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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
Army Equipment Will Be
Used in HIGHWAY Work

AT the request of the department
OF agriculture, the war department
has ordered to be returned from
France as soon as possible a large
quantity of engineering equipment to
be distributed by the department of
agriculture. through the bureau of
public roads, to the states for use
in the construction and maintenance
of federal aid highways. The equip
ment will be distributed to the states
without charge, in accordance with
recent legislation empowering the sec
rotary of war to turn over to the
secretary of agriculture surplus mil
itary equipment not needed for mill
itary purposes but valuable in high
way construction work. The equip
ment will be apportioned on the ba-
sis of the allotments in the federal
aid road act, in the same way that
1000 army motor trucks are now
being distributed by the bureau of
public roads at the request of the
state highway departments.
The equipment which the secretary
of war has been requested to return
from France includes about 1900 cat
erpHlar tractors; about 400 road roll
ers, steam and gas driven, and
large number of concrete mixers,
road graders. elevating graders, rock
crushers, industrial locomotives, in
dustrial railway track, dump cars,
steam shovels, hosting engines, cleo
trio motors and quantities of smaller
continent
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
u. S. Agents Arrest Man
And Girl After Long Search

After hiding since April ~ IN the
o1ue bushes above the Mclnery tract
Sear Honolulu, Hawaii, W1lllam olii1-
coma has been captured by j. .;
Smiddy. United States marshai, anu ana
his deputies, and turned over to the
4Ir authorities. With him
was found little Elizabeth Jones, II
wears old, clad in boys clothes, VINO
has heen in hiding with him.
Hearing that Simeona was lVlng
ohoVe the McInery tract, Marshal
Sniddy went up there and succeed
ed in locating the spot where the
man was believed to be hiding. Inc
searching party craWled 1or solnS
distance on hands and knees, ana
finally discovered a man moving
about in the bushes.
The prowler proved to be S1meona,
who stood ready to greet the OIL
Gals with a butcher knife. He was
ordered to surrender, but refused 10
move. AS the officials came nearer
however. he discovered that they
were all armed and ready to shoot,
and finally dropped his weapon ana
put up his hands.
hut had been erected among the
panini and glue bushes, and the
Girl. although she wore masculine
clothing, had tackled bit of mirror
I'D on the wall. A few bits of bread
were found in the but, apparently
the only food which the couple had
on hand.
Upon being questioned, Simeona
admitted that he had run off with
the girl at her request. She also
man stated that they had been liv-
ing in that vicinity since April 20,
but had never remained more than
three days in one spot.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
Full Details Given Out as to How Edith Cavell
Aided Allied Soldiers to Escape From Belgium

The story has just been told in
detail of how Edith Ca@ell, English
nurse. executed by the Germans,
helped allied soldiers to escape from
Belgium during the German occupa-
ton. 49,.
It was written for a soldier paper
at Ypres, printed in 1915, but the
narrative was mercilessly blue-pen-
ciled at that time and only now is
given in full.
The Prince and Princess de Croy,
Belgians organized the system. The
princess went to Brussels in a cart,
disguised as peasant woman. She
visited Edith Cavell. 1t was arrang-
ed that peasants should lead the fu-
gitives to the princes chateau at
Mons. Sand thrown on a window
was a signal of their arrival. Miss
CaVell would receive the fugitiveS
in Brussels, one of three forwarding
stations on the road to Holland.
The Englishwoman readily agreed.
She had, she said, already been shell
tering English fugitiyes of her own
accord Miss Cavell was to keep the
men in Brussels till they could safe
ly be got away to the frontiers.
On being reminded that the Ger
mans had threatened to shoot any
one caught harboring allied soldiers
Miss CaVen replied: 1--WE must take
the risk. We are doing no harm,
only helping our own people. Ger
man woman would do the same"
After more detail, the narrative
continues: After the system had
been working some time the Germans
got much stricter, and only parties
of two or three could be got through
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20

men almost invariably include
pants" The patron who pledges the
garment usually is a clerk or work
er whose salary is modest, who is
paid on Saturday and who does his
"big time" on Saturday night or
Sunday.
Usually on Monday he is broke"
Or nearly so. To get enough for car
fare and light lunches through the
week he pledges his Sunday pants"
On Saturday, after dinner, he goes
to the pawnbroker and redeems the
precious article. That night or on
Sunday he goes out with his best
girl. Monday the pants" go back
to the pawnbroker. q
The pawnbrokers' clerks confirm"
the statement of the obsses, but in
should be their portion. Besides.
they point out, the man who habitu-
ally paWns his pants is not worthy
of consideration and he ought to get
a jolt that will make him more
provident If the tens of thousands
who pawn their pants" had~to stay
indoors a few Saturday nights and
Sundays or wear their poorer trou-
sers they'd have enough from their
forced retirement not only to redeem
the hypothecated pants" but buy
a new pair.
Most of the men who pledge trout
sers and other things regularly, they
say, are of the class known as -four
fiushers." and the pawnbrokers Ell
ther will have to force them to re-
deem their treasures within an
eight-hour day or the pawnbrokers'
clerks will strike.
All of which may seem amusing
to you. but not to the man facing
painless Sabbath.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20

