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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
Turkey Said to Have Made Ger
tain Overtures to Great
Britain.
OFFER GIVEN HEARING
london War Cabinet Has Ottoman
Proposal Under Consideration
Bulgaria's Action Creates
Sensation In Vienna.

London, Oct. 4.-The Standard says
1t learns on good authority that Tur-
key has made further indirect over
lures to the Allies through financial
channels which are being considered
by the British war cabinet. lmpor-
tant developments, the paper adds, are
expected.
cxechs Spurn Cabinet Offer.
Amsterdam, Oct. 4.-CZecho-Slovak
leaders have sharply rejected an offer
made to them to enter an Austrian
coalition cabinet, according to a Vienna
dispatch printed in the Frankfort Ca
zette.
Vienna newspapers which have
reached here, describe the tremendous
sensation caused i'm the Austrian cap
ital by the Bulgarian collapse. Rumors
spread with lightningl like rapidity that
Turkey had followed suit, that King
Ferdinand had ~abdicated, that his
palace had been blown up and that a
revolution had broken out in Bulgaria.
A Sofa dispatch, received through
Vienna, says:
THE deserters who are advancing
on Sofia have been driven back to
.ment troops. There is no danger for
the capital"
Charles Summons Pacificts.
Washington, Oct. 3.-An official dis
patch from France says the Austrian
newspapers o the arrival at
Vienna of Counts Tisza, Apponyi and
Andrassy. leading hungarian peace
advocates, who have gone there in re-
Spouse to kilograms from Emperor
Charles.
BuIgar Socialists Urge Peace.
Paris, Oct. 4.-The Unified Social
fist deputies of the Bulgarian parlia-
ment have issued a declaration sup
porting energetically the proposition
for an armistice and peace, says a
Sofia dispatch. They insist upon a
reasonable ending of the wal by Bull
garia and condemn anarchy of any de-
s~cription.
The deputies recommend that the
army remain united, and they invite
the nation to support the work of
guarantees of the country.
Anti-German and pacifist riots are in
progress throughout Bulgaria, accord
ing to a Zurich dispatch to the Jour
nal. 1t is added hat rumors are cur
rent of the formation of a national
cabinet in Bulgaria under the leader
ship of Premier Malinoff and DIR.
G%henadieff, released from prison a few
days & under a pardon by King
Ferdinand.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
1877 KILLED, PIP WOUNDED
Days Casualty List CabIed From
Fighting Front.

Washington, Oct. A. One hundred
eighty-seyen Americans are reported
as killed I'm action in the casualty list
of 497 INT cabled from the Ameri-
can fighting fronts by General j. j.
Pershing.
The American commander reported
that 212 members of the overseas
army had been wounded in action, II
dead of wounds, / dead of disease, 2
dead from accident and other causes
and 6S missing in action.
The list increased Americas var
losses to 8 500.
The names of men from the North
west appearing on the casualty list
are as follows: Killed in action, Pri-
vate James Nj. Knutson. Benson, MINI.
Missing in action, Privates Aloysius
Malinski, Orleans, Mimi; Bonnie Ben
son, Wild Rose, N. d.; Michael Miller,
Alexandria, Mimi. Wounded severely,
Privates Frank w. Case, Foley, Mimi;
Edward J.. Feehan, Thehman, Mimi ;
Joseph e. Goodnature, Blooming
Prairie, Mimi; Christ Jensen, Mime
apolis, Mimi. Wounded severely, pre-.
viously reported killed in action, Pri.
vate III. Johnson, Drake, N. ID. Wound
ed in action, previously reported miss.
ing in action, Private Peter Graham
International Falls, Mimi. Returned
to duty, previously reported missing
in action. Private Matson Williams
Thinner, N. ID.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
Purpose Is to Destroy Enemy
Power, Thus Fastening Sur
render by Turks.
HUN NEAR EXHAUSTION
Evidences of Withdrawal From North
Sea to Verdun Reported-German
Paper Admits Lines
Crumble. 3

