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(4t DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA SLAIN: BODY BURNED THE END OF THE BENCH ) GOSSIP FROM STATE HOUSE It Is uuderstood that Georgo Jack son of Nelson will oppose J. A. 0111b of Ord for speaker of tho houso la the coming legislature. 'J IVOMAN AND FIVE CHILDREN ARE CREMATED ALIVE. BY VILLA DAND. TOWN OF KENALI TAKEN FROM BULGARIAN TROOPS BY EN- TENTE ARMIES. DEUTSCHLAND COLLIDES WITH CRAFT ACTING AS CONVOY WHILE LEAVING U. S. m 'REft PARDON MKETOiHSnH OT I Ufi Tho Lincoln Telophono company has filed a demurrer with tho supremo court regarding property valuations as returned by tho assessor in John son county. Friends of L. F. Langhorst aro said. to bo urging his clahn-3 to the office of doputy puro food commissioner, to succeed Charles E. Harman, tho present incumbont. BUT YOU'LL " Have -rr r.PTnFFv ATROCITIES BEGGAR WORDS EIGHT OTHER VILLAGES TAKEN 1 I HAVE. 50ME FRIENDS ALL MEMBERS OF CREW DIE VVHO VVJSH TO SIT HERE Bandit Leader Reported to Have Dis criminated In Favor of Two Nation alities, and Even These Suffer to Limited Extent. VTntem rrmrtPfr UMon Wtvn fmlc El Paso, Tex. An unldontiflod American was killed when a Villa band took Jimenez, and four Ameri cans woro Hoen under a guard of ban dits at Parral dur'ng Villa's occupa tion of that town, according to roporta believed by federal agonts to bo au thentic, brought to tho bordor by ref ugees. Refugeos further ttato that the dis trict between Parral and Jimenez has been routed by Villa's followora of mora than 200 -Chinese. Tho Amorican killed at Jimenez wfts described as about CO years old, and known to bo from Torreon on bis way to Chihuahua city. Ho wns murdored, said tho refugees, in tho Jimenez ho tel, and his body lay for some time !n front of tho building, when, after tolng robbed and clothing and valua bles, it wan placed on a bonfire. Tho samo refugees, who claim to havo boon witnesses of tho outrages, Sleo say that two Moxlcan women who ad married Chlneso and their five Chlldron were bound and thrown alivo into tho fire and cremated In sight of tho crowd. Tho bodies of seven mur tiered Chlnoso, according to tho same authority, wore In tho Htrects of the" town. Two Mexicans, who escaped from Parral, afllrm that thoy saw four Americana thero under a, Villa guard. They said these men had lived In the town, adding that they heard tho Americans working nt tho Alvarado mines got awav. Another report brought to the bordor was to the of feet that tho bodies of thlrty-flvo gyp. bIph n' 'infi) pr-"" vprp -spnn on tllf roadside near Parral, murdered and robhod by Villa bandits. Tho gypley wcro belloved to bo of Syrian origin. All foreigners that Villa has caught except .Tapnnoso and Hermans, have been put to death, tho roports agree, and oven tho Germain are said to havo suffered at least in tho instanco of Theodora Hoomuller, of Parral. DO YOU WANT TO BORROW7 Federal Farm Loan Board Issues Let tor to Farmcro. Sioux City, la. To establish the noed for fedoral farm loan aid in the Sioux City territory tho federal farm loan board has Issued a circular call ing on farmers to fill In forms Indi cating thoir doslro for loans, the nmount of loans and thoir doslro to negotiate such loans under tho provi sions of tho federal farm loan law. Tho board has asked of tho various nowspapors of tho stato that thoy print a form lotter to bo filled In by armors and sent tho board. Tho let tor is as follows: Fedoral Farm Loan Board, Wash ington, D. 0. Gcntlomon: Tho un- dorsigned resident of county, Iowa, Is intorostod In negotiating a loan of $ undor tho fedoral farm loan act, providing an advantageous rato of Intcrost Is cstabllBhod. Full Information and. tho necessary blanks for tho organization of a local asso ciation, ns provided in tho law, Is also desired. Namo Addross , Porsons Interested In gottlng loans In Sioux CIt territory aro bolng urged to fill out a letter similar to tho ono nbovo and to forward It to Washing ton. ThflBO lottors will ' reach tho board boforo it sits to take up the matter or establishing tho now bank ing centers. It Is tb,o expectation that thousands of lottors, showing, tho needs of tho farmers In