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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-09
THEIR REPORT
roAnuTTEE TO INSPECT EIEC-
TRIO PLANTS OUTSIDE
OF MADISON.

TO the Honorable Mayor, City Com
missioners, the Press and Citizens
OF the City OF Madison. S. D.:
we the committee appointed to in
vestigate and report relative to serv-
Ice rendered by the Northern States
power company in towns we visited,
eason why these towns contracted
for this service. ETC., will state II Is
not our desire to make any recon-
mendations in any way, but Will give
you the conditions as completely as
possible and will let the people judge
Tor themselves what system OF light
ing and power they prefer and only
urge that every voter in the city will
on Tuesday. May IS, 1919, go to their
polling places in their respective
wards and cast their ballot so there
may be q complete expression OF all
the people.
We visited the towns Of Winnie
bago. st. James, Mankato, Waseca,
Rochester, Red Wing. St. Peters and
ahakopee and the plant Of the North
urn States Power company at Sioux
Falls. In visiting these points we
found the parties we interviewed very
courteous and in some cases gave us
! lot d their time in taking us to
people Who had studied city affairs.
These parties are business men and
expressed . desire that their names
be not used and out Of courtesy TO
them We will omit their names from
this report.
Al Waseca the citizens report serv-
~ very satisfactory. Have been us
ing Northern States Power company
lines for ak years, altho maintaining
their own city plant. Have not had
- ire their plant at any time. Have
had Inscriptions Of . few minutes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-09

presented each of their employees
with a white %carnation; the Los
Angeles Examiner gave away 10000
of them. Mothers day this year
ought to be more widely observed
than ever before, because the
thought of the world has been GEN.
tered upon the mothers during the
war. Next Sunday every church of
this city should be filled with wor-
shippers who are there out of respect
of their mothers memory.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-09
ATTENTION.

A basket social is to be held at
Hexom hall Tuesday evening, MAY
10. at 8 o'clock. A good program is
being prepared. A 15-cent parcel
post sale will be held in connection.
All Woodmen, Royal Neighbors and
their families are invited. Ladies,
bring well-filled baskets. Officers,
please be present at 1880 o'clock. BY
order of oracle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-09
MEN WANTED FOR SIBERIA
War Department viii Enlist About
5000 New Recruits.

Washington, May 9.-That troops
will be maintained in Siberia for many
months to come is indicated by the
war department announcement that
enlistments have been opened for
5000 men for service in that country.
Only those with previous military SER
vice are desired. The enlistments will
be for three years.
The total called for is about equal
to the number now in that country,
latest figures showing the total there
to be $3.50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-09
ship Tonnage system Changed.

O"HP T0rHHdyo Syutem CUaHUeu.
Washington, May 9.-All business Of
the shipping board hereafter will be
transacted In gross instead of dead
weight tons, conforming with its usage
OF all the other nations OF the world
In that respect. Chairman e. N. Hur
ley announced the system of comput.
ing capacity in deadweight tons.
adopted when the board was first or
ganized would be abandoned.
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

This Ole Hansen seems to be a sort
of political Billy Sunday.
The Washington times., 1919-05-11
HERE AND THERE

The sergeant, after serving a year
in the army, couldn't understand why
his truck should be held up while
George chatted with Mary. Finally
he decided to try q little grammar
in an effort to get the right Of way,
so he shouted: "Hey, you, George,
Outen the way; outen the way.
And George understood perfectly.
Is the front or the rear end Of
street cars supposed to stop at the
yellow signs? Or Just how many
hundred feet beyond is a car sup
posed to go?
There will be no hole in the dough-
nut we hand the Salvation Army
next week.
Are you one OF those fellows who
hang on a strap and stand on the
other side Of the car?
On the night Of the Victory loan
celebration the postofice clock was
almost on time.
Where the fighting was thickest
the doughnuts were quickest-lamp-
post poetry? Anyway, who immor-
tslized the doughnut? The Salvation
Army.
Because there was no market
oodles and oodles of herring were
sold for fertilizer on a local market
But even that is better than to re-
duce the price. Price cutters are
Bolshevists.
This Ole Hansen seems to be a sort
of political Billy Sunday.
Judging by their success in break
ing speed records, other automobiles.
streets cars and legs, most Of our
The Washington times., 1919-05-11
From the Editors Mail

