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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
GREAT STORM N
EAST AND SOUTH
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN
CITIES ARE BURIED IN
SNOW.

Washington, Jan. 28.-A swoop-
ing northeast gale which is expected
to play havoc with efforts to reopen
transportation lines in the middle
Atlantic coast regions will follow a
heavy snow now blanketing that part
of the country, the weather bureau
predicted today. Eighteen inches
of snow fell here. Baltimore, Will
mington and other cities were snow
ed under. The storm heading for
New York had reached proportions
of blizzard and had reached Phil
adelphia.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
Farmer Surrounded
By Pack Of Wolves

Hamilton, N. D., Jan. 28.-Sur-
rounded by pack of eight wolves, a
Hamilton farmer who had gone for
a load Of straw took what he called
last chance and jumped into his
sleigh and escaped the beasts. Far
mers say that little snow in the
woods makes it harder for the vol
yes to run down rabbits and that
hunger is driving the animals clos
er to the buildings in their search
for food.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
Babies Hard To
Find To Adopt

Chicago, Jan. 28-Prohibition and
what he termed the independent at
titude of modern women, have re-
suited in such scarcity of babies
that the child welfare league of
America, for the first time is unable
to meet the demand for babies TO
be adopted, C. C. Carstens of New
York, director Of the organization,
said in an address in the leagues
middle western conference last night
If you want baby for adoption,
get one now. for soon you won't be
able to-" he said.
! There are fewer babies being
born In the better class homes be-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28

Washington, Jan. 2S.-A move
ment for national conference to
solve the nations housing and high
rents problem was started here to-
day. Senator King. democrat, of
Utah, sent letter to President
Harding pleading that he issue call
for delegates from all parts of the
country to assemble and find relief
for the acute building situation.
The president could summon repre-
sentatives of the banking interests,
labor and hte public who could
launch a huge building drive, King
said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
Defendant Pays Fine
$4OO On Usury Charge

Lake Andes, Jan. 28.-F. N. Abb
ma, of this city. discovered to his sor-
row that to charge an excessive rate
on interest on money "-omes high"
He was arrested on charge of
usury and was found guilty in the
circuit court here. Teh defendant
was fined $400 and costs.
So far as known this is the first
prosecution for usury in the history
of the state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
N, SOUTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2s 1922

cause of the independent attitude of
modern women. After a girl has
been married while, however, she
realizes there is something missing
in her home home. Then she turns
to adoption as the easiest way out,
but finds prohibition has so decreas-
ed the number of dependent babies
by improving conditions in the lower
class home, that the demand far ex-
ceeds the supply 49, H.. >
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
Lyncher Gets
A Life Term

Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan. 28.-
Oscar T. Smith, % years old, eighth
man arrested in connection with the
lynching of Jake Brooks, a negro
packing house employe here severa
days ago, entered a plea of guilty tc
a charge of murder in district court
and was sentenced to life imprison.
ment in the state penitentiary.
Smith is the sixth man to be SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment in con.
nection with the lynching.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
Minneapolis
Bridge Falls

Minneapolis, Jan. 28.-When fire
attacked the scaffolding and under
pinning of the Franklin avenue
bridge late yesterday nearly half Of
the great concrete arch fell into the
river, a great mass of concrete,
weight about $1,000 tons. 1t was to
be the longest concrete arch in the
world and will have to be repoured.
Five firemen narrowly escaped death
when the arch fell.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28

filming Julia Rector, a caberet dan
Ger 5000 for an improper perform
ance. The case which attracted ma
tionwide attention involved the no
torious entertainers cafe of Chicago
where Msis Rector was performer.
You can do anything while listening
to jazz music, Judge Heap asserted
This case smacks of the barbarism
Of the jungle. The music was OBJ
scene.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
A w o m a n
That Could Fight

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 28.-A riot call
was necessary to subdue Mrs. Iowa
Murphy in street fight here. After
a score of policemen had quelled
Mrs. Murphy one policeman was able
to quiet the other nine hundred
rioters.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
Enraged Husband
Attacks Doctor

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-Howard Willis
was held today on charges of at
tempting to kill Doctor M. III. Nash
after Mrs. Willis had confessed she
had broken her marriage vows, nam
ing Doctor Fash as the man. Willis
attacked Fash with a knife. Fash
denied the accusation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
Troops Ordered
To Lincoln, Neb,