this socUou " will bo uont In boforo tho meeting. which is scheduled for Decomber. Tho board has Issued a' Btatomoivtr that whilo It cannot now promise spo-. clflc Interest rates, tho rates wll bo, as low an tho lowest over made in Iowa and tho territory surrounding Sioux City, with tho ndded foaturcs that tho borrower can olect to pay off tho low. in five, to forty yerfrs, thnt tho loan, may bo paid, oft on tho in stallment plan and that renewals ncod not servo, to frlghton hwowora. . . . It Is planned to havo tho banks In operation about February 1, Tho ap plications for information and tho statement of loan deslros should reach Washington boforo December 10. Boby Washed Ashore. Chicago. Tho body of 9-yoar-old Cyril ("Sonny") Mathews, who was lost from his homo nlno months ago, was washed ashoro on Lako Michigan, Soarch for tho boy hud boen kopt up continuously by his parents and by schoolmates, but no word had ovor been known of his fate. Share In a Fortune. Detroit, Mich. Miss Hannah Hosbo, maid In a local hotel, received word from her brother, I.ouls E. Hoeao, of SlBtorvillo. W. Va., that sho had fallen heir to $100,000 left to herself and three brothers by an aunt who lived In Johnstown, Pa. Miss Hesso la 24 years old. Shoot Down Zeppelin, Petrograd. Russian troops near Borany, south cast of Plnsk, havo brought down a largo zoppolln airship. Tho crow of sixteen was captured. Franco-RMss-Serblan Forces Contlnuo Drive Against Foes Petrograd Says Von Mackensen Is Retreating Ber lln Reports Successca for Teutons. London, Nov. lS.Kcnnll, the key to Monnstlr, Iihs fallun. An official Serbian . dlsimtch from Snlorilkl on Thursday declares Unit the town, eight miles (o the southwest of tho objective of the Frnnco-Rti-w-Sorbltin advance on the western Mncodotiln front, which wns defended by 15 miles of Gorninn trenches, has been abandoned. The Serbian olllclnl communication says : "We continue to pursue tho enemy on the loft hnnk of the Cemn river. Supported by fresh troops the enemy ifintlc n strong stand on tho line of Iveii-Ynrnshok, which had long since been fortllled. After determined fight ing wo succeeded In breaking serious ly Into this line nt several points. The villages of Chegcl, HnldentsJ, Nego-c-lmnl mid Ynnishok monastery have been wrested from the enemy. "On the right bank of tho Cemn (lie enemy has been compelled to nban don his prlnclpnl line of organized de fense nnd retire In tho direction of Monastir. The Bulgarians havo been driven from tho villages of Bukrl, Gorn-Jegrll, Srcdno-Jegri and Don Jegri, as well as from tho town of Kcmtll. "Army group of Field Marshal von Mnckonson Tho activity north of Campulung Increased Along the roads leading southwnrd through Rother tliiirm nnd Szurduk passes tho Rou manian? tenaciously defended their own territory. We made progress nnd captured live olllcers and more than 1,200 soldiers." 1'etrogrnd, Nov. IS. Tho war of fice announces that Field Mnrshal von Mnckeiisen's army Is ltt rotrent In Do brudja, burning vlllnges ns It falls back. On the Transylvania front In tho region of Campulung, Rotimnnln, fierce lighting Is In progress. Sofia. Nov. IS. The retreat of the German-Bulgarian forces In the Cerna bend, under the assaults of the Ser bians,, Is ndmttted In tho olllclnl state ment Issued by tho war olllce. 3 GERMANS KILLED BY VILLA Bandit Leader Enraged by Display of Ears That He Cut From Car- ranza Soldiers. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 18. Theodora Hoemuller, n merchant of Parrnl, Chi huahua, together with his wlfo and baby, wcro killed by Villa bandits when Villa occupied Parral, u report received hero by u Parral mining com pany states. Hoemuller Is said to bo a German subject. According to tho report made to tho mining company by a Chlneso and Arab refugee from Parral, Hnemullcr's execution wns ordered because ho had permitted a display of 18 pairs of ears cut from Cnrrnnzn soldiers, to gether with an Insulting letter against Villa, In tho windows of his store In Parrnl. The ears, tho refugee said, hud been cut from Cnrrunzn soldiers of tho Par ral garrison, captured by Villa's ban dits three months before. WISCONSIN OFFICIAL RESIGNS Attorney General Walter