Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-21

Ten thousand acres of coal land along the
Warrior River IN Alabama have been pur-
chased by a Chicago company, which has an
nounced that it expects to begin by 'the lat
ter part of February to ship 100000 tons
of coal a month down the Warrior to Mobile
and New Orleans.
For love of country" hundreds of Ko
rears in Hawaii are fOrsaking opium yolun-
tar.ly in order to fit themselves physically
to throw of the yoke of Japan. The records
of the Honolulu police court show that many
Koreans have presented themselves wthin
the last six months to Judge j. B. Light
foot seeking perm ,ssiOn to enter the Oahu
asylum for treatment for the drug habit. In
variab.y when queGtioned by Judge Light
foot as to their reason for giving up the
opium habit the petitioners have declared
that they want to get into condition to fight
the japanese. From what can be cleaned
from them, the Koreans are definitely set on
securing their independence and quietly
every patriotic Korean is preparing himself
for the fateful day
War-tit-.1 c,:~4hI bition is valid and still in
force, according to a ue5.oio1- given out in
Bloomington Ill. by Judge Louis Fitzhonry
Of the United St"tes district court The case
was brought by Woolner & Co., distillers OF
Peoria
Captain Merton c. Cooper, of Jackson
vile, Fla, flight leader of the KosciusIZo
1ly4ng squadron, made up of American fly
eEs, has received the Orleta, or Little Eagle
OF Poland, this being first time war decora.
tlon mas been awarded a foreign officer nv
the young Polish republic. The Orleta is O v.
en- only to those who served in the cam
pal9n IN eastern Galicia last winter and
spring. Captain Cooper, who then was with
the American relief administration. earne
the decoration by bringing up food supnlies
10 LenbourG in Galicia under fire. and re-
naming in the city in charge of relief meas
ures for four months, during which time
Lemoourg was besiged by Ukrainian forces
Revolution has bro'Een out at VIadivoe+nk
,luss a, according to information received in
washington, D. c., by the department of
state Thus fer only Russians are involved,
says the dispatch, which is from Siberia.
Many Irshmen believe the british pov-
crnmCnt's new Irish bill will give an ort:on
to northeast Ulster of coming into or stav-
ing out of Home Rule parliament Part of
the 1ndUcemert fer Ulster to come in may
be provided by adoption of the plan first
suggested by Premier Lloyd George under
which an Irish parliament would meet alter
nate IN Belfast and Dublin. 1t is said here
that Sir Edward Carson would oppose Wig
orouSly the plan Of allowing Ulster to e2-
ere Sc its option by voting by counties. Sir
EDWARD is said to stand out for clean cut
of the six northeastern counties. The prob
lem, he says, is to give self-government to
a country Ore-i6th of which at least would
rather have civil war than to abandon it's
present status. The ether four-ffths of the
country has elected parliament whose
meetings in Ireland are prohibited as illegal.
Members of the American legion number
ing more than 800, led by their officers, de-
scocd"d uEOn socialist headquarters in Gin
cnnati Tuesday night and threw hundreds
n dc nf tool iVfo fLO
streets. bonfire was started and the litera-
ture Was burned. No one was in the building
when the raid YVES made.
Most of TIE literature burned had been
printed for the Communist Labor party of
Amer ca. Other pamphlets were issued by
the Socialist Publication society, Brooklyn,
and by libo1ators headquarters, Cleveland
One wcs a purported reproduction of a let
ter to the American working men from
the socialist Soviet republic of Russia" writ
ten by Nilolai Lenne Other pamphlets were
headed, can Open Letter to President Will
son." and YVES written by Joseph w. STARTS,
Dayton, Oh.o, counsel for Eugene " Debs in
his trial at Cleveland.
The American delegation to the peace con-
ference will sill for home on December 5
or 6, according to an announcement from
Pes The British delegation will probably
leave for home about the same time.
cotton IRE IN "nlcn 4,OoO paIeS were
burned, occurred few days ago at E.dorado,
Ark The fire is believed to have started
from spontaneous combustion in the com
press coal bin. The loss is estimated at one
million dollars.
TIE body of Stewart Woodson Wood, of
Winder, Ca, the first Georgian to give his
life for his country in Russia, has been
brought back to Winder. The funeral oc-
Cured there Wednesday with members of
the American legion post there acting as an
honorary escort. All business houses closed
during the afternoon and everybody from
far and near attended the funeral.