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Uy AT HOME
AND HELP
pAWSON PROSPER
By E. L. RAINEY
ExECUTIVE BENT ON UNRAV
ELING SNARL OF GOVERN
MENT IN FAR NORTH.
Thirty-Five Departments Regulate the
Government of the Territory, and
Much Confusion and Conflict Re
sult, It Is Charged. g
president Harding will forsake the
white house this month and pay a
visit ¢ Alaska—but not all for the
wurpose of seeing the sights. The af
firs of Alaska are in a tangle. The
oresident 18 going there to secure
¢ret hand information relative to the
nmense natural resources of that ter
rtory and also to see what can be
done about the proper use ofthem.
Rich in Resources.
Alaska has gold, silver, copper and
coal beneath its surface. It has great
iorests, rich oil deposits, while its
fshing industry can be developed to
one of the biggest in the world. Its
bromising agricultural lands are thin
v scttled. It is one of the richest ter
tories in the world, yet Alaska is
koday an undeveloped country, capa
le of supporting many tiraes its pres-\
at population, numbering barely 60,-|
00 persons, of whom half are Indians
nd Eskimos.
Governor Scott C. Bone, of the ter
iory, which was bought from Rus
ia in 1867 ‘for $7,200,000, believes that
o 0 many fingers are in the pie, that
laska is stagnant because she has
oo much government.
Too Many Departments,
Alaska’s affairs are handled in
Vashington by 35 different depart
ents and bureaus. The department
{ interior, for instance, has jurisdic
ion over the mines, the oil, the
harves and it supervises allotments
o Indians and directs the use to
vhich public lands are put.
When coal or oil is found under the
iblic lands, then the jurisdiction is
ansferred .to the general Jand office.
The forestry department has juris
ictioh over the timber- lands, except
hose included in the public domain.
hould minerals or oil be found un
r the forests, then those lands are
asierred to the administration of
¢ land office. Other departments
nflict in the same way. ;
In this manner the governmental
hirs of Alaska are very often jum
lil. Governor Bone believes all of
¢ 35 departments should be concen
ated in two, the department of the
terior and the fisheries bureau.
Alaskans Disagree.
Many in Alaska believe that too
uch authority would be given thesel
partments. Others maintain that
aska should govern itself, responsi- |
Je to the United States.for the prnp-i
conduct of its affaits. |
President Harding is going to :\]ns‘-l
t ,“‘] out what is the best thing
)be done in the matter. |
He will take a trip over the gov—l‘
nment railroad, which runs 500
lies into the interior of the country.
s road taps the rich forests and
meral fields, yet it has not accom
ished what its advocates claimed it
Seeks Co-Operation.
Alaska believes that if its govern
ent were better handled, concentrat
to two departments, or if it were
foWed to assume Its own govern
ent, the line of that railroad would
v'f“‘?rgl. with pulp and paper fac
ries, '.}'m!c farmers would settle on
¢ ‘ands along the route.
't 1s pointed out that if the forests,
¢ mineral deposits and the agricul-
P lands were under the jurisdiction
the same department that governs
f T road the co-opertion resulting
uld greatly aid the government of
£ country,
r\fi mile i Alaska the president will
jicate McKinley National Park,
mprising 2,000 square miles. He will
\ . stupendous natural wonders
‘¢ country: the glaciers, the moun
oo the “valley of 10,000 smokes”
‘1 Its active volcano, Mt. Katmai.
X 4 has, at present, a dozen volca
[, “louting smoke and lava.
r¢ will travel the Yukon river, 1,-
L O Its 2,000 miles navigable.
Ut the president is not going there
, I¢_mere purpose of seeing the|
> that 1s incidental. His purpose
. dtVise some way to disentangle
lumble of governmental affairs of
rritory,
Wi . :
‘ Will Hear Mixed Stories.
o sident will hear a mixed
en he goes to Alaska, Not a
Vu:.wmn«:f]' spea_kcrs will tell
- @t the territory is bound around
| 8 nment red tape, and that the
oo G Tesources and progress are
-3V enmeshed in a tangle of
. mental regulations and rules.
