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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
TRAINING SCHOOL
REGISTRATION
NEW PLANS ADOPTED FOR THE
ENSUING YEAR.

The affiliation of several country
school districts with the training
school at the normal makes neces-
sary several changes in the registra-
tion of pupils who are to attend the
training school this year. The pres
ent arrangement divides the number
OF pupils to be received equally be-
tween the affiliated country districts
and the city of Madison. Early next
week some one of the school Off
GERS will visit the country districts
to obtain the name, age, and school
grade of each country child who is
entitled to and expects to attend the
this canvass of the country district
should call the registrars office, tel
ephone number 1854, write, or come
to the office and supply the required
data. 1t is especially important that
all pupils living just outside the city
school district should make it known
if they are missed. 1t seems prob
able that the country districts will
not quite fill their quota of one-half
the capacity of the training school,
and it is the intention of the school
officers, after providing for every
country child entitled to attend, to
receive city pupils up to the full ca
pacity of the school. City children,
however, will not be registered at
present but will probably be register
ed Friday, Sept. 8, This will make
it possible for pupils who have at
tended the training school in the past
but who cannot be accommodated
this year, to enter the city schools at
the beginning of the school year as
required by law. The training school
will open Tuesday, Sept. %. All reg
istered pupils will be expected to
start at that time and no others will
be received.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
MFN BEGINNING
To SEEK WORK
LABOR IN PLENTY TO BE FOUND
AROUND CHICAGO ONCE
MORE.

