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Evening journal., 1918-06-13
Uncle Harry Tells About the U. 5. Co. Railroads

property, etc The Federal manager
controls only the operation and termi-
nails Of the road"
$500, 100000 More Pay for Railroad EN-
ployes.
1.-The men and women in the employ
Of the railroads have received increases
in their salaries, haven't they, Uncle
Harry?" said Helen.
"Yes," he replied, Director General
McAdoO knows that, if the railroads are
to be operated efficiently, the men and
women who do the work must receive
sufficient pay to enable them TO meet
the greatly increased cost Of necessi-
ties
so, in accordance with the recon-
mendations Of the railroad wage COM
mission, three hundred millions OF dol
lars has been Appropriated TO cover
wage increases for nearly 100000 rail-
road employees. About half Of this great
sum will b edistributed in the form OF
back pay, dating from January ].
IAN elght-hour day has also been es-
lablished for railroad workers. Where
the nature Of the work requires that o
man or woman work longer than eight
hours a day, he or she will be paid
for overtime on the basis Of an eight
ssur day.
Mr. NIcAdoo also created new board
or railroad wages and working condi-
Tors. consisting of three labor repre-
seni1iivcs and three railway executives,
to conduct investigations and recon-
mend wage and other employment
changes"
"lIow are these great wage increases
going to be met, Uncle Harry?" asked
joe
Recent increases Of twenty-five per
cent. in freight rates and an increase
in passenger rates TO three cents
mile are expected TO bring in between
$500, 100000 and S900,0O0,00O more reve-
nue. within the next year. The increased
revenue will be used to meet the wage
increases and the higher costs Of coal
and supplies"
"And how do you think our great
United States and Company will sue
ceed in the railroad business, Uncle
H9rry?" asked Joe.
"There is every reason to- believe,
he replied that the railroads, under
government control viii be operated
more efficiently, certainly more eco
nomically and at much greater con-
yenience to the public Speaking OF
convenience, a friend told me that in
one Of our big cities, as a result Of
the operation OF the railroads as one
great system, fourteen separate ticket
Offices, formerly used by competing
lines, have been abolished. You may
now purchase, at one Office, a ticket
for any destination.
Wen watch the news closely these
days. for eacl day is likely TO see still
further changes in the operation of our
railroads"
Editors NOte-Unele Harry will bs
glad TO answer inquiries, either i'm this
column or by mail. provided letters
are signed with the full name and ad-
dress of the persons writing. The cor
respondents names will not appear in
the articles.
Copyright 1918 by The NC Syndicate
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Evening journal., 1918-06-13
Y. w. II. A. PLANS PICNIC.

The Young Womens Hebrew Asso-
citation, with headquarters at Third and
King streets, will hold a picnic on Sun
day, June %. All the members Of the
association are requested TO meet at
the association rooms on the day OF
the outing and bring sufficient lunch
for the trip. The place where the
picnic is TO be held will not be an
nounced unt1 all the members have
assembled at the association rooms on
the morning Of June %.
Evening journal., 1918-06-13
AMERICAN SECTOR
AT MONTDIDIER QUIET
nr rnEp S. rEnGusoN.

United Press stan correspondent
WITH THE AMERICANS WEST OF
NIoNTDIDIER, June i3.-A comparative
lull has settled over this sector again
and only normal fire is being main
tanned by the opposing artilleries.
Americans are actively patrolling be
tween the lines.
Prisoners report heavy losses among
German reserve units as a result of our
recent bombardments
A rare case Of a Boche being human
was revealed last night. A lieutenant
leading a patrol, captured a German
and started back TO the American
lines. The officer was seriously wound
ed by the explosion OF shell. The
Boche dressed the Americans wounds
with his own emergency kit, working
in the dim light in No Mans Land, In
the midst OF shell fire.
Evening journal., 1918-06-13
Il. C. COLLINS IN FRANCE.

Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Collins, No. i2i
D street. Carneys Point, have received
word Of the safe arrival in France Of
their son, Earl c. Collins The young
soldier is well known in local circles
as baseball player and all around alh
lete. He was stationed at Camp Dix
for nine months, previous TO his EN-.
barkation as a member of the American
Expeditionary Force.
Evening journal., 1918-06-13
has PATNTINC OF "sILvER SHELL, y

j. Rollins, an employe at the Harlan
plant Of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Corporation for many years, has COM
pleted a handsome oil painting Of the
steamship "Silver She'll" that had such
a memorable fight with a German sub
marine. The boat was constructed at
the Harlan plant. and the old employees
remember the building of the vessel
very well.
Evening journal., 1918-06-13
HARLAN Rand 10 PLAY.

Harlan Band viii provide music for
The patriotic lecture. Wake Up
America" to be given at the Queen
Theatre on Sunday evening. The
musicians will provide a short open air
concert in front Of the theatre and then
furnish incidental music to the pro
gram afterwards in the theatre. The
oand now comprises upwards Of nifty
pieces and is steadily progressing as a
musical organization.
Evening journal., 1918-06-13
SEWER GAS RoUTs OFFICER.

Persons having occasion 10 pass Tenth
and Market streets during the past
week have been mysfned by the pc
there. The odor which is evidently
sewer gas. is very pronounced and on
one or two occasions 1t has been So
strong that Traffic Offlcer John Donahee
stationed at the corner has had to seek
aew quarters, being temporarily made
" by the gas.
Evening journal., 1918-06-13
BAPTISM IN CITY BARN HOUSE.

A new use has been found for the
public bath houses. New Bethel. a
colored church. will hold q baptizins on
Sunday afternoon in the public bath
house at Sixteenth and Walnut streets
Evening journal., 1918-06-13
TWO ACCIDENT VICTIMS

Among those treated at the Homeo-
pathic Hospital today were: Edward
Comfy, infected finger. Iehp Mason, CON
fused nose.
Evening journal., 1918-06-13
ALLIES BEAT OFF HUNS
MOVE TO ENCIRCLE ARMIES

continued success yesterday, leaving
the final issue OF the battle at this
point still unsettled.
Evening journal., 1918-06-13

istered at Chester, Pa. The officers
have brought his record from Chester
and officials of the exemption board
will determine. whether or not he is
Stacking
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
Be it resolved by the Democratic Elk

Be it resolved by the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee of the 9th Senator
iai District of Louisiana, That Judge
George Wear. of Caldwell parish, being
the only candidate to file his nomina-
ton papers with the committee for the
primary election ordered on June 18th,
1918, and the time having elapsed for
filing nomination papers, that he be de-
clared to be the nominee of the Demo-
cratic party for the 9th Senatorial
District, and as such is entitled to have
his name placed upon the ticket at the
special election ordered by the gov
ernor to fill the vacancy to be held on
July 10th. 1918.
There being no further business be-
fore the committee on motion of W. d.
Lurry. seconded by ]. T. Long. the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
The Doctor Away From Home When
n. Most Needed.

People are often very much disap-
pointed to find that their family physi-
clan is away from home when they most
need his services. Diseases like pain
in the stomach and bowels, collie and
diarahoea require prompt treatment,
and have in many instances proven
fatal before medicine could be procured
or a physician summond. The right
way is to keep at hand bottle of
Chamberlain Collie and Diarahoea
Remedy. No physician can prescribe
a better medicine for these diseases.
BY having it in the house you escape
much pain and suffering and all risk.
Buy it now; it may save life. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22

Unit War Savings Committees for
Grant Parish.


