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The Washington times., 1918-02-24
.SIGHTLESS MEMBER
Of CONGRESS FLIES
WITH BRITISH ACE"
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high we were. But I knew we
were up some-further nan ia
care to jump down.
It's a funny feeling when you
turn around, the way the wind
goes around you-hrst blowing
from in front, then the back. and
so on.
when we did the nose dive,
had that same sort of lift in my
'insides" that one gets in an ele-
vator going down rapidly. Only
the sensation develops beyond q
scare into an ecstatic exhilara-
ton.
You see, on my FIRST flight, the
Colonel. apparently thinking he'd
have TO treat me gently because
I was blind, didn't loop the loop.
When I landed was so disap-
pointed that I asked TO go up
again and do stunts. Colonel Lee
granted my request.
I've never seen an Reropl-ne-
I've been blind about eleven years,
but before that / did see one Of
those cigar-shaped balloons, with
a fan on one end-an ordinary
diriglble. But have an idea OF
What an aeroplane looks like from
what I've been told. Then, too.
last spring there was an aero
plane hero, and I took the oppor-
tunity to go over the whole thing
carefully with my hands. and in
that way l got a pretty good
mental picture Of what It's like.
Handled Like Bag Of Meal.
Getting into Colonel Lees ma
chine was my worst trouble. They
handled me like Z bag OF meal.
But finally got in all right. and
Il was worth all the trouble.
didn't want 10 be strapped IN, and
didn't need 1t but my wife in
sisted on #, so was.
You see, the centrifugal force
keeps one safe IN the seat when
one turns, spins. and loops. Ono
can feel the seat pressing under
one, showing there's no danger CT
falling out. Then, too, there's q
bar in front to be held onto by
the hands, 80 you see. l was in
no danger.
Before / went up, imagined
the sensation must be something
like those felt when in an auto.
That's all I could really imagine
beforehand. But It's nothing
like it-nothing like anything
I've ever been IN. It's something
like a scenic railway ride-only
raised 70 the nth power Of de-
Hight
DO you know lived more in
that thirty minutes flight than
! did in thirty years of my life!
II was a great stImulant I'd
advise thirsty Washingtonians TO
NY II they feel like stimulation.
It's a great substitute for booze.
I feel now as II I'd had two or
three drinks. But haven't.
Couldn't he Afraid.
Afraid7 I couldn't be afraid
with 4 man like Colonel Leo in
charge. You know, TO the blind
man his senss OF hearing is like
another mans sense OF seeing.
can tell by a mans voice what his
character is. And Colonel Lees
voice showed me he was q man
to trust-a man that was there
IN an emergency. 1 felt in his
voice note Of confidence. a note
OF eXpertnesE, feRTlessness.
Colonel Lee Is Unconditional, un-
sentimental. clear headed-a man
on whom I instinctively felt 1
could rely.
II had ever to take a long desert
Journey. Colonel Lee 10 the man ia
like for my pal He'd be there. WhsA
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from where we were. hundreds OF feet
above It. looked to be about three and
q half feet high.
81 never had any fear that the ma
chine was going to turn over or fall.
didn't give a rap II It did. knew
Colonel Lee had perfect control of the
machine. felt as safe as IL l was
riding IN an automobile. l was
never afraid of splitting out, and l
didn't have any straps on either.
I'D go again any moment.
"Sow l am going home and tell
Mrs. New all about Il. She is the
only person IN Washington. I think.
who didn't know in advance of my
flight"
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AMERICANS ARE
MENACED BY RIOTS
IN RUSS CAPITAL
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Russia lose a large portion OF her
territory by their terms, but she
would be practically reduced to a
German protcctorate. at least until .
general peace was concluded.
Whether the full revelation OF the
grasping terms proposed by Berlin
would arouse the Russian people or
government to resist the German in
vasion remains to be seen
TIL" terms are:
l. The state of war will be declared
at an end by Russia and Germany.
. The regions west OF the limo indi-
Gated by the Russian delegation at
the Eresf-IitOv SIX conference are no
longer under the territorial protec-
ton OF Russia. From the region OF
DvinslC, this line is advanced to the
eastern frontier OF Courland.
3 Livonla and Esthonla will be i'm
mcdi1tcly cleared OF Russians and
German police will occupy them until
the security OF the inhabitants Is
guaranteed by constitution. Political
prisoners VIII be Immediately re
leased. Russia renounces every claim
to intervening In the affairs of these
regions. Germany ana austria VIII
define their fate In agreement with
the populations. Germany, after the
Russian rehabilitation Is complete.
will evGcuate these regions TO the
eastern line.
Russia will conclude n peace
with Ukraine. The Russians Will
evacuate Finland and Ukraine i'm
mediEteIy.
Refers to Turkey.
3 Russia viii do all that is pos
sible to secure for Turkey n return
to her Eastern Anatolian frontiers.
recognizing annulment OF the Turk
ish capitulation.
@. The Russian army shall be com
pletely demobilized. including newly
formed divisions
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ADVERTISEMENT.
CUT THIS OUT
What Nuxated Iron Is Made From
Sworn Statement of Composition of Its Formula

