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. - -' X DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. DENIED SELF RULE SEA AND AIR ATTACK ON ENGLAND 15 E 10 BE OBSERVED HOUSE KILLS TIME CLAUSE OF. FERING INDEPENDENCE TO THE FILIPINOS. U. S. AGAIN ASKS RELEASE OF TEUTONS TAKEN FROM AMERICAN SOIL. SCOTT AND FUNSTON MEET MEX. ICAN WAR MINISTER OBRE- GON AT JUAREZ. CHURCHES THROUGHOUT COUfl TRY BEHIND MOVEMENT. 38 SEIZED BY WARSHIP MEET IN THE CUSTOMS HOUSE VOTED OUT OF BILL, 213-165 HilEIOBmil CONFERENCE M SUNDAY Jones Measure Finally Passed as Sub etltute Latter Declares Intention of Undo Sam to Grant Independence Ultimately, but Fixes No Date. Wrttcrn N'twupstwr Union Urn Smlee. Washington, D. C. Tho ndmlnlstra tlon's fight for tho senato Philippines hill with Its Clarko amendment au thorizing Independence for tho IslandB within four year3 was lost In the house May 1. After voting 213 to ICG to atrlko out tho Clarko amendment, tho house, by a voto of 251 to 17, passed as a substitute for the entire measure tho Jones bill providing for a greater measure of self government in tho Philippines and carrying a pre amble and declaring tho intention of ' tho United Slates to grant Indepen dence ultimately, but without llxlng . date. Over tho heated protest of adminis tration leaders, tho house, by a voto of 203 to 154, instructed its conferees not to agree to any declaration set ting a definite tlmo for granting the Islands their Indepcndenco. Speaker Clark named Representatives Jones, of Virginia, and Garrott, of Tennes see, Democrats, and Towner, of Iowa, Republican, as conferees. Now tho bill goes to conforenco.be tween the two houses, with tho oppo nents of the Clark amendment sntls flad thct It Is dead, at least for this session of congress. AWAKE TO WAR'S LESSONS. No Split Allegiance In United States, Says Wilson. Washington, D. C. America reawak ened in nntlonal spirit through les sons of tho war In Europe was tho themo of an address by President Wil son May 1 at tho opening of tho Na tional Servico school military encamp ment for young women. In concluding, the presldont voiced a'-warnlng that tho honor and integrity of tho United States cannot ho tain pored with. Ho prayed that tho coun try should not ho drawn Into war, but declared that if it should be, "In tho great volco of national enthusiasm which would be raised all the world would stand once more thrilled to hear tho voice of tho now world asserting tho standards of justice and liberty." The president expressed confidence that in tlmo of trouble the great mass of foreign born citizens of tho United States would bo loyal. Battle of Manila Bay. Washington, D. C. Admiral Dewey May 1 colobratod his eighteenth anni versary or tho battlo of Manila hay. No plans had been mado for any spe cial colobratlon so far as the hero ol tho day personally was concerned. As president of tho navy general board, Admiral Dowoy was at his desk as usual giving personal attention to tho duties of hlB office. Admiral Dewey, whit1- la 79 years old, is in his usual good health. Lamar Loses Hs Battle. Washington, D. C Tho supreme court has affirmed tho conviction of DaVld Lamar, "Wolf of Wall Strcot," in 'tho Now York fedoml courts on charges of Impersonating Ropreacnta Mvo A. Mltcholl Palmer to J. P. Mor gnn'aud others with intent to defraud. Lamar Is under sentence to sorvo two years in tho penitentiary, and this ac tion is tho final word in the cane. Big Hotel Planned. Now York. Tho Pennsylvania rail road is to oroct tho largest hotgl in tho world opposite its new station on tho block front on Seventh avenue be tween Thirty-socond and Thirty-third streets. It will bo twenty stories in height, contain 2,200 rooms, and cost fll.GQO.OOO. May Day Baskets for Wilson. Washington, D. C Leaders of tho woman's suffrago movement sent bas kets of May flowers to President Wil son and all tho members of his cab inct, containing mossngos urging sup port of a constitutional araendmont giving women tho ballot. Republic's President Impeached. Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub lic. Gen. Juan I. Jlmlncz, president of tho Dominican republic, was Im peached May 1 by tho chamber of dop utles for an alleged violation of tho constitution In connection AvRIt the budget. ( ; March Totals Large. . Washington, D. C Europe's pur chaso of war materials In tho United States totalod $340,000,000 at thu end of tho first twenty months of tho wnr. Earthquakes In Central America. San Joso. Costa Rica. Twonty dis tinct earth shocks occurred horo while tho peoplo of tho capital woro In the midst of the 1st of May festival. A number of buIldlngH, including church cs and schools, woro demolished. Tho people fled to tho Btrouts and squares fearing tho city was about to bo do btroyed, Lqndon. A Cannun submarine was sunk pff tho onfit coaut April 27, It 1b announced officially. Eighteen mon on the submarine woro captured British Aseert Prisoners Engaged In Intrigues and Plots Against England Planned to Continue Efforts and Violate U. 8. Neutrality. Washington, April 29. Secretary anslng announced on Thursday that tho United Stales had sent another note to Great Britain demanding tho rolcaso of tho 38 Austrlans, Germans ind Turks taken from the American steamship China by n Biltlsh cruiser iff Shanghai. Thonctc was dispatched and will ho given out for publication later. Great Britain contends the men wore engaged in intrigues and plots against the British government and, having been discovered, were fleeing to Ma nila, whero they intended to contlnuo .heir efforts which would havo embar rassed tho neutrality of the United States. London, April 29. Tho British noto replying to tho protest of tho Amori "an government against Interferences with tho neutral trade, which asserts tho right of Great Brltnln to regulato tho admission to a neutral country of goods ovidontly destined for tho en amy, caused llttlo surprlso In diplo matic and legal circles hero, as its soneluslons hnd been discounted by re :cnt decisions of tho prize tribunals. A. summary of tho views of tho mem bers of theso circlos may bo expressed ts follows: They do not believe tho controversy will bo carried much farther during :ho progress of tho war as no vital :oncessIons hnve been mado by cither lido slnco tho first noto was written. Therefore, tho Bhlppors of detained :nrgoea who can nfford tho delay will iwalt conclusion of tho war to mvo their cases settled by an lntcr latlonal tribunal In tho belief that men a court will grant them full dam igcs. BRITISH DIVER SUNK IN FIGHT Two Members of Crew of E-22 Rescued by Teutons, Says Statement Issued at Berlin. Berlin, April 29. Tho ndmlralty an lounced on Thursaay that in a naval engagement betweon German and Brit !ah forces on Tuesday a British sub marine tho E-22, was sunk and a Brit .'sh cruiser was hit by a torpedo. The idmiralty's statomtnt follows: "Gormnn naval forces on April 25 !ank tho British submurino E-22. Tho jermnns roscucd and mado prisoners .wo men. "A German submarine on tho samo lay hit with n torpedo n British cruls 5r of tho Arcthusu class." CrulsorB of tho Arethusa class dls placo 3,000 tons. Thoro aro olght ves ioIb of that cluss, tho Arethusa, Au rora, Galatea, Inconstant, Royalist, Ponolopo, Phaeton, and tho Un launted. DRAFT BILL IS REJECTED Measure - Providing Conscription for All 8lngle Men Withdrawn In House of Commons. London, April 29. A bill providing conscription for all unmarried men between tho ages o olghtoon nnd for-ty-fivo without any exemptions, was withdrawn in tho houso of commons on Thursday after tho universal serv ice advocates had opened a vigorous attack against It. After a debate Pro mlcr Asqulth nnnounced that tho gov ernment would not press tho hill, which had boon Introduced by Waltor Humo Long, piosldent of tho local gov ernment board. Tho discussion that followed tho introduction of tho bill Bhowed that tho measure was opposed by all parties qb v.nfalr, several mem bers urging that nothing but all-round compulsion would prove satisfactory. DEMANDS AN INVESTIGATION Senator Hustlng of Wlsccnsln Asks Congressional