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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Great Treasure Trains
Secretly Cross Continent

Now that the government has coIu-
pleted it's wartime shipments to In
dia of silver from melted dollars, d.
rector Baker has disclosed how
thousands of tons of the metal were
hauled from the Philadelphia mint
to San Francisco in special trains
guarded by armed men, without the
loss of an ounce and without genera
knowledge of the procedure.
Eighteen of these treasure trains
made the trip across the continent
in the twelve months ended April 70
last, with the silver. like big bricks.
piled high in each of the five express
cars composing a special train. TWJ
men with automatic pistols at their
hips and sawed-off shotguns on the, r
laps sat in each car, and later guard .
ed the secret transfer Of the silver
from the train to the ship at San
Francisco.
Each silver brick weighed about
sixty-two pounds and was worth ST.
900, and each train carried between
$5,OO0,O00 and $10,000,0O0. Wrecking
of the trains and theft Of the metal
by bandits was considered an ever
present menace to be guarded against.
Guarded shipments Of silver dol
lars were also made from the Unit
ed States treasury in Washington,
and from the New Orleans sub-treas-
ury to Philadelphia. These dollars
were conveyed in stout bags Of 1000
each and were handled like bags OF
sugar, except that armed men were
always near.
More than 265,OO0,OOO silver dollars
were melted and shipped to India
during the year to meet urgent war
demands for coinage.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
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for three years. If the Germans
sign the peace treaty it will be over,
Mrs. Won Elpons hopes, and then it
will be honeymoon for this San
Francisco girl and Lieutenant Wer-
ner Won Elpons, and it will be in
Berlin, or China orwell, it doesn't
matter.
eff the war department sends the
men at the war prison camp back to
Germany, that means we'll go back
to Berlin. And we don't want to go
parents write that everything there
is skin and bones, There isn't
much food9in Germany and the peo-
pie in Berlin are getting along on as
little as possible"
The Won Elpons, said Mrs. Won Ell
pons, are going to "start all over
again" and prefer to go to China
Before entering the Imperial German
navy as reserve officer, Lieutenant
Won Elpons was a pilot and naviga-
tor in China. He was called to Ber-
lin "for the emergency" and has been
in the emergency" ever since.
Mrs Won Elpons is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Konrad Mes, of San
Francisco, and was educated in Ger
many, some Of her ancestors being
natives of Germany. Her brother
ing the war and was recently dis
charged. Her family didn't object to
Lieutenant Won Elpons because he
was a German officer, and will be
glad to welcome them home.
But with Use Won Elpons, young
and pretty and full of verVe and en-
thusiasm, San Francisco, or Berlin.
or China, will be all the same. She'll
have her husband, and it won't mat
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
ARMY OF 100000
NOTENOUGHFOR
U.S.. SAYS MARCH

Reduction of the regular army to a
would mean virtual abandonment of
all special units developed in the
war, says Chief Of Staff March.
Under the old organization the
enough men for any one Of the
many special units to function,
MaEch stated. Abandonment Of the
tank corps, air service, motor trans
storage branches of the service also
would be almost complete, he added.
The war department. now plans,
General March said, to make the air
service fourth arm of the army,
equal to the infantry, artillery and
it's former status, the air service
will return to a small section Of
the signal corps, consisting of
handful of planes and handful of
men, badly trained"
Plans of the war department for
future training of soldiers mean
abandonment of many or all of the
old regular army posts throughout
the country, General March an
nounced. The program calling for
retention of national army canton
ments as regular army posts, he
said, will mean that the old posts
will be diverted to other govern
ment use or be sold
The big environments will be used
for regular army divisions and for
the assembly of the national guard
for maneuvers or for training. men
under a possible universal military
training program. This. General
March said, will permit national
.guardsmen or recruits to enter well
and will permit QUICK expansion of
the army in case Of trouble. Each
permanent post will be large enough
for divisional .maneuvers; 1t is pro-
posed also, when possible, to have
senting an army corps.
War records for transporting
troops were broken during May when
317, 1856 soldiers and other army en-
ployes were landed in the United
States from Europe, Chief Of Staff
do not include landings today.
Eighty per cent of the men ship
ped, returned on the United States
vessels.
Members %s Of tno the Fl 35a of landed
1884 nurses; 299,773 enlisted men;
1903 civilians; 1,164 navy personnel
and 1,010 marines.
Twenty-Five full divisions and
seven skeletonized divisions have re-
turned to the United States, Cen
remaining intact in France are the
seven regular army divisions-the
first to the seventh. The Eighty
first and Ninetieth divisions, March
said, are recorded at Brest and St.
Nazaire, respectively, and probably
have sailed.
The army, he said, is so per cent
demobilized, 2,276,299 officers and
men having been discharged. There
have BEEN 42,569 enlistments in the
regular army, most of them for
three years. March said.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Having Been AT War" With Germany So Years
Little Liechste nstein Now Seeks Peace

