r,f . y DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. V' INTEREST CENTERS 11 SENATE'S WORK GERMAN PEACE TREATY AND STEEL STRIKE TO SHARE ATENTION. JUDGE GARY TO BE CALLED Commlttse Plans to Hear Othor Wit nesses on ' Industrial Situation Fall Arricnurrienta Probably will Co Voted on This Week. Washington, D. C. Tho Gorman poaco treaty and the HtccI strike ro main tho engrossing affairs of con gress thin weak. Prospects of u voto before next Sat urday on tho amendments to the troaty, proposed by Senator Fall, re publican, of Now Moxlco, and provid ing for elimination of virtually ull American representation In lntorna tlonnl commissions, together with President Wilson's return to the capi tal are expected to bring to a head tho vital issues In tho treaty contost. Industrial unrest, emphasized by tho steel strike, will sharo uttontlon In tho senate with tho peaco troaty. Hearings in tho labor commltteo'B in vestigation of tho steel strike will bo resumed Wodnesday, wljon Chairman Gary, of tho United States Stool cor poration, is to give capital's sldo of tho controversy. Later tho committee plans to hoar Socrotary William 'A. Foster, of tho strike committeo, and othor wltnosses, and it would not sur prise many observers if efforts to bring about intervention by Prosidont Wilson would bo mndo. , Week In House. While tho sonato is ongngod with tho treaty and industrial prdblomo, tho houso will continue comparatively quloscent this weok, engnged on minor bills. With curly agreements by conforeos in prospoct on thrco bltls prohibition enforcement, food profltoorlng and rostoring pre-war rato making authority of tho Inter state commorco commission, It Is ex pocted that tho report will be ndoptotl this week and tho measures sent to tho Whlto House. In tho treaty controversy, tho Full mondmonts technically have right of way until a final voto. Consideration of the amendments, however, promis es to bo subordinate In Interest to undor-surtaco negotiations on tho question of reservations. SHOPMEN REACH AGREEMENT. Pact Described an One of the Most Far Reaching Ever Mode. Washington, D. C Itoprosontatlvos of affiliated unions comprising the railroad Bhopmon wore reported to bavo roachod a general understanding with tho railroad administration cov erlng wagos and working conditions to remain in effect while tho govern mont rotalns control of tho linos. Do tails woro not avallablo as tho ngri mont is still to bo completed, it wr said, but officials of tho American Federation of Labor familiar with tho forms of the understanding wcro quot ed 08 describing it bb tho most f reaching and comprehensive agrr ment over mado by organized labor, More than 600,000 railway employes nro Included Jn tho group of unions known as tho railroad shopmen. Ac cording to statements obtainod from various sources, tho cgntoiuplatod agreement Includos a union wage scalo for each trade or craft Involved, tlm oniabllBlimont of n basic eight hour day,, tlmo and a half for over time, and many' othor dotuliod pro Visions, all to bo Incorporated in uni form national contracts which would tormnato automatically when tho roods wore handed book to private operation. Rockefeller Makes Great Gift. New York. A gift of $20,000,000 from John D. Hockofollor tor tho Im provomont of medical education in tho United Statoa is announced by tho education board. Tlio official an nouncement of tho gift Bays that tho Incomo 'rif the $20,000,000 Is to bo cur rently used, and tho entlro principal is to bo distributed within fifty years Von Buelow Darrcd. Berlin. Tho Tnogllcho HundKchau jiub boon Informed that Oon. von Ilun low has boon refused permission i reside in Dcssaul by tho mayor, who 1b, said to havo told tho former army Ipudor that "an Influx of generals In to tho city Is not doBlrod." Nlttl Gets Vote of Confldtnco. nomo. -Premier Nltti whs given n voto of confidence by tho chamber nf deputies. Tho government received 808 votes to HO. Tho assembly wim Vtxlremoly tumultuous. Test of Strenoth. ' Chicago. Steel companies In the Chicago area hayo proparcd for a test of strength with tho labor unions nnd a determined attempt will bo mndo to ppornto- us many plants ns posjlblo fil full enpacity. Appeals to tlm men to return at onco havo boon Issued and It Is hinted that unlesshey respond a numbor of tho companies may do cldo to ciono down for nn Indefinite Purjou:, , Btcpj4 havo beoit' tnkcu ti pro Yldo tho nevwsary pollco prntaitl" for tho itrlir who wish to leturn PRESIDENT SPEAKS ATGHEYENNE,WYO, Asks "Showdown" for League; Lost if Amended. MEMS PACT WITH GERMANS Senate Amendment Would Do Rejeo tlon of tho Treaty and Negotla- tlons With Berlin for Separ. ate Agreement. Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 23. Heading ignln the proposed senate reservation to article X of tho league covenant, rresiuent Wilson said in utt address here that should any such reservation bo adopted ho would "bo ohllced ns chief executive to regard It as a re jection or tho treaty." The president udded that rcjectlou nf the treaty would mean negotiation of a sepnrnte peace with Germany and asserted thut such a negotiation could not change a single Item of the peuce fcottloment. The reservation rend by tho presi dent was tho hamo thut ho laid before his audience ut tho Salt Lake City tabernacle. By Us provisions the United States would assume no obli gation to preserve tho territorial In tegrity of other nations unless con gress should so decide. Unworthy and Ridiculous. "It Is us though you suld wo will not Join tho longuo now," suld lie, "hut may Join it from time to time. We won't promise anything, but from time to tlmo wo may co-operate. "Tho tiling is unworthy and ridicu lous. It means the rejection of the treaty, nothing less. Tho lssuo Is final. We can't avoid It. We've got to inukc tho decision now and, once made, there can he no turning back." Unless tho United States went Into Hie league now, ho added, and as mined Its full responsibility It would liavo to como In Inter with Germany. Opposed by Pro-Germans. Asserting that tho overwhelming nnjorlty of tho people wcro for tho treaty, the president said that the only )rgonlzcd elements opposing ratifica tion wcro tho pro-German elements Hid others who "showed their hyphen luring the wur." Opponents of tho treaty, Mr. Wilson mid, mado mnny Insupportublo objec tions, but had "debated seriously" only sue of these objections, the Shantung Il-IIIUIIIUIH. Ho went into tho history of tho Shantung concession, pointing out thnt President McKinloy did not protest Jvhen Germany acquired tho Shantung Ights now given Japan. Tho settle neiit included In the Versnlll.es treaty, ho assorted, was "unavoidable," whllo tho Leaguo of Nations offered tho best lope for China's recovery of her lost jroVlnce. , No Precedent for Protest. Tho United Spates, nnsortcd tho president, had no precedent in Inter national law for even protesting against Japan's acquisition of tho dhuntung rights. But ho added that under artlclo 11 of tho league cove nant It would be tho friendly right of a nutlon to protest against any such ittuntlon which endangered peaco. For the first time, ho said, tho United Stutes could, under tho league, becomo Hie "effectlvo friend of China." Asks "Showdown." Hccalllug Japan's promise to return to China all sovereign rights In Shan tung, tho president said tho only thlnn retained by tho Tokyo government would b economic rights, such a? other nations hold. Ho said the United States bad no right to doubt that promise. Ho characterized as "empty noise" tho professions of friendship of China made by those who want tho troaty to fall. Turning to tho league covenant, the president said tho question of whether tho heart of tho league covenant was to bo cfit out soon inuRt como to a "showdown." It would mean tho vitiation of the wholo plan, ho assorted, if tho nation were to adopt reservations to article 10 as proposed In tho senate. Talks of Six Votes. One by one. he said, tho other oh. jectlons to the covenant had been dis posed or. to an "cumiid minds," ho asserted, It now was apparent thnt the Monroe doctrine was fully protected; that there was no stipergovernment set up, and that no danger was to bo feared from tho "speaking parts" given to tho British dominions In tho league assembly, Tho presidential party arrived hero at four o'clock and was greeted by an escort from tho Fifteenth cavalry, stationed at Fort D. A. Russell, and by a committee of citizen!?. A lino of march was formed prompt y and tho visitors were escorted through decorated streets. Tho presi dent Was cheered cmtlnuully. President Wilson devoted part of tlm duy to reading newspapers picked up nt Hawilns and scanned with Interest news of tho Heel strike, Tho presi dent still was without olllclal Informa tion concerning the strlko and White House olllclals accompanying tho pres ident Bald that no messages had been recolved aboard the train during tho morning. , Steal Whisky Valued at $11,000. CJdcugo, Sept. 2.V-Moro than $11,. 