The following are the unit commit
ices appointed in the various localities
90 make the drive on Friday, June 2s,
or the Grant parish quota of $3.50, $40
If War Savings Stamps, viz:
Aloha IN. S. Roberts, chairman:
Z. W. Calhoun, vice chairman; r. W,
Richardson, secretary.
Black Creek-H. j. Guynes. chair
nan; Richard Newton, vice chairman;
J. c.. Richardson, secretary.
Oak Grove-T. H. Thompson, chair.
man; S. ID. Jones, vice chairman; W.
6. Chandler, secretary.
Big Creeks Sand Spur John Penning
ION, chairman; j. w. Barron, vic.
chairman; Mrs. P. F. Milan, secretary
Bagdad-J. M. Anthony, chairman
VI. c. Buckner, vice chairman; JOIN.
2. Hadnot, secretary
Clear Creek w. H. Jordan. chair
nan; r. M. Nugent, vice chairman
James Squires. secretary.
Fish Creek-W. L. Nugent, chair
nan; T. c. West, vice chairman; Miss
Nora Nugent, secretary.
Friendship-R. w. Wagner, chair
man; Robert McCollun, vice chairman;
Miss Ada Bigner, secretary.
Hargis-J. F. Drewett, chairman:
N. E. jackson, vice chairman; ]. G.
Chandler, secretary.
Montgomery w. R. Jones, chair
nan; C. W. Payne, vice chairman;
lohn l. Mccain, secretary.
Pollock &C. o. Groves, chairman; r.
+. Tucker, vice chairman; Omar Stew
art, secretary
4 Selma. G. Pope, chairman; w. l..
Brewster, vice chairman; Grover Cal
vim, secretary.
Rochelle-S. M. Abel, chairman; W..
w. Wallace, vice chairman; w. B..
Montgomery, secretary.
Simms H. s. Darlington, chairman;
Columbus Delaney. vice chairman; W.
g. Chandler, secretary.
Verda-Dr. D. l. Payne, chairman;
]. L. Fletcher. vice chairman; Geo. C..
Purvis, secretary.
Colfax committee to be selected.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22

Colfax, La. June Is. 1918.
You are for the first time called upon
oy the President of the United States
TO do your full duty to your fellow man
IS We are taught by the holy Bible to
10 unto others as we You'd have to unto
as therefore we call this justice. Now
ct each church use the golden rule on
he 2Sth Of June, that it may be long
remembered upon the pages of our his
iory by piedging themselves to buy
War Saving Stamps; also each Woman's
Home Mission Society and Sunday
Schools. / urge upon each pastor, the
presidents of w. H. M. S. and the
;uperintendents of the Sunday Schools
to be patriotic on that day.
Let us use the golden rule, Justice,
for the people of God love Justice that
is to do what is right. We must take
this stand because it is right to do our
full duty to our country, for there is q
duty we owe to God and also to man.
Conside how We wish to be cared for
if we were in the other mans place,
especially those who are giving their
lives for our safety and good land. Now
come one, come all. men. women and
children and do your duty. When this
is done we can return back home and
say we have done that which is our
duty and please leave the result with
God.
am yours for the success of our
country. j. H. ELLIS,
Member of w. S. S. Committee.
Motto-As We would that men should
do to you do likewise. Luke 6:31.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
Sheriffs May Have to OfIiciate q
Hangings.

Baton Rouge, June 49, The sheriffs
Of the State lost the first round Of their
fight to prevent the return of legal ex-
ecutions in this State to the parishes
when the senate committee on the pen
itentiary Tuesday afternoon, by vote
of Z to 2, voted to recommend favor
ably the Smith bill, abolishing the law
whereby all murderers are executed in
the State penitentiary at Baton Rouge.
1t is said that there will be hard fight
on the measure in the senate and house
by the sheriffs of the State who do not
want to again have legal executions
made part of their duties.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
Judge Wear Declared Nominee by Sem
atOrial Committee.

WINFIELD. La, June II, 1918.
The Democratic Executive Commit
tee for the 9th Senatorial District of
Louisiana. met at IL noon on this day
pursuant to adjournment, with the fol-
lowing members present: v. M Milan.
j. T. Long, j. w. WATSON from VIM
parish; B. E. Erskines, S. A. Meyers,
and M. S. Graves of Caldwell parish,
represented by proxy V. M. Milan;
Grant Parish: w. d. Lurry present and
holding the proxies of R. M. Dunn and
F. o. Maxwell
The meeting was called to order by
v. NJ. Milan, chairman, and on motion
of J. 7. Long the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. Is they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease
Catarrh IL q local disease. greatly in.
nuenced by constitutional conditions, and
In order to cure II you must take an
internal remedy. Hau's Catarrh Medi-
cine IL taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucs;us surfaces of the
system. Halls Catacrh Medicine was
prescribed by one. Of The best physicians
In this country for years. It - COM
posed Of some Of the best tonics known.
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination Of
the ingredients In Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine il what produces such wonderful
results In catarrhal conditions. Send for
testimonials. free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo. o.
Al Druggists. DC.
Hans Family Pilis for constipation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
meeting adjourned.
". M MILAN,
J. w. WATSON, Chairman.
Secretary.
Men in Deferred Classes May be Re.
Classified.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
BATON ROUGE
JUNE 8. 1918.
Secretary

