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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. FOOD HELD 11 GOLD STORAGE IS SEIZED GOVERNOR COX OF OHIO, STARTS WAR ON FOOD HOARD ERS. OVERREACH THE LEGAL LIMIT Meat, Eggs and Butter Held at Cleve land In Violation of State Law At tempt Made to Transfer Goods U Chicago. Washington, D. C. Close co-opera tlon between state authorities, who possess iletnllod Information of food and prico conditions, and tho attornoy Bonoral and his atuft of assistants, li boing established as part of tho gov ornmont'a fight to reduce the cost oi living. Instructions wont out from Attorney Gonoral Palmer to tho two district at torneys In Ohio to proceed immodl atoly to assist Gov. Cox In tho seizure of largo quantities of moat, buttor and eggs alleged to have beon hold in stop ago In tho state for moro than six to ton months, the logal limit. Criminal prosocutlons will be instituted, it was said, If It can be shown that tho foods woro hold from tho markot for the yturposo of boosting prices. Officials here woro Inclined to think that tho long porlod of storage Indicated some othor roason RTan an offor.t to sproad tho abundant supplies of u producing soason over Iho lean part of tho year. Transferring 8torage Goods. Acting on a telegram from Gov. Cox saying that a Clevoland concern in ordor to oscapo possible prosecution for hoarding was moving Its moat prod ucts to warehouses in Chicago and de stroying its records, the department of justice ordered the district attorney at Clovoland to look Into tho matter im modlatoly. All attoraptB to effect trans fer of goods In storage, officials said, would bo summarily doalt with. Solzuro of large stocks of foodstuffs In atorago continued, with reports re ceived of libels filed In Cleveland and Detroit, and preparations for such ac tion in many cities. Tho department was Informod that tho district attornoy at Detroit had filled libels in threo casos and seized approximately 10,460, 000 oggs and 300,000 pounds of buttor, all of which had boon hold in storage for somo time. Hoarders Must Disgorge. Statistics anouncod by tho buroau of markots, showing a groat incroaao In tho amount of food hold in Btorngo woro said by Judge Amos, assistant to tut attornoy genoral In chnrgo of enforcing tho food control law, to hour out tho dopartmont'a contontlon Hint a prlmo roason for onhanced prlcos was tho holding of suppllos from the markot. "Wo aro going to forco theso hoard ers and prolltoors to dlsgorgo," Judgo Amoa declared, "whenever . thoy avo found to hold greater amountB than aio necessary for tho conduct of their buslnoss and tho safeguarding of tho food situation during tho winter." JAP PREMIER MAKE3 PLEDGE. Annoimcsa All Territory to be Re turned to China. Tokio. Restitution of Shantung, and alio Kiao Chau, to China by Japan, will be made without unnecessary de lay, but tho time required will be de pendent upon the attitude of China, aald Takashl Kara, Japanose premier, in answer to a question as to when uctjial retoratlon would tako place. Tho promlor, in answering the query of the Associated Pross, mado the fol lowing statement: "My colloaguo, Viscount Uchlda, min ister of forolgn affairs, made a atato niont on August a In explanation of our policy regarding the Shantung question. That atatoraont roprosonts tho considered opinion of this govern ment and 1 have llttlo to add in dealing with thutsnmo subject." (Viscount Uchlda In his atatomont, which was roforrod to by tho promlor, said that Jupan was willing to restore Shantung to China and would enter Into negotiations with tho Poking gov ernment as soon as posslblo after the Vorsalllos treaty should bo ratified by Japan, Requests Probe of Plumb Charge. Washington. A congressional Inves tigation of tho charges of Ulnun E, Plumb, author of labor's plan for tho nationalization of railroads, that Wall stroot has systematically plundered practically nil the railroads of the country was asked in a resolution In. troduced in tho Houso by Hoprcsonta tlvo Huddloson, Alabama, Tho resolu tion carries an appropriation or J100, 000 to carry on tho work. Ford Winner In Libel Suit. Mt. Clemens, Mich Henry Ford, millionaire nutomobllo manufacturer, atood victor In bin ?1,000,000 libel Bult against tho Chlcngo Tribuno. After moro than 10 boura deliberation, a Jury of farmera awarded him a vordlct or 6 cents here. Under direction of tho