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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-28
WIZARD BREEDER CREATES
GIANT FRUITS, HUGE HEN

Richard Diener, miracle
man, holding stalks Of his
gigantic "super-wheat." Be-
low is a huge petunia-b4Ilb de-
veloped by Diener with 21a
generations, from bulb the cize
Of the smaller one at the
right.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-28

thirty which result from the aver
age crop.
He then turned his attention to
corn and, though this is not a corn
country, produced an ear weighing
2 IL pounds grown on great twelve
foot stalks that hear az nigh as a
dozen ears apiece.
Tomatoes he grows of a perfect
roundness, impervious to blight, and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-28
Lottery Syndiacte
After $4.OOOOOO

PHILADELPHIA, PA lottery
syndicate, which was arranging to
distribute large numbers of rattle
prizes in schools, shops and offices.
has been broken up by the police
The prizes ranged from kewpie
dolls to safety raZors
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-28
Honest Cobbler
Finds Gem Cache

ALLIANCE, Ohio.-Stuffed in the
toe of a, woman's shoe, c. r. Star
key, a cobbler, found gems valued
at $4,000. He returned them to
their owner, whose name he re-
fuses to divulge. He lectured the
lady severely on her careIessnesS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-28
Fewer Soft Drinks

NEW YORK, n. Y.-Contrary to
predictions, the big hotels of the city
avert that they have sold fewer
sort drinks than ever before in the
period since July 1. Hotel men are
unable to account for the fact.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-28
Officer Run Down,
Arrests rThe Diver

PHILADELPHIA C. Harry
Weikel drove his car into the traf-
fee semaphore operated by Pa
trolman George Stevens, knocking
Stevens down with the semaphore
or, top of him. Weillel took Stew
snE TO the hospital, where his in
1Grles were dressed then Stevens
tnnkc M-ail-al to iail
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-28
Six Leqqed Chicken

LONDON.-A prize-bred game hen
belonging to r. H. Dolphin, recently
Matched freak chicken with six legs
two heads and four wings,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-28

bargain this anywhere else And it at
This skirt made of splendid quality mixed
p each eide finished at top with large novelty pockets
buttons Separate bet unique style cut With saee
All sizes Coors, black and blue There's class every
skirt You OF being dressed N
style when have 1t
Send money Pay $S65 for skirt on arrival and
along with this great skirt bargain give
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-09-26
PALESTINE.


Miss Annette Freedman left for st.
Louis Sunday where she will enter
Washington University.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Davidson and
daughter of Fort Worth are the guests
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Davidson. X
Sam d. Brooks is back from San
Antonio where he entered his son,
Bernard, at San Antonio Military
Academy.
Mrs. NJ. Grossman has gone TO Fort
Worth and Dallas, where she will
spend the Holidays.
Mrs. lily Pcarlstonc and daughter,
left for New York to spend two weeks
and from there Miss Pearlstone will
20 to Washington, d. c. where she
enters school.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. Sam are here from
New York the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo Davidson.
The friends Of Mrs. Phil Meyers
will regret to learn Of her illness and
all hope for her speedy recovery.
Jake Winner Of Dallas spent few
days here at the home of VI. Winner.
Mrs. Emil Frank Of San Antonio is
here the guests Of their relatives.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-09-26
ROUMANIA JUSTIFIES HERSELF.

Budapest: by !. J. p. b That the
Jews Of Hungary ought to be grateful
to Roumania for saving them from
being slaughtered, was the contention
Of Roumanian commanders before the
Allied Commission here. They declar-
ed that Roumania had protected the
Jews in Hungary, an warded off po-
groms against them.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-09-26