Inquiry Into Flood of Tolegrams. Washington, April 29. In a stirring ipooch on tho floor of tho sennto on Thursday, Senator Hustlng of Wiscon sin demanded a congressional Investi gation into tho flood of telograms pour ing Into congress on tho German Araorlcau situation. ITo charged that tho telograuiB wcro nil Inspired by a central source. Senator Ilustlng characterized tho Bonding of tho tolegrams ub a "deep laid plot to poison tho minds of tho peoplo with tho bellof that tho presi dent wants war." More Rus8 Reach France. London, May 1. A Uavas dis patch from Marsolllos reports tho ar rival thoro of a furthor contingent of Russian troops, tho number of which is not given, Tho Russians reached Marsolllos nnd dlsomuarkod. Four Children Burn to Death. Marlon, Ark., May 1. Tho four mall children of Mrs. Orpholia Young ware burnud to ilonth in un open grnto .Ire on Friday. Tho niotuar u.l gontj o a neighbor's and loft the children llono. It is believed tho Zoppelins and tho German cruiser squadron co-operated In tho raid on tho east coast of England, tho airships acting as scoutB for tho warships. 1 Shows the probablo courso taken by the Zoppelins from Wilholmshavon. 2 Shows the probable route of tho German squadron. 3 German battle squadron raids English coast at Lowestoft. 4 Zeppelins raid eastern counties of Englnnd and drop 70 bombs over Norfolk and Suf folk coasts. 5 Germans mado air raid on Dunkirk, Franco. C British war ships bombard Zeebruggo and Gorman batteries off Heyst, Blankenborgho and Knocko. IRISH REVOLT QUELLED TWELVE PERSONS ARE KILLED IN DUBLIN FIGHTING. German Sea Raid Connected With Outbreak Several Leaders Ar rested, But Names Withheld. , London, April 27. Tho official com munication issued hero on Tuesday concerning tho situation In Dublin says: "At noon yesterday serious disturb ances broke out In Dublin. A largo party of men identified with the Sinn Fein party, mostly armed, occupied Stophen's Green and took possession forcibly of tho post office, where they cut the telegraph mil telephone wires. Houses also were occupied in Sto phen's Green, Sackvllle street, Abbey Btroct and along the quays. "In tho courso of tho day soldiers arrived from the Curragh and the situ ation is now well In hand. So far as Is known hero three military officers, four or flvo soldiers, two loyal volun teers and two policemen havo been killed and four or flvo military officers and six volunteers wounded. No ex act Information has been received of tho casualties on the side of tho Sinn Feiners. "Reports received from Cork, Lim erick, Ennls, Traleo ami Tlpporary show that no disturbances of any kind havo occurred In those localities." Augustlno Birroll, chief secretary for Ireland, announced in the house of commons the disturbances in Dublin. Ho added that troops had been sent to tho Irish capital and that th'o situa tion was now well In hand. RUSS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS Drive Turks From Strongly Fortified Positions In Mountains South of Bttlis. Petrograd, April 29. Overcoming enormous natural difficulties, tho loft wing of Grand Duke Nicholas' army In tho Caucasus has drivon tho Turks from their strongly fortified positions In tho mountains south of Bltlis and is now advancing toward Dlarbekr, on tho Tigris river, according to' official advices received from Tlflls. Bcsun, a small but strong fort built at n height of more than 3,500 feet nlmost duo west of Bltlis, has fallen Into Russian hands, tho garrison flee ing after dofendlng tho poBt for only a day. poeocoooooooocooooooi OFF THE WIRK 30000O0OOO00O00000OO3O New York, April 27. Mrs. Ida Snif ton Rogers Is free. Tho Jury refused to hellove that sho, a notoriously lov ing mother, could have been In her right mind when sho poisoned her two children. "Not guilty on the grounds of Insanity," was tho verdict an nounced in tho Bronx supremo court. Washington, April 27. Tho British ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, re ceived and roferred to tho state de partment an anonymous threatening communication declaring