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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
LABOR DAY LEGAL HOLIDAY,
SAYS COURT DECISION

Egan. S. D., Dec. 19.-Moody county
attorneys have been advised that the
state supreme court, in a case arising
n Moody county, has upheld the law
making Labor day a legal holiday and
holding that papers in suits served on
Labor day have no standing in court.
The decision was rendered in the case
Of w. II. Crisp and others VS.. H. r.
Gochnour, The summons n COM
~plainant in the action We're served
upon the defendant on Labor day. At
the expiration OF 80 days Judgment
was rendered against the defendant by
lefault. The attorneys for the defend
ant then mad a motion in the cir
cult court asking that the judgment be
set aside on the ground that the serv-
Ice of the summons on Labor day was
void. The circuit court overruled this
motion and the attorneys for the de-
,endant appealed from this motion to
the state supreme court. The final or
der of the supreme court setting aside
the judgment of the circuit court now
has been filed with the circuit court for
Moody county. This is the first case
in which the question of the legality
of papers served on Labor day or other
legal holidays has been before the su-
preme court of South Dakota.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
AUSTRIA swept BY
STORM OF PROTEST
General Beaten BY Serbs Faces
Court Martial Hungary
Threatens to Secede.

London. Dec. 21.-The Morning Post
today publishes a Budapest letter writ
ten by a Hungarian journalist in which
he describes he defeat of the Aus
trian army in Servia and its sufferings
In retreat. He declares the Field Mar
shall Oskar Potiorek, in command of
the Austrian forces, will be tried by
court martial in Vienna.
THE public and official circles" the
letter says, ARE furious at Potiorek for
allowing the withdrawal of three army
corps from his front when he ought to
| have known it would leave him too
weak to withstand the Servians. 1t is
rSlmored that Gen. Minarelli- Fitzgerald
will supersede him.
In the rear guard actions during the
retreat, the AuStrians lost 10000 men in
dead or wounded n 10000 prisoners,
besides sacrificing more guns, ammu-
milton and provisions than the Servians
ever had in the whole war.
THE Hungarian regiments suffered
severely and the of Potiorek's
army Of about 100, 600 are now in Bos-
MIA trying to REFORM"
The correspondent adds:
THE feeling in Hungary has trans
lated itself into demonstrations and
riotings in Budapest, Prague and other
towns. Count Tisza, the premier, in
q sensational speech in the Hungarian
parliament, declared that if the import
ance of an invasion of Hungary was
not realized by the general staff. in
dependent Hungary would find a means
to concentrate her sons, who are now
fighting abroad in defense of their OWL
IbOmeS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
STANDING ROCK LAND
WILL BE OPENED FOR
Settlers IN SPRING
Open Filing Rights Without
Registration-Draw Lots
In Controversies.

Aberdeen. S. D., Dec. 21.-A letter
has been received from Congressman
Charles II. Burke by a prominent
financial man Of Aberdeen in which
Mr.. Burke states that the general
land office at Washington is making
preparations for the opening of the
Standing Rock Indian reservation
about the middle of April.
Mr.. Burke states that the chief law
clerk of the general land office Wis
tied the reservation last summer, go
ing over the reservation very thor
oughly in company with j. W. Harris
of M%obridge, and Others. d,
1t is not the intention of the lan9
office to have any registration ana
drawing for claims for this opening
as was the case several years ago
when the Cheyenne reservation was
opened to settlement, but the plan
followed out last year in connection
with the opening Of the Crow resef-
walton in Montana will be adopted.
This plan is substantially that ap-
p~Iicants will be permitted TO ME
their applications for the lana they
desire to enter, and where there are
more than one application for the
same quarter section Of land, the ap-
p%Iicants will draw lots to determine
which one is to have the land In
question.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
SOUTH DAkOTAN IN GERMANY
WRITES ABOUT CONDITIONS

