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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
WIRE WALKER INSANE
BY WOMEN'S CHARGES
Tries to Hang Self In Cell at
Brookings-Two Accused
Him of Soliciting,

Bookings. S. d., May 3.-Harvey e,
Campbell, alias Billie Latch, a wire
walker who was appearing in vaudeville
acts In a Bookings theater, is now IN
the Bookings county jail, insane, as
the outcome of sensational charges
made against him by two ome Mrs,
Bessie Campbell. said to be the Wire
walkers Wife, was arrested for Nag-
rancy, and was fined so and sentenced
TO 10 days in Jail. Then her husband
was arrested for soliciting, and in de-
fault of $500 bonds, was placed in the
county Jail to await trial. Later 1t was
charged that Campbell had Travelled in
other parts of the country with differ
ent women, soliciting for them, for i'm
moral purposes, and a young woman
was brought from Minnesota who said
she had Travelled with Campbell, who
mad promised to make her his wife. A
third young woman connected with the
man Is said to be in Sioux Falls. The
next night after Campbelps arrest, fell
low prisoners told the sheriff they
feared something was wrong in Camp
bells cell INC when the officer reached
the cell he found Campbell hanging
from a towel which he had torn into
strips. He vas nearly dead, and was
revived with much difficulty. Upon
recovery from his attempt at suicide,
had become violently insane. He Is be-
ing held, pending the examination of
the county board of insanity as to his
condition. A federal officer has also
been sent for, to Investigate Campbelrs
past record, and he may be held on a
white slave charge If he recovers his
faculties.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
DAKOTA STATE NEWS
OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION
FOR STATE CONVENTION

Pierre. S. D., April 29.-At the re-
publican state convention, to be held
at Pierre on July 5, the various conn-
ties will be entitled TO the following
representation. according to the sched-
ule prepared by the members OF the
state committees:
Aurora six, Beadle seven, Bennett
one. Bon Homme IL, Brookings 10,
Brown 81, Brule eight, Buffalo one,
Butte five. Campbell four, Charles MIN
ID, Clark SEVEN, Clay 10, Codington 10,
Corson four, Custer four, Dawson 10.
Day nine. Deuel. six, Dewey three,
Douglas six. Edmunds, FAN River,
Faux and Grant each eve Gregory
13, Haakon four. Hamlin nine, Hand
six, Hanson six, Harding five, Hughes
six, Hutchinson seven, Hyde four,
Jackson two, Jerauld five, Kingsbury
10, Lawrence "a, Lincoln nine, Lyman
nine, McCook eight, Mcpherson seven,
Marshall six, Meade seven. Mellettn
three, Miner seven, Minnehaha &c, Moody
sever Pennington 10, Perkins six, Pot
ter five, Roberts nine, Sanborn six,
Sphinx IL, Stanley three, Sully three,
TripD 10, Turner 10, Union 10, Wal
worth five, Yankton 10, Ziebach two.
These delegates viii prepare the par
ty platform, and the law also provides,
in section 50, that this convention Sc
lect the presidential electors. although
another section say they shall be nom
mated at the spring primary.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
LAkOTA AUTO PLATES ARE
DELAYED BY WAR DEMANDS

Pierre, S. D., May /. There is a
delay in the sending out of auto plates
in this state, due to the delay in the
delivery OF the numbers by the con-
tractor. II the war" is the reason
given. In the meantime auto owners
are issued licenses. which are the pro-
tectlon they have in case they are
called upon to show their auto num-
bers for this year.
The registration so far this year
shows an immense Increase in the
number OF autos owned in the state.
The whole number registered for the
year 1916 was 2S,725 and the number
registered up to this date for 1916 is
2f,3OO, or very near to the total for
last year. At the same time last year
the registration had only gone up to
$4,000, showing an increase of nearly
Toe per cent in the first three months
demand for licenses.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
POLICY EXONERATED
OF KIRBY'S CHARGES
Not Shown That Accused jus.
tice Even Received Money
For Campaign Funds.