E lwlr-r:xh]o _group of Alaskans
5 hat exploitation—first by pri
.!'hmls and corporations, then
. "hment—has prevailed in that
ory ever since its discovery.
L. ;'Y it began under the Rus
iy ter, after the United States
00, i€ht the territory, American
i tons and individuals were the
. “'s There followed strict gov-
Nt control.
‘QF VISIBILITY” USUALLY
RECEDES A RAINSTORM
Uspal .
2l Clearness Does Not Indicate
' “Falling Weather.”
o @l clearness of the air has not
& :*.’»l a sign of coming rain in
p poiged observations of Prof.
ek I\% In fact, the reverse seems
y 1% Only one-third of the days
ke ;.,.:(“'_'”'ty of 21 miles or more
fhe ;’i:‘\ud by rain, while one-haff
Hv.;ghavmg a visibility of less
*> miles came directly before
THE DAWSON NEWS
IN FLORIDA; 45 FEET IN LENGTH
: M‘IAI\;II, Fla._-L. L. Mowbray, founder of the Miami Aquarium and
vice president of the New York aquarium, has classified the 40,000-
pound monster of the deep caught by Claude Nolan off Long Key Sat
urday as being the same species as the big fish captured by 'Captain
gharles Thompson several years ago. It belongs to the species rhyno
on.
The Thompson fish was 35 feet long and weighed 30,000 pounds. The
Nolan fish is 45 feet long, 23 feet in girth, tail span 12 feet and weigh
ing 40,000 pounds. It is the third large fish to be captured in south Flor
ida waters in recent years. Another monster, in addition to the captured
by Captain Thompson was caught by Dr. S. Schlegel early in June, 1919,
off Cape Sable. This fish was 30 feet long and weighed approximately
25,000 pounds.
The an fish is hauled up on the shore at Long Key. The monster
was h Saturday evening, but put up a struggle that required a
constant il late. Sunday to land it. Fifty bullets from a high
powered rifle d into It.
BIG, REPORT SHOWS
HALF A MILLION FARMS IN
FORTY-TWO STATES. VALUE
IS ONE-HALF BILLION.
Half a million farms in 42 different
states grow North America’s tobacco
crop, worth half a billion dollars each
year, according to the 1922 year book
of the United States department of
agriculture. Of the total of 2,000,000
acres devoted to tobacco Kentucky
leads all other states. North Carolina
and Virginia follow closely.
Employment for Many.
After the nation’s tobacco leaves the
drying sheds of the farms it goes to
10,291 tobacco manufacturing plants,
where a total of 183,000 persons work
it. The internal revenue from tobacco
amounted to $300,000,000 in 1922, That
gives some idea of how it is sold.
The department of agriculture tells
of far-reaching improvements that
have been made in the tobacco rais
ing and manufacturing industry. High
grade leaves for wrappers, formerly
imported, now are grown in Connecti
cut and Florida, and the growth per
acre has been increased considerably.
Takes Lots of Work.
The tobacco crop of the United
States comes from only one-half of
one per cent of all its cultivated acres,
but the work done on it is greater
than on any other crop. Southern
states lead in the industry, with Penn
sylvania and Connecticut following
close.
TOYED WITH AND DOCILELY
PUT BACK IN ITS CRADLE
BY SINGLE MAN.
PITTSFIELD, Mass.—The great
est amount of energy ever concentrat
ed by human ingenuity—more than
10,000,000 horsepower—was rreated
toyved with, and finally docilely placed
back in its cradle by a single man.
