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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. BATTLE SMUGGLERS o. k:s peace policy BACK TO NATURE SUSPECT ENDS LIFE EVILLE TAKES OATH . 11 I I I II ' . ! .1 J. -J' J ,.J I FIGHT OCCURS ON MEXICAN DOB- DER AT ZAPATA, TEX., REPORT. FOUR KILLED OR WOUNDED Villa Seen Southwest of Parral Pur sued for Nine Miles by Carranza General Citizens Aid De Faoto Chief. tfTMtrrn Newipipw Union Nra Smlr. Laredo, Tox. Four allogod Mexican filibusters woro elthor killed or badly wounded In an oncountcr with troops of tho First New Hampshire Infantry , at Zapata, Tex., according to reports reaching Laredo. Military hoadquar tcr here, however, denied having re eolwd any Information regarding tho reported fight. Tho Now Hampshlro troops, under command of Major Orvlllo Calno, do Inr patrol duty In tho vicinity of Zapata, according to tho roport, camo ui n an Indefinite number of flllbim tc crossing tho HIo (Iraudo at Zap ata A clash followed. No montlon wan mado of American casualties. Tho same roport says that Mexican revolutionists havo captured Hamllono nnd Parral, two small villages about ten miles bolow tho border from Zapata. Tho samo roport says that Mexican revolutionists havo captured Itamllcno and I'arral, two mriall villages about ten miles bolow tLo border from tfapatn. K troop, Fourteenth United States cavalry, which was sent to Mlnorvn, forty mijos west ot Laredo, to Invostl Kato tho roport or an attempt by fili busters to cross Into Mexico there, re turned here, having encountered no revolutionists. GERARD HONORED. Feted by Notables In the German Capital. IJerlln. Tho dinner given by tin Amorlcnn Ecctlon of tho commorco and trado of Berlin In honor of JameB W. Gorard, tho ambassador to Ger many, who has just roturnod to the Gorman capital from n visit to the Unltod States, developed Into a dem onstration of tho good fooling ontor talnod In tho hlghor government clr clos and banking and business sphoros toward tho Unltod States. Tho guosts lncludod three ministers, at least two ox-minlsters, tho vlco president of the relchstag, tho heads of Germany's big financial Institutions nnd other leadora In Gorman public life; David Wolf, president of tho American association, who presided, wns Hanked i the right by Ainbas. eador Gerard and on tho loft by Itoin liold Sydow, Prussian mlnlBtor of com morco. Next to Mr. Gorard sat Dr. Karl Holfferlch, Imperial chancellor, and tbon camo Arthur von Gwlnner, di rector of tho Doutscho bank; Dr. Born nrd Donburg, ox-secrotnry for tho col onics, nnd Dr. Hormnnn Panscbe, vlco jreoldent ot tho relchstag, whllo be yond Minister Sydow woro Josoph C Grew, socrotary of tho American om bassy; Dr. W. S. Solf, secretary for tho colonics; John D. Jackson, former American minister to tho Balkan otatea, and Adolf Wornnith, lord mayor of Berlin. In all 175 guosts, about equally divided botwenn Ainoricnnti and Germans, w6ro present. The usual toasts to Emperor William nnd Preal dont Wilson wero drunk standing, rresldent Wolf Introduced the spoak ors of tho evening, who wero Vlco Cbancollor llelfferlck, Director voi Gwlnnor nnd Mr. Gorard. Drain Softening Cured. Now York. Salvarsan admlnlntorod dlroctly Into tho Inner cavity ot tho brain may bo regarded as ono of tho most advanced and hopeful methods ot arresting tho destructive process of parcel, officials of tho Now York Postgraduate Medical school mud hos pital announced. Their conclusions, they Bald, worn bnnod on experiments mndo nt tho hospital. Hy tho mothod used at tho hospital, it was said, an opening Is made through tho skull and dura of the brain r.ml then with a blunt, hollow neodlo that Is passed dlroctly through tho tissue of tho brain to tho central cavity salvarsan Is convoyed directly to tho corobro-spiunl Huh? In tho inulii cavity of tho brain. From thero It Is carried by tho circulation of tho cere brosplnnl fluid throughout tho entire cerebrospinal systom. Hy thus reach ing every cell of tho brain with the alvnrsnn preparation n uniform