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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
MOTHER OF EIGHT
is OVERCOME BY
GAS METER FUMES

In her efforts to save her eight
children from possible asphyXiation,
Mrs. Georgia PerkerSon, of II Love
Joy street, Atlanta, herself was over
come by fumes escaping from a gas
meter, and was, taken 10 the Grady
hospital Friday morning in a serious
condition. She was unconscious when
she reached the hospital but physi-
clans declared that she would re
cover.
Mrs. Perkerson awoke Friday
morning smelling gas, and rushed
into the bathroom, where the gas
meter is located. She quickly Sc
cured a monkey wrench and tried
to turn off the gas, the meter be
ing fastened to the ceiling. While
standing on a chair in an effort to
reach the ceiling she was overcome
by the fumes and fell to the floor
Bobby, seven years old, heard his
mother fall and when he shouted
it attracted the attention of W. w.
Rhyme, a carpenter, who was en-
ployed temporarily at the house,
All the children were rescued and
Mrs. Perkerson was sent to the
hospital.
1t is believed that the meter had
been damaged by a sneak thief,
causing leak.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29

/ Placerville to Chinese Camp, was
speeding along the other day, think
ing of his girl in Oregon, when sud-
denly the right bank of his motor
stopped like a shot. He quit think
ing of the girl, and finally managed
to locate a tiny meadow about the
size of a dinner-plate, several miles
away. Mckee, after madly pivoting
one one wing, dropped into it with
dished wheel and a torn right wing.
He tied up the wing with his pocket
handkerchief, undished the wheel,
fixed the motor and got home in time
The four army aviators between
them fly 1000 miles a day, and
watch over 3,S00,0O acres of rough
but rich timbered country. 80. AS soon
as smoke is seen, they report by
signal to the rangers below, locat-
ing the fire by means of a map di-
vided into numbered squares. The
Mather Field patrol is commanded
by Lieutenant Tobin S. Curtis. Other
patrols ascend from Rockwell Field
and March Field. The 'fraflyers"
use planes of the Curtis JN4D type.
Consideration is now being given to
a plan for dropping borlbs on the
head of unrUly Jumpers who leave
LheIT. campfires burning.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
WORLDS BIGGEST
LINERS WILL BE
BUILT. TT HERE

Two gigantic ocean liners, larger
than any ships now af1oat and de-
signed to cross the Atlantic in four
days, are to be built by the United
States shipping board. They will be
1000 feet long and of thirty knots
speed and will be equipped for use
as commerce destroyerS in the event
of war
Announcement has been made by
the board that plans for the ships
had been completed and that work
on them would be started in the
near future. 1t is proposed to pro-
vide a special terminal for them
at Fort Pond Bay, Long Island, and
it may be that two similar liners
will be constructed later.
The ships, which are to be built
under the supervision of the navy
department., will be fifty feet longer ,
than the famous Leviathan. now the
largest ship afloat, and will have a
gross tonnage of 5000 Their draft
will be IS feet; depth, "A feet; beam.
1O2 feet, and accommodations will
be provided for 1000 saloon passen-
gers, 500 second cabin passengers
and 1900 steerage passengers.
The crew will number 1000 Off
GERS and men, and the ships will be
of the oil-burning type, with a cruis7
ing radius of 1000 miles, which Will
enable them to complete a round trip
on''t the Atlantic without loading fuel
overseas. They will be driven by
four propellers, on which will be
thrown the strength of ITO, 600 horse
power. 1900. ha
converted into commerce destroyers
in time of war, gun emplacements
will be built on the decks and the
after deck will be constructed win
= view of transforming 1T into
landing and launching space Tor sea-
nlanPS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Kansas mystery Drink"
Has a MjehtV "KiCkl

"Choctaw beer is innocence abroad
but a regular war dance when it gets
we'll under the belt. Such is the
prowess of the new drink, it's fame
having spread through arid Kansas
from Wichita to the Kansas side Of
fee of Fred Robertson, United States
attorney for Kansas. The new drink
is said to pass all tests as being
nonalcoholic. But once downed. it
demonstrates to a previously sober
stomach it is not what it seems.
NJ. E. Jolliffe, chief of police of
the Empire Oil and Gas company,
Wichita, Kas., is one of the discov-
erers. He saw the effects of the
drink and spread the alarm.
Chemical tests seem to show the
beverage is we'll within the law
even the most rigid of the Kansas
laws. Investigations are promised
by district attorneys. In the mean
time the new drink is waxing popu-
lar, and, it seems, will continue to
do. so. until the secret of it's sue
cess is discovered or some new law
gives the right to search stomachs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
MAKING GOOD
AT SIXTY FIVE

