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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-01
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DAWSON, GEORGIA
TUESDAY
WALLACE REID IN ''THE DICTATOR"

Principal players in the of THE DICTATOR"
brilliant achievement. The leading
Lila Lee and other noted players Theodore Kos
Walter Long, Allan Hale and Kala Pasha "The Dictator
gay, romantic drama in which dashng Wal1y wins
and loses Packed with thrills and fun and
Starts and 730 10 and Is The first
present the matinee photo of Wallace Reid
Harold Lloyd comedy.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
CLERKS OFFER TO "HELP OUT"
APPRECIATED, BUT DECLINED

Postmaster General New today
refused to accept the sacrifice of
two weeks annual leave offered by
an employe Of the Washington city
post office in order to help out the
situation caused by lack of funds un-
til July ! next.
Miss Clara Somerby, a clerk in the
inquiry section at the city post office,
made the unusual offer to give up her
remaining vacation, fourteen days be-
ing still due her. out of the total OF
fifteen days which postal employees
receive.
Postmaster Chance, impressed with
the spirit of the offer, communicated
1t to Postmaster General New, who
today, in q personal letter to the post
master, expressed his great apprecia-
tion of Miss Somerby's offer, but de-
clared that this department is un-
willing to accept the sacrifice, as
much as it appreciates the offer"
Postmaster Generals Statement.
Asking Postmaster Chance to convey
10 Miss Somerby his deep appreciation
| of this practical evidence Of her 10y
atty to the service" the Postmaster
General declared:
1T is this spirit of helpfulness, even
to the point of personal sacrifice. ex-
listing among the postal workers,
which makes 1t certain in my mind
that he will have their Whole-souled
cooperation in the present emergency.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
TINY ENGRAVINGS
TO BE EXHIBITED
Likenesses of Capitol and Presi-
dent on Pinheads Will Be Grotto
Attraction.

The engravings on pinheads of
President Harding and the United
States Capitol, the result Of two
years of tedious work by August g.
Habicht of 1862 Columbia road, will
be placed on exhibition at the kali
polls Grottu carnival which opens
Monday night in the Central Coli
scum at 9Th street and Pennsylvania
avenue. Mr.. Habicht has consent i
to display his tiny cngraviugs at the
request OF John J. =. MuIlane, general
manager of the fair.
In March, 1921, Mr.. Habicht, a for
mer engraver at the bureau of en-
craving and printing. began cutting
the picture of the Capitol into an or
binary pin head, He completed il
about six months ago and then began
work on the Presidents portrait. Mr.
Hdhicht did all OF his work at night
under d powerful light and d micro
scope. using engraving tools Of the
most delicate type.
\ popularity contest for women and
girls viii be one of the outstanding
features OF the fun fest The win
ner Will receive Il diamond ring
valued at $500. Second prize will be
gold wrist watch and third prize, q
will be received 10y ". p. Jacobs,
chief justice Of the Grotto and chair
man OF the general committee, at
Room 610 Continental Trust COM
pany building the remainder Of the
week.
Jerry Eipp. known III vaudeville
circles as the king Of original jazz
dancers" has been booked as one of
the featured attractions at the fun
fest" Another will be the Dixie
minstrel troupe. both end men Of
which were at one time with Lew
Dock Stader.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
REPORT TO ClVITANS
ON WORK FOR ALIENS
Bedtime Stories.

