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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
GAMBLING CRAZE
AMONG THE WOMEN
Poker Games and Bridge Whist Par
ties in New York City Are Form
ed Weeks in Advance.

AS the result of a quiet investiga-
ton recently conducted in New York
city the most astonishing facts were
brought to light concerning the craze
now raging among women for gam
bling. 1t is growing daily, and there
seems to be no check to it's disastrous
progress.
1t was disclosed that there are
hundreds of poker games running
day and night in New York, to the
financial distress of most women in
dulging. No count can be taken of
the calamity of domestic life which
is attributed to the disposition of wo-
men to gamble with cards. Poker
games and bridge whist parties are
formed weeks in advance. In many
of the hotels there are organized each
day companies of men and women
who indulge in draw poker and
bridge, with view to helping out
household expenses from a visitation
of dame fortune.
On the other hand, there are
scores of women living off the profits
of this passion in New York today
heads of establishments in apart
ment houses or brown stone front
houses in quiet neighborhoods. Their
percentage of the profits of the game
enables them to live luxuriously.
Many of the poker games running in
the white light district are dishon-
estly conducted, short card men who
are able to deal any kind of hand
to a confederate at the table being
introduced to rob women. Most OF
the games conducted in apartment
house and brown stone fronts do not
require the services of a "cheater. -
The profit from the unquestioned
''rake-off" is enough to support an
establishment in the best of style,
provided the play is constant.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
HOBO UNEARTHS RICH
LEDGE IN AN OLD MINE
MATT KELLY HAS WON A LIFE
TINES GAMBLE AND WILL
BE RICHER 100000.

Hobo Matt Kelly has struck it
rich in the old Bodie mine in Cali
fornia. He has won a lifetime's gam
BILE, and will be the richer by $780,
600 or more within a short time,
Hobo Matt is known in all the
mining camps of the west. When
''Old Bruin" Kelly, his uncle, was
winning his fame upon the Comstock
and as superintendent of the Bodie
mine Matt was his trusted messen-
ger. He became a miner. When the
bee Hive" as the Bodie mine was
called, was turning out it's millions
Matt was there. He knew every inch
of those honeycombs of wealth.
He gambled in Bodie stocks and
won. He spent his money as easily
as he made it. He had married, but
even his wife's love could not hold
him from the mad delights of those
feverish bonanza days.
Then Matt became Hobo Matt. "
with his blanket on his back he be-
came a wanderer.
In the back of his mind was the
constant thought of an undiscovered
ledge of gold in the Bodie, which he
meant to have one day. Even in his
cups he never disclosed his secret,
biding his time.
Last fall Matt decided that the
time had come to go back to Bodie.
He found the place that once held
10000 busy men changed into a
dreary. sleepy village of 200 inhabi-
tants. The old workings were ST.
lent, and J. S. Cain, mining broker,
had gathered in the old Bodie prop
critics.
When "Hobo Matt" appeared in
camp and asked for the lease on the
old mine he was laughed at. No one
had any faith in the old wanderer.
Cain turned him down. He went TO
man who had known him in mis-
better days-Lester Bell-and told
him the secret, offering to share with
him if Bell could get the lease.
Bell did not have much faith, put
he agreed to try in rev days. Gam
gave the lease to Bell. The com
pany's engineers had gone again into
the mine and pronounced it worth
less.
Then Hobo Matt became young
again. The years dropped away from
him as he shouldered his pick and
shovel and went to work in the we'll
remembered lodges.
A drift was started, and after a
sleep of 40 years a ledge rich in true
coIors. deep in extent, was uncover
ed. ''Hobo Mats" dream came true
BY the light of candle far down un-
der the surface of the white earth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
DAWSON HIGH SCHOOL
TAKES A LIVELY GAME
Won From Lumpkin BY Close Score
of Three to One.

of Three to One.
On the college campus Wednesday
the Varsity team of the Lumpkin
high school crossed bats with Daw-
son. The contest was close all dur
ing the game, and at the beginning
Lumpkin took the lead by making its
first and only score, and for four in
nings no runs we're made by either
side. Dawson made one run in the
inning, and it was followed by two
more, which decided the game in
Dawson's favor.
Close playing and fine hitting were
features of both teams, and the two
winning runs were due to errors.
The batteries were: Dawson,
King and Baldwin; Lumpkin, Jester
and Pugh.
Games will probably be played be-
tween these teams all through the
season, and it is expected that our
boys will visit Dawson at an early
date to return the game and hoping
to infict a defeat on the Dawson
boys.-Lumpkin Independent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
GOLD MINE AND ITS
BIRDS OF ILL OMEN
Call 1t Glory Hole Because So Many
Miners Who Descended Into 1t
After Gold Met Death.


