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tailor Saved From Long Jail
Term by Sinking Two Subs
■tannic Evans, sailor, from the
Bal air station at Pensacola. Fla..
Bree
owes his freedom to the sinking
B*o German subs in the Atlantic
■ty months ago. Although the übs
nothing to do with Evans benur
■ted up. G. J. Phillips, a painter
navy yard, has a heart for
■ors since U. S. :ia\.«l g i’.r.< ; - sat <
■ subs as they tried to •get" th<
on which he was a passen-
A story he told County Solicitor
■l. Mackey gained Evans his tree-
was locked tip by the police
charge of assault lodc.-J ag.nns
by Mrs. M- Harris, who alleged
Evans attacked her on East G.u-
Street after he had volunteered
her in finding a room for her
in for the night. Phillips’
so discredited Mrs. Harn.*'
■he ej es of the law that Evans is
tree
overheard a conversation
■rhum C.iptat’' 1 ' ■
BFUL PRIVITIMS
Ind am of
Austrians in boot
bM. C. A. Man Telis of Last
wive of Italians in Final
Big Battie of War That
■liminated Dual '.•’onaicvy
- -
between Monte Grappa and ill*.
in Italy, b.and>n_- out e.gar-
chocolate, spirit lamps, gince--
And other comforts to the
troops, and with an equal
of men performing similar
■ ZFin the rear, the T. M. C. A.
on its work throughout the
ter.-da; l>attie tn which the
army put entirely hors de
the entire military power ot
■it the Italian troops advanced.
■~Y. M. C. A. workers advanced
■b them, and were able to wit-
the unique spectacle of the de
■tof the entire Austrian army, the
of Italy's invaded dis-
Ha and restoration to Italy of
and Trente.
■Fan interview. Dr. John S. Nol-
Euro; can director of the V. M.
Ha., who was at the head of his
at the Italian front when
began and who remained
them to the last, thus told his
and memories of the
■tone battle.
is not easy to give even an
Hb.--x mate idea or what we saw
H. s and miles of roads, jammed
■Ke limit with arms, munitions.
army wagons, dead
horses running away, cases
food and supplies of
broken open, and the con
overflowing the roadways,
the midst of all this ccnft:-
■i Austrian soldiers with suffer
faces, ragged clothing and wan
■p*, searching eyes were loosing
to eat. Many of the
■f horses along the roads had
killed by Austrians for food.
■ke difficulties of getting forward
■sh this endless slaughterhouse
Kilncredible.
■■• arrived finally at Trente in
■ aar'.y hours of the morn.ng win n
still dark and coid. There
grouped about on the ground
clusters of men trying to warm
by flickering fires. Oth
drunk, rambled and stumbled
in the obscurity. Still others ,
in little clusters. Filth and de- ;
matter were everywhere. '
■ied up in piles—and above it all,
■ * symbol, there was dimly seen
dawn, dominating everything.
statue of Dante, with its
J toward the moth-
B JAP DOCTOR murderer
an argument over the af
of a girl hospital nurse. Dr.
slew Dr George B Wolf,
in a JB. ltim.ore hospital.
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vation Army, is said to have told how
the Harris woman had been jailed and
her two children taken from her cus
tody because of symptoms of insan
ity shown by her in Montgomery.
This woman jumped from a second
story window in the jail, in which
escajiade she broke a limb. Confine
ment to a Salvation Army home fol
lowed. Phillips learned from Captain
Bergren. He also learned that the
woman had been arrestod for dis
turbing the peace as a “holy roller”
preacher.
This story told to Solicitor Mackey
by Phillips resulted in Evans being
given his freedom. The same story
told to Captain F. M. Bennett at the
naval air station, assures Evans that
he will be in good standing there.
Phillips said his sub experience made
him strong for the navy men. Evans
says lie is strong for Phillips now.
All because two subs were sunk in
the Atlantic by American naval gun
ners on a transport carrying Phillips
to France, tor civilian work with
Uncle Sam's army, two years ago.
WONOMLDEEBS j.
OF 020 DIMON
Fi TDLD 0Y MONTAGUE
t jCaptain, in Letter Home,
il; Describes Drive in St. Mi
t i hiel Sector and Other Gal
v I lant Actions
“No American unit had harder
fighting or endured more hardahipa
than the Eighty-second division. The
work they did was marvelous. Re
member, this was in the Argonne for
est. where, at the beginning, the
Trench troops who were being re
lieved took the aggrieved atti
tude of being forced out of their
nicely-prepared winter quarters to
let the Americans try a hopeless
task. For they argued that they had
been there for over three years, and
that they knew you couldn’t drive
the enemy out of those forests.