Baton Rouge, June ia general
re-classifcation of men placed in de-
ferred classes is desired by Provost
Marshal Crowder, according TO q mes
sage to The adjutant general. Far too
many men are in deferred classes, says
the provost marshal, and he wants the
legal adv isory boards and the govern
ment appeal agents to re-examine with
the local boards the questionaires OF
men not in Class /.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-06-22
War ProC|amati0nS
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
TO The PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES:
THE WHITE HOUSE,
WASHINGTON, d. G.
MAY 20, 1918.

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
all Of
people economically ndustray adjusted conditions
this nation its full the conflict all who
either
thrift appeal to all who securities
likewise
Government securities transfers the purchasing his United
States
competition with
child pledge themselves before the
santy and possible
twenyeghth of June ends this special of enlistment the voun
May
that ,roonporr x17, CON-
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Buy War Savings Stamps.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

- AaEAAIINI4r nus
oATTERRS R~
To-oAd = aAr&9
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
FAMILY QUARREL
JOHN GEIGER, COLOME HOME
STEADER, HANGED HIMSELF
IN BARN ON HIS FARM.

Colome, March 13.-Following a
quarrel with his wife, John Geiger,
aged So, a homesteader living near
Colome, committed suicide by hang
ing himself in his barn. After the
quarrel with his wife she departed
for the home of a neighbor. He at
tempted to follow her, but was pre-
vented by other neighbors. He in
formed them he would return home
and hang himself. Little attention
was paid to the threat. When the
wife returned some hours later to Sc
cure her children nothing was to be
seen of Geiger. When men who were
summoned forced an entrance to the
barn they found his lifeless body
swinging from the rafters. His neck
was not broken, he having been
strangled to death by the rope which
he placed around his neck. Geiger
was born in Germany and came to
the United States when a boy 16
years of age.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
Wife MURDERER
DENIED NEW TRIAL BY JUDGE
TRIP.

Chamberlain, March Is. Judge
Trip, of the circuit court, has de-
MED a motion for a new trial in the
case of Herman Wakes, a former
resident of Avon, who was convicted
of wife murder in the circuit court
for Bon Homme county. 1t is report
ed Wakes attorneys now will carry
the case to the state supreme court
on appeal from the refusal of Judge
Trip to grant a new trial. Wakes
was convicted of causing his wife's
death by poison. Soon after she died
under mysterious circumstances he
left the state and within a brief pc
riod married another woman in Ar
kansas. This aroused suspicion and
his wife's remains were exhumed and
examined, with the result that
Wakes was arrested on the charge
of having poisoned her. His convic-
ton followed a sensational trial in
the circuit court.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
SOLDIERS INSURANCE
L. $. FIGHTERS INSURANCE
REACHES $12, 900, 900.

Washington. d. c., March 10
More than $12, 000, 900, 900 worth of
insurance has been written on the
lives of American soldiers, sailors
and nurses by the war risk insurance
bureau, Secretary McAdoo announced
yesterday. Up to the close of bust
ness March 6, 1,392,324 applications
representing insurance of $11,256,-
44S, 500 had already been received at
the bureau and late reports from the
American forces in France together
with insurance now in transit from
distant points indicate that the total
written to date is well above $12,-
600, 900, 900, covering more than L.
000, 900 persons in the military Or
naval service. In February alone
more than $4,000, OO0. 200 worth vas
written.
The average amount of insurance
applied for is $S.OS5. The maximum
permitted is $4,000, and the mini
mum $1,000.
Final figures show that the United
States army, both here and abroad,
is well above 80 per cent insured. In
many camps 80 per cen of the per-
sonnet is protected by government
insurance.
The secretary said that in the five
months from October 6, when the
military and naval insurance act was
approved, the life underwriting sec
tion of the war risk bureau has
to be the largest life insurance
company in the world. The insur-
ance on the books of the bureau is
now more than three times as great
as the ordinary insurance held by the
largest commercial company in the
world.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13

