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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
DOG IS LOYAL TO
HIS MASTER IN JAIL
MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS
WIFE DESERTED BY ALL HIS
FRIENDS EXCEPT ONE

MARLINTON, w. Va Jack he-
inc lust n ordinary hound dog, does
rot know all the facts in the "hrma1
hapgmans moose" murder casn, hut
no does know his master, Dr. Oliver
\ Howard. is in trouble anG the body
Of his mistress, Mrs. Howard, was
carried away in : black boy coTered
with flowers children gathered IN the
Prior to the day MS mistress was
found dead, her neck broken by what
physicians call the hangman's knot
grip, and DR.. Howard was arrested
and charged with murder. Jack was
the happiest dog in the Allegheny
mountains.
Today he is the saddest.
Every AFTERNOON. Just before the
sun sinks behind the mountain range,
he trots ur the long read to POGO
bontas county iail, where, III dog Ian
puara. he tries to tell his master he
is being loyal.
Jack seems to understand that his
masters old friends deserted him
after he was arrested in connection
with this lin iitsu" murder alleged
to have occurred after Mr9. Howard
returned from Il suffrage meeting
V hich the doctor is said 10 have for
hidden her to attend.
Before the body of his mistress
was taken to her old home at Fin
castle. Va. for burial Jacks life was
different.
One 2av he would accompany his
mistress. called the little mother OF
Marlinton." up to the homes on the
mountainsidc. where he played with
other dogs while the little mother
ohcered the sicl; or sat with other
mothers who were expecting new
Corners into the world.
The next he would trot contented-
" behind the masters buggy when
the doctor went on calls.
When Summers SHARP, prosecuting
attorney, went to the Howard nome
the day after the funeral he found
J2clt huddled in the kitchen. JACK
refused to eat. He seemed to know
loads hung heavy over his home.
DR.. Howard will be placed on trial
in November. Prosecuting Attorney
Sharp says he will call witnesses who
VINO will testify that Dr.. Howard
boosted he could break ones neck
in twinkling" and demonstrated a
iiu iitgr hold which consisted of
placing the thumb of the right hand
over the bridge Of the nose and the
fingers under the left Jaw bone and
jerking the head.
The twist in the "hangman knot
grip described by surgeons has the
same effect as hangman's knot used
when a person is executed. breaking
the neck and causing immediate
death.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
THIS COUPLE HAS BEEN
MARRIED SEVENTY YEARS
Live OF Same Farm Where They
Went to Housekeeping.

SALISBURY, Mo.-Mr. and Mrs
Jordan Bentley of Forest Green, ten
miles southwest of here, celebrated
the 10th anniversary of their mar
riage few days ago. He is 81 and
she is 8S.
They are living on the same farm
TODAY to which as bride and groom
they came in 1916, after a numer--
ously attended wedding and "intare.
With a smile on her face that is
amazingly free of wrinkles Mrs
Bentley explained that wedding re-
ccptions were unheard Of when they
were married. Then it was always
an "infare."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
SOUTHERN NEGROES
SUFFERING IN NEW JERSEY
Associated Charities OF Newark Tells
of Illness and Poverty.

SAVANNAH, Ga.-The Associat-
ed Charities of Savannah has been
advised by the Associated Charities
Of Newark, N. j., that there are a
large nubmer of negro families in
that city suffering from illness and
poverty. Information from other
cities shows similar conditions. These
are negroes who left the South last
fall under promise of better condi-
tons in the northern cities.
Many of those heard from are i'll
and many are destitute, according to
the letters coming here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
LAZY HOUSEWIVES BLAMED
FOR HIGH COST OF LIVING

Accused Because Delivery of Petty
Purchases Is Required of Seller.
The "lazy housewife" is one of
those responsible for the high cost of
living in the opinion of Marcus M.
Marks, president of the borough of
Manhattan. In a recent address he
declared that he overhead charges Of
the tradesmen have been boosted by
the housewife who asks the grocer to
deliver a fve-cent purchase, or some
other dealer to send package Of
pins. Such trips cost not less than
ten cents and hundreds Of such re-
quests in a year unquestionably
cause added expense to everybody.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
PRETTY GEORGIA GIRL
HELD ON FORGERY CHARGE
Operated in the South and Has {
Number of Aliases.