of. foct Is produced. Out of fourteen patients who have undergone tho operation, (our have been nblo to rosumo their occupations, according to tho hospital authorities. Salvarsan Is administered In n norum mado from tho blood of tho patient. Hughes After H. C. of L. Now York. Charles E. Hughes will aid In on advisory way In drafting stato legislation Intended to lowor the cost of foodstuffs to tho consumor. Mr, Hughes discussed with Govornor Whitman tho present high cost of liv ing. Dies In California. St, Paul, Minn. Georgo Thompson, publisher of tho St. Pnul Dispatch Pioneer Press, died at Los Angolos. Mr. Thompson had boon in poor bcaJtb for a numbor of year? SENATE INDORSES PRESIDENT WILSON'S REQUEST FOR TERMS. VOTE ON RESOLUTION 48 TO 17 Senator Lewis, Speaking In Support of Wilson, Declared tho United States Will Enter the War If the Conflict Continues. Wnshlngtpn, Jun. 8. Senator Jones' substitute for the Hitchcock resolution Indorsing President Wilson's pence note, which approves the request for pence terms without Indorsing tho note Itself, was passed on Friday by the somite. The vote wnB -18 to 17. Progressive Republican senators voted solidly with tho Democrats for the substitute. Speaking In th" .senate In support of tho Hitchcock resolution to Indorse President WIlson'B pence note, Senator Lewis (Dem.) of Illinois asserted that the European war could not continue without the United States becoming invoked In It. Senntor Lewis said that the temper of the American people would brook no upology or excuse for further de struction of American life, but "would resent mid punish to the full extent of America's power." "The very dehnto In opposition to this resolution," Senntor Lewis said, "lias done more Injury to the cause of peace to which President Wilson hns hought to give Impulse and force than any other form of opposition that has arisen from any other sourco In nil tho United States. "The very atmosphere thnt has been projected from tills body that there wero men here eminent In the councils of the nation who found reuKiais of any nature to Justify them In opposing the effort of the president to bring about peace Is an Indication In parts of the world that there arc men In this republic who would find nny reason satisfactory to avoid the peace of tho world. "Peopio of other lands, viewing this, ask what motive Is behind this oppsl tlon. They reply to themselves thnt It either Is because the power of those who make riches or the law Is potent even In this cody, that they could con tlnuo war thnt they might benefit In continuation of riches as a result of It, or that race prejudice has grown so strong In this land of nil the races thnt these distinguished representatives In this tribunal are not nblo to dlvorco themselves sufficiently from It to give encouragement to tho president of the United Stutes to bring un end to this unlversnl slaughter of mankind, this ravishing of women, tills crumbling of civilization, this death of kingdoms anil this end of a Christian era. "Then It will ho said hereafter that senators here opposed the president's receiving from this co-ordinate branch of tho government a mere encourage ment of his effort at n solution of, peuco nnd a tender of his good of fices." "Tho opposition to tills resolution also will bo construed abroad as mi Indication on tho part of tills body as an expression of such partiality for one belligerent against tho others that wo aro content to continue tho war merely for tho object that It would beat down to destruction one of those belligerents nnd exult tho other to ex ultant victory. TEUTONS CAPTURE 2 TOWNS Drive Russians and Roumanians From Matchln and Jljila, Jn Dobrudja. IJerlln, Jan. 5 (by wireless). The towns of Mntchlu and JiJIIa, In north ern Dobrudja, have been captured, it was announced olllclally on Wednvs day. In the Interior or Itnumunlii the Bus sinus and ltounianlans have been driven back west and south of Foe- saul, anil tho Invaders are now In front of tho fortified Uussinn position. On tho Moldavian