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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17

She stated that she had been up
late attending herr ten-year old
daughter who had scarlet fever, and
that she was scared. A few minutes
after she entered Mr.. Danby's room,
she stated lights were flashed on and
she heard numerous voices, which
made her more nervous and excited
and caused her to partially drop her
kimono. She then crouched down by
the the ped to try to hide. ana nd, begged
her, which he refused to do, she de-
clared
The court. reduced her alimony
from $50 q week to S25.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
Liquor in the Jail
Tempts Burglars

JaiIs are not ordinarily attractive,
but in these days and times of
threatened drought, the cache of
whisky therein will tempt outsiders
to such an extent that they will even
burgarlize the Jail.
Such was the case in Tunnelton,
wv. Va, a few nights ago when burg
lars broke into the town Jail where
confiscated whisky had been stored.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
''AIice in Wonderland"
Is Dead in EnuIand

alice in Wonderland" is dead.
The original Of Lewis CAROLS ia
nous book has just passed away in
Cheltenham. She was Mrs. Edith
Alice Maitland, the daughter of Can
on Litton, of Gloucester. AS child
she was great favorite of Rev. c.
L. Dodson, the real name OF Lewis
Carroll, and she wrote book Child
ish Memories of Lewis Carroll"
which has been incorporated in life
Of the writer of alice in Wonder
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
NEGREss LEAVES FORTUNE

The title of richest negro woman
in the United States" which was held
for many years by Jennie c. Walker,
manufacturer of a hair ointment
pass to her only daughter, Leila
Walker Robinson, under the term of
her will.
With the exception Of two trust
funds of 100000 each for the benefit
of charities. distant relatives and
friends, she left her entire estate to
her daughter. The estate is estimat-
ed at $1,000,000. Among the chari-
table requests was one for the estab-
lishment of an Industrial and mis-
sion school In Africa.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
York viii Appear
In Film Production

Alvin York has made arrangements
tied 1.-THE Divine Call" staged in
France and the hills of esast Tennes-
see, according to an announcement
from E. A. Kellog, secretary Of the
Tennessee Society Of New York. He
is temporarily acting for York in
financial matters.
The Tennessee Society Of New
York will lend York $4,000 to pay
for making the picture which he will
own in it's entirety. The film will
depict the life of York at home and
In the war.
Some men are as hard to get alongl
witt. 1lyEr horSaS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
Drumhead CourtmartiaI
Doomed 500 CZeChS

According to the latest figures the
Austrian government during the war
imprisoned $500 Czechs, while at
least 1900 were executed as a result
of drumhead courtmartials. Alto
gether 26,S00 Czechs, men and women,
were interned by the Austrian gov
eminent. The Czech budget for 1919
fixes the number Of the standing
army at 243, 900 men.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
Chicago Girl Leaps
5000 Feet From Plane

A Chicago girl, Miss Elsie de VIII
liers, recently made a successful leap
of 5000 feet from an airplane at
the Peoria fair grounds. She used
a parachute and landed fifty feet
from the Illinois river on the edge
of a bluff.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
British Cigarettes
SmuugIed to Huns

British and German officials have
been unable to check the smuggling
Of tobacco and other wares from the
left bank Of the Rhine. English
cigarettes, sold on the streets of Ber-
lin, are in great demand at ten times
the price before the war, which is the
text for another wall in German pa
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
|Ex-Kaiser and Crown
Prince Will Return
Home After Peace

The former German emperor and
the former crown \prince will return
to Germany as soon as the peace
treaty is signed, according to well
informed German source in Amster-
dam quoted in a wireless press dis
ma tch
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
Moonshine Drinking in
Scandinavia Increasing

Illicit stills are blamed for in
creasing drunkenness in Norway and
Sweden. The alcoholic ration is to
be increased in Sweden as remedy
and an extra excise duty imposed
which will bring in about 100000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17

