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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
EXTRA SESSION OF
CONGRESS IN JUNE

Washington. March S.-An extra
session OF congress not later than
June now is generally conceded
among officials here to be assured.
Although President Wilson has not
given any definite indication that he
has abandoned finally his hope that
an extra session might be avoided
there is an almost unanimous senti-
ment among senators, representatives
and officials of the executive depart
ments that one must be called.
They declare that even if the inter
national situation does not demand
il congress must come back TO com
plete its legislation program and fill
up gaps in the governments financial
scheme caused by failure of some OF
the more important appropriation
measures
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
TWO OLD PARTIES
MAY PULL TOGETHER

Washington. March S Bipartisan
organization of the incoming house
with champ Clark as speaker and the
committee memberships and patron
age equally divided, is being discuss
cd by democratic and Republican
members as possibility in the event
the FIVE independent members hold up
public business in the next session by
attempting To dictate how the house
shall be organized
The independents thus far have de
clined TO align themselves with either
OF the bic parties and have held sew
eral secret eaucuses II they vote as a
unit as il nov appears they may, they
can delay business in the house Just
As long as party lines are maintained.
Al least neither Democratic nor Re
pGbiicans Will have more than 2l5
party members and 2ls are required
TO elect a speaker except by special
agreement
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09

SON ACCUSED OF MURDER
Charged With Staying His Parents
Last December.

Peoria, H.. March S.-William Beck
er. son and confidential secretary Of
John p Becker, Sr., who with his
wife was murdered in his home near
Mason City, Mason county, in Decem-
Der. has been arrested on a charge
of first degree murder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Becker were found
shot to death in their home near Ma
son City Ill, on the morning OF Sun
day, Dec IL Evidence showed an at
tempt had been made to burn their
bodies.
Large sums OF money, 1t was said,
had been secreted in the home by the
elder Becker.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
LACK OF COAL REASON GIVEN
Germans to Completely Suspend Bel
gisn Industries.

Amsterdam March S.-The Tele-
graaf SAYS there will be an almost
complete stoppaee OF industry in Bel
gium within a few days, the German
authorities asserting that this is nee
essary owing to the lack OF coal and
transport facilities Practically the
entire population OF Belgium will thus
be unemployed with such few excep
ticns as receive special permission
from the civil authorities TO continue
their businesses.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
CUBAN REVOLT is WANING
indications Are That Uprising viii
Soon Collapse.

Havana, March $. The revolution
airy movement in Cuba apparently is
making little progress. The latest re-
ports from Colonel Puiol, In command
of one section of the government
forces in the field, mention minor en-
men and officers from the rebel
ranks.
President Menocal made a state.
ment in which he denounced as great
ly exaggerated reports of the revolu-
tion now being given out in New York
and Washington by revolutionary sym
pathiZers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
Reichstag Budget Committee
Endorses Zimmerman.
ADMIRES GERMAN PLANS
Scheme to induce Mexico and Japan
to Attack the United States Is Ap-
proved as Being Within the Leqiti-
mate Scope Of Military Precaution.

Berlin March s - The expected
criticism OF the governments German
Mexican project failed to materialize
at the session OF the reichstag budget
committee After an executive sitting
of six hours the committee uneQuivoc-
ally endorsed the action of the foreign
office by unanimous vote The govern
ment's efforts TO negotiate an alliance
in the eVentuality OF war with the
United States was approved as being
within the legitimate scope OF military
precaution
The committee expressed regret at
the interception of Foreign Secretary
Zimmermann's note. Responsibility
for its loss cannot be fixed until for
mer Ambassador Won Bernstorft ar
riyes from the United States
AFTER Foreign Secretary thinner
mann had given his report in regard
to the instructions to the German min
/ lister in Mexico the subject was de
4 bated by members OF the reiehstag.
ltt POI AlliE Aiit uEbdtt llAt oNNlStao
/ News agency says that National Lib
I eral member reminded the committee
\ that President Wilson had attempted
! to ins tigate neutrals against Germany
He said he was unable to object TO
7 Dr Zimmerman action
Members OF the Socialist minority
f criticised unfavorably the foreign sec
retary's move. Their remarks evok
ed energetic protests from member
of the Catholic party One OF the Pro
gressives said criticism based on the
fact that the American government
had learned Of the note should be post
poned until after the arrival OF former
Ambassador Won BeInstorff
A Conservative member declared Or
zimmerman action was unobiec
tionable and should be endorsed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
Three Days Work of U-Boats.

