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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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SECOND LARGEST
IL SL WHEAT CROP
Surplus Is Expected to Be Large
Enough to Feed Our
Allies.
MAJ. GEN. HUNTER LIGGETT
U. S. WAR TAX
EIGHT BILLIONS
F. QUATTR0NE
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GENERAL FOCH CONTRIBUTES
AN ESSAY ON MODERN
WARFARE.
Secretary McAdoo Asks Direct
Levy, Brunt to Fall on
War Profits.
DECISIVE ATTACK KEYSTONE
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Allies' Commander Makes Significant
Declaration that Battles Can Be
Won In End Only by the Army
Which Takes the Offensive.
I London. That battles can bo won
in tho ond only by the array which
) tako3 tho offenslvo Is tho significant
declaration mado by don. Foch, com-
' t mnnder in chief of the allies, in an
important artlclo contributed by him
Sj to tho wookly Journal, Tho Field, In
whtrh ho discusses the problem of
tho Holdlor and tho way to victory.
J "Modern warfare to arrive at its ontl
, and to lmpoflo Its will on tho enemy,"
said Gen. Foch, "recognizes only ono
DJcanH destruction of tho enemy's
Organized forcos.
"War undertakes and prepares this
1 destruction by battio which brings
about tho overthrow of tho adversary,
' dlsorganiacs his communications, do-
I s troy a his discipline and nullifies his
units as far as their fighting power
is concernod.
A Defensive Battle.
"Our first axiom must got that com
pletely to nchlovo its object. A bat
tle must not bo puroly dofonslvo. A
purely dofonslvo battlo, oven woll con
ducted, does not result In a victory or
a vanquish. It Is simply a gamo that
mtist bo begun, over again.
"From this It is an obvious corol
lary thit an offensive, whether start
ed at tho boginning of an action or
whethor it follows tho dofonslvo, can
only give results, and In consequence
must always bo adopted at tho finish.
"To maintain our position is not
synonymous with bolng victorious,
and oven prepares for a defeat. If wo
remain whore wo aro and do not pass
to tho offensive to fix tho direction
of attack, to guard against tho planB
f tho enomy and provent him from
carrying out tho same manouvor, wo
must undertako to carry on and Bus
tain numerous combats, each with de
termined aim,
Decisive Attack Summarized.
"But slnoo thoro remains no doubt
that decisive attack is tho very kov-
Btono of a battle, all othor actions
which mako up a battlo must bo en
visaged, considered, organized and
providod with forco in tho measure in
which thoy will prepare, facilitate and
guarantee development of a decisive
attack charactorlzod by its mass, its
surprise, its spood and for which, in
consoquonco, it is essontlal that thoro
Bhall bo tho maximum rcsorvo forco
possible of troops of maneuver. Tho
reserve that is to Bay tho prepared
bludgoon is organlzod and kopt caro
fully Instructed to oxocuto tho slnglo
act of battlo from which results aro
expocted, namely, tho doclslvo attack.
"Resorvos must bo husbandod with
tho most extromo parsimony bo that
tho bludgoon may bo strong enough
to mako tho blow as violent ns pos
sible. LetUooso at tho finish, with
out any lurking idoa of saving thorn,
with a well though out plan for win
nlng tho battlo at a point choson and
detormlnod, resorvos aro thrown in all
togothor In an action surpassing in
vlolonco and energy all othor phases
of battlo, an action with proper char
acteristics surprlBO, mass and spooa.
All our forcos really participate elth
or by preparing it or by carrying it
out.
"In this, our supromo aim, wo must
not bo docolvcd by appearances. Al
though thoory falls when applied by
feeble hands and when accessories ob
scure tho main prlnclplo, history and
roason show us that in battlo thoro is
a slnglo nrgumont which Is worth
whllo, namely, doclslvo attack, which
. is alone capablo of assuring the do
slrod result the ovorthrow of tho ad
versary." Kaiser's "Gold" Cup Only Pewter.