Corsica, s.. d. Dec. 21.-Interesting
sidelights on conditions in the German
empire are thrown by a letter which
has just been received by a Douglas
county friend of Gottlieb klatt, a
South Dakota farmer, who left for 81
visit at his old home at Neucoln, Ger
many, several months ago. He expects
to remain in Germany at least Tor an
other year. The letter says in part:
y Our passport which we v from
the United states allows us to stay
until March. 1916, and 1t is likely tina
we will stay that long, as we expect
1t will be our last visit to this coun-
try. We are in no way suffering and
are in no danger whatever. There is
not one-tenth as much going on as
before the war, especially in the line
of a~rnusements. Very few heate are
| open and there has been only one large
circus. Some picture shows are run
ming. A great many amusement places
| have been shut down. Dancing is a
| great amusement for the young peo-
pie of this country, but now 1t is not
Allowed during the war, and the halls
are all closed and occupied by the
wounded soldiers.
some articles OF food are very
scarce. Export and import of articles
is at a ~standstill. Oranges and lemons
| are not to be had. Coffee and tea there
is enough OF SO far and also OF all
native food, and the price has not been
raised very much. The government
takes interest in everything and it
works fine. TIL price is set n spec
ulation is not allowed n 1T is not
as bad for the poor people as first
| thought it would be. Everything is
taken care of In some way. The city
has opened many eating houses ano
| furnishes meals for a few cents. My
cousin has four IONS and a soninlaW
in the army; three Were sent to France
| and two to Russia. So far one is killed
one is badly wounded, one is a pris-
| oner In France and the others not
heard from. While l believe that Ger
many will win in the end, o only
knows when this warning of peoph
| will enl.n
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
YANcEY CONVICTED FOR
ASSAULT ON CHINAMAN

Deadwood, S. D.. Dec. ia jury
in Judge Ackerman's court yesterday
afternoon, after being out 80 minutes,
found Keel Yancey guilty of an assault
on Chin Fong Quong, a Lead China
man. The trial of he case occupied
most of the day. States Attorney Stir
rett conducted the prosecution and
John #. Hebron appeared for the de-
PENDANT. The assault occurred on the
night of December l, on Main street
and was alleged to have been pro-
voked when the Chinaman asked
Yancey for payment Of a laundry bill.
The defense commended that Yancey
struck Chin because the latter insulted
| Yancey's wife. The testimony Of Mrs.
Yancey and another colored woman
was introduced to sustain that con-
| tention.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
STATION AGENT KILLS
SELF BY PLUNGE into
WELL $50 FEET Deep
Wife and Baby at Neighborlng
Town at Time-Believed He
Was Deranged.

Gettysburg. S. D., Dec. 19.-Ted
Kivedra, station agent at Seneca, 5. D.,
committed suicide by jumping heaa
foremost into a deep we'll located on
the Charles Allen farm, our and one
half miles northeast of Seneca. 1t IS
generally thought that he was de-
arranged, as he had been talking anu
acting rather strangely of late.
Mrs. Kiyerda and baby were IN lie +ea
banon and had not returned at the
time of the tragedy. When she arrived
from Seneca, she inquired at the depot
for her husband and vas told that he
could not be found. Instantly she re-
marked: He has killed himself"
A searching party tracked hvedra 10
the well, where apparently he had
kicked off the boards n plunged IN
The we'll had 100 feet of water
Kiverda's body lodged down about Of
feet in the water. The searchers tad dit
ficulty in getting a hold on the BODY
so as to draw it out. A shoe, an over
shoe, and a Logging were taken out be
fore they managed to get the body. Mr.
kivedra was a member OF the Masonic
lodge at Gettysburg.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
GERMANS CHECKED
RUSSIANS REPORT
Russia Claims to Have Checked
Both Austrian and German
Offensive Efforts
Reform Lines.
IBERLIM ENTHUSIASM WANEs
Rumored That Teutons Hav'
Evacuated Lodz = Hard
Fighting Centers Near
Silesian Border.
BERLIN ENTHUSIASM WAVES

