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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. l& ' t 1 u i i Li. bxW t 1 i i ( 1 .. i i 1-5 ' I l - n hii f , i FITTED FOR TASKS U. 8. VROOP3 GEJ ACCUSTOMED ' TO TRENCH WARFARE IN FRANCS. ' ' RATIONS FOR MEN ASSURED Secretary Baker In Military Review Says Additional German Soldiers Have Dcen Brought to Western Front from Russian Positions. Wftrn Nemptprr Unltn Nwr Hnk, Washington, D. C. Development of Germany's long deferred offensive In tho west from the reconnolterlng trusts launched during the past week nround Cambral and at other points is suggested as . possibility In the weekly military rovlow iBsucd by the war department. So far, however, In splto of heavy fighting, tho depart ment says no actions of more than local character havo been recordod. Tho revlow tolls of tho torpedoing of tho liner 'TuBcanla, which carried moro than 2,100 American soldiers, and attributes tho relatively small loss of llfo, estimated at about 113 men, to tho fine discipline of the soldiers and olllclcncy of thoso in command. It oxprosnes profpund appreciation of tho roscuo work of tho Drltlsh navy. Describing briefly the activities of tho American troops occupying a sec tor of tho liOrruIno front, tho depart ment says they havo shown them uolvos well fitted for their task and are rapidly becoming acetmtoined to trench warfare. "Tho sector In Lorraine where our forces aro In contact with tho enemy contlnuod relatively active through out tho Week," tho rovlow Bays, "Ar tlllory duols took place intermittently, but fog and heavy rnlus prevented Infantry engagements. The Germans Attempted to farther raids and settled -down to systematic sniping and bomb ing of our positions, "Our (sharpshooters gave a good ne count of themselves, kocplng tho on emy parapots well cleared of Germans. "Gorman airplanes .made repeated attempts to rush tholr roconnoltering sallies ovor our lines, but wero in variably mot with a hot flro frorn our anti-aircraft guns." Tho rovlow says tho rations Tor the men In tho tranches, in spite of the onemy's attompts to broak up our transport columns, have boun regular ly assured. "Tho arrival in tho wostorn theater of additional Gorman forces coming originally from tho Russian front is noted," says the review "Further Austrian divisions hqyo also been do Inched frorn other zones of operations and aro boing concentrated In reserve "behind tho Gorman linos in tho west ROOSEVELT IMPROVING. Absolute -Quiet and Rest tho Essen tlal Thing Now. New York. Col. Theodore Itooso velt, who underwent two operations at th,e RoqsovoU hospital last week, is steadily improving and his physi cians bollevo that his recovory Is slm ply a matter of limo. While Col. Itoosovelt will in all probability sufTer acutoly for several days, tho attend ing surgeons look for his complete recovery, it was announced. Tho es sential thing now Is nbsoluto cutlet and rest. Mrs. Itoosovelt received tho follow ing message from. King George, of England: "Tho queen and I regrot tho Illness of Col. Itoosovolt and hopo for hla speedy recovory." To Deal With I. W.W., Hclona, Mont. It Is largely to deal with tho I. W, W. situation In Mon tana that tho legislature, which is now in spoclal sossion, lias boon asked by Gov. Sam V. Stewart, in his call for tho extra session, to pass a sedi tion and Babotugo act, Tho governor in rocont utterances expressed spur--henslon ovor tho possibilities of trou bio with I. W. W. sources In tho stato next spring. Glass Kills Horses. Waco, Tex. Ground glass, mixed with food, caused tho death of seven teen horses of a United Statos infan try supply company which arrived hero from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., ac cording to military authorities. Tho animals wore found dead in tho cars, and a careful examination of tholr feed disclosed tho pulverized glass. Gov ernment agontB are investigating. Appointment Accepted. Paris. Tho Swiss government has accoptod tho appolntmont of Paul Du tasta, former chiof of tho cabinet of tho ministry of foroign affairs, as French ambassador. Ho will roplaco Paul Beau, who, tipon his return horo, will rociovo an Important political no flltlon. Is Named Chairman. t Washington, D. a Mrs. Murtlm Evans Martin, of Now York city, has boon selected oxoeutlvo chairman of tho