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to the courthouse they were grev'rl bi
a bowling mob Of thousands
Brown was virtually dri Lof1rc his
form was ever strung a., the light n"lc.
Two bullets, were fired into his body
aS hr was dragged thro, gh th" rr"vd.
He was never heard to litter word.
and he was not givcn 40 ouur!rtmt, to
- Cak before being .strct. Lea full length
lrfore tn, gaze of thousands
Browns body was mTIill'rI beyond
Ridllrd Ey II Tn usaul
pancts. il was first pld.,d over h"r
(, ( tnrrcd +; sois. II WN. not prrmutr /
:, ,cmail ,,,rrr iOug. HON,, 'r. aul WIS
soon being dragged through the streets
at the end of rope pulled b, hf,!
membo r, cf the mob. This sp~cturl" did
not end uutil late in III" morning hours.
when what remained Of the torso vas
lruq to trolley a. 81" "f the
nest inn. tant downtown wtrl>"c-
ti"ns. The arrival of IL fcinral ,rw,p.
r.o.,rd dispersal Of the hob.
The destruction of the courthouse
canr us result Of lack ot rrutnr'i"n
fu 40 firrmen when 'h"v l'twnrtrd T."
run hose lines. Many of the frcmcn
h 'a'rr entered the buidinc ard u.s.
>'r,l ~ the work Of INJECTING the RUS
..nrr> ,rinc Of whom ha h,.nur ra g..
tie.
Officers threw their clubs. guns aud
badges Of authority to the wind and uuit
the Job cold
This morning. after tho soldjcrs had
begun restoring order in tho citv. mnnv
policemen stripped OF their insignia Of
authority and resigned Most of tn"
policemen who quit we're men who had
come into the service during the present
administration.
Sheriff Tells story
Sheriff Michael J.. Clark today told
the story Of how Brown finally came
into the possession Of the mob.
''Thc deputy shoriffs had orders to
hold Brown and they did all in their
mower to do SO. said Clark. "When
the flames and smoke crowded us of
the fourth floor Commissioner Ringer.
Chief Ebprstcin. Mayor Smith and some
police officers started for the freight Gle
vator. The last men into the elevator
were Mayor Smith, Commissioner
Ringer and Chief Eberstrin,
"Thc women prisoners were scream
ing at the top of their voices. We took
fifteen women prisoners and released
them rather than have them burn in
their cells. They escaped from the
building.
Later we took the male prisoners
out Of their cells when it became too
hot there and led them to the roof
of the building. They were panic
stricken. The coored prisoners seized
Brown and tried to push him over the
cornicc into the crowd below, but white
prisoners and deputy sheriffs restrained
them.
Negroes Give Up Brown
II was on my way up stairway to
the roof when mass of bodies tum-
blcd down over my head and Sprawled
on the floor beneath me. The colored
prisoners had bolted by me with Brown
in their clutches. They hurried him
to the floor below and turned him over
to a crowd of thirty or more who had
climbed into the window from an OK
tension ladder. That was the last
saw of Brown.
eve had 126 prisoners in the Jail
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
WOULD FURNISH WORK
Secretary Lane Outlines Plan to
Employ Soldiers.
Asks Congress for $100,0oO,o00 for
Reclamation Purposes In Num-
ber of States

Washington. Jam 13.--At an infor-
NAL meeting of members of congress
held in the house chamber, Secretary
Lane asked immediate consideration
of the interior department request
for $l0O,000,000 for the reclamation
and occupation of 215 1000, 900 acres of
tillable soil in this country by re-
turned soldiers.
The plan OF the department not
only will provide labor for thousands
of men discharged from the military
service, Secretary Lane said, but will
greatly increase the resources of the
nation.
Briefly, the program contemplates
that discharged soldiers be employed
at current wages on vast reclamation
schemes in many states and that they
be permitted later to select section
of the reclaimed land for farming pur-
poses, the government furnishing
money to pay for the cost Of develop
ment. This money. together with the
full cost of the land and interest,
would later be returned to the govern
ment.
THE project will not cost the gov
ernment penny" Secretary Lane
said. Full payment for the land will
be made within 40 years"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
ADMITS BIG BOND THEFT
Chicago Broker Confesses Foreeries
TotaIing $5o00oos

