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Newspaper Page Text6 1 lie 1 ruth About Belgium : BY BRAND WHITLOCK (Coutxancd Irom X>~st Issue > THK incident might have ended Miller wise it <tiv w ia>v c onus* •* or Baron vo*i tier Liiiicaci! a •<.! not prevailed over the violent iii.-ixi —ice ot the military clique. it was mui tne tsr.-l el :ts »ni»l t , «»r w.is the last, but Ji was one o’ the most ter io us of the many ui opinion between the militaryand the civil btanchfes of tne jjovernment vt occupation that was then ge*.t «1< i. self installed- There tear" a last l.iLz:- -rum ’hose first days when ~ ;p-k < ‘r , l von airotsky and his stan * srs occupy ing the iiotci le v /He. As I have said. General ion Laitt witx, when he came. ua removed his headquarters to th* min stry oi foreign affairs, s Rue 1 la Loi. and there the governor of Brussels con tinued to reside; while next doj-, in the ministry of the uiii.'ior. tiicie was set up that instit’J* on whi h is the heirt of the German system, the tiling whose ntine cam? to have a sinister connotation 've-v time it uas pronounced—the iCominaiidan tur. it is a large pla-’*. two great build.ngs. one the luxurious hotel ot the minister of the interio. tlhe Dei gian ministers ii.e. or ase.l to live, m their nn-1 the other aevoted to the numerous oifi.es. There was the headquitt-MS of the chief of police, n many respects tne most pon.-» in K." •».*•• to. he seer.td to be accountable to no- an. to move in a wtJ-* a'if. tragi? obit of irrespon* uiiity that allowed him enorinou; I vtitud? in the exercise of his terr b.e powers. Every morning there set forth from those wide doors a batta-.*on ot jo litzei —German soldiers in gray, ill fitting uniforms. their trousers stuffed in their short, heav;-*. iron shod boots, square heiir ts on then heads their rif’.es witn bayonets fixed slung to their shoulders. They weie distinguish! from the others only by the blv” white and re I tiassards wit«i tne scat of the /n-r-rial eagle stamped on them, and by the metal badges strung by chains about their necks, bearing m large letters the word -Politxei.” This gave them, in our nnac- istom ed eyes at any rate, a ridiculou-t appearance, and gave the Brussels folk a new subject for tti’ir incor rigible mockery: they did «•» iwQtant ly suggest the little Jabels hu:;g about the necks of bottles of Cum cao and other liquors! If these had left any doubt as to their authority and function, their brutish ?hok would have suffi ciently declared it. They always went in three or at least iti tiros. They were stationed at various street corners and at all the en trances to the city: they tramped heavily up and down the streets., re fusing to the Rue de la Loi late in the afternoon, dragging the latest of their luckless victims, who dis appeared in the Kommandantur. not always to come out again until it was time to go in the closed bla.'K wagon to the prison at St. Gilles, or to the field of execution at the na tional rifle range. There was always a long line there before the Kommandantur. stretching from the entrance at No. 4 Rue de la Loi to the corner, and oftimes around the corner into the Rue Roy ale. with politixei to keen * it straight. Sad faces, for the most part, those in that line, and the drab hablliaments of the poor, since it is always the poor who pay first in any calamity. There was something degrading and shameful in the spectacle, as there is in any reckless force. Those people were there on all sorts of errands: Many to secure identification cards in compliance’with the harassing reg ulations of the German system, or maybe to ask to see some relative or friend confined there. The line was always there, in rain or frost or sun. huddled along the wall, moving slowly on. step by step, through the long werry hours. . . . There was another entrance to the Kommandantur. back in the Chaussee de Louvain—another wide aortal, quite as tragic and perhaps hopeless. Often one would see prisoners taken in there, men and women, to be charged with one of the countless crimes that irre sponsible autocracy invents to al lege against those who. even in the lightest ways, run counter to its whims. Often, in walking down the Chaussei de Louvain (one had to go that way to get to the lower town, unless one went around the other end of the park, for the park and the Rue de la Loi were forbid den the public) I have seen four or five politixei leading some woman, with tear-stained, tragic eyes, and the slatternly skirt and sabots she had on when they suddenly des cended upon her. and I rubbed my eyes and wondered if it w<re not the twelfth instead of the twentieth century! The Spark that Glowed in the Dark The door at the Chaussee de Luo vain was the more sinister and more tragic porta!, in my eyes at least, becaus-* I understood that the more important prisoners were taken in that way. I do not know, and it makes little diffcrer.ee. But it vax Doni Send a Penny /These Len-Mort work and outdoor shoes are such wonderful value V that we gladly send them, no money down. You will find them so made and so stylish and such a big money saving JBmOl bargain that you will surely keep them. So don’t hesitate.. Sa' Just fill out and mail the coupon. We will send a pair of I AglF Bl your site. No need for you to pay higher prices when ‘ w/ you can buy direct from us—and knew what you are Ret- | ■^ I .’ Isl t/ng before you pay even n pe-ny. Why pay out -x;Ak*S|SF. sf' and 16.06 fcr shoes not near so good? Act now. Mail |(w if, 1 the coupon Uday while thia special oCex holds good. Great Shoe Offer We ean’t tell yon enough about these shoes 7 'r » * here. This shoe is built to meet the demand of w* -y an outdoor city workers* shoe ac well as for / JL 2? -t the modern farmer. Send and see for * yourself wnat they are. Built on stylish L < .WK 6 lace Blucher la/t. The spec .al tanning prceeas makes the leather proof against tho ~ VX f atid in milk, manure, soil, gasoline, etc. They ,J aotwar 3 crHir-ary pa rs of v!h>: / Y<-ut ei-uicr of / - : <7.Z J « w de. m«»i-jsn or narrow Very flii.blc.soft aol I w fl eary on the t~t by a ,p- ial p-’ueess v JI which lesresatl the “hfc ”tn fi.e hatn-rand Z tSJI wives it wwwjrrftil wear JkvVi'' . Doohle teather solesand •'"e-is. r.rt , I ■ a-.d waterpr-x,/tcegue i’ea,/ KT/' s' I c-rc-ne leathertoss. Ju’t I shpthemon art] «ee if they . BY/ Zifl are not tne most comfort- • ■ 1 v . -:JK / Z —__ - J| srfnlsboe* '-ever wore " ravenlyU McnamvaL f i/ a. _ j if aftercare*!, (xsouae- t Leonard" ■Uyecespect.ser.dtbesß Y IWOUYQn VO. - 5 Chicago your money No obje J Send the Len-Mort Shoes gauon oa you at all. s. prepaid. I will pay Ct Kon ar- T.iis is at our r.sa. -A ’ - ?fi-- rival, and czamir.e t/um carefully. > ur- If I not sst.-n. .1. w„l send luuobwt rrii. g? aad you will refund my money. * - - Only the coupon—notnoney Thstbrings I these splendid shoes prepaid. You are to ■ be the judge of quality, style and value. B Name. Keep them only if satisfactory in every S way. Be sure tn give eixe and width. Mail - the coupon now. | Married or 5ing1e....... Leonard-Morton & Co. > Dapt. Chicago 3 mere tragic for :• nether reason, and i that is that there streamed in and | out vi it -every duy the army of spie.->. .secret- police, informers and i agents of the police who infested Brussels, ami in plying their detes table calling resorted to every mean device that the depraved and uitan doned can imagine. One with any faitl. left in humanity could not believe that so many loathesome scounareln could b • issemblcd ia the earth. There were said to be :norc than six thousand of them, ami ’hey prowled in every alley ami ji» every by-way. in every avenue and boulevard in the town: ;h?y rode in trams, wriggled th dr way into little groups and gatherings, insinuated ll.emselies into bed rooms and closets, made friends and confidants in order to bertay them, held out hriies and temptations; . when there were no offenses they invented them, when there was no disorder they created it, and then lured or dragged the poor victims of their treachery and duplicity to their own lodgings, where they in terrogated, badgereu. sweated them, before turning tnera over to courts martial and the firing squad qr sending them to rot in German pris ons or die in German camps. They were of both sexes, of all nations and of all tongues, the semn and offscouring of the earth, the moral tilth and refuse of the world. They were everywhere. There was a questionable fellow who was the tenant of a building of three stories in the Rue de Treves, across from the legation. On summer evenings 1 noticed that in an upper room the windows, whence one could com mand a view of the legation, were always open, though the chamber was never lighted. In the darkness every evening I would see a coal, as of fire, that would glow bright and then fade into the blackness around; then glow and fade —a cigar, evi dently; precisely the effect William Gillette used to produce in the last act of “Sherlock Holmes." ••Who is that man in that room in the third story?" we wondered, and one morning I sent a servant across the street to inquire of the proprietor, in short sleeves, taking the air In the doorway. “It’s an English soldier,” was the word brought back: “left behind at Mons. He’s in hiding." “He is not.” 1 replied. “He i» a German spy. Tell the man much good it will do his tenant to waste his time there." The proprietor, at this, took his pipe from his lips, gazed—and went in. I saw the evening cigar glow and fade no more. One always had the uncanny sen sation of someone at one's elbow. There were furtive shadows when one was out at night; someone al ways nlar the doorway, or the door of the motor. Two men. meeting in * the boulevard, always turned and glanced about before conversing. And in the trams the wise were si lent. for gossip on the rear plat forms was the most dangerous of indulgences. Spies or secret agents were constantly coming to the lega tion with all sorts of questions. How could one send letters? How could one communicate with France or England? The favorite device was to whisper, “1 am a French sol dier and I should like to be sent out,” or “I am a Belgian and should like to join the army; they tell me that you know the way.” We knew nothing of such things, of course: but the Kommandantur had no conception of the fact that there is after all such a thing as honor in this world. We had one response, which in many instances it was a pleasure to make: “Wait until you can speak French without a German accent, and then come back.” we would say. Somehow, it made the day less dreary There were several who came as newspaper correspondents, and not without credentials, usually con ducted by German officers, from Berlin. Two of them at least were women. “What is your opinion, confiden tially. of the German administration in Belgium? What kind of man is Von Dissing?" they would ask. Their poor ruses were so trans parent. How much of the German taxpayers’ money has been ex pended in the purchase of scoun drels? And all wasted! There were dossiers, of course— one for every one of any impor tance in town —an official “Who's Who." wherein with meticulous and ultimate detail whose lives were laid bare. (Continued Next Issue) (Published by special arrange ment with the McClure Newspaper Syndicate. Copyright. 