Berlin, March S.-German subma.
riDes. returning between March and
from their operations, made reports
indicating the sinking of vessels with
an aggregate tonnage of 100000, ac-
cording to the Overseas News agency,
the official German news bureau.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
SOME SHIPS ARE Conveyed
Passengers on British Vessels Tell
How System Works.

New York, March s. - The British
passenger liner Carmania, with sixty
one cabin passengers from Liverpool.
passed safely through the submarine
zone and arrived here. Passengers
said the vessel departed at night es-
corted by warCraft.
The Carmania was conveyed
through the submarine danger zone
with nine other ships bound for North
and South American ports. passen-
gers reported.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
REPUBLICANS END STRIFE
Appo ontment of Editor Brings Har-
money in South Dakota.

Sioux Falls, s. D., March Slopes
of ending the war in the Republican
party of South Dakota is seen by poll
ticians in the appointment of C. NJ.
Day. a Sioux Falls editor, to the state
board of charities and corrections by
Governor Peter Norbeck. Day has al
ways been a "stalwart" Governor
Norbeck is of the progressive wing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
NO SIGN OF ABATEMENT
Pneumonia Kills 2,377 In Gotham In
Nine Weeks.

New York, March S.-What is de-
scribed by the department of health
as a peculiarly virulent form of pneu-
monia has caused 2,377 deaths in this
city in the past nine weeks, or 534
more than during the corresponding
period a year ago. The department
says there is little indication that the
infection is ahating.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
Find Fertile FseTd IN China.

Washington, March 8.-American
hardware manufacturers have taken
advantage of the European war to
build up a big business in China, the
bureau of foreign and domestic com
merce announced. Much of it will
be permanent, it is declared. The
bureaus observations are based on a
special report from Julean Arnold,
American commercial attache In
China.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
Bagdad Threatened by Vic
toriOuS Forces.
ACTIVITY IN THE WEST
Wcrk Of Aerial Branch OF Entente Ar
mics Indicates Probability Of lmpor-
tant Developments on Frsnco-Be
pan Front in Ner Future.

London. March S-British cavalry
had advanced within nine miles OF
Ctesiphon. on the Tigris front. on
Monday afternoon
The British now are within fewer
than thirty miles OF Bagdad The
town of Lajj, which they reached on
Monday, is twenty-eight miles from
that city Since the fall OF Kut-El-
Amara on Feb 26 the British have ad-
sanced eighty miles.
On account of the nature of the
ground between kut-El-Amara and
Ctesiphon. which is poorly adapted to
defense. it has been predicted the
Turks would make no serious at
tempt to halt their retreat until Cte-
siphon was reached and that deci-
sive engagement probably would come
at that point.
An official report from Egypt says
the Turks have abandoned a strong
position In the neighborhood OF
Sheikh huron. west of Shelah
Shellah is in Upper Egypt, on the
Nile 400 miles south OF Cairo There
have been no recent reports OF tight
ing in this region.
important Action Coming.
Intense aerial activity prevailing on
the Franco Belgian front indicates the
probability of important developments
there in the near future.
The entente aviators are taking eX
ira hazardous risks in their insistent
search for information of hostile move
ments and dispositions.
In the realm of infantry activity
the British. while continuing to pick
up trenches abandoned by the Ger
mans in their sustained retrograde
movement along the Ancre, have con
tented themselves with raiding opera
tions in the Bouchavesnes sector
north OF Peronne.
In the Nerdun region the French
and Germans are continuing TO dis
pute ground north of Caurieres wood
where the crown princes troops et
fected considerable gain early this
week. only to lose the greater portion
OF it as the result of French counter
attacks, according to Paris.
On the Russian front, Berlin re
ports a lessening in the severity OF
the cold, with some increase in ar
tillery activity, but no important
movement by the infantry arm
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
PROHIBITION BILL KILLED
Minnesota House Shelves Statutory
Dry Measure.

