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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
EYE OF MURDERED
GIRL WAS A MIRROR
OPTIC HELD IMAGE OF NEGRO
WHO ASSAULTED HER. BROKE
DOWN DEFENSE.

Upon the glazed eye of a young
girl, Antoinette Rappal, the victim of
a Negroes deadly assault, the authori-:
ties of Memphis, Tenn, found by
microscopic examination, the mirror
ed likeness of the man who did the
killing. The girls body, hacked with
an axe, then decapitated and drag
ged into a clump of bushes, was
found some hours after she had been
missed from her home.
The officials, accepting the theory
that the eyes of victim of violent
death often mirror indelibly the last
object viewed in life, subjected one
of the eyes of the slain girl to mi
eroscepic examination. Under the
glass the eye-picture Showed the dis
tinct outlines of a man, and within
a few hours a negro woodchopper,
L. c. Persons, was placed under ar
rest.
The negro was subjected to close
examination but there was little or
no evidence connecting him with the
crime. He stoutly maintained his in
nocence and was so convincing in his
denials that he was allowed to go.
The police also were convinced that
he was innocent
Ruse Led to Confession.
But again the element of psychoI-
ogy entered into the investigation.
The man who had conducted the ex-
animation of the girls eye visited
the home of the negro and obtained
pair of the latter's shoes. After sew
eral hours he returned, pointed to
some spots on the leather and said:
eve have tested these stains and
find them to be blood. The stains are
human blood and that of a young
girls"
The deception served its purpose.
The negro collapsed, pleaded for
mercy and confessed the crime. He
said the girl was passing on bicy-
Gle and that he stopped her, struck
her over the head with his axe, later
hacked the body to pieces and threw
his weapon in the stream.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
PRICE ON DRUGS TO
Be BOOSTED BY TAX
SHARP INCREASE IN NEARLY
ALL CLASSES OF DRUGS WILL
BE EFFECTIVE JUNE FIRST.

Drug prices are slated to soar sky
ward on June l, when the war tax
bill goes into effect.
1t is expected that all imported
drug articles such as cinchona bark,
quinine, strychnine, belladonna, SEN
ma, mama, opium, all narcotics and
hundreds of other necessary drugs in
daily use will be taxed 10 per cent.
ad valorem.
On all such items imported and
hitherto brought in without duty a
fiat tariff is to be paid. The ingredi-
ent from which toilet soaps are made
have been advanced in price from
200 to 500 per cent. on account of
the demand by the warning nations
for nitro-glycerine which is a bipro-
duct of the soap manufacture.
The biggest tax will be that on
alcohol. The present tax on a barrel
of alcohol is $2.10, and an additional
tax of S2.10 is to be placed on it.
This will be Retrospective as the al
cohol on hand now and on which the
original tax has been paid will be
subject to the additional tax. The
present price of alcohol is $500 a
gallon and when this goes into eff
feet it will be over six dollars. At
least seventy-five per cent. of liquids
used in medicines contain alcohol so
it can readily be seen just what what
the retail druggist and consumer will
be up against.
All natural mineral waters will be
fumes, cosmetics, face creams, tooth
powders and patent medicines will
be taxed five per cent of the selling
price.
In the soda water department of
the drug stores a tax of 10 per cent.
is proposed on all syrups used in the
production of soft drinks. The price
of fruit syrups has advanced % per
cent. in the last four weeks on ac-
count Of the price of sugar. The pro-
posed tax on carbonic acid gas is 8
cents a pound. The present price is
cents making an increase of 100
per cent. Grape juice and ginger ale
will be taxed 2 cents a gallon.
There will be an increase of 8
per cent. on freight bills and 10 per
cent on express bills. This will make
it harder on the retail druggist be-
cause most of his articles come by
express.
Five-cent cigars are expected to
advance in price 81 per 1000, 10,-
cent cigars SO per 1000, and 15-
cent cigars will go to S4 per 1000.
Chewing gum is due to go up five
per cent. Pill boxes, paper Irvine,
corks, bottles and such articles neces-
sary to druggists will 90 up with the
articles enumerated above.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
Effort to Put a War Tax
On Cotton Is Defeated in House

