.4. COUNTY HERALD, " i. MOTTO-AH Tke News When It I News. -A - VOL. 20. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1011. NO. 15. DISREGARD THE LAW. THE REFORMATION HELD FOR BRIBERY DAKOTA FARMERSTOANSWER FARM FOR !. HE." W RURAL LIFE. COMMISSION SENDS OUT QUESTIONS. ABOUT FARM LIFE CONDITIONS Pamphlets Distributed Suggesting In. formation of Numerous Phases Be yond the Populous Centers. In order to obtain tho most exhaus tive Information, posslblo from tho farmers of this state, tho Nebraska Rural Llfo commission is sending out blanks that contain questions asking for facts and opinions with rospect to" rural conditions In Nebraska. According to Frank G. Odell, nro tary of tho commission, that organiza tion Is undertaking a great project. "The results already obtained," lie says, "Indicate that tlio final report or thla commission will be of great value 'as a survey of farm llfo conditions, such as has nover boforo been at tained. It is vital that wo reach tlie largest number of farmers posslblo "without any delay." "To tho "Farmers of Nebraska" Is tho way tho appeal is addressed. Questions Asked Farmer. Following Is a list of tho questions asked in tho pamphlet: 1. Aro the farm homes in your neighborhood as good as thoy should bo under existing conditions? 2. Aro tho schools In your neighbor hood training boys and girls satisfac torily for farm llfo? 3. D5 tho farmers of your neighbor hood got tho returns they reasonably should from the sale of their pro ducts? 4. Do tho farmers in your neighbor hood receive from tho railroads, high ways, trolley lines, etc.? tho service they reasonably should? 5. Do tho farmers In your neighbor hood receive from the United States postal service, rural telephones, etc., the service they reasonably should expect? . C. Aro tho rentals of farms In your Tialcrhborhood. makinc a satisfactory living and accumulating profits which tend to enable them to become own ers of farms? 7. Is the supply of farm labor In your neighborhood satisfactory? 8. Aro tho conditions surrounding hired labor on tho farm in your neighborhood satisfactory to the hired nelp? 9. Are the farmers and their wives In your neighborhood satisfactorily organized to promote their mutual "buying and selling Interests? 10. Have the farmers In your neigk "borhood satisfactory facilities for do ing their business In banking, credit, insurance, etc.? 11. Aro the taxation law9 of the state satisfactory to tho farmer? 12. Do you know of undervaluations of real estate or personal property In your neighborhood, for purposes or taxation? 13. "What change, if any, would you suggest in tax laws? 14. Are the sanitary conditions or farms In your neighborhood satisfac tory? 15. Are tho rellglon'4 facilities In your neighborhood satisfactory? 16. Do the farmers and their wives and families In your neighborhood get together for mutual! Improvement, entertainment and soc'ia! intercourse ns much as they should? 17. What, in your judgment, Is tho most Important single thing which may bo Immediate v dono for tho betterment of farm life in NobraskaV Liquor Consumption. Figures garnered upon tho amount of Intoxicating liquor consumed in Lincoln show that approximately 500, 000 gallons of beer and 39,000 gallons of whisky are disposed of In a year. This amount, according to local sa loonkeepers, is less than before the intervening drouth of two years. Public Land Safes. United States public land sales will be held this month at the office of the commissioner of public land? in the federal building beginning December 21. lrteen tracts or Jand ranging from six acres to 280 acres in slzo will bo disposed of to tho highest bidders. Four of tho tracts to be sold are in Hayes county, flvo in Chase, one in Hitchcock, two in Dundee, and ono in Hamilton county. The first sale will bo held at 10 a. m., December 21. Sales will also, held on Jan. G, G and 10. Fair Dates. Secretary -iellor of tho state fair board has returned from a meeting of national fairs and expositions at Chicago. Nebraska was well repre sented by delegates at tlio meeting and Secretary Mellor has again been appointed chairman