Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
KOBE 15 GIVE U
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8IR ERIC GEDDE8 AN INTER
ESTED SPECTATOR AT THE
CEREMONY.
FLOTILLA OF 25 SURRENDER
Noted Crulcer Deutschland
Among the Number Veoiel
Over Two American Officers
from Ship Tlcondoroga.
U-153
Turns
Taker
Harwich, England. In the presence
of Sir Eric Geildes, first lord of tho
admiralty, 28 moro German U-boats
mirrcndereiJ This was tho moat 1m
tioalng flotilla to haul down the Ger
man Hag thus far. It Included several
vory largo submarines and four of tho
cruiser type, ono being nearly 3E0 feet
long.
Tho uotod crulaer Hubmarlno Deut
Kthland U-153 was among tho number.
Sho carried two Amorlean officers
who had been roscuod from the Amer
ican army cargo Hblp Tlcondcroga,
torpedoed on September 30 last. Thd
officers were taken to Kiel by tho
Deutsnhland, which was returning
from a thrco months' crulso In Amer
ican waters, and woro landed at Har
wich. Commander Perrlere Sad,
Another surrendered boat was the
U-139, vhlch had Just returned to a
German port after a C4 days' cruise,
commanderod by Lieutenant Com
mander Arnould do la Plorrlero, who
In 1010 was awarded tho Order Tour
lo Mcrlto for sinking 12G vossols;. Tho
U-139, howevor, -was brought In by a
first lloutonant, who cxplalnod that
Pnrrlro "wan too sad to undertake thd
duty.
Thnro is no available rocord of a
Gorman submarine cruiser Doutsch
land U-1G3.
A Gorman submarine Doutschland
arrived at Daltlmoro from Bremen
with a cargo of dyostuffs and mall3
early In July, 191C, tho first nubmarino
to make tho 4,000-mllo trans-Atlantic
voyage. Tho Doutschland was purely
n cargo carrier.
Tho Gorman submarino U-53 appear
cd suddenly at Nowport, R. I., on Oc
tobor 7, 191(5, and after a stay of threo
hours doparted. Tho next day camo
icports of tho sinking of six vcaroIh
off Nantuckot by Gorman submarine1?.
A Paris dispatch In Docombcr, 1917,
reported tho capture of tho U-53 by n
French naval forco.
Sinco August 20, 22 vcssols have
been sunk off the Atlanlo coast of tho
United States. Only four of thorn,
howovor, woro steamers, tho remain
der consisting of schooners, flshlnij
boats anil two steam trawlora.
Torpedoing: und sinking of thn
Amorlean army cargo uhlp Tlcondor
oga by n Gorman submarine, with tho
loo of 11 naval officers and 10? on
listed men, on September 30 last, waa
announced by Secretary of tho Navy
Daniols on Octobor 11. Two officers,
Lieut. P. L. Mullor, of Oakland, Cal.,
and Lieut. J. II. Pulchor, of Frisco, N.
O. ,woro taken aboard tho submarine
at. prison or s; Secrotary Dnvlols an
nounced. NEW PROOF OF HUN BARBARISM.
French Undersecretary Tells of Pil
lage and Loot on Eve of Truce.
ParlB. On tho eve of tho signing
or tho armistice tho Germans carried
out tholr usual cruolty and plllago In
tho Mojiloros-Charlovllle region, ac
cording to an interview with Alborl
Favre, undersecretary of stato for tho
Interior, In tho Temps.
Tho former Gorman emperor and
l'.ic former crown prlnco had their
headquarters in tho roglon of Mozleros
for moro than three years and the dis
trict was Intact until tho morning of
November 10. On that morning tho
Germans removed tho Inhabitants and
carried out 'a systematic robbing of
homos and buildings. In tho afternoon
tho enemy battorlos directed a hoavy
flro against Mozlores and destroyed
tialt tho town.
During tho bombardmont it was
necessary to romovo tho 200 patients
In the hospitals there. Tho bombard
ment stopped at 10:30 a. m. en No
vember 11, a half hour boforo the
armlntlce wont into offect.
This destruction, M. Favro adds,
was carried out without any military
aim and Is n, now proof of Gorman
hnrbaTisw. Gen. von Arnlm command
ed the enemy troops In the Mozloros
region.