front strong at tacks wero made by Uusso-Houiuuninn forces. The otllclal nnnuuiicciucnt hays these assaults fulled with heavy losses to tho attackers. The towns of Bur sescl and Topescl, as well ns hoverat hill positions, were captured by the Teutonic forces. LAWS0N BITTERLY ARRAIGNED Senator Stone, Cnairman of Foreign Relations Coi-nmlttee, Declares No Public Official Guilty. Washington, Jan. !. Senator Stone of Missouri, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, bitterly arraigned Thomas W. Lawson on the senate floor on Tuesday, and declared emphatically that "no public official Is guilty of wrongdoing" In connection with the "leak" to Wall street on the Wilson peace note. Contests Gardner Election. Jefferson City, Mo Jan. S. A put! tlon contesting the election of Freder ick D. Gardner, Democrat, as governot of Missouri was presented to the Joint session of the legislature by Setwtoi A. 15. L. Gardner, Republican. Fire at Jollet Prison. Chicago, Jnn. 8. Flro which started In n chair factory of the Illinois statu penitentiary threatened to destroy the entire prison. Convicts and officers Miccecded In confining the tire to od building. ywMMwwm iWify: CARRANZA AID IS HELD CHARGED BY THE U. S. AGENTS WITH CONSPIRACY. Alleged Mexican Concul at New York Is Concerned In Illegal Ship ment of Arms. New York, Jan. P. Junn T. Burns, Carranza consul here, was arrested on Wednesday, chargee with being con cerned In ii conspiracy to ship arms nnd nnimunltlon to Vera Cruz In viola tion of President Wilson's embargo proclamation of October, 1915. Three Indictment have been brought ngalnst Hums, It was learned. Aside from the alleged conspiracy to vlolato tho president's proclamation, the de fendant Is accused also of deceiving tho customs authorities by falsely manifesting ammunition .shipments as hardware. The arrest, made by special agents of the department of Justice, Is the outcome of u raid on tho offices of an liuiiortlng and exporting company op crated here recently by Mexicans nnd of the arrest subsequently of n man named Ueuben MIer nt Houston, Tex. MIer formerly was employed here In tho Mexican consulate. Hums, who wns arrested as he was leaving his home, was taken to the federiil building ami held In $10,000 ball. WILS0"J HAS PEACE TERMS? Former Hungary Premier Tells Allies to Sec U. S. Senator Lodge As sails German Envoy. London, Jan. C. President Wilson now knows the peace conditions of the Teutonic nllles and the entente pow ers can learn what they aro from lilm, Count Julius Andrassy, former premier or Hungary, Is quoted as saying In a dispatch from Hudapest, according to the Central News agency, by way of Amsterdam. , Washington. Jnn. P. In the senate ' debate on Wednesday on the Hitch cock resolution to Indorse President t Wilson's peace note Senator Lodge at tacked the German ambassador, Count : von HcrnstorlY, for giving out a news paper statement publicly approving the ' note. I "It Is hardly to be wondered at, with such a statement as that from the German ambassador," said Senator Lodge, "that there should bo general misinterpretation of the note, a gen eral belief that It was designed and timed so us to help Germany In at talning a peace upon the terms she Jeslres to Impose." FOOD AND FUEL QUIZ ON Federal Grand Jury Investigates High I Cost at New York Four n,..il. crs Examined. Now York, Jan. . The January federal grand Jury, sworn In, tools up Immediately the government's Inquiry Into tho high cost of fuel and food products, and the Jury hud at Its dis posal the testimony taken before the December body. ASKS RECALL OF MINISTER Germany Aska U. S. to Remove C. J. Voplcka, American Representa. tlve nt Bucharest. Washington. Jan. 0. Germany has asked the United States to remove Charles J. Voplcka. American minis ter to Uounianla, stationed at Huca rest. Motor Company Head Kills Self. Cincinnati, Jan. S. Frank J. F.u ger, president of the F.nger Mo tor Car company of this city, which was recently reorganized with n enpi till stock of SU.OOO.OOO, shot and killed himself whllo in his office. Regent of San Marino Held. Home, Jan. 8. Ollnto Amatl, twico regent of tho republic of San Marino, has been arrested on n charge of em bezzling 2,000,000 llro (? 