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- "P3Ff ' mi DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD Slate Historical Society ) Motto: All The News When It Is News. V VOL 24. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1016. NO. 22. 4k hS r JUN E -w- WILSON URGES RUSH OF LEGIS. t LATIVE PROGRAM SENATE f REPORTS PROGRE88. ANXIOUS FOR RAPID STRIDES Kltchin, Majority Leader of Lower Branch of Congress, Advices Presi dent that Action Will Be Had on Several Measures. ADJOURNMENT Wlrn Newtpiptr Union News Bcnlte Washington, D. C. Agitation fot greater congressional activity on the administrative program received now ' i Impetus when President Wilson asked Majority Leader Kltchin to "speed up" work on the house sldo of the capltol. The president is anxious thai congress finish its work and adjourn In June bofore the political conven tlons. Representative Kltchin gave assur ances that there was no dlsposltloe on the part of the house to delaj legislation, pointing out that wilhlr the next few weeks action would b J taken on Beveral Important appropria tlon and other bills. The president has been told, however, that there i! danger of long delays in the senat over debates over national defense shipping, tariff and revenue bills. The outstanding features of the leg lblatlve program for the next few months as Mr. Kltchin foresees then are: The tariff commission bill will b reported by the ways and means com mlttee. No rovenue measure Is likely to be reported until after the military nnc naval committees bring in their bills This may be weeks or months. No npw waterways projects and nc now public building bills will bo con sldered. In addition to these measures th( shipping bill and the Philippines bll' are expected by other congressional leaders to attract the most attention As a result of the decision of th supreme court upholding the lncoim tax law, the president is studyin? anew the problem of raising revenue! for the government, particularly foi thp preparedness -program. jtTho senate committee has contrlb "uted to the speeding up program, re porting favorably on the water powei leasing and postal savings deposit In crease measures. Senator Kern, ma Jorlty leader, said that conservatlor measures would be taken up as soor as the Philippine bill was passed. DIPLOMATIC DINNER. Representatives of Germany. Her A lies and Neutral Nations Attend. Washington, D. C. President anrf Mrs. Wilson gave their second dlDlo matic dinner at the White House Jan uary 25, with the rppresentatives ol Germanv and her allies and the nou trnl nations, present. The entente dlnlomats nnd the neutrals attended the first dinner last week. Count von Rprnstorff. the German ambassador, the ranking diplomal present, occupied a seat near to Mrs Wilson. Austria-Hungary and Turkey were represented by charges d'af fnl'-os in the absence of ministers. The Bulgarian minister, Stephen Pannro- toff is in mourning for a son killed In tho war and did not attend. All j ItOt the neutral representatives were fp Mpresent except the ministers from Cos j ta Hica, the Dominican republic, Ecua , l dor, Honduras and Peru. Turks In Grim Struggle. . London. If reports from Turkish JL f headquarters coming by way of Berlin ' are exact, the British forces In Meso potamia suffered a somewhat severe reverse in their endeavor to reach the besieged town of Kut-el-Amara, on the Tigris river. Some twenty miles east of Kut-el-Amara the Turks, in counter attacks on the British, drove them back several miles, and tho British left on the field about 3,000 dead. The Turkish losses are declared to have been comparatively light. It was aft er this fight, which lasted six hours, that Gen. Aylmer Is declared to have requested and obtained a truce of one day in order that tho dead might be burled. Last Note Needs Revision. Washington. D C Tho United States Is understood to have rejected as being partially unsatisfactory Ger many's latest proposal In the Luslta nia negotiations. Secretary Lansing, with tho approval of President Wil son, Is said to have so Informed Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassa dor, during a conference at tho state department. Snowslldes Block Trains. Seattle, Was Heavy snow in creases the difficulty of all the trains on tho transcontinental railroad? which have bepn battling the heaviest snow experienced sinco 1910. To Urge Tariff Board. Washington, D. C. Announcement has been