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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
CANADA MAY BUY ALL
DOMINION RAIL LINES

Ottawa, Aug. 3.--Plans by which
the Canadian government eventually
will take over all railroad systems in
the Dominion were announced in par.
lament by Sir Thomas White, minis
ter of finance.
At present the government proposes
to acquire the Canadian Northern
which, with the international railroad
will give the Canadian people a rail
road system from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
The Canadian Northern has a com.
mon share capital of $100,000,000. OF
this the government owns $40 000, 600
and 1t Is proposed to purchase the re.
mainder from private stockholders.
The transaction also involves gov.
ernment ownership of all subsidiaries
including steamship lines, grain eleva
tors, terminal docks and the Mount
Royal tunnel
The finance minister said the gov
ernment contemplated the acquisition
of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk
Pacific railway.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
AMERICAN GERMANS
FIGHT WAR HORRORS

Chicago, Aug "a movement has
been begun in New York and Chicago,
sponsored in Chicago by Otto c. Butz,
close friend of Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt looking to the organization
OF German-Americans of revolutionary
stock to work against the Prussian
militaristic caste.
According to Mr.. Butz many Ameri.
cans of German descent abhor the
Prussian system of frightfulness.
THE hatred against the whole Ger.
man race will be intense and will
strike the innocent as well as the
guilty" said Mr.. Butz," if we do not
do something to show great majority
of German-Americans do not stand for
frightfulness of the autocracy of the
fatherland. We aim TO help the peo
pie back in the fatherland to throw
off the yoke of autocracy and frightful
ness and bring about a liberation oil
the German government
THE association hopes to help the
German people successfully carry out
a regeneration of the German govern
ment through its own efforts"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
Strain Every Nerve to Hold
Line in Flanders.
WEATHER HALTS ALLIFf
Dtslits Heavy Handicap Entente Hold
Its Most important Gains and Awalts
Clearing Weather TO Blast Way
Further Into Teutonic Front

London, Aug 3.-Germany is bat
tling with a desperation probably un.
paralleled in the war TO hold her lines
in FLINDERS. Notwithstanding the
heavy handicap which the weather has
imposed the entente forces have made
good their most important gains and
apparently are only awaiting clearing
conditions to blast their way further
into the Teutonic front
The boasts OF successful resistance
to the entente thrusts that have come
from Berlin were based os usual on
the unWarranted assumption that an
attempt had been made to break
through and upon the fact that at one
or two points the German reaction re-
suited in some OF the far advanced
forces of the allies being pushed back
Despite the hard fighting in Flan-
ders the Germans are continuing their
pronounced activities on the French
front. Paris reports two attacks on
the French lines east and southeast of
Rheims and assaults in the Avocourt
wood sector in the Verdun region and
in the Apremont forest southeast
St Michel
All these were fruitless for the Ger
mans. Some important movement ap
parently is under way on the Russian
northern front, which has been hold
ing entirely firm while the southern
end of the line was falling back.
The Russians are reported to have
evacuated the Uskill bridgehead, ff-
teen miles southeast OF Riga, the Ger
mans marching into the evacuated
positions
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
KORNILOFF BECOMES
HEAD or RUSS ARMY

