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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
AGAIN BLAMES ALLIES
Kaiser Issues His War Anni-
versary Proclamation.
Warns German People More Hardship
Will Come Before His Armies
Conquer Enemies.

Amsterdam, Aug. 5.-The tone OF
the kaiser's war anniversary procla-
nation, just issued, shows that he
sees hard times ahead for Germany.
The statement says:
THE war year, which is opening to-
day, will not spare the German further
privations and trials, but whatever
may come we know that the hardest
lies behind us.
What has been attained in the east
by our arms and safeguarded by peace
treaties-what is being completed in
the west-that gives us the firm GER
tainty that Germany will issue strong
and victorious from this storm of the
peoples which has felled to the
grounds so many of mighty race.
"On this day of remembrance we
recall with pain all sacrifices which
had to be made for the fatherland.
The wide gaps which have been torn
in our families and the suffering of
this terrible war has spared no Ger
man home. Those who as boys in
their first enthusiasm saw the first
troops depart stand themselves today
beside their fathers and brothers as
warriors at the front.
Sacred duty commands that every
thing be done that this precious blood
does not flow In vain. Nothing has
been neglected by us to restore peace
to the devastated world. The voice of
humanity, however, still finds no hear
ing in the enemy's camp. AS often as
we have spoken words of reconcilia-
tion we have been met with contempt
and hatred.
God is with u.s.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
Failure of Submarine Campaign
Is Said to Be Cause of
His Dismissal.
SUCCESSOR is NAMED
and Admiral Scheer, Commander
of Battle Fleet, Becomes Ad-
miralty Chief of Staff.

Copenhagen, Aug. 5.-According to
an announcement by the semi-official
Wolff bureau of Berlin, Admiral Won
Holtzendorff, chief of the German ad-
miralty staff, has been retired for
reasons of health.
Admiral Reinhardt Scheer, COM
mander of the battle fleet, has been
designated to succeed Admiral Won
Holtzendorff
Admiral Won Holtzendorff's position
in the eyes of the German public has
been difficult of late because of the
failure of the U-boat campaign to re.
tard the sending of the American army
to France.
In a statement to the Cologne Ca
zette July 80, Admiral Won Holtzen-
dorff explained why German U-boats
were not sinking American transports.
He said that owing to the many points
of debarkation at the disposal of the
Americans from the north of Scotland
to the Mediterranean, the irregular
passage of the transports, and the
strength of the destroyer guards which
accompanied them. /: was inexpedient
for the U-boats to lurk off these har-
bors on the chance of getting shot
at them. The real object of the u.
| boats, he declared, was to reduce
enemy cargo space, since on this de-
pended the ability of the Allies to
continue the war.
Admiral Won Holtzendorff was re-
called from retirement and appointed
head of the German admiralty staff in
July, 1916. This appointment was re-
ported at the time as being regarded
ia Berlin as a rebuke to the admirals
concerned in the battle with the
British fleet off the coast of Jutland,
and an official admission that the out
come was not German victory, as
had been claimed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
GOES TO PRISON FOR LIFE
Plotting Irishman, Guilty of Treason,
Has Sentence COMMITTED.

London, Aug. 5.-Lance Corporal
Bowling Of the Connaught Rangers,
who was landed on the coast of Ire
land from a German submarine three
months ago, was pronounced guilty
and sentenced to death. The SEN
tence, however, was commuted to
penal servitude for life.
Early in June it was announced in
the House of Commons that an un-
named man had been put ashore on
the west coast of Ireland from Ger
man submarine. A collapsible boat
was used to convey the man from the
submarine to the shore. A few days
later 1t was officially announced that
the man, then prisoner in the tower
Of London, was Lance Corporal Joseph
Bowling of the Connaught Rangers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
Ukrania and Roumania Are Put
Under Martial Law by
Teuton Authorities.
500 RUSS ARRESTED
Germany Rushing Reinforcements to
Put Down kiev Rebellion Is Re-
port--Teuton Soldiers Slain In
Ukranian Capital.

