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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-28
WOMAN CROOK WANTED
FOR GIVING BAD CHECKS
DEPOSITED SMALL SUM IN
DAWSON BANK; WORKED"
AMERICUS AND ALBANY.
GAVE NAME OF MRS. WARREN
Was Rather Flashily Dressed, and
Disappeared as Mysteriously as She
Came. Thought to Be Member Of
A Band of Crooks.

Came. Thought to Be Member OF
A Band of Crooks.
Merchants of Americas and Albany
have in their possession a number of
worthless checks on a Dawson bank
they obligingly took from a strange
woman in payment for purchases and
cash advances. The "lady crook"
worked fast and successfully, and now
is in parts unknown.
Several days ago a somewhat hashi-
ly dressed woman IS or 40 years of
age appeared at the Bank of Dawson
and made a deposit of a small sum,
about $40 it is said, in the name of
Mrs. H. A. Warren, saying that she
lived near Sasser. She was unk nown
to the bank officials.
Then Got Busy.
Nothing more was heard OF her I'm
til checks endorsed by Americas mer-
chants began coming in several days
later. The deposit was soon exhausted
and unpaid checks were returned to
their endorsers, which led to an in
vestigation and the discovery that the
woman was a check sharp and had vic
timized a number of storekeepers.
From one merchant in Americas she
purchased goods to the amount of 81,
taking $40 in cash; from another SO or
So and taking SIS in cash and so on.
The total amount of her checks at
Americas ran beyond $500 The goods
purchased were estimated at about
SIS, thus netting the woman some
thing like SIS in cash-plus the goods
which she secured
From Americas she swooped down
on unsuspecting merchants in Albany,
and in two hours had disposed Of
worthless checks amounting TO $3.50.
So impressed was one of the Albany
merchants with the stately bearing
and unoffensive attitude of the woman
that he cashed a SIS check for her
without asking any questions or de-
handing references. Not until he had
called the cashier of the Dawson bank
was he aware of the fact he had been
clipped.
Many Tales Are Afoat.
! Many varied and far-fetched tales
| of how the lady crook" made her
exit from the towns III which she
operated so successfully have been
waited on the wings of rumor, A por-
ter in the Bank of Dawson stated that
he saw the woman leave here in a
sporty" gray roadster, accompanied
by a man, and one of the Albany vic
TINS saws she left that city in Hud-
son super six touring car. The suppo-
sition is that the woman, is not work
ing alone, but is the tool in the
hands of a band of "sharpers." 1t is
believed that the two machines, oper-
ated by men, arrive in a town in adj
vance of the woman and are ready to
hustle her away as soon as her work
is completed.
Has 81 in Bank.
1t is understood that 81 remains in
the Bank of Dawson to the credit OF
l"H. A. Warren" The money will no
doubt remain in the bank for some
time. as the checks given by the wo-
man are all over the 81 mark.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-28
Worthless Intentions Cost People
OfU S. Many Millions Each Year

prey upon the public. The second are
inventors whose knowledge of scien-
tific principles is so meager that their
ideas are worthless.
Both. classes of inventors, though.
solicit the aid of the people in market
ing their Inventions Most of the de-
vices fail, and then the people lose
their money The inventor usually is
impoverished, or if he is crooked he
probably has disappeared, so there IS
no hope of recovering a loss.
The government has begun cam
paign to educate the people to the fact
that it tests all inventions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-28
HAIL STORM KILLS
CROPS AND HORSES
MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE IN
SCREVEN COUNTY. FARM
Frs MUST PLANT AGAIN.

SYLVANIA, Ga.-One of the most
disastrous hailstorms ever seen here
visited the eastern portion OF this
county about II o'clock at night. 1t
came in the midst of a severe wind
storm that blew down many trees and
outhouses.
Nobody was hurt, though several
horses were killed The hailstorm last
ed about half an hour, and over a
wide section destroyed the young cot
ton and corn.
In a number of places the panes in
the windows were smashed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-28
Government Begins Campaign to De-
feat Crooks Pure and Simple ana
Ignorant Inventors.

Bogus and worthless inventions are
costing the people of the United States
millions of dollars every year. Ihous-
ands Of investors are fooled by the in
ventors of these valueless devices, SO
the government has begun campaign
TO protect the people.
If is explained that there are Two
classes of inventors, both OF them
highly costly to the public; The hrst
are crooks pure and simple, out to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-28
Rains Fall and Villages Are
Destroyed as Deep Rivers Form
In Barren Sands.