They call it the Glory Hole because
so many of the miners who descend
ed into it after gold met death in its
depths. 1t is in Alaska, and is a
mighty ellipse 500 feet long, 600 feet
broad and more than 900 feet deep.
You could drop the Washington mon
ument inside and it's aluminium tip
would still be so feet from the top
You could lay it lengthwise within
it, and the ends would not touch the
sides. 1t was from rocks tumbling
into the pit the mine got its name
of Glory Hole, as the miners were
often there sent into eternity.
Strange to say, many of their
deaths came from the crows. These
birds made the neighborhoOd of the
Glory Hole their favorite roOsting
and feeding places. They were so
numerous that trumpeters were sta
toned about the hole to warn the
miners of danger in case a flock
should light on the edges. The first
blast of the trumpet meant the crows
are now lighting" and the second
warned the miners that the rocks
were loosening and would soon be
down upon them. A slight pecking
of the gravel overhead was liable to
start an avalanche that would carry
tons of rock down the sides.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
LOWREY MOTION FOR NEW
TRIAL WILL BE HEARD MAY

SAVANNAH, Ga.-The calendar
for the May term of United States
court, which is to begin in Savannah
on May 8, was given out yesterday
from the office of District Attorney
Earle M. Donaldson.
The first case on the docket is the
hearing of the motion for new trial
of Mathew M. Lowrey, convicted OF
breaking the national bank at Amer
icus and sentenced to five years in
the federal prison. This will be TAX
en- up Monday morning, May 8, and
is expected to consume a day in the
hearing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
LITTLE LOBSTER KILLS
FIVE HUNDRED POUND MAN
Huge Coffin Required For Victim of
Canned Food.

NEW YORK-William H. Kett, a
Jersey City auctioneer, who weighed
554 pounds, is dead of ptomaine pois-
oning. He was stricken in his office
after a night lunch on canned lob
ster and expired in few hours. He
was reputed to be the heaviest man
in New Jersey.
The coffin in which the body lies
is one of the largest ever made by
the New York and Brooklyn Casket
Company. 1t is of mahogany, Z feet
7 inches long, 48 inches wide and q
inches deep. 1t is about three times
as large as the average sized man
coffin.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION
HOLDS GENERAL MEETING

Baptists Have Three Days Session at
Pleasant Grove Church.
The annual general meeting of
Friendship Baptist Association was
held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at
Pleasant Grove church, in Sumter
county. Live topics concerning the
welfare of the Baptist denomination
were discussed by prominent minis
tiers and laymen.
Large crowds were in attendance
each day, and the visitors were hos
pitably entertained by the people Of
the community.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
NEGRO BISHOPS DEFEATED
BY NORTHERN METHODISTS
Proposition Lacked $50 Votes of the
Necessary Two-Thirds.

CHICAGO.-The Methodist Epis-
copal church has rejected the propo-
sition for negro bishops, according 70
an announcement today by DR.. Jos.
b. Hingely, secretary of the general
conference. The resolution submit
ted to the various conferences receiv-
ed an affirmative vote of 1921
against a negative vote of 3,4S1,
which was $50 votes short of the
necessary two-thirds.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
treat MIDWEST
DEMANDS new PARTY
.,posES MILITARISM AND CON
,nrRs HENRY FORD AS PRES
DENTIAL CANDIDATE.

