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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
LOCAL NEWS.

Eat at Jacks.
Lutefisk at Nelson's Meat Market.
Phone 1929.
Take your next meal at Rays Res
taurant. 35 cents.
Eat at Jacks.
For Sale or Rent. My place on
Egan avenue.-Mrs. Hattie b. Bor-
land.
United States war thrift and a v
ings stamps Sor sale at Dakota State
bank.
Eat at Jacks.
Have you seer Osborn's ad with
the 10 per zen coupon?
Limited amount of baled hay for
sale at E. w. Ketcham's elevator.
Broken Lenses accurately dupli-
Gated while you wait. Eyes exam
ined and frames fitted.-Yaeger's
Optical Parlor.
Nice clean oat straw for SALE
Phone 1926.
The Women's Relief corps will
meet next Wednesday afternoon.
There will be initiation.
The Madison Storage Battery COM
pany will move to their new location,
first door north of Peter Hanson's
shop, about January 1.
Lutefisk at Nelson's Meat Market,
Phone 1929.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
YOUNG son OF MIR. AND MRS. G
A. MOORE. FORMER MAD
ISON RESIDENTS.

Friends in this city will regret to
learn of a serious accident to Loci,
the young son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Moore MAY Bingham), Of Three
Forks, Mont, former well known res
idents of Madison. A letter to The
Daily Leader from Mrs. Moore states
that the boy is now out of danger
and recovering. or the accident the
Three Forks News says:
Saturday morning, little Loci
Moore, the ~9-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. A. Moore, of this city, acct
dentally shot himself while playing
with his fathers .32 calibre revolver.
The accident occurred before the
family had arisen in the morning,
the little fellow having procured the
gun as a plaything and taken it to
bed with him, where he was rehears-
ing some Of the gun play he had wit
messed in some motion picture. Mel
Their he nor his mother. with whom
he was in bed, knew that the revolver
was loaded. After playing for some
time, Loci declared his intention of
taking another little nap" and
threw the gun to the foot of the bed
where it Immediately went Off"
The bullet entered the inside of
the calf his left limb, passing up
ward through the fleshy part of the
inner thigh, and entering the abdo-
men, penetrated the intestines and
finally lodged near the lower part of
the spine, very close to the large ar
terry which is located there.
DR.. Gaertner was at once called.
! and strove valiantly for the little
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
FOUND DEAD in BED
ONE OF CONSTRUCTION CREW
DIED In NIGHT-BODY TO
MINNEAPOLIS.

When J. Olmholt, foreman of a
construction crew of the Great North
ern railroad at Rutland, awoke in
his bed in the bunk car this morning
at 1880, and found that he could not
move his bunky, c. w. Sangrene, he
struck a light and found the man
was dead. He at once communicated
the facts to the local officers, and
County Coroner r. s. Westaby was
summoned. The body was brought
to Madison and prepared for burial,
and will be sent to his parents at
Minneapolis tomorrow. The sup
posed cause of death was heart fail
ure.
The railway construction crew
consisting of six men have been
working at and near Rutland for a
week or more, and sleeping in a box
car rugged as a bunk car. The men
were about in the ordinary course of
duty yesterday, and the deceased
seemed to be in his ordinary health.
DR.. Westaby says that there is abso-
lutely no indications of violence or
drugs, and that there was nothing to
warrant the calling of a coroner's
jury. He will hold a post norton
examination of the body late this
afternoon, however, to ascertain the
cause of death. Outward indications
all point to heart failure.
From letters found on the body ii
was learned that the man has par
ents at 2215 Fillmore avenue, Min
neapolis. They were at once mott
fled. While there are no orders re-
ceived to forward the body, it is ex'
pected that it will be taken to Min.
neapolis by some of his people.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
WOMAN'S WORK in War
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION.