“But our boys made it in the face
of almost insurmuoniaoxe obstacles.
They <Ld such things as march hall
the night and lie on the cold, wet
grouna the other half until dawn;
vhen wade the Alsne nver, from waist
to neck deep, in the face of the enemy
machine gun fixe, and take ridges that
were hard for me to climb when
there were none but dead men on
them, while at the time of their tak
ing they were literally covered with
machine guns and gunners.
“on the top of all that, the enemy
deliberately left whole batteries of
heavy and light artillery to remain
and tire to the last, often with direct
fire. 1 have seen just such battery
after battery, often on the top of a
high ridge where it was out of the
question to think of moving them
back or withdrawing them, but where
they overlooked miles of low country
around.”
Letter Tells of Deeds
These paragraphs from a letter writ
ten home by Captain Allen Fairfax
Montague, of the Three Hundred and
Nineteenth field artillery, are a liv
ing page from the history of the
Eighty-second division which trained
at Camp Gordon. It shows that the
Eighty-second did the impossible;
that it swept the Huns from posi
tions thought impregnable by vet
eran French troops; that these boys,
who were walking the streets of At
lanta less than a year ago, did as
great fighting as any troops in Eu
rope.
The Eighty-second was officered
largely by Georgia men, all of whom
are well known in Atlanta, and in
cluded >n its ranks thousands of
troops from Georgia and other south
ern states. Because of this fact and
because of its training at Camp Gor
don, the Eighty-second division is
peculiarly near and dear to Atlanta.
Captain Montague, who is twenty
nine years old, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. E. Montague, whose home is
at the Georgian Terrace. Mr. Mon
tague is one of the officials of the
Southern Ball Telephone company,
and Captain Montague was himself
connected with the telephone compa
ny before he entered the first offi
cers’ training camp. After being
commissioned he was assigned to the
artillery brigade at Camp Gordon.
Before entering business. Captain
Montague was a student at Georgia
Tech, and in the field of athletics
became known as one of the best
baseball catchers Tech has ever had.
Mr. and Mrs. Montague have two
other sons in France—Lieutenant
Edgar B. Montague, with the Three
Hundred and Twenty-first artillery.
Eighty-second division, and Lieuten
ant John Tyler Montague, who is
with the Twenty-sixth division.
“But the unfortunate part," cou
tmuei Captain Montague, “is that
after the hne work of the line officers
end men, the Eighty-second was re-
Leved and lost its general. General
Burr ham, by transfer, at the time
when it had just about finished
Frits. The new general—General
Duncan —naturally couldn't under
stand just what those boys had done
ana the relieving division—the
Eightieth—Virginia boys, by the
way—had merely to march tl.eix
heads off to keep up with the retreat
ing Boche. So, the Eighty-second
probably will never get full credit
for its work.”
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FOR CONFEDERATE
| REUNIONJN MAY
j Quartermaster - in - C h i e f
George W. Bowling and
Others Favor Memphis as
Convention City
May will be made a gala month it*
M> mphis if the plans now isciug lor-
Gated by George W. Bowling, quar
termaster-in-chief of the United Sons
•i Confederate Veterans, are carried
\>ut.
In connection with the reunion of
.Confederate Veterans, which now
seems assured for Memphis, therfe
will be held a reunion of the young
er Memphis veterans who won im
-/erishable glory at Chateau-Thierry.
iclleau wood and St. Mihiel. Thus
- ill the boys in khaki take their
;>’.a< es alongside their grandsires of
.;e "thin gray line.”
It is also proposed that the Mem
phis centennial celebration be held
.n conjunction with the meeting of
he veterans. Judge .lames H. Ma
ne •’’nd Judge J. P. Toting, authori
ties on Memphis history, say that
May will be an admirable time to
stage the celebration.
At the last Confederate reunion In
Tulsa. Okla., it was decided that the
sixteen state and department com
nanders should choose the next meet
ag place of the veterans.
The veterans were invited to Mein
•his by the city government, the City
.dub and the chamber of commerce.
ELECTIONS TO ASSEMBLY
TO BE HELD JANUARY 1»
The congress of soldiers and work
men** councils has decided that elec
, -ions to the national assembly shall
I Im? held January 19 in Berlin Thoke
I opposed to tlie summoning of a na
tional c—- mibly polled only forty
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOUHNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, Ifllß.
289,108,070 Ten-Dollar
Bills in Circulation
There are 21,000 SI,OOO bills in
circulation, according to a state
ment of the comptroller of the
currency in Washington. There
arc 88,000 SSOO bills floating
around and 34,116,500 bank notes
of SIOO denomination. But the
good old $lO note is the most pop
ular, for there are 289,108,070 of (
them in circulation.
