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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
Is Permanently Dissolved BY Di-
rector General McAdoo At
Its Own Suggestion.
ADVISORY BODY NAMED
Hale Holden Chosen to Direct Oper,
ations-Far Reaching Orders To
Relieve Congestion Are
Put In Force.

Washington, Jan. AT its own
suggestion, Railroads Director Gener-
McAdoo has dissolved the Railroads
War board and appointed Hale Hol-
len, a member of the board, to direct
is nationwide organization.
The director general also appointed
temporary advisory cabinet, consist
ing of Mr.. Holden, who is president of
The Burlington Route; John Shelton
Williams, controller of the currency;
Harry Walters, chairman of the board
Of the Atlantic Coast line; Edward
Chambers, traffic manager of the Food
administration, and Walker ID. Hines,
now assistant to the director
Much Coal Now Moving.
The director general suspended all
priority orders in territory east of the
Mississippi and north of the Ohio
rivers, and directed, instead, extraor-
ainary efforts to move all freight.
Fifteen hundred carloads of coal
destined to New England and stalled
pm the Pennsylvania, have ben sent
pn their way
Lines west and south were notified
hat soon they might be called on to
furnish locomotives and other equip
ment to help tighten the traffic burden
IN the East, and a committee of gov
srnment officials was created to work
put plan for diverting export traffic
70 ports south of New York.
Pay Problem to Come Up Soon.
The question of increased pay for
railroad employees will be taken up
soon by McAdoo. Heads of the four
orotherhoods will confer with him
Thursday. Many advisers of the d.
rector general advocate increasing
wages, particularly for many unor-
ganized classes.
The federal board of mediation and
conciliation will continue to pass on
wage disputes now pending, it was
announced after a conference of the
BOARD with McAdoo, but eventually
The director probably will handle ques-
lions directly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
Heraided by Lloyd George, British
Premier, In Messages To
People of Empire.
U. S. TO ANSWER KAISER
Reply Forecast To Prevent German
Government From Shifting Re-
sponsibiIity of Continuing
Conflict to Allies.

London, Jan. 2.-Lloyd George her.
aids to the world victory for the Allies
this year in messages to the people of
the British empire.
Stopping short only at a promise
of victory, the premier's optimistic
greetings express the strongest hopes
of a elimination of the conflict in
favor of the Allies before another
year dawns.
In message to India the premier
said:
Despite many setbacks and dis
appointments we are on the path to
victory. | have good hope that be-
fore this year is past the purpose to
which we have set our hands will
have been completely achieved"
This same confidence is repeated
in message to the people of Eng
land. Urging those at home to work
hard practice economy and buy war
bonds, the message of Lloyd George
adds:
1T will lead ere long to safety for
our people and victory for the
cause"
Premier Lloyd George is about to
go to Paris. There he is expected to
draft, together with the French and
Italian government So esmen, the
most definite statement on the Allies
war aims yet made.
Plan Reply to Proposals.
Washington, Jan. 2.-Germany's
peace proposals will be replied to-
1t was indicated at the State depart
ment that a reply is already in
preparation through consultation be-
tween the United States and the
other Allies.
The reply, it is forecast, will pre-
vent the German government from
shifting the burden of continuing
hostilities to the shoulders of the
Allies. II will be so red-hot as to fair
ly put dynamite under the kaisers
throne, according to the opinion Of
one high official.
Germany is continuing her peace
campaign, though the Allied govern
ments foredoom 1t to failure The
Sayville wireless station picked up the
text of the proposals put forward by
the Russian delegates at Brest-Li.
tovsk on December %. The wireless
was sent out from German official
sources through the government radio
station at Nauen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
PERSHING REPLIES TO WOMEN
Says Their Patriotism 10 Inspiration
To Soldiers.