Now York. Gorman proof of the
saying that all is not gold that glu
tei's was forthcoming hero with tho
disclosure that the "magnificent" cup
Which Emperor William awarded to
tho American wlnnor of his ocean
yacht raco In 1905 wob not gold and
was not worth $5,000, as wob announc
ed nt that time. It was mado of pew
ter with a thin voneor of gold, and
was worth scarcely $40. Tho decep.
tlon recoiled against tho kaiser dur
ing tho recont Red Cross drivo, as It
was auctioned nnd roauctlonod until
it added $125,000 to tho nation's
morcy fund.
Ban On All Foreign Languages.
Lincoln. Nob.- Tho English langu
ago as tho solo modium of communica
tion is requested by tho etato council
of dofenso in a proclamation.
Wool Brings $6,000.
Reno. Nov. Nevada auctionod its
two pounds of White Houso wool and
Governor Boyle, assisted by formor
Governor Hutchinson, of Idaho, finally
sold tho two pounds ot wool to tho
Union Wool company for ?5,000.
Socialists to Raie Fund.
New York. The socialist party has
begun a nation wide campaign to raise
r $1,000,000 fund to promote the oloc
tlon next fall of congressional candi
dates, it has' been announcod at the
party's headquarters In this victy.
MAY TOTAL BILLION .BUSHELS
Department of Agriculture Forecasts
931,00,000 Bu. of Spring and Win
- ter Wheat Combined Oats
Put at 1,600,000,000 Bu.
Washington, June 10. The second
largest whout crop In tho history of
the country Is In prospect for this
year's harvest. The department of
agriculture Friday forecust a total of
031,000,000 bushels of winter nnd
spring wheut combined nnd held out
the hope Unit with n continuation of
the present Ideal growing conditions
a harvest of n billion bushels might
bo attained. The principal crop esti
mates aro:
Bushels.
Winter wheat 587,000,000
Spring wheat 314,000,000
All wheat 031,000,000
Oats 1,500,000,000
Hurley 235,000,000
Ryo 81,000,000
A continuation of favoroBle condi
tions to hnrvest based on tho Incrensed
par yield used for tho later reports
would mako tho flnnl returns this yenr
080,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 bushels.
Present estimntes nre 41 per cent larg
er than tho harvest of last yenr, when
051,000,000 bushels were secured.
Kunsas has tho promlso of 07,114,
000 bushels or more than doublo Its
yield of Inst year. Nebraska, which
had a crop failure last year, has 43,-0-10,000
bushels and Oklnhoma 32.2G7,
000 bushels, a total for tho three
states of 172,000,000 bushels, compared
with 88,000,000 bushels harvested last
year. Ohio, Illinois, Indiana nnd Mis
souri combined havo 188,000,000 bush
els, or 50,000,000 bushels more than
Inst year.
In tho throe Northwestern states,
where tho bulk of tho spring whent
crop is raised, there is tho promlso of
214.000,000 bushels ngnlnst 103,000,
000 bushels harvested last year. North
Dakota has tho promlso of 02,000,000 ,
bushols. I
A big wheat crop this year, with '
largo yields in Argentina, Australia I
nnd India, means a great deal to tho
consuming world, particularly in tho J
United States where wheat is more
readily available than In riny other
country. There is enough wheat in
the United States, bnsed on tho pres
ent outlook, to plnco domestic con
sumption on a normal bnsls of 500,
000,000 bushels for export. On tho
basis of 400,000,000 bushels for domes
tic consumption we could spnre 500,
000,00 bushels for tho allies.
North America should havo over 1,
250,000,000 bushels, or enough wheat
this year providing present conditions
aro maintained to harvest to more
than supply tho normal Import de
mands of Europe for nn entire year.
The onta promlso of 1,500,000,000
bushels Is 87,000,000 bushels short of
tho record hnrvest of last year, but
should tho present outlook be main
.iiiuuiu mu pruBcui uuuuuk ue mum-
tnlncd the final returns should show
well over 1,000,000,000 bushels, vn fig-,
' p o
uro nover equaled In tho history of
tho country. Condition Is tho highest
In years, being 03.2, compared with a
ten-yenr average of 80.4. Acreafeo is
a record 44,475,000 nn, incrense of
2.1 per cent over last yenr.
