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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27

Deep in the Rockies, twenty-five
miles from Pagosa Springs, Colo,
lives a man who for seventeen years
had not seen a human being.
Like "Tarzan of the Apes" he dwelt
among the beasts of the mountains,
a drove of wild horses and the noun
tain beasts his most intimate com
panions.
For forty years he has lived out
of touch with mankind.
His name is William Hardwick-
He is known here as THE Mystery
Man of the Mountain"
He is perhaps the only man in the
civilized world who has not heard OF
the world war.
Stories had been told of "a wild
man who roamed the hills leading
herd of two score wild horses"
With the first heavy snow the ami
mails ran wild through the little
towns doting the rim of the forest.
Deputy United States Marshal W. J.
McClelland was asked to round up
the horses. ..
Mountaineers suggested he find
the Man of Mystery" Mr.. McClel-
land searched. ,.
For days no trail led to the door
of the den, burrowed into the hill
side, where wild cat and mountain
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
EX- KAISER HAS
S4,760,0DO Cash
TO DODGE HUNGER
HohenzoIIem Family Also
LAYS Claim to Ninety Ger
man Estates

The ex-kaiser's private cash for
A,nc amounts to sE.7OO.OOO. which
- accumulated by Frederick Will
aeIra III. the lzaiser's great-grand-
'ather. in 1879. and bequeathed by
I'm to his successor TO the crown
sith the provisO that One-half be left
nfarr unless Prussia was IN des-
cate condition. which the FORMER
xaiSer probably will now assume
The money is deposited in various
sanks- At { IL per cent interest
- Eitel Fritz. appointed head
Ia Hohen=oIIeTu family IN Ger
81 BY Wilhelm. has taken charge
his private fortune The Hohen-
lernS also claim their ninety es-
es. all Of which. except seven.
#ey claim are their private property
The revolutionary government has
8-0vfst1usIIy decided to cOntiScate
i crown property also their claim
n .Ir these estates. farms and Tor
Is is being investigated BY the IL
lance minister
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
BERLIN QUIET AGAIN.;
MUTINOUS SAILORS.
AGREE TO D|SPERSE.
Men Rebel Against Being
Sent Away From Capital,
Other Events Keep Govern
ment Officials Busy

The German foreign office and the
chancellor's adjoining it, which is at
present the seat of the government,
were blockaded for an hour and a
half Monday afternoon by a squad
of sailors which had been doing
guard duty there for the past month.
The navy men, who were about to
be replaced by republican soldier
guard and sent back to KieI, OBJ
Jected to the new ruling. AS a pro-
test against the action of the mill
tary commander. small squads of
sailors attempted demonstrations II,
the various parts of the downtown
district
At guardhouse in the Under den
Linden, the sailors clashed with
members of the new republican
guard. Shots were exchanged and
it is reported there were a number
of casualties.
A bullet entered the classroom in
the University of Berlin of Prof.
Winer Sambart, a well-known econo-
mist, but no damage was done.
The presence of the sailors in Ber-
lin has been a source of disSatiS-
faction among the troops returning
from the front and friction frequent
iy has been apparent. Suspicion also
IS general that the bluejackets have
ieanings toward the Spartacus group.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
CO[ORED TROOPS
LEND RICH HUMOR
TOOVERSEAS FORCE
Crossing the Atlantic Proved
Severe Strain on Negroes
but Trips Produced Many
Laughs