and placed on the stand and ques-
toned by City Attorney Crane, as a
matter of record.
According to the prisoners own
testimony, he went into the vault for
a bar of soap, and noting the goodly
assortment of liquors, persuaded
himself that his system was in urg-
ent and immediate need of a stimu-
lating tonic.
1t appears that both his memory
and voluntary muscles ceased to
function properly after the initial
draught and the Mr.. Hyde" of his
being ruled him absolutely up to the
time that Mr.. Coacher discovered him
in an intoxicated condition, and
slumbering ever so sweetly in the
arms OF Morpheus. He said it was
the first time he had taken a drink
since he swore off last September.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
PROMOTED in FRANCE
MAI. vi. l.. SHADE, OF MITCHELL,
NOW A LIEUTENANT
COLONEL.

Mitchell, March 13.-Mitchell has
additional cause to feel proud of her
military with the announcement that
former Maj. M. l.. Shade, now i'm
France with the South Dakota troops,
has been promoted to the rank of
lieutenant colonel.
AS a result of this latest promotion
Col. Shade bears the distinction of
receiving two promotions while with
the regular army, both since the
time the South Dakota men were
mustered in at Redfield in July,
1916. Col. Shade has always been
considered n of the best authorities
in the state on the military tactics
and received the commentator of
Brig. Gen. Billiard for his work on
the Mexican border.
Col. Shade is a veteran of two pc
RODS of enlistments in the Philip
pines. Going there with an Iowa
company he re-enlisted on the expira-
ton of his time in a regiment under
Col. Bell.
After the soldiers returned from
the islands Shade went to Mexico as
a civilian where he "roughed it" for
a time.
From Mexico he came to Mitchell
and engaged in the insurance bust
ness. 1t was during this period that
he organized Company f, South Da-
kota infantry and was made captain
of the company.
When the call came for service on
the border he was living at Redfield,
where he vas the captain of the
guard supply company. When the
state troops. modified there Capt.
Shade was made a major. During his
residence in Mitchell he was chief of
police for some time under the may
orally of A. E. Hitchcock.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
FOR COUNTY NURSE
ORGANIZED LOCAL EFFORT TO
GET EXPERT HEALTH SUPER
VISION FOR SCHOOLS.

With the hope of having a nurse
for the county schools. as a perma-
nent institution in Lake county, a
meeting was held yesterday in the
III. III. Holdridge offices, and an asso-
citation, known as the Lake County
Community and School Nurse asso-
citation, was formed. We have had
a nurse for our county for short
times each year for a number of
years, but it has been thought desir-
able to retain one for the whole year.
The accomplishment of yesterday in
forming the association is an out
growth of the efforts of Mrs. HI. HI.
Holdridge to get a nurse for the
county. The Red Cross commission
allows the retention of certain por-
tons of the proceeds of stamp sales
for this purpose. The formation of
the association will allow the better
and wider use of the money raised,
and its whole and direct application.
There is a sum of money now in
hand for the purpose of hiring a
nurse. But the sum is still insuffi-
cient. 1t was hoped that the county
commissioners might lend some aid
other than moral. but the legislature
has failed to think of the contingency
or feature, and they a lend no fl
nancial support. Until some provi-
sion is made for assisting in the mon
ey. the whole burden will fall upon
local workers in the cause of health
and hygienic knowledge.
The directors elected at yester-
days meeting are Mrs. III. III. Hold
ridge. Mrs. Martin F. Berther, Miss
Candis Nelson, Miss Alice Ripe. s.
II. May and John w. Walden. The
directors at once elected as officers
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received by the
city commissioners at the city hall
in Madison. South Dakota, until 8
o'clock p. m, Monday, April /, 1918.
for furnishing all labor, tools and
equipment and constructing approx
mately $50 lineal feet of S-inch san
itary sewer. including placing Y con-
nections and constructing one brick
manhole. All materials to be fur
nished on the job by the city.
Plans and specifications may be
seen at the office of the city auditor
or city engineer after March Is.
BY order OF city commissioners.
Dated Madison. s. D., March 4,
1913.
James Robertson.
Mayor.
WIN. Rae. City Auditor.