Bb lH w . -TJ-. r DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA , 1-' REPLY TO RUMANIA GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON HER NEWEST FOE FIGHT ING ALREADY STARTED. FERDINAND HAS MILLION MEN King's Troops Seeking Entry Into tho Plains of Transylvania In Effort to Assist Russians In Their Dash Along ths Border Lines. WeMtni Nrnipirtr Union New Btnlre Rumania has thrown In her lot with tho cntento allies by declaring war on Austria-Hungary and almost simultan eously Germany haa announced that alio Is at war with Rumania. Already tho troops of King Ferdi nand are seeking entry Into tho plains of Transylvania through tho eastern Carpathians toward ?ronBtadt, tlio chief city In Transylvania and In tho direction of Hermannstadt, evidently In an endeavor to press northward through Transylvania toward tho Buk owlna and Gallclnn hordors and to tako In tho rear of tho Austro-Gcr-mans, who nro trying to provent tho Russians from entering Hungary. Nothing has como througll to Indicate- what preparation has been made by tho Bulgarians to offset a probablo nttack by tho Rumanians along tho Danube front or a posslblo attempt by tho Russians at Ivan by. means of tho Danubo and through Dobruja or by tho Black sea. It Is estlmatod that Rumania will bo able to throw nearly a million men Into tho field. Except In tho Macedonian sector, llttlo important fighting Is reported from tho fronts. Along tho lino where tho Teutonic allies aro In contact with tho Serbians tho British and French and Berlin and Paris report additional gains for their respective forces. VILLA BANDITS TAKE TOWN. Satevo Garrison, Sane Ammunition, Surrenders. Chihuahua City, Mex. Threo hun dred Villa bandits captured tho town of Satevo, Chihuahua, fifty miles south of hero, according to reports to Gen Jacinto Trovlno. Tho -outlaws, under Urlbo Arnngo nnd Martin Lopez, Bur rounded tho town and, after six hours' battle, tho garrlBon, numbering 200, under Capt do la Fuento, being with out ammunition, was forced n evac uate Villa himself was not with the outlaws, It was said. Tho dispatches, whlclf carno from Gen. Ellzondon, mado no estimate of tho casualties on either side, but said that both tho bandits nnd government troops loBt heavily. In tho early hours of tho engagement a number of out laws vero captured and oxccuteij. BANDIT HOLDS UP COLLECTOR. Gagged and Left In. Clump of Bushes Robber Secures $3,000. Detroit. An automobile bandit Is said to have held up and robbed Har old Isboll, a collector for tho Standard Oil company, of approximately $3,000. iBboll was found bound nnd gagged behind a clump of bUBhca in a suburb of Dotrolt and declared ho had been dragged thoro bv tho bandit who ' driven hla machine across tho path of iBbell's car, forcing him ot como to a stop. Iubell told tho sheriff that as ho camo to a stop tho bandit point ed a pistol at him, and, bolng unarmed ho was compelled to Biirronder a small ling containing about $3,000, collected from various gasollno dlBtrllx" tlons just outsido tho city limits. Is boll's cries attracted a workman, who relcasod him. Borden and Party Safe. Chicago. News of tho safo arrival at Nome, Alaska, of John Bordon, mil lionaire Chicago sportsman, and oth ers of his party, who woro shipwreck ed in tho Arctic was rocolvod by Mrs. Borden in a cablegram from hor hus band. Bordon said tho cntlro party wan safo and In good health, but "ivo no Information regarding hla futuro plans. Ben Williams Dead. Gulfport, Mass. Bert Williams, onco bodyguard for Jofforson Davis, presi dent of tho confederacy, nnd who was President Wilson's caddy when ho played golf at tho country club hero two years ago, died hero. Tho negro was woll known over tho country bo- cause of his history, thousnnds of poist cards bearing his picture bolng sold. Year's Profits Large. Now York. Tho nntfual Btatement of tho Pnclllo Mall Steamship com pany shows that tho year's profits amounted to more than 21 per cent on both proforrod and common stock. Army Reserve Corps. Chicago. Commercial