St Paul, March s.-By a vote OF so
to AZ the state house Of representa-
tives indefinitely postponed the An
derson statutory statewide prohibi.
tion bill.
Many of the drys, unwilling to en-
act further prohibition legislation at
the present session. in view of the
passage OF the constitutional prohibi
tion bill, voted for postponement OF
the Anderson measure.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
Peruvian Cabinet Quits.

Lima, Peru, March s.-The Peruvian
cabinet, headed by Enrique de la Rlva
Aguero, president of the council and
minister of foreign affairs, has resign
ed The cabinet was formed In Au-
gust, 1915.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
CLOSE TO HAUNTS OF MAN
One Thousand Elk Driven by Hunger
to Edge of Livingston, Mont

Livingston, Mont, March S.-One
thousand head OF elk, unable longer
to secure sustenance in the noun
tains adjacent to this city, overran the
lowlands ouside the city limits in
quest of food II was the first time
in the history of wild game in this
section that elk dared so close to the
haunts of man
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09

ST Louis. March Senator
w. Stone is bitterly denounc-
ed in resolutions adopted by
several local organizations be.
cause of his opposition to the
armed neutrality bill The reso
luton concludes as follows
Resignation from the chair
manship OF the foreign rela.
tions committee or from the
senate would be the most be
coming act of Stones career
If Stone is not man enough to
resign the Craftsmanship he
should be kicked out by the
patriotic majority
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
La Toilette Burned in Effiuy

Champaign. ILL.,, March S.-One hun
dred University of Illinois students
dragged a dummy labeled Senator
La Toilette" through the streets and
then tied 1t to a post and burned it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
Women to Vote at Primaries.

Little Rock, Ark, March S.-Govern-
or Brough has signed the bill which
allows women to vote In all promary
elections In the state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09
WHITE SLAYER is GIVEN
HEAVY SENTENCE.

Milwaukee. March S.-The
heaviest sentence yet meted
out in such cases was imposed
by Judge Geiger, when jury
found Anastasios konstanopo-
los guilty of transporting Flor
ence Whitsall. aged fifteen.
from Grand Rapids, Mich, to
Sheboygan. Wis, in violation
of the white slave act
He was sentenced to eight
years in Fort Leavenworth
The usual sentence has been
a year and a day.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09

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Washington. March S-The definite
iu pressom that American merchant
men would be armed in the near flu
ture gained ground following confer
ences between President Wilson and
administration officials and Demo
cratic senators
President Wilson had a conference
with Senators owen. Reed. Walsh.
Swanson James and Hoke Smith. the
committee named by the senate Demo
cratic caucus. and discussed the pro
posed changes in tie senate's rules
which would prevent unlimited de
bate and hlihustering such as killed
the armed neutrality bill
Secretary Lansing was called TO the
/ White House to see the president just
before the departure of the senators.
The conference was also attended by
Secretary McAdoo II continued for
more than an hour
/ The senators agreed that the pros
poets were good for quick action in
the senate
The conference lasted an hour and
half, and all the details OF the sen
ate situation We're gone over.
Anxious for Prompt Action.
The president told the senators he
was anxious Tor action as promptly
as possible lie said the country was
deeply aroused over the situation and
f that a few senators should not be al
/ lowed TO interfere with the welfare OF
/ the country.
i Although Mr. Wilson has been ad.
yised by government experts that he
I has the authority to arm ships with
out waiting for action by congress
/ others among his advisers believed IL
would be- the better policy to wait 10
+ see whether the senate will act
After the Democratic senator's left
the White House they renewed their
conference with the Republican clio
/ ture committee.
Some administration officials are
urging on President Wilson their view
that he may legally arm merchant
ships now without waiting express au
thority which congress might give il
called In special session
They argue that the old law passed
IN 1919 forbidGing a merchantmen tC
fire on "a public armed vessel Of q
nation IN amity with the l'nitef
States" would not apply to the pres
en- situation
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09

Washington. March S-The
Democratic and Republican clO-
ture committee agreed at their
conference 70 recommend to
their party cauCuses later i'm
the day a change OF the rules
so by "a two-thirds vote i'm the
senate debate could be shut off
and dilatOry tactics prevented
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-09

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Joint ClOture Committee of
Senate Agrees.
PROMPT ACTION DESIRED
President Confers with Democratic
Members and Urges Adoption Of
Proposed Amendments, at the Ear
liest Possible Moment
NEW RULE AGREED TO.

