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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
ST. PAUL MAN GOES
To PRISON FOR LIFE

st. Paul, July Prank J. Dunn
was sentenced to life Imprisonment at
saltwater by Judge IIanft of the
criminal court for the murder of his
wife. Alice McQuillan Dunn.
The jury was in deliberation one
hour and forty-five minutes and spent
most of that time in a careful analy-
sis of the evidence. 1t was not long
in the actual work of reaching its
agreement.
Mrs. Dunn was shot to death In her
fathers home at l As a. m. April 26,
by Joseph Redenbaugh. head of a
gang of gunner comprising himself,
Frank J. MeCool and John Doyle. Red
enbaugh and McCool now are serving
life terms in Saltwater. Doyle is still
at large, but the police are on his
trail.
Dunn was convicted of hiring the
Redenbaugh gunner. through Mike
Moore. an eX-convict, to kill his wife,
for which they got $4,000
Moore has been convicted of acting
as the go between fer Dunn with the
gunner and of turning over the
blood money to them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
FATE OF CREWS UNKNOWN
Four Large British Merchant Vessels
Torpedoed.

Boston, July 2. - The torpedoing
and sinking Of four large British car
go carrying steamers was announced
in advices to local insurance offices.
The steamers were the Ultonia OF
the Cunard line, 6,593 tons; Haver-
ford of the American line, 7.493 tons;
Buffalo, Wilson liner, 2,5S3 tons, and
the Manistee, another Cunard vessel
No details of the losses were CIV
en- and no mention was made of the
fate of the crews.
H was believed by steamship agents
here that some or all of the steam
ships may have been included in the
list of sinking announced from Lon
don Wednesday night.
The Ultonia and Manistee, 1t was
said, were bound with cargoes of
grain and other food supplies from
New York for English ports and the
Buffalo was returning from Hull for
New York.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
AID FROM AMERICA
ASSURES VICTORY

Glasgow, July 2. - America, al.
ways the mainstay of freedom. is be-
ginning to send her valiant sons to
the battlefieds of Europe to rally
round the standard of liberty That is
why victory now is more assured and
more complete than we could have
hoped for"
This statement by David Lloyd
George, prime minister, made in his
speech before the burgesses Of the
northern metropolis, evoked loud and
prolonged cheers. The premier ap-
pealed for a new dedication at home
and abroad to the fight for interna-
tional justice. He was made a free
man of the city.
Never have good men stood more
in need OF sympathy, support and co
operation than the men who are
guiding the fate of the nation i'm this
hour in all lands" said the prime min
lister. "They we're called TO the helm
in a raging tornado, the most destruc-
tive that ever swept over the world.
Great Britain so far has weather
ed the storm, but the hurricane is not
yet over and ii will need all the eff
forts. all the skill all the patience
aid all the courage and endurance of
all on board to steer the country
through without laundering in the
angry deep"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
5000 AUSTRIANS DIE
IN FRUITLESS ATTACK

Rome, July AT least 5000 Aus
trians succumbed in the fruitless en-
emy offensive around Mount Ortigara,
according to war office estimates.
The battles for this dominating
point set new mark in ferocity.
The Austrians attacked in success
sive waves with every known device
of killing, big guns, little guns, ma
chine guns, liquid fire, flame projec-
tors, asphyxiating gas, mines and
bombs.
The ground was literally churned
into powder and soaked with the blood
of the fighters.
Today neither side holds Ortigara
The barrage waves of both the Italian
and Austrian forces converge over its
summit, making it impossible for any
human being to live through the rain
of shells
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
SUSPECTS JAILED IN
MISSOURI EPIDEMIC

St Louis, July 1.-Two men are
under arrest at Kennett, Mo, in con
nection with the deaths of sixty-two
children from entercolitis in Scott
and Dunklin counties.
The men are held on prohibitive
bail with bond in case bail should
be offered subject to approval by gov
ernment officials in Washington before
they can be released, it is said
Government agents from Washing.
ton and St Louis are said to have
gone to Kennett, where they are con.
Quoting a rigid investigation.
Eight more deaths from entercolitis
are reported from various parts OF
Scott county.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
Commission Finds Railroads
Are Prosperous.
MAY BOOST CLASS TARIFFS
Roads in Eastern Territory Given Per-
mission to Increase Certain Sched-
ules-Lines Asked for Horizontal
Advance of Fifteen Per Cent.

