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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-10
"MACNIFIED VOICE
SOUNDS LIKE CANNON
AMAZING FREAKS ARE ACCOM-
PLISHED BY WIRELESS. THOU
SANDS HEAR WATCH TICK.

SAN FRANCISCO, Gala mans
voice can be made as loud as the
lannon's roar; it can be heard two or
twenty miles. The ticking of watch
can be amplified until it sounds like
breakers on an ocean cliff.
cts no trick at all to magnify
sound 100000 or 100000 times,
or indefinitely" said Tom Lambert,
wireless telephone engineer. "All that
is needed is to connect a number of
vacuum valves in multiple with a
wireless receiving set, and the thing
is done. At the first receiving con-
tact a voice will be normal. Cut in
one vacuum valve and it is raised
seven times; thereafter it squares it
self-seven times seven to forty-nine
for the next vacuum valve and for
ty-nine times forty-nine for the next,
and so on"
II mean volume of sound; not
power of transmission" explained
Lambert. "In test recently phono-
graph was connected with an ampli-
fer at midnight, and we were lifting
it up gradually to supply all San
Francisco with song and amusement,
when the police urged us to desist.
Gin the stadium at Golden Gate
park the ticking of watch was made
audible all over the grandstand while
an athletic meet was in progress.
Capt. Robert W. A. Brewer, an ex-
perimenter, moved off 1000 feet and
spoke quietly to his dog, and the dog
couldn't be held.
"a wireless station recently re-
ceived a telephoned message from
Europe, and through its amplifer
startled duck hunters in the marshes
eight miles away"
Mr.. Lambert exhibited one of the
vacuum valves. It's exterior resem-
bled an ordinary 16-candle electric
light bulb. Through the glass, how
ever, could be seen electric winding
that was dissimilar.
Above the grid was an encircling
metallic plate. The current, it was
explained, passed through each in the
order described. The incoming wire
less signals travel down the aerial
wire to the tuning set and then to
the vacuum valve, which is ode
tector," or receiver.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-10
BY Robert Engren

Jess Willard arrived in Los Ange-
les to begin training for the fight
with Jack Dempsey. Walking down
the street to an open air liberty loan
meeting, Immediately Jess was ask
ed to go on the platform and say a
few words. He did. This was his
speech:
"Boys, I'll start 'er with $4,000.
Come on-shoot."
Clinching this shortest argument Of
the campaign Jess wrote his chack
for the $4,000 and dropped it into
the box.
'What do you hold in liberty bonds
now, JESSE" / asked him.
"More than any other fighter, ="
said Jess, "but I'm not looking for
advertising along that line" Pressed,
he admitted that he had invested to
the extent of $4,000.
Willard will stay in Los Angeles
until a month before the fight, and
then will go straight to the battle
ground to put the final touches on
his condition.
Through the month of May he pos
ed dailv in a seven-reel moving plct-
urea western picture, with no box
ing in it. His work began at 8 o'clock
in the morning. He rode horses and
rescued the heroine until about 3
o'clock in the afternoon, when he
broke away from his director and be-
gan training.
| had my first glimpse of Willard
in many months when l called for
him at the studio. Roy Archer, his
manager, went in and brought Jess
to the outer sunlight. AS the cham
pion stepped from the door | had a
shock. He looked like a walking
CORPSE. His face was of the CHASTITY,
transparent tallowy color. But 1t
was only the movie actors grease
paint. There was nothing corpse-like
in his six feet seven as he came out
brisklv and extended the big paw that
laid Jack Johnson fiat.
Also at the first glance l noted
that if Jess Willard ever weighed
800 pounds, as report had it few
months ago, he doesn't weigh it now.
His clothes covered no rounded
naunch. and his belt was drawn to
the normal notch without cutting into
him. He had also no double chin, and
while his face was round and smooth
there were no fieshy folds extending
from the sides of the nose to the out
err corners of the mouth. This, in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-10
WILLARD IN FAIR CONDITION
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
Will Go Into Ring at $50 Pounds Says He Was Charged
Little More Than $4,000 for Beating Johnson.
n New York World.

