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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
CODY BURIED I'M CELLAR
Woman Evidently Ee7ten to Death
With Hammer

Ia Crosse. Wis, Aug 9-The dis
e0yery of the body OF Mrs. Cora Miller
uried in quicklime in an unused Gel
lar Of the home of Edwin Hauge far
mer. cleared up her disappearance
Feb "a from the home of her employ
er, Hiram Ioyejoy, near West Salem.
"a Crosse county
warrant for Hauges arrest has
been issued and the police offered a
reward for his capture.
lie Is known to have lived near
West Salem until July ), when the
police began their second and sue
cessful investigation
Hague rented from Mrs Miller. The
police believe she went there to col
lect rent and died i'm a desperate strug
gle TO preserve her honor, being beat
en- to death with a hammer found in
the grave
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
WHOLE VILLAGES WIPED OUT
Conditions in Syria and Palestine
Worst Possible.

New York, Aug. Conditions in
Syria ard Palestine are declared to
be the worst possible" by refugee
who fled from there and by circuitous
routes has just reached New York and
reported to the American Committee
Of Armenian and Syrian Relief
The committees informant said
here were 5000 cases of typhus in
Beirut when he left, owing mainly to
lack of medicine and scarcity of doc,
tors The poorer classes have been
wiped ont by starvation, he said In
Lebanon he saw many villages and
towns without a single inhabitant
Relief work in Beirut is being car,
ried out in behalf of the American
committee by Americans there.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
VIEW OF THE VIENNA PRESS
China's War Move Blamed on the
Entente in Austria Hungary.

Amsterdam Aug 9.-Austria-Hun.
garian newspapers, according to a
telegram from Vienna, view China's
declaration of war as the work Of the
entente, especially President Wilson.
1t Is aimed as blow at German and
Austro- Hungarian business interests
In China and to oust two troublesome
trade competitors by furnishing the
Chinese with a preteXt not to pay
their debts, rescind railway and min.
ing concessions granted to Austrians
and Germans, conhscate Austro-Ger'
man capital invested in the country,
seize their ships and intern their sub
jects, the newspapers say.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
NAVY WILL BUILD AlRCRAf I
Plant Costing 100000 TO Be Con
structed.

Washington, Aug Construction
of an aircraft factory at the League
Island navy yard, Philadelphia, to cost
approximately 81 900 ,000 and to be
completed in 100 days, was ordered by
Secretary Daniels The plant will en-
ploy 1000 workers and will be capable
Of producing 900 small planes yearly
The navy's air program is sepa
rate undertaking from the great S64O,
OO0 600 aircraft act A large sum for
naval aircraft production is under
stood to be still available from recent
appropriations and Secretary Daniels
has asked congress for additional
funds for the purpose
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09

Federal Troops for Butte Among the
Possib Iities.

Butte, Mont, Aug. 9.-Intervention
by federal troops in the mine strike
situation here is forecast by an inter
change of messages between the war
department and those in command OF
troops here.
c. F. Kelly, vice president OF the
Anaconda Copper Mining company
told smelter men his company will lei
the mines remain idle before 1t would
recognize the Metal Miners union.
The street car strike is still on.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
GERMANY MAY TRY TO
CRUSH SWITZERLAND

Washington Aug. 9.-Germany may
attempt to trample Switzerland under
foot and swing her armies around the
southern end of the Western front,
unless the mountain republic yields to
Teutonic demands
That is the prospect experts see in
the event of Switzerlands refusal OF
gold in exchange for Germany's coal
supplies.
II would cause a readjustment OF
battle lines on the West front
The fact that Switzerland is resist
ing the loan proposal came as sur
prise here Switzerland, composed OF
German, French and Austrian stock
is regarded pro-German and Germany
several months ago used her as go
between to make pseudo peace offers
to the United States.
In the circumstances authorities are
not entirely able to fathom the situa
tion.
incidentally there has been sugges
ton here that the United States would
do we'll to swing her forces into the
southern end of the Western front
flanking Switzerland Such move
experts hold, would tend to keel
Switzerland in line, inasmuch as th'
influence of her sister republic woul'
probably prevent her being too friend
ly with Germany.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
KERENSKY IN POOR HEALTH
Friends Fear Russian Premier viii
Break Down.

London, Aug 9.-The health of Alex
ander f. Kerensky, Russian man of
the hour, is a matter of grave con
Germ to his friends and associates. &C
cording to members of an English
delegation which has just returned
from PetrogIad
Premier kerensky's health was
none too good when he took office and
the strain since has been not only
constant, but probably heavier than
any other statesman's in the world
today.
His friends say that only his tre
mendous will power and nervous en-
ergy have kept him going so long.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
HAVE NINE MEN CORNERED D
Band CT Arizona indians and Mesicans
on Warpath.