The significance of the demonstra
tion was that twice as much electrical
voltage as cver beiore was produced
and safely handled. It also was made
to do the bidding of a man operating
a small switch with'all the unfathom
able wizardy of a ‘magician bringing
rabbits out of a hat. For a small part
of a millionth of a second the power
was equal to all the electrical power
in America. The exact voltage was
2.000.000, which, as estimated by
Charles P. Steinmetz, an electrical ex
pert, is one-twenty-fifth the power of
a bolt of lightning. :
The demonstration was made in the
Pittsfield laboratory, renowned among
electrical men as the transmission ex
perimentation center. It was in charge
of F. A. Peek, jr., who directs the
high voltage research, and Gueseppe
Faccioli, a cripple, chief electrical en
gineer of the Pittsfield works.
Mr. Faccioli said the layman might
get some conception of the power
handled when it was realized that the
greatest single amount of electrical
voltage now transmitted for public
use is 220,000—that in California. Mr.
Peck pointed out that the object was
to keep research ahead of need—so
that when it is desirable to carry 2,-
000,000 volts in a wire it can be done.
A model village was built and the
electricity, transtormed into a bolt of
lichtning, was whipped back and
forth and up and down, striking the
lightning arrester of a little church.
The artificial lightning was shot
through realistic clouds which rolled
and thundered while rain they pro
duced fell in torrents. 1
The engineers were unable to ex
plain what was the chemical substance
produced when walnut wood touched‘
by the great voltage disappeared from
their sight and leit no perceptible re
fuse. l
FOUR OUT OF TEN CHILDREN
IN THE CITY HAD NEVER
SEEN SUCH AN ANIMAL.
BOSTON, Mass.—Franklin Park
200 now boasts of a full-blooded Ayr
shire cow.
The cow was presented to the city
by the Ayrshire Breeders’ Associa
tion, through George F. White, the
president.
Mayor Curley accepted the gift on
the lawn of the city hall and announc
ed that it would be placed in the
Franklin Park zoo in compliance with
the request of the donors, so that the
children of Boston might see what a
cow is like. :
A recent test of the city schools
disclosed that an average of only four
out of ten children had ever seen a
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URGES ECONOMY |
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HARDING SAYS EVERY MEANS
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO RE
~ TRENCH. EXPENSES GO UP.
. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.— “Every
means possible should be employed to
insure against any unnecessary in
creases in the cost of government,”
declared Presiderit Harding in a letter
to Prof. M. B. Lambie, of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, made public to
day.
Professor I.ambie is secretary of
the League of Minnesota Municipali
ties, which will hold its annual con
vention at Fairbault on June 20 and
21. The letter complimented the league
on its choice of taxation as a princi
pal topic in its convention.
“There 1s no more mmportant duty
confronting public officials everywhere
than the enforcement of the utmost
measure of economy consistent with
good administration,” wrote President
Harding. '
Figures Are Cited.
Continuing, the president wrote:
“Within the past few days the census
bureau, at my request, has furnished
some figures which seem to me to
impress as nothing else could the ne
cessity for the most careful adminis
tration in every governmental unit.
They state, for example, that revenues
from all sources of the state govern
ments in 1923 aggregated $368,000,000
and in 1921 $995,000,000, an increase
of 161 per cent. Expenditures rose
from $283,000,000 in 1913 to $1,005,-
000 in 1921, increase of 163 per cent,
Indebtedness increased irom $425,000,-
000 in 1913 to $1,012,000,000 in 1921,
an increase of 139 per cent. These
figures hardly require comment be
cause they demonstrate so conclusive
ly, it seems to me, that costs of state
government are rising at a rate which
at least justifies the most serious con
sideration.
Counties and Cities, Too.
“Along with the foregoing data re
garding cost of state governments’ the
census bureau has furnished some fig
ures on the increase in cost of city
governments. These figures are based
on the returns of the government for
227 of the largest cities in the coun
try. It is shown that for cities in this
group revenues in 1913 amounted to
$890,000,000 and in 1921 $1,567,000,000,
an increase of 76 per cent. For the
same group expenditures were $l
- in 1913 and in 1921 §l,-
726,000,000, an increase of 71 per cent.
Aggregate indebtedness of 1912 was
$3,901,000,000 and in 1921 $4,334,000,
an increase of 49 per cent.”
