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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
ADDS TO HIS INCOME
BY HIGHWAY ROBBERY

Drew $4,000 Salary, But Robbed the
Messengers of His Employers.
NEW YORK.-Philip T. White,
the $4,000 a year manager of the
Masury Paint Company, in Brooklyn,
on trial as the leader of a band of
highwaymen who robbed his employ
ers' bank messengers of $4,000 near
ly a year ago, rose from his chair
IN the court room today. stretched
both arms toward the presiding
Judge and exclaimed:
stop! 1 am guilty. l want to
confess my guilt before God and the
world"
White, trembling with emotion,
then faced the jury.
II am guilty" he repeated. 1t is
a bitter cup that is forced to my lips,
but it is the Lords will. | have liv-
ed two lives-a decent one and that
of highwayman. l hope God will
forgive me, and that l may live long
enough to make restitution.
He reached to his coat lapel and
fumbled with a gold fraternity pin.
"And 1 surrender my membership
in the Mystic Shrine
He continued, tearing the button
loose: II am no longer worthy"
Continuing his impassioned avow-
al he freely told the details of the
crime, but asked no clemency and
made no statement as to his motives.
When he sat down beside his life
long friend, James F. Clinnin, audit
or of the Hackett & Wilhelm Co., in
Brooklyn, on trial on the same
charge, Clinnin arose.
81 wish to plead guilty, too" he
said and sat down
The jury was dismissed. Sentence
was postponed for a week.
The actual robbery was committed
by two highwaymen acting under
Whites orders. The four afterwards
divided the money, white getting
$500. This was testified to yester-
day by one of the robbers.
White lived in a handsome home
at Elizabeth, N. j. When he was ar
rested his employers were astound-
ed and assisted him to obtain bail.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
Principal Causes of All the
Deaths in the United States

$50 deaths, or 9O.2 per 100000 in
the registration area in 1913. Or
these deaths more than fOur-tlfths
were of infants under 2 years of
age, and over two-thirds were of in
fants under one year.
Cancer.
Next in order of deadliness comes
cancer, which filed nearly $4,000
graves in 1913. About 40 per cent
resulted from cancer of the stomach
and liver. The mortality rate rose
from SO per 100000 in 1900 to 1873
in 1918. 1t is probable, however,
that at least a part of this increase
was apparent rather than real, being
due to more accurate diagnosis and
greater care on the part of physicians
in making reports to the registration
officials.
ApOplexy.
Apoplexy was the cause of 47,22O
deaths, or 746 per 100000. This
rate increased gradually from 1900
Ito 1912, but dropped slightly in
1913.
Diptheria and Group.
No epidemic disease produced a
mortality rate as high as 20 per
100000 in 1918. The fatal cases of
diptheria and Group numbered H.
900, or 1873 per 100000 in that
year, the rate having fallen from
43.3 in 1900 This decline of 81 per
cent is relatively far greater than
that shown by any other important
cause of death
Typhoid Fever.
Deaths from typhoid fever also
showed a very gratifying decline
between 1900 and 1913, decreasing
from 35.9 per 100000 in the earlier
year to 17.9 in the latter, or by al
most exactly so per cent. This de-
cline was relatively greater than that
for any other principal cause of death
except diptheria and Group. The to-
tai number of deaths due to typhoid
fever in 1913 was 1923. The NOR
tally rate from this disease among
the colored population is more than
twice as great as for the whites.
The great progress which has been
made in handling of typhoid cases
is evidenced by the marked decrease
in the mortality from this disease.
And of equal potency perhaps has
been the improvement in preventive
methods-the betterment of water
supply and sewerage systems, the
campaign against the fly and other
sanitary precautions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
|NR. WILKINSON PLEASES
DAWSON LAWYER MAKES Al
BANY MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
His Speech Was One of Striking, Wv
id Word-PictureS, Delivered in
an Appealing Manner.

