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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-05
FEARS ECONOMIC ISOLATION
Berlin Paper Urges Germany to Act
Before Il Is Too Late.

Washington, Sept. 5.-An article in
the Berlin Tageblatt by General De
Montgelas, quoted in an official dis
patch, urges Germany to avoid eco
nomic isolation after the war by join
ing the proposed Confederation of
Nations. General De Montgelas says:
"Our fears of an economical war
are not imaginary, but have q real
basis and to preserve the vital inter
ests Of the German people the country
ought bravely to enter the Confedera-
ton Of Nations and make the neces-
sary sacrifices. Failing this econom.
ical isolation might become a reality
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-05
FORTY THOUSAND ARRESTED
Great Draft Raid Made in New York
and Nearby Cities.

New York, Sept. 5.-Federal officials
estimated that more than 1000 sus-
pected slackers had been arrested in
New York and nearby cities in the
great roundup Of draft evaders con-
Quoted by $4,000 soldiers, sailors, po-
lice and government agents.
1t was stated that about 600 pris-
oners had been turned rel to the
military authorities for induction into
the army.
Less than 5 per cent of those taken
In the whole district, it was said,
would be found to be "willful slackers
or deserters."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-05
Haig Pusl IN Wotan Line
and Hit, q, Vital Points
of Enemy.
FOE IS DEMORALIzEO
Germans Unable to Make Even Tenn.
porary Stand Against onrushing
Allies-Cambrai and Douai
Are Menaced.

London, Sept. British have driven
line as far as the Canal du Nord, and
as yet their progress is not reported
checked.
Already the wedge they have driven
into the German defenses in the Sec
tor between the railway centers of
Douai and Cambria is a menacing one
to the enemy, who must stop the Brit.
ish on the canal line If he hopes to
save these bases-vital points in the
German defensive system in the west.
Germans Reported in Confusion.
DisorganiZation in the German ranks
is reported in unofficial advices from
the front and there seems to be more
than a possibility that the enemy com
mand will not be able to reconstruct
Its defensive formations even in time
to hold Up the British temporarily
along the canal positions.
The main force of the British push
seems to be in the direction of Cambria
along the Bapaume-Cambrai and Arras-
Cambria roads and in the terrain lying
between these highways. In this area
they are reported today to have cap.
tured the towns of Inchy en- Artois and
Moeuvres.
Drive q Miles Beyond Queant.
This represents an advance of be,
tween 3k and 4 miles beyond the
southern section of the famous
switch" line at Queant.
Further south the British likewise
have reached the line of the canal well
down to Peronne, on the Somme, max
ing their front along this artificial
waterway an extent of more
than 20 miles. They are reported to
have even crossed the canal along its
southern length just to the north of
Peronne.
Two Key Cities Menaced.
The menace to both Cambria and
Douai may be indicated by the fact
that the British are within 5h miles
of the outskirts of the former city and
not more than six miles distant from
Douai.
At Inchy-en-Artois they are a little
more than two miles from the Bourbon
wood position where General Byng
was temporarily anchored in his drive
at Cambria last fall, marking what
was virtually his nearest approach to
the city.
Little Chance to Hit Back.
: In Byng's drive, however, the British
approached Cambria on only a narrow
front whence a German counterattach
on the flank ousted them d~isastrously
whereas at present the advance is on q
far wider front and offering no appar
ent opportunity for an effective count
er-blow, especially in the present re
ported state of German disorganizatior
from the constant pounding the enemy
armies have received all along the
front from Rheims to Arras since mid
July.
To the north the Germans are still.
In retreat and the British have occu
pied additional towns In the Lys
salient. The enemy's reported retire
ment in the sector south of La Bassee
has not been confirmed, however, ant
the Germans apparently are still hold
ing the greater part of the coal mining
city of Lens in this area although the
British are understood to be in the
western section Of the town.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-05

Fort Worth Tex, Sept. 5.-Lieut. g.
Greene, instructor at Barron aviation
Geld, was killed here when q machine
carrying Greene and a cadet crashed
during q practice flight. The cadet
was only slightly injured. Greene's
home was ut Calhoun. Qa.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-06-19

