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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. I'l I 1 M fc u BET lien YEARS "BIG. .BILL" HAYWOOD I W. W. KINO, AND 14 AIDS DRAW LONG TERM8. EACH MAN IS FINED $20,000 Thirty-Three of the Defendants Sen tenced to Ten Years Ninety Day Granted by Court In Which to File a Bill of Exceptions. Chicago. William D. Haywood, "uncrowned king" of tho I. W, W., and 14 of his chlof aids In tho conspiracy to overturn tho Ainorlcan war pro grain wore sentenced to 20 yoarB In tho federal! penitontlary ut Leaven worth, Kan., by Federal Judgo K. il. UiUdlS. , Ton-year sontenuos woro imposed upon 32 of tho organization's leaders, live yoars on 33, ono yoar and one day on 12 and 10-day sentences on two. Canes against Benjamin Schrne gerr editor of tho Polish I W. W. pa per, and Pletro Nigra woro cuntinuod. All sentences on tho four counts in tho indictment will run concurrently. FIucb ranging rrom $20,000 on Hay wood and his chief aids down to $5, 000 wore imposod. Stay of Ninety D.lys. Nlnoty days is granted in which ve file a bill of ozcoptlonB and a stay of soven days in which to petition for ball. "It Is tho closing chapter In Amor lca'fl biggest criminal case," said Frank K. Nobokor, chief prosecutor "Wo nro conildont a now trial will bo grantod," said Georgo F. Vandc veer, chief counsel for tho defense. Doforo pronouncing sentence Judge Landls roviowed at some length tho salient pointa in tho government's case, laying ospecial stress on tho I. W. W. preamblo doclarlug eternal war on tho omploylng class and de nouncing war with othor nations; the mooting of tho oxocutlvo board after America had enterod tho war at which It was decided to oxpel mombera ent ering military service and later tho concertod plan by strikes and rebel lion to block wnr meaauroa. "In tltnos of peaco you havo a legal right to oppose by forcoful speeches PCjpnriiUonn for war, but when war has boon declared that right coases forthwith," was tho court'a closing re marks. MAKE8 PHONE RULING. Companies Must Charge for Install. Inn Phones. Washington, D. O. Undor orders is sued all changes In tojuphono rates must be submitted to Postmaster Don oral Burleson for approval boforo bo coming effective, and the companies are required to make a chargo for In stalling new phones or changing the location of old ones. A Btatomont by tho postmaster gen eral says tho new changos are neces sary to conserving labor and material and to eliminate a cost which is now borno by tho permanent user of tho telephone. Tho order for submission of rates does not affect the notico of the post master general on taking control, stating that "until further notico tho telegraph and telephone companies shall continue oporatlon in the ordi nary fcourso of business through reg ular channols." It merely means, it was explained, that approval must be given boforo new rates actually go In to effect. EXPELLED BY DEFEN8E COUNCIL. Publisher of Iowa Homestead Accused of Encouraging Dlsoyalty. Dos Moines, la. James M. Pierco, publlshor of tho Iowa Homestead, was formally charged by the stnto defense council with sedition and ox polled from membership, ntibjoct to approval by tho povomor. Ju tho resolution pasaod expelling him the council doclarod ho wns loading nn nttompt to orgauizo a npnpartisan leaguo In Iowa and was aiding and encouraging disloyalty and sedition. In his'' publication last week Pierco launched nn nttack on mombera of tho defense council and others engag ed In war activities work In an articlo ontltlod "Iowa's Reign of Terror." 8lck and Wounded Arrive. Washington, D. C During tho wook ending August 23, 423 Bick and wound ed soldlors from tho American expedi tionary forces were landed in tho United States and aont to army hospi tals. For tho preceding week the nuntbor was 333. Asked to Form Cabinet. Tho Hague. Queen Wllholmlna has asked Jonkhoer G. L. M. II. Itulja do Beoronbrouck to form a oablnet. He Is considering the proposal. Credit for Great Britain. Washington, D. C Ah additional credit of $400,000,000 for Groat Britain was established by the treas ury. This brought tho total of cred its to Great Britain to $3,725,000,000 and of credits to all the allies to.1. 