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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-07
43 YEARS OF LIFE IN JAIL.
When Old Man Returned to Home
Town No One Knew Him.

Greensboro, Ky.-After forty-three
years spent in the Arkansas peniten-
tiary at Little Rock Joseph F. Jones
has returned here to pick up the thread
of life that was broken when he was
sent to prison.
When young man Jones went to
Arkansas to work on farm. He met
and loved the daughter OF the farmer
who employed him. The girl had an
other admirer, who was the son of a
wealthy farmer. He did not relish the
intrusion, quarreled with Jones and
fought a knife duel with him at the
gate of the girls home. When the fight
ended Jones' rival was dead.
After a hasty trial Jones was con-
victed of murder In the first degree and
sent to prison for life. After forty
three years his case was laid before the
governor. A pardon was granted. Old
Man Jones walked out of the prison.
The girl for whom he had fought had
never married, but she had long since
been dead. Penniless Jones walked
from Little Rock to Owensboro. No
one remembered him. He is a stranger
in his own home town.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-07
OVER 100000 AT WORK
ON BRITISH MUNITIONS
Churchill Says Army Is No Longer
Tapping Stored Up Resources OF
the National Energy.

London.-Colonel Winston Churchill,
minister Of munitions, has begun the
reorganization of the British munitions
department. In a statement he says
the department is now employing
100000 persons and the headquarters
staff $500 and that it is controlling an
expenditure of between f600,0OO,OOO
and f700,O0000O year. Colonel
Churchill says the work the depart
ment has done has made the British
armies the best equipped and most
formidably armed in Europe"
But" the minister adds, after these
great efforts and in the fourth year Of
the war we no longer are tapping
stored up resources of the national en-
erey or modelling. We are applying
them for the first time to the war. The
magnitude of the effort and achieve
meut approximates continually the
limits of possibility. Already in many
directions the frontiers are In sight,
and it is necessary therefore not SIM
ply to expand, but to go back over the
ground already covered and by thrifty
and harmonious methods CLEAN q
further reinforcement of war power"
For this purpose, Colonel Churchill
says, it has been decided to form the
fifty departments of the ministry into
ten groups, each to be presided over by
an experienced officer of the ministry,
who will constitute council, the func-
lions of which will be similar to those
of the army council.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-07
NAVAL RESERVE FORMED.
Admiral cowIes to Organize Boys and
Men Not In Draft.


Bridgeport, Conn.-Under the direc
ton of Rear Admiral William G.
Cowles, retired, volunteer boys not yet
of draft age and registered young men
not called In the first quota of the ma
tional army will be formed into a re-
serve for the United States navy.
Men equipped with naval knowledge
have been selected to instruct in nayi-
CATION. plotting, signaling and other
accomplishments Of a sailor. The re-
cruits will be called for in every sea
port town of Connecticut. Americas
shipbuilding plan, Rear Admiral Cowles
thinks, will soon create great demand
for navy recruits. If he can send
grained young men into the breach the
rear admiral believes he will be achiev-
ing his bit" as retired officer.
Rear Admiral Cowles Is chairman of
the military and naval committee of
the Connecticut Council of Defense and
naval aid on the staff Of Governor Hol-
comb
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-07
ALASKA TO SUPPLY PLATINUM
Discovery Of Precious Metal Arousss
Government.


Washington.-Disco of platinum
In Alaska by DIR. Herschel G. Parker OF
New York and others has aroused gov
eminent agencies to the greatest activ-
ity in the hope Of finding sufficient
quantities of the precious metal to
meet the war needs OF the allies.
Four government experts have been
assigned to study the Alaskan situa-
ton and report If the discoveries may
replenish the platinum supply cut on
recently by the virtual cessation Of ac-
tivities in the Ural mountain mines,
the source of the worlds greatest sup
ply.
Intensive operations would follow a
favorable report, for the true condi-
ton, 1t is declared, cannot be deter
mined before next year, by which time
the present short supply will be almost
exhausted
Professor Parker has reported finding
platinum in quantity in the gravel Of
the Kahiltna river during gold placer
drilling. Alaskan gold miners also
have reported platinum. Between ten
and twelve ounces OF the precious
metal were discovered In Alaska last
year. and this small amount was suff1-
Client to stimulate further prospecting
this year.
War uses of platinum include the
making of sulphuric acid and the com
pletion of contact points of the ignition
system Of aeroplanes. automobiles and
telephone and telegraph instruments.
So acute is the world shortage that the
price has advanced from $40 to sos an
ounce since the beginning Of the war
Seven hundred and fifty troy ounces
constitute the largest annual produc-
ton of platinum in the United States,
while Russia, before the opening Of the
war, produced as much as 100000
in a year.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-07