Washington, Jan. 2.-General Per-
shing has cabled to DR.. Anna How
ard Shaw, chairman of the woman's
committee of the Council of Ma
tional Defense, this reply to the
Christmas message sent by the wom-
en- of America to the expeditionary
forces:
All ranks of the American expe-
dictionary forces unite in heartfelt
thanks to the women of America for
their love and their prayers.
"The patriotism Of our incompar-
able women, than whom there are no
others more noble, shall be our con-
stant inspiration until the great cap
ital task which has been entrusted
to us shall be accomplished.
Accept our best wishes for the
coming year and our firm confidence
in our final success"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
U. S. TRACTORS IN FRANCE
Expected To Aid In Production of
1918 Crop,


Washington, Jan. 2.-Fifteen hun
fred farm tractors will be sent to
France by the Food Administration for
use in increasing French food crops.
One hundred, 1t is learned, already
nave gone forward. All will be across
by March when the spring plowing be-
gins.
The plan for sending the tractors
was conceived by Henry Morganthau
and his son, henry Morganthau, Jr.
Young Morganthau will go to France
to supervise delivery of the tractors
and to establish schools to train older
men and women to use them.
Use of the tractors will release g.
100000 tons of shipping next year that
otherwise would be required to trans
port food
They will also enable the French in
the spring to plant 100000 additional
acres in potatoes and in the fall an
extra million acres in wheat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
STOP CROSS HAULING
Given as Only Way Of Preventing
Coal Famine.
interstate Commerce Official Tells
Solons Remedy For Coal
Strineency.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Refuting re-
cent statement by Chairman Fairfax
Harrison OF the railroads war board
,omplishing as much as government
control would, Chairman Hall of the
interstate commerce commission de-
,lared that by taking over the rail-
-oads President Wilson had solved a
thousand transportation problems.
Testifying before the congressional
railroad inquiry, Hall said
at is inconceivable that the 6Sl
railroads, all trying to make profits,
could accomplish as much as a great
unified system. The railroads are a
most necessary war instrumentality
and they should be in the hands Of
the commander-in-chief."
Carloads have been more than
doubled in some cases by the war
boards as an efficiency measure, he
stated.
The only way to prevent coal fam
ines in all parts of the country is
to stop all cross hauling of coal, said
Mr.. Hall.
1--WE must follow British plans and
divide the country into zones, accord
ing to production and consumption,
and not allow coal produced in zone
to be sent outside of 1t except for for
eign export" Hall said. "If this is
done, believe there will be sufficient
equipment and terminals to handle
the traffic"
The Ohio coal situation was brought
up by Senator Atlee Pomerene. who
told of large Alliance, Ohio, foundry
being forced to close from lack OF
coal, while 80 or 40 cars, consigned
for lake port, had stood for three
weeks on a siding nearby.
Hall replied that the railroad must
deliver coal to the consignee only
and that the commission has no power
to order a diversion OF shipments.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
French and British Dominate
West Front, Says Baker,
In Weekly Review.
ITALIANS HOLDING FIRM
Battlefronts Outlined by Secre-
tary of War In Reviewing
Military Operations.

Washington, Jan. 2.-What the be-
ginning of the new year finds at the
battlefronts is outlined by Secretary
Baker in his weekly review of military
operations. In the West, he said, the
British dominate the Flanders plain
with great wedge into the defense
at Cambria, while the French with
their own lines unbroken, hold the
key to the Laon area through the cap
ture of the Chimen des Danes.
Italy is holding firm, while the ene-
my has been battering for six weeks
against the defenders and is prepar-
ing for a new offensive.
In Russia, the review says, the Ger
mans are trying to convince the coun-
try that Germany is ready to assist in
restoring normal conditions and that
the German embassy building at Pet
rograd is being made ready for oc-
cupancy.
While the occupancy of American
troops at the front has been confined
to narrow sections, the secretary said
their presence has heartened the AL.
lies in increased faith in final victory
German Disaster Serious.
The review for the week ending De-
cember 81. follows in part:
THE military situation at the be.
ginning of the new year is as follows:
"In the West the British in the
Ypres salient occupy the high ground
of the Passachendaele ridge and DOM
mate the Flanders plain.
Their wedge in front of Cambria,
though blunt, has ripped a great gap
in the principal line of defense.
The battle for Cambrai proved
that the German defensive positions
could be broken and taken. Though
full advantage was not taken of the
early success gained by the British,
nevertheless, the disaster to German
arms in this battle was the most SER
tous since the Marne.
THE French by the capture of the
Chemin des Danes, have secured the
key to the Laon area. Their own line
Of defense remains unbroken.
Americans Hearten Allies.
"Detachments of our own forces
have engaged the enemy. While their
operations have been confined to mar
row limits, their aid has been valuable
and the presence of American troops
in the firing line has heartened the
Allies to continue the struggle with
increased faith in final victory"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
HELP WIN WAR IS CALL
Department of Labor Urgss In.
duStrial Aid.
Special Drive In Northwest Coming
Month for Mechanics for Ship
building.

