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~puy AT HOME
AND HELP
pAWSON PROSPER
f £ L RAINEY
o 5 AGAINST WOMEN
I EIGHTEEN STATES’
LONG LIST IS UNCOVERED
gy THE LEADERS OF THE
FEMININE MOVEMENT.
DER
fORGIA WORST OFFEN
ets the Most Black Marks From
Women Lawyers Who Are Delv
ing Into Records in Library of the
U. S. Supreme Couet .. Lo e
WASHINGTON, D. C.—To date,
o sins 18 states against .women
ve beet mcovered by the national
man’s party. The most heinous of
e, in the eyes of the feminists, con
.« in the refusal of a state to rec
o the cquality of women in all
purrowing deep into the voluminous
te codes contained in the library of
e Uni States supreme court the
somen lawvers, working under the
\lice Paul, are ferreting
| e discriminations against wom
" As soon as a complete list of the
| coressions against the sex in one
de has been unearthed he shame of
ot stat flaunted to the world in
mphlet torm.
[t is hard to determine which of the
s is guiltiest from the feminist
( it of view, certainly not one of the
i entirely ‘'blameless. Judging
ly superficially, Georgia seems to
ce reccived the most black marks
m the recording angels at work in
. cupreme court library.
Under any and all circumstances the
hand is the head of the family in
orgia. The person may have so
rously announced that the two
buld he made one, but in Georgia
husband is the one.
kThe hushand is the head of the
nilv, and the wife is subject to him;
- legal and civil existence is merged |
the husband,” is the way the law
ds in that wicked state. 1
Marriage Not Partnership. |
0 Scott and his wife Belle lived in |
| county, Ga.. She rented the
s vhich they lived and sup
rted th husband by teaching!
‘ She complained that a drunk—‘
man by the name of Patterson in
led her home and used “vulgar and
fane” language. Her husband
B that the man was not drunk}
{ that he was a suitable associate
{ that he “behaved most decorous
' Whether or not the drunken man
Jd be punished for his invasion of
house depended upon whose home
vas. The court said: “No matteri
o paid the rent, the true legal rela
v of hushand and wife in her (thc‘
fo's) mind is reversed. She putsj
petticoats in a more advanced po-|
on than the pantaloons. Where
khand and wife reside together,
atever clse she may be head of, he
head of the house.” |
cither does the Mississippi law
ognize marriage as a partncrship:
veen equals. Here, too, the hus
| mav welcome or exclude any
he wishes from the home for any
S 0 Ot reason at all. . For in
nce, the following case was takcn}
m the legal records: |
‘Colonel X. refused to aliow hls
pson, the only child of Mrs. X, to
it her. The court upheld him, stat
b had a perfect right, as master
t mse, to exclude any person
m his door, and to determine who
buld he received as a visitor by his
e whether or not the grounds upon
ich he acted were sufficient to justi
him in a moral point of view.”
n Louisiana the mother’s authority
B hor legitigate minor children is
erior in every way to that of the
er. By Louisiana law children owe
honor. and respect to their
BB cr and mother. But in case the
igree the father’s will is
nly to be honored, respected and
: n lLouisiana an attorney re
tly quoted Crotius to the effect
! it the commands of the mother
| tather clash the father is to be
ved _account of the excellence
Vhoppee “the excellence of his sex”
nd mayhe that expression didn't
ke the feminists mad. ‘
oman Heavily Fined;
Cruelly Whipped Child
ltenced in Augusta Court to 90
)ays or Fine of $lOO.
i \, Ga.—Adjudged guilty
, iully whipping her small
B . M. Outz drew a sentence
E inety days in police court
4 declared that Mrs. Outz
d down the street in front
threw him down against
ne and beat him with a
‘ strap until “the sight be-
E ickening they could not
) ness it.”
- ritt, policeman, said an ex
| i the child showed there
‘ ‘than a dozen bloodshot
, nis back.
said the child had given
L trouble by running away
! tricd to correct him, and
t the whipping was inhu
boy was a mute witness
3 t procedeings, and wept,
e ther, mother,” when Mrs.
