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I WWWIM Zm!ZTZ -- - K.MII RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF ra LK L' I 4 Q i" $ li ;4i d i ' (i I N. r ,1 i : fft. n 1 S. FLIERS 1 LIEUTS. ROBERTCON AND BISHOP RESCUED IN MEXICO BY SEARCHING PARTY. ONE TOO WEAK TO TRAVEL Army Aviators, Who Have Been Miss IriQ for Nine Days, Were Within Thirty Miles of the Border When Searching Party Arrived. Wclllnn, Ariz., .Inn. 'J-.'. After n (rami) of nine dns across tin1 Sniioru desert, l.letilt'iiimt Kohcrtsnn and I. It'll tenant Colonel IJIshop, t Io miming United .Suites army aviatois who have been lost hlntc Wednesday n ucel. ago, wero found by m -.cinching pnrt.v of thi; New Cornelia Copper eoniiniiy nliotit thirty mill's south of the Alc.vl etui honler niul nhont sixty nilliw south of here. Ueiiteiimit Uohertsoii was brought hero In the afternoon hy auto, lillt Lieutenant Colonel Ill-hop was so weak that he could not he moved tiom where the pair were found. Lieutenant Kohertsou said that he niul Lieutenant Colonel lllshop lauded about 1'.' :::) o'clock Wednesday at a point In Mexico ahout liU.) miles south of the Arizona holder. Taking the water out of the radiator of the air plane the two army olllcers started to thunp norlhwaid across the desert. They husbanded their water as best they could. They had readied a point .'!() miles south of the International line when they encountered the searching party from the copper company. Lieutenant Uohcrlsou said that when he and Lieutenant Colonel lll-.li-op left San Diego he set his course for Calexlco by the compass. There KOLMiiuil to have been a deviation of the Instrument and also a drift of air currents which threw 'dm off his course. The two aviators were found In the AJo mountains, 00 miles south of Well ton, at ten o'clock Thursday morning by n searching party composed of Win Held I'nxton, (i. A. Camble and It. S. Hovattor. Hohertsou, when discov ered, was staggering along all but dead and unable to talk much, lie fluid that he and Colonel lllshop had landed nt 12:.',0 o'clock In the after noon of the day they left San Diego. Tliey deserted their machine In n bar ren waste of country ami started to wander In the direction which seemed to them would the sooner bring them to civilization. Day arter dny and night after night the two iinny aviators traveled, sub sisting on the food they carried with them, which was so scant It lasted but u little time. On Inst Wednesday lllshop became so weak be could walk no further. He told Kohertson he had better go on and save himself If he could. Ilobert koii bade his comrade gootMiy and left him to what he thought would he his fate. lie had walked ISO miles from the point where he left lllshop when picked up. Immediately after he was rescued a party was dispatched for lllshop mid another rescue party was sent out from Yuma by Colonel Wil son of the Fourteenth Infantry. It will be necessary to carry lllshop 12 miles from the mountain fastness where he la located to n conveyance. MANY DIE IN POWDER BLAST Munitions Factory Blown Up Near London Loss of Life May Be Large. London, Jan. 22. The following of ficial communication was Issued on Saturday: The ministry of munitions regrota to announce that an explosion oc curred In a munitions factory In the neighborhood of London. "It Is feared that the explosion was attended by n considerable loss of life and damage to property." Woolwich arsenal lies seven miles cast-southeast of the heart of London. The arsenal Itself has become the center of numberless workshops. With in the arsenal, 07,000 workers are em ployed. RUSS CAPTURE TWO POSTS Deliver a Successful Surprise Attack Near Baranovltchl, the Pctro cjrad War Office Claims. Petrogrnd, Jan. 22. In a surprise attack delivered at night, the Itusslans captured two Held posts from the Ger mans near Haranovltchl, the war of fice announced on Friday. Seventeen Germans were made prisoner and the remainder of the garrisons were put to the bayonet. Near Zberow, In Gallcln, the Teuton forces, after a strong bombardment, nttempted to capture the heights held by the Itusslans southwest of the town. Some of the attackers penetrat ed the Husslan trenches, but were driven out by a counter-attack, 4-Cent Drop Ends Egg Famine, Chicago, Jan. 22. The egg famine enme to an end on Friday. Prices 011 the wholesale market sold -1 cents a dozen lower than on Thursday, Whole sale values were brought down to 40 tents a dozen In car lots. T. R.'s Annoyer EludeB Detectives. Philadelphia, Jan. 22. Mrs. Ida von Claussen Dona, who was ordered re committed to the Mlddtetown (N. Y.) fetato hospital, Ik here, having avoided, ho said, detectives, who were about to carry out directions of the court. ALL HOOKS AND NO BAIT i VLf usssssr ) ro- mim &- 8 rf-U5tS D -- ,, - m W f".J--f " - J '" 7NV i 1", ..40 nr f-'JI" ' i VvT 2izJ- B FTf ftH- GERMAN RAIDER OUT BRITISH ADMIRALTY ADMITS LOSS OF EIGHT SHIPS. Survivors Reach Pernambuco Give Details of the Sea Rov. crt' Exploits. and Uueiios Aires, Jan. P.h A liermun 1 alder, believed to lie the protected (.miser VInex, has sunk ten merchant steamers and two French schooners In the South Atlantic, according to dis patches recehed here from l'ernaui I, cuo and Jtlo de Janeiro, detailing the lauding of survivors at rcruamhuco. One additional message from Illo de clared that the raider had sunk still another lliitisb ship without warning causing the loss of -100 persons. According to information received at Illo tie Janeiro from 11 Ilrillsh otll clal source, seven vesesls In the Atlan tic have been sunk and none captured by a Oeriuaii raiding vessel. Thellrazlllan minister of marine has made formal rcipiest for a report from PCrnniubuco, but as yet has not re-, celved a reply. First news of the raider came In dis patches from rcruamhuco detailing the lauding there by the Japanese steamer Hudson Mam of sailors from live steamers sunk by the Teutonic com merce destroyer .10 mile.-, off I'eruain buco. The ships which fell victim were said to have Included the Ilrillsh steamers Dramatist and Radnorshire, the latter bound from liabla to Havre and Loudon, and other French and al lied merchantmen. A subsequent message reported the sinking of "English nnd French mer chantmen off the UrnUlan coast, In cluding the Voltaire." Loudon, Jan. IP. Eight Ilrltlsh and two French merchant vessels are be lieved to have been sunk by a (Senium raider. The steamships St. Theodore and Yarrowdale were captured. Their whereabouts Is unknown. The ships sunk by the (Serinan raid er are: iintlMi urainallst, uadiior shire, Mlulch, Netherbyhall, Mount Temple, King (leorge, (ieorglc and Vol taire. French Nantes nnd Ashleres. IVWUUVMVUUUUUUV IMPORTANT NEWS : ITEMS I .mwuumvHHf London. Jan. 10. -Victor Alexander llruce, ninth earl of Elgin and Kin cardine, Is dead. London, Jan. 1!). Tin rclchtng will not assemble this month, but will meet 011 February 10, according to an Am sterdam dispatch to tin' Central News. Lexington, K' Jan. 10. Jacob Taut., David Long. Frank l.onu ami lticliard Fee, the last three ,oung lm.s, were killed near Harlan wheb an old mine caved In. Detroit, Mich., Jan. IS. E. . Thomas of Chicago wns elected vice president of the Lumber Curriers' as sociation of the Great Lakes, m the closing session of ihelr convention. Chicago, Jan. 10. A. IS. llrlnkerlioir, general Irelght agent for the Chicago ,c Northwestern railroad in Chicago for 20 years ami loruier president of the local freight agents' association of Chicago, died at his home In limit ley, 111., aged eighty years. Deputy and Bandit Slain, Okomah, Oklti., .Ian. 20. Due hank robber and a deputy sheriff were killed In a battle between an Okfuskee comity posse mid bandits near here. Another robber was wounded and cap tured. Admiral J. H. Watmounh Dies. Washington, Jan. 20. Rear Admiral James II, Watuiough, retired, ninety live, hint Mirvlvor of the frigate Con stitution, who raised the llrst Ameri can. Hug In California In the Mexican war, died of la grippe. 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 (leorge Hewey, who won the naval bat tle at .Manila bay, died at his home here at the age of seventy-nine, after an Illness lasting six days. Mrs. Dewey and his son, Ceorge M. Dewey, were with him when the end came. The sou was summoned from Chicago. Admiral Dewey was taken 111 with what at llrst appeared to be only a slight cold. Ills Illness was diagnosed ns artelosclerosls. Since Monday no hope had been held out for his re covery. I 'resident Wilson has shown his sympathy by sending huge bunches of llower.s to the admiral's home, with a request that he be Informed of any change In the patient's condition. llecuuse of Admiral Dewey's rank, the military funeral services will be of the most Impressive character. During his residence In Washington Admiral Dewey had lived a very sim ple and retired life. He was at his otllce In the navy department regu larly every day. Admiral Dewey was the third olll cer who won the high post of admiral of the United States navy. Ills father was Dr. Junius Yemans Dewey of Montpeller, Vt. Ills mother was Mary I'errln, daughter of Zacha rlah I'errln of (Ulead, Conn. (Jeorge Dewey was born nt Mont peller on December 20, 1S.TT. FUNSTON INSPECTS TROOPS Praises Members of the Mexican PunL tive Expedition Along 175 Mile Line. Field Ileadipiarteih, Punitive Expe dition. Mexico, Jan. IS. General Funs ton returned to Colonla Dublau from El Vnlle, thus completing the Inspec tion of a 175-mile Hue of communlca tlon and the review of about 10,000 men. "The experience Is surprising," Gen eral Fmistou said. ' For until now I did not fully realize the rcsponsllll- Itty of the olllcers and men of the expe dition, ami I do not believe that thu American people full. appreciate whac a job lids expedition has had and lmw well it iii' carried out its orders." SHIPPING BOARD CONFIRMED Senate Commerce Committee Votes to Recommend All President's Ap- pointments to the Body. Washington. Jan. IS. Alter can-ful Investigation the senate coumieice committee ntcd to recommend n, lirmatioii of nil the president's np pointments to ilie shipping board. The appointees ,m, imanl N. Maker of llaltlmoie .1 li it A, Donald, New York ; Theodore P.renl. New Orleans; Wil liam Deumaii. San Francisco, and James li. White, Kansas C,. The committee found objection to ItaKer, iioiiuiii ami uune iiisuiucieiit to war rant an unfavorable report on Hieir contlrmatlon. Scully Holds House Seat. Trenton. N. J., Jan. 22. The court of errors and appeals 'alllrmed the su preme court decision that 11 reeotini In the Third congressional district as legal. This makes dual the re-election of Congressman Scully (Dem.), Wilson Picks His Escort. Washington, Jan. 22. President Wilson has decided to use the Second cavalry troops at Fort Myer, Va as his personal escort at the Inaugural ceremonies. This ends a competition I between many organizations. OFFICERS ELECTED MELLOR, DEFEATED SECRETARY, HAD SERVED ELEVEN YEARS. items of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Arourd the State Houso Wcstrrn Newspaper Unlo.t News Service. W. It. Mullur, secretary of tho No bniHkii state board of agriculture, for the Inst eleven years, was defeated for re-election at the niceilng of the board nt the state farm Wednesday morn ing. The vote stood 411 to 28. E. U. Danle'son of Osceola succeeded him. All the other old ollicers were nom inated and elected by acclamation. They were: J. A. Ollls, of Ord, presi dent; It. M. Wolcott. of Central City. Ilrst vice president; J. F. McArdle, of Oniuha, necoiid vice presKleni ; Jacob I Sass of Chalco, treasurer. Agalniit the protect of Mellor after his de.eat, and on the recommend:, tlon of Danlelson, tho secretary was removed from a vote on the board ( f J. A. OLLIS of Ord, member of the House from tha 56th District, who was re-elected president of the Nebraska State Beard of Agriculture. Jirectors. E. It. I'urcell was put on In place of the secretary. On the direc torate nre now the president, vice presidents and George Jackson, of Nel son, and Churles OralT, of Bancroft, both ro-elccted. W. C. Caley, of Crolghton, replaced Danlelson, who the past year was on tho hourd of directors. Fees Go to Road Fund An automobile license Is not a tax In the sense that a county treasurer is entitled to a fee for its collection, according to nn opinion by Attorney General Heed, requested by State Auditor Smith. Treasurers are en titled to fees on a certain percentage of money collected, but not In this case, Mr. Itecd says. He holds that under the law the en tiro amount of the motor vehicle reg istration feo is credited to the road dragging fund of the county or trans mitttd to tho stato treasurer. If thore Is a collection foe, it must come from tho county general fund. Mr. Heed expressed the opinion that except for tho administration of the license bureau of tho state, every cent should bo conserved for actual road work. Tho total amount for the stnto is now about $250,000, and may be $500,000 before the close of the pres ent legislative session. Compton Case in Supreme Court Attorney General Ueed has started ipio warranto proceedings In the su premo court In tho case of County Commissioner Compton or Douglas county. The attorney general acted on request of Republic County Chnlrman Frank S. Howell of DoiiglaB county, appearing for E. I.. Platz. John Brandt and M. P. Gould, taxpayers, who com plain that Compton disqualified him self for the ollke by violation of the corrupt practices act. Information filed by Mr. Howell al'eged that Comp ton had adnilttol, In a sworn state ment of his expenses, that he had speii more than the limit permitted by law; that this statement, evon so, was not comn'ete; further, that ho had violated the law by treating voters to cigars, drinks and refreshments. For ElnhtHour Day Day laborers will bo limited to eight, boms of work a day If a bill intro duced by McAllister of Dakota Is passed. Tho measuro provides that "eight hours of labor between the lin ing and setting of the sun in all me chanical trades, arts and emplo.-i incuts and other cases of labor an. borvico by the day oxcept in farm em ployments shall constltuto a legal day's work when thore Is no especial contract or agreement to the con trary." Tho 1915 session ran twenty-eight less legislative days than did tho 1013 session. Tho former session lasted ninety-nine days and tho latter seven ty-ono days. Is It possible for tho prosont session to shatter tho 1915 iccord? That Is what moro than one lawmaker Is asking at Lincoln and that Is what moro than ono lawmaker has agreed to help bring about, If It is possible to do so. Governor Neville will ask tho legis lature for an appropriation to repair tho governor's mansion, paint It nnd put it In propor shape, for tho next Incumbent. j 11 . J' Pf STUDENTS AGAINST IT Start Fight Against Compulsory Drill at University A merry battle against compulsory drill at the university is promised In the organization of a group of pacifist students, who aro determined to se cure from tho legislature a law mak ing drill entirely voluntary, or to sub mit tho question to n vote of tho peo plo by tho Initiative and referendum. C. A. Sorcnson, secretary of the leg islative reference bureau, an alumnus, and Anton II, Jensen, a senior student from Ulalr, are the principal agitators,, Jensen being president of tho organi zation. Manfred Lllllefors and Waul frcd Jacobsen, both from Omaha, aro important members. They declare that tho university has no right to force ml'ltary conscription upon stu dents, and they declare the only pur pose of tho drill Is to make military propagandists. To Amend Corrupt Practices Act Representative Lloyd C. Thomas, who looks after the interests of the people of Ilox Hut to and Sheridan 1 oantles, and who Is a newspaper man, has an amendment to the corrupt prac tices act that he will push, ruder the present law a candidate need not re Including newspaper and periodical tn el and personal expenses, but he must Include all other expenditures, including newspaper and periodical advertising. The exception In the pre.n 111 law reads: "Provided that money expended by nny candldato for his lieccsuary personal expenses In curred for himself aono, for travel and sul.n'steiico, for stationery and postage, lor writing or printing and dlstr, iiiting letters, circulars and post ers, and lor telegraph and telephone senl'-e shall not he regarded as an ex penditure within the meaning of this section and shall net bo consldere 1 as any part of tb" sum herein llxed as the limit of expellees and need not be shown In the statement herein re oulred to be tl'ed." Mr Thomas cannot see why no re strictions biiou'd he placed on the printiiii; bills of a candidate and yet the amount of his advertising be lim ited. For a cnndldnte for a stato olllce the limitation Is around $1,100. To secure Insertion of a live-inch adver tisement one time in all the newspa pers of the state would cost between and 500. Must Be Co-opcratlon. In his address on "Some Marketing Problems for the Nebraska Fanner,"' before the three hundred and fifty farmers attending tho Wednesday morning session of the Corn Improv ers' association at the state farm, Prof. C. W. Pugsley of the extension service said that tho problem of dlstri button was the problem demanding the attention of tho Nebraska farmer to day. His solution for the problem was the Individual support of tho farmr and the community. The distribution problem cannot be solved by consum ers and producers individually, but must be done In the spirit of co-operation. Wants Roads to Foot the Bills. Victor Wilson, a member of the stato board of railway conimlslsoncrs, Is tho author of a bill Introduced Wed nesday by Senator Albert, requiring all of the companies and businesses over which the commlslson has juris diction, including the blue sky con cerns, to pay all of the costs of any Investigation necessary. Under pres ent conditions when a company's prop erty must be valued or Its books gone over by representatives of the com mission, the state foots the bills. Mr. Wilson would have tho companies stand the expense Mayfield is Confirmed Tho senate confirmed Governor Neville's nomination of Eugene O. May field of Omaha to succeed Judge How ard Kennedy as a momber of the state board of control next July. By a vote of 12 to 20, with one alisent, the senate defeated a motion by Sandall of York to defor action one week and to ap point a committee of five to investigate and report. By a vote of 30 to 2 the nomination was confirmed. Dedicate New Dairy Building. The modern dairy building on tho university farm c'ampus, just com pleted at a cost of $200,000, was for mally dedicated Wednesday nlghi when regents of tho university, Chan collor Avery and members of tho fac ulty received several hundred Nebras turns in attendance at the sessions 0 organized agriculture. Sheridan County Farmers In Lincoln Sheridan county fnrmors and busi ness men, 170 strong, arrived In Lin coln on a Northwestern special train Monday ovoning. while a crowd of Lin coln pcoplo cheered and welcomed them to tho city. Tho big delegation who woro hero to attend tho sessions of organized agriculture, occupied half a dozen coaches, with n carload of bag gage, and made the long trip from tho fur nortliwostorn corner of the Btato In about twenty-two hours' tlmo, leav Ing Hushvllle at 8 o'clock Sunday night. Tho Dry Federation Bill. Tho amended dry federation bill, drafted by W. H. Thompson's commit tee, was Introduced In tho senate Wednesday morning under the namts of Koal, Chappell and Sandall. This was for tho purposo or getting it be Toro Senator Ileal's prohibition com mltteo along with other proposed dry moasuroB, to bo disposed or ob the commltteo sees fit. Tho amonded bill allows tho consumption of liquor In tho homo within limits, and relieves somo or tho responsibilities from the druggists or the stato. CLIMBED STAIRS ON HER HANDS Too 111 to Walk Upright. Operation Advised. Saved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. This womnn now raises chickens and does manual labor. Read bur story: Richmond, Ind. "For two years I was so sick and weak with troubles from my age that when yoing up stairs I hud to go very slowly with my hands on tho steps, Uiensitdown. nt the top to rest. The doctor said ho thought I should have an operation, and my friends thought I would not live to move into our new house. My dautrl.ter asked mo to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetablo Compound ns she had taken it with good results. I did so, my weakness dis appeared, I gained in strength, moved into our new home, did all kinds of garden work, shoveled dirt, did build ing and cement work, nnd raised hun dreds of chickens and ducks. I can not say enough in praise of Lydia E. Pinkhnm'a Vegetablo Compound and if these facts are useful you may pub lish them for the benefit of other women." Mrs. M. O. JoilNSTON.Route D. Box 190, Richmond, Ind. TO KILL RATS, MICE AND COCKROACHES ALWAYS USE STEARNS' QfrSrau OS3 ELECTRIC PASTE U. S. Government Buys It SOLD EVERYWHERE 25c nd $1.00 Harrison, Me., boasts 11 stnge driver who has been In the business for a 'nlf century. GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT, BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR Make It Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur iant and Remove Dandruff Real Surprise for You. Your hair becomes light, wavy, Huf fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus trous and beautiful as a young girl's after a "Danderlno hair cleanso." Just try this mdlsten a cloth with a little Dandcrlue and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. This will cleanso tho hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil and In just a few moments you have doubled the beauty of your hair. Dcsldes beautifying the hair at once, Danderlno dissolves every particle or dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig orates tho scalp, forever stopping Itch- ing and falling hair. But what will please you most will bo after a 'few weeks' uso when you will actually see new hair flno and downy at first yes but really now hair growing all over tho scalp. If you caro for pretty, soft hair and lots of It, 'surely get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderlno from any store and just try it. Adv. Hardly the Place. "I want to see life In the raw." "Well, son, It's about as raw as you'll find It anywhere In the trenches, but I wouldn't advise you to go there for a pleasure trip." A word of love n day will make the honeymoon stay. 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