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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22
HUNS fear NEGROES
Offer Reward for Each coIorea
Soldier Captured.
Now Attract Great Attention In Occu.
pied Sections Of
Germany.

With the American Army of Occu-
pation.-Wherever American negroes
have appeared in the area occupied by
the Americans they have attracted
great attention among the civilians.
In Treves, Coblenz and other places,
during the early days of the occupa-
ton, crowds assembled wherever any
negro soldiers stopped in the streets,
and 1t was necessary for the military
police to enforce the orders prohibit
ing gatherings i'm the public thorough
fares. Even yet in Coblenz and Treves,
where there are number of negro
soldiers, the negroes attract crowds Of
German children every time they ap-
pear in the streets.
The German soldier also regards the
negro with great curiosity. According
to a discharged German soldier in
Rengsdorf, the German army, early In
the war, offered a reward of 400
marks for the capture alive of each
negro. The discharged German soldier
said that throughout the war German
soldiers lived in great fear, and even
terror, Of the negroes, and it was In
order to overcome this fear that re-
wards were offered.
One evening on the front scouting
party, consisting of ten Germans, in
cluding the discharged soldier, encoun-
tered two French negroes. In a fight
which followed one of the negroes es-
capped, the other being taken prisoner.
In the fight two of the Germans left
their comrades and ran to the protec-
tion of their own trenches, but these,
1T was explained, were young soldiers
and unframed. The reward Of 400
marks subsequently was divided
among the remaining six Germans for
capturing the French negro.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22
May Revolutionixe ShipbujIdinn

Remarkable claims, which may have
far-reaching consequences in the ship
building world If substantiated, are be-
ing made for new concrete mixture.
with which it Is proposed to build ives.
sells that are much lighter than those
now being built, and yet far more
durable. It's ingredients have not been
made known. The assertion is made
that vessels built Of the new material
will be one-fifth lighter than those of
wood. and at the same time more dur
able than those Of steel. II appears
that the discovery can also be made
use of in applying covering for con-
crete ships now under construction,
for the purpose Of giving them greater
power to resist impact.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22
TAKES CAMEL'S PLACE,
Jerusalem Is Modernized by No.
tortruck.
Beasts OF Burden Are Smothered In
Dust OF Speeding Auto
mobiles.

Jerusalem.-The life of two periods,
distant by many centuries. seems to
flow along the roads that lead to this
ancient city.
The camel, though he has done great
things for the British forces, is losing
his position as the main means of
transport, and the natives driving their
camels carrying huge packs of East
ern merchandise are passed by the big
engines Of the evergrowing British
broad-gauge railway, at which the
country people stare with OPEN
,mouthed astonishment. Then along
will come an Assyrian or an Arab on
his donkey or mule, his wife walking
behind and carrying great pack on
her head. In this way they transport
much stuff for many miles. Now they
are smothered in dust from the great
quantity of motor transport on the
roads.
The five barley loaves and small
fishes still have to feed good many
people in this country, and women
may still be seen grinding their scanty
cup of corn between stones, but now
with the introduction Of good seed the
country already is showing signs of
vast Improvement. Cotton is still
made up into rough material in a
primitive method on 4 kind of bow.
With the new opportunities now open
ing up the old spinner is likely to be
looking for another job.
Already I'm quite small towns you
will see names of well-known London
firms. This has aroused the local
shops to kind of competition, and all
kinds of important signs over small
shops, with hardly anything to sell, an
nounce: "The Provisions" "The Up
to-date Hosiery and Dry Goods Store"
"The Manchester House." and many
similar. 1t is doubtful IL per cent of
the prospective customers can read
the signs.
Shepherds on the hills still tend
their fiocks, dressed in camel hair, and
nightly light their camp fires to keep
Off the prowling jackalS and hyenas.
But in the future much Of this rich
land, now practically barren, is likely
to receive the attention of the steam
tractor.
Altogether, with the present means
of transport by rail, the great improve
ment in the water supply and the
rapid introduction of European meth
DDS and customs, 1t may be hoped a
year or two of peace will change this
country into a real "land Of milk and
honey"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22
Anzac Colonel Wounded and Or.
dered Home EnIists and
Fights Again.
IS RECOGNIZED IN FRANCE
General Sends for Him and Gives
Him Commission - Decorated
With Order of st. Michael
and st. George.