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 28.-National
guard troops were ordered to Nebras
ka city today by the governor to
quiet riots there in connection with
the strike of packing plant employ
ees.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28

Washington. Jan. 2S.-Adminis-
tration forces and the congressional
farm. bloc today laid plans for race
in the enactment of legislation help
full to agriculture in conformity with
the program of the agricultural con-
ference. The insurgents of confer
ence charged that the administra-
tion is guilty of trying to kidnap the
child by attempting to take the lead
ership in farm legislation initiated
by the farm bloc. The conference
completed it's work last night.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
Fighting Mary
PickfOrd's Divorce

Carson City, Nevada, Jan. 28.-A
new battle over Mary Pickford's di-
vorce from owen Moore starts here
Monday. Lawyers are gathering to
argue in the supreme court in a fin
al effort to determine whether the
states suit to annul Mary's divorce
granted two years ago will go TO
trial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
MurderOus Bandits
Are Identified

Pittsburg, Jan. 28.-Two of five
bandits who held up the First Ma
tional bank of Grafton yesterday and
killed the assistant cashier were
identified today through picture.
None were caught.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
Sioux City Live stock

Sioux City, Jan. 28.-Top hogs
landed at $3.50, with the long string
of sales at $S.25 and the bulk Of all
the sales at $8.06 and @S.25. The
quality of the days assortment was
good.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28
Judge Scores
Jazz Music

Chicago. Jan. 2S.-Jazz music is
barbarism revived, Judge Arnold
Heap declared today in handing
down decision In the morals court
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-01-28

Washington, Jan. ga power
full group was organizing in the
house today OF fight the sales tax as
a means of raising money to pay the
soldiers bonus.
Evening star., 1922-12-31

Miss Bette Roach, a Wash
ington girl who is appearing
in the musical comedy Good
Morning, Dearie." The show
is now in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1922-05-21
School Players Plan
Their Future Careers

All of the seven girls who took part
In Business High Schools very sue
cessful spring play, "Such a Little
Queen" which was presented in the
Central High School Auditorium on
the nights Of May IL and IL, are mem
ters of the senior class to graduate
IN June and each pf them has her
own IDEAS about. what she is going to
do after graduation. None seems to
favor the stage ~ q profession, al
though all were enthusiastic mem
bers OF the high school dramatic So
ciety under whose auspices the play
was. given. -
Miss Franc schreiner,, leading lady
Of the play, who gave q delightful
tends to take up journalism nj a ca
feer. She has edited the school paper
n Business High and is most enthu-
Mastfc over newspaper and magazine
Miss, ,Erna Otto, who had the second
fole IN the play, Is planning to study
further in college in prepare ton for
,0ahnk q position az q social secretary.
Mihs Ruth Norfolk and Mi1s Mar
garet Cook also are planning further
study 70 prepare for positions rs pri-
rlaflss Elsie smaft VIII study med.
fcine and Miss Margaret Collins. law,
fiss De Wee KolRf hopes to flnd art a
eAti0fyine eAreef.
Mfxs Schreiner, Miss Otto, Miss
Smart, AliUs COoA ana 1lioo Kular af6
on the stan Of the Balance Sheet,
the sche6 publiea tiens s.
Evening star., 1922-05-21
SEMI-ANNUAL MEET.
Girl Scouts Will Compete
Next Saturday.

The semi-annual field meet ~of the
Girl Scouts of Washington and vicin-
ity will be held next Saturday at the
Monument grounds, 18th and B
streets. The events will start at 10
O'Clock. About 500 girls will take
part in the events, which are divided
Tito two distinct groups, field and
track. Both groups of events will
take place simultaneously.
The. program includes high jump,
broad jump, signaling contest and
basket bail throw. 0-yard DASH, hur-
die race, three-legged race. dressing
ace. relay race and leap-frog race.
Ribbons will be awarded for win
ners of the first, second and third
places, and the troop winning the
greatest total number of points wins
the silver cup. which is now in pos-
session of Troop IS, of which Mrs. e.
E. Norwood is captain. Should Troop
1S be fortunate enough to win this
cup again, it will belong permanently
to that branch.
Mrs Helen r. Scudder is chairman
of the activities committee for the
meet. and is assisted by Miss Ruth
White, district director: Miss kather-
inc Kelly and Mr.. Fuller Of the Y. NJ.
G. A.
Evening star., 1922-05-21
ALUMNAE. ELECT.
Merrill Girls Of Eastern in
Graduate Club.

