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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
MANS HEART SENT
ACROSS The OCEAN
COUNTESS SHIPS ORGAN OF
MATE IN ORDER TO GAIN
SPANISH INHERITANCE.

PASADENA, Cal.-At her hotel
in this city, the Countess Blanca de
OWES eagerly awaits news of the
safe arrival in Spain of probably the
strangest package that has left by
ship from New York to take it's
chances with German submarines.
To comply with the letter of the
Spanish law, and to perceive an in
heritance, the countess is sending
the enbalmed heart of her late hus-
band to be buried in Spanish SOIL
Her arrangements for the peculiar
transaction were made during the
last month since the countess has
been guest in this city.
The count died six years ago in
Atlanta, Ga, and at that time the
body was prepared with the view
of sending the heart to Spain at this
time. The count and the countess
were natives of Spain and both were
eXlled because of political differences
with the ruling authorities. The
count owned a vast estate in Spain,
which can come into the possession
of the countess after she has COM
piled with the peculiar Spanish law.
In his will the count left minute
Instructions telling the countess just
how to proceed in complying with
the law. A slow legal development
in Spain, conducted at the expendi-
ture of small fortune, made it un-
necessary to carry out the strange
burial rites until this time.
The countess, in an interview the
other day, told of her husbands ad-
venturous life. When he was IL
years old he was stolen by bandits,
and a ransom demanded. When the
ransom was not forthcoming, the lad
was abandoned in forest after both
his hands had been nailed to tree.
In 1876 he was exiled from Spain
for taking part in the Carlist rebel
lion, and became wanderer in many
lands.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
MANY STORE AWAY FOOD
IN The FACE OF HIGH PRICES
Chicago Officials Find Food Specula-
ton Going on in Gigantic Scale
Throughout City.

Chicago officials have just learned
of food speculation that is going on
in that city at rate without prece-
dent. Not only food brokers but
other business men have ''taken a
flyer" in food.
The warehouses throughout the
city contain quantities of food never
before considered possible. They are
stored to the roofs. Sugar, rice,
canned goods, coffee and other non
perishable products are stored in i'm
mense quantities. Many real estate
men have invested their capital in
food.
One real estate dealer recently
sold at big profit a carload of rice
he purchased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
SENATOR SMITHS AMENDMENT
LIMITS PRESIDENTS POWER.

WASHINGTON.-The senate, by
a vote of 40 to 80, this afternoon
adopted the Hoke Smith amendment
to the espionage bill specifically linz
iting the presidents powers to put
embargo on exports reaching the en-
envy.
An amendment to the espionage
bill authorizing the president to de-
clare an embargo on tin plate and
containers when a shortage exists in
this country also was adopted by the
senate late this afternoon by vote
of SIS to II.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
DEADLOCK NOW CERTAIN in
SOUTHERN DISTRICT JUDCESHIP
President Determined Not TO Bow 10
Georgia Senators. Hardwick
Says He VIII Fight.

WASHINGTON, D. C.APresident
Wilson and the attorney general, it
is stated on reliable authority, have
no intention of sending to the senate
another nomination for federal
judge of the Southern district of
Georgia
If the senate, at the instance of
Senators Hardwick and Smith, reject
Judge Whipple, as is now considered
inevitable, the office of Judge will re-
main vacant indefinitely. Judge En-
DRY Speer will continue to discharge
al the judicial business in the dis
trict, as far as he is able, and if the
business of the court accumulates to
such an extent that assistance is
needed, a district judge from some
other district will be assigned to help
him temporarily.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
.U.BOATS THREATEN
LIFE OF The WORLD
UNSEEN MONSTERS OF THE
UNDERsEAS CUTTING SHIP.
PING TO DANGER POINT
COUNTRIES AT WAR RECOGNIZE
GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION

Hundreds of Thousands of Tons Are
Sunk in Last Days of April and
With the Ships Went Munitions
and Foodstuffs Needed by the En-
tente Allies.
That Germany's submarine arm
not her military arm, is the menace
which for the moment is greatest
for the future welfare of the United
States and the entente allies is rec
ognized by the chancellories of all
the powers which are at war with
Germany.
The last days of April saw the
underwater boats send to the bot
tom hundreds of thousands of tons
of shipping, which means that huge
quantities of ammunition and food
stuffs, the receipt of which would
have greatly heartened Great Britain
and France, have been irretr;evably
lost to them and made the pinch of
want to those countries, their sol
diers and their people more acute
These unseen monsters of the un-
derseas from April 20 to 27 had
their share with mines in sending
beneath the waves. some of them un--
warned and with tolls of death, tfair-
ty-eight British vessels Of over 1906
tons, and thirteen others of less than
1000 tOns-the aggregate in each
category being only two vessels less
than the British admiralty reported
the previous week, when the higfa
point in the sinking of British mer-
chantmen since the reports have been
issued was reached.
In fair weather or foul the sub
marines are working, mountainous
seas seeming not even to impede
their thrusts whenever a vessel
comes within range of their guns or
tOrpedoes.
Impetus is being given to the
plans to combat the menace by all
the countries at war with Germany.
and hopes are expressed that shortly
a check may be put to the inroads.
Of the submarines into commerce.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
DAY OF RECKONING FOR BRU-
tai ACTS WILL COME WHEN
WAR WILL HAVE ENDED.

France, Great Britain and Bel
GUM have had for the past two
years carefully organized committees
at work, armed with full powers to
collect evidence of German atroci-
ties with the object of bringing
them home to the individual culprits,
no matter what their rank in the
army The committees are doing
their work silently and without any
appeal to publicity. Their sole duty
is to gather evidence, such as will
stand in court, evidence upon which
legal conviction can be won. Doubt
full cases are thrown out. Others in
which proof is difficult to secure are
pigeon-holed for further investiga-
ton and consideration.
The mission of the committees is to
collect and establish facts upon
which criminal indictments may be
drawn. The plan of the allied powers
is not only to exact redress from the
German government, but also to
bring the individual German offender
to justice.
Must Pay For Atrocities.
1t is the contention of the allies
that while war offers a cloak for
many things it does not cover all !;
that murder is murder and arson is
arson and theft is theft, and should
all be punished as such The fact
a state of war has existed has nothing
to do with the matter. Murder is
none the less murder if the murderer
be a German soldier and the victim
an innocent, unresisting and uharm-
ed French, Belgian or British civil
ian.
The French government already
has admitted in principle that those
of its citizens whose property has
been destroyed and devastated by the
Germans shall be recompensed for
their loss by means of ,indemnities
extorted from the Germans in the
hour Of victory. The bricks and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
The DEATH LIST HARDLY
SEEMS TO BE POSSIBLE
Four Million Men Killed in Battle,
Berlin Paper Says.

According to conservative esti-
mates, over 100000 soldiers have
been killed since the present war
began" says the Vorwaerts, Ber-
lin newspaper.
"If the 100000 victims were
marching in close formation, without
cavalry and wagon trains, it would
take them 200 hours or eight and
one-half days to pass a given point.
provided they marched day and
night without a moments rest. The
endless line of men in the bloom of
youth and the prime of manhood
would be over $50 miles long. And
all of them are now deadw
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
BLOODY BATTLE NOW
RAGING IN FRANCE
FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN
FRONT HAS BECOME BITTER
EST STRUGGLE OF WAR.
THE ALLIED DRIVE SLOWED
DOWN TO HARD BLOWS
Says Under Provisions of the Pro-
posed Measure Such Scandals as
the Embalmed Beef Atrocity
Would Be Kept Hidden. Censor
ship Bill Is Greatly Modified.

the Embalmed Beef Atrocity
Would Be Kept Hidden. Censor
ship Bill Is Greatly Modified.
The British, French and German
forces are locked in series of des-
perate battles along the 150-mile
front from Arras to Rheims, France,
the allied forces driving hard to
break through and turn both ends of
the famous Hindenburg line, while
the Germans are striving just as
desperately to prevent such catas-
trophe as this might prove to the
kaiser's army.
A total of 100000 men are en-
gagged along this 150-mile stretch of
line, with the greatest concentrations
between Arras and st. Quentin on
the northern end, and between Laon
and the Champagne region on the
south. The allies retain the initia-
tive, but the sledge-hammer blows
of Haig and Nivelle have been max
ing only series of small dents on
the German front.
1t is apparent that the Germans
realize the Importance of the posi-
lions they now hold, and Won Hin
denburg is hurting division after di-
vision of the German reserves into
the hard-pressed German lines. 1t is
estimated that he has so far been
compelled to use almost three-quar-
tiers of million of his strategic re-
serve to reinforce the German forces
defending the western front.
A Slow, Steady Push.
The British appear to have set
tied down too slow, steady push
against the German front east of Ar
ras, where they aim to break through
upon DOuai, now less than eight
miles away. Along the 30-mile front
of this titanic struggle, where the
losses have been the heaviest of the
war, the struggle apparently has
taken on the aspect of the second
stage of the Somme artillery
bombardments and then infantry at
tacks against organized positions on
a small front. The French, further
south, are pursuing the same course
in their fight for the Craonne pla-
teau, the southern end of the Hin
denburg line.
The British and French, since the
beginning of their spring drive, have
taken 10000 German prisoners, and
have captured nearly 400 German
guns, in addition to about 1000 ma
chine guns and many trench NOR
tars. They have kept the Germans
so busy that Won Hindenburg has
had no opportunity for military
moves on any other front than that
IN France, consequently the other
battle areas continue quiet, except
IN Mesopotamia, where the British
continue to drive the Turks up the
Tigris river beyond Bagdad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
U-BOATS MENACE UNITED
STATES WITH DISASTER