Washington, Oct. 4. The Italian
f~ensive against the Austrians there,
cables to the Italian embassy state.
The purpose of the offensive is to
demoralize and destroy the Austrian
armies in Albania, with a view 10 ia
cilitating the expected surrender of
Turkey, the cable explained. General
Serroro, operating three columns, is
advancing VIGOROUSLY with the object
of effecting a junction with the left
wing under General Esperi. The Aus
trians are resisting vigorously.
Begin General Retreat.
London, Oct. with their lines
broken in many places and held togeth-
err only by superhuman efforts at
nearly every point in the active sectors
from the North sea to Verdun, the
Germans appear to have reached the
limit of their endurance and are be-
is not limited to any single sector but
evidences of it are reported at many
points along the battle.
Admits Line Crumbling.
Paris, Oct. 4.-The German situa'
tion on the western front is grave, the
Frankfort Zeitung admits, adding that
the German line is gradually crum
bling.
The Allied plan of attack" it adds
sis being carried out in an extraordi
nary manner. 1t is an awful strain or
our front. The situation on the Meuse
is extremely critical. Part of the
Chemin des Danes has had to be giveI
up and The whole German front is grad
ually crumbling away under the AL
lied attacks"
Buffer State Suggested.
The evacuation of Belgium is being
discussed openly in Berlin, according
to advices reaching here. Concerning
Alsace-Lorraine the German high com
mand makes the suggestion that it b'
n~eutralized and Joined to Luxembourg
thus making a buffer state between
France and Germany.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
Labor Conferences Date FIXED

New York, Oct. 4.-Pan-American
labor conference, to which representa-
tives of organized labor in North, Gen.
trail and South America, Cuba and
Porto Rico have been invited. will be
held at Laredo, Tex, Nov. 10. IA and
15, the American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy announced here. Lat
in-American labor unions, said a state.
ment issued by the alliance, have al
ready expressed a desire to send dele
gates to the convention. which ID spon-
sored by the American Federation Of
Labor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
Spirit Of Victory Prevails.

Washington, Oct. 4.-Following the
announcement that Iowa had SUBJ
scribed its quota to the Fourth Liberty
Loan, treasury officials issued the fol-
lowing statement: "A new spirit has
p%ermeated the nation; the people &C
cept them as a part of the regular
routine. which, combined with, genuine
American enthusiasm, makes for sue
cess" Optimism prevailed among Of
ficials. Some sections were tagging,
but for a majority OF the nation It can
be said there Ia no Sinking.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
GERMAN HOLD BROKEN
Enemy Grip on France and Bel.
GUM Is Slipping.
Washington Military Critics Believe
German Armies Are Nearing
Disaster.
Washington, Oct. THAT the Ger

Washington, Oct. 4.-That the Ger
IN grip on France and Belgium has
en- definitely broken and hat the
far-famed ~Hindenburg line is disin-
tegrating, ven the most conservative
of military observers here are on
vinced.
Outfianked in Belgium and in the
Champagne, the great Hindenburg line
already becoming untenable when
the forces of Field Marshal Haig
crashed through it, just north of st.
Quentin.
Military authorities here were in
clined to speculate more on the efforts
of the German high command to ex-
tricate its armies from the Allied
sive thrusts. 1t was believed that the
penetration of the Hindenburg line
might furnish Foch with a means with
which to embarrass the German re-
treat, always with the possibility OF
precipitating a rout.
Outianked in Belgium and in the
Champagne and with st. Quentin In
the hands of the Allies, the swift
widening of the breach In the line,
coupled with the continued rapid
progress of French, Belgium and Brit.
ish forces in Belgium, it is thought
here, may possibly upset the whole
German scheme of retirement which
already had begun on the Rheims
front.
Hinged by a wall of victorious en-
emies over the whole front from the
North Sea to Verdun, thte legions OF
the German empire are face to face
with disaster.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
NOTED PRELATE is BURIED
Thousands Attend Funeral of Arch
bishop ireland.

st. Paul, Oct. Awhile hundreds
of residents of st. Paul halted their
work and bowed their heads at the
tolling of church bells the body of
Archbishop John Ireland was carried
from the Cathedral of Saints Peter
and Paul for burial In Calvary ceme-
terry.
Solemn pontincal requiem mass for
the prelate was held. Eight archbish-
ops, Is bishops, 500 priests, half OF
whom were from outside the archdio-
cese, and scores of ministers and
clergymen from churches Of other de-
nominations were present.
Ten thousand persons thronged the
cathedral, all eyes turned toward the
catafalQue where rested the body.
Thousands more stood outside with
barred heads, filling the streets for q
block around.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
TAKE OVER GERMAN PLANTS
British Expedition SEXES Valuable
Property In Arctic.

London, Oct. 4.-Seizure by a Brit
ish expedition of German mining prop
erty and other development plants In
S~pitzbergen, including a big wireless
installation, is reported by the Express
with the intimation that the work Of
developing immensely rich iron and
coal deposits is proceeding. 1t is said
they will be of the greatest import.
ance to Great Britain and the Allies.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
BALTIMORE RANKS HIGHEST
Heads High Cost of Living Cities In
United States.