. taken from the court room
B 'mmitment to the city
W AMERICUS CHURE |
" {RICUS CHURCH |
TO COST 150 THOUSAND
; thodists of Americus have!
‘":,‘\ great enthusiasm the
r llding a larger and better
k. beautiful lot where their |
- worship was burned several
ed £ The members have deter
lecr | CTeCting @ building to cost
g '}‘ $150,000, the work to
arly as possible. .
THE DAWSON NEWS
Law of Talmud Is :
Invoked in Gotham
to Settle Court Case
NEW YORK.—The Talmud set
tled a question of law in the Brooklyn
county court on Saturday, when
Judge J. G. MacMahon rebuked a
creditor who wanted to compel an
elderly woman to surrender her ear
rings and her wedding ring in part
satisfaction of a judgment of debt,
“Where are the earrings and the
ring?”" asked the judge, not knowing
the nature of the ring.
“I am wearing the earrings and the
ring is on my finger; it is my wed
ding ring,” replied the woman.
“l have read,” ‘said Judge MacMa
hon, “of one who took from the eyelid
of a corpse the obelisk or coin placed
therego pay for the journey of the de
part cross the river Styx, but
this ime 1 ever heard a
demand wedding ring
from the finger here is
a law drawn from the ich
directs that the sheet sha be
taken from the bed of a man, nor the
mantle from his back, nor the wedding
band from the finger of the wife. That
is my law, and therefore I dismiss
this motion.”
BIG FALLING OFF IN INTER
NAL REVENUE. COLLECTION
FOR YEAR $3,197,000,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—lnternal
revenue collections fell off $1,398,000,-
000_in the fiscal year 1922 as compared
with the year before, reflecting the
business depression which swept over
the country.
Total collections of $3,197,000,000 as
compared with $4,595,000,000 in 1921
were reported in a preliminary state
ment issued to-day by Internal Reve
nue Commissioner Blair,
The cost of gathering this sum was
$41,435,000 or $1.30 for each $lOO as
against 87 cents for each $lOO the year
before.
Income and profits taxes totalled
%2,088.000,000, a decrease of $1,140,000,-
00.
Only the District of Columbia of all
the state and territories showed an
increase in income and profits taxes
paid, its total being $9,713,000 or 21
per cent, more than in 1921
The amounts paid in income and
profits taxes and the percentage of
decrease compared with 1921, by states
and territories, includes:
. Pct. De-
State Amount crease
Alabama ..........$ 8916000 3
Flovida .- 52 % 5422000 17
GEOrgia .........cooesnmms . 14,225,000 51
Louisiana ................. - 15,472,000 A 7
Mississippi ... 35,402,000 .53
New York ............ 529,972,000 35
North Carolina ........ 23,173,000 40
South Carolina ........ 9,698,000 63
Virginia ................ 18,561,000 41
DUPREE, BOY BANDIT,
ON SAME GALLOWS HOUS BE
- FORE NEGRO WAS HANGED
FOR MURDER OF WOMAN.
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 1.--Frank
B. DuPree, self styled “Peachtree
bandit,” was hanged at the Fulton
county jail here at 2:00 p. m. for the
murder on Dec. 15 last of Irby C.
Walker, private detective, who tried to
stop him in his dash from a Peachtree
street jewelry store with a diamond
he had snatched from a tray.
One hour preceeding the execution
of DuPree, Luke McDonald, negro,
was hanged on the same scaffold for
the murder of a negro woman.
DuPree was pronounced dead six
teen minutes after the trap was sprung.
He maintained his stocism to the last
As he walked into the death chamber
his step was firm and he held his
chin high. ‘Not a quiver or a sigh
moved his frame.
Waves to Betty.
He walked unassisted to the gal
lows, accompanied by his brother, Joe
DuPree, two deputy sheriffs and two
ministers. En route he stopped in
sight wof her cell and waved good
bve to Betty Andrews, the girl for
whom he is alleged to have stolen
the diamond [ing. which led to the
murder. She was in a cell two floors
below, her face pressed closely against
the bars of the window. She becage
hysterical at he sight of the condemn
ed vouth, who shouted to her:
“Good-by, Betty. I want you to
be a good girl. Won't you?”