Silver Serurngard is out Of the city
this week on q speaking tour. He is
at Tolna today where he will address
a large number Of people at a picnic.
Tomorrow he is st Kloten in the after
noon and Aneta in. the evening. Fri
he speaks at Dahlen and Petersburg
and Saturday at Michigan and Lakota.
He is out in the interest Of the Inde-
pendent Voters ticket and is speaking
under the auspices of the Nelson coun-
ty campaign committee. Mr.. Serum
gard is a splendid speaker and never
fails. to please his audiences. He is
well acquainted with many Of the men
seeking Office on the independent tick:
ct so what he has to say issfirst hand
knowledge.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-06-19
SENTIMENT is VERY
ENTHUSIASTIC THERE

The campaign for the candidates for
office on the Independent Voters tick
ct was opened in Grand Forks last
Thursday evening at which time Hon.
Fred T. Cuthbert, of this city, gave the
feature address of the evening.
When he analized the principles of
Townleyism and when he referred to
the head of that movement as being
like the Kaiser of Germany because
he possesses the same unhappy am
bition to become an autocrat in fact
which obesses the Teuton emperor,
and which has plunged his people in
to disaster.
George keenan,, chairman Of the
meeting, introduced Mr.. Cuthbert who
led up to his subject by praising the
loyalty of Grand Forks citizens in all
matters; "but," he added, 81 suppose
it is here as elsewhere that there are
a few who have failed to grasp the
significance of American citizenship.
Let US say in this connection that we
can never get an ideal democracy, but
we can go on perfecting it in spite Of
the fact that turmoil and STORMS are
sure to come. At such times clear
heads and brave hearts are needed.
"Of all the famous eptimized SEN
fences of President Wilson I like par
ticularly that in which he said that
we are in the war to make the world
safe for democracy; a few hours after
he had uttered this sentence, Samuel
Mccall Of Massachusetts supplement-
ed it, as it were, by saying that the
war also is going to show whether or
not democracy will be safe for the
world. MI. Mccall undoubtedly had
Russia in mind-that bleeding, tor
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-06-19

ii now III the Naxalsseryices HAalSft
here May 18th sHt thhissaeryiee.
Eighth: MYa.otsker,Ao HoWafdsYhha !
operated ny 81 sssF nm consisting
and managed my other far1nssfor two
years. We are growing about 1000
acfessof food crops. 81
Any time the governme1t considers
that Howard can be Of greater service
to his country than in the work. he
Ia now doing, he is willing and anx-
ious to- 20 wherever called.
Ninth: All the foregoing facts are
aAd were Mownalto the paroles spread
ing those lies, including the fact that
Wallace left TO begin naval service;
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-06-19

sword, things might have looked bit
different. This man has done more
with his sword and his lust fots power
than any other mar in history"
Discussing certain phases Of the
German government, Mr.. Cut1kbert
contrasted the American form Of gov
eminent and said that North Dakota
and the United States have just the
government to which they are en-
titled:: "Do not always condemn
your congressman-he is generally q
true embodiment of the spirit and SEN
timent of the voters themselves.
Huns Here and There.
After briefly outlining the develop.
ment of democracy, Mr.. Cuthbert'con.
tinued:
II am not going to speak to you
about the Hun on the other side Of
the. Atlantic do not fear his effects
On the cause of democracy, for he is
going back all the time and will &c
back until a~utocrscy is crushed, but ]
am going to appeal to your sense Of
responsibility concerning the Hun:
who live in America and who havt
become patriotic only when they car
save their political scalp.
"In this connection I want to
tell you people that I have known
John Steen for ten-eleven years,
and I know that he believes in
the things for which 100 per cent.
Americanism stands. 1 would
not make this statement if I did
not know it to be literally true,
for I would not 60 across q street
to speak for the candidacy of !
man about whose loyalty I enter
tanned the slightest doubt.
"Townley and His Cohorts"
"On the other hand, when you poin'
b Townley and his cohorts, what d,
they represent? What is the mean
ing Of their camoulfaging the farm
ers? What are they trying to cove
up by doing so? Is all that 100 pc.
cent Americanism? I think not.
"When MI. Townley began to con
troll the destinies Of North Dakota
just as the Kaiser controls the destin.
Of Germany-at which goal was h
aiming?
IT can tell it to. you in a few words
It was Socialism. You have all see1
the reproduction. Of the registration
blanks where Townley described him
self as q socialist. I understand h
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-06-19

