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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-31
New York ReyiyaIiSt Here

Major Nice of New York, will con-
duct the next series of salvation Army
revival meetings, to be held tonight at
* In tho salvation Army audi
s 20 cfohee7;he major is an excellent
torium. ps,1g speaker and has a
and i~nterestnnsage for the people con-
wonderful me5.ork =.
corning army wa
night Staff Captain Bar
rett. also of New York, and leader OF
the National staff band. will lead the
meeting and will intermingle with the
speaking musical selections, I vo-
cal and instrumental. Staff Captain
Bates OF New York. will be one or the
speakers at the meeting tomorrow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-31
Health Board Tonight

The Health Board will meet to-
night in what promises to be an In
teresting as well as a somewhat
lengthy session. according to advices
received from headquarters this
morning. In view OF the above facts
the attendance Of every member of
the board Is desired and expected.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-31

with a square steel tank by tubing.
Isaac Fellows, the nan who owned
1t, had It hidden behind a pile of
goods In the basement of his trunk
and picture store in New York. Along
with II, tho revenue officers seized 80
gallons of cheap brandy, some wine
and $50 gallons OF whisky mash.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-31

Making Of Hand orenades.
It has been found that one pound OF
ammonia will make 20 hand grenadeA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-31

This moonshine outfit was uncov-
cred in New York in the first raid
since the adoption of the dry amend
ment to the national constitution The
distillery Is of a type which may be-
come common when legaliZed booze is
no more. 1t Is a large wash boiler
sitting on a gas stove and connected
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
assured Wheat on spring plowing is

assured. Wheat on spring plowing is
a poor crop.
The farmer who has consistently
placed his chief reliance on hogs, al
falfa and dairying will reap his usual
reward or probably increase his in
come, while the farmer who placed
his dependence in small grain will
with difficulty hold his own. In
Butte county it has been customary
to ship out thousands of tons of al
falfa annually. This year high prices
may prevent shipping and hold the
hay here. This is expected to pro-
vide ample hay for. all the live stock
which is wintered in this region inn
mediately surrounding the Black
Hills
Gardens also have been affected by
the excessively hot and dry weather
and the yield is expected to be about
so per cent of normal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
State Unable to Reg
ulate Phone Rates

Pierre, July 31.-Complaints to
the state railway commission in re-
gard to excessive rates and poor SER
vice by telephone companies, has
been answered by the commission in
statement in which it says that as
under the ruling of the United States
supreme court the federal admins
tration has the power to fix rates ar
bitrarily the state commissions have
no power to regulate rates or SER
vice. A bill is pending in congress
authorizing the state commissions to
handle such situations and if it is en-
acted the state commission will again
have the power to look into the ques-
ton of reasonable rates. Until this
is enacted and put into effect the
state commission cannot interfere
with any rate regulations fixed by
the postmaster general, while he had
control of such affairs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Damage by DrOuth
is Reported Heavy

Deadwood, July 31.-Reports re-
ceived here from the valleys of the
Black Hills and from the territory
surrounding the Black Hills show
that all the limits and extremes in
crop conditions exist in this territory
this year. AS whole the crop will
be far below the average. On arid
lands all crops are very light. Even
pasture. upon which. many of the set
tiers depended, is SO short that most
of those financially able to do so are
buying irrigated farms to which to
take their live stock for winter feed
and care.
Others are shipping their stock ,c
better feeding grounds. In some in
stances settlers are selling out and
removing elsewhere. Under the ditch
in the Belle Fourche irrigated dis
tricts, where irrigation is in vogue
and water is plentiful, nothing like q
full crop will be harvested. On some
farms. where the land was well lev
eled' and skillfully arranged for irri
cation, heavy yields of alfalfa are
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
President Invited
to South Daokta

Washington, ID. c., July 31.-Pres-
ident Wilson began discussion of the
peace treaty with democratic sena-
tors. Further conferences with re-
publican senators, a dozen of whom
already have visited the white house,
were held in allegiance.
Senator Johnson, of South Dakota,
who was one of the white house call
ers, said after his talk with the pres
ident that, in his opinion, the treaty
must either be accepted by the senate
without change or flatly rejected
Any reservations, he said, would lead
to complications.
Senator Johnson invited the presi-
dent to visit Sioux Falls and Mitchell
during his Swing around the circle
but the president did not give def
mite answer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Prophecies Came True.

