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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-19
REGULAR LEGION MEETING
WILL BE HELD TONIGHT
Reports on Auxiliary Reorganization
To Be Made.

The Davis Daniel Post No. 1888,
American Legion, will hold its regular
fortniphtly meeting in the Legion hall,
over the City National bank. tonight.
Renorts of the progress made in re-
organizing the LADIES' Auxiliary will
be made at the meeting: Several spe-
cial- features are PROMISED LOT the
meeting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-19
MISS HORSELY APPEARED
IN STUDENTS RECITAL
Assisted BY Miss Caroline Lockett as
Singer.

Miss Ethel Horsley, who is studying
music under Mrs. A. J. Paschal, APP
peared in a piano recital last Satur-
day afternoon. She was assisted by
Miss Caroline Lockett, who appeared
as singer. Miss Horsely rendered
her program well, playing each of the
numbers from memory. Following is
the program:
Duel. II Travatore; Invention No.
!. Bach; Invention No. IA, Bach;
Valse Op. 70-No l, Chopin; Study,
Czerny: Vocal solo, Miss Caroline
Lockett; To Spring, Grieg, and Loves
Dream, List
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-19
NO WORD OF NEW POST
MASTER RECEIVED YET

Though the term for which he was
appointed expired February 4, Post
master w. B. Cheatham continue in
charge OF the Dawson office through
the failure OF the authorities in Wash
ington to a ppoint a successor. No
word indicating what action will be
taken has been received at the local
Office.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-19

Dahlias were named for botanist.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
Steamer and Cargo
OF Lumber Destroyed
By Fire in Florida

PENSACOLA, Fla, Oct. 26.-Tele-
phone messages Sunday from~Pana-
ma City, report that the big fire
which ragged there for hours on the
docks was at last quenched. The
Italian steamship Valdarno, which
was a total loss, had / 100, 900 feet
Of lumber aboard, in addition to
about 800 barrels OF rosin. Approx
mately 100000 feet of lumber piled
on the wharf was destroyed also.
About 400 feet of the loading wharf
was either burned completely or
badly damaged. The Valdrano had
no steam in her boiler at the time
of the fire, it is said, and there were
no tugs in the bay at the time to pull
the vessel to safety.
The fire originated on the wharf,
1T was learned, and did not start on
board the steamship as first report
ed. The wind at the time was blow.
ing brlskly from the north and this
was considered fortunate, in that
it saved a million dollar sawmi1l
plant of the st. Andrews Bay Lum-
Der company close by. Three hun
dred volunteer firemen worked all
night to confine the fire to the
docks. Estimates Of the loss have
not been completed but 1t is said
the steamship was worth approxi.
mately $650,000 and the lumber I'M
officially estimated at $500. 900
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28

