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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-23
PEACE CONTEST
TERMS ARE
ISSUED
Conditions of 100000 Box
Award Made Public by
. Trustees.

! NEW YORK, July 23.-The first
announcement was made today of
the conditions Of the $100,O award
;created by Edward w. Box for the
best practical plan by which the
United States may cooperate with
other nations to achieve and pre-
serve the peace of the world.
The conditions define broadly the
scope of the plan sought, as follows:
The plan must provide a prac-
'ticable means whereby the United
States can take its place and do
Its share. toward preserving world
peace, while not making compulsory
the participation of the United
States in European wars if any
such are, in the future, found un-
preventable.
The plan may be based upon the
present covenant Of the league of
nations or may be entirely apart
from that instrument.
All Americans Eligible.
The competition is open to every
United States citizen, whether by
birth or naturalization. Plans may
: be submitted by individuals or by
national, State or local organiza-
tons.
Every plan must be accompanied
) by a summary of not over 500
words. The total length of the
paper, exclusive of summary, is
! not to be over 5000 words. Manu-
scripts must be typewriter.
. Manuscripts must not bear the
authors name or any identifying
sign. Such manuscripts must have
attached to it a plain sealed en-
Velope containing the authors real
name and address.
All plans must be received at the
officeS of the American Peace
Award by midnight, November Is
next.
Composite Award Possible.
The jury of awards may select
Q plan which is a composite of
the best plan and Of ideas or Sec
tons taken from each of several
other plans. If the jury selects
q composite plan of this kind
there are offered by Box, a second,
third. fourth and fifth award of
$4,000 each for plans or portions
OF plans used by the jury in a COM
posite plan. If the jury accepts
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-23
Modern Pied Piper
Draws Rats by
Whistling

NEW YORK, July 2S.-New
York possesses a modern Pied
Piper of Hameline. He is John
Rogoff, q Latvian, who can
compel rats to follow him by
his whistling.
Johns neighbors on the East
Side would not believe him so
he. arranged a demonstration.
In a darkened room John tuned
up. After few bars Of some
wild Latvian melody, bright
eyes were seen peeping from
holes in the waniscoting. A few
more MARBLES and there was a
scurry Of feet.
Spectators said that the rats
seemed to scurry with jazzy
steps as they darted forth to
the, tune of the melody. John
had made good.
He said he learned rat whis-
Ting in Latvia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-23
FREE!

With every purchase of 500 or more.
cash or charge account, we give
free a APIECE dinner set or 35-
piece Rogers silver plated ware set.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-23
SUIT FILED TO TEST
INCOME TAX LIMIT

CHICAGO, July pa suit, ask
ing that Mabel G. Reinecke, col
lector of internal revenue at Chi
cago, be enjoined from collecting
income taxes from Leon Sigman,
president of the Scotch Wooden
Mills, Chicago, after the expiration
of the five-year statutory period,
was filed in the United States dis
trict court by attorneys for Mr..
Sigman.
The suit is filed as test case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-23

one plan in full, there VIII be no
subsidiary awards. J,
The main award of 100000
will be made in two payments to
the author of the winning plan;
$4,000 will be paid as soon as the
jury of award has selected it; the
second $4,000 will be paid if and
when the United States Senate APP
proves the plan; if and when the
jury of awards decides that an adc-
quate degree of popular support
has been demonstrated for the win
ming plan.
A leaf1et giving the conditions
more fully may be had by con-
testants who will write to the
office, S42 Madison avenue, New
York City.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-23
Concert

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band, at the bandstand,
this evening beginning at $3.50
O'Clock. John s. M. thinner
mann, bandmaster.
March. Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine SoYaa
Overture, King of the
Entr' Acte-
a. "Nocturne Op. Is No. l."
b. ''Mazurka OPP. SO No. S."
Chopin
Scenes from Opera, "Cavalleria
Rusticana" r eQuest
Mascagni
brook Donaldson
Valse Espagnole, "L'Estudian-
lana Waldteufel
Finale, March OF the Siam
. . L1nCk0
: The ~Star-SpangIed Banner"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-23
MARRIED BEFORE FINAL
DECREE. SHE rs FREED

TRENTON, N. J., July 2S.-
Chancellors$W Walker has annulled the
marriage of Mary Agnes DoIan to
James HI. Wagner on the ground
that she had married before OBJ
tanning final decree of divorce
from Robert Carson. She married
Carson In 1904.
Four months before the final de-
cree was due she married Wagner.
When informed of the situation
Miss Dolan started suit for annull-
ment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-23
MOTHER OF II CHILDREN
TAKES FOURTH HUSBAND

WILKES-BARRE Pa, July o.
Mrs. Lizzie Ricketts,, aged SO, who is
the mother OF twenty-one children,
was married for the fourth time re-
Gently.
Mrs. Ricketts, last husband is
Charles Henry, of Scranton. Her
first two husbands died, and she
divorced the third one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-23
Merge Telephone Lines.