German Infernal Machines.
Paris. Tho Germans had laid plans
to blow up tho palaco of justice In
TlruHsols, according to a dispatch to
tho Solr from Brussels. In the collar
of tho palaco four Infernal muchlnos,
placod thoro by tho Germans, havo
boon found closo to somo gunpowder
And ammunition.
Rejoicing in India.
London. Enthusiastic rojoiclnp,
marked tho celobration in India of tho
fiignlng of tho armistice, according to
dolaycd dispatches from Simla. A
public holiday was proclaimed
parades woro hold throughout
country,
anu
the
Soandla Mission Arrives.
Now York. A Joint minion from
Norway, Swodou and Denmark has an
rived horo to study financial nnd oco
nomtcal conditions in tho United
State?.
AMtNDMENTS CARRIED
Election Returns Show Proposal
Against Allen Voting and
Convention Adopted.
Returns rroin 72 of the !).'! counties
of tho state show thnt both the con
stitutional iimondnient to deprive
iillcns of tin' voting privilege and the
propositi to cull const Itution eonven
lion carried nt the recent election b
safe majorities. In these counties
tho nlli'ii iiincniltncnt received 10.'5,317
Mile", while tin constitutional con
u'ntlon question received 102,058.
In order to Insure the adoption
of the amendments, on the vote
shown above In these counties tho
iifllniuitlve vote would have to bo
iiboilt 07,500. The nllen amend
incut bus received 0,800 more than
necessary, while the other amendment
has 4.500 inori than required to curry
It. It Is not believed that the 21
counties remaining will make nny
difference to the result.
From Washington comes the good
news thnt the general stuff Ih worl:lng
out plans whereby every state In the
union will luivo tin opportunity to see
Its home troops on pimulo when they
return from France. This will menu
thnl Nebraska's homecoming troops
will imrmle before their own people
and It Ik believed tho men will be
eneampt'il lit Fort Crook, near
Omaha, mill mustered out there.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska has
Introduced n resolution In congress
calling upon the federal trade com
mission to iniiko nn Investigation
whether u combination or arrangement
between the various fertilizer compan
ies Is in force for the purpose of re
stricting or avoiding the use of Ne
braska potash.
Tin mini of $525,000 was the totnl
subscribed by the United War Fund,
by Oninhn, or more thun 50 per cent
over, the city's quota. Omaha stnnds
Mining the highest cities In the coun
try In the total subscriptions In the
drive.
Prof, niloy, head of the department
of rural economics of the University
of Nebraska, has Issued an appeal to
co-operiitlvu elevators In Nebraska to
Install small mills for grinding whole
wheat Hour and whole corn meal.
At n meeting of Nebraska food ad
ministrators at Omaha, a resolution to
(Innate the $l-yeur-salary or 125 county
controllers und heads of committees
as a gift lo State Administrator Wat
tles, was unanimously adopted.
Resumption of construction work on
rostoflices and other public buildings
ordered by Secretary of the Treasury
MeAdoo, will mean that. a number oE
federal buildings contemplated for this
Mate will now be built.
.f. W. AfcKlsslck of Beatrice, for
merly u member of the legislature,
wns chosen grand master of tho Ne
braska grand lodge I. O. O. F. at the
recent session In Lincoln.
County Commissioner A. F. Volte of
Hebron, was elected to olllee by 000
majority three days after his death of
Inllucnzn. nt tho November election.
Straight republican votes cast were,
responsible.
The work nt the Fort Onmhn and
Fort Crook Bnlloon school will con
tinue this winter, according to orders
received by MnJ. P. H. Van Nostrand,
executive officer.
Two hundred Nebraska fanners at
tended the sixteenth annual conven
tion of the Nebraska Farmers' Co
operative Grain and Live Stock asso
ciation nt Oinahn.
The next session of the Nebraska
Odd Fellows and the Rehoknhs will be
held In York, according to action ta
ken by the two societies at the recent
session at Lincoln.
Spanish Influenza has taken n heavy
toll of lives at Norfolk, twenty-seven,
drnths having occurred from the dis
ease since the epidemic became preva
lent In the state.