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-21

II we sow charity and fellowship
we shall reap In our own coin
even more abuntantly.
For evil poisons; malice shafts
Like boomerangs return,
lnflicting wounds that Will not
not heal
While rage and anger burn.
The royal law, according to the
Nazarene, is: Love your neighbor
and yourself.
The Persian sage has said: AL
ways meet petulance with gentle
ness and preverseness with kind
ness. A gentle hand can lead
even an elephant by hair. Reply
to thine enemy with gentleness.
The Buddhist says, II a man
foolishly does me wrong will
return him the protection of my
uhgruding love.
1.-THE wise man avenges injuries
by benefits" says the Chinese. Re-
turn good for evil, overcome an
ger by love. hatred never ceases
by hatred, but by love. says the
Hindu.
/ have faith in our president,
and believe that he will do his
best to lead us Alright in this crisis,
but is not time that some sentl-
ments as these were cultivated
more freely and l believe they will
" c. c. SWANSON.
1922 No. 2Sth st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-21
MiscaIIed Love

EDITOR THE TINES:
How came they So" you ask
speaking of loose women" and
May says through men and
love-"
We must agree with the first
statement but not the last, else
we might say, oh, love, how
many crimes are committed in
thy name!"
II q man should ask me to lie
forge, steal or commit any other
crime would the fact that l loved
him be valid excuse for so doing.
Any normal girl knows she is
doing wrong when she gives her
self to one not her lawful hus-
band and what she need Is more
common sense and will power and
less of what is sometimes called
love, but is far from the real ar
ticle.
While the girl is not blameless
we expect her to have moral
strength for two or more. We
forget that she Is her fathers
daughter and blood will tell
The wonder to me is that so many
of them walk the straight and
narrow path.
Too much cannot be said, how
ever, of these men, knaves as
we'll as towards, who, while
standing on comparatively solid
ground, push and drag girls down
to the depths, well knowing there
is no turning back for them.
Mothers may teach, plead and
pray but their efforts are futile
so long as fathers set the example
and provide their sons with money
to buy women.
Taxpayers would object to pay
ing pensions to girls who have
loved CD not wisely" and to
support in solitary confinement
their partners in sin as May sug-
gests.
1t is Just possible there would
not be enough outside the pen to
keep up the expenses.
What we need is more pride In
moral strength, more glory in a
clean upright life, less selfishness,
less of 1.-The woman Cor man
tempted me- Remember IL We
cas- not resist temptation we car
flee from 1t and we are not
tempted beyond our strength II
we choose to use our will power
enough to keep it strong.
1t is those near the edge that
fell over the preeipice.
Last but not least, let me say
the surest and best cure for loose
women" is a universal boycott.
Let us put the responsibility on
the men where it belongs, as the
demand creates the supply.
ONE WOMAN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-21
Defend Lawrence
EDITOR THE TIMES:

