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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
FREIGHT EMBARGO ORDERED
Sailors Desert Atlantic Merchant serv.
Ice for harvest Fields.

New York, July 21.-A freight en-
barge ON coastwise traffic to Atlantic
ports was announced by the coastwise
steamship companies, operating under
federal control as a result OF the strike
Of seamen and engineers along the At
lantic and Gulf coasts. The order for
the embargo was forwarded to ship
ping points by the United States rail-
road administration.
@. H. Brown, secretary of the sea-
mems union, claimed that the entire
shipping Of the country would be vir-
tually tied up within two weeks II
the struggle continued.
The disorganization of the merchant
service through sailors deserving the
coast for the harvest fields also was
predicted by the union leaders. They
asserted that seamen were leaving this
port In droves for the farms. where
harvest hands were being paid IS and
Is = day with board and lodging.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
DAYLIGHT SAVING LOSES TEST
Effort to Retain Rider In Agricultural
Bill ls Defeated.

Washington, July 21.-With the
rider for repeal Of the daylight saving
law eliminated by the house for the
second time, the annual agricultural
appropriation bill now awaits action
by the senate.
Attempts of Republican leaders in
the house to retain the rider when the
remodeled bill was passed was de-
feated through the coalition OF an al.
most solid Democratic opposition and
a number of Republican votes, the
final vote being 203 to III.
While Republican leaders insisted
that early passage OF the bill could be
secured only through retention of the
rider. Democrats declared this would
result only in a second veto by the
president.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
SWEEP THREE STATES
Forest Fires Raging in Montana,
Washington and Idaho.
Federal Officials Declare Only With
Favorable Weather Can They
Control Flames.

Spokane, Wash, July 2t.-For-
for more than a week over an area
of several hundred square miles In
Northern Idaho and western Mon
tana, continue TO spread, although
5000 men are fighting the flames.
Hundreds of millions Of feet Of
standing timber have been burned
and at least three small towns In
Montana were threatened with de-
struction.
Spokane, Wash, July 21.-Racing
over mountain ridges of western Mon
tana and northern Idaho, forest fires
which have been burning for more
than a week, spread destruction and
threatened small towns which have
been severed by the flames from com.
munication with the United States
forest service headquarters at Mis-.
soula, Mont.
The fire near Henderson, Mont,
jumped the mountains into the Mullan
gulch country where there is said to
be practically no opportunity to catch
1t. The fire near st. Regis, Mont,
crossed the Clark Fork river and was
spreading unchecked over a large
area.
Only with favorable weather condi.
tons is there any possibility of con-
trolling the flames, district forest
service officials said. 1t is costing the
federal service $4,000 daily to fight
the fires in this district. 1t was said,
besides the damage done to valuable
timber and other property. Extra fire
fighters nov in the field number 1900
One hundred forest service men and
as many employees Of railways and
lumber companies are fighting des
perately to check the flames before
they reach st. Regis, the fate of which
Is still in the balance. The situation
in western Montana and northern
idaho, where fires are burning inval
liable timbers, were declared at fores
service headquarters to show no Inn
provement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
DRS. WESTABY &
BAUGHMAN

PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS
Hours: Madison Hospital. s a.. IN. to
10 a. m. Office. l p. m. to s p. m.
Evening and Sunday by Appointment:
Telephones: Office, 2228; DR.. r. S.
Westaby. Residence, 2277; DR.. d. s
Baughman. Residence. 1892.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
MINE BLAST FATAL TO SIX
Explosion Occurs In Pit Twenty Miles
West Of BluefieId. Va.

Blueield, w. Va, July 21.-Six men
were killed in an explosion at the
Carswell mine at Kimball, 20 miles
west of Bluefeld. The cause Of the
explosion Is unknown.
First reports to Bluefeld we're to the
effect 81 men had been killed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
$4,000 War Famed Allied Sol.
dIers Appear in Parade to
Celebrate Peace.
PERSH|NG LEADS YANkS
All Entente Nations Are Repre-
scented Among Marchers-
King Reviews Troops.

