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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-12
PORCPUPINE OWL NAVIGATES
WITH VOICE LIKE FOGHORN
Often Mistaken For Steamboat Says
Trapper From Alaska.

More concerning the porcupine owl
has been brought here by ], P. CHS
holm, trapper from the upper Koyu-
kuk Valley, Alaska.
Unlike the owls Of temperate
climes," said Mr.. Chisholm, the por-
cupine owl can see only in daylight,
and where he lives the day and the
night are each six months long. 10
overcome his blindness the porcupine
owl has vibrant and resonant voice.
At a distance it sounds like the whis-
tie of boat, and many newcomer
in Alaska has rushed to the river look
ing for a steamer when the boats were
frozen fast for the winter.
The porcupine owl uses his voice
as mariner uses a siren in a fog. He
boots and then listens intently. II
there is an obstruction he gets the
echo. A man or a beast carries an
echo to the ear of the porcupine owl.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-12
ROAD CARVED IN HILL
IS REMARKABLE FEATURE
Extends From Laurel Canyon to Top
Of Lookout Mountain.

Overlooking Los Angeles, Cal, is
one of the worlds most remarkable
mountain roads, extending from Laurel
canyon to the summit OF Lookout
mountain.
While just wide enough for one We
hc1e the road is perfectly safe for au-
tomobiles, as it is built to ascend by
one route and descend by another
The curves, hairpin turns, switchbacks
etc, are numerous, but all built so
scientifically that there is no danger.
The road is carved from the side OF
a hill which is so precipitous that in
one place there are six levels rising
one above the other, all visible from
the same point; in fact, the hill appears
to be terraced with the zig-zag OF
highway.
The surface is OF decomposed granite
and the outside edge has been fenced
with stout timbers,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-12
5OO,OOO,OOO ACRES OF U. S.
PUBLIC LAND UNSURVEYEC
Wealth of Vast Virgin Acreage May
Not Be Touched for Years.

Government surveyors have yet to
focus their instruments on more than
500,000,000 acres of the public domain.
according to a report just issued by
the Interior Department, and the po-
tential wealth of this vast, virgin
acreage may not be broken for several
score OF years.
A total of $40, 462, 900 acres in Alaska
and Isl ,106769 acres in the western
states remain unsurveyed. Because OF
extensive, inaccessible regions in Alas
ka no effort was made to predict
when the surveys would be completed
there 1t was said more than 20
years would be required to survey the
territory in the west.
OF the unstTveyed acreage in the
states 56,026912 are classed as vacant,
unappropriated and unreserved public
lands.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-12
BED OF LAKE NOW
GROWS GRAIN CROP
MODERN ENGINEERING GIVES
FARMERS WATER WHEN AND
WHERE THEY WANT 1T.

The tanning Of Tulare lake almost
has been completed and out in San
Joaquin valley, California, men are
amazed by the farming romance that
has resulted. This year, according to
estimates just made a grain crop
amounting to more than five million
dollars in value will be harvested-a
record for that district
This has been more than an irrlga-
ton problem For years Tulare Lake
has been receding, leaving behind it a
rich alluvial soil in the lake bottom;
but in years of food and freshet the
lake region overleaps all bounds and
puts the whole region under water.
The old lake covered about eighty
square miles in normal years; in
food years it inundated more than l5C
square miles.
Old Bed Used.
Finally, by means Of dredging dyk-
ing and the building Of levees and
canals the lake has been confined tc
its proper area, and full advantage has
Detl taken Ol inc OlN D(d ~ pan
grain crops. Electric pumps bring
the water of the lake, when needed
for irrigating these crops.
The largest of them consists OF
three pumps of 125 horse power each
which will irrigate 1000 acres one foot
deep per hour.
That is how the farmers of San
Joaquin Valley have benefited when
Tulare lake was made to provide wa
ter in just the right quantity, at ex-
actlv the proper time and in precisely
the desired place.
Loading Grain.
When the grain is harvested some
of the most efficient farming methods
of the world are seen in operation. On
the largest ranches no sacks are used
The grain is loaded loose into trucks
and on arrival at the grain elevator II
is unloaded into a pit, with the aid OF
an electric hoist in exactly two min
utes. Electric cOnveyors take II
eventually to big 8,OOO-bushel storage
tanks.
When it is loaded into cars fol-
shipments it is done by air currents
from an electrically driven machine
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-12
SULPHUR is BEST
TO CLEAR UP UGLY,
BROKEN OUT SKIN

