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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-09
SMOOTH AMERICAN
SHARPERS FLOURISH
IN EUROPEAN CITIES
BY HIRAM X. MODERWELL

Especial Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News-Copyright, 1927
HAMBURG, GERMANY. - Ger
man police and the American au-
thorities here are looking for an
American who recently lifted several
million marks from the hard-worked
German printing presses by a dodge
Of more than usual subtlety. The
ruse he has worked throughout Ger
many for several months is that Of
the certified check. and is only one
Of the many frauds now furnishing
here in deals for American currency
or alleged currency.
This gentleman offers a check on
the National Bank of Philadelphia,
certified by various red and blue
and green stamps. 1t is further GER
titled by the name and seal Of Mr..
Scattergood, director of the Quaker
relief in Germany known and loved
in G armany for works that have
been appropriate to his name. And
the check is still further certified by
the photograph and signature of
he gentleman cashing it. The whole
document is so impressive that many
Germans gladly pay money to get
it.
Another American has been pay
ing his hotel bills with travellers
checks" similar in appearance to
those of various reputable concerns.
He is nov. s.tttt.-..s in a Hamburg pris-
on. American consular officers
throughout Europe, but especially in
Germany, are besieged with COM
plants from persons who have
bought such documents.
Within the last year the bank
notes of the southern confederacy
have come into quite active c1rUu.
lation in Europe. The $50 confeder-
ate notes are in especially high fav-
or. Their close resemblance to real
American currency makes them easy
to pass on Germans or Geman-Anaer-
cans, always eager for American
"vaIuta''
More serious is the passing OF ac-
tual forgeries of American bank
notes, which has been on the in
crease or late. Apparently, the
counterfeitors have learned that the
European fields is less dangerous
than the American, and have organ
lied for the sale of their wares in
Germany. The counterfeit notes
can easily be carried across by sail
ors. who can dispose of them with
out difficulty in so busy a center
as Hamburg. and can depart, leaving
no trace. Some of the counterfeits
are of the most transparent kind.
One American consulate in Germany
was recently asked as to the au-
thenticity of note issued by "The
National Bank of Ozone Park, New
York"
In Lithuania, recently a woman
asked an American official about the
genu:neness of E'dollar" she had re-
ceived in payment for goods of solid
value. 1t was a printed slip of pa
per, about the size of a dollar bill.
1t read: "$1. The Blank Medicine
company Of Chicago, ILL.,, u. S. A.,
has this day issued one share of
preferred stock to John Smith, of
value of ST." 1t was dated 1892.
The Blank Medicine company proba-
bly, once existed. But it certainly
did not dare hope, when 1t issued
''stock" to defraud a citizen Of Chi
cago, that would also succeed in
defrauding farmers wife in Lfth-
uania.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-09
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Leaves Magnificent
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ISCHL, Tyrol, Nov. Shy the
Associated Fress.)-The magnificent
game preserves here which belonged
to the late Emperor Francis Joseph
have been leased to John G. ven
Herberg, said to be moving pic
ture producer of Seattle, Wash. Tie
park, which comprises 10000 acres.
is situated in enc of the most pic.
turesque sections of the Tyrolean
highlands. 1t is well stocked with
game and fish and is famous for
the wo~chateaux on it which in pre-
war days were popular rendezvous
for Francis Joseph, Emperor William
of Germany, and Emperor Nicholas
Of Russia. Ischl, before the war,
was the playground for Hapsburg
royalty.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-09
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thi she found in her ohme.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-09
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Tattooed Man Saved

PARIS.-Driven to the verge Of
suicide by r'd.cule Of tattooing on
skin. Henri Flores appealed to
a famous surgeon an the tattoo
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The Seward gateway., 1922-10-03

A NEWS DISPATCH says, Ford runs 54 miles on Gallon of Gasoline" No wonder his packers are touting him for president.
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-03
STAR SCENTS SCANDAL

Under the heading "Odor of Brew ing Scandal Rising Over Alaskan Coal fields" the Seattle Star of September | l9 published lengthy article emanat .ng from Anchorage accusing the De- ,, partment of the Interior of breaking .aith with Anchorage inhabitants by losing down the Matanuska coal ields and opening at alleged govern .nent expense the Healy fields, 16S niles farther from tidewater than the MatanuSka fields.
 Among other charges that makes ,he article acceptable to the Star are those of ssatrapy," undue influence
 0 prevent the Matanuska fields being opened by the lessorS," graft on the part of the government" and various lesser offenses, the whole reading like many other articles emanating from Alaskan authors, who prefer to earn a Jew dollars space writing rather than set in and help the government build up the country.
 As the Gateway has remarked in pre- vious issues it stands squarely behind he commission and its acts, believing that it had builded as efficiently as it knew, and worked for the general good of the communities entered~by the AL askan Railroad. It may or it may not nave selected the best sites for devel- oping mines and it may or may not have wasted money in useless build ings and spurs.
 All this may be expected from an enterprise so gigantic as that involved by the construction of a railway thru a country gashed by depths resembling the Grand Canyon, blocked by tower ing mountains and narrow passes. We believe the railroad has surmounted difficulties believed impossible at the conception of the enterprise. The men to go through two national elections, several congresses and innumerable bureaus to secure funds for the pur- pose and the heads of departments have changed many times. All this causes for change of plans, for extra expense and delay.
 That there is coal at Matanuska is not disputed, as Alaskans have tested
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-03
REPUBLICANS TO RETAIN CON-
 TRoL OF CONGRESS