Itye, with 81,000,000 bushels, or 21,
000,000 bushols more than last year, Is
the largest crop ever raised. Barloy
is estimated nt 235,000,000 bushels, or
20.000,000 bushels In excess of Inst
year.
SEVEN IN PLOT AGAINST U. S.
Jeremiah O'Leary and Six Others In
dicted by Federal Grand Jury
i at New York.
Now York, Juno 10. Six men nnd
ono woman were Indicted by n federal
grand Jury hero on Friday on a charge
of high treason.
The Indicted lncludo Jeremiah
O'Lenry, Irish agitator, now a fugi
tive from Justice. Tho others aro:
Maria K. do Vlctqrlca, now being held
nt Ellis Island, and Paul Rodlckcr,
who are charged with being spies of
tho Gormnn government; Albort Pnul
Flcko, W. J. Robinson, Emtio Kipper
and John p. Ryan.
In an Indictment tho defendants are
charged with furnishing Information of
vuluo to the military and naval ene
mies of the country; with handling
money for tho financing of enemy
propaganda; with placing of spies In
munition nnd other manufacturing
plants, nnd with handling money for
tho financing of bomb plots through
cut America.
War Correspondent Wounded.
Paris, Juno 10. Floyd Gibbons,
war correspondent of tho Chicago
Trlbuno nt American hendquurtors,
was wounded by machlno gunflro
whllo following operations of Ameri
can troops near Chateau Thierry.
Fire Renders 60,000 Homeless.
Amsterdam, Juno 10. Fifty thou
sand persons nro homeless ns tho re
sult ot a flro at Stamboul, tho Moham
medan section of Constantinople,
which devastated tho wholo eastern
part of the Sultan Selln quarter.
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A new American fighting unit com
posed of two army corps, approximate
ly 200,000 men, who have had long
training In France, has Just been
formed, and It has been unofficially
stnted that Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett
would be its comtnunder.
NEW DRAFT CALL OUT
CROWDER ASKS STATE GOVER
NORS FOR 200,000 MEN.
Two Million In the National Arm
When the New Men Called Reach
Cantonments.
Washington, June 7. While a mil
lion young Amerlcuns were registered
on Wednesday for service in the war,
orders went out from Provost Marshal
General Crowder to the governors of
all states except Arizona to mobilize
between June 24 and 28 200,000 men.
This brings the total selective serv
ice men called up to 1,503,704. When
they are In camp tho army will num
ber over 2,000,000.
The- registration Wednesday was at
tended b.v the nerfect order thnt
1 marked the enrolling a year ago of
10,000,000 'men.
The men who nppenred on Wednes-
day before 4,500 local boards, military
authorities estimate, will yield 750,-
000 lit for active duty.
While an act of congress requires
that tho new registrants bo placed at
the bottom of the class to which they
are assigned, many mny soon be called,
as Wednesday's requisition upon gov-
ernors probably will exhaust the tlrst
clnss In some states.
While no formr.l explanation was
made, this was believed to have been
the reason why Arizona was not in
cluded In Wednesday's call.
Registration days for men hereafter
becoming twenty-one years of ago
probably will bo fixed every threo
months.
Assignments for the men called un
der Wednesday's order Indicate tho
rapidity with which troops, now nro
moving overseas.
It Is estimated that 1,000,000 men
become of age yearly, and tho new
registrants are expected to go far to-
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drawn.
WAR TO FINISH LANSING
Secretary Condemns Any Action Look
ing to Peace That Will Not For
ever Crush Prussianism.
Now York, Juno 7. Suggestions of
peace based on a "perpetuation of
Prusslnulsm" uud criticism of the
government and tho conduct of tho
war, "which was not constructive,"
wore condemned by Secretary of State
Lansing here.
Prussia having "wickedly sought
wur," the secretnry said, it is tho de
termination of the American people
that "Prussia shall havo war and
more war and more war, until thn very
thought of war Is abhorrent to tho
Prussian mind."
Mr. Lansing spoke at tho commence
ment exercises of Columbia univer
sity, which conferred upon him und
upon Lord Rending, tho British am
bassador, the honorary degreo of doc
tor of laws.