Washington. July 2. The inter
state commerce commission denied
the lea of the railroads of the United
States for a horizontal increase of Is
per cent in freight rates.
In its decision the commission indi
Gated its willingness to increase class
rates in the Eastern district approx
mately IA per cent.
Since about one-fourth of the
freight handled is moved under class
rates the decision virtually allows the
Eastern lines about per cent in
crease in gloss freight revenue. In
Creases sought in rates on coal, coke
and iron ore will be granted.
The commission found, as result
of extended hearings, that the car
riers generally show a substantial and
financial prosperity and that they
have ample resources with which TO
conduct transportation
Little sympathy was given the argu-
ments of the roads that they were vic
Tins of war prices. the commission
holding that the carriers have profited
by the mobilization of troops.
The comn ission suspended the pro
posed tarifs until Oct IS. but it indi-
Gated that no rehearing - the case
will be of value at this tin and sug-
gested cancellation of the tariffs
Gloomy Forecasts Not Borne Out
The commission finds that the
gloomy forecasts of jeopardized in
comes. seen by railroad officials early
in 1917. have not been borne out by
the figures available for later months
The proceedings were brought in
March. when the returns from Feb.
ruary were just being made. February
was one OF the worst months in rail.
road history.
The subsequent months have shown
increasing revenues. while expenses
have, in many cases, tailed 10 mount
to the extent the carriers officials
feared
The decision points out that the car
riers comparisons have been made
largely with those of 1916, which was
the banner year in railroad earnings
and adds that the 1917 income might
be considerably diminished without
necessarily indicating a danger point
in earnings.
Commissioner Harlan. in a concur
ring statement declared that should the
next few months show that the rail
road mems fears were well founded
the commission would be ready to
grant relief He also made a plea for
better equipment and service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
GREAT OPPOSITION TO WAR
Trouble Feared at Demonstrations at
Buenos Ayres.

Buenos Ayres, July 2.-Trouble is
feared here at demonstration against
Argentina entering the war and pro-
test against the high cost of living.
Protests are posted all over the
downtown section.
Argentina is momentarily expected
to announce severance of relations
with Germany. due to destruction of
Argentina shipping in the submarine
zone and impossibility of obtaining a
guarantee for future protection of the
nations merchant marine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
ENOUGH MEN IDLE TO FILL
NATIONAL ARMY.

!. Washington, July 2.-There
!. are more than 100000 jobless
+ Americans of military age,
: enough for the first increment
!. of the new national army, ac-
!. cording to a compilation of sta
!. tistics made public by the cen
I. sus bureau.
+ OF the 10,679.5 500 men eligi-
!. BILE for military duty there are
+ 5,729. 400 who are single men
+ and 4.551 900 who are married.
I. 1908 are divorced or wild.
!. overs and 10000 who have not
+ been reported either married
!. or single The percentage is
+ 53.3 of single men and of mar
!. ried Ash.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
Attack French StrOndhOId as
Lens TOtterS.
BRITISH CONTINUE GAINS
CRY Lines Well to South of Great
Coal City, This Turning Movement
Rendering the German Position De-
cidedly More Precarous.

London, July 2-One of the most
interesting sections of the European
fighting fronts just now is the Verdun
region where a series of violent Ger
man attacks is taking place.
Whether these assaults are any
thing more than demonstrations on a
large scale il is difficult to make out
from the official reports. Nevertheless
it is clear that the German crown
prince, foiled a year ago in his pro-
longed attempt to take the famous
French stronghold, is again delivering
blows of force and magnitude on its
defenses and has made some impress
sion on the French lines
The German attacks began Thurs
day. The first drives were made on
Hin 304, northwest of Verdun, one OF
the commanding defenses which has
protected Verdun on the west side of
the Meuse Later a blow of apparent
ly great force was delivered in the re
gion of Dead Man hill
In neither case, reports of the de-
tenders show, were anything more
than first line trenches penetrated and
General Petain's forces got back most
of the trenches at Hill 304.
Germans Active on the AIsne.
The offensive tendency of the Ger
mans under the crown prince also is
in evidence on the Aisne front, where
they have attacked violently in the
vicinity of Cerny and Corbeny. They
were driven back with terrific losses
in the latter region, but succeeded
later by blowing the French positions
10 pieces and employing liquid fire in
taking a salient in the French position
northeast of Cerny
On the British front in Northern
France the Germans are still on the
back track The official resume OF
the fighting in the Lens region shows
the British to have bitten heavily into
German held territory, advancing more
than a mile on a four mile front.
This operation has carried the Brit
ish line well into the south of the coal
city. The Germans are still clinging
to the place itself through the strength
of their defenses in the salient imme
diately TO the west, but a fanking
movement is making their tenure
more and more precarious with each
day of additional pounding from the
British guns.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
BIG WARSHIP is LAUNCHED
Superdreadnough Idaho Takes to the
Water.

