The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-06-24

war ships were equipped with huge
and often %ferocious looking eyes To-
Gated on either side Of the DOW. They
superstitiously believed that these
eyes enabled them to see the ap-
preaching enemy Or a dangerous
obstruction. America is contemplat.
ing the installation of huge ears III
the ships bow, which science, not
superstition tells them will enable the
crew to detech the approach OF a
vessel at a five mile distance The
device, it is stated will also tell of an
approaching iceberg and the depth of
the water. The apparatus includes
4S ~hydrophone receivers placed in a
tank of water. In case Of an iceberg,
says DR.. Fl. C. Hayes, the submerged
portion will cause a reflection back TO
the operator, Of the sound OF his w
propellers.
In an article in a recent number OF
the Century Magazine, DIR. Bernhard
Dernburg says of the indemnity to
be imposted on Germany by h al
lies: The allied claim would be
from 10 to 16 times the entire German
wealth. In order to liquidate a CAPT
tai Within 80 years, an annuity, on a.
s per cent. interest basis of 6h per
cent. Is required. So the yearly pay
ments by Germany would amount to
$50, 900, 900, 900 marks, equal to the
total value OF all German property,
state and private, before the war"
He adds that: Germany has under
the treaty been deliberately stripped
Of at least one third of its coal-pro-
ducing area, and nearly all iron ore;
nevertheless, the allies have imposed
on the remaining two-thirds the deliv-
cry to France, Belgium and Italy OF
40. 600, 900 o more.
Phosphate beds to the extent OF
1000, COG, 900, 900 francs in value have
been discovered in Morocco, 1t is
learned. AS few commodities are
more urgently needed throughout
thu world today, and nowhere, per-
haps, are they in greater demand
than in the agricultural districts OF
France, the discovery of almost I'M
limited supplies, so near at hand, is
n matter of vast Importance. In view
of the statement made by General
Lyautey, the French resident general
in Morocco, that the right to the de-
pnsit belonged to the p~rotectorate,
many look forward to the revenue
frem the phospl. ate beds to help pay
Toy the war.
After four weeks endeavor, eight
lurymen have been selected for the
trial of the 20 alleged laborites
charged with conspiracy to over
throw the government by force, says
a report from Chicago, dated June 4
h chamber Of deputies at Buenos
Aires has passed a bill providing for
an export duty on wheat n Its de-
rivatives. The proceeds Of the duties
ere to be used to purchase wheat,
which the millers and bakers would
CONVEX into bread to be sold to the
people at a price fixed by the gov
eminent.
1t is probable that the end Of the
surnme will see the completion Of tho
Hudson Bay railroad which would AL
ready have been don but for the steel
shot-tage, which caused a shut down
on the work in 1918.
The witness committee Of the Re-
Formed Presbyterian church, a gone
on record as favoring an mend
nent to the constitution of the United
States acknowledging God and the
authority of the Bible.
The Senate passed a bill authoriz-
ing the return of property taken over
during the war to citizens of former
enemy countries, who are now resi-
dents Of Independent states set up
under the treaty of Versailles.
Armed guards have been placed
"a Glhice sc = -e!c:Sc &c pre-
vent further disappearance Of confis-
Gated liquor stored therein, says Mai
A. v. Dalrymple. Liquor valued at
$500, 900 has been stolen from the
building.
German exporters have established
a price for export far in excess of
the current price in Germany, and
the export price is generally graded
according to the premium on ex-
change of the particular country to
which each sale is made.
II you have n garden space to
spare by all means plant some of it to
potatoes, is the advice of the United
States department of agriculture to
gardeners who want to avoid the high
prices for potatoes which seem to be
In prospect for next fall.
The suit OF the Russian soviet gov
eminent for possession of the Rus
sian naval transport Rogda, now in
the San Francisco harbor, was dis
solved upon a motion of Boris Bak-
helnteff, ambassador from the rec
ognized Russian government"
The United States occupies at pres
ent the strongest place of any nation
in h Dutch East Indian market.
American motor cars dominate the
market while American makes Of ma
chinery, hardware and tools have a
large market.
There is no provision under the laws
II Srain for the arbitration Of com
mercial disputes. The only facilities
for arbitration are provided by the
chambers OF commerce, the decisions
OF which have not the effect of a law,
hut.are generally observed.
Six person, including the mayor
were killed recently when lightning
struck a church in which prayer
meeting was being held. says a re-
port from Avila, Spain.
Speaking Of Fannie Hurst's UNIQUE
scheme Of marriage, 1t would get
about as many votes in a crowd of
married ome as the king OF Eng
leisf would receive for president OF the
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