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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
Harbor Improvement Asked.

Honolulu, Jan. 15.-Resolutions have
been adopted by the harbor board ask
ing the 1919 legislature to provide
$2,00O,000 for the improvement of
Honolulu harbor. This will take care
of the first unit in plan for harbor
improvement which will require an
approximate total of 100000. IL
the entire project is carried through,
Honolulu in few years, anticipating
expansion of Pacific commerce, will
have system of docks which will ac-
commodate 25 large ocean liners at
one time.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
Island infested With Influenza.

Washington, Jan. Is. - Threatened
with extinction by influenza, the popu-
lation of the Island of Tahiti, French
possession in the Society islands group
in the Pacific, has waited in vain In
the past few days. hews dispatches
have announced that the scourge had
run its course, but nevertheless, be-
lated plans for aid are going forward
while an answer to an official query
is awaited More than one-seventh of
Tahiti's population of about 10000 in
habitants was dead q month ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
PRAYER SAVES HIS LIFE
Soldier Is kneeIing When Shell Rips
Hole in His Steel Hat and Wounds
His Head.

Uniontown, Pa.-The fact that he
was kneeling In prayer saved the life
OF Private John Quarrick, Jr., of this
place. A letter from the soldier In
France says that he was saying his
prayers at the side of his cot when a
German shell tore his tent to pieces.
ripped hole In his steel hat and in
ficted a slight wound In his head. II
probably would have been killed had
I been In a standing POSTURE" he said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
Millions Of War Funds Wasted.

New York, Jan. 15.-The story Of
how social climbers" 100 per cent
boys" and society parasites" at
tached themselves to war charity work
and stole or squandered millions Of
dollars contributed for the benefit OF
war sufferers. was told by Assistant
District Attorney Kilroe in@ a report
on his investigation of 534 war char
ity organizations" The investigation
he said, disclosed actual thefts of more
than $3.000,000 in one year, and the
waste of several more millions for
expenses"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15

The bureau of fisheries repo is that
20. 600 sockeye and 1885. .0C0 hump
back salmon eggs had been obtained
at the station at Yes bay, Alaska. from
August 20, when collections began, to
September 80. II the collections are
sufficiently large 100000 humpback
eggs will be sent to the Maine stations
for the continuation of the acclimati-
xation experiments und ertaken several
years ago. Later in the year It is
hoped to send 4 SECOND consignment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
LOSING HIS MIND, is RUMoR
Former Kaiser Said to BE on Verge
of Hopeless Lunacy.

Amsterdam, Jan. 15.-William Hoh-
enzollern is on the verge of becoming
helpless lunatic, according to infor-
nation brought here by leading Hol-
lander who just left Count Bentinck's
castle. where he was guest. He de-
clared the former emperor talks con.
tinually. His conversation is rambling
and erratic. He cannot sleep at night.
Recently he announced his intention
OF returning to Berlin and it was with
difficulty he was persuaded not to do
so. He also is determined at times to
surrender to the British.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
PROTEST TELEPHONE ORDER
Representatives of Public Service
Commissions Meet.

Chicago, Jan. 15.-Declaring to be
unconstitutional the recent order of
Postmaster General Burleson, provid-
ing for an increase in telephone rates.
representatives of the public service
commissions of Illinois, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota and Vir-
ginia, at a meeting here protested
against this action as an encroach-
ment OF the Federal government upon
the power Of state utility commissions
to regulate intrastate rates.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
LODGE TO DELIVER EUL0GY
Massachusetts, Senator Only Speaker
at Roosevelt Memorial.

Washington, Jan. d. Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts will deliver
the eulogy at the joint congressional
memorial service for Theodore Roose-
velt to be held in the house chamber
on Feb. g. The Republican leader in
the senate, who for many years was
close personal friend of the former
president, was selected by unanimous
vote of the senate and house COM
mittees appointed to arrange for the
services and he will be the only
speaker.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
YANKS CAN VISIT ENGLAND
Men in France Secure Leave LASTING
Fourteen DAYS.

London, Jan. 15.-Leaves for SOL
diers of the American expeditionary
force in France to visit England, have
begun and the men are expected to
arrive at the rate of $50 daily. Their
leaves are for 14-day period. Ar
rangements are being made here to
care for the arriving troops and rest
stations have been established at
Stratford-on-Avon, Royal bennington,
Spa and Edinburgh.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
Owned Fine Library.

Andrew d. White. the eminent Amer
ican diplomat, who died recently. was
the owner of ope of the finest libraries
In America Mr.. White began early in
life to accumulate books, chiefly on
the subjects of the worlds history. AT
last he had 10000 volumes, a respec-
table total. as Mr. Birrell would admit,
who once said that a man should never
talk of his library until he had 10000
books. Mr.. White left his library to
Cornell university.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
NAMES SENATE COMMITTEES
Lieutenant Governor Frankson An
nounces Assignments.

st. Paul, Jan. 15.-The Minnesota
Senate is now ready for real work
The committee assignments were an
nounced by Lieutenant Governor
Frankson.
Senate leaders who were heads of
important committees In the last ses-
sion are heading the same committees
this year in several instances. Sena-
tor A. j. Rockne is chairman Of the
finance committee. Senator f. e. Put
nam heads the judiciary committee.
The important committee on high
ways is to be guided by Senator Pat
rick McGarry, of Walker. Senator WI
bert is chairman of the committee on
public domain.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
WITHDRAWAL FROM RUSSIA
Resolution Favoring Satisfaction APP
pears In Senate.

Washington, Jan. 15.-A resolution
to record the Senate as favoring with
drawal of American soldiers from Rus
sia, "as soon as practicable" was in
troduced by Senator Johnson of Cal
ifornia, with an assertion that the
United States government evidently
had no Russian policy and was invit.
ing disaster
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
TWO AvIAT0Rs ARE KILLED
Two Others Injured in Fall at Fort
Worth, Texas.

Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 1.-two
minutes after Lieut.. John E. Garbut,
Sheridan, Wyo., and Mechanic r. L.
Quinn. Pittsburgh, Pa, fell 5000 feet
in a tail spin, and were killed here,
Cadet Instructor Francis X. Bostick,
Amity, La, and Mechanic Ralph Nc
lllwain, Oakville, ILL.,, also crashed in
a tail spin. Mclllwain was probably
fatally injured, but Bostick was only
eslightly hurt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
Favors Five-year Control.

wv Washington, Jan. 15.-Commissione
hfaIert w. Woolley, the one member
of yhe Interstate Commerce commits.
sion who supports the proposal to ex-
tend government operation of rail-
roads five years, contended before the
senate interstate commerce commit.
tee that only through continuing fed.
eral management for a sufficient Pc
riod under normal conditions could the
present freight rate structure be re-
built to give exact justice to the
whole people rather than to the ship.
pers and the carriers as classes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
United Serbia Planned.

Stockholm, Jan. 15.-The Swedish
government has been notified by the
Serbian minister that Serbians, Croa-
tians and Slovians in Austria Hungary
would unite with Serbia and that a sim
gle government could be formed by
Serbia and Montenegro.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
GERMAN ARMY DISBANDING
About 60 Per Cent Of the Force Mus
tered Out.

American Headquarters in Germany,
Jan. 15.-About so per cent of the
German troops have been demobilized
since the armistice, it was revealed in
statistics compiled in 40 towns oc-
cupied by Americans.
About IL per cent of the men who
went to war from the Rhineland were
killed, and about an equal number re-
turned home before the armistice was
signed because of permanent disable
ment
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
HOUSE PASSES RELIEF BILL
$100, 900, 900, Asked by Wilson to Feed
Europe, Is Voted.

Washington, Jan. 15. - President
Wilson's appeal for an appropriation
Of 500, 100000 for the purchase Of food
for the starving liberated peoples of
central Europe, was approved BY the
house by vote of 242 to 73. The bill
now goes to the senate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
FRAUD CHARGES ARE FILED
Woman Alleges Election Law Was
Violated in Nevada.

NIOTdIEU III TN6Vduds
Reno, New, Jan. 15.-Charging thai
the election of Senator Charles S. Hen
derson in Nevada this year was
brought about through violations of
the federal and state laws governing
expense accounts, Miss Anne Martin
who was an independent candidate in
opposition TO Senator Henderson, has
sent a letter to Senator Pomerene,
chairman of the Senate committee on
elections, asking him to order an in
vestigation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15

Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr, who is
perhaps the wealthiest buck private
in the American army, will enter
West Point. according to recent re-
ports. Private Vanderbilt went to
France as orderly to his father, Brig.
Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt He made
record for daredevil bravery as a
dispatch bearer on the western front.
He enlisted in 1917 when still under
age.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
Schools Run bv Women.

Union Hill school district at Deca-
tur, Ga, is entirely run by women. All
trustees and teachers are OF the femi-
nine persuasion and there is no politics
IN evidences In school atLairn.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
kAROLY MADE PRESIDENT

Elected Provisional Executive Of Hun
garian Republic.
Basle, Jan. 15.-Count Karolyi, for
mer premier, has been elected provi-
sional president of the Hungarian re-
public, a Budapest dispatch reports.
The dispatch said the national coun-
Gil had turned er all authority to q
popular government"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15

Because Of their "unsightliness" q
the principal street corners, "hot dog-
stands In Macon, Ga, must 90. accord
Ing to the edict OF the city council
Fortune telling establishments also 90
tnboo.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15

Idea for Liberty Monument.

idea Tor Liberty Monument.
A Washington man proposes that O.
the United States was In the war 584
days, Liberty monument to the MEM
bers Of our heroes be erected at the
capital, one foot In height for each
day, making 1t 584 feet high. with the
names Of all VINO gave their lives e.
graved on bronze tablets, to be placed
In the interior Of the monument.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
1900 DECLINED TO FIGHT
General Crowder Says 24,234,2to Men
Registered.

Registered.
Chicago, Jan. 15.-Out Of total
registration of 24,234,210 men. only
100 refused to fight for their coun-
try. according to Provost Marshal
General Crowder, who was at the
meeting here OF the Selective Service
association.
Crowder declared 100000 men
were actually inducted into the serv-
ice, while 100000 more were sub
ject to immediate call.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
FOOD COMMISSIONERS MEET
Herbert c. Hoover Presiie at Paris
Conferences.

Paris, Jan. 15.-Members of the in
ternational food commission held two
sessions at the ministry of commerce.
Herbert c. Hoover presided at the
meetings, which were attended by
representatives of the United States,
Great Britain and France.
il was reported that much progress
had been made in the work of arrang.
ing for the immediate relief of needy
sections In evacuated territories.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
BELIEVES LEAGUE USELESS
South Dakota Senator Says Four
Powers Can Insure Peace.

Washington, Jan. 15.--Discussing
the proposed league of nations, Sena-
tor Sterling of South Dakota, Republi-
can, in the senate, urged that, in view
OF the present and prospective rela-
tions between the United States,
Great Britain, France and Italy, such
a league was unnecessary and that irs
consideration should be postponed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-15
Licenses No Longer REQUIRED.

Washington, Jan. 15.--Individual ex.
port licenses for personal baggage and
household effects no longer are re.
quired under a ruling announced bv
the War Trade board.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14

took advertising to do 1t quickly, TO
let man know that what he wanted was
ready at hand at fair price for imme-
date delivery. And it took advertis-
ing to make him an intelligent pur-
chaser and an intelligent user Of the
darned thing.
So with many industries, great and
small, but all greater and better be-
cause of their direct contact with that
simple yet powerful force, consumer
understanding.
Our supply of periodical literature
daily, weekly and monthly-is nothing
short of a marvel both in quality and
quantity. There are now some $4,000
regular publications printed in the
American language. Advertising makes
this possible. This one benefit to the
people is so far reaching and so far be-
yond estimate that one dare not say
how vastly our civilization Is indebted.
Doubtless the most direct and OBJ
vlous benefits of advertising have to do
with the variety, quality and condition
of the things we buy. In the old days
when goods of unknown character were
sold by a merchant of known character,
both he and his customers suffered
many disappointments and injustice.
Nowadays a manufacturer puts his
name and address on his wares and
says in public print to all the world
These goods are o. K.-I know be-
cause make them. My reputation and
my fortune are behind them as per-
petual guarantee Of quality, condition
and fairdealing."
Poor, disappointing wares will not
long stand up under that kind Of pitt
less publicity" But honest goods hon
estly advertised soon build up mutual
good will between maker and consum-
er which is little short Of personal
friendship. This results in better mer-
chandise and better business to the
economic gain Of everybody.-RheyT T.
Snodgrass in Leslie's.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14

be seen. In fact there were no rea1
laborers. Those few who did labor re-
ceived a small wage and girls who
served as mattresses in the city were
paid only 10 kopecs a week which in
United States money is about 81
Whence comes the money l do not
know but I do know there was plenty
Of it.
Food is Scarce.
"Still foodstuffs and clothing were
very scarce amoh5 the people. United
States army shoes if they could be
procured would bring $50 and more a
pair right along. Anything that is
edible could be, sold for large sums.
There Is indeed a scarcity Of every
thing but money-paper money. There
is no gold. Russian people have a
passion for jewelry. Were one to buy
out the jewelry and bricabrac in a 5
and 10 cent store in this country and
carry it to Russia he could sell it at
his own price.
"Still they starve and die and the
Bolshevism goes onward. Nobody ap-
pears to worry. They accept it as a
matter of course. Their army is fairly
we'll equipped. They have some fairly
good fighters. Their aeroplanes are
good and their aviators skillful. More
than once have these Bolsheviki air
men flown over the camp Of American
soldiers and dropped from the clouds
among the soldiers Bolsheviki tracts
and pamphlets. inviting the soldiers to
desert their ranks and join the Boil
sheviki and telling them further that
the Bolsheviki do not want to fight
them but would prefer that they come
in as friends But this propaganda
has not resulted in any recruits from
among American soldiers to any extent
although it is possible that one or two
thoughtless ones, firing Of the routine
o. army life have deserted their ranks
and yoined the Reds. I have heard one
or two soldiers of this country remark
as they were returning homeward that
here is one socialist going back to the
states
"Eut it has not affected very many.
American soldiers and British soldiers
could not subscribe to a doctrine that
teaches there is no God, that there is
no virtue in womankind, that the
Christian religion is false and that he
who is criminal and beastly by nature,
who does not work and who will not
work is entitled to any and all of the
Of him who does work. 1t is
a terrible situation that is prevalent in
which l am incapable of
describing. It is doctrine that is
the unwary, that is getting
hold upon those who grope in darkness
and that is continually spreading di-
sease and death and desolation in
a wonderful land"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14
SAVE AUTUMN LEAVES
Best Soil Builder Known is Natures
Own Compost

There is more truth than poetry in
the statement Of a contemporary who
said that people who burn all their
leaves and then spend money for COM
mercial fertilizer need to have their
heads attended to-.
The time is close at hand in this lati-
tude when autumn leaves will cover the
ground, each days falling being mat
ter of dread to the small boy whose
duty it will be to keep walks and lawn
free from the trees discarded habili-
ments.s ..-s sa. -
The traditional and customary
manner of di5posing of autumn
leaves that clutter the streets and pri-
vate grounds r. to rake them into
piles and set fire to them; but that
constitutes only another proof of our
lack of thrift
Leaves contain every element that is
necessary in the development Of floral
life. For that reason they can be
converted into the best fertilizer
known.
The process is very simple, further
more, consisting merely in letting them
decay.
Piled, or better still, dumped into
pit, and permitted 10 rot by natures
own process Of decomposition leaves
become what the gardeners call COM
post-a comm odity of rare value both
ao a fertilizer and a permanent soil
builder.
Put on theland and spaded in, this
compost not only supplies all the ele-
ments Of plant food. but in addition to
the chemical properties essential to
plant growth, it puts humus into the
soil-vegetable matter that aids in the
conservation of moisture and in keep
ing the ground loose and friable, thus
aiding root development.
All of which properties are lost
with the exception Of the noncombus-
tible mineral ingredients-when the
leaves are burned instead Of returned
to the soil.
The richest type of soil known is leaf
mold, which is formed by natures
process of making compost Of the fall
en- leaves.-Atlanta Constitution.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14
Mentioning the unmentionabIe.-.

= Mentioning the Unmentionable.-A
fniIlionaire jam manufacturer, having
retired from. sbusiness and married an
eafPs. daughter, was ashamed. OF the
trade whereby he had piled up his
fortune. ....,,-. ...........
one day hs wrote to a neighbor an
inap,saept ,ltiteri complaining of the
way IA which the others servants were
tresp&ssing on his grounds.
The nsishbor wrote back:
=. Dear .Sir.I am very sorry to hear
that my serrants have been poaching
on yoarspreseryes. .......s:
"P. S.AExcuse my mentioning your
prsseryesE-London Tit Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14

Power of Advertisins.-It used to
+.ke generation or two or three, to
build a big business, no matttr no"
good the merchandise, nor how able
the management. Now there are cases
galore where a manufacturer oil teW
hundred thousand pounds of something
has advertised his output up to 5, 10
or &c million pounds, and done II IN
five years.
Glance at our infant giant, the au-
tomobile industry. Born somewhere
about 1900 A. D., and now running AT
rate Of two billion per year. VI
cou,.se this industry was bound to
grow great in time, because man want
ed individual transportation. But II
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14
humorous Department.

"A Slim Chanas.--Men don't stanc
much chance with women nowadays
This is sadly being brought home te
many "A member Of the suspendereo
sex. For instance: O.. .,'. :.
: '"I.nay not be so big fool as look
said he to her. They were having a
qparreLr ~ ~ .eq,.,,--,.. =. - ~
MOI" ,shsareplied sweeflS, Lnen
you have a great deal to be thanKiuI
iorrif.l-,s-T par tIaE u. g.
q, And ip ,thisi or ..q,1,. .,s..> .-. .-...,,.;;
,,..I don't believe In palr1atdingg pl1t g my Vir-
tues said the righteous husband q 10 "
his wife. ~, ,,i..c{s:,
,That is wise, my dear" said the
wife, III always takes number y! you
know, for q parade"
Ouch. ~ = -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14

For Social Purposss.-"Do you real
ise ,thfssrazorwas made tnIGermanyT'
asked the Judge r.. .,:.
II reckon It musta been, sub. i pro-
cured It off'n a daid German pusson
outin Nobody's' Land. ! knowed ne was
dad because i had just pulled my bay
onst' outsn him.
"ob, you fought in France?" ex-
claimed the court. - ' 80.
eyes; suh;' was a black devil. an
I thought this razor might be valuable
suh."'r - 49,. H.. -.
,-"For shavingT's ..''
"No; sub; for social purposes"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14

Corp. Geo. w. Batson, Of Greenville
son of Policeman Eugene Batson OF
that city has been notified that he
Is to receive from the British govern
ment decoration at the hands CT the
prince of Wales for distinguished ser.
vice in the late war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14

-oeJaisRitshfofk. do you like
that cigar gave you, old man? For two
hundred bands of that brand they give
you 9 sramophene."
"You don't say! If I smoked two
hundred of - those cigars wouldn't
want a srsmophone; I'd want harp"
London Tit Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14

csrrset.-,A, soldier from the front
applied TO the hotel for job as cook,
What can you cook" asked the
hotelh,an-,-,-, ...-.~
''Anythingf sir" was the reply.
Well, how do you make hash?"
"You don't. make it, sir" said the
soldier. ut just accumulates."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14
Friday, November IA, 1919.

The number of patients at the
United States Public Health service
hospital at Camp Sewer has recently
been increased to more than 500 on
account of the transfer of many pat-
tents from Camp Johnson at Jackson
vile, Fla, to Camp SEWER
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14

Wsr .Eeopomy.--"Are you going to
pay any attention to these epithets
that are being hurled at you?"
,syss; indeed 4, answered Senator
Sorghum. .s4aP having them all care
fully copied and filed away. I may
need them when It comes my turn to
cali Observation-Disclosures STR.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14

Mean: Man-Frlend-"Is her father
the the Kind T6f man Who would pursue
YOU II you eloped'"
Jack, Poore-"No,, he's the kind OF
man ,whp'd move SO that you couldn't
fnd him when YOU came back."-Bos-
ton Transcript.