made that Prosldont Wilson favors tho creation of an Independent nonpartisan tariff commission with broad powors to Invetslgate tailff du ties, tho returns botweon Industries at homo and abroad and the entire tariff and commercial machinery of tha world London -G N Theotokis several times premier of Greece and subse quently minister of instruction and minister c t national economy, is dpad TOWNS RE F PROPERTY LOSS AT JOLIET, ILL., IS E8TIMATED AT $1,000,000. MANY DRIVEN FROM HOMES Heavy Rain and January Thaw Causes Millions of Dollars' Damage at Chi cago and Suburbs Part of Fox River Valley Inundated Peoria Hit. Jollet, 111., Jan. 24. With six foot of water standing In tho strcots in tho residential district of Jollet, and several hundred families drlvon from their homes, this city Is paralyzed by the flood waters of tho Dcsplalnos riv er and Hickory crook. Property dam age is estimated at moro than $1,000, 000. All olectrlc lights wore extinguished and street cars wero stalled. Only a few linos in tho western part of the city could bo operated. Railroad traffic also was tied up by the inundation of tho yards. Hundreds of freight cars on tho Elgin, Jollet & Eastern railroad wero hold up when tho yards wore flooded. Tho yards cover almost twenty-live acres and wero flooded to a depth of four foot. Moro than 1,000 persons wJro drlvon from their homes and sought rofugo In police stations and hospitals. Fac tories employing moro than 5,000 men wero compelled to close when tho wa ter flooded tho engine rooms. Chicago, Jan. 24. Hundreds of per sons wero drlvon from their homes, aundreds of basements flooded, and southwest section of tho city is under i flood which swept Chicago and its juburbs as tho result of the January thaw and a heavy rain. Property damage will run Into tho Billions, according to police esti mates. Fire companies In all parts of the city responded to calls for help. Many families living In basement ipartments sat on tables and boxes, is the chairs and other furnishings Qoated about the homes. Water six feet deep was reported in several parts of tho city. Aurora, 111., Jan. 24. The Fox river svorflowed Its banks hero as thp re sult of an all-night downpour?" Tho northeast section of tho city is under water. Several thousand persons Uvo in tho district. The water roso eight feet In tho night and is still rising. Sewers could not carry tho water off forty-five miles Df paved streets, and thousands of basements wero flooded by water, which backed up In drain pipes. At Moosehoart, soven miles north of Aurora, where aro the national of fices, homo for orphan children and in dustrial school of the Loyal Order of Moose, a squad of men worked des perately to prevent from giving way a dam which holds In check an artifi cial lako a mile long. Tho lako is above tho school, but tho buildings aro protected In a meas uro by an Intervening deep and wide ravine, which points toward tho river half a mile away. Peoria, 111., Jan. 22. Ball, telegraph and telephone service in and out of Peoria Is badly crippled, tho result of a storm which swept this section. Thirty-six head of cattlo on tho Wil son farm and twenty-five head of cat tle on tho Strauss farm In the KIcka poo bottoms wero drowned boforo thoy could bo moved. Tho T. P. & W. rail road brldgo over tho Illinois river at Peoria dropped over a foot. A "Q" passenger train has been marooned all day at Edwards, 20 miles from hero. M. & St. L. trains aro unable to got out of Peoria. Miles of track have been washed out on other railroads and scores of bridges along highways destroyed by Ice. Tho principal danger spot In Jollet was In tho district known as Brooklyn. In that section tho water roso to a height of six feet and a swift exodus of Inhabitants began at daybreak. FIVE NEGROES ARE LYNCHED Georgia Mob Hangs Blacks From Limb of Tree Held in Connec tion With Murder of Sheriff. Albany, Ga., Jan. 24. Flvo negro men takon from tho Worth county jail on Thursday at Sylvester wore hanged to one limb of a treo on tho outskirts of Starkvlllo. Tho bodies, containing many bullet holes, vero cold whon found. Forty or fifty men, acting with precision Indhatlvo of carefully laid plans, had taken tho flvo negroes from tho jail and sped away In automobiles. Thoy wero being hold In connection with tho killing of Sheriff Moreland of Leo county in tho Christmas holi days. Starkvlllo Is a hamlet thiee miles from Leesburg, the county scat of Leo county. Four of tho victims wero of one family Felix Lako and his three sons, Frank, Dowey and Major. Tho fifth was Itodlus Sea moro. Movie Actress Seeks Divorce. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 24 Mrs. Lcota P. Hcndorson, who has gained famo as a motion-plcturo actress in Chicago, filed suit for divorco hero. Iler stago namo ia Lillian Lor raine General Carpenter Dies. Philadelphia, Jan. 24. Brig. Gon Louis P Carpeuter, U. S. A , retired, died at his homo nere on Friday after noon Ho was seventy six years old, and entered the army in Novembor, 1801 0 NOT AN .vrtr r .. -x- . . PJv'rHsW JmmT mF V m: j. ar""- nil it i i ,&.- .fiw" . BAryv r . i' w "&v . r- 7s? z "c 'Vi!- v? -v wr HITS BAN ON TRADE SENATOR SMITH WANTS COTTON EMBARGO LIFTED. Georgia Statesman Says Noncombat- ants In Teutonic Nations Should Be Supplied Not Contraband. Washington, Jan. 22. Groat Brit ain's interference with neutral trado was tho subject of a vigorous and ex haustive speech In tho senato on Thursday by Senator Hoko Smith of Georgia, who pleaded for action to provont England from advancing her own trado at tho expense of tho Uni ted States whllo attempting to destroy Germany commercially. Ho declared tho rights of citizens of tho United States and other neutral nations woro being recklessly disregarded and em phasized particularly what ho de nounced as Great Britain's lawless treatment of American cotton trado. Discussing tho action of tho allies In proclaiming cotton as a contraband, the senator assorted that cotton had not been used or needed' by Gormany or her allies In tho manutacturo of war munitions for moro than eight months. "Shall wo quietly contlnuo to fur nish Great Britain what sho Is com pelled to obtain from tho United States whllo tho commercial rights of citi zens of this country aro trampled un dorfoot?" asked tho senator. "Groat Britain cannot contlnuo tho war with out munitions from tho United States. "Tho administration has forcefully brought to tho attention of Great Brit ain tho rights of citizens of this coun try. It has boon demonstrated that citizens of neutral countries havo tho right to ship foodstuffs and cotton in unlimited quantities through tho neu tral ports of northern Europo to tho noncombatant Inhabitants of Germany and Austria. "Tho congress of tho United Statos slept over tho rights of shippers of foodstuffs last winter. This was, per haps, becauso tho prices woro good, porhaps becauso wo did not investi gate tho subject. Tho lawlessness of Great Britain has increased greatly. "By firmness, but peacefully, neu trals can easily obtain their rights from both belligerents." $70,000 BANK DRAFTS STOLEN Thieves Secure and Loot Pouch Being Taken From Post Office In New ton (la.) to Train. Nowton, la., Jan. 24. Bank draftB With an estimated value of $70,000 and a small amount of money wero In a mail pouch stolen and riflod hero after tho outbound mall left tho post ofllco. Threo arrests woro made, the prison ers being hold for Investigation. Tho robbers who took tho pouch from tho depot burned it after thoy had rifled it. A steel hasp which had been on the sack was 'found In a clump of bushes near tho edge of town. An of fort Is being made to stop payment on tho bank drafts. Marshal Ousted; Let Spy Escape. Washington, Jan. 24. F. J. John son, doputy United States marshal, who was In charge of Ignatius T. T. Lincoln, confessed German spy, when tho latter escaped from curtody In Brooklyn last Saturday, was removed from ofllco by direction of Attorney General Gregory. 2,000 Shopmen Get Increase. Albany, N Y., Jan. 25. About two thousand shopmen of tho Dolawaro & Hudson company botweon this city and Scranton, Pa., havo been granted an Increasu of one cent an hour, to take offset Fobruary 1 Choir Boy Robs Big Church. Philadelphia. Jan 25 Georgo F. Davis, seventeen year-old choir boy it tho St Mirk's ICpiscopal church, Is In custody following the lludlng on Saturday of church property valued at (10,000 In his homo. -$SS1 d& EASY JOB . as, A'- 5- -S-3 '4.7 .WASH.NOTONSTM, '' GEN. WOOD WARNS U.S. ARMY CHIEF ASKS FOR UNIVER SAL MILITARY SERVICE. Urges 210,000 Regulars for American Force Country Is Utterly Un prepared for War. Washington, Jan. 21. MaJ. Gon. Leonard Wood told tho senato mill' tary commlttoo on Wednesday the coast line of tho United States was open to attack by any well-organized forolgn army, desplto Its equipment ol forts, mines