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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. T ABE UMiTSTO STAND ENATE VOTE8 DOWN CHANGE IN THE PRESENT LAW. DAY SPENT ON PROPOSALS All Compromises Suggested for Dif ferent Mlnlmums and Maximums Defoated Way Cleared for Pas sage of $12,C 00,000,000 Army Bill. Washington, D. C Immediate ex tension of tho present army draft age limits, 21 to 31 yoara, was ovorwholm ingly dofcatod In the Sonato, 49 to 25. Tho amendment proposed by Senator Fall, of Now Moxlco, to tho army ap propriation bill to mako tho limits 20 and 40 years and all compromises sug gested for different mlnlmums and .maximums woro votod down. Sottlomont of tho controversy, -which has hold Sonato attention for several days, cleared tho way for pass ago of tho $12,000,000,000 army ap propriation. Besides disposing of tho draft age question,' tho Sonato adopted soveral amendments to tho bill. Ono author ized organization of tho $100,000,000 aircraft production corporation pro posed by tho aircraft production board as a vehicle for co-ordinating aircraft production as shipbuilding Is co-ordinated by the shipping board through tho emergency fleet corporation. Basing of Draft Quotas. Othors authorized tho plan of bas Ing draft quotas on tho numbor of men in class 1, instead of upon state populations and affecting rights of neutrals under tho draft law. Tho Senate proviously had adopted tho drait quota legislation, but it has bcon held up in tho House Tho amondmont affecting neutrals provides citizens of neutral countries now subject to draft who havo declar ed tholr intention of becoming Air lean cltlzons shall not bo eligible for citizenship it thoy claim oxomption from tho draft. This provision, ferod by Sonator Hitchcock, of Ne braska, was adopted aB a aubstltuto lor an amondmont approved by tho atato department providing for ox omption from tho draft of all cltlzeim of noutral countries. Tho quostlon of extending tho draft ago limits occuplod almost all of tho Sonato sosslon. A proposal by Son ' ator Hardwick, of Goorgla, that tho prosont minimum ago limit of 21 years Ijo substituted for tho 20-yoar mini mum of tho Fall amondmont was re jected, 41 to 33, aB was ono by Sen ator Wcoks, of Massachusetts, to mako tho maximum ago 35 years In stead of 40. 18-Year Proposal Beaten. Proposals by Senator Drandogoo, of Connecticut, to reduce tho minimum ago to 18 yoara also was defeated, and by Sonator Now, of Indiana, to mako military training of youts bo twoon 20 and 21 compulsory also woro dofcatod. IN HAND8 OF ARMY. Disorders Feared In Panama and Colon. Washington, D. C Socrotary Maker Instructed Major Gon. Dlatch ford, commanding; tho department of Panama, to tako over tho policing of tho cities of Panama ahd Colon for tho purpose' of maintaining public order. Tho action resulted from In formation rocolvod at tho stato' do partmont from tho govornmont of Panama that gravo disorders woro ox peclod bocauso of tho po3tponomont of tho national oloctlons sot for Juno 30. Doclslon to poslpono tho oloctlons for six months was takon by tho gov ornmont of Panama bocauso of vlco conditions in tho two terminal cities of tho Panama canal which had led to a boycott against thorn by tho Am orican army authorities. Tho government has undertaken to clean up tho two cities and oxplainod that whilo this campaign was in pro gross it did not think It adviBablo to hold tho oloctlons. Opponents of tho proaldont of tho ropubllo recently pro tested to tho stato dopartmont against this decision. Aged Man Tries to Enlist. Marshalltown, la. J. A. Edwards, a farmor living botwoon Groon Moun tain and Gladbrook, G5 years old, went Into tho rocrultlng Btntlon horo and tried to enlist. Ho offered his soir Ices In any dopartmont that tho gov ori.mont could uso him, saying ho thought that thoy would tako a man who roally wanttid to go oven It ho woro old. An Aviator Killed, Bloomlngton, 111. Aviator Harold C. Noblo, of York, Pa., was klllod at Shanuto Hold, Ilantoul, 111., whon his airplano foil. This Is tho first fatality at Shanuto field, Forest Fires In Michigan. Gaylord, Mich. Forest fires swept over Antrim, Otsego and Montmor ency counties in tho northorn part of tho lower peninsula and ovory avail ablo