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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
CAPTURED GERMAN
MAJOR SINGLE HANDED

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 14.-Clyde
Smith, South Dakota boy winner OF
the French croiX de guerre for captur-
ing German major single handed, is
so modest that he carries the much
coveted decoration in an inside pocket
Roy Daniels, another South Dakota sol
der, In letter to home folks, tells
about it. He writes:
Clyde Smith dropped in on me the
other day and told me a few of his ex
periences. 1t seems that he had been
transferred to an infantry regiment
and was in a good share of the Chateau
Thierry fracas. He received bullet
wound above the knee and was also
gassed. After going through the hos
pital he was sent here for classified
ton, i: g., determination whether he
was fit for the infantry still and, if rot,
into what branch he could go. He
talked to Captain Phelps, now COM
handing officer of the l16th supply
train, who promptly had him trans
ferred to the supply train.
During the course Of our converse
ton he informed me that in their first
stay in the front line he was made
first class private and in the second
he was made corporal and in the next
he won the croix de guerre.
In utter amazement and surprise
asked him why in HI he wasn't
wearing it.
He replied that it made him feel
foolish, so he carried it in his pocket
book, where he showed it to me- When
pressed him with number of ques-
lions as to how he won it he told me
that one night he was feeling rather
restless and as though he hadn't done
whole lot for his country, so he took
his 'gat only and started crawling
across No Mans Land.
He very successfully negotiated that
feat and reached the German front
lnes. Seeing but an occasional sentry,
he worked into the trench, and, under
tower OF the friendly darkness, which
seemed to work for democracy as hard
hs he did, to quote Clyde, he stepped
into communicating trench and bold
" walked to the second lines.
There he found German officer
who, as Clyde said, had no business
TO be walking around that way, any
way
80 he stuck his 'gat' into his map
hnd very quietly persuaded him that
absolutely his only chance to secure q
choice seat in the sun would be to go
very quietly where the gun pointed him
to go, otherwise there would be one
more widow in Deutschland.
The officer complied, and the great
est wonder of all was that they sue
ceeded In reaching the American lines
In safety.
Much to his surprise he discovered
that he had captured German major
single handed"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
WOUNDED TWICE. BUT
CONTINUES IN BATTLE

Milbank, S. D., Oct. 12.-Clarence
Taylor, former South Dakota boy,
who 10 serving at; the battle front in
France, writes a letter to the home
folks in which he states that he was
wounded twice, but never went
under" and is well satisfied because
they sure made the Germans run"
He writes in part
II got hit in the left side OF the face.
Just belowsth the ear and In the left hand
I never vert under, SO fyoas know that
Is not bad. so don't worry.assT am eat
ing three times a day and happy.
went over the top the Both,
and at 10 minutes TO o'clock the 31st
we went over again. and, believe me.
we sure made the Germans run. We.
had run them for about two miles
when we came up to a bunch of them.
captured two and sent them back,
and was just going after some more
when they got me. We. took A. of
them, and had the boys give me first
aid. and then went with them. The
division took 800 prisoners that day
was killed when an auto in which she
and her husband were riding tipped over
IL miles north OF this CITY, Owing to- q
defect n the car II left the rpad and
when II turned over the woman was
pinned beneath il. Her skull was crusa,etl.
NE. Merica suffered badly bruised nip. i
H PIERRE Two children 81 Jerry Kremne-
bert, renter on the Charles Mix county
farm. were burned TOT death. The father
was awHy from home and the mother was
milking, leaving the children In the house
In some way q. Gre was started ana before
the mother knew Il the fire was SO FAR
along that she could not get into the
bnildings and both children were burned
with the building.
YSs, Ys-vr-<aasls yyr,. \ = -,
stroyed the harm and other progeny on
the farm " Ralph Carver. some miles
from town 81 Two horses were burned 10
death. Ten tpEa o. hay, faEal machinery,
harnesses and = great 9uantity Of FEED
was among the property destroyed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17


