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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-23
WRONG MAN Is KILLED
BY A JEALOUS WOMAN
Poisoned Cream Puffs Caused Death
of an innocent LOCKER On.

Jilting, jealousy and poisoned
cream puffs are featured in the lat
est phase of the eternal triangle
staged at Woonsocket R. l., where
Mrs. Hattie E. Oakley is being held
without bail to answer charge OF
numbering Armand Van BoncoeuI
and attempting to murder Henry Cas-
saYant.
Two years ago Cassavant was en-
ter the police had learned she had
bought cream puffs and arsenic
Cassavant and his friend ate the pois-
oned cream puffs when they came in
a package by mail.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1916-02-25

She wondered, too, and her wonder
grew that instead of self-pity, repug-
nance, and deep dread, she should feel
such a divine relief from the terror that
had possessed her
Now at least she knew the worst.
This was the mani
She strove to place him, to recall his
face. She could not. All along she had
pictured Crawford as an older man.
And this broad-shouldered tanned
young fellow was Crawford, after all
Where could her eyes have been? How
absurd that her indifference should
have so utterly blinded her!
She stood moment on the lawn,
closing her eyes.
Oh, now she had no difficulty in re-
calling his face=in fact the difficulty
was to shut it out, for it was before
her eyes, open or shut-it was before
her when she entered her bedroom and
sank into cushioned chair by the
breezy window. And she took her
burning checks in both hands and rested
her elbows on her knees.
Truly terror had fled 1t shamed her
to find herself thanking God that her
fate was to lie in the keeping of this
young man. Yet It was natural, too,
for the child had nigh died of horror.
though the courage of the Castles had
held her head high in the presence of
the inevitable. And now suddenly into
her gray and hopeless future, peopled
by the phantoms OF an old man, stepped
a living, smiling young fellow, with
gentle manners and honest speech, and
u quick courtesy which there was no
installing.
She had no mother-nobody TO talk
to-so she had long ago made con-
fidante of her own reflection in the
looking-glass. And TO the mirror she
now went, meeting the reflected eyes
shyly, yet smiling with friendly SYM
pathy:
Silly to brighten YOURSELF 1t is all
over now. Hes young and tall and sun
burned. | don't think he knows a
great deal-but don't be frightened, he
is not bit dreadful, :. only
ii is pity, -. but suppose he was
in love with me, and, after all, it
doesn't matter, :. S. only / am
sorry for him. If he had
only cared for a girl who could love
him! don't suppose | could, -.
everl i. -. But | will be very kind to
him, +. to make up
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1916-02-25
| |

Miss Castle usually rose with the
robins, when there We're any in the
neighborhood. There were plenty on
the lawn around the Sycamore Club
that dewy June morning, chipping,
chirking, trilling, repeating their end
less arias from tree and gate-post. And
through the outery of the robins, the
dry cackle of the purple grackles, and
the cat-bird' s whine floated earthward
the melody of the golden orioles.
Miss Castle, fresh from the bath,
breakfasted III her own rooms with an
appetite that astonished her.
She was wholesome fresh-skinned
girl, with a superb body, limbs u trifle
heavy in the strict classical sense,
straight proved, bIue-eyed, and very
lovely and Greek.
Pensivelv she ate her toast, tossing a
few crumbs at the robins; pensively she
disposed of two eggs, trout, and all the
chocolate, and looked into the pitcher
for more cream.
The swelling bird-music only inten-
sifed the deep, sweet country silence
which brooded Just beyond the lawns
wet limits; she saw the flat river
tumblng in the sunlight; she saw the
sky over all, its blue mystery untroubled
by a cloud.
Il love all that she said, dreamily,
TO her maid behind her. "Never mind
my hair now; | want the wind to blow
it."
The happy little winds of June
lettering among the lilacs, heard; and
they came and blew her bright hair
across her eyes, puff after puff OF per-
fumed balm, and stirred the delicate
stuff that elung 20 her, and she felt
their caress on her bare feet.
Il mean 10 90 and wade III that
river" she said to her maid. Dress me
very quickly
But when she was dressed the desire
for childish things had passed away,
and she raised her grave eyes to the
reflected eyes in the mirror, studying
them in silence.
"After all, !" she said, aloud, Il am
young enough to have found happi-
ness-if they had let me. The
sunshine is full of it, outdoors.
could have found it. | was not
meant for men. Still =. 1t is all
in the future yet. | will learn not to be
afraid"
She made a little effort to smile at
hrsclf in the mirror, but her courage
could not carry her as far as that. So,
with a quick, quaint gesture of adieu,
she turned and walked rapidly out into
the hallway.
Miss CARBIDE was in bed, sneezing
patiently. L won't be out for weeks, >
said the poor lady, so you will have to
amuse yourself alone
Miss Castle kissed her and went away
lightly down the polished stairs to the
great hall.
The steward came up to wish her
good-morning, and to place the resources
of the club at her disposal.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1916-02-25

