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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. i 3 i w W s s S ,E fcA" II . II 5. ASKED TO BE ARMENIA'S GUARD -u- FORMAL REQUE8T SENT BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL. MADE INDEPENDENT STATE Arbitration of Differences Over the Boundaries of New Republic Left To President Wilton. t Ban Ilomo. Tho supremo council la 'ending a formal request to President Wilson that tho United States gov ernment take tho mandate for Ar- monJa. Tho council In leaving to Pres ident Wilson the arbitration of tho dif ferences over tho boundaries of tho now republic ot Armenia. Thoro acorns to be division on the part of tho council as to whother tho .region of Erzerum and Its vicinity should bo Included In tho torrltory of tho Armenian republic. Tho Turkish nationalists are strongly claiming 13r sorum for themselves. Tho council awarded a mandato for Mesopotamia and Palestine to Great Britain and a mandate for Syria to France, , ' In placing Pnlostlno undor a British mandate tho counoll established with in ancient limits of the Holy Land what is called "the national homo for tho Jews." Tho terras of the mandato protoot the national rights ot Jewish citizens f other countrlos. That is to say, a Jew of American, British, French or ether nationality may retain bis na tionality, although ho is also a citizen f the state of Palestine. The rights ot Arabs also are protoctcd, thoro be ing 600,000 in Palestine and 100,000 Jows. Tho mandato Is limited gen erally by what Is known as tho Bal four declaration. British forces have been in occupation ot Palestino slnco i (he defeat ot tho Turks forcos by the British flold marshal, Viscount Al lenby. France has boen tho protector of tho Christians in Syria slnco the middle gos, having been doslgnatod for the 1 purpose by tho Holy See. Tho ques tion with regard to Syria has boon in orlous controversy by the French and British governments since the armi stice was signed, particularly over tho folnt whether Franco shall havo all -- f what it geographically outlined as Syria, or only certain parts. The boundaries ot Syria and Meso potamia will bo determined by nego tiation lutor botwoon Franco and Groat Britain. Tho Mesopotamia mandate is given subject to friendly arrnngomont with tho Italian govern- wont ovor economic rights. Tho Turkish treaty Is now what is officially called practically flnlshod. Tho' Turkish plonlpotontlarlos, after receiving It in Purls about May 10, will havo throe woaka to consldor it, The allies after rocolvlng tho Turkish reply will take a tow days to oxamlno It; then the Turks will bo allowed a final ten days In which to nialto up tkelr mind to sign tho treaty or not. Eight Found Slain. Turtle Lake, N. D. Eight porsons wore found' dead at tho farm homo ot Jacob Wolff, three mllos north ot ere, victims in a mysterious tragedy. The dead: Jacob Wolff and his wlto; (heir five daughters, Bertha, aged 13; Edna, 8; Ida, 5 and Martha, A, und Jake Hotfer, 14 years old, who waa txnployad on tho farm. Only ono momber of tho farmtly oscapod Kmma, eight months old. Authorities feellovo all vrero rourdorod with a Hatchet. Tho bodtes of Uio mothor, three daughtors and tho hired man were thrown Into tho cellar by the slayer or slayers and thoso ot tho fathor and two children put in a cow shed and barn and covorcd with hay Profiteers Jolted. Washington, P. C. Profiteers woro denounced in tho senate by Sonutor Capper, ropuhllcan, of Kansas, who presented Btntistlcs which ho said ehowod that tho earnings ot many American corporations represented profiteering "open, scandalous and ' homeless." Wave Plays Kavoc. i. Ban Salvador, Republic ot Salvador. A hugo wavo nwopt ovor tho wharf at Champorlco, Guatomaln, killing six persons and destroying more than 0,000 bags of coffee, ready for ship ment to San FrtwclHco, Cal., and many bales ot merchandise. President to Fight Editor. Montevideo, Uruguay. BaltaBar Brum, president of tie republic, has challenged Dr. Rodriguez Larreta, di rector of tho nowspaper El Pals, to a duel. Dr. Larreta has accepted tho fe&llange. Soldier and Workers Clash. London. Numerous casualties In a fight at Trsylnotz, Silesia, between -workmen and French soldiers, citizen pruards and Polish gendarmes are re ported In a Berlin dispatch to tho Central News. Maj. Froumond, of the Trench detachment, was killed. The trouble Is declared to havo started when tho French commander at Tray lactr, receiving information ot a hid den store ot arms, ent detachments ml French soldiers and cltls'.en guards 4o make a search. The workmen overpowered