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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-06
IS GUIDED BY THE STARS
HOW TIME is REGULATED IN
THE UNITED STATES.
Matter of Extreme Importance Has
Been Brought to Exact Science
by Wise Men of Government.

Matter of Extreme Importance mas
Been Brought to Exact Science
nv Wise Men of Government.
Few people understand how time
is accurately obtained and distributed
throughout the country, says the
Charleston News and Courier.
Every clear night the astronomers
at the United tSates observatory,
WASHINGTON. D. c., observe the tran
sit of certain stars which are due to
cross the meridian at a known time
The exact instant of their transit is
recorded electrically by means OF a
chronograph. which also records the
seconds from a sidereal clock. The
difference between the tine Of the
sidereal clock and the time the stars
cross shows the error of the clock.
The time signals sent out each day
are wholly automatic, ana consist of
a series of short marks produced on
an open Geographic circuit by tie
beats of a transmitting clock located
in the observatory. The wires of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
are used for the dissemination of
these signals at noon (75th merid-
lam each day. for an interval of
three and five minutes Immediately
preceding and ending exactly at
noon,
For the country east of the Rocky
mountains the signals are sent from
the United States observatory at
Washington, and for the country west
of the Rocky mountains the signals
are sent from the United States OBJ
servatory at Mare Island navy yard,
California. The entire series of sig
nails sent from both of the observa-
tories are graphically shown as they
appear on chronograph tape The
electric connections of the transmit
ting clock sending these signals are
such as to omit certain seconds of
each minute, as shown by the breaks
in the record.
These enable anyone who is listen
in to a telegraph instrument at any
office that is cut into the circuit dur
ing the transmission of the signals to
recognize the middle and the begin
ming of each minute. At the fifty
ninth minute there is an interval of
ten seconds. which is followed by
the final noon signal
At each office throughout the Unit
ed States where time service is es-
tablished there is a master clock in
stalled for the purpose of transmit
ting hourly signals to the subsidiary
clocks to keep them in perfect time
At the present time, when scientific
business methods make every frac-
ton of a minute valuable, the value
of the present system has become in
valuable; so much so that a time"
connection is indispensable in nearly
every place of business, as the vari-
alton of one minute frequently costs
hundreds and sometimes thousands
of dollars.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-06
COTTON IN THE WEST.
CuccessfuI Cultivation in California
and Arizona.

Success is attending the expert
ments of the department of agricult-
lure in the growing of cotton in Cali
fornia and Arizona More than &c.
600 acres of both long staple and
short staple cotton are under cult
walton in the former state, while for
sevraI years the government has been
conducting experiments in genuine
Egyptian cotton in Arizona. Crops
have been raised successfully at Sac
atom and last year 800 acres were
seeded in the Salt river valley, where
the acreage has been materially in
creased in 1913. This cotton has not
sold lower than 81 cents a pound
and has brought as high as 80 cents,
the planters clearing between $50
and 500 an acre. An eastern thread
mill has contracted for every bale of
this output, and it is evident that
the industry will grow. This land
is all served by the famous Roosevelt
Dam, which has vitalized some ESQ.,
600 acres. Some of the farmers are
already turning from alfalfa to cot
ton The profits in alfalfa range
from nothing up to $50 an acre, ac-
cording to individual capabilities,
while results in cotton are more ia
vorable and promise to be more sta
Bile if labor conditions can be prop
erly adjusted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-06

1t would surprise you to know Of
the great good that is being done by
Chamberlain Tablets Darius Dow
ney Of Newburg junction, N. B.,
writes: MY wife has been using
Chamberlain Tablets and fnds them
very effectual and doing her lots of
good. - If you have any trouble with
your stomach or bowels give them a
trial. For sale by Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-06
peerless one.
CATCHING FISH BY TELEPHONE
A French Inventor Has Designed a
Novel Apparatus.

Claiming that fish make swimming
noises that can be heard by telephone
a French inventor has designed an
apparatus consisting of a receiver
and a detonator for fishing purposes.
When fish in any number pass the
receiver a sound is heard by the
watcher, a button is pressed, which
explodes the detonator, and the
stunned and dead fish rise to the
surface.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES

Heligoland, Germany, May 10
Four German bluejackets were killed
and three others seriously Injured
Wednesday by tie explosion of a cyl.
inder in the engine room Of torpedo
boat "S-14S"
New York, May 17-There is no
agreement or understanding of any
kind to fix prices in the steel indus.
try, James A. Farrell, president of the
United States Steel corporation, testi-
fed at the hearing Thursday in the
federal suit to dissolve the corpora
ton as an illegal combination.
Atlanta, Ga, May 17.-Ecclesias
teal politics were rebuked by the
general assembly of the Northern
Presbyterian church Thursday when
Rev John w. Stone of Chicago was
chosen moderator by an overwhelm-
ing majority.
New Work, May ia final decree
of divorce to Fritz Scheff, freeing the
actress from John Fox, Jr., her novel
list husband, was signed by Supreme
Court Justice Keogh at White Plains
Friday. The suit was not contested.
Albany, ~ Y, May 19.-Governor
Sulzer Friday vetoed the Foley-Walk.
er workmen's compensation bill,
which has been vigorously opposed by
organized labor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
MEXICO CITY WAS VERY DRY
AUTHORITIES CLOSED ALL SA.
Looms AND PULQUE SHOPS.
flame Feelings Against Americans
in Mexico Cause Action.

Mexico City. May 19-As a result of
an order by the authorities closing all
saloons and pulque shops and calling
off all public gatherings from Satur-
day night until this morning, the capl-
tai had one of the quietest Sundays
experienced in months.
The governments action was
prompted by the great number OF
alarming rumors that have been in cir
culation for the past two or three days.
The most persistent of these reports
was to the effect that Ambassador
Wilson had asked for his credential
and another was that a detachment OF
American troops had landed at Vera
Cruz and that invasion of the coun.
try by an American army was taking
shape.
These stories, which were at once
discredited by the better element
caused a great deal of alarm. 1t is gen.
orally conceded, however, that they
were put out to inflame the Mexicans
against Americans in Mexico
"All Americans wishing free trans.
portation home send name and address
to DR.. William NJ Wiley, Isabel La
Catolica So
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
u. W. COMMENCEMENT WEEK
Program of Annual Graduating Exer-
cises to Be Held at Madison
June II to 1S.

Madison.-Commen exer-
cises of the University of Wisconsin
class of 1913 are to be held June
IL to 1S inclusive. The program is
as follows:
Thursday, June 12-Annual COM
mencement of Library school in lee
ture room of city library building
Address, followed by informal recep-
ton.
Sunday, June 15-Baccalauereate
address. THE University Man in the
Twentieth Century" by President
Van Hise, at o'clock, IN the arm
DRY.
Monday, June 10-Class Day. Ivy
exercises on the upper campus at 10
O'Clock. Afternoon exercises at 2
O'Clock in the gymnasium. "All of
Sudden Peggy" the senior class play,
will be presented in the evening. Re-
unions of alumni classes will take
place all day.
Tuesday, June 17-Alumni day
Business meeting at 10 a. m. ALL
alumni frolic, glee club concert and
May pole dance from 2 to p. N.
alumni parade at $50 p. m. Annual
alumni dinner at 6:45 Pipe of peace
ceremony at II o'clock.
Wednesday, June 1S-Commence-
ment day. University procession
starts at S:45 a. m. from upper cam
pus. Programme starts at hall at 8
O'Clock. President Van Hise will con-
fer degrees. A concert by Bach's SYM
rhony orchestra and a public Tecep-
ton to the graduating class at the
presidents home in the afternoon will
complete the exercises.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
TARIFF HEARINGS ARE DENIED
lie to Express Their Views on
Underwood Bill.

Washington. May 19,-The Penrose-
La Toilette motion instructing the
senate finance committee to hold
public hearings on the Underwood
tariff bill was lost by vote of Al to
SO. Two Democrats, Senators Rams
dell and Thornton of Louisiana, voted
with the Republicans, while Senatoh
Poindexter of Washington registered
his ballot with the Democrats.
This motion has held up consider
alton OF the Underwood bill for more
than week and its defeat came up
as a climax to an exciting debate dur
ing which Senators La Toilette,
Smoot, Gallinger, Jones and Clark of
Wyoming fayed the Democrats for
ordering secret conferences on the
bill. Senators Simmons. Smith of
Georgia, Walsh and James, Demo
Gratis, upheld the action of their
party.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
U. S. SHIP SHOOTS SELF
CRUISER VESUVIU8 NEAR GOES
DOWN WITH SO PUPILS.
Pumps and Bleaching Saves War Craft
Damaged by Boomerang" 1t
Discharges.

