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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
Salvation Army Victim
of "Meanest" Man

Huron, Oct. 1.-The 'meanest"
naan has come to Huron, in the opin-
ion of officials in charge of the Sal
vation Army campaign here. This
man, it is said, had a check for $40
cashed by Salvation Army workers
at a booth at the state fair. He made
no purchase at the booth, where
doughnuts were being sold, but took
the money and departed. Now the
check has been returned to the army
officers marked mo funds" The
Salvation Army is $40 loser and sew.
eral indignant campaign officials are
hunting for the check writer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
ALLIES ESTABLISH
GERMAN BLOCKADE
NO FOOD SHIPS WILL BE PER.
MITTED TO START FOR GER
MANY AT PRESENT

Paris, Oct. 1.-The blockade of
Germany, which was threatened by
the Allies in case the German troops
of Geenral Won der Moltke were not
removed from the Baltic region, be-
gan today. No food ships, it is de-
clared, will be permitted to start for
Germany until further orders are is
sued. Vessels now on the way to
German ports, however, will lbe per-
mitted to proceed to their destina-
tions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
YANKEE FLYERS
MUST KEEP OUT
AVIATORS FLYING OVER MEXICO
WILL BE FIRED
UPON

Ell Paso, Tex, Oct. American
aviators flying into Mexico will be
fired upon by Mexican troops, accord
ing to a message received from Mex
leo City by Ell Nacionale, a Mexican
newspaper here, which stated that
Ignacio Bonillas, ambassador at
Washington, had been instructed to
convey this information to the state
department.
Gen. NJ M. Dieguez, commander OF
the Carranza forces in Chihuahua, has
not yet been ordered to fire on the
American flyers pending the reply OF
the United States to Bonillas' COM
munication, it Is said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
What WILL HAPPEN
IfTREATYIS REJECTED
SENATOR'S ARE BUSY HUNTING
AN ANSWER FOR THIS
QUESTION

Washington, d. c., Oct. 1.-Sena-
tors today were beginning to hunt an
answer for this question: What will
happen if the peace treaty is rejected,
either by direct vote of the senate or
by President Wilson's refusal to ac-
cept it with reservations, which, in
his estimation, would destroy it?"
Many democrats declare that if the
treaty fails the mon who cause its
rejection must bear full responsible
ity and take action to meet the sit
uation.
In such an event they expert that
President Wilson would decline to
initiate negotiation of another treaty
with Germany.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
Yeggmen Rob
Bank at Faith

Sturgis, Oct. 1.-The Farmers
State bank, of Faith, was entered
and the vault broken into and robbed
of few hundred dollars in silver.
The large door of the vault was
forced or the combination picked and
a charge of explosive wrecked the
outside door of the safe inside the
vault. Had the yeggs forced the in
side doors of the safe they would
have secured several thousand dol
lars in paper money and bonds. Five
or six hundred dollars in postage
stamps belonging to the Faith post
office were also taken.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01

will be held here, Beginning Thurs
day, Oct 2. The sessions will close
Sunday evening, Oct. S. The stated
clerk of the body, Rev. H. p. Car
son, of Huron, was here last week to
complete all arrangements for the
four-day convention.
Elaborate arrangements have been
made by the olcal Presbyterians for
the entertainment of the delegates
and most successful convention is
looked for from all points of view.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
Anthracite Wage
Scale to Stand

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 1.-The ex-
listing contract between the anthra-
cite mine workers and operators, in
cluding the supplemental agreement
providing for the payment of bo-
muses. entered into last November,
will continue in effect until March
81, 1920. 1t was so decided at a
conference here between the presi-
dents of the three anthracite districts
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea and the committee of anthracite
operators.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01

national thought, and representa-
tives of all the principal industrial,
commercial, social and religious
bodies.
The union will wage vigorous war
on behalf of the league of nations
throughout Great Britain during the
fall and winter, and it emphasizes the
ate in the movement, and thus aid in
the establishment of peace on a per-
manent basis.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
Bandits Rob Man of
Money and Clothing.

