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ERGER KNOCKS AT DOOR OF
HOUSE AGAIN. “BATTLE OF
BALLOTS” FINALE, THEN IT’S
FREEDOM OR 0 BARS.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. EMilwaukee
as had its «pattle of ballots,” and it
nds Vietor L. Berger, sprrounded
by his fighting forceiMlebrating
victory. ey :
Na:))oloon thought hfitd won the
pattle of waterloo, only to see defeat
close in all about him. Berger is mot
hut of the woods.
The scene shifts from Milwaukee
» Washington, The Fifth district
lection finale will be staged at the
apital when Berger, carrying a cer
ificate of his election, presents him
olf to the house of 3Wtatives.
It promises to be a short act which
ight be called “The Vacant Chair.”
Advaneed notices seem to indicate
at Berger is pretty well konwn in
'ashin{:§n. He has made his speech
own théPe and explained to every
ody, in his own way, that he is try
ng to save representative govern
ent. but members of congress ap
ear to entertain the idea that the
government has been struggling along
4airly well these many years, and
that the ship of state won’t sink even
if the doors of the house are closed,
gently but firmly, against Berger.
There is a suspicion, report, rumor,
leak, or whatever else you may call it
that when Berger presents his certif
icate of election, with the gold, seal
of the state of Wisconsin attached to
it someone in the house will read the
news (7), and in due course, Berger
having been given the “once over”
and found to be the same Berger who
called some time ago, the house will
decide that- “the vacant chair’” be
longs to the Fifth district.
Self-Interview. :
In this event Berger will return to
Milwaukee to have himself interview
ed in his own newspaper on_how the
profiteers have taken over Washing
ton, and how representative govern
ment, free speech, free thought and
democracy were shot at sunrise. |
. There will be some clamoring for
another special election, but Gov. E.
L. Phillipp looms up—and the gover
nor looms some when he wants to—
as a barrieg to thatysort of thing.
He say;&!.&o R 0 more Spe
cial elections, and unless he changes
his mind crepe will hang from the
“vacant chair” until after the next
regular congressional election. The
Fifth distriet will be represented by
“thunders of silence.” :
If these things come to pass, it
does not mean the end of it all
Berger is billed to appear in three
other acts, which must be of more or
less interest o him, because they
have a very important bearing on
how much talk and what kind of talk
one may indulge in under the consti
tutional right of free speech, and al
so whether Berger is going to move
among his friends here or be absent
for a time. :
Other men who have admitted their
oreatness have not always lived
"ramong the flowers. Napoleon, wj\o
cut quite a figure while he was hit
ting the ball, ended up on a lonely
island.
Some men have set out to win ter
ritory, title and power by force of
arms, and other men have sought; the
power of uncrowned political kings,
| but in both cases fate, if you believe
in fate, turned them aside.
Prison Looms Ahead.
There is no danger that Berger will
be sent to St. Helena or the Horicon
marsh to live out his days, but until
certain things are decided in his fa
vor there is some danger that the
gates of Fort Leavenworth will close
behind him.
The three acts in which Berger is
billed in the big role will be enacted
in courts. The first will be in the Chi
cago court of appe when United
States District A M Clyne, of
hicago, asks that Berger be remand
d to jail because he (€Clyne) is of
he opinion that Berger has repeated
hings for which he was convicted of
iolating the espionage law, and
thereby has forfeited his right to
freedom pending decision of the court
of appeals on Berger’s plea for a new
hearing. ;
The second act will come on the
day the court of appeals rules on
Berger’s plea for another trial.
Should the decision be against him
his last hope, the third act, would be
an. appeal to the supreme court of
the United States.
Failure in the courts would mean
that he had played out his string.
Gray walls wogld loom ahead.
But before Berger passed beyond
those walls, if ever he passes that
way, he is going to have his say.
The very things he has spoken
ightly of, for purgly political rea
ons, will protect him #o,_the last.
