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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
About a Score of Persons Are
Killed and Many Injured at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
ENTIRE CITY SHAKEN
Flames Follow Explosion and Prop
erty Loss Is Placed at Three Mil
lion DolIars-Broken Mains
Hamper Firemen.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 24.-An ex-
plosion at the Douglas Starch Works
killed about score of persons and in
jured 100 others. OF the $50 men and
boys who had just gone to work few
escaped injury or death. The entire
plant was burned by resultant fire,
which was confined to the Douglas
works, with loss of S3,000,000.
The number of dead could not be es-
timated for some time by firemen, who
were rushing removal of dead and
wounded from the debris. The injured
were rushed to hospitals and homes as
rapidly as volunteers with automobiles
could be mustered. So severe was the
explosion that persons were thrown
from chairs a mile away. The acci-
dent is thought to have been due to
either a defective boiler or spontane-
Gus combustion.
Within half an hour after the de-
tonation, which attracted all of Cedar
Rapids to the scene, % bodies were re-
ported removed.
Broken glass flew in veritable show
cutting faces and hands of those near
by.
Soldiers Aid in Rescue.
With the fire raging, cries were
heard coming from the drying room
of the plant, but tiremen were unable
TO cut their way in. Several discharged
| overseas soldiers aided in the rescue
work.
Additional explosions from the oil
rooms scattered the burning wreckage
and firemen were hard pressed to pre-
vent the spreading of the flames to
nearby industries.
! Men covered with starch were taken
from the ruins by their comrades and
many thrilling rescues were made.
Some of the victims were insane. One
workman, his head covered with his
own blood, insisted that he was not
hurt and that his rescuers should al.
low him to go back into the fire where
| ii was warm.
! Watermains were cut by the force OF
the explosion, making the work of the
| firemen harder.
| An engineer who was blown out of
the building said he believed his boiler
had exploded.
Every window in the central part
of the city was broken. Chimneys
caved in on families at the supper ia.
BILE and guests in the dining rooms OF
hotels were thrown from their chairs
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
GOES TO CONSULT KOLcHAK
U. S. Envoy Leaves Toxic to Meet
Russian Omsk Head.

U. S. Envoy Leaves Toxic to Meet
Russian Omsk Head.
Paris, May 24.-Roland S. Morris,
American ambassador to Japan, has
left Toxic for Russia to confer with
Admiral Kolchak, head of the Omsk
government, according to a report re-
ceived from reliable sources here. This
information followed closely the rev.
elations that while still refusing to
recognize the Kolchak government, de-
spite pressure from certain Allies, the
American government has prepared
IAN interesting proposal" which will
be forwarded to Kolchak.
This proposal, it is understood, will
suggest recognition of Kolchak's au-
thority over the territory he controls,
provided he sets up a democratic gov
ernment, or perhaps gives proof of his
ability and willingness to do so.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
plans Plane Trip to Pole.

Dayton, Ohio, May 24.-To discuss
with Orvilie Wright, airplane inven-
tor, the likelihood of using the air.
plane for North Pole trips, Vilhjal-
muir Stefansson, international explorer,
paid visit to Wright here. Stefans-
son declared he believed it possible to
construct special type of air ma
chine that would carry party of ex-
plorers to the field of study at the
North Pole. He plans. il arrange
ments can be made, to attempt such q
trip this year or the first Of the com.
ing year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
WEATHER AGAIN INTERFERES
Scheduled "Hop OFF" of NC4 Pre-
vented by Rouuh Seas.

Washington, May 24.-Rough seas
again held up the scheduled "hop off,
of the NC4 from Ponta del Gada. A
report to the navy department from
Admiral Jackson filed at z a. m. min
neapolis time) from the Azores said:
INCA will not start. Sea still too
rough"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
cLERGYMEN ARE UNDERPAID
Less Than Half Baptist Ministers Get
$500 Per Year.

Denver, May 24.--"Day labor wages
for Baptist clergymen is blot upon
the denomination; less than half the
nations Baptist ministers receive
$1,000 a year" This declaration was
made to the Northern Baptist conven-
tion by DIR. K. T. Tomlinson, of New
York, in presenting the report Of the
ministers and missionary board.
This statement and plans of Ameri-
can Baptists for Americanization OF
aliens in the large cities were the out.
standing features of the session.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
PLANE SEEN IN MID-OCEAN
Believed to Hawker's by Captain Of
Cable Ship.