out of the west, out of the corn
- ont of that rich section in the
s.;or Of the continent known as
inland empire is sweeping an an
aronaredness movement, conceived
the poetic idealism OF western
aricapism and projected with the
80 Of hibh moral conviction
- is shaping itself into natlonal
ovament that may figure in the next
.,aortial election. 1t is consider
uonrv Ford as a presidential
nominee o4,on ond
9th behind this movement IS the
.a brought back by Rabbi stephen
Ll4so Of New York, who has been
r,ng q speaking tour of the mid
west against what is there con
= .uo5 n he the militaristic idea that
aroiIs both east and west on either
BOAST. a,s4,o,
AFTER ten days of contact with
oraat inland empire" said Dr.
lTiso az am prepared to say that II
roforendum-a national referen-
-could be taken tomorrow on
-. question of militarism via pre-
Dorodness an immense number, pos
;h1,, oven a majority of the Amerl-
electorate. would by their vote
Sogister their unwillingness to nave
no republic flung into the mllltarls-
70 oaelstrom. To urge that the
middle west is Indifferent to the men
90 Of invasion or attack is an lntoi-
arahle libel upon one OF the most
,orioon sections of the country,
or+ain in the event of war to give
a4in+od1v of it's sons to the service
III their country.
Anti-militarist and progressive are
bo characteristics of the new pollt-
bal marty that is coming into exist
Anco in the middle west as result
the agitation there against pre-
oradness. THIS third party move
oont based on two principles, pro
pressiveism and anti-militarism, Win
Henry Ford, Frank Walsh, chairman
If the Industrial Relations Commls-
Zion and Herbert BigeloW, OF ONO,
Is its presidential possibilities, mas
aIrpadv made great strides, declares
Dr. Wise. .--
The necessity for a third party
from the point of view OF the mlddie
west is expressed by DR.. Wise IN TINS
way: IF the two old parties, the
democratic and republican, stand up
I'm platforms of preparedness and put
forth candidates pledged to that END
4bose Deople who do not want hill
tarism in this country will have no
nther course than to organize thelr
bwn party and put their own canal
bates in the field.
Speaking for myself and not lot
HE anti-militarist committee, INV
tourney has led me to feel that the
time NAV be at hand for the creation
pf a new party. a party that shall be
Intentionally and unalterably anti
anilitarist, a party that shall be fun
damentally progressive.
Its aim will be to build a plat
form that shall express the abhor-
Fence Of every American of the mill
tarist tendencies which today endan-
ger the very life of our democracy.
Who are to be its candidates? The
american people who believe in the
ssperpetuation of democratic institu-
tions and who Ioathe the possibility
Of establishing European militar1sm
in our land-the American people
will name them
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

do you think you can support
Ethel in the style to which she is
accustomed?"
mo, sir, but l think I can accus-
tom her to the style in which she is
to be supported"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
TICKLING W1FE'S FEET
is GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

Wisconsin Judge Rules 1t Constitutes
Cruel and Inhuman Treatment,
WAUKESHA, wish a suit for
divorce from her husband Mrs. Marie
Johnson testified that he would tie
her to the bed and tickle her feet for
ten minutes "a a time.
Sometimes, she charged, he would
send her to her parents home for
money and when she returned pen
niless he would abuse her.
Judge David Agnew granted the
divorce on grounds of cruel and in
human treatment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
we'll known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts ON the Liver, Drive
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood art
Puilds Ut the Whole System 81 cent?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

P" Fierces Pellets are unequaled as Liver
r. 49, smallest, easiest to take. one tiny. Sugar
- u Fetet Dose Cure Sick Headache, Bill
a. 55eaiache, Dizziness, Constipation, Indiges.
a. Bilious Attacks, and all arrangements OF
LIVER, Stomach and Bowels.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

NOTE.-l2K % of all
the cigarettes smoked
in the United States are
Piedmonds. Think of
it! There are hundreds
of different brands of
cigarettes on the mar
ket-yet l outofeverys
cigarettes smoked is a
Piedmont.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
rnvigorating to the pale and sicEkIy

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria euriches the blood and builds up the sys-
cem. A true tonic. For adults and chlIdrsn' Suc'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
Cigarettes we're born
midst Virginia's sunshine!

AND cigarette tobacco to be good GER
N tainly needs the mellow sunshine of
old Virginia.
Here's one reason why Virginia is
known as ''the tobacco mans tobacco:
because Virginia gives to a cigarette the
one thing no other tobacco can give-that
noticeable livelineSs called character.
Sun-goldened, lively, mellow Virginia
that's Piedmontsl ALL Virginia!
No wonder Piedmonts satisfy smokers.
No wonder PiedmontS give smokers that
''characte1'" they want-every Whit.
You ask for Piedmonts today and sect
e1sqaH&MssA4t1SEsOoo@
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
SNOW A FOOT DEEP
REPORTED IN APRIL
Eastern Section Has Heaviest Fall in
Twenty-one Years.

LEWISTON, Pa.-The snowfall in
this place a few days ago was the
heaviest in this section in twenty-one
wears. Over II inches fell in the
month of April Twenty-one years
ago 2 feet of snow fell in this month,
but it melted away in As hours. The
snowfall this year in this month took
several days to melt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Eastman kodak films, all sizes.
Horsley Drug Co.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
five MORE Sent
against SCOURGE
Navy Surgeons Dispatched to
Combat Paralysis in
New York.

