M- II DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. 111 WAS FATAL IL S. FLYERS FOUND ALL HOOKS AND NO BAIT GOSSIP FROM STATE HOUSE Tho first bills passed at this scofllon of the legislature wore tho two legis lative appropriation bills for aalarloa and expenses. Thoy wero passed unanimously. u NO MOTIVE GIVEN FOR BETTY OE JONG'8 ACT OF SUICIDE. LIEUTS. ROBERTSON AND BISHOP RESCUED IN MEXICO BY SEARCHING PARTY. PROSECUTOR QUOTES ARTICLES FROM "RED'S" PAPERS AT SAN FRANCISCO HEARING. SocrotiSry of Agriculture Mellor urges tho public to wait for a whllo boforo buying stock In tho farm loan bank, at least until the govcrnmont itself has taken it up. ONE TOO WEAK TO TRAVEL CLUB KNOWN AS "BLASTERS" DR. PORTER WITNESSED AC! h PLOT TO KILL WILSON M Oakland Physician with portrait Painter at and Preceding Firing of Fatal Shot Makes Statement to Po lice Trior, to Dissuade Her. WmIwii Nfpipr Union Nun Hrlr. 8an Francisco, Col. MIhh Deity Dc Jong, a iiromlnont member of the San Francisco nrt colony and a painter of international reputation, died from u coif Inflicted bullet wound In tho head Tho pollco Bald tliny had virtually com pleted tholr Investigation of tho case ml examination of Dr. Wllllum S Portor, a well known physician of Oakland, who was In MIsb Do Jong's tudio whon Hhe Bhot herself. After ovoral hourH of questioning ho was ponnlttcd to go to his homo. An autopBy was performed rovoal lng, tho pollco nald, no now facts. Dr. l'ortcr told tho pollco IiIh rela tions with tho young woman wore nothing moro than thoso of two per ooiib mutually InlorcHtcd in art. He In president of tho Alamoda County Art association. Ho mot MIsh Do Joiik ho Bald, laat year during the Panama Pacific exposition at which Mho had several oxhlblts. About three months ago, according to Dr. Portor, ho began Bitting for n portrait by MIhb Do Jong. Iln Bald he wan to havo had a Bitting but was un able to keop tho engagement and call od at tho ntudio to bo Inform the' artist. MIsh Do Jong, ho Bald, ahked lilm to roturn boforo going homo. This ho did shortly after 6 o'clock. Almost Immediately after IiIh arrival, the physician declares, MIsh Do Jong be gan discussing Hulcldo. all tho whllo holding a small revolver. For threo hours, tho physician Maid, he tried tc porsuado tho young woman not to think of such a thing nnd endeavored to hnvo hor fix her mind on her art and futuro. Finally when ho was about to leavo ho said Miss Do .Jong shpt horsolf In tho temple. Tho pollco Bald that they found In tho Btudlo not only comploto corra boratlon of Dr. Porter's story, but ovl don co that MIsb T)o Jong had cnrofully t tho ntogo for tho tragic end. HUGE SWINDLE DISCLOSED. Not a 8ou Found When French In stitution Is Searched by Police. Paris. An alloRod swindle, esti mated by different newspapers ae amounting to 3,000,00f to 10,000,000 francs, was dlsclosod in the arrest of Philippe Slmoonl. of Italian origin and tho Prlnco Hour!, of llrogllrevol. M. Slmoonl was accused In 1912 of swindling tho Gorman Prlnco Fried rich Karl r.u Hohoonlohe-Oahrlngon out of 500,000,000 francs. Tho caso was settled out of court but Simon I was sentenced to six months In prison for fraudulent bank ruptcy. Aftorwnrd ho founded tho Comptolr Dos ValourB Industrlollo which was a ntock broking bank. Prlnco Henri Do llrogllrevol xrat placed at tho head of tho Institution h Its president, Slmeonl taking the tltlo of manager. At tho onlbroak of tho war cus tomorn of tho bank demanded their money. Slmoonl ploadod tho morator ium and put tho bank Into liquida tion, provoking mnny complaints, one of which nlono allegod a claim or 1,. 600,000 francs. Tho pollco Toport that not a sou romnlned In tho bank whon thoy searched It. Physicians Lose Lives. Now York.-Cholora and typhus havo claimed so many victims nmong the physicians who havo been light tug thuse opldomlcs In Palestine thai Bomo of tho villages havo lost tholi last modlcal mon nnd In tho cltloa fow Physicians romaln to copo with tho situation, nccordlug to a statement mado public horo by Hnilnssah, the womons' Zionist organization In America. Tho conditions in Palestine wore descrlbod In an appeal for 175,000 to equip and support for one year a med ical untt to bo dispatched to tho af fllctod country without delay. Capitalists' Special Wrecked. Durango, Colo. A special Denver nnd Itlo CJrando train, carrylnr a party of Philadelphia capitalists. wrecked at Bolls Siding, twonty mile? north of horo on the Durango-Sllvor-ton lino, whon tho ongino left tho rails, carrying tho throo cars with It E N. Puiiaton and Sidney Jonulngs, mem t'oru of tho party, rocolvod painful cuts and braises, but none aboard re ceived serious Injuries. Tho car. caught flro and were destroyed. Condemned by Board. Now York. -Tho undo In ,otion picture art lias come undor tho bun of tho National Hoard of Review. AH yoduclug companies that aro mem bora or tho national association havo agreed, ii was said, not h pt.rinlt the production In their studios of photo playa using hucIi a llguro. Jnntruo tloiiH to this ofloct havo bnn sent to directors and scenario writers. Ao Mon was fukon affer "widespread dis approval" of such picturos was dlx closod by nn Investigation oovorlr lio mi Urn nountrj Army Aviators, Who Have Been Miss ing for Nine Days, Were Within Thirty Miles of the Border When Searching Party Arrived. Well ton, Ariz., Jan. 22. After n tramp of nine days across the Sonoru desert, Lieutenant Bobortson and Lieu tenant Colonel Bishop, the missing United States army aviators who havo been lost since Wednesday a week ago, wore found by u .searching party of the New Cornelia Copper company about thirty miles south of tho Mexi can border and about sixty miles south of here. Lieutenant Itobertson was brought hero in the afternoon by auto, but Lieutenant Colonel Bishop was so weak that ho could not be moved from where the pair were found. Lieutenant Itobertson said that be ami Lieutenant Colonel lilshop lauded about 12. -ao o'clock Wednesday at a point In Mexico about 200 miles south of the Arizona border. Taking the water out of tho radiator of the air plane tho two army olllcers started to tramp northward across the desert. They husbanded their water as best they could. They had reached a point :) miles south of the International line when they encountered the searching party from the copper company. Lieutenant Itobertson ald that when ho und Lieutenant Colonel Bish op left San Diego ho set his course for Calexlco by tho compass. There seemed to have been u deviation of the instrument and nlso a drift of air currents which threw him oft his course. The two aviators were found In tho AJo inountalnH, GO miles south of Well ton, at ten o'clock Thursday morning by a searching party composed of Win field Paxton, O. A. Gamble and It. S. Hovattor. Itobertson, when discov ered, was staggering nlong all but dead and unablo to talk much. He said that he and Colonel lilshop had landed ut 12:H0 o'clock In tho after noon of the day they left San Diego. They deserted their machine In a bar ren wasto of country and started to wander In the direction which seemed to them would thu sooner bring them to civilization. Day after day and night after night the two nrmy aviators traveled, sub sisting on tho food they carried with them, which was so scant It InBted but u Ilttlo time. On last Wednesday Bishop became bo weak he could walk no further. He told Itobertson he hud better' go on and save himself If ho could. Itobert son bade his comrade good-by and left him to what he thought would be his fate. lie had walked 30 miles from the point where he left Bishop when picked up. Immediately after ho was rescued a parly was dispatched for Bishop and another rescue party was sent out from Yuma by Colonel Wil son of tho Fourteenth Infantry. It will bo necessary to carry Bishop 12 miles from the mountain fastness where ho Is located to a conveyance. MANY DIE IN POWDER BUST Munitions Factory Blown Up Near London Loss of Life May Be Large. London. Jan. 22. The folliwlng of ficial communication was Issued on Saturday : The ministry of munitions regrets to announce that an explosion oc rurred In a munitions factory In tho neighborhood of London. "It Is feared that the explosion was attended by a considerable loss of llfo and damage to property." Woolwich arsenal lies seven miles east-southeast of the heart of London. J The arsenal Itself has hccnim ii center of numberless workshops. With In the arsenal, (17,000 workers are em ployed. RUSS CAPTURE TWO POSTS Deliver a Successful Surprise Attack Near Daranovltchl, the Petro- grad War Office Claims. Petrogrnd. Jan. 22. In a surprise attack delivered at night, the HusMnns captured two field posts from tho Ger mans near BaranovltchI, the war of flee announced on Friday. Seventeen Germans were made prisoner and the remainder of the garrisons were put to the bayonet. Near Zberow. In Gallcla. the Teuton forces, after a strong bombardment, attempted to capture the heights held byv the Russians southwest of tho town. Some of the nttackers penetrat ed the Husslan trenches, but wero driven out by a counter-attack. 4-Cent Drop Ends Egg Famine. Chicago. Jan. 22. The egg famine camo to an end on Friday. Prices on the wliolesale market hold ccntjt a dozen lower than on Thursday. Whole sale values were brought down to -10 cents a dozen In car lots. 1. R.'s Annoyer Eludes Detectives. Philadelphia. Jan. 22. Mrs. Ida von ClaiiKson Dona, who was ordered ie committed to the Mlddletown (N. V.) stnto hospital, Is hero, huvlng avoided, she said, detectives, who were about to carry out directions of the court. i I vLf iSSt1 ) K ffU " K "V-fcv iv 1 that t jyrY rr frggHflC . Jaw' toyV! r'; GERMAN RAIDER OUT, BRITISH ADMIRALTY ADMITS LOSS OF EIGHT SHIPS. Survivors Reach Pernambuco and Give Details of the Sia Rov ers' Exploits. Buenos Aires, Jan. 11). A Gerinnn raider, believed to be the protected Lrtilscr Vlnex, has sunk ten merchant steamers and two French schooners In tho South Atlantic, according to dis patches received here from 1'ernnm icuo and Bio do Janeiro, detailing the andlng of survivors at l'ernumbuco. One additional message from Itlo de clared that the raider had sunk still mother British ship without wurnlng .causing the loss of -100, persons. According to information received Jt itlo de Janeiro from a British olll ial source, seven vesesls In the Atlan tic have been sunk and none captured iy a (Jerman raiding vessel. The Brazilian minister of marine has made formal request for a report from Pernanibueo, but as yet has not re ceived n replyi First nows of the raider camo In dis patches from Pernambuco detailing the landing there by the Japanese steamer Hudson Maru of sailors from live steamers sunk by the Teutonic com merce destroyer SO miles off Pernam buco. Tho ships which fell victim were said to have Included the British steamers Dramatist and Itaduorshlre, the latter bound from Buhla to Havre and Loudon, and other French und al lied merchantmen. A subsequent message reported tho sinking of "English ami French mer chantmen off the Brazilian coast, in cluding the Voltaire." London, Jaq. 10. Fight British and two French merchant vessels are be lieved to have been suuk by a Qermnn raider. The steamships St. Theodore and Vnrrowdule were captured. Their whereabouts Is unknown. The ships sunk by the German raid er are: British Dramatist, Itaduor shlre, MInleb, Nothorbyhull, Mount Temple, King George, Georglc and Vol taire. French Nantes and Asbleres. Loudon, Jan. 10.- Victor Alexander Bruce, ninth earl of Klgln and Kin cardine, is dead. London, Jan. 19. The reiclistag will not assemble this month, but will meet on February 10, according to an Am sterdam dispatch to the Central News. Lexington. Ky., Jan. 10. Jacob Tantz, David Long, Frank Long and Itli-hurd Fee, the last threo young boys, were killed near Harlan when an old mine caved In. Detroit, Mich., Jan. IS. K. H. Thomas of Chicago was elected vice president of tho Lumber Carriers' as sociation of the Great Lakes, at the closing session of their convention. Chicago, Jan. It). A. B. Brlnkerhoff, general freight agent for the Chicago & Northwestern rnllroad In Chicago for 20 years and former president of the local freight agents' association of Chicago, died at his home In Hunt