Chicago, Aug. 27.-The West Mad
ison street flop houses are taking
their straw mattresses out of moth
balls.
Which is another way of saying
that for the first time in four years
there is surplus of floating labor In
the west.
For west Madison st. is the gate
way to the west for every class OF
floating labor-skilled and unskilled
and when its flop houses are filled
business begins to pick up in the
cheap restaurants and secondhand
clothing stores which flank the
'flops." There is labor to be had
and plenty of it.
Along this street today roamed
hundreds OF men, leisurely enough
harvest hands from the fields of Kan
sas, Missouri, Iowa and the north
west; mechanics from the industrial
centers to the east; carpenters and
other building trade workers.
Bankers, business men, and Off
cials of employment bureaus gave
one answer to this condition here to-
day.
They said the period of hysterica
wages and of ekually hysterica
spending was about over; and that 4
was sign, not of serious depres
sion, but of return to normal.
In the same breath they declared
that there is work for these men IL
the west, but not at $40 day.
About 400 of these men shipped
out of West Madison st. today u
work on railroad construction gangs
and as they filed through the station
a railroad official enthusiasticall.
blew kiss in their direction.
! There goes the best sign of rea
prosperity / have seen in months,
he said. "Those men are going ou
| on a new railroad extension project
The great business of the country !
going to pick up. We couldn't hir
those men for love or money fey
months ago."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
RESCUED FAMILY
FROM THE REDS
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, MAN
FINDS RELATIVES IN
RUSSIA.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. 27.--I
Lew Kutler, young Council Bluffs
business man, who has just reached
home after almost a year spent in
search of relatives in war-torn Rus
sia, is very happy man, a feeling
that is shared by the large family
DOW reunited here for the first time
in several years. =
Although but % years of age, Kut-
Ter had become a successful business
man. Tis trip to Russia cost him,
he says, $4,000, which included ST.
600 in American cash taken from him
by the Russian reds.
The reds are bad enough, he says,
but they are not as woifish in their
conduct as the Deneks and Decrim-
ines. small tribes in the southern part
of the empire. In this he is corro-
borated by Sam Wolfwitch, aged 16
years, who, with Kutler's mother,
brother and sister and sister of
Wolfwitch, returned With Kutler. He
says that one morning following a
raid on a small town of Tressna,
where he lived, those tribes killed his
father and mother without the slight
est cause. During that day he lost
trace of his three sisters, IA, IL and
years, and has never seen them
since. OF the 800 families living in
the town, not a soul is left save
very few who, like himself, made
their escape. All were slain after
being robbed.
Wolfwitch says these two tribes of
barbarians will stop at nothing. He
| relates how he escaped death before
| a firing squad through the interfer-
ence of a Russian Christian. The
| savage tribes seem to fear the Chris
| tians.
Kutler went direct to Warsaw from
| Paris on his trip over. At the Rus
sian border he was stopped and ac-
cused of being spy. He was kept
in Jail at Chauvno for two weeks,
then marched Is miles to Kiev.
During this time his $1,000 was
taken from him. The prisoners at
| Kiev were loaded into box cars to be
| taken to Moscow. During the load
ing Kutler escaped and after spend
| in gthe night buried in a rubbish
heap lived with family for eight
days, people he had previously
known. Then, through the aid of
| the American Y. M. c. A. representa-
tives, he secured passports which en-
abled him to reach his mother. His
mother, brothers and sisters thought
he had dropped out Of heaven, Kutler
| says.
| He took them and after picking up
j his cousins at Fastov, cabled to the
Jewish society in Council Bluffs for
money. He waited two weeks until
the money reached him and then
started home. Everywhere he had
more trouble, but finally managed to
reach Warsaw, and then Berlin,
thence through Belgium to Paris and
home.
Arriving in New York young Kut'
Ter was married to Miss Eva Schaf1
and with his bride, mother and 9TH
ers of the family came on to Coun-
ell Bluffs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
FORECAST TUMBLE
IN COAL PRICES
"oEsS MADE THAT MARKET
WILL FOLLOW SUGAR.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 27-Fore-
cast or tumble in coal prices was
maze by department of Justice Off
Gals today, coincident with the an
nouncement of renewed activity" in
lhe campaign against coal profiteers
with production nthe increase pre-
dlctlon was made that the coal mar
ket would follow sugar praices in a
break in the near future.
Prices already have dropped at Ral-
tlmore, where the federal agents
started yesterday to gather evidence
against an alleged combination of
dealers who were declared to have
boosted prices through repeated re-
sales. A similar attack on profiteers
has been ordered at Hampton Roads.
one of the largest bunkering stations
on the eastern seaboard.
Although interior points have re-
ported eXorbitant coal prices in MANY
instances, it was stated that the
fragrant Violations of the Lever
law were confined largely to the At
lantic coast. The department will
press its Investigations at all points,
however, as part of the program
outlined Monday when the attorney
general instructed all United States
attorneys to delve into the coal price
situation on the basis of information
that pyramiding of prices had been
accomplished through inteEtrade
sales.
The departments hands are tied at
Philadelphia by a court order re-
straining the United States attorney
from prosecuting profiteers under the
Lever law, which was held to be un-
constitutional by the court there. But
the court will not stay the gathering
of evidence, according to HI. S.
Mitchell, special assistant to the at
torney general, who is directing the
campaign.
Mr.. Mitchell believes public senti-
ment has begun to react against coal
profiteers to the extent that it would
force lowering of prices. The break
! in quotations at Baltimore, together
with reductions at other points, were
expected to mean a real benefit to the
consumer.
Federal reserve board officials
also reported indications of an i'm
pending drop in the coal market
| Their information was that transpor-
| tation conditions with respect to coal
| had improved and that therefore
there would be better distribution.
| The reserve board officials said
| the empty bins, made SO by the bi
luminous miners strike and later by
the railroad walkout and freight jam
were again stocked. The members
! did not believe the storage of this
sort of stock was up to normal, bu
based on recent reports stocks were
rapidly being accumulated.
Temporary conditions have handi
capped certain sections of the coun
| try with respect to their regular sup
ply, with the result, according to Mr.
Mitchell, that higher prices have beer
asked. Federal attorneys at thes'
places, however, were said to be il
close touch with such situations ans
were prepared to act if there was evi
dence that dealers were taking ad
vantage of the shortage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
STATE LEGION
TO RAPID CITY
PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS OF
SOUTH DAKOTA TO BE DE-
CIDED NEXT YEAR.