London, May 24.-The' cable ship
Faraday reports that it sighted the red
light of an airplane during the early
hours of Monday at so degrees 28 min
utes north latitude and 80 degrees
west longitude approximately midway
between England and Newfoundland,
and in the course which would have
been followed by Harry G. Hawker in
his attempted flight between the Amer
ican continent and Ireland.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
SCORES FOOD PRoFITEERs
House Member Says Situation Should
Be Investigated.

Washington, May 24.-Food prof
iteers were denounced in the House
by Representative Fitzgerald, Demo
crat, of Massachusetts,, who declared
1t was the paramount duty of Congress
to find out speedily what the food
situation in the country was and
whether the government was conniv-
ing at cornering prices by heavy re-
serve storage. In this connection he
referred to the large surplus stocks
Of meat products ordered for the army
and held by the War department.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
Reply of Allies Made to German
Protest Against Economic
Conditions of Treaty.
ENEMY ONLY TO BLAME
Seem to Lack Appreciation OF the
Enormity of Their Conduct-Amer.
lean Mandate Urged for Turkey
and Armenia.

Paris, May 24.-Germany's economic
status under the terms of the peace
treaty is the result of her own be-
havior, particularly through the ruth
less submarine warfare, the Allied
Council of Four informed the German
delegates at Versailles, making pub
lie the enemy's note of complaint and
the answer to it.
The Allied reply also declares the
German plea exaggerated.
The Allies state that the loss to
world shipping was 100000 tons.
Germany is to restore only 100000
tons.
Germany pleads that 1t will be un-
able to feed 100000 people. The re-
ply says 100000 will be taken out of
German control and that German agri.
culture is in better shape than that
of Poland, Belgium or northern France
German complaint: Food producing
area in east taken away. Reply: Ger
many can import food as England does
German complaint: One~third OF
coal and three-fourths of metals taken
Reply: Nearly all French coal mines
destroyed Germany can import raw
materials.
German complaint: The German
population will suffer under the treaty
described as death sentence" Re
ply: All countries are suffering as q
son why Germany, which was respon
sible for the war, should not suffer.
American Mandate Urged.
Henry Morgenthau, former Ameri
can ambassador to Turkey, has sub
mitted a memorandum to President
Wilson concerning the proposal that
the United States should become man
datory for Constantinople.
1t is understood that he favors the
inclusion of Constantinople, Anatolis
and Armenia under one mandate, as
being advantageous for administra
tive purposes by combining large
section of northern Asia Minor under
one central administration.
Commission to Syria.
President Wilson's recommendation
relative to accepting a mandate fol
Constantinople will depend largel!
upon the report of a commission ere
ated for the investigation of condi
tions in Syria. Henry Churchill King
president of Oberlin college, and Chas
r.. Crane will be the American repre-
sentatives and will have colleague
from the allied and associated powers
The commission will leave immedi
ately to study conditions in Turkey
Until it's report has been received it 1
not probable any action will be takel
concerning the supervision Of Constan
tinople.
Reparation Terms Modified.
The council of four has agreed OF
a reply to the German note eoncerninl
reparations. The note will be handle,
to the German plenipotentiaries a
Versailles and will outline some mod
fications in the terms regarding repa
rations as they now appear in tn
peace treaty.
This win be the first modification Q
the terms of the peace treaty a
agreed on by the plenary conference
Consideration of Germany's protest RI
garding the Saar valley also has r,
suited in notifications of the terms G
the, award.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
U. S. LEGATION IS BOMBED
Attempt Made to Destroy Building at
San Jose, Costa Rica.

Washington, May 24.-An attempt
was made to demolish the American
legation building at San Jose, Costa
Rica, by a bomb, according to advices
today to the state department. The
bomb was placed near the entrance to
the legation reception room but its
explosion caused only slight damage.
The state department announced that
it had ordered an investigation. The
legation is in charge Of American Con-
sui BENJAMIN T. Chase.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
EXPECT GERMANY TO BLUFF
But French OFFICIALS Believe ENJOYS
Will sign. EA

Paris, May 24.--The German peace
delegation will make an eleventh hour
bluff to break off negotiations, accord.
ing to the belief expressed in official
French circles.
Once the enemy sees the Allies mean
business-realizes that the economic
blockade will be tightened and sees
the Allied army spring to attention,
ready to march into Germany either
the present or substituted delega-
tion will sign under protest." II the
way the French have 1t figured out.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
Northwest Units Due Soon.

