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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-06
mercy TO SOLDIERS
PRESIDENT WILSON COMMITTEES
THE DEATH SENTENCE OF
-FOUR MEN.

Washington, ID. c., May 6.-Pres-
ident Wilson disapproved the EN-
tence of four American soldiers in
France ordered to be shot.
Sentences OF two of the men, Pri-
Yates Dion Ledoyen and Stanley G..
F!shback, were committed to three
years Imprisonment. Privates For
est ID. Sebastian and Jess Cook were
granted full pardons.
President Wilson's action was
taken on the recommendation of Sec
rotary Baker, who made a personal
investigation of the cases.
In granting full pardon to Sebas-
tian and Cook the president said he
did so in view of their extreme youth
and the facts that their offense was
wholly free from conscious disregard
of duty. Both are ordered back to
their companies.
Sebastian and Cook. who were
p%ardoned, were convicted Of sleep
ing at sentry posts. Ledoyen and
Fishback were sentenced for disobey-
ing OFutIS. lhty Will SSINt thtll
t~hree-year terms at Leavenworth.
Because they were understood to
be the first of the kind In the ex-
peditionary forces the four cases
have attracted considerable atten-
ton.
Gen. P~ershing, under army regula-
tons, holds specific authority to ar
ry out sentences imposed by military
courts. but he referred the record of
the proceedings to the war depart
ment for final review, and through
the department to the president.
Officials of the Judge advocate
generals department spent weeks in
carefully reviewing the testimony.
finally deciding the courts action
had been legal throughout and up
holding the sentences. Maj. Gen.
Crowder himself wrote the official
Endorsement stating the findings and
the cases were then sent by Secretary
Baker to the White House.
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He FINALLY WENT
YOUNG MENNONITE NOT so Ill
AS PRETENDED.

Alexandria. May 6.-Among those
included in the Hanson county draft
contingent called to report May l
was George Waldner. of the Rock
port Mennonite colony. The young
mans father vas very anxious that
he should not be taken for military
duty to which the Mennonites are
generally opposed, and reported that
he was sick and unable to go. The
local board finally ruled that the
Young man would be permitted to
stay at home il the colonists would
provide a substitute for him from
the colony. The negotiations were
then ended and young Waldner re-
ported at the proper time and de-
parted with other members Of the
quota for a training camp.
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BRIGHT PROSPECTS
SENATOR ISAAC LINCOLN OPTI-
MYSTIC AFTER EAST
ERN TRIP.

Aberdeen, May 6.-"Chances for
victory were never brighter. With
the cooperation of every loyal cit
izen, there exists not the shadow of
a doubt as to Americas success in
he war"
This is the opinion of Senator
Isaac Lincoln, of Aberdeen, just re
turned from a trip of a number of
months which took him to the larg-
est cities in every part of the nation,
including Washington, New York,
Philadelphia, New Orleans, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, st.
Louis, Denver, Omaha and numerous
others. Mr.. Lincoln has been at
Washington the larger part of the
time, where he acted OF a stockman's
committee which held sessions with
the heads of the food administration
and the department of agriculture to
line up the stock raising interests of
the nation with the winning OF the
war.
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preserve. 1t is found that since the
state took over the lands in this To-
cation in the Black Hills that there
has been no work done by local au-
thorities on the road, and therefore
the state department will keep them
up. with the convict help. This class
of labor will of course be from pick
ed men, who IAN be trusted absolute
ly, and will be done when the Irvine
making season is not rushed. These
lands of the state game preserve are
under the supervision of the com
missioner of school and public lands
department, being school and public
lands, but the state game department
is permitted the use of the lands for
the game preserve to the extent of
about $1,000 acres, and they were
fenced by the game department with
q fine woven wire fence for the pro-
lection of the game.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-06
MAN SUICIDES
WIDELY KNOWN COW PUNCHER
WHO KILLED MAN TAKES
POISON.

