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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a conductor of a
train may call upon a police officer at
the station at which the train is stop
Ping to quell a disturbance, the railroad
Is not responsible for any injur-
les the officer may receive while in the
discharge of this duty. This was
the decision this week of Judge
Bouck in circuit court when he
sustained the demurrer of the defendant
company in an action brought by J. V.
Martin, former police officer, against the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
company. Martin was stabbed in the neck
While attempting to que1l a riot in q
smoking car, his services having been
solicited by the conductor of the train.
wEssINGToN sPRINGs-c. p. Han
sen. a we'll known contractor of Messing
ton Springs. narrowly escaped death from
petrolitis, or poisoning from exhausted
gasoline. while running his car engine in
his garage with the door and windows
closed. He started the engine while do
ing some work on the car, keeping the
garage closed because of the cold. In a
Few minutes he was under the Influence
OF the gas from the exhaust, and just
manage to open the garage door in time.
He staggered as If intoxicated from the
fumes and was k home In a wagon.
WASHINGTON sPRINGs-Local Ma
sons have Incorporated a s25. 600 building
association, with the intention of erecting
q iHoCerH pTlck tenpie IN the spring. Inc
site has been chosen, and negotiations are
under way for it's purchase. The trustees
of the association are Charles r.. Hatch,
Charles Minerman and =. L. Coran. The
proposed temple will afford lodge rooms
for the various Masonic bodies, and also
provide a large dining hall.
RAPID CITY-The clerk of courts has
furnished the following report on vital
statistics for Pennington county for the
past month: Marriages, II; births. 10:
deaths. is; divorces, Z. This is the largest
number of divorces that has been issued
in one month in this county for several
years.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
GATHERS INFORMATION
ON SEIZURE OF MAIL

Washington, D. c., Feb. 14.-Interfer-
ence with American trade and mails
by the entente allies was discussed to-
day at a conference between President
Wilson and Henry Van Dyke, Amer
lean minister at The Hague. Informa-
ton brought by DIR. Van Dyke is to
be used by the United States in franz
ing the note to Great Britain on con-
traband.
DR. Van Dyke said embargoes
against reeXportation nave been placed
by the Netherlands on practically all
articles on the contraband and con-
d1tlonal c~ontraband list. Increased
American trade with European neu-
trails was due largely, he thought. to
the shutting off of other sources of
supply.
Dr. Van Dyke took the position that
American trade with Europe was -four
lsh1ng in spite of the obstacles thrown
IN its way. 1t is understood that he
was prepared for presentation to the
state department complete figures on
American trade, with which the United
states can meet the contention OF
Great Britain that goods of a con-
raban and conditional ~contraband
nature are finding their way to the
Ieutonic powers.
a formal report on the removal of
mail by Great Britain from the steamer
Rotterdam has been made to the stata
department by DR.. Van Dyke, who
came hone on the ship. 1t is expected
that the information will be used in
a note to Great Britain, when that
country formally replies to the Amer
lean protest against mail seizures
DIR. Van Dyke will remain in this
country until March 5.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
URGE AMENDMENTS
TO new BANK ACT
Six Measures Proposed to
Strengthen and Extend Scope
OF System--Foreign Con-
neCtionS Sought.