WASHINGTON-The enormous
inroads on the worlds shipping made
by German submarines within the
last few weeks has brough to Ameri-
can government officials a full reali-
cation of the disaster that faces the
United States and the allies if the
undersea warfare is not checked.
Governors and representatives.
here to-day for a national defense
conference, will take home to their
people a message from the govern
ment emphasizing the menace to
America and urging that there must
be the fullest coordination by the
states in war preparation if Ger
many is to be defeated.
Secretary Lane told the conference
that the great destruction of shiuS
was threatening the existence az
Great Britain and France and men
acing the United States. No one. he
said, knew the exact tonnage of shins
lost recently, but estimates put last
wee KS submarine toll at 400. 600
tons. Later he explained that this
estimate probably was too high.
The United States must build
ships as rapidly as possible, he told
the delegates.
If we don't fight the war on the
other side," he said, eve shall have
to fight it on this side of the Attain
tic"
War to Last Several Years.
Secretary Lane declared he belev-
ed the war would last several wears
and that every resource of the couu-
try must be brought into place to
BRING 1t to a successful conclusion.
Many persons thought" said Sec
rotary Lane, that all we had To- ~
was to issue bonds and that Germanvv
would bow her head in submission
Notnlng could be farther from the
truth. 1t may be one-year war.
personally l believe it will last sew
eral years. Herbert C. Hoover has
informed this government that Ger
many has food enough to last two
years, perhaps longer.
Germany has put up the greatest
night IN history, and she has the adj
vantage of now fighting a defensive
warfare. Don't go back home and
inspire your people with the thought
that immediate action can bring fhie
war to an immediate end. Your neo-
pie must look to this years cron and
the next after that.
I'VE can't afford to fail in this war
Every man in this country is involy--.
ed IN this work and every man in
tins country is soldier. The French
hope to break down the morale az
the German armies. Our concern Is
n IN
rises"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
WA MAN MARRIED,
AND DID NOT KNOW 1T

0p One Morning and Found
e'' IN Possession of a Wife.
~ Jones, son of a wealthy
georgia family, was granted
lie n IN Atlanta. Ca, when he
\ 1"ed the fact that he had been
II i. put didn't know it. He ex-
t t.aI ne was at a sanitarium
siIne of the event and had
b uo"n town for a bracer.
laJ awoke next morning he
EnIoG;y dressing at his mirror.
Hbio,ll that she was his little
/ lreh Jones declares was the
anew of the wedding.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-08
DEAD AFTER HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-FlvE OPERATIONS

Henry Heck is dead at his home
in St. Cloud, Mimi, after having
undergone 1876 operations durino bis
life. He was AZ years old and ha6
been operated on in hospitals II Mir
nesota, Chicago and Montreal Can
ada. At one time six inches 20 I'll.
spine was removed
Evening star., 1917-10-14

memory of Key stands at the entrance
to Mount Olivet cemetery.
1t was at Frederick. in 1875, that
Gen. Braddock. the noted English lead
er. prepared for his disastrous expedi-
ton against the French at Fort Du-
quesne During the civil war the town
was occupied on many different occa
sons by Unionists and Confederates.
Immediately surrounding Frederick
is the rich farming land of the Monoc-
acy valley. but from distance it ap-
pears to be completely shut in by pic
turesque hills and mountains To the
east may be seen the Linganore hills; to
the west the Catoctin mountains and to
the south Sugar Loaf mountain.
Good roads radiate in every direction
from Frederick and Il particularly good
one leads on to Ridgeville, Rockville
and back into the National Capital, as
shown on the accompanying map.
All in all, this tour is hard to equal.
look where you may. At no point is
the tourist left in doubt as to which
road to follow. Through the efforts OF
the American Automobile Association,
its District of Columbia club and the
energetic Automobile Club of Maryland
sufficient direction and danger signs
have been erected and they point the
way clearly and accurately.
Evening star., 1917-10-14
Another Remedy.