Sioux Falls. May "a dispatch
from Camp Crook, in the northwest
ern section of South Dakota, states
that shorty" Gillard. we'll known
cow puncher of southwestern Mon
tana, and widely known in north
western South Dakota, committed
suicide in a Jail on the Montana side
OF the line and thus cheated the gal
lows.
Cillard recently was convicted of
first degree murder and sentenced to
be hanged. From some source he OBJ
tanned a quantity of poison. He was
past SO years old, and was convict
cd of the mYrder of Cornell Cooper,
25 years old, another cow puncher,
following trouble during a card
game.
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ALLEGED PRO.GERMAN
TWO MEN OF STATE UNDER FED
ERAL SURVEILLANCE.

Sioux Falls, May 6.-Federal Off
GERS made report OF two arrests in
the state. one at Geddes, when DIR.
A. Reichman, a veterinarian, was
taken into custody on a charge of
having violated the espionage act.
He was taken by William Hickey.
deputy United States marshal. before
United States Commissioner White
at Yankton. Following his hearing.
he was released on $4,000 bond
pending trial at the October. 1918,
term of federal court here.
Paul Kutzner, an alien enemy of
Aberdeen, was arrested and will be
brought to this city awaiting instruc-
lions from the department Of Justice.
Kutzner, it is alleged, failed to regis
ter last February at the time and in
the manne prescribed by the depart
ment of justice, and 1t Is likely that
he will be interned for the remainder
OF the war. 1t is said that he does
not plead ignorance of the law as his
reason for failure to make proper
registry.
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CONVICT LABOR
USE CONVICTS TO BUILD ROADS
ON STATE GROUND.

Pierre, May 6.-Although South
Dakota has had a law permitting the
use of c%onvicts on highways, so far
it has not been put into actual opera
tion because none of the county Off
Gals cared to accept the responsible
'ty Of employing the men, guaran-
teeing their non-escape, etc. A new
Plan has now been devised, and the
state authorities will, through the
game and fish department. employ
the convicts, and the respon-
sibility of supervising them.
The game department will use the
men on the roads In the state game
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BUY w 8. 8.
Foe Wounded FIJI 265 Trains.

Amsterdam, May 1.-Two hundred
and s~ixty-five trains full of wounded
soldiers returning to Germany from
the battle fronts in Picardy and Elan.
ders, says the newspaper Les Nou-
velles OF The Hague, were counted
in the daytime on April 8, April II
and April II on the Namur-Liege
railway. The transports were so crowd
ed the Germans were using open coal
cars to carry the wounded. Hospitals.
converts, schools and factories in
Belgium the paper adds, are all pack.
ed with wounded.
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Couple Die Few Days Apart.

st. Louis, May 6.-Four days after
her husband died In al adjoining
room in a hospital, Mrs. Agnes John
son Celia, widow of Louis A. Celia,
reputed to be the largest holder of
downtown st. Louis real estate, died.
Both had been confined at the hos
pital, neither aware of the serious
ness of the others illness. Cella's
widow had received one-half of his
estate, estimated at more s12, 600, 900.
There were no children. John Celia,
8 years of age, was left $4,000, 900. He
In a nephew.
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ENGELEN GETS 5 YEAR TERM
Sentenced BY Judge Morris For
VIOLATING E%spionaue Act.

Minneapolis, May EN- sentencing
c. A. Egelen to five years imprisou-
ment in Fort Leavenworth peniten-
atiry today for violation of the espion-
age act, Federal Judge Page Morris
said he had been unable to learn
whether Engelen had attacked the
country by reason of vanity, ignorance
or sinister influence. "You have been
in the country IS years without seek
ing citizenship, and at your first OPP
portunity you attack the nation that
made everything possible for you."
said the court.
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STATE NEWS.

