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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
COLORADO WOULD
CHECK SURGEONS
Ten Years in Prison and Fine OF
From $500 to $4,000 for Opera
ton That Is Unnecessary.

DENVER. - Colorado surgeons
must show cause or suffer the conse-
quences after needless operations if
a bill now before the Legislature be-
comes a law. According to the pro-
visions of this amendment to the ply
sicans' law of the state surgeons,
who operate for appendicitis, must
show the defective appendix as an
evidence that the operation was nee
essary. If the appendix, or other or
gan operated on, is proved to be
healthy the surgeon stands to take
a prison term of from one to ten
years or pay a fine of from $500 to
$4,000.
According to the stories that have
emanated from states that have nu-
merous health resorts, such as the
RADIO boasts a bill of this character
has become a necessity on account Of
the numerous surgeons of a quack
nature, who hover around the health
resorts like crows around carrion,
and who have been said to intimidate
persons into submitting to costly OPP
erations that were entirely needless.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN
Grand Duke Loses His Station and
Estate for Marrying Against the
Will of the Emperor.

ST. PETERSBURG-Because he
married a woman in private life
against the will of the emperor the
Grand Duke Michael, brother of En-
peror Nicholas, was today removed
from his lofty rank in the army and
forced to turn over his property and
affairs to a guardian.
The imperial manifesto specifically
relieves the grand duke of his duties
as commander of the Cavalier
guards and establishes a guardian
ship over his person, property and
affairs under the supreme direction
of the emperor, while the administra-
ton of his estate is transferred to a
department of the imperial court.
1t states that these steps are taken
by the emperor to mark his dis
of the recent marriage of
the grand duke to Madame Shere-
The manifesto also removes the
grand duke from his position as re-
gert-designate during the minority
of the imperial crown prince in case
of the death of the present emperor
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
$4,000 TO GUARD BIG DITCH
THIS NUMBER WILL HAVE TO Do
DUTY ALONG PANAMA CANAL.
Col, GOethals Tells House Committee
Canal Could Not Be Held If U.
S. Lost Control of Sea.

WSHINGTON.-A garrison of 25,-
600 men will be necessary to guard
the Panama canal Colonel Goethals
told the house naval affairs commit
tee today. Under present plans con-
gress would provide only 5000 men.
Once we lost control of the sea in
a war; he said, eve would have to
depend upon the garrison in the
zone. We would not expect to get
achievements there from the Unit
ed States. The locks, the vital por-
ton of the canal, should be guarded
by a large force and the Atlantic
and Pacific ends should be garrison
ed. At least $4,000 men would be
needed"
Colonel Goethals lauded the work
of the marines in the zone and urged
the retention of considerable force
of marines there.
His statement that the canal could
scarcely be held if the United States
lost control of the sea aroused much
interest in the committee and later
Representative Hobson of Alabama,
urging provision for a larger army
in the military appropriation bill,
quoted Colonel Goethals at length.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
SHE PROPOSES A
MARRIAGE STRIKE"
Designed ito Stop the Feeding of
Little Children to Machinery
Says Kate Barnard.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok1a-Hate
Barnard, commissioner of charities
in this state, has ordered mar
riage strike" throughout the nation.
She believes that every unmarried
woman should refuse to enter mat
rimony until the men of the nation
pass laws for the protection of chill
dren and motherhood. In her re-
markable propaganda she says:
eff every woman had the real
strength of mind necessary as well as
an actual knowledge of what is go
ing on around her she would fatty
refuse to marry until conditions
were changed. She would say to the
man who comes accounting:
Feed the hungry children. Give
their fathers a living wage. Give
their mothers homes where they may
rest and gather strength. And un-
til you have done that do not come
to me talking of love and mar
rage"
Miss Barnard believes in the Toll
stoiau principle of passive resist
ance" in regard to such evils as can
not be reached by direct laws and
she contends that a passive strike
against wedlock would stop "the
1, :.
cry" Sac haa been prominent in
the democratic politics of Oklahoma
and is now serving her second tern
as commissioner of charities ana
correction Henceforth she pro
claims !hat she will spend her futdr'
taking care of discharged convict
and urging her marriage strike upoT
her sisters all over the world.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
JUNGLE JOE" SINGS VALE
BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMO-
GRATIS GIVE HIM OVATION.
Noted Republican Legislator and
Former Speaker VIII Retire After
40 Years of Public Life.