Among the most remarkable fishes
are those provided with lanterns of
their own and which swim in tia dark
recesses or the bottom OF the deep ocean
where no ray Of natural light from
above can penetrate. says the Popular
Science Monthly. A model of one of
these fishes, notable for Its phosphor
ascent organs, is on exhibition in the
United States national museum. The
sides OF the fish are dotted at regular
Intervals with luminous spots. In add,
ton, there is large luminous area like
q lantern on the Top OF the head. In
the model tho luminous spots on tho
aide are represented by buttons OF glass
connected with .Ie Inferior by tubes
The luminous protuberegGs on the head
was modelled In gelatine and then tint
ed. When In actual operation the mod
q Is connected with electric current SO
that distinct glow. appearing In the
side spots and the frontal lantern"
produces Ct very striking and, IT is be-
Aeved by fish experts, quite accurate
representation of the appearance Of
living phosphorescent deep yea fish.
The model Is about foot .ang.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

Paris, Oct. 13.-(delayed)-
great st. Gobain massif, most pow
erful natural defense on the west
front, and keystone of German re
sistance, has been entirely cleared
of the enemy, it was indicated by
the French war office tonight.
Following occupation of Laon
this morning the French swept
past the city and La Fere, advanc-
ing about four miles on the whole
35-nile front between the Disc and
the Aisne.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

A spider has been discovered in the
fresh water ponds and bitches of the
british Isles that possesses all the hab-
Its OF fish and yet brcathes In air the
same as land spiders 30. This queer
arachnfd weaves a sort Of web or sack,
carries 1t below the surface and fastens
II to some reed or root to serve as HE
home. In series Of trips to the sur
NICE he carries down each time a bit
OF air which he deposits in tho sack.
When the sack is full he enters 1t and
enjoys a quiet life an long as the sup
ply OF air Lasts
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

One Of the Maxim guns, says Sir Hi
ram, was designed to fire shell weigh
Ing about pound. These shells were,
81 course, expensive. costing about ST.
80 each. On a. demonstration Of the
gun before Ii Hung Chang, 1t fired 400
OF the shells. costing about $3.50, in one
minute. The old Chinese statesman.
on being told the cost of the shells.
said This gun fires altogether too
fast for China" The king OF Dem
marks comment was: THAT gun would
bankrupt my little kingdom In about
two hours
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
GET TASTE or WAR.

IN. New York, Oct. I5-- Soldiers at Camn
Mills, Long Island. received 4 trapie
foretaste Of war today when 4 ma :
chine gum attached to an airplane n
flight. accidentally. went OFF, send
ing bullets among the men OF d SAINT
tary corps. One soldier was fatally
wounded and Two others hurt seriously.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
PERJURY CHARGE
AFTER DIVORCE TRIAL

Sioux Falls S.. D., Oct. 16.-Because
testimony given by him in the trial IA
ne Clay county circuit court of
claude Wilson and Martha Trip on a
. -atutory charge conflicted with tes-
'mony given by him at the trial Of
tlvorce proceedings last spring, the
iormer husband Of the woman who
AS the chief witness in the statutory
'arge case. was arrested on a charge
9 perjury as he left the witness stand.
he defendant was committed to the
county Jail to await action of the
court. From the conflicting evidence
given by him it is said he has no other
course than to enter plea Of emiitv
and receive his sentence. The maxi
mum penalty for perjury under the
South Dakota statutes is five wears in
the penitentiary. Wilson and the wo,n-
an We're freed.
P1ERRE-The report Of condition of the
state treasury at the close OF bDsinass
September 80. showed ST. 17O. 1856 in the in
come fund for-the common schools of the
states $lb1,214 In the Irvine plant fund.-
$a,,92S In the game fund $27,776 in the mo-
tor vehicle fund. The various agricul
tural extension funds showed $54, 993. 43.
which were divided among the county ag.
ricuitural extension appropriations, state
Smith lever, federal Smith lever, and ex,
pertinent station funds.
Z SIOUX FALLS-As the result OF a fire
which is believed to have been started
by mice gnawing matches which had
been dropped in the barn, John Har-
n1sch, farmer living near Memo. suf
Tered heavy loss. His large Rranary.
containing over 1000 bushels OF wheat
was burned and he also lost two bug
gleS. one hog and corncrib No one
on the farm had been smoking and no
hre had been near the building + The
loss was about $4,000 with insurance
OF $500 g, 80 "''so =
HGRON-Louis Diendorfer of Wessing,
ton Springs, s. D.. was brought to Huron
by state officers, having been arrested on
charge OF making seditious utterances
against the president and the United
states he was given a hearing here be,
fore W. j. Flanagan. United States com.
missioner, and bound over to the NEXT
term Of federal court Mt Sioux Falls on
bonds of $500. q
SIOUX FALLS Fred Williams, Of
w anbay, recently arrested on statu-
tory charge after lying In jail for several
lays, was taken before Judge Bouck, Of
the state circuit court, and entered a plea
OF guilty. He was sentenced to q term
OF three years In the Sioux Falls peniten-
farm of Chris ArnEson near Ramona. has
been arrested and held for trial In the
state circuit court on the charge OF steal
ms q load of flax from his employer The
Iiax was sold to an elevator at Oldham
Tor S2l6. 90. Victor then fled, but was pur.
sped and captured at Raymond. s
'tsE4eTERvII.I1sEE,-Re REV. 8. ph. Forsa 1 !.
der. Of ColM cii bluffs Ia, who has oc-
eupied the pulpit OF tho local Baptist
church for about month, during which
he accepted the permanent pastorate OF
the church. has arrived and at present Is
directing improvements to the parsonage.
.nQR rsgf %v1r t~1.n
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

