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BOTH SIDES ARE GATHERING
AMMUNITION AND THROWING
UP ENTRENCHMENTS.
CHARGE AND GOUNTERCHARGE
Was Cut to $20,000,900 and Advo
cates of Big Appropriation Want It
Increased to $40,000,000. Oppo
nents Cry Graft and Pork Barrel.
WASHINGTON.—A battle royal
over the river and harbor appropria
tions at the session of congress, con
vened this week, is in prospect. Both
sides to the controversy are maxing
no secret of the fact that thev ar.
gathering ammunition and throwing
up entrenchments for tae confict.
Iriends of the river and harbor pro-
Jects, who at the iast session were
forced to be content with a mere
$20,000,000 to continue work al
ready started, aim to put through a
measure carrying at least $40,000,-
000, and those opposed to this so
called “pork barrel’”’ bill are equally
determined to trim it down to the
bO?;e;,
A measure carrying $40,000,000
already is in the hands of the printer,
and the National Rivers and Harbors
C‘J¢-f-’:‘(n~s. which soon is to meet here,
I 8 to be made the vehicle for the dis
tribution of literature in favor of
the improvement of the inland water
wavs
Last Fund Insufficient.
It will be argued in the halls of
Congress at the coming session by
friends of an adequate rivers and
harbors measure that the $20,000,-
000 appropriated in a lump sum at
' last session has fa'led to result
In economy, especially in the case of
tertain large projects, and to repeat
this method of providing funds for
such work would be impractical.
Data will be forthcoming which it
Will be claimed will show that many
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of contractors’ materials were
105 t or spoiled along the Mississippi
alone because monmey was mot pro
vided to put these materials to use.
Chief among such materials, it is
said, was the willow used in making
willow mattresses employed in dredg-
THE DAWSON NEWS.
ing. It will be argued that con
tractors, anticipating an appropria
tion of $4,000,000 for this purpose,
the amount carried in thle original
bill, cut their stock to fit this antici
pated contract. The appropriation
finally was reduced to $1,000,000,
and the greater portion of this wil
low went to waste, it is alleged.
Another instance cited by the ad
vocates of big appropriations is that
of the trestle on the Columbia river.
This piece of work, they say, will
have to be built all over again be
cause the appropriation given that
project last year was not enough to
keep the trestle in proper repair. This
trestle was built to carry a tempora
ry railroad on which to haul debris
and other materials connected with
the work. Reports have come to
Washington that the structure now is
practically useless because those in
charge of the project did not have
sufficient money to keep it in shape.
Graft and Pork Barrel.
There will come also the cry of
“graft” and ‘“pork” from the oppo
nents of the bill, who will attack
many of the items as impractical and
intended solely to make the member
from the district involved “solid”’
with his constituents.
Another strong factor in the de
bate will be the charge that those
who oppose waterway improvements
are working in the interests of thel
railroads. Especially will this argu
ment be raised in cases where rail
way and waterway transportation
come into competition.
In connection with these projects,
according to the gigns at present, the
howl of railway influence will be
raised to combat the efforts of those
who seek to keep down the allot
mert of Uncle Sam’s funds.
There is every indication, there
fore, that the short session will wit
ness one of the hottest fights ever
waged in congress over the streams
and harbors of the country, with the
prospect that it will be started when
the $40,000,000 measure is introduc
ed in the senate and house.
DR. MARTIN GOES TO EUROPE.
Information has been received
here from Dr. Jim Martin to the ef
fect that he is on his way to Europe
to offer his services as a surgeon in
the war zone. Dr. Martin’s experi
ence on the battle fields and in the
hospitals will be of much value to
him.—Shellman Sun.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 8, 1914.
SECRETARY BRYAN PRESIDING
OVER A MEETING CALLED BY
PAN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
GONTROVERSIES ARE GRAVE
Belligerent Warships May Be Ex
cluded From American Waters.
Stronger Assertion of Rights of
Neutrality Are Demanded.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Grave con
troversies hetween nations of South
America and European belligerents
led today to the calling of a confer
ence for Tuesday, Dec. Bth, of the
governing board of the Pan-Ameri
can Union.
