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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
BAKER APPROVES PLAN
Draft Age viii Be Extended to
Reach Men 10 to 45.
United States Must Place 100000
Men in Field, Military Leaders
Say.

Washington, June 20.-Extension of
the draft age limits from Is to As now
seems to be practically assured.
Secretary of War Baker has been
persuaded that this step is necessary.
He announced that he will approve
any change In the selective service
act necessary to raise an army of the
required size.
American and Allied military lead
ers are now convinced that the Unit.
ed States must place an army of at
least 100000 men in the field, ii
victory Is to be won. This will be
possibly with the proposed extension
of the age limit.
Baker Won Over to Plan.
Secretary Baker was won over to
the plan at conference with Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder. The
secretary's approval removes the last
obstacle in the path of the army gen
eral staff's move to bring the pro
posal before Congress at an early
date. 1t is possible the question will
not come up until late in the fall.
The approval of Secretary Baker is
taken to indicate a similar attitude
by President Wilson. The War de
partment, therefore, is convinced thai
Congress will enact the necessary
legislation without lengthy debate.
General Crowder has favored an ea
tension of the draft age for several
months. No official action looking
to a revision in the law was taken
however, because Secretary Baker for
rnerly opposed the proposed exten
sion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
pREDIcTsAuN DEFEAT
Andrew Bonar Law Speaks in
House of Commons.
Steady Arrival of American Soldiers
Means Final Victory for
the Allies

London. June 20.-Andrew Bonal
Law, chancellor of the exchequer, said
in the house of commons:
"The Americans are pouring into
Franse faster than was thought pos
sible a few months ago.
'The extent of Americans co-opera
tion Is not limited by transportation
rather is it limited only by the extent
of her man power. That is the one
great fact of the war;" he added.
Mr.. Bonar Law read extracts from
the minutes of the last supreme war
council which was held at Versailles
They stated that, thanks to the
prsmpt and cordial cooperation OF
America, 1t would be impossible for
the enemy to gain victory by wear
ing down the Allied reserves before
exhausting his own.
Foe Drives Held Failure
"On the western front, after three
months of fighting" said Mr.. Bonar
Law, although the Allies have had
to give much ground. not one of the
enemy's strategic points had been at
tanned"
The chancellor said that American
troops were pouring into France and
had reached figure which a few
months ago would have been thought
impossible. American military cooper
alton, he continued, would not be linn
tied by lack of transports.
The shipping figures, which will bs
published this week, he said, woulc
show that the world ship construction
for the first time since the German
submarine warfare began is exceeding
the destruction of ships by U-Boats.
Discussing the Austrian offensive
Mr.. Bonar Law said that the Italiar
high command has no fear of the re
suit.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
kuStrians Are Unable to Close In
on Italian and Allied
Armies.
FORCING ENEMY BACK
Teutons Suffer Heavy Casualties Un
der Allied Counter Attacks and
Some Lost Terrian Is Regained-
Fierce Fighting in Progress

London, June 20.-The italian
situation is more favorable than II
was, II is learned from an author
itative source. The danger In the
MontelIo sector 10 greatly lessen
ed. Between the Brenta and the
Astico rivers, Austrian gains were
again reduced. Three Austrian at
tacks were repuIsed between the
the Brenta and the Piave.
London, June 20:--The Austrians
are unable to make the pincers sys.
tenn of attack work with the precision
of last October when they forced back
the Italians under General Cadorna
from the Julian Alps to the Piave
river and from the northern mountain
regions almost to the Venetian plains.
In fact the pincers will not close.
The upper jaw in the Venetian Alps
is stalled under the rsistance of the
British, French and Italian forces and
the neither one seems to lack the force
to bring it across the Piave. In the
Alps the Austrians haya been unable
to advance fartLs -. fast week
Everywhere from tne Asiago plateau
sector eastward to the Piave their at
tacks have quickly been repulsed by
the Allied troops who have regained
lost terrain, inflicting heavy casualties
and taking a considerable number oil
prisoners.
Fighting Fierce Along niave
All along the Piave fierce n srs
Is going on, especially on the Mo lie
plateau and further south from Fos
safta to some 20 miles east of Venice
The Italian war office announces that
the enemy everywhere Is being held
along the Piave. From Vienna comes
variant report 1t does not concede
to the Allies any gains of ground in
the mountain region, saying that all
their counter attacks were repulsed
1t asserts that the battle is following
its intended course.
LuII Continues In France
The infantry operations on the bat
tie front In France continues virtually
at standstill.
The French continue daily to regain
ground taken from them In the recent
German offensive of the Aisne and
also to take prisoners in these enter
prises.
Several attempts by the Germans tt
penetrate the American lines in the
Marne sector have been smashed by
the American gun fire.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
So AMERICANS DIE IN ACTION
1856 Soldiers and Marines Wounded Ac-
cording to Last List.

