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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-18
Afternoon Session.

Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present - Full Board and County
Auditor.
On morton the hnnd Of e. A Eads.
sheriff, for $500 was approved
Moved and secepded that the bond
st the .unty Treasurer be. and Is
hereby fixed at the sum Of $50, 00N
Beard finished checking the county
Treasurer from July /, 1915 to necem
her 1919, and found b balance on
hand recemher /. 1915 If 1892 a5.
o. mutton the fc,mwi, & bills were
allevs.i On the rond fund.
Fred r laws, grading SOS 81
On motion the hill OF Mira NJ E.
Elites fnr extra salary was. rejected.
On n. tion the fnllowi, z bills were
allowed on the general fund.-
Y p Elites, meeting at Water
town S24 ns
Perkins HrpA. Co. stationery A8 73
Mn Ruechler. stencarapher
ssstH Fails Va. MAtisska coistest 2 90
GO Pnskett, rpsereein Esds VI.
Matn-ka contest 0 81 90
d Il Radsck drasfng 4 40
Onmesinn the report AZ u. ].
Mss Justice &c the l~,esse. ii
csse Ftank chadin war ap
proved and lills allowsd q
itemi1Ad.
q = Sfcddard recording hAde etc III "a
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-18
AFTERNOON SESSION

Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present. Chaa. nirks chairman, jos.
" Wagner. w A C,hb, Frank nanh,
and J. ] Maus. County Auditor.
Absent Lloyd Patterson.
Moved ard seconded that A Merritt he
granted a charter t, operate a ferry
across the Missouri. at Running Water.
s. d, for the period Of five wears at
the rate IF $40 on per year, PAYABLE in
,dvarce eaef year; motion carried.
The hoard srentthe balance IF the
afternoon in checking up the County
Treasurer.
On motion Board adjourned to
Thursday, January a, 1917. a, 8 O'clock
A. N.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-18
And the life that is

dlIyUHe. AHU lHe TIC lIiat Is 10 10
lived must not be judged by tIe dis
Guilty experienced in starting it. RS
ing from the ground is hard, but flying
is not hard. Don't be afraid to start
to do right, or to be helpful in the
home and active in school work. Get
q good start, and hen keep on.-Ex-
change.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-18
Thurdav, JanYarv 4. 1917.

T%hnrsdav, Janysrv a. 1917.
Board met nrsnant to adiour' ment
Present: tybas Dirks, chairman. los
Y. Wagner. Lloyd Patterson w. A
Cobb. Frank Daub, and ]. ]. Maus,
County Auditor.
Board spent forenoon in checking up
the Ceu'sty Treasurer.
Board adjourned to mi o'clock p NJ.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-18

Harry Mathews, express, etc. 6 20
W t POLICEMAN, ether 90
w Fitz'er n1dse for poor ID 60
Iva Sweet, extra work in regis
ter Of deeHs office 4 90
7 Abbott. helping commits
siolers 6 90
" G Mccain. mdse for court
house SIS
Educator Supply Co stationery II II
Michael Radak, hardware As 90
On motion the following commas
sioner bills were allowed:
Chas. Dirks, commissioner sal
airy and mileage $l4 90
JOS V. Wagner, commissioner
salary and mileage Is 40
Lloyd Patterson, con missioner
salary and mileage 9 so
WA Robb, commissioner sal
ar, and mileage % 90
Frank Daub, commissioner sal
airy 10 90
TIL Abbott, commissioner sal
airy 6 90
Board adjourned to Tuesday, the 9th
Ola! Il February, 1917, at 9o'clock am.
Attest CHAs DIsKs,
j. MAUs, Chairman.
County Auditor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.-
Registration under the selective
service act of the student officers
at the Preside training camp is
in progress today, and until they
have registered, none of the men
will be allowed to leave camp for
their weekend holiday.
Although the provost marshal
general announced members of
military organizations subject to
call need not register, Col. Sladen,
commandant of the camp, ruled
that this order did not affect stu
dent officers.
Try Politics in Navy.
Arrangements we're made to-
day to transfer the members Of
the Fifteenth company, engf-
neers corps, to Vancouver bar
racks for further instruction, at
the end OF the first months train
ing.
Another angle developed today
in the matter of possibilities OF
politics being injected into forma-
ton OF Americas new armies.
There has been evidence placed
before officials tending to show
that politicians are attempting to
advance their favorites in the ma
val reserve.
Any such attempts upon being
proved, the department said. will
% met by stern rebuff.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
PUSHING
TOWARD
TRIESTE
Omitted Press Lensed wire.)

