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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
GERMAN RULE lNAUGURATED
Provisional State Council Assumes
Control in Poland.

Berlin, Jan. 1.-THE provisional
state council, recently established by
the German government, has been in
augurated at Warsaw.
Among the officials present were
General Won Beseler, governor of all
Russian territory now occupied by the
Germans; General Kuk. master of ord
nance; delegates from the Berlin and
Vienna governments; members of the
Polish ~legions and prominent citizens
Of Warsaw.
Vaclaw Won Niemoyovski, grandson
of the president of the last national
Polish government in 1880, respond
ed to the governors opening address.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
Three More Steamers Sunk.

London. Jan. 17.-According to an
nnconfirmed report received by the
I1oyds the British steamship Brook.
wood, 1908 tons. and the Norwegian
steamer Tholma, 1896 tons, have been
sunk. The Norwegian steamer Graa-
field, formerly the Alfred Dumois, 72S
tons. has been destroyed through
striking q mine. Eight members Ct
the crew lost their lives.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago. Jan. lS.-Cattle Receipts,
5000; steers, ~$7.a0Q11.s0; cows and
heifers. s4.50410.10; calves. $9.75614.-
%. Hogs-Receipts, 10000; light, So.
35Q11.00; mixed, $10.65M1t.10; heavy.
$1065m11.15; rough. S10.65M10 so;
pigs. sS.GaMi0.o0. Sheep Receipts,
1900; native, S9.Io4 IL 90; lambs.
$11.70Tl430.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Jan. 1S.-Wheat-May,
s1.91A; July, sf.S2%. Cash close on
track: No. l hard. $685. @2.O1h: No.
/ Northern, s1.92BM1.99h; No. 2
Northern, s1.S9m1.95A; No. 8 North.
ern, s1.79ls d1.91h; No. 3 yellow
corn, 94h a951ac; No. 3 white oats,
54A @55Hc; flax, s2.93A.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18

Wheeling. w Va. Jan. 17.-Captain
Matthew A. Batson. u. s. A., in
charge of the West Virginia recruit
ing district with headquarters in Hunt.
ington, died in a hospital here from
pneumonia. He served in the Spanish
American war and was awarded a
medal by congress for exceptional
bravery In the battle OF Santiago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
ST. Paul Grain.

st. Paul, Jan. IS. Wheat No. l
hard. $685. 6201B; No. | Northern,
s. 1921 n199h; No. 2 Northern. ST..
S9K@1.95k; No. 2 Montana hard, ST.
911s al 1915 corn, 94h 695Ac; oats,
54A m55hc: barley, S5cm$1.19; rye,
S1.401141; fax, s2.93A.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18

IANlTORS TO GO ON STRIKE
Chicago Walkout Will Affect 1000 Flat
Buildings.

Chicago. Jan. 17.-Janitors Of 1000
Chicago fiat buildings are under or.
ders to put out the fires in their fur.
naees within tw~enty-four hours unless
their employers meet demands for au
increase in wages ON a graded scale
approximating Is per cent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
THREE CAPTAINS OF ARMY
DISMISSED.

Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. II.
Three captains of the United
States army have been dismiss
ed from service, according to a
message received by the COM
handing officer of Fort L4eaven-
worth from the wal depart
ment. They are William II.
Armstrong, Fred II. Gallup and
Harry Graham, who e tried
by courtmartial last July on
charges OF tracing maps OF the
Fort I.eavenworth reservation
and turning them In as their
own drawings. The men we're
student officers at the post.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul. Jan. IS. - Cattle
Receipts, 1900; steers, S6.00a9.00;
cows and h%eifers, s5.50dS.00; calves,
$S.50m12.75: stockers and feeders. So
00n7.25. Hogs-Receipts, 1900; range,
sl030m1O.70. Sheep-Receipts, 100;
lambs, s11.00N12.00; wethers, $1,000
$50; ewes s7.0009.25.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
Would Tax Mail Order Houses.

Helena, Mont, Jan. IA tax on
al mail order houses doing business
In the state was advocated by F. s
Sander. president Of the Retail Mer
chants Association OF Montana, In his
anxua1 report before the association.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. Jan. 1S.-Wheat-May. ST.
SS1s; July, $1.51A; Sept. S1.36. Corn
May, 99tac; July, 9sAc. Oats-May,
57%c; July. 55Ac. Pork-Jan., $4,000;
May, S29.15. Butter-Creameries, IS
037c. Eggs-46n47c. Poa-try-Fowls,
tic; springs, ICE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
Admiral Dewey Reported to Be Grad
ually Sinking.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE death OF
Admiral George Dewey, who has been
seriously i'll for six days, is expected
momentarily.
Doctors Fauntleroy and Sheldon is
sued this statement:
1.-THE admiral is slowly sinking. The
end may come al any time"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
Threaten Raid on Duluth.

