DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. DAKOTA CITY. NEBRASKA. I! ; h A Ift m YANKTR00PSARR1VE MAURETANIA IS IN HARBOR AT GRAVE9END BAY. CROWDS OF PEOPLE AT PIER Mayor Hytan Wires Secretary Baker Asking that Men Br. Permitted to Parade Up Fifth Avenue Several Thousand Aboard Vessel. Now York. Tho British steamship Maurctanin, returning to tho United Statos with the first largo body of American ovorzcas troopH, anchored In Gravoscnd bay. Sho was met by navy and nrmy tugs. Sho will be anchored at Hobokcn. Tho navy tug, it was roportod, had been orderod to meet the Maurotanla to' bring ashoro Admiral Henry T. Mayo, commandor of tho Atlantic Hoot, who was returning from England ns n passongor. The army tug, it was said, had ordors to brink ashore nn army officer of high rank. Air Service Units Aboard. Aboard tho Maurotanla, as announc ed recently by Gen. March, chief of staff, nro several thousand roembors of tho air sorvico who wero stationed in England. Tho Bhip also carriod a number of casuals. Whnn tho transport dooka at Ho bokcn, relatives and friends of Uiobo board will not bo allowed on tho pier, according to a recent announce ment by Brig. Goo. G. II. McManus, cmbarkotlon offlcor at tho port, who nddod that to safeguard public health tho Boldlera would bo taken directly to demobilization camps for physical examination. Barracka at Camp Mills liavo been prepared for thoir recep tion. Mayor John P. Ilylan telegraphed Secretary Bukor asking that troops aboard tho Maurotanla bo permitted to parado of Fifth avenue. Permis sion also was aslcod to glvo a dinner in honor el returning offlcors. Anxlouo to Wolcome Men. In hia tologram tho mayor pointed out that "tho pcoplo of tho City of Now York are most anxious to wol come tho troops," and that "the mayor's committee of welcomo and city offlclalii havo boon waiting to moot tho Maurotanla t Ambrose channel." Battery park was crowded all day with porsona eager to catch a glimpse of tho vcHsol bringing back to thoso ahoros tho vanguard of tho great army which America sent ovorseas. Do npito reports that tho transport would not roach port until lato, tho crowd stuck to thoir posts until darkness. It was announcod that when tho Maurotanla and other homecoming transports reach thoir docks thoy will ho mot my a corps of Knights of Co lumbus secretaries, who will dis tribute among tho troops thousands of "I'm Safo and Sound" cards which tho mon can nddroas to thoir friondB and relatives. Lator tho secretaries -wlll-colloct and mail tho cards, which nro already stamped. Mayor's Party Visits Men. Tho mayor's committee of welcomo made a trip down tlio bay on tho flagship of tho pollco department fleet and circled tho Maurotanla. Mombors of tho party wero not at first allowed aboard tho transport and so thoy used megaphones and wlroloss apparatus to convoy tho greetings of Now York to tho returning soldiers, but later a gang, plant was shoved out and tho civilians scramblod aboard. As tho pollco boat's searchlight played on tho Maurotanla's decks mon and offlcors could bo soon crowding to tho rail ns thoy shoutod greotlngs In return. Back across tho water In roply to tho welcomo soon came such quorloH as "When do wo oat?" and "Has tho atato gono dry yot?" Whon momborB of tho party accept ed an invitation to "come aboard" thoy wero deluged with requests "to phono mother and lot her know I'm horo,'' to "mall this lottor to my girl" and to porform similar services. YANKS GAIN IN RU83IA. Detachment Makes art Advance of Thirty-three Miles. Archangel. An Amorlcan detach mont, assisted by Russian volunteers, has advanced GO vorts (33 miles) up tho Pinoga rlvor, clearing tho vlllago of Kurtchlnska of tho bolshovikl and taking prisoners. For tho first tlmo slnco tho bol uhoviki rovolution tho ahouldor straps of tho old Russian army havo boon re stored to tho offlcors onlistod with the KusBlau forcos in tho northern region. 