To which came answer by messenger:
"Hon. John CARBIDE:
"My dear Garcide.-Can't go
for two weeks. Myfool nephew
Jim is on his vacation, and |
don't know where he is proving.
Hastily yours,
JAMES J. CRAWFORD
'P. S.-There's a directors
meeting at three. Come down
and we'll settle all quarrels. .
To this the Hon. John CARBIDE tele-
graphed: AL right" and hurriedly
prepared to escort his sister and Miss
Castle to the midday express for
Sycamore Hills.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1916-02-25

calmly.
Before she could realize what he was
about, he had waded across the shadows
and seized the alder branch. A dash
of water showered her as he shook the
hook free; she stood up with an in
voluntary gasp and met the astonished
eyes of the fisherman.
He was tall sunburned young
fellow, with powerful shoulders and an
easy, free-limbed carriage; he was also
soaking wet and streaked with mud.
Upon my word" he said, Il never
saw you'll Awf'lly sorry; hope | haven't
spoiled your sport-but | have. You
were fishing, of eourse?"
"No | was only looking" she said.
"Of course, I've spoiled your sport
"Not at all, he said, laughing;
chat alder twig did for me-
'tBut there was trout lying there
l saw him; and the trout saw me, so
uf course he wouldn't rise to your cast.
And I'm exceedingly sorry, she ended,
smiling in spite Of herself.
Her hair was badly rumpled; she had
been crying, and he could see 1t, but
he had never looked upon such tear
stained, smiling and dishevelled love
Illness
As he looked and marvelled, her smile
died out; it came to her with distinct
shock that this water-Ioggcd specimen
of sun-tanned manhood must be Craw-#
ford.
q. i L.
Are you she zsaia' scarcely aware
that she spoke. nat! ne ASKED
pazzlea.
MI CRAWFORD
w by, yea-and, OF course you are
Miss astle,2 he replied, smiling easily.
L saw your name III the guest-book=
tins morning. Avn Hy giad You came,
,,s a'.st L. ~, fallaa o ..i9s
- as 4.i2s, .a;a 9TH
oo,anoS,,ra
H. .h.al. = z..zI.la..I,. ro,1iu;au it,
AZ; ',,'u : - ,s,' ~ M - 80,
- -
things back into proper perspective. for
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1916-02-25
MONTHLY MAGAZINE SECTION
One Man I'm A Million
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at the veranda door; 81 think a sun
bath is all | care for. You may hang
a hammock under the naples, if you
will. | suppose" she added, that
| am quite alone at the club?'
Zone gentleman arrived this morn
ing" said the steward-"Mr. CraW-
ford"
She looked back, poised lightly in
the doorway through which the morn
ing sunshine poured All the color had
left her face. Mr. Crawford" she said,
in dull voice.
Gle has gone out after trout, con-
tinued the steward, briskly; che is a
rare rod, ma am, is Mr.. Crawford. He
caught the eight-pound fish-perhaps
you noticed it on the panel in the
billiard-room.o
Miss Castle came into the hall again,
and stepped over to the register. Under
her signature, Miss Castle and maid, y
she saw .. Crawford, New York.
The ink was still blue and faint.
She turned and walked out into the
sunshine.
The future was no longer a gray,
1neHdclIS lutuft, II Hdu DNtpIlt eud-
denly the terrifying present, and lis
shadow fell sharply around her in the
sunshine.
Now all the courage Of her race must
be summoned, and must respond TO the
summons The end of all was at hand;
but when had a Castle ever flinehed
at the face of fate under any mask?
She raised her resolute head; her
eyes matched the sky-clear, un-
clouded, fathomless
In hours of deep distress the sound
of her own voice had aways helped her
to endure; and now, as she walked
across the lawn bareheaded, she told
herself not TO grieve over just debt
20 be PAL, MOTTO quail because life
held for her nothing of what she had
dreamed.
If there was Il tremor now and then
in her low voice, none but the robins
heard il; if she lay flung face downward
in the grasses, under the screen of
alders by the water, there was no one
but the striped chipmunk to jeer and
mock.
"Now listen, you silly girl, she whis-
nefeu, lie GditHpt tint away the SkN
and the sunshine from you! He cannot
blind and deafen you, sillyi Cry if You
must, YOU little coward!-you will
marry him all the same"
suddenly sitting up, alert, she heard
something singing. 1t was the river
flowing close beside her.
She pushed away the screen of leaves
and stretched out full length, looking
down into the water.
A trout lay there; his eyes were shin
ing with an opal tint, his scarlet spots
blazed like jewels.
And as she lay there, her bright hair
tumbled about her face, she heard,
above the rivers monotone, sharp,
whiplike sound -swis-s-sh-and sill
very thread flashed out across her
vision. 1t was a fishing-hne and
leader, and the fisherman who had cast
it was standing fifty feet away up
stream, hip-deep in the sunlit water.
Swish, swish! and the long line flew
back, Strengthened far behind him,
The sun., 1916-02-15
The Burned Plank.

