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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
LABOR is LOYAL
Unions VIII Back Up Govern
ment to the Last Man.
Mobilization Plans Made al
Conference in Washington.

Washington. March 29.-The ire
mendous power of organized labor in
the United States has been placed
solidly back of the government by the
authorized spokesman of millions OF
American men and women workers TO
aid in the speedy execution OF the mill
tary and naval program Unreserved
support of the American Federation
of Labor was pledged thru its execu-
tive heads. Far reaching plans We're
initiated for the mobilization or laDof
to meet a state of war.
Samuel Gompers president OF the
federation and other labor leaders
in conference with department chiefs.
laid plans to muster all the additional
laboring strength that may be needed
to augment the forces at work IN navy
yards, arsenals and other factories OF
the government as well as in private
plants engaged in turning OUT supplies
for the government. Steps were
taken to ascertain Immediately the
nations labor resources, thru the
medium of the thousands of local labor
unions of the federation.
Many at Conference.
Secretary of Labor Wilson called the
conference. Attending besides Samuel
Gompers, chairman of the labor divi-
sion of the advisory commission of the
council of national defence, were
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor; James
O'Connell and Albert ]. Meeres of the
Metal Trades section: William H.
johnson, president of the Interna-
tional Machinists Union; President
John Mollhenny; Commissioner c. NJ.
Galloway and Chief EXa miner George
r. Wales of the United States civil
service commission; w. I. Deming,
chief clerk of the postoffice depart
ment; Assistant Secretary Louis F.
Post of the department of labor; Com
missioner General Antonio Caminetti,
of the immigration service; Chief T.
" Powderly and Assistant Chief J. L.
McAndrew of the federal employment
service.
Wilson Makes Statement.
Secretary Wilson at the close of the
conference said in a statement:
THE purposes of the conference
were to find ways and means to pre-
vent overlapping of effort in mobiliZ-
ing the resources of industry for the
support of the government. We are
planning to work together first to find
where help, male and female, can be
quickly located for the navy yards, ar
senals and other factories of the gov
eminent and for any private plants
working on supplies for the use of the
fitness of any offered workers and
where they best can be employed.
And third, to smooth their way to the
work where they are needed
Pressing need has developed espe-
cially for workmen in the mechanical
trades and it is proposed that the
civil service commission shall aban-
don the tests for such applicants and
examine them only for physical and
mechanical fitness. The civil service
commission thru it's three thous-
and boards of examiners in twelve dis
trictS will conduct special examina-
lions. All available field forces of the
bureaus of immigration, naturaliza-
ton, labor statistics and other subor-
dinate branches will act as examiners
in the absence of regular officials of
the commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
QUIET AT KRONSTADT
Duna Members Return From Trou-
BILE Zone, After Clash Subsidies.

London, March 29.-12:01 p. M
Two members of the Russian duma
have returned to Petrograd from
Kronstadt, where the revolutionary
movement was first met with armed
resistance, says a Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd today. During their stay a
great meeting was held at which the
deputies explained the situation to
representatives of the fleet and the
garrison. who cheered the speeches
vigorously. The work at the port,
adds the message is once more in
full swing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
In THRUST AT VERDUN
Germans Repulse French and British
Offensive at Several Points.

Berlin, March 29.-Wireless to Say
ville.-French efforts to recapture the
positions recently taken from them n
the Champagne region were futile,
army headquarters a nounced today
The French sustained heavy losses in
these attacks.
A French attack on the German
lines in the region of Hill 304, north
west of Verdun, carried out on a wide
front, also failed. The British lost
fifty-five men in prisoners in an en-
gagement near CroisilleS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
PHONE GIRL A HEROINE
Single Handed She Routs Band OF
Bank Robbers. With Revolver.

Rulo, Neb., March 29.-Miss Edna
Rayhill, night telephone operator
here, routed a band of robbers early
today. AS the bandits had cut the
wires and she was unable to rouse the
town authorities, Miss Rayhill went to
the front of her office, which is op-
posite the Bank of Rulo, and fired sew
eral shots into the air. The cracksmen
were frightened from their work be-
fore the obtained any money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
RUSS WOMEN TO VOTE
Cause Gaining observation-disclosures
Militia Replaces Police.

