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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-03

tors are in the Same boat and sub
ject to the same control. With very
few exceptions the newspapers Of to-
day are controlled largely from the
business office.
An individual owner, like Victor F.
Lawson of the Chicago Daily News,
must be both editor and business
manager, as he directs the policy of
both the editor and the business
manager, and when they disagree,
Lawson must decide. His job is to
give the editor enough control of
news policy to hold his circulation,
yet place enough check on that pol
icy to avoid a boycott by advertisers.
The solid character of the circulation
of the News and it's recognized value
as an advertising medium make it
easily possible for the News to be
more Independent in policy than a
paper that is struggling for exis-
tence.
The modern preacher is both edi-
tor and business manager. If he
builds church he must depend, for
L1OuCJJ HOAC upOu Tic I'LL LucLl
upon the poor. The more money he
had to raise, the less he can afford
to offend those from whom he ex-
poets to get it. 1 have admired
the architectural beauty of many
churches = from the outside - and
have gotten the impression that the
bigger a church is, the less room
there is in it for the christianity of
Christ. and the higher the steeple
mounts toward heaven, the farther
the church is from it. Seeing things
in newspaper way, see the BUSH
ness manager in the preacher over
powering the editor in him because
of the mastery of the meal-ticket
AS the advertising influence has
gradually killed the popularity of
newspaper editorials, publishers
have resorted to other schemes to
get circulation. Editors are becOm-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
The Call

Your country calls. You dare not be less
brave
Than those heroic dead who gladly died
Struggling to give her birth. Whate'er
betide.
Through calm and storm. the heritage
they gave
Must stili live on. till freedoms flag shall
wave
Ger all the earth, till the onswelling
tide
OF tyranny be stemmed, TIL peace abide
Der bloodstained field and hero's
Ours is the task to speed the gladstone
day
OF which the prophets sang, when war
shall DO
No more. when through the darkness OF
the night
Shall com the dawn. when panoplied
array
shal vanish meath the sun Of liberty
As the power OF might through the TIL
umph OF right.
-Millie Cowen In Chicago Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
U BOATS EQUIPPED WITH
DEVICES TO CUT NETS
Have Motor Driven Circular Saws
Which Protrude From Both
Sides OF Craft.

From reports hat each us from Eu-
rope we learn that Germany has equip
ped some Of her U boats with ingen-
ious devices TO enable them to cut their
way through submarine nets. One boat
with a double flange Of thin sheet steel
protruding from both sides OF the bow
is said TO have been destroyed by shell
fire, and the device itself, practically
intact, IL said to be In the hands of
the British admiralty. A second boat.
equipped with heavy motor driven cir
cular knives attached to steel hawsers,
torpedoed a merchantmen, and the cap
tain while In a small boat made a draw
ing of the device for the admiralty.
Illustrations In the September issue
OF the Popular Science Monthly give a
clear idea OF these net cutters. The
double fiange OF thin sheet steel which
protrudes from both sides OF the bow
of the submarine Is operated by cleo
~trically controlled gears. The flanges
spread on either side Of the bow TO a
distance OF eighteen feet. o r thirty-six
feet IN all. whenever the nose OF the
vessel touches an obstruction. Their
action In said TO be automatic. al
though an operator within the boat can
extend or withdraw the device at any
time by moving two heavy metal arms.
The U boat equipped with the cir
cular knives IL obviously far better
able to cut its way through a net than
the boat just described. IL does not
bother about a device at the bow, fig
uring, no doubt, that the sharp nose
OF the vessel and it's rounded hull are
sufficient TO get through a net or stop
the boat before II becomes entangled.
However, II does not permit Its con-
ming tower to go unprotected. Several
strands OF stout steel hawsers contain
Ing motor driven knives a foot In diam
eter and placed about a foot apart are
stretched from the bow through the
coming tower to the stern. Striking
a net, the knives would revolve OF o
flexible shaft.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
BRITISH SURGERY WONDERS.
OF 1880 Men Manned London Hospital
Returned 1000 to Duty.