London, July 21.-Nineteen thou
sand Allied soldiers, picked men from
famous combat divisions, the names
of which are written large on the
pages of history of the world war,
marched through London's streets In
celebration of the return of peace. The
line Of parade was more than six miles
In length.
King George, with other members OF
the royal family, army and W. off.
GERS and leaders of both Houses OF
Parliament stood on the steps OF The
Victoria memorial, in front OF Bucking-
ham palace, to receive the salutes OF
the warriors.
A magnificent reception was given
the marching hosts. The streets were
bright with Allied colors. Eager spec
tators jammed every coign of van
tage, even the roofs being black with
cheering thousands. Huge grand
stands accommodating thousands were
erected for demobflized soldiers, an
effort being made to arrange that ev-
cry soldier home on leave from France
should see the procession. Among
those who witnessed the parade from
these stands were four thousand wild
W and children of officers and men
killed during the war.
Drawn from Allied Armies.
The $4,000 paraders camped at Ken
sfngton gardens. They were drawn
from the British, American. French,
Italian, Belgian, japanese, Polish, Rou-
manian. Portuguese, Serbian, Siamese
and Czecho-Slovakian armies. In the
line of march the contingents were
arranged In alphabetical order, the
Americans leading the parade. The
Americans led by General John j..
Pershing marched in three battalions
OF 33 officers and 100 men each. Bel
GUM had in line $40 officers and men
led by General GILLIAN; France was
represented by $50 men and Italy by
S35. There were five officers and SO
men for each Of the other Allied ma
tions.
Behind the Allied section came Vice
Admirals Beatty and Keys and other
high officers of the grand feet with a
naval contingent OF 1000 men. Then
came 1000 men from the mercantile
marine and 500 women from various
war services.
Next came Field Marshal Haig and
his staff leading 5000 British troops
OF every branch of the service. Major
General Salmond led the Royal Air
force contingent. All the dominions
with the exception OF Canada had
forces In line, Canada being unable to
supply a representative detachment
owing to the rehabilitation of her
forces.
Following the parade, London,
which enjoyed a special business holt
day. gave itself up to merrymaking.
The authorities provided four huge
areas for dancing OF Hyde Green and
Regents park.
Elsewhere In the city military bands
gave concerts and ~pageants, and
scenes from Shakespeare were giver
by theatrical clubs.
The Imperial choir appeared in {
peace and thanksgiving performance
In Hyde park. This organization mum
bers more than 10000 singers. Thu
public was provided with the word.
OF songs to be sung and Joined In thu
patriotic numbers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
ENGINES AND ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the City Com
missioners of the city of Madison,
South Dakota, until eight CD O'Clock
p. m, Monday. July 2Sth, for fur.
nishing and erecting for the said city
the following:
Two $50 h. p. Diesel oil engines
direct connected to two 2l0 K.v.A.
$500 volt, so cycle. 8 phase genera.
tors, with direct connected exciters
One rs X. w. motor driven EXETER.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
SHOULD BE RATIFIED INTACT
Attitude Of President Toward Treaty
and League Covenant.

Washington, July 21~.-President
Wilson still is insistent that the peace
treaty and league Of nations covenant
be ratified without reservations, Sena-
tor Capper, Republican, Kansas, said
after q conference with the President
1t the White House.
Senator Capper said the President
took the position that adoption OF the
reservations by the senate was certain
to be misinterpreted abroad and would
~ : precedent which might be fol.
lowed BY other nations.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
Umbrella Makers Vote to Strike

New York, July 21.-Tuesday was
st. Swithin's day ana 1t rained. which
means. according to the superstitious,
that II will continue to rain for 40
days. The superstition has held good
Asre up 70 date and the umbrella max.
en- union announced that it had de.
cided to strike for q 45-hour week
with wage increases. The union voted
recently to walk out In two weeks II
demands ere not met. but has de-
cidsd the weather is SO propitious
he date will be advanced. About
Eveoo men are involved.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
REDUCES AERIAL MAIL RATE
Postmaster General Cuts II to Two
Cents an Ounce.

W ~ 0u 0eHSts
Washington, July 2i.-Postmaster
General Burleson has reduced the
postage rate on airplane mail to 2
cents an ounce, the regular ate for
first-class mail matter. and placed the
air mail service on the same footing
with all other al Of mail transpor-
tatiOn.
In making the announcement of the
reduction OF air post mail, he said:
"The successful operation OF the air
mail for more than n year and the
great development for commercial
work in the airplane in that period has
taken this phase OF mail Transports.
tion entirely out Of the class OF expert
mental work"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-21
SELLS GERMAN DYE SHARES
Alton Property Custodian Obtains
$4,000. 900 for Stocks.

New York, July Blight thousand
German-owned shares of the three
chemical companies formerly con.
trolled by the Roessler and Hasslacher
interest We sold at public auction
by the alien property custodian to
Coffin q Co., bankers and the Amer
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Evening star., 1919-09-28
The Cynical Actress.