Petrograd, March 2S.-The peas
ants thruout the country are system
atically organizing militia to replace
the old police. They are also estab-
fishing new local authorities and con-
voking communal assemblies which
express the intention of supporting the
new government and selling country
products for victualing the army and
people.
The idea of equal rights for women
is beginning to gain weight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
WAR HITS BARRIERS
Fewer Men to Shave So They AdvO-
cate Higher Prices.

Chicago, March 29.-Twenty cents
for a once over and forty cents for
a hair cut.
That's the proposed schedule of
prices that will be submitted to the
Master BARRIERS association next Tues
day. and, according to August VIII
lens, secretary of the association, it
will be adopted.
The high cost of living and "a lot
of customers going off to war with
safety razors in their knapsacks," is
the excuse of the BARRIERS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
TAKE MUNITEON DEPOT
French Capture Important Stores
Artillery Active on Entire Front.

Paris. March 29.-Capture by ad-
Vancing French forces of an important
munition and material depot was an
noCnced in today's official report. The
war office said there was an inter-
mitteut artillery duel from the Somme
TO the Aisne during the night, the
French everywhere being in contact
with the enemy lines.
German forces bombarded Scissors
with big caliber guns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
TO BE HERE TOMORROW
Walker d. Hines VIII Deliver Ad-
dress at Chamber of Commerce

Walker D. Hines, chairman of the
board of directors of the Santa Fe
railway system, will speak tomorrow
at noon before the Topeka Chamber
of Commerce. His address will be
'Inefficiency in the Present Form of
County Governm emit"
Mr.. Hines will address the Knife
and Fork club a prominent civic or
ganiZation in Kansas City, tonight
Tomorrow night he will talk before
the Atchison chamber of commerce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
Urges White Plague survey.

New York, March 29.-To ascertain
the country's equipment to combat tu-
berculoSis among the soldiers in case
of war, the Council of National defense
has requested the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis to make a complete survey
of the situation and report in detail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29

Petrograd, March 2S.-A declara-
ton in support of the war has been
issued by a committee of workingmen,
soldiers and deputies and apparently
represents the sober conclusion which
the masses of the population have
reached after being swayed this way
and that by the turbulent currents and
cross currents of the first days of the
revolution.
This conclusion is that liberty and
victory over the Germans are INSOFAR
able and that the responsibility for
plunging Europe into war rests on the
Hohenzo1lern family and Prussian i'm
perialistic ambitions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
Find Body of Second Victim.

Huntington, Ark, March 29.-The
body of Charles Vickers, a shot-firer,
was recovered today in one of the
shafts of the Central Coke and Coal
company's mines here today. Vickers
and August Quoss, another shot
firer, were killed Tuesday night in an
explosion of a blast. Quoss's body
was recovered yesterday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
Don't Wear
A Truss !!
After Thirty Years Experience L Have
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Women or Children That
Cures Rupture.

II you have tried most everything else.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29
GREETINGS FROM CHINA
Recognizes New Russian Govt
WOrkmen Pledge Support.

Picking, March 29.-The Chinese
government has recognized the new
government in Russia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-29

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04
HOW TO ENJOY
AN ORCHESTRA - DUTIES OF
EACH INSTRUMENT EN-
planned.

