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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10
END LEAK PROBE
After Brief Session Today
Hearing Is Abandoned.
Presidents BrOther-in-Law De-
MES He Had Tip.

Washington, Jan. 10.-After another
brief session today the house rules
committee suspended public hearings
on Representative Woods resolution to
investigate whether there was stock
market leak on President Wilson S
peace note Many congressman be-
lieve the committee will report against
an investigation
No formal action was taken by the
committee at it's executive session.
Members stated, however, that the
Wood resolution probably would be
adversely reported to the house.
Whether to recommend specific in
vestigation of Lawson's general
charges of stock exchange operations
by government officials or broad in
quiry into the stock exchange is the
question now being considered.
There have been limitations that a
majority of the committee felt the ex-
animation of Thomas w. Lawson had
revealed nothing to warrant an investi-
CATION. Some members contend that
if there is to be general investiga-
ton of the New York stock exchange
and alleged operations of government
officials thereon, it should not be or
dered on the Wood resolution but on a.
new one as the Wood resolution di-
reefs attention only to Lawson allega-
tons. Lawson has told the committee
that he would furnish names and
amounts involving government Off
Gals in stock transactions if a special
inquiry should be directed by the
house.
Boiling Makes Flat Denial.
R. w. Boiling, brother of President
Wilson's wife. first witness today, de-
manded an apology from Representa-
tive Wood for bringing his name into
the leak probe
My name has been mentioned in
connection with the leak; l have Moth
ing to say, except that whoever is re-
sponsibie-I believe it is Representa-
tive Wded-can send me an apology
at the same time that he sends one to
Secretary Tumulty,' said Boiling, tes-
tifying in the probe hearing.
II know nothing about the leak and
had no information about the note in
advance"
Boiling said he knew of no members
of congress dealing thru his firm and
he himself was not in the market He
was excused.
The first contradictory testimony
of the note leak probe came today
when Archie Jameson, state depart
ment reporter for the Central News.
in describing how Lansing gave the
newspaper men the confidential tip
on the note. said:
Secretary Lansing had said he was
giving US the information because he
did not want it to come back in gar
bled form from abroad and Injurious
ly affect the market"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10
TO BE COLDER TONIGHT
The Mercury Will Fall, But No Bad
Weather Is i'm Sight.

Temperatures today averaged 13 de-
grees above normal. The wind is blow
ing at the rate of % miles an hour
from the northwest.
A drop in temperature which will
only carry the weather back to the
January normal is coming tonight, but
no bad weather is in sight Temper
atures for several days have been
above normal and the weather was
more like April than January. Fair
weather prevailed over most of the
United States today. tho there was
some rain and snow in the east
The shippers forecast reads to pro-
tee. 36-hour shipments north and west
against temperatures of Is to 20;
Continued on Page Twol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10
STARTS FIRE WITH OH,
Herinston Woman Fatally Burned
Carried Sick Roy From House

Harrington, Kan Jan. IO.-Mrs
Bertha Connant was fatally burned AT
her home here when she ATTEMPTED
to start "A fire with oil. The oil can
exploded and threw burning oil over
her. She ran into another room and
carried out her sick child while her
clothing was in flames
Neighbors snothered the flames
with quilts, but Mrs. Connant had al
ready received fatal injuries. Every
part of her body except her feet was
badly burned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10
new RUSS PREMIER
Two of Cars Cabinet Resigned
Spain Smooths Over Crisis.

London, Jan. 10.-Resignation of
Premier Alexander Trepoff and Min
lister of Public instruction Ignatieff,
was reported from Petrograd today
Prince Golitzine, member of the Rus
sion imperial council and a senator
has been named premier, it was stated
and Senator Kulchitsky appointed to
fill the post of minister of public in
struction. In Golitzine's place on the
council. NJ. Neratoff has been named
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10
Turns Michigan University Down.

st. Louis. jan 10.-Washington
university declined to schedule a foot
ball game for next season with the
University of Michigan. Games al
ready have been scheduled with Knox
college, Kansas Agricultural college,
the Missouri School of Mines, the Uni
versity of Missouri, Drake university
and st. Louis university.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10
Increase Steel Output.