Don't worry about old age. A
sound man is good at any age. Keep
your body in good condition and you
can be as hale and hearty and able
to "do your bit'' as when you were
a young fellow.
Affections of the kidney and blad-
der are among the leading causes of
early or helpless age. Keep them
clean and the other organs in work.
ing condition, and you will have
nothing to fear.
Drive the poisonous wastes from
the system and avoid uric acid &C
cumulations. Take GOLD MEDAL
Haarlem Oil Capsules periodically
and you will find that you are as
good as the next fellow. Your
spirits will be rejuvenated, your
muscles strong and your mind keen
enough for any task.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Cap
sules will do the work. But be sure
to get the original imported GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules. They
are reliable and guaranteed to help
you or your money will be refunded.
For sale by most druggists. In
sealed packa ges, three SizeS-(Advt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Hid From Indians 81 Years Ago in Hollow Tree;
Died There and Body w as Not Found Until Now

startling discovery has just been
made near" Keewatin, Mimi, by a
farmer,i Edward Gleek, who, while
cutting down trees on his land near
the Minnesota river discovered a
mummified remains in a hollow tree
In clearing the land it became nee
essary to cut down huge white oak,
which fell to pieces, disclosing the
fact that it was hollow for a distance
Of about fifteen feet, the cavity end
ing in a large hole which was con-
cealed by the branches.
In this hole the choppers were hor-
rified to find the mummified body
of man which was not at all de-
cayed but had shriveled and dried
and was still recognizable as that
of a farmer servant. Mr.. Gleek iden-
titled the body as that of a Jean
LaRue, who had mysteriously disap-
peared on August 80, 1862.
On that day which was during an
uprising of the Sioux Indians, a boat
load of soldiers came up the Mime
sofa river and foolishly discharged
their muSketS, which terrified the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29

The great Hound of the Basker-
villes, which in the story of the
same name scattered death and ter
ror throughout the countryside, is
recalled by the huge hound of
DEATH which soldiers returning
from France declare was the terror
certain and unexpected deaths to
many of the allied soldiers.
According to F. j. Newhouse, a
Canadian soldier just returned and
now in Montreal, the story Of the
death hound was not the concoction
of Europe contended, but an actual
creature, which by the fiendish in
genuity of a German surgeon had
been given the brain of lunatic
whose chief obsession was hatred Of
England. According to the soldiers,
the legend started in the terrible
days of the defense of Mons. On the
night of November IA, 1914, Captain
Yerkes and four men of the. London
Fusileers entered No Mans Land on
a patrol. The last living trace of
them was when they started into
eral days afterward their dead bodies
were found-just as they had been
drag eyed down-with teeth marks at
the throat!
Several nights later weird, blood
curdling howl was heard from the
darkness toward which the British
trenches faced. 1t was the howl of
the hound of Mons. From then on
this phantom hound became the ter
ror of the men who faced death by
bullets with a smile. 1t was the old
fear of the unknown.
= Patrol after patrol, during two
years of warfare, ventured out only
to be found days later with the tell
tale teeth marks at their. threats.
The CHASTITY. howl continued to echo
through No Mans Land. Several
times sentries declared that they
say lean, gray wrath fit past the
barb wire-the form of gigantic
hound running silently. But civilian
Europe always doubted the story.
Then after two years. while many
brave men lost their lives with only
those teeth marks at the throat to
show, the hound of Mons disappear
ed. From then on, the Germans never
had another important success.
"And now" says Captain New
house, "secret papers have been
taken from the residence of the late
DR.. Hochmuller which prove that the
hound of Mons was a terrible, living
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Policeman Kills Dog;
IL Same Bullet Hits Bow

Cries of mad dog" drew Tral1lc
Patrolrnan John j.. Higginson from
his post at West and CHRISTOPHER
streets, in New York City. In the
,byway of Weehawken street, around
the corner, he found a naongrel max
ing Vicious SfTishes first 4atE ore group
Of children and s:thensiat another. s. :,
Weehawken street is narrow, ana
popuIous, and Higginson. who had no
nightsttck, approached as close to the
dog as he could before using his re-
volver He fired but once. The bull
let went through the dog, killing 1T,
aid, glancing from the sidewalk,
struck Thomas Burke, thirteen years
old, of 3 Weehawken street, in the
right side. e
With the boy in his; arms, the pa
trolman signaled the first automobile
that appeared and ordered the driver
to get to ST. Vipcent's hospital, re-
CARELESS Of traffic regulations. When
word came from the operating room
that the boys wound was serious
HjrgiIlSon COLLAPSED. Af.-.t- . ~" ~ .
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
It's here.