organizations of all largo cities throughout tho mid dlo we' ' will bo asked to aid In form ing tho quartormastor'R rosorvo corps of tho United States army, Chinese Laborors for France. Paris. Ono thousand Chlnoso labor orB arrived nt Lyons, Thoy constitute tho first contingent ot Chlnoso who aro to bo brought to Franco for work In munition factories. Swiss Military Mission. Bcrno, Switzerland. A military mis sion consisting of olllcors of tho Swiss army will soon loavo for Colombia to roorganlzo tho army of that South American republic along Swiss lings. Thq officers aro sent at Colombia's r yuost. GAINS FOR BULBARS . EUTONIC ALLIES SMASH FOE'S POSITIONS ON THE SALON- 1KI LINE. FRENCH AND SERBS LOSE Russians Defeat Turks In Dig Battle at Rachta In Armenian Campaign Slavs Recapture Much From Otto man Army. .Sofia, Aug. '20. Definite gains against the French nnd Serbian force operating on the Snlonlki line, the linnllillliitloii of n French regiment southwest of Luko Dolriin nnd n re trent by tho Serbs soutliwurd from Kustorlu a 10 reported In thu ofllcial Dulgar war olllco statement Issued. Tho statement In part reads: "Bulgarian troops, In ndvanclug south of Fiorina, occupied on August 2U Kosotour and Knstorla. The de feated Serbians nro retreating south ward. The Bulgarians operating in tho direction of Lerlnu, Banlca and Oorntchoro captured on August HI a strongly fortified position on tho crest of Mount Malku Nle.e. "On the following day they attacked the Serbians on tho Vurdur In their new positions nt St. Splddon, Hill 207 iinu Tcliegunakl pMilnu. "Wc captured soen officers and 200 men and also a nu.nber of ipiick-ilrera and machine guns and other material. The fighting continues. "Additional Information shows that tho One Hundred and Seventy-sixth French regiment, which participated In the fighting on the 21st, lost 50 per cent of Its effectiveness. We found on the Held 250 bodies. "On our left wing in the Strtunn valley we cleared the left bank of tho river of the enemy. Wo burled 500 of tho enemy." Snlonlki, Aug. 2C In their efforts to throw n lino of strong defensive works all tho way across eastern Greece, from Lake Tnhlnos to the Bul garian frontier, tho Bulgars have pre cipitated n general engagement with Greek troops which is still In progress nenr the Struma valley. l'otrognul, Aug. 20. Russian troops lmve defeated four Turkish divisions (80,000 men) In a grcnt bnttlo at Rtleh tn nenr Mosul, capturing two entire Turkish regiments, It was' announced olllclally. Many cannon and much other booty were taken. Pctrogrnd, Aug. 20, via London. Russian forces operating In southern Turkish Armenia have reoccupled Mush, captured by the Turks on Au gust 8, says an official communication issued by tho war department. Tho statement adds the Russluus captured 2,J!00 prisoners. TURKISH ARMY FLEES BITLIS Quits Southern Armenian City Fol lowing Defeat at Rachta Russ Repulse Teutons. I'ctrogrnd, by wireless to London, Aug. 2(1, It Is announced that tho Russians lmve resumed their ndvnnco along tho cntlro Asiatic front. Tho Turks have evacuated Bltlls, in south ern Turkish Armenln neur Lake Van. Tho lllght followed tho Russian rcoc cupatlon of Mush and tho defeat of tho Ottoman forces at Rachta. Austro-Germun forces beforo Kovol, in Volh'ynln. attempted to take tho of fensive In the region of tho villnge of Vellek, but, the war ofllco reports, wero repulsed. WILL OPPOSE BREAD "BOOST" Federal Trade Commission Decides to Look Into Baking and Milling Situation If Asked To. Washington, Aug. 25. The federal trade commission, according to one of Its high officials, will take steps on Its own Inltiatlvu to prevent any increuso In tho price of bread If tho present agi tation among bakers for an increaso continues. The commission also will Investigate tho entire baking and milling situation In tho country If u formal request Is received from some responsible com plnlniint, even If there Is not an in crease in the price of bread. BRITISH SEIZE U . S. BOATS American