Million Tons of
German Shipping to
Supply France Food
PARIS. Friday. Dec. 20.—Herbert i
C. Hoover. American food adminis
trator, will soon come into posses
sion of a million tons of German
shipping, which will be employed
in revietualling devastated portions
of France, Serbia. Belgium and Ru*
mania, now destitute of food. These
ships were wrung from the Ger
mans bv the armistice commission
ers, without pledging that Germany
wouict De supplied with toon.
Americus Boy Spent
180 Days in Trenches
AMERICUS. Ga.. Dec. 21.—One
hundred and eighty days spent i:.
the front line trenches out of 2ii
days in France Is the record attaineu
bv Claude Callaway, a fighting Amer
icus boy, who went through the great ;
war as a member of the famous ,
Rainbow division and escaped being '
wounded. His record, it is believed,
is unmatched by that of any other 1
soldier in France. In a letter to his j
sister, Miss Mabel Callaway, of Amer
icus. Private Callaway says: “We
were at the front until the fighting
stopped, and had been in the front
line 180 days out of 274 days in
France. The rest of the time was
Hpent in moving from one front to
another.”
Killed by Explosion
Os Gasoline Tank
GRIFFIN, Ga., Dec. 21.—J. J.
Shelnutt, thirty years old. was kill
ed at a garage here Thursday when
a gasoline tank exploded In the
room where he was at work. The
cause of the explosion is unknown.
When other workmen in the build
ing were attracted by the noise, the
whole side of the room was a mass
of flames and when the man was
rescued, practically all of his cloth
ing had been burned from his
body. He was carried to the city
hospital where he died at 6 o’clock
last night. .
Mr. Shelnutt was one of tne most
popular automobile mechanics in
Griffin. Surviving are his mother,
Mrs. Fannie Shellnut; three broth
ers and two sisters.
Girl Nurse of Army
Naturalized at Macon
An army nurse, Florence Elizabeth
Walker, and seventy’-nine soldier boys
from Camp Wheeler, representing
fourteen nationalities, became citi
zens of the United States in Macon
at the federal court.
Boston Oil Mill
Sold; May Re-Open
The property of the G. M. Cochran
Oil Mill at Boston was bid in at tha
recent sale by the Southern Banking
and Trust company of Valdosta for
$30,000. It is said that parties from
Fort Valley ijiay arrange to take
over the oil mill property at Boston
and open it up again.
Bank Bandit Only Asks
For $500; Given $l,lOO
Answering the demand of ati
armed, well-dressed bandit for SSOO,
J. B. Tutnill cashier of the Sarato
ga. Cal., bank, swept $1,106 of the
bank's funds into the stranger’s
hands. The latter, after forcing Tut
tiill and Miss Fay F. McLaren, a
clerk, into a vault, disappeared in an
automobile.
Receivers of Waycross
Bank Pay Dividends
WAYCROSS, Ga.. Dec. 21.—The
following notice has been issued by*
the receivers for the Citizens bank,
which closed Its doors here last
summer. “The receivers of the
Citizens bank are issuing check for
a25 per cent dividend. Checks will
be mailed on Friday, December 20th
to all whose deposits amount to $4
or more. whose addresses are
known. Those not receiving checks
by Monday morning will please call
upon the receivers." This is the
first dividend to be paid by the re
ceivers of this bank, but it comes
at a time when almost every one
can use a l!t*U change to a good
advantage.
Treasury Announces War Saving Stamp
Plan for 1919 With This Year’s Plan Followed
The program for sale of War Savings Stamps in 1919, an
nounced by the United States treasury is almost identical with
that followed this year as relating to cost of the stamps in various
months. In January the stamps worth |5 face value will be sold
for $4.12 and will increase 1 cent a month until next December.
They will not mature until January 1, 1924, or one year later than
the stamps now on sale.
The stamps costing 25 cents each will be sold throughout the
year. They will be identical in design and size with the present
Thrift Stamps, but will be blue instead of green.
New cards on which War Savings Stamps are to be attached
will be issued and 1919 stamps should not be attached to old cards.
If a War Savings Certificate has been only partially filled with this
year's War Savings Stamps, it will be entirely valid and may be
redeemed eventually at the maturity value of the stamps it bears.
The new stamps will go on sale January 1.
“ so™, Ab»«>3o OOO&jfe
Pancho Villa, Mexico’s premier f>OW UlSChargeCl DcUlyi
bandit, is on the war path again “ * '
-*“,*•*•Yank Prisoners Freed
Chinas peace delegation on the tftvuraphi
wav to Versailles, coming via the (BY , L A, S ?.
