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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
JUDGE ADMITS TAKING
STANDARD OIL MONEY

Indiana, Pa, Sept. 3.-When he was
questioned at his home today regard
ing the disclosures made by Hearst's
Magazine, charging him with taking
Standard Oil money, Associate Justice
John P. Elkin, of the Pennsylvania
supreme court admitted that he has
received So, 600 on one occasion INC
$1O.0 q on another from John d. Arch
bold Of the Standard Oil company.
Justice Elkin said he answered the
letters fully in 1908, when they first
We're published. and added:
THE contributions We're received for
political and used for such.
l have nothing further to say in the
matter"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
BURGLARS STAY TWO
IN RUNNING BATTLE
Housebreakers Kill Constables
Then Engage Military Po-
lice, Wounding Four.

Haspe. West Phalia, Germany, Sept.
2.-Burglars n policemen hast night
fought a battle here which lasted sew
eral hours and ended with two killed
and our wounded.
A gang of five housebreake rs was
surprised by a village constable. whom
they fired at and fatally wounded. They
then fled and, meeting another o.
stable, shot him dead. They were
brought to bay in the neighborhood
hamlet of Milspe by a force of military
police and after a fierce fusilade in
which they wounded three gendarmes,
While one Of their wv party was dis
abled, they were arrested.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
KANSAS CITY WOMEN
ARE SMOKING CIGARS
Dealer Says Society Leaders
Have Graduated From
Cigaret Habit.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 3.-Kansas
City women are smoking cigars; at
least his is the combined opinion Of
Cigar dealers in the leading hotels
here.
81 have four or five calls a week for
cigars for women who want them for
their consumption" said one deal
er. "They are society leaders, too.
Most of them have graduated from the
cigaret habit. They always ask for
a light small cigar and smoke it
through a holder.
MANY eastern women smoke cigars,
but the habit has not become so vide
spread in the west.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05

FLINT MICHIGAN-In the presence
of hundreds of persons, 1~4-year-old
Chester Belts, son of Bert N. Belts,
of Flint, was accidentally caught by
the guy rope of a balloon today and
carried abou 1000 feet in the air be-
fore the o ~nntangled and hurled him
to his death.
CHICAGO-Forty-four members of
the boys choir of st. hIary's Episcopal
church struck last night, not for bet
ter pay and better working conditions"
but out of respect for William j. Coke.
who has been assistant choir director
for "a years.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
HUNDRED FRUSTRATED
BY THE SEVERE HEAT

Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 2.-Morc than
100 prostrations from the heat today
put an end to the children's exercises
and flag drills on the campus of Ohio
State university. which were planned
to mark the last day Of the Columbus
centennial. OF the prostrations, so
were of the children, many more were
women and many members of the Ohio
national guard, who have been on
duty during the week, were stricken.
All Of the ambulances in the city were
In constant use at the campus.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05

ROME-A profound sensation was
caused by the arrest here of two prom
inent leaders of Roman society with
five accomplices on q charge of al
legged trafficing in counterfeit bank
notes and government stock %certifi-
Gates.
ST. LOuIS-Riding 60 miles an hour.
Clyde Stillwell, of ST Louis, was in
stantly killed Saturday night az the
opening race in the new st. Louis mo-
tordome. when H. E. Collins, coming
behind him. barely touched him and
continued around the saucer-liRe track,
built at an angle Of 62h degrees. Still
well lost control Of his machine
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
WOMAN OF ILLINOIS
ASK VOTE PRIVILEGE

Chicago, Sept. 2.-Women in the
21st ward, the home ward of Secretary
of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh.
and Walter T.. Fisher, secretary of the
interior. today sought to learn how far
feminine activity in support of the pro-
gressive party would be permitted to
extend. They sent word to progress
sive headquarters that they would like
to vote in the ward c%aucuses. arguing
that since the party is pledged to the
cause of equal suffrage, consistency
should compel it to permit women an
active part in it's councils.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05

VILLAGE CUT-UPS
"DUCk" NEWLIWEDS

CoraopoHs, Pa, Sept. 2.-Me
at the train by a mob of friends,
; ducked in the river, forced to
exchange clothing. placed be-
hind { brass band and COM
; PEELED to dance the turkey
; trot" and grizzly bear" in It's
; wake and then sat astride
: scrawny mules was the expert
, ence OF Earl B. Helm, aged 81,
and his bride, Merrill Hender-
, ling, IS, and Of Forest Erwin,
= 81, and his bride, Barbara Kerr,
10, IN their return from Cum
: berland, where they had gone
: last Saturday to be married.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
POISONED FORAGE is
KILLING MANY HORSES.