Newport, r. l., May 21.-With so
seamen gunners aboard, in addition
to its regular crew, the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius was struck by one
of It's own torpedoes and a two-inch
hole made through the stern of the
ship below the water line. Most of
those aboard fed to the bow out of
reach of the water that rushed in
and threatened to sink the ship.
Some of the gunners were hurriedly
taken off the vessel in boats, but 9TH
ers remained to help the crew patch
up the hole. Meanwhile the wireless
operator was sounding calls for help.
The chief gunner, Thomas Smith.
commanding officer of the Vesuvius,
beached the ship in Hope Island Mar
ragansett bay. At night the Vesuvius
got off the beach and proceeded to
the torpedo station under its own
steam.
The Vesuvius, famous as one of
the first vessels of the new navy"
was being used for torpedo instruc-
ton in Narragansett bay when prac-
tice Whitehead torpedo left its side.
The mechanism went awry in some
manner not yet determined. The tor
pedo turned like a boomerang and
crashed into the Vesuvius.
Hammocks, blankets, and other ma
terial were used in trying to patch
up the hole, but the Vesuvius began to
settle astern, and calls for help were
sent out by wireless. Smith ordered
full speed ahead toward the nearest
land, two miles away.
All pumps were kept working until
the Vesuyius ran its nose on the
beach.
The wireless calls were heard at
the torpedo station and soon the fleet
at the station ranged alongside the
Vesuvius
The Vesuvius became noted for it's
work during the war with Spain. Of
Santiago it threw dynamite into the
Spanish trenches.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
News Notes OF Wisconsin.

Madison.-The governors veto of
bill 292S requiring the state superin-
tendent of public property to furnish
unlimited supplies and stationery to
members of the legislature and state
officers, was sustained by vote of 25
to 2. The senate concurred in the
assembly bill appropriating $225,000
for the construction OF a state normal
school at Eau Claire. The senate re
considered the vote by which the
Johnson bill empowering the state
board of health to require town, vii
lage and city boards of health to dis
miss inefficient health officers, and
concurred in the measure. The assem-
bly, passed the Manning bill relating
to additional powers and home rule in
all cities of the state. The Bowe hill,
relating to a state weed commission.
was killed in the assembly.
Madison-The joint committees OF
public welfare of the assembly and
state affairs of the senate met and
discussed a substitute bill for the as
sembly healing restrictions bill which
had been indefinitely postponed. The
substitute is likely to prove fully as
Objectionable to the Christian Scien.
lists and others, for among other
things it requires that all who desire
to practice medicine, surgery, osteo-
patty or any other system of the art
and science of healing the afflicted
shall apply to the state health board.
Racine-Seven women took part in
a free-for-all fight in which fence pick.
cts were welded. The appearance Of
a police patrol put stop to the argu-
ment.
Neenah.-Fred Coates made the rec
ord eaten of fish in Lake Winnebago
MS season. He caught string OF
fo.ty-eight in one morning.
II ,aukee.-A special committee of
the city council has recommended
changing the names OF several down
town streets. ]: IS proposed to have
Grand avenue and Wisconsin street
one thoroughfare, to be known as
Wisconsin avenue"
Elkhorn.-The staging on which
James Keefe, a bricklayer, was work
ing gave way and he fell twenty IT,
fracturing three ribs and rec ing
other injuries.
MISUNDERSTANDING the last six
months there have been twenty six
cases of insanity passed upon in the
Manitowoc County court.
Beloit.-At the annual meeting Of
the Southern Wisconsin Graduate
Nurses association the following Off
GERS were elected: President, Mrs. NJ.
L. Moore, Monroe; vice president, Miss
Margaret Johnston. Beloit, and Miss
Proctor of GAINESVILLE: secretary, Miss
Crowley, Janesvilles treasurer, Miss
Bainen, GAINESVILLE.
Madison.-Thirty- graduates Of
the University of Wisconsin, who at.
tenGcd college before the days OF the
installation of Phi Beta Kappa at the
state institution. have been elected &c
membership in the honorary scholas
tic fraternity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
CAUSE WAR SCAREs
BRYAN LAYS BLAME ON BATTLE.
SHIP BUILDING AND ARMoR
PLATE coNcERNo.
kRgPP WORKS ARE CITED
Secretary In Speech at Peace Meetfno
Asserts Attempt Is Made to In.
creas. Dividends by lncitlnq Fear
OF HosIilities.