Tennessee, both democrats, upheld
the amendment, as did Representa-
tive Mann, of Illinois, the republican
leader, and Representative Lenroot,
of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Moore's amendment was based
upon the conviction that the steel and
other munition plans of his district
ought not to be taxed and the agri-
cultural sections Of the country large
ly escape tax. Mr.. Crisp reminded
him that if the cotton tax was adopt
ed it would inevitably lead to the
taxation of bituminous coal at the
mines in Pennsylvania, to a tax on
wheat, corn, beef and other products
of the western farmers. If this was
not done, he indicated, the southern
members would know the reason
why.
Representative Foster, of Illinois,
who occupied the chair, upheld the
point of order and on appeal the
chair was sustained, 1877 to lis. 1t
is possible that some members who
voted to overturn the ruling of the
chair in striking out the amendment
as irrevelevant, would have voted
against the cotton tax on straight
test vote, but the situation was de-
cidedly uncomfortable for the south
ern members for a bad half an hour.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
CONFEREES ON CENSORSHIP
BILL AGREE TO COMPROMISE
Section Will Never Pass Congress. y
Asserts Senator Smith.

WASHINGTON, D. CA new
compromise censorship provision, for
bidding the publication of certain
kinds of information useful to the
enemy, but eliminating the authority
of the president to prescribe censor
ship regulations, was agreed to by
the senate and house conferees on
the espionage bill this afternoon.
The censorship compromise agreed
to to-day would not prevent the pub
LEGATION of information regarding
equipment, and specifically limits
taboo publication to information
which "is" useful to the enemy. The
compromise decided upon yesterday
would have prohibited publication of
news which may" be useful to the
enemy.
The opponents of censorship made
it plain Immediately that they will
accept no compromise.
Never in your life will such a
proposal pass this congress- said
Senator Hoke Smith, when he read
the section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
'LADY'S MAID" A MAN
IN FEMININE GARB
GERMAN SPY WAS EMPLOYED
BY RICH CHICAGO FAMILY
AS WOMAN SERVANT.

German spies are operating in the
United States disguised as women.
Secret service men are finding cases
of spies in feminine garb, and in
Chicago, in less than one week, two
such agents of the kaiser were discov-
cred. 1t also has been discovered that
women are obtaining information for
the enemy in places where men could
not enter.
In one of the Chicago cases gov
eminent officials heard that a spy was
employed by one of the city's rich
est families. Detectives visited the
home and examined the servants one
by one. Finally they asked the lady
of the house if all the servants had
been presented.
SAN but my personal maid the
woman replied, "and she is above
suspicion. / will vouch for her."
Pulled OFF "Woman's" Hair.
The detectives insisted that she be
brought in. AS she entered the room
one of the government men seized
her hair and it came off. The "maid"
then confessed to being a man. What
class of information he was obtain
ing and what was done with him
were not revealed.
The federal investigation has dis
closed that there are women spies,
and men disguised as women, in mar
ly all branches of war activity
Maids, tutors, governesses, lecturers,
singers and artists are employed by
the German intelligence office. Most
of the disguised men are employed
as maids, but women themselves are
doing the spying in other lines of
work.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
THIRTY-TWO CITIES
WILL Be BUILT BY j. S.
GOVERNMENT WILL PUT THE
NEW DRAFT ARMY IN BEST
CAMPS EVER USED.
WOODEN BARRACKS INSTEAD
OF USUAL CANVAS TENTS

Cloth Would Cost Too Much, So the
Fighters VIII Be Housed Under
100000 Feet of Lumber, With
All Sanitary Plumbing.
Uncle Sam is going to build 80
complete towns, to house the men in
the new army. The finest camps that
ever have been used by any army
will be provided for the American
soldiers in training. Six million feet
of lumber will be used in the con
struction of these camps.
Plans for building the camps have
been completed and the work will
start Immediately after the military
department designates the sites.
Each of these barracks will be used
by $4,000 men, and they will be
equipped complete for men and
horses.
Wood Has Twelve Camps.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood will have
II of the camps in the new South
eastern department. The other camps
will be distributed as follows: Six in
the Central department, six in the
Southern, four in the Eastern, three
in the Western and one in the North
western. Army officers will be in
charge of the construction and will
let the work by contract. Col. /. w.
Littell, of the quartermaster's corps,
will be in general charge.
Each town will cover little more
than a square mile, not including the
drill ground. The barracks will be
fully equipped with sanitary plumb
ing and other facilities to insure the
health and comfort of the army.
Some of the barracks will be two
story affairs, but most of them will
be long, low, one-story buildings
built for the convenience of the regi-
ments.
Two Thousand Buildings.
Each encampment will include q
600 buildings. Besides the stables
and barracks there viii be mess
halls, kitchens, bath houses, store
rooms and numerous other buildings
for special purposes.
The idea of putting the men in
wooden barracks was taken up by
the war department because of the
high price and scarcity of canvas.
Two complete new outfits would be
needed each year to keep the soldiers
in tents, so lumber was chosen as
being cheaper and more durable.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
WOMEN WEI WEAR
SILK; IT Is CHEAPER
MORE ECONOMICAL THAN SOFT
SERGES AND OTHER FINE
WOOLENS FOR SPRING.

