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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-06
U. s. to Run Washington Phones.

New York, March 6.-Government
operation OF telephones in the Dis
trict OF Columbia as a means of
guarding official business and greater
efficiency has been recommended to
Congress by Postmaster General Bur
Lesson
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NEXT DRAFT CALL IN APRIL
"Important Announcement" by Crow.
der Awaits Congress Action.

der Awaits Congress Action.
Washington, March 6.-Announce-
ment of the date of the next draft II
imminent. The provost marshal gen.
erals office has prepared an "im-
portant announcement" which is be.
lieved to deal with the time and
method of summoning the second
levy. The best opinion Is that the
first OF the men will move to camp
in April.
Publication OF the announcement
is held up for action by Congress on
pending amendments to the selec-
tive service act.
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4. !. + i. i. + /. i. !. i. i. I.
+ u. S. Losses To March 3
+ 43 Killed, 252 Hurt :

+ Washington, March 6.-For-
I. ty-three American soldiers had
I. been killed in action in France
/. at the end of March 8, while
I. 252 had been wounded and 35
I. captured or missing, according
I. to war department informa-
!. tion.
/. i. j. i. 1. r. 4. + i. + + 4.
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"TO BURN WAY TO BERLIN"

new OH ThroWer Tor Trench Ooo
Claimed to be Irresistible.
Marietta, Ohio, March 6.-Follow-
ing experiments Of several months,
oil men In the local fields have per-
fected a new method OF throwing oil.
which optimists say will literally
permit the United States to burn
its way to Berlin"
The idea as near as can be learned
is to spray the oil into enemy
trenches in much the same fashion
az liquid fire is used, though the re.
suits are not nearly 20 horrible.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-06
Mil City Hospital Blast Hurt. ?.

Minneapolis, March 6.-One man is
believed dying and FIVE others are
serious condition as a result OF
:he explosion Of section of boiler
It the city hospital One Of the in.
lured men is J. O. Mulholland, q
member Of the civil service commits.
lion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-06
Republicans Win Mayoraities.

Portland, Me-. March 6.-Republican
mayors were elected in seven of the
nine cities which voted in this state
Monday.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
To Help Aqueduct Guard
Citizens Committee Formed
to Aid Citizen Soldiers

The Aqueduct Guard Citizens Com
mittee was formed yesterday by resi-
dents of Westchester County. at the
home of Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. Plans
will be made at a meeting to be held
on Friday at the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, 476 Fifth Avenue, for
the recreation and entertainment of
the 1,500 officers and men comprising
the aqueduct guard.
1t is intended to provide a recrea-
tion centre, canteen, athletic field,
shower baths and free transportation.
The National League for Women's s
Service has given a motor canteen
truck.
The following officers were elected
at yesterdays meeting: Chairman,
Judge Alton B. Parker; -chairmen l.
Judge John G. Van Etten and William
Church Osborn; secretary, Louis
Gouverneur Morris; treasurer, James
Speyer. The actual work of the COM
mittee will be under the direction of
Justice George L. Genung, of the Mu-
nicipal Court. The chairmen of the
various committees appointed to assist
in the work are Samuel Sloan, Mrs.
James Speyer, Mrs. Peter Duryea, Mrs.
Caspar Whitney, Mrs. Francis II. Leg
gett and R. E. Willis.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Shoot All Traitors,
Stokes Advises Wilson
Make One German Squeal and
and Bag Lot, His
Advice

W. E. D. Stokes sent to The Tribune
last night which he wrote to President
WILSON,:
"New York, July 27, 1918.
"Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President the
United States of America, the
White House, Washington, D. G..
"My Dear Sir
81 read with much interest your
proclamation about mobs, mob law and
lynching, and quite agree with you
that our courts are fully able to handle
these cases, and the public should hold
off and wait.
"You now realize the truth of what
wrote you long ago on this subject
that the time would come when if Ger
man spies and traitors were not shot
by law the public would take this duty
into their own hands. That being the
case, let these men who have taken
German money to betrav our country
be brought to the public bar at once
"You have seen in the newspapers
this morning the disclosures regarding
DR.. Rumely, Mr.. Viereck and William
B. Hale, caleld the secret adviser Of
the Huns and the kitchen entrance to
the White House. If the statements
printed in the papers are found to be
true regarding these men
When do you propose to have them
tried and shot, if found guilty?"
"Now, thu Sc disclosures indicate that
there are othvr newspaper owners and
men of public influence involved in this
German propaganda who have taken
German money and who may be just as
guilty as these men are claimed to be.
Why not give a chance to some one to
turn states evidence. and then get the
whole gang and make one clean sweep
Of them with a firing squad7
yours very truly,
"W. E. u. grOKEss
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Britons Subject to
u. S. Draft Sept. 28
Recruiting Treaties Will Be
Ratified in London on,
Tuesday

