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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-23

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-23

The best ball Of Chester Allen and
George A. Yule, playing as team, de-
feated Champion Harry Vardon at the
Country club yesterday afternoon
This is the second time that Vardon
has been defeated by purely amateur
team.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-23

Commodore James Biddle was a mid
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
WHITE HOUSE VISIT
FIRST TRIP "OUTSIDE"
MRS. LAMIRA GOODHUE THE
GUEST OF HER DAUGHTER
IN WASHINGTON CITY.

On her first trip away from her be
loved New England. Mrs. Lamira
Goodhue, mother OF Mrs. Calvin Cool
idge, is guest of honor in the white
house at Washington. Mrs. Goodhue
arrived in the capital to visit President
and Mrs. Coolidge late in February
and will remain until late in April. A
number of quiet social affairs are be-
ing given in her honor.
Mrs. Goodhue is a widow. Until a
few years ago she lived in the same
house which was the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Coolidge until Mr.. Coolidge be-
came president OF the United States,
in 1928 The house is double and Mr..
and Mrs. Coolidge occupide one side
for more than half OF their married
life.
Mrs. Goodhue, born in New Hamp-
shire. never has been out of New
England before. 1t required great
deal of persuading on the part OF Mrs.
Coolidge before her mother. who is
past 20 years old, made up her mind
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
EPIDEMIC OF FLU
AFFECTS THE SOUTH
GEORGIA AMONG STATES IN
WHICH LARGE NUMBER OF
CASES ARE REPORTED.

Only one section of the United
States now is suffering from influenza,
an epidemic which terrorized the
whole country few years ago. Infiu-
enza has attacked the south within the
last few weeks, centering in Texas,
Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia. In
Texas 887 cases were reported in a
week; in Alabama, 610 cases; Oklaho-
ma. 582; Arkansas 293, Georgia 242.
In certain sections of Texas an aver
age of three deaths day has been re-
ported, and more than ten per cent of
the school children are absent from
their classes.
Louisiana, with SO cases in week,
is on the fringe of the epidemic.
The United States Public Health
Service is at a loss to explain why the
south should suffer at this time. 1t
does not anticipate spread of the cpl
demic to other states.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
FAMOUS EX-PRISONER
is CLAIMED BY DEATH
DR.. w. ]. M'NAUGHTON LIVED
LONG IN SHADOW OF GAL
LOWS. WAS PAROLED.

DR. w. ]. McNaughton, one-time
Georgia's most famous prisoner, the
center of an amazing triangle story
known throughout the nation, died
Thursday morning at Grady hospital
in Atlanta.
Dr. McNaughton was released three
years ago from the State Prison Farm,
where he had been sent to serve life
term for the murder OF Fred Flanders,
of Swainsboro.
For years before that DR.. McNaugh-
ton lived in the shadow of the gal
lows He had been sentenced to death,
and through the administrations Of
three governors had lived under their
display Of clemency, one respite after
another keeping him from his death
while his case was pursued in courts
OF appeal Finally Governor Slaton
committed the sentence.
Dr. McNaugkton was convicted as
poisoner OF Fred Flanders, in whose
home he lived Mrs. Flanders was in
dicted in the same connection, and
at the physicians trial story Of love
relations was unfolded Mrs. Flanders
was never brought to trial, but DR..
McNaughton was condemned to die.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
TIME CLOCK "kICK"
IN LATEST DRINK
HARMLESS WHEN SHIPPED,
FRUIT JUICE BECOMES IN
TOXICATING LATER ON.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Fruit juice, a
drink OF harmless effect when manu-
featured but having in it a potential
kick" which increases with age, is
the newest form of beverage to worry
prohibition officers.
A ten gallon key of fruit juice was
recently confscated by local officers
at store in the outskirts of the city.
1t had been shipped to local man
who, according to printed Instructions
on the keg, was supposed to call there
for it. When analysed the liquid con-
tanned more than six per cent of alco
hol, the officers stated.
The form of fruit juice, the officers
stated, is Notwithstanding when man
ufactured and shipped to the consul
mer. By some chemical change it la
ter becomes Intoxicating so that with
in few weeks it has a kick" quite
as satisfying as that found in the aver
age wine. According to information
reaching the Atlanta officers statesmen
from the factory in another state take
orders direct from the consumers, ex-
planning to them the peculiar nature
of the drink. The drink is not sold in
small quantities to the retail trade so
far as known
Local officers say that warrants
will be procured for persons who con-
tribute to the alleged violation of the
law through their connec-
ton with the fruit juice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
OWED BENEATH
WHEELS OF TRAIN
RAILWAY CLERK THREW HIM
SELF ON RAILROAD TRACK
IN FRONT OF ENGINE.

Eugene Hightower, aged SIS and for
thirty-fve years a railway mail clerk
running between Smithville, Ga, and
Florala, Ala, on the Central OF Geor-
gia railway, committed suicide Friday
morning at Albany by throwing him
self between the wheels Of a locomo-
tive of freight train.
He had roomed for many years in
the Y. M. c. A. building there, and
came originally from Blake1y. The
cause of his suicide is unknown. He
was in the postofice at Albany hall
an hour prior to the tragedy and moth
ing in his demeanor indicated despond-
ency, clerks at the office said.
1t is understood that he left a small
fortune in money and negotiable Sc
curities, which he had accumulated out
of his savings.
1t is reported that just before he
committed the act Hightower mailed
a large registered package addressed
to his niece in Atlanta.
Friends of the dead man say he was
to have been married next week to a
young woman iii Alabama
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
STRAHAN DECLINES
ROAD BOARD PLACE
BENNETT AND RSON
MEET AND ELECT FORMER
VICE CHAIRMAN.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Governor Walk
err announced Saturday that DR. Chas.
NJ. Strahan, of Athens, had declined
the appointment rendered by him as
chairman of the State Highway Com
mission. An effort will be made to in
duce him to reconsider.
S. S. Bennett and w T. Anderson,
members of the highway commission,
met at East Point Saturday and elect
ed Mr.. Bennett vice chairman of the
board with authority to act as head OF
the department in the transaction OF
business.
There have been no other develop
ments since the governors order de-
posing Chairman Holder
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
RECENT INAUGURAL
USHERED IN ERA OF
GOVERNMENT QUIET
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE COM
MITTED TO NO EXTENSIVE
OR REVOLUTIONARY PLAN.
SIT ON LID is CHIEF PROMISE

Nine Months Rest From Legislation
Is Looked For. Domestic Policy of
Reduction in Taxes Will Be Car
ried Still Further.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The in
auguration of President Coolidge ush-
cred in an era of governmental quiet
and OF legislative rest.
By all signs the legislative furry
has ended, not to be resumed until
December
The nine-month recess of congress-
enjoyed in 1928 for the first time in
10 years, is scheduled to recur this
year following adjournment and death
of the Sixty-eighth congress.
No Big Changes Promised.
Mr.. Coolidge takes office committed
to no revolutionary program or extern
sive modification of governmental pol
icies requiring immediate executive
and legislative attention. The circum
stances under which he is inaugural
ed are vastly different from those
which witnessed the Inauguration of
his predecessors of recent years.
Warren G. Harding was inaugural
ed four years ago with the task be-
fore him Of completing the peace, dis
mantling the war machine and carry
ing forward the labors OF reconstruc-
ton.
Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated
eight years ago with the declaration
of war by the United States against
Germany impending.
Wilson, when first inaugurated, was
pledged to an extensive program OF
domestic political reform and revision
of policies.
Retains Harding Cabinet.
Three new members of the cabinet
come on the scene. They are Frank
B. Kellogg, secretary of state; Charles
B. Warren, attorney general, and VIII
liam NJ. Jardine, secretary of agricul-
ture. Of the three, Secretary Kellogg
is the best known and Secretary Jar
dine the least known to the public.
Mr.. Coolidge starts his administration
with six of the original Harding cab
met and four members selected by
himself, the other member added since
the Coolidge administration began be-
ing Curtis D. Wilbur, secretary OF the
navy.
The Sixty-eighth congress ended
session marked principally by enact
ment of appropriations and life which
has had few unexciting moments.
Now upon Washington, according
to all signs and portents, will descend
the great silence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
ANDREW COLLEGE
is GIVEN 100000
FORMER GOVERNOR Conner,
OF ALABAMA, ADDS TO EN-
DOWMENT OF SCHOOL.