II was not until yesterday that the
Hon. WOODROW WILSON formally and
finally repudatcd this pledge con-
taincd in the platform on which he
ran for President three years and
half ago. receiving the number of
electoral votes needed to elect him:
I'VE favor single Presidential term
and to that end urge the adoption OF an
amendment to the Constitution making
eligible for reelection. aud Ue pledge
the candidate Of this convention TO tbs
prtncipie:'
Yesterday the political beneficiary
Of the foregoing declaration Of Demo-
cratic principle and registration of
Democratic promise wrote as follows
TO the Ohio Secretary of state:
I'm order. therefore. TO satisfy the
technical lsicl requirement Of the stat
ute OF the state of Ohio hereby con-
sent 20 the use or my name as cam
dldate FOR the Presidency by any candi-
date who seeks to be elected delegate
TO the national Democratic convention
which is TO assemble IN June next
Thus the Democratic principle of
! the single term and the Democratic
I pledge in behalf of the Hon. WOODROW
VII soN are thrust by the bcncfiriary's
own unShrinking hands into the ere
mutory furnace.
There have been other burnt sacri
fees to the same political and per
Sonal ambition. but we are bound e
say that the odor of the combustion
is not pleasing.
The sun., 1916-02-15
The Rear End Collision.

Every newspaper in New York yes.
terday recorded n collision on the
Third avenue elevated railroad In sub
staniially these words:
AN express train on the Third avenue
elevated line was struck by a la Al train
al the 1891 street station to-day Til"
rear car Of the express aul tho iirst car
on tho local were vrc 'ked
In other words there was Il rear
end collision the one "aCridont on Il
railroad for which no excuse can be
found. \ rear end collision means
insufficient mechanical safeguards or
lax discipline: either that the railroad
has not installed the signals that are
needed to warn lis drivers of III"
proximity Of trains ahead of them or
that II does not enforce the rules by
which observance of such signals is
supposed To be obtained,
For some miSadv"nturcS on rail
roads II t. p">>ble 10 put forward an
excuse that will stand disint"r"Stod
scrutiny. but for Il rear end collision
nothing more satisfactory than nn eH.
planation can he found,
The sun., 1916-02-15
THE AGE OF OvEREMPHASIS.
Reflections Suggested by President
Wilson's Adverbs and Adjectiycs.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SrN--Sir: one
docs not need to he a photographer to
understand that Il portrayal of any sub
jcct by the rays of THE SvN is likely
To he ritilcss because Of its ubsOlutc
truth Your readers all know It, No
blemish escapes your perception, and we
who are puristS, at least by inclination,
though We may not have your powers
of perception. find cruel satisfaction in
recognizing in others those imperfcc-
tions which escape our notice until you
point them out.
In common with oo-l. per cent of the
American public | have been content
to accept Mr.. Wilson as a master Of lit
erary style on the strength of what has
been said by those who have had pa
tlence enough to pcrtise his enormous
output Of prose. II was easier to be
lleve than it was to hunt for proof.
II was therefore relief to discover
from your study of his use OF adyerhs
aud adjectives that ! am not obliged
70 yield reluctant admiration any longer
Ia one who, outside of the scholastic
field commands 80 little Of my respect.
For this relief much thanks 1t was
always disuuieting tn me to think That
a man OF his callbre should have lrcn
able to attain such skill in the use OF
words as he has been credited with. 1t
seemed incongruous.
Yet after all IL he uses VERY in
ordinatcly, aud insists with undue cin-
