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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
BEST PREVENTIVE
FOR INFLUENZA
IS ACTIVE LIVER
Calotabs, the Nausealess Calomel
That Is Free From Danger of Sal
walton, Is the Ideal Laxative for
Colds and Flu.

Keep your liver active, your sys-
TEN purified and your digestive or
gans in perfect working order. That
is the advice of physicians as to how
to avoid influenza and serious COM
plicatiOns. At the first sign of a cold
or sore throat take a Calotab, the
perfected calomel that is free from
the nauseating and salivating quail
ties of the old style calomel. and
whose medicinal properties are vast
ly improved.
One Calotab at bed time with a
swallow of water-that's all. No
salts, no nausea, nor the slightest in
reference with your eating, pleasure
or work. Next morning your cold has
vanished, your liver is active, your
system is purified and you are feel
ing fine, with hearty appetite for
breakfast. Calotabs are sold only in
original sealed packages, price thir-
ty-tive cents. Your druggist recon-
mends and guarantees Calotabs by
offering to refund the price if you
are not delighted with (adv.)
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25

men claim the dismissal of the pend
ing appeal before the United States
supreme court is an admission by the
attorney general of the unconstitu-
tionality of the act as decided by
Judge Trieber, of Arkansas, hence
the only laws governing spring shoot
ing are those enacted and in force
in our different states. We should
now accept the migratory bird treaty
act of 1918 as the governing law of
the United States today and it should
be respected by the shooting frater-
nifty. The enforcement authorities
should as soon as possible get final
decision on the constitutionality of
the law and jurisdiction of states
over migratory birds, thus eliminat-
ing prospective legal conflicts. The
fact that there is penalty upon con-
viction of not more than $500 or i'm
prisonment of not more than six
months, or both, should deter viola
tors from taking long chance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25

At the height of their career the
bandits, pursued by a police motor
car, waged running fight with their
pursuers through the Paseo de la Re-
forma, one of the principal highways
of the city. Several deaths resulted
from the interchange of rife shots.
A General and a Necklace.
Later a society woman complained
to the authorities that she had seen
a valuable necklace, stolen from her
by the bandits, on the neck of an ac-
tress. Called upon to explain, the
dancer asserted that the jewels were
present from an admirer. The al
legged giver was a general in the Mex
lean army. The necklace was return
ed, but apparently this clue did not
lead to the leaders of the robbers.
The operatives, however, finally
were surrounded while engaged in
robbing house in the foreign colo
ny. But each time that it appeared
that the truth was near disclosure
the principal witness counted on by
the state to establish it's cascades.
Thus passed Mercadante and Oviedo.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
is NOT FIT FOR CATTLE"
SENATOR OWEN SAYS OF BREST
Oklahoman Tells of Horrible Condi-
tions, and Wants Soldiers Brought
Back Home Immediately.

NEW YORK-United States Sen
ator Robert L, Owen, of Oklahoma,
who for the last two months has been
studying the reconstruction program
of the American army in France, up
on his arrival here today on the
steamship Rotterdam, said: "Brest is
not fit for cattle to live in"
Many of the soldiers there are suf-
fering from melancholia, he said,
adding that he would recommend to
the senate military affairs committee
chat they be brought home as soon
as possible and that every care be
given them when they return"
''The trouble over there" said Mr..
Owen, sis that they order men from
place to place when some of them are
unfit to travel. Thousands of these
men have been piled into Brest be-
fore the ships are ready to take them
aboard. 1t is rainy and misty there
almost every day; the men are crazy
to get home and the weather condi-
tions aggravate their inconsistencies"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
COTTON SPECTATORS
LOSE HEAVILY In TUNIS
Consular Report Tells How Native
Importers Lost Out After ARMS
tice. Millions Are Involved.

