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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
COLLEGE CLASSES REoRGANIZE.

special Correspondence Ct Every Evening
Newark. Dec. ll.-ihe various classes
os Delaware College, nov tha; the Student
.Ar1nv Training Corps Is being demabollDed
have reorganizcd 70: the year end h4v,
elected officers as follows
President, J. g. Craig: VICE
president, J. " Humphrey: secretary,
Lewis PLAN; treasurer, G. J. Sulfn.
Juniors President, Norman Thomas
vice-presidcnt, Paul Kite secretary, Has
son Terrell; treasurer, George Cullen
Sophomores-President, r. " Holland
viee-president, Joseph Wilson; secretarv,
Joseph Fairbanks; treasurer, George Sip
pie.
freshmen President George Gray Car
ter, vicc-presidcnt, Franklin K Wills;
secretary, Norman Lcrpmon; treasurer,
Robert r. Stewart; historian, Albert
Ayerst, Of Elkton.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
"FLC' RAGING IN SUSSEX.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Georgetown. Dec. 1.-THE "fu"
epidemic which swept several localities
in Sussex county during October has
rpread TO the eastern past Of the country
within the past few days eighteen cases
have broken out in Milton, anditi said
that In the surrounding country hcre
are about fifty. At I4ewcs the disease i
raging and on Monday he s hools we're
ordered closed and = quarantine placed
IN the Naval Bas1, according to @dvices
reaching here
Al Midway and IN the vicinity Of y hat
Is known IS Murray's Corner II least
twenty-five ere suffering from the malady,
and in somc Of the homes a many aS
theer and lour are stricken with T.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
STRUCK BY A LOCOMOTIVE.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Georgetown, Dec. 1l,-N hile 3t-
tempting To cross RaiIroad avenue q he
Pine street crossing, Monday nigh;
Mrs. Maggie AtcGee, wife OF Theodore NJ
AicCee. resideing or King street, was
struck by an enginc and knocked 70 IT the
ground in an unconscious condition, The
engine. It i~ sisted, wsss Icing r''n out e
he ~ 10 make turn. ard evidently
tho woman did not hear ]. or els be
c,p,c confused when She found that II Was
Drcssing down upor her Fortunately
At the tirne the engine vas moving
slowly.
horned to Mrs. McGce and picked her up
and within 8 few minutes carried her 70
her home. Drs i. G. Paynter and =. r.
.Ionss wera summoned. IN after making
an examination found that no bones were
broken but that she seemed to be some
what injured in the hack.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11

in the history of the business. Tho marshes
are said to he full OF muskrats, and there
will be strong demand pelts and meat.
levin H. Howard has been appointed,
assistant purser on the steamer Il. ;. Ford
oi the Chester RIVER line for the winter
Gilbert James of tho United States
Navy, now stationed at Charleston, S. G.,
is spending short ftlrlough here with his
mother. Mrs. G. Allcn Jarman
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
Arrives Overseas.

News of the safe arrival on the other
side of Miss Miriam r. Carson, who left
here three weeks ago to sail with the Red
Cross unit as a nurses aide, has been
received by her mother, living at 511
Vest Eleventh street. Miss Carson left
Wilmington TO report at headquarters
at New York, and sailed two weeks ago
Tomorrow
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
WHITE GO. NOW DOWN TOWN.
Has Taken Garage at 211-2IS French
Street Leaving Adams Street Site.

Another recruit TO the Automobile Row
of the future Wilmington otherwise
French street. is announced in the person
Of the White Truck Co, which has gone
from Adams street and Delaware avenue
to 2ll-2l3 French street, having taken
over. BY arrangement with the Auto
mobile Supply Co. the garage part of
their building and part Of the office space
This brings this popular truck into the
center Of things. and adds to the prestige
Of The Row
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
TO MEET ON MONDAYS.

The day of meeting of the Board of
Police Commissioners has been changed
from Tuesday 10 Monday.
Six applicants for positions in the Police
Department were interviewed, Monday,
but no apnointments were rnade
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
DISORDER WAS COSTLY

Newer@, Dec. 11.-At hearing be-
fore Magistrate Lotett, last night, john
Moore WAS 6ncd $40, with costs. for
d:sorderly conduct
His father, james Moore Was fired ST,
with costs, for Interfering With an officer,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
THOMAS COOPER KILLED.

