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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-25

side If The eartti aft ,iestftsyIt z
the works OF their hands, We
Americans are forging ahead some
mighty projects. One of III most
recent is the establishment of a
freight car ferry boat that is
equipped to carry thirty Of U
largest type refrigerator cars
across the strait from Havana,
Cuba to Key West. This means a
great deal to the people of the U.
s. and Cuba. Let the seventh
grade geography classes trace a
car of fresh meat from Sioux City,
Iowa to Havana, Cuba and have
it return with a car of oranges or
grape fruit.
The officers and teachers meet
ing last week was not as we'll at
tended as we would have liked.
Seems as though the weatherman
had his eye ON Bon Homme coun-
ty ali the time. The roads were
moi fit FOR travelling long distances
and the result WAS hat not many
of the officers or teachers came In
from any great distance except
such rs we're able to come iii by
train. Supg. Lugg experienced
considerable difficulty IN reaching
Us, but when ne dld arrive in the
middle OF the afternoon be came
+, with q message that should appeal
to all vino heard it. Oar one wish
is that every school officer, teacher
and patron in Bon liomme county
could have heard him.
The excitement caused by the
proposed bill to abolish our State
Normal at Springfield seems to us
a condition that should be gotten
rid of scmeway. ln our opinion
the whole movement was started
by a class OF individuals who are
not over anxious to save money
for the state, rather chat they
may have a share in the funds
that should naturally belong to the
upkeep of our institution. The
fact that one Of our neighboring
sections of the state is appealing
to the state for normal school fa-
c~ilities is the strongest evidence
that we know of that there are
not TOO many normals lin our
state Wisconsin has IS public
normals. We know this because
we have to employ a few of her
teachers to fill the ranks not filled
by onr own public and private
J schools in this state
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-25
OBITUARY
Mr.. Alfred Cobb died at his home

Mr.. Alfred Cobb died at his home
IN this city about 5 80 ,'clock last
Thursday afternoon, Feb 18th.
He had been a constant -hough re,
marhably patient sufferer for about
two years and q half, and death
came to him as a relief.
Alfred Cobb was born in Ontar-
10, Can, October 8, 1848, being at
the time of his death &c years, 4
months and 16 days old. When a
boy he cane with his parents to
Wisconsin where he grew to man.
rood. While living there he mar
ried Miss Anna Sweet, who with
one daughter, Mrs. Ollie Austin,
OF Belvidere, survive him. From
Wisconsin he went TO Colorado
where he spent several years in a
silver mill. From Colorado with
his family he moved to South Da-
kota in 1884, locating on a farm
east of Scotland. After living
here about elpvta years he re-
turned to his former home in Sun
Prairie, Wis. When gold was dis
covered in Alaska he was one Of
the first to go to that country, and
ne spent sever years prospecting
along the Yukon river. He had
many interesting experiences while
there, and being a man of re-
markable strength and endurance,
ne was able to enjoy the hardships
that to a less powerful man would
have been uncomfortable. Return
lug from Alaska, be brought his
family who had remained in Wiscon
SIN, to South Dakota and located
on a homestead in Stanley county,
north of Belvidere, where he n
gagged in farming and stock rails
ing. In this line he was prosper
Ing until about two years and a
hall ago when he was stricken with
a cancer of the bowels. He went
to Minneapolis where he under
went an operation and after sever
al months he was again able to re-
turn to his farm. About a year
and a half ago the trouble again
returned and that he might have
better medical attention he moved
with his wife to Scotland. Anoth.
er operation was performed at
Yankton, but while it relieved him
OF much suffering, it was realized
that there was no hope of a cure.
He was a man of iron nerve,
and whether preparing for the OPP
Grating table or ct home convers.
ing with friends he was always
ready to joke and was the most
cheerful one in the party.
The funeral services we're con-
Quoted in the Presbyterian church
Sunday afternoon, conducted by
Rev A. F. Ploetz, and the cere-
mony at the grave was conducted
by the Masonic order, of .shich he
was a member.
Besides his wife and daughter
he leaves four brothers and two
sisters Alonzo and Baxter, living
at Sun Prairie, Wis; Allen, OF
Grand Rapids, Mich. Alansing L.
of Mitchell and Mrs. f. S. Birkin.
bine and Miss Cynthia Cobb, Of
Scotland.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06