Pierre, S. D., April 29.-The referees
in the disbarment case against Justice
S. c. Policy, of the South Dakota SUI
prene court, closed the hearing last
night n promptly decided that no
cause of action had been presented.
This report will be made to the SUI
preme court, Mr.. Policy not sitting, and
undoubtedly will be promptly affirmed
by hat body.
The charges had been that Mr.. Policy,
when secretary of state, had received
a gratuity of 500 from VIII Bailey, of
Pierre, for an appointment given to
the latter. When the case was heard
yesterday, the prosecution tried to add
three new charges, only one of which
the referees considered had any ele-
ments making it pertinent in this pro-
Geeding. 1t also was refused co%nsidera-
lion since the referees decided no evil
fence had been given showing the main
charge was substantiated. This new
,harge was that in 1901 Policy, as
states attorney of Lawrence county,
had dismissed a suit when the parties
ne had brought it against made him a
present OF a set Of books.
r. O.. Richards when called as wit
1eSs made his discussion partly politi-
al The case was brought by Joe
hlrby, of Sioux Falls, based upon let
Iers from Policy to Richards, and fur
nished to Kirby by Richards.
Bailey testified that at the solicita-
ion of o. S. Basford he paid a cam
palgn assessment of $40 to j. L.. Wing
leld, but never any amount to Policy.
NO other testimony as to payments was
produced.
Attorney Kirby, complainant in this
;ase, has been somewhat "crosswise,"
1t the supreme court. Last fall he was
lted for contempt and for ~disbarment.
me dlsbarment charge was dropped,
but he was assessed $500 on the con-
.empt charge. This grew out of criti-
cisms made by hin of the supreme
court members in an interview given
20 a Pierre
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
GR EGAN RESIDENT
SURVIVES WAR SERVICES

Egan, S. D., April ga letter re-
,eived by Mr., and Mrs. Ref, of Egan,
rom Albert Bourne, a former South
Dakotan, was the first definite infor-
nation that he had lived to serve out
MS time with the British artillery on
The western line in Belgium and north
9rn France. He was one of the first to
go to the front. A few months ago he
wrote his friends in South Dakota that
ms term was about to expire. but fail
are to hear from him since caused fears
that he had been killed during the clos
ing days OF his active service.
In his letter Bourne states that only
l12 per cent of the men who
led him to the front yet are alive, hav-
ing been killed during the II months
that expired from the the Bourne and
his comrades went to the battle line
UP to the time of his honorable dis
charge. lie now has returned to his
wife and children in England.
Early in the war Bourne was badly
wounded and spent some time in a
hospital at Paris, to which he was ia
ken from the battlefield. lie was COM
PEELED to remain in the hospital for
several weeks, but, as soon as he was
able, and without attempting to secure
his discharge from the army, he re-
turned to the front.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
NEW COUNTY OF JACKSON TO
PUSH GOOD ROADS CAMPAIGN

kadoka, S. D., May 1.-The people
of jackson county are very much alive
TO the value of good roads A move
ment is now on loot to build a turn
pike across Jackson county from STAN
ford on the east to interior on the west,
a distance of about So miles. The town
of kadoka started the ball rolling by
~turnpiking the one and a half miles of
the Scenic highway within its corporate
limits last year. Wall township has
recently laid out a new road across the
entire width of the township lying
along the south side of the Milwaukee
track. Weta township has selected a
route to join the Wall township line
and making a direct route from Kado-
ka to Weta. Weta township and inter-
Tor townships will no doubt be able to
open a new short line between their
respective towns this summer. Belvi-
dere township is alive on the east and
expects to open a short line between
there and kadoka. A strong effort is
being made to have Kadoka township
grade and turnpike the line from the
town limits to the BeIvidere township
line. Without doubt this line will be
very much improved and a large part
of it graded in good shape before fall.
Part of the route is already marked
and the balance will be attended to in
the lear uture
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
MISSOURI RIVER CUTS
INTO FARMS NEAR WAkONDA

