davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27
RUSSIA CRIPPLED BY
CITIZENS
Correspondent of Chicago News.

of Chicago News.
tiers, field marshals and governors in
Russia.
Petrograd life always has been under
German domination. Except for two short
periods of liberal reform, at the begin
nings OF the reigns of Alexander 1 and
Alexander II, when English and French
lhluence dominated, Russian education, In
order to paralyze all liberal aspirations,
was modelled on the German system with
It's methods of crushing Individuality and
independence.
bureaucracy and court, have had their
powerful influence on the whole Russian
state machinery. When the war broke
out they found themselves in a very awk-
ward position. but they set to work at
once to obtain a. speedy peace and to par
alyze the awakening of the national spirit
and the collective effort of the Russian
nation, which has done such wonderful
work under the guidance OF Moscow and
the zemstvos.
German Influence Against Democracy.
To obtain the support of the court and
OF high circles the German elements
threw suspicion or the work OF the towns
and zemstvos and intimate. that only a
speedy peace could save autocracy from
the demands OF the awakening national
spirit. The sowing of distrust against
the nation has been successful. The for
mer minister of justice, Shekegloyitoff.
the archbishop of Kiev; DR.. Dubrovin.
leader of the ultrareactionartes. and Max
the former minister of the interior,
publicly a,hematized in the congress of
reactionaries the work of Moscow and oth-
er towns and zemstvos, and called upon
the minister TO suppress it.
The deputy. A~lexandroff, said to the
budget commission:
The war has taught much to the Rus
sian people and now politics Is discussed
in the street. You ministers are afraid
of public forces, Of the unions Of the
and zemstvos. who during the ter
rible retreat of our troops came forward
not for a political fight, bug in order 10
our army, which had 10 retire.
of appealing to the nation, yoa
the advice of former reacltora-y
This reproach was well u1erfted. as the
government. instead of welcoming he !!
patriotic work of the munfcioaEt- /
and zemstvos. has promptly acted on
the request of the dictionaries ana par
The voluntary organizations OF towns and
provinces under the control OF the local
and police.
Germany has reason to be thankful
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27
How the Submarine Fails,

Arthur n. Pollen. in the North American
Review.
ne most questionable elment in the
american program is the very large
provision of submarines. Fifty fleet
SUBMARINES and 85 coast submarines.
when are to cost in all nearly $50. O0O.-
700 make a vast hole in the hair billion
that 1t is proposed to spend. AS If is
IN many respects the most striking. so
IN another it is the most difficult item
10 criticise.
essentially the submarine is a.
variant OF the destroyer. Once within
attaching range of an enemy if has
what the destroyer has NOT the nowar
OF delivering a daylight attack, remain
ing Itself almost unseen. But it's in
Visibility does give it a function new
TO naval war. 1t has the capacity to
pass through waters which are abso-
laleiy commanded by surface ships
and unseen.
Inc use of nets, Of mines and of pa
trols-especially when assisted by air
craft-these at any focal point which
submarines coming or going must pass.
can 90 much to obstruct their free
passage. "
The highest submerged speed does
not exceed the half-power speed of the
owe Warship.
me point is that if the ship is
armed the submarine must keen sub
merged, n If it keeps submerged its
speed is low, it's capacity
70 get within striking distance is very
iitnited, n its weapon very uncer-
tam. II the ship it intends % strike is
ooth at speed and accompanied by de-
stroyers or fast craft, the area of dang
er OF the submarine and the intensity
" the vigilance are increased, and the
DANGER from submarines becomes alto
gether negligible.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27
Statistics on Baths.

In kinship to goodness, the Bronx
leads. In estrangement from cleanli-
ness, Manhattan goes farthest. So
stated the reports of the sani-
tary bureau, submitted to the board
OF health. An inspection of all lodg-
ing houses except the municipal lodg-
ing house, where baths-alas for Man
haitian lodgers-are compulsory, re-
vealed The fact that Bronx dodgers
faithfully take their daily baths:
Brooklyn dodgers take one in five
days; and Manhattan dodgers take one
in eight days. There were 5000 in
spections.-New York Times.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27
BY Warlsm roherkesoff, specia

