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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
.WORLD-WEARY, HE
WANTS TO DIE
IN ATLANTA "PEN"
international SWindIer Has
Spent Twenty-Five Years
of His Life in Prison

Arrested under the name of Rob-
ert J. Barton, a notorious bank sneak
thief and swindler, whose Bertillon
record is on file in the capitals Of
Europe and who was once confined
in prison abroad, has been identified
as Charles O'Connell, So years old,
who for many years caused the New
York police unlimited TROUBLE In
their efforts to keep him in prison.
Realizing that he. has but q short
time to live, he has revealed his tden-
tity to federal officials, and has ac-
tuaIly expressed the desire to be
taken care of for the rest of his
days at the Atlanta penitentiary.
O'Connell is held in Jail under $5,-
900 bail on the charge Of forging a
number of stolen money orders. He
passed four in New York City jan
II am done for" said O'Connen.
my end is not far off and I have
heard that Uncle Sam is an excep:
tionally good jailer. l think that II
I live I will spend the rest of my
days at Atlanta. Yes, 1 have led the
police of two continents a chase for
over a third of a century. have
y
1 have been shot and flogged.
Wan Bank Sneak
"I was first arrested for stealing
in 1883, and within a few years
developed into a first rate bank
sneak, My alias, "soap-Box Hardy
was fastened to me because of the
method of my work in banks. Years
ago, the grillwork around cashier
windows was low. l carried black
leather box having the appearance
of a satchel. I could set the camou-
flaged bag down, stand on it anG
extract packages of bank notes with
a fish hook and cane.
"In one of my escapes from Gin
tor prison (Dannemore, n. " [ go
the overa1ls and other garb of Ia
borer, rugged myself out with pipe
and managed to pass myself off as
workman. l passed the inside guards
but, after sliding down wall, I was
shot by a tower guard. l made my
escape, but was caught a few days
later.
Went to London
after l made my next escape
went to London, and from there tt
Berlin, and thence to Frankfort-on
the Main. In Frankfort I pulled
big bank job, was caught and sen
fenced to IL years in the imper1a
prison at Saal. I made several at
| tempts to escape, and the third time
| the warden directed that l be flog
ged. I got sixty lashes on my shout
ders and hips. The flogg1ng wal
done scientifically, the prison physi
clan seeing that the lash did no
strike the small of the back or uh'
! SPINE"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
|. W. w. Members
Doomed to Sail
Seas Forever?

Forty-five men, erstwhile I. W.
WIS, now domiciled on Ellis island,
New York, feel that they are doomed
to a perpetual life on the ocean wave.
Like Philip Nolan, the man without
a country, they must spend their re-
naming days roaming the seven seas
unless the department Of labor re-
Tents and withdraws the deportation
order against them.
These are the men who were taken
to Ellis island from the Pacific
coast for deportation. In almost ev-
cry case the country Of their birth
will refuse them entry on the ground
Of expatriation and no other coun-
try will have them.
If finally deported they may ulti-
mately join Moses Baritz, who has
been sailing the seas seeking a coun-
try since he was deported from San
Francisco last year. Baritz was de-
ported to Australia, but was refused
entry there, in Canada and most of
the Asiatic countries.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07

served and extended to other rivers,
such as the Vistula, Pruth, Elbe and
Scheldt. The Scheldt illustrates the
need for SUCH control. 1t is the
outlet for Antwerp, one of the great
est ports in Europe, but the mouth
of the river is in Dutch territory.
This Scheldt question is second in
Importance only to reparation in Bel
GUMS eyes.
Wholly national railways mean
constantly changing fares and rates
and control. It's a wasteful nuisance
to be changing train crews at every
boundary, especially when trains are
running through small countries-and
the chances are that there will be
lot more small countries before
the peace is finally made.
International control of certain
railways, at least, is going to be vi
tai in the new era, peacers say.
What is to be done about ports
is perhaps the. most difficult of all
the questions connected with inter
national transportation control. The
Whole port question received its
greatest recognition from President
Wilson's principle of free access to
the seas.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
CREDIT MEN URGE
LIBERALITY FOR
COTTON HOLDERS
Atlanta Association Thinks
Merchants Who Accepted
Staple at High Prices
Should Not Be Pushed