A story of how native merchants
and importers of Tunis, Africa,
stand to lose about IS per cent. of
their working capital through specu-
lation in cotton is contained in an
American consular report. During
the war these importers were reaping
an automatic profit in cotton goods
because of the fact that the goods in
creased in price from the time they
left Manchester, England. Natives
of the region, having made consider
able money from the high prices re-
ceived for their crops and having but
little faith in paper currency or
bonds, turned to cotton goods as a
staple investment. They thought the
Arabs would buy cotton fabrics at
high prices as long as the war contin-
ued. Accordingly they began placing
orders in Manchester, many of them
far beyond their means. When the
armistice was signed there were
about $24,O00,000 worth of cotton
goods in Tunis and slightly more
than 100000 worth being made
in England on Tunis orders.
Upon the signing of the armistice
the prices of cotton goods dropped
to so per cent By the time the goods
were due to arrive it is figured that
is these spectators had gone through
with their commitments they would
have lost rs per cent. of their capital.
1t is presumed that, like the Arab
of literature, some of them silently
folded their tents and stole away in
the night.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
LOSES two HUNDRED
MILLION ON RAILROADS
RESULT OF FIRST YEAR OF Gov
EMINENT OPERATION. EX-
PENSES MOUNTING HIGH.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Details of
the first year OF government opera
ton of the nations transportation
system was made public tonight by
the railroad administration.
Net federal income in 1918 of
class / roads, those having annual
operating incomes in excess of ST.
100000, amounted to $688,2OO,O83,
leaving a deficit Of $202,135, 602
from the standard return guaranteed
the roads. Operating revenues total
ed $4,842,695,884, an increase of
21.4 per cent. over 1917, and operat-
ing expenes $3,939,315,122, an in
crease of 40.3 per cent.
Wage increases in 1918 added
$583,0O0,000 to the operating ex-
penses.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
DEATHS PROTECT MEN HIGH up
IN MEXICAN ROBBER BAND CASE
Two Suspects Who Offered Confess Mysterousy Slain in
JaiEHgh Army Officer is Invaved.

MEXICO CITY.-(Correspondenc
OF Associated Press THE record
OF crimes attributed to the supposed
organization popularity known as the
gray automobile robber band" has
oeen augmented by the killing in the
federal penitentiary of Francisco
Ovledo. Oviedo had been a prisoner
for year and half, and was accus-
ed of being one of the subchiefs of
the robber band which has operated
here for two years or more. He was
slain with a dagger by negro pris-
0ner who was charged with nine
other murders.
The killing of Oviedo places an
other obstacle in the path of the au-
thorities, who for two years have
been trying to discover the suppos-
ed man or men higher up" who d.
rect the operations of the robber
band which uses a gray automobile
IN making their raids.
Death Seals Lips.
Six men, including Oviedo. were
held in the penitentiary accused of
being members of the band. Several
weeks ago one of them, Rafael Merca-
dante, is said to have offered to con-
fess. Shortly afterward he died from
an unknown cause in his cell. Two
weeks later Oviedo offered to tell
what he knew and two days after
ward he was killed. Four others who
remained in prison have not offered
any statements to the authorities.
The gray automobile, late in 1915,
and early in 1917, figured in mum
erous daring and productive raids.
Posing as agents of the district gov
eminent and bearing forged creden.
tials the occupants would stop in
front of a house, enter it on the pre-
text of searching for arms or rob-
bers, or with no pretext at all, take
what they fancied and drive away.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
Wet FORCES ARE PLANNING
TO PUT UP ANOTHER BATTLE
To Seek Referendum Elections on
Dry Amendment in Fourteen
States Their Program.

CINCINNATI, Ohio.-Referendum
elections will be sought in fourteen
states of the union on the federal
prohibition amendment, according to
an announcement made by the Ma
tional Association of Distillers and
Wholesale Liquor Dealers here today.
The states are:
Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Missouri,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ore
gon, Ohio, Utah and Washington.
Leading distillers here state that they
believe that at least thirteen of these
fourteen states will reject the amend
ment and thus defeat national prohi-
bition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
ll9 BILLIONS SPENT BY ALLIES;
SO BY GERMANY AND c. POWERS
Official Figures of Total Cost of Big
War Announced. United States
Has Spent SO Billions.