Washington. Feb, l5.-SiX amend
ments TO the federal reserve act were
recommended TO congress today in the
report OF the federal reserve board Tor.
the first u year of operation OF the
new banking system,
"A years experience in the operation
OF the federal reserve act" says the
report, has confirmed the board In It's
profound conviction that the act has
been one of the most beneficial pieces
of legislation ever adopted by con-
gress. Not only have its fundamental
principles been rully vindicated but in
most details the working OF them meas
ure has beer successful"
The amendments recommended
would
Permit national banks to subscribe
and hold stock in banks organized Tor
the special purpose of doing q banking
business in foreign countries;
Permit, with the approval OF the
board, the issue of federal reserve
votes to federal reserve n either
against the deposit of commercial
paper or gold; provided that the gold
so deposited hall count as part of the
required reserve of the bank;
Extend the acceptance system to the
domestic trade so far as it relates to
documentary acceptances secured by
shipping documents or warehouse re-
ceipts. covering readily marketable
commodities or against the pledge of
goods actually sold;
Permit national banks TO establish
branch offices within the city or u
ty in which they are located.
Permit advances to member banks
against the member banks secured
promissory notes or against the deposit
or pledge of United States government
bonds:
Authorize a wide discretion in the
making of farm loans by national
banks 80 that a federal reserve bank
might make proper oans of this kind
within a radius of 100 miles of its
place of business whether in it's dis
trict or another district.
1t is believed" says the report,
that the enactment of these amend
ments will, besides enlarging the use
fulness of the national banks. result
in greatly Strengthening the operation
of the federal reserve act, and more
completely realize the purposes of its
framerS."
The board that it does not
consider hat it can direct the BUSH
ness operations of federal reserve banks
In respect to foreign loans, but that
It's function is to oversee these banks.
A plea is made in the report for the en-
rance into the system of more state
banks and trust companies.
Senator Kern, democratic leader to-
day introduced a bill to amend the fed
eral reserve law and permit officers.
directors or employees of membe banks
of class A directors of federal reserve
banks, with consent of the federal re-
serve board, to become officers, di-
rectors or employees in other banks,
banking associations or trust compa-
MES, federal or state, provided they are
not IN competition with emb banks.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
FINED FOR TRADING
WITH GERMAN ENEMY

No. #r@- eaHIH
london, Feb. 14.-At the Old Bailey
today William Gardner Rigden was
fined $500. William Fownes Rigden
was sentenced to IL months imprison-
ment n Stanley Fownes Rigden to
-four months imprisonment on their
W~lthdrawi1fg their former defense and
pleading guilty to the charge of OBJ.
their New York branch and trading In
such goods.
The three men are partners of Fow-
nes Bros. & Co. glove manufacturers
The prosecution alleged that between
the end of September and the end Of
december, 1914, the accused had OBJ
tanned goods worth sac, 900 firm Say
ony through the New York branch, for
which payment was to be made after
the war.
The sentence in the case of William
Gardiner Rigden was light, because he
Is of advanced age and took only !
small part in the business. The other
sentences do not entail hard labor
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
STATE COLLEGE CUNT
SHOWS CHAMPION FORM

Bookings, S. D., Feb. 15.-State COLI
lege basketball team defeated the Uni
versity quint in a romping game
Thursday evening by the score of % to
8, States surprising burst of speed
showed championship form. This was
the first state game of the a for
Ewing's basket shooters. The balance
of States schedule follows:
February IS = North Dakota Agri-
cultural college, at Fargo.
February 19 - North Dakota Agri-
cultural college, at Fargo.
February 21-Fargo college, at Far
go.
February 2z-Ellendale normal, at
Glendale.
February 2S-sioux Falls college. at
Bookings.
March Huron college, at Huron.
March Sioux Falls college, at
Sioux Falls.
March e-south Dakota university.
at Nermilion.
March 1o-11-Uncertain, will be an
nounced later.
March "A Yankton college. at
Brookjngs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
DAKOTA STATE NEWS
POTTER COUNTY HERMIT is
BURNED TO DEATH IN SHACl

Gettysburg. S. D., Feb. 16.-C. B
Bowdish. a pioneer of Potter county,
but who had always lived h life of a
hermit. was burned to death In his
shack on the Schlachter ranch, near the
river.
The last day the old man was seen
alive, he went to the home of Duncan
Mckay to make a trade. Two days Ia
ter. when he did not appear, Mckay in
vestlgated. Upon arriving at the shack
he found it burned to the ground, the
charred remains Of Bowdish being still
on the bed. he apparently having been
smothered to death by the smoke be
fore he could rise. Bowdish was be-
tween 70 and rs years of age, his only
surviving relative being a son, some
Where in the west.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
SUPPOSED STORM VICTIM
REACHES HOME IN SAFETY

Wolsey, S. D.. Feb. 16.-Guy M. AL
len, a Wolsey man, VINO was supposed
to have met death in a recent storm
while ~transacting business in the
northwestern section Of the state, is
alive and well.
He had been in that part of the state
purchasing horses and was accompa-
MED by a friend, David Rabbit. On
their return from Fort Yates they ran
into the storm, and upon arriving at
the Silk ranch Rabbit decided to go
no further, they having travelled to
the ranch in Rabbits automobile. Allen,
however, insisted that he must reach
the railroad as he was in a hurry to
get home, and started to walk j. miles
to Mclaughlin, the nearest railroad
point.
Then all trace of him was lost by
Rabbit and others in that section, and
they gave out reports of the probable
death Of the Wolsey man. However,
Allen made his way through the storm
to Mclaughlin, and there caught a
passing train and made his way home.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
STATES ATTORNEY HAS
HARD Time MAKING
ABERDEEN STAY DRY
James Was Blamed For the
Drinks Until Detectives
Started to Work.