President F. G. Branch has just an
nounced that he has received S9,OOo
as a gift from Ex-Governor b. b. Co
mer, of Alabama, to be added to the
endowment fund of Andrew Female
college at Cuthbert Mr.. Conner pre-.
sented this $4,000 as memorial OF
his wife, Mrs. Eva Harris Conner who
was a graduate of Andrew college.
Mrs. Conner was sister OF Mrs.
Dora L. Mcdonald, of Cuthbert, who
has presented to the college through
the wears as much as $4,000;
The gift was made few days ago
when Mr.. Branch was attending an
educational meeting at Memphis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
HUGE PROFITS PUT
BOOZE SMUGGL Frs IN
MILLIONAIRE CLASS
MANY HAVE BECOME RICH
DURING FIVE YEARS OF FED
ERAL PROHIBITION.
UNCLE SAM HAS A BIG JOB

&ONNA 1AAkSS~S ~ i3SOOyoNS AAA
Fines and 1881 Years in Sentences,
And Jams Warehouses With Con-
hscated Liquor. Peak in 1924.
The organized rum running bust
ness has reached the bilion-dolar
class. Profits accruing to rum runners
during the last FIVE years exceed ST.
000000,000, with last years business
alone netting foreign rum dealers and
American ship owners S300,000,000
profits. These are statements from
various official sources in Washington.
Reached Peak Last Year.
Officials assert that the rum running
business reached the peak in 1924,
when 10000 cases of liquor was seiz-
ed by coast guards. In addition, it is
said that during this year liquor worth
million dollars was destroyed by
rum runners to avoid arrest
About $50 vessels, many OF them
large ships, are taking part in the rum
running business, according to the de-
partment OF justice records. These
ships have an average capacity of 1000
cases and make from three to FIVE
trips year, bringing to the shores Of
the United States between 100000
and 100000 cases of liquor a year.
While the rum runners have been
busy the government, too, has kept
on the job. Records of Roy Haynes,
prohibition commissioner, show that
during the last five years since the en-
actment of the federal prohibition law
$24,500,000 in fines and penalties have
been imposed, and 15,350,000 actually
collected
Since June 80, 1921, 1921 years in
Jail and prison sentences have been
imposed
More than $lOOO,OOO in fines and
800 years in Jail sentences have been
imposed as sentences in conspiracy
cases since July |, 1925, according to
the commissioner.
Storage a Problem.
The problem of storing confscated
liquor has reached stage that war
rants it being placed next to prohibit
ton law enforcement itself, treasury
officials declare Designated govern
ment warehouses are full, and several
others are under lease, but there is
not room for the constant inpouring
of seized stocks.
Department of justice officials have
taken steps to relieve the situation
through speeding up disposition OF
liquor held awaiting trial of alleged
owners. All United States attorneys
have been advised to speed up action
in liquor cases.
Still Business Booms.
But out on rum row business still
booms. Liquor is sold "over the side"
for $40 case, So more than it brings
in Europe. That yields an average
gross profit of $4,000 a cargo. Opera
tors between rum row and the shore
get $40 a case for safe delivery and
assume the big risks of the business.
Among these men most of the arrests
have been made Then the liquor goes
into the hands 4of the retailer, the
bootlegger His profits, too, are enor-
NOUS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
WORK ON WORLDS GREATEST MEMORIAL IN LIVING STONE
IS HALTED AS THE CONTROVERSY RACES ABOUT BORGLUN

Borglum, charged with neglecting
his work and with destroying work
ing plans and models of the memo
rial, was arrested, and suit for $780,
600 damages is pending.
Criminal proceedings were later
abandoned, as to bring Borglum to
Georgia would but further prolong
the controversy, and would hamper
the association in its efforts to pro-
coed at once with the work, as has
been indicated by its public utterances.
Officials of the memorial association
have appealed to the government to
select sculptor to take the place OF
Borglum and continue work Borglum
has been discharged but the sponsors
of the memorial are determined that it
shall be completed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
Woman Fooled Two Men Until One
Was Charged With Bigany and
Investigation Was Made.