C. W. Pugsley, secretary of Organ
bed Agriculture, announced the week
of Organized Agriculture In Nebraska
will be held at Lincoln January -0
to tin.
Thirty thousand school children In
Omaha contributed tit an average of
more than $1 each to the united war
work campaign.
More than l,r00 Odd Fellows and
R00 Rehoknhs attended the recfiit
grand lodge sessions of the Nebraska
older nt Lincoln.
Jl'o nominate and elect Judges of the
Ncbraxkn supreme court by districts
Instead of Iroin the Mate at large Is
the object or w bill which will bo lu
ll odiiced In the coming legislature by
Senator .lohn F. t 'ordeal of Red Wil
low county.
Dr. Samuel Avery, formerly major
In the chemical warfare dhlMnn at
Washington, has received his honor
able discharge from the War depart
ment nnd will resume on December 1
bis duties us chancellor of the Uni
versity of Nebraska nt Lincoln.
The Nebraska food administration
nt Oinahn Is sanding notices to far
mers urging theui to hold their luinm-
turo poultry, Instend of forcing It
onto the market, thus creating nn
oversupply.
Tho Idea of building a new Nebras
ka state house has again come to the
surface, llnrry L. i ook of Lincoln,
state fair expert, nnd member or Hip
uet legislature, suggests thnt No
lirnsl. i lawmakers bo usked to creel v
new cupltol building ut Lincoln cloven
dories In height nnd along the line of
1 a modern olllcu building.
Statu Superintendent of Schools
Cleiniuons, In a communication to tie
siliool boards and touchers of the
stato, outlines it suitable solution for)
making up the time lost In classes us1
u result of the recent epidemic. If!
the board of health closes tho schools
teachers cannot draw their salaries,
but If the district board closes the
schools, teachers enn draw salaries.
Mr. Clcmmons suggests that the
teachers make up one-half the time
und the state will provide for the
other ono-lmlf.
Warren Pershing, youug son oP
General John J. Pershing, communder
of the American expeditionary forccsj
has sent his father from his homo at
Lincoln, a Christmas box made up of
articles to the average soldiers' lik
ing. It contained u layer of choco
late, n layer of candled enke, a knife,
three linen handkerchiefs und a pair
of socks.
Dr. Inez Phllbrlck, chairman of the
health committee of the Nebraska fed
eration of womlm's clubs, before 200
delegates at the state convention nt
Lincoln, bitterly scored tho so-called
fashionable mode of dressing of wom
en. She said woman's dress lacked
three fundamental qualities modesty,
protection from weather and comfort.
Cornstalk disease bus caused the
death of a great number of cattle In
Hooker county. A man nenr Seneca
turned his cattle on his winter range,
on which was n slx-ncre Held of corn
stalks. He lost seventeen head In a
few hours. Another man lost eight
head In nn hour. The cuttle die quick
ly and there seems to be no relief
ence they get down with the disease.
County food bends reached a decis
ion at a meeting with State Adminis
trator Wattles at Omnha to present
Air. Wattles with n loving cup ns u
token of the appreciation of the men
and women of the stnte who have
worked with him on food administra
tion matters (luring the last eighteen
months.
Twenty-four potato, growers, dealers !
and government and state experts will
be among the speakers ut the second
tiunual convention of the Nebraska
State Potato Improvement associa
tion, at Scottsbluff, December 4, fi
and 0.
Twenty-two thoroughbred Holsteln
cows of a herd of 101 animals owned
by the Woodlawn dairy, near Lincoln,
have been condemned as tubercular by
State Veterinarian Anderson. Tho
condemned animals will be killed.
The government has given Nebras
ka $12,052.75 with which to fight so
cial diseases, according to Dr. Rlch
urd T. Leader of the United States
public health service, who visited tho
stute health department ut Lincoln.
Food Administrator Wattles has an
nounced that the 80-20 rule with ref
erence to the use of substitutes in
baking and serving bread has been re-
sclnded, so fur as hotels and public
eating houses are concerned.
Elmer Johnson, 11, of Concord, Is a
claimant for the cornbusklng chum
plonship of the United States for boys
of his age. He husked forty bushels
of corn in one day In a field thnt uver
aged forty bushels to the acre.