London.-The story of colonel Of
Australian infantry who was wound
ed In the Gallipoli campaign and sent
back to Australia, but who concealed
his rank and re-enlisted as private
to serve with the Australians in
France, has added to the esteem in
which Australians are held In London.
Col. Charles Melville Mac Naghten,
the hero of the story, is hailed as a
man of gallantry and grit
He was the son of Sir Melville Mac
Naghten, chief of the criminal investi-
cation department of Scotland yard,
says the Daily Mail. and was practic-
ing law I'm Australia when the war be-
gan. He was the major in command
of the First brigade which landed at
Anzac Cove on Gallipoli peninsula.
Within two days he was wounded
three times. After recovery in Eng
land he returned to Gallipoli and led
his battalion In their immortal charge
at Lone Pine.
Ordered Back to Australia.
After the evacuation of Gallipoli he
served for time in Egypt and was
sent from there to England, suffering
from wounds and fever. Surgeons re-
fused him permission to return to ac-
tive service, and he was sent to Aus
tralia as second In command of an
Australian training camp.
One day he slipped away from the
camp and joined replacement bat
TALON In Queensland under the name
of Charles Melville, and soen after
ward was back in England training on
Salisbury plain as Private Melville.
He was quickly promoted to be COR
poral, and one day was asked by his
commanding officer:
Corporal, do you think you could
drill this companyY
Having commanded a brigade, the
corporal put the company through it's
PAGES like the veteran he was.
Recognized by Officers.
Back In France again, he was rec.
ognized by officers who had known
him In Gallipoli as the daring and
brilliant soldier they had called
Fighting Mac" General Birdwood,
with whom he had served at Lone
Pine, sent for him and gave him a
! commission. Not long afterward
Colonel Mac Naghten was again sent
as an invalid to England, where he
was summoned to Buckingham palace
to receive from the king decoration
as a companion of the order Of st.
Michael and st. George, which had
been conferred upon him several
years before for his gallantry at Gal
lipoli.
While serving In the ranks In
France as Corporal Melville" he had
been personally congratulated by the
commanding general for valor al
Messines ridge.
Mac Naghten's fighting days are
now over and he is compelled to rec.
ognize this fact, for, as one of his
men put 1T, "he is riddled like Q
colander and it Is only his fighting
spirit which keeps him alive"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22
COLONEL PACKED
FOOD TO men
Soldier Lauds the Bravery Of
Leader of Chicago
Regiment.
WENT FORWARD UNDER FIRE
II Was at chipiIIy Ridge, and Men
Had Nothing to Eat for Couple Of
Days-CoIonel Wanted to Be
Sure They Got It.

New York.-That Col. Joseph b.
Sanborn, commander of Chicago's old
First Illinois National Guard regiment,
personally carried food to his men
through terrific fire in that engage
ment at Chipilly ridge in August, when
Chicagos noted regiment was shot to
pieces, was the story told by Sergt G.
William Keane of Chicago, who re-
Gently arrived here on board a trans
port from France.
Keane, who was a student at Notre
Dame university until villa cut loose
in Mexico, has several heroic feats to
his own credit, but he attributes his
bravery to Colonel Sanborn's inspir-
ing leadership. Keane had the Mill
tary cross pinned on his breast by
King George on the same day that
General Pershing was made Knight
Of the Bath. He also wears the Amer
lean ID. S. G. Keane has lost his right
leg.
Tells of Sanbcrn's Bravery.
His story was told by buddy of
his in the One Hundred and Thirty
first infantry, but young Keane in
terrupted with:
"Say, if you were fighting under
man like Colonel Sanborn, our COM
mander, you couldn't help pitching in
with every drop of blood in your body.
Do you know what Colonel Sanborn
did at Chipilly ridge in August, when
our outfit was so badly shot up? We
We're up there with nothing to eat or
drink for couple of days until Col
onel Sanborn personally brought re-
tions to us on his back under the most
terrific fire that l ever experienced.
HE did that because he wanted to
be sure that the food would reach us
ana he figured the best way to make
sure was to carry it himself. Who
wouldn't fight. like the devil under
commander like that?"
Keane went to the Mexican border
with the First and re-enlisted later for
overseas service. He was decorated by
King George for his work at Hamel on
July 4 when the One Hundred and
Thirty-first was brigaded with Aus
ITALIANS
kesne Rescues Wounded.
Keane had charge of directing the
work of stretcher bearers. Party after
party of them went into No Mans
Land that day and failed to return.
Keane went out to find them. He
found Them dead, lying across the
stretchers with the wounded men. They
had been killed in their work of mercy
by the Germans. At that moment a
party of Germans made sortie to
capture Keane, but it ended in his kill
ing several of them, forcing the others
to surrender and to carry the wounded
men and the stretcher bearers they
had killed back to the allied lines.
He won the American Distinguished
cross in the Argonne on October 10,
when he stood in No Mans Land di-
recting the work of rescue till an ex-
plosive bullet shattered his leg.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22
Guillotined Hioh Heels.