Washington, Sept. 2.-The depart
the Kansas state authorities, has found
that the large number Of deaths recent
ly among horses in western Kansas Is
not due to any contagious disease, but
to forage poisoning attributable to
drought.
The bureau of animal industry sent
All expert there, and he reports that on
account of the Lack of rain the horses
were feeding on plants that caused NJ
festival irritation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
TWENTY DROWNED;
OTHERS MISSING
Western Pennsylvania and
West Virginia Storm Swept
Damage Great.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 3.-Twenty
persons are known to have been
drowned and many others are missing
following a series Nof storms which
swept over western Pennsylvania and
the Panhandle of West Virginia early
today. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad
and the Panhandle railroad Were badly
washed and it is stated that days will
pass before traffic can be resumed.
Through trains were marooned during
the night in the flooded districts.
Many manufacturing plants are under
water and the property damage will
be heavy.
handle of West Virginia, are that nine
persons ave been drowned there and
many more are missing, but the ex-
act loss of life cannot be ascertained
until the searching parties along the
valley of lannon's creek report.
Cherry Valley Flooded.
Cherry Valley, a mining town on
hour after the rain began to fall.
Foundations of houses were under
mined and they toppled ove into the
flooded streets. George Gillespie, his
wife and four children We're drowned
in the house and the bodies of the
children were found on a mattress
floating in four or five feet of
water. C~annonsburg. Pa, also suffered
from the storm, hardly having re-
covered from a like experience last
week. CHARTERS creek oVertloWed its
banks and swept through the town,
flooding the railroad and trolley tracks
and many of the streets. A number
of houses We're filled with water, but
the residents had received ample warn
ing and FASTENED to places of safety;
h1t ono man who won't haclE fn rncnvar
some aluable papers was crushed in
the collapse of his house, and a boy
fell into the flood when a por3h on
which he taken refuge went down.
A number of children in the COM
munity are among the missing and
several men, women n children, who
had taken refuge on the roof Of 8
house on the stream on the edge Of
Cannonsburg, slipped on the shingles
and disappeared in the flood.
Henry Crows house was undermined
by an ordinarily little stream. Mrs
Grow was badly injured and Grow
carried her. out, but before he could re-
turn for the three children they were
swept away.
After spending it's force south anC
west of Pittsburgh, the storm SWUNG
north to Butler county. where great
damage was done, but so far as known
no lives We're lost.
Oil derricks We're blown down, small
streams flooded and scores of person!
spent the night in railroad cars held
prisoners between WaShoutS.
BIG FLOOD DAMAGE.
Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 3.-Reports o
serious damage from yesterdays floot
throughout northern Wisconsin caused
by a cloudburst, were received here to.
day. Six hundred feet of track on thu
500 line near Cobrath. was washed GU
and the Velvet special was thrown of
the track, but no cars We're overturned
and no one was injured. Three inche;
of rain fell at Medford and a railroad
bridge was dynamited at Wausau Il
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
NEGRESS WHO SAW ABE
LINCOLN WE'D INSANE

Joliet, H., Sept. 2.-Eliza Early, n ne
gress, who asserted she witnessed the
marriage of Abraham Lincoln and who
was a White House servant during the re-
bellion and nurse for Robert Lincoln, was
adjudgcd insane here. She left the White
House after the war and came west in a
wagon.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
HUGE GRAFT ~UNEARTHED.