No one knows this better than Ber-
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RESTED FOR THEFT OF |
$53,000 IN LIBERTY BONDS
LOS .ANGELES, Cal.—Leo Julof
ski, ali%.eon Jules, wanted by the
New York police on charges of hav
ing stolen il(l,OOO in liberty bonds
from E, D. Levinson & Co., of No. 52
Broadway, was arrested here today.
Julofski, according to the police, had
$53,000 in bonds when he was ar
rested. i :
IRICH MEN IN LIMOUSINES
HUNT WINE BIN BANDITS
’Precious Liquors Vanish From Cellars of Chicago’s Ultra
} fashionable Set in Exclusive Lake Forest Colony.
- CHICAGO, Ill.—Armed with shot
guns and rifles a company of vigi
lantes headed by Capt. Joseph Medill
Patterson and composed of various
members of Chicago’s ultra-fashion
|able set is patrolling the roads about
|the Lake Forest § ~~hurban colony to
{night in limousiy (0, di
They are on the a’ 183, ~~nd of
wine cellar bandits, who Y,
last two weeks have cleaned out ..
a precious stock of liquors and whose
depredations are said to have result
ed to date in a loss to Lake Forest
ifolk of something like half a million
]dollars.
This band is considered a most
{cowardly one, for many of its victims
.for various personal reasons dare not
admit that they have suffered at its
!hands, but among those who have
icome out into the light with com
'plaints against it are J. Ogden Ar
‘mour, Walter S. Brewster, Stanley
WILL ATTEMPT, AFTER SEVEN
YEARS, TO PASS BIG PUBLIC
| BUILDINGS BILL.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Facing a
deficit of several billion dollars, cer
tain members of congress have defied
the steering committee of the house
of representatives and will attempt
to pass a pork barrel measure in the
name of an omnibus public buildings
bill.
There are signs that some members
of congress who want to be re-elect
ed in close congressional districts are
hungering for pork.
There has been no omqibus public
buildings bill passed for seven years,
and if the powers that control repub
lican party affairs in the house pre
vail there will be none this year.
~ Certain members of the house pub
lic buildings committee,. of which
Representative Langley, Kentucky, is
charman, have been makng careful
plans for bringing in a public build
ings bill. The committee has divided
the country into five districts, with a
isub-committee in charge of the con
sideration of recommendations for
public_buildings in each district.
. In the estimation of the men most
lfamiliar with pork barrel fights in
congress in the past it will require
!all the power of the leaders of both
parties to head off the threatened
iraid on the treasury for new public
buildings, if, indeed, they can control
lthe situation.
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DON'T SHY AT THE
/UNCLE SAM WILL ASK PERSON
! AL QUESTIONS. IF YOU'RE
j WHITE ADMIT IT.
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E When the census enumerator asks
:the sex and color of the housewife
;she will kindly refrain from express
\ions of surprise at the imagined ig
inorance of the interrogator.
| But the enumerator is required by
|statute to ask that question and many
others. Among many other personal
questions are those respecting age,
connubial conditions, place of birth
iand place of abode and nationality.
It is evident from the blank forms
received in Dawson that the govern
yment intends to collect a vast volume
‘of data, especially concerning for
!elgners and agriculture. Farmers will
'be asked to give the acreage of their
farm property, the value of the land
and improvements upon it, and the
number of live stock and other prod
ucts on December 31, 1919.
The ratio of males to females in
the country at large and in various
localities, the degree of literacy and
the distribution of negroes and other
no-white population will be sought.
The number and distribution of for
eigners in the United States and the
distribution of the people as 'rega;ds
occupations and interstate migration
will be sought. )
The number, composition and char
acteristics of the population are want
ed, as well as the citizenship, literacy,
occupation, tenure of home and in
cumbrances thereon of all foreigners.
The industrial survey will include the
location and kind of goods mapufac
ltured, the amount of capital invest
ed and the cost of materials, the
number of proprietors, power and
machinery and the value of the prod
ucts.