court a Ycrtict of no cuuso for action was found agaluat tho Solomon News Company, Detroit, distributor of tho Tribune. Attornoy for, both Fqrd uud tho Tribuno woro quoted as being sat isfied with tfcu verdict- MAJ. WARNER B. MARLINE MuJ. Winner li Marline xt -oili-niimder-ln-chlcf of the Veteruns of Foreign Wars of the United States, who huvo been holding their annual encampment In Providence, It. I. Tho society, which whh organized In 1809, now Includes veterans of the Philip pities, Culmn, Mexican and Boxer wins and of the great conflict lately ended CARNEGIE DIES AT 84 STEEL MAGNATE SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA AT SUMMER HOME. Introduced Bessemer Process for Mak- Ing Steel and Revolutionized the Industry. Lenox, Mass., Aug. 1?. Andrew Car ncglo died at his summer home, "Shadow Brook," hero at 7 o'clock Monday. The cause of death was bronchial pneumonia. Mr. Carnegie, who was eighty-four years old, had been under the constant cure of physicians and nurses for sev eral months. Mr. Carnegie wns one of tho world's richest men. Ills last ambition wns to (lit "poor." He wive millions to Car negie libraries and various charitable funds. Andrew Carnegie was horn Novem ber 25, 1835, nt Dunfermline, Flfeshlre, Scotlnnd. In 1848 he was brought to America by his parents, who settled In Pittsburgh, Pa. Ills first work was as a weaver's as sistant In n cotton factory In Alle gheny, Pa. In 1801 he took a more re sponsible position as a messenger boy for tho Ohio Telegraph company in Pittsburgh. During this time ho learned teleg raphy. Later ho entered the employ of tho Pennsylvania railroad and becamo nil operator. Ileru heudvunccd rapidly and soon was superintendent of the Pittsburgh division of tho road. Ho Joined Mr. Woodruff, Inventor of the sleeping car, In organizing tho Woodruff Sleeping Cur company, nero lie gained the nucleus for his fortune. He began careful Investments In oil lands and Increased his meuns. Then the Civil war came. Mr. Car nrflo offerd his servlcos and wns made superintendent of military rail ways, and government telegraph lines in the East. After tho war ho developed Iron works of various kinds nod established nr Pittsburgh tho Keystone Bridge wdrks and tho Union Iron works. It wns then that ho Introduced Into this country tho famous Bessemer process fot mnklng Hteel. This was In 1S08. Tho Bessemer process revolutionized the steel industry nnd mode him tho steel king of tho world, laying tho foundation of his huge fortuue. A few years later ho was the prin cipal owner of the Homestead and Ed gai Thompson Steel works and other large plants. Ho was head of Car uegle, Phlpp & Co, and Carnegie Bros. & Co. Theso Interests wore consoll dated In 1801) In the Carnegie Steel company. ATTACK JEWS IN BUDAPEST Many Are Beaten In the Streets Coun try Swept Bare of Food by Roumanians. Budapest. Aug. 11. Tho Itoumautnns have swept the country bare of provl slons for miles around Budapest. Tho American food mission at Vienna. In response to urgent appeals, has under taken to feed Iho school children of Bu dapest. Anti-Jewish feeling Is of the strong est In Budapest. Many Jews have been beuten In the streets after having been dragged from cabs and truim-ius, the Boumunlnn troops looking on laugh ingly and Inciting the Hungarians to further attacks on the Jews. Get Wage Increase. Now York, Aug. 15. Tim inter borough Rapid Transit company, which operates the subway and ele vated linos in tho borough of Manhat tan, has granted a general wage In crensu of 10 per cent to Its employees. To Fix All Prices. London, Aug. 15. The house of commons, nfter healed debate, adopted an amendment to tho profiteering hill empowering tho board of trade, after an Investigation, to llx wholesale and retail prices. The vote was lt'ci to 03. &.' PLUMB ACCUSES 18 BIG RAILROADS House Committee Told That Roads Gave Away Huge Stock Bonuses. GARRETSON ALSO TESTIFIES Tells Body That Railroad Officials Who Acted for Government Tried to Show That Private Own ership Was Not Be&L Washington, Aug. 14. Charges that 18 representative railroads operat ing In all parts of tho United States gave away stock bonuses aggregating $450,414,000 from 1000 to 1010 and have paid millions in dividends on these bonuses were made before tho house Interstate commerce committee by Glenn E. Plumb of Chicago, author of the Plumb plan for tripartite con trol of tho roads. Mr. Plumb