Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-19
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

: S OF INTEREST
The Brazilian delegates to the second Pam
American Financial congress, which Presi-
dent Wilson has called to meet in Washing
ton next January have asked that the hold
ing of the congress be postponed for few
months They desire that the session be de-
ferred if possible, to warmer period Of the
year. so that the Brazilian and other South
American delegates will not be exposed to
the winter weather in North America, to
which they are not accustomed.
Reports of Iooting the American and other
embassies in Petrograd by Bolshevsts have
been confirmed by an investigation under
taken at the direction of the state depart4
ment. The department was advised III d
cable message received last week that Boil
shevists in July sacked the American en-
bassy, which has since been used for housing
families of communists.
The police of Rio Janeiro. Brazil have
begun active campaign against anarchists
and other radicals who recently have been
growing more active in their agitation and
more violent in their speeches. Last week
the entire edition of the radical organ,
Spartacus was confiscated because it con-
tanned an article advocating death for Pre-
mler Lloyd George, of Great Britain, and
other violent measures.
The Frankfort Gazette, one of the German
newspapers, says informal negotiations are
going on between groups of German indus
| trialists and American export firms for de-
1yeries of American coal. Purchases, accord !,
ing to the paper, shall not be subjected to -
the control of the national coal commission
er, but German buyers are to guarantee that
the coal will be delivered only to such in
dustries as produce export wares
The government has proclaimed the sup7
preston Of the Sim Fein organization, the
Gaelic League, the Irish Volunteers and the
Cumann ma Moan society in the city ana
county of York, Ireland The government
also has declared that the first section of
the criminal law procedure act of 1887 shall
be applied to Cork, Limerick, Glare, Tip
perary and Dublin counties
The Northern Pacific, the steamship which
brought Cardinal MERCER to this country,
also carried as a passenger Baron Emil de
Cartier de Marchienne, ambassador for Bel
GUM to the United States, and the baroness.
The ambassador is well known in Washing
ton, and his wife, who was Mrs. Hamilton
Cary, is prominent in society. They were
married on July Is of this year in Paris.
The ambassador formerly was counsellor
to the Belgian legation at Washington under
Baron Moncheur and later was promoted to
the post of Belgian minister to Pekn. Since
the armistice the Belgian post at Washing
ton has been raised to an ambassadorship
and the nomination of De Cartier de March
ienne to be ambassador was received with
pleasure at the capital
Selected sets of the works of the worlds
greatest authors have been added to the
library of Oglethorpe university at Ogle-
thorpe, Ca, through the thoughtfulness and
generosity of the late Judge Peyton L. Wade
of Atlanta, who bequeathed these volumes to
the institution. Included in the bequest are
some 1856 books of great value to the univer-
sty.
Major General Charles P. SummeralI. COM
mander OF the First division through it's
hardest fighting in France, will again takay
command of the First division and of Camp
zachary Taylor, near Louisville, KY, on Sep
tember 80. General Summerall, who was
\ born in Lake City, Fla, will be the fifteenth
commanding officer of the cantonment and
the hrst permanent officer of general rank
lie VIII succeed Colonel Harold L. Jackson as
camp commander AM Major General e. r.
McGlacnln, Jr., as commander the First
with ratification last week of the Federal
woman Suffrage amendment by the New
f1anpsh1re legislature sixteen states have
laeined the amendment and leaders in the
suffrage movement have expressed confidence
mat the amendment will be a valid mart ~
Che American Constitution in time to hermit
women to vote in the 1920 presidential cleo
tloh III every state in the union States tbat
have so far ratified are: 'D"'
Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas Ohio Ne1v
York, Illinois, Pennsylvania. Massachusetts
lexas, Iowa, Missouri Arkansas Montano
NeDFaSka, Minnesota and New Hampshire
Inc Utah legislature will hold a snaoia,
session on September 80 to ratify. This will
MAKE seventeen notifications. and other states
arc pledged to call special sessions For tbot
purpose. LUZ 'hat
charles Mattathias Jacobs, one of tba foro
n'osC civil engineers of America. died Spndoyr
81 hondon. Mr. Jacobs had been retained Ly
tte french government to prepare plans for
Inc proposed tunnel under the Seine riror
from Rouen to Havre, which he designed SOW
% % al years ago. Mr.. Jacobs was famous in
tLIS country Tor his part in the construction
VI the great Hudson and Pennsylvania tuhes
unuel the hudson river well as many other
Important engineering works.
Inc Vossische Zeitung, published in Ber-
IN announces that as result of the in
yeSCgatlon of the charges brought by DIR.
MARI Helfferich, the former German vice
chancellor, against Matthias Erzberger
minister of finance, the chancellor ia an.
thorlzed to bring suit in behalf of the
minister of finance.
Dr. Heltfer1ch, who has been waging
PUBIC warfare against Erzberger, desig
mates him as "a menace to the purity of
our public life and declares him TO he
a dangerous incumbent of the financial
ministry. He recently announced that hav-
ing falIed to induce Erzberger to sue him