of the committee on transportation, a position he has held in tho national association for two years. The date of tho Nebraska stato fair next year Is Soptomber 2 to C. Asks for Back Pay. T. E. Stewart, who was at one tlmo bookkeeper at tho institute Tor feeble minded youth at Beatrice, has, through his attorney, applied to tho state for a warrant for ?100 for salary, which ho says he earned prior to the time of his dismissal from tho Institution After ho quit his services for tho state he was tried on a charge of embezzling ?1,300 while bookkeep er at the Institution and was ac quitted by the Jury Ho has been re fused a warrant by the authorities of the state. Little Attention Paid to Auto Enact ment. Tho passago and enactment of tho McArdlo automobile law at tlio last session of the legislature made sever al dlBtlnct changes relating to tho road isrjstiua of imlor vvliiflt?", but from stories coming from various parts of tho state somo of the most striking points of tho now net are bo lng little observed. In tho now lnw It is sot out that "when crossing an intersection of streets within any city or village mo tor vehicles shall not bo driven at a speed exceeding six miles an boUr. Upon approaching any placo where passengers aro getting on or off streot cars every person operating a motor vehicle shall bring it to a full stop and shall not again start until said street cars have started." The latter phase of tho McArdlo law Is tho most universally broken In this city and In fact Is so generally passed up by motorists that tho compllanco with this provision by a careful Lincoln driver ono night caused a sturdy guardian of tho law to doclaro with some surprlso that it was tho ilrst time that ho had over seen that "sort of a stunt pulled off." When Inform ed that the autoinoblllst wns merely complying with tho new state law he doclarcd that it was "a new one on him." Tho closing section of tho now law, "which is the most exhaustive act for mulated In tho legislature since auto mobiles have como into the present wide use, states that "nothing In this act shallbc construed as limiting the power of local authorities to make, en force and maintain any ordinance, mlo or regulation in addition to tho provisions of this act affecting motor vehicles." Owners of cars pin their faith to this section, declaring that because of tho lack of local regulation In har mony with that passed by the state there Is little reason for complying with this particular phase of the new law. Thoy aver that affirmation of the law by the various cities might be construed as being necessary before they would be liable under that statute. The contention Is made ty state officials, however, that the law is upon tho books for enforcement and that any other local laws which might be made In the various towns or cities of tho state would in no wise affect tho McArdlo law, which was put upon the statutes In exactly tho same manner as any other enactnjent. Food Commissioner's Report. Tho semi-annual report of State Food Commissioner Jackson shows that during the past six months his department has expended a total of $9,231.44 in the payment of salaries of inspectors, transportation, tele graph and telephone charges, leaving a balance of ?iy,y39.41 in that fund. Guard Inspection. Adjutant General Phelps of the Ne braska national guard has completed the Itinerary for Major Pullus A. Penn,, United States infantry, who will make the annual Inspection of tho Nebraska national guard for tho war department. Tho Inspection will begin January 32- Expenses of Institutions. Semi-annual reports from heads of stato institutions now coming Into the governor's office show that it cost $149.30 per capita to support members of tho soldiers' home at Grand Island for the six months period ending November 30, while it cost only $137.11 for each member of tho stato school for blind at Nebraska City. Formerly the cost of maintain ing students at the nchool for blind was larger than tho cost at any other state institution. The state reclaimed $100 a year from the general govern ment for each old soldier in state homes. v Enters Gubernatorial Race, John H. Morehead of Falls City, president pro tern of the senate at tho last session of the legislature and a well known Southeastern Nebraska business man, has filed for tho demo cratic nomination for governor. Mr. Morehead, since the death of Lieuten ant Governor Hopowoll of Tekamah, bus filled that place, ttud during the absence of Governor Aldrlch from tho stato In September served aa gover nor for two days. Pool Files for Governor. Charles W. Pool of Tccumseh, Bpeaker of the house In tho 1909 leg islature, has filed as a democratic can didate for governor, subject to tho April primaries. Haggerty Born In Lincoln. John J. Haggerty, who was killed In tho Los Angoles Times oxploslon and for whoso murder James I). McNama ra was sentenced to llfo imprison ment, was born In this city In 1880. His father was track 'foreman for the Uurllngton. State Warrants Increase. The semi-annual report of Stato Auditor Barton shows that slnco Juno 1, 1911, tho amount of outstanding warrants of tho stato havo increased from $308,058 to $518,775.04. Tho amount of warrants Issued during tho soml-annual poriod was $1,941,114.14 Hnd tlio amount paid $1,751,297.19. Most of the warrants outstanding aro drawn on general funds and tho tem porary university fund. Tho warrants outstanding on tho general fund ag gregate $294,701.64 and those of the temporary university fund, $195,049. . ; v I wnrn a 1 I. I vt , . J a txfy T ""'Vyl I Wmr I lOSSf,, ieeeeM 'ftoWER, I've WXtfKT IM TU' COAL . Ml FJUfS'm' IAKM , AM' r&Twn TH vTrt ,an' CMOWeDTM KiNBiw'.AM'swerr W 1AK TOtC ..AM" - AW WKSMEB MY NECK..; JSNYTHCr 30H8KIM, ELSE Voo WAN JJCNE GIVE UP ALL HOPE EXPLOSION IN TENNESSEE MINE ENTOMBS 100 MEN NONE BELIEVED ALIVE. BLACK DAMP HALTS RESCUE Company Has 175 Coffins Shipped to 8cene Great Crowd Surrounds Mouth of Tunnel While Relief Parties Fight Gases. BrlcevIIle, Tenn. All nopo that any of tho 100 men imprisoned by tno ox ploslon and fire In tho CrosB mountain mine will be taken out allvo waB aban doned. Rescue efforts havo resulted only In tho recovery of eight mangled bodies. Black damp has made Its appear ance, presenting a now obstacle to tho rescuers. Practically no head way is being mado in penetrating tho wreckage That any of tho men who 'may havo escaped tho explosion still live In tho gas-filled chambers is re garded as impossible. President Stephenson of tho Knox vlllo Iron company had 175 coffins brought here from Knoxville, and thoy woro taken up tho sldo or tho moun tain and stacked against the mouth of the pit. This grim spcctaclo brought a groat hysterical sob or grief from the wives, mothers and sis ters of tho entombed men, who braved snow and lain and wind to Gtand transfixed boforo tho entranco to the main shart of tho mlno in tho hope that by somo mlraclo thler husbandB, fathers, brothors or sons might bo rescued alive. Tho fedoral experts report that tho explosion swept through 27 cuts, mak ing a cave-in two miles long, extend ing from the main cutting to tho head lngs. Tho mon must -have all been In the cross cuts when tho oxploslon occurred. These cuts were filled with thousands or tons or slato and coal and twisted timber. In addition to tho eight bodies re covered fragments or other bodies havo been found in tho wreckage. Most of the bodies aro torribly man gled, indicating tho terrific force of tho blast, Tho rescuers found a small watch which had been hammered In to a solid mass and a lunch pail which had been blown through a two Inch limber. Moro than 10,000 peoplo rushed hero, attracted by tho news of tho catastropho, and as a result the town's food supply Is practically ex hausted. Tho town offlclalB have or dered food rushed from Knoxville. CYCLERS OFF ON LONG RACE Fifteen Athletes Start on Week's Grind In Madison Squaro Garden at New York. Now York. At tho crack of a Bix-shooter In the hands of ex Bherlff Tom Foloy at ono mlnuto after midnight 15 hardy athletes trained to the minute pedaled away from the broad black mark designated as tho starting point on their long six-day bicycle Journey for the championship of tho world. Madison Squaro Gar den, the scono of many notable events and soon to bo demolished, was once moro tho attraction for thousands who thronged tho great amphitheater and gave tho contestants a rousing send off. Tho raco gives every promise of being tho best ever contested. Horse Kicks Hermit to Death. Oregon City, Oro. Lying bonoath h! horse, which had starved to death in Its stall after kicking Its owner to death, nobort Norrls, an aged rocluso, was found In tho barn of his ranch near Maplo Lano. Bomb Hurled In Theater. Licgo, Belgium. Threo persons woro arrested following the explosion of a dynamite bomb In a crowded cinematograph exhibition, as a result of which 50 persons were Injured, several fatally. . r-RM s 1 CHAPiA. - . " 1 f ttsttmj GyJfar RODGERS' TRIP ENDED FLIES LAST LEG1 IN 8EA TO SEA JOURNEY. Aviator Still Suffering From Broken Leg As Result of Fall Weeks Ago Given Ovation. Las Angeles. Fifty thousand poo- pic, lining the Mandn and broad walk at Long Boacn, cheered them selves hoarse as Caibratth P. Rodgers, tho transcontlnontai aviator, officially completed his ocean to ocoan trip by flying from Comptotj, eight miles away, where ho was fon od to temporarily abandon. h! dpoh fcovoral weeks ago when ho fell and was painfully In jured. Still on crutchos, Rodgers mado his way through an alfalfa field at Conip ton. climbed Into his machine without a single word anf shouting "P,endy" to his mecttahlc'lafni "ascended "' with his crutches tucked behind him in tho biplane. After maklnc a wldo sweep of about a mtlo, ho sped straight for Long Beach, landing on a strip of sand east of tho big auditorium. A tremendous demonstration followod and In order to prevent tho surging crowd from overwhelming him Rodg ers was placed In an auto and rushed to a local hotel. ANTI-TRUST LAW IS BLAMED Banker Vanderllp Declares Business Unrest Is Due to Sherman Act and the Tariff. Now York. FranK A. Vanderllp, president of tho National City bank, In an interview published in the Out look, declared that "tho hesitant and disturbed state of mind now so uni versal among business men and capi talists is due to tho chaotic situation resulting from the attempt to adjust business to a law" tho Sherman anti trust law., Mr. Vanderllp Is quoted as saying that:, "Kvcry lino or Industry having to do with industrial expansion, with capi tal expenditure, with anything In fact other than supplying the day by day consumptive needs of tho country. Is prostrated," Mr. Vandorllp declared. He cites the tariff as ono of tho minor reasons for this condition, and blamed most of tho disturbance to tho Shor man law. Mr. Vanderllp la opposed to government control ot prices ex cept as a last resort. "V.'lth proper publicity of Rco'inta," be says, and "wlso control ot capital issuo I bollovo that we should rest for tho present Wo must not let ourselves bo led hastily to do any thing which might forco us to take that step of everlasting conBoquonco price-fixing' by tho government." ARRANGES PEACE WITH "DIVA" Robert Chanter Returns to America Confident Wife Will Be Pleated With His Settlement. Now York. Itobort Wlnthrop Chan ler, husband of Llna Cavallerl, tho opera slngor, returnod from Europo on tho Olympic. Ho smilingly con. curred In tho statemont that ho had arranged a settlement with his wife. "It waB a purely financial transac Hon," said Sheriff Hob. "Tho preliminaries havo already been taken into tho French courts and In four or flvo months she will got a divorce "Thoro will bo no reconciliation. That is poBltlvo." Mother and Daughter Suicides. Hamburg. A great deal of excite ment was caused on tho stock ex change by tho sulclilo of two womon In tho visitor's gallery. Tho womon proved to bo a Mrs. Itech and nor daughter, both of whom had lost tholr ontlro fortune in speculation. De Oro Wins First Game. New York. Alfredo do Oro, cham pion tbrco-cushlon billiard player, won the first soction of hla match with John Daly at Doylo's billiard academy by a score of 60 to 40. FRANKLIN MUST APPEAR BE- FORE 8UPERIOR COURT TO ANSWER CHARGES. DARR0W NAMED BY TWO MEN Prosecutor In Dynamite Caso at Los Angeles Says He Has No Evidence Against Lawyer Who Defended McNamara Brothers. Los Angoles, Cal. Bert H. Frank lln, an Investigator employed by tho dofonso In tho McNamara case, waB hold to the suierlor court to answer chargos of bribing n Juror. During the hearing tho namo of Clarcnco S. Dnrrow was mentioned, but Franklin mado a statement Baying tho Chicago lawyer was not Implicated in tho af fair In any manner whatover. The statement was called out whon Robert F. Bain, sworn juror In tho McNamara caso, tcatlfiod that Frank lin had told him, when arranging for tho brlbo, that was paid to him, that Darrow had given Franklin $20,000 "to uso." Goorgo W. Lockwood, tho man who accoptcd a bribe after Informing tho district attorney that ho had been ap proachod, bad testlflod that Franklin had said that ho would boo Clarcnco Darrow to arrango somo satisfactory payment of tho money promised Lock wood. Lockwood also sajd ho In ferred that when Franklin promised to bring tho "big follow" out to seo him, ho meant Darrow. Franklin, ho said, aftorwards assorted ho had re ferred to C. E. White, the man no lected to hold tho money until Lock wood wbb qualified and tho Jury had returned Its verdicL "I haven't said anything about thiB case," said Franklin after tho hear ing ended. "I know enough to keep my mouth shut about my own affairs. 1 But this Is different, and lrve gol just I ono thing I want to sny. Whon theso ' fellows bring into this caso tho namo of a man who is Innocent, I'm not go ing to Bit by and hear It without put ting In a word, nnd I want to say that whoovor says I over mentioned the Slams o Clarence Darrorr In nnno tlon with such a mattor, tolls a llo. Nctthor did I over mention his having jglvon mo $20,000." Darrow when told of tho statement denlod any connection In any way i wiuimo ormory. if -X3f - i ... . . .. , -- -. . -"i Tho bribery hearing started with tho testimony of C. E. White, the "escrow man" in tho Lockwood case. Whito told of negotiations with Franklin who, ho said, asked him to accopt tho money and pay It to Lock wood. He told In detail of tho final, transaction whon ho recolvcd tho money, paid It ovor and was ar rested. San Francisco. John Joseph Mc Namara, convict No. 25,315, convict ed dynamiter and former socrotary treasurer of tho International Bridgo and Structural Iron Workerft' associa tion, and JnmcB B. McNamara, convict No. 25,314, printer, dynamiter and con victed murderer, now occupy a coll In San Quentln penitentiary adjoining that occupied by Abrnhnm ltnof Theso two men lost their names and their Identity whon thoy wcro formal ly delivered to Warden Hoylo by Sher iff Hammol of Los Angelos county. Thoro Is nothing to distinguish them thoy wear tho stripes with tho other convicts and even their crimes will add no particular Illumination to tholr Identity. J. J. McNamara Is 25,316 until bo has spent fifteen years In tho penitentiary and his brother Is 26,314 until a life sentence Is served. Tho only leniency thoy can hopo for Is a commutoment of scntonco through good behavior or by parolo or pardon ,froni tho governor or California. TRIAL OF DR. HYDE HALTED Juror Flees From Hotel and Cannot Be Found May Undo Work of Weeks. Kansas City, Mo. Tho work of weeks of court procedure was undone nnd tho trial of Dr. H. Clark Hydo brought to a standstill whon Harry Waldron, ono of tho Jurors, escaped from hla room at tho hotel, eluding two deputy marshals sot to guard tho 12 mon. Prosecutor Conklln Immediately started an Investigation to find out if Waldron hnd been Induced to es cape. Whothor tho mattor will re sult In a mistrial will depend on Wal (Iron's courso during his poriod of liberty, should he bo captured. To prevent his roommate nnd fol low Juror from discovering hla ab senco and giving tho nlarin Waldron made' a dummy of plllowa and slipped It Into his placo In bod. Domestic troubles were said to havo caused Waldron's cscapo. Ho had been 111, too, and on Novombor 29 tho trial had adjourned because of his illness. Girl Held as 8layer Free, Louisville, Ky. Klovon-yoar-old Nelllo Dowell was dismissed on a chargo of slaying twolvo-yoar-old flortrudo KIrby at tho conclusion of a preliminary hearing hero. Tho llttlo glrl'B story that sho was not present when her playmato was shot to doath romalnod unshakon under tho closest examination. Sir Joseph Hooker Dies. London. Sir Josoph Hooker, the widely-known surgeon and naturalist. Is dead. He was born In 181T. On Saturday, Jan. 6, 1912 At lO O'clock A. M. At the Front Door of the Court House in lOaJkota. City, Neb, I will Sell at Public Auction. 