OF thousands OF employees who are
continually clamoring for an increase
in wages, as well as the cost of all
manner of railroad supplies which is
constantly acknowledgement between
them, as arbiters, stand the managers
OF the roadside big "hired men,"
struggling with might and main to
reconcile all these conflicting inter-
ests in the face of reduced rates upon
every hand. That they have at last
reached a point where they can con-
tinue the unequal struggle no longer
should not be matter Of wonder
and in face OF the harsh and unfriend-
ly criticism which has descended up
on their heads from every quarter
they find themselves in the mental at
titude of the fiddler in the western
mining camp when he yelled out,
please don't shoot, boys, am doing
the best ! n."-(Paid Adv. To be
continued next week.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06

''lf there might be an increase in
freight rates in Iowa sufficient to en-
able the Rock Island to double track
to Omaha and keep up its property,
the people along its lines would be the
gamers" says the Iowa City Republi-
can.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06

The Waterloo Times Tribune takes
it from recent attack on the interstate
commerce commission that Clifford
Thorne has it in mind to dissolve
the commission"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06

1t is suspected by the Charles City
Press that Mr.. Bryan never was so
uncomfortable in all his life as he has
been since becoming secretary of state.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-06

Is is believed that if the watch night
services would end up with dance the
young people would feel it their duty
to attend.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
LENDERS FALLS
BEFORE TEUT0Ns
GALiclAN CAPITAL ONCE MORE
IN HANDS OF ORIGINAL
OWNERS.
TURKISH ATTACKS FAILURES
Desperate Engagement on Peninsula
Results in Death Of Over 1000
Moslems Assauitins British
Trenches.

"- Ea
London.-Many unconfirmed re-
ports have reached London that Lem.
berg has fallen to the Austro-Ger-
mans.
More than 1000. 900 Austrians and
Germans have been operating along
b fronts almost encircling Lemberg,
and with the Russian withdrawal be-
hind the Grodek lines, the evacua-
ton OF Lemberg as a base, announced
by Petrograd, was accomplished.
The Russian battezS commanders
have been ordered to save their guns
at all costs.
The infantry attacks to the north
Of Arras, France, have temporarily
come to an end, but there has been
an artillery action of great violence
in the nelghborhood CT Souchez and
Yicurie. French arti,lerists have To-
Gated and opened fire with the'-
heavy batteries or a German long
range gun, which had thrown %
large shells into the town of Dunkirk.
1000 Turks Killed.
On the Gallipoli Peninsula heavy
fighting has been in progress. On
June - d urhisu eHSaseilenl oc-
aurred along a Turkish trench and
later in the British lines. in which
1000 Turkish dead were left on the
ground. according to the British Off
cial statement Prior TO this the
Turks had thrown $50 high explosive
shells on the left and center trenches
of the allies. had repulsed a British
brigade and had. penetrated the Brit.
iSh line,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
ESCAPES GAIL0Ws
Gov. SIaton commutes Sentences Of A.
iantian Convicted OF Murder Of
Mary Phaqan to Life Term.

Atlanta.-Leo Frank, he Atlanta
pencil factory superintendent, convict
ed of the murder Of Mary Phagan and
sentenced to be hanged, is now in the
Georgia state prison at Milledgeville,
serving a life sentence for the crime.
Gov. Slaton on June 20 granted Frank
executive clemency and committed the
sentence to life Imprisonment. The
order of Communication was issued Sc
cret1y just before midnight, and Frank
was spirited out of the e a door of the
Jail and carried to M~illedgeville over
the railroad to Macon and thence by
automobile to the prison.
Frank did not know until a few min
utes before he started on the trip to
Milledgeville that he was to leave his
cell. His heavy, distinctive eye glasses
were removed, which in itself was
somewhat of a disguise. The officers,
however, placed a SLOUGH hat on him
and the few persons at the station at
1901 am, when the train left, did not
know that the passenger was Frank.
He was recognized when the train
reached Griffin and at Macon he was
reported to be very %nervous needing
the support Of Sheriff Mangum when
he was transferred from the coach to
an automobile.
At the prison Frank changed his de.
meanor, assuming the outward calm
thai had marked his wv years fight
for life. He again protested his inno-
cence, expressed gratitude to Gov. Sla-
ton and said that he had intuitively be-
lieved he would at least get a commu-
tation of sentence. He was given No.
965, donned a suit denoting the lowest
grade prisoner, and apparently had be-
gun the routine of prison life.
Solicitor-General Dorsey, who prose
cuted Frank, issued a statement in
which he declared that "the action of
Gov. Slaton multiplying the judgments
of the state and federal courts and
overriding the recommendations of the
state board of pardons vas unprece-
denied" He added that no defendant
in his recollection had had the benefit
of more appeals to both state and fed
eral courts.
81 cannot find in the record of the
Frank case, or in the governors
lengthy statement of attempted justifi-
cation, one reason why the governor
should interfere with the judgments of
the courts in this case" said the so
licitOr.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
INDIANA ELECTION FRAUDS
Thomas Taggart Is Included in the 1928
Indictments Returned by Indian
apoIjs Grand Jury,