Duluth, Jan. 17.-Angered by the
breaking up by the police of an al
legged Illegal meeting 1. w. WIS
threaten to send In a call for men on
the range to invade Duluth. Police
arrested thirty-oos men after charg.
In : crowd
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, len. fS.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive. No. l hard. s1.93%; No.
/ Northern Sl92% No. 2 Northern.
Sl.87bsM1.S9Ss. Flax-On track and
to arrive. s292%.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18

Twenty-six Lost Through Torpedoing
Without Warming.

London, Jan. 1.-THE sinking of the
Austrian passenger steamship Ia
greb without warning by a submarine
in the Adriatic, Jan. IA, with the loss
of twenty-six lives. is reported by
Reuters.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-18
SubpoenaS Issued for Finan-
cier and Others.
LAWSON AGAIN ON STAND
Repeats Information He Received Al
legine Secretary Tumulty and 9th.
ers Had Profted by Use OF News
Affecting Markets.

Washington, Jan. 17.-Interrupting
Thomas w. Lawson's testimony be-
fore the house committee on rules re-
garding the leak on President Will
sons peace note, Representative Har'
rison, Democrat, moved hat j. T.. Nor.
gan, ]. s. Baehe. III. p. Davidson, +. A.
Vanderbilt, Arthur Upper and s. G.
Wexler be subpoenaed to appear in
the investigation. The motion was
carried and the %subpoenas were is
sued. Harrison made no explanation
of his reasons for ordering these sub
poenas.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
who, Lawson said. he vas given to
understand was the mysterious cabi-
net member involved in his state
ments; Secretary to the President Tu-
multy, who, Lawson said one OF his
informants told him, was connected
with the alleged leak; Paul NJ. War
burg of the federal reserve board.
who Lawson said had knowledge OF
the leak machinery, and several other
well known men were waiting to ties
tify under subpoena or had come be.
fore the committee voluntarily.
Large Sums Mentioned.
Lawson testified that Mrs. Ruth
Thomson Visconti. who wrote him a
letter and later made a statement in
the presence of her attorney. declared
William w. Price. White House cor.
respondent, who she said acted as a
go-between for Secretary Tumulty
and others, stated that Price "%receiv.
ed $4,000 cash and that Tumulty re
ceived a much larger sum"
81 think that Is substantially a cor.
rect statement of her report to me-
said Lawson.
The sergeant-at-arms of the house
reported 10 Chairman Henry that he
had been unable to locate Mrs. Wis
cont, who Is sought as a witness,
Members of the committee said there
we're ''inklings that she had disap.
peared."
When Mr.. Lawson was cross-exam'
ined he declared the impression that
Chairman Henry had mentioned Sec.
rotary McAdoo in connection with the
alleged leak was n That In
formation, he declared, came from en-
tirely another source.
Dodefng the "Tortures."
When told by Chairman Henry tina
papers had been prepared citing hin
for contempt because he had refused
to give the committee names he haC
given to several newspaper men. Mr.
Lawson retorted.
"Yes, | read in the papers of thu
fortunes being prepared for me, and o
schemes being ~concocted to force m
to take n.
"It was a delicately thought on
conspiracy to discredit me. and I de
termined. as I declared here. that
wasn't going to be made the goat.
Even then | pleaded with the com
mittee to take my information in sc
cret and to see II it was serious. AM
/ explained hat II you thought IL wa
serious and should be made public tn,
publication of 1t throughout the worli
would be up to you and not to me-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
Nation Faces Big Reor-
panization as Result
of Investigation
Exposures
Country Is Misled
By Military Men
France Cannot Spare
Guns for Pershing,
Mccormick Tells
Senators
By c. w. Gilbert