endurance OF delicate nervous e
folks days time In many instances
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BY Harry S. New,
United States Senator from
Indiana.

TITS fine, great! The sensation is
indescribable. ] thought l had done
pretty much everything a man could
do, but that certainly caps anything
/ ever did before. There was not 4
moment when felt the slightest SEN
Sation OF fear. In fact. was scarce
ly conscious OF motion.
when the machine caresned over
for a turn, or headed nose down, the
sensation was a bit peculiar. but It
was most thrilling.
IT was on q keen lookout all the
tine. One time thought We were
foing into the back door Of the White
House The Warrington Monument,
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needed
While we were over the river. there
was engine trouble. heard tina
motor missing. and I heard a grunt
from Colonel Lee that told me some
thing was wrong. heard him tug
ging at his levers. or something. and
then heard the even roar again and
q satisfied grunt from the colonel
that told me everything was all right
again. So I didn't worry. Why
should I.
Had the Advantage.
/ really think ! enjoy flying moro
than a man who could see. You see.
! have the advantage. A man with
sight has the handicap OF being able
70 see how fer he'd have to fall II
something did go wrong. That's
where I've got It over him
I think the RerOplane has II all
over Billy Sundays brigade Of
angels, too. That win-on-the back
business is too crude. In an aero
plane you have all the pleasure OF
flying. without having 70 flap
your own wings.
couldn't help thinking what a
super potent engine OF war II Is.
Why don't they use It more over
there?
1; must he a terror, swooping
down into a trench which It
rakes with a hail of bullets. There
must be almost humiliation in
that trench.
hope America sends them over
there in such number that we can
go over the top IN aeroplanes,
even il We don't smash through
the line
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BY VIM. Dcnman,
Former Chairman of the United
States Shipping Board.

"WelI, that's the first time I have
ever been upside down In Washing
ton. have had thrills before. but
that was the greatest pleasure trip
] have ever taken in my life. It WAS
an experience well worth remember
ing. 1 enjoyed It immensely. There
was no sensation OF fear. II was
simply delightful. The stunts were
more than thrilling"
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MILLIONAIRE COP"
ADOPTS WAR BABY

DETROIT. Mich, Feb. 24.-Jamss
Cousens, Detroit's millionaire blue
coat. has adopted q ten-months-old
Canadian war baby" Her father
was killed IN Europe. Cousens was
formerly vice president OF the Ford
Motor Company.
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WILL DECORATE NURSES.

British nurses who responded to ths
colors when the Germans were NOV
ing through Belgium Just few days
after the declarations OF war, in Aug
ust, 1914, will be soon decorated with
the Star OF Mons, according to dis
patches received here. The decora-
ton is a bronze star with red.
white, and blue ribbon
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SOLDIER ADMITS
|. ENTERING j. S. ON
FALSE PASSPORT
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session of the passport Is also being
probed. He said that he married the
widow OF Frederick Jensen, Of Copen-
hagen three years ago. Just before
his death Jensen had been granted a
passport for this country. Wilsmark
claims he found the passport. and
that, as he closely resembled Jensen,
he decided to pose as the dead man.
He claims he had no difficulty gain
ing entry into the port OF New York.
EnIIstS In Engineers.
After living in Brooklyn for a year,
wilsmarlk went to San Francisco.
where he met Alfred May. He said
they roomed together. and that on
November II he enlisted in the enEi-
neer corps OF the United States army
at san Francisco. He said he was q
trained civil engineer. shortly after
his enlistment he was transferred to
Fort Myer.
The following day. May discovered
that the money orders had disap-
peared. He suspected Wilsmark, and
Inspector Lambert, OF the American
Express Company, started in search
OF the soldier. He traced him to
Brooklyn and in searching a room
that Wilsmark formerly occupied
the passport and other papers were
found by the inspector. They have
been turned over to the Government.
May told Detective Baur that Wills
mark spoke OF having been arrested
for smuggling in Denmark. Con
fronted with the statement he Is al
legged to have made to May, Wilsmark
admitted to the detective he had made
81 90 hYVF tafOl= ~, 80
with May.
Against Germany, He Says.
"I have never before been arrested
in my Ilfe-here or in Denmark"
Wusmark told Detective Baur. 81 am
opposed to Germany and l want to
see the imperial government crushed.
That's why joined the United tSates
service
Despite WiIsmark's protestations of
loyalty to this country. his alleged
Misrepresentation IN getting past the
immigration authorities 1T New York
on n false passport does not put him
In good grace with the Federal au-
thorities. His story to May OF hav-
ing been arrested for smuggling Is
not taken by the authorities lightly.
why should Wilsmark make such
a statement" asked one OF the de-
tectlveS. And he admitted ne tOIu
May he had been arrested for SNUG
sling. He explains II was joke.
Well, we will find out whether IL Is
a Joke or not"
wilsmark stated that he left Brook
Iyn for San Francisco to go to Aus.
tralia, where he had been before
After arriving on the Pacific coast.
however, he determined to enlist In
the engineer corps.
To Investigate Thoroughly.
The soldier Is alleged to have made
a number OF conflicting statements.
and all OF them will be thoroughly
threshed out while he is being held
on the forgery charge. Should he
not be found guilty Of the forgery
charge, wiIsmark will be held pend
ing the investigation being made oy
the Federal and police authorities
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NEWLYWEDS
WILL SPEND
HONEYMOON
ON THE WING

