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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
FACING DEATH, AGED
MAN ADMITS MURDER

Colorado Springs, Colo, Dec. a.
Whether justice will be defeated by
death in the case OF John Peter Davis,
aged 70 years, of Peoria, Ore. who.
believing that he is on his deathbed,
confessed to the murder of William
Atcheson, at Castle Rock, SO years ago.
will be determined in the next few
days. District Attorney M. w. Purcell.
of Colorado Springs, announced that
he has aiken cognizance of the mans
alleged confession and is awaiting the
outcome of Davis illness. If he recov-
ers Davis will be brought back to
Colorado to stand trial for the crime.
Davis, who had the reputation of be-
ing a gunman in the early days, shot
Atcheson one evening in the spring Of
1875, following a quarrel over the cor
rect pronunciation of the word New
foundland.''
After the shooting Davis fled in the
night and a heavy snow storm obliter-
ated his trail. Until Sheriff Anderson
received the letter from Oregon no
word mad been received from Davis.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
LEG OF RABBIT USED
TO PATCH BOYS Arm
Bone of Bunny Replaces Part
of Shattered Humerus Ac-
cidentally Shot Away.

New York, Dec. 1o.-Thosc whose
faith in the efficacy of the left hind
600 of a rabbit killed in the dark of
the moon is wavering may have their
weakened belief strengthened by learn
ing that three inches of the left hind
leg which supports that lucky foot has
been used with apparent success in. an
operation to save a boys arm.
The operation was performed by DR..
Ralph l.. MacFarland, of Nc. So Gin
ton avenue. Jamaica, l.. l., chief of the
surgical staff of the Jamaica hospital,
upon Ralph Tomlinson, 12-year-old son
of Mr.. n Mrs. James Tomlinson. of
Oxford, Conn.,, near Ansonia. The boy
is a relative of the surgeon.
On November % the boy. dragging
his fathers double-barrelled shotgun
across the yard, fell. Both barrels
were discharged. One charge grazed
the boys left forearm, the other entered
the upper part of the arm, tearing
away more than half the flesh and
muscles with an inch and a half of
the bone.
The rabbit bone was inserted and the
boy will ecover.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
WOULD LOAN FARMERS MONEY FROM CREDIT
BANKS and INSURE LIVES TO COVER DEBT
Myron T. Herrick, Ambassador to France, Offers Amendment
to Plan for Establishment of Rural Cooperative
Banking societies-says Farm Owners Need
Two Billions Now.

New York, Dec. 9-The adaptation OF
a plan for financing rural credits in
this country, fashioned somewhat after
those in force abroad, and the creation
Of a life insurance plan to cover indebt-
edness in the event of the borrowers
death, were advocated by Myron T.
Herrick, United States ambassador to
France, in an address before the
Association of Life Insurance Presi-
dents of New York, in convention here.
This subject of agricultural credits"
Mr.. Herrick said, while of great mag
nitude, is really after all not intricate.
The operation Of the Credit Foncier, the
Landschaften. the Raiffeisen. and hun
dreds of kindred institutions for land
and personal credit, so eminently sue
and beneficial in their results
In Europe, can be very easily explained.
1t is simply an application of the story
Of the bundle of sticks tied together
singly, easily broken; together, able to
Withstand any pressure.
The Farmers Interest.
every year the farmer is spending
something like $3.50, 900, 900 more for in
terest than would be the case if he were
able to enjoy the benefits Of this credit
system. This sum. which he expends
in interest, should be applied to the
development of the country. 1t has
been estimated by good authority that
he needs Immediately for legitimate de-
velopment of the soil, more than ST.
600, 00O, 900.
''The whole question which is now
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12

being agitated is the creation Of q
'set-up'-a financial plan adapted from
European systems which will finance
our land at low rates Of interest for
long time, and accompanying that a
system whereby the personal credit of
the farmer, by an arrangement similar
to the Raiffeisen system in Germany,
may also be modified and put on a
sound basis.
Now Is the Time.
ut only needs the application Of the
alert minds Of the Americans to work
out and adapt these systems for the
psychological moment has arrived
when 1t is necessary for it to be done.
There are large accumulations Of
capital which are now restricted tt To-
cal communities for Investment, being
permitted to be applied only to munfci-
pal bonds and securities Of that class,
aside from local loans. When this se-
curity is created and put into the same
category, this vast capital will then be
unlocked for this investment.
I'm the creation of rural securities,
I nave considered with especial interest
the embodiment of a life insurance
plan. 1t would undoubtedly be of great
value to have the debenture, or secur-
ity, accompanied by such a policy,
which would insure the liquidation Of
the indebtedness in case of the death of
the borrower. Furthermore, 1t would
give the rural community, which is al
most a virgin field for life insurance,
IN understanding of the value of life
insurance"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
LIVES THIRTEEN DAYS
WITH hole IN BRAIN
Lad Finally succumbs to
Wound Inflicted By His
Playmate.

