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eight students enrolled in 1917
19. Departments of Voice, Piano,
Violin, Art, Expression and Home
Economics. First class Com
mercial Course. Graduates in
Literary department teach in
Mississippi and Louisiana with.
out examination. For catalogue
address
WENTWORTH COLLEGE
Rrsokhaven. Misa.
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NUMBER Is.

One of an American mess out
fit killed a German airman with a
rifle bullet.
An Allied aerial offensive on
the German interior was consider.
ed as part Of the plan to pool
air forces.
Public eating places were re-
leased from the voluntary pledge
to use no wheat until harvest.
The mayor of Mobile issued a
proclamation calling on citizens
to pray daily for the success of
the Allies.
An official dispatch said several
epldemlcs are sweeping Germany
and undermining the army.
The Gcrtitns retreated along
the whole fl ont north Of theMarne
the Allies pressing hard on the
Hun rear guard.
Food Administrator Hoover told
London banqueters the allies will
win victory within two years and
that the food problem is solved.
President Wilson issued state
ment denouncing mob spirit and
deploring lynchings as material
for German propaganda.
The ways and means committee
agreed on an excess profits tax of
approximately one-half for cor
porations.
"A plea was made by the State
Council Of Defense against lawless
treatment of those suspected of
disloyalty'
DR.. W. M. Wroten, Of Magnolia,
Miss, was elected commanlerin-
chief Of the Mississippi division,
United Confederate Veterans.
The German retirement in the
face of the relentless Allied drive
developed into a precipitate re-
treat Sunday.
Driving forward in defiance of
the Germans dogged resistance,
French and American troops pen
etrated Fere en- Tardenois.
T. P. O'Connor, Irish National.
list leader, declared he believed
America would fight on alone
should Allies weaken.
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Americans and French drove
the Germans out of forty square
miles of territory.
Reports from Louisiana draft
boards showed 13,037 Class One
men available.
Two Baton Rouge hotel men
were arrested, charged with viii.
fully boarding sugar in excess of
that allowed by law.
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Aenera/ News items IN Brief

The Justicia, a White Star linel
returning to America after land
ing troops in England, was tor
pedoed off the Irish coast.
Director General McAdoo in.
creased the pay of all Railroad
shop employees, making the new
scale retroactive.
limitations were given that
the administration would make no
move looking to the regulation of
cotton prices.
1t was announced that near
5000 selectmen, whites and neg
roes, will move from Louisiana to
training camps in August.
IL Was announced the Vardam-
an campaign Committee declined
an invitation to joint debates be-
tween Harrison and Vardaman.
The House ways and means
committee tentatively agreed on a
ten per cent tax on personal IN.
comes in 1919.
President Wilson appointed
Postmaster General Burleson to
take control Of all wire systems
on July 81.
Secretary Baker announced he
would ask Congress for more
money to affect a larger military
mobilization.
The ways and means committee
found plans to raise S6.00O,00O,.
600 from excess profits were in.
adequate.
Two persons we're killed and
one was injured when a train
struck an automobile in which
they were riding at Laurel, Miss.
The German salient north of
the Marne was reported to have
become untenable under Allied
artillery.
Further reduction of the per
capita sugar consumption, allow.
ing but two pounds monthly, was
announced.
After giving two men suspect
ed of being disloyal, coats of tar
and fe"i''ers, Vicksburg, Miss,
men compelled them to wear "I
a :. disloyal' signs.
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FRANKINTON La THURSDAY AUGUST l. 1918
Sanders Silent On Senatorship

