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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
RELATIONS With
GERMANY UNCHANGED
KAISER SHOWS NO DiSPo>iiioN
TO MODIFY SUBMARINE
PROGRAM.

Washington. Feb. Z. l:So p NJ
Snee,al. Administration officials to-
dav consider the relations with Ger
many the same as Saturday when
President Wilson went before con
gress and announced the break.
No indication has come from Ger
many of any intention of modifying
the submarine program, anu uh'i'
some overt act on the part of SUD
marine commander occurs no further
action will be taken by this country
The report that Germany wouiu
hold Ambassador Gerard until the
safety of Ambassador Won Bernstorfi
il assured lacks confirmation ana Is
doubted here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
sweden Declines
To sever RELATIONS
GERARD IN SWITZERLAND
RANGEMENTS FOR BERN
sTORFF"s DEPARTURES.

St. Paul. Feb. Z. 4 p. m.-Speclai:
Today's developments in the break
with Germany are as follows:
Ambassador Gerard reaches Berne'
Switzerland. from Berlin. Senator
Stones resolution to endorse the ae-
ton of President Wilson in breaking
with Germany is up in congress.
The state department says II the
liner St. Louis sails il must go WITH
out a convoy. The state department
makes formal request for Scandina-
vian-American liner. Freedrick lV. TO
transport Ambassador Won Bern
storff to Europe. Secretary OF war
Baker announces that the United
States has seized no German ships
Sweden will not accept President
Wilson'S invitation to sever dlplo-
matte relations with Germany.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
RESPECTED FOR YEARS,
SENT BACK TO PRISON
Escaped Life Termer, Convicted
of Murder. Had Made a
New Career.

For more than ten years Wenzei
kabat, an escaped convict. fought to
rehabilltate himself as William
Coles" at Austin. Mimi He twice Oh
tained nomination as a candidate foI
the state legislature and held the re
sileFt of his community. Coles" has
becOme kahat again and has been sent
back To the state prison Of Wisconsin
To finish his life sentenre az the con
vieted murderer Of q. Mccarthy. q
farmer
According to the story kabat told
The police. he escaped from prison oct
,. 1904. ana Immediately began "a search
for Mccarthy. who. he says. still lives
Ills search carried him into Mexico,
South America and remote parts OF the
United States Unsuccessful, kaDat
went to Austin less than two years age
lnd established tailor shop
Later he became employed i'm a pack
ing plant The son of the owner, glane
ing through an old pamphlet Of men
wanted" recognized kabat s photo
graph rs the picture Of William
Coles
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
PRESIDENT MAY TRY
HIGH LIVING COST DIET
Calorie Meals at the White House
if Mrs. Wilson Gives Her
Consent.

President Wilson has announced that
he and Mrs Wilson and the entire
household at the White House would
subsist for one day on the twenty five
cent menu being tested by New York s
police rockies Mrs Wilson should
rive her consent to the project
The president has been following the
experiment. with keen interest. it is
said, and In addition to the twenty-four
hour calorie diet in the White House.
is In favor of setting aside one day as
national health food day. He said
that 1t would be good thing for ev
cry person in the country to study
food values and household efficiency
for at least twentyfour hours a year
Mrs. Eula McClary, who interested
the president In the diet test, has
promised to have a menu, especially
for the presidents use, prepared by
the food experts who have made out
Tho rockies daily calorie programA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
WARS INDUSTRIAL LOSS
PUT AT S5, 985, 600, 600.
France and Belgian industries
Have Suffered Most From
Enforced ldleneSs.

A report by the National Foreign
Trade council meeting at Pittsburgh
placed the loss of public and pri ate
property In Europe at approximately
>5.9S5. 100000 - S3.735. 100000 in the
western theater and s.. .2J0. 100000 In
tie east. This does not include ship
ping
The greatest Industrial losses In
France and Belgium. the report says.
were not caused by enemy operations.
but by enforced idleness of machinery
and buildings Germany. ii says. has
removed part Of the machinery and
equipment 81 Belgian plants to Ger
many.
The immediate needs OF the two
ountrieS during the first year after
be war are put In the report as fol
luws:
Agricultural buildings. Belgium. $50
10000. aud France. SJ0.000,000; ag-
ricultural machinery, SJ0.O00,Ooo for
Zach; Industrial buildings, Belgium
S6J.OO0O0O. aud France. SJ0.00O,000;
mining machinery. Belgium. S60.Oo0.-
600 and France. S40,o00.O00. iron in
dnsjIia machinery. Belgium. $1,000
90. aud France. SJ0.Oo00Oo. food max
ing machines. Belgium. S3,000o00. and
France. Sl0O0000O; textile machin-
cry. Belgium. Sti5.o0O,0o0. and France.
S50.0o0O00. electrical machinery and
equipment. Belgium. S13000o.000. and
France. $jO.o00.Oo0. wood working ma
chinery. Belgium. S20.O00O0O. and
France. Sls.Oooooo: paper making
machinery. Belgium. 100000. and
France. 100000.
The destruction of property in Po-
land Is placed AT Ss75.0o0,0oo. in Aus
tria at S6Ooo00lOo0 and the Balkans at
S3n0 On1 600
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
COLD WAVE
VEGETATION OF NEARLY ALL
KINDS FROZEN As FAR
SOUTH AS FLORIDA.