oducatlonal propaganda depart ment of tho woiiuiu'b committee of the council of national defense, as IslJng Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. Filer Killed In Texan, Wichita Falls, Tex. Hubort P. Game, 22 years old, of Oakland. Cal an advanced aviation cadet, was killed when his piano crumpled at an nlli tudo of Koveral hundred rot GERMAN MONEY TO BOLSHEVIK! Lenine and Trotzky Bribed by Kaiser Revealed by Papers. ARMS BSUG1IT FOR "REDS White Guards In Finland Defeat Revo. lutlonary Red Guard 3,000 Killed in Battle at KorkeakosI, Near Tammerfors. Paris, Feb. 11. Tho Petit Pnrlslcn continues the publication of official German documents, which, it Buys, were brought to France by n promi nent French scientist, who obtained them from a Russian revolutionary paper. Tho latest installment consists of a series of documents tending to show that the bolshcvlkl movement in Rus sia has been finnnced by Germany. Among these documents Is n circu lar, dutcd Mnrch 2, 1017, from tho Ger man Imperial bank, to nil representa tives In Switzerland Instructing them to honor nil demands for money from Nlcolal Lenine, M. Zlnovlcff, Leon Trotzky, M. Knmcncff, one of tho Rus sian representatives nt the Brest-Lit-ovsk peace negotiations; M. Souuicn son nntl Mnzstn Koslovsky, who has been described as the chief German agent In Russia, all of whomhnvc tak en a prominent pnrt In tho bolshcvlkl movement, ns well as Mine. Alexandra Kollnntny, n supporter of Lenlno and now In charge of tho bolshevlkl de partment of public welfare; and M. Mercnln. Tho money wns to bo pnld "under certnin conditions." Another document Is a letter, dated nt Stockholm, September 21, 1017, from Y. Furstenberg to Raphael Schumann at Ilnpnranda, Sweden, rending: "Honored Comrade : Varberg's bnnk on receipt of n telegram from tho president of the Rhenish Wcstphn llnri syndicate has opened nn nccount for Comrndo Trotzky's enterprise. Tho lawyer has bought nrms and arrnnged for their conveyance ns far ns Lulca and Vnrdn. "Instruct the firm of Esscns Sons nt Lulca ns to whom they nro to be con signed and tho name of tho confiden tial person to whom the Bum asked for by Comrade Trotzky Is to bo paid." Other letters nnnounco tho payment to Lenine, tho bolshevlkl premier, of sums varying from 150,000 to 300,000 marks ($71,000). Stockholm, " Feb. 11. General Man nerhelm, commnndcr of the forces (White guards) which are supporting tho Finnish provisional government, haw defeated tho revolutionary Red guard, a Ilclslngfors dispatch to the Afton Tldnlngen reports. The Red guards nro said to hava suffered n loss of 3,000 killed, Tho battle occurred nt KorkeakosI) near Tammerfors. I. W. W. PLOT BARED BY U. S. Fifty-Five Persons Charged With Con spiring to Hinder the Government In War Work. Washington, Feb. 11. Industrial Workers of tho World on the Pacific coast have planned tho wholesale de struction of Industries nud shipping nnd other Interference with thq prose cution of tho war, It was said on Fri day at tho department of Justice.- The Indictment of Jlfty-llvo nt Sac ramento by a federal grand jury Is tho result of recent Investigations by government agents, who discovered that leaders were plotting systematic sabotage. This Investigation was a direct re mit of tlu recent attempt to blow up tho governor's residence at Sacra mento. Agents discovered a nest of plotters, whoso activities ' extended throughout tho Pacific coast territory, WILSON TALKS TO FARMERS President Tells Delegation Last Stand Is Being Made for Ameri can Ideals. Washington, Feb. 11. America Is now facing "tho7 final tackle" between tho things she "has always been op posed to and the things sho stands for," President Wilson told a delega tion of farmers. "It is tho tlnal contest," he said, "and to losu it would set tho whole world back not 100 years, perhaps several hundred years In the develop ment of human rights." Tho farmer delegation sought ex emption from the draft for fanners and organization of u board of nlno fanners to represent the agricultural world In the government. The fanners also asked better trans portntlon for their products, raw ma terials nt cost, it ml free fertilizer. To Wed General's Daughter. London, Feb. 0. Tho engagement Is announced of Mltiu, daughter of thu. Into MaJ. Gen. Lord Ralph Kerr, and Capt. Eruncls Timing