Laura Todd Erb, aged q years
and handsome, is under arrest in
Nashville, Tenn, charged with pass
ing forged checks in Tampa, Savan-
nah and other Southern cities. She
has a number of aliases and claims
that her home is in Columbus, Ga.
Her checks always were made on the
Netherland bank, in New York city
or the Columbus bank of Columbus
Ga. Miss Erb is a pretty blonde and
appears to be well educated She
will be taken to Tampa for trial.
Buy your Xmas candy from Her
mans.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
AN AMERICUS WOMAN
CHARGED WITH SHOPLIFTING
Worked Slight of Hand Trick on a
Silk Handkerchief.

A young woman giving her name
as Mrs. Clair Potter, aged 25, of
Americas, was held in Atlanta police
barraks charged with shoplifting. The
police, however, do not believe that
she gave her right name.
Mrs. Potter was arrested in a
Whitehall street retail store. She was
charged with having lifted from one
of the counters a small silk handker-
chief. She denies the charge, how
ever, and states that she was merely
examining the handkerchief in order
to pick out some Christmas presents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
YAWNED IN CHURCH AND
WAS FINED TWENTY DOLLARS
Total Lack of Restraint While Pas
tor Worked Up to Peroration.

LEXINGTON, Ky.-Henry Hip
shire paid $40 in county court for
his lack of constraint while Pastor
Bottom was working up to his pero-
ration in the course of a sermon at
the old Union church in Loradale.
AS the congregation hung spellbound
on the words of the minister, the jury
was told, Hipshire YEARLY abandoned
himself to an abysmal yawn. He
was elected and arrested.
We are the leaders in all holiday
goods. Let US show you our line be-
fore you buy. D. H. Ozier-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
To- Groves

The Old STANDARD Groves Tasteless
xii Tonic il equally vail able as a
.creral T.ni> because it contains the
-ttla,-v1 tu1ic Pc peTt;es ofQUININ4
Ief5.S = cts - IT, Live Dir;
IN. ~; 80 - 1io~d 8
49, a., =. 4cie sl,II. s. So
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
CUTHBERT NEGROES
RETURN FORM NORTH

Several negroes who left recently
for points in the North have returned
to Cuthbert. They report that it is
too cold and expenses are too high
where they have been, and they adj
wise other negroes to stay away from
there.-Cuthbert Leader
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
ALLEGED FORCER is
ARRESTED AT SHELLMAN
Frank Hogg, a Barber, Wanted in
Three States for Forgery.

TFahk EIUgB, a bdFDsII eH1S1 III
Three States for Forgery.
On Instructions from officers in
Texas Sheriff Taylor and Deputy
Sheriff Yon arrested last week at
Shellman Frank r. Hogg H is a
barber, and has been working for a
short time in the county. Hogg mar
ried a daughter Of W. j. Bass of
Shellman several years ago. The
charge against him IS forgery, and he
is said 20 be wanted IN Georgia and
Alabama as we'll a. in Texas.
Hogg is in jail here, and an officer
from Texas coming for him is expect
ed in a day or two-Cuthbert Lead
err.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
RECEIVER OF AMERICUS
BANK DECLARES DIVIDEND

AMERICUS, Ga.-A 5 per cent
dividend to depositors in the defunct
Americas National Bank will be is
sued soon, as it is said that Receiver
Dudley is now issuing the checks.
This is a total of 80 per cent which
will have been paid.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

New Christmas Neckwear-Hor-
nady.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

Buy your Xmas candy from Her
mans
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18