Atlanta. Ga. Feb. IA cold wave
during the past forty-eight hours mas
made heavy inroads on the winter
fruit and vegetable crop In the south
ern producing belt.
The citrus fields as far as middle
Florida were heavily damaged, ac-
cording to reports received here. ana
the wears production of Irish pota-
toes and tomatoes virtually wlpeo
ont in all the states except the
southern tip. Vegetation in Louisi-
ana also suffered heavily.
One message from Florida grow
er received tonight by an Atlahts
commission house said that in seven
teen wears no such crop damage had
been wrought in the Florida fieid
II declared all vegetation to well
south in the peninsula had Deer
frozen. Other reports, however. In
dicated that much of the states CAD
bage. celery and lettuce crops ma!
be saved.
The temperature touched 43 a.
Tampa early today and rs at JACK
sonville. Elsewhere throughout ths
south unusual readings were report
ed. One negro was frozen to deatf
at Chattanooga, and one at Chester
s. C. In many cities the poor SUI
fered greatly from the unaccustome'
cold. Throngs Of needy persons be
sieged the office of the warden of TIT
poor in Atlanta, where 500 applica
tions for aid have been registered il
the last two days.
At Augusta, Ca. the damage u
plumbing was estimated at $4,000
At Roanoke, Va. the pubii
schools were suspended because o
the cold. The thermometer dropped
to / degree below zero.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07

After forty one years the ban Of soli-
fary confinement In the state prison at
Charlestown, Mass. has been lifted
from Jesse Pomeroy. who. for strange.
hldeous crimes, eliminating In murder
and committed in his boyhood, was
sentenced to life Imprisonment In Sep
tember, 1876
The state prison executive commit
tee has Just granted Pomeroy equal
privileges with the other prisoners at
charlestown.
In 1876 he entered the prison u
sturdy, red checked. black haired and
but for cast in one OF his eyes-"the
big boy with the white eye" as many
of his little victims described him-a
decidedly good looking lad. The other
day there came out Of the cell In which
he has been penned for the greater
part Of his life a half blind sallow.
baldheaded man nearly fifty-six years
old. with a wrinkled face and shy
ness Of manner that has grown ON him
in his solitary cell.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
PASSPORTS BEING PR0BeD
state Department. Takes Up Case Of
German Officer.

Washington, Feb. State depart
ment authorities began investigation
of the issuance and alleged improper
use of an American passport in the
name of jerks Leroy Thrasher, with
which Captain Hans Boehm, said to
be a German army officer, was travel
ing from Spain to Holland when taken
off a steamer and placed under ar
rest by the British authorities.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
Makes a Clear Statement.

Senator Wadsworth Of New York
shows his legislative training when
ever he has anything to say in the
senate He begins at the right place
aud stops when he is through He
makes a clear statement about any
proposition that interests him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
REFORESTING PENNSYLVANIA
Eight Million Trees Will Be AvaiiabIa
For Spring Planting.

Almost S.OO0.O0O trees viii be avail
able for next springs reforesting oper
ations from the stock now in the Penn
sylsania state forest nurseries. This
il an increase In production over last
year of about 30 per cent and is the
largest number or seedlings ever grown
in the nurseries.
Last year private individuals planted
100000 trees furnished by the depart
ment
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07

small business to prevent investiga-
tions for the purpose of saving the
lives of children.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
Children His Prey.