WASHINGTON. - In midst of
campaign worries, President Cool
idge has had thrust upon him the job
of listening to bitter controversy be-
tween Washington renters and land
lords.
MEXICO CITY. - Foreign office
and Japanese legation unofiicially
deny reports concerning presence
in Lower California of Japanese gen
eral staff with project for colonizing
10000 japanese near Mexicali.
OYSTER BAY, n. Y. = Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, taking part in a pub
lie ceremonial for the first time
since late presidents death, is made
an honorary vice president of the
Girl Scouts of America.
NEW YORK.-Public offering of
$50, 100000 Swedish loan, negotia-
tons for which were closed with
Swedish government, will be made
early this week by syndicate headed
by National City bank.
WASHINGTON. = President Cool
idge at Golden Rule dinner of the
Near East Relief association, de-
clares America wants to help Eu-
rope to help itself"
NEW YORK. - John w. Davis,
Democratic presidential candidates,
on return from final western cam
paign, declares Democrats will win
presidential election and control con-
greSs.
DIES MONIES. - Attorney Gen
eral Stone in a campaign speech says
proposed La Toilette supreme court
amendment would if adopted "create
in congress a centralized political or
ganization not unlike the Roman
empire"
NEW YORK. - Prince of Wales
sails for home aboard Olympic.
MEXICO CITY. = Mexico com.
pletely severe relations with Great
Britain by ordering closed Mexican
consulates in London, Liverpool and
Glasgow.
CHARLOTTE. - New automobile
speed record is made here by Bennett
Hill, of New York, who drives around
new oval at 1864 miles an hour.
CLEMSON, S. C.-Twenty-three
seniors are dismissed, and 112 others
are suspended for rest of year by
BOARD OF trustees OF Clemson college
for participation in walkout.
PEK1N. - Chinese cabinet resigns
after countersigning mandate of
President Tsao Kun order cessation
of hostilities.
LONDON. - British foreign office
accuses Soviet government of
further spreading propaganda, citing
letter to central committee of British
Communist party from president of
committee of Communist Internaion-
ale urging subversion of British
forces and overthrow of government.
TIENTSIN.-Gene WI Pei Flu,
deposed marshal of the Pellin gov
eminent, is marching on the capital
to drive out his former subordinate,
Feng Yu Hsiang, who seized the city
last Thursday.
LAKEHURST. - Americas two
great dirigibles, the Shenandoah,
home from her transcontiEental
trip, and the ZR-3, are berthed to-
gether in a hangar that would ac-
commodate a third big airsllp.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. General
William G. Ham, retired, who com
manded the Thirty Second division
in France, dies.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
WOOLLEY ACCUSES
HIGH REPUBL|CANO Of
BIG LOSSES IN OIL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-In an
open letter to Postmaster General
New, Robert w. Woolley, di-
rector of publicity of the Democratic
national committee, attacked Mr..
News charges of graft in the Will
son administration, made in a speech
Friday at Cleveland, and charged
that lone Of the very highest of.
ficials of the Republican administra-
ton lost $1SO,000 specializing in
Mexican, Seaboard, Bethlehem Steel
and Pure OIL
IF you do not know this" Mr..
Woolley wrote, your friends. Har-
ry M. Daugherty and Charles G..
Dawes can apprise you of the facts"
MIR. Woolley added that a brokers'
books showed the transactions and
asked:
1--WE know the facts but for OBJ
vious reasons of decency we have
refrained from discussing so per
sonal a matter"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
Tiny Yacht Missing
In ArcticNWaters;
Search Is Ordered

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-At the
request of the board OF governors
Of the Cruising club, New York, the
state department has requested the
Danish government to institute
search in the north Atlantic near
Greenland and Iceland for the Amer
lean yacht Left Erickson" four
weeks overdue at Battle Harbor Lab
rador.
The tiny craft, a sloop-rigged dou-
ble-ender, only 40 feet over all, left
Christiania, Norway, during the sum-
mer for the United States via Ice
land, Greenland, Labrador and Nova
Scotia. The last seen OF it was at
Reyjavib, Iceland, on October 10.
All that Is known OF the party
aboard it is the names of the crew
and the fact that the commander
and three members of the cruising
party were American citizens. The
crew was made up of William Wash
burn Nutting, Arthur H. Hillebrandt
and John o. Todahl Fleischer.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
Gen. Amos Stickney
In Sherman's Forces,
Dead IN New York

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Brigadier
General Amos Stickney, United
States army, retired, is dead at his
home here at the age Of 81. Death
was caused by pneumonia.
General Stickney, whose military
service was spent mostly in the
corps of engineers, was born in St.
Louis, August IS. 1913. He entered
West Point in 1860. graduating IN
1864. His first assignment was
with General Sherman.
Funeral services will be held
Monday morning and burial will be
at the United States military acad-
emv at West Point
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
DOMESTIC QUARREL
GIVEN AS CAUSE Of
ALABAMA TRAGEDY
Dr.. Curtis Johnson, of Mar
shall County, Uses Pistol
With Deadly Effect