With a roar which died down to
n1ere buzz and then silence, . great
navy airpIaue swOoped TO the ground
At Governors Island, in New York
hIrbor. one day last week, and came
20 a res; before a chapel door, whence
came the strains OF Mendelssohn's
wedding march.
Out Of the man-made bird stepped
two figuros-ons q stalwart young
American aviator, tie other q pretty
little miss, who smiled happily as she
stepped from the plane, her face
flushed with excitement.
A few minutes later the same
couple stepped out OF the little chapel
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence B. sperry,
New Nork's first aero newlyweds.
Son of Inventor.
.sperry IS the son OF Elmer A.
sperry. the inventor OF the gyroscope
alta imeut for stabIllzIng Seroplanes.
His bride had been Miss winifred
Allen. She had always wanted to fly,
and Eet first air ride was the one IN
which her avistor-fiancs had winged
10 the altar where they were made
man and wife.
ct was just splendid" cried Miss
Allen as she stepped from the plane
At the chapel door. Then, with
dimpling smile at the figure Of the
young aviator beside her. she add
ed:
Il knew nothing could happen with
Larry in charge"
Wedding Supper.
4 Jolly wedding supper on Cover
nor's Island followed the ceremony.
The newlyweds stayed on the island
with friends over night, and on the
next day, they again took to the air
and winged back to Amityville, L. l.,
where they're going to spend their
Honeymoon In the clouds.
That's where they're going 70 live,
but for q time they're just going to
skim around in the upper atmosphere,
where there'll be no prying eyes to
gaze on their love making. For new
Iyweds are nswlyweds, be 1t on ground
or above.
But, of course, you women will want
70 know what Miss Allen wore when
she made her bridal flight to the
altar. eh1 Just suppose. girls, you
Hhould ever be in the same position
Would you know what to wear? Well,
take Miss Aliens outfit, for example:
BrIde'B Outfit.
A dark blue velvet froek. cut
square in the neck A long velvet
coat, and to top It off. one OF those
cute little tam-o-shanters Of the
sGm6 material There was a big red
rose at her waist, and around her
shoulders g stole OF white fox Fetch
ing.
Now that you know what 20 wear,
all you'll have 20 do Is to go and find
an agreeable aviator. As Uncle Sam
- training them $4,000 strong now,
that shouldn't be such job.
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SKELETONFOUND
IN SEA CHEST IS
THATOF SOLDIER