Every sufferer from Wedk Lungs
everyone afflicted with chronic cough
should read this remarkable history
Of a druggist, afflicted with tuberculosis,
who exprimented on himself. seeking q
road to health. With his simple treat
ment any cough-racked. tortured per-
son may find quick relief in q home
treatment. Soothing pleasant anyone
nav use It under plain directions. Just
send name and address on post card to
ADlLlNE. 2O09 Capital Trust Bldg,
Columbus, Ohio.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
EARTHWoRM ENUMERATED

The common impression IS mat
earthworms are injurious to lawns,
but the department of agriculture,
through it's bureau of entomology,
says that the damage is probably
that instead Of being injurious these
worms are really beneficial in in
creasing the fertility of the soil by
bringing to the surface soil from 4
lower depth and in this way keeping
up a very slight but continual top
dressing.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17
York Stops Honeymoon
Trip at Pastors BeheSt

Sergeant Alvin G. York, world war
hero, and his bride of less than a
week, failed today to reach Louis
Vile, a scheduled stop on their pro-
posed honeymoon to Salt Lake City
as the guests of the Nashville dele
cation to the national convention of
Rotary clubs.
kilograms from Pail Mall, Tenn,
York's home, said the former soldier,
who is second elder in the Church of
Christ and Christian Union, had de-
cided, after a conference with his
pastor, that the trip in effect would
be mercy a vainglorious call of the
world and the devil" and that he
could serve God best" by staying
at home.
A Louisville hotel manager had
arranged to entertain York and his
bride at breakfast with a number of
other guests, including Mayor Smith.
Judge Robert w. Bingham and Hen
nv N1ttarSOn
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17

the world when, after having liv-
ed for many months in a cage in the
emerged with the announcement that
he was convinced that the apes talk
ed to each other. Later he made
photographic records of apes talk"
and succeeded in getting the same
replies from other apes when he
turned on the records to them.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-17

Some men are as hard to get along
wits IS balky horses.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11

CENoRITA CARBON,
~ noted Spanish dancer,
who has been rechristened
"The Sunshine Girl of the
Pacific Fleet" by popular
vote. She entertained
sailor boys while the feet
was at Santa Barbara, Cal.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
BLIND PRISONER
BECOMES TYPST

ossINING, Sept. 11.-Charles Cos
sum. former lawyer and blind pris-
oner Of Sing Sing. for whom Gov.
Alfred Smith has signed a pardon. has
lately learned to operate a typewrit-
er, it was announced today, and hopes
to earn his living by typing as soon
as he is released from prison. Cos
sum was taught to operate the type
writer by the touch system.
In the two years he has been IN
prison he has had no occupation. and
prison attendants and inmates took an
interest in him and showed him how
to run typewriter. His blindness is
the result of a self-infficted wound.
He tried to kill himself by shooting
in the head while In his office
in POughkeepsie. This act led to the
discovery by the authorities that he
had stolen funds and securities in
trusted to him by clients. Cossum is
the only blind prisoner ever confined
in Sing Sing
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
BROWNS HIS WIFE
TO WE'D ANOTHER
Confesses He Struck Her
While Swimming and
Watched Her Sink.

ST. LOUIS, No, Sept. 11.-Inter-
rupting his game of solitaire in a cell
in the county Jail at Pinckneysviue.
Ill, sixty miles southeast of here,
William Porter Wroien told. with not
a tremOr in his voice, how he had
drowned his wife in the presence of
their two children, so that he might
marry Mary Brown, P siXteen-year-
old country girl.
Mary Brown, Wrolen's bride OF three
weeks, who is also in prison, sobbed
out her love for Wrolen and an
nounccd her determination to stick by
him to the end.
1--WE known little Mary for fifteen
years." Wrolen said when l was
just a youngsteT they lived on a farm
adjoining ours. ] love her better than
anything in the world.
Tuesday, July Z, guess it was, my
wife asked me to take her swimming
TO Calum creek. While we were driv-
ing along my wife turned and said to
me:
wouldn't you rather Mary was
with yoU?" I said: Yes, would Q
I'VE got to the creek and put the
children on a blanket. Ny wife didn't
have a swimming suit, but put on
some Overalls and a jumper. When
we got in the water she asked me
again If ] didn't wish that Mary was
with me instead of her, and l said
did. Then she got hysterical and
came toward me, and l hit her in thu
jaw with my fist, knocking her under
the water. She came up, but 1 didn't
make any attempt to pull her out.
She came up and went down again
until she had come up three times,
then she didn't come up any more.
Then 1 called for help. 1 told
neighbOrs that / had been swimming
down around the bend of the creek,
and that when / came back ] saw
bubbles coming up on the water, andN
knew my wife had been drowned. /
didn't sec Mary until twelve days
later. Then we decided to run away
and get married, which we did
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
FOOD FAMINE TO
FOLLOW EMBARGO
Washington Has Only 49-HOur
Food Supply, MeT-
chants Say.