H~aS
Indianapolis, Ind.-An indictment
charging election conspiracy was re-
turned by the county grand jury here
June % against 12S persons, including,
several high in party councils. The
charges are based on the election of
Nov. 3, 1914, the registration of last
September and October and the prf-
mary of May 5. 1914.
Thomas Taggart. Democratic nation
al committeeman; Mayor Joseph e.
Bell, Chief of Police Samuel Perrott,
Fred Barrett, city attorney and Demo
cratic county chairman; Robert Metz
ger, former chief of police, and Repub-
lican member of the board of safety,
and Frank P. Baker, former county
prosecutor, are making he more prom
inent of the men indicted.
All the men-Democrats, Republic
ans and Progressives-are named in q
single indictment, which contains 48
counts. The main charge is conspiracy
to commit %felonies by c~orrupting the
election, by violation of the primary
law, and registration laws by bribery
and blackmail.
The Indictment charges certain Off
Gals with conspiracy to permit persons
to register falsely and to vote falsely
in thu primary and in the election,
Another count charges persons with
repeating. Other counts allege that
| certain primary and election boards
| permitted the destruction of ballots
| for the purpose of substituting other
ballots therefor.
Two counts set up a conspiracy to
aid and abet primary poll clerks in
marking ballots in a name different
ly from that requested by the voters
while other counts alleged the use OF
money in influencing the electors, both
at the primary and in the general cleo
ton. Another count charges certain
election officials with giving informa
ton tt outsiders as to how some oil
! the electors voted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
SOLDIERS PROTECT SLATON
Action Of Georgia Governor in Grant
ing Leo Frank ciemency Arouses
Ire of Mobs.

Atlanta, Ga.-With several hundred
men and boys clamoring to get into
his front gates, which had been barri-
caded by barbed wire entanglements,
and threatening to Overpower the 20
county policemen, armed with riot
guns, Gov. Slaton called upon the mi
litia late June q to protect his home.
Upon arrival of fOur companies of
state guardsmen, which had been held
under arms and rushed to the COVER
nor's country home in automobiles. he
proclaimed martial law In a district
extending half a mile in front of his
home. half a mile back and for a dis
lance OF about a quarter of a mile on
either side.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25

FL Centric, Cal-Shafp earthquake
shocks on June 2s conferred the anxiety
OF Imperial Valley settlers on the head
gates of he great Irrigation system,
which had transformed nearly $50, 900
acres of desert. The intakes of the
Colorado river, near Yuma, and the
Roadway at Sharps were reported safe,
although the Sharps heading was shak-
en- and sagged. Five persons lost their
lives and property damage Of 81, 0O0, 900
was done.
Engineers reported that another
shock as severe as the one that rocked
the little cluster Of towns in the val
ley would wreck the works at Mexicali.
Scientists appear to agree that the
shocks lay along the line. of what Is
known as the San Andreas fault in the
earth's formation. which was involved
in h north central California earth.
quake of 1906.
Ell Centre and the immediate vicin-
ity suffered most. The five killed we're
caught in falling walls at Mexicali, just
was proclaimed there.
The towns OF Calipalria and INLAND
were injured less than those in the
south end of the~valley. The earth
quake extended all the way to Yuma,
Ariz. The first shock Of about 80 sec
onds' duration was followed half an
hour later by a second almost as Sc
we're.
In Mexicali a panic prevailed. Gam
hl~-~& ----
considerable portion of the population
Of the place rushed into the streets.
Piles of gold were left on gambling ia
bles, to be rocked off and mixed up
with the debris of the buildings.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
EnIistinu ALLEGED.