All persons will be enumerated at
the places where they regularly sleep
and not where they are emglqyed.‘
Enumerators are required to visit all!
homes and other dwelling places and
procure the data from the head of the
household if possible. “Floaters’” are
designated as those who have no fixed
,abode and will be enurqerateq as resi
dents of the locality in which they
are found by the enumerator.
OXEN DRAW FUNERAL CARS.
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- No other race of animals can show.
such a history as the black oxen that
draw the funeral cars of Japanese
emperors. !
THE DAWSON NEWS
Field, Hugh J. Mcßurney, Dr. Sam
uel J. Walker, George A. McKinlock
and Jonas Kuppenheimer.
It seems that these and other weal
thy residents of the Lake Forest col
ony recently discovered on visiting
the recesses where they had laid up
their treasures that they were as bare
as old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard.
As each day added new mourners to
Yiat, they have now decided to
& itters into their own hands
and vy the robbers when they come
around again.
A suggestion made by Sheriff
Green, of Lake county, is that folk
who still have some of the rare lig
uids dig moats around their homes,
erect drawbridges and set a trusty
band of armed retainers to watch the
stuff, but this advice comes too late
for those who have already lost their
precious Scotch, fiery Hollands and
the choicest products of Kentucky.
WOOD ALCOHOL DEATH
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HOLIDAY WHISKY TAKES TOLL
OF MANY LIVES. OTHERS ILL
FROM POISONED LIQUOR.
At least 140 persons dead and 149
blind or seriously ill is the toll of
wood alcohol since the prohibition
laww went into effect, according to
statistics gathered from various
cities. .
The total was swelled by fifty-sev
en deaths from direct effects of
poisoned whisky in four New Eng
land cities and fourteen in other parts
of the country, a total of seventy-one
for Christmas week. The casualties
by cities are:
New York—Fifty-two dead, 100
blind. Chicopee, Mass.—Thirty-five
dead, seven seriously ill. Hartford,
Conn.—Thirteen dead, eight seriously |
ill. Holyoke, Mass.—Six dead, seven
seriously ill. Chicago—Four dead, six
ill. Newark, N. J.—Five dead. Spring
field, Mass.—Three dead, five seri
ously ill. Cleveland—Fourteen dead,
sixteen ill. Atlanta—Three dead.
Syracuse, N. Y.—Two dead. Empo
rium, Pa.—Two dead. Richmond, Va.,
two dead.
¢ The deaths in New York, Cleve
land, Syracuse, Richmond and At
lanta cover the entire period of pro
hibition. Those in the other cities oc
curred in the last few days. Three
of the fourteen in Cleveland and one
of the three in Atlanta resulted dur
ing the_ holidays.
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DUKES, EARLS AND BARCNS
; COMPELLED TO DO THEIR OWN
i BUTTLING AND COOKING.
l LONDON, Eng.—The convention
ga_l routine of Mayfair was turned up
551de down on Thursday night. Butlers
ceased buttling, cooks stopped cook
ing and waiting maids did no waiting.
llt was not as might be imagined, a
strike of the domestic servants of
;London, but a fancy dress ball, the
proceeds of which went to aid the
'domestic servants in a local hospital.
| For one night only aristocratic
'London voluntarily bolshevized itself.
‘Dukes, earls, barons and baronets
submitted themselves to the inevita
ble. They saw their entire domestic
staffs from the boy in buttons to the.
stately footman drive away from
their palatial homes in their masters’
expensive limousines, clad in jazz|
garbs, to take part in the dance. i
Belated callers at large residences |
in Mayfair for once were certain not
to encounter the polite equivocation |
“Not at home.” The front door was |
opened by the master gf the house
O SR | W R N
Lhimself, Only the chauffeur was on
duty, and he was conveying his fel
low servants in his master’s motor
car to the scene of revelry.
