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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-14
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GOING OVER TOP IS
BETTER THAN FOOTBALL

Anniston, Ala.-Tom Mcclure,
former Auburn football star, de-
clares that going over the top In
France beats charging into an
opposing eleven. In a letter re-
ceived here Mcclure tells of GO
Ing "over the top" with the
United States engineers four
times. He was In the thick of
the recent hostilities that result
ed In several American casual
ties, but declares the game In
France beats football at that.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-14
HELP! SEND FUEL! PET
CANARY HAS YOUNG ONES

(By Internation1l News Service)
Detroit.-"Please, sir, oh,
please. II you are humane,
send coal to my home at once"
This was the agonlzed appeal
Of q woman over the telephone
to the fuel administrators office.
The coal was produced and,
when pressed for explanation.
the woman added:
my pet canary is Matching
young ones"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-14
PIos STAY In City Limits.

Piedmont, W. va.-"Pigs Is pigs"
and as such they will be permitted to
thrive within the borough limits. The
momentous question was decided at .
hot special election recently, when the
hos supporters won out by = majority
g @.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-14
ROOSEVELT IS NOT 50 WELL
Slight Setback Develops, But PhysI.
clans Are HopefuI.

New York, Feb. 13.-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt was mot so WE'LL" accord.
ing to the bulletin issued by his pri-
vate secretary, after his physicians
had spent half an hour with the
colonel at Roosevelt hospital.
Colonel Roosevelts condition has
not materially changed since yester-
day." said the bulletin. There was .
slight setback during the night, and
today he was not 80 well, but It II
expected he will be more rsstful t.
night"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-09

The events that have become his.
tory since the beginning OF the Aus
tro- Hungarian offensive are casting Il
shadow that extends far beyond the
not only the position of Italy. but tho
military and political situation as a
whole.
Tho utter collapse OF the Austrian
offensive. :ftcr the careful prepara-
tions that have been going or at
Vienna since last winter. reveals a
weakness In the military resources
of the central powers which is bound
TO be felt on tho west front.
Austria Hungary, always tho weak
est link III the enemy's chain. failed
Germany at a crucial juncture in the
struggle. The Austrians were relied
upon to divert allied pressure from the
French line of battle at time when
the German command sees giant
power looming up across the Atlantic.
The German offensives since March q
have been designed to force a decision
before that power could make itself
felt in France.
In that attempt to force a decision
before America could muster over
whelming numbers and resources in
France. Austria Hungary was re-
quested 10 play it's part. The Aus
took the adventure Austrian failure
is the measure OF the failure OF the CO.
ordinated Austro-German plan Of cam
paign. just every chain is only as
strong its weakest link.
TO realize the full extent OF the AUS
TRAN failure. it is necessary to deal
only with actualitics. 1t is not neces-
sary TO assume that Austria will be In
vaded by victorious Italian army
although tina: is not beyond the range
of possibility. II is mot necessary
10 assume that Austrid will be con-
vulscd by an internal upheaval. al
though that is not improbable. 1t Is
only necessary to take note OF the
patent fact that .Austria-Hungary has
been definitely eliminated as an az
gressive factor in the war.
As Germany must win by offensive
tactics IL she is TO win at all. even
from her own point OF view, the
whitening Il tho left arm OF tho CEN
trail powers giant leaves that giant
badly crippled.
II time was the ally OF the United
states. France and Great Britain at
the moment OF the checking OF the
first German omcnsive--thc plcardy
drive last sprinE-time Is now u
stronger ally OF the nations ranged
against Germany. The effectiveness
OF this alliance is shown by the
diminishing strength OF the successive
German offcnsivcs. The nrst>.Gcrman
offensive accomplished solid results.
The fifth German onensivc--thc blow
at Rhcims-was rcpulsed fairly before
ii was delivered. And now the diver
sion In tho form ot an Austrian often
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-09
Federal Control of Wire Service