III "OEN-I 1CbuOSs DShSNAO0 A
an Appealing Manner.
The Albany Herald had the follow
ing to say of the Memorial address
delivered in Albany last Monday by
Col. H. A. Wilkinson, of Dawson:
Hon. H. A. Wilkinson of Dawson
delivered the address on the occasion
in his usual naturally appealing man
ner of speech with which he is gifted
with a power &C unusual force in
emphasizing the patriotic emotions
of men.
The speaker drew brief though
strikingly vivid word picture with
"reminiscences of the four years
struggle finely interviewer upon the
screen, depicting the fond hopes and
ambitions of the Confederacy and IL
nally what it means to the war-worn
heroes to lay down their arms IN
surrender at Appomattox on that
morning of April 5, 1865, not for rea-
son that they were whipped, but that
they had fought and failed.
The result was all right, we have
no complaint to make he said in
speaking of the incidents that mark
ed the closing scenes of the struggle,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04

than 500 had been murdered in Uru-
miah and not less than 1900 had
died of disease. This applies to Chris
tians only"
Under date of March II DR.. Van
neman wrote as follows:
Anxious About Urumiah.
1--WE are more anxious than ever
about Urumiah. On the 18th Turk
ish troops attacked our mission and
the Roman Catholic mission and took
five native Russian priests from our
compound and treated them badly.
We do not know yet if they were
killed. Mr.. Allan was also treated
badly because he had sent out three
messengers. We received word from
Ambassador Morgenthau that orders
had been sent to Urumiah to protect
the Christians, but the order was just
too late.
Some of the native Christian
preachers have been crucifed and
some burned, but these were of 9TH
er denominations. DR.. Absalom's
son, native physician, who had been
buried three years, was taken up and
dishonored. This was done by the
owner of villages of which he was
overseer. This man has returned and
is preaching a holy war.
eff the Russian troops should be
withdrawn again every Christian
would have to leave Tabriz.
81 do not believe the real cOndi-
ton of affairs is comprehended in
America. 1t is practically the exter-
mination of the Syrians (Nestorians)
and very bad for the Armenians also.
The only hope is occupation by Rus
sia -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
500 Reward. 500

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has BEEN able to cure in all its
stages and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known to the med
icaI fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease requires a constitutional treatment
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease. and giving the patient strength
BY building up the constitution and assisting ma
tire in doing its work The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers that they
ofer one Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t
fails to cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
I'M CHRISTIANS Are
+ KILLED BY KURDS
90 THOUSAND OTHER PERSONS
N0 pERISHED FROM RAW
" ACES OF DISEASE.
IoODY OUTBREAK IN ARMENIA

l.. ssador Has Been Instructed to
n ~sre Up Situation With Turkey
psins Put to Death.
cHINGTON, D. C.-Ambassa-
,Ioroanthau at Constantinople
s,od the state department today
WV more was much uneasiness in
ID, ,or over the Armenian situation
wv .Io+ he already had made repre-
~ .o+ions to the Turkish govern
ant for the protection of the Arme-
Wv He referred to one naturaliz-
,n,arican citizen who had been
breatened.
Mr. Morgenthau's message crossed
h. sent to him by the state depart
Pont Yesterday instructing him to
10 nm with Turkey reports of out
|reaks in Armenia.
Today's report, it was said, gave
l details of the uprising.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The latest
report on mortality in the "registra-
ton area" of the United States relat-
ing to the calendar year 1918, recent
ly issued by the bureau of the census,
contains some interesting and signiti-
cant figures with reference to the
principal causes of death in this coun-
try. More than half of all the deaths
in the registration area-Which in
1913 contained about IS per cent of
the total population of the United
States-were due to nine causes:
tuberculosis, heart disease, penumo-
mia, bright's disease and nephritis,
diarrhoea, diptheria and Group and
typhoid fever. The first three of these
maladies alone were responsible for
more than 80 per cent of the total
mortality reported for that year.
The death rate from these nine
causes combined in 1913 was 810.4
per 100000 population. This is a
material decrease from the CORES
ponding rate in 1900-937.4 per
1OO,OO0-when the census bureau
made it's first annual collection of
mortality statistics. The number OF
deaths resulting from these causes,
however, formed a somewhat greater
proportion of the total reported NOR
tality in 1913 than in 19OO-57 per
cent in the latter year as compared
with SO per cent in the earlier.
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis in its various forms
claimed 93,421 victims in 1918, OF
which number S0,812 died from tu-
berculosis of the lungs (including
acute military tuberculOsis) With
improved sanitation and with better
understanding of the laws Of health
and the importance of pure air,
however, the white plague is rapidly
becoming a less serious menace to
health and happiness. In only nine
years-from 1904 to 1913-the
mortality rate from tuberculosis in
all its forms fell from 20O.7 to 147.6
per 100000, the decline being con-
tinuous from year to year. Prior to
1904 the rate had fluctuated, start
ing at 201.9 in 1900.
Heart Diseases.
The deaths from heart diseases
in the registration area in 1913 num-
bered 93,142, or 1871 per 100000.
While the mortality rate for tuber-
culosis has been declining from year
to year the rate for heart diseases
has been increasing.
Pneumonia.
Pneumonia in its various forms
was the cause of 83,778 deaths or
1924 per 100000. The death rate
from this disease has shown a mark
ed decline since 1900.
Bright's Disease and Nephritis.
The only remaining death rate
higher than 100 per 100000 popula-
ton was that for lbright's disease and
acute nephritis. The total number of
deaths due to these causes in 191 3
was 65,1O6, about nine-tenths of
which were caused by bright's dis
ease, the remainder being charged to
acute nephritis, a related kidney
disorder.
DiarrhOea and Enteritis.
Diarrhoea and enteritis caused 81
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
THE WISCONSIN EUGENICS
LAW HAS CUT MARRIAGES
About 1000 Couples Less in 1914
Than i'm Previous Year.