WASHINGTON, Dec. lS.-To-
day was electric.
The Senate ordered two investi-
gations-one into the Shipping
Board and one into the railroad
situation.
The Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee listened to the testimony Of
Representative Medill Mccormick,
who has just returned from France,
to the effect that France has no sur
plus of machine guns or artillery,
but is arming us out Of supply
that is not sufficient for its own
needs. Mr.. Mccormick quoted Cen
eral Petain as begging us to send
France guns. The general said
France would soon be taxed to sup
ply our troops over there.
Richard Henry Gatling, son OF
the inventor of the Gatling gun. told
the committee that ordnance experts
the world over were astounded at
the blunders made by our ordnance
bureau in failing to adopt the En-
field unchanged, and with 1t the
Lewis gun unchanged.
The continued sensational testi-
mony before the Military Affairs
Committee Of the Senate, the re-
newal of the scandal in the Ship
ping Board, where the resignation
of Admiral Harris proved that the
Goethals-Denman - Capps-Hurley
controversy is still going on; the
unanimity of the Senate, without
regard TO politics, in its determina-
ton to inquire into the failure to
build ships, all together made men
feel that at last the long expected
explosion had taken place.
The truth that is coming out now
and that will come out as a result OF
the shipping, coal and railroad in
vestigations will force reorganiza-
ton here.
1t will be made plain to the whole
country that it is impossible to go
on with The loose assemblage OF ut
terly unrelated bureaus, in the
hands, for the most part, Of in
ferior men, which has produced the
failures that impartial investiga-
tions are now revealing.
No one doubts here now that fhe
nation is on the eve OF big rcor-
ganizafiOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19

WASHINGTON, Dec. ls.-The fol-
lowing statement was made to-day by
Representative Medill Mccormick after
his appearance before the Senate COM
mittee that is investigating the War
Department:
"There are some things which | said
to the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs of which | cannot at this time
speak for publication, but ! am ready
to say, with the consent Of the chair
man of the committee, that ! told the
committee that neither the French nor
the Italians have any artillery to spare
The British, who in proportion to their
front have more guns by far than
either of their Western Allies, accord
ing to their chief military authorities,
will not have guns enough until next
spring. The guns which the French
give US, they give US because the i'm
mediate necessities of our little army
in France are even greater than their
own.
General Petain said to me: Make
guns. Send US guns and ammunition
rather than steel billets. We are CRATE
full for the little force you have sent
US. The echo of its footballs carried
hope to every hearth in France, but
as it grows there must be period
when we shall be taxed to supply IL.
While its numbers slowly increase you
Americans, who are a great industrial
people, must see that this war is IN
industry of destruction. You will un-
derstand how. urgent it islto send US
guns, middle heavies,' and shells, in
order that we may be armed to win
victories and TO defend ourselves so
that some of US may be alive to figh:
BY your side when at last America Is
ready
"The Italian army when | was on the
Carso and in the Trentino, had some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19

the menus have printed on them in
large type that meats shall not be
served on Tuesdays. At the knicker-
booker when steak was sought the
waiter pointed TO the line "Meatlcss
Day" printed in big red letters across
the face of the menu. "Nonc of the
hotels serve any meats on Tuesday"
said the waiter, "but you can get fowl
or game. We have some nice SQUAD
chicken" And across the page given
over to steaks appeared broad red
stripes.
This was the experience with walters
in other hotels Of any size, though at
some of the smaller ones, where the
menu said that it was "Meatless Day,
the walters said that one could get
steaks or chops if wanted.
Nearly every small restaurant visit
ed had every variety Of meat on the
bill of fare. This was true IN all sec.
tions Of the town.
OF the chains of moderate priced
restaurants visited Childs's and the
automats were found TO be observing
"Mestless Day"
Lunch Rooms Serve Meats
The Baltimore Dairy Lunch rooms;
Of which there are 124 scattered
throughout the country, the BULK OF
them in this city, were selling roast
beef ham and tongue sandwiches yes
terday. The managers Of the places
visited said the company owning the
,ao,surontc had said nothing TO them
about observing "Meatless Day" and
So thew continued in the same old way;
The same was true of the Hartiora
Lunch rooms. The most central OF
.hnse a. 100 West Forty-second Street,
WAS having a rush on beef stews and
ham @ and eggs at 7 o'clock last night e
"NO, we don't observe any 'mear1sss rmsn
"Hnr. ~ The little restaurants do.
Only the big ones and the hotels.
The manner in which the principal
big restaurants and hotels and tneir
customers observe "meatiess Gay -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
Suffrage Wins in
House on Test Vote
Women Poll Seven More Than
Two-thirds Required in
Preliminary Skirmish