Petrograd. Aug. 3-General Alexis
A. Brusiloff. commander,in-chief Of the
Russian armies, has resigned Gen
eral l.. G. Korniloff, commander-in.
chief OF the Russian armies on the
Southwestern front, has been appoint
ed generalissimo
General Tcheremissoff, commander
of the Eighth army, has been appoint
ed to succeed General Korniloff on the
Southwestern front
Foreign Minister Terestchenko has
sent a circular to the. allies declaring
1t was necessary to take steps to re
store the combative strength of the
armies The government, he said
will not be deferred by any difficulties
regarding the prosecution of the wal
to final triumph
The reorganized and regenerated
armies, he said, will at the appointed
hour resume their onward march tc
victory
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Washington, Aug "a resolution
for submission to the states of a pro
hibition amendment TO the federal
Constitution was adopted by the sen
ate. The vote was 65 to 90, eight more
than the necessary twothirds
As adopted the resolution contains a
provision that the states must be ask
ed to ratify the amcndment within six
years The house still must act on
the resolution. Senators opposing the
resolution were:
Democrats = Broussard. Culbertson
Gerry, Hardwiok, Hitcheocll, Husting
James, Phelan, Pomerene. Reed and
Underwood Total -
Republicans Branle &c, Calder
France, Lodge, Penrose. Wadsworth,
Warren and Weeks Total s.
None of the amendments intended
to weaken the bone dry proposals re-
ceived single vote in support from
that section.
With two or possibly three excep.
tions this is expected to he true when
the amendment reaches the house.
Prohibition leaders OF the house
claim enough votes to insure submis.
sion OF an amendment TO the states
When the resolution can he consider.
ed in the house is uneer ain. but its
friends will seek early discussion.
Only One Amend nent Carries.
The senate's action came after three
days debate. All efforts to amend
the resolution failed except for the ad
dition of Senator Hardine's amend
ment fixing the six yeals time limit
within which three-fourths of the
states must ratify the amendment tc
make il effective
AS adopted, the resolution, which
was submitted by Senator Sheppard
of Texas, Democrat, would add the fol
lowing article TO the federal Constitu
ton:
The manufacture. sale or transpor
tation of intoxicatine LIQUORS within
| the importation thereof into. or the
expectation thereof from, the United
! States, and all territory subject TO the
! jurisdiction thereof for beverage pur
poses is hereby prohibited
This article shall be imperative
unless it shall have been ratified as
an amendment to the Constitution by
| the legislatures of the several states
as provided in the Constitution, with
in six years from the date of the sub
mission hereof to the states by con
| gress.
The congress shall have power Il
enforce this article by appropriate
| legislation
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
REWARD OFFERED FOR
LYNCHERS OF LITTLE
.hoto by American Press Association.

Butte, Mont, Aug While Butte
slept on its arms" during the night
following the lynching Of Frank Lit.
tie Industrial Worker of the World
leader, the night passed without out
ward sisns OF violence.
Threats were made that further
lynchings might take place and EN-.
aloyers. miners leaders and police of.
ficials all took steps TO cooperate
against continuance of any disorder
Several rewards. including one OF
$1,000 offered by the city have been
posted for the arrest and conviction
of any Of the seven men who took
Little from his room and hanged him
Virginia, Mimi. Aug 3.-The hang
inc at Butte, Mont, OF Frank Little
Industrial Worker of the World agi
tator. who was ringIeader in mine and
mill strikes i'm Virginia last year
started the Industrial Workers of the
World undercurrent seething and q
repetition of last summers labor trol
bles is feared BY range authorities
Sheriff John Melning of st. Louis
county has $50 newly sworn deputies
ready to proceed TO the first outbreak
or strike
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GREAT DEMAND FOR SHIPS
America VIII Build Them of Both
Wood and Steel.

Washington, Aug. g. r. The govern.
ment's shipbuilding program, as IL
will be carried out by the reorganiz-
ed shipping board provides for rs
many wooden ships as the country
can build
This was made clear to producers
of Southern pine lumber called here
for conference looking toward speed
ing up their output OF ship timbers.
War demands require the construc
tion of every vessel wood and steel
that American yards can turn out, the
lumbermen were told By Rear Admiral
Capps, general manager Of the ship
ping boards fleet corporation
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
LESS BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
London Reports Loss OF Twenty one
During Past Week.

London, Aug. 3. Some falling off
In the loss of British merchantmen by
submarines is noted in the official
weekly summary. Eighteen British
vessels of more than 1000 tons were
sunk by submarines or mines last
week
Three vessels under 1900 tons were
sunk, while no fishing vessels were
lost
According to the admiralty report
of the previous week the losses were
twenty-one British vessels Of more
than 1900 tons each, three of less
than 1900 tons and one fishing vessel.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
Japan BUILDING VESSELS
VIII Launch Nirety-sevcn Ships Be-
fore Jan. I.