Changes In the ruling oC tho national
war board concerning construction of
public utilities will permit roud and
highway construction without special
permit, according to nn order received
by the stnte council of dofenso.
The national food administration
nnd the packers have agreed to the
same minimum price on hogs for De
cember that has been In effect In No
vember, $17 average with tho mini
mum at $10 nt Omaha.
At the request of the Stute Board
of Health that no unnecessary public
gatherings be held, the dedication of
the new Dodge county court house ut
Fremont bus been postponed Indefi
nitely. Wnshlngtnn advices lo tho Ne
braska food administration nro to tho
effect that the licensing plan for deal
ing in food stuffs Is to continue for
another year, at least,
J. S. Caniidy of Mlntlon was elected
president of the Furinors' Co-operative
Grain and Livestock association
at the aiinuul convention of tho organ
ization at? Omaha.
F. F. Suavely. Lancaster county
chairman of the united war work
drive, has reported 1,500 subscription
"slackers" to the county council of
defense.
Lincoln citizens nro considering
changing the name of O street to
Perching avenue. O street Is the prin
cipal street In Lincoln.
Tho state banking board has In
formed Nebraska state bunks that
they must not accept Liberty bonds
from patronx nnd give n certain form
of cprtllicate promising to collect in
terest and return the bonds on de
mand. Antonio Green, u poolhnll operator
:tt Doniphan, has brought suit ngaliuM
twenty citizens of the town for
$100,000 damages because ho was
forced to close his place of business
and march In a peace parade the day
the armistice was signed.
Governor-elect McKelvIo will ad
dress county commissioners, supervis
ors, highway commissioners nnd
clerks of the st.ito nt their annual
meeting nt Hastings December II, 4
ami 5.
A Nebraska delegation called upon
tho war Industries board at Washing
ton hut week to secure If posslblo
some government action on the potash
Munition. The Nebraska potash In-
iltiMrles are emlmriusscd
becnuo
mere mix neen no sale or potash now
for several months, nnd a large sup-
uly of the potash bus uecumulutod.
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GERMANY'S NIL
E
MIGHTY FLEET OF TEUTONS NOW
IN HANDS OF ALLIES.
ABIDE BY ARMISTICE TERMS
Gigantic Surrender Unprecedented In
All Naval History Five Big Ameri
can WarshlpB Take Part A Specta
cle Never to De Forgotten.
Edinburgh, Nov. 'Si. Germany ns n
naval power ceased to exist on Nov.
21. The heart of her mighty fleet
fourteen ships of line, seven light
cruisers and fifty destroyers surren
dered to nn urmiidu of British, Amer
ican and French vessels, the greatest
lighting forco that ever stood out to
Ken.
The minutely detailed program of
submission laid down by the com
mander Of the British fleet was car
ried out strictly according to plans.
The German warships, strung out In
u single column almost twenty miles
long, nppeured at the rendezvous nt
the appointed time and were led Into
tho Firth of Forth between twin' col-
1 umns of nllled ships which over-
! lnpped the Germans at each end. The
enemy craft are now anchored In tlr
' llrth, under gunrd as prisoners.
Event Without Precedent.
) A surrender on such n gigantic
scale has no prciedcnt In naval his
o:v. Although the wonderful naval
M.ectucle was the name as u peace-
time review and evoked little enthus-
iusm, the huze blotting out the hori
zon, American and British officers
could scarcely credit
their eyes. It was
shnttercd all nnval
Ideals.
Men animated by
the evidence of
an event which
traditions and
the spirit of
Lawrence's "Don't Give Up the Ship,'.'
and Nelson's "England Expects Every
Man to Do Ills Duty," could not con
ceive of such nn Inglorious 'fate us
that to which the enemy sea force
wns submitting. An Associated Press
correspondent to whom Is credited
with writing this article, standing on
tho deck of an American dreadnaught
heard nn officer exclnlm: "Even the
poor old Spaniards, knowing they bud
not a chance, came out of Santlngo."
But for the most part, both officers
nnd men were, silent. They realized
they were witnessing the climacteric
act of Germany's downfall. They
knew that the surrender of these ves
sels automatically raised the' United
States to second position among the
world's naval powers, but they showed'
no elation and seemed to feel n sort
of contemptuous pity for tho fallen
giant of the sea who hud refused to
fight. Their Imaginations dwelt on
the foe's shame.