Changing ocean currents have trans
formed desert regions in northern
Peru and Ecuador into dense jungles,
with deep rivers where formerly there
were only stretches OF arid sand. Tor
rental rain storms have been caused
nv the warming currents, too, and
whole villages are reported to have
been destroyed in floods.
The cause OF the change in the ocean
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-28
Henry Ford Buys Georgia
Land for Winter Home

More than 1000 acres Of land on
the banks Of the Ogeechee river, near
Savannah. Ga, have been purchased
by Henry Ford, motor car magnate,
Tor consideration said to be approx
mately $4,000. 1t is believed that
Ford plans to erect winter home on
the land
Evening star., 1925-03-19
'Da,oes Viii Open
Fight for Changes
In Rules April 81
First Speech to Nation
WM Be at Meeting of
Associated Press.

Vice President Dawes plans to car
ry to the country his fight to bring
about a change in the rules of the
Senate to make II possible for ma
jority of that body at all times to
transact business. The issue was
made in his inaugural address.
His first address on the subject
will be delivered at the annual lunch
con of the Associated Press at New
York on April 81. Beyond that he
has made no definite engagements,
but he expects to speak in Ohio and
Indiana.
After his inaugural address, which
astonished and aroused the Senate,
the Vice President told a delegation
from Marietta, Ohio, which called on
him at his hotel, that the matter of
the amendment to the rules was one
that would have to be taken TO the
country over the heads of Senators
unless the Senate acted.
Senators Underwood of Alabama
and Copeland of New York, Demo
Gratis, subsequently introduced reso-
lutions for a change of the rules, but
the Senate took no action further
than to refer them to the rules COM
mittee.
Senator Underwood's proposal would
pave the way for cloture under GER
tain conditions, while that of Senator
Copeland would require objection by
three Senators instead of one to block
consideration of g. measure under
unanimous consent.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
DAUGHERTY LAUDED
AT RICHARD TRIAL
u. S. Prosecutor, in Address
to Jury, Raps "Unwarrant-
ed Reflection"
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N J.. March 19.-Arthur
N. Sager, special prosecutor for the
Government in the indictment and
trial of George l. (Tex) Rickard and
five others for conspiracy to violate
the law in exhibiting the Dempsey
Carpenter fight film, devoted a part
of his address to the jury at the
close of the trial today to defense
of former Attorney General Harry
NJ. Daugherty in particular and Gov
ernment officials in general.
"The tragedy of this sordid, COM
mercial enterprise (the alleged con-
spiracy) lies in the unwarranted and
unjust reflection cast. on former At
torney General Daugherty," he began
"The conduct and statements of some
of these defendants has, through the
ma chlnatfons of INSCRIPTIONS polft-
ical foes and personal enemies, put
a stain on the character of a man who
in all respects at least honestly and
courageously administered the Office
of Attorney General
Denies Films Countenanccd.
Sager outlined the attempts of de-
fense attorneys in their cross-exami-
nation of witnesses and those of the
defendants themselves prior to their
Indictment last May to create the i'm
preston that the Department of
Justice, under Mr. Daugherty, had
looked with kindly indulgence on
the exhibition of the Dempsey-C Car
pentier films in % States.
The jury, he said, could Judge "of
the baseness and falsity Of the charge
that tho Department Of Justice, under
the administration Of President Hard
ing and the direction OF his Attorney
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Brooch Queen Sent
To Mrs. Kellogg Is
Impressing Capital
Gold Ornament Contains
Three Amethysts and
Lonely Pearl. e..
BY Consolidated Press.

NEW YORK, March 19.-The youth
of the last generation were known by
their jewelry and how and when they
wore it. The youth of today and
those of middle age also are known
by their sport clothes and the way
they wear them. For the younger
set, nothing is more popular now than
the jumper frock of fine kashmir
jersey. The skirts are featured by
kick pleats and the jumpers by COL
lars of crepe or georgette of con-
trasting colors.
One piece of jewelry which is at
tracing much attention in Wash
ington and which can always be worn
with the best taste is the brooch
presented by Queen Mary to Mrs.
Kellogg, wife of the new Secretary
of State. The ornament is of gold
and contains three big amethysts and
a pearl. 1t has been worn for years
by the queen.
Young men who want to make a
real impression on their ladies fair
at Easter will send them orchids to
wear as a corsage bouquet. That is
simple. Now comes the trick. Have
the orchids interspersed with ostrich
feather strands, delicately shaded to
match the petals of the flower
The latest of Susanne Talbot's milli-
merry creations to reach America has
absolutely no brim in the back. 1t
is a small hat composed of alternate
strips of fine black picot straw and
pekine ribbon, with a narrow up
turned straw visor in front.
Copyright 1929
Evening star., 1925-03-19
WIFE IN ASYLUM,
HUSBAND SUICIDE
Navy Yard EmpIoye Makes
Will and Dies by Re-
voIver Shot.

