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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19

For the last ten days H. C. Hansen,
a builder, of New York City, has been
escorting his fourteen-year-o
daughter Lillian to and from school.
He felt himself repaid for the loss of
time from his business thus entailed
by the consciousness that his child
was safe from a masket bandit who,
she said, had tried to steal her long
braid of golden hair on December /,
and. foiled in this, threatened to get
her and her hair, too," next time.
Lillian will have no parental es-
cort to school hereafter, and, if De-
tective Patrick Kehoe interpreted the
situation at the Hansen home when
he called there a few days ago, she
may have to do her lessons stand
ing up.
On the day Lillian reported an at
tempted theft of her locks she gave
a minute description of the man she
said leaper from an automobile and
slashed at her braid with a knife.
She said she slapped and kicked him
and that he fed to his car, in which
were two confederates, shouting his
threat as it sped away. The hair
had been cut so that about fifteen
inches of it had to be sheared off.
Detective Kehoe was skeptical
Frequent interviews he held with
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
CO { J . =

Q.-What is the highest noun
tain peak IN South America and
what is it's altitude? A.-Aconcagua
which is %, $50 feet high.
Q.-Who was the first Assyrian
king to invade Egypt? A.-Esar-
haddon, son of Sennacherib.
Q.-What famous Greek was
raised under disguise as a king s
daughter? A.-Achilles, the hero of
The Had.
Q.-What saint was called John
the Almoner" and the greatest ora
tor of the ancient church? A-John
Chrysostor, who was born at An
tioch about 347 B. C. He earned the
title Of the Almoner because of his
effort to cut down the high cost Of
living in ConstantinopIe during the
time he held high office in the
church there.
Q.-What member of Frederick
the Greats staff served as an in
spector general under Washington?
A.-Baron Frederick William Au-
gustus Steuben. During the dark
days of Valley Forge he offered his
services to Washington and was CIV
en- the task of remodelling the army.
9 Q.-What emperor gained the
title, "The Guardian of Mankind"
because of his great justice? A
Akbar, one of the greatest and the
wisest of Mogul emperors who
founded schools in India and under
took always to aid the people.
10 Q.-What American statesman
was called "Old Bullion? A
Thomas Hart Benton Of North Caro-"
lima. He earned the name of "Old
Bullion" because Of his earnest sup
porC of President Jackson in his war
on the United States bank.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
dictionaries Call for
Haste in Congress on
Insurance Extension

WASHINGTON plans of
officers of the American Legion, in
session here, congress would be
called upon directly to hasten leg
islation favorable to veterans of the
world war.
Senators would be asked why they
had not concurred in the house &C
ton on the Sweet bill to extend the
benefits of the war risk insurance
act The delegates have tentative
ly decided to urge congress to COM
bine under one head the war risk
insurance bureau, the public health
service and the federal board for
vocational education, claiming that
under this system state legion Of
ficers could better cooperate with
the government in the interest of ex-
service men.
The delegates also agreed to rec
ommend a revision of the Sweet bill
to create a system of forty-eight
state directors for the war risk bu-
reau instead of the fourteen regional
directors as provided in the meas
IRE
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
Choctaw Selected as
Model u. S. Soldier,
Has Great War Record

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Otis W.
Leader, a Choctaw Indian of Calvin.
Okla, who was with the artillery
force that fired the first American
shots in the big war, and who, after
having engaged in the major opera
tio1ss of Chateau Thierry St. MihieI
and the Argonne, was still present
and accounted for" when the last
guns of the war were fired, has
been selected as a model by the
French artist, WeWarreux, for /
portrait of a typical American SOL
dier.
Leader, who trained with the IA
nous Blue Devils when he went to
France, was almost continuously
under fire. At Chateau Thierry he
was cited for fighting with the in
fantry for three days after the. en-
tire gun crew to which he had been
attached, had been killed During
the engagement he succeeded in cap
turing two machine guns and eights
cen prisoners.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
MOTHER ADMITS
HER CHILD WAS
NOT KIDNAPPED

