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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. e.i V4 h ft. i ' i- rici v 141 1 U i WAR COUNCIL FIRM -M VON HERTLING AND CZERNIN'8 PHRA8E3 THROWN INTO THE DISCARD. TO GO ON WITH STRUGGLE Pesce Dacce" on Freedom, Justice and Respect for International Law Must Bo Had In Accord With Program Set Forh by Wilson. Wflfrn Kenfpiper Union New Bertie. London. Tho suprome war council, which mot at VurBallloB, finds no ap proximation In tho Gorman chancel lor'a nnd tho Autro-Hungarlan foreign minlfltor's speeches to tho terms o tho .ntonto allies and hnB decided to continue tho viorgous prosecution of tho war until penco can ho obtained "baiicd on tho principles ot freedom, Juirtlco and rospect for International law." This official announcement wall mndo horo. A summary of tlw official rtport of' tho Versailles war 'CounoH ways: "Tho, council was unablo to find :in Vqn Hertling's and Czornm's recott ottorancoB any real approximation lo 'tho modem to conditlomi laid down by tho allied governments, tinder tho clrcumatniicuB the council drclded that ftlio only task hoforo them to mtet --was tho vigorous and effect! proso cution of tho war until tlo prosHuro -of that Offort producod a ohango of tomper in tho onomy government Jub- tlfylng tho hopo of tho conclusion of a pcaco based on tho principles Of free dom, Justice and respect for Interna-, tlonal law. "The council arrived at a completo unanimity of policy on measures for tho prosecution of tho war." Tho supromo war council -was. con--voned last Tuesday at Vornailloa, Franco, undor tho chairmanship of -Georges Clomonceau, tho French pro mlor, and ondod Snturday. It had Tieon forecast that tho council session -would bo Important and that at It mo jnentous decisions would bo reached, "both as regard tho prosecutlohiof tho "war nnd tho possibilities of pcaco. Tho United States was represented tin tho council by Gon. Taskor H. Bliss, -chlof of staff of the American army. "For Great Britain tho representatives -woro Promlor Lloyd Georgo and MaJ. on. Sir Honry, Hughos Wilson, sub--chlot of tho Urltlsh general staff; .for fltnly Promlor Orlando, Foreign Mln iator Sonnlno nnd Gen. Cadorna, and rfor Franco, Foreign Minister Plchon, -Gen. Fordlnnnd Foch, chlo of staff ot itho ministry of war, and Gen. Maximo "Weygaud. tEX-CZAR'8 PROPERTY ATTACHED .Action Taken to Protect Claim of Ma rino Transportation Service. Now York. Property in n Brooklyn warehousp, said to bolong to Nicholas lloi .mott, former omporor of ltussla, was solzod by deputy horlffs undor z. wrlt of attachment jsued by tho simromo court of Brooklyn. Tho court decided that as long as Mr. Romanoff -was omporor no action would be brought against him in Now York, but jthioo ho had lost tho position ho could bo sued as any other private citizen. "Tho attachment wca to protoct the claim of tho Marine Transportation Service company on a claim of $2,616, "7C8 ior allogod broach of contract for tho shipment of BuppSlos to Russia. The 'j)r,porty, which Is said to be wortli v$20,000,000, consists of automo biles, rifles, barbed wfcro nnd other war xuatorlals, Flro In Baltimore. Balilmiro, Md. Frozon flro plugs so dolayod-tho fire department In prompt ly checking a lire that started at mid uight in itho handsomo rosldonco of Martin Bormnn on Eutaw placo, near Druid Jlilpork, that tho Ilamos sproad rapidly through nearly an onUro block, causing an agr.rsgate loss of $125,000. Twolvo valuublo residences woro more or less damaged. Women and chil dren who flod from tholr burning homes are JlMrm oxposuro and norvo jshock. Ends lLlfe With Bullet Now York. Ensign Itoubon Tentus, "United States nnvU reserves, died in 41io marlno hospital on Stnton island tftom a bullet wound In th head, sejf iallctcd n fow hours hoforo at hut Awno.' His wife told tho pollco that k know of no reason for tho act but that tho officer had spest much time latoly working on some aort q. invention. Ho commanded a small jiaval vossol. Fisheries Hearings Open. .Boston. American and Canadian jnombtera ot tho international fisheries commlBBjIons commenced hearings at whlch' tkoy en'doavored to learn tha ,ettItudo id Now England flBhormoB toward proposed regulations for tha ,Jolnt uso of ports