THE Merrill Girls, one. Of The mos:
popular organizations OF girls In
Eastern High School, will lose
.twenty-nine of its membership of
! eighty with the class that graduates
| this June. 1t was felt that as most
| of the members graduating are
among the oldest members of the so
ciety and also leaders in the girls
| activities while attending Eastern. the
club did not wish to lose their help
ful interest in its affairs. SO an inn
promptu picnic up the river was ar
ranged and an alumnae chapter of
the Merrill Girls was formed. The
officers elected are Edna Burrows,
president; Elizabeth Lindsay, vice
president: Margery Black. secretary.
anu Marguerite Smith. treasurer. The
picnic was followed by more formal
celebration the same evening. when a
dance was held until 10 O'Clock.
The Merrill club claims the distinc-
ton Of counting among its members
all the girls who hold positions as
officers in the graduating class. They
are Edna Burrows. vice president:
Altoria Bodenhamer. secretary; Mil
dred Mockabee, historian; Margery
Black and Marion Hall. prophets. and
Ruth Smith. poet.
The Merrill Girls were first organ
lied by Miss Margaret Merrill. one
of tho favorite teachers at Eastern
High School. She taught mathe-
matlcS aft .r school and ihter became
engaged in work with the Y. W. c. A.
She was with the latter organization at
the time of her death. in 1920.
The Merrill Girls are not affiiiated
with the Y. W. c. A. When first or
ganized by Miss Merrill, in 1918, they
were in two groups, known as the
Minute Girls and the Four Square
rill's death they combined under the
present name. The present officers
of the club are Edna Burrows. presi-
dent of the main chapter of the club;
Margaret Frawley. chairman OF the
pm. freshman section, generally
called the afternoon chapter. and Miss
Ella NJ Monk and Miss Olivia Taylor,
faculty advisers of the club.
Membership in the club is open TO
any girl in the school who can COM
ply with the rather unique but en-
tir.1 practical requirements for ad-
mission, known as the -four square
program" This program. originated
by Miss Merrill. consists of the fol-
lowing points:
/. Health Requirements-Slee eight
hours a night every night for four
consecutive weeks at least. Qualify
in folk dancing, tennis, basket ball
Or swimming, or walk three miles a
day every day and take a seven-mile
hike for letters
3 Scholarship-Two successes in
subjects fmarks not lower than "G'D.
No Failures in any subject.
3. Purpose-Start at the beginning
of each school year with some def
mite purpose and accomplish it before
the year is ended, in order to receive
letter"
a. welfare. .work-Members Of the
club must qualify to help other girls
in the school or engage in such work
as carrying food, baskets to the poor
at Easter and providing needy fami
lies with clothing, food and other
comforts at Christmas.
The main purpose of the Merrill
Girls, club is to promote good-fel-
lowship among all girls OF the school.
and it is necessary when once men,
Der to work and keep up the standard
required by the foursquare program
in order to retain membership.
Evening star., 1922-05-21
Annapolis Club Girls
To Be Guests, at Tea

The Business Girls Clubs Of wSah-
inEton which are connected with the
r. W. C. A. will be hostesses this
afternoon at a tea to be given a. the
headquarters, 1871 F street. in honor
Of the Business Girls Club Of Annap.
oils, Md. The latter organisation, met
Fthe Washington girls at Camp Nepah-
win, Canton. Pa, last summer when
q general conference of Y. w. C. A.
girls from Maryland. Ohio Pennsyl-
vania and the District. Of Columbia
was held. Recently the Washington
girls, were the guests of the Annap-
oils club at Sunday tea.
The clubs Of the Industrial ana
mercantile section OF the. business
girls department of the Wv. CA.
will hold the final meeting OF the sxa-
son at the 7. w. c. A. headauartSxs,
F street. on Thursday evening Eof
this week. Supper will be served 1t
sac O'Clock bA0anse OF daylight sav.l
ing. and will BE- followed ~ demon.
>stration of the use of switchboards
by the telerhcne company. Annual
reports Of the eight girls' clubs Il,
this section will follow. Later the
prizes will be awarded for tire hest
song (iater to be adopted as the song
Of this -section). and the best poster
designed TO advertise the new club.
house, rented and furnished by these
girls for their summer headquarters.
Evening star., 1922-05-21
The Advsnsnres Of
Nancy, and Can.ouAage