London. Dec. 21.-Rritish and French
military writer's say that the doubts ex-
pressed by them of the Importance of
the German announcement that a his
toric victory had been won over the
Russians hosts in Poland are borne out
asm at Berlin, where the atmosphere
during the last two days vas sur
charged with exuberant rejoicing. The
| Berlin vorwaerts rebukes it's colleagues
| for what it calls their Exaggerated de-
auctions from the vague information
available.
1t is evident that Grand Duke Nicho-
las has drawn in a portion of the Rus
sian front from the Lowicz-Ilow line
to entertainments nearer Warsaw.
There has been no admission from Pc
trograd, however, of any serious re-
! verses in the field of operations along
the Vistula river, such as must neces-
sarily have preceded a general German
victory. 1t is regarded here as quite
| possible that the Teutonic allies have
| scored successes In some localities, al
though there is no information avail
able as to their time or location.
Reverse at Mlawa.
The reverse which Petrograd says
the Germans have suffered in the reg
ion Of Mlawa, near the a Prussian
frontier. is believed in london to have
interferred with the operations of the
Germans along the Vistula. 1t is as
serted unofficially at Petrograd that
the Germans lave evacuated LODI
finding that city of no greater strate,
gic value to them than it was to the
Russians. Last nights official com.
munication from the Russian war of
fee stated definitely hat all Austro
German attacks along the left bani
Of the Vistula. which have been il
progress for several days, have beer
repulsed.
Whatever are the facts of the situa
ton in the Vistuia region, the presen
situation there apparently is exertini
no i~nf1uance on the crucial operation
to the south around Cracow. The Rus
sian forces which are threatening tn
old Polish capital and the Silesia,
frontier remain fixed in their position.
n the Austrian rally which brough
back Teutonic forces across the Ca
pathtans seems to have met with
~ pbnnly. a=tssfa.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
TELEPHONE MEN CLOSE
SESSION AT SIOUX FALLS

Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 19.-The 12tia
annual convention of the South Dakota
Independent Telephone association mas
come to an end in this city after ses-
sions extending over two days. The
following officers were elected for the
coming year at q business session held
near the close of the convention:
President, j. Al. Steinger. Parker; vice
president, H. p. Hartweli. Irene; secre-
tary-treasurer, "A. S. Hall, Redfield.
The convention was a very successful
one and was we'll attended, telephone
men being present from all parts of tho
state. One OF the features of the con-.
vention was an address by F. w.
Dougherty, of Pierre, counsel OF the
state board of railroad commissioners
mi assistant attorney general OF
South Dakota. He revived the events
leading up to state inspection of pub
lie utilities and Aointed out that while
the state board seeks to restrain tele-
phone companies and railroads from
| putting into effect unjust rates, 1t also
protects the companies from ~unreason-
able demands made upon them, seek
Ing to have them operate at h lowest
Irate at which they a give the publlc
good service and make a reasonabf
profit N the money Invested.
y ~ IE< H@kA L2fA N 6MN
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
SCHOOL LANDS FUND HAS
TOTAL ASSETS OF $56, 600, 900

Pierre. S. D., Dec. 21.-The South
Dakota school lands fund has grown to
immense proportions, according to the
report just issued by Fred Hepperle,
commissioner of school and public
lands. The cash IN hand and out on
loans belonging to this fund now is
about $4,000, 00o. while he value of
the land holdings is about $4,000, 900
additional, making total assets of
$4,000. 900. The s11,000. 900 is draw
ing from S to 6 per cent interest and
this, with the lease receipts from lands
unsold, turned nearly 100000 direct
to the schools for h past eau.
Commissioner Hepperle holds that If
the short lease restrictions of the con-
~stitution should be removed, and leases
allowed for 20 or 25 year terms. a
much better rental price could be Sc
cured, and the interests of the state
be s~afeguarded by a reappraisement
for minimum rental value once in five
years. This would require a constitu-
tional amendment, and he recommends
such action by the legislature.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
SEVERAL CRIMINAL CASES
ADJUSTED AT FLANDREAU