That retail merchants who accept
ed cotton in payment of bills at
higher valuation than the preseAit
spot market ought not to be pushed
ought to be aided and ENCOURAGED IN
holding for rise in the cotton mar
ket, was the sense of the Atlanta
Association of Credit Men as ex-
pressed in a general discussion Tues
day night of the effect of the cottnh
situation on wholesale credits.
The meeting was held in the res
taurant of the Ansley hotel and was
largely attended. After an excelent
dinner and very remarkable dem
onstration by Cromwell Blower the
memory expert. the credit men dis
cussed the cotton situation at length
and with keen interest. Among those
who participated in the discussion
were E. A. Bancker,. Jr., cashier 9f
the Lowry National Bank; J. &.
company; J. H. L. Jansen, of Armour
Fertilizer Works; Horace Collins
worth, of Misunderstanding Shoe
company.
Mr.. Bancker declared that the,
holding movement is determined; that
cotton to advance as soon as the
embargo Is lifted: that there is strong
support for the curtailment of cot
ton acreage.
ance of curtailed acreage, express
ing some doubt as to the financial
ability of the nations impoverished
by war to buy clothing for a year
or two.
Mr.. Jansen said his company's
fertilizer shipments are 40 per cent
below normal at this time, showing
that the farmers do not intend to
plant as much cotton as in normal
, times.
There was also an interesting dis
cussion of cooperation between the
| credit man and the salesman in
handling delinquent accounts, led by
| r. S. Lowrance, of Earl &, wilson
aOmDanV,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
Immense Sum Is
Appropriated for
u. S. Good Roads

With full state cooperation &C,
cording to the terms of the federal
aid road act, the United States will
have a total of at least $574 ,OOO,O
for cooperative road building dur
ing the next three years. The fed
eral part of this fund is assured by
an extra appropriation of $209,O0O,-
900 in the postoffice appropriation
hi. just pashed by congress and
signed by the president.
Officials of the bureau of public
roads, United States department of
agriculture, which administers the
provisions of the federal aid road
act and co-operates with the state
governments in the expenditure OF
the money, point out that TINS
appropriated for similar purposes
and for similar period by any gov
and that it enables the federal and
state governments to carry out a
roadbuilding program of a magnl-
tude never equaled.
In connection with the great fed
eral-aid program it is also noted that
expenditures for highway work in
the United States this year are likely
to amount to a half billion dollars or
more. On reports received from state
highway departments, the bureau OF
public roads estimates the 1919 eX-
penditures for roads and bridges al
1885, 100000, or $110,000,000 more
. than the average expenditures fol
1916 and 1917.
Henry Gam, 10 years old, of At
lanta, Ca, was convicted this weel
of stealing an automobile. Gam
told one Of the witnesses that he
had stolen 10 cars it is said. e
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07

= WERE they come from every
nook and corner of the great
= IA world! With silks from far
off Japan, diamonds from the great
African mines, linens from the Brit
ish Isles. Fashions and fabrics from
France they offer you; furs from the
Hudson Bay country; cotton from
Dixie; iron from the Northern mines,
wrought into stout steel plows, i'm
plements and tools of every kind,
hides from the Southwest made into
Observation-Disclosures every
where-somethingfor everyone, and
all brought to your home by the
magic of big catalog. Not alone
brought into one place as the de-
partment stores of the big cities
gather their merchandise, where
you must 60 to buy, but literally
brought into your home, where you
may sit in your comfortable easy
chair and shop to your hearts content.
There's a wealth of interest-yes,
even romance-in thus having the
products of the world spread before
you. You can lose yourself for
hours in this Big Book. And in
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07

cost if you went into other stores
to buy. "Your Bargain Book" is
one long succession of BARGAINS
from cover to cover.
A copy is ready to be mailed to
you if you have not already received
one. All you need do is fill out the
coupon in the lower corner. Or
send us a postcard request: "Please
mail me Your Bargain Book. ," 1t
will 90 forward at once FREE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07

