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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
U BOATS GAN NOW
STAY AT SEA A YEAR
Captain Tells American They Are
Kept Supplied by Other
Submarines.

New York.-Captain Bragg, who has
arrived at an Atlantic port with the
crew of the American bark Hildegaard,
which was sunk with bombs by the
crew of German submarine on July
10 off the English coast, gives an inter
esting account Of his meeting with the
commander of the q boat. According
to the U boat captain, the submarines
stay away from their base for year
or more If nothing happens to the ma
chinery. They patrol the seas within
certain radius, he said, and their sup
plies are brought to them by subma-
rines of an older type, which act as
tenders.
The Hildegaard, according to Captain
Bragg, was blown up within sight of
two British patrol boats, which were
too slow to come up before the bark
was destroyed. The Germans did not
seem at all perturbed at the prospective
danger.
'Jrhe commander of the submarine,
the captain continued. spoke perfect
English and told me that he did not in
tend to harm me or any or my crew
L am going to sink your ship, though
he said because there are too many
American and British ships on the At
lantic. Get your crew into the life
boats quickly and pull for the shore
ahead of you, and | wish you luck
"The moss on the top and sides of
the submarine was fully an inch thick,
with seaweed two inches long, which
looked as if the craft was kept lying IN
the bed of the sea for hours at time
The crew had a rusty appearance and
could have done with turn in drydock
for overhauling and cleaning up, as
well as their craft. After she had sub
merged one of the British boats picked
us up and landed us later at an Eng
fish port"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
FRENCH FIGHTERS WILL
HAVE ICE CREAM CONES
Naval Officers Visiting America Taste
Delicaey and viii Give Men
at Front a Treat.

Chicago.-The ice cream cone Will
be carried back to France by three
French naval lieutenants who made
the acquaintance of the delicacy at the
Great Lakes Training Station and were
so delighted with Its crisp succulence
that they declared their fellow sol
diers abroad must be given a similar
treat.
The three officers, Lieuteuants Fer
nand Gautier. Paul Prevot and Maurice
Laffiy. were inspecting the training
station when they espied number Of
blueiackets buying cones at the can
teen operated by the Navy Relief SO
ciety. Questions led to purchase OF
cones for the visitors by Mrs. w. A.
Moffett. wife of Captain Moffett, com
handing the station and in the midst
of admiring spectators the French
men successfully negotiated the cream
filed cones, even to the last tip.
"Magnifique, delicieuse,' was their
verdict, after which they announced
that they would undertake to obtain
a supply of cones to take back to
France with them and show the gov
eminent what the French soldiers are
missing
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
TAKE BABYS FOOTPRINTS.
System at Baltimore Hospital Helped
Mother Prove Claim.

Baltimore.-The new footprint system
Of identifying babies at the Maryland
General hospital has cleared up a case
If mistaken identity. This system was
adopted to make sure that babies in
the maternity department did not get
mixed. The footprints of every baby
born at the institution are kept on file
with the name of the mother.
Laura Jones of North Carolina be
came a mother three months ago. The
footprints of the child were taken.
The mother returned to North Caro-
lima, leaving her baby in charge OF an
other woman. About the same time a
baby was found in vestibue. The
police thought Laura Jones had aban-
doned her infant. and a relative identi-
fed the founding as the Jones baby.
Recently Laura Jones came back.
She knew her own baby. The police
authorities were doubtful. At the hos
pital when the footprints Of the two
babies were compared with the record
the mother proved her claim.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
Getting ICiCIe Water Now

1t is a pleasure to announce that
once more the city is getting its water
supply from the Icicle river. The i'm
provement in the pipe line up in the
canyon was completed last Wednesday
and the intake connected with the
citys system Wednesday afternoon.
For the past three months the
supply has come principally from
the Icicle ditch and it lacked much Of
being an ideal supply, Icicle water is
above reproach. There is little if any
habitation in the Icicle water shed and
thus no fear of contamination. 1t is
pure, clear and cold, as its name
indicates.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