Government electric launches to inves-
tigate every inch OF the tulebra cut
and the disturbances therein. They
freely granted every privilege and
every convenience to make the inves-
tigation and freely sought any infor-
nation or suggestions that might tend
to sOlv" the problem which Is caus-
ing the unfortunate conditions AT the
culchrn cut and preventing passage
in the worlds greatest waterway and
the greatest enterprise that has eve
been undertaken and built by human
hands.
They even placed at our disposal
ere of the best biologists in the Gov
eminent scrvicc-an eminent and able
gcntlcmin now connected with the
reolo gical department in the bureau
Of mines-Donald r. Macdonald, who
willingly exchanged his ideas and
gladly considered any that we had to
offer. While ! could not agree with
SOM %! his opinions regarding the sit
ua,i"n. yet ] respect and admire his
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tun!ty Of many long years OF under
ground experience and they 700. IN
time. may be willing to Conrcde to the
practical fellow some knowledge along
Il ose lines.
My experience with gases covers
thirty years In mines and underground
WORK In almost every capacity from
general nag OF large productive
properties down to tool hoy. WHOM |
was first employed underground. This
period includes experience in I'tah, as
Vel as the five adjoining mining
States. 1t Is that knowledge ANA o,-
rerionce with careful study and muuy
tests and the analyses of erUpti,r
rocks that has induced mo TO p.a,e
before YOU some facts in my expert
enre.
For instance, there is a shaft IN pirll
city. in the State of Utah, at the pres
ent day known as the No. . Ontn"io
three compartments SHAFT. There was
taken out in the excavation and sink
ing of this shaft some ~ .0OJ cubic feet
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area Of movements known as Gold
Hill and Contractors Hill (which were
one and the same hill before the chan
mel was cut through should develop
a movement into the canal II would
add to the difficulty. There would
then be many additional million cubic
yards to be moved.
Howe er, in my Judgment, frop OBJ
servation and the nature OF the rock
IN those particular hills. they will
no experience any such trouble from
those points. The movements are all
within a space Of about $500 feet. or
about half a mile. and my firm belief
Ia that the trouble liz all caused By
s~ubterranean gases formed in the
earth which. when permitted to escape
through certain channels or breaks in
the earth. carry with them eruptive
material. sometimes for n long dis
lance. to the place Of the least resist
ance.
My conclusion is based on some
what peculiar personal experiences
with similar earth movements encoun-
tered in mining operations and my
opinion is not formed all from theory.
II Is based mostly on practice and
experience. Are there gases confined
In subterranean channels that have
burst through the earth's crust at the
Culebra cut and produced earth waves
which have caused such havoc at that
point in the canal" In my Judgment
1t is possible to trace this zone OF dis
turbance and then 10 tap the gas
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Immense masses of earth and rock thrust II in GaiNard Cut forth of Gold Hill and
suggesting that the cause of the socaneds slides may be found in the action
IF suberranean confined Eases