ROME, May 26.-Italian troops
today stood victorious as masters
of the various and complicated
Notifications which Austrians have
been constructing all winter long
to bar the way to Trieste and Lai-
bach.
Last November Gen. Cadorna
pushed threatening salient for
ward in the Carso and his object
ive-Trieste-was made plainly
apparent to the enemy. Then
came the grip of winter in the
mountains, forcing a cessation OF
massed fighting activities.
Through all the SHOWS and bliz-
yards, the Austrians worked un
ceasingly terrifying against this
Italian wedge, following out vas
Underground passages, cemen tins
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
PEACE conference
GETS a BODY BLOW

ence." insisted Chairman Braut
ing
Meetings of various groups o
the socialists still continue today
but 1t was apparent that the Ger
man plan of general meeting Il
now a failure.
Among the delegates as q
whole. the news that no American
socialists would be present. adds(
to knowledge that the British ant
French socialists would likewi4
be absent. was a body blow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
HUNT FOR SPIES
WHO SENT TIP

Tor Mexico, however, may have
been the means of communication.
Reports persist that the govern
ment has been unable to weed out
all Illicit wireless stations.
1t IL entirely possible also that
a German agent crossed into MeXi-
CO with his valuable information
and sent it from there, or perhaps
have communicated IL to some
other transmission base in Central
or South America.
The spy story may be used as a
reason for a censorship law. but
some officials admitted today that
both the Germans and British
knew the fleet story before the
American public was taken into
the secret.
Newspaper men knew the story
in confidence in advance, but
there was not a single instance of
violation of the voluntary censor
ship regulations on 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
TORNADO
TAKES 26
VICTIMS
OMITTED Press Leased wire.D

WICHITA, Kan, May 26. -
Twenty-six bodies, victims of the
tornado which wiped Andale, a
town % miles northeast of here.
off the map late yesterday, have
been recovered and identified to-
day while every train from the
stricken section brings in addition
al injured.
Officials believe the death list
will reach 80 when other bodies,
believed to be in the wreckdge
which litters the prairies for miles
about Andale, are found.
Several of the scores Of injured
are also expected to die.
The twister, typical Kansa.
cyclone. came without warming
The sun was shining In Andale. Al
the school house a crowd of boyt
were playing baseball, while
groups of shoppers chatted along
the business district.
After passing through Andale
the tornado veered to the north
east, cutting a swath a half mile
wide through the rich farming
lands along the Arkansas river
bottoms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
STUDIES SCHEME

Your telegram of May 10 wa,
considered by the Council of Ma
tional Defense at its meeting yes
terday. / am directed by thu
council to convey to you its appre
citation of your offer and to advise
you that the whole subject is be-
ing studied and that the govern
ment will be glad to avail itself OF
your cooperation later should 90
casion arise.
Permit me in behalf OF the
council to thank you for your ten
der of service"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26

chance on their rulings.
War department officials de-
plore such spirit, and will do all
possible to check it and punish it,.
In South Carolina there have
been suggestions that the Bleass
faction intended to shunt Man
ming devotees into the army, re-
gardless of draft and give Blease
men exemptions. The Blease
faction has suggested that the OPP
posite plan was to be used by the
Manning crowd wherever they
held control.
Anti-registratio propaganda is
being scattered broadcast. appar-
emily by pacifist organizations.
The department of justice is in
terested in rounding up the
sources of this propaganda. mas
much as registration is required
of everyone-there being no ex-
ceptions-between the age limits.
Unofficial reports indicate,
too, that Germans are influencing
laborers in the southwest to quit
the country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
Will RUN DOWN
DRAFT CRAFTERS
Omitted Press Leased vire.)