Dallas, Tex.-What used to be Ger
mania street. East Dallas, is wearing
a new name. Tired, they said, of liv
ing on a street utterly un-American in
designation patriotic residents took
stepladders and paint brushes and made
a swift and busy trip from one end
Of the thoroughfare to the other.
When the journey was over the street
signs all read America street. Now
the city council is up against the ques-
ton of deciding whether America
street shall have official ratification.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
Married in WenatChee

There was nothing romantic about
Mr.. J. w. Edwards and Miss Nancy
Stevens. They engal ed an auto to
take them to Wenatchee yesterday
morning and were married in the city
hall by Judge Mccoy. They returned
TO this city in the middle of the after
noon. Mr.. Edwards was scarcely
missed by his friends, who by the way,
are legion. The bride is the daughter
of A. M. Stevens, Of Tennessee town,
an old and we'll known citizen.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

Washington.-Urgent pleas to be sent
to France to join the American forces
there are being made by 1900 Hawai-
ian militiamen, according to j. Kuhio
KaIanianaole. the Hawaiian delegate
In congress, who is urging favorable
action by the war department. The
question of food supply enters into the
problem. for Hawaii is looked to fur
nish much of the United States sugar
and rice needs.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

Roseburg, Gretchen Waung, a Chi
nese cook of this city, recently found
5000 in gold in the house of Hop Lee,
who was victim of the tong wars two
years ago He says that the ghost Of
his murdered friend directed him to the
treasure. The money was found In n
paper bag in plain sight of all who en-
tered a room that had never been oc-
cupied since the murder. Chen Waung
believes that Hop Lee would have
killed him If he had not obeyed the
ghostly summons.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

Miss Mildred Adams, Leavenworth,
who entertained the Elks at Wenat-
chez yesterday evening with vocal Sc
lections. Miss Adams is a graduate Of
Brunot Hall, Spokane, and has studied
music under special instructors the
past winter in Seattle. She will take a
post graduate course in the University
of Washington this Winter.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
MIRROR IN CLOUDS
Priceless Telescope Reaches
Home on Mount Wilson.
WEIGHS FIVE TONS IN ALL.

Armed Men Watch Over Largest Re-
Hector In World on Way Up-Slncs
Reaching This Country Eight Years
Aao Il Has Undergone Polishing
Process to Make It Perfect.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Accompanied by
an armed escort, the priceless concaye
mirror for the hundred inch reflector
telescope was successfully transported
from Pasadena to the Mount Wilson
observatory. The mirror. which weighs
five tons, was taken up the tortuous
mountain road on specially construct
ed cradle on truck geared to run two
miles an hour.
Because of a report that an effort
would be made to wreck the mirror on
the steep mountain road special pre-
cautions were taken to- guard it. Dep
uty Sheriff P, II. Hayden and Deputy
Constable e. l.. Rodgers, the one riding
ahead and the other behind the truck
and each of them armed, composed the
guard The convoy included about 100
persons In thirty motorcars.
servatory shops in Pasadena at a. m.
and arrived at the top of the mountain
at p. m The arrival of the mirror
and those who accompanied 1t was cell
ebrated by a flag ceremony at the OBJ
servatory. An immense United States
flag was draped over the door of the
dome which Is to be the home of the
mirror. When the truck passed inside
the building the flag was unfurled
across the doorway and the crowd Of
200 persons applauded.
The glass disk, which is the object OF
intense interest in the scientific world,
Is 101 inches in diameter and thirteen
inches thick and weighs 10000 pounds.
1t was cast in France and brought to
Pasadena eight years ago, since which
time it has been subjected to slow
and careful grinding and polishing
process. This was under the superyi-
sion of Professor G. w. Ritchey.
The framework of the telescope has
been built and is ready for the installa-
ton of the large mirror and the smaller
mirrors which will be used with It.
The great apparatus will be ready for
use in about three months 1t will be
the largest telescope in the world, and
astronomers declare 1t will be impossi-
BILE to make a larger one successfully
since the drawbacks increase rapidly
as the size and light gathering capacity
of the mirrors increase.
The telescope is of the rejecting type.
with no light passing through the glass,
as In the case of the old style refract-
ing telescopes. The immense conceived
mirror, sllvered on the lower side, will
repose at the bottom of tube, where
1t will reflect the image of the heavens
to smaller mirrors set diagonally at the
upper end of the tube. The observer
will get the image from the small mir
rors and not the large one. Because of
the size and power of the glass 1t is be-
lieved 1t will open up vast undiscov-
cred areas in the heavens. The enter
prise of building the new telescope was
inaugurated by DR.. George e. Hale, oil.
rector of the observatory.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
LUMBER INDUSTRY HAS
NOTHING TO ARBITRATE.
Recent Investigations Bring Out Some
Astonishing Facts In Connection With
the 5 Hour Day Demand