The modern orchestra is an elo-
quent interpreter of all shades Of
emotion. i'm which each instrument
performs its special function in the
expression Of the composers thought.
Every concert goer is familiar with
the orchestral instruments generally
placed within his immediate range Of
vision. the violins. cellos and double
basses, and he knows in a general
way that there are several kinds of
wind instruments, and various ones
belonging to the drum family, but il
is seldom that he is able to distin-
guish others either by name or by a
sense of their importance in making
a complete musical unit,
BY gaining some knowledge of
each instrument. the concert goer
will find a unique intellectual enjoy
ment and will have his ears uncon-
%sciously opened to a thousand beau
ties i'm the music perceived be
fore. He will learn TO distinguish
the characteristic timber of each in
strument. and to the delight found in
what may be called the primary col
ors he will add that which comes
from a|nalyzing the vast number of
tints which are the products of ON
bination.
The symphony orchestra is made
up of strings. woOdwinds. brasses
and percussion instruments. A brief
exposition of each group will be given
here during the next three nights.
The four stringed instruments
comprise yiolins. viola. cello and
double bass. The viola is tuned at
an interval of one-fifth lower than
the violin and the cello an octave
lower than the viola. The double
bass plays an octave lower than the
music written for it. The cello is
the signing lover of the instrumental
company, and only the string quar-
tet speaks all the musical languages
of passion and emotion.
With the Minneapolis symphony
orchestra next Monday appears Ger
wonky. a violinist coming to fame as
a master of his art. Cornelius Van
Nlient. the Dutch c%ellist. has studied
music since his sixth year and listen
ers rejoice in the singing one which
he produces from that sringed instru-
ment Of all others most difficult TO
master.
Continued tomorrow night.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04
White Way FOR JUNIUS
VI. ID. McGILLINRAN AND FRED
SCHILTZ INSTALL ELEC-
TRIO LIGHT PLANTS.

This white way business proved
too much for the public spirited men
OF Junius. and they decided to have
one for themselves. Today-or per
haps more properly, tonight-their
homes are lighted by electricity, and
their streets are rescued from the
powers Of darkness by the same mys-
terious power. There is a total OF
So lamps for the town now, and
more in prospect,
M. ID. McGillivray, who, upon his
retirement from office at Madison,
went to Junius as owner of the store.
found the lighting poor. Conferring
with Roche & Nelles. of Madison, he
determined that conditions might be
improved by a private electrical
plant. He obtained n forthwith,
and installed it. And there was
light.
Fred Schultz, of the same place,
saw that it was good, and he, too,
purchased a like plant of the same
firm. Now all Junius is electrically
lighted except about five homes.
They will be attended to later, Mr..
Nelles informs us.
Mr.. McGillivary's plant is of the
size usual with the make installed,
but has a greater storage battery ca
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04
STORM CENTER MOVED
APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH ROSE
NOM-O'CONNELL MADE
CHAIRMAN.

The county courthouse, for a day
the center of 4 high pressure storm.
Is again d scene of calm and quiet.
Anxiety has passed, and all appre-
hension that the county was going TO
the damnation bow-wows" is set
tied beyond caVaiI. The petitioning
office seeker has folded his Voluml-
nous prayers for the consideration Oh
the powers of county destinies, and
betaken himself 10 his familiar
haunts. TO lay in wait for another op-
p~ortunity to sacrifice himself on the
altar Of public service.
The appointing board for filling
the vacancy in the county commits
sion. consisting Of the auditor. two
remaining commissioners and county
Judge. threw all %intruders from the
council room and proceeded unhtn-
dared TO make their selection. There
were five applicants. each supported
bv many names of their constituents
Each seemed 10 have his champion III
the room. with one running at large
The debate was long and lurid, if the
mingled sounds issuing from the pre-
cincts were any criterion. Hunger
will tame the savage beast. And al
though there is no imputation that
any were either savage or beasts, the
of battle died out on the i'm
pending approach Of the hour of
feeding.
As might be expected of two com
mfesioners of a nationality which has
fought long for a rule of home and
fireside. the sense Of the meeting was
finally nodded to a course as tangent
10 what might be expected as pos
sible. After consideration of all pos
sible choice. they agreed TO use their
Judgment. They just took the
mar they wanted. supported by only
such recommendation as they them
selves sought, and filled the Office
note that word "filled"-by install
ing therein Mr.. Joseph Rosenow, OF
wentworth.
Mr.. Rosenow has spent his life in
the township from where he was ap-
pointed. His father farmed in the
township. and he is among its most
successful farmers. This morning he
took the oath OF office. and at once
took UP his duties. cutting down bills
with the help of the other commits
sioners.
Upon the organization of the board
this morning, Dan OfConnell was
elected permanent chairman of the
board. The session will be Of several
days duration.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04