roan was pressed into a forest flro patrol. Army Officer Kills 8elf. Now York. Lieut. Alexander Mc Clintock, U. S, A., of Lexington, Ky attached to Camp DIx, N. J., shot and killed himself in his room nt the Mur ray Hill baths hero, according to a p lice report. KEEP ON SAWING AND SAVING Y-a- Trill tn 1) jy&v ) ,4 mfiSSt- IW5)'nO.ANAPOL.8 NEWS. 85 KILLED IN WRECK! TROOP TRAIN TEARS THROUGH CIRCUS TOURIST CARS. Hagenbeck-Wallace Performers Caught In Holocaust When Locomotive Goes Through Sleepers. Gnry, Intl., Juno 25. Eighty-five persons were killed und many Injured uh the result of n wreck west of hero early Snturday, In which nn empty Michigan Central train crashed Into and ripped through tho second section ofn Ungcnbeck-Wnlluco circus speclnl ntvnnhoe, Ind. FIro broke out nl most Immediately following tho crash and morPthan half of tho deaths wero tho results of burns. Horror ruled nt tho scene; women pleading for their children lost In ono of the four couches demolished first by tho crnsh, nnd brought to ashes by tho conflagration; men bcggtng to bo shot, rather than be left to burn to death ; clowns, ttten- jests turned to tcars.Njobbed for fcrfonds of the can vas they could not find. There were something like 300 of tho circus folk on tho wrecked train. The first section of tho circus train hnd gone ahead to Hammond earlier from Michigan City, where the circus played Friday night. In the first sec tion were most of tho nnimals. A sec ond Bcctlon carried about 050 perform ers nnd help. The troop train of 84 coaches was returning empty from tho Bast. ENOUGH YANKS TO BEAT FOE Premier Lloyd George Warns Next Two Months Will Be Anxious Ones Lauds U. 8. Work. London, Juno 20. Premier Lloyd Qoorgo announced on Monday that tho next 'couplo of months would bo anxious ones. There might bo a great blow coming in tho next fow hours, ho snld, and certainly in tho next few days, and on this blow the issue of tho campaign might depend. The entente allies, ho added, never felt better prepared to meet It. . Tho premier, who mado his an nouncement In the house of commons, referred to tho amazing organization which was bringing American troops to Franco. "Enough Americans," he added, "hnvo arrived to Batlsfy the allies and to disappoint and ultimately defeat our foes." It was possible thut within a short time, tho premier said, the allies would bo stronger than Germany. ' Premier Lloyd Georgo said tho Aus-tro-Hungurlnns wero In full rctrcnt. Tho question now was, ho ndded, whether thoy would be nblo to effect a retreat. Mr. Lloyd George said that It would bo to tho Interest of tho British, peoplo nnd also Jimt and equitable, if Itussln wanted it, that Great Britain stand by Itussla. MORE .HOSPITALS BOMBED Hun Flyers Kill Patients, Doctors and Nurses In France.. Canadian Army Headquarters In France, Juno 20. A Canadian hospital on n site behind tho British front was bombed by tho Gormans, and several persons, including doctors, nurses and ofllcor patients, wero killed or serious ly wounded. Tho building on which bombs wero dropped sheltered thou sand of wounded during tho fighting of last March. The first bomb went through two floors and into tho operat ing1 room, where tho Htuff was working on some urgent cases thnt hud just ar rived. "Subs" Are In 8ea Lanes. Wnshlngton, Juno 28. Shipping op erating In tho area east of longitudo 40, between the latitude of Capo Raco, Newfoundland and Bermuda, has been wnrned of enemy activity, tho navy de partment announced. Ex-Czar Not Assassinated. Loudon, Juno 28. Tliero is no foun dation for persistent rumors that Nich olas KoumikIT, tho ousted emperor, has been nswivMlnutcd, says an Ex chango Telegraph dispatch from Mos cow duit'il June 21, SINKS U. S. TRANSPORT SHIP TORPEDOED 700 MILES OFF AMERICAN COAST. Steamer Beund for HomeNo Troops on Board Evidently Not Convoyed. Washington, June 20. German sub marines operating on this side of tho Atlantic ocean have sunk their first troop ship. Tho nnvy department an nounced on Monday that a British transport, under charter by tho Ameri can government nnd bound to this country, had been destroyed Juno 18, somo 700 miles cast of tho Delaware capes, nnd that 07 members of tho crew arc missing. There wero no troops aboard. Tho troop