Des Moines, May 24.-Several units
of the Eighty-eighth division which
trained at Camp Dodge will reach this
country May 29 and 80, according to a
special Washington dispatch. The
349th infantry and the 313th field
signal battalion are on the transport
Rijndam, due May 80, while the steam
er Aeolus, bearing the Thirty-fifth in
fantry, is to reach Newport News, May
90. The division is made up OF Ma
tional army men from Iowa, Western
Illipois, Minnesota and North Dakota.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
FLIERs MAY ASSUME RISKS
British Officials viii Not Curb Trans
Atlantic Flights.

Atlantic Flights.
London, May 24.-In the House of
Commons the government was asked
il it were considering the limiting OF
further attempts to fly across the At
lantic, in view of the desperately haz-
ardous conditions. Major General
Seeley, under secretary of state Tor
air, stated that the matter had been
given the most careful thought by the
government which considered that It
was not it's function to say to its coun-
trymen that they should not undertake
this daring flight and the attendant
risks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
$45, 100000 BILL PASSE!
War Risk Insurance Adopted by SEN
ate, Ready for President.

Washington, May 24.--The senate
passed without debate or amendment
the deficiency appropriation bill al
ready adopted by the house, carrying
$45 100000 for war risk allotments to
families of soldiers and sailors and
for dependents Of Civil war veterans.
The measure now goes to the presi-
dent
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-24
SEVERAL DIE IN ERUPTION
Volcano Stromboli, in Sicily, Becomes
Violently Active.

VUICdHU SITuWuUII, III 0ICttyI oeCUHISS
Violently Active.
Rome, May 24.-The volcano of
Stromboli is in violent eruption, ac-
cording to reports received here. Sew
eral persons were said to have per-
ished and many have been injured.
Rescue parties were reported to be en-
route to the island from Messina.
Stromboli is volcanic island In the
Mediterranean off the northern coast
of Sicily. The volcano, which forms
the greater part of the island, is more
than 1000 feet high. 1t has been in
almost constant eruption for 1000
years.
The evening world., 1919-03-28
TWO MINUTES OF FOPTTNISM
rAans EysnnI wOrd
Cont of the DIRK
By Herman J. Stitch

TN North Dakoas binding billiards fourteen lost
both parts both
and sent To the county poorhOuse To-day
drives his hunts athlete
lie high school,
the House OF Representatives Pres
dent OF bank
and blind, the the DARK
graduated Harvard University hears
copshed than hundred OF every
thousand whose faculties unimpaired
famous Judge out West his with gripped
Between his teeth When a boy he lost both his
The Semens Martins openearth producing with
which there could Building no I
vatan perfected by its inventor till expert
had physically mutilated him.
Daily seemingly nsumountabe downed bv de-
termination Properly directed hill II you refuse
70 stay down when you're knocked down you'll finally
egless armless almost helpless leading
public official hnancer-
ongeny deaf dumb blind could develop
into one Of Americas most renowned authoresses-
II physically mangled Judge
another practical inventor
leadership in artistic mechanical activities
ran be won by those who hopee physically
pacitated
What possible paae your compacent
with mediocrity2
The evening world., 1919-03-28

nett's Audrey Moze, think the Hons
share-work. husband. home and ba-
bies-is none too good for us!
business women marry" she ad-
mitted, but so often they do not
make n succeas OF marriage. And at
best their unions might be described
as legalized free love. Marriage In
the old sense OF the word is passing
away. II Is not any longer, for the
Independently successful women Of
this generation. a merging OF two
lives into one. n complete identltica-
tion OF the interests OF two persons,
marriage such as mother used to
make.
Even n she wanted TO contract
such n marriage, the succ ceSsfll mod
ern woman could not do 1t. After
earning your own living. cultivating
independence OF action and thought
for years. you cannot subslde into a
home and let your husband earn
your living, choose your friends,
hink for you"
''But does the man of to-day want
20 do all these thlngs?" protested
And I thought OF a fifty-nfty mar
riage know, where two salaries. the
family marketing and bungalow
housekeeping are divided with abso-
!ute impartiality, where the husband
and wife lunch together every noon
simply because II II more fun than
lunchinE with anybody else, and
where both partners retain sufficient
lndnpendcncs OF thought TO wrangle
msrriiy ~ least three times a week
abmit mo League NJ Nations and the
arr ~ the ,.uematDEraph.
''fhs average husband" Miss Lane
declared, wants. when he marries
" tAks ears of woman, wants her
THERE Vb4n bs wants her. and Ia
The evening world., 1919-03-28
One Marriage in EUery Nine
Ends in O. DiUOrce
Nep Yorks Diporce Rate Among LoUest, Statistics
Compiled by the Census Bureau ShoUtng OnW
32 Divorces Per 10000 Population.

