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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-20
INY MILLIONS WENT Z
ASTRAY IN THE MAILS
Ian LETTER OFFICE RESToR-
IN HUGE SUMS TO OWNERS IN
Io,s-IT HANDLED 1O,s39,s9o
4IFcEs DURING YEAR.

he United States dead letter Office
nd in undelivered letters last year
BO9,119 worth of checks, drafts,
pg orders and other valuable pa
and restored nearly all of them
heir owners. In addition to the
liable papers found in the letters,
Nv contained stamps or currency.
Daniel C. Roper, first assistant
master general, announces that
dead letter division handled 10,-
] ,S9O letters and parcels. One-third
|tbese. or 3,677,194, were deliver
! 1O1 ,485 contained things of value
hout clew to their senders and
h held for claimants; 7,019,436
] to be destroyed, and LITE still
being investigated.
Also Stamps and Currency.
1he stamps and currency unclaim-
together with proceeds from the
of articles of merchandise re-
led from undelivered letters, ag-
gated $53,665, and $1,000 was
Aized from six months operation
new postal regulation requiring
ection of one cent on advertised
'ers, making the total net revenue
1866. Mr.. Roper says that the
snue estimated under present con-
ns for a year would be approx
BY $4,000, which would make
dead letter division self-sustain-
Many Misdirected Letters.
account of the large growth in
parcel post business, experience
demonstrated that the accumu-
b of this matter at the points des-
ted for handling dead parcels has
nne so large as to make it difficult
nd space for it's accommodation.
order will be issued amending the
Blations so as to reduce the time
holding such parcels prior to sale
b II months to 6 months. Last
i 1885, 61 parcels were found un-
Eerable.
he mail received by the dead let
Division during the year contained
ZOO misdirected letters, 1876
|ddressed letters, 228,7O0 letters
for postage, 100000 letters writ
on hotel letter paper by persons
|nown to the hotels, and 104,700
ers bearing fictitious signatures.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-20
FDoLPH ROSE, BOOZE
KING, is FINED $4,000

ieaded Guilty to Shipping Whis-
key to Fictitious Names.
sFndolph Rose was fined $4,000 or
pOnths in jail when he pleaded
n IN the Fulton county superior
70 two indictments brought by
,Cor John A. Boykin in the re-
PROBE of illegal whisky traffic.
y r Indictment charged the r. M.
corporation with shipping whis-
IT, Georgia assigned to fictitious
IT The other Indictment charg-
II Il. M. Rose corporation and
koiph Rose with selling so quarts
loo Armor rye whisky to John
Viu IN Fulton county. Mr.. Rose
no statement except to plead
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-20
FINE APPEARANCE
OF DAWSON CHILDREN

A visitor from another part of the
state is much impressed with the
fine appearance of the children of
Dawson. It will be pleasant for che
fathers and mothers to learn that
there is in the city person with such
discriminating taste who has discov-
cred what they have known all the
while.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-20
5000 ACRE COAL MINE
AT PRESIDENTS DISPOSAL
Patriotic Offer Made by Medical AS.
ISOLATION in Case of War.

BUFFALO.-The Medical Associa.
ton of which DIR. Pierce is president
has placed at the disposal of Presi-
dent Wilson 5000 acres Of coal land
at Pierceton, Ala, for the duration
of the war. The coal mine fully
equipped with mining machinery,
producing the very best steam coal,
and twelve miles of railroad is offer
ed to the United States government
for its free use in case of war.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-20
UNPRECEDENTED GAIN I'm
PRICES OF ALL KINDS FOOD
Potatoes and Onions Head the List
in Showing Increase.

in Showing Increase.
Retail food prices in the United
States advanced 10 per cent in the
year ending with Jan. Is, as shown
in statistics prepared today by the
bureau of labor statistics.
The increase was greater than for
the three years previous combined.
The four years gain was 80 per cent.
Every food staple except coffee and
tea advanced during the year. Onions
and potatoes led the increase of more
than so per cent.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
IOWA GUARDS To
FRONT INSPIRING
Will Be Trained All Winter in
Camps of South-No I'm
mediate Service
Likely.

