The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-06-06

AAS RStkS 1a1-
merge. A submarine can not dive
quickly under the sea, because the
water which must be let INTO her ball
last tanks to make her heavy enough
fe sink must be let In comparatively
slowly. If it were let in with a rush
the boat might not go down on an even
keel, but would heel over and be in
greatsdange of disaster. Then, too, if
water We're let in too quickly there
would be danger of too much entering,
n IN that case the submarine would
sink like lead to the bottom of the sea.
a new attachment turns the tele-
phone into q fire alarm apparatus.
Pianos are not ARTICLES of daily
necessity" and onseuuen nobody
can be punished for "profiteeringv in
them, according to a decision OF the
assessors court of the central Berlin
district reported in the Berliner Allge-
1netne Zeitung, 1t appears that a piano
from u locomotive engineer for 700
marks l$166), had it o~verhauled and
resold It for 1000 marks. This came
to#the knowledge of the war anti-ex-
tortion bureau, which brought charges
of profiteering in articles Of necessity
against the dealer.
Freeman Chiffon, a former Portland
(Ore.) lad who was among the Ameri-
cans on the ill-starred Tuscania, has
AA'A II = ~ ifL
n In a letter just received by his
sister, he says: Never will | forget
hereafter the words of the song,
There's q Lovely Spot in Ireland"
me, 1t is lovely, though you mightn't
think so. 1t is the spot where l first
landed after the sinking of the trans
port"
Panama canal Is, on merchant vessels
carrying passengers or cargo, $1.20 a
net vessel on. On vessels in ballast
without passengers or arg 40 per
cent less than the rate of tolls for yes
sells with passengers or cargo. On
y vessels, other than transports,
golfers, hospital ships and supply
ships, 30 cents a displacement ton.
Army and naval transports, Golfers,
hospital ships and supply ships, $1.20
q on.
WI Patterson, a butcher of Nesco-
pock, Pa, lost his watch, advertised it
n then discovered it in the head of a
lead bull, The watch disappeared
while he was killing 1T Mifflinville.
He hunted for 1t several hours, and the
next day, when cutting up the beef,
found the watch lodged in the head.
Presumably, he had dropped the watch.
rom his pocket Ind into the cash he
had inflicted u the bulls neck.
Big white polar bears appeared last
winter along the Arctic coasts in num-
bers larger than usual, according to In
Cape Prince OF Wales to Walter
Shields, superintendent OF the federal
buren of native education. Eskimo
hunters of the Wales district killed Is
bears during h winter, more than
Ing the winter OF 1916-17.
There are Approximately 100000 mo-
tor vehicles IN Great Britain. made up
hi follows: Trucks. Including delivery
wagon 40,000; motor trucks, 250,000;
motorcycles, 2a0,0 0O. These figures In
clude vehicles n government use, as
well as those in private service. "A
considerable percentage Of these yss
scarcity Of fuel, as we'll aslegal res
strictionss
New EnglaId's abor problem res
Gently serious b IA of
the largest shoe manufacturing Gon-
Germs n theAscountry advertised for
Momen#withshA o II small children:
who are experienced shoe stitchers
The company has Installed q large.
n-arseryand Will have q staff Of kin
stlIe youngsters while their mothers
bishop OK London has publicly
announced himself conscriptiontst,
4pfld raid calling up n0tifications.wii be
zen sHtO all the clergy In the London;
ssnipcese under the new act, the. prtn~
cfpfeto be observed being that one
priest should be lett for each parish.
y Aaappealedsto t1leSchurch to rally to
The YlationaI without regarding
Me- esernption accorded the clergy.
THE AnericAna army isSabout to out
4 &c the Gerna Ts as an exponent of ef