the husband and so.S per cent OF those
granted to the wife.
The report shows, for 2.S74 out OF
1850 counties-no information being
available in the case OF the log miss
ing counties-l. .O4o,77s marriages as
having been solemnized during the
year 1916. This number represents
rate Of los per 10000 population.
compared with 1O2 for 1906. 90 for
1900 and 81 for 1890. The marriage
rate. therefore, is increasing, although
not so rapidly as the divorce rate
The marriage rate-105 per 10000
population. or 1850 per 100 ooo-was
little more than nine times as great
as the divorce rate, 112 per 100000;
and It may be said, therefore, that II
the 1915 rate were TO continue un-
changed, about one marriage in nine
would be terminated by divorce.
The evening world., 1919-03-28

after all. We're spending barrels OF
money on clothes and butlers and
there, therc. darling. I didn't mean H.
Aw. for heavens sake Tess, don't
start crying. I'll 20, III 80. But,
honest VIC don't have hak the FUN
wo used 10 In that III old Harlem
fiat"
Teresa suddenly sat up -That re-
minds mo. John. there's a duplex
apartment on East Sixty-Umpth
street.
Then John sat up suddenly.
Nov, Teresa"-he began Che hard
ly ever called her Teresa). II draw
tho line at q duplex. In tho first
place, the nat we've got 10 plenty
good enough. In the Sec
"You don't got the point John. IT'S
the neighborhood. West Eighty
ninth Street Is the reason tho Van
Stuyvesants never asked us TO their
house. Now if-when we 1.-Two on
East Sixty-unpth Street. they will
The East Sixties are where the real
people live-unless they own some
thing on North washington Square
John sighed heavily. not TO say fatty.
He pressed his handkerchief (Teresa
had had them embroidered IN Gothic,
very small indeed. exactly like Lam
castor Harrington Eskrays) to his
brow and tapped a rebeilious foot on
the limo usine moor. But Teresa knew
they would take the duplex on East
Sixty Umpth.
They took II.
"John1" she said ono evening after
they hhd lived there half a year and
been TO two teas at the Fenworthys
and a dance at the stu moro ex-
elusive and difflcult VandercleefR
Yes. Honeylumps. what now7"
"Jane Vandercleef insists on our
taking a cottage this summer near
theirs at Lone Beach-on- the Sound.
1t would mean everything to me. 1t
would open doors to US that
]. Torrenson Miller (Teresa had
long since had his cards engraved
J. Torrenson Miller) threw down his
newspaper and glared, actually
glared. AT Teresa
whats this Vandercleef guy's
front name. Tessie7'' he demanded.
'H-Hugh. think" answered
Teresa.
''Ha! I thought no. Hugh Wilkins
Vandercleef! Well. he's a gink that
used to work for me when / was head
bookkoeper at Greene & Browns.
He married the fat daughter OF n
westerner who was oohng with
money. They're the worst kind OF
climbers, those Vandercleefs. tell
you you're wasting your time and
your strength and your breath run
ming after folks like that. You'll
never get to tho real top.
Let's stop being climbers. Tezs-
and be happy again.
The evening world., 1919-03-28
BOUT one marriage IN every min

A BOUT one marriage IN every nine
~ is terminated by divorce. The
number OF marriages in proper
tion to the population has increased
since 1890, but the divorce rate has in
creased much more rapidly. The re-
turns for 1916 show. 1850 marriages
and 112 divorces per 100000 popula-
ton. These are some OF the more
striking features of a report on mar
riage and divorce, covering the calen-
dar year 1916, which is soon TO be
issued by Director Sam. l.. Rogers. of
the Bureau OF the Census. Department
OF Commerce.
According to the returns which
covered 2,sS5 counties out of a total
OF 2,sS0-no data being available for
the ninety-five missing counues-the
number OF divorces granted in 1916
was l12.o36, or 112 per 100, 900 OF popu-
lation, as against 81 In 1906, 7S in
1900. and SO in 1890.
Excluding South Carolina, in which
state all laws permitting divorce were
repealed in 1878, the lowest three di-
vorce rates in 1915 are shown for the
District OF Columbia. North Carolina
and New York-13, 81, and 32 per 100,-
900 population, respectively; while the
highest three rates are these for Ne
vada, Montana and Oregon-6o7, 1923
and 255. respectively. The divorce rates
were higher in 1915 than in 1905 for
all the States except eight-Maine,
West Virginia South Carolina Tin
which there were no divorces in either
year), Alabama, Mississippi, North
Dakota, South Dakota, and Colorado
and the District OF Columbia. In 81
per cent. Of the cases the divorce was
granted to the husband and in $50 per
cent. 20 the wife. The latter percentage
compares with SIS for 1906 and 6e,4
for 1895.
The principal causes for divorce and
the percentages contributed by them
to the total were; Desertion, S6.S per
cent; cruelty, 2s.S per cent; infidelity.
tl.5 per cent; neglect 70 provide. A.
per cent: drunkenness, 3.4 per cent. (;
combinations OF preceding causes, SO
per cent: all other causes 81 per cent.
Desertion was reported as the cause OF
so per cent OF the divorces granted to
The evening world., 1919-03-28