4,000,000 AU3TRIANS FELL. London. Austrla-Hungnry lost 4, 000,000 killed and wounded during tho war, according to an Exchango Tele graph dispatch from Coponhagon. Eight hundred thousand mon woro killed, including' 17,000 offlcors. Wurttembura Ruler Abdicates. Borno, Following tho oxamplo of tho former Gorman omporor, tho king of Wurttomburj has publicly abdic ated. Ho ronoimces tho crown only in hs nnmo, making no montlon in his declaration of tho holr apparent. Dr. Drum Resigns. Montevideo. Or. Baltoser Brum has roslgnod as minister of foreign af fairs, according to an announcement made, bore. Dr. Brum took this ac tion po that ho might bo frco to con duct his campaign for president. AT FLEET IS NEAR KIEL BRITISH WARSHIPS PASS SKAW IN SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. Bavaria Breaks Off Diplomatic Rela tions With Berlin "Reds" Aus tria to Punish Leaders. London, Nov. 30. Twenty-one Brit ish submarines uro reported to have passed the Sknw In n southerly direc tion. A British fleet Is near tho Skug ernk rendy to proceed to Kiel. The Sknw, or Capo Skngen, Is the northern extremity of tho Isle of Jut land, off which the gront sea battle wns fought Mny 81 and Juno 1, 1010. Tho Skagernk Is nn arm of the North sen between Norway and Jutland. It Is pnrt of tho channel connecting tho North und Bnltlc seas. Copenhagen, Nov. 80. Tho repuhllc of Buvnrin has broken diplomatic re lations with Berlin "because of tho continuation of the deceit of tho pco plo by the Berlin government" The break hns been threatening for days. At the federal conference In Berlin enrly this week Kurt Eisner, Bnvnrinn president, opcidy foreshad owed It. lie demanded the immediate ousting of Dr. Mathlns Erzbcrger and Dr. W. S. Solf, whom ho accused of trying to continue Prussian Imperial istic policies. At a soviet meeting nt Berlin Minis ter Bnrtji declared the countcr-rovolu-tlonary movement was in full swing. Severnl generals, ho said, had Issued proclamations In nn attempt to dls solvo tho sovlots. Bavaria now looms as tho successor to Prussia as tho domiunnt power In Germany. Sho Is assured of tho sup port of virtually nil tho new Germnn Austrian .republic. The attitude of tho northern" states Is obscure. Prussia, where tho Soviets arc most influential. Is threatened with complete (solution. The Vienna government nns om clnlly announced Its Intention to bring to trial nil stntosmun nnd gen erals responsible for tho war, "re gardless of rank." Tho Bavarian gov ernment demands the sumo thing In Germany. FEAR CHAOS IN U. S. TAXES Treasury Officials at Washington Crlt Iclze Delay In Passing Rev enue Bill. Washington, Nov. 30. Chaotic con ditions in tho collection of taxes next year now seem unavoidable, according to a treasury statement which has been prepared commenting on the do Iny of congress In enacting the pending revenuo bill. Thu only way to avoid resorting to collections under the old iinv, the treasury now believes, Is for congress to rush the bill to completion within two weeks. Most house and M'imtQ leaders do not believe this pos sible. SAVES M00NEY FROM HANGING Governor Stephens of California Com mutes Hie Sentence to Life Imprisonment Sacramento, Cd!., Nov. 30. Gover nor Stephens hns commuted to life Imprisonment the scntenco to death of Thomas J. Mooney, who was to die on December 13. Berlin Press Condemns Eisner. Berlin, Dec. 2. "Kurt Eisner is he ginlng to liocomo u tremendous dan ger to Germany," says the Loknl An zelzer In commenting upon tho Bavari an premier's action In breaking off re lations with tho Berlin foreign ofllce. Canada's War Cost Heavy. Ottuwn, Dec. 2. The wnr bus cost Canada well over n billion dollars up o date. This comprises accounts which havo actually passed through the finance department. It does nut Include reccut overseas expenditures. LAST S' ''"' ' " I GERMANY MUST PAY KAISER SHOULD BE MADE EXAM PLE, SAYS LLOYD GEORGE. Enemy Will Have to Settle to Limit of Her Capacity for Devasta tion of War. London, Dec. 2. Germany must pny a war Indemnity up to her capac ity. Premier Lloyd Georgo announced In nn address at Nowcnstlc-on-Tync. At tho same time Mr. Lloyd Georgo de clared there would be u "sternly just peuce." As to indemnities, the prime minis ter sold: "The principle always 'ios been that the loser must pay. That' Is tho principle