Major j. K. Goldthwaite, an ortho-
pedic surgeon OF the United States
army, returned to an Atlantic port aft
er visiting the hospitals Of France and
England to study the new methods Of
treating the wounded.
Out OF a batch OF 1880 wounded sol
diers who had been crushed and fear
fully MANNED by shells. he said. 1000
had been so skillfully patched up by
the surgeons at the London Orthopedic
hospital that they were able TO return
TO duty.
Major Goldthwaite vas n Of twenty
American medical officers who were
sent abroad by the government. He
said he had returned to recruit sur
geons for study of wal hospital condi-
tons In order that American soldiers
might later have the benefit of mod
ern treatment from their own surgeons.
Another passenger ons<he liner was
been In Mesopotamia for the Y. M. G. A.
He said that Ii was hotter In New
York than he had found 1t I'm the near
east except once. when the tempera-
ture was 105 degrees I'm the shade, and
the camels attached to the caravan
had to have palm leaves soaked In wa
ter tied over their heads before they
would leave the oasis after the noon
meal. Mr.. Post said he was In Bagdad
when the British troops captured the
rity.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
BAN IS LIFTED ON
TRADE TO NEUTRALS

Washington. Aug. 27.-Belgians will
get food quickly and neutrals will
have some of their wants supplied
through an Arrangement entered into
by the food commission and the gov
ernments of the neutral European
countries.
Ii was decided to let thirty or more
Dutch ships sail at once from an At
lantic port carrying grain owned by
The Netherlands government on con-
dition hat the greater part of the car
goes shall be used for relief of the Bel
gians.
Ii also was announced that the
Swedish mission had sold at cost $751;
600 bushels of wheat In this country
to the Belgian relief. The wheat a
bought by the Swedish government
last January and has been held in ele-
yators ever since. This will go for
ward Immediately In ships to be pro-
cured by the Belgian relief commits
sion and will take the cargo space Of
several large freighters.
In return the Swedish government
will be allowed to ship 100000 bush
els of rye of the new American crop
which will be available in September
or October.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
MADISON GRAIN MARKET.
sIoUX CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET

Sioux City. Aug. 27.-Hog market
on firmer ground, early business be
ing %unevenly steady, to Is cents
higher than on yesterday. Top for
the day reached s17.15. while the
bulk of sales ranged from $1,000
1910. Today's price list stands as
$3.50 Q1.75 lower than a week ago.
Not enough cattle on sale today to
give a test to conditions. Supply
conditions. Supply consisted OF a
few loads direct to dealers and stuff
going through. Weeks total 10, 635
shows an increase over last week.
and is about the same number as ar
rived the corresponding time a year
ago.
Market for beef material has been
decidedly uneven and according to
most sellers unsatisfactory. While
outlet for the few corn feds has been
broad. and the strictly good grades
of grassers have about held their
own, drift to prices for the medium
grassers. both steers and she stuff
has been lower and declines varying
from % a soc are quoted.
Stockers and feeders with quality
have found a fairly good demand and
are little changed, while plain grades
have been neglected and are lower
for the week.
General conditions surrounding
the sheep and lamb trade this week
have been favorable to the sellers
and advances have been recorded on
all classes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
THIRTY THOUSAND MONTHLY
Maximum Rate at Which Troops Can
Be Sent to France.

Washington, Aug. "a Predictions
of an American army of 1000. 000 men,
or even 500 600 men, in France in six
months are not warranted. according
to the best military information avail
able In Washington. 1t was stated
in an official quarter hat 10000 men
a month is the maximum the United
States can transport to France in the
ext year. caring at the same time for
the material requirements OF the n
tente nations. The whole policy af
~fecting the dispatch of troops to
France, IL was declared, is controlled
by the tonnage situation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
Paper Balloon Goes 600 Milss.