Prince Edward Of Liechtenstein is
in Paris in an effort to obtain a
peace conference on the ground that
he wishes to conclude peace with
Germany, with which Liechtenstein
has been in a state Of war for fifty
three years. Prince Edward carries
credentials from Prince Johann II,
the reigning prince of Liechtenstein,
and is accompanied by the president
of German-Austria, DR.. Seitz.
The prince says he is a strong sup
porter of the League of Nations. He
will lay before the peace conference a
protest against the joining of the
province of Vorarlberg to Switzer-
land on the ground that the residents
of Ltechtenstein wish to be left alone
and not cut off from Austria. Prince
Johann owns real estate valued at
S40,000000 in Austria.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
j. s. RAIL AND WIRE
) RATES ARE UPHELD
IN SUPREME COURT
Conflicting State Orders Set
ASIDE in Decision Uphold
ing War Act Interfering
With IntraState Rates

WASHINGTON, June 2.-The SUI
preme court in an opinion today up
held the government authority to
interfere with intrastate freight and
passenger rates under powers con-
ferred by the joint resolution and
the railroad act by which the gov
eminent assumed control of the coun-
try's telephone and telegraph sys-
TENS.
Increased telephone and telegraph
rates, put into effect last January
81 under an order of Postmaster
day by the supreme court.
The court held that under the
joint resolution by which the wire
systems were taken over by the gov
eminent, there was authority for
interfering with interstate rates.
Federal court DEGREES permanently
restraining the postmaster general
from charging increased telegraph
rates in Illinois were dissolved by
the court.
The court set aside South Dakota
supreme court DEGREES enjoining the
phone companies from increasing
intrastate toll rates in compliance
with the postmaster generals order.
The opinion in all of the wire
cases was unanimous. Masachu-
setts DEGREES dismissing the state
public service injunction were af
firmed and original proceedings
brought by Kansas were dismissed.
Railroad freight rate and passen-
ger rate increases made by the rail-
road administration last June were
today upheld by the supreme court.
North Dakota supreme court de-
cress enjoining the Northern Paci-
fic railroad and Director General
Hines from enforcing an order of
the railroad administration increas-
ing rates in that state were re-
yerSed.
The court also set aside lower
court DEGREES which held that under
section Is of the railroad control act.
pre-existing tntrastate rates remain
ed in effect as lawful police regu-
1ations.
The court held that the authority
conferred by the resolution and the
act were war powers conferred on
the president and that the power of
the federal government was SUI
prnrae and conclusive"
The opinion was unanimous.
Telephone and telegraph rates are
also unheld.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Champion StoWaWay
Comes Back AGAIN

The Santa Paula has brought
the army's champion stowaway
in the person of fourteen-year-
old Michael Gilhoo1ey. to New
York again. Michael arrived
there for the first time on the
transport Agamemnon shortly
after decentralization began, was
deported by the immigration au-
thorities, 'reappeared two months
later on the transport Black Ar
row, was redeported and now
makes his third appearance. On
the two previous occasions he
wore a soldiers uniform, but this
time he tried to better his luck
dressed as a sailor.
The boy says that his mother
was Belgian and his father,
who came from Cork, died in lJ10.
When war broke out he was 1iv-
ing with his mother at Charlie
voiX, Belgium, and says that a Ger
man airplane dropped a bomb on
mis- home, killing his mother and
burying him in the ruins from
which he was dug out several
hours later. Michael is able to
play six wind instruments and
was a member of the band of the
Three Hundred and Ninth infan-
t.y during the voyage.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

