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Evening journal., 1919-03-27
.S46,5C0,0O0,OCO IS
GERMAN WAR BILL
Damages in Empire Totalled
SLIPS. 900, COO Commits
sion Finds
HEAVY TAXES
FACED BY PUBLIC

COPENHAGEN, March 26.-German
revenues from i9ii TO the end OF 1915
amounted to si25O,OOOOOO, the German
Minister OF Finance, Or. Schiller de-
clarcd in a memorandum presented 10
The National Assembly at N'cimar. The
war expenditures totaled si6JOO,OOO,OOO
TO which should be added The cost OF
demobllizailon.
The memorandum showed that war
damages in Germany amounted 10 ST.,
i2JOOO,OOO The claims Of ship owners
TO slOOOOOOOO0 and The total spent for
the relief OF families OF dead soldiers
81 OOOOOOOO0
The debts contracted by the govern
ment during The war aggregated S3q.-
i25OOOOOO The annual interest on which
is si,91JOOOOO0. Or. schiller estimated
that the national annual expenditures
for The future would be s3.JO0.OO0 600
compared 10 G00,OO0OO0 before the war.
The annual expenditures or individual
states and communes i'm the future
would be si,250OO0OO0. compared TO
$3.50, 0,0O00000O0 before the war. The
total amount TO be covered by taxation
in the future would be Si.7J0,O0O0O0
each year. Before .he war 81 10000 -
600 was raised by taxation.
The German Finance Commission.
which will go TO Versailles 30 meet an
interaliied commission has been sum
mOned 20 Weimar 10 receive instruc-
lions from the German government Ac-
cordfnr IA Rorlin upxycnanors fhp eonr-
mission will include Dr. Theodore Mel
choir, a banker Of Hamburg; Or. Viii
helm Merton, one Of the managers Of
the Frankfort metal works; two rep
resentatives Of the Reichsbank and two
members Of the German Armislice
Commission.
Evening journal., 1919-03-27
SENATORS SUSPECT
TRICKS In LEAGUE
Will Not Accept Amend
ments Until Wording
Can be Studied
SWISS REMEDY
ALSO OPPOSED


WASHINGTON, March 27-The evF
dent trend Of the Peace Conference In
Paris toward the adoption of amend
menls 20 make The league OF nations
covenant at least partly acceptable Ia
the United States Senaie was noted
Min evident satisfaction yesterday by
those senators who are in Washing
ton. However, they preferred TO main
tam silence until The fate Of the many
proposed amendments is definitely and
finally determined. The amendments
proposed 20 safeguard The Monroe Doc
trinc making such a domestic ques-
tion as immigration a matter for each
nation 20 determine for Itself and pro
Nidlng merely for recommendations af-
feciing limitation OF national arma-
menis. are entirely In response 90 eN-
pressions of Senators which have
reached Paris in one way or another,
Should an these amendments be
adopted and their language bc found
by The senate 10 be straightforward
and susceptible Of only one interpreia-
fion 10 Is even then very doubtful il
the revised league constitution would
meet with the approval OF the senate.
The most conservative estimate Of the
number of Senators opposed 10 the
original draft of the league constilu-
.lon. which The President for long
Sine insisted must not be altered in a
single word is placed at 3d. More op-
timisiic estimates place the number,
Republicans and Democrats alike. at CO.
OF this number Senator's pointed out
today there are a sufficient number who
in all probability win refuse 20 sane
tion any league no matter how many
Of It's teeth are drawn where America
would be such q hopeless minority and
control would lie In the hands OF Eu-
rope and Asia. These Senators. how
ever carefully refrain from committing
themselves even privately 10 estimates
of how many votes would be affected
N the proposed amendments regarding
The Monroe Doctrine, domestic ques-
ii0ns and disarmament were adopted
and proved lO be written I'm plain un-
misiakable language which could be
Interpreted IN but one way.
The objection still would remain. it |
WAS pointed out. that with the Euro |
pean and Asiatfe- control OF the pro-
posed League of Nations, The United /
Siaies army and navy would be viriu- |
ally at the beck and call OF The nations /
of another hemisphere and would have |
10 obey That can and take part in every /
petty squabbo I'm Europe or violate |
solemn international obligations by
the proposed league.
Unless that objection can be over
come in some way by the Peace Con-
ference 10 was said by some Senators,
Tie chances OF ratification of the in
slrument by The Senate would remain
very remote.
Tho language Of every proposed
amendment as fast as II is obtainable
bore. Is being closely scanned and ana
sd TO ind possible flaws or words
nd phrases capable of more than one
Interpretation. Tho Swiss amendment
was designed on ITS face 20 reserve TO
every nation its complete sovereignty ]
Evening journal., 1919-03-27