Toxic, Aug 3. ~ RofoIe Jan. | the
shipyards Of Japan eXrcct to launch
'ninety-seven steamships with an ag-
gregate tonnage Of 100000 TINS. Thir-
ty-one merchantmen, az -egating 1O8..
1855 tons and each exceeling 500 tons,
were completed at y2riols shipbuild.
ing yards in Japan duing the six
months ending June 30. this year
Sixty-six more, representing 1884
tons, each more than 500 tons. will be
finished before the end of this year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
KAISER CALLS WAR COUNCIL
High Military and Naval Leaders to
icipate.

Amsterdam, Aug 3.-Emperor Will
lam has called a war council of the
high military and naval leaders in
Germany to meet at Brussels. Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, chief of the
imperial general staff; General Won
Ludendorff, the quartermaster gen.
eral; the German crown prince, com.
mander of the German forces in the
Champagne; Crown Prince Rupprecht
of Bavaria, in command of the Bel
gian front; Grand Duke Albrecht OF
Wurttemburg. and Vice Admiral Ed
uard Won Capelle, minister of the i'm,
perial navy, and others will be pres
emit
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
WAR COSTLY TO GERMANY
British Estimate Expense at $3.50, 600,
600 Monthly.

London, Aug. g. ~ According to Off
cial statements, Andrew Bonar Law
chancellor of the exchequer, said In
the house of commons, the expendi
ture of the German government from
February to May of this year was al
the rate Of $3.50, 100000 a month as
compared with $50o,000,000 monthly
for the first half of 1916
The figures given, the chancellor
explained, did not include civil ex
penditures or loans to Germany's al
lies
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
Two Brazilian States Revolt.

Rio Janeiro, Aug. 3A revolution
ary movement has broken out in the
border territory, the dispute concern
ing the possession of which between
the states of Parana and Santo Catha
rina was settled recently by agree.
ment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
Lightning Causes Big Fire.

Drumright, Okla, Aug. 3.-Six oil
tanks, each containing $4,000 barrels
of oil, are burning near here, the re-
suit of being struck by lightning. The
oil is valued at s550,0OO and the tanks
at S1S0,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
WANTS ALIENS MADE SUB
JECT TO DRAFT.

Chicago, Aug. 3. The Hi
nois Stats Zeitung commends
the proposal of congress 10 in
clude resident aliens under the
draft, saying many Anstro- Hun
garian subjects in this country
would welcome this short cut
to American citizenship.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
EATING ZOO AN MAILS IN
GERM ANY, is REPORT.

New York, Aug. 3-Miss .
:, Marie Brown of Pittsburg. who :
has been I'm Germany since .
. June, 1914, and who has just .
: arrived at an Atlantic port, says .
. she tasted elephant meat for
!. the first time in Leipzig in
. June.
She said she was told all the
. lions, tigers, panthers and 9th :
er wild animals in the zoo had
been killed and eaten by the
hungary inhabitants.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03

or submarine last week, according to
the weekly shipping summary given
out by the French admiralty. Three
ships were unsuccessfully attacked.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
French Lose Three Ships.

Paris, Aug. 1.-Two French ships Of
more than 1000 tons and one vessel
OF under 1000 tons were sunk BY mine
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
Twelve Lost With Ship.

London, Aug. 3.-The twenty-five
survivors OF the American steamer
Motano. landed here, say twelve of
the crew, some Americans, were lost
IN the torpedoing of the vessel
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
SENATE ADOPTS
DRY RESOLUTION
Votes to Submit Prohibition
Amendment TO States.
ROLL CALL SHOWS 65 TO 70

Proposition Contains Provision That
Ratification Must Take Place Withr
House, Where Its Friends Claim
Victory lis Assured
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
Do You Want Piece of the
James J. Hill 100000 Farm?

THEN ACT QJICK The sale There
% this
for sale That YOU MIGHTY QUICK
these choice fertile of land for the
this Monday
Thursday night at 1920 the Northern railroad for Hum
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
HOUSE TO DELAY ACTION
ON PROHIBITION.