1918. by Brand Whitlock, under the title "Memories of Belgium Under the German Occupation.” All rights reserved. Copyrighted in Great Britain. Canada and Australia. All rights reserved for France. Bel gium. Holland. Italy. Spain, Russia and the Scandinavian countries.) THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 13. 1918. Cotton NEW YORK. Aug. 12. T! pro was a deal of realizing and increased selling for southern account during today's early trading in the cot bni market. The opvniag was inegular at an advance of 2i> points t_• a decline ot 30 points. <> tobor selling at 30.70. or info new high ground for the while the best price touched by January was 20.*0. on 10 points under the high level of Saturday. Sonic of the larger spot I interests were among the sellers and prices broke I sharply alter the call, with October selling off I to 2*3. $5 and January 2’3. lb. or (Ml to 61 point# not lower. Then* was no improvement in the ; southwestern weather news, lumewr. and after ■ the early selling order- hud absorbed, ami the puirket steadied up several p dnis on cover ing. Then* was Liverpool and New Orleans buying on the rally of >oino 2<l to 25 points fr tn the early low level, bui uhorwise <upp »rt seemed U» Le restricted am! the bulges wen* nut fully tnaintaine I with the market nervous ami unset- • tied late in the m» ruing. Pri<es at midday wer»* about 36 »o is p ints net higher, with Oc tober ruling around 2*3.*35 ami January 2*3.35. iieport> thnt imreasid offerings of new crop ; cotton were receivi*.! irom 'Texas at a lower i basis and that brokers found it impossible to • hit rest spinners vsere followed by a break dur- ; ing the early afternoon. October sold off to | or S.> |M»ints net lower, while January J sold off to 2 s 72. or 111 points amhr Satur day’< closing. Houses with Wall str<»et connee- 1 tions were active sellers on t!h» decline, but ; bi’>ine>s was not general. KEW YOKK COTTON The fallowing were the ruling prices In the ! exchange today: I Tne. s'e:w!r; middling 32 45c, quiet. 141 st I’rev. Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close. | Jan. 29.50 29.95 25.72 28.94 28.94 29.83 ■ Feb 28.90 29.78 .March ... 20.90 29.81 28.70 28.91 2S.!>O 29.80 ' April 28.90 29.80 I May 29.90 29.85 | August 29.43 30.20 Sept 29.53 . ... I (let 30.35 30.70 29.20 29.56 29.53 30.35 i Nov 29.10 30.01 ! J)ee 30.10 30.10 28.80 29.03 29.00 29.91 NEW ORLEANS COTTON [ NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 12.—War news and unsatisfactory weather conditions in the west I half of Hie belt caused heavy buying of cotton ■ around the opening today and in the first half ‘ hour of trading prices rose f>2 to 04 points on the ; most active months. Heavy realizing of profits by recent buyers was induced by* the hard spot and a wide slump resulted. The trading months were sent 107 to 110 points down from the highest levels where they Stood. 43 to 48 points below the level of last week's final quotations. i Loss selling pressure was felt in the after noon. but the market continued to give ground under moderate offerings. At 1 o'clock the trading months were 01 to 100 points under the final prices of Saturday. NEW ORLEANS COTTON The following were the ruling prices in the exchange today: Tone, steady; middling. 29.25 c. steady. Jaist free, j Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close. , Jan 29.15 29.15 2*.07 28.03 28AT 29.03 Mar 29.70 29.72 28.23 28.70 28.23 29.05 May .... 28.20 1 Aug 29.29 30.00 | Sept 28.12 29.83 Oct 29.05 29.70 28.17 28.40 28.34 29.08 Dec 29.50 29.57 27.87 28.08 28.02 28.97 NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON NEW OItI.EANS. Aug. 12.—Spot cotton steady i and unchanged: sales on the spot. 311 bales; to i 1 arrive none; low midling. 23.50! midling. 29.25; good middling. 31.25; receipts. 3.242; stock ' 254.044. SPOT COTTON MARKET Atlanta, steady. 31.90 c. New York, quiet. 32.45 c. Neu Orleans, steady, 29.25 c. Augusta- steady. 30.25 c. Memphis, steady, 30c. Charleston, steady. 29c. Montgomery, steady. 30c. Boston, steady. 32.05 c. * Philadelphia, steady, 32«70c. Norfolk, steady. 31c. tialv- stun, steady. 30.2.’.c. Mobile, steady, 29c. Little Ilock, steady. 30c. Dall-is, .heady. 30.40 c. Savannah, steady, 30.*. St. Louis, steady. 31c. Houston, steady. 30.50 c. ATLANTA. SPOT COTTON Atlanta spot cotton 31.90 c Sal” • j Receipts W ] Shipments .18- Stocks ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS MARKET JCI.Y Bid. Asked. Crude oil. urime basis 17*, Cottonseed meal. 7 per cent am- monia 47.50 Cottonseed meal. 7 per cent Georgia common point rate ....47.50 Cottonseed hulls, loose 20.5(1 21.50 Cottonseed hulls, sacked 25.00 23.00 Al GI ST Crude oil. prime basis 7*j I Cottonseed meal. 7 per cent Georgia common point rate ....47.50 Cottomeed hulls, loose 20.50 21.00 Cottonseed bulls, sacked 25.00 26.00 Linters clean mill run 0p M .05 COTTON SEED QUOTATIONS Georgia, common rate poins ... .870.00@75.00 Cotton see-l f. o. b. Atlanta $70.00frr.78.00 DAILY INTERIOR RECEIPTS I«aat Meer. Today. Augusta 337 25 Memphis 934 433 St. Louis 12* 133 , Cincinnati ■>•9 Op llonaton 4,J2s 4,002 Little Rock 13 COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS Last Year. Today Galveston 2.257 3,025 New Orleans <‘37 3,24-' Mobile 22 191 Savannah 1,920 904 t hallos ton 394 29.> i Norfolk 2,701 88 I New York 156 Boston 29T ' 140 I Total all pnrts 8,228 8,011 | LIVERPOOL COTTON Tone, irregular; rales. 1.000; good middling. | 23.36 d. Opening Prev. Kauge. Close. Close. August 22,86 22.45 22.16 September 22.60 22.18 21.90 October 22.35 21.92 21.65 November 22.14 21.74 21.44 December 22.04 21.32 JNO. F. CLARK & CO. COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 12.