The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. of West Virginia was
granted authority today by the In
terstate Commerce Commission to
acquire certain properties of the
Trap Hill Telephone Company.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
BIRDS ALSO HAVE
THEIR TRIANGLES
ARE NOT ALWAYS TRUE TO
THEIR MATES, SAYS THIS
CLOSE OBSERVER.

The best friends of the little birds,
to whom the birds tell everything just
as faithfully as spirits tell the spirit
ualists, are prepared to disprove as
hokum the popular belief that the lit
tie tweedle bird, fitting blithely
among the tree tops, is the embodi-
nent of carefree and complete hap
penings, says a Chicago dispatch to
the Kansas City Star.
Trial marriages, domestic squab--
bles, eternal triangles, banditry and
servant problems raise the dickens
among the birds just as much as
among the human race, which always
has been inclined to envy them, it de-
veloped as the meeting opened.
I'm not exactly used to talking to
human beings" began Miss Althea R.
Sherman, Of National Ia, addressing
the other bird experts. I'm more used
to talking to sparrows and wrens and
chimneys sweeps"
This was by way OF apology for
Miss Sherman's thin, birdlike voice,
but an apology was hardly required,
for her voice is high and sweet and
musical, though faint. Miss Sherman
is a gentlewoman in black alpaca
coat, with lace at the throat, and an
old fashioned bonnet.
"I'm just a little home body from
a little town in Iowa." she continued
quantity. But l love birds, and I've
studied them all my life. Being a
home biding sort of a person myself
the thing that has interested me espe-
cially has been the home life OF birds.
What I've learned about them would
do some folks | know a sight of good.
Their women folk are emancipated,
Husband and wife share burdens
equally, and they both go out and
find food and material to build homes,
and take turns sitting on the nest.
And they have a bird, who acts as
sort of a nurse maid, come in to take
care of the children. Sometimes they
have trouble finding a suitable maid,
and then, or in case the husband bird
gets sweet on the maid, there fire.
quently is trouble.
81 must say, though, one thing sort
of shocks me about these birds. That
is kind of trial marriage system
they have. The husband bird is tickle
and changes his mate about twice a
wear, but he is faithful to one as long
as he has her-I'll say that for him"
AS the woman from Iowa lett the
rostrum DIR. T. G. Aberns, of Berlins,
and DR.. Arthur A. Allen, professor OF
ORTHODOXY at Cornell university,
agreed that hers was one of the most
scientific papers we have ever heard,
and that Miss Sherman ought to be
ian Ii. D. at the very least"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
SURVEYING THE
OCEAN FLOOR.

Modern scientific progress has now
made it possible to photograph the
bottom of the ocean, making easier
the studying of the sea floor not only
for scientific purposes but for such
work as cable laying. The camera is
suspended in the center of square
frame work, at each corner of which
there is a 2.000-candle power lamp,
The focal length of the camera being
known, the lamps are arranged to con-
centrate their beams on the area in
Guided in the field OF the camera.
1t is, of course, necessary that the
apparatus be suspended in the water
at the proper height above the bot
tom, so that the illuminated portion
shall be correctly focused on the
screen. This is accomplished by an
ingenius arrangement which, during
the process of lowering, automatically
gives a warning signal when the cor
rect depth is reached.
Occasionally exposures are failures,
large b1otches or irregular patches APP
pearing on the plates. No doubt the
explanation is that the brilliant illunl-
nation attracts and dazzles fish, which
swim into the field Of operations dur
ing the exposure and obscure the OBJ
ject.
Within 20 miles OF land the compo-
sition of the bottom bears strong re-
semblance to the nature of the coast.
In the vicinity of volcanic islands gray
and white deposits are found, consist
ing chiefly of pumice, scoriae and vol
canic sand. Around coral islands the
deposits are white and consist OF the
detritus OF the neighboring reefs. Blue
and green muds, formed OF the scour-
ings of rivers and the washings OF the
coast, are often found. Different kinds
of ooze are widely distributed over the
bed of the ocean, some OF it compos,,,
ed of shells of lime, other OF small
plants and yet other OF the skeletons
! OF minnie animals.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