Fishing Schooners Captured Off Iceland by Patrol Vessels and Takes to Shetland Islands. London, Aug. 25. The American fishing schooners Mnxlne Elliott of Gloucester,, Mass., and Lizzie Griffin of Bangor, Me., seized off Iceland by Brit ish patrol boats, ltavo been taken to ,viu-.i, m;uuiiii maims, me Aiuer- lean schooner Luclnda J. Lowell, on the way from Gloucester to Norway, also was taken Into Lerwick, but was released after her cargo of dried her ring was unloaded. Ready for Another Voyage. Berlin, Aug. 28. All of the mem hers of tho roturned merchant sub marine, Deutschland, Including Capt. Paul Koenlg, have declared their readiness to undertake another voytigo to tho United Status. New Golf Champion. Griind Rapids, Mleli.. Aug. 2S. Mrs. F. C. Letts, Jr., qf Cincinnati, on Frl lay nfloruoim won (ho woiiihij'h west mi golf championship 'y tfenlliu Mlhs Laurie KnlMir of Chicago, thrcf x and one to i;o, v THE FOUNDLING 6 , MzM&ffimi J TSIeV,v-. ifeS? , jSf 5,000 RUSSIANS SLAIN SLAVS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES IN FOUR-DAY BATTLE. Berlin Statement Says Enemy Has Been Halted in Volhynla, Galicia and Carpathians. Berlin (by wireless to Sayvllle, L. 1.), Aug. 25. Despite their determined attacks in many sections of the front In Volhynla, Gallcln nnd tho Carpa thian regions the Russians have been unable to gain uny ground from the Teutonic forces, according to the Aus trian ofllcial statement of August 22. The Russian losses in the fighting along the lower Stokhod, northeast of Kovel, were particularly heavy, says tho stntcment. A correspondent of the Cologne Ga zette on the Russian front says that In tho fighting near Llorodenka, in eastern Gallcln, from August 14 to 17 tho Russians lost 5,000 Mlled, while the total of Germnn casualties was SO. Gains for the Teutonic forces In the Carpathians nortli of Cnpul, where po sitions recently taken by the Russians were stormed nnd recaptured, are an nounced by the wnr ofllcc. I'etrogrud (via London), Aug. 25. The Germnns resumed tho offensive south of Brody, where the Russians are attempting to nppronch Lemberg from the northeast. The war ofllcc statement of today says tho Germans wero repulsed. The Russians captured two heights on the Hungarian front. DEUTSCHLAND ARRIVES HOME German Merchant Submarine Arrives at the Mouth of Weser All on Board Well. Berlin, Aug. 25 (by wireless to Sny vllle, N. Y.). Tho merchant subma rine Deutschlnnd nrrived nt the mouth of tho Weser on Wednesdny, ac cording to the Overseas News agency. All on board nro well. The Deutsch lnnd started on Its return trip from Baltimore on August 2. It escaped tho cordon of allied ships which wero watching for It. APPOINTS U. S.-MEXIC0 BODY Secertary Lane, Justice Gray of Dela ware and Dr. John R. Mott of New York Will Serve. Washington, Aug. 24. Secretary Lansing announced on Tuesday tho appointment of American members of the commission to treat with Mexico. They are: Secretary of tho Interior Franklin II. Lane of San Francisco, Justice Gray of Delaware, Dr. John R. Mott of New York. All threo lmvo accepted tho appointment. ARMY BILL PASSES SENATE Appropriation Bill, Minus Provision Which Caused Veto, Is Approved by Upper House. Washington, Aug. 25. Tho sennto missed tho nrmv niinrrmrinMnn Mil with an amendment replacing tho nrti- eles of war lit it, but minus tho pro vision which caused tho president to veto it last week. Plague Deaths Decrease. New York, Aug. 20. A substantial decrease In tho number of Infantile paralysis deaths and new cases Is re ported. During tho 21 hours ending nt 10 a. in., :i0 children tiled and 100 wero stricken. Hermit Yachtsman Ends Life. New York, Aug. 20. Stephon . M. Van Allon, the hermit yachtsmnn. committed suicide In the cabin of his costly motor boat Wunter on tho North river by discharging the loads of u double-barreled slwtgun Into his hroa' NOBffDY LOVES ME I ponY b'long- :.f TO NO ONE I YIELD EIGHT-HOUR DAY RAILROADS INSIST ON GUARAN TY AGAINST LOSS. Ask Legislation Which Will Prevent the