Aberdeen, Oct. 1.--Robert Reed,
colored, about A o'clock in the morn
ing, was held up and robbed of $50
and suit of clothes by bandits while
crossing the Milwaukee railway right
of way just north of the depot. The
bandits knocked him down and re-
lieved him of his money and clothes.
Reed was badly bruised and cut, but
not seriously injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
Omaha is Going
to Abolish ''Shimmy'

Omaha, Neb., Oct. Omaha is
going to abolish the "shimmy" dance.
Supt. T. H. Werlich, of the board of
public welfare, issued an "edict" for
bidding the shimmy and similar
dances, and decreeing that If Omaha
wants to dance this winter it shall
dance as it did in the good old days
before the saxaphone and the slide
trombone evolved jazz stuff in sound
as well as in action.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
Lloyd George in
Covenant Speech

London, Oct. 1.-The League of
Nations Union opened its fall cam
paign at the Mansion house today,
Premier David Lloyd George being
the main speaker. Lord Mayor Sir
Horace Marshall presided, and in
addition to Lloyd George, there was
a distinguished gathering, including
Lord Robert Cecil, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, viscount Bryce, U. ..
Ambassador John w. Davis and a
host of other notables, leaders of
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
State w. C. T. u.
Elects Officers

Sioux Falls, Oct. 1.-At the annual
C. T. u. of South Dakota the follow
ing officers were elected for the
year: President, Mrs. Flora Mitchell
Brookings; vice president, Mrs. l..
Borneman, Sioux Falls; correspond
ing secretary, Miss Emma Mead,
Alexandria; recording secretary. Mrs.
Maude Jones, Lake Andes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
Grand Duchess to
Rule i'm Luxembourg

Luxembourg, Oct. 1.-The pIebecite
held resulted in a majority in favor
of the retention of Grand Duchess
Charlotte as ruler, and for customs
union with France.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
GERMANY SAYS GOLTZ WAS
UNABLE TO GET TROOPS OUT

Basle, Switzerland, Oct 1.-The
efforts of Geenral Won der Goltz, "to
make his troops evacuate the Baltic,
having failed" says Berlin dis
patch, received here, the German gov
ernment has decided to recall him
definitely"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
Annual Meet of
Presbyterians

Watertown, Oct. 1.-The thirty
sixth annual meeting of the Presby-
terian synod of South Dakot a, which
includes in its membership all the
churches of that order in the state,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-01
Sioux City Live Stock

Sioux City, Oct. 1.-Top hogs sold
at $17.0O, most good grades brought
s16.O0016.50, mixed grades sold at
$15.50016.00. while heavy and
rough hogs sold at STATS q 1850.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-13
Divided Time

Mr.. Ousley, of the Department of
Agriculture, not long ago adjured his
countrymen to eat more meat as the only
way to keep up price for meat which
he held must be kept up if the stock
raiser was not to quit producing.
Now comes DR.. Alonzo f. Taylor, one
of the purveyors of American food, and
he urges all of us to become vegetarians.
If we do not he does not see how it is
possible to drive down the cost of meat.
Thus do celestial minds differ. George
Ade expressed the opinion in one of his
plays that the Constitution should fol-
low the flag on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, but not on other days.
Similarly there would be nothing to do
but to divide time between obedience to
Ousley and Taylor.
In the mean time, then, let all con-
sumers join in loud hosannahs in honor
of the stock raiser as one who gets not
cent more money than he earns, and in
deep curses for the packer, who pays the
stock raiser what he asks and passes the
cost along. Thus does the Republic get on.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-13
Why Not Try Russia?