EDUCATOR LABORS 65 YEARS
AND GIVES FORTUNE HE
MAKES TO COLLEGE.
A man who in a year will be non
agenarian lifted a spade of earth at
the village of Stratford, four miles
south of Delaware, 0., last week,
starting construction of what is said
will be the world’s third largest tele
scope. . ‘
To Ohio Wesleyan University the
simple act was fraught with import
ance, because it means the start in
building for the institution of a great
observatory.
To Professor Hiram Perkins, 89,
teacher of mathematics and astron
omy at Wesleyan, it meant the cul
mination of the dreams and hopes ori
a life time. ‘
Professor Perkins and his wife are
the donors of the funds to erect the
observatory and telescope. They have
given approximately $250,000.
For 65 years out of Perkins’ small
salary they saved and by investments
which seemed destined for success
from the start they amassed the quar
ter of a million dollars.
Professor Perkins explains the un
usual act of giving up a life’s savings
by saying simply that “astronomy is
the queen of sciences. There is noth
ing that will give young people such
a conception of the -greatness and
power and beauty of the creator as
the study of the infinite bodies that
fill the heavens.” ;
The telescope will have 60 one-inch
lens and is being constructed by a
Cleveland firm.
JOHN BULL PAYS UNCLE SAM 70 MILLIONS
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Grcat Brit
ain will save $1,400,000 tomorrow
when it pays $70,000,000 in Liberty
bonds to the United States as the first
payment of interest and principal on
its $4,600,000,000 war debt, financiers
closely in touch with Wall street said
today. The saving, it was said, will
be effected through the purchase of
the bonds by the British treasury at
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1923
MORE ILLICIT DISTILLERIES
DESTROYED IN STATE 1922
THAN IN ANY OTHER.
Director Dismuke Says Figures Prove
Prohibition Is Success. Calls Atten
tion to Propaganda of “Wets.” Less
Whisky Being Drunk Now.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Georgia led the
union in the number of illicit distiller
ies destroyed during 1922, declared
Fred D. Dismuke, state federal pro
hibition director, today in a state
ment issued in connection with the
second anniversary of Roy A. Haynes,
federal prohibition commissioner fin
that office.
Commenting on the resume of the
work done by Mr. Hayne's depart
ment during his two years in office,
‘Mr. Dismuke said: “This report is
most illuminating and of particular
interest at this time in view of the
fact that so much is being written and
said regarding the work. Commission
er Haynes deals with facts and not
theories and his reports show conclu
sively the great progress and im
provement being made throughout the
United States and proves that prohi
bition is a success. :
“With respect to the work in Geor
gia, I am glad to report that we have
kept pace with the results accomplish
ed throughout the United States. The
last commissioner’s annual report
showed that for the figcal year 1922
Georgia led the union in the number
of illicit stills and distilleries destroy
ed and I am confident that this en
viable record will bs maintained
throughout the fiscal year of 1923.
“To indicate the vast amount of
work performed in this state since
January 1, 1922, T submit the follow
ing figures:
“Work performed during the sev
enteen months from January 1, 1922,
through May 31, 1923: stills and dis
tilleries destroyed, 4.977: gallons of
beer destroyed, 3,218,317; gallons of
whiskyv destroyed, 37,538; number of
persons arrested, 1,636; number of
prosecutions recommended, 3,016;
number of autos seized, 233; value of
property destroyed $906,560.06.
“Without minimizing the task be
fore us, I am'of the opinion that pres
ent conditions in Georgia are greatly
improved over what they were one
and two years ago and the people
'must not be misled by widespread
propaganda to the effect that we have
as much drinking as we ever had. Ta
‘ken as a whole, I am exceedingly
“»]eased with the attitude of the offi
cers, the courts and press of this state
and I can see very little evidence that
would point to a hostility toward pro
hibition.”
'REUNION OF MRS. FIRST
)
FLY’S DESCENDANTS
BY SEPTEMBER IIST THE FAM
ILY WILL NUMBER SIX BIL
LION, FIGURES SHOW.