000 worth of whisky was stolen by bur glars during series of rail's here. , HURRY, ASKS ALLIES TO AID ITALY WANTS D'ANNUNZIO DRIV VEN FROM FIUME. Poet's Forces Extend Zone of Occupa tion Into Jugo-Slavla Block ade Continues. London, Sept. tl'A. Tho Italian gov ernment bus appealed to tho allied powers to send an allied force, ex clusive of Italians, to drive D'Annun zlo out of Flume, nccordlng to a re port here, which Is considered reliable. Pnrls, Sept. 23. Troops under Ga brlelo D'Annunzlo, the Insurgent Ital ian commander at Flume, have been extending their zone of occupation In to Jugo-Slnv territory, uccor'dlng to tho .Tugo-Slav delegation In Paris. They penotruted seven miles Into Jugo-Slavla occupying tho heights at Plcnliik, dominating the surrounding country. Tho Italian forces nro maintaining tho blockade of Flumo now In effect, It is learned, the allied navies merely standing by ns observers. Flume, Sept. 23. Gabrlelo d'Annun zlo declared In an Interview hero that ho was making ready an appeal to tho president of tho United States, the king of England and the French people to support him In his occupation of Fl umo or Italy. Ho was confident, ho said, that his appeal would bear fruit. "I cannot believe there will bo any complication with Franco and Eng Innd," snld tho poot-commander, "ns In tho past I havo done something In tho Interest of both countries. Thcre foro It Is Impossible thnt they should repay mo with Ingratitude. "My men hero nro ready to dlo for our cause, whllo I will not lenvo Fl umo cither nllvo or dead. I have ul ready chosen In n One cemetery, dark with cypresses, a small hill looking toward tho sea, covered with laurel, whero I wish to bes burled. "I do not bcllcvo that the allies will do anything ngalnst mo," Captain d'An nnnzlo continued, "ns I will do nothing ngnlnst thorn. I consider tho blocknde, howover, contrnry to the rights of man, no ono having the right to attempt to starve tho 30,000 Inhabitants of Flume Blmply becnuso they wish to remain Italians forever. "No conflict Is possible with tho Ital ian troops, as I do not believe there Is n slnglo ' soldier who would tiro ngalnst my men." WILSON FELICITATES MEXICO President Sends' Message to Carranza on Mexican Independence Day. Washington, .Sept. 22. Text of n message sent by President Wilson un der date of September 10 to President Carranza expressing congratulations to tho lexlcan people on their Inde pendence day, was mado public by the ftato department. "I take pleasure," tho president said, "In extending to your excellency on tho anniversary of tho Independence of Mexico my cordial felicitations and best wishes for tho peace, prosperity and progress of the Mexican people." U. S. War Dead 116,462. Washington, Sept. 23. Tho cost of tho war to tho United States In man pnwur Is now estimated officially as 110,402 dead and 205.500 wounded n total ot 322,182. Killed in action to taled :tr,rs5. British Aviator Crosses Alps. Geneva, Switzerland. Sept. 25.-Cnp-tola ltrudloy, n llrltlsh aviator, lias lunded at Lausanne, after having flown over tho Alps nnd losing his way In tho clouds above Mont Blanc at an altitude of moro than 15.000 feet. Tars Honor Admiral Beatty. Portsmouth, Sept. 25. Vice Admiral Sir David Iloatty was given a unique compliment when, with 42 of his ad mirals, ho was entertained nt dinner In tho town hall here t) some 500 lower devii men. DOC! SOME STRIKE FIGURES HALF MILLION MEN ARE AFFECT ED BY THE WALKOUT. Statistics Show Average Pay of U. S. ' Steel Corporation Workers Is $6.23 a Day. Now York. Sept. 23. Plants of tho United States Steel corporation, cen tral flguro In tho strike, are locuted In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Now Jersey, Mary land, Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Connecticut, Alabama, Cali fornia, Washington,,' Missouri, Ken tucky, Kansas, Wisconsin. Minnesota. West Virginia, Delaware, New York, and Ontario, Cunudu. 