chnrged further that "these railroads, which liavo so in creased their property Investment ac count nt the expenso of tho public, are now controlled in whole or In part by tho Morgan Interests, tho Rockefeller Interests nnd the Gould Interests." "On behalf of nil of the employees of these systems, of transportation nnd the public," suld Mr. Plumb, "we de mand that congress shall mnko n thor ough Investigation of tho cl'inrgcs here in set forth, so that tho American pco plo may know to what extent It Is sought fo subject them to exploitation under tho plans proposed to this com mittee of congress, plnns which would muko lnwful tho fixing of rates based on tho now unlawful aggregate prop erty Investment accounts of these sys tems." Specifically, Mr. Plumb charged that the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy, the Chicago, Mllwaukeo & St. Paul, the Chlcngo & Northwestern, tho Great Northern, the Illinois Central nnd tho Southern Pacific railroads gave away in bonuses to their stockholders more thnn $250,000,000 during the ten-year period mentioned, nnd "that the nctu al dividend disbursements on tills ex cess capital for the year 1013 alone amounted to moro than $11,000,000." no also alleged that the Pennsyl vania, Baltimore & Ohio, New York, New navou & Hartford, New York Central & Hudson Elver railroad, Boston & Maine and the Delaware & Hudson company "issued new stock for $101,000,000 less thnn Its market value." A. B. Gurrotson, former head of tho Order of Railway Conductors, told tho committee that operating ofllclals In charge of railroads during government control wero actuated by the one de side of demonstrating that government ownership wns not best for tho coun try. Exactly tho same operating forco that built up a grcnt surplus .before tho war created a big deficit, Garret son said. "There could bo no real test as to government operation so long as the futuro disposition of the roads had not been determined. Every effort was mado to convince the people that pri vate management wns best. "When the railroad official prays he turns his face to Wall street, but once It Is demonstrated, for Instance, that management In futuro will center In Washington, I am sure he will serve the government as earnestly as he served tho old masters In tho past." Discussing tho Plumb plan for tri partite control of the roads, Mr. Gar retson said it "utterly demolished cap ital account, while the other plans sub mitted to congress, added to It uutil tho grandchildren of tho present gen eration would Btaggor under the load." U. S. RUSHES AID TO K0LCHAK Reds' Dnelster Line Is Smasoed Denlklne's Army Takes 1,000 Prisoners and Many Guns. Washington, Aug. 14. Material aid for Admiral Kolchak's retreating army In Siberia Is being rushed to Vladivos tok by the American government. It was said officially that 45,000 rllles and several million rounds of ammuni tion already had been sent from Snn Francisco and that additional equip ment would go forward this week on un army transport. Copenhagen, Aug. 14. According to a llus.stnn newspaper published In Berlin tho bolshevik! have recaptured Blga. General Denlklne's advance Is con tinuing along tho greater part of tho southern Hussion front against con siderable bolshevik resistance, tho war office announces. Knmlshln, which wns taken on July 28, yielded 11,000 prisoners, 00 guns, 150 machine guns nnd nn immense uuiount of war mntciial. Sees German Propagadna, Washington, Aug. 15. Representa tive Hetlln (Dem.) of Alabama charged In tlte house that "German money nnd munition money nnd manufacturers1 money Is back of tho propaganda to defeat tho League of Nations." Airplane Locates Qtlllc. Montgomery, Ala.. Aug. 15. Uso of alrpltuics In locating Illicit distilleries In the Alabama mountains was inau gurated. Deputy Marshal J. a. Wull mado u trip over the territory. nu ex pecta arrests. RUSSELL C.LEFFINGWELL tiff S m )(b2,tb"l"(Z r..rtifMWAv frjSv.'tvw ri'jw-. Bussell O. Lcillnguell of New York, newly appointed assistant secretnry of the treasury, who has been appointed on tho commlttco of ten empowered to expend 91,000,000,000 In reducing the cost of wheat. STRIKERS IN BATTLE FIRE ON DEFUTIES GUARDING FORCE OF STRIKEBREAKERS. Two Men Wounded In Fight at Key. stone Steel Plant at Bar- tonvllle, III. Springfield, III., Aug. 14. Gov. P. O. Lowdcn ordered the Tenth Illinois In fantry, commanded by Col. O. P. Ycn