Problem of Small States
Here again the new states to be
formed will add to the problem as
well as to the need for an application
to the principle. Some of the little
nations seem likely to have no coast
or no port.
To leave them in such a position
would be to threaten their economic
life al birth. Ports now most COM
monty mentioned for early interna-
tionalizat ton are Constantinople, Dan
zig, Trieste, Fiume, Antwerp and Du-
razzo in addition to the Dardanelles
and such international straits.
That the Bagdad railway will be
placed under international control
goes without saying.
On the broad question the powers
are in complete accord and the prin-
ciple is almost certain to be incor-
porated in the peace treaty. But the
commission which is to work out
the details has long job ahead.
Peace commissioners incline to the
view that the ultimate solution will
be the actual operation os the neces-
sary rivers, ports and railroads by
commission, accountable to the
League of Nations.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07

international Regime Of Ports,
Waterways and Railways"
It sounds deadly-uninterest
But that phrase holds one of the
most important of all the steps which
the peace conference is taking toward
the new era of closer, freer rela-
lions between nations.
Unjust local control of interna-
tional rivers and railroads and "sew-
ed up" ports have to be wiped out
before there will be the free inter-
communication the free access to the
seas for everybody, SO necessary to
the success Of the League of Ma
tions and to world peace.
For years the great Danube was
under control Of the international
Danube commission, free from local
influence, which simply ran" the
river. 1t fixed and collected tolls
from which 1t paid it's expenses and
it operated patrol ships, lighthouses,
tugs and even hospitals. The Rhine
had similar international arrange
ment.
Rivers to Be Controlled
It Is probable that the Rhine and
Danube arrangements will be con-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07

I did not realize the alnose entire
lack of the personal touch in the
lives of married men. He Is making
money to keep his household going
and at the same time his brain is oc-
cupied with thinking Of other things
than wife and children. lie is reach
ing out for big things in the business
world, his mind and thoughts occu-
pied with how end when he shall &C
complish. While a woman is never
too busy, never too much engaged In
her homo duties or her business to
send fleeting thoughts toward the
man she loves. l thought that aftcr
Frank and / were married that the
little endearing tokens, the kiss, and
the lingering caress, would always be
mine. That it was necessary to keep
him interested amused, or he might
forget even these slight endearments
seemed ridiculous to me.
Father and mother had been ideally
happy Affectionate to a degree, ia
Their never left the house without
giving mother tender caress, never
returned without some small token
Of his love If she were at all indls-
posed and often when she was per-
fectly we'll and contented he would
surprise her with some dainty gift
or trip planned for her pleasure,
| q theater party arranged to see some
| play Of which she had spoken. I'm
fortunately I thought all husbands,
or those of refinement, were the same.
Had Frank known that he was ex-
pected to live up to my ideal, 1 mag
| inc he would have broken our en-
gagement or at least postponed our
marriage indefinitely. He would,
am sure, have thought me Quixotic
to expect perfection in a man when
I was so far from perfect myself.
Annie laughed at me for my old
| G q q M
wives, although she knew nothing OF
frank
You'll get jolt from a man some
day that will open your eyes. You
are older than 1 am, but you haven't
lived with a Fagin."
mot man. men are like Fagin-
not in my world, Annie"
Maybe there are more like him
than you think, Olive, only they don't
show it so plain"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07

A NNIE was excited as was only
N natural. I was very busy.
"A HaYip psd lost htn the &C. oaRa PAIL " tbe
executive department had necessitat-
ed making some changes. But 1 put
everything aside to listen to Annie.
1 had experienced the same trouble
in my first position. Was 1t to be
one of the serious problems that
women were to face-this jealousy
of men when women proved them
selves competent?
Tell me just what has happened, u
L said to Annie.
cit doesn't amount to much, yet 1t
may mean a good deal to me. Per-
haps I shall lose my position as you
did when you were with Mr.. Stew
ems" l had told Annie of my ex-
perience with Hayden Dodge, of how
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
Says Corn Liquor as
Cure for Flu Received
Endorsement by Town