Milwaukee and O-W. R.
& N. Railway to build 40 #. extension
to freight depot.
Spokane-Electric Point Mine earns
$50. 900 in July.
Centralia-S45, 900 in bonds to be
issued for erection Of school.
Toppenlsh-Utsh-Idaho Sugar Co.
to erect beet sugar factory near here.
McCleary-Fiity women and girls
working in sash and door factory here.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-07

Seattle-Cutting spruce lumber in
forests Of Washington and Oregon to
be used in construction of nations
huge feet Of airplanes begun.-3
camps-each capable Of cutting 100,
900 #. lumber daily.
Seattle-Mills resume work on ten
hour basis
Auburn-Contract awarded for build
ing sidewalks on Thompson and
Brannon streets.
Colfax-Schmuck Park TO be i'm
proved.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-07
RISKED U BOAT FOR PIG.
Germans Got Porker, but Barely Es'
capped Destroyer's Sheh.


An Atlantic Port-A desire for the
luxury of pork chops and other savory
attributes of the pig inspired the com
mander of a German submarine on
June 20 off the Azores to risk his boat
to make a fine, squealing porker a pris-
oner of war The pig belonged to the
Norwegian sailing ship Siraa, and the
men of the submarine chased it around
the deck several times before they cap
tured ii and bore it squealing to the
submarine.
An enemy destroyer lad been sighted
bearing down on the submarine, and
she got below the surface just in time
to avoid shell that struck close to he
spot where she had taken the pig pfis-
Ouar.
The destroyer took aboard the crew
of the Siraa. which had been destroyed
BIZ bombs. and they arrived at an
American port.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-07
Z. y " " " .s@Mw@@@wxww&
U. S. HAS AIR MOTOR
THAT BEATS EN- ALL

Y Experts of the army. navy and
y other branches of the govern
~ ment who have been working
~ night and day to perfect the most
" powerful airplane motor ever de-
y vised have succeeded.
* The liberty motor has stood
~ the test. 1t is an adaptation on a
* magnified scale Of the principles
x underlying other motors. but is
* so constructed that ii develops
y greater horsepower in a lighter
- mechanism than anything here
y tofore used.
{. The mechanism is being guard
V ed with the greatest secrecy. All
:. that can be said is the motor has
v proved that it can drive an air.
* plane faster than one was ever
y driven before. AS speed is the
y vital requisite TO supremacy OF
- the air. the Importance Of the
~ new motor is apparent.
~ Its construction is so simple
Y that the parts can be standard
=: lied with relative ease, so that
g duplicates may be turned out by
- the thousands in automobile
x shops.
~ 40 ~ * * * X ~ ~ X ~ ~ * " x " 1,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-07
PORTO RICO HELPS
Fine Patriotic Spirit Is Shown In
Our Island.
1000 IN NATIONAL ARMY.

Training Camp For Officers Reserve
Corps Will Have About 200 Who viii
Get Commissions as First and Second
Lieutenants-Offeers From the Unit
ed States and Native Regiment.
San Juan, P. R.-The training camp
for the Porto Rico contingent OF the
officers reserve corps opened with 200
candidates in attendance. These ap-
plicants will be trained by officers sent
from the States and by some of the Of
ficers of the Porto Rico regiment who
have been called from the canal zone
for the purpose. 1t is presumed that
the officers who come from the States
will remain to serve with the national
army brigade which Porto Rico is ex-
pected to furnish. This brigade will
number 1000. Most of the applicants
at the insular training camp will re-
ceive commissions as first or second
lieutenants, few gaining higher rank.
The course of instruction will be
identical with that of the camps in the
States and will last three months. The
candidates will enlist for that period,
at the same time agreeing to take what
ever commissions may be offered them.
The commission calls for an enlist
ment of five years, unless sooner dis
charged by the war department, though
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-07
HINTS FOR THE
CITIZEN SOLDIERS

