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The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
27O MURDERS In
CHICAGO IN 1923
ONLY ONE OF CRIMINALS WHO
TOOK LIFE WAS HANGED
FOR HIS DEED.

CHICAGO. Ill-It is easier to get
away with murder than any other
crime in Chicago and Cook county,
according to a report issued today by
the committee on courts and prescott
ton of the Chicago crime commission.
Out of 270 murders in 1923 there has
been but one hanging, although nine
were sentenced to death, the report
shows.
The report shows that the criminal
court has adopted an unsympathetlc
attitude toward gunner, as in 1928
penalties in cases of robberies with a
gun increased to nearly 54 per cent
as compared with 2l per cent in 1921.
The committee agrees with leaders
of thought throughout the United
States, that predatory crime as ma
tional problem is becoming more and
more serious and that the number OF
youthful offenders is decidedly on the
increase. The remedy will be found
only in the cultivation of an American
system of education and home life.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
JAILED FOR STEALING
HIS OWN AUTOMOBILE
SPENT NIGHT IN PRISON BE-
FORE OFFICER WOULD BE
CONVINCED OF MISTAKE.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Failure TO report
the recovery OF his automobile when
he found it several days after it was
stolen from him early in January
caused L. S. Brawner, a youth living
at the Y NJ. c. A., the embarrassment
OF nights incarceration in the police
station and the necessity OF proving
to police that he was really himself.
Driving Car When Arrested.
Brawner, who was released next
day after he had established his iden-
tity. was arrested by Detectives S.
A. Smith and A. L. Poole. At the time
Of the arrest Brawner was driving a
car that had been reported stolen sew
eral weeks before, the car still stand
ing on police records as "unrecover-
ed"
Brawner was taken to prison, in
sisting all the time that he was the
owner of the car, but the detectives
had heard this explanation by appre-
hended suspects before and insisted
OH complete Identification.
The young man thinks it is the irony
OF fate to be jailed for being in pos
session OF his own car.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26

LOS ANGELES-Elgin Pittman
has learned that it is good thing for
husband and wife to hang together.
Had he and his young wife not done
so there was a very good chance to
hang separately.
Pittman was arrested in Los Angeles
on a charge of numbering his wife.
Her Intervention freed him from Jail.
The persistent insistence OF Mrs.
Pittman that she had not been slain,
contrary to the theory of law officers
and directly opposed to strong circum-
stantial evidence, at last prevailed, but
not without a struggle.
After roaming about for a couple OF
years on their honeymoon the Pitt
mans returned to Eagle Valley, Ore,
last June for a visit to Mrs. Pittman' S
parents I Then they took the road
again.
Some weeks later the body of a
woman was washed up on the banks OF
the Columbia river, near Wallula,
Wash. 1t was identified by Mr.. and
Mrs. Rogers and a girl schoolmate as
that OF Mrs. Pittman.
Every effort was made to arrest
Pittman. but he could not be found,
A letter from Mrs. Pittman to the
schoolmate who had identified her
body instead of clearing up matters
brought on new complications and re-
suited in the arrest OF Plttman, who
was enjoying his visit to this city with
his wife and baby.
There was a dark suspicion that
Pittman had taken unto himself a new
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
Dim OVER PRIMARY ORDERED
EOR TERRELL CANDIDA TES
ARMED WOMEN ROB A
FUR SHOP IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Emulat-
ing Brooklyn's bob haired girl
bandits two armed women with
clipped treSses today robbed the
proprietor of the Paris Fur Shop
of $375, and walked off with an
Dr, nsive fur coat apiece.
N4P,. you sit right down in that
chan ice man and remain
quiet for 10 minutes, for
we want to il. clean get
away" the bandits reported
by Max Cooper, their victim, to
have instructed him as they stroll
ed away.
Cooper sat-quietly-and when
he finally mustered up enough
courage to call the police the pair
was out of sight. He described
the bandits as young, neatly dress
ed and attractive"
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
WATERS CLUB
EAT A S3OA-PLATE DINNER
Menu Runs From eshGrown Venson To Long Island Coupon
and Baised Hearts of Lettuce. Women Relatives Serve.