Washington, Jan. I'm a statement
ssued by the u. S. Public Service Re-
serve of the Department of Labor,
civilians are called upon to start the
lew year with a resolution to serve
he country, If possible, in some in
iustrial capacity.
The reserve enrolls men who are
willing to do war work and records
heir qualifications for the benefit of
war industries that may be In need of
heir abilities.
Campaign in Northwest.
The month of January has been
chosen by the reserve for a special
drive in the Northwest to secure en-
rollments of mechanics who can take
Up shipbuilding. No previous exper-
ence in building ships is required, as
;hipwork can be done by most any
nan skilled with tools The reserve
calls attention to the patriotic service
and the good wages offered. William
Edwin Hall, national director, said to-
lay:
The new year will offer many op-
)ortunities to civilians to be of SER
vice to the country. A great number
Of ships must be built, tenfold the
tonnage launched in the United States
a year ago. Airplanes must be turned
)ut In quantities. Munitions and sol
iiers' equipment, almost without linn
t, must be produced. These things
are the civilians working contribu-
ions to the noble cause for which the
United States is at war.
Resolution for Civilians.
To any civilian who has not yet re-
;ponded to the obligations, this New
Years resolution is suggested. RE
solved, that until the United States
has won its battle for democracy, /
will stand ready to work for my coun-
try, subordinating personal interests
to the utmost of my ability"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
Asks Finland to Wait.

Amsterdam, Jan. "A delegation
from the Finnish senate has visited
Berlin and been received by Count Won
Hertling, imperial chancellor. whom
they asked for recognition by Ger
many of the independence OF Finland.
The chancellor in reply said the Ger
man people had great sympathy with
the Finnish people but that Germany's
recognition OF the Independence OF
Finland depended on an agreement
that respect being reached between
Finland and the Russian government
with which Germany is negotating.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
100000 GRECIANS PERISH
Victims Of Organized Teuton-Turkish
Massacres, Says Greek.


New York, Jan. AT least 1,000,-
ODO Greeks, men, women and children
aave perished as the result of organ
Zed massacres and deportations by
The Turco-Teutons in Asiatic Turkey,
according to statement by Lazaros
George Macrides, son of a leading
merchant o. Trebizond, made public
through the Armenian and Syrian re-
ief committee here.
Macrides, who recently arrived here,
says he was one of party of 1000
Creeks rescued by the Russian fleet
that bombarded the town of Ordon
ate last August and took the refugees
aboard. He had been taken to Ordon.
lie said, when the Turks raided Trebi-
sond and seized his fathers store,
along with those of other Greek mer-
chants.
Those of us who were between the
iges of Is and so were drafted into
.he Turkish army" Macrides said.
The women and children and older
men were placed temporarily in homes
and orphanages until the opportunity
offered to dispose of them in the ap-
proved Turco-German style, which in
his case turned out to be wholesale
drowning.
The unfortunate survivors of de-
2ortation were towed out for several
miles into the Black sea and then
calmly dumped overheard just like SO
much garbage. None of them sur
vived. German efficiency has simply
organized the natural brutality of
:he Turk and made it many times
more effective than before"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
TO TAKE DRASTIC ACTION
New York Mayor Elect To Cut Red
Tape To Get Coal.

ape 10 SCt wal.
New York, Jan. 2.-Summoning
state and federal fuel administrators
for a conference, Mayor-elect John F.
Hylan prepared to take steps to re-
lieve suffering coupled with the coal
shortage, as the first act of his admin
istration.
The situation has become more
acute. The 26 story Metropolitan
Trust company building was forced to
close because Of lack of coal. The
cotton exchange closed and numerous
downtown officers dismissed employees.
With the temperature still near
zero, 1t was believed that the deaths
from the cold may total many more
than a score.
Hylan declared that all red tape
must be cut and coal go to the people
In some way at the city's expense.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
JoFFRE FRENCH @IMMoRTAL" :"
Admitted to Membership by Academy
40 Member Limit.