Newark, Dec. il Private Thomas
Cooper, q Newark soldier, previously re-
ported as missing, is today reported bv
the War Department TO have been killed
IN action
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
Rev. DIR. IL. III. Sangree Dead.

Philadelphia, Dec li-The Rev DR..
IT, H. Sangree. for thirteen years an
instructor Of religion Of Penn Charter
school. died suddenly of heart disease
yesterday al big home, in HaddonfeId,
<. J.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
NEW CASTLE MAN WOUNDED.

Newark. Dee. I1-Thc name q
C1arence /. Hilton Of Newark appear
in today's casualties list as wounded
degree undetermined Ills next cf Kin
is Sarah j. Hilton, I47 Corbit street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11

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heavy I'M III '1,'sl SnAl9S
Tuch ieD~tbs III 80
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-21
It will pay you to take advantageof it

scarce, though it is demanding wages
higher than ever before, and the con-
sideration of wages of course is a
factor in the cost of building. But
the fact of cessation of all public
work, the %lessening of much private
construction and work, is releasing
a number of men, and the demands
of even the army are not taking up
an equal number yet in the middle
west, though it may in the in
dustrial centers. Transfers are as
plentiful as before even with the
number gone, and for the same
cause.
A symptom Of the l%essening of the
public work and of private building
is shown in the fact that contractors
in cities, who formerly had all they
could attend to in their lines at
home, are now bidding for work in
other cities, and outside of their par
ticular lines. This is taken to indi-
cate two things: That there is less
of building going on, and that for
what there is to do there is plenty of
labor available. A company which
for years has made a speciality of fed
eral buildings is said to be offering
to do work of another character on a
building partially destroyed by fire
in Madison, and a firm who has
never had to go outside of its home
town for construction work is bid
ding on smaller wrecking and erec-
ton in Sioux Falls. 1t shows the
condition to be one of less work, but
at present with labor enough to do
what there is to do.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-21
SUBMARINE SEAMAN
YOUNG MAN VISITING RELA-
TINES IL STATIONED ON SUB
rs RECENTLY ENLISTED.

w. NJ. Morse, of Omaha, enlisted
there being an unpleasantness be-
tween the United States and Ger
many, stationed on the submarine
H-3 at San Francisco, is visiting his
aunts, Mrs. A. l.. Williamson and
Miss l.. BE Morse, on a two-month
f%urlough. He arrived from Omaha
Tuesday night, and complains of the
train service.
Immediately following the decla-
ration of a state of war, the young
man rushed" as he terms it, to the
nearest navy recruiting station, and
enlisted, at the age of 10. He was
placed in a training camp for some
months, and then stationed at San
Francisco. He was detailed to the
United States sub H-3, which since
his joining has been laid up for re-
pairs and oyerhauling. New engines.
motors and batteries are being put
in, and instruments according to the
very latest developments in this ma
terial as science and experience die
tates.
Mr.. Morse has a seaman's rating,
, but has applied for a test as gun
ner's mate. Upon his rejoining his
boat the repairs will be complete,
and it is expected that it will be SEM
to the naval base at San Pedro. and
take part in the and
trials. Then his actual sea expert
ence will begin. He says he likes
the work, and is kept busy at things
that interest him. His apparent
physical condition speaks well fol
the treatment accorded the men In
the navy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-21
BUILDING OUTLOOK
LESS THAN NORMAL AMOUNT OF
BUILDING In CITY - USUAL
COUNTRY IMPROVEMENTS.