+ Washington, Aug 2.-The
+ drive to make the nation dry is
: temporarily halted.
+ DuC TO a house decision to
!. consider only war measures at
!. this time the prohibition con
: stitutional amendment, passed
: by the senate, will go over to
: December
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03
TRADE SHIPPING
FOR FOODSTUFfS
Norway Ready to Release
Million Tons.
l. FACING STARVATION
Or. Fridtjof Nansen, Head of Commits
sion Now in This Country, Declares
His People Face Greatest Privation
II Supplies Are Cut OFF.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Norway fac
ing starvation II the United States
cuts of exports of food, is ready to
release million tons Of her shipping
in return for the privilege of import
ing food principally from the United
States. DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, head of
the Norwegian mission to the United
States, declared here unreservedly
that Norway faced privation if the
United States enforced an export em-
barge against her.
DIR. Nansen did not in any way in.
innate that Norway would be com.
PEELED to abandon her neutrality.
tions prohibiting exports were issued
by the Swedish government. They
cover a long list of various articles,
the most important being provisions.
The regulations prohibit exporta.
tion of nearly all sorts of machinery,
nautical and surgical instruments,
musical wind instruments, window
panes and picture frames, (which con.
tain any other base metal than iron "
The purpose of the new prohibition
evidently is to prevent brass, lead.
"copper" nickel and other base metals
leaving the country.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-03

Major General Barry, now command
ing the Central department. witt
headquarters at Chicago, is said to be-
slated to succeed Major General Hugh
l.. Scott, IT, s A. as chief of staff OF
the army when General Scott reaches
the age OF retirement in September
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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-14

mites hysteIfcal on the economy OF
foodstuffs, even to the extreme Of con
timing themselves to a maize (corn)
diet iEsteed of having a well balanced
diet with>rhe variety of food that Will
not only stimulate the appetite and the
digestive glands, but will meet natures
demands.
Man Is an omniverous being. we
can best economiZe by eating what
agrees with us. To resist tuberculosis
and other wasting diseases and to keep
In the best form for the working OF our
physical and mental body, particularly
In these times of high nervous tension,
We should have meat or some good
vegetable protein as substitute In
moderation once day.
In addition to this we want fat, pref
erably butter or cream or fats Of ami
mails, the latter only cooked sufficiently
to heat them through. With the pro-
TENS and fats we want carbohydrate
(starch or sugar..
Today there are many diet lists be-
Ing given to the public worked up into
tables based upon their heat-producing
power. The trouble with these diet re-
reipts is that they are based upon
tests made upon those having perfect
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-14
WATER is NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
May Be Cool, Clear and Sparkling, and
Free From Odor and Still Be
Full OF Disease Germs.

One cannot judge the purity Of wa
ter by its looks. Things visible to the
naked eye are usually harmless. The
invisible germs of disease are by far
the more Injurious to human beings.
Most people feel that drinking water
is safe to use If 1t is cool, clear, spark
ling and free from color or odor. Such
is not the case. Even the sparkle may
be due to decomposition products. The
babhling brook usually contains more
dangerous bacteria than standing wa
ter. Streams do not purify themselves
by flowing over their rocky beds. The
mistaken notion that they do is respon-
sible for a great deal of vacation typ
phoid fever.
The safest method Of destroying dis
ease germs in water Is by actual boil
ing. Boiling the water for five minutes
Will kill the germs of typhoid and al
lied diseases. Chlorine may also be
used to disinfect the water.
A stock solution is made by taking
level teaspoonful of full-strength chic
ride of lime and rubbing 1t up to a
| thin paste free from humps in teacup
with little water. This should then
be made up to a cupful and diluted
with three more cupfuls of water and
then poured into a bottle and tightly
corked. Add teaspoonful of this stock
solution to each two-gallon pail Of
drinking water, thoroughly mixing it
and allowing it to stand for ten min
utes. This will give about one-half
part of free chlorine to million parts
of water, which will destroy all typhoid
or dysentery producing germs.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-14
SECURED IRON FROM METEORS
Men Of Prehistoric Times Probably
Had Tools and Weapons Obtained
in This Manner.