" ISSUED by the war Department.
y There are some simple rules of
y eating and living which all of us
y should follow regularly. They
y viii be especially helpful to you
u IL you put them into practice in
y preparing for camp life.
u Perhaps the most important of
" these is to use no alcohol of any
Y kind.
y IL you have been in the habit
" of smoking immoderately cut
Y down: get your wind, your
y nerves and your digestion into
y the best possible condition.
Y Eat and drink moderately.
y Chew your food well. 1t is advis-
" able, however, to drink a great
y deal of cool mot cold water be-
" tween meals. Don't eat between
" meals.
" Keep away from soda foun-
" tains and soft drink stands.
u Learn to enjoy simple. nourish-
y ing food.
" Accustom yourself TO regular
y hours for sleeping. eating and
" all natural functions.
" Don't take a last fling" 1t
Y may land you in the hospital At
y the best 1t will probably bring
y you into camp in an unfit condi-
y tion to take up your new duties
u with profit and enjoyment.
y There are strenuous days ahead
y OF you, and 1t will be good sense
y on your part to make reasonable
q preparation for them.
q
" " ~ ~ " y v y " y ~ g: y y y " "
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
BOOZE GIvERS
NANkTON ICEMEN DRAW SEN
FENCES FOR STEALING AND
GIVING AWAY LIQUOR.

Yankton, Aug. 10. ~ Warrants
were issued for the arrest of Ken
meth and William Braughman. and
both were rounded up and placed in
Jail. These we'll known Yankton men
were charged with unlawfully giving
away intoxicating liquor. The ar
rests grew out of a little Sunday
night party at the Braughman home,
at which John Phelps, alias Missouri
John" became picked" or drunk,
and went home and started a big fuss
IN his family. In these dry days his
proper procedure would have been to
go home very quietly, since he had
been treated TO a rare beverage. He
however, and the whole story got an
airing. The two Braughmans gain
access to citizens cellars, through
their employment of delivering ice,
and it so happened that on the
rounds Kenneth made a note of one
very well stocked cellar. The rest
was quite easy. and would have end
ed satisfactorily for those immedi-
ately concerned had it not been for
Missouri Johns strange actions.
Phelps. confronted with imprison-
ment and a very stiff fine. if he did
not tell where he got his booze, re-
l~uctantly gave the source of supply
away.
In the afternoon Kenneth and VIII
Braughman. having decided to plead
guilty, were taken before Judge h.
B. Trip. Both plead accordingly
and were each sentenced to fines of
$3.50 and 80 days in jail each. No
attempt was made by States Attor-
ney A. l. Wyman to save Kenneth,
an old offender, but leniency was
asked for Will. whose connection in
the booze deal was limited to giving
some of the drink to John Phelps.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
GREAT MASS or PROOF


Each of some 5000 newspapers of
the United States is publishing from
week to week. names of people in its
particular neighborhOod, who have
used and recommended Doan's Kid
ney Pills for kidney backache, weak
kidneys. bladder troubles and uri-
nary disorders. This mass of proof
includes over $4,000 recommended
tions. Madison is no exception.
Here is one of the Madison cases.
Price Hughes. engineer, c., Nj. &
st. p. Ry., Josephine avenue S and
First street SW, says: Il was in
bad shape as the result of an attack
OF kidney trouble which was brought
on by the constant jolting while rid
ing in the cab of~my engine. had
a dun pain across my back which
was particularly severe at night.
got Doan's Kidney Pills and began
using them. They helped me at
once. | have advised many suffer
ing from kidney trouble to use
Doan's Kidney Pills, as they are the
only sure kidney medicine | know
Of"
Price. so cents, at all dealers.
Don't simply ask for a kidney rem
edy- get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that Mr.. Hughes had. Foster
Milburn Ut, Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

sentative citizens, business and pro
fessional men, has just called upon
me and represent that in their judg-
ment a serious situation c%onfronts
US; that there is great need of leg
islation providing for the organiza-
ton and equipment of home guards,
defining their powers and duties for
the protection of elevators, grain and
public buildings; authorizing county
commissioners to draw upon the gen
eral fund Of their respective counties
for all Liberty bonds, Red Cross and
other similar appointments as shall
be from time to time made by the
national and state council of defense,
and such other measures as shall be
deemed advisable. They respectfully
urge that a special session OF the leg
stature should be forthwith called
for that purpose and ask that | sub
init the matter to you. Personally
| fully concur in the opinion and
sentiments of the committee, Re
specially submitted.
Il. p. Wanzer.
Senator Ninth District.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
WILL LAST v YEARS
BRITISH SOLDIER, NOW IN HI
RON, TELLS OF INTERESTING
EXPERIENCES IN ARMY.