United States. WASHINGTON, Dec; 21.—With a
total of 188,562 men discharged irom
Women of France demand equal the army during the week ending
suffrage. December 14, General March announc-
ed today the war department has
New York-Chicago airplane mail about reached the average of thiity
route is in successful operation, thousand discharges daily for which
New York-Atlanta may be the next the demobilization plans call. On a
air mail unit. seven-day basis the average for that
—— week was 27,000 men per day, but in
Because she told a lie to her many cases demobilization officials
teacher. Miss Dominions Arias a. not operate on Sunday.
Miipino girl student at Columbia
university, committed suicide. EITD TO MEN WAITERS
. - • ... (New York World.)
Boston. Mass., stays in the wet Thc h^tel waiters wh o went on 1
S 2. ,U Ti n i« < » The vote: -0,390, Slrike the other day only anticipated
no, inevitable. The war labor board
Oklahoma court judge having listed their as
decides state not -bone-dry 1 and non-essential thw<ould soon er o
lidiinr mav he imoorted from out- later have been released tor \va.
, tPl p y ** lm P° rted rrom out work. They caused a lot of inconven-
ence for managers and guests, but
Spanish influenza killed 2,000 Na- that can hardly be a substantial sat
vajo Indians in the Apache county, isfaction to waiters beyond the. ac-
Arizona reservation. tive years of labor who find their
■I - jobs taken, perhaps permanently, by
American mills received 2,664,660 waitresses.
tons of cottonseed between August The action of the waiters merely
1 and December 1. accelerated a feminine encroachment
- in their vocation which was already
Government has started survey to W ell under way due to the war’s de
nrevent static electricity ignition mands on man power. Now the hotels
in cotton mills. are advertising for women cooks as
Henry Dorseh. barber In the r hef’S domain also to be invaded?
deathhonse in Sing Sing prison. N. s 0 j t j g no t apprehended that
Y.. pardoned bv Governor Whitman. woma n' s control of the kitchen will
He was serving twenty years for cause any se rious deterioration of
wife murder. culinary standards in general hotel
Herbert Reeves. who swindled CO jp'"* y restaurants of the case and
widows and orphans out of $250,- nrdir *ind restaurants with
*» with , Me building ..eucla- m’n wf.l
iRTe.- 1 " He"',e)?£- »•le ”„r "ll'e m.ll
months of s six-war sentence probable that the day or the male
months of a six year sentence. waiter has passed. Not only has the
Crazed bv Influenza, an Indian at war altered his status. l»ut ester it
Fort Defiance. Artz., killed his wife is over something more will he re
and four children and then hanged quired of him in productive Indus
himself try than his present Occupation
, gives. ” *
Much of the so-called decorative —— -
chin» on nl.xte -ails, catching dust. Fold a heavy rug for a mat to
world look bett >r and save work if ktand on when ironing; ;t is a g-rcat
‘ Mustery Marriage' Figures
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Married life was short an dtragic
for Frieda Welchman.
And trifling with the affections of
a woman has brought Milo 11. Piper
to trial for murder.
The body of Frieda Welchman
was found, in May. 1917, in a lonely
grave beside a railroad track be
tween Muskegon and Grand Rapids,
in Michigan. Piper admits he knew
her, was intimate with her. He
says it was a mysterious “John
Sheldon" who married her, but his
story seems full of holes to the
prosecution.
Piper has a wife (his wife but a
year when he met the Welchman
girl) and a three-year-old child iu
Muskegon. It was to hide from his
wife his relations with Miss Welch
man that the girl was killed, the
prosecution says.
And the wife of whom riper po
soon tired? “I believe in you, honey.
I do believe in you!" she assured
him, as he wept on her shoulder in
the jail corridor following his ar
raignment.
Piper’s examination was held De
cember 23. The prosecution is con
fident he will be held for trial.
Sheriff Stauffer says forty women
may be called from cities to testify.
The minister at Crown Point, who
performed the marriage ceremony,
will also appear.
Piper met the Welchman girl at
a Chicago tennis club in 1915.
They went to Crown Point, Ind.,
in 1916, where the marriage occur
red, and then started on an automo
bile tour. Piper says “Sheldon”
was boss of a magazine crew of
which he was one.
“He gave the girl to me to live
with as my’ wife after he married
her,” he declares.
He has admitted that he brought
the girl to Michigan in September,
1916, and, in letters written by the
girl to relatives, she indicates that
the man whom she had married was
tiring of her.
After the body of the girl had
been found by section men and
identified. Piper was sought and ar
rested in Hamilton, Ont. He had
been traveling under an alias.