Wakonda. S. D.. May S.-High wat
er in the Missouri river. is playing
havoc with some of the land on the
Charrlin and Erickson farms, some
miles from here. The nigh water has
been cutting very badly all along the
line, and man acres of valuable farm
land has thus far dropped into the Big
Muddy. Flo several days Julius Char
lin has been busy moving his farm
buildings to a point about so rods
northeast of their former location. 1t
now is feared that all of the timber, in
Guiding large ash, elm, box elder and
cottonwood trees, on the Charrlin farm
will be carried away by the river. Hun
dreds of cords of wood are falling into
the river simply because woodchoppers
cannot be secured to take care OF the
fuel. Every effort has been made
with such means as We're at hand to
stop the cutting of the banks of the
river, but these efforts have been un-
successful.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
"SQUAW MEN" MUST MAKE
OWN LIVING HEREAFTER

Eagle Butte, S. D., May 3.-Major
Mclaughlin, Indian agent, is expected
to visit the Cheyenne River reservation
this month, to confer citizenship on In
dams who desire to assume the respon-
sibilities and enjoy the advantages of
becoming full fledged citizens of the
United States. In addition to those
who voluntarily assume citizenship, all
Indian women who have married white
men are required to abjure their tribal
relations and become citizens. To each
indian becoming a citizen, there will
be allotted a sun of money, in addition
to patent to his share of the tribal
lands. 1t is stated that the fact that an
Indian becomes a citizen does not bar
him from receiving further allotments
of land, in future divisions of the
tribal possessions.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
POSSE HEADS shot
BY HORSE Thieves
Sheriff and Rancher Killed II
Pursuit of Gang of Wyo-
ming Bandits.

Fort Collins. Colo, May 2,-~Rranh
Roach. sheriff of Cheyenne. Wyo.. and
Neis Nelson. rancher. Is miles west OF
Cheyenne, were shot and killed, IS miles
northwest Of Bon Elder, Colo, while
heading a posse. hunting horse thieves.
The thieves escaped. Early today re-
s~ponsibility for the shooting was not
definitely established, Reach and Nell
son had watched the camp Of the
thieves al night, planning TO rush it at
dawn, About 4 o'clock three shots We're
heaffg Posse men. Investigating, found
Hogeb and Nelson dead.
I've men believed to have been the
siayfrs Of Sheriff Frank Roach. OF
Cheyenne, and Nels Nelson. we're cap
tnred today by Sheriff f. Cook. and
one deputy from Fort Collins. The
capture was made 81 miles northwest
OF here. The men gave the names of
Pete burns ana G: r, Pearson They
we're heavily armed. The officers iden-
tilted a U carried nv enc OF the men
as belonging to Sheriff Peach.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
INSANE MANS ESTATE
MUST PAY S16,510.97
Court Upholds Promissory Notes
Given For Stock of Alleged
Blue Sky" Company.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. May liz
United States court in this city the
Mitchell Street State hank, of Milwau-
kee, Wis, was awarded a verdict of
$16,5l0.97 in a suit instituted by the
bank against Joseph L. Walter as
guardian for Michael Wollman, of
Freeman, S. ID. The action was brought
to recover on promissory notes said to
have been given by Wollman to r. A.
~BraChYogel, promoter, in exchange for
stock in an alleged blue sky land
company.
Wollman has been declared insane
by the courts of Hutchinson county
n 1t was contended that the notes
gwen by him We're worthless because
OF his mental condition.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
DANFORTH ACTION JUST
DEMAND FOR EXOME2ATJ

Sioux Falls, S. D., April 29.--It is
seldom that an attorney demands an
investigation of his professional acts,
but such IS the case with reference to
George j. Danforth, an attorney of
Sioux Fails. Last winter the son of q
former client of Mr.. Danforth, laboring
under a misapprehension of the facts,
Tiled a complaint with the state su-
prerne our against Mr.. Danforth. Sub
sequently the man Who filed the COM
plant filed an affidavit withdrawing
the charges and completely generating
Mr.. Danforth. However, not satisfied
with this. Mr.. Danforth recently de-
manded that the matter be fully inves-
tigated so he could be legally cleared
from all reflections on him as an at
torney, and the supreme court now has
appointed Philo Hall, of Bookings, for
mer congressman from South Dakota,
to act as referee in the investigation
demanded by Attorney Danforth.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
SCHOOL OFFICERS ENDORSE
PROPOSALS FOR LEGISLATION