While there will be considerable
building in Madison the coming sea
son, the activity in that line will not
equal that of later years. Some res
idence buildings are projected, and
there will be some ~remodeling and
repair work. The new buildings
will be erected for the occupancy of
the owners, and not for rent.
The usual building situation in
Madison is said to be peculiar. Some
make plans early in the year for
their proposed buildings and i'm
provements. Here it is said to be
the custom for the person building
to submit a bill of material for esti-
mate, and il suited, go forward with
the work. 1t is difficult most times
to estimate two months ahead the
approximate amount of building to
be done.
There are very few empty resi-
dences in the city. The statement
was made by Roy Baker, of the city
engineers office, who has visited ev-
cry residence in the city on the house
numbering mission. He made the
statement that there were less than
a dozen available for rent, and when
he came to try to recall them there
were but five or six. And they are
probably not very desirable proper
ties, or are in a state of deteriora
ton. There will De no building this
year for rental purposes, as it is the
popular opinion that the labor short
age and high prices of materials and
difficulties Of transportation make
such a thing prohibitive from a
standpoint of investment.
There is no public work being un-
dertaken. There is no paving. No
new business blocks are being prof.
ected. This applies to other cities as
well as to this one. OF course there
is some work of this kind in the larg-
er cities, but not on the scale hereto
fore attempted. Especially is this
true of strictly public work-paving,
federal and municipal buildings.
This work has fallen off tremend-
ously.
A lumber man told a reporter this
morning that a consideration of the
element of labor should not deter
any from building. Labor is not yet
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-21
HOSPITAL Attire
SPARK FROM CHIMNEY OR DE-
FECTIVE FLUE Is CAUSE
PROMPTNESS BROWNS 1T.

Fire was discovered shortly after
noon today in the roof of the west
end of the Madison hospital by chill
dren passing the building on their
way to school. They at once notified
the nurses, who turned in an alarm.
Promptly on the ringing of the bells
the volunteer department were un-
der way to the scene of the fire.
Within a very few minutes after
the alarm there was a stream of wa
ter playing on the flames, which
were wholly on the outside of the
building, and as yet consuming the
shingles and woodwork of the super
structure on top of the roof, and
within a very narrow space. The
chemical hose was lifted TO the area
Attire. and when sufficient pressure
had been generated within the tank,
soda water was applied directly to
the shoulder between the boards and
partitioning of the superstructure.
In a few minutes it was wholly sub
dued. A chimney at the north side
of the more elevated part of the roof
was smoking, and it was, without
doubt, from this that a spark set fire
side, as the wind was in the right
direction to bring it there. Firemen
say that the chimney itself is a very
insecure one, and may be rocked
p~erilously with the hand. 1t may
have burned out, as at the time il
vas very hot.
There were nine inmates being
treated in the place, three of whom
had to be carried out on hastily i'm
provised stretchers. One had been
operated on this morning. They
were disposed of in nearby houses.
A little girl by the name of Dixon
noticed the smoking roof as she was
passing on her way to the high
school. She notified the caretakers
who at once turned in the alarm
The action by the department was
prompt. The damage to the building
will be small, and caused mostly by
water, which ran down to the rooms
on the second floor, soaking the par
titions and in some instances th'
bedding. The damage to the roo il
confined to a small space of shingles
and the small rise to the roof of tn,
superstructure.
This fire, with, however, a happ!
result, withal, should lend an impe
tus to the pushing of the project fo'
a new and fireproof building. TIL,
good fortune of an early alarm, AM
unimpeded ways to the open for tn
patients cannot be expected at al
such times.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-21
OUT GOES GERMAN
SOUTH DAKOTA REGENTS BAR
LANGUAGE FROM SCHOOLS.

Pierre, March 21.-The state
board n regents of education, at a
session here, coincident with the
opening of the extraordinary session
of the legislature, issued an order
prohibiting the teaching of German
languages in all schools under their
control from this time on" except
that in cases where the student
lose credits by immediate action,
then study of the enemy language
may be continued to the end of the
school year.
This action is in line with the re-
quest of the state council of defense,
issued recently during a special
meeting at Sioux. Falls.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-21
ACCOUNTS DUE.

Having disposed of my interest in
the hardware business, l find there
are many accounts due me for goods.
The books will remain at the store
for some time and l shall appreciate
it as a favor IL those knowing them
selves indebted to me will call and
make payment.-Chris Rensch.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-21
EASTER OFFERING
BY THE SHOE DEPARTMENT OF
THE HOME SUPPLY
COMPANY.

