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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03

New York. Jan. 31.-Georgc A.
Ellis, Jr., OF e. F. Hutton Company,
Now York brokers, who is i'll in
Georgia, has been ordered summoned
by the leak investigation committee.
Ellis signed the telegram sent broad
cast to Hutton's correspondents and
outlining President Wilson's peace
note ten hours before the publication.
The information on which the tcle.
gram was written came from the
brokerage firm Of r. A. ConneIly Co.,
of Washington, Of which r. w. Bol-
ling, the presidents brothcr-in-law.
Is a member. Hutton's testimony was
taken before the leak committee YES
terday. Hutton today sent q mcssa Sc
by private wire to Ellis asking him
to come to New York.
Ellis Is expected Thursday night or
Friday. Testifying today Hutton ad-
mittcd that the message as sent from
Hutton & Co. to correspondents red:
This firm is confldcntially informed
that a note had been issued" 1t de-
velOped during the examination that
the message originally read: "WiE
be issued" Hutton said that none
Of the nine members OF the firm
dealt in the market on this informa-
ton. ON the night Of December 2Oth.
after the Ellis message had gone. he
said. his books showed long holdin%s
of more than three hundred thousaud
shares. Hutton declared that Sccra-
tary Lansing's verge Of war" state
mont the next day was what really
broke the market.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03
Lands at Darien.

Darien, Ca, Jan. 30.--An American
naval balloon that left the aviation
station at Pensacola at $3.50 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon landed here at Z
o'clock. 1t was in charge of Lieut.
Conldr. McCrary, accompanied by OBJ
server Geiger. The balloon will be
shipped from here back to Pensa-
cola.
Commander McCrary declared he
had determined to land after seeing
the ocean stretching out before him
and expressed surprise that he was
SO far from Pensacola.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03
ROUMANIANs MOVING CAPrrAD.
King Said to Have Chosen Yekaterino-
slav Tor His Residence Others To

Berlin. Jan. 20 (via Tuckerton).-
According to Russian press reports
received by the Overseas News agency
King Ferdinand Of Roumania has Sc
lected the Potemkin palace at Yeka-
terinoslav in southern Russia, as his
residence, and the Roumanian gov
ernment and parliament, now at Jas
sy, Roumania, will be transferred 70
Russia, part of the authorities going
to Yekaterinoslav and the others to
Kherson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03
BAKER TO VISIT COLUMBIA.
Secretary OF War to Accept Invitation
to Come for Investigation of Nitrate
PIant-Other Cabinet Members
Also to BE Invited.

to Come for Investigation of Nitrate
P1ant-Other Cabinet Members
Also to BE Invited.
Columbia, Jan. 30.--Newton d. Ba-
ker, secretary Of war Of the United
States, has definitely accepted an in
vitation to visit Columbia and inspect
the resources which have been offered
as inducement for the establishment
of the government nitrate fixation
p,ert. He has also asked that Secre-
ta.ry Franklin X. Lane of the interior
department and Secretary David F.
Houston Of the agricultural depart
ment be invited by Columbia to make
the trip. GO
The invitation to the three cabinet
members will be extended at an early
date BY the Columbia commute
which VIII be headed by Gov. Man
ming. The date for the visit of the
officials has not been fixed.
Columbias chances Tor the nitrate
plant are growing. according to infor-
nation reaching Columbia. 1t is said
that the advocates of other places
usually begin to investigate Columbia's s
offer after a conference with the Sec
retary Of war and other officials.
Columbia's printed case has been
completed and will be filed at an
early date with the secretary OF war.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03
COKER CHOSEN MAYOR.
Elected in Brisk Campaign In Harts-
'Fi' ~ VILE. ,E

Y Hartsyille. Jan. 30.-In the ,akHnici-
paf rfert.Un today: IN which r4zfS $azan
ordinary interest was manifested, c.
w. Coker defeated e. Earle Thornwsll
by 43 votes. The total vote was 227
coker getting I35 and Thornwell 02.
The following were elected aldermen:
e. c. Burch, T. E. Goodson. A. Jory
dan. e. p. Rogers, r. w. Skies and
l.. B. Stephenson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03
FLIGHT BY NAVAL BALLOON.

