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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-27
HOW THE PRESIDENT is GUARDED ON TOUR.
All Arrangements Are by Trusted Secret Service Man
Who Has Full Charge. Advance Agent of the Show

~ the night of September Is
l.i5ont Taft left Beverly for a trip
TX 600 miles, covering "a states
u noriod of "A days, if all goes
III Doubtless there will be no
.ab in the program, for a trusted
,ro+ agent, Lucien Wheeler, has
..onged every detail of the long
~, ,n Very few persons have any
,,ao Of the great amount of work
~ nreparation necessary to carry
a 'Lo resident of the United States
'I por n one of these journeys smoothly
and in safety
IN rnler travels about his do
VIM WIN, he does it with less initial la
bor but with more pomp and cere-
INV and with a strong military es-
- .r+ Secretaries to these rulers do
WI snpnd days, weeks and sometimes
nnnths in going over railroad sched-
,iog consulting heads of police de-
uuartmpnts in various cities and the
pItbnr AGENTS of safety when his high
ooss wishes to travel. When a king
~ an emperor takes fancy to cut
Tooea and look over his place, so to
sneak. he just sends word to the rail
mad The big spikes on the rail-
road concern promptly order all 9TH
az traffic stopped on the day the
monarch travels and notify the may
ors and police heads of the intended
honor 1t is up to them to see that
things work off smoothly or Z-Z-ZIP
"a king is a king and his power is
great
4 President Is Handicapped.
With the president of the United
States it is necessarily different. In
tbe first place the government does
not own the railroads, and under
The constitution traffic upon them
cannot be stopped by the government
in times of peace. Again, congress
would not allow the president, even
though he is the commander-in-chief
Of the army, military escort over
the entire route of the journey. Con-
gesS has emphasized this by appro-
I Driating only $4,000 year for pres
idential travelling expenses.
Then last, but greatest of all, are
the people. They, almost to the in
jiyidual and regardless of political
faith, claim a certain ownership in
i the president They feel their equi-
ty in the chief executive is so per-
sOnal that when he goes among them
they have a right to grasp his hand
in good citizenship. To isolate him
in circle of soldiers armed to the
teeth would dispossess them of their
equity and eliminate the democracy
handed down by their forefathers.
But, while this is all true, the pres
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-27
.ENGLAND'S GREAT..WARSHIPS
THE AMERICAN DREADNAUGHTS
COME NEXT IN RANK.
The Utah Has Arrived at Brooklyn
Navy Yard to Join Her Sister
Shin 'sDreadnaught" Florida.

NEW YORK.-With the arrival
here of the new American dread
naught Utah to join her sister ship,
the dreadnaught Florida, now near
ing completion in the Brooklyn navy
yard, the scales are again set in mo-
ton registering relative positions of
American sea fighters and those of
other great powers.
Great Britain has the largest ag-
gregate of fighting ships, with Ger
many and the United States in a
close race for second place, but it is
conceded that the two American
dreadnaughts now here outrank in
size and strength anything afloat in
the British and German navies. The
British navy monsters, Lion and ORR
ole, will exceed in tonnage and
strength the American ships, but
neither is yet in service.
The American ships have a dis
placement of $4,000 tons as against
the original dreadnaught of $4,000
tons. They also lead over the Della
ware and North Dakota, 10000 tons
each, which have heretofore held the
lead in the American navy.
The two new American dread
besides leading the ships of
all the great powers in size, also
brings Germany and the United
States nearer together for second
place among naval powers. Among
naval experts the original dread
has become the accepted unit
of fighting efficiency.
Counting the dreadnaught as
unit of 100, the American battleship
Delaware and her sister ship, the
North Dakota, have a ratio of eff
cheney of ITO, while the Florida and
Utah have ratio of 125 each. These
ratios for American dreadnaught
ships aggregate $40 as against an
of 700 for Germany.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-27
CHEAPER TO LIVE THAN DIE.
Lots and Carriages Bearer and Cas-
kets More Elaborate.

The cost of dying exceeds the cost
of living is the opinion of experts at
Washington, and the average citizen
must leave more for funeral ex-
penses than was required of his an
cestOrs.
Cemetery plots have gone up since
1900. The banding together of Iiv-
erymen, chief providers of hearses
and funeral carriages, has resulted
in the advance of SO cents a vehicle.
New and elaborate styles of caskets
cost more.
There are mahogany caskets, the
carving representing three months
work, and bronze affairs, weighing
500 pounds, which range in cost
from $500 to $4,000 each.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-27

ldent of the United States is .. ,,,
5 5ua1ueu almost as the king of Eng
!ano or the German kaiser when he
IS travelling. The guard for the most
part is unseen by the public. It's
preparation IS almost unknown
Up 70 the time President Mckinley
was assassinated at Buffalo in 1901
Ihe president of the United States
was poorly guarded in times of peace
Inc guarding of the president and
the making of preparations in ad-
vance Wnen travelling really original
ca with President Roosevelt's admin
lstrat1on. But it was after President
laIt was elected that the guarding
and caring for the president when
travelling was perfected.
The Man in Charge.
II the preparations of such a trip
as President Taft has begun the en-
tire force of the white house secret
service, the railroads over which the
president and his party will travel.
and the police of the cities he will
visit will play part. 1t is Lucien
wheeler, or Jack" as he is known
to every railroad official and nearly
every chief and newspaper reporter
in the United States, who perfects
the arrangements for one of these
trips. 1t is he who weeds the goats
from the sheep, and has every rail-
ROAD connection, every social func-
ton and every banquet working
without hitch and assures the pres
ldent OF smoothness and safety on
his journey. He is the advance agent
OF the presidential travelling show.
Lucien Wheeler is in every way an
American. He was born in Iowa. He
received his education in the schools
OF Cedar Rapids and among the peo-
pie of the whole United States. He
is 30 years old and has been in the
secret service nearly IL years. Six
OF these have been spent guarding
presidents and making their road
to the people easy and safe. He is
stockily built, weighing exactly 175
pounds, stripped. In his stocking
feet he measures five feet eight
inches in height. He has the repu-
tation of being one of the strongest
men physically in the service, His
nerve has been tested in many ways
and never has been found wanting.
His greatest achievement in the ser
vice was the arrest of two murderers
in Colorado who were armed and
said they would not be taken alive.
Jack" arrested them by walking in
on them, when they had him covered
with their guns, and telling them
they would not hit if they shot. His
sally forced their nerve to ooze out
of their pores and their guns to drop.
1t is said he can throw a man his
own weight over his head with a
waist hold. Jack is a man" is the
way his colleagues size him up.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-27

AS usually treated a sprained an
kle will disable a man for three or
four weeks, but by applying Cham
berlain's Eminent freely as soon as
the injury is received and observing
the directions with each bottle a
cure can be effected in from two to
four days. For sale by all dealers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-27
HAS READ BIBLE 26O TIMES.
Finished the Last Time ON Ninety.
Fifth Birthday.


Fifth Birthday.
In excellent health and spirits Mrs.
Sarah Harry of Ithica, N. Y, recently
her ninety-tifth birthday.
One Of the features of the day to her
was the fact that she had completed
reading the Bible through for the
260th time.
For forty years she has been a
staunch member of the State Street
Methodist episcopal church, and her
greatest pleasure has been to read
the Bible in this church.
Mrs. Harty is the sole survivor OF
a family of eight, and has outlived
her husband and two sons. No i'm
mediate relatives are alive. Mrs
Harty's sight, hearing and mentality
are unimpaired.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-27
Fruits and CONNECTIONS.

All kinds of fresh fruit and can
dies can always be found at j. A.
Sears Candy Kitchen. If you will
phone 134 you will get what you
want quick.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-27
Most Interesting Feature.

One of the most interesting feat
ures of his work is with the rail
roads, particularly those west of Chi
cago. On all these lines the heads
of the roads give Mr.. Wheeler carte
blanche in the matter of drawing
upon the employees of the road to
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
(latlrnlif

In line with, the intention to make st.
Mary's a great center of religious ac-
tivity for the German Catholics of WASH
ington, and convinced that the promo
ton of social features is an auxiliary to
this end. st. Mary's Euchre Club was
launched on Thursday evening in the
parish hail. at a meeting during which
a number of the most active and promi-
nent members of the church discussed
wide range of plans for fall and winter
activities. The officers are Mr.. Gregor
Kramm, president; Mr.. John B. Geier,
vice president; Mrs. William Neuland,
treasurer; Katherine Nau, secretary.
The retreats given in ST. Anthony's
Church during the week by the Very
Rev. A. p. Doyle, G. 8. p. under the
auspices of the sodality and the Holy
Name Society. aroused great interest
and were well attended. Practical medi-
tations, clothed with the inspiring elo-
quence Of the distinguished Paulist, were
given every evening In the church, and
an incalculable amount OF spiritual bene-
at viii doubtless result for many.
Spiritual retreats are being encouraged
by scclesiastics throughout the country
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Churches Pushing Social Service.

At, q preliminary conference held in
Boston last summer, in the interest OF
social service by churches Of all names,
committee was appointed, consisting OF
the Rev. Charles s. Macfarland, Of the
Federal Council; the Rev. Charles Stelzle,
OF the Presbyterian department of church
and labor; the Rev. Henry A. Atkinson,
Of the Congregational Brotherhood; the
Rev. Harry F. Ward, OF the Methodist
Federation for Social Service, and the
Rev. J. Howard Melish. OF the Episcopal
commission to arrange a larger confer
ence for the purpose of co-ordinating the
work of the various denominations for
social uplift.
This larger conference has now been
called for Chicago, November and Q,
to be attended by two delegates, each
from the thirty-one bodies represented in
the Federal Council. The work OF the
conference will be to hear reports Of
work done by the different bodies, exam
Inc survey prepared for 1t, and to make
plans for cooperation, to the end that
the force of the entire 1S,0oO,0O0 Christians
in the council may be exerted in behalf
of labor and the man who performs It,
public health, public morals, uniform
marriage and divorce laws. and many
similar reforms.
1t is announced that at the Chicago
meeting no addresses win be given, but
that the entire two days will be devoted
to study by experts of conditions in
America. and how the churches can i'm
prove them. Religious bodies have al
ready adopted a common standard for
this work. Within the past year many
OF them have been able to place secre-
taries in the field for this work exclusive
ly. Hence the drawing up Of common
plans.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Around World Eighty Times.

From the London Chronicle.
Capt. Herbert Edward Greenstreet, who
left Plymouth In command Of the
New Zealand Shipping Company's steam
er Remuera, on her maiden voyage to
the Antipodes, is thus beginning his
eightieth voyage around the world.
His is a record OF which any ship
master might be proud. He has covered
hundreds of thousands, even millions. of
miles across the trackless ocean without
single mishap. Capt. Greenstreet has
sailed or steamed altogether about 1850,
900 miles.
Forty-five years ago he first began his
sailor life on the training ship Worces-
ter. Once when sailing across the Pa
cific, from Newcastle CNew South Wales)
to San Francisco, he broke his leg, and
spent nine weeks in his bunk, but so well
did the amateur bonesette-s-the captain
and the ships blacksmith-do their work
that no further doctoring was required.
Thirty-f1ve years ago, when Capt.
Greenstreet Joined the New Zealand
Shipping Company, his first command
had refrigerating space Tor 5000 sheep.
The Remuera can easily accommodate
10000 carcasses. On outward-bound voy-
ages. Capt. Greenstreet calls at Cape
Town and Tasmania, but the homeward
passage from New Zealand Is via Cape
Horn and the South American ports.
The insurance people prefer the Cape
Horn route, although the Magellan
Straits are we'll lighted.
Capt. Greenstreet says that when he
first negotiated the straits there were
only two lights, but now they will soon
be as well lighted as the English Chan
mel.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
FISH NOT NERVOUS,
SAYS A SCIENTIST
Motor Boat "Chug" Does Not
Disturb Them.

Prof. G. H. Parker, the Harvard 20
oIogist, has rendered an opinion for the
United States government that fishes do
not mind the noise made by motor boats,
least Of all at meal time. They do take
alarm at the report OF gun. according
to Prof. Parker, but it is only passing
scare, nothing permanent. Izaak Wal
ton, of course, lived before the day Of
the motor boat, but it always was a
rul with him to make as little noise as
possible when fishing, for fear Of driv-
ing the object of his quest away. Ap-
parently he was unduly cautious, for the
chug-chug of a motor boat, however, dis
agreeable 1t may be to a mere mortal.
does not appear to upset the equanfmity
of a fish until it comes within six feet
or so of his piscatorial ear drum.
Tests were made by the Harvard scien-
tist at Woods Hole last summer for the
Bureau of Fisheries. 1t Is well known
that fishes do not depend entirely upon
their ears for hearing; they catch sound
also by their skin and their lateral-line
organs. Furthermore, some fishes have
much better hearing than others. Prof
Parker selected killfish, young soup, and
young kingfish for the tests, because
placed in a large wooden cage, four
feet square by two feet deep, and when
this was fastened in quiet water. 31-2
horsepower motor boat started at about
400 feet from the cage and ran at full
speed past it
Some one watched the fishes. They
did not budge-that is, dive for deeper
water-until the Swash from the pro-
peller stirred up the water about them.
This test was repeated several times,
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

sometimes with the exhaust pipe under
water and sometimes with 1t out Of
water, but no difference was observed.
Mackerel are easily scared. A collection
Of them dived for the bottom when they
saw a man rise up in a boat. But these
same mackerel did not turn fin when
motor boat was sent coursing right
over the spot where they were Gagged.
To see whether noise disturbed them
at meal time, collection Of hungry kill
fish, soup, and kingfish was treated to
bait, and while they were eating along
came the motor boat In no case did
the fish give up feeding in consequence
of the noise" observed DIR. Parker. A
similar experiment was made. using
batting lines. While the boat was ap-
preaching the cunners kept nibbling, and
they did not take fright until the boat
was within six feet Of the line. When
1t went away, they returned. Young
bluefish or ''snappers'' will not return to
bait for a quarter Of an hour, according
to Prof. Parker, after a motor boat has
frightened them
An ordinary shotgun, he found, invari-
ably scared fish away when fired within
100 feet. The effect Of the report OF
gun is distinctly local, and in this re-
spect it resembles the motor boat
noises" concludes the investigator. He
repeated the test with a six-pound how
itzer. It created little more excitement
than an ordinary fowling piece.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Wauted-A Catch Phrase.

Not long since representatives of the
eighteen mems and nine women's Pro-
testant Home Missionary societies in
America met in Washington and decided
upon a literary campaign during the
year 1872. Among the features Of such
campaign is to be the publication in all
religious weeklies all names and bodies
or certain catch phrases, possibly only
one such phrase, designed to grip the
public mind. The value Of such phrases
as ''All the news that's fit to print"
and Men and religion campaign" men
toned over and over again in the public
prints, is sought to be utilized to ad-
vance the cause of missions at home.
For two months this autumn appeal has
been made and rewards offered for the
catch phrase, but thus far not a single
phrase worth considering by the COM
mittee has been received. New appeals
are going out at present, and in new
quarters. What is wanted Is a sentence
that will describe, or at least suggest,
the subject of home missions, and that
by constant use for a given period will
come to mean in the public mind what
certain phrases now do that relate to eat
ables, civic causes, and patented arti-
cles. Religious weeklies in great num-
bers have promised to cooperate in ex-
planatory matter.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

Australia, which do work in the South
Sea Islands.
Fifty-siK. societies have medical mis-
sionaries in China, and forty-two, in.
Guiding principal ones in England. Ger
many, Canada, and the United States
are engaged in educational work. Re-
Gently there mas been talk of the founda-
ton in Pekin of q great Christian uni
versity that shah form part of ar
Oriental chain, the other three to be al
Calcutta, Tokyo, and Manila. Co-opera-
ton in medical, educational, and, In
most cases, evangelistic work, Is now
general between the Protestant societies
Money going into China from Chris
tian countries amounts 10 millions each
year. For example, Congregationalists
Of the United States send there $50, ,0OC
through regular boards and 100000 more
in special gifts. Baptists send nearly as
much, while Methodists send 100000 a
year. The end of fifty years Of effort
there was celebrated by all societies at
a great Shanghai conference last year,
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
BETTING ON KINGS SAFETY
+, FAVORITE LONDON SPORT
Grave Fears Entertained for His Life During Dur
bar Trip

London, Nov. 4-Gambling on the life
of King George is actually going on in
connection with his trip to the durbar
at Delhi. The greatest uneasiness is
manifest among British officers in India
and COMMUNICATED here, is said to have
caused several bets to be made that the
King does not return to London alive.
Pressure has actually been brought to
bear upon his majesty to give up the
trip, but this has been ignored, and he
intends sailing on the Medina with the
Queen, as planned.
Investigation shows that extraordinary
arrangements have been made by Scot
land Yard for he Kings safety, despite
the fact that ne will be surrounded by
entire regiments of English, not native,
troops almost constantly while in India
Scotland Yard, while chiefly contining its
activities to the metropolitan district or
London, really stretches its long arm to
the utmost co 1fines of the empire. acting
as the nations secret service, and It has
taken matters in hand to exercise more
rigid surveillance over their maJesties
than even at coronation time, when every
suspicious person was summarily hustled
from London or arrested.
The reason for the alarmist reports
from India Is the activity OF the progress
sive Hindoo party, which is bitterly anti
English. and which has been recently
and rapidly enlarged. until 1t includes
many members of most Of the prominent
Indian families. 1t is reported here that
several plots have already been discov-
cred, for attempts to harm the King
when granting audiences to the Indian
princes. Consequently. even the old me-
dieval customs of examining the 1000
for the royal table and of appointing
guards to the bed chamber will be oo-
served throughout the trip, while those
in charge candidly admit they will not
breathe freely Until the ruler Is safe back
in Buckingham Palace.
An Expert on HIndoo Crime.
In charge of the Kings personal es-
cort will be Sir Edward Henry, recently
made equerry to his majesty. Sir Ed
wards other position is that Of COM
missioner of Scotland Yard, being leader
of the 10000 men comprising that or
ganization. For twenty years before be
ing transferred to England he was chief
of police in Bombay and is acquainted
with every Hindoo criminal and also
with every rite and custom of the
country. With him will be Superintend-
ent Patrick Quinn, head Of the political
department of the bureau Of criminal
investigation, who for weeks has been
in touch with Indian affairs through the
foreign office.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

at this time, and the week at st. An
thongs has been a practical demonstra'
ton of the vital force which retreats
constitute In the spiritual life.
Featuring a big, exclusive STORY" OF
the Holy Name Congress, the first COM
plete and authoritative account Of the
great convention, with full, verbatim re-
ports Of the strong addresses delivered
by the galaxy Of ecclesiastical stars In
attendance, and with a wealth Of IN
tensely interesting and timely Catholic
matter, the October number OF the Catho-
lie Monthly Qormerly st. Martins Parish
Monthly is in every sense Catholic
journal par excellence.
The editors of the Monthly dispatched
two able representatives to the congress
with facilities to cover the "story" ex-
haustively. Through special arrange
ments on the part of the Baltimore Holy
Name officers, the Monthly's representa-
tives were enabled to take verbatim re-
ports Of all the addresses delivered at
the convention, and as a result the mag
azfne has been issued in greatly in
creased size, the speeches of his excel
lency Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, his
eminence Cardinal Gibbons, the Rev. Vim
cent de Paul Mclean, chaplain or the
New York City fire department; the at
torney general of the State OF Ohio. and
other distinguished leaders of church
and state appearing in entirety.
An article from the pen Of Rev. John
Handy, the eminent PauIist missionary;
special articles on subjects Of interest to
clergy and laity; a resume OF activities
in Knights of Columbus and Holy Name
circles; a question box department.; a
church directory, and series of crisp,
virile editorials help to make this num-
ber a delight to the Catholics OF the
archdiocese. 1t is edltorially announced
that the Rev. Charles Warren Currier,
Phi. D., whose fame as a writer and
speaker is international. will contribute
to the columns of this periodical.
The Catholic Monthly more than meas
ures UP to the standard of Catholic jour
naIIsm which the hierarchy and leading
laymen OF the country are declaring the
pressing need Of The publication will be
the means of marshaling the scattered
forces Of Washington Catholicity, and in
this diocese will ably fill the want ex-
pressed by Pope Pius-"a sincere and
loyal Catholic press"