New York, Dec. 10.-George Krause. a
13-year-old boy, is dead here from
puncture of the brain said to have
been caused BY the act of a companion
who. two weeks ago, made him the tar
get for a piece of steel umbrella rib
a foot long lying in the street. The
improvised javelin struck young
Kralse back of the left ear and stuck
there. The wound was sterlized and
no serious result was looked for, but
sions and died. A coroner's physician
who performed an autopsy discovered
hat the steel had gone entirely
through the brain back of the ears.
How he had lived IS days after sus-
tanning such an injury amazed the
physicians.
When the authorities were informed
of the lads death detectives arrested
John Esstricher, 10 years old. and he
was held for a hearing.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
AREBACH GUILTY OF
NUMBERING FISHER

Baldwin, Mich. Dec. 1o.-A jury in the
circuit court declared O. M. Arebach
guilty of first degree murder for the
shooting of his business partner, Harry
Fisher, a Chicago business man and
promoter. Fisher was killed in the
woods near here last September while
the two men were on a hunting trip.
On the morning of September 10,
taking with them only a high power
rifle, the two men went into the woods
to hunt cartridges. A short time aft
erwards Arebach rushed into a nearby
farm house and reported that Fisher
had been accidently shot.
According to Arebach's story the
Weapon ~accidently fell and was dis
charged, the bullet passing through
body.
Evidence at the trial ended to dis
prove this contention, it being shown
that the bullet passed through the
body in a direction different from that
which would be taken by a missile fired
by a rifle lying on the ground.
Fishers life was insured for about
s20o, 600. the policies being la pay
able to his widow. 1t was the theory
of the prosecution that the frienship
between Arebach n Mrs. Fisher was
the motive for the murder.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
STUDY OF Bible is
NEGLECTED. IN HOMES
Vice President Elect Marshall
Points Out Present Day Error
and Raps Sabbath Schools.

Chicago, Dec. Gov. Thomas R.
Marshall, of Indiana, vice president
elect, who is a delegate to the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America, in session here. devoted his
address to the delegates chiefly to the
subject of family life and the Sunday
school. He said Sunday schools take
children through the Scriptures with a
hop, skip and jump" but that reli-
gious instruction in the family was no
longer given and children were sup
posed to get their knowledge of the
Bible in Sunday school,. This evasion
of duty of parents to instruct their
children In their religion, the governor
said. resulted in irreligion n way
ward children.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
PASTORS UNITED FOR
UPLIFTING OF DRAMA
Raise Funds in Ohio City to
Stage Rival Attractions to
Burlesque Shows.

2. EEL.- .laL Lrh|H. LHr-NE
Massillon. O., Dec. 1o.-Six prominent
clergymen, after considerable discus
sion n -manoeuvring to secure the
necessary funds. nave announced that
they are determined to purge the
drama in this city OF all that is noxi-
Gus n indecent. They have declared
that Massillon people shall eventually
see only the cleanest and most whole
some of plays that each a moral les
SON
The plan evolved by the sextet of
divines has passed the embryo stage
and arrangements have been completed
whereby a French concert company,
negro jubilee singers and other attrac-
lions will be brought here and staged
in competition with the burlesque
shows.
All the ministers are of high stand
ing in the community and they will
form a powerful combination against
the present theatrical interests of this
CITY.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
IN AMERICA CLAIMS MORE LIVES
THAN INDIAN PLAGUE AND ASIA1IC CHOLERA
DR.. Mclaughlin Declares That 176 900 Gases Could Be Pre-
vented and 16, go Lives Saved Annually if Public Of
fcials Would Wake TO Sense of Duty--Econ-
omic Loss Great.