100,000) of the republic's funds, according to u wire from Hlmlul. MEXICO BARS PACT CHIEF CARRANZA REFUSES TO ACCEPT PROTOCOL. President Wilson May Recall General Pershing Fletcher Prepares to Take Up Duties. Washington, Jan. 4. The American Mexican joint commission reported on Tuesday the parting of the ways In its efforts to settle the differences between tlu United Stntes and the Carranza government. After an nil-day session, threshing over tho latest refusal of Carranza to sign the protocol framed by tho com mission, tho American commissioners made public the terms of tho protocol, indicating that the negotiations had reached a conclusion. Secretary of the Interior Lane, chairman of the American section, made it clear that Carranza's refusal to sign the protocol was flat and final. The protocol made public provided simply for tho with drawal of the American forces in Mex ico and their replacement by Carran za military forces. Withdrawal of tho Amerlcnn expedi tionary force under the command of Major General Pershing Is In imme diate contemplation by tho administra tion, according to persons close to President Wilson. The protocol was signed by both American and Mexican commissioners. Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador desig nate to Mexico, called at tho White House and spent nearly an hour In conference with President Wilson. It Is believed be will bo ordered to his post soon. 150 PERISH ON TROOPSHIP British Transport Torpedoed by Sub. marine in the Mediterranean, Says London Statement. London, Jan. G. The Hrltlsh trans port Ivernln, 14.127S tons, has been sunk, it was olllclally anounced on Thursday. One hundred and fifty military officers and men arc missing. The text of the anouncement reads as follows: "The Ivernln was sunk by tin enemy submarine In the Mediterranean on January 1 during bad weather and wlille carrying troops. At present four military olllcers and 1-10 men are miss ing." HARDING NEW CANAL CHIEF Will Succeed Goethals as Governor of Panama Zone New Justice for Hawaii. Washington, Jan. 0. President Wil son on Wednesday appointed Lieut. Col. Chester Harding govornor general to the Panama canal zone to succevl General Goethals. Announcement was also made of the appointment of Lieut. Commander William C. Watts of the United Stntes steamship Michigan to bo judge advo cate of the navy, and James L. Coke of Honolulu ns associate justice of the supreme court of Hawaii. Stone, Peoria Postmaster. Vnslilngton, Jan. Pi. Congressman Claudius U. Stone, Democrat, who was defeated for re-election lust Novem ber In the Sixteenth Illinois district, Is to he iippolnted by President Wilson as postmaster of Peoria, III. The ap pointment and confirmation will not come, It Is said, until Just before the death of the present house of repre M'ututlves on March II. Eleven Killed In Train Smash. Edinburgh, Jan. 0. Eleven persons were killed and -10 injured when a train loaded with persons returning to Edin burgh after tltp New Year holiday col lided with a switch englno ten miles outside the city. Heavy Industrial Accident List. Ilnrrlsburg. Pa., Jan. 0. Industrial accidents In Pennsylvania during 101(1 totaled JJ51.-1SS, of which '-',PS7 resulted fatally, according to statistics made public by the stato department of labor ituul industry. DEATH ENDS SEARCH FOR RICH FRIEND OF SLAIN MODEL OF PHILADELPHIA. SON .OF BIG COAL MAGNATE Bernard W. Lewis Saw Girl Killed After Visit to Home, Police Believe Committed Suicide While Officers Were Waiting to Arrest Him. Philadelphia, Jan. C Bemnrd W. Lewis, the young Pittsburgh million aire who was being sought on n charge collateral with the murder of Mulzlo Colbert, tho model, committed sulcldo on Thursday at Atlantic City. Lewis, traced to the very threshold of his suite by detectives, delayed their admittance with conversation, lie