ship apparently was not under convoy. Tho submarine was not seen until a torpedo had struck tho ship. Afterward the submersible rose to tho surfucc. and fired 10 shots into PUgrtnklng vessel. Jen the steamer settled the crew tw to tho boats, the occupants of four of which, numbering 81 men, havo been landed. Three boats aro ralssl and n search is being mado for th'm. Tho vessel destroyed was said to have been tho former Russian stenu.v Dwlnsk. Of the four boats from the steamer accounted for two wero found by a steamer nnd their occupants taken to New York; n third was picked up .by another steamer and the men taken to Hampton Bonds, nnd the fourth by a sailing vessel which landed the crew at Bormudn. New York, Juno 20. Tho Dwlnsk was of 8,173 tons, nnd wns formerly J owned by tho Itusslnn East Asiatic Steamship company. BILLIONS FOR WAR WORK Congress Breaks All Records In Ap propriating Money to Be Used to Defeat Huns. Washington, Juno 20. Congress, heartened by tho news of tho great Itallnn victory, shuttered all legisla tive speed records on Monday by llght nlngllkc action on somo of the most Importnnt wnr measures of the pres ent session. Billions of dollnrs for tho war chest wero voted with unprece dented rapidity and unanimity. Following Is the record for the dny : , House passed $5,500,000,000 fortifica tions bill to provldo artillery and am munition for nrmy of 4,000.000 men. Sennto passed $3,300,000,000 sundry civil bill, containing approximately $2, 000,000,000 moro for tho shipping pro gram. Sennto virtually completed tho army bill, appropriating $12,000,000,000 for nn nrmy of 3,000,000 men, and granting tho president unlimited authority In increasing the fighting forces. Senate ratified tho British and Cana dian draft treaty to servo as u model for similar conventions covering mora than 1,000,000 men of mllltnry age. Senator Fall of New Mextao, pro posed an amendment making the draft ago limits clghteep to forty-five years. 450,093 MEN IN U. S. NAVY Raids In Atlantic Responsible In Part for Tremendous Growth of Sea Fighting Force. Wnshlngton, Juno 25. Thanks in part to Germany Bending U-boats to this sldo of tho Atlantic., the total strength in personnel of tho American navy has reached tho unprecedented number of 450.093 officers and men. Czecho-Slovaks Take City. London, Juno 28. Tho city of Irkutsk, Siberia, has been captured by Czecho-Slovak troops under General Alcxleff, according to Berlin reports received In Copenhngou and sent to ,the Exchnngo Telegraph company. British Labor Truce Ends. London, June 28. The British labor purty at Its conference adopted a roso lutlon to tho effect that tho party's po Iltlcal truce, which had been in effect In Grent Britain since early In the war, should no longer bo recogvlxed. NO PEACE NEAR, HSTAO TOLD German War Aims Are Given by Kaiser's Foreign Min ister. RUSS BLAMED FOR CONFLICT Quotes Asqulth About Britain Being Open to Receive Genuine Peace Offer and Says "That, Too, Is Our Policy." Amsterdam, June 27. Reviewing the military stluatton in tho relchstag nt Berlin Dr. Richard von Kuehlraann, foreign secretary, declared that vic tories had given the Germnns tho Ini tiative in France. "Wo can hope thut tho summer and autumn will bring to our arms n new und great success," he continued. "When ono makes a wide survey ol events one, must nsk whether the war, according to human calculations, will last beyond the autumn or tho winter or beyond the next year. There Is n common Idea among tho peoplo that the It th of tho war Is something ab solute, new, as If the authoritative quartern liud In our time never reck oned on a very long war. This idea Is Incorrect." Dr. von Kuehlmann quoted Von Moltke, who in 1890 in the relchstag said that If war broke out Its duration nnd end could not be calculated. "The declarations of our enemies, especially of English stntesmen, allow as yet no peaceful ray of light to fall on the darkness of this war." Germany cannot bind herself to nny pledges In regard to Belgium, Doctor Kuehlmann suld, and' that In view of Germany's resources "our enemies must perceive thnt the idea of victory for the entente Is a dream." Dr. von Kuehlmann also declared that, considering the magnitude of the war, its end can hardly bo