Any breaking out or skin irritation
on face, neck or body is overcome
quickest by applying Mentho- Sulphur,
says a noted skin specialist. Because
of its germ destroying properties, moth
ing has ever been found TO take the
place of this sulphur preparation that
instantly brings ease from the itching,
burning and irritation.
Mentho- Sulphur heals eczema right
up, leaving the skin clear and smooth
1t seldom fails to relieve the torment
or Disagreement. A little jar OF
Rowles Mentho-Sulphur may be OBJ
tanned at any drug store. 1t is used
like cold cream.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-12
WOMEN NOTCH RINGS
FOR EACH OF HUSBANDS
Notch Marks Absolute Separation
And Grass Widowhood.

A curious custom is growing up IN
England among women who have
found their marital ties too irksome
and have sought relief through the
divorce courts.
They retain their original wedding
ring says the New York World, but
after the decree is made absolute
they have a jeweler cut deep notch
in the gold or platinum band as an
indication of their grass-widowhood,
Those who have had more than one
husband frankly advertise the fact by
the presence of more than one notch
one for each of the departed expert
ments.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-12
THREE MILLION SICK EVERY
MINUTE IN UNITED STATES

In the country there are on an aver
age 100000 persons i'll all the time,
DR.. Herman n. Bundeson, 2 health
commissioner Of Chicago, declares in
a statement advocating periodical ex-
aminations. Fully AZ per cent of this
illness, he declared, can be prevented.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-12
BIG PARCEL POST
FRAUD is ALLEGED
U. S. LOSES HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS THROUGH LACK
OF RECEIPTS.

NEW YORK-The government has
lost hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
through false claims because until
December 1st, the Post Office Depart
ment did not require signed receipts
for insured parcel post packages, Post
al Inspector F D. Boyle announced
today.
New Jersey Claimant Accused
Boyle's disclosure was made in CON
nection with the arrest OF Morris Vogel
of Bayonne, n J., head of the Lion
Brand Neckwear Company and the Re
nown Jewclry Company, both Of New
York. Boyle charged that Vogel in
two years had collected $4,000 TOR
lost packages and had pending claims
totaling $4,000. The Inspector said
that a check showed that 90 per cent.
OF the packages Nogel claimed never
to have received were delivered to him
Vogel was arranged on federal in
dictments covering 10 separate counts
and was held in $1,000 bail.
According to Boylce, Vogel operated
as NJ Vogel Neckwear Company, Spe-
cialtv Cravat Company and Vogue
Neckwear Company before heading
the other two concerns.
Alleged Methods of Operating.
His method, according to the in
spector. was to ship on consignment
neckwear to retailers all through the
United States. Unsold goods were re
turned by insured parcel post Vogel
was alleged to have filed so many
claims for lost packages that the sus-
picions Of government employees were
aroused.
After Yogel's arrest postal officials
asserted the government had paid
claims running into hundreds of thous-
ands OF dollars. most OF them in this
district. as the garment trade in New
York as well as jewelry concerns did
most of their business on the consign-
ment basis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-12
Parcel Postage $7,213,533 In Year.
MILLIONS OF PENNIES
COLLECTED FOR MISSIONS

Seventeen million pennies were col
lected by the Women's Home Mis-
sionary Society OF the Methodist church
last wear, according to a report is
sued from Chicago. Forty mission
airy conferences each reported receipt
of more than 81, 900 in pennies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-02-12
FEWER FALSE CLAIMS,
IN WASHINGTON is BELIEF

WASHINGTON - Postofice de-
partment officials expressed the belief
TODAY that loss to the government
through fraudulent claims on insured
parcel-post packages was not so eX-
tensive as intimated in the announce
ment of Postal Inspector Boylce at
New York in connection with the ar
rest of Morris Vogel Inauguration OF
the receipt system, it is expected, will
reduce to a minimum the possibility OF
false claims being paid.
Parcel Postage $7,213,533 In Year.
The insurance of parcel-post pack
ages has grown to enormous extent.
During the last fiscal year 14O 545,734
parcels were insured and the fees eX-
elusive of postage amounted to S7,2l3,-
533. Postal officials believe fraudu-
lent claims have been much reduced
through the use OF additional postal in
spectors and methods OF checking.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-10
One More Chance to Buy the
"Fiousehold Pride" Mattress at
s39.85 s. Bo Ssa;'
Let Us Put the Balance On Our Books