American Sea Officers Make Trip
From Pensacola Station to Darien,
Ga.
Washington, Jan. 30.-The first ex-
tended flight by American naval Of
ficers in a navy owned balloon was
successful, aeonrdinsA To- -paren.ts IL,
the navy department today from the
Pensacola (Fla.) station. The voy-
age was made by Lieut.. Comdr. Nc
Crary and Capt. Geiger. They left
Pensacola yesterday and after an all
night flight landed safely at Darien,
Ga.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03
For City Manager.

Chicago, Jan. 29.-An ordinance
calling for plans to put Chicago un-
der a city manager and to unity all
local governments were presented to-
day to the city council by Alderman n
Charles e. Merriman.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03
LEAF TOBACCO STOCK.
Amount Held January Aggregated
1914, ,S85, ,1O8 Pounds.

Washington, Jan. 29.-Leaf tobac-
CO held by manufacturers and deal
ers on January / aggregated 1,O44.-
1851 pounds, compared with 1,033,-
O19.715 pounds October 1 last year,
the census bureau today announced.
Chewing, smoking, snuff and ex-
port types totalled 75S,37s,S35 pounds,
compared with 704,452,507 pounds
October /; cigar types 231,737.487
pounds compared with 270,275.s47,
and imported types 54,76s,52S pounds
compared with 58,29O,911.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03
REFUGEES ON TIE FRONTIER

Columbus, N. NJ, Jan. 3O.-Six
Mexican families. including many
children. reached the border here to-
day, being the vanguard of the host
OF refugees who were reported to
be with the expeditionary forces.
The expeditionary forces were mov-
ing slowly toward the border, they
reported, and the troops and stock
We're reported to be in excellent con-
dition.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03

Columbia, Jan. 31.--"T am In the
race for congress-" said w. II. Stcv-
cnson OF Cheraw, who was among tho
visitors in Columbia today. He will
offer for the place held by the late -.
e. Finley.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03

Columbia, Jan. 31.--Two hundred
prohibitionists from % counties in
the State met here tonight in con-
Vention and then marched to the
State house, where a resolution was
presented to the legislature demanding
absolute prohibition.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03

New York, Jan. 3O.-Norweei,n
bark Bowden, from Cuban ports.
went aground last night on the Bar
negat. New Jersey, shoals in a fog
Coast guard cutter officers say she is
in no immediate danger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03

Washington, Jan. 31.-The State
department is Investigating thorough
ly the issuance Of an alleged improp-
er passport in the name Of Jelks It.-
roy Thrasher, a former Quitman, Ca.
resident. with which Captain Hans
Doehm, an alleged German officer is
travelling Europe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03

New York, Jan. 3O.-Rev. Stephen
Merritt, q Methodist preacher ana
undertaken, who died yesterday, off,
ciated at the funeral of Daniel Web
ster, Gen. Grant and other prominent
men. He was "a years old.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03
WILL RETURN GUARD

Washington, Jan. 30.-Secretary
Baker said today that as soon as 25.-
600 National Guardsmen recently or
dered from the Mexican border left
for their home States, additional mill
tiamen would be sent from the Dor
der. Definite plans. he said, depend
upon transportation facilities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03

Paris, Jan. 31.--It is officially an
nounced that the transport Admiral
Magon conveying nine hundred and
fifty soldiers to Saloniki, escorted by
the destroyer Arc. was summarized on
Jan. 25th. Eight hundred and nine
were saved.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03