One hundred and four years ago. at
this season, the War of 1872 was prac-
tically over. Peace was signed, at
Ghent, on the evening of December
"a, 1914; and then things moved fast.
according to existing standards. De-
cember 26, one of the American secre-
taries left Ghent for London, and
January 2, 1915. he left England for
New York, where he arrived some
time In February, and his news was
Immediately delivered to the citizens
by printed handbills. Other cities,
however, had to remain In ignorance
during the time 1t would take fast
rider to urge his galloping horse over
the roads between them and New
York. The telegraph was not yet In
vented. says the Christian Science
Monitor, although Joseph Glanvii. a
seventeenth century preacher with an
interest in the possibilities of inven-
ticn, had told the Royal society that
ito confer at the distance Of the In
dies, by sympathetic conveyances, may
be as usual to future times as to us
In literary correspondence"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
German Plea
COldly Received

Paris, July 31.-The Temps pub
fishes a note which the Protestant
Federation of France has addressed
tc President Poincaire in answer to
a letter sent him a few days ago by
the Protestant community of Berlin,
asking democratic France to right
its wrongs toward the Huguenots
driven from France in 1856 by spar
ing their benefactors, the Hohenzol-
lerns"
The note of the French .Protestants
expresses stupefaction that the Ber-
lin Protestants, claiming to be OF
Huguenot extraction, can raise their
voices in favor of the former German
emperor in an attempt to protect him
from having to face the verdict of the
civilized nations.
What occurred several centuries
ago, the note says, does not disprove
the fact that the kaiser has commit
ted against humanity crime fol
which he must personally answer.
1--WE are astonished," the note con
cludes, that German Protestant'
have not demonstrated against thu
h, rrible devastations in northern ant
eastern France, the destruction o
cathedrals and the deportation of OLE
men, women and children"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
CHICAGO'S Death
LIST REACHES SO
SEVENTEEN NEGROES AND THIR-
TEEN WHITES HAVE DIED
IN RACE RIOTS.
FIRE ON STATE TROOPS
MIIITIANIEN SENT TO BLACK
BELT LAST NIGHT--MANY
INCENDIARY FIRES

Chicago, July 31.-The death list
in Chicago's race riots stood at thirty
today-seventeen negroes and thir-
teen whites-following the death OF
Thomas Cappela, negro, this morn
ing.
In the black belt, where most OF
the arson and rioting took place,
everything was calm today, this dis
trict being patrolled by six thousand
two hundred state militiamen. The
troops were sent to the negro district
last night and Immediately received
a baptism of fire at the hands OF the
blacks. The negroes fired more than
a hundred shots at the troops who
returned the fire. No casualties re
suited.
More than a hundred and fifty in
cendiary fires were reported, but
heavy rain helped to quench them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31

yards to the front To rescue two
wounded soldiers whom he helped to
bring back to the line. Mother, Mrs.
Margaret Z. Study, Thurman, Ia"
Now for the history of the other
brother. Private Eza Clifton Study
came home from Camp Dodge, Christ
mas time, 1917, sent his uniform
back to a commanding officer with a
note that he would never need il
again and that he would never be
captured alive. He is still being
sought as a deserter, it is reported
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31

