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New-York tribune., 1922-01-15

opium in the lot all finished product-nGs
marketable morphine and cocaine-enoughe
It to poison an army. They faxed permits
vacant lot addresses and got some Of it ths
way.
II had worked on it months and monsss
| had fifteen men on it, We'd trace SIP
mcnt and when VIC got to where it vas gc's
it wouldn't be there. It would have been q
vcrted. All of it came in trunks like CO.
mon baggage, and We amassed eollectlor
trunks finally that made Us look like a bu1t
Of travelling statesmen. 4 large part Of 10
three truckloads was about to move in truls
when we nailed it. Funny part of it was ta'
we never did get all the persons in the dsi
Sure, III tell you about that time in Sou'''
ern California. | get laugh out OF 1t ever :
now and then. You see there was some SUI
coming up into California from Mexico ana'
some coming down from the smuggling el'''
putting in up around Vancouver and Sea'"i
and those towns. They sent me to San f'''
cisco and | was working out Of there. ! T.
tip that the hang-out of the southern Ou'S'
was at La Ensenada. little town IN LOW
California, and I went right down the's
fused around the town and finally learn
that there was flourishng little Chinese i"s'
joint in the town and l decided to faiu 3
Just for instance and see what | got IN 'fs =
II told the Sheriff what / had founa -
he seemed almost hurt at the black ess
thought l was trying to give his little g
munity told him that at o'clock 'ne A'.
morning l would be in that joint and 'a''
wanted shcriff's posse outside to lsSs'~
when I blew my whistle. He didn't -
much impressed, but he promised to ha''
posse there. l left and arranged to
moneycd guest at.an opium soiree at 'as =
Joint which was little two-stofy ~
house standing out by itself on the edge !"
village.
Il got to the place early with some = !.
friends / had made, who were intereseS
the fact that I had enough money " =. !
them smoking for several days ana 'p'. :.
was tourist bent upon seeing the unoe'' !
of things. There were thirty Chinese ~ :.
cans and whites in that little place ~ n N
night All were armed-all ironed CIV !
mothers washing, one might say. hvc's a
had gun except those who had w" - =
proprietor, Ting Ling, or whatever MS s.
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b. ELECTIVE stories, with all their
3 fascination, are for the greater part
highly imaginative. Probably the
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highly imaginative Probably the
imagery accounts for some Of the
fascination, yet the real life story Of almost
md then one meets |. detective whose story
Is so altoeethcr unusual az to grip human
interest
Such detective is Ralph II. Oylcr, mar
cotic director in Charge Of the New York
office Of the narcotic division Of the internal
revenue bureau. Oy!er is big fighting
and thinking machine, who is proud Of the
fact that be came from family OF farmers
But also he is glad that he escaped the prosaic
'ifc Of farmer by small margin to figure
in many news stories having as their setting
the decks of drug smuggling craft, the poppy
fumed squalor OF tho opium den and the
hsunts Of the underworld in general.
"All boys dream Dreams" said Oyler, when
asked how it happened that he discarded the
simple life for one Of such highly colored ad-
venture. Il was born in Lithopolis, Ohio 1t
is one Of the best and smallest towns in the
world, and It looked fer while as though !
would live and die there, but when started
30 travel Travelled some. visited every big
town III Tie United States between 1912 and
1916, and have crossed the continent fifty
tines on the trail Of drug snaugglers, vende-s
and users.
when used as farm boy, to look down
the long rowz of corn. miles and miles Of it,
with the corn six waving in the Ohio breezes,
l used to dream Of being a detective. Ny
family was not il my confidence Ny father
believed IN farming. If had told him / in
tended 30 be detective he probably would
have spanked and put ne to bed without
ny evenings coTnn,eal mush. He was not g
stern father. bat he had his OWN ideas. and
detective stories did not enter into his calcu-
Ations. He could tell you how much fertilizer
fc would take TO rcgenerate forty acre field,
but all the detective story reading in our
family was cone by me behind the big red
barn, where | spent as much Of my time as
could steal from milking the cows and doing
thu chores. I can thank the farm for what
have in the way Of muscular development, but
father never coddled my desire to chase wild
and rowing bands of criminals. II hs had known
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enced in such things. But now the re-. I.
1000 francs, | believer
Yes, but there are a fc.9 conditions
Such as what"
We'll, the present tenant has lease vt:cs
runs for seven years yet, but he will undorS..
edly transfer it to YOU for considersaa
say $4,000 francs
"Is-that-all?'
well, if you take over MS furniture ca.
pets, draperies, kitchen utensils and the ls
YOU can have them all for only i550g
francs
"T see. And-llis wifc-how much fu
her."
But the agent rose and with austcrc acsss
replied:
"His furniture is all old but his wife
still young and beautiful. aud don like ss
jokes. Good day, sir
At which NJ. Wolff was quite assured Il,
after next moving day his home viii be in t.
street.
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ernment is a matter of
no concern to him. He
could get along without
the salary, but he
would die without his
job.
When the elder Oyler
was about to hand his
son a brand new team
and set Of harness and
start him in the farm
business, Ralph .Oyler,
to use a tritc express
81 On, "ducked." He
was about fifteen years
o Id and l,ad other
ideas. He went to Co.
lumbus, then to Toledo,
and gradually made
bold to ask for a job as
a government detective.
He had trouble con-
vincing any one that he
was not a farmer, but
finally the government
took him on. Because
Of his farm experience
they put him in the
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15

