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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
The scythian Amazons.
Frotn the cleveland Plain peale

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Herodotus was a genial soul. He ~
no wflful liar, nor was he altogether gull
BILE. He set down what people told him.
and not ~infrequentlys he inti1nated that
he did not believe all he. was told. He
race of warlike women from the Scythian
wilds. who could best most men in battle.
The ancient world believed him, on the
strength OF legend and tradition which
long preceded his history. For some CEN
turtles now it has been the fashion to ques-
ton his yerasity, and to gidieuIe his gun,
history with his historical revenge.
The. Amazons. whose. valor Herodotus
Amazons there today. whose valorsshames
the manhood of the land. When the Rus
before the German attach and Their orr
GERS sacrificed themselves in the vain eff
fort to avert disaster, the Russian WON,
an Austrian attack and counter charged
with a determined bravery which Won
praise even from papers in. Budapest
the patriotic devotion OF these women has
stirred the imagination Of the republic,
and. that the position Of Kerensky's war
the han1e which the men in the ranks
Women Of every race have played an
trust the ~chroniclers of the past, they
have always been the inspiration of the
defenders of besieged cities. Russia is
| Of autocracy without and by the subtle
! traitors within, who. willingly or not, are
| the best friends a~utocracy has. The Rus
| Sian women in, the trenches are playing
no new role. They are playing their old
| sst role in a way the world thinks new.
A nation is never more loyal to an ideal
,alion Of Russia is loyal, and it shows iii
| oyalty in a striking way. One must re-
! sret the necessity for a Woman's bat
I Iniiny1 II Inf all men Slln1116 nav hnYnH RA
| 10 the purpose which inspires them and u
| she heroism which they display.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
EtheI,s Note.

Al woman on the north side wis
prides herself on her social position
and always insists on having perfect
service In every way for any occasion,
was called on recently to give a recep-
ton on very short notice to a distin-
guished club woman who was passing
through the city, says the Indianapolis
News. Ali three Of her house serv-
ants were gone that day and only the
cook ives at home.
Ethel" she requested her little nve-
Syear-eld daughter, .syou go to the door
and usher the guests in while ! finish
my toilet"
At first the child objected, but final
~ she was persuaded to go.
The woman went on with her prepa-
ration, which was interrupted several
times by bad luck, the cook, and ev.
erything else. A woman accustomed
to a maid is rather helpless when II
comes to dressing without one. bui
she heard the guests come q and tex
chairs In the reception room q she
supposed all was well. At last she
was ready.
Going to the door to find Ethel she
was herriied to read this little printed
note pinned to the back OF a chair.
..Dere Ladies cum on in mann IS MP
stares dressing talk and st down
Ethel"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
a FIGHT COMING ON THE
SOLDIER PLAN
From capper,s Weekly.

#M&### From CapPers Week.. # #4
In surance companies are not particularly pleased with the plan
of government insurance of the lives of its soldiers at the front.
If the insurance companies wrote this business they would charge
about $50 a thousand.
The government carries the risk at So.
The difference is rendered possible by the government system.
It doessno regularly do an Insurance business.
1t has no overhead expense, to speak of.
It has no high salaried officers.
1t does not employ agents or solicitors.
It does no advertising.
It is not obliged to collect the premiums, at considerable expense,
and so on
It just deducts the premium from the wages Of the insured soldier,
and that is all there is of it.
When the soldier comes home from the war, if he desires he can
continue the policy IN force, as stated, year after year, at the same
cost, during his life. 1t becomes q very cheap policy, behind which
is the credit of the United States. @M ~ #
The socialistc feature of the scheme will not escape special notice,
and on this account opposition will organize against the plan, not so
much on It's own strict merits, as because it is regarded as a dangerous
example and opening wedge Of state socialism. If it works well,
why will not the government be persuaded to go into the insurance
business generally? #8 Ss
But the project is SO advantageous for the soldiers and their
dependant families that great public pressure will come to the govern
ments support in putting it through congress.
The country, it is rightly felt, can not do too much for its actual
defenders in war.
Insurance companies are unable to offer anything to compare
with tins plan IN cost and security combined. And if It leads to state
insurance because it seems to work very wellfor all concerned-what
of itf The country is not going to pass it up merely because of the
abstraction that it is socialistc. So is the public school, and SO is
the postal system.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
Longer School Term.