2fte Isenberg Far m The North Half of the Northwest Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 27, North of Range 7, East, in Dakota County, Nebraska, contain ing 120 ncres. Three acres in grove, three-fourths of an acre ia orchard, ten acr;s in pasture, sixteen acres of hay land, and the balance is under plow. There arc two wells one with windmill nnd tower. The buildings arc as follows: One cow stable 24 ft. by 58 ft., 10 ft. posts, will hold about twelve tons of hay; one cow stable 14 ft. by 28 ft; one horse barn 10 ft. by 18 ft., with 12 ft. posts, with two additions; corn crib 8ft. by 40ft; chicken house 14ft. by 18ft., with 8ft. posts; smoke house 6 ft. by 8 ft;' granary 10 ft. by 12 ft., with 8 ft. posts, with two additions; dwelling house is 14 ft. by 20 ft., i stories, with an addition on west side. The buildings are one mile from school house, 2j miles from Nacora, and 5 miles from Emerson. . TERNS One-Half Cash on day of sale, and balance with in 40 days on delivery of deed. Right reserved to 'fejeelSny" and all bids. Gis A Isenberg Attorni-v in ITnct for Owners. Undertaker County fr - B. P.SAWYBB was boru-Miy started us an npprcntico for throe years In tho Undertaking uniloeM in Jiow York City with tho largest firm in tho city, remaining with them for flvo years. Ho has followod tho profession over sinos, coming to Jaokson, Nobr, in 1880 uud starting the business here. lie baa one of tho best equipped Undertading Parlors in the state, with commodious qunrtors, lady assistant, lino hcarsea and equipment and a largo itook always on band. llo understands all tbo sneooasful motbods of embalming and makes a spooiulty of tbo Mioo system, which proBerves tho remains forever, requires no outting or ozoiaion of tbo body, and takes nothing away nor adds anything to the subjoct, tbo thorough embalming being done ozolusivoly by external motbods. B. Jb Sawyer, Jackson, Nebraska A $2.00 VALUE FOR $1.00 An Attractive Bargain, of Interest to You FARMER AND BREEDER is the live up-to-date agricultnral nnd Live Stock Weekly issued every Thursday at Sioux City,. Iowa. It is a genuine farm and stock magazine, because it is edited and published by practical and successful farmers and breeders men who own and operats a number of farms. Be sides the Veterinary, Dairy, Home and Dress Iftkig depart ments FARMER AND BREEDER contains an authentic review of market conditions; accurate reports of crop conditions in this section of the country from its special farmer correspondents, and a splendid short story. It is profusely illustrated and strong in subject matter. It provides the farm. home. wjh injer csting and instructive reading good, live matter, full of meat" for all appealing alike to young and oid, men and women." In a word, a clcanr wholesome, family periodical. Not only is it interesting, but of immense educational and practical value to the farrner and his family. Sample copies cheerfully furnished upon request. FARMER AND BREEDER S1.00) Both. Papers THE HERALD Send all remittances to The e mmmm mmmma mmmmm mnmm smjjb mrnmm mmmm mmb !H ARN ESSj . I Everything in the line of Everything Haraess a.tvd Wc have a big line of Horse Blankets, Fur Robes and Blankets in stock, and lots more coming. Look over our I stock of Fall Goods. Our new stock of WKips has arrived and are selling at greatly reduced prices. I Kopair Work Givon Prompt Attention Sole Agent for Baum's Hog JFredricksefi (Si Son Hubbard Coroner. 8,-1860, lMtaiftfleld, Mm,' HtfC! 1.00) only $1.00 Herald, Dakota City, Neb. in the line of Horse Goods Tonic, Best on the Market. I I NabraaluL o ,"i ni J "551 l-ieJr fUWWFl "ZXSi T!l 1 idl 3l TBI 7? -A j$ rmt "ml sq 1 i J i. MwAU ?J