guests wearing their fatigue uniforms
The forks numbered nine and the
knives 10 and there was an official UNI
pire who sat on a raised observation
platform something like the one used
bv referees at tennis matches. He re-
ported that not one knive or fork was
fumbled.
The menu was something to talk
about, you may believe. The lamb
chops had hand-curled crepe paper
dew draws stuck on them. All the
quests had a lot of fun arguing with
their waters" as to what they should
take.
Suggestions Ignored.
Ones wife would say: "The terrapin
au sole, it is worth trying today, sir,
and then the guest would say; How
interesting; bring me an order OF grill
ed humming bird wings au clair de la
lune."
There was brook trout, caught in an
especially constructed brook; fresh
crown venison from the best hothouse
on Long Island; unborn turkeys riecks
stuffed with alligator pears and Sierra
Nevada chestnuts; braised hearts OF
lettuce au quatrieme; fluffed quail with
cherchez la femme dressing and some
thing that Mr.. Louie Zeltner said over
the telephone was Long Island cou-
pons.
One member refused to eat anything
hut crackers and milk on the ground
that he had once waited on John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
CLUB WOMEN ARE
IN A MERRY ROW
Atlanta Iolted With Internal Fight in
Prominent Organization. Go to
Court With Differences

ATLANTA, Ga.-Tea and cakes
opposed indignation this afternoon in
the widely discussed schism in the
West End Woman's club,
While over 200 indignant members
OF the club met lat the Masonic hall
and adopted a series OF resolutions
emphatically supporting Mrs. H. H.
Turner and Mrs George n. Brown
$50 other members were slipping tea
and nibbling cake in honor OF Mrs.
Murray Howard, president OF the club
and defendant in the suit brought by
the indgnants, at the home of Mrs.
Arthur ]. Merrill.
The Indignation meeting had been
called in protest against the attempt
of the executive board OF the club to
expel Mrs. H. H. Turner, a member
OF the board, and to denounce the al
legged autocratic methods employed by
Mrs. Howard's administration.
Attorney Turner to the Rescue.
The decks are being cleared in
West End women's circles for the
battle OF a century over the court
fight that is the outgrowth of the eX-
pulsion of Mrs. Turner, member of
the club.
Attorney H. H. Turner who is rep
resenting Mrs. George n. Brown ct
al, in suit for injunction to restrain
the club administration from spending
any OF the clubs $2321.44 resources
and restraining the club from holding
any official meetings pending settle
ment, informed the indignants that
THE West End Woman's club will
never hold another legal meeting until
Mrs Howard steps down"
The row has stirred that section OF
Atlanta to a high pitch of excitement.
1t is resulting in a disarrangement OF
plans, and one dance-a beneflt-al-
ready has been called off by the spon-
sors.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
MANY BIRDS FEED
LARGELY ON WEEvILS
ORIOLES AMONG THE MOST
ACTIVE OF ENEMIES OF COT
TON PEST, FIGURES SHOW.

During the past few years the boil
weevil has appreciably decreased the
yield of cotton in the American cotton
belt, according to reports OF the Unit
ed States department of agriculture.
At the same time an irresponsible ele-
ment OF the cotton belt population is
allowed to range the fields and woods,
gun in hand Slaughtering at will some
of the most important natural enc
mics OF the boil weevil, the birds.
Sixty-six kinds of birds OF the south
eastern states have been discovered
by the biological survey OF the United
States department OF agriculture to
feed upon boil weevils. The most ac-
tive OF these found in a single Stom-
aCh OF the enemies are the orioles,
which actually take the insects from
the squares OF the cotton plant, and
the swallows, that feed upon the wee
wills when they are in flight and ex-
tending their range. No fewer than
Al boil weevils have been Bullock
oriole, and large numbers of the wee
wills are habitually taken by all species
of swallows Every one of the series
of IS caves swallows examined had
eaten boil weevils, the largest num-
Der in any stomach being 48 and the
average 10, it was stated. In winter
the most important destroyers of the
cotton pest are blackbirds, meadow
1arks, titlarks and Carolina wrens, the
report said.
All of these birds should receive
all the protection the southern planter
can extend,
The slaughter OF birds has largely
contributed to the increase of destruc-
tive pests in the United States, and
has caused the loss of millions of dol
lars.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26

NEW YORK - The Millionaire
Walters Club, composed of rs walters
who daily sling hash for business and
society men worth an aggregate OF
S347. .23S, ,3969S, had their first annual
dinner today at the home OF Alexander
Bilbring, in Brooklyn. ,,.,.
They call themselves the Millionaire
Waters because they wait on million
aires eat. decided to find out just how
Iionaires although later on the hat
check boys may be allowed in.
Dinner Cost $50 Plate.
These walters on millionaires,. hav-
mo crown tired of watching million
aires 1 eat decided to find ou tjust how
# felt to have a typical millionaire din
ner n themselves. The one served today
cost $50 a plate. Women relatives dio
tbe serving. There were no tips. :, =,
The affair was rigidly formal all the
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
AIRPLANE PLUNGES
INTO VOLCANO CRATER
MOVING PICTURE PHOTOGRA-
PIER BELIEVED TO HAVE
PERISHED IN VOLCANO.