in both countries Chlcn&o Cancels Games. Chicago. no University of Chica go definitely axjiouncod tho cancolla tlon of its two big interscholastlo moots, the basketball tournoy In March and the Meracluxtastic track moat in JTuno. The- reason jjlvon was tho de mands of the .natJonV.or wartimo ocon omy, American Filer lsKllled. London. Hoy O. Garveiy a young Amorcan cadet attached totho royal flying corps, has died In aji03pltal f Injuries recolved in a fall THE BOY IS v$$C$C$$CC$$$C$$SC$$$$$$$$$Ot FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND HELP WIN WAR You would give your life for your country. You would scorn nn American whoso patriotism ended with waving lings, cheer ing tho troops nnd standing up when tho band plays. You wunt to servo your country. Are you willing to do wliut your government nsks7 Aro you willing to follow directions? Arc you so comfortably fixed thnt you can afford to cut what you please? Ah, but you can't afford to eat what your country needs. Follow directions. Aro you saving now of your slender means nil you possibly enn? Still, ns far as your clr cumstnnccs permit, Fallow di rections. Have you servants who can't bo nindo to understand? It Is your chore to see thnt they do. Follow directions. Follow directions. Today the direction Is to snvo two slices of bread, un ounco of meat, nn ounce of sugnr, n snitch of but ter. Tomorrow as conditions change there will bo new direc tions. Follow directions. Follow direction". If Germany wins you will bo obeying orders given by some one you will not enre to obey. Your government asks you to prove thnt free peo ple enn follow directions. Follow directions. If wo fall In this the war will drag on. As wo succeed, wo shnll sooner have peace. Follow directions. U. S. TRANSPORTS SAFE IS FORMER GERMAN LINERS CARRY FORCE TO, FRANCE. Thousands of Officers, Soldiers and Supplies Left American Ports During, Last Two Weeks. i Washington, Feb. 1. The heart of America thrilled on Thursday with tho news that tho greatest nrmudn In her history 18 hugo transports had ar rived safely at French ports with thou sands ot officers, soldiers and supplies to batilo tho knlscr. Stealing out of American ports tho lost two weeks, tho vessels formerly tho best of tho Austro-Gwnmn mer chant marine -delivered their precious cargo on European soil unharmed by spies and unobserved by tho watchful eyes of submarines. Protecting them on their voyngo were many men of wnr fleet, gray monsters thnt tiwept through tho waves, grim warning thnt their trans port charges were to bo delivered un harmed. Aboard tho transports were thou sands of young men officers for trnlnlng, troops for service, doctors, nurses nnd skilled workmen. From all paits of tho country they had been se cretly nssembled at different embark ing points along tho sentuinnl. TJnnn Jmow before ho left even what vessel too would board only that ho vnn J'be at a given placo at a given hour, hi Aw. --!'"''" u vu& JVUlUVj Greeks Called to the Colors. London, Feb. 2. Sixteen classes of Greek reservists have been called to the colors, a Jtcutcr dlsnntrii tmm : Athens says. Republic In Crimea. .Pctrocrud, Feb. 4. An autonomous republic ins been formed In Crimea. It has catted Hs own constitutional ns- j sembly. ThA regional workmen's sol- uiers' nna peasants' committees lmvo recognized tho republic. Ship Sunk; Spain Protests. Madrid, Feb. -. Tho cabinet met Thursday under tho presidency of ltlng Alfonso and decided to send n strong protest to Genunny, demanding restoration to Spain for .he sinking of tho tteumshlp GIruldu. zz? GETTING TIRED RED CROSS REPORTS ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR MONEY ENTRUSTED TO IT. To Date $79,450,727.35 Has Been Ap- proprlated for Relief Work Criticism Answered. Washington, Fob. L What the American Red Cross hns done with tho vast sums of money entrusted to it by tho people of the United States Is stated in detail In a report just Issued by the nntlonal headqunrtcrs. To date, $70,450,727.35 has been appropriated for relief work in this f-ountry and abroad. For foreign relief $44,057,705 has been appropriated as follows: Franco, $30,510,250.00; Belgium, $1,000,031; Russia, $751,040.87; Itoutrianla, $2,017, 308.70; Italy, $3,140,010; Serbia, $871, 