WASHINGTON, july 27.--Ratifica-
tion of the British and Canadian re-
cruiting treaties with the United States
will be exchanged in London next
Tuesday, From July 81 to September
28. both inclusive, British subjects in
the United States, including declarants
who are of present United States draft
age, have their last chance to enlist in
the British and Canadian armies.
After September % they become liable
to compulsory service, under the draft
law, in the United States.
British subjects, including declar
ants. twenty to twenty-one years of
age, or between thirty-one and forty
four, both inclusive, are within the re-
cruiting convention, as we'll as those
within the American draft age limits.
For these men President Wilson will
appoint day on which they will have
to register. For thirty days after
that day they will have their last
chance Of voluntarily entering the
British and Canadian armies. On the
ttlhirty,,first day after registration if
they have not enlisted they become
liable to compulsory service under the
American draft law.
If British subjects desire to be ex-
empted by the British Ambassador
from military service under the con-
ventions, they should apply as soon as
possible-Canadians to Ottawa and
others to Washington. Such exemption
may be granted only within the period
of sixty 10 thirty days referred to.
Full particulars are given in the ex-
emption regulations, which have been
published, and can be had at aty Brit
ish recruiting office or from any Brit
ish consular officer.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Citizenship an Army
Magnet for Aliens
Thousands Attracted by Re-
ward and Agree to Waive
EXEMPTION

In the hope of reaching many of the
100000 draft registrants in New York
City granted deferred classification be-
cause of alienage claims, Martin Con-
boy, local Director of the Draft, yes
terday issued to the 1S9 draft boards
here a statement urging them to bring
to the attention of these registrants
the reward of full American citizen
ship extended to all who enter military
service.
According to Captain Asch, aid to
MIR. Conboy, several thousand friendly
aliens, in their desire to become
naturalized Americans, waived exemp-
tion as soon as they were informed of
the premium. 1t is expected that wide
publicity regarding the reward will in
crease substantially the Class Ia
lists.
Among the usual requirements
which are waived in this emergency
grant of citizenship are the proof of a
specified period of residence in the
United States, knowledge of the Eng
lish language, signature in the appli-
cant's own handwriting, certificate
of arrival in this country and the Gus
tomary 50 fee.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Medals To Be Given Firemen
AS Appreciation for Heroism
Mayor Will Present Tokens of Recognition Eight Men of
Department for Bravery in Rescung at Flames
Efficiency To Be Recognized

Eight fremen have been picked from
the scores who risked their lives in
1917 to rescue others from death and
will receive bravery medals. They are
Patrick r. O'Connor, of Hook and Lad
der ID; George ]. Nelson, of Hook and
Ladder ID; George p. Fowler, of Hook
and Ladder 40; Battalion Chief Rich
ard j. Marshall Harry r. Gray, of
Hook and Ladder 12 and Captain
George ]. Klein nd Firemen John S.
DENIM and Frederick B. Brosnan, of
Hook and Ladder 1O5.
Mayor Hylan will award the medals
Tuesday at the City Hall and at the
same time will award medals for ef-
ficiency, ingenuity and training.
Saved From Certain Death,
The bravery which will be recognized
and rewarded on that day was dis
played at four fires in 1917. One of
them was fire early in the morning
of February 20, at % East 128th Street.
Michael Mahoney, weighing 200 pounds,
sought shelter on ledge below the
coping of the building. Flames cut
off his escape.
Firemen O'Connor and Nelson bent
over the coping and while companions
anchored their legs and the coping
sagged beneath their combined weight,
made graphing hooks of their arms
and each seized the marooned man and
hauled him to safety. For this O'Con-
nor is to receive the James Gordon
Bennet Medal and the department
medal and Nelson, the Emily Trevor
Mary B. Warren Medal and the depart
meut medal.
Caught Woman in Midair
Fireman Fowler was serving his first
year in the department when an alarm
took Hook and Ladder 40 to a fire at
307 West 127th Street on the afternoon
of April 18, 1917. He started up lad
der to window where Mrs. Filomena
was crouching in an agony of panic.
AS she leaped Fowler braced hims self
with one arm and caught her in mid
air with the other, and then brought
her to the ground. He will receive the
Hugh Bonner Medal and the depart
ment medal.
Four of the medals were won at a
fire at IS John Street. Brooklyn, Octo-
Der 13, 1917. Several tiremen were
overcome by smoke and gas and lay
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Filler Killed at Hezapstead
Lieutenant Haynes, of Dor.
chester, Mass, Falls 100 Feet

