The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-12
Three large Cleveland emplovers som.

Three large Cleveland employers some
time ago adopted a system of basing
wages upon the prices OF necessities. !,
Is called the H c. l.. pay plan. The
worknien are said to like II, even though
1t does Involve the cutting of wages
whenever the cost goes down somewhat.
Ninety-six items are considered in COM
putting the rate. For every 20 points OF
variation. ] per cent of the months SAL
airy Is paid in addition. The cost of liv-
ing was 319 points higher in October than
the preceding January. so on November
! a bonus of 16 per cent was paid. Sala-
ries are increased for skill, irrespective
Of the bonus.
The army's champion ~stOwaway is H.
year-old Michael Gilhooiey. Michael sr-
rived for the first time shortly after de-
mobilization began. was deported by the
Immigration authorities; reappeared two
months later. and WAS redeported; and
now makes his third appearance on the
transport Agameannon. On the two pre-
vfous occasions he wore . soldiers UNI
form. but this time he tried to better his
luck dressed az u sailor. The boy say
thai his mother was a Belgian and his
father, who came from Cork. died in 1910.
He was living with his mother at Charlie
voix, Belgium, when a German airplsne
dropped q bcuab on his home, killing her.
A Berlin. dispatch says: '.The ever
recurring strikes of miners are causing
q catastrophe condition In the Rhenish-
Westphalian mining region. One COM
pany has declared itself insolvent be-
cause OF strikes. The demands of the
miners have ruined \ humble OF mining
companies. Two. which in November
last had 3 reserve OF 1s,a00, 900 marks,
now AVE operdrafts at the bank of H.
900. 600 marks and have been refused fur.
ther credit"
A new trade market, ready for business
ana able to pay. awaits the exporters of
tho United States. Lithuania. that little
Baltic republic of 3,o00, 600 inhabitants
whase blockade has just been lifted by the
American war trade board, looks to this
country for immediate shipments Of raw
materials, machinery and seed. Ameri-
can exports can be sent to Lithuania by
way of the ports OF Memel. Koenigsberg
and Libau, ON the Baltic sea. which are
easily accessible.
AAxfInfiian Harden, In Die Z.kunft
supported by 10 pages OF advertisements
OF German banking companies, says that
the only weighty statement In the recent
speech by President Scheldemann was
contained in the phrase. I'VE light no
longer" Germany must submit. Har-
den enumerates the various steps by
which the allies could force their viii
as soon as the Germans formally refused
to sign
Ars. J. T. Harahan. widow Of a. former
president Of the Illinois Central railroad.
VINO volunteered as q eSearcher'' for the
military bureau OF the American Red
Gross In Paris, Is said not only to have
been the best searcher Of them all, but to
nave gotten better results in locating the
Killed. wounded or missing thar any
other two searchers put together. She
ascraoes her success to the fact that
she simply ~disregarded all red tape
Francisco villa LII threatened to cut
the line OF railway between Juarez and
City before the end OF this
week. He is reported to have o con-
stantly growing force. now estimated to
be 1000 men. and Is known to have cap
tured LOCO rifles and a large quantity of
ammunition at Parral on March 8, and to
have taken 80, 600 III Of rife ammu-
milton at Villa AlleRAe. n the same dis
trict-
Stephen Lausanne. editor OF LeMatin.
considers that II will be impossible ever
20 reconcile the Monroe doctrine with the
idea OF . eague OF nations. He says in
Il Maun: Is 1t Violated by the League
OF Nations? It seems to me monument
tally pAradoxical n = trifle infantile to
pretend the contrary"
IThe 10th Annual convention Of the IN
Association OF Rotary Clubs,
10 be held in Salt Lake City LuneS16 to
20. inclusive, will be one OF the few
co~nyentioHs held in that section Of the !
country that attracts such . large at
tendance that use Of the famous Nor
mon tabernacle will be necessary.
The Rand School OF Social Science, tho
anarchtstic school Of New York city /
which IL mainly supported by Prof. !
George Heron. once a resident Of Iowa,
Ia seeking 10 restrain the postoffice de- /
partinent from interfering with its eff