Camden, N. j., July 2.-Another
monster fighting machine for the navy
took the water here from the yards
of the New York Shipbuilding com
pany when the superdreadnaught Ida
no, sister ship to the Pennsylvania,
flagship of the Atlantic fleet, was sue
cessfully launched.
Henrietta Simmons, granddaughter
of Governor Alexander of Idaho, was
sponsor for the big ship, and because
of war conditions the general public
was not admitted to the ceremony
which was witnessed by a small group
of navy, congressional and company
officials.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02

Presidents Call for Volunteers Fails
Of Its Purpose.

Washington, July 2.-President Will
sons call for volunteers to bring the
regular army up to Its full war
strength of 100000 men by July l has
not been realized. War department
figures indicate that there still is a
shortage of $4,000 men. This dis
crepancy probably will be relieved by
taking reservists from the ranks OF
the new selective army.
With recruiting week" at an end
only nine states have furnished the
complete quotas required. They are
Nevada, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Mich
igan, Montana, Oregon, Utah and
Wyoming
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
CHICAGO BANK is CLOSED
Federal Authorities Take Charge o'
institution.

Chicago. July 2.-Graham & Sons
bank, the Oldest and largest private
bank in the city, is in the hands of the
federal authorities.
The Chicago Title and Trust com
pany was appointed receivers after the
it's doors.
The bank is understood to have
about s4,000.000 in deposits, divided
among 81 900 depositors. Its assets
are estimated at s6,000.000 and liabili
ties at s5,750,000. Its officials express
confidence in its ability to meet its
obligations in full
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
WORKERS ENTITLED 10 BEER
Gompers Backs Wilson in Prohibition
Stand.

New York. July samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, in an address here
endorsed the stand of President vii.
son in regard to nationwide prohibi
ton.
He declared the habits of the peo,
pie should not be changed because
of the war. The working man, he
said. is entitled to beer and light wine
and should not be deprived of these
beverages
Mr. Gompers closed his address by
declaring he will make any sacrifice
"to help make the world safe fol
democracy"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
War Nurses Too Fat.

Washington, July 2.-Nurses going
to the battle front carry too much
avoirdupois, is the criticism from some
Chicago women in letters to the wom-
ans committee of the council of ma
tional defense 1t is suggested camps
be established in which the nurses
may receive intensive training to fit
them for field service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
Russians and Turks Clash.

Petrograd, July 2.-Fighting has
broken out between Turks and Rus
SLAMS on the frontier between Persia
and Mesopotamia. After two attacks
by superior Turkish forces the Rus
SLAMS, according to the official state
ment, retired to the northern bank OF
the River Abis Hirman, south Of Ba-
neh.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
Il. s. Oh Tanker Sunk.

Tampica, July 2.-The American oil
steamer Santurce, from Tampica for
an American port with oil and gaso-
line, was burned and sunk ten miles
off Lobos island. The fire and sink
ing are believed here to be the work
of German agents. All of the crew
were rescued. The cause Of the nre IL
unknown.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02

Washington, July 2.-Brazil's navy
has begun cooperating with the Amer
ican fleet in South American waters
in hunting down German sea raiders
and watching for German submarines
A special diplomatic mission to be
sent to Brazil to arrange for greater
coordination of forces and the closest
possible cooperation of the two gov
ernments is under consideration by
the United States.
Without formal declaration of wal
Brazil thus practically has Joined the
United States against Germany
Coincident with the inauguration OF
Brazil's naval operations a plan fol
protecting her merchant ships in their
voyage to allied ports with frozen
put into effect
Whether Brazil will supplant hel
action by formal declaration of wal
is not known here and by some Off
cials such action is regarded al
doubtful because the government al
Rio de Janeiro is inclined to regard
| its action rather defensive than ag
| eressive.
For the present il is believed Bra
zil's part will be adequately done i
| she contributes to the safety of south
ern seas and to the movement to Eu
rope of foodstuffs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
NINE SINKS FRENCH CRUISES
Three Officers and TWenty-one Men
Are Lost.

