Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, January 25, 1917, Image 7

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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.
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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!
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PLOT TO KILL WILSON
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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