Huron-Dr. Edgar Dick, OF HUI
ron. has answered the call of pa
triotism and will join his son in
France in the war for democracy,
DR.. Dick is a dentist and will enter
that branch of the service.
Yankton-John Myern, a young
man employed at the Jack Walsh
farm six miles from town, was at
tackled by a vicious bull and badly
injured. Myern was brought to town
with a left ankle broken and suffer-
ing from bruises. He is in a local
hospital.
Yankton-The vital statistics for
April In Yankton county show only
four marriages for the whole month,
the smallest number since the rec
ords have been kept. In the same
time there was one divorce and 26
deaths as against % births.
Kimball-Fire of evident incendi-
airy origin. which destroyed the ga
rage of Father O'Gorman, together
with his automobile and city hearse,
mas aroused the community to search
for. firebugs. This is the fourth of a
series Of mysterious fires suffered by
the village during the last two
months.
Aberdeen-Charged with wanton-
ly torturing a COW. John Geiger, a
farmer living IA Houghton, was
arrested by Deputy Sheriff John
Younker. of Hecla, and placed In the
county jail here. Geiger is alleged
TO have peppered the animal, his own
property. with fine shot on several
occasions.
Lake Preston-At a mass meeting
Of citizens a home guard ~organiza-
ton was perfected. The following
were elected officers: Captain. DR..
C. p. Graham; first lieutenant, VIM.
C. Hutchins. jr.; second lieutenant,
HI. A. Keith. The three officers have
had considerable experience In mil
ltary training and it is expected that
under their direction the new home
guard company will become one of
the best drilled In the state.
Menno-As the result of her
clothing catching fire from a gaso-
tine stove. Mrs. S~choenfish, wife of
a farmer living near Memo, receiv-
cd burns which 1t is feared will cause
her death. She was alone at the
time and in her extremity ran into
q pasture. where she succeeded in
tearing most of the burning clothing
from her body, but not before she
had been f~earfully burned from head
to foot.
Howard-The women of Miner
county have demonstrated their pa,
triotism by their large subscriptions
for the third Liberty loan. 1t is re-
ported by Mrs. J. j. Cox, of How
ard, who was one Of the most active
workers In selling bonds among the
women that the women of the coun-
" subscribed for bonds to the aggre-
gate amount Of $3O,45O.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-06

Lead on April 8, 1917, Fredricks was
married to Miss Edith Lindsey, and
it is charged he neglected to obtain
a divorce from his Texas wife. The
Texas authorities say that the desert
ed wife, who is at San Benito, was
left in a destitute condition, and
now has to do washing to support
herself and the child which was born
to her and Fredricks.
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Held FOR BIGAMY
GEORGE III. FREDERICKS, OF
LEAD, ARRESTED.

Lead, May Charged with big
amy, preferred by an alleged wife
living in Texas, George HI. Fredricks,
a Lead man, was arrested here. He
married the Texas woman. it is al
legged. while serving with the South
Dakota national guardsmen on the
Mexican border. After his return to
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:
TWIN BABIES LONG TRIP
Infants Travel Half Way Around the
World.

World.
Nine weeks old and completing a
trip half way round the world is the
record established by John and Joan
Waite, twin children of DIR. John III.
Waite, who is doing research work for
the Rockefeller institute in Sydney,
Australia. The babies arrived at the
home Of their grandmother, Mrs. c.
Edward Kennedy, at Harrisburg, Pa.
where they will make their home.
The babies left Australia early In
January, soon after their mother had
died. They were too small to accom-
pany the funeral party to America,
and were left In charge of a nurse un-
til they grew a little stronger. Each
baby gained a pound and a half on
the voyage across the Pacific.
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MINEFIELD LAID FOR U-B0ATS
Territory Enclosed Covers 121,782
Miles OF Sea

London. May 5.-Archibald Hurd of
the London Telegraph wires tina! &
naval official announcement of a pro-
hibited area in the North sea means
the German submarines have been
partially, if not completely enclosed
by the greatest minefield ever laid.
The danger zone embraces 121, 1872
square miles.
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ALMOST a YOUNG NAN AdAIM.

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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-05-16
DYNAMIC RED CROSS MONEY
By FRANKLIN K. LANE,
Secretary of the interior.