It's here.
Atlanta's first baby incubator-per-
haps the first one to be installed IN
any hospital in the south, and de-
signed to save the lives of babies,
who but for it would die shortly aft
er their birth, reached Atlanta Friday
afternoon and was installed in the
modern baby room of the Grady hos
pital. f..
Baby-raising is fast becoming a
hobby at Grady hospital, and Super
1ntendent. Steve Johnson is bending
every effort to secure the latest
EMBARRASSING devices manufactured.
1t was during a visit to a municipal
hospital in New York. where he saw
baby incubator in operation. that
he decided to have one for his baby
room at the Grady, and he says that
the saving of one single little baby's
life will more than repay the cost
Of the incubator.
The device is electrically operated,
and maintains an even temperature
al all times. which it is said is very
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Curious Stamps Printed
.- On Cigarette PAPERS

Some curious postage stamps are
now being issued from the smaller
European states, remarks a writer in
The Manchester Guardian" The
latest examples from Lithua-
MIA, whose first permanent stamps
have been autographed on heavy
Silurian gray paper, formerly used
for the printing of bread tickets,
Lithuania's neighbor, Lettland, late
lyf printed it's first postage stamps
on the backs of German ordnance
maps, followed by an issue on Gig
arctic paper.
When the Czecho-Slovak forces in
vaded Hungary recently they over
printed the united arms of Bohemia,
Moravia and Silesia, together with
the inscription "Cesko-S1oVenska
Statni," on the contemporary Mag
var StaDnDS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29

beneficial to frail, delicate babies.
The incubator is made of copper,
and water circulates on all four
sides and the bottom. This water is
kept at an even temperature at all
parts of the incubator by means of
electric bulbs, which heat the water.
A thermometer and water gauge are
also included, showing at a glance
the exact amount of water in the
sides, and the heat it is radiating.
For sometime. the hospitals in New
York and the east have had and used
successfully the incubators, in the
first few months of a trail baby's life,
resulting in saving the lives OF many
children who would otherwise have
died, it is said
DR. l.. B. Clark, the baby specialist
at the hospital. has had experience
in using the incubator3, and states
that he is confident that the one in
stalled at Grady will be a forerunner
of many. more in large hospitals in
4lo
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29

people who were then about ready
to flee from the Indians.
During the firing small boy was
injured and this so alarmed Jean La
Rue that he almost lost his reason.
He rushed into the house, seized his
rifle and what money he had and
fled. He must have known of the
hollow tree and attempting to hide
there slipped down too far and could
not get OUT.
+ Among the things found with the
body were a rifle, bullet pouch and
powder horn, a diary and $78350.
In the diary following a page dated
August 20, 1862, was written the fol-
lowing:
Cannot get out, surely must die;
if ever found send me and all my
money to my mother, Nine. Suzanne
LaRue, near Tarascon, in the prov
ince of Bouches du Phone, France"
Efforts will be made to learn
something of the dead mans rela-
tives through the consul at Mar
settles. It is thought doubtful that
any of them are alive at so late a
date
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
No American Graves
To Remain in Germany

All graves Of. American soldiers
buried in. Great Britain have beer
recorded and crosses have been plac-
ed on them, the war department has
announced. A total of 57,919 graves
of American dead in Europe had
been registered up to June 80.
Plans have been made by the war
department to concentrate the sew
enty-six graves Of American soldiers
who died in. Italy in a cemetery at
Genoa. The bodies now in Russia
are to be removed to a cemetery III
France, and it is hoped ultimately
to remove Americans buried in Ger
many and Luxembourg to French
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Cashier Can't Tell
Who Got 100000

What became of the 100000 that
has faded away" from the North
Penn bank, which closed it's doors
last Friday, is the big question that
is facing state banking officials in
vestigating affairs of the institu-
ton. ..a,~ .-. '.... ..
Ralph T. Meyer, cashier, who was
arrested in connection with the fall
ure and held in $25,0G0 bail for a
nearing, has admitted that the
North Penn is 100000 short, accord
ing to State Banking Commissioner
John S. Fisher, but he has failed
thus far to inform state officials
who got the money.
Meyer, after he was released on
bonds, furnished by surety COM
papy, safdi Che; did not profit one
TIannV III The hanks transactions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Tonight Take Dodson's Liver Tone!
Better Than CaIomeI For Liver
Calomel sickens! If bilious constipated and head
achy read my guarantee.