Women are going into silk for
economy's sake.
Shop windows are filled with gay
little silk dresses instead of the soft
serges and other fine woods which it
is women's custom to buy in early
spring.
When finally discovered, the price
of one of the coveted plain serges is
sure to shock the shopper into buy
ing one of the cheaper silks. And it's
the same with a coat; we go out to
buy cheviot, and return with satin,
for the war has made wool one of the
highest priced of our necessities.
But it isn't wars fault altogether,
say the wool growers. We should eat
more mutton and less beef, they ad-
wise, if we want to put wool onto our
own backs.
Mary ought to let her little lamb
grow up. If cooks would stop order
ing a leg O. lamb and would learn to
cook mutton so their families could
eat it, serge and cheviot would be
cheaper, and we would not have to
put on silk and satin to reduce the H.
c.. of L.
Skirts are longer by an inch or
two but this leaves them six or eight
inches from the ground. This is also
an economy. Short skirts save much
cloth and cleaning
There is a certain tendency to copy
the outline of a bowling-pin but
there is an equally pronounced move
ment in favor of straight lines and
a hem from two to two and one-half
yards around.
This new straight silhouette makes
bust and belt measures almost inter
changeable. Even girdles are adj
iusted loosely enough to slip over
the shoulders, so they may not pro
duce the slightest curve. where ma
ture has developed one of choicest.
Clipping off the FOOT of the skirt
diminishes the apparent height. In
order to have as long dresses as pos
sible, the necks of dresses have, in
a very literal way, "inched" them
selves up. 1t is brazen blouse that
opens much below the collar bone.
Women do not like this style, for
this is the most unbecOming of all
possible places for a bodice to stop.
If the neck of waist curves deeply
anywhere { it is on top of the shout
ders.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
SEVEN HUNDRED NEGROES
PRESENT AT FOOD CONFERENCE
Leaders of Race In Georgia Discuss
The Problems Caused by War.
Much Enthusiasm Shown.

MACON, Ga.-An unusually large
crowd was present this morning at
the city auditorium to attend the
opening exercises of the negro state
wide patriotic meeting and food con-
ference. The auditorium was practi-
cally filled at the opening hour, and
those present evinced an enthusiast
tic interest in the proceedings. There
were nearly 700 delegates from all
sctions of the state, representing
nearly every county in the state.
In calling the meeting to order
Prof. R. R. Wright, of the colored
state college at Savannah, who is
responsible for the call of this meet
ing, said: "Our chief purpose here,
however, is to discuss the food ques-
ton and to devise ways and means
by which we may help to meet the
pending crisis"
He further urged the men consid-
err this grave responsibility and to
give the questions to be discussed
their earnest consideration.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
ARMY OF l,l37,OOOBE
READY IN SEPTEMBER
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON
FURTHER RECRUITING ARE
ISSUED AT WASHINGTON.

The policy to be followed by the
war department i'll raising the new
army is outlined in message to
recruiting station, from Adjutant
General of the Army H. p Mccain,
at Washington.
The men necessary to make up the
four new increments authorized by
congress will be obtained by the vol
unteer system during the months of
May and June. This will bring the
enlisted strength of the regular army
up to $4,000.
Beginning July Is, one-third of
the national guard not now in fed
eral service will be drafted. One
third more of the guard will be
drafted on July 25 and the remain
ing third will be called into service
beginning August 5.
The war department will immedi-
ately call upon the governors of the
different states to stimulate enlisting
in the national guard in order that
it may reach war strength as soon as
possible. The guard will be sent to
training camps beginning August |
and from then on the grind will be
for preparation for the fields abroad.
In September the first draft of the
conscript army will be called. The
army will then be composed Of $780,
900 national guardemen, $4,000
regulars and 100000 drafted men,
making a total fighting land force of
1.137.O0O.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
NEWLYWEDS Sue
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES
WERE ARRESTED ON ARRIVAL
IN SAVANNAH AND KEPT IN
JAIL ALL NIGHT.

SAVANNAH, Ga.-Newlyweds in
the persons of Mr.. and Mrs. Lionel
Hargrove of Augusta, who spent their
honeymoon in the police barracks on
their arrival in Savannah on May IA,
are now seeking damages to the ex-
tent of $4,000 from officers j. j.
Murphy, NJ. J. Scully and S. B. Bry-
ant of the Savannah police depart
ment, according to twin suits filed
to-day for the plaintiffs by Messrs.
Edwards and Lester.
Married.
According to the action for dam
ages filed by both Mr.. Lionel Har-
grove and Mrs. Bessie Radcliffe Har-
grove, on May IA, 1917, the couple
were married in due form of law in
Augusta; that on that day they left
Augusta on the Central of Georgia
for Savannah, arriving there about
z o'clock on the afternoon of May
ID; that as they stepped from the
train in the depot of the Central of
Georgia they were maliciously, lille
gally and wrongfully arrested and
taken into custody.
Detained All Night.
Petitioners further recite they
were forced into an automobile and
taken to the police barracks, where
they were detained all that night and
until the following afternoon. Petit
tioners claim the police refused to
allow them to see an attorney or to
call doctor for Mrs. Hargrove,
whose nerves were affected by the
shock; also that the police would not
state under what charge, if any, the
couple were being detained.
Two Suits of $4,000.
Damages of $4,000 is asked in
each of the suits, which were filed to-
day in the city court
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
500 GEORGIA NEGROES
SENT FROM CINCINNATI
ARRIVED THERE FROM MIcHI-
GAN TRAVELLING ON CHARI-
TY RAILROAD PASSES.
THE ENTIRE CROWD WAS
In A STARVING CONDITION
Engaged in Riot With United States
Soldiers, Who Fired Upon Negro
Settlement. North Is Bitterly OPP
posed to Negro Influx.

settlement. North Is Bitterly Ops
posed to Negro Influx.
CINCINNATI, O.-The police of
this city successfully deported par-
ty of five hundred negroes from Gen.
trail Georgia to-day. These same me-
groes had less than a week ago pass
ed through this city on their way to
a Northern Michigan railroad con-
struction camp, but the police dis
covered that they had been allowed
practically no food and had been paid
only small part of the wages prom
ised as an inducement for their COM
ing North.
In a starving condition, the crowd
of refugees arrived here on charity
railroad passes begging for mercy
and food, and they were not allow
ed to alight. All the negroes seemed
to be glad to be on their way back
South after they discovered the
stringent police rules which have
been put in force here since the re-
cent influx of Southern labor began.
The city and state and federal
authorities are unitedly bitterly OPP
posing the negro influx.
Fired on by Troops.
Friday a riot between United
States soldiers and negroes took
place at Camp Dennison, a suburb,
when Company E of the Third regi-
ment fired upon the negro settle
ment there as result of refusal of
the demand of Sergt. Lester Doyle
that w. E. Cisco, young negro,
be given up by Cisco's parents for
punishment according to array dis
cipiline, as a result of the alleged
attack and threatening of soldier.
For a while volleys of rifle shots
were exchanged by white soldiers
and the blacks, but fortunately no
one was killed The police iriterfer-
red and the alleged negro marauders
will sent to prison.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
PAYS $1,25O TO SOLICIT LABOR
FOR NORTHERN INDUSTRIES

For permission to open an office in
Macon to solicit labor for an alumni
mum industry in Tennessee, C. J..
Hayes has paid the city $500, and
the county $500.
As the result of so many laborers
going north during the winter, coun-
Gil fixed the license for labor agents
at $1,000. The pro rata part of this
license at the present date is $3.50,
which was paid the city clerk by Mr..
Hayes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
cKEAM CONES FOR HOGS;
EAPER AND JUST AS GOOD

ward and Nelson Morris, Chica-
i. packers, have found a new
i0r hogs. They purchased sew
OnS OF broken ice cream cones
manufacturers for s26 a ton to
!. corn o which is bringing from
70 $!.7O a bushel. They found
te alet not only saved a large
:, 80. 81 money but produced a SUI
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
THE SEA, THE WAVES, THE
GIRLS AND THE CURVES