Aberdeen, S. D.. Feb. 1.-THE fight
Against the sale of liquor in Aberdeen
has reached the injunction stage with
r vengeance. First, four druggists
charged with selling liquor contrary
to the city ordinances, a re-
straining order from Judge Thomas
L. Bouck, of the state circuit court,
prohibiting Municipal Judge George w.
Crane from hearing the trial Of the &C
cused men on the ground that the in
formation was Sworn out by the chief
Of police OF Aberdeen instead of by
the states attorney, and also on the
ground that the city of Aberdeen had
no right to prohibit the sale of liquors.
States Attorney Fred G.. Huntington
then proceeded to show that two could
play at the junction game, by getting
out a temporary injunction restrain
ing the defendants from selling liquor
under any circumstances. He alleged
In his petition hat the drug stores
complained of by the continuous sale
of intoxicants, had become public nuis-
ances and asked that they be prohibited
from selling OF giving away liquor
pending the NAL determination of the
action. The defendants have 80 days
in which to answer, and meantime they
are restrained from selling liquor. The
temporary restraining order asked by
the states attorney was granted by
Judge Bouck, as was the restraining
order asked for the druggists in their
acIioH seeking TO nave the municipal
judge ruled out as presiding judge in
the liquor cases. Hearings on the two
orders will probably be held at the
term OF court beginning February %.
The two actions are the cuimina-
ton OF efforts by the states attor-
ney for several months past to put an
end to liquor sales in Aberdeen, Alb
erdeen being a dry town. The local
police failing to secur satisfactory
evidence against the suspected men,
a man and woman detective were i'm
of local dry advocates, who paid
their expenses, it is said. The wom-
an detective swore to having purchased
liquor in person at three drug stores.
Before importing the detectives the
convictions because every drunk" who
was run in" swore he purchased his
liquor at James, a small town having
W. saloons, IL miles from Aberdeen,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
BANK DEPOSITS AND CROPS
MAKE CONSISTENT GAINS

Mitchell. S. D., Feb. ia gain of
more than $110,0 00, 900 in bank depos-
its in South Dakota within a period of
Is years is shown by figures just COM
piled by State Bank Examiner j. l..
Wingfield, of this city.
The total deposits at the close of the
years business for 1915 showed an ag-
gregate of $121, 623, 600 on deposit in the
banks of this state. while at the end
Of the year 1900 the total deposits were
but S11.222.0 900. This is an increase of
over II times.
During this period, his number of
banks in the state increased from 1856
to 804.
This increase in the number of banks
and the total deposits has been a steady
climb upwards. In 1905 the deposits
were S27.630.000. and in 1910. they were
$71.210.0 900.
Corresponding with the increase in
bank deposits. the total value Of South
Dakota's crops have also increased
from s34.222 in 1900 to s145,6 S6, 900 in
1915.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
M'cAFFREE is NAMED
HEAD OF LABOR EXCHANGE

Pierre, S. D., Feb. 12.-Imrnigration
Commissioner McCaffree has returned
from the national farm labor exchange
meeting, and he was again chosen
president of this national organization.
The assistant secretary of labor, Post,
and Caminetti. commissioner general
OF immigration, We're present at the
meeting and plans were discussed for
the better regulation OF harvest hands
next year, in order to properly han6le
the crop at the psychological moment.
Great difficulty is experienced every
year with lack of b at some times
and an overrush of it other weeks of
the harvest season.
PARKSTON-The weight and count
record of the rural carriers from this Of
flee for the month of January. 1916, showed
the following count and weight: Total
number of pieces collected, 2,764: total
number of pounds collected, 1888 10 ounces:
total number of pieces delivered. 2s.55a:
total number of pounds delivered. 4,9Sl s
ounces.
PIIIRRE-The department Of history
has completed its file of almanacs back to
the year of IT'S. and this is perhaps the
most complete file anywhere to be found
and has only been secured after some time
of watching second hand lists. etc. The
a1manacs contain many citations of
events of those years, etc. which are con-
stantly asked for In reference libraries.
etc, and SO are found very useful Il: nah.
Ing replies.
HARRISON-The regular April term Of
the district court of Sioux county has
been adjourned from April IL to May s, by
order of the; judge, Hot. w. III. Westoyer.
L-s - N
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
RADCLIFFE ExONERATED
OF ENLIGHTENMENT CHARGE