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala, Oct. 70
After killing his wife and two 9TH
er members of her family, DIR. Curtis
Johnson, practicing physician OF
Meltonville, Ala, Is miles from here,
ended his own life today. He had
been separated from his wife and Of
ficials blame domestic troubles for
the tragedy.
The dead besides Mr.. Johnson are:
Mrs Curtis Johnson, his wife.
A. o. CASTOR, his father-in-law.
Miss Jessie CASTOR, his sister
in-law.
Mrs. A. o. CASTOR, his mother-in-
law, was shot and dangerously
wounded. She was brought here for
treatment.
According to investigating officers,
DR.. Johnson went to the nome of his
father-in-law and without a word
opened fire with a revolver. HIS
wife and sister-in-law were killed in
stantly.
Mr.. CASTOR was shot three times
while trying to protect members of
the family. He died while being
rushed to a Guntersville hospital.
Mrs. CASTOR lived only a short time
after being wounded.
Without injuring two of his chill
dren, who were present, DR.. John
son is then reported to have backed
against a wall and fired a bullet
into his own brain.
DIR. Johnson was a brother of state
Senator Joe Johnson, who brought
the first news of the shooting to
Guntersville when he came for the
coroner. Senator Johnson stated
that his brother had been brooding
over his domestic troubles. The
doctor and his wife had been separat-
ed for three months. They had five
children, two of whom are students
at the State Agricultural school at
AlbertVille
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
DA WIS VICTOR YASSURED,
CHAIRMAN SHA YER SAYS
AFTER CHECK-UP OF STA ES
TROUSERS
MUTE EVIDENCE IN
ANNULMENT PLEA

WASHINGTON, Oct. ga bag
gy pair of long trousers, with the
slack in the seat taken in by a
large safety pin, was offered to the
district supreme court Saturday by
Claude Boswell, an understood six
year-old high school boy, as
evidence for the annulment of his
marriage to Dorothy Marine, a pref
ty fourteen-year-old classmate.
The oversize trousers, the youth
full husband tearfully told court Of
ficials, were rented by his irate
mother-in-law to be for his wedding.
He was forced to discard his knick-
erbockers and don the breeches and
when they proved too large, he said,
she took up the voluminous seat
with the safety pin.
"Dorothy's mother threatened to
put me in reform school if I didn' It
marry Dorothy" Claude told the
court after relating the humiliating
story of the safety pin.
The lads story of the Chaplin
trousers was borne out by the Rev.
w. S. Hammond, of Alexandria, Va,
who married the young couple.
Il noticed the boys clothes seem
ed too large for him and question
ed him about his age said the par
son. But 1 didn't notice the safety
PIN
Claude also charged his mother
in-law, Mrs. Mary Marine, with
having obtained the marriage H.
cense, giving his age as 81. This
she denied, saying that Dorothy OBJ
tanned the license with her consent.
She also denied that she forced Bos-
well into the marriage.
Claude was in Knockers wher he
went into court with his father to
ask that his short connubial career
he ended
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
Laura Jean Libbey
Expires at Brooklyn
At Age of 81 Years

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Laura Jean
Libbey, widely known woman writ
err, died at 4 O'Clock Saturday in her
Brooklyn home. She had been i'll
only a short time. She was born
in this city sixty-two years ago.
Miss Libbey wrote more than
fifty novels and a vast number of
articles and short stories. In all
aler novels the central theme was
love. She was favorite author OF
the parents and grandparents of the
younger generation of today.
She is survived by her husband,
Van Mater Stillwell, and a sister,
Mrs. Mary E. Taylor.
The best known of her novels are
Lovers Once, But Strangers Now"
That Pretty Young Girl" Miss
Middleton's Lover" "a Forbidden
Marriage" Olives Courtship" and
when His Love Grew Cold F"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
PAIR OF ELOPERS.
84AND IA, SOUGHT
BY OHIO POLICE

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. Is
Police of southern Ohio and north
ern Kentucky have been asked to
search for A. C. Campbell, eighty.
four, who is believed to have eloped
with his fourteen-year- old grand
daughter, Catherine Walling, of
Long Run, Ky.
Campbell is the father OF seven
teen children by two former mar
riages. and according to his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Milly Walling, mother OF
Catherine, fell madly in love with
the little girl and insisted that he
be permitted to marry her"
Father was visiting US and we
noticed he was paying attention to
Catherine Mrs. Walling told po-
lice, but we didn't think anything
Of it until he asked Mr.. Walling to
consent to their marriage"
Walling laughed at him, but when
he found the older man was in earn
est he locked his daughter in her
room. She cOntrived to get away
and the two disappeared.
They were believed to have gone
to Campbell's home in Burlington,
Ohio, but POLICE there say the Camp
bell home is closed IN
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
German Soldiers Are
Called to Prevent
Rioting in Elections