Rome, Aug 5.-Martial law has been
declared in Ukrania because of dis
orders following the assassination of
German Dictator Won Eichhorn, ac-
cording to advices from Zurich
In Rumania, Field Marshal Won
Mackensen also has declared martial
law, the Zurich dispatches reported,
peasants.
Drastic Measures Taken.
Special measures to hold down re-
bellion have been instituted at Kiev
and in Odessa, the important Ukran-
ian Black seaport.
Cracow dispatches received via Zu-
rich declared that in consequence of
the Won Eichhorn murder, 500 persons
had been arrested, including former
Premier Winnischenk's secretary, M.
Miliukoy, and many members of the
cadet party.
German Soldiers Slain.
Stories of attacks on Germans come
from Ukrania. Ten German soldiers
we're found slain In the outskirts of
Kiev. Revolt of the peasants is re-
ported at several places. German re-
Inducements are continually arriving
at Warsaw.
The arrest of Minister Pelliura
caused a great sensation. 1t conferred
the belief that the Germans had dis
covered a plot to overthrow Hetman
Skoropadsky (who rules for the Ger
mans) and make Archduke William,
son of Archduke Charles Stephen,
king or hetman. German official cir
cles are most perturbed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
German Retreat to North Is Gen.
eraI Under Effect of Allied
Hammer Blows.
CHASED BY CAVALRY
Allies Advance Averages Over Three
Miles and Americans in Center
Makes Largest Gains-French
Reach the Aisne.

london, Aug. 5.-German troops
are reported retiring to the east
bank of the Ancre river, between
AveIuywood and Albert, accord
ing to a battlefront dispatch re-
ceived here. This represents an
advancement on front of about
three miles. The Germans have
held the west bank of the Ancre
in this sector since March. Brit
ish troops have been pounding at
the enemy lines in this region and
making small gains on both sides
of the Somme for several weeks.
London, Aug. 5.-Soissons has fallen
and the German salient south of the
Aisne seems to be doomed.
Allied hammer blows have had their
effect and the Germans are retiring
precipitately toward the north. French,
American and British troops are NOV
ing forward rapidly and continue
their pressure strongly at all points.
Three-MiIe Advance.
On front of more than 35 miles
from northwest of scissors to Rheims
the Allied advance already averages
more than three miles on the entire
distance. American troops in the GEN.
ter gained more than five miles. Cav
airy again is being used for the first
time since the opening day of Gen.
eral Foch's offensive on July 1s.
Crown Prince Is Routed.
While the German crown prince
made strong efforts to maintain a
front between Fere en- Tardenois and
Vile en- Tardenois his position was
made untenable by the Allied success
In which the Americans played no
small part. His center was smashed
at a vital point and the southern end
OF the western flank was turned by
the French and British capture of the
Chalmont spur northeast of Fere
Retreat was inevitable with Allied
pressure giving no sign of letting up.
So the Allies are moving northward
along the whole front, capturing guns
and material and probably many pris-
oners cut off in the valleys and woods
which fill the terrain. between the
Aisne and the Marne.
Allied Armies Gain Everywhere.
Latest unofficial reports place the
advancing French, American and Brit
ish soldiers on line from Pommiers
to Scissors, to Belleau, the valley of
the Crise, Chacrise. Arcy ST. Resticue,
Loupeigne, Mareuil en- Dole, Dravegny,
Moine wood, Lhery, Tramery, Treslon,
Gueux, Thillois and north of Rheims.
This is somewhat north of the line
as reported In the French official
statement. This line has a slight
curve as compared to the original
pocket and virtually wipes out the
fianks east and west.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
ENEMY PRESS is HOPEFUL
No Peace in Sight at Opening of Fifth
Year Of War.