those who wish it may now become
citizens
"To the statement of the journalist
that the present law contains many
restrictions, so that great number of
Jews are excluded from citizenship,
His Majesty replied:
'Tf it will appear in the working
out Of the law, that it creates certain
difficulties, the necessary modfica-
tons will certainly be made; for the
country is firmly resolved to settle the
Jewish question once for ALL
"Mr. Wolfson then called the atten-
ton of His Majesty to many cases
where Jews are being prosecuted for
occurrences during the war, and es-
pecially to the unusually severe pun
ishments which have been meted out
to accused Jews. To this His Majesty
relied:
1.-The severity Of the court martials
same measures should be applied to all
equally. Justice must be meted out
is necessary, but | do agree that the
lmpartally. Those instances which
are brought before me personally. |
study very thoroughly. have always
had the friendliest feeling toward the
Jews, and hope that now that they
have become citizens. their condition
will improve. 1t is necessary that the
Roumanans and the Jews should un
derstand each other and get together.
For the accomplishment of this end.
1t is necessary that both sides should
make every possible effort. For my
part, | shall do every thing possible.
In the new Roumania no Jewish prob
lem will exist. All citizens will enjoy
every right without let or hlndrance
The country's resolve to settle the
Jewish question has been offended in
the Minority Rights clauses, and il
has not been treated as it deserved BY
the Paris Conference. | am convinced
that the Jews will be good Roumanian
citizens for the good of the country.
and for their own"
According to journalistic ethics. |
am not permitted to publish more than
the official statement. Many Of the
statements which the King made. and
which | am not ut liberty to disclose.
were most interesting.
1t is interesting to note that the of.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-09-26
Thirteen

fetal letter which accompanied the
royal statement says that may print
the interview only in the American
press, but not in the Roumanian pa
pers. The outside world may know
what the King says concerning the
Jews. The Roumanans and the Jews
in Roumania itself need not know it.
1t appears that this official statement
is for "for foreign consumption only"
but we shall not bite.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-09-26
Friday, September 26, 1919.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE KING
OF ROUMANIA.
Continued from Page ~

o'clock my carriage arrived, and ten
minutes later left my room, dressed
in frock coat, silk hat and white gloves
The crowd greeted me warmly, with
an ovation. exchanged few words
with several acquaintance and amid
shouts of Bring salvation to the
Jews" rode off. Many people,
among them acquaintance, lined the
sidewalks along the way to the pal
ace; they greeted me in friendly fash
ion and wished me success. In Rou-
mania, the King does not receive Jews
very often, and for that reason my au-
dience was creating such a stir. At
twenty minutes after five reached
the palace. At the entrance, major
received me. He introduced himself AZ
Major Cristescu. Between rows Of lac
keys who opened the doors, we entered
a walking salon. The major talked
with me for a few minutes. Then a
bell rang and he asked me to accom-
pany him. We passed through several
handsomely furnished salons. We
stopped at door, the Major took
leave of me, and lackey opened the
door and asked me to enter. found
myself in large and beautiful room,
with bookcases on all sides, and a rich
ly carved table in the middle of the
room. At corner of this table two
chairs stood prepared. Heavy hang
ings made the room somewhat dark,
though through one window which was
open the sun shone in a sort of gentle
twilight atmosphere seemed to prevail.
l stood near the table and looked
around and waited. A few minutes la
ter, noticed the portiers being quiet
ly parted, and gentleman clothed in
a navy uniform, very simply, without
decorations, was coming up to me. /
believed that this was an officer com.
ing to lead me to the King; but I was
mistaken-he was the King himself.
He stretched out his hand to me and
greeted me in French. He seated him.
self at the table, and asked me to take
the other chair which was prepared. l
was the first journalist who had come
from Paris Immediately after the
treaty had been signed, and who had
been present at the ceremony, and the
King questioned me concerning topics
on occurrences ut Paris. | answered
his questions to the best Of my knowl-
edge Of the circumstances involved.
All the time up to then, we had been
talking in French. When in the course
of the discussion we came to Rouman-
ia herself, he remarked that he knew
that spoke Roumanian and asked
whether | wished to continue the con-
versation in that language, to which
| agreed.
For over an hour we spoke concern
ing the Roumanian Jewish question. I
called the Kings attention TO the ira
gic plight of the Roumanian Jews, to
the many promises which from time
to time had been made that the jew
would be granted equal rights, and to
the fact that all these promises have
never been kept. stated that the pres
ent law decree which purports to
grant the Jews equal rights was not
satisfactory. 1t excludes all Jews who
were not born in Roumania. raised
seventeen objections against the law,
and attempted to show him that the
Jewish question is not completely
solved thereby. remarked that under
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-09-26