Dear Iaogen:
q am awfully sorry that You had to
move into an apartment house and
give up your dog. but certainly am
glad to have him myself. You should
train your Landlord 90 make arrange
ments Hike that big apartment house
IN New York has. SO that you could
have a pet. $50
Mother isn't reconciled to Canlou-
Mage yet U call him that because
his brown spots are SO irregularly
plachd, and you didn't say what You
called him. He answers. very nicely
to Camoufiage, however. / call him
Cam for short) You know. mother
never was exactly crazy about dogs.
The last one father had he had to
give away to a friend beeAuse the
dog licked the window psnes. shed
hair on the best rugs. and--supreme
crime--chew-ed UP mothers best hat
with the ostrich feather on It. She
is just ltolerating Cam. however. and
he Is so, afrectionate j don't see how
she can resist him.
Dad eaid Ii was going to get "A
dog why didn't i get real one. but
I toid him one shouldn't look a .gift
dog In the face. N remembered that
much from Virgil.) He wasn't very
much impressed, and growled out
something about his (Cams) chief
being that he seemed
an expert perfume and 1ady-slipper
hound.
He certainly has the lady-slipper
qualifications. i have to keep all my
sHpes Oh tine nanrel now, and old
Mandy, the cook, insists that I'm go
ing to have bad luck the rest Of my
natural existence and have the whole
family sick In bed because of having
my shoes placed 40 high in the world
She's superstitious old thing. I told
her II she had to pay as much for her
shoes as ] did she'd put them on
sScA,
Brother Tommy really likes Cam,
b It hates to admit it. He calls him.
Evening star., 1922-05-21

did SO many others, women as well
as men. Miss Stimson was appointed
nnchief nurse for base hospital. No. 81
est. Louis Unit) with the, British ex-
peditIonary forces at Rbuen. from
May, 1917. to April, 1918. She was
then transferred to serve as chief
nurse of the American Red Cross in
Paris. where she remained till No
vember Is. 1918. Then. from Novem-
Der till June, 1919. she was director
of the American expediticnary force
nursiag service. having control OF
10000 nurses.
Maj. Stimsop was appointed acting
superintendent of the Army Nurse
Corps and dean of the Army School
of Nursing in Washington in July
1919. The classes in this school in
cluded 500 students, having AFFILIATED
In December these positions were
made permanent.
In October. 1921. Maj Stimson re-
ceived the honorary degree of doctor
of science from Mount HoIyoke Col
lege. She is author of Nurses
Handbook of Drugs and Solutions"
with two revised editiohs); Finding
Themselves" letters OF an American
chief nurse with the A. +. i. in France.
and many reports. articles and ad-
dresses.
Mai. Stimson says that of all the
many interesting things that happen
ed to her while overseas the one which
fingers brightest in her mind as the
most exciting event she ever expe-
rienced teXcept for the times when
she was in cities being bombed) is
the occasion when she received the
distinguished service medal, one OF
the highest military awards granted
by the United States Army. on field
in France. in June. 1919. Gen. PERISH
ing awarded the medal to Maj. Slim
son and TO four generals and Ave
colonels. The major was the only
woman TO receive an award at thai
time.
Mai Stimson also received three
foreign awards citation from Cir
Douglas Haig. in December, 1918 in
France: the Royal Red Cross. first
class tBrltish). awarded in Tours.
France in May. 1919. and the Medaille
de la Reconnaissance Francaise, sent
to her in America, in 1920.
Another unique and more recent ex-
perience of the major. which interest
ed her especially, was when she had
the honor of christening the Army
transport Chaumont.
Gen. Pershing was there" chuckled
the jor. "and l spilled the cham
pagne all over the generals best uni
form when / broke the bottle over the
bow of the boat.
Evening star., 1922-05-21
Activities Of Interest
In Flapper Circles