Watertown, Aug 27.-Questions
of permanent state headquarters and
the place of the 1921 convention,
which were expected to be hotly con-
tested at the annual convention of
the American Legion of South Dako-
Ia here, were settled at today's ses-
sion without debate when committee
reports were unanimously adopted.
The 1921 annual covention will be
held in Rapid City, the date to be set
by the executive committee later.
The Legion voted to defer selection
of permanent state headquarters un-
til the next annual meeting. Sioux
Falls has been the location of the
state headquarters since the Legion
was organized in South Dakota and
came to Watertown ready to fight to
retain the offices. Decision will not
be reached, however, until next year.
In the meantime Sioux Falls con-
tinues to be the headquarters city.
Franklin D'Olier, national COM
mander, who spoke to big crowd
here yesterday, left this morning. He
was adopted into the tribe of Sioux
Indians last night at a pow WOW
staged by Sioux ex-service men. They
made him a chief and named him
"Achitata Tonka," which means big
Chief of the Warriors" Fifty In
dians from the Sisseton reservation
together with their squaws, all at
tired in full war dress, took part in
the ceremonies.
In his address before the conven-
tion D'Olier told of the principles and
ideals of the American Legion and
| explained in detail what the great
organization has accomplished.
Since the opening Of the conven'
tion yesterday Watertown has had q
gala appearance. Banners and em.
blems supported by members from
various posts are continuously beinl
carried through the streets escorted
by bands.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
Light Plant
Is Wrecked

Mt. Vernon, Aug. 27.-Mt. Vernon
has gone back to candles and kero-
sene lamps as the result of an explo-
sion and fire which wrecked the elec-
trio light plant here. The loss is esti-
mated at approximately $45,00O.
There is no insurance. 1t will be two
weeks at the earliest before the cleo
trio lights will be on in the city again.
The power plant is operated at
night by small engine which re-
quires no attention. No one was on
hand when the explosion took place.
The blast blew out one side of the
building and the fire ruined the dy-
namos and generators A number OF
the Mitchell volunteer fire depart
ment aided in extinguishing the
flames. although it was not neces-
sary to send extra apparatus to Mt
Vernon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
Husband Takes Child;
Wife Loses Mind

Council Bluffs, Ia, Aug. 27.-
Driven insane by the loss OF her j.
year-old son, Mrs. Nellie CLAIR was
committed to an asylum here last
night Some months after securing
the boy from her husband, he appear
ed at her home. He told her he was
leaving the city for good and was
granted permission to take the boy 70
a movie, agreeing to return him
promptly at 4 o'clock. The pair new
er returned and although Mrs. Claar
has expended hundreds OF dollars
and offered large reward for news Oh
her boy her efforts have failed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
COX RE|TERATES
HIS CHARGES
SAYS REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN
FUND AGGREGATES MIL
LIONS.

Philadelphia, Aug. Ex-Governor
James M. Cox, having made spectacu-
lar presentation at Pittsburgh of fig
ures, which he said, supported his
charge that the republicans are seek
ing a campaign fund of SIS, 900,
today was awaiting response of his
opponents before determining how
his attack shall be continued
While travelling to New Haven for
his first stump speech in New Eng
land, Governor Cox indicated his
speech, with copies of the document
it which it was based, will be placed
before the senate campaign expendi-
lures committee when it resumes it's
meetings next week in Chicago. The
governor stated one of his main aims
in his future addresses will be to
show Senator Harding is responsible
for the alleged slush fund.
In his speech Cox read list of 81
cities in 26 states to which he
claimed republicans had assigned
quotas totaling $S,145,000. He read
paragraphs after paragraphs of the
official bulletin, which he said was a
confidential publication issued by the
office of Fred Upham, republican ma
tional treasurer.
The large crowd cheered wildly
when Cox challenged Will Hayes to
deny the correctness of the quotas he
mentioned. Governor Cox declared
today he will make additional revela-
tions and intimated he will name
some of the heaviest contributors to
the republican campaign,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
Young Man Suicides
By Hanging