1 HI changes have. been rung. and with
Z reason, upon the lack Of housing and
A the consequent tribulations Of ten
ants, III every land affected by the
way Certainly New York has suffered much.
DOUBTLESS there arc many who from the
depths of trying experiences will insist that
this city is or has been in the worst plight in
al the world, and who will repeat for the
thousandth time thc remark that sent Lau
renee Sterne upon his sentimental journey
"they order this matter better in France"
But it isn't. So They don't. On the
contrary, if it be any consolation to him in
his houae-huntnr woes, the Gothanitc may
be assured that the City Of Light is the
scene Of equal trials. Indeed, conditions in
Paris are so bad that Pierre Wolff-who, be-
lng a comedy writer, may Of course be
trusted to tell tie serious trutt-bursts forth
in "Lc Matin' with an emulation Of Zolas
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WHEN 1T COMES TO FLAT HUNTING PARIS WINS

harcbc the
and dcpthso Of
that nonng Of NJ
familiar through
bnscd Ecerc
hnakcth Of The Men n nison
kuei New lmk,u uhcr uhd en-
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hh
from the left they German
German hn for the Italian
big chunks
hashih
doctors presentation.
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earns for Ralph Oyler several thousands a
year. He lives in one of the most expensive
hotels In New York and plays detective be-
cause he likes it, but his salary from the gov
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15

ished up his work for
the government that
day in a wild though
efficient hurry, and
then he hid himself
from the newspaper
men. 1t was impossible
to find him, and the
stirring details of the
battle were given out
by a District Attorney,
who said that Oyler had
finished up and gone
home" "
Another side light on
the charcter of this
unusual farm boy
Oyler is still boyish-is
that he does not have to
work. The Oyler fam
lily, it seems, owns sew
eral farms. They have
come down through
the Oyler line until
now a choice lot of pro-
ductive acres is held bv
a few of the surviv-
ing Oylers. This land
earns for Ralph Oyler
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dairy inspection department. He was as
signed to inspect butter and see that it was
not oleo, and he was obliged to look over cattle
to see that they did not have tubercu]osi,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19
Accuses Woman's Party
OF Amliation With Reds
Charge of Bolshevism Is Lodged by
Former Organ of ti-SuHragists.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Charges
that the National Woman's party is
affiliated with the Russian communist
and intimations that the
money to purchase the Watch Tower,
its new headquarters in Capital hill,
was furnished, not by Mrs. O. H. p.
Belmont, but from communist sources,
were characterized today as 'ridicu-
lous" by Miss Alice Paul, founder and
now vice chairman of the party, Mrs.
Belmont having consented within the
past year to serve as chairman with
Miss Paul.
The charges were launched in the
current issue OF the Woman Patriot,
originally the organ OF the anti-suf-
fragists and now sponsored by Mrs.
James w. Wadsworth, jr., wife OF
Senator Wadsworth, of New York.
As instances OF its "communistic prop
uganda" the Patriot cites the party's
approval OF endowments for mothers
and as a sinister fact in relation to
the possible source OF party funds
quotes a report OF conversation be-
tween Bill Haywood and Miss Paul
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19
MILL HEAD LEAVES
HIS DESK FOR SHOP
FORMS HABIT OF WORKING
WITH MEN, AND BECOMES
COMMON LABORER.