New York. Jan. 1O.-Unfilled orders
of the United States steel corporation
for the month ending December 81
reached 11,547,2S6 tons, an increase of
ass, 144 over the previous month,
again breaking all records.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas;
Fair tonight and Thursday; much
colder tonight in the cast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10

F THE Legislators will exercise self
control and really cut down the
bills. Kansas will approve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10
Governors Plan for New Sys-
TEN Starts Something.
He Asks Legislature to CONSOLE
date All Bureaus.
IS IT POLITICAL SCHEME?
Many Prominent Speakers Here
for Boards Annual Meeting.
A. Ross Hill to Deliver an Ad-
dress Tonight.

also recommend consolidating all de-
partments pertaining to agriculture into a
department of agriculture in charge of a
similar to the plan followed
by the national government. 1t should in
clude the state board of agriculture, the
apartments of horticulture. livestock.
grain inspection, entomology, dairy, stal
lion registration. feeding stuffs. vet
Urinary forestry and possibly others. Not
only would this reduce the cost of main
tanning these departments. but the bene-
fits resulting from a more clocely CORE
lated administration would be many.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-10

Two measures in the house hopper
! today provide for repeal of the rebate
system in tax payments. Wilmoth of
Cloud county and Moore of Cowley
county each introduced bills in the
house which will wipe out the tax re-
bate system. but leave the penalty
clause intact.
Much complaint has been made con-
corning the five per cent rebate clause
in the state tax law The present law
tcontinued on Page TwoJ
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
Public Sale of Land.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Under
and by virtue of the power and au-
thority vested in H. H. Turner, or
his attorney, by a deed securing the
payment of indebtedness aggregating
$28,579.00 as the principal sum, H.
H. Turner, through and by his attor-
ney, will sell at public outcry to the
highest bidder for cash, all that tract
or parcel of land lying and being in
the Fourth (4th) district of Terrell
county, Georgia, and lots 1877, 1856,
south half of 1853, south half of 1856,
the east half of 149, and the east half
of lat, lying east of the creek; con-
tanning $50 acres, more or less; the
whole of said lands being the prop
erty known as Cherry Hill Farm"
The said described land will be sold
before the court house door in Daw-
son, Terrell county, Georgia, on the
first Tuesday in December, 1917.
said first Tuesday being the 4th day
of said month. Said sale will occur
between the hours of ten o'clock and
twelve o'clock in the forenoon. The
deed vesting the authority to sell
above referred to is recorded in book
U, pages Ala and Ais of Terrell
county deed records, and the notes
secured by said deed are unpaid.
H. H. TURNER,
By L. c. Hoyl. attorney.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
Public Sale of Land.

By virtue of an order from the
court Of ordinary of Terrell county,
will be sold at public cutlery, on the
first Tuesday in December, 1917, at
the court house door in said county,
between the legal hours of sale the
following real estate, situate in Ter
rell county, to wit: One concrete
store house in the town of Bron-
wood, Ga, and lot on which same is
located, known as the S. W. Denton
store, recently occupied by H. A.
Petty & Co.; also one dwelling house
and seven (7) acres of land on which
same is situate, about one-fourth
mile beyond the southern incorporate
limits of Brentwood, Ga, known as
the G. L. Massey property, and oc-
cupied for the past two years by P.
T. Smith, all in Terrell county,
Georgia. Terms cash. This 5th day
of November, 1917. H. A. PETTY,
Administrator Estate of Mrs. A. NJ.
Petty, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
MAYOR-ELECT OF new YORK
BEGAN LIFE AS TRACK LAYER

Poor, But Ambitious, John F. Hylan
Studied Law and Became Success
full as Attorney and in Politics.
John F. Hylan, mayor-elect of
New York, began his career in New
York as track layer on the old Kings
county elevated railroad at a wage of
$3.50 day. When the road was
completed he was given a job as fire.
man on one of its little steam loco
motives which drew the trains. Later
he was promoted to engineer, and
took out the first train on the day
of the great blizzard in 1888.
A few weeks later he married the
girl to whom he had become engaged
while working on his fathers farm in
Greene county, New York. After his
marriage he entered a business col
lege, and later the New York Law
school, doing his studying by day and
working run" on the elevated
road at night. He was admitted to
the bar in 1897.
He was appointed city magistrate
by Mayor Mcclellan in 1906 and be-
came county judge of Kings county
in 1918, being appointed by Cover
nor Glynn. The following year he
was elected to the same office by a
plurality of $4,000. running as a
democrat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
AIRPLANES TO GO TO ATTACK
IN SWARMS OF HUNDREDS AND
REGIMENTS OF THOUSANDS.

