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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
Motto: All The News When 1 1 Is New.
VOL. 23.
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1014.
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GERMANS WIN
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CLASH
three british cruisers gj
down in North iSea are
sunk by submarines.
MANY SURVIVORS PICKED UP
Vessels Arriving at Different Port
with Hundreds Taken from Water
at Scene of Battle Number of
Dead Bodies Also Brought In.
Western Newspaper Uulou New Serilce.
London, Sept. 22. A dispatch re
ceived here from the Hook of Holland
says the Dutch steamer Tlton has
arrived there, bringing twenty British
wounded and some dead, picked up in
the North sea.
The Tlton reported that the dlsas
ter occurred at 7:30 o'clock this morn
4ng. The Tlton picked up 114 sur
vivors, most of. whom wer.e trans
ferred to British torpedo boats.
Survivors at Harwich.
Harwich, Eng., Sept. 23. It Is com
puted here that 700 men from the
BritUh cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and
Hogue were saved.
Thirty uninjured officers, survivors
of the three sunken warships, arrived
hero tonight. They had been rescued
from the water and wore improvised
clothing.
Eighty other survivors were landed
at Pnrkestom quay, three miles west
of Harwich.
jL Two Submarines Sunk.
J Ymuiden, Holland, via Loudon,
, Sept. 22. Two of five German sUbma-
(rlnes which attacked and sank the
British cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and
Hogue, were sent to the bottom by
the British ships, according to sur
' . vivors from the cruisers who arrived
here this evening.
Dead and Wounded Aboard.
Amsterdam, via London, Sept. 22.
Tho steamer Flores arrived at Ymui
den tonight with 287 survivors from
thg British 'cruisers punk by the Ger
"""" man submarines. One dead and a few
v wounded were also aboard.
Severe Loss to British.
London, Sept. 23. The destruction
of tho three cruisers, Aboukir, Hogue
and Cressy, by an attack of five Ger
man submarines in the North sea, it
the severest loss the British navy hat
sustained during the war. British
cruisers and torpedo boats came
quickly to the assistance of the doom
ed vessels, and, it Is reported, sank
two of the German submarines, while
three others escaped.
The three cruisers carried more
than 2,000 men, but no estimate hat
yet been made of the number saved
or lost. The fate of the cruiser Path
finder, sunk recently in the North sea
by a torpedo, provod how quickly a
ship may be sent to the bottom by
an under water attack, and it is there
fore believed that the loss of life it
bound to be heavy.
The steamer Flores took 287 sur
vivors of the sunken ships into the
Dutch port of Ymuiden last night
The steamer Titan picked up 114
some of whom afterwards died. The
fatally wounded were kept on board
the vessel, while the others were
transferred to British men of war
The Lowestoft, another British craft,
rescued a good number.
The German policy of keeping the
Gorman battle fleet in harbor nnd at
tempting to pick off British ships one
. by one thus far has resulted In the
" loss of three 12,000-ton cruisers, the
Pathfinder of 3,000 tons and two small
craft destroyed by mines.
Sept. 23. Fighting on land has glv
en way for the moment as a newa
factor to the daring raid in the North
sea by flvo German submarine boats,
which torpedoed and sunk three Brit-
-Ish armored crulsors the Aboukir,
the Cressy and Hogue, and in turn
lost two of their own number under
tho Are of the British guns.
In Its daring, as reported by the
BrltlBh admiralty, the attack of the
little plungers surpassed any naval
maneuvers of the present war. Of
i the aggregate normal personnel of
2,265 men carried by the cruisers, u
1b estimated than 700 wore saved.
In Africa the British repulsed a
German attack In their eastern terri
tory, the Germans retreating with
losses. Gen. Louts Botha, the famous
Boer general, and now premier of tho
"Union of South Africa, ba8 taken over
supreme command of the British oper
ations against the Germans in south
west Africa.
Along the battle line in France re
ports indicate that while the fighting
is still progressing, no great gains
have been made by either side, and
that the crucial period is still to come.