Dynamite. oxy-acetylene torches. fire
and wrecktng cranes were employed
successfully In razing five .all. thin
walled, reinforced concret. cement
storage bins, built Is years ago at South
Chicago, says the Engineering Record.
Heavy charges of dynamite in the sup
porting columns prod1ocd no effect.
Oxy-acetylene torches We're then en-
ployed to cut the steel rails that rein
forced them. the weight being shifted to
wood shores. Even the effect of the
heat and flames OF burning kerosene
soaked supports, roaring up through
the barrels Of the tanks apparently had
no disintegrating effect, as the struc-
ture was not wrecked when it dropped
on edge. Wrecking cranes finished the
work. starting at the top and pulling
tho tanks apart in chunks.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

The first attempt of government by
the people begun In America was In
1919, when Sir George Yeardley was
sent from England as governor OF the
Jamestown colony. His charter pro-
vided that he should call few chosen
men, two from each OF the II boroughs
that constituted the colony. The meet
1ng, which was known as the assembly,
was held at the church. with the gov
ernor and his council presiding. Those
who came from the boroughs were
called burgesses, and the assembly,
which met every year, was styled the
house OF burgesses. At this period this
was tho only English colony in Amer
lea 800
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

u requires on the average about 125
watt hours q ton mile to operate a car
IN city service, says the Electric Rail-
way Journal. Translated into q more
compresensible unit. this is 1856 foot :
tons. That is, the same amount Of en-
ergy = required to move the car one
MALE on the level as would raise ~
vertically 1855 feet. All Of this energy
goes into heat, part OF the loss beine,
preventable. the rest otherwise.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

The motion picture is more than 80
years old ii we understand by that term
9ny devise for producing the optical
Illusion of moving objects. These TOYS
were called by various names such as
fhaunatrope reotrope, stroboscope
Pnenakistoscope microscopic cabinet
kinematoscope, etc. The first exhibit
ton Of Photographic motion pictures
was made b. Henry Heyl. In Philadcl-
Okla, I'M 1870,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
BY FRANK J. TAYLOR,

United Press StaH Correspondents.
With the American First Army, Oct.
IS moon. y Heavy German attacks east
of he-Argonne early today We're broken
up by American counter attacks.
The Yanks met the boches midway
bayoInSet and tearing the enemy waves
to shreds. The German attack had
been preceded by heavy barrage, but
the American artillery silenced the
enemy guns, leaving their infantry
without protection. s<
Later. the American infantry went
forward and began clearing out ma
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

The l0.0O0th Liberty motor has beer
manufactured in Detroit Practically
All Idberty motors have been built ii,
four Detroit concerns.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

