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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
Colonel Jack Hale, "a,
VIII Take 500-Mile
Walk to Reunion

Who says the Confederate vet
eran isn't as spry as any youth
OF twe..ty?
Take. for instance. Colonel Hale,
who, at the age of "A years, says
he will walk from his home near
Chickasaw, Okla, to the Confeder-
ate reunion in Atlanta, distance
of nearly 500 miles.
Colonel Hale is one of the dele
gates from Joe Shelby camp of
veterans at Chickasaw to the state
reunion at Alabama. The Tulsa
Daily World says Of his proposed
performance:
Colonel Hale declares he will
leave Ada the closing day of the
state reunion. Heplans to go via
Little Rock. Memphis. Chattanooga
and thence on to Atlanta. and en-
route will visit several scenes
where battles were fought between
theN blue and the gray. The vet
eran expects to be on the road four
weeks.
Despite the fact that Colonel
Hale is "A years of age, he is ac-
tive. He resides on a farm near
Chickasaw and takes an active part
in it's management. ! am sure / can
make the trip without exhausting
myself physically declared Colonel
Hale. If invited, I will accept rides
from automobilists. but I'm not
going to ride one mile on the rail
roads he added'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09

Methods heretofore untried in the
history of drydock construction were
used. Instead of building the dry
dock on it's permanent site, it was
built in sixteen sections in the open.
A huge steel ballast tank f1oated each
section to it's permanent location.
The spaces between the sections were
joined by means of tremie concrete.
Then the caiSSon was f1oated to the
entrance and the water pumped out.
The thickness of the base of the dry
dock was made so as to weigh $500
pounds to the square foot as against
the 5000 hydrostatic uplift of water
through the coral foundations be-
meath the dock.
Just before the caisson gate was
moved up this spring Dave Richard,
a Hawaiian worker, collected fund
from his fellow laborers and invok-
ed the aid of a female kahuna, or
sorceress, to save the dock.
She ordered him to throw a pig
and a white chicken into the water
at the entrance of the dock. They fol-
lowed her instructions and that is
how, they explain, the shark god
was lured to his death.
For the decayed body of a shark
was actually found in the basin at
the conclusion of the four months
unwatering operations"
The basin is 1923 feet long, 1873
feet wide at the top and has a
depth of 35 feet. 1t will accom-
p,odate tha LARGEST shin af1Oat.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
Peculiar Mule Took
MuCh-COVeted Bath

Beecher Smith, proprietor Of the
CONCEALED water route, owns mule
that is very particular about being
washed. She must be washed regu-
larly and clean or there is trouble
in the household at once.
Now, it seems that her groom had
neglected to battle Miss Muley Sun
day morning, and as she hauled the
ice cart down to the powerhouse 1t
was easy to be seen that her feelings
were deeply lacerated, and her long
ears flopped disconsolately instead
of assuming the. skittish and flirta-
tious angle they generally carried.
Upon arriving at the ice plant Miss
Muley was unhitched and allowed to
wander about. Here was her chance.
She at once decided to take bath.
She did; oh, yes, she certainly did
She wandered to the acre or more
of water behind the power plant, and
it took 200 men four hours to get her
out. They had to drain the pond and
build a staging, and when they at
last with much bowling and bawling
got her on the boards she looked
down and found mud on her feet and
jumped back again.
1t is a safe bet that her groom
will carry pail of water and a
sponge with him hereafter
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09