ley, 111., aged eighty years. Deputy and Bandit Slain. Okomah, Oklu., Jan. 20. Ono bank robber and a deputy sheriff wero killed In n battle between an Okfuskee j-ounly posso and bandits near hero. Another robber was wounded and cap tured. Admiral J. H. Watmough Dies. Washington, Jan. 20. Bear Admiral Innies 11. Watmough, retired, ninety live, last survivor of tlu- frigate Con stitution, who raised tlu Jlrst Ameri can flag In California lu the Mexkun war, died' 6f la grippe. I JUWHMWMUMMMtVUVMUUW ITEMS I M$JJLsJ' - J....llll-' Dea Molncn Ilcglater. ADMIRAL DEWEY DIES HERO OF MANILA BAY SUCCUMBS AT WASHINGTON HOME. Head of American Navy and Ranking Naval Officer of World, Passes Away. Washington, Jan. IS. Admiral George Dewey, who won the naval but tle ut Manila bay, died at bis home here at the age of seventy-nine, niter an Illness lasting slx'days. Mru. Dewey and his son, George M. Dewey, were with him when tho end came. The son was summoned from Chicago. Admiral Dewey was taken 111 witli what at first appeared to be only a slight cold. His Illness was diagnosed as artelosclerosls. Since Monday no hope bad been held out for his re covery. President Wilson has shown bis sympathy by sending huge Punches of flowers to the admiral's home, with a request that he be Informed of any change In the patient's condition. Because of Admiral Dewey's rank, the military funeral services will bo of the most Impressive character. During bis residence In Washington Admiral Dewey had lived n very sim ple and retired life. He was ut his oflico In the navy department regu larly every day. Admiral Dewey was the third olll cor who won the high post of admiral of the United States navy. His father was Dr. Junius Yemans Dewey of Montpeller, Vt. Ills mother was Mary Pcrrln, daughter of Zacha rlah Pcrrln of Gllend, Conn. George Dewey was born at Mont peller on December 20, 1837. FUNST0N INSPECTS TROOPS Praises Members of the Mexican Pun!, tlve Expedition Along 175 Mile Line. Field Headquarters, Punitive Expe dition, Mexico, Jan. 18. General Funs ton returned to Colonla Dublan from El Valle, thus completing the Inspec tion of a 175-mlle line of communica tion nnd the review of about 10,000 men. "Tho experience Is surprising," Gen eral Funston said. "For until now I did not fully realize the responslbil Uty of tho olllcers and men of the expe dition, and I do not believe that the American people fully appreciate what a job this expedition has had and how well It has carried out Its orders." SHIPPING BOARD CONFIRMED Senate Commerce Committee Votes to Recommend All President's Ap pointments to the Body. Washington, Jan. 18. After careful Investigation the senate 'Commerce committee voted to recommend con firmation of all the president's ap pointments to the shipping board. The appointees are Bernard N. Baker of Baltimore. John A. Donald, New York; Theodora Brent, New Orleans; Wil liam Donmnn, San Francisco, and James B. White, Kansas City. The committee found objection to Baker, Donald and White Insufllclent to war rant an unfavorable report on their confirmation. Scully Holds House Seat. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 22. The court of errors and appeals aMlrmed the su preme court decision that a recount In the Third congressional district was legal. This makes liual the re-election of Congressman Scully (Deui.). Wilton Picks His Escort. Washington, Jan. 22. I'reslden' Wilson has decided to use the Second cavalry troops at Fort Myer, Vu., at his personal escort at the Inaugural ceremonies. This ends a competition between many organizations. Purpose of Movement Backed by An archists Was to Stop Preparednest In the United States at Any Cost, Says E. A. Cunha. San Francisco, Jan. 20. President Wilson's lite was threatened b'v nr anarchist organization kuown as "The Blasters," of which Thomas J. Mooney, on trial here for bomb murders, was u louder with Alexander Berkman, us-' sistant District Attorney Fdward A. 1 Cunha charged here on Thursday. j Beginning his address Cunha out lined tho history of tho bomb exploslou Mere last July in which ten persons