Paris. Dec. 31.--Marshal Joffre soon
Is to become one of the immortals of
the French academy. This became
known after session of the academy,
when the following announcement
was made.
THE French academy, having been
sounded on the subject of the candida
ture of Marshal Jonre, it has shown
itself happy to receive to its bosom
the glorious victor of the Marne."
Membership in the immortals IL linn
tied to 40 members.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
IT'S 86 BELOW AT DAWSON
Temperature In Alaska Has Been so
Below for Month.

Dawson, Y. T., Jan. 2.-Eighty-six
below zero is the record of this sea-
SON in cold spell which began sew
eral weeks ago. This was at the mouth
OF Pelly river. $50 miles up the Yukon
river from here. Thermometers In
Dawson have registered between so
and 90 below for month. Hospitals
are crowded with pneumonia cases
and Is deaths have occurred during
the cold spell. No funerals are pos
possible until the weather moderates.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
BOLSHEvIKl ARE DEFEATED
Sossacks and Ukranians Victorious In
Great Battle.

Stockholm, Jan. 2.-Ukranian and
cossack forces in a great battle on
he Southwestern front have defeated
Bolsheviki troops, taking 400 prisoners
and capturing eight big guns and 32S
machine guns, according to dispatch
received by the Dagen Nyheter from
Petrograd by way of Haparanda. The
Cossacks are in hot pursuit of the
Bolsheviki.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02

King Peter of Serbia sends the fol-
owing New Years greeting to the
American people:
81 send to the American people
my cordial greetings with my best
wishes in every undertaking in the
new year The entry of the United
States into the war has gladdened all
the people who arose to defend lib
erty and justice, and especially us
the small ones--because it affords
new guarantees for the realization of
our national aspirations in a fight
against the medieval Austro-Ger-
man feudal system
PETER l.,
king of Serbia"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
Sleuths Baffled in Woman Hunt.

Los Angeles, Jan. 2.-The mystery
surrounding Nine. H." sought as the
associate of Franz Schulenberg, al
eyed German master spy, appeared
,nly to deepen while federal and state
authorities followed fresh trails. At
Richmond, CAL. officers are trying to
ind out what Mrs. Frieda Sodern
Knows Of Schulenberg Mrs. Sodern
conducted confectionery stand at
camp Ricon, summer resort near
his city, which Schulenberg is said
20 have freQuented while ct his noun.
tain cabin.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-02
GENERAL PEACE is URGED

Socialist Leader Asks Conference to
Oppose Separate Pact.
stockholm, Jan. 2.--Camille Huys-
mans, secretary of the Socialist In
ternationale. in acknowledging the
telegram OF Arthur Henderson, Brit
ish labor leader, respecting the atti-
tude OF British labor, urged the cali
Ing Of Q general Socialist conference
to oppose q separate peace by pre-.
pairing for. . general peace.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-10-04
GASOLINE CONSERVATION

Asking the cooperation of the mem
| bers Of the OIL Industry and the puplIc al
large in the a, to of the Pa
| cific Coast section Of the Oil Division OF
the Fuel Administration. has announced
that all sellers and distributors ,b Ol ex
ception, have been requested to limit
| their sales to the hours between a. m.
hnd All states of r the f Paec Coast
Including California, Oregon. Washing
ton Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Idaho
and the Hawaiian Islands; The limit ,o oil
| the hours of service will work no IN
| convenience on the gasoline ana engine
distillate consuming public, Are recurring III sas
! cure their requirements.
With the public cooperating WIN tne
oil companies and making their pur,,
chases only during the hours suggested
| by Mr. Folsom. it is pointed out that a
| large reduction can be made I'm the num-
Der of employees needed in the distrlbu-
tion of gasoline and engine distiilate
| throughout the Pacific coast states ana
| these men released are made available
| for national service
| Mr.. Folsom acted at the suggestion of
the Pacific Coast Petroleum War Serv-
| ice committee. which has been consider
| ing the problem of conserving man-power
| for some time. following the appeal OF
A. c. Bedford chairman of the National
| Petroleum War Service committee. Mr..
Bedford stated in a recent communica-
ton to the western body that two essen
tialS were TO ne kept III T1l1u III tdhhiS
steps to meet the national emergency,
first:
THAT every man within the draft ages
whom it is possible to dispense with
should be spared for military service
and second:
''That the vital importance of the oil
industry to the successful carrying on
Of the war requires the retention of an
adequate force to maintain the industry
in the highest state of operating
efficiency"
Choirr,ap parucb of tho War Indus
tries Board I'm a recent order placed the
oil industry first in the list of essential
industries
power of the country was initiated by
Mark l.. Requa. head of the Oil Division
of the Fuel Administration, who urged
pensed with be released for national
service
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-10-04
ATTENTION CHILDREN

