scraps of bread or bits of fruit peel
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
OPPOSITION FLAYS
DEhMARK'S DENIAL

Copenhagen. Aug "A r The folke-
thing continued the debate on the
sale of the Danish West Indies Is
lands to the United States.
The opposition speakers severely
criticised the governments action in
issuing repeated denials that negotia.
tions for the sale of the islands were
in progress
1t is alleged these denials were
made by two cabinet ministers to
newspaper men almost TO the day the
question of the sale was submitted to
tie rigsaag
The opposition speakers repeatedly
offered the suggestion that the people
residing in the islands should be
allowed a referendum on the propos-
ed sale.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
SLAVS TAKE TWENTY
TOWNS IN FOUR DAYS

London, Aug. 1.-THE advance
guard of the Russian force that occu-
pied Stanislau Friday pressed on two
miles northeast of the city and cross
ed the River Zlota Bistritza, eighteen
miles south OF Halitz, dispatches say.
The Austro-Germans offered weak
resistance and then continued their
retreat south.
Several guns were abandoned in the
retreat from the Zlota BistrieZa
Two separate Russian forces are
now converging on Halitz, the i'm
mediate objective of General LetchitZ-
gy in his drive against Lemberg
The first, moving northward, is less
than twenty miles from Halitz. The
second, operating south OF the Dnies-
ter, is composed of the detachments
that took Stanislau.
In four days the Slavs have pro-
gressed twenty miles and in the fight
ing about Stanislau alone they have
taken nearly twenty villages and
towns.
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FORTY DIE AS GREEK
STEAMER TAKES FIRE

Athens. Aug. 1.-THE Greek steam
er Eletheria, bound from Saloniki to
Volo with a cargo of oil owned by an
American company, and 1.200 passen
gers, principally disbanded troops
caught fire off the Island of Skiatho.
Forty persons were killed and many
injured The captain of the ship sue
ceeded finally in Bleaching his vessel
The Island of Skiatho is one OF the
Northern Sporades group in the Ae
gean sea. Volo is the principal sea
port of Thessaly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
POUNDED BY HAIL STONES
North Dakota Farmer Beaten to Death
In Field.

Kenmare, n d.. Aug. 14.-One per-
son is dead and thousands of acres Of
grain are said to have been hailed
out by storm which swept Northern
North Dakota. Andrew Erickson,
farmer living near Rolette, was caught
in an open field by the hail storm and
was pounded into unconsciousness.
He died a few moments after he had
been found lying in the field by per-
sons who went to hunt for him. Ken
mare, Rolette, Norman, Bowbells,
Portal. Rugby. Glenburn, Crosby and
Tclley are among the isolated points
reporting damage from the storm.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
THREE ARE SENT TO BOTTOM
Six Vessels Held Up at Once by Ger
man Submarine.

Havre, Aug. 14.-Six ships were held
up at once by German submarine.
The commander of the submarine or
dered the lew of the French vessel
Marie to ge into boats and then sank
the vessel with bombs In view of the
crews of the other five ships
The Norwegian steamers Credo and
Soro were next sent to the bottom,
each vessel going down in ten min
utes. The other three ships were al
lowed to continue their voyages after
being searched and their papers ex-
amined.
The crews of the three. sunken ships
were picked up by the Spanish steam
er Robert and landed at Havre.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
HIGHER TAX ON BIG INCOMES
Senate Committee Decides Not to Low
er Present Exemption

Nashineton. Aug. 14-An amend
ment 70 The income tax law raising
the surtaX Of incomes OF $4,000
has been approved by the senate
finance committee
The rate is made 13 instead OF II
per cent
The decision TO lower the present
exemption from s40e0 and $4,000
married and single, to $4,000 and 81.
600 was reconsidered by the Demo
cratic members Many protests
against the measure have been re
ceiyed
As revised the bill will yield an an
nual revenue Of s19S 000, 900 instead
of s210.000 900 in the form in which
ii passed the house.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
SUFFER ENORMOUS LOSSES
Russian Casualties Have Been Heavy
This Summer.

