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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04

daughter of a wealthy widow and
soon after induced the widow to
make a will leaving her estate to his
wife, with a remainder to Baker in
case of his wife's death. Shortly
after the will was executed the widow
died and no sooner was the estate
vested in the daughter than she, too,
passed away. The suspicious of the
authorities were aroused; Baker was
arrested. and in 1887 convicted of
the murder of his mother-in-law and
wife and RAJ sentenced to be hanged.
Through the Intervention of a frater-
nal society of which he was a member
a new trial was secured for him at
which he was again convicted and
sentenced to life Imprisonment. He
died In the Pennsylvania penitentiary
in 1894.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04
DUCKS Win POINTS
STATE TRYING TO PRESERVE
MILWAUKEE LAKE FOR
BREEDING PURPOSES.

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: Is the
water of Milwaukee lake, near Went
worth, more useful for breeding wild
fowl or agricultural purposes? The
state game and fish department con
tends the former and the commits
sioners of Lake and Moody counties
think the water should be utilized for
drainage purposes on farm lands.
The circuit court at Flandreau will
decide the case.
Some time ago the county commits
sioners attempted to install a drain
age system which would dry up the
lake. Game Warden Hedrick object
ed on the ground that it was the
breeding spot for thousands of ducks
and other wild fowl and a pleasure
resort for fishing. Attorney General
Caldwell then applied to Judge Flee
ger to secure an order restraining
the commissioners, but he denied it.
The states attorneys of the two coun-
ties affected filed a demurrer to the
states complaint and Judge Fleeger
heard 1t Friday at Flandreau, the
state being represented by Assistant
Attorney General Winans.
The court overruled the demurrer
and gave the defendants Is days in
which to answer and the case will
now go to trial.
The lake In question is one mile
wide and three miles long.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04
SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET

Sioux City, Feb. Rum of cattle
for the closing day of the week was
as Is usual on a Saturday, rather
light and market conditions showed
little or no change with yesterday.
Weeks total shows receipts on the
liberal order, 1854, as against 49,
1853 the previous week, and S,913 the
same period a year ago. q Market on
fat cattle closed on a firm basis with
a week ago, while some unevenness
is noted in the outlet for stockers and
feeders.
Hog market opened slow, 5 a loo
lower, but showed a slight improve
ment during the middle of the ses-
sion and the average for the day was
about soc lower, close active and
steady. Tops reached $500, while
the bulk of sales ranged from $3.50
@15.9O.
Live mutton trade closed firm, ad-
of Is a Csc scored earlier in
the week being held.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04
TWENTY YEARS ACC
Items Taken from The Daily
Leader Files.

Geo. McQuillan was a passenger
for Flandreau this morning to visit
friends.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to George Rewerts, of Went
worth, and Clara Kleinlein, of Trip.
Griffith Owens, who has been out
here from Wisconsin visiting his cou-
sins. the Owens brothers, west of
town. returned home on the morning
train. He intends to return and in
vest in South Dakota realty.
Comrade VIM. Metcalf was feeling
quite proud last evening over an old
historical chart or roster Of his for
mer company in the army which he
had just embellished by putting in
an elegant frame and glass. The
chart was a good deal the worse for
wear and tear and yet is a valuable
memento OF those stirring and event
full days OF the war. and well worth
careful preservation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04
MORE OPTIMISTIC
CENSOR SAYS FIRST HSSIVES
OFTEN SHOW A WORRIED
WRITER.