Globe. Ariz.. Aug 8. Nine white
men, supplied with only few rounds
OF ammunition and small quantity
of provisions, are barricaded in a dug
out high up in the Sierra Anchas
mountains, fifty miles west OF here
and are surrounded by more than l0C
striking Apache Indians and MeXi
cars from the asbestos mines in that
vicinity. according to word received
here
Deputy Sheriff Dan Armer at the
head of a band of mounted rangers
has left for the Sierra Anchas.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
READY TO FIGHT FOR U. S.
Polish Federation of America Offers
100000 Aliens

Milwaukee, Aug. -9.-Uncle Sans
armies will be augmented by 100000
Poles and other aliens if the Polish
Federation of America is granted per
mission to raise the force of such ar
mics.
A resolution was telegraphed Presi-
dent Wilson asking permission. 1t
contains the following sentence:
THE Prussian government should
remember that every wrong breeds
an avenger"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
SUGAR. LUMBER AND COTTON
Commodities May Be Put Under Ex.
port Control.

Washington. Aug .. r Three impor
tant commodities-cott lumber and
probably will be put under ex
port control soon by President VIII
son. The exports council, it is under
stood, already has recommended that
they be added TO the list of goods for
whose shipment out OF the country
license is required
Goods that now cannot be exported
without license include Foods feed
stuffs. iron, steel and explosives. by
adding cotton, lumber and sugar to
these the government will extend its
control to cover the most important
of it's export materials.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
SUSPECTS BEING WATCHED
German Spy Plot Discovered in Ar
gentina.

Buenos Ayres, Aug. 9.-An active
German spy plot, as a result of which
ship sailing and other information has
been revealed, was discovered by the
foreign office.
The miscarriage of a letter intended
for the head OF the espionage plot led
to the discovery.
The letter fell into the hands of the
foreign office.
number of suspects are under sur
veillance.
No arrests have been made public
owing to doubts as to whether the Ar
gentine laws provide penalties for in
fractions in such cases.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09

Washington. Aug. 9.-Proyost Mar.
shall General Crowder and his assist
ants are at work on the final set Of
regulations to be promulgated this
week to complete the organization of
the selectiye draft war army. They
will govern actual mobilization of the
men selected.
Statements issued by the war de
partment show that preliminary fig
ures place the total force Of national
guard taken into the federal service
Aug. at 1903 officers and 4l9,S34
men
Another statement showed that $780,
900 war volunteers have been re
cruited for the regular service since
April /. leaving only about 1000 va.
cancies in the regulars at war
strength
The mobilization regulations will
show how the drafted men are to be
assigned
Already the war department has re-
ceived countless applications from
men certain to be called in the first
increment Of the draft forces for as
sienment to some particular arm or
branch OF the service
Where man has been summoned
by his local board for physical eXami.
nation no method exists whereby he
| may enlist i'm the regulars and have
his service count on the home quota.
ID is probable however, that some
effort will be made TO meet the wishes
Of the drafted men in this regard as
far as possible when they are mobiliz.
I ed. II can be done only to a limited
extent as the regulars and guards are
practically flied -.
Ii is regarded as likely the mobili.
zation regulations soon TO be issued
will show that the surplus of drafted
men Is TO be used as recruit nucleus
\ and that all the men will be put under
/ training as quickly as possible
A recruit depot will be established
! i'm France from which regiments at
/ the front will lie kept filled up.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09

Responsibility for labor troubles
among miners in Montana, which have
curtailed the output of copper and
contributed TO rioting and other dis
turbances. was charged to John ID.
Ryan Of New York. president of the
Amalgamated Copper company, by
Representative Jeanette Rankin in an
address TO the house.
Miss Rankin was speaking on a
resolution to give the president pow
er to take over and operate metallifer-
Gus mines, which she offered. 1t was
referred to a committee
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
BATTLE IN EAST AFRICA
German and British Casualties Said to
Be Heavy.

London, Aug. 9.-The beginning of
a forward movement in the Lindi area
on the Indian ocean in Southeastern
German East Africa is described in an
official statement here.
The action was indecisive. the
losses on both sides being consider
able. The British forces are en-,
trenched on the ground gained, the
statement says, and the advance will
be resumed soon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
Spain Faces Serious Strike.

Madrid, Aug 9.-The miners in the
Penarroya basin have announced their
intention to strike The railroad men
in the same province also purpose to
quit work. The members of the cabi.
net hope to be able to prevent the men
from going out
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
DRAFT HITS FORMER WIFE
Woman Drawing AImony Is Not d
Dependent.