of tho Cold stream Guards. Captain Timing la the bon of O. F. Timing, Cleveland. High-Salaried Rati Men Lose Jobs. Toledo, O., Feb. 0. More than a doz en high-salaried rallroud men In thu frulghl-soitclting olllees of the Balti more nnd Ohio, Pennsylvania and Hla Four railroads wero discharged pi tr.insfcriTil to other departments. PRUSSIAN PUNCHING PRACTICE ELEVEN SPIES GUILTY FRANZ RINTELEN AND TEN OTH ERS ARE CONVICTED. Each Man Sentenced to Eighteen Months In Federal Prison and Fined $2,000. Now York, Feb. 7. Franz Rlntclen, German agent, and ten co-defendants, all Germans, wero found guilty by n federal Jury on Tuesday of conspiring to destroy munition nnd food ships of tho entente allies. Each man convicted wns sentenced to 18 months In the federal prison nt Atlanta, Ga., and to pay a fine of $2, 0000. This Is tho maximum penalty. Tho defendants were cnructerlzed ns "murderers at heart" by United States Assistant District Attorney James W. Osborne, Jr., in summing up for tho government. lie asked for a verdict of guilty, declaring tho prose cution hnd proved Its cnSe. "These men wero willing to strike a neutral in the back In order to prove loyalty to the fatherland." Mr. Osborne added : "Let us assume thnt tho Qcrman government knew nothing nbout tho plot, but the fact re mains that these conspirators planned this dastardly crime." The atornoy attacked tho defense of some of tho nccused that they thought they were making bombs for n legitimate purpose and asserted that Rlntelen had opened n bank ac count for $000,000 In nn International bank, Indicating existence of a fund for the alleged conspiracy. The alleged conspiracy Involved also tho shipment of bombs to the Pacific coast to be placed on vessels sailing for tho Orient. In all 33 ships valued at more than $4,000,000 were said to have been damaged. U-BOAT FAILS TO SINK SHIP Aurania Torpedoed but Is Taken Safe ly to Port Was on Way to the United States. Now York, Feb. 0. The Cunnrd liner Auranln, 13,400 tons, was tor pedoed by a Gorman submarine with in tho last forty-eight hours while bound for the United States, It was learned from ofllclnls of the Cunnrd line. Although badly damnged by the explosion, the ship was not sunk, and is making its way back to port with the assistance of government vessels, it was said. The ship carried hut little cargo. There were 14 passengers nboard tho Aurania when it was struck. The Aurania Is n sister ship of the Anchor liner Andanln, sunk by a sub marine last month. Tho ship was -030 feet long and had accommodations for 550 passengers in the cabin and 2,000 in the steerage. BREAD RATION IN EFFECT Food Administration Orders Supplies Cut to Meet the Situation and Provide for Future. Washington, Feb. 7. A two-ounce bread ration wns ordered on Tuesday by the food administration for patrons of hotels, restaurants and dining cars. This allowance Is nbout that now ob served In England. lb BRITISH SHIPS SUNK Ten Vessels of More Than 1,600 Tons and Five Others Are Destroyed In Week. London, Feb. S. The admiralty re ports 15 British merchantmen sunk by xmlno or submurlno In the last week. Of theso ten were 1,000 tons or over uud flvo were under 1,000 tons. Four fishing vessels were also suuk. Censor Airplane Accident News. Lawton, Okla., Feb. 11. A close cen sorship has been placed on all news pertaining to nn Investigation being made- ut Fort Sill Into the deaths of Lieutenants Stamps yuul Loonils when an airplane they were Hying In fell. Taken Off Dutch Steamer. Now York, Feb. 11. Sixteen passen gers, taken o!T the Dutch steamer Nlonw Amsterdam, which reached an Atlantic port, were taken to -Ellis Island by federal olllccrs. All Infonmi (Ion concerning them was refused. J "WsF WASHINGTON STAR. HAS NEW WAR . BILL PRESIDENT HAS MEASURE IN TRODUCED IN THE SENATE. Provides Most Sweeping Powers WIN son Has Yet Sought to Direct Conduct of War. Washington, Feb. 8. President Wil son on Wednesday gave definite Indi cation of his purpose' to shake up the war machinery of the government. He sent to congress legislation call ing for the most sweeping powers he has yet sought to direct the conduct of tho war. If pnssed It will enable him to revise completely the relationships of the most Important departments of tho government so that great co-ordination and centralization of functions