BERLIN, Oct. 26.-Orders placing
the German army in state Of read.
mess and recalling all detached
groups to their garrisons were is
sued Sunday afternoon.
These measures are being taken
TO avoid the possibility Of election
riots, or a subsequent coup d'etat
by some disappointed electoral
group, and are not based on any
specific information pointing to dis
order.
The army will henceforth be used
for policing. being ready to act in
any emergency. So-calIed Spanish
wire entanglements-
are also being constructed in several
places to aid maintenance OF order
during the campaign and election.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF

WASHINGTON.-A general in
crease of production of basic COM
modities, factory employment and
distribution of merchandise in Sep
TENDER and a considerable increase
in borrowing for commercial pur-
poses in September an! early Ccto-
Der is noted IN a federal reserve
board statement.
RENO-Ruins of buried city
have been uncovered by an eXpiora-
James G. Scrugham, the governor
announces in a telegram from Beat
ty, New.
MOSCOW. Soviet government Of
ficially brands as forgery letter pur
ported to have been written by M
Zinovieff, president of executive
committee of Communist interna-
tional, to British Communists and
urging overthrow of government,
against which British foreign office
has protested formally.
Observation-Disclosures Cool
idge praises tendency of charitable
organizations to adopt business
methods in radio address to Fedora
ton of Jewish Philanthropic societies
at New York.
NEW YORK.-Lew Dockstader,
famous minstrel man, dies, aged 6S.
DUBLIN, Ireland.-Eamon de-
Valera is arrested outside hall at
Londonderry, where he planned to
deliver speech.
NEW YORK-After attempting to
int MI TO
from Hong Kong in packing boxes,
one Chinese dies upon arrival in
New York and his six companions
are in critical condition from NAL
nutrition.
NEW YORK.-President elect Cal
les, OF Mexico, returning from
Europe, is welcomed at New York
by representatives of city, state de-
partment, United States army and
Mexican embassy at Washington.
NEW YORK.-Soldiers are rush
ed from Governors Island to fight
forest fires, threatening government
arsenal at Dover, N. j., in which
high explosives are stored.
ELIZABETH, N. J.-One man dies
and four others are being treated for
uClll lulii as CoulI, Plly SANicliIo soy VI
breathing gas in research laboratory
of Standard Oil company here.
WASHIN GTON. Secretary
Hoovers calls conference of police Of
ficials and civic organizations De
cember 1917 to coordinate efforts
to reduce traffic accidents.
WASHINGTON.-In reply to ques.
tionnaire of League of Nationas Non
Partisan association only eleven Re
publican senators commit themselves
to support of partys platform, IA
voring American membership in
world court, while all Democrats
replying favor plan, association an
nounces.
Observation-Disclosures ma
tiOnal COMMITTEE declares in formal
statement that President Coolidge
while vice president in May, 1928,
accepted fee of $3.50 and expenses to
deliver memorial address before
patriotic societies at, Bridgeport
Connecticut.
COLUMBUS, O.-The Reserve Of
ficers' association recommends to
the war department expansion Of the
organized reserve forces to six com
plete field armies supplied with Of
ficers and noncommissioned officers
and auxiliary organizations involv-
ing 1884, 900 men,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
The Weather

FORECAST FOR TUESDAY
Virginia: fair.
North Carolina: Fair and slightly
warmer.
South Carolina: Fair and slightly
warmer; fresh northerly winds di-
minishing.
Georgia: Fair, moderate norther-
ly winds.
Florida: Generally fair: little
change in temperature.
Extreme northwest Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi: Fair.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair.
Louisiana: Fair.
Arkansas. Oklahoma and east
Texas: Fair.
West Texas: Fair.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
''Phony" Investigator
Is Held for Fraud

NEW YORK. Oct. IA man Civ
ing his name as J. T. Clemens, but
who refused to tell police where he
lived, was being held in 81, 500 bail
on a charge of obtaining money un-
der false pretenses from immigrants
on Ellis island.
Clemens, police said. carried cards
reading: investigator, United States
district court 1t was charged he
would obtain sums from % cents to
$25. from immigrants. promising TO
purchase articles for them
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
Injured Ex-Mariine,
Dreading Operation,
Kills Self With Gas

w WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. o5.-
Because he was afraid he would
have to so to the hospital again for
treatment OF an injury to his leg.
Joseph Alton Ward twenty. ey-
marine, son of Mrs. Alvin Ward. of
Cochran, Ga, committed suicide bv
placing an open gas tube in his
mouth Thursday and pulling the
covers over his head.
Wards leg was injured after he
was discharged from the marine
corps. He went to the hospital for
treatment. Wednesday. he confided
10 friend that he was afraid he
would have to return to the bospital
''if he lived"
While in Washington. Ward was
employed by a heating company.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
French Official Sees
Trade Reciprocity
As Key to Peace