lost their lives. "I will prove," said Cunhn, out of court, prior to opening argument In the Mooney trial, "that Mooney and Berk man belonged to tin organization known as 'The Blasters.' The purpose of the organization was to overturn the government and stop preparedness at any cost." ' Cunha quoted an article In Berk man's paper, the Blast: "We want to warn the weathercock In tho White House that It may not prove safe. Suppression of the voice of discontent leads to nssasslnntlon." "Vide Itussln," read the article writ (en March 4, 1010, In protest of alleged federal suppression of free speech in Chlcngo and New York. "I will connect Mooney with this conspiracy by letters In his own writing and by .--tides lie wrote In the Blast. I will show that they planned to crente n prejudice against and to betray tho American Federa tion of Labor. "I will show that before the parade .Mooney declared 'preparedness must be thrown back into the teeth of Its advocates.' Mooney declared that If the government had a largo army tho revolution would be nlnmvl in tin. I inni Cunha snld thnt Mooney and tho other conspirators In their campnlgn against' preparedness decided thnt tho llrst one of them to be nppronched by a recruiting officer should shoot him down. TEACHER AND MUSICIAN SLAIN J. M. Couch of Oklahoma City Charged With Double Murder Spurned by Woman. Oklahoma City. Okln.. Jim. 20 Charged with shooting nnd killing Miss Nellie M. Dunn, n teacher In tho Wheeler school building on Thursday afternoon nnd suspected of later shooting to death Bowiand D. Wil liams, vocal teacher holding a position in tho same building In which Miss Dunn was employed, John M. Couch j surrendered to Deputy United Stntes Marshal Stalllngs at Guthrie. Okla., where ho was lodged In the federal Jail. , i While a warrant has been Issued charging Couch with the murder of Miss Dunn, the police believe ho also killed Williams. It Is believed Couch killed the girl and then lay In wait In the building until Williams came by. Couch was a brother-in-law of Miss Dunn. Mrs. Mary Couch, wife of tho accused, said Couch hud for several years attempted to force his attentions on her sister, but that Miss Dunn shunned him. Williams had taught music In tho schools of Fort Worth, Little Bock nnd Memphis. NAMES GRAYSON AN ADMIRAL President Names Friend for Medical Director of Navy New Position Created by Congress. Washington, Jan. 20. Dr. Cary T. Grayson, friend and private physician of President WUjou, was honored tor four years of successfully keeping tho president In good trim by a promotion to medical director In the nuvy with the rank of rear admiral. The new position Is one of two cre ated by congress at Its last session. Doctor Grayson now holds the rank of past assistant surgeon. In addition to Doctor Grayson's name, President Wilson on Thursday sent the following naval promotions to i be senate: Medical Inspector William Unlisted to be medical director; Naval Con structor David W. Taylor to be naval constructor Inspector; Paymaster Gen eral Sumuel McGowan to be my di rector, and Civil Engineer F. It. Har ris to bo civil engineer; Lieut. Col. George O. Sqtiler of the army signal corps to be chief signal olllcer with the rank of brigadier general. Teuton Ship Sails From Zeebrugge. London, Jan. 22. A Ueuter dispatch from Flushing. Holland, reports thu German steamer Ursula Fischer pass ng there from Zeebrugge. on Us way o Antwerp. "This is the llrst German hlp that has pas.sed In this direction." Treasury Clerk Kills Self. Washington, Jan. 22. W. W. El drldge of Flint, Mich., chief of the di vision of Issue, which has to do with 'lie Issuance of bank notes In the of lico of tho comptroller of tho currency, ihiit aud killed himself here. Tho state aid brldgo law amended. If Hcpresentatlv has his way, so as to reduce tho mini mum width of streams coming under tho law from 175 to 100 feet. A special state tax levy of 1 mill per annum for the creation of a s'ato aid road and bridge fund has been om bodied In a bill prepared for the houso commltteo on roads and bridges. County treasurers