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The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
BROADWAY LEASE
HITS RECORD PRICE
ABOUT $3,5oO,O0o WILL BE PAID
IN TWENTY-ONE YEARS
FOR TINY SPOT.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Manhattan
island, once sold by an Indian tor Sz4
and a few drinks of firewater, has pc
come so valuable that tiny plot
stretching only 81 4eet along Broad,
wav recently was leased for an annual
rental of about $133 a square loot
Real estate men said this was the
highest figure for which land was
ever rented here.
Several years ago department
store wished TO buv the corner plot,
having procured the land on Doth
sides as the site of skyscraper. Put
the owner would not sell, even for
ST 100000, and big store had to erect
its home around the small bulldlng'
A four story structure, housing Oh
the second floor busy cigar store,
still remains on the valuable corner
lot on all sides lofty buildings 1 rear
their bulks of steel and stone. o Inc ne
new lessee, who will pay S5'oOU'OoO
for rent, taxes and other expenses
over a twenty-one year period, plans
to erect a narrow skyscraper on the
triangular plot. A candy-making cor
poration will occupy the building. -.
Twenty years ago Robert D. Smith,
who owns the property, startled reaiy
men by paying $5s7, 900 for the land, d
which has only 1850 square 1eet o.
area. He had come to America ,oon WdIi
.S5.75 from his native Russia in 1851.
When he bought this property ne was
told such a small strip was not worth
the price and could never be pron'-
able. 60 roo
Within few hours after the S5'9OO'-
600 lease was drawn up another can
DIV concern offered $4,000 more a
wear for the land, but it was too iate'
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
BENNETT ASSAILS
DORSEY'S BOOKLET
u. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR
SOUTH GEORGIA ALSO PAYS
RESPECTS TO ALEXANDER.

MACON, Ga.-Johu w. Bennett,
United States attorney for the south
ern district of Georgia, has issued a
statement which was unmistakably a
denunciation Of Hooper Alexander, at
torney for the northern district, and
Governor H. M. Dorsey for what he
termed "the unwarranted and unjust
advertisement" the state has been CIV
Ell through the publication of peonage
rumors from high officials.
! Mr.. Bennett said that it has not
been the policy of his office to adver-
tise the state of Georgia in an unfor-
tunate way, but that where matter
has been brought to his notice he had
! brought it to the attention OF the
proper parties" This was taken to
be an answer to Mr.. Alexander's pol
icy of announcing through the press
that certain conditions exist in the
southern part of the state which | am
referring to Mr. Bennett" as Mr..
Alexander did in the case OF the
anonymous letter from the Bibb coun-
ty convict.
Refers to Pamphlet.
In his statement Mr.. Bennett also
let it be known that he was referring
to Governor Dorsey's pamphlet deal
ing with peonage. In the course OF his
statement Mr. Bennett says.
"A number of reports of alleged
peonage have come to this Office dur
ing my incumbency. Wherever juris
diction appeared to be in this district
these reports have had prompt atten'
ton and investigation; where jurisdic-
ton appeared to be in the northern
district they have been referred to the
proper authorities. In only very few
cases handled by this office, including
the Williams case and the case investj-
gated today, have we found that the
facts would authorize prosecution.
"We have not seen proper to ad-
vertise these various alleged cases in
the newspapers OF the state, but have
cautiously avoided doing so. While
we realize that there may exist some
case Of peonage in Georgia, other than
these two cases, and while we realize
that the facts in the Williams case ap-
pear to be most atrocious, we do not
feel that the conditions in Georgia IS
such that the state merited the un-
fortunate and unjust advertisement
that it has recently received from some
of our high officials, through the me-
dunn of the newspapers.
Georgia, as a whole, is as law-abid-
ing as any state in the union, and the
recent sensational publicity given to
it is as unjust as it is unwarranted."
Many Congratulations.
kilograms from prominent citizens
all over the state are being received
by Mr.. Bennett, congratulating him
on the statement he issued denounc-
ing the 'unwarranted publicity OF
peonage" in Georgia given out by
Governor Dorsey and Hooper Alex
ander
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
SENT GREETINGS
TO OLD VETERANS
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESI.
DENT RECEIVED WITH WILD
APPLAUSE AT ALBANY.