IT HE Senate, having been forced to forego
its expected summer recess by the action
Of the House in refusing to adjourn until
authority is voted the President to take
over control Of the telegraph and telephone
service of the country, that body now pro-
poses needlessly to delay action by conduct
ing prolonged hearings on the resolution be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Committee.
This move has been a matter Of debate for
years. But an entirely situation has
arisen. The country is at war and is forced
to employ all its agencies, we'll all its
resources. Raw materials have been brought
within the control of the Federal govern
ment. Food products have come under the
same control. Interior transportation has
shipping and most of the coastwise shipping.
Only one extensive public utility remains in
private hands, and that is the means of cleo
trio communication.
If there were reasonable arguments why
the telegraph and the telephone systems of
the country should be operated by the gov
eminent prior to the war, certainly there is
unanswerable argument why such operation
should be assumed by the government at a
time when communication should be main
tanned without even days interruption and
when every possible opportunity for the mis-
use of the wire service by spies and other
alien enemies should be guarded against.
1t is not necessary for Congress to pass
judgment at this time upon the ACCESSIBILITY
of government ownership of the telegraph
and telephone lines. That body legisated
upon government control Of the railroads
without committing itself to any permanent
policy. 1t authorized the taking over of the
fuel industry without the remotest notion of
placing the nations coal business in the hands
of a Federal administrator forever. 1t has
gone into the steamship business without
any intention to remain in that business.
Nor is it necessary now for Congress to
pledge itself to the purchase Of the wire
services.
The administration has made it plain that
the telegra PHI and the telephone lines should
be operated by government authority for the
period of the 1t has given substantial
reasons why this should be done. No con-
trary reasons have $been advanced except by
few doctrinaires. The great body OF the
American people undoubtedly acQuiesces in
the proposal. No wave Of protest has swept
over the country. No organized opposition
has manifested itself. 1t seems to be taken
for granted that the proposed extension OF
governmental authority is imperative. This
is no time for the Senate to indulge in pque.
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Books and Authors

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gives detailed account OF the herosm nan and
sa"sffs ss n
,S e a,na 1914 until its remnants were sent
M Saa re-, pI.on CO Publish THIS Sssk k
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and The aop sesys
just in time TO bridge the gap between the
and the coming of the territorial divisions sons
saved the British Empire and the cause of
R ssoi G. Nieoa Of the Tniversi tS OF OF
h issued by the Century COMPANY. have recently
been not only of The most celebrated s i
the war from the beginning and as u conse-
Where he wrote most of his book TurthermeTs
this punishment was not meted out. was
cause Professor NtcoIai had sent his work TO
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Diseases OF Truck Crops and Their Control"
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beans. onions, asparagus, eggplant, tomatoes,
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and Yet simply treated in this Indispensable
VOL,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-09
Health Talks, by DR.. VIM. Brady
Cameo Has No Roots.
tCopyr!Eh.. 1918 by National Newspaper Service,

So long ignorance remains the chief attri-
his unhappy fate Nearly every victim of can
Ger which happens to occur in visible situation
portunty to be tortured with "A calstic paste
the nature and Origin or which, as a rule. are
Victim, by the i,in, TIA, father got he
secret from Indian" No Appreciates
ms jGke ie,,er Man me white Who has
70 know something OF the value OF their mcdi-
or plaster trea notwithstanding called balm"
u yo es,roy e rSs ya fTnm 1 roots and
the cancer. IF this were really true it would
be Il very unfortunate thing fol mankind, since
ru,hessy that and even the dangerous
anh 'n's cancer pnI'n would prove Quickly
destroy every onshoo. or "r rot of the "a n.
Ger in the tissues The trouble with pas,es is
healthy tissue al we'll diseased. and DESPITE
soothing agsuranceY no human power can con
IL has been applied
The basis Of cancer paste Is usually arsenic.
~ The causiic. oiher Ingredients are more
the average hog;runl.
u you have mole on your skin you do not
with red hot iron. do you seek out an
uncicaniy Ignorant. queer old reclusa and place
WHIT the une iucated call "ro,,s" of cancer
arc In reality branches or offsaoots along the
growth into these branches" and is not nourishea
from the branches. Moreover. no human eve
tissue bcg!ns: and 40 known medicine will de-
s,r0y the cells which make UP cancer and le ave
Hence II In pure supcrntiton to imagine thai a
pas,e or external anplication Will cut out the
Compared with modern surgery under Ioc,,
general anesthesa. the use OF IL caustic pasta
unceaniy and esceedngly painful as az Srude
irolled az stab in tho dark a dynamite
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-09