Paris, July 2.-Official announce
ment is made that the armored cruiser
Klebek had struck mine off Point St.
Matthew and thirty-five men were lost.
The Kleber had come from Dakar,
Africa, and was on it's way to Brest.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
Austrian Ruler Wants Peace.

Amsterdam, July 2.-It is reported
from Vienna that Emperor Charles, In
audiences given to party leaders In the
lobbies of the reichsrath, several
times stated he was striving actively
and untiringly for peace.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
DUTCH WARSHIP is HERE,
FIRST IN TEN YEARS.

!. An Atlantic Port, July q
+ A Dutch armored cruiser, the
i. first warship flying the flag of
: Holland to come into this port
!. for more than ten years, has
i. arrived here and will remain
/. several days. 1t is reported it
+ will act as a convoy for a num-
j. ber of Holland passenger and
!. freight vessels now about ready
/. to leave American ports.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
bRAzIL'S NAVY
is AIDING U. s.
Cooperating With Our Fleet
Off South America.
WAR IS NOT DECLARED

Action OF Southern Republic Consd-
cred OF Defensive Rather Than Of
fensive Nature Washington May
Send Mission to Rio Janeiro.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02
EIGHTEEN NATIONS NOW
IN WORLD WAR.

: Entrance of Greece and Bra
: zil into the war adds the thir
!. teenth and fourteenth flags to
!. the standards of the allies.
: Neither Greece nor Brazil for
!. mally has declared war, but by
: their actions they virtually
: have become belligerents. Eight
: cen nations now are lighting in
: this greatest of all conflicts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-02

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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-09
CHALONER LOSES HIS
INSANITY SUIT
$s,OOO,OOO.OO In Hands Of
Trustees. He Still Has
A Sufficient Income

Washington, Jan. 8.-John Arm
strong Chaloner, Of MERRY Mills"
Va, by Supreme Court decision
today lost his suit to annul New
York proceedings in which he was
declared insane and designed to Sc
cure possession, from his lunacy
trustee, of property estimated at
nearly $3,OO0,80O.
The court declined to disturb the
insanity proceedings, its decision
leaving Chaloner's property in the
trustees hands.
DEGREES of lower federal courts
dismissing Chaloner's suit were af-
firmed.
| He receives the income of his
property but sought personal and
unrestricted possession.
Chaloner sued for fraud Thomas
T. Sherman, the New York trustee,
alleging that the insanity proceed
ings in 1879 were void. He con.
tended he was ''lured" from Virginia
to New York where he was confined
in Bloomingdale asylum from which
he escaped. Chaloner named Stan
ford White, who was killed by Harry
Thaw, as party in the alleged con
spiracy to lure him to New York.
Chaloner later was adjudged sane
by Virginia jury.
| Today's opinion was given D!
Justice Brandeis, who said Chalonel
had not been denied educ PROCESS O.
law" in the New York proceeding
land that the allegations of miscon
duct were not sufficient to invalidat
them.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-09
ARGUMENT ON wage
QUESTION IS ON
Adamson Law Hearing Raises
Doubt as to Powers OF
U. S. Congress