—The three leading bullish influences, good war news, absence of relief west nnd consequent expectation of sen sational condition forecasts, were still opera tive at the start of this week and the market opened about 20 higher. Liverpool was very ! strong, 127 points up on spots and the limit ! of 160 jstints on futures. This advance carried prices here close to 30c and trading changed io realizing, partly on account of the rapidity of the reccut rise in the market, but mainly on the ground of general feeling that 30c meets the expectation of producers in wider spheres and that hedge selling against crops will in crease, also general realizing to await develop ments with itoihs and spots. A sharp reaction '•dlowcd; w hich carried October back tu 29.05 ' ami soon after to 28.60. After such a large , rea' t» >n the trading outlook of course . hanged . tn .avur <>■ buying, and the market steadied. i New York amised that the Watkins bureau; made t e i-onditton 67.2 for the half mouth I ■•-•ainst 7x.8 at .lose <,f July. i Map shows generally cloudy in the western 1 half, hut bo rain, generally fair in eastern half I .ith showers in Mississippi ami Florida, and: .encrally along :I>c east gulf districts. Tern leratures ar" -till high west of the river, hut i >.;er ovci 'he eastern states. indications nr" >r in< rea<ing cloudiness, west and the outlook < ertainl.v licttcr for a break in the western ■roiith spell in the near future. Showery veatlier .will als.i .prevail over the northeastern lu.irter of the belt. The absence vs relit f anti continued high tem peratures over the grain states was considered ■ a Itearish item in respe.-t to cotton. NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET NEW YORK. Aug. 12. Flour, quiet and tin- i changed. Pork, dull: mess. $49.00fr.51).00. Lard, firm: mitlGle west spot. $26.70*126.80. I Sugar, raw . f;uiet; centrifugal. 96-test. 6.055; , refined, dull; tut leaf, b.ist; crushed, 8.7?>; powdered, 7.65: granulated, 7.50. Coffee. Rio No. 7. on spot. x\.c. Tallow, specials. 18’,c; citv. 17*-c. Hay. quiet: No. 1. sl.ssfrt 1.60;'N0. 3. $1.40 ; uif . 35: clover. .< 1.20« t 1.45. Dressed poultry, quiet; thickens. 37*i50c; , ' sou ls. 21*7 't.7c: din ks. 36c. Live poultry steady: geese. 20c: chickens. 27 | I <r»2Bc: fowls. 33c; turkeys. 28*/30c; roosters. | 21c: chicken-, {trailers, .I2ftr34c. Cheese, dill!; state milk, common to specials. |2l*/2*>c: -kirns, common to specials, s*i2o’-c. Butter, quiet; receipts. 7.610: creamery, ex ! tra. lo'jc: no. special ninrket. 15",ft/46*-.e; im- i itation creamery, firsts, ll*i4sc; state dairy, tulp-. 38’_.*t39<*. l.'gK' steady; receipts. 10.8*6: near-by white fancy. .57*i62c; near by mixed fancy, 38*p48c; I fresh firsts. 39*/ 48c. Grain CHICAGO. Aug. 12 - Corn developed strength today after something of a down-turn nt the 1 start. Opening prices, which rangeil from : !sC ‘off to 1c advance, with Septcnibir $1.58t 2 io $1.59. and October at $1.59% to Sl.6*’. were followed by substantial gains ail around. | The close was strong. 3 to 3'jC net higher with September $1.62* 2 to $1 .62 S, anil October $ 1.63 % *f 1.63 „. Oats, like corn, rallied after a small break . The market openetl % to ’ l se lower with Sep : tember 67% to 68c, recovered on Saturday's finish and then gradually declined. Higher quotations on hogs gave firmness to provisions; pork, though, was neglected. CHICAGO QUOTATIONS The following were the ruling prices in the , exchange today: Prev. U|H*n. High. Low . Close. Close. CORN— 'Aug. 1.57' 2 *i 1.57 , l.tki'.j 1.58*-, 1.60' t 1.56% 'Sept. .1.59',*/ 1.58% 1.62% l-'-’J's L'-'x l-W T s ! Oct., ..1.60 */1.59% l.tki 's 1.56‘ , 1.61', l.t'-OL, OATS— ; Aug 67%*/«7% 68% G7 68% 67% I Sept CS <<t«7% 69',„ (18% 69 68!i j Oct 69%<</69 70% >'•»% 7l» 69% I PORK— |S< pt 44.25 41.25 44.20 14.25 44.40 ( LARD— I Sept I'6.m.i 2G.5.-> 2G.SO 26.80 26.75 I Oct 26.82 2 >.S2 -G./2 26.12 26.75 RIBS— ; Sept 24.65 24.65 21.57 24.6.7 24.52 ! Oct 24.75 24.75 24.70 21.75 24.67 RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO. Today, i Wheat 684 cars Corn »2 cars oats 427 cars Hogs 32,000 head CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS CHICAGO. Aug. 12.—Corn, No. 2 yellow, $1.32*/1.85; No. 3 yellow. $1.77*/1.80; No. 4 yellow, nominal. Oats, No. 3 white, 66%*/68: standard, 67*1 CBc. Rye. No. 2. $1.56*11.56%. Barley 90*t SI.OO. Tiinothy! $6.00*19.00. Clover,, nominal. P< rk nominal. lard, $26.65. Ribs, $24.00'/123 60. CHICAGO URODUCE MARKET CHICAGO. Aug. 12.—Butter, creamery extras, 44c; creamery standards. 44(1;44 1 /ic; firsts, 41% 4j43%c; seconds. 39%*/ 41c. Eggs, ordinaries. 35*/36%c; firsts. 37©38c. Cheese, twins, 24%*t 24-'* 1 c; Young Americas, 25% (8/ 26c. Live poultry, fowls. 26*/29c; ducks, 24c; geese. Ilic; springs. 30c; turkeys. 30c. Potatoes, cars. 45; Virginia, barrels. $.25Q 5.50: new springs. $2.15*7 2.25. NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET Close .January 8.76*1’8.77 February 8.85*j8.86 March 8.936/8.94 | April 9.02*19.04 I Mav 9.11*/9.12 June 9.20*19.21 (July 9.28*/9.30 I August 8.20*7 8.24 I September 8.36*j8.37 ; October 8.46*i8.47 i November 8.56*/8.57 ! December 8.67%8.68 / * Atlanta Live Stock I I / (Corrected by W. H. White. Jr., President of the White Prevision Company, United States Food Administration. License No. G-2137L) I Good to choice steers. 860 to 1.000 pounds, :$11.50*?12.50. I Good steers, 750 to 850 pounds. slo.oo*/ ‘ 11.00. Medium to good steers. 650 to 750 pounds. $9..