The recently announced resignation
OF Whiting Williams as vice president
OF the Hydraulic Pressed Steel Cor
poration OF Cleveland, Ohio, one OF
the large industrial organizations OF
the country, has brought to light an
extraordinary story OF mans depar-
ture from the usual methods employ
ed by men of high rank in the indus
trial world to attain success.
Mr.. Williams was the son OF a
wealthy Ohio banker and was given
thorough technical education IN
preparation for his advent into the
world OF big business. He served
two years as head OF a welfare or
ganization in Cleveland, during which
time he was brought closely into con-
tact with laboring men, and then he
decided he needed more actual expert
enCe.
Went to Work as Laborer.
He purchased some secondhand
clothes and became one of the $4,000
employees of the steel company. Four
wears later he had worked his way
up to where he held high executive
position, and then his identity became
known and he was elected vice pres
ident of the concern. He was given
charge of the employment situation
and soon there was marked differ
ence in the relations between the COM
pany and its employees.
Feeling the need OF wider expert
ence he secured leave OF absence,
put on his old clothes, took SIS to see
him through, and rode the rods" to
Pittsburg, Pa, where. after trying for
days to secure work, he finally landed
a job as a shoveler for one OF the
ovens in steel plant. He was brought
in close contact with the men, none OF
whom suspected his identity, and he
learned many things which helped him
when he went back to Cleveland.
Studied Conditions Abroad.
He worked in Duluth, Mimi, in the
iron mine country, then went to Gary,
Ind, where he secured job as drag
out man" in one of the steel mills.
There he found out what men kick
ed" about, and he remembered it when
he became vice president again. He
returned to his desk for few months
and decided he needed first hand in
formation on conditions abroad.
With another leave of absence he
went to Southampton, England. where
he became a dock worker. From the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19
Tropical Man-Eating Fishes

ical waters, which ranges as Tar north
as Charleston and the BermudaS. IT
is much herCer than a shark, and long
recognized as dangerous to bathers.
Imagine a piCkerel magnihed to a
length of six feet and weighing fifty
pounds, and you will have fair pict-
ure OF the great barracuda. Long,
slender and swift can probably
swim seventy miles an hour--lt IS sll-
very OF hue, darker on the back, with
black fms, and few black spots to-
ward the tail. 1t is a powerful fish,
voracious in the last degree, savage,
and armed with long knife-like teeth.
Occasionally it is taken with hook
and line at Key West. But people are
warned not to eat it, because its flesh
is reputed to be poisonous. On this
account its sale is forbidden in Cuban
markets.
Another species OF barracuda, which
attains a length OF five feet, is COM
mon in California, especially among
the Santa Barbara Islands. 1t is harm
less
In our Atlantic coastal waters is
found species OF toadhsh which,
though it does not bite, is dangerous.
On its back, behind the head, it car
ries two spines which, curiously
enough, have structure resembling
that OF a rattlesnake's fangs. They
are grooved, and at the base OF each
one is a venom sac Thus pressure on
either spine will squeeze the sac at its
base and produce a squirt of the pois-
onous fluid, causing the latter to en-
ter a wound made by the spine. This
may easily happen il the fish is in
cautiously handled, and the result is an
injury very painful locally and follow
cd by fever and other unpleasant Ell
fects
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19

The recent tragic death OF a young
woman swimming in Tampa Bay, Fla,
from the bite of barracuda calls at
tention to the fact that there are fish
eS much more ferocious than sharks.
In the basin Iof the Apure river, in
Venezuela, many streams are infested
by fishes of small size but incredible
ferocity. 1t has often happened that a
man. attacked by number OF them,
has been literally bitten to pieces be-
lore he could escape.
1t is dangerous to ride horse
through a stream infested by these
fishes. At sight OF a wound caused by
the prick of a spur they will rush at
it, inhicting dangerous wounds, and
if the animal does not quickly reach
the bank it will be killed.
Natives OF that region call these
fishes "caribs," in reference to the
notorious cAnnibalism OF the Carib
tribes which gave their name to the
American Mediterranean.
Along the coast Of Maine, especial
" in the neighborhood OF EastpOrt,
visitors are cautioned against wading
in rock pools at low tide, lest they be
attacked by wolf fishes Those fnny
which attain a length of
three feet when full grown, are not
afraid OF any human being Far hercer
than any shark, they will instantly
asSail anybody whom they suspect of
to NEEDLE with them; and,
being provided with large and power
full teeth they can infict severe
wounds.
The great barracuda which attack
ed Dorothy McClathie in Tampa Bay,
ripping up her thigh and severing the
femoral artery, so that she died from
loss OF blood, represents species
and Familiarity known in trop
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19
A NEW YORK GIRL
CIRCLES GLOBE ALONE
SEES % COUNTRIES IN TWO
YEARS. HAS A VARIETY
OF EXPERIENCES.