Chicago, Aug. "a divorced wom-
an drawing alimony has not the status
as dependent a wife has. This rul.
ing with regard to draft exemptions
was received here from Provost Mar
shall Crowder in reply to a question
raised by divorced woman who want.
ed her former husband exempted be.
cause she was dependent on the ali.
mony which he paid her.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09

view NOW0ldnueF-ln-Inier OF oles
Forces Repudiates Possibility of Rus
slams surrendering and Says coun.
try is Full of Fighting Men.
London. Aug. 9.-The newspaper
Novoe Vremya, Petrograd, reports that
the Russians have evacuated Pros.
kurov, Podolia, on the Bug, as well as
Kamanetz-Po fifty-three miles
south.
Kamanetz-Podolski, the capital OF
Podolia, is on the Smotritch an af.
fluent of the Dniester Under the
Poles it was an important fortress.
Its population is 34,500.
Proskuroy is on the main road from
Kamanetz-Pod in the same prov.
ince. 1t is an important garrison
town. and has population of $4,000.
The correspondent OF the Times at
the headquarters OF the Seventh Rus
sian army talked with General Kor.
nilotf on the eve OF his departure to
take over the supreme command. Gen
eral kOrniloff said
The first stage of the war is over
The second stage begins today
Russians Will Not Surrender.
The correspondent says the Russian
commander repudiates the possibility
of the Russians surrendering. He
holds that if Russia concludes dis
honorable peace she will become a
German colony forever. The Germans
would seize her foodstuffs. enroll her
men and treat her as a conquered
country.
The new government must realize
the necessity OF inviting the allies tC
help in reorganizing the railway serv
ice for warfare" he said
IF Germany decided as all signs
indicate, to transfer the main pressure
to the Russian front it would be hope
less to rely on methods that ayailed
against the inferior Austrian troops
Russia is full of splendid fighting
men Ten millions already have been
enrolled, but they are scarcely train
ed They are too busy attending
meetings to drill"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
Four Americans Among Victims.

London, Aug. 9.-Four Americans
were lost on the British steamer Bel
gian Prince, sunk July 81 by Ger
man submarine One American is
among the survivors,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
CHARGE Is BEING PROBED
Said Large Sums of Money Are Going
to Germany.

Cleveland, Aug 9-Federal agents
are investigating reports that thou.
sands of dollars is being sent month.
ly from Cleveland to Germany through
the neutral Swiss government.
Investigation, it is said, has reveal.
ed that scores of Germans and per.
ing funds TO German ostensibly to
relatives.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
NEW GERMAN CABINET MEN,
BER EX-CONVlCT.

Berlin, Aug. 9.-Dr. August
Mueller. Social Democrat of
Hamburg. who has been ap-
pointed under secretary of the
war food bureau, during his
early career as Socialist editor
had an entertaining encounter
with the police. In 1899 he was
sentenced to four years impris-
onment for lese majesty and
served two and a half months
when he obtained a new hear
ing and was acquitted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
Artillery Battle in West.

London, Aug. 9-In Flanders the
heavy artillery has opened up again
with bombardment from British guns
of drumfire intensity in some sectors.
The Germans are replying spiritedly,
and the duel appears to be working up
to notable proportions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
Wilson's Plea for Record
Production Answered.
HEAVY YIELDS FORECAST
Department of Agriculture Issues Es.
Inmates Based on Conditions Aug. J.
One-ninth Entire Area Of United
States Under Cultivation.


Washington, Aug 9-The final pro
duction which the nations crop will
yield this year was forecast again by
the department of agriculture with es.
Inmates based on the condition of the
growing crop on Aug. L.
The production statistics indicate
how July weather and other condi.
tions have affected the all important
food crops on which the country and
its allies in the war will have to de.
pend during the coming year
With more than 343,0 square miles
planted to the important food crops
not taking into account the vastly in.
creased number of home gardens, the
United States has more than one.
ninth of its entire area growing IN
food crops This is larger than the
combined area of all the states from
Maine to the Indiana-lllinois line and
south 10 the North Carolina-Virginia
line and the Ohio river. including
West Virginia
Bumper crops of corn and oats and
record crops OF barley, rye, white and
sweet potatoes. tobacco and hay show
the response of the farmers of the
country to President Wilson's appeal
made in April last to produce larger
crops this year for war use.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
PEACE MOVE I'M THE FALL
is EXPECTED.

Washington, Aug. 8. - Ger
many will make big peace
move this fall, officials here be-
lieve. But they caution il prob
ably will be, as previously, a
made in Germany peace, which
would place the kaiser in the
light of victor before his peo-
pie.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09

upon by China against Germany in a
few days. the foreign office stated The
Japanese political mission to America
will leave here i'm September
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
Dual Declaration of War.

Toxic, Aug. 9.-Austria will be in
cluded in the war declaration decided
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
Do You Want Piece of the
James J. Hill $l,000,000 Farm?