Mr.. Garretson, of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors, shaking off after two
days his self-imposed resolve to threaten
no more, presents himself as an ad-
mirer of Russia and of the disturbed
parts of Europe. He would apparently
have this country similarly disturbed.
He contends, of course, that he is
trying to hold down the I'D, but it is
by pressure of his fingers rather than
by the full strength of his arms and
body. A man who violently assails ex-
isting institutions and predicts revolu-
ton unless they are radically altered
may be rated as defeatst and to be
doing what he can to promote the re-
suit he verbally deplores
II Mr.. Garretson likes Russia and
sovletism as much as he seems to, he
shows great unseltishness in restraining
what must be his personal yearnng to
go there and enjoy the blessings there
spread. 1t must be a stern conviction
of duty to his home folks that prevents
him recruiting men with preferences
similar to his own and at once taking
ship. He is so dissatisfied with Ameri-
can living conditions and by inference
so much more highly esteems the living
conditions of sovietland that his will
must be firm to resist the lure.
One can imagine him arriving with
his expedition in the Utopia and start
ing, after two or three days steamer
food packages were exhausted, to find
grass and roots to eat. AS Briggs might
say, it would give ga Grand and Glori-
Gus Feelin'." 1t would rejoice his bodv
to have it refreshed by enjoying the
sweet delights of democratized industry
in Petrograd and Moscow, testing the
while wood with his teeth to discover
whether it is edible and whether an in
gestion of offal warranted a man in
loosening his belt.
No one knows all the truth about Rus
sia and other lands which have seen the
soviet system face to face. but the truth
known sutfices. Gorky. the Russian
writer, who has been revolutionary
New-York tribune., 1919-08-13

and prosperous, mistress in her own
house. And as Americans think, so do
Britons, French, Italians and Belgians.
But it should not be obscured that
the intervention in Hungary's behalf is
almost without precedent and repre-
sents vision and generosity which
are new in human annals. Yet the
coterie of malignants who had no grief
when Rumania, Belgium, Serbia and Po-
land were under the dissecting knife
will doubtless shed crocodile tears be-
cause the Rumanians are not forced out
in twenty-four hours.
What monstrous hypocrisy has marked
the settlement period! What Shiny false
pretence has characterized a company
whose members have sought to break
down the good repute of the victors of
the Wari
New-York tribune., 1919-08-13
Our Pro-Bulgarian
Policy

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: May [ write in reference to the
American support at present being given in
Paris to the Bulgarian claims to Thrace and
the outlet on the 4Egean Sea?
Bulgaria was one of the bitterest enc
mics of our allies, and her treacherv and
cruelty are equaled only by the worst
deeds of the Boche and Turk Our un-
fortunate neutrality enabled her to be Of
the greatest service to our enemies during
the war, and her continuous policy Of pro-
Germanism from her treacherous attack on
her allies, Serbia and Greece, at the end of
the first Balkan War, to the present date,
seems likely to go unpunished,
Perhaps our government is blinded by
some Roberts College sentiment.' This is
played continuously by the Bulgarian
ENJOYS in this country, one OF whom espe-
cally seems able to convey his viewpoint
to Pres dent at will
The elections in Thrace after the Turk
ish revolution showed only one Bulgar
elected as against seven Greeks There is
consequently no question about the over
whelming predominance of the Greek p6pu-
lation. This "error" the Bulgars have been
correcting diligently since the autumn of
1915 by wholesale massacres and so-called
deportations, aided by their German and
Turkish advisers.
French officers OF nigh rank spoke sadly
and bitterly OF our obstinate friendship for
the Bulgars, especially when Serbian inter
ests were at stake. General de Montdesir.
commanding the 3Sth French Army Corps.
who had served in the Balkans could nevex
understand the attitude of our Administra-
tion and often spoke of it. He was, of
course, great admirer of the heroic Serbs.
as are all who have ever been to their
country Or served with them in the field
We are fast losing the friendship of the
Greeks and their farseeing statesman, Veni-
zelos, by our actions-for what? Perhaps for
friendship of Bulgaria. doubtful asset at
best.
The reason is inexplicable, but the sue
cess is undoubted OF this German-Bul
garian propaganda, so stealthily being car
ried on at Washington.
W. FITZ HUGH WHITEHOUSE.
Newport, r. l., Aug. 7, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-08-13
4 he Forgotten Fourth