wc should now proceed upon regarding Germany. She must puy tho cost up to her enpacity." Tho premier ludlcnted that he favors punishment for tho kutser when ho said : "We should so act now thnt men In tho future, when they uro tempted to follow the example of the German rul ers, would know what Is awaiting them in tho end." When the premier referred to tho "responsibility for tho war," he wns Interrupted by cries of: "Tho kaiser, the kaiser," nnd when ho referred to the violations of International law there were shouts of: "Hang the kai ser I Shoot him!" followed by cheers. Mr. Lloyd George continued : "Is no body to bo punished for tho crimes of tho war? I mean to see that the men J who mistreated our prisoners shall bo mudo responsible. But I do not wunt when the war is over to pursue any policy of vengeance." Tho premier declared that the Gor man sumbnrlnc ptrntcs must recelvo punishment for their crimes, adding: ' "As to tho culpability of the nuthors of tho war, wo inenn to make an In vestigation, und It will be conducted In u manner perfectly fair, but stern. It will go to the llnnl reckoning; too. i "Whoever devastated tho lands of another ought to be responsible. If none Is' made responsible for the war which hns taken the lives of millions, theru Is ono Justice for tho poor and wretched criminal and another for , kings and emperors." "In every court of Justlco In the world." Mr. Lloyd Georgo went on, "the party that has Inst bears the cost of the litigation. This Is equally true between nations. Even Germany, when sho defeated France, established ' i''v.Mu. iuuk la uu uuuui nun tho principle Is n right one. Proceed ing upon thlsj principle Gormuny must pay the cost of the war to tho limit of her capacity and I must now utter warning that wo have to consider tho question of her capacity." New York Sells Eggs at 50 Cents. New York, Nov. 80. Tho city of New York on Tuesday began com bating tho high cost of living by selling eggs. Municipally owned cold- storago eggs' were put on snlo nt 59 milk stntlons throughout tho city ut tll(. nb1cct 0f n bill which will be In M cents u dozen. traduced in the coming legislature by Five Persons Killed. Chicago, Dec. 2. Five persons wero killed when an automobile In which they wero riding was struck by trefgfit train on tho Baltimore & 0n, railroad at thu Sixteenth street crossing in Chicago Heights. Whltlock Back In Brussels. Washington, Dec. 2. Brand Whit lock, American minister to Belgium, formally notified the state department of his reoccupntlon of the legation nt Brussels, relieving the Spanish minis ter, who cared for Americans. German U-Boat Loss 200 In War. London, Dec. 2. Germany lost 200 IT.Iinntq ilnrliif' tlin vnr ,.,l... ll.oso turned over to tho allies under R,nU, fn,r CXI10t Bml ,nom1)ptr of the terms of the armistice, according "(,xt ,,KlR,M,r' "?" thnt Ne to advleos reaching tho Exchange Tok l,rn"kn ''""n bo naked to erect p graph company hero. "f"' enn'tnl hulldln at Lincoln eleven I Ptorles In he'uht nnd nlnng the lino of ' a modern offlco building. AMENDMENTS CARRIED Election Returns Show Proposal Against Allen Voting and Convention Adopted. Returns from 72 of the 03 counties of the stnte show that both the con stitutional umeiidinent to deprive aliens of the voting privilege nnd tho proposal to cnll a constitution conven tion carried ut tho recent election by sufo majorities. In these counties the alien amendment received 103,347 votes, while the constitutional con vention question received 102,033. In order to Insure the adoption of- the amendments, on tho vote shown nbove in tlie.se counties tho ufurmntlve voto would hnve to bo nbout 07,500. The alien amend ment hns received 0,800 more than necessary, while the other amendment has 4,."00 more than required to curry it. It is not bolloved that tho 21 counties remaining will muko uny difference to the result A great amount of interest was at tracted to a cattle thieving case nt Alnsworth which resulted in one man being bound over to tho district court wi $4,000 bonds. It is estimated that as many as throe or four car londs of stolen cattle have