that any treatmont of Sir Roger Casemont othor than that duo a prisoner of war of tho highest rank would bo a son tonco of death against "him nnd othor English servants In this country." Opens Milk Rate Inquiry. Chicago, May 1. Gcorgo M. Brown, oxumtnor for tho Intorstuto commorco commission, will begin an investiga tion of tho rntoB charged for tho ship ment of milk in tho hopo of establish ing uniform rates. Rojocts U. S. Board's Wage Scale. Soward, Alaska, May 1. Tho An chorage Labor union rejoctod the wage scalo offered by tho fador.il arbitration board, undenvorlng to settle th strike among workman on tho govurnuout's rallro.nl In Alaska. s U. S. MEN WIN BATTLE SIX VILLISTAS KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED IN CLASH. Two Americans Lose Lives In Engage ment With Colonel Dodd's Column Near Tomachlo. Field Headquarters, April 28, via wireless to Columbus, N. M. Two Americans woro killed nnd threo wounded in anv engagement between cavalrymen under Col. George A. Dodd and 2C0 Villa bandits at Tomachlo, In the center of tho Sierra Madrcs. Tho Villa command under four chiefs, Baca, Cercantcs, Domlnguoz and Robs, was surprised In the lato afternoon nnd routed. After the bat tle tho Americans found six dead Mexicans nnd nineteen wounded, while n quantity of horses, arms and equipment was captured. Reports received here mado no men tion of Villa himself being with tho band, although It had been reported previously that ho was in hiding in tho mountains in that vicinity. Tho Villa bandits wero encamped in n Jagged, rocky defllo when they caught sight of tho American column riding toward thorn, about 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Immediately the Mexican bugles sounded tho call to arms. Through tho mountain pass the two commands struggled, the Villa bandits dropping all cumbersome equipment In a pre cipitate fight before Colonel Dodd's cavalrymen. Once during tho flight the Villa forces received re-enforcements and attempted vainly to mako a stand against tho Americans. When night camo the pursuit bocamo Increasingly difficult because of tho nature of the terrain, honeycombed as it is with mountain caves, gorges nnd trails, in which thoro aro many Jagged rocks Colonel Dodd pursued tho Villa ban dits toward Minaca, his base, whero ho is now reported to bo awaiting sup plies. Tho 19 Villa wounded taken in the engagement and tho 25 horses and nrms captured woro taken to Minaca to await General Pershing's orders as to their disposition. NEW BRITISH CABINET CRISIS Secret Sessions of Parliament De nounced by Press Universal Con scription Demanded. London, April 29 A brand now cab inet crlslB has boon precipitated by tho withdrawal of the military serv ico bill. Tho bill, which wnB intro duced Thursday, was immediately af terwards recalled because of tho un rest in Iroland. That tho secret session of parlia ment proved an utter failure and showed weakness on tho part of tho government was tho vlow vigorously expressed by tho press. Many paporB aro demanding universal conscription without further delay. NAME TAGGART FOR SENATOR Nominated for the Short Terrr iy the Democratic State Convent on at Indianapolis. IndianapollB, Ind., April 28. United States Senator Thomas Taggart was nominated on Wednesday for United States sonator for the short term by tho Democratic stato convention. No Troops for Anchorage. Washington, April 29. Secretary of tho Intorior Lane announced that ho has requested that no troops bo sent to Anchorage Alaska, whero laborers omployod on tho government railroad aro on strike. Shoot Four Villa Men. Columbus, N. M., April 29. Four Mohican prisoners at Casns Grandos nro reported to have boon killed by American sentries on attempting to escape. Scores of bandits captured aro said to boheld ntsvarlous points. Major General 'to Present U. S. De mands at Once Troops Guard Street as American Commanders Ctosb International Bridge. El Paso, Tox., May 1. MaJ. Gens. Hugh F. Scott and Frederick Funston mot Mexican Minister of War Alvaro Obregon in tho customs houso