New York, Dec. S.-One hundred and
Aseventy-fve thousand cases of typhoid
fever annually in this country could
be prevented by a campaign of educa-
ton, with an annual saving OF 1920
lives, in the opinion OF DR.. Allan j.
Mclaughlin, of the United States Pub
lie Health Service. voiced in an
address before the sixth annual con-
vention Of the Association Of Life In
surance Presidents, I'm New York. DR..
Mclaughlin declared:
That tho economic loss caused by
typhoid fever in this country Is $780,
100000 a q
That in SO of tho largest American
cities tho typhoid fever death rate aver
as against Sc persons per 100000 popu-
lation for SO leading cities Of northern
Europe.
That in 1909 there were more cases
Of typhoid fever in tho United States
than there were cases Of plague in
India.
That every case Of typhoid fever was
due to somebody's ignorance or care
1%essness.
Worse Than Cholera.
In part DR.. Mclaughlin said:
Twenty deaths per 100000 probably
represent 200 asses of typhoid fever.
Suppose 200 cases of Asiatic cholera
occurred In any American city of 100,-
900 population. Would not strenuous
activity be displayed for the eradica-
ton of the scourge? Although the
mortality rate of typhoid fever Is lower
than that of cholera, yet typhoid fever
Is transmissible in more ways, is more
expensive in Its lingering course, and
more disastrous in its sequels than
Asiatic cholera. s
"The mental attitude toward typhoid
fever displayed by many physicians
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
.CIeARETS WET BY
TOILERs' TONGUES
Woman Investigator Shows
Photo Of Home Workers
Mostening Pills.

New York, Dec. 10.-Still more stories
of the horrors of home work done
by women and children in unsanitary
tenements were told here at the con-
tinued hearing of the state factory
the padrone system. by which subcon-
tractors fatten while the workers
starve.
The commissioners listened to tales
of youngsters who are not permitted
to play in the daytime on the street
because they can work by sunlight.
which costs nothing. whereas gas is
expensive. One story was about a 81
year-old girl who had been asked how
long she had been working. She re-
piled, in a one Of what would be ut
ter despair in an adult, Ever since I
was"
How Girls Suffer.
And to these were added an even
darker chapter of the already combre
recital. Miss Maude E.. Miner, secre-
tary of the New York Probation asso-
citation, enumerated specific cases of
young girls who. through the indis-
criminate crowding together of the
sexes in he small tenements and espe-
cially becaus Of starvation wages, have
been driven to immortality.
Miss Miner was careful to add that
these cases were not common. She said
that, considering the conditions, the
morality of the girls was surprisingly
good.
Standard Men Slaves.
A ~byproduct of the general discus
sion was the statement that the Stand
ard Oil company in its plant at Green
point, regularly makes certain Of it's
m ~ Nyo III f-N,%, 1 q - 4 N -~...- = 49,. D.
365 days In the year. This Information
was volunteered by Timothy f. Healy,
head of the National Organization Of
Stationary Engineers.
And tits worse than that added
Healy. Some months ago the Stand
Sunday to z a. m. on Monday. Then
these men used to go home, only to
come back again at 4 p. m. to work for
another IA hours. The company only
stopped this because the men threat
ened to strike"
sion, said something about unions. Mr..
Healy laughed.
Can't Unionize Them.
Union? Nothing doing!" he said,
John D. won't stand for it."
isn't there a welfare depot there"
he was asked. But Healy only laughed
again sarcastically.
1t was Miss Elizabeth C. Watson, the
commission's chief Investigator of tene-
ment work, who told the story of the
little girl who had worked ever since
h was" and it was Miss Watson who
related the evils of the padrone system.
In the embroidery trade, she said,
the contractors received 60 cents from
the manufacturers, for which the con-
tractors paid the workers only 25 cents.
Things are even worse in the hair
brush business, in which the workers
get only Is cents a dozen for brushes
for which the contractors receive as
cents. All hair brushes, added Miss
Watson, even those supposed to be
perfectly h%ygienic, are made in often
filthy tenements. In this trade small
children work after school and as late
as 11:30 at night.
The p%adrones are often women, and
one woman will have as many as so
families working for her.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12

