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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
NAVY DESIRES 10000 MEN
Warships Being Built Faster Than
Crews Can Be Obtained.

Washington, June 18.-Upward Of
10000 men will be needed to man the
great fleet OF warships the United
States will turn out during the next
fiscal year, the House naval commit
tee was advised by Secretary DAN
lels.
In asking the House to concur in
the Senate amendment to the naval
appropriations bill increasing the
ntvy's enlisted personnel from $1,000
to 131.4S5 men, Mr.. Daniels trans.
mitted letters from Admiral Benson,
chief of naval operations, and Rear
Admiral Palmer, chief of the bureau
Of navigation, showing In detail why
this increase Is necessary.
The correspondence revealed that
new warships are being turned ou.
faster than they can be manned witch
the present limited personnel
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
4 NORTH DAK0TANS NAMED
Names Appear on Last U. s. casu
atty List.

Names Appear on Last U. s. Casu.
atty List.
Washington, June 1S.-The last
army casualty list contained 80 names
divided as follows:
Killed in action, 6; died of wounds
q; died of airplane accident, /; died
of disease, 4; wounded severely, "a;
wounded, degree undetermined, 1;
missing in action, I.
The only northwest names appear
ing on the list are those OF four North
Dakotans. as follows: Private John
M. Peterson, Rutland, died of wounds
Private Gustav C. Gunderson, Mad
dock, Private Levi ID. Johnson. Eyr
Private Fred A. Lawyer, Bismarck
severely wounded.
In the previous list the following
ncrthwest soldiers are named. pri
vate Richmond Hall, Grand Forks
N. D., killed in action: Corp. w. d
Fink, Grand Forks, N d., died oi
wounds.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
U-DOATS STILL BUSY
Two Norwegian Vessels Are Sunk
off Virginia Coast.
Total Number OF Ships Destroyed
Since Germass' aaiders Arrived
Now Twenty.

Washington, June 1S-Two more
neutral vessels have been sunk by
Germany's sea wolves in American
waters.
The latest victims of the raiders
which first made their appearance off
the Atlantic coast some three weeks
ago are the sailing ship Kringsiaa and
the bark Samoa, both Norwegian. The
crew of the former has been picked
up by an American warship, which Is
bringing them to an Atlantic port
and that of tie latter was landed at
Norfolk.
Both vessels were sent down 80
miles off the Virginia coast. The
Samoa was sunk by shell fire, the
navy department announced, but the
time and manner of the sinking OF
the Kringsjaa had not been reported
to the department.
It's announcement concerning the
Kringsjaa said:
"A United States man of war has
picked up all of the survivors of the
bark Kringsjaa, which was sunk about
so miles off the Virginia coast They
are being brought to an Atlantic
port"
Since the Kringsjaa was sent down
in the same general locality as the
Samoa. 1t was believed that the same
submarine had accounted for the two
ships.
The Kringsjaa brings the total Of
vessels sunk by the German U-Boats
on the American coast to 20, six o
which were Norwegian. four steamer,
and two sailing craft.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
BURGLARY ON THE INCREASE
Crime Shows Enormous Growth In
German Empire.


German Empire.
London, June 1S.-"Public security
in Germany is declining from one
month to another and thefts in the
post Office and on the railways have
become of daily occurrence" says
the Frankfurter Zeitung
THE growth in burglaries, the
newspaper adds, can be estimated by
the amount that one insurance com
pany, the Frankfort General Insurance
company, has had to pay out in set
tlement of burglary claims. In 1914
the amount was S7,405 marks. By
1917 the amount had risen to the ex
traordinary figure of 2,125.S09 marks
while In the first three months oi
1918 the claims already have amount
ed to more than 100000 marks"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
Prison Farley DeadIocked.

London. June 1S.-Because the Ger
man delegates to the British-G erman
war prisoners conference at The
Hague are pressing for the return OF
all prisoners in Canada and Africa
as well as those In Great Britain, a
hitch has occurred in the negotia-
tons. telegraphs the correspondent
at the Dutch capital OF the Times.
The difficulties OF such q course. It
IS contended by the British delegates,
particularly in respect to shipping
trensport make II impracticabls.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
PLANS TO RECLAIM LANDS
Interior Department Will Survey
Tracts for Soldiers.