The government has made an ap-
peal for peach and other fruit pits,
which are used in the preparation of
gas masks for the protection of our
soldiers at the front against poison
gas. That Is these pits contain an
essential element used to counterfeit
poison gas and the government is ask
ing for al 1.-The pits that can be gath
cred. In order to secure as many of
these pits as possible Mrs. Amel
Schultz, acting as committee of one
to stimulate the gathering of pits, has
secured a fund with which to offer
prizes to those gathering the greatest
number Of pits. These pits are to be
turned in at the Lyric theater Satur-
day afternoon at the matinee, to which
any child under Is years of age pre-
senting so peach pits will be admitted
free. The prizes are as follows: Two
prizes Of $3.50 each in Thrift Stamps.
Two prizes Of $1.25 each in Thrift
Stamps. Two prizes of $100 each in
Thrift Stamps. Ten prizes of one
Thrift Stamp each. This will be a
prize for each school and the ten
will be announced on the screen at
the matinee at the Lyric Saturday
afternoon. Winners will call at the
Civic League building and get prizes.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-10-04
CHEAP APPLES

The apple growers of this vicinity
have arranged to sell in bulk all those
apples that cannot be shipped even
as G grade, with the culls eliminated
This does not mean the putting on
the market of an inferior apple. I'm
der the law regulating the grading
OF apples an apple with the slightest
defect, slight limb rub for instance
which otherwise in size and color
would grade No. 1 fancy, cannot he
shipped. Apples are unusually high
this year, but by this action of the
grower people are able to secure their
winter supply in bulk at half tbe
ruling prices. For eating and cook
ing the apples so offered are Just as
good as the boxed apples. Residents
OF the town and surrounding country
should take advantage of this Offer
at once and secure their winter SIM
ply OF apples at very low cost
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-10-04
w. s. s. REPORT

Mrs. Mary W. Mitchell, secretary
of the War Saving Stamp society of
Oroville, hands in the following re-
port for the month of September:
AS there was no meeting this month
take this means of making the regu-
lar monthly report. The War Saving
and Thrift Stamp sales for September
by the school children were $6135.
First prize, $1.00 in thrift stamps,
donated by J. Friis, was awarded to
Kenneth Reed. Second prize, a var
ity case, donated by w. B. Mishler,
| was awarded to Kathyren Wheeler
| for buying most w. S. S. Gertrude
Reed holds the w. s. s. pennant for
another 80 days, as her team bought
! the most thrift stamps. Keep up the
good work. We are after the Hun
We will feed him some bullets, thu
Ison-of-a-gun.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-10-04
AT THE LYRIC

Manager Stoltz will present the
popular Dorothy Dalton in the serio
comic play Green Eyes," Saturday
and Sunday evenings, one of the best
of the plays in which Miss Dalton ap-
pears. Green Eyes" Is a story of
jealousy and what it leads to. But
the picture Is full of comedy and, a
splendid vehicle for Dorothy Dalton
one Of the loveliest and most graceful
young women on the screen. In addi-
ton to the main feature there will be
one of those corking funny Mack
Sennette comedies.
For Wednesday evening only will
be presented Cecil B. De Miles new
est production, 1--WE Can't Have Every
thing" which deals with the modem
marriage and divorce problem in New
York and is said to be one of the most
interesting productions of the class
that has been placed upon the screen
Beautiful Kathlyn Williams, pretty
Wanda Hawley and other screen IA
vorites are in the cast. There will
also be another installment of 9Th,
War Review" features in themselve.
that put the public directly in toucl
with the war fronts in Europe, ant
something that every American citi
zen should see, as it gives first ham
and authentic information relative t.
proceedings in the war zone.
There will be matinee Saturda
afternoon at 3 O'Clock, when all chi!
dren under Is years of age present
ing so peach pits at the door will b
admitted free.