'It was estimated that tho number of workers affected directly or Indi rectly by the strike will nggregate half a million. Tho average dally pay of the corporation's employees, including tho administrative and selling force, Is $0.23, nccordlng to a recent report to the directors. This Is an Increase of 110 per cent since 1014, when the average was $2.88. The average an nual pay In 1018 wiu $1,050. Iron ore properties of tho corpora tion are mainly In tho Lake Superior district, tho southernreglon of Alnbamn und Georgln. Coal'mil coko proper ties are located in Pennsylvania, Vir ginia, Colorado, West Virginia. Ken tucky, Ohio, Indlanu nnd Illinois. In tensive coke, oil und gas properties are also owned nnd controlled in a num ber of states and nt several lake ports there aro extensive ore docks. Seven ocean-going steamers and numerous smaller craft nro owned and operated together with more than 1,000 miles of railroad. CALL OUT OKLAHOMA TROOPS Mllltla Ready to Entrain for Drum- right, the Scene of Riot. Tulsa, Okla., Sept. 24. Orders weroj received hero by Maj. James A. Bell, commander of tho Third Oklnhoma regiment ot state troops, to have his eommnnd ready to entrain for Drum right. Orders to entrain have not yet "been received. Although 75 deputy sheriffs from surrounding towns are In Drumrlght to prevent tho destruction of prop erty, thoyv had been unnblo at noon to rescue Mayor Nlcodomus, Police Chief Ayers and Policeman Corall, former Texns ranger, who are Imprls-v oned In the city Jail by the mob. Tho olllclals were taken following tho reported attacking -of pickets in front of tho telephone offices there by a policeman. Tho pickets, It Is .said, refuse to allow tho girls operating tho switchboard who refused to go out on strlko last Suturduy to leave tho build ing. , SIX SPARTACANS ARE SHOT Fritz Soldi and Associates Found Guilty and Executed on the Same Day. Munich, Sept. 22. Fritz Soldi, the former Spartucnn leader, and five of lilrt associates, who early r'rlday weru sentenced to pay tho death penalty, having been found guilty-of the mur der of hostages during-tho soviet re gime, were executed ut four o'clock In the afternoon. Tho others executed were Ilerren Slckeihofer, Wldl, Purzel und Fohnier. Insurance Chief Is Dead. Mnson City, la., Sept. 25. Word has been received here from Des Moines that T, U. Itanley, president of tho Modern llrothorhood of AnierlenT -fraternal insurance society, with ollleonj here, is dead nt his Des Moines home, . ( Corn Cutters Strike. Marlon, O.. Sept 25. A number of com cutterB employed on the- Curtis brothers farm, north of Prospect. Iiqvp gone on strlko for ?0 a day and lodg ing. This Is nn Increase of $1 n day over present Ytiges with lodging. NEBRASKAJN BRIEF Timely News Culled From All Parts of the State, Reduced for tho Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED A Jury In tho district court nt Fre mont nwnrded Lo Roy McGOo $20,000 damages against the Stockyard and Land Co., for permanent Injuries re ceived while In the employ of the com- pnny. After settlement had been made under the workmen's compensation i law. tho suit was brought and the court refused to dismiss it, sustaining j it point that since the boy was under j the' ago whereby he might be legally I employed, the compensation act did not apply. Plans for the centennial celebration of the location and establishment of Ft. Calhoun, Washington county, nro pro gressing rapidly. Tho centennial of Fort Calhoun occurs October 11 this year, 100 years from the date that a regiment of soldiers came up the Mis souri river on steambonts and landed there. The government has ordered troops from Fort Omnha and Fort Crook to participate in the celebration. Investigation Into tho high cost of Jiving nt Lincoln bus brought to light the startling fact that dairymen in the city are' buying milk from tho pro ducer nt ?3.f0 per 100 pounds and sell ing It nt $0.08 per 100, making a profit of about 100 per cent. Skim milk is used to reduce the butter fat contents of the milk one dealer testified. Home-grown Nebrnsku seed wheat this year tests as low ns CO per cent germination, whllo that Imported from the east and north contains "darnel," a noxious plant seed from which Ne braska has hitherto been free, nccord lng to Secretary of Agriculture Leo Stuhr. The recently organized Home Build ers company at Albion, which