Washington, June 20.-The last
army casualty list contained LA
names, divided as follows:
Killed in action, %; died of wounds
IL; died of accident and other causes,
g.; died in airplane accident, Q; died
Of disease, g.; severely wounded, 81;
wounded slightly, 1; missing in &C
ton, 1; prisoners, 2.
Two marine corps casualty lists Is
sued contain 130 names divided as
follows: Killed in action, 30; died OF
wounds, q; died of disease, 1 wound.
ed severely, 92.
Northwest names appear on the lists
as follows: Private Theodore Kraak
mo, Alcester, 8. D., killed in action;
Private Lloyd s. Home. Colfax, Wis.,,
Private David A. Paul, Gilman, Iowa,
died of wounds; Private Oliver H.
Johnson, Egg Harbor, Wis, Private
Robt w. Lennox, Big Lake, Mimi, Pri-
vate Henry Riss, Worthington, Mimi,
Private Thos. Ryan, Morristown, 8.
D., Private Earl B. Jones, Minneapo'
lis, severely wounded.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
Stands at Nearly $4,000 Over
Lindbergh With Prospects Of
Further Growth.
WHEATON MAKES GAINS
Nomination Dwindies Until Result
Is Doubtful-Minor Races
Are Close.

Minneapolis, June 20.-With 2,40S
precincts in the state reported out OF
3,119, the republican primary vote
cast is over 10000, far exceeding all
predictions and showing the intense
interest aroused by the campaign Ad.
ditional returns only emphasize the
lead given Governor Burnquist. In.
stead OF shrinking as the back coun-
ties came in, the Burnquist majority
holds almost unchanged, and stood an
4S,663. The vote stands: Burnquist,
1927 and Lindbergh 5,422.
The latest addition to the Burnquist
majority Is from ST. Louis county,
which sent in a report from 142 out
of 1876 precincts, giving Burnquist
1897 and Lindburgh SAP.
Wheaton Vote Grows.
Late returns showed several surpris.
es. The lead of Judge Willard l..
Comstock OF Mankato for the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor was
melting SO fast that there were strong
possibilities that Fred r. Wheaton of
Minneapolis. would be the nominee. In
1888 out of the 3,119 precincts the
vote was: Comstock, 12,1SS; Wheaton,
1919
The Wheaton strength is showing
up in the rural sections. Comstock got
his first big lead in Ramsey county
where he came out with almost 5000
to the good Blue Earth, his home
county, gave him 500 majority. Wheat
on is gaining steadily
Minor Races Close.
Two or three of the minor state OF
ficials are in some danger. /. A. Cas-
well, clerk of the supreme court, leads
Herman Mueller by only a little over
1000, with half of the state to hear
from. Congressman A. J. volstead
may be beaten by DR.. Henrik Ship.
stead of Glenwood, who ran in the
seventh district. With more than half
of the district heard from, Shipstead
has 1888 votes to 6,96S for volstead
Figures on State Officers.
Returns on state officers follow:
CAcAh vi OhpiClAe 1OuIl-lyUDU pre-
cincts, Caswell 6s,041; Magnuson, So,
061; Mueller 63,7S5.
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner-1,47s precincts, Tillquist, 70,
766, Putnam, 99,475.
Secretary of State-1,473 precincts
Schmahl 119,6S7; Malmberg, 54.S02.
State Auditor, ,4S2 precincts, Pre-
us 117,212; Tjosvold, 63,419
Lieutenant Governor, ,595 pre-
cincts. Frankson 1884, Crane II ,040
Stephens, 40,737.
State Treasurer 1,464 precincts
Rines 94,4S7; Easel 69,361.
Attorney General = 1,547 precincts
Hilton, 96,S90, Sullivan S5,262.
United States Senator, ,364 pre-
cincts, Nelson 99,705; Peterson, 3S,
$40.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
BrewerIes Face Fuel Cut.