Washington, Oct. A. Baltimore
heads the high cost of living cities in
which Investigations so far have been
made by the government, with Phila-
delphia second. A report showed that
in the Baltimore district costs have
increased S0.1S per cent since Deem
Der, 1914, and 24.62 per cent since last
March. The increase in Philadelphia
was Gilt per cent since 1914.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
; Turks Notify Huns of
: Plan to Propose Peace

London, Oct. 4.-Turkey has no
: tilted Germany that she intends,
: to propose peace to the Allies, a
: Zurich dispatch to the Daily News
= declares. Germany is said to have
= replied at some length, partly in
: a menacing and partly in a plead
: ing tone. Turkeys decision Is be-
: lieved imminent. The dispatch
: further says that Germany has
: declared her intention Of occupy
= ing Bulgaria militarily.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04

London, Oct. 4.-On an important
sector of the battle front in France
the Germans again are in retreat.
The scene of the new retrograde
movement is a wide front north and
south of La Bassee canal.
The continuation by the Allied
forces of their brilliant achievements
in restoring Belgium Flanders and the
expulsion of the enemy from further
territory in France from the region
of Cambria to Verdun evidently has
brought the Germans to the realiza-
ton that the great bend in the line
from Menin to east of Arras is likely
to prove another such trap as was
the st. Mihiel salient unless they are
fast enough of foot to move eastward,
giving up Lille, Lens and Douai and
~straighten their line from the vicinity
of Cambria to Belgium.
Advance on Other Six Fronts.
On all the other six battle fronts
from Belgium to Verdun the Allied
forces are keeping up their successful
advances, although the Germans every
where, except northwest of Rheims,
have materially stiffened their front
and are offering strong resistance to
further inroads into the territory.
In Belgian Flanders the wedge OF
the Belgian, British and French troops
has penetrated still farther eastward
and s~outheastward from Dixmude and
only a few miles more will be re-
CURED by the Allied troops to give
them positions by which Ostend, one
of Germany's sea bases, will be made
untenable, and indeed. the entire
North sea coast now in German hands
put in jeopardy. British warships are
now violently bombaroing the coast
and the Germans are reported to be
moving their heavy guns eastward,
fearful of their capture.
Allies Investing Menin.
Many additional towns have been
captured by the Allies in this region
and numerous prisoners have been
taken. The important railroad juno
ton point of Roulers is all but in the
hands of the Allies, while southwark
from Roulers the British have cut the
Roulers-Menin railway at two places
and are in the process of investing
Menin.
The French are now in full posses
sion of st. Quentin and have passed
on eastward. The entire Hindenbure
system between st. Quentin and LIZ
Catelet has been smashed by Field
Marshal Haig's forces, with whom the
Americans are brigaded, and further
ground has been won in the outskirts
of Cambria and north of that city. A
one point north of st. Quentin the
British were forced to give up a vii
lage under heavy counter attacks BY
fresh German troops.
Northwest of Rheims the st. Thierry
massif has been captured, and nortf
of the Cathedral city the environs o
Betheny have been reached by thu
French. The Germans along the from
are in retreat to their old 1917 lint
and the French have reached thu
Aisne canal at several points.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
PASS HALF BILLION MARK
Liberty Bond Sales Still Behind Seized
uIe-Iowa lover the Tor"

Liberty Bond sales Still Behind Sched-
uIe-Iowa "Over the Top"
Washington, Oct. Liberty bond
sales have passed the half billion dol
lar mark but the country still is nearly
that amount behind schedule for the
first four days of the campaign. In
addition to the half billion officially
tabulated, however, treasury reports
show millions of dollars worth OF bonds
have been sold but not yet reported
to banks. Michigan reported its quota
more than half raised and Wisconsin
claimed % out of As counties over the
top. Iowa with a quota Of $17,0 O 900,
has passed the $3.50, 00O. 900 mark.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
U. S. CONVOY LOST WITH CREW
Tampa Sunk In Bristol Channel With
118 Men.

Washington, Oct. 4.-U. s. 8. Tam
pa, a former coastguard cutter In ma
val service, was lost OF the English
coast Sept. rs with all aboard while
on convoy duty. Ten officers and 102
enlisted men of the crew, one British
officer and five civilian employees lost
their lives.
A navy department statement an
nouncing the disaster says the ship
was sunk at night in the Bristol chan
mel and that reports indicate that 1t
was struck by a torpedo while escort
ing a convoy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
TRAIN RUNS INr0 WAsHoUT
Over Three Hundred Persons Are
Killed In Sweden.