An embargo on foodstuffs coming
into the District Of Columbia. because
OF the many thousands of visitors and
soldiers coming here next week. will
put Washington in a precarious con-
dition.
Washington is only from twenty
four to fofty-eight hours ahead OF
starvation" declared William G.. Car
ter. of Golden e. Co. today. eff we
fail to receive our regular supply Of
fOOdstuffs each day, we shall have
serious situation here. had not
anticipated that the move nent OF
troops and visitors i'm the city would
affect the food supply here. but if II
does WashingtOHians will soon learn
how much boarding prevails here"
At the freight offices of the Balti-
more and Ohio and Pennsylvania
railroads IT was learned today that
arrangements are being made not to
seriously delay the shipment of per-
ishable goods into the city. or ship
ments in less than carload lots. II
was said that a delay from two to
seven days on -perishable freight.
including canned goods, coal lumber,
etc, was anticipated.
Il think there is little cause for
alarm said Charles J. Columbus.
secretary Of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' Association 81 am ad-
vised on carload freight the railroads
will do their utmost TO permit their
coming and going am assured
there will be no Interference with less
than carload freight, particularly
perishables"
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
STATE TO BREEDrGAME.

BALTIMORE Sept. tl.-A State
game-breeding farm is to be .estab-
lished on the Dolheld property at
Gwynnbrook, Baltimore county. The
tract contains 100 acres, improved
with farm buildings. E. Lee Le-
Compte, State game warden, acting
for the State conservation commits
sion. closed the deal for the purchase
Of the property yesterday.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
IMPEACH PRESIDENT
IS CRY in CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Sept. 11.-Chicago is in
/ the peace treaty-howlingly inter
ested.
Not since the days.of 1912, when the
big auditorium here saw the birth Of
the Bull Moose party, has such d vast,
excited, wildly cheering thrOng jam
med that place and shouted encour-
agement to speakers as it worked
itself into dripping perspiratiOn last
night in greeting the speeches of
Senators Johnson, Borah, and McCOr-
mick.
1t was swelteriug hot But men
took their coats of, women welded
fans. and they jumped to their feet
demanding the impeachment Of Presi-
dent Wilson and shook the whole
house as they tagged him gutter"
Senator Johnson left at noon today
for Indianapolis. while Borah and
Mccormick prepared to follow differ
ent routes, confident that il the en-
thusiasm met in Chicago is continued.
the Senate will have complete backing
in making amendments and reserva-
tions to the treaty recommended by
the Foreign Relations Committee.
As Johnson progressed cheers swept
in from the street. A crowd twice as
big as that packing the auditorium
was waiting there, and as they left
the platform the three Senators
crawled upon a fire-esCape to repeat
their speeches to the crowd there.
Johnson recited each of the princi-
piles enunciated by Wilson, and which
he declares were beaten and aban-
doned in Paris. He said they were
American principles. AS he went on
and shouted. but as Clemenceau
grimaced,' or Japan shook her head,
who qUit?" The crowd jumped TO its
feet and yelled back:
sENVf1gopg
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
BOTH SIDES READY :
TOHGHT TO FINISH