10 the Editor of The Tribune;
Sir: What's the matter with +ha g.
gotten 4th Division? They DIP not forget
to pick them for the army IL occunat;on
lhey dld not forget to hike: them FROM,
france to the Rhine, with all the bardsh;ns
attached to army life. They did no. forgat
to keep US in battle for SO DAYS out Of ~
with loss Of 12,94S men.
They did not forget to make % li,o
metres advance or the lines. Thew d;d no+
forget to capture 2s5e Germans ,yh;oh
does not include the number taken IN I'LL.
They did not forge &c force few aooors
uons on the Attn. They did poi foreet -
keep US as one of the last d;visions 1of.
on the Rhine. And for the beneit os 49,
New York State men who were w,th 49,
DIVISION, they saw their duty and did y
We're not looking TO. any blow. ~
any bag demonstrations ot any kind bn+
We aust would liks the people of our NV,
state to know that we were overseas ard
did our bit Don't forget the volunteers
New York, Aug. 8. 1919. MIR
New-York tribune., 1919-08-13
Could Not Be Leader

can imagine Senator Lodge moving a vote
OF thanks and congratuation to President
wilson Tor his great and successful labors
at Pars lar more easily than I can con-
celve of a similar gesture by. the members
OF the Left in France, because the differences
between the Presiden. and the Republicans
are purely political, the ordinary crcum-
stance of domestic politics, while the differ
ences between Clemenceau and his Socialist
opponents extend to the foundations of
French national life, represent the clash
between two wholly opposing and utterly
uncompromlslng doctrines alike of govern
ment and of social organization
Mr.. Wilson might have been the tool Of the
European Left; he could not have been the
leader IN any real sense, because he had
nothing in common with this political far
tlon so far his own outline of his nur
poses in going to Europe was concerned R,,+
unless ne declared war upon the enemies of
'"lS Lelt' "lthout regard to the questions
Immediately at stake he was boind N bo
assalled and abused by them, no matter how
perfect the document which resulted from,
ms labors. Moreover, any weakness in that
document would be criticised NOT bac.,,co
OF the weakness but because of the oonor-
'unity 1T afforded of attacking and under
mining the existing social order.
In word, the Socialists cared eve, ,os.
than the existing governments about Mr.
wilson's principles or personality: he was for
them only possible weapon against their
1oes' just as for the Germans he was poten-
tai ally IN enabling them to escape the con-
sequences of their evil deeds. Becansa bo
declined to fulfil either destiny he is now
attacked by BOTH and the recr;mna+;ors -.
both are quoted by the liberals" Of Aror;oo
with equal satisfaction
copyright. 1919. BY The Mcclure Nsysra,o.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-13
l.Uo Shifts OF, the Farm,
10 the Editor of The Tribune

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Slr: Mr.. Stone said coal is boneb+ a.
szoo ton and sold at ST. He doesn't
S'a'e that most of the difference goes 70
pay transportation, j. e., railroad emnlo,,as,
wages II his railroad employees offered 70
take less wages food might be cheaper
II they will not accept government 6xi,o.
OF thelr wages, why should farmers accsnt
government fixing food pricese On our farm,
we get 80 cents pound for butter. In Nau,
YORK 1t brings IS cents. Again. transnorto-
tlon and railroad wages.
"hy should farmers work fourteen honrs
a day to produce cheap food for men who
WORK ohiy eight hours at higher wages than
farmhands get?
1arm labor organizes and it takes two
sh'l's day to feed stock and poultry and
harvest, and time and a half for overti,r.
no" cheap will food be, or who will farn,
II prices are fixed below production costo
FARMERETTE.
New York, Aug. 10, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-13
~ Everything
Mr.. Briggs Called to Other Spheres