His words were drowned in the
cries of the crowds below. Be good,
Betty; be good,” DuPree repeated
again and again.
DuPree saw irom his death cell the
thousand of spectators who had gath
ered around the jail. He remarked to
his brother: “That’s a crowd isn't it?”
and pointed out acquaintances and
waved smilingly to them. He walked
to his doom unfalteringly and on
reaching the platform shook hands
with the guards and said: “Are you
all ready?” and waved his last good
bye. His brother left as the rcpe was
placed around DuPree’s neck. At his
own request DuPree was hanged in
the clothes he wore on the day of
the crime.
Dramatic Scenes.
The scenes attending the execution
of DuPree were described by old jail
officials as the most dramatic ever wit
nessed by them. Outside the jail, the
streets on three sides were blocked
with persons eager to get a glimse of
the proceedings. Even the tops of
buildings nearby were occupied by
men, women and children. Police
reserves were called out to keep order.
KISS FOR FINDING $2,100.
" A kiss on the hand, and from a man
at that, was the reward received by
Officer Dennis Mangan, of Pittsburg,
Pa., who returned s%hn foreigner
who thought he had lost the money.
THE THIRSTY THRONG
PROMISE THEM REAL BEER
AND WINE IN TWO YEARS,
POSSIBLY NEXT SUMMER.
REFERENDUM IN SOME STATES
Campaigns in. Nebraska and Missouri,
With Democratic Senatorial Nomi
nees Leading Wets. Prohibitions
Scout Idea of Losing Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Beer and
light wines within two years, and pos
sibly by next summer, is the promise
held out to the thirsty by the Associa
tion Against the Prohibition Amend
ment, which is orgamizing through
out the country to carry the congres
sional clection for the consummation
of this program.
The change of 50 votes would re
cord the house in favor of 4 or 5 per
cent beer and 10 per cent wine, ac
cording to the association. The or
ganization’s prime aim, therefore, in
the November election will be to bring
about the return of at least 50 wet
congressmen in place of that many
dry incumbents. Numerous claims
of this character already are being
claimed by the association as a re
sult of the primaries. |
Wheeler Scouts Claim. |
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
for the anti-saloon league, disputes
this claim. He says it would takei
a change of more than 100 votes to
make the house wet. ‘
“In_the primaries up to date,” said
Mr. Wheeler, “only one dry congress
man has been defeated by a recogniz-‘
ed wet. That was in the Peoria, 111,
district. Primaries have been held in
256 districts, 227 congressmen being
renominated, of whom 178 are drysl
and 49 wets. The new candidates
are dry in the proportion of two to
one.”
1f the wets should win the next con
gress they would not have an opportu
nity to move the modification of the
Volstead act until a year from next
December, unless the president should
call an extraordinary session forsany
purpose earlier.
The association working to restore
beer and light wines has arranged for‘
referendums on the question in Illi
nois, Ohio, Massachusetts and Cali-i
fornia. The object is to have the re
sult of the referendum in each con
gressional districf and in the state at
large accepted as instructions by the
senators and congressmen for their
votes on the question of modifying the
Volstead act in the next congress.
In these and other states the asso
ciation also is fighting for the return
of wet senators and representatives |
wherever the situation offers a fair
prospect of success. ‘
® Nebraska Situation. |
In Nebraska the probihition ques
tion figures prominently in the con-‘
test over the senatorship. Senator
Hitchcock, democrat, is wet, and R.
B. Howell, the republican candidate
is a dry. Hitchcock appears to have
made peace with the Bryans. Charles
Bryan is the democratic candidate for
governor and his brother, William
Jennings Bryan, is reported to be
scheduled to speak for the entire
ticket.
Beer and light wines also will be an
issue in Missouri, where Senator
Reed, democrat, will take the wet side
against R. R. Brewster, the republi
can candidate for the senate, who de
feated a beer and light wines oppo
nenti in the primary.
In Wisconsin a bone dry candidate
has been put up against LaFollette and
his associates in the republican pri
mary, and in a majority of the con
gressional districts prohibition is an
issue. In a score of other states and
more than 250 districts there are wet
candidates making campaigns on a
beer and light wines platform.