The boy Scouts reearned Monday,
from their outing at Gordon Lake near
Isl. John, and report having had 8
very enjoyable time. The tanned faces
of these youthful guardians of cur
country's honor bears out the fact that
the trip was beneficial in more ways
than one. The, boys spent their time
in learning Is master the soldiers du-
ties, and while at rest they angled for
the finny tribe in Gordon Lake with.
varying success. Every one who was
on the trip, including the scout mast
ers, say they had q wonderful tims
and are anxious to make another trip
during the summer.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-06-19
10 the Public:

70 the Public:
: q am reliably informed Hal; certain i
parties who ar trying to discredit me
m tins community are reporting that
I ara.1Pro-German, that j. belong TO
Hes5Non-Par6san League. that I did
mot subscribe 70 the Liberty Loans or
the Red Cross That I made no sub
scrfptiyns until compelled to do SO,
that my organization is not doing
what ~ should towards winning the
war;,Sthlat we are slackers, etc, etc.
These ibellous and absurd state
ments are untrue and known to the
partiesswho.are spreading them about
this city and county to be untrue and
they are being repeated and spread
by parties who are not familiar with
the facts but who are led to believe
these untrue Statements by those who
purposely tell these lies.
Because Of this state Of affairs, j
believe it my duty to lay the facts be
fore you.
First: I am a native born Anaeri-
can. / am for the United States OF
America; first, last and all the time,
have always been and am now ready
and willing to serve the government
IN anyrand every possible manner. My
resources and my organization are st
the disposal of the government at all
times.
Second: 1 am not Pro-German, 8,
PRO- any other foreign country. ]
have lived in North Dakota for the
past thirty-seven years. I have al
ways supported the government.
have paid more taxes to this county
and state than any other individual in
this county.
Third: I do not belong to the Non.
Partisan League or any other league
or faction or clique.
Fourth: have subscribed to each
of the Liberty Loans as follows: q
To the first 8 IL per cent loan SO,
1000. This subscription was made Man
9Th, 1917, over a month before the Ii,
berty Loan was issued, it was the first
Liberty Loan subscription made il
Ramsey County.
$50.
To the third q IA per cent loar
$500. and during the same month
paid the Treasurer Of Ramsey County
$3397.33 taxes.
Arrangements at the Banks wert
made for each Of these subscription
prior to the time Of any of the ""driv
es" and my business-has been 50 ar
ranged that I can take ny share 3.
each Liberty Loan to come
No subscription Of mine to any o
the Liberty Loans was solicited b!
anybody except for the amount o
500 subscribed to an outlying dis
trict.
Fifth: In addition to subscription
made to the Red Cross at variou
times, I subscribed $3.50 to the frs
Red Cross Drive and 800 to second
Nh61sservices Of my organization
have 1been contributed to the Re
Cross and to other kindred organiza
tions and they are ready and Willing
10 aid at any time. They have beel
at the services Of those organization
from the beginning and shall continu
in their service to the end. Ever
member Of my family are also sery
ing the Red Cross and subscribed thei
share in money.
Sixth: / still hold and own my Il
berry Bonds. Any time the Re
Cross is. In need Of funds my shar
will be awaiting them at my office.
Seventh: Ny son, Wallace, enliste
ii the u. s. Army last year as q
~artilleryman and was rejected on al
count Of minor physical defects. j
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-06-19