Washington, May 20.-In an ad.
dress at meeting of the Washing
ton Peace society Sunday held to
celebrate the fourteenth anniversary
of The Hague Peace tribunal. Secre-
tary Bryan created a stir by attack.
ing the batteship building and armor
plate companies.
He said that they were responsible
for many war scares just for the sake
of increasing their dividends. He re-
ferred to the recent charge by mem
Der of the German Reichstag that the
Krupp works bought space in German
and French papers and limited that
similar conditions exist in this country
War is never the outcome of logic,
but always the result of sentiment"
said Mr. Bryan.
The secretary's address was re-
ceived with wild demonstration and at
the request of Representative Bart
holdt a rising vote of thanks was
given him. After the meeting the
crowds surged into the streets before
Mr.. Bryan had chance to leave. and
he was forced to shake hands for
thirty minutes.
I'VE understand as we grow in in
telligence, what subsidized patriotism
means; what it means for people to
hide behind the plea of patriotism as
they attempt to advance their own
pecuniary interests. The world is
learning that back of much of the
furore for war, back of much of the
string of the passions of the people
is the interests in armor plate and
in battleships on the part of corpor-
ations whose business it is to build
these battleships and to make this
armor plate. 1t has even been found
that men in one country will spend
the money to stir up in another coun-
try a feeling against their own coun-
try. If you can think of baser use
of money than that you will have an
inventive genius of which you may
be proud. Is there any baser money
than that of money used to stir up
feeling against ones own country in
order to coin that feeling into larger
dividends end more business?
Not only that, but l believe that
with greater intelligence, people
will begin to discriminate between
patriotic newspapers and newspapers
which are more interested in big head
lines and sensational news than in the
spread of truth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee, May 20, 1871.


Butter = Creamery, extras. Csc;
prints, 29c; frsts. 26027c; seconds,
24Q25c; renovated 25Q26c; dairy,
fancy, 26c.
Cheese-American, full cream,
new made, twins, 13@1315c; Young
Americas, 14@.4Ac; daisies, 13 q
q 14c; longhorns, 14Ac; limburger,
new, lac; brick, IL 11c.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to
quality, 16k017c; recandled, extras,
l9Q20c; seconds. 13@14c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, lie; roost-
ers, so loo; springers, 17hc.
Wheat-No. l northern, csc; No, 2
northern, 94c; No. northern. SIC;
No. velvet, $3.50.
Corn--No. yellow, 81 kc.
oats-No. 3 white, SO q SIC;
standard, CSC.
Barley-No. 4, 5S@6 wiscon-
sin, $50 6Oc.
Rye-No. 2, 60@61c.
Cattle-Butchers steers, SIS ~
$50; cows and heifers, AIS q 7.40;
feeders, 6.35@6.S5; calves, 1850
S.75.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $40
QS.35; fair to best light, S.S5 q
S.45; pigs, 7.00QS.00.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
LONG STEP TAKEN
IN PRISON REFORM
WAGES FOR COUNTY PRISONERS
Is PROVIDED BY MEASURE
NEAR FINAL PASSAGE
DEPENDENTS TO GET MONEY
Bill Provides All Sentences for FeIon-
les to Be at "Hard Labor"-Con-
tracts for Employment of Prisoners
Within County Limits Allowed.

Madison. - The payment of the
wages made by county prisoners dur
sng their term to those people depend
ent upon them is endorsed by both
senate and assembly. Senator Huber's
bill to accomplish this, passed the SEN
ate and has been engrossed by the
assembly. 1t provides that in counties
where there are no warehouses that
al sentences for felonies shall be to
the county jail at hard labor, and that
the term "jaiP' shall extend to any
part of the county designated by the
sheriff. The sheriff is empowered to
make contracts for the employment Of
she convicted persons and is required
to turn over to the dependents the
sum made by the prisoner each week.
If the prisoner has worked for the
county, sura of SIPS shall be paid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
PHYSICIAN KILLED BY TRAIN
Auto of C., HCffman, Campbelsport,
Is Struck at crossing-His
Daughter Manned.

Fond du Lac.-Dr. Matthew A. Hoft-
man, aged "a, was instantly killed and
his 6-year-old daughter, Paula, was ia
tally injured when an automobile driv-
en- by DR.. Hoffman was struck by a
north bound train on the Northwest
ern railroad at Campbellsport, twenty
miles south of here.
DIR. Hoffman, who was a we'll known
physician at Campbellsport, was hur-
rying to answer a professional call,
and evidently lid not see the approach.
ing train. The little girl is badly
mangled, her skull being fractured
and both legs broken and there is no
hope for her recovery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
MRS. LONGSTREET IN PROTEST
Widow of Famous Southern General
Resents Removal as Postmistress
at Gainesville, Ga.