Captain Town. according to the Lon
don Telegraph's Cape Town corre-
spondent. Mr.. Malan, the acting prime
minister, announced In the house OF
assembly that the government would
introduce bill dealing with bolshevist
propaganda in South Africa. The an
nouncement. though viewed askance
by the laborists, has otherwise given
general satisfaction. 1t was stated re-
Gently on high authority that native
discomfort was never more pronounced
than now. Various revolutionary and
socialist bodies, largely composed Of
Russian and other aliens, have been
issuing bolshevist literature In the ma
tive languages. In recent prosecu-
tion In Maritzburg leafiet printed in
Zulu, calling upon the natives to
strike OF their chains and free them
selves. was read In court. The general
feeling is that the circulation of such
indictments is highly dangerous. and
that alien and bolshevist agitators
should be deported.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Will Rid State
of Prairie Dogs

Pierre, July 1.-Eradication of
the prairie dog pets is being taken up
by the government in the western
part of the state. the first work being
done in Haakon county. A regular
force is sent out with camping out
fit, which move from "town" to
town" as it clears up the pests. A
field man precedes the workers and
plats the different towns, and the
field force follows him, checking Off
each town as it clears it up.
The bait which it is claimed is sue
ycessful in the work is poisoned oats
and many acres of non-productive
land is being made productive by the
work of this party. While the dogs
have possession of tract little vege.
tation grows on the tracts. But wheI
the dogs are killed off the work o1
sub-soiling, which they have beer
doing for years, assists in the pro
ductiveness of the land, and makes Il
desirable cropping tracts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
MUSTARD GAS NOTHING NEW
Discovered in 1885, Chemists at Once
Recognized Its Awful Possibilities
in Warfare.

How easy q statement given Gre
dence because originating apparently
In an authoritative source may be
totally wrong and yet acquire a stand
ing which subsequent explanation may
not affect is illustrated In connection
with an assertion concerning DR.. Hugo
Schweitzer, said to have been part OF
German propaganda in the United
States. The assertion was that Doctor
Schweitzer employed. financed and
guided a Doctor Scheele, who, at Bo-
gotta. N. j.. In 1913, discovered the
deadly mustard gas. the formula for
which was Immediately transmitted to
the German government through Won
Papen when the war opened. Occupy
ing place In what Is to be a semi
official brief to congress. its accuracy
would ordinarily remain unimpeached,
yet according to a former federal war
chemist and professor of chemistry,
the statement is completely wrong In
its main feature
Doctor Schweitzer may have en-
ployed, financed and guided Doctor
Scheele for some reason, but not be-
cause the younger man had just dis
covered mustard gas. for that was the
work of Victor Meyer, a chemist of
Heidelberg. In 1886. or 33 years ago,
and 2S years before the world war be-
gan. The gas is generally known to
chemists and has been since its discov-
cry by Meyer. Although given the
name Of mustard gas during the war II
has been recognized by chemists since
1885 as dichlordiethyl-sulphide and the
has been recognized by chemists since
methods, statement of the gas compo-
sition and a remarkably complete In
vestigation and description of its ter
rible physiological effects published
The chemical journal furnishing the
news of the discovery In 1886 Is widely
read and said by chemists to be on the
shelves of every chemical library
| Hence, whatever Doctor Schweitzel
did for Doctor Scheele and whateves
Doctor Scheele may have done for the
| German government he did not dis
cover mustard gas In 1913 and trans
NIT Its formula to the authorities al
Berlin. Yet there are probably few
Americans who are not firmly con
vinced that the discovery of mustard
gas was coincident with the world war
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Teacher Fined for
Teaching German

Pierre, July 31.-What is probably
the first prosecution brought In the
state under the law of the last legis-
lative session prohibiting the teach
ing of German in elementary schools
of the state was in Gregory county,
where an elemental school in Ger
man was being taught. The teacher
of the school was arrested and enter
ed plea of guilty and paid fine OF
$25. After paying the fine he asked
permission to continue the school
along religious lines alone, promising
to confine his work to such as scrip
tural work alone, but was told to
desist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Ex-KAISER NOW PAYS TAXES
Emperor Contributes to
Public Funds.