was excluded from the party later on,
because he did not turn in funds fast
enough-certain small funds Of which
II have no, definite knowledge; what
ever it was, il was q very insignificant
compared to the two and .
half million dollars that have since
gone out Of the pockets Of the farm
ers d. our state.
cit was socialism that Townley
wanted to~establish. And / am relia-
bly, told that Governor Frazier upon 9
certain occasion had said that he was
elected on the basis of a pledge Of alb
solute allegiancerto Townley, and that
he had to remain loyal to Townley
Think Of it,
The Rage of Deities.
""sWhom the gods will destroy, they
first make mad.' Mr.. Townley asks
the people of North Dakota to let him
lead them to slaughter. He wants Il
he the boss Of the whole movement
and, like the Kaiser, he tells the pep
pie how to vote. They who follow
Townley must follow the red flag o1
socialism, and must believe in thu
}Townley principle of arraying elias:
against class.
"This must be: resisted. BY sup
porting John Steen for Governor W.
have fine opportunity to make thu
resistance effective when we combin,
it with three things supremely needed
Intelligence, integrity, and. the spirit
of sacrifice"
Very strong applause greeted MI
tCuthbert when he concluded his tpeecl
which was considered an UNUSUAL!
clear and convincing presentation o
some of the political issues which con
front the voters of the state.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-06-19
COMPARES
T0WNlEY TO GERMAN KAISER
At GRAND FORKS RALLY
tured Russia, where democracy was on
the verge of running mad"
element Of RESPONSIBILITIES.

i III SSASc VI OA #r
Element of Responsibility.
Using the recent history as an illus
tration, Mr.. Cuthbert emphasized the
point that realization of individual re-
sponsibility teaches the necessity Of
making sacrifice in order to attain
liberty; reference was also made to
certain events in the history of the
United States to further strengthen
this argument, and Washington, Pat
rick Hale, and Nathan Hale were men
toned as the personification of the
spirit of sacrifice.
Reverting to the subject of Russia,
the speaker described that country as
a hot bed of bureaucracy and auto
cracy, and said that the hell of Siberia
could not be surpassed by that infer
mel painted by immortal Dante. Mr..
Cuthbert said that. great social and
national reforms cannot be brought
about by passionate display of anger
and that appeals to prejudice and
passion were always SUR to result dis
%astrously.
A Banquet to the Kaiser.
Speaking in the colloquial, Mr.
Cuthbert "handed it" to Emperor Will
liam of Germany whom he decribed
as a direct descendent Of the highway
robbers who had murdered and looted
people in the Balkans a few genera
lions ago. /.
"But," Mr.. Cuthbert said, "the Kai
ser was brought up by his parents in
such a way that he early realized his
sovereign citizenship and understood
that tremendous responsibilities wert
to be placed apon his shoulders Had
his mind been directed toward Other
goals than that of conquest and su.
perioity based on the power Of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-22
SINN FETNFR FILLS
IN QUESTIONABLE

New York. - The QUESTIONABLE OF
General" Liam Mellowes, the Sim
Fem leader recently taken into Gus
tody on a charge of attempting to
start another Irish revolution, is in
the possession of local board 129 for
submission to the military authorities.
Mellowes had protested against an
swering the questions the government
desired all men between the ages of
q and 81 to answer until warned that
a Jail sentence might be his punish
ment.
A few hours before his time expired
he filed out the document, though he
had previously indicated in letter
TO the draft board that he would not
do so. Mellowes at first objected that
he could not answer the governments
questions because America was an
ally of England, to which country he
is opposed, and also because the an
swering OF some Of the questions
might prove embarrassing.
For instance Mellowes did not like
to tell the ship which brought him to
these shores. In so doing, he>said, he
would give the British government an
idea of the maner in which he eluded
its officers.
In his QUESTIONABLE Mellowes said
that he was out on bail fixed by the
United States district court and that
he had been convicted on violation of
the defense of the realm act in Great
Britain.
Mellowes came here in 1916 and
was arrested last October as he was
about to sail for England under an as
sumed name. He participated in the
recent irish rebellion and is charged
with plotting another outbreak againSs
England.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-22
M0MENCE BOY ON
way HOME after
ELUOING ENEMY
Patriot O'Brien, Formerly q British
Flyer, Tells Of His Daring Es.
cape From Germans.
IS STRONG ANTI.yEGETARIAN
Forced to Live On Turnips and Such
in y Days on Foot He Never
Wants to See Anymore.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-Pat O'Brien il
going back to Momence and mother
today. His only regret is that it's
meatless day. He hopes never again
to eat a vegetable.
In the Britishvfying corps the young
man from Momence is known as Lieu
tenant Patrick Alva O'Brien. He is
famous for several reasons. His real
story began when he made a descent
of nearly two miles in his airplane
after German bullet in the face had
rendered him unconscious. The fall
cost him a bump on the head.
Adventure No. 2: He jumped out of
the window of moving train on his
way to a German prison camp, and
escaped. Then he spent " days in
getting to Holland, distance Of $50
miles as the airplane flies. And the
story ends with one of the longest in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-22