Berlin, Aug. 1.-THE correspond
ent OF the Zeitung Am Mittac at Aus
trian headquarters in a dispatch de-
scribes the enormous losses of the
sive.
The correspondent says the Rus
sian censorship passed the statement
that as many as seventy-fve trains
loaded with wounded were moved
daily on the line to Kiev alone.
Basing his estimate partly on the
official list kept at Kiev the CORE
spondent places the Russian killed or
wounded in the summer offensive at
quarters of a million men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14

DR.. John B. Murphy of Chicago, one
Of the worlds most renowned sur
geons. died suddenly at Mackinac Is
land. Mich. while on a summer out
ing. An attack of heart disease was
the immediate cause of death.
DR. Murphy has been in i'll health
for several months and some had as
cribed his condition to the poisoned
soup partaken at the banquet given to
Archbishop Mundelein at the Univer-
sity club, Chicago, last winter
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
GERMAN CASUALTIES
NUMBER 3,135,177

London, Aug. IA German casual
ties during July. according to a table
compiled here from German casual
ty lists, totaled l22.540, bringing the
grand total since the beginning of the
war, taken from the same source. to
3,135,177
Men killed or who died of wounds
during July numbered 21,196; those
who died of sickness 2,062: missing
1894; severely wounded 1887;
wounded 1854; slightly wounded So.
157-
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new S25O,0O0,OOO
LOAN TO BRIT AIN

New York, Aug Interpretation is
expressed in financial circles that ne
new loan, reported to be $250, 100000
to- Great Britain.
This loan would run for two years
according to summary published
here, with interest at 5 per cent.
The American Foreign Securities
company, which advanced 100000,
600 to France recently, or a new cor
poration with which the same inter
ests would be identified, would carry
the obligation, it is said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
Ieuton Effort to Stop Of
fensiye RepulSed.
SLAVS PRESS ONWARD
After Taking Stanislau Russians Un-
der General Letchitzky Are Advanc-
ing on HaIicz, an important Rail-
way Junction in GaIicia.

London, Aug. lI-Persistent ef-
forts are being made by the Germans
to stop the allied offensive on the
somme by counter attacking both the
French and British.
Heavy attacks were delivered on
the Franco-Brtish lines. but neither
was successful, according to the al
lied war Office
The French were attacked both
north of the Somme, near Hemwood,
and south of the river at La Maison-
cite, artillery stopping both assaults.
The attack on the British took place
north of Pozieres. London declares it
was in no place successful in pene-
trating the British position and re-
suited in heavy losses to the Germans.
In Galicia the Russians are keeping
up their impressive drive towards
Lemberg from the southwest
After taking Stanislau General Let
chitzky is pressing on toward Halicz,
the important railway junction to the
north on the Dniester and the key po-
sition in the Lemberg defenses
Petrograd reports the crossing OF
the Koropice river by the Russians
In the region north of BuczacZ This ad-
vance still further imperils the Stripa
line Of the Teutons TO the north and
Halicz TO the west South of Stanis-
lau the Russians are also advancing
westward in the Bystritza river region.
That the Turks We're compelled TO
fall back after the recent battles with
the British east of the Suez canal is
admitted in a Constantinople telegram.
The Russian force in the Bitlis-
Mush sector of Turkish Armenia have
been driven back further by the
Turks, saws another dispatch from
Constantin0ple.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
BRYAN GETS INTO CAMPAIGN
Declares Justice Hughes 10 the "serv
ant of Trusts"

Kansas City. Aug. 14.-William Jen-
nings Bryan jumped squarely into the
middle of the Wilson campaign with
a statement in which he defended
his deserving Democrat" letter and
attacked Hughes as the servant OF
capital.
Mr.. Bryan admitted he had written
the letter and that Mr.. Hughes had
quoted 1t accurately.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
Famous Church Destroyed.