Reports from those Civilians who
volunteered last week to aid teachers
in local Americanization schools. and
continuance of the classes on citi-
zenship now being featured by the
organization. consumed the major
part ot the meeting of the Civitan
Club at the Hotel Lafayette yester-
day.
Leonard Ruof and William S. Hoge
told Of the splendid work Icing car
ried on by the schools and related
their experiences before the classes
during the past three nights. MIR.
Hoge said 1t was most pleasant work
and that volunteers We're we'll repaid
by the enthusiasm and eagerness to
seeking the rights of American citi-
ZenShip
Oliver Hoyem, chairman of the cit
lzensnlp class committee. propounded
series Of questions to the member
ship. and with the assistance of Or.
G. y. Hoke, president of the Educa-
ton Guild. all answers were critically
gone over.
Clarence L. Harding presided and
called on Rudolph Jose, William Cll-
man and Ernest Greenwood for re-
ports of the forthcoming entertain
titeHe 70 DC given by the club ~ the
President Theater April 23-24, the
receipts to be devoted to the futerna-
tional convention of Civilians to be
held here next June. All three re-
ported progress. and II was freely
predicted that the play, six Cylinder
Love- will be one of the best anna
teuT performances ever staged in
Washington.
Robert SyTne, opticiar, was intro
uuced as new member, and during
the afternoon Odell Whipple led his
clubmates in a series Of special songs
TO be sung by the local club during
the convention.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair tonight
and probably tomorrow; colder to-
night, with lowest temperature about
IS degrees; fresh northwest winds,
diminishing late tonight.
Firginia-Fair and much colder to-
night; tomorrow probably fair in
north and cloudy in south portion;
fresh to strong northwest and north
West Nirginia-Fair tonight and to-
morrow; colder tonight; rising tenn
perature tomorrow.
Records for Twenty-FOur Hours.
Thermonlet ter-4 pm, 63; pm, 60:
j. midnight, 81; t am, II; am, So;
noon, Il.
Barometer pm, 5000; pm,
@0.o2; l. midnight. 2s.Ss; 4 am, 29.99;
am, 30.04: noon. 30.0I.
Highest temperature, ca. occurred
- sis pm. yesterday. Lowest tenn
pe1ature, IS, occurred at am. today.
remperture same date last year
Highest, u; lowest. so.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
v-ate-, an: Great Falls-Tempera ra-
lurc, 46; condition, very muddy.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States coast and
geodetic Surveyl
Today-Low tide, 1o:49 am. and
1929 pm, high tide, 4:o6 AIN. and
TvmurroW-Low tide, 11:41 am;
h:@h tide, :05 am. and 5.3+ pm.
The sun and Moon.
rcday-Sun rose 6:0l am; sun
sets, 6:27 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises s an; sun
sets, e:2S PIN.
Moon rises 2:12 pm; sets, 3:19 a. n.
Automobile lamps to be lighted
oEe-ha!f hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities,
Evening star., 1923-03-28
NAVY AUDIT LEGAL,
BLANT0N ASSERTS

Representative Thomas l.. Blanton Of
Texas, whose letter head proclaIms
that he is en active member OF the
committee OF the whole House on the
state of tho Union," comes out today
IN support OF Controller General j..
IL. McCarl, prompted by Secretary
Dcnby's command that the general
accounting Ottice cease auditing his
department."
In a letter to Controller General
McCarl, MADE pubic today, which
orlst!eS with criticism anu ceusure
OF Secretary Denby. Representative
BIanton quotes the act creating the
general accounting office and finds
At placed the controller general
over Mr.. Secretary DenDy and his
accounts.
representative Blanton writes to
Nj. MCCarI: L want you 10 know
: that / am backing you up lOu per
cent With Dawes you are the one
rodteInlns feature of the Harding
administration After censurIDr
tn" iunketIng OF President Hard
ing and members Of his cabinet i{eu-
rcsentatlVe Blantun says: 1t Is most
fortunate for the people that you are
san on the job protecting the pubic
treasury
In emphasizing savings effected by
Comptroller General McCarl, Mr..
Blanton says:
Il happen to know that IN seven
months during 1922 you caused TO be
paid back into the Treasury, on the
/ ono item or transportation alone
over 100000 wrongfully paid out;
that you have just caused s51,515.21
TO be paid back, which the Army
had wrongfully paid out on trans
portation alone. And u was your
audit that stopped payment OF s23.-
oaI.31 wrongfuily ordered by a Navy
of1cer at Yorktown, Va, and when
II was recently attempted in Con-
gress 10 pay same by passing bill
No. ll2S, ] backed you up and
blocked its passage. This order err
braced five mahogany davenports.
$1,000; ten mahogany easy chairs.
$1,000; five mahogany tables, S325:
ten mahogany dressers, $4,000; five
mahogany chifforettes, $1,000; i've
mahogany chifforettes. $1,000: Ave
mahogany dressing tables, $3.50, ard
other eytravagant Ordinances
Don't let Secretary Denby buffalo
you" advises Mr.. Bianton, in conclud-
ing his letter THE taxpayers are
with you. I take my hat off to you"
Evening star., 1923-03-28

I'VE are planning TO meet this un-
foreseen exigency by the elimination
of overtime and possibly a reduction in
the number of deliveries at some
points, and We confidently believe that
these measures will avail US until
July l." concluded Mr.. New.
The offer to give up all Of ones
leave, and devote it to working for
the government, IS regarded by Of
ficials as most unusual, and they
could not off-hand recall d parallel.
The clerks of the section today Of
fered to Postmaster Chance their
services to do extra work without
remuneration in case the emergency
demands. The offer was signed by
Miss Somerby, Ethel G. Boarman.
Thomas H. Vessey, Lucy L. Berns-
dorff. Nettie V. Thomas. Mamie b.
Cramer, Mary V. Brooke, Ada NJ.
Bartlett. Il. Fl. Cruikshank. Nora B.
Bell. Leila shaw, Margaret Fl. Bowen,
Lula Il. Drenner, Alice p. Smith. VI.
X. Eppley, +. :. Campbell and 6. Il.
Ninkclmau.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
PHYSICIAN THWARTS
ATTEMPTED HOLD.UP
DR.. Grant S. Barnhart Grasps Gun
and 0verpowers Assailant,
Who Escapes.

