DA ROT A COUNTY HERALD
Motto: All The News When It Is News.
VOL 24.
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1915.
NO. 3.
FORI AT DU8NQ FALLS
WON'T ANYBODY BUY?
ALLIES SEEK LOAN
FULL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS TO
BE HAD IN TROUBLE WITH
GERMANY.
TEUTONS CAPTURE STRONGHOLD
RUSS VICTORY AT
TARNOPOL.
ANGLO-FRENCH BANKtiRS CON-f
FER WITH AMERICAN FINAN-
CIERS AT MORGAN HOME.
TENSION
LESSENING
rt
V 1
HOPE OF FRIENDLY OUTCOME
Evidence Submitted to Bernstorff by
Uncle Sam Regarded as Conclusive
Proof that German Submarine Was
Concealed from Arabic's Captain.
tVcstttn Ncmp(Kr Unlaa News Hmlc.
New York. Prospects for a favor
able adjustment of the controversy
between the United States and Ger
many depend entirely upon the atti
tude which the Berlin foreign office
j will take toward the recommendations
made by Count von Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, following his
conference with Secretary Lansing.
Details of the conference have be
come known, throwing light on the
critical point that had been reachod
fin the relations botween the two
countries. Tho Washington govern
ment was almost ready to sever dip
lomatic relations, but decided to delay
taking any step until Germany could
he furnished the evidence In lta pos
session on the Arabic case.
Friendliness and candor are under
stood to have characterized the con
versation between Mr. Lansing and
the ambassador. The latter now has
been given an opportunity to commu
nicate freely with hiB government, so
that It may he clearly understood in
Berlin why officials hero are con
vinced that torpedoing of tho Arabic
could not have been a mistake, justi
fied or unjustified.
In view of the evidence the United
States wants a disavowal of tho act,
nd this was made clear to Count von
Bernstorff. Arbitration cannot be an
issue for consideration until the atti
tude of the German government to
ward the act itself iB placed on rec
ord. Later the American government
may take under consideration a pro
posal to arbitrate, not the principle,
"but what Indemnity should be paid for
lives lost.
Tension was lessened and there
tjwas much more hope in both stats
'department and German quarters of a
friendly adjustment than Chero haa
been for several days. Much empha
,'3fvwas placed on tho fact that for the
first time since relations became
strained informal discussions are pro
ceeding at both Washington and Ber
lin, and tho freest opportunity for an
exchange of views confidentially and
informally has been made possible. In
fact, it was predicted in German quar
ters that understandings might now
ho reached In advance of the writing
of formal notes.
; The evidence which has been sub
mitted by tho United States Is re
garded here as proving conclusively
that, until she submerged to launch
the torpedo against tho Arabic, the
German submarine was concealed be
hind the sinking British steamer Duns
ley, and could not havo been seen by
the captain of tho Arabic.
PRO-GERMANS OBJECT.
Anglo-French Scheme to Borrow from
U. S. Opposed.
New York. Tho pro-German ele
ment of New York's financial world
probably will bo invited to participate
if they signify that they deslro such
an Invitation In floating the billion
dollar credit loan which Great Britain
and Prance hope to establish In this
country.
The moneyed faction of this ele
mont, Wall street heard, will ho glad
Xf to have a chance to help; another
faction, composed largely of mlddlo
western bankers with pro-German
sympathies, would bitterly oppose par
ticipation in raising funds for tho use
of Germany's enemies, even though
tho money will all bo spent in tho
United States.
I This was tho big feature in tho first
day's negotiations of tho Anglo-French
financial commission with Wall street
bankers, who are endeavoring to as
sist In adjusting the foreign exchange
situation.
Hot Day In East.
Chicago. September 14 was th'e
hottest day in Chicago this year. On
the third consecutivo warm day, tho
temperature registered 90 degrees at
2 i). m. Several public bathing
heaches which had been closed for tho
season ere ordered reopened. Threo
deaths and a number of prostrations
were reported from tho heat in Phila
delphia. Since the beginning of the
hot wave a total of eight deaths havo
been reported as duo to tho hoat. Two
deaths and a large number ot prostra
tions, resulted from tho excessive heat
in New York. It was tho hottest Sep
tember 14 on record.