THEN ACT QUICK The sale going There only
% this I Minnesota
for sale That YOU must act MIGHTY QUICK are to
these choice fertile of the
Thursday Northern railroad Hum
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
CROWDEh WORKS
ON REGULATIONS
Will Govern Mobilization of
Selectiye Army.
REGULAR UNITS FULL SOON

Countless Applications From Men Ger.
tain to Pass Are Being Received for
Assignment to Some Particular Arm
or Branch Of the Service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-09
STRONG CITIES
ARE EVACUATED
Russians in GaliCia Continue
to Retire.
kORNIL0FF is HOPEFUL

New Commander-in-Chief of Slav
Forces Repudiates Possibility of Rus.
slams Surrendering and Says Coun.
try is Full of Fighting Men.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-23
.A|RMEN SWEEP. TRENCHES
WITH MACH|NE-GUN FIRE
French AeropIanes Quickly Trans.
formed Into Weapons of Assault
Against Infantry.
CARS RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
Fighting Around Fayet Saw Wars
Greatest Array of Birdmen on Mar
row Front Systematically Engaged
In Battle With Land Forces.
RS RIDDLED WITH BULLETS

LONDON, September ga remark
able instance Of tho facility with which
French fighting planes can transform
themselves into weapons of assault
against infantry was furnished by the
thirty-six hours battle recently in
trenches northwest OF ST. Quentin.
r. A night attack by shock troops on
French trenches east of the village of
F'ayet enabled the enemy to capture
the front line over width of 500 or
500 meters. Immediate counterattacks
expelled them from part of the
ground. but they held on to the re-
mainder of tho captured line meeting
our countcrattacks with fresh attacks
of their own until the evening of Au-
gust IL. when n battalion of tho Nine
teenth Regiment. coming fresh into the
fray, drove them from the position with
bomb and bayonet.
During the fighting of August 10 and
IL the French aeroplanes continually
swept over the ground. flying low and
pouring a constant hail OF machine-
gun bullets into the trenches held by
the enemy.
An army order thanking tho troops
of all arms concerned says: During
the counterattacks powerful squadrons
OF aeroplanes engaged in the fighting.
seconding the infantry with n courage
which won tho admiration of all. The
planes came back from the battle rid
died with bullets. Since the battle of
the Somme the action of the aeroplanes
engaging the enemy In liaison with our
own infantry has been no new thing,
but 1t is probable that they have never
been engaged in land lighting in such
numbers. In such a systematic manner.
and on such narrow front"
The order mentions that while fight
Ing the Germans In their trenches as
described the French aviators brill
liantiy discharged their ordinary duty
of keeping the French command In
formed OF the progress of tho battle.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-23
DEMOCRACY IN JAPAN
Nippon Newspaper Says Nation Should
Rise From "Clan and Bureau
cratic Influences"

OSAKA. JAPAN. September 22-
Japan should be democratic mon
archy. The Osaka Mainichi is depre-
eating the Terauchi Cabinets policies
in attempting preservation of clan
and bureaucratic influence" The
newspaper. a real influence in Japan
prints an indictment in the following
no uncertain terms:
Notwithstanding the general ten
dency in the world in favor of democ-
racy. the Cabinet, which is eager for
the preservation of clan and bureau
cratic influence. seems bent upon
checking the growth of democratic
ideals. contrary to the general current
of thought throughout the world. Even
the leaders Of political parties profess
Ing democratic sympathies do not hest
tate to bow their heads to bureaucracy
The position OF democracy in our en-
pire may we'll be imagined. The wis
dom and expediency of the Terauchi
government in attempting to stem the
rising tide OF democracy is open to
grave doubt"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-23
HUNS TRY TO TRAP TURKS
Cover Ground with OIL and Cement to
Clog Caterpillar Wheels That Mon.
STEERS May he Left Stranded.

LONDON. September IA nav
method employed by the enemy to hin
der the irresistible advance of the nj
lies In Flanders was described by a
private who has just arrived in London.
Perhaps the most interesting Is the
latest German device to trap a tank.
Hitherto the enemy have relied upon
small anti-tank guns to knock out
these monsters with a she'll heavy
enough to pierce their armor, but ow-
Ing to the methodical perfection to
which our bombardments have been
brought, not many OF these guns are
loft by the time the tanks have started
on their career.
The Germans. greatly puzzled to in
vent some effective obstacle which
would not be crushed under the BODY,
OF the leviathan. hit upon the idea Of
spreading tho bottoms OF tho largo
cra.er with n mixture Of oil and Jumps
OF cement The object was to get the
spaces in the caterpillar clogged 10
that the tank could not stir and become
fair target for any enemy guns that
happened to be left In range In tbs
@neighborhood.