Chicago, Jan. 13.--Willard Fl. Cut
ter, rated as millionaire broker, is
penniless in cell at police station
here, an admitted forger OF 100000
in securities.
Cutter, in business here with promi-
nent brokers, confessed, and with q
couple of magazines as his only for
tune went to jail
Cutter declared he had forged coun-
ty, municipal and state bonds to pay
for losses resulting from venture in
the iron mining business at Poplar
Bluff, Mo.
Cutter revealed his crime to his
wife, an accomplished music teacher
and singer, on Christmas day. He
said they then determined he should
confess and pay the penalty. A few
days later he told his attorney. Clar-
ence Darrow. He said he wanted to
begin his penitentiary term at once.
Relatives doubted If the forgeries
would total so much.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
German Government Forces
Effect Junction With Large
Reinforcements.
WIDEN BARRED ZONES
Battalion of Students Has Been
Raised in Berlin and Airplanes
Hover Buildings Held by
Spartacans.

Paris, Jan. 13.-The government
forces have widened the barred zones
inside the cityN Berlin and have ef-
fected junction with the troops COM
ing from the provinces and those al
ready in the city according to the lat
est news.
AT critical moment in the fighting
Thursday, according to advices re.
ceived by way of Frankfort, the corps
of Republican guards, which had been
supporting Eichhorn the Spartacan
police chief, deserted him. Fourteen,
companies, numbering $500 men,
placed themselves at the disposal of
the government whose troops then
were pouring into the city to the num-
ber of between 10000 and $4,000, each
carrying so rounds of ball cartridges.
A battalion of students has been
raised and armed by the government
and airplanes are lowering menacing-
ly over the buildings occupied by the
Spartacans.
The elimination of Eichhorn, the
Spartacan police chief whose refusal
to resign led to the present trouble in
Berlin, may be an accomplished fact.
A Zurich report received here says
that he has fed from Berlin.
The Spartacans, according to Copen.
hagen advices, have occupied one OF
the waterworks in Berlin and now are
attempting the seize the cattle market
with the object of cutting off their ad-
versaries' supplies of meat. The gov
ernment forces. anticipating the
scheme, have been REINFORCED with
many machine guns
Government Proclamation.
Berlin, Jan. 13.-The government to-
day issued a proclamation attacking
Die Freiheit for its continued denun-
Citations of the Ebert-Scheidemann cab
met while at the same time attempt
ing to act as negotiating agent for the
radicals who are plotting TO overthrow
the government The proclamation
accused the newspaper not only of
publishing a vicious and distored ac-
count of the street fighting and OF
charging the government troops with
needless brutality, but also of engag-
ing in double dealing and treachery in
sending its henchmen, including
Haase, Dittmann, Barth and Brett
scheid, to act as emissaries for the
Spartacans.
The civic elements in Berlin are CIV
ing Gustav Noske. who has charge of
the governments defensive measures.
their active support and the govern
mental recruiting officers are busy
signing up volunteers
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
GETS M'AOOO'S PLACE
Walter D. Hines Made Director
General of Railroads.
Retiring Directors Assistant Appoint.
ed To Post BY President VIII
son, Effective at Once.

Los Angeles, Jan. 13.--Walker ID.
Hines. assistant director general OF
railroads. has been appointed director
general by President Wilson, to- suc-
ceed William G. McAdoo.
Notice of the appointment, cabled
to the White House by the President.
reached Mr.. McAdoo by telegraph at
Winslow. Ariz., when the retiring d.
rector general passed through that
town on his way 10 Los Angeles.
Mr.. Hines appointment is effective
Immediately, the Presidents cable to
McAdoo said
Mr., Hines went to the railway adj
ministration as chief counsel and with
In two months was made assistant de
rector general
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
ALLIES REFUSE EXTENSION
Request for ProIongation of Armistice
Turned Down, Is Report.

Basle, Switzerland, Jan. l3.-The
Deutsche Allegeine Zeitung, copy of
which has been received here, says it
is announced that Marshal Ferdinand
Foch, commanderin-chief of the AL
lied armies on the Western front, has
telegraphed the German armistice
commission that the Entente govern
ments have not acceded to the request
for prolongation of the armistice
which ends Jan. IL. Accordingly, Gen.
eral Foch said. he would meet the
German plenipotentiaries Jan. IA or
Jan 15 at Treves.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
GOVERNMENT ACTION SEEN
Wilson Cables War Board to Take Up
New York Harbor Strike.