Washington, D. G.. July 16.-In de
Tense of its action Of sending northern
guardsmen to southern camps the wal
department. says its controlling reason
is that it wants the guard to train I'M
interruptedly throughout the winter
and send it to France in the spring.
This indicates the guard is not ex-
pected to be sent to Europe this fall as
many nave supposed. Representative
Towner protested against sending Iowa
troops south.
Des Moines, Ia, July l4.-Iowa Ma
tional Guard units which will be called
into federal service at their home sta
ions Sunday will not be modified un-
til their arrival at Deming, N. M, their
training camp. This seems certain
from war department orders in the
hands of Gen. Guy E. Logan. The or
.ders are for men to remain at their
home armories for two weeks. Moth
ing regarding their disposition at the
Of two weeks is revealed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
The Hearinu.

by far the biggest part of the hear
Ing we do is done with III ears. We
hear ut eve the thrush with u ears
and the milkrnan in the morning.
Then there is the other sort or hear
Ing that we do quite a bit, and could
do just as we'll without ears
81 hear the .Jonses haven't spoken
to each other for a week. Lots of
hearing of this sort is done. The way
people like to hear! We hear this and
we hear that. The amount of real hear
Ing that was done In the first place
would have left the Jonses' reputa-
ton in fairly goodvorder.
An enterprising real estate dealer,
In addition to the view or the health
fuiness Of a community. might adyer.
tise the hearing. Next to being heard
people like to hear.-Exchange.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
ONE FISH is SOLD FOR 1929
Return Of Sturgeon to Delaware River
Surssising as 1t Was Thought to
Have Been Exterminated.

HE ID
Sturgeon fishing In the Delaware
river and B:sy has showed ii surprising
improvement over past years in the
number. of catches and size of the fish.
the Philadelphia Record states. Old.
river men are mystified by the return
of the sturgeon. as it was thought these
big fish aa3been about eNterminated,
Recently d number Of exceptionally big
fish We're caught, some averaging wen
above 2o3 pounds and a Few 300 pound
sturgeon have also been caught.
The COW sturgeon are just now filed.
with roe and some OF, the big ones yield
from SO 10 100 pounds, selling at $$2.75
a pound ut the wharyes. One fisher
mar who brought in a 3O0-pound stur-
geon last week was paid S3O5 for the
roe and sd for the fish, his catch net
ting him ss..ss2a9.
Harry A.. Dalbow of P~ennsgrove,
who has been buying caviar here for
many years. says that this is n of
the best sturgeon seasons in the bay
he has see for a long time. There
is Il big demand for the roe this year,
as importafions of caviar from Russia,
where sturgeon are caught extensively,
have been cut off by the war.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
HOPE TO PASS FOOD
CONTROL THIS WEEK
Voting on Amendments MAY
Begin Today-Compromise
Sought by Leaders.

Washington, July 17.-The Senate to-
day entered on its fifth and probab bly,
final week of consideration of the adj
ministration food control bill while the
leaders conferred in an efforts to per-
feet the measure sc az to meet the
wishes Of President Wilson. Senate
leaders today considered drafts of pro-
posed changes designed to compromise
the chief points in dispute in the Gore
substitute, namely h provisions re-
stricting federal authority and provi-
ding for a food board instead of a single
administrator. Administration leaders
are opposed to these provisions. A fight
may also come over the question OF
government control i've steel, iron, cot
ton and other products. 1t is believed
that in the end legislation will be
worked u limiting government control
but with substantial regularity powers,
to food. feed and fuel.
Debate on the food bill was resumed
in the Senate withsprospects of voting
on amendments being begun during the
day.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
SAYS M SOUGHT
TOSPREAD IDEALS HERE

Chicago, July 17--Germany sought to
stimulate epro-Germans feeling through
American colleges, according to DR..
Schailer Matthews, daan of the divinity
school of the University Of Chicago.
exchanged professors with
them he said, ..and they were able men
b mouthpieces OF diplomats across
the sea. They taught students with the,
hope that America might become a
partisan to German ideals
Matthews declared that in Germany
h schools did their best to wean
American professors away from Amer
icaniSm.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
ADMIRAL LkCAZE SAYS
U-BOATS HAVE FAILED

