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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
FRENCH Liner IS
SUNK 19 PERISH
WITHOUT WARMING
Steamer Vile De Ia Ciotat IS
Sent to Bottom By Sub
marine-ltalian Graft
Also Sunk.
NO AMERICANS ON BOARD
-
Sinking Of Two More Passen-
ger Ships In Mediterran-
can Causes Stir In
Washington.

Il Washington. Dec. 28s-Seyenty nine
persons were drowned in the destrafc-
hon OF the Trench liner vale De La
Ciotat, the American consul at Halta
reported today to the state department.
No Americans We're aboard. The ship,
he reports, was torpedoed without
warning at 1918 O'Clock on. December
"a and sunk in 10 minutes.
London, Dec. 2S.-Eighty Of the pas
sengers and crew OF the lille DE La
Siotat lost their lives. The remainder
# the persons on board were saved.
Paris. Dec. 2s.-The French steam
". Willie De La Siotat with passengers
VI board, was torpedoed without warn
ng and sunk in the Mediterranean by
| submarine, on December "a. the min
stry of marine announced today. Most
bf the passengers and members OF the
srew have been rescued.
| The statement follows:
J 'eThe teamer Willie DE La GiOtat,
was torpedoed and sunk on the 24th
IN the Mediterranean by an enemy q
marine without warning. a
VI the passengers and crew were picked
Iap by an English steamer. Details
have been received"
A Tripoli dispatch to the Milan Se-l
eolo says that the Italian finer, Port
Said, has been sunk by a submarine
lying the Austrian colors. Six passen-
gers and one member OF the crew per-
ished. The rest were
An italian destroyer chased and
khelled the submarine, which was of
large dimensions. Although believed to
pc hit, the submarine was able to
plunge and disappeared. The destroyer
then turned her attention to a small
Greek liner, a witness to the engage-
nent, and a visit to this vessel led to
the suspicion that she was in con-
hivance with the Austrian.
After r~escuing the Port Said passen-
gers and crew, h destroyer took the
liner into Durna to be Investigated. 1t
mics with supplies.
A dispatch from London on b sink
ng in the Mediterranean of the Port
Said SAID the vessel was of 5,l67 ton
.age. She had sailed from Genoa, Mo-
yember II, for Alexandria,, according
to the latest marine reports.
The Vile DE La Ciotat was one of
the largest steamships sunk recently
In the Mediterranean. Her gross ton
mage was 6,378. She was 4ST feet long
and SO feet beam. She was built at
La Ciotat, France, in 1892 and was
owned by the Message Ries Narratives
of Marseilles. She was last reported on
her arrival at Saigon, lndo-China, De-
cember ], on a voyage from
to Marseilles.
The American consul reported fur
ther that the rescued were picked Up
by a Moss liner after they had been in
small boats two hours. The ~torpedoSd
ship. the consul reported, was on her
way from japan, China and Hawaii 10
Marseilles. The lost included one
woman, a first class passenger, a
stewardess and two children.
SHIP SUNK; CREW SAVED.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
GERMAN TAKEN OFF AN
AMERICAN SHIP FREED

Washington, Dec. 27.-William Gar
be, of Brooklyn, purser OF the Am
eriean steamer, Borinquen, taken off by
the French cruiser, Descates, in Porto
Rican waters, December Is. has been
released.
Advices today to the French en-
bassy say the other men taken from
American ships by the cruiser. are be-
ing held pending investigation Of their
liability to military service in the Ger
man army.
Representations by the United States
against the taking of Germans from
American ships now are at the Paris
foreign office. Garbe, a German by
birth, had taken out his first American
naturalization papers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
AGED KING PETER
REFUGEE IN ITALY
Serbian Monarch Says He De-
sires Only to Live to See
Victory For His Army
and Allies.