Five more surgeons Of the navy were
sent to New York yesterday to Join the
force already there fighting the tnfanttle
paralysis epidemic.
Twenty-Five officers are at the head
quarters now and seven more will be sent
within the next few days. Those who
went yesterday were Surgeons T. c. Kali
loch. OF the Marine Hospital. Portland,
Ne; W. G. Pettus, OF the Marine Hos
pitaL Charleston, s. C.; II. w. Wfcks, or
the Marine Hospital, OF Detroit, Mich. ;
. J. Robinson, Of Ellis Island. and A A
S-srring, of the Marine Hospital, Of
\apuisville, Ky.
Sr. William Colby Rucker, OF the United
ASares Health Public Health Service, an
s~sunced last night that tho epidemic had
eSken a stronger hold on Hartford, Conn,
where thirty cases are now being attend
"a. The Health Department is slowly
Setting the entire situation well In hand,
Did Health Officer Rucker.
Instructions issued by the United States
Health Service, regarding the prevention
OF the spread Of the plague lay particular
stress on the determination Of flies and
the cleanliness OF food -Stufs.
Parents are urged to summon a ply
sician for the slightest sign OF sickness
in children Many cases Of infantile
paralysis have developed from slight in
disposition" says the notice OF the de-
partment.
No further cases were reported in
Washington yesterday. Two inspectors
Raymond s. Wilson and William n. Cam
eron started an investigation OF sanitary
conditions in local grocery stores and
lunch rooms
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22

Of the Child Labor Bill. Music will be
furnished by a string quartet under Miss
Anna Murray.
The Womans National Democratic
League was organized Just four years
ago. Its members are now bending their
efforts to the reelection of Woodrow
Wilson, and a general Democratic VIC
tory. Work is being done in Wyoming,
Utah, Montana, Washington. California.
Kentucky, Maryland. North Dakota,
Colorado, Nebraska, and Arkansas. The
national president of the league is Mrs.
William A. Cullop.
The District branch Is the largest of
the league. Much OF its success is due
to the efforts of is presidents, Mrs.
William F. Hancock, now honorary
president OF the league; Mrs. c. O. Nc
Kay, and Mrs. Sarah Vernon, the pres
ent president These women have been
assisted by a corps under the super
vision of the ways and means commit
tee. composed of Mrs. William Dieffen-
derfer. Mrs. Charles z. Steinmeyer, Miss
Cecil Norton, Mrs. r. Waldo Buchanan,
and Miss Margaret Kineen.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
Child LABOR BILL MAY
DELAY Adjournment
Senator Hardwick Starts What Is
Likely to Prove Long
Discussion.

Senator Hardwtck. Of Georgia yester-
day started debate on the child labor
bin. which the President wants enacted
at this session, and opened up discus
sion that may delay adjournment
A majority Of the Southern members
are opposed to child labor legislation
and its success Will depend upon the at
titude Of Northern members OF both
branches.
The constttutionality OF such a law Is
seriously questioned and Senator Gal
ltnger. OF New Hampshire, was one OF
those whom the Georgia Senator said
only recently declared that eminent
legal authority questioned the legality
OF the proposed legislattol-
The naval bill brought about an old
fashioned exchange OF courtesies yester-
day with Senator Reed. OF Missouri, and
Senators Penrose and Oliver taking part
in the bitter debate. The senior Senator
from Penn nsyfvania- desired TO have IN
cluted in the record published state
nents Of the Bethlehem Steel Company.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
GARDNER ASKS PROBE
OF WAR ORDER PROFITS

more than a patriotic interest in having
preparedness legislation providing large
appropriations become law, Representa-
tive Gardner. OF Massachusetts. yesterday
had a resolution introduced by Represen-
tative Rogers ordering a Congressional
probe of war order profits.
The Massachusetts, member has been
referred 20 by Representative Galloway.
of Texas, as one of those whose advo-
cacy of preparedness is animated by an
Interest in the companies that will bene-
fit by the increased appropriations for
war supplies.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
CONGRATULATE NEWMAN
ON HIS REAPPOINTMENT|

About 100 employees OF the District
government and the heads of the Fed
eral departments met yesterday after
noon at the Raleigh Hotel to congratu-
late Commissioner Oliver P. Newman n
upon his re-appointment by Presi-
dent Wilson.
Conrad H. Syme. corporation coun-
sci. was the toastmaster. Those who
briefly addressed the gathering be-
sides Commissioner Newman were:
Asa Phillips, superintendent Of sewers;
Morris Hacker. building inspector; W.
P. Richards, assessor; Ben l. Prince,
tax collector; D. E. Garges. chief
clerk of the engineer department.; D.
y. Donovan, secretary to the board of
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
funerals