can be effected. With n stroke of the pen, under these powers, it is stated, the president would create u war cabinet, If hd saw fit, or nn ammunitions director. Under the bill the president may shift nnd Interchange at will any and all of the various bureau, depart ments, commissions and ofllcers. The bill states that the president, in making the various changes, shall act "In such manner as In his Judg ment shall seem best," and "as he may deem appropriate." Tho first section of tho bill pro vides : "That, for the nntlonal security of defense, for tho successful prosecution of the war, for the support nnd main tenance of tho army and navy nnd for the better utilization of resources nnd Industries and for the more effective exercise nnd more efllclent administra tion by the president of his powers ns commnndcr In chief of the land and naval forces, tho president Is hereby authorized and empowered to make such redistribution of functions among executive- agencies as ho may deem necessary, including uny functions, duties nnd powers hitherto by law conferred upon uny executive depart ment, commission, burenu, agency, of fice or ofllccr, In such manner as In his Judgment shall seem best fitted to car ry out the purpose of this act, and to this end Is authorized to make such regulations and to Issue such orders as he may deem necessary." WOULD DRAFT MEN AT 21 Bill Amending Law to Require Regis; tratlon Approved by Senate Committee. Washington, Feb. 1L Favorable, re port on the war department's bill amending thu selective draft law to re quire registration of nen as they reach twenty-one years and basing quotas on the number of men In cluss 1, In stead of on state poplatlons, was unanimously ordered on Friday by the senate military committee, Another bill , favorably reported which affects the draft, would author ize the president In any emergency to call Into Immediate military service skilled cxpertsMnriudnstry or agricul ture, regardless of classification, rcsj. deuce or quota. KRUPPS' FEAR AIR ATTACK important Parts of Plants Are Placed .. Underground as Precaution Against Raiders. An Atlantic Port, Feb. 0. Impor. tnnt parts of the Krupp works at Es sen havo been placed underground as a precaution ngalnst air raids, accord ing to 13. C. Murdock, representative of n Brooklyn electrical concern, who luis been In Holland for tho last 18 months. He added that deserters from the German ranks are continually coming over tho border to Rotterdam. Austrian Premier Quits. Amsterdam, Feb. 11. A dispatch from Vienna says that Dr. von Seyd lor, the Austrian premier, has ten dered tho resignation of the entire cab inet to Emperor Charles. New uurest is reported In Austria-Hungary. Lifts Embargo on Grain. Chicago, Feb. 11. The trade trans portation department of the Chicago board of trade announced that the Cht cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul nil I road has lifted Its embargo on shipments 0r Kri,in o riilci'gn. GOAL PROFITS ARE FIXED I State Fuel Administrator Kennedy Announces Margin for the En tire State of Nebraska. The maximum retail gross margins iw ton. for 'oul nnd coke, delivered nt the yards, to consumers In Ne braska outside of Douglus iind Lan caster counties, were established by State Fuel Administrator Kennedy as follows: Domestic coal, not yard screened, $1.25; domestic coal, yard screened, $1.40; steam coal, 00c; coke, $1.25. This Is the llrst time margins on the sale of coal havo been made uni form all over the state. The or der compels nil retail coal deal ers to post up and maintain In their pluces of business, accessible to their customers, the cost to them of each kind of coal nnd coke hnndled, tho maximum retail gross margin al lowed, and the retail price at the yard; also draynge nnd delivery charges. According ton report issued by A. E. Anderson, Nebraska field agent for the burenu of crop estimates, live stock has Increased In this stnte from 8,012,000 head on January 1, 1017, to 9,281,000 head 6n the the firsc of this year. In the past twelve months horses averaged nn Incrense In value from $93 to $101 a head; mules from $100 to, $113; milch cows, from $08 to $78,005 other cattle from $44.30 to $10.30; sheep from $7.50 to $11, nnd hogs from $14.00 to $24.50. On the first of this year there wero 1,049,000 horses In the state, 118,000 