How a wife kept her two husbands
in the same home has been told in
court at Washington, Pa.
The woman, Mrs. James Living
stone, already had one husband when
she decided to become the wife of
Frank Scruggs, according to the story.
Posing as N IS Pearl Haines she was
married to Scruggs.
The woman took her second hus-
band to her home, telling her first hus-
band that he was merely boarder.
AT the same time she told Scruggs
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
Ghost Visits House During Night
and Scrubs Floors and Bakes Biscuit

about the house, the family say.
That was enough. The Kubis family
moved out. Now their little home
stands empty. Even the bravest do not
go in during the day, much. less at
night.
Neighbors of the family declare the
ghost is the spirit of Mrs. Axel Pick
man, who farmerly lived in the home.
Before she died she declared she
would return to her home in spirit,
the neighbors said and keep things
tidy. The Kubis family does not
know who the ghost may be, but Mr.
and Mrs. Kubis are looking for some
one who will go into the house and
see if he can identity the spirit.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
CHAIRMAN HOLDER
HOLDS TO HIS JOB;
CONTROVERSY RACES
ROW IN STATE HIGHWAY. DE-
PARTMENT SEEMS TO BE FAR
FROM A SETTLEMENT.
MANY CHARGES AND DENIALS
Governor Gusts Chairman on Alleged
"Ineficiency and Lack of Public
Confidence" A Foul Conspiracy"
Says Holder in Statement.

'Inefficiency and Lack of Public
Confidence" A Foul Conspiracy,
Says Holder in Statement.
ATLANTA, Ga-John N. Holder
continues to occupy the Office of chair
man of the. State Highway Board
despite the revocation of his COM
mission by Governor Clifford Walk
er because his handling of the de-
partmentS business did not bring
about the greatest efficiency nor ere
ate public confidence"
Frame Up" Says Holder.
Chairman Holder issued statement
characterizing his removal as "a foul
conspiracy" Matched behind closed
doors" and promising to fight the
governors act in the courts ito the
limit"
"Never in the history of Georgia."
said Mr. Holder, has there been or
ganized and planned against any man
fouler conspiracy than has just been
consummated against me. Behind clos
ed doors, in the Office of the governor
of this state, Mr.. w. R. Neel his kins-
man; Governor Walker and Mr.. w.
T. Anderson deliberately decided to
assassinate my character, through the
medium OF an unethical private audi
tor, Mr.. c. B. Dawson, who lives in
the same house with Mr.. w. r. Neel.
Dismissal Followed Audit.
The governors order revoking
Chairman Holders commission was
the aftermath of report of c. R.
Dawson, auditor, on alleged irregular
tiles of Holder. This report charges
that Holder on eight occasions author
lied advances to himself from high
way department funds, all of which
were repaid; that he altered the min
utes of the board, and played politics
in making appointments to Offices
While Mr. Holder refuses to vacate
and is still occupying the office OF the
highway department. in the state cap
itol the other two members of the
commission, S. S. Bennett and w. T.
Anderson, are holding meetings at the
departments plant at East Point.
Employs Counsel.
Mr. Holder has employed Sam
Olive, former president of the state
senate, to represent him in the con-
troversy. Il intend to fight this thing
as long as / can fight, and go to the
court OF final resort to yindicate my
name and the name OF my wife and
children"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
Real Tragedy Scandal Group Now National Shrine
Thousands of Persons Have Visited Site of the Great Memorial

tons of granite from the mountain.
Then one day Borglum charged that
the project had dwindled to mere
shell, that finances were low, aud that
all the south was losing interest in the
project.
The charges caused storm. Guards
were placed at the mountain to halt
the work. charges were made against
Borglum and his assistant; arrests
were ordered. Governors of seven
states appealed to the people not to
lose heart but to keep on fighting for
the project.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
Poison Found in Brain Of
Beauty Doctors Victim
HOLLYWOOD Victim Underwent Two
Face-Peeling Operations.

Detectives inquiring into the
the death of Mrs. Jessie Gilchrist
during a "face-peeling' operation
in Hollywood investigated report
that Mrs. Gilchrist underwent an
other face-modeling operation last
Tune at the hands of Gertrude
Steele, a beauty doctor" who
fled to Germany when she was &C
cused of manslaughter.
1t was believed possible that
Mrs. Gilchrist's death was caused
indirectly by the first operation, as
we'll as by the operation under
which she died. Analysis OF the
brain showed traces of pherol pois-
oning, and the theory was that
the operation in June may have
left her susceptible to the effects
of solution commonly used in
face peeling,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
Family Moves Out, and NeighDors
Say Spirit of Former Tenant has
Returned to Keep Things Tidy.