FAMISHED RODENTS LEAVE A
PATH OF DESTRUCTION
IN THEIR WAKE.
FROSTBURG, Md.—Twenty-five
thousand famished mine rats, some of
them as big as 5-month-old cats, have
come out of the strike bound coal pits
of the upper Potomac and Georges
creek fields near here, have mobilized
into a rodent army under the command
of the bigger and fiercer members, and
are sweeping a path of destruction
through the district.
Gardens are being devastated, hen
roosts raided, stores looted, and chil
dren in several instances have been at
tacked. Real warfare has broken out
with armed parties of strikers sniping
for the rats at all hours of the day
and night. Bags of 200 and 300 are
being brought in. Bedposts are set
in pans of water so sleepers will be
safe.
Many of the miners have put in the
time during the strike manufacturing
corn liquor, and they are reporting
serious depredations about their stills
by the rats. Tweo bull dogs have been
killed in fighting rats.
350,000 FEWER U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—More
than 350,000 office holders have
been dropped from the -federal
government’s payrolls since the
signing of the armistice, the civil
service commission reported on
Saturday. The total now on the
payrolls was given &)t 560,863, as
compared with 917,760 on Nov. 11,
1921. The federal office holding
force, however, is still 122,806
greater than in 1916.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 5, 1922
But Two Other States
Have a Lower Death
Rate Than Georgia
~ With the exception of Wyoming
‘and Montana Georgia had the lowest
annual death rate of any state in the
union, according to provisional mortal
ity figures compiled by the bureau of
census for the first quarter of 1922 and
Jjust annou‘nce‘._
The death” fate for the state dur
ing the first three months of 1922 was
10.3 per. thousand annually. Wyo
ming, with an annual death rate of 9.6
per thousand, based upon figures for
the quarter, showed the lowest record
of the country, while the highest was
found in the District of Columbia,
which showed a mortality rate of 17.6.
On the whole, figures for the first
quarter indicated higher death rates
than the corresponding period of 1921,
In Georgia there were 7,539 deaths
for the quarteg, being represented as
follows: 2,563 in January; 2,327 in
February, and 2,644 in March.
Births Decrease, Deaths Increase.
The birth rate is declining and the
death rate increasing, according to
statistics by the census bureau, cover
ing the first quarter of the year.
The birth rate in the states from
which comparative figures were avail
ble showed an average of 23.3 for each
thousand of population in the first
three months of 1922, against 25.3 in
1921, while the mortality average in
the registration in the first quarter,
this year was 15.7, against 12.6 in the
same period last year. |
North Carolina, with 29.2, reported
thé highest birth rate for the three!
months this year, and the state of
Washington, with 16.5, the lowest. 1
GREATEST AUTO
TUNNEL STARTED
| g R |
IN THREE YEARS MOTORISTS
WILL DRIVE INTO NEW
| YORK THROUGH ROUTE.
NEW YORK, N, Y—Within three!
vears motorists from the west will
drive into New York through its new
est subway, the Hudson river vehicular
tunnel. |
They may miss the ferry ride and
view of the skyscraper sky line. But
they’ll come through the best ventilat
ed tunnel in the world in a steady
stream of 1,900 cars an hour!
This tunnel will consist of twin
tubes 29 feet in diameter and 124 miles
long, built at a cost of $29,000,000.
Work on the project is now being
carried on—from both sides of the
river.
For a time a local political squabble
kept the engineers frum,_ starting con
struction on the New' Jersey shore.
‘But Clifford M. Holland, chief engi
neer, and several associates, went over
one night, took pick and shovel and
broke ground, without waiting for the
formal opening scheduled for July 4.
Poison Problem.
Before beginning work the engin
eers had to solve one of the century’s
‘most difficult engineering problems.
How could they make sure the tun
nel, filled with gases from the exhausts
of automobiles, would not become a
great death trap?
~ With the aid of federal authorities
they decided to conduct experiments
in an old coal mine at Bruceton, Pa.
‘There they constructed a small tun
nel. Conditions were similar to those
under the Hudson.