WASHINGTON, D. Cone hun
dred and seventy-nine billion dollars
represents the total cost of the war
to both sides up to January 81, ac-
cording to official figures obtained
here today.
Of this vast amount the entente
and the United States expended
$119, $751; 100000, while the Germanic
allies spent $59,500,000,0O0.
That the United States did Its
bit" is shown by the fact that its
total expenditures in the list
of the associates-were $18,481,-
100000, besides which this govern
ment loaned $685. 100000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
10000 ACRES OF TOBACCO
PLANTED IN SOUTH GEORGIA

at is authoritatively stated that
fifty counties in South Georgia are
planting a total of $4,000 acres in
tobacco this year." said James E.
Downing, Georgia Pig Club agent,
while in Macon on Friday. "This is
in contrast with about 5000 acres
put in tobacco in 1918.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
GEORGIA is THIRD STATE
IN PRODUCTION OF SYRUP

From ribbon cane 36,730,O0O gal
Ions of syrup were made in the Unit
ed States in 1918, according to the
first estimate by the bureau of crop
estimates of the department of agri-
culture. One-third of this was made
in Louisiana, and other states in or
der of production were Alabama,
Georgia, Mississippi and Florida.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
hal MIGRATORY
law IS UNDECIDED
oo,,pT pIsMISSES AP'
W. ",sr FROM ARKANSAS
W. ZEN UP SINCE 1915.

II. Of the gods grind slow =,
I a,,,,' Grind exceedingly fine
, tni:ions are delayed but u may a.
s s'-'' least expected The Unit Unit
pen nreme court has the mills
> sap' backed off the boards
gooS; alton and dilatory per.
craS Tse migratory bird act OF
!, 1915 81 Judge %es ? Trieber, Of h the
l SI.t ny district court for the
S S1t,;st Of Arkansas. The case
dslsS5 iii appealed to the
h n aee+ss supreme court, the
StasT e4 was heard on the APP
r as fall of 1915, again in
NE go1 a. and passed subject
6 5chJ, 1916. Since that
% USs' has been hanging.
- '@ Millions of sportsmen in
Ea lli States have been awaiting
!eian wi which would have put
l for all time the question! L, OF
.it8it1nt it, of the law. The
Rs soS5 in its ramifcationls and
g SSrvotection to the bird life in
~ pr' # universally enforced.
a WI ~ 6. 1919, based upon
slI from the attorney general
I r. II I pending appeal was dis
x " the United States supreme
1 Hieh Legal Comedy.
bicb legal comedy is being
an nIss staged with prospective
' Jar effects. Was the dismissal
atrl confession of unconsti-
s;tv Of the migratory bird law
by Judge Trieber? Was the
If the attorney general made
] tbe highest tribunal was to
k,rfavorably and there was an
snitv presented to declare the
|ritb Canada of 1918 the law
Hand? -,
ss1preme court was not given
|oTunity to render a decision
/ the migratory bird treaty
Has superseded the older law
X That the supreme court
/ given an opportunity to de-
a monumental joke. Three
h procrastination, while mil
4 Interested people were on
E.viye awaiting the decision
|Fer came. BY dismissal the at
general has shot his load in
paving the way for unllmlt-
kned legal opinions, none of
|kill carry weight with the op-
/ until there is a decision
hlly rendered by that court
Fhich there is no appeal.
Must Go On Bluf6ng.
mistake has again placed the
nent of agriculture and bio
ssurvey at a disadvantage; they
b on blufing as has been their
for years. In a recent letter
] W, Nelson, chief of bureaus,
I'VE will certainly enforce the
law throughout the country"
the same letter thanking the
bnt for advising him of the I'M
bunting Of migratory birds on
|nOis river, a fact which has
(Ommon property with the
L fraternity for years, yet
Pas been no effort made by
seral authorities to enforce the
Pls Of the federal migratory
BIS act, if generally enforced,
Pc Of especial benefit to the
eon and perpetuation of bird
lhe general bluffing tactics
by necessity through a lack
Vnerewlth to put teeth in the
'ment Of the law" has made of
tlGrltles who were supposed
the enforcement of the law
an unexpected joke for ,he
E years. We will get you, if
Mt watch out" is now a fraz-
Dga3' Their claims that the
Wy 0lrd treaty act is now the
Inc land, that the populace
recourse to courts, that the
" mas the proper teeth and
enforced to the letter must
4, accompanied by action of an
I'VE character before threats
accepted as facts.
O0n'titutiOnality Questioned.
lsss authorities in conjunc-
" many good reputable sports
mmR avm.umn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
LAX-FOS WITH pEPSIN