And the arrows in this fight were
so many that they clouded the sun
in their flight" This is the statement
used regarding one of the primitive
battles of that age which is half his
toric, half legendary. Maybe it is lit
orally true, maybe it is figurative.
But when the flying army, which
will be loosened next year against the
enemy, starts forward, we shall be
disappointed if the swarm of planes
speeding through the air do not with
their spreading wings eclipse the sun,
and throw darkness over that portion
of the earth, sending terror to the
hearts of the enemy with the awful
whirrings of their motors.
For when this big air attack starts
the flyers will not go out alone or by
twos and threes or even by the doz-
ems, it is predicted, but will be mar
shalled for their trips of destruction
by the hundreds and perhaps by the
thousands.
There is British and French CO.
operation. but it is ON the United
States that the allies are counting
for most substantial aid in turning
out aeroplanes in quantity, American
experts early have adopted the idea
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
Public Sale of Land.

By virtue of an order from the
court of ordinary of Terrell county,
will be sold at public cutlery, on the
first Tuesday in December, 1917, at
the court house door in said county,
between the legal hours of sale, the
following real estate, situate in Ter
rell county, to wit: The west half
of land lot No. 173, in the Twelfth
district of Terrell county, Georgia,
containing 101A acres of land, more
or less, except 2 acres in the north
west corner of said half lot, owned
by A. P. Chapman; also 2 acres of
land off the southwest corner of land
lot No. 173. Terms cash. This 9Th
day of November, 1917.
H. A. PETTY, Admir-.
Estate of D. J. Sessions, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
Notice.

GEORGIA, Terrell County.-No-
tice is hereby given that after four
weeks publication as required by
law, to wit: On December 81, 1917,
pursuant to paragraph 1905 of the
code of Georgia, as guardian for Sa-
rah Lewis Jones, minor Is years of
age. ! will present petition to Hon
orable VIM. C. Worrill, judge of the
superior court, of Terrell county, at
chambers, at Cuthbert, Ca. at nine
o'clock a. m, asking for an order to
sell at private sale, for the purpose of
relnvestment, a remainder interest in
a one-seventh undivided interest. be-
longing to my said ward, in the fol-
lowing lands situated in Jenkins and
Burke counties, Ga, and described as
follows:
All that tract and parcel of land,
bounded on the north by lands be-
longing to c. I. Belt, by lands be-
longing to the estate of j. B. Jones
on the east by lands belonging to
the estate of H. w. Jones, the Wig
gins lands and George Law Jones
lands now belonging to the estate of
John K. Sharpe; on the south by the
Ogeechee river, and on the west by
lands belonging to the Bunns, by the
Inman lands, by the lands of c. C.
tarrar, and by the lands of C. /.
Belt, containing in all 1864 acres,
more or less, located partly in the
1884 G. NJ district of Jenkins coun-
] ty, and partly in the 73rd G. M. dis
trict of Burke county, and comprising
all the original J. B. Jones lands
| north of Ogeechee river known as
the Herndon plantation in possession
of John R. Sharpe at the time of his
| death" for the reason that my
wards interest in said land is I'M
productive and brings no income,
that there is expense attached to
keeping it and that it can now be
sold and the proceeds invested to adj
vantage, according to law.
MRS. M. j. YEOMANS,
Guardian for Sarah Lewis Jones.
! Dawson, Ca, Nov. 10, 1917.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
FLYERS TO CLOUD THE SUN;
WHIRRINC MOTORS TERRIBL E