Flandreau, S. D., Dec. 19.-During a
term of state circuit court for Moody
county, with Judge Jones presiding, a
number of cases were disposed OF and
four defendants were sentenced TO
terms in the Sioux Falls p~enitentlary.
Howard Smith, Charles Ryan, Frank
Hackley and Frank Kelley are the
names of the four men. They entered
pleas of guilty to various criminal
charges and were sentenced to terms
of one year each in the p~enitentiary.
A jury in the case of Allen Blewitt
md H. H. Carr VS.. James Mendry re-
turned a verdict awarding the plain
tiffs a Judgment for $2,11S, this being
commission claimed by them on a land
| uD1p
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
WESTERN
LINES ALSO WILL
GET ADVANCE soon
Wall Street Has Not Fully
Grasped the Importance OF
Rate InCrease-Specu-
Iators Cautious.
RAILROAD HEADS PLEASED
Numerous Increases In lndlvld-
ual Gases Expected TO Fol
low Decision In Favor
Of Eastern Roads.
RAILROAD HEADS PLEASED

Washington, Dec. 21.-Full effects OF
the rate decision of the Interstate Com
merce commission. allowing increased
rates to the eastern railroads. are little
realized yet. according to experts mere
and according to the Wall street vlews
as reflected in New York newspapers
TODAY. It is freely predicted western
roads will be allowed liberal increases
and also that the victory the roads
won Friday will be followed by large
number of increases in lndlvldual
rates.
New York, Dec. 19.-That railroads
| would be substantially aided by the
| increased freight rates granted yester-
| day by the Interstate com
| mission was the opinion generally ex-
pressed by railroad officials IN state
ments made public here today.
President L. F.. Loree. of the Dela-
ware & Hudson railroad, stated that
the increase will relieve the distress
of the railroads by making up q deilclt
in their earnings. He DID not pelleVe'
however, that it would give the rail-
roads any add1tlonal purchasing
President A. H. Smith, of the New
York Central lines, and howard I'll
lott, president of the New York, New
| IldNSn % 1ld1llOlu VA Wv ~~rb
the opinion that the commission mad
recognized the needs of the railroads
and the necessity of increasing freight
rates.
Sentimental Aid.
Several bankers, brokers II men
whose interests are allied with the rail-
roads also saw in the decision a senti-
mental benefit and a factor in main
tanning the confidence Of investors II
business men.
Philadelphia, Dec. 19.-President
Samuel Rea, of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company, in a statement today,
said that he regarded the railroad rate
, decision handed down by the Interstate
Commerce. commission yesterday as the
beginning of a broad conservative pol
icy in railroad regulation. The state
ment says:
81 regard this decision as the begin
ming of a broad conservative policy in
railroad regulation, so iulperatively re-
quired. 1t certainly indicates that the
COMMISSION has been seriously i'm
pressed by actual railroad and finan-
h cial conditions and we recognize that
the commission has carefully consid-
cred the entire situation and rendered
what it believes to be a fair and equit-
able decision.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
81 ENGLISH OFFICERS
KILLED IN ONE week
Since War Began Loss to Brit
ish Army In Officers Has
Been 3,731.

London (by mai). Dec. 9.-During
the week ended December Z, 90 British
officers We're killed in France. 153 were
wounded and 20 We're reported miss
ing. h losses were rather evenly
scattered through virtually all the or
CARNATIONS at the front; no one regi-
ment had more than three officers kill
led.
The Indian contingent evidently has
been active, for the losses. here were
heavy. Twenty-nine British officers
attached to the Indian forces We're
killed, 40 We're wounded ard 10 We're
reported missing.
The total casualties of officers since
the war began follow: killed, 1858;
wounded, 2,0T1i missing, 602.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
PEACE POLICY BEST
THINKS DR.. BUTLER

Rome, Dec. Is. delayed in transmits
sion).-4The senate adjourned today af-
ter a unanimous manifestation in favor
of peace. In the course Of the session
Premier Salandra expressed the hope
that as 1915 had marked the conclusion
of peace after the Napoleonic wars, so
1915 would be marked by a lasting
peace in which Italy would acquire yet
more glory and greatness.
Premier SaIandra also declared abb
Eolutely false any announcement OF
Italy's mobilization.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
YOUNG INDIANS SENTENCED
TO STATE PENiTENTiARY