-.o*/10.50. Medium to < hoice beef cows. 750 to 850 pounds. $9.00*i10.00. Medium to good cows. 650 to 750 pounds, SB.OO ••.66. * i Good to choice heifers, 550 to 650 pounds. I sß.oo*/9.50. The above represents ruling prices for good quality fed cattle, inferior grades, dairy types i and range cattle quoted below. Medium to good cattle, 650 to 750 pounds. $8,006/9.00. Medium to good cows, 600 to 700 pounds, SS. (to «/9.00. Mixed common. $6,006/7.00. Good fat oxen. Medium to good oxen. $7,506/8.00. Good butcher bulls, $7,006/9.00. Choice veal calves, SB.AO*/' 10.00. Yearlings. $6,506/ 8.00. Prime hogs, 165 to 225 pounds. $16.256716.75. Light hogs. 130 to 165 pounds. $16,006/16.50. Heavy pigs. 100 to 130 pounds. $15,506(16.00. Light pigs. 80 to 100 pounds. $11.50*/15.50 ; Stags and roughs. $12,006/14.00. Tlie above quotations apply to good quality mixed fed hogs. LIVE STOCK BY WIRE EAST ST. LOUIS. 111., Aug 12.—Cattle-Re ceipts. 7,400. including no Texans: market, strong: native beef steers. $11,506/18.25: heif ers. $9,506/15.50; cows, $7.50*/12.50; stackers and feeders, $8.50*/12.00; calves. $7,756/14.0; I Texas steers, $16,006/17.00; cows and heifers, ■ $7,506/ 15.00. I Hogs* Receipts 13.000. market steady: mixed and butchers.' $19,356/10.75: good and heavy. $19.50*7 19.75: rough. $18,006/ 18.25; light I $19.606/19.80: pigs. $18,256/19.25; bulk. $19.45 | (q 19.75. ! Sheep—Receipts. 3.700; marker steady; clip ped ewes. $11,006/12.00: lambs. $14,006/17.00; | caliners and choppers, $6,006/9.00. CHICAGO. Aug. 12.—Hogs—Receipts. 34.000; market firm: butchers, $19,356/20.10; light. $19.60*/20.15; packing. $18.40*7 19.25; rough, $17.75*118.35; bulk of sales. $18.600 20.10; pigs, good and choice, $18,006/ 18.50. Cattle—Receipts. 17.000. steady to strong; no choice cattle here; calves steady. Sheep—Receipts, 15,090, strong to 25c higher; top western lambs, gaining most; Idaho lambs. $18.50; net price Montana wethers, $14.60. MARKETS! V / ATI.ANTA. Ga., Aug. 12.—Cotton by wagon, steady, 31.90 c. SALT ’ Sait—Brick, medicated, per case. $7.50: do. ! plain, per crate, $4.50; White Rock, per cwt., : $1.50; Jack Frost. 25 3 lb. packages, $1.25: ’ Ozone, case. 25 2-Ib. packages. $1.00; block*. ! '.O pounds. 60c. , CRACKERS Florida soda crackers, 17c per pound; Pearl I oyster crackers, 17c per pound; lenion rounds, i 18c iter pound; cart wheels. 18c per pound; ell 10c package crackers, 90c per dozen; all 20c packages, $1.75 per dozen; family tin crispelles, e8.2.7 per dozen. FISH I’ogapano. scr.rce, per pound, 25c; Spanish mackerel, per pound, 17c: trout, drawn, per pound, 18c; headless rea snapper, pound. 19c; bluefish, pound, 15c; whiting, per pound. 12%c; mango snapper, per pound. 12%c; mullet, per pound, 11c: small channel cat aud perch, per pound. 10c. CEREALS Purity oats, 18s, round. $2.00; 30s. round. $3.90; 12 family /ize. $3.10: Purity grits. 245. ‘ round. $2.75: 10s, ruond. $2.90: regular Pos ; turn.,large, $2.25; assorted. $2.50: small, $2.70; instant Postum, large. $4.50; assorted, $5.00: ! small, $5.40; Grape-Nuts. 15c size, $2.85; indi vidual size. $2.00, Pest Toasties. $4.10; indi vidual size. $2.00. CANDIES Kennesaw /tick eandy, in barrels. 20c per pound: small chocolate drops in 30-po;ind pails, i 24c per pound; Stone .Mountain chocolate drops , in 30-po’:u’J palls, 23c per pound; Bonbon mix-I ■ tnre in 30-pound pails, 22e per pound; Fulton , (mixture in 35-ponnd cases, lie per pound; i (■loneytomb taffy in 20-pound cases, 24%c per: i pounii; broken taffy in boxes, 21c per pouud; ‘ i bonanza assortments. $11.25 ench. MEAT, LARD AND HAHS ; Dry salt extra ribs, 27c; dry salt rib bellies, i medium to average, 28c; dry salt rib bellies, ' light, average, 28c; Cudahy’s Puritan brand hams, 32c; Cudahy’s Rex hams. 31c; Cudahy’s : sandwich boiled hams. 42c; Cudahy’s Puritan ■ lard, tierce basis, 29c; Cudahy’s Rex iard, 27%c; Cudahy's White Ribbon conipouid. 23%c : per pound C/rnfield hams. 10 121 pound average, 33c; | Cornfie'd hams, 12-14 pound average. 33c; Corn feld skinned hams, 16-19 ;x>uud average, 35c; j ' Cornfield picnic hums, tt-8-pound average. 25c; [Cornfield 1 renkfast bacon, 48c; Cornfield sliced I bacon, 1-pound boxes, 12 to case. 55c; Grocers’ ' baeon, wide or narrow. 38c; Cornfield pork sau- i I sage, link or bulk, 22c; Cornfield wieners, in 1 lu pound <ar'.ons. 21c; Cornfield bologna sau sage, in 25-lb. boxes, 20c: Cornfield smoke link 1 sausage, in 25-Jb. boxes, 19c; Cornfield weiners. 'in 12-lb. kits, pickle. 2.88; Cornfield lard, I tierce basis. 28c; compound iard. tierce basis, GROCERIES Flour- Capitola. $12.70; Olympia, $13.00. Meal —Atlanta Milling woipany p.ain meal. 96 pounds. $2.02; 48 pounds, $2.u4; 24 to 12 pounds. $2.07. Mackerel—U-Kno-It, 5%-6-ouuee. R<o count, (out; loader. 7-ounce, 100 count, out; Anchor, I B%ounce, 60 count, $7.25; 75 count. $8.50; Crown, 9%-10-ounce. 60 count. $7.50; 75 count, i ' »9.00; Eureka. 13-14-o’.:nce. 60 count. SIO.OO. , B. & M. fish flakes. 24. small. $1.45; 24, large. $2.25. ; Sardines--Key, % oils. Continentals. $7.50; | keyless, % oils. Conqueror. $7.00; key, % oils. ( In cartons, Homerun, $8.00; key. % mustards, imperial, none; key. % mustards in cartons, 1 Gamecock, none. Meats—Potted meats. 47%c; roast beef, $5.25; IHIRIV 6WIINS IN W Dffi' MIES Atlanta, Macon and Savannah Represented in Sunday’s and Monday's Lists WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.—Three army : casualty lists, totaling 305 names, were ' announced by the war department today. This brings the total thus far re i ported from the Franco-American Marne • drive to 5,019. Sunday’s army list contained 34 7 J names, including 13 Georgians. Sunday's marine list contained 87 ; naiue.B. including Lieutenant Luther F. i Haley, of Atlanta, and one other Geor i gian. ‘ The army casualty list issued today. i tn three sections, shows: Killed in action, 57; died of wounds, i 10; died of disease. 2: died of accident ! anil other causes, 4; wounded severely, I 67; wounded, degree undetermined, 158; missing in action, 7: total. 