mules, 703,000 mlleh cows, 2,803,000 bend of other cattle, 403,000 sheep and 4,200,000 swine. Will Mnupln, Nebrnskn publicity di rector, who just visited Camp Cody ns n special representative of Gov ernor Neville, reports tfiat the men nro well fed, well clothed, comfort ably housed and that hospital equip ment and management good. The general health of the men Is good, ho said, but no doubt would be better If It wasn't for the sand awl sand storms. Stnte Food Administrator Wattles has designated Thursday of each week as "Potato Day" In Nebraska, and called upon merchants to sell potntoes on thoso days nt reduced prices. On these days merchants will be nuthorlzed to sell potntoes as a substitute with wheat Hour on. thu basis of four pounds', of potatoes to ono pound of flour. Sewnril county ranks first among counties "of Nebraska that have re ported thrift stamps sales to the Omnha postofllce, up to a few days ago. Thayer county Is second. Sew ard's quorn was $320,850; sales, $80, 835; percentage, 27.07. norse meat is to be put on the market In Omaha, Is the announce ment of the Equine Meat and Pack ing company, recently Incorporated in Nebraska with $50,000 capital. The company has been selling horse ment nt Grand Island" for some time. Nearly 15,000 carloads of Ne braska live stock were shipped to markets during the month of January, according to reports of tho U. S. De partment of Agriculture. Illinois and Iowa are the only stntes in the union which exceeded Nebraska. One of the few Nebraska men known to have been on the Tuscanla when torpedoed off the northern Irish coast was Patrick McGowan, jr., of York, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mc Gowan of York. Nebraska is included in the list of states where pirorlty Is given to cars needed to move corn and other ce reals to market by orders of Director General of Railroads McAdoo. Ellery W. Davis. 00, dean of the do partment of literature, arts and science of the University of Nebraska, nnd well known throughout tho United States as an educator, died at his home nt Lincoln, A hundred German textbooks were stolen from the Seward High school. The school bout'd had previously VOtel to discontinue the course. The eighteenth annual meeting of the Nebraska conference of charities and corrections will be held, in Omulri February 17 to 10. Kearney voters will pass on n $30,000 bond issue at n special elec tion on April 2, tho money to be used to Improve city schools. Tho government Is urging retired farmers to get Into tho game again nnd do their bit, to help win tho war. The campaign In this state Is being conducted by M. A. Coykendnll of tho U. S. Immigration service department of labor, located at dmnhu. Anyone Interested should write Mr. Coyken di'll for particulars. Fremont Has a groeerterlo. The store Is operated (in the cafeteria plan. Customers wait on themselves wml pay a cashier nt the gate. Thero ure no clerks. .Nebraska will spend $417,000 on roiid improvements in the stnte during 1018. This sum Includes both federal and stnte appropriations, Plans of tho state good roads department nro tit use the money on 1,000 miles or highway, averaging approximately $200 to the mile. Figures compiled by the Omaha Chamber ot Commerce show thnt there are 148,100 automobiles In Ne b'raska, or one for every 8.7 persons In the state. Duel county has tho most au'os per population, 514. One for ever.' -.S person Director Pugsley of the agricultural intension service of .the University ol Nebraska bus received assurance from Hie Untied States Department of Ag riculture that the government will send a potato stnrcli expert to thN stato In the near future. Mr. Pugs ley proposes that the vast quantities of potatoes in western Nebraska bo turned Into fitnrch. He estimate that there are 2,500 cars of potatoes In the hands of growers In Nebraska. Last year these growers greatly In creased production. Unless sotiii means Is found to turn to good w count the supply, production next year will naturully be decreased. The executive committee of lln State Council of Defense, In replying, to tho offer of the Nebraska Nonpar tisan League to share' the work of the state council, declared that the liter ature the league Is circulating In thls stato Is decidedly unpatriotic, and, U not In harmony with tho effort now being mnde