From the Fort Dodge Messenger.
In Waterloo the. board OF education has
voted for a school year of MIN and one
half months. The reason for the change
TO a longer. year, according to the super
~intendent of schools, was made principally
to enable students to better cope with the
heavy courses that nave been maintained.
The change in Waterloo is sensible.
grades and high schools, could we'll be
made 10 months and we would get better
results than we are getting under one
wear of nine months.
Modern education seeks not only to de-
velop the child's mind, but also his body.
Systematic recreation is provided under
experts. Hence it is no longersleft to the
summer months for the child to get any
exercise or play. Educators now seek to
make play an important part OF the school
life.
The principal reason we dc It have
Longer. scH.oi years is that we AVE al.
towns preIerto@stay IN the old rut- I'm
f~ortucately Fart o Is one of them
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
%
And Ma URE MYSTERIES
syF FrankJin.

II. men III is dried ana treated With
Jnixturaofsstrong nitric ard D1sphuTtc
acids. Here fre chemist must know ~
what gise satSis tos be nut because Il ft b
togbe snade ltosceiluIoid moving picture
or sphotographic inns. imitation leather,
l~acauers. efn. theTnrocass does rot need
sto be carried ID III
II nitratAds cotton. which looks juSft
az it aid before. Il now ASH ana boiled.
sometimes ciats int crlenRthasswashed
again and All but about 20 per cent Of the
water removed ~ centrlfugai machines
lInathfs moist condition itsfs A,sp,allyS
az Il neither hnrna nor exp,odes. when
wet. II il IS to ba used Ia submarine
mines sor toruedoes Us Is esusranded In
water q cain noI,rea INTO me,ass fhesex-
cess wafera drainea III Ana fhcan hydraui.
pressed underEl2 90 tosl5.0oo rounds
per square lnch intn slahs foI~ mines and
H~special shanas far Ira war headsso a. tor
Rpedoesa IN fTss orabbrcsscd form eek
sniodes VIII, sreat VIOLENCE frofnsa detona-
zion ~ shnrE@ s,,rh ~ IL nroduce u sfnl-
minate "a rnsrcnrvg sNftTated cotton wi I'M
not "a IN p1,na fseca t,sr Al hlcwsslap the
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The defective powder found%tnS fne3
hands OF our troops IA France,@MAkeAs
interesttrga recent address, BY M.
smith on g~uncotton, which IL, more
spectficaIiys nttro-cell1lcse. Id
dress was pdelivered before the Amer
lean Chemical society at Proyidence.
Cellulose is 2 rcmarkahleSbody produceds
an enormous q,iantitiesEins atnr labora-
tory, but no man has ever Yet beenSaple p
to make 1T from the elements that com
nose Il. lcayesssok trees and plants
Scontain q badly known as chlorophyll, and
with the help OF this. as q kind OF amarry-
Ing paTs0n, the leaves take up water ana
carbonic acid gas from the air and COM
binc them tosproduce gngar Wescannot
do II. but leaves can, with the heipepf
chlorophyll and of pressure within. and
heat from thcagun. More heat and PRES
sure bunch these sugars together until
they become starch and still more treat
ment within the plant produces gums
and sttll more OF it resnJtssin ccllllloses
which Is the stuff of which the walls of
Its cells are composed. So we have these
bodies, sugars, starch. gums and cellilose,
~ - 49, hkI- 80 * 2AhW N - EAAH
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
kll0RSAvES
his PA1 REEoRnSShOM