tho detachment GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING wifriBILBBBHBLlLKMLBHifllLiH'i A hitherto unpublished picture of General Pershing In civilian clothes. FILE WAGE DEMANDS Rail Labor Board Permits Rebeis to Present Papers. St. Louis Union Official Says Men Will Return If Demands Are Acted Upon at Once. Wellington, .April 21. Formal writ ten demands thnt tho railroad labor joard give assurances of the award of n "living wage" to railroad men nnd thut the employees now on strike would be returned to work without ions of seniority or prejudice were Med with the hoard by Edward Mc Hugh, representing the strikers In tho Metropolitan district of New York, nnd Jnmcs Eubnnks of the St. Louis Ynrdmcn'fl nssoclntlon. Spokesmen for the rnllronil brother hoods objected to the tiling of tho de mands, hut Chairman Barton snld any body of men had the right to file com plaints with tho board, but It was for the hoard to decide whether they were such ns the hoard was authorized to hear. The St. Louis Yurdmon's nssoclntlon nsked a separate recognltilon before tho hoard ns n distinct organization, claiming that Hh mehibers were not properly reported by the recognized unloiiH. Mr. EuhnnkH said that If tho board would assure him that the men's do ninnds w.ould boiiicted, upon speedily ho would put a message on tho wire which would send the men In the St. Louis district back to work In threo hours, Mr. Mclliigh reiterated that tho men of tho New York district would remain out until word was re ceived from htm thut the board would act on their complaints. The board permitted tins tiling of the complaints after It had held u short executive session. With tho complaints In the hands of the secre tary, the board proceeded with Its first public hearing on tho general wage demnnds of tho 2,000,000 rail rond workers over tho country. Chairman Barton, In opening tho first hearing, laid down tho policy that cases would bo heard In tho prder In which they wore filed, except where hoiiio dispute should become of such pressing Importance as to demand pre cedence. W. N. Douk, vice-president of tho Brotherhood of Trainmen, was tho Unit spokesmen for the unions, pre senting the trainmen's east) ns It was outlined to the bi-partisan board, which failed to reach an agreement hero three weeks ago, DISABLED MEN GET RAISE House Votes to Increase by $20 a Month Risk Insurance Payment to Crippled Soldiers. Washington. April lit). By unani mous vote the house passed u bill In creasing by $20 u month the wur risk Insurance payment of the goeriiiucut to 2.r,0(X) disabled soldiers anil sailors, now receiving vocational rehabilita tion. Under tho measure, which now goes to the senate, single iii.mi would receive $100 n month, unci married $120. Various organizations of world war veterans Mipported the bill. FOR PATCHES "FORE AND AFT" Senator Harding Says People Must lie turn to the Simple Ways cf Living. Kokonio, Intl., April -ft "I will wear patches fore nnd itft before I will surrender to the high cost of liv ing." . Senator Harding said In an iuL dress' here, "1 would Join tho overall club If It would nut boost the price of overalls," ho added. "The only way to bring down Hut high cost of living Is to return to the simple ways of liv ing." Peace Move to Aid Austria. Washington. April 22. A proposal tc extend the Republican Joint pence riKolutlnu passed by the house so us to declare th war with Austria at an end wns made before the senate foreign relations committee. Surgeons to Examine La Foltette. Rochester, Minn., April 22. United States Senator Robert M. Ln Follette of Wisconsin arrived hero to consult . Ith Doctors Mayo, The senator will ! e.TQinlncd ns to hl physical condl I on. .uriNHUSKER ITEMS New.! of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska, OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS The Nebraska supreme court sus tained the finding of the Merrick coun ty district court In the suit of Charles Wooster und others ngnlnst the Union Pacific to recover the 100 feet of right-of-way on each side of Its main line through the state. The decision, stated that according to the evidence the rail road company has clear title to the entire -100 feet of Its right-of-way, granted In 1802, no proof of abandon ment of any portion having been shown. Arrangements have been made to have nn army observation balloon sta tioned above the Western league bnse ball grounds nt Omaha, May fi, the opening day of tho season, for the purpose of sending broadcast over the Missouri Valley district reports by wireless telephone of the game between Onmhu and Tulsa, Oltla. All cities In tho circuit have arranged to receive the messages. Two lots on which to build u hospi tal to he known ns tho Warren Me morial hospital, nnd .