The demand for arbitration in the
lumber strike did not bring any results
because there was nothing really to ar
bitrate. 1t would be just as fair to
compel one railroad to grant an 8 hour
day when competitive railroads were
operating on 10 hour day as it would
to ask the lumber industry of the state
of Washington to operate on an eight
hour day when their competitors,
Southern Pine, Britith Columbia and
Northern hemlock are operating on
10 hour day.
1t is claimed that the lamber strike
is nothing more or less than an I. w.
w. agitation.
The lumbermen are not opposed to
an hour day if this is made national,
but they claim that to operate on an 8
hour basis in competition with a 10
hour day would mean bankruptcy.
The recent investigation brought
out the astonishing fact that there are
only o13 mills in the Pacific Northwest
as against 48, 108 mills in other Sec
tons The report also brought out
the government figures, that the lum-
Der industry is not a prosperous one,
which report states that on January "a,
1917, 40 per cent of the mills which
were operating in 1913 are now bank
rupt, or have been liquidated by the
courts.
The investigation further brought
out the fact that wages have been
raised three times voluntarily by the
employers since January Of this year,
and that Washington mill operators are
today paying the highest wages in the
lumber industry of this or any
other country.
The manufacturers asked labor to
compromise by going back to work
until January /, on the present ten
hour schedule, so they could fill the
contracts which were priced on the 10
hour day. This labor refused to do,
but made counter proposals asking for
an 8 hour day at 8 hour pay.
The lumbermen would not consent
10 this because they were satisfied that
the majority Of labor wanted to work
the full ten hours and get paid for it.
They did not want curtailment OF
their earnings as this would bring about
Lumbermen have expressed them
selves both at Washington D. c., and
at their meetings that they have no OBJ
lection to an hour day if it is made
national.
Other sections OF the country are
watching the development Of every
phase of the strike, ready to grab for
themselves the few crumbs of the pros
perity that the building Of wooden
ships, air-planes and cantonments is
temporarily bringing to the state Of
Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
Hanington-W Washington Water
Power completes rebuilding entire dis
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
Compass For Alrmen's Use at Night

TOkyo.-Dr. Aikitsu Tanakadate of
Tokyo has invented an instrument for
the use of airmen in flights at night or
in fog. For several years he has been
studying the variations of the compass
in different parts of Japan caused b.
recognized terrestrial changes due to
earthquakes and volcanic outbreaks
The inventor is now flying his dirigib'e
Yuhi-Go over the chief cities Of the EN-
pire. perfecting his instrument.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
$8,66O,48O TO DRAFT ARMY.
Secretary Baker Gives Out Cost From
Registration to Enrolment.

Washington.-The cost of drafting
Americas first great national army
from registration to enrollment-was
placed by Secretary Baker at $S,660, 4S0
In bis estimates to congress.
This amount includes all overhead
expense of registration, examination
and selection. 1t is based on regis
tration of 100000, examination OF
approximately 100000 and enrolment
of 1,1S7,000.
"On a tentative estimate that the
generous system of exemptions and dis
charges will result in a necessity for
examining four registrants to produce
one soldier" said Secretary Baker, at
is apparent the system must be capa-
BILE of examining 100000 men during
the year. For this task the organiza-
ton includes a personnel Of more than
$4,000 persons"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
Has Substitute For Gasoline