The Household Pride" Mattress made
tory We claim it to be good tuess
market We know, because know what inside
nothing but the best Open
downwe charge the balGncyou
y earnings. We your books
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30

vigorous person, hates capitalism and
those who profit by it. Why request
any further information?
Frank Harrington declared that
Delegate Perkovitz was discharged
once for loading aggravated i'm
purities" and again for something
else. 1t was quite difficult to learn
whether Nick had more to fear from
the coal company or from some Of
the union officials. His local union,
the men who worked with him, stood
solidly behind him as did the con-
vention delegates. They were UNI
able to wave the red flag at him,
which probably saved him from walk
ing back to Dqwell.
A report to Secretary Green for
the delegates to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor convention at Port
land, concluded the session. Dele
gate Watt, speaking on the report
showed by the records of the Port
land convention that the A. F. of L.,
lost over million members during
the past year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30

Upon the suggestion Of Senator
Walsh, 1t was decided that physi-
clans who have bean attending Fall
will appear before the committee to-
morrow to give an opinion as to
when Falls health will permit him
to appear.
Oil Dome Twins.
With the attack shifting from for
mer Secretary of the Interior Fall
to Mr.. Coolidge and two members Of
his enthusiastically Of the Navy
DENLY and Attorney General Daugh-
erty-there were indications that the
administration was preparing to
strike back at those critics who are
trying to fasten responsibility on the
Coolidge regime for what happened
in the late President Harding's term.
Mr.. Coolidge will not at present
ask either DENLY or Daugherty to
resign, despite formal demands in
the senate that he dc so, it was stat
ed at the White House, after tho
president had conferred for two
hours with group of senate leaders
he summoned last night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30
Both Daugherty and DENLY
Are Due for the Discard
CONTINUED from Page u

Continued from Page u
made against members Of his inher-
tied cabinet are not yet Sufficient
for serious. consideration"
DeHby's Head Demanded.
One resolution, however, has al
ready been introdced, demanding the
resignation Of Secretary DENLY.
Senator Walsh is scheduled to take
further direct action against DENLY
today.
As consequence, Senator Cara
way, for one, is prepared to turn
the guns directly upon the White
House. Mr.. Coolidge was the. first
vice-president to sit with the cab
met. Senator Walsh has called the
senats's attention to tbs Fall letter
Of June 1922, in which the then sec
rotary mentioned that the oil leases
were discussed at cabinet meetings.
where was Mr.. Coolidge while
the cabinet was discussing the Ie-
gality Of the Teapot Dome lease 2"
Caraway intends to ask.
The investigating committee re-
fused this morning to accept an in
vitation to go to Falls house to
question him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30

this gigantic robbery Of the public
domain by Fall and his friends
smiles quietly as he hears Doheny
protest that the naval reserve lease
was not considered by Doheny's
manager to be worth a nickel.
Doheny testified a month ago that
he ought to clean up $100,000,000 on
the deal.
Doheny's Poor Memory.
Walsh gently asks Dohesy why
he sent 100000 from New York to
Washington in cash, and by his own
son. Doheny cannot remember whe-
Their that was his own idea or Falls.
And about the date Of the loan, with
reference to the date Of negotiating
the lease.
Doheny began by saying that it
was long before the lease, and his
company knew nothing Of the loan,
and hence could not have been in
fiuenced by it, and that there was
positively no relation between the
two things.
Walsh reminds him of Admiral
Robinson's testimony, showing that
the whole scheme for getting rid Of
the naval oil reserves was decided
upon in the council Of the navy de-
partment at about this same time.
Spectators gain a sense of impend-
ing climax when Walsh asks Doheny
whether he has conferred with any
members of the senate committee
since reaching town, and then de-
mands the contents Of a note which
Senator Smoot has handed to Do
heny. The note reads: II want to
see you in my ROOM" Smoot laughs
uneasily.
Suspect Daugherty.
Senators whisper back and forth.
They remember that Walsh has told
the senate that Attorney General
Daugherty is "under suspicion" in
this case, and that Walsh has not
said that Daugherty is the only sus-
pect. They smile when Doheny's
offer to return his oil lease is read
by McNab. The thing is hung on n
proviso that special commission to
be named by the president shall first
find that the lease was improperly
secured In other words, that the
senate shall surrender the inquiry
into the hands of the administration
to which the suspect belongs. Daugh-
erty is to be questioned with regard
to his stopping of federal suits in
volving title to oil lands now held
by Doheny.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30