12:48 o'clock eastern time. which
was about an hour and quarter
after Secretary Lansing had told THE
newspaper men in Washington that
a note was coming from the pres
ident. 1t said:
II hear that state department win
issue statements today regarding
economic conditions European war as
affecting neutrals. Intended to pro-
mote peace prospects. What do you
think Of this and how are you on
stocks (signed) Clement"
The next was Hutton's reply Is.
'shiE uskS -iyfs5rI, m. wihitcn rvzd .
''opr washinston wire gave us
similar message }. to yours. Others
have the same information. We put
out as It was more or less generally
known. Your message was marked
confidential and we treated it so.
(signed) 'E. F. H."
Some time between the receipt Of
the Chicago message and Hutton's
reply to 1t. the now missing message
from Connolly was received, Hutton
testified. This was the message on
which Ellis based his message, at
1854 o'clock, which follows:
I'VE are confidentially informed of
a highly important me ssage to all bel
ligerents and neutrals has been issr cd
from Washington. Interpreted moi as
pressure on beligerents in behalf of
peace but as one apparently to put
American demands on record to be
considered II there is peace and warn
ing neutral rights must not be fur
ther encroached upon. Full text to
be given out tonight and will be look
ed on as move Of great moment"
Questioned on the lost MESA ye
from Connolly. Hutton said it was of
a class his firm seldom saved. Con-
nelly also had not kept a copy of it,
he said, but he added the Washington
broker would testify fully before the
committee.
Hutton also produced other COM
munications his firm had sent its cor
respondents in which reference WAS
made to various Washington situa-
tlons. One Of them said 1t was under
stood that the presidents message of
last December 4, the opening day Of
congress. would be favorable to rail
road investments. Another, writton
by Hutton personally. said that
Washington advices" were that in
creased freight rates probably would
be granted the railroads.
Replying to sharp questioning by
Mr.. 'Whipple. Hutton said ne did not
recall any particular advices nc lad
In mind other than a general impress
sion nc had gained from the news
papers and the ticker. He volunteer
ed the statement that nc had learns ed
nothing In this connection from Mr..
Boiling or Mr.. Connolly. He also as-
serted that his firm had no sources or
information In Washington outside pr
the Connolly company.
While describing the nervous state
Of the financial district shortly prior
to the issuance of the president note,
owing to the top-heavy speculative &C.
counts amassed by the public" Hut
ton gave the committee q shock hy
casually announcing that his firms
loans against margincd |
accounts aggregated $2S.0O0, 900. |
This condition. he said, was general !
and was regarded by bankers as a !
dangerous Over-extension that mi; t /
result I'm a panic.
Hutton was preceded on the stan ,
by Bernard Baruch, large Wall
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-02-03

street operator, who testified that
solely by the use Of the foresight he
had made $476,16s by selling short
between December 10 and December
13. Baruch again declared he had
received no advance information on
the presidents peace note.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25

..,, =
There will be no increase in the
rates charged the student boarders
at East Hall by the University of
South Dakota, despite 40 cent but
ter, potatoes at 50 a bushel, ordi-
nary canned goods at Is cents a
can, and flour at $3.50 a hundred.
Only once in the last five years
has East Hall found it necessary to
advance the price of board, and
that was from So to 1925 q week.
What advances may be nee essary
in the future cannot be guessed,
but SO far, by close figuring and
careful buying, East Hall has man.
aged to break even with the high
cost of living and to furnish board
to mole than one hundred and fif-
ty students at the old price of So 25
a week.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25
How the Ancients Bathed.

Ancient Rome is said to have con-
sElned no less than 34O,OOO.OOO gallons
OF water q day; and one of the most
noticeable features Of the modern town
Is the prOdigal e1ferveScence of it's wa
ter gushing from fountains of every
conceivable size and design. The Trevi
is the most magnificent in the city, it's
waters-c:llled aqua vergine. virgin wa
ter. because of its purity-the finest.
The old Roman baths required lot of
water. The splendid Thermae built
by the degenerate Emperor Caracalla
had accommodations for 600 bathers.
fesideS the baths proper the establish
.!lrni included within it's area. of about
quarter of Il mile square, gymna-
r'uln. athletic field. library. and even
ii racetruck. It's ruins tower above
he plain today like some mountain
blasted by AUTHORIZATIONS Geograph-
ic Magazine.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25
Mickle's Maneuver.

