Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, November 30, 1916, Image 2
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. . r " VILLA'S GAR AWRECK REBEL LEAPS OUT UNDER FIRE AND MOUNTS HORSE AND ESCAPES. SHELLS RAIN IN STREETS Believed Outlaw Will Not Return After Ineffectual Attempt to Take Intrenchments Which Were Key to to Defense of Stronghold. Wiitim rttwipiper Union New Smle i Ohlhuahua City, Mox. Francisco Villa's automobile, which was being used by him to direct his campaign ngalnst tho Carranzn troops, was Htruck by Hhcll flro and waa abandon ed near Fresno, southwest of the city. Tho flholl holes and bullet mnrks wero plainly seen on tho sides of tho nutornobllo when It was found on tho batllo field, after Villa abandoned It and rodo away on horseback. Tho battlo Saturday startod soon after tho telegraphic communication with Juarez was cut. Tho wlro wont down at 10 o'clock a. in. and tho battlo started shortly before 11 a. m. and was raging by 11:30 a. m. Tho band Its' attack covered tho cntlro southern front from east to west, with flanking operations to tho east and west. Tho most dospcrato fighting occur red on Zarca avenue, within tlio city. Tho bandits throw their b3Bt equipped forces against tho intrenchments which had been thrown up across this street, and street fighting followed. Tho Villa forces made 'every possible effort to tako theso intrenchments, wldch wore tho koy to tho defense of tho city propor. Tho do facto Infantry mot these charges with counter charges, nnd tho battlo raged back and forth In this narrow abodo lined streot until the Villa bandits wero driven out of tho mouth of tho avenuo upon the plains, where they wero raked with machlno gun flro from tho housetops and tho artillery fire, which had supported ef fectively tho Infantry efforts. IN3ANE MAN RUNS AMUCK. WLIi IS DEFEA1ED KINDRED SPIRITS BANDIT AND HIS MEN RETREAT AFTER BATTLE WITH TRE- VINO AT CHIHUAHUA CITY. BANDIT SUFFERS BIG LOSSES Terrorizes Passengers on Philadelphia Street Car. CarranzUtas Aro Pursuing Foes Large Numbers of Attacking Forco Left Dead on Field Artillery Aids Defenders of Town. Kl I'nso, Tex., Nov. 25. Francisco Vlllu withdrew his Hurvlvlng forces In defeat from Chihuahua City at 0:15 o'clock Thursday night, after n battlo of seven hours, during which ho made fruitless attempts to carry General Trevlno's protecting works by assault. General Trevlno repulsed a fourth mass nttack by Villa forces, the ban dits being driven from their temporary Intrenchments with heavy losses, it wits announced In Juarez. Tho do facto troops now arc pursuing tho bandits toward" tho south, the same report from Chlhuahun City stated. General Trevlno has about 0,000 men. General Trevlno's nrtlllery, which carried the brunt of the attack, did heavy execution on the ranks of the bandits, according to n message Gen eral Gonzales said ho hnd received from tho state capital. "Jinny Villa prisoners were taken by the Carranzn forces when a detachment of Jnfnntry nnd cavalry made n sally from the city, ho said. At 1:80 p. in., two hours nnd n half after Villa began his nttack, the noise of bursting shells and discharging field plece.i was said .to deafen. General Trevlno had 20 llcldpicces stationed on the Santa Hosn nnd other hills In the suburbs of Chlhunhua City, military men In Juarez say, and there wero several French 70s Included In this number. Villa In person was leading his forces against the Carranza troops, according to the reports received at the Juarez military headquarters from Chihuahua City. The bandit leader is said to be riding horseback with his crutch strapped to his sad dle. ADMITS WILSON WON CHARLES E. HUGHES CONGRATU LATES THE PRESIDENT. ROADS ASK RELIEF OF U. S. ' Philadelphia. An unidentified man, armed with a largo caliber revolver and a plentiful supply of cartridgos, terrorized tho passengers In a trolley car In tho contral section of tho city, engaged In a running fight with n squad of pollcemon and hundreds of citlzonB and, was finally captured, nft ler ho had wounded flvo of his pur suers and probably was fatally wound ed htniBolf. Ono of tho pursuers was shot thrco times nnd Is not oxpected to llvo. Of tho others but ono was Kcrioualy hurt. With drawn revolver tho man, who boarded tho car at a point