Paris, July 14.-The Germans have
abandoned hope of obtaining victory
by arms, said Admiral Lacaze, French
minister OF marine to the Associated
Press today. As a last resort they
have tried submarine warfare. proclaim
ing that in fou to six weeks we should
be on our knees.
al a matter of fact, we are bringing
4, 100000 tons weekly into the country.
Every mont Increases our certainty
OF being athletic repair our losses. The
ship building already under way the
effect Of whSch naturally will only be
felt after q certain time 10 great enough
to replace ths highest ora 81 de-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
CUTIcuRA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft and
(C!ear-Triai Free.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
:oilet Soap, and assist 1t now and then
rs needed by touches of Cuticura ONT
nent to soften, soothe and zeal. Moth
ing better to make the complexion
clear, scalp free from dandruff and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cnticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Ady.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
OF COCCHI
REFUSED BY ITALY
Government Refuses to Extra.
dite Slayer of Ruth
Cruger.

New York. July 1e.-The Itahan gov
ernment has refused the extradition Of
Alfred o. Cocchi, SLAYER of Ruth Kruger
according to a cablegram to District At
torney Swami from a New York police
representative in italy. Extradition was
refused ON the ground that Cocchi was
a subject of italy. Swami said that the
state department would now ask Italy
to surrender Cocchi voluntarily for trial
here. II the department fails. he will be
tried in Italy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
Whitewash.

Mayor Hosey sat at a dinner in
Fort Wayne beside aSpretty girl.
.Oh. Mayor Hosey," she said. =
saw such d good film play last week
The 4IMan Who Failed You certainly
must take it In"
Mayor Hosey frowned.
s..Hnmpl,, y Lc said. They're always
screening failures
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
AMERICAN TROOPERS
ENCAMPED AT FRONT
Expeditionary Forces Are Now
Drilling Behind Lines
in France.

Paris, July 16.-The vanguard OF the
American troops who left on Thursday
the seaport town where they have been
encamped, arrived at their permanent
camp today. The men went into train
ing Immediately.
Major General Sibert, who will be in
command at h camp, lunched with
General Pershing before his departure
for thesfront. General Pershing will
follow later.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
SENATE OPENS PROBE
OF D~RAFTCENSUS PLAN

washington, July 16.-A resolution
directing the secretary OF commerce to
ascertain the method whereby the cen
sus figures upon which the draft APP
portionment will be made were obtained
and the figures ! themselves were
passed by the Senate this afternoon.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
l. 5. Ships SINK
FOUR BIC SUBS
Convoy Of U. S. Troops Sent
Them Down, Reports From
German Sources
Show.

est n most modern German subma-
vines We're destroyed by American war
ships which were conveying the first
lnstallment Of American troops to
France, according TO a report from
German sources as containedsin a Berne
dispatch to a Rome News agency and
forwarded from Rome by the Central
News.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
SHIP SUNK BY U-BoAT;
Us. CuNNERS INJURED
American Killed on Steamer
Grace, Carrying Petroleum,
State Department Says.

Washington. D. c., July 17.-sinkins
Of the American steamer Grace, and
the killing of three men, one of them
al American. and the injury of two
was announced today by the state de.
partment.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
NO CHANGE IN GERMANY.

Washington, July 1.-THE German
political crisis centers principally on the
questions OF a and internal reform,
according to d review OF state depart
rBent advtces issued by the committee
on public Information and there is not
h slightest reason to believe that 1t
win result in anything remotely APP
preaching revolution or in any diminu-
Tbs revfew says II Is apparent that
Gerrnany's food supply will hold out
tin the present crop is harvested, al
though the sufferfngs OF the poor have
been intensified greatly during the past
five months.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
Good cause.

'sThey wouldn't let our Denny en-
list because he had false teeth.
Then no wonder the poor boy looks
so down in dhe mouth
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19