70 the name of Reliable and Perfect Laxative
which soon relieves Sick Headache. Dizziness, In
digestion, Stomach Trouble, Gas and Piles caused
by Torpid Liver and Constipation. Always use q
Reliable Laxative in the treatment of Colds. Grip
and Influenza.
LAX-FoS WITH PEPSIN is Liquid Digestive
Tonic Laxative excellent in its effect on the
System, both as a tonic and as a laxative. II Is
just as good for Children as for Adults. Pleasant
to take. Children like IT, Soc.
Medicine Co., St Louis, No.. manufacturers Of
Grove o TssteieSs chill Tonic
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-02-25
A Tonic Laxative

that will remove the bile from the Liver and
cleanse the System THOROUGHLY without sripine
or disturbing the stomach Is truly q Perfect Lax
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
Personal Points

Mrs. ]. L. Smith of 522 TWEEN
tieth' street left this noon for Chi
cago, called there by the death of
her only brother, J. A. H. Fulton.
The funeral will be held Monday.
Mr.. Fulton has visited In Rock Is
land many times.
Miss Kathryn Youngberg of Pc
oria IL visiting at the home Of rel
atives over the holidays.
Paul Anderson, student at the
University of Illinois, is spending
the Christmas holidays at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. X. +.
Anderson, 917 Nineteenth street.
Rev. Thomas Killila Of Helena
Mont, is in the city for few days
Father Killila formerly lived in
Rock Island.
Richard Daugherty of kearney
Neb, is here to attend the Laugh
lin-Killiia wedding. Mr.. Daugher-
ty served the groom as best man.
Miss Lila Hudson has returned
to Chicago after a short visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. G,
Hudson, 1918 Twelfth street. Miss
Hudson is attending the nurses
training school at st. Luke's hos
pital in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fry OF
Sedalia, Mo-, are spending the holi-
days with their parents.
Dan Jacomini, 31041a Fifth ave-
nue., has returned from Albu-
querque. n. NJ, where he went to
attend the funeral Of his wife, who
passed away in that city on Dec
II. Mrs. Jacomini had gone to
New Mexico on account Of her
health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Appelquist
Of Omaha Web, are spending the
holidays with relatives and friends
in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. O. Hill of Paris
ILL.,, are visiting at the home of Mrs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
REPORT HEAVY
TICKET SALES
FOR CONCERT
Only Limited Supply Of Seats Len
for Those Who Want to
Hear Noted Singer.

Tickets are going fast for the
Mccormack concert to be given at
the Augustana college gymnasium
Jan. 20, under the auspices OF the
Tri-City Musical association. Prac-
tically AL of those allotted to Dav-
export have been sold and there
are only a small number to be had
now in Rock Island, the committee
announced today.
With the seat sale still over q
week off, the association is certain
that the concert will be success
as far as the size or the audience
is concerned. People are buying
the tickets by punches and not in
the usual groups OF one, two and
three. indicating that every mem
Der OF the family is to have the
pleasure Of hearing this most popf
ular Of tenors when he comes ID
Rock Island.
Reservations can be made Jan. s
Al the Norberg Music house in this
city and in Moline and at the
Schmidt Music company in Daven-
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
N AN OF Toll.
SETTING PACE
s5@ah
IN STYLE way
~
Past Few Years Have Brought
About Changes in Patronage of
the Taller Shop.

Cincinnati. Ohio.-Men's styles
IN the future. as they emanate from
the shops Of the merchant tailors.
may be dictated by the tastes of the
plumber, the farmer, the wagon
driver. They and their fellow work
Gfs have become patrons of mer-
chant tailoring, and they think
nothing of paying a high price for
Z suit, according to Chris E. Krie-
Sef, president Of the Cincinnati
Merchant Tailor Designers asso-
SaGtion.
s"The past few years have
brought a decided change in the
tHtronage Of the Merchant tailor"
u said, in announcing that the
subject would be discussed at the
national convention of the Mer-
chant Tailor Designers association,
70 be held here Feb. 3 to s. I'VE
st1ll have the business man, but
there is a new clientele. We have
won the patronage of the skilled
mechanic, and he is not particular
how high priced are the suits he
orders. He wants the best. To a
lesser extent. we find the farmer
developing. as a class, into a pa
tton Of merchant tailoring. He
wants his Sunday suit we'll tailored
and his tastes run mostly to sub
dned colors."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
ILLINOIS COAL
OUTPUT SHOWS
BIG DECREASE