up town, bad for sovcrnl blocks kept tho passen gers and crow In fear of their llvos. Upon reaching Twelfth and Pine streots tho motorman mndo a dash for tho pollco station on tho corner. In a moment a dozen bluocoata appeared and tho fuslllndu began. Tho man who caused tho trouble ran down tho stroot, firing as ho ran. Ilundroda of citizens joined In tho chaso and moro than 200 shots woro exchanged boforo tho. fugltivo was brought down with a bullot in his breast. Revolutionary Change In Relations Is Asked of Congress See Govern ment Ownership. Washington, Nov. 20. The railroads of tho country made a lint 'demand on Thursday for a revolutionary chnngo tho ructions of (lie government to tho railroads. General Counsel A. P. Thorn of tho railroad executives' committee told tho Newlunds Joint congressional commltteo Investigating Interstnto commerce conditions that unless tho present system of lullrond' control Is reformed, government ownership of tho entire railroad systems of the country Is Inevitable. Mr. Thorn opened tho testimony for tly railroads with an outline of the position the railroads tako concerning railroad regulations. He declared tho present system has almost complete ly precluded new railroad construc tion and has endangered tho credit of all railroads. Declares Closeness of Vote Caused Delay Wilson Replies and Sends Best Wishes. Lakewood, N. J., Nov. 21. Charles E. Hughes, Republican candidate for president In the recent election, on Wednesday night sent to President Wilson n telegram congratulating him upon his re-election. In his telegram Air. Hughes said : "Because of tho closeness of tho vote. I had awaited tho pfllclnl count In California, ami now that it virtually has been com pleted permit me to extend to you my congratulations upon your re-election. I desire also to express my best wishes lor ii successful administration." Washington, Nov. 24. Woodrow Wilson has been acknowledged as vic tor by Charles Kvnns Hughes. The belated congratulations havo been sent. From Lakewood, N. J., Mr. Hughes sent a telegram of felicitation to President Wilson nt the White House. From William It. Wilcox, Repub lican national chairman, came word that all hope had been abandoned iu California. The Hughes message writes "finale" to the election results. Washington, Nov 24. President Wilson sent a telegram to Churles B. lluu'li n lodging his messago of congratulation. triw president's telegram said: "1 am sincerely obliged to you for your message of congratulation. Allow mo to assure yoil of my good wishes for the years to come." FIGHT FOR 8-HOUR DAY LABOR CHIEF PREDICTS CHANGE FOR ALL CLASSES OF LABOR. Gompers Would Defy Roads and Warns Capital That Labor Will "Show Claws." Baltimore, Md., Nov. 23. Organized labor threw lis millions of workers Into the scalo ngalnst tho railroads millions of dollars here ou Tuesday in ono of the most tumultuous days In la bor's history. Flvo hundred delegates to the American Federation of Labor conven tion yelled their approval when Sam uel Gompers declared the railroad employees should strike January 1 If tho Adamson law was not put Into ef fect by tho railroads. "Accepting the challenge," ns lio termed it, the federation pledged the "undivided and unqualified support of every man und woman In the federa tion, whntovcr may nrlse, whatever may betide," to tho four great railroad brotherhoods In the approaching crisis. It also threw Its entire force behind tho movement for a universal eight hour day. Mr. Gompers declared that tho eight-bllllon-dollar combination of employers formed In New York to light labor "should be shown that some times tho working people had teeth and claws." "1 am about anarchist enough to say Unit wo are going to work for tl(e eight-hour day for all classes. If ,we .can't get It peaceubly wo will fight for It." TO MUM I AMERICAN-MEXICAN CONFEREES SETTLE ON PACT AT AT- LANTIC CITY. WAIT 0. K. FROM CARRANZA GOSSIP FROM STATE HOUSE A petition to tho board, of rogents, asking for tho establishment of a col lege of Journalism at the state univer sity, with a four-year course lending up to a degree has been put in circu lation among tho students. RULES ADAMSON LAW IS VOID HOLD UP FAST CHICAGO TRAIN Burled at Qlon Ellen. Santa Itosa, Cal. Tho ahos of tho lato Jack London, tho