Washington, Jan. 8.-The test
case to determine constitutionality
of the Adamson law, enacted last
September when general railroad
strike threatened, came up today IN
the Supreme Court. Argument will
continue until Wednesday and de-
cision is expected within few
weeks. Meantime, although the law
was passed to become effective Jan
uary /, last, all igitation under it
and the changes it prescribes are
suspended by agreement.
The question whether Congress
has power to regulate hours of ser
vice and wages furnished the key
note of argument today, in which the
justices manifested keen interest, in
terrupting with many questions. In
opening defense Of the law for the
Department Of Justice, Solicitor
General Davis declared it regulates
both hours and service and wages
and contended Congress has author
IT, to regulate both. He asked annul.
mcnt of the decision of Circuit Jud.
ge Hook, at Kansas City, in the test
case of the Missouri, Oklahoma and
Gulf Railroad, holding the law void
Although three hours is the usual
time allotted for argument Of case
the court today granted an exten.
sion to eight hours, equally divided
| between the federal and railroad
counsel. Tomorrow Walter D. Hines
chairman of the railroads genera
committee of counsel, and John G
johnson, of Philadelphia, will speal
for the carriers, and on Wednesda!
the closing argument for the govern
ment will be made by Frank Hager
man, special assistant to the attor
ney general.
4 The railroad brotherhoods are no
participating through counsel, bu
several labor leaders were specta
| tors today. Attorney General Gre
CORY and his entire staff and man
| members Of Congress also were j
the crowded courtroom.
Solicitor General Davis, in a two
hour argument, told the court that
"reached the heights of imagins
ton" to say that the primary objet
of Congress in passing the law we
not to limit the hours Of toll. He q
serted that Elisha Lee, the railroad
spokesman throughout the stril
controversy, often had admitted tn,
! fact as well as that the law is worl
( able, now denied by the railroads.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-09

Washington, Jan. 8.-ln the most
of all decisions upholding
laws, the Supreme
Court today upheld as constitutional
and valid the Webb-Kenyon law pro-
hibiting shipments of liquor from
"wet" to "dry" states. It also sus-
tanned West Virginia's recent a.
mendment to her law prohibiting
importation, in interstate commerce,
of liquor for personal use.
After having been vetoed by
President Taft, who held it uncon-
stitutional, and having been repassed
by Congress over the veto, the law
was sustained by the Supreme Court
by a vote of to 2.
Leaders of the prohibition move
ment declare it is to their fight sec
ond only in Importance to the pro-
posed constitutional amendment.
Lawyers for liquor interests who
heard the decision today admitted it
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-09
TWO FACE SERIOUS CHARGES

Lafayette, La, JAMS District
Attorney Debellevue has filed afti-
davits against Willie Cassie and
Henry Martin, two young negroes,
charged with having Saturday night
assaulted watchman Dudley Camp
bell and having robbed several busi-
ness places.
It is now asserted that the negroes
did not kill the young Syrian, Saline
Saloon, but that he met his death
accidently in the melee following
the attempt at robbery at Kaliste
Saloons saloon.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-09

& A scald, burn, or severe cut heals
nlowiy if neglected. The family that
5kseps i bottle Of BALLARD'S
ltOW LINMENT on hand i al
RWays prepared for such accidents.
efice CSC. SOC, and $l.O0 per bottle.
2Geld b Belanger Drug Co.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-09
SI|PREME C0I|RT UPH0LDS WEbb.KENY0k
Law, Two JUSTICES Dissenting
Bill Vetoed by President Taft Repassed by Congress And
Upheld in All the Courts Final Decision

upheld and applied the law 'in its
fullest sense
Chief Justice White announced
the majority opinion, to which JUS
tices Holmes and Vandevanter dis
sented. Justice McReynolds, while
agreeing with the majority decision,
did not concur in the opinion.
An official digest of the majority
opinion, prepared by the court, sets
out its holdings as follows:
/. "That the West Virgiania law,
besides prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of the intoxicants except as
to that which is permitted for medi-
cal, scaramental and manufacturing
purposes also forbids all transporta-
ton of liquor and all receipt and
possession of liquor transported in
the state, whether originating on or
outside of the state, and although it
does not prohibit personal use, puts
serious restrictions upon the power
to obtain for such use.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-09
NOTICE
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

This is to notify. all persons whom
it may concern, that B. Mule OF
Morgan City, La, has purchased the
stock of groceries and liquors from
D. Egle & Sons of Morgan City, La,
which stock was and is located in
the store building known as A.
Boudreaux's store situated on Lot
Four (4) in Square Seventeen (17)
of Morgan City, La, this 1sts day Of
January, A. D. 1917. I'm
D. Egle & Sons..sS.
B. Mule.