GEN. MICHIE DIES IN FRANCE
Was Brilliant Soldier and Formerly
Chief Aid to General Scott
Death Sudden.
Paris,' June 7. Brig. Gen. Robert E.
L. Mlchlo of tho American army died
in a railroad train near Rouen Wednes
day. His death was sudden and unex
pected, ns ho had not been III.
Start New Air Route.
New York, June 8. Experimental
nlrplano mall service between Now
York and Boston wn's Inaugurated
when Lieutenant Webb, United States
army, started on tho Initial flight from
Belmont Park, L. I.
Fire Sweeps Arizona Town.
Jerome, Ariz., June 8. More than (
one tuousanu persons were muuu
homeless by n flro of undetermined or
igin which wept through tho Mexican
district and destroyod more than one
hundred houses.
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WANTS LUXURIES HIT HARD
Suggests Raise In Unearned Income
Rate Gives Views In Letter to
Kltchln, Chairman of Ways
and Means Committee.
Washington, June 8. Secretnry Mc
Adoo on Thursday recommended In n
letter to Chnirmnu 'Kltchln of thu
house ways and menns committee that
the new revenue bill be drawn to raise
$8,000,000,000 by taxation, one-third
of the estimated $24,000,000,000 expen
ditures in the fiscal year 1010.
lie nlso recommended that n war
profit tax bo established at high rate,
to be superimposed upon existing ex
cess profits taxes; that the normal In
come tax on unearned , Incomes bo
raised and thnt heavy tnxation be im
posed upon luxuries.
In his letter the secretnry said:
"If I may, without Impropriety,
offer n suggestldn as to the revenue
measure, I should recommend:
"1. That one-third of the cash
expenditures to bo made during the
'fiscal yenr ending June 30, 1010, be
provided by taxntlon. According to
my estimntes, this would Involve raia
'ng $8,000,000,000 through tnxation.
"2. That a real war profits tax at
a high rate bo levied upon all war
profits. This tax should be superim
posed upon the existing excess prof
its tax in such n way that the tax
payer should be required to pay which
ever tax is the greater.
"The existing excess proflts tax
should be umended In certain impor
tant particulars so ns to remove in
equalities. "3. That there should be a sub
stantial Increase In the amount of
normal Income tnx upon so-cnlled un
earned Incomes. Under existing laws
earned Incomes above certain ex
emptions are taxed 4 per cent ns an
income tax and 8 per cent as an ex
cess profits tnx, making a total of 12
per cent, while unearned incomes, de
rived from securities, etc., nre taxed
only 4 per cent Tho 8 per cent tax
should be recognized as an Income
tax and the rate' of 12 per cent (4 per
cent normal and 8 per cent excess
profits) should be retained In respect
to earned Incomes, whllo a higher rate
than 12 per cent should bo Imposed
on unearned Incomes.
"4. Thnt heavy taxation be Imposed
upon all luxuries."
Explaining his Ideas for a new tnx
to reach actual proflts made out of the
war, Mr. McAdoo wrote:
"Tho existing excess profits tax
does not always reach war proflts.
Tho rates of excess proflts taxation
are graduated and the maximum is
GO per cent In Great Britain there
Is a flat rate of 80 per cent on all war
proflts.
BIG SUM FOR COAST DEFENSE
War Department Asks Congress for
$16,000,000 to Establish Balloon
and 8eaplane Stations.
Washington, June 8. A $10,000,000
appropriation for establishing balloon
and senplane stations to guard tho
United Stntes against submarines and
aircraft was asked of congress on
Thursdny by the war department.
The department desires to estnbllsh
10 stations, 13 of them on the Atlan
tic const and three on the Gulf
const. Definite locations were not
given.
Tho const defense plan a3 submitted
by the department also calls for tho
establishment of fortifications along
the const so that guns could be
transferred on railroads from one
point tox another to meet possible at
tacks. NEW YORK FEARS AIR RAID
Great White Way Is Darkened Fol
lowing U-Boat Raid Airplanes
on Guard.