ELN ~ 49, AAAS - 4SAA ~
Tsin to resume it's interrupted work
at Picking.
Washington. D. c., July 16.-The oc-
supation of Peking by the republican
forces following the surrender at Flung
Tai, Thursday, of the monarchist army
Ut 10000 men Indicates the complete
sestoration OF thearepublic, the Chinese
essatsSn fieTe declared today.
Prior to the battle Of Flung Tai, the
Manchus were urged to lay down their
arms, but General Chang Hsun refused.
The engagement starting early Thurs
day morning resulted in a decisive vic
patches to the legation
Order in the; capital was restored
With few casualties. The adyices a
that two foreign civilians and four for
eign soldiers who ventured to the firing
line were slightly wounded. Chang
Hsun. who led the revolt OF the inn
perialists, has taken refuge in the
Dutch legation In order to obtain safe
conduct out of the country. Premier
Tuan Chi Jul will establish republican
headquarters in Picking Immediately. 1t
was stated.
Washington, July 16.-The monarch
ical movement in China is thought to
have ended after a brief three weeks
adventure which threatened the whole
kAS oA SNtoSS ~ ~ -
Tuan Chi-Jui. the legations advices
said. will move his headquarters back
into the capitol today Ind bring the
scattered republican elements together
and firmly reestablish the republican
regime. a&
The republicans face a difficult task
in recognising their government but
there is every confidence here tina that
will be accomplished successfully.
President Lii appointed Vice President
Feng Kwo Chang acting president after
the monarchist coup and thu emery
ency. government set up in Marking
confirmed him. Neither press nor Off
cial dispatches show whether Feng still
Is president or whether Lii has esumed
power.
The Manchu m~onarchical movement
is felt to have been ended forever but
the division of power effected by the
restored republican leaders within the
next few lays and the later elections
to the new parliament must determine
whether China 10 entirely a constitu-
tional and parliamentary government
or . governments with q very strong ex-
ec1tive and q powerful military party,
Washington. July 16.-Thrss An,eIi-
cans were wounded by stray bullets,
state department announced today.
in the 10 hour fighting in which Chi
nese republican troops forced the sur
render OF the monaTchfalg troops OF Cen
eTal Chang Hsun.
4s fISEb1fbx --SeSS&4Sls2 ftS A4s
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
CRISIS in RuMANlA.

: cabinet crisis Is confronting the Ru-
eHantaA government. -Four e~onserva-
I'VE ministers have demanded that
Rrs1k4sr Bratians resign and that Take
A&R4ster without pnTtfonso y
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19

Golanbia,s 1916 exports we're valued
1t $2T. T59,O81.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19

try Lydia 3. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. ] took sin bottles and today 1
am a healthy woman able to do my
Homework. / wish every suffering
nm would try Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound, and find out for
themselves how good it is. Mrs. Carl
"A. KIEso, 596 North Ave, Aurora, Ill
The great number of unsolicited tes.
tinonials on file at the Pinkham Lab
oratory, many Of which are from tima
to time published by permission, arr.
proof Of the value of Lydia 2. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, in the
treatment Of female ills.
Every aiiing woman in the Unitei
States is cordially invited to write I'd
the Lydia E. PiEkham Medicine Co.
(confidcntiaD. Lynn, Mass, for specia
advice. It is free, will bring you health
and may save your life.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19
CHINESE REVOLT
BROUGHT TO END
General Hsun and Troops Sur
Move
ment Is Believed
Halted.

Washington. q. c.. July 16.--A
eables-am received at the Chinese
embassy here from Picking an-
nounced that Chang Hsun and his
entire monarchists force surrepd-
cred July IL. Less than u civilians
were killed. Chang Hsun sought
republican cabinet is leaving Tien
Tsin to it's interrupted work
at Picking.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19

Waller Scott has not many recorded
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19

The British rife Y the outcome Q,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-19

Washington. July 16.-Thrse An,eri-
cans were wounded by stray bullets,
the state department announced today,
IN the 10 hours fighting IN which Chi
nese republican troops forced the sur
render OF the monaTchial troops OF Cen
era Chang Hsun.
The Washington times., 1917-12-13
SOLON ADVOCATES
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
OF D. c. RAILWAYS

Washington Is the only city in the
United States where q definite time
franchise for the street railways does
not prevail"
This was the statement Of Con-
gresham Robert Crosser of Ohio, ad-
vocate Of public ownership of public
utilities, in an address before the
District Single Tax Association at the
Public Library last night.
There Is no escape from the per-
nictous interference OF public utilities
with the Government itself except in
Government ownership all the way
through. which Is certain to come un-
less there Is q remarkable change in
the way railroads and railways are
being operated" said Mr.. Crosssr.
In order for q man to be a sound
single taxer. he must believe in pub
lie ownership OF public utilities. Gen
orally speaking, a man unrestrained
by competition will demand all he can
get. This il but human nature and
applies to street railways as well as
TO individuals. Though asking for
regulation when II becomes too hot
for them, they will fight to the last to
accomplish their end. Look e what
they did in Washington when the
commission ordered them to give
transfers at certain points. They re-
belled and took the matter into court.
mo system OF regulation will solve
the difficulty. Some railroads have
clamored for regulation, but have
fought public ownership for all they
are worth. Their clamor for regula-
ton is not sincere. however. The
minute you try to regulate they resort
to the courts"
The Washington times., 1917-12-13
ARGENT|NA'S IRE
AGAINST BERLIN
MOUNTS HIGHER