kSo4SsHIaAkA ui.,fgE 66Als&sey
spends HI money hkeeSa sailofy~
tast becoming ohsoletesfO the m1dsrns
1aue5Acket kenerallysMcOmes out 1tS the
than that Of his civilian brpthor.AWfth
4 recent increase Of pay; the 1Ayy.
savtng1 inSthe ships baIysS have In
CxeAse6 enOrtlaousl1. The g0spNl Ut
having is preached continuously II thu
a with effect sN
At the Great Lakes naval training
station, wheEssI2.o 900 St tackles are in
andNcorrespondingly the smallest paid
body OF men in the avy nearly%$25
900 has been deposited%sThe na0un II
not surprisingly large, bu considering
yhAt the#ayerage Jackie hns een atsthe
station for only Mttie@staore thRn 4
month. ~ shows that they have caught
the spirit. Civilian banks adjacent To
the training station also carry Constd-
cradle savings accountsefor b jackiea.
At b training station, as on every
ship IN the navy, there Is a bunk Tor
exclusive use OF the jackies In
Which they Observation-Disclosures sayings
and draw 4 e cent interest Such de-
posts are required to remain in the
bank fOrthe period OF the depositOr'S
enlistment and it is3not uncommon for
b sailor to come from his cruise with
q good sum set aside fora rainy day
OF course, there are no rainy days in
the navy as the bluejacket is3cared for
In sickness and is always u I of his
job as long as he behaves himself, but
many who leave the service find that
this financial backing comes in handy.
There is no small lumber of nien In the
service who boast bank and
Investments hat would make civil
ian considered well OFF, In his CONF
munity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
DON'T FORGET The HORSE
There Was Another Hero In Wild
Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere,
Reminds . Writer.

Paul Reveress name was made Inn
mortal when he rode fromBoston to-
Lexington and Concord, warning the
patriots along the way of the British
approach, and his fame has been se-
curely enshrined In the hearts Of all
Americans.
Historians have honored themselves
In honoring him. Poets have found in
spiration in praising him. Ee is an
Idol Of childhood, IN example in the
prime of manhood and ~solaclng mem
DRY Of old age.
Howsfew characters loom up like
greatpeaks above the mountain ranges
of time!
And Paul Revere was n of these.
He was one Of the precious few great
enough to grasp an opportunity to do
an i%ncalculab1e good to mankind.
But while we give deserved glory to
Paul Revere; let us no longer forget
that there was another hero In that
wild midnight ride, says a writer In
the Christian Herald.
There was the horse.
Z Amy other horse might have done as
WELL" you think? Well, sc might any
other man have done as well, perhaps.
SO might we fippantly %disparage any
hero.
But the fact remains that it was Paul
Revere's horse that did 1T. And the
harder work fell on the horse. But for
the + horses faithfulness, naul Re.
we're would have been a failure.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
Watching and Waiting.

Watching a0O tvdltl0S. Al
The attorney for a litigant whose
use was about to be called for trial
was examining the jurynen as to their
qualifications, and was questioning
juror No. 10, a v the indianapolis
News.
what do you dor the lawyer ask
cd.
II am doing nothing just at pres
emit" he answered.
How long have you been doing
nothing?"
"Oh, for quite a WHILE"
what did you do before you did
nothingg"
II was watching and waiting"
I'm other words" remarked the in
quisitor, you We're not doing anything
before you did nothing. Is that right?"
"No; I was watching and waiting,
as / said"
Where were You when you were
watching and waiting?'
II was watching at the T-- Lum-
Der Company, and was waiting at the
- hotel.'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
Discipline and Reason.

From the New o Tribune 8gN
Discipline issan art. Lik good
1ocial grace and correct speech, 1t Is one
Df the fine arts of living. And like these
also it can0t be assumed. manufactured or
acquired IN q day. An old and mellow civ
.sliixattnn falls into discipline as naturally
and easIly8as an educated person uses
correct dicticn-and for much the same
ransom But societies. and particularly.
persons In authority, discipline
IS suHnethifg new are likely to X the
same view OF 1T as those uninitiated per-
rom often take of intellectual culture who
think Ut consists chiefly In using long.
rs q neutrality-suspicious. person reveals
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
Ii All Over.

From the New York Evening Post
Meiindy, bereaved Of her husband. 0 n
suited her young mistress ON the proper
wear to disclose her grief.
"Ah wants a BLACK hat.an, a black
dress. am black shoes, an. black gloves,
an a whole black hank chef mataIn.
sOh, no. Melindy.' her mistress pro.
tested, mot q solid black handksrchfaf!s
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27

nice" SO the socially inexperienced com
munity displays It's lack of sense of orga-
nfzation by the Ill proportioned conscien.
tiousneEs with which it works at" the
tasks of discipline.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
CUTlcURA HEALS ECZEMA
And Rashes That Itch and Burn-Trlal
Free to Anyone Anywhere.

