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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1015.
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MISSOURI CITY EASILY LANDS
NEXT DEMOCRATIC CON
VENTION. DATE FIXED FOR JUNE 14, '16
Committeemen Adopt Resolution Call
ing for Renomination and Relectlon
of Wilson $100,000 Put Up for Prlv
liege of Entertaining Delegates.
Wmiii Nempiper Union Njth StTl.
Washington, D. C The Democratic
national convention of 191G will bo
lteld at St. Louis, beginning Wednes
day, June 14, at noon. The Democrat
ic national committee named the con
vention city and adopted resolutions
calling for the renomination and re
election of Woodrow Wilson as "the
trusted leader of national democracy."
Chicago and Dallas contested with
St. Louis for the honor of the conven
tion, but St. Louis easily led from the
start and won on the second ballot.
When the trend of voting was seen,
Texas moved that the, choice of St.
Louis bo made unanimous. Dallas
held second place on the first ballot,
but was displaced by Chicago on the
0 sooond roll call.
' Each of the threo cities contesting
for the Democratic convention put In
a bid of $100,000. St. Louis has placed
in tho hands of the chairman New
York drafts for that amount.
TERROR SINKS OIL TANK.
Standard Tanker Is Sent Down in the
Mediterranean.
Washington. D. 0. Word that the
American Standard Oil tank steamer
Petrollto was shelled In the eastern
Mediterranean by a largo submarine
flying the Austrian flag came to the
navy department In a cablegram from
tho cruiser Dos Moines at Canea, Isle
of Crete. One man on the tanker was
slightly Injured. This Information was
turned over to the state department,
where it was thought no action would
be taken pending the receipt of fur
ther details.
About to Attack British.
London. Important battles have be
gun or are Impending In Mesopotamia,
where tho German field , marshal,
ijlaron von dor Ooltz, has taken com
mand of tho Turkish forces and Is
about to attack the British at Kut-el-Amara
In southeastern Serbia, where
the Bulgarians have already attacked
tho Anglo-French positions and have
beon repulsed; on Oallipoli, where, ac
cording to Turkish accounts, the allies
have taken tho offensive, and In Bel
glum and Prance, whore, reports from
Holland state, tho Germans have con
centrated strong reinforcements and
an Immense amount of artillery with
the object of striking a blow at the
allied line In Flanders and Artois.
Debate Votes for Women.
Washington. Women suffragists
and antlsuffragists in stirring spenlies
dobatcd the question of votes for wom
en for an hour December 7 before tho
national Democratic committee. The
committee held public hesslon In a
hotel ball room to hear the women,
and tho place was packed to the doors.
Six suffrage leaders told the com
mitteemen that the women of tho na
tion were looking to the Democratic
party to champion a federal suffrage
amendment, either In the present con
Kress or in tho platform of tho next
Democratic national convention.
U. S. Reiterates Demand.
Washington. Socretary Lansing has
communicated to Germany through
Count Bernstorff. the German ambas
sador, the reasons which caused the
TJnlted States government to request
,the immediate withdrawal of Capt.
Boy-ed and Capt. Franz von Papon, re
spectively naval and military attaches
of tho embassy here. In tho commu
nication, which Is believed to have
reached the Berlin foreign office, Mr.
Lansing Is understood to have stated
that tho naval and military activities
of tho attaches constituted their prin
cipal offonses.
British Comment on Message.
London. Tho Times regards the
message as "by force of events a war
message from beginning to end," and
says: "The president has striven and
is still striving hard with the full ap
probation of tho masses of the people
to cling fast to life, on political isola
tion founded on geographical detach
ment, which lias largely lost Its mean
in." Earthquake in Mississippi Valley.
itro, III. A sovero earthquako
wiiirh wa3 felt along both sides of
tho Mississippi river for a rtistanco of
200 miles, and east as far as Paducah,
tiv was recorded hero at 12:45 p. m.,
December 7. The tremor bore lasted
lr to 20 seconds.
Ex-Priest Desires to Die.