ALBANY, Ga.-Telegraphic greet
ings from President Harding to the
Confederate veterans OF Georgia were
read by John H. Mock, secretary OF
the reunion executive committee, at
the opening session of the annual re-
union of the Georgia division OF Unit
ed Confederate Veterans here. Presi-
dent Harding expressed gratitude at
living to see the wounds OF the civil
war healed and pleasure at being able
to send greetings to a band of south
ern warriors, whose numbers are be-
coming fewer each year. His telegram
follows:
The White House, Washington, D.
c., May 11.-John H. Mock, Secre-
tary, Reunion Executive Committee,
Albany, Ga: Please extend greetings
and best wishes to the members OF
Georgia division, United Confederate
veterans, met in annual reunion. Not
many more years will veterans OF the
civil war thus meet. 1t is good to live
to see the great wound of civil war
healed and complete concord and un-
broken devotion, north and south, to
our common country.
"WARREN G.. HARDING, Presi-
dent United States"
Other kilograms of greetings were
read from members of the Georgia
delegation in congress. These tele-
grams provoked wild applause from
the veterans of the confederacy, es-
pecially the one from the president.
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
GOLD FLOOD POURING
into UNITED STATES
THE YELLOW METAL rs COM
ING HERE FROM OVER THE
ENTIRE WORLD.
EVERYBODY OWES UNCLE SAM

Financiers Attribute the Big Move
ment of Gold to United States to
The Fact That She Is the Worlds
One Creditor Nation.
NEW YORK, N. "a veritable
flood Of gold is sweeping upon the
shores OF the united States. Already
the precious metal in the country has
attained the unprecedented amount of
$3,O01, ,4S7 ,915 and yet the tide is ris-
ing
Financie1S attribute this to the fact
that the United States is the worlds
one creditor nation" and for the
equally important reason that the 9TH
er nations of the world find it well
nigh impossible to transact business
with this country by reason OF their
own deprecated currency.
The precious metal is coming from
all quarters OF the globe, but the Eu-
ropean countries, more particularly
Great Britain and France, as well as
the Scandinavian nations, are paying
heaviest toll.
Much of the gold received from
England represents shipments from
South Africa to London, while the
French and other consignments bark
| back to the days of the war, and in
some instances to much longer pc
RODS.
For example, Sweden is sending
gold received from Germany for war
supplies; also bar gold or bullion
which many believe to be of Russian
| ~, of fba sf1C hax
come occasional shipments OF gold
from Siberia, where they formed part
of Gen. Kolchaks war chest.
South Africa and Central America
also are making involuntary contribu-
tions to this country's vast holdings
of the yellow metal mainly because
unsettled economic conditions in Lat
in-America virtually preclude any 9TH
er form Of payment to this country.
The local assay office, new struct-
ure, whose modern equipment in
cludes huge vaults five floors below
the street level, now holds upward OF
81, 900, 100000, fully one-third of which
has come from foreign countries.
The machinery of the assay Office
here is working at high pressure in an
effort to reduce and refine the foreign
bullion and COIN Reports that large
quantities OF gold are being shipped
to the Philadelphia mint lack official
confirmation.
Flow Is Natural.
Commenting on this inflow, which
some bankers have viewed with ap-
prehension, George E. Roberts, vice
president of the National City Bank
and for years director of the United
States mint, is quoted as saying:
1T is natural that the people of Eu-
rope should be sending us their gold.
Everybody everywhere owes us mon
ey. The easiest way for them to pay,
if they can, is in gold"
Pointing to the reduced information
al value OF the British bank note.
French and Belgian francs, the Italian
lire and the shrinkage almost to the
vanishing point of German marks and
Austrian kronen, Mrs. Roberts adds:
so long as the premium on the
gold dollar exists and is general, gold
will probably continue to flow here in
greater or less quantities. 1t seems in
credible, however, that it can long
continue at the present rate"
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
OPENS THE FIELD FOR
JOBS AS POSTMASTER
CIVIL SERVICE COVERING
FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD
CLASS OFFICES MODIFIED. :.
DAWSON OFFICE is AFFECTED
Examinations Will Be Held, and
Choice Will Be Made From the
Three Highest Incumbents Will Be
Allowed to Serve Out Terms.

