Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-09


New York City on Tuesday paid trib-
ute to the veterans of the Seventy seventh
division New York's Own" division, which
marched in spectacular parade before one OF
the largest crowds ever assembled in New
York City.
Of the 144 members of the new board of
aldermen of Berlin, 25 are women.
Joseph G. Cannon, former speaker OF tnr
house of representatives. who gave to po-
litical language the word "Cannonism,
meaning arbitrary exercise of power by the
speaker, celebrated his eighty-thrd birth
day on May Z.
The super-dreadnought Tennessee, which
was launched last week at the first publiG
launching held at Brooklyn navy yard since
1917, is the most powerful naval battle unit
built in the history of the world. The Ten
nessee will displace $4,000 tons 1t is 624
feet in length, 81 feet in breadth with a>nean
draft of 80 feet, six inches 1t mas an indi-
Gated horsepower of $4,000 and a speed, of
FL knots an hour 1t is exclusively oil-burn-
ing and electrically driven, and has an arma-
ment of twelve 14-inch guns and fourteen
5-nch guns. It's crew consists OF 5S ofncefs
and 1,024 men.
The Tennessee, though named for bone
dry state was christened with bottle of
champagne by Miss Helen Roberts, the
daughter OF Governor A. H. Roberts, of Ten
nessee, who was elected on a prohibition
ticket.
Having learned that she is not as mighty
with sword as she once imagined. Germany
is turning her attention to the power OF the
pen. She has some very energetic critics who !
keep the German papers full of instructions
and complaints as to the allied methods OF
procedure. Now they are critioisng our
peace delegation because labor, in the Ger
man Socialistic sense, is not represent there
on; but, according to the correspondent of
the Zeitung Am Mittag published in Berlin,
Count Won Observation-Disclosures is evidently
satisfied with what has happened so far at
Versailles because the first meeting there
removed all doubt about negotiation and ex-
change on basis of mutual equality, prov
ing that no dictated peace is planned" Well
it makes difference as to whether it is
called "victors peace" or dictated
peace, just so Germany pays the full price
Germany's peace delegation, like many
other things connected with Germany, is not
just what it seems. Nominally it consists
of six delegates and a small body OF clerks 1
and secretaries at least the American
public would believe from reading press dis
patches, but a matter of fact the six dele
gates are the smallest and least important
part of Germany's representation at Paris.
Besides the six there are three colonial repre-
sentatiVes and thirtyeight advisers, the adj
VlSOrS IN realty De nS the important ldCIoT5
in the conference S they are the financial and
industrial leaders of Germany and better
known to the outside world than are the
six delegates. The presence and makeup of
the advisory delegation indicates that Ger
many is ready to fight against what she con-
siders excessive claims for indemnity.
Japanese lobbyists are out to control the
Hawaiian legislature. This is the open
charge of members of that body result of
ttVorr Gov
eign language schools, the proposed law hav-
ing failed to pass few days ago. delega-
ton of Japanese leading Japanese neWspa-
per and prominent Honolulu attorney are
named as active in the cabal IL
The most spectacular fire in the history OF
Columbus, Ohio, occurred last Monday night
when an apartment building at the corner
of Broad and Front streets in the center oil
the downtown district caught fire. Six or
more persons were burned to death, twenty
or more were badly injured, and others es-
capped only by jumping from high windows
into the life nets. Babies were saved by
tossing them from the upper windows into
the arms of the fro fighters below
After so long time former Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg has publicly admitted that
German militarism has been broken for
ever"
On May /, which officially marked the end
of the rehabilitation of the old German
army and functioning of the new army, or
Reichswehr, Gtrmany had $4,000 men OF
various classes under arms, according to es-
Inmates made by American intelligence Off
GERS based on information from many
sources. Included in this estimate are 100,-
900 soldiers listed as remnants of old army
units and who are in garrisons in different
parts of Germany awaiting their discharge.
Petroleum production for the month of
April in the Kentucky fields exceeded $780,
900 barrels.
More than 1000 known radical agitators
in New York City, who have been preaching
Bolshevism and the overthrow of the United
States government are now under inyestiga-
ton by federal and local authorities follow
ing the ATTEMPT to assassinate prominent
men all over the country by bombs deliver
ed through the mails. 1t Is believed that the
persons responsible for sending bombs to
Senator Hardwick and the others will be
caught.
New York's housing situation is so acute
that the churches Of the city are offering their
buildings temporary quarters for evicted
families who are unable to obtain a place to
live because there aren't enough apartments
to go around. Over 1000 cots have been
placed in various churches.
Austro-Hungarian peace Observation-Disclosures
will be summoned to Paris during the latter
part Of May for the Arrangement Of the peace
nact with them They will! be housed at St
German, suburb of Paris, seven miles
north of Versailles.
New York Citv now has volunteer aerial