There are in the United States
nearly 100 military camps and cam
tonments. Since we entered the war
hostess houses for women have been
constructed in or near ga of the
camps.
These hostess houses serve as the
meeting place for the families and
friends of the soldiers who are wait
ing to take their place on the battle
fields of France. Already they have
served as places Of JOY and sorrow,
as refugees from distress and as bu-
reaus of information when women
come, as some do, with no knowledge
OF their soldier man ave his name.
The last meetings with our boys are
thus neld under a hospitable roof,
with a bit of home atmosphere, in
stead of out-of-doors, in view of ev-
eryone, oftentimes in inclement
weather.
The first of these hostess houses
was built at Plattsburg, inside the
camp at the request of Col. Wolf,
since when other commanders have
urged like effort in their own camps.
The Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION has stepped in to fill an
other breach with work which
touches us closely. Our Red Cross
nurses abroad are living and work
ing amid scenes of ravage, pitiful
suffering and intense emotion. For
them the Y. w. C. A. has establish
ed the huts in which they may take
refuge during their leisure moments,
and relieve the tension under which
they live, by recreation and rest.
For them also has been establish
ed the rest home in Paris where they
may take their brief furloughs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
RUTLAND MAN dies
TUBERCULOSIS VICTIM-TO BE
BURIED WEDNESDAY, IN
ORIIAND.

At his home in Rutland yesterday
morning, of tuberculosis, at the age
of SO, occurred the death of Nels Mel
son. The body was brought to Mad
ison and prepared at the Hallenbeck
undertaking parlors for burial. The
body will be taken to the home of A.
Elshang, in Orland township, and
the funeral will be held Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. Alfred Nelson Off
ciating. Burial will be made in the
Orland cemetery.
Deceased was a barber, but has
not been able to work at the trade
for a year or more. He leaves two
sons by a former marriage, boys IL
and IA years of age, and his wife,
whom he married five years ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
SIR KNIGHTS, ATTENTION!

All Knights Templar are urgently
requested to assemble at the Masonic
temple promptly at 1890 a. m, De-
cember 25, to participate in our
usual Christmas observance.-Hans
Hanson, E. G..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24
STORE ROBBED
QUANTITY OF SHOES TAKEN
GOT CLEAN AWAY WITH
THEIR BOOTY.

Hurts general merchandise store
at Chester was robbed some time
during last night of a large number
of shoes, silks and furs. No trace
of the robbers has been found. 1t is
supposed that they loaded their
booty into an automobile early in the
night and went as far and as fast as
they could. Sheriff E. A. Keller was
notified this morning, and officers
of towns within a radius of 100 miles
were also advised of the robbery.
The robbers ran mostly to shoes,
Mr.. Keller says. There were about
70 pairs of them taken, a quantity of
silk and velvet bolt goods, and some
fur goods. One pair of ladies' shoes
was taken of which both were for
the right foot, one of them was vici
kid, the other of leather. All the
shoes were of the Beals & Torrey
manufacture. The loot will amount
to $3.50, it is estimated.
This is the second time within Il
few years that this store has been
visited by members of this "perfesh."
The former visitors blew a good safe
to pieces, which this gang left un-
molested. The building is not iso-
lated particularly, and people sleep
within a few feet of its walls, though
there is no Waterman in the store
proper. They were an enterprising
crew, Mr.. Keller says. And anybody
seeing men wearing 20 pairs of shoes
or any woman trying to get two
shoes on the right foot may con-
clude that they have some connec-
tion with the gang which looted the
store in Chester last night.
MOVING NOTICE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-24

= = = = = j. Ia
Generally fair and colder to-
night; Tuesday fair and not
quite so cold extreme west por-
ton.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
Women In tho Field Of Labor.

If by chance a woman does not be-
come a homemaker. but enters a bust
ness pursuit, she meets unusual diff
Guilty. The man has been in business
for generations; the woman is q new
conner. Some employments are closed
to her, either because they require the
great physical strength or endurance,
or because conventional considerations
forbid. Americans look with disap-
prevail upon women working in the
fields. as they do in foreign countries;
and yet there is much field work that
Is more interesting. more wholesome
and much more suitable than some
Of the work that American women are
allowed to do-such. for example, as
they do in laundries and in factories.
Not only are women considered as
invaders in mems fields. but also they
suffer because men, invading fields
once considered strictly feminine, are
becoming dressmakers, cooks. laundry
managers and clerks. Moreover, for
the same work women received lower
pay than men. Do not those difficult
ties constitute a compelling appeal to
give women in their schooling every
possible equipment for SUGGEST
Youths Companion.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
LARGEST Gold predoe.