ger of Danville, to Peoria for riot duty. Tho Seventh regiment, stationed nt Peoria und commanded by MaJ. M. II. Hull, was also ordered to the scene of tho strike. Peoria, Aug. 14. Three persons wero seriously wounded, three others were shot nnd a score of other persons received cuts and bruises when sev eral hundred strikers and sympathiz ers chnrged upon the Keystone Wire and Steel company's plant In South Burtonvllle, five miles from this city. A handful of deputy sheriffs who have been guarding the plant where a strike of 800 workers has been in prog ress for several weeks fought off the rioters, returning volley for volley, nnd It Is believed order has been restored. The seriously wounded are Iteuben Sommers and Alvln Sommers, who are connected with tho Arm, nnd a night watchman who was shot In the back by snipers. The two Sommers men were fired upon with shotguns. Sporadllc outbreaks continued throughout the dny nnd resulted In the shooting and slightly wounding of two strikers who had fired on the deputies. WILSON SHOWS LEAGUE PLAN Tells Senators Original American Proposal Contained Nothing About the Monroe Doctrine. Washington, Aug. 13. Tho original American draft of the Leaguo of Na tions covenant, sent to the senntc for eign relations committee by President Wilson, contains several provisions widely differing from the league cov enant as adopted at Paris. Tho much debated provisions of arti cle X of the present covenant for guar anteeing the territorial integrity of leaguo members Is almost identical with a clause In tho American draft. The American plan contained no provision for withdrawal from mem bership and made no reference to the Monroe doctrine. It also contained a provision not finally accepted under which the leaguo would Inquire Into tho feasibility of abolishing compul sory military service. President Wilson refused to send the senate u copy of General Bliss' statement concerning the Shantung settlement, on the ground that It con tained confidential reference to other governments. President Wilson also Informed the sennto In response to another resolu tion that he was "happy to say" that ho had no memorandum or informa tion with reference to any attempt of tho Japanese delegntes at Paris to In timidate tho Chinese peace delegates. FINAL CASUALTY REPORTS 49,498 Yanks Die In the Great War 205,690 Are Listed as Wounded. Washington, Aug. 14. Final casu nlty reports from the A. E. P. central records office mnde public by tho war department, gavo the total battle deaths as 40,498, totu.1 wounded 205, COO, and prisoners, 4,480. "Only slight rovlslous" will be mado In this report, It was announced. Mexico Fears Intervention. Moxlco City, Aug. 15. At tho open ing of tho regular session of the Mex ican congress tho senate will hold n secret session for the purpose of dis cussing lntornatloii.il relations In view of reports of Impending Intervention. U. S. to Sue "Cement Trust." Washington, Aug. 15. A suit In equity to dissolve the "cement combi nation" was uunouueed by Attorney General Palmer. Tho action Is to ho brought In tho district of New Jersey ngalust 10 Individual companies. v? s,....: NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE IN NEBRASKA The apportionment of school funds to the different counties of the stnto has been completed at the office of State Superintendent Clemmons nnd shows that 382,004 school children will receive a total of. $571,855, or about $1.10 per pupil. Tills will give Douglas county $51,805.11; Lancaster, $27,405; Custer, $13,001.03; Buffalo, $10,408.37; Gage, $13,201.31; Knox, $10,145.71 ; Platte, $10,525.77. All oth er counties receive less thnn $10,000, Hooker receiving tho least, $550. Many Nebraska towns arc mourn ing the death of Andrew Carnegie, who died very suddenly nt Lenox, Mass. Of the 8,000 public libraries donated to cities and towns of tho United Stntes by Mr. Carnegie, Ne braska bus many of them, and the famous philanthropist, who was 81 years old at his death, will lonir bo remembered by people of this state. Considerable excitement prevailed in the city council chamber at Omahu tho other dny when testimony sub mitted by witnesses proved that no less than nineteen curs of fruit nnd vegetables were permitted by mer chants of the city to stand In the rail road yards and become rotten. Dras tic action against the guilty purtlcs Is expected. Mrs. Charles II. Dietrich of Hast