The German ships were sighted by
the allied columns at 0:20 o'clock In
the morning, docilely following their
British pilot, the light cruiser Cardiff,
which, with destroyers and other small
craft, had ranged nhead of the allied
fleet. The enemy studiously complied
with Admiral Bentty's orders nnd It
was well for their own snkes that they
did. Every vessel steaming out to
meet them flew battle ensigns and wns
ready for Instant action with Its men
at battle stations, and guns In posi
tion for prompt annihilation of the
enemy's forces If their mission proved
to be other thnn peaceful.
Five American battleships, the New
York, Texas, Arkansas, Wyoming nnd
Florida, were prepared to fire every
gun In forty seconds ofter the signal
was given by Rear Admiral Rodman,
who said to the correspondent before
sidling: "There Is not the slightest
probability of any trouble, but we are
overlooking no chances against mak
ing tho wind up of this show a big
success."
Ship Line 14 Miles Long.
The mnln allied fleet extending
over n line fourteen miles long In the
Firth of Forth began to wrlgh anchor
at 1 o'clock a. m. The Scotch mist
which for dnys had obscured the har
bor was swept nwuy by a stiff breeze,
and the moon shone brilliantly out of
a clear sky. The ships quickly took
their stations In tho long double line
they held throughout the day. British
bnttlo cruisers led the way, followed
by (IrcudmuightH. Admiral Bentty's
flagship, the Queen Elizabeth, led the
squadron In the northern column. The
Amorlean worships fell Into line be
hind Admiral Bentty's craft balancing
a British squadron slmllur In power In
the opposite file.
The rendezvous wns approximately
fifty miles distant und the ships
gauged their speed to arrive nt the ap-
America's Sea Losses.
Washington! D. C, Nov. 25. The
, less of 145 American pussengor und
nierchapt vessels of ,'154, HO tons and
j 775 lives through nets of the enemy
I during tho period from tho beginning
J of tho world wnr to the cessation of
j hostilities November 11. Is shown by
: llgures made public a few days ago by
i the department of commerce's bureau
' of nnvlzntlnn. The report does not Iti-
' cjujt. several vessels, the loss of
wll,.h nnH not iu,e established as due
to iicts of tnP ,.nemv.
I '
POWER
XPUNBED
polntcd place ut 8 o'clock. At C
o'clock u slguul summoned the men
Into buttle stations, except for tho of
llcers on tho bridges, the ship's com
panies were hidden behind bulwarks
of steel. When dawn broke, the sou
wns ugaln covered with mist which
reduced the visibility to les3 than
8,000 yards.
German Fleet Arrives.
Kyes straining through the murky
haze finally were rewarded. Off tho
starboard bow, the Cardiff, trailing an
observation kite balloon, camo steam
ing In. Close behind her came tho
first of the German ships, the great
battle cruiser Scydlitz, which was
Hying the Hug of Commodore Togort.
After her enmo four others of tho
same type, the Derffllnger, Von Dor
Tiuin, Hlndenburg and Moltke. They
moved nloug three cable lengths
apart.
Immediately following them were
nine dreadnoughts, the Frcdrlch der
Grosse, flagship of Rear Admiral Von
Iteuter, the Koenlg Albert, Kaiser,
Kronnrltiz Wllhelm, Buyrin, Mnrk-
graf, Prlnz Regent, Lultpold nnd the
Grosser Kurfuerst.
Three miles astern of the battle
ships camo seven light cruisers, the
Karlsruhe, bearing the ensign of Com
modore Harder; the Frankfort, Em
den,, Burnberg, Brummer, Coin and
Bremen.
Then came another gap of three
miles and Germnn destroyers came
steaming In five columns abreast with
ten destroyers to n column. Six miles
ciiktiiuiki1 ftm nlltfvjl nn1mf inr'
souarely between them the Card!