San Francisco, Sept. Silk hundred
thousand dollars a year are being
stolen from the state of California by
prominent shipping men around San
Francisco bay, according to the finding
of investigators, and Daniel Ryan, at
torney for the state board Of harbor
commissioners, announced last night
that civil and criminal proceedings are
contemplated. The cases are said to
resemble the weighing frauds in
the east.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
SEVERE EARTH SHOCK
WRECKS MANY HOMES

Guadalajara. Mexico, Sept. Am
other violent earthquake shock shook
this town at 10 o'clock last night and
caused a panic among the inhabitants.
1t was the heaviest shock since the
disturbance of May s..
Many of the smaller residences were
wrecked, while buildings in all dis
tricts of the city were damaged. No
casualties have been reported.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
DUO De CAFES, NOTED
FREMCHMAN, Is DEAD

Chartilly, France, Sept. 2.-Duc De
Cazes died this morning at his chateau
at the age of 4S. He suffered an at
tack Of paralysis a year ago.
A second stroke came last night.
DUO De CAFES was the third OF the
line. He also bore the Danish title Of
Duke Of Gluecksbierg. He is succeed
ed by his son, Louis, born in Paris on
February 28. 1889.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
COUNCIL BLUFFS BOY
NEW FRAT PRESIDENT

La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 2.-The One
ga Eta Tau. the high school Greek
fraternity, which has been in session
here this week. has adjourned after the
election of the following officers:
President, Howard Butler, Council
Bluffs, Ia; secretary. Ray Sorenson,
La Crosse; treasurer, S. Sheriff., st.
Louis, Mo-; magazine editor, F. Fritz,
st. Louis. Mo.
ST. Louis was awarded the national
convention in 1913.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
FLYER is WRECKED;
NONE BADLY INJURED

London, Ont, Sept. 2.-The Wabash
flyer. which left Detroit at 12: 80 o'clock
this morning, was wrecked six miles
west of Chapman. There were more
than 100 passengers on board, but the
Injuries of those who suffered were
slight. The engine and five cars were
overturned.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
CALIFORNIA cow LEADS
IN PRODUCTION OF MILK

Woodland. Cal, Sept. 3.-Riverside
Sadie de kol Burke. a Yolo county cow,
is the first in the world to average
more than 100 pounds of milk a day for
six months. h announcement was
made at the state university farm at
Davis yesterday.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
MINISTER TO SIAM E

washington, D. c., Sept. S.-Hamilton
King. on Olivet, Mich, United States
minister to Siam, died at Bangkok,
Siam, yesterday, the state department
was informed today. His death was
sudden, resulting from uraemia and
heart failure.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
FARMER FINDS CHEST
CONTAINING $4,000

Ogdensburg, N. Y, Sept. 3.-Dis-
good fortune of Lucien SiZer, a farmer
of that village, in finding a chest Of
buried gold coins while tearing down
an old colonial building on his proper
ty. The value of the coins is said to be
in of excess of $50, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
JAPAN Is ENEMY OF
CHINA, SAYS DR.. SUN

Picking. China, Sept. 3.-Dr. Sun Vat
sen in the course of an interview today
openly expressed fears that Japan
would take aggressive action in Man
churia, and showed pessimism concern
ing China's ability to save the east
ern province. He said 1t was neces-
sary for the governments safety to re-
move the Chinese capital owing to the
probability of Japan's taking Man
churia and thus coming within close
striking distance of Picking.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
PARCELS POST INTO
EFFECT JANUARY

Washington, Sept. 3.-Senator
Bourne, chairman of the Senate post
office committee, will hold conferences
With p~ostoftice department officials to-
morrow to lay plans to put the par
GELS post system into operation be-
ginning January /, 1913.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
D GETS

Reno, New, Sept. Phillip C.
Dodge, president of the Merganthaler
Linotype company was granted a de-
cree Of divorce from Margaret Dodge
today by Judge j.. S. Orr. Dodge al
legged desertion saying that his wife
left him while they were visiting in
Europe. There was no contest.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
GLASGOW cELEeRATEs.

GLASGOW, Scotland. Sept. 1.-The
centenary of the launching of the first
passenger steamboat in European wa
tiers was celebrated today. Just 100
years ago Henry Bells Comet" left
the slips on the Clyde and a great
review of shipping was arranged to-
day In memor of the event.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
MONTANA RANCHER
NOW BRITISH PEER

London, Sept. "a Montana
rancher becomes a British peer
by the death today of Baron
Grey De Ruthyn in his saith
year. The successor to the title
is the baron's brother, Cecil
Talbot Clifton, of Northfields
ranch, Montana.
The dead lord was the cath
baron Of his line. the first lord
Of the same title having been
created in 1924. The title car
ries the hereditary right to bear
the gold purse at the kings
coronation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
COW CAUSE OF TROUBLE.