Henry, I've come to see your new
stenographer," said his wife.
"But, my dear, she will offend your
esthetic sensew protested Mickles.
"She's sight. I told you she was a
sight"
Il insist on seeing" replied Mrs. M.
Every well, but wait till finish die
tating letter. It's very important
It's to Hibblm & Diggum canceling
an order for dozen lead pencils and
must get Off"
"Ill not wait q second"
Just as you say my dear. But your
hat isn't on straight. There's a glass
over there in the corner"
20, dear, I'll just fix it. I'll be there
In minute"
And she went over to the glass to
straighten her hat, and in the half
hour it took her to do it, Mickles had
let his beautiful new stenographer out
the window on an improvised rope lad
der. and hauled up frightfully home
ly one for whom he had telephoned
to the employment bureau.-Detroit
Free Press.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25
COUNTRY FOR KINGS
sny EuIcrs of Poland Compelled to
Leave. Murdered or Ignomini-
ousIy Deposed.

II no, been very kind to
s past. Henry of Valois.
Hl..n no waS elected to
/: 2u hs lie diet. fled, after II
ii &;'' monthS. in II most ludi-
e,'i {; !:f"n: >It-hanI Wieniowiecki.
- q ...,.,> ey.lrrul. Il weak and
:. li;iil who was elected
/: usi his will died suddenly; :"
Aa.s9StuS was depoSed; his sue
s$oi %funlslnuS LeSzczynslii. was
's!paaird 10 leave the country LadiS-
i:9uS had to resign and so had the last
b,n" SlaniSlauS.
When the time came for Sigismund
II to take the crown. trouble arose
from his marriage. He had secretly
eSpouSed. as widower, a widow of
the great house OF Radziwill, and the
mobiles required the union to be an
nulled because they thought the coun-
try would gain more by foreign alli-
ance. SigiSmund carried his point, and
his wife was crowned queen. but she
died soon afterward, not without suS-
picions Of having been poisoned by her
mother-in-law
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25
ther raids,

The shipping of coal to Newcas.
tie, bas long been proverb to sig
nifty absurdity, but that seems to
be what this country is now doing.
The war department has just let a
contract to Hatfields, British
munitions firm, for the manufac.
ture of a large quantity of armor
piercing projectiles, at a price
5000 each below the lowest bid
that could be received from manu-.
facturers in this country. It is al
80 reported that potatoes are being
shipped i'll large quantities from
England, and are being sold on the
Chicago. market in competition
with the home product. Sol Wea J.
terfield, former president of the
National Retail Grocers' associa
ton, says this seems impossible
but he has seen the bills of ladipg
The only reasonable conclusion to
draw from euch facts is that in
present prices the Americans are
victims of a hold up.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25
new WORDS Dr. HIS SPECIALLY
Eastern Newspaper Man Has IN oc.
cupation That Is Unique as Well
as Profitable.

There are in the world many un-
usual and unique occupations, but per-
haps the strangest of all which pays
Il good income is that of n New York
newspaper man, who earns, in adtli-
ton to his regular salary from the pa
sper, rather regular amounts from
the publishers of dictionaries, ency-
clopedias and other such volumes. His
occupation is the inventing Of new
words.
The casual observer would be in
clined to remark that the English Ian
guase alrcady possesses enough words
for all uses, without the invention of
any new ones; and probably his state
lpcnt would be fact. Nevertheless
it lis true that this EIan is paid sub
stantial sums for inventing new words
to fit special phases, situations, occ,l-
Wltions and occurrences, and that the
publishers Of dictionaries will incor-
porate into them any new word based
on substantial derivatives, for the eX-
istence of which plausible reason can
be made.
The progress of modern business
and especially the discoveries that
have been made in the fields of cleo
tricity and medicine in the last decade
have been responsible for the incor-
poration into the language Of many
new words.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Judge ]. W. Jones, of the Sec.
ond judicial circuit, has decided
that South Dakota is entitled to an
Inheritance tax amounting ia
100000 from the estate of the late
harvester manufactures, William
Deering. who died at Evanston, Ill.,,
leaving an estate of $14,0OO,OO
'Of this estate So, 800, 600 consisted
of south Dakota notes, mortgages
and municipal bonds. The heirs
contended that the inheritance tax
could only be collected in the state
in which the deceased resided, but
the judge holds that it is subject to
tax at the residence of the debtor.
The case pill probably be appealed
to a higher court.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25

It is now determined that the
American punitive expedition
which was sent into Mexico to cap.
ture Villa, dead or alive, will be
withdrawn at once, and Villa ia
neither dead nor captured. Really
the troops might better be with
drawn than to remain there in
active as they have been, but to
withdraw them is an acknowledge
ment that it was blunder to send
them there in the first place.
Either they should have done what
they were ordered to do or they
should never have been sent. To
Withdraw under present conditions
ia to concede another victory for
Carrauzn, confirm the impression
already existing in Mexico that we
are simply buffers, and invite fur
ther raids.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25
EFFECT OF TOBACCO sTuDIED
Physician Asserts That Cigarette
Smoking Causes Rise In Beats
gof the Pulse.