ATLANTA, Ga—At a reunion
meeting of the descendants of Mrs.
Came First Fly in the basement of
a downtown candy shop this morn
ing, plans for erecting a monument to
her memory were approved. Mrs. Fly
met death on the head of a county
official after depositing eggs in vari
ous parts of the city.
The monument selected was design
ed by Fatal Disease, the eminent
sculptor, whose work is shown in ev-.
ery cemetery in the world. The motif
is a cuspidor encrusted with typhoid
germs imbedded in filth surmounted
by the fly motto: “Where I Live Hu
mans Die.”
The meeting was attended by more!
’than 100 flies, all of the second gen
‘eration, who boasted that they had
laid 15,000 eggs which will be hatched
‘without delay. At the normal rate of
‘increase the family will consist of
‘about 6,000,000,000,000 flies in Septem
ber, when the sixth generation will
have been hatched. !
It was said at the meeting that At
lanta is becoming dangerous for flies
‘because of efforts to exterminate them.
Poison, fly paper and swatters have
‘heen used to this end, and it was said
that the casualties had been numer
ous. It was agreed however, that lit
tle uneasiness need be felt so long as
the breeding places are not disturbed.
The speck of one fly may contain as
many as 5,000 typhoid germs, and one
egg is a threat of death to the com
munity.
Swat the Fly! Stop the Fly!
The fly is in the same class with the
mad dog, the snake in the grass and
the wild animal roaring at will, for
the fly is insidious.
He lurks in every corner.
He plants his germs on your bread.
Hle buries them in your butter.
He floats them in your baby’s milk
bottle.
There is no escape if he once en
ters your home.
The lesson is obvious; keep the fly
out with screens and swat him quick
ly if he gets in. |
an average of two per cent. below
par, redeemed by the United States
treasury at par.
By accepting the payment in Lib
erty bonds, it 1s pointed out, the Unit
ed States government will reduce its
own war debt by exactly $70,000,000,
as it will cancel the bonds. Thus
Great Britain and the United States
war debts are cut down by one stroke.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The peculiar inflection of a speaker’s voice to
day led a detective to do some impersonating over a telephone with the
result that four men were arrested, two accused of participating in the
daylight robbery Wednesday of an upper Broadway jewelry store and the
other two charged with being fugitives from New Jersey.
Detectives Dowling, Hammill and Kiernan, all of the truck squad,
had gone to a Seventh avenue loft building to investigate another case.
As they entered an empty office the telephone bell rang.
Dowling answered the call.
“Is Jake there,” said a voice and Dowling became suspicious.
“N 0. he said. “He’s out. This i,¢4o} aaefgxuem no& op JeyAA QY S
“This is Harry,” said the other. Harry said he had “something
good,” admitted it was jewelry, and agreed to bring it to the office.
Harry arrived accompanied by three others. The detectives lined them
up and found $B,OOO worth of jewelry wrapped in a silk handkerchief.
This they identified as part of the $70,000 loot from the store of Bar
nett Goldstein, 2587 Broadway, which four bandits robbed Wednesday,
binding and gagging Louis Goldstein, son of the proprietor, and a clerk.
GET MORE AIR AND MOIST
URE, IS THE EXPLANATION
OF BOSS'BARBER.
ATLANTA.—In this hot weather
one can start an argument over al
most anything. Yes, and one can tell
the craziest stories and offer the sil
liest theories in the world and get folk
to believe them, and the hotter it is
the more quickly, apparently, they
fall. Take the matter of whiskers, for
instance.
Someone came out a day or so ago
with the announcement that whiskers
grew faster in July and August than
they did in January. This seemed an
interesting and whimsical sort of theo
ry and worthy of hot weather bicker
ing. The trouble was that just as soon]
as an Atlanta specialists was asked
about it he snorted. |
“Don’t be silly,” he said. “You'll be
asking next if there is any truth in
the saying that fish is brain food.” |
Well, perhaps that doctor didn’t{‘
know so much as he thought he did. |
So the investigator asked a barber.