M i
brought her charges nil steaming nt
the stlnubitfd peed of ten knots. A
"id 'tid. Ihiir guns were In regular
lore and uft positions and as far as
powerful glasses could determine,
theie was no Sign to provoko sus
picion. Over the Germans circled a
British dirigible, which acted as eyes
for the allied ships, which, although
the fog hud lifted, were still roo dis
tinct for accurate observation.
When the leading Germnn ships
bad reached the western end of the
flanking columns the allied ships put
about In squndrons. Quickly reform
ing their lines, they proceeded to es
cort tho enemy In to the Firth of
Forth. By noon the, lust wisp of fog
had dispersed nnd n splendid view of
the vast array of war craft could bo
obtained. Holding steadily to Its
course, the great fleet reached May
Island at 2 o'clock. The captive, Ger
mans were piloted to anchorages as
signed to them and British ships from
the southern column closed In ns
guurtls. The northern column steam
ed on to the regular anchorage higher
up the Firth.
Inspection trartles from the grand
fleet boarded the Germans to make
sure that all conditions of the armis
tice w-re observed. The enemy ves
sels will be Interned In Scnpa flow.
Part of the crews will remain for
maintenance work and the remnlnder
will be returned to Germany soon.
King Visits U. S. Squadron.
King George's visit to the Ameri
can flagship, New York, the day pre
vious to the surrender, was a notablo
occasion throughout. British destroy
ers were streaming out of the harbor
to take up ndvanced positions to act
as a screen for the grand fleet and the
portentlousness of their mission gave
a note of solemnity to the gula scene
on the New Xork. As soon as tuc
royul party stepped aboard the royal
ensign was hoisted to the masthead.
This was the first time since the
United Stntes entered tho war that
any ceremonial punctllllo has been ob
served. King George was touched by
the sight of his standard snapping lu
tho breeze above the Stars und Stripes
aud expressed his appreciation.
King George, the Prince of Wales,
Admiral Beatty and other members of
the visiting party were received by
Admirals Rodman nnd Sims and other
officers of the fleet. They made n
quick tour back between long lines of
marines standing stiffly at attention
and sailors manning the rails. Tho
party then went below to the admiral's
cabin, wliaro It visited for half an
hour.
The king appeared to have a flno
time. Formalities were abandoned.
Admirals Beatty, Sims and Rodman
were In high spirits nnd their good
jiHtured bantering kept the whole
party laughing. It wus an Interesting
manifestation of the extremely cordial
and Intimate relations cementing
Great Britain nnd America. King
George voiced the brotherly feelings
of the two navies, with a suggestion
that arrangement) might woll bo made
for Joint maneuver every year by the
.American and British fleets. Ills pro
posal wi's heartily seconded by the
American officers. As the king entered
the roynl barge, the order camo from
tho officer on the bridge to the sailors
and marines, "three cheers for the
king of England." Cheors were given
wltli such n will that they brought an
nuswerlng cheer from the men on tho
distant ships of tho American squad
ron.
Estimates Belgium's Loss.
Rochester, N. Y Nov. 25. Bel
gium's loss from German occupation
was placed by Prof. Paul Va-n Den
Yen, of tho Belgian embassy, nt he
tween $4,000,000,000 and $0,000,000,000.
No Trace of British Prisoners.
London, Nov. 25. A "white paper"
on the treatment of British prisoners
In Turkey. Just Issued, says that of
10,58a prisoners taken by the Turks
.'1200 are reported to be dead, wh'.'c
no trace run be found of 2,222 otherr
1500,000,000 III
WAR MS GUI
Sasoline and Luxury Levies Are
Eliminated.
DTHER IMPOSTS ARE REDUCED
Shewing Gum Rate Slashed, but No.
Change Made in the 5 Per Cent
on Sales of Automobiles, Tires
and Accessories.
Washington, Nov. 23. A $500,000,
)00 reduction In tho new war revenue
I11 were made by the senate finance
rommlttee In revising the measure
lownwnrd to the $0,000,000,000 total
!or 1010 proposed by Secretary Mc
doo. Among Importnnt eliminations were:
The house luxury schedule levying
20 per cent on costly clothing and ,
)ther merchandise, estimated to ralso
$184,705,000.
The house tax of 2 cents n gallon.
n gasoline, to yield .$-10,000,000.