pletion, the project failed. All
through there were strange accidents,
mishaps, delays, shortages of ma
terial.
1t may seem laughable, but it Was
anything but a laughing matter. The
day laborers on the projects were
mainly HaWaiians and the unknown
terror of the Shark God was a big
factor through the entire course Of
the work.
And-when all the water was at
last pumped from the cement basin,
there at the bottom lay the skeleton
Of a gigantic shark!
When work commenced on Octo
Der 1, 1909, the natives in the vicln-
ity lifted their hands in horror at
the dissertation.
The first attempt to pump out
floor Of the basin nine inches be-
fore the water had been lowered
20 feet. In the second attempt,
in 1912, the floor of the basin lifted
again. The third attempt to unwater
was made early in 1913. On Feb
ruary IL of that year the level of
the water was brought down "a feet.
But the bottom rose rapidly as the
weight Of the water was removed.
The cofferdam collapsed at o'clock
on the afternoon Of the 18th.
The shark god was getting in his
work! Or so said the natives.
The navy department granted
Smith another chance. Work recon-
n1a0Cp6 DaPanohnY. 1914
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
When Spurned by Niece
'ConViCt" Ends His Life

Because his niece, to whom he
had loaned $4,000 to begin her mil
ltnery business in Bull, Idaho, sDurn-
ed him and denounced him as a "con-
Wet when he was released from
Jail, after serving a sentence for
bookkeeping, Charles w. Moody walk
ed to the rear of the building occu-
pied by his niece and blew his brains
out.
his arm was broken by an automo-
bile motor in motion. The accident
paralyzed his whole right side, and
he had difficulty in finding work. He
finally began transporting whisky
from Wyoming to Idaho, and was
arrested. Officers found $4,000 on
his person when they searched him
and this money he directed turned
over to his niece. She began her
business with it, but refused to be
friendly to her uncle when he was
released
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
He Was a Gallant Thief
But His Reward Was Small

There is gallantry among thieves
if not honor, according to Miss Paul
inc Ryan, of Denver, Colo, who. with
Fingling, was held up recently by
four masked men.
She and Mr.. Fingling were out
r1Ging when the hold-up men pre-
scented revolvers and stopped the
car. Miss Ryan was wearing her en-
@agement ring and she hated to lose
it, SO she quietly slipped it from
her finger to the ground. Then" she
tainted.
Fingling made motion to pick
her up, but the thief said
Leave her alone, I'll attend to
her. and he picked her up gently
and placed her on the rear seat of
the car. Then the four men left
When the Girl recovered. the told
F3n@ling that she had dropped the
ring. and search revealed it on the
ground next to the car SO the rob-
bers, got very little, as they even
overlooked $50 that Fingling had
with hi--0
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
Hungry Goat Eats Up
.EXpres SOffiCe Rates

4 Toggenburg goat en- route TO a
ranch at Tulare, Cal, made a very
satisfactory meal the other night on
thc rate book of the express office
at Tulare, but when the officials
arrived next morning for work, the
result of the goats foray were not
quite so satisfactory to them.
The goat was in a crate that was
a little too small for comfort any
way, and he had had nothing to
eat, so he butted his way out dur
ing the night, and started on a re-
connoitering tour. The only thing
the office tariff sheet He devoured
half of it and left the other half
in such state that it was of no
use. So business waited on the arri-
val of another tariff sheet.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
Ragged Clothes of II'nk
PeddIer Yield IS 600

When doctors and nurses OF Chi
caGo picked UP on tho streets of Chi
caGo one Joe Armstrong, ragged
junk peddler carried him before a
clinic of students to demonstrate the
proper methods of performing an
operation on smashed foot. they did
not know that they would find SIS 600
in bonds on the dirty, ill-clothed
man.
Armstrong protested violently at
having his clothing cut away, de-
claring that he had been sewed Up in
years, and wanted to remain sewed
in. When the nurses finally got the
rags off of him, they found why he
protested and fought SO hard.
He had $4,000 in bonds sewed into
the Garnl ente
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
.52Gord of ForqetfuI Bride
GrOOmS Frees Another