Now York. From his soil In the
S ue Sing dcathhouae Hans Schmidt,
tl ii n Mockod priest convicted of mur-d-nng
Anna Aumuller in New York
x t'Jll, declared, through bin attor-n-
that he wants no further efforts
rn-t" 'o gave him from the elect He
eh r He is sentenced to die Janu
ary lti
I xnfion. The miuUtar f munitions-D.-uid
Lloyd George, 'mcca trat
o rc ire now 9 021 st ,vprnin'-t "V
rollt 1 nimii'iti.i i - . i m, i,,
PEACE SHIP ON If
HUGE CROWD CHEERS AS STEAM
ER OSCAR II STARTS FOR
EUROPE.
FORD HOPES TO END WAR
Detroit Manufacturer Asserts That He
Hasn't Decided on Plan Bryan and
Others at Dock to Bid Good-By
Wedding on Board Vessel.
New York, Dec. 7. Tho good ship
Oscar II, with Henry Ford's peace pil
grims aboard, set sail for blood-stained
Europo on Saturday. Cheera and
tears Hooded Ilobokcn's wator front.
William Jennings Bryan stood on tho
end of tho thronged dock waving a
red roso and murmuring: "God blesa
you."
Beside Bryan stood Thomas A. Edi
son and Mrs. Ford and her son, Edsal.
Behind these stood 10,000 howling mon
and women.
Two bands wore playing, "I Didn't
Halso My Boy to Bo a Soldier." A
thousand flags wero waving from tho
crowded decks of tho Oscar. Tho
mobs on tho pier wero singing, howl
ing, whistling and crying. Somo woro
hysterical; others wero simply leaping
up and down emitting roars of "Peace,
peaco, peace, peace."
An Intoxicated young man with a
Gorman accent Bhouted: "Got Strafo
Holnrlch Ford."
"Good-by. God bless you. Keep
your shoulder to tho wheel, and do
not loso courage. Right Is might,
and we are right."
This was Bryan's last word to Ford
as tho former left tho decks of tho
Oscar an hour before sailing tlmo.
"You can do no harm by trying. You
may not bo successful, but certainly
your hopes are for tho best."
That Is what Mr. Edison said.
Tho exact number sailing is less
than 140, Of these 54 nro newspaper
men.
Almost everything from murder
down attonded tho sailing. Mr. Bryan
was the busiest man on board. Ho was
a formal and official witness to tho
wedding of Berton Braley, poet, and
Miss Marian Itublncam, newspaper
girl. Ho was kissed by an elderly
lady who woro many white streamers
on which "Peace at Any Prlco" was
printed. Tho kiss landed on Mr.
Brynn's hand. Tho crowd was too
great to permit access to his ruddy
cheeks.
John Burroughs, naturalist, and C.
L. Pletro, sculptor, wero there to
wavo farewell to the pilgrims.
When Ford gave his last message, a
few minutes boforo tho gangplank
went up, ho was smiling broadly.
This was his message:
"My last word Is 'boost, boost
peace' I don't know how this thing is
coming out. I don't know what we'll
do when wo got over in Europo, but
anyway, I'm going to do tho best I
can.'
WILSON WILL WED ON DEC. 18
Ceremony to Be Quiet; Only Kin to
Be Present; Honeymoon Plana
Kept Secret.
Washington, Doc. 7. Tho wedding
of President Wilson and Mrs. Norman
Gait has been set for December 18,
it waB announced on Saturday at the
White House.
Tho White Houso statoment fol
lows: "It was announced at tho Whlto
House that tho marrlago of Mrs. Gait
and tho president will tako place
on Saturday, tho eighteenth of Decem
ber. As previously stated, tho cere
mony will bo performed at Mrs. Gait's
homo, 1308 Twentieth street, North
west. Tho only guests will bo Mrs.
Gait's mother, her brothers and sis
ters, tho president's brother and sis
ter, hip daughters, and tho membora
of his immediate household."
Regarding tho honoymoon no an
nouncement was made.
MILLIONAIRE WEDS EMPLOYEE
O.C. Barber, Diamond Match Magnate,
Aged Seventy-Four, Takes Bride
Thirty-Eight Years Old.
Akron, O., Doc. 4. Ohio Columbus
Barber, aged seventy-four, Akron mil
lionaire, and Mary F. Orr, aged thirty
eight, his private secretary for twelve
years, wero married on Thursday. Mr.
Barber Is widely known as tho foundor
of tho Diamond Match company. His
wealth is estimated at $6,000,000 Only
closo relatives of tho brldo attended
tho wedding. Mr. Barber and his brldo
left after tho ceremony for Old Point
Comfort and Washington.
