The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-21
CITIZEN REPUBLICAN,
P. 4. BLISS, PUB.
ScoTLANO. SOUTH DAKOTA

fFdt me DG1S5 OF 1uES1l ttE ioif VI
1890 crop viii be higher than Tie lrea':a
figure established by the Juitec States
tpuai liza t,on board, seeing inevitable From
the present trend OF events Ia CUBA, sayi
a Havana dis!.atcfi, A resolution pfcaeas {
in the House OF Representatives "ouff
authari1b titc president ITO intervene u
The buying and selling and ezportation o.
the sugar and tabacco crop and production
and dictate such measures a. lie ma!
deem convenient To ahtatn a renuneratiVt
price for Bli1 owners and planters IL the
sale of such products Many of the plant
'crs favor forming a controlling committed
Of thcir OWE. They are opposed to govern
ment control. Rumors are IN circuiataof
that negotiations are under way looking
10 the taking over by American interests
of the entire 1890 crop ut an Increased
orice.
Tho ia:est distribution Of claims as given
by the war risk insurance show tubercu-
losIs of the lungs to be the largest single
cause for disability, with a total Of fs.s
per cent; wounds and ~intaries to legs not
nec~essttaEnS amputation, ia per cent;
wound and injutteE to arms not rccesass-
tati,tg arnputation, rs T. r aent; heart dis
ease, 62 per cent, cyos u, nj, 4,8 per cent;
wounds and injuries b. arms necessitat-
log a~faputation, sc ya. cent; nerve dis
easeB and shell shock, 20 per cent: insan-
hy, 2,S per cent; deafness 2S per cent;
wounds IN legs nseesaitating ~a1nputatton.
IA per cent; wounds to the head. ia5 per
cent, all others a. PC cent.
A writer Of q recent war book en- morale
attempts to provo that ono element II
American endurance was their serise OF
huinor. and that tie trouble with the Ger
mans n that they can not laugh at them
selves. The most humorous collection OF
literature ever made IL the war poetry.
,nr war prayers Of the German preachers
,ssirrnn, egoistic, with not q CLEAN OF =
moral imagination. or comprehension or
sympathy. An educational writer says
The German universities had to abandon
football as a sport because tho self TO
spcct' Of the students couldn't stand be-
Ing tackled and BOWED over.
viscount Knto, leader Of the opposition
parry In Japan, declares thai the Shan
tunx question was settled as 1t should
have been settled In the Paris peace con-
ference. Japan will certainly maintain
her position by every effort. At the same
time Japan will not object to other coun-
tries developing their power In China
within proper limits. Not only that but
Japan will welcome them from her heart.
Thus by means OF peaceful developments
with japan and other powers working
side by side China's welfare can be ad-
vanced and the peace Of the Orient BIO
secured"
"rsecentiy I bought two pairs Of shoes
W re ~ htAo - 4AiS Noat tho HNSsS'
Leather is very expensive these days,'
was the explanation at the. store. Soon
after that one OF my COWS diad and then l
lost a calf. l got $3.50 for the two htdes,
'testifies Charles Borglct. OF Havana, Ill
we cant pay as much as usual; leather
Is very cheap now., was the explanation.
As near AS I can figure 1t, each OF my
children IS wearing the equivalent Of .
hide on each foot
From November to May tile weekly
benefits to the unemployed In Great
Britain were paid to about 1,26a, 900 per-
sons- Payments are now being made to
about 10000. At first the amount paid
fhe men out OF work was IS q week, 3
to women s. to boys and $3.50 to xfriA.
There were srnailar grants for children,
80 that 1t was possible for an unskilicd
workman with four children to draw
nearly. I'll q week, which was more than
como could earn at work.
4 member Of the house of re-
gently asked tho government representa-
dives whether 1t was true that tho Greeks
bad massanred their prisoners In Smyrna
IN full sight OF tho allied war ships. Sir
Cecil III. Harsnswnrth, nav secretary of
Foreign affairs replied that numerous
Turkish officers and men lost their lives
In that way but tho Greek government. III
said, regretted he affair and 1t was en-
Fagfns the attention OF the British aain-
lister to Paris.
The present congress- includes $50 law
scrs. 10 editors and publishers, 10 n,er-
chants. Is bankers. !. farmers, six union
labor leaders four insurance agents, eight
manufacturers. three locomotive engi-
iieers. two iron moulders, four newspaper
reporters, two horticulturists, three ium-
bermen, q miller, 8 former cowboy. q
tartoonist, q dentist, four teachers, two
Dripping industry men, two automobile
Az n N q ~ ~ 1rAN n - .-a
bnc minister. anc 40 others, unclassified.
Evidently en~deayoring to show that Fl
rance Minister Erzbcrger has been too
friendly to the entente, the Taglische
Rundschau printed this week q letter
Which Erberger Is alleged to have written
Marshal Focii in May. 1913, In which he
appealed personally for the release Of
German prisoners.
In place OF the contemplated suspcn-
tton bridge, which at present prices would
fort, probahly s72,0co,oN, the people Of New
fark and New Jersey haye decided 10
construct another tunnel under the Hud-
ION, for vehicle traffic only. II VIII cost
1l2.o00.0lo and will Accommodate lOa,ooo
vehicles every day. tha capacity Of u
ferry boats.
Owing to the d~iminution Of tho der.
mat population of Lorraine ard because
Of the difficulty many Alsalans and Lor-
saAAetb nave III EpGAklnB fIcncd, the pro-
ilibition against the speaking Of German
After 10 O'clock at night has been abpl-
shed t~hroughou. lorraine. as we'll as the
prohibition against use OF the German
language In the framways.
Punish criminals. Who or black. stpr
sAtertng TO the Negro vote on the part q
politicians Give the Negro q better chenoe
by furnishing him with better housi.e
snd recreattepal privileges. These WAsa
ONE aof the suggestions made Sunday q
chicago pnin.ts regnrding remedies fer
ti.e race riots.
Tho Judge advpcata who inycst&raAeAt
2 recent Incident connected with -
departure OF the Germans Tfrom ye-
allies. finds that there Is no case, II -.
been established that the Gernanssarc1Se6
M protests cf the crowd BY sticsdnx oue
enesr tongues atsthe spectators and sheuk-
~ a mot Aseredit to xhe country that
after hundreds OF years OF British rule "a
1roiAnd. We hive failed u SUCCEED n
fcconei1ins Ireland 10 the psrtnsrshdn
Fsys Lloyd George. III s. the Anssnsns -
4tetesns iAship ~ bring that .c0haSion r.
things 10 An md, 81
Accumulation off sernpscyers AHA voxkers
2ppointed at . eonference 81 coai -.
pcrts from AL parts IN Germany ID dssfss
means of Increasing ths pfodncfEon -
ccaA hesd fts FIRST Ecsst0a Is Rerltn ~