turers' Association calling attention
to the facilities for new manufactur-
ing plants on the Eastern Branch.
What the association has to say is
important to those interested in the
factory development Of Washington.
and should be advertised OUTSIDE OF
Washington, in the territory from
which we wish to bring manufac-
turers.
The letter contains these state
ments:
From Benning to Shepherd Land
ing there is a branch Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, on either side OF
which road for most OF the distance
there is plenty OF land that could be
used to great advantage for small, and
in some cases even large, manufac-
turers. ParalleIing this line there Is
also. a high-voltage electric line
which could be used for supplying
power for the operation OF machinery
that might be located in the factories.
Also near this railroad is the water
front. thereby affording an additional
means of transportation.
Already several factories are To-
Gated along this line. the largest of
which is the Washington Steel and
Ordnance Company, at Giesboro Point.
The Government magazine Is located
on this line. and plans are now un-
der way to purchase ground for the
location Of the sewage disposal
plant"
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

army truck drivers are discharged
aviators.
Instead Of remaining Sixteenth
street the Rue du Chat Mort, why
not call it the Catastrophe?
Now that the loan drive Is over
they can take the meter out Of the
gaslamp poetry and put in the cellar.
The Federal Employment Service
has been so successful and Of 50
much benefit to employers and en-
ployes that the private agencies are
hOllering for their old graft back
again.
Folks in Congress Heights ten
years ago had two mail deliveries a
day. Now they feel favored when
they have two a week.
Our old friend JOHN COLPOYS
is a delegate to the Atlantic City
convention of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor. Wonder If John
would be enthusiastic if the conVen-
ton is postponed a month-after
July 1?
Sometimes it is hard to tell which
is the worst-a wild ride on the
street cars, lodging army trucks, or
just plain hell.
Even with the new dormitories and
the alleged exodus of clerks the rents
don't seem to be exactly toboganning.
Miss Alice Wood certainly stirred
up something, didn't she. Sort Of q
WOOD spoon.
Wonder when Mr.. Ham will an
nounce the installation Of another Of
those new cars?
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

In re the letter OF one OF your
readers-George Curtis-in the issue
or May 5th. in which he stated that
70 the four-story frame structure To-
Gated in one of the courtyards of
what once was the State, War and
Navy building Cnow occupied by the
State and War Departments, al
though the Secretary OF the Navy
still has Offices there as we'll as in
the new building for the Navy De-
partment) caught fire all the water in
the Potomac would not put IL out,
and that IL would cause damage to
the extent of more than two million
dollars, will the gentleman permit me
building is equipped with an auto
matte sprinkler system?
The idea is that If fire broke out
in any part of the building the in
crease in temperature brought about
by such an occurrence would cause
valve, or valves in the Immediate
vicinity to burst, thereby promoting
a flow of water in every direction
capable Of putting out the freshly
started fire.
had heard a man Of rather wide
experience, a man under whose di-
rection l worked, and who is master
mechanical engineer, state that this
particular structure was less likely
of destruction by fire than many So
called fireproof buildings.
OF course, IL Mr.. Curtis has already
presumed that there is a sprinkler
system installed in this building, or il
he does not believe in the efficiency
of sprinkler systems, this letter will
be of no avail; on the other hand,
trust IL will serve his purpose.
1 might add that 1 at one time
worked in this structure.
GEORGE H. CROSS.
1911 Pennsylvania avenue n. W.
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

MY blood is the oil that "sputs, !"
LNA My nerves are the taut steel
wires,
My bones are the spars and
struts,
And my wanderlust ne'er tires.
In the Valley of Midnight Cold
Too valiant am l to freeze.
My challenge goes where the temp
est blows:
81 am bridging the seven seas!"
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

TNHE lash of the pitiless wave,
= AS it leaps in the scurrylng
gale,
Is the whip that Neptune gave
For the numbering craft that sail.
But am immune from the thongs
OF the goad of the chill sea-rime.
I'll drive to the goal, be it coast or
pole,
Or the Bottomless Pit-0N TIME!
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