HOPEWELL. Va. Feb. 24.-Poliee
and county officials. who for a time
were baffed over the finding OF q
decomposed body OF man, with the
head decapitated. buried in a sea
chest several miles from the city on
the historic John Randolph place, are
today confident that the man was
William ]. Hallihan. private in the
319th infantry, a unit at Camp Lee,
near here.
The remains have been sealed and
shipped to Pittsburgh. Pa. and from
there will be transferred OF a suburb
lof that city where it Is said Halli-
had relatives.
Not SGrRIe Of Liquor"
When the chest containing the body
was unearthed last Wednesday by =
man and woman who were walking
through the country and thought
they had found grave OF liquor
a common thing to ind IN this section
since the State went dry-Dr. j. II.
Hargrave coroner OF Prince George
county. was called on for an invss-
| tigation.
| The coroner, upon inquiry, learned
that the body was the same that he
lad examined on October 20 last and
turned over to a local undertaken, to
be Inferred. At that time the cor
ohsS verdict was that the body was
that cf Hn unknown mcn who had
| rnr1A En-, hfn daafh fFfNrn r0nEGA
know
Indications at the time a. hnd:rg
the body last fall pointed to foul
play. The body had been dragged
| from the river to a point about 100
yards up the ravine. There was eand
| in the hip pockets OF the trousers,
showing the body had been dragged
/ head foremost.
Thrown In RivsD.
II was the belief at the time that
the man had been thrown in the Ap-
pomattox river and drowned, later TO
J be removed and hidden in the ravine,
which is near the point where the Ap-
pomattox empties into the James
river.
A few days after the finding Of DE
body OF the man, it was reported that
William ]. HallIhan was missing from
Camp Lee. and camp authorities an
nounced that 1t was the missing sol
dIer's body that had been discovered
on the banks Of the river.
Coroner Hargrave declined to sign
a certificate of death, claiming there
was no proof that the man was Hal
Than. Later the missing soldiers
family asked for q certificate Of death
that an insurance policy said to have
been 81 900 might be collected He
still declined.
The case was dropped. and nothing
more was heard OF II until last week.
when the decomposed body was again
found.
The casket, an old sea chest. little
better than I'VE feet in length. was
formerly used as a feed box for the
stock at the home of c. L. Elmore, q
farmer.
Satisfied - to Identity.
conoroner Hargrave has learned
from Camp Lee authorities that they
are satisfied to the identity OF the
man
There Is considerable speculation
here over what course the military
authorities will take in probing the
matter. How a member OF the camp
could have been given such a burial
| and under such circumstances and
allowed to remain several months
within a few miles OF the camp Is
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-26
NOTICE OF TIME APPOINTED FOR
PROVING WILL

State of South Dakota, County of
Lake, IS. In County Court. In the mat
ter of the estate of John t. Whitmore,
deceased. Notice of time appointed for
proving will, etc. The state of South
Dakota sends greeting to Annie NJ.
Whitmore, Frank Whitmore. Mable Stan
ford. Ada Whitmore, Louise Whitmore,
Lloyd Whitmore, Florence Whitmore,
Myrwin Whitmore. heirs, next of kin of
John T. Whitmore, deceased. Pursuant
to an order of said court, made on the
25th day of February, 1918, notice is
hereby given that Tuesday, the 18th day
of March, 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m, of
said day, at the office of the county
judge in the city OF Madison, in the
county of Lake. hav been appointed as
the time and place for proving the will
of said John T.. Whitmore, deceased, and
for hearing the said petition for probate
thereof and the issuance of letters tesla
mentary therein, when and where any
person interested may appear and con-
test the same.
Dated at Madison. South Dakota. the
25th day of February, 1918.
by the Court:
A. w. Sponholz.
Judge of the County Court.
Attest:
F. l.. Burnett.
Clerk of the County Court.
Hans Urdahl,
Attorney for Petitioner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-26
HOW BoLSHEvIM
CAPTURED MOSCOW
Seven Days of Fire and BIooo
Described by Chicagoan
Who Witnessed It.

Seven days Of fire and blood, which
brought Moscow under the domination
of the Bolsheviki, are described by Ed
win s. Waterbury, the first Chicago
man TO come out of Russia since the
fall Of Kerensky. Waterbury and
twenty other Americans were impris-
oned In the National hotel, Moscow,
during the entire seven days, and were
In the center Of the fighting area.
Between five thousand and six
thousand men, women and children
were killed during the seven days."
MI. Waterbury said, 1.-The fighting be-
gan at midnight November 8.
THE Bolshevik forces included both
soldiers and workmen. Someone had
given the workmen $4,000 guns.
"One hundred and forty of the Boil.
sheviki were stationed In the hotel,
and they soon put the machine across
the street out of business. For two
days they stood In the windows and
sniped In all directions.
AT last we got tired of that and
sent word to both sides asking them to
make the hotel neutral territory. To
do that we had to turn the Bolsheviki
out into the streets-and, strangely
enough, they went.
when the hotel became neutral we
ran up the American flag, along with
the French. Italian. British and Japa-
nese flags, and there was no more
firing"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-26
USE COLOGNE BELL FOR GUNS
Great s e,oo0-Pound Relic Of 1870 Dis
mant,ed and Sawed into Parts
for War Purposes.