The above figures include the
amount paid for sewer pipe which was
purchased last year in the amount OF
81, 1890, also the amount paid for
dumping ground in the sum of $500,
and the amount paid for ice for street
founts in the sum of $3.50, making
total of $2,619.90, which, when de-
Quoted from the above figures, leaves
a balance Of $7,684.07, which has ac-
tually been expended during the year
in the operation of these departments.
1t is clearly noticeable that the
above is much less than the figures
for this department have been in pre-
vious years. This was accomplished
by the reduction of at least 40 per
cent of labor account and in close and
economical buying. In spite OF this
reduction this department has kept up
the general work, and much perma-
nent work has been accomplished on
our principal streets, which the gen
eral public is aware of. In addition
to this six avenues have been survey
ed and widened, which has greatly i'm
proved certain sections of the city.
Respectfully submitted,
T. S. MARTIN, Chairman, Street
Committee; Thomas H. Harden, SUI
perintendent Street Department.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
A PITTSBURG BANKER is
A NEWSPAPER CARRIER
Teller Delivers a Route Every Morn
ing for His Health.

From newsboy to banker is a road
over which many men have travelled
to business success, and as rule the
rise from the job OF the street, with
its accompanying lack of dignity and
polish, to a position behind mahog-
any desk, with all the conventional
ties usually associated with such a
role, is slow, and the man who makes
the climb is himself gradually trans
formed in many ways as he takes the
successive steps between the two jobs
The dignihed banker, though he once
may have been an efficient newsboy
would as a rule probably be as much
out of place selling papers as any
dirty faced newsboy would be behind
a bankers polished desk with its mys-
teries of finance, but not so with Viii
liam Cornman, OF Pittsburg.
Cornman is proud that many peo-
pie know that the smoothly shaver
smartly dressed William Cornman
note teller OF the First National bank
is the same William Cornman who
dressed in the clothes of an outdoor
man and wearing heavy shoes, crawl$
out OF bed every morning at $3.50 ano
delivers 400 papers in the Squirrel hill
district.
He is firmly of the opinion that sat
isfactory results from exercises are
frequently lacking because OF the II.
regularity with which they are taken
and in an original way has tied III
physical open air exercises with some
thing demanding daily attention.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
MY BOY.
Rv w. A. TYSON.

By w. A. Tyson.
We do not recall the author OF the
following quotation, but it expresses
our sentiments, and we have both boys
and girls in our home, too.
Don't send my boy where your girl
can't go,
For a boys or a girls sin is sin, you
know,
And my baby boys hands are as clean
and white, ,
And his heart as pure as your girls
tonight"
We pass without comment the So
called modern depravity OF woman
hood, and the many changes in Gus
tom. -,
My boy-MY boy! Do | love him
less than my girl? Absurd! Should
he be left as prey to sin, while every
safeguard is thrown about my glri'
Nv bow! Grant that he may be pure
grant that he may be real man.
grant that he may be as clear, as the
pure, sweet girl that he weds- My boy!
Swainsboro, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
CYPRESS TREE FOUND
OVER $4,000 YRS. OLD
ExCAVATORS FOUND STRATA
OF EARTH FAR BELOW SUR
FACE WITH BIG STUMPS.