C. Owen, Elected by Record Vote, Sends Resignation to Qov. Phllipp. Madison, Wis., Nov. 18. Walter O. Owen, nttorney general, re-elected to thnt olllco by the biggest vote cast for any candidate at tho election on November 7, on Thursday sent his resignation to Governor Phllipp, to tnko. effect-In Junuary. The reason 113 given Is thnt Mr. Owen will Join a large legal Jinn at tho state capital. Afr. Owen was being groomed to tho supreme court and was also consid ered a likely candidate for governor nt' tho next election. Ills sudden rcsolvt to give up mi olllce to which he has Just been-elected has caused much speculation n tho state. Mr. Owen wns tho avowed leader of the La Fol lotto faction In Wisconsin. BISHOP C. E. CHENEY IS DEAD Noted Chicago Leader Succumbs After Flfty-8x Years of Service With One Church. Chicago, Nov. 17. Bishop Chnrles Edward Cheney of tho Chicago synod of tho Reformed Episcopal church, which ho helped establish, and for CO years rector of Christ church, died ou Wednesday In his eighty-first year. Shoots Down Twenty-Ono Airplanes. Pnrls, Nov. 20. Llentennnt Guyuo iner of tho French air corps, shot down his twenty-first airplane In n sky bat tlo ovor tho Hommo front, tho war of flco announced. Fifty-four air com bats took placo along tho front. . Duma Re-Elects President. Petrograd, Nov. 20. Michael Vladl mlrovltch Rodzlanko has been re elected president of tho dumu. M. Rodzlanko has presided over the dunm since 1011, being re-elected each yeai slnco tuut time. MffSufitMKHti teSk ,rs n EI Pnsa Times WILL FIGHT RAIL LAW OFFICIAL SAYS RAILROADS WON'T SHIFT RESPONSIBILITY. Kansas City Man to Aid U. S. In Bat tle Against Carriers on Adam son Law. Chicago, Nov. 18. Every railroad In the country will fight tho Adamson eight-hour law and uwalt an Interpre tation of its meaning, if it is found constitutional, according to a promi nent Chicago railroad man. The offi cial made this statement following tho filing of now suits attacking the con stitutionality of tho law and asking In junctions to prevent Its enforcement. Tho Chicago & Alton railroad filed a suit In Chicago on Wednesday, while the Pennsylvania railroad began sim ilar action in the federal court tit Phil adelphia and the New York Central be gan action In New York. Washington, Nov. 17. Suits by rail roads attacking the constitutionality of the eight-hour railroad law were begun in many parts of the country and the department of Justice laid plans to defend them. The department on Wednesday Is sued tills statement: "A large number of suits attacking the constitutionality of the Adamson law havo been Instituted In various parts of the United States. The de partment of Justlco will take direct charge of these cases, and Frank Hng erman of Kansas City, Mo., has been retained to nsslst in their prepara tion nnd trial." Prompt and final decision by the Su preme court of constitutionality of tho law Is possible uhder federal court practice, It was stated by lawyers fn inlllnr with federal procedure. DARIO RESTA WINS RACE Smachca All Records for Event and Also for Santa Monica Course Cooper Finishes Second. Snuta Monica, Oil., Nov. 18. Smash ing to fragments all previous records fop tho Vnnderbilt cup race and also for tho Santa Monica course on Thurs day, Durfo Itesta, In n Peugeot, won the eleventh annual event In 3:22:18 3-5, an average of 8(5.00 miles an hour. T'iio previous time for the 294-mllo contest was set on the same course In 101-1 by RnlphDePnlma, who ne gotiated the distance nt an nverage of 75.40 miles an hour. Altkcn nnd his Peugeot went out in tho twentieth lap with n- broken valve. Earl Cooper, In a Stutz, who stayed at second or third throughout the race, finished second. William Welghlmnn, a millionaire Chi cago sportsman, drove his Dusenberg to third money. RDER TROOPS FROM BORDER Indiana and Wisconsin Regiments Among Those Withdrawn From Service Along Rio Grande. Washington. Nov. 18. Five Nation al Guard regiments were ordered homo from the Mexican border on Thursday. They nre the First regiment of South Carolina, Seventh New Xrk, Third In diana, Third Wisconsin and Third Minnesota, In a statement announcing tho order tho war department said It was in continuation