MADISON, Wis.-The Wisconsin
eugenic marriage law, the first of it's
kind in the world, has now been in
effect a year, and the results can be
estimated The state board of health
has just reported that one effect is
lessening of the number of marriages
contracted. 1t appears that about
1000 couples less took the big jump
in 1914 than in 1918.
In 1914 17,245 regular ceremonies
were reported and 81 commOn-law
marriages were recorded. In the pre-
vious year there had been 21,O52
marriages.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
CLERGY WILL NOT
STOP USING LIQUOR
Not Willing to Abstain Entirely From
Use of Alcohol. Dean of Canter-
bury Refuses to Swear OFF.

Use of Alcohol. Dean of Canter-
bury Refuses to Swear OFF.
LONDON.-The clergy comprising
the lower house of the cOnvocation
of Canterbury was willing to set the
nation an example in the matter of
temperance, but they are not willing
to abstain entirely from alcohol. This
was the sense of the meeting today
of the lower house, which passed a
resolution inviting the clergy and
laity of the Church of England to
set an example of self-sacrifice" in
the matter of alcoholic liquors.
Several members voted only after
being assured that total abstinence
was not expected of them. The dean
of Canterbury said fatty he refused
to swear off altogether. He had tried
it before, he said, and found it fail
ure in that it impaired his health.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
MEMORIES of the Old South
NA in Every Can of This
Wonderful Old Secret Blend

The romantic days of Andrew Jack
son, Henry Clay, the pirate chief, LaFitte,
and the beautiful women and brave
men of the old South, cling to every
cup of delicious old French Market
Coffee, the wonderful old secret blend
that is known all over the world.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
rinht Hundred Murdered.