California auth or, woro, burled on the hillside of his Glon Ellon ranch. The original inton Uon was to Bcattor the dust over tho Izud ho loved, but by Mrs. London's direction a concrete receptacle v n prepared In tho ltlllaldo and there, without ceromony, In the proneiuv if Mrs. London, a fow neighbors and tho employes of tho rsueta, the urn con taining tho ashen was placed nnd the reenptalo acalod. JAIL FOR MINERS' LEADERS Jones Heads "Army." West Point. Cadet Lawrence Jones, a. mombor of the class of '18, at tho mlltnry acadamy, was eloctod captain of tho army football team for nest year. Joucb played tackle this season. Women and Three Men Resentenced In West Virginia Case of 1912. PhlllppI, W. Vn., Nov. 20. Four or ganizers and district officials of tho United Minn Workers of America wero resentenced by Judge Daltou In tho United States district court on Thurs day to serve six months In Jail for vio lating nn Injunction granted ut tho time of the strike of coal miners at Colliers, W. Va., In 1012. Tho defend ants had already nerved about Uirco Federal Judge Hook of Kansas City -Holds Act Unconstitutional Will Go to High Tribunal. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 24.r-Tho Adamson eight-hour law was held un constitutional here on Wednesday by Jiulgo William C. Hook In the United States district court. Judge nook directed tho receivers of the Missouri, Oklnhomn & Gulf railroad, who brought the original ac tion in this cuso to enjoin the law from going Into effect, to assist tho government in expediting the enso to the Supreme Court of the United States for final decision, and Instruct ed them, through their attorneys, to linlte the representatives of every railroad In this country to participate -In the hearings before tho highest court in tho land. ' TIiIh was requested In the govern ment's motion to dismiss the Injunc tion petition of the railroad, tho gov ernment desiring to nvold "prolonged, unnecessary and scattered Htlgatlou through the' hearing of countless simi lar suits lllcd by every rail system In every federal district in tho United Two Bandits Board Flyer on North western and Loot Express Car Agent Bound. Chicago, Nov. 25. Two masked men got the drop on an express messenger on a Chicago and Northwestern ex press train as It was speeding city ward on Thursday night. They gagged him nnd bound him to a chair. While ono bnndld stood guard, the other rifled the strong box. The robbers stripped the safe of' cash estimated at $1,000. or more. They went through tho packages of valuables and selected watches nnd gems. They strewed tho floor of the cur with checks and se curities and after loading themselves down with all negotiable valuables dropped off the traiu as It came to u stop at Clybourn Junction In Chicago. U. S. BARES FOOD "CORNER" District Attorney at Chicago Is Ready for Grand Jury Probe Into Hearing. Chicago, Nov. 22. Indictment of food and coal speculators and propri etors of warehouses In Chicago be came a probability as tho federal grand jury assembled in tho federal States through which their lines run." bulldltu; to haar cvldenco to be pre- Followlng Judgo Hook's decision, Frank Hngerman, special counsel fol iate In tho day. Rescues Tw; Dies. Portland, Ore Willard G. DIctlnR, 24 years old, lost hi Hf Is n flro which damaged a thrae-story family bolmllng house. Dieting had previously rescued two other guests. Five per sons: wore seriously injurad, iln nnfnul A fhlltil nntlnA nf nn a-k months In Jail, pending nn uppeul to u,u B"v""--n - - i--tho SuDreme conrt of die United . wh,ch wns certified by the court States, which in a recent decision up held Judge Dayton. The defendant! aro Miss Fannie Selling, Frank Led vlnka, James Ontes and Hlritm Stev-mis. RUSS DREADNAUGHT IS SUNK ftcvsii Puinetf ta Death. CJnpo May, N. J. Lewis WlUon, his wlfft mothor-ln-law and four children wep burned to deatfc In a flro that de stroyed tho Wllffon home In West CiJpd May. Tho family was asleep wiion tho flro byjka out. Five Die In Crash, ifetrott, Mich. Fire persona wero hilled Inrtantly nnd another Injurod when an Interurban trolley ear cranhod Into an automobile near the north orn city Ifralra. Petrograd Admits Battleship Was De stroyed by Explosion 200 of Crew Killed. Petrograd, Nov. 2ft, vlu