DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. CONGRESS OPE li HIM SESIOI A LONG AND DRAMATIC 3ES3ION IS IN PROS PECT. PEACE TREATY OF INTEREST Its Consideration Promises to De velop Into One of Hardest Fought Contests In Congressional History Republicans' In Full Control. Washington, D. C Attontlon ol America and of tho world la turned upon tho now congress the Sixty sixth In American history which haa convened In extraordinary session, callod by President Wilson from Paris. Tho npcclal sosBlon 1 expected to open a now and Important chapter In Amorlcan and world history, with its long program of action, Including con sideration of tho peaco treaty, the proposed treaty for the military pro tection of France and vital questlona of domestic concern. The opening day will bo taken up with routlno buslnoss, Including or ganization of senate and house by the ropubllcana, who supplant tho demo crats In control for tho first tlmo In eight years. Cummins President Pro Tern. President Wilson's message, cabled from Paris, was prepared for submis sion to tho congress. Organization by tho republicans proposes election of Senntor Cum mins, of Iowa, as prosldont pro tem pore of tho senate, and of Roprosenta tlvo Glllott, of Massachusetts, as speaker. Tho republicans have a ma jority of two In the sonato and of about 40 In tho liouso. IIouso com mittees will bo organized prepara tory to beginning work immediately, but sonato committco organization will bo doforred. Work of congress throughout tho session will bo entwlnod with pre parations for tho 1920 presidential campaign. , Congress expects to turn Its atten tion immediately to tho, seven regular appropriation bills, including tho largo army and navy measures, which dlod in tho ropublical filibusters last March, Passngo of Oicbo bills will bo followed by consideration of rovonuo, railroad shipping, woman suffrage, prohibition and other legislation. Plan Many Inquiries. Tho peaco tronty Is oxpoctod to bo submitted next month by Prosldont Wilson In person. Ratification of tho treaty, including tho loaguo of .nations, promises to develop Into ono of tho most dramatic and hard fought con tests in congressional history. Ad drcssos on ponco subjects aro expect ed to begin soon in tho sonato. Numerous investigations nro plan ned! by tho republicans, principally into ndmlnlstratlvo acts during tho war. Many connnlttooa, it Is expect ed, soon will be busy delving Into tho affairs of popular intorest. Tho oponlng dny's program as out lined contompfyitcd organization of both branohos of tho republicans. No hitch in tho house program was in prospoct, but sonato democrats nro considering objections to the repub lican organization plans with posslblo blocking of them for tho day at lonst, bocauso of cancellation liy tho ropub llcana of "pairs" for absent members. Fow loadorB cxpoct tho sosBlon opening to ond boforo tho regular Do comber session, which, it Is believed, will contlnuo until tho national party conventions and possibly bo resumed Immodiatqly thereafter to contlnuo un til tho Into fall ol 1920. NICARAGUA PRE8IDENT DEAD. Executive' Political Exploits Made Him International Figure. Now York. Gen. Josoph Snntos Zolaya, prosldont of tho republic of Nicaragua for 1G turbulent yoars, died at his homo horo, after a long illness. Gen. Zolny&'s political daring at homo and abroad, his bold porsonullty, his rapidly amassed fortune, his ambi tious effort to sot up tho United BtatoB of Central America, of which ho was to bo head, all mado him an International figure. Bulgaria In Uproar. London. Sanguinary encounters havo occurred at Sofia betwoon tho garrison and, revolutionaries, who domanded tho resignation of the govommont pud tho establish mont of n soviet, according to a dis patch from Vienna. All Bulgaria Is reported to bo In un uproad. Hust chuk, Phllippopolls and Vnrna aro also said to havo buconio affected uft er the revolutionary movomont. Jtaty Makes Concessions. Paris. Conferolieta on tho Italian issue Imvo not succeeded In reaching nn accord. Tho Italians mado u num ber of concessions, including recogni tion of FJumo as a free city unil tho giving up of considerable portions of Istrla, Including tho Important silver district. Tho Italians, howover, aro unwilling to yield Zarn or Sebonlco on the Dalmatian coast. Tho Jugo slavs aro not disposed to nccopt tho Italian