180.70; Great nrltaln, $1,703,042; other foreign countries, $2,530,300; Ameri can soldiers who may bo taken pris oner, $343,027. Tho foregoing appropriations are from the time tho United States en tered tho wnr until April 80, 1018. For the United States the Red Cross has appropriated $2,012,532.00 and tho ren son this sum Is not larger is because tho government provides nearly every thing our army nnd navy needs, and besides, there Is no civilian distress In this country of any considerable pro portions. Tho great variety of tho military and clvlllnn relief work being done by tho Red Cross is indicated briefly in the following list: canteens thnt afford food, baths and Bleeping qunrters for men at tho front; rest stations nnd recreation centers for soldiers In tran sit nnd at port of arrival In Franco; enro of destltuto children; teaching mutllnted soldiers now trades; recon struction of vlllnges ; bringing together families of soldiers scattered by the war; farms for convalescent soldiers; sanitariums for tubercular and other pntlents; food, clothing, medicine, nnd shelter for tho homeless and destitute; nnd other activities too numerous to mention. It Is state,d by tho national war coun cil that all salaries and administrative expenses aro paid out of membership dues, so that every penny given to the Ited Cross wnr fund has been spent for relief. This answers tho rumors that huvo been circulated about tho expenses of operation. Out of 255 executives In the fourteen divisional ofllces of tho Red Cross in tho United States, 50 per cent are women. The policy Is to select tho most competent person regardless of politics, sex or religion. GERMANS RAID U. S. TRENCH Two Americans Killed, Four Wounded and One Taken Prisoner Yankees Bomb Foes. With the American Army in Franco, Feb. 1. A raid In which tho Germnns killed two nnd wounded four nnd cap tured ono American occurred at 7:15 o'clock Thursdny morning, Drafted men from California bombed tho enemy as he retired. The enemy followed a 15-mlnute bar rage Ore from the enemy's biggest guns, cutting off a listening post of tho American tlrst-llno trenches. Indian Flnhter Slain by Son. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 2. John Wilkinson, seventy years old, nn old Indlnn fighter, was killed whllo trying to mediate in nn altercntlon between his sons George and James, at Annn belle, Utah. War Wire Plant Burned. I nnrrlson, N. J., Feb. 4. Fire de stroyed tho plnnt of tho Driver-Harris Wlro company, which wns engaged In manufacturing wire specialties for uso in war work. The property loss is estimated nt $300,000. 200 Die In Alcoholic Orgy. Petrograd, Feb. 4. Two hundred persons perished In a flro In nn alco hol factory at JNnvo Arkhangelsk. A crowd of carousers broko into the fac-1 tory nnd becamo trapped in tho cellars- WANTS MEN FOR FIFTH Governor Appeals for Recruits to Fill Up Ranks In Old Nebraska Organization. Governor Nevlllo has issued un ap peal for COO men needed to recruit tho old Fifth Nebraska regiment at Camp Cody, N. M.f now known ns the 134th infantry, up to its maximum war strength. Tho nppcnl Is especial ly directed to men who ure above or below the draft age. Mcu subject to draft uro not permitted to choose their regiment when they enroll ns volunteers. As It Is probable that this regiment will go to France fooii, It will give u chance for real service und quick action. Retailors must sell nn equnl amount of substitute flour with wheat flour sales, according to rules nnd regula tions promulgated by the food admin istration at Washington: For every pound of wheat Hour sold the pur chaser must tako n pound of substi tute. Retnllers are urged to rigidly follow tho rule by State Food Admin istrator Wattles. E. N. Mnnley, proprietor of the Mount Plcasnnt stock furin, of Lyons, carried off thirty-three prizes at the Denver Live Stock Show, with his Hampshire hogs. "Ho won thirteen llrst, eight championship, five second nnd seven third, amounting to $300 In cash. Tho state railway commission Is nd Ised that 127 carloads of shelled corn nre on tho ground nt the King eleva tor In Rosalie, Dakota county, waiting shipment. A million bushels is wait ing shipment In Dakota county, the report says. Oninhu nttorneys nre preparing to stnrt