Fort Dodge, Ia, Sept. 3.-A COW was
victorious his morning in a tilt with
the Illinois Central passenger train that
runs between Cherokee and Onawa.
The train of two cars and an engine
was thrown into the ditch as it was
nearing Onawa station by the engine
striking the animal.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
COAL TRACT SOLD.

ST. Paul. Mimi, Sept. Fired b..
Lynch and Albert j. Macon. Of st. Paul
and James f. Rutledge Of st. Louis
lave bought lands near Nokomis, H.,
containing. it is estimated 5000, 900
Tons of coal
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
LIVED IN HovEL-. RICH

New York, Sept. when Michael
Kiley died in an old i~ll-furnished
house among poor neighbors, at 70
Bright street, Jersey City, in July, no
one surmised his estate was worth
nearly 5000, 900. In three banks of Jer-
sey City his appraisers hays found
1852, 303.12 in cash. bonds and stocks.
He also owned the houses Nos. 1S and
20 Bright street.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
EMPEROR MUCH IMPROVED.

Observation-Disclosures, Germany, Sept.
2.-The German emperor and empress
left Wilhelmshoehe castle today for
Berlin. Both their majesties appeared
to be in excellent spirits. They were
accompanied by their daughter, Prin-
cess Victoria Louise.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
BABY is GIRL; FATHER
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE

Chicago, Sept. 3.-Disap-
pointed because his wife had
given birth to a daughter, the
third, Frank Novak today fired
a bullet into his head. dying In
stantly. He had said he wanted
a boy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
uNIoNIsr HURT.

Margate, England, Sept. 2,-Andrew
Bonar Law, the leader Of the ~unionist
party, suffered a v,eNnt shock in a
motor car collision Ear this seaside
resort last night.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-05
BOLT KILLS &

MayfielL, KY. Sept. More than
1000 fish were electrocnted when light
ming struck a tree that stood in a pond
near here.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-20

National League-Ne DIX
g, Boston 5 90 innings); Pitts
burg 8, St. Louis / Brooklyn 5,
Philadelphia 2.
Joe Benz held the Browns safe
until the ninth, when disaster
nearly overlook him.
Compton singled, Stovall trip
led, and then the Squeeze" was
tried. Hogan missed the ball and
Stovall was touched out at the
plate, ending the game.
E. and c. Brown twirled for
Browns and were done brown.
Ping Bodie blew a homer into
left field bleachers off the first of
the twins. He allowed seven hits
in seven innings.
The run off c. Brown was made
on a pass, wild pitch and two in
field outs.
Benz stopped St. Louis with
five hits.
Bresnahan's Cards are going
bad now, having dropped FIVE
straight.
After that nice boost we gave
Washington yesterday they had
to drop both games of a double
header to the Athletics and break
up their winning streak.
If Baker had been out of the
game Washington would still
have been winning.
In ninth inning of first game he
tied score with home run after
two were out
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-20
SPORT DOINGS
Yesterdays Results.

American League-Ch 2,
St. Louis 1; Philadelphia "a,
Washington 1-3 (frst game ten
ihnings); Boston 5, New York 2;
Cleveland 3, Detroit l.
National League-New York
6, Boston 5 90 innings); Pitts
burg 8, St. Louis /; Brooklyn 5,
Philadelphia 2.
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In ninth inning of second game
he brought in winning run with a
double.
Barney Petty, secured from st.
Louis, pitched second game for
Washington and held Philadel-
phia to seven hits. Hughes did
the same in first
CoombS allowed Washington
but three hits in first game, and
Bender gave but four in second.
Sox are but half a game behind
Washington and full game ahead
of the Athletics.
Boston heightened its lead by
beating Yanks in hollow fashion.
Hal Chase was struck in the
chest by a bat during practice and
will be out of game indefinitely.
Duffy Lewis sewed up game
with a home run.
Vean Gregg twirled one of his
best games yesterday, stopping
Detroit with three. measly hits.
Willett was touched up for ten
bing1es, four of them being in the
seventh, when Maps scored all
their runs.
Giants beat Boston in ten in
nings and Marquard was credited
with his fifteenth straight win,
SCATTERING allrecords.
Vanguard pitched last two in
nings, relieving Ames when score
was tied. He stopped Boston dead
with a man on third and one out
in tenth.
c. o,,;c Nationals c1iDpad far
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-20
COMPARISON OF
| BALL CATCHERS
STILL a QUESTION WHETHER THE
NATIONAL OR AMERICAN LEAGUE
HAS THE BEST MEN WHO PLAY
THE GAME BEHIND THE BAT
BOTH HAVE GOOD MEN.