002,040,000. Rantoul, 111. Lieut. Guthrie, an aviation Instructor at Chanuto field, was killed when his airplane foil while he was returning from a flight. The cadet with him escaped serious la Jury. ' LABOR'S LIFT! RUSS WAR WITH U. S, VICE CONSUL LOWER8 FLAG PETROGRAD CON8ULATE. AT More American Troops Land at Vladi vostok Two Ally Councils Cre ated for Russia. Washington, Aug. 24. Because the bolshevik government declared n state of war exists between Russia and the United States, Vice Consul Imbrlc haH lowered the United States flag over tho eonsulnto nt Pctrograd, closed the con Bulnto nnd placed the affairs of tho United Stntus In chnrge of the Nor wegian government. Amerlcnns In Pc trograd, of whom there arc approxi mately twenty, hnvo been wnrne'd to lenve tho country by the vice consul. Their houses were searched, one of them is under arrest nnd one Is hiding. The Tlilrty-flrst regiment of regulars hns nrrlved at Vladivostok from Ma nila, Secretary Baker announced. To co-ordlnnto the offdrts of tho al lies and the United States In Russln nn official dispatch from France says It has been decided to create two In ternational councils, one nt Archangel, Including tho entente nmbassadors un der tho presidency of Ambassador Francis of tho United Stntcs, the other at Vladivostok, to bo composed of five high ofllclnlB, On tho Vladivostok council Great Britain will be repre sented by Sir Charles Eliot, France by Eugcno Itcnnult, former ambassador to Japan, nnd Japan by M. Mntsmllra. It wns eald at the stnto department that an American representative hnrt not been mimed. MILLION LABORERS WANTED Serious Shortage of Unskilled Work ers for War Industries Is Put Up to the States. Washington, Aug. 20. At least one million unskilled laborers must be pro vided for war Industries ut once, no mntter whnt happens to private busi ness. That Is tho emphatic message sent out by the United States employment servico to nil tho states. Every state" has been notified of the quota of men It. Is colled on to supply, some of whom will bo put to work ut home, nnd others sent nwny, as tho condi tions demand, These laborers art? not to bo tnki'ii from othor war Industries or from fnniiH. rnllronds or mines. The condition is decidedly serious, nnd If the nlmrtngc Is not met prompt ly our npw army will bo faced with additional Instances of lack of equip ment, siKh ns became apparent Inst winter In the cnntonmentH nnd enmps. Tho new expansion of the nrmy draft Is going to cauRo a tremendous in ereaso In the need for supplies of nil ports, and a consequent groat Increase In the demand for labor to uinlcc these supplies. The present shortage of labor beennio apparent when the federal em ployment service put n stop to the prnctlco of "teallng" labor from ono plant by another. While tho call now sent out Is for Inbor classed as unskilled, there Is nn almost equally gravo lack of skilled workers In wnr industries. An Instance of this hns arisen in Georgia. That Btoto has been notified that unless It can supply fi.000 laborers at onco for tho $8,000,000 picric acid plant nt Brunswick, tho entire construction forco there will be lnld off and the plnnt moved out of Georgia. Steel Workers on Strike. Seattle. Wash., Aug. 28. Following tho breaking off of negotiations be tween the Pacific Coast Steel company and employees cugnged on contracts for tho Emergency Fleet corporation, a strike was decided. 260,000 Germans Register. Washington, Aug. 28. About 00,000 unnaturalized male Germans llvo In tbo United States and have registered with police and postmasters under alien regulations, the department of Justice reported. CZECHS DEFEAT REDS SLOVAK FORCES TAKE TOWN OF BERCHNEUDIN8CK. Japanese Troops Are Advancing Be yond Nlkolsk, an Important Russ Railroad Junction. London, Aug. 20. Lord Robert Ce cil British undersecretary for foreign affairs, announced that reports had been received in London that the Czecho-Slovak forces in trans-Balkalla had captured the town of Berchneu dlnsck, south of Lake Balkul, and nnd achieved a decided victory against the bolshovlk forces. Tokyo, Aug. 20. Jnpuneso troops ore ndvuncing beyond Nlkolsk, the war office