Casting up results of the Maine el- ection which he regards as baromet- CT of considerable political value Mark Sullivan. political writer declares that the republican control of the next house will not be less than fifty. It is not beyond the range of probability that it will run higher, possibly reach ing 100. While it is true that the re publican majority was reduced in Maine and elsewhere, there is nothing surprising in thtat, for the 1920 results cannot be accepted as fair standard so overwhelming was the republican victory. The ease with which all five republican congressman were renom- mated in this states, which is more or less independent in its voting, gives reasonable proof of their victory in November. Much tthat has been said ing the campaign about the way the voters were swinging to the radical the primaries in Indiana, Iowa, Wis consin and Pennsylvania being cited in. support of the argumet-is merely political buncombe. Undoubtedly the republicans will suffer loss in both branches of congress at the general election but that would simply bring the division back to normal.
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-03

1t out and found 1t of excellent quality. The coal at Healy has also been prov
 n and found good. That it can be haul d to the coast and delivered cheaper fact that it sells for SIP per ton in
 Seward at the present time, while the Matanuska or Eska coal brings two dollars more per ton. The people of
 Alaska are not interested in methods, but in results. If the men in charge of he government operations believe
 hey can get better results from Healy
 it is up to them. They are proving it. The coal from either mine is godsend to Alaskans, and anything that will lend to cheapen the price is also of great benefit to the consumer.
 This tempest in teapot seems un- necessary to an outsider. There is no question but that it nullifies the work of everyone connected with coal pro- duction. Numerous investigations have been held in Washington and the com mission and other employees have been forced to attend them as a grevious waste of time and money. They have been pilloried and slandered by men whose knowledge of railroad building was scant, but whose writings have caused as much commotion as if they were authoritive. That these stories have caused great loss of time and money cannot be denied That they nave had no foundation other than the desire to criticise, is also undeniable.
 By working with the men responsi- ole foS the development of the terri tory instead of working against them we could secure better results, and could also produce quicker action in q appropriate for the work. Another investigation would de- iay the work another year. Those of us who really have the good of the Territory at heart should suppress criticism of the road and it's officials They do no good and invariably result in harm to all concerned, including Alaska.
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-03

Cold Bay and Kanatak activities, and is the only open port with facilities fo. handling the business.
 With fine steamship service from Seward to the oil fields there is little doubt but that this port will be great ly benefited. Hundreds of stampeders will flock to the new town in the early spring months, and by this time the Admiral~line steamers will undoubted- call there, as they go as far as Ali ak and Uganik at the present time, md this is within about 80 miles of lanatak.
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-03
SEWARD SITTING PRETTY

To use and old and trite saying Sew ard is sitting pretty" in the recent oil field developments. Notwithstanding efforts by neighboring towns to annex the trade from the oil fields, Seward merchants are sending out hundreds of tons of freight on each boat; and many new firms are planning to enter the local field, believing this town will be headquarters for oil field activities
 Until the new fields grow many hundred times larger than at the pre- sent time, Seward must necessarily be the banking and commercial center for
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-03
AN EsklMoDE

The Eskimo endures the cold With fortitude heroic; A man of such an eSkimold Is always stern and stoic. Although he frequently will wake, In weather chilly polar, To find he has a humping ache Inside his eskimOlar, (Which either you or I would set To loud and piteous groaning), He'd not descend upon bet To any eskimoaning. Sometimes his wife beside him jogs; Sometimes he has to tote Ter, And hitches up dozen dogs To pull her eskimotor. His farmstead being frozen deep. He needs to do no sowing, And, as there are no crops to reap, He does no eskimowing. To hunt the walrus and the seal
 Comprises his vocation; And so he never needs to feel An eskimotivation. Of fate the fellow asks no odds: His only eskimotive Is to propitate his gods With sacrifices votive. He's always filled with rosy hope AS OCT the ice he hurries And never stops to eskimope
 Or think about his worries. He's cheerful till he's bent and gray 1 And years have bowed his shoulder And he'll keep on the same old way l Until he eskimolderS.
 Exchange.
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-03
WOMAN AND AUTO TOOK
 PLUNGE DOWN CANYON