WASHINGTON.--"I am goinS
home to Danville and remain with
the people who have honorad me
with twenty endorsements, covering
period of forty years, and per-
chance 1 shall never appear again in
rutlic life. I shall not seek it dur
ing the remainder of my life"
So said "Uncle Joe" Cannon this
afternoon in his Naledictory in the
house. The chamber was stiiieG as
the veteran of many parliamentary
skirmish stood at the same place on
the floor he has stood for nearly half
century, and with a smile on his
face and no regrets in his voice told
his colleagues just how he felt about
what happened on November 9Th
his second defeat in public life.
II am going to perform as one
man, as one voter, my duties as one
of the sovereigns of the United
States in advocating those policies
which 1 believe will tend to secure
the we'll being of our country" the
speaker continued. II hope the citi-
zenship will work, under the demo-
cratic or republican rule, so that we
may accomplish the greatest good to
the greatest number. These two par
ties are the only ones 1 recognize as
reliable.
"I believe in the perpetuity OF this
republic and I am republican be-
cause I believe in the economic prin-
ciples of the party. But if perchance
i will not say hope because 1t is
born of xpectation-thisg great citi-
zenship, under the democratic eco
homic policies, brings better results
there is no man in the length aud
breadth of this land who will cry
glory, hallelujah' louder than will.
It makes little difference what you
call your party-the proof of the
pudding is in the eating of it.
In an acrimonious debate on the
army appropriation bill one of the
speakers tauntingly reminded the old
warrior that he would not be a rep
resentative after March 4th.
Republicans and democrats gave
him an ovation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
FARMERS HEAD FOR CREDIT
PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL UNION
FAVORS RURAL CREDIT PLAN.
Mr.. Barrett of Georgia Strongly
Urges System That Has Been Sug-
gested by President Taft.

FORT WORTH.-Charles S. Bar
rett, president of the National Farm
ers' Union, has given his unqualified
approval of the institution of a rural
credit system and cooperative
marketing plan, the especial work
bekun by the Texas Farm Life Com
mission.
Il am enthusiastic on both sub
iects." declared Mr.. Barrett in an in
terview. Continuing Mr.. Barrett
says: 1.-THE rural credit system is
something that we must have, and
so is the cooperative marketing plan
Just what method will be worked out
or adopted in the rural credits for
America / am unable to say, but l
know that it is absolutely necessary
for us to have such system, so feel
safe in saying that it will not be long
until practical plan will be evolv-
ed along the line suggested by Pres
ident Taft"
Mr.. Barrett, who lives in Georgia,
spent few days last week in this
city attending the called meeting Of
the Texas Farmers Union,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
.FIREBUG'S BIG BUSINESS.
FIRE MARSHAL TELLS STRANGE
STORIES OF HOW FIRES ARE
STARTED IN CHICAGO.
INCENDESONISM IS ORGANIZED

Possible for Any One 20 Get Build
ings Set On Fire in That City.
Prices Vary According to Magni-
tude of Fire. How They Operate.
CHICAGO.-With the Indictment
today of Joseph Clark for an alleged
attempt to bride an assistant states
attorney not to prosecute an arson
case as a text, A. A. Bach, chief depu-
ty state fire marshal, told a remarka-
BILE story of organized incendiarism.
There are three men in Chicago,
known as insurance adjusters, who
often get to fires before the firemen.
They sleep with their clothes on,
have automobiles in readiness, and,
receiving tips that a fire is about to
be started, are on their way almost
before an alarm comes in.
'"The adjusters do not actually
start fires themselves; they employ
men to do that-men who actually
solicit the business. The adjusters
make their money by adjusting the
losses. They offer brides to detect
ives frequently, but never when there
is a witness present, thus leaving it
one mans word against another.
"Often we are informed days in
advance of when fires are to be
started. In that way We are able
to prevent many blazes. In many
instances we have had detectives
watching buildings that have been
marked for the torch. We have had
tips that have led us to buildings
with Easements filled with excelsior,
the floor saturated with oil, and the
stock packed in combustible mate
rial All that we could do was to
notify the insurance company and
have the insurance Cancelled. In such
cases the fires were not started.
1T is possible for any one to get a
building fired in Chicago. Charges
vary according to the magnitude Of
the fire. For large fires the charge is
l per cent, and even at that price
the firebug makes money. l don't
know of a single conviction for ar
son in Chicago in the last eighteen
months"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
THIRTY STARVING
IN SMALL ROOM
Narrowing Instances of PrivatiOn
Are Discovered Dy Relief Par
ties in Ohio Flood District.

