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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. . i in m TROOPS HALT PLAN TO LIU HI 1MOB TRIE8 TO ENTER JAIL AT ALEXANDRIA, VA. SCATTERED BY CAVALRYMEN .Trouble Follow Alleged Killing by William Turner of Morgan Moore, Naval Employe. ' Washington, D. C A detachment of oavalry from Fort Myer was called out to disperse a mob of mora than 1,000 persons which surrounded the jail at Alexandria courthouse, twelve Wiles from the limits of the District of Columbia, attempting to obtain pos cession of William Turner, a negro. Arrival of the cavalry which had been requostod by tho sheriff of Ar lington county scattered the mob which had formed threatening to lynch the negro, Turner Is accused of Bhootlng to death T. Morgan Moore, an employo of tho naval torpedo plant at Alexan dria, Va., and of having attempted to attack Miss Pearl Clark, ot Washing ton, Moore's flanceo and secretary to Representative Urltten, of Illinois. Tho negro, bearing two wounds, was Arrested about two hourB after Moore was killed. Turner later confessed, according to the authorities. Moore and Miss Clark, according to tho report, mado to Virginia and Wash ington authorities by tho latter, wore ealod In an automobile near tho Vir ginia end of tho Potomac river bridge, connecting Washington and Virginia, when the negro approached them. Pointing a revolver at Moore, Miss Clark sold', tho negro demanded money. When Moore refused, MIsb Clark said eho bocame frightened and jumped from tho machine and negro started after her. Thon Moore, according to Miss Clark, seized a rovolver from a door pocket of the automobile and fired at tho black. In an exchange of shots Mooro was shot through" tho heart and the negro struck In tho leg-p nnd hand. According to Miss Clark he continued to pursue hor until she bad given him some Jewelry, Mooro and MIsb Clark, whose homo 'was In Chicago were to have married eoon. Outbreak In Northern Italy. London, Troubles have broken out in tho northeastern provinces of Italyj According to Milan advices to the ondon Times. In Carnln, tho unem ployed sot up a soviet government which, however, lasted only a day, the troops reestablishing, orrtrr. But at n protest a general strike was de clared in tho wholo of Carnln and ex tended to FiultJ. In Verona tho strike is aggravated by tho solidarity of the rallwaymen. The latest example ol what tho correspondent calls the "strlko mania," is prisoners refusing to work and demanding an eight-hour day. , Carranza Killed by Own Men, El Paso, Tex. Vonustlnno Cnrranza, president of Mexico, and head of tho , seventy-second government that coun try has had elnco 1821, was. assassi nated at 1 a. in., Friday by Col. Ilodolfo Jflcrrera and his soldiers at Tlaxcalt lnnngo, Puebla, according to messages received here from Qon. Alvaro Obre gon, dated at Mexico City. "There wore found six or soven more bodies of tho men in Cnrranra's parly,"- said ono message from Obrcgon, "It is not atatod who those men might be." Drive Against Villa Imminent. El. Paao, Tex, A roward of 1000, 000 posos for the death or capturo of Francisco Villa has been offered by tho govcrmnontof tho state of Chi buultua, This announcement wax toiado horo by Provisional Qovernor Tomas Cameros, who added that 2,000 troops left Chihuahua City un der orders to hunt down tho bandit chlcftnln. Reds Capture Caspian Fleet. London. Bolshovlk forces captured (ho entlro White Caspian sea fleet, consisting of six crulsors and seven transports, following their occupation of TCnzell, according to n bolshevik communication from Moscow A largo quantity) of war material from the Caucausus which had belonged to Qon. Denlklno is also reported to bavo Jfcoen taken by the bolshevlki. Floods Menace Albuquerque. Albuquerquo, N. M. All ablo bodied men In Albuquerque were called to be In" readiness to inBtanly answer a sum inOiiH to attompt to save the city should tflo dikes break as a result of' tfie .flooded condition nf Die Hio Grande. , Bed Storm In Minnesota. fit, Paul, Minn. Ono person doad ami-more than ten injured was tho toll of two tornadoes that swept Castle Ruck, Minn,-, about fifty miles south of bore, and a Htrlp ef countryside near Red Wink; Mlsn. .,FiVe persons wore injured at Castle Rock when a aumber ef buildings in fiat tewn of less than , M0 population was struck; while the aeeead twister wrecked the farm bom of Godfrey iwansoH, near Red Wing, killing tola ll-meatU-old w And Injuring BwaB.se, bit 'wife td her Jeter; In the Land UL -- THE U. 8. MOVE3 TO CHECK ALL HOARDED 8UQAR Importers and Brokers Promise to Furnish Data on Transactions and 8ales. Washington, D. C As a means of aiding the government to control tho distribution of sugar, roprosontatlyes of importers and brokers, conferring with dopartmont pf Justico officials, agreed to furnish tho .government with details of. transactions and sales. With this as a basis, Assistant At tornoy General Oarvan said the de partment hopod to- traco "every pound of BUgar and sook means of direct In it into channels whore domestic consumers can get it." Vho sugar men named a committee of throe which will moot at Now Yori for further discussion of the distribution question. Mr. Oarvan eald that while tho gov ernment was entirely without power to control dlstrlbtuion of sugar, tho agroeaiont with tho Importers and brokers who sell to roflnors might mean that tho supply would be. raoro plentiful at tho corner grocery. Im porters roportcd large stocks of raw sugar In Cuba, Mr. Garvan said, but they calmod great difficulty was ex perienced in gotting it into this country, Roadb to Get $125,000,000 Loan. Washington, As a stop to perma nently relievo cur shortage which threatens to disrupt transportation, tho Interstate Commerce Commission hus decldod that $125,000,000 of the 1300.000,001? rovolvlng fund provided by tho Each-Cummins law bo made avnllablo quickly for tho purcliaso of railroad rolling Htock. This announce ment was mado by tho commerco com mission whllo Its orders for re-routing of frolght cars to break up tho con gestion wero bolng put Into effect. Night Riders Cause Trouble. Hagnlnaw, Mich. Reports wore cur rent horo that a detachment of stato constabulary would bo sent into this district to suppress alleged depreda tions of night rldors reported to bo en gaging in a campaign of intimidation In tho sugar beot growing localltloa. Soma beet growors recently declared a strike against what they considered unfair contracts for their 1920 crop. Houses occupied by boot field workers, it is reported, uavo boon burned and one was destroyed by dynamite. Retailers Asking Cuts In Price. Now York. Following the lead of the "ultimata consumer" whose refus af to buy too high priced goods is held largely responsible for tho nation wide priJu reductions of the past few days, eastern managers unrt buyers for de partment stores are refusing to buy from Jobbers until substantial reduc tions aro, made. Theso stores, claim ing to offer reductions qf from .15 to 20 per cent., Jnslst that wholosalors must fall In lino and make ci .ses sions to them. Potea Rout Reds. Warsaw. Polish troops counter attacking boWhovlst forcos on tho northern sector of tho battlo front have driven the soviet armlon back 124 miles near Krzyzosonol. accord Ing to an official 'statement Issued horo. Tho stulomont declares that on tho middle Doroslna sector tho bob shovlsts wore ropulsod whon tho tried to forco tholr way across tho river. Hungary Ready to 8lgn Treaty. Paris. Hungary will sign tho troaty of peaco, M. Prasnowskl, president tit tho Huugarlan poacn delegation, no tified tho supremo council. French Vote of Confidence, Paris. Tho chumbor of deputies voted confidence In the" govornmont. The b.nlotliig stood 531 to 88. Villa Again on Warpath. Mexico City. Promise of a now out break on tho part of Francisco Villa, bandit leader, following his falluro to gain recognition anil a promlso of a satisfactory civil annnlnfmnnf un dor the new regime, held tho centor or attention in Mexican devolnpmouts. IteuorU that tho bandit irmir hmi started for Mazqulc Coahull. with n band of outlaws to take possession of the wheat crop, caused tho dispatch of General Joso iluerindo with l.Oou revolutionary troop from Pledras Negras to uwn alt move of the Cactus A GREAT WAVE OF HIGH PRICE 8LA8HING ISON Tight Money and Freight Tleup Ara Cited as Prime Reasons for Movement. Chicago. A wave of price cutting in retail clothing costs roachtng from tho Mississippi valley to the Pacific coast was reported. Dispatches from twenty-four cities told of promised re ductions in certain nocessttlos rang ing from 15 per cent "to minus profit. Financial authorities here said that tho Indications wero that tho price decline -would bo limited to ready-to-wear clothing, principally women's garments and silks. Shoes wero in the list affected. Tight money and inadequate trans portation facilities word1 cited among the prime reasons for tho movement. Delays in delivery of goods in which much money had beon tied up, to gether with inability of farmers to get grain and llvo stock to the mar;, ket, wero Bald in many instances to have worked a hardship on mer chants. An officer of one of the leading de partment stores of Chicago declared that the price reduction now b'eing reported meant that the merchants were trying to satisfy what he called "a hysterical demand from the public for lowor prices." These current reductions, he said, might be only temporary. A flnancfal authority horo said that if reports of prlco cutting werjj de pendable, they indicated a tendency toward a reduction in Inventories. Though this might be temporary, be said, It was undoubtedly good, In that it suggested that merchants wero go ing ahead more cautlonsly. SaleB are bolng hold under various names. In Topeka, Kan., a men's clothing firm announced a "no-proflt" sale. Department stores In St. Louis ad vertised "underselling campaigns." Twenty per cent cuts were tho most popular. On the Pacific coast Tn coma dealers announced cuts from 20 por cent flat to "profitless sales." Three Seattle retailers cut clothing 20 por cent. In San Francisco one retailer announced a 20 per cent cut in all lines, another 20 to 50 per cent In certain commodities. Several Omaha stores said their ailk cuts wero 50 por corit. .In Wichita, Kan., silk shirts have been reduced. Coffeyvlllo, Kan., repdrted many cut prico sales. . Ends Life at Victims' Graves. Greenville, III. Aftor hiding in a woods five days and nights' while possomon hunted him on charge of having murdered tola wife and two boy babies, at Wobator City, la., Harloy O. Boasley, 25 years of ago, wont to tho graves of his alleged victims and committed suicido by firing a bullet through his brain. Boasley had been huntod by about thirty possemon almost continuously. A woods noar hero had been combed twico, but Boasley was not found. Georgia Democrats Oppose League. Atlanta, Ga. Resolutions expressing "unalterable opposition" to the league of nations covonant as brought back from Paris hy President Wilson, ad vocating free speech, free press and local self government and asking re peal of all osplonago, sedition and con scrlptlon laws passed during tho war woro adopted hero by the state demo cratic convention. Hays Heokled by Suffrage Workers, Wushlugton, D. G, A bovy of worn un suffrage workers fresh from their unavailing labors to obtain ratification of tho suffrage amendment by tho Del nwaro loclslaturo persistently heckled Will n, Hays, republican national chairman, when he mado a spoocli ui a mooting of republican women of thg District of Columbia. Empty Car Move Westward. Washington, D, C. Progress In the handling of tho freight jam was re ported by the interstate commerco commission, which, announced that empty cars for grain loading began moving In large numbers woat from tio Atlantic seaboard. These cars are being moved In solid trains undor ex pedited orders and tholr transfer Is watched continually to avoid prevent note delays. Simultaneously a counter movement of cars for coal loading has been Instituted from the middle west to the coal producing area of thest l. 8. MOVES TO BREAK UP THE GREAT FREIGHT JAM Interstate Commerce Commission to Make Careful Survey of Traffio Conditions at Railways. Washington, D. C The interstate commerco commission took Its first step toward breaking the freight blockade. Tologrnphic appeals wero sent to all state railway and public sorvlce com. missions urging them to Join .with the government in lifting the burden, while the commission's inspectors were put to work to help get accurate data on conditions. Virtually all tho soveral hundred in spectors were assigned to aid in sur veying, traffic conditions at Important gateways whoro the flow of freight traffic was clogged. The commission also expectod to be fully Informed on $ie terminal situation by tomorrow night. Members of the commission recog nized that the crisis would provide a real test for tho new transportation act, and likewise that tho emergoncy clauses must measure up to the clalmB of tholr staunchest supporters if freight is again set to moving smoothly. With increasing complaints from shlpporn and requests for assistance from railroads tho commission is un derstood to have determined to go in to tho frolght tieup with hammer and tongs. Officials have urged patlonco by those watching for immedlato re sults, since it may require days, and cvon weeks, to start anything like a resumption of normal transportation. In itfl first attompt tho commission probably will deal with local situations through individual roads, This was expected to last, however, only until a general scheme can be worked out by which priorities embargoes can be employed. Further suggestions of the roads wero given the commission at confer ences with representatives of tho rail roads and shippers' .organization offi cials. The fuel situation has slowly developed to the danger point, repre sentatives said, and they' proposed that the commission establish a gen eral, although counter, movement of coal cars eastward. The commission ip a statement said )t was keeping in touch with tho situ ation through its own representatives and in co-operation with the roads. Tho American Railway association's car service has turned over to tho commission its figures on the car supply. "In the last fow days," thq, state ment continued, "complaints and re quests for assistance have been re ceived from shipping Interests. These have been handled immediately 'with the carriers nnd in many instances the inspectors of the .commission havo been employed upon the ground to holp break tie Jam at some congested point. "Many-" requests have been received for information as to whether the com mission contemplates hearings upon the application filed by important rail roads last Saturday, asking tho com mission to exorcise its emergency powers under the transportation act. The commission does not contemplate the holding of any hearings in the near-future, but it expects to give such, directions as seem warranted and necessary." Court Qualifies Compensation Act. Washington. The -act of congress of 1917 giyjng the states the right "to enact compensation laws, in respect to injurios of persons in maritime em ployment waa declared unconstitu tional by the supreme court. Bryan Delegates Win. Omaha, Nob. Democrats of Nebras ka -in state covention iu , which the Bryan delegation .from Lancaster coun ty was seated, unanimously indorsed President Wilson's advocacy of the peaco treaty and the loaguo of nations. They called upon the senate io ratify the troaty without nullifying reserva tions nnd condemned tho senators who have opposed such action. Tliey com mended the senators who have uphold PreBldent Wilson In his fight for rat ification. Banks Favors Nonpartisan Plan. Fort Dodge. la. Nonpartisan polit ical action through a union of organ Ized and unorganized labor nnd farm ers in the support of those candidates of either party who stand for the prin ciple of giving tho common working classes what they Justly doserve, tho rlcht to live, was advocated by A. J. 'Banks, a farmer and membor of the Taxpayers' League of Iowa, In an ad dress to the Stato Federation" of Labor convention. Sa(oone on Strike. Paris. Saloons throughout Paris will bo closed from4 until J o'clock as a result of n general strikes called by tho proprietors In protest against additional taxes being levied on cog nac, rum nnd other beverages. I,. 1 1 i i Schooner with "Booxe" Taken. Tnmpn. Fla. Seventeen Chinese, six quarts of some liquid thought to bo an opiate, 1,000 quarts of whisky, 1,500 quarters ot'cognlac, 14 five-gal-Ion domljohns of aguardiente and five demijohns ot Cuban wine on board the Cuban schooner Reemplazo were captured by authorities off the coast ut Tarpon Springs and brought into Tampa, The crew of six. all Cubans, and the Chinamen are being' held In, thH county Jail. The liquors confis cated are .value .at 150.000 GORNHUSKER ITEMS KW3 of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS People of southeastern Nebraska have solved the problem of the high cost of building. Sawmills hove sprung tip In nil pnrts of Nemnhn county nnd thousands of cottonwood trees ore being cut down nnd sawed np Into perfectly good material. Far mere nro buying the lumber sawed from the native logs by homo mills nt $50 n thousand nnd arc using the ma terial to build barns, sheds and cribs. Several big Omaha retail siorcs have followed the plnn of the Wann irinker stores of New York In reducing prices on nil stocks In nn effort to lower living costs. Prices have been slashed by the Omahn concerns from 20 to 30 per cent. Hends of firms dif fer, however, to some degree, for the action, some saying It wns brought about by n break In the market and not due to philanthropic motives. Tho state board of equalization an nounced n flat increase of 8 per cent In the vnluation of railroad property In Nebraska for assessment purposes. This makes n rnlunllon of railroad property In Ncbrnskn, exclusive of the Pullman company, totul $300,740,040, nn Increase oyer last year's valuation Of $22,655,485. Grant Hnckenberg, Cass county fnr mer, bngged nine coyotes on his farm, nnd delivered the scalps to the county clerk at Weeping Water, nnd received a bounty of $3 each. So far this sea son one hundred nnd forty-one coyote scalps have been registered with the county clerk. June 8 is the dnto set for the exe cution of Alson B. Cole and Vincent Allen Grnmmer nt the state prison, Lincoln.- Appenl for a new trial for Cole will be argued beforo the su preme court June 7. The men were condemned for the murder .of Mrs. Vogt, In Howard county. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, nfter viewing the devastation at Omaha wrought by the-overllow of the Missouri river, declared he would take the matter up vtjjh the War depart ment wun a view or having n survey made nnd suitable dikes built to pre vent a recurrence of the disaster. It is repotted that a big terminal ele vator will be erected in Omaha or Lin coln In the near -future by the stock holders of the 150 Farmers' union ele yators in Nebraska, who have incorpo rated under the name of the National Co-operative association. Two hundred and fifty Dodge county boys nnd girls nre organized Into poul try, pig, calf,' cooking, sewing or gar dening clubs nnd competing for cash prizes given by the Scribner nnd Hooper Fair associations nnd different farm organizations. Gene Huse, publisher of the Norfolk Dally News, has been decorated with the King Albert medal for services rendered Belgium during the War, He was In charge of the North Nebraska cnmpalgn for funds to aid Belgian ba bies. The old chlckory factory building at O'Neill, built about thirty yenrs ago, when chlckory wns being boomed as n substitute for coffee, Is being torn down. The factory was said to be the largest manufacturing -plant of Its kind In the world. v J. H. Prcsson, Omaha, was elected commanded of the 'Nebraska. G. A. R. at the forty-fourth annual encamp ment at Fremont. Mrs. Martha A. Curmony, Oninhn, wns elected, presi dent of the Ladles of the G. A. R. Twenty-seven pnsspngers were In jured and two trainmen hurt when a pnssenger train plowed Its- way through.. tW- rear cars of n freight train on a switch nt Trenton. Tho Kearney Amusement park, which has become one of the attrac tions of tourists traveling over the Lincoln highway, opened May 22. Corn planting In the South Platto territory of the stnle hna moved nlong rapidly the pnst ten days nnd the work Is virtually finished. One of the lurgest milk distributing companies of Lincoln nnonunccd a re duction In price from 15 to 14 cents a pnnrt. Club work In Dodge county for boys and girls has been organized in 18 rural schols, Plans ure dicing completed for a big celebration" In Hebron on July Fourth. Recent Investigations nnd report from the Miller Seed Co., Knnsns City, prove, that Venango, this state, Is the .largest millet shipping point in the world. Millet is one of western Ne braska's bg crops. The Salvation Army Is establishing Its homo service program for 1020 In Nebraska. In 11 counties Salvation Army advisory bonrds ha,vo already been prgnnlzed and nre actively co-operating with the nnny In home service work. , Two hundred veterans of tho G. A. R., representing the 2,000 who still survive in Nebraska, attended the big encampment at Fremont. Sidney is preparing for a boud issue election next month to vote nearly hulf a million dollars for the purpose of extending the water, sewer, lighting and power systems. George Martin of Keorney was named president, and Frank PIckrell, principal of the Lincoln High school, Lincoln, secretary and treasurer of the Nebraska Schoolmasters' club nt Us meeting in Fremont., Bentrico High school "won high hon ors in the eighteenth annual track and Hold meet of the Ncbrnskn high schools nt the Stnte University, Lin coln, May 15. Tho Beatrice youthi captured first ptneo In tho group three competition, Lincoln finished second and Omahn third. Tho group two championship went to Wilbur, whllo Dewitt was victor In group .one. Over 300 youths, representing more than thirty schools, were on the track, the greatest- In the history of Nebraska track sports history. The Instances of tho editor of a weekly newspaper getting out his pub lication regularly and operating a 1,000-ncre farm are rnre, but H. W. Mitchell of Clearwater, publisher of Tho Record of that place, has accom