The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-01-20

wits end, writes the vienna COrre-
spondent Of the London Times:
Large sections of the city officials,
employed in the post office, ministry
OF finance, customs. passport depart
nent, and provincial courts, the po-
lice and the security department,
have struck work on the question or
promotion. To grant the desired pro-
motion would be the last straw on the
tax paying camel's back, but the men.
embittered by years of privatjon, re-
fuse to bulge from their ultimatum.
It would seem that the lower middle
class-the men who formerly looked
down upon, but now envy the work.
mantle middle class, which was
the backbone OF the state and has
lost most by the collapse of the state,
is at last turning like the proverbial
worm.
The most romantic touch in the will
Of the former Empress Eugene. of
France, is her bequest of a little
Greuze portrait to Sir John Bur
goyne on whose yacht she escaped
from France to England on Septem-
Der 6, 1870. Deposited at the record
office along with the will is copy
which Eugene wrote with her own
hands when more than 30 years OF
age, when the Germans were bomb
ing London and she feared the orisi-
nal might be destroyed.
High tariffs against foreign impor-
ta.ions to Spain are being severely
criticized there now. Free trade Is
being strongly urged by many Span
fish newspapers, which claim the poll
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ing into the hands of the wealthy and
creating discomfort among the poor.
The Paris police have arrested the
leader of a band Of thieves which, in
the last six months, has robbed 20
shops. He is small boy, II years
old. The oldest member of the gang
Is 10.
The women Of Marblehead has IS
sued an ultimation. 1t is the second
recorded In the history of that place.
This time they say that gambling
has got to stop. Gamblers are re-
calling the fate OF Skipper Ireson. who
once upon a time defied the women
of Marblehead.
Senator Mcclellan proposes reciprocity
on oil with those nations which do not
discriminate against American citizens,
and retaliation against those who do.
The measure is directed against Great
Britain's attitude toward American oil
interests.
Accidents to school children on the
streets of Detroit have dropped from
peak record of $40 reached in the school
year 1853 to a low record of 459 in
the school year 1920. since the intro
duction of organized safety instruction
into the schools.
The Chugai Shogyo Shimpo. Toxic, ex-
Great Britain and the United States may
not at present be on particularly good
terms, the condition viii not be lasting,
ard desperation between the two pow
ers may be counted upon.
To prevent the underworld" from be-
coming familiar with their faces, plain
clothesmen and detectives of Los An
geles, Cal, have adopted the idea OF
wearing masks while questioning pris-
oners or looking over suspicious char
acters held by the department.
Communists in Wald, Rheinish Prus.
sia. where they are in the majority in
the town council, propose to float mu-
nicipal loan of 5000,0O0,0 600 marks, out
OF which the heads of families Of two
or more children whose income Is less
than $4,000 marks, shall be paid by
amount required to make up tina. total
A Hamburg cable tells of negotiations
between the Hartman and Hamburg
American steamship interests and the
Austrian credit bank for the organiza-
ton of an Austrian shipping company.
Figures compiled by the navy depart
ment show that during the last 10 months
of the war, United States naval pigeons
delivered PIG messages from seaplanes
were without any other means of COM
munication and credit is given the pi-
Geons for saving both men and ma
chimes.
Arizona is about to reclaim $4,000
acres in the Paradise valley, by
means of a reclamation project cost
ing approximately s15,oo0,00o. Para
disc valley parallels the Salt river
valley, in which Phoenix is located
Although his term of office expired.
December 81, the mayor of Coffey..
vile, Kan, was summariIy removed
from office on the Goth by the su-
preme court of that state, for fail
ure to enfore the state prohibitory
: Jaw"
ThJ suicide of the former Mexican
general, Francisco Cardenas is be-.
lieved to have ended all doubts as to
who was the real slayer Of the Mexi-
van president, Francisco l. Madero.
Because Of a surplus OF more than
100000 tons of coal in Paris, it has
been decided to light the city on pre-.
war basis, and boulevards and principal
q streets once more will assume their
old brilliancy. All restaurants and cafes
will be permitted to remain open until
~ a. m.
While unemployment is growing and
thousands Of men In Chicago, embrac-
ing almost all trades. gre out Of work,
bricklayers and stonemasons employed
by the city are asking an increase over
their present pay. which would raise It
Coat lost by this British miners,
strike, states Mr.. Bonar Law. is es-
timated to amount to Ia, 00U, 900 or A.
! 100000 tons. Of the value OF 2s,500, 600
pounds
The German newspapers publish .
story from Prague saying French gen.