Barracks of the Three Hundret
Thirteenth field signal battalion wer,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-22
ONE Holiday At
CAMP DODGE OFF
OF THE SCHEDULE
wednesday Leaves Are To BE Granted
No More at Seleetive Army Train.
ing Grounds.
.ryAL DRIVE TO PERFECT MEN
Iadications Are That From Now On
All Frills VIII Be Eliminated by
Chief Officers.
Especial to The Argus.)


Camp Dodge, Iowa, Jan. %. - The
final drive TO put national army men
in the Eighty-eighth division at Camp
hodge in shape for service on the
western front in France has started.
Indications that from now on all
frills will be cut out and the soldiers
worked to their maximum capacity,
are contained in an order issued by
Brigadier General R. n. Getty, acting
division commander, today persuant to
instructions from the war department
eliminating the mid-week half holiday
which has been granted all organlza.
lions since the formation Of the COM
mand last September.
This week and from now on the SOL
diers will have Saturday afternoon and
Sunday only as holidays for five and
one-half days each week the men will
be required to be on the job. The cur
tailment of the half holiday each week
and the tightening up in general on
the granting of passes and furloughs
will mean a loss to Des Moines places
OF amusement and to some extent to
mercantile establishments and others
catering to the wants Of the soldiers
Officers Up Early.
Orders soon to go into effect will
require every officer to report at as
sembly for reveille each morning. Of
ficers living in town will have to rise
in time to reach camp at a. m.
Recent investigation by a senate
committee regarding the preparedness
Of the country and the progress which
the national army has made is said tc
be responsible in a degree for the
change in policy which is indicated il
the instructions to General Getty Il
curtail the half holiday in the middle
of each week
Next Increment Soon.
Less than a month remains before
the two belated increments which were
scheduled to rhport last October 3 ans
10 respectively, arctic be called to tn,
co!ors In thu tina rhat remains ev
erything possible win be done to pre-
pare for the reception of these mel
and their rapid transformation int
soldiers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-22
terviews with . king on record-e2
minutes by the royal stop-watch.
Town win Turn Out,

terviews with Q king on record-62
minutes by the royal stop-watch.
Town win Turn Out.
Lieutenant O'Brien reached Chicago
yesterday on the belated Twentieth
Century limited. He went to the
Blackstone hotel. where he spent the
night. An early train yesterday took
him ! home. Tonight the boys back
home will do him honor with q ban
quet, and the advance agents OF that
banquet told him that every man,
woman and child in Momence will be
there If the hall is big enough.
Many times during those IL nights
Of travel through Germany. Luxem-
burg and occupied Belgium, Irish
strategy triumphed over German eff
cheney.
Usually" said Lieutenant .O'Brien,
when bunch of fellows get together.
they talk about women. But in our
first prison. in Flanders, we talked
only about escape and food, and got
very little of either. There were eight
officers going to an interior prison
camp, and guard with rifle for
every Two QTlSOueTS.
Leaps From Train.
1--WE rode all day and all night.
Twice put up the window to jump
and lost my nerve. It looked too much
like sudden death. As l put 1t up
again, about 4 in the morning, the
guard gave me an ugly look. I knew
it was then or never and dove out.
For nearly month afterward /
thought my left eye was gone. The
scars are there yet. BY the time the
train stopped, half mile on, or more,
I was up and stumbled to hiding
place. Those Germans looked every.
wherein the side of the tracks to-
ward the border. I was in the oppo-
site direction.
ut was month before I got rid of
my English uniform. / stole pair OF