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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
MESSAGE MEETS
WITH GERMAN APPROVAL

Berlin, Dec. S.--Oficial and journal
fstic comment on President Taft's mes
age to congress notes with approval
what he says regarding the unlikeli-
hood of trade wars between the United
States and other countries al a conse-
quence of the maximum duties clause
of the new tariff laW.
The Tageblatt. which represents fl
nancial and radical opinion, concludes
a two column review by calling the
message a friendly one
Mr.. Taft's utterances respecting
Nicaragua. though considered in off,
cial quarters as rather vague, are
taken to mean that the United States
will restore order in the republic, an
outcome which will be to the advan-
tage of German trade and German pos
sessions there.
All commentators observe that the
message deals with foreign affairs to
an extent hitherto not don in a presi-
dents message to congress indicating
that the interests abroad of the United
States are expanding and coming into
contact with European politics es-
pecially as they concern China. Canada
ard Belgian Congo.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
PRETTY WOMAN IS
CLEVER SWINDLER
She Dopes Denver Society
Matrons Into Purchasing
Bogus Furs.

Denver, Colo. Dec. 14.-Scores of
women living On Capitol hill, Denver's
fashionable district, discovered that
they had been duped by a pretty
young woman who induced them to
bug bogus furs. T.
The young M dressed in black
and wearing a valuable set of furs,
easily secured a hearing by reciting
a sorrowful tale OF how she had come
to the end of her with the
death of her invalid husband.
She could easily get enough money
on which to return to her home in the
east by appealing to her family, but,
as she explained, they opposed my
marriage to Jack and my pride pre-
vents me from doing that"
The she would offer to sell her
furs for $50 to 5000. AS a rule the
matron's sympathy was aroused and
she agreed to make the purchase.
Asking permission to wear the furs
until she would be ready to leave the
city and arranging to have them de-
livered G: Q. D., the young woman
would then depart. Upon open
in the package sent to them the
kind-hearted matrcns discovered
limitations had been substituted. It
is said that no one, will assume the
responsibility of prosecuting the
u oma
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
ARMY men OBJECT
TO PHYSICAL TEST
General Bell, in His Annual
Report, Intimates It Will
Be Changed.

Washington, Dec. 14.-How deter
mined army officers are to procure
notifications of the Roosevelt physi-
cal tests, was shown today in the an
nual report of General J. Franklin Bell,
chief of staff.
Riding tests and physical training
should not be abolished says he, "but
conditions connected Herewith can I'M
doubtedly be improved"
He announces. that notifications of
the system, suggested by experience,
shortly will be made to the secretary
of war. While General Bell does not
outline what these notifications will
be. it is believed they will provide tina
officers serving in the tropics and Of
f1cers about to retire on account Of age
shall be excused from taking the tests
and possibly for providing horses for
detached officers to use in taking
monthly exercises.
No Increase in the strength of the
army is recommended at this time.
General Bell. however, asks for extra
officers to take the place Of the 7O9
officers now absent from their COM
mands on detailed duty.
A most important matter for the gen
eral welfare of the country, General
Bell says, is the passage Of a compre-
hensive Measure for the organization
of a volunteer army to be raised only
after congress Ia made a declaration
of war.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
~SuFFRACETS HIDE IN
HALL AND ARE CAUGHT
Dislodged by Police and At.
tempt to Rough House
Asquith Prevented.

London. Dec. 13.-A small band OF;
daring suffragets was dislodged today
from Albert hail., where the women se-
creted themselves last night
tory to an onslaught upon Premier As
quith, who is to launch the liberal
campaign in the nall tonight.
The women were hidden away in all
quarters of the vast building, some in
packing cases and others on the roof.
One was found curled up inside the
huge organ, having squeezed herself in
between rows Of pipes. Another step
forward would have plunged her into
the well which is 40 feet deep.
The government officials had scented
danger, and organized a force Of beat
ers who searched every Granny Of the
building and spent hours in the game
OF hide and seek before the promoters
OF tonight's meeting were satisfied that
the 1ntruders had been cleared out.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
MARYLAND MAN THIRSTS
FOR BLOOD OF ZELAYA