In the old world the art of smelling
ores was discovered about 1900 b. G.
1t has sometimes been suggested that
iron tools and weapons may have been
made at an earlier period from me-
teorites, and recently considerable
amount of evidence in behalf of this
hypothesis has been presented by Mr..
c. f. thinner. He has compiled list
of the known iron containing meteor
ties, nearly all accumulated within the
past century, and he shows from these
alone about two hundred and fifty tons
of iron might be obtained. OF this
amount more than 80 per cent is mall
leable, consisting Of a nickel-iron al
10y.
He also shows by means of series
of illustrations how easy it Is to detach
from the meteorltes fragments of iron
suitable for use as tools or implements
when mounted in handles. Thus 1t
seems fairly probable that wide
spread use may have been made of
meteoric iron In prehistoric times. At
the time of the Spanish conquest of
Mexico the Aztecs had iron knives and
daggers, which they declared had been
obtained from the sky. Moreover, the
use of meteoric iron by Eskimos and
American Indians is a matter of recent
MISUNDERSTANDING American.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-14
Great Mountain Disappeared.

Oregon had at one time, probably
before the dawn of life upon the
earth, a great volcano which lowered
possibly 5000 feet above Mount Hood.
This was the great Mount Mazama.
But thousands of years ago this noun
tain disappeared into the bowels of the
earth, and all that is left today is the
huge rim around Crater lake. Crater
lake is the caldron of this extinct and
collapsed volcano and is nearly six
miles in diameter, The inside walls Of
the rim of the ancient mountain are in
places nearly 1000 feet high and al
most perpendicular. The lake itself is
in places 1000 feet deep, and parts OF
the wall rise above its waters 1000
feet more. A restoration of the noun
tain in fancy, using as basis the an
giles of the lower slopes, which still re-
main, shows that the apex could not
have been far from $4,000 feet in
height, so that Mount Mazama was one
of the most lofty and majestic peaks
in America.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-14
Seagoing Moving Machine.

California now has seagoing now
ing machine. 1t is in use off the coast
as q part of the government expert
ments to obtain potash from kelp. The
curious craft has blades at the bow
that cut the kelp from three to six feet
below the surface of the water.
belt brings the severed kelp aboard,
where other knives cut 1t up and other
belts distribute II in@the hold. The
vessel harvests about two hundred
tons a day, which when dried Is re-
duced to 20 tons; that, in turn, yields
about five tons of potash. The rise in
the price of potash from $40 ton to
ten or more times that sum gives a
new value to kelp, which grows in vir-
tually unlimited quantities along our
shores. Farmers have long used the
kelp itself as fertilizer.-Aouths
Companion.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-14

The corridor of the court was crowd
ed with plaintiffs, defendants, wit
nesses and such. A woman ready to
enter the courtroom was approached
by an attendant.
"Are you making a complaint against
your husband, madame?" inquired the
attendant.
'Why. no." answered she, smllingly-
my mans been dead the past thirty
years; but | suppose If he were living
l would make a complaint"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-14
Use of Camera in Training
Marksmen Saves Ammunition

A saving of ammunition in the train
ing of marksman has been made
possible by a remarkable apparatus
recently patented by an English in
ventor.
The invention can be easily attached
to n rifle, and consists of a small cylin-
drical camera which fastens to the
under side of the barrel. and is fitted
with a telescope focusing device. SO
positioned that its line of focus is par
allel to the gun barrel. Immediately
In front of the trigger of the weapon
second trigger is placed, which is CON
nected with the camera-shutter by a
wire.
When a marksman has aimed his
gun and pulls the trigger, the camera
trigger is operated just an instant be-
fore the gun trigger, and consequently
a snapshot is secured of the target
that the gun was pointed at. The po-
sition of the target as 1t appears on
the developed plate or film Will indi'
cate the accuracy of the shot. II the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-14
Music a Necessity.

In time of peace music is the joy of
nations.
In time of war 1t is the safety valve.
The physical pressure of mental
strain finds relief in music.
While we economize in food and
other necessities we must be lavish
with music.
The antidote for aching hearts is
music.
The stirrer Of red blood-in patri-
otto outburst--is music.
Music is an expression of love-the
tone of grief-a solace of solitude
an inspiration to war.
The tear-stained melodies of the
Slav-the song-told tragedies of Italy
the love-given joy of the French
all make our lives happier and our
SORROWS easier to bear.
Give us life and give us music.
Take away advertising. electricity
steam-the world would live.
Take away music and the. soul OF
the universe is dead.-Exchange