regard 10 the inscription on the Jack
died from 4 bullet Hred at the battle
Hnown as Chance!lorsville This is in.
Gisnutablc."
not h.,'e seen letter from the under
signed which was published on June
~. wherein were set forth the larger
pneumonia: and that "At Gu.nca's sta
ton. on the fredericksburg Railroad,
Shc next sunday afternoon tMay 100 AZ
quebec, was content TO de. tile quo
exceeding any VT Observation-Disclosures
,ation having been from no less an au-
,n1oriiy than Rev. James Power Smiths
Vile p 20, On this point. Hender-
son tei!s US In his .StonewaL Jack
som som vol vol. H., p. 80, ,ha, FOR
the patient would recover: pneu-
m"H!a, attributed 10 his fan from the
i'tei as he was horne from the field,
s:rerFrnea' and Ssaduaily he began 10
aihk. ms death occurring on May 10.
Is stated and so obviously he cou!d not
nave been KILLED Ut charlottesville"
on Ma; . more ihan Il week earlier ana
WEI! n!Gn twenty miles away
However. as Mr. Brown suggests n
aeuuctio u" 'ibsurdum. We might profrer
a. a cause OF Jac"son's death. the birth
"f his gree. /. grandfather. which was
necessarily prerequisite 20 the death
III the general.
The preservation OF historic spots by
>
cay an advantageous and a proper mol
10y and. In coidancc with such a
policy the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad has done a t-rcat
deal 10 INK up the grounds around
INC house where Jackson died. which
apot Is Indicated on tho map in the
&c mpanys timetable tcdition Of April
~. i9!S2, accompanied by the state
lncht House in which Stonewall Jack
SON dltd tSeeh from train)" The tour
Isl. Wto iF usually open minded. hav-
1tGDt tad
~ R!eascd 10 see the actual house lust
10 thc east OF the cOmpany's right-of-
W Ma as the train passes Guinea Station.
When he arrives In Richmond and
makes tour OF the places of interest
IN ne city. he is rather startled upon
Ihns the inscription. KILLED ar
iscnt person be gins TO ponder how the
soldier who had been killed in spot
ss!!Iania county could have died in the
little house in Caroline County a week
or more after thu killing, while many
Will doubtless wonder whether the rail-
road company is deliberately perpetrat-
ma lng fraud In order to increase travel
whether the inscription be erroneous
though there can be little doubt but
tnat the company is absolutely correct
ahG IL supported by all the authorities.
1t seems queer that there should be
spch AN crror-much the less any oppo-
silion TO recording Confederate his
toy correctly in the capital OF the
confederacy; or were it better that
this incorrect inscription. craven in
granite, should go dOwh to posterity.
rather than that the error should be
admitted and that the inscription
should be changed to accurately record
the facts?
1T was naturally very gratifying to
read the letter Of J. a. Craddock in
your issue OF yesterday, and to realize
mat the contention of rs of the younger
generation is SO uncom DromisingIy in
dorsed by one OF Jackson's men who
was on the ground and who seems most
familiar with even the minor details of
the tragic affair from beginning to
end. MORGAN u ROBINSON
Richmond. Va, July S, 1918
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-09
News of Fifty Years Ago
From the Richmond Dispatch. July q 1868