A municipal Endorsement OF corn
liquor as "fu" antidote was claimed
Wednesday morning by w. P. Boles,
a prominent business man of Duluth,
Ca, who entered plea of guilty be-
fore Judge L. A. Sheppard in the
United States district court to the
charge of owning fourteen gallons Of
blockade whisky, discovered by reve-
nue. officers when they stopped his
Ford car in Dawson county last De-
'ei In explaining the circumstances
under which he had acquired the
white lightning" the defendant tes-
titled that in view of the ravages
wrought by influenza on Duluth's pop
ulation of 500, or thereabouts, COM
mittee of public-spirited citizens, in
GLIDING representatives of the mayor
and general council, had agreed to
share equally in a common fund with
which a remedy in the form of north
Georgia spirits would be purchased
and used in seeking out and routing
the disease wherever it had visited
home in the municipality.
While returning by auto from q
business trip to Dawson county. Mr..
Boles told the jury, he happened upon
mountaineer by the roadside, who
| in response to q request for a dram,
produced two kegs containing the
| fourteen gallons, which was forth
Will C1ldoCO cI oVO q S"4AO1A Iva 80
| benefit of the afflicted citizenry of
Duluth.
Unfortunately, two revenue officers
halted the car a few minutes later
and disregarding the humanitarian
aspects presented by the situation
destroyed the liquor, seized the car
| and placed Mr.. Boles and the driver
of the car, B. c. satterfield, under
arrest.
Judge Sheppard imposed fine OF
| 800 upon Mr.. Boles after the plea of
guilty had been entered, and the
question of whether or not Satter-
| field was concerned in the effort to
relieve the "fiu" situation at Duluth
was left for the jury to decide.
The jury later returned verdic
Of not guilty in Satterfields case.
A plea of guilty to the charge OF
owning distillery was entered Wed,
nesday morning by ]. w. Roberts, OF
Buford, Ga, who was allowed a stay
'of execution as to his sentence OF
three months in Jail or payment Of a
| 500 fine, in view Of sickness in his
| family.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
STRIKE CALLED OFF

The strike which closed the copper
mines near Jerome, Ariz.. has been
declared off. The mine manager,
however, said the strike committees
announcement cannot be taken seri
ously and that the mines will re-
main closed Until all the radicals
have lest the camp. The strike fol-
lowed Il wage cur Of Is cents a day
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07

your wandering find hundreds and
hundreds of articles which appeal
to you.
There are necessitie for the home,
the farm, the garage, the factory, the
mine and the office. There are
stylish, we'll made clothes for men
and women-with the stamp of New
York style upon them. There are
serviceable and attractive garments
for the little folks. You can clothe
the entire family from hat to shoes.
You can furnish your home from
garrett to cellar, including heating,
plumbing and lighting apparatus.
You can equip your farm or dairy
with every essential for crops, fowls
and livestock, whether your place be
large or small. And all frorn this
Big Book!
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
Halt! King Apple!

The apple is the king of fruits
in value of crop as we'll as in the
estimation of apple lovers. For
the apple crop of 1918 a value of
$230,000,000 has been estimated,
or nearly three-eights of the val
ue of all fruits.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
BARGAINS from couer to coUer

We call it "Your Bargain Book, "
because everything in it, every gar
ment, every bit of furniture, every
yard of material, every tool, imple-
ment or utensil, is offered for sale at
a price we'll below what they would
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DIES

Congressman Helm, Of the eighth
Kentucky district, died this week,
on his plantation near Columbus.
Miss. Mr.. Helm would have begun
his seventh term in congress this
week
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
MooNEY,s FRIEND FREE