Washington, June 1S.-The House
appropriations committee approved
an item in the sundry civil bill plac
ing 100000 at the disposal of the
Interior department for a survey oil
thousands of acres of land now un
suitable for production to ascertain
whether such lands might be reclaim
ed to provide livelihood for dis
abled soldiers.
The survey will not be confined to
states usually specified as "reclama
tion states" Chairman Sherley of the
committee said, but will cover al
states having land not now suitable
for production.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
MAY Be SIX BILLIONS
Government Is Preparing for the
Fourth Liberty Loan.
Financial Program for Next Four
Months Is Disclosed by Sec
retary McAdoo.

Washington, June 1S.-Secretary
McAdoo has disclosed the govern
ment's financial program for the next
four months in preparing for the
fourth Liberty Loan, to be floated
probably I'm October. About $6,000,-
100000 certificates of Indebtedness
will be issued.
They will be offered in blocks OF
$750,000,000 each, every two weeks
beginning June Is.
Every national bank and trust
company is asked to assist the gov
ernment by subscribing per cent OF
Its gross resources monthly. The
certificates will bear AZ per cent in
terest like those preceding the third
Liberty Loan, and will have varying
maturity periods, none exceeding -four
months.
Tax Certificate Issue.
In addition, an undetermined guam
tity-perhaps $4,000, 100000 of ia,
certificates will be issued during the
summer for use in paying taxes year
from now.
The announcement of this program
indicated that the fourth Liberty
Loan will be for at least s6,000,000,
600, the exact amount depending on
government expenditures in the mex
few months. The treasury alread,
has estimated these roughly at abou
s12.000,000, 1000 between July / apt
next January 1.
Borrow from Banks.
The sale of certificates under thu
plan in effect during the past yeal
amounts virtually to borrowing in ad
vance from banks on projected popu
lar war loans or tax collections, ant
periodically refunding these shor
term obligations in long term Libert.
Loan bonds. Depository bank
make 2h per cent net, the differenc,
between the w per cent interes
paid by the government and the
per cent collected for deposits.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
LOSES MONEY ON RAILWAYS
Decreased Revenue 10 Shown Under
Government Operation.

Washington. June 18.-Net operat-
ing income of American railroads In
the first four months this year was
$143,454, 900, or about 500, 1000, 900
less than in the same period last
year.
This reduction represents In q gen.
eral way the temporary loss to the
government In operation OF the rail-
roads, since the four months proper
tion of the annual guarantee to the
railroads is more than $1OO,O00.OOO
greater than the actual income.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
BULGARIAN CABINET QUITS
King Accepts ResIgnatIons Of Entire
Ministry.

Sofia, June 1S.-Premier Radoslav-
on has rendered the resignation OF the
cabinet and King Ferdinand has ac-
cepted It. The ministers were request
ed by the king to retain their port
foiios until . new cabinet has been
formed.
81 - :
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
ALL RECORDS ARE ECLIPsED
London Paper Enthusiastic Over Ar.
rival of Yankees.

London, June 1S.-"Arrivals of AM
erican troops In the past few days
have eclipsed all records" the Post
declares. Considered purely as a
shipping feat, 1t Is something hither-
to never accomplished in mercantile
annals. Weekend scenes at one army
camp were amazing"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
LULL IN IRISH POLITICS
Agitation Against conscription Has
Somewhat Relaxed

ooHcWHdt rCtdNcG.
Dublin, June 1S.--At present there
is somewhat of lull in the political
situation in Ireland. Agitation
against conscription has relaxed in
the face of the government procla-
nation calling for voluntary recruits
and no attempt to apply the draft
is expected before October and then
only in the event of conspicuous fail.
ure to obtain the necessary number
by enlistment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
Objects to Limits.