Listen to me! Take no more sick
ening, salivating calomel, when bill
ious or constipated. Don't lose a
days work!
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile, crashes into it, break
ing it up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. If you
if your liver is torpid and bowels con-
stipated or'you have headache, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, if breath is bad
or stomach sour just take a spoonful
of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
drug store and get a bottle of bod
sols Liver Tone. for a few cents
Take a spoonful tonight. and if it
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29

doesn't straighten you right up and
make you feel fine and vigorous by
morning, I want you to go back to
sons Liver Tone is destroying the
sale of ca1omel because it is real liver
medicine; entirely vegetable, there
fore it can not salivate or make you
sick.
I guarantee that one spoonful of
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels Of that sour bile and consti-
pated waste which is clogging your
system and making you feel misera-
bic. I guarantee that a bottle of Dod-
sons Liver Tone will keep your en-
tire family feeling fine for months.
Give it to your children. 1t is harm
less; doesn't grippe and they like it's
pleasant taste.-(Advt.l
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Texas Women Ready to
Fiuht Mexican Bandits

The women of Texas have
reached the point where they
would gladly shoulder rifles them
selves and go across the Rio
Grande and kill the Mexican out
laws who have been responsible
for the recent outrages against
American women and children, the
most sensational of which was the
murder of John w. Correll, the
American farmer who defended
his wife against the bandits near
Tampico on June 16.
This statement was made by
Miss Catherine Oglesby, of Fort
Worth, Tex.
Texas women" she said. have
no fear of the Mexicans, because
they know what towards they are.
But they hope for the government
to do something that will do away
with the constant apprehension
most American women along the
border have for the safety of their
children"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Was Too Fat to Ride to
HOSPITAL in Ambulance

Frank Wilson, twenty-eight years
old, weighing $50 pounds. one of the
tattest men in the country, is in
the Holy Family hospital Brooklyn,
n. Y, in a serious condition from
an attack of paralysis Wilson was
employed in the Dreamland circus
sideshow, Coney Island. When an
ambulance was summoned it. was
found to be too small and an auto
mobile truck was pressed into serv-
ice. 70.
For eight years Wilson travelled
with the Barnum & Bailey circus.
His mother weighs only 1856 pounds.
She lives in Chicago and has been
notified of her SONS condition a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Seven Year-OId Boy
Hailed as CIairVOYant

Little Bobbie Day, aged seven, OF
Brighton, England, son of motor
mechanic. has wonderful powers OF
clairyoyance, according to the Week
ly Dispatch Blindfolded he describ-
ed a number of articles. These in
cluded a treasury note, giving its
color, numbers and writing on the
back. the color and texture OF piece
of fabric he had never seen, the COR
rect answer to complicated sum in
mental arithmetic and figures writ
ten down at random.
After FIVE minutes test he com
planned of feeling icy cold. Il just
see little pictures and / just say
tn EN- >, is Rohhie,S exclamation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Because of Dogs Death
Woman Commits Suicide

The body Of Mrs. Jennie VIII
liams. of Chicago, H., divorcee.
was found last week in Lake Mich
igan.
"It is a peculiar case" Mrs Lii
lie Breen, a sister, told the police.
Several months ago her pet bull
dog died and she has been despond-
ent since. She cried night and day
over the loss as If 1t had been her
child. They had been pals and I
guess she couldn't live without it"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
How Do You Get That
Way?" Asks Baker

The inherent longing of short
men to grow tall was 1aughably
illustrated by Secretary of War
Baker. While on his way to a.
conference with the House Mill
tary committee the secretary met
a newspaper correspondent whose
six feet and more lowered above
the Cabinet member. CHANGING up
at the newspaper man with a 'hu-
moroUs, half-wistful- expression,
Secretary Baker said:
:FWheneter' 1 see man your
size 1 always feel like asking,
How do you get that way?'"
, ITS gift, Mr.. Secretary" re-
sponded the correspondent, where
upon the War Depart ment eXecu-
tive burst forth into a hearty
laugh and passed on.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29
Prohibition Causes a
Hotel Man to End Life

After long brooding over prohibit
ton and frequently declaring that
now he would "be better, off dead"
Harry Knowles. for more than TWEEN
ty5 years proprietor Of the Washing
ton House, Washington. N J.. com
mftted suicide by taking poison.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-29

row Lake in
lookso
States Below
Major Clark (le) and H. Peabody, who
ma patrol Field.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-06-27

,,DF-A VREA Mana De MA VRFA
DE SEARA MA DUG La EA".
De: EMIL IEDERI.