The barber has been barbering for a
long while. He said the assertion was
correct and that whiskers and hair did
grow faster in the summer. |
Doubts the Doctors. |
“Them blame doctors don’t know
everything,” he said. Then he pointed
out that the doctors knew only what
they read in books about whiskers,‘
but barbers handle whiskers daily and|
hair on the head and he was a haif
specialist, he might say. ‘
“Hair grows faster,” he explained,
“because it gets more air, like a gera
nium does, in the summer.” |
The boss barber came up at this
time and told the hair specialist that
he was a nut and to go on over to
chair No. 3 and give “that guy a
shampoo #and quit eatin’ them darn
breath perfumes, will yer, or you’ll
drive the customers into gas masks.”
“It's just because it seems they‘
grow faster,” said the boss barber,
picking up the drgument. “Hair gets
sweaty and matted with street dust
and it weighs down on the head and
makes one feel uncomfortable and so{
the average man gets his hair cut oft
ener in the summer. These Sher}ock‘
Holmes chin scrapers don’t use no!
sense. They see a man in the chairl
once a month that only comes in two
or three times all fall and winter and
they think his hair is growing faster.
How It Happens.
“It's the same way with whiskers.
In the summer they feel dirty and
irritating because of sweat and the
damp catches dust and dirt and ev
ery time he wipes his face it irritates
a littlee That’s why a man after a
shave feels better all over. It gives his
facial pores a chance to breathe and
gives him the psychological effect of
a bath all over. A man that's tired
and hot and dusty comes to a barber
shop with his nerves all tangled and
cross as a bear. He sits down in a
soft chair and the first thing he does
is to relax all over. There is a cool
fan blowing on him. His face is clean
ed and the fingers of a good barber
are giving him a gentle massage that
is sort of hypnotic. The whole ner
vous system is lulled and patted into
good humor and the man has a rest
that does him more good than two
hours napping in a hot stuffy office in
his office chair. He comes out cool,
clean, rested and soothed.”
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FAKIRS ARE MAKING
PUBLIC BEING FOOLED BY
MEN CLAIMING TO BE SOL
DIERS. SELL BOGUS STUFF.
Bogus pleas by ren who claim to
be “veterans of the world war,” yet
who never were in the service of Un
cle Sam, have robbed the public of
$5.000,000 during the last 14 months,
One man, who was serving a term
in the penitentiary during the war,
has made thousands of dollars by par
ading himself as a “veteran.”
Sell Fake Magazines.
For the most part these takers sell
what are supposed to be “soldiers’
magazines.” These cost from six to
eight cents a copy to priny, and are
sold for 25 cents a copy to the pub
lic.
The men who sell them play on the
sympathy of the public by the plea
“help the boy who fought for yeu,”
or “I am a wounded soldier -and can
not get a job.”” These men were never
in a uniform, however. They and their
magazines are fakes.
Three Hundred Convicted.
From 500 to 600 men are engaged
in this scheme at present. Already
more than 300 have been convicted.
The American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and the Disabled
American Veterans, all soldier organ
izations, have denounced the men
making money by this scheme, and
are aiding in their prosecutiof.
DISTINGUISHED PRESIDING
OFFICER OF PATAULA JUDI
CIAL CIRCUIT PASSES.
Judge William C. Worrill died at
his home in Cuthbert at noon Tues
day, following a gradual decline in
health which began several months
ago. He Imade a courageous fight
against the inroads of disease which
attacked him several months ago, his
strong will power prolonging his life
for days after the end seemed near.
His death was not unexpected, as
members of the family and friends had
not in some time entertained hope that
he would recover.
Funeral services were held at the
Worrill home Wednesday morning at
10 o’clock. Pastor J. S. Grahl, of the
Cuthbert Methodist church, conduct
ed the service. Interment was made
in Western cemetery at Cuthbert.
The active pallbearers were J. B.