THE late Oscar Hammerstein be-
lieved that the actresses should
lead pure life.
Cynical. disillusioned actresses are
no good" he once said at q dinner. II
remember an actress Of mine soma
years ago who fell down badly in q
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Look here I said the morning
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you don't show half enough emotion
In the scene where your husband
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Evening star., 1919-09-28

my no can litee velly good. missee,s
modestly protested the boy.
"Oh. I am sure you can do 1t pefs,
fectly WE'LL" she insisted. and he. pro-
ceeded to draw little writing case
him carefully as he traced the char
acters on the bill. and checked tho
articles off on his fingers. one by one,
viz: A silver necklace. a jade-stone
pendant. a pair of napkin rings and.
last Of all, a brooch with q golden
lotus-as he finished the last word.
the jeweler drew from his sleeve Q
silver whistle and before any one
knew what was happening blew .
long. shrill blast. AS he did so, the
doors Of No. &C. the adjoining apart
ment. flew open and Sam and Chang.
the detectives. rushed in and seized
UP and Ching Lien the Golden Lotus
was at last in the hands Of the police.
what does all this mean?" inquired
Miss Atherton in utter astonishment.
as Inspector Wallace and Capt. More-
head entered the room from the hall {
way. after courteously knocking.
why, it means that you have un-
consciously rendered us a very great
service by enabling us to apprehend
a most dangerous criminal" replied
Wang Foo, as he removed from his
head the wig and beard of the sup
posed native jeweler. We have traced
him through his handwriting. We
supposed at first that he was mas
r.,,o 1tno tl,a h,,< oFt
ward discovered that he wrote the
poem at the priests request. hence
the slight delay in the arrest"
What a remarkable thing" said
Miss Atherton to the man of mystery,
as they slipped quiet cup Of tea on
the porch after the excitement was
all over, land what strange con-
trast to his beautiful name. You
know I've been thinking of the words
of the poem and how he should have
risen from dark obscurity like the
lotus and pushed his way upward to
the higher and purer and better
things of life-whereas he seems to
have just reversed the proces1 and
fallen lower and lower into the
depths"
'Ah. that explains the wonderful
significance the Chinese place in their
ancient chirography." answered Wang
Foo, "and why they love to tell for
tunes from their writing. The Pc
culiarity of this mans script was that
he always-no one can tell you just
why-traced the character for the
lotus with its crown reversed, and 10.
you see, the whole trend OF his life
was downward and not upward. or as
we say: -
Fang tao ching lien" ('He turned
the golden lotus upside down!"l
Evening star., 1919-09-28

civilian clothes. which would have
concealed their identity.
The reporter who wrote the Taegllche
Rundschau story certainly did not see
the incident and picked up the silly
story from some one who was rs
vague about the cause OF the trouble
as he was himself. AS though we
carried half-eaten pieces OF bread
about with us! Or would be mad
enough to incense a mob in such q
stupid fashion!
Albeit the next morning Taegliche
Rundschau. which had been invited
to send reporter to the mission to
straighten out and retract the story,
came out with a story Of retractien
that read as though it were written
by a child.
The story was that the Americans
at the Hotel Adlon had not thrown
bread to the angry crowd. true
enough, but that q ''German-Ameri.l
can" sergeant had thrown a kiss of
friendship to the crowd. an expression
OF sympathy for the Berlin popula-
t!on. for whom he had nothing but the
ktndest regard! ;g.sI,.
tTo be Continued Next Sunday.)
Evening star., 1919-09-28

Wang Foo's instructions to them, Sam
and Chang returned at once to his
house with tho new copy Of the poem
for which he was most eagerly watt
ing. At last he had 1t In his hands
the final link in the chain of evidence
that would convict Golden Lotus. now
masquerading as a priest in the very
temple from which he was named. Of
being the much -sought-for leader Of
the late port riot! He would have the
same two officers repeat their visit to
the temple on the morrow and arrest
him there and then. He left his as
sistants In the lower hall and ascend
ing to the upper chamber. closed and
locked the door. He adjusted his
crystal goggles and unfolded the paper
before him. He could hardly believe
his senses! Not a curve in the left
strokes. not a flaw in the cross lines
and the crown of the lotus was not re-
versed! 1t was absolutely the hand
writing of another Individual! Sam
ana Chang were again closely ques-
toned as to any possibility of mis-
taken identity. but there was none:
The priest was positively the, same
one that gave the paper to Miss Ather
ton; he remembered the visit and the
incident perfectly-stranges of all, he
made not the slightest effort to con-
ceal it-and the two detectives stood
right over him and watched every
stroke of the little brush as he wrote
the copy The priest was the priest
no doubt about that, but he was not
the Golden Lotus. and If not, how did
ne happen to present the foreign ladv
with poem which both Wang Foo and
the old abbot were ready to swear
was In the chief rioters hand? He
stretched himself out on the coucb of
carved bamboo, and, half closing his
eyes, began to think 1t all out When
ne awoke 1t was with the fixed de.
termination, to personally visit the
temple and trace out for himself the
history Of the mysterious paper. so
thanking Sam and Chang for their
services and pledging them to secrecy
Dc allowed them to return to heado.
quarters.
When the room boy at the hot el an.
swered the call bell from No. 65 a
rev DAYS later he found Miss Ather.
ION concluding a bargain with a ma
tive Jeweler and vainly trying to
write her out receipt for her pur-
chases. Here, boy" she said. "I
want you to help me- This poor man
says he can neither read nor write
though he Is sharp enough at a bar
gain and has wonderful head for
figures. have written out a bill
mere In English and I want you to
put the Chinese characters opposite
each article, 30 that my friends at home
will be sure I bought them in Ch:aa."
Evening star., 1919-09-28