Most people, doubtless, would con-
slider trip around the world alone a
hazardous undertaking for any young
woman. Miss Gertrude Emerson, OF
New York. one OF the editors OF
Asia. has made the trip not only once,
but three times, says the New YORK
Sun.
Crocodile hunting in Sumatra, or
tiger hunting in India, would not be
popular with the average young Wo-
man vet Miss Emerson found both
the best kind OF sport.
In Agra she awoke one night to
see huge wildcat gazing at her spec
ulatjvelv from the doorway, and while
on a motor trip into kashmr two
iackals found their way in to warm
themselves by her FIRE. Not long al
terward, on a trip into Cambodla,, she
and her party passed through a herd
OF wild elephants.
On her latest tour from winch she
has recently returned, Miss Emerson
visited in all % countries, and was
gone little less than two years.
A Cambodian Buried City.
"CIothes?" she repeated. oh I'm
not one of those people who travel
with single costume. to be worn as
a night gown or a riding habit or an
evening gown! ! took everything that
was nccessary-for riding or climbing
or aviation or any occasion that might
arise. | started out with three pieces
OF baggage, but collected IA before
| returned"
Perhaps the most interesting side
trip Miss Emerson made was into
Combadia. to the buried city OF Ang-
kor This city, it is said, was once as
large as Rome at the time OF Nero.
The ancient race which inhabited the
place is now extinct. Panthers roam
through the streets and ruined tenn
ples, vines have overgrown the an
cient galleries and orchids two yards
long hang from the gigantic trees.
Another unique experience in India
was a trip into the Moplah district
the Moplahs, fanatic Moslem tribe,
being at the time in the midst OF one
Cf their periodic outbreaks. Although
the British authorities said it was I'M
possible. Miss Emercon motOred down
from Mysore-a l0-hour trip-aCcom-
panied only by a Gurka guard who
had served in France and who, incl
dentally, had shortly before brought
in two Moplah heads.
Guest of Sheik.
In Khartum. the capital of Sudan,
Miss Emerson had tea with an Ara
bian sheik, the publisher OF an Ara
bian newspaper.
"Of all the countries | visited" Miss
Emerson said, Il found the best edu-
Gated women in Japan. There, you
know, they have compulsory elemen-
tary education. The Japanese are will
ing to sacrifice everything for educa-
ton. They have womens papers and
magazines and even women reporters.
But the transition between the old and
new has brought many tragedies. .,
In India? 1t is a mistake to think
that it is the men who retard the prog
ress OF women in India. 1t is they who
hold themselves back A friend and |
called on an Indian woman in 'purdah
their name for retirement-a wo-
man whose husband is an Oxford
graduate He had tried for years to
make her mingle with people, but she
couldn't be persuaded to. She thought
it wasn't proper. And when my friend
asked what she had been doing since
her last call she answered, Just sit
ting!"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19
PRESIDENT HARDING
is SLAVE TO HIS JOB
NO HOLIDAYS FOR EXECU-
TIVE IN THIS AGE. MANY
NATIONAL DIFFICULTIES.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Warren
G.. Harding is virtually a slave to his
lob OF president of the United States.
The poorest paid government clerk in
Washington even the women who
scrub the white house floors, work
fewer hours each day and have more
time for rest and recreation than does
Mr. Harding.
No eight-hour day, no day off, no
vacation, no freedom, no respite from
cares and responsibilities, and the ex-
acting etiquette which governs his ev-
cry act-such is the lot OF the chief
executive of the nation.
President Harding works from 10 to
IA hours each day. He gets up about
7 o'clock in the morning and is at his
desk by 9 o'clock Luncheon and din
ner in the white house usually are
made occasions for conferences with
friends and officials on business mat
tiers. Even on Sunday the grind goes
on, with the president hardly able to
find time to go to church.
Warm in Washington.
When it is hot in Washington it is
hot. There are no cool breezes and
sudden chilly seasons, but the sun
beats down numerically day after
day. President Harding has worked
right through all the heat this sum-
mer and expects to continue during
the coming autumn. The president is
a slave to his job.
Instead OF taking the pleasant
months trip to Alaska, as he had
planned, President Harding had to
remain at his desk and keep an eye on
the coal and railroad strikes The sit
uation was serious, and every one
thought it not out of the ordinary
when Mr.. Harding announced that he
would stay on the job.
Now that the industrial skies are
clearing President Harding finds that
it is too late to take a long vacation
He has refused scores of invitations
to spend a month at the seashore, il
the mountains or on farms. He is tied
down to his position.
Splendid Physical Condition.
Despite all mis- cares and hard work
the president manages to keep up his
golf for his physical benefit. He plays
round each morning, to which he
contributes his good health. He tried
horse riding once, but gave it up il
few days He has not used the white
house tennis court since he became
president
The presidency is not what it was
in the good old days, Washington
statesmen declare Roosevelt had {
bully" time hiking or hunting, anC
TAFT took long tours through the
country in the years passed, but now
the duties OF the office demand thai
the president keep on the job all the
time And still presidents seek second
terms.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19

