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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

Because of advances in the
cost of raw material and labor,
hat prices must be raised or
quality lowered.
The manufacturers of Cor
don hats asked their distributors
whether Gordon hat Wearers
would prefer to pay more or get
a cheapened hat.
The almost unanimous Opin-
ion was that the high quality
of the Gordon hat must be
maintained.
The manufacturers are Q
the same mind.
The price of the Gordon hat
will be $3.50 after April 1st.
The perfect quality will not be
cheapened under any circum-
stances.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
NORSK LINER IS CROWDED
Police Guard Steamer That Nil Garry
Won 6~ernstorff.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE busiest
place in the shipping district Is the
Office OF the Observation-Disclosures
line, where final arrangements are
being made for the departure Of the
Frederik VIII. upon which the Ger
mar ambassador and his staf will re-
turn to Europe.
The assurance OF safety from Ger
ma submarines has crowded the liner
with passengers. II Is estimated the
boat will carry 1,200 persons in addi-
tion to the crew when IT leaves port.
Extraordinary precautions have been
taken by the police OF Hoboken, where
the Frederik VIII. is locked, and by
the federal officials here to guard the
pier and the steamship.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
st. Paul Grain.

st. Paul, Feb. IS. Wheat - No. l
hard, sl.S3R 01S5h; No. l Northern,
$1751bml.79R; No. 2 Northern, ST..
1914 @t.79ia; corn. 9sA 099Ac; oats.
53h @544c; barley, 90cQs1.14; rye,
$139dl40; flax, $2.s5.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
GERMANS PLAN NEW TAX
Government Seeks to Raise Interest
on Last War Loan.

London, Feb. 1.-THE German gov
eminent is discussing with the bundles
rath new direct and indirect taxes to
raise $685. 00, 900 interest on the last
war loan, according to Berlin newspa-
pers quoted in a Hague dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

Chicago, Feb. 16.-Wheat-May, ST..
71B; July, s1.47ss; Sept. $1.37. Corn
May, $1.003s; July, 99bc. Oats
May, 557sc; July, 542sc. Pork-May,
$4,000; July, S29.40. Butter-Cream.
cries, 3Sm42c. Eggs-3904012c. Poul
try-Springs. 21c; fowls, 20kc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
FRENCH AUTHORITY CALLS
DIVER WAR FAILURE.

Paris, Feb. 16.-The German
submarine campaign has so far
been ineffective. according to
Marcel Hutin. editor OF the
Echo de Paris, who usually Is
exceptionally we'll informed. As
proof NJ. Hutin says that on
Monday 112 French or neutral
ships entered French ports.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
Proposed Increases Suspended.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Proposed In
creased freight rates on grain and
-four from Minnesota and other Sec
lions OF the Northwest to gulf ports
for export were suspended by the in
terstate commerce commission until
June Is for investigation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
Augustana Synod Leader Dead.

Rockford, III, Feb. 16. - John Err
ninety years old. last of the
of the charter of the Angus
tana synod, a document which official
ly brought the Swedish Lutheran
church into existence in this country,
is dead here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, Feb. 16. - Cattle
Receipts, $500; steers, $6.50Q975;
cows and heifers, $5.50Q7.25; calves,
S600n12.75 Hogs-Receipts, $4,000;
range, sl1.G5m11.90 Sheep-Receipts.
500; lambs. sS.00@13.50; ewes, $1,000
1925.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
SWISS ON SHORT RATIONS
Meatiess Days and Food Cards Being
Pesortcd To.

Berne, Switzerland, Feb. 16.-Meat,
less days, sugar cards, rice cards and
restricted hotel menus are being re.
sorted to by the Swiss government.
Foodstuffs are becoming more scarce
as a result of the new naval blockade.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Feb. 16.-Cattle-Receipts
$1,000; steers. s7.S5Q12.15; cows and
heifers, Sj.20M10,40; calves, $40 .00Q
14.25. Hogs-Receipts, A 5000; light,
s11.65M1240; mixed, $12.10012.50;
heavy. $12.05Q12.55; rough, s12.050
1920; pigs, $9.50010.S0. Sheap-Re.
ceipts, $4,000; native. $10.85Q12.OO;
lambs. $12.35@14.9O
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