London, Oct. 4.-Three hundred and
fifty persons have bssen killed, 1t is
learned, in . railway accident at
Malmo, Sweden, says m Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
Fifty children who were returning to
Stockholm from the country are
among the dead.
The railway line has been washed
out at this point by several days Of
rain and . large passenger train with
"a cars; carrying 1000 passengers, ran
into the break.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
German Co i.1ander SEXES Any
and All < nds of Trans
portation.
foe BADLY BATTERED
On Wide Front North and South Of
La Bassee Canal Enemy Troops
Are Retreating Before
Allies.

Paris, Oct. 4.-The Martin an
nounces that the Germans are
evacuating Lille and that the COM
mander there has requisitioned
all means of transportation, even
wheeIbarrows and baskets, to take
away the booty. The newspaper
adds that the evacuation of the
t~ownspeople to Belgian towns near
the German border is being prose-
cuted hastily.
Paris, Oct. 4.-General Berthe
lots army reached the Aisne canal
at several points. The Germans
are retreating all along this front.
The progress of Allied armies In
Flanders continues unchanged,
Notwithstanding the %stiffening re-
sistance Of the Germans.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
R.mov. inhabitants Of AIsace.

hemove ~iHndpitaHkS VI HiooSC.
Geneva, Oct. 4.-German military
authorities have begun to remove in
habitants of Alsace, according to the
Democratic, in expectation of a Fran
cO-American attack on the frontier.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
REvOLTs BEGIN IN BALKANS
Cr~oatians, S%iovenes and Serbians
Cause Teutons Trouble.

London, Oct. 4.-News has reached
the Serbian army in Macedonia that
revolts have broken out In Serbia and
other regions where there are Serbi-
ans, Croatians and Slovenes. This an
nouncement is made IN a Serbian
semi-oficial note, which says that the
reports should be received with great
reserve.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-04
TRAIN KILLS u WORKMEN

at Bedford, Ohio.
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. A. Twenty
two workmen were killed instantly
and two injured when a fast Penn
sylvania passenger train ploughed
through them as they were leaving a
work train at Bedford, near here. A
heavy fog is said to have obscured the
passenger trains approach.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-09-26

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-05
CHAIRMAN PUTS BLAME
FOR FAMINES UPON
DEALERS
SAVE A SHOvElFU['
CAMPAIGN ABOUT TO BE
LAUNCHED FOR ThRlFT
AMONG USERS OF LARGE GUAM.
= Titles OF COAl-GOVERkMENT
ASKS COOPERATION.

Although Ottawa has less than two
weeks supply OF coal, there is no
danger OF an immediate famine T. c.
Swift OF the local fuel administration
said today. He said small shipments
are being received from day to day
and unless blizzard or freight con-
ges ion should halt supplies, the city
viii survive tae winter in good shape.
IF tSAre should he coal famine. .
said Mr.. Swift, 1T will be entirely
due 10 local dealers, all Of whom have
had ! the community requirement
blanks in their possession for two
weeks, but up to this time none have
filled out demands upon the board to
supply them with fuel
If these blanks are r. armed The
state regulation provide against any
shortage and steps will Immediately
be taken by the local board to see
that the wants Of the retailers are
taken care Of
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-05
WIFE OF FARMER
ASKS FOR DIVORCE

Cruelty is alleged in bill for d.
yorce fled in the Circuit Court MS
afternoon By Mrs. Susan Mason
against George Mason. a nrosperoue
farmer residing north of La Sale on
the John Mitchell farm
IN her citations Mrs. Mason claims
that on one occasion She was 50
roughly handled by the defendant her
teeth were loosened and she vas com
PEELED to visit dentist 10 have the
injured molars repaired.
On another occasion she accssos
Mason of knocking her to the 49,.
holding her there, and then threaten.
ng her life.
She claims Mason, Nwho is a ren or
owns personal property to the ya,n-
of $4,000 and asked an Injunction re
siraining him from disposine OF any
his yaluables until after the case
IS heard. Judge Eldrcdre ISSUED q
hporary injunction.
fhe Masons were married SpptrW
y. 1880, and are the parents o
children, all of whom have at
ID their majority.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-05
FORMER RUTLAND
RESIDENT Is DEAD