phosis ON the frankness of his utter
ances and the genuine nature Of his
emotions, realizing tudt these thnSa
would not be apparent to others unless
he points them ont himself. what more
has lie done than to follow the fashion
of the time? H. it not the tendency
| of to-day t. place undue emphasis on
| almost everything! Is not cNasg"ra-
tion the prevailing fashion in literature
as well as in the other arts
You call his unnecessary intensive
| ness "A feminine trait, but IS not fcu,n-
| ism perN aiding everything on earth move
widely than ever before" Nay, Is II not
| showing in the very columns of THE
! SrS itself
! Time WAS when the SrN pat COM
spicuous headlines only over the articles
| which called fur ihcm by reason Of 'huir
conspicuous interest. Il Wa not AFRAID
Of using oven the old fashioned stud
| ho,sr head over news of STARTLING I'M
| portaucc. but II used Its largest lEpc
| with mod.rst, and uulN when a utttuE
occasion called Tor ". Nowadays "Sralt
| heads appear over alternate columns
apparently for the purpose of making
the paper pretty tNpogiapu.'allE II ioI-
lows the fashion i' this respect, hu'
one has only to remember when and 10y
whom tha: fashion Vas >'' &" rcal'",
how great = departure % = from the
~du.r journalism of the cider days.
Il is not the IKE Of the wurd very
bat us eNccssiN" US' that THt StN
yr.i.ciscs Eut very" is very prcVt
loutly tr use VI Wilson i- not th'
oul, offender T. \ =.
T.,
The sun., 1916-02-15
The Armed Merchant man.

To the policy now shaping at WASH
ington with regard 10 the treatment
Of bclligcrcnt vessels of commerce
carrying any sort of defensive equip
mcnt there are two serious objcc-
tions: and they ought To be- clearly
understood and pondcrcd well.
The frs, is legal 80 far a. there
is any such thing ~ international law
time its trustee or custodian during
the prevalent world war. W" have
had frequent statements to this effect
by the President himself. Now there
Is no more firmly established funda-
mental principle of international iur-
isprudencc than th" principl" that
after war has begun any change 10y Il
neutral in tn" previously existing
practice constitutes nu iutractlon of
neutrality. ina>much aS il must he for
the benefit uf one or another of the
bplligereutS concerned. Indeed, this
principle has been cnunciuted more
than once 10y the present Admintstra
tion. if We are not mistaken. 1t has
been the backbone of the American
attitude toward Germany a. To her
Innovations in the matter of suhma-
rinc warfare.
The second objection is practical.
II n merchant vessel carrying Ameri-
can passengers. nud also carrying de-
fen>iye armament. according 10 the
right recognized hy previous practice
and admitted hy our State Depart
ment in note to the German Govern
ment only fifteen months ago, i a
the mercy of Il German submarine. the
decision aS tu tn" vessels status VII
rest in every instance with tn" com
mandpr Of the submarine. Tn" fate
Of the merchantman and of the Amer
lean, aboard will depend either up"t
the accuracy of that indiNidualS in
formation or upon the good fhlth I"
his proceedings. II II" believes I"
pcrsuades himself To seem To- believe
that the ship is armed he will giV'
no warning. take 10 measures Tor th
safety of the neutral non-comhatantS
After the new German rule GOES mt
effect ne will sink the vessel AT sight
II ne makes Il mistake NJ the cost q
American lives his mistake viii h
irrcparahlr,
These are grave considerations. d'
serving tn" most serious thought. II
question j. di'icuir: hut m"m"nlnu
difficulties arc inherent in any "a
temnt to rcwrirc international LAY
during the progress of hostillties.
The sun., 1916-02-15
flood water. In such condition even