ond the distinguished scholar, Rabbi
DR.. Numerower also serving the coun-
try for over twenty-five years-and
that tens of thousands of immigrant
Jews find themselves in the same po-
sition.
Coming to cases Of persecution,
told the King that the military trbun-
ais treat Jewish soldiers brutally and
cruelty. told him Of the case OF
Isaac Ciobotaru, who was sentenced
to death on the testimony of an un-
der-officer, whom the court itself ar
rested in the course Of the trial for
perjury--a higher court annulled the
sentence, but new trial will be re-
quired-l also told the King about the
soldier Kaufman, who was tried to-
gether with the two Roumanian sol
diers, all for the same offense. The
ROumanian soldiers were sentenced
to five years in prison, while the Jews
was given the death penalty, which
the King himself has committed to 90
years Imprisonment. ! told him that
thousands of such cases exist.
Further | recalled the disgraceful
death Of the Jew, Nacht, OF Yassi,
who was shot while he was being led
to prison; and also number Of other
such incidents with which | was ia
miliar Speaking Of the way in which
Jewish soldiers had fought for the
country, | declared that in no army
in the world would such shameful or
ders be permissible as those which
General Presan had given concerning
Jews; nor would such openly anti
Semitic manifestations be published as
were given out by Captain Chitules-
Gu.
All of the troubles which the Jews
of Roumania have suffered and are
still suffering, | pictured for him in
moving words, and finally appealed to
him to make an end of them. He lis
tened with the deepest attention. He
answered part of my accusations
tried to excuse otherS-made certain
statements and ended with promise.
When he finished, asked permission
to publish our conversation. The King
asked that ! write an account Of it
and submit it to him, and after he had
read it, | would receive an official
statement. | wrote detailed report
Of all that we had said about the Jew
ish situation, and submitted it.
A few weeks later, when | returned
to Bucharest, after my trip through
Roumania, BeSsaraba, and many 9th
err regions, | received letter with the
permission to publish the following
official statement Of the king:
"His Majesty the King, was kind
enough to receive in audience the
American journalist, Mr.. Leo Wolf
son. In an interview which lasted more
than an hour, all questions cf the day
were touched upon, and especially the
Jewish question.
among other things, His Majesty
said: Up to the present we have not
been able to solve the Jewish problem
for purely economic reasons. In Rou-
mania there have never been any race
or religious prosecutions, nor have
there been any pogroms as in other
countries, Now the economic Difficult
ties have disappeared, no reason at all
exists why the Jews should not re-
ceive full political rights. The promise
which | gave the Jewish Committee
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-09-10