With the American Army in
France, Feb. 4.-Mail now is being
delivered in the American trenches
and gun pits just as IL the men were
back in billets. Letters for the re-
turn mail to the United States, are
coming out with equal regularity.
So. If the relatives and friends back
home get letters in mud-smeared en-
velopes, written on mud-smeared pa
per, they will know that IL Is more
than likely that these messages were
placed together where the American
and enemy guns roar internationally
through day and night.
The mail service has been arrang-
ed by the army chaplains, who see to
1t that the incoming letters get to
those to whom they are addressed,
and the outgoing mail gets to the
army postoffice as soon as possible.
The army censors say that for the
most part the men now In the
trenches write to their mothers. The
general tone of all such letters. which
indicates the high morale of the men
in the line, Is:
Don't worry about me; I'm all
right. Food is good and l am feel
ing fine"
The. censors say that there has
been a remarkable change in some Of
the letters of the men, who the first
time were in the line wrote home:
This may be the last letter you re-
ceive from me-"
Commenting IN this. n Of the
censors said:
Il have not seen a letter like that
for so long that l have forgotten
what one looks like"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04
FOR TRAINING DUTY
OFFICERS AT HEAD OF FIRST
SOUTH DAKOTA CAVALRY GO
TO SPARTANBURG, s. G..

Camp Cody, Feb. 4.--Col. C. II.
Englesby and Lieut.. Col. Alonzo b.
Sessions, who came here at the head
of the First South Dakota cavalry.
and who have been shifted around
several times in the reorganization OF
the 34th division, are On their way
to Camp Wadsworth. Spartanburg, S.
c., on a transfer to training duty
there, probably with troops from
their. own state.
The First South Dakota cavalry
was rated by regular officers here as
n OF the finest organizations in the
division, before its ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The second battalion under Maj. III.
C. Bates. forms a machine gun unit.
The other men are scattered in the
Minnesota regiments principally.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04
EARLY DAY Crime
SOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATOR BE-
CAME A MURDERER.

Pierre, Feb. Am incident in
South Dakota educational history has
practically passed from the memory
OF men. When the Spearfish state
normal school was established at the
beginning of 1885. one Baker, a
Pennsylvania, was chosen president.
He seems to have been a man of ed
ucation and attachments and started
the work early in the spring of 1885
with enthusiasm, at the same time
participating in the civic and church
activities. 1t was soon discovered,
however, that he was an inveterate
gambler. even enticing the normal
school boys into games in which they
were fleeced of their little boards.
He was released and returned to
Pennsylvania. where he married the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

State of South Dakota, County. of
Lake. ss. In County Court. In the mat
ter of the estate of Lars Il. Johnson. de-
ceased. The state of South Dakota
sends greeting to Cornelia Johnson,
Martin Johnson, Carlton Johnson and
Lillian Johnson. heirs at law and next
Of kin of Lars b.. Johnson, deceased, and
to all to whom these presents may come.
Notice Is hereby given that Cornelia
Johnson has filed with the judge of this
court a petition praying for letters of
administration of the estate of Lars h.
Johnson, deceased. be issued to Charles
j. Johnson, and that Friday. the 18th
day of February, 1918. at 2 o'clock p. M,
of said day. being a day of a regular
term OF this court. -to-wit: of the Ian
uary term, 1918, at the office of the
county judge, in the city of Madison,
county of Lake, South Dakota, has been
set for hearing said petition. when and
where any person interested may appear
and show cause why the said petition
should not be granted.
Dated at Madison. South Dakota. this
4th day of February, A. d., 1918.
"A. w. Sponholz,
Judge of the County Court.
Attest:
IF. l.. Burnett, Clerk.
Ira +. Blewitt,
Attorney for Petitioner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04

by local applications, as they annot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There Is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies,
Is cause by an inflamed condi-
tion OF the mucous lining of the Eu-
stachian Tube. When this tube Is in
famed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, n when 1t is en-.
tirely closed. Deafness is the result, and
unless tn Inflammation can be taken out
and this u b restored to it's normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
by Catarrh. which is nothing but an i'm.
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
+. J. Cheney & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Halls
Family Pills for constipation.-Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04
STATE NEWS.

