Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10

Final records of the American army air
service show that sixty-six American aviators
earned the coveted title of "ace' in the
world war These men served with the British
French and American air services and ex-
celled in all types of fighting.
The records show that the American aces
destroyed 483 enemy aircraft The actual num-
Der was higher, but only official Crashes" were
counted The German machines destroyed
were divided into 42S airplaneS and ffty-five
observation balloons.
The price paid by America in destroying
the wings of the German armies is told in a
brief statement. This shows that there
thirty-two filters killed and thirty-nine injured
in accidents behind the lines In action with
the enemy, 1877 filters were killed; 133 wound
ed; 4S marked missing and AS taken prisoner
by the Germans.
Alexandra Lerroux, leader of the Republican
Party in Spain, declared at meeting at Sara
goSSa this week that the signature of the treaty
of peace would bring about a change in the
regime in Spain which would become re-
public. He declared that in the event of
revolution he would check any excesses
The controversy between rival claimants for
the honor of having invented the army tank
| is to be decided this week before the British
| Commission on Awards to Inventors. Eleven
claimants will appear before the commission.
| Winston Churchill minister of war, will be
among the witnesses called to the stand in an
| effort to settle the controversy
! One million four hundred thousand pesos
were released recently by the acting secretary
of commerce and communication in the Phil
ippine Islands for the construction of Pier No.
| 7 in Manila. This is to avoid congestion of
| goods and the difficulty of Transporting them
to he horses
pier will be by far the most modern, the big
geSt and the best equipped pier in the whole
| East. 1t will be provided with all the neceS-
Sary machinery and will eliminate the diff
| Guilty of dScharging cargo from foreign steam
! erS
Advices received in Paris by the peace con-
| ference from Rome have persuaded the MEM
| bers of the supreme council that Italy will
ratify the German peace treaty by royal de-
cree. he general opinion in the council is that
such ratification will be valid under the
| italian constitution, as the treaty does not in
volve any Italian territorial changes.
Turkish nationalist troops said to number up
| wards of 100000 men and commanded by Mus
tapha Renal zemstov have preciptated in
| Asia Minor on a major scale crisis similar to
that which in Dalmatia when Captain
Gabrielle d'Annunzo seized the city of Fiume,
says a Paris dispatch There is a feeling that
|
the control of the Turkish government and
that the allied powers are helpless, at present.
| to do anything to bring military pressure to
bear and afford any appreciable relief. There
are some who question whether the powers are
sufficiently united or inclined to intervene.
Michael Gilhooey, the IrSh-Belgian lad who
wants to become fu-fledged American, is
recurrent event instead of current event. He
| is back in the United States again for the sixth
! himself
returning vessel just as soon as he reached
BreSt after being deported for the fifth time by
. the United States immigration authorities. If
perseverance is virtue Mike, as he is ia
iniliarly known, is entitled to remain in this
| country, but the immigration officials have al
ready taken steps to deport him again Mike
says it makes difference-that he'll be back
| again early boat, and that he will keep
trying until they let him stay.
Administration officials in Washington, D.
c., are watching with interest" the progress
| of the anti-Kolchalk government movement
in Siberia. 1t is believed that unless Kol-
chak suffers further reverses within the next
| few weeks his government will be recognized
by the United States. Reports reaching
Washington show that Kolchak at present is
| in favorable position, and that his capital
at Omsk apparently is safe from Bolshevik at
lacks.
Little activity is expected in Siberia until
until spring, when Kolchak should be in pos
session of arms sent to him from this
country.
The first direct shipment of German gold in
partial payment for food and supplies has
reached New York. The specie was packed in
iron-clamped wooden cases, the total amount
being $5125,ooo The shipment included guam
tty of English SovereignS dated 1870 and some
| French NapOleOnS of the same year. The French
coins were part of the huge indemnity paid
by France to Germany following the Franco
PruSSian war; the money having been kept
all these years in the vaults of the Julius Tow
er in the town of Spandau. Germany owes
| $158o0o,ooo for supplies. One-half of the
amount has been shipped from Berlin to Lon
don where it has been placed in the Bank of
! England, the London agent for the Federal Re-
serve Bank of this country.