Tests With Autos.
Automobiles were sent into the tun
nel. Drivers and chauffeurs were ex
amined before and after the tests.
Others experiments were conducted
in the physiological laboratory at Yale
and in the engineering experiment
station of the University of Illinois.
It was found no harm would. re
sult to exposure to four parts of car
bon mponoxide, the poison of the® éx
haust gases, in 10,000 parts of air.
So the engineers decided to build
four ventilation shafts which will
change completely the air of the Hud
son tunnel 42 times an hour—forcing
in 3,500,000 cubic feet of fresh air ev
ery minute.
The air is admitted through ducts
at the bottom of the tubes and ex
hausted from the top.
“The vehicular tunnel will take care
of 46,000 daily.”
Tobacco Users Paid
$270,759,000 to U. S.
In Internal Revenue
Large Sums Also Exacted of Joy
riders, Chewers of Gunm and
Theatregoers.
WASHINGTON. Tobacco-users
paid almost 9 per cent of the $3,197,-
000,000 in internal revenue received by
the government in the fiscal year of
1922. Income and profit taxes ac
counted for 65 per cent of the total
From tobacco and its manufactures
the government received $270,759,000,
statistics published today show. This
was an increase of $15,500,000 over the
amount collected by the government
from that source in 1921. The increase
was almost wholly from taxes on
cigarettes, which totaled $150,128,000.
Chewing and smoking tobacco taxes
totaled $66,342,000, and large cigars
$44,184,000, a decrease of $6,893,000
from 1921.
" The automobile industry paid the
government $104,430,000 in the fis
cal year 1922 through the manufac
turers’ excess tax. That was $11,116,-
000 less than collected in 1921.
Candy and chewing gum netted the
gowernment less in taxes by $6,945,000.
From candy $13,593,000 was collected,
and from chewing gum [742870.
Non-alcholic beverages showed a
heavy total tax dedline, $33,489,000
having been paid compared with $358,-
676,000 last year. 30 8
" Taxes on admissions to theaters,
{ cabarets, Cu-sm
W. a reductiom of §sl¢€ o -
VUU A M;\:.',,“.t year. m““&,jn R \
SENATE HAS PASSED
SOLDIERS’ BONUS BILL
IT IS PROPOSED TO USE IN
TEREST ON FOREIGN DEBT
TO MEET PAYMENTS.
PARTY LINES WERE WIPED OUT
By Vote of 47 to 22 Four Billion Dollar
Bonus Bill Is Put Through Senate.
The Measure Now in Conference.
Watching the President. |
. WASHINGTON.—By a vote of 47
’to 22 the four billion dollar soldiers"
'monus bill was passed today by the
senate. It now goes to conference,
where prompt action is expected by
both senate and house leaders.
‘ Party lines disappeared on the roll
‘call, which followed four hours of de
bate. Announcement of the result was
%greeted with applause from the gal
leries which went unchecked despite
the violation of senate rules,
Three opponents of the bonus were
present, but unable to vote on ac
count of pairs,. Eight other oppo
nents were absent, making the total
number against the measure 33, or
one more than enough to prevent
passage over a presidential veto pro
vided all 96 senators were present and
voting.
Twenty-seven republicans and 20
democrats voted for the bonus, and
15 republicans and 7 democrats voted
against it. Neither Georgia senator
voted. Senaor Harris was paired for
the bill, and Senator Watson against
itt. He made a speech in opposition to
the measure.
Provisions of Bill.
As amended by the senate, the sol
diers’ bonus bill would become ef
fective January 1,+1923, and would
provide three optional plans for vet
erans of the world war other than
those whose adjusted service pay
would not exceed $5O. These would
be paid in cash. The options are: '
Adjusted service certificates pay
able in 20 years or sooner at death
and containing loan provisions.
Vocational training aid at the rate
of $1.75 a day up to a total of 140
per cent of the adjusted service credit.
Aid in purchasing a farm or home,
the total amount to range from 100
per cent of the adjusted service cred
it if the money were advanced in 1923
to 140 per cent of the adjusted ser
vice credit if the payment were made
in 1926 or thereafter.