Mai Tigan pacu- ii intrebase Rominu pc Tgan
Tar tiganul raspuns ca pac ,Dar ele pacuer
treba de Romnu curios Isl pc e' raspunse tganu
cunjurnd 1ncircala in voia sa i arunce Rominu.
Cam STAN 81 moi dragostea poporulu
vemuri eli nu ranzeaza ne
nimeni ca sa lie aboneze taitungu lore.
Am la nina pima 1872 plinger dferi Romin din
dere part ale Amere Tot mi STAT caci a
gen coecteze della bani abonament To
prelungrea partea mai
susn ca dni refuat primirea pc mai dparte
Prin vrut vrut au liza fos TRIMS pu
81 puterea nuese
mentul della ell
Stat de dat fore gingas afaceea
cit sul este gea poeor Ajuns nantea leg
rseasca daca ziarele s
stampla Sample Copy" orr ba
Nante de toae pc aseptare Unite nu Sc poa-
e mte Oprse ucru legea posta In
pare de proba rmite dect arte esrns
Acea rebuesc stampa ngleza
esemplare de proba, adeca sample copy'.
Cine abuzat de legea posaa legii
vile Gu buna rndua foae din acuzaor ajung
acuzat Legea firor cnsti odeauna unei da
gos de pornceal alta mai multi ii contra patr une d
ori take, foae pc abona tous
ii pretu eli.
Gel nacaj ameninta egea cnd ajunge in fata
foaa tmita pc septare pentru
facut aceasta, si la plata
refuzat prmirea eli.
Dargose ii poate face nimen Nc vremie lui
Pazvante Voda train bage nina 81
colo sa ii la cneva banu = nepedeps
Gu alta insa spravit Prin propaga de
eurente carl nfae asupra mumi dee propagate
de sn sunute de mine cetitor u
patesc pentru
face recama Daca ziaru Isl face recama
tata bue patita numarul fu 81
sta zaru nus facu ransgreune fa de ge posta nca
legilor, daca dovedeste, Sc poate pedeps.
Alta, sd site!
lar ncolo adevar adevar graesc voua uati
sa sd vi Sc bage in sin aca ubi
aprope gind curat.
LARA lara va zc voua fratior ca de ve asculta
de apo veni udeata ju-
poaie penru abonamenul la hirtoaga pc att
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-06-27
'CERNAN|A AFACUTA RfSPONSA-
B|LA PENTRU orr CE N|SCARE.
NU VA PUTFA AJUTORA Pc GET RfzVRA7I7L

PARIS, % Iunie. ~ Astazi a
fost publicata nota Aliatilor ca
ira Germania in care Use spune
celei de pc urma ca dinsa este res
ponsabila pentru orr ce miscare
contra Poloniei, dupa semnarea
pacii. Aceasta nota spune:
,,Aliatii 81 puterile associate sim
tesc ca este de lipsa ca sa atra-
ga atentiunea guvernului Germa-
niei asupra faptului ca autorit5-
tile poloneze au ajuns in proprie-
tatea unei telegrame oficioase
germane, in care Sc spune ca in
timpul cInd guvernul german e.
ste fnteles Sc semneze pacea, Ell
doreste sd dea sprijin neoficios
miscarilor locale de fmpotrivire
infiintarii unei autoritati polone-
re in tinuturile ingaduite Polo
niei din Posnania 81 Prussia de
est 81 vest cum 81 ocuparii Silezi-
eli de sus 81 Jos de puterile aliate
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1919-06-27

81 tovarasele lor. in fata acestei in
formatiuni, aliatii 81 puterile u
sociate cred ca este de lipsa ca sd
informeze gu2srnul german Cd
dinsii vor tine guvernul german
strict raspunzator pentru aceea
ca de indata ce tratatul de pace
este semnat toate trupele 81 OFF
ciantii arafat de comisiunea ALA
tilor sa fie retrase, respective re-
trasi 81 ca in cazul unor tulburari
locale in 1mpotrivirea tratatului,
nici un sprijin orr ajutor ins,,r-
gentilor (resculatilor) nu-i iertat
sa treaca nouale, fruntarii in Po-
lonia". 3
Acesta este raspunsul la telc-
grama pc care o publicasem ieri
in intregime, 81 care a fost confis
cata de autoritatile poloneze in
timpul cind dinsa suna Germa-
nilOr.