concessions us sufftoient, and there aro prospects of n further ex tended poriod of negotiations. BRIG. GEN. S. D. BUTLER m A. MlMtmmrf BHp?ikS8pSiiJHI Brig Gen. Smedley I). Butler, new commander of Cntnp Pontnnezen at Brest, France, photographed nt the camp. General Butler Is known ns the "Napoleon of the Marines." Ho served In China during the Boxer up rising, In the Nicnraguan campaign, (he Haiti revolt, In the Philippines mid nt Vera Cruz. During the Haiti revolt he was military governor of the Island. REDS ARE DEFEATED TEN THOUSAND BOLSHEVIK TROOPS ARE CAPTURED. Siberians Also Seize Large Amount of War Material Drive on Pctro- grad Planned. Omsk, Siberia, May 13. Ten thou sand bolshevik wnr prisoners, US guns and 200 machine guns have been cap tured by Admiral Kolchnk's Siberian army In tho latest burst of fighting west of Ufa, the Omsk government an nounced. In nddltlon two nrmored trains, 50 loconotivcs nr.d 200 river craft of va rious kind wero seized. Tho bolshevik forces nro now being nttneked along tho Volga-Bngulmnn line. London. May 13. Several French and British warships aro reported to Have arrived off Ilelslngfors, near tho entrnnco to the Gulf of Bothnia, uud all foreigners havo boon ordered to leave tho city, said a dispatch from Stockholm. Ilelslngfors wjih ono of tho sea de fenses of Petrogrud boforo Finland revolted against Hussion rule. Stockholm, May 13. Entente forces nro preparing military operations, with Ilelflingfora us a base, for an attack upon Petrograd, according to n Ilel slngfors dlspntch to the Afton Tldln gcn. Fifty thousand troops are ex pected to take part 'in tho operation, according to tho dispatch, which Bnys that French cruisers nre now lying In tho Gulf of Finland off Ilelslng fors. ASK U. S. RAIL OWNERSHIP Farmers' National Council to Urgo Legislation In Congrcso as Part of Reconstruction Plan. Washington, May 13. Government ownership and operation of railroads, pncklng plants nnd the war emergency licet will bo ndvocntcd by tho Farm ers' National council during the next session of congress mh part of n "re construction program," which It will endeavor to havo ndoptert, according to a statement given out by George P. Hampton, managing director of tho organization. Tho council also will endeavor, Mr, Hampton said, to ob tain the repeal of tho osplonngo net nml to retain legislation levying tho highest rates on Incomes nnd war profits, nnd will opposo all legislation designed "to glvo away nny more of tho country's natural resources." i FRANCE RECOGNIZES MEXICO Minister Pan Presents Credentials to Polncare After Long Walt In Paris. Paris, May 15. Alberto .1. Paul, the now Mexican minister to France, pre sented his credentials to President Polncare. Scwrr Paul's withdrawal frmn Franco was recently ordered by tho Mexican government because, It was stnted, of tho long period he had been kept waiting In Paris without having opportunity to present his cre dentials. BRITISH SINK RED GUNBOAT Vecsel Destroyed During Battle on tho Dvlna River Allied Airmen Bomb Enemy. . Archangel, May 15. Ono bolshovlk gunboat is reported to have been sunk on tho Dvlna river Sunday during nn engagement between tho British rlvor flotilla and land batteries nml the enemy fleet. Tho allied flotilla, aided by airplanes, also conducted a brisk bombardment along tho Vngn river. Four Killed by Earthquake. Las Pnlmns, Canary Islands, May 15. Four persons wero killed In the earthquakes which shook tho island of i'uertavenura several days ago. Tho bulk of the population of the Island experienced the effects. Wilson to Stay In Paris. Paris, May 15. President Wilson will remain In Paris until the pence treaty t signed, but has innilo it plain Hint tho Gennnns must not protract jhelr discussions beyond June 15, Che Echo do, Purls qtutoa. II. S. WILL CUT WHEAT PMC Reduction Reach'mg From Pro ducer to Baker Intimated by Director Barnes. IMMEDIATE ACTION EXPECTED Statement Followo Prolonged Confer ence With Representatives of Grain Industry, Including Millers, Jobbers and Bakers. New York, May 10. An Immediate reduction In tho price of wheat, reach ing all down the lino from tho pro ducer to the baker, la believed as sured, according to n atnteincnt Is sued by Julius Barnes, wheat director, following a prolonged conference bo tween Mr. Barnes and representatives of the grain Industry, including grnln