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, May Do
Local community politics
threaten to cheat Americas
new army of men IL ought to
have. That is the fear to-
day of those concerned i'm
working out the selective
service plan-and IL is not
alone a fear for OutcrOppings
of the political angle have
been evident recently.
In the first place, 1t is feared
local boards may be swayed by
political conditions in making ex
emptions. IL is feared that loca
doctors, either for political oil
personal considerations. ma,
discover" physical defects where
they do not exist, thereby freeins
the men drafted.
Heavy penalties attach to AM
such intrigue.
Despite this, however, there
are signs in some quarters tina
local boards and doctors ma!
shift conscience aside and TAXI
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
LEGAL NOTICES

LOCAL Improvement District No
4S3-Notice Is hereby given that
In pursuance of Ordinance No. 5344
of the City of Tacoma, a Roll has
been placed in my hands for the
collection of the 4th annual install
ment of the assessment levied for
grading to the established grade
I'M" Street from South 18th Street
TO South seth Street; South seth
Street from M Street to Wilkesor
Street. and from Hosmer Street to
Sprague Avenue; Railroad Avenue
from spra a,s Avenue Et,n st to twaR ran
Wapato Street to Union Avenue
with roadway on said portion ol
"M' street, South 56th Street, and
South 54th Street from Lawrence
Street to Union Avenue. forty-eight
(4S) feet in width. a roadway TWEEN
ty-four CAD feet in width on the
and a roadway forty-six (46D feet
in width on South 54th Street from
Wapato Street to Lawrence Street
and laying down on said roadways
q pavement of asphalt, bitulithic
bituminous concrete or granitoid or
n concrete base, with concrete ant
reinforced concrete curbs and th'
necessary storm water drainage.
Said Improvement shall also con
sist in relaying with cement con
crete walks. the present walks OF
South 54th Street, from Pine Stree
to the alley between Alder and Law,
renee streets and extending to cur,
lines, all necessary sanitary sewel
connections on said portions of M
Street. South seth Street and Souti
saith street.
provided that the work to b.
done by the Tacoma Railway ant
PowetHcompany shall not be includ
"a in this imprONempnt.
Said instaliment may be paid OF
or before June Goth. 1917, blu
n not paid on or before said date
added interest, penalty and cost
JAMES c. DRAKE,
City Treasurer.
MAY 1926, June 2. 1917.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
Omitted Press Leased wirel

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. May 26.
What is perhaps the greatest
spy hunt the government has In
stituted since the Civil war, is on
here today.
Every secret investigating
agency of the government is en-
gagged in the ferreting out OF the
men-or women-who tipped"
to Germany the news that the
American torpedo destroyer flo
tilla had left American shores for
Europe in time for German sub
marines to mine the port of ar
rival.
Careful censorship Is imposed at
coast cable offices and at Mexican
border telegraph points, but tie
spite this, the Germans had the
news four days before the fleet ar
rived.
Hidden wireless in this country
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
Omitted Press Leased wire.s

STOCKHOLM, May 26.-Secre-
tary of State Lansing's refusal to
issue passports to American So
cialists to the German-inspirad
peace conference, dlsmayed and
depressed the delegates already
here for that meeting. The repre-
sentatives could hardly credit 1t.
THE report is either false or
else the result of a misunderstood
ing of the purpose of the confer
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
Especial to The TImes.)

SAN FRANCISCO, May &c
What the Council of National De-
Tense thinks about the scheme of
importing 100000 coolie laborers
"for the duration of the war" will
have to be guessed at for the pres
ent rather than known with any
degree of definiteness.
Following is telegram to Off
GERS of the Chinese Six companies
from Walter S. Clifford, director
of the council, made public here
today:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
MANY Men Are NEEDED IN
new ARTILLERY REGIMENT

shall consist of 1 major, cap
tain, and batteries as follows:
Mountain artillery battalions and
light artillery gun or howitzer
battalions serving with the field
artillery or infantry divisions
shall contain 3 batteries. Horse
artillery battalions and heavy field
artillery gun or howitzer battalions
shall contain two batteries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
WANT TO JOIN?
HERE'S HOW TO

Recruits!
II you want to fight for
Uncle Sam, here is a list OF
places to go and talk 1t over
with the officers in charge:
NAVY
Room 200, second floor,
Bank of California building,
18th and Pacific.
ARMY
Second floor, Croft hotel,
1919 Pacific ave.
MARINE CORPS
Ground floor, 1917 Paci-
fic ave.
SECOND INFANTRY
Camp Maurice Thompson.
American Lake.
COAST ARTILLERY
Armory, 94s Pacific ave-,
s15 Pacific ave., I'LL Pa
cific ave., Old Tacoma drug
store. North 30th st., corner
of Union ave. and 54th st.,
South Tacoma.
N. G. w. CAVALRY
Troop b headquarters,
Armory, South 18th and
Yakima ave.
WOMEN
Registration offices OF the
National League for Wom-
ems Service, ground floor,
913 Broadway.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
$40C, 600 PAPER
MILL FOR TACOMA