German Drive Going On.
h London. Tho German drive toward
Dvlnsk goes forward unchecked, ac
cording to tho Berlin official state-
ent, and Field Marshal von linden-
4vrgs army iuib taken 5,000 prisoners
r.iid forged ahead to within about
thirty miles of the Dvlnsk fortress.
Gen. Ripley Dead.
Rutland, Vt. Brig. Oen. Kdward H.
Ripley, who led the first federal bri
gade Into Richmond after tho surren
der ot Gen. Lee's army, died Septem
ber 14 after a long Illness.
8,000 PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
Petrograd Statement Saya That Largo
Amount of War Booty Was Also
Captured Czar Expresses Thanks
When Told of Victory.
Vienna, Sopt. 11. Continuing tholr
terrific attacks to cut tho railroads
from Lemherg to Kiev, tho Austrlans
havo crowned ono phase of tholr gon
eral action with success, capturing tho
great Russian stronghold of Dubno.
In tho capture of this fortress tho
Toutons havo obtained command of
tho railroad lines from Lomborg
through Dubno to Rovno and thonco
to Kiov and Odessa. Dubno Is ono
of tho trlanglo ot fortresses protect
ing the approach of Klov and is tho
second to fall, Lutsk having been cap
tured several days ago. This leaves
only the third fortress, Rovno, In the
way of rapid advance toward Klov
and tho outflanking of tho groat Russ
army, which has fallen back from
Brest-Litovsk.
Tho Austrian Iandwehr and cavalry
entered Dubno on Wcdnosday. Thoy
nro already advancing to tho north
east, and if they take Rovno, only
about forty-fivo miles away, it is bo
Hoved that they can drive rapidly
northward to tho aid of Mackonsen'B
army, which is advancing toward
Plnsk on tho road to Moscow.
Military authorities hero attach
great importance to tho capturo of
Dubno and assert it may mean tho cut
ting oft of large Russian forces in tho
marsh district far to tho north of the
fortress trlanglo and southeast of
Brest-Lltovsk.
Petrograd, Sopt. 11. A Russian vic
tory In eastern Gallcla resulting in tho
capturo of 8,000 Gorman troops and
30 guns is announced on Thursday in
an official statement issued by tho
war offlco hero. Enormous losses
were also Buffered by tho enemy In
killed and wounded, tho official state
ment says. It characterizes tho rosult
of the conflict as a "complete German
defeat."
Tho emporor, having received a re
port o$ tho dofeat inflicted upon the
enemy, sent an ordert'o express to his
valorous troops his Joy and thankful
nesB for their success and tho heavy
losses Inflicted on tho enemy.
An official communication from Pe
trograd claims another big Russian
success In eastern Gallcla. Following
tholr roported victory at Tarnopol, It
Is stated that southwest of Trombowla
during tho 7th and 8th tho Russians
took as prisoners 150 offlcors and 7,
000 men and that tho Toutons re
treated hastily toward tho Rlvor Stry
pa. Russian captures slnco Septem
ber 3, Soreth front, total 383 offlcors,
over 17,000 men and a great quantity
of guns.
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE
3COOOOC
Copenhagen, Sopt, 9. A dispatch
from Berlin attributes tho slackening
'of tho Gorman advance In Russia to
'sovero floods which aro hlndorlng op
erations on the cntlro eastern front.
Evansvlllo, Ind., Sept. 9. Thomas
Bhorwood of Lexington, Ky., chargod
with passing forged checks hero and
said to be wanted In Detroit and othor
cities, was sentenced to tho stato pris
on for ono to five years.
New York, Sept. 10. Gustav Stahl,
tho German reservist, who pleaded
guilty to perjury in making state
ments that tho liner Lusltania was
armed, was sentenced by Fedoral
Judge Hough to ono year and six
months In the Atlanta penitentiary,
Clevoland, O., Sopt. 10. Clovoland
and Canton (O.) capitalists havo
closed a contract for $80,000,000 to
supply Russia with 3,000,000 rifles.
FOUL GIVES TITLE TO ERTLE
Kid Williams Loses Bantam-Weight
Championship In Rough St.
Paul Battle.