handlers, millers, Jobbers nnd bakers. Tho statement Issued by Mr. Bnrnes snys : "Thcro was a general ngrccment that In order that all tho wheat pro ducers of tho codntry should secure cquol benefits, the various trades could be bound by contracts to see that wheat trading should bo only on the guaranteed price and, If a lower basis was Justified with tho develop ment of world factors, as tho season advanced, this lower basis should bo made to reach the consumer by trade agreements with millers and manu facturing facilities, tho wheat director making the readjusting basis effective by the payment of tho difference as allowed under act of congress. "In return for protection against n fall In price, after tho guaranteed prlco had been mndo for wheat bought, tho wheat director would re quiro from tho various trades con tract obligations by which their trado practices nnd mnrglns of profit would bo subject to review and control by tho wheat director. "It was suggested, for Instance, that tho mills ugree that their total gross operating profits between wheat bought and the finished products sold should not exceed an agreed basis per barrel of flour manufactured, thus assuring Immediate reflection to the consumer of nny reduced prlco of wheat supplied to tho mills. "Tho Jobbers expressed n willing ness also to contract that their han dling mnrglns should not exceed the prlco fixed ji nn agreed basis, thus making Immediately effective n lower retail prlco of flour when mado by tho mills on n readjusted wheat basis. "Tho bakers wero willing to enter Into a contract by which they would reflect nt onco In their products tho lower price of Hour made effcctlvo by tho mills. In this way, down to tho retail trade there Is thought to bo an assuranco that a reduced prico of wheat should bo effective Immediate ly all down tho line." WHAT THE "NC" STANDS FOR Name of the American Seaplanes Is Derived From Navy-Curtlss Not Nancy Boats. Trepa8sey, N. P., May 15. Don't call tho American seaplanes "Nancy boats" nny more If you want to keep in tho good graces of nnvy aviators. Everybody In tho air service, espe cially tho crows of tho Atlantic flyers, objects emphatically to such effemin ate nomenclature. There Is nothing Nancylsh nbout tho big mnchlnes nnd tho popular title Is deemed n lubberly misnomer for these big he-man planes. Tho 6fflelnl designation INC is de rived from tho full name Nnvy-Curllss seaplanes, but If that's too largo a mouthful, you may call theai "Ency .plnnes," as tho pilots do, and no serv Ico man will object but you might ns well call a doughboy a "Sammy" ns to call ono of tho trnns-Atluutic flyers a "Nancy." SENATOR CUMMINS ELECTED Iowa Solon Chosen President Pro Tempore of Senate at . G. O, P. Meet. Washington, May in. Senator Cum mins of hiwu, favored by tho progres sive group, was chosen unanimously fur president pro tempore of the sen ate at tho organization conference of Republican senators. Senator I.odgo of Massachusetts was re-elected party leader and discussion of tho controversy over conimltteo chalrmanvhlps for Senators Penroso of Pennsylvania and Warren of Wyoming was poi-t pnned. Forty Sub Chasers Reach U. S. Charleston, S. C, May ir Forty Amorlcan naval sub chasers with their mother ship nnd four ocean going tugs arrived hero from Kuropo by way of Bermuda. Raid University; Seize Whisky. Noshvllle, Teiin., Mny 10. Police raided the medical laboratory at Van derbllt university and seized two pa trol wagon loads of whisky and other Intoxicants. Four students wero ar rested. Dutch Hold On to Ex-Kalser. Tho Hague, May 10. Tho Hutch government denies that It has decided to surrender former Emperor Wlllluiu. Tho question ut present, It contends, concerns only Germany' nud tho entente. E. MARVIN UNDERWOOD B. Marvin Underwood, general so licitor of the Seaboard Air Lino rnll wny nt Portsmouth, Vn., who has re signed and will become solicitor of tho United Stutes 'railroad administration at Washington. BIG MILK STRIKE ON CHICAGO DRIVERS WALK OUT AND TIE UP HUGE SUPPLY. Producers in Illinois, Indiana and Southern Wisconsin Ordered to Stop All Shipments. Chicago, May 15. Milk distribution In Clilcugo was paralyzed when tho associated dealers and wngon drivers ended wage negotiations nnd a strike was declared at midnight. Strike disorders were reported and Chief Gnrrlty Immediately ordered largo reserves