No Peace in Sight at Opening Of Fifth
Year of War.
Amsterdam, Aug. 5.-The German
newspapers commenting on the begin
ming of the fifth year of the war,
speak with pride of Germany's shin
ing armor" and resolve to break the
enemy's war will" at all costs. 1.-The
lord has done great things unto u.s.
is frequent quotation in their re-
views of the four war years.
The Cologne Gazette says: I'VE
have become spare of figure, subdued
In mind, hard of face. We all know
privation, but Germany is an impreg-
nable stronghold. The question is not
whether we shall win, but when we
shall win"
The Frankfurt Gazette acknowledg.
es that no peace is in sight. and for
this blames the United States which
would not let Germany win"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
BLAMED FOR MARINE DEFEAT

Rumored That Gen. Won Ludendorff
Will Be Dismissed.
Berne, Switzerland, Aug. General
Won Ludendorff is universally blamed
for the West front disaster, according
to advices from German sources,
which declare he will be superseded
by Field Marshall Won Mackensen
who has been summoned to imperial
headquarters from the East.
A Zurich dispatch says that Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg participated
in a recent conference at headquar-
ters and accused Ludendorff of mis-
management and imprudence, Luden-
dorff placed the responsibility on his
subordinates.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
Yankees Master War Game.

Washington, Aug. 5.-The American
forces in France have reached zach a
high stage of training In the new meth
DDS of warfare that they are to fur
nish instructors for the new units be.
ing organized in the United States.
No additional instructors from the AL
lied armies will be asked, except pos
sibly in special technical cases. It
was learned officially that the War de.
partment has ordered a number OF
officers back from France to command
brigades In the IL new divisions nov
being organized.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
Gathering German Helmets.

With American Army on Aisne-
Marne Front, Aug. 5.-Every Ameri-
can postoffice near where the fighting
troops are camped is filled each day
with German helmets addressed to
relatives and friends ip the United
States. Officers and men, members of
the Y. M. G. A. and Red Cross and, In
TACT, everyone appears to be sending
helmets. These trophies are found
along roads, In forests and in fields,
wherever the Germans retreated. Hell
nets with large bullet holes particu.
larly are in demand.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
Three Killed In Rail Crash.

Pittsburgh, Aug. 5.-W. P. Bender,
engineer, and T. J. Hitchcock, fireman,
both of Denniston, Ohio, and a Pitts
burgher named Rhodes were killed in
a freight wreck at Walker Mill sta
tion on the Panhandle division of the
Pennsylvania railroad. The trains col
lided as a result of fog.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
To Increase Coal Production.

Washington, Aug. 5.--Plans for con-
ducting an intensive campaign to in
crease bituminous coal production
were announced by the fuel admins
tration. In each district production
manager will be appointer, while at
each mine a committee of six three
representing mine workers and three
of the operators-will be selected to
stimulate patriotism and arrange for
local meetings at which need for In
creased production as q means Of win
ming the war will be brought home to
the men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
MAY TREBLE TOBACCO TAX
House Committee Agees to a Big
Increase.

Washington, Aug. 5.-Taxation OF
luxuries as a means of raising a por-
ton of the $4,000, 100000 revenue
sought by the house ways and means
committee in the bill being drafted,
was considered by subcommittee APP
pointed to investigate that source of
taxation. Increased taxes on tobacco
and cigarets, in some cases three
times the present rates, were agreed
to by the committee. The tobacco
taxes, exclusive of the taxes ON manu-
facturers of tobacco products, are ex-
pected to yield approximately $780,.
100000 in revenue.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
BRITISH LOST STAR AIRMAN

London, Aug. 5.-Major Edward
Mannock, one Of England's most sue
cessful flying men, who had So German
machines to his credit up to month
ago, is missing, according to the Eve
ming Standard. Major Mannock was
last seen fighting over the German
lines July 20. when his machine was
observed to fall i'm flames.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
COLLECT STEEL MILLINERY
Yankees Sending German Helmets to
Friends at Home.