Eight HunUreu MuIuCIOU'
NEW YORK.-Details of the re-
~ massacre of native Christians at
rrmiah Persia, by Kurds, received
odav by the Presbyterian board OF
Oraign missions, state that not less
sSan 500 have been murdered there
II that not less than 1000 nave
SnTiebed from disease. The attacks,
would appear, have not been con-
$nod to Kurds, but have been made
l. Of least one instance by Turkish
8oIdiers. Crucifxion and burning OF
christians alive have been revived,
missionaries reported to the board.
& The attack in which Turkish SOL
hers were the assailants, according
IN reports received by the board, was
snade upon the American mission and
III French Roman Catholic mission.
Five native Russian priests, the re-
hort asserts, were taken from the
American mission by the Turks. The
missionaries stated those men were
#treated badly" and added that 1T
Eas not known to them whether the
priests were hanged.
Forced to Pay Ransom.
An unconfrmed report had reach
IA the Presbyterian missionaries at
kabriz that Americans at truman
bad been forced to pay $4,000 ran
Bonn for refugees who had fled to the
mission for protection.
# O+bn,, m a fforc mort lin
ang to Urumiah were related in two
Aetters received today from DR.. w. S.
@anneman, of Salem, N. j., head of
Mhe Presbyterian mission hospital at
Fabric Writing from Tabriz March
%4 Dr.. Vanneman said:
About ten days ago the Kurds
IN Salinas, with the permission OF
he Turkish troops, gathered all the
HISTORIAN and Armenian men re-
manning there, it is reported, about
300. Four hundred were sent to
.khosroya and 400 to Haft Dewan I'M
A1er the pretense of giving them
Bread They were held few days
Rnd then all Of them tortured and
RmaSsacred. Many of the women and
children were taken away and ill
Created. This happened a day or two
before the advancing Russian army
stook Salinas.
We are very anxious about Uru-
H#miah. A letter dated March 1 from
RDr. Shedd REV. DR.. w. A. Shedd
nj Marietta, o. came through by
messenger two days ago. He said
Stnlngs were getting worse. Gulpu-
lSnan, which hitherto had not been
disturbed by the Kurds, as it had
mot fought against them, had been
splundered and ruined. l think this
was the only village which remained.
fIty-one of the most prominent men
III THIS village were taken out at night
70 the cemetery and shot. The wo-
Rlnen and girls who could not escape
sweFe violated. This was done by the
turkish soldiers.
Taken From Catholic Mission.
Forty men had been taken from
Sle roman Catholic mission in Uru-
salan City, kept prisoners for a few
suayS' then were taken at night two
nlleS from the city and shot. There
were sixty cases of typhoid among
8'LaGgeeS at the college
Dr' Shedd asked the American
sSuISul at Tabriz to come to Urumiah
.o w. alter consulting with three 9TH
=, ConSuls here it was decided it
aaW vUulG De impossible to get through.
gn +s, Paddock has telegraphed every
Sggo'sIOie place for assistance. We can
D0o nothing more.
Ut Shedd writes that not less
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
TO RAISE $4,000, 900 AS A
PENSION FUND FOR MINISTER'S
National Convention of the Methodist
Church Meets in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Ill.-A plan to raise
$1O,00O,0O0 pension fund for retired
Methodist ministers, their wives and
orphans was proposed today at the
national convention of the Methodist
Episcopal church which met here to-
day. Already the different confer
ences maintain small pension funds
for superannuated ministers. but
these are so small that the pension
granted aged preachers is only
nominal sum, seldom enough to pro-
vide for the WORKOUT preacher.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04

Ike nced using it, got better and now entfely
woman Peruna comfort Will never DS "A|
As NJ Morgan. r. F. D. 2. Wadsworth Ohio.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
piIes Cured In 6 fo "a DAYS

Your druggist will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6to IA days
be Lrst application gives Ease ana Rest Soc
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-05

The electrically operated "dotter's
attached, as you see it here, to a 49,.
inch gun where the big shooting iron
projects from the turret, is device
whereby our naval officers keep their
gun crews eft" The "dotter" makes
possible target practice in limited
space. The prick of the needle tells
DETECTIVE WHO SLUGGED A
STRIKER Is FINED
A ten dollar fine may serve to curb
activities of private detectives in the
clothing strike.
John Brown" private dick hired
by manufacturers to chase strikers
away from the vicinity of scab shops,
was assessed $40 by Judge La Buy
in Desplaines st. court.
Brown, according to Harry Wax
man, complainant, with a partner,
also said to be detective, assaulted
him while he was waiting for a street
car at Halsted St and Jackson blvd.
two weeks ago.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-05

Just as accurate tale of marksman-
ship as if the weapon had hurled a
missile at a target several miles dis
tant. Moreover, self-contained means
for craftsmanship practice such as
the "dotter' can be employed regard
less of weather conditions or the po-
sition of the ship.
BOLD BANDIT CHIEF SENT TO
CHILDRENS HOME
New York, Nov. 5.-"Bin Dalton,
the bandit chief of the Ozarks," who
confessed to having seventeen rat
ties and a button" suffered ignominy
of being placed in children's home
here today. In private life Bill is
Miss Dorothy Wallace, Is, of Passaic,
N. ]. Dorothy became a bandit after
throwing a chair at the principal of
her school last week.
Seven arrests were made today in
connection with her escapade-aH
caddies on golf links near Dorothy's
cave where she spent several nights j
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-06
GERMANS POISONED
WELLS in AFRICA
Continued Practice After
Protest by General
BOtha.