expected through purely military decisions alone nnd without recourse to -diplomatic ne- m.,.i.. 9""''f - H feuuuuuuo. ueiciy ncwHpnpf "We wish for the Gertlmrj&RrnH and our allies a free, strong, Independ ent cxlstenco within the boundaries drawn for us by history," Dr. von Kuehlmann snld. "We desire overseas possessions corresponding to our greatness nnd wenlth, tho freedom of the seas, carrying our trade to all parts of the world." Quoting from former Premier Ab qultli's speech of May 10, In which tho British statesman said that tho allies would not turn a deaf ear to a peace proposal If It was not couched In am biguous terms. Dr. von Kuehlmann de clared : "We llkowlse can make the samo declaration, knowing It to be also our policy. "At no moment of our later history was there less occasion for us to start or contribute to the starting of a con flagration" than tho moment In which It occurred." Chief blame for Instigating the war was laid at Russia's door by Dr. von Kuehlmann. France and England were named is the next powers In or der of culpability. 220,000 IN .NEW DRAFT CALL Crowder Orders Governors to Mobilize Men Between July 22 and 25 Class 1 Exhausted. Washington, June 27. As n further step carrying out the war department's plan for 3,000,000 men under arms Au gust 1, Provost Marshal General Crow der on Tuesday called on tho governors of all states except Illinois for the mobilization between July 22 and 25 of 220,000 white draft registrants quail fled for general military service. Illi nois nnd Arizona were not Included bocauso they lud been so heavily drained In previous calls. This call Is expetced virtually to ex haust the number of men now In class 1. To coniploto Its program for tho remainder of the present year, tho department will havo to depend on the 400,000 class 1 registrants expected from July 5 enrollment nnd the 250, 000 or 800,000 to be obtnlned through tho reclassification now In progress. In tho call New York leads tho list with 22,241 men ; Iowa Is second, with 17,819, und Ohio third, with 12,200. CZAR IS REPORTED SLAIN Russian Red Guards Said to Have Broken into Former Ruler's Home and Murdered Him. Copenhagen, June 27. Russian Red guards have broken Into tho resldcnco nf Nicholas Romanoff, the former Rus slnn emperor, nt Ekaterinburg, and, murdered him, according to the Rus sian newspaper VJla, says a Stockholm dispatch to tho National TIdende. Body of Famous Aviator Found. Rome, June 27. Tho body of Captain Borurat, Italy's famous aviator, whoso machine fell In flames lusldo tbe Aus trian lino after a battle, was ftmnd during the Italian advance. Tlrti twdy was slightly burned. War Hero Killed. Baltimore, Juno 27. Lieut, (iwrga B. Redwood of Baltimore, who :vns twice decorated tor conspicuous brav ery, was killed In action In Frunce, nc eordlng to Information received by his mother here. DISCREDIT TO VOCATION Attorney General Advises Against Ucc of German Tongue In Religious Services No Law Against It. Continued use of the German lan guage hi church and Sunday school services Is an uffront to the patriotic sentiment of the state and will un doubtedly lead to the enactment of a luw prohibiting It, Attorney General Reed advised Rev. J. J. Meyer of North Loup, who had Inquired of tho attorney whether tho stato council of defense hud uuthorlty to prohibit tho uso of tho German language In tho Sunday school and In church. Mr. Reed plainly Indicates that there Is no law on the statute books which would .prohibit the us of the German lan guage In tho churches. He said that by continuing the use of German In religious services and Sunday school the churches employing It aro helping to discredit their own professions of loyalty. A movement Is under way In Ne braska to havo the state constitution amended so that revenue from motor vehicle licenses and taxes will be put into a fund for the maintenance of public highways. As matters now stand the money received from the taxation of motor vehlclos, estimated nt $2,000,000 annually, goes to the state and county funds. Tho proposi tion Is that the money of each coun ty will bo used for tho roads In that county. Automobllo clubs and own ers and many of tho commercial clubs nnd Hko organizations over tho state are pushing the