LYONS, France, Oct. &c. - Peace
full relations between France and
Germany must be resumed by
fair equilibrium OF reciprocal CON
cessions, Minister of Commerce Rey-
naldy declared in an address before
the congress of foreign trade coun-
clllors here Sunday afternoon.
Mutual consent for the develop
ment of complementary industries
instead of rival ones" will be the
underlying idea in the negotiations
between France and Germany which
begin on November Is, Reynaldy
added.
He explained the impossibility of
making an accord of long duration
at this juncture. since both coun-
tries will probably so through
period of tariff reform.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
Another Oil Painting
OfPope Completed

ROME, Oct. 26.-Another life
size oil painting Of the pope has
been completed, this one being by
the Italo-Argentine painter Palanti
The pope consented to pose one hour
a day during the week for the paint
ing.
The members of the Prague munic.
ipal mission today placed wreaths
on the royal tombs in the Pantheon
and on the tomb of the unknown
soldier.
The delegation is visiting Rome at
the invitation of the municipal cOun-
ell, which paid a similar visit to
T1r.clc L.,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
McAdoo on Way to
His California Home

NEW YORK. Oct. 26.-William G.
McAdoo. aspirant for the Democrat
ic presidential nomination and who
was recently a patient in Balti-
more hospital. was en- route for his
home in California today.
McAdoo left here last night and
was due in Chicago late today. His
stay in that city viii be brief as
he intends TO leave on the first avail
able train for the west coast.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
Premier Mussolini
Urges People S Help
In Restoring Italy

ROME, Oct. 26.-"It behooves ev-
erybody to toll hard for 16 hours a
day if necessary to increase the
power and wealth Of Italy," Pre-
mier Mussolini told his audience at
Busto Arsizio today.
Every day a stone is added to the
edifice of national restoration. One
day it is a harbor; the next some
reclamation work or the construc-
ton of an important highway. We're
now completing all these undertake
ings after a century Of useless talk"
Mussolini pointed out that much
effort is being directed toward over
coming the shortcomings of the
telephone system, which never rank
ed Verv high among other countries
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
Blease Spent Nothing
In Senatorial Campaign

WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.-Cole L.
Blease, Democratic senatorial nomi,
nee in South Carolina, reported to
the secretary of the senate today he
had spent nothing in his campaign
and received no contributions. Viii
liam y. Doak, Republican, Of Nir-
ginia, who is opposing Senator Glass.
reported he had spent nothing ard
received no contributions.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
Letter Urging Rebellion
l. /. Britain E. TAIN is Branded
''Impudent Forgery .

MOSCOW. Oct, 26-M. Ziuocieff
today telegraphed Christian Rakov-
sky, Russian charge in London. de-
nouncing the alleged letter urging
rebellion by the British commun-
LIST ~--<SS, as an ''impudent forgery"
The government tonight is dis
patching q note to Great Britain
demanding satisfaction and an apol-
ogy and proposing arbitration to
establish the persons guilty of the
forgery as Well as the procedure TO
be taken against them.
- die not have any previous un-
Outstanding (prior to the seizure of
peldnl with Chang Tso Lin"
Fens said the fate of TSao Kun
would be decidedly by lawfully
organized national assembly
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-28
Searching for Wife,
Husband Discovers
He Has Killed Her

CHICAGO, Oct 26.-When Allen
Moore, so. a clerk, waited three
hours to see the wife he had killed
less than "a hours before, police ar
rested him on suspicion.
You'll find your wife in the
morgue," he was told.
Yesterday, in a frenzy OF anger.
Moore had slashed her about the
throat and arms. She died a few
hours later.
Il didp't know I killed her" the
grief stricken husband sobbed.
Police believe Moore murdered his
wife while intoxicated.