Prince and Princess Hatzfeldt were
two of the notables included in the
party accompanying the retiring Ger
mar ambassador, Count Won Bern.
storff, on his departure for Berlin
Secret service men were numerous on
the train carrying the party from
Washington.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

Chicago, Feb. 16.-Large storage
basins with a total capacity of 1000
900 tons of coal are to be built In
Chicago during the coming summer as
a protection against coal famines In
the future. according to Fred w. Up
ham, president of one of the largest
coal companies In the city.
o o o o o o o Q o o o o o o o o o O
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
BONE DRY BILL IS PASSED
Goes Through South Dakota House by
Large Majority.

Pierre, s.. d., Feb. 16.-The house
has passed the bone dry prohibition
bill, SO to 10. The bill now goes to
the senate,
Efforts by the liquor forces to 70
amend the measure as to eliminate
some of its stringency failed.
If 1T becomes a law the bill will
make South Dakota as bone dry as
the boniest dry state In the Union.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
indian Kills Wife and Himself.

Wolf Point, Mont, Feb. 16.-Oliver
Provost, a Cherokee Indian, killed his
wife by cutting her throat with q
razor. He killed himself with the same
weapon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Feb. 16.-Wheat-On track
and 10 arrive, No. l hard, $1.77# No
| Northern, $1.76%; No. 2 Northern
S171AM1.74A. Flax-On track and
to arrive. S2.78.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

One Hundred and Sixty Persons In.
dicted at Indianapolis.
indianapolis, Feb. 16.-One hundred
and sixty persons are charged with
election frauds in five indictments re-
turned by the federal grand jury after
three months investigation.
1t is believed the indictments are
against politicians and vote sellers of
Gary. Frankfort and indianapolis. Not
only petty politicians but some big
fry" have been caught in the federal
dragnet. Is the belief.
Reports were current hat the gov
eminent had evidence Of payment of
county, in which Frankfort Is located
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
Bank Bandlts Get $500.

Los Angeles, Feb. 1.-two masked
held up the Westlake branch Of
the Home Savings bank here and o.
capped with about 1880.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
No Romance In War.

There is no longer any nan In
war. Heroes have to be manufactur-
ed. Europe has been engaged In the
greatest val the world has ever
known, and think Of the small number
of heroes that have peer createdl
Our people are more generous In the
matter of war heroes. We had a little
war OF three months with Spain, and
we turned out quite a number of men
who were not only heroes of the war,
but were rewarded very literally by
the republic.
There Is no longer any romance In
war on the sea, such as to create men
like John Paul Jones, Decatur, Perry,
or In the civil wal men like Farragut.
The mechanics, the huge ships, the i'm
mense guns and the necessity for fight
ing behind earthworks and In trenches
have taken away all the romance there
was In war.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
FIVE CENTS FOR LUNCHES,
HA FLED TO TRENCHES

, New York.-Five cents for his
, midday meal, 10 cents for church
, and a cent for charity was the
, allowance which Leon Scradyn-
, ski OF New York said his wife
, gave him during the years they
, were saving to buy a home. He
, sued for an accounting of money I
, left with her when he went to (
} fight for Russia. The jury found 1
, In the wife's favor. I
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

All attempts to raise revenue at the
expense OF the rich and allow the poor
to escape fall to provide a means by
which the rich are prevented from
passing the tax on to less fortunate
people. There is one Democrat In con
gress who took the view that even the
last revenu bill. which Is aimed at the
rich, will hit the poor as well. Said
Martin Dies OF Texas:
1T gravels me like everything to vote
for this bill. am not deceived into
believing that the rich will pay all this
tax. When you take taxes from the
big corporations they will pass 1t on
down to those who pillow In the fields
and work In the workshops Of this
country, just as they pass down every
other tax"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