The hundreds of postmaster candi-
dates in Georgia may now begin
hasty review of the old MacGuffey
spe1ler and Sanford's arithmetic or per-
haps enroll in a night school, for they
must submit 10 civil service eXamina-
ton if they are to have chance to
become distributors OF mail IN their
respective home towns.
The postmaster general, under an
executive order announced by Pres1-
uent Harding, will select one OF the
highest three qualified eligibles after
the civil service examination has been
made. In picking one of the three the
postmaster general OF course, will be
guided by recommendations OF the
party machinery. Fitness for the OF
fee, as we'll as party service, will win
the postofice plums. Under the Hard
ing order 10 incumbent will be dis
turbed until his commission expires.
This is good news to democratic in
cumbents.
Dawson Office Affected.
The commission of w. B. Cheat
ham, democratic postmaster at DaW-
son. will expire February 4, 1924. The
successor to DR.. Cheatharn will be the
first postmaster of Dawson ever to
take a civil service examination. DR..
Cheatham will have served eight
years as postmaster. He was appoint
ed originally on recommendation OF
Congressman Crisp. During his first
term President Wilson issued his ia
nous executive order continuing the
terms of all postmasters, practically
all of whom were then democrats,
but requiring that examinations be
held to fill future vacancies. The Will
son order required that the person re-
ceiving the highest grade should be
appointed.
Selection From First Three.
The Harding order permits a seiec-
ton from the first three, the same rule
that always has applied to other civil
service offices. The new order will
make it more certain that person
of the same political faith as the ad-
ministration is selected and it also
gives a leeway in considering the mt
ness OF applicants.
Under the Harding order an ap-
plicant, business training, experience
general fitness, organizing and execu-
tive ability and general qualifications
| for efficient, administration will count
heavy. 1t is held that mere scholas-
tic examination, such as was provided
under the Wilson order, might result
in a high grade in theory but that il
would not always be a guaranty Of
efficiency in fact.
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
V0-Pound Woman to
die in Electric Chair
''''S Fear They'll Have to Garry
her to Execution.

Ell, YORK, N. Y.-Sing Sing
bm - tbo bp'an to move the electric chair
ra;a.e aae present execution chamber
kttia fslSI l the death penalty on Mrs.
EtenoaJ 5 JJNon, of Manhattan, who is
81 baCgu , 10 die the week of June Is.
kbts "ould od have to be led down two
ssaps VI stars, through a narrow
0Sss. SS ana several doors to reach
SsvSeRf ssy. death chamber. The keep
i and MIS-. Dixon shudders at her
Eried iU | tpT,oophesy she will have to be
b bnn51di D5Gdiiy. She weighs more than
H. hundred lied pounds.
h tbo bp''n TO move the chair rather
|nsne woman is considered more
'0 ny prison officials.
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
$4,000 SCHOOL BONDS
ARE VOTED AT WESTON
Modern and Handsome Building Will
Be Erected at Early Date.

The Weston school district, in Web
ster county, has voted $4,000 bond
issue for the purpose of building
brick school house at Weston.
The election was almost unanimous
ly carried. The bonds will be ready
for sale and delivery within less than
80 days, and the trustees expect to
have the work OF erecting the school
building begin immediately after the
sale of the. bonds are made.
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
Federal Taxes Call
For $4,000 Per Person

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Present
federal taxation plans call Tor an aver
age contribution OF Approximately $40
from each OF the l05.000.000 persons
in the United States, i was estimated
here today.
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
PLAINS S5O,oe0 SCHOOL
BOND ISSUE DISPOSED OF

Fifty thousand dollars of S per cent
bonds issued by the Plains school dis
trict have just been sold on a per
cent income basis. The proceeds win
be used in the construction of a new
school building.
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
The Fate of Sixty-hve
Thousand Girls Is Said
To Be Deep Mystery
That Number Dropped From Sight
Last Year After Entering Big Cities.