Predict Ten-Cent Sugar.
Philadelphia. Dec. 6. Officials of
tho largo refineries say tho public will
bo forced to pay at least ten centB a
pound for granulated sugar in the
next threo months, as a result of con
ditions arising from tho war.
$2,613,150,000 for Germany.
Berlin, Dec. G. The amount paid In
cash by subscribers to the third Gor
man loan in the last week of Novem
ber was about aoi.ono.000 marks. This
brought up the total paid to 10,462,
oUU.OOu marks $2.ul3.160.0U0i.
St, Paul Has Costly Blaze.
St Paul. Minn., Dec. 0 Damage es
timated at $300,1)00 resulted here by
tire which swept the building ot K
J Leillo & Co.. whoieaaio papei 'Jnal
era. and Barrett Ac liurrett, wholesale
I UHgUI UllQ glll88tt.il. UOUSI;
MAKING IT RUN SMOOTHLY?
ALTIMORE AMERICAN.
SERBIANS LOSE 17,000
LARGE PART OF KING PETER'S
FORCES CAPTURED.
Prlsrend and Monastlr Occupied by In
vading Troops German Troops
to Roumanian Border.
Berlin (by wireless tf Sayvlllo), Dec.
3. An olllcial report given out on
Wednesday at tho Bulgarian army
headquarters says. "Bulgarian troops,
after a short and doclslvo engagement,
took Prlsrend and mado prisoner be
tween 16,000 and 17,000 Serbians. They
also captured 50 Held cannon and how
itzers, 20,000 rides. 148 automobiles
and a largo amount of war material.
Tho battlo of Prlsrend, where tho
remnants of tho Serbian army woro
mado prisoner, will probably end tho
Serbian campaign."
London, Dec. 3. Monastlr was for
mally surrendered to tho Bulgarians
on Monday, according to an Athena
dispatch to tho Dally Telegraph.
A dispatch to tho Morning Post
from Bucharest says:
"Fovorish preparations aro being
mado at Rustchuk, on tho Danube west
of tho Roumanian border, to accom
modate 50,000 Austro-Gerraan troops,
who aro duo to arrive thoro shortly.
Many ofllcors with war materials al
ready havo arrived.
"Four Austrian monitors aro patrol
ing tho Danubo along tho wholo
length of tho Bulgarian shore, to
where tho Bulgarian frontier Joins
that of Roumania."
LEGISLATURE TAKES RECESS
Illinois Lawmakers Agree to Meet
Again February 23 Money
Bills Passed.
Springfield. 111., Dec. 3. Tho legisla
ture has finished scrambling tho eggs
and Is packing its grips and satchels.
A .-ecess adjournment has beou taken
until Fobruary 23. Tho dato was fixed
Wednesday night after a warm contro
versy and a complicated parliamentary
mix-up. Tho houso, after two days of
continuous roll calls, voted on tho last
omorgency appropriation bill and
adopted a Joint resolution for a re
cess until February 23.
After a prolonged discussion on tho
sennto floor tho upper branch voted to
concur In tho Idea of a recess until
Fobruary 23.
The legislature cleaned up all tho
emergency appropriation bills de
signed to rectify tho blunders of tho
assembly last spring, which led to tho
tloup of tho stato machinery by tho
Fergus suits
MANY DIE IN EXPLOSION
Ammunition Factory Destroyed by
Plotters at Halle, Prussian Sax
ony Several Arrests Made.
London, Doc. 7. Destruction of a
largo ammunition factory at Hallo,
Prussian Saxony, by an explosion, with
tho Iobs of several hundred lives, Is ro
portcd in a messago from Holding,
Denmark, to Copenhagen, forwarded
by Router's correspondent.
It Is said a similar disaster was
narrowly escaped at Uogden, Silesia.
Tho ammunition factory thoro, It Is
roportcd, was saved by tho discovery
that it had beon undermined.
According to this account, which has
boon confirmed, arrests havo boon
mado at Bogdon. It Is assorted ills
contented workmen are suspected in
both instances.
Whltlock Is to Go Back.
Washington, Doc. 7. Stato depart
ment officials insisted they had not
changed plans to havo Rrand Whltlock
return to Belgium. They scouted un
official prosa roports that Germany
waa objecting to Whltlock a return.