Brindisi. Italy. De. 25, (via Paris,
Dec. 2S)--King Peter of Serbia has ar
rived here on board an italian cruis-
er. The sovereign has refused reso-
lutely until new to leave his army and.
1t was only at the urgent entreaty Of
his son, the prince regent, that he at
last agreed to go into exile.
The prince pointed out to his father
1T would be better for him to pre-
serve his strength so that he would be
able, after his health had been re-
stored, to return to his country at the
head of a r~eorganiZed army.
A Rome dispatch on December 16
said King Peter had accepted Italy's
offer of a palace for his use at Cas-
erta, near Naples. but later it was re-
ported the aged ruler had declared he
was determined to die among his own
people and not to abandon his army.
The king has been seriously i'll for
months, but frequently was on the
firing line with the Serbian troops be-
fore they were overwhelmed by Aus
tro-Germans and Bulgars.
Paris, Dec. 27.-"King Peter was
an Italian cruiser" says the Journals
Avlona correspondent. 1.-THE voyage
was rough and the king had to be "a
ried ashore in an arm chair. 1t was a
tragic and heartrending spectacle.
AN automobile carried the monarch
to a secluded inn opposite Italian head
quarters, where l called upon him and
vas shown into the poorly furnished
rooms he occupied. His clear eyes
depths of bitterness did they con
ceal? His features, followed by suf-
fering. what immense WEAKNESS they
did betray! That sorrowful counten-
nee was the epitome OF the whole
tragic epoch.
I THE physician who interpreted for
me told me that upon his arrival the
king asked the price of the room and
added that he "a no gold to pay for
1T. I am no longer king he said. I
am only General Tootani, (this name
which will shelter the kings %incognito
during his exile is that of a powerful
family of Tirana to which Essad Pasha
belongs.) l give no more orders. II
Is the crown prince who commands,
For the future I am nothing in the gov
eminent. A soldier, / have only to
, obey"
And the army. your majesty"
asked.
my soldiers are dropping from
hunger AMI WEAKNESS. We Eaust feed
them and then after a few weeks rest
we shall see
What are you own plans, sire?"
~ want to go to Saloniki to see my
minister of war. If this is possible
shall arrange something. 1 have got
to live to see victory for my people
and the triumph Of u just cause"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
UNION PACIFIC AND
ATCH!SOM PROSPEROUS

New York. Dec. 2T.-November earn
ings of the Union Pacific and Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fee railroads published
today indicate an enormous tonnage
movement for that month in the west
and along the Pacific coast.
The Union Pacific gross earnings
amounted to s9,3S5,000, an increase Of
81. 1914 900 over the corresponding
month of 1914, with net earnings of 3d.
S25, coo. an increase of S1,O47,000.
Atchison gross earnings aggregated
$4,000 600, an increase of 81, 9SS, 900,
the net -aggregating S4,S2S,000, an in
crease of S1,f42, 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
SAYS ENGLAND MUST HAVE
GREAT FIGHTING LEADEF

London Dec. 27.-",Tl1e country is
waiting and longing for a great fight
ing leader" say the Observer. in an
article denouncing Premier Asquith's
leadership, and declaring that David
Lloyd George is "the only possible head
Of a new national government.
"Week after week, month after
month, on che question after another,
upon great questions and little. when
ever there is the least difficulty, there
is procrastiration," continued the OBJ
server. What are we thinking bou
to tolerate sue things, after II months
of war. when all hope of improvement
has finally been q~uenched.
we can only urge Mr.. George to put
his faith in the country as Chatham
did. Mr.. George is of the few who
know that the devils real name is In
ertia. He spent Christmas On the
Clyde putting the nations work first,
he did not adjourn his job over the
holidays. We want decision and action
not irresolution, adjournment and
words.
1--WE have no hostility towards Mr..
Asquith, but the question of efficiency
must be settled in the next few weeks"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
STOCKMEN DEMAND PAY
FOR CONDEMNED ANIMALS

Washington, d. c., Dec. Ex-senator
Kenyon, who starts to in Chi
eaeo tomorrow a humble of witnesses
On the hoof and mouth outbreak. is re-
ceiying a large number of letters from
various parts of the country urging
that a thorough investigation be made.
Stockmen are writing him insisting
that there must be examining whereby
the government VIII pay full value Of
the stock when destroyed. otherwise, it
is insisted, the breeding of cattle and
stock will be discouraged.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
REMOVE GERMAN MAIL.

New York, Dec. 27.-The Swedish
steamer, Stockholm, reached New
York today, reporting that, on her way
from Gothenburg, Sweden, she was ta-
ken into Kirkwall by a British cruiser,
December 10, and held there three days
while So sacks of German mail were
eemoved by the authorities. The Stock
holm formerly was the Potsdam OF the
Holland-American line.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
CANADA WILL ISSUE
ANOTHER HUGE LOAN
$500, oeO, 600 Bond Issue Is
Observation-Disclosures Must
Economic.

