The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-01-03
The WEEKS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, Ma
TON AND THE WORLD
BRIEFLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUT The WORLD
A Condensed Record OF Happenings
OF Interest From All Points
OF The World
Domestic

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The story of the success Of Ameri-
cas- land batter of 14-inch naval guns
has been made public in New York. 1t
was the Utah's picked gun crew that
was sent ashore to get" the big ber-
tina" which was Smelling Paris. The
gun was removed before the batteries
could get into action.
The Jewish Zionists in America are
going right ahead preparing for jew
ish state in Palestine. Their plans,
not yet made public in detail, contain
much idealism and humanitarianism.
Boston police reserves elected a
number of Albians from a meeting OF
the Epirote Societies in America af-
ter they had attempted to break up
an assembly because their representa-
tives were refused permission to take
part in the discussion.
Atlanta's new mayor, James l.. Key,
will assume office on January 9Th. The
new administration is. pledged to mu-
nicipal ownership of public utilities,
and the new mayor says he is prepared
to ego the limit" for the expressed
will of the people.
Lieut.. Patrick O'Brien, associated
with Capt. l.. F. Fuller and Lieut.. c.
c. Robinson, will attempt to be the
first to make transatlantic flight
in an airplane. Lieutenant O'Briep's
escape from German capture forms one
of the most interesting stories of the
war.
The war revenue bill for 1919 and
1920 has gone to conference. Six bill
lion dollars for 1919 and over four bill
lion for 1920 are contemplated.
Santa Claus visited the American
troops on duty at Archangel, Russia
His visit was made at the instance OF
the American Red Cross. School chill
dren of Russia aided Santa Claus in
his Journey over the snow, and the
Red Cross gave the children a big
Christmas dinner.
Secretary of the Treasury Glass an
nounces that he has issued treasury
certificates of Indebtedness bearing
41hG6 interest in anticipation of the
fifth Liberty Loan.
The Atlanta Board of Education
which recently ordained that the BIZ
BILE should be read in the public
schools, has rescinded that order.
Food Administrator Hoover, who
been working on the European food
situation, uses this emphatic language
in answering a request for confer
ence anent German condition.: "You
can describe two and half years OF
arrogance toward ourselves and cru
city to the Belgians in any language
you may select, and tell the pair doc
tor Rieth and Baron Won der Lancken)
personally to go to hell, with my com
pliments. If l do have to deal with
Germans it will not be with that pair.
1t is stated in baseball circles that
every effort is being made by the New
York Americans to sign up Ty Cobb
for the coming season.
Atlanta's chief of police is out after
speeding automobiles The chief says
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ing, and he intends to stop it if he
has to send some of them to Jail.
Much will depend upon the outcome
of the Paris peace conference at OBJ
tanning a world league of nations re
garding the status of the American
army.
The department of agriculture and
the food administration have recon
mended to congress that it make effec
tive the wheat prices for the 1915
crop to safeguard the government
against losses.
Representatives of twenty associa
lions of scientific experts from virtu
all every state met in Baltimore tc
attend the meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement Of
Science.