proposes to erect moderate priced modern homes and sell them close to the cost price expects to start construction work just as soon as a contractor and crew of men can be secured. Dissatisfaction witli the operation of the former state board of health through tho department of public wel fare under the code bill is said to have been responsible for Dr. W. F. Wild resigning as head of the state health department. By a special election vote of 101 to 75 the citizens nf Wymore authorized the sale of Arbor State nnd Hlversldo parks, tho money to be used in con structing a sewer system. The pro posed sewer system will cost about $50,000. H. C. McGrnth of Ames paid $0,000 for a O-months-old porker at a sule In Illinois a short tlmo ago. IIu has the valuable porker on his place now nnd all of Dodge county Is boasting of be ing the home of the highest priced pig In the country. The 120-acre Mohr-IInrder farm southeast of Scribncr was sold at referee's hale for $1100 nn acre, A. Sloshor of Dodge being the highest- bidder. Greeley Is In tho midst of a building boom that promises to surpjiss uny thlnk like It In the history of the city. The paving question Is also gaining much headway. It Is estimated that tamo bay pro duction will amount to 4,422,000 tons In Nebraska this year, as compared to 2,a80,000 tons last year, Lovers of football at Lincoln predict that Nebraska will hnvo one of the best teams In tho history of tho State University this year. A hundred co-eds at the University of Nebraska have enrolled In millinery nnd dress making courses, according to registration olllclals. The Trl-stute fair hold at Crawford was a success from every standpoint. Attendance for the three, days exceed ed 20,000. Sufllelent slock has been sold In the proposed butter factory at Bloomlleld to make sure the establishing of tho enterprise. Wheat threshing Is about "half com pleted In Chase county and mi far the yield Is running from 20 to 4(5 bushels to the acre. According to reports the Hbnl pot ash plant recently destroyed by fire nt LakeMde will be. rebuilt in the near future. Pojato growers In the western part of the state are receiving from $1.50 to $2.00 a bushel for their crops. A eominer'clar club, consisting of thirty-six members, was- organized nt Greeley the other day. A movement Is under way to estab lish an Ice plant at Tekamah, an en terprise badly needed by tho city. Annual Ore day will ho observed In all public schools throughout Nebras ka, Friday, November 7. A 2,000-ncie tract of land near Bushnell, sold the other lu for S75 000. is to be divided Into lOOacro farms and put under cultivation. .Assurance has been give that a new concrete state-aid bridge will be built across th Platte south of Shel ton to replace tho wooden structure now In use. Klovoii of twelve steers exhibited by the Nebraska college of agrlculturo nt tho etato fair won premiums. Their winnings included live firsts, six seconds and six thirds. Governor McKelvIo has called upon Director General nines of tho rail road administration to take somo acr tlon to save hundreds of thousands of bushels of wheat In wostern Nebraska from rotting on the ground, becnuso freight curs for Its shipment hnvo not been furnished Great ilniiuiftf hut. al ready been dunoNuul a further loss will fol'' ' "'i'sS lellef Is Iih.I fututi , Leo Darling, negro, who Is said to . have confessed to the murder of It. I Massoy of Omaha, Union Pacific cou I ductor at North Platte, narrowly escaped being lynched at Grand Island where ho Was spirited for safe keep ing. A daughter of the sheriff of Hall county learned that it crowd of en raged men were on the wny to tho Jail to lynch the negro. She informed her father who called his deputies and In a high-powered automobile took their prisoner to the state penitentiary nt Lincoln. Nebraska boys and girls won twelve prizes nt the Interstate Live Stock fair at Sioux City, In., Including first for pig club judging nnd second In can ning. With eleven teams competing, ,3 Seward county boys, Nerval Clark, Peter Pratt and Walter P.rlggs, took high honors ns judges of pigs, and three Omnha girls, Mary Ilaney, Ituby Crlppen and Anna May Boland, second place In canning. Governor McKelvIo has announced the appointment of Mrs. Emily, P. Hornberger of Lincoln as director of tho child welfare bureau, provided