The Russians are reported to haye
taken the fortified town of, Jaroslau,
on the San river, northwest of Prze
mysl, from the AuBtrlans, and a Rome
dispatch credits the montenegrlns and
Servians with having captured from
tho Austrlans Sarajevo, capital of
Bosnia.
It is reported that the French again
are bombarding the important Aus
trian seaport of Cnttaro, in Dalmatla.
Lord Kltcn"er the British war
l mister, haB approved the proposi
tlon fir the formation of a Welsh
Hriiy corps
Koenigsberg, East Prussia, one of
to havo Invested.
FIERCE BATTLE
LASI5 FOR DAYS:
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Gigantic Conflict as the Allies At
tempt to Hurl Back the In
vading Armies.
CARNAGE HAS BEEN AWFUL
Really .a Series of Attacks and Re
pulses That Have Gone on Along
Front of One Hundred and Fifty
Miles -Bravery Amounting to Fana
ticism Has Been Shown by Both
Sides.
From the Battle Front, via Paris,
Sept. 22. The seventh day of the bat
tle of the Alsne has ended with the
Germans and allies intrenched in prac
tically the same positions they held
for the last two days.
Artillery duels such as never have
been seen before are being carried on
with the hope of compelling the evac
uation of the strongly held positions,
with occasional successes to the oppos
ing sides, while the infantry, In the
face of a galling tire, have charged
right up to the guns, only to make
thoir opponents give way slightly, or
to be repulsed with great losses.
The Germans took the allies'
trenches on the river to tho north of
Solssons after hard fighting. A counter-attack
was executed by the allies
and the trenches were rewon.
The fighting may go on for days yet,
but sooner or later one side must find
the continual fall of shells and the din
concerting Infantry attacks too much
HRS
DETAILS
for them, and, leaving a strong rearT8trenKtn ls counted in the millions, has
guard, will draw back.
It Is now possible to give the first
details' of the terrific battle of the
Aisne tho greatest battle In the his
tory of tho world.
It is a story of a deadly duel of
big guns, of furious attacks, of terrific
counter-attacks, of hand-to-hand
clashes and bayonet charges and of
frightful carnage.
It ls a story of a succession of
battles, which have been fought now
on one part of tho line and now on the
other, hour after hour, for every hour
of the twenty-four, day after day and
night after night, for six long days,
and still with no result at the time of
writing.
Tho story startB with the day of the
fourteenth. From the twelfth to the
morning of the fourteenth, the rival
armies had been fighting a rear-guard
action, precipitated when the retreat
ing Germans turned at bay to give
battle to their allied pursuers.
Tho real fighting started on the
morning of the fourteenth, when the
battle became general along the range
of heights to the north of Aisne.
Tho fighting was sustained with
deadly earneBtnesB during all of the
next day, the Germans contesting
every foot of the way In a supreme
endeavor to hold their positions until
re-enforcements could arrive.
On the night of the fifteenth they
appeared to have been strengthened,
and commenced their formidable
movement against the French and
HrltlBh all along their front. A furi
ous attack on the allies' extreme left,
with the big gutiB of the rival artil
lerists lighting the line of the oppos
ing fronts In fierce silhouette, wna re
pulsed with great courage by the al
lies. Again and again tho Germans
returned to the attack with the tenac
ity that was the marvel of French
troops, but each time they were re
pulsed. No fewer than ten times did
they drive their dense masses of
troops at the allied Infantry, but never
wore they able to break through,
All night long the fighting lasted,
the allies bracing themselves, after
each successive counter-attack to,
meet the furious onslaught of charg-
KCENIGSBERG, BESIEGED BY THE
the strongest fortified cities in Germany, which tho Russians aro reported
ing TeutoriB, until toward dawn tho
men of both sides were ready to drop
from sheer exhaustion.
Just before daybreak tho Germans
threw all their remaining strength nnd
energy Into one final charge, that was
conducted with all tho vim and cour
age that could be expected of fresh
troops.
They charged like madmen like fa
natics who knew nothing of tho fear
of death.