305. The list includes the following men ■ from southern states: i Section one: Wounded, Degree Undetermined Dieutenaut William G- Cann, Savan nah, Ga. Sergeants Charles Gilbert, Saltville. Va.; William O. Williams, Lyons, Ga.; Band Sergeant Joseph M. Laird, Bir mingham, Ala. _ Corporals John H. Boatfield, Dahlon ega Ga.; Ivy Courtney Walker La.; Chester E. Hensley Marion N. C. Privates Dob Benning, Manchester, Ga.; Henry W. Dickerson, 8.. F. D„ Cul loden, Ga.; Tommie -Dunlavey, 267 Orange street, Macon, Ga.; Robert H. Dykes, B. F. D., Eastman, Ga.; Louis Fontenot. Chataignier, La.: George E. Gallops, Box Springs, Ga.; Will Glass, 5 Randolph stroet, Macon, Ga.; Charles IH. Holland, Ilaunsaville. Miss.; Virgil Johnson, Norwood, Ga.; Sidney N. King, Bethune, S. C.: Joe E. Wattans, B. F. D., Jackson. Ga. Section two: Wounded Severely Sergeants Edward C. Smith, 531 Or ange street, Mason. Ga.; Vernon Wilson, Holladay, Tenn. Privates Albert M. Friedman, 121 West Eleventh trreet. Norfolk. Va.;Leon D. Payne, Tabscott, A’a. Wounded. Degree Undetermined Sergeant Lawrence Phillips, R. F. D., Oneida, Tenn. Corporal Thomas W. Ivie, Alto, Ga. Privates Jessie Stanford, Eunice, La.; Homer Stout, Key, Ark. Section 3: Killed in Action Sergeant Bernard F. Green, Bradley, Georgia.. Privates Thomas H. Blissitt, Juliette, Ga; William G. Bridges. Magness, Ark.; Jess G. Ford, Bumphus Mills, Tenn.; Thomas R. Frith, Nashville. Tenn.. WiDiam G. Morris, “ort Lauderdale, Fla.; David W. Powers, 519 North Sev- I enth street, Richmond, Va. Wounded, Degree Undetermined Private George W. Richardson, 104 Enterprise street, Macon, Ga. The war department announced today | that the address of Lieutent Francit . W. Gardner, reported in Saturday's cas ' ualty list as wounded, degree unde | termined, should • have been Belden, | Miss., instead of BelcTen, Mass. Thirteen Georgians in Army Casualty List on Sunday WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. —The army casualty list, isued Sunday in four sec tions, shows: Killed in action, 51. Died of wounds, 16. Died of accident and other causes, 4. Wounded severely. 76. Wounded, degree undetermined, 65. Wounded sightly, 2. Missing in action, 28. Total, 345. Men from southern states in the four army casualty lists Sunday are: Section 1: Killed in Action Lieutenants Franklin A. Harwood, Richmond. Va.: Frank Leslie Young. : Florence, Ala. Privates Denis Estes, Yellville. Ark.; ' Charles C. Hall. Red Springs, N. C.; • Burwell C. Jackson. Kinston. N. C.: Ed gar B. Lea. Princeton. Ark.; James G. Mason, Dublin, Ga.; Maynard R. Simp son, Lovingston, Va.: George E. West, Oliver Springs. Tenn. Died of Wounds Corporal Alexander Loyd, Elisha. Ala. Wounded Severely Corporals Walter B. Binford, Jr., Grif fin, Ga.; Robert G. Lumsden, Santee, Ga.’; John D. I’ngerecht. Henning. Tenn.; Privates Julian G. Cox, Milledgeville, Ga.; Fred Edwards, Andersonville, Ga.; Deon O. Hunter, Pitts, Ga. Section 2: Killed in Action Sergeants John A. Bobo, Bonanza, Ark.; Paul B. Minter, Monticella, Ga. Corporal Carse M. Qasey, Slocomb, Ala. Mechanic Garnet F. Lee, Evington. va. Privates John G. Brewster, Meridian, Miss.: James Cascio. Lake Charles, La.; Robert E. Lee. Ensley., Ala.: Emmett I>. Martin, Barnesville, Ga. Wounded, Degrea Undetermined Corporal Mariett L. Whitt, Stocksville, North Carolina. Missing in Action Private Walbur Daigle, Patterson, Louisiana. Section 3: Killed in Action Corporals Homer G. Raborn, Gaines ville, Fla.: Lawrence E. Thompson, Thurman, N. C. Privates Floyd N. Girton. Waldron, Ark.: Edgar W. Hall. Chapman, Ala.; ! Clayton Hammonds. Gate City, Va.; ; Clarence Waters, Arcadia, Tex. Died of Wounds Corporal Dan Broughton, Hurricane, ! Alabama. i Private Joe Hodge, Phoenix. Ala. ■Wounded Severely Sergeants Sam McDonald. Dadeville, Ala.; Nathaniel A. Powers, Jr., Dorane, Georgia. Private James A. Bruce, Randleman, N. C.; Robert D. Stallings, Barnesville, Georgia. Wounded, Degree Undetermined Privates George S. Gornto, Macon, Ga.; Howell H. Jones, Dublin, Ga. i Section 4: « Died of Wounds , Sergeant Fred Rogers, Ensley, Ala. Wounded Severely i Privates Byron H. Allen, Route 1. ' Crichton, Ala.; Willie R. Dunnavant, Green Bay, Va.; John ( W. Thomas. Janesville. Va. Wounded. Degree Undetermined Corporals Will R. Martin, Tulsa, Okla.; Willie S. Passmore. Houston, I Texas. Mechanic George M. BeP., Arkadel phia, Ark. Privates Buford C. Cook, Magnolia, Miss.; Edward G. Denton, f'harlotte, N. ! C.; Albert L. Gteer. Barren, La.; Joseph R. Kilroy, Centerville, Miss.; Overton I. Nowell, B. F. D. 2, Macon, Ga.; Wal ter 8. Preddv, Trenton, Tex. rorned beef. $5.25; tripe. $3.30; C. B. hash. $1.55; hamberger, steak and unions, $1.55; ven! loaf, $2.40. Coffee—Blue Ridge brand, roasted. 15c; Wall ora nd. sfes%c; AAAA, 15c; Uno, 25c. ]{j ce —.laps, s*i6e; Honduras, medium head, j 3%644%-c; Arkansas fancy head, 6*/6%c. Beans —California blaekeyes, $10.50; pink. I $9.50; limns. $14.50; small whites, $14.00; : Michigan choice. $16.00. i ■ (Continued irom East Issue) I STOOD at the curb like an old woman from the country on her first visit to the city, and I would not venture across until some knowing policeman, recognized my condition, | came to my assistance and convoyed ' me across. • i Indeed, there is a great number of English officers at home at all times “getting back their nerves” after a long spell of active service at the front, so that mv condition was anything but novel to the London bobbies. It was not many days, however, be fore I regained control of myself and felt in first-class shape. Seuda a Cable to Mother Although the British authorities in Holland had wired my mother from i Holland that I was safe and on my ; way to England, the first thing I did when we landed was to send her a cable myself. The cable read as follows: “Mrs. M. J. O'Brien, Momence. 