During a discussion on the bill which
extends prohibition to the territory of
Alaska Congressman Slayden Of Texas
made a very strong argument against
sumptuary legislation. On that occa-
sion Slayden said:
II have found II In the teachings of
the fathers OF the party, but | find dis
tressingly few people now who call
themselves Democrats who have any
respect for those principles or such
teachings"
A quarter Of a century ago on nearly
every vote that was taken In the house
Of representatives 1t was found that
the Democrats were almost solidly op-
posed to anything like prohibition.
Now only a very few Democrats op-
pose prohibition.
Flag Bill Passss.
Several days ago | called attention
to the peculiar fact that the bill to
prevent the dissertation Of the Ameri-
can flag had failed to pass In one house
or the other. Finally the bill has
passed as 1t relates to the District of
Columbia. That 1t went through the
senate was due largely to the efforts
OF Senator Pomerene of Ohio, who has
been a friend of the measure eve since
he has been In congress. When this
bill was considered a suggestion was
made that 1t ought to apply to every
state In the Union, but there is some
doubt whether the protection Of the
flag does not belong to the police pow
ers Of the states instead Of the United
States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
Campaign Talk.

Uncle Joe Cannon In supporting
President Wilson's veto OF the immi
grafton bill had this to say OF an issue
In the last campaign: There was
much talk, and 1t was part campaign
talk. about the negroes coming north
TO vote the Republican ticket, and all
that kind Of stuff. These negroes are
coming north to labor because they
got a better wage than they got down
south. And ! am almost afraid TO say
how many are coming now, because !
may not be accurate, but certainly by
the tens OF thousands they are coming
north"
MIR. Cannon warned the s%outherners
that they ought to have a care and
not try to prevent immigrants from
coming into this country, for they
would have very great need for the
labor OF these immigrants In the south.
ern states.
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KAISER PREPARES A BLOW
AT DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
Women and Children Being MobiIized
in Agitation Against Presi-
dent Wilson's Note

Copenhagen, Sept. 12.-German chill
dren as we'll as German women are
now being mObilized in the agitation
against President Wilson's standpoint
A beginning has been made at Ham
burg where all the public schools on
Sunday participated in demonstra-
ton at which the usual kilograms
were sent to Emperor William, Chan
cellor Michaelis and Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg. The Roman Catholic
Mercantile associations of Germany
also adopted similar resolution.
The Vorwaerts of Berlin points out
editorially that the motive of the con-
servative and pan-German wire pullers,
to which attention has been called in
recent dispatches, namely, to utilize
the American note to the pope for
exciting anew the bellicose passions
of the people and above all for de-
fvering mighty blow to the democrat
C movement, is steadily becoming more
apparent.
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Argentine Leaves Way Open

Washington, Sept. 13.-Argentina' s
course for the remainder of the war
probably will be determined by Ger
many's answer to the demand sent
from Buenos Ayres that the Berlin
government disavow the action of its
minister in advising the sinking of
Argentine ships without leaving any
trace" and in calling the Argentine
foreign minister notorious ass"
Whether Germany will force the big
South American country into the list
of her enemies is a question of more
immediate interest here than the out
come of Swedens part in transmitting
the German messages. By many Off
cials it is regarded as improbable
that Berlin will fail to take advantage
promptly of the loophole left by
Argentina's offer to maintain a status
quo in return for repudiation of the
minister's action.
Acceptance would be regarded here
as tantamOunt to fixing Argentinas
part in the war, since sinking of more
ships is improbable with only a neg
ligible number of transatlantic YES
sells flying the Argentine flag.
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FEDERAL OFFICERS RAID
A GERMAN NEWSPAPER
Long Established Philadelphia Paper
Told How to Evade Censor
ship of Private Letters.

Philadelphia, Sept. lin a raid on
the Philadelphia Tageblatt, long
established German language morn
ing newspaper charged with attacking
government war policies, federal agents
last night arrested the editor and bust
ness manager and seized large quanti-
ties of correspondence, files and doc
uments. The prisoners, who are
charged with violating the espionage
act, are DR.. Martin Darkow, editor,
and Herman Lemke, business manager.
Warrants also have been issued for
the president, treasurer, editor in chief
and an editorial writer.
According to government officers,
the Tageblatt on Saturday published
statements instructing Germans in
this country how to evade the postal
laws and forward letters to Germany.
In these statements, government Off
GERS say, q man described as "H. Issel-
hurst, care of the German Aid Soci-
ETY., Stockholm, Sweden" was given as
the official who would see that commu-
nications addressed to German destina-
tons would arrive uninspected by
American or allied censors.
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AN7|-GERMAN RIOT
IN BUEN0S AIRES
CITIZENS INcENSED OVER Ex-
POSE OF GERMAN MIN
ISTER'S ACTION
COUNT LUXBORG SENT HOME
Argentine Government Has Passports
Prepared and Extraordinary Pre-
cautions Taken to Insure
His Personal Safety