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-On a test
vote to-day, indicating sentiment in the
House toward the woman suffrage con-
stitutional amendment, the suffragists
polled seven more than a two-thirds
vote Tho question was on referring
suffrage resolutions to the new Woman
Suffrage Committee, as the suffragists
wished, instead of the elections COM
mittee. as the anti-suffragists asked.
A vote in the House on the woman
suffrage constitutional amendment
January 10 was assured to-day when
the Rules Committee agreed on that
date.
An effort was made by Representa-
tive Kitchin TO increase the number
of members of the House Woman Suf-
frage Committee by one TO provide a
place for Representative London, OF
New YORK (Soeialisp. 1t was blocked
by an objection.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19

the five saved. His mother, Mrs. julia
Montgomery Pratt, lives at Fort II. G.
Wright, n. Y.
Other survivors are:
SCHMISSAUTER, j. NJ, machinist;
father. Charles c. Schmissauter, Mills
City, Tenn.
BROWN, Henry L.. gunner's mate;
father, II. P. Brown, Macon, Ga.
BURNS. Joseph j., chief gunner's mate;
wife. San Pedro, Cal.
STEWART, John j., ships cook;
mother, Mrs. Celia b. Campbell,
Huron, S. d.
The list of those lost wss announced
by the Navy Department as follows;
BELT. John r.. seaman; mother, Mrs.
j. l.. Belt, Silsbee, Tex.
BERNARD. Frank. machinist's mate;
sister, Abelia Quintal, Oakland, Cal
CORSON. William L., chief electrician;
next Of kin, Hazel NJ. Corson, Long
Beach. Cal.
GOONhN, James, chief gunner's mate;
mother. Mrs. Minnie McClain, Lima
Ohio.
GREENBERG. Simon. electrician, first
class; mother, Sophia Greenberg'
Philadelphia.
SLOUGH, Dudley. chief gunner's mate;
wife, Marie Slough, Vallejo, Cal.
VINCENT, Charles F., electrician;
father, Philip S. Vincent, Exeter, Cal.
WALSH, Thomas A.. machinists mate;
mother, Mrs. Anna O'Brien, Hillyard,
Wash.
WYATT, Clyde, W. maehinist's mate;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
War Councils Are Shaken;
Crozier Shifted; Goethals
Back; Senate Now Orders
Ship and Railroad Inquiry
Lending Guns to y. S. Army
Weakens Allies, Says M'Cormick

thing less than one-quarter as many
guns as the British and French armies
combined, although there was no great
difference in the length of the fronts
In Italy they suffered from a short
age of ammunition, which limited the
extent of their advance toward lrlesle
and the road to Laibach.
THE middle heavy is to this war
what the steam shovel was TO Panama
If we make guns enough and transport
them to Europe before the spring Of
1919 we ought to win this war without
terrible losses. without the guns we
shall lose the men and may lose the
war.
81 believe that Hurley is going to
solve the shipping problem. Inere-
fore the most urgent thing we nave 10
do is to build guns and TO manufacture
ammunition. We must build for our
selves and the Allies 10000 cannon
That is not a figure summoned from my
inner consciousness. 1t is the estimate
of the best military opinion IN Europe;
But apparently we shall have produeeo
practically no guns within year ai'er
our declaration of war.
"It seems evident enough tnat ""
must create a department OF mum
tions. Just as the French and the Eng
lisb have done. The task OF organlz,
ing armies and forging weapons OF
destruction was too much even Tor tne
great Kitchener, so Lloyd George, per
haps the greatest of the public SER
wants among the enemies OF Germany
was put to the task Of organizing the
manufacturing Of ammunition and
guns. In France the Minister OF Mu-
nitions when ! was there was Lou
cheur. one of the ablest industrial or
ganizers in the country.
"rhe lesson TO Us is plain ne
problem Of gun and munition making
is SO big that even the ablest indus
trial executive in America will find nc
is taxed to the ultimate in directing
their production. Time is the essence
of victory and cannon are the weapona
By which it must be won. We must
make guns enough in time to win"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
Sensational Testimony
Heard by Senators;
Country Is Misled

The Senator's who heard the testi-
mony to-day before the Military Az
fairs Committee felt the Importance
of the occasion. They described that
testimony as more sensational than
any yet heard. Much Of it is not dis
closed, for IL was given in secret ses-
sion, but enough was made public 10
show that the military authorities
have utterly misled the country in
fostering the belief that the French
had an overproduction Of artillery
and could easily arm our force with
machine guns and light and heavy field
guns until we were able next summec
or in the spring Of 1919 10 arm osr
own men. Representative Mccormick.
dspelled that illusion. Instead Of
having an oyersupply of guns. the
French are crying to US TO make guns
for them, guns and ammunition, spe-
cifcally, not steel billets, but toe
finished product.
Mr.. Mccormick had visited the
French and British and Italian fronts.
He was on the stand before the COM
mittee for several hours and told OF
conversations he had had with Gen.
eral Petsin. with Field Marshal Hsis,
with the British and with the French
commanders OF artillery and with
General Pershing. In a statement ~
sued to the press after the hearing
was over. Mr.. Mccormick quotes Gen.
ersf Petain upon the difficulty Of SUP
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
Kaiser Took All Good
Troops From the East
ny TIE Associated Pre~I