London. Ilussla officially announces tho loss of tho drendnnught Imperntrlstii Maria. Tho statement liwiori hero on Thurs day rends: "The Russian tireadnnught Imperii trlsta Marin has been sunk by un In ternal erploslon. '.Two hundred of the crew aro missing" Tho Imperntrlftta llnrlu wns built In Will nnd s of 22.000 tons of dis placement, 20,ft00 horse power nnd 21 knots an hour speed. Gen. Pershing to Cross Border Within Forty Days After Signing Pro tocolBoth Sides Will Patrol Line. AtlnnUc City, N. J., Nov. 27. An agreement wus reached between the American nnd Mexican delegates to tho Joint conference here. It pro vides: 1. For Uio withdrawal from Mexico of the Pershing expedition within 40 days of the approval by both govern ments of the agreement. The provi sion Is mude that the time may bo ex tended If conditions In northern Mex ico arc such ns to constitute a mennce to United Stntcs soil. Tho details of the withdrawal are left to General Pershing. 2. Thnt United States troops there after shall patrol their side of tho border and Mexican troops theirs, tn order to guard against rulds. Co-operation between both forces In case of necessity Is provided. The following statement was given out by the cdmmlslon: "The commission has come to nn agreement ns to withdrawal of Amer ican troops In Mexico nnd border con trol, which Is to go by Mr. Pnnl to Mexico. If It Is acceptable the con ference will be resumed within two weeks. The troops are to be with drawn by General Pershing wlthlu 40 days of the approval of the agreement but In such manner ns will permit the Mexican troops to occupy the evacu ated territory, which the Mexicnns have agreed to do. Should tho north crd section of Chihuahua be In a state of turmoil such as to threaten our border, the American troops may nlono. or in conjunction with the Mexlcun troops, disperse tho marauders, nnd the time for wlthdrawul shall be ex tended by the tlino necessary for such work. "The Mexican commander Is to havo control of the plnn by which occupa tion of northern Chihuahua Is effect ed, nnd General Pershing Is to have control of the plan of withdrawal and the right to use the railroad to Juarez If lie so desires. "The commltteo found It impracti cable to arrange n plan of joint bor der control through n common mili tary force, und abandoned the Idea of a border zone, which has been so much discussed. It Is, however, left to the commanders of both nations on the border to enter Into such nrrnngc metns for co-operntlon against ma rauders whenever It Is practicable. "The agreement distinctly states that each side Is to caro for Its own side of the border, but that this shall not preclude co-operation between tho two forces to preserve peace upon the border. "The American commissioners told their Mexican colleagues that ns a matter of national necessity tho policy of this government must bo to reserve the right to pursue marauders coming from Mexico Into the United Stntcs as long ns conditions In northern Mexico are In their present nbnormnl state. Such pursuit Is not, however, to bo regurded by Mexico a? in any way hostllo to the Carranza government, for tho marauders aro our common en emies. "The correspondence between tho two stuto departments under which the commission wns creuted requires the latter to deal not only with with drawal of troops but also with all oth er questions affecting tho two coun tries, chief of which may be said to bo the protection of tho lives and prop erty of all foreigners In Mexico." ' Tho ugrooment was reached after 13 weeks of deliberations. Tho ques Uon of a loan wan not brought up. Tho ngreemout la contingent upon Prof. C. B. Leo of the animal hus bandry department of the university slate farm, has accepted a position with n Chicago meat packing llrru, and will leave for that stato about tho first of December. It is said that a bill is being pre pared to present to tho coming legis lature having in viow a possible mer gor of tho pure food commission with tho hotel bureau. Tho object is tho elimination of tho cxpenso of ono of the offices. Closo to a thousand students and alumni of the University of Nobraska attended the homecoming nt Lincoln last week. Alumni from all over Uie globe were present nnd greetings from tho Philippines, from Mexico and other