Adjusted service pay or adjusted
service credit would be figured on the
basis of $1 a day for domestic ser
vice and $1.25 a day ‘for foreign ser- |
‘vice. less the $6OO paid at discharge.
But in no event could the amount
of the credit of the veteran who per
formed no overseas service exceed
$5OO and the amount of the credit of
the veteran who performed any over
seas service exceed $625.
Adjusted service certificates would
have a face value equal to the sum
of the adjusted service credit of the
veteran increased by 25 per cent, plus
interest thereon for 25 years at the
rate of 4 1-2 per cent a year, com
pounded annually.
| Senate’s Plan to Pay Bonus.
\
~ The Senate had previously approved
‘the use of the interest on the foreign
debt in financing the soldiers’ bonus.
The amendment authorizing the
payment of the bonus charge with the
interest on the eleven billions of dol
lars owed the United States by the al
‘]ied nations was proposed by Senator
Simmons, democrat, North Carolina.
ch and Senator Reed, democrat, Mis
souri, and other members urged it as
}a means not only of meeting President
' Harding’s requirement that the bill
carry a means of financing, but also!
’of silencing the talk about the can
cellation of the foreign debt.
'HOPPERS DESTROY
CROPS IN ARMENIA
THOUSANDS FACE STARVA
TION AS RESULT OF THE
SCOURGE, SAYS REPORT.
NEW YORK.—Grasshoppers, rush
ing over Armenia from Persia, have
destroyed the fertile fields of Kange
zour province, according to a sfate
ment issued by the near east relief
today, and orphanage supplies will
have to be diverted to fight he starva
tion which threatens.
The statement said that one village
collected 200 tons of grasshoppers, but
was unable to save its crops. It is es
timated that 42,000 persons, 16,000 of
them children, face starvation as the
result of the scourge.
CHICAGO'S MYSTERY WOMAN TELLS
OF SPENDING FORTUNE FOR DRUGS
CHICAGO, Ill.—Federal narcotic
agents were confronted to-day with
the mystery of Mabel Howard Rock
well Schaeffer, pretty and expensively
gowned, who was taken last night in
a raid on a negro resort.
Enigma to her captors, her husband
and apparently even to herself the
girl told an amazing story of her dis
sipation of a fortune on drugs—a for
ture the source of which she said she
did not know. Federal agents to-day
were seeking a wealthy Chicago candy
manufacturer, from whom it was hop
ed could be learned something of the
girl’s financial interests.
“I've spent $7,000 since the first of
the year—most of it for drugs.” the
girl of myste?' said, asserting that all
che knows of herself is that she is
heiress to an Er;flish estate.
Her husband, Nicholas E. Schaeffer,
an army field clerk, told of their mar
riage last January, after a “courtship
Capitol Architect
Ordered by House
To War on “Bugs”
. WASHINGTON, D. C.—War on
“bugs” around the capitol was de
clared on Saturday by the house of
representatives.
By a joint resolution passed after
a rollicking debate the house author
ized the capitol architect to proceed
to the extermination of “insects”
wherever found.
Representative Garnar, demiocrat,
Texas, misreading the resolution in a
way to make it apply only to the gen
ate office building, made a parliament
ary inquiry as to whether the senate
is the only place where there are
“bugs.”
“0, no” replied Representative Ire
land, republican, Illinois, in charge of
the measure, “there are a few in the
house.”
The resolution was sent over to the
senate just in time for its arrival to
interrupt a speech by Senator Reed,
democrat, Missouri, against what he
called “theoretical” provisions of the
coal inwvestigation. ‘“Now, that is
something practical,” remarked the
Missouri senator, when the house
messenger announced the action of the
house.
SOME OF REPRESENTATIVES
' HAVE HARD TIME MAKING
BOTH ENDS MEET.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa—The joy
of being a member of congress comes
at the time of election and not dur
ing the term at Washington—that is,
if the congressman is of modest means,
Living in Washington for senators
and congressmen is not all what some
people would, think it to be, is the
opinion of Secretary of Labor Davis.
In answer to a letter from John W.