GOLDENDALE, October 3-Mrs. F.. H. Winters, who was touring this sec .ion of the country, came to her death this morning by plunging down a nine hundred foot canyon. The auto in which she was riding refused to re- spond to the steering wheel, and went over the embankment to the canyon below.
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-03
REPUBLICAN TICKET

REPUBLICAN TICKET For Delegate to Congress DAN A. SUTHERLAND
 of Juneau. For Territorial Senator THOS. A. WADE
 of Anchorage For Territorial Representatives FRANK H. FOSTER
 of Cordova. JOSEPH H. MURRAY
 of Mccarthy
 HAL B. SELBY
 of Seward HARRY 1. STASER
 of Anchorage. For Road Commissioners No Candidates Shall Women Serve on Juries VoVte Yes or No. DEMOCRATIC TICKET For Delegate to Congress E. J. WHITE
 of Juneau For Territorial Senator ANTHONY J. DIMOND
 of Valdez For Territorial Representatives THOMAS c. PRICE of Anchorage
 E. E. RAY
 of Cordova Shall Women Serve as Jurors Vote Yes or No.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-14
Sissy Preachers Wanted.

(Newport Standard and Express.)
The endorsement of Mr.. Fleetwood, for
congress, but the superintendent of the
BAPTIST, Congregational and Methodist
denominations previous to election
caused the Rutland Herald to throw a
conniption fit.
That paper rallied like a fshwife at the
dastardly attempt of the clergymen TO
run" the politics of the people which
the Herald assumes rightfully belongs TO
the Rutland newspaper.
That paper thinks that preachers ought
to stick to their jobs. The very idea
that ''reverends" CD should take an inter
est in the affairs of state morality and
have the supreme gall to speak against
its favorite candidates position on the
liquor question, makes that paper see red.
Dipping its pen in bile the paper full
inmates thusly:
These reverend gentlemen would be
much better engaged in ministering to
the religious and spiritual needs of their
congregations or attending to the execu-
tive work of their denominations orga n
izations. That is what they are paid for.
10 put it crudely, and when the church
leader deserts his spiritual leadership to
dabbe in politics, certainly the spiritual
needs of his charges are being neglected
and the reverend character OF his cloth
demeaned.
One wonders Just what the papers
idea of clergyman's business is. This
looks very much like the old cry of the
rummies, Let us alone" preach the
gospel" Hands off. " you attend to your
business and we will attend to ours
The Herald has evidently forgotten
that every movement that has been made
for the elevation of the race has been
made by Just such activities as those of
the men in question. Against the world
the flesh, and the devil the preachers
have fought from time 10 time i'm
memorial in the pulpit and out of it, in
POLITICS and out of it-and they always
will
We have no use for white-livered
white-chokered. effeminate. highly gentee'
ard ladv-like clergyman. Let all such
spend their time drinking ten with old
indies and attending Sunday school mic
MICS. hut for heavens sake. if a preacher
: a he-lnan let him get right down int
the realm of politics and hit the devil
hard Sissy preachers should apply to
he Rutland paper for further instruc
TONS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-14
MAKES PHOTOGRAPH
90 BY 10 FEET
Picture by Chicago Man Largest Ever
Made-New Art Will Displace
Expensive Oil Paintings.

CHICAGO, Nov. IA photograph
90 feet long and 10 feet high, one of the
largest ever made, has been completed
by Dr. Frank NJ. Woodruff. curator of
the Chicago Academy of Sciences, in Lin
coin park.
1t shows a panorama of the Lake
Michigan shore at Miller Beach, near
Gary, Ind, the famous Indiana sand
dunes, the sluggish Grand Calumet
river, and swamps and swale stretching
around the eastern and southeastern
enyirons of Chicago. The photograph is
tinted in natural colors.
The picture is one of the four immense
panorama photographs which, when all
are complete. will form the backgrounds
of exhibits showing the birds, animals,
reptiles, trees and flowers common now
or III earlier days in the Chicago region.
a second picture, ~ feet long and 10
feet high, has been completed, and two
more, one So and the other ~ feet long,
are to be made
The photographs mark the advent of
new art, and have displaced oil paint
ings costing thousands of dollars. A
picture 81 feet long can be produced, ac-
cording to DIR. Woodruff, for less than
500, and the tinting in transparent oils
costs but a small amount additional as
compared with the heavy cost of oil
paintings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-14
Warning for Vermont Republicans.
Est. AlbanS Messenger.