We will give free every twenty
fifth unit purchased of us in the shoe
department from now until Easter.
Call on us for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Supply Company.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-21
We have a big Wall Paper Message
THE CITY.

- - - - - = -
Fair tonight and Friday; cool
er southeast portion tonight.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-05
GIRL DISAPPEARS
FRIENDS FEAR MISS KATIE
GROSS MAY HAVE BEEN
KIDNAPPED.

Hitchcock, July 5.-Friends here
have become alarmed by the appar-
ent mysterious disappearance of Miss
Katie Gross, a former Hitchcock girl.
No word has been received from her
for more than a month. After leav-
ing Hitchcock she located at Redfield
and left there over a month ago for
Sioux Falls, where she intended en-
tering a hospital. But she never did
SO, writing her father from Sioux
Falls that she had changed her mind
and was going to a hospital at st.
Paul, Mimi, instead. Since that time
nothing has been heard from her and
1t Is feared something serious has
happened her. UP to the time of
writing the letter from Sioux Falls
she had been very regular in her cor
respondence, and the fact that she
has not written since that time adds
to the fear of relatives that she has
been the victim of an accident or
may have been kidnapped by white
slavers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-05

from Nebraska, where the harvest
has been finished in the southern
part, in order to be early for the
work here"
The class of men seems to be above
the average and they are looking for
jobs which will be steady. Farmers
are paying their regular men from
$65 to SIS per month with board and
room, and the prevailing harvest
wages will be from $3.50 to $3.50
per day.
Mr.. Kennard Is listing the men as
they come in and passing their names
on to the farmers In this county and
county agents In other counties. In
this way the labor situation in each
county will be handled satisfactorily
to farmers and the men desiring to
assist with the harvest. 1t looks now
as though South Dakota farms will
be able to secure plenty OF competent
help.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-05
flag DESECRATERS
HOME GUARDsMEN CHASE THEM
so MILES.

Wilmot, July s. Young men
named Horstman and Anderson, liv-
ing near Wilmot, were the central
figures in a chase with exciting fea-
lures, the captain of the Wilmot
home guard and. several of his men
being the other actors in a little
drama which resulted in the capture
of Horstman and Anderson or a
charge of ~disloyalty, because Horst
man took an American flag from the
side of the automobile in which he
and Anderson were riding, tore it
and threw 1t into the road. This was
done in the presence of the captain
of the home guard and a number of
his men, following the removal by
the home guard of a Nonpartisan
league banner from the other side of
the car.
Resenting the insult to the flag,
the captain of the guard ordered his
men to catch the offenders, who left
town at top speed in their automo-
bile. The home guard obtained autos
and started in pursuit. The pursuit
took them to Peever, Sisseton,
Browns Valley, Mimi, and then back
again to the South Dakota side of the
boundary line, and finally to the
homes of the two young men east of
Wilmot, where they were captured.
They were taken before the Roberts
county council of defense for a hear
ing, and finally were released on
parole, one of the conditions of the
parole being that they must report at
stated intervals to the captain of the
home guard company. 1t is possible
that the case may be reported to the
federal authorities. The chase was
one of the most spectacular ever stag
ed in South Dakota and was seen by
hundreds along the route of the pur-
suit, which extended Tor than so
miles.
Horstman was the owner of the
car in which he and Anderson en-
deavored to escape. All speed rec
ords were broken by the automobiles
as they dashed through the streets
Of the towns and along the country
highways.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-05
BOYS KNITTING
VIRGIL SCHULlTZ, IL YEARS OLD,
TURNS In SWEATERS.

Pierre, July 5.-Virgil Schultz, of
Wendte, has a letter from Gov. Nor
beck congratulating him on his eff
forts to aid in war work. Virgil is a
12-year-old boy, who has put In his
play time knitting. and so far has
turned into the Red Cross six sweat
ers besides umerou socks and other
smaller articles, and he is yet as in
dustriously at work along that line
as he has been in the past.
Another knitter who sends In
about as good specimens Of such
work as can be found anywhere, is
Adolph Kock, a farmer near Harold.
He puts in his spare time or rather
the time he car spare. at the work.
and carries his knitting with him to
take any advantage of train trips
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-05
near beer
HELD BY OFFICERS TO BE BEER
In FACT.