Cigarette smoking often causes 4
marked rise in pulse beats. makes the
pulse irregular and causes change
IN, blood pressure, the effects being
more marked If the smoke is inhaled.
is the conclusion. of DR.. james AK
man of New York, the latest authority
20 endeavors to determine the exact
effects on the human race Of cigarette
smoking.
Doctor Aikman's experiments are no
| more, productive of definite conclusions
than those of many other investiga-
.ors OF. the. past. remarks writer In
London Tit-Btts. He suggests. how
ever. TINT the great increase In cir
culatory diseases in the past hundred
years may be attributed to smoking,
although admitting that in the fnce of
conflicting opinions, 1--WE can see how
Ear we are from definite conclusions
as to the true effect of tobacco"
'"The effect on the pulse of smoking
nut one cigarette was marked" writes
Doctor Aikman, ''1G out, of 81 subjects
showing an increase of more than eight
beats minute. In some cases the
rise was spectacular. and came on In
one or two minutes. almost as soon, us
the pulse was taken. OF the q cases
all gave an increase except four. and
two Of the. four had an abnormally
high pulse at the start.
s"Other Investigators have reported
b rise in blood pressure. but in this Sc
ries the effects on the pressure were
not at all uniform. Out of 25 cases
the systolic pressure fell in 12, in
i've there was an increase. and eight
gave no change"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25
Whales.

Whales are able to attain such an
enormous size because their bodies are
supported by the water in which they
live. A bird is limited to the weight
which its wings can bear up in the air.
a land animal, if it becomes too large,
cannot hold It's body off the ground
or readily move about, and is doomed
to certain destruction. But whale
has to face none of these problems
and can grow without restraint.
Beeause whales live in supporting
medium their young are Of enormous
size ut birth, in some instances the calf
being almost half the length Of its
nothcr. once took 25-foot baby
which weighed about eight tons from
sn so-foot blue whale.-E1chnnge.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25

Military Training at the Uni
versity cannot be considered be.
cause of a lack of room in campus
buildings. Overflow classes and
the athletic department occupy
every available room IN the Ar
mory. DR.. Robert L. slagle, pres.
ident of the University of South
Dakota, said: "If there were rooms
in which to quarter military in
structor at the University OF South
Dakota, I would take up the
matter Of military training serious.
~, but as the matter now stands il
is not likely that any steps will be
taken to introduce military train
ing this year.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25

The Commissioner of Indian af-
fairs has ruled that indians who
have become citizens have no right
to purchase department stock from
other Indians. The government
issues stock tc the indians in order
to encourage them in the art of
stock.raising, and in order to pro.
tect them from white speculators,
this stock or its increase can not be
purchased without the sanction of
the Indian agent. By the recent
ruling, Indians who have become
citizens are under the same re-
strictions as white people.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-25

W. G. Lee, head Of the train
mems brotherhood, is not satisfied
with the suggestion of President
Wilson for settling railroad diff
culties, and suggests instead of this
plan the president appoint board
of eight members, four to be select
ed from the railroad managers and
four practical railway workers to
which all differences between the
companies and the men should be
referred. If this method is practi
cal why should the president OF
congress take any hand in the mat.
ter2 There are three parties in.
terested in every contest of this
kind-the companies, the employ.
es and the public. The govern.
ment represents all OF these parties,
and If the difficulties are to be
settled by government authority, o,
under goyornment supervision, all
parties should be represented on
this arbitration board. Mr.. Lees
plan would ignore the interests oI
the public and it is therefore in
consistent from the standpoint ol
hs eo1egumspt.