White River, S. D., Dec. 19.-Enter-
ing pleas of guilty to charges of
wholesale systematic robberies of the
homes of Indians on the ROSEBUD res
ervation, Ed Yellow Eyes and Jim
Henry, young Sioux Indian boys, have
been sentenced to terms in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary, and have been
lodged in that institution. The boys
made a full confession soon after be-
ing placed under arrest and showed
he officers where great quantities Of
stolen loot was concealed. The plumber
covered a wide range of articles. The
boys must have had a mania for steal
ing for love of excitement alone, for
much of the stolen loot was useless
to them and could no have been dis
posed of without discriminating them.
Their operations extended over a Pc
Rod of several weeks and greatly mys-
titled the Indian policemen and other
officers who We're put on the case.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

The proposal that q statue should
be erected as a memorial to Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson has prompted n
search with the object of discovering
to what American women statues have
previously been erected. The first of
of such memorials is said to have been
that In the memory of Hannah Dustin,
erected Is years ago on the island in
the Merrimac from which she made
her escape when captured by the In
dams PIT years ago.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
Germans Also Advance.
ALLIES ATTACKS REPULSED
DECLARES BERLIN REPORT

Berlin, (by wireless to London), Dec.
Alan official statement was given out
In Berlin this afternoon as follows:
yesterday there took place a series
of hostile attacks in the western arena
of the war. The fighting continues at
Newport, Bixschoote and LaBassee. We
repulsed attacks Of the enemy to the
Noyon.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
BRookiNGs SHORT COURSE
TO TACKLE HOG CHOLERA

Brookings. S. d, Dec. 1s.-Hog
cholera will be one of the special
topics considered in the short course
for farmers and their wives at the
South Dakota State college. January
/ to II. 1915. DR.. c. G. Lipp, college
veterinarian, will give daily talks and
demonstrations on the prevention and
control of hog cholera, with special in
struction on the proper methods of
isolation and quarantine, use of serum,
sanitation and other valuable features
1rhe course Is free. -
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

1t Is astonishing to read the asser-
ton of Sir Victor Horsley that Eng
land has only SO per cent of the nurses
that 1t ought to have. He thinks that
O system of registration would bring
an increased remuneration and that
moro would then be encouraged to
enter the profession. Under the poor
law administration things have come
to such a pass that unframed nurses
are nursing the sick and poor of Lon
don
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
CORPORATIONS CHARTERED.

Pierre. S. D.. Dec. 19.--The secre-
tary of state has chartered The follow
ing domestic corporations:
Minnehaha Produce company. capital
stock $4,000, incorporators, Andrew
Wood, C. *. Dewey. G. f. Humphrey,
of Sioux Falls.
Aberdeen Paper company, capital
stock $4,000. incorporators, w. G..
Haley and j. r. Haley, of Sioux City;
H. E. Medley, of Sioux Falls, and j. T..
Winter and j. M. Dobson, of Aberdeen.
Rathbun-McDonald company, farm
machinery. of Mitchell. capital stock
$4,000, incorporators. w. f.. Rathbun,
e. r. Mcdonald and Tenet Rathbun.
Spring Creek Valley Irrigation com
pany, Rapid City. capital stock $4,000.
-incorporators, L. S. O~verpeck, Rapid
City; P. G. Magruder. A. G. Overpeck,
Hugo Behrends and Dan McCutcheon,
of Belle Fourche.
Spalding Auto Machine company.
Aberdeen, capital stock $50. 600, incor-
porators, Geo. E.. S%palding, Pitnum T.
Spalding and Edw. Spalding.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

Gentlemen in tall hats and white
smocks were seen recently in London
sweeping a clean pathway from WHIT
ners' hall to the old church in Upper
Thames street, in London. The Whit
nerS company had elected a new mas
ter, and 1t was their ancient custom to
sweep him a clean pathway through
the dusty city in these quaint
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

Motor wagons used by the allied
armies on the continent have hoods
painted In a gigantic check design Of
the most violently contrasted colors,
This makes the vehicles less easy to sec
from Aeroplanes.