Mark Grayson. the pedestrian Will leave here
distance OF 1855 es lis S rou uam Res 80 6m%hg
G ie"o;, Fiuyanna. Louisa AIbemario and
cago and thence to Omaha
on Lee ero G9ddn oag Yesterday sold
T. w. Pemberton was the purchaser.
to Nsw 25 HHy' tf9m
which point he will sail for Europe.
The congregation of Sycamore fpisc,n,.s,
s MgnsS he Gs roS raster "a wh9 reesaty
called has declined. ""' YVES
a numcrously signed petition. praying the
Gaay their ears ali the way S' to l HeW
Creek as provided by the charter is being cir
sRis siiy sasoSS s' sos pen
Sa}s is being urged sks GoVernof
m,tee in charge.
for this district has been removed for cause by
place "'|""'S ior the
Corn Tne and s ran9 n1ens snS Of ns cha
The following officers were elected for the en-
5Snz 1os e
IT, Mathis chares wiS% p 3
mSy,Gn Jo nn IylSr Matthew Blair r. Som
day after nineteen ineffective ballots for presi-
dental candidate had been taken. Pcndleton
was Withdrawn. On the twentieth ballot Han
cock got l42 votes, Hendricks, l2l. Others scat
tcrns. on the twenty first ballot Hancock had
l3h: icndrisks, 1872; English. -; Johnson. s.;
stral ion. which continued for a half an hour
amidst amidst. great excitement u cannot be your
eral times exclaimed Mr. Seymour from the
chair. Vallandigham made powerful speech
insisting that Seymour must yield to the will
OF the democracy On the twenty second ballot
North Carolina. Ohio, Kentucky and Wisconsin
changed to Seymour They, were quickly fol-
mated. and then the vote made unanimous. The
excitement soon reached the streets, and in an
incredibly short time bells commenced to pea
and cannons to boom in various parts Of New
States favCrite SON General Frank p. Blair
was Quickly named for Vice-President. His
nomination was seconded by several ex-Con-
fSderate army on,sers. among them General
OF this State. The vote for Blair was sI7,
Samuel J. Tilden winding up the voting scene
by casting the vote OF New York for him,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-09

siye has had only one result. That re-
suit is to put Austria in. the position
OF hard-pressed defensive.
In the meanwhile. events of the
utmost Significance are crowding upon
one another on this side OF the At
lantic.
few weeks ago Premier Lloyd
George described the military situa-
ton as race between Hlndcnburg
AMI President Wilson. The President
Is winning that race. lie Is winning IL
ny enormous strides in ship construc-
tlon lie Is winning II by the dispatch
oi troops at rate that has put our
miiitary program nYe months ahead
OF schedule. He is winning 1t by tho
hearty and unqualified cooperation Of
congress that votes more than So
ooo,0oo.Oo0 for guns and fortified tions
III hve hours and advances Il bill ap-
propriating nearly $4,000. 100000 for
Inc army without so much as par
liamentary skirmish.
AT time when Austria's striking
power has been shattered by counter
bio" and Germany's plunging drives
nave brought up against wall OF
granite. the quality Of the new element
IN the war--the American National
ArIny--ls being demonstrated in a man
her mat Is causing CONSERVATION In
berlin and inspiring the war-worn
allies with new hope and new energy
When America entered the war Ger
70 think-that the event had little or
no military significance. German Of
hcialdom belicved--or pretended to be-
nere-that America could not build
ships enough TO transport her troops
20 france In time TO prevent the utter
defeat OF the allies: that IL America
did succeed In transporting her troops
the U-boats would see to & that they
were starved by being cut or from
supplies. that II the American army
was transported and supplied. IL would
not fight because its heart was not In
the war.
Each OF these prcdictions-or az
iected predictio2s--has been disproved,
and magniiicenuy Gisproved. in turn
America TRANSPORTED her troops
10 France ~ rate which put
100000 OF them en- French soil by
the Fourth OF July.
America is supplying her troops
with an increasing merchant fleet that
has amazed the enemy by its rapid and
enormous growth--a growth out OF the
mine and the forest.
And tho American soldier In France
!s developing qualities OF courage
initiative and discipline which have
caused his French and British com
!nandcrs TO pronounce him a f!rst-ciass
fighting man.
Thus events on the Italian front. in
France IN America and on the ocean
lying between. plainly Indicated the
turning point OF the war-Copyrigh,
lsis.
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Gcrmans's New Offensive