With Government officials trying
20 avert the steel strike called for
September %, union leaders today
declared there would be no turning
back now unless the employers
cspitulated.
Other developments in the thFeat-
ened Wallzout which was decided
upon here yesterday, were:
Attorney General Palmer began a
study Of conditions in the steel mill
districts in some Of which the men
charge the rights of free speech and
free assembly have been violated.
John Fitzpatrick, head of the steel
mems organization committe, declar-
ed he had not seen President Will
sons telegram asking postponement
OF the strike action until after the
"round-table conference" here Octo-
Der 6.
The Presidents telegram reached
the office Of President Gompers, of the
American Federation of Labor, this
morning and was forwarded to Com
pers, at Dorchester, Mass.
Fitzpatrick, who leaves for Chicago
today, announced a meeting of the
twenty-four steel union presidents
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
ADMIRAL BURRAGE
FAINTS AT HEARING

Admiral Burrage tainted yesterday
afternoon as he entered the House APP
propriatiOns Committee room i'm the
Capitol lie sank TO the floor and
was taken to the private office Of
Chairman James w. Good. The ad-
miral was scheduled to appear before
the Appropriations Committee this
afternoon.
Uncle Joe Cannon, a member OF the
committee. saw the admiraTs cOndi-
tion and ran to the flocr of the house
asking for a doctor. The delibera-
tiOns were halted while the speaker
asked if there was a doctor in the
gallery or on the floor. 4 physician
was summoned finally. The admirals
condition is not serious.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
LONDON TO UNTVETL
STATUE OF LINCOLN

LONDON, Sept. 11.-Alton B. Parker
arrived here this afternoon and will
unveil at Manchester on Monday the
Barnard statue of Lincoln presented
to that city by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
P. Taft.
He has brought with him as chan
ceTlor of the Sulgrave Institution of
America a copy Of the portrait OF
George Washington ase colonel which
is now in the Virginia Military Insti-
tute and was once the property of
Robert E. Lee. He is likely to visit
Sulgrave Manor TO present that and a
check for 100000 sent by the Amer
lean branch of the institution.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11

Don't let careless expenditure make
sieve OF yOu= purse buy wisely,
and inerenSe your money holdings by
Investing In w. s. s.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
PRESIDENT WORRIED
BYLABOR SITUATION
tcontinued DON Page one.l

ICON tinued from Page One)
sumed by Judge Gary, and It is
known that the President was hope
ful up until yesterday that the head
Of the steel corporation would change
his viewpoint
The President yesterday let it be
known exactly what he believed that
the treaty OF peace actually provides
for. He summarized the high lights
OF the treaty through preparation of
a new "ten points" This summary,
issued to the newspaper correspond
ents on his car was the Presidents
the Senators who are opposing the
treaty.
What He Says IL Does.
In il the President says that the
treaty now before the Senate does
the following:
Provides for the destruction OF
autocratic power as an instrument Of
International control. admitting to
membership only self-governing ma
tions.
Provides for the substitution of
publicity, discussion and arbitration
for war. using the boycott rather
than arms.
Provides for placing the peace
OF the world under constant inter
national oversight, in recognition Of
the principle that the peace of the
world is the legitimate. immediate in
terest Of every treaty.
Provides for disarmament Of nations
with a consequent reduction of taxes.
Provides for the liberation of op-
pressed peoples.
Provides for the discOntinuance Of
snexations and the substitution Of
trusteeship with responsibility to the
opinion of mankind.
Provides for the invalidation Of all
secret treaties.
Provides for the protection of de-
pendent peoples.
Provides for high standards Of labor
under international sanction.
Provides for the international CO
ordination Of humane reform and reg
ulation.
A Complete Summary.
This statement was an elaboration
Of the suggestions made by the Presi-
dent in his Minneapolis address. 1t
completely summarized, the President
said. exactly what the treaty will do
when il is put into operation. His
summary was designed to place before
the people Of the United States, he
said, a complete simplified analysis
OF the bulky document.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
E. {. MANN PICKED
TO FILL LEVER SEAT