Never in the worlds history has there been greater
need for your help.
ARMENIA small but once prosperous nation of West
ern Asia is appealing to Am erica for help.
Upon our answer depends whether the survivors OF
Turkish brutality shall be saved the Armenans as
nation become extinct.
Can YOU turn deaf ear to the wall of four hundred
thousand starving children ryng for bread?
Can you forget that these four hundred thousand
children are orphans whose parents have been either
slaughtered by the Turks have died from the suffer-
ings of banishment and exile?
Can you ignore the appeal of these starving children
most of them mere babies?
No thousand timeS-NO
Evening journal., 1919-03-27
Famo Stops Seborrhea
The Dandruff Disease

FAMo that will harm the tender
est scalp.
Used on the head of growing chill
dren it will make the most unruly
hair lie fiat and easy to comb.
Young women find FAMO
peculiarly fine hair dressing. IL
makes the hair fluffy and full of
life.
Il you have dandruf you have
seborrhea.
Seborrhea is as dangerous to the
hair as pyorrhea is to the teeth.
So II you have dandruf not a
day should be lost in applying FAMO.
Not until FAMO has cleared your
scalp of the deadly dandruif bacilli
is your hair safe.
Even II you have no dsndruif now
you should use FAMO so that
dandruf will be kept away and to
i, make the hair fluffy and beautiful
FAMO comes in two sizes-jS
9 cents, and an extra large bottle at
/, 81. II is sold at all toilet goods
counters. Applications at all the bet
4 ter barber shops. Your money will
/. be refunded il you are not satisfied.
Sebe,rhea IS the fas6ieoi nars for a
fgorbidiy incrfassd fiow from the ssl
tsefoHs glands Of fhs sealf. The 80
borrhheon efefeiior forms iH scoiss or
fiokss ard Is commonly kHou- az
6s-dSuf
Mfg. by The Famo Co., Detroit.
J. MILTON ECkERD DRUG co.
sos Market Street.
Special FamO Agents
Evening journal., 1919-03-27
Delaware's Pledge is 100000

And this isn't much for state that has gone over the
top" in every campaign of the war. BUI-the amount
will be raised ONLY if you Individual and few
thousand like you, contribute the Fund Let us not
try to sde-step ndvdu al responsibty-for that IS
what it is Time heeting Let have your check to-
Evening journal., 1919-03-27

\ =
and independence except what II voun-
tarily gave up through "adherlns "
/ the league constitution. This I'M
imedlately was rejected by the Senators
now here on the ground that mere en-
trance into the league, easily could De
construed as "adbering" 20 the league
constitution, and thus the amendment
would be without value as safeguard
Of national sovereignty.
The danger the Senate. faces now. u
Is said. is that the President may bring
home a revised draft OF the league con-
sillutlon which a curs0ry reading OF
would appear 20 meet the objections
made by the Senate Although this
draft on It's face may meet these objec-
ilons Senators gravely fear that it Will
be filled with language capable of many
interpretations and that the amend
mcnts will not remove the objections
when 10 comes TO the test. The Sena-
tors then will be placed in the posi-
ton of apparently carrying on a petty
wrangle over the wording Of the league
constitution. They realize that a great
many persons not thoroughly cogni-
zant OF the true situation will not
back them wholehearledly If the fight
between the President and the Senate
narrOws down 90 that point
There are now groups in tho Senate
confident that no amendments TO the
Wilson league draft will prove sails
factory and will fight against IL on the
general ground that the people OF the
United States thoroughly abhor any
plan which would commit the United
states TO continual obligation TO take
hand in European and Asatic ar
fairs They feel that when The part
Of the league dealing with mandatories
Is made thoroughly plain, there Will be
a revulsion Of feeling against any
league committing America 10 such
program.
Evening journal., 1919-03-27

paign at yesterdays luncheon was up
wards Of $4,000. ten thousand dollars
Of this being a contribution from the
National Rcd Cross at Washington.
Former Judge George Gray presided
at yesterdays luncheon and appealed to
the workers not TO permit the victory
won last fall TO be embarrassed Jy
failure TO heed The call Of lhc-Near
East. lie pointed il out as duty Of
this country to do its share in this
campaign as il has in other drives and
charitable works.
Evening journal., 1919-03-27
sIck soLpIEn wANpEns AWAY.

