The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-08

pers are now void, and it is because
of this that he is again making APP
plication.
The high school gymnasium has
been turned over to the Red Cross
this evening for their basket social
SO the high school basket ball game
between Pipestone and Madison,
which was to have been held in the
high school gymnasium, will take
place in the Normal gymnasium.
The game will start promptly at s p.
m, with Prof. c. c. Wagner of the
State Normal school officiating.
Mike Peters, E. Rafferty, and C. A.
Trimmer went this morning to Sioux
Falls to attend a meeting of the b.
p. o. Z. The session has no especial
significance except that there is a
large class of candidates to be initial
into the mysteries of goodfellow-
ship, and the lodge is making special
effort to celebrate the event fitting
ly, or perhaps uproariously.
ID. McKinnon is in receipt this
morning of a message from his son,
Lieut.. Harold McKinnon, at Jack
sonville, Fla, stating that he is
transferred to depot quartermaster's
department, New York" 1t is thus
assumed that his period of training
is complete in the great school at
Jacksonville, and that he now enters
upon the regular discharge of quar-
termasters duties in actual service.
Of course, it is not known whether
or not he remains in New York, or
whether he is to be sent to the other
side of the Atlantic.
Yesterday the Red Cross packing
and forwarding committee shipped
to headquarters 108 sweaters, "a
pairs of socks, SO pairs of wristlets
and six scarfs. The last previous
shipment was on January 81, max.
ing the production of this shipment
in less than a week of time, and thai
too, under the additional handicap oil
occasional shortages in yarn. 1t is
stated by officials that this organiza,
ton in the county uses SIS worth oil
materials a day in the production Of
the articles. 1t is for the purpose Of
supplying the demand for yarn thai
the extra entertainments and solicit
tations are being made.
State, Sheriff j. S. Shanks is il
Madison today in pursuance of hi:
official duties. When a Daily Lead
er reporter referred him to the ru
NOR that he was investigating the re
cent interference with the Nonparti
san league meetings, and questioned
him concerning it, Mr.. Shanks smiled
indulgently, and continued checking
up the reports of Lake county drug,
gists in the auditors office. He later
remarked that ii was peculiar thaI
these newspapers and rumors knew
more of a mans plans and business
objects that he himself did. But, ac.
cording to a Pierre dispatch, the gov.
ernor is quoted as authorizing an in.
vestigation, and ordered the presence
of the state sheriff in the county.
The registration of aliens at the
postoffice goes forward slowly, Post
master VIM. Lowe said last night and
showed some of the blanks used for
the purpose. Besides a personal de-
scription and history in writing, the
registrant must impress in spaces
prepared for him on the blanks, q
print of each finger of each hand
then prints of both open hands. Be.
sides these prints and descriptions
the registrants must furnish three
photos of certain prescribed sizes-ir
police parlance, be "mugged"-
which mugs must be attached to the
blanks. The blanks are made in trip.
licate. UP to last night there had
eight aliens presented themselves fol-
registration.
/ was fortunate enough to see the
pictures OF the Tanks at the Battle
of Ancre" at Aberdeen recently, ant
they were the very best war picture!
by far that l have ever seen. They
were actual pictures OF real battle
scenes. They took me into the
trenches. saw the soldiers receive
the command to charge and go gu
of the trenches lover the top" saw
soldiers killed and wounded-no
fake pictures, but the actual reality
l saw the tanks break down the wir'
entanglements and the great howitz
ers being fired as rapidly as the!
could be loaded. 1t was the mos
vividly realistic picture l ever saw
The camera men risked their lives t,
get it. ! wish every person in Mad
ison could see them. 1t would Civ