But they were rolled back again,
and to their enormous losses of tho
night was added another long roll of
dead and wounded. It was as if this
was their one chance of salvation, and
all the desperation and all the reso
lution at their command was thrown
into it.
Hardly had they recovered from this
final, grand sortie when the allies fol
lowed with a vigorous counter-attack
in an effort to catch the Germans off
their balance. In this the allies were
partly successful, for they gained
ground Bllghtly.
On the morning of the seventeenth
fighting again, was resumed with tho
desperation that rivaled that of the
big night attack.
At the end of tho ''day it appeared
that the Germans had been forced
to retire about seven miles.
During the fighting, which lasted all
day and Into the night, the Germans
lost COO prisoners, aside from the
dead and wounded, which could not
be computed, and a number of rapid-
fire guns.
Darkness made the operations ex
tremely difficult, as tho use of search
lights by the rival commanders was
refrained from, owing to the danger
of exposing their positions.
Hand-to-hand fighting, in which the
bayonet was used extensively, result
ing in terrible losses, marked the com
bat as one of the most furious ever
fought.
The progress of the battlo indicated
that the rival supreme commanders
are going to leave a decision of the
gigantic conflict to tho big guns. The
struggle Is so titanic that mere nu
merical strength, even when that
proved Itself Inadequate to force the
issue to a decisive result,
Puts German Loss at 45,000.
G. F. Stewart, correspondent of the
London Daily News, telegraphs from
Rotterdam: "I learn from a private
but absolutely reliable source that dur
ing tho last fortnight 'the Germans
have been losing in killed, wounded
and missing an average of 3,200 men
per day. This represents a loss of
roughly 4B,000 men, of whom It ls esti
mated 14,000 were killed."
Termonde Almost Wholly Destroyed.
The Germans completed the destruc-
tlon of Termonde (Dendermonde),
The communal offices were bombard -
ed and are In ruins. The church still
stands though Its tower is damaged.
Tho hospital was spared, but all other
public buildings and houses were de
stroyed. No Proposals for Peace.
Great Britain has received no pro
posals for peace from Germany or
Austria, according to a message re
ceived by Sir Cecil Spring-nice, Brit
ish ambassador at Waahlncton, from
Sir Edward Grey.
The British war offlco Issued anoth
er casualty list, which showed that
British officers are still falling In
largo 'numbers on tho battlefield.
Thousands of Belgians 8laln.
A telegram to the London Observer
from a correspondent nt Antwerp
says:
"The authorities are preparing an
official casualty list of tho operations
at Liege and I am informed it will
show that no fewer than 27,000 Bel
gian soldiers were killed in that he
roic defense,"
There Is a high death rate among
the German officers. Tho ratio of
wounded to the dead ls about two to
one. The total casualties, as given
out in Berlin, are 6,535 killed, 8,391 so
rlouBly and 42,242 slightly wounded.
Russians to Have 7,000,000.
The Rusaiun army now In Gallcla
will bo left there to complete its work,
for, according to a Rome dispatch, an
army of 900,000 Russians ls marching
into central Poland, followed by an
other army of 2,000,000, whllo a third
army, also aggregating 2,000,000 is
RUSSIANS
coming from moro distant regions and
will reach the front in October. It
ls said Russia will soon have 7,000,
000 men on tho move.
Britain Out $166,500,000.
Calculations based on official re
turn b show that the cost to Britain
of 43 days of war, continuing from
August 1, when disbursements began,
has been about $166,500,000, or at the
rate of $3,870,000 per day.
Announce Fall of Maubeuge.
Berlin has officially announced that
the fall of Maubeuge took place on
September 9, with 400 guns and 40,000
prisoners.
Three Nations May Join War.
Dispatches from Europe received in
official quarters at Washington contain
information indicating that the great
struggle in the eastern hemisphere is
entering upon a new and much moro
serious phase.
Italy has decided to Join the fray
on the side of tho allies at the moment
deemed most opportune for striking a
decisive blow and In urcDSnitlon for
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iuB iuuveiiieiu id rnpiuiy muuuizing iiu
army.