OBJECTS to Limtts.
He did not, however, approve the
age limits fixed in the bill.
After outlining the plans of the
war department for additional calls,
General Crowder said that at the
present rate class one will be ex-
hausted by the end of the present
year. and that unless the age limits
are extended and another registration
held, il will be necessary early next
year to call men in class two and
probably soon thereafter in class
three.
General Crowder submitted figures
showing the progress of the draft
this year. A total of 1,347, ,512 men
all from class I, will have been called
by the end of July divided by months
as follows:
January. 23.2ss; February. s3.779;
March, 132,4s4; April. 174.377; May
2G0.230; June, 2S3 ,354; July. 100000
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days before a decision Is reached.
London, June 1S.-Although the sit
uation along the great crescent shaped
battleline in northern Italy remains
somewhat obscure, 1t seems that the
Austrians have accomplished little at
the inception of their drive against
the Italian and Allied armies.
From the lower Piave river and
northward along that stream reports
tell of the enemy being checked and
at some points being hurled back
across the stream. From the Piave
to the Brenta, where the Teutons
advanced through mountain ravines in
their attempt to break through the
Allied lines the situations seems to
be we'll in hand.
Piave Crossed in Three Places.
II now appears that the Austrians
made three successful attempts to
Montello, into the Alps. One was
between Candelu and Zenson loop
where the Austrians effected a cross
ing last November and held a bridge
head for some time. The other was
at Dona di Piave, about eleven miles
east some of these forces have been
driven pack across the river, while
the others have not been able to de.
velop any advantage from their early
success.
lnfiItration Plan Fails.
Reports of the battle show that the
tactics followed by the Austrians
were similar to those which brought
success to the Germans in the Somme
and Aisne offensives. The enemy ad
vanced under cover of a smoke bar
rage from bombs and smoke appar
atus in comparatively small parties
These were directed against portions
of the line believed to be lightly
held
Tn France the Germans succeeded
by this method in gaining the rear ol
strongly held portions of the line
which had to be evacuated quickly
by the Allies. Along the Italiar
front, however, the foe was not able
to penetrate far into the Allied posi-
tions and conterattacks soon driv.
him back to his lines.
Italian Morale Sustained.
The result Is as yet in the balance
SO far German troops are reported
In only one sector in the mountain
front, but 1t is not improbable tha
they will be dispatched to aid thu
Austrians If they can be spared alont
the French front. Furious fighting
Is said TO be continuing and it II
probable that harder blows will b'
launched by the enemy.
The fact, however, that the frs
onset did not result I'm virtual de
bacle, such as ensued when the Ger
mans and Austrians attacked alonI
the Isonzo last October, speaks vol
umes for the Italian morale. And lat
reports give reason for belief tha
the blow at Italy Is not being launch
ed with the force that has character
lied the offensives of the German
in France during the last thre
months.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
OCCUPY SECTOR IN ALsAcE
Americans Took Up Their New POSI-
tIon on May 21.

With the American Army in France,
June 18.--It now In permissible To
announce that American soldiers are
occupying sectors on the battle front
in Alsace. They first entered these
positions on the 21st Of last month.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
General CroWder Says Class |
win Be Exhausted Soon
After Jan. |.
ARMY GROWS STEADILY
Three Million Men viii Be Under
Arms BY Aug. First Six Months
OF 1919 Are Expected to Wit
ness Heavy Draft Calls.

Washington, June 1S.-Provost Mar
shal General Crowder told the Sem
ate military committee that 100000
Americans will be under arms Aug.
1st next.
Extension OF the age limits in the
army draft will be necessary, Gen.
eral Crowder said, if the present rate
of draft calls continued. He estimat-
ed that all the men in Glass / would
be exhausted soon after next jan
uary.
General Crowder said that 1,347 900
of the 2,42s,000 men placed in Glass
| already had been called to the col
ors. He estimated that somt 100000
additional men for the first class will
be obtained from the men who reg
istered June 5, and that another 200.-
900 will he added by the reclassifica-
tion of men in the re-examination of
the questionnaires now being made.
Heavy Calls in 1919 lntinated.
acquisitions from the draft to CON-
plete the 100000 total by Aug. /,
General Crowder said, have been
made. OF these 100000 will be
draft registrants and the other volun-
teers and national guardsmen.
Everybody things there will be
heavy calls during the first six months
of 1919,' was a significant statement
made by General Crowder.
General Crowder approved the gen.
eral principle of the bill introduced by
Senator France of Maryland, extend
ing the registration ages to from IS
to as years, thereby providing addi-
tional men for military and industrial
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-18
Hold Foe Without Gain at Many
Points on 100 Mile Line
Above Venice.
GREAT BATTLE COMING
Rome Advices Say Struggle Is About
To Assume Gigantic Proportions
and VIII Last For Several Days
Foe Pushed Back at Piave.