ON the fleece of the furthermost
" sky,
Where the margins of morn begin,
The king of the gulls am 1.
And l mock at the thunder's din.
In the silence, where tracks the
moon,
Ny brothers are planets and stars,
And l rival the roar of the sledges
Of Thor
AS l knock at the portals of Mars.
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

jargon? Many readers show pictures of this kind to
their and daughters to develop their thought by
asking their ideas concerning the picture. 1t good
practice. Men should teach their children to think as
the mother seals teach their young to SWIM Ask your
boy or girl what she thinks the monkey would say to
the man and the man to the monkey if they could
understand each other?
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

The man outside the cage thinks himself free. The
monkey inside doesn't know that he is not free He
has been long in the cage that it seems the whole
world to him. The iron bars are to him what habits
to the How would you construct an enight-
enng conversation between these creatures so far apart
so close together-the giant ape and the manor
Homo Sapiens he proudly calls himself in scientific
The Washington times., 1919-05-11
HEARD AND SEEN
I have lost something out Of my
BIZ EARL GODWIK

I have lost something out Of my
home"
Now, / don't want the msn. who
are working hard to run those cars
TO think / am jumping on them un-
duly, but do want to point out the
moral In this little tale.
My man is not the only fellow
owning property out on the Wiseon-
sin avenue line. Nor is the Wis
consin avenue line the only road run
ming into suburban and semi-sub-
urban districts. The point Is that
there Is an enormous number Of
men, all thinking like my man, and
all Of them combining. 70 solidify
sentiment.
What that sentiment Is may be sx-
pressed In many ways, but think
I am fair in saying that the general
public-the old tax paying, car nd
ing, fare producing publiu Is just
now worrying more about car seFT-
ice than any other one thing. Il
will not be betraying q secret or
publishing anything new when say
that IL car companies would make
service more than perfect they could
get increased fares with greater ease
than they imagine.
IL they would make the serYics
absolutely reliable, there would be
NO disgruntled commuters. II cars
at transfer functions would wait Q
few seconds to let changing pas
Sengers on-instead Of pulling oat
just as the crowd gets to the plat
form, instead Of making q bunch Of
enemies the car operators would
make alb unch Of friends.
Service Is the think that the pub
lie wants first. There is a great
changei n the attitude Of the public
toward the car companies Of late,
beause there is distinct ehort on
the part OF many Of the offials to
meet the public more than half way.
There was atime, you all remember,
when certain officials simply didn't
give q last weeks transfer what the
people thought And n the end Il
has cost the company considerable
money.
Service pay@and makes friends.
The Washington times., 1919-05-11
THE "NC" FLAGSHIP SPEAKS By Gene Fowler

WE are soaring, arrayed as three;
" AS sisters three we leave.
Together we spurn the sea
Together the clouds we cleave.
our seven-league boots be
rent,
Though the throats Of our engines
thirst,
By gad, sir, we'll beat the Britisher's
fleet,
And we'll land there-AMERICA
FIRST!
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

Do you know the why for Of that
forbidden" sign down by the Bu-
reau of Engraving? I thought we
fought a war to get that stuff out
of the world. l don't mind ''keep off
the grass" but "Verboten!" Gosh!
Ask some Of your lawyer friends
what it would cost me to kick that
insulting thing to Sznithareans.
= & YATES,
- SOth st. S. z.
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

Here's little story Of one mans
view OF the street railway situation: !:
l think it is important. What each
citizen thinks about the street rail-
ways or the taxes or the fire depart
ment, or anything else In the city Is
important, because EACH MAN is a
unit. attach considerable import
ance to every letter that comes to me
about the street railroads, because
the service Is an extremely important
item In the lives Of everyone In
Washington.
The one man about whom am
writing stopped me on the street the
other day and had this to say:
when moved out on Wisconsin
avenue-before I bought that prop
erty Of mine-I tried the wisconsin
avenue line fiVe times at different
periods Of the day to test out the
street car service. The service was
all right, I was satisfied. Il was
all right. It was reliable, l thought.
Il bought the property. Il Is a
nice, comfortable ohme-y place. /
liked il, and so did my wife and nv
little girl. 1t was just the some Of
home a family should have, and we
were happy and satisfied.
81 could count on the cars run
ming at a certain time. There was a
definite schedule. / have to do more
night work than most men and 1
wanted to be sure I could get home
in time to dinner and get back to
work without losing thirty minutes
or an hour on each trip. That was
the main feature. Reliability Of the
service was an important part Of my
home. / thought as much about get
ting there on time and getting to
orkw on time as / thought about the
roof on the house or the title to the
property.
Then came the strike. Since that
time have NEVER had dinner at
home, because I haven't been able to
place reliability on the service on
the Wisconsin avenue line. There
may be nights when the cars run on
time, but l haven't been able to rely
on them. For that reason. I believe
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