for by an act of the last legislature. Mrs. Ilornbefgcr was juvenile court officer and superintendent of tho detention homo In Lincoln for eight years. The work of organizing tho Allianco Pncklng company s proceeding rapid ly. Offices have been established In Alljance. The company will have a capitalization of $2,000,000 to $H.0O0, 000. Its directors will Include stock-, men In western Nebraska and Wyoming. No trace has been found of the threo bandits who entered the Citizens State bank nt Itnlston, a suburb of Omaha, in broad daylight, locked tho cashier and threo other officials of tho institution in the bank vault and escaped with $4,000 in ensh in an automobile. IIgg cholera In Dodge nnd .surround ing counties Is practically wiped out, according to Dr. II. Kerston, Inspector for tho government, stationed at Fre mont. Ther are a few cases of pneu monia, he says, but the attacks nro be ing successfully coped with. Two hundred nnd fifty candidates wfW-c initiated into the mysteries of the Mystic Shrine at a monster gath ering of Mason?; ut Grand Island. Dele gates from Omaha, Lincoln, Hastings, Alliance, Broken Bow nnd many other Nebraska cities attended. Harvesting of tho 1010 potato crop Is under way In Sheridan county. The yield Is from forty to fifty.bushols per acre, In place of the usual ono hundred nnd twenty to one hundred and fifty. Washington advises nre to the ef fect that lvlng Albert and Queen Mario of Belgium will visit Omaha on their trip to the west. The date of their visit was announced as October 25. A contract has been let for the build ing of a road from the railroad sta tion nt Peru to tho stoto normal road, tho cost to be approximately $50,000, the distance about one mile. During the past week one case of Spanish Influenza was reported nt Omaha, It being the first nppcarnnco of the disease in Nebraska this fall, It Is believed. Tho most serious sugar shortage In' the history of Adams county was re lieved by the arrival at Hastings of 800 bngs of the sweetness from Cali fornia Elks of Beatrice closed a deal for the purchase of the old auditorium building on North Fifth street, which they expect to put in shape for n per manent home. A new national guard company is to be organized In Nemaha county. Tho movement has the backing of n num ber of former guardsmen nt Auburn. According to a monthly bulletin Is sued by Gus Hyers, chief state agent, but twenty-two automobiles were stolen In Nebraska during August. The recent heavy rain nt Superior washed out the dam of the Southern Nebraska Power Co., the oldest dnin In tho Itepubllcnn river. A new sixty-room hotel, to cost about $150,000, Is to bo built at Chadron. Tho hostelry will be mod ern In every "detail. Work on paving the threo miles of tho Lincoln highway west of Colum bus Is not expected to start until next spring. A home-coming celebration for Brown county soldiers and sailors will bo held In AInsworth on October 10 nnd 11. Falls City people oro vigorously backing a movement to build n new up-to-data hotel In tho city. The 40-acre Chapman orchard near Table Bock promises to yield (1,000 bushels of apples this year. The Fremont post of American legion cleared $1,l2o by the carnival held just recently. Because of so many alleged Illegal raids and n number 'of damage milts, filed against Its members, the Omaha moral squad has been ubollshed. Wild ducks are reported more plenti ful In the snnd hill regions -of Nebras- ka than for many years and an excel lent season of fall shooting Is ex pected. Only two of tho several thousand hogs exhibited at the .state fair, which ; were ordered quarantined after ship- ' ment home because some of the mil i mals had been exposed to mi Infec i tlous form of bronchitis, havo died. Despite the fact that lack of inn. terlal has retarded tho work of par ing twelve blocks of Tocummh's streets, contractors expect to finish tho Job this fall. Tho state bonid of educational lands and buildings apprnvr-d valuations ot school IhimIs In the counties of Bonne, Buffalo, Chase. Dawson, llatir.r.. John son, Pierce, Hlehardson, Sarpy, Web ster and Wheeler, which show an In creaso of $1,14S,948. The formor valua tion of these lands was $8G0,a'!2. Tho now total on the 78.0S5 acres rn-valiied Is $1,4107S0. I It- . ) '.' feV . ' J v$r' !' ,! UiH ?&mwimmtj Mi0m.ir 'sxssazjzx: