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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. m n n NEWS PIT QUIZ A PUBLISHER AT MERCY OF PA PER MAKERS, CHARGED. PRESENT PRICES EXCESSIVE Senate Committee Recommends that Juttlce Department Bring Suits Under Anti-trust Acts. Washington, D. C Holding that scarcity of nowa print paper vhlch has handicapped American newspa pers to be "more the result pf arti ficial obstruction than of natural laws," the senate commlttoe which In vestigated the paper situation recom mended that the departmont of Justice instltuto proceedings undor the Sher man and Clayton acts agalnt print paper manufacturers. Manufacturers were charged by tho committee with "unjust, Illegal and discriminatory" practices. Presont prices for news print paper were held by tho committee to bo "excessive and unwarranted." Other recommendations mndo by the commlttco Include: Establishment of a federal nows print board to "supervise the manu facture, and distribution of print pa per" should government efforts to maintain a reasonable price fall. Amendment of tho Lover food con trol) act to ponallzc profiteering In nows print paper. Imposition of an exclso tax of 10 cents on Sunday newspapers weigh ing moro than 1.28 pounds a copy, so a to limit such editions to eighty ages until an ndequato papor supply can bo secured. Appropriation of $100,000 for tho purpose of experimenting with substi tutes for wood pulp. Establishment of a rate of 1 cont a pound on shoot print paper to any part of tho country when sent by par cels post without increasing tho pros ent limit of seventy pounds provided under tho postal regulations. The commlttco nlso recommended that consideration bo given by tho government to tho establishment of a news print paper mill to supply thu government's needs with nny surplus paper to be sold to small consumers. Tho report which was submitted to tho sonate Just boforo adjournment aB based on extenslvo hearings hold by tho committee at -which tostlmony trom nowspapor and periodical pub lishers and paper manufacturers, donleru nnd Jobbers was given. Publishers of small newspapers wore declared by, tho roport to bo In tho hands of "unscrupulous profiteers and exploiters" whllo oven tho largo newspaper publishers aro at tho mercy of tho manufacturers. Clash with Negroes Costs Four Lives. Atlanta, Ga. Four mon wero killed, ono Injured and nine arrested hero as the result of a police raid on a boubo In tho negro auction of tho city where It is alleged gambling was in progress. Claude Jameson, a dotoc Uvo, who was shot four times, and thre,o negroea who barricaded them selves In a room wore klllod. Car 8trlke Threatened. Lincoln, Neb. In an effort to avert a threatened strlko of Omaha and Council Dluffs Street Hallway com pany employos tho Btato railway com Blsslon was asked to tako Jurisdiction and fix a scale of wages, union em ployes, through President Short, agroo lng to abldo by the decision of tho commission. Troops Requested for Lower California Caloxlco, Cal. A recommendation that 5,000 Mexican troops be sent to tho port of Enzenaba, Lower Califor nia, was telegraphed from hero to Gen. Alvaro Obrcgon at Moxlco City by Baldomero A. Almadu, Moxlcan do facto appointee to tho governorship of tho northern district of Lower Cal ifornia. Tells of Jap Victory. Honolulu. Nikola Evsk has boon captured by the Japanuso, tho military and naval forces co-oporatlng In a short, decisive battlo, In which tho bolshevik! woro either driven out or captured, according to a Toklo cable to tho Nlppu JIJI, JapanoBo languago sewspapor here, qoutlng war depart went advlcos. Coach Rolls Down Mountain. Durango, Colo. Ono person was kllld, twenty Injured, of whom somo may dlo, when Denver & ltlo Grando passengor train No. 116 was wrocked at Toltec. A parlor car rolled 150 Net down the mountain aldo. The dead roan is Albort Schutlcs, of Du rango. Eleven Dills Smothered. Washington, D. C Eleven bills and resolutions passed by congress In tho cloning days of Its session, Including tho water power measuro nnd the Joint resolution ropoallng most of tho wsrtimo laws and proclamations, wero killed by Prcsldont Wilson through a "pocket veto." Flfty-olght moasuros, Including the merchant marine bill and that providing for tho exclusion and expulsion of allons from tho Unit ad States who aro members .of nn archlstlc organizations wore approved, MAKES REPORT I June Bugs PRESIDENT WILSON AGAIN EMPLOYS HIS VETO POWER House Acts Quickly In Effort to Over- ride President's