Military Policemen
Help Federal Agents
Make Macon “Dry”
CAMP WHEELER. Macon. Dec. 21.
Military’ policemen are co-operating
with federal agents to make sure no
whisky is sold soldiers here Christ
mas, or any other time, for that mat
ter. Their activities have extended
beyond arrest of proprietors and
agents of “blind pigs" and they are
taking part in crusades against il
licit distilling.
Ship Sinking Story
Declared “Pure Bunk”
BY FRBD S. FERGUSON
PARIS, Dec. 21.—The report that
the American commissioners had de
cided to advocate sinking of the sur
rendered German fleet is “pure bunk,”
a high authority stated todw.
Frieda Welchman, Milo H.
Piper, who is charged with her
murder, after a bigamous mar
riage, and the wife of Piper (in
set), who still believes in her hus
band.
Will Test Right of
Negroes to Ride in
Pullman Cars
Herbert Wilaon, a member of the
Arkansas railroad commission, de
clares that he will tile proceedings
against the Missouri Pacific for
permitting negroes to ride in Pull
man cars with white passengers.
“On train No. 5, which is the St.
Louis-El Paso train,” said Mr. Wil
son. “I saw between Little Rock and
Hoije, nine negro soldiers in a Pull
man which also was nearly full of
white passengers. I am going to
make a test case of the matter. I
think that I am doing right in laying
the issue before Prosecutor Duna
way-
“The law is strict tn the matter
of providing separate coaches for
white and black in this state."
157th Depot Brigade
Returning to Gordon
CAMP GORDON, Ga.. Dec. 21.
The One Hundred and Fifty-sev
enth depot brigade, which left this
cantonment several months ago for
Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala., is
expected to return here Sunday or
Monday. This announcement was
made at headquarters here Sat
day.
Saturday morning 550 men from
overseas, most of whom were ne
groes, arrived here on a special
train and were assigned to barracks
buildings.
More soldiers from overseas,
coming here to be demobilized, are
expected to reach camp Sunday.
Waits Twenty Years
For Missing Husband
Rip Van Winkle left his wife, ac
cording to the story, and went to
sleep in the Catskill mountains for a
period of twenty years, but he re
turned. T. B. Scheider deserted his
wife about twenty years ago and al
though she has waited, Mrs. Ella Lee
Scheider claims, he has never re
turned. She was granted a divorce
in Judge W. D. Ellis’ division of the
superior court Friday.
Judge John T. Pendleton, of the
motion division of the superior court,
Friday ordered W. J. Barber to pay
his wife, Urie Bell Barber, S4O a
month alimony for the support of
herself and minor child. In her pe
tition Mrs. Barber claimed her hus
band was miserly In providing for
his family and frequently struck her
with his fists.
THE TEXAS WONDER
For kidney and bladder troubles, dia
betes, weak and lame back, rheuma
tism and gravel. Sent by mail on re
ceipt of $1.25. Small bottle often
cures. Send for sworn testimonials.
Dr. E. W. Hall. 2926 Olive street, St.
Louis, Mo. Sold by druggists.
(Advt.)
WINS PRIZE ON VEGETABLES
| WAYCROSS, Ga.. Dec. 21.—Mrs. T. |
B. Atwell, home economics agent for i
Ware county, reports that Ware coun
ty was awarded second prize on veg
etables grown from plantings made
since June 30, at the state fair held
in Maccn. This exhibit was furnish
ed by Mrs. Horace M. Bowman, who
lives just five miles west of Way
cross on the Dixie highway. Twenty
three varieties were exhibited and it
was only one short of the winning
exhibit, which it surpassed in qual
ity. The interesting th>ng about this
exhibit is that Mrs. Bowman is a
new-comer to the south, coming di
rect from Chicago and settling on
the farm about two years ago.
Crazed by Influenza
While crazed by an influenza at
tack. Charles J. Roush, in Evansville.
Ind., shot and killed Mrs. Charles
Sher wood, a total stranger to him.
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PAID TO MOULTRIE
i STOCK BREEDERS
Packers Paid Out $220,779.-
86 for 10,149 Hogs Deliv
ered at Georgia City, Now
Center of Thriving Industry
Furnishing amazing evidence of
the remarkable growth of the hog
industry in this section, receipts at
the stockyards in Moultrie, Ga.,
here broke all previous records last
week, according to figures given out
at the plan.
One hundred and twelve cars
were received during the week. Ten
thousand, one hundred and forty
nine hogs were in the one hundred
and twelve cars. They weighed 1,-
733,895 pounds. Checks totaling
| 5220.779.86 were written by packers
in payment for the 10,149 porkers.