/ DN',jQN--JohA Landsdowne, n
r'"Tk. under arrest on complaint of
is bride-to-be for forgetting to
.':'ow up for the marriage ceremony
Us freed by a local magistrate,
who declared:
"1Eany famous men have had
r7en?ories in regard to the same
subject. The Rev George Harvest
was to have been married to the
daughte-' of Bisho@ Compton, of
London, but on the morning fixed
Cor the cerer' ony he forgot all about
it AMI went fishing. NJ. Pasteur, the
scientist. was so absorbed in his
work on the day of his marriage
that he kept his bride waiting an
hour at the altar without putting
in his appearance.
"Afte- Thomas Edison's wedding
he returned 70 his workshop and
entirely forgot his newIy-made wife
for 4S hours. When John Kemble.
the great tragedian. was married,
he returned to the stage few
hours after the ceremo After
the show he went to his bachelor
20ortment. forgetting what had
'Hnpered to him on the fateful day"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
"Stockinu-l enqer" Is
Rival of the BOOtIeuuer

The first "stoaking-I Logger arrest
ed in Pennsylvania was recently TAX
en- into custody by the police of
Pittsburg, who took charge of Clara
Hobson on the charge that she was
purveying refreshing and stimulating
drinks to the thirsty ones of Pitts
burg
The officers attention was first at
tracted by the unusual amplitude of
Clara's legs, and their suspicion was
further aroused when they saw that
rot in size only were they rema rk-
able. They were full of angles that
jutted out in the most extraordinary
places.
The police watched her until they
saw her slip into a lark doorway
and extract from her stockings bot
tie of liquor which she gave to
pedestrian in return for a bill Then
the police arrested Clara.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
81 French Brides
MOT at Home Herys !:

Sixty-tWo French women who
lad married American officers or
soldiers and subsequently, had
States returned to France on the
same steamer this week, accord
ng to the neWsD .t l. ANenl
ublished in Paris.
Most of them, the newspaper
2d'ls, returned not because of per
ronal differences with their hus-
DIS but because of the inability
of the brides to adapt themselves
to the American mode of living.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
Mother Runs Against
DAUGHTER in PoIitiG.

One Of the oddities OF the recent
primary contests in Brooklyn, n. j.,
and a circumstance that illustrates
the independence of women in poll
ties was the rival candidacy of Mrs.
Mary A. Wehrum, Of No. ATS East
Twenty-first street, and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Louis w. Quick, of No. 500
East Twenty-ninth street.
Mrs. Wehrum was running for
member of the Dem ocra tic co1lan1lt-
tee, while her daughter was a ear
didate for the Same office on the
Republican ticket. Both live in the
TWenty-first assembly district.
Mother and daughter learned for
the first time last week taht the
other was in politics and that they
were running for similar places on
opposing tickets.
Tt will he two or three days before
the women know if they have been
nominated and will opnO~e each 9th
in tho ;.r-,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09

HONOLULU. T. H.-The SHARK
God of the Hawaiian Islands HIS lost
his last fight.
An American drydock wizard
named Smith, aided by a sorceress, a
dead pig and a slaughtered chicken,
has done for this grim deity at last.
The most costly drydock in the
world, the Pearl Harbor basin, has
been completed and formally opened
for traffic. After ten years of labor,
the expenditure of five million dol
lars, the thousand foot dock was Off
cially dedicated on August 81 by Sec
rotary of the Navy Daniels with Mrs.
Daniels acting as sponsor.
When Mrs. Daniels pressed the
button that opened the sluicegates
and let in a flood of water, a tall
rangy man with somewhat loose
baggy clothes, a sharp clean cut jaw
and a bald head took off his hat
wiped the rerspiration from his fore
head and heaved one grand sigh of
relief.
His troubles of ten years were over
at last!
That man was Francis B. Smith,
of San Francisco, better known as
''DryGcck Smith," builder of the Mare
Island drydock Smith and the Shark
God had been enemies for ten years
This great deity, worShin~ed by
HaWaiians, according to tradition in
habited a coral cave on the eXa ct
site of the drydock.
Three times, on the verge of COM
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
Surgeons Graft BahV's
Foot on Fathers