New York, June 0. Except for
street lamps, not only Greater Now
York but near-by Jersey and sound
coasts were dark on Tuesday night
Shortly nfter eight o'clock airplanes
(lew over the city to observe how tho
order was being observed, and also
to see how effective It was. They flew
low and the noise of their engines at
tracted tho attention of thoso on the
streets nnd In houses nnd an alarm
went out thnt German airmen were
bombing the city.
This subsided when tho renl object
pf the flyers becomo known.
Must Curs Huns of Desire for War.
Now York, Juno 10. Thomas A. Ed
ison, In a statement rend to a conven
tion here, said: "There Is but one rei
suit with which we can bo satlsflod;
Germany must bo cured forever of the
desire to wngo war."
Neal for New Fuel Post
Washington, Juno 10. Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield announced the ap
pointment of J. B. Neal as director of
production of the fuel administration.
One of tho plans of tho new office is to
stunuluto production.
l Quattrone, Italian high commis
sioner to the United States, has denied
positively tho statement that Amerlcnn
wheat shipped to Italy comes bock to
this country in the form of spaghetti.
Mr. Quattrone protests the statements
thnt ships are lying Idle In Itnllan
ports, nnd declares that further re
duction of tonnage In the trade be
tween the United States and Itnly
would menace the Italian peoplo ond
their army with starvation.
HOOVER SAVES BEER
ADMINISTRATION SHOWS OPPO
SITION TO "BONE DRY" NATION.
Fears Putting Country "On a Whisky
and Gin Basis" Wine Is Also
Protected.
Washington, Juno 0. Administra
tion opposition to any attempt to stop
the manufacture of beer and wine so
long as the sale of wlUsky is permit
ted was made certain with the an
nouncement that Food Administrator
Hoover opposed such a step because
ho believed the evils attendant upon
putting the nation on a "whisky,
brandy and gin" basis would far out
weigh the small food savings that
would result. President Wilson al
ready hud stated In a letter to Sen
ator Sheppard of Texas, prohibition
champion, that he would not use his
power to prohibit the use of food--stuffs
in beer and wine unless Mr.
Hoover regarded such a step neces
sary. After tho position of the presi
dent and the food administration hod
been made known Senator Sheppard
and others said the senate would
strike from the $11,000,000 emergency
agricultural bill a house amendment
prohibiting the use of some $0,000,000
carried by tho measure unless, manu
facture of wlno nnd beer was stopped
by the president.
C. W. FAIRBANKS IS DEAD
Former Vice President Succumbs to
'Nephritis In Indianapolis Home
After Long IRness.
Indianapolis June 0. Charles
Warren Fairbanks, former vice presi
dent of tho United States and former
United States senator for Indiana,
died at his homo here at 8:55 o'clock
Tuesday night. Death was duo to
nephritis, which had been a chronic
ailment with him, but not regarded as
particularly serious until recently. All
members of tho family except Maj.
Richard Fairbanks, who Is In Franco,
were at his bedside. Charles Warren
Fairbanks was born In a log cabin on
a farm in Union county, Ohio, May
11, 1852. Ho attended Ohio Wesleyan
university. In 1874 he wns admitted
to the bar. Tho same year he located
in Indianapolis and married Miss Cor
nelia Cole, who had been a student
with him at Ohio Wesleyan. In 1890
he was named United States senator
from Indiana. On June 23, 1004, he
was nominated as Republican candi
date for vlco president nnd his elec
tion followed.
SEES FARM FURLOUGHS END
Governor of 8outh Carolina Returns
From Capital and Predicts Tillers'
Call to Colors.
Columbia, S. C, June 8. Governor
Manning on his return from Washing
ton on Thursday told tho state coun
cil of defense In public session that the
government would have to cancel farm
labor furloughs and call to the colors
farm laborers In class one.
"The United States," he declared,
"may have to face trouble In Mexico.
It might be necessary for the United
States to place an immense army In
Russia.
"The U-boat attacks," ho said,
"might be but the prelude to other
things tocome."
Italians Smash Foes.