aro not entitled to a foo for collecting auto licenses, according to nn opinion by Attornoy Gencrol Reed. Tho fee Is to bo placed In tho road rund or remitted to tho state treasurer. A dupMcato of tho Howell scnato bill to mnko discrimination In tho flro In surance business unlawful by punish Ing any company or agent who prac tices it has been offered by Mr. Ollls In tho lower chamber. W. B. Mellor, for eloven years sec retary of tho state board of agricul ture, was defeated for re-election at tho meeting of tho board at Lincoln last week. He was succoedod by E. B. Danlelson of Osceola. Among tho new measures Introduced in tho house is ono prepared by J. W. Shorthlll, representing an association of olovator owners, designed to brimST about a moro equitable distribution of freiht cars for tho shipment of grain and other commodities. Moro aid from the stnto for tho pur poajs of saving tho uncarcd for apple orchards of eastern Nebraska and In creasing commorclal production of the fruit In that section was advocated by President Val Keysor In his annual address at tho opening of tho fifty eighth convontlon of tho Nebraska state horticultural society. Senator Gates of Sarpy county, promises that thero will bo no bill In troduced this year to permit tho li censing of saloons at Ft. Crook. A bill of that kind has beon a bono ot contention in previous sessions, but two years ago Gates said that was tho last tlmo for him. And stato prohlbl tlon wouldn't allow It, anyway. Fish to cut tho cost of living, not fish to tempt tho sporty anglcr'a oye, Is tho suggestion of Stato Fish Com missioner O'Brien, In his annual re port to Governor Neville. Ho appeals to bo allowed to stock the shallow and marshy waters of Nebraska with Gorman carp, in cad of trying In vain to got bass and fancy brods to thrive there. Nebraska apples, potatoes, corn and flowers on display at the city auditor ium this week aro representative of what modern methods of production can do when combined with Nobraska soil and cllmato. This show is staged by tho Nebraska Corn Improvers' as sociation and the Nebraska Stato Hor ticultural society, for tho purpose of demonstrating to the pooplo of the stato a fow of tho great agricultural rosources of Nebraska. Nebraska railroads havo boon un able to furnish cars for tho shipment of grain principally becauso a large part of their rolling stock is now held In the possession of eastern Hnoi which fail to roturn them within a reasonable time This tnrormatlon was laid beforo tho houso of representa tives In a report from tho stale rail way commission, answering tho In quiries propoundod in the Murtoy roso lutlon adopted last weok. Mombers of tho Nobraska bouse of representatives . refuse to tlo them selves down to a limit of five bills each at tho presor.1 logisiativo ses sion. They aro llkewlso unwilling tc make ten bill3 per man tho limit. Tho Liggett resolution on that sul ject, making flvo tho voluntary maxi mum for ono member, nnd a substl tuto offered by Mr. Ainlay, proposTuS ton as the number, wero both voted down by an overwhelming majority Gonial Gus fleschorner, who hat both democratic and republican con. nections, Is filling his old place aa su pervisor of tho senate, In which ca pacity ho has bocomo expert through his oxperlenco at rormer scissions I In nominal position is senate book keeper. Governor Neville has appointed Mrs, M. D. Weeks, editor of tho Norfolk Press, to be an Inspoctor In tho food, drug, dairy and oil depariments. What branch of tho work sho Is to bo as signed to has not beon announced. Heretofore the stars and stripes havo been unfurled over tho stnta house only when tho legislature was in session. Tho proposal Is now made, backed by Governor Nevillo and a host of republicans and democrats and oth er pariots, that each end of tho state capltol building bo decorated with tho flag every day of tho year. Tho logls. laturo may settle tho matter by reso lution, although tho stato board In chargo of tho building will probably take action, no matter what tho law makers do. LW 13 tO bO jfi $iM o Tracowcll' '-'$ t V H