he is "just an improvident, ir-
responsible, old-time prospec-
tor of generous impulses and
ready to lend a hundred thou
sand or a million of his ready
money to an old-time friend
like Fall. He chokes back a
sob when he speaks of Falls
hard financial luck latter he
has tried all his life, like my
self, to acquire money"
Committee Room Hounded-
Senators and congressman
and scores Of newspaper cor
respondents crowd the commit
tee room, listening for every
word. Gavin McNab, lawyer
to Doheny and "Iron Boss" of Demo-
cratic politics in California, sits be-
side him, hands trembling, waiting
to put in helpful word as to secret
conferences in New Orleans with
Fall, and as to proposals. made in
New Orleans that Dohehy talk
things over with Sinclairs lawyer,
Zevely. Senator LaFollette, whose
resolution led TO the unmasking of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30
MINER MILITANTS
ARE OR CANNED
FOR FIRST Time
Foster Talks About the
Big Convention
(continued from Paae u

Continued from Page -
movement in the end, regard
less of minor victories the ma
chine may win thru its payroll
vote.
"The Indianapolis admins
tration," continued the secre-
tary of the Trade Union Educa-
tional League, Stands before
the labor movement at this conven.
ton utterly bankrupt of all plans
for the salvation of the union in the
present desperate crisis. The only
plans for the strengthening Of the
union thru organization of the STRAIT
egic open shop fields and closer CO.
operation with the rest Of the labor
movement came from the left wing
opposition.
Middle Of the road progressives
are strewn by the wayside," declared
Foster. "Only the left wing is lined
up in opposition to the reactionary
administration.
S. P. Opposition Shattered.
''The left wing opposition is drawn
from the rank-and-file delegates. All
the Office holders who might otherwise
be sympathetic have been whipped
into line by the machine. But the
left wingers have the machine so
worried that they are the one sub
ject Of discussion"
Foster traced the old Socialist
Party opposition within the union
and its lack Of a definite program
and he pointed out how this Socialist
Party opposition had been shattered
by the process Of driving out the
sincere ones and absorbing the
others into the machine.
Big Sentiment for Howat.
II was much impressed with the
sentiment for Howat. There are SO
many delegates lined up for him that
he may conquer his way back into
the union in spite of John L. Lewis.
Lewis is not so strongly en-
trenched as some radicals think. An
organized progressive movement can
clean out the international union and
put thru its own policies. That is
the big thing about this convention.
The progressives are organized and
they are on their way to victory.
It may take time, but they have
taken the initial steps necessary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30
Hold Inquest Today.

JOHNSTON CITY, Ill.-The cor.
oner's inquest this morning into
the causes Of the deaths Of the min
ers who lost their lives in the ter
rife gas explosion in the east mine
of the Crerer-Clnch Coal company
is eagerly awaited by the popuIa-
ton of Williamson county.
Witnesses will be called to tell
of gas conditions immediately pre-
ceding the disaster. It is charged
by miners that mining laws have
been ignored by the company in
the past.
Men who escaped uninjured will
appear in person at the inquest and
dispositions will be taken from sur
vivors who are confined to their hos
pital cots by burns and the effect
Of the gas fumes.
Rescuers are still penetrating the
shattered workings of the 280-foot
level in the hope of recovering the
bodies Of six men still said to be
missing.
Johnston City is wrapped in
gloom over the awful disaster. Near
~ every family is connected by ties
Of friendship, if not of blood, with
the victims of the catastrophe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30
D. BODIES
OF DEAD MINERS;
PROBE DEMANDED
Rescuers Fight Way
Thru Gas and Water


SHANKTOWN. Pa.--GrOpinr thru
gas filled corridors with the water
sloshing about the boots, rescuers
are dragging out one by one the bod
les Of the victims Of the blast ex-
plosion that took more than forty
lives in the Barnes and Tucker Cesl
company.
Thirty-six bodies have already
been brought to the surface and
stretched out in an emergency
morgue at Star Ford, near here. Re-
covery Of the bodies has been delayed
by the almost insurmountable diffi-
culties in which they are working.
Four May Be Buried Alive.
Possibility that four other men
are still entombed and alive is arous-
ing the rescuers to the most deter
mined efforts, tho they are exhaus-
ted by IL hours of exhausting toll.
broken by meager periods Of rest.
Officials of the United Mine Work
ers, District No. 2, are demanding
a probe of the disaster that will UNI
earth all the facts of the gas condi-
tons that snuffed out the lives Of
their 40 fellow workers. State mine
inspectors are expected to start their
inquiry today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30
Washington's Greatest Sensation
By LAURENCE TODD.
Federated Press Staff Correspondent

oan Of 900 Secretary of the Interior Fall
in cash and sent to Washington satche carried
Dohenys at time between the planning of the disposal
of the naval oil lands and the making of the lease of the two
California naval to his the first Of the
characters the Teapot Dome scandal Senator
Wahs committee after the Mclean and Roosevelt disclosures
Doheny is former mining prospectorweak and fabby of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30