ings, president of the Nebraska Suf frage association, has received a let ter from Attorney General Davis In which he stated that Nebraska women cannot vote nt the primary elections to choose candidates for the consti tutional convention. The suffrage as sociation had asked for an official ruling. The State Board of Agriculture es timated thnt the total production of winter wheat in Nebraska this year at 40,000,000 bushels, ns compared to 33,470,000 In 1018; spring wheat, 7, 240,000 as against 0,003,000 bushels last year, and all wheat, 50,210,000 bushels us compared with 43,141,000 bushels In 1018. State Engineer Johnson now has the approval of the federal govern ment of a leuse agreed upon by county officers and the Union Pacific railway regarding the use of railroad right of way as a site for a portion of the Lin coln highway in Nebraska. Department of Justice agents are reporting regularly to Washington cases of food profiteering and hoard ing in Nebraska, according to offic ials of that branch of the government located at Omaha. Based on August 1 conditions the State Board of Agriculture estimates that Nebraska's 1910 corn production will total 174,830,000 bushels. Last year's crop totalled 123,0S0,000 bush els. U. G. Powell, who has been rntn expert for the state railway commis sion since Its organization twelve years ugo, has handed in his resigna tion to take effect September 1. The Nebraska soldiers welcome committee nt tho Nebraska headquar ters at Nnw York City, will probably bring its activities to a close about September 1. Contract has been let for the con struction of n new gymnasium build ing nt the Chadron Normal School. The structure will cost $100,300. Government reports reaching the State Board of Horticulture at Lin coln Indicate that prices of potatoes will Increase soon. The new Farmers' Union Co-Oper-ntlve elevator at Beatrice, built at a cost of $15,000, will be ready for bus iness In a few days. Tin balance in the state treasury at the end of July was $2,070,288.41, a decrease of $14,020.01 compared to the June balance. Nebraska. Since the first: nt Mia vpjtr. has had 450 fires, entnillng a loss of six lives and $471,914.01. Omaha had 210 of tho fires. Grasshoppers arc doing considerable damage to corn fields along sldo of alfalfa and smull grain stubble In Nuckolls county. Work on nn annex to the Meadow Grove high school, which will be used for a gymnasium, has been started. A post of the Amerleun Legion, a world wnr voternns' organization, has been perfected at Morrill. Preliminary work for the laying of forty blocks of paving at Wuhoo Is virtually completed. The Pilgrim Congregntional church of Cortlnnd Is erecting a new $30,000 church edifice. Miss Mnrle Vogt, 21 years old, daughter of a wealthy farmer residing near Kennard, took her own llfo by jumping into a tank of water, ner mother killed herself In the same man ner eight days before. Release of water from tho Path finder dam to aid in irrigated regions of Nebraska where depletion of the present supply has taken place Is being sought, through nn act of con gress, by citizens of North Platte, Gothenburg uuA several other west ern Nebraska places. Ratification ay the Nebraska legis lature of the federal prohibition amendment, Is not referable to a ref erendum under tho state Initiative and referendum law, accoriVi'g to Secretary of State Amsbcrry. Permission has been granted tho Wyoming and Nebraska Telephono company by the State Rullway Com mission to tneiease Its rates 25 cents for Individual and 50 cents for busi ness phones. The company has ex change." at Chadron, Cody, Crawford, Gordon and other northwestern Ne braska towns. An nttenipt to hold a non-pnrtIsa Icugue meeting at Beatrice resulted 1b the formation of a mob estimated at 300, which broke up the gathering, mobbed nnd slugged several persons, one a league official, nnd threatened, it is said, to throw all the leaguers Into the Blue river. Tho excitement lasted several hours nnd cuused tho lengucrs to mnko u hasty exit from tho city. The Nebraska Rural Letter Carriers, during Its convention at Kearney, de cided to ask the government for a min imum snlary of $1,500 ner year. Thov also want tho government to maintain their equipment, car or horse. At present the carriers get a maximum wage of $1,500 a year, and out of this pay must keep tip their transporta tion means. Fire, believed to have started from