every year. Il was then owned and
controlled hy ~ilaGgin and his asso-
CiateS.
Another experience IN the old minc
Known a the Crescent, in the sarre
d~iatri,t. In driving a tunnel, the track
in the bottom would sometimes rise
two foot over night. We would rr-
move tho material and replace tho
, rack and it might stand for thirty
DAYS. and then the movement would
start again and the whole drift would
crowd in.
rn" morning a shift of mon under
my supervision went INTO the face Of
this tunnel Ia drive ahead. and the
ijmhcrmen completed aud Installed,
! Just behind the men, n set of twelve
inch square oregon fir tlmhorS. Al
! ~ 30 \. NJ the movement came and
broke those tlmbcrs like matches
and the mon an the outside had IL
dig around TN" bottom of the t!mhers
in order to get tn" men M alive,
This set Of fine new t!mhrrS had
only been in place and completed thrt.
and on"-half hours.
| took one of the foremost geulpGiStS
in this country In there to iny'stigate.
lie Informed me that il was the great
IrcSsurc of water above and behind
tins lnrphNry or ,r.!ptiNr ruck that
wdH causing ii to swell. believed II
for a time. ana | drove on ahead unit,
we struck another vein of the same
kind Of material, aud when ! visited
my men one morning they were thci
in . harl formation bet Ntpn tho Nv,
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Of materials per hundred feet ur icpth
As II was originally sunk. Aftcrw Ard
$4,000 cubic feet OF material was taken
from 100 feet OF this shaft each year
for fifteen years. \ crew of men WAS
employed continuously behind those
,timhers Ia keep the shat, y Oregon
fir timhcrs. twelve inches square
would be broken sonnet mes over might.
The shaft vas sunk some | 500 feet.
The whole shaft was not clrs"d NJ,
nor moving, but different sections
therein. In n section of 800 feet
the management cut around ten on
twelve feet Of space behind the tim.
bcrs. putting head boards and braces
10 steady the timbe-a, These woult
sometimes stand for thirty or s.At,
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confined in subterranean caverns or
old and extinct craters 1t would seek
to escape at a point where the re-
sistance was the least. II the channel
was open and the material soft II
would not cause a tremendous up.
heaval II II could escape along the
Track In the earth's crust, loosely
filled with clay and eruptive rock.
The presence Of this crack or break
indicates a previous eruption OF con-
fined gases. Now the great Culebra
cut. made In digging the canal, must
have further reduced the resistance
offered to the gas struggling to escape.
20 that IL would seem not altogether
unreasonable to inquire whether or not
the so-called slides ut this point were
not in reality caused by earth waves.
sympathetic seismic disturbances, due
wholly to the presence OF the gas he
meath the bottom OF the canal at this
point. When those movements came
tho banks Of the canal shook--a great
deal Of, stone and earth. II is'true. slid
into the canal. but the greater part
Of the troahls was due 10 the earth
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feasibility of n canal at Panama, but
from Balboa to GOethals no ore ever
made q comprehensive test OF the for
nations below the surface, either by
boring or shaft sinking. which should
have been made at least 500 feet be-
meath the water Jewel. that they might
know what foundation the canal bed
would rest upon.
When a business block, a railroad
or a great bridge II to be constructed
the FIRST thing that the owner or con-
tractor does Ia to learn all about the
ground On which It IL to stand. The
contractor. an well as the owner, de-
sires to know the character OF the soil
or rock. that he may determine the
cost Of excavation. and he also must
know that he has a firm foundation
On which his building or bridge IL to
rest. Yet building contractors In New
York and other cities spend more
money In determining the nature OF
the ground beneath a prospective sky
scrsper than did the Government Of
the United States 10 Determining the
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ability, hut still cling To my own ideas,
which can only he considered after the
present theory fails.
While the college nor have had
every advantage from "A scholarly
standpoint M must make some on
'essions for the "A VINO has acquired
his knowledge and education to a great
degree and was trained from early life
10y actua! contact with geologlrnl con-
,itlons, who has been forced to solve
thes" problems involving the actions
of the earth with which he wa con
lronted and who has had long years
OF experience in combating them.
above may not he rining engineers.
They may never have had the oppor.
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= SUBTERRANEAN CASES CAUSE OF PANAMA CANAL SLIDES
Former United States Senator Thomas Kearns of Utah Advances New
Theory of Cause of the Trouble on the Isthmus and Backs 1t Up
With Facts From Thirty Years Experience IN Mining

character Of the soil or rock beneath
the channel Of the Panama Canal.
III corporations or private individuals
prosecuted their work in this manner
there would be more failures than
there now are. Personally. l think
that the irst million dollars should
have been spent on a thorough test
OF the formation. at least to a depth
OF 900 feet below the channel. the same
to mark the first page Of the great
undertaking. and I firmly believe that
u similar test, in a lesser degree. say
to a depth of 500 feet. will yet hav
To be made In and across that pariicu-
lar section of the Culebra cut. That
is, Of course. providing the presen,
theory OF the engineers fails and the
removal Of the weight from the banks
Tails to remedy conditions at the canal.
Time and the expense now being In
Cured should prove to the public that
subterranean pressures and gases are
To a large degree causing the trouble.
This should be determined within a
short space Of time, say. the frst OF
the coming year.
To a practical seologist, q great
break in the formation at the place
OF the greatest disturbance Is visible
crossing h canal itself almost at right
angles. This break should be care.
fully tested and followed and abso.
lutely located at Its source, which NAV
he some NV or six miles away, AM
there relieved Of its constantly accu.
mulatinR gas pressure. which In nov
fAr.iNy ,Na A.. ,n -t.s 4,
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In the bOtts,m m the canal rising IN
to the surface NJ the uater and nliing
tho canal and forming islands amid
stream.
The theory Of the canal engineers Is
that beneath the rock through which
the canal In cut there IL a substratum
Of mud and soft earth. The weight Of
the rock and earth on either side Of
the canal. resting on this soft layer of
mud. causes 1t to ooze into the canal.
and thus produces the greater part of
the trouble Their remedy for this is
To reduce the weight on top n the
mud, that is. tut ioWn the bank on
sither SIDE ID almost water level Tor
some distance back. until an angle OF
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One Of the troublesome islands pressure ron below raises in GaiMad Cut Occasionally these
islands rise ten or twelve fee over night
o Occasionally these