He paused % relight his cigar. while
Calypso and - Well, he began again:
Now my daughter and l." and he
paused to look At her fondly. though
Of the race of Eternal Children. are
not without some Of the innocent wis
dom which Holy Writ countenances as
the sel<-protection of the Innocent
Calypso, ! may say. Is particularly en-
d0wed with this quality. needing It as
she does especially for the guardian
ship for her foolish talkative old IA
Their, who. by the way, is almost at the
end Of his tale. So, when this old chest
flashed Its bewildering dazzle upon US,
we. being poor folk, were not more
daxzled than afraid. For--like the
poor man In the fable-such good for
tune was all too. likely to be our un-
doing. should 1t come to the ears Of
the great, or the INDECENT criminal.
The great In our thought was. / am
ashamed to say, the sacred British
treasury, by an ancient law of which.
forty per cent Of all 'treasure-trove'
belongs to his majesty the king. The
INDECENT criminal was represented by
well. our colored (and not so very
much colored) neighbors. OF course
we ought to have sent the whole treas
ure to your friend. John Saunders Of
his Britannia majesty's government at
Nassau, but Well, de didn't. Some
day, perhaps. you Will put In word
for US with him, as you drink his old
port. in the snuggery. Meanwhile. we
had an Idea, Calypso and +"
He paused-for Calypso had invol-
unfairly made a gesture, as though
pleading to be spared the whole reve-
lation-and then with smile, contin-
ued:
I'VE determined to hide away our
little hoard where 1t would be safe
from our neIghbors, and dispose Of It
according to our needs with certain
tradesman In the town whom we
thought we could trust-a brakeman,
who, by the way, quite naturally levies
a little tax upon us for his security.
No blame to him! I have lived far too
long to be hard on human nature"
"John Sweeney" / asked. looking
over at Calypso with eyes that dared
at last to smile.
1.-THE very same. my Lord Ulysses
answered my friend.
And 80 i came to understand that
Mr.. Sweeney's reluctance In selling me
that doubloon was not so sinister as 1t
had, at the moment, appeared; that 1t
had In fact come Of a loyalty which
was already for me the most precious
Of loyalties.
'Then," said /, ''as fitting conclu-
@pp to the confidence you have re
posed in me, my Lord Alcinous. II Miss
Calypso would have the kindness to
let us have a sight of that chest OF
beaten copper of which you spoke. I
would like to restore this. that was
once part of its contents. wherever
the rest Of them" (and I confess
that paused moment) "may be In
hiding"
And took from my pocket the sa-
cred doubloon that had bought from
John Sweeney-may Heaven have
mercy upon his soul for sixteen dol
lars and seventy-five cents, on that Inn
mortal evening.
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sprung.
gave them the whole story. much
- I had told it In John Saunders'
snuggery--John p. Tobias. Jr.; dear
old Tom and his sucking flsh. his
ghosts. sharks. skeletons, apd all; and
when had finished. found that the
Interest Of my story was once more
chiefly conferred In my pock-marked
friend Of 1.-THE wonderful works Of
God"
II should like to meet your pock-
marked friend" said King Alcinous,
land have q notion that. with you as
a bait, i shall not long be denied the
pleasure"
II am inclined to think that have
seen him already" said Calypso. using
her honey-golden voice for the base
purpose of mentioning him.
Impossible I" cried; he Is long
since safe In Nassau jail.
"Oh, not lately" she answered to
our interrogative surprise. and giving
a swift embarrassed look at her IA
ther. which l at once connected with
the secret Of the doubloons.
seriously, Calypsof" asked her IA
Their, with a certain stern affection, as
thinking of her safety. ION one Of
your errands to town.
And then, turning to me, he said:
"Sir Ulysses. you have spoken well,
and your speech has been that free.
open-hearted speech that wins Its way
alike among the Hyperboreans that
dwell In frozen twilight near the
northern star, and those dwarfed and
swarthy intelligences that blecken In
the fierce sunlight Of that fearful axle
we call the equator. Therefore. will
make return to you Of speech no less
frank and true
He took pun at his cigar, and then
continued:
II should not risk this confession,
but that it is easy to see that you be-
long to the race Of Eternal Children,
to which, you may have realized. my
daughter and / also belong. This adj
venture OF yours after buried treasure
has not seriously been for the dou-
blooms and pieces Of eight, the million
dollars, and the million and half dol
lars themselves, but for the fun Of going
after them, sailing the unknown seas,
coral islands, and all that sort OF
blessed moonshine. Well. Calypso and
are just like that, and am going to
tell you something exciting-we too
have our buried treasure. 1t is>noth-
ing like go magnificent In amount as
yours, or your Henry p. Tobias'-and
where Ii is at this particular moment
/ know as little as yourself. In fact It
Is Calypso's secret 80"
I looked across at Calypso, but her
eyes were far beyond capture, In un-
plummeted seas.
II will show you presently where,
found 1t, among the rocks near by
now haunt of wild bees.
''Can you ever forget that passage In
the Georges? 1t makes the honey
taste sweeter to me every time / taste
1t. We must have some of 1t for din
ner, by the way. Calypso"
/ could not help laughing, and so,
for moment. breaking up the story.
The dear fellow Was there any busi-
ness of human Importance from which
he could not be diverted by a quotation
from Homer or Virgil or Shakespeare?
But he was soon In the saddle again.
''Well," he resumed, zone day, some
seven years ago. in little cave below
the orange trees, grubblng about as I
am fond of doing, came upon beau
tiful old box of beaten copper. sunk
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-09-10
CHAPTER w.