of police to suppress violence nnd disperse assembling strik ers nnd others. Telegrams were sent 1 Tuesdny to milk producers In Illinois, Indiana and southern Wisconsin to stop ship ping milk Into Chicago nt once. Tho order will divert 1,000,000 quarts of milk nnd cream from the Chicago mar ket. Nearly 1,000,000 quarts of milk in milk trains from the surrounding coun try, tho dealers asserted, will remain in the cars and probably will spoil. The strike enmo without warning to tho public. The drivers voted on Mny 1 to strike If tho dealers refused to Increase their wages to $5 a day, effective at midnight Mny 13. According to tho drivers their men reported for work at midnight and were told that thclncrenso in wages would not go Into effect. "Our 2,800 drivers wero locked out," W. A. Ncor, secretary of the drivers, declared. The milk dealers' Ssoclatlon nnmed n committee to hnndle tho strike. According to statements of both ' drivers nod denlers, tho men were paid n minimum of $20 n week for distributing on their milk routes. The drivers stnted that their de mand Is clenr they want $5 a day, and say nothing nbout bonus or com missions In excess. 15,000,000 "V" BONDS SOLD Largo Number Purchased Victory Loan i Notes Over-Subscriptions to Total Billion. Washington, Mny 13. Over-subscriptions to tho Victory loan will total at least $1,000,000,000 treasury officials predicted. With none of tho 12 federal reserve districts having yet submitted completo figures, tho war loan organ ization was unable to give any definite Idea of the amount of over-subscriptions nnd it Is not likely that the offi cial total will be kno'wn before May 10. Officials estimated that 15,000,000 Americans bought Victory notes. DAVID TOD; MAGNATE, DIES' i Multimillionaire Succumbs to Typhoid Pneumonia at Home In i Youngstown, O. I Youngstown, O., May 35. David Tod, aged forty-two, multimillionaire man-; ufuetnrcr, banker, politician nnd j sportsman, died at his home hero of ' typhoid pneumonia. Mr. Tod was .a candidate for governor of Ohio In 1911, running against former Gov. Frank U. j Willis for tho nomination. Ho wns a former state senator from this district ami nail boon prominent In local and state politics for many years. Yanks Play Soccer Bal). Coblonz, May 1-1. Tho world's ' longest soccer football game was J played Here on haturday when tho Sixth division won tho army chain rionxhlr from tho Fifth division In n three-hour struggle. A team from the Third division, headed by Lieut. Paul of Boston, won tho tennis champion- ship of tho Third Amerfenn nrmy. 1 Ice Price Goes Up. Chicago, May 10. An Increase Ui tho prlco of Ice ranging from 40 to 60 per cent was announced by Chicago dealers. Tho shortage In the natural Ice crop last winter Is held responsible for tho new price. Soviets Confiscate Castle. Vienna, May 1.1. Tho magnificent cnstlo of Prince Tnssllo, which con tains art gems valued at many mil lions, Iuib been confiscated and 'closed by tho Hungnrlan soviet government. It will be couvcrted Into n sanatorium. FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THIS MAJESTIC STATE Reports of Interesting Happenings Throughout Nebraska Condensed to a Few Lines' for Quick Perusal. Nebraska soldier nnd sailor dele gates to the convention of tho Ameri can Legion at St. Louis, expressed themselves us well pleased with the meeting, especially its refusal to re ceive delegates from tho soldiers and sailors tcouncII, known ns nn I. W. W. organization, and the stand taken for deportation of conscientious objector. A representative of the recent legis lature poured out his bitter feeling over tho proposed referendum of tho governor's code bill to friends ut Lin coln the other day and said ho was nbout mad enough to start a referen dum on the new cnpltol bill. People In all parts of Nebraska nro Fending petitions to Washington nd. dressed to President Wilson, asking for a pardon for Louis Gibson of Ansley, who Is serving n two years' sentence In n French prison for sleep. Ing while on duty. The Wnr department at Washing ton announced that Lieutenant Clifford F. Phillips, before tho wnr an attor ney of Falls City, died In u hospital at Archangel, from wounds received on the Onega front In Russia. Over 100 hall losses wero reported to the state ball Insurance board dur ing a single day last week. About 75 per cent of these losses were from