A total Of $4,000 girls disappeared
IN the United States last year without
leaving a trace. The great majority
We're nred to the big cities from the
small towns and farms They have
dropped from sight and their tate is
an unsolved mystery.
This story was brought to the ma
tional congress of Mothers and Par
ent-Teacher Association, in conven-
ton in Washington, D. G., with a
plea for the creation OF central bu-
reau to help find missing girls.
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17
NE DEFEATED HER
husband AT THE POLLS

Eerm,nn IN, neatriGe Bullock, candidate for
Eted bsr IN Red Spring, n. c, de-
ho was husband, G. T. Bullock.
Eket by candidate on the opposition
> d majority of four votes.
The Dawson news., 1921-05-17

An optimist is business man who
expects prices to recover"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
LEGION TO help
DISABLED MEN

Lambertville- At the regular week
ly meeting of the Lambertville Post
of the American Legion last night,
report was received from Miss
Laura Knowlton, district nurse of
New Hope, that one of her cases was
a disabled ex-service man, colored,
who had been unable to get com9en-
sation from the government. Miss
Knowlton has endeavored through the
Red Cross to secure an adjustment
of the case, but has not succeeded.
In the meantime, she has done what
she could to relieve his suffering. A
committee was appointed to pro
vide Christmas cheer for the man,
who is not expected to live. They are
also to make an effort to have the
government recognize the case. The
Post appreciated the report from the
nurse, for it showed that people be-
lieve the men of the organization are
anxious to discharge their duty and
their obligations. 1t is hoped that the
Lambertville nurse will also feel free
to ask for cooperation at any time
she may have a case involving ex-
service men who need aid.
Another new member was received
at last nights meeting, Mr.. Jesse
Sproat, who is employed at the Lam
bertville Pottery. The membership
continues to grow, and prospects are
good.
On January 18th there is to be the
committee meeting with Mr. Conlon,
of the State Membership Committee,
at the Odd Fellows Building.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
NEWS review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Pacific Peace Treaty Signed and
Agreement on Navy Plan
Is Announced.
CHINA PROBLEM IS HARDER
Irish Pact Before British Parliament
and Dali Eireann for Ratification
War Between Chile and
Peru Threatend Over
Tacna-Arica.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD

CTEADILY and sanely the Washing
" ton conference is performing the
great task which President Harding
set for it. Such was the progress
made last week that it seemed likely
the major problems would be solved
before the holidays and that the con-
ference would adjourn, leaving details
to be settled by experts and certain of
the questions to be handled by future
conferences.
The way was cleared effectively by
the quadruple agreement for stabiliza-
ton of peace in the Pacific. This, in
the form of treaty. was signed on
Tuesday by the delegates of the four
powers and now awaits formal ratif-
cation by the legislative bodies of
those nations. That it will be ratified
In Great Britain, France and Japan Is
beyond doubt, and there are few who
think that the American senate will
not also accept it. Senator BOrah of
course has announced his opposition
to the treaty, and Senators Reed and
LaFollette stand with him. They pro
fess to find in its second article com
mitments similar to those in Article
10 of the League of Nations covenant,
and even worse than the latter. So
far no one else worth mentioning has
discovered the terrible danger in Ar
ticle 2. Those who approve of the
treaty--and they appear to be decid-
eddy in the majority both in the SEN
ate and in the country generally
agree with Premier Takahashi of
Japan, who says the pact is "the
grandest contribution to the cause Of
peace ever recorded in history
There were rumors in Washington
that former President Wilson was ad-
visirg the Democratic senators to
fight the treaty, but more reliable re-
ports were to the effect that he had
urged them not to commit themselves
until the conference had completed its
work and the pact could be studied
In Its relations to the other agreements
reached. OF course Senator Under
wood, the Democratic leader in the
senate, cannot oppose the treaty for
he signed 1t as one of the delegates.
When President Harding will send it
In for ratification is not known. 1t
may not be until after the holiday
recess.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
Freezing Record
For l6 Years

Lambertville- Several newspapers
have kindly informed US that winter
has arrived, (Which we might have
known from the facts that we had
to stoke furnaces like mad to keep
from freezing to death), and so think
it might be in order to give you some
REAL news in the record of dates
on which the first freezes occurred
each year in Lambertville.
Thomas Tholne, who is connected
with the New Jersey Rubber Co., has
for sixteen years kept an authentic
record of these dates. He went with
the New Jersey Company in 1905,
and noted that the creek at the foot
Of Delevan St. froze over on Nov15
Of that year. This freeze marked the
first real cold weather of the season.
The dates Of subsequent freezes are
&C fo1lcIvS.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
CHILI-PERU WAR
is THREATENED