Children His Prey.
Children were Porneroy's prey Out
wardly normal, bright and gentle
boy, he WAS innately a fiend. Time
and again he obeyed impulses that
caused him to denude children aud
beat them with ropes until their flesh
was scared and they became uncoD
scious. From that he passed to slash
ing his little victims with knives and
finally to numbering them.
His crimes began In 1871 His IA
ther, a civil war veteran, worked In an
abattoir; his mother kept a small dress
making shop They were thrifty, re
sTectable folk. Later II was recalled
that bis mother in the months preced
ing his birth often visited her husband
al the abattoir and watched him In his
work Of killing sheep and hogs
Has Read 5000 eooks.
In ali the years he has had only one
explanation, the same that he made as
a boy he has made as a man of mind
to enable him to acquire eight Ian
guages, to read every one OF 5000
books 10 the prison library with appre-
citation, to write letters Of remarkable
interest: Il never knew why I did
such things ] just couldn't help It,"
With the community tremendously
aroused against him he was tried and
convicted In three days and sentenced
to be hanged. His tender years and
the pity felt for his mother saved him
The executive council finally voted 6 to
for communication to life imprison.
ment In solitary confinement
Since that time only his keeper and
his mother have seen him. She was
allowed monthly visits. She died two
years ago lighting for his pardon.
In his new surroundings Pomeroy
will have q cell whose window will
give him view of the street and pass
ersby. He will take his meals with
the other convicts and be permitted
the use Of knife. fork and spoon. hith.
erto denied him
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
ouz xXU QUITE n W01x1
l4AHRY

Don't miss this. Cut out this slip. en-
caro. Ill, writing your name and ad-
Srees clearly. You Will receive In return
4 trtal package containing Foley's Hon.
- and Tar Compound for bronchial
ooushe. colds and Group: Foley Kidney
plilS and Foley Cathartic Tablete. epe.
0naly oem1ort1nG - oeoue pegoo0A ooso
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
YEARS
IN SOLITARY CELL
Jesse pomeroy Now Enjoys
Freedom Of Prison.
LEARNED EIGHT LANGUAGES

Sentences to Solitary Confinement ss
a Boy For MutiIatins Children. Pris-
oner Has Read 5000 volunnes-Mott.
er Kept Up Fight For His Freedom
Until Her Death.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07
Miners Vases Advanced.

Charleston, w. Va, Feb. 2.-Five
thousand miners In the Cabin Greek
coal district will receive . 10 per cent
increase IN wages beginaine March 4.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-07

Battle Cruisers Equal Lusitanis or I'm
perator In S'ze. and Can Travel Forty
Miles an Hour. Which Renders Them
Safe Against Torpedoes-6ie Crews
Necessary.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21
For Sale.
To Settle an Estate.

Suburban home in city limits good
house, barn and outbuildings-8 and
87-l00 acres of land-sidewalk to prem
ises. Just the place for retired far
mer or one desiring place for garden.
ing, fruit and raising chickens. Must
be sold at once to settle an estate. It
is snap and will 60 quick. The first
reasonable offer will be accepted.
EIGHT Room DWELLING, with mod
ern mprovements-twolo ts--fne shrub
berry, trees and lawn thickly erased.
One of the fine homes of Cresco. 1t
will be sold at sacrifce-it must be
sold this fall. ~ -'--,
/. A PARTIALLY WOODED EIGHTY, run
ming water and best of SOIL A small
amount of money will swing the deal
easy payments. Renter-quit renting
buy this farm and have home of
your own. You can do it. If handled
properly will double your money in five
years. .. .-...
200 ACRE FARM FOR RENT-a good
stock farm-if you must rent look this
farm over before locating. e.
E. A. CHURCH, Attorney,
st Office over Cresco State Bank.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21
ADVICE TO COAL CONSUMERS
Controller Garfield Cautions Against
Getting PanIcIy.

Controller Garfield Cautions Against
Getting PanIcky. ...
Washington, Sept. 17.-Dr. Harry A.
Garfield, national coal administrator,
tonight gave this advice to coal con-
Bumers: H.. 49, go
Don't get panicky.
Buy tho coal needed for immediate
use.
Prices will not go up.
As to whether prices will come
down in any specific community can
not say because ! do not know tho
prices and conditions there prevail.
Ing. l do know this, President VIII.
son expects the price of coal gener.
ally to come down: expect it to
come down; the consumers believe It
should come down and feel sure they
will do their part. Between us all
believe that the prices will come
down.
The price of coal to the consum.
Or will be fixed by President Wilson
by Oct. 1 and dealers in Minneap-
plis and st. Paul Will be obliged to
sell at the government price, except
for coal under contract, or else they
will not get any coal to sell.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21
Big FREIGHT TRAFFIC GAINS