HEMPSTEAD, Long Island, July 27.
-Lieutenant c. H. Haynes, Of Dor.
chester, Mass. fell 100 feet TO-DAY in
a De Haviland aeroplane in Hazelhurst
Field and was killed. His mechanic.
Minard S. Moist, broke his shoulder
and leg. This is the first accident that
has occurred here with a De Haviland
biplane.
Lieutenant Haynes was member Of
the 352d Aero Squadron and was at
tached to the 1st Provisional Wing.
He had just risen from the field to
join a squadron aligning overhead.
When only 100 feet up trouble oc-
Cured and he whirled downward. He
had not risen high enough to volplaps
to safety. A faulty engine is thought
to have been the cause Of the accident.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Woman Named to Work Out
New Trenton Prison Theory

TRENTON, N. j., July 27.-Charities
Commissioner Lewis to-day appointed
of the state home for feebleminded,
one of the three heads of state insti
and Professor j. II. Johnston, of the
Charities Commission, to assign prison
convicts to duties in keeping with their
physical and mental qualifications.
Commissioner Lewis stated that the
csntonment style of living in the New
York penal institutions would be ap-
piled to Lessburg prison camp, in Cum
berland County, and about half of the
idle male convicts at the Trenton
prison would be transferred to that
institution.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

to. maintain this increase and to give
other increases where necessary and
desirable. and in order to place the
company in position where it can
meet the abnormal conditions under
which it is laboring at present, you,
the travelling public. must be willing
to pay the fair cost of transportation.
"We, the employees Of the B. II. T.
system. are not body of men apart
from you. We are your friends and
neighbors, and as such are forced to
meet the same abnormal conditions az
you. Our company mas the same diff
culties to meet as the industries you
work for. with the difference that the
industries that employ you have in
creased the prices Of the commodities
they sell, thereby enabling them to
meet the increased cost of material,
upkeep and labor. while up to the
present our company has not been
allowed to do 80"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Cooke Assistants Named
Engineers Chosen to Help
Plants Save Fuel

Delos W. Cooke, state fuel adminis
traitor, announced yesterday that Ed
ward N. Strump, of Syracuse, had been
appointed to the post of state conserva-
tion engineer. P. B. Noyes, director of
conservation of the national fual ad-
ministration, made the selection. C. A.
Graves was selected as deputy over
New York City, Rockland and West
chester counties, with Charles S.
Strump, deputy, in charge Of the re-
mainder Of the state.
The duties of the engineers will In
clude the making of survey of plants
to facilitate the conservation of fuel in
the generation of steam, power and
light.
Mr.. Cooke said he had received word
that operators had been granted a
slight advance in price for selecting
coal. The advance consists of s cents
a ton for picking run-of- mine coal. 10
cents for picking prepared sizes and SO
cents ton for washing slack.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Lean and at Years
For Fishermen

Winds which influence the ocean cur
rents influence, in turn, the course Of
the fish, according to recent scientific
contentious. These influences have
periods Of three or four years. Thus,
in 1899, there was general scarcity
of fish, but afterward they became
more and more abundant up to the year
1902. In 1906 there was another scar
city of fish, but the next year they be-
gan to return in increasing numbers.
The cause of these variations was re-
garded as a mystery until the coinci-
dence with the prevailing direction Of
the coastal winds was noticed. Now,
it is thought, by the study of the winds
the prospects of the fishermen may be
predicted two or three years in ad-
vance.-San Francisco Argonaut.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
B. r. T. Will Employ
More Women in Shops
Found To Pc Apt and Desir-
able in Mechanical De-
D. rtment