in Juarez on Friday Light. Tho mooting was tho formal pre liminary to tho opening of tho inter national conference by which tho right of tho United States troops to contlnuo tho pursuit of Villa and hlB bandits in Mexico la to bo settled. General Obregon, standing-in n semi circlo formod by members of his staff, all of whom woro dressed in servico uniforms, recoived tho Amorlcnn offi cers at tho entrance to tho reception room whero tho conferenco iB to be held. General Scott, in civilian dress, ad vanced first nnd shook hands with Obregon in vigorous American fash Ion, then proceoded to greet other Mexican officers present. General Funston followed and went through tho samo formalities. Several othor prominent Mexicans, who had been Invited to attend tho first ceromonles, including Mayor Prlsto of Juarez, woro introduced. Immediately after this, Generals Scott and Funston wont Into an executive conferenco with General Obregon. This lasted an hour, and General Scott then came out and announced that tho meeting bad been purely so cial. From the bridge to tho customs houso it is about flvo blocks. Sta tioned at ten paces along the routo on both sides of tho street were Mex ican soldiers holding their rifles at present arms. There was no demon stration excopt a mild cheer at the conclusion of a salute sounded by a buglo corps as the procession reached tho placo of tho conference. GERMAN AIRCRAFT WRECKED Fokker Among Planes Brought Down in Day's Campaign on the Western Front. Paris, April 29. Numerous air raids along tho western front in which Ger man planes, including a Fokker, were brought down, were reported by tho war office. A French squadron droppod 18 bombs on La Marche station in tho Woovro. Ono German plane attacked by the French dropped near Douau mont badly damaged, and another fell near Montfaucon. A French aviator, piloting a Nieu port monoplane, defeated a Fokker. which fell behind tho Gorman lines. Tho Germans dropped shells at in frequent intervals during the night in tho region of Avocourt, Esnes and Fromezy. AIR RAIDS ROUSE THE SWISS Action Demanded Because of German Flights Over Neutral Soil Prom ises Not Kept. Borno, April 29. The flight of a Ger man aeroplano over Swiss territory In tho region of Porrentruy, occurring so soon after a previous similar flight over tho samo territory, has provoked tho strongest Indignation In Switzer land. . This Is reflected In all sections of tho press. Tho semiofficial Bund says tho time has como to demand from Germany something more than exnres- 'slons of regret or excuses. GERMAN WARSHIPS IN RAID Teutons Flee When Pursued by Brit ish After Making Attack on Ea3t Coast of England. London, April 27. Two British light cruisers and a destroyer woro hit in a 20-mlnuto engagement with a German cruiser squadron at daybreak Tuosday, following a raid by the Ger man on Lowestoft. Tho German ves sels escaped. Four persons wore killed. 106 BRITISH KILLED BY BLAST Sixty-Six Others Injured In Explosion. of Kent County Munitions Factory. London, April 28. Official announce ment was mado horo on Wednesday that 106 persons were killed and G6 Injured In tho recent exloslon In a Kent county munitions factory. No women were among tho victims. Mrs. McLean Near Death. Baltimore, Md., May 1. Mrs. Don ald McLean, past-president of tho Daughters of tho American Revolu tion, is said to bo sinking rapidly at a hospital hore. Mrs. McLean has boon 111 for sovoral weeks. Turks Kill 800 British. Berlin, May 1. Turkish troops an llhllated four British cavnlry squad tons, about M0 mon, in a battlo April 23 noar Quatla, about twenty-live mllos east of tho Suoz canal. This infotma tlon was contained in an official report SUNDAY, MY 21ST, SELECTED Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animate Designate Week of May 15-20 to Further the Cause. May 21st is to bo observed by hun dreds of churches throughout the United States as Humane Sunday. At this tlmo clergymen are being urged to preach sermons on tho subject of kindness, particularly as It concerns children and anlmalB. The