Escaping from the hospital at fo-t
Dupont, where he had been under oh
servation for several weeks, Private
George Reiser was at large on Tuesday
night for about an hour. being found
by soldiers who had been sent 10 hunt
for him. Reiser was stationed here
Evening journal., 1919-03-27

\ MERICA has never failed a
L n sister nation in a crisis.
America will not fail Armenia
now. They Shall Not Perish.
There are three days more for
you to do your share in making
Americas answer mean life to
four million stricken people.
Evening journal., 1919-03-27
THIEVES GEr cmckENs

Chicken thieves on Tuesday night
raided the hen house Of John f. Davis,
Of Penny Hin, and stole twenty 1.-TWO
Rhode Island Red hens valued at $50.
state Detective Mccoy IS at work oD
the case.
Evening journal., 1919-03-27
MISSING ROY MAY RE HERE.

The police are seeking the fifteen
year-old son of Mrs. William Ferguson,
OF Woodstown, n. j., who has been
missing for several days. II is thought
that the boy Is in this city.
Evening journal., 1919-03-27
oIIr sIRERIA. sAY OrEICERs.

n. =. \. Special TO The Evening Journal
SHANGHAI, China March 21-Onicers
Of allied forces In Siberia favor imme-
diate Withdrawal from Siberia with
the exception of force sufficient to
patrol the Trans-Sibcrian railway. They
would leave the Russians TO work out
their own salvation.
These officers cannot, under military
regulations, voice such opinions Tor
publication. but they have expressed
them 20 friends who have come to
Shanghai
Evening journal., 1919-03-27

The best furnished fats are listed
and rented through the Want Ads
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
WHAT FRANCE FEARS.

Behind the hopes and aspirations of the
world for the success of the plan to elm
mate war there is a latent fear in France
which shrlves the hearts of the people that
after all, their beloved soil may again be
drenched in blood from German oppression.
1t may be a fear inherited from past expe-
rience and in way oyerdrawn, but it exists
and though suppressed still clutches the
heartstrings. Germany is the natural enemy
Of France. The eyes of Prussian CONQUEST
are ever turned towards the west. There is
no natural defensive barrier to hold the enc
my in check. The pathway can be blocked
only by armies and cannon. Belgium is but
a part of the highway of military progress.
France lies helpless except by the sacrifice
of her cities and country and the slaughter
of her citizens.
France has had four wars with Prussia
since the days of Frederick the great The
methods by which these were conducted
and the ravages they made upon France are
nearly alike. At this time northern France
is industrially dead The cities are destroy
ed. The factories and transportation lines
are obliterated. II will require years to re-
habilitate the country. During its recon
struction it remains an easy victim to Ger.
man conquest. Just across the border lies
Germany with her cities intact, her rail
roads in service, her people sheltered il
homes untouched by war.
Guided by the lamp of experience France
desires that Germany be made so impotent
that another invasion of France shall be i'm
possible
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
Probing The Scandals.