Washington. Dec. 14.-As a promise
of activity in the interest of legisla-
ton, senators yesterday introduced
more than $50 resolutions covering a
great variety Of subjects. Many of
these measures failed of passage dur
ing the last congress and so per cent
of them will receive no consideration
this session. Many are for pensions
that cuuld not be granted under the
general law.
Standing out as a striking proposition
was a resolution by Senator Rayner
authorizing the president of the United
States to cause President Zelaya to be
apprclended as a common criminal,
charged with the murder of two Ameri-
cans engaged In revolutionary activity
In Nicaragua, contrary to the ode of
war of all civilized nations, which
would have granted them a trial.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
zELAYA'S SON SUED
BY LOVE LORN WOMAN
New York Girl Demands $780,
600 in an Action for Breach
of Promise

New York, Dec. 13.--Dr. Anabel ze-
laya, second son Of the president Of
Nicaragua, and a graduate of the medi-
cal college OF Columbia university, APP
peared In the supreme court here today
to defend a suit against him for $780,
600 brought by Elizabeth Juliet Hero.
who claims that young Zelaya courted
her while he was a student at college.
and that he promised to marry her.
The papers allege after the young
woman's mother gave a dinner at which
the engagement was formally an
nouncod, President Zelaya forbade the
marriage, calling it a m~esalliance on
the part of his son.
Miss Hero's mother states that she
has more than 200 letters from AnabeI
Zelaya indicating his affection for her
daughter. 1t is expected the trial will
be reached in a few days.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
MISS FRICk PAYS s4OO
A MONTH FOR 4 CHUM
Charmed by Girls Singing and
Dancing, Heiress Employs
Her as Companion.

Pittsburg, Dec. 14.-Because she sang
and danced SO divinely in the society
production Of The Pirates of PEN
zance' here last winter, Miss Anna
ONeil has just entered the Henry c..
Frlck mansion as companion to little
MISS p. Helen Frick. Miss O'Neilps
salary is $500 a month, more than that
or a colonel in the army for the first
fifteen years of his service. She has in
addition saddle and driving horses and
a maid.
Miss o'Neil is from the south. She
mas lived here for some time with her
sister, wife of a banker, and was with
out fortune Of her own. When the
Billion Dollar" chorus OF daughters Of
multl-m1lllonalres was formed in the
summer of 1908, the bankers wife con-
tributed her sister to the chorus. Miss
OsNeils ability and charms made her
SO popular with the society girls tina
when the leading lady, Miss Lucille
Roessing, eloped during rehearsals with
Paul Griffey, she was importuned to
take Miss Roessing's place.
In rehearsing for the role. Miss
ONell carried the whole company by
storm, and it is declared that she would
have become famous had not Mrs.
Grlffey returned to fill her engagement,
from which, she declared, not even q
honeymoon trip could keep her,
In one of her recent trips here from
New 1ork, MISS Fr1ck negotiated with
Miss O'Neil. II will give you $500 a
month, your own horse. and provide
you a maid, if 0 will be my COM
panion and teach me to dance and sing
like yourself" said the light haired
! daughter of the man Of millions. Miss
O'Neil demurred, saying that Miss
Frick was permitting her sympathies
to II away with her judgment. mo, I
am not" said little Miss Frick. .I have
spoken to papa n old him 1 wanted
you and must have you"
And She got her.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
MARATHON DANCE is
STOPPED BY POLICE

Rutte. Mont. Dec. 14.--After dancing
continuously for Ia hours and Al min
utes without nourishment Of any kind,
three of the SO couples that started
Tuesday night jim a Marathon the
contest was stopped by officers acting
under instructions from Mayor Nevin.
Six of the girl contestants a been
taken to a hospital suffering from a
ruptured blood vessel and another hav-
ing been stricken with muscular paral-
ysis. AS the hours dragged on the
tongues of the girls fairly hung from
their mouths while their male compan-
ion struggled to keep their partners on
their feet. A fainting girl seemed only
to add to the excitement of the 500
spectators who crowded the hall.
Early in the morning, when the
struggle tool on a serious aspect, the
promoters of the contest asked the
party to stop, but none complied, and
urged on by the yelling crowds the
girls continued.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
LITTLE GIRL VICTIM
OF BRUTAL MURDER
Detroit Child's Muti1ated Body
Found in a Wagon
Yard.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 1.-THE murder
of Helen Brown, 10 years old, of 27l
Third ave, was revealed today by the
finding of the child's body lying half
frozen in Whit1nan's truck yard at 10
Joss st.
The child's face and head were cut
and battered and there was evidence
that h a been m~istreated.
The girls mother sent her last eve
ming to visit an aunt on Fifth street,
and Mrs. Brown appealed to the police
early today when she learned that her
daughter had started home from the
cunts.
A young man who had been seen lott
,ering in the vicinity of the truck yard
was taken into custody, but soon released
as he gave a satisfactory account of his
movements.
George C. Kincaide, a teamster, dis
covered the body. Finger marks on the
girls throat indicated that she had been
choked
Crowds gathered at the scene of the
murder and there were mutterings and
threats Of lynching If the murderer should
be caught. but no serious disorder was
reported.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
ACTRESS GETS AWFUL
NOTE; $4,000 DEMAND
Signed by Picture of Heart
Pierced by a Dreadful
Dagger.