Rome, Aug. 1.-THE church of San
ia Maria Formosa was destroyed in
the Austrian aeroplane raid on Venice
on the night of Aug. 10. Nearly all of
the works of art in the church had
been removed. The church Of Santa
Maria Formosa was several centuries
old, it's exact building date being un-
known.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
MORE MILITIA TO BORDER
twenty-five Thousand Given Orders to
Move.

Washington Aug. IA 14-Twenty-iiye
thousand more state troops have been
ordered to the border by the war de
partment All Kentucky. Ohio and
Vermont troops were ordered TO move.
and all departmental commanders
were instructed to send troops as soon
as equipped.
War department officials said the
purpose Of the movement was to re-
lieve the trying situation of regiments
held at state mobilization camps dur
ing recruiting
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
IL YUAN HUNG.

OF the cabinet, has created profound
sensation in China and has made
many new enemies
Liam Shi vi, who was the confiden-
tial adviser of Yuan Shi Kai and prob.
ably was the most influential man in
China under Yuan Shi Kai, is includ-
ed in the list of monarchists who are
to be tried and punished
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
German Airships Raid Dover.

London, Aug. 14-An air raid on
Dover wac made by two German sea-
planes An Official statement says four
bombs were dropped, one ofncer and
six men being slightly injured. Little
military damage was doaA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
Boer Leader Is Dead.

Cape Town, Union OF South Africa,
Aug. 14.-General Tobias SHUTS, men,
ber Of parliament, is dead. General
SHUTS was candidate for the presi-
dency OF the Transvaal In 1897
against Paul Kruger.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
GAINS ANGER OF The PUBLIC
New Chinese President to Punish
Monarchial Advocates

Peking Aug. 14-President Ii
Yuan Hung's mandate ordering the
trial and punishment of nine promi-
nent movers in the monarchial move
ment, including two former members
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
German Officials In Vienna.

Amsterdam, Aug. IA Vienna
dispatch says Emperor Francis Jo-
seph has received German Chancellor
Won Bethmann-Hollweg in audience
Later the emperor was closeted with
the German foreign minister, Gottlieb
Won Jagow.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
$4,000 Bottles of Beer Seized.

Charleston. S. c.. Aug. 14.-State
liuuor constables seized $4,000 bottles
of beer found in freight car side
tracked near the city on suspicion
that 1t was to be disposed OF In vio.
lation OF the prohibition law.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14

New York. Aug. 14.-No decision
has been reached by the representa-
tiyes of the brotherhoods of railway
employees on the question of accepting
prcl osal Of arbitration
ThDe WI give their answer to the
board Of mediation shortly
A delegate emerging from the hal
said Unof5ially the men had voted
70 reject the proposal for arbitration
md to lay their case before the presi
dent
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
Tells Board il Must Prevent
Rail Strike.
MESSAGE TO NEDIATORS
Chief Executive Advises Federal Con-
ciliators That in Event Of Deadlock
He Would Like an Opportunity to
Talk to Leaders in Dispute.

Washington, Aug. 14-President
Wilson, in a telephone message to
New York, informed the United States
board of mediation and Cancellation
that a strike among the railroad
brotherhoods must be averted at all
costs and that if a deadlock were
reached he would like an opportunity
to talk to the representatives of the
railroad managers and employees
The president has not received
word that the situation is hopeless.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
About Forty Others Injured
at Echo, Pa.
TWO COACHES In CRASH
Runaway Street Car Dashes Down
Steep Grade and Telescopes Anoth.
er = Pottom of Hill-Dsaster
Caused by Motorman Losing Control.

Johnstown, Pa, Aug 14.-From ten
10 t1iteen persons We're killed and
about forty others more or less in
jured at Echo, ten miles from here. in
street car wreck.
The accident occurred on the South
ern Cambria Electric railroad which
connects JohnstoWn with Ebensburg.
the county seat at the foot OF steep
hill.
One car had just turned sharp
curve when it was telescoped by an.
other dashing down the hill
The motorman had lost control and
the car, running through a switch
had continued at high speed
All available doctors and nurses
We're hurried from Johnstown TO the
scene of the accident