IF the squeak persists then try the
following:
Fill an oil gun with cylinder oil and
force quantities of it into every place
where metal meets metal or wood. such
as the whole length of the mudguards.
the bottom of the hood, the hood
fasteners, where running board and
mudguards join. etc. Them crawl under
the car and inject oil along the frame
where the body touches it. Sometimes
the joints of a wooden body open up
and squeak. These joints must be To-
Gated and oiled. Go over every part
repeatedly. forcing oil under high pres
sure into every likely place. 1t is a
dirty job, and the car will have to be
cleaned after it. but you will prob
ably stop the squeak.
"A general idea Of where the noise is
loca ted may sometimes be obtained by
jouncing one end of the car at time.
Then confine your attention to the
parts where the noise sounds loudest.
This is not always sure guide. as you
Evening star., 1917-10-14
TO OPEN THE LAST LINK
OF THE Dixie HIGHWAY
Will Provide Direct Automobile
Road Between the North
and South.

Direct social and commercial inter-
course between the north and south
by public highway will be made pos
sible by the end of the year. by the
raising of subscription fund of $50
900. This sum. added to an equal
amount set aside by the state of Ken
lucky from its quotas of Federal aid
for 1917 and 1913, will be sufficient to
open a seven mile link in the Dixie
highway through the mountains in
southeastern Kentucky. which is the
only remaining barrier to travel from
north of the Ohio river to Florida.
Two thirds of the required subscrip-
tion fund is already assured. and as
soon as the full amount IS pledged
active construction will begin.
The Dixie highway is the only prac-
tic9sele direct route between these two
sections that can be opened within two
or three years. Ninety per-oent of the
difficult construction between Knox
Vile and Chattanooga is completed,
and opening of the Cumberland noun
tain barrier is all that stands in the
way of a completed highway between
Cincinnati and Chattanooga.
The Importance of this route can
hardly be overestimated.. 1t will pro-
vide 'drive-away" road for motor
cars and trucks manufactured in the
north. which will help to relieve rail-
road freight congestion. and will pro-
vide a winter and summer highway
for tourists driving south and north.
Evening star., 1917-10-14
Harpers Ferry Next Reached.

The next point of interest is Harpers
Ferry. scene OF the exploits of the notori-
! Gus John Brown. who. in 1859, with eight
cen men, endeavored 10 lberate the
slaves of the south a deed which was ac-
conpishe,l by the Union Army only after
four years OF bloody conflict and the eX-
penditure of billions of dollars. The fort
in which Brown took refuge and where he
was captured has been taken down and
moved to a northern city, but the spot
is marked by granite obeliss
Harpers Ferry is also the meeting place
of the waters of the Potomac and Shenan-
doah rivers This presents scene of un-
surpassed beauty when viewed from the
heights above the town. Harpers Ferry
Is prominent summer resort and a place
to which President Wilson frequently
motors for good old-fashioned chicken
dinner.
Between Harpers Ferry and Knoxville.
less than two miles. the tourist encounters
the only bad road of the trip. This,
however. is travelable and new road
is under construction. which should be
opened in few weeks.
At Knoxville the car glides onto one OF
Maryland's famous state roads, and
shortly beyond begins an exhilaratine ride
| down the mountains and through the
fairest of country to Frederick.
Many Washington motorists are famil-
lar with the enhancing motor ride from
Frederick to Braddock Heights. but COM
paratively few have visited the section
between Knoxville and Frederick. This
all motorists should do-and now, Here
the motorist may take the thirty-five
miles per hour the Maryland speed laws
permit without the slightest danger and
with the greatest of comfort. But If the
tourist has an eye for beauty. the marvel
GUS scenic panorama this trip unfolds. will
his speed to point where natures charms
may be enjoyed to the fullest extent.
Evening star., 1917-10-14
MINES FAIL TO REOPEN.
Operators Contend They Cannot Work
With Profit at Government Scale.