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l wish very much that Mr.. Briggs
would extend into other spheres his artistic
usefulness. He has taught me how to enjoy
husbands and wives and American boys and
golf fanatics, all, with the exception of the
boys, very tiresome people, yet by him made
delightful.
But how about the Bolsheviki and the
I. W. W.? These people to the we'll constl-
tuted minds are scoundrels, yet this opinion
is too simple for the complicated mind. Can
not he teach me how to enjoy them as
Shakespeare en- Joy his own creation, Fal-
staff? Falstaff is not a reputable person;
his conduct might even be described as
unbecoming in an officer and a gentleman
; Yet, Falstaff is Fastaff, and when we meet
him we laugh and forget and only know that
he is a charming old rogue and sometimes
pathetic and sublime, as is the way with
morta! man. ! myself prefer him to that
successful Phlistine Prince Hal.
1 wish Mr.. Briggs would do similar ser
vice for me on behalf of the Bolsheviki and
the l. w. W.; and there are the Socialists,
another field of observation crying out for
Mr.. Briggs The Socialist creed is admi-
rable, but the Socialists are not admirable.
I never meet Socialist, and some of them
pretty girls, that I do not put him or
her into class which can only be labelled
"the dissuasive" A Socialist propounding
his creed is fanatic, bristling with offence;
so much so that you believe his only pur-
pose is to annoy quiet people, and that in
fact he is not fanatic at all, but merely
quarresome and spiteful. For long ago we
have all been taught by experience that
where there is n real conviction, strength
encd by knowledge and made luminous by
thought, the words are gentle, penetrating
and persuasive.
But, if Mr.. Briggs cannot get in touch
with these disagreeable people, might he not
make some pictures Of the millonares? In
the company l keep, which does not belong
to the socially elite, am assured that the
millionaire is of all criminals the worst;
that he is pitiless, sardonic, cruel and that
he has unbridlcd appetites and lives only for
self-indulgencc. This, again, is a proposition
too simple for the complicated mind. | wish
Mr.. Briggs would frequent the society of
these repulsve debauchees and make pictures
of them so that l might enjoy millionaires-
humorously, fancifully and poeticaly
L think we are at the beginning of new
when the artist will be more than the
moralist and the poet of greater Importance
than the most brilliant speaker, and wish
Mr.. Briggs would lead the way. Surely he
must feel some curiosity about I. W. w and
Bolsheviki and millionaires and Socialists
that divine curiosity OF the artist cropping to
find the universal, the concliatory
New York, Aug. II, 1919. YEATS.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-13

from his youth up, has described the
sights and scenes of Petrograd, the city
Of dreadful days and even more dread
full nights. Men and women roam about
with the look Of hungry animals in
their eyes. Their sole thought is as to
how they can beg or steal food, for the
hope of getting it as reward Of honest
and satisfying toll long ago perished.
No eght-hour law limits the search.
There is no extra pay for overtime
Maybe after fifteen hours Of laborious
quest rat or cat may be caught.
And Mr.. Garretson says that it is
necessary for our people to rise against
oppression-that if admitted evils are
not corrected while the sound of one
crack from his whip fills the ear
the American workingman will turn
sovieteer. What a slanderous detraction
Of the common sense Of the American
workingmen! What an Indictment of
the intelligence supposed to be developed
by our public schools!
Mr.. Garretson is in a position where
many look to him for advice And he
threatens the country with Russian con-
ditions if some one Che does not say
who) does not Immediately work
miracle. Mr.. Garretson has succeeded
in giving his fellow citizens closeup
picture of his mind
Not by pulling down, but by building
up; not by throttling production, but by
stimulating it, is the sum of divisible
good things to be increased. Mr.. Gar
retson may not like the law of life
He may not like the law of gravitaton,
and hold it highly immoral for loose
passerby. But there is the law just the
same, Indifferent to any mans opinion.
If railroad rates are to come down,
thereby cheapening living, and rail
wages are not to come down with them,
then each railroad worker, either by bet
ter tools or more energy, must provide
more units Of transportation per hour of
effort. Cause and consequence are
linked in indissoluble union, and no
formula of words or change of system
can divorce them.
The American workngnan, despite
the vagaries of few leaders, has no
notion Of turning soveteer. This is not
because he loves rich men or has afec-
ton for the institutions and the methods
Of capitalism, but because he loves him
self and considers his own interest He
sees about him the fruits of an eco
nomic system whose bottom principle is
freedom. He is aware that with all its
deficiencies it cashes in more for the
average man than any other system has
ever shown. On the other hand, he sees
what twenty months of sovietis1n have
done to Russia. Looking on enc picture
and then on the other, he has no desire
to hack off an arm because a finger
itches-no wish to jump into fiery, de-
Vouring furnace because at times he
feels warm under his collar.