$10,000 for the erection of the building, were willed the city of Friend by the late Norman K. Warren. The will also gives the Solvation Army, the American Itcd Cross and the Methodist church of Friend the sum of $1,000 each. Eph Johnson, farmer near Uehltng, tins sent to the soil survey department of the state university samples of fire clay taken from his farm for decision as to the prospects In commercial de velopment. Two acres of farm land have a sub-soil of the clay, declared to be of excellent fire-resisting quality and grcnt tensile strength. The total cost of the Illratn Johnson campaign In Nebraska was $1,072, according to a statement tiled by the Johnson campaign munagcr, In the ofllce of the secretary of state nt Lin coln. Failure of government sanction to the proposed Todd-Stevens balloon ex pedition to signal Mars, will delay the experiment, It is said. The flight was to have boon made at Fort Omaha lust week. What Is belloved by police to be the skeleton of the sou of Itobcrt Slant?, of Grand Island, who disappeared last October, was found In a haystack near Superior. There woo two bullet 'holes In the skull The Overall club movement has reached Nebraska and organizations have been perfected nt Omaha, Lin coln, Fremont, Norfolk nnd a number of other places over tho stnte. While Governor McKelvle wns In Beatrice Inst week he discovered a deed to a half-mile of the south Jetty of the harbor nt Galveston, Tex. It Is owned by the State of Nebraska. Return of Wyoming cattle nnd sheep from Nebraska ranges, where they have been feeding during the winter, has already begun, according to re ports front O'Neill. Herbert S. Daniel, attorney, hns been appointed acting postmaster of Omaha, succeeding Charles K. Fan ning, who died Just recently. It cost a Lewellcn man $95 In flues when he was. found with fourteen muskrat skins In his possession n id aw fully. Real estate transfers in Stanton county for March were $r,G(531240.GO, tho average price being $200 per acre. Tho Ulysses hand of 25 pieces hntj been reorganized and weekly concerts throughout tho summer will bo held. Plans are being mado to remodel the First National Bank building at Au burn at a cost of $10,000. All high school students ut Norfolk are members of the newly organized Overall nnd Denim clubs. Preparations am colnplete for the grand opening of tho now Besse audi torlum at Red Cloud. All North Platte dance halls now operate under license Issued by tho Welfare Board, Tho Knights of Columbus of Mcl'ooU plan to erect a new homo to cost about $25,000. Motion pictures have been Introduced into tho First Presbyterian chun-h,;iit St. Paul. Work has begun on tho Scolt&hluff Kimball state and federal aid highway. Six miles of water extension In the city of Fremont hns been recommended to the city council. Tho estimated cost Is $GS,000. Lieutenant Governor Barrows sus tained ii fractured rib and other Inju ries when he tripped over a stake at Lincoln. Flvo loads of tine Holt county steers, raised by Thomas Crowo of northeast Holt, were sold recently on tho Omaha market and exported du the hoof to Holland. These cattle were grass fed nnd ranked up with the cornfed stuff of Iowa mill eastern Nebraska. Work on the $2.,10,000 paving con tract nt David City was begun last week. Fire completely destroyed the homo of tho Ancient Order of United Work men nt the state fair grounds at Lin coln. Origin of the blazu Is unknown Members of tho Fremont Overalls club havo decided not to buy overalls, ns tho result of the Increased prlco of the apparel, nnd have changed tho uiimu of their organization to "Tho Patch club," pledging themselves to wear their old clothes until the cost of clotltlns; conies down Frank Taylor of Tecuir.yeh, u reilied farmer, has made n canvass of sixteen sections of lnnd, 10,240 acres, Just cast of Tecumseh, as to man power, which clearly shows tho boys are leaving tho country. On the 10 sections of lnnd aro .'10 men over .'10 years of age, and a few of them arc considerably older; 12 men from 21 to a." years of age, nnd but 7 boys from 15 to 21 yenrs of ugo. air. Taylor says when he lived In this territory there could easily he counted about 50 boys. Crawford and nil of Sioux county Is "oil mad," according to reports. A strong How of gus was struck In nn oil well drilled In the downtown dis trict of Crawford last week, and wnter and mud shot up 75 feet for hnlf an hour. The gas was lighted and con siderable