No one could be at his best with
out minimum Of four or five miles
walk day, or some other form Of
open-air exercise, said DIR. TRULY King
lately at the National Health society.
Before women could take reasonable
exercise they would have to give up
absurd high-heeled boots. he added. In
the mental hospital to which he was
attached, the first thing done on the
arrival of a woman patient was to
guillotine her boot heels.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22

Kaiser Bill and Crown Prince, two
German dogs that were so christened
by Private Robinson Cleve and Daniel
Nelson Of the Five Hundred and Thir-
ty-ninth engineers and Three Hundred
and Seventy-second infantry, who cap
tured these dogs from the Germans.
Both these colored soldiers were
wounded In action and returned to
this country aboard the transport
George Washington.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22

OF the female spies much doubt
less will be written by fiction writer's
of the future. Like the men, they sue.
ceeded in getting comparatively little
Information of value out of the coun-
try. Most of them, neither young nor
beautiful like the spy of the story
writer, are languishing behind prison
walls and will remain there for some
years to come. British chivalry for.
ho0q fbpir nvaantinn
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22
Cod, Fearing Sharks,
Swallows His Money

BOst0n.-TOnJ Grandetto Of
the dOry fishing fleet caught a
cod, and In its stomach he found
a gold English sovereign.
Along the waterfront there is
a difference OF opinion. One is
that the fish feared the sharks
would get his money and prefer.
red to be his own banker. The
other Is that the fish picked up
the coin from some ship that had
Deen sunk BY submarine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22
poo Attacks AIrpiane.

Tulsa, Okla.--A bulldog seized the
propeller Of one Of feet Of five air.
planes from Fort Sill just as they were
leaving. The machine was wrecked
and the dog killed. The fleet had to
delay their trip back to the fort until
4 new blade had been installed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22

Give it a Chance

There are only two places in your whole
car that need water.
One is the radiator.
The other is the battery.
If you forget your radiator you'll hear from
it right away.
If you forget your battery, it keeps on
working for while, but it is damaged just as
surely as your engine would be if you let the
radiator 60 dry.
Give your battery chance to make good
by having us add distilled water every week
or so, and test each cell with the Hydrom-
eter to make sure that you are keeping up
the charge.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22
Tractor and Sled Solve
Blocked Line Problem

Cottonwood Falls, Kan.-When
the recent heavy snow fall block
ed the electric line between this
city and Strong City, Frank
Hoel, living here, quickly solved
the transportation problem. He
attached his big tractor to big
sleigh. Is feet long, and carried
passengers between the two
towns. From eighteen to thirty
five people We're accommodated
on each trip.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-22

Sufferers from kidney srouble expert
ence backache, rheumatic pains. aches In
joints and muscles, shooting pains and
other torturous aff1ictions. p. w. Kltts
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30
NEBRASKA HARVESTS
FURNISH WORK FOR
NEEDY MONTANA MEN

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 27 (by AS
ISOLATED Press).-A special train
chartered by the farm bureau OF
Cheyenne county, Nebraska, brought
275 farmers to this state from the
vicinity of Great Falls, Mont, to help
with the Nebraska wheat harvest.
The great majority of the men com
ing were farmers who had suffered
the loss of crops through the drouth
of the past three years. Most OF
them had families in Montana, and
returned there at the end of the har
vest season. Many were employed
in the cutting, stacking and shocking
of grain, but will be given work as
threshers and then will be employed
in fall planting.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30
OPENING UP TRADE
DIRECT WITH IRELAND

BELFAST, Ireland, Aug. 80 (by
maiD Old Glory was f1oated from
the masthead of merchantmen in
Belfast harbor, the other day, the
first time in a great many years. She
is the Lakeside, bringing cargo of
many things which Belfast wants,
and is the first of line of American
ships which will ply fortnightly be-
tween New York and Belfast. Her
appearance here is taken as proof
that Americans are not going to ne
elect the Irish trade.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30