Washington, Jan. 13 - President
Wilson has cabled request to the
War Labor board to take up again the
case of the Marine Workers strike in
New York and proceed to make find
ing. The president said he was sure
the war and navy departments. the
shipping board and railroad admins
tration would use every power to
make the finding effective and that he
was confident also that private boat
owners would feel constrained by pa
triotism to accept the boards recon-.
mendations.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
Copenhagen Hears That uieb-
knecht, Spartacan Chief, Is
Killed In Berlin Battle.
DISPATCHES MEACER
Nothing Definite Known AS To Actual
Developments In capitaI--Gov-
vernment Forces Control City,
Radicals the Outskirts.

London, Jan. 13.-Dr. Karl Lieb-
knecht, the spartacan leader in Ger
many, was killed during street fight
ing, according to Copenhagen dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph CON-
pany
Several dispatches from the Asso
ciated Press correspondents in Berlin
contained no mention of the reported
death of DIR. Liebknecht. The dis
patches in fact do not refer to hap
penings in Berlin but deal with events
in the provinces or with press CON-
ment. Nothing definite is known here
as to what developments in Berlin
really are.
Spartacans Hold Outskirts.
Government forces control the sit
uation in Berlin so far as the center
of the city, containing the principal
government buildings and the retail
shopping district. is concerned. but lat
est advices give no indication of what
has been accomplished towards clear
ing the spartacans- from their strong
hold in the outlying districts.
Loyal troops are being reinforced
and the. arming of elements of the
population willing to risk their lives
to down the bolshevtsts is i'm progress
Phillip Scheidemann and Premier
Ebert have fatty refused to accept the
offered mediation Of the independent
socialists to reconcile the three So
oia 1se4 20 snl
dents of working "hand-in-glove" with
the spartacans.
The spartacans are now resorting
to hunger and thirst as their allies
and have succeeded in interfering Sc
riously with supplies. Large parts of
Berlin are reported to have gone with
out bread for two days. Panicky scenes
are reported at bread shops
The spartacan forces have occupied
a number of gas plants. electric power
houses and waterworks in various
parts OF the city. The spartacans are
reported to be desperately endeayoring
to spread their activities into other
parts of Germany.
Battle in WestphaIia.
According to dispatch from Hagen,
Westphalia, heavy. fighting has oc-
CURED there between two companies
of volunteers about to entrain for the
eastern provinces of Germany, and
local police troops The local troops
were opposed to military action
against the Poles in which the volun.
teers were on the way to take part.
The volunteers installed themselves
In the local crematory and defended
themselves obstinately. The outcome
of the fighting Is not given in the dis.
patch.
There has been no additional news
from Berlin early to throw light on the
situation there, but newspaper opin.
ion as stated here is to the effect
that the government is rapidly gaining
the support of the army and most OF
the people in its struggle, against the
spartacans.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13

Washington, jan. 11.--Prohibitory
immigration legislation was discussed
by the House immigration committee,
which decided to hold hearings on the
subject. Deportation of aliens who
withdrew their declaration Of inten
tion to become American citizens ir
order to escape military service dur
ing the war, and OF interned Germans
was discussed. Chairman Burnett'i
bill prohibiting immigration for foul
years after the signing OF the peace
treaty was selected by the committss
as subject Ter tho hearings.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
WILSON STUDIES PROBLEMS
Considers Generalization and Food
Questions, Awaiting Peace Meet.

Paris, Jan. 49, President Wilson
while waiting for the opening of con-
versations with the premiers of the
Allied nations, has been devoting him.
self to study of the food situation,
the acute question of rehabilitation
and the extent to which he will sup
port the claims Italy is expected to
make at the peace congress. American
participation in Allied Intervention in
Russia and Poland and other countries
and the bolshevist movement are prob
lens also considered.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
Would Probe l. w. w.

New York, Jan. 13.--Resolution rec
ommending systematic investigation
of the activities of the l. w. w. and
Bolshevik organizations because OF
serious fires attributed to them were
adopted at a conference OF the Fire
Marshals association of America and
the National Board Of Fire underwrit.
ers here. The safety OF our institu-
tions and the welfare Of the public is
menaced by the vicious and destruc.
tive !. w. w. and Bolshevik propa
ganda." said the resolution.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
George r. Sheldon Injured.