HENDERSON, Ky.-Relief parties
in this section daily are discovering
new instances of restitution among
sufferers from the OHIO river flood.
Yesterday thirty persons, men, wo-
men and children, were found hud-
died in one room iii a house located
on the crest of a knob surrounded
for miles by wa .er. There was no
food in the house and the ONLY ma
teriaI available FOR building a fire
was wet driftwood
Similar conditions were found in
room at Smith Mills small :cwn
near here, completely surrounded b.
v'-tr. Still slotaer relief parry yes
terdey found msn- persons living in
the second storf C : her homes. with
10 food, and exposed to wind and
rain storms, which reset them dur
ing the past se~era; days. Abcu'
fve miles below here. in Walnut Bot
toms, it is reported that two hum
bred persons are destitute.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
SHE HAD TO PAY ON
HER BRITISH HUBBY.
Suffragette Gives Up Four Dollars
of Hard Cash UnwillingIy.

Suffragette Gives Up Four Dollars
of Hard Cash UnwiIlingly.
NEW YORK.-The suffragettes
have a new grievance to use in their
demand for votes for women"
Mrs. Harriet Vanton Blatch, one of
their leaders, had to pay 81 as a head
tax when she arrived on steamer
from the Bahamas yesterday because
her husband, who accompanied her,
is an Englishman, and the United
States, therefore, looks upon her as
an alien.
at makes my blood boil" she
said. 81 was married before this
law became effective, and have new
er before been asked to pay the tax. >"
Her husband cheerfully paid it.
Mrs Blatch was greeted by scores
of suffragettes, who had fitted out
tug with their banners and who
sailed with her upon triumphant
tour around the Battery up the Hud-
son river, opposite her home. On
board the boat the suffragettes held
birthday party in her honor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
USED IN THE BALKAN WAR
AeropIanes Did Nothing Worth Prais-
ing in Recent Conflict.

Aeroplanes were used in the recent
Balkan war, but they did not come
up to expectations, according to a
well known war correspondent Civ
ing the results obtained by the Bull
garian and professional aviators who
participated in the conflict.
Thirty aeroplanes of different
types were used, and both the ofhcer
aviators and the professional airmen
made many flights, accompanied by
military observers. These flights
were never made at a lower altitude
than 1000 feet and usually at De-
tween 1000 and 1900, which this
correspondent claims is out OF reach
of rife fire.
It is. however, learned from an
other source that an aeroplane was
hit by bullets when at a hight OF A.
600 feet, but the bullets did not IN
any case do serious damage.
1t is claimed that the death OF the
Russian aviator, Poppoff, and his
companion was due to the machlne
having caught fire in the air. Ihey
were killed by the fall sustained as
the result of the accident. Some say
that Turkish bombs set the aeroplane
on fire. A Bulgarian aviator was
also killed and another captured.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
THE MIGHTY HAS FALLEN
The LOrdIy Buffalo Is Chased just
as Plain Beef.

How has the mighty fallen! The
government has decreed that the
lordly buffalo is just plain beef. A
herd of seven buffalo met death in a
Kansas City packing house few
days ago when this decree was pub
lished, and the fine buffalo steaks
disappeared, probably into tin can
labeled Clipped beef" So the buff
falo is getting back into trade. There
are but very few herds left of this
great animal that in former years
moved over the plains by millions,
and for years buffalo meat has been
a rarity. Now that it has degen-
Grated into just ordinary beef there
is no reason for any further poetic
raptures about the former Lord of
the Plains.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
SWdHoW Billion POAyWiggIes and
ADoid Typhoid, Says Amnp Surgeon

CHICAGO-Co w B. Baner medical o. S. A, during
prevention typhoid
in a s 'infnites mal dose"
army million nfantie he said.
typhoid him injection
of five million dead typhoid time
until nearly finished But
expect
the next germs.
Antonio encampment when the city
typhoid, for eight
mon tbs and only typhoid time"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
HOT COFFEE BY PARCEL
POST KANSAS INNOVATION
Sick Man Craved One of Mrs. Pa
dron's Cups, and She Had
Uncle Sam Deliver 1t.