A dredge company contracted with
the United States government not long
ago to build Notwithstanding levees on
either side Of the Yuba River, CAL.
and to do it free of charge, the condi-
ton being that the company be al
lowed to dredge for gold while fulfill
Ing its contract. Accordingly q gold
dredge. costing $5OO.OOO, was built
which is said to be the largest of. its
kind in the world. An unusual fea.
ture of the mammoth floating machine
Is that 1t has two arms, each 225 feet
long. instead Of one. These are pro-
vided with 44-inch belt eonveyors that
deposit the tailings on either bank of
the stream as the dredge moves along.
The digging ladder is equipped with
steel buckets of IS cubic feet capacity,
which can dig to a depth of 80 feet.
The hull which supports all this ma
chfnery is entirely of steel and is 1856
feet long and 6S feet wide. The gold
saving tables have an area of 5000
square feet.-Popular Mechanics Mag.
azine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06

The Governor has appointed Mr..
Totten of Bowman, and Mr.. Meuir
of Towner county as members OF
the State Board of Regents to take
the place of j. A. Power of Rich
land county and Emil Scow of
Bowman county, whose terms ex-
pired July LIST, but who are still
acting as members Of the Board
They claim that their successors
were not legally appointed and that
their terms does not expire until
their successors are legally qualified
The Supreme Court of the state
will decide who are the legal MEM
,bers of the board.
Early in the year, the Governor
named an entirely new board of
Regents. The senate refused t.,
firm the appointments and the
Supreme Court decided that the
old board was the legally constitut-
ed board.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
Shark Fishing Season.

The best season for catching sharks
seems to be during the cooler months
from October to March. Fishermen
say that sharks are not so plentiful at
other times of the year.
The flesh, fins, maws, jaws and
other bones, livers and skins all enter
into the commerce of Alden, which is
the center of the shark-fishing indus.
try. The fresh meat of the smaller
sharks is sold regularly in the fish
bazaar at very reasonable prices to the
poorer classes of natives who cannot
afford other sorts of fish. The meat
is strong, but is said to be quite palat-
able when one is accustomed to eat
ing it. The principal consumers Of
shark meat are the Arabs, although
the native Jews and Somalis also use
it. The Somali and Arab are Moham.
medans and their religion forbids eat
ing the flesh of any fish that has not
scales. However, the working classes
Of natives are so poor that shark meat
is the only sort of fish they can afford.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
CHEER FOR ROOKIE
encouragement in Letters From
Home Helps Fighting Men.
Officers Say Gloomy Missives Demon
alize Soldiers While Bright Ones
Give Will to Win.

Mothers! Sweethearts! Sisters!
Here's a new way to do your Bit"
equally US important as knitting gray
wool socks for the recruits or cutting
bandages for the Red Cross.
"Write a cheerful letter to your
soldier"
Having its origin at Chickamauga,
the South's greatest war mobilization
center, this vogue. for it has found IA
vor much as the American godmother
to the French soldier fad, is bounding
into popular favor. It is accelerated
by these advantages: it Is based on
facts; it strikes ut an imperative need,
and it achieves obvious results.
The facts are these: Fully 80 per
cent of the letters received by the
army man convey, instead of good
cheer, tale Of petty woes and imag-
mary griefs.
"There's a vacant chair at the ia
BILE, George"
"Poor sisters went to work to help
support us since you went away"
"HOw we need your strong, broad
shoulders to help us bear the burden"
Mothers sick. Fathers sprained
his little finger and poor little Johnny's
down with the measles"
These are typical dum-dum letters
to boys in camp. Ninety per cent of
them are better left unpenned. And
herefrom springs the new service.
"Shield the hoy from the trlfling
cares and worries of home," urge the
officers. '"Tell him how proud you are
Of him, how fine you know he's doing,
how happy you all are.
SOLDIERS, like schoolboys. particu-
larly the younger ones that are out in
the world alone for the first time, look
forward to the letters from home with
eagerness," said veteran major. IF
they carry morbid tone, he imbibes
it; drinks it to the dregs, and broods.
Either that, or as with some DISPOSE
lions, he becomes reckless and care
less.
ION the other hand, CHEEKY letter
encourages him and sends him forth
WIFI d WILL u AlCh u T6SllucuI S1uSl0.
handed.
"Either way the effect is contagious.
"Despondent, the trooper is reduced
to one-half efficiency. His spirit
spreads to the squad, to the company.
He becomes discouraged and dissatis-
fled with the service. Gloom letters
are responsible for more than half the
desertions."
So it is that the Importance Of 4
troopers mail is recognized by army
officers fur and wide, and at Chicka-
manga the new "bit" is set in motion.
1t has already gone so far that stu
dents at the officers training camp are
receiving daily epistles. even from fair
ones they do not know, each carrying
a little insertion Of joy. The result is
general cheerfulness and firm endeav-
or throughout the camp.
"Write cheerful letter to your sol.
dier," is the slogan. =
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
Welcome the Birds.