For the last seven years National
league critics have boosted of their
catchers and declared hat the Amer
lean league had nothing In the back
stopping line to be compared with
Killing, Archer, Doom, Bresnahan Glib
son and others of almost equal ability:
Last year they added Chief Meyers of
the giants to their list.
Perhaps they were right. Certainly
king showed up the Detroit catchers
during the worlds series of 1907 and
1908, while Gibson most ass9redly
had it on the tiger receivers during
the battles in the fall of 1909. II
was presumably because of the su;
periority shown by the National
leaguers in those three set-tos that
caused their partisans to declare that
the younger circuit was weak behind
the bat.
Guess they did have the edge on
the American league in 1909, but Ira
Thomas and Jack Lapp did not suffer
by comparison with Johnny King In
1910, while the same pair held their
own with Chief Meyers last fall. But
now the American league is develop
ing a bunch of young receivers who
bid fair to compare fayorably with the
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votes from the Chalmers jury as being
the National leagues most valuable
player. The auto winner was respon-
slble for ninety-seven of the runs made
by the giants last season, that being
the number of TALES to which he put
the finishing touches, either through
the Medium of safe hits, sacrifice flies
or infeld outs.
Five other members of the New York
Johnny Murray ranking next to Doyle,
with eighty-eight;; Fred Snodgrass
fourth, with six~ty-three; Chief" Mey-
ers fifth, with ffty-eight, and Beals
Becker sixth, with fffty-one.
Doyle found the st. Louis and Bos-
ton pitchers the easiest, and the Chi
cage pitchers the hardest, to hit last
season. The mai who won the Chalm-
ers National league trophy hit at a .377
clip in the series with st. Louis and
with Boston, while In the game with
the cubs, he batted only $50. Doyles
average against the Brooklyn twir1ers
was .323, against the Pittsburg pitch
ers, 300, against the Cincinnati curv-
ers, 1902 and against the Philadelphia
delivery clerks, .294.
Doyle made FIVE hits III one game
last season, procuring three singles, a
double and a triple OFF Fromme, Keefe
and Fletcher of Cincinnati on June 5.
Thrice Larruping Larry acquired four
hits as his days work, these being The
dates on which he manufactured a
quartette Of safeties; April 1e against
Boston, Tyler and Dickson pitching
seven total bases; May / against Phil
adeIphia, Seaton and Schultz pitching,
seven total bases; M May 6 against
ST. Louis. Sallee pitching. seven total
bases.
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Additional Sport

best in the National league before
many more seasons pass by,
Jack Lapp, because or his three
years in the American league can now
be considered a near veteran. He is
also approaching the ranks of stardom.
But he is not h only n What
about Jimmy Block, the Chicago
has handled the deliveries of Walsh,
Benz, LANCE, Scott and Mogridge and
batted close up to 400 at the same
time.
Washington has a pair of young
sters who would bring a good round
sum if placed on the market-Eddie
Ainsmith and John Henry. Clark
Griffith preferred them to the veteran
"Gabby" Street and his judgment has
been Justified, as the two kids are
handling Walter johnson and Bob
Groom just as we'll If not better than
Street did the last year or so of his
service with the Nationals.
Ted Easterly is not a youngster, but
he is entering upon his second career
as a backstop n has more than full
filled expectations by jumping into the
limelight as Cleveland's premier re-
ceiver. He nay never be a strange
credit for being the best catcher in
the American league, but he is dem
IOn~strating that there are lots worse
catchers than he. The New York
h~ighlanders are well fixed behind the
bat. In Sweeney, Street and Williams
the gotham aggregation has some
thing to boast of.
Other young catchers who showed
that they measured up to big league
requirements are Nunamaker of the
Boston red sox and Onslow of the
tigers.