Congressman ]. Y. Sanders, OF
-Bogalusa, who returned to the
state Thursday afternoon, empha-
sized to his friends about the ho-
tol that he was not here to mix in
tbo senatorial contest, but to look
after bis own interests and to
onend the recess with his people
in the district
81 cleared ry desk of all busi-
uess," he said, had a satisfactory
talk with Chairman kitchin of
The Ways and Means Committee,
Who assured me that nothing
would be gained by my remain
ipg in Washington, and promised
to wire me upon the slightest pro-
vocation that any Louisiana in
dustry was in jeopardy, and with
that understanding | came back
here to mingle with my people un-
til congess reconvenes, Septem-
bef H.
He SHE'D at the mention Of the
senatorship. He will first get &C
uuainted with conditions in his
district, since the entrance of
Chas. E. Schwing as an opponent
for congress.
81 have not made my campaign
plans as yet,' he said, "hut in a
general way, lpropose meeting as
many Of the people as possible in
the next ten days, and may then
enter upon a speaking tour of my
district, speaking in each of the
parish seats.'
There are fourteen parishes in the
sixth. Gov. Sanders said he
would be in and around Baton
Rouge during the extra session,
which will open August 5, for
the avoWed purpose of ratifying
the national prohibition amend
meIt. Mr.. Sanders was one of
the directing heads of the original
fight at Baton Rouge, which won
the House but deadlocked in the
Senate, 20 to 20.
Mr.. Sanders is looking exceeding
lywell, showing no signs of worry
over the outcome in his district.
His friends expect him to have an
easy victory over -Schweing.-
Daily States.
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'W.S.S

"Jack" Dempsey of California
knocked out Fred Fulton of Min
nesota after twenty three seconds
of fighting at Newark, N. J.
Bills of information were filed
against 175 persons at Columbia,
La, charging violation of the
compulsory education law.
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Louisiana Merchants Asked
TO Limit Deliveries.

The War Industries Board at
Washington has requested the
State Council Of Defense to secure
the cooperation of all Louisiana
retail merchants in the plan of
making one delivery daily to their
customers. To save expense and
.manpower too, merchants are also
requested to organize co.opera.
tive delivery systems wherever it
is possible.
The merchants of Franklinton
have been thoroughly accomodat-
ing in the past, even making
special deliveries countless times
during the day where the cost of
the delivery far exceeds the value
OF the article purchased, that the
customers now cannot affordto not
fall into whatever plan the mer.
chants organize, especially for
the duration of the war. New
delivery regulations will also
have a tendency to reduce prices
to some extent, as retail prices
have to include cost of operating
the business.
This matter will doubtless be
threshed out Friday at the Parish
Council of Defense meeting, to
the satisfaction of merchant and
customer.
--W MSS. ----------
Save for the countrv'S sake,
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~ June shipping losses of the
'lles were the smallest of any
u0ath since September, 1915.
american cavalry helped drive
i AVA tne German armies north Of
chateau Thierry.
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
CIRCUS People WILL HELP
Routing Experts to Assist In Railroad
Problems, and Kitchen Experts
viii Give Advice.

New York.-Experts In the booking
and routing of circuses will come to
the aid Of the government In its prob
lem Of transportation for the country,
1t was learned here, and the efficient
methods of the show business will be
applied directly to the work of mov-
ing supplies for the United States.
Nor will the circus methods to be
placed on the military roster be con-
fined to the booking of transporta-
tion. The kitchen system of the big
tops will also be transferred to the
army cantonments, and men who have
long Travelled with the circuses and es-
tablished the kitchens of the outdoor
organizations will shortly be enlist
ed into the service Of the country for
the purpose Of standardizing the kitch-
ems at the various army cantonments.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
365 POTATO DAYS 1918 GOAL
United States Food Administration
Seeks to Obtain Constant Use
In America.

Washington.-The Irish potato on
every table in America every day In
the year Is the object Of a campaign
begun by the United States food ad-
mlnistration. Grocers will be asked to
inaugurate a potato day" each week,
selecting whatever day Is slack In de-
liveries, and making special price.
Fairly regular purchases are to be
urged on the public, so that distribu-
tion will be equal everywhere for the
next five or six months, relieving rail-
road congestion and encouraging pro-
duction of larger crop next spring.
Improvements In potato growing
methods are being studied by the de-
partment of agriculture. Germany
plans twice as many potatoes as the
United States and gets more than
twice as many bushels per acre.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
HAS 80 RELATIVES IN WAR
Wife Of Denver Physician Has Nu.
merous Kin Fighting on Side
Of Allies.