Amerongen.-The former German
emperor for the first time In his life
has paid taxes, the municipality OF
Amerongen having levied the ordinary
taxation after examining and estimat-
ing William Hohenzollern's fortune.
For the first three months Of this
year the sum levied amounts to H.
coo guilder. "a guilder normally
amounts to about 40 cents) This sum.
however, was merely for local taxa
tion. An income tax will be levied
separately by the government.
The former emperor was relieved
from payment for the first period Of
his sojourn. as that fell within the
previous year. All foreigners who re-
main three months In the country are
liable for the payment Of taxes, the
same as natives Of Holland.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
u. S. Marshal Hit
By Automobile

Deadwood, July 31.-Deputy u. S.
Marhal Brooks, of this city, had
narrow escape from death and was
badly hurt as the result of being
struck by an automobile while at
Winner on official business. He was
talking to some acquaintances in an
automobile which was standing still,
when another automobile, travelling
at a good rate of speed and driven
by woman, passed the standing auto
so closely that the deputy marshal
was struck and knocked to the
ground. He was rolled along the
ground for a considerable distance.
He was badly bruised and cut and
one of his legs was severely injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Germans Plan
Expose of Secrets

Berlin, July 31.-Socialist motions
TO hasten the bill establishing a state
tribunal to investigate the cause of
the war and the guilt for it, passed
the national assembly at Weimar.
Monday.
DR.. Eduard David, minister of the
interior, said that Germany must
lave such an institution to offset the
entente's proposed court. Under the
present plan secret documents would
be published first, then those relat-
ing 10 the armistice. and finally those
relating to the outbreak of the war
''The truth will be very painful To
some people," DR.. David declared.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
State COnvicts to
Work on Roads

Sioux Falls, July 31-Ten inmates
of the South Dakota penitentiary
here were sent by DR.. G. c. Redfield
to do road work in the state game
park, near Custer, in the Black Hills.
They are in charge of Lieut.. o. w.
Boub, of Redfield. and will be gone
until late in the fall.
This work, which is done under the
supervision Of the state highway COM
mission, is in the mountainous region
of the Hills, inaccessible to teams and
machinery and it must all be done
with pick and shovel.
The state game park is fenced
area about eight by fifteen miles in
extent. One hundred head of buff
falo and about 200 elk are maintains
ed there by the state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
JAMES O'CONNELL dies
MAN OF RAMONA.

Word reached the city today OF
the death yesterday of James O'Con-
nell, of Ramona, brother of County
Commissioner d. j. O'Connell, and
alf brother of Peter Delaney. For
many years the deceased carried on
a successful implement business and
it was not until the last three or four
months that his health began to fail.
Several operations, in which transfu-
sion of blood was undertaken, failed
to bring back assuring strength. A
wife is left to find consolation in the
sympathies of host of friends.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Potash Industry
Being Developed

Burdock, July 31.-This is the
latest town TO appear on the map in
South Dakota A postoffice has just
been established here. The new town
promises to be the center of an ex-
tensive potash industry. A large
company now is getting machinery
on the ground six miles west of Bur-
dock, preparatory to the production
OF potash on a large scale. Burdock
is situated on the Burlington rail
road, Is miles west of Edgemont, in
the extreme southwestern part of the
state. The new town occupies prac-
tically the same location as the old
rostoffice of Argentine, discontinued
several years ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Two Brothers of
Different Type

Shenandoah, Ia, July 31.-In the
Green hollow hills and bluffs near
Bartlett in Fremont county is the
backwoods home of Mrs. Margaret
l.. Study, a widow of so years. She
sent two sons to war. One has just
been awarded the distinguished SER
vice cross by General Per5hing fol
OK raordinary bravery under fire
The other deserted at Camp Dodge.
Pirate Marion Francis Study, first
class, company c. 117th infantry, has
been cited by General Pershing. His
citation reads: For extraordinar,
heroism in action near Nolan
France, October II. 1918. With an
other soldier he volunteered to gt
out across an open space swept b,
heavy machine gun fire about Isl
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
WILSON OPPOSED TO
INDEMNITY FOR U. S.
RELATIONS COMMITTEES
CONSIDERS PEACE TREATY
In OPEN SESSION