NUT of the $780, coo given last June by the
" American people to the Red Cross nearly
one.half ($45, 900, OOO) has gone to help the
refugees, the orphaned Children the repatriates and
wounded of the French, Belgian, Italian Serbian.
Roumanian and other peoples.
The Red Cross has spent more than $50 ,OOO,.
OOOn France alone in the establishment Of cantcens
for the poilus, the reconstruction of devasted dis
tricts, the care of homeless children the housing of
refugees, the sending of food. clothes and supplies
to the sorely burdened civilian population. More
than $2 600 900 has been spent in fighting tubercu-
oss, one of the worst of wars byproducts 81 l+9,
OOOhas been expended for rthe shelter ofwa orphans
S2 7O9 1856 has been appropriated for the reconstruct
tion of villages and general relief work in the dew
asted areas.
In Italy great work Of relief was organized
after the Austro- German drive of last tall and the
thousands of refugees that came pouring over the
Pc and the Piavc were aided by busness-like and
farreaching supply and canteen service lmprovlsed
out of the existing organization. More than
So, OOO, 600 was thus spent for Italy.
American funds will soon make the plain of
Monastir fertile once more through the importation
of seeds and agricultural implements. this section
of Serbia more than fifty thousand refugees have
been on the verge Of starvation for nearly two years
1t should be source of daily pride to every
American that our own Red Cross is adding new
gores to the American Name in the Mother
Continent Our full support is essential if its pres
ent mighty work of succor and human brotherhood
is to be continued on an ever increasing scale.
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4 y 4 &4R
ARMY BARRACKS
FOR NURSERIES
One Of Them Houses More
Than 800 Children
Under Ten.

Within sound of the deep throated
guns Of the French firing line, guns
that are ceuseessly telling the Ger
mans thou shalt not pass" live hun
dreds of happy, healthy children.
At the beginning of the war the
buildings In which these kiddies now
live and play and study were barracks
for French boys training to be sol
dicrs. Today these bOys-those who
are left Of them--are veterans. These
barracks are good modern buildings,
and they are set amid beautiful seen.
cry. There are several of these groups
Of barracks scattered throughout
France, and all OF them have been
turned into homes for the nations
homeless children.
At one of the bnrracknurseries
there are more than 500 children.
Some are babies of few days old,
and the oldest Is not over ten years.
Most Of these children are orphans,
Some few of them have mothers who
are working In fields and factories TO
help France win the war
And these little folks are receiving
the first intelligent care Of their lives.
Skilled American doctors are In
charge of the kitchens, and expert
enced teachers are instructlng those
old enough to attend the harrack-
school. The older girls and boys are
being taught useful trades MS well as
the usual classroom lessons, and with
II all these children are leurnIng the
10y In healthy play.
France laid upon us q sacred service
In this care Of It's children And how
noble has been the response or our
American Red Crossl
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time. While he did not possess the
cold ability OF the Prussian his FLASHES
Of in;nitive understanding made him
able to meet crisis with an instant
decision. Where Gladstone would
have, as in the case Of Gordon, taken
months and fnally have moved only
under the pressure OF public opinion,
Disraeli would have grasped the instant
need and acted.
/ We can note only this much in pas
sing 10 show how a free people intent
on their own affairs with 10 thought Of
interfering with the business Of others
may let an enemy prepare to despoil
them while they live in iancied secur-
ity and refuse 10 believe the call Of
far yisioned man. Thus BismaEk
made his preparations with careful de-
Liberation and trod his path 10 world
mastery unhindered.
After France was crushed Germany
became dominant In the continent,
Prusslan autocracy took leadership in
! European affairs and the voice OF Bis
mark backed by the sword OF Moltke
forced the policy OF Europe. Only
the fear Of England checked any am
bilious scheme. Bismark with mast
, erful diplomacy that heSitated for nj
4 scruples and stopped TO any mean
= formed alliances with Russia and Ital,
, 10 aid him in his dominating purpose
His intrigues would fill volumes. Thi
!, man made Prussia supreme. in Get
many, made her voice the deciding II
n huence in European affairs, gave to tn
IS new born empire wide flung coloni'
C territory aud the nucleus OF a grei
IS navy. When the Prussian ssbers ra
:. tied, Europe trembled and Bismar
A, smiled. It was thus that he wOul
IN have had the world. This man ha
5. PLAYED with the iates lor world destir
,e and when he left the table the stak'
er were in his keeping. His successo
Is. have risked the steady winnings Of th
at master mind on one throw Of the di'
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-05-16