Anderson, Ind.-Miss Helen Beck of
,his place said she e n up a seven foot
paper balloon from her home In Indian
apolis on July 4. Miss Beck attached
a small strip OF paper to the balloon
bearing her name and requesting the
finder to notify her where the balloon
descended. She has received a letter
from w. ID. Stoddard Of 416 Central
avenue, Hot Springs, Ark, saying he
had found the balloon. The previous
record flight of a paper balloon is said
TO have been 400 miles. The distance
from indianapolis to Hot Springs Is
about 600 miles.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
INDIE MNiTY is NECESSARY
Said Pope Favors Restoration OF Bel.
GUM and France.

London. Aug. q. - kilograms re-
ceived here from Rome say that prom
inent persons at the Vatican, inter
preting the papal peace note, assert
Pope Benedict believes an indemnity
is necessary for the restoration OF
Belgium and Northern France.
The pope, IL is said, takes the view
that restoration of Serbia is essential,
but did not mention 1t In his note,
as he believed the whole Balkan ques-
ton could be dealt with more effec-
lively by negotiation as a separate
problem.
From the same source It is said is
suance of the peace note was proceed
ed by unofficial conversations with
prominent Germans to obtain Ger
many's consent 10 provisions for res
toration of invaded territories.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
GOVERNOR is SUSPENDED
Trial Of Texas Executive Will Open
Wednesday

Austin, Tex, Sept. 81. - James h.
Ferguson was suspended from the Of
fee of governor of Texas when the
board of nine managers named by the
house of representatives presented to
the enate twenty-one articles of i'm
parchment. alleging official miscon-
duct. The governor is charged with
misapplication of $500 of state
money.
w. p. Hobby, lieutenant governor,
automatically succeeded to the gov
ernorship pending disposition of the
charge in the senate. The senate
formally designated next Wednesday
as the time for beginning the trial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27

relief and six bottles have entirely
cured me. All women who have female
trouble of any kind should try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."-
Mrs. Eta DoRIoN, Ogdensburg, Wis.
Physicians undoubtedly did their best,
battled with this Ease steadily and could
do no more, but often the most scientific
treatment is surpassed by the medicinal
properties of the good old fashioned
roots and herbs contained in Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complication exists it pays to
write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass. for special free advice
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
ARMY CAMPS SHOWN IN MAP.
interesting Folder Issued by the South
ern Railway.

The Southern Railway company
through Its passenger traffic depart
ment has just issued a big folder map
showing the exact location OF the can
comments. camps and training stations
east of st. Louis for the army, navy
and marine corps.
Besides the folder map, there are four
teen smaller maps showing the a
tonments, camps and training stations
at points along the Southern railway
system, each showing the relative po-
sition Of these camps to the cities and
towns near by. The folder is most
comprehensive and useful for all In
terested In the mobilization OF troops
for the regular or national army.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27

Equipment 10 Lacking for Drilling
New Wells.

Washington. Aug. 27.-Danger that
the country's increasing military and
industrial demands for gasoline and
other petroleum products may not be
filled because of lack of equipment
for drilling new wells has been
brought to the attention OF the Coun-
of mines.
Director Manning of the bureau said
he Is hopeful arrangements will be
made by the council whereby mate
rails from the steel industry and other
supplies will be speedily furnished oil
producers,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. Aug. 27.
Wheat-sept., $2.12. Corn-Dec.
$l.10R 01.109s; May, $1.O7R m1.0S.
Oats Sept, 5312 d533sc; Dec. 54m
t4bc; May, 57Hc. Pork-Sept., $43.0a;
oct, $427O. Butter-Creameries, 81 q
Ale. Eggs-32d37c. Poultry-Fowls,
23h 424hc; springs, 22Q24c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
Jews to Raise $f,Oo0,O 900.