Action, but Vote Is Nine Short. Wellington, D. C. Prcsldont Wil son vetoed tho bill establishing a na tional budget system and an unsuc cessful uttempt was mado In tho houso to pass tho measure 'over his veto. Tho vote was 178 to 103, or nlno less than the required two-thirds ma jority. Thirty-flvo democrats Joined with tho republicans in voting to pass tho measure. Thu vote came when tho motion to ovcrrhlo was defeated and leadors wore unUechlod what would bo tholr next move. Supporters of tho moas uro were expected, howovor, to urgo It !)G amended to mcot tho president's objections and repassed. Tho measure was hold by the presi dent to bo unconstitutional because it took from tho chief oxocutlvo tho power to remove tho comptroller gen cral and tho assistant comptroller genera, offlcors who would bo ap pointed by him with tho advlco and consent of tho senate Tho president said ho returnod tho measuro without his approval with "tho greatost regret" bocauso he was "In entlro sympathy with Its objects." He added that ho returned It at tho "earliest poaslblo momont with tho hopo that tho congress may find tlmo boforo adjournment to remedy this defect." Both sonato and houso hold long sessions In a final effort to clean up n congestion of minor legislation and ono or two Important bills boforo final adjournment. Tho soimto ap proved, tho conferenco roport on tho morchnnt marine bill as nmondod to meet houso objections, nnd It was later passed by both branchoa, and then ground out a numbor of private pension measures. Botwoon times It wont Into oxocutlvo sosslon to con firm tho nominations of about GOO postmastors. Somo COO others romaln 10 bo acted upon. Tho houso sent tho merchant marlno bill back to conforonco for nmondment and took up tho measure as rovlscd so It could ho passed and sent to tho prcsldont In tlmo for his consideration boforo congross ad journed. Whllo tho houso was busy with tho morchnnt marlno conforonco roport It rocolved Prosldont Wilson's voto of tho bill to establish a national budgot systom. leaders said an nttompt would bo mado to pass tho moasuro ovor tho veto, but thoy wero not pro- pared to forecast tho fato of tho measuro should tho nttompt fall. Great Wheat Crop In India. Wnshlngton, D. C A dispatch to tho dopartment of agriculture from the International lnstltuto of ngriculturo, Itomo, Italy, snld tho 1020 production of wheat In British India would bo 34,900,000 bushels, or 130.1 per cent of tho 1910 production and 103.4 por cont of tho, flvo-yonr nvorngo, 1914 1918. Tho 1920 production of corn In Argentina was estimated at 258,92,000 bushels, or 115.4 per cont of tho 1919 production nnd 132.1 por cont of a flvo )uiir nvorngo, 1911-1918. Urge Special Meeting of League. London, Tho Persian promlor again has tolcgrnphod Prlnco Mlrzu to nsk tho league of nations to hold a special mooting to consldor tho action of tho bolBhovlkl In Persia. It Is understood that n speclul mooting of tho leaguo council will bo held In London. Appeals Filed In Three Cases. Washington. D. C. Tho government filed In tho supromo court threo ap peals from federal couit docrecH ren dered recently In Michigan doclarlng Invalid. portions of tho Lover act relat ing to profiteering. Railway Labor Board to Rule. Chicago, United Statos Railway Iabor board, which adjourned public session, preparatory to going Into ex ocutlvo session, doclarod In a state ment that a decision on tho domnnds of railroad employes for wago In creases would bo reached at tho onrll oat poBslblo moment. "Tho board has not yet reached a doclslon In tho de mands for n temporary award," tho itatement said, "but tho wholo mat ter will bo takon up In oxocutlvo sos lion and will continue until a decision Is reached." SENATE TURNS DOWN THE MANDATE OVER ARMENIA Leaders Plan to Adopt Jt Without Changs Thirteen Democrats Join Republicans. Washington, D. C President Wil son's ploa for an American mandato over Armonla was rejected In tho senato by a voto of moro than 2 to 1. Thirteen democrats cast tholr votes with tho united republican member ship on the final roll call and tho rosolutlon "respectfully declining" to grant congressional authority for tho mandate was adopted, 52 to 23, in tho form drafted by tho republican loaders. The resolution will bo sent to tho houso and tho loaders there plan to adopt It without chango. Thoy, say thoy hopo for as decisive a majority as the measuro was given in the sonate. In tho debato the democratic lead ers counseled delay and tried In vain to nut tho decision over until tho noxt sosslon of congress. Scarcely al volco was raised In out and out ad vocacy of accepting tho mandate, and on motion to amend the resolution so that tho roquosted authority be given, only 13 senators, all democrats, voted in tho affirmative. Recorded against tho motion were thirteen democrats nnd thirty-nine republicans. In tholr effort to ward off action, which they arguod was advisable be causo of tho peaco treaty deadlock, tho minority loaders had bettor re sults. Tho rosolutlon to send , tho resolution back'to tho commlttoo with Instructions that it be "reported after tho ratification of a poace treaty with tho contrnl powers" mustered almost solid democratic support, but was lost, 43 to 311 Women Stir Up Congress. Washington, D. C. Both tho sonato nnd houso woro thrown into an uproar by an outburst of women sympathizers with Irish freedom. There wero evi dently two parties to tho demonstra tion, which startod first in tho senato during delivery of a speech by Sen ator Brandegeo, republican, of Con necticut, opposing accoptanco of a mandato over Armenia. Later, a woman oluded guards at tho house chambor door, and with friends In tho gallery shouted a challenge to mem bers to dony their appeal In behalf of Ireland. Answering a- demand from tho floor that thoy bo thrown out and lockod up, tho women doflod the en tlro house to nttempt It, nnd as guards started attor thorn thoy raced around tho gallory, creating great dlsordor un til thoy finally wero subdued and ojoctod. Although tho offenders wore escorted to tho cnpitol guard room, no charges woro lodgod against them and thoy woro permitted to go. Flood and Ruin at Homer, Neb. Sioux City, la. Homor, Neb., was nearly wiped off tho map whon it was engulfed In tho flood waters from Omaha crook, which wont on a ram pago following a rainstorm which lastod for about flvo hours and at tlmos assumed tho proportions of n cloudburst. Every resident of tho town was forced to floo to high land for" safety, ovory houso and building In tho vlllngo being flooded. About a dozen residences woro swopt away by tho torrents which mountod 3V4 foot higher than tho disastrous floods of a couplo of weoks ago. Miss Taft to Wed F. J. Manning. Now Haven, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. William Howard Taft announced tho engagement of tholr daughter, Helen, to l'Toiionck Johnson Manning. Mr. Manning Is an Instructor In history In Ynlo university. Ho wns a member of tho class of 1916 In Ynlo and was, until Soptember, 1919, a first lieuten ant In tho flold artlllory. The mar riago will tako placo In Canada in July. Heavy Loss In Canadian Forest Fires. Londonderry, N. S. Tho property lo3s sufforod by this town when It was damaged by a forest firo included 4S buildings, among thorn four churches, a globe houso, a rectory, a school and an auditorium. Forty out of 250 ramlllos In tho town are homo loss, nnd estimates pluco tho monoy loss nt $150,000. Now Waterford, a mining town, was savod from destruc tion by voluntoor flro flghtors. Tho flamoa burned down tho woods In a circle round tho town within n half mile of It. FlfML NOTICE WILL DE GIVEN MEXICAN REPUBLIC Senate Foreign Relations Committee Recommends Full Recognition If Stable Rule Is Established. Washington, D. C. Armod Interven tion In Mexico should tho new forces in control show an Inability or unwill ingness to set up a stable government more friendly towards Americans was recommonded to the senate by tho for eign relations subcommittee Investi gating Mexican affairs. Should a stablo government be es tablished, tho committee recommended that full recognition bo accorded it and that financial assistance bo of fered by the United States. Tho committee said, however, full recognition should not be given until a treaty had been entered Into predi cated upon these assurances: That provisions of article 27 of tho constitution of 1917, commonly re garded by foreigners as confiscatory, shall not be enforced against Amer icans. That tho constitutional clause pro viding that none but a Mexican citi zen may bo a minister of any religious creed In Moxlco, nnd that no period ical of a religious character shall com ment on any political affairs of tho nation, or publish any Information re garding the acts of the authorities or prlvnto individuals in so far as they have to do with public affairs, bo In applicable to Americans. That the provision that no minister or religious corporation may conduct any school of primary Instruction shall not be applicable In tho case of Amer icans, and that the article under which undesirable foreigners may bo ex pelled bo so revised as to give Amer icans tho right to confer with tho rep resentative of their government. The recommendations also proposed a provision In tho agreement for tho Immediate appointment of a claims commission to adjudicate tho claims of Americans, the commission to be mado up of men chosen by the two govern ments and with the understanding that Its findings bo binding and be imme diately carried out by tho payment of tho damages adjudicated. Should Mexican officials fail to agree to such a plan, or to establish a government capable of affording ade quate protection to Americans, tho committee suggested that "wo will j send a police force consisting of tho naval and military forces of our gov ernment Into tho republic of Mexico to open and maintain open every lino of communication between tho City of Mexico and overy seaport and every border port of Mexico." String Wires to Penrose Home. Philadelphia. Pa. Linemen began stringing additional wires to tho homo of United States Senator Pen rose 11 this city. Whllo there was no announcement from tho senator or his physicians, this movo Is accepted as meaning tho sonator will not attend the republican national cqvention, but will be In closo telephonic touch with tho proceedings. Dakota Drainage Bill Passes House. Washington, D. C Drainage dis tricts in Minnesota and North and South Dakota would be authorized by a bill passed by the houso and sent to tho sonato to construct a dam at tho outlet of Lako Travers and other flood control works In tho Boiso do Sioux rlvor and tho rivers of the north. Plans for tho work must bo approved, by the war department. Wreck Costs Lives of Five. Tulsa, Okla. Two St. Louis & San Francisco passenger trains met head on at White Onk, Okla., resulting in tho death of flvo persons. Threo other porsons woro Injured, ono prob ably fatally, whllo twenty moro re ceived less sprlous injuries. Confu sion of train orders was responsible for tho wreck, railroad officials stated. Sir Auckland Geddes Honored. Washington, D. C Georgo Wash ington university at Its ninety-ninth annual commencement conforred the honorary degree of doctor of laws on Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambas sador, Gen. Pershing, Sonator Hnrd Ing, Attorney Genernl Palmer and Senator Lonroot, of Wisconsin. Banker Held for Embezzlement. Omaha, Nob. C. W. Wentz, vice presldont of tho American Stato bank of Aurora, wns arrested hero by Sher iff Howard, of Hamilton county, on tho chargo of embezzlement. Thoro nro said to bo seven claims against him, tho largest ono for ?4S,000. Oman Renamed Virgin Island Gov. Washington, D. C. Rear Admiral Joseph Oman, United States Navy, was renominated by President Wilson to bo govornor of tho Virgin Islands. Hungary Signs Peace Pact. Versailles. Tho treaty of peaco with Hungary was signed In tho grand trlanon palaeo hero. It wns five minutes beforo tho hour appointed. Bad Fire at Galveston. Galveston, Tox. Sisal estimated at 1,000,000 wns consumed in a tiro of unknown origin at plor No. 41, Gal veston wharf. Tho warehouse In which tho sisal was stored, also burned, at an estimated loss of ?500, 000. Tho sisal was tho property of Boveral Now York firms which hnvo boon accumulating it hero from Yuca tan. Mox. Whllo tho Identity of tho Individual owners could not bo lenrned, tho warehouse wes undor lease to the Cotton concentration company. CDRNHUSKER ITEMS Nriw3 of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS It Is announced nt the slnto house nt Lincoln that nn nssessment upon state bunks will soon bo necessary to bring the guarantee fund up to the statutory l per cent of the average dully deposits, in addition to the regu lar semi-annual nssessment coining July 1, because the fund bus been de pleted $312,000 by the failure of tho Hulsey State bank nnd the Valparaiso State batik, whllo the American Stnte bank at Aurora and tho State Bnnk of Dlx, which closed recently, will un doubtedly cause another draft on the fund. Residents of Homer, who wore tho victims of the worst flood In the histo ry of the district, are moving bnck In tholr homes. With the exceptions of a few store buildings, the business dis trict of the town was ruined. It will be a month before the stores enn bo clennetl, restocked and reopened for business. The devastated territory cov ers nn area over fifteen square miles. Crops are reported as being a total loss. Barns, chicken cops and other smnll out buildings were In some enses washed a distance of several miles. After a day and night watch for more tlmn ninety-six hours n posse composed of 100 armed men who hnd surrounded n dense tract of timber south of Du Bois in hopes of capturing two convicts who escaped from a road gang nenr Teciimseh, abandoned the search. It Is generally believed that tho bandits have completely eluded the offlcors. Post No. 11 of the American Legion at Hastings hns gone on record as op-, posed to tho drive which contemplates the erection of a $1,000,000 memorial on the stnte university campus at Lin coln, taking the position thnt the erec tion of a meniorlnl In Adnms county should come first. A new 300-foot state aid bridge will be required to span the now channel of the Niobrara river between O'Neill nnd Spencer, cut by recent henvy Hoods. The river has taken an old channel which wns the main bed 40 years ago, and the 200-foot structure recently built Is left high and dry. County Attorney Cook of Dodge county hns offered a reward of .$50 to anyone who will furnish tho name of the lnwyer who drew the will of II. B. Lucken of Fremont, which figures In the chnrge ngninst Contractor Olson add Mrs. i.uckcn In a charge of con spiracy to get rid of Lucken. Wahoo boasts of having the cham pion amateur wireless telegraph op erator of Nebraska. He Is one John E. Vlncli and Just recently he intercepted a message of distress from n ship on the Atlantic ocean but was tumble to get details or the ship's location. At the annual convention of tho State Association of Commercial Clubs at Hastings a proposal was adopted to convert the organization Into a Nebras ka Chamber of Commerce. The question was referred to a committee. Governor McKelvle hns extended nn Invitation to T. C. Walton, director of extension work for Texas, to include In the trip of tho farm boys special, which will visit other states, ihe state of Nebraska. As a possible aid to the shortage of farm help, fifty young women and girls enrolled In a course of instruction nt the University of Nebraskn farm at Lincoln In driving automobiles. Property damage to Homer and surrounding towns by Hood wnters from Omnhn creek Is esUmntcu ai moro than $1 ,000.000. Tho flood fol lowed a cloudburst. Largo springs eight feet below the surface of the earth with nn estimated How of 500,000 gallons dally have been uncovered nenr Chadron. Hevlval meetings conducted Jointly by the eight Kearney protestnnt churches have already netted over 2,000 convert . Nebraskn City will put on a fall fes tival this year under the auspices of the Business Men's association of the city. Joseoli Ilimlcn. pioneer merchant of Omaha and well known In Nebraskn, died suddenly at a hotel at Omaha. The Jlrst well In Gago county for tho Holdrego oil interests hns been started. On a complaint filed by federal au thorities, United States Judge T. C. Munger nt Lincoln, ordered ninety-five cases of catsup In the possession of Swift Packing Co. of Lincoln destroy ed. It was alleged the catsup was adulterated. The Nebraska Gas and Electric com pnny, which has largo electrical hold ings In southeastern Nebraska, has given notice thnt unless an ndvance In gas rates Is granted by tho city council of Plnttsmouth It will close down Its plant there until It shnll prove profitable to operate it. The annual championship tourna ment of the Nebraska Golf association will bo held at Omaha July 19 to 24. Alliance citizens are looking forward to threo gala dnys, June 23, 24 and 25, when tho annual stnte convention of Elks will bo In session and a race meet on. The Nebrasku branch of the Amer ican Friends-Service committee, organ ized for relief of starving children of central Europe, particularly of Ger mnny and Austria, has launched u campaign to raise $75,000 In Nebraskn to aid lu the cause County bnnks of the stnte In which bridges were lost or wrecked by this spring's henvy floods will have to finance the big bridge compnnles re erectlng the bridges and repairing the damages, as many contractors have an nounced thnt they can not get tho necessary financial assistance from the big banks and thnt unless the counties will see to It that the contractors' needs are taken care of by the local banks, no bridges can be built or re paired. Reports reaching the State Agricul tural College nt Lincoln from nil parts of the stnte Indicate that cholera In poultry Is iiearltg the epidemic stage. I Suggestions in the matter of hygleno nnd sanitation are nbout all the poul try specialists have to offer. Llttlo success has been attained in treating sick fowls. The best method is to kill the bird as soon as It shows signs of serious Illness. Governor McKelvio has granted the twentieth reprieve In the Cole-Gram-mer case, which hns been pending since March, 1018, when the two were sentenced by the district court of Howard county for the murder of Mrs. Lulu Voglit of Elba. The case is now In the hands of the U. S. circuit court at St. Paul nnd a decision Is expected soon. The state department of ngrlculture has sent letters to 12,000 Nebraska dealers in oleomargarine, inuinifno turors of ice cream, dairy plants, ho tels, rooming houses, cold storage plants nnd like places which operate under a state license thnt their licenses must be renewed. John Neir, representing the Cham bers of Commerce of North Platte and Kearney, and all citizens organiza tions In the towns between those two points, is In WnshlngNm in the inter est of a proposed Irrigation project which, If constructed, Is to water 500, 000 acres of land between North Platte and Kearney. Warrants for the .arrest of seven men, chnrged with selling stock with out a license, were sworn out at pmaha nt the Instance of Attorney General Davis. It Is said that $10,000, 000 of worthless stock and stock for which there Is no market has been sold In Nebraska In the Inst year. Prediction was made by several members of the Nebraska League of Savings and Loan associations at the nnnual convention nt Lincoln that there will be no grent decline In build ing costs for u period of from four to six years. Goring claims the largest percentage of Increase In population during the past ten years of any Nebraska town yet announced by the census bureau, the gain being 300 per cent. The of ficial population is 2,30S. The senate has continued the nom ination of James C. Dahlman, for mer mayor of Omaha, to bo United States marshal for the district of Ne braska, succeeding the late Thomas J. Flynn. The stute:wlde campaign to raise $1,000,000 to erect a memorial building at the State University, Lincoln, in honor of Nebraska's soldiers anil snllors opened June 7 and will con tinue to the end of the month. Resolutions to stand together for an eight-hour day, better pay and a 30 day yearly vacation were adopted by the Nebraska letter carriers and post office clerks In convention at Fairbury. The state board of control has let contracts for coal for Nebraska's six teen state Institutions for the ensuing year, the average price being $5.50 a ton or approximately $275,000. A cloudburst at Valentine damaged the state fisheries there considerably, the high water overflowing the dam and washing a large number of fish Into the Elkhorn river. Mlchnel Curtain, aged SO years, who was found dead with his throat cut at Grand Island, was slain by his son, Michael jr., following a quarrel, ac cording to police reports. The base work in Tecumseh's paving Is nearly all laid, nft'-r continued de lays owing to bad weather and tho lnck of materials. Tho work of grading and paving the main highway to the insane asylum east of Beatrice Is In progress. Tho Improvement will cost about $10,000. Tho 4Sth aniiunl cnnip meeting of the Nebraskn Stato IIolines association will be held June 18-27 at Epworth Lako park at Lincoln. Nearly 10,000 chickens In eggs were destroyed when a wall caved In on the Incubators of the W. .7. Fellers chick en hatchery at Superior. Several elaborate entertainment fea tures are being arranged for Merchants Market Week at Oiuiiha, August 23 to 20. Permission has been granted tho Ulysses Independent Telephone Co. by the State Railway Commission to' In crease Its rates to $1.50 for business phones and $1.25 for residence nnd farm line phones from n former flat rate of $1 for all classes. The vigorous protest by citizens of North Platte over the 10 per cent hike in real estate values for assessment purposes caused Secretary Osborne of the state board of equalization to Issue n statement declaring that the raise wns Justified In face of tho Increase In Innd values. The Niobrara river in Boyd nnd Holt counties rose to the highest flood stage In twenty years during the pnst week and besides washing out several bridges, caused great damnge to crops. O'Neill water mains aro to be t-. tended and the city Is to huve n new water tower of 150,000 gallons capac ity to satisfy the demands arising iron Its rapid growth. The Mlnden Commerce club :ns nbsorbed the old Mlnden Coinmei ial club nnd the Advertising club ami nn. I der the new bend has Just nddod fifty. 1 three new member , f- 'r v- V