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.-Mrs.
Esther Blake, accused of. sac
rificing her little dumb son Buddy
in an insane belief she could bring
back her husbands love, has ad-
mitted the boy was not kidnapped, as
she first declared, according to Dr.
Louis Souder, county physician.
Souder said Mrs. Blake admitted
walking out on the municipal pier
at Ventnor with the boy Friday
night and that she declared:
II guess he must have fallen into
the water"
Mrs. Blake, who is charged with
"wilfull murder of five-year-
James w. Blake, 'Jrr has been i'll in
Atlantic City hospital since Friday
night when, she had asserted two
negroes attacked her and Buddy
on a street in Ventnor, choking her
into Inconsistencies and stealing the
boy.
According to Souder. Mrs. Blake
started to repeat the kidnapping story
to him.
81 told her she knew that was
not true" he said. "She began cry
ang and said: No, it isn't. [ can't
remember just what happened.
Buddy and 1 went down on the pier.
He was running ahead of me, carry
ing my purse. [ guess he must have
fallen into the water"
Souder expressed the hope of cob
Mrs. Blake before night.
The police and county officials de-
clare they are constantly acquiring
new evidence to support their theory
that Mrs. Blake threw her son into
the Nocean, believing his death would
lead to a reconciliation with her
husband, a wealthy Philadelphia in
surance broker, from whom she had
been estranged four years. The
woman, according to various wit
nesses, believed Blake blamed her
for the boys subnormal condition.
"Our case is complete" Benjamin
Nusbaum, county detective, said to-
day. I'VE have traced Mrs. Blake s
movements up to the time she went
on the pier with the boy. He could
not have been thrown into the water
by any one but his mother"
According to Police Chief Sprague,
William Pepper, a street car con-
ductor, declared Mrs. Blake and her
son rode on his car just before the
boy disappeared. Mrs. Blake was
nervous, Pepper said. and told him:
1.-The child annoys me; I've got to
get rid of him."
They left the car two blocks from
the pier from which the child was
alleged to have been thrown Pepper
said.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
MUTT AND
JEFF
MUTT'S OUT
OF LUCK.
HE
HAPPENED
ALONG JUST
TOO LATE
BY BUD
FISHER
BRADSTREET AND
GREEN GIVE BANK
SEIZED PROPERTY

Further settlements were effected
Wednesday morning in the Fairburn
bank case.
Clarence F. Bradstreet signed an
agreement by which he gives up part
of his possessions to the Fairburn
Banking company and retains part
of them.
The agreement is similar to that
recently signed by his wife by which
she surrendered all her possessions
except wedding ring and persona.
wearing apparel.
1t was estimated that Bradstreet
got about $1,000 worth of goods by
his settlement and gave up about
$1,000 worth.
Mrs. Bradstreet Wednesday morn
ing got back the clothing which was
allowed her under her agreement.
Attorneys for Bradstreet, who an
nounced that the settlement had been
made, also said that a court order
will be issued formally giving the
bank possession of the ring and
stfekpin and returning his clothing to
Bradstreet.
Bradstreets agreement settles his
civil liabilities in the case just as
the agreement signed by his wife set
tied her civil liabilities. Both, how
ever, are still under charges of en-
bezzlement. No statement in regard
to their prosecution has been made,
but it is often the case that a civil
settlement results in quashing OF
criminal charges.
Another development in the case
Wednesday was the surrendering to
the bank by William D. Green. it's
formeh vice president, of a speedster
model Hudson automobile which was
seized when ne was first arrested on
embeZZlement charges.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
SOLDIER DEAD To-
BE RETURNEDONL
BY GOVERNMENT
BY THEODORE TIxLER

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-In an
nouncing that the government alone
must handle the problem of bringing
back the bodies of the American
soldiers dead from France, the war
department gives a general answer
to thousands of requests that have
come to it. and members of congress
from beTeaVed relatives. Since the
armistice was signed, all members
of the Georgia delegation, for in
stance, have received letters from
the state asking first for informa-
ton as to plans for bringing home
the soldiers dead and then request
ing that pressure be brought to eX-
pedite the return. Requests also
have come from parents in all Sec
lions of the country that they be
permitted to go to France, disinter
the body of a son and bring it home
at the expense of the family in
volved.
The war department announced
that ::indiVidual requests of this
character will uniformly be refused"
The government alone, the statement
says, is in position to bring the
bodies home and no matter how
wealthy a grief parent may
be, the war department will pay the
expenses and the official program
must work itself out.
The department says the granting
of individual permits for such re-
moval would interfere with orderly
arrangements and also with negotia-
tions under way with the French
government. The consent of the
French government is required be-
fore there is a general removal of
American bodies from French soil.
Another reason given for govern
ment control of the entire tragic I'M
dertaking is that there should be no
unfair discrimination against those
relatives who are of limited financial
means. In this connection, nearly
every member of congress might pro-
duce pathetic letters from the par
ents of some boy who was killed in
France. The war department files
also contain many such epistles.
Some months ago, it may be re-
called a farmer wrote a senator ask
ing if there were any way in which
he might recover the body of his
son.
81 have nothing except a small
farm" he wrote. in substance, put
I would willingly give thai If they
would just let me nave the body CT
my boy. L will pay all the expenses
# you can arrange"
Such pleas as this caused the is
sllance of the statement from he
office of the chief Of staff, with an-
prevail of the secretary of war.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
New Questions