A ghost which scrubs floors and
bakes dainty biscuits is exciting all IL the
Rice Lake district OF Wisconsin, The
ghost has been at work in the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Kubis, and the
whole neighborhood vouches for the
stories told about the strange VisitoI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kubis say the ghost
visited their home at night, scrubpihg
the floors and baking biscuits. One
night. however, the ghost climbed IN
TO bed with two children in the kubis
family and later followed Mrs. kubis
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17

heroic group on the solid rock sides
of the mountain.
Two years ago began the work OF
carving the Confederate group on the
side Of Stone Mountain. The work
as to require many years and many
millions OF dollars. Gutzon Borglum
was appointed the sculptor
In these last two years Stone Noun
tain has become a southern shrine.
Tens of thousands of persons attended
the unwilling of the figure OF Gen.
Lee. Not only from the south, how
ever. did the visitors come, but also
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17

Behind the controversy which is
raging about Gutzon Borglum, the
noted sculptor, lies a tragedy-the
hating of work on the greatest memo
rial in living stone that ever has been
s de :, Stone v1d ssnn 4ai.a s's
Ga, where Borgluni lFl eeks ago
was busily at work on tfiS Sc
moral to the Confederacy's losr
Part of Work Completed.
The giant bust of Gen Robert E.
Lee and the partly completed figure
of Gen. Andrew Jackson look down
in silence on a field which once was
busting with activity but which is
now quiet. In dim outline around
them may be seen the rest of the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17

the memorial association sponsoring
every part of the Unit3d States was
represented.
In size the memoriaH was planned
as the greatest in the world. The open
ing in the ear of Gen. gee's horse is
seven feet wide; the heap of the horse
is as wide as a fve-stofy building is
high. The rest of the hgures, to be
set in stone frame Rbout 220x110
feet, are in proportion.
When the controversy over Bor-
glum broke out drlllersR reported that
in two years they had removed BIS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
USED CHURCH BELLS TO
WARN THE BOOTLEGGERS
Gave Them Time to Hide Their Stock
And Disappear From Scene.

CAMBRIDGE, Ga.-Church bells
can be used for other purposes than
calling saints to worship, it developed
in city court here yesterday, when
negro woman plead guilty to the
charge Of selling whisky from her
house and explained the meaning of
the ringing Of church bell every
time officers appeared in the vicinity.
Negro children OF the neighbor-
hood, she said, were instructed to run
up into the belfry and tap the bell
every time they saw a policeman or
the sheriff's men coming.
The sound of the bell she said,
gave bootleggers time to hide their
stocks and disappear.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
Fifty-Four Nations Share
Expense of Keeping a Dog
Set Aside Sum Each Year to Keep
Animal at Leagues Home.

Animal at Leagues Home.
Bristol is a dog. He may not
be the most valuable animal in
the world, but he has the greatest
number of masters. Furthermore,
81 different nations contribute di-
rectly to his support.
Bristol is a St Bernard-the
property of the League of Nations,
at Geneva, Switzerland. When the
league purchased the old Hotel
National, in Geneva, as its home
Bristol refused to desert.
The dog soon made friends with
many of the diplomats who attend
the league meetings and became
subject of official discussion in
league session. 1t was decided that
Bristol should stay So now the
league appropriations carry each
year a sum for the support OF
Bristol.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
Kept Tue Husbands In Same Home;
Each Thought the Other Boarder

that her first husband was only a
boarder in the home The men were
employed on different shifts at mill
so they were not aware of the trick.
Then Scruggs was arrested on a
charge OF bigamy. In court he told
how he was the husband of the wo-
man. Livingstone, also in court, was
pointed out as the boarder Then Liv-
ingstone declared he was the husband,
and Scruggs the boarder. An investi-
CATION was made and then both men
discovered that they had been tricked
Poland is raising funds for ma
tional memorial to Mime. Curie, in the
form of radium institute in Warsaw
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17
ONDON'S BIG BEN IS
HEARD 1873 MILES OFF
rlton in Borneo Listens to Chimes
Through Radio Station.

Big Ben, London's most famous
Pek on the house OF parliament, has
|ade what is called world record in
L radio, its chimes having been
Eard in British North Borneo, S,525
|les away.
Big Ben stopped ticking recently
1ause its machinery had become
Issed with SCOT and rust and work
labored for several days, taking
81 pounds OF dirt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-03-17

LaPahese peers can carry a cane IN
imperial Palace only when they
vi the age of 80 years.