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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-18

Old Midway church, in Liberty
county, Georgia, occupies a conspicu
Gus place in the religious history of
our country.
Many distinguished men of national
fame had their membership in old
Midway, among them Lyman Hall
and Button Guinnett, two of the sign
ers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence; Gen. Daniel Stewart, the great
Indian fighter and great grandfather
of former President Roosevelt; John
Eliot Ward, first minister plenipoten-
tiary of any nation to the imperial
court OF China; Nathan Bronson,
United States senator and governor
OF Georgia; DR.. William LeConte,
distinguished as a scientist, and widely
known as the originator of the famous
LeConte pear; and Jedediah Morse,
"the father of American geography"
Gen. Stewart, John Eliot Ward, Ma
than Bronson, DR. LeConte and Jede-
diah Morse are all buried in the old
Midway cemetery Here, too, there is
a monument to DR.. Abiel Holmes,
father of Oliver Wendell Holmes. who
was pastor at Midway from 1885 to
1901. Among other distinguished min
listers to occupy the pulpit of Midway
church was DIR. |. S. K Arson, the
grandfather of the first wife of former
President Wilson The present church
building has been standing since 1872,
and few years ago was considerably
restored.
The first Midway church was built
about 1900 by descendants Of colonists
from New England who more than
90 years before. had come to the prov
ince of Carolina, and 10 miles up the
Ashley river from Charles Town had
founded the village OF Dorchester,
named for the home they had left in
Massachusetts to go to warmer eli
mate
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-18
Bryan and His Double
Appear at the Capitol
Much Blinking of Eyes Caused by
Their Presence in Washington.

WASHINGTON, D. Civilian
Jennings Bryan and his double were
at the capitol yesterday and caused
much blinking of eyes by gallery
throngs and members of congress,
First came along the double of the
commoner. He dressed like Bryan,
even to the upturned black curls just
between the ears and above the collar
The Bryan double was Representa-
tive Edgar Howard, OF Nebraska, a
new member. He comes from the dis
trict once represented by Mr.. Bryan
and away back in the early COS he was
private secretary to Representative
Bryan.
Mr.. Howard has been a Bryanite
for more than 80 years and regards
Mr.. Bryan as one of the greatest men
America has produced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-18

On a raw, cold Thursday morning,
the fifth OF December in 1905, some
800 pilgrims set sail from Dorchester
port on Boston Bay, in the brig
Friendship. The majority OF the voy
ayers were members of the Congre-
gationa church in Dorchester. The
place selected for the new settlement
was an unbroken wilderness, and the
first concern of the colonists was the
building of fort The structure was
built of material known as coquina,
a composition of sand earth, and pow
dered shells from the coast and though
erected nearly two and a half centu-
ries ago, the walls are standing as
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-18
TEMPEST IN TEAPOT WAR BETWEEN RIVAL MEXICAN FACTION
Seninoles Hold Land
Behind the Everglades
Outlaw Tribe Given 10O,OOO-Acre Res
IN. etion by Florida Legislature.

r ASSEE, Fla.-Tuck e d
away ben- Everglades, the ma
jority OF then. venturing out,
and seldom visited :. the white man,
the Seminole Indians of Florida have
steadily retained their home in the
southern parts of the state in defiance
OF the order OF the United States gov
eminent nearly a century ago that
they move to a reservation in the
west.
And the government has kindly
overlooked the fact that they are out
laws and enemies, and even so far as
to provide a commissioner to look
into their condition.. while the state OF
Florida has by legislative enactment
set aside a domain of some 100000
acres of land in Lee and Monroe coun-
ties for their sole occupation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-18
A De Luxe Train Is
Operated Over Central

Maid and valet service for the COM
tort OF passengers is one OF the feat
ures OF the Dixie Limited, de luxe
train from Chicago to Florida over
the Central of Georgia railway. This
is one of the few trains in the south
which furnish such service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-18
Trained Pigeons Smuggle
Narcotics From Mexico

Trained carrier pigeons are bringing
drugs from Mexico into California to
smngglers, according to federal agents
at los Angeles. The scheme was re
vealed when hunter shot a bird
which carried a package OF narcotics
strapped to its LEG.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-18
STATES EXPENSES
1922 $15,864,279
EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND
CHILD PAID STATE GOV
EMINENT 1888.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The de
partment OF commerce announces that
the costs Of government for the state
OF Georgia for the fiscal year ended
December 81, 1922, amounted to SIS,
854.279 which was a per capita OF
1854. In 1917 the per capita cost was
$500. and in 1914 $232. the totals for
these years being $7,579,017 and So
$50, $40, respectively. Over $3,500,00O
OF the 1922 expenditures went toward
road improvements.
The total revenue receipts for 1928
were $17,316,714, 1888 per capita.
Another popular indoor sport at
this season is limiting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-18
Uncle Sam Patient.

that Gales, acting for Obregon, viii
soon put an end to hostilities.
When the tempest is stilled in the
gotiations looking to renewal OF diplo-
matte exchanges between the two
countries.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-12-18
Affecting Europe.