to Brussels. and these had to have
false identification papers prepared.
The princess took the mems photo
graphs, while the prince forged the
signatures and stamps"
Miss Cavell used herself to take
the men to the rendezvous. She
warded off suspicion by sending her
fugitives out into the crowded streets
py day if they were French or Bel
gian, and by giving them work as
orderIies in her hospital if they
should be English and tongue-t1ed
So that whenever the Germans call
ed they would find everything in
order. Many fugitives, unfortunate
ly, were caught, and when in civil
ian clothes, or even If still in uni
form, were shot out of hand"
The day of the week was the code
word by which Miss CaVell knew II
was safe to receive a party They
came by night. They left by night.
The Germans attempted to trap her
by sending two agents VINO repre-
sented themselves as fugitivea from
the Mons chateau. But they did not
have the code word and she simply
told them she could not take them In
The trail became hotter. The
prince was forced to flee. The prln-
cess, Miss Cavell ard 80 others were
arrested.
Letters of thanks to Miss Cavell
from escaped soldiers fell into the
hands Of the Germans and bogus
prisoners put in cells with some OF
the arrested extracted information
from them.
Then came the trial and execution
of Miss CaVell
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
Pawnshop Strike May Put ~
- Sunday Pants In Peril

Although the term pants" is not
used by anyone with pretension to
culture, the vast majority of men
persist in saying pants" when they
mean trousers. Just at present
pants is a much-discussed subject
in New York. The newspapers de-
many impecunious persons are more
Or less disturbed over the danger
that threatens their pants" espe-
cially their Sunday pants"
In a great human hive like New
York many persons live from day to
day, as the saying is, meaning that
they never have. much more than
enough to cover the primary needs Of
the hour and often not that. One
half of the world does not know how
the other half lives, some wise per-
true in the metropolis.
Labor ever is unsatisf1ed. Strike
and threat of strike always is with
us. The latest development of this
kind in New York is the demand of
the pawnbrokers' clerks for an eight
hour day. Failing to get it they
say they will strike.
The pawnbrokers say they can
grant an eight-hour day for all days
but Saturday. They insist on
twelve-hour work period for that
day. Otherwise, they declare, tens
of thousands of men will be without
their Sunday pants"
From the officers of the Boss
P&wnbrokers' Protective association
the information comes that a consid
cradle portion of their business is
in making loans on pledges of cloth
ing, principally on Monday and Tues
hav The articles hYnoth ecated by
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
City Named for Wife Of Peter the Great
Nav Become Civ of Ant-Bolshevk Leader

named by Peter the Great for his
wife, Catherine I, the first woman
who wore bobbed hair.
bulletin of the National Geo
graphical society says:
Peter named the city for his wife,
later the Czarina Catherine l, that
strange figure in Russia's bizarre
history. who was the daughter of a
yeoman, foster-child of a humble
pastor, wife of a Swedish dragon,
sold after being taken prisoner Of
war to a Russian prince who fa1.-
cied her, paramour of Peter the
Great until the birth Of a child i'm
PEELED him to acknowledge her as
his wife, to crown her empress con-
sort, and to clear the way for her
succession to the throne.
No queen of proudest birth ever
did Tor would have wished to- adorn
herself as did erstwhile Martha Sko-
Vronsky at the coronation ceremo-
MES. Her crown bore more than D.
300 gems, with a walnut-siZe ruby
sustaining a bejeweled cross
When Peter took her to Berlin the
daughter of Emperor Frederick Will
liam, father of Frederick the Great,
wrote in a volume preserved as her
memoirs that the empress appeared
to be low-born, and that she wore
SO many decorations that her dress
ratified. The Paris verdict of her re-
mains unknown because Peter left
her at Amsterdam when he went to
the French capital. 1t is not fair to
assume, that the monarch sought a
free field for a gay time. Rather he
seemed depressed by the refinements
there. and is quoted as saying, "I am
4 soldier: little bread and beer sat-
isfy me-
Like Cleopatra, Du Barry. and
other royal courtezans, Catherine
was far from beautiful; positively
homely.. from most accounts. But
when she assembled the throne her
common sense redeemed her Hit
eracy: Her g.em-laden crown, and
the luxury and power it stood for,
did not turn her head, while other
head-dresses tell the story of her
devotion to her husband and of 10y
atty to her people. When she &C
companied Peter in the Caspian cam
paign she made the supreme sacrifice
lforr pre,,G!reenwich Village days. of
'bobbing" her hair. and wearing a
close-fitting fur cap to protect her
from the sun. She also set a fash
ion of wearing the cooked hat of the
army.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
Beat Wife Once a Week
To Show His Authority