announced. Tho Jnpaneso official stutement ulso said that Lieu tenant General Otanl, commander of the ullled forces In eastern Siberia, will command also tho Czecho-Slovak troops operating there and the nntl bolshevlk forces In tho maritime prov inces of Siberia. Nlkolsk is an important railroad junction 50 miles south of Vladivo stok. London, Aug. 20. Allied troops on the Ussurl river from north of Vladivo stok, outnumbered by the enemy, havo been forced to withdraw after heavy fighting, says a dispatch to the Dally Mall from Harbin. AIRSHIP REPORT IMPERSONAL Officials Accused by. Senate Body of Delay In Equipping the United States Army. Washington, Aug. 24. The long awaited report of the sennte military subcommittee Investigating nlrcraft production was submitted on Thursday with a scathing arraignment of delays In tho early days of tho wnr, a review of Improved conditions nnd recom mendations for tho creation of n new separate department of aviation with n cabinet officer nt its head. Disclaiming wholesale condemnation of the aircraft program, the subcom mittee praised much that has been ac complished nnd predicted: "Wo are approachln- a period when quantity production of planes soon may be hoped for," The report Is Im personal pnd says all questions of dis honesty or official corruption nro left to the department of Justice Inquiry, conducted by Chnrles E. Hughes. The original $040,000,000 appropri ated by congress for aviation In July, 1017, suy.s the report, hns been ex hausted nnd "practically wasted" with ?8S4,000,000 more found necessary. THREE U. S. SHIPS SUNK American Vessels Destroyed In elgn Waters by German Submarines. For- Washington, Aug. 20. Sinking of three American vessels In foreign wa ters by German submarines wns an nounced by the navy department. Tho Rtenmshlp Lake Edon, an army char tered cargo transport, was sunk Au gust 21; tho U. S. S. West Bridge, 8,800 tons. August 10, nnd the U. S. S. Cubore, 7,800 tons, August 15. Six teen of tho crew of the Lake Edon nrd missing. 89 having been accounted for. Three men were reported lost In tho sinking of tho West Bridge. There was no loss of life among tho crow of tho Cubore. The West Bridge nnd Cubore were homoward bound. Ship Sinks; Twenty-One Missing." Watch Hill, R. I., Aug. 27. Tho steamer Georgo Hudson, In the coast fisheries sorvlce, struck on fTiu rocks off hero In a heavy fog and sank. Three of her crow hRvo reached shore. Tho steamer carried a crow of 24. Car Kills Five In Auto. Logunsport, Ind., Aug. 27. Mr. and Mrs, Bert McCain, Mrs. Pearl LnnU and MrB. Guy Taylor and three-year-old child, all of Camden, Ind., wero killed when their automobile was truck by an Interurban. ABIGSTOGKMOVEMENT Heavy Shipment From the Northwest Is Taxing the Burlington to Capacity The stock movement from tho cand hills, the short grass country and the mountain rango country northwost, lt now on and tho Burlington railroad is being taxed to handle tho movement. There Buems to bo no great scarcity of cars or motive power, but tho busi ness is so heavy that tho capacity of tho railroad is taxed. The company has been doing improvement .work on its Wyoming district, and many men havo been shipped there, who work a few days and then leave. These men add to tho burden of transportation and also fail to assist it in getting needed work done. Orders received nt tho Nebraska headquarters of the co-operating pub lic employment bureau at Omaha state that Nebraska within the next few weokB or a month must furnish 8,180 men for essential war work in the ship yards, railroads, munition factories nnd other war activities. Tho order is presumed to refer to tho Nebraska quota of tho 1,000,000 more men for war industries which tho government wants at onco. State Director Kleffner says It is possible that the bureau will have to stop into tho mercantile estab lishments throughout the state and take men considered engaged in non essential employment and send thent on to tho government work. "It Is likely that wo will get authority to draft those men for the war industries through tho increase in tho draft," ho salu. That prosperity prevails among far mers of western Nebraska Is attested by a letter