Hoot Socialists in Rome.
Rome. Dec. 7. HodallBt members
of parliament wero hooted on the
streets of Roma because of attacks
made on the government at Friday a
(...,ioii oi ih- chamber ol deputies
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PLOTTERS ARE GUILTY
JURY CONVICTS DOCTOR BUENZ
OF CONSPIRACY.
Three Aids Also Found Guilty
Jurors Were Out Seven Hours
Obtained False Clearances.
Now York, Dec. 4. Tho Jury In tho
United States district court returned
on Thursday night n verdict of guilty
against Dr. Karl Bucnz and three oth
er olllclals of tho Hamburg-Amorlcan
lino.
Tho four defendants wero charged
with conspiracy to decoivo and do
fraud tho United States government
by obtaining clearances for rellof
ships laden with coal and other sup
plies sailing from American ports for
Gorman crulsors In tho Atlantic early
in the war.
Tho maximum ponalty for each In
dictment is two years' imprisonment
and $10,000 fine.
Tho Jurors wero out seven hours
and it Is reported they took only ono
ballot.
Tho four defendants took tho ver
dict calmly.
After tho Jury had filed out Doctor
Buenz turned to Hotter, sitting at his
loft, and rising, shook hands. "Auf
wtedorsehen!" ho said, and Kottor
echoed tho words.
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Nowport, Ky., Doc 4. Kingston
Blanchard, noted turfman and horso
tralnor, committed suicide by shoot
ing. Romo, Doc. 4. Cardinal Bogln,
Archbishop of Quoboc, who arrived
horo Thursday for tho consistory, will
bo received In audionco by tho popo.
Ho will bo tho only American cardi
nal at tho consistory, nono of the
threo In tho United Statos having
como.
Versailles, Dec. 4. Tho Franco
American poet, Stuart Morrill, died
suddenly at his homo horo, it is an
nounced. Now York, Dec. 4. A commission
representing tho llolgian government,
and mado up of Alois Van Do Vycro,
minister of flnanco; Baron Ernest Do
Cartler, Belgian minister to China, and
Chevalier Edmund Carton do Wiart,
president of tho Socleto Gonoralo
Belgo, arrived on tho liner Adriatic to
superintend the filling of war con
tracts for tho Belgian govcrnicont.
3 AUSTRIAN MINISTERS OUT
Emperor Francis Joseph Confirms Re
port and Successors Have
Been Named.
Amsterdam, Holland. Doc. 3. Re
ports that several members of tho Aus
trian cablnot havo resigned woro con
firmed on Wodnosday by an autograph
letter from Emperor Francis Joseph,
published in tho Wiener Zoitung of VI
onna. Tho emperor has accepted tho
resignations of Dr. Karl Ilelnold
d'Udynski, minister of tho interior;
Dr. Rudolf Schuster von Bonnott, min
ister of commerco, and Baron Engol
von Mainfoldon, minister ot flnanco.
Prlnco Hohonloho Schllllngfuorst,
prosldont of tho supremo court of ac
counts, haB been appointed minister of
tho interior; Rittor von Loth, gover
nor of tho postal savings bank, min
ister of flnanco, and Ilcrr von Spitz
miller, director of tho Kredlt Anstult
minister of commerco.
Hoke Smith to Investigate.
Washington, Doc. 7. Senator Hoke
Smith of Georgia announced that ho
had decided to introduco a resolution
in congress immediately calling for
an Investigation of the British Inter
ference with American trado.
Steamer Clan Macleod Sunk,
ondon, Dec 7. The British steam
ship Clan Macleod bag been mink In
the Mediterranean by a Miihmarlno.
The Clan Macleod. which displaced
, , 7.)f, lon8t m,., rr0iC GlaBgow. und
, , ....'ni'i 1 I I orii mi i iradi
U. S. ASKS RECALLS
CAPT. BOY-ED AND CAPT. VON PA-
PEN DECLARED PERSONA NON
GRATA TO GOVERNMENT.
ADMITTED CONSPIRACY IN U.S.
Secretary Lansing Announces at
Washington That Improper Activi
ties in Military and Naval Matters
Caused Action Against Attaches.