The Hague.-The great "kaiser's
BELL" whose o voice many
Americans may have heard above the
roars Of Cologne, has now been re-
moved from its cage in the southern
tower Of the grand cathedral to be
melted for war uses. 1t rang its funer-
al chant on New Years, night.
The bell weighed $1,000 pounds and
It was necessary to saw 1t In pieces to
get II down.
French guns captured In 1870 and
1871 were the material from which
the bell was made, and 1t was first
sounded on March q, 1877, the birth
day of William I. 1t took q bell ring
srs to operate Ii.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-26
STATE NEWS.

Vermillion-Eight years ago Nels
Peterson purchased an S0-acre farm
near vermillion for SIS an acre. He
raised eight crops on the land, and
now has sold 1t for $500 an acre.
Huron-Nineteen stars now deco
rate a large service flag at the head
quarters of the G.. A. r., the Sons of
Veterans and their auxiliary and the
w. r. C. here. The emblem was Of
ficially unfurled at a meeting of
these patriotic bodies here Thursday
evening.
Memo - Notwithstanding that
Hutchinson county is one of the best
agricultural counties in South Dakota
there is scarcely q silo In the county.
The farmers are at last becoming
aroufed to the importancs of having
silos, and 1t Is expected scores of
them will be erected in the county
this year.
volgaLTwo horse thieves who es.
capped from the BOOKINGS county jail
a year or two ago. while they were
awaiting trial on the charge of rus
Ting horses belonging TO a farmer
living near yolga, have been captured
in Pennsylvania, and now r being
held there for the South Dakota off
GERS. They will be brought to Brook
ings county for trial.
Aberdeen. w. Stehly, a hard
ware merchant of Hecla. is in the
Brown county Jail, charged with vio-
lating the espionage act and obstruct,
ing the draft. He will be given a
hearing before q United States coin.
missioner on Monday, Stehly is a
pioneer OF Brown county and is vel
to do. He is said to be a native OF
Germany.
Flandreau-A private telegram re.
ceived here from Washington, ID. c..
Is to the effect that an amendment
has been added to the Indian appro'
priation bill in congress. providing
for $500 for the rebuilding of the
machine shop building at the govern
ment Indian school In this city, to re.
place a similar building which was
destroyed by fire a month or two ago
The appropriation will immediatel,
become available OF the passage o
the bill, and Ii is hoped that work or
the new structure can commence ear
ly in the spring.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-26
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
FOR 5000 HOSPITALS
Wonderful Work American WON.
en- Are Doing Through the
Red Cross.

The American woman whose hands
have grown skilled In the making of
SUI gical dressings might be surprised
IL yhe knew how many different ma
localities her work had reached.
A nurse In a French hospital may,
within a short time, have within her
care not only French and American
patients, but black Senegalese, Ger
man prisoners, East Indians, Morocco
ans, Alg.1ians, Annamites, and some
times, though the British troops are
hospitaled in England. occasional Eng
fish, Scotch, Irish, Welsh and Colon
ials, With occasionally a turbaned
giant from some Indian regiment.
Whatever their race they under.
stand the meaning of the surgical
dressing, and most Of them know that
IL represents devoted work behind the
lines. The bandage or compress may
be h first m~inistration to the wound
ed in a front-line dugout dressing sta
ton. Perfection in its making Is a
vital matter, and surgeons and nurses
working abroad .ely on the exacting
standards of tie dressings Sent from
the American Red Cross.
The Americ an Red Cross Is supply.
ing surgical dressings to over 5000
hospitals. Most Of these dressings are
made In Chapter workrooms through
out the United States, where their cut
ting and rolling and folding, as seen
through the windows. have become a
familiar sight to most city jewellers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-26
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

We, the employees of The Smith
Auto Co., hereby submit to the voters
of Lake county the name of our book
keeper, c. III. Roberts, as a desirable
candidate for the office of county
treasurer, and pledge him our sup
port.-A. d. Parker, w. ID. Trip, A.
F. Budde, HI. w. Edminster, e. c.
DanuSer, T. j. Bliss, c.. III. Sollitt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-26

Street lights are not included in
above statement.
Light and water have been fur
nished free to the library and city
schools which together with the
street lights and fire protection, we
think. will offset interest and depre-
citation on plant.
There were 1876 electric light me-
tiers on the system January 1, 1918,
of which $50 are owned by the city.
and are rented at 25 cents per month.
VIM. Rae,
City Auditor.