received by Mayor Smith of Omaha from K. L. Pierco of Hem mingford in which an offer is mado in behalf of citizens of tho community to send a carload of potatoes to the metropolis for distribution among tho poor. The letter states that, "as wo havo no poor of our own, wo wish to send a carload of spuds to Omaha for your needy poor." Over 50,000 moro men will register under the new man power act in Ne braska than registered under, the se lective draft law passed at the out break of tho war, which fixed the draft ages from 21 to 31. The new man power law provides for tho regis tration of all men from 18 to 45 years of age. Estimates indicate that approximately 177,000 Nebraska men will register under the now act. , Attention oi all persons who send mall to tho boys in Franco is called to tho fact that letters should not be addressed, with the abbreviation A E. F., as it is apt to become confused with tho Australian Expeditionary Forco. The word "American" must be spelled out in full in writing Amer ican Expeditionary Forces, If delays are to bo avoided. Captain C. E. Adams of Omaha, 71, elected head of tho Grand Army of the Republic at Portland, Ore., Is one of tho best known business men in Nebraska, having been In business in this .state for forty years. For yearB ho was in tho banking business at Su perior. Ho served during tho civil war with a regiment of artillery from Wisconsin. Owing to the fact that referendum petitions involving tho measure, tem porarily susponded it, Nebraska wom en wero unnblo to voto at tho recent primaries. Womon of the state will not be ablo to take advantage of tho partial suffrago law enacted by the 1917 legislature until the caso Is set tled In tho courts. A delegation of South Omaha stock men woro in Washington recently urg ing Director General McAdoo to Inter vene In behalf of aiding tho shipment of thousands of cattle from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and othor southern states to tho long grass country in Nobrnska. It Is believed tho request will bo granted. Word has reached tho Nebraska headquarters of tho Y. W. C. A. at Omaha that tho big war fund drive, November 11 to 19, will bo for tho Y. W. C. A., tho War Camp Com munity Servico and tho American Li brary Association. The united bodies plnn to raise $133,500,000 In all states. The York County Commercial club is making an effort to havo a section of tho Lincoln highway pass through tho county and tho city of York, if a chango is mado in tho route of tho thoroughfare west of Omaha. A reso lution hns boon sent to the highway association at Detroit, Mich. Nebraska's gain in county agents during tho past year surpasses all other agricultural states in tho union. Figures show that 80 of tho state's 93 counties have county agricultural ngents, and 40 of tho 93 have women ngonts to work with tho farm womon of tho counties. The price of alfalfa hay at the South Omaha stock yards has ad vanced to $40 a ton, or two cents u pound. Prairie hay is soiling at $35 a ton. Tho Peru Normal haB boon recog nized by tho War department as a school in which a student army train ing corps will bo incorporated. Ono hundred nnd fifty acres of al falfa land near Arnold sold recently for $"5 per aero. A record prlco for Custer county land. Both houses of congress havo passed a bill appropriating $40,000 for tho Greeks who suffered 1n tho South Omaha riots in 1909. During tho months of July and Au. gust a total of 11,234,040 pounds of sugar was used In this state for all purposes. Jefferson county's wheal crop this year avoraged 21.5 bushols to the aero, measuring up the ten-year aver age. Jn tho vicinity of Table Rock four farms, totaling 480 acres, wero re cently sold for an aggregato of $58,000. Columbus now has a now fire sta tion with two paid firemen on duty day and night. Two auto trucks are part of tho equipment. Percy Vinning of Beatrice has re cently been wounded for the second time whilo fighting in Franco. He was first wounded last March. In an automobilo accident near Al bion, Dell Roberts, ago 19, was killed and John Kautzman and Laverno Clay ton wero seriously Injured. A prospective customer dropped a cigarette stub into a gasoline leak