Ottawa. Ont. Dec. 2s.-Sir George
Foster, minister of trade and com
merce, intirlated in an address at the
peoples forum that a Canadian domes-
tic loan of $30G, 000. 900 might soon fol-
low the recent issue of $1O0, 000, 900.
Sir George said Canadians would be
called upon to bear a greater share in
the financing of the war.
1t will no longer be possible to do
this ny foreign loans, he said, and the
people of the country would ave to
pra ctice strict economy to be able to
do their part.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
DEMAND FOR IRON ORE
SWAMPS LAKE SHIPPING

Duluth, Mimi, Dec 27.-Lake Su-
perior shipping interests declare that
they viii never be able to move the
SIS, 600, o09 tons OF iron ore at which
the demands of next Years steel con-
tracts nave beer estimated. The big
Minnesota mines are ct the height of
their prosperity along with the rest of
fa~ s.eAt industry.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
SNOW KEEPS WILSON
AND BRIDE INDOORS

Hot Springs, Va, Dec. 27.-Heavy
snow kept President Wilson indoors
again today. and he devoted the morn
ing to papers brought from Washing
ton. With Mrs. Wilson. he planned to
go motoring ate in the day.
Among the questions before him was
the selection of a postmaster for New
York city. several applications for par
dons and numerous routine executive
orders
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
GENERAL HUERTA is
REPORTED VERY I'LL

Eel Paso, Tex. Dec. 21.-Gen- Viz
toriano Huerta, former provisional
president of Mexico, held for violation
of neutrality laws of the United States.
Is seriously i'll and was removed today
from, the prison at For Bliss to TIE
residence Of his wife. His guards re-
NAMED with him. The nature Sf mis-
illness is net stated Recently It was
! reported he had recovered from q
neryOrfs Illness.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
PRINCE Won BUELOW is
AGAIN LIVING I'M BERME

Rerne, Switzerland. (via Paris). Dec.
27.-Prince a Buelow, former Ger
ma chancellor, has returned to Luz
cerne, resuming his quiet life at a hotel
here. Recent reports that he has a
large staff OF secretaries are incorrect.
The presence of Prince Won Buelow
in Switzerland since October has given
rise to many reports, which have been
denied. thai he was working for peace
on behalf of the German government
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
HOW CAM THEY BE MERRY
WITH GOSSIPlNG BARRED

Los Angeles. Cal, Dec. 27.-The most
unique and exclusive and richest wom-
ems social organizations in Los Angeles
has just been ormed 1t is the Merry
Widows club. Here are it's striking
features.
Membership limited to 10.
Members must have wealth n So
cial standing.
Gossiping absolutely prohibited at
all times.
Object: The pursuit of happiness.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
BIG CLUB MEETING.

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 27.-Twenty-
four n~ationalitics were represented
among the delegates from 80 colleges
n universities gathered here today
for the opening of the ninth annual
convention of the American Associa-
ton of Cosmopolitan clubs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
BRITISH CABINET
SHAkEUP LIKELY
Berlin Hears HaIdane Will Be,
come New Premier - As
quih Severely Cen
sured By Press.

london. Dec. 2S.-The growing in
sistence of the English press that the
coalition cabinet has been a failure
and that the reinoval of Premier AS
auth and the substitution of a more
vigorous policy is essential may lead
10 a cabinet crisis in England in the
aear future.
The newspapers generally disclaim
any partisan motive. They merely
nold that the inefficiency shown in the
conduct of the war is too great a bur
In for the nation to zeal in this criti-
al hour.
David Lloyd-George, the minister of
munitions, is the only candidate ad-
Vanced for succession. He gained Lord
Northcliffe's support some time ago in
MS speech charging the government
with being too late" at the most i'm
portant crisis Of the war and at the
same time gained for himself a larger
following.
The two latest counts Of the indict-
ment of the cabinet are the postpone
ment until after the holidays of the
munitions bill and the postponement of
giving the country any insight into
Lord Derby's report on his recruiting
results. In the meantime the verdict of
union labor on MIR. Lloyd-George's APP
peal to relax union rules in munitions
works to permit of the entry of $4,000
unskilled laborers is awaited with in
terest.
London, Dec. 27.-An Amsterdam
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company says that the Zeitung Am
Mittag, Of Berlin, makes a feature OF
a dispatch to the effect that the Brit
ish cabinet is on the eve of resigna-
ton and that Premier Asquith and
Foreign Secretary Grey will withdraw,
while Earl Kitchener will leave the
war office for Egypt.
The new head of the government
says the newspaper. will be Lord
~llaldane. and Lord Fisher will become
first lord of the admiralty"
Commenting on this news, the Zei-
tung Am Mittag surmises that the
task OF tho ITaldane cabinet will be tc
bring about q hurried peace"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
TWO SUNK.