The humor of the American army
IS largely supplied by the negro
troops. Up at the American front
story after story was told about them
by the old newspaper men in the
service.
troops coming across the Atlantic in
a transport. A submarine was sight
ed. The six sharp blasts from the
whistle shrilled out an the order
was given to the colored troops to
fall in on the deck. The negroes
stood in line at attention, waiting
silent and scared, while the. passen-
gers gathered in the saloon. Then
the silence was broken by one big.
black man in the rear rank who, in
small, quavering voice. asked,
Does any niger here want TO buy
gold watch2"
ape Levee Am Bust"
There is the story also, of the Mis-
sissippi draft of cotton plantation
negroes, brought W. from camp by
loaded on board the transport after
dark. Next morning, when the
troops woke up, the ship was well out
to sea, and there was not a sign of
land to be seen. One negro soldier,
who had never seen or heard of the
ocean, leaned against the rail and
looked awesouHely at the vast stretch
of water. "Oh, Lawd, he CALCULATED,
de levee am bust"
A few days out, when the boat be-
gan to toss and the waves became
mountainous and menacing, a seasick
negro soldier looked up to the sky
from where he lay on the wet deck,
miserable and terrified, and moaned,
"Oh, Lawd. please make dat ocen
come to attenshun."
A negro soldier in the trenches
showed up with new pair of shoes.
Where did you get dem shoes,
nigger?" asked his mate.
Il gotten desc shoes from boche,
was the reply.
Soon after this the first negro dis
appeared. He was gone about four
hours, but when he reappeared he,
too, had a new pair of shoes.
What KEEP you so long, nigger?"
asked his friend
''Lawd, man." came the response;
Il got such 'normous feet l had to
kill forty-seven of them Huns for L
got a pair to fit me-"
Would Tell Everybody
A captain said to company of ne
groeS, Now | want you fellows to
learn this game thoroughly. Sup
pose our company is holding the line
here and the boche makes a direct
charge at us across the field, what
would you boys dog"
We'll, captain" came from one
member of the company, we sho
would spread the news over France"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
Public Bought Billion !
In War SAVINGS Stamne.

Indications now are that the salal
of War Savings Stamps this year
will be about $1,000, 100000, as $780,
go, 900 in sales have been reported
January 1 are expected to swell this
considerably.
The treasury department has an
nounced that the program for 1919
will be almost identical with that
followed this year. In January the
sold at S4.12, and will increase one
cent a month until next December.
They will not mature until January
l. 1924
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
WAR CLOSING SOCIAL

w All CLOSlNG SOCIAL
CHASMS." The organizations
that kept the morale of allied
armies fighting at top speed,
should now continue their
work among industry's work
ers. SO thinks Mrs. Grace
Manners Brougham, sister OF
Guy Manners, the English SOL
der poet. Mrs. Brougham, an
active Y. w. C.: A. worker, is
in America telling of the con-
tribution of England's women
toward the winning of the
war. The spirit of service and
patriotism greatly shortened
the gulf between the workers
and the leisure class, during
the war. If the work of the
war organizations can now be
diverted toward industrial
channels, Mrs. Brougham be-
lieves the gulf can be almost
entirely removed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
Ex-Kaiser and Wife
Celebrate Christmas
By Exchanging Gifts

William Hohenzollern's h a It h
shows a marked improvement, but he
is still compelled to exercise the
greatest precautions owing to the
penetrating and damp cold weather.
Since last week the former emperor
has not left his suite or apartments
in Amerongen castle in Holland, but
has been able to join the members
of his retinue at all meals. He oc-
cupies ether periods of the day in
reading humid eds of letters reaching
him from all parts of the world. He
receives only an occasional telegram
and these rarely evoke a reply. Sew
eral days during his illness the eX-
emperor saw only his wife and his
immediate attendants.
On Wednesday a Christmas tree
was brought into the castle for a
celebration, which was a most unpre-
tentious affair.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27

Some time after the first OF the
ar. the United States government
going to take S6Q.000,O0O worth
poison gas-enOugh TO Kill every
srSon in the United States, II prop
rly liherated-out 10 sea In huge
Erum. drop il into the water and let
ID sink TO the bottom, where II Will
trouble only the fishes. This VIII
officially end the plans of the govern
meut to repay Germany, with heE
own net weapon. for the war curse
she indicted on the world at the sec
Dnd battle OF Ypres. in 1918
Planned Big Gas Offensive
The war department had plannea
for next spring the greatest gas o.
fenSfve ever contemplated. and the
herman peace delegates knew ahout
III when they signed the armistice on
November II. Il was TO be the tnun-
derboIt OF the allied spring drive.
and il would have brought death 10
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
EXPERT ADVICE on
HOW To SHIP FUR
To THE BUYERS