With an expenditure of $780,
900, paper mill is soon to be es-
tablished on Chambers creek. Ia
coma capital is behind the new
plant, and the construction will
start Immediately. All kinds of
paper will be manufactured. The
contracts for the machinery al
ready have been let.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
Daredevils
Will Pilot
Pershine
United Press Leased wireJ

WASHINGTON, d. O., May 26
-Four of Americas daredevil
auto drivers have been picked to
pilot the huge machine Major
Gen. Pershing and his staff will
use on the western front.
The men are Ray Middleton,
sales manager of the Detroit Steel
Products company; John J. Jen-
nings, sales manager of a Detroit
banking firm; George Linthicum,
head of the factory department
of a Detroit automobile COM
pany, and Elgin Brain, a success
full race driver.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26

National guard and army Of
ficers in Tacoma have been be-
sieged with requests for infOrma-
ton as to the makeup of the regi-
ment of field artillery the state Of
Washington has been called on to
furnish by the war department.
While the adjutant generals
office has not yet announced the
exact number of companies, bat
teries, etc., decided on, the gem
eral composition of the regiment
was made clear today by Col.
George Ruhlen, U. s. A., retired,
who based his forecast on the pro-
visions of the national defense act
of June 3, 1915.
The Lineup.
The regiment as he outlined 1t
would line up as follows:
One colonel, 1 lieutenant col
onel, / captain, 1 headquarters
company, and such number of
gun and howitzer battalions as
the president may direct.
Each gun or howitzer battery
to consist of | captain, first
lieutenants, 2 second lieutenants,
1 first sergeant, / supply SER
geant, stable sergeant, / mess
sergeant, 6 sergeants, 10 cor
porals, / chief mechanic, l sad
der, 2 horseshoers, 1 mechanic,
2 buglars, 3 cooks, % privates
first class, II privates.
When no enlisted men OF the
quartermaster's corps are attach
ed, there shall be added to each
battery of mountain artillery for
such positions the following:
One packmaster sergeant first
class), 1 assistant packmaster
sergeant, 1 cargader (corporaD.
Headquarters.
Each headquarters company OF
a regiment of two battalions shall
consist of ] captain, / first lieu
tenant, 1 regimental sergeant ma
jor, 2 battalion sergeant majors.
| first sergeant, color sergeants,
1 mess sergeant, 1 supply SER
geant, / stable sergeant, ser
geants, 8 corporals, | horse
shoer, / saddler, 1 mechanic, 3
buglers, cooks, 5 privates first
class. Is privates, 1 band leader,
| assistant band leader, 1 sergeant
bugler, 2 band sergeants, band
corporals, 2 musicians first class,
4 musicians second class, f3 mu-
sicians third class.
When a regiment consists OF
three battalions there shall be
added to the headquarters COM
pany: One battalion sergeant
major, / sergeant, 3 corporals, 1
bugler, 1 private first class. B
privates.
When no enlisted men Of the
auartermaster's corps are at
tached for such positions there
shall be added to each mountain
artillery headquarters company:
One packmaster (sergeant first
class), / assistant packmaster
(sergeant), cargader (corporaD
Each supply company of a regi-
ment of two battalions shall con-
sist of: One captain, first lieu
tenant, 2 regimental supply SER
geants, 1 first sergeant, 1 mess
sergeant, 1 corporal, cook, /
horseshoer. saddler, 2 privates,
| wagner for each authorized
wagon of the field train.
Supply Company.
When a regiment consists OF
three battalions there shall be
added to the supply company:
One second lieutenant, regi-
mental supply sergeant, private,
| WAGNER for each authorized ad-
ditional wagon of the field supply
train.
! Each gun or howitzer battalion
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
PREDICTS HEAVY
TOURIST TRAVEL

With theatened trouble on the
Atlantic ocean, and with Europe
practically closed to travely the
far west ought to get heavy
traffic this summer, said Charles
s. Fee, travelling passenger agent
for the Southern Pacific, who ar
rived in Tacoma to spend his va
cation with his son, c. w. Fee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
REGISTERING AT PRESIDE

To forestall such attempts Se6s
rotary Daniels has notified 70
cruiting officers OF the reserve -
record every instance, proof a.
such. Daniels said, will be suffi-
Client cause for dismissal from the
service or for disciplinary action
against the reservists involved.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
Goods To Wear
Same Dresses