NEW NueSt1OnS
What famous palace has made
Delhi, India, noted?
2-What is the most famous
mountain peak in Japan?
3-How many years back do The
annals of China extend?
4-If a child had an arm long
enough to reach to the sun, how
long would it be before he felt the
heat?
What produces the twilight?
6-What is ozone?
I'm what country can one FIND
all degrees of temperature in IA
days journey?
S-What are the three shapes of
bone in the human skeleton?
9-Who invented the grand piano?
10-Who built the first life-boat?
Questions Answered
Who is regarded as the IA
Their of Modern Philosophy" A.
writer, who introduced many new
ideas into modern thought.
2 Q-Who wrote The Divine
omedy?" A.-Alighieri Dante,
Italy's great poet. The Divine
gives a vision of Hell, of Purgatory
and of Heaven.
3 Q-What coused Seminole war
in the United States? A-The sign
ing in 1881 of a treaty calling for
the removal of the Seminole tribes
west of the Mississippi. The Sem
inoles, under Osceola, entered upon
war which lasted seven years.
Finally all were removed to Indian
Territory except a few still remain
ing in Florida and a few in Texas.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
Good Roads Aid Marketing

The farmer interested IL hauling
his produce to market in the most
economical fashion can not afford to
overlook the benefits derived from
good roads. Investigation before and
after the improvement of certain
highways shows that the cost per
ton-mile was practically cut in half
by reason of the betterment of the
road. In other words, good roads
mean q big reduction in that part
of overhead which covers hauling
and hauling of some sort is being
done practically the year round.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
Man Buys Reserved
Seat to End of World

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 49,
Charles Johnson, siXty-five, farm
err living at West Salem, was in
Cleveland Wednesday with a re-
served seat ticket so as to be
in the front row when the world
came to an end.
After going to a house where
the beginning of the End" was
to be staged, and finding no one
there had even heard the end was
at hand, Johnson complained to
the police.
1.-TWO men came to me last Sat
urday and sold me a reserved
seat for $15," he said. "They told
me all the members of my relig-
ious belief were to wait for the
end in Cleveland
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
Urged by Poverty Offers
To Sell Her Unborn Baby

SAN FRANCISCO.-SaIe Of an
unborn babe, due to arrive with
Santa Claus, was blocked this
week by C. r. Asteredo, juvenile
officer.
Financially unable to care prop
erly for the infant, Mr.. and Mrs.
Huber Barnett published an adj
vertisement offering it for adop-
ton. They Said they would ex-
pect the foster parents to make
some financial settlement.
Learning of the facts, Mr..
Asteredo at once notified Barnett
that unborn children cannot be
commercialized
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
Heirs of Baronet .
Must Go to Work

LONDON.-Sir Edward HoldepN
the famous banker, provides in his
will that the benefits of his estate
shall be withheld from any of his
heirs, after his two sons, unless they
are actively engaged in a business
or profession. -
An inventor has patented pie
pan in two sections that can be taxi
en- apart without danger of break
ing it's contents
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
MEMS CHOCOLATE BROWN

Brown.
These shoes are
made of high grade, long wearing, brown
tanned leather with solid rubber heels; the
kind that retail in Atlanta stores at 50 80
to S11. Our price only $7.95, delivered
SEND NO MoNEY-Send size Isles to
II. widths D and e. and get shoes by re-
turn mail postpaid. Pay postman on ar
rival only $7.95, and examine them. If
You are not more than pleased, return them
a our expense and get back your money in
full. Our success is proof that we satisfy
our customers. Address
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19

Miss Lesser's body early in the
morning before the police station AMI
surrendered to the officers to whom
he was said. to have confessed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
Experienced Trappers Say

Experienced Trappers Say
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Hawthorne, n. T.
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square. We find you are the
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Gatesby, Okla.
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-19
Mantle Lamp
Dept. 9343-J, Atlanta. Ga.