~ ans SHeFNGSOfIy SPeCfa1
Petrosrad. Russia, jan 1.-THE Russian
and foreign press have mentioned lately
| the German intrigues tina are carried or
TO induce Russia to make separate peace,
/ ara special attention has been drawn to
Mime, Vasillchikoff's mission from Wen
Ia 10 Petrograd, In reality the arrival OF
this woman. who for the last 10 years has
been living In Vienna was not very i'm
portant and ended in a complete fiasco be-
cause she addressed hersek TO RodzianHo,
thep president OF the duma, al. enthusiastic
supporter OF the war, who promptly In
formed the police OF her mission.
But Nine. Vasillchikoff and the persons
behind hsr-the court OF Berlin is said to
be as Interested in her success as is the
court OF Nienna-did not wholly miscalcu-
late. as in Russia. and especially in Petro-
grad. from the beginning of the war there
has been q fairly strong party of high Of
flcials and aristoCrats, III close touch with
the court aud ministers, who ali the time
are pleading for an immediate and sep
arate peace with Germany.
Russia Has 100000 Germans.
Without speaking OF a few archreactloa-
aries and clericals whose direct influence
on Russian business Is not great. there is
the powerful German nobility of Livonia
and Courland. which for the last two CEN
turtles has played the greatest role IN the
bureaucratic and military organization Of
Russia. Besides, IL must not be forgotten
Russia has nearly 100000 Germans.
who. with the exception of about 20, eco
dissenters jMennonites and others in
and southeastern Russia Trans
caucasia. are all Germans in customs,
language and sympathy.
These are even more pro-German and
pro-fatherland than the Germans in the
United States. The latter are citizens who
In some towns and localities by their vote
may ave a certain influence and a few
may be ready to go to extreme
measuSss to promote what they believe
10 be Germany's interests. But the Amer
lean democracy is well able to deal with |
such cases.
Petroqrad Under German Influence.
Quite different is the condition In Rus
Since the second half of the reign
Peter the Great, and especially from
the reign of the three expresses in the
Eighteenth century. the Russian court
ife, high oficialdom and ministers have
,een preponderately German. Mlnich,
Totleben. Nesselrode, Giers,
3unge. Schwartz, Sabler. Seyn (Finland's
oppressive governor generaD, are
some of the long list of German minis
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27
SPEAKS UP FOR CANADA
And No Misunderstanding His
Land He Made $3.50
Per Acre.

so many Americans now have per-
sonal knowledge of Canada that false
reports concerning this country are
being continually corrected by Amer
leans themselves who know the facts.
and who are too fairminded to let a
false statement go unchalIenged. A
case i n point arises out of a statement
supposed to be made by a resident Of
Alberta, and published recently in the
Spokesman-Review, of Spokane. in
which the condition Of settlers in this
country was painted in a very bad
way indeed. The writer Of this at
tack on Canada refused to let his
name be known, SO it can be taken
for what it is worth, but Mr.. s. l..
Wallace, of N 1923 Crest1ine, Spokane,
who lived for some years in Western
Canada, came to the defense of the
country in the following letter which
was published in the Spokesman-Re-
view of February IL, 1885,
TO the Editor of the Spokesman.Re.
view:
In Sundays Spokesman-Review was
a letter from a nan in Alberta to the
Of commerce, asking that
something be done to keep Americans
from going to Canada. and saying that
that government was run by the rail.
roads, banks Int manufacturers: that
once a man got there he never could
get away. Had this man published
that letter oyer his own signature
there is no doubt but he could get ont
of Canada.
No country will do as much to helm
a man to get on his feet, if he tries TO
help himself, as Canada. / know OF
the government helping people to bro,
visions, feed, seed grain and fuel. and
charging only cost Of delivery to the
nearest town and 6 per cent. What
more could q man ask?
! lived five years In Southern Sas.
and earned a patent to 32o
acres Of as good land as I ever saw
! have raised over so bushels Of oats
on sod. 40 bushels of wheat, and 20
OF max to the G r Until I lost nv
Meath meyer was better satisfied any.
where. ! had my land rented this last
year for one-third. It brought me nj.
most $3.50 per acre, or $1,143.91 for
1875 acres.
Ihis man says he loves the land his.
iathers died Tor. So do I, and / love
the land that gave me my home.
IS. L. WALLACE"
N4723 Crestline. Spokane.-Advertise
ment.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27

spent The doctors
stated that / would
V get well with
u an operation
and that without it
/ would not live one
year. My husband
objected to any
operation and got
me some of Lydis E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. Itook
it and commenced
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27
Frank Avowal.

from the WashfnEtOn Star.
4 wish to marry your daughter" said
the straightforward young man.
what do o wish me to do?''
Speak a good word for me-"
N friend. I'd do anything in my power
Tor you. But IL you realized how little in
fuence 1 have with mother and the girls.
you'd realize that you are playing mighty
poor politics"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27

blood. They do not see tha justice Should
be free in courts Of law: and that. IN
the field of individual effect. & Should
be free In his parallel sense-lhat svarv
man. woman. and child should enter tne
ists for food and shelter and cictEtrE and
happiness unhandicappe6 by cca5Er.cus
which he does not control
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27
Freedom Of Seas" In Baltic.