- redwood pole on the Hanford line
81 the Sxn joaquin Light and Power
Company In southern California recent :
w had TO be replaced because of the
activity Of the birds in using IT as p
EGOrehonse Tor winter food, 1t Is report :
ed lin the Electrical World. One pole in
particular had been In service II years =.
ind was filled with hundreds OF acorns
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
Will
KEEP THRONE

Berne, Switzerland. Oct. 14.-The
Wolff News Agency of Berlin today is
sued an official denial of the report
which had become current in Germany
that Emperor William intended to abb
dicate.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
ANOTHER yANkToN
SOLDIER Is DEAD;

, Yankt ton. s. D., Oct 1i.--Yanl.ton
has suffered her second loss among
hef soldier sons in the death Of Edwin
a. kundert who died Of Pneumonia
at Camp Funston. Kan. This an
nouncement comes close on news from
the war department OF the loss In ac-
ton OF Lieut.. ]. E. Bowyer, of the
aerial service in France. Private KUN
dcrs, who at the time of his can to the
service was in the general merchan-
disc business at Utica, Yankton conn
ty. left with the August call, and was
in training at Camp Funston when ne.
fell victim to pneumonia. Ie had
only recently recovered from q rather
serious opern tim 80 = $500 =.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
LA0N, La FERE and
ST. e0BAIN CAT TURED,
FRENCH sweep ON
BY FRANK J. TAYLOR.

United Press Staff Correspondent. 80 sETE7EE 8.
With the American First Army October artillery
battle between the Are and the Meuse
throughout the night morning
The American apparently dominated the The
solid mass OF machine nests which be-
the two rivers rapidly being blasted bits
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
TWO BELLE FouRcHE
SOLDIERS ARE DEAD

Belle Fourche, s. D., Oct. 14.-carl
Peck, a young man living at the ont
81 skirts OF this city. died at Camp Grant,
~. Saturday, and Ills body reached
nome yesterday. The casket was es-
tcorted from the depot by the home
guards OF this CITY, who stood watch
over the remains last night and buried
.ns young soldier with military honors
city. = - ''-4S
This is the second soldier to die Of
me Spanish influenza from this To-
cality, Frank Ross having died at Des
Moines. Camp Dodge, two weeks ago.
and was buried with military honors
~ lhe home guards. The father OF
east OF here. but was formerly resi-
dent or this CITY,. -
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
FIGHTING IN FLANDERS.
Nv <hn Aeeoc;a%ad p~.,.

With the Allied Armies in Flanders,
Oct. 15.-(10:S q. m british, Bel
gian and French forces attacked 1T
dawn this morning a wide front in
Flanders. The allied troops are dr.v-
ing in the general direction of 6ihent
and Colrtrai.
The attack seems to he generally
from Combines to the northward. The
troops of three nations went over the
top after a crash" bonn bardment only.
There was no preliminary bomhard--
ment. 1t undoubtedly tactjcally SUR
prised the enemy. In the British fer-.
nations We're some OF Great Britaillss
best troops, and the forces of the
French were of the. famous fighting
organizations. The Germans appear
prepared to retire to the Gnent line
BY the fury with which the attack
was launched 1t is evident that the
fighting armies are not paying. the
slightest attention to the peace talk.
They smashed forward with alt the
dash characterizing the recent opera
tons The blow. in Flanders may prove
to he Marshal Focf's master stroke.
II the allied pr0gress Is cstat inued The
Germans Throughout g wide stretch Of
territory, taking in the most important
part of the Belgian coast, fncluai.g
possibly the important German sub
marine bases as wen nsa:the forces m
the entire Lille salient, either will faye
to get out or face q second Sedan ~ :,
Every foot Of ground gained here al
so deepenB the Lille salient and sic
cess means that the enemy win be OBJ
south as we'll as to north of the front
attacked. The. attack would have been
launched before now had. the ground
been ready, ri
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17
On the American Front.
Z by Assoeiatcd Press.