Ford, of Philadelphia, and genéral
secretary of the Loyal Order of
Moose, Secretary Davis pointed out
that it was hard for con‘gressmen to
make both ends meet, if the repre
sentative depended entirely upon his
government salary,
“I know of many who live in mod
est homes, some with families in two
or three rooms, trying to do justice‘
to their constituents in that way, when |
their own personal savings will not
support them in better style,” the sec
retary wrote. “They are indeed in
adequately paid, for every one knows
that there are many incidental ex
penses to government service of the
character which they render.
“Then again the volume of work
which is expected of him—it is' sel
dom that a congressman or senator
has sufficient government paid help in
his office. I know that many of them
hire clerks at their own expense in
order that they may better serve.
Especially is this true of chairmen of
committees. ;
“A confressman's mail is often
heavy, and it contains matters of im
portance to his constituents and his
district. A part of the day is spent in
taking care of this, There is always
constituents from their district who
want to talk over matters.” ‘
0 "onn DEDICU |
VER 300 PERISH 1
OFF CHILEAN COAST
SCORES OF DROWNED FLOAT
ING ON THE OCEAN. ONLY
SIX PASSENGERS SAVED.
SANTIAGO, Chile—Only six per
sons, including two passengers out of
a total of 322 on board the Chilean
steamship lata, were saved when the
vessel sunk to-day off the Chilean
coast near Coquimbo. :
Coastwise Steamer.
The steamer sailed yesterday aft
ernoon from Coquimbo with 250 pas
sengers aboard. Heavy cross-seas dam
aged the rudder of the vessel, which
was overloaded. ;
In this helpless condition and caught
in the strong gale the steamer was
swept time and again by the enormous
waves. She listed badly and soon sank
by the bow. The Chilean warship
Chacabuco, which speeded to the res
cue, found only scores of drowned
floating on the ocean and remnants of
wreckage. One boat carrying 20 per
sons capsized and 17 perished.
Another boat with many passengers
and sailors aboard, and in which Capt.
Caldera, who had been grvausly in
jured, was placed, also capsized near
the beach. Only two passengers and
one sailor of this group escaped.
of a few weeks. They lived for a time
in an expensive apartment, he said, but |
separated when he learned of her ad~!
diction to drugs and her companion
ship with other men. |
“] know nothing of Mabel's early
history, except that she came here |
from Lexington, Mo.” Mir. Schaeffer
said.
Mrs. Scheaffer had been in a hospital
for several days and when released
federal agents, with the aid of a nurse
and marked money, traced her to the
negro resort. Mirs. Scheaffer was
found seated at a table and the marked
money was found in the pocket of the
resort keeper, John Poole.
William J. Spillard, chief of the nar
cotic staff, declared as he began the
investigation that if he case did not
result in amazing disclosures the girl’s
story would prove to be one of the
most remarkable fabrications offered
:!o the narcotic division in recent time
ere.
A NEWSPAPER
DEVOTED TO
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VOL. 40.—N0. 1
- FAITH WITH NATIONS
’UNCLE SAM IS DESTROYING
HUGE NAVAL TONNAGE IN
FULFILLMENT OF TREATY.
FILL IMMENSE GRAVE YARD
Once Proud Battleships Now Brokem
Up For Sale As Junk, Including Am
Old Submarine Being Dismanteled
With Other Obsolete Ships.
Just how well the United States is
putting into practice its' part of the
four-power treaty in respect to the
limitation of armaments agreement en
tered into at the Washington confer
ence can best be scen by a visit to the
’Henry A. Hitner's Sons gigantic junk
'yard in Philadelphia. I-%ere may be
Iseen the progress that is being made
in the actual scrapping of a large part
of the 845,740 warship toninage, Amer
ica's total allotment of vessels to be
demolished.
' What is left of this portion of the
‘once proud fleet of battleships, cruis
‘ers destroyers, submarine chasers and
submarines ride the waves or rest i
the mud along the Hitner waterfront
on the Delaware river, with but a
sorry semblance of former greatness.
The heavy armor plate from the pre
ldreadnought type battleship Maine has
béen removed from one side of the
vessel, leaving a huge, gaping scar as
though shell-torn in battle.