proposition. Regents of the State uulverslty de manded the resignations of Profes sors O. E. Perslnger, G. W. Luckey nnd Ervln Hopt, following charges by the state council of defense that their attitude toward the war was, decidedly improper. Prof. F. M. Fling and Mrs. Minnie T. England wero branded as trouble-makers and asked to make an adequate explanation or their connec tion with the university would termi nate. Six other Instructors accused of un-Amcricunlsm wero exonerated. According to tabulation compiled by a good roads publication of New York, closo to $300,000,000 will be expended on the rural roads of the United States during 1918. Of this amount, $4,500,000 will bo spent In Nebraska. Preaching In foreign langunges has been forbidden In Madison county by the council of defense. Religious lib erty will be maintained by giving pri vate Instructions to thoso who do not understand tho English language. Prof. C. W. Pugsley, for the past oeven years director of the extension service of tho University Agricultural College at Lincoln, has taken over the editorship of the Nebraska Farmer, published In the Capital City. County Agricultural Agent L. C. Christie of Fremont has established labor agencies In every town and com munity center In Dodge county in nn effort to solve tho labor problems that confront the farmer. According to unofficial advices from Washington, Nebraska will be called npon to furnish 4,000 men In the July draft call. In June 4,000 selects from this stuto were Inducted Into military service. Tho Gage county defenso council nt a meeting nt Beatrice pussqd resolu tions against tho use of tho German language In any town in Gnse county on the streets, or nt any meeting. Many country school districts In Colfax county aro rulslng the salaries of rural teachers from $45 to $80 a month, and good teachers aro said to be scarce at $80. Nemaha county tabulations of the assessor's reports show nn Increase of nearly $2,000,000 In the value of tho personal property of the county above 1917. Farmers of Sheridan county have planned a corporation for ' tho pur pose of building a potato starch fac tory at Gordon. Its capital stock Is to be $30,000. . Nearly 500,000 pounds of wool havo been shipped from Nebraska during the past three weeks, as tho result of tho government's call for'the product. Three Borghum mills are to be estab lished In Seward county. It Is ex pected that sorghum will bo extensive ly used ns a substitute for ssugur. Some farmers in the vicinity of LIsco estimate their wheat fields will yield closo to 45 bushels to the acre. According to C. W. Wntson, head of the Junior department of the Univer sity agricultural college, more thnn 5,000 boys and girls aro raising chick ens and more than 1,500 boys nnd girls ure raising pigs In Nebraska. They will produce, lie estimates, 750,000 pounds of pork nnd the same amount of chickens this year. Deputy State Superintendent Wood ord Is urging school boards In Ne braska to scan text books durlug tho summer nnd purge thoso of pro-German leaning. Thirty thousand school children of Omaha will start a campaign us soon us school begins In the fall to gather bottles, proceeds from which will be given to the Red Cross. Citizens of the metropolis aro asked to save all old bottles for the youngsters. One city In tho east raised $25,000 by this method. Calls aro being made throughout Nebraska for harvest hands. Any man or boy who lias had farm expe rience will be rendering his country valuable service by helping In the fields. Tho Nonpartisan leaguo naa not even got a clmnco for a look-In In Boyd county, according to Reprcsenta tlvo Christ Andersen, who visited Governor Neville nt Lincoln recently. "Tho people of Boyd county nro too busy raising crops and helping wnr activities to givo It any timo or atten tion," he said. Attorney General Reed has ruled that no person of alien enemy nation ality, who is u non-resident of Ne braska, is cllglblo to receive a permit from tho courts of this stato entitling; him to tench, preach, lecture, edit or publish a newspaper, and no permit may be issued uildcr the state sedi tion laws. Whilo sleeping at her home at Plattsmouth, Hazel O'Brien, 12, was shorn of her beautiful head of failr In a very mysterious mnnner. The