Duquoini Ill, Jan. II. - George n.
Sheldon of New York, treasurer Of the
Republican national committee, was
injured critically when caught between
q string of coal cars as he emerged
from a coal mine at Dowell, ILL.,. fve
miles south Of here. He.was dragged
so yards. Mr.. Sheldon was rushed TO
z hospital at Carbondale, where ply
Isician pronounced his condition pre-.
carious. In company with party OF
financiers. Mr.. Sheldon was inspectins
the Union Colliery company
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
American Flag Insultsd.

Berlin, Jan. 10.-Rioters forced Gen.
eral Harries to haul down the Ameri.
can flag, which was raised over the
Adlon hotel to protect Allied oflcials
Shooting in front Of the hotel caused
the officials to seek refuge within.
They suggested that General Harries.
head OF the American mission. hoist
the American flag as measure ~
protection. When the nae was raieod.
the crowd went wild and threatehod "a
storm the hotel unless 4 was low6ro1s
This was finally done. 4
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
BURLESON WINS SUIT
Cable Companies Are Denied
Restraining Order.
Suit to Prevent Government Taking
Over Lines Is Dismissed in
Federal Court.

w York. Jan. 13-The Injunction
suit brought by the Commercial Cable
company and the Commercial Pacific
Cable company against Postmaster
General Burleson to restrain him from
taking over for the government their
respective cable lines was dismissed
by Federal Judge Hand.
The courts decision was based on
the contention of the United States
district attorney that the court was
without jurisdiction in the case mas
much as the action was undertaken
by President Wilson as an executive
act for war purposes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
Family Eclieved Murdered.

oxford Junction, Ia, Jan. 13.--Ffve
members OF the family of Frank
Blizek, farmer, were murdered and
their home fired to conceal the crime,
according to the belief of coroner's
assistants The Blizek home was
burned and the bodies of five OF the
family were found in the ruins. e. l.
Magruder. an attorney, assisting the
coroner. declared that the bead OF
each corpse was missing. The coro-
ner's jury returned an open verdict
and ordered IN omcial investigates,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
Banking Law Revision Opposed.

Washington, Jan. 13.--Opposition OF
various senators on the ground that
it would permit unsafe banking, pre-
vented the senate taking up for con-
sideration legislation introduced at the
suggestion of the Federal Reserve
board making certain changes in the
management Of Reserve banks. One
section proposed would permit the
banks to use their earnings to increase
their surplus until 1t reached 100 per
cent OF the capital stock, instead OF
40 per cent as now prescribed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
Cur. Race Is Postponed.

London, Jan. 11.-Sir Thomas LIP
ton has accepted the New York Yacht
clubs suggestion that his latest chal-
lenge for the Americas cup should
call for series of races being sailed
in 1920 and not this year. He will
visit New York In the near future,
sailing from England late this month
or early in February, to inspect his
Shamrock W., and decide for himself
whether she is in condition to serve
as challenger or whether 1t will be
necessary for him to build a new
yacht.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13

! New York, Jan. 13.-The indictment
against the Socialist magazine, Tho
Masses, and five Of it's editors and
contributors charged with violation OF
the espionage act was dismissed in
the federal court at the instance Of
Attorney General Gregory
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
BLAMES MILITARY OFFICIALS
Postal Authority Tells Why Soldiers
Failed to Get Mail.

Washington, Jan. 13.-Blame for de-
lays in the transmission of mail to
and from soldiers overseas was placed
on the War department by Second AS
sistant Postmaster General Praeger in
testimony before the Senate Postoffice
committee. Most of the trouble, he
said, was due to "carelessness" on the
part of military officials and the War
departments failure to cooperate with
the postal authorities.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
Warsaw Is Auain Quiet

Warsaw, Jan. 10.-Order has been
fully restored in Warsaw following
Prince Sapicha's coup for establish.
ment of coalition government. The
return of Ignace Paderewski, who left
the city few hours before the
princes revolt, is anxiously awaited.
Every effort, it was stated, will be
made to have him accept the coali.
ltion. The kidnapped cabinet members,
who were arrested on Sapicha's or.
ders and later could not be found,
were located in a gymnasium, under
heavy guard. They were released.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
Buenos Aires Authorities Are
Determined to Stamp Out
Rioting and Anarchy.
TROOPS ARE ON DUTY
Police and Soldiers Are Under In
struetons to Shoot Whenever Nee
essary and Queil All Violent
Outbreaks.