Buenos Aires, Sept 13.-The down
town section of the city was the scene
of the widest disorders last night in
connection with great anti-German
demonstrations, in which thousands
of Appointments took part Many of
those in the mob carried firebrands.
and as a result scores of buildings
were set on fire. Several blocks of
German business houses in Gale de
Mayo were destroyed.
Among the structures attacked were
the German club, one of the finest edi-
-fices in the city, and the building of
the German daily, La Union AS fast
as the fires in these buildings were
eXtinguished they We're started again.
Mounted patrols and the entire fire
department kept rushing from one
part of the city to another, in an at
tempt to quell riots and put down the
flames. In several instances police
who were attempting to shoot at those
welding torches were set upon by the
crowds and disarmed.
Extraordinary precautions have been
taken by the authorities to protect
Count LuXborg, the German minister,
when he arrives today to receive his
passports.
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cabinet Crisis More Acute

Petrograd, Sept. 15.-The cabinet
crisis continued all day yesterday.
The evening newspapers assert that
Premier Kerensky is in a very diff
cult position. and that his resignation
is not excluded from the possibility.
The situation is complicated by the
attitude of the Petrograd council of
deputies, in which Friday nights meet
ing the BOlshevikis for the first time
gained an overwhelming majority of
379 against $50 in favor of the eX-
treme radical position which declares
that not only the social democrats,
but all the representative property
owning classes must be excluded from
power.
This program also demanded an i'm
mediate declaration of a democratic
republic, the abolition of private prop
erty; working class control over pro-
duction, confiscation of war profits,
the 'merciless taxation" of capital
and an immediate invitation to the
warning states to conclude peace.
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GREATEST VICTORY ITALIAN
ARMY WON ON SAN GABRIELLE
After Weeks of Most Bitter Fighting
of the War Italians Take Sum-
NIT of Great Mountain

Washington, Sept. 15.-The crest of
Mont San Gabrielle, commanding the
plain of Gorilla to the south and south
east and the Frigido Galley to the east
has been captured by the Italians after
three weeks of the most bitter fight
ing, the Italian embassy at Washing
ton announces.
This news of victory, probably the
greatest of the italian army thus far
in the war, precedes the latest of the
reports from Rome. Fridays state
ment of the italian war office says
that on Thursday, the fighting in the
entire Austro-Italian front was i'm
peded by heavy rain.
The Italian effort to capture San
Gabrielle began after the taking of
Monte Santo, directly north, by Gen
eral Cordona's troops on August 25.
Several times the Italians had reached
the summit of the great mountain,
so important to their further progress
east of Gorilla as well as on the Carso,
the slopes of the rugged rock in the
last few weeks has occurred some of
the heaviest and most sanguinary
fighting of the war, with the Italians
hurting themselves forward in des-
perate attacks and the Austrians hold
ing to the crest desperately.
San Gabriele's top was occupied by
the Italians, the embassy reports, after
the fortified hill or saddle of Dol
and the Gargaro basin, the main bulk
Of San Gabrielle had been taken, the
Austrians, however, still cling to
some positions on the mountain. In
he forest of Taronvo east of Mont
San Gabrielle, the Italians captured
positions from the Austrians after suf-
iering heavy losses.
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korniIoff Prepared for Weeks

Petrograd, Sept. 12.-Regarding the
military prospects of the Korniloff
revolt it was stated here that weeks
ago General Korniloff began under
various pretexts to take tactical ad-
ministrative measures in order to con-
centrate troops for action against Pet
rograd Declaring that he desired to
prevent military congestion, he with
drew from the capital and its environs
troops devoted to- the provisional gov
ernment, it is declared, but at the
same time sent to Petrograd various
units, particularly cavalry, which he
considered certain to support himself.
General Korniloff, however, had not
had time to remove all the govern
mental troops, it appears from this ac-
count. and though there are believed
to be pro-Korniloff troops in and
around the city, the superiority of the
forces in Petrograd is believed to be
on the side of the provisional govern
ment.
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FIGHT WITH GERMANY
MUST NOT Be A DRAW
PEACE OF WORLD FOR ALL TIME
BIG ISSUE AT STAKE
SAYS DR.. LOWELL
CANNOT RETURN COLONIES
viii Not Be Allowed to Exploit Peo-
pie as Heretofore.-We Are in
the War to Make World
Safe for Democracy