Turkish officials are in Berlin ne
gotiating the terms, upon which the'
Ottoman empire will throw Its support
to Germany and AuBtrla.
Roumanla has given an official re
ply to Turkey, which indicates that It
ls likely to get into tho fight on the
side of tho triple entente.
Battle on the Ocean.
There has not been a gun fired In tho
North sea for days, so far aa the Brit
ish public knows, but tho admiralty
issued bulletins of important encoun
ters in far off waters. Successes and
misfortunes were both chronicled Im
partially, The German protected cruiser Koe
nfgBberg cauglit the British light cruis
er PegaBUs overhauling its machinery
in Zanzibar harbor and attacked and
completely disabled it. The British
lost heavily and tho Koenigsberg was
ablo to steam away.
The British loss is given at 26 killed
and 80 wounded.
The German cruiser Emden cap
tured six British merchant Bteamera
in the Bay of Bengal in -six days and
sank five of them. Tho Emden reap
peared at Rangoon, possibly having
taken part In other exploits, as yet not
known.
un tne uritish side or the score
was the sinking of a Gorman merchant
cruiser, believed to havo been tho
Cap Trafalgar, by tho former Cunard
liner Carmanla. The British Iobs was
small nine killed and 26 wounded.
The German IobsJb unknown, but tho
survivors Vvoro rescued.
German Losses Arc Heavy.
A casualty list, mado up largely of
the losses of a few regiments, was
made public in Berlin. Of the 6,126
casualties reported, 3,976 of them fall
1 to 15 battalions of eight regiments
The One Hundred and Thirty-first reg
iment reported 1,141 casualties. Six
of its officers were killed and 23 wound
ed. The Ono Hundred and Thirty-second
Infantry reported S2 officers and
561 men killed, wounded or missing.
The Tenth Grenadiers lost 20 officers
and 820 men, and one battalion of tho
One Hundred and Fifty-seventh infan
try had eight officers killed and flvo
wounded.
4Ulster Volunteers Enlist.
The lyondon Morning Post, corre
spondent at Belfast wires: "Tho flow
of recruits from the Ulster volunteer
force to the new army continued last
week, the total for two weeks up to
last night being in round figures over
nine thousand. Belfast naturally con
tributed the larger portion, recruits
from the city numbering about 5,600."
Russians Advance In Gallcla.
In a dispatch to the London Times
a correspondent at Petrograd says:
' "Near Sandomlr, Russian Poland,
the Russians have again defeatod the
broken remnants of the Second Ger
man landwehr corps under General
Wolrsch. Here, evidently, the Aus
trlans had prepared to cross tho Vis
tula river."
Famed Cathedral Razed.
Tho French minister of tho interior,
1x)uIb .1 Malvy, announced today that
tho famous cathedral of Notre Damo
at Reims had been destroyed and all
tho othor historic and public buildings
either laid in rulnB or seriously dam
aged during tho bombardment of
Reims by tho German artillery
TWO STATE-AID BRIDGES.
Contracts
for Structures at
ton and Overton.
Loxlng-
State Engineer D. D. Prlco has re
turned from Lexington whero ho mot
with the county boards of Phelps and
Dawson counties for the purposo of
awarding contracts for p. stato aid
brldgo at Overton and at Lexington.
Tho bridge to bo built at Lexington
Is to be wholly within Dawson county,
but the ono at Overton Is to bo built
Jointly by two counties under the
state aid bridge law, the stato to fur
nish halt tho numoy. I. 13. Doty of
Columbus was awarded contracts for
both bridges. Tho ono at Lexington
will cost $30,790 ami tho ono at Over-
ton $37,780. Thomas Gass of Elm
Creek was awarded tho contract for
making tho fills at 14 cents per cu
bic yard.
Adjutant General Hall will soon
oonven.o the stato military board for
tho purposo of planning fall and win
tor work for tho Nebraska national
guard. At tho mooting tho question
'of closing up a deal for the purchnso
of the Ashland camp grounds by tho
government will bo disposed of. Tho
usual. fall rifle competition will bo ar
ranged for, but whether or not tho
Bhootlng shall take placo at the Ash
land camp grounds is not yet known.