London. Dec. 2T.-Sinling of the
Belgian steamer Ministre BeerIraert is
announced The crew left the steamer
in boats, two OF which are missing.
The British steamer Cunningham Of 5I3
IONS has been sunk. The crew Ss
saved.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
RRlrlsH SHE SUNK.

London, Dec. z7.-The British steam
ship HadIey has been sunk and Tho
steamer Umbla beaohed at the moUfh
Of the Thames with fire forward. The
crews were saved.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30

London, Dec. 2S.-Eighty Of the pas
sengers and crew OF the Vile DE La
Ciotat lost their ives. The remainder
# the persons on board Were saved.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

been perfectly willing to deal with Rus
sa, but always for a cash consideration.
But a century ago Nicholas could have
fnanciered. with his present income. a
quite considerable war of his own. The
whole of NapOleons campaign cost but
little more than the cars rrivate in
come for one year. But things are diff
ferent now. 1t is estimated tho war is
now costing in direct expenses all the
belligercnts. about $4,000. 900 an hour.
night and day. Even at that. Nicholas
could keep the pot boiling more than
two days. just by passing around a
years income Rockefeller could finance
the world war about twelve hours on q
years income.
The most Of the cZar's wealth is derived
from his landed possessions, of which
he has nearly 50.0O0.O00 acres, three
quarters Of which is rich timber land
yielding big returns. and the other quar-
ter is mining land. The fattest Of ST.
beria's mines are owned by the czar. His
income from GRE. alone cannot be esti-
mated, hut 1t runs into nine figures. Then
he has a billion or so in jewelry. art
works and relics. which. of course, hiring
in no income, but are as good as so
much ready cash.
No insignificant part of Russia's s25,-
OOO, 900 900 of wealth is in jcwelry, gold
and silver ornaments, plate and other
precious matter that. at a pinch, could
be converted into coin, although to do
this would he to greatly depreciate its
value But the Russian church. the
Russian court and the Russian royal
family could produce billions of dollars
worth of gold and silver which could be
converted into coin Of the realm. at tre-
mendous loss. of course, but nevertheless
gold and silver coin that will decide the
war
Nicholas ii is burdened with the titles
of emperor and autoCrat of all the Rus
slams. car of Moscow, Poland, Novgorod
and Siberia, grandduke of Lithuania and
Finland. besides twoscore other equally
tmposine dignities. He is also burdened
with three sources of income. The first
two need hardly be considered. they
bring him in but little over SZo,ooO.oOo
annually. His state income. or salary"
for the job of caring. is only s1o,O00,-
600. Out of this meager sum Nicholas
Is supposed to provide all the expenses
n, his household. which includes the up
keen of hundred and some odd palaces,
to say nothing of the Russian court. with
its 10000 servants, 2So automobiles.
5000 thoroughbred horses. mere item
Of an army of 100. 900 soldiers. detectives
and military police to guard it.
So it is not surprising that the Rus
s;sn government allows Nicholas to eke
nm, his salary" with handful Of i'm
ner;al domains. These domains go with
en-. ;ob. and cannot be considered
Nicholas private property.
The imperial domains we're originally
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