distant lands wero tendered by men and women who could not come to tho annual reunion. Tho stato food commission has brought prosecutions at Omaha against the Waterloo Creamery company and tho Graham Ico Cream company for allowing unsanitary conditions in their plants. Tho former pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $15, with costs. No re port has beeii received as to tho dis position of tho latter case. Tho university museum is receiving a very largo and valued collection, tho gift of W. J. Bryan. This is Mr. Bry an's own private collection, consisting of about 400 different specimens of all sorts. Moro particularly aro a fine Mexican horsehair bridle, somo guns presented Mr. Bryan by tho sultan or Sulu, and some fine Mexican, Japanese and Indian pottery. The state board in charge of tho capltol building has decided to mako repairs that will insuro the building against falling down during tho com ing sessions of tho legislature accord ing to announcement of the mem bers of tho board. Beams will bo itrengthencd nnd the floor and roof of tho wing housing tho representa tives will bo considerably Improved. It Is said this part of tho capltol is in a dangerous condition. It is not tho duty of a county attor ney to prosecuto violators of city or village ordinances whero Buch prose cutions aro not based on tho viola tion of state laws. The state cupremo court took tho position in finding for County Attorney K. M. McDonald of Bridgeport in a caso in which a dis satisfied constituent insisted that bo should have prosecuted a local man for drunkenness and fracturo of a vil lage "law and order" ordinance. To Apportion the Deficit, tjfew York. Apportionment of the $300,000 Democratls campaign deficit among tho status has been decided upon by Vauco C McOormlck, chair man, of tho Democratic national com rnlUoo, in. order to speed up tho work f paying it off, ke announced here. ' Recover 200 Square Mltea. Salonlki, Not. 37. Nearly 200 square miles of Sorbin nn been reconquered from tho Teutons m the allies' advance around Monnstlr, according to tho Ser bian official states fceuied hero Friday afternoon. NEW LINER SUNK; FIFTY DIE White Star Line Steamer Britannic, Used aa a Hospital Ship, Lost In Aegean. London. Nov. 24. The British hos pital ship Britannic, 47,000 tons, tho White Star's new liner, one of the larg est vessels ailoat, has been sunk with the Joss of about fifty lives, says a Urltlsh official announcement. The Britannic was sunk by u mine or a torpedo Tuesday morning In the Aegeau sea, according to the official statement. There wero 1,100 survivor. New York, Nov. 24. The statement tvas credited to the British consulate lu this city that American nurses and surgeons wero aboard the British hos pital ship Britannic, reported sunk in the Aegean sea. but IuUt It wns denied by the milking consular official that there was any basis for the statement. sonted by District Attorney Charles F. Olyne. Investigators for Uie district attor ney brought In reports that vast quan- Utles of food nnd coal havo been held the approval of Gen. Venustlnno Car- In railroad yards, warehouses and re- ranzn moto parts of tho city to awnlt tho offectrfif tho shortage on prices. DEUTSCHLAND ON WAY HOME German Diver Leaves New London In the Afternoon Thousands See Submarine. New London, Conn., Nov. 23. The DeuUchland has started on Its return voyage. The merchant submarine left shortly after two o'clock Tuesday af-t-rnnon for Bremen with a cargo val ued at 12,000,000. Thousands of people lined tho banks of the picturesque Thames river tu watch and cheer her departure. Fire Destroys Church. Quebec, Que., Nov. 2ft. Flro that started In tho furnace room of the Llniollou parish church destroyed the entire odlllco with a loss of $180,000. Thirty Injured In Elevated Wreck. New York, Nov. 27. Thirty persons were Injured when n southbound ele vated train jumped Into n switch at Ono Hundred and Twenty-ninth street nnd Second avenue, near tho Harlem river bride. Baker Names Fire Control Board. Washington, Nov. 2ft. Secretary Baker appointed Col. H. II. Davis, Lieut. Col. Frank W. Coe and a dis trict engineer officer at Los Angeles as a board to study the tiro control project for the coast defenses. Many Pay Election Bets. New York, Nov. 2ft. Holder of