With She American Forces North
west of Verdun, Oct Is l,oon3-
Violent artillery actions were in prog
ress today along the greater part Of
the American front. Little change was
made in the line, but the sernun.
late last night laid down barrages that
were preparatory to counter attacks
n q small but vicious character.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-17

chine gun nests in the regions OF Ro-
magne, Cunel and Somneraine.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-13
HOTEL ST. SIMON
DESTROYED BY FIRE

Brunswick, Ga, Feb. 11.-Fire of
an unknown origin early this morn
ing totally destroyed the new Hotel
St. Simon, on St. Simon Island, to-
gether with one or two of the hotel
cottages and other buildings operated
in connection with the hosiery.
The fire was discovered shortly af-
ter 6 O'Clock by w. Arnold, Jr., of
the Arnold Hotel, and he at once
formed bucket brigade and succeed
ed in saving number of cottages
near the hotel.
Besides the hotel proper, which
was large and practically new struc-
ture, the bath houses, the machine
house. one pavilion, three cottages
and two outhouses were destroyed,
while four or five cottages were more
or less damaged. The loss is esti-
mated at about $4,000, partly COW
cred by insurance.
The hotel was the property of the
Bunrs, of Fairfax, Ga, who four or
five years ago built the handsome
hostelry and which has been success
fully operated each summer since.
The fire appears to be a complete
mystery, as there was no one any,
where around the building at the
time. No fire had been in it for sew
eral months, and there was no wav
possible that it could have ignited.
Consequently, it is believed that it
was the work of incendaries.
No announcement has as yet been
made as to whether or not the rro-
perty will be rebuilt.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-13
CLAIMS JACK LONDON HAS
DICTATED HIS NOVEL

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. IA novel die
tated to him by the late Jack London
through the medium of Ouija Board
is the spiritualistic feat which c. w.
Starr, H-year-old boy of this city,
claims to have performed at odd mo-
ments during the past three months.
The Saviour of the World" is the
title OF the novel, which also was die
tated by Jack London, and it is a
story of the Great War. 1t is now
in the hands of a publishing concern
and the young medio-author expects
it to be issued very shortly.
While his mother was in hospital
last December the young man bought
Ouija Board to amuse himself and
his aunt from Memphis who was Wis
iting the family. After a number of
seances the Board put them in touch
with the spirit of a French officer
who was killed in action last summer.
The officer introduced young Starr
to the spirit of Jack London, the ia
nous American story writer, and
\.ondon shortly began the dictation
OF a novel, communicating with the
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-13
age of food crops.

age of food crops.
Il am thoroughly convinced" said
Mr.. Weaver, that unless the farm
ers of Georgia grow plentiful food
crops this year somebody is going
hungry. This is inevitable. Western
corn, much of it soft, is already heat
ing and sprouting, and western rep
resentatives are in Washington seek
ing immediate transportation facili-
ties to get this corn to dry kilns in
order to save as much of it as pos
sible. Seed corn is practically at
premium in the western corn belt.
Cotton at 80 cents pound offers
tremendous temptation to Georgia
farmers, and it is temptation that is
going to be hard to overcome, but it
is most urgent that Georgia farmers
make the sacrifice of their cotton
acreage as largely as possible for the
production of food"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-13
GEORGIA DAY OBSERVED.

The Junior High School celebrated
Georgia day in very interesting and
appropriate way Tuesday morning
The program was devoted to the
study of Thrift, the subject of para.
mount Importance in Our country to-
day. The program was in three d;.
visions:
Saving as patriotic duty.
saving as character builder.
Saving as a necessity.
Much enthusiasm was shown bv
the boys and girls and by the mothers
present, when the plain facts were
brought out showing how each could
nave part in winning the war, if
not as United States soldier or sail
or or United States saver.
Every time you pass your plate
tor second helping, Berlin thanks
YOU.
Democracy is equally menaced
by gluttony and Germany"
Cook the Kaiser's goose on vour
own stove"
The U-boat is no more dangerous
TO peace and safety than the Ameri-
can garbage pail"
1hese were some of the Startling
truths that were written on the black
board.
One mother declared she was going
home and have "dinnerless dinner
and a supperless supper"
The national songs and manv Of
the present day war songs served to
Stir the patriotism. The great num-
DER OF visitors showed an unusual in
terest