movement Is under the direction of Tho Ameri can Humane Association of Albany, N. Y., which is prepared to send out n large amount of literature dealing with this subject. A most vuluablo leaflet has been prepnred for clergy men which may bo had on request. The week of May 15-20, Inclusive, will bo known as Be Kind to Animals Week by Societies for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. During this week every effort will be mado to em phasizo the economic and moral value of treating animals humanely. Boy Scouts nnd Camp Fire Girls are co operating to make tho movement a success. Work horse parades, com mon dog shows, illustrated lectures nnd the distribution of humane litera ture are a few of the special plans laid out by the local societies. Tho anti-cruelty movement Is mak ing very rapid progress throughout tho United States There are now 562 anti-cruelty societies, a slight gain over last year. Theso organizations handled cases involving 212,215 chil dren and 2,394,721 animals during 1915. Negro Town a Success. Birmingham, Ala. After seveial years' strugglo against heavy odds, including local' unsympathetic senti ment and gloomy predictions of fail ure by white people of neighboring towns, Hobson City, the only munici pality in tho United States with ono exception which is wholly populated and conducted by negroes, has won its battlo by demonstrating that it is a pronounced success. When tho plan to found an exclu sively negro town in the south was proposed, scarcely any white peoplo in the Anniston district, where it is located, dreamed it would work out. But the negroes were not discouraged, and went ahead. Now Hobson City is firmly established as a progressive town an,d governs itself successfully both in a financial way and in law enforcement and observance. Back in 1900 this exclusively negro town was started by a band of negroes who obtained a charter and Incorporated. The population sIiowb a gain of 150 per cent. No man with out employment is allowed to stay in the town. Either a Job is found for him or he Is required to move away. Tho town has four churches with a combined membership of 700, n good public school with 250 pupils, a dozen progressive stores, water works, elec tric lights, police aud sanitary depart ments, a well built jail and a govern ing board elected every two years. It is tho only town in the state that is out of debt and has money In tho treasury. More than half the citizens own their own homes. Some of its resldonts produce within a stone's throw of the town limits from $800 to $1,500 worth of cotton and other faira products, besides large quantities of vegetables and fruits. Hobson City's governing board con sists of seven councilmen, a mayor and four other municipal officers, in cluding a chiof of police. Every resi dent of tho town Is a negro. Closes Baltimore Campaign, Baltimore, Md. The eight weeks' revival conducted by the Rev. Billy Sunday camo to a close Easter Sun day In a magnificent manner. And Baltimore, that great last day, saw 96,000 people at the flvo services Theso 96,000 brought Baltimore's to tal for the great campaign up to nearly a million and a half people who heard the evangelist From the million and a half people thero came more than 23,000 trail hitters, 1,843 of them on the last day 914 of them at the last service. Bal tlmoro's committee believes that the free will offering to Mr. Sunday wll. show as large a figure as did Phil adelphla. Philadelphia's was $51,000. "Home Run" Baker and six other New York American league club ball players hit tho trail. Many Sheep Killed. Grand Junction, Colo Thirteen hun dred sheep were shot by raldors near tho Mosa-Delta county line, according to reports roachlng hero. The hli-op belonged to It. E. Baker, who is said to have hnd fioquont clashes with m tlemcu over tho use of the range. Orders Inspection of Ships. Vnllojo, Cnl. Onlois have been rr cetved at the Maro IsUnd navy yard directing nn inspection and sun y cf all privately owned voasaU In th'e .Iif trict that might be available la .. . i A J