Huron. Aug. 10.-"The war will
last two years longer" says Richard
Bascoe. former member of the Brit
ish army, but who was discharged
after receiving a severe wound, and
is now in Huron. Russia viii come
back and with Americas interven-
tion the entente nations will win this
war" Mr.. Bascoe also stated.
In the course Of his conversation
Mr.. Bascoe told OF the work of the
army service corps of the British
army. This branch of the British
armies corresponds to the quarter
master corps of the United States
forces. Under this department are
auto drivers of transport wagons.
cooks. bakers and other supply men
who keep the army in food, clothing
and ammunition. He states that au-
to transports are never repaired
that when one breaks down ii is
driven into a ditch and left there
There are so few men to be spared
to do repair work, and so little time
in which to do it that the cars are
left without being repaired for new
ones substituted"
When asked if the dispatches re
eeived by the newspapers regarding
the activities of troops at the from.
were exaggerated. Mr.. Bascoe sale
that in the main the dispatches were
correct. He said this was especially
true in regard TO the news from the
camps of the entente allies. Core
spondents, he said, We're NOT allowed
within so miles of the front line
trenches. but received their report.
of battles from the field headquar
tiers which are located far behind tn,
lines. He states that a general re
port is issued TO correspondents ey
cry morning by the officers in charg'
and that these reports Were correct
In regard to the special stories, Ia
said that many were obtained from
soldiers returning from the front.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

This letter was from a girl in a
small Indiana town.
one letter received by one Of the
young men from an unknown writer
recently. read:
4 love manly soldiers. | think
they are grand. but we don't see
many here. Maybe sometime | could
come to Fort Harrison on a Sunday.
I've been told | look like mann
ing a well known motion picture
starr and | got curls that come down
around my shoulders. Are you tall?
Il like either blondes or ~brunettes.
DO you? | am a blonde.
4 have a girl ehum that is writ
ing 10 another fellow. - May
be YOU know him. Wouldn't il be
nice if we could ali meet at Fort Har.
rison Sundays Are you going with
any girl steady? am sending you a
small picture of myself. but it's not
very good of me. Please write to
me right away, because | am so lone
some. and | want some soldier TIC
think of when he is fighting for his
country"
Some OF the letters are of a differ
ent tone and Are evidently from girls
of refinement and dignity. What the
candidates call the romantic stuff
is lacking. One man at the camp has
each week been receiving a letter and
a package of c%igarets, or some other
little gift from a girl in Texas. After
the first gift he wrote her telling hei
he did not wish the gifts. She re
piled:
Il am o sending them to you
Mr.. - am sending them to one
of Uncle Sans soldiers. 1t gives me
pleasure to do this and | am sending
similar packs to one nan in each OF
the training camps. When the war
is over, or when you, for any reason,
take off your uniform, you will, in
your w proper person, receive no
more cigarets from
In speaking to women who have
asked him what can we do for the
soldiers" Gen. Glenn said, My an
swer is-here at home-let him
alone. The American soldier when
let alone, is the most peaceful and
accomplishing animal in the world
You don't think much of him in time
of peace. but in time OF war you fall
all over yourself TO do something foi
him-you don't know what it is, but
it is pretty certain to be something
bad for him"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

Britton-A number of cases of
smallpox exist at Pierpont, and w.
H. Whalen, a well known resident of
the town, died of the disease.
Newell-A new Catholic church is
nearing completion in this city and
in the neal future will be ready for
dedication. The dedication exercises
will be of an elaborate character.
Pierre-The rural credits board is
holding its first business meeting in
the city, outlining the methods of
handling and securing funds to put
the loan feature of the law into
working operation and will try to get
the affairs of the board in shape to
begin loaning operations at as early
a date as possible.
Volga-The officers of %Brookings
county swooped down upon Louis
Damn, living ear Volga, and seized
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
LEAVE Them Alone"
GEN. GLENN TELLS WOMEN WHO
WOULD ENTERTAIN SOL
DER BOYS.