I MESS every allied war observer is mis-
~ taken. Germany is concentrating her
iorce Tor another gigantic drive against tbs
allied line, and most of the military critics
abroad agree that Austria may be expected
TO strike about the same time, in the hope
Of retrieving the losses sustained when her
armies were caught between Italian fire and
the food waters Of the Piave. The allied
supreme command is in hourly expectation
OF a fresh onslaught by the Teutonc powers.
The assumption seems to prevail that the
German armies must move forward or re-
tire from the ground won at such terrifying
loss Of life since March 81 Strategists tell us
that the present position of the German
armies cannot be held. They invite a coun-
teroffensive. They open to daily assaults
by the allies, assaults, it may be remembered,
which have been in progress almost daily for
two or three weeks. Nothing Of strategic
value has been gained SO far by the enemy,
and he must either push withdraw TO
the strongly fortified line which he held at
the beginning of the spring campaign.
1t would seem at this distance that Ger
many will be driven on to more decisive
conflict by no less than three all-important
considerations. 1t may be assumed that the
first Of these is the military necessity Of i'm
proving her present position. by occupying
ground OF more strategic value and by smash
ing HeT way either 10 tnc Cnanncl or 10 ParlS.
1t is equally necessary for the German high
command TO show more substantial results
TO the suffering people behind their lines.
TO stand still for the remainder OF the sum-
mer would be an undeniable admission OF
disastrous defeat an admission that the Ger
man commanders dare not make 10 their
people
Finally, the knowledge the part OF the
German government that America is daily
rc-cnforcing the allies, not with tmid or
frightened men, but with lighters who have
friend or foe, conpels that government TO
act swiftly, II IL is to act while it has even
remote chance TO overcome the resistance
with which il will be met. The German
people may be kept in ignorance OF Americas
stnpendous efforts in this var, but it is GER
tain that the German government knows
what is going on. 1t is scanning the allied
/ press every day in the year for information
/ and the information it is getting is far from
/ cheerful!
All a'gns point 10 a renewal at an early
/ date OF the German offensive. Certainly Ger
| many mas every reason 10 move her IN that
! direction There is reinsurance however in
/ the attitude OF every allied commander in
france Thcy are not merely confident OF
the outcome OF the next great battle bu.
/ thcy seem impatient for the Germans TO
/ strike. They want TO show I!indenpurg once
/ ana for all that he cannot break the line
/ before min, and that The hour hag come when
i the German army must forever surrender
! tic initiative.
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when the AlIicd FInrs Go nv

When the allied flags go by, lad,
When the allied flags go by,
Thank God that all are banners
You can love and gIorify
Take of your hat In reverence
And gaze with stcadfast eve
When the allied flags 20 by. lad.
When the allied flags go by.
When the allied flags 20 bv. lad.
Let your Yankee spirit say
The crest of Heavens glory
Is your heritage to-day.
Hero life is more than loot-lust
Unplungcd in mad foray;
That's why our flag goes forward
TO halt a looter's sway.
We go with British brothers, lad.
Who fly the Union Jack;
We march with French and Bclgians
To hurl the devils back.
Beside the bold Halians
Wen cross their pirate track
TO furl their Haunted banners
or red and white and black.
When tho allied flags 30 by, lad.
If in battle or review,
Pay homage TO their unity
And to their cause he true.
In comradeship they now revere
Your own Red, White and Blue:
They are. in soul and fabric, lad.
"A living part OF you!
William Herschell, In Indianapoi
News.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-09

Uncle Joe Cannon, eighty-two years old,
hale and hearty, forty years Congressman
AID eight years Speaker OF the House, an
nounces that his hat is in the ring" for re-
election. His remarkable career affords strik-
ing disproof OF the Osler theory that mans
capacity for usefulness in responsible posi-
ton ceases when he reaches the ago OF sixty.
At eighty-two, Uncle Joe is recognized BY
Ills fellow members, Democrats ana Repub-
licanl alike. as one OF the most useful mem
bers OF Congress.