Losing hope for the recovery Of his
wife from a mental collapse which
she suffered last Fall, Joseph P. Var
ner. Navy Yard employe, made his
will Monday, took leave of absence
from work yesterday, and early today
ended his life with revolver.
Warner was heard to fire three shots
this morning by Ada Peacock Of 3007
Foote street northeast, adjoining
Warmers home. She notified the po-
lice, and Warmers dead body was
found with the weapon nearby.
Mrs. Warner became an inmate of
St. Elizabeth's Hospital last Septem-
ber. Ever since that time her hus-
band has been brooding over his wife's
condition, friends said today. Mon
day he visited the home of Mrs.
George c. P. Kern. Oil l. street north
east, and made his will in the pres
ence of Mrs. Kern and a neighbor.
He again went to Mrs. Kern's house
yesterday and announced he had TAX
en- months leave of absence ''to Wis
1t his father and relatives in Tennes-
see" E,a
Mrs. Kern is looking after the body
pending word from the dead mans
relatives.
Evening star., 1925-03-19

to Policeman Milton d. Smith, who
held him for investigation. The in
jured persons were taken to Emer-
gency Hospital.
Other Persons Hurt.
A taxicab, driven by William Alger
1912 NJ street, collided with the auto
mobile of Robert C. Brown, 1856 CO.
lumbia road, on Girard between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets, shortly
before 10 o'clock last night. Carrie
Allen, SO, occupant of the automobile
was slightly injured.
Mary Moore, 65, 1903 North CapitoI
street, crossing near North Capitol
and NJ streets, last night about
o'clock, was struck by an automobile
driven by James r. Wannan, 541t
Ninth street, and her head injured
She was treated by Dr.. D. d. Mulcahy
Four-year-old Julia Sommerville
colored, 319 Dixon court southwest
ran in front of an automobile neal
terday afternoon, was struck and
knocked down, but not injured She
was examined by physicians al
Emergency Hospital.
Richard r. Callahan, 912 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, was driver of an auto
mobile that skidded against a trolley
pole in front of Cathedral Mansions
about o'clock this morning, and was
badly damaged. The steering whee
was broken, the. windshield shattered
and the fender twisted. Louise Mitch
cock, 81, 5205 Wisconsin avenue, oc-
cupant of the machine, sustained cuts
and bruises, and was taken to
Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
.SCHURMAN AS ENVOY TO BERLIN
WILL BE ON FAMILIAR GROUND

chair at the end of the meal The
tables have to be kept clear for more
and better food. Naturally at these
feasts of Lucullus much wine is
drunk. Something has to wash the
food down. The Chinese are great
feeders" and DIR. Schurman believes
in following the customs of the
country as much as one can. When
he went on grand sightseeing tour
along, the Chinese Eastern Railway,
they put two diners on the train.
Strong For Amerfcanism.
Dr. Schurman in China always has
been stalwart In his.real American
ism. He Is descendant of the old
Dutch families of New York. His
pet aversion in Peking has been the
Russian bolshevik ambassador. Leon
Karakhan. The two have loved each
other like a couple of strange bull
dogs. Karakhan has never lost an
opportunity, spoken or written, to
rap the American Government for its
attitude toward the bolshevik govern
ment. DR.. Schurman has replied in
kind.
Dr. Schurman probably Is a most
conscientious. diplomat. Despite the
difficulties of travel he has, during
his stay in China, visited every Amer
lean consulate in the country. The
last one he reached was at Yunan-Fu
in west China, and to get there the
doctor had to make a detour through
a portion Of French Indo-China. But
he made the grade. He also has Wis
tied every Chinese official of any Inn
portance. regardless of whether or
not he was recognized.
DR.. Schurman Is taking to Berlin
with him a wealth of experience, a
vast store of tact an energy mar
velous for one of his or any other
age, and if he does not make a dis
tinct mark in his ambassadorial rank
the best judges Of diplomacy will be
woefully mistaken.
Copyright. 1825.)
Evening star., 1925-03-19

General, directly or indirectly, con-
nived at or countenanced a violation
of the law"
Investigation of the Department of
Justice files had left him, he said,
with a Confirmation and vindication
Of my faith in public men," and with
a knowledge that with exceptions so
few they are negligible that public Of
flcials are true to their country and
their trust" He added:
'"Those that destroy public confidence
in our officials are hitting a blow at
our institutions that threatens the
existence of the republic
The four defense attorneys, mainly
devoted themselves to painstaking
analysis Of the Governments case as
produced by so witnesses from all
parts of the country. The defense
closed yesterday without putting any
witnesses on the stand. The case is
expected to go to the jury this after
noon.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
.DENN|STOUN CASE
GROWING BITTER
Counsel and Principal En-
gage in Debate Over
CoIoneI's Dignity.
BY the Associated Press.