somo of the largest wagers made In Wall street on the presidential election began paying tho bets off. Kstlmntes of tho total sum wagered range from ' 53.000.000 to $5,000,000 FLEE FIRE AT L0CKP0RT, ILL Lives of Several Hundred Employees Endangered by Blaze $200,000 Loss. Lockport, III., Nov. 27. Tho lives of several hundred employeos wero en dangered on Friday night by a flro, which destroyed the plnnt of tho North ern Illinois Cereal company. Eighteen girls were among tho employees who escaped. Tho loss on tho plnnt is esti mated at moro than $200,000. It Is behoved tho flro started fyom crossed electric wires In tho milling room, where grain Is prepared for cerenl foods. As far as can bo learned ovcryone at work In the sovcrnl buildings es caped safely. The blaze attracted thousands of spectators. Governor Morehead has received $5,625 from tho government on ac count of tho stato homo for tsoldiera at Grand Island and $2,32G on account of the Mllford homo for soldiers. Tho moneV was turned into the stato treas ury to become a part of tho state gen oral fund. It forms tho government quarterly contribution for tho support of state homes for soldier Tho contribution by tho government Is based on the number of members iu tho homes. For tho quarter ending September tho Grand Island homo had an average of 225 members and tho homo nt Mllford is credited with an averago of ninoty-threo. The govern ment pays the state on a basis of $100 a year for each soldier. Tryouts for the university debating teams were held by Professor Fogg., with sixteen contestants, Doan W. (1. Hastings, Doctor Moxoy and Profes sor Foster acting as Judges. Those who ware selected to debate the af firmative on the question with Kan sas were Leonard Kline, '19, Blue Sprinsa; Jamos C. Young, '18, Lh oola; and Charles Sehoflcld, '18, Lin coln. Tboso chosen to argue the neg ative of the question" at Kansas aro Robert Waring, '17, Geneva; Iva Winslow, '18, Beaver City; and II. Everett Carr, '17, Beaver City. The alternates remain to bo chosen. The question for debate this year is; "Ro aolrod, That the Btibmarino warfare1 on conimarco as now conducted Is in compatible wlUi tho rights of neu trals and of nations as regards noa-combatants." Three Mexican Women Executed. Columbus. N. M.. Nov. 27. Three I women, two sisters nnd their servant ! rocently captured a Inrge girl, wero executed nt 131 Vnllo by the ,nnrlnei according to i Cnrmnza garrison. The olllclnl charge wus conspiracy to assassinate Col, Gonzales Diaz. British Capture Big Diver. Milan, Nov. 27. British nnval forces German sub tho Carriero Delia Sera. The paper says that a Nebraska's mortgage statistics for tho year 1915 have been compiled lr Labor Commissioner Coffoy from ro ports filed with the state auditor. Of Uio ninety-three counties -in the 6tate, reports were received from eighty-six. Tha total number of farm mort gages filed was 19,055, representing n aggregate of $03,324,762 of borrowed money. The number of, farm mort gages ralrnscd was 16.R28. amountlnc to $44.57,B76, No record of filings and roleascs was available in Arthur and Hooper countlos, according t whom the Information was sought. Tho Amrrlean neutral conference committee is circulating a petition among university students with the object of supporting our government Get Money for Irish Rebels. Boston, Nov. 27. Speakers who iiruisn sweeper lan.icu u ui uio crew ( , effort ,t ,nny rnako tov,.anl a n alms IIah n rt Ttnllnn nrw ' Ul lilt: UlTUt (IV Mil JLlittlUll w Va J 1 tfnrr ro-n JUSt UnU IilOll(l j'Witv., Prle6ta MuAt Take Pledge. Chicago, Nov. J7. Kvery priest or- a n1n,l AM llllft J l. flllil..aa4 .ai..l.n .. . ... uoni.li iui hihus i ouini iiiimuur (j allied Iii his dloceso will Do com- , in a conference oi neiurai notions revolution in Ireland, asserting that ,,uj0,i to tako n fWo year's abstinence ' which nhnll offer Joint mediation to The specific object of the committee Is to urge tho government to call or co-operate In a conference of neutral notions tho "Dublin robels aro going to tight ,,T0iKe, according to Archbishop Q. again and fight very soon," obtnlned subscriptions at a meeting here. Mundelcln church. of tho Roman Catholic tho belligerents by proposals calcu lated to form the basis of a perma nent peace. ,-4j V sV, " ,