Washington, June 20.-Representa-
tives of the brewing industry attended
a conference here called by p. B.
Noyes, director OF conservation,
United States fuel administration, to
deal with the further limitation Of
coal supply to breweries. Several hum
dred brewers, as well as the officers
of the chief Industrial organize tions
concerned have been invited to at
tend. The output OF brewers already
has been restricted by curtailment
Of 30 percent in the fuel supply. "A
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
Attempt Of $4,000 Germans To
Capture City Is Frustrated
BY French Forces.
BEATEN EVERYWHERE
Enemy Nowhere Successful In At
tempt To Enter French Line In
New Drive Inaugurated Before
WarStricken City.

Paris, June 20.-Desperate German
attempts to take Rheims "at any
. price" were completely blocked by the
defenders, the French war office an
nounces
The assault was made on 15 mile
front between Vrigny and Fore de la
Pompelle, forming a complete half
circle about the city on the north front
east to west. Thirty-six thousand
Germans participated in the repeated
attacks.
"The Germans launched violent
artillery bombardment on the whole
Rheims front, from Vringy to east
ward of Fort la Pompelle," the COM
munique said.
Vrigny is five miles west and slight
ly south of Rheims. Fort la Pompelle
is in corresponding position to the
eastward.
German infantry attacked the
French positions between those two
points. The French resisted the enc
my assaults with full success.
F'dTiSu BACK nepcdteuiy.
Between vrigny and Ormes 1.-TWO
miles east of Vrigny) the Germans
were stopped by the French fire and
hurled back several times upon their
lines of departure. They were unable
to reach the French lines at any time
In the vicinity of Rheims, there
was violent fighting, with heavy enc.
my losses. The Germans were repuls-
ed everywhere there.
Would Win at Any Price.
ITO the eastward of Rheims the
fighting resulted to the advantage of
the French. The Germans who pene-
trated the wood northeast of Sillery
1.-TWO miles south of Fort la Pompelle)
were hurled back by French counter.
attack.
Prisoners taken in the Rheims re-
gion declare the town was attacked by
three divisions 10000 mem, and was
to be taken at any price"
British Raid Teuton Lines.
London, June 19.-British troops
successfully raided the German lines
in the region to the south of Hebut-
erne, north of Albert, the war office
announced today. A British post re-
Gently taken by the Germans near
Vieux Berquin, on the northern side
OF the Lys salient, was recaptured,
some prisoners and two machine guns
being taken in the operation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
27 FIELDS IN OPERATION

Washington, June 20.-Twenty-sev.
en- flying fields for training American
military aviators now are in operation.
The War Department formally an
nounced the opening of March Field,
Riverside Drive, California, with Ma.
jor C. J. p. Bartholf in command.
March field was named In honor OF
Lieut.. Peyton c. March, Jr, son OF
the chief of staff. who was killed In
the service.
Aviator Instructor 10 Killed.
Fort Worth, Tex, Junt 20.-Leu-
tenant Rose, an instructor at Barron
field. near here was killed when the
airplane in which he was riding with
fellow officer fell. Roses home was
in Pennsylvania. His companion was
badly hurt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
Frank N. Meyer Is Dead.

Washington, June 20.-Frank N
Meyer, one of the leading explorers OF
the Department of Agriculture, and
the man who gave to the Western
world many new plants of the Orient
is dead in China. He disappeared June
Q from steamer between Hankow
and Marking and a week later his
body was found In the Yangtze river
80 miles from Wu Hu. No further de.
tails of his death have reached the
bureau of plant industry, with which
he was connected.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
Says Prohibition 10 Legal.

Washington, June 20.-Hearings on
prohibition amendments to the emer
gency agricultural appropriation bill
was resumed before the Senate agri
cultural committee with Wayne b
Wheeler of Columbus, Ohio, attorney
for the Anti-saloon League of Amer
lea, as the first witness. Mr. Wheeler
argued that legislation to prohibit the
sale and manufacture of beer and wine
during the war is within the constitu
tional powers Of Congress and urged
the amendment to that end by Sen
ator Jones of Washington.
Few Contests In Maine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
TURKS LOOT U. S. CONSULATE
outrages Reported May Be Considered
Act of War,