Memo, July 5.-As the result of a
raid made by Douglas county officers
at Dimock a quantity of liquid, al
legged to be of an intoxicating char
acter. was found and confiscated.
The liquor had been consigned to
different persons in Dimock and vi
entity, and had been shipped in
small kegs and bottles, under the
label Of near beer. An individual
giving his name as John Faux, who
is alleged to have arranged for the
shipment, was arrested and will have
preliminary hearing this week at Oh
ivet. The Hutchinson county author
tiles will unite with those of Douglas
county in prosecuting him. The liq-
o seized, 1t Is alleged, contains
more alcohol than is permitted under
the provisions of the statewide pro-
hibition law fixing the status of so
called temperance drinks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-05
HUN CRUELTY
HURON SOLDIER WRITES OF A
STORY OF A FKENCHMAN.

Huron, July 3.-An example of the
cruelty of the Germans and the atroc-
tiles committed against the civil pop
ulation of the invaded districts is
shown In a story told in a letter re-
ceived here from Rollo Grover, a for
mer Huron boy now with the Amer
lean expeditionary force in France.
There is a Frenchman I see every
day" Growers letter says, who was
captured by the boches. He cannot
talk because they cut out the vocal
cords in his neck. His right hand is
cut off at the wrist. He has told me
how they stretched him out spread
eagle on a wheel and then let him go
round with it and he shows me where
his head was cracked open and his
legs smashed. He was at one time a
powerfully built man, but now is a
physical wreck. How God can let
things go on like that and how men
can stand and hold their pocketbook
strings and other slackers look on is
more than / can say"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-05
UNCLE SANS BIG
WORK IN FRANCE
Gigantic Things Being Accom-.
plished by Men From
United States.
Speed AsTONIsHES FRENCH
Immense Structures Spring Like Magic
From Ground-Troops Slated for
Three Months' Training Go
Into Service.

With the American Army In France.
Americans In France who are famil-
lar with the gigantic things Uncle
Sam is doing here sometimes wonder
IL the people who are subscribing for
Liberty loans and giving their full
moral support to the national govern
ment fully realize what their money
and their support are making possible
over here In France, writes Don Mar.
tin In the New York Herald.
The rule Of the army il that Amer.
leans must not boast. In simpler,
backwoods language, Americans must
saw wood and let the other fellow de
the talking. Consequently the folks
back home get only fragmentary pic
lures of what Uncle Sam, three thou
sand miles away, Is accomplishing.
Forests In places have been cleared
away to make room for sidings. I'm
mense structures have come almost
like magic out Of the ground. Rail
way tracks have been laid so swiftly
that one could almost see them extend
themselves. To see q thousand hardy
eager young Americans working In ar
isolated part of France Is a sight t.
be encountered many times any day
And the work has just beguni
Building Lines Of Communication.
Only a few weeks ago while driving
along a well-known highway Of eastern
France I saw young engineers survey
ing along a distance Of perhaps TWEEN
ty miles. They were young college
men. A few days later they were thir
ty miles further along the road. and
where they had been were gangs o.
men digging holes and unloading COLL
of wire from trucks. Next day tam
arack poles were scattered along tn,
route. What I saw along this 50-mil'
strip was merely a duplication Of wha
was going on In every bO-mile sector al
the way from the coast to the from
line. Now there Is q fully-equippet
American telephone line. d Il
This is just an incident In the enor
nous program of organization ant
preparation which the United States
is carrying out. II we lack perhaps
in the long military experience Of some
Of the other nations, no a can &C
cuse Americans of lacking In quick or
ganization and achievement In con
struction work. France Is marvelinl
at the speed with which our engineer,
and their bands OF men have DrO
crossed with their mammoth tasks
She knows now, although she reall!
" doubted. that the United States
is In the war to q finish and Is deter
mined to prosecute It with the sam,
vigor she has every other conflict sh,
has ever engaged In.
American soldiers, as Secretary Ba
ker predicted, have been pouring int,
France for several weeks. They ar,
distributed in villages where until nov
no American WA sYaI- aeana Ono ha,