this strong man wasD directing the
course OF Prussian history England was
moving on with hesitating steps. She
suffered the handicap Of Iree govern
ment in dealing with autocracy, she
must work out her home problems
which inevitably forces the calling n
Of leaders without a vision Of world
conditions. An autocracy considers
home problems in the light Of world
conditions and directs its energy to
meet that need. During large part
Of the time that Bismark was develop
| Ing modern Germany England was
under the leadership Of two very dit
lerent men, Gladstone and Disraeli.
The former was a man Of fue ideals,
noble instincts and full Of human sym
pathy. England, yes the world, loved
him but his foreign policy was one o.
hesitation and uncertainty. His delay
sacrificed Gordon at Khartum. FoI
his tsrdy action in this instance ht
was forced from power. Such is Tx
history Of free government. Men I'm
fitted for leadership come into powe
at a stern time and their power cal
only be broken by disaster. 1t cos
the life OF one Of the greatest English
men Of his time to waken Britain
! the fact that Gladstone was unsuite
a 10 meet foreign crisis. He had n
q conception Of the menace oil a ma
like Bismark aud vas wholly incapabl
s of dealing with him In a contest K
n world dominion.
d Disraeii was an entirely different ma
d from Gladstone. 1t would be usele
n in such a study as this TO try TO char
,erize this strange man. Somelim
!, he hung over the dizzy precipice b
, low which yawned mental chaos and
sr other times he seemed possessed ol
,e intuition that belongs only to geniu
IS II England could have trusted him
"a would probably have been lar beti
A, able 10 deal With the cunning Of B
lie mark than any Of the leaders Of Il
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-05-16
HeIDers for the Farmers Wife

The Collegiate Bureau Division Of
the y. S. Employment Service, Room
2O8, No. 8O2 Chestnut ST., St. Louis.
Mo-, wishes TO receive calls from farm
ers for women TO work, during the
summer months, as helpers to The farm
er's vile. The women sent out in
answer 10 such calls will be teachers
and others who wish to do their bit
By Offering their services where they
are mos, needed, but the bureau will
send only those who are willing and
physically able 10 assist in all the work
that falls to the lot Of the farmers wife
such as cooking, cleaning, cannir G.,
picking fruits, etc. II you will need
such help during any part Of the sum
mer, apply to this bureau Immediately
statingin your application, as nearly al
possible, the dates between which you
will need such helper and the wages
you are willing to pay. Send in you
application now and this bureau vii
make every effort to supply your needs
! No fees charged.
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he trenches Of France stand for free
tom and give for it the last full meas
Ire ol devotion" that government Of
he people, by the people, Tor the
people, shall not perish from the earth
Let the paIi9ti: army Of Americans al
home give to that cause every bit Of
snergy and means it possesses, The
rour Of destiny strikes aud each stroke
IS a clarion call TO battle. We demand
1 peace with victory, peace that
brings freedom to the oppressed
throughout the world.
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than the Great Napoleon
had Bismark waited Tor the work OF to-
day to settle firmly balore adding rev
weight to his structure. He buiIded
for system that outlives individuals.
Napoleon made the mistake Of con
frmed egotist, Bismark while conscious
Of his own strength unde rstood the
bounds beyond which it was unsafe for
him to pass.
Before he could hope for the German
military machine 10 cope with England
he must have navy able to command
an unuoubled stretch Of water be-
tween the continent and the British
coast. Germany had no excuse iol
such a navy and no need for it. A
navy was the very life of England
This nation had no army OF any import
ance so that if the sea passed beyond
her control, her fate was sure. HI
knew it would be hard 10 get the Ger
man people to support a big naval pro
gram unless he could supply SOM
strong incentive. So he irculcatet
the hatred Of England. Al.er he ha
educated them to the proper feeling
naval policy was inaugufated. FroI
that day on until the present war brok
olt the Prussian autocracy pressed tn
matter with unresting energy. Wha
the present kaiser threw his frebran
into the worlds poSder house he ha
, back Of him the second largest navy
: the world.
4 To give added prestige to German
!. to provide home for the surplus pop
It lation and to give an excuse ior iurth
|. growing navy Bismark began to tai
n possession o! colonies in distant pal
!. Of the world. Great sections Of Affi
I. were appropriated aud numerous islam
n in the Pacific were acquired. VIII