indianapolis, Aug. 10.-Efforts of
Indianapolis women TO provide enter
tainment for the student officers
from West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky
and Indiana, and soldiers at Fort
Benjamin Harrison. near here, have
been given more or less Of a chilly
reception by the army officers in
charge of the camp, and Brig. Gen.
Edwin r. Glenn, in command of the
1000 men at the fort in three words
has told the ONE what to do. He
said: Leave them alone" The ad-
vice was given at a meeting held to
discuss what to do to entertain the
candidates and soldiers. Gen. Glenn
was invited to give suggestions. His
advice was unexpected. Gen. Glenn
also has been conducting for some
time a campaign to keep young WON
en- and girls without c|haperons from
the camp.
Although the efforts of the com
handing officers along that line have
met with some success. yet no way
has been devised to keep women and
girls from writing to the student of
ficers. Every day hundreds of let
ters are received by the young men
from IN they never heard OF be
fore. Most of the letters are OF the
so called romantic type, but occasion
ally one of a different kind is re-
ceived.
The objection to letter writing to
soldiers at the camp, in the opinion
of the commanding officers, is con
Nj I'll 49, ..sa.gwAAn N~nts nV4ntfnnul
sentimental girls and no all of the
offenders against propriety are the
young m
Little or no objection is made tC
clean wholesome letters devoid o.
!: se~ntimentality or reference to the
!: personality of the writer, and hel
!: wish to meet the soldier recipient o.
!: the letter.
The young women writer's evident
ly do not know what the men do Will
!. the letters. one of the favorite pas
times of the candidates and one tina
/! provides. much amusement is read
ing the letters they consider especial
lv soft to their comrades. and com
! pairing them. Following are some o
the types of letters:
Dear Mr.-- | saw your nam
i'm a newspaper and picked ii out be
! cause | liked il. We girls in thi
, town are so lonesome. and | do wan
to be a real friend with some fine
. big nan who is a soldier. Their
aren't any soldiers here. | am 2
years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall and
brunette, and my friends tell me. a
! least | am not ugly. Are YOU mar
ried or engaged? am not. If yol
are. or IL you do not want TO writ
to me. will you give this letter 4
some other young man? will sem
! my picture if you will write to me.
Yours hopefully.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
EXTRA SESSION
ARMOUR CITIZENS APPEAL TO
NORBECK URGING PLAN TO
LET COUNTIES AID
WAR FINANCES.

Armour, Aug. 10.-A movement
has been started here looking to the
calling of a special session of the
state legislature to enact certain war
measures. A meeting OF citizens was
held here and instructed Senator f.
p. Wanzer to lay the matter before
Gov. Norbeck, which was done in the
following telegram:
Armour. S. d., Aug. Peter Nor
beck, Governor, Pierre. s. Dear
Governor: A committee of repre-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

Insure buildings and live stock in
the Farmers Mutual Tornado Insur-
ance company. of Madison. S. ID. Or
ganized one year, $4,000, 900 of in
surance written first year. Rates
less than half Of old line insurance.
Covers Lake. Moody. Brookings.
Kingsbury, Miner. McCook and Min
nehaha counties. See local repre-
sentatives, c. j. Johnson. +. j. Krue
or j. l.. Sunde.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
RI YOU

In August the air is fun of pollen and
dust that cause trouble for some, Yet
others are never bothered. No remedy
does more to relieve hay fever and asth-
ma han Foley's Honey and Tai Com
pound for coughs. colds and Group 1t
clears and soothes the afflicted nose,
throat and bronchial tubes. Sold every
WHARF.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
AUCTION SALE.

On Saturday afternoon, August IL
at 3 o'clock, | will sell at public auc-
tion lots z, s and 8, block s., Cobura
& Van Doren's addition to Madison
This is a quarter of a block, located
four blocks west OF Egan avenue Oh
First street SW. 1t is improved witt
a seven room house, small barn, wei
and cistern, trees and cement side
walks.
Terms: Purchaser will assume
mortgage Of $1,000, held by the
Building & Loan association, o.
Madison. payable on or before April
l. 1927. 80 per cent of balance or
date of sale and balance On or before
November |. 1917. Possession giver
September Is, 1917.
&C. r, Westaby. Owner,
DR.. Kinney, Auet.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
HAS RECOVERED HER HEALTH.

So many women suffer frismomr
SO man women suffer from similar
afflictions that his testimonial from
Mrs. Laura Beall. Plattsburg. Mis-. will
be read with interest Il. got in bad
health. My left side hurt all the time
/ took doctors medicine. but it did ms
no good. | took two bottles of Foley
Kidney Pills and | feel all right now
Sold