Pierre, s. D., May County SUI
perintendents of the state at their
meeting here Endorsed three PROPOSE
lions: State aid for consolidated
schools: more efficient compulsory
educational laws, and free textbooks.
1t was decided hat bills should be
framed covering three questions, and
presented to the meeting of superin-
tendents at WatertoWn in November
for ina action, and that efforts be
made to secure legislation along these
lines.
The committee on course of study
had only n definite recommendation,
being a change of the study of South
Dakota history in the fifth grades OF
the schools of h state, instead of in
the eighth grades as at present.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
scoTLAND. SOUTH DAKOTA

A new RECORD has been established
by the United States bureau of Ash
cries up to March /, 1916, in it's fish
cultural operations of the present fiscal
year. During the period the actual dis
tribution of fish of all species in the
various fields of activity shows an in
crease of approximately 500, 900. 600
over the distributions during he same
period in 1915. This would indicate
that the output for the entire year will
exceed the record output of 4,2SS,757,-
804 fish and eggs for the fiscal year
1916. and will probably reach 100000
600 or nore.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
HOUGE PLEADS GUILTY OF
MlSAPPROPRiATiiNG FUNDS

Sioux Falls. S. D., May 3.-When ar
ranged before Judge Elliott, of the fed
eral court. Irgen Houge, formerly post
master at Rowena, near Sioux Falls en-
tered a plea of guilty to an indictment
charging hin with the misrepresentation
of funds of his office. He was SEN
fenced to pay a fine of 500 and costs.
The money of the postoffice was re-
turned as soon as the shortage of funds
was discovered, but p~ostoffice inspec-
tors insisted on the case agains him be-
ing prosecuted.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
BANKS TO GET COPIES
OF EXAMINERS REPORTS

washington. April 27.-The comp.
troller of the currency today announcei
that, beginning June l, each national
bank examined by national bank exam.
iners would be furnished a copy of tho
report OF its condition made to his OF
flee by the examiners.
For so years such reports always
have been regarded as confidential and
while many banks have asked for con.
les. they have always been refused.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
NEW TRADING CONCERN
BUYS MERCHANT FLEET

New York. April 27.-Control or tho
International Mercantile Marine COM
pany, commonly known at the time az
Its formation by ]. p. Morgan q Co.
almost Is years ago.. as the shipping
trust" and now in the hands of q re-
ceiver, has been acquired by the Ameri-
can International corporation, a $50
O00.0 900 organization. 1t was learned to-
day.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

Walt Mason. of repute as a prose
poet, has bought a motor car and after
learning to run it will make his initial
trip through Nemaha county, Kansas,
where he used to work for $12 a month
and failed to win when he struck for
a raise OF s14. He hopes to create an
impression that will make the one
time employers sorry they didn't hang
on to him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

One of the strangest animals known
to biologists is the tenrec, an insect
eating animal Gun only in the island
of Madagascar. 1t is supposed to repre-
sent a very ancient type of animal
which is now almost extinct. NADIA
gascar, once q part of the mainland of
he African continent, was separated
therefrom at a very remote period in
the past. AS a result a fauna peculiar
to the island has been developed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
FIVE CARS OF FREIGHT
DlTCHED ON PLATTE LINE

Tyndall, S. d, May 1.-The east
bound Platte line freight train was
wrecked in the Tyndau yards Thursday
night, five cars going into the ditch.
Two of the wrecked cars We're loaded
with hogs. The wreck was caused BY
a switch being left unlocked. The en-
CINE and fou box cars passed safely
over when the switch opened and the
rest of the train started down a side
track.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

The lines in the Dutch national
hymn. Preserve, O God. the dear old
ground. thou to our fathers gave"
seem to indicate a considerable mod
esty on the part of Netherlands, the
supposedly correct fact being that they
reclaime the ground themselves.
Providence actually being something
of a h~indrance, both to it's acquisi-
ton and it's preservation for which
thew pray.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
Parkston. S. D.. Nav ]

Parkston, S. D., May 1.-THE local
morning freight from the north was de-
rallied near Kaylor Thursday afternoon
and 16 cars We're thrown from the
track. One maj was reported some
what hurt. Quit a stretch of track
was torn UP.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