Germany can't buy the surplus
GOODS of Europe because she hash
the money and she can't supply Eu-
rope with other goods that Europe
needs because the country is demon,
allied. The prosperity of Europe and
Continued on Page S, Column p
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
PADDLE IS
CAUSE Of
FIGHT IN
NIGHT
Inmates Smash Windows and
Dance Until Exhausted in
Wild Revolt.
BY International News Service.

della AWARE, Ohio, Dec. 20
A check-up this morning by Off
Gals of the Girls Industrial
School, a State correctional in
stitution here, revealed that ten
inmates were still at large fol-
lowing a riot in which more than
hundred inmates participated.
The riot broke out late last
night and bricks and stones were
hurled by inmates at officials who
attempted to restore order
Windows Smashed.
Windows Of some of the cottages
in which incorrigibie girls ere
housed were smashed b. the
rioters, and help was summoned
from county and city officials at
Delaware. Volunteers from farms
nearby also aided the Officials, who
were out-numbered ten to one.
Trouble broke out about o'clock
last night when rumors were cir
culated that corporal punishment,
banned by the State since the dis
missal of Mae E. Stannard as
matron last summer, would be re-
stored by the new matron. Mrs.
j. P. Elton. Residents of cottage
No. 5, in which approximately forty
girls are housed, were the first to
rebel.
Object to paddle"
They demanded that the substi-
tute matron, who is taking the
place of Mrs. Ella Cherington, regu-
lar matron of the cottage, deny re.
ports that had reached them that
the paddle" was again to be used.
Failing to get satisfaction, they
marched to other cottages, and in
mates of these, it was reported,
joined in the battles.
AS reinforcements were received
by the officials, the girls were
placed under guard in the assembly
hall, and by midnight about 100
had been rounded up.
Dance Until Exhausted.
AS the girls were gathered. a
dance was started which was con.
tinued until one after another the
inmates were forced to leave the
floor exhausted.
A careful check-up is being made
today. 20 learn the names of those
still at large.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
Earth s Origin Theory
Changed, He Says

CINCINNATI, Dec. 29.-Mans whole conception of the
mystery of the origin of the earth being changed in the
light Of advancing knowledge DR.. D. G. Chamberlin, the
geoogst of the University of Chicago told the
American Association Advancement Science which
is in session today.
THE world has changed from a bundle of matter
bundle of energy through the discoveries of the last
five years. the noted geOOgst declared.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
FOURTH ARREST MADE
IN ROBBERY OF TRUCK

ROCHESTER,. n Y, Dec. 29.-
The fourth arrest In the East
Rochester mail truck robbery. has
been made in Youngstown. Ohio. it
was learned today, police taking
into custody Harry Raub. who is
alleged to be the stick I'D man.
in the $lS,5OO robbery and leader
in an American Canadian boot
Logging syndicate which is charged
with flooding the western end of
New York and portion Of Penn
sylvania with liquor and ale He
Will be brought TO this city.
Two men and woman are still
being sought by Federal author,
tiles Raub is understood IN be
under indictment also in Scranton,
Ia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29

And then Al began TO whisper; so
the place and the time are known
only to Al and his best friends.
Plan to Celebrate.
Having played ring -around-the-
rosy with the law through the happy
Yuletide, the lawless purveyors of
liquor are celebrating tonight. The
ball is TO be very exclusive, and is
being given solely for the purpose Of
annoying Federal Prohibition Com
missioner Roy A. Haynes.
Liquor Prohibited.
With the cunning typica. of the
Fifth Estate In American social life,
those in charge of the ball have ar
ranged to let Commissioners Haynes
and his assistants know just enough
about the ball to keep them guessing
and probably chasing around Wash
ingtOn in the wee, small hours.
According TO latest reports, the
bootleggers will set an example by
prohibiting liquor at the ball.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29