One evaporation we have been sna rod
because of distance Is the mining Of our
coast. To appreciate the feelings of El-
ropean neutrals we. should imagine a feet
New York every day to clear the chan
nels for shipping. Sweden has just under
clear the outlet of the Baltic from the
mines laid by the German navy which
have blown up several Swedish ships. one
OF them in territorial Swedish waters.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27

Exporters of flour have little. trouble
with their English customers, because
they live up to their contracts, but ex-
porters of what are in hot water at
Liverpool because much of their graiy
been below contract grade.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27

A German substitute for sole leather
withstood six weeks test Of the: se-
yerest character.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27
HUSBAND OBJECTS
TO OPERATION
Wife Cured by Lydia E,
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
HHDIIIIuITQrTm

Des Moines, Iowa.-"Four years ago
I was very sick and my life was nearly
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27
fearful Note.

The Texas onion crop will be 1S7, 220
bushels short of the 1916 crop, though
q been an increase of 10 per
cent in acreage, according to the esti-
mate OF the department of agriculture
Just made public here. The depart
ment predicts that the state will pro-
duce 1,936,972 bushels this year, about
30 per cent of normal. The total
acreage of the state in 1915 was s,943
and this year is 10,O57.
A man who thinks the world is
growing worse imagines he is growing
better.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-04-27

The iaap-year girl who proposes te
wine bibber wins IL she loses.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-23
NOW IS A GOOD TIME
TO BUY YOUR OWN HOME

history this has there been such
opportne tire buy Home right It's poor time
SELL but it's rafting good time to buy-and that's the
time buy anything when the market is down.
The condition prevails in practically every city in
the It's the in Denver Colorado Springs Gree
ley, Fit. Collins, Grand Junction.
lust what has brought this condition about can't tell
may be the automobile. the exodus California the
general slump in real price the world dozen
other likely all of these together
But the fact stands out prominently as boil on
mans that this is the time your life buy
Home-whether you live in Canon City in any of the
other towns mentioned
You can buy Home now for ccs ten years
ago-for half what it will future years
come Not every house but house in
that would your needs very satisfactorily
Property values, like stocks and bonds go up and down.
Just they away down Down SO low that it is
shame to take the money to be made IN many OF the bargains
offered.
When many sell and few buy it takes
invest. The few with the nerve the few who
make the big money.
But do advise you speculate from money
making standpoint leave that for your banker and your
lawyer 1 advise you to buy Home simply from
Home making standpoint.
Every man ought to own his own Home And Now is
the time buy Home. There has been better
the past And believe that there will not be better
tirre in the futlre-n many years, in fact
may not feel like specializing on borrowed money
do advise any speculate on borrowed money
But is not speculating who buys Home He is
simply buying what necessary his life and happiness
Few wait until they have enough money to buy Home
free from debt That is by necessary He who
pays interest Home off than he who pays
renhe far better off, fact For it far easier pay
interest your Home than pay rent ones
else house.
Every indication points rise in real estate values.
Industrial all the country have gone up value
from cent to cent within the past eighteen
months The industries prosperous every where The
industries here in Canon City running full blast
and for several have many been employed
regular work employed right
Real values slower respond prosperity
but they follow. Real values
going up you depend on that
But aside from the speculative of the question this
mighty good time to buy Home in Canon City. You
get bigger value for the you spend than you
saw beoreand possibly than you will again
c. u H.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-23
SOUTH CANON WILL
HAVE MUNICIPAL ELECTION

At caucus of about forty voters o.
5 nth Canon at Tie town hall on Gsif-
I'm a.enue at n'o.cek last saturday
sscaiHs the following municipal t.c'e
wss 'aced in nomination c re e.t-,i
on q: the spring election - e lcl (.
T,.csc.4y. April ith:
.fary catlin mayor. ClauIe Rogers
trustee for the west division, J. L.
Williams trustee for the middle divi-
sion. Luther Van slyke trustee for III
east division.
The caucus was presided over y
] Prescott, with orisn W. Locke
as secretary. The tellers were w p.
Newton and Ed Griffin.
1t was announced a few weeks ago
that there would he no election IN
South Canon and that the es sins
officers would hold over in order that
flr- money necessary for conjuotms
the. election could be used for improve
ment purposes. Some of the citizens.
however. We're dissatisfied with that
arrangement and called a caucus for
placing a ticket in the field. The
ticket will be known as the Citizens
ticket.
On Monday night of this week. the
last night for films. the Socialist party
fled the following ticket for the South
Canon offices:
l.. f. Arnold mayor. W. b. Arnold.
George b. Payne and Sam Bartlett
trustees.
The Socialist party has had mu.
nicipal ticket in the field in South
Canon at each succeeding election for
several years and ordinarily casts
from forty to fifty votes
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-23