Dion Bouicault, when his first play,
Londo Assurance" was accepted by
the manager of Covent garden, Lon
aon. refused to have the play pro-
auced in the original version because
1t gave no part to Mrs. Nesbit. an ac-
tress. for whom he had conceived q
high boyish infatuation, and rewrote
the whole work In an Incredibly short
time SO as to supply her with the role
ta wished.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

knack to this long life business. Alec
Panoche. Oldest member of the Mt
Carmel tribe of Indians. submitting
the suggestion that baths should be
taken never less than once a wear.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

"A fifth of the export trade OF Tripoli
IL in sponges and n third in esparto
grass, a why desert product which is
sent in large qualities to England
where it is used in papermaking.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

As an addition to the Bertillion sys-
tenn of Identification an Omaha dentist
has perfected a way to register the
ridges of upper gums, which. he says,
never change and are different in every
individual.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04
YANkToN-on next Mondax. ruesaar

.
YANKTON-On next Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings, May i to 8, will
be held the annual May festival under the
auspices of the Yankton Choral union.
with Leslie r. Putnam as director and
Miss Jennie Stafford as for,
the choral numbers. The festival program
is of a very popular and attractive char
ncter this year, including among other
features a number of selection by the
Yankton College Glee club.
BRIDGEWATER-Local baseball fans
have decided that Bridgewater viii not
belong to the Corn Belt baseball. league
this season. Accordingly there will be
but six teams Observation-Disclosures. Sa-
lem, Alexandria, Emery, Canistota and
Spencer. The seasons schedule will be
prepared by May Is, and likely will pro-
vide for the playing of 80 games by each
team.
PARKSTON-Myron Brink, a former
Parkston boy and whose parents reside
here, has received word from washington
that he has passed the civil service ex-
animation and has been appointed to the
position of teacher In the Philippines. For
the past four years he has been attending
Dakota Wesleyan at Mitchell. He expects
to sail from Vancouver on May IS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are being
made for the Decoration day exercises to
be held in Bradley. One of the features
VIII be a parade OF school children, ac-
c~ompanied by members OF various fratern-
al organizations and citizens in general,
and headed by local members of the Grand
Army.
YANKTON-Herman Peterson, of st.
Paul, master painter on the new high
school building. fell from the third floor.
where he was painting windows. to the
ground. and sustained two broken wrists
BUTLER-Local business men have
commenced an agitation for the organ
~ization of a commercial club. n it is ex-
pected a mass meeting OF citizens soon
will be called for that purpose.
DOLAND-The city council, for the pur-
pose of improving the fire fighting faciIi-
ties. is arranging for the erection Of a
steel water tank with a capacity of 50. 600
gallons.
GEDDES-Members of the local Grand
Army post have secured Fred r. Smith, oil
Platte. to make the Decoration day adj
dress here.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

Although there was q falling off of
$4,000. 900 gallons in the consumption
of whisky and of 100000 barrels OF
beer, the nations drink bill for 1915 is
computed at $1,000, 00O, 0
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

Royalties on oil and mining develop
ments. rents on state lands. leases and
fees pour in so rapidly to the state of
Wyoming that she may soon be in the
position of not having to raise any
taxes at all for support of the state
povernnaaut
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

The $50 people out of every 1000 in
Switzerland who save money must be
compared with a meager los in this
country. the difference accounting,
according to a Chicago banker, for the
fact that in our large cities one burial
out Of 10 is made in z. notter's field.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

As a heavy passenger train near Col
fax Cal. was passing a curve a man
leaned from the rear vestibule and
waved at a young woman in one of the
forward coaches. The engineer CHANGED
to be looking back, caught the wave.
and. thinking something had gone
wrong. stopped tho train.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

Several carloads of Montana flax are
being shipped to Belfast, Ireland. The
flax will bring $500 a ton in ireland
In peace times was $3.50 a ton.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

AsRnssian government bureau Is or
EnnIzing a scientific expedition I'd make
Il thorough investigation OF the mineral
Is sources uf Siberia.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-04

According to the geological survey
IN almost inexhaustible supply OF OH
can he obtained from the shales Of
Colorado. Utah and Wyoming.