Kentuckians would be demoralized.'
State rivalries not infrcquenuy fur
nish flint and steel for the sparks of
wit struck In Congress. Mr.. CARA
WAY of Arkansas had told Il story re.
flccting upon the kind of lawyers Mis-
souri, sent to his State. Mr. RUSSELL
Of Missouri interrupted to ask "If the
gentleman did not come from Mis-
souri, himself"
The gentleman from Arkansas ad-
mitted the charge, hut added in miti-
when got ont Of Missouri. and
would have left sooner If had known
where I was--but I was not a pre-
cocious child"
The Indian appropriation bill was
being discussed. TAYLOR Of Colorado
remarked
81, look. to me as though ther. is
such a thing among Indians as well as
whites as having too much money for
| their own welfare.
, "Of course that charge does not
lie against the gentleman from Colo
RADIO or myself" Mr.. MANS asked
sternly.
| Not all of the first class of wit. but
| good enough to refute the charge that
debate in Congress makes the Record
"dool. just dool."
One example Is worth rcprinting.
The state of the Treasury was being
discussed; members on the ltepubli-
can side were charging thar the ma.
tion was bankrupt. at best living
from hand to mouth. Mr.. MANS rose
and said:
perhaps the gentleman from New
York tMr. FIrzGtRALpl will be kind
enough to inform tha House what II the
balance OF available funds in the Treas.
ury."
81 decline" said Mr. FlrLGtR,tp
"to make public the amount of avail
able funds In the Treasury in order
not to excite Republican covctous
ness
The sun., 1916-02-15

Comptroller PRhNpERGAsr has rem
dcred great service both to the New
York public and to the truth of mu-
nicipal history. His specific and illu-
minating statement puts In their right
light and right relations those an
cicnt facts about the SUBWAY negotia-
tions which certain sensationalists,
inside and outside of the Thompson
committee. are misrcpresentlng as
new discoveries aud perverting as to
their actual significance.
If the investigators from Albany
find any wrongdoing in this business
they are doing their duty in exposing
II 10 the last detail and the people
are With them in their performance
"f that duty. Any attempt to mag
nifty ar diStort or make Il sensation
for political effect or personal az
grandi2emont can only discredit their
legitimate performances.
Meanwhile, why Is Mr.. SHoNTs SC
taciturn: His side Of the story Ger
tainly merits prompt aud full exhibi
tion. The circumstance that he Is
waiting for a lawyer To get across the
ocean before he breaks >ilcnr" is crr
tainly Il singular excuse for pro
tructed delay.
The sun., 1916-02-15
Injustice to Governor Whit imam.

Greatly though ii pains Us to differ
from so eloquent an orator and astute
a statesman as EDGAR TRUMAN BEACK-
EFT, ex-pre>ident of the Charles T..
Hughes Presidential Nominating A.
sociation. we cannot accept his I'M
supported statement that Governor
CHARLES SEN MorR WHlIMAN's admin
istration has been worse than WILL.
IAN SUFFERS was We believe Mr..
BRACKETr. If he ever mad" the state
ment attributed 10 him. did 81 in II
moment of irritation. in which hc did
not carefully weigh his words
Until Mr.. BRAcKErr brings to the
support of this disquleting declara-
tion unimpeachablc proof Of its truth,
files against the Governor the charges
that would Justify Il and prepares
for presentation the evidence that
would support them. We shall con
tinue To reject the allegation, and
shall expect Mr. EEACHETr To dis
avow its authorship. or II he acknowl
edges this to confess that he was
guilty of evaporation.
| We cannot believe that even Mr.
BRACKETr actually feels that The
Whitman record ~ Albany i worst
than thnt Of the same old BuI.
The sun., 1916-02-15
We hasten 10 take the Rosetta stone
ou, OF the White House,


y" rHr EplroH COZ Tur SrN- Sir. What
~ tive RuwcIN \ visitor 'hcr. 'o.laE
Wodld 90" amazed az tho Wual,rf.i
transformation wrought iu that famous
hu, malEucd thoroughrtr" hr the shift
irE u' the elevated s'rI, 'Uro from tho
sidewalk - the gutter - points whcr"
tn" avenue is wide enough 10 ucrw't
this 80 be dou". SON" spots S'll ,'-
main where Tn" pillars iu'rud" upon IT."
Sidewalk, but ths .S NOT The fault ~ ~"
rtuuNatOrS. hcrtus" At such places tn"
room - limited. And yet the work has
been dome SO well that the tcc..rg OF
resentment against having IT." pillars
cncrotrh upon the sidewalk las been
obViatCd.
The new Ordc~ o' things j. r,~DouSi-
hle for the feeling OF security tnat re
pedestrian cXpericnccs aS h' walks u'ui :
the thoroughfarc No longer IL tho mass
of wood and steel held above Oic'~ head
by tho fran pilla,s that We're erected IN
the days when eight car trains, jtmm'i
to the doors and equipIod with heavy
motors, were unknown. Il l. sid that
this stretch of road from Third street
south to Chatham square has been q
source Of wo,ry for NOR" than one Off
CiI Of the road.
The transition from TIA" ar'iGuat"d
to 'hc modern hlS h"ou the nc.uis of
bringing something 10 tu" Ruw"TE THAT
,hc good old thorouCh'trc has ho' cu-
! iuy'l sine" thr elevated rr.,rcd ,'S at.
| 'eu.Ia,cd furm in lNiH, rcf"r 20 TIA"
| sunlight that NOW streams doNn ON tn"
| places which formerly wcr" foul and
| damp hcIHusc tn" .leV't"d structure
| succeeded in shutting off entirely the
| rays of the sun The numerous hu-l.
/ ness places, the cheap lo''!>. '.r ''otu.
| ing shops. Sc. haN" al been hr,ght"urd
| M lnmct tsu,du.y 10y the sunshine that
The sun., 1916-02-15
Mercy" to Criminals.

Speaking to a Young Mems Chris
tian Association on "Ih" ,,uhh'N "'
Mercy" IN penology, br, LYMAN AN
BoIr advanced from sound premises
TO ,nsound conclusions. Sentiment,
not reason, was his vehicle. There i
practical sense in the statement that
"the time n man spends In prison
should benefit him rs a visit To
hospital benefits "A man phySi'a''y H.
But II Is erroneous IN put fh" welfare
OF the criminal in the period Of his
segregation ahead of the interest OF
the society for whose protection he
is placed in confinement. To regard
the prisoner aS IN man 10 whom civil
lization owes great debit payahl"
in blindness and charity IS per
| version of values.
The natural effect Of such thinking
was made manifest in the speakers
npplauded pororation; "What mr."
the state and the courts of Now York
that they should Judge II man. Dr.
| AuBOTT certainly meant 10 express
nothing more than the common regret
that ns life Is constituted tn" nrces-
sity of Judgment exists. To question
the proprioty of tn" cXis,cnc" of
courts with the power Of "onS'ra'nt
unon Violntors of the laws that pro-
tcct the common rights could not con
cciynhly have been his Intention, Vet
tint WAS tn" effect Of his remark,
The current Of his words ran away
with his sense.
| Justice must hc stern, hut moi YIN.
dictive. Protection, not vengeance,
Is her purpose, A convict Is, for the