London, May 5.-ln support OF charges
that the Germans had poisoned wells
in the Southwest African campaign
Lewis Harcourt, Secretary Of State for
the Colonies, tonight issued COM
munication in which he says that when
General Louis Boths, commander Of the
Union Of South Africa forces, occupied
Swakopmund he discovered that six
wells had been poisoned by an arsenical
cattle wash.
As remonstrance General Botha
sent communication to Colonel
Francke, commander of the German
forces. This elected a response, ac-
cording to the statement Of Mr. Har-
court, that the German troops had been
given orders that "if they possibly ran
prevent it not 10 allow any water sup
plies to fall into the hands of the
enemy in form which allows it to be
used for man or beast"
The communication says that despite
General Botha's protest the practice
continued. A message said TO have
been from Captain Kruger, OF the Ger
man protectorste troops, intercepted on
March %, is quoted in the communica-
ton as saying:
THE patrol at Gabib has been in
structed thoroughly to infect with dis
ease the Ida mine. Approach Swakop
and the Ida mine with extreme eau
ton. Don't water there any more"
Since their evacuation of Aus.
Warmbad and other places, General
Botha says in letter, "the German
troops have consistently poisoned all
wells along the railway line in their
retirement"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-06
HANAN'S DAUGHTER
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Mrs. Wagner. Sister of Duchess,
Charges Husband Was
unfaithful.

Mrs. Mildred F. Wagner, daughter
Of Alfred P Hanan, of 645 We': End
Avenue. is the latest member OF the
wealthy shoe manufacturers family to
figure in divorce proceedings. Her
suit for separation from her husband.
DR.. Jerome Wagner, of ~ West Forty
fourth Street, was begun yesterday
before Justice Crane in the Kings
County Supreme Court, Brooklyn.
The physician and his wife, through
their attorneys, said that an gree
ment had been made for Dr.. Wagner
10 furnish evidence on condition that
Mrs. Wagner cease hiring private de-
tectives 10 keep watch on his bachelor
apartment Justice Crane showed sur
prise at this frank admission.
Such frankness is somewhat un-
usual, but an estimable thing, never
theless," he commented when the attor-
neys he'd. convinced him there was no
oollu,lon.
Charles X. Classon, bellboy in DR..
WaSrer's apartments, testified that on
the night Of January . DR.. Wagner
came nome az ] 80 a. m. with a woman
not his wife. Further testimony
showed there was a rule prohibiting
women guests in the building after II
o'clock. In her complaint filed several
months sgo it is said that Mrs. Wagner
based her action on conduct unbecom-
ing a husband" and mentioned several
theatrical women as correspondents.
DR.. Wagner and his wife were mar
r;ed in 1909. They have no children.
Samuel V. and George P. Heimberger,
of 132 Nassau Street, are attorneys for
Dr. Wagner. .-...
in the last few years the name of
Hanan has occurred several times in
actions for divorce. In 1907 Alfred P.
Hanan, sfather of Mrs. Wagner, was
sued in divorce proceedings by his
wife, Clara NJ Hanan. Miss Elizabeth
Frances Hansn, who became the wife
of Duke Arturo de Majo Durazzo, of
Italy, in February, 1914, in October of
the same year made public an action
fer annulment on the ground that her
husband had concealed the fact that he
was convicted thief under indictment
BY the French government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-06
ASTOR AIDS THREATENER'
Wins Clemency for Lad Who
Demanded $500.

Through Vincent Astor's request for
clemency on behalf of the lad who
had threatened him with death. John
Npriella. eighteen years old. Of ia
Hester Street. was sent 10 the reform
a,ory instead Of TO state prison by
IudSe Swami. in General Sessions. yes
.eydav. Muriella pleaded guilty a week
aoo 70 writing letters TO Mr. Astor de-
manding $500 under penalty of death.
A report from probation officer
-Ln,ed the boy had never been arrest
ID before. but three months ago had
become addicted to cocaine NJ a letter
iro,; clemency and asking that Muri-
gIs he sent TO reformatory rather
tbsr 90 state prison ,e
Az Alter imposing sentence Judge Sw.nn
dictated personal letter 70 tne s.i'nc ss9er,
nv, !nt.' ,bc boy be kept from the other
ma. till he had been cured Of the
drug habit