All kinds of hogs were in the lot —
good, bad and indifferent, and of
course they sold at varying figures.
A great many of cattle were
bought during the week also and
packers paid out about $250,000 for
hogs and cows during the week, or
about one-fourth the amount ex
pended for live stock during the
first year it was in operation.
While last week was an excep
tional week, receipts at the stock
yards breaking all records, they
have been heavy every day this
fall and well over a thousand hogs
are being killed daily at the big
plant. More cattle are also being
received now also, and freqquently
over 200 head have been killed
daily, without the slightest inter
ference with the slaughter of hogs.
FORMER HiWIOLER
IS QUITE LIKELY TO
TRY SUICIDE ON
Scientists Are of Opinion
That German Trait May
Show Itself in Epidemic of
Suicides in Germany
BY FREDERICK M. KERBY
NEW YORK, Dee. 21.—It’s quite
likely the kaiser did, as reported,
try suicide; and it’s quite likely he’ll
try again.
Such is the scientific view.
Psychologists and alienists say an
epidemic ol suicide in Germany is not
unlikely.
Germans are more prone than peo
ple ot other nations to self-destruc
tion.
The suicide rates for Prussia and
Saxony are the highest in the world.
The average rate of self-murders in
Berlin for the past five years is 35.6,
compared with 16.9 for New York
and 11.0 for London. Germany has
the most appalling child suicide rate
in the world.
Professor Enrico Morsellli, distin
guished Italian authority, in his work
on “Suicide," expressed this conclu
sion:
“The highest suicide rates are
given by countries of German race,
and the two slocks, German and
Scandinavian, divide this supremacy.
The center of the purest German
stocks is Saxony, the old and power
ful land of the Teutons, and it pre
sents a very high average. Equally
great is the proportion in lower
Austria and Salzburg, which are al
most pure German; in the Saxon
circles and in those of Liegnitz, Pots
dam, Merseburg and Madgeburg of
Prussia; in the German cantons of
Switzerland and other places in
which the German element prevails
. . . The suicidal tendency is
much smaller in the Anglo-Saxon
stock.”
M. L. Jacobson, of the U. S. Bu
reau of Statistics agrees that the
Germans rank first in suicide; the
Scandinavians second; the English
and the Latins tied for third, and
the Slavs last.
George Keenan, the American au
thority, says: “The extremely high
suicide rate of the German peoples
long ago attracted the attention of
European sociologists. Suicide in
Germany is almost as common among
children as among grown people. Be
tween 1883 and 1903 there were 1,125
suicide among the pupils of the pub
lic schools in Prussia alone, and
most of them were of boys and girls
under 15 years of age. An investi
gation made by the ministry of pub
lic instruction showed that this pre
valence of suicide among children
was due to an inherent suicidal tend
ency in the race.”
The German school boy kills him
self when his lessons go wrong,
■when he can’t keep up with his class,
when he is punished—in other words,
when he doesn’t win. In an analysis
of suicides of 1,100 German school
children. Professor Eulenberg of Ber
lin found that nearly 400 were due
either to fear of punishment or of
humiliation, or inability to keep up
with the school work.
HUG ISLAND YARDS
SHOWN BY PROBERS
The long awaited report of the de
partment of justice on the govern
menfs great Hog Island shipbuilding
project, made public at the 'White
House on wireless instructions from
President Wilson, says searching in
vestigation has disclosed no crimi
nal liability, but recommends that
a. board of arbitration determine
what part, if any, of the more than
$60,000,000 the plant cost, was in
excess of reasonable necessity and
should be demanded of the contrac
tors by the government. In brio!,
the investigators report:
That the facts do not justify crim
mal process and that no fraud oi
secret profits has been established.
That the probable cost of the plant
w’lll be about $61,000,000 (including
86.060,000 for additions by order ot
the emergency fleet corporation)
(ompared with an original estimate
of $21.0d0.000 and a revised esti
mate of $27,000,000.
That no clear explanation of this
discrepancy has been forthcoming.
That prior to February 1 last
condition existed at Hog Jslau
which "superficially at least would
impress anv one as an ‘organized
riot.’ ’tangled mass’ or ‘stage of
chaos? ”
That the contractor, or agent of
the American International corpora
tion. in substance has taken the po- ’
sition that since this was a war
70b. cost was of minor importance,
and
That the question of reasonable
ness of the expenditures should be
referred to a board of arbitration
provided for In the contract, pro
ceedings to be closed if the board
finds the expenditures reasonably
necessary, or otherwise payment of
the excess to be demanded by the
government.