Roads to Handle Twice 40 Much 0usi.
ness In 1917 % In 1915.
st. Louis, Sept. 17.-The magnitude
Of the increases in the freight traffic
the last two years. and the advances
we're shown strikingly by R. H. Ash.
ton. president Of the Chicago & North
Western railroad, in an address before
the St. Louis Railway club here.
AT the present rate" said Mr.. Ash
ton, "the railroads In 1917 will have
handled 510,000.ooo, or 81 per cent
more tons of freight than in the fiscal
year ended juno 80, 1915. 1t would
take 100000 freight trains, containing
100000 freight cars, merely to han
die this increase. II all the cars re-
CURED to handle this increase were
made up in single train 1t would DO
i36,363 miles long.
lis it any wonder then that there
have been congestions?"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21
Less Costly Than LOBBYISTS.

Madison, WIS.,, Sept. II. More
money was spent in lobbyists fees
by private interests. during the last
session of the Wisconsin legislature
than was spent by the state in sal.
aries for members of the Badger law
making body. Reports on file in the
office Of Secretary Of State Merlin Hull
show lobbyists were paid s9O,545 dur.
ing the last session. Assemblymn
and state senators receive $500 each,
which for 1873 mspbers of both houses
would total $66,50o. Expenses Of indl
vidual lobbyists were over $4,000.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21
Declared So by Proclamation
Issued by Provisional
Government.
KERENSKY IS STILL PREMIER
Freedom Of FatherIand Again Declared
to Be in Great Danger-Chief
Peril Now Seen In Cossacks'
Revolt.

Petrograd, Sept. 17.-A Russian re-
publice has been proclaimed-the pro
vincial government under date Of Sep
TENDER II issued a proclamation de-
claring that to strengthen the organi.
cation of the state, q change to re-
publican form of government was nee.
essary. The proclamation follows:
General Korniloff's rebellion has
been quelled. but great is the confu.
sion caused thereby, and again great
is the danger threatening the fate Of
the fatherland and Its freedom.
Holding it necessary to put an
end to the external indefniteness OF
the states organization, remembering
the unanimous and raptureus approval
of the republican idea expressed at
the Moscow state conference, the pro-
sional government declares that tho
constitutional organization, according
to which the Russian state is ruled, 10
q republican organization, and 1t here
by proclains the Russian republic.
(Signed) minister and president,
Kerensky.
minister of Justice, Yaroudni."
The title minister and president"
afnxed to Premier Kerensky's sigma
ture to the proclamation probably 70
fers to his position as president of the
ministry, rather than Of the republic.
Chef Aim Accomplished.
The plan Of a Russian republic has
been one of the chief aims of the radi-
calls and the councils of Soldiers and
Workmen's delegates, and was given
approval by the recent Russian con.
gress at Moscow.
A cabinet of five members, including
Premier Kerensky, has been named to
take care of all matters of state. The
only party men are Premier Kerensky
and M. Nikitine, minister Of posts
and telegraphs, both of whom are So.
cial Revolutionists.
Although the position Of the Keren-
sky government appears to be improv-
Ing, the action Of the grand council Of
the Don Cossacks in refusing the sur
render Of General Kaledines, their
hetman, 10 omnibus. The leaders Of
the Cossacks 10 accused of completely
in the Kornilo6 revolt.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21
GOLD SEIZED FROM VESSEL
Taken From Spanish Ship About 70
Leavt Port.

A Gulf Port, Sept 17.-Customs Of.
ncials boarded . aDAnish steamer here
shortly before thu vessel was sched.
uled to depart fof . European port
and seized @4O,Soo IN gold secreted in
barrel Of salt PORK that formed q
part Of the ships stores.
An Investigation conducted by tho
Federal district attorney was followed
BY the arrest Of three members of the
ships crew, charged with violating
President Wilson's proclamation of
September 10, prohibiting the ex.
portation Of gold save under license.
1t is understood the money was OBJ
tanned by the ships cook from a local
bank, cashing draft for the full
amount on a bank in Havana. The
individual giving the draft is a Span.
lard, it was said,
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21
LIBERTY LOAN FILM SHOWN
y. s. Picture Given First Presentation
in Gotham.

New York, Sept. .1s.-The Liberty
Loan film, Three Billion Dollars in
Four Weeks" produced by the Liber-
ty Loan committee Of this Federal Re-
serve district, received its first pre-
sentation here. President Wilson, Sec
rotary of the Treasury McAdoo, Thos.
A. Edison and other men in public life,
are shown. Among the actors are De-
Wolf Hopper, Wilton Lackaye, David
Warfleld, John Drew, Ethel Barrymore.
Billie Burke, Mary Pickford, Lillian
Russell and Nance O'Neil.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21
100000 IN LUMBER BURNS
Fire Sweeps Yards Of Big Lumber
Company.