I have had on my desk for a long
time the copy OF q letter from the
RandIe Highlands Citizens Associa-
tion to the Merchants and Manufac-
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-08-04
Port Arkansas Budget

happy bunch ~ four. Including
cant aud Min a l. Sims Godfrey S
Roberts and bliss Agnes Waller left
horr after midnight Friday August
on the tug swallow FOR Artnsss Pass.
only 80 have 70 little ceremony read
when they reached thc wharf al Aran
glH Pass Rev Brother North was
there waiting ana read the ceremony
which united boz marriage SIR Godfrey
S. Roberta and Miss Agnes Walker
both of this place Another Witness VI
the wedding was "a cousin 81 the groom
Everett irIndrett who happened To- be
un M. wharf ai the time The bride
ana groom did not return home. They
ieft Tor few DAYS honey moon trip
Tho writer as we'll az ar abundance If
friends and relatives wish them an the
best Wishes oi happy married life
Mr. Roberts had Just returned from
oyerHeas service and is the postmaster
of this place
There was dance Friday night
which was % very enjoyable affair.
Music was furnished by piece Mex
lean orchestra from Corpus Christi
a number pf peoplo from this place
went to RockDort Thursday 70 wit
ness the launching Of Rockporta first
ship. the Huychcster which was sue
cessfin occasion.
Mrs Everett Brundrctt went home
with her friend. Miss Fay smith. of
Rock port for several days visit
Miss Wilma Farley has as he; guest
this week her cousin. Miss Jessie Ia p
c0hs of Port Arthur
A. H. Crowley and family motorcd
over to Aruuans Pass saturday ln their
luunch "DoiVer'
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-08-04
Nine TOPICS TO
Be DISCUSSED AT
SCHOOL MEETING
County Board Of Trustees
Will Convene in Court
Room This Morning.

Nine special topics OF vital interest
40 school officials VIII be on the pro-
gram fof discussion 90 todHya meeting
% the school trustees uf Nuenes county
The moetiup. which was called hy
Robert w NtuYton, president ~ the
county board uf trustees. viii De- held
lu the district court room, beginning at
lN O'clock THIS morning
TfuHiers If an schools applying for
state aid under the two million dollar
appropriation viii hr required 90 be
present tonight % was stated.
The following subjects win bc dir
cuaHud county superintendent, ciaHW
ficatiunH ~ schools compulsory law
lH hahitunl tafdlneaa To be- construed as
ahHeucu2 free text books handling.
distribution and protection. the con
struuiion ~ teachers homes and repair
~ school huiidingH teaching patriot
ism transfer Tor high school privi-
lsHpa. health crusade. discussion ~
state aid for schools applying for same
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-08-04
Editor La Porte Chronicle
Recovered After Years
of Great Agny
E. p. BOYLE ACTIVELY AT WORK
GETTING OUT a BETTER
NEWSPAPER.

business mas suffered because the
personnel ~ the respective firms that
form the great American commercial
lnduatiiea do not believe that science
can rondor permanent relief 70 suffer
ing humanity
Read what M Boyle saws about Ma
tures gift 60 suffering human. 81
SANA
"lluVing suffered with what the doc 3
TORS called a baby cancer In the corner
ui ms left eye for many years. ! could
find mo- remedy until got hold VI SaNa
and Notwithstanding mad had IL
burned out cut out and plastered, ! got
uo relief until ! hogan 90 apply Saxa
and in one month il PASSED away.
Signed. ''E. y ROY ~.
Editor In Porte Chronicle"
SaNa sold n Corpus Christi bY 3lsike
prue CO. ana Thomas Modei phar
macy
Adv
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-08-04

And Buid W Tho system.
Take the Did standard GNpNE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC You know
what Nou ure talllus Hs inc formula b.
printed on oKvrN lahrl showing De is
ouninc and lgon ln tastrlDss form. Tho
Qumne drives uut the malaria. the Iron
builds 500 tho system dO cents.
ADV
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-08-04