Wanted. at once, three girls at
Hutchings' Ideal Laundry.
Wanted. Scrap iron. Market
good.-Madison Iron and Metal COM
pany. Phone 2159.
For Sale. New barn. 14x1S. also
new buggy. Call at this office.
Rubber boots. good quality. prices
right, at Nick %Bjornstad's.
For Rent. Furnished front room.
Mrs. j.. A. Delmage, cor Harth
avenue NE.
For Sale. one block of land add
joining north city limits. j.
Dougherty.
So in cash to any person bringing
TO my store a standard make watch
| cannot repair.-Guy r. Hanson.
Stylish ladies boots and pumps for
the Easter season at Nick Bjorn-
stad's.
Just received, a big assortment of
two piece dresses and bungalow
aprons.-Mrs. Knoeri.
For sale cheap and on easy terms,
my ~156-aere farm joining the city of
Winfred. Well improved and in high
state of cultivation.-A. y. Johnson.
Come early if you wish to get a
pair of our white boots for Easter as
they are going fast.-Nick Bjornstad.
New advertisements today: Rays
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04
in SUPREME COURT
TWO MADISON CASES CALLED
CITY COMMISSIONERS AND
SEWER CASES.

Today. April A. is the day set by
the supreme court of South Dakota
for hearing two cases of interest TO
citizens of Madison. The cases Will
be reviewed by the judges sitting,
and are contained in briefs. Neither
counsel nor principals appear in
court. Counsel often supplement
their written briefs with oral argu-
ments. but no attorneys from Madi-
son are appearing.
The case of Kundert VS.. the City
of Madison comes up today. The
firm Of Judge a. Atkins. of Sioux
Falls. are attorneys for the respond
ents, while George r.. Farmer and +.
l.. Soper. Of Madison, attended to the
interests of appellants.
A motion of dismissal by defend
ants was sustained i'm the circuit
court. and the appeal from the dis
missal was made by the present APP
p|ellants. The decision of the court
will be to pronounce whether the
case shall be tried i'm circuit court,
either u%pholding the dismissal or
overruling it.
The case is with regard to the city
election of last spring. when j. A..
Johnson made certain promises to
the voters of saving them expense in
the administration of the office. And
the question is whether it is an act
of purchase to promise voters a say
ing. when the saving can be spoken
in terms of money. The fact of dis
missal of the case from the circuit
court would indicate that the com
planning side is weak.
4 claim for $1,000 due on the
completion of the sewer system is
the cause i'm Meeker 4 Dobson vs..
the City Of Madison. Circuit court
found for plaintiff in the former ae-
ton. and the city appealed from the
decision.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04
SILK Thieves
RAID ON ARLINGTON STORES RE
SUITS IN BIG HAUL.

Arlington, April Mot the slight
est trace yet has been found of the
thieves who raided the retail stores
Of this place and escaped with silk
goods valued at between 5000 and
$500. How the goods We're carried
away is a mystery which the author
tiles have been unable to solve. That
they did not leave with the loot by
train has been clearly established
While no strange automobile was
seen in Arlington at about the time
Of the robbery. there is a possibility
that a ear may have been secreted in
the city limits and utilized in carry
ing away the loot after il had been
transported by the thieves to the au-
tomobile. The robbers are believed
to be expert silk thieves who during
the past few months have robbed a
number Of stores in eastern South
Dakota.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04

pacity, consisting of 16 cells, with a
capacity of 100 ampere hours output.
Mr.. Schultz's plant is smaller, not
having Sc many lights on the circuit.
Their plan of operation in Junius is
to run the engine while the full load
is on the circuit. keeping the bat
teries fully charged and thereby pro
longing the life of them. The com
position of the electrodes disinteg-
rates more rapidly under action OF
the acid when the batteries are run
to the point approaching exhaustion.
The desirability OF this form of in
dividual lighting plant is shown that
the firm selling them in the territory
about Madison has sold twelve of
them. Six outfits have been Install
ed. The delay in furnishing them by
the factory makes a waiting list.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04
LOCAL NEWS.