and especially health officers, n
scarcely more comInendable. Their
c~onplacency in the face OF typhoid
fever rates above 20 deaths annually
plain. II the rate is below 20, nan
municipal officials are inclined to be
satisfied with this rate, rs 1t Is low
compared with less fortunate cities"
More Typhoid Than Plague.
Tn 1909 there We're more cases OF
typhoid fever In the United States than
there were cases OF plague in India, in.
Is two and one-half times that of the
United States, said DR.. Mclaughlin.
From January, 1907, to October, 1911,
there occurred in Russia, 28S,6S4 cases
of Asiatic cholera. This included the
appalling epidemic of 1910. According
to a conservative estimate there oc-
Cured in the United States during the
same period one million and q quarter
cases of typhoid fever, Or more than
four cases of typhoid fever n the
United States for every case OF cholera
in Russia.
phoid fever IN a large scale approaches
the effect Of substituting q safe for 9
pulIuted water supply. Every case Of
typhoid fever is due to somebody's ig-
norance or careiessness. Now in res
gard to carelessness or crin1iDal neg!i-
gence, the punishment should fit tho
crime, but for ignorance the remedy e
not punishment but education. II is
precisely in this matter of education
that your association can achieve the
greatest good. The educational cam
| paign must be directed against inn
supplies, flies, uneontrolIed cases .os
typhoid, filthy personal habits Of in-
dividuais, and, above all, against cons
ltaminated public water supplies"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
ONLY CAR FARE LEFT
BY FEMALE FOOTPAD
Chicago Woman Bandit Dis
plays Generous Trait in
Daring Holdup.

Chicago, Dec. 1o.-John Mack, a clerk,
reported to the police hat he had been
held up by a woman footpad and
robbed of So early today. He said he
was passing State and Twanty-second
streets, when a woman stepped from
the shadow of a doorway. pointed a re-
volver at his head and ordered him to
throw UP his hands.
Mack was taken by surprise and
obeyed the command while the woman
robber Went through his pockets and
extracted all the currency.
I'll give you car fare she said,
handing him a quarter as She hurried
away from the scene. Mack gave the
police an accurate description of the
woman robber and a search of the
south side is being made for her.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12

The relation Of young peoples organ
nor Marshal's topic.
Ex-Vice President Fairbanks and
next Vice President Marshall are reg
ula delegates to the Federal Council
Of Churches. Mr.. Fairbanks repre-
sents the Methodists and Mr.. Marshall
the Presbyterians. William Jennings
Bryan is scheduled to speak on Sunday
afternoon at a big social service mass
meeting. Mr.. Bryan is also a Presby-
terrain. Both Bryan and Marshall
teach large Bible classes in the
churches of which they are members,
and are active in other forms of Chris
tia work.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
DRINKING AMONG OFFICERS OF ARMY AND
Navy UNDERMINING MILITARY EFFICIENCY

New York. Dec. 9-The use Of alcohol among officers of the army and
navy is declared the most battling obstacle to progress, n a report by Col
Maus CHIEF urgeo of the eastern division of the m The export is
made pubHc in the journal of the miHtary service published " the officers at
beverages should be. appointed to important positions. civil or military, to the
command of military or nava forces or any other position of Importance
N responsibility" In reference ito the wills OF the use of alcohol in a Mill
tayo organization h says:
lit lessons working capacity. marching endurance, accuracy ant rapidly
in riff firing, ability 20 command troops n solve military problems to nav-
gate warshps, to act as abe OF courts n military boards, 20 properly
perform administrative work, to develop the intellect and fit n for the higher
duties and responsibilities of life.
ut causes sckness mpairs health md usefulness, adds greatly 10 he
non deficiency of both officers and men,, adds additional burden nc cost 20 the
Serious mistakes Ia occurred from alcohol among officers in command
of land ad sea forces"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
MYSTERY OF TRAGEDY
HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED

Catlettsburg, KY. Dec. 9.-Continued
efforts of the police today to discover
the.cause of the death of Minnie Tur-
ner, found dead yesterday at a hotel.
only added to the mystery of the case.
The dead woman's real name was Jen-
ME Adkins. according to the Hunting
ton, w. Va, police, who say the other
woman in the case, who is held nj the
county Jail. is Bertha Kelley and the
divorced wife OF Ed Gullett. She de-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
THREATS FOLLOWED
BY DYNAMITE BOMB