of the policy "announced some tlmo ago gradually to withdraw National Guard regiments from the ! border as conditions permit, and, In accordanco with the recommendations of General Funston, these regiments have been ordereil home." Fire Destroys Railway Station. Son Bernardino, Cal., Nov. 20. Fire hero destroyed the big Santa Fe sta tion nnd several of the car shops, caus ing loss estimated at $225,000. Twelvu passenger coaches In course of con struction were burned. War to Last Another Year. Now York, Nov. 20. The war In Eu rope will last at least unother year, according to Frederick Palmer, war correspondent, who arrived hereon tho IIollaud-Amerlcnn llucr Nlcuwu Amsterdam. wnmSFSg- aSBwawaw MsSJliiQ fc fciiiHlffl S7 sZLj'- wmcfea? mmsmmiua KmmmKm REPLY ON BLACKLIST GREAT BRITAIN RFSENTS SUSPI CION AS TO MOTIVE. Denies That Rights of Neutrals Un der International Law Have Been Ruthlessly Canceled. Washington, Nov. 10. Tho British reply to the latest American noto pro testing against tho trade blacklist, made public on Wednesday by the state department, denies that rights of neutral traders under International law have been ruthlessly canceled, de fines the blncklist mensurcs as a muni cipal regulation plainly concerning only tho British government nnd Brit ish citizens, contends that if Is de signed to shorten tho war and scorns the suspicion that Britain Is using the war as a measure to take away neu trals' trade. The note fails to meet the Ameri can demnnd thnt the nuines of Ameri can firms be stricken from the blnck list, but attempts to convince tlto state department that the British position is Just and founded on law. It leaves open tho door for further negotution, which is expected to follow. A part which attracted much ofll cial notice dealt with the subject of peace, based on tho theory that ono American contention had been that there exists no military necessity for the blacklist; thnt nothing which hap pens In dlstnnt neutral countries can Influence the result of the great con flict. In Its argument the note points out that German business houses through out tho world have furthered the cause of Gernmny In the war. The note apparently admits Britain has altered the position previously held with tho United States, that domi cile and not nationality Is the test of enemy character, and argues that In this war nationals or belligerents dom iciled far from homo may render grent aid and comfort, admitting that these aro sought to bo reached by the black list measure. Attention is cnlled to Instructions to British inerchnnts, issued by Lord Bus sell In 1802 regarding trndc with tho Bahamas during tho Civil war, advis ing that the "true remedy" was to re frain from this trade. MEXICANS FREE U. S. SCOUT Benjamin Brahan Declares He Was Threatened With Death for Aid- in General Pershing. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 17. After being In tho Juarez Jail since November 7, during which time he expected to be shot as a Villa spy, Benjamin Brnhan wns released on Wednesday nt the military headquarters In Jimrez and came to the American side of tho river. Brahan said ho knew of no reason why he was arrested other than that ho was a scout for General Pershing in Mexico. He said: "I was not told officially that I was to bo shot, hut I wns given to understand I would be executed. After Andreas Garcia took an Interest In my case I wa. treated much bet ter." Robbers Take $6,700 From Bank. Wulsenburg, Colo., Nov. 18. Gain ing entrance through tin abandoned chimney hole In the celling, covered ver with lath and plaster for some line, robbers broke Into the First Na tional bank here, dynamited the safe and got away with $0,700, mostly In sil ver. A 33 Ships Sunk Without Notice. Loudon, Nov. 18. Thirty-three ves sels havo been sunk without warning by submarines from May 15 to Novem ber 8, according to tui admiralty an nouncement! which adds that as n result of this 140 lives were lost. Electric Men Get Raise. Pittsburgh, I'a., Nov. 18. The sal aries of between 3,000 and 4,000 otlleo men and other salaried employees of tho Westlngliouse Electric and Manu facturing company, wcro advauced about 12 per cent here. Captain Hlnsch of Interned