Winner, Aug. 27.-Frank Downs,
%. SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Downs, committed suicide last night
by hanging himself with halter IN
his fathers barn. Downs was found
hanging to a rafter by his father.
Downs, who has been homestead
ing near Deadwood, has been spend
ing some little time with his parents.
1t is believed that dependency
over his health caused the rash act.
His hat and his coat, carefully folded.
were found near the place where his
body was hanging, indicating that
Downs probably had cooly made
preparations to end his life.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27

business section of Dundalk was de-
stroyed by fire alleged to have been
started by Sim Fein sympathizers in
reprisal for the burning of Catholic
property in Belfast and Lisburn by
Unionists. Three people were burn
ed to death.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27

Chicago, Aug. 27.-Cox's charges
were characterized as dream by
Frederick Upham, treasurer of the
republican committee today. He re-
iterated the statement that the fund
being raised by republicans would
amount to only $3,000,O00.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27

checks which always secured for him
a good quantity Of change.
The fact that the mans checks
were worthless was not known until
the merchants did their banking on
Monday morning, and by that time
the man who passed the checks had
made good his getaway with over
$50 in money and merchandise.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
POnzi's Mansion
Taken Over

Boston, Aug. 27.-The mansion of
CHARLES Ponzi at Lexington, with its
costly furnishings, has been seized
by the Ponzi trustees.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27

New York, August 27.-Of course
Candidate Cox has failed to prove
said Will Hays, chairman of the re-
publican national committee in a
statement today. Hays says this true
because Cox's charges are false.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
Stranger Gives
Worthless Checks

Dell Rapids, Aug. 27.-Several
of the local business houses were
tricked by clever, worthless check
writer who gave the name OF Jack
Raines. The man visited the stores
on Saturday evening and upon max
ing purchases of small articles gave
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
FAMINE AND
DEsOLAT|ON
BOLSHEVIKI TROOPS FLEEING IN
PANIC INTO EAST PRUSSIA

Berlin, August 27.-Famine and
desolation are following in the wake
of panic-stricken flight of Bolsheviki
troops who are crossing the frontier
into East Prussia by the thousands.
Many of the men are accompanied
by their wives and ccildren whom
they said they were forced to bring
with them or they would have starv-
ed to death. Indescribable scenes are
being enacted along the border.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27

Warsaw, August 27.-eighty thou
sand prisoners have been taken by
the Poles todate, according to an Of
ficial communique. South of Deni-
ster and along left bank of the Bug
river they are still pursuing the Boil
sheviki.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27

Marion, O., August 27.-Senator
Harding today declined to comment
in any way on the charge regarding
republican campaign contributions.
He said it would be more becoming to
allow Chairman Hayes to discuss it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27

Boston, Aug. 27.-Calvin Cool
idge declared. 81 know nothing to
warrant those charges. No such
plan he outlined has been made"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
Population of
Huron Reported

Washington, August 27.-The pop
ulation of Huron, s. D., was today
announced as 1902, an increase of
2,511, or 43 4-10 per cent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27

Moscow, August 27.-Bolsheviki
have launched counter attack
which is designed to recapture Brest
Litovik, it was officially announced
today.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-08-27
Sinn Feiners
Burn Dundalk

Belfast. August 27.-The entire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
better be too early than too late!'

Maybe you aren't ready to stick your feet into high shoes, but you're always ready to stick saving into your pocket. Therefore, it isn't too early to say something about our Shoe values, especially since we've such an important something to say.
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Local Dzts

without authority to inquide into the ac- tion of state legislatures in ratifying the amendment and that it had no authority to pass on the validity of such an amend nent.
 Further efforts of opponents through court action to prevent the amendment becoming effective are expected.
 Long before the Tennessee legislature met suffrage and santi-suffrage forces gathered at Nashville and launched their fights, President Wilson, Governor Cox and other leaders of the democratic party urged the democratic members to ratify, while leaders of the republican party asked republicans in the legislature to vote for the amendment These mes sages led to charges of outside in- fluence."
 Before the Tennessee senate acted fav- orably, s democratic members of the a message to the Tennessee assembly a message to the eTnnesseee assembly asking that it defeat the ratification resolution and the latter opponents of suffrage in the North Carolina assembly sent representative to Nashville to personally urge the Tennessee house not to concur in the senate action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
CITY'S MANDAMUS
 HEARING TOMORROW
Would Recover 1869 From Jeffer-
 son County Funds

