The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-30

4 Figures ttIIplled ny
LAnies give ar interesting estimate OF the
causes of aerial accidents: During inc
early days of practical aviation namely,
from 1908 to 1919, 60 per cent OF tire casu-
altie.s were due to collapse on account Oh
faulty construction. In the year III" 10
1919, fatalities from this source We're re-
duce to 2 per cent. Other accidents dur1hg
this latter period are classified as follows:
Forty per cent. were due to entering tan
spins when too close to the ground; %
per cent were due to lack OF judgment III
landing; 10 per cent were due TO Iorceo
landings in undesirable places, on account
of engine trouble; 2 per cent were due 10
fire; 2 per cent were due to collapse OF the
machine; and % per cent were due 10
hack of skill on the part of plots sun IN
training.
A few lays ago, according to q story In
the French papers, a street row occurred
here In which some American soldiers
took part, one of whom was hit by a re-
volver bullet. The hospital surgeon took
q long time probing the wound; but the
American stoically bore the pain. What
are you doing anyway" he asked finally.
Looking for the bullet" said the doc
tor. "Why didn't you say so? I've got
il in my pocket. l took 1t out myself
was the retort.
big teeth no tenderfoot-um heap much
man. This was the verdict of Red Tonla-
ia WK, AGED ESlOuh CllItI wiz 10 M
with the Staying of Sitting Bull, upon the
late Col. Theodore Roosevelt. His com
ment on President Wilson'S visit to the
peace conference was BIS chief him stay
at home; send little chief, the other tribes
think big chief heap big cheat. Big chief
20 himself, strange tribes say, him no
big chief why he come? Him nobody to
send?"'
The steamship Wachtfels, formerly the
German sea raider Wolf that was credited
with having sunk Is allied ships. locked
in Galveston recently, carrying a French
crew. One OF her sailors, Pierre Matelot,
spent two and a half months as a pris-
oner on the Wolf after the had
sum the sailing ship on which he was.
Lady Mackenzie is now In New York
ton to East Africa, for the purpose Of
tionto East Africa, for the purpose OF
exploring the Tana river and hunting big
game. The Tana river, she says, Is one
of the most treacherous streams in the
world, and at places along its course, the
forests are SO dense that travel Is poSsi-
BILE only by climbing over the tops of the
trees.
In one-half column in a recent London
Times, one read that: A settlement has
been reached in the flour mill workers
strike. Sydney bakers have decided to
strike. Although the Danish government
Iu5 ltG VI lax ilal pol VI NClS
strike, their efforts have been unsuccess-
ful, Traffic on the Trans-Australian rail-
way has been suspended owing to a strike
OF the employees.
The present industrial unrest Is due to
the system permitting the acquisition of
wealth for which no adequate service has
been rendered" according to nine indus
trial engineers who expressed their views
In q letter made public In New York adj
dressed tn the In hnr pnnfprar,,a in WaGh-
ington.
Serbians In Paris declare they rave re-
ceived advices that one of tho airplanes
attached to D~'Annunzio's Headquarters at
Fiume has flown over Spalato and other
Dalmatian cities. dropping pamphlets
proclaiming the poets intention of Selling
the Dalmatian coast as sooa as he had
sufficient troops.
1t is reported that a scheme has been
devised to make salab!e the great amount
2f Scent stamped envelopes aid, 2-cent
hand when 2-cent postage came MTG 81,
feet, by surcharging &c" on the POST
cards, and printing &c" just below the
stamp on the envelope.
Hereafter Nine. Emmy Destirn, the
opera singer, will appear under .he name
of Nine. Emma Destinoya. The cinser's
real names Is Emmy lSittel. She Is the
daughter of a citizen OF Prague and
adopted the name of her teacher. Frau
Marie Loewe Destinn.
hi bishop Of chelmsford hes barred
money raised from whist dives and
dances" from a fund OF $i.ao,K0 which
the people of Essex are trying 10 collect
for church. extension. Il nave never heard
of either being opened or closed with
prayer" the bishop declares.
rive hundred Armenian, wutIolt oi,i-
ployed by the American Red Cross have
built 100 miles OF stone roads and recon-
structed several steel bridges III Mesopo-
tamia within the last o mclit;is. The
roads We're rebuilt in order TO facilitate
transportation of Red Cross snpiii1s.
Ernest Vizetelly, who made tho name
of Emile lola known in f.ngla,ll thronsh
his comprehensive TRANSACTIONS. and VINO
for many years occupied e high position
In the London literary world. Is nov an
Inmate Of the sick ward In II North Lou-
don workhouse. Mr.. vizetclly i. Iow t6
years old. $780,
Unless legislation looking TO tho re-
turn of railroads to private ownership
takes definite shap during December. the
country will be disastrously handicapped
next year in having Its business moved
according to Walker ID. Hines. director
general.
Japanese Geisha girls of Honolulu have
won q short lived strike for an increase
in pay and hereafter will receive s1.5s an
hour, an increase of so cents over the
former rate. Tea garden proprietors VIII
pass the additional entertainment cost on
to their patrons.
A Chicago boy of ID supports MS mother.
has an auto. a motorcycle, clothes in
plenty and a bank account of 5000. He
confesses that since last Christmas. he
has robbed more than $50 purses Of women
In department stores.
More than 81. 900, oo0,o Worth Of Thrift
stamps, War Savings stamps and Treas
ury certificates have been disposed OF dur
Ing the q months they have been on sole,
according to figures given out last night
by Secretary Of the Treasury Glass.
Two little Chicago girls OF II n 10
years, gave as the explanation Of their
setting fire to O building: why, we
didn't like the people who sta yed around
there" And 1t was such IN old build
ing. and we were just having fun"
AT the request Of the new Polish govern
ment a commission of London police OFF,
Gers will be sent to Poland to advise She
authorities how to organize a permanent
police force.
Prisoners in the Galveston county jail
ave been burning up their blankets, mat