large man inclined to weight, is an
unfailing sign of fair condition.
In his gymnasium Willard quickly
stripped for action. Jack Hemple, his
old sparring partner at Havana, was
ready and waiting. Hemple weighs
200 pounds, six feet tall. He is in the
finest condition, fresh from year
in the marines. But when he stood up
with big Jess he looked like small
boy. There's no getting around the
fact that Willard is a giant among
men, and that he is going to loom up
over Dempsey on the Fourth of July
like the Woolworth building over a
subway kiosk.
Willard Is Not Fat.
From a careful study of Willard
stripped and in action / think / can
say that today he is in almost exactly
the same condition he showed the
night he boxed Frank Moran in Mad
ison Square Garden three years ago.
That night he weighed 259h pounds,
official weight. He claims that his
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-10
VELVET, THE FRIENDLY
TOBACCO, HOME AGAIN
The Folks at Home Can Once More
Stuff Their Pipes With 1t.

L
Stuff Their Pipes With 1t.
Velvet tobacco, in its jolly red tin,
is again feature of cigar stores,
big and little. There is again Velvet
in the pipes. and contentment in the
hearts of an army of American pipe
smokers. And thereby hangs tale.
"Where's Velvet Tobacco gomez"
those same folks inquired, when dis
appointed in their quest for that age
mellowed, friendly tobacco, which
had made them and their pipes side
partners for years.
Where was Velvet? Ask the Red
Cross man or the "Y" man. Ask the
Salvation Army lassie. Ask the dough
bow or the Jackie. Ask the hurried
and harassed Quartermaster Corps
that were responsible for more beef,
more bullets and more tobacco" for
the boys under the tin derbies. Yes,
that's why Velvet was not on some
of the dealers shelves. 1t was on the
ships, in the environments, In the bill
lets and the trenches. But Velvet is
now wearing the red chevron of an
honorable discharge.
The doughboy who smoked the
timed Kentucky sunshine" in
France can now enjoy its friendly
company on his own front porch.
Those of us who willingly gave up
luxuries that the boys over there
might have them can stuff our Old
pipes once more with Velvet and
'smile, smile, SMILE"
And good old Velvet Joe! Well,
he's back in the columns of this pa
per and glad to see you all again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-10
CHAIRS A
VERITABLE MINT TO OWNERS
Produce an Annual Income of Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars.

Rolling-ckair transportation on the
boardwalk at Atlantic City, N. j.,
produces a gross income of 100000
year for few syndicates, accord
ing to disclosures made in a suit
against the Shill Rolling Chair Co.
Witnesses testified that the Shill
company's revenue for the rental of
chairs aggregated $150,000 each II
months. The 1000 men who furnish
the motive power for these wicker
limousines" work on a percentage
basis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-10
A MESSAGE is HEARD
FOUR THOUSAND MILES

ST. JOHNS, N. F.-Wireless mes
sages sent out by German and Ital-
ian land stations nearly 1000 miles
away were picked up today by the
Handley-Page biplane, which is being
assembled at Harbor. Grace for a
transatlantic fight in competition
for the London Daily Mails $4,000
prize.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-10
DEAD NAM WHISTLES
AT THE UNDERTAKEN
Gives Embalmer the CreePs, But the
Next Day He Really Died.


Next Day He Really Died.
PITTSBURG, Pa.-When w. F.
Russell, Bridgewater undertaken, ar
rived for the body of man struck
by train and pronounced dead by
railroad physician the corpse be-
gan initiating a steamboat whistle
and calculated Coming up the riv-
erw
Russell, feeling creepy, took the
corpse to Mercy hospital instead of
his morgue.
That was two days ago. The "dead
man" is reported to have died again
and now is on a slab in the county
morgue. A card indicates his name
was James White.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-10
ON CENTRAL
DROPS DEAD ON TRAIN
Capt. Reeves Dies While Making Run
Between Macon and Columbus.