and submarines, and that tho oceans formed (norlpus barrlei to Invasion. "Ho declarod that In the country's present state of utter unpro parcdness for war a trained force ol 150,000 men could Inflict Incalculable damago before an army could bo as sembled to moot it. Emphasizing his convictions that troops cannot bo improvised to moot rogulars, General Wood declarod the fundamental basis of any policy of adequato national dofonso must be tho prlnclplo that with suffrago goes an obligation for military service As to tho immediate needs of the regular army, Genoral Wood ex pressed the opinion that tho forco ol rogulars with tho colors should be maintained at 210,000. Reverting to tho condition of the country to faco war with a first-class powor, tho general said tho United States was utterly unprepared and knew nothing of tho problems It would havo to moot. At least 2,000,000 men would bo needed, ho declarod, and thoy could bo obtained, ho be lieved, only by compulsory service SPARKS FROM THE WIRE B SKHHHIEnEWEBEffiEIiESSHIHXHHK' Chicago, Jan. 22. John J. Halpln, convicted of -accepting bribes from criminals whllo chief of detoctlvos, on Thursday was sontoncod to "ono to flvo years" In tho Jollot ponltontlary. Ho wont to tho county jail through failure to get a supremo court writ staying sontonco. Captain Hatpin's at torney will go boforo Judgo Orrln Carter of tho supremo court asking a writ of supersedeas to stay sentence pending supremo court action on tho appeal for a now trial. Halpln was convicted of accepting bribes from criminals. London, Jan. 22. Reports that tho entento allies havo dollverod an ulti matum to Grceco demanding an Im mediate dismissal of all diplomats of tho central powors wero strengthened by dispatches from Sofia. Tho critical situation in Greece is greatly Intensi fied desplto tho official denial of an ultimatum issued hero. A dispatch to tho Star from Sofia says: "Franco and Great Britain have pre sented an ultimatum to tho Greek gov ernment requiring tho dismissal of tho dlplomttlc representatives and consuls of tho central powors. Poking. Jan. 24. Tho robois In tho province of Yunnan have defeated a body of government troops and are moving northward. Athens, Jan. 24. Austria has of fered peaco terms to Soibla, according to reports recolved horo from a ro llablo source. Colonel House Leaves Paris. Paris, Jan. 25. Col. H. M. House, Prosldont Wilson's personal ropreson tutlvo, spent Sunday as tho guest of tho Amorlcan ambassador and Mrs William Graves Sharp. Ho loft lator for Switzerland. Norwegian City Swept by Fire. Copenhagen, Jan. 25. Most of the old Norwoglan town of Moldo hai been redurod to nnhc s ns tho result ol a conflagration which bwopt tho town on Saturday Almost 2.000 porsons art homeless 2 SLAYERS EXECUTED MEXICAN OUTLAWS, WHO MUR DERED AMERICAN RANCHER, ARE 8HOT TO DEATH. U. S. CITIZENS SEE EXECUTION Men and Women Watch Firing 8quad In Cemetery at Juarez Kill Duran Brothers One Admits Murder of Bert Akers. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 25. Fifty Amer icans, among who woro several women and also representatives of tho United StatCB government, saw a Cnrranzn Tiring squad avongo on Sunday the murder of Bert Akers. Tho Duran brothers woro executed legally at dawn In tho comotorx at Juarez, Ber nardo cursing Amorlcans with his last breath nnd bogging mercy for Fed orlco. "It is unjust to kill two of ub for ono American,'' cald Bornardo. "It Is giving two eyes for ono tooth. "I am willing to die, bocauso I killed tho gringo, but my brother ought to allowed to llvo." Tho bullets of tho firing squad killed Fedorlco, but Bornardo was con scious after ho fell. Tho officers com manding tho firing squad gave him tho "morcy shot" through tho head. Tho bodies of both Mexicans wero burlod Immediately. Bornardo and Fedorlco Duran woro Mexican cattlo thlovcs and woro con demned to dlo by tho Carranza au thorities for tho killing of Akora Fri day at San Loronzo, a fow miles bo low tho international boundary. Tho execution was attended by many besidos Americans. BRITISH SHIP SINKS AT SEA Steamer Pollentls Goes to Bottom After Battle With Gale All on Board Saved. Halifax, N. S., Jan. 25. After a bat tle with tho elements laBtlng moro than a week tho British steamer Pol lentls sank In mid-Atlantic on Sunday. All on board wero saved. News of hor loss was flashed horo by wlrolcsa from the Italian linor GiiiBoppt Verdi, which