been ship ped out of Brown county In the past sir months. Lincoln has been designated one of the ten cities in the Tenth federal re servo district as a winner of the privi lege of naming a ship turned out by the U. S. shipping board. Tho Nebras ka cupltnl city won tho honor by its great record In tho Fourth Libert., loan. Additional names of men lost on the tr"tiport Otrunto, which wns sunk in 1 a collision In British waters Inst Octo ber, made public by the War depart ment, include: Henry Fulsox, Brndlsh, Boone county; Robert Tlllnnd. Omaha, and Michael Zuerleln, Humphrey. The sum of $525,000 wns the total subscribed by tho United War Fund, 1)y omahn. or more than 50 per cent over tho city's quotn. Omaha stands among tho highest cities In tho coun try In the total subscriptions in the drive. Prof. Fllley, head of the department of rural economics of the University of Nebraska, has Issued an nppcal to co-operative elevators In Nebraska to install small mills for grinding whole wheat flour and whole corn meal. At a meeting of Nebraska food ad ministrators at Omaha, a resolution to donate the $l-ycnr salary-of 125 county controllers and- heads of committees ns n gift to State Administrator Wat tles, wns unanimously adopted. Reconstruction in all branches of business will be the principal subject taken un by members of tho Nebraska Manufacturers association nt their annual convention at Omaha, Decem ber 13-14. J. W. McKlssick of Beatrice, for merly ii member of the legislature, was chosen grand mnster of the Ne- tirnekn frrnnil lodce I. O. O. F. at tilt! rcccnt , ,n Lincoln. rvinntv flninmlssloner A. F. Volte of Hebron, was elected to office by GOO majority three days after his death of influenza, at the November election. Straight republican votes cast were responsible. Tho work nt the Fort Omaha and Fort Crook Balloon school will con tinue this winter, uccordlng to orders received by Maj. P. 13. Van Nostrand, executive officer. Two hundred Nebraska farmers at tended the sixteenth annual conven tion of tho Nebraska Farmers' Co- operative Grain and Live Stock usso clntlou nt Omahn The'next session of tho Nebraska Odd Fellows and the Rebeknhs will bo hold In York, according to action tn ken by the two societies ut the recent session nt Lincoln. f w. Pinrslov. secretary of Organ- lzca Agriculture, announced the week o organized Agriculture In Nebraska ,,, ,, ,,,,! ... Lincoln January m to 25. Thirty thousand school children In Omaha contributed at an average of more thnn $1 each to the united war work campaign. More than l.fSOO Odd Fellows and 300 Itheknhi nttended the recmt grand lodge sessions of tho Nebraska order nt Lincoln. To nomlnnte nnd elect Judges of the Nebraska supremo court by districts Inutnnil nf frnm tho Rtlltp at llirCO Is Senator John F. Cordeal of Red Wll- low county. Twenty-four potato growers, dealer? nml government and stnte experts will he among the speakers at tho second nnnunl convention of tho Nebraska Stato Potato Improvement associa tion, nt Scottsbluff, December 4, 5 nnd ft. The government hns given Nebrns. fcn S12052.7B with which to fight so cial diseases, according to Dr. Rich ard T. Leader of the United Stnte1 public health service, who visited the stale health department at Lincoln. The Idea of hulldlng a now Nebras ka stnto house hns again come to thr surface. Ilnrry L. cook of Lincoln Stnte Superintendent, of Schools Clemmons, In n communication to the school boards and teachers of the state, outlines a sultnblc solution for making up tho time lost In classes na a 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 can draw salaries. Mr. Clemmons suggests thnt tho teachers make up one-half the tlmo nnd the stuto will provide for the other one-half. Governor Neville has appointed N. II. Huso, formerly editor of the Nor folk News, to represent Nebraska In tho great welcoming program planned for nil soldiers when they arrive in New York. Nebraska will havo a decorated "Welcome Home" block on Fifth avenue, New York, to greet tho eye of the leturnlng Cornhusker sol diers. Every state will hnve a block decorated. Warren Pershing, young son of General John J. Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary forces, has sent his father from his home at Lincoln, a Christmas box made up of articles to the nverage soldiers' lik ing. It contained a layer of choco late, a layer of candled cake, a knife, three linen handkerchiefs and a pair of socks. , Dr. Inez Phllbrlck, chnlrmnn of the health committee of the Nebraska fed eration of woman's clubs, before 200 delegates at the stato convention at Lincoln, bitterly scored tho so-cnlled fashionable mode of dressing of wom en. Sho said woman's dress lacked three fundamental qualities modesty, protection from weather and comfort. Cornstalk disease baa caused the death of a great number of cattle in Hooker county. A man near Seneca I "- --. .--. in ,.-t.it,ii- t-finif on Avhich was u six-aero field of corn stalks. 'Ho lost seventeen head In a few hours. Another man lost eight head In nn hour. The cattle die quick ly and there seems to be no relief ence they get down with the disease. Of the 10,000 voting blanks sent to Nebraska soldiers In this. county for the purpose of allowing them the privilege of expressing their choice at the Inst election, only about 2,000 were returned to the state canvassing board. Colonel Clarence C. Culver, whoso Invention of the wireless telephone used on American airplanes In France has just been announced, Is u son of former Adjutant General J. H. Culver, of Milford. , Stato Health Officer Wild has re ceived word from the public health service at Washington thnt federal uld for combating Spanish Influenza in Nebraska will be withdrawn at once. The state convention of tho Nebras ka Christian Endeavor Union which 'was to hnve been held nt York Dec. 5 to 8, has been abandoned on account of the prevalance of Influenza in tho stnte. Tho War department nt Washington hns announced that Nebraska, Iowa and other troops of the Thirty-fourth division will bo among the first eight divisions to bo sent home from Europe. J. W. Fagan, former bandmaster at the Girls' Industrial school, wns found guilty by a jury in the district court at Geneva, charged with attempting a criminal operation on Grace Moore. Lincoln's first robbery since the out break of tho war sccurred Just the other day, when a burglar entered a rooming house and made oft with $190 and some other valuables. J. S. Canady of Mindon was' elected president of tho Farmers' Co-operative Grain nnd Livestock association at the annual convention of tho organ ization at Omaha. F. F. Snavely, Lancaster coanty chairman of the united wnr work drive, has reported 1,500 subscription "8lnckers" to the county council of defense. A grand review of all Nebraska troops and' a monster parade when tho boys come home from overseas is being planned by business men of Omaha. Nebraska members f congress In Washington have already started the machinery working to get Nebraska soldiers sent t Omaha for demobili zation. Lincoln citizens are considering changing the name sf O street to Pershing avenue. O street is tho prin cipal street In Lincoln. The state banking board has la formed Nebraska stato banks that they must not accept Liberty bonds from patrons and give a certain form of certificate promising to collect in terest and return the bonds on de iniind. ' Antonio Green, a poolhall operator' at Doniphan, has brought suit ugainst. twenty citizens of tho town for $100,000 dnmnges becauso he was forced to close bis place of business and march In n pence parado the day the armistice wns signed. Elmer Johnson, 11, of Concord, is a claimant for tho cornhusklng cnam plonshlp of the United States for boys of his age. He husked forty bushels of corn In one day in a field that aver aged forty bushels to tho acre. A Nebraska delegation culled upon tho war Industries board at Washing ton last week to secure if possible some government nctlon on tho potash situation. The Nebraska potash In dustries nro emhurrussed because there hns been no sale of potash now for several months, nnd a large sup ply of the potash has accumulated. ENTIRE RAINBOW , DIVISION CITED ' General Order Issued by Gen. Summerall at