A new conception concerning the
formation of the world. it's interior
heat, and its changing phases OF
heat and cold on the surface from
ancient times until today, known
as the "planetesimal hypothesis, >
has been evolved, he said. Under
this view the sun, for one thing,
is not believed to be in danger nf
losing it's heat energy, but may
continue to shine forever.
Making Own Future.
AT least one view permits us TO
think that mans future is chiefly
a matter of his own making" said
DR.. Chamberlin. I'VE may, then
nationally regard the study of the
earth's existing resources. as we'll
as the development of mans ca
pacities, so as to use them to make
the most of himself as one of his
in his own destiny.
IF 10000 suns live long enough
to gather into globular clusters by
some mode which probably took
10, 900 600, 900 years or some such
time, we may feel with some conf
dence our sun will do its part to
keep the earth alive for years in
the future not unlike those of the
past"
DR.. Chamberlin declared that,
contrary to the old geological view.
life had never been completely
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
CONFERS WITH COOLIDGE
ON SHIPPING PROBLEMS

Senator Wesley l.. Jones, OF
Washington, chairman Of the Sen
ate Commerce Committee, today fol-
lowed up the announcement of his
plan for the regeneration OF the
American merchant marine Ly a
conference with President Coolidge
at the White House on shipping
problems.
Jones was accompanied by Rear
Admiral Leigh g. Palmer, L. S. N,
retired, who is understood to be
slated for appointment to the Ship
ping Board, following the retire
ment next month Of Chairman Ed
ward r. Farley
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
DUCK HUNTERS USING
AUTOMOBILE LIGHTS

NORFOLK. Va, Dec. 29.-The
department of game and inland
fisheries is hot on the trail
Of night duck shooters in the North
bay section. Extra wardens have
been put on to arrest the violators.
These hunters. it is said, use
automobile lights in their quest for
ducks, the bewildered birds falling
easy victim to the gunners.
Whether it is due to tht great
slaughter by these illegal hunters
or the long spell of warm weather,
ducks are becoming scarce in that
section, it is said. Duck shooters
were able to get their legal quota
in a few hours up to a week ago,
but now they are going to other
sections i'll quest of them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
D|RIGIB[E
IS s 7 Ill
SOUGHT
Warship Searches IsIets in
Mediterranean for Possible
Dixmude Survivors.
By HARRY FLORY,
international News Service.

PARIS, Dec. 29.-French,
Italian, and British. destroyers
and cruisers continued their
search of the Mediterranean sea
today without finding any trace
of the lost French dirigible Dix
nude nor bodies of any of the
missing forty-nine persons who
were on board.
1t is generally believed that
the giant dirigible lies at the bot
tom of the sea somewhere off
the coast of Sicily.
Islets Being Searched.
Uninhabited islets in tht Medi-
terranean and deserted coasts of
Tunis, Algeria, Tripoh, and Sicily
are being Systematically searched
in hope Of finding survivors, who
may have saved their lives by
jumping overheard attached to
parachutes.
doned that any OF the passengers
or crew of the Dixmude will be
found alive.
Belief was expressed in some
quarters that the crew of the
Dixmude may have mutinied and
cast the body of the comma nder,
Lieutenant Comma nder Duplessis de
Grenedan, overheard, but this story
To nf R6tr Il ,r1
tiers.
Mystery Is Deepened.
Officials of the ministry OF ma
rine are convinced that the airship
went down in a gale, and. owing to
her great weight, sank. However,
the fact that no bodies were found
off the Scilian coast where the
corpse Of Lieutenant Commander
de Grenedan was picked up yester.
day by Italian fishermen has
deepened this dramatic mystery Of
the air.
Opinion prevails in Official circles
that the Dixmude, crippled by lack
Of fuel and a broken motor, was
lost in the Mediterranean the night
Of December 81 during a terrific gale.
Nine. Duplessis de Grenedan. wife
ship, who lives at Toulon. is about to
become a mother. She has not yet
been informed of her husbands
death
Cabinet Discusses Loss.
Loss of the Dixmude was dis
cussed at cabinet meeting at
noon. Upon emerging, Minister of
Marine Raiberti made the following
statement to International News
Service.
There has been absolutely no
news regarding the loss of the Dix
nude since yesterday afternoon.
We are now waiting for a report
from the warship Mulhouse, which
is near the spot where Lieut.
Comdr. Duplessis de Grenedan's
body was found"
The Dixmude carried a number
of carrier pigeons for release in
event the wireless failed. but none
of them has been found.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
AID
ASKED BY
DEFENSE
IN CASE
O'Shea Sues Out Mandamus
to Obtain taGordon
Issues Statement.