preceding uflcrnoon the girl was ap prouched by a stranger who appeared to bo an Egyptian, In the streets, or Weeping Water. Boyd county has a woman aspirant for the office of sheriff. Sho Is Mrs Christiansen of Monowl, nnd has filed for tho republican nomination She lias only one hand, but It is reported sho can handle a gun with fair ac curacy dcsplto this handicap. In tho counties of Nuckolls, Furnosr Gosper, Frontier, Perkins, Keith, Mor rill, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Grant and Scottsbluff, school land valuations under sale appraisements have been. Increased $32,000 over the old lenso uppratsements. Throo thousand flvo hundrod dol lnrs willed to relatives in Germany, was ordered by tho court at Falls). City to be sent to tho alien property custodian ut Washington in the finnL hearing of the estate of Mrs. Dorothy1 Hine. According to n ruling given by Dep uty Attorney General Roe, men who- desire to become candidates for po-, litlcal honors at the statewide pri mary on August 20 must file on or before July 20. A number of Gage county farmers-, began cutting wheat last week. Whilo the grain has been slightly damaged by the heat it is estimated that it wilt yield from 15 to 25 bushels to the acre. Despite the dry, hot weather of tho past few days, Nebraska will have- a' splendid wheat crop this year, accord ing to Prof W. W. Burr of the ngroiu omy department of tho University of Nebraska. Kearney Is laying nn additional 40 odd blocks of street paving this year, gradlng being completed on about half of tho districts and asphalt already being laid on seven blocks. Fishermen havo caught some un usually largo catfish in the Platto near Fremont lately. Two fifty pounders were captured last week by, Lesharn sportsmen. Tho congregation of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church, near Stella, bought $24,500 worth of Lib erty bonds nnd $7,000 worth of War Savings Stamps. Woncel Mlklas, 19, nnd Miss Adella Cnuk, 17, of Dod;,., were drowned In, Wordeman Jake, near Wlsner, when a boat in which they were rowing,, capsized. A load of extra heavy pulp fed cat tlo from the Great Western Sugar company at Scotsbluff, sold for $18 per 100 pounds on the South Ornnha. market. "Take the sugar bowl off the ta ble," Is the order that Is being deliv ered to the hotel and restaurant ment of Lincoln by tho county food admin-. Istrator. At a .meeting of threshermen and farmers at Fremont a prlco of seven cents for threshing wheat and four cents for oats and barley were agreed', upon. Twenty cattle were killed- by light-, nlng at the E. A. Cunue ranch, near Mitchell, when a severe electrical storm passed over the district. More land Is being broken up this season In Kimball county for 1913' fall wheat than In the past four or fivo years put together. A large percentago of Lincoln's business and professional men have volunteered to go on tho fnrin during tho harvest season. Colfax county will vote upon the proposition of erecting a new court houso at tho election this fall. Business men of Wymore are as-' slstlng farmers In the community In harvesting their wheat crop. Stanton county was first in tho'. state to go "over tho top"' on Its War Savings Stamp drive. As the result of tho acute shortage of sugar people of Nebraska are call-, cd upon by tho state food admlnlstra-. tlon to limit their consumption to two.. pounds per person per month. Here tofore the allowance was three pounds monthly for each person. The sugar shortage Is oaused by ship sinkings und the poor crop tu Culm. According to J. II. Kohler of Fre mont, bugs can be kept from cucumber vines by the simple method of plant ing nnsturlums In the cucumber patches. In a statement explaining its ac tion In- demanding the resignation of Professors Hopt, Porslnger ,nnd Luckey, tho board of regents of tho stuto university said tho position nnd public utterances of the last two had been Indiscreet, nnd snld that Profes sor nopt held conscientious scruples against war. Tho Union Pacific has taken off six teen trains on Its branch lines In Ne braska. Permission for discontin uance of the service wns granted by tho state railway commission and Is considered a war move. 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