w. G. Cove, superintendent of the
mechanical department of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit system, said yesterday
that the WOMEN employed in the shops,
more than 100 in number, were dis
playing such zeal and adaptability that
1T was probable their numbers soon
would be increased considerably.
The women operate the lighter ma
chimes, clean equipment, wash and paint
cars, scrub and enamel car curtains
inspect car bodies and wire master
controls among other things. Quarters
for them have been completed in most
OF the larger shops, with specially
trained women in charge. A woman
physician is in charge of their medical
bureau.
Masculine employees are doing all in
their power to assist the women, Mr..
Cove said.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

unconscious somewhere in the building.
Battalion Chief Marshall, Captain Klein
and Firemen DENIM and Brosnan were
members of the successful rescue party.
Battalion Chief Marshall directed the
work, rescued three firemen and made
second trip into the building in an
unsuccessful effort to find Lieutenant
John A. Smith, Of Engine Company 251.
Lieutenant Smith was found and
rescued by Captain Klein, who also
brought out Fireman Willie E. Scaple-
horn. Brosnan and DENIM accom-
panied him. The William l.. Strong
Medal goes to Chief Marshell, "The
brooklyn Citizens" Medal to Captain
Klein, the William S. Hurley Medal to
Fireman DENIM and the Thomas E..
Crimmins Memorial Medal to Fireman
Brosnan.
Saved His Superior
The wit and strength of Fireman
Gray won for him the Henry P,
Wertheim Medal at fire in the early
evening of September /, 1917, at 210
East Twentythird Street. An explo-
sion had cut off Captain McNamara
from the stairway and he had fought
his way through the smoke to fourth
floor window. There was no fire escape
there, and Captain Mcnamara, incapable
~ AuACACA ClioACy lay ACIOSS Lu6 Sill.
Gray seized 25-foot ladder and thrust
it against the wall. 1t fell short of
the window by several feet and the
fireman raised it to his shoulders, hold
ing it firmly while Mcnamara clam
bered down to safety.
The Stephenson Medal for the
maintenance of the best disciplined and
most efficient company during the year
goes to Captain Timothy w. Crowley,
Of Engine 81. Deputy Chief Thomas
r. Dougherty will receive the Admin
istration Medal for the best suggestion
for the Improvement Of the department
during 1917. His suggestion was that
kind Of canvas breeches buoy oper-
ated by ropes be used for rescue work
prior to the arrival of hook and lad
der company. His contrivance can be
carried on hose wagon.
Efficience Wins Medals
The College Efficiency Medals for
1917 go to the officers and men of Hook
and Ladder s. The company completed
the twenty-one cvolutions in the test
in Is minutes and 80 seconds, a record
that is considered remarkable.
The test included handling and rails
ing various kinds Of ladders, stretching
and connecting high pressure lines,
using the turret pipes, cellar and SUBJ
cellar pipes, shooting the lifeline and
demonstrating rescue work.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Explanation Of Representa-
tive's Statement Disavows
Threat to Quit
Plead for Company
Appeal for "Square Deal" and
"Justice" to Traction Of
fcials' Request

The press committee of the EN-
ployes' Benefit Association of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company is
sued n statement yesterday explaining
that in prophesying trouble" for the
public if fares were not permitted to
be increased its representative, who
appeared before the Board of Estimate
on July 10, had no thought of threat
ening a strike. From that explanation
the statement proceeds to renew the
appeal for public sympathy for the
project to increase fares, stating in
part:
"Our representative, Mr.. Brady, ex-
planned that he did not mean there
would be a strike, but that in view of
the high wages paid to employees of
war industries it would be difficult
for the B. r. T. to hold its men, and
as the labor shortage increased the
difficulties of the company in main
tanning it's schedules would also in
crease.
1--WE, the employees of the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit system. take this
opportunity of notifying you that we
have no intention of striking or of
taking any action of any nature that
would embarrass the travelling public,
or that would interfere in any way
with the governments policy of every
one working together to win the war
Plea for the Company
"Our company has had to meet the
increased cost of materials, upkeep
and labor without being allowed to in
crease its income. Every other busi-
ness has, if not under government con-
troll, arbitrarily increased the cost of
the commodity which it sells. and those
which have been placed under govern
ment control have had the price OF
their commodities increased to point
where they would meet the increased
cost of material, permit an increased
scale of wages and also give tar
return on the capital invested.
"In two hundred cities in this coun-
try the stae or local authorities have
recognized the necessity of an in
creased rate of fare and have granted
it. Many other cities are rapidly fall
ing into line. and unless speedy action
is taken here the great City OF New
York will be the only city in the Unit
ed States that has refused justice to
its street railway companies.
Asks Square Deal'
"Assuming that the public is fair
and believes in a square deal, our
company has gone ahead and increased
the wages of its employees in the trans
portation department, thereby adding
to it's increasing difficulties. In order
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Bennett to Open
Campaign With
Speech Wednesday
Will Address Voters in City
Hall Park During
Noon Hour