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Shane
Bache, who died Thursday, will be held
at the residence Of her son, W. T. Shane,
l21s Quincy street northeast, Brookland,
today at 2 o'clock.
Funeral services for Capt Clarence NJ.
Condor, who died Thursday at the Wal
ter Reed Hospital, will be held at the
residence of DR.. Frank Baker, 1901 Bilts
more street northwest, today at 1870
o'clock.
Funeral services for Mrs. George W.
Dugan. who died Thursday. will be held
at her residence, 1895 Twenty-eighth
street northeast this afternoon at ?
o'clock.
Funeral services for Samuel n. COL
Inns, who died Wednesday at his resi-
dence, 1879 Thirty-hfth street northwest,
will be held at the Holy Trinity Church
this morning at o'clock
Funeral services for Elias B. Stone, who
died Wednesday. will be held at his
residence, 70e North Carolina avenue
southeast. this afternoon at 2:so O'Clock.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
women TO INACCURATE
CAMPAIGN FOR WILSON
District Branch of Democratic League
Will Hold Public Meeting at
Willard Monday.

woman's activities In behalf Of the re-
election OF President Wilson will be in
augurated Monday evening. when the
District branch OF the woman's Nation
al Democratic League will hold a pub
lie meeting at the Willard Hotel This
meeting will take the form Of a COM
munity gathering. Similar meetings
will be held monthly hereafter.
Speakers for the meeting are Carl
Vrooman. Assistant Secretary OF Agrt-
culture, who will speak of the work of
the Department OF Agriculture during
the Wilson administration; John B.
Densmore, solicitor for the Department
OF Labor, on the organization of the De-
partrnent Of Labor under a Democratic
President some Of its accomplishments,
particularly with relation to the creation
Of the new employment bureau. Repre-
sentative Keating, Of Colorado. author
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
STRIKERS TO LOSE JOBS.
Ordnance Plant Superintendent De.
clares Men Are Not Needed.

According to a statement made last
night by William McKenna, superinten-
dent of the Washington Steel and
Ordnance Company, the strike declared
a few days ago in the electrical depart
ment will result in the loss of about
twenty jobs.
Mr. McKenna said that the company
was compelled to lay off about five men
AS a result of this, thirty men declared
a strike but later ten of the electric en-
ployes returned. II am sorry that SO
many of our men will be without work. -
said Mr.. McKenna, but We cannot find
work for them"
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
HOUSE MAY AIR ROW
OVER GUARD OFFICERS

Differences between officers of the
Slxty-ninth Regiment Of New York
and regular army officers VIII be aired In
Congress II resolution offered by Rep
resentative Bennett Of New York, yester-
day Is adopted.
Col. Conley and Lieut. Col Phelan
were rejected by army officers as un-
it physically for service. Major
General Leonard Wood, rescinded these
orders. with the understanding that
the government would not be res
ponsible for any ailments contracted
in service.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
Patriotic Night at Osmn-

Tonight will be Patriotic Nfrht al
Camp orowsy Y. N c. A tent
Invitations have been sent 70 Mrs.
lse bel Worren Ball, Col. John McFlroy,
E. Albert Lang. PHI. c. Addison. secre-
tsry A. L. Smith, Of the Y. NJ C. A,
and others TO participate m III. erer.
cises which Will begin at p m @. A
r Posts Sons Of vetsrxux Q. s. A.
and all patriotic orders IN the District
OF Colunois- az well as 10 the rener.l
public, are invited to be pr~seut
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
MERCHANTS PLAN OUTING.
wives of Members Have Charxe O,
Bay Trip.

Members of the Retail Merchants As
sociation are already planning their out
tEg for the year. The festival will mark
a three days trip to Norfolk and other
bay towns.
The affair will be conducted under the
auspices of the women of the organ
tzation. About three hundred women
and their husbands have already been
pledged to the affair. The preparations
are being made by a special committee
under the direction of R. P. Andrews.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-22
Tirpitz's Friend Advanced.

London. July 2o.-A Reuter- dispatch
from Copenhagen says that Admiral Won
Holtenzorf, great friend of Admiral
Won Tirpitz. has been appointed to an ad-
ministrative post. His appointment pos
sibIy signifies a more active subna rine
campaign.