COLUMBUS, GA. B. Reeves,
conductor Of Central of Georgia pas
senger train No. 1, running from
Macon to Columbus, dropped dead
yesterday afternoon at A o'clock on
board his train three miles from Co.
lumbus. His death is attributed to
chronic heart trouble. He was citi-
zen of Macon and about 81 years old.
He had been in the employ of the
Central for years
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-10
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza

LAXATIVE BRoMo oUIJENE Tctlo.s removc =
cause. There is only one 'BTo-ao Canine
E. W. GROVES signature OF box. &C.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
WHERE EDUCATION IS NEEDED.

| The American mining congress has set itself
to campaign of education in which it proposes
| to give the general public and congress In par
Iticuar means Of knowing facts about our mines
and oil wells which it is declared are not known
by them Probably this assertion of ignorance
is well warranted; certainly In no department
i of the many industries conscripted to govern
ment in the war was more ignorance and initial
helplessness displayed by all parties to the
government than In the mining industry Gold
and silver are well enough known, but the ores
which the government needed for Its war manu-
features had to be looked up, their production
started and even methods invented to make
that production possible. Then came the arms
tice and with it production of many metals was
ended by lack of demand Congress turned at
Itention to reinlbursements with ideas evidently
fcentering about our mining kings" it took
the strenuous efforts of the government bureau
of mines to disabuse members of congressional
committees of this notion of the status OF min
ing industries Many millions were shown to
have been periodically invested In plants to
produce what the government had to have; and
with the end of the war these millions were In
vested in idle plants. Gradually intelligence
has percolated through government agencies,
but with it has come desire that intelligence
about our mines should be made general SO that
ordered handling of potential industries may
be understood by the people. To this end the
American mining congress has established
bureau at Washington to cooperate with the
government bureau of mines in spreading In
formation derived from extensive surveys OF re-
sources and costs of development. When 1t is
remembered that our mines were once our basic
source of wealth and that even now our mines
sand oil wells furnish sixty-fve per cent. OF the
tonnage drawn by our railroads, the Importance
of information of this sort is evident.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
"JIJsT LIKE THE MEN 4"

It has been alleged by prophets OF the future
that impartial consideration Of evidence would
be with difficulty secured from juries made up
of women. A story told by member Of such
Jury is published in the Philadelphia Public
Ledger that seems to refute this charge The
case was concerned with rather technical real
estate matter The member of the jury who
tells the story is business-traine woman who
knows some law. She was a minority of one
when the jury disagreed; the judge asked the
forewoman why the jury could not agree and
she pointed to the hold-out, remarking: "Ask
her - The Judge discharged the jury and advis-
ed the plaintiff to withdraw for lack of evidence
to which his council agreed, thus apparently
sustaining the minority MEMBERS verdict
This would seem to be evidence in favor Of
impartiality but the story contradicts. When
he jury composed itself to consider the case
preliminary vote showed six for each of the CON
testants A motherly looking woman then
spoke; she said the plaintiff had looked worried
all through the trial while the defendant had
chewed gum and manifested little concern; that
Il was plain to her that the plaintiff was in need
Of favorable decision and she thought all
should agree on one Another woman declared
that the defendants counsel had kept mag
ging' all the time asking questions and evi-
IDENTITY perplexing witnesses; this was unfair and
the verdict should go against his client Another
vote was taken which showed eleven for plant
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
him to think the operation hasn't
been a success"
Cheap shoes-for Export

Cheap Shoes-for Export
New York World: A day or two
after the published threat of stilt
another jump In the price of shoes
an advertisement appeared in the
Journal of Commerce Of 100000 pairs
OF mems arctics and 10000 pairs OF
mems shoes, Ready to Ship at Once
Direct from Our Own Factories" for
export. at prices that excite curiosi-
ty.
There were. for instance, $1,000
pairs Of mems work shoes at So,
made two full soles, solid leather
insoles and counter, solid lift heels" >
Other work shoes are offered at
$2.25, $2.35, $3.50 and $3.50. The
highest price quoted is s5.75 pair
for ~men's gunmetal calf high grade
shoes" The fair sex is not forgot
ten; two of the twelve items provide
it with kid shoes at 1926 and welt
oxford and high shoes" at S1.75 a
pair.
After all possible allowances are
made for retail and profit there re-
mains between these export prices
and those the American public is
forced to pay gap too wide TO be
filled by any excuse Of trade neces-
sity.
Taken In connection with increas-
ed profits reported by shoemaking
firms to investores, the export fig
ures suggest unacceptable alterna-
tives. Either these shoes are of
quality that will do American trade
no good abroad, or people at home
are paying too much
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
Let all the ends thou aim st at be thy coun-
try's, thy Gods, and truth Shakespeare.
MORE LIGHT ON COSTA RIGA.