NAPLES, Italy-An intrepid NOV
ing picture photographer. believed to
be the Rome representative OF the In
ternational Newsreel, lost his life on
Wednesday in a sensational flight over
the crater of the volcano Mount We
suvius.
The photographer was making a
fight in a seaplane, when the machine
suddenly dived nose first into the
flaming crater
The seaplane was seen to hover for
a long time over the volcano, some
times lost amidst the clouds of steam
and smoke. which ascended from the
burning mountain.
The pilot of the machine circled
slowly over the crater to enable the
photographer to take a series of pict-
ures.
The machine dropped lower and
lower until it hovered over the fam
ing mountain top. Suddenly the motor
appeared to stop and the seaplane
dived downward, disappearing amid
the smoke and ashes which contin-
ually ascend in steady cloud from
the mountain top.
Searchers went as close as possible
to the rim OF the volcano but at latest
reports had not succeeded III obtain
ing vestige of the seaplane. 1t was
accepted as a foregone conclusion that
the plane and its occupants were in
cinerated.
The fight was one of the most dar-
ing ever undertaken in the annals of
fying.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
HANGING TOGETHER OF TWO
SAVES HER HUSBANDS NECK
Egn Pman Freed of Murder Charge When Wife He Was Heo
For Shaving Demonstrates That She's Alive.

wife and had trained her to lmperson-
ate the murdered woman. This theo-
ry was so good that officers hated tc
see 1t fall. But while Pittman, won
derfully 1ight-hearted under such a Sc
rious charge, remained in jail his wife
posed for photographers and pictures
of her were sent to the Oregon sheriff.
who had caused the arrest.
In due time telegram was received
which read: Everything O. K; dc
not detain suspect"
1t vindicated the contention OF Mrs
Pittman that she still lived. The Pitt
mans were unruffled by their strange
experience. But Pittman, with a
thought for the precarious situation OF
a back-seat passenger in an open-faced
flivver on rough roads, wagged his
head dolefully and remarked:
"Wouldnt it have been the deuce II
| had lost herr"
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
DEMOCRAT TAX PLAN
ADOPTED IN HOUSE
AMENDMENT FIXES SURTAX
MAXIMUM AT "A PER CENT.
REPUBLICANS VOTE.

WASHINGTON. D. C.-Aided by
q group OF republicans, house demo-
Gratis have eliminated from the reve-
nue. bill the Mellon income tax rates.
By vote of 222 to 1876 a schedule
advanced by Representative Garner
of Texas, was substituted
The bill as amended fixes the sur
tax maximum at A per cent on in
comes in excess of $4,000 as against
so per cent on incomes exceeding
$200,000 under existing law and Is
per cent on incomes OF more than
500. 900 as recommended by the treas
ury.
Before approving the Garner pro
posal, which received the support OF
II republicans, one farmer-laborite
and one independent in addition to
2O3 democats, the house went on rec
ord as opposed to rates substantially
the same as those recommended by
Mr.. Mellon and rejected an amend
mcnt by Representative Frear, OF
Wisconsin, an insurgent, to cut nor
NAL rates in half without altering the
existing surtaX schedule
RcpuDhCan OrSdnlZdtOl lcdd'i9 '"N
no opportunity to bring to vote a
compromise amendment which pro
posed a Is per cent reduction IN both
normal and surtaX rates.
Rules in effect prevented a roll call
on the democratic substitute, which
was approved by teller's vote, a
record vote, however, on the amend
ment can be demanded before the bill
comes up for passage and organlza-
ton republicans are planning to BRING
this about Such vote would bring
straight out test OF strength be-
tween the Mellon and Garner rates.
An opportunity also will be afforded
the republicans to offer their compro-
mise with roll call on the PROPOSE
ton in order.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
YOUNG SLAYER OF FAMILY
SUFFERS FROM "EGOMANZA" !"
900 DOZEN EGGS IN ONE
SHIPMENT FROM MOULTRIE