Very few of tho companies have
ranges at homo. Tho Ashland rango
is not yet in condition for rlflo prac
tice. Tho competitive shooting
usually closes October 1, but tho por
iod may bo extended this year. Last
year tho officers and men who enter
ed tho competition wore ordered to
Plnttsmouth on tho regular army
rango and mudals and prizes wer
awarded.
Reorganization of tho affairs of tho
National Fidelity and Casualty Co. of
Omaha Is contemplated, in a plan out
lined to tho Btate railway commission.
Tho Idea, according to the state offi
cials, is to form a holding company to
take over a portion of the original
company's stock. Tho quostlon ls be
tween tho company's officers and the
commission, related to tho probable
effect of tho blue sky law upon the
move. If tbe bonding company can
take over the casualty company's
stock without obtaining a permit for
stock sale, tho work will proceed
without interruption. If tho pernilt
is deemed necessary, then application
.wJl lmvc to bo mado hnd cortain in
formation "furnished the commaslon
before the ntcp can bd taken.
Tho stato board of health, compris
ing Governor Morohead, Attorney
General Martin and State Superin
tendent Delzell, has deolded to in
crease the pay of Dr. J. H. Blomon
kamp to $1,000 a year for his services
ns assistant director of tho board'B
bacteriological laboratory, Tho secre
taries of the board recently decided
to recommend $70 a month, and to
retain Dr. Wild, director, at the same
salary ho received the first yoar,
$2,000. It was understood that both
doctors would efuse to servo.
The state auditor has received a let
ter from H. F. Comer of Union, aBk
ing for Information regarding tho
Homo Builders' association, a com
pany located at Omaha, and doing bus
iness as an investment corporation.
Mr. Comer desires to know if tho
company 1b reliable and has a right
to do business in this state. Tho rec
ords of the State Banking board do
act show that tho company has been
granted permission to do business in
this Btate.
In reply to a query from tho stato
railway commission, Deputy Attorney
General Ayres has ruled that a rail
way company cannot bo compelled to
furnish elevator sitcB on its right of
way, oven though it has previously
granted such Bites to othor olovator
companies. Tho United States su
premo court has twice mlod to this
effect, and tho Nebraska court has
also docided tho sumo way in one In
Btanco. A basket full of acceptances has
been received by Secretary of Stata
Walt from candidates who were nom
inated at tho recent primaries. Thus
far no nominee has declined except
Garrett Falken of Schuyler, demo
cratic candidnto for state senator In
the Tenth dlstricL Chairman VV. H.
Thompson of tho stato committee has
been notified. Mr. Falken declined to
run on account of falling health.
"What the Nebraska Stato fair
needs most Is moro money for perma
nent improvements, and most of all,
united support by the business inter-,
ests, and especially the citizens ot
Lincoln," says Secrotary W. R. Mel
lor ot tho state fair board.
MIbs Sara J. Killen, head of tho art
department of the Wayno Normal
was awarded first prize at tho Ne
braska state fair on a specimen of
work submitted In water colors.
The Kearney Water and Electric
Power company has applied to the
state railway commission for leave to
Issue $35,000 of second mortgage
bonds for the purpose of paying
$15,000 ot bills outstanding and pur
chasing new plant equipment. Tho
company alleges Its business ls grow
ing to such an extent that tho plant
rannot supply the domnnd. It was
Incorporated in 1908 and has capital
stock outstanding amounting to
$303,900. It claims that tho present
opralbod value of tho plant Is
"425,000
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THE most satisfactory wraps for
deml-season wear are Hiobo 'cut
along tho simplest lines. And for the
cool days of autumn thoso of taffota
silk will bo found appropriate for all
sorts of wear. As taffeta la moro pll
ablo than other weaves of silks used
for wraps, coats mado of it are cut
somewhat Bhorter than coats of
heavier materials. Plain silks and
aatlns aro often used as a trimming
and for making collaro and cuffs on
coats of figured taffeta. And this order
Is reversed when figured silks or satins
aro used for garnishing plain taffeta.