MESS someone intervenes, Chile
~ and Peru are likely to have war
over the long disputed territory of
Tacna-Arica. Technically a state Of
war has existed between them since
the Peruvian assembly decreed the re-
Incorporation of Tacna-Arica and Tar
apaca in Peruvian territory. Now,
though there are no diplomatic rela-
lions between the two countries, Chile
has invited Peru to take part in a
pleblscite in the territory, and has in
timated that If Peru declines, Chlle's
only alternative is to annex Tacna-
africa. No one expects Peru TO accept
the invitation, and the governments
organ, La Prensa Of Lima, character
ICES the Chilean note as "a gross in
suit following the deportation of
Peruvians from the captured prov
inces." This journal suggests arbl-
tration by the United States as the
best way out of the tangle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
SERGEANTSVILLE MINIS
TER GOING TO JAPAN
Rev. John Nj. Jaqueth, Popular
Leader at Community House
Honored BY Methodist
Board

Sergeantsville- Rev. John NJ. ia
queth, pastor of the Methodist Church
and director of the Community House
has been named by the Board of For
eign Missions of the Methodist
Episcopal Church as an instructor in
the Theological Seminary of Aoyama
Gakuin, Toxic, Japan. He will COM
mence his duties next August. His
friends will congratulate him on this
appointment, but the community will
lose valuable man when he leaves.
Sunday morning at his church he
will speak on "a Christmas Gift" In
the evening the Sunday School Christ
mas service. and Community Christ
mas Tree will be held at the Com
munit yCenter. All the children of
the community are welcomed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
PARLIAMENTS ACT ON
PEACE TREATY

10Th the British parliament and the
- Dali Eireann, the peasant parlia-
ment" of Ireland, met last week to
receive the reports of the peace dele
gates and to act on the treaty they
drew up. The British lawmakers were
urged both by the king and Premier
Lloyd George to ratify the treaty and,
despite the opposition of a few die
hards," there was no doubt that they
would do so.
In Dublin the agreement was not
having quite so smooth path. From
the outset De Valera made plain his
opposition, if not to the whole treaty,
and he accused the Irish delegates
of exceeding their powers in signing
II before submitting It to the dali
cabinet. Collins and Griffith, leaders
of the treaty supporters, vigorously
upheld their action and the debate be-
came so warm that the dali went into
secret session to settle that point,
with the understanding that the debate
on the acceptance of the treaty should
be public. Observers were confideAt
that majority of the dali members
favored ratification, and they felt
equally certain that If the question
we're referred to plebisclte, as De
Valera might ask, a large majority
of the people of southern Ireland
would vote for acceptance of the
peace terms.
The opposition in the British parlia-
ment was voiced in the house of lords
by Lord Edward Carson and In the
commons by Capt. Charles Craig,
brother of the Ulster premier. AL
ready the Ulster cabinet had sent word
to London that Ulster would not enter
the Irish Free State, and 1t protested
bitterly against the making of an r.
lsh agreement without its consent.
1t charged that the treaty violates the
word of King George and Premier
Lloyd George In the Ulster note ex-
ception was taken also to the boun-
Diary commission plan, 1t being con-
tended that to remove territory from
any government without that govern
ment's consent is without precedent.
Over here in America a lot of the
professional Irish, like Justice Cohalan
of New York, are wildly denouncing
the treaty. Just what they want us
to do about it-whether to weep, or to
declare war against England-they
have not yet stated.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
r. r. LABOR REPRESENT
ATIVES MEET

d REPRESENTATIVES. of $4,000 rail-
IN way maintenance of way and
shop laborers met in New York and
voted to reject any wage reduction pro-
posals and to appeal to the railway la
Dor board for increases in pay. Two
days later that board dealt the main
tenance of way men hard blow in
new rules it promulgated. Under this
decision time and a half rates are to
be paid after the tenth hour of work
instead of after the eighth hour as un-
der the old national working agree
ment. The basic" elght-hour day,
however, is reaffirmed; but the new
rules allow the carriers and EMPLOYEES
to make agreements for reduction of
working hours below eight to avoid
making force reductions. The starting
time of any shift, too, is to be arranged
by mutual understanding. This knocks
out rigid hour stipulations in the old
agreement,