Denver, Colo.-Thirty-two relatives
sent to the war-all on the side of the
allies.
That Is the record of Mrs. r. M.
Campbell of Denver, wife of promi-
nent physician of this city. Four kins-
men of Mrs. Campbell, who entered the
struggle at the beginning of hostilities
between England and Germany, have
been killed. All were serving with
Scotch regiments. Two others In the
same units were wounded. The other
twenty-slx are still fighting with
Scotch or Canadian forces on the west
ern front In France.
A brother Of Doctor Campbell also is
a dentist with the Cameron Highland
ers, having enlisted at Winnipeg.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
war SlACKERS IN 1776
like THOSE OF 1917
Echoes of Americas Struggle for
Liberty Seen in County Rec
ords in Maryland.

Echoes of the Americans struggle
for liberty In 1776 have been found by
war department officials In their
search of the records of Harfords
county, Maryland, In connection with
perfecting title to the new army prov
ing ground. A detached document ir
the clerks files, dated 1776, sets forth
the names OF fifteen citizens OF the
region who refused to sign declara
tion of independence said to have been
among the first moves In that direction
by the American colonists. The rea
sons given In refusing to sign present
vivid picture of the perturbed state
Of mind of the colonists. The docu
ment reads:
Benjamin T. Hargrove refuses tC
sign through religious principles.
william Wilson, son Of John, re
fuses to sign through religious prin
ciples.
Benjamin Harboard refuses to sigr
through religious principles.
Michael Boser don't sign by rea
son he signed before.
Thomas Gilbert don't sign by rea
son he don't choose.
Thomas West don't sign by rea
son 1t Is a mystery to him.
Philip Cummins don't sign by rea
son he don't understand the matter.
"John Ward don't sign by reason
the congress don't sign and by rea
son he thinks that II the English
gain the day then the congress ant
the great people will turn the seal,
and say the commonality of peopl,
forced them to stand in opposition t.
the English.
John Clark don't sign by no rea
son he can give.
"Ephraim Arnold don't sign for fea
1t would fetch him into scrape.
Isaac Penrose don't sign for rea
son he don't choose to fght for lib
erty and never will.
BENJAMIN Fleetwood refuses t.
sign. He says he will 60 In q vessel
will not fight by land.
Samuel Gallon says If he shoult
sign he may fetch on himself that h
cannot 60 through.
Richard Spencer says he canno
write or read and shall not sign an.
paper"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
need BIG HERDS
Europe's Meat Supply Must Come
From America.
Warning Nations Have Depleted Live
Stock at Enormous Rate, Ever
Killing Dairy Cattle For Food.

American stock breeders are being
asked to conserve their focks and
herds in order to meet Europe's tre-
mendous demands for meats during
the war and probably for many years
afterward.
The United States food admins
tration reports that American stock
raisers have shown a disposition TO
cooperate with the government In in
creasing the nations supply of live
stock.
Germany today is probably better
supplied with live stock than any 9TH
er European nation. When the Ger
man armies made their big advance
into France and then retreated vir-
tually all the cattle In the invaded
territory - approximately 100000
head-were driven behind the German
lines.
But In England-where 2,4OOOOO
acres 6 pasture lands have been turn
ed into grain fields-the cattle herds
are decreasing rapidly. One of the
reasons apparently Is the declining
maximum price scale adopted by the
English as follows: For September,
s17.7e per 100 pounds ; October, $17 2s
November and December, $16.0S; Jan
larry, $14.40. The effect Of these prices
was to drive beef animals on the mar
ket as soon as possible.
In France the number of cattle as
well as the quality have shown an
enormous decline during the war.
Where France had 14,8O7 900 head of
cattle In 1913, she now has only 12,-
341 800, a decrease Of 1866 per cent.
And France is today producing only
one gallon of milk compared to two
and one-half gallons before the war.
Denmark and Holland have been
forced to sacrifice dairy herds for beef
because of the lack of necessary feed.
Close study of the European meat
situation has convinced the Food Ad-
ministration that the future problem
Of America lies largely in the produc-
ton Of meat producing animals and
dairy products rather than In the pro-
duction Of cereals for export when
the war will have ceased.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
MAKING MEATLESS
DAYS PERMANENT