tain and five members of the crew
stayed by the boat, which is still in
tact. A tug is on it's way up from
Seattle to pull her off if possible.
Judge Charles Bunnell made rec
ord trip over the trail to Valdez from
the Interior. He left Fairbanks Sat
urday morning end arrived in Valdez
Tuesday.
Channel island, in the Back chan
mel, about fifteen miles from Wran-
CELL, has been leased as fox island
by r. M. Allen, Hans Preuschoff and
Tom Olson, and twelve pairs of foxes
placed on the land.
Ed Bartless of Eagle creek is in
stalling a hydraulic proposition on
his property. He has completed his
ditch and has his plant on the ground.
He bought four horses which will be
used in packing in supplies.
Divisional Road Commissioner R..
E. Sheldon of the Fourth division has
done considerable road work this sea-
son and has made good with the res
idents of the Fourth division, both in
the number of roads built and the
quality.
Longshoremen at Ketchikan struck
recently demanding a dollar an hour.
The Admiral Watson refused to pay
the price demanded and the crew of
the vessel and number of boys
hauled the freight aboard. Seventy
five cents is the prevailing price.
George E. Walker, manager of the
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30
SHORT STORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
OCCURRENCES

The city council of Fairbanks re-
Gently wired to the war department
in an effort to obtain some of the sup
plies being sold by the government.
The launches Sunny Point and the
Clara caught fire from a gasoline ex'
plosion at Ketchikan last week and
gave the fire boys of the city run.
The boats were slightly scorched.
Postmaster Warden of Ketchikan
recently received notice from the post
master general to establish weekly
mail service from Ketchikan to
Hyder. Ed Williams received the
contract.
E. George Griffin and Laura Belle
Devers. we're married at Fairbanks re,
Gently. Mrs. Griffin is from Texas and
Mr.. Griffin is a prominent merchant
of Fairbanks creek.
The halibut schooner Constance,
which went aground some time ago
at Cape Sucking, near Cape st
Elias, is still on the beach and IL
is said is being driven farther ana
farther up by the waves. The cap
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30
POISONS USED IN
PRESERVING FOOD

PARIS, Aug. 20 (by maiD.-Pro-
ceedings are being instituted In
France against boric acid food pick
lers. 1t is claimed that yolks OF
eggs, literally picked in boric acid,
are being offered for sale in many
markets, while butchers are employ
ing borates to retard putrifaction of
their wares.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30
RECORD WOOL PRICES
RECEIVED IN UTAH

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept 30
-Fifty-four farmers of Willard coun-
ty, Utah, pooled their wool clip of
$4,000 pounds and marketed it at so
cents a pound, Z cents more than any
one of them had received up to that
time
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30
COAL PRICES

Owing to a raise in the freight rates
on coal and also the price of coal at
the mine, aggregating $2.35 per ton,
the following schedule of prices on
coal takes effect today for the town
Of COrdova:
Per ton
Loads, not east of Second st. $3.50
Ton loads east of Second st. =. 1900
Ton loads, Third avenue. ..... 1881
Ton loads, Fourth avenue. 49,. 1900
Half-ton bulk, Second avenue. lO.OO
Half-ton bulk, Third and Fourth
avenues .. ........... 1850
Ton sacked coal .............. 2l.OO
Ton sacked coal, Third avenue 2l.oO
Ton sacked coal, Fourth avenue 22.OO
Half-ton sacked, Second avenue HOO
Half-ton sacked, Third avenue ll.2o
Half-ton sacked, Fourth avenue ll.oO
Single sack, Second avenue. Lob
Single sack, Third avenue..... lou
Single sack, Fourth avenue.... LOO
ALASKA TRANSFER co.
Sentember 29, 1919.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30

Electric irons, 3 pounds to 6E2
pounds. Prices $3.50 to $3.50 at the
Northwestern Hardware Company.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30

Little Salmon Trading post for Tay-
lor, Drury, Pedlar & Co., was re-
Gently brought to Whitehorse charged
with taking a shot at Captain VIM.
Turnbull of the steamer Dawson.
The shooting is alleged to have Oc-
Cured when the steamer passed
along the river past the trading post
Walker was released on $4,000 bail
until later date.
The crops in Yukon are all har-
vested The potato crop alone runs
into hundreds of tons. Scarcely any
Outside potatoes are shipped in to
the Yukon any more. Other vege-
tables most extensively produced are
beets, turnips, carrits, rutabagas, cab
bage, caulif1ower, peas and beans. Ad-
ditional labor was required by the
farmers to help them get in the har-
vest.
Walter Collins arrived in Dawson
a short time ago for medical treat
ment, after having had a hair
breadth escape from death from a
hydraulic giant. The giant in some
way swerved and the stream Of
water that issues from the nozzle
grazed the mans face, badly LAGER
ating it. If it had hit him squarely
it would have undoubtedly killed
him.
There is a gas boat at Ketchikan
called the Lady" She has been
cutting capers lately. A short time
ago, while tied at her moorings she
took a nose dive and left only her
heels showing. She was gotten out
of that scrape. Three weeks later
some one stepped out with her-that
is, took her from her berth on a
mysterious trip. The owner found
the boat again and was aboard of her
when she mysteriOuSly. caught fire.
He says she is absolutely no lady.
That the Alaska canned salmon
pack moved to Seattle by vessels of
the Admiral line will aggregate 1,3OO,-
900 cases, valued at approximately
$1O,00O,0OO, was the estimate by rep
resentatives of the traffic department
of the company. The canned salmon
brought to Seattle to date by the Pa
cific Steamship company totals 100000
cases, and estimating the pack yet
to be moved, traffic representa-
tives of the company believe the total
amount of the product Of the Alaska
plants handled by the Admiral feet
this year will aggregate 100000
cases.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30