Washington, May 21.-Mrs. Helen
D. Longstreet of Gainesville, Ga, who
has been replaced as postmistress
there by an appointee of President
Wilson. appeared before the subcom-
mittee of the senate post office and
post roads committee here Monday to
protest against her removal from Of
fee She said that she was the vic
tim of the Georgia Railway & Power
company of Georgia, which she
fought, and of Democratic political
spoilsmen. She was appointed by
President Roosevelt whom she called
"the first statesman of the land"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27

Notwithstanding her chamber,
Mrs. E. D. Fitzpatrick saw two burn.
ing eyes peering from under her bed
Relatives, called by her screams, found
it to be a raccoon, not man. Prof.
Bullock of the Stephenson Training
school,. captured the animal.
Chippewa Falls.--Robert GrendahI,
who sustained a fractured skull by q
fall through a hole in . floor to CO
ment basement a month ago, is dead
La Crosse.-Ehe new manual train.
ing school addition donated 10 the city
by Frank B. Hixon, and which eoss
SIS. 0e0, has been dedicated
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
FOUR STUDENTS DROWNED
Young Men and Women Attending
Cornell University Lose Lives
When Canoe OVerturns.

Ithaca, n Y, May 20.-Cayuga lake
added four to its heavy death toll of
Cornell students when a canoe over
turned somewhere near the middle
of the lake ard caused the drowning
of Miss Martha Mccormick of Troy,
Miss Mary Cornelia Mallett of Middle
town, Brainard Bailey of Troy and
Reinhart c. thinner of Rochester. The
bodies will probably never be recov-
cred
All four were members of the Cor.
nell sophomore class
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
One KILLED in Auto Crash

Fond du Lac, Wis, May 19.-Dr NJ
A. Hoffman, thirty years old, physi-
clan of Campbellsport, Wis, was killed
and his six-year-old daughter, Paula,
was seriously hurt when the automo-
bile in which they were riding was
struck by a Chicago & Northwestern
passenger train here
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
Couple Reunited: No weddino.

Marinette.-Under the law permit
ting judges to vacate divorce judg-
ments within a year where parties
divorced want to become husband and
wife again, Mr.. and Mrs Joseph La
Fave of this county have been re-
united in wedlock without the for.
mality of wedding ceremony.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
Accused Of sIaxlna Two.

Cripple Creek. Colo. May Ill
James L. Bacon. member Of the gen.
eral assembly from Teller county. was
arrested here Monday on a warrant
charging him with the murder OF his
wife and stepdaughter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27

New York. My 20.-Rt Rev. VIII
liam Crcswen Doane. bishop of the
Albany diocese OF the Protestant Epis-
copal church. died at the Hotel Man
haitian in this city Saturday. He was
eighty-one years old
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
kiiIs Earme-

Louisville. KY. May 19.-One life
was lost in severe storm that swept
central Kentucky. between Maysville
and Cynthiana Friday. Ed Maher,
aged thirty-four, farmer of near
MaysviIle, was struck by lightning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
cnunle Auree to senara,e

London, May 1T.-An agreement for
a permanent separation was signed
Thursday By the duke and duchess OF
Westminster and their intention OF
starting actions for divorce against
each other were abandoned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
Nioaranua COOS under Sic.

San Juan Del Sur. Nicaragua, May
20.-The government Sunday issued
a decree placing the republic under
state of siege. The step was taken
owing to the threatening situation
throughout the county.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
EIGHT Counties Represent.s

Glenwood City.-The Seventh dis
trict convention of oddfenows and
Rebekahs was held at Downing. About
100 delegates from eight counties in
western Wisconsin attended.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
Randits Hold Dc Hotel Glen

Chicago, May 1.-THE Drexel Arms,
a fashionable hotel, was the scene of a
q daring robbery Thursday. when a
welLdressed young man feIed the
clerk with a revolver and escaped
with $I25 in an automobile.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
British Spies Pardoned.

Berlin. May 21.-Emperor William.
as an act or grace in connection with
the visit Of King George Of England 10
Berlin for the marriage OF Princess
Victoria Louise. granted pardon Mon
day to three English spies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
Miners WIN Get Rsek pay

Hazelton. Pa. May Tf.-ASout half
a million dollars in bark pay win be
given anthracite mine WORKERS as a
result of decisions rendered Thursday
b. Charles P. NELL "a umpire on
questions submitted to him
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27

Perth Amhoy, n J., May 1s.-One
man was killed, one probably fatally
injured and FIVE Others seriously hurt
when a 100000 steel coal bumper col
lapsed on the Lehigh Valley coal piers
here Friday