by the AssOclaleo frese
LONDON. March 1s.-The Dowager
Countess Carnarvon today took the
stand in the sensational Dennistoun
trial. Once during the evidence she
nearly tainted, but recovered with
the help of smelling salts.
The increasing bitterness with
which the Dennistoun case is being
fought was noticeable during the
continuation of cross-examination of
the defendant today, and there were
a number of heated exchanges be-
tween Lieut.. Col. Dennistoun and Sir
Ellis Hume Williams.
Once Justice McArdie stopped the
questioning to reprove the counsel
for the frequent use of the word
nonsense" as characteriZing the
witness answers. He also reminded
Sir Ellis that Dennistoun was i'll.
Dennistoun asserted that the intro
duction of money matters into the
case was pure invention on the part
of former wife, not only to show up
me, but to show up my wife, the
Dowager Countess Carnarvon."
Calls 1t Generosity.
Sir Ellis persisted in attempts TO
get the witness to admit that he had
borrowed various sums of money from
his former wife, after the divorce,
but Col. Dennstoun, while admitting
he had received sums OF money from
her, declared she sent them "out of
generosity on her part" and not as
loans.
When Sir Ellis asked If the Coun-
tess of Carnarvon had given Col.
Dennistoun 100000 upon their mar
riage to preserve your dignity" and
the witness replied, '"Yes, sir" Sir
Ellis flashed back, DO you think that
after you had accepted 100000 and
fiat from another mans wife you
had much dignity to preserve?"
Col. Dennistoun, who had testified
that Countess Carnarvcn gave him
this amount in 1922, which was be-
fore the Earl of Carnarvon died,
turned to the court protesting, MY
lord. this is blackmail.
Court Permits Question.
The court, however, ruled that the
question was permissible.
you think what you like and the
jury may think what 1t likes" Col.
Dennistoun finally answered.
Questioned regarding an unnamed
woman with whom he had admitted
misconduct in Paris. Col. Dennistoun
said that she was an American wom-
an, and that she had threatened him
with action, but that the matter had
been dealt with"
Sir Edward Marshall Hall, in re
examin alton, referred to an outburst
by Sir Ellis Hume Williams yester-
day, in which the counsel told Col.
Dennistoun he would have assaulted
Sir John Cowans. Sir Edward asked
Col. Dennistoun what would have
happened If such an assault had been
made, and the witness replied:
'T should have been court-martialed;
there would likely have been hor-
rible scandal"
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Copyright by p. & 4. Photos.
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

If DR.. Jacob Gould Schurman, newly
appointed Ambassador to Germany,
had any enemies, he would give them
great joy. He is forevermore writing
books. He has written them on every
subject from "Kantian Ethics" and
"Agnosticism and Religion to why
America Is in the War" He has
been out in China "'crost the bay
these last four years and has sew
eral tones in preparation on that
troubled country. His Forthcoming 6
stay in Berlin will give him an op-
portunity to contribute further to
after-th literature.
When DR.. Schurman goes to Ger
many he will be treading upon the
familiar ground of his student days.
He was educated at Held elberg and
at the Universities Of Berlin and
Gottingen. AS a matter of fact, DR..
Schurman is by way of being one Of
the best educated men in the world
today. In addition to the German
universities, he studied at Paris, at
the University of Edinburgh and In
Italy. He has as many college de-
grees as Carter had oats. AS a
teacher philosophy was his hobby
His % years as president of Cornell
brought that institution up to the
first rank Of American universities.
Eats I'm Chinese Fashion.
Out in China DIR. Schurman has
been having a pleasant time despite
| the upset condition of the country,
with It's revolutions and various
presidents and everything. Among
the foreign correspondents in Peking
Or. Schurman is known as the dining
diplomat" for despite his nearly II
years he can run the gantlet of
nightly banquets better than col
leagues far his junior.
And in China banquet is a BAN
quet. Before you get through all
the courses there may be 2S Of them.
Naturally the tables groan, as all
festive boards should. But the Chi
nese have the happy faculty of put
ting the meat and chicken bones and
all leftover bits of any course right
down on the tiled floors. Each diner
has a nice little garbage pile by his
Evening star., 1925-03-19
COMB HELD AS CLUE
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Found on Running Board OF
Car Traced by Numbers
Witnesses Give.