Buddhism is the faith of at least a
quarter of the human race.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19
HUNTING SEASON
WILL BEGIN SOON
FEW ANIMALS MAY BE HUNT
ED IN OCTOBER. OPEN SEA-
SON BEGINS IN NOV.

Game Laws of the United States.
A Summary of the Provisions of Fed
eral, State and Provisional Statutes,
has just been issued by the United
States department OF agriculture for
general distribution to those interest
ed in such matters.
The objects of this bulletin, con-
tanning the twenty-third annual sum-
mary of federal and other game laws,
are to aid in the provisions OF the mi
gratOry bird treaty act and the Lacy
act by presenting in convenient form
the provision of game Legislation for
the use of enforcement officials,
sportsmen, conservationists and 9TH
erS, to the end that the laws for the
protection of game and birds shall be
properly observed.
Hunters Must Observe Law.
The open season dates presented
relating to migratory birds are the
results of state and federal legislation,
and it is only by observing the pub
lished seasons that hunters can avoid
violating the various laws, as the fed
eral regulations operate in many states
to shorten the seasons fixed by state
statute.
Provisions relating to methods OF
capture, game refugees are plainly set
forth
Beginning now the pop" of the
rifle will be heard all over the land,
from the far north to the everglades
OF Florida, and the sport will continue
until the law calls halt later in the
winter.
Those who desire to secure copies
OF these regulations may secure them
if they will write to their congress-
man or senator's, each OF these Of
ficials having a certain number for
general distribution among their con-
| stituents.
Open Season in Georgia.
The open season for Georgia is as
! follows:
Deer, Nov. to Dec. 81.
Rabbit, fox, squirrel, unprotected.
Cat squirrel, OposSum, Oct. to
Feb. %.
Quail, partridge, wild turkey COB
blers, Nov. 20 to Feb. %.
| Duck, goose, brant, coot, gallinule.
Wilson snipe Nov. l to Jan. 81.
| bldCh-DSlltu anu SOlu61l powers,
yellowlegs, dove, Nov. 20 to Jan. 81.
Woodcock, Nov. to Dec. 81.
| Rail, other than coot and gallinule,
Sept. | to Nov 80.
Reedbird (rice bird), Aug 10 to
Nov IS.
No open season: Fawn, grouse,
pheasant, turkey hen, introduced game
birds, swans, wood duck elder ducks,
bitterns, sandhill and whooping cranes,
grebes, gulls, herons, looms, petrels,
hear-waters, terms, and all sore birds
| Except WoodcoCk, Wilson snipe or
Jacksnipe and yellow legs).
Hunting licenses: Nonresident, SIS;
resident, state, So; county, 81 good
only in county OF residence). License
not required in militia district or to
hunt on own or leased land Issued
by commissioner or county warden.
Bag limits and possession: Two
deer, 2 turkeys a season; IS cat squir-
rels, Is ducks, geese, brant, Is
in all OF ployers and yellow legs. Is
Wilson snipe, 6 woodcock, Is in all
OF rails, coot and gallinules, Is doves
day. Possession of migratory birds
except woodcock permitted during the
first ten days Of close season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19
BREED LIKE SIXTYl

'Rats breed Ike sixty near the wa
ter here" said Frank A. Zunser, and
we have to get rid of them every few
months. We can only do it, we find,
by using Royal Guaranteed Rat Paste
which is the best rat killer we have
ever found" Get a Is or 50 cents
handy tube today and destroy ALL
rats. Sold and guaranteed by w. A.
Hare and Collier Drug Co.-adv
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-19
AIRPLANES ARE USED TO
DEFEAT THE BOIL WEEVIL
Spraying From the Air Fatal to Pests
In Cotton Fields of Mississippi.

Airplanes have been used success
fully to rid cotton fields OF weevils in
Mississippi. All the pests in big
field near Greenville were killed by
poison scattered from an airplane.
Farmers of the section are satisfied
that the new method is a success and
are planning to use the airplane to
free their fields. With its use, from
200 to $50 acres can be sprayed during
one hour, it is estimated.