"The Divorce rmp The Gladys
EfnrNWcn picture which comer to me
Queen theatre TODAY ia 20 powerful cN
position uf ihe sNilG Of modern divorce.
and 10 FivrH th" chlfiuin" Fox star
what ia nuuuoHtnnahiy one of hei most
nscmutur ruitH rhr action iH swift
nnd 30 mfoiiH many dramatic Hcenos nf
urit intensity BOO which MiH Brock
wpli ahuWN 90 special advantage
AiisH nreckWell appears in the role
OF IL telephone operation vino mHtfic the
auu of miliiuupaifo oecunHe she DEB
piuued over 70 quntrol she bias bad with
ben flHuop mWVcr The marriage
iurs net please Daniel Drake hcr fnth
rr 100 inv, nnd hc promptly diainhcriis
hls son So ihe young couple fud
home in modest flat The former
hello rirl" seems tO have inspired her
husband Gao assuming his roHruusihiii
Tics until hp meets % number pf evil
associates They don't appreciate tho
fup nuniiticH OF ins wife and ieli Him
nHkn that he can como into his Boo
heritaucc 10 he would divorce her Con
HtdueniN she ia framed ana The
"damminE evidence Us q hotel register
She iF brought Go the place uudor the
holiDf ihlt her husband iH 100 and needle
her How the brave Hil fights TO-
maintain her good name how she sue
ersdf in bringing the cnuauirntors tu
ustice how Size picks up tho hrnten
threads of hor oil romance with tho
lawyer are events that form fitting
plimaNes co. situations of great strength
" b. powerful picture BOO every way
and should aatisfy the Wnai discrlmin
utlnE piCtureRoer
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-08-04
First Parcels
Sent from Here
for Germany

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Il. & B. BEER

Established is72--Ne~ Orleans. Ia,
Cotton. Stocks, Grain, Provisions, Cot.
ton Seed, OIL Sugar and Coffee.
Members uf New orleans cotton FIX
change NoW Orleans Future Brokers
Association Sew York Produce Tx
change Sew York stock Exchange.
SoW York Cotton Exchange Now York
coffee Exchange Chicago kuard ~
Tladc Associate Members of Liver
pool Cotton Association.
Special attention given 90 the eNecu-
tion of orders on the above exchanges.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
ASK PROBE OF DEATH AT DIX
Family of Philadelphia Will
Appeal to Secretary Baker

Secretary OF War Baker will be asked
to look into the circumstances sur
rounding the death at Camp Dix of a
Philadelphia soldier.
After eighteen months service in
France, Private Hugh S. Kane. 1923
North Thirteenth street. died at Camp
Dix Saturday, only forty miles from
home. None of his family was at his
death-bed because army authorities had
failed to notify relatives of the soldiers
critical condition.
twenty-five minutes after the young
man had died a telegram was received
at his home. II stated officially that
Kane was CRITICALLY ill., An hour later
a second message was received, telling
OF the young mans death.
But even before the first telegram ar
rived Mrs. Kane, another son and three
daughters had started in an automobile
for Camp Dix. They had received an
urgent telephone call from Father Britt,
a chaplain of the knights OF Columbus,
who said the soldier had requested the
family to come before he died.
The family did not arrive at Camp
Dix in time. however. Private Kane
was dead when his mother, brother and
sisters reached the camp hospital
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-10
MINISTER'S INDORSE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
DUTY of Church to Back Plan
for Universal Peace" Bap.
fists Here Decide

Baptist ministers indorsed the league
of nations at their weekly conference
today at the First Baptist Church, Sew
enteenth and SAMSON streets
It seems the duty of the church to
black this plan for universal peace"
reads the report of the committee on
the subject, "and therefore II has been
decided that the Baptist Conference of
Philadelphia shall support league of
nations. Not necessarily the leageu as
it is constituted at present, but the best
plan which the statesmen working on
the idea can produce"
Or, 4. J. Rowland, formerly publicity
secretary for the conference, read pa
per in which he advocated the rejection
of a plan 10 form an organic church
union, a movement which has become
prominent in England and Canada. He
declared against "entangling alliances
and deCried the attempt az an effort to
take away independence of worship.
Much discussion on the paper followed
It's reading. the Rev. +. NJ. Goodrich,
of New York; the Rev o. p, Eaches
OF Haddonfeld, and the Rev. Fl. J. Vos-
burgh. Of Camden, being the principal
speakers.