Steamer Only One on Board Small Boat Saved Diver Is damaged and Re turns to New London, Conn. New London, Conn., Nov. 20. Five lives were lost when the German sub marine Deutschland, which left port on Friday morning for Bremen rammed and sent to the bottom with ts crew of five tho tug T. A. Scott. Fr., ono ot Its two convoying tugs. ftcr tho accident the Dcutschlnnd returned to this port. The only person on tho tug snvod was Capt. Fred Hlnsch of the German Interned liner Neckar. The tug, which belonged to the T. A. Scott Wrecking compnny, went to thp bottom. The list of dend Includes: Capt. John Gurney; William A. Cnton, cngl aeer; Edward Stone, fireman; Clar ence B. Davison, cook ; Eugene Duzurt, Jcckhand. The Dcutschlnnd returned to Us dock hero nt 5:15 n. m. An eddy caused tho accident, ac cording to Capt. Harry Baker of tho .tug Cassio, the other convoy of tho submarine. Tho Cassio was traveling about hnlf n mllo astern of the Deutschland, while the Scott and the submarine were moving almost abreast. Tho sea was calm, Captain Baker said, and conditions wcro nor mal. The Scott carried tho usual lights, but tho Deutschland had only Its headlight and two side lights. Tho tide wns running almost full nnd when about seven miles west of Race rock they struck an eddy, which twisted them about and out of control. Then they caino together. IIo henrd the, crash. Captain Baker said that when the collision occurred he at once headed for the spot. On arriving there he 3aw Captain Hlnsch in the water nnd took him on board the Cassie. Earlier reports had It that Hlnsch had been rescued by tho Deutschland. Henry G. Hllken of Baltimore, pres ident of the Eastern Forwarding com pnny, said that so far as he knew the only damage the Deutschland suffered wns n twisted stem. It wns learned Inter, however, that the undersea boat has In Its bow at least dhe hole about twenty Inches square. A portable forgo was taken down to the pier and the holo Is being patched. Capt. W. A. Fones, shore superin tendent of tho Scott company, In charge of tho repairs, said the Deutschland might bo ready to leave within two or three days. Captain Koenlg of the Deutschland appeared pale and shaken ns ho stepped ashore from his vessel on Its return. IIo refused to talk about the collision. "The accident happened nil in a minute," according to a member of the Deutschlnnd's crew, who talked brief ly about it. The tug, he said, got In front of tho submarine and the Dcutschluad struck It In tho stern, lifting It so far out of the wuter that tlto tug's nose went under. The Deutschland drew out of Its pocket at tho pier of the Eastern For warding co'mpnny at 1:30 o'clock In the morning, accompnnled by tho tugs T. A. Scott, Jr., and tho Alert of the T. A. Scott Wrecking company, sub agents of the Eastern Forwarding company. It carried u cargo valued at .$2,000,000, consisting of nickel, rub ber and sliver bars. LABOR OPPOSES WILSON PLAN Federation Unanimously Declares Against Any Law Making Rail Strike Illegal. Bnltlniore, Md., Nov. 20. The Amer ican Federation of Labor by a unani mous vote, on Friday declared against that provision of President Wilson's legislative program "mnking Illegal any railroad strike or lockout prior to I the investigation of the merits of tho ' case." A committee report, which was j adopted, recommended that the con , volition "take an uuequlvocal position against compulsory Institutions and , lu favor of malntcnauco of-the Insti tutions and opportunities for free dom." ROOSEVELT TO VISIT FIJIS Will Also Make Journey to the Sa- moan and Hawaiian Islands Wife to Accompany Him. New York, Nov. 20. Theodora Roosevelt will tnnko n trip to the FIJI, Samoati and Hawaiian Islands In Feb ruary, It was announced. It was said that Mrs. Roosevelt will accompany him. American Schooner Is Lost. Washington, Nov. 20. It was report ed to the navy department thnt the American schooner Fred 11. Dnvenport was wrecked In a storm oft Cape Fran cis, Porto Rico, and threo members of her crew nre missing. Reduces Size to Aid Britain. London, Nov. 20. To assist the gov ernment's efforts toward n maximum economy In the use of shipping the Loudon Dally News announces thai It will cut down tho