With American Army on Aisne-
Marine Front, Aug. 5.-Every Ameri.
can postoffice near where the fighting
troops are camped is filled each day
with German helmets addressed to
relatives and friends in the United
States.
Officers and men, members OF the
Y. M. c. A. and Red Cross and, In
fact, everyone appears to be sending
helmets.
Helmets at one depot form a pile
larger than an ordinary bungalow.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
WILSON MAY TOUR COUNTRY
President Plans to Aid Fourth Lib
erty Loan Drive.

erty Loan Drive.
Washington, Aug. Sit is believed
here that President Wilson is contem-
plating nationwide tour during the
next Liberty Loan campaign, which be-
gins Sept. %, and that IL the program
is finally carried out it will include a
visit to Minnesota.
The President wrote letter to Rep
resentative Charles G. Randall, Prohi-
bitionist, of California, indicating that
he would like to visit California in the
next few months. Mr.. Randall had
written to the President asking him to
visit California In October, and while
the invitation was not accepted Meth.
er was it refused.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
THINKS KAISER FRIGHTENED
Lord Robert Cecil So lnterprets His
Proclamation.

Proclamation.
London, Aug. 5.-Lord Cecil, assist
ant secretary of state for foreign af-
fairs. declared in an interview that
the kaiser's proclamation to the Ger
man army and navy shows he is be-
coming frightened.
He talks with consideration" said
Lord Cecil. Owing to the Germans
temperament it is necessary to beat
them before they will talk in reason
able terms.
Il deplore Lord Lansdowne's letter
because the Germans will think the
English are weakening, which is not
true"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
HOOVER HAS NARROW ESCAPE

Bomb From Foe Plane Blows In Win
doWs Of Car.
Paris, Aug. Sit was reported here
that Herbert Hoover, American food
administrator, and his party had a
narrow escape in German air raid
on Boulogne, when bomb blew in
the windows Of their private car.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
crowder Calls for Hawaiians.

Washington, Aug. 5.-Provost Mar.
shall General Crowder issued call for
1904 registrants of Hawaii qualified
for general military service. They
will proceed Aug. 20 for Fort Arm
strong, Honolulu.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
CANNOT REMEDY DELAY
General Pershing Says Casual
ties Come in Slowly.
Fact That Yankees Are Brigaded With
French and British Adds
to Difficulty.

Washington, Aug. 5.-General Perish
ing, replying to request that he ex-
pedite the lists of American casual
ties in the fighting on the Scissors
Rheims salient, cabled Secretary Bak-
er that the task of assembling the
names of the men Is extremely diff
cult because of the limited means of
communication in the battle areas and
owing to the fact that American
troops are brigaded with French and
British units.
Secretary Baker said no estimate of
casualties was contained in General
Pershing's cablegram. There was
nothing to indicate when the increased
casualty lists resulting from the pres
ent severe fighting would begin to
come in.
Serve in Many Places.
General Pershirg in regard to reports
of casualties" said Mr.. Baker. "He
points out that our troops are still
widely separated, serving in many
places, and that our wounded are
taken to French and British hospitals
as well as our own, causing great
difficulty and complication in securing
accurate information.
''In addition to this, the troops are
separated from their records while in
the area of conflict and must depend
upon very inadequate and temporary
telegraph lines which are subject to
frequent interruption, and must, for
the most part, be devoted entirely to
the urgent business of the battle itself.
General Pershing assures me that
he is making every effort to collect
casualty lists, have them confirmed
and verified and that they will be
transmitted promptly"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
CAPTURED IN PINK PAJAMAS
German General Taken En- DeshabilIe
by Italians.

London, Aug. SIN recent Italian
advance in Albania, according to re-
ports received here, a German general
and several other German officers,
dressed in pink pajamas, were made
prisoners, so completely were they
surprised. The same source confirms
reports of the excellent work Of Brit
ish monitors. They shelled most ef-
fectively the retreating Austrians near
the coast.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
SCHOONER is ToRPEDoED
Sent Down OF Maine Coast by Sub.
marine.