n test suit to determine wheth er tho present Nebraska law empow ering soldiers from this state to vote but excluding members of the regular army from that privilege is a valid en actment. A groceteria Is to be opened nt Ge neva early this month. Under the plnn customers mny wait on them selves. All purchnses must be cash and an extra chnrge will be nindo for delivery. It will bo tho first estab lishment of Its kind In Nebraska. The government bureau of mines hns asked Secretary of State Pool for a list of Justices of tho peace nnd notaries public In Nebrnskn, the list to be used In enforcing government rules for the regulation of explosives. According to State Engineer John son considerable bridge work will bo done In Nebraska In 1018, despite wnr conditions. Already a number of con tracts have been awarded for Htuto nld bridges. Because Fremont churches refused to tako measures to conserve fuel, O. F. Turner, fuel administrator, has ordered coal dealers to sell no church more than ono ton nt n time nnd to report all sales to him. Bonds to the sum of $30,000 were voted y citizens of Brady and vicin ity nt a special election for the pur pose of building a state-aid bridge across tho Platte south of the town. The structure will cost $00,000, the etato to pay half. Members of tho Wymorc volunteer fire department are planning on the erection of headquarters. Tho de partment headquarters were destroy ed by flro some weeks ngo. Preparations are being mnde for tho annual convention of the Nebras ka Press Association, which Is to bd hold ut Lincoln Februury 21, 2 nnd 23. Governor Novlllo has appointed Al len T. Nlckerson of Denver City stnto bnnk examiner In pluce of E. E. Em metr, resigned. Alexandria, Thayer county, hns raised nearly $25,000 for thrift stnmps nnd nt u dqnntlon sale recently $1,270 was raised for the Red Cross. According to the report of County Treasurer Andersen, of Gage county, the totnl number of automobiles In tho county Is 3,357. A homo gunrd company hns been organized nt West Point with n mem bership of fifty. Prospects nro good for n membership of 300, it Is said. A Junior Red Cross organization has been formed In tho schools of Upland with n membership of 100. German tenchlng has been dropped from tho pnrochlal school nt Chester, Thayer county. It Is reported thnt $7,000 has al ready been plndgcd In Nebraska to ward the gymnasium for the soldiers at Camp Funston. Saunders county has contributed $800. Cuming county nlrcady has pledged S825 nnd nn nounces $1,000 will be raised. The State Council of Defense reports pledges of $3,100 In sums of from $50 to $100. Farmers of Frontier county have launched a movement for the purpose of securing n county agricultural agent. A pro-Germnn propaganda to bring nbout an estrangement between beet growers nnd the sygnr compnny nt Scottsbluff, which Is destined to grent ly riMluco tho sugar beet acreage nnd tho ultimate reduction of the refined product hns been unearthed by E. T. Westervelr, editor of tho Scottsbluff Republican. As n result of a meeting of Grand Island bakers with Mrs. C. O. Ryan chairman of tho county food commit tee, an ngreement has been reached by the bakers not to bake nny white bread for sale on 'whcutless days. In a florco flght with flvo bandits who robbod the Mulushock Jewelry storo ut Omaha of loot valued at $15,000, Detective Frank Koouey of tha Omaha pollco force wus killed, one of tho desperadoes fatally In jured nnd the other four enptured. The robbery took place in the heart of Omuhu's retail district, at 3 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon, and was ono of tho boldest holdups ever com mitted In tho metropolis. Nearly all tho stolen goods were recovered. A near riot occurred aboard a Northwestern passenger train near Scrlbner the other day when Lee McCoy, a Cherry county farmer who had enlisted In the nrn.F gave n sub ject of tho kaiser's a sound thrash ing when he declared ho wished ho wns In Germany. The conductor slopped the train on the .out skirts of Scrlbner, so thnt McCoy could not be nrrested for violating tho vlllngo ordlnnnce by fighting. Notice has been received from the War department by Governor Neville thnt the last 15 per cent of the llrst quota of drafted men, who have not been