3 Mark Huge Destruction.
~ Powerful cranes lift the steel plates
iand other heavy parts from the ship te
cars on the dock where they are re
;moved to waiting furnaces. Among
;the naval craft comprising vessels pur
[chased by the Hitners are the hattle
ships Wisconsin, Missouri and Maine;
’cruisers, Columbia, Raleigh and De
‘troit; destroyers, Stewart, Perry, Cam
bridge, Barry, Dale, Paul Jones, Hull,
Lawrence, Truxtin, Smith and Deca
tur. The monitors include the Ton
apah, Monterey, Ozark, Canonieus,
Manhattan, Mahopic, Catskill, hm
Ajax, Nachant, Miantanomah
Puritan.
The dismantlement of this huge ton
nage comprising the various units of
the United States navy, ranging from
the old and tiny A-1 Plunger sub
marine and the monitor Dgonmz
built in 1887, to the pre-dreadno
Maine, is not only the l)eginning:fi a
new industry in this country, but
marks the destruction of a maritime
defense greater than that of Italy at
the beginning of the world war.
By the terms of their sale to the
highest bidder these obsolete fighting
craft may not again sail the seas im
any but a peaceful pursuit, nor cam
they pass from American registry or
ownership by an American citizen or
corporation. Much of the heavy ar
mor was retained by the navy de
partment for tests for navy rifles and
seaplane guns, and all of the rifle
cannon once mounted on their decks
are to be distempered by heat and
then sawed into ingots and fed inte
open-hearted furnances.
In addition to the other warships
there are eagle hoats, submarine chas- .
ers, and mine sweepers, as well as
two old English troops ships, H. M. S.”
Malobar and Hotspur, which now lie
in the berths where the international
cup defender Columbia and Admiral
Farragut’s old flagship, the Franklin,
which, with the Santee, Jamestown,
and Keystone State, were previously
wrecked by the Hitners.
How Ships Are Junked
The first step in dismantling a bat
tleship is to remove the arigor plate in
seltions weighing from 25%0 40 tons.
These are swung to an ugright POSsi
tion in the yard where powerful oxy
acetylene torches pierce through the
11 to 15 inches of solid armor that
would have turned the most powerful
projectile of a decade ago, cutting it
into small pieces for the furnaces. The
valuable alloy content of nickel steél
in this “scrap” makes it one of the
most desirable by-products, and when
reforged finds its principal market in
the automobile industry.
The nerve centers of the floating
fortresses are then attacked, the ma- -
chinery which operated gun turrets,
ammunition hoists, refrigerating sys
tem, and all other intricate mechan
isms are broken into small pieces,
readily handled by a single workman.
This small scrap is for the most pag
turned over to gray iron foundries
be used in making agricultural imple
ments, engine bases, and other low
tensile strength iron products.
One of the most valuable by-prod
ucts is the composition navy metal,
which is made up of 88 per cent cop
per, 10 per cent tin and 2 per ceént
zine, and has a tensile strength of
40,000 pounds to the square inch.
Other precious “junk” is the copper,
gunmetal, manganese bronze, lead,
zinc, and navy brass, all of which are
sorted into different grades, melted
up in smelters into ingot form, and
cold to manufacturers in virtually every
branch of the metal trade.
DEFEATS CONFIRMATION
ANOTHER GA. POSTMASTER
Senate Rejects Nomination of Curran
for Savannah Office.
WASHINGTON.—The senate late
today rejected the nomination of Johm
F. Curran as postmaser at Savanndh,
Ga. The nomination was opposed by
Senatorr Watson, democrat, of that
state. .
Action on the nomination was said
Qo'khave been taken within a few min
-Ites after the senate went into execu
tive session. ¢
“ Mr. Curran was one of three momi
nations of postmasters in Georgia over
which there had been controversies.
The other two nominees, for the places
at Tennille and Dixie, previously were
rejected l;‘y thehsenate. It was con
cerning these three nomination
Senator Watson and Senator m
republican, of Colorado, nearly engag
ed in a personal encounter several
months ago. Ll