Nerve and quick thinking by Dr.
Grant S. Barnhart Of 1435 Rhode
Island avenue thwarted an attempted
hold-up in front Of Sibley Hospital, on
North Capitol street near NJ street,
last night, when the physician started
Il struggle with an unidentified COL
ored hold-up man with pistol, which
ended when the assailant scurried
down & dark side street and disap-
peared.
DR.. Barnhart told police that the
man gave evidence-despite his neat
attire-of having overindulged In
corn wisky. The physician first saw
his assailant upon his exit from the
hospital as he started to board his
parked automobile on the opposite
side Of the street In front Of the
Montgomery apartment. AS he walk
ed across the street to his car he
heard the sound OF smashing glass
The glass was broken by the colored
man in an apparent attempt to get
Into the machine.
DR.. Barnhart pretended he was
about to return to the hospital after
seeing the man. but the potential
bandit at pistol point ordered him in
Evening star., 1923-03-28
KING MAY TESTIFY
+ At SUIT OF CULT
PurneI's Wife Missing From
Courtroom, Gives Rise to
Latest Rumor.
~ the Associated Press.

hr the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March IS.
An air CT expectancy pervaded the
federal court chamber hero today as
hearing in tho $4,000 suit Of John
X. Hansell against tho Israelite
House of David was resumed. Its
basis was 4 report circulated over
lisht that benjamin Purnell, king
OF tho BentCu Harbor colony, might
appear personally as The final wit
rness for the defense to refute
charges that immoral practices were
+0duiged il by him 1T the House OF
Shiloh
The report concerning Purnell's
possible appearance was first heard
yesterday, when his wife, Mary, failed
70 occupy her seat at the side Of the
cults attorney, H. T. Dewhirst. One
Iumor Said she was i'll at hotel here.
while another was that she had Joined
turnell at the colony'S branch on
High island in Lake Michigan, for
the purpose OF inducing him to take
the witness stand
Whereabouts Not known.
Purnell's whereabouts were not
known here. Reports of the past few
days have located him in Europe. in
Canada. in Grand Rapids and at High
island. witness testified yesterday
he left the colony two months go.
Attorney Walter NJ. Nelson. for the
plaintiff. has contended throughout
the trial, that Pvrnell was he only
person capable % Offering an au-
thtntic denial Of the charges, because
Of their nature
Indications 1t tie opening Of court
today %ere that the defense would
call its final witness during the fore
Aoon session and that the remainder
of tn" day would suffice for presenta-
tion of rebuttal testimony. The clos
ing of rebuttal. however. was said
10 depend upon Attorney Nelson's
success in summoning twelve young
girls of the House of Shiloh, whom
ne planed to subponae on authority Of
the court
John Hansel. Smith said. planned
TO steal Purnell's thunder" by the
establishment at Nashville, Tenn, his
nome city. OF new colony. in which
free love was to be 4 leading feature.
smith testified that Hansel outlined
plans for the Nashville colony while
receiving dental treatment from
Smith
The world cares nothing for hair
AID whiskers" Smith quoted HanseI
as saying; we will give them free
Is that the hair and whiskers be al
lowed to grow long.
Hansel told him. Smith continued
Saat Esther Johnson, now Esther
5lanSel. knew there was 100000 in
an iron safe a Shiloh, which was to
tack which defense witnesses have
testified was planned by Hansel.
Existence of secret tunnels at Shi-
Ion, as testified to last week by
plaintiff witnesses was denied by two
defense witnesses today.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
FOREIGN.
~ ErenOrfch time .
WALES THROWN AGAIN.

LONDON, March 2S.-The Prince Of
Wales was thrown yesterday at
water jump in the army point-to-
point races at Arborfleld, but was un-
hurt.
Wales was riding Prince Henry's
horse and had taken the water jump
in splendid style on the first round,
but the second time the horse baked
1T the bank and plunged straight
into the water, which is several feet
leep.
The prince was thrown into the
boughs of n willow tree on the oppo-
,ite bank, but scrambled back to res
,ue the horse, which was plunging
about il water up TO its neck and
rapidly sinking in the mud. The
prince, unaided, pluckily seized the
horses head and brought 1t out, amid
che cheers of hundreds Of spectators.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

side the automobile, after which he
demanded the Doctors pocketbooh.
Instead of handing 1t over, Dr. Barn
hart grabbed the revolver and turned
1t from him. His attempts to hold tho
colored man was fruitless, since he
says he received no help from a few
bystanders. The assailant disay-
peared.
Second precinct policemen respond
ed to a call for aid. Search or the
neighborhood failed to locate the man
and police are working today on q
description handed throughout the
precincts in an effort to arrest him.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
ASKED TO APPROVE LEASE.