Renewed interest is awakened In our rela-
tons with Costa Rica through resolution pre-
sented to the senate by Senator Walter Il. Edge,
Of New Jersey, calling upon the state depart
mentt for information regarding recent reports
Of firing upon the American consulate at San
Jose, the Costa Rican capital. Mr.. Edge also
asks what steps if any have been taken by the
department for the protection Of our represen-
tative in that country, if the reported assaults
upon him are true. Our relations with that Cen
trail American state have been a mystery for
more than two years. Costa Rica early declared
war upon Germany and offered the use OF her
harbors to the American navy if they could be
made of service in our naval operations. That
offer was never acknowledged so far as the pub
lie is aware. Costa Rica was not permitted to
sign the peace treaty, although the neighboring
republics of Guatemala Nicaragua, Honduras,
and Haiti had representatives at the peace con-
ference whose signatures appear on the treaty.
It may be that Senator Edge s resolution of in
quiry will throw some light the situation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30

The tremendous .ueeess sf Nusst.d N.
rs tsnic. strength and blood bu;id.t &
being estimated that over three million ~ ~
pie annually are now using I'D has Id h
che Offering OF numerous substitute, ~
limitations. Investigation shows thai M, ~
OF these instead Of being organic iron rn,s
be nothing more than q metallic iron 49,
pound which may In some instznee, 49,
duce more harm than good. Typical auan.
the easss reported - one Of q woman M
has threatened 10 sue for damages Is. dns
gist who sold her something purpostins =
be the genuine Euxated Iron but vbirS'
while similar m name. package aad appear.
anee was nothing more than a spurious
Chains that instead Of obtaining ipe re%ss
strength and improved health as she hsd
with the true Nuxated Iron, she was seriousI,
upset and In fact became i'll 10 q result a
nsins the subsatute.
Such instances - these have led pAys,c,,r.
mentioned below to emphasize that heaIiS
officials and doctors everywhere should ear.
sion the public against accepting substitute,
for Nuxated Iron. Those who feel the need
of . strength and blood builder should 20 N
their family doctors and obtain a prescrip.
fion calling for organic iron--Nuxated Iron
ihere may be no question about obtaining
the proper article. But if they do not wish
to 60 to the trouble of getting a prescription
for Nuxated Iron then they should be sure
Go look on the label and see that the word,
Nuxated Iron are printed thereon.
There are Thousands of people taking iron
who do not distinguish between organic iron
and metallic iron and such persons often
fail to obtain the vital energy, strength and
endurance which they seek simply becau.e
they have taken the wrong form Of iron.
If you are NOT strong or we'll, you owe i. to
yourself to make the following test. Sc.
how long you can work or how far you can
walk without becoming tired. Next take
two fve.grain tablets Of Nuxated Iron three
eimes PER day after meals for two weeks
Then test your strength and see how much
you have gained.
MANUFACTURERS NOTE, The Widespread pvsiIe.,lo,
Of he abovs Information has been suggested BY DR. Jane
rrsnes Suiii van, formerly Physician Of Beisvus Hosi
(0uttooR Department. New York aud the Wsstchsats
C,usAy Hospital; Dr. Fsrdinsnd King. York Ph,ue,u
and Medical Author; Dr. George H. Baker, formsrI,
PhJsieiaa and Sarseon. Monmouth Memorial Hospt, Of
New Jerseyt DR.. II. B. Vail. formerly Physician 10 ths
Dslamors Hospital and Medical Examiner aud others %
shat ths public mar Informed a this subject srd
protected from tho Of metallic Iron
that h Huxa..d Iron or ~ ises: something good
Eaxased Iron. Euiassd Iron. 10 remedy buI
which 10 wall known to drugyists Unlike she older
Inorganic ireo products Is easiiy asistsd does st
njars the teeth MAKE them black upset orsh
The manafaeturers Guarautss sueesssful estrsly
sfatory results 70 purchaser they w refund
Your money. V V dispsnssd 10 this city By I'll GOD
eruggissa
'old N this city by Wilkinson & Co
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
x. G. Plan 20 Aid Nations Youth.