In Which the "king" Dreams Dream
and Tells Us About II.
The afternoon, under the spell Of its
various magic, had been passing all too
swiftly, and at length grew reluctant
ly aware that 1t was time for me to go.
King Alcinous raised his hand with
gesture that could not well be denied.
That led me-his invitation being ac-
copied without further parley-to
mention the idea had conceived as
came along, of exploring those curious
old ruined buildings.
'To BE CONTINUED
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-09-10

deep among the roots of a fig tree. 1t
was strong, but II seemed too dainty
for pirate-some great lady's jewel
box more likely-Calypso shall show 1t
to us presently. On opening it-what
do you think? 1t spilled over with
golden doubloons-among which were
submerged some fine Jewels, such as
this tie ring you see me Wearing. Ac-
tu0lly, II was no great treasure, at a
monetary calculation-certainly no for
tune-but from our romantic point Of
view, as belonging to the race Of Eter-
nal Children, It was Fl Dorado, Alad-
din's lamp. the mines Of Peru. the
whole sunken Spanish Main. glimmer-
ing fifty fatboms deep In mother-of-
pearl and the moon. II was the very
Secret Rose Of Romance; and, also.
mark you. 1t was some money-oh,
perhaps. all told. It might be some 1--WE
thousand guineas, or-what wopld you
say7-twenty-hve odd thousand dol
lars; Calypso knows better than I, and
she, as I said, alone knows where II 10
now hid, and how much Of It now re-
maina"
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-09-10

A WANT AID WILL DO 1T
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-09

New York, Fob. y.--~N0 Sese. -
work" buttons appeared ~ the ckou-
sands today In the buttoahN3oa - nsu
all over New York city. The badso-
wearing was started herr ~ nem0sev
OF the International Brotherhood q
boflermaksrs. Iron shiDoai1dsso and
helperr
The movement began IN Newark
few days ago and quickly spread %
Jersey City. Bayonns ana 0iAes<As
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-09
GARAGE 0WND1
KILLED IN AUTO O1A0M

New Brunswick, n - - -
Waiter Gilmore, 4 gArAGo owner ~
Trenton, was Instantly killed ana his
sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Thurman AAA
Michwarmer. Of Trenton AND ~
Katherine Bennett, OF FhtiaAeipAta.
were injured today when thu autease.
bile IN which they were riding Wue
struck by another car and then crasAs4
into telephone pole Bsthr wsW9
are If, a sericus condition
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-09
THRFE ARE KtIAKO WUNN
THAYN STRIKES AU101G0q1xR

jackson, lllcA-. FSA S-Cyes
Markham, his vita, and ths AtAs<s
father ware instantly killed five mi1set
west of Jackson this aftaRnsea WHEN
their automobile was oeywc6 ~ .
Michigan Central pa1en9R train. ~
party wsre on their way - 1a1DmpA
when the accident occurred
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-09

San Francisco. Cal. Feb. 7.-ln -.
der to forco the Macy wage seelo -
$40 day. between 1,xoe anA 49,
machinIsts IN contract shops oatal1e
OF the ehipyards are out On etx4lrA
San Frnncisco boilermakcrp In stFnlomg
shops are also out FOR the same ucA1As
with full retroactive pay.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-09

Oakland. Cal. Fob. Five tA0o-
sand boilermakers today took = he1-
iday to take a strike vote for u -
hour HALF the members Of th1
union nre already on strike, and y
the vote taken favorS tho strfhA, i
win become effective Monday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-09

and have the city council make an ap-
preparation. erect towers and emilia
ron them on fronts Of buildings and
from the top IKE they do the electric
sigma ! would like to put them along
the railroad tracks just as they do
Bull Durham smoking tobacco. SO tho
people could read tree in the railways,
tho steamships Here: BE sure your
sins will and you out"
Sims VIII Find You Out
don't know how, don't know
when. don't know where BE sure
your sins will ana you oft"
Right by the side Of that ! would
like to put another verse: III We con-
Tess our sins. he h faithful and Just
TO forgive us our sins and cleanse US
from all unrsghteousness." HAllelu-
jah!
tell you. folks. I never used to
understand what they meant when
hind my back"
That 10 a tgure that Goa useA
know row. can't see what u b.
hind my back. That y what GOD
says becomes Of your sins I will cast
them behind my hack. God says. II
win cast them Into the deepest depths
of the sea-"
Over near the Friendly islands. In
the Pacific ocean. they have lowered
tbs chain six and one-half milse ana
haven't found the bottom yet There
b = valley six and half milos deep.
q mountain peak higher than Mount
Everett. OF tho Hlmaiayaa. was. which
In - 900 fest or ave miles. God says,
Il will cast them into the deepest
depth OF the ooaA
I'VE miles Of wA&er roll over the
titanic. out there Il = stx and sns-
half mllaa. g
G.. - sant - where tAesS =