111., U. S. A.: “Just escaped from Germany. Let ter follows: As I delivered it to the cable dis patcher 1 could just imagine the ex ultation with which my mother would receive it and the pride she would feel as she exhibited it among her neigh bors and friends. I could hear the volley of “I told you so's” that greeted her good tid- | ings. “It would take more than the kaiser to keep Pat in Germany,” I could hear one of them saying. “Knew he'd be back for Christmas anyway,” I could hear another remark. “I had an idea that Pat and his comrades might spend Christmas in Berlin,” I could hear another admit ting, “but I didn't think any other part of Germany would appeal to him very much.” “Mrs. O’Brien, did Pat write you how many German prisoners he brought back home with him?” I could hear still anotherXredulous friend inquiring. It was all very amusing and grati fying to me and I must confess I felt quite cocky as I walked into the war department to report. For the next five days 1 was kept : very busy answering questions put to : ,me by the military authorities regard ing what I had observed as to con ditions in Germany and behind the lines. Official Report What I reported was taken down by a stenographer and made part of the official records, but I did not give them my story in narrative form. The in- i formation I was able to give branches' of the service, and experts in every | line of government work took it in 1 turns to question me. One morning would be devoted, for instance, to answering questions of aj military nature —German methods bs- i hind the front line trenches, tactics. ' morale of troops and similar matters j Then the aviation experts would take « : whack at me and discuss with me all ; I had, observed of German flying corps | methods and equipment. Then again the food experts would | interrogate me as to what I had learn-: £d of food conditions in Germany, Lux embourg and Belgium, and* as I had lived pretty close to the ground for the best part of seventy-two days I was able to give them some fa'rly accurate I reports as to the actual agricultural conditions, many of the things I told I them probably having more significance to them than they had to me. There were many things I had ob- ! served which I have not referred to in these pages because their value to us: might be diminished if the Germans knew we were aware of them, but they were all reported to the authorities, and it was very gratifying to me to hear that the experts considered some of them of the greatest value. One of the most amusing incidents of my return occurred when I. called at my bankers in London to get my personal effects. The practice in the royal flying corps when a pilot is reported missing is to] have two of his comrades assigned to | go through his belongings, check them | over, destroy anything that it might not be to his interest to preserve and send the whole business to his banker or his home, as the case may be. Every setter Read Every letter is read through, but their ’ contents is never afterward discussed or revealed in any way. If the pilot is finally reported dea l his effects are forwarded to his next I of kin, but while he is officially only “misslag” or Is known to be a prisoner of war they are kept either at the squadron headquarters or sent to his hankers. In my case, as soon as it was learn- | ed that I had fallen from the sky, it was assumed that I had been killed and . my chum, Paul Raney, and another of- Classi^led WANTED HEEP—Maia. unnecessary. Travel, make secret investigations, reports Salaries, expenses American Foreign Detec tive Agency. 322, St. Louis. WANTED HELP —Male and Fenftue. UU* ivii.xji hiSii wants lielp. -Men-'wouien. IS or over. War pr« parations compelling thousands appointments. SICO mouth. Easy cler ical work. Short hours. Vacations with pay. Common eduent'ou suflicient. Write immedi atelv for list and des< rij-tion of positions. Franklin institute, i»ept. T-104. Rochester. N. Y. WANTED —Agents. anti buggy tv sen maps, will guarantee $5 per day and chance to make S2O per week extra. If yon are ready to begin work send names of two business im a as reference. Address Huse, 916 Austell U*lfr.» Atlanta. Ga. I.V;SXTS —$50 weekly and your fall suit fro" Sell < '.-.meus popular priced made to meas ure suits. E:- - f eady income guaranteed. Com plete outfits tree. quick. The Common wealth Tailors. Dept, i:—• 8. Wells st.. Chi tago. WANTED —Salesmen. WAN rill' -The re’ cent draft has taken more of oar salesmen from well-worked territories. Write for particu lars if exempt from draft. Applications from i women are also requested. McConnon & Com pany. Dept. 72. Winona. Minn. PERSONAL. ov.- como by plea-ant not. Gladly <end neeessar particulars. N. N. Stokes, Mohawk. Fla. Auto Tires 1 IKES—!Ford'sS?s<>^~T-’ , * r Ser sizes equally lo’.'. Lowest tul>e prices. Booklet free. Economy Tire Co., Kansas City. Mo. TREES yrluL friat trees, pecan trees, ornamental tree light work; goml profit. Write today. Smith Bret tiers. Dept. 20. Concord. Ga. _ FAUNXS. IDEA‘S W\NTED- -They bring wealth if ;rt • nted Semi postal for needed inventions, li’t of patent biiyvr- and guide l«ok: tells hovv to secure patent through out credit plan. Ran dolph Co.. De-q. CO. Washington. D. C. M Vr* AE Yfb W*its*nß.C*leiimn,Wwe» PATENTS *1 A S Patent your Invention —I’ll helpmarfc-t it. Send f or 4 Free Books with list of Patent Buyers, hun dreds of Ideas Wanted, etc. Patents Advertised Free. Advice Free. Trade marks reststered. Richard B. Owon, Patent Lawyer, 66 Owen Bldg., Wash., D. C ficer were detailed to check over my effects. The list they made and to which they affixed their signatures, as I have previously mentioned, is now in mv possession and is one of the most treasured souvenirs of my ad venture. My trunk was sent to