St Paul, Minn., Sept. 13. Johnny
Ertle won tho bantam-weight cham
pionship from Kid Williams on Friday
night on a foul by Williams in tho
fifth round. It had heen a rough fight,
even, up to that time, when Williams
fouled the St. Paul boy. This Is said
to be tho first tlmo when a champion
Bhlp ever changed hands In a ten
round no-decision fight. Williams was
tho favorite for the fight. Reforeo Bar
tlus decision was popular. Williams'
blow that lOBt him tho championship
was low, striking Ertlo In tho groin.
Doctors examined Ertlo and declared
that tho blow was foul.
Prince Humbert at Front.
Rome, Sept. 13. Crown Prlnco
Humbert, heir to tho Italian throne,
arrived at army headquarters and was
given an enthusiastic reception. Tho
young prlnco will bo eloven years old
o Wednesday.
General B. F. Fisher Dies.
Philadelphia, Pa., Sopt. 13. Gen.
Benjamin Franklin Fisher, who was
chief signal officer of tho United
States army in tho Civil war, died
on his farm. Ho was eighty-one yoan
old.
VVUiftV INDIANAPOLIS STAR.
ANOTHER AIRSHIP RAID
8CORE KILLED IN LONDON BY
BOMBS.
Eighty-Six Persons Also Wounded
Missiles Cause Many Fires and
Considerable Damage Done.
London, Sept. 10. Tho latest Zep
pelin raid on London waB tho most de
structive In history. It was officially
announced 20 persons woro killed and
86 injured. Tho German naval airships
invaded tho heart of tho largest city
in tho world at midnight and rained
explosive and incendiary bombs that
started many fires in tho district
whoroln aro situated London's most
famous rhulldlnijs.
Firemen wero called out to combat
tho flames whllo tho Zeppelins woro
still hurling bombs, and did their
work with incendiary missiles falling
all around them. It Is believed con
siderable damage was done beforo tho
flames woro extinguished.
Tho number of casualties in
Wednesday night's aorlal attack
makes a total of 33 persons killed and
129 injured in tho raids of two suc
cessive nights.
Tho most alarming foaturo of this
latest visit of the Zeppollns, however,
was that thoy Invaded tho hoart of
tho city tho western part wherein
aro located such landmarks as St.
James palaco, Westminster abbey, tho
parliament buildings, tho Charing
Cross railroad station, tho fashlonablo
residential districts and, on tho edgo,
tho great factories and warehouses.
CZAR HEADS RUSS ARMIES
Notifies President Polncare of France
of the Change Kept Secret In
Petrograd.
Paris, Sopt. 9. Emperor Nicholas
has taken over the command of tho
Russian armies. Whether this will ro
suit In tho comploto elimination of
Grand Duko Nicholas is not yot
known. Apparently tho czar's action
has boon kept a closo secret in Petro
grad bocauso tho first Intimation of
this action would como In a personal
dispatch from tho Russian ruler to
Presldont Polncaro. Tho messago from
tho czar to tho presldont follows:
"In placing mysolf at tho head of
my valiant army, I tako particular
pleasure in addressing you, monsieur
president, most sincere wishes for tho
grandour of Franco and tho victory of
its glorious army."
TRAIN HITS AUTO; FOUR DEAD
Members of San Francisco Theatrical
Company Victims of Accident at
Johnston City, III.
Johnston City, III., Sept. S. Four
persons wore killed and two others
fatally injured when passenger train
No. 120 of tho Chicago & Eastern Illi
nois railroad hit an automobllo hero.
;Tho dead: A. Drownall, Tom McDon
tald, Harry F. Dixon, A. Brown, nil of
San Francisco. Tho fatally Injured:
A. Brown, Jr., San Francisco; Oscar
'.Moonoyham, W3st Frankfort, 111.
. All excopt Moonoyham woro mem
bers of a San Francisco theatrical
troupe whom Moonoyham was driving
to Johnston City, whero they expected
to give a performance.
Court-Martial for Colonel.
Washington, Sopt. 13. President
Wilson ordered a court-martial to con
vene at San Francisco October 1 to
hear charges against Llout.-Col. Lewis
E. Goodler, Jurtgo-advocato In tho west
ern department of tho army.