In the meatless menu there is a fer.
tile field for developing new and nour,
ishing dishes. according to e. II. Niles
writing in the Hotel Gazette, who be-
lieves that the present shortage OF
meat and fats will not end with the
coming Of peace, but may grow more
acute and continue for fve or six
years, thus making It worth while to
develop menus of grain. vegetables
and nsh on more or less permanent
basis. Meat can be replaced by cereals
and other protein foods, or may be
served in very small portions as fla.
voring for other food. In making up
meatless menus this author finds cur
American Creole and southern cuisine
. broad Geld for investigation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
"USE THE WATERWAYS
AND WIN THE WAR"

Washington.-"Use the water
ways and win the war |" is the
slogan Of the National Rivers
and Harbors congress, which
opened its fourteenth annual
convention here. The auditorium
of the New National museum
welcomes governors Of states
and territories, mayors of cfties,
towns and villages and many
prominent representatives Of
commerce and business. The
fundamental purpose Of the con-
clave, 1t is announced, is not to
urge appropriations for new pro-
5ects, but to plan how the vari-
Gus branches Of government may
most effectively cooperate to
use the waterways at this time
Of railroad crisis and congestion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
WOMAN SITS IN STORTHlNG
Miss Sara Christie Takes Place in
Norwegian Parliament as Repre-
sentative Of TrondhIem.

Christlania, Norway. Miss Sara
Christie has taken her seat In the Nor
wegian parliament as a conservative
representative of the city OF Trond-
hjem. At parliamentary elections in
Norway substitutes for members of
parliament are always elected at the
same time to take the members place
in case of illness or death, so elections
to FIJI vacancies never take place. All
members of the storthing are engaged
in special committees to prepare legis-
lative work or dealing with the govern
ment's proposals before they are sub
mitted to the storthing. In this way
Miss Sara Christie. who Is now sum-
moned to take the seat of Professor
Soeland, becomes member of the de-
fense committee to consider the army
and navy estimates instead of her pre-
docessor.
Miss Christie is director of girls
school in Trondhjem and has for many
years been member of the town coun-
Gil. She is esteemed as a prominent
teacher and greet administrator.
OMAHA 49,.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
FRENCH WOMEN PAINT GUNS
Thousands From Fourteen to Past
Sixty Years Of Age Working
for the British Army.

Behind the British Lines In France.
Many thousand French women and
girls, ranging in age from fourteen to
well past sixty, are employed by the
British army at various kinds of work
behind the lines. One task at which
they excel all other workers Is the
painting Of camouhags on guns. They
also make good packers at the various
army storehouses and ordnance dumps,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30

their deft, active fingers making 1t
possible for them to do this work with
so per cent more efficiency and speed
than any other class of workers.
In many of the clerical sections Of
the ordnance department they work
side by side with the uniformed Eng
lish girls belonging to the women's
auxiliary army corps. The French
girls have no knowledge of English.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
oBEYs SIGN KEEP OUT
Rookie Learning First Lesson In obedi
ence Returns With MESSAGE.

A "green rookie" at Camp Funston
Kan, has been impressed time and
time again with the fact that private
of the National army has to remem.
Der a thousand and one "do's" and
"don't's."
Recently he was given an order tc
deliver at certain Office. He re
turned with the message undelivered
When asked the reason he replied:
ION the side Of the building in big
letters, Is Private-Keep Outr Guess
I can read -That'sIwhat. for me-"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30

New York.-Rev. DR.. David J. Bur.
rell of the Marble Collegiate Reformed
church, realizing that war is claiming
practically all young men eligible to
the position of secretary, has engaged
young woman to perform such du-
ties. She is Miss Merce Il Boyer Of
Hl<.rnlnnA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
the cattle are poor and underweight."
National Price Fixinu.

