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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03

unusual in many respects that people
everywhere have watched its develop
ment with more than usual interest
The sections of the espionage act
which the men are charged with vio-
lating follow:
Section 3. Whoever, when the
United States is at war, shall wilfully
make or convey false reports or false
statements with intent to interfere
with the operation or success of the
military or naval forces of the United
States or to promote the success of
its enemies, and whoever, when the
United States is at war, shall wilfully
cause or attempt to cause insubordi-
nation, disloyalty, mutiny, or refus-
al of duty, in the military or naval
forces of the United States, or shall
wilfully obstruct the recruiting or en-
listment service of the United States,
shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $4,000 or Imprisonment
for not more than 90 years, or both.
Section 4. If two or more per-
sons oonspire TO violate the provi-
sions of section or of this title,
and one or more of such persons does
not act to effect the aspect of the
conspiracy, each of the parties to
such conspiracy shall be punished as
in said section provided in the case of
the doing of the act the accomplish
ment of which is the object of such
conspiracy. Except as above provid-
ed conspiracies to commit offenses
under this title shall be punished as
provided by section 81 of the act to
codify. revise and amend the penal
laws of the United States. approved
March 4 1909"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03
MORE SAMMIES GO TO FRONT
Relieve First Battalions Which Return
Tired and Dirty.

With the American Army in France,
Nov. 3.-The first battalions of Ameri-
cans in the trenches have been re-
lieved by others. Relief, which is
considered one of the critical periods
when the enemy, by shelling the ap-
proaches to the positions. may infiict
heavy damage, was accomplished sue
cessfnlly. Apparently, the enemy was
not aware Of what was going on.
With the men back in billets. it now
is permitted to mention for the first
time that the casualties were neglig.
ible. Ina fact, more men are suffering
with trench feel than with wounds.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03
BIG ARMY THEFT DISCLOSED
Thousands Of Dollars in Drugs and
Instruments Taken,

New York, Nov. 3.-Dr benjamin
M. Lerger and Robert Levine, a drug
gist, were implicated in the theft OF
thousands of dollars worth of drugs
and surgical instruments from an
army medical supply depot here by
two or four packers who worked at
the supply depot and who testified be-
fore United States commissioner.
Besides DIR. Berger and Levine, the
men under arrest are Jack Katz and
Moe Howard, who confessed, and Her.
bert Elkin and Benny Cohen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03
RUSSIA FACED BY lat
DIVISIONS OF TROOPS

:. Washington, Nov. 3.-Not- i
!. witnstanding Withdrawals Of +.
i. German troops from tire Rus :
!. sian front for the italian cam :
I. paen, there still are 147 Ger .
!. man, Austrian, Turkish and .
!. Bulgarian divisions facing the .
:. Russian army The Russian +.
!. embassy announces that il has .
i. received from General Dessino, .
!. representative of the Russian .
!. army with the British head .
4. quarters, the figures on the .
+ strength of the Austro-Ge~nan :
i. troops on the Eastern front. .
:. :. = = = = !. !. !. = !. !. = Z. +
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03
WILL TURN GERMANS BACK
Message Sent italian Premier BY
Lloyd Georqe.

London, Nov. 3.-Premier Lloyd
George has sent the following mes
sage to the. Italian premier, N'ittorio
Orlando, in reply to the latter's tele'
gram of Wednesday, affirming the
solidarity of the two nations:
1T is a source of real satisfaction
TO us that the friendship between the
Italian and British peoples is about
to be cemented .by the cooperation OF
their armies with the gallant soldiers
of France. on the same battlefield.
am confident that Italy and her Allies
will not only stem the tide OF the
enemy advance, but in due course will
roll 1t back forever"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03
French and British Reinforce.
ments Reach Italian Line
on TagIiamento Front.
Are MET WITH CHEERS
Believed That Arrival Of Assistance
Means Hating Of Austro-Ger-
man-Turkish-Bulga
Hordes.

Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Nov. 3.--Itaiian and allied troops
are preparing for a counter-offensve.
A great battle based on the iinc OF
the Taglamento river is forecast. KING
Victor Emmanuel and Premier Orlando
are at the front, il is announced.
Rome. Nov. 3.-Austro-German pa.
trolls have advanced to the BAN OF
the Tagliamento river along which
the Italians are making a stand. The
war office announces that these pa.
trolls were repulsed The statement
reads:
There has been reciprocal artillery
firing over the Iagliamento river En-
envy patrols which had advanced to
the bank of the river were repulsed by
our machine gun fire. On the rest OF
the front there was no event of i'm
portance"
italians Reinforced
Washington, Nov 3.-British and
French reinforcements have arrived
at the Tagliamento front in Italy
Rome cables state. The Allied troops
were enthusiastically welcomed by
the Italian populace and soldiers. The
dispatches gave no indication of the
strength or nature of the reinforce
ments. Italian correspondents at the
battle front were quoted as firmly Of
the belief that the invading Austro
German-Turkish-B Bulgarian horde will
be stopped
italian Coup Thwarts Enemy.
Rome. Nov. 2.-The Italian forces
under Austro-German attack in North
ern Italy have effected a Withdrawal
on the line of the Tagliamento will
the third Italian army nearly complete
the war office announced today.
"Thwarting the plan OF the enem,
by the rapidity of their promtly-de
cided on movements and by the brav,
resistance of the covering units which
have detained it's advance" reads th'
official statement, "our troops have
effected the withdrawal on the Taglia
mento in spite OF the extremely cliff
cult strategical conditions. The thirC
army is nearly complete, a beautiful
example of strength and unity.
"The First and Second cavalry divi
sions, especially the heroic regiments
of Genoa and Novara and the untir
ing aviators, are worthy of mention
to the admiration and gratitude o
the country
Teutons Withdraw; sIavs Pursue.
Petrograd. Nov. 3-Another with
drawal of German troops on the North
ern Russian front is in progress tn,
war office announces. The announce
ment follows:
"On the northern front in the direc
tion of Riga the enemy at some point
is Withdrawing to positions previous
iy prepared.
THE retreat is taking place witt
the enemy's rear guard In continue
contact with our accommodating de
tachments and there are no possibl
grounds for supposing that this re
treat will permit the possibility of hi
throwing his troops on to any othe
front"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03
MAY PROSECUTE FARMERS
uItimatum Expected in Chicago MIX
Strike Case

Chicago, Nov. 3.-The federal gov
ernment is expected to issue an ulti-
matum in the milk strike of 10000
farmers who are said to be destroying
their product rather than sell TO Chi
cago dealers at reduced wholesale
prices.
Robert W. Childs, special assistant
attorney general, said the government
lacks authority to deal with the farm
ers directly, but declared they are in
danger of prosecution for destroying
food, which carries a maximum penal
ty of two years Imprisonment and
s., 600 fine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03

Copenhagen, Nov. "a German
warship has been sunk in the Sound,
according to dispatch from the Ma
tional Tidende from Mai.uoe, Sweden
II is reported that the vessel struck
sa mine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03

Washington, Nov 3.-Relations be-
tween the United States and Switzer.
land have been placed upon more
firm basis of mutual understanding In
the belief of members of tn Swiss
mission. who called upon President
Wilson to say goodbye. Many misun
6erseandings, some due to hostile in
fiuences, members of the mission stat
ed, have been removed Switzerland's Z
need for foodstuffs from the United
States were discussed with the Presi
dent, but no specific agreement wa
aafd tn have bean reached
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03

Rome, Nov. 3.-Premier Orlando
has cabled President Wilson ltaly's
appreciation of Americas sympathy
in her hour of trial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03

California, Ky, Nov. 3.-All the
able-bodied men of this town have
joined the army. Women have taken
their places in all lines OF work, even
to doing the harvesting. carrying the
mail, chopping wood and taking the
place of the absent railroad agent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03

Tumulty Not Senatorial Candidate.
Washington, Nov. 3.-Secretary
Tumulty has given out a statement at
the White House, denying he would
be a candidate to succeed Senator
Hughes of New Jersey.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-06
MERRIAM AND FETZER BOTH
WANT A RECOUNT IN 9TH