by Americans of all po litical parties and all classes of peo ple lo bring the war to a successful conclusion. The council did not de cline the offer, however, but asserted that tho aid of all citizens and or ganizations alike working In Tiarmony with the government, wns desired. Captain Walter Anderson, provost mnrshal of Nebraska, Is preparing county quotas for the 300 Nebraska men to bo called to Oamp Funston, February 23, as the last 15 per cent Increment of the first draft. These men will bo selected by local boards under tho now classification, he say. Senator Hitchcock's attitude on the war cabinet bill Is n disgrace to Ne braska In tho opinion of five Omaha labor organizations, which sent tele grams to Hitchcock condemning him for his stand townrd tho administra tion iind suggesting that ho devote his energies to "lighting the kulser in stead of President Wilson." Governor Neville and the State Council of Defense have again ap pealed to the national authorities fo-' immediate action in providing needed cars to move Nebraska's corn cropi It is claimed that enormous tosses to farmers of Nebraska are certain un less 'freight cars nro supplied by the railroads Immediately. The campaign to enroll members in the Junior Ited Cross Is on In this state. Nebraska's quota Is 200,000, moro than half the totul number of school children In the state, which the census shows to be 385",000. Every school In the state is a Red Cross aux iliary and Is expected to get members. Extensive tests made by govern ment and private engineers as to tin water power possibilities of the Nio brara river show the stream would generate 22,000 horsepower and could be developed nt a cost of $0,000,000. Tho Kearney city council pnssed an nrdlnnnce which prohibits tho giving of any Sunday entertainment to which nn admission Is charged nnd will put n stop to Sunday shows, Sunday base ball and chatauqua programs. A petition for the paving of the Lincoln Hlghwny from the enst city limits of Fremont to the town of Ames, eight miles west, has been Hied with the Dodge county board of' supervisors. Tho state university may be made a vocational training camp by the government, carrying out n plan to utilize the universities of the country for that purpose, according to a mes sage received In Lincoln. . K. II. AVnlker of Scottsbliiir Is re corded as Nebraska's first volunteer shlpyard worker. Nebraska's quota In the drive for shipyard, volunteers is 2,500 men. The campaign will be di rected by the state council of defense. Harold Heasty, a University of Ne braska forestry student, son of State Senator John F. Heasty of Falrbury, was aboard Jlio Ill-fated Tuscanla, sunk last Tuesday by a submarine. Rumors are current ill Washington " that Charles W. Bryan, brother of W. J. Rryan, will be a candidate for gov-' ernor of Nebraska on the democratic ticket. With Ice from live to seven inches thick on all Nebraska rivers, Nebras ka railroads are anticipating thu worst ico Jams and subsequent floods in the past decade. Nebraska boasts the first Red Cross auxiliary organized by full-blooded Indians. This auxiliary has been formed at Macy, by the Omaha In dians. Tills week is Roy Scout week In Nebraska according to a proclamation Issued by Governor Neville. The nntlonal food administration luft culled upon Nebrnskn fanners through Stato Food Administrator Wattles to market every available bushel of wheat in the state. Tin allies must have it and wc must meet their needs, snys tho appeal. The JsV braska administrator is requested ti use ever possible resource to get wheat marketed Immediately. The state board of control has or dered all state Institutions to strictly observe whentless and meatless Jays nnd nil other food regulations. . The German department of the1 Unt. verslty of Nebraska 1ms probably Mif fered more than any other part of the school from war time conditions. Lnst year at this time there were (!01 stu dents registered In sUw German de partment ; for tho second semester of this year there nro 173 persons taklnir courses In Goniinn. A plan te under way by the Ne braska branch of tho American So ciety of Equity to buy n coal mine in Colorado to supply Us members tho western part of the state wlUi fuel. t "V? 3: 'A.; "SI j ; ti jr--i?r" gfV "" 5,W-.'' "j.'Tg':",''i',?'T"'i--'fij. - ,.... .-.-., f --