Wood Alcohol Kills Three.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 13. Mr. and
Mrs P. A, Glover of West End aro
dead, and S. N. Boyd is seriously 111
at his homo as a result of drinking
wood alcohol, under the Impression j
that It was grain alcohol. i
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MAY PACIFY MEXICO
SECRETARY LANSING CALLS PAN.
AMERICAN CONVENTION.
Expected That Meeting Will Be Final,
and Plans Formulated for De
cisive Action.
Washington, Sept. 9. Secretary
Lansing announced on Tuosday that
tho A, B, C Mexican peace mediators
aro to meot with him within a few
days to consldor tho next moves by
the American governments In tho Mex
ican situation.
It is expected this meeting will be
the final one, and plana will bo for
mulated then for decisive action.
Whllo It Is not believed that tho
mediators will detormluo on armed In
tervention, it is expected that tho plan
will bo given consideration in view of
tho border raids.
Irritation is increasing along the
bordor, according to dispatches. Gcri
oral Funston and othor military com
manders on tho bordor aro uneasy
whllo their troops stand facing across
tho international lino tho armed
forces ot Carranza. Tho dangers ot
an outbreak Increase with tho hours.
CROP BREAKS U. S. RECORDS
Total of 5,641,000,000 Bushels of Grain
Is Forecast as Yield of American
Farms for 1915.
Washington, Sept. 10. All records
for grain production In tho United
States havo been excelled.
Tho government September crop ro
port, issued on "Wednesday, estimated
tho yield of wheat, corn, oats, ryo and
barley at 5,041,000,000 bushols, an In
crease of 94,000,000 bushels ovor tho
final returns last year. Tho threo lead
ing grains wheat, corn and oats
will reach C.374,000,000 bushelB, ac
cording to tho fedoral report. Tho de
partment of agriculture sticks to tho
1,000,000,000-bushol wheat crop theory,
and its latest estimate of 981,000,000
bushels is within 19,000,000 bushols of
that mark. Well Informed grain
traders and growers bollevo that tho
whoat crop will exceed 1,000,000,000
bushols. Thoso figures Indicate 110,
000,000 bushols ln-oxcoss of last year's
harvest.
GERMANS WIN IN ARG0NNE
Berlin Claims Gain of Quarter Mile
Along Mlle-and-Quarter Front
1,000 Captured.
London, Sept. 11. What appears to
bo tho final desperato effort of tho
German crown prlnco to smash tho
French line in tho Argonno has come
to a sudden halt.
After penetrating the allies' front,
according to Berlin reports, to tho
depth of about a quarter ot n inllo
on a front of a mile and a quarter,
capturing moro than 1,100 prisoners,
thirty-eight of whom wero officers, tho
GermanB ceased tholr attacks as sud
denly as they woro begun. Tho Ger
man report details captures of forty
olght machine guns and moro than
sixty mlno throwers, Paris asserts
that tho French lines wero maintained
except to tho cast of Layon-do-IJlnar-villa,
whero tho Germans captured
part of a trench.
Worker Killed In Powder Blast.
Pnorla, III, Sopt. 11. William Moon,
on employee, was killed and ono of
tho mills of tho Western Powdor com
pan's plant, near horo, was wrecked
by an explosion. Officials could not
j explain tho explosion.
U. S, Cruiser Makes 28,000 Miles.
Philadelphia, Sopt. 11. Tho cruiser
Tennessee is at tho Philadelphia uavy
yord from Haiti, completing what Is
bolloved to bo a record for ships of
her class of 28,000 miles covered with
'u 13 months
MAY ASK FOR $500,000,000
Commission Begins Series of Negotia
tions In New York Looking Towards
tho Establishment of Huge Foreign
Credit.
Now York, Sopt. 13.-r-Tho Joint Anglo-French
financial commission ot bIs
mombors deputed by Groat Britain
and Franco to r.djust tho foreign ox
chango situation 'hero, reachod Now
York on Friday aboard tho steamship
Lapland from Liverpool. Thoy woro
mot at Quarantlno by J. P. Morgan
and II. P. Davison ot tho Morgan firm,
who escorted them to their head
quarters horo.