Bussev, Solicitor General B. T. Cas
tellow, J. W. Harris, R. E. Toombs,
W. E. Taylor, 1. J. Lunsford, Walter
McMichael, R. L. Moye. The honor
ary pallbearers were M. J. Yeomans,
H. A. Wilkinson, M. C. Edwards and
W. B. Parks, of Dawson; Judge J. R.
Pottle, of Albany; Judge W. V. Cus
ter nad T. S. Hawes, of Bainbridge;
Sam S. Bennett, of Albany; A. L.
Miller, of Edison; C. L. Glessner and
Walter Park, of Blakely.
Judge Worrill was born in Stewart
county, but went to Cuthbert in his
bovhood with his parents and con
tinued to reside there until his death.
After attending school there he went
to Emory college and the University
of Georgia, graduating at the latter in
stitution. Engaging in the practice of
law, in a few years he achieved emi
nence and built up a large clientage
in Randolph and neighboring coun
ties. After the death of Judge H. C.
Sheffield he was elected judge of the
superior courts of the Pataula circuit,
a position he held to the time of his
death, some sixteen years, without
opposition.
In his young manhood Judge Wor
rill wedded Miss Georgia Tackett,
who was his beloved companion for
more than two score years, and who'
preceded him to the grave about eight
months.
Four daughters and one son sur
vive. They are Mrs. L. ‘Bleeck, of
Germany; Mrs. R. D. Fox, of Darien;
Miss Alice Worrill, of Cuthbert; Mrs.
Van Livingston, of Florida, and Chas.
W. Worrill of Cuthbert. There are
several grandchildren.
Judge Worrill’s age is understood
to have been about 72 years.
FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CAN
DIDATE LOWDEN FLAYS
COST OF GOVERNMENT.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Extravagance in
government growing out of excessive
taxes was condemned and the prop
er division of taxation between mu
nicipalities and states recommended
by Frank O. lLLowden, former govern
or of Illinois, addressing the Nation
al Association of Credit Men, in con
vention here today. He declared taxa
tion is increasing faster than wealth
in this country, and to check the ex
travagances of government it would
be desirable that municipalities and
states should provide their own reve
nues for their own needs and leave
to the federal government the task of
providing for genuinely national re
quirements,
Constitution.
Terming the federal constitution as
“the most important single contribu
tion ever made to the art of seli-gov
ernment,” Mr. Lowden pointed out
that its framers were careful not to
confer all powers on the government.
One of the subjects upon which limi
tations have been placed was that of
taxation, he said. These limitations
were followed by the framers of state
constitutions, he continued, “and yet
taxation is increasing much more rap
idly than wealth itself,
“One prolific cause of rapidly” in
creasing cost of government is to be
found in the number of public agen
cies that have authority to levy taxes.
These include the federal government,
the state government, the local munic
ipal government and in many states
there is the school board and so-called
improvement districts,” the result, he
said, “is endless duplication in cost of
administration and conséquent ex
travagance.”
Federal Aid Bribe.
The speaker said federal aid, gen
erally speaking, “is a bribe offered to
state governments to surrender their
own proper functions” and that its
rapid extension means the “gradual
breaking down of local self-govern
ment in America.”
Average man reaches the height of
his muscular power during his thir
tieth and thirty-first years.
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VOL. 40.—N0. 42
DEMOCRATS FEAR HIS CANDI
DACY MIGHT CAUSE SPLIT
IN PARTY RANKS.
Assume He Will Not Figure in Re
publican Primaries. Hearst’'s En
dorsement of the Detroit Anti-Jew
Man Is a Surprise,
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Arthur Sears
Henning,, the well-known political
writer, says in one of his recent arti
cles to the press:
Henry Ford, reputed to be the rich
est man in the world, is running like
wild fire for president of the United
States at this writing.
Whether he ,will be running so
strong in the presidential campaign
next year is the question that is wor
rying the politicians, particularly sun
dry leaders of the democratic party,
who fear Him either coming or going.