They say that the waves at Tybee
this year are not going to be near
as dashing as some Of the girls who
will be there.--Colnmbus Enquirer
Sun.
Nor will the waves be any more
ready to show their curves than will
be the beautiful girls.-Savannah
Press.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
LARGER MEMBERSHIP FOR
FEDERAL RAIL COMMISSION

Senator Smith Wants Hearing and
Rates Confirmed Before Increase.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-The SEN
ate to-day passed the bin increasing
the membership Of the interstate
commerce commission from seven to
nine members allowing them Is al
vide for the expediting OF business.
An amendment by Senator Hoke
Smith providing that the Commission
must give a hearing and confirm
freight rate increases before thev ean
be put into effect was adopted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
BRIDE 10, GROOM SIS,
IN KENTUCKY ROMANCE

BOWLING GREEN, Ky--Miss
Mary Marris, 10, and John Cannon,
IS, a farmer, were married by
Squire Virgil M. Cox at his home
here
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-05-29
-wo Suits of $1,000.

Damages of $4,000 is asked in
each of the suits, which were filed to-
day in the city court.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19

not to say conflict, between the two
classes of remedy, l. e., by compensa-
ton and by suits and damages; fur
fthermore, as appears from number
if the cases discussed in this bulle-
tin, it is frequently a practical inn
possibility to determine whether re-
lief should be sought under the one
law or under the other until the evil
dence has been submitted to jury
and a verdict rendered While there
fore such a compilation Of decisions,
selected for their particular interest
as illustrating the various legal phases
of the labor question, possesses an
attraction for every student of labor,
it is of especial value as indicating
those points in our legislative system
which require attention, to the end
that more certain and prompt adjust
ments may be made of the rights Of
the respective parties to labor con-
tracts. At THE same time, certain
boundaries are indicated which can
rot be passed without an alteration
of constitutions, Or at least of views
jof constitutional Interpretation. Evil
dence is not lacking Of changes in both
Of these respects.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19
DRIVES OUT
RHEUMATISM
Take "Neutr0ne Prescription 80" and
All Soreness and Stiffness VIII
Fade Away As if BY Magic.

"Neutrone Prescription 49, for rheu-
matism Nothing like it in the wide
world 1t is a prescription that every
body is talking about, and when one
takes t, it penetrates to the muscles
and joints and quickly drives out the
causes of the painful trouble.
Druggists are selling whole lot OF
"Neutrone Prescription SO" TO people
who must have free and strong mus
Giles to support a vigorous body for
work.
Get ''Neutrone Prescriptions SO" for
weary, stiff and painful muscles and
joints. Get it to take out the agony
from those painful limbs. Use this sure
relief, not only for rheumatism, but
to clear up the kidneys. make the
liver work and purify the blood A
weeks ire tment for SOC Large size
bottle, $1O0
For sale by Howell's Pharmacy
Americas, Ca, and leading druggists
everywhere. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-19
.L|QUUR DEALERS ARE
SENT To CHAIN GANG

SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. 19.-Judge
Rourke in the City court today fined s.
Goldberg $1,000 or six montsh in Jail
and twelve months on the changing
for violating the prohibition law, In
case Goldberg pays the $1,000, the Jail
sentence is imperative, but the chain
gang sentence holds regardless OF
payment. The defendant was convicted
of violating the dry laws with impun-
ity, and Judge Rourke has little SYM
patty with this class of offenders.
R. Cooley, who was also found gull
ty of violating the prohibition laws,
was fined $500, or six months in jail
and was given in addition twelve
months on the changing The gang
sentence was probated, the court re-
marking that he would probate that
renalty on account of the advanced
age of the defendant. 81 have told
you a number of times in this court
room that | would punish you severe
ly if you did not stop violating the
law Only your gray hairs now save
you from the chaingang," said the
court
Prince Barney was the last of the
prisoners in the deferred sentence
class. Judge Rourke sentenced him
to twelve months term on the chain
gang, and told Shelby Myrick, attor-
ney for the prisoner, that the federal
authorities could have Barney when
they wished Barney is registered
and subject to call to the colors, il
was stated