ELL IoR II ilMED.
Now that Honorable John G.
Lawrence has been acquitted, his
friends need no further assurance
of his innocence.
But the wide publicity given to
his indictment and the manifestly
unfair and misleading statements
published concerning his connec-
ton with the Northwestern Cen
eral Trading Co., elicits this v0lun-
tary statement from officers and
members of the Farmers Union &
Grange responsible for endorse
ment of the trading company
which brought on an antagonism
eliminating in the Indictment.
Mr.. Lawrence's conduct was'at
all times honorable and upright
in every respect. There was no
attempt at deception. He has al
ways been worthy the fullest con-
fidence imposed in him. His in
tegrity and public spirit are above
question.
The rankest injustice has been
done him in what we believe to
be a political conspiracy. The
public generally should know that
a son of former Gov. NJ. e. Hay,
while home on vacation from an
eastern school, was foreman of
the grand Jury which brought the
indictment.
The record of Mr.. Lawrence is
one of nearly 40 years citizenship
in Washington. Much Of this time
has been spent in high and re-
sponsible public positions. At all
times he is known to have stood
for the welfare of the people as
against the special interests. II a
conspiracy existed, It was on the
part of the special interests in an
attempt to blacken an honorable
character for political purposes.
L. c. Crow, ex-president of F.
E. and G. U. of A.; c. b. Kegley,
master State grange; Amir Nc
Curtain, executive secretary Far
mers' Union: James Hays, presi-
dent Farmers. Union Elk. & Prs.
Co; II. J. Herman of Elk. Com.
F. E. & c. N: p. c. Weismann,
ex-president Linles. F. e. & C.
U. of A.; ]. p. Hill, mgr. Elk. &
Par CO.; T. A. Mansfield, director
Farmers Union Elk. & PrOtec.;
Geo. P. Larsen, sec. Spokane Coun-
ty Pomon & Grange; ]. H. Jen-
nings, member state executive
CON-, Farmers Union from 1912
to 1915 inclusive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-21
Answers Bell
EDITOR THE TINES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
In answer to Mr.. ]. ]. Bell, a
workingman would like to have
him argue the negative of this
question, "If America went to war,
who caused it,"
He says the I. W. w. are more
dangerous than Germans. Why?
IOf course my argument will be but
Ione-sided.
It is this: In the first place,
the largest per cent of American
capitalists don't pay their en-
ployes a living wage, so in order
to get a living wage the workers
Organize unions. Some go still
further and become l. w. WIS.
In the second place, the capt.
talists, to boost food products so
high that over 100000 people
in the U. S. don't have enough to
|eat.
In the third place, capitalists
start storing their food products
and other raw and finished pro-
ducts. Then they ship so much
away from our country that we
Americans, the ones who would
support the flag in time of war,
we Americans who work 10 hours
a day now to make living, have
barely enough to keep going on.
Germany now steps in and says,
Don't feed the allies. We will be
defeated If you do. Play fair
Uncle Sam, you said you were neu-
trail"
Then because the greedy mil
lionaires have to have their mil
lions, we tell Germany that we can
ship the allies anything and they
can't stop us. Well, they did stop
"a few, but isn't that fair? Weren't
we given a chance to show our
neutrality?
Yes, you're right we were. Ger
many wouldn't ever have stopped
a boat had It just carried passen-
gers and freight to neutral ma
tons.
passed, the millionaires are holler-
ing, Now, let's go to war" But
have any of 'em except Ford Of
fered their plants where the
Americans have shaved to earn
them millions free of charge? Not
one.
Now If the unions we're a little
stronger and were financially able
to force capital to quit shipping
abroad, will wager Germany
would leave all vessels alone and
that the I. w. w. would be q
thing of the past. B. A. l..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-21
Our Attitude
EDITOR THE TIMES:

EDITOR The TIMES:
A few months ago many people
earnestly sought to have the ad-
ministration place an embargo on
food shipments and thus reduce
the rising cost Of living.
Now when Germany has forced
cessation of the expectation of
the necessaries of life somebody
raises the hue and cry for retalia-
ton.
Why is the United States now
in such imminent danger of war
with Germany? Is 1t because
some feolhardy Americans may
venture to peddle their wares In
the riot zone and thus lose their
lives and the right to police pro-
lection that we should enter into
the war to protect the rights of a
few on the high seas?
How could our miserable entry
into the war re-establish our
rights? Even il 1t could, would
evil for evil eventually right all
wrongs, satisfy both sides?
If we meet hatred with hatred
we simply add fuel to the flames
and intensity matters.
AS a nation we pride ourselves
as being the leading opponents OF
world peace and justice for all and
vet England has trampled upon
our rights again and again with
impunity.
There is an immutable law
which in substance reads like this:
II we SOW hatred we shall reap
even more, and on the other hand
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-21
WANT BRIDGE
ACROSS RIVER

Henry Sicade, we'll known In
dian and prominent citizen of the
Puyallup valley, was the spokes-
man OF a delegation of valley resi-
dents bringing a petition to the
county commissioners Wednesday
for a bridge across the Puyallup
somewhere between the Indian
school bridge and the North Puy-
allup bridge.
There is no highway bridge be-
tween these two, a distance of six
miles, and residents have been
agitating for one for some time.