PHILADELPHIA. March 2s.-The
stockholders of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad, at the annual meeting. on
April 10. VIII be asked to approve a
lonJ-term lease on the pennsyI-
Eanta- Detroit Railroad COMPANY
The latter Is the subsidiary corpora-
ton through which the PennsyI-
vania effects entrance to Detroit in
connection with the use of portions
of the Ann Arbor ,Pere Marquette
and Wabash railroads.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

Easter Special-Rain or Shine
Umbrellas of splendid quality silk,
in navy, brown, purple and green.
Strong frames and various smart
new handles.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
FARMER KILLED WHEN
HIS TRACTOR OVERTURNS

By the AsROcIatc ted Press.
PETERSBURG, va, March a.
Frank Lewis Wesley, thirty-eight, .
farmer Of Prince George county, was
killed late yesterday when a farm
! tractor which he was operating over
turned, pinning him beneath IL.
The body was found by Mrs. Vesel-
who went to the field to carry he
husband water.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

In Norway the courts VIII divorce
married couple without inouirin z
step has been well considered, the law
provides that n year of sepa ration
must intervene between the appIica-
ton and the actual granting OF the
divorce
Evening star., 1923-03-28
SLEUTHS SEEK BUNNlES.

PITTSBURGH. March Getty de-
tectives today are searching for three
rabbits, valued at $1,000 by Prof. II.
r. Fish OF the department Of zoolog-
of the University OF Pittsburgh, which
were stolen from their quarters at
the medical school. The rabbits,
priced for their pedigrees and healthy
condition, have been used by the uni
versity In important medical research
work
Evening star., 1923-03-28
Then the Details.

from the Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Good-Yes, Mr.. Flashleigh has
gone abroad and Mrs. Flashleigh has
married again.
Mrs. Gadd-Was she properly di-
vorced?
Mrs. Good-Oh, dear. no-quite i'm
properly
Palisadian., 1923-05-25

the Tribune, rabidly Republican. They
each treat of the recent speech of
Senator Borah of Idaho relating to the
World Court that is at the present
time interesting the people of the
United States. In a fair, open dis
cussion it would seem that the per-
centage of voters favoring the World
Court is at this time larger than those
opposed to it. At any rate, Senator
Borah is opposed to it and is attempt
ing to lead public sentiment against
the United States having anything to
do with the blamed thing.
In American politics it is an old
story that its practice is based on de-
ceit largely, though there are certain
people in the right paths. But Sena-
tor Borah is not adding anything to
his own reputation for veracity nor to
the prestige of our country when he
undertakes to do what his recent
speech so clearly shows. America
makes it plain that for the good of hu-
manity she should join the Court. But
without further comment attention is
directed to these two opinions of Sen
ator Borahs stand He has made a
shameless spectacle of himself, for he
has been a man in whom was centered
many fine characteristics of forward
going statesman of the first water
He now shows that his real reputa-
tion is but a house of cards, for it has
toppled over of its own weight
Palisadian., 1923-05-25
MR.. BoRAH's DESCENT

Just how poor case Senator
Borah has in his opposition to the
International Court is pretty fairly
indicated by the plain misstatements
of fact which he seems to consider
necessary TO make in his speeches.
For sheer untruth, spoken by re-
sponsible public man, it would be
hard to beat this conspicuous para
graph contained in the Senator's st.
Louis speech and alleging what
would happen if we Joined the court:
1--WE sit at Geneva day after day,
and year after year, not merely pass
ing as arbitrators upon some contro-
versy which may arise between coun-
tries, but we sit there advising, coun-
selling and directing the league itself,
not only with reference to its own
powers, but upon all vital European
questions which may come before the
league and upon which it sees fit to
ask the advice of the judges con-
cerned."
1t is a minor detail, but it is
symptomatic of the whole. paragraph
that the International Court does
not and can not sit at Geneva. Ar
ticle % of the statute organizing the
court declares: "The seat of the
court shall be established at The
Hague"
1t is a more important point that
I'VE" do not sit in the court at all.
The fact is simple. One judge who
is a citizen of the United States
may be elected to the court, COM
posed of eleven judges. One such
judge does sit there now, Mr.. John
Bassett Moore. He is answerable
neither to President Harding nor to
Secretary Hughes, nor to any inffu-
ence save his own conscience. The
term is nine years-with eligibility
to reelection.
If we joined the league I'VE" could
sit in it. That is to say, our repre-
senatives in the Council and the
Assembly would be simply the agents
of the State Department. That is
why the league is essentially dip
lomatic body. The contrast with the
independence of the courte was well
summed up by Mr.. Root:
"The Court of International Justice
completely excludes the essential
characteristics of the league organi-
cation and procedure. No diplomatic
agreement is sought or attained. No
member of the court represents or is
at liberty to represent any state
whatever Their duty is not to deal
with policies or agreements, but to
decide questions of fact and law In
cases brought before them. Each
Palisadian., 1923-05-25