Characterization have been
completed for the annual corn show
Of Lincoln county to be held in this
city on February 6. Z, 5 and 8.
Alexandria-Gas from a soft coal
stove nearly asphyxiated Mrs. Nellie
Smith and several children; only
prompt work by a physician saving
the family. all of whom became I'M
conscious.
Aberdeen-Clara Anderson, aged
II. Of Sioux Falls, who shot herself
ut a hotel In Bristol, Wednesday
night, died last night. She claimed
to be a German agent. but physicians
say she was insane. She is said to
have a husband and parents at Sioux
Falls, but their names are not known
here. She was soon to become a
mother.
Brookings-Prof. N. f. Hansen,
horticulturist at State college, has
been awarded the George Robert
White medal Of honor for 1917 by
the Massachusetts, horticultural soci-
ETY. I'm recognition of his valuable
work in the introduction and hybrid
lxation OF new varieties of economic
plants and fruits suitable for the arid
regions OF the northwest"
Sioux Falls. F. Wiese, aged SO,
q pioneer resident of this city, was
run down and killed by an eastbound
Omaha freight train within the city
limits this morning. The body was
dragged a block before the engineer
became aware of the accident. clouds
Of steam and smoke enveloping the
engine. The dead man was father
in-law of William Sloan, chief of the
Sioux Falls fire department.
James-Knute Holum. a farmer
living near this place. marketed a
wagonload OF sweet clover seed, for
which he was paid the sum OF s. 1900.
The seed was obtained from sweet
clover grown on a 10-acre field,
which therefore gave him a return OF
an average of $40 per acre-more
than the land IL worth. The 10-acre
tract also was used as a pasture dur
Ing part Of the summer.
Watertown-Over rs per cen OF
the people of WATERFOWL are conserv-
Ing meat, wheat, sugar and fats. in
strict accordance with the rules OF
the federal food administration, ac-
eording to an inventory that has just
been completed by the county food
conservation committee through the
schools. The report has been com
piled In preparation for the new food
conservation drive to be launched
soon. The county committee plans to
secure weekly reports on the observ.
ance Of the wheatless and meatless
days and meals. through a question.
naire Of the school children.
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WANTED---AMERICANS

There are 9O,0OO,OOO of us in the United
States-all in the family of our own Uncle Sam.
And Uncle Sam needs money-your money
-~everybody's money. He doesn't ask you to
give it to him; he wants toborrow and pay you
interest for it.
Maybe you didn't have $50 or 500 to lend
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-04
JANUARY WEATHER
REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT
BUREAU AT HURON.

Huron, Feb. 4.-The monthly
weather report OF the weather bureau
here for January shows that the
highest temperature. so above was
on January /. and the lowest temper
ature, 28 below was on January 81.
The daily range OF temperature was
the greatest on the LIST with a range
of 81 degrees and the Least on the
18th, with a range of IS degrees.
The greatest maximum and minimum
recorded at the Huron station for
January was 81 above. maximum and
43 below minimum. The total pre-
cipitation for the month was II inch,
as compared to an average precipita-
ton of 81 inch. In January. 1916,
however. the precipitation was 2
inches, and in January, 1917. 2.21
inches.
There were 10 clear days, IL part
ly cloudy days and 10 cloudy days.
HAD rxx 01U rKnzx WEEKS.
With January lagrippe. Lin
gering colds seem to settle in the sys-
tenn. causing one to ache all over. feel
feverish and chilly. tired. heavy and
KY. writes: my daughted had Iasrippe
for three weeks. gave her Foley's
right" Sold everywhere.
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1XlXE3|