Headquarters in France. NOTES DASH AND COIMO? Declares Conduct of Americans R" fleets Honor Upon the Division, the Army and tho 'States From Which Regiments Came. Washington, Dec. 2. The Forty second division (tho Rulnbow) of tho American expeditionary forces In Franco has been cited by Muj. Oen. Charles P. Suiunierall, commanding the Fifth army corps, for the service rendered and the bravery displayed by Its personnel. The general order, Is sued by General Sumroerull at tho iieadquartcrs of the corps In France, has reached hore. Expressing appreciation to the Forty-second division upon the termina tion of Its services with the Fifth nrmy corps, General Summerall particularly commends tho Elirhtv-fmirth Infnntrv brigade and Sixty-seventh field nrtll- lery brlgudo units of the division. f" The Eighty-fourth brlgndo is under tho command of Brig. Gen. Douglas McArthur, who on numerous occnslons has been cited for bravery and dash on the western front. General McAr thur has been presented with the French Croix do Guerre, and on his Amerlcun service cross wears twl leaves. "This brigade," reads tho general order, "has manifested the highest sol dierly qualities and has rendered serv ice of the greatest value during the present operations. With a dash. courage und fighting worthy of the, best traditions of the Americnn army, tho brigade carried by assault the strongly fortified Hill 28S on tho Krelmhlld. Stellung line and un ceasingly pressed Its advantage until it had captured the Tullerio farm and tho Bois do Catlllon, thus placing it self at least a kilometer beyond the enemy's strong line of resistance. "During this advance the enemy fought with unusual determination, with a first-class division, and in many cases resorted to hand-to-hand fighting when our troops approached oached. lis ltfl- on tso' stateX his rear. The conduct of this gade has reflected honor upon division tho army and the from which the regiments enme.1 Of the Seventy-seventh brlgnde the general order says: "This brigade hns remained con tinuously in action since the entrance of the division Into line nnd by self' , sacrificing devotion to duty and high skill of its officers find men It has contributed greatly to tho success of all operations." MANY MILLIONS DIE IN WAR Loos of Men Rises to Over 10,330,000 United States Total Is 236,117. London, Dec. 2. Austria-Hungary, lost 4,000,000 killed nnd wounded dur ing the war, according to nn Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. Eight Hundred thousand men wern killed, including 17.000 officers. V& German losses wero placed at 0$30, 300 by the socialist Vorwaerts of Ber lin, on November 20. Washington, Dec. 2. Americnn :asualtles have been nnuounced offi :lally as totaling 230,117. Of this lumber 30,154 were killed nnd died 'rom wounds. Slightly more than 17, )00 deaths wero from disease or muses not classified. DAN EXTRADITE EX-KAISER Paris Law Expert Says That Common Senas Will Solve the Problem. Paris, Nov. 29. William Hohenzol lern can be extradited, In the opinio nf Professor Barthclemy of the Paris law faculty, who explains thnt his guiding principle Is that when there Is un npparent conflict be'twe and common sense the solution is ol ways found by following the latter. U. S. SIGNAL MEN CROSS LINE Units Cross German Border at Several Places Rhenish Prussians Appear Friendly. Americnn Army of Occupntlon, Nov. 20. The Germun frontier wns crossed at several places by American signal corps units nnd nmbulnnce workers. Short trips were made into Rhenish Prussia, where tho inhabitants are re nortod to havo shown tho Americans- every consideration. British Revise War Losses. Loudon, Nov. 30. It Is officially nf nounced that during the war the force?" of Great Britain uelunlly lost neurl.v 1,000,000 men killed or dead through various causes. Recently It was stnt ed the British losses totaled 0.1S.70J. Seeks Peace Table Scat. London. Nov. 30. The Vatican iij iinunces Cardinals Gibbous and .Main i Imva nskml President Wilson to n ,lw Influence to obtlllll permlsslun I. epresentatlveH of the pope to be. pros Ut ill tue peace cuuieence. MMaoJMl A ki