&Nr.%FIe +efS4Ef1
In the treatment Of skin and scalp
troubles battle freely with Cuticura
Soap and hot water, dry and apply
Cuticura Ointment. II there is q nat
ural tendency to rashes, pimples, ETC.,
prevent their recurrence by making
Cuticura your daily toilet preparation.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Z.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
An Unkind Cut.
Wife (reading the headlines OF the
daily paper)-"One Wife Too Many
Why do they print those disgusting
bigany stories?
Husband-Maybe it isn't bigamy, my
dear.
An Endorsement.
us that purse real alligator skIn:s'
You just ought to hear 1t snap.
Baltimore American.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
sound Logic.

.Mannna,'' said a five-year-old boy
the other day, ..aren't there any othel
senses 'cept hearing, seeing, feeling
tasting and smelling7 d,
mo, ny child" answered the motn'
Ter. ut ts usually considered that these
five are enough" 81.
.WeA,. said tie little one, with an
air OF deep conviction, II s'pose talk
ing would be called sense II theirs
wasn't SO much nonsense about =.
Pearsonss.
Because q girl with pretty teeti
laughs 81 your joke is no sign that TN
a,,lxn Ia ~esmecially amusing.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-27
Never Boasts

Never Boasts.
One OF bur able senator's was argus
ing a momentous naval question With
an opponent.
You know I never boast the ep-
Sporent remarked during the arguMent
Never boast Bullyi" exclaimed
the senator. Then. In a more reflec-
tive mood. he added, mo wonder you
brag about it"
No man can expect to achieve pepu-
larity in the role Of a game waraenSos
tax collector.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-21
RAILROADS SEEK
EXTRA WORKERS

Freight congestion is still a big
problem for South Bend railroads,
demands the employment of more
hands or of men TO fill positions va
Gated during the past few days. The
New York Central freight offices put
in a call for 20 extra hands Wednes-
day morning at the Indiana free en-
ployment bureau.
II. L. Potter, y y. c. freight
agent gives as a reason for the addi-
ton of more men 10 his working
forces. the ever increasing amount of
freight handled each day Mr. Potter
expects that this move will greatly
facilitate the work and cope success
fully with the congestion in this city.
Four employees at the Grand
Trunk freight yards, dissatisfied with
wages and offered better positions,
have quit, necessitating the employ
ment of new men. The Indiana free
employment bureau was also asked
TO find men.
IL is the opinion Of authorities
who have gone over the situation,
that South Bends problem of freight
congestion. although perpleXing,
may be solved in part by the addi-
ton of new working forces. The
Nandalia offices, although having an
over-plus of freight, have placed no
further calls for labor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-21
SEVEN SONS OF FOREIGN
BORN PARENTS ENLIST
ocaI Youths Arc Sent To IT.
Thomas TO Begin Prclimi-
nary Training.

Sons Of foreign born parents but
lovaI 10 the country of their nativity.
seven south Bend lads. their ages
ranring from rs 10 "A years. offered
their services to the army recruiting
sergeant Tuesday afternoon and
were accepted.
The recruits Joseph 2. KoVach,
1908 Kemble av.: Frank CelicoWski,
-a7 :. Carlisle ST.. Frank Madowski,
1888 ". Durham St, Peter Futa,
1929 W. Fischer ST.: Walter Hudak.
Sa- Kosciuszko ST.. Cashier Mad
rackf S8S Pulaski ST.. and Leo
Bauer. also of South Bend. left
TUESDAY afternoon for Fort Thomas
XIV. where they will remain for a
period OF 25 DAYS before being as
signed TO their respective commands.
All but Bauer we're enrolled IN the
coast artillery branch of the service.
the latter choosing the cavalry.
Several other applicants were up
Tor examination but were not enlist
cd. The may be entered in the in
fantry service next week
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-21
PACIFISTS GENERALLY
SCORED BY RE0FIELO
Are Doing More Than Any Others
To Force Country Into
War.
International News SerEice

International News Service.
WASHINGTON. March u. - A
singing rebuke to the Emergency
Peace Federation and 10 pacihsts
generally was administered today by
Sec'y Of Commerce RedfeId.
The secretary's ire was aroused
by telegram he received from the
federation. urging him as a member
Of Pres't Wilson's cabinet. 10 stave
off war and TO work for the appoint
ment Of a commission TO mediate
the differences between the United
States and Germany
All the members Of the cabinet
received the appeals
Sec'y Redfield sent the following
reply:
Emergency Peace Federation.
New York City.
Replying TO your telegram. / be
lieve that your organization and
doctrine to be directly promotive Of
attacks on American citizens and
property To accept your policy
would. in my judgment. mean more
than ruthless slaughter.
(Signed) 'WM. Q. REDFIELD
"Secy OF Commerce.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-21
ALLIES ADVANCE
WITHOUT A HALT
Main Forces Are Being Moved
Cautiously AS German
Trap is Feared.
international News Service {;