out In August. 1914. but that it had
since then considerably more than
doubled its payroll in consequence OF
an increased demand for its products.
He admitted that perhaps the ship
ment of munitions by noncombatant
country ton one atwar was not in ac-
cord With accepted moral precents it
was justifiable nnder custom and usage
OF nations for more than a hundrel
years. For congress to place an EN-
barge on it now would he to establish
wrongful. hurtful and unneuttal pre-
cedent
All of the debaters ac .uit. ed them
selves admirably and evoked praise
and commentator by the. part the,
had in it.
The Pueblo tenn is talented one
and worthy of the great school that
sent it here and that it did not win
was no fault of Its members. They
were to some extent outclassed by
their competitors and victo-y for them
under such conditions was impossible
The defeat was glorious one and
the Puesloans accerted it philoso. h
ically. They were the first to con
gratuIate the vietors.
1t was announced at the conclusion
of the debate that two of the three
judges had voted for Canon City. This
was afterwards found to be mistike
and that the vote was unanimous for
the home team.
While the ballots were being collect
ed from the judges Misses Rrth
Combs and Emma Swanson favored
the audience by the rendition of 2
piano duet.
The members of the Pue' 10 team
and the visitors who accompanied
them we-e given a complimentary
automobile ride over the Skyline drive
and about town through the courtesy
OF D. E. Gibson this morning. They
left for home this afternoon
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-23
no SPRING ELECTION
At BROOkSIOE

At a mass meeting of the citizens Of
Brookside one evening last week 4.
was unanimously voted not to hold
a viiisEe election this spring. allowing
the present officials to hold over for
another year. 1t was decided that the
money necessary for conducting the
election could be used to better al
vantage by its investment In labor :or
h.itering the streets and In other VII
lare improvements.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-23

Former pupils OF Miss N. Belle Mi
nor in the Canon City High School
are raising little fund to put. a wor-
thy memorial in the hlsh school to
their former teacher.
In all the years since the Canon
City High School was organized no
teacher has taught SO many years
nor left so strong an impression on
the school and the school community
as Miss Minor.
Miss Minor came TO Canon City
from Missouri in 1883 to take place
in the High School faculty. The mem
bers OF the first graduating class never
fail TO pay tribute to her memory. In
that FIRST graduating class were Clyde
C. Dawson and James L. Cooper. old
men now in the standards OF students
and young teachers. Miss Minor later
was made principal of the high school
In 1889 Miss Minor. on leave OF ab-
sence. went to Europe for the year.
travelling much. but spending most OF
the year In Berlin in study. She spent
one year in Ann Arbor. Mich. where
she took supplementary study at the
University OF Michigan, where she had
been former student. She taught a
few years in the high schools of oma.
ha and Kansas City.
But most of the time from 1883 to
1904 period of twenty-six years
Miss Minor filed place OF RESPONSE
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-23
A MEMORIAL FOR MISS MINOR

bflity in the Canon City High School
and a place of influence in the com
muni,y.
In the spring of 1909 she went back
to Hannibal, Mo. to live with her
mother She died there in January,
1912.
Hundreds OF former students of the
C. c. H. 5. treasure the >memory of
their high school days under the eff
cient and able instruction of this de
voted teacher Every former pupil
will want to take part in this tribute.
Many friends who were not in school
viii want to make contributions to the
fund.
The memorial will probably take the
form of some fine picture or art piece
to be placed conspicuousiy in the High
School auditorium. Whatever fund is
raised will be wisely expended for the
purpose in. mind.
A member Of each class is taking the
matter up with other members of the
class. Others who would like TO take
part may do SO by seeing Miss Edith
Hall of the present high school fac.
uity or Miss Ruth Lewis. librarian at
the City Library. Contributions of o
dollar or two or any sum up or down
will be gladly accepted. 1t is desired
to have just as many individuals take
part as possible.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-23

the shipment Of munitions of war from
this country to Europe during the last
twelve or nfteen months had thrilled
and vivined nearly every line of our
domestic business. He illustrated this
by the statement that the Colorado
Fuel and Iron compsny was only EN-
ploying $500 men when the war broke
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-23

the last eighteen months and had in
addition been the means of establish.
ing factories In tho United States for
making armament and military necess
stiles that would be essential to our
own preservation II attacked by a
foreign enemy. He showed that tho
stimulus given to American trade by