New York.-Seven men who are al.
legged to have enlisted at San Fran
cisco as British ~reservists were arrest
ed here June % by special agents Of
the department of justice. They were
en- route to England.
Assistant District Attorney Wood
said an Investigation of alleged
breaches of neutrality was in progress
in San Francisco. The men arrested
here, he asserted, were wanted as wit
nesses. They e arraigned and held
in $500 bail each for appearance be-
fore the federal grand jury in San
Franisco.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
CARRANzA IGNORES
WILSON'S WARMING
FIRST CHIEF SENDS MESSAGE TO
u. S. THAT HE WILL NOT
TREAT WITH VILLA.
OUTLINES FUTURE PLANS
Admiral Howard Reports That a Re-
lief Train Of Sonora State Troops
Has Been Sent Through
Yaqui Valley.

Washington.-In a wireless message
to the navy department June % Ad-
miral Howard said he had been in
formed that a relief train had passed
through the Yaqui Valley, carrying
Sonora state troops to Esperanza to
protect foreign settlers threatened by
Indians.
Arrival of the Mexican troops, it is
hoped, will relieve fears of the settlers
and make unnecessary the landing OF
an expedition from American warships.
Gen. Venastiano Carranza has in,
formed the United States hat under
no circumstances will he treat with
Gen. Villa, and that he will continue
his military campaign to crush his ad.
~yersaries.
President Wilson had a long report
on Gen. Carranza's views as given in
informal conversation with an Ameri.
can consular officer at Vera Cruz. He
found in it little hope for an adjust,
ment of differences between the Mex,
lean factions. Gen. Caranza reiterated
that his was not a campoign for the
elevation of personalities, but for the
principles of the revolution; that his
opponents were "reactionaries," and
DESTROYS only Of satisfying personal
ambitions.
Outlining his plans for the future,
Carranza declared he soon would dom
mate the s~itpation and would grant
amnesty to all who were not guilty OF
crimes. Gen. Villa and his associates
however, according to Gen. Carranza
either must leave the country or be
tried by a military court.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
LONG RANGE DUEL FOUGHT
Big Guns Of Germans Throw Hugh
Shells Twenty-three Miles Against
Allies at Dunkirk.

SstB~S =
London.-The longest range artil-
lery duel ever fought occurred Tune
% between Dunkirk and Newport,
across the Franco-Belgian border.
At a range of % miles, the German
new "Jess Willard'-as the British ar
tillerymen have christened it because
of its remarkable reach-fired into
Dunkirk during the night of June 81
and the following day 20 shells with a
net casualty list of several civilians
killed.
During the night the bombardment
met with no reply, but with dawn the
allies air scouts located h giant can
non and then began the duel which
overshadowed all the remarkable fea-
lures of modern warfare yet intro
duced in this greatest of international
conflicts. French heavy batteries be-
gan hurting shells in the direction Of
the bombarding engine. while aviators
circled low above the intervening mo
French batteries.
While this ultra-modern combat was
proceeding, warfare of the ancients was
being typified in the fields to the south
of Dunkirk, where, north of Arras, and
north of the LaBassee Canal, British
and French troops were fighting hand
to-hand with the Germans for suprem-
acy in a battle, which, as Berlin ad-
mits, holds the fate of both hostile ar
mics in Northern France.
The Germans during the night and
following a bo~mbardment of great In
tensity, made several counter-attacks
north Of Arras, but in all of them were
driven back at one point southeast of
Souchez, where they succeeded in
gaining a foothold in one section of
trench. Between Souchez and Ecurie
an artillery duel of extreme violence
was fought during the day.
Counter-attacks by the Germans to
recover lost positions in the region of
the labyrinth and to the east of the
Quennevieres farm were brought to a
standstill by the French artillery and
rifle fire.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
LEMBERG IS TAKEN
BY TEUTON FORCES
RUSSIANS GIVE UP GALlciAN CAP
iTAL HELD SINCE LAST
SEPTEMBER.
THEIR RETREAT ORDERLY
Austrian Correspondents Pay Tribute
To Magnificent Rear Guard Ac-
ton Fought by the Soldiers Of
Cars Army.