With both Aid. Merriam and Fetzer
demanding a recount of the voting
in the 18th ward to determine who is
really the Republican nominee; no
contest is expected to result when
w. W. WheelOck, attorney for Mer-
Tiam, offers a petition requesting an
official count of the ballots. Unless
Fetzer's plurality Of five is overcome,
he will retain the proclamation given
him by the board, setting forth that
he is the regular Republican nOmi-
nee.
Merriam's petition for recount will
be filed with County Judge NScuIly
Wednesday morning. Immediately
after Fetzer will file an answer which
will embody a petition for recount.
MeTTiam's petition will ask that the
vote Of every precinct in the ward be
examined.
Joseph Siman, brother of John ST.
man, deceased city clerk and nOmi-
nee for the Republican slate, was
given his brothers place on the
ticket by the Cook County G. o. P.
committee. The City Hall forces,
backed by the Brundage-Galpin
"neutrals," were in charge of the
meeting. There was no opposition.
1890
ALLEGED PLOTTERS AGAINST
LLOYD GEORGE TO GO TO TRIAL |
London, March 8. - All the ele-
ments Of Sherlock Holmes detec-
tive story were present today when
the crown called to the bar the IA
nous poison plot quartet to answer
to the charge Of conspiTing to muir
der Premier Lloyd George and Minis |
ter Arthur Henderson. The four were |
Mrs. Mary Wheeldon, Miss Harriet |
Wheeldon and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred |
Mason.
First Of the surprises in the case
came when a dark-skinned Moham- |
v,,oIoD Q II Pfzo orOco IN oo,,-4 Il
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-06
LATE NEWS

LA L lNEVV
ass > .
Great Western teIegraphers are
voting on a strike.
Rock Island telegraphers have APP
pealed to the Order of Railroad Tel
egraphers for assistance.
Detectives say they arrested Henry
Magnes, 81, 527 S. State, while he
was picking the pockets of Leonard
Schultz, 2O58 w. Austin av.
Police arrest is suspicious charae-
tiers in downtown movie houses.
Jos. Stassi in serious condition, Al
exian Bros. hospital Police say
Fratnk Cow shot at VIM. Black at
their rooming house, 1241 CIyburn
av., but hit Stassi.
BALTIC. & Ohio railroad freight han
dlers get increase Of ~ cents an
hour and So a month.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-06
dangerous group, bitterly hostile to
the country"
TEN NEW AUTOS TO BE SICKED
ON CHICAGO CROOKS

Take care, innocent bystanders,
beware!
If you learn Of a stick-up in your
block, or if sounds Of firearms come
from down the street, HE yourself to
the bu1et-proof chamber you should
have provided and stick there till
the sounds of action cease.
The detective bureau got 10 new
Eds today and will put them into
immediate service in the flying
squadron that will specialize in chas-
ing payroll hOldups and street
stick-ups.
A chauffeur and two sharoshoot-
er detectives with high-powered Win
chester automatic rifles will man
each car. Some will cruise around
the city at night with periscope
peeled for citizens being robbed on
the streets, while others will lie in
wait at headquarters ready to speed
to the rescue at the first tip of a pay
roll robbery, a holdup, an auto or a
bandit deal.
-O-O-
e VsEs - > so
ATT ATEVTTC
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-05
THE TIME TO SOW FLAX

There are several things to consider
In determining the time to SOW flax.
Professor Bolley states that the best
crop is as rule secured from early
planted or late planted fax. BY early
he means about April 20 to May 10, &C.
cording to the season. Flax sown at
this time will blossom before the ex-
tremely hot weather. which seems to
cause the fax to ripen too soon. The
early seeded fax runs but slight risk
from frost. The fax when Just COM
ing up and till week old may be kill
ed by hard freeze, but this seldom
happens and if it does there is still
time to sow another crop. Flax sown
about May Is to June I usually makes
the poorest crop due to blossoming in
the hot weather. For the part of
North Dakota south of the Great
Northern railroad, from Grand Forks
to Williston, late seeding, June / to
June Is, usually gives good crop pro-
vlded there is no early fall frost.
AS indicated above, spring frost
while flax is quite young, from one to
three inches high, is apt to do very lit
tie harm, but the slightest frost after
the fax is in blossom with bolls still
green is sure to do great damage.
Extension department, North Dakota
Agricultural college.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-05
THE WINNING WAY

If you put a little lovin' into all the
work you do,
And little bit of gladness, and lit.
tie bit of you,
And a little bit of sweetness, and lit
tie bit of song,
Not day will seem too toilsome; not
day will seem too long;
And your work will be attractive, and
the world will stop to look,
And the world will see sweetness,
tike the tinklin' of brook,
In the finished job; and then the
world will turn to look at you
With a worlds appreciation of the
thing you've found to do.
Just a little bit of lovin', and little
bit of song,
And some pride to sort of make it
straight and true and clean and
strong;
And the work that you're a-doin', pref
ty near before you know,
Will have set the world a-talkin, and
the little winds that blow
Will bring echoes of it to you, and
you'll see that you have done
More than you had dreamed or hoped
for when the task was first begun,
And you'll find the bit of lovin' you
have put into the same
Has come back to you in lOvin', and
come back to you in fame.
Houston Post.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-05
IN BARNES COUNTY
TEST ALL SEEDS THEY SOW