International News Service.
LONDON. March 21. - That the
great German retreat between Arras
and the Aisne river and the Ger
man attacks on the Nerdun front
are intended to mask plans tor a
gigantic Teuton enterprise on some
other portion of the western front
was the belief expressed by military
experts today While the advance
of the Anglo French troops is slower
now than it has been at any other
time since the pursuit OF the fleeing
Germans began. il continues, never
theless. without a halt. The factors
contributing most powerfully to the
slackening OF the allies headlons
advance were the stiffenHd resist
ance of the reinforced Germans, bad
weather. muddy and uptom roads
and the desolated condition of the
country through which the march
extends
War critics in London and Paris
express widely divergent opinions.
Some hold that. instead of making
preparations for new German Of
fensive on the western front, Won
Hindenburg hopes to take advantage
Of the situation created on the east
ern front by the revolution in Rus
STA and is moving all available
troops eastward from the French
theater of war for a mighty stroke
against the Russians. The result of
these trips. IL was said, made II
necessary for the Germans 10 move
into stronger positions north.
The main German army has now
reached the Cambrai-St. Quentin-Lsa
Fere-Loan line. but whether they
intend to halt there is not known.
Gen. Haig and Gen. Nivelle. the
British and French commanders,
are moving their main forces eau
tiously and if it is really the aim
of Won Hindenburg to force the
lighting into "the open instead Of
continuing trench warfare. the
Tuetons will find the allies strateg-
icaIy aligned for such warfare, ii is
stated by observers.
The allies have now recaptured
from 200 to 235 villages from the
Germans. practically all of which
have been totally or partially de-
strOved
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-21
'ECLAL SESSION OF CONGRESS Will BEGIN APRIL !
Here Are Victims
Of German Sub
InternationaI Nans Serrice .

International News Service:
WASHINGTON, March 2l-Con-
SUI Gen. Skinner at London forward
ed TO the state department today
the names Of the 10 mem bers of the
crew Of the American steamer Vigil
amelia who were lost when a sub
marine sunk the vessel without
warning. Five of them were Amer
leans.
Consul SINNERS dispatch follows:
The American consul at Plym-
outh reports the following members
of the Nigilancia's crew drowned:
Niels =. North, <. +. Adorholde, f.
Lopez, +. Brown and Joseph Siberia,
all Americans; 4. Rodriguez. Porto
Rican; Julio MOntoyo, Peruvian; T.
Rondef. Venezuelan: A. Galicos and
+. Dimitris. Greeks; and the follow
ing Spaniards, Joseph LiviOs, o..
Sparrow. Juan Mosz. NJ. Vasquez and
II. Gonzales"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-21
DANCING MAN IS
HELD FOR DEATH
international News Service:

International News Service:
NEW YORK, March 21.-Benja~
min Sternburg. Broadway dancing
man, was formally placed under ar
rest today on a charge of homicide
in connection with the death Of Mrs
Elsie G. Hilair, who was strangled to
death in her room at a Broadway
hotel here last Thursday.
Sternburg's arrest came as a
climax to 40 hours of continuous
'grilling' by the police after he had
given himself up as the Benny"
with whom Mrs. Hilair had carried
on a fiirta ton i'm tango palaces"
along Broadway.
Benny" at first claimed an alibi.
but later confessed that he had been
with the woman on the day she met
her death, but maintained he had
left her a half-hOur before the time
she registered at a Broadway hotel.
Later witnesses testified 10 seeing
Sternburg with Mrs. Hilair at a time
Id TEL tlidl Nlldl d. WHICH ne claim ed
TO have left her
Chemical analysis Of the victim
stomach today showed she was muir
dered two hours after she registered
at the hotel, at 1850 Thursday after
noon.
Sternburg's aged father created
scene when his son was arrested, and
the youth broke away from detec-
uves and assaulted police officers
who were restraining his parent.