When contractors eXcavating Tor a
large new hotel in Washington recent
" found strata of earth far below
the surface containing the remains OF
three stumps, trunks and roots they
decided they were "out of luck" and
that the foundation would not be firm
enough But when the discovery was
brought to the attention of scientists
the latter decided they were in luck,
for the trees were the remains OF giant
expresses that probably grew and died
more than $4,000 years ago. The wood
was not foSSilized and could be sawed
as easily as newly cut trees.
The site for the hotel is on lower
Connecticut avenue, not far from the
business center of the city, and when
the excavators hit the tree remains
they feared they were in a recent fill
over a stream bed. The wood was
quite fresh. The scientists, however,
assured them that the colossal cy-
presses grew away back in the geolo-
gic past even before the age of the
last advance of the great ice sheet
that once covered the entire northern
part of the continent.
M
mansions, scores were found in the
an acre and a half, that were more
than six feet in diameter. Many rang
ed as large as fourteen feet, and the
workmen thought stump fragments
indicated some OF the trees must have
been twenty-five feet thick These,
however, it was said. must have been
clumps instead of single trunks.
Stumps, knees, trunks, seeds, small
branches and even leaves were found
intact The remains were found in
three more or less distinct horizontal
zones in what was one time a swamp.
Thus it appears that first one, then
another and finally third generation
OF the trees, probably 200 years old,
followed each other as the swamp
gradually filled in.
The fibre of the wood was we'll pre-
served and easily recognizable Both
sapwood and heart wood remained
and in some cases even the bark.
When first taken out the wood was
found to be heavy, being thoroughly
saturated with water. 1t was firm and
compact, and split evenly. After a
few days exposure the water evaporat-
ed and the wood became light, very
dry and cracked.
For its records the National Lum-
Der Manufacturers Association made
photographs of the discovery and has
preserved a number of cross sections
of part OF one OF the largest trees.
One is to be mounted as memo
rial" to the find. The preservation
through such an immense period is at
tributed largely to the protection al
forded by the water and ooze that
once filled the swamps.
Fossil trees OF much greater an
tiquity are not uncommon, it was
said, but remains OF trees still in their
origilal condition after lapse of so
long period are very rare. Sound
wood was found at Pompeii and wood
en- houses and boats at least a thous-
and years old have been found else
where.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
IF SKIN BREAKS
OUT AND ITCHES
APPLY SULPHUR


Just the moment you apply Mentho-
Sulphur to an itching, burning or
broken out skin, the itching. stops and
healing begins, says a noted SKIN Spe-
cialist. This sulphur preparation, made
into a pleasant cold cream, gives such
quick relief, even to fiery eczema
that nothing has ever been found to
take its place.
Because of its germ-destroying prop
critics, it quickly subdues the itching,
cools the irritation and heals the eczema
right up, leaving a clear, smooth SKIN
in place of ugly eruptions, rash, piH1-
pies or roughness.
You do not have to wait for improve
ment. 1t quickly shows. You can get
little jar of Rowles Mentho-Sulphur
at any drug store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
As Bet Payer, All Smith
Proves He's a Good Politician

NEW YORK.-A1 Smith, governor
elect of New York, is going to be out
second suit of clothes. During the
campaign he promised the newspaper
reporter who guessed closest to his
majority suit. Roy Weller, of Brook
Ign, guessed $4,000, and when the I'M
official figures came out, claimed a
suit and got it. Now the official figures
show George Morris, of New York,
1000 closer than Weller. He is being
measured.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
in THE DAYS NEWS.
Saved for 5 Years and Pays
Off Bank Failure Debts

CHICAGO-Pullman, Ill, sub
urb of Chicago, has found the most
honest man in the world, it claims. A
bank in the town failed five years ago,
and there was $4,000 lacking with
which to pay in full the claims of the
depositors. On Saturday those who
''lost" in the failure received checks
as Christmas gift from c. J. Holland,
former president of the bank, to make
good the deficit 1t is money he has
saved since the crash.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
POLICE COURT FINES $2,164;
COLLECTED $2,067 ST. TAXES

To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of Dawson: | submit here
with a correct report of the business
handled by the police department for
the year 1922:
To amt. collected on street
tax ..-....-....-.-----.S Z,Uo/OU
To amt. collected on fines
and forfeitures ........,.,.....--.. 2,l64.25
fas, white ,..,,...--,.,.............. 3,o53.O5
fas, colored ........,.........,.,..... 264.33
To collections on 1920 tax fl
fas, white ......-..-.....-........-... ILLS
To collections on 1922 tax Fl
fas, white .....,..-..---.........,.-.. $3.50
To collections on 1922 tax fl
fas, colored ......................... 244.9O
To interest collected on tax
Fl fas 1918
To cost collected on tax fl
Total collections for years 9,707.26
By amount paid R. R. Jones, clerk,
during year, $9,707.26. Respectfully
submitted, w. L. HILL, Chief.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
UNITED STATES BUILT 1876
HOMES IN SIX MONTHS TIME