There are no longer any valid reasons why
the various charges of corruption, inefficien-
cy and petty jealousy in the army and the
navy should not be probed to the very hilt.
These charges are not new They range
all the way from the allegation that the rest
station of Brest was 1.-The rottonest hole in
Europe" because the regular army and the
national guard were at loggerheads, to the
more recent charges that arrests have been
made IN the navy for traffckng in promo
tons, soft berths and early discharges.
SO long as we were actively at war the
chief business of the public was to back up
the army and navy, 1t was no time for pet
ty pickering and fault-fnding.
But that time has now past While tech
nlcally peace has not come, because the
conditions have not been signed, as a mat
ter of fact there is no real danger that hos
tlltleS Will be resumed, and we should go to
the very root of all these charges.
We would like to know more of the cele-
brated order which sent a division of nation
al guardsmen into action only three hours
before the armistice was signed, and when
hundreds of lives were needlessly sacrificed.
we would like to know more of the state
ment that 10000 American soldiers were
crowded into quarters at Brest which had
been proved insufficient for 1000 men, and
That as consequence there were 5000 fatal
tiles, many of which were put down as ''kill-
ed in action"
We would like to know how many navy
officers like the leutenants under arrest were
guilty of selling promotions and early dis
charges.
If these things are SANDER upon high
toned body of officers and gentlemen then
the officers and gentlemen themselves should
be the first to seek an inquiry and vindi-
cation: If the charges are true no punish
ment laid down in the articles of the war
could be regarded as too severe.
, At all events we want the truth and now
that peace has come we can afford to have it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
CITY SINFULNESS.

Many we'll meaning people, including
some here in Dawson, no doubt, think their
town is about the limit in wickedness, gen
orally because they are not familiar with the
shortcomings of other places The wicked
ness of Sodom and Gomorrah are matters
of proverbs, although mankind has only a
general idea of what their political delin-
quencies consisted of
The larger city the more crime and law
lessness it will have, but it should also be
remembered it will have more virtue and
usefulness There will be more churches and
other elevating agencies to fight the dens of
iniquity. There is more sin in Atlanta, Ma
con and Albany than there is in Dawson.
There should also be more virtue in the ag-
gregate. If there was not those cities would
be most hopeless prospects, while Dawson
would be a modeI-an earthly New Jerusa-
lem. Real small places may seem to keep
quite clean faces, because one neighbor does
not dare to call attention to the smudgy
countenances of those around him
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
Hens Love Great White Way.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Scientific experiments prove, as we are
told, that hens will lay double the number
of eggs if kept under electric lights and
stirred by music and other charms than if
allowed to go to bed early. If we are to ac-
cept this recent experiment as complete il
opens up many sociological questions
Ii hens thrive under the great white way
what becomes of human beings? Heretofore
we have been told by stern moralists that
late Suppers and short sleeps are demoralfz-
ing to the human mechanism and must be
avoided This seems to agree with morals
and ethics Of untold ages and if hens are
an exception the world would like to know
why.
Moreovere, if hens do better on a sixteen
hour day of activities than in simply work
ing from sun to sun and then sleeping the
night away on a perch what becomes of our
modern industrial notion that eight hours is
enough for any man to work? No answers
are offered to these problems because the
data offered seem entirely insufficient but
1t may be said that if hens like to bask in
the electric light until long past normal bed
time there are some human chickens who
are likewise minded.
On the whole, science has either proved
too much or too little, and in any event hu
man beings will object to being placed on
a basis with the feathered variety The only
consolation is that the hope of cheaper eggs
is strong if every farmer VIII establish an
electric light plant and vaudeville show in
his hen house.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
WHAT THE FIGURES TELL.

1t is an interesting and cheerful story that
is told to the people of the state by the Off
cial statements of the several hundred banks,
filed with State Treasurer Speer, on Decem-
Der goth last. The story is printed on anoth-
er page of this issue of The News.
In the figures given to the press Mr.. Speer
has not made any allusion to the national
banks and what they are doing. AS a matter
of propriety his reference is only to the
institutions that come under his supervision.
1t is indeed a gratifying situation reveal
ed by the statement of the condition of the
state banks, and the figures are bound to
impress our people that despite the war our
state has little or nothing to complain of
or to apprehend. Indeed, the thought must
be that, the circumstances considered the
measure of prosperity is greater than would
be supposed The general effect must be to
inspire confidence and satisfaction, and thus
impart stimulus to all legitimate lines of
industry and business.
The situation will be a surprise to those
who have been preaching the doctrine of
doubt and depression, and in making these
facts public a timely service is rendered
to state and people and to every man try
ing to do his part as a worker.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
City Boys Below Par.
From the Kansas City Star.