~ In some instances even he was set
free and the master himself took his
iplace at the steering wheel.
A visit to the dance hall revealed
a scene similar to that presented at
many functions at which society at
tended. Lord Dash’s footman’s dress
suit had the same distinctive cut as
that worn bv his lordship himself.
They were «Admirable Crichtons”
and played the role quite up to the
standard of Barrie’s hero. There was
none of the high jinks below stairs
about the function. It was very much
“ypstairs,” and the fun was kept up
until the early hours of the morning.
HAPPY NEW YEAR DINNER
FOR HORSES OWNED BY POOR
NEW YORK.—A substantial
sort of “Happy New Year” was of
fered 400 “poor men’s horses” at
the headquarters of the Horse Aid
Society here on January Ist in the
form of a special dinner of oats,
bran, alfalfa hay and garnishings
dear to the equine digestive appa
ratus. Mrs. Jacob Ehrlich, presi
dent of the organization, also an
nounced a plan for free feeding
of undernourished horses through
out the year.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1939~
YING IN GREAT
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MISERY BY THOUSANDS
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HUNGER AND DISEASE CLAIM
HUGE TOLL IN RUSSIA. RE- ]
SORT TO CANNIBALISM. |
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CONSTANTINOPLE. Winter is
bringing immense misery and hun
dreds of thousands of deaths from
hunger and disease have occurred
throughout the middle east Caucasus
in south Russia. Thq.flight of refu
gees of all nationalities through Asia
Minor into south Russia has begun.
~ Reports indicate that the unprece
dented hardships are increased by va-
Trious little wars and also by little
bands who prey on one another when
there are no other victims. It is be
lieved that cannibalism is frequent.
It is estimated that there are more
than 150,000 Turks homeless living
:in the open in_the smyrna district
‘and most of them starving. The sul
‘tan’s solicitude for these people is
‘made impotent by his lack of funds.
| The country is ravished by small scat
| tered bands of troops who are fight
ling the Greeks.
Making Raids on Farmers. |
The Georgian army is helpless tof
control the bands in the Caucasus
mountains which lay tribute on the
villages and farmers, making raids
and taking what they like.
The railway stations are filled with
typhus stricken persons and other
refugees who travel inside and out
side of box cars despite the cold. The
people of Odessa and other cities are
living from hand to mouth.
~ American commercial men report
that in spite of the fact that south
Russia has thousands of tons of coal
it cannot be moved.
Gen. Petlura continues to fight for
recognition of the Ukraines, pointing
out that if this is done he can help
Denikine against the bolsheviki. It is
his contention that recognition of the
’various nationalities is the key to the
' defeat of the bolsheviki. Ukrainian
agents state that they have purchas
ed supplies to the amount of $15,000,-
1000 from America, but that delivery
(has been impeded between Constanti
[nople and Odessa.
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GOVERNMENT BLAMED
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- FOR HIGHER CLOTHES
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'THE PRICE OF WOOLENS HAS
l ADVANCED LITTLE LESS THAN
THE PRICE OF LABOR. y
} BOSTON, Mass.—The insistence of
|!the public for cloth made from fine
wools is a large factor in the pres
'ent high prices of clothing, according
'to William M. Wood, president of the
iAmerican Woolen Company.
. “It is generally thought the cost of
cloth is the controlling factor in the
cost of clothing, but the fact is that
‘the cloth cost is less than half the
cost of a completed suit. Other fac
‘tors contribute to the price of c}ofil:i
ing quite as much as the cost of the
cloth. In the last few years the prices
of cloths of the ordinary suit of
clothes has advanced a little less than
the cost of labor and other materials
that go into the making of he suit.
“The cost in 1919 of the cloth for
a suit of clothes of a particular grade
is $13.67. The corresponding cost in
1914 was $4.58, showing an increase
in the cost of cloth of $9.09.
“The 1919 cost of making this suit
is $14.47. The corresponding cost in
1914 was $4.98, showing an increase
in the cost of making of $9.59.
Held by Government.
“During the war agents of our
government purchased from the Brit
ish government some 100,000,000
pounds of Australian wool. When the
armistice came they released or trans
ferred two-thirds of this wool back
to the British government. The one
third which our government held they
offered only in limited quantities, the
keen competition for which carried
it to tremendously high prices.” |
'COSTS 82.2 PER CENT MCRE
- T 0 LIVE NOW THAN IN 1914
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| National Industrial Conference Board
Issues Statement on Investiga
' tions Made Recently.
, BOSTON, Mass.—An increase of
182.2 per cent. in the cost of living
!for American wage earners between
July, 1914, and November, 1919, is
Ishown in a statement issued by the
National Industrial Conference
'Board, based on its most recent inves
tigations. This represents an advance
of 10.4 per cent. since November,
1918; 13.5 per cent. since March,
1919, gwhen prices dropped tempo
’rarily, and 5.8 per cent. since last
July.
' The increase in the cost of the ma
jor items in the family budget since
July, 1914, was food, 92 per cent.;
shelter 38 per cent.; clothing, 135
per cent.; fuel, heat and light, 48
per cent., and sundries 75 per cent.
e NEaa e S |
FORMER KAISER TO BE EXTRA
DITED AFTER PEACE COMES
PARIS.—The French and British
governments have decided to demand
the extradition of the ex-kaiser im
mediately after the peace treaty be
comes operative, the Echo de Paris
stated today.
CHARGE OF WASTE IN ITS CON
STRUCTION IS BEING INVES.
TIGATED BY CONGRESS.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Waste of
money and use of materials inferior
to that demanded by specifications
occurred in the cpnstruction of Camp
Gordon, Georgia, and Camp John
ston, Florida, according to testimony
given by Capt. R. M. Bramlitt, of the
‘construction division, quartermaster’s
corps, before a special committee of
the house investigating war depart
ment expenditures in the various
army camps.
~ Captain Bramlitt said the work
manship at these camps was poor and
indications pointed to the use of an
‘over supply of workmen on the job.
Specifications Not Lived Up To.
| Captain Bramlitt went into consid
erable detail in describing the work
of construction at Camp Gordon and
Camp Johnston and in the erection
of buildings. He declared that there
were evidences that specifications
{which contractors were required to
‘follow were not always lived up to
‘and that inferior material to that call
ed dfor by the specifications were
‘used.
§ Architect Says System Takes
i Off the Lid. :
.~ W. J. Sayward, an Atlanta archi
tect, testified that the “cost plus sys
tem” had done a great deal to ‘“de
‘moralize the building industry” dur
ing and after the war.
| “I think the lump sum contract is
{preferable,” said Mr. Sayward.
, “I am speaking generally. Ido not
'know the details of the Camp Gordon
|contract, although I understand it
iwas built on the cost plus basis. The
icost plus system takes the lid off.
| “Is it not true,” asked Representa
'tive McCulloch, “that the cost plus
pian is not a contract at all, in reali
‘ty, but rather a commission for a
‘contractor to go out and spend mon
ey for the government?”’
| “It might be called that,” said Mr.
iSayward. He added that government
| construction work had taken prece-
dence during the war, and wages had‘
‘mounted steadily. |
E Supervisor Former Employe of
| Contractors.
" The main criticism was by Repre
sentative MeCulloch, of Ohio, who
objected to the fact that the war de
ipartment had sent Colonel Pease of
‘his home city, Atlanta, and that Lock
‘wood-Green & Co., with which he had
‘been formerly connected, had the en
gineering contract.
“] think it is one of the most start
ling things brought out at all these
hearings,” Representative McCulloch
declared. “You, an engineer employ-,
ed by Lockwood-Green & Co., were{
selected as supervisor of the Atlanta
camp and your former firm was one
of the contractors.”
BAPTISTS OF STATE
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~ FAR EXCEED QUOTA
| .
éIN NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR
.~ FUNDS GEORGIA AND SOUTH
| MAKE FINE RECORDS.
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i With more than three hundred
churches yet to make final reports,
the total amount now subscribed by
the Baptists of Georgia in the big 75
million campaign is $10,092,197.60.
It will be .remembercd that Geor
gia’s quota was $7,500,000. Georgia
leads the seventeen states of the
Southern Baptist Convention in the
amount raised above the original
quota and has raised more in bulk |
than any other state save Texas. |
| " South Far Ahead.
( It is reported from the Nashville
‘headquarters that the south is now
over $90,000,000, with a quota of
$75,000,000.
Dr. Scarborough, the general di
irector, estimates that the south will
20 to $100,000,000 when all of the
‘reports are in,
. The two associations which em
,brace churches in Terrell county are
|Friendship and Bethel. The former
reports $190,000 and the latter $147,-
i 651.90.
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‘PRIZE HEN IS INSURED
FOR A $5,000.00 POLICY
Washington Chicken Holds the World
Record for Egg Production.
- PORTLAND, Ore—llt isn't every
hen that can carry around a $5,000
life insurance policy, but that is the
amount of insurance placed on one of
the hens at the poultry show here.
This hen is a white Leghorn, owned
by Dr. Tancred, of Kent, Wash. She
set a world’s record for production
by laying 300 eggs in 365 days, end
ed Sept. 16th. This is about four
times the production of the average
hen, so her value in the poultry world
can easily be seen. .
Her owner consented to allow her
to be placed on exhibition by one of
the poultry feed companies, but stip
ulated that she must be insured for
$5,000.
e R e
The Marble Caves of Oregon con
sist of three miles and a half of mar
ble passages and grottos ranging
from one to four or five stories in
height.
Lucky Maid l
Boston Woman Leaves Her Home
Valued at $250,000 to Faithful
And Kind Servant.
BOSTON.—The faithfulness
and kindness with which Miss
Agnes Jane McNevin cared for
Mrs. Mary C. Knight during the
many years she served as her
maid were rewarded on Friday
when she was given the Knight
home, its furnishings and funds,
the total value of which was es
timated at $250,000.
The will of Mrs. Knight, who
died at her home in the Roxbury
district two months ago at the
age of 78 years, was admitted to
probate on Friday. The benefi
ciaries of the $BOO,OOO estate
besides Miss McNevin are large
ly public institutions. :
“OLD GLORY” IS IN
PLACE ONCE'MORE
FLOATS IN FOREIGN PORTS IT
USED TO KNOW. RESTORED
TO TRADE ROUTES.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Amer
ican flag has been restored to forty
one of the world’s great ocean trade
routes, the shipping board records in
its annual report to congress. Most of
the ships are plying trans-Atlantici
and South American lanes, the report
said, but some of them are in waters
where the stars and stripes has not
been seen on commercial vessels for
more than a generation.
Distribution of the government
fleet of 1,230 vessels, aggregating 6,-
791,080 tons, shows 236 vessels in
the northern Europe trade. The trans-
Atlantic trade is next with 197 ships
of 1,204,953 tons engaged in the food
relief service. and 176 ships with a
tonnage of 1,175,614 were still in use
by the army on June 30 last.
Another 188 vessels were engaged
in the South American trade; seven
ty-three plying to Brazil, ninety-two
to La Plata and twenty-three to the
west coast of South America. Sixty
vessels were making regular sailings
to southern European ports, fourteen
to Africa, six to India, seventy-seven
in the trans-Pacific, 143 to the West
Indies and forty-four in the coastwise
'and New England trade. -
THREE MILLION SILVER
DOLLARS TO CHINA
Have Been Shipped From the United
States to Stabilize Exchange
In the Far East.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Three mil
lion silver dollars were shipped to
China from San Francisco Christmas
day to stabilize the far east exchange.