Cox & Cc. In < due course, and now that I was in Lon don I thought I would go and claim it. When I arrived in tne bacX 1 ap- | plied at the proper window for my mail and trunk. “Who are you?” I was asked, rather sharply. “Well, I guess no one has any great er right to Pat O'Brien’s effects than t I have," I replied, “and I would be obliged to you if you would look them , up for me.” Demands Proof He Is Dead “That may be all right, my friend.' j replied the clerk, “but according to our records Lieutenant O'Brien is a pris- I oner of war in Germany, and we can't ; very well turn over his effects to any , one else unless either you present proof that he is dead and that you are his ; lawful representative, or else deliver to * us a properly authenticated order from • him to give them to you.” was very positive about it all | but quite polite, and 1 thought I would | kid him no more. “Well.” 1 said, “I can't very well pre sent proofs to you that Pat O'Brien is dead, but I will do the best I can to prove to you that he is alive, and if you haven’t quite forgotten his signa ture I guess I can write you an order » that will answer to your requirements an d enable you to give me Pat Q’Brien’s belongings without running any risks,” and I scribbled my signature on a pieoe of paper and handed it to him. He looked at me carefully through the latticed window, then jumped down from his high chair and came outside to clasp me’ by the hand. “Good heavens, Lef’tenant!” he ex claimed, as he pumped my hand up and down, “how did you ever get axvay?" and I had to sit right down and tell him and half a dozen other people in the bank all about my experiences. I had been in England about five i days when 1 received a\telegram which, at first, occasioned Vie almost as I much concern as the unexpected sight of a German spiked helmet had caused I me in Belgium. It read as follows: Lieutenant P. A. O'Brien. Royal Flying : Corps, Regent’s Palace Lon- ■ don The King is very glad to hear of your escape from Germany. If you are to t be in London on Friday next. December ’ 7, His Majesty will receive you at Buckingham PalaZe at 10:30 a, m. Please acknowledge. CROMER. Os course, there was only one thing to do and that was to obey orders. I was an officer in the army and the King was my commander-in-chief. J had to go. and so I sat down and sent off the following answer: Earl Cromer, Buckingham Palace, Lon . don. I will attend Buckingham Palace as directed. Friday December 7, at 10:30 LIEUTENANT PAT O’BRIEN. In the interval that elapsed, I must confess, the ordeal of calling on the King of England looked up more dread ' fully every day, and I really believe would rather have spent another day in that empty house in lhe big city in Belgium , or, say. two more days at, Courtrai. than go through what I be lieved to be in store for me. Orders were orders, however, and there was no way of getting out of it. As it turned out, it wasn't half as bad as I had feared —on the contrary, it was one of the most agreeable expe riences of my life. (Continued Next Issue) Georgia Negroes Use Their Razors *m Close Fighting With Huns | THOMASVILLE. Ga.,, Aug. 10.— ■ Thomasville has a large number of darkies now with the armies in France and one and all they seem to be highly j pleased with the country “over there." ' A letter just received from one of them |by his former employer here says: ' “This nere ’somewhere in France’ is sho' er pretty place an’ it all looks ; mighty good to me. but I wish you was here to help me know this here French I talk and what those people is sayin’.” Soms of the white men write back of wliat fine soldiers the negoeo fromß the south are making, but it is with the bayonet that they fight best; they do not seem to care much for shooting. Many |of them have their razors along and know all about how to use them in a I hand-to-hand fight, that sort of warfare making them fee] at home. MEDICAL CAKCBIR j It’s successful treatment without use of the knife. - Hundreds ox satisfied patients testify to this mild method. Write for free book. Tells how to care for patients suffering from cancer. Address UR. W. O. BYL - k/iiMS City, Mo> LES SORES «■ bj ANT!“PLAfvI IVt A—* tnothinf Poaitie*. Draws out po.soca, Ji’ops itchin< around sores and het!i wb e you w- rk. Write today devribinc F ?!i E s * mple - Bayles Dictriluting Co., . Grand Avs., Kansas City, Me. TODACI •• -r -nuff habit • ;’teti cr no pay. SI.OO H cured. Remedy sent oa trial. Superba U< . TL, Bait nore,'.Mit. j ArjitT'Q ’A l.' U irregular or deiayeil, jvv *—L/aLLD Tr v.mpb always <ffpen't cblc. No/ sold nt drug stores. ••Relief” an I r srti<nilrr- free. A/Vres* NATIONAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE MILWAUKEE. WIS. OnVk'St ' '-s awellta* and short .,- ’’i r Leaad ot rts •xi ’ il for drci;*y. , “ Iry It Trlsl t- xtment setft r*£E. by mail. . JL-4 Write v. 2R. THOMAS E. CREEN WLA-L’ Bank P!da.. Sex »• , CHATSWORTH CA. Short breathing relieved— zx vlh o-e'ilng, water and uric acid xemored in a few days— tg liver, kidneys * and ! "art. Cures Dmrry Ayr* rcr Fres Tres’ir.ent wri’.t vid® »T ••J r-S*’ COLLUM DROPSY REM. M CO.. Dent- Atlanta. Ga. nil | Be any form write for a K ITIEE srmple of rage’s Pile Tablet* and 8x you will Lies- the day that you read tiiir. Write tc«iay. E. B. Pase. Scl-A U_in St.. Marshall. Mich. is x " e r; y/•o«»age nnd send free s , Si ‘ ’ P3e-’nd FictulaCurt U -yes vJf 87*1 CC ' '32’::.r.'x..p3lis,W!OS. VARICOSE VEINS » lare promptly relieved with i-—->cmivc home treatment. It reduce, tho pain and swelling—overcomes tiredness. For partir"ilars vviite VI. i'. YOUNG, I’. D. i'., 261 Temple St, Spring? eid. ’bus.

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, August 13, 1918, Page 6, Image 6