difficulty experienced putting out tho llro nnd capping the well. Sev eral companies aro organizing for pur poses of putting down oil wells In tho district and a decided upward trend In land values hns token plnce. Farmers and stockmen Jurors, for the last few years used to the luxury of big cars for getting to town hnd to mount their bronchos to attend tho Garfield county session of district court nt Burwell. The heavy rains nnd snows In the section making tho roads and trails too soft for auto traffic, and the Jurors attended court on horse back. St. Paul has received n battery of ortlllery from the government. It con sists of four howitzers of late model. They will be purked In the court house square, around the soldiers' nnd sail ors monument recently erected. A community library for Wheeler county hns been organized at Erlck son, hooks from the private libraries of county residents being donated In sufficient numbers to start the library off with a lurge number of volumes. The department of public works will start out three gangs of prisoners from the stnte penitentiary for road work, next week. The men will be assigned to work- at Tecumseh, In Seward coun ty, and nt Table Rock. Judge L. A. Flunsburg of Lincoln. who the late Judge A. J. Cornish of the Nebraska supreme court had asked to have succeed him before his death, hns been appointed to 1111 the vacancy by Governor McKelvle. Erlckson will Join with tho farmers and ranchmen of Wheeler county In one big community or cominerclal club to work for the bettering of con ditions in the county. According to n decision of the Ne braska supreme court, the rights of tho Individual to keep a .supply of liquor In his home does not Include rights to renew or replenish the stock. Many families living in the south purt of Norfolk were driven from their homes Inst week when the Elkhorn river overflowed and Inundated a large area of the city. Two Oshkosh men, caught with 50 muskrat skins In their possession in violation of the state game hn', were fined $1110.50 and the skins taken from them. Seven tennis courts uro being laid out In Fremont to accommodate a bus iness men's association, high school association nnd Midland college nsso clntlon. Drustlc action hns been taken nt West Point to suppress tho punch boards and slot machines, which have become too prevnlent In the city of Into. In a fight over the location of tho new county court house between Co lumbus und Plntte Center, Columbus wns selected by a majority of 1,500. On May 11 voters, ot Scottshluff will pass on n proposition to bond the city to the sum of $100,000 for the purpose oC, constructing new school buildings. The State Railway Commission has granted the Union Pacific permission to charge three cents per 100 pounds for storage of hay In transit. Snow hlockndes prevented nn elec tion being held at Mullen April 20, mes sengers being unable to deliver sup plies to the polling plnces. Dr. Calvin II. French of New York has accepted tho presidency of Hast ings college to succeed R. B. Crone, who resigned recently. The congregation of the First Meth odist Episcopal church nt Fremont has decided to build n new church to cost $00,000. ' The state supremo court upheld tho Issuance of $822,000 bonds for repair to the Douglas county courthouse vulld. Tho Farmers' union of Iuuiiin vicin ity has Incorporated for $25,000 nnd will conduct u general store ut lnmiin. Lincoln voters nt the recent election gave the lighting bond Issue 1,000 ma jority. A school of political Instruction for women voters of both parties has been opened In Fremont. Judge A. L. Cornish of Lincoln, 01, member of the Nebraska supreme court und widely known throughout this state, dropped dead at tho Commercial club rooms at Lincoln. Governor McKelvle bus Issued n proclamation miming Saturday, May 1, as "Americanization Day," thnt day having been chosen by the American Legion particularly because It has been chosen In former years as a day of demonstration by the radicals. An American englo with wlngsprcnd of six feet eight Inches was shot ln the Platte valley by W. M. Mateor, au tomobile salesman of Fremont. Deshler hns organized a ball team under the management of the Com mercial club. The team Is to be made up ot local talent. . RltCs on the $250,000 bonds for tho erection of a new high school building nt West Point were considered too low by the school board und rejected. The erection of the building, however, Is not being delayed by falbvo to sell the bonds. WRIGLEY The children love Wrigley'sand it's good for them. 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