plished the feat for tho past 12 years. During all that time he hns produced his weekly paper without missing nn issue and nt the same time litis looked after his farm. Miss Anna Yokel, recently a candi date for the democratic nomination for secretary of state, will sever her connection with the board of control, where she has been employed as book keeper for some time. Miss Yokel avers she was dismissed for pollticnl reasons, while, board members lay It to Incapability. The Masonic lodge "of Table Rock has purchased the upper sioi-y of the Hulzda block, west of tho- public square, and will remodel It to make them a permanent home. Their ex pectations are to make it ono of tho most attractive lodge rooms In the state outside of the larger cities. . Another Hooker county ruuchmnn has been arrested for complicity In the cnttle rustling ring, which 1ms oper nted In the district fqr the pnst two years, nnd Investigation of which by the authorities led to the sentciictiic of Jesse Ingram, rancher, to the penl tentlury. - , A unanimous verdict of the three judges, nil from other states, was awarded to Thomas Hahrlson, repre senting the Kearney state normal school in the state extemporaneous speaking contest held at tho school auditorium nt Kenrney. Lincoln High school w,on the Am herst cup when Its debating team de feated Omaha on tho state question, "Resolved, That Congress Should Pro hibit Strikes on Railroads Doing Inter state Business." Tho contest wai held at Omahn. The population of Lincoln, according to the federal census, is 54,031, an In crease of 10,001. or 24.0 ner cetn since 1010. Tills lS for the citv ntnun. nnil does not Include the suburbs, which II is estimated contain a totnl of 13,000 persons. Ncbrasknns who attend the stnt fair this fall mny havo to pay nn ad mission fee of 75 cents Instead of 5C cents as previously. The- board ol managers has tho matter tinder consid eration and some nctlon will probablj be taken, shortly. Farmers, of Gago and surrounding counties report that tho winter wheat crop" Is most promising, and that with anything like favorable weather there should' bfr nn average yield of 18 or 20 bushels to the ncre. Government statistics show that tin per cnpltn bank deposits in Nebraska amounted to ?3C2 at tho close of last year. This represented that amount for every man, woman and child iu the state. ' Charles Hyatt nnd O. M. Lewis hay organized the Holdrege Amusement company nnd have purchased a 20 acre grove west of Holdrege for on amusement park. Joseph K. Rousek, 25 years old, ele vator boy at the Hotel Pathfinder, Fremont, was. instantly killed when Ik was caught In the shaft and his body cnt In two. Overflow of the PIntto river Inun dated the low land around North Bend, Rogers and Schuyler, nnd caus ed some damage to bridges nnd crops. President Piatt of the Crab Orchard bank, which wns robbed the other night,, reports that the loss of the In stitution would not he more than ?20O. A revival of political debating nfter the fashion of the Lincoln-Douglas de bates of 1858 Is planned by women vot ers of Dodge county. The Nebraska prohibition convention held In Lincoln last Tuesdny went on record against boys 18 years old smok ing. Dnmnge -at Omaha and vlcljilty caused by the rise of tho Missouri river Is estlmnted at ?100,000. City commissioners of Kuureny aro advertising for bids on about 80 blocks of paving. Robbers entered the Stnte bank of Colon, blew the safe, rilled the safe deposit vault and escaped with nb'out $0,000. This Is tha third bank robbery In Saunders county within six months. The now $25,000 hospital, built nt Lynch, which will be operated by the Benedictine sisters of the Catholic church, will bo ready for occupancy In about two weeks. James C. Dahlmnn, former mnyor of Omaha, has been appointed temporary United States Marshal for Nebraska in plnco of T. J. Flymi, who died re cently. A campaign is on nt North Platte to raise funds to fit up a permanent sum mer camp for Boy Scouts aiul .Camp Fire girls of the city. Plymouth now hns electric lights for the first time In its history, TJie Juice ''furnished by the Bentrico plant. Several families nlong the line are using tho service. In an effort to relieve tho tencher shortage in Nebrnskn, tho State ITni verslty at Lincoln will offer special Inducements In Its summer school terms, June 5 to July 30, for former techrs who plan ts-ra-enter-thc lteld A 4 r. -i -St. l .- I IS "1 I l VI M . 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