Chicago. Aug. 27.-Work of collect
ing a fund of 81, 10 900 by the Amer
lean Soldiers and Sailors Welfare
League of the B'nai Birth, with cen
trial offices in Chicago. has begun, 1t
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Aug. q.
Cattle-Receipts. $500; steers. 800
Q12.40; cows and heifers, $4.65 300;
calves. $1t.50H16 1900. Hogs-Receipts
$500; light, $16.O011740; mixed, $500
G17.50; heavy, $15.90ul7.30; rough.
$4,000 1920; pigs. $11.5011546.
6heep-Receipts. 5000: wethers, s7.7e
G11.10: lambs, s1050016S5.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
ST. Paul Grain.

st. Paul, Aug. 81.
Wheat-No. l Northern, s2.60U2.65;
No. , Northern, $2.55q260; No. 3
Northern, $2.5042.55; No. 3 yellow
corn, $l.7Sd1.80; No. 3 white oats,
53a5312c; barley, 97c0$1,1S; rye, ST..
77m1.7S.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
Minneapolis Grain.
Minneapolis, Aug. 27.

Wheat-Sept., $2.19. Oats-Sept..
521kc; Dec, 52Ac. Cash close on
track-No. l Northern, s2.6002.65;
No. 2 Northern, $2.5502.60; No 8
Northern, $2.500255; No. 3 yellow
corn, $1.7801.S0; No. 3 white oats,
53@ 31ac; barley, 97c4$1.1S; rye, 81
77Ql7S.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
South St. Paul, Aug

South st. Paul, Aug. 81.
Cattle-ReCeipts. $500; steers
$6,15m9.00 COWS and heifers. $6.00H
7.25; calves, $5.50m1f0O. Hogs-Re
ceipts, 1000; range. $4,000 1880
Sheep-Receipts, 425. lambs, $1,000
1850; ewes S5.00d9.25.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27

pains ike a knife
through my back
and side. / finally
lost all my strength
so | had to go TO
bed. The doctor
advised an oper-
alton but | would
not listen to it. l
thought of what |
had read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
tried it. The first
bottle hro,lpht uraat
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. q.
Wheaton track and to arrive-No.
] Northern, $3.50; No. 2 Northern, 81.
Is. Flax-Cash and to arrive, 1915.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
Use ''eeis.It," Lift
Corn Right Off
ohrivela Loosens-and It's Gone!

"Just like taking the lid of-that's
how easy you a lift a corn off your
toe after IL has been treated with
the wonderful discovery, .Gets-It.'"
Hunt the wide world over and you'll
find nothing so magic, simple and
easy as "Gets-It." You folks who
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27

After marrying 3.O47 couples a West
Virginia marrying parson" got In jail
for failing to marry himself.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
TIME FOR PEACE
IS NOT YET RIPE
That Is Now General impress
sion In Washington.
TO GIVE SOLDIERS CHANCE

Senator Kenyon, Just Returned From
West, Says Crops Are Wonderful and
That IL Carefully Handled They Will
Sustain This Country and Allies For
Next Year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27

is planned to establish field workers
in every cantonment center to be Of
help to Jewish men In the service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
PAINS SHARP
and STABBING
Woman Thought She Would
Die. Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Ogdensburg, Visit suffered from
female troubles which caused piercing
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27

have wrapped your toes in bandages
to look like bundles. who have used
salves that turned your toes raw and
sore, and used plasters that would
shift from their place and never
get" the corn, and who have dug
and picked at your corns with
knives and scissors and perhaps
made them bleed-just quit these old
and painful ways and try "Gets-It"
Just once. You put 2 or 3 drops on,
and 1t dries at once. There's moth
ing to stick. You can put your shoe
and stocking right on again. The
pain Is all gone. Then the corn
dies a painless. s%hriveling death. 1t
loosens from your toe. and of II
comes. "Gets-It" is the biggest SELL
ing cor remedy in the world today.
There's lone other as good.
"Gets-It" Is sold by druggists
everywhere. 25c a bottle. or sent on
receipt OF price by e. Lawrence & Co..
Chicago. Ill.
Sold n Madison ana recommends
as the worlds best corn remedy, /
Frank c. Smith, ]. C. Schultz.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-27
Dragged About Il.