Henry de Halsalte, author of a
work on Germany, told an audience
at Holborn the other day that wife
beating is quite common among the
German middle and upper classes and
the law of Prussia sanctions it.
81 once stayed few days in the
house of a Berlin merchant" said
the speaker, land one evening heard
issuing from a room upstairs a wom-
ans cries and the sound of blows.
Presently my host Appeared and I
asked him the cause of the commo-
ton
I have just been giving my wife
her Saturday thrashing.' he said He
added that he administered the pun
ishment regularly every weekend
whether she deserved it or not.
"'You must never let your wife
forcet that you are her lord and
MASTER declared the German, rub
bling his hands with evident satisfac-
tion'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20

PESCADERO, Cal.-The murder of
| Widow Coburn, as horribly mysterious
as a Rue Morgue crime, heaps the
final curse upon the accused mil
lions of Loren Coburn, CALIFORNIA;
| eccentric poor little rich man."
Endless litigation. neighborhood
squabbles family feuds and unhappi-
ness had made a lifelong mockery of
Coburns desire to, flaunt his care
fully amassed riches before those
who had made his boyhood hard and
barren back in New England.
A few days ago, in the little Pes
cadero home, Mrs. Coburn'S half-Wit
stepson, Wallace Coburn, "a, was
found muttering unintelligibly over
1 ed in with blow as she lay sleep
ing. And before the door of Wal
lace's room lay a blood-stained club.
Half the town, town that has
taken intimate concern in Coburn's
money and affairs. Immediately
Jumped to the conclusion that the
imbecile had slain his stepmother.
Alternately growing and stammer-
ing endearmentS, the man was hold
ing the body when the crime was
discovered.
But examination of the premises
quickly convinced the police and de-
tectives employed by the family that
the murder was evidently planned
to fix suspicion upon the half-wit
who can neither explain what he
knows nor defend himself.
He and Sara Satira Coburn, the
slain widow, lived alone in the house.
The mystery lies in the befuddled
mind of the step-son. 1t is almost
certain that he witnessed the crime.
the object of which was not robbery,
for money in the house was un-
touched, but which police believe is
related to the family feuds spring
ing out of Coburns wealth.
While the hunt for clues went on
hunt handicapped by the tactics Of
detectives working for opposing fam
lily interests - psychology experts
,ci nnri,o a11%
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
Old Postage Rates
VIII T Resumed
In US .After Iune 30

The Atlanta postoffice, in common
with postoftices throughout the
United States, will discontinue the
sale Of three-cent stamped envelopes
and two-cent post cards after June
80. AtIantians holding these cards
and envelopes may redeem them
within one month thereafter at their
full value, provided they are pre-
sented by the original purchaser.
Spoiled envelopes and cards of these
denominations may be redeemed at
the usual redemption rates.
The three-cent adhesive stamps
will not be redeemed from the public
nor returned to the stock of the pos
tai department. These stamps will
continue to be good for use on. all
classes of mail requiring stamps to
the amount Of three cents or more.
Beginning July l the old pre-war
nnStanA rates will nreNail.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
Ugh! CaIomeI SiCkens;; SaIivates!
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20

that each spoonful will clean your
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of nasty calomel and that it won't
make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
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Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
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ing Dodson's Liver Tone instead of
dangerous calomel now. Your drug
gist will tell you that the sale of
calomel is almost stopped entirely
here.-(Advt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
MANY PLANTS ATTACKED

Not satisfied with threatening
Americas great corn crop, the
European corn borer feeds on
many other valuable crops as
well as weeds. Department of
agriculture entomologists say fur
Their investigations probably will
f fested R Whe 9tn corn p is not are grown
or in the vicinity of badly in
tested corn fields, the borers have
been found feeding on the follow
ing plants:
Swiss chard, oats, beets. spin
ach. string beans, potatoes, toma-
toes, beggars' ticks, purslane,
securing rush, dahlias, chrysan-
themums, gladiolas, geraniums,
timothy, barnyard grass, redroot
nfgweed, lambs quarter, foXtaili
grass, LADY, ladya t thumO' wi apple eem o.
qo1denrod, burdock, turnips, rag
weed, horseweed, crab grass, panic
grass.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
FREE ECZEMA REMEDY

Such wonderful results in eczema
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
ousssssSHesessun

Mrs. Sara Coburn, widow of
CALIFORNIA; poor little rich
man." and the little Pescadero
home in which she was muir
dered. Inset, Wallace Coburn.
imbecile step-son upon whom tht
unknown slayer sought to fix
suspicion.
to awaken flash of intelligence in
Wallace Coburn, who was a normal
boy until sickness at the age of Is
left him bereft of reason.
Under observation in a sanitarium,
Wallace is showing flashes of re-
Numbering, and the authorities hope
that he may yet be able to identify
the slayer and present the horrid
picture that lies in his logged brain.
After Coburn's fortune had amount
ed to Millions relatives several times
attempted to have him declared in
competent. He won out after a bit
ter court struggle but a short time
before his death.
Under the terms of the poor little
rich man." will, Wa1lace's tnheri-
lance was to go to Mrs. Coburn. in
the event she outIived him. Other
wise, certain members of the family
had agreed, the bulk of the estate
was to go to AFRO Coburn, a nephew.
At the time of the murder AFRO was
out of the state.
Misfortune and unhappiness have
tainted the Coburn dollars. The first
wife died while the fortune was in
the making. At Is the son, Wallace,
became an imbecile. Coburn grew
had and unable to buy what he want
ed with what he had
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
Gypsies Halt Funeral
To PHOTOGRAPH Corpse

band. and three mourners Sig
Inalized the funeral procession of
John William, a Gypsy, at Goshen,
Ind, recently. In front of a photogra-
body was snapped in it's coffin.
Then the march was resumed with
"a crowd supplementing the three
fearful ones. Indiana's laws prevent
ed the sprinkling of champagne and
wines into the grave, but perfume
was substituted to conform, as near
ly as possible. with the Gypsy GUS
tom.
Fingers of the body were literally
covered with diamond rings, and sew
eral hundred dollars IN coins and
bills was tossed into the coffin
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
Australian Plain
Now Rich Gardens

The Murrumbidgee irrigation area
in Australia is the future garcen of
the southern hemisphere. Seven years
ago it was barren Australian plain.
Now it is dotted thickly with fruit
trees and dairy farms, fine gardens
and homesteads
Peaches weighing nearly a pound
each have been grown this year and
one settler Melted more than $4,000
from four acres of peaches.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
RHEUMATISM

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
Three-Fourths of American
=. War Dead to Be Sent Home

Three-fourths Of the American
dead in France will find their final
resting place in American soil An
Chamberlain as to the wishes of reIa-
tives, General March, chief of staff
said it was estimated that replies
from relatives thus far received
showed not more than % per cent
who expressed preference that the
soldiers body remain permanently in
France
With more than 100000 soldier
dead of allied and enemy countries
buried in French soil. General March
said, that nation was DESTROYS of pro-
ceeding slowly with the task of ex-
huming those that are to go to their
home lands No date has yet been
set for beginning the return of
American dead.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
TWo-Headed Snake
Found i Drug Store
FOUND IN DRY STAT

FOUND IN DRY STATE
Washington state is dry, but
inches long, able to crawl either way
with equal agility, was found near
Spokane the other day.
One head is slightly smaller than
the other, but both are alike. At
the largest part of the body it is
about one and one-quarter inches in
diameter.
hills near by. It's species is I'M
known.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
9eL,NEOtnsT

Mn. N. PJT
Ritter has been made a member
of the industrial board Of the de-
partment of commerce and labor,
which will suggest the prices the
government will pay for principal
commodities during the period of
readjustment. lie was head of
the hardwood section of the war
industries board.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
CURIOUS DuCK KILLED

A two-headed duck preserved In
alcohol is on exhibition in drug
store at Waynesboro, Pa. The two
distinct heads are perfectly formed
and the rest of the body is the same
as the ordinary duck. The curiosity
was found by Mrs. H. r. Shindle-
decker. near Pen Mar.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20

chalk, Russia's anti-Bolshevik leader,
is preparing to make the city of
IEkaterinburg his headquarters, has
revived interest in the history of
the east Russian town. which was
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20

The 100000 women in national
organizations of civic and welfare
character have an interest in the
self-supporting woman that is per-
SiStinC beyond the war
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
First Military Post of a
Women Honor Miss CaVeII

The name of the English nurse,
Edith Cavell, who was shot by
the Germans, has been chosen as
the title for the first military post
of women to be established in
America. The Edith Cavell post of
the American Legion will be com
posed of yeomanettes of the
Brooklyn navy yard.