Tho commission mot a numbor ot
Now York bankora In tho library ot
Mr. Morgan's homo and entered upon
tho first of a sorlcs of negotiations
looking toward tho establishment ot
a big foreign credit loan, popularly
bolloved to bo In tho neighborhood ot
1500,000,000.
Prominent Now York financiers, in
cluding tho presidents of somo of tho
city's strongest banks, woro present,
Informally representing tho American
syndlcato of moneyed Interests which
probably will attoiupt to undorwrlto
tho loan; on tho other hand, repre
senting tho British empire, France
and perhaps Russia, woro tho six
members of tho Anglo-French commis
sion appolntod to doal with tho situ
ation horo ou bohalf ot tholr govern
ments. Tho British delegates aro Rt. Hon.
Lord Reading ot Erlclght, G. C. D
K. O. V. O. (tho lord chlot Justlco ot
England) ; Sir Edward Holdon, Bart;
Sir Henry Bablngton Smith, K. C. B.,
C. S. I., and Basil P. Blackott, O. B.,
of tho British troasury. Tho French)
dologates nro M. Octavo Homborgy
roprosontlng tho Fronch troasury, and
M. Ernest Mallot, director ot the
Banquo do Franco.
CARRANZA REFUSES APPEAC
"First Chief" 8purns Offer of Media
tion In Reply to Pan-American
Offer.
Vera Cruz, Sopt. 13. Gon. Vonustl-,
ano Carranza's roply to the appeal of
tho United States and tho Latln-Amorl-1
can countries for a conforonco bo-1
twoon tho loaders of tho -various Moxt-1
can factions having In vlow nn adjust
ment ot Moxlco's lntomccino strug-'
glo, is a polite but unoqulvocal "no."
In a noto issuod by Foreign Min-j
Ister Acuna General Carranza has told
tho diplomats that ho can permit ot
no intorforonco whatovor by foreign)
governments. Ho oxplalns that ho Is W
control now ot all Moxico oxcopt tho
stato of Chihuahua and Morolos and eJ
part of tho stato of Sonora.
Tho slgnors of tho noto to Carranza
aro invited to como thorasolvoB, or to,
sond representatives to somo safo
point along tho Rio Grando for a con
ference at which tho affairs of Moxico'
may bo discussed "sololy from an in
ternational point of vlow" and with
tho idea that Carranza's government
bo recognized as tho do facto govern
ment In Moxico.
Stress Is laid on tho assertion that'
soon tho ontlro country will bo at
poaco. Tho roply Innlsts that tho first,
chlof Ib actuated by tho highest mo,
tlvcs In declining to particlpato in the
conforonco.
SCHWAB HOME THREATENED
Letters Threatening to Blow Up Sum
mer Mansion Are Received by
the Steel Magnate.
Johnstown, Pa., Sopt. 10. Charles
M. Schwab has rocolved threo lottors,
tho last ono rocontly, threatening to
blow up his beautiful summor homo
"Iramergrun," near Lorotto, If ho did
not Btop shipping stool and othor war
matorlal to Europo for tho uso of tho'
allies, according to information horo
Mrs. Schwab and tho sorvants loft
hurriedly and tho big mountain man
sion Is closed right in tho holght of
tho early autumn social season. "IraJ
morgrun" Is ono of tho most beautiful
country places In tho Allegheny moun
tains. ALLEGED SPY MUST GO BACK;
I. T. T. Lincoln, Pormer M. P., to Bo
Returned to England Under Brook
lyn Court Order.
New York, Sept 13. Ignatius T. Tj
Lincoln, a formor member of the Brit-'
Ish parliament, who recently admitted
ho had been a Gorman spy, was or
dored by Fedoral Judgo Vcodor of;
Brooklyn to bo extradited to England!
to stand trial on a charge ot forgory.
Swiss Arrest Germans.
Lausanne, Switzerland, Sopt. 18. A,
dispatch from Gonova says that tho
Swiss authorities havo uncovered an
extonslvo German osplonago systom
In Switzerland and that moro than
eighty Germans havo boon arrested.
Health Body Electa Officers.
Rochostor, N. Y., Sopt. 13. Tho fol
lowing offlcors were elcctod by tho
American Public nealth association
horo: President, Dr. John F. Andor-
son, Washington, D. C, and treasurer
Dr. Leo M. Frankol, Now York.
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