that quantity production in the pres.
ent circumstances would count more
effectively in winning the war than
striving toward perfection of quality
at the sacrifice of numbers.
Americas aviation program, so far
as it is embodied in the $640, 900
appropriation granted by the first
session of the Sixty-fifth congress,
will be completed by July or early in
August.
This means that 22,500 aeroplanes
and the 100000 motors with which to
equip them and to serve as spares
will have been manufactured. 1t is
probable that shortly after congress
reconvenes an indication will be Civ
en- the public of the extent of the
program which is to follow the pres
ent one.
So far as the capacity of the aero
plane plants is concerned it is said
that by July there will be substantial
ly no limit to their output except
that which is imposed by the size of
the appropriations granted by con-
gress.
For the next month liberty motors
will be turned out in limited num-
bers. In December 200 or 800 may
be manufactured, but after this the
rate of manufacture rapidly will
speed up until capacity of 1000
or 5000 a month is reached. After
this the ability of American factories
to turn out the motors will depend
entirely on the money available.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
U. S. OF AMERICA
IS AGAIN COMPLETE
LoUDVILLE, ME-, YIELDS ITS IN
DEPENDENCE AFTER FIFTY
SEVEN YEARS CROUCH.

LOUDVILLE, LIQUIDS Island, Me
The United States of America is unit.
ed again, and the citizens of Loud.
vile are once more happy people
for now they know that the govern
ment will be able to bring its full
strength against the foes across the
seas.
After a fifty-seven-year crouch,
Loudville, which seeded" from the
United States in 1860, has returned
to the fold, and will send it's full
quota of fighting men to the front
and help out on the liberty loan.
Loudville lies off Round Pond,
which is part of the town of Bristol,
which is half way between Bath and
ROckland, Maine. Imagine an island
in the United States, settled way
back in seventeen something, in the
midst of civilization, yet refusing to
be part of the nation, and you have
LOudville for the last half century
Seeded" in 1860.
There are about 140 persons in
Loudville. Most of them are named
Loud, Carter, Poland and Thompson.
Although they do much fishing, most
of them have snug fortunes tucked
away, and you can't buy the pine
covered rocks and goods on the is
land for love or money.
Loudville's crouch began when
Lincoln first ran for president, in
1860. Up to that time Loudville had
been a part of Bristol. Bristol was
a republican town and Loudville peo-
pie were proud of being democratic.
They cast their votes at this election,
and all were democratic with the ex-
ception Of one vote.
Bristol didn't like it, So Loud
ville's vote was contested, and thrown
out. Then Loudville got angry. But
what could it do?
1t did the only thing it could-it
seeded" 1t withdrew from the
town of Bristol, from the state of
Maine and from the United States.
And until now it has been "seced-
ing" ever since.
Protested Civil War Draft.
The civil war came on, and draft
ing began. Out of a possible forty
five men. nine were drafted. Loud
vile was furious. But what could
it do?
1t did the only thing it could-it
refused to be drafted. When a Unit
ed States officer came to Loudville
to enforce the draft, the women of
the town met him at the shore with
shower of boiled potatoes.
Later three men were again draft
ed-John Loud, John Thompson and
Henry McGray. They were deter
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27

site here, since his troops captured
the town from the federals Tuesday
night.
Villa now wears a black beard, a
relic of his recent trip through Mex
leo to confer with his chieftains and
heads of other movements, who he
claims to have correlated under his
leadership.
He today authorized the following
statement for the Associated Press
Upon taking possession by force
OF arms of this town, which | found
IN the power of the so-called consti-
tutionalists, who criminally defended
1t for Venustiano Carranza, the trail
tor and despot, | think it my duty
to make the following declarations in
order that once more my aims and
motives may be shown to the world
to be patriotic and noble.
First of all | have no personal
ambitions, but my earnest desire,
which | have already expressed is
that my people may obtain unity and
my country peace. To that end
bring together the principal revolu-
uonlsts who since 1910 have been
striving to attain that end.
Contrary to everything they have
SAID of me, | wish to make it known
that | will strive with valor and de-
clslon against the enemy, but | will
be magnanimous in victory, and
proof of which was the recent oc-
currence here of turning over to the
Carranza consul in Preside, Tex, the
Carranza wounded, who were made
prisoners in Ojinaga and also the
release of prisoners taken, incorpo-
rating them in our army because
they decided they were on the wrong
side.
Il wish now to make a solemn call
to all Mexicans in general and in
particular to Carranza soldiers to
notice how / have conducted myself
IN comparison to the conduct of
Francisco Murguia in the state of
Chihauhau
HE has said many times that |
am fighting for fortune only, but I
wish to make it public on this occa-
sion that | have never fought for
fortunes sake and it is absurd and
ridiculous to accuse me of it.
Il repeat that my strongest de-
sires are and will be to make happy
and to unite the people of my coun-
try"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27