American flyers have completed
their journey from New York to
England by air.
This great feat, accomplished by
Saturday morning, marked the climax
of the navy's systematic experiment
to determine the obstacles Of trans
Atlantic flying.
Admiral Knapp at London called
the navy department in a message
which reached Washington at 9;5S
washington time), saying:
"NC-4 arrived Plymouth-knapp.
Nearly 1000 miles were covered
by the naval aviators, their actual
flying speed averaging between sew
enty and eighty miles an hour.
Here are the men who left Rock
away Beach, May 8, and who as
result of their success, will go down
in history as the pioneers in blazing
an air trail from the United States
to England:
Commanding officer, Lieutenant
Commander A. c. Read; pilot, Lieu
tenant E. f. Stone; pilto, Lieuten-
ant (unior grade) w. Hinton. radio
operator, Ensign H. c. Rodd; engi-
serve pilot engineer, Lieutenant J.
L. Breese.
Log OF Jumps
When Commander Read let his big
seaplane glide down on the water in
Plymouth harbor, he finished cruise
of about $500 miles-a record over
water flight
His average flying speed for the
entire trip was considerably above
the average speed allowed in calcu-
lating the flight
The log of the meas fight jumps
follows:
Rockway to Halifax, $40 miles, Z
hours At minutes actual flying time.
Halifax to Trepassey, 460 miles, s
hours So minutes.
Trepassey to Horta, 1900 miles, Is
hours. 10 minutes,
Horta to Ponta Delgada, $50 miles,
l hour A minutes.
Ponta Delgada to Lisbon, 500 miles,
hours "A minutes.
Lisbon to Ferrol, 800 miles, hours
As minutes.
Ferrol to Plymouth, 45O miles, o
hours So minutes.
This would make the actual flying
time Of the NC-4 in it's record-break-
ing journey overseas "a hours and
Is minutes.
The Official Time
First cables flashes to the navy
said that the flyers arrived at Ply
mouth at At 226 G. NJ II whfch w ti1e
Since the dispatch reached the navy
earlier than this, off1cfats" asked fol
b correction and were later inform.
ed that the plane landed at 2:2t
London summer time, which Is 9:2t
Washington time. Due to daylight
saving in England. London summer
time is one hour later than Green
yUiob time
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
AUSTRIAN TREATY
IN ALL MAIN POINTS
SIMILAR To GERMANY
Must Accept the League Of
Nations and Recognize In
dependence Of Hungary

ST. GERMAN, June 2.-The Aus
srian treaty provides.
Austria must accept the cevenan;
Of the League Of Nations and the
labor charter.
Austria is left about 100000
population, and $4,000 square miles
of territory.
She must renounce all her extra
European rights. She must demob'-
.ize all ne aara. and aerial forces.
Austria must recognize the COM
pIcte independence Of Hungary.
Austrian nationals guilty OF viola
ting international laws of war to De
tried by allies.
Austria must accept economic con-
ditions and freedom of transit. sim
liar to those of the German treaty.
Sections dealing with war prison
ers and graves are IDENTICAL with
the German treaty.
Guarantees of execution Of treaty
corresponds to those in German pact.
Boundaries of Bohemia and Nor
avia to form boundary between Aus
tria and Czecho-Slovakia with minor
notifications.
Allies later to )iX southern bounce
airy (referring to Jugo-Slavia).
Eastern boundary leaves Marburg
and Radkersburg to Jugo-Slavia.
Western and northwestern frontiers
unchanged.
Recognition of Czecho-s1ovaks
Austria must recognize independ-
ence Of Slovakia and Jugo-
Slavia.
Austria is recognized as an indie
pendent republic under the name RE
public of Austria"
Austria must recognize frontiers
Of Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Pc
land, Rumania, CZecho-Slovakia, ana
Jugo-Slavia as at present or ultl-
mately determined.
Boundaries of Austria, Czecho-Slo-
vakia and Jugo-Slavia to be finally
fixed by mixed commission.
Czecho-Slovakio and Jugo-SlaI u
must agree to protect racial, reliG
ious and linguistic minorities.
Both new slav nations and Rr'
mania must assure freedom of tran.
sit and equitable treatment of for
eign commerce.
Austria must recognize full in
| dependence of all territories former
ly a part Of Russia.
BreSt-Litovsk treaty is annullcd,
All treaties with Russian elements
concluded since revolution annulled.
Restitution for Russia
Allies reserve right of restitution
for Russia from Austria.
austria must consent OIL dDTOBH-
ton of treaty of 1889 establishing
Belgian neutrality.
Austria must agree to new Bel
gian boundaries as fixed by allies
Similar provision with respect TO
neutrality and boundaries of Luxem-
! burg.
Austria must accept allied dispoTi-
| ton of any Austrian rights in Tur-
key and Bulgaria.
+ She must accept arrangement VITA
Germany regarding Schleswig -Holss
fef1i: - =
! Austrian nationals of all races.
| languages and religions equal befoi Q
the law.
Clauses affecting Egypt, MoroG-
| CO, Siam and China Identical with
| German treaty.
| Entire Austro-Hungarian navy tn
| be surrendered to allies.
Twenty-one specific auxiliary
! cruisers to be diSarmed and treated
as merchantmen.
All warships, including subm:A-
rines, under construction. shall b.
broken up and may only be used for
| industrial purposes. ...
All naval arms and materials must
be surrendered. III
Future use of submarines PRO-
hibited.
Military clauses are reserved.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Hindenburg Asks Right
To Take a Vacation

Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
has formally appealed to the Swiss
government, asking permission to re-
side in Switzerland as a simple citi-
zen. The field marshal who recently
bought a villa on the shores Of Lake
Constance. added he had had only
fourteen days holiday since the war
began.
The Swiss authorities are some
what embarrassed, as it is known
Won Hindenburg is a monarchist and
also an intriguer and may use this
neutral country as base for further
intrigues. 1t is learned, however
when sufficient guarantees are given
permission for his residence will be
granted. Meanwhile the Germans
continue their anti-allied propa ganda
in Switzerland.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
q Z
Answers

| Answers
| Louis XIV of France.
| 2-IWelve braVeSt of the brave who sat
with the legendary Briton King Arthur at
a round table.
"a plan originated by Harley, earl of
| Oxford, to provide for the extinction of the
public debt, a company being formed for
! the monopoly of the South Seas trade and
certain import duties, which agreed to pay
annually 6 per cent to the government on
! it's debt of $4,000, 900. The stock rose
until it was quoted at 1000, when the
| principal holder sold out, creating ruin and
| panic.
AT Jerusalem in the beginning of the
| 18th century.
5-Greek sages whose lives were en-
| bodied in certain maxims: Scion of Ath
ems, Nothing in excess" Thales of Mile.
tus, ''Suretyship brings RUM Plttacus OF
| Mitylene, "Know thine opportunity" Bias
| of Prienne, Ionia, TOO many workers spoil
the work. Chilone of Sparta, ''Know thy
self" Cleobulus, Moderation is the chief
good" and Fernandez, ''Forethought in all
| things
6-The ancient fortress and residence of
the Moorish monarchs of Granada.
IA plot planned by Robert Catesby in
to destroy at one blow the King and both
houses of parliament and raise an insur-
rection in the midland countries. Guy
Fawkes fas to light the Gunpowder under
to apply the torch, the plot having been
betrayed
| S-The Savannah.
9-Catherine, widow of Henry V. of
England. who married Owen Tudor, an
Angiesey brewer, whom she saw dance at
a court pageant.
10-ChimbOraED, il The Andes.
New Questions
Where is the highest shot tower?
2-What city is built over a vein of sill
| yer?
3-What people called their home 1.-The
Flower of the World?'
| 4-What was the first ocean crossed for
| trade?
5-Who was called the MAD Cavalier"
| 6-What was the Quadruple Alliance?
What were the CrusaGes?
S-What is the largest bell in the world?
9-What is Les Halles and where is it:
10-What stream is called the River of
Death?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Your Auto A. B. c.
Climbing That Ei11

Hts the ambition of most every
new auto driver to make" the hills
on high. It's a dangerous ambition
And Besides that it is hard on the
engines
I The newer the driver, the less the
chancesThe should take Of having to
shift gears part way up. 1t takes
quick and expert action to shift from
high to second, or on a very steep
hill to low, at just the right instant
to have the ears mesh properly and
to avoid killing the engine.
And if the engine is killed, and the
brake happens not to hold. there s
every chance of a bad pile-up in
backing down the hill, or to posi-
ton crossways of the road to get
Best shift into second near the bot
tom of the hill. Be sure the car is
slowed to the pace at which second
speed would carry you if you already
had shifted.
In driving up hill on first or sec
ond speed, you must know your en-
CINE has some reserve power, that
it is running fast enough SO that it
will not stall. And if you have to
shift do it quickly so as not to let
the car slow down to point that
will kill the engine when you throw
in the clutch again.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03

Liechtenstein, the third smallest
state in Europe, lies between the
province of Vorarlberg and Switz-
erland. 1t has population of 10000.
For more than two centuries Liech-
tenstein was a German state, but
in 1866, when Austria and Prussia
went to war, Leichtenstein changed
it's allegiance to Austria. 1t is prob
able that diplomatic relations were
severed at that time, which may ac-
count for the fact the Liechtenstein
has considered itself in a state of
war with Germany.
The small state has no army, and
it's inhabitants pay no direct taxes:
The government is a constitutional
monarchy. Prince Johann, who is one
of the wealthiest citizens of Austria,
lives most of the time in Vienna.
Liechtenstein declared it's neutral
ity in the European war in June,
1915, but it was included in the area
under commercial blockade by the al
lies.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Blind Boys UnseIfish
Act Wins Him Fortune

newsie, to save the life Of John D.
Kennedy, rancher. from Gunnison,
Col, have been repaid by a $4,000
legacy.
acquaintance, was dying, Gardner
went to his physician and insisted
that he be allowed to submit to a
blood TRANSMISSION. Gardner lost u
quart of blood in the operation, but
Kennedy died. He left his entire
estate, valued at $4,000, to Gardner.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Deaf-Mutes Favor
language Of Signs

A delegation of two score or more
deaf mutes, many of whom were
graduates of the Cave Springs Deaf
and Dumb school, called upon Attor-
ney Carl Guess at his office Saturday
and urged that he use his influence in
presenting bill before the next ses-
sion Of the legislature to have the
system of teaching lip movement,
known as the oral method, abolished
at the school and to re-establish the
old system Of the sign language. 1t
is claimed by the mutes that many
Of the deaf and dumb people through
out thes-state4~ are ia favor of~~the
change as the majority do not under
stand the lip movement and nothing
is accomplished by it's teaching.
Mr.. Guess formerly lived close to
the school and is familiar with the
sign language employed by the mutes
in conversation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
s125,O0O Paid for
YOUnu HOIstein Bull

"Ragapple the Great" a two-year-
old Ho1stein bull, was sold for $125,-
600 at the sale of the stock farm
of Oliver Cabana, Jr., in Buffalo,
last week The price is said to
be the highest ever paid for a sire.
Robert E. Pointer, Detroit, was the
buyer.
Another record was made when the
COW Fairview Mata was sold to John
r. Shanahan, of Buffalo. for $4,000.
She is a producer of I'LL pounds of
Mr.. shanahan got the COW after
spirited bidding against A. w.
Greene, of Ohio, and a representative
of Coleman T. DuPon., of Delaware.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Little Bantam Hen
Becomes Clever Tourist

Riding perched on the running gear
Of a wagon loaded with cotton, lit
die, a farmer living near Cleveland,
Tenn, made an unexpected trip to
Dalton, being first discovered by a
man employed at the warehouhe
where the cotton was sold.
The hen had gone to roost on the
running gear, and as Mr.. Riddle
left home before daylight, she was
brought here, a distance of about
twenty miles, without the owner
knowing anything about it. The
hen rode back home in a box, the
farmer refusing to sell her at any
price.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
York Will Attend
Rotary Convention

Sergeant Alvin c. York, hero of the
battle of the Argonne, is to leave his
mountain home at Pail Mall, Tenn,
next week to go to Chattanooga,
Rotarians and attend the national
convention at Salt Lake City, Utah.
on June TO-.
A member of the local Rotary club
was today delegated to make the trip
to Pail Mall and return with Sergeant
York, who will later be taken to
Nashville to appear before Governor
Roberts and receive the title Of cool
mel, conferred upon him by the Ten
nessee legislature at a recent session
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Compulsory Abstinence
Is Favored by Bryan

Forecasting prohibition in every
Christian country" before he dies,
William Jennings Bryan, before an
audience of 1000 in Chicago, pro-
posed passage of a law making total
abstinence compulsory.
Mr.. Bryan mildly criticized Presi-
dent Wilson for his effort to save
beer and wine from inclusion in the
July l prohibition edict.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-03
Concrete Cottages Solve
IreIand'S RentinQ Problem

Ireland's renting problem IS Van-
ishing under the scheme for erecting
houses of concrete. These can be
produced at very small cost, and
some have already been built, and
are now leased for rs cents week.
This is a simplification of the
plan Of Thomas A. Edison, who some
years ago predicted the general use
of standardized n1ne-room cottage
of concrete at building cost of
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