Chicago, Dec. 1o.-A dynamite bomb
was exploded carly today on the door
step of julius Cardoen's meat market
on the G side. The explosion
wrecked the building. shattered win
dows in adjacent structures and was
heard a mile away.
Cardoen had received letters threat
ening to blow up his store unless re-
quests for money were complied with.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
BUFFALO BULL LEADER
DIES OF BROKEN HEART

Topeka, Kan. Dec. Sold joshua"
an aged buffalo, past leader of the herd
in Gage park here, died today of a
broken heart" his keepers say. For Is
years the old bull headed the herd,
which until two years ago ran in the
open in Michigan. Three weeks ago
he vas deposed by the mutiaous bands.
the mutiny being led by his W off,
spring. a young bull who now occupies
the throne of his sire. The herd IL
Owned by the city.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
OVERDUE sCH0oNERS
REACH PORT SAFELY

Chicago. Dec. l0.-Three schoorers
two weeks overdue. arrived here early
today They We're the Cora A. Butch
erboy Inc TYLER.
The vessels We're covered with ice.
but in good condition despite their
rough voyage from northern lake ports
with cargoes of lumber.
The captains stated that they put
into upper lake ports to escape last
Thursdays gale.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
LOOKED LIKE MOOSE;
HUNTER GETS BULLET

Virginia, MINI, Dec. 9.-On the
ground that John Bannon. a hunter,
had looked like a moose" when he was
shot and killed by John Maxi, ten days
ago.. MAXI vas today, released by a
grand jury which found h a h shoot
ing was no; criminally Careless"
Maxi convinced the jury that Bannon's
clothing and his position at the time
he was seen by Maxi bore somewhat Of
a resemblance to a moose.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12

MED this and says she is a daughter
of Thomas Gullett, of Huntington.
James York, the nan found in the
room When the body of Miss Adkins
was discovered. still was in a critical
condition, and may die at any moment
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
LIKE GAuDY CARDS.

Washington, Dec. 1O.-The
public appears to have for
saken the governments sober
postal cacds for the gaudier
production of the souvenir shop.
for the report of the public
printer shows that only 49,
253,399 cards printed in
1912, while in the preceding year
the big establishment turned
OFT 1~,2S0,S95,340.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
r ACTREs DEAD.

known to playgoers the country over
for her long time impersonation of the
role Of Anna Moore in Way Down
East" died yesterday at her home liz
Larchmont. In private life she was
Mrs. Joseph II. Grismer. She WIS born
In Wales In 1864.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
ALLEGED SEVERE TEST.
Steamboat Men Complain Of Rigid
Eyesight Examination,

Steamboat men at this city and through
the inspection district are very much
perturbed over the new regulat ons of
the steamboat inspection service, rcquir-
ing all who go up for masters or Il
pilots license, whether for "enewal of
old or for new ones. to submit to Il
visual examination which, it is stated,
/ is being made quite severe, In that the
eyes of the candidates are required TO be
absolutely perfect. The men are turned
down on any little defect, it is declared,
which in no way interferes with their
work and the safety of the vessels under
their charge.
Within the past month several steam
boat men employed on steamers and tug
boats in service on the river have had re-
newal of their licenses re used, on ac-
count of their eyes, and. as the marine
laws require all officers of steam craft to
be licensed by the government, this effec
tually deprives them of their means of
livelihood. The men to whom licenses
have been refused are practical steamboat
men, who have long been in the business
one for over fOrty-five years. without
accident and they say they are now too
old to take up another occupation.
While no action has as yet been taken
by the steamboat men, plans arc being ar
ranged to have lessened the severity of
make sure that the officers of the steam
ers have good eyesight. it will not require
them to be able to read fine print on 4
card fifteen feet away, as is said to be re-
Quired in the examination to which the
men are now subjected. Under the new
ruling also, it is asserted. man blind
in one eye is turned down without ex-
amina tion,. though the sight of the re-
naming eye may be perfect and he may
have been giving good service with it
for years.
All candidates for examination are re-
quired to go to Baltimore and appear be-
fore the marine hospital service surgeon
there, the surgeons of the marine hospital
service in the mans own town not being
allowed to examine him. Steamboat men
say they realize that good eyesight is nee
essary in their business, and they are will
ling to stand any test that is reasonable,
but they claim that the eye tests now re-
quired could not be successfully passed
~ one man in twenty-five. and they de-
clare the severity of the examination Is
entirely unnecessary.