Reduction from 10 to 0 per cent, or
.bout $200,000,000 in revenue, In rates
m many articles classed ns sefl-lux-arles.
A reduction of about one-half In the
. irklicn entnu rn tn)ntnn it mif nf fllimit
avsuuv, ii.o wi ivimi..v, u .. v ..-
i 551,000,000.
Cuts on Semi-Luxuries.
The committee reduced from 10 to
5 per cent the house rates on the foll
owing semi-luxuries:
Piano players, phonographs, photo
graphic films, candy, portnblo electric
fans, thermos bottles, slot machines
jiid boiled soaps nnd powders.
The chewing gum rote wus cut from
1 to 3 per cent; that on hunting nnd
bowle knives from 100 to 10 per cent;
m firearms and ammunition, from 25
to 10 per cent; on sculpture, paintings
mil statuary, from 10 to 5 per cent.
Ten per cent tnxes Imposed In tho
house bill on bnthlng suits and photo
graphs or reproductions were entire
ty eliminated, nnd thnt of 10 per cent
on fur and wool articles made applica
ble to fur manufacturers only.
Auto Sale Tax Stands.
No change was made In the 5 per
cent sales tax on automobiles, tires
ind accessories, nor In the 10 per cent
levy on sporting goods, liveries, tapes
tries, textiles, yachts nnd motorbonts.
The 10 per cent sales tax on pre
cious stones, Jewelry nnd Imitations,
clocks, watches, opera glasses nnd sim
ilar articles was reduced to 5 per cent.
After tentatively deciding on reduc
tion of the amusement tnxes, the com
mittees Anally determined to leave
them unchanged ns already reduced
from the house figures.
The 10 per cent tax on club dues
also wns unchanged. '
1920 Tax Passed Up.
The committee deterred decision on
the plnn suggested by Secretary Me
Adoo nnd specifically presented by
Chairman Simmons for incorporating
specific rutes for 1020 taxation, by
which tho totnl revenue yield would
bo limited to $4,000,000,000.
Republican members vigorously op
pose legislation for 1020 nnd the com
mittee decided to pnss thnt questioa
temporarily. Tomorrow It will rcsumo
revision of miscellaneous taxes to cut
off nnother $500,000,000 necessary to
reduce the whole to $0,000,000,000.
FRENCH CITE U. S. FIGHTERS
Officers and Privates Named One
Company Listed Twice for De
feating Huns.
Paris, Nov. 22. English, Amcrlcaa
and Italian soldiers and units are cited
In orders printed In tho Official Jour
nal. Tho prlnco of Wnles regiment IBs,,
named for Its service In Unison work.
Company L, Ninth United Stntes In
fantry, Is twice cited ; first, for resist
ing and putting to flight, under com
mand of Cnpt. II. II. Worthlngton, a
greatly superior number of the-cnemy,
nnd, second, for a similar exploit un
der command of Lieut. E. G. Ince.
American soldiers who are cited ure:
Plelenkl nnd Stanley Doblez, Twenty
third Infantry; Second Lieutenant Har
ry Kelly nnd Private Aloyslus J.
Brown, ninth; Corporal Wlhchenbnug
and Private Kenneth C. Sands, fifth;
Thomas Egan, fifth ; nlso G. De Freest
Larncr, James Norman Ilnll, Dnvld
Peterson, Charles W. Chapman, Jumes
A. Melssncr and Edward Rlckenbaekcr,
aviators.
26 HUNS SENT TO PRISON;
German Riding Master Seized Near
Fort Sheridan Among Those Or
dered Interned.
Chicago, Nov. 22. Edward Wllhelm
Otto, until recently a riding master at
Highland Park, embarked on a special
train this morning for the South.
Otto bnd a splendid establishment lu
tho north shore suburb, and among his
pupils were sons and daughters ot
many leading families. His favorite
riding course wus over the winding
roads ot Fort Sheridan. Government
operatives heard that he took extensive
notes of what he observed at the mill
tary station. Six others aboard cnine
from Grand Rapids, Dubuque, letroit
'and St. Paul. When the train reaches
Indlnnupolls 14 more alien ciu'iihih
from Kansns City and St. Louts will
embark. They are nil going to Fon
Oglethorpe, Co., to be Intei-ied.
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