According to the Moultrie OBJ
server 600 dozen eggs were
brought to Moultrie Saturday by
members of cooperative egg
shipping association organized
there a few days ago. The eggs
sold Saturday commanded a good
price, the white ones selling for
AZ cents dozen and the others
bringing 81 cents-both figures
being we'll above the regular quo
tations. The eggs were shipped to
Jacksonville.
The members of the new asso-
citation bring in their eggs once a
week, and the highest bid that has
been received by the date of the
sale is accepted incidentally the
poultry business is showing big
growth in and around Moultrie, it
is said.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
SEATS FOR $4,000
AT BIG CONVENTION
UNOCCUPIED SPACE IN GAR
DEN WILL BE USED FOR Wis
ITORS AND DELEGATES.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Madison
Square Garden, during the democratic
national convention in June, will fur
nish more seats for delegates and
spectators than any hall used for a
similar purpose since America began
nominating presidential candidates.
There will be seats for approximate
ly $4,000 persons. To provide these
it will not be necessary to make the
aisles narrower or to huddle delegates
and ticket holders into cramped quar-
ties. Hundeds of square feet of space
in the Garden, heretofore unutilized,
will yield accommodations necessary
tc meet fairly the demand for admis-
sion tickets.
Other Cities Left Behind.
Chicago and San Francisco, boast
full in the past that no other cities
could satisfactorily take care of the
crowds that always storm national
party gathering, must surrender hon
ors to New York, according to Stan
ley Quinn, vice chairman of the exec
utive committee of the New York
convention committee.
After a conference with architects
and convention officials, Mr.. Quinn
announced the Garden would be ar
ranged so that $4,000 persons would
find places there.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
THE ORIENTAL MOTH
APPEARS IN GEORGIA
MOST DESTRUCTIVE INSECT
PEST HAS BEEN POSITIVE
LY IDENTIFIED.
BROUGHT HERE FROM JAPAN
Moth Has Been Reported at Eastern
And Northern Points, Georgia Belle
And Elberta Peaches May Suffer
20 to 80 Per Cent Losses.

The Oriental peach moth, destruct
i've insect pest heretofore unknown in
this section, has been discovered in
Georgia, according to announcement
by the state board OF entomology The
insect, which was introduced into this
country from Japan, is declared to be
one of the most destructive of pests,
and will cause great damage TO the
Georgia peach crop if it becomes es-
tablished in the state, the announce
ment said
The Oriental moth was discovered
iii the United States in 1916 and has
spread rapidly being exceedingly dif-
6cult to control. it was stated A gov
ernment report on the insect stated
''if it becomes established in Georgia
the injury to the Georgia Belle and
Elberta peach crop would probably
amount to 20 to 80 per cent of the
crop in the absence of control meas
trees"
Positive identification OF the insect
was made by John D. Moore, assist
ant entomologist of the state board
Unknown Until Recently.
Early in 1916 a new insect pest was
reported in the District OF Columbia,
later it was learned that this pest had
been introduced into several points of
the United States. In every case its
entry into this country was traced to
shipments from Japan. The Japanese
authorities reported that the insect
had been present there for about ten
years but the location OF its original
home has been largely a matter of
conjecture.
In 1918 this Oriental peach moth
was reported from the District of Co
lumbia, northern New Jersey, New
York city, Long Island and Stamford,
Conn. Doubtful records came from
points around Albany and Buffalo, n.
".
There are several insects that can
easily be confused by any but an ex-
pert. These insects are the codlng
moth. the lesser apple worm and the
lpeach twig borer. This latter insect
| has been known for many years IN
Georgia. On August 5 some peach
twigs were sent in from Valdosta, Ga,
which the sender thought were infest-
| ed with the common shot-hole borer.
/ Later some moths were sent in from
the same source which proved to be
: the peach twig borer. Among the ma
| tcrial received there appeared moth
that upon examination proved to be
| the Oriental peach moth. This deter
,,,inafiO1, was further verified bV Carl
Heinrich, an expert of the United
States department OF agriculture
Many Tests Made. -
Various tests have been made, such
as clipping and destroying the infest-
ed twigs and fruits, banding trees
with burlap spraying with miscible
oils. funigating with hydrocynaic gas
and spraying with aresenate OF lead
and nicotine sulphate With the pos
sible exception OF the spraying with
nicotine sulphate these tests have not
been satisfactory.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
Milk Cows in Georgia
Valued at $l5,570,000

The number OF milk cows in Geor-
gia is estimated by the department OF
agriculture at $4,000, with value per
head of $50, making total value OF
SIS. $4,000. But that record won't re-
main long, as this state is making re-
markable progress in cattle raising,
and better quality than the $50 per
head average.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
BELLED BUZZARD SHOWS
UP IN GEORGIA AGAIN
Seen Near Sylvester by Two Worth
County Men Saturday.