size of its Issues to six pnges. Tho old debt of Saunders county, $10,834, due tho stato for the caro of Insane patients undor a former law, has been liquidated with the payment to Auditor Smith of $335.49. Chancollor Avory ot tho stato univer sity, was tho chief speakor at tho convention of tho Nebraska Stato teachers' association, at Omaha Fri day, "Educational Tendencies," being his theme. A Lincoln county grain firm has asked tho railway commission to com pol it to furnish cars for transporta tion of grain and hay,, urging that It needs twenty cars a day for shipping hay to Wyoming. F. C. Radko and L. T. Fleetwood, both sonlor law studcntB nt tho stato university, wero the successful candi dates for tho legislature in thoir coun ties. Radko is from Wynot and Fleet wood from Wakefield. Tho stato board of agrlculturo ro ports that Nebraska assessors found a total of 61,447 cream separators In tho stato on April 1st. v Custer coun ty had tho greatest number and Gar field oounty tho least. Fedoral Gamo Inspector Holland says he finds that hunters generally throughout tho stato aro anxious to obey tho gamo laws, and that very few cases of illegal hunting or kill ing aro being brought to his notico. Railway Commissioners Taylor and Hall and Rato Expert U. G. Powell havo gone to Washington, D. C, to attend the annual convention of stato railway commlcslonors. Tho ques tion of federal regulation of rail roads will bo discussed. Official election returns aro being received at the office of the secretary of state, and as rapidly as posslblo being gotten into shape and' tabulat ed for the stato canvassing board, which meets near the end of tho month. Only 25 per cent of tho 22,315 box: cars owned by the Union Pacific aro on their homo line, according to it special report made at tho Omaha headquarters at the request of th. Nebraska railway commission, in tho commission's probe into the car short ago situation In, Nebraska on that line. A move Is on foot to bring about mora effective co-operation between Nebraska industries and the state, university. Frank Rlngor, secretary of tho manufacturers' association, urges that tho university's influence In promoting modern manufacturing methods should bo ns great as that In increasing efficiency In the work of agriculture. Simplified spoiling will Invade Ne braska schools, if a recommendation adopted by the Nebraska Teachers' association at its Omaha meeting is. placed generally in effect. Colorado, Kansas and other western states havo already taken up tho simplified form of spoiling these designated words, and tho action of tho association In supporting tho "reform" will go a long way toward assuring their gen eral use in this state. Stato Veterinarian J. S. Andorson is pleased with the manner in which horsemen at tho Grand island market aro enforcing his regulations for tho control of the disease which affect3 tho mouths of horses. Tho men In charge of tho market aro discourag ing tho shipping of animals to tho market. This is dono for tho purposo of Btopplng tho importation of tho dis easo from, Denver and Ogdon and other places where it exists. Reports -on tho conditions of tho east wing of the capitol building, with a view to making it safe for tho coming of the legislature, will bo ready, shortly, according to J. H. Craddock of Omaha, who held n brief conference with Governor Morohead recently. Mr. Craddock, who la archi tect for the stato normal board, is on Governor Morehead's special com mission appointed to look Into tho condition of tho cast wing, , which boro indications of having settled a quarter of an Inch aftor ono of the heavy Bummer rains. Tho average terapcraturo for Octo bor, 191C, was about normal In tho southeastern counties and below nor mal In the other portions of tho slxtto. The largest doficloucy was nearly 2 degreos In tho northwestern portion. Tho lowest tomporatures occurod on tho 19th. or 20th .and they wo.-o bo tweon 10 and 20 dogroo3 oxcopt in tho northwest, whero a fow tempera tures boiow 10 degrees occurred. Tho precipitation was near normal In tho westorn countloB, but in tho eastern portion of tho state thero was an averago deficiency of sllubtlv !? than an inch. r d .a V i