Eastport, Me-, Aug. 5.-The crew of
nine men from lumber laden four
masted schooner has been landed at
Grand Manan, N. b. The men re-
ported their vessel was sunk by a
submarine while between Rriar island
and Grand Manan. Grand Manan
island is eight miles east of the east
ern extremity of Maine, and Briar
Island, N. S., is 35 miles southeast of
Grand Manan on the eastern side Of
the Bay of Fundy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05
LIFE SENTENCE FOR TRrRsur

irish Corporal Guilty OF ConspIrinQ
With Germans.
London, Aug. 6.--Lance Corporal
Bowling OF the Connaught Rangers,
who was landed on the coast of Ireland
from German submarine three
months ago, was pronounced guilty
and sentenced to death. The SEN
tence. however. was commuted to
penal servitude for life.-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-05

A dispatch from Copenhagen says:
Admiral Won Holtzendorff, chief of the
German admiralty staff, has been re-
tired for reasons of health, according
to an announcement by the semi-ofi-
cial Wolff Bureau of Berlin. Admiral
Reinhardt Scheer, commander of the
battle feet, has been designated to
succeed Admiral Won HoltZendorff.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-04-10
LOWELL

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Voyer Sunday.
C. r. Durivage is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Irwin Clark, of West
field.
May Lapierre of Derby is visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. Nancy Rich
ardson.
A. B. Cobleigh, county road COM
missioner of Derby is a business
caller in town.
Mrs. Annie Rogers is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Car
ter, and sister, Mrs. H. G. Knight.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Curtis at
tended the reception given Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Miller at Troy Friday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy st. Onge enter
tanned Is friends and neighbors at
their sugar-bush Wednesday of last
week by treating them with new sug-
ar.
The Permanent Fund committee of
the Lowell Cemetery association So
licits contributions and requests to-
ward a permanent fund, the income
of which shall be used for the per-
petual care of the donors lot in the
Lowell cemetery.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-04-10
State of Vermont
District of Orleans. SIS.

District of Orleans. SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate
of Harry S. ROwell, minor. of Albany in said
GREETING:
WHEREAS, application in writing hath
been made to this Court by the guardian of
said Harry s. ROwell for license to sell the
real estate of said ward, viz. the interest Of
the said ward in the late home farm of Geo.
creed to said minor by the Probate Court in
the settlement of the estate of said deceased,
on the 22nd day ofMay, l9l2, and being all the
real estate of said ward. representing that
the sale thereof for the purpose of putting
the proceeds of such sale at interest, in
tate or using the avails thereof for the ben
eft of said ward as the law directs would be
beneficial for said ward.
WHEREUPON,t the said Court appointed
and assigned the 10th day of April 1918, at
10 O'Clock q. m. at the Probate office in New
eide upon said application and ordered
public notice thereof to be given to all per-
sons interested therein, by publishing this
order. three weeks successfully in the
Orleans County Monitor, a newspaper pub
ltshed at Barton in said District. which
sons interested therein. all which pub
locations shall be previous to the time ap-
pointed for the hearing.
THEREFORE,, you are hereby notified to
appear before said Court, at the time and
place aforesaid, then and there in said court
to object to the granting of such license
if yOu see cause.
Given under my hand at Newport in said
district this 3Oth day of March, 1918.
4l6 VIRDA NJ. SPEAR, Register
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-04-10
OUR BOYS UNDER FIRE.
(Continued from Page One.)

lage,- as many of the houses are all
shot to pieces; just one or two walls
standing, to show that there was a
house there once. Any old house or
barn that has roof on it is used for
a billet or barracks after they have
moved the old plow, hayrack and
threshing machine out of the way.
We have to go to bed armed with a
large stick as the rats insist on play
ing tag on your bunk and also doing
squads east and west across your
chest.
saw a fight in the air the other
day. 1t is very thrilling sensation
to play two airships fighting. One
will turn upside down and pretend he
is shot and then suddenly he will
dart up in the air above his enemy
and fire his machine gun just as fast
as he can pull the trigger. At last
the Allied machine crippled his enemy
and the Boche battle-plane started
to fall swiftly to the earth, gaining
speed as it descended.
It is fine to be able to fly in the
air but it must be terrible sensation
when you begin to fall.
Well I must close for this time.
With love to all,
Malcolm.