After your catch has been skinned
and the pelts stretched and dried.
,;he furs are ready for packing and
shipping. Each skin. when placed
in the bundle, should lie perfectly
hs. and should be thoroughly cleaned.
CLs skin should not be placed inside
another or it may be overlooked. In
general. furs should not be folded or
rolled. for this destroys much of the
good effect of the stretching.
FurS should be shipped either By
express or by mail, never by freight.
II shipped by express the furs should
be packed securely in a burlap bag
or sack and the sack tightly sewn up.
The burlap allows the air TO get
through and at the same time pro-
tects the furs fully. If sent by mail,
the furs should be wrapped i'm cloth
and then in strong paper. The bundle
should be fastened well; but not sew
ed up so that ii is impossible for
the postal authorities to inspect il il
they wish. for then first class rates
Will be charged.
Each bundle or package should be
carefully marked for shipment. The
large fur firms offer trappers any
number OF their shipping tags free.
The tags consist of outside and in
side tags. on which the trapper
writes his name and address. One
tag should be placed on the outside
of the bundle and the other on the
inside. In this way, If the outside
tag is torn of in thransit, the trap
per has still his name on the inside
and his shipment will not be lost.
A few of the large fur houses not
only buy furs but also sell complete
lists of trappers' supplies. Arrange
ments are made so that the trapper
may buy whatever supplies he may
need with his actual fur shipment
and is not then necessitated to send
cash with his order. Trappers have
found that the best fur houses to
deal with are generally the largest
concerns They can pay trapperS
the highest prices because they have
facilities for selling the furs at the
highest prices. Moreover. their big
ness does much to prove their re-
liability.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
Congressional Medal
Of Honor Is Bestowed
Upon Col. Whittlesey

Major General Clarence r. Ed
wards, commander of the northeast
ern department, Tuesday bestowed
upon Lieutenant Colonel Charles
W. Whittlessey, of the Three
Hundred and Eighth infantry, a con-
gressional medal of honor awarded
him for gallantry i'm defying the
Germans when, with q small band Of
soldiers, he was for five days cut
off from communication with his
division. The exercises were held on
Boston common, where battalion
of coast artillery forces from the
harbor forts was drawn up on the
parade grounds
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
Poison Gas, Wars Greatest Horror,
To Be Sunk Deep IN the Atlantic

ters OF thousands OF Germans and
laid waste vast stretches of the
soil of the fatherland.
Our idea. said Colonel w. w;
Walker. of the United States gas and
flame service. was 10 have contain
crs that would hold a lot of mustard
gas carried over fortrcsSes like
Metz and COblenz by airplane and re-
leased with a time fuse arranged
for explosion several hundred feet
above the forts. The mustard gas.
being heavier than air. would slowly
settle until il had dispersed.
"a one-ton cOntalner could thus De
made TO account for perhaps an acre
or more of territory, and not one liv-
ing thing. not even a rat. would live
through it, Plans were made ana
successfully demonstrated, the con-
tanners were made and we were turn
ing out mustard gas in the requisite
quantities in September"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
would Tell Everybody
Queen Invited Wilson's
To Visit Holland

Before the departure of President
Wilson and Mrs. Wilson from Wash
ington. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland
sent them an invitation to visit Hol-
lard. The reply finch was sent by
President Wilson to the queen early
in December, has just been published.
1t leaves the question of acceptance
of the invitation open.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
Two More Transports
Arrive With Americans

Bringing more than $500 Ameri-
can soldiers, two troop-laden trans
ports from France arrived in New
York this week, getting the men
home from overseas in time for
Yuletide greetings. The French liner
La France, now an American trans
port, brought 2,5SS officers and men.
Among these were PA wounded Of
ficers and 1.504 wounded men. There
were also a number of mental cases
on board.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
Iernan Claims Foch's
Promises Violated

The French troops of occupation
snve included Med. 4 suburb OF
Frankfort. IN their zone. and con-
.rssry TO the promises 81 Marshal
loch. the chairman OF the German
'rnrfStice commission complains. the
Ercrcn commandment has ordered al
afes theirs who were not residents
Zoe the war to be interued-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
HEART BUSY ORGAN

Your heart is a very busy organ.
While you breathe once, it beats four
times At each beat it sends four
pounds of blood through your veins
and arteries. The weight of the cir
culating blood is 20 pounds. When
you run, your legs and the other
parts of your body need more blood,
so your heart must pump faster. 1t
is q ceaseleSS worker.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
PRACTICAL USE FOR FANCY
TOWELS

Fancy or embroidered towels laid
away in a dresser drawer because
may be utilized for baby's carriage
pillow. Have pillow, to be covered
with plain white slip, smaller than
towel. Place patent fasteners on
corners of slip, and about two inches
from edge of towel, to fit pillow
Mrs. G.. H, Alabama.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27

Use of moonshine whisky has been
spreading insanity throughout West
Virginia. according to J. 3. Coster,
of the state insane asylum at Hunt
'ington, w. Va. All kinds of ingredi-
ents are used in the manufacture of
the liquor, and much of it. according
to officials of the asylum, wrecks
mind and body.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
Killed German Who Slew Brother