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Feb. ia jury
In the state circuit court, after being
out several hours. returned a verdict
of not guilty in the case against e.
T. Radcliffe, of Sioux Falls, a former
employe of the South Dakota Central
Railway company, who was charged
by officials OF the company with en-
bezzlement of funds belonging to the
company. During the trial. on of the
attorneys for the defendant created a
sensation by seeking to AVE one of
the attorneys of the railway company
excluded from the courtroom on the
ground that his presence would have an
influence or the jurymen and witnesses.
A damage suit. instituted by Radcliffe
against an official of the railway COM
pany for causing his arrest, yet is to
be tried.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
SOUTH DAKOTA
scoTlAND.

More than 500 jobless WON a, more
than half OF them with college train
Eng, found work in New York through
the agency of the intercollegiate bu-
reau OF occupations in the year end
ing April 80, 1916, according to the
third annual report of the bureau, is
sued not long ago Many OF that num-
Der became secretaries, companions,
suffrage workers, librarians, settle
ment workers, workers in war relief
and nurses. others had nusua places
Three became saleswomen and demon
strators for an automobile company.
Two others were employed by q bond
and securities company to sell stocks
among women One became a rent
collector and four look jobs as police
agents and detectives.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
SOUTH DAKOTA TO GET
S1,779.99 INHERITANCE TAN

Tyndall, S. D., Feb. 15.-The state of
South Dakota will receive the sum of
s1,7T9.9S as inheritance tax from the
estate of the late Senator J. P. Cooley,
Of Bon Hommc county. AT a recent
hearing before the county court it was
agreed between the state tax commits
sion and the representatives of the es-
tate that the estate should be valued at
S212,00O for the purposes of determining
the inheritance tax. MI. Cooley died
in June, 1916, without making a will
and leaving a widow and nine sons and
daughters as his heirs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
STATE iRRlGATloNisTS FAVOR
JONES BILL: NAME OEEICERc

Pierre, S. d, Feb. 12.-At the irri-
cation congress S. E. Wilson was Sc
lected as chairman and P. F. Ward
as secretary, and submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
That the association elect as pres
ldent, Doane Robinson, of Pierre: c..
A. Nystrom, of Rapid City, as secre-
tary, and Chas. l.. Mellette. of Fort
Pierre, treasurer, and the following
members, with the above named Of
ficials, to be h executive association
of the committee: p. F. Ward, Hot
Springs; j. A. Stanley, Lead; John Nc
Pherson, of Fort Pierre, and G. w.
White, of Vivian"
The following vice presidents were
elected by the association to act as
ex officio members of the executive
committee:
Len Hancock, La Creek, Bennett
county; w. D. Buchholz, Newell.
| Butte county; j. j. Fenelon, Campbell
county, Pollock; Enoch Norbeck, of
Platte, Sphinx county; John S. Ander-
son, of Watauga, Corson county; M.
county; Jesse Knight, of Timber Lake,
Dewey county; S. Z. Wilson, of Hot
Springs, Fall River county; o. A. Pat
terson, of Gregory, Gregory county;
Harding county; Chas. E. Crew, of
Pierre, Hughes county; Nate Frank
lin, of Deadwood, Lawrence county;
J. c.. B%artine, of oacoma, Lyman coun-
", -. u. HOUSE, OF Sturg1S, Meade
county; Robert Jones. of White River,
Mellette county; orville Rinehart. OF
Rapid City, Pennington county; p. j.
Tscharner, of Lennon, Perkins coun-
ty; Harvey Lyman, OF Eals, Potter
county; Julius H. Johnson, of Fort
Pierre, Stanley county: H. G. Snod-
grass, of Interior, Jackson county; r..
A. Bielski, of Philip, Haakon county
L. e. Snyder. of Onida, Sully county;
e. V. Youngquist, of Carter, Trip
county; John S. Comstock, of Mo
bridge, Walworth county; G. A. Nc
Garrauh, of Dupree, Ziebach county.
The association made the following
resolution and adopted it:
BE it resolved by the South Da-
kota Irrigation association. in annual
meeting assembled in the hall of the
house of representatives of the state
capitol in Pierre. this 9th day of Feb
ruary. 1916;
THAT this associatie.l favors the en-
actment by the congress of the United
States of the socalled Jones BILL hav-
ing for its purpose the guarantee by
the government Of the lands of such ir-
rigation districts as may be properly
organized and supervised in the west
ern states. believing as we do that
this measure enacted into law will tend
greatly to increase the development
and prosperity of South Dakota, and
the west. and we most earnestly COM
mend the same to the favorable con-
s1deration of our senator's end repre-
sentatives in congress-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
PEACE COUNCIL
GOT COIN FROM BERLIN