rescued tho crow. Calls for help wero first sent out from tho Pollontla last Wednesday. Thoy reported she was leaking badly. Her pumps were unable to keep In check tho lnrushlng water. Sho had boon leaking for throo days. Shortly after dark tho men aboard, alarmod at the rapid filling of tho disabled ship, flashed signals to tho Verdi, whoso boats Immediately responded. A high Bea was running and tho mon man ning tho Verdi's boats wero ablo to reach tho Britisher only after a hard struggle. Whon all wero at last safely aboard tho VordI tho Pollentls, which had boon loft wallowing in tho trough of tho sea, was soon to glvo a violent lurch nnd then disappeared beneath tho waves. TRAIN IS CRUSHED; 10 DIE Cascade Limited on Great Northern Hit by Avalanche Near Corea, Wash. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 25. Tho Can cado limited on the Great Northern railroad, bound from Spokanq to Se attle, was struck by an avalancho on Saturday near Corea station, on tho west slopo of tho Cascade mountains. Tho two rear cars tho diner and a day coach woro swept 300 feet down into a gulch. Tho diner caught lire and was destroyed. Tho day coach, crushod, lies beneath a great pile of snow and bowlders. Four bodios havo boon recovered from tho wrecked cars nnd tho railroad authorities say tho number of dead probably will not exceed ton. Flfteon of tho passengers wero Injured. Tho bodies recovered woro those of: Bert Klrkman, Sheri dan, Wyo,; W. F. Carter, East Van couver, B. C; Edward Battorman and baby, Wonatchoo, Wash. A ton-year-old son of Mr. Battcrman Is missing and it 1b feared ho Is dead. Tho injured woro taken to Scenic, a fow miles below Corea, and cared for by physicians. DUAL AIR RAID NEAR LONDON War Office Announces Attack on Kent ish Coast One Person Killed. London, Jan. 25. Tho east coast of Kent was raided twlco on Sunday by Gorman aircraft. In tho first attack, which was made early In tho morning by a Teuton aeroplane, nlno bombs wero dropped. A number of fires wore started. Tho second attack was mado by two seaplanes early In tho after noon. Tho following casualties oc curred: Ono man klllod; two mon, ono woman and throo children slight ly Injured. "L" Trains Crash; 20 Hurt. Now York, Jan. 25. Twenty porsons, most of them women and children, woro Injured hero lit a collision bo tween two elevated railroad trains crowded with passongorB, on a now draw brldgo over the Harlom river. Allies Bombard Galllpoll. Constantinople, Jan. 25. A hostile :rulsor shellod tho Turkish positions jn Galllpoll ponlnsula near Toko burnu on Thursday, but was forced b Jio Turkish battorlos to rotlro, the war ofllco annouucod horo. Dakota City Grocery Specials for Saturday 3 Bars Jap Rose Soap 25c 2 pkgs Grape Nuts. . ., 25c 2 pkgs Puffed Rice 25c 26c pkg Vauhouten Cocoa 20c 3 Cans of Corn 25c 3 Cans of Peas 25c 1 Gallon Blue Karo Syrup , 45c 1 Dozen Lemons 25c 20 Discount on all of our Duck and Mackinaw Coats Highest Price Paid for COUNTRY PRODUCE W. L. Dakota City, Sturges Bros. to 315 Pearl Street where we will be glad to see all our old patrons, and we hope, many new ones. This move is nec essary, as the- building we now haveis too small for our growing business. Sturges Bros Old Location, 411 Pearl St. 2. F RASNUSSEN General and Reliable AUCTIONEER Ponca, Nebo Box 424 Phone No. 3 It will pay you to see me before going elsewhere Terms Reasonable-Satisfaction Guaranteed 320 Acre flondell Homesteads Free! They are going very fast. If you want a choice location don't delay. 41 filings was a recent day's work at the Buffalo, Wyo., Land Office. A rolling grass covered prairie that will yield crops of wheat, oats, millet, potatoes and every garden plant in surprising quantities. No better stock country in the United States. Go to Northeastern Wyoming, in Newcastle, Upton, Moorcroft, or Gillette, all in the Sundance land district, or via Clearmont or Sheridan to Buffalo for Johnson Co. lands. The cost of securing a 320-acre Mondell tract is but $22 filing fee, although you may find it desirable to employ at an extra fee a reliable locator to help you make a good selection. Call on our agent for information when you reach either of these localitits, or write me. I I JS& -i Qsuraice(pnpafty Of HEW HAVtN.COMKtCTICUT The Herald one dolear ROSS Nebraska Have Moved Sioux City, Iowa S. B. HOWARD Immigration Agent "Q" Building Omaha, Nob. I I I JOHN H. IEAM, Agevit Dakota Oity, Nebraska. QfOBW