called for service, may enlist In any branch of tho nnny now open to volunteers In Nebrnskn. Heretofore these men have been held In a special class without the privilege of enlist inent. The Nebraska division of tho United States department of labor is carrying on n campaign to got innr lied men with agricultural experlenco who aro living lri the cities to return to the farm. All who nre Interested nro urged to got In touch with the ugency by writing to the U. S. Em ployment Service, County Court House, Oinulin. Reports reached the state gntno warden at Lincoln thnt n number of mountain sheep have been seen near Scottsbluff, driven down from Wyo ming by tho extreme cold aud lack of food In the mountains. Nebraska Is asked to furnish 4,400 voluntary shipbuilders to make up this stute's quota of a reserve of 250, 000 men the department of labor at Washington purposes to enroll during tho next three weeks. The Millard hotel In Omahu, order-' ed closed for violating tho stnte dry law, hns been permitted to open un der $30,000 bonds pending appeal of the case to the Nebraska supremo court. Tho first big subscription to wnr thrift certificates made In Hall coun ty, wns by the Grand Island order of tho Ilermnnn Soehne, when the local set apart $500 for certificates. Tho Cambridge Commercial club has changed Its name to the Cam bridge Community club nnd a large number of farmers have become mem bers. Stnte Food Administrator Wattles reports that 210,000 signed pledge car'ds have been returned to him nnd that they were practically all handled through the public schools. Table Rock's three churches are trying the experiment of conserving on coal by nlternutlng the meetings first at one church, then nt another, then tho third, nnd so on. University of Nebraska seniors aro urged by Prof. A. A. Reed, Inspector of accredited schools, to drop out of school this semester and teach as a patriotic duty. Mrs. Joseph Ellis, of Rulo, Is be lieved to bo Nebraska's first war wid ow, her husband, Sergeant Joseph Ellis, having died January 23 in France. lie wns with Pershing. The past month wns the coldest January In tho history of Nebraska, according to leading weather experts In tho state. The Eckley Consolidated school In Webster county, which wns establish ed Just recently, has raised sufficient funds to support a war orphan. Because of the war there will bo no nnnual stnto convention of 'the Young Men's Christian association this year, it is said. A totnl of $15,012.50 worth of Thrift Stamps was sold at n patriot!': meeting nt Chester, Thayer county, tho other day. The North Bend city council has passed an ordlnnnco prohibiting the uso of slot mnchlnes, dice boxes nnd other games of chance In tho city. Silas Ayres, ninety-eight years old, has joined the Geneva home guard company. The company has n mem bership of 213. Fremont churches nro holding prayer meetings nnd other mid-week services nt homes of the members In nn effort to snvo fuel. Reports reaching Governor Ne dllo show thnt 1,300 men In Nebrnskn failed to register under the selectlvo draft act. These reports show, how ever, that nbout 1,200 of those falling to register hnd enlisted prior to Juno 5, 1017. This places only nbout 200 Nebraskans In the slacker class. Enrollment for the second semester of the University of Nebraska wns 802 less than one year ago, according to figures given out by Chancellor Avery. The chancellor estlninted that 1,000 students are In mllltnry service. Madison county claims tho distinc tion of having a Lutheran parochial school which has a 100 per cent Red Cross membership. It Is the Green Gar den precinct school and overy ono of tho 4S pupils nre $1 members. It Is be lieved to bo tho first school of It kind In Nebraska with such a record. Several Nebraska capitalists, ac cording to Washington dispatches, nro urging Congressmen Lobeck, Stephens nnd Klnkald to advocate tho proposed establishment of n combined reclnmn tlon and power dam on the Niobrara river LEST FOOD RULES SUMMARY OF NATIONAL PRO GRAM IS8UED BY WATTLES. WILL BENEFIT HE All Citizens Are Urged to Comply Strictly to New Provisions Early Closing Endorsed. The new food regulations Issued by tho national food administration nt Washington cover a wide scope unL nro destined to