At the request of the county attorney hearing of the mandamus proceedings brought by the city against the board of revenue, scheduled to have been heard yesterday, was postponed until Friday.
 This suit was brought in an effort to have the board of revenue revoke res oiution, passed June IS, regarding dis tribution between the city and county of receipts from the tax levy and to pay s51, ,069.11. which is claimed as the city $ share, to the city. This case will be heard before Judge Horace c. WiIkin- son of the circuit court of Jefferson county.
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COLBY NOW WAITS ON FORMAL NOTICE
 OF RATIFICATION
Continued From Page oneJ

as the last hope for ratification in time for the women to vote in November.
 The Tennessee legislature met on Aug ust and the North Carolina assembly convened on the following day. The Tennessee senate acted within less than week or within day after Governor Pickett submitted the amendment to the North Carolina assembly.
 Before either of the legislatures of the two southern states met, Charles s. Fairchld of New York, president of the American Constitutional League. brought proceedings in the District of Columbia supreme court asking that Bainbridse Colby, Secretary of State, be njoined from isuing a proclamation declaring the amendment ratified. The basis of tte suit was the allegation that ratifica- tion by the West Virginia legislature was accomplished by fraud and that any action by Tennessee would he that the legislature lacked authority under the constitution to act.
 PROCEEDINGS DISMISSED
 Justice Bailey dismissed the proceed ings on the ground that the court was
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WILL TAKE APPEAL

Washington, August 1S.-Alfred F.. Thom, general counsel for the Association of Railway Executives. has announced that in the event of the refusal of any state commission to increase intrastate rates to the level of interstate rates,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
OHIO REFUSES ID
 PERMIT INCREASES Railways Will Appeal Case Direct to Interstate Com
 merce Commission
By Associated Press

Columbus. O., August 1S.-The Ohio pub lie utilities commission today refused to permit steam lines in the state to raise passenger rates 20 per cent; milk rates and excess baggage charges 20 per cent, and place a 50 per cent surcharge on Pullman space rates. as In the recent or der of the interstate commerce commits sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
TEXAS LEAGUE

At Fit Worth, 2; Houston, 1.
 At Shreveport, s-10; Galveston. 2-2. At Dallas, 3 San Antonio, 5. At Wichita Falls, Is; Beaumont, 2-S.
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DEATHS

J. W. Badger. Jr.--Funeral services for J. W. Badger. Jr., who died at local hotel Monday night as the re- suit of taking carbolic acid, will be held from Loy's chapel this morning at 10 o'clock. Burial in Forest Hill cemetery.
 Fred J. Bailey-Funeral services for Fred J. Bailey, age 42, who died at q local infirmary Tuesday night, will
 be held from the residence at TOO
 North First avenue this afternoon
 at o'clock. Burial in Elmwood
 cemetery.
 |cirs. Lucy Lee MilIer-News has been
 received of the death of Mrs. Lucy
 Lee Miller, wife of the late George
 Miller, a former resident of Birming-
 ham. Mrs Miller died at Jackson
 vile, Fla Monday night. The body
 Is due to arrive in the city today. and
 will be taken in charge by Johns.
 who will announce the funeral ar- engagements later.
 William Henry Fruitticher-Funeral services for William Henry Fruit ticher age 52 years. who died of heart failure about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. will be held from the resi- dence. 1217 Montgomery avenue, this afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Burial in Elmwood cemetery. MT. Fruitticher died of heart disease while standing talking with his brother, E. w. Fruit ticher. in front of their place of busi- ness, 1894 North Fourth avenue. He has been a resident of Birmingham for the past twenty years and was a member of the Masonic and Woodmen fraternities. The deceased is sur hx, u,ife danChtArs Mrs James Mccall and Grace and Har- riette Frutticher; one son. w. H.. Fruitticher. Jr., and three brothers F. w., A. o. and- | C. Fruitticher.
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appeal would be made to the interstate commerca commission to overrule the state body.