Phelps county, while the remainder came from Dawson nnd Butler. J. W. Pagan, former bnndmaster at the Geneva Industrial School, who was sentenced to a year In prison for administering n drug to nn Inmate of the Institution, hns appealed the case to the state supreme court. Tho Lincoln Telephone nnd Tele-, graph company has tiled application with the Nebraska railway commission for nn Increase In rates In sixty-four of Its 111 exchnnges In the South Plntto district. Omnha has subscribed to Liberty Loan bonds nnd to nil other war activ ities the sum of $57,107,093, nn nvcr nge of about $275 for each man, wom an and child In tho city. The Gage county board of supervis ors lias awarded the contract for the Beatiice-Falrbury aid paving. About twenty-nine miles of paving Is Includ ed in the new district. Memorial services In honor of Major A. D. Fettermun, who died while with the Americnn Army of Occupation In Germany, were held at Hynnnls. Wilbur boasts of having about the fastest ball team In Nebraska, nnd Is prepared to prove Its contention to amateur teams In tho state. With the exception of one or two Kcctlons In tho state winter wheat In Nebraska Is In the pink of condition, according to crop experts. Tho Scotia school district, which em braces nbout 50 sections of land, Is planning a new school building to cost from .$75,000 to $100,000. The Omahn Federal Land bank loaned $11,000,000 this spring, break ing nil previous records, nccordlng to President It. P. nognn. C. II. noper of Lincoln was re-elected president of tho Omnha-Lineoln-Denver highway, nt tho O. L. D. con vention at Holdrege. North Bend will pave eight blocks In the business section of town, the city council hnvlng voted to make tho improvement. A special election will bo held nt Sidney June 2 to vote $40,000 worth of bonds to be used to erect a modern grade school building. Eight or ten units of tho Eighty ninth division of tho American army sailed from Brest, France, during the past week. Supervisors of Cass and Otoo coun ties have contracted for 31 miles of federal aid road to be built in tho two counties. Two Omqhn contractors decided n tie bid on a $53,000 Frcmont-Ceresco road building project by the toss of n coin. In Lancaster county a petition for n $",,000,000 road paving bond issue is being circulated exclusively among tho farmers. Members of tho Farmers' Union of Keith county havo pledged $15,000 for the construction of an elevator nt Ogullala. Hamilton county fnrm land hns ad vanced In prlco about $25 per aero during tho past six months. A movement is on foot to build a Memorial building at Center In honor of Knox county's soldiers. Platte Center, this state, Is getting the reputation of being tho most pa triotic town In the United States-, be cause of lis spleudld showing in fur nishing men for ho war; In tho five Liberty Loan drives and other war ac thltlos. The exocutlvo cominltteo of the Ne braska State Teachers' association Is nlrendy making plans for the sUito meeting of tho association to be held in Omahn in November. They expect to expend more than $4,000 on the pro gram for tho convention. A movement Is on foot to pavo tho Lincoln Highway from Fremont to the Douglas county line, n distance of about eight miles. Evelyn Mulronoy, 7 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Mill roney, died from burns received while playing about n bonfire near tho fam ily homo at Norfolk. Citizens of Newman Grovo nro ar ranging for n reception for returned poldlers of tho district. The affair will tnko place June 5, the day having been sot asldo as n holiday so cvoryuno i.v nttnnil. John Stevens of Beaver will head the state A. O. U. W. for another Mar, having been re-elected grand master wnrden nt the election held In Lin coln. An attempt to move ho-ulquar-ters from Grand Island to Lincoln lost by n small margin. Unable to gain satisfactory proin.Vfcv lses of a brunch Burlington line- from Benkelmaii, Dundy county, to Cham pion, farmers of the district are plan ning to raise tho money and build tho road themselves. It Is estimated that the project would cost ubout $500,000. Letters for Nplirnskn snlillor.s land ing In New York should bo mulled to Nebraska Headquarters, New York City, and should carry tho man's rank, name of his company, full name of the organization as well as tho dll slon, according to word received by Governor