Washington, Dec. C. Tho stato do
I'artment unnotiuced formally on Fri
day that It had asked for tho recall ot
Captain Boy-Ed and Captain von Pa
pon, tiiivul and military attaches, ro
spoetUely, of tho German embassy
here, because of tho "objectionable ac
tivities In connection with military
and naval matters."
Socretary Lansing Informed Count
von lieinstorll, the German ambassa
dor, that Captain Hoy lid. naval attache
to the German embassy, had rendered
himself perhona nun grata to tho Uni
ted Stales government as tho result
of Ills connection with the conspirators
of the Hamburg-American lino, who
were found guilty in .New York.
Tho state department was believed
to be of the opinion that as Captain
Boy-Ed had admitted Ins connection
with the llu.iui'iiig ol the operations
which the N-w York Jury gave a ver
dict as helug Illegal llu-iu vuia nothing
olso to do bui Inioini tiio German gov
ernment or its views
Secretary Lansing issued this slate
ment:
"On account ot what this goern
ment considers Improper activities in
military and naval matters this gov
eminent has requested the lininedlati
recall of Captain Hoy-Ed. German
nawil attache and Captain von Papon.
German military attueho, as thoy aru
no longer acceptable to this govern
ment."
it is understood Count von Bcni
Btorff notilled Berlin.
By Informing tho ambassador that
tho attacho is persona uon grata, tho
United States leaves It with tho Ger
mun government us to tho munuor In
which Cuptaln Boy Ed shall terminate
his connection with tho embassy.
This is the usual diplomatic pro
cedure in the caso of an attacho.
Captain Boy-Ed's activities In tho
United States since tho war- began
havo been the oubject of cloae ation
tlon by tho stato department and tlis
department of Justlco,.
Severul times It has beon broadly
hinted that tho American government
might intlmnto to Germany that tho
operations of hor navul attache woro
objectionable with tho Inevitable sug
gestion that his connection with the
'iinbassy should bo terminated
Euch time, however, tho threatened
action camo to nothing.
Captain Boy-Ed llrst attracted the
attention of tho government In connec
tion with tho mlsuso of American
passports by German rcsorvihts Book
ing to slip through the allied lines to
Join their nrmlcs. Somo of the mon
In connection with whoso cases tho
captain's namo was mentioned now uro
serving terms in federal peniten
tiaries.
Later Captain Boy-Ed's namo was
mentioned in connection with tho
chartorlng of ships from American
ports to Bupply fuel and food to Gcr
man warships.
The same alloged connection camo
up again during tho trials of tho Mam
burg-Amorlcan lino olllclals Just con
eluded in Now York, in which wit
nessos testified that Captain Boy-Ed
handled $750,000. which camo from
Berlin for chartorlng tho ships and
furnishing them with supplies.
ASKS AUSTRIA TO EXPLAIN
Ambassador Penfleld Repeats Request
to Vienna for Reply to U. 8.
Note on Ancona.
Vienna, Austria, Dec. C (via Lon
don). Tho American ambassador,
Frederick C. Penflold, repeated his re
quest to tho Austrian government
that it mako a oply to tho American
note respecting tho circumstances in
connection with tho sinking ot tho
steamship Ancona In tho Mediter
ranean by an Austrian submarine, as
a result of which several Americans
lost their lives.
CLARKE NAMED BY SENATE
Arkansas M amber Chosen President
Pro Tern. Over ?omerene of
Ohio After Hard Flnht.
Washington, Dec. 6. Sonator Clarke
of Arkansas was olocted presldont pro
torn, of tho senate on Friday by a voto
of 28 to 23. Clarke was elected In tho
caucus of sonato Democrats aftor mora
than two hours of continuous ballot
ing Friends of Sonator Pomoreno of
Ohio mado a hard fight to dofeat tho
sonator from Arkansas, but could
muster only 18 votes
Escapes From Submarine.
Now Vork, Dec. 7. Capt. Slmono
Gull of tho Italian steamer Vorona,
which arrived hero aftor having beon
chased by a submarine, said a hoavy
son was the chief factor in enabling
tho steamer to oacapo.
Big Fire In Maquoketa, la.
Manuokota, la., Dec. 7. Ono hun
dred thousand dollars was tho esti
mated lire loss luutalned whou tho
Stevoiia block was destroyed. Carrol
I'hllllpH, a llreman. is In the hospital
nub ii. Jui !
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