Recurrence of a Similar Situation. Washington, Aug. 24. Tho subcom mittee of the rullwyiy executives ap pointed as a board of strategy to frame a reply to President Wilson's demand for concessions to the men that will prevent a general strike have made n report. It Is understood they have recom mended the granting of tho eight-hour tiny, but with a string tied to it. The purpose of the string, It Is said, Is to make possible n withdrawal of the concession If tho president does not give satisfactory guaranties of much desired new legislation. Tho announcement of the prelimin ary report of tho committee of eight members followed within n few hours after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday at which President Wilson's nttltuda on the controversy wns given unanimous approval by his ofllcial family. It was ndmltted the principal hope now Is to commit the president nnd the government to definite assurances providing two things: 1. Legislation which will prevent a recurrence of a similar occurrence be fore all the processes of a judicial In vestigation have been exhausted. 2. Practical guaranty thnt tho rail roads will be, compensated for the money loss they clulm they will sus tain by granting nn eight-hour day. ADMITS WARSHIP WAS HIT Berlin Says That the German Battle ship Was Damaged by British Torpedo. London, Aug. 25. The Germnn bat tleship Westfalen wns hit and slightly dumnged on Snturday by n British tor pedo. It was ndmltted In a semiofficial telegram from Berlin on Wednesdny, according to Reuter's Amsterdnm cor respondent. Tho Westfalen, however, It is declared, continued cnpablo of maneuvering and will shortly be ro palrcd. Gasoline Shortage in London. ' London, Aug. 20. Of tho 7,000 taxi cabs plying In tho London metropoU tan area, 2,000 will bo withdrawn at six o'clock each evening owing to tho shortage of gasoline. r TELEGRAPHIC NOTES Erie, Pa., Aug. 23. Two heavy cranes, said to havo been overloaded, broke at tho National foundry, killing nt least four workmen and injuring six or seven others. London, Aug. 24. There is no foun dation for tho Berlin report that Nor man Angcll, the pacifist, has been sen tenced to prison for refusal to perforin military service. Mr. Angell is be yond the ago limit of Hnblllty for huch service. $500,000,000 Teuton Relief. Berlin, Aug. 2S. The amount raised by German municipalities for relief of families of soldiers has readied about SSOO.OOO.OOO. Tlie federal treasury will Him over to tho municipalities about 125,000,000. Plague Close's All Schools. Ilurrisburg, Pa., Aug. 2S. Samuel fi. Dlxou, stato commissioner of health, decided that nil schools public, pri vate and parochial mtifct remain closed until September IS. because of Infantile iKirnlyMs. 8 DIE III I HUNDRED BOMBS DROPPED ENGLAND DURING ZEPPE LIN RAID. IN ONE AIRSHIP NEAR LONDON Raider Driven From Seaport Town by Antiaircraft Guns-Beriln Asserts That City and Butteries Were Bombarded at Night. London, Axig. 2S. Eight persons were killed nnd 30. Injured in the Zep pelin raid on Thursday night, it was announced olllclally. Ono hundred bombs were dropped. One Zeppelin reached the outskirts of London. Two or three raiders came in over tho enstcrn counties nnd dropped over i I!0 bombs without cnuslng any casuui tics or damage. Another raider nt tempted to nppronch a seaport town, being S nenv. y nrcti on uy anunircrau i. was driven off to tho. eastward ..... ... ... i guns, after dropping 19 bombs in tho sea without reaching their objective. Another raider succeeded In reach ing tho outskirts of London, where explosive nnd Incendiary bombs were dropped nnd casualties occurred among tho civilian population as follows: Killed, three men, three women, and two children ; .Injured seriously, three men nnd four women; injured slight ly, 'four men, seven women nnd three children. In nddltlon, one soldier was seriously and fourteen wero sllghtjy In jured by broken glass. Berlin, via London, Aug. 28. Tho city nnd southwestern district of Lon don were bombarded on Thursdny night by German airships, nn ofllcial statement Issued by the war office says. Batteries at Harwich and Folkestone were nlso attacked, says the state ment, which adds that "everywhere very good effects were observed." ARCHBISHOP SPALDING DIES Head of Peoria See, Succumbs After Long Sickness Weakened by Hot Wave. Peorln, 111., Aug. 28. Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding, noted pre late of the Roman Catholic church In Illinois and a resident of Peoria con tinuously since 1877, when ho was chosen for the position of bishop of tho newly created Peoria diocese, died at his residence here on Friday. lie had been 111 for a number of years, having suffered n paralytic stroke In 1000. Physicians in attendance re port thnt the recent heat wave left the aged prelate in a weakened con dition, and his decline wns rapid. Bishop Spalding wns elevated to tho position of archbishop of SeyphophoIIs in 1909. He wns consecrated bishop of tho Roman Catholic diocese of Peoria, III., on May 1, 1877. One project of mngniflcent scope orig inated by Archbishop Spalding was the Critholic university at Washing ton. Archbishop Spalding wns born in Lebanon, Ky., June 2, 1840. WOMAN KILLS GUARD OFFICER Capt. E. J. Spratllng Is Shot and Killed in a Militia Camp by Mrs. H. C. Adams. Mncon, Go., Aug. 28. Capt. 13. J. Spratllng, F compnny, Fifth infantry, National Guard of Georgia, was shot and killed In front of his tent at the stnte mobilization camp nenr here on Friday. Mrs. n. C. Adams of Atlanta was arrested on the statements of sev eral officers and men that sho shot tho militia officer. She declined to make any statement. Airs. Adams wus turned over to civil authorities, who placed her in the county Jail. She gave her Atlanta address nnd said sho was married nnd had three children. U. C. Adams, husband of tho wom an, said that his wife had been trou bled with nervousness nnd hnd been treated by Cuptaln Spratllng, who wns n physician In private life. Mrs. Adams told her husband, ho said, that she had objected to remarks she suid the physician made to her. ALLIED NAVAL LOSS 72 SHIPS Berlin Asserts They Total 496,050 Tons 25 Teuton Craft of 02,667 Tons Sunk. Berlin, Aug. 25. The German admi ralty Issued a statement nssertlng that the losses of he British and French navies in llno-of-buttlo ships and cruis ers to August 1 comprised 72 vessels with a total displacement of 40Q,0.")(1 tons. Tho German looses In the same classes during tho snnie period wero 2.r warships with u toti(l of G2.007 tons. It wns stated that tho list of Brit ish and French warships Included only those losses which had been estab lished definitely. Typhus In Mexico. El Puso, Tox., Aug. 28. An epl denilc of typhus has broken out In Aguascallentes, Moxlco. A letter re celved from there says thnt carloads of corpses aro being curried out for burial dully. Germans Blacklist Dutch. Amsterdam, Aug. 28. Germany hn issued u blacklist of certain Dutch firms which nre denied German goods and Dutch merchants who supplj I hid mucKiistcd urms are tlueaUA .v'.th a similar boycott. GOSSIP FROM Siml nuUSE A number of officers nnd privates Eelcctcd from tho troops on tho border, liavo roturned, and will do recruiting eervlco In different portions of tho slate. As do'.ogatcs from Nebraska to tho American Institute ot criminal law and criminology, which meots August 29 at Chicago, Governor Morohcad has appointed iH. B. Floharty of Omaha, L. W. Colby of Bcatrlco and T. J. Doylo of Lincoln. Tho state board of assessment has fixed tho stato tax lovy at C.l mills, a. reduction of .7 of a mill from last year and a reduction of 1.7 mills from tho year beforo last. Tho reduction was mado on tho general fund lovy which was cut from 4.1 mills to 3.4 mills. A machine gun company has been formed at Camp Llano, and Lloutcnant Gardner of tho regimental staff, ono sergeant and threo privates have been sent to Harllgen to receive instructions It, TYifinVilnrt tnna nnrl mntnp IrllolrH . ..... . l...J M..L. .MV.U. fc. ..ui.v. a,n