Minneapolis, Sept. 1S.-Fire, believed
Of incendiary origin, has destroyed
100000 feet Of lumber in the yards
Of the Red River Lumber company at
Westwood, Cal. The Red River com.
pany has headquarters in Minneapolis.
T. B. Walker is president.
The loss is estimated at $4,000, 900.
About 100000 feet of lumber were
saved. The Red River company is the
largest in Lassen county, California.
An investigation Of the cause of the
IRE is already under way.
The Minneapolis Office received tele-
grams bearing the news of the fire.
According to A. D. Walker, secretary
Of the company, the loss is we'll COW
cred by insurance.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21
No Peace Until AIsace-Lorraine
is Restored to Republic, is
Declaration Made.
STAND TAKEN IS FIRM
Proposal Of Germany to Make Terri
tory Independent Duehy Decrled
in Poineare Message Reply
Ing to Protest.

Washington, Sept. 18. - Francea
unalterable determination to restore
Alsace-Lorraine to the republic waa
reiterated in a cablegram received here
from President Poincare by Daniel
Blumenthal, former Alsatian deputy
to the German Reichstag, who recently
came to this country at the instance
Of the French government to lay the
Alsatian situation before President
Wilson The message said:
"The government of the republic
firmly is resolved to obtain for Alsace
Lorraine her return to the French faith
orland-a restitution fully justified by
the sufferings endured for 46 years
and the heroic sacrifices Of her sons
who have died gloriousfy for the cause
Of liberty"
President Poincare cabled in 70
spouse to a protest Of Alsatians in Ho.
boken, N. J., against the German pro
posal to make Alsace-Lorraine an In.
dependent duchy.
British seapIanes Hi Teuton Base.
London, Sept. 1s-British seaplanes
have struck an effective blow against
0ermany's naval base on the Belgian
coast, the admiralty announces. The
raiders dropped bombs promiscuously
upon q fleet Of Teuton destroyers and
traWlers.
Zone large destroyer was hit amid.
ships and one, probably two, Of .
roup of four trawlers was SUNK" the
statement says.
ION the same night British and Ger.
man seaplane clashed on patrol cruis.
O.. One Of the German machines was
shot down In flames. Shortly after
ward another German aircraft was
''bagged.'"
italians RspuIse Austro-HunsarIana
No spectacular operation on a large
scale is reported in the official com.
munications from belligerent capitals.
On the Bainsizza plateau, northeast OF
Gorilla, the Italians have repulsed sue
cessfully four determined attacks BY
the ro-Hungarians and captured
73 prisoners. Increased artillery ac-
uvity is reported from the Carnia Sec
tor, northwest Of the Isonzo fighting
zone.
Field Marshal Haig's campaign OF
attrition during the breathing spells
between major operations continues In
raids at three points between Arras
and st. Quentin the British entered the
German trenches, inflicted casualties
and destroyed mortar emplacoments
and ammunition dumps. g..
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21

An Atlantic Port, Sept. ia Brit
ish steamship which has just arrived
here reported that a wireless S. o. 8.
call had been heard stating that the
ship from which the message came
was being shelled by q German sub
marine, the location being IS miles
east of Nantucket lightship. The name
Of the ship attacked did not come
clear, only the word ABBY" pre-.
sumably the last half Of the name
being caught.
Additional Information that q sub
marine was in the Western Atlantic
was brought by another British liner
which arrived here from an English
port. Officers of tho Nner said they
had been instructed to watch out for
U-boats when nearing the American
coast.
There are . number Of vessels both
sail and steam, Of which the word
ABBY" is a part Of their names, now
engaged in Atlantic trade.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-09-21
Alleged Blast Plots Admitted.

Montreal, Sept. 1.-Two alleged con-
LESSONS by joseph Tremblay, admit.
ting a plot to dynamite the homes of
Lord Athelstan, Montreal publisher;
Sir Robert Borden and General E. w.
Wilson, military commander, were ad.
mitted to the records by Judge Saint
Cyr at a preliminary hearing here.
Tremblay refused to answer questions
and was sent back to jail. The plans
were made under oaths Of secrecy,
with loaded revolvers in sight. It was
agreed that II any one "squea1ed" ~
fAaaly would disappear"