Washington, June 20.-Sacxing of
the American hospital at Tabriz, Per-
sia, and seizure OF the American and
British consulates there by invading
Turkish troops are reported to the
state department by the American
minister at Teheran.
II the report as 1t reached the min.
lister is officially confirmed, the out
RACES may be considered an act Of
war, and settle the long pending ques-
tion of whether the Ottoman allies
of Germany should be formally listed
among Americas enemies.
According to the dispatch the Turks
sacked the hospital over the protest
of the Spanish consul, in charge as
representative of American interests
and in defiance OF the Spanish fae
flying over the building.
General Won HIndenburo III.
Geneva, June 20.-The Tribune says
II learns from a reliable source that
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg is suf-
fering from an acute nervous disease
and that his mental capacity is much
affected and that he IL confined in a
private sanitarium. The newspaper
adds that Hindenburg took no respon.
sible part in the recent offensive on
the Western front, the work being
chiefly done BY General Ludendorn.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
ADMIRAL PAGET IS DEAD
Was Former British Naval Attache In
Washington

London, June 20-Admiral Sir Al
fred Paget died suddenly here.
Admiral Sir Alfred (Wyndham) Pa.
get was son of the late General
Lord Alfred Henry Paget and was
born March 20, 1852. He entered the
English navy in 1895, became a cap
tain in 1896, rear admiral in 1906, and
vice admiral in 1911. He served In
the Egyptian and Soudan campaigns
from 1882 until 1888, and was British
naval attache at Washington 1896
1899. He was knighted in 1911 and
received the distinguished service or.
der in 1917.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
TO MAKE LOANS TO ALLIES
Urguary Plans to LIquidate the Value
Of Exports

Of Exports
Washington, June 20.-Uruguay ID
planning to make loan to the Allies
an official report received here said:
The report received here said the
forbidding of gold exports by Unit.
ed States and England had led bus
mess men an government officials OF
Uruguay to formulate plan to liq.
uidate the value of exports on the
basis of loan to the Allies.
Great Britain has completed nego.
tiations with the Bank IL Uruguay for
the financing of crops.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
BoLsHEvIKI is DEP0sEr
Counter Revolution In Western 81
beria Brings Results.

Copenhagen, June 20.--The bolshe-
wiki in western Siberia have been ov.
erthrown by counter revolutionary
forces who have formed new gov
ernment, supported by the Czecho-
Slovaks, according to Petrograd dis
patches published in German newspa-
pers. The counter revolutionists have
captured Omsk. Samara, and Nova
Nikolavsk, It was reported. Premier
Lenine is mobilizing bolsheviki troops
along the Volga river and In the Ural
mountains, the dispatches said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20
BRITISH SALVAGE 4O7 SHIPS
Admiralty Improves Methods of Rails.
ING Torpedoed Vessels

TH8 TUTPeuUSu Vessels
London, June 20.-From January
1915, to the end of May, 1918, 407
ships sunk by the Germans in British
waters have been salvaged, according
to details of the work of the Admir-
atty salvage department made public
In the press.
Up to December, 1917, 260 ships
were recovered. In the present year
to the end OF May, lat have been
salvaged, the increase being due to i'm
proved methods and not to the greater
activity of U-Boats.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-20

Portland, Me-, June, 20.--Gov. Carl
e. Milliken, Senator Bert M. Fernald
and the four congressman from this
state were renominated by the Repub-
licans at the primaries. There were
no contests, except in a few OF the
county and legislative districts on
either the Republican or Democratic
tickets and the vote, accordingly,
was light. The Democrats nominated
Bertrand G. Mcintyre, Of Waterford,
for governor and Elmer e. Newbert,
Of Augusta, for Senator.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-20
Help the 4
Minute Men

J. H. Malugen, County Chairman Of
the Four Minute Men, working under
the direction of the Government Com
mittee on Public Information, has ap-
pointed as a local or county finance
committee J. C. Seger of Bonne Terre,
chairman, T. d. Fisher Of Farming
ton and Moss H. Markley of Flat
River. The object of this committee
is to solicit donations of money with
which to pay necessary expenses of
the county organization of a M. M,
such as entertaining authorized Wis
iting speakers, printing posters for
local meetings and rallies, and pa
triotic songs for the use of the "Four
Minute Men" Singers and the audi
ences before whom they and the
speakers appear. ..,.
The committee does not ask for
any large amount-from $500 to $500,
to be carefully husbanded in the hands
of treasurer and paid out only for
bills of necessary expense on the en-
dorsement of the committee. The
Four Minute Men speakers and sing
ers give their time and efforts with
out pay of any kind except sense
of patriotic duty, and we know our
people will respond literally when
asked to contribute to this local fund.
But don't wait to be asked-just make
it point to see some one of the
committee and hand him your free
will offering.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-20
Popular Candidate