CENTER, Kan.-Hot coffee
by parcels post is the record
Center has made.
F. C. Powell, president of the
Farmers National Bank Of this
place, has been i'll for several
weeks at his home in Shelby
vile, and among the things he
craved was a cup of hot coffee
made by. Mrs. Padon, with whom
he boards while here.
When Mrs. Padon heard of
this she filled a thermos bottle
full of steaming hot coffee and
mailed it by parcels post.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
FORTY YEARS OF LIGHT
FOR HIS SWEETHEART.
But She Was Drowned at Sea,
and Lamp EXpIOdes, Killing
Lover Who Waited.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.
John Miller is dying as result
of the explosion today of lamp
which he kept burning to guide a
sweetheart to the home he pre-
pared for her forty years ago,
The lamp shone as the beacon
for a girl from Sweden, who,
though drowned at sea, has new
er ceased to exist for Miller.
The lamp was surrounded by pa
pers, and in attempting to extin-
guish the flames he was terribly
burned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
DIES WITH THE LEPERS
BROTHER JOSEPH SUCCEEDED
FATHER DAMIEN IN COLONY
ON MOLOKAI ISLAND.
"a YEARS OF ELF-SACRIFICE
Cave yrp a Bright Future and High
Social Position to Minister to tso-
lated Sufferers, Work at Which
the World Shuddered.

NEW YORK.-News of the death
of Brother Joseph, successor to Faith
or Damien, in charge of the lepers
an the island Molokai, Hawaii, has
been received here, he having deyot-
cd the later years of his life to min
istering to the isolated sufferers
there.
brother Joseph was born Ira
Rarnes Dutton, in Vermont, Sixty
nine wears ago, passing his early life
in Janesvills, Wis, where his family
belonged to the Methodist Episcopal
church. He fought through the CIVIL
war and was mustered out as a cap
tain of the Thirteenth Wisconsin Vol
unteers. After the war he was con-
nected with the claims adjustment
division of the war department, and
was settling war claims in Kentucky
when he joined the Catholic church
and entered the Trappist monastery
at Gethsemane, Ky.
Enters Leper Colony.
Having read much of the work OF
Father Damien among the lepers and
that the priest himself had been
stricken with the dreaded disease
Brother Joseph volunteered to go TO
Nolokai as Father Damien's aid. He
was informed that once he entered
the leper colony he never could leave
and that there was every probability
the same horrible death which the
inhabitants suffered would be his,
hut he was undeterred, and went TO
Hawaii in 1886.
Since then Brother Joseph has
worked twenty hours a day, sleeping
only four. 1t was necessary for him
to treat the lepers personally, and
every day, a work at which the world
has shuddered.
Succeeds Father Damien.
TTpon the death of Father Damien,
twenty-four years ago, Brother JOS
eph assumed charge of the leper set
Element. and to his labor was added
that of corresponding with the out
side world. He was a remarkably
fluent writer, and his letters have
been treasured by scores and hun
dreds who have received them, IN
Guiding the rulers of European coun-
tries, who had inquired of him about
his remarkable work.
DR.. Prince Morrow of No. 60 west
Fortieth street met Brother Joseph
in 1889, when he called at the is
land to make an investigation. The
friendship then formed had contln-
ued since, Brother Joseph writing
many letters to Dr. Morrow.
Great Service to Humanity.
1T is impossible to realize the
great seIf-sacrif1ce of Brother JOS
eph," said DR.. Morrow. with
bright future he consecrated his life
to a work no other man would do be-
cause he thought he could in that
way best serve humanity"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
No ''7H-for-Tat" With Taft To
Ride With Wilson to White House

WASHINGTON D. house officials announced tonight that
customs OF
uorn dav abandoned and will ride back up
Pennsylvania avenue capitol the white house with his
by Roosevelt four years ago.
when he hurried from Union Station catch train
for oyster Raw leaving journey back the
avenue with Mrs his side
the direction president Colonel Spencer Crosby enef aide
at the white house. visit Governor Wilson, asked
revived Colonel Crosby
oed TODAY that NIX Mr. Taft him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
AN INAUGURAL BALL WILL
BE GIVEN BY THE WOMEN
Turkey TrOt," Tango" "Chicken
Flip and Bunny Hug" VIII
Be Permitted.

WASHINGTON Visitors to the
Inauguration ceremonies, if they care
to remain in the national capital two
extra days, will not be deprived of
the glories of an inaugural ball,
for the Southern League of Woman's
National Wilson and Marshall organ
izations has determined to supply
the deficiency on the the evening Of
March 9Th.
Dignified dancing of the turkey
trot," tango" Chicken flip" and
bunny hug" will be permitted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
THE USE OF DOG MEAT
FOR MAN is COMMON.
The German Workingman Has Long
Used Horse Meat as Food.