MRS. WILSON FICKS FOOD
Surroun led by every luxury. Presi
dent Wilson, in Parris, continues to [
eat the simple fare he enjoyed in thr
White House at home. Mrs. Wilson
supervises every menu, and sternly
eliminates the piquant sauces and
dainty confections dear io the heart
of a Parisian chef.
I
TWO WOMEN KILLED BY TRAIN
Mr. J. T. Flowers and her daugh
ter, Laura, were killed at Wilson, K.
when they were run down by a
Colonel Whitman and
Other Officers Are Cited
For Gallantry in Battle
Head of 325th, Formerly at I
Gordon, Mentioned for
Leadinng Four Heavy At
tacks in October
' Colonel Walter M. Whitman, com-
I mander of the Three Hundred and
’ j Twenty-fifth infantry, which went
overseas from Camp Gordon; Lieu
tenant Frank O’Driscoll Hunter, of
. Savannah, and several other south
erners are named in citation orders
‘ which have just been released Dy
L Washington.
■ Lieutenant Hunter, a prominent
young Savannahian, has been cited
• five times. He is an aviator.
Colonel Whitman, who is widely
! known and popular in Atlanta, was
1 awarded the distinguished service
cross for heroism in action last June.
1 Colonel Whitman was one of the
first officers t oreach Camp Gordon
in the fall of 1917 and remained at
> the head of the Three Hundred and
Twenty-fifth infantry all the time
• it was being trained at Camp Gor
dan and left with bls regiment for
overseas. It was the first regiment
' to leave for France front the can-
I tonment and when it reached Lon
don passed in review’ before King
George. The citation order for the
popular Camp Gordon officer reads
i as follows:
Text of Citation
Colouel W. M. Whitmnn, Three Hundred
nnd Twenty-fifth infantry. For extraor
dinary heroism in action near Fieville and
St. Juvin. France. October 11-12. 191 S.
1 When nis regiment was attacked in column
I | before reaching the line which it was to
I hold Colonel Whitman took command and
personally led his men into action. Al
| ways on the firing line, he led four at
tacks tinder heavy fire from artillery, ma
chine guns nnd snipers on the hill east of
St. .Tu v in. the fourth of which was suc
cessful. He maintained his post of com
mand v n or near the front line throughout
the engagement and by his personal ex
ample of courage inspired his men to vali
ent and successful combat. Howe address.
Mrs. W. M. Whitman, wife, 235 Sdgerton
Road. Akron. O.
Other southern men cited are as follows:
Private (first class) Herbert Champion,
sanitary detachment. Ono Hundred and
Fifth engineers. (No. 1328377.) For ex
| traordinsry heroism in action July 16.
1918. When an enemy airplane dropped a
bomb in the camp of his organization, kill
ing one soldier and wounding seven, includ-
I ing himself. Private Champion administered
first aid to the other wounded. . helped
carry them to the dressing str.tifn, and
there gave further assistance in dtecsing
:.nd evacuating the wounded men. never
mentioning his <wn serious injuries until
he knew that all the others bad been cared
j for. Home address: Dr. C. 0. Champion
(father), Mooresboro. N. C.
Sergeant (first class) Gay R. Hanson,
company F. One Hundred and Fifth en
gineers (No. 1329688). For extraordinary
heroism in action Au'jnst 27, 1918. Ser
geant Hanson was in charge of a platoon
delivering a highly concentrated gas cloud
attack against the enemy, when the cloud
unexpectedly flared back. After leading
his men to a place of safety, this soldier
wen' back into the cloud four times at
imminent peril of his own life, collecting
nnd rescuing others who had l»ec-n over
come. Conducting his platoon through
henry machine gun fire, he put them in
charge of another sergeant with instme
i tions to resume their mission, while he
again returned to search for gassed men
and found all but two. His excellent lead
ership and unusual courage prevented many
cnsuiillies and at the same time effected
the completion of an important mission.
Home rddress. Mrs. Dels Hanson, 610 East
Seventh street. Charlotte. N. C.
Others Cited
First Lieutenant Lynn H. Folsom. One
Hundred and Seventeenth infantry. For ex
trnordinav heroism iu action near Fremont.
France, October 8-20, 1918. Although he
was painfully wounded on October 8, Lieu
tenant Folsom remained on duty, taking
command of his company six days later,
when he was the only officer present, and
effectively reorganizing the command after
his strength had been greatly reduced. Still
suffering from his wounds, Lieutenant Fol
som led liis company In attack on October
17 and stayed at his post for two days
thereafter, until his battalion was relieved.
Home address. Mrs. John M. Folsom (moth
er), Elizabethton, Tenn.
Master Engineer Albert L. Rust, company
D, One Hundred and Fifth engineering (No.