shot himself with a .212-callber rlllo just as the doors were battered down. Tho bullet entered the temple and death wns Instantaneous. Thnt Lewis anticipated arrest and made prepara tions to kill himself is Indicated by tho fact, that the rlllo was new. Although tho detectives do not charge Lewis with the murder, they declare that his was the collar found la tho beautiful model's rooms. A woman, who saw Lewis Friday night, Identified it, they assert, by a spot and tho fact that It was slightly wilted In front. Lewis was thiity-seven years old, a Yalo graduate of 1001 and member of the Union, Pittsburgh, Country, Oukmont nnd Pittsburgh Autoniobllo clubs. He was married but had been estranged from his wife since lust No vember. He was well known nmong the devotees of the night life. NAME TUMULTY IN 'LEAK' CASE Congressman Wood Also Involves President's Brother-ln-Law Secre tary and Others Deny Charge. Washington, Jan. 8. Smoldering ru mors that somebody mndc money In the stock market with "leak" informa tion abqut the sending of President Wilson's peace note blazed up nt a sensational session of the house rules committee on Friday, when Its first hearing on Iteprcsentatlve Wood's res olution for Investigation wns held. Specifically declaring he made charges ngairfst no one nnd wns presenting only Information that had come to him, Wood brought in the names of Sec retury Tumulty, "Mr, Boiling," n broth er of President Wilson's wife; Ber nard Baruch, a New York stock opera tor; Otto II. Knlin of Kulin, Loch & Co.; Thomson & McKlnnon, Chicago brokers; Lnmson Brothers & Co., Chi cago brokers; W. E. F. Hutton & Co., New York brokers; F. A. Connolly & Co., n Washington brokerage bouse In which Wood said "Mr. Boiling" wns a partner. Wood disclaimed Intending to give the Impression that ho believed Mr. Tumulty or nnyono else, for that mat ter, profited from tho so-called leak. All the persons named at the hear ing denied knowledge of the presi dent's peace note until it was pub lished. I. W. W.'S OUSTED BY SHERIFF Sheriff at Cussan, Minn., Declares Dis turbers Are Beaten and Will Be Driven From Logging Sections. Virginia, Minn., Jan. 5. Two hun dred and fifty woodsmen, strikers nnd Industrial Workers of the World, agi tators, wero arrested on Wednesday nt Cussan and were rushed here on a spe cial train. Authorities will place them lu a vacant building under heavy guard until they can be arraigned later. "I believe tho situation Is well In band," Sheriff John Menlng is quoted as say ing. HURLEY QUITS TRADE BOARD Chairman of Federal Commission Un. cxpectedly Resigns, to Resume Business in Chicago. Washington, Jan. 0. Etlwnrd N. Hurley of Chicago, chairman of tho federal trade commission, unexpected ly resigned to resume business In Chi cago. He had u personal conference on Thursday with President Wilson, and his resignation was accepted. Mr. Hurley's resignation will tnko effect February 1. TEUTONS TAKE FOUR TOWNS Plerco Braila Bridge, Sweep Past Span Head and Capture Positions and Troops. Berlin, Jan. S. The IlusMnn bridge head position before Braila In Uou nianla was pierced by Teutonic troop3, i lie war office announced on Friday. Four towns were captured and 1,100 prisoners wero brought In. One Dead, Two Injured at Dam. Chippewa Fulls, Wis., Jan. 8. One workman was killed ahd two others fatally Injured at Walssota dam when a HUS-foot trestle, 20 feet nbovo tho river, collapsed and precipitated nil englno ami nine curs Into the river. Parity Convention Called. La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 8. -D. S. Stoadwell, president of tho World's Purity federation, has Issued n call for the tenth International purity con gress, to bo held In Louisville, ICy November 8 to 14. NEW GOVERNOR SWORN IN WITH IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY. PLEDGED TO SUPPORT DRYUW Western Part of State Send Big Dele gation to See First Governor From Their Section Seated. Lincoln. Nebraska's now governor, Keith Neville, took the oath of oftic and was formally inaugurated