New York, Sept. 12.-The whole
world a series of armed camps, pre-
| pairing for another fray and compelled
| to adopt German methods of warfare
| this picture as the result of drawn
battle with Germany in her present
state of mind, was presented last night
by DR.. A. Lawrence Lowell, president
of Harvard university and chairman of
the executive committee of the League
TO Enforce Peace, in his address at the
annual dinner of the National Safety
Council.
He declared that with the fall of
military autocracy must be removed
the oppression of one race by an
other, and for that reason "we cam
not consider the return to. Germany
of her former colonies, that their
people may be exploited as they have
been in the past.
americans have no love for the
civilized races; and if at the present
stage Aof history that is unavoidable
it must be done with due regard to
the welfare of the subject race, and
we cannot be Il party to anything
else.
LET us be perfectly clear in our
own minds.' said DR.. Lowell. "We
proclaim that we are fighting for
democracy, but President Wilson has
put it more accurately when he said
that we are at war to, make the world
safe for democracy. We are not fight
ing to impose any form of government
upon an unwilling people. If any peo-
pie prefer to be ruled by a monarch it
is their affair, provided they mind their
own business, leave other nations alone
and live peaceably with their neigh
bOrs. A military autocracy that goes
forth conquering and to conquer, the
world must subdue or it will have no
peace.
'We are at war to prevent any ma .
tiOn from Imposing an autocratic mill
tary Sustem on the world or on any
people; and when the allies have sue
ceeded in so doing, they, and any other
peoples that sincerely desire a better
and more peaceful world must solemn
ly resolve that no such catastrophe
shall occur again. For this purpose
they must not again split into discor-
dant fragments or hostile groups, but
must combine to police the world. We
often boast that we are both an ideal
istic and practical people, and in the
that will follow this
war we have the only chance we shall
probably ever have to show these,
qualities on a worldwide scale. We
ire now world power engaged i'm n \
world war and we cannot, by shrinking \
INTO ourselves when it is over evade
our duty"
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GOVERNMENT WILL ASSUME
CONTROL SUGAR OCTOBER /
President Wilson Approves Plan to
License Manufacture, Re-
filming and Expor

Washington, Sept. 12.-The entire
American sugar industry will be placed
under government control October l,
the food administration announces, by
the institution of a licensing system
to include manufacture. refining and
imports. The step was decided on
with the approval of President Will
son to. prevent speculative prices and
to assure equitable distribution.
Beet sugar producers already have
accepted scale of prices suggested by
the food administration, which means
saving to the consuming public Of
more than S30,00O,OO0 between now
and the first of the year. Cane sugar
refiners have agreed to import all their
requirements through a committee to-
be named by the food administration,
which will apportion shipments
among them.
Institution of a licensing system will
prevent boarding and will insure a
stabilized price, according TO food ad-
ministration officials. Within a short
time the food administration will an
nounce price at which wholesale
sugar should be delivered to all the
consuming centerS.
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HUGE WAR TAX BILL Is
PASSED BY THE SENATE
Largest Single Measure of Its Kind In
American History and Took
Four Months in Making

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE war tax
bill-the largest single taxation meas
ure in American history-was passed
last night by the senate. 1t provides
for levy of somewhere under $2,40O,-
100000 as compared with $1,S67 ,S70,-
600 proposed in the bill as it passed
the house May %.
The vote was 90 to A, Senators Bo-
rah, Gronna, La Toilette and Norris
being recorded in the opposition.
The great bill, nearly four months
in the making, will be returned to the
house today and then goes to con-
ference with enactment within 10 days
or two weeks probable. Senators Sim
mons, Stone and Williams, Democrats,
and Penrose and Lodge, Republicans,
of the finance committee, were ap-
pointed the senate's conferees.