Eat at JACKS.
Big Csc meal at Rays.
Eat at Jacks.
For Rent. Five room cottage
close in, nearly new. See Hans Ur.
dahl or John Hannum at the mill.
For Rent. Eight room house
Mrs. A. p. Harling.
Eat at Jacks.
For Sale. Choice residence lot.
east front, two blocks west of NJ. +.
church. Inquire at this office.
For Sale. Lots IL, II, 13 and IA,
block 2, Smith & Trow's addition
Mrs. Caroline Mathison.
Come in and talk over the big 16
horsepower twin Indian motorcycle,
1915, at Johnson's Repair Shop.
For Sale or Rent. One quarter
seven miles southwest of Junius.
Call on or write t. A. Johnson q
Son.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04
INVOLVEMENT.

| hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of mayor of the
city of Madison, subject to the wishes
of the voters at the election On April
II. If elected will serve in the ca
pacity of said office to the best of
my judgment and ability.
Henry Rohrer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04

Five hundred per cent or more on
an investment is a good thing. Lit
tie wants ads in The Daily Leader
will bring these results.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-04
THE CITY.


Fair tonight and Thursday; warm
er Thursday and west portion to-
night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-23
Could Not Return to
Horse and Wagon Method

big changes in the way we live
do not come all at once" says George
l. William. of the Studebaker Cor
poratlon. I'VE pass from one era into
another without knowing that the
trnasition is going on. but once the
changes are made we cannot go back
any more than we can go back from
fair. fat and forty to the slender
days of youth.
stand on Michisin avenue, Chicago,
any day, between seven o'clock in the
morning and midnight, and you will
see steady stream of automobiles
two abreas going in both directions at
an average speed of twenty or TWEEN
ty-f1ve miles an hour, each car carry
ing an average of three or four people
If touring car. or good-size double
horse load il it is a commercial car.
"Supposing we had to handle the
traffic on Michigan avenue to-day
with horse and carriage at six or
eight miles an hour, and commercial
traffic with plodding two-horse teams
at four miles an hour. That means
that we. would have to have a street
five times as wide, or five stories high,
or five subways. You could not take
this traffic on Michigan avenue and
put it on Wabash, State or any other
parallel streets, because they too are
crowded with traffic. like Michigan
avenue.
"Supposing the big Chicago depart
ment stores had to go back to the day
OF the horse and wagon at four to six
miles an hour and a load radius of
seven or eight miles. where to-day
they use commercial cars at a run
ming speed OF twenty miles an hour,
carrying two or three times the load
over three or four times the distance.
What is true of Chicago is true OF
every other city. The horse is being
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-23

naturally eliminated; something bet
ter has taken its place. Machine pow
er Is superior. LIT not only has ten
times the efficiency but also ten times
the economy. 1t takes five acres of
land year to support one horse. The
same Ave acres of land would sup
port good-size squad of soldiers
and their hungry families. rhe OK
team is a curiosity to-day-to-mor-
row the horse team will be equally a
curiosity.
THE automobile, both pleasure and
OF this new era, and the automobile
something newer and better takes its
place and up to the present time there
Is no one that even has an inkling of
something better. That's the reason
why automobile men laugh at this
thing they call the saturation point
That's why we are so sure that the
business will endure-and that is why
the great companies are spending
their millions in factories and ma
chinery to take care of the future of
this great business and that's why
any man can buy a motor car to-day
as an investment. 1t is a far better
piece of property than a team Of
horses was a few years, because the
horses were likely to get sick and die,
or injure themselves at any time. You
can insure the automobile against
accident and 1t doesn't get sick or
die. 1t is an investment which is as
sure and safe as that of any necessity
in which you put your money"