Washington, d. c., July 31.-Pres-
ident Wilson is opposed to having
the United States share in any in
IDENTITIES to be paid by Germany,
Bernard M. Baruch, member of the
economic mission of the peace con-
ference, today told the senate foreign
relations committee.
Putting into operation the principle
of open covenants openly arrived at
the committee smashed all precedents
and considered the peace treat at a
session before newspaper men and
the public.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Another New
Summer Resort

Hayti, July 31.-Matt Berg and
Oscar Stark have completed plans for
transferring Lake Poinsett into a
summer resort. They have purchased
eight acres of land on the shore OF
the lake and will sepnd about $4,000
improving it by the erection of build
ing and other conveniences. Lake
Poinsett enjoys the distinction of be-
ing the largest lake in South Dakota
The water in the lake will be raised
about four feet by turning the sur
plus water of the Big Sioux river into
it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
North Dakota
Dry Act Illegal

Bismarck, N. d., Julw 31.-North
Dakota's bone dry law passed by the
assembly was declared not
legally passed by that session of the
legislature by the state supreme
court, in an opinion handed down in
the case of the state against John
Schultz.
Schultz was convicted in the lower
court of bringing liquor into the state
il violation of the bone dry law. He
appealed on grounds that the act was
not legally passed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
WILSON CONSIDERS
COST OF Living
REQUESTED TO TAKE ACTION
TO LOWER COST OF
LIVING

Washington, ID. c., July 31.-Deep
and careful. consideration is being
given by President Wilson to a re-
quest of the brotherhood of locomo-
tive engineers that he take imme-
diate action toward reducing the cost
of living This was stated authori-
tatively at the white house today.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Two Killed When
Trains Collide

New York, July 31.-Two men
were killed and three seriously in
jured when two freight trains crash
ed together on the New Haven rail
road near Eastport Chester, Conn.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Street Car Strikers
May Resume Work

Chicago, July 31.-Chicago's street
car and elevated railway strike can
not end before Saturday, both sides
agreed today, as a referendum vote
will be held by the strikers tomor-
row.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31
Government to Return
All Wire Lines

Washington, u. c., July 31.-At
tonight all government con-
trolled telegraph and telephone lines
go back to private ownership.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-31

The Daily Leader Is the place to
advertise. 1t brings results.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-06-21

The Upper Peninsula Development
Bureau has been spending $1,000 per
month for the last five months TO
encourage tourists to come to the
peninsula
Never before has such an energetic
and persistent campaign towards en-
couraging and increasing the tourist
traffic been conducted throughout up
per Michigan. Never before have
the various factors directly affected
by the traffic cc-operated with such
whole-hearted and concerted energy
towards the common goal Newspa-
pers, magazines. pamphlets. garage
owners. hotel men. railway and high
way officials, business mems clubs
ALI have contributed and all are
hard at work, hand in hand. to make
Cloverland a Mecca for tourists this
year and for the years to come.
The June issue OF the Cloverland
Magazine. published at Menominee,
Michigan. by Roger M. Andrews. and
magazine originally designed to aid
in this work. was. at the suggestion
and request OF the Upper Peninsula
Development Bureau. devoted enter
ly TO the tourist subject Every one
OF the fifteen counties OF Cloverland
was represented with an article point
ing out the particular advantages OF
the respective counties for summer
visitors. The issue was sent to over
$1,000 prospective tourists through
out the country, at considerable ex-
pense.
Through the efforts OF the bureau,
w. X. Gibbs, associate editor of Mot
or Age and one of the best known
feature writer's and editors In the
country. will Hithin the near future
visit Cloverland In the interests OF
the tourist. TO spend several weeks
travelling through the country, writ
ing as he travels.
Practically all OF Upper Michigan's
beauty spots will be visited during
Mr.. Gibbs itinerary and his writings,
when completed, will be consolidated
In booklet or magazine form and used
as a distinct advertising feature. II
is estimated this work will cost APP
proximately $500.