A substitute for gasoline, which has
proven successful in severe tests by
automobile experts, is the discovery
claimed by F. A. Kormann, San
Fransico chemist.
Ten cents worth Of Kormapn's
compound mixed with ordinary water
in the proportion OF two ounces Of
compound to gallon Of water, has run
a six-cylinder car with a full load up
and down hills and on the level for
100 miles, Kormann said.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

Observation-Disclosures Water
Power completes rebuilding entire dis
tribution system of electric light plant.
Improvements valued at $4,000.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

Princeton, Ind.-Mrs. Allie Slater lost
her wedding ring thirty-three years
ago at her home south of Princeton.
The other day while she was passing
through the barn lot there she kicked
her foot at a bright object peeping
through the ground and out rolled the
lost ring, practically as good as ever.
She is wearing II again.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

Wanted-A sulkey. Address Box
SOC, Leavenworth. "a
Mrs. Posey tells the Echo that her
son Frank, who will be remembered
by old residents of Leavenworth, had
been drafted into the army. Frank is
now in Frisco.
Mrs. NJ. D. Oren, Of Seattle is here
on a visit with Miss Cleila Bulls, Of
whom she is an old friend.
See those canvas Apple picking bags
at Mottelers. 34tf*
A son of J. G. Miles was taken to
the Leavenworth Hospital last Tuesday
morning suffering from what is believed
to be a case OF typhoid fever. A re-
port from the hospital yesterday even
ing is to the effect that he is getting
on nicely and in fair way to recovery.
All the Leavenworth Elks and their
wives spent Yesterday and today in We
natchee, accompanied by some who
are not members but yet wanted to
see the show. Wenatchee made great
preparations TO give the visitors a
hearty welcome and good time. The
hustling citizens OF our Big Town
have a reputation as entertainers and
we have no fears about their playing up
to it. With Wenatchee's ambition to
be the chief town of central Washing
ton the Echo heartily concurs May it
flourish and grow, is our wish.
Did you recognize the Drum Major
at the head of the Elk's parade in We
natchee today. II you did not know
him in his dress uniform, topped off
with that double high chappeau, and
his Jacob Staff and gilded ball, we do
not wonder there at. Well, as we are
credibly informed, it was no less than
our own Geo. Hauber. A six foot
Drum Major in full dress, is the
observed of all observers, and with the
small boy he is the whole show, and
you bet our George got there with
both feet.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24

Colfax-Plans for repairing bridge
between court house and Inland depot.
County officials throughout the state
combine dealing with I. w. W..
situation which has grown so serious it
threatens TO paralyze every branch of
industry.
Richland county producing fine lot
Of colts and mules this year.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-03-30
Anthrax Losses In
South Dakota

The farmers of South Dakota
are losing thousands of dollars
worth of stock every year, prin-
cipally cattle and sheep, by the
disease known as anthrax. The
loss for the nation is estimated at
a million and a half dollars annu-
ally. This disease is durable by
vaccination, except in extreme
cases; but the most effective meth
cd of dealing with anthrax is one
which every farmer ought to use
in order to insure his stock, and
that is, prevention. The preven-
tive measures recommended are
Cd protecting individual animals
by vaccination and (2) immedi.
ately burning or deeply burying
the CarcaSSeS OF animals that
have died of the disease. Ami
mails running upon low, moist,
pasture land contract the disease
at certain seasons of the year and
as the first preventive measure
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-03-30
County Auditors and Taxing Officials
Hold Interesting Meeting At Pierre

mendationS as to the require
ments of the new law of the coun-
ty assessor previously referred to.
The Sioux Falls City assessor
made a short talk on "Deprecia-
ton of Automobiles" emphasiz-
ing the difficulty of placing a just
valuation on this class of person
al property in a city the size of
Sioux Falls and pointing out that
it was really essential that an as
SCISSOR be acquainted with the
usage the machine has had before
he could Justly appraise same,
which of course is impossible to
do in a city of that size. Discus
sion followed in which it appear
ed to be the general opinion that
an automobile had practically out
lived its value for assessment for
anything else except junk after
the fourth year of service.
Assistant Attorney General
Payne was present most of the
time and was called upon to ex-
plain the Bone-Dry law enacted
by the last legislature, outlining
the duties of the county auditor
which you can rest assured are
numerous and which provides for
a penalty if not complied with
and Of course as is usual with the
legislature, no additional compen-
sation was allowed the auditor
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-03-30