LEXINGTON. Ky. October 13.-Re-
ports reaching here from eastern Ken
lucky and northeastern Tennessee to-
day state that about $50 of the coal
mines in the district affected by the
recent strike have failed to reopen.
All of the mines now idle are the small
er ones in isolated sections and the
operators of these mines are contend
ing that they cannot operate at profit
because of the price fixed by the gov
ernment for coal at the mine
The operators contend that it costs
more to mine coal from these mines
than from the larger ones with better
transportation facilities. but admit that
a large number of these smaller mines
were not operated previous to the rise
in the price for coal. All the larger
mines are reported to be in full opera :
tion and turning out their normal out
put.
Evening star., 1917-10-14

leaves without jacking up the frame.
1t works as double wedge and is very
satisfactory
Evening star., 1917-10-14
RAILROAD STRIKE Is ENDED.
B. and 0. Chief Clerk, Who Joined
Union, Loses His Position,

CUMBERLAND. Md. October 13.-The
strike of Baltimore and Ohio railroad
yard and tally clerks, switchmen,
freight handlers and call boys at Cuin-
berland. Brunswick, Connellsville.' Ps,;:
and Keyser, W. Va, was settled last
night and the men returned to-work.
Two men. whose discharge at,Cumber-
land was the basis for a grievance.
We're taken back. but Chief Clerk Coch-
ran of Connellsville. who was dismissed
when he joined the Brotherhood OF
Railway Clerks on the ground that
membership in the union would be lno
clerk. loses his place. ~.
The settlement is claimed by the .ne-s.
to be a virtual recognition Of the Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks
Evening star., 1917-10-14
Bars Up Against Peoples Council.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn. October 1s-
Under no circumstances will the police
permit the Peoples Council Of America
for Democracy and Peace to hold a
mass meeting here, according to an an
nouncement by Superintendent of Police
John R. Redgate. The police have all
ready denied two applications by the
peoples council for permits to hold
mass meetings. and it was stated to-
days announcement was intended to
forestall further petitions in connection
with the expected coming of Senator La
Toilette to this city next week
Evening star., 1917-10-14
Road LINED With Orchards.

: Winchester Is the heart of the yir-
g1nia apple country. and. particularly
At this season of the year. one spins
over the fne highway leading to Mar
tinsburg. twenty-five miles away, it Is
. hard to resist the temptation to stop
and ~swipe" some of the fine. big, red
apples that nod alluringly from the
acres and acres OF orchards that line Ell
ther side of the road for miles and
miles
At Martinsburg the tourist is in West
Virginia and in q small city that offers
fairly good overnight accommodations
II Marttnsburg Is not reached too late
In the day. the trip may be continued
On to Hagerstown. twenty miles distant
. busy little Maryland town. that also
06ers the tourist a choice of two good
hotels Both Martinsburg and Hagers-
town onsr movies" of the better sort
and both lay claim to historic associa-
tons that should not be overlooked IL
the tourist be OF the type that enjoys
hearing tine lore and visiting the land
marks OF the two most critical periods
In the annals Of the nation
After Hagerseown comes one of the
most fascinating points of the entire
trip the Antietam battlefield and
Bloody lane
burg. fought September 1917, 1862 be-
tween the Federals. under Mcclellan,
and the Confederates. commanded by
Lee. IL recorded as one of the most san
culinary conflicts of the civil war The
result OF this battle led to the issuance
which was promulgated few days
later. The Army Of the Potomac here
lost 1889 men out of $1,000 engaged
Less s2.oeo men lost more than 5000 Of
their number.
Many interesting monuments, cannon
sd relics Of those two memorable days
dot the battledeld, which II Well kent
Few there. aFas once thsy start upon .
Evening star., 1917-10-14
Frederick Interesting City.

Frederick will be found an interest
ing city for many reasons. Not only
did the streets of Frederick feel the
heavy tread of the armies of the north
and south during the civil war. but it
suffered devastation at the hands Of the
British in the war of 1872.
In his poem Barbara Frietchie' the
poet Whittier enshrined Frederick in
imperishable verse.
AS the resting place of Francis Scott
Key. author of "The Star Spangled Ban
ner,' Frederick is ever green in the
memory of patriotic Americans. A
beautiful monument erected to the