Rome, Juno 10. Italian forces broke
Into enemy trenches on the Monte Dl
Vol Bella front, taking 60 prisoners,
six machine guns and a quantity of
materials, tho Itnllan war office an
nounced. E. A. Strauss Found Guilty.
Peoria, HI., June 10. E. A. Strause,
banker, was convicted of murdering
Bcrno M. Mead. Tho Jury returned a
verdict of murder In the second de
gree on Friday, after deliberating four
hours.
TOO OFTEN LACK HARMONY
Groups of Houses, Especially in Sub
urbs of American Cities, Express
& Spirit of Unrest
Harmony in design in groups of
houses is coming to a sense of npprc
clntlon, ns is evidenced by several
housing schemes nnd the architectural
treatment followed In certain develop
ments. The American, when he builds for
himself, has a strong desire for Indi
viduality o expression. This Is shown
particularly in almost any suburb,
where you will see a neighborhood of
houses In which mnny styles of archi
tecture, cluss of materials, color
schemes, etc., are represented. The
lines nnd shapes have no relation to
each other, so thot as you look nt the
group there is n spirit of unrest nnd
clashing in many respects. The whole
group lacks repose ond tho homelike
feeling is Interfered with, even al
though each Individual houso might
be good enough In Itself.
Possibly this result is n reaction
from the individuals having previously
lived In city rows of a stereotyped
plan ; thus, hnving been previously sup
pressed, when the opportunity offers
they go to an extreme of expression,
or possibly it might In som6 cases bo
due to the architect's desire to have
the Individuality of the house stand.
out, or the wealth of mnterials nnd
knowledge of styles which we havo
at our disposal may also tend to this
variety In treatment. In any case
the result is not entirely satisfactory
and could bo Improved.
Variety and Individuality sufficient
for n reasonable nnture may be ob
tained even when the buildings are
designed with relation to each other,
and harmonize In line, shape, ma
terials, color, etc., nnd thus produce n
more artistic and homelike feeling to
each one and the entire group.
PIPE IS USED AS SPRINKLER
House Owner's Ingenious Scheme by
Which Fence Is Made to Serve
a Double Purpose.
Iron pipe inch In diameter is ex
tensively used for protecting the small
grass spots between the sidewalk and
the street curb, also between tho side
walk and the building, providing the
space Is not large. These plots are
very difficult to keep watered In dry
seasons. One resident owner mnde a
combination fence, using the pipe for
the sprinkling apparatus as well as for
the guard. Small holes were drilled
Pipe Guarding Grass Plot Is Used for
Sprinkling in a Dry Season.
in a row on the Inside surface of tho
pipe ond the whole line was connects
ed with the water supply. In building
such a protection be sure to have all
Joints watertight and tho tecs plugged,
that are used to connect the Iron sup
ports for the posts. Popular Science
Monthly.
Trees Benefit Community.
Trees help to purify the air by ab
sorblng the cnrbonlc-acld gas exhaled
by all animal life, giving bnck pure
oxygen. Trees mouiry tne tempera
ture, especially in cities where th
shade cuts off tho direct nnd reflected
heat from sidewalks, streets and build
ings. Yet trees are a city's best asset
merely because they bring nn Improve
ment In appearance. Thus does tho
tal wag the dog where the tale of
trees Is told ond their death knell la
not tolled.
Enormous Sand Digger.
A large ladder dredgo has recently
been constructed for use nt Neville
Island, Pittsburgh, for dredging sand
and gravel. This dredgo has a ladder
that will reach 50 feet below the sur
face of the water. It brings up sand
and gravel and delivers it Into a re
volving screen on tho main deck. By
means of secondnry ladders the screen
ed material Is raised from tanks in the
hull of tho dredgo to chutes that lead
Into bnrges alongside. Scientific
American.
You Can't Always Tell.
In n London bus a man In civilian
garb rose and offered his seat to a
woman. "I never nccept favors from
slackers," she said wltherlngly.
"Madam," he replied blandly, "I wag
all through Galllpoll, ond if we'd had
as much powder ns you have on your
face we'd have got to Constantinople
In no time." Boston Transcript
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