judges obligation is not to represent
his country or any country, not to
execute the orders of any foreign
office, not to reflect the policy of any
government, but upon his own con-
science to hear and decide upon the
evidence and the law in accordance
with his own personal judgment. The
court is absolutely independent and is
subject to no control by the League
of Nations or by any other political
authority"
Nor do the members of the court
act as "arbitrators.' Nor do they
sit there advising, counseling and
directing the league" They sit as
members of an impartial court, in
terpreting international law and de-
livering judgment thereunder-which
is an utterly different thing from
the give-andtake compromise, based
on no general principle, which is the
common result Of arbitration" The
court interprets the treaty upon
which the League of Nations is based,
just as it may interpret any other
u Vdly. IL uoco HoI duNlSe OT ul-
rect" the league any more than the
Supreme Court advises" or "di-
rects" Congress or the President
The whole paragraph is utterly
unworthy of Senator Borah, of his
past high record for learning, for
sincerity. A shyster lawyer with a
hopeless case, arguing before a num-
skull jury, might try to get away
with such a plea of distorted facts
and plain untruths. 1t is a pretty
commentary upon what Senator b.
rah thinks of his jury, the American
voters, that he addresses them in
this fashion.-New York Tribune.
Palisadian., 1923-05-25
WILL SENATOR BORAH FIGHT
CEEANEY?

The more Senator Borah's attack
on the world court is considered the
more damaging it is to Senator
Borah's reputation. For we are un-
able to believe that the Senator is as
ignorant of the nature of the court
as passages in his speech would sug-
gest. We do not believe, for example,
that Senator Borah really believes
that by adhering to the court the
American Government in any way
makes itself the arbiter of European
disputes. We do not believe that
Senator Borah really believes that
the court directs" the League of
Nations. For we cling to a belief in
Senator Borah's intelligence.
The performance is all the more
discreditable because it must be put
down not to ignorance but to parti-
sanship and deliberate attempt to
arouse prejudice. For no man who is
on record, as Senator Borah is, in
favor of world court possessing
compulsory jurisdiction and exercis-
ing the powers of our Supreme Court,
can honestly oppose the existing
court as a danger to our sovereignty
or as step to superstate. If
court without teeth is menace, then
Mr.. Borahs court is seven times more
menacing.
man may be opposed to any in
Palisadian., 1923-05-25
ALONG THE ROAD

Out here in Kansas the sun is shin
ing and lazy, brushing breezes are
travelling Eastward and Northward-
breezes that are heavy with fra,
grances distilled from Natures great
perfumery - fragrances breWed by
sunswept prairies that roll away or
all sides; as endless and as restless
as the sea.
Breathe the sweetness of the
cherry blossoms and that delicate, in
describable bitter-sweet fragrance of
the pink and silver apple trees; as
elusive as the scent of lavender on
the laces grandmother wore.
And now the pungency of new
turned loan, so appropriately accom-
panied by the trill and cluck of the
sheened and graceful blackbirds
strutting and fitting behind the
plows.
Hear the putting and coughing of
the tractors, a dog barking from
sheer excitement in the ecstacy Of
and from the woodland down by the
stream comes the lowing of cattle and
the tinkle of bell as they browse.
hock-deep in the greenery
There's the whistle of the red-bird
from the plum thicket; the song
of the meadow lark and the raucous,
quarreling chatter of the sparrows.
A robin sprints and stops and listens
-sprints and stops and listens,
across the velvet green; and a flash
of brilliant blue, punctuated by de-
risive scream, roclaims the mis-
chievous jay
Yes, it's spring in Kansas.
Wheat-felds are green. The loan
is rich and moist.
And the Kansas farmer is smiling.
Kansas will be your best market
this year and The Wichita Eagle will
tell your story to over 100000 readers
every day.