Chicago Tribune: All work and no
play makes Jack dull boy. That has
held good ever since the first Jack
started to earn his living by the sweat
Of his high or low brow. The knights
Of Columbus are coming to Jacks res
cue, and to Jim's and Joe's and Toms
and Dicks and Harry's. The Knights.
realizing that the period OF transition
to the ways of peace spells hmitless
opportunity for young men Of the ma.
ton, are going to do their share
towards extending the hands OF the
nations youth to grasp at opportun-
ity.
At the peace convention Of the K OF
c. in Buffalo, Aug. 8. s, and Z. q con-
crete program will be presented by q
special committee of the K c. board
Of directors. This program will be
framed by educational experts sitting
In a weekly session in New York the
week of July q. Among these experts
are some of the foremost Catholic and
secular educational authorities in the
country-such men as James f..
Byrne, Father John ]. Wynne, Edward
Devine, Michael j. Downey, Joseph
Scott, and DR.. Edward A Pace.
It Is expected that the recommends
ton to the, convention will take the
form Of vast free night school plan,
the K. of c. councils, of which there
are over 1000. forming the units OF
activity. Practical and cultural
courses will be offered, and expert
professional management engaged
throughout.
Another great enterprise to be
taken up by the supreme convention
of the K of c. Is the work of estab-
fishing recreation centers throughout
the country. In Utica, N. Y, there is
a model K. of @. recreation center,
with every facility for athletic and
gymnastic events and for extra edu-
cational and amusement features.
Many of the delegates to the peace
convention at Buffalo will visit the
Utica K. c. center to witness the
operation OF the ideal X. c. public
club In Columbus the Knights re-
Gently raised $325,000 for a center of
this description. The club at Utica
cost over 100000.
The educational and recreational
work being undertaken by the Knights
Of Columbus is calculated to be of
immense benefit to the 100000 mem
bers of the order and to such others
as take advantage Of the privileges
offered.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
In The comptroIIers Court.

The Nations Business: Contractors
do not always gel the worst Of 1t
from the comptroller of the treasury,
who for practical purposes is the final
authority in constituting the contracts
they have with the government. When
government engineers did not place
before bidders all the knowledge they
had about building site, and the
successful bidder was consequently
misled concerning the expense OF
necessary excation, the comptroller
came to the rescue of the contractor
and held he was entitled to reimburse
ment on the ground that he had
good claim for damages.
Contractors who entered into fixed
price contracts and who had the
wages of their employees increased by
the national war labor board did not
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30

Tiff and one for the defendant The one askel for
consideration of the evidence but was quickly
sienced by eleven voices in protest against her
attempt to muddle up things"
Now juries composed of men undoubtedly
have behaved in quite as peculiar fashion In
building combined opinion into verdlcts But
the point made here is that this women 8 jury
did not show lack of impartiality in considering
the evidence 1t showed impartiality toward it
by refusing to consider it at all
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
SUPPLlCATiON.

SUPPLlCATiON.
Give me the hills and stout ash stick
And the turf beneath my feet,
And leafy tree TO rest beneath
In the height Of the noontide heat
Give me the road, the long gray road
AS 1t wanders DER the hill,
Past the iyied church and the hardwood copse
And the mumbng stone-toothd mill
Give me the moors that stretch around
Like gray and purple wreath
And the topping clouds, and the setting sun,
And the winds across the heath
Give me the dew on the meadow grass
AS 1t giints in the light Of morn,
And the CLASSY tarn, and the gemmy pools
At the hour when the night is born
Give me but these-and the winging stars
When the long glad day is done,
Then give me friend to share it all
friend-and only onei
IT. W. n. Eorste