If he should decide to enter the dem
ocratic primaries he would be a for
midable contender for the nomination
for president, or if he should lead a
third party he might split the demo
cratic party so badly as to assure re
publican success.
The republican leaders are not no
ticeably worried by the Ford boom.
As: Ford was the democratic candi
date for United States senator from
Michigan in 1918 the republican lead
ers assume he would not enter the re
publican primaries unless he should
enter the democratic primaries also,
as he did in 1918, and under such cir
cumstances they are confident he
would not cut much of a figure in the
republican preconvention contest, par
ticularly with President Harding as
his opponent.
Third Party Angle.
From a third party headed by Ford
the republican leaders profess to be
lieve they would gain more than they
would lose. A third party would be
composed of radical elements and, ac
cording to g. o. p. reasoning, would
draw more strength from the demo
cratic than from the republican party.
All these calculations, however,
might be upset by the character of the
issues of the campaign as they devel
op eventually and Ford’s attitude
thereon. A glimpse of such possibili
ties recently was afforded a commit
tee of republican party managers
which called on one of the great New
York bankers, a lifelong republican
and steady angel of the party. They
asked the customary generous con
tribution to party expenses. The bank
er Bluntly declined, read the party the
riot act and wound up by asserting
that if Henry Ford would declare for
beer and light wine he would support
him on any ticket.
Collier’s Weekly Poll.
Ford’s popularity as a presidential
candidate appears to be greatest in
the agricultural west and south. In
the poll being conducted by Collier’s
Weekly, President Harding has re
ceived 13,080 votes up to date and
Ford 12,379 out of a total of 53,000.
McAdoo polled 5,002, Cox 4,233, Hi
ram Johnson 3,753, Hughes 3,453,
Smith 2,972, Hoover 2,220, La Fol
lette 1,716, Gen. Wood 1,185, Borah
983, Woodrow Wilson 425.
The latest development of import
ance in the booming of Ford was the
announcement that William Randolph
Hearst had come out for Ford as the
candidate of a third party. This was
a bombshell in the democratic camp.
The news was accepted as notice by
Hearst that the democratic party could
not count on his newspaper support
in the presidential campaign and that
he would endeavor to lead a bolt from
his party to an independent candidate.
It also was interpreted as indicating
knowledge on the part of Hearst that
his - bosom friend, Hiram Johnson,
does not intend to seek the republi
can nomination or to run as a third
party candidate, but does intend to
preserve his party regularity with an
eve to the prospects of 1928
The announcement proved startling
to those who never expected to find
the professedly pro-Semite Hearst
championing the anti-Semite . Ford,
and who recalled the recent series of
articles in a Hearst magazine raking
Ford for his Jew baiting. The shock
was perhaps the greatest in New
York city, where Hearst’s papers ap
peal to a public 50 per cent Jewish.
Vesuvius Is Staging
A Thrilling Spectacle
Glowing Lava, Stones and Cinders
Are Thrown High in the Air.
NAPLES.—Vesuvius, which re
cently has given signs of renewed ac
tivity, is again in eruption. with in
candescent lava, stones, cinders and
smoke being thrown up in a column
which frequently reaches a height of
several hundred feet. Many foreigners,
notably Americans, are here admiring
the spectacle, which is most effective
at night, when the smoke clouds and
st:cams of lava glow redly in the dark
ness. No one is allowed to approach
the crater, particularly as the erup
tion is causing .violent local earth
quakes.
The phenomenon now being wit
nessed is a current one, coming ev
ery few years. The lava which is eject
ed by the volcano gradually forms a
cone, often rising to hundreds of feet
around the crater and obstructing the
iree flow of the smoke and gases un
til the internal pressure rises to such
a point that it disrupts the come.
Professor Maladra, director of the
Vesuvian Observatory, says the pres
ent phenomenon may last a long time
and will probably be accompanied by
a large eruption of ashes, but that any
anxiety for the safety of the neighbor
ing villages is not justified.