1t has been found that macaroni
wheat, as we'll as other small grains,
is not terminating well this spring.
Reports come in to that effect from
several points in the state. In Barnes
county all farmers viii test all the
seeds that they sow this year. Some
will prepare the ground we'll, sow the
seeds and then watch for the appear
ance of the plants. In many cases they
will not be disappointed, but in 9th.
ers the work that is required to pre-.
pare the soil and the seed that was
sown. will be wasted because of low
termination powers in seed.
Some of our farmers however, will
make simple termination test for all
the grains that are sown. This can be
done somewhat as follows: Take a
pie pan or old dinner plate and put in
about three-quarters of an inch of or.
binary soil. Over tina top of this place
a cloth or piece of plotting paper cut
to fit inside the plate. Count out 100
kernels of the grain to be tested, Just
as they coma Place these on the
cloth and cover with a second piece of
cloth or plotting paper. Now pour
water on the whole thing until it is
we'll soaked. 1nvert a second plate
over the whole and keep at ordinary
room temperature, being careful that
the contents do not become dry. In
five or six days the grain ought to have
sprouted enough to be able to count
the number of kernels that did not
grow. This is simple test which re-
quires very little material, but one
which is very efficient. Corn can be
tested in this way as well as small
grains or grass seed.
Farmers, which of the two methods
above described are you going to make
use of this spring? We are making
tests of grains at the Office and will be
glad to make termination test for
any one who viii! bring or send their
grain to the office of the county agent
at the court house.
-McNeal C. James,
County Agent.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-05
SOME READABLE VERSE
SPRING

SPRING
When the warm sun, that brings
Seed-time and harvest, has returned
again,
'Tis sweet to visit the still wood,
where springs
The first flower of the plain.
love the season we'll,
When forest glades are teeming
with bright forms,
Nor dark and mauy.folded clouds fore
The coming-on of storms.
From the earth's loosened mould
The sapling draws its sustenance,
and thrives;
Though stricken ITO the heart with
winters cold,
The dropping tree revives:
The softly-warbled song
Comes from the pleasant woods, and
colored wings
Glance quick in the bright sun, that
moves along
The forest openings. 49,
When the bright sunset fills
1uc Sl1NcI WOOuS Wall uSut, IuC
green slope throws
It's shadows in the hollow of the hills,
And wide the upland CLOVIS.
And when the eve is born,
In the blue lake the sky, o'er-reach-
ing far,
Is followed out, and the moon dips her
horn,
And wrinkles many star.
Inverted in the tide
Stand the gray rocks, and trembling
shadows throw,
And the fair trees look over, side by
side,
And see themselves below.
Sweet April! many thought
Is welded unto thee, as hearts are
wed;
Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn
brought,
Life's golden fruit is dead.
-Longfellow.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-05

YOUR FLAG AND NY FLAG
Your flag and my flag, and how 1T flies
today,
In your land and my land and half
world away!
Rose.red and blood-red the stripes Tor
ever CLEAN;
Snow.white and soul-white - the
good forefathers' dream.
Sky-blue and true-blue, with stars to
CLEAN Alright
The gloried guidon of the day, a
shelter through the night.
Your flag and my flag! to every star
and stripe
The drums beat as hearts beat and
ffers shrilly pipe!
Your flag and my aag-a blessing IN
the sky; :"
Your hope and my hope-it never
hid lie!
Home land and far land and half the
world around,
Old Glory hears our glad salute and
ripples to the sound!
Your flag and my flag! and, oh, how
much it holds
Your land and my land-secure with
in its folds!
Your heart and my heart beat quicker
at the sight;
Sun-kissed and wind-tossed-red and
blue and white.
The one fag-the great flag-the flag
for me and you
Glorifed all else beside-the red
and white and blue!
w. D. NeSbit.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-05
BREATHES THERE A MAN?