Are all the beautiful birdhouses that
were made last winter now in place
and occupied? Let us give glad
welcome to all the birds that can be
induced to live near us. Not everyone
realizes the benefit these little crea-
lures confer. The work they do in
preserving our crops and fruit from
the ravages Of insects needs to be
told again and again. Besides this
great use. the happiness they give us
with their songs and their beauty is
not to be told or measured. Many q
heavy heart has been cheered and COM
forted by the robins friendly "cheer
up. dearie, cheer up as he fits about
a home. Robins love to be friendly,
and there are other birds which love
human society. Have you in your
yard a dish of water for them to drink
and bathe in? II not. put one there,
and observe how gladly it is made uss
,of.-Exchange.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
Ideals Worth Striving For.

Engineers and industrial managers
are glad to make needed personal sac
rlfices In support of their government,
1t Is no mean call to duty. Many are
now consciously or unconsciously
passing through period of thinking
that can lead but to one conclusion
that there are some things more valu.
able than earthly existence itself.
Every enlisted man, whether he real
Ices 1t or not. has that belief, and so
believing, is ready for his own supreme
sacrifice If 1t must come. Thousands
OF others must accept that principle
OF action for themselves before our in.
dustries can be made so effective as
they must become to make the nation
strong.-L. P. Afford, in Industrial
Management.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
WHERE TARLET0N IS BURIED
American Tourist Discovers Tomb Of
oashino Officer Who Won Fame
In Revolution.

What became of Major Tarleton aft
er the Battle of Yorktown? EXCEPT
for very few people. says A. G..
Bradley in the Nation, everyone in
England has forgotten the very name
Of the young cavalry leader. But many
persons in America must have Won
dered what became of the dashing SOL
der, and how it happened that in the
long years Of war that shook England
and Europe his name never once ap-
peared.
When Mr.. Bradley, in a leisure hour,
entered the fine old fourteenth century
village church at Leintwardine, in
Herefordshire, he did not think that
the bare, unseated chapel promised
much of interest; indeed, he was just
turning away when in far corner and
partly concealed by ladders, buckets,
planks and other articles necessary to
the cleaning Of the church, he caught
sight of lofty mural monument. The
lettering on 1t ran as follows:
"Near this place are deposited the
mortal remains of Sir Banastre Tarle-
ton-Baronet General in the Army
knight Grand Cross of the Order of
the Bath, Governor of Berwick-on-
Tweed, Colonel Of the Gallant 9Th
Hussars-He represented his native
town of Liverpool for seven Sessions
and closed his distinguished career in
this place Jan. 25, 1885,"
In 1893 Tarleton was sent to Portu-
gal, but was very soon recalled at his
own request, and with that exception
he never saw shot fired after York
town or served anywhere abroad, al
though England was constantly fight
ing until Waterloo. He got promoted
regularly, however, for he stood well
Mt court and was member of the
prince of Wales circle.
Tarleton belonged neither to the no
bility nor to the landed gentry. He
was the son Of Liverpool merchant,
an unusual origin at that time for a
lashing cavalry officer and the best
horseman, according to good authority,
in the British army. He had entered
Oxford and had studied to become a
barrister, but gave up classics and the
law for soldering and commission
Mt twenty-one years of age. He had
genius for the training of men and
officers and for rapid and successful
strokes.
On returning from America, how.
ever, he turned from soldering to poll
tics; he lost no time in entering the
house of commons, and sat for his
native city of Liverpool for 20 years.
He became major general in 1904.
lieutenant general in 1901, full gen.
eral in 1912, a baronet in 1915 and
g. C. B. in 1920. He also held the
full colonelcy of several cavalry regi-
ments in succession and was for some
years governor Of Berwick. He ap-
parently retired with his wife to
Leintwardone for the last years of
his life. lived there quietly and did not
mix with the neighboring county fam
lies.
The seclusion Of his gorgeous tomb.
behind the cobwebs Of disused aisle,
gives q final touch Of mystery to the
romance that early associations with
Virginia have connected with Tarle-
toms name.-Youth's Companion.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
"The new German policy swept