McKelvlo. Jefferson county gets twenty miles of federal state road, entering from tho east near Hnrblnc, extending west through Jansen to Fairbury. This road calls for un expenditure of approxi mately $40,000, work to begin prior to June 15 this year. At the request of Nebraska mem bers of congress, Secretary of War Baker has taken nn Interest In tho case of Louis Gibson of Custer county, who wns sent to prison in France for sleeping on post after several days' fatiguing duty. Plans for the consolidation of the Blue Springs and Wymore school dis tricts aro being discussed by the school boards of the two towns. A building to cost from $150,000 to $200, 000 will be erected, if tho scheme goes through. Five thousand dollars' damage was done nt Lexington as the result of n terrific hall storm that swept over the district. After tho storm the ground was covered with four inches of hail stones. The Dodge county branch of the American Legion lias launched an at tack on ten wealthy Fremonters, near ly all retired farmers, for failure to subscribe, to tho Victory loan. The 341st mnchlne gun hnttnlLon made up almost exclusively of Ncbrns knns will bo one of the last units of the 89th division to sail from Brest ac-' cording to Washington advices. Dr. IL P. Ilammon, formerly pastor of the Methodist church at Kearney, died at Pasadena, Cal. Ho was wide ly known and admired throughout tho southern part of Nebraska. United States Senntor Hitchcock of Nebraska, has been asked to Join e Presldent Tnft, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and others, In n speaking tour for the lenguo of nations. Business and homes throughout Buf falo county havo established the old time. Tho movement wns started by the farm bureau and endorsed by tho county supervisors. This state Is represented in the trans-Atlantic seaplane flight under taken by Uncle Sam, by Lloyd R. Moore, of Grand Islnnd, bontswaln in N-C-3. A syndicate hns been "formed and plans already mado for construct Ihg a $1,750,000 building at Omaha to house tho Douglas Cpunty Medical associa tion. An oil company Is starting In to drill a prospect hole In tho vicinity of Potter. Hopes that oil will ovontunljy be found In the district nro very good. Six hundred delegates o Eastern Star chapters in Nebraska, represent ing 32,485 lodge members, attended the annual convention nt Lincoln. A special election Is to be held In Douglas county next month to vote on a $3,000,000 bond issue to puve tho county roads. Crete is planning to pavo the Lln-coln-Crete-Dorchester road now tho O. L. D. east of Crete to meet the pro posed paving from Lincoln. For the past two or three weeks there has been u persistent rumor In western Nebraska that oil has been found in tho Banner county oil well. Plnns are being made to give Ne braska soldiers of tho S9th division public receptions nt Omaha and Lin coln. Appropriations made by the last legislature will nmount to $15,714. 440.82, according to figures given out by Stnte Auditor Marsh. Alliance Eagles linve plans nearly completed for their new homo. Tho new structure will be one of the finest of the kind In tho state. Paving will soon commence In Crete, preliminaries having been fin ished for district No. One. A farm of 200 acres, six miles south east of Mlnden, sold tho other day for n consideration of $32,150, $115 an acre. Winter wheat In Nebraska is ex pected to yield on an average of 20.2 bushels to the acre. Reports from Washington Indieate thut Nebraska will get one-third of Its nrmy truck allotment for good roads work within tho next thirty days. The one-third allotment will mean 100 trucks for the Nebraska good roads program. Figures compiled by tho state agri cultural department shows that Ne braska bad 1,039,000 horses on fiirms of the state tho first of 11)19. d -j to the fnct that thousands won n.ui during the past four year ( r w ,r purposes. A now dormitory to cost nbout $S0,000 Is to be built nt Kimball to house rural pupils of the county while attending high school. Tho state senim plant at 1ho Uni versity Farm, near Lincoln, Is now ready to distribute anti-Iiog cholera serum. It will be sold to farmers at cost. A new potash company, with a cap ital stock of $4,000,000, Inu; been or ganlzed in Lincoln under the nnme of the American Potush company. The now company hns two plants. In tiu -astern part of the .slate. S- X y i