Washington, June 1s.-An off,
ciaI dispatch from Rome says the
battle on the Italian front will as
sumo gigantic proportions, the
Austrians attempting to break
down the Italian defense by
great pincer movement. II adds
that the battle will last several
days before a decision Is reached.
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-18
OUR FUTURE IN THE SEA

Returns fishing
  will hundred ha a of We m h will trebled of he TWO il is
  magnificent mineral
  
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 will probably
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Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-18
THE PEACE QUESTION
her future prosperity.

Wilson's reply to the German has either iessta brought mighty of Unless should choose of which
 
  Germany
 map o Peace"
  would would which in of huts Germany like the fatl of lornb If their diefc worship whirlpool destruction
  combat   atVey throw wit
    O wha will happen
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-18
Yankee Humor

hunor one o the oo! trenches ad troubled cootes he pictures O him with his hand in-
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-18
Good Prophecy.

people that be tho allies will N. Telegraph.
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-18
BREEZY PARAGRAPHS FROM THE PRESS
Missapp

Our victorious arms" is Their daser YorkT
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-18
We'll Over it

Fortunately the United
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-15
RED CROSS NURSE COMING

Realizing that the suffrage move
ment is truly a part of the war work
of the times, the local %suffragists are
preparing to make a strong drive for
the victory in the coming campaign.
To this end they have secured a speak
er of national reputation, and with
great pleasure that in the
near future the district organizer,
Miss Josephine Miller, of Little Rock,
Arkansas, will be in Brookings to
open the campaign. Miss Miller has
seer service at the front as a Red
Cross nurse, been a volunteer worker
for two years in a hospital at Scissors,
France. She returned TO the United
States on leave about a year ago, and
expects to return to France in Deem
Der or January. She says: Every
thing that | saw in my experience at
the front in France and Serbia made
me a triple-plated s~uffragette. The
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-15

some uniform plan Of opening pool
halls in Brookings County during the
harvest, stacking and threshing sea
son of 1918. is desirable, now there
fore. by virtue of the authority vested
in said Council by Chapter 81 of the
South Dakota Session Laws of 1918,
until the further order Of this Coun-
ell,
II Is Ordered
That all pool rooms in said Brook
ings County remain closed until seven
o'clock p. m. on all days when the
weather permits of stacking or
threshing grain. That no games shall
be played, or lettering therein be per
mitted during the hours said pool
rooms are to remain closed. Except
that where soft drinks, cigars, tobac-
co. candy, lunches, meals, or gro
ceries are sold in said pool rooms, it
shall not be necessary to close said
room. but no pool or other games, or
lettering shall be played or permitted
before seven o'clock p. m. on all days
when the weather permits of stacking
and 't%hreshing grain.
That any person or perSones who
shall violate any Of the provisions Of
this order shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine
of not exceeding One Thousand Dol
lars, or by Imprisonment in the coun-
ty jail not exceeding one year. or by
both such fine and Imprisonment as
is provided by Chapter 81, Session
Laws, 1918. This order to be effec-
tive on and after August 16, 1918.
Made, adopted and approved by
said Brookings County Council of De-
Tense this 10th day of August, 1918.
A. b. Dalthorp, Chairman.
M. E. Culhane. Secretary.
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in this county having discussed with
the committee the making of an order
closing their places of business. the
Council made its order No. 2, which
prohibits the opening of any pool hall
until 700 p. m. on any day when the
weather permits of stacking or thresh-
ing. Exception is made in cases
where soft drinks, cigars, tobacco.
candies, lunches or groceries are sold
in the same room and in such cases
the order does not require the clos
ING of the room but forbids the play
inc of games or lettering therein dur
inc the hours that pool halls are or
dered closed.
This Order No. . is not to be con-
sidered as a reflection upon the 10y
atty OF patriotism Of the pool hall men
of this county. Perhaps no class Of
business men have done or are doing
more to help all wartime activities.
The order will aid the pool hall oper-
ators in carrying out the government
The man who plays or loiters in u
pool hall during the hours that the
same are ordered closed is violating
the order as much as the proprietor
of the pool hall. The Council feels
sure that the pool hall men will con-
tinue to assist in bringing the laborer
and the farmer together.
The making Of an order requiring
farmers to use tight racks in stack
ing and threshing and requiring
threshers to furnish canvass to place
under separators was considered but
the Council feels that the National
Governments action and require
ments in this respect are very well
understood and that ne order Of the
Council would add anything. and,
therefore, made no such order.
Some complaints of violators of the
"idler's Law" and the registration Of
labor were presented but it was de-
cided to give such violators an oppor-
tunity to comply with the law before
taking drastic action. Some may not
understand that violators Of the Idler's
Law and State Council Of Defense
Orders are punishable.
Some complaint was also presented
of failure to purchase War Savings
Stamps, but the action thereon was
postponed to the next meeting Of the
Council. 1t is the intention Of the
Council to enforce the purchase of
War Saving Stamps according to al
lotted quotas even though it be neces-
sary to present the matter to the de-
partment of justice.
Council of Defense.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-15