The city boy often thinks that he gets
lot OF unnecessary advice about looking
after his health He feels that he mas a con-
stltutlon like an OK, and that ne can be out
late as often as he pleases, take no exercise
IN the open air and throw regular habits to
the wind. So, lie inquiries, what's the use
of all this health talk? 1T has to be admitted
that the young animal is a pretty tough
creature and will stand all kinds of i'll treat
ment without showing immediate effects. He
pays for it later. But some of the pay comes
on the spot. The provost marshal generals
report shows that more city boys than coun-
try boys were rejected for physical defects.
OF 100000 boys examined in the draft
5000 more city boys than country bows
proved unfit. The reflections in both classes
were higher than they should have been.
They amounted to $4,000 out of 100, 900 in
the case of city boys and 1900 in the
case of country boys. The difference be-
tween the two classes is chiefly in regular
habits and outdoor exercise But both need
to spruce up, for certainly it isn't a source
of pride for anybody that one young fell
low out of five is physically unfit for army
service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
TRACTORS AND ROADS,

Two campaigns that are being pushed at
this time in Georgia-hard-surfa roads
and the use of tractors by farmers-are
closely allied.
Tractors on dirt grades in wet weather
and during alternate thawing and freezing
spells of winter are useless. Therefore the
enlarged purchase of trucks and tractors is
wasted money unless the public highways are
made available for their use every day in
the year.
Every tractor purchased becomes posi-
tive demand for roads upon which they can
De operated. Such machines are dead ma
ter1al II forced to stand in the sheds of their
owners. They are proft-making material if
they can be used whenever the necessity
arises Good roads constitute the difference
between the two conditions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
AFTER THE WAR FOLLIES.

Little items and hints running through the
press appear to indicate a tendency on the
part of the people to revert to foHies they
discarded for the period of the war, with
perhaps the addition of new ones or old
ones in new dresses. Among other things
it is limited that the coming style in mems
clothes are to be rather loud, and extrava-
giant. The returning soldiers, too, it is ex-
pected will doff their leveling uniforms and
deck themselves according to the mandates
of a more sensuOus art in wearing apparel.
The spirit of extreme in dress is but one
way in which this after the war disposition
to get away from conservative ideas is to
express itself. In food, in social habits and
in many other ways the people are plan
ming, according to newspaper hints, to fol-
low laVishness, lavshness that will no
doubt in many cases border on downright
folly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
Speed Making World Smaller.
From the Waco (Texas) News.

The development of speed is among the
things that have taken tremendous strides
in this century. To cut time, lop off minutes
and fight the seconds man is devoting a ire
mendous amount of his inventive genius.
Forty years ago 20 miles in SO minutes
was breakneck speed. Twenty years ago 40
miles an hour was a life risk
Missionaries today dream of underline.
ocean compressed-air-w with almost in
Simultaneous transportation. Giant speed
ships for flight a-kite, are prophesied. to
make starting point and destination a thous-
and miles between look like next door on
the time table!
Speed will make Morocco our neighbor
and place Zanzibar Just across the street
Speed will make single language for all
nations necessary; will universalize customs.
methods, moneys, creeds, tastes ideals. bus
mess, and will be the foremost factor in
crystalliZing the brotherhood of man
Speed is parent Of progress, and partner
to efficiency, the watchword of the world
today
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
DOUBTS, BUT HOPES.

If we can accomplish in one treaty
what the Christian religion has failed
to bring about in 1000 years-establish
permanent peace on earth, good will to
men and the golden age at one sitting
that will be going some. But when
the average man looks inside himself
ne isn't so sure about it-Dawson
News.
1t does seem a rather Large order,
and 1t may be that it is impossible, but afte
the world has gone through war that cos
so much blood and treasure it is certainI
worth trying for anything which may aver
future wars, and, however much we doubt
we are willing to hope for just that thing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
Gross Debt of Aug. l. 1914
Teutons $ 8,9OO,OOO,OOO $ $4,000 600, 900
All mathis $27, 100000 $4,000 OOO. 600

These staggering figures are an index of
what the world confronts industrially at this
moment. There are two ways by which
these debts may be eliminated One is re-
pudiation; the other is payment None of the
nations except Russia, Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary as it was will repudiate their
Obligations. Russia already has done So The
allied nations will pay, regardless of how
heavy the tax burdens are These figures
cover only direct expenditures, and do not
include the loss from destruction of proper
ty and life. The wastage must be replaced
from the earnings of the people in the coun-
try. Even if Germany is made to pay indem-
mites for her four years of crime the money
must be taken from productive wealth.