The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-07-31
P. A. ELISA, PUB.

eCOTLAND. SOUTH DAKOTA
A member OF parliament sked the gov.
eminent representatives the other daJ
what steps, IL any, had been taken ia
prevent the exploitation of the Lanea-
shire primers by the cotton export cor
rorations now being formed in the United
States with the object of controlling the
raw cotton exports to Great Britain The
parliamentary secretary 10 the British
board OF trade replied that corporations in
the United States were outside the jnris-
diction OF the British government bui
that the government was fully alive IL
.f,e importance of extending the cotton
growing areas within the i,tti4sf, empire
He added that the cotton growing COM
mIttee appointed in 1917 was making q
systematic survey OF the cotton growing
possibilities within the empire.
The president of the English board OF
trade has recommended to King George
that a silver medal be awarded to Lieut..
BOSS =. Whiteinarsh. OF the United States
navy, for gallantry In life saving, when
the British steamer DSInsk was sunk by
an enemy submarine in the Atlantic ocean
about d year age. Lieutenant Whitemarsh
was in charee of a life boat in which -
British subjects took refuge. The boat
encountered a cyclone but the lieutenant
brought her through It safely. and tho
ssooTd states thai, his bravery and devo-
tion saved the lives Of all.
The taste of the East Indian motion
picture audiences is quite different from
that of the American audiences in some
respects, but they think alike on Some
questions. For instance. a Metro repre-
sentative who books features in India,
SeYlon and Bvrmah, says thai kezimoYa
is popular with these people. However,
he said the light domestic comedy which
proves such In attraction in the states
cannot be made to pay expenses there.
The movie fans there are inclined toward
meiodrama. The best business is done
with a good crook story containing plenty
of action and thrills.
Suspenders are steadily losing III popu-
larity and belts are showing a correspond
Ing increase. according to manufacturers
and merchants. According to some re-
tailers the only type outside of the work.
Ing mar who desires suspenders Is the
nan who wants to mak doubly sure"
Even the man whose narrowest waist
measure is just under the arms has found
that he can wear a belt with impunity.
San Francisco has an ordinance that
taauires vendors having no fixed place
Of business and who make their head
quarters In hotels or other temporary
places, to pay q license of $50 a day. The
representative of one firm refused to pay
he license and, after submitting TO arrest
Ntacked the. constitutionality of tke or6!-
eance. He was tried, found guilty. sep-
fenced to six months in the county tasI
AVID fined $500.
A syndicate has been financed 10 the
.xtent of 81, 500, 900 In Los Angeles 10 isisid
{. second Monte Carlo at T~satuaaa. iuWe-
California, II is authoritatiyely reported
among sportsmen. The plan is said 10
include building a great casino, new race
track and to nave games of chance run
ming on true Monte Carlo scale A bas
line from a Diego to Tiajuana is said TO
he included in the plan.
Citizens Of Neche, s. D., ars considering
the organization OF q rifle club to exter-
inmate q pack Of wild dogs thai has been
roaming in the vicinity Of Neche for some
tame, killing livestock and poultry. A
vicious mother dog, belonging to the pack,
recently attacked two boys, who drove
off the dog after a hard battle. The boys
succeeded in capturing two of her young
While A.tiericans complain OF the ad-
tnree of l and 3 cents In the price OF
sigars and clgare.s. the prices in Italy
have advanced 10 and 20 times what they
were formerly. Cfgarets of the cheapest
varieties which cold before the wa. Tor
\ cents q. box now sell for 20 cents ana
sometimes 70. Cigars have mounted in
price almost to the point where they are
IA af-frE5
Captain Karl Boyd, who was naval
sttache OF the German embassy in Wash
lngton during the first year and g half
Of the war, and who In January. 1916,
vie expelled from the country ecaus of
his activities as q German plotter, wants
TO return TO the United States He has
written former friends In this country
expressing this desire. Permission will
nor be granted. It Is said.
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West Point henry q. Flipper, who served
q while in the regular army and then re-
kista.aa II VINO died
while serving as military instructor at
Wibarforce university, Ohio, and Charles
,FTus1g. WHO became major OF the 9Th
United States cavalry.
preparations are already un-
der way in Japan for the international
Sunday school convention which will be
hxing to Japan some a,o00 foreign visitors,
N0G of them Americans. The conferences
will rrohsEiy open October IL, 1920. and
last about 10 days,
Miss Betty Lee, g~randniece of Gen.
Robert II. Lee, of southern confederacy,
ttrect descendant OF Patrick Henry, con-
cert singer and private entertainer OF
;s,ute, has married Lyman d. Kendall, New
gtsk broker. The wedding was performed
~ ~ 80 -. - y = MAI .& JNEtluhllf -
second marriage. His first wife divorced
him,
Chancellor Rauer and Foreign Minister
Mueller are to make "a PROGRAM OF
~epeeshes1 next week, In which they will
aali the world what Germany expects TO
do within and without her boundaries now
that pence is here.
Two youths recently fought a pre-
arranged duel In ST Louis TO decide which
should have the right I pay court to a
W-ycar-old italian girl. Both. were serl-
uusly wounded ana are now thinking Ii
sver In police hospital,
The general order Issued hist year by
General Blatchford. then commander o.
the United States forces In the canal
xons, prohibiting service men from enter
Ing thecities OF n and Colon has
been modified. EffectiYe Jaiy Is officers
and Irsen IN good standing will he per-.
hlttted 80 visit the cities on passes. They
may not, however. enter aaIOons ~ hni,eos