along with the added duties. In
short this law makes the auditor
the middle-man between the
Physician, Druggist and the State
Sheriff for the dispenSation OF
alcoholics for medicinal, scientific
and sentimental purposes.
1t was announced that at $3.50
p. m, March 22nd, that there
would be a meeting of auditors OF
counties having Indians within
their borders with a representa-
tive of the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs and officials of the
Indian Agencies in the state, for
the main purpose Of coming to
some agreement with the de-
partment as to what property of
the Indian is legally assesSable.
Hugh Smith, member of Tax
Commission read a paper on AS
sessment of Acreage Property in
Cities and Towns" in which he
outlined just what property was
considered as acreage property.
1t having been the practice of
some auditors reporting and class
flying out-lotS as acreage prop
ertY, thereby making the average
assessment per acre of acreage
property too high, to the detri-
ment of a just assessment of that
class.
c. M. Henry, Chairman, eX-
planned the proper method of as
sessing bank stock, the substance
of which is as follows:
Required banks to sign regular
listing blank in addition to state
ment of assessment.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-03-30
Notice To Auto Owners

Notice is hereby given that the
owners of automobiles in Jack
Son County must have their lie
ense numbers for 1917, and have
them properly attached to their
automobiles by the first of April.
Any person found running a car
after that date without numbers
will be placed under arrest. On
account of the bad condition of
the roads | have given auto own
ers until the first of April to Sc.
cure their numbers, but after that
date the law in regard to automo-
bile licenses will positively be en-
forced.
E. B. HUGHES, Sheriff
of Jackson County, S. D..
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-03-30

good fences should be built
around them.
The use of the government
vaccine and serum is recommend
ed above all other because; The
animal is rendered immune al
most Immediately following vac
cination; only one handling is
required; the losses are reduced
to practically nothing; the vac
cine will remain potent for long
time; and will resist conditions
which would destroy other forms
of vaccine. By addressing the
United States Department of A9-
riculture, Bureau of Animal In
dustry, Washington, d. c., full
information and directions may
be secured.
The symptoms OF anthrax in
the early stages are characteriz-
ed by high fever, rapid pulse, and
labored breathing. In the most
common form of disease there
are also local external swellin9s
or tumors. You cannot attack
this disease too soon nor with too
much vieor when once the little
germ begins its destructive work.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-03-30
For Sale or Trade

Registered Percheron Stallion,
weight 1850, color, gray; age nine
years; a good one in good condi-
ton. Some 3-year old colts; a
team or two of work horses; a
few saddle horses; a few bulls:
some cows; 2-row corn cultivator;
incubators n d brooders; 100
bushels Millet Seed.
+. C.. GRIFFITH.
39tf Kadoka, S. ID.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-03-30

which does not include furniture
and fixtures and miscellaneous
items as carried on books of some
banks.
Announcement was made that
the regular meeting of the Audi
tors Association would be held
al 7::30 p. m.
Meeting adjourned until Ten
Continued on last page
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-03-30

Auditor to furnish clipping of
last sworn and published state
ment of banks prior to assess
ment.
Assessor to allow no credit on
statements for assessment of
banks for real estate property
outside of state, and to give full
credit on statement for real es-
tate as carried on books of bank,
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-03-30

oZ4UUU
Nov bring in your 300 bush.
els of corn and haul the stuff
home in your new wagon.
And say, Bill, don't let me
hear you kick any more about
paying a dollar and a half for
good pair of overalls. Try that
on somebody that's asleep.
by the way, notice here by
the paper that corn has gone up
to 90 cents. So I'll throw in a
mackinaw coat, a pair of auto
overalls, a searchlight for the car,
a Goodyear tire and an extra in
ner tube along with that wagon,
and don't you eyer call me rob-
Der a9ain
Hurry up, though, and come
IN with the corn or I'll have to
throw in a new Ford, and deliver
les are little slow at present"