While the list of select Gus
toners of the alleged "rum ring"
conspiracy is being buffeted about
in the mails, ostensibly en- route
to the office of United States
Commissioner George H. Mac
donald, Attorney James A. O'Shea,
counsel for twelve of the defend
ants, is preparing to fire two
broadsides into the attempts that
are being made to weave about
his clients a clean-cut case.
Seeks List in Vain.
Attorney O'Shea made futile efs
forts to get today the list of evil
dence seized by Special Agent
George Golding, when the raid was
made on the alleged rum rings"
offices. He has filed a mandamus
in the District Supreme Court call
ing up the United States Commits
sioner and Golding to furnish him
not later than January all the
LdClS IN the case.
Denouncing as 'unheard Of" the
action of Golding in pocketing for
a week papers that should have
been left in the office of the United
States Commissioner, when the pre-
liminary hearings were held,
O'Shea said that never before in
his memory had a lawyer been
forced to file a mandamus to get
NUyeav Ae
which a client had been arrested.
Wants the Originals.
O'Shea indicated that he was not
satisfied with the carbon copy
of the warrants.
Il want the originals and in
tend to get them" he said.
O'Shea said that today, eight days
after the arrests, he was in almost
total ignorance of the offense of
which his clients stood accused.
Action in carload lots was visible
in the District Attorneys office fol-
lowing publication of rumors that
Assistant District Attorney Arthur
L. Presmont had been removed from
the case because "he was too am
bilious.
Hints of Influence"
1t was limited that powerful influ-
ence had been brought to bear, with
the result that word was passed
down the line to have Presmont re-
moved from the case.
Gordon limited yesterday that
Presmont might not prosecute the
case" Late today he issued a state
ment in which he declared that
Presmont would laid in the prose
cution." Gordon's statement fol-
lows:
Il can only say that all the evil
dence We have and all the other
evidence we may obtain will be
used in our best efforts to obtain
of all those that such
evidence would warrant prosecuting.
"Of course, we are considering
the evidence that would go to show
whether the prohibition law, or any
other laws, have been violated, and
as to whether any of that evidence
will be made public before the trial
[ cannot say.
"Mr. Presmont will not be re-
and will continue to take
part in the case. There is no
and there will be no
switching in this office about this
matter"
Two Lines of Defense.
O'Shea indicated that he had two
lines of defense. The first is that
the Government will have to prove
the existence of a conspiracy, and
then they will have to prove that,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
ENGLISH CRYSTAL SET
FANS HEAR U. s. RADIO

LONDON. Dec. 29.-Thousands OF
English owners OF crystal radio
sets last night heard American
broadcssting sent from powerful
station at Pittsburgh. Pa
A powerful yslVe set picked up
the American radios retransmittinR
them for the owners OF crystal
NetA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
BIG HAlLSTONES BATTER
SOUTH AFRICA TOWN

PRETORIA South Africa. Dec. %.
An unprotected hailstorm fell
here Christmas Day The hail con
sisted Of Jagged humps Of ice, many
~ which weighed more than sixteen
Gt!nres
CasuaJ'iss were few, because the
storm hTrkn ~ an hour when the
pDpJla'jDU was sheltered. but Wnen
II had pS' seed away many persons
mere "fTGpe He'd 20 quit their homes
ajtHsr herausH ~" buildings were
fict1sd rr berhus' collapse Of the
weakened s'rIctuTns ieemed imrni-
merit The property damage is esti-
mated IT s@veTal hundred thousand
pounds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
PROSECUTOR DENOUNCED FOR
YELLING RUM EVIDENCE
Coolidge Acceptance
Is Received In
Pierre, S. D.

PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 90
The signed acceptance Of
President Coolidge as a nomi-
nee of the State Republican
majority has been received,
according to a statement by
the secretary of state today.
The signed acceptance says:
81, Calvin Coolidge, do here
by declare that if nominated
and elected, I will qualify"
Hiram johnson, Republican
Presidential candidate Of Cali
fornia, also filed his accept
ance, and was placed in the in
dependent column on the bal
lot, the majority filing having
been denied by q decision Of
the State supreme court a few
days ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29

steamship Conejos, reported sunk
in the Black Sea, was a 1925 ton
freighter, plying between Russian
and Turkish ports, and was under
charter to the A. H. Bull Steam
ship Company of New York. She
carried a crew of thirty men.
Hope was held out at the COM
pany's offices that the crew, under
command of Captain Falsen, mad
been picked up by another ship
sunk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
SIX ARMED BANDITS GET
146 CASES OF WHISKEY