In a letter to relatives in Bristol,
Tenn, Claude Slagle told how he had
killed the German who bayoneted his
brother Frank Both boys went
over the top side by side. Frank was
killed and Claude avenged his broth
er's death by killing the German after
a desperate hand-to-hand struggle.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
.elease Of Directors
Is Asked of Baker

%~de-egatIon o. friends and rela-
- OF conscientious DIRECTORS tC
ILE1tarv service today laid before
Ecretary EaksT a petition bearing
900 names. asking immediate re-
|aze for the SEQ military prisoners
tails class rs IN oct OF Christmas
kicEey.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
U. S. Returns Borrowed Naval

Return of about 100000 binocu-
lars, seXtants and other navigation
instruments to their owners, who
loaned them to the navy during the
war, has begun under the direction
of Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt Each instrument will
be accompanied by an engraved
certificate Tor the owner.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
ROUSE TO RECESS

The house i'm Washington Tuesday
followed the example of the senate
and adopted the three-day recess
plan. to continue until January ,.
No business was transacted. ad-
journment until Friday being taken
shortly after converting.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
White Man Found Dead
By Railroad Track

lived near Lulaton in Wayne coua-
ty, Ca, was found dead by the side
of the railroad track, near Nahunta,
with his arms and legs broken and
a severe wound in the head.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
Three Dead, so Hurt by
Munition Plant Blast

At least three persons are dead and
fifty wounded, many seriously, as
the result of an explosion which de-
stroyed the shell loading building at
the plant of the J. B. Wise munition
plant in WATERFOWL, n. y.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
WOMEN LIeHTHoUsE KEEP

The United States government
employs q women as lighthouse
keepers. Think of them some day
when you feel lonely, and COM
pare the many people that you see
every day with the few persons
that these isolated women have
chance to meet in the course of a
year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27

Approximately 1000, 600 additional
workers in factories, on the farms
and the railroads are needed. accord
ing to a preliminary survey made by
the denartment OF labor at Washing
ton. The estimate was based on
telegraChic messages received from
almost all the large cities and indus
trial communities in the country.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
Eeiress Rents a Twenty-Roon Fla;

Miss Alice Antoinette De Lamar.
of New York City. who inherited S10,-
600 600 from her late father, Cap
tain joseph Il. De Lamar, has rent
ed one of the largest apartments in
the metropolis. The suite contains
twenty rooms and seven baths.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27

RED CROSS GIRL CITED
FOR VALOR. Miss Constance
Cooke, of Healdsburg, Cal, who
was cited for bravery under fire
during an air raid on a RED
Cross hospital near the French
front, originally intended TO
work only with repatriated
French children, but the de-
mand for military nurses dur
ing the final drive that ended
the war. sent Miss Cooke to
the fighting front and onto the
roster of hero:nes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27

One of the disadvantages of nat
ural gas localities is that the filtered
gas has practically no Odor and
leakageS are therefore. undetected-
Gas has been discovered to be near
" always present in buildings
fronting on asphalted streets.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27

of six years. wished to ind her
aunties candy store in Chicago. The
fast day she failed to find it and
slept on a doorstep. The second
day she found the store, but was
too late to gain admittance and
again slept on a doorstep.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
To MARX CETTk

Dishes used at public gatherinCS
are lost. To guard against
this, heat the china slowly until quite
hot, then write your name across
ihe bottom with common ink It
will not wash off for a long time.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27

The Household Editor of The Semi
Weekly Journal pays % cents for
household hints sent in by readers
and published in the paper. See page
five for particulars.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27

More than $4,000 boys and girls
are regular contributors to Aunt
Julia's column, which aDoears oTRe
week in The Semi-Weekly Journal
Why not join the happy band of
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
A. THREAD OF KHAKI

If examined under a glass the
thread of a piece of khaki will be
found to consist of a mixture OF fine
hairs of bronze, light olive green,
lavender and brown.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
FROM PACKING HOUSE T
WASTE

Buttons, knife handles, tooth
brushes, combs and glue are a few
of the articles made from packing
house waste material.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27

PATENTS.
INVENTORS

INVENTORS should write for our guide
book, How TO Get Your Patent" tells
terms and methods. Send sketch for our
opinion of patentable nature free. RAM
dolph & Co.. Dept. 60, Washington. d. G.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-27
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