NN7NET SNS' w lhh3 hS NCliIO cN IS J"l
! -@ interest for it.
Maybe you didn't have $50 or $500 to lend
him in Liberty Bonds, but surely you have rs
cents. If we, all of us, buy one thrift stamp : just one stamp
aplece-that is $~22,50OOOO, and if. everyone of us buys SAP worth
rs cents worth from time to time for sixteen times = that's
| $~3708OO,OOO.
Your pin money does help. Doesn't it?
We don't know how much money you have-how much-how
little. 1t doesn't matter, anyway. For it is getting to a point
that every man-every woman-every boy every girl must
make the business of helping win this War-the most important
thing on earth.
Like the Liberty Bonds, the war savings certificates. bear A
per cent interest. On January l, 1923, each certificate will be
worth S. These stamps are exchangeable at face value plus &C
cumulated interest at any time'between now and January l, 1923.
You can buy from your mail carrier, at the postoffice or any
bank.
Buy your first one today. ~
!. This Advertisement Paid for and Donated by ii
First National Bank Kramer Clothing Company
Hackett & Sutton j. c. Schultz
Security State Bank T. F. Sears
Frank c. Smith Madison Mill & Grain Company
j. A. Johnson E. L. Peck
Lake County National Bark G. E. Hanson
Dakota State Bank Porter Drug & Jewelry CO
L. B. Morse Nick Bjornstad &
DR.. w. a. Rothschild e Athena Underwear Company
Hayes-Lucas Lumber Company The Home Supply Company.
Paulis Dry Goods Company P.J. Hoidal, Auto Sales Room
Mrs. K. Knoeri d. D. Holdridge & Son
| L. F. Hartwich' H. !. Munro Oscar c. Olson
I f. l. Burnett w. E. Soule A. c. Floe
Ed Hyland /. L. Kelley Geo. Beck
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
CHILE INDIGNANT OVER
PLOT TO DESTROY SHIPS
Crews Of Interned German Vessels
in Three Ports Attempt to Dy-
Mantle Machinery.

By Cable to Committee on Public Information.
SANTIAGO. Chile. September g.
The attempts of German crews to de-
stroy their interned ships in Chilean
harbors Tuesday night has caused a
wave of indignation to sweep through
Chile. The plot to destroy the ships
apparently was fully planned as
crews in three different ports acted
simultaneously. using dynamite to
destroy the machinery of their YES
sells.
The German steamers informed in
Chilean ports number thirty-two,
while the total number of sailing
vessels is fifty-seven. The tonnage OF
the steamers and sailing vessels ag-
gregate 100000.
Seven of the steamers were dam
aged. Four were anchored in the
harbor of Corral, where there is a
strong German element; one was at
the port of Valparaiso, and two, the
Karnak of 7,044 tons gross, and the
Thessalia of GOAT tons gross, We're
lying off Antofagasta, one OF the
chief nitrate ports of Chile.
The government Immediately took
active measures to prevent depreda-
tons. ordering troops aboard the In
termed ships to maintain order Rear
Admiral Gomez. director general of
the Chilean ports. instructed the cap
tains at all ports where German YES
sells are interned to guard the ships
with the strictest vigilance.
Further action by the government
has been temporarily blocked as a
result of the resignation Of the min
istry on Tuesday. The matter now is
resting until new cabinet has been
formed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
TO PROTECT AMERICANS
Turkey Sends Order to Commander
of Forces in Persia, Sequel to
= Tabriz Incident.

Turkey has ordered the commander
of the forces in Persia to see that no
Americans are molested, according to
statement by the minister of for
eign affairs at Constantinople to the
Swedish charge there.
An official dispatch to the State De-
partment from Stockholm giving this in
formation added that the Turkish for
eign office had informed the Swedish
charge that owing to the long and Sc
rious interruption Of telegraph commu-
nication 1t had been unable to receive a
complete report of the Tabriz Incl
dent.
The foreign minister said. however.
that positive instructions had been
given the Turkish commander to see
that the American consulate was
evacuated at once and the consulate
and hospital turned over to the proper
authorities representing the United
States and American organizations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
Works Conceived by Hindenburg.