EUGENE, Ore, May 26.-Four
hundred members of the Univer-
sity of Oregon Woman's league
are pledged today to return to
school next fall in the same
dresses they now wear.
Resolutions declaring that the
league members will adopt "econ-
omy in dress and living" we're
passed at a meeting of the Or
ganization as a wartime measure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
TRAIN HITS AUTO;
FIVE ARE KILLED

AKRON, o., May 26.-Five
Akron young people, two girls and
three men, were instantly killed at
midnight last night at Mantua,
near Ravenna, when their automo-
bile was hit by an Erie train. One
man was injured.
Parts of the automobile were
scattered 1000 feet along the
track. All the dead were badly
mangled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
EXAMS. MONDAY FOR
AMBULANCE CORPS;
"a TO BE CHOSEN

Monday at 3 p. m. the physical
examinations of the 100 men who
have enrolled for the Tacoma am
mulance corps will be held in the
Croft hotel. The men were order
ed to report either today or Sun
day with written recommen Ia
tions for their fitness. Eighty
four out of the 100 men will be
accepted" said DR.. Laws Satur-
day,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
PREDICT END OF
CAR SHORTAGE

UNITED Press Leased Wfre)
PORTLAND, May 26.-The car
shortage, which has been a serious
handicap to business throughout
the Pacific Northwest, particular
ly the lumber industry, will be a
thing of the past by June /, local
shippers and railroad men say to-
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
Bernhardt Is
Well Again

NEW YORK, May 26.-Sarah
Bernhard is well again. Having
amazed surgeons by her rapid re-
covery from recent operation,
the famous actress will leave
Mount Sinai hospital tomorrow.
She will live at a hotel because
she can't find country home
that suits her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26

rocky barbados, bringing up ar
|tillery.
1t is along this mastery series
Of Notifications that the Italians
have secured their grip and were
reaching out today still more
graspingly toward Trieste and
I.aibach.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-26
SWALLOWS OPEN
SAFETY PIN, DIES
Especial to The Times. J

CHICAGO, May &c. - Marie
Droege, months old, died in the
Littlejohn hospital as the result
of swallowing an open safety pin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-17

The one thing that has deteriorated
in value, says the Los Angeles Times.
is money. The purchasing power of
a dollar has fallen off with respect to
most articles an average of one-third.
A dollar viii buy only two-thirds as
much flour, or meat, or vegetables.
or fruit, or eggs, or canned goods as
it would have bought two years ago.
The mechanic whose wages have been
increased one-third has no just cause
to complain of the high cost of living.
The principal beneficiary of high
prices is the farmer. He pays more
for groceries and clothing and hats
and shoes, it is true. but he receives
more for wheat and corn and fruit
and potatoes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-17

that no one else wanted to do. He
seemed to be the goat, too, on whom
all mistakes were blamed.
The way of the plodding lover is
hard.
Betty, too, had days when she was
too tired to care what happened. The
hottest, busiest ones seemed to be the
very time DR.. Stetson thought of re-
stocking drugs or of rearEanging in
strument cabinets. At such times it
the photograph of Jim which stood
in a small leather frame on his faith
ers desk 1t gave her new strength
to go on.
Lately DR.. Stetson had praised her
several times for quick judgment and
accuracy as well as courage. You'll
have to have a vacation soon, Miss
knox," for such was the name Betty
had taken. You are looking a bit
tired. I'm thinking of closing up the
Think you can last so long?"
ooh, thank you, yes." answered
Betty gratefully. wondering what the
outcome of it all would be. Did the
doctor still think her silly, she won
dered.
Jim took his vacation then, also
He was going away with his father.
Out in launch on a beautiful Cana
dian axe one day in the next fortnight
the Kingslands passed another boat
containing two men.
Jim Stetson" cried Betty
DIR. StetsGn," corrected her father,
land a young Mr.. Stockdale, who is
in the bank.
In the otlsr boat Jim had exclaimed
involuntarily, There's Betty Kings
land"
Mr. and Mrs. Kingsland." corrected
his father, land a Miss Knox whom
l told you about in my Office
An hour later they all met on the
piazza of the hotel There was no
use trying to carry the masquerade.
any further, especially as Uncle Har-
vey had appeared, and he knew every
thing. But nobody appeared surprised
at the explanation. Betty and Jim
looked fearfu1ly from one stern par
emf to the other and were dumfounded
to see them shake hands and laugh
heartily about something
And while they were congratulatinC
each other on the success of some
plan or other, Betty and Jim slipped
away, down solitary path by the lake.
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)