Before this board, comprising dip
lomatic representatives here of twen
ty American republics, with the sec
retary of state of the United States
as chairman exofficio, will come vari
ous suggestions made by Argentina,
Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador
for a stronger assertion of the rights
of neutrals and the exclusion of bel
ligerent warships from American wa
ters.
Situation Serious.
Evidence of the seriousness of the
situation in South America, due to
the presence of belligerent warships
off both coasts, was contained in a
dispatch tonight to Eduardo Suarez
Some Oddities of the Day’s News.
Gardner, Mass.—The state colony
here has a modern Rip Van Winkle
who has been asleep for ten months.
He knows nothing of the present
war, and physicians claim he may
sleep for years.
Afton, Okla.—An officer saw a man
with a heavy grip. Thinking the
man a bootlegger the officer forced
him to open the case. As he did so
about a hundred snakes wriggled out.
The officer is, according to reports,
still shaky.
Bellaire, O.—Belmont county has
'Mujica, the <Chilean ambassador,
from the minister of foreign affairs
at Santiago. Chilean officials express
a fear that Germany's alleged viola
tion of the Chilean neutrality may
influence other belligerents to disre
gard the territorial jurisdiction of
Chile and perhaps cause them to
send their warships within the three
mile limit to stop German opera
tions.
The Chilean government urged
that whatever steps are taken should
have the earnest and united support
of all American republies.
Originally Great Britain and
France asked the United States to ex
ercise its good offices with Ecuador
and Colombia to obtain a strict ob
servance by these nations of neutral
ity obligations. Although this con
troversy, according to latest reports,
is being adjusted the situation in
Chile has emphasized the dangers to
South American republics of the
continued presence of foreign war
ships off their coasts.
A CAR LOAD OF HOGS
SHIPPED FROM RICHLAND
Messrs. Coffin Bros. and T. F. Car
ter shipped a car load of hogs to Co
lumbus last week and realized a very
handsome sum for their sale. Mr.
Carter furnished twenty pigs less
than one year old each and received
for $311.70. We have not learned
the returns received by Coffin Bros.,
but their part of the shipment being
more than twice that of Mr. Carter
no doubt realized this enterprising
firm near sl,ooo.—Richland News.
1,000 applications for the 30 addi
tional saloon licenses to be granted.!
The great rush for licenses is due to';
the fact that West Virginia, ‘“right
across the way,” is dry. Belmont
county was formerly dry, but voted
wet at the last election in order to
take care of the West Virginia
trade.
Riverhead, Tdaho.—The only dem
ocrat elected here at the recent elec
tion was Andrew Prudent, who won
over Charles H. Meller by two votes.
After the election it was found that
‘the office to which he had been elect-
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FRANK JAMES, ONCE BOLD AND
SPECTACULAR BANK ROBBER,
. VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE,
WAS BROTHER OF JESSE JAMES
Has Been Living Farmer's Life l"or‘
Over Thirty Years. Was a Clergy
man’s Son. Some Raids in Which
He Participated.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo.—
Frank James, one of the James
brothers, notorious as highwaymen
shortly after the war between the
states, was stricken with heart dis
ease today and was reported dying at
the James home near here. He is 73
yvears old.
James is one of the last surviving |
members of the band of robbers made,
notorious by an almost unparalleled
career of crime during the unsettledl
period that followed the war. He has
been living the life of an ordinary
farmer for more than thirty years.
James was the son of a clergyman.
He joined Quantrell’s gang in the
war between the states together with
his brother, Jesse, and took part in
the sacking of Lawrence, Kans.
When the war ended they were;
hunted far and wide by relatives of
those who had met death at their
hands. They soon became outlaws.
Many crimes of the decade following
ed, that of town game constable, had
been abolished more than two years.l
Jamestown, N. Y.—The authori-!
ties here have decided to install and
operate a municipal milk plant. They
figure on buying milk for 4 cents a
quart and selling it for 6 cents. This
will mean an annual profit of more
than $50,000.
Chillocothe, O.—A young girl here
has signed a pledge not to speak to
any man excepting her filance. The
pledge was sworn to before a no
tary. ‘
the war have been laid at the door of
the James-Younger gang, of which
the only members left are Frank
James and Cole Younger, now living
at Lees Summit, Mo. Among their
deeds were:
The raid on the Commercial bank
at Liberty, Mo?, in 1866. One bank
defender was k’lled and $70,000 was
stolen.
Looting of the Russellville, Ky.,‘
bank in 1868 for $70,000. Bank rob
‘pery at Gallatin, Mo., in 1868, in
which the cashier, Captain John W.
Sheets, was slain.
Robbery of a bank in Columbus,
Ky., in 1872, in which R. A. C. Mar
tin, cashier, was killed.
Raid on a bank at Corydon, Ila.,
in which $40,000 was stolen in 1873.
The wrecking and robbing of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
train near Council Bluff, la., in 1873.
The engineer was killed, the fireman
wounded and several passengers in
jured.
Box office in the fair grounds at
Kansas City, Mo., was robbed of $9,-
000 in broad daylight in 1873.
Detectives surrounded the James
home near Kearny, Mo., January 25,
1875, and threw a bomb into the
hcuse, thinking to kill the James
brothers. It exploded tearing off the
arm of their mother and killing their
brother Archie.
In 1882 after Jesse James had been
shot and killed in his home in St.
Joseph, Mo., by Charles Ford, also
a bandit, for a reward of $50,000.
Frank James surrendered in Jeffer
son City, Mo. He was sentenced to
life imprisonment, but after a few
vears he developed symptoms of tu
berculosis and was pardoned by the
governor.
NO TROUBLE TO RAISE MONEY.
Fighting Nations Have No Difficulty
Getting Sinews of War.
None of the fighting nations is
having trouble in raising money.
Vast sums flow into their coffers as
soon as they announce that they are
in need of funds. Germany was of
fered much more than she asked for;
Great Britain’s loan of 31,’750,000,-‘
000 was oversubscribed; France coi
lected $185,000,000 and received of
fers of $200,000,000, and Austria-
Hungary succeeded in getting $600,-
000,000 without difficulty. So far as
the sinews of war go the belligerents
are well fixed. ' - %
VYOL. 33—NO. 16.
l TERM " JIM CROW” LAW
MAJORITY OF UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT CONCUR IN
OPINION JUST RENDERED,
FIND FLAWS IN THE PETITION
Which They Say Prevents Issuance of
Decree to That Effect. Case Went
Up From Oklahoma on an Ap
peal From Negroes.
WASHINGTON.—A majority of
the supreme court today joined in an
opinion that the Oklahoma ‘Jim
Crow” law proviso permitting rail
roads to furnish sleeping, dining and
chair car accommodations only to the
white race was unconstitutional, but
they did not so decree because of im
perfections in the petition on which
the case reached the courts.
Five Railroads Involved.
The case was one in which five ne
groes, claiming the entire law un
constitutional, sought an injunction
to restrain five railroads in Okla
homa from enforcing it. The Okla
homa federal courts dismissed the
petition, holding the law unconstitu
tional. The majority of the court
affirmed the dismissal today because
the negroes had not shown they had
applied to the railroads for accom
modations under the law or that the
railroads had notified them that they
would be refuced certain accommo
dations. The majority, through Jus
tice Hughes, stated, however, that
they could not agree with the lower
court that the provision as to sleep
ing, dining and chair cars was con
stitutional. A minority, Chief Jus
tice White and Justices Holmes, La
mar and Mcßeynolds, concurred
'merely in the order of affirmance but
‘expressed no views on the constitu
{tional question. g L
Lower Court Wrong. e
In the opinion by the majority
Justice Haghes stated that previous
decisions that laws for separate
coaches for the two races were con
stitutional were not questioned. He
‘kthen set for the reasons for the opin
ion that the lower court was wrong
in holding the provision constitu
tional. : S