"The new German policy swept
every restriction aside. Vessels OF
every kind, whatever their flag.
their character. their cargo. their
destination. their errand, have
been ruthlessly sent to the bottom
without warning and without
thought of help or mercy for thoS.:
on board. the vessels Of friendly
neutrals along with those of belli-
gerents. Even hospital ships and
ships carrying relief to the sorely
bereaved and stricken people of
Belgium, though the latter were
provided with safe conduct through
the prescribed areas by the Ger
man Government itself and were
distinguished by unmistakab!.
marks of indemnity, have been sunk
with the same reckless lack Of com
passion or of principle. am lr,t
now thinking of the loss of pro-
perty involved, immense and SER
ious as that is, but only of the
wanton and wholesale destruction
of the lives of noncombatants, men,
women, and children, engaged in
pursuits which have always, even
in the darkest periods of modern
history, been deemed innocent and
legitimate. Property can be paid
for: the lives of peaceful and in
nocent people can not be. The
present German submarine warfare
against commerce is warfora
against mankind.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
Ready 70 Please.

A French lady Of consequence, who
had lawsuit, came to solicit the fa.
vor Of the president Of the court in
which the case was to be adjudicated.
The magistrate, not receiving her in
the way she expected. she was some
what chagrined. and on passing into
the antechamber, said loud enough to
be heard: "Plague take that old ape"
The next day. the lady gaining her
cause. she ran directly to thank the
president, who merely replied:
"Know. madame. another time, that
IN old ape 10 always ready to please q
young one"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
Don't Use Rhubarb Leaves.

Because rhubarb leaves contain GER
tain substances which make them poi
sonous to great many persons. spe-
cialists of the United States depart
ment of agriculture warn housewives
against using this portion Of the plant
for food. A number of letters have
been received by the department call
ing attention to the fact that certain
newspapers and magazines are advo-
eating the use Of rhubarb leaves for
greens, and that disastrous results
have followed the acceptance Of the
advice.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06

FOR SALE-A real home of 20
acres just north of Bile School on
north end of 3 I'd Street. Good
buildings, all fenced and cross
fenced, splendid grove, fruit of all
kind, more than family can use.
Will sell very reasonable on account
Of other business, call and investi-
gate. Joseph Zitzelsberger. 1t
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
Uhr mahprtnn Ttmtra
e. 3. CAMERON Publisher
erms: $3.50 per year In advance.

Terms: $3.50 per year IN advance
Entered At the postofTlce a, WanpetOn,
Y. D.. as second class mail matter.
Church, school and society news Is cord
tally solicited for free publication, also.
But advance notices OF all meetings where
IN admission fee is charged, and all cards
OF thanks will he charged for at Is cents
for each 10 lines or less.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
American Engine. Tor Russia.

The setting up Of 400 locomotives Of
American manufacture in the shops Of
the Chinese Eastern railway at Har.
bin, China. for the Russian government
has served as good advertisement for
American machinery, according to
Charles K. Aoser. United States con-
Oul at Harbin,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06
All Lovers Of Freedom In Line.

The presidents ringing phrase, Ito
make the world safe for democracy"
has focused into one unquenchable
fame the aspirations, not of nation
nor Of grohp Of nations, but Of man
kind.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-06

Well, and Whom have we herei
Why, this is an Enigmatist. He looks
like an Ordinary Man, acts like an
Ordinary Man and talks like an Or.
binary Man, but he Amt no Ordinary
Man, take it from Us. An Enigmatist
is a Man Who can afford an Automo.
bile and hasn't got one.