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES iIN
FRANCE. Dec. Before signing the
sfnistiee with Russia, Germany. &C"
eording 70 numerous prisoners. with
ore" all soldiers between the ages Of
Nenty and thirty-hye from the divi-
mons OF the Russian front. These were
replaced by older men and recruits Of
zoe 1919 class, thus nsminally retain
ing the same formations on the East
efn front as in the pas.
a. me divisions now occupying the
western front lines, consequently, sre
composed Of the best fithting material
Al the disposal of Cermtny.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
Day
Is Ignored by
Many in City
Big Hotels and a Few Lunch
rooms Observe Rule; Vio-
lators Called Disloyal

With the exception OF the big hotels
and a few isolated restaurants and
chop houses, "meatless Tuesday is a
dead letter in the public eating places
Of New York. In some OF the Broad.
way lobster palaces, where the bills
Of fare yesterday told the hungry that
it was "meatless day." steaks and
chops and ham and other meats were
served to oil who ordered.
In Jacks, at Sixth Avenue and
Forty-thiri Street, two men were eat
ing steaks when a reporter of The
Tribune visited the restaurant yester-
day afternoon. When a waiter was
asked if "meatless day" was being OBJ
served he said: Owe give our patrons
what they ask for. The others arc
doing it,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
Senator Asks for
Creel's Payroll

WASHINGTON. Dec. ia resolu-
tion requesting the Committee on Pub
lie Information to inform the Senate of
ihe amount OF salaries or allowances
for expenses granted the chairman,
George Creel, members of his staff or
others. and as TO the committees ex-
penditures generally. was introduced to-
dav by Senator Gallinger, the Republi-
car leader. 1t was referred TO the APP
propriations Committee.
A general statement OF its expendi-
.ures without the salary list was sent
TO the House recently By the committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-lnsufficient
clothing, overcrowding and bad sani-
tary conditions are held largely Ie-
sponsble for disease epidemics at
Camp Bowie, Texas; Camp Funston,
Kansas; Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma,
and Camp Sewer, South Carolina, by
Surgeon General Gorgas in reports to
Secretary Baker, made public to-day, on
the result of his personal inspection Of
the camps.
With the exception of Funston, none
of the camp base hospitals has been
completed, General Gorgas says, and
this is handicapping the medical Off
GERS in treating patients. He recon-
mends the rushing of this work, partic-
ularly the installation Of plumbing.
General Gorgas points out that prac-
tically all the disease is brought to the
camps by incoming men, and recon-
mends the establishment of observa-
ton camps for all newcomers. To aid
sanitary conditions he recommends
that fifty square feet of floor space be
furnished for each man at all camps. In
some cases now only twenty feet is
provided.
Winter Clothing Supplied
Steps TO remedy existing unfayorable
conditions have been taken by division
commanders as far as possible, the re-
ports say, while winter clothing is
being supplied as rapidly as received
Lack of warm garments during the cold
weather of the late fall is believed by
General Gorgas to have contributed
largely to the spread of pneumonia.
At Camp Bowie, where the seth
Guard Division Is training, General
Gorgas reported forty-one deaths dur
ing the last month from pneumonia out
of 400 cases admitted to the hospital.
About 1900 cases Of measles have de-
veloped in the same length of time.
"There is a great zeal OF uneasiness
and criticism among the people with
regard to conditions here, which are
worse from the sanitary point OF view
than in any other of the camps | have
visited" General Gorgas says.
"The base hospital is unfinished,
without water. plumbing or sewerage.
recommend that telegraphic instruc-
tions be sent to the division commander
at once to put in plumbing. water and
sewer connections.
Immediate Action Urged
81 think the recommendation ] have
made will tend to correct the existing
sanitary errors, but | cannot ufge too
strongly that they be put into effect at
once. The camp sites and surround
ings are all that can be desired. The
troops and general conditions are good.
with the exception Of such conditions
as relate to the epidemic diseases"
At Camp Funston. in the Ssth Ma