at a Tllger garage, causing a fire which destroyed tho building and contents A municipal ice plant is a reality in Omaha. Tho product will retail for' thirty cents a hundred, against fifty cents charged by tho independent com pany. It is estimated that approximately 2,000 Nebraska youths who havo be come 21 years of ago slnco Juno G registered last Saturday for mllltarj service. Omaha is in lino for one of the chain of trans-continental aviation landing fields to bo established by the govern ment, is the opinion oi Omaha Aero club officers. Gering's new $75,000 high school building will bo practically completed -when school starts, and is to bo one of the finest structures of tho kind in western Nebraska. Antioch, Nebraska's fastest growing city, is to havo a Community club. Tho building will have all tho con veniences that go to make up a mod ern community meeting place Gage county Is entirely free from bonded indebtedness, having but re cently closed all outstanding claims against the court house and Jail, with a $970 balance In the latter fund. In tho opinion of Land Commissioner Shumway the proposed tax on trans portation of potash In tho revenue bill now before congress Is a blow to tho potash industry of western Nebraska. Rev. John J. Jonnotte, for twenty-flvo years chaplain at St. Joseph's hospital, Omaha, is dead. Ho was a pioneer priest and saw much of the early life of tho state and endured many hard ships. Germantown, a village of 275 per sons in Seward county, is raising pe titions totcbange its nnnio to Galland, in honor of Private Ray Galland, tho first citizen thoro to din In service abroad. W. E. Gowen of North Loup waB Internally injured and his son Georgo suffered a broken collar bono and frac tured ribs when a Santa Fo train struck their automobile near Castle Rock, Colo. Brainard experienced one of tho most destructive flres In its history Just recently, five frame buildings be ing consumed. Tho excellent water works system only prevented a much greater loss. The food administration has ruled that ungraded potatoes will not be al lowed on Nebraska markets. Potatoes must be graded before shipment In No. 1 and No. 2 quality's. "Flold run" potatoes will no longor be allowed. Tho government has selected tho Crelghton university at Omaha for military educational training. FIvo hundred students at the college will tako tho course, which will bo under the direct supervision of army officers. Nebraska farmers so far havo re sponded o tho limit to overy request of Uncle Sam and they will not re fuse his latest request, which calls upon them to sow 3,762,000 acre3 of Nebraska land in winter wheat this fall. A largo, servico board at Odoll, Gage county, contains the names of fifty men of tho vicinity who havo Joined Uncle Sam's fighting forces. Tho board, which is used Instead of a flag, was dedicated just tho other day. John L. Kennedy, state fuel admin istrator for Nebraska, says people of this stato need havo no fear of being put on a fuel ration. A recent Denver report stating that such measures may bo resorted to, havo no foundation, he said. Work Is progressing satisfactorily on Banner county's oil well, nnd drillers aro much encouraged by piercing a limestone formation. No oil has been struck yet, however, but It is believed tho precious fluid will be found. Producers are to keep producing, railroads aro to bo operated and de pendents aro to be cared for, accord ing to new instructions to draft boards over the stato In regard to tho classification of registrants for war servico. Tho now community house being built at Scottsbluff for the benefit of employoos of tho sugar factory and their families, will hnvo overy modern convonionco. It will bo completed In timo for tho oponing of tho cam paign in October. A ladles' military company haB been organized at Norfolk, with 30 mem bers. Tho girls are to wear regula tion uniforms and aro to undergo reg ular infantry drills. The company plans to learn how to shoot rifles and bo ready for an emergency. Lieutenant Manderson Lehr of Al bion, probably tho state's only repre sentative In tho famous French flying corps, tho Lafayette Escadrllle, is re ported to havo met death In France July 15. Tho dead' aviator was a nephew of the Into Genoral Mander son. His fathor is county clerk of I Boone county. UNITED STATES DRY NEXT JULY 1 President Asks Legislation Pend ing in Senate Be Extended Until After January 1. 