UKIAH, Cal.--The jury in the
criminal syndicalism trial Of Oscar
Erickson Is deadlocked. The jury
will probably be dismissed before
long and a new trial ordered. No
charge except membership in the /.
w. w. was made against Erickson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30
LENIN ABOUT MAC DONALD

"You cannot stop a revolution.
altho Ramsay Macdonald will try to
at the last minute. Strikes and So
viets. If these two habits once get
hold, nothing will keep the workers
from them. And Soviets, once start
ed, must sooner or later come to SUI
preme power"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30
West frankfort Miner KilIed.

WEST FRANKFORT, Ill.-vernon
Burton, 80, died in hospital here,
a few hours after he was caught
under a fall of coal in mine Eighteen
of the Industrial Coal company. He
had a wife and one child.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30

LONDON. - Actors organized as
the Joint Protection Committee of
the Entertainment Industry, fami-
liarly called the Actors Association,
won a victory in Justice Russelps
court, when the judge upheld the
right to induce theaters to break
contracts with the plaintiff, the pro-
Queer Of revue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30
Should Be Success

To THE DAILY WORKER: I think
that THE DAILY WORKER is full
of pep and it published the real stuff
not the junk the capitalist papers
print. There is no reason in the
world why Il should not make great
ess.-Benjamin C. Chass, Pitts
burgh, Pa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30

CONSTANTINOPLE = Without a
dissenting vote, the Turkish assembly
abandoned the nations prohibition
experiment, adopting Ismet Pashs's
scheme for restoring state monopoly
Of liqus
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30

SAN FRANCISCO.-The fate Of
the minimum wage for women in
California may depend on case
now before the supreme court, in
volving the Golden Gate Canneries
Co. Of this city. The first victory
Of the controversy lies with the can
merry, in a recent decision by Attor-
ney General Webb Of this state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-30

When asked q question involving
the human side of the coal miners
work, Chairman Mossop appeared
quite confused. He never thought
Of Perkovitz Is human being. To
Mossop the militant coal miner was
an animated attachment which was a
necessary adjunct to the handle of
pick or something to hang a lamp
on, so that enough energy could be
brought to bear on the pick to pro-
duce coal, not to provide Perkovitz
with food clothing and shelter but
simply to fulfil the terms Of the con-
tract. Any other aspect Of the case
left Mossop as i'll at ease as seal
on dry land.
Delegate Hindmarsh astounded
him by asking II tho credentials COM
mittee solicited any information out
side of that provided by the defeated
candidate for convention honors
from the Dowell local. Mossop
seemed to think this was insulting,
positively so. What had informa-
ton TO do with the case any how7
It was enough that Perkovitz is .
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-06-26
WARREN OHIO |
A MUNKAS BETEGSEGELYZ0
SZEGFU-BALJA.

Warren magyarsaga teljes szam
ban keszul0dik Munkas Beteg-
segelyz6 Szervezet warreni fiok-
ia altal most szombaton, junius
28-an este 6 6rakor Roman Hall
ban kezdod6 nagyszabasu Szegfii-
Balra. A bal sikere biztositva van,
Warrenben regen mem volt tame
mulatsag ICY mindenki alig var
ia az alkalmat, hogy ismet alapo-
san kitancolhassa magat. ~
Muzsikalni Rigo J6ska hirneves
zenekara fog, balon resztvev5
holgyek mindegyike egy gyonyoru
szal szegfut kap maid ajandekba.
A mulatsag este 6 6rakor veszi
kezdetet mindenki altal ismert
Roman Hallban, mely Warrenben,
a Walnut St.-en van. AIT monda-
nunk sem kell, hogy pompas etc
lekrol frissit6kr6l gondoskodva
lesz. Legyen .kott mindenki ezel
a balon - mindenki szivesen Ia
tott vendeg lesz.