They came again in 1870 and ripped
Alsace-Lorraine out Of the side OF
France-and here they were again.
Just yonder on the Lorraine front
they were trying to batter their way
toward the homes of these French
peasants. They had already pillaged
and plundered and made desolate the
homes of nearly a million Of these
people.
by the eternal" muttered Smith
as his jaw snapped, when we get
onto that line We'll take Alsace-Lor-
raine-and We'll never give it back
to Germany"
Smiths company went into the
line alongside a French troop. That
made things seem safer. How com
Frenchmen and Americans, who were
not afraid. What was it, anyway,
that he was afraid of? The Germans?
Was he scared of the big-bellied
brutes across the line whose only OBJ
ject was "to steal and kill and to de-
stroy?" Surely here was the wolf
that had come, from whom the hire
ling feeth, Hireling. How he de-
tested the word. Then Smith looked
into the calm determined faces of his
comrades and the question was an
swered.
He was afraid to be afraid!
Two nights later young Smith left
the shelter of the trench and rambled
out into No-Man's Land in search of
a wounded cOmrade. 1t was one of
the lads who had cussed him on board
the ship during the submarine attack.
The ground over which he crawled
was under continuous shell fire.
A hundred yards from the trench
he found the boy with a leg shattered.
He moved his belt up under his arms,
tied his own belt to it, passed the
loop over his shoulders and crawled
OoSh uio6Sib6 IHt WOuiioCu uldll Will
him. AS he slowly went back a piece
Of shrapnel from a bursting shell tore
into the flesh of his leg. Arriving at
the trench both men were carried to
the rear on stretchers.
Yesterday | saw John Smith in the
hospital convalescing. Around his
neck was a string and attached to the
string was a bit of shrapnel the size
of a small marble. The urgeon had
cut it out of his hip.
Going home or going back?" l
asked him.
Home? He'll" he exclaimed, "I'm
going back to the trench next week."
John Smith had found himself.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-08-15
THE GERMAN PEOPLE

Chicago Tribune-But what of the
German people? They rejoiced over
the Lusitania. They demanded ruth
less submarine warfare. They have
accepted the defiance by their army
of the most primitive standards Of
honorable warfare. Their men bomb
hospitals, sink hospital ships, and
abuse the white flag. Have the Ger
man people as yet no realization that
these acts are branding their name
with dishonor, consigning themselves
to the fate Of Ishmael? What can
their rulers hope to gain by these
offenses that will compensate for
making the very name of German
hateful? The policy is the product
of military thinking Of the narrowest
kind. a blind, bureaucratic militarism.
The German people have been bull
lied and deceived into accepting it as
a war necessity. 1t is a terrible be-
trayal, for which they will surely
exact a terrible punishment when
they wake out of their trance.
The best and most complete assert.
ment Of typewriter ribbons can be
found at the Register office.