Buenos Aires, Jan. 13.-seventy-
two persons were killed, 81 were
wounded and more than 800 re-
ceived minor injuries in the fight
ing which occurred here as a re-
suit of the general strike. Firing
was incessant in all parts or the
city.
Buenos Aires, Jan. 13. - The
general strike here is rapidly de-
veloping possibilities Of an open
revolution. Establishment of
military dictatorship last night by
General DeIIepiane, commander of
the first military region, embrac-
i. ing Buenos Aires, was expected to
bring matters to head. The pres
ent national administration was
elected by the workers. So far it
has taken no decisi'> steps to re-
press the disorder.
Buenos Aires, Jan. 13--Strikers and
police are clashing in all parts of the
city. There was particularly SHARP
conflict in front of the postoffice.
Several attempts were made to cap
ture the first district police station
one block from the American consu
late. 1t is impossible at this time tc
make any calculation of the number
of casualties. -
The cooks and walters in all the
hotels of Buenos Aires struck at din
ner time and the guests, mostly Amer
leans and Englishmen, were com
PEELED to carry in their own food and
to eat it in darkened dining rooms
Whenever light appeared in a win
dow the strikers did not hesitate to
throw stones through it or to shoot
Military Defense Strengthened
The Tenth cavalry and the First
artillery and several machine gun bat
talions were brought in from Campo
Mayo. in the outlying districts sew
eral cavalry regiments are being held
in readiness to come into Buenos Aires
If necessary
The railway stations in the city anC
the water front works are guarded by
marines.
Several persons were killed ir
clashes between strikers and govern
ment forces. today and the govern
ment, in view of the increasing gravity
of the situation, decided to adopt the
most severe measures to bring abou
normal conditions.
The soldiers and police were i'm
structed to shoot whenever necessar,
and to put down outbreaks of violenc,
regardless of the cost in blood.
The regional federation has orderet
that the general strike be continue,
indefinitely and has instructed 1t,
members to oppose all acts of aggres
sion by the government forces unde
General Dellepiane, who has abou
1000 men
General DellepAne has assumed
military dictatorship and has takel
over all the forces of the government
This action, it was explained, in n,
wise constitutes a measure unfriendl,
to President Irigoyen.
General Dellepiane's assumption O
dictatorial powers followed two Sc
rious attempts by strikers to captur,
police headquarters. He has assumed
the functions of the ministers of war
the navy and the interior, making him
self supreme commander.
His supporters say he is exertin,
all the forces at his. disposal for, an,
not against the government.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
TO DEP0RT lNTERNED F0Ec
Bill Prepared by Attorney General IL
introduced.

Washington, Jan. 13. - Legislation
authorizing deportation of Germans
and other aliens, interned during the
war, was requested by Attorney Gen.
eral Gregory.
He sent the draft of bill to Repre-
sentative Burnett Of Alabama. chair
man OF the immigration committee.
who at once introduced It In tho
house.
Deportations,. by the terms Of the
bill. would be on the warrant Of the
secretary OF labor. that the aliens
were. undesirable residents bscause
they had been ordered interned."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
PRESIDENT SIGNS MEASURE

Approves First Bill Sent to White
House Since He Left.
Washington, Jan. 13.-Notice of the
signing by'President Wilson In France
of the first bill sent to the White
House by congress after the president
sailed last month was cabled to Sec-
retary Tumulty. 1t was the measure
authorizing the payment of transpor-
tation home Of war workers leaving
the government service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-01-13
MISSION TO VISIT RUSSIA
Allies May Send Men to Study Gen.
eraI Situation.

Paris, Jan. 13.--President Wilson
was in conference with other members
of the American mission in the offices
of Gen. Tasker II. Bliss. the military
member of the American delegation.
Special attention is being given the
Russian situation in peace conference
circles here and commission to go
to Russia is being considered. It
would examine into the entire econom-
ic, military and political situation.