Edward D. Nolan, co-defendant
with Thomas J. Mooney in the pre-
paredness day bomb murder trials
in San Francisco was cleared of
charges, this week. Police announced
they did not have sufficient evidence
To hiring Aim 70 trial
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
RHEUMATISM
RECIPE

RECIPE
will gladly send any Rheumatism suf-
ferer n Simple Herb Recipe Absolutely Free
that Completely Cured me of terrible at
tack of muscular and inflammatory Rheu-
matism of long standing after everything
else 1 tried had failed me. 1 have given
it to many sufferers who believed their
cases hopeless, vet they found relief from
their suffering by taking these simple
herbs 1t also relieves Sciatica promptly,
as we'll as Neuralgia. and is wonderful
blood purifier. You are most welcome to
this Herb Recipe If you will send for 1t at
Dnce. L believe you will consider 1t GOO
send after You have put 1t to the test.
There is nothing injurious contained in it,
and YOU can see for yourselff exactly what
YOU are taking. / will gladly send this
who will send name and address, plainly
W. q. SUTTON, 1850 Magnolia Ave.
Los Angeles, California
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
q NOW s 8 snd :. a:

49, 10y and address and state size
and color. Send no money.
Pay for skirt arrival and then only $49S. When
see It will say it would be bargain at ST. 90 or even
$40 co. But Judge for yourself If you not perfectly
satisfied, return it and win promptly refund your
money. Order by No. B-l40I. Be to give
rect measurements and state color wanted.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07

President Wilson this week ap
pointed Francis P. Garvan as alie1
property custodian, to succeed A
Mitchell Palmer, who becomes at
tOrney general,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07

The lower house of the Indiana
legislature has adopted a bill appro-
priating $4,000 for a monument to
Charles Warren Fairbanks.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
Don't Send
a Penny

Hero IS th5
grandest Skirt you'll this
season and we send it before
you pay q cent-subject to
return if not all you expect.
Read below what a bar
gain it is-then tell US to
q send it. No money now
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
Mohair SiciIiaE
6 kiirt.

OCd6Oll : A110bb ROPoAe~A
material. Has a re.
markarkably beauti.
full silk like lustrous
sheen and is noted
for it's wonderful .,
wearing qualities
/ Skirt is shaped at
back of waist line and
finished with detach-
able tailored belt and
button trimmed. The
loose hanging pock-
cts are trimmed with
soNtache br aid and
buttons finished at
!; end with row of silk
fringe-sllk fringe OF
skirt being the latest
creation. Pockets are
detachable - can be
j removed when de-
] sired. Colors: navy,
black or gray. The
1 gray skirt has gray
i fringe trimming to
! match. Comes In
! all sizes. No extra
4 charges whatever.
4 ANNkF S end at
4 NVV w once. -
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-07
CLEMENCEAU ACCEPTS PRES1.
nENGY

Premier Clemenceau has accepted
the presidency of the Boy Scouts of
France,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-19

later that I learned the truth about his anxiety to get into Germany. The British Government were anxious to know what was going on behind the scenes in Germany at that time with reference to the plans for aiding in surrectiop in Ireland.
 Lived in Disguise.
 The Captain had volunteered to go to Berlin, where he had many friends, and had lived before the war. His own way of getting there was characteristic. He went out to the front with an Irish regiment. and one day allowed himself to be cap tured. It was his intention to see as much of the German camps as possible in order to find out the state of feeling among the Irish prisoners of war, and afterwards to escape and live in Germany in disguise, which he believed he could obtain through friends.
 I understand that the mission of the Captain was successful. He got through the camps as he wished, and all the time he was able to keep the British Government supplied with valuable reports regarding the condi- ton of the camps and the feelings among the Irish prisoners of war. Later he made his escape just as he had planned, and from that date until ArTnistice Day he was at liberty in Germany, moving among those who were plotting for German aid for the Sim F'ein party.
 How he succeeded in doing this | and in getting his information out of the country he would not tell me when I put it to him. excustng him | self on the ground that 1t might get others into serious trouble with the 1 Germans
 l (F'rom The International News l Bureau. Incl ] (TO be continued)