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Write today for selling
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-21
An International Police Force Now
 is Being Argued

London, Dec. 20.-Creation o1 an international police force is suggested by Major David Davies a member of parliament. He told the Grotius society that each nation should have sufficient ar. my to maintain internal order and furnish it's quota when the league of nations required it; that nc nation should employ new wea' pon of war; and that each nation should provide the league of na- tions with an adequate force for immediate use.
 These unts should be concen- trated in different parts of the world and the naval portion simi- larly constituted. Poison gas, war planes, submarines, heavy artil- lery and tanks should be ceded to the league to form the headquar- ters force and no state should be allowed to own them or to make use of any new invention for war like purposes, he said.
 Major Davies said the greatest resistance to the suggestion prob ably now would be found in Ann erica (which was the more sad iening because the president of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-21
CORRECTING SPEEDOMETEH
 DRIVE,

P. NJ. writes: l have just had the bevel gears in the rear end ot my car changed, so as to give me a little more speed, but it did not occur to me at the time to see what ought to be done about the speedometer, which runs from the back of the transmission. As things are now. will the mileage and speed indicated be too low or too high?
 Answer: If your final drive gearing has been changed to give higher speed, the engine and also the final drive shaft of the trans mission now make a less number of revolutions, per mile of distance covered, than they formerly did so that in running a mile, the odometer will not be advanced full mile, but somewhat less Your speedometer and odometer readings will both be too low un- til you have the speedometer driv- ing gears changed. If you supply the makers of your speedometer with the following data, they should be able to furnish you the gears you require: Diameter of road wheels, number of teeth in bevel gear and bevel pinion and make and model of car.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-21
PECULIAR FUEL FEED
 TROUBLE.

1G. A. w. asks: What Is the kuse of the peculiar trouble whicl, have with my vacuum feed sys- tm? The only time that it ever kils to supply gasoline is when live up very long grade, which
 all that the engine can handle In high. Several times the engine hs stopped under such circum- kances, but after being started eain it goes on all right.
 Answer: Perhaps you have a |ak ill the suction line from the kanifold to the tank, but no one hd enough to prevent sufficient kel being supplied under ordinary bndtions. When on a very long k.iff" grade. the conditions for eeping the vacuum tanks filled rc at their worst. for not only :s he dema1 q for fuel very gre''s, |nt the vacuum in the intake plpa ] at it's least, because the throttle
 wide open and the engine 's lowed down, thus making the rndercy to suck fuel from tine Aair tank very slight indeed. This bupled with the loss of suction fleet through the assumed leaks Eould account for your trouble. Then you start the engine, wi.n he throttle closed, of course, ti. f-o..g suction thus created soon Ills .he tank.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-21
JERKY OPERATION AT LOW
 SPEEDS

w. w. G. writes: There is 2 constant Jumping" in my 1914 car, when running on high gear below 20 miles per hour. At higher speeds, it runs smoothly. What is the cause of this? Where can l get instructions for adjusting my carburetor?
 Answer: The missed explosions that cause the jumping" effect are due to badly proportioned mix. ture to low speeds, assuming, ot course, that your ignition is all right. Probably the low speed carburetor adjustment is set for too much gasoline, so that at times the mixture is too rich to fire or rich enough so that the plugs be- come short-circuited with soot. Possibly your intake manifold is not heated and runs so cold that with the low grade gasoline now in use, there is unprotected vapor- ization at low speeds and poor dis tribution to the different cylinders causing one or more of them to receive mixtures either too weak or too rich to explode. Directions for adjusting your carburetor will be furnished by the Stromberg Motor Devices Co.,, Chicago, Ill.,, or any of it's branches, but there should be an agent in your city, who can supply you with them. ,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-21

formerly high officials of the Kioto perfectual government, have de- posed to the same effect.
 Another defendant declared that he was examined by a public prosecutor day and night for nine months and that he was placed many times in a pig box" be- cause he refused to make the state ments the procurator demanded The "pig box" is a small disciplin- ary coptrivance which is ju t large enough to contain a huma T person, sitting down. The accused said: "I became very i'll, but was examined regardless of my condition. This was nothing more than torture Finally, as they threatened to keep me in the ''boX until I confessed l said I had ac- cepted a bribe, which is not true
 An Investigation has been start ed.