The shipment was made on joint ac
count by the International Banking
‘Corporation, Park-Union Foreign
Banking Corporation and Asia Bank
ing Corporation. |
Twelve million silver dollars previa‘
ously had been forwarded to China
on private account, one of 3,000,000
on November 25 and another of 9,
000,000 on December 10. The Christ
mas shipment, however, was the first
under the arrangement recently
made between the foreign banking‘
corporations and the government ini
accordance with which silver dollars
have been procured against tender of
current funds from the free supply
carried by the government in its gen
eral fund. |
New Stock of
Jewelry and Silverware
FULL OF 600 D VALUES
Bracelet Watches, Cameo Brooches;
Pins, Diamond Lavalliers, Ladies’
and Gent's Rings, Efc.
TABLE SILVERWARE, CUT GLASS, CHINA,
THERMOS BOTTLES and CARAFES
We invite you fo inspect the
fine quality of goods.
Weaver Drug Store
Waterman’s ldeal Fountain Pens ’
SOME CITIES ‘
Are made the “pull together” of man
citizens. Resg?;e to pull for the Chamber oi
Commerce and boost Dawson.
lnzcumnn COMMONER. WiLL}
! SEEK PRESIDENTIAL NOMINA
~ TION. CLAIMS MALTREAT
MENT AS STATE SECRETARY.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—As politi
cians scan the horizon for presiden
tial candidates and appealing planks
for the 1920 platforms, it is becom
ing more evident that the issue, which
may divide the two parties, will be
the industrial aspect that the coun
try faces—the fight for supremacy
i.between capital and labor, as evi
deaced in the steel and™Ew=l strikes,
and demands of railroad employes for
iincreased wages.
They say, likewise, that it is on
}this issue chiefly that William Jen
nings Bryan, who has three times been
the nominee of the demoeratic party,
and caused the nomination of Presi
dent Wilson, intends to make his
fight for party control, and perhaps
for the nomination for himself.
It is out of the whirlpool of chaotic
opinions on the industrial phase and
the treaty that the platforms of both
parties will be built, political observ
ers say.
Many Favorite Sons.
Sufficient aspirants will enter the
race next month to produce a favor
ite son contest in the democratic par
ty.
There will be former Secretary Mc-
Adoo, Attorney General Palmer, Vice
President Marshall, former Speaker
Clark, Senator Pomerene and Gov.
Cox, Ohio; Secretary Daniels, Her
bert Hoover, California, and Senator
Hitchecock, Nebraska.
Looming on the horizon will be W.
J. Bryan.
It must be admitted, as the present
responsible democratic leaders are
conceding with anxiety, that Mr.
Bryan is a factor in party affairs, so
strong as to be able either to disrupt
the party or shape its platform, and
dictate its candidate.
One friend of Mr. Bryan startled
his colleagues in congress the other
day by saying that Mr. Bryan was
seeking vindication, that he was peev
ed at the present administration over
his treatment while secretary of
state, and that he meant to capture
the nomination for himself or ruin
the prospects of those urged for the
|nomination by President Wilson.
Neither Acceptable.
Reports indicate that neither for-
Imer Secretary McAdoo or Attorney
General Palmer is acceptable to the
commone:.
Secretary Daniels, the only real
Bryanite among _prospective candi
]dates, may be the commoner’s choice
{if he eliminates himself.
,' That Mr. Bryan, characterized by
his opponents as the “pevivalist, the
preacher of polities,” looms larger in
the “fight for an economic libergs.
tion,” is true in a great measure.
If Mr. Bryan should take a radical
stand in settlement of the relations
between labor and capital it is be
lieved that republicans will be forced
to hecome more prorounced in offer
ing to better labor conditions.
At the same time republican lead
ers say that the party policy will not |
swing to radicalism, and will content/
itself with following precedent, butih
'that the platform will adapt itself to
lchanged conditions, brought about by
| war disturbances in the industrial
jand labor fields.
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