The allies have given the positions
the name of Hindenburg because all
the works were the result of a plan
conceived by the marshal at the time
of the first Somme battle. when the
necessity OF strategic retreat was
imposed upon him. The line adopted
includes the most solid points and
constitutes a backbone indispensable
to the solidity of the western front.
To connect one to the other by the
shortest road the line passes almost
directly by st. Quentin. BY placing
the latter large city upon the firing
line the Germans thought they would
secure for the salient a certain i'm
punity.
The Hindenburg zone may be
divided into three principal sectors
Lens to Cambria, Cambria to the Disc
and the Disc to the Chemin des Danes.
The first includes the lines Queant-
Drocourt and Quincy Marquion. The
intermediate line passing by Henin
Lietard and Vitry-en-Artois con-
verges with the two proceeding to
the neighborhood OF Moeuvres near
the Bapaume-Cambrai highway. From
Cambria to the Disc the zone is still
moro dense. including four distinct
positions, the most advanced con-
Meeting Moeuvres and Bellicourt
upon the route Cambrai-St. Quentin.
and ST. Quentin to Moy upon the Oise
to the neighborhood of Bohain. From
the Oise to the Chemin des Danes
the lines are near together. They
hug tho left bank OF the Disc to
I.afere and circle the st. Gobain
massif and follow the borders of the
forest of Coucy and end upon the
Ailette behind the Chemin des Danes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
LAWYERS EFFORTS
IN WAR CLAIMS HIT
sS Lansburgh Bro Will Open Saturday, AIM to PM
Bill FavorabIy Reported in
House Provides Penalty
for Soldier Cases.

Aimed to check tho activities of
lawyers who seek to force their
services upon dependent relatives OF
soldiers killed in France. to collect
claims against the government for
back pay, liberty bonds and other
valuables. a bill has been favorably
reported from the House military
affairs committee which carried the
Endorsement of the War Department.
Incensed by Activities.
Members of Congress have been
much incensed over the activities of
certain lawyers. who have sent con-
tracts to relatives of soldiers whose
names appear in the casualty list.
endeavoring to get an allotment Of
percentage of the amount of the
claim against the government, seek
ing to convince uniformed relatives
of the deceased soldiers that claims
for pay and allowances due their kin
can be collected only through the
efforts of agents.
Frustrated by the war-risk insur-
ance law in their practice of present.
ing pension claims to the government.
these claim agents have directed their
attention to the collection of pay and
allowances. in some cases asking as
much as 20 per cent as a collection
fee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
NAVY REPORTS CASUALTIES.
Several Deaths Included in List
Given by Department.

Casualties are announced by tho
Navy Department, as follows:
Thomas Sumner Finnegan, machin-
lists mate, South Manchester. Conn.,,
died September from burns on board
the hospital ship Solace.
Howard Lee Jackson. seaman, Ell
don. No. drowned September / while
swimming from the battleshia Ohio.
Clarence Singles Evans, previously
reported as wounded when submarine
chaser 2o9 was fired on by the steamer
Felix Taussig, died August 90.
Harry d. Be Kay, machinist's mate.
Hancock. VT, and Thomas Randolph
Symington. chief ouartermaster, Bal
timore, Nd. were injured in an aero
plane accident at Key West, Fla.
September 1. The condition Of both
men is reported as favorable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
RECORD COAL PRODUCTION.
Anthracite Yield for Week Ending
August 81 Is 1906, 121 Tons.

Production of anthracite coal dur
Ing the week of August 81 was the
largest recorded during the present
calendar year. the output for the
week reaching 1.sos.12l gross tons.
The increase over the preceding week
amounted to 100000 gross tons, while
the increase over .he corresponding
week Of 1917 amounted to e1i.sss
gross tons.
The output a. reported does not
Include coal used at the mines or sold
for local delivery.
Tho average daily output amounted
70 sol, o1s gross tons. being the frst
week during the present year when
The daily average reached 100000 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
Automatically Adjusted.

The efforts of these agents are en-
tirely unnecessary in the collection of
pay and allowances of deceased SOL
diers, it was pointed out in the COM
mittee. The War Department auto
matically adjusts these claims with
out even the requirement of an ap-
plication from the soldiers relatives.
The bill as reported from the commit
tee carries the penalty of $500 or two
years Imprisonment for soliciting
business of this character within one
year after the soldiers death. The
latter provision is inserted to permit
attorneys services in case of doubtful
claims of long standing or in case of
rejected claims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
GOVERNMENT IN AUGUST
SPENT ,@5,513,O00

Government expenses in August
reached the enormous total OF $1.s05.-
SIS. 900. exceeding by more than $780,
100000 the highest previous monthly
record OF expense since the war began.
OF tho total 24.so1.ooo went for
the upkeep of the Army and Navy.
ship and airplane construction and
other direct war expenses.