Among tho prettiest of tho wraps de
veloped with taffota are those mado of
a good quality of this silk in a change
able weave. Coats of this kind are
prettiest when finished with collar and
cuffs of velvet. Combinations of dark
green and black, or royal blue and
black, or bluo and green, are examples
of those that are at once brilliant and
elegant. Tho bronzo tones nro effective,
and all of these can be finished with
collars and cuffs of tho predominating
color in the silk or with black velvet.
For dressy wear coats of taffota are
prettily finished with ruffles of chiffon,
short capoB of laco, or with silk nets.
In tho coatshown In the plcturo givon
hero tho silk la of black taffeta ovor
which small flower sprays aro scat
tered. It ls trimmed with ruffles of
plain black satin, A short rounded
Concerning Veils and Veilings
N
ono knows tho source of all tho
fads that women Indulge In, when
it comos to tho manner of wearing
their clothes. But variety 1b tho aplce
of llfo and the present generation be
IIovob in much spicing. This is evi
dent by the way in which fashions
change and is especially noticeable
whon an eccentricity with no real
reason for being, becomes a fashion.
Just now thero ls a fad for wear
ing veils, such as aro classed as "com
plexion veils," so that they cover
only halt the face. Nearly all ot
these veils are mado of large-meshed
but very fine thread sllk-meshed veil
IngB. Nearly all ot them are black
and are bordered with a row of
chenille dots at the edgo. They are
narrow and just long enough to reach
about the close-fitting hats with which
thoy aro worn.
Tho veils just described are the
most senBlblo of tho varieties that are
worn In this way. They are Incon
spicuous and do not lntertero with
the eyes, This ennnofbo said of laco
volls, rather heavy in pattern, that aro
worn uy more uunug uuvuiueo ui iuo
modo. Ono ot them Ib shown In the
capo Is shaped to fall to tho waist Una ,
in front nnd is curved over tho shoul
ders, leaving the sleeves uncovered. It
s finished with a ruffio like that of bot
tom of coat. A draped collar of sails
finishes tho neck
CoatB of this kind are lined ,wlth
lightweight qualities and soft weaves
of satin or silk. When a plain taffeta
in dark color la used, for tho cot
bright Roman-striped' silks mako ai-1
tractive linings. Broad stripes in con
trasting colors, as black and green, or
black and white, are also used, with
black and white a great favorite.
A gopdquallty of taffeta will" make
a betweon-Bousone wrap that will give
much sorvlce. As days grow colder
additional warmth ra possible by wear
ing, knitted vests under tho coat. Taf
fota wraps aro cut on loose and easy
hanging lines which a small under
garment does not interfere with.
Aside from Its wearing qualities taf
feta I moBt to bo recommended be
cause It will not harbor dust. But only
tho good qualities are to bo relied
upon for durability. Tho cheaper taf
fotas aro all right for a garment which
is to aeo only ahort service. One does
not expect much of inexpensive
dresses in the way of wear. Little
coats of the cheaper grades of taffeta
may bo made to do service for a few
weeks in the fall.
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Illustration which ls given here.
A praiseworthy effort at harmony-4s
carried out In veils .'selected to n&tca
tho prevailing color with which the
)iat ls to bo ,worn. This Is seen again
in veils Belected to match colored fac
ings In black hats. In colored veil
ings the amethyst shades, nattier blue.J
una taupo are found to be most tw
coming and are therefore favbrlteB
among nets. Tho latest veiling dis
plays cream-white, Shetland and fig
ured nets with a laco pattern border.
This pattern ls outlined with black
silk thread or embellished with em
broidered dots. The best effects la
veilings are those in which the' mesh
is simple and borders are worked out
In chenlllo dots.
In chiffon veils, which are worn for
protection, the choice of colors is
much wider than in face veils of net.
One may indulge in any sort of blue,
all the amethyst and many of the
green shades. Taupe is a great favor
ite, as aro gray and white. These
quieter colors predominate, but occa
sionally cerise and other brilliant hues
seem to suit exactly the style ot the
wearer. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
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