stripping himself of his private posses
sions. Then, as head Of the state church.
he could sell the billions Of rubles' worth
of priceless plate. Jewels and ornaments
in the various church possessions. And
as q desperate measure. he could pawn
or sell the 10000 miles of state rail-
roads. Germany now is said to be figur-
ing on a s2,5OO.OOO, 900 mortgage on her
poyernment-owned railroads. Finally.
as a last resort. Nicholas. as head Of the
Romanoff family. could commander the
wealth and possessions OF the other sixty
odd members. which would yield the
richest haul Of all, for every member of
the family is extremely wealthy. But
by this time-always providing pur-
chasers could be found-the greater part
of Russia's $35, 5,O00.O00,O00 would have
gone into the hopper from which the
war god derives his sinews. Indeed. as
all the wealth of Russia is concentrated
in her governing class. II is very proba-
BILE that some small part of these for
tunes have already been bitten into. as
Russia has met with most unnatterins
failure in trying to float foreign loans,
or even in getting foreign credit. Ameri-
can nunitiou and food salesmen have
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

securities and properties, it is estimated
that Rockefeller derives yearly s5o,0O0.-
600. He is undoubtedly the richest of
the American billionaires. but what IL
his paltry million a week income to the
czar's $4,000. 200 every week
Should Russia get down to the last
cent or copek in the royal exchequer.
Nicholas single-handed could keep Rus
sia's four million soldiers ar m d,
equipped and transported for about two
weeks, for Russia is spending in the
neighborhood of $4,000. 900 daily. But
the czar. if he could find purchasers.
could keep the war going for months hy
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

100000. One Of the cars uncles. a
grand duke, receives an annual incorle
of fO0, 100000 rubles, s50.0O0.O00. The
cars own annual income is estimated
to be around s200, 900. 900.
The individual fortunes of the Roths
child brokers, and even their family
wealth, are far less than that of Nicholas
II. And John d. Rockefeller's mere
billion shrinks into insigniflcance.
decade ago a pretty authentic report
credited Rockefeller with an annual in
come Of $3O,000.OO0. then considered
collossal. Now, with the reinrestment
II proass and the increase in value Of
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

uns. Indeed. Socialists. reformers and
other undesirables are unkind enough to
Say that Russia has been bled by the
Romanoffs. for the Gar Of Russia is un-
ooubtedly and without serious competi-
tion the wealthest man on earth. And
1t is not as the despotic ruler of 16O,-
100000 souls and one-seventh the
earthS surface, nor as the head OF the
Romanoffs, nor yet even as the head Of
the Russian church that Nicholas gets
his billions for the wealth is his pri-
vatoly, just IS YOU own your hat and are
in undisput, d possession of II. If the
czar got hard up and wanted to raise a
few million rubles-or oven a few bill
lion he could go to a real estate broker
and convert as many of his $50. 600, 900
acres of land into gold as he saw fit.
Were the wealth that is potentially his
through his control of the Russian
church, or his as ruler of all the Rus
SLAMS, including the members of his ex-
tremely wealthy family, his riches would
be too great to count, including as it
would, practically all the wealth of Rus
eia which is estimated to be $35 ,O0O,-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-12
WASH TOWEL IS
DOOMED FOREVER

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov 12.-Accordins
to health officials, the wash-rag famil.
lam in every home, has been condemn.
cd and is doomed to disappear along
With the roller towel and other un-
sanitary relics of the past.
The scientists have discovered that
a wash cloth, particularly when not
completely dried out between times OF
use. is a fertile carrier of disease
germs of many kinds.
The damp sour-smelling wash rag
rhich exists in most bathrooms should
be done away with entirely, say the
wise ones.
If you are going TO use wash rag
at all, they say, keep one just as in
dividually as you keep wour tooth
brush, and also see that it is complete
ly dried between times of use.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-12
" ]. BRYAN SPEAKS
At COLUMBUS SOON

COLUMBUS, Ga, Nov. 12.-William
Jennings Bryan, former secretary of
state, and now in the limelight, be-
cause of his speeches against the pol
ecy of national defense advocated by
President Wilson and the administra-
ton, is to speak in Columbus on No
yenl1er "a.
A contract with Mr., Bryan was clos
ed between the finance committee of
the Rose Hill Presbyterian church and
The former secretary. The speech will
be delivered at the Springer Opera
house.
The 'funpr eparedness advocate" is x
use his stand in the matter of the rela,
tons Of the country to foreign coun
| tries fer his subject and it is expected
that the house will be filled frcr foo!
TO roof.