CHICAGO. Dec. 20. - Forcing
their way into the office of the Il
linois Wholesale and Manufacturing
Company, here. today, six heavily
armed bandits overpowered the boy
Waterman, bound him securely and
then carted away LAG cases Of
whiskey. valued at $4,000,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29

official Cablegram from Jorge
Prieto Laurens. Chief OF the Bureau
for Publicity and Social Action of
Adolfo de la Huertas provisional
government at Vera Cruz and Pro
visional Governor OF that State.
Senior Laurens was leader in the
Mexican House of Deputies of the
Cooperatistas. the majority party,
Of which de la Huerta is the can
didate for the presidency In the
present insurrection he occupies
much the same position as did de
la Huerta in the revolution which
overthrow CarranZa, finally placing
Aware ObregOc Il the presidential
chair. Should this insurrection sue
CONTINUED on Page 9. Column 81
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80 LOST As
j, {, SHIP
SINKS
Conejos Founders During Ter
rifle Gale on Black
Sea.
BY international News Service.

MOSCOW, Dec. 29.-The United
States Shipping Board steamship
Conejos has been sunk in the Black
Sea with the loss Of thirty Of her
crew, said a dispatch from Batoum
today.
The Conejos foundered during d
violent gale $50 miles off Batoum.
Ships Driven Ashore.
Many ships have been driven
ashore by the storm which swept
the easetrn part of the Black sea.
Harbor works at Novorosisk were
badly damaged.
Ships which were able to make
port at Batoum and elsewhere, said
the gale was the worst in twenty
years.
Train Blown Into Sea.
A railway train of twenty-five cars
laden with wheat was blown from
the tracks and into the sea at Amp.
The grain ship Ingomen was car
ried aground.
The Russian steamship Sebasto'
pol was blown ashore on the Bull
garian coast. A number of other
vessels were stranded in the same
region.
Operated by Private Firm.
The American steamer Comics,
which has gone to the bottom of the
Black Sea, was operated by the A.
H. Bull Company, of New York, it
was stated today at the offices of the
Shipping Board here.
The Comics was a 7,500ton cargo
steamer. carrying a crew of thirty
or thirty-fiVe men.
Hope Held Out for Grew.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29-The
United States Shipping Board
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
Bootleggers Ball to
Be B00zeless FroLic

Al the hip specialist drifted around today address
ing friends and welwshers from the northeast corner
his wry mouth
"Youre invited, said AL
ITO what?' inquired his clientele.
ITO the Bootleggers' Ball. quoh he.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
MEXICO REBELS
To SOC|AL|ZE
INDUSTRY
Jorge Prieto Laurens, Chief Of
de la Huerta Party, Cables
Purpose Here.
JONATHAN WICKWIRE.

BY JONATHAN WICKWIRE.
The present instruction in Mex
leo has for it's object the complete
specialization of land and industry,
leaders of international labor unions
here were informed today in an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
Sicilian Fishermen
Search for Other
Victims of DiXmude

MESSINA, Sicily. Dec. %
French naval authorities today for.
mally took charge Of the body of
Continued on Page .. ,Column H.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
KING Expresses sympathy

LONDON, Dec. 29.-King George
today sent messages to President
MiIlerand. of France. and Premier
Poincare, expressing sympathy over
tho loss OF the dirigible D1xmude.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-29
Consult a LiUer Specialist,
Mr.. Z0ngUiI

1AkGWILL, too, finds every
II thing wrong and bewails
. decade Of insanity ard the
necessity for betterment.
The particular decade so in
Gac1e1 bids him bark to the
Bj25TF IF speeding aeroplanes,
the chsttEr Of wireless, che
prayers IF black men saved
from Sleeping sickness, zen
million Iepers being rescued
BY EbsglmoOgra oil, and The
D25FseVl99s results achieved By
;AsUilp.
lie pictures America az
,casotac social organization
awaiting adjustment to it's en-
SlroEBaeDa. Rather that, than
q land Of exhausted Yesterdays
sGS impoverished Tomorrows.
LO8ksstsv's Uninterrupted
Past"
HISTORY is the antidote for
II pessiB7isH. H. 1893 the pop
Ulat5op Of England Was under
kyaQo yog9, In 1863 there
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