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec 27.-During
the fiscal year 1919, 75,O99,7S4 tons
OF coal were mined at 937 mines in
81 coal producing counties of nli-
nois, according to a comparative
summary announced today by JOS
eph c. Thompson. director Of mines
and minerals. The output shows a
decrease of 14,S79,6S tons as COM
pared with 1918, the output that
year being S9,979, 1863 tons.
The decrease in coal production
is attributed to the fact that the
mining industry was practically
suspended following the signing of
the -armistice.
Shipping mines produced 1851
721 tons this year as against S.
306,22S tons last year. The ship
ping mines average 1872 working
days this year and 230 in 1918.
The average days of operation
for all Illinois mines was 16O as
compared with 1873 in 1918.
During the present year 90.S97
men were employed in the mines,
a decrease of 1000 from last year.
Mine accidents also decreased in
1919. There were POS men killed
in the mines in 1919, decrease of
81 from last years fatalities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
SAME RIFLES AS
USED IN FRANCE
WILL BE ISSUED

philadelphia. Pa. Dec. 27.-Rifles
that were actually used by United
Et1tes marines against the Huns in
France at Belleau Wood. scissors,
St Mihiel. Champagne or in the
AfEonne will be issued to recruits
who never saw a fight when the big
job Just begun at the marine corps
depot Of supplies here is finished.
ALI the rides used by marines in
France have been turned in at the
depot to be refinished and repaired.
S0swell did their bearers care for
them that most Of them can be
used again.
When they come out Of the gun
shop as good as new they will be
ieaued to recruits, who will be In
spired by the knowledge that they
carry the same rifles that we're
ue6s in the world war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
OIL WELLS OF
TAMP|C0 HARD
HIT BY WATER
Production Of Crude Product De.
creases Materially-Wells Filled
With Salt Fluid.

Houston, Texas.-Oil wells in the
Tampico district of Mexico which
are flowing salt water have caused
q decrease in Mexico's oil produr-
ton of 100000 barrels q day, ac-
cor6ing to dispatches from Tamp!co
received recently by oil interests
here.
"As a result Of this condition of
affairs" the dispatches reported.
pipe lines in Mexico are being
operated from one-Quarter to half
capacity and unless relief 10 had
in some way it is probable that the
export Of oil from Mexico will be
materially affected.
Nearly all the wells in the
Casiana pool have gone to salt
water. One company recently lost
its third big we'll in this field"
Some Big Wells Hit.
Some Of the largest oil fields 10
the world were reported struck Ia
the Tampico district, but some OF
the larger wells were short-lived.
One Of the reasons advanced by
oil. men for the recent advance In
the price of crude oil in this de-
crease in Mexico's potential pro-
duction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
START MOVIES
OUT TO BRING
DOWN The H. C.

Chicago. Dec. '27.-Motion picture
houses will be asked to aid in the
fight for saner buying and lower
prices, according to plans made
when 30 women of Chicago and
other sections of Illinois met with
Mrs. Joseph r. Bowen, chairman
Of the state women's anti-high lrice
committee, here today.
A public mass meeting will be
held here, probably Tuesday, and
prominent speakers will tell how
to bring about fairer prices.
Courses on food, clothing and
house management will be opened
to women in the University Of Chi
cago and in the domestic arts and
science.
Motion picture houses will be
asked to show copies OF the COM
plants, printed by order Of the fair
price committee on their screen
and also to give publicity to a list
of don'ts to be compiled by the
women's committee.
Anti-high cost of living meetings
will be held in school houses
throughout the state.
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 27.-Egg
prices in Des Moines are being az
fected by the actions of women in
other cities in refusing to pay high
prices. Yesterday strictly fresh
eggs were quoted at 80 cents q doz-
en- here and today at so cents.