mined not to help in the war, and sc
they hired three substitutes to fight
for them, and nobody could accuse
Loudville of having taken a part in
the war.
Since then the people of Loudville
have lived apart. They never voted,
not even for president. They have
not paid a cent of taxes. They have
had no town meetings or selectmen.
They did not keep up the streets,
because they had no streets. They
had no lights, no public buildings,
no landings, no piers, no sewers,
nothing. There is only one commun-
ity undertaking-the school.
They have received the United
States mails three time a week-ev-
cry day in the summer-for many
years. But they never asked for it.
They just condescended to accept it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27

for itself in furs alone since we ac-
qulred it and that estimate takes no
account of the mineral wealth we
gained with that purchase.
From the far ends of the earth the
International parcels post system, the
big express companies, and the inter-
locking freight system developed and
patronized by the companies who
make international shipments their
exclusive business-from all these
have come the raw materials that are
sold in st. Louis. and from there are
distributed to the many centers of
the fur dyeing and dressing industry,
to reappear in the fur manufacturing
centers that now supply the worlds
markets at both wholesale and at re-
tail.
Purchasing Power of $50, OOO,O 900.
At a recent auction sale at the
Funston Fur Exchange 1t was esti-
mated by one of those commercial
experts whose reports command at
tentlOn that there was represented on
the selling floor at one time a pur-
chasing power of more than 500
100000. At that sale $1O0,O0O,O0O
was paid for pelts by the various
buyers.
With these sales three times a
year-spring, summer and mid-win-
ter-with the greatest of European
buyers either present in person OF
buying through recognized brokers
st. Louis can justly claim the title
of "fur capital of the world"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
POOR" WOMAN LEFT AN
ESTATE WORTH $4,000 DOLLARS

Mrs. Carrie Bennett Pollard,
known as a poor" woman, in Win
sted, Conn, died recently and left
an estate of $4,000. She had say
lngs in banks at Hartford, Collins
vile, Middletown, Pennington, New
Britain and Berlin, Conn, and held
MORTGAGES in five towns.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
ST. LOUIS BECOMES
WORLDS FUR CENTER
AUCTION SALES THREE TIMES
A YEAR BRING BUYERS WITH
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-While the great
world war has played havoc with
many of the commercial industries of
all nations engaged in it, and its dis
turbances have even been extended
to many countries that still are neu-
trail it has resulted in st. Louis be-
coming the capital of the worlds fur
trade.
The rapid strides of St. Louis has
taken in the worlds fur trade have
been made through the great market
established here by the open auction
sales that take place three times
year, and which today take prece-
dence over and beyond all raw fur
sales wherever held throughout the
globe.
With the decentralization of the Eu-
ropean fur marts because of war,
with the fur trade of Germany ruin
ed because of blockade-for Ger
many has never been a reproducing
country-with the London marts di-
minished because submarine warfare
prevented delivery of furs from 9TH
er countries-for England is not to
be reckoned among the fur-producers
any more than Germany-it was in
the nature of things that the world
requirements in furs should needs be
filled-somewhere.
Source of Great Wealth.
When the United States paid some
| 100000 for Alaska there were
plants aplenty that it was rash ex-
travagance to pay such huge sum
for the requirements of territory that
was mostly barren waste of Sock and
snowlands. Political economists fig.
ure that Alaska has more than paiC
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
VILLA REAPPEARS AS
GOOD MAN OF MEXICO
TURNS CRUSADER AND ADOPTS
BROTHERLY LOVE. is KIND
TO HIS PRISONERS.

PRESIDE, Texas.-Wearing his
campaign costume of high boots, high
Panama hat and flannel shirt, Fran
cisco Villa again is in the saddle in
Mexico at the head of new revolu-
tionary movement which he calls Ell
Partido de La convention. His head
quarters had been in Ojinaga, oppo-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
NO PUBLIC HAIR BRUSHES
IN LOUISIANA AFTER MARCH

NEW ORLEANS, lathe use of
public hair brushes in Louisiana af-
ter March ! is prohibited under an
amendment to the sanitary code
adopted by the state board of health.
Barber shops and railroad trains are
specifically forbidden to have brushes
for common use.