heen repaired, but that the watnr has
found another and larger opening
through which to escape, once it is
established that the gas beneath the
canal bottom causes the islands II
mud and rock and material to rise
To the surface the remedy of course
would lie In finding some other way
or place for those gases to escape
AEain. for comparison, the water
tap in your house Ii broken or out
81 commission in your bathroom and
you are unable to locate where the
main water pipe enters your lawn.
iou get a pail and continue to dip
the water out If the tub to keep
II from flooding the house. You NAV
continue to dip az long as the water
runs. II you cannot locate the feeder
o: connection "a you main you must
go To the reservoir and there shut m
the main. When tie reservoir over
noWs, change the course of tho water
SO that il will not interfere with your
residence.
This II the condition at Culehra cut.
They can continue TO remove this
moving material that is filing up tho
~ 'iNit IVd IbbN
dredHes and hold back the now for.
a time. but unless the supply is
changed TO some other course at the
source 1t may never stop until nature
changes 1t.
or course ! am well aware tina:
there are many sceptics who will in
sist that the cause and the remedy
mat ! have suggested are unreason-
ape. ] arr aware too thai the fact
mat most eminent engineers have
held otherwise Is not "A strong recnm-
mendat!"n for such IL theory. How
ever, | am reminded that some OF
the most eminent OF the worlds gcol-
Os.sts have been reversed by nature,
ana 1t Is not beyond possibility thai
they may gain be wrong, as there are
many or the earth's geological condi-
tons that are vet unwrltteu.
II Will doubtless occur To one thai
II there is anything in the theory
have advanced II IL strange that NJ
one OF the canal or army engineers
has advanced ar investigated such a
possibility, That is Just what oc-
CURED to me. ami il IL Il fact beyond
dispute that Gen. George W. Goethals
and his STAFF ~ army as well as civil
engineers are among the best an,
most wonderful construction engineers
that the world has ever produced
Tho construction. the finish. the per
feet completion OF the locks and thu
canal itself command the admiration
Of the world. They served their pur
pose well and their great efforts mus
no fail.
There is 4 problem yet to solv,
which Is no fault Of theirs, They are
educated. refined and able gentlemen
They extended every courtesy to M
and my engineer: they gave MS tn,
courtesy Of the Government railroad
they extended TO " the bese Of th,
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should he able to follow the rocky
signs 80 potent with meaning to tho
trained eve. which would enable him
to follow the course of this fault plane
with certainty. Drilling along the
course 81 this fault, I believe. would
establish the fact that this break in
the earth's crust IN filled with por-
phyry, eruptivc material and soft clay.
similar ~ that found In other sections
OF the country where eruptions Of this
kind are not uncommon. Drilling. I
believe. also would determine whether
or not there was gas along the fault.
Let us admit for the moment that
my judgment is correct. 1t Is not un-
reasonable to suppose that II gas IA
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chamber beneath the :"rN! RIM ana so
reiic\" tho pressure A. that point.
~ fer a. my Investigation has gone
ANA from al knowledge can gather
/ either the French t;oyernmert nor
car own Government thought il
worth VINO :" determine III" char
a"ter "f the rock and suhsoi! through
"h'h me 'pn'l vas constructed.
\ lit;l' more than IoC years ago
talbot climbed the mountain range
at the Isthmus nj Panama nnd ha,, cid
the great Iarin" ocear. Almost i'm
ned.a,ely the idea Of constructing a
waterway across the Isthmus ~ Pam
anna was conceived. Since that time
every generation has looked into the
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Gaillard Cut, Culebra. looking north from Contractors Hill
The picture shows the barrier across the canal.

days. and at occasional PERIODS only
cver night. This whole breast Of rock
you'd 10Y crushing the timbers in
the shaft and wedging itself in there
80 closely that powder would have TO
he used TO remove Il.
There was no visible means Of find
irg out whore the rock came from and
10 known space made car 10y the
supply it was furnishing. but the
movement vas continuous to my
knowledge. for fifteen years, until .he
shaft was abandoned. The eason for
keeping IT open for this long period
was that il vas producing over a mill
:on dollars net in precious metals
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Former Senator Thomas Kearns Of Utah recently visited the
Pssama Canal in company with his engineer by invitation of q high
Government Official On his return he was requested uno&ciaIy to
out into writing his conclusions IS to the cause of the Z. called slides
II the canal His statement Of the situation is given herewith.