Ex-senator William M. Bennett, who
is opposing Governor Whitman and At
torney General Lewis in the Republi-
can primaries, announced yesterday
that he would open his campaign for
the Governorship in City Hall Park
next Wednesday with an address be-
ginning at 1880 o'clock. After his
speech he will go to Broad and Wall
streets and address another audience.
Bennett, who defeated Mayor Nit
chel for the Republican nomination for
Mayor last fall, said that he would ad-
dress Republicans in their club houses
throughout the city as he did last fall
and that he would soon make tour Of
the State, speaking in every village and
town OF any size, as we'll as in the
cities.
Give thousand Republicans have
signed q petition designating me as
their candidate at the primary for
Governor and also designating candi-
dates for four other state Offices" said
Ex-senator Bennett. "The Whitman
convention Of payroll delegates is now
thing of the past. While the plat
ACA III Az CcIIlS luuOISeO MS hQmlnlSCrd-
tion, the delegates showed strongly
that they didn't want any more of
Whitman's administration by stamped
ing for Colonel Roosevelt.
"The voters this fall are in mood
to elect Governor who will bend all
his energies to being Governor The
fight between Whitman and Lewis is
merely a fight for the control of the
patronage. The voters on the other
hand are interested in real issues, of
which there are many.
"The people are convinced that Whit
man is the candidate of the money
bund, which is seeking to get control
of the state government for invest
ment purposes, while Mr.. Lewis, even
if he were nominated, would not be
elected in November because of his op-
position to direct primaries and to
woman suffrage. l think the voters see
this. Both Whitman and Lewis will be
rejected at the primaries"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
1,4OO Machinists Strike
Mergenthaler Linotype Max.
ers Demand Wage Increase

Fourteen hundred machinists in the
plant of the Mergenthaler Linotype
Company, Ryerson Street, near Flush
ing Avenue, Brooklyn, went on strike
yesterday. B. W. Nicholson, business
agent of Local 434 Of the international
Association of Machinists, declared
that unless the strike was settled to-
m morrow all of the 5000 employees of
the plant, 1900 Of whom are girls,
would be called out.
The strikers demand 73 cents an
hour for machinists, S3 cents an hour
for tool-makers, the abolition of piece
work and the establishment of the
apprentice system.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

relegated to second place to-day by the
War Secretary.
When the newspaper mon called on
Mr.. Baker he was smoking huge
mcerschaum pipe. The head carved on
the bowl was several times the Or
dinary size.
els that Marsf" tho Secretary was
asked.
ats the Goddess Of Liberty, isn't
tt" he replied, and tho visitors noted
the face was n woman's.
"An unknown friend in st. Paul sent
It to me-" Mr.. Baker explained. Hc
declined to make public the name of
his Minnesota admirer.
"That's the finest meerschaum I've
ever seem" the Secretary said, and
added that he intends to color 1t by
smoking and not artificially, as usually
is done.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Hurley Orders Ship
School ON Lakes
Demands in Threatened Strike
Met by Decree That Carriers
Must Train Recruits

WASHINGTON, July 27.-Establish-
ment of training station on the Great
Lakes to recruit and train merchant
seamen was ordered to-day by Chair
man Hurley of the Shipping Board. He
also ordered the Lake Carriers Asso-
citation to put the recruits on their
vessels for practical experience.
pal objection of union seamen, who
have voted to strike Monday because
of the alleged refusal of lake vessel
owners to cooperate with the govern
ment in training seamen. Every re-
quest made by the unions now has
been granted by the Shipping Board,
it is said.