Mrs Elma Hupp. widow of the late
Wilson Hupp. died at her home in
wellington. Kan. yesterday afternoon
al o'clock.
Mrs. Hupp was born IN Rutland
township 70 years ago. and lived in
this vicinity until 1904 when she
moved to Kansas.
She is survived By one son and one
daughter. both living in Kansas. and
by one sister Mrs. Emily parrott. of
this city; and two halfbrothers. j. W..
Deholt and frank Debolt. of Ottawa.
The body will be- brought 80 Ottawa
for burial and funeral services will be
held from the home of j. VI. DcBolt.
ell Illinois avenue, Monday afternoon
at o'clock.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-05
UNCLE SAM 0. KS.
RIVER TRAFFIC AS.
EFFECTIVE WAR AID.
COVE RNMENT AprROPRiArES S3,.
36C,CO0 FOR BARGES TO BE
ROures-MEANS BIG HELP TO
END FREIGHT CONGESTION

Upon the heels OF a proposal to IN
augurate 4 barge system between Ot-
,awa and St. Louis on the Illinois and
Mississippi Rivers by private enter
prise. comes q S5,36U, 90 O. X. TO in.
land water traffic NY Uncle Sam in
the form Of an appropriation with
which to build tow boats and other
craft for use on the Mississippi and
Ohio Rivers.
These harges and tow boats are al
ready un3or construction THIS
amount added 10 an even larger ap
prop ration Of private capital for the
same purpose, Las put in motion gl-
gantic revival of inland water borne
commerce, and ther" is every reason
10 believe this Is not merely Il war
measure. but that the development
win bc continued and made pcrma'
nent
that the railroads have been iustrt-
IN ntal for years in killing river trail
hc. fayortisn aud special rates in
territory where river transportation
companies tried 20 operate quickly put
them out of business. with the result
that inland water commerce had al
most disappeared with the opening of
the present war whereas inland riv'
ars and canals in the lnds OF other ma
tions were one Of III . greatest factors
in solving their sportation prob.
Ions.
With growth of the wars demands
/ il became apparent that the railroads
were unable to handle tho growing
traffic. Immediate action was taken
I By the government to encourage and
assist river lines. Some Of thes new
, lines are already in successful opera
! ton aud it is assured that before the
end OF another season commerce will
be as familiar on the mid.Western riv-
crs as freight trains are ON rail lines.
/ The government has now taken over
operation of the railroads with %the
prospect that thcy will never again
/ be returned 20 their private oWne~S.
/ This means that competition will be
eliminated and the power and mnu.
cnco Of the railroads viii no longer
De used to retard the development Of
inland waterways trafIic On the other
hand. spurred BY he necessities OF
the war situation, the government can
+ be expected to use very resource 20
build mp the waterways and freight
carrying lines to traverse them Pen.
sylvania coal ana Minneapolis wheat
and ilour will be conveyed to New or
leans fol shipment overseas Ore
/ from Minnesota, coal from Tennessee
and olher bulky crude materials will
be carried by way Of the uncougcstcd
water routes as viii many finish ID
/ products and immediate relief of the
railroad congestion is in sight
The great stimulus this will prove
TO be to the development of CONNER
ciaI boats is easy 10 imagine It will
mean improved facilities at every
town and city along The big western
rivers, thousands of new freight car
rying boats and. with the close Of the
war, conditions that will bring thous
ands Of new pleasure boats
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-05
Churches Can Save Fuel.

"A great amour. OF coal would be
saved. advised Mr.. Swift III the local
churches would hold their services in
smaller rooms. or. II during this
weather. all the protestant denomina-
tons would meet together for thcir
Sunday gatherings"
IN a few days the fuel adminisra.
ton here Will sart campaign =
''save q shovel Large pos ers bear.
ing the legend Uncle Sam needs
that extra shoyellul" VIII bo disri-
buted 10 manulao urinS plants with
Instructions ihdt they be pos ed in
furnace rooms. 1t is poin ed ou hat
if q shovelful Of coal was saved n
every furnace in the city every day,
the fuel supply would be con siderahly
aided.
The following Instructions will also
be given to manufacturing plants:
Fire small amounts OF coal often.
Keep fuel bed even by put mg c,al
on thin spots.
Avoid raking and slicing.
Keep iuel bed six inches Chick.
Look for air leaks in brick work.
Increase or decrease steam pres.
sure by opening or closing llafi
damper IN uptlke
Clean fires when tho demand for
steam Is small
While cleaning have draft dlnpcr
Apartly closed.
III everyone will heed these in
structions there need BE- no worry
about Ia Sale coun Us fuel supplies. =
said Mr.. Swift. "The public has
shown great cooperation thus flr
and we hope 1t continues"