Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-26
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

The Boehler Steel Syndicate plants at
Kapfenburg, Wurttemberg, have been bought
by Americans, according to the Tages Eel
tung. Coupled with this announcement, the
newspaper prints a report of the plans OF
the new management. The purchasers, the
newspaper declares, upon taking charge
promptly notified the employees that a ten
hour day and a piece-WOrk schedule would
be put in force and that those opposing this
plan would be discharged October l and
replaced with American laborers. When
told that this plan would be likely to pro-
woke disturbances, the new" managem ent, ac-
cording to the Tages lettings account
piled that in such an event American mill
tary forces would take charge of the situa-
ton. The employees, it is said, then accepted
the conditions.
Prof. Emil Abderhalden the noted psy-
chologist, says Gernany's deficit in children
since 1914 is 100000, and children NOR
tality has continued to increase. During
the war Prof. Abderhalden devoted much of
his time to sending tubercular children to
neutral countries, chiefly Switzerland The
drop in the value of the German mark pre-
cluded carrying out of the enterprise on the
scale required by the state juvenile health
in Germany. i.
The organization CO Polish Navy, to be-
come operative with the ratification OF the
Peace Treaty, is proceeding rapidly, accord
ing to advices from Polish sources The
tleet will consists, according to present
plans, Oh four armored cruisers and twelve
large torpedo boats. 1t will have a per-
sonnet Oh $500, including $50 officers prob
ably under the command of Admiral Proeb-
ski.
The Polish Bureau at Berne, Switzerland
has announced that the Polish army achieved
a complete victory over the Bolsheviki after
ten days battle on the Duna River Tt is
asserted that ROlShnViki hO
had crossed the Duna, were surrounded and
killed or taken prisoner. The bureau adds
that the Poles have gone up the Duna and
occupied the town of Duisno
Ramon Barros Luco, president of Chile
from 1910 to 1915, died last week He had
been the leader of the Liberal party for the
last thirty years, and was one of the oldest
political leaders in Chile. He was born in
1885. He was seVenty-fve years old when
elected president of Chile in 1910, thus round
ing out his political career in the highest
office within the gift of the Chilean people
Before becoming president he served as min
lister of finance during various admnistra-
lions and at one time was president of the
Chilean senate.
Senior Luco was elected president on Octo-
Der Is, 1910.
A large fire started Sunday morning in the
American military camp at Miramas, France
and nitrate depots and gunpowder factories
at st. Chamas, which are relatively near the
seat of the confagration, were reached by the
flames.
Later the fire was brought under control,
having been confined to the American camp
and industries connected with it. The loss
will be considerable. The gunpowder factory
at ST. Chamas was saved The Miramas camp
is situated in the department of Bouches-du-
Rhone, twentyOne miles northwest of AK.
Long before the gunpowder was manu-
featured at ST. Chamas, where government
factory was located