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. lie. c.
Mann, of st. Matthews. is elected. to
I'LL the vacancy in Congress caused
by the resignation of Congressman
A. T. Lever. of the Seventh South Car
olipa district, ana P. H. Stoll, Of
Kingstree, is elected to the Sixth dis
trict seat made vacant by Congress
man Ragsdale's death.
Practically complete returns give a
lead over his opponent, George Bell
Zimmerman, who is a follower of for
mer Gov. Cole L. Blease, of about 500
votes, while StolI leads his opponent
by about 100 votes.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
GEORGE WASHINGTON SIGNS
UP WITHOUT RESERVATIONS

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 11.-George
Washington came near being indicted
today on "a charge of failure to provide
for his wife. The day was saved when
Sarah Davis, his former wife, advised
the court she "had been 'suaded to
drap the case"
II Is to your best interest 10 put
your Liberty Bond interest in w. s. 8.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
HURLEY MAKE TAKE
REDFIELD'S PLACE.
(Continued from Page one.l
cess. and the President was delighted
with his work.
Would Help Party Chances.

viii Alo VI IA
Would Help Party Chances.
Politicians assert that when the
treaty is out of the way, the two old
political parties will begin to spar for
the advantage in the 1920 campaign,
and if business conditions are good,
the Democrats will have a show TO
win. Mr.. Hurley. Democratic leaders
think. would do much to put the coun-
try on a fine footing in the business
world.
For several days it has been re-
ported that the President would name
some quiet easy going man. without
aggressiveness, to mark time until
March, 1921, but the Hurley story
came today and swept that idea away.
others mentioned i'm connection
with the vacancy to be created by
Mr.. Redfield's resignation are Ed
ward e Sweet. now Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce; Norman Davis, one
of the financial advisers to the Amer
lean delegation at the peace confer
ence, and Clarence NJ. WoOlley OF
the War Trade Board.
RedfieId's Future Uncertain.
Secretary Redfield denies today
that he is to head a foreign credit
clearing house to be organized in
New York. but argued that such
thing would be jolly fine If the
peace treaty were ratified.
There is no basis in fact said he,
"for the statement published in a
New York paper today that l have
been selected as the executive head
Ola foreign credit clearing house. So
fsr as ! am informed no such organI-
zation exists, no one is authorized
to extend such an invitation on be-
half of any organized body, and no
such invitation, therefore, has come
to me- So far as my own action is
concerned, however. nothing further
can be said than was stated by me
last week-that 1 am considering
several matters which have been -sug-
gested to me, none of which has
reached a decisive stage.
"The subject of foreign credits be-
ing raised, however, il is proper to
state that the first great need of the
country today is peace. The energies
OF our industry and commerce are
choked at the source, so far as their
Outreach into the great world is con
cerned, because we are stip at war
There rises before the United States
a unique opportunity both to serve
the world and to earn great and de-
served rewards for itself. but we
cannot take up that opportunity
in any adequate way until we have
peace"
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
WEDS HERO WHO
SAVED HER LIFE

NEW YORK, Sept ll.-Miss Anna
Burke, of Berker's Hotel. COney ISL
and, yesterday married the man who
saved her from drowning last July
f. He is Frank, r. Lamb, of sConey
Island. IL 4
The ceremony was performed at the
home of Justice Vorhees, OF the court
of special sessions.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11

next Wednesday at Pittsburgh, where
strike headquarters will be estab-
lished.
The Steel Corporation is also ready
to fight to a finish. Corporation Of
ficials say so per cent of the wOrkmen
are stockholders in the company, and
they expect these to remain loyal,
even though unionized.
The Washington times., 1919-09-11
Used WIRE TO HEAT noRnIN.

BALTIMORE, Sept. ll.--An iron
wire cracker" to a whip may induce
RObbin to an extra squirt Of speed.
but ii was costly to Charles Carter.
cOlored, who appeared before Justice
Johannsen yesterday i'm the Central
Police Court on "A charge of cruelty
to animals on the complaint of Ed
ward Gassaway, agent Of the s. p. 9.
\. The negro was fined $40 and costs.