save for our asso ciates In war u vast quantity of wheat, meat nnd other commodities of which these nations aro so budly in need. Stnte Food Administrator Wattles urges all Nebmskuns to nd hero strictly to those rules nnd to aid citizens of this stnte to bo able to do so, ho has issued tho following, -summary of the national administra tion's program which Is now In effect: PURCHASE OF FOODSTUFFS Consumers, when buying wheat Hour, must purchase nt the same time nn. equnl amount of other cereals. The substitutes from which the choice may bo mnde nro: Corn mcnl, corn starch, corn flour, hominy, corn grits, barley flour, rlco, rice flour, oiitmenl, rolled onts, buckwheat flour, potato flour, sweet potato flour, soyn beau flour, nnd feterlta flours nnd meals. The purchaser may combine nnv or nil of these In buying nnd the total amount of substitutes must equal tho total amount of whent flour purchas ed. The housewife may use these ce reals in tho homo cither separately j or mnv mlv tlmm J BUYING AND SELLING Retail crs may sell wheat flour only with equal amounts of substitutes, named nbove. When buying from whole salers or millers, retnllers must buy nn equnl amount of substitutes, name-li nbove, with their purchnses of wheat flour. WHOLESALERS In selling wheat flour to customers, wholesalers can sell only 70 per cent of the amount tho purchaser bought during the cor responding period Inst year. An-V they must sell nn equnl amount ot" substitutes, or sntisfy themsclvu-, that tho purchaser has bought nn equnl amount of substitutes. A certi fied stntement from the purchaser thnt ho has bought an equal amount will be sufficient for the wholesaler to make the sale. HOARDING The buying of nny li censed foodstuff for a period of sup ply more, than thirty dnys Is hoard ing. The seller is equally liable with the buyer. In the matter of sugar, tho sales In city nnd towns nro lim ited to 5 pounds, or In lieu thereof, 50 cents worth, and In rural commun ities, to ten pound , or In Hon there of, $1.00 worth. Flour must bo sold' In city nnd town' In not more than 50-pound lots, nn' In rural commun ities in not more t'inn 100-pnund lots. BAKERS AND BAKING Bakers must Immediately use 5 nor cent of other cereals than wheat In baking nrenrt or rolls. By February 21, they must Increase this amount to 20 per cent. This brend will be known as Victory Bread, and purchasers are urged to buy It at all times. WIIEATLESS DAYS AND MEALS Mondays nnd Wednesdays are whentless days. The evening meal of other dnys ..shall also be whentless. On these meals and days, no wheat products should be used. Small1 amounts of whent flour mnv bo used In thickening soups nnd gravies or as- a Dinner In corn bread or other ce real bread. This nnnllos to both homes nnd public eating places. MEATLESS DAYS AND MEALS Tuesday Is meatless day. Tuosdnv nnd Snturday aro porkless days. The- NOON meal each day Is the meatless meal. No hog, cnttlo or sheep prod ucts shall bo used on meatless dnvs oi for meatless meals. On porkless dnys, no pork or pork products shnll bo used. On porkless Saturday, how ever, mutton or Inmli may bo substi tuted. EARLY CLOSING AND LATE OPENING Tho Food Administration Indorses and urges the observance of rules governing opening and closlnc of grocery stores, ns follows; On' week dnys, except Saturday, open nt 7 n. m. nnd close nt 0 n. m.: on Sat urdays, open at 7 a. m. nnd close nt 7 p. in. These rules, however, ema nate from the Fuel Administration' and aro approved by the Stato Coun cil of Defense. Typewriting Fades Out It hns been found that typewriting on pnrchment deeds Is not durable In deeds deposited within very recent years mnny lines nro Illegible nnd sev eral lines lmvo completely disap peared. Farmers Want Elenvator. Howe. Farmers of this viclnltv lmvo held meetings In rural school' houses to tnlk over tho purchase of a grain elevator. About $10,000 hns nl ready been subscribed, nnd tho nildi. tlonnl amount will bo raised as soon is tho plans nre comnleted. Tr u Intended to either buy ono ot tho ele- i-ntors nlrendy In operation, or to root nn entirely now bulldlne with i itornge capacity of from fifteen t wenty thousand buhe!s of grain. 3uy Moody Is president of tho new.-irgnnlzatlon. .' 4 n mtimmsmsis:mmm if--tn A