New York. Dec. IA vibrant masculine
voice spoke over the wire into a newspaper
office the other afternoon.
Have you got the news about Flora
Isabelle and the Hunchakist? 2" queried the
voice. why, Flora Zabelle, the wife of
Raymond Hitchcock. I'm no press agent;
I'm the clerk at the Hotel Flanders where
Flora Zabelle lives.
I'm giving it to you straight. She got
the letter last night. 1t threatened all
sorts of things, and she's turned it over
to the police. I think she might tell you
something about it IL you approached her
in the right way. She's in now"
Miss Zabeile answered a call on her tele-
phone right ~away-that is, a feminine
voice and said that it was Miss
Zabelle talking.
no story In that for the newspapers. It's
don't care to talk about.
Yes, it was from the unchaki So
ciety and it came addressed to me last
night. / got one just like it three months
ago, and it made me very nervous.
What? Oh. yes. I forgot to say that
it was written in Armenian. You know /
am an Armenian by birth, but I have not
been there for any years. I tried to
translate a little of it and 1 got as far
as $5,0Oo-it said they wanted me to give
up 5000 like a loyal Armenian for the
good of the cause
There was a funny little cross at the
bottom n a picture of a heart with a
dagger running through 1t. Just those
funny little pictures and no Signature
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
NEW ITALIAN CABINET
is FORMED BY SONNINO

Rome. Dec. 14.-Baron Sidney Son
nino, the ex-premier to whom was dele
gated the task of forming a new cab
met in succession to that of the re-
firing premier, Giovanni Giolitti, has
been unable to come to terms with Dep
uty Martin and ex-Minister of Justice
Finnocchiaro Aprile, and accordingly
has named his ministry as follows:
Premier and minister of the interior.
Baron Sidney Sonnino; minister of for
eign affairs. Count G~uicciardini; min
lister Of Justice, Signor Scialoja; min
lister of finance, Signor Arlotta; min
lister of the treasury, Signor Salandra;
minister of marine, Admiral Bettolo;
minister of war, General Spingardi;
minister of agriculture, Luig Luzzatti;
minister of public works, Signor Ru-
bini: minister of instruction. Signor
Dance: minister of posts and tele-
graphs, Signor Disantonofrico.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
ARMED LUNATlC FREE AND
T~ERR0RIZING CITIZENS

Shreve. O.. Dec. 18.-After spending
h night at the home OF Mrs. Charles
Carr. whom he forced from her home,
Oscar r.. Boley. the escaped maniac
who yesterday killed Sheriff Jacob
Bell, early today eluded a guard ana
he shot Bell and burned the mattress
upon which the sheriff had been placed
after he was shot.
Boley then struck out for the country
and Is being sought by q posse headed
by local militiamen and Captain Em-
NETT Eddy. q sharpshooter.
Boley was traced to a small woods
near Big Prairie, where he is SUR
rounded. Boley 10 heavily armed. 1t u
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
MOTHER DIES TO
SAVE HER BABES

Concordia. Kan, Dec. 13-Mrs. Frank
Hicks and four of her children were
burned to death last night when a
crude oil stove exploded, setting fire to
their house at Wayne. a village in Re-
public county. IA miles north of here.
Inc woman's husband was severely
burned while fighting the fire.
Mrs. Hicks sacrificed her life in try
ing to save her children. She carried
her 9 months old baby into the yard
~unharfned and went back into the
mouse for the other children, who were
IN bed. Sne succumbed to the smoke
ana died with the four children, two
girls and W boys. ranging in age from
3 to 10 years. The bodies We're recov-
cred this morning
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
zELAYA DEFENDS HIS !
ACTS AS PRESIDENT
Nicaraguan Executive Justifes
Shooting Of the Americans
Caught in Arms.