A sidecomb reported to have been
found the running board of the
automobile of Thomas G. ONeiI. 1911
Randolph street, is held by police of
the eighth precinct in connection
with the investigation of serious in
turies received by Miss Georgiana
vinton. 72, of Lowell, Mass, guest of
Miss NJ Louise Robbins, 1416 Chaplin
street, when struck by an automobile
at Fourteenth and Clifton streets
about 7:45 o'clock last night.
Miss Vinton was crossing from the
east to the west side of Fourteenth
street when an automobile going
north struck her and knocked her
down. the driver failing to stop to
inquire the extent of her injuries or
offer assistance.
Suffering from fractures of her
legs and severe injury to her skull,
Miss Vinton, fully conscious, was
taken TO Garfield Hospital and treat
ed by DR.. Stein. Her condition was
reported as serious.
Witnesses Give Number.
When police of the eighth precinct
learned of the "hit-and- run" accident
Lieut.. Sullivan and Policeman Smith
made a hurried investigation and
were given an automobile number by
witnesses to the affair. The number
and make of the car reported by the
witnesses, 1t was said, correspond
with the make and number of the
car of O'Neil.
The car of O'Neil, found parked in
front of his home. showed evidence
of having been in an accident, police
reported and the comb found on the
running board was identified by the
injured woman as having been lost
from her hair at the time of the ac-
cident. Police also reported that
Miss Vinton had another similar comb
in her pocketbook.
Questioned by the police. ONeil
denied that his car had struck the
pedestrian. lie explained that the
slight damage to his car reported
found by the police was done when
his car was in an accident in Vir-
Einia.
Miss Ellen Vinton, cousin of the
injured woman. resides at 1869 Mint
wood place. Miss Georgiana Vinton
had spent the past two Winters here
She had planned to leave for Boston
tonight. preparatory to going abroad
Three-sided Crash.
Three persons were injured as q
result of a collision at Tenth street
and Maryland avenue southwest about
1880 o'clock last night in which three
vehicles were involved. The injur ed
persons are Mrs. Grace Reed, AZ, and
Lester Reed, her S-year-old son, re-
siding at 1880 Sixth street northeast
and John A. Shea, 19. 614 Fifth street
Charles Stewart, %, 3403 o street
was driver of an automobile that
collided with a motor cycle ridden by
Shea, the impact causing the motor
cycle to strike an automobile belong
ing to H A. Burch, 326 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast. Mrs. Reed and her
child were passengers in Burch's
automobile.
Stewart left the scene of the acci-
dent, according to the police, but was
stopped by a civilian and turned over
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Natives of District to Meet

The Society of Natives of the Dis
trict of Columbia will meet tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock at the Washing
ton Club, 18th and K streets north
west clifford K Bergman will give
an Illustrated talk
Evening star., 1925-03-19
D. c. EMPL0YE JAILED.
Driving While Intoxicated
Scored by Judge Schuldt.

SoS] S1 ~ y N16 SSao1
Pleading guilty In Police Court to-
day to a charge Of driving while in
toxicated, Ernest l. Mangum, an en-
ploye of the District government, was
sentenced to 80 days In jail by Judge
Schuldt
why don't operators. of automo-
biles leave drinking alone? All 1t
leads to is death or injuries and
many unhappy homes" the court said.
Evening star., 1925-03-19

| Peru has such density of eleva-
tions and climatic peouliarities as to
be able to grow almost any product
that is known to man.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-16

When downtown, Try Boldt's Dol.
lar Observation-Disclosures. -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-16

address. which viii deal with tho
benefits and methods OF freight ship.
ncnts on water routes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-16
Air Mail Route to Save
-Four Days to NeU York
Walter I. Varney, Commercial Aviator, Gets
Contract for Pasco- Elko, New, Haul

TNHE new ruseo. Wash, -Elko. New.
Il airmail route VIII savc 6lmos,
four days over tho New York.
Seattle route ass now flown and
raiiroadcd. according 10 word Re,
eelyed IN Seattle today from wal.
ter L. varuey. Gan Francisco Rvia.
tor recently awarded tho contract
varusy said no would start oper.
atoms within 30 days. using planes
OF the Swallow type. capable OF
carrying 400 pounds u mail at 100
miles an hour
a letter mailed In Seattle al tho
samo time ono Is mailed IN San
Francisco will 20 East on tho sams
plano from Eiko Answers. mailed
simultaneously In the East. will
reach each city tho same morning
Hitherto San Francisco has been
hours ahead OF Seattle on deliver.
les,
varnsy said hs win operate tho