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 13.-wlth the
approach OF the opening tomorrow, OF
. special session OF the Argentine
Congress, feeling against Germany Is
mounting higher, and the nation
awaits with interest the action Of
Congress in handling the information
al program, the case Of the dismissed
German minister, Count Won Luxburg,
and other matters not included in the
Presidents call. .-.
More than 5000 marines, carefully
picked, from among those known to
be loyal to the government. have been
modified in this city. While the Of
fcial statement says that this move
was taken as q precaution against a
threatened general strike. II Is said
that the real reason Is TO protect the
President during the special session
of Congress.
There are evidences OF discomfort
in many quarters over the fact that
Argentina has permitted Luxburg to
remain here after the disclosures OF
his duplicity and the messages ad-
vising his government to sink Ar
gentine vessels without leaving a
trace.
Euxburg has been I'll several weeks,
and at the internment camp where
he II now confined, IL IL reported that
his condition Is critical.
Several strikes involving but a few
men in each case are report
ed in progress in various parts Of the
republic Striking farm hands in
Cordobe are burning the crops, 1t Is
said.
The Washington times., 1917-12-13

Kenyon, King, La Toilette, Norris,
Reed, Trammell, and Vardaman.
The Washington times., 1917-12-13
M'ADOO-CQNGRESS
CLASH|SEXPECTED
ON WAR FINANCING

A clash between Congress and Sec.
rotary Of the Treasury McAdoo on the
issue OF war taxes versus bonds
seems inevitable. A determined move
ment Is under way in Congress today
to M q definite and stable war hnan-
cial policy.
Statesmen on Capitol Hill have since
the outbreak OF the war chafed under
the Administrations course, which,
they claim, has relegated Congress to
the background and undermined its
standing with the public. An insur-
rectfon is brewing. II is freely pre-
dieted the hare-up may be precipftated
by action on war finances.
1t Is possible to state on the highest
authority that McAdoo has not him
self determined upon the proportion
OF bondS and taxes. He does not want
to be forced to a decision at this time.
He does not want any new tax legis-
lation at this session, and hopes to
avoid amendment of the war revenue
bill passed at the last session.
Prefers Bonds to Taxes.
His belief that further taxes would
be unnecessary II future Liberty bond
AssucS COulu De uOdIcO at per cent,
an intimation eagerly seized upon by
business interests, was nothing more
than q belief predicated chiefly on
hope.
1t Is estimated that $4,000 900 900
In bonds will be needed to provide
revenue for this year over and above
the sum raised through existing laws,
and $1,000. 00O. 900 additional in 1919.
With the twelve billion dollars worth
Of bonds authorized at the last ses-
sion, the grand total in bonds as
against the 5000, O00, 900 taxes the
revenue law will raise in the two
years may lead TO disaster, accord
ing to high taxationists.
Ready to Fight Bonds.
They are prepared to fight such
bond Issues even to a showdown on
the much mooted question Of how far
demands of patriotism require blind
with the Administration
program. II the seething discomfort
In Congress breaks out the lineup
Will have no partisan limit, but will
be between those who accept central
lied power in the President as a war
necessity and those who be-
lieVe in a wide-open management of
Affairs.
The Washington times., 1917-12-13

tive be construed as a step in the d.
rection of Government ownership.
This point was emphasized by Presi-
dent Wilson in discussing with rail-
road executives the existing crisis
In traffic affairs. says a Washington
dispatch to the World. He made It
plain, according to the impression
gained by his visitors, that any con-
troll or direction of transportation
lines will be limited to the necessi-
ties which compel such action.
The general opinion OF those who
the subject with the Presi-
dent Is that he favors Government
control OF the railroads during the
war. They believe he has not work
ed out in detail his plans for making
this operative, but simply has deter
mined upon the leading propositions.