Managua. Nicaragua, Dec. 1.-THE
United States unjustly condemns my
administration" said President Zelaya
in an interview with a staff correspon-
dent of the Associated Press yester-
day. Il proposed to Secretary of State
Knox that he submit the case to an
investigation of his choosing,
agreeing to surrender my rights to the
presidency If the charges in his LETT
ter to Isidore Hezera, former MIC
araguan minister to the United States,
We're sustained. Secretary Knox has
not replied.
THE coercion OF the United States
will not rebound to the credit of tina
In all Latin America. The shooting Of
Groce and Cannon was a pretext. Both
Were amenable to the laws Of Mic
taragua, which distinctly authorize the
shooting of individuals commanding
rebels. 1t is different IL a person Is
captured during the course, Of an inter-
national war. The attempt Of Secre-
tary Knox to establish the i~nviolability
of Americans participating in foreign
revolutions will result in constant rev.
olutions led by immune Americans
Shooting of Americans.
THE initiative in the shooting OF
Groce n Cannon was not mine. I
simply refused TO extend clemenCy to
them after aAproperly constituted mill
tary tribunal had passed upon the
case"
President Zelaya then cited several
instances Of alleged hostility against
him In the United States through paid
articles appearing in American w
papers. In one of these instances, he
declares, he had been endeavoring to
raise a loan in France when his enc
mics persuaded the United States to
interpose an objection through the
French ambassador at Washington up
on the pretext that the money sought
was intended for the purchase Of war
materials, when in reality it vas to
have been used in the construction of
a railway.
Willing to Resign.
fWhile l am ready to surrender the
presidency" continued President Ze-
laya, Il cannot do it precipitately, as
it would result in u%prisings in several
factions, each of which is eager to
secure power. / am in negotiations
with the revolutionists to secure their
Endorsement to a successor who will
be acceptable to all parties and have
submitted the name of Jose Madriz,
judge of the Carriage court. I hope
this will obviate the necessity for
American intervention, which would
be intensely distasteful to the whole of
Latin-America. I am informed that 1t
is the intention of the United States
to prevent my leaving Nicaragua.
do not believe this to be true,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
PUPIL OF ORVILLE
WRIGHT INJURED IN
AIRSHIP ACCIDENT

Berlin, Dec. IA Wright %aeroplane
which Captain Englehardt was pilot
mig over ~Johannisthal field today lost
its balance and plunged to the earth.
Captain Engelhardt was unconscious
when picked up and removed to a hos
pital. The extent of it's injuries was
not determined. The captain, who is
a formal naval officer, was a pupil of
Orville Wright and accompanied the
latter When he broke the record in
carrying a passenger by flying one hour
n thirty-five minutes last Septem-
Der.
Engelhardt developed much skill, and
on October 90, he made a fight of forty
fou minutes and 80 seconds nears Pots
dam, establishing a distance record for
German aviators. Recently he has
been taking passengers up with him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
LIFE AND PROPERTY
LOSS ON LAKE ERIE
This Weeks Storm Cost SO
Lives and About $1,000
600 in Money.

Cleveland, O., Dec. A.-Fifty-nine
lives lost and $1,000, 900 in vessel prop
erty destroyed is the result of the ter
rife storm which passed over Lake
Erie Wednesday night M Thursday.
according to late reports. Twenty sail
ors We're rescued, four boats were de-
stroyed and one is aground and sus-
tanned heavy damage.
The summary shows:
Steamer Clarion. burned; IS lives
lost; c saved.
Steamer w. c. Richardson, sunk; 5
drowned, IA ave
Car ferry Marquette and Bessmer No.
2. wrecked; SO lives lost.
Steamer Josiah G.. Munro, went
aground attempting to rescue sailors
from the Clarion.
Tow barge. sunk: no lives lost.
Sailor from Richardson, crazed by
exposure, committed suicide.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
ARSENIC NOT GIVEN TO
ERDER IN HIS MEDICINE

st. Louis. Dec. 13.-That it is certain
that none of the medicine prescribed for,
William j. Erder contained the arsenic
which Mrs. Dora A. Doxey Is accused
of having administered to him, was an
nounced at the Circuit attorneys office
today.
Analyses Of the contents OF eight
bottles found in the ash pit of the fiat
which Erder and his wife occupied
We're made by DR.. Thomas Buckland,
city chemist
The labels on the Walls showed that
they held medicine prescribed for Err
der. None of the medicine contained
arsenic.
DIR. auckland reported the result OF
his investigations today and was at
once summoned to appear before the
grand jury, which body was scheduled
to complete it's Investigation today.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
LAKE FERRY MISSING
and MAY Be WRECKED
Conneaut, Plying on Lake Erie,
Not Heard From for Sew
eral Days.