BERLIN.-The use of the flesh of
dogs as a food for man is becoming
common even in the capital.
From necessity the German work
ingman has long made horse meat a
substantial portion of his daily fare,
but while Saxony consumes thous-
ands of dogs annually the practice of
eating this meat has not until re-
Gently invaded Prussia.
Now the overseers of the Berlin
cattle yards have given their approx
al of a proposal to erect a municipal
slaughter house for dogs at the
yards, and it is expected that the po-
lice president will soon issue the re-
CURED permit.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
LEADERS KEPT IN DARK
PRESIDENT-ELECT WILSON HAS
NOT TAKEN THEM INTO
HIS CONFIDENCE.
NO CONFERENCES ARRANGED
Has Not DivuIged to Amy One His
Ideas About the Extra Session.
Some Callers Have Left Trenton
Chagrined by Their Interviews.

PRINCETON, N. democratic
politicians who have watched the
conferences held by President-elect
Wilson since his return from Ber-
muda have talked things over pretty
thoroughly during the past few days
and have had the following observa-
tions:
The president-elect has decided on
no member of his cabinet, and he
has not even taken up the subject
of selecting ambassadors and others
for foreign posts.
He has given preference to out
and out Bryan men in his invita-
lions to lawmakers to call on him.
He has not decided whether or not
he win urge the extra session of
congress to take up currency as well
as tariff legislation.
So far as can be learned the pres
ident-elect has told none of his call
ers what his ideas about the extra
session are Since the first pilgrim
came to see him all the men who
have talked with him have refused
to say what was discussed. Some
of them frankly say that the presi-
dent-elect did not take them into his
confidence in any degree.
Old Time Members Complain.
Because of this attitude on the
part of the president-elect there has
been complaint among old time mem
bers of the party. No attempt, in
fact, has been made by some of the
callers in Trenton to conceal the fact
that they have been chagrined by
their interviews. Some of them came
to Trenton expecting that the presi-
dent-elect would talk over his entire
program with them and tell them
just what he hoped to accomplish,
and ask cooperation.
1t has been a matter of comment
that the president-elect has conferred
with no one from Indiana. Neither
! Senator Shively nor Senator Kern
has been invited. This has attract
ed especial attention from the fact
that Senator Kern is one of the big
figures in the senate.
May Arrive UnannOunced.
The president-elect presumably
has made up his mind regarding the
extra session. He has no more con-
ferences arranged, although it is not
unlikely that some of the party lead
ers will come in unannounced. Some
of the party men expect the presi-
dent-elect will make an announce
ment this week that the country may
know whether or not the extra ses-
sion will take up anything besides
the tariff.
Extra Session Date.
Intimations have been given that
the special session will be called to
order on March IA. All the demo-
Gratis who have called here have stat
ed that they hope for an early and
short session.
Politicians continue to speculate
regarding the next secretary to the
president. 1t has been generally ex-.
pected that Joseph P Tumulty, who
is serving as secretary to Governor
Wilson would fill the post. The pres
ident-elect on this, as on all other
matters connected with the incoming
administration, remains silent. Mr.
Tumulty's friends have not the
slightest notion whether or not he
will be appointed. 4
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
SENATOR A. o. BACON WILL
ANNOUNCE WILSON'S ELECTION
Georgian VIII Preside at the Joint
Session of the Two Houses Feb IL.

Georgian Will Preside at the JOINT
Session of the Two Houses Feb IL.
Washington, D. C.-Upon Senator
Bacon of Georgia will devolve the
task of officially announcing the cleo
ton of President Wilson and Vice
President Marshall.
As president pro tenn he will pre-
side over the joint session OF the
two houses of congress on February
18th, consolidate the returns OF the
electoral college and announce the
election of the democratic nominees.
During Senator BacOn's occupancy
of the chair a number of notable
events, including the impeachment of
a federal judge. have taken place.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
AN EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID.

Over 200 cases of typhoid fever
have appeared in Troy, Pa, and
trained nurses for a radius of so
miles have been drafted to aid ply
sicians in their fight against the cpl
demic.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-28
Mantle of Snow.

Portland, Ore.-A mantle OF heavy
snow settled over the Williamett val
ley last night, cutting off for several
hours practically all wire communl-
cations between this city and the
outside world Railroad trains, how
ever, arrived on schedule.