!! The girls at the National Cathedral
School held style show at the school.
1t proved most successful and enter
tanning, Various girls acted as models
ana wore the latest ideas in sport
costumes. school frocks and very sim-
pie afternoon ahd evening gowns.
The greatest interest at this time,
however. centered in the simple white
dresses which were especially chosen,
because of their suitability for use as
graduation gowns.
About twenty girls. members OF
Troop 20 of the Girl Scouts of the
District. went to Anacostia yesterday
murning- There .they NIT their cap
tain, Miss Vera Lawrence, and spent
the day hiking and picnicking in that
vicinity. Several of the girls took the
second-class tests in cooking and fire.
kH2 ding and two new members re-
cd I'd the tenderfoot tests.
The Adclante Club, the Friendship
Girls Club of Technical High School,
enjoyed a moonlight hike from Chain
bridge to Cherrydaie Vacation Lodge
Friday night. May 12. Dancing COM
pleted delightful evenings enter
tainment. The club has also recently
voted in favor Of taking one Of the
wards at the ,ChHdren's Hospital as
it's social service work.
The T. n. T. Club of girls will give
an entertainment and dance next
Tuesday night at o'clock in the au-
ditoriufn of the Y. W. c. A. An interr
csting program Of music and theatri-
Ting. e.-- Y
The Sunshine Club, one of the many
business girls clubs of the city. held
headquarters of the Y. w. c. A., with
which this club Is affiliated.
Open house will be held at the at
tractiye cabin recently rented and
furnished by the Business Girls clubs
at Cabin John on Decoration day. An
and It is hoped that many of the
members of the various clubs will
be able to attend the opening cere-
monies and bring friends with them
DR. Julia NJ. Green of the Institute
Fraternity gave an interesting and
graduating class of Central High
School Tuesday morning in the audi
torium of the school on Medicine as
Profession for Women and the
Need for Physicians Today"
Miss Frances sherier of Technical
High School will sing the title role
in the cantata. Fair Ellen" which
the glee club of that school will pre-
sent at a school assembly one day.
during Music week." May % to June
2. inclusive. The other solo part
in this cantata, by Max Bruch. is that
of Lord Edward" father Of Ellen,
and will be sung by Harry Cl4rkson.
The story told in music is of the
Scpoy rebellion period in India. The
chorus in the cantata is largely made
up of girls voices. The school Or
chestra will also have an important
part.
The United States public health
service has arranged an attractive
and instructive exhibition of posters
diagrams and clean-cut explicit state
.ents of facts that girls should know
TO. enhance their health and beauty
Paint your cheeks from the inside
out was one, of the many catchy
slogans. Girls of Western High
School had the privilege of seeing
the exhibit this past week. and 1t
is probable G,at ii win be taken to
Central High School. 1t has already
been viewed at Eastern. Business and
Mckinley.
Evening star., 1922-05-21
WINS MANY HONORS.
Mai. Stimson's Career az
Nurse sIs Notable.

Nursing Is one of the essentially
feminine lines of vocational work,
and 1t is constantly widening it's scope
OF possibilities in the way of fine posi-
tions in many of its auxiliary branches
for trained graduates. Among the
many Florence Nightingales of today
there are few who are SO generally
popular as Mai. Julia C. Stimson. su-
perintendent Of the Army Nurse
Corps and dean of the Army School
of Nursing.
Maj. Stimson has the physique and
coloring of Norseiand princess and
the, frank and genial attitude of the
American college woman. In this con-
nection it might be stated that she is
chairman of the board of managers
of the delightful new home of the
American Association of University
Women, 1854 street, where the mems
City Club was formerly located
Maj. Stimson, who was born in
Worcester. Mass. in 1881. finished the
first lap of her education in 1898,
when she graduated from the Brear-
ley School in New York city. She was
only twenty years old when she
graduated from vassar That same
year she was awarded scholarship
for a summer course at Woods Hole
biological laboratory. She receiyed a
second scholarship for graduate work
at Columbia University in zoology in
1S0l-O2. Her work for a degree was
not completed because of ill health.
Miss Stimsen spent the next year
making medical drawings at the Cor
nell Medical School. She completed
the course of training at the New
York Hospital Training School in
ls0s. The same year she was regis
tered as a nurse in the state of New
York, and fer the next three years
was superintendent of nurses, Harlem
Hospital, of Bellevue and Allied,
where she started social service work.
From 1911 to- 1914, Miss Stimson
WIS admins traitor of the social serv-
ice departmental Washington Uni
versity Medical School in St Louis
The next two years she was superin-
tendent of Washington University
training school (Bafnes Hospital. St
Louis Childrens Hospital and Wash
ington University Dispensary). Dur
ing this period she completed work
for the masters degree in sociology
at the Washington University and re-
ceived her NJ. A. in June. 1917. sent
to her while she was stationed in
France. Miss Stimson's thesis was on
the subject of health insurance.
The war affected her career as ii