Washington. ID, c.. Feb. 14.-W. III.
Cranler, former vice president OF Ia
5bor's national peace council. told the
House judiciary subcommittee investi-
eating Representative Buchanan's inn
States Attorney Marshall, thai the
councils funds come from German,
sources. He discovered rhar. he said.
after he had been connected with the
organization several weeks and re-
signed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
STILL MORE TROOPS ARE
BEING LANDED IN GREECE

London, Feb. 14.-Increas sing activity
m the Balkan is reported from Ath-
e e, An Exchange telegraph dispatch.
lilea Yesterday. says that, following the
arrival OF French and British rein
aoIcsinehts at Saloniki. the French are
again proceeding up the railway, con
centratlns troops as far Onward as
the Bulgarian frontier.
~Bulgarians are said to have oc-
one-third of Albania.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
$4,000 VOLTS FAIL TO
KILL MITCHELVILLE MAN

Des Moines. Ia, Feb. 14.-Fav I.an.s
lnterurban company at Mitchellr;liss
is in a hospital here, ~miraculouslv aiiys
after $4,000 volts of electricity nasss1
through his body yesterday. Ho.,ss
We're burned in his feet and hands Nc
ace arg body are scared and his eyes
are swollen shut. That his life ,yas
spared is declared to he due 10 t,3e -.
that his body received Is times as
Ts'en @'eafricity as is o~rGinariI~ satal
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17

One Of the most popular dogs in the
species which originated in Manchuria
and was jealously guarded by the monks.
The usual chow dog is red, with light
standings on the fringe of the h~indquar-
ters n the tail. although many blacks
are to be found.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17

A Bangor (Me.) woman, who had oc-
casion to visit an office in the build
ing in which the poultry show was be-
Ing held n afternoon, heard the noise
and innocently remarked: why, I
concert this afternoon" She thought
the musicians were tuning UP in the
corridor Jack of the stage.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17

Spokane, which is in Washington.
which in turn is one of the newly pro
hibitfon states, now delights itself with
2 beverage called "carbonated fizz." c.
f.. looks and tastes like beer. Int is free
from alcohol. Also the barrels REQUIRE
40 government proprietary stamp.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17
60 REloW ZERO.

Gfoversville. n. ". keb. I4.--The of
l,eiai Weather observer mere ressnrte'
that at 5 O'clock this morning the tler-
iaemeter registered ~ degrees te on
zero Unofficial icaoIts f9oSf ontStni
-.siriets were 81 loW as sc degrees.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17

The letter r was called the dog let
ter by the ancients because the man
ner in which they pronounced it re-
sembled to o degree the snarling of q
dog. 1t is the last letter that most
children learn to pronounce. They
use w instead, saying vewy for very,
or Wobert for Robert. The Chinese
invariably s "P' in the place of r."
which they can not pronounce.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17

a collection Of 1890 bottles, contain
Ing specimens Of the ocean bottom OBJ
famed by vessels Of the United States
coast and geodetic survey of the At
lanue. gulf and Pacific coasts. has re-
Gently been transferred to the smith
sonian institution.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17

Estimates of the expense Of bringing
a 2.000-ton freight train, travelling at
q rate of rs miles a nhour, to a full
STOP and then regaining the same
speed. We're recently made by a south
srn railway. The expense was GIL cents,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17

The Scots In Ulster first established
line manufactories during tie reign Of
y James !. and from this Beginning has
zsse business OF the present day de-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-17

q 800 officers Of the kings justice
n England who receive a~ggrerate an
aud. salaries of $3.750,000 make Il he
aeye the English Law must not be as
common as text books would have us