1328259). For extraordinary heroism in ac
tion at Bellicourt, France. September 29.
1918. Master Engineer Rust commanded a
platoon of engineers, following the first
wake of the infantry for the purpose of
clearing a road for the artillery. Luder
heavy shell and machine gun fire he directed
the work with exceptional ability, at one
time leading his platoon in advance of the
infantry. By organizing covering parties
and utilizing two automatic riflemen, who
had become separated from their own uiit.
he kept his platoon intact, capturing thir
ty-five prisoners and cleaning out three ma
chine gun nests in the course of his opera
tions. While making a reconnaissance ahead
of his platoon he personally took nine Ger
mans. after wounding their officer. As a
result of his skillful leadership and gal
lant conduct, his mission successfully
carried out. Home address: i David L. Rust,
(father), Morganton, Ji. C. .
Private Joseph B. Carpenter (deceased),
company H, Forty-seventh infantry. (No.
558226). For extraordinary heroism in ac
tion near Bazoches, France. August 9. 1918.
Private Carpenter responded to a call for
volunteers to silence machine gun. the ap
proach to which was covered by fire from
three other machine guns. With seven
other soldiers, he went forward and
skillfully and boldly accomplished the mis
sion. This courageous soldier has since been
killed in action. Next of kin Lena Woods,
(sister). Barber, Ark.
Bolsheviki Laying
Mines Off Finland
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 21.—Bolshe
vik naval forces are reported to be
laying mines in the Gulf of Finland
and to be concentrating troops along
the frontier. The belief is expressed
that they are preparing to a .ack
Finland.
TWO OFFICERS “FIRED”
Major G. C. Tausig and Captain
F. S. White, stationed at Camp
Funston. Kansas, have been dismiss
ed from the army in disgrace because
they practiced cruelties on soldiers
in the “objector” class.
CHATTANOOGA MAN SUICIDE
11l health induced Charles W. Hall,
a prominent young insurance broker
of Chattanooga to commit suicide. He
shot h’riself.
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County Farm Guard
Killed Four Negroes
Who Tried Escape
In an attempt to escape from the
Decatur county farm at Bainbridge,
Ga., four negro prisoners, one under
life sentence, were killed by H. D.
Story, a white guard only 19 years
old. The guard shot each prisoner
in about the same place, between the
eyes and chin.
An unsuccessful attempt to kill the
guard was made by one of the negro
convicts, who was shot to death a few
moments later. Story dropped his
pistol and it was then the men tried
to get away. A negro named White
ly Aiken grabbed the pistol and fired
at the guard, missing.
As he was preparing to fire a sec
ond time a white convict by the name
of Tom Burrows knocked Aiken down, ;
using a stalk of sugar cane. Story
managed to get his rifle and as the
four negroes rushed at him he shot
them one nt a time.
There Now, Tommy!
Take Your Old Job
LONDON, Dec. 21.—“0b, if the
men would only hurry up and come
back and take back their jobs! we’re
fed up to the ears with this stuff.”
After having been jolted about,
buffeted about, through fog, cold and
sun for four years on an autobus,
this was what one conductorette re
plied today when asked if she would
be willing to give up her job when -
the men came back from war.
Many others answered in the same >,
tone. r
MObF KISSES FOB YANKS i
MANCHESTER, England, Nov. It. .
Describing the celebration of peace in
London, the Guardian’s London cox*
respondent writes:
“Another incident w r as that a very
large plain American officer, with
two short plain American officers,
marched up from Trafalgar square
to Leicester square kissing every
girl they met, the leader shouting,
‘Next, please.’ Before they got to
the square they had a following of
a dozen unkissed girls drawing their
attention to the fact."
COURT BUSINESS DOUBLED
During the last half dozen years
the number of trial courts in Flor
ida has been practically'doubled. The
population of the state is steadily in
creasing and the volume and impor
tance of business transactions are
constantly and rapidly growing.
NEW STOCK YARDS SUCCESS
Seventy carloads of hogs have been
handled at the Memphis-Wyoming
Stock Yards, northeast of Memphis,
since the yards were placed in opera
tion a week ago. This record is
gratifying to the officers of the com
pany, who did not anticipate much
business until after January 1.
Lured by “Movies*
Chicago police are seeking three »
girls, all about 14 years old. who have
disappeared from home. All hope to
be actresses in moving pictures.
Millions for Postoffloe
Congress has appropriated $357.- j
350,000 for the 1919 maintenance ot |
the postoffice system.
California Crop Heavy
California’s new orange crop is said
to be just double that of last year,
and the market, with abundant over
supply. may react on the Florida K
product to the disadvantage of the I?
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