London.-The Russians have lost
Lemberg. They occupied the Galician
capital early in September and held it
continuously until June %, when the
combined Austro-German forces COM
PEELED them to retreat from the city,
which is only 60-odd miles due west
from the nearest point Of the Russian
frontier.
Whether the fall of Lemberg means
that the Russian army operating south
of it in Southeast Galicia is effectively
stretching across Poland to the Baltic
cannot yet be said. Vienna and Ber-
lin newspapers say this is the case and
that the Russian arms have received a
blow from which they cannot ecover
II the stroke proves as crushing as
the Teutons predict, its effect, mill
tary observers here say, soon should
be felt in the transfer of vast German
forces to the west, where for days
they have been hard pressed by the
French.
kilograms from Vienna concerning
the capture of Lemberg and recount
ing the celebration of the p%opulace in
Vienna over the victory add that the
Austrian correspondents with the Teu-
tonic armies pay tribute to the mag
nificent zeal guard action fought Dy
the Russians, who are declared to nave
%retreated eastward in good order, leav-
ing behind few prisoners and even re-
moving the Russian documents from
the city, which, since the Russians &C.
LwOw,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
Government Loses Big Suit.

Washington.-The government on
June 81 lost its supreme court suit to
have declared forfeited to it the unsold
portion Of the Oregon & California
Railroad land grants. amounting to
some 2.3O0. 900 acres, valued at more
than $50. 900 900. The railroad was en-
joined, however, from future sales in
violation OF the conditions in the grant
and until Congress has had reasonable
time to act. Justice McKenna held un-
tenable the governments claim that
the company's violation OF conditions
to the grants worked q forfeiture.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
BRITAIN TIGHTENS BLOCKADE
Will Issue Order Forbidding Exporta.
lions to Holland Unless Shipped
TO Overseas Trust.

London, England.-An order in
council Is about to be issued prohibit
ing expectations of all goods to Hol-
land, except those consigned to the
Netherlands Overseas Trust. This is
expected to stop the trade now be-
lieved to be passing through Holland
into Germany.
Announcement to this effect was
made in the house of commons by
Capt. E. G.. Prettyman, parliamentary
undersecretary to the board Of trade.
Expectation of goods to the Neither
lands Overseas Trust would be
equivalent to q guarantee that no
goods, either in the form received or
in a subsequent form, would reach 9
country hostile to Great Britain.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
jewel. Blown Into street.

Muskogee. Okla--A rain and wind
storm of unusual violence here blew
q store front out Of q jewelry store and
tent 200 diamond rings rolling down q
business street. Although the storm
was at its height. q large crowd col
lected and began searching for the
rings. The proprietor OF the store and
his clerks managed to COY many OF
the rings before the crowd arrived.
Thirty stones. valued At $4,000. were
not recovered.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
THAW Is AGAIN ON TRIAL
Jury Selected to Determine His Sanity
in Fourth Legal Effort to Gain
Freedom.

New York.-Harry X. Thaw's fourth
legal effort to gain his freedom was
called for judgment here June % in
the supreme court before Justice Peter
B. Hendrick. There was something
about Thaw, about his relatives and
something in the general atmosphere
that suggested coming success.
A jury of substantial looking bust
ness men which is to c~ollaborate with
Justice Hendrick upon the question Of
whether the slayer of Stanford White
en- with alacrity and freedom from the
usual tedium attendant upon such pro-
ceedings.
1t will be for Justice Hendrick to de-
eide. The jury is an auxiliary and adj
visory body. merely. But, unless there
is some most excellent reason for not
doing So, it is presupposed that the
justice will take the jury's decision as
a consensus Of opinion. The trial is
expected to consume not less than two
weeks.
Thaw, dressed in a loose fitting blue
suit, appeared in court with his law
yers. John B. ~Stanchfield, Abel L
Smith and Morgan j. O'Brien. Jr. A
tremendous crowd thronged all CORR
doris and defied the guards in it's effort
to look at him. But Thaw, not at all
averse to the limelight, paid no atten'
ton.
He seemed to be in excellent phys
ical trim. He says he Eever felt bet
ter, despite the fact that he is now As
years old and has lived the past nine
years under a mental strain not calcu
lated to improve mental poise.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
STORM OVER TWO STATES
Loss Of Life Reported in High Wind
That Swept Over Mississippi and
Arkan4aa.

Memphis.-A terrific wind and rain
storm, assuming the proportions of a
tornado, on June %, swept across Cen
trail Arkansas and Mississippi valleys,
inflicting loss of life and heavy dam
age to property and growing crops.
Wires are down through a large part
of the area from Western Arkansas
across that state to q point south OF
Helena, where the storm. apparently
increasing in fury, wrecked a number
of buildings in the town OF Friars
Point, Miss.
Reaching the Mississippi delta, the
storm spread, and reports from Cen
trail and Southern Mississippi indicate
heavy loss to cotton, corn and many
buildings wrecked.
The state farm at Parchman, Miss,
was q heavy loser.