Vermont remains in the Republican
column as had been expected, but there
are enough signs that have come TO the
surface to make Republicans pause and
think. In common with the rest of the
country, Vermont has been affected by
the spirit of unrest and political ques-
tioning. Those who are not satisfied
with mere superficial displays discover
indications that the day is passing when
Republican victory in Vermont all along
the line can be taken for granted.
The only aggressive campaign con-
Quoted by the Democrats was in the first
congressional district and while the
Democratic candidate was defeated. be
made most surprising inroads on normal
Republican strength and captured many
normally Republican strongholds. james
Kennedy today has the supreme salts
faction of knowing that he has done
what no Democrat before him has been
able TO do-throw a genuine scare into
the Grand Old Party-while to the Re
publicans there is a warning in this de-
velopment that ought not to go un-
needed.
Several generations of voters have
had the idea that a Republican defeat in
Vermont for the larger offices is impos-
sible. The Republican state committee
took the attitude that the momentum OF
Republicanism would carry Mr.. Fleet
wood through. and it did, but momentum
is something that exhausts itself IN the
use. 1t is now evident that in the face
of a determined and attractive candidate
with an issue. even though it be an
empty one. there is mighty little mo-
nentum left i'm this district, and the bat
tery will have To be recharged before any
such heavy drain can be put ON 1t again
with safety.
The Burlington Free Press sees the
situation in almost the same light as
| does the Messenger The contemporary
declares that the fight in Vermont has
| inst begun 1t warns the Republicans
| Of the danger OF believing that nothing
can unset the security of the party. Ii
puts the responsibility for party health
on Republican Office holders. 1t can
even see. in the event of the state gov
ernment falling down on program oil
retrcnchment and efficiency, citizen
/ ticket .'or some other movement rolling
up a large vote two years from now ''or
a move to afford taxpayers relief.
The Republican Office holders of Yer
/ mont. whether they serve in Washing
i ton or at home. must realize their re
! sponsibilities and function with th'
/ knowledge that upon them rests in the
/ main the burden for the record of tht
Il Republican party. They must be respon
II siye to the popular will. They mus
i function as trustees, not as owners
/ They must not fiaunt or disregard the
desires of the people. Party leaders
and marty councils should give serious
study to the situation. should not lool
on what has happened as a mere hasi
in the pan, else they may be most rudell
Il awakened. some fine morning after cleo
ton to view the ruins which they have
been instrumental in bringing about.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-14
BRITISH ELECTION
COMES TOMORROW
1886 Candidates Seeking
Seat In House of
Commons
GENERAL RESULT
is VERY UNCERTAIN

Considerable Change Among Voters ~
Much Uncertainty Felt In Scotland
Political Organizers Puzzled Over
Woman Vote-Takfng More Interest
Than Ever.
LONDON, Nov. II ASSOCIATED
Press) The last words in Great Brit
aims election campaign win be spoken
tonight. The electorate will go TO the
polls tomorrow and pick parliament
from the 1886 candidates seeking seats
in the house of commons.
In 373 constituencies the fight will be
duel between candidates of two
parties. In 242 other constituencies the
battle is complicated by the presence of
three or more contestants.
Even the wisest political seers are I'M
certain as to what the general result
mates of how they believe the various
parties will rank when the voters have
had their say, but none of the forecast
ers express great confidence in their own
claims. To the unbiased onlooker none
has much Yalue, as every calculation Is
tinted with the political views of the
man making the estimate.
During the campaign, events have led
to a revision of some of the more san
guine estimates This was notably the
case in Glasgow and western Scotland,
where the united front presented by the
Cnionists and Lloyd George Liberals
originally induced considerable compla-
cency. But now, Glasgow despatch to
the Times says, the greatest concern is
felt over seats which were regarded as
safe fortnight ago.
Everywhere the great puzzle perplex-
ing the organizers is how the women will
vote. 1t is the experience of canvassers
throughout the country that women are
taking more practical interest in the
elections than ever before, although their
interest was frequently considerable,
even before they had the right to cast
ballots.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-14
ALICE ILLEGAL
TOBACCO COMBINE
Federal Trade Commission Investigating
Agreement of LOrillard Co. With
Its Customers.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 14-More than
score of Cincinnatians and a dozen
local firms engaged in the tobacco bust
ness have been cited before the federal
trade commission on charges of having
engaged in practices tending to stifie
competition and restrain trade. 1t is
charged in the citations that they have
been and are using unfair methods of
competition" in the sale of cigarettes and
tobacco.
The federal trade commission, which
has been meeting secretly in Cincinnati,
examining witnesses and hearing teSti-
mony, has power TO make recommends
tions to THE United States attorney re-
garding prosecution for violation of the
Interstate commerce law.
The chief complaint is made against
the Lorhlard Co, incorporated in New
Jersey, with its principal factories and
Offices in Jersey City. The local dealers
and individuals named are alleged to
have an agreement with the LorilIard CO.
for a continuous supply of the products
of the company. The federal trade COM
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-14
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