'DRYS' AGREE TO THE DELI Senator Sheppard Declares Wilson Does Not Object to Action by Con gress, but Discussed 'Extending Date of Restrictions. Washington, Aug. 28. President Wilson, sennte prohibition leaders de clared on Mondny, is not opposed to legislation pending In the senate pro posing nationul prohibition during the war, but has suggested that the pro posed time for its becoming effective January 1 next be extended. Nego tiations to that end, It Wns said, seemed to assure 'an agreement for the passage of the bill, and also for some extension of time to liquor In' terests. Lnter, after much clonkroom nego tiation, lenders said tho prohibition supporters had agreed to fix July 1 next as the date when prohibition would become effective. Although some of the bill's opponents wero de manding n longer extension, represent atives of both factions said It ap peared probuble that July 1 Anally would be agreed to. Senutor Sheppard of Texas, mana ger of the prohibition bill, stuted lowing a recent conference nt White House, that the president did not object to action by congress on the legislation, but discussed extend ing tho effective date of the restric tions. July 1, 1910, was the new dnte suggested. According to Senator Sheppard, tha bill's opponents concede its pnssago and the only question nt Issue now is the time when it will become effective. The new dnte, It wns said, would not Interfere with government revenue collections on liquor for the flscnl year nnd thus avoid redrafting the war rev enue bill, which Is based on estimated returns of nbout $900,000,000 from In toxicants. JAPS DEFEAT THE B0LSHEVIKI Sailors, Supported by Armored Cars,. Rout "Reds" at Engen euka. London, Aug. 28. Japanese troopsu nre completing their concentration. on1 tho Ussuri front, according to dlsj patches from Vladivostok. At En'ge- neukn, sailors supported by armored cars attacked the bolshevik troops in the face of heavy artillery fire and routed them. General SemenofTs opponents In the trans-Baikal region have withdrawn as a result of the arrival of Japanese troops at Manchurl, according to a Tien Tsln dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. Only 3,000 of the bolshevik troops remain In that region. 186,733 IN DRAFT CALL Selects Will Entrain Between Septem ber 3 and 6 40,503 Called for Limited Service. Washington, Aug. 20. The first draft call for September, Issued on Saturday by Provost Marshal General Crowder, summons a total of 180,783 men. The call provides for the entrain ment between September 8 nnd 0 of 125,000 white aud 21,270 colored men for general military service and 40,503 white men for limited service. RAID FIVE GERMAN CITIES British Flyers Attack Frankfort, Co logne and Other Centers Good Results Observed. London, Aug. 20. FIvo Important towns In Germany nnd five hostile air dromes were heavily bombarded by British aerial squadrons on the night of August 21-22, according to nn offi cial statement Issued by the Brltl nlr ministry, Military objectives at Frankfort and Cologne, the statement ndds, were heavily nttacked and good, "esults were observed. REP. H. A. COOPER INJURED Congressman From Wisconsin Hurt In Accident While on Way to Ed- gerton to Make Speech. Janesvllle, Wis., Aug. 20. Congress man Henry Allen Cooper suffered a Bevere sprain of his neck when thrown from n taxi as he was driving to Edgerton to deliver a speech on Fri day. He was removed to the Mercy hospital and tnken to his home In Ra cine late In the afternoon. Crown Prince Rupprecht to Take Bride. Copenhagen, Aug. 28. King Leopold of Bavaria at a family dinner Sunday announced the engagement of Crown Prince Rupprecht to Princess Antoin ette of Luxemburg, according to an official statement Arrests In Finland 32,701. Stockholm, Aug. 28. The total num ber of persons arrested In Finland on account of the insurrection In that country up to AugUBt 19 was 82.70L according to a dispatch received fie Helslagfbrx. i ,foi- v ,M'