before a joint sossion of both houses of the stato legislature last Thursday with Impressive ceremonyt Govornor Ne ville took possession of tho governor's ofllco after the inauguration cero mony, being escorted thero by the re tiring governor. Visitors from Omaha, North Platte, Grand Island, Kearney and othur cities woro present in lnrgo numbers, tho western portion of tho state send, ing qulto a delegation to see the in augural of tho first governor hailing from that section of Nebraska. Following Is Govornor Neville's mossago in condensed form: PROHIBITION "Our duty is obvl. ous; we will keep faith with the pco. pie; we must honestly, conscientious ly and intelligently endeavor to pro hibit the 3ale and manufacture of In. toxlcatlng liquor within the stats af ter the amendment becomes effect Ive." The spirit of the amendment does not propose abridging the rights of the individual cave as necessary to prevent the sale and manufacture. The governor, should be authorized to appoint a public welfare board, of men "honest, fearless and capable," to gather information of law viola tions, assist In prosecutions and de termine whether or not local officials are doing their full duty. The attorney general should have power to aid local prosecutors or act as a special prosecutor. Drug stores should be licensed by the state and strictly regulated. Shipment Into Nebraska of low grade injurious liquors should be pro. hiblted. Drinking clubs and locker systems should be prohibited. Landlords should be made liable for Illegal use of building, as in case of Albert law. Fine is not sufficient punishment; Jail sentence should be provided. Soliciting of orders by llauor manu facturers should be prohibited. Railroads and express companies should file statements of shipments with county clerks. PUBLICITY BUREAU Desirable to advertise great resources and op. portunltlee of Nebraska. FARM CREDITS Real estate loan commissions should be regulated, not to exceed 2 per cent on loans of less than $3 000 nor V per cent nn those above $3,000; no commission If Inter, est rate be over 6 per cent. Banks and trust companies should be permit, ted Nto Invest In federal farm bank bonds. PRIMARY LAW Should be amend, ed to require nomlnatinq petition siqned by 1 per cent of total vote on the office concerned, from two-thirds of the counties of state or district; county and legislative offices excepted. No candidate In primary should run by petition if defeated. SHORT BALLOT Elect county of flcern In 1918 for four-vear terms; presidential electors nonlnated by nnrty conventions, namcc of presiden. tlal candidates only to appear on ballot. SCHOOLS All school officials should be elected by nonpartisan ballot. IRRIGATION State should co-oper-ate with federal government; funds should be provided to defend Nebraska rlnhts In lltlaatloa NEW CAPITOL A capitol commls. slon should be created to provide a plan for (trndu.il construction of a new capitol during several years; fund to he raised by tnv levy. NATIONAL GUARD Care should be taken to maintain and add to ef ficiency. SUPREME COURT COMMISSION Should be continued. HOTEL COMMISSION Should be consolidated with food and oil depart ment. GOOD ROADS A state road com-, mlsFlon should supervise eynendltiire of funds, In co-operation with federal novernment. so that all parts of oiate be benefited. Paved roads not neces sary. WORKINGMEN'S COMPENSA- TICiN Compensation should be more nearly adequate Injured employe should be protected against insolvency of rmnlover. APPROPRIATIONS Should be suf fldent, but not unnecessary or Im practical. Newspapers oCnsolldated. West Point. Tho Wost Point Ro publican has changed hands, Col. ,T. C. Elliott selling to E. M. VouSor gorn, odltor of the Nebraska Yolks', blatt of this plnco. The Itepubllcan was founded in 1S70 and whs pup chased by Colonel Elliott lu 1901. Mr. VonSegKoru will morjie tho Volkf. blatt and tho Hepubllcan, giving Waal Point horeartor only two new, papers. Mr. Elliott has taken up the duties r cc-unty attorney. A r Zx