Concerning the statement that there
are plenty OF beans and potatoes In
France, Pitney said:
"a scheme of national price fixing Is
to be tried now with beans and pota-
toes. Both of these crops are far be-
low the requirements of the country. I
have seen many days when potatoes
could not he bought In Paris"
The statement that there is plenty
of rye and barley In France, which has
been given wide publicity In this coun-
try, is fatty refuted by Pitney, who
said:
"It is not only wheat that Is short In
France, but all cereals. According to
official figures, the annual consumption
of barley in France before the war was
approximately 1,250OO0 tons, Is per
cent of which was imported. Produc-
tion has fallen off so that nearly one
third of the barley had to be imported
in France last year.
'The normal consumption of rye Is
about the same as for barley, but nor
NAL imports are only about per cent.
In 1915 the production was about 4O0,-
600 tons under normal and no imports
were available.
Italy Worse OFF Than France.
"The annual consumption Of corn av-
erage 1,150,OOO tons, about one-half be-
ing imported. The proportion of i'm
ports i'm 1916 had risen to two-thirds.
'"The annual consumption of oats
before the war was 5,5OO,OOO tons, of
which 100000 tons were imported. In
1916 these imports rose to over 1,0OO,-
900 tons and the stock was still 500,-
600 tons short"
Broad general statements have been
published saying there is no food or
supply shortage in Italy. They are of
the same stripe as the statements con-
cerning France. Italy's plight, If any
thing, is worse than that of France,
according to official reports in the
hands of the United States govern
ment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
Former U. 8. Senator Dies.

Portland, Ore, Jan. % Charles w.
Fulton, former United States senator
from Oregon, died here after . long
illness, aged 81.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30

London, Jan. 3O.-The report that
NJ Trotzky and NJ. Kameneff are on
the way back to Brest-Litovsk Is de-
MED by the semi-official Russian
news agency. A dispatch sent out by
the news agency says NJ. Kameneff is
going to Stockholm, London and Par
is with the object of informing the
allied governments concerning the
nrosress OF the peace pour parliers
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30

Petrograd. Jan. 3O.-Leon lrotA-
XIV. the bolshevist foreign minister
and NJ. Kameneff left Petrograd TO-
day for Brest-Litovsk to resume the
peace negotiations with the central
mowers. The congress of the coun-
ellis OF workmen' and soldiers dele
gates. while deploring the imperlalls-
tic tenor of the German peace terms
approved all the actions of the kus-
sian delegation and charged the gov
ernment to continue the negotiations
The congress adopted a resolution
10 the effect after the minority, maze
nm OF minimalists and social revoiu-
tionists of the right, had sought vain
" TO persuade the adoption OF poll
CIV flatly against a separate peace
During the debate, Foreign Minister
Trotzky declared he could not give
guarantee that he would not sign
separate peace, saying:
ITO call a separate peace dis-
grace is blasphemy in the sight OF
blood covered Europe
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
THE RUSSIANS
SPLIT ON PEACE
AGAINST AGREEMENT ON Gtk-
MAN TERMS AND IN FAVOR
OF HOLY WAR.

London. Jan. 3O.-The bolshevists
have split on the question of peace, a
majority being against the conclusion
OF peace on the German terms ana
in favor of holy war, an exchange
saws. As the present government is
unable to carry on the war, the for
nation of a coalition of all socialist
factions was proposed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30
GERMANS LAUNCH
AN AIR RAID
FIFTEEN AIRPLANES ATTACH
LONDON-15 KILLED l69
INJURED.

London, Jan. 30.-Forty-seven per-
sons were killed and 169 injured in
last nights air raid, it is announced
officially.
All the victims of the raid were
killed or wounded in London, except
for the death Of one persop and in
Jury OF seven. The material damage
was not serious.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30

London, Jan. 30.-About l 5 Ger
man airplanes, of which four or five
reached London. took part in the
first OF two raids last night, it is an
nounced officially. Only one of the
raiders engaged in the second attack
penetrated as far as the city.
London had been expecting an en-
emy air raid during the past week of
moonlight, but nothing had happened
and the residents began to think they
would escape altogether, when about
o'clock last night the arrival of the
unwelcome visitors was announced.
The anti-aircraft guns were soon in
action and continued firing intermit-
tently for more than five hours, while
the populace passed an anxious time
indoors or in underground shelters.
Great satisfaction was expressed
when it was announced officially that
one of the raiders had been brought
down in Essex.
One of the raiding aircraft was
brought down, falling in flames from
height OF 10000 feet. All three of
the crew were burned to death. An
indecisive engagement was fought by
a British pilot with another raider
over the sea. All the British pilots
returned safely.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-30

Berlin, Jan. 80, via London
Bombs were dropped with good ef-
feet on London and Sheerness," says
a German official statement issued
today reporting the German air raids
last night on England.