a candle in a Catholic church during services, virtually wiped out the en tire business sectibn of the village of Davy, 12 miles north of Lincoln. Tho church, two general stores, drug store, postolllce and telephone building were completely destroyed. The loss Is placed at $100,000. Any person who hns knowledge of food profiteering and can produce the evidence of such acts, can bring tha attention of the matter to Secretary of Agriculture Leo Stuhr at the state house ut Lincoln, nnd an investigation will be made. This is the Information given out by the department. The state board of control has or dered the discontinuance of the broom factory at the state penitentiary at' Lincoln, following a protest from twenty-two broom manufacturers that the state was doing the work for less than half what It would cost by free labor. The application for an appenl from the holding of Judge Morning of tho Lancaster district court that the ref erendum petitions against the coda law wero invalid, was overruled by the judge and the case will now go to the supreme court on appeal by the referendum people. , State Engineer Johnson announced nt Lincoln that he induced the War department to give the state $500,00 more in road building equipment la addition to the $3,000,000 -already furnished, while In Washington re cently. The University of Nebraska will, as usual, make an exhibit at the state fair nt Lincoln. The exhibition this year will be shown In the old poultry building, which Is the second door north of the fisheries. State Engineer Johnson has let a contract for six miles of concrete road from Fremont to Ames. Tha pavement will be laid eighteen feet wide and will cost approximately $200,000. Douglas county delegates to the constitutional convention will be chosen nt the general election Nov. 4, as the number of filings wns Insuffic ient to hold a primary Sept. 10. Correspondence study work is being extended by the University of Ne braska until the department has an enrollment that will puss the 309 murk iy September 1. C. A. Fulmer, state director of fed oral vocational aid, was elected presi dent of the Nebraska conference of the Epworth league at the stutc conven tion nt Lincoln. An effort is being made to enlarge the facilities of the Auburn municipal light plant so it can furnish commer cial light and power. Reports reaching the secretary of state nt Lincoln indicate that about 250 candidates filed for the nomlna tlon to the constitutional convention. Frank Gessel, 28, champion swim mer of Lincoln county, was drowned In a bathing pool at North Platte. H was seized with cramps. York county has decided to employ a county engineer. The new official will commence work Sept 1 at a sal ary of $3,000 annually. Kearney city school teachers have been given a flat increase In pay amounting to fifteen dollnrs for grades and ten dollars for high teach ers monthly. Wymore will hold a special election In the near future to vote on n propr osltlon to issue bonds for a sewage system. Workmen have started the lnylng of twelve blocks of brick paving at Te cumseh, which will cost nenrly $100,000. Tlie Farmers union has plans under way for the establishment of a co operative store at Meadow Grove in the near future. Henry Berggren, living near Walioo, has threshed a field of oats that aver aged eighty bushels per ucre. Wheat fields in the vicinity of Meadow Grove, aro averaging from 20 to 25 bushels to the acre. Governor McKelvIo' has appointed W. A. Dilworth, Holdrege, Judge of the Tenth state judicial district, to suc ceed W. C. Dorsey, recently appointed to the stnte supremo court commis sion. Following the receipt of a number of letters of Inquiry regarding sleep ing accommodations at the National G. A. It. encampment nt Columbus, O., Assistant Adjutant General Bross at Lincoln Issued u statement declaring that ample provisions will be made for all who make tho trip. The State Railway Commission has granted the Omnlin and Council Bluffs Street Rullway company, which operates tho only lino In tlie two cit ies, permission to lucrcasu fares from five to seven cents. A near race wnr occurred at Lex ington the other day when a negro, one of 175 employed on paving work In the city, was discovered In the homo of n white man. Shots were fired and great excitement prevnlled for Home time. No one. was hurt. Tha negro wns locked up awl most of the other darkies left town t- I. r,