People connected with the house of
representatives We're Dragging about
h fact that they established u record
recently by holding a session lasting
only two minutes. THAT was two min
utes too long" remarked n man who
does not like something which congress
has done.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
THE WAY TO BUILD THE BRIDGE IS TO BUH

There is no question but Marion county must build
the new Salem bridge-if it is built 1t really ought to
be built by the state since it is more than local natter
it is the connecting link between the east and west sides
of the Willamette valley concerning directly than
the residents of Marion and Polk counties There is
hope however, that the state will appropriate the money
and as most directly responsible and more closely inter-
ested in a financial and business way Marion county
must shoulder the load
there any question about the legality OF this coun-
y expendng the necessary funds the entire cost
then no doubt the legislature authorize the county to
90 ahead by proper enactment If this is necessary and
can be done action should not be deferred single day.
When this county fully authorized to go ahead then we
have the situation in hand and will no longer be required
to negotiate and dicker with the officials OF Polk
county who evidently nsncere in their position, and
seek only to waste valuable time so as to delay conSuc-
ton for another year or two.
The talk Of building a concrete bridge is useless
waste of words structure of the magnitude required
would probably cost $500000 since concrete work must
be we'll done or it is worthless The Polk county officials
discovered this fact in their experience last year with the
independence bridge steel bridge will cost approx
mately but $168000 which would be less than Marion
countys apportonment in case it finally decided to
Join with Polk county in building concrete bridge.
More than this the two counties lack available funds at
this time for building concrete bridge.
The closing of the bridge is causing daily loss to the
residents of both Marion and Polk counties and incon-
venience to the people of much larger When fruit
canning time comes and the loganber1y plants are IN
operation the loss will be still more keeny felt.
There is time to lose if work is begun on the new
bridge this year. and it is plainly up to the people on this
side of the river to act independently, wasting no more
time in conference with officials who do not want to do
their duty to their constituents.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
Portland journals Antics

(Forest Grove News Tines
The antics of the Portland Journal
are silly and ludicrous. Not satisfied
with trying to hoSs Multnomah county,
the Journal would boss the legislature
and the whole state. 1t s big "holler
about graft among the newspapers OF
the state is an example of tantrums
that any Seltrespecting newspaper
would not indulge in. If publishing the
delinquent tax list is graft why
has the journal taken that graft for
the past four years, and to the extent
of some 0l2,O00. As the court would
say, the journal should come before the
bar OF the people with clean hands. If
il is a graft now it has been all the
time, and the Journal should return
the money. As a matter of fact it as
reasonable that the county should ad-
vertise the property it has for sale, as
it is for a private individual to do so.
The NewsTimes has over 100 columns
of this class of advertising a year, and
the private individuals who pay for il
do not believe it is a graft. The Jour
nal is about as near right on this law
as il is on many others that the people
of Oregon demand for their protection.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
To Shut Off Publicity
lMelford Mail Tribune

MpulOTQ MAIL ITlDuHp]
Following the efforts to repeal the
delinquent tax publication bill by the
Portland Journal, in its petty spite eff
forts to risrupt the newspaper publish
ing business Of the state, bill has been
introduced (senate bill 121) permitting
county courts to cease publication o!
the proceedings of county courts.
This measure would effeetually shut
off publicity regarding expenditures OF
county funds and the taxpayer would
have no method of keeping tab upon
county expenditures save by personal
inspection of records. With the whole
some check of publicity removed, Al
unscrupulous court could squande!
funds nheknown to the public
Not less publicity, but more publicity
in public affairs is the cure for mis-
government The officials themselves
should desire it--for concealment ere
ates rumors and scandal As matter
of fact, and in the intent of the law,
not only the monthly list of bills al
lowed, but a brief synopsis of the or
ders of the court, should be printed as
"a matter of public record.
1t costs the county from $l5 to sec
a month to print the county expendi-
lures in the Mail Tribune, which give
to the public information it is entitled
to. Cessation of publicity would not be
half as serious to the newspaper as to
court and public. Extortion is not jus
titled on the part Of newspapers, but
the present law provides ample safe
guards.