Georgia's belled buzzard is in
Worth county again.
While hunting in a field six miles
south Of Sylvester Mr.. P. A. Coram
and Mr.. Cutler saw the bird with
their own eyes. The buzzard was hy-
ing near the ground when they saw
it. They could hear the bell distinctly
and could see it.
The be1led buzzard has been seen
in different sections of the state for
the past twenty-five or thirty years.
Buzzards live to be more than hun
dred years old
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
Underwood Is Winner In
Twiggs County Primary

At the first presidential primary
heId in Georgia Twiggs county yot-
.ars l1au have m expressed decided preference
&C. &C. Oscar 11e Underwood for president
10 - aa.;nst w. C. McAdoo and others
Mr. Underwood's majority was -
votes Reports indicate that the Ala-
hama senator will carry Georgia on
March 10Th.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
DEMAND FOR POSTAL CARDS
HAS TREMENDOUS GROWTH

Many people utilize the 1-cent pos
tai cards for their correspondence. The
.postoffice department is using 1885,
100000 this year and is preparing to
make almost 1,500,000000 in 1925.
They will cost S815,000 to manufact-
ure and print at the government print
ing office. Last year they cost 90
cents a thousand to manufacture: this
year they will cost "a cents thous-
and
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
o77 Million Dollars
Income of Rail Lines

Railroads in 1928 earned a net
operating income OF $977.543,590, or
$40 per cent on the estimated value
Of the property they own and put in
to transportation service. The figures
were given out by the bureau OF rail-
way economies, from reports made to
the interstate commerce commission
bv all the class one carriers.
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
nMAN AT PLAINS
LED BY FREIGHT TRAIN

H. ng !. the e, tracks of the Seaboard
klIed d T, Plains J. E. Barker, 63,
G Hi.y by freight train driven
H. i'iieS' engineer, with Conduc-
IN ,s IN charge. Barker had been
4 p 2I-,lIIlan ,. and police officer at
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
rAN IO4 YEARS OLD
READS AND MAKES LACE
Maddalena Dotti Observes
Birthday Anniversary.

/ Maddalena Dotti Observes
Birthday Anniversary.
(na Maddalcna Dotti celebrated
Prence her one hundred and
birthday recently. She is still
t'tIye Il says a dispatch from that
the New York World, attends
correspondence. reads and
narrow bobbin lace, which was
'SoIe III her girlhood.
mad pneumonia two wears ago.
\ .a5 nIan Tour years ago she was
upon 1or cataract. Replying
a letter from Queen Margheri-
ssFatulating her upon her recov-
wrote that if her hands were
1t was because of emotion,
n married Count Vincenzo FIJI
la had five children, OF whom
ne a son now more than go
The Dawson news., 1924-02-26
BIG RECLAMATION
PROJECT ON FOOT
Thousands of Acres in Altamaha Del
ia Will Be Converted into Truck
Center. Largest in South.

BRUNSWICK, Ga.-Concluding a
series of negotiations that have been
under way for more than year deals
have been closed at Brunswick where
by approximately 5000 acres of the
Altamaha delta land and an additional
1000 acres OF adjoining pine lands
have come under the control OF New
York financial interests, inaugurating
what is undoubtedly the greatest and
most comprehensive reclamation and
development project of its kind ever
undertaken in Georgia, if not in the
entire south.
The negotiations were conducted
on behalf OF the New York interests
by O. c. Lamp, who represents him
self and two associates, Ralph Wharf,
capitalist, and William Dobson, cap
italist and widely known civil engi-
neer The lands involved are the prop
erty of a dozen or more different own
ers, including several islands lying
within the far-famed delta of the Al
tamaha river, their aggregate area
being about equally divided between
Mcintosh and Glynn counties. The
project involves an investment ulti-
mately in excess Of $5;000,000.
$5,OOO,oOO in Truck.
The land. it is claimed when the
work is completed, will produce al
least $5,000,OO0 worth OF marketable
produce annually. The uplands are tc
be cleared OF their pine, put under
cultivation and devoted to the grow
ing of satsuma oranges, according tc
the present plans of the purchasers.
Preliminary work, it was stated
here today, has already been complet-
ed on Buffers island, part Of the
property purchased and before anoth-
er month has passed the water will
have been shut out and the 1,30C
aces of this land will be drying in
the sun and made ready for the plow
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-08

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