Conneaut, o., Dec. 13.-The car ferry
Conneaut, carrying a large crew and
possibly a few passengers, is two days
overdue. 1t is believed to have been
lost.
The a ferry ran between here and
Port Stanley, Ont. She carried a crew
of 25 men. Her course is near Long
Point, where wreckage was reported by
the steamer w. B. Davock by wireless
today. The Conneaut was due here
Wednesday,.
Detroit. Mich, Dec. 10.-A wireless
message from the steamer w. B.. Da-
vock says the Davock in passing near
wreckage off Long Point. Lake Erie,
sighted a metallic yawl BOAT painted
green and full Of water, which 1t is
thought may be the missing boat from
the burned steamer Clarion. Thirteen
men took to 1t when the Clarion
burned. -------
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
WAkONDA WILL VOTE ON
WATER WORKS SYSTEM

agitation by the Commercial club the
question of water works has at last
been brought tosa vote mi a call for a
special election issued for December 81.
The installation of water works will
mean a great deal to Wakonda, not ONLY
as adequate hre protection and conye-
nience, but will be a decided boom for
the commercial interests of the city.
s. J. Thomas. Jr., was this week
taken to Sioux City to st. Joseph's and
operated upon for obstruction OF the
bowels. At last reports he was doing
well.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
CENTRAL AMERICANS
DENOUNCE UNCLE SAM,

Mexico City, Dec. 13.-Fifty members OF
the various colonies of the Central Ameri-
can republics met here last night at q
private residence and at aSlate hour adopt-
ed resolutions d~enouncing the president
and Secretary Knox and the action OF the
United States toward Nicaragua.
Before the adoption OF the resolutions
. number Of speakers excitedly ~denounced
the Americans. Some present were a.
herents of Zelaya, while others favored
other men for president of Nicaragua.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
PRESIDENT zELAYA
GETTING READY TO
RESIGN HIS PLACE.


Washington, Dec. 13.-Evi-
dence is multiplying that Zelaya
intends to retire from the pres
idency Of Nicaragua. Reports to
that effect are general trough
out that country, and the Amer
lean consular officers seem to
give credencc to them.
Tho latest scrap Of news from
Nicaragua that reached the
state department today stated
that Jose Madriz was being
talked of as ZeIaya's successor.
In the absence of definite infor.
nation on this point, it is as
surned this suggestion ome
from Zelaya's friends, and for
that reason, as we'll as others,
his selection would be far from
satisfactory to this government.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
FLEET LEAVES MANILA.

Manila. Dec. 1.-THE United States
see and Washington go to Shanghai,
the Pennsylvania and West Virginia to
Hongkong. the Maryland and Colorado
to Kobe, Japan. and the California and
South Dakota. to Yokohama. Last night
Rear Admiral Sebree n other officers
OF the fleet were given a farewell recep-
ton by the Army and Navy club.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
CHIEF RED CLOUD
VACATES TEPEE FOR
HUNTING GROUND

Washington. Dec. Bred Cloud, the
famous old Sioux Indian chief is dead.
This information was received today by
Superintendent Brennan, Of the Pine
Ridge Indian agency. who is in Wash
ington to attend the meeting of those
interested In the education of the In
dams.
Red Cloud was So e of age and
for tbs last rs years had lived at the
Pine Ridge agency
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
HERNE HOME BURNED.

Southampton. L. T., Dec. 14.-The
home of the late James A. Herne, actor
and playwright, was destroyed by fire
early today. Mrs. Catharine C. Herne.
the actors widow, and her son, Jack
Herne, with the servants, got out with
out injury. but saved few OF their
effects. Loss. $50, 600.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-16
MAN is KILLED
BY POWDER BLAST,

Rapid City. s. D., Dec. 14.-Thomas
Cunningham was killed by a powder
blast yesterday while acting as powder
man at the excavation works for the
extension or h sHomestake railroad
the time estimated, and while ~investi-
eating it went off. blowing him a con-
siderable distance.