es no folded It carefully up and placed
II between the leaves of his little
leather wallet. Miss Atherton." he
said. as he turned and looked west.
ward IN the direction where her lin
rikisha had vanished. you did a far
petter days work than you could DOS
sioiy realize when you visited the
temple Of the Golden Lotus. You
nave laid the department of police
ana indeed the entire colony-under a
most lasting Obligation" and turning
eastward along Queens road. he
hastened to his modest home in the
Aiiey or the Red Cloud, anticipating a
most interesting evening of develop-
ments.
inspector Wallace of the Honrkore
ponce was just sitting down to ouiet
oihher with his family. at his little
stone nome on Peak terrace. when
tue mousse boy entered with q. note In
q Chinese envelope and, laying n on
the table In front of his master an
hounced that "One piecie coolie man
waitchee kitchen side. talkee ba
tahkee you pay him answer chop-
chop" S"op-
wen, l wonder what's nm now ."
remarked the inspector, as he took
up table knife and opened the en-.
velope tthe aforesaid house boy
nearly putting his neck out of ioint
In ms efforts to lean over to one side
ana glance at the contents also) "it,s
pity they can't send all this sort n,
thing to the Office and not bother mo
with 1t at the house." His attitude
quickly changed, however. wbe, h.
saw the familiar round handwrit,nn
OF his friend Wang Foo and sendim.
o wy .or piece of chit paper. he
quickly dashed Off an answer. The
burden of his reply was simply that
ne would be pleased to see the former
at headquarters at 10 o'clock the fol-
lowing morning. Old Chang, the rate-
keeper-for it was he who was wit
ing and slipping tea in the kitcben-
LOOK the note which the house how
Drought him and. lighting his little
morn lantern, started back on his wav
down the hill, reaching his quarters
at NO. 5-5-5 just as the chair bea rer.
deposited the sedan of the old abhot
at the outer gate.
fou have brought the papers with
you? anxfously inquired wang Foo
after the preliminary tea and pines
were over. and they had both ascend
ed to the quiet precincts of the upner
study.
Yes, they are all here" replied the
ABBOT, as he drew from his sleeve
yellow packet and proceeded to unfo,d
It, See! Here are the three letters.
end the torn piece Of the revolutionary
proclamation and the paper cover ~
Evening star., 1919-09-28

the book with his signature on 1t. and
the Two receipts for the guns and pow
uer and three personal cards. We may
lay the last aside, for they are prob
: aDiy not In his own individual hnnd."
AND what Is the final result of your
examination? Just how would you rec
organize his characters?"
BY these three things-to be sure
there are more. but these are
quite enough-by the curving Of
'ne ieit strokes, by the shortening
OF the cross lines and especially by that
pecuiiar seai-script In the upper part OF
the lotus Look! Do you not see that
the -FOUR strokes are really reversed?"
said the abbot slowly and distinctly,
as. holding dry pen in his hand, he
pointed out every one Of these in
d'vidualities to the careful and ever
watchful eye of the detective.
They are the same, then, that you
noticed when first we went over them?
YES exactly the same. with the add
ed point Of the reversed crown of the
lotus"
And with these you feel that we
could identify the writer?"
Beyond the shadow of doubt, any,
where In all the empire"
venerable father" said Wang Foo.
as he took from his secret drawer in
the desk the yellow paper with Miss
Atherton's verses upon It, ''look care
fully now at this and tell me what you
think Of it,"
''The curved left stroke. The short
cross lines and the reversed crown
above the lotus--in tho name of nj,
the sacred Buddhas now at once, it is
he! Tell me, where Old you get this pa
per and when? 1t is a streak of fortune
of which we little DIRE eamed"
Wang Foo related the story OF his
introduction to the American party on
the steamer. the scene with the opium
smokers and the later meeting with
Miss Atherton on Queens road and the
ending Of the poem
You think then that he Is still i'm
hiding on the Island-possibly in the
Lotus Temple or somewhere on the
ether side?'
Possibly. but that is all that we can
say
"And just how can we best appre-
hend him?'
"Ah. that will be matter for the
utmost tact and secrecy. We must
move most carefully and slowly; for
the slightest breath Of a suspicion that
We are on his tracks-and he is gone'
AS Wang Foo said this. he rose and
lighted the farewell pipes. The two
smoked for a while in silence. then.
making the secret sign Of the brother
hood In the air with their lighted
matches. they concluded arrangements