jealous OF independent activities on
her part. He is an essentially con-
servative person.
The more / study men the more
| am convinced they have looked at
woman as at n mirror. and thus seen
reelected in her all their own faults
conservatism, curiosity, illogicality,
emotionalism. Men are so emo
tional and 80 illogical! 1t is the man
who sighs over a withered rose, not
the woman. And the reason why she
is fond OF answering him with be
cause il because she realizes the
hopelessncss of trying 10 convey to
him a clean-cut, logical explanation.
What the new woman needs is the
new man, and there is not enough
OF him to go around in this genera
tlon. Meanwhile she Is up against
an impasse. She does not marry, or
she marries and divorces--the last re-
port, you remember. said one Ameri-
can marriage in every nine ended in
divorce, which is simply progressive
polygamy-or perhaps she marries
some weak, sweet-natured man who
stays at home and soothes her when
she comes in tired from the Office"
Good Lord deliver us. especially
from the last OF these propositions!
Nevertheless. am optimistic enough
to believe some OF us are in better
case, some have found with the
Joan and Peter OF II. @. Wells,
that marriage is two "who can keep
step, who can climb together, joke
broad and shamelessy and never
struggle for the upper hand"
The evening world., 1919-03-28

nction. She stands enraptured in
front OF n window display OF hard
ware, featuring electric natirons and
kitchen cabinets. and her taste for
embroiderlng luncheon cloths is
nothing short OF perverted In this
year OF 1919.
Yet at the end Of the book, after
she has become a successful real es-
tate agent and an even moro sue
cessful writer. she deliberately fees
est II rather narrow-minded man
who has loved her faithfully since
she was sixteen. And all her pain at
giving him up. as she herself re-
fleets, is mot because wanted him,
but because wanted to be all that
l had been. and TO have all that I
have missed and never will have.
Marriage and homo and children.
No. can't ever at into It now"
The reason why she and other sue
cessful self-supporting women cannot
''fit In" 10 the oldtime conceptions OF
matrimony and domesticity Is thus
expressed by one OF Helen's friends:
I'VE don't need husbands We need
wives. Some one TO stay at homo
and do tho dishes and fun up the
pillows and hold our hands when we
come home tired. And you wouldn't
marry a man who'd do II, SO there
you are
There are only two kinds Of men.
strong and weak. You desplse the
weak ones, and you won't marry the
strong ones. The one thing a real
man wants to do Is to shelter his
wife; they're rabid about II. And
what use have we for n shelter? ANY
qualities in us that needed TO be
shielded we've got rid OF long ago
You can't fight life when you give
hostages to It. We've been nghting
in the open so long we're used TO II
we like IL.
THE trouble is that we're rounded
out we've both got sides Of us more
or less developed. II all comes down
to the point that we're self reliant.
We give ourselves all We want. It.s
a question OF sinking yourself /. mn
other individuality, first tho husband
and then the child, ThereS some
thing in us that resists We've been
ourselves too long. We want 10 keen
ourselves TO ourselves. No, not wop,
70, exactly-it's more that we can't
help IT,"
And this feminist philosopher end,
up. I'VE may be freaks, but we,r, no.
ing to have lots OF company. IT,,
interesting-what the war will do ,e
marriage"
But successful business and pro.
fessional women DO marry" pro
tested, when ! talked to Miss Ian,
in a charming orange room
with huge fireplace, at her New
York home, No. 81 Jones Street. Yo,
see. do not agree with her oplDloi
that we must choose between mar
riAge and success. Like Arnold Ben