6HeHI6eS I6eHe n MAN!
Breathes there man with soul so
punk
Who'd sit and see our shipping sunk,
And wouldn't stir his bones
While U boats throw their filthy fits,
Ana send our ships in broken bits
PUNK down to Davy James?
Breathes there a man with soul Sc
vile
Who'd sit and smile and smile and
smile
Nor raise his feeble fins,
Though ell his neighborhood were
sunk
And blown to everlasting junk
BY German Zeppelins!
Lives in our land that senile goat
Who'd see thugs cut his mothers
throat
And merely say, Tut! Tut"
Who'd sweetly dodge the mailed fist
o. gently slap it on the wrist,
But keep the visage shut?
Sits there a man upon the fence
Whose inner vision is so dense
He'd say in ghoulish glee,
"ucu DcItcT lIcu IMAM ne mad OleQ,
Or bled, to save his worthless hide,
1T never frazzled me-"
Sleeps there a hobo on the track
The night express close at his back
At record breaking slip,
Who says, ''I'll take this pull of booze
And one more satisfying snooze,
And then I'll rise and skip?
Lives in our land the fatuous fool
Who thinks to pull the golden rule
Upon grizzly bear?
Or draw resolves to save his life
The while Blackfoot scalping knife
Is peeling off his hair?
If so, let's take that kind of man
And dump him in the garbage can;
Then face the Prussian brute,
And grab our gun and load with ball,
And sand and grit and good old gall,
And sit up nights and shoot!
Minneapolis Journal.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-05

futile Star: At the burning of a.
barn in Steele recently our superin-
tendent displayed some nerve and
pluck. Miss Sherman did not wait for
the men to get there, but fastened to
the barn without stopping to dress, and
in bare feet united the horses before
they had become unmanageable, thus
saving them with little trouble. There.
is not man, We venture to say, in all
Steele but would have stopped to put
his pants on before venturing out into
the crisp air, but she did not, her
Whole thought being of the dumb ami
mails imperiled, and it was indeed a
nervy and coolheaded performance.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-05
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MOST EVENTFUL MONTH
IN AMERICAN HISTORY

; April 10, 1775-Battle of Lex
y ington, the first conflict of the
Revolution.
. April II, 1783-Congress pro-
; claimed an end of the war with
Great Britain.
April 80, Decentralization
became first president of the
new republic.
y April 80, 1803-Treaty with
France for the purchase of
Louisiana territory.
April 4, 181S-Act of congress
establishing the Stars and
Stripes as the flag of the Unit
ed States.
April Fl, 1S36-Battle of San
Jacinto, ending the Mexican
attempt at the conquest Of ,
, Texas.
April u, 1S61-Civil war be-
gan with the firing on Fort
Sumter.
April 9, 1865-Civil war end
ed with the surrender of Gen.
eral Lee.
April IA, 1S65-President Lin
coin shot by J. Wilkes Booth.
April %, 1S9S-United States
, proclaimed war with Spain.
April 2. 1917-Congress meets
, in extra session Ito receive a
com mum c a ton concerning
grave matters of national pol
ICY"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-05
FLAG ETlQUETTE

When Dewey's feet returned to New
York after the battle of Manila Bay,
q Swedish janitor in a large depart
ment store hoisted an American flag
with the union down, and few the sig
nal of distress throughout the celebra-
ton. A patriotic citizen would hardly
have made so fragrant an error, but In
displaying flags or bunting there are
many fine points to be observed, re-
marks Harry Lee King, deputy COM
missioner of boy scouts. In the New
York Tribune he gives these rules for
flying the national colors:
l. The proper time for raising the
flag is sunrise or after, never before.
z. The flag must be lowered at sun
set.
3. lii draping the flag against the
side of room or building, the proper
position for the blue field is toward
the north or toward the east.
1t is a mark of disrespect to allow
the flag to fly throughout the night.
There is no uniform usage in the dis
play of bunting, but it is just as easy
to hang it in the correct fashion: When
buildings are decorated in bunting
draped horizontally, the red should be
at the top, according to letter from
the war department published in the
New York Sun:
War Department, Office of the Quar-
termaster-General, Washington.
There are no regulations prescrib-
ing the method of utilizing bunting for
decorative purposes, but good taste re-
quires that the order shall be red at
the top, followed by white, then blue,
iii accordance with the heraldic colors
of the national flag.
Lieut. Col. John T. knight,
Deputy Quartermaster-G General, U.