Returning from st. Louis Saturday
evening, where The Times editor had
attended a meeting of newspaper men
of the State with the Liberty Loan
organization, to perfect plans for
launching the Fourth Liberty Loan,
we had the added pleasure of riding
on train from Riverside to Flat Riv-
er which was presided over by Con-
ducter j. Ed. Brewer, who is the pop
ular Democratic nominee for Collect
or of st. Francois county. Indeed it
is positive pleasure to hand your
ticket over to such pleasant and af-
fable gentleman as Ed. Brewer. Such
an experience is calculated to make
one feel that they are getting even
more than Square deal', as he has
the happy faculty of making one feel
that he is in the hands of his friend.
Mr.. Brewer informed The Times
representative that on Oct. 9Th he
would leave his railroad position,
which he has held for the past TWEEN
ty-odd years, and enter upon an. ac-
tive and energetic campaign through
this county for the Office of Collect
or, and it isebis sincere desire that he
may be privileged to meet every voter
in tile county before election day.
While very great percentage of the
people already know him-and it is
also a safe surmise that most of those
who know him will vote for him
nevertheless it is his sincere desire to
meet with every voter in the county
before the 9Th day of November,
whether they are going to vote for
him or not. All those who really
know Ed. Brewer are his friends. He
is all man, and a perfect gentleman.
He will prove to be a. Htower of
strength" to thea entire, Democratic
ticket, avI n. 4-r. u
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-20
Local Board is
Working Overtime

When a Times reported called at
the Local Board Office Wednesday af=
ternoon he beheld there a scene of un-
usual activity. Chief Clerk Chancel-
lor, three stenographers and Mrs.
Chancellor were busily engaged in the
several duties of preparing question
naires to be mailed out and many
other things that would cause an Or
dinary bystander to become lost
This break-neck pace of work has
been going on for over a week-since
before the registration on the 18th.
The end of such work is not yet in
sight, either. The work of mailing
out questionnaires to the class be-
tween the ages of 10 and So was be-
gun. There are 2027 men in this class
and 10 per cent are being sent out
each day-over 200. These must be
returned in seven days.
The Local Board is piled up with
work, indeed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-20
Mail Carriers
Poorly Paid

,.y u,, mt. l. L.
What appears 10 Inc ine iiilles 81, W pe
reaily crltlcal cohui'.uil Is Iae ,,c eA-
Geeuiheiy ~" Saiaries Una. az aIs Dus ,np
ooleu ouC oy oicie gam " .he u,a a.
man carriers, whose ausy ho, IL Is sosnap ~ SUP
KY al, pa.ions '1.L 'as III ,na;, un I that p,av
i've i've iSu.es S.n ~ WIN s;a an dams ~ !, | ths wal
ebsnlrtoiv % renordless of weather con,
d;t;ons That such a position is no
sinecure there are none SO ignorant as
to believe. and vet the information has
RECENTLY come to this paper that the
pay offural mail carriers is so small
as to be below the necessary amount
for an average-sized family to live,
even comfortably.
SINCE the government has taken ov-
or tbe railroads and other public util-
tics there has been verv material
advoncas % mada in tho wapes and sal
ar;es of most emnlovees Vet there
haS 90 rocontiv bean M advance in the
nav If rural mail carriers. at least in
tb;s nor+ of +ba country notwithstand-
inc tbe fact that the cost of living has
been constantly mounting upward.
such a condition of affairs does not
annear to The-Times as being right or
inst If looks like unjust discrimina-
t;on II ono of ITncle SANS employees
;s ant;tled IN . living wage then il
seems to be apparent that all such
omnloyeos ora nnt;tlad to waoes that
NH o1 ebia tbem 70 kaen their fami.
IT,. E ;,,,'on,l;,, onI, oon,fnnt
''e9 !" v. ' ~ ~
In thiS c0nnectlon, the N. r. ~
news, pupllsheo IN WashlngtOn' u. VI
states that there are now a,oGo vacan- @
cles OF carriers on rural routes
throughout the country Wnicn Is "n1i- no
~ Que TO inadequate wages Inc
1actS are that the average wages ol
rural mail carriers, at least IN this
community, is not to exceed $lzo Per
month. Deduct from tnat amount tne
upkeep OF team and rig, winch must
always be IN condition Tor daily trips
over route that VIII average ABOUT
twenty-five miles. A conservative SER es-
tlmate OF such expense Is SSV monIh,
which leaves a balance Oh 300 Tor tne
mail carrier to keep MS family on
which IS practically Impossible OF ac- a,