The United States built approx
mately 116.166 new homes during the
first six months OF 1922, About $l,7O0,-
00Q0G0 was spent for construction, OF
which 20 per cent was for homes;
New York state spent $180,0OO,OOO
for new homes. The central west spent
$16,3G0000; the middle Atlantic states
$I00,000.000 and the northwest nearly
S1700O000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
Love for Animals Is Not
Lost, 1t Is Demonstrated

CHICAGO-A woman dressed in
furs witnessed the death of large
collie dog on Saturday. She rushed
into the street and dragged the life
less body to the curb. Then she dis
appeared An hour later she returned
with large sign, which she posted
over the body. 1t read KILLED by a
heartless autoist." The woman's name
could not be learned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
Pillow Proved That She
Was Not Insane, Anyway

LYNNBROOKS, L. This vii
lage was thrown into an excited state
when a woman was found sleeping on
road near the village limits her
head resting on a pillow ard her body
only partly clothed. She was taken
before police officials bat was unable
to recall her name. "She amt insane,
said Marshal Gibson, 'or she would
have taken the pillow along"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
AnnualReports of City Departments, 1922

for public schools and public build
ings and water for sewerage, etc. Re
spectfully submitted,
w. H. LOCKE, Chairman; c. H.
Peddy, Superintendent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
He Couldn't Smoke in Bed;
Then He Shot at Roommate

NEW YORK.-Michael O'Neill, 80
years old, lived with Richard Weston,
60. Michael insisted on smoking while
in bed, and Richard objected to the
practice. O'Neil, after an argument
over the question: procured gun, and
sent bullet crashing through Rich
ards jaw, the police charge. Richard
is in the hospital, but the police can't
find Michael
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

State Of Georgia. Terrell County
Before me came E. ]. Pace. cashier,
OF The First State Bank, who being
daily sworn, says that the above lore
going statement IS a true condition OF
said bank. as shown by the books of
file in said bank z. J. PACE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 5th day OF January, 1923.
!. {. King, \. P. 7. Co., "a.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
Total expenditures

We have on hand at this time one
car OF hay, one ton OF oats, FIVE sacks
OF sweet feed, FIVE mules in good con
dition. two old mules that should be
traded, two good wagons, poor har-
ness, one street sweeper, one good
street sprinkler, three new carts and
harness, two old carts discarded, I'VE
pitch forks. FIVE rakes. four hoes, sew
len shovels, six picks, one drum OF dis
infectant. one old street grader prac-
tically discarded
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
chanlberIain,g cough Remedy.

This is pleasant, safe and reliable
medicine for coughs and colds; It has
b t,,S'N :, nee for many years and is held
n bigb esteem in those households
where It's good qualities are best
trnown II IS favorite with mothers
~ ~ yc,,nq children. as it contains no
Ian - or other harmful drug. Try It
when you have need OF such ieiiieuy'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
A HINT TO HENS.

An Ottawa hen laid an egg daily
for 107 days. There's saying in ev-
cry hen house that an egg day
keeps the Ratchet away.-Judge.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

State Of Georgia, Terrell County,
Before me came B. H. Hill, cashier,
OF the Bank OF Sasser, who being
duly sworn, says that the above fore
going statement is a true condition Of
said bank, as shown by the books Of
file in said bank. B. H. HILL.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
3rd day of January, 1928.
d. E. BRIM, n P.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
Statement of Conditions of the
BANK OF SASSER

Located at Sasser, Terrell County,
Georgia, at close of business De-
cember 30 1922, as called for by
the superintendent of banks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
Statement of Conditions of the
FIRST STATE BANK

Located at Dawson, Terrell County,
Ga. at close Of business December
%, 1922, as called for by the super
intendent OF banks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
Expense Account.
CITY COLLECTED $4,000
FOR WATER AND LIGHTS

To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of Dawson.-Gentlemen: Be-
low we submit a correct report of the
business transacted by the Water and
Light Department for the year 1922:
Cash Account
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09
THE STREET DEPARTMENT
COST THE CITY S1O,302.0O

TO the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of Observation-Disclosures Be
low we submit our annual report Of
the street department, sanitary and
cemetery department for the year
1922, as all was run under the same
L.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-01-09

Total collections for year 59,540.26
By amount paid c. w. Moore, treas
urer, during year, $59,54O.26
R. R. JONES, City Clerk.