George E. Walker, manager of the
The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-30

September 20, 1919.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-05-09

Vykonny vybor "Vcelek'
vzdava timto srdecne diky
vSem priznivcum, kteri Sc v so
botu sucastnili zabavy nami
poradane We prospech vdov a
sirotkl V Ceskoslovensku. Tez
manzelu:n Zemanovym jsme
velkymi diky povinni "a bez-
platne propujcovani vsech mist
nosti pri zabavach i pracich
"Vcelek", cimz byva nam u
snadnen zdar pri vsech vyko-
mech. ,s.x
Dale dekujeme ct. p. obchod
nlkum, jakoz jednotlivcIm "a
veci do kuchyn6 darovane.
Jsou to: sestra Waisova 1 g.
sadla, sestra Kupcova 112 lb.
masla a l Id. praskoveho Gu
kru, sestra Grosmanova tucet
vajec, sestra Vanova 3 lb. ka-
Wy. se3tra Hartmanova, 3. lb.
cukru. Pr Mottl 10 chlebu,
p. Sefrle 10 chlebh, pi. Brezi-
ma 5 ID. cukrur a l lb. kavy, p.
Jfra 10 ID. veprovou kytu, pf.
kovaf 10 lb. veprovou kytu, p.
Linhart 5 ID. vepfoveho masa,
Nyc a Patek 10 ID. masa, Pa
velka bratri 10 ID. masa, p.
Mazanec 2 g. mleka, p. Hercl
2 G. mleka, sestra Kovarikova
3 galony mleka, Plzensky
pivovar pdl sudu piva, Forest
City pivovar pll sudu near"
piva. Jeste jednou mas uprim-
ny dix vsem, kteri jakymkoli
zpdsobem prispeli k zvetseni
"Pomocneho fondu".
Vykonny vybor
"Vcelek" /.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-05-09

lie "a uplynulych velikonoc IA
vrazdili(?) 200 deti. Nasled-
KEN teto okolnosti nedav-
nych rezi We Wine pozaduji Ii
dovsti predaci americkou komi
81 v Berline, ably pomohla chra
niti zidovstvo berllnske i " j.
nych nemeckych mestech.
Mnichov, 7. kvetna. (Opo
zdena zprava). Pro usporada-
nj urady zakazane schnze BY
10 zatceno as 80 obcand, oddil
bavorskeho vojska vnikl "a po
sledni noel do vezsni a zabil
FL osob v domneni, ze jsou pri
slusniky spartakovcu. Vrazed-
nici postayeni byli pred valec-
ny soud a odsouzeni k zastreae
nj.
Jinak 81 Mnichov po temef
ctyrnedelnim boji oddychuje.
Poslednl hnizdo sparakovcii
bylo vykllzeno vladimir VOL
skem a nyni nastava otazka co
pociti s menou danou sparta
kovci do obehu. Vydali celkem
"a 20 milliond penez vlastnich
ktere Sc ma vlas podobaji pene
zum pravym a stale mezi lidem
cirkuluji. Hoffmanova vlada
slibuje jiste reformy S vylouce
MIN veSkereho bolsevismu, je-
likoz ami jedina spartakovska
zasada v praksi uvedena Sc ne
osvedcila.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-05-09

sovat e prava ze Rumni mali n6ktere obtize So
svymi sousedy, Jhosovany Ukrajnc. Ponevadz temito
svym sovanskymi pfate budeme vzdycky dobrych VITA
zch, de nam to, ably Rumun takove vztahy NELL Jsme
presvedcen re tax brzku nasane opravdova
dobra dohoda Rumunska obema jnlenovanymi sousedy
Nase praeske krajne loyani vztahy Runrunsku budou
tim jen jest6 sesleny upevneny. 81
Ceskoslov Samostatnost