In order 10 save the life of three
year-old Mike Rushton, of Hammond,
Ind, the surgeons decided to graft
body boo For a sIin-grafting 'e operation.
The chiIG's foot had been crushed
badly when it was run over by a
locomotive, but the physicians be-
lieve that by the unique process of
grafNng decided upon they can save
the baby's life and also give him
bo clz q 1ISafI1I foot
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
Killed Aidinu Horses

LONDON. - After dismounting
from a char-a-banc near Scarborough
and walking up a steep hill to ease
the horses, William r. Owen, aged
SO, of Dewsbury, collapsed and died
from over-eXertion.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
Smartest Men Are Born in
January, February, March
..r,..-sss.s. .s..;s-s.-...'.-,..-.s-s.

LONDON.-Men born between january l
and March 81 are stronger, taller and supe-
rior in intelligence to those whose birthdays
fan in other months, according to re-
one of Itely's greatest scientists
This view is also borne out by the re-
searches of another Italian scientist DR..
Deela Revere, who found that the proper
ton of children OF inferior intelligence is
among those born in January and February
and hiGheSt in Auemst nrd Sentemher
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
Woman Searches 28 Years
For Iona Lost Relatives

Most of the twenty-eight years
of the life of Miss Rose O'Neill, of
Omaha, Neb., have been spent in
searching for brother she never
she was parted when a child.
Dumas might have termed the af-
fair tragic. o. Henry probably
would have woven a yarn from it.
But Miss O'Neill says the affair
is mysterious, pointing out that
every time she was about to pick up
trail to her loved ones. fate cross
ed the path and sent her another
way.
She has now reached Cleveland,
o., in her search.
Cleveland relatives, Miss O'Neili
says, told her Mrs. Anna O'NeiI (nee
Graham), her mother, is dead. They
says, about her brother, Frank
Miss ONeill was born in Cleve-
land. When a baby she was sepa-
rated from her mother and went
With her grandparents to Minnesota
One of her grandparents is dead,
The other knows nothing of her
mother, she says.
Her father, a railroad engineer at
Lake Park, Mimi, told her, Miss
O'Neill says, that he was separated
from her mother and knows moth
ing of her whereabouts.
Records Of st. Vincent orphanage
in Cleveland, Miss O'Neill says, show
that her brother lived there about
1903. He ran away. she learned,
and was given home with a fam
lily in southern Ohio.
Seven years ago, Miss O'Neill re-
lates, he called at the Cleveland or
pnanage seeking information about
his relatives. He came to CIeve-
land later, she says she learned.
I Just can't believe my mother is
was in Pittsburg. I suppose thai
Will be the next city I'll visit"
She also says she was told her
mother was killed in railroad
wreck. Her brother should be about
twenty-seven now.
An automobile authority states
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
Foreign Firm Pays
Huge Tax to u. S.

SEATTLE.-Pa ying one of the big
Gest excess profits taxes assessed a
foreign corporation doing business in
the United States, the Nipuon Yusen
Kaisha a few days ago forwarded a
check for $2,941,00O to the internal
revenue department. The check was
in payment for excess profits from all
business done in the United States
during the year 1918.
LONDON.-Almost blind since Sep
TENDER. 1915, Joseph Culshaw, ex-
soldier, bathed several times in ST.
Winifred's Well, North Wales, and
he has recovered his SIGHT.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09

X II T. ~ wi a / 4 = M
A Home Cure Given bv One Who Had It
In the spring of 1893 I was attacked
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
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Raw potatoes contain a poisonous
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stock
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09

completed drydock
history
below the 1t collapsed 1911
Drydock Smith"
superintendent of The Bridge company
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
He UMATIS MI

American cheese is being import
q into Switzerland
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09

An automobile authority states
that gas cars will be replaced by
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-09
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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-03-29
NOTICE OF CITY DEL RVQUENT TAX SALE.

By the authority of the City Council of Greenwood, Mississippi I will
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The following described land, delinquent for City Taxes or the fiscal ye.r
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