pau, formcrl o tho regl. mnin, atnf, w, ,, pnmn,ni1nP mental staff, will bo commanding officer. According to reports from tho office of State Superintendent Thomas rcpre I sentatives of rural school districts , from alb over tho stato will meet at i Llncola during fair week to discuss problems of country districts and to i suggest many needed changes In tho present school laws. As a result of a complaint mado to the railway commission a few days ago by representatives of tho U. C .T. and tho T. P. A. prosecutions will prob ably bo started against tho Rock Island and Missouri Pacific railroado for , charging higher rates on excess bag gage than they aro permitted by law to do. Harvey Musscr, president of the Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrico interurban road, appeared boforo tho Nebraska railway commission with a request to lssuo $300,000 additional stock. Mr. Musser said his request was in fur therance of plan3 to ultimately extend tho line to Omaha from it3 Lincoln terminus at University Place and Bethany. Horses and mules for tho two Ne braska regiments havo reached Camp Llano. Each regiment received twelve aorses for mounts nnd sixty-seven mules for supply wagons and ambu lances. Most of the animals were un broken, but wero pressed immediately into service and aro now working woll under the saddle and in the har ness. A consolidated report ot tho build ing and loan associations, showing their condition Juno 30, has been com oloted by tho stato board. The report shows seventy-two associations with assets amounting to $47,917,847. Tho Increase of these associations during tho past year in loans is ?5,055.GG4.96; in stock, 55.726.809.58; in cash, 5574 -nrrnn. in non.r. f,m,i iKBin?r. UVUtUV p 4U ICdUKU 1UUU y .1 t,u .. v According to tho monthly report of tho weather man, George A. Ixiveland, tho month of July beat all records in Nebraska for sunshine, tho average number of clear days being twenty threo, 11 per cent higher than any July record. Six days woro partly cloudy and two days cloudy. July, 191C, camo near establishing another record. Only ono month, July, 1201, In forty-ono years has boon hotter. Tho constitutionality ot the Albert aw has been attacked in an appeal carried to tho supremo court from Douglas county by Gcorgo Brenner. It appears that Brenner was enjoined under tho law, and haled into court m a charge of violating an injunction. Ho was fined $200 for contempt of court nnd sentenced to nlnoty days in tho county jail. His sentence has been suspended pending tho trial of tin ippcal. Stato Superintendent A. O. Thomas has received word that Miss Edith Lathrop, formerly ono of his assist ants has received an appointment in tho rural school department of tho nu tlonal bureau of education. Miss La throp passod an examination two years ago for appolntmont in this de partment. Tho stato normal board of Nebraska offered MIsb Lathrop the presidency of tho stato normal school at Chadron, but sho declined It. Expenses of conducting tho stair government and supporting state lustl tutlons and enterprlsos nro on a lower per capita basis than In moat other states of tho union, according to fig ures which havo been collected from two dozen states in the central and eastern sections. Firo losses in Nebraska havo great ly decreased from preventablo causes and fire hazards havo been removed In scores of cities and towns, through tho efforts of employes under charge of Stato Flro Commissioner Ridgell. Short courses in homo economics ire now being hold In farm homes, country schools, churches and halls under tho auspices of women's club-? directed- by tho county agricultural agent, and Instructed by tho home economics dopartmont of tho upivcr sity college of agriculture. In this way tho farmer's wlfo who wants to become a pupil of up-to-dato homo eco nomlcs can attend tho courses wlthou much difficulty. Tho first count 4) short course was held nt a farm hoinTi near Ponder, and forty women at tended the course, which laotcd four iays.