Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-05
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

ended the marine strike, which had hampered
coastwise and transatlantic commerce for
eighteen days.
While the unions withdrew their demands
for recognition Of the closed shop, it was an
by the leaders that they had gained
an approximate 5 per cent monthly increase
all round.
Union leaders made it plain that the strike
was not officially ended, but that they had de-
clared armistiCe
1t believed, however, that definite set
tlement is in sight.
With new blazes sprng1ng up in Western
Montana and Northern Idaho and the supply
of labc. rapidly being drained, the forest fire
situation has reached a stage where 1t excltes
alarm on the part of the federal forest service
officials, according to statements tonight.
There have been new fires reported In the
Lolo National forest three in the Mssoula
forest, and twelve in Clearwater forest. Other
fires that have been burning for weeks also
continue to threaten. 1t was expected that
the Rattlesnake fire that has been burning for
weeks and has covered 5000 acres would be
intrenched by Wednesday.
The Hughes Creek fire in the Bitter Rock
forest jumped the control line several times.
The Running Creek fire has cleared the
Salmon Mountains, and is burning over
large area in Montana. The aid of soldiers
has been asked by the Montana State Council
of Defense
misunderstanding which has comic as
we'll serious aspects, is that OF the CHAP
lains in the Army of Occupation VINO mis-
understood their orders, and informed eager
doughboys that marriages between German
girls and American soldiers would be per-
mitted as soon as the Germans accepted
the peace-ternrs. There have been alarm
ing number of marriages since that time,
but, no charges have been, as yet, tiled
against the men, as the officers are convinced
that the whole thing has been due to the
chaplans' error 1t is officially stated that,
even after the United States ratifies the
treaty, marriages with the German girls Will
be forbidden.
President Wilson has cabled congratula-
lions to President Pessoa, of Brazil, on the
occasion of the Inauguration of the Brazilian
President
The Springfield, Mass Army Recruiting y
Station is in receipt of frantic letter from
sixteen-year<old who is very anxious to
enter the army-"because" he stated ST
have a stepmother and she is devil, and l /,
want to get out Of her sight" 2
Considerable anxiety is expressed in Eng
land, over Canada's rather daring steps to- p
ward making herself nation. In 1914,
when England declared war on Germany, the
axiom, when England is at war, Canada
is at war; sufficient. But in 1919, Cam
ada signs the peace treaty joins the League
Of Nations, and proposes sending an Ambas-
sador to represent her among other foreign
nations in Washington. And England is
worried, while Canada keeps her own coun-
sci about her plans.
Cant Roy N Francis, of the United States
Air Service, will attempt one-stop flight
across the continent In order to do this, he
will have to fly at height OF more than ..
II 900 feet to cross the Serras. His plane
will carry 710 gallons of gasoline, sufficient
to carry him at speed Of ninety miles an
hour distance Of LIZA miles The one
stop of the flight will be at North Platte.
Neb, 1902 miles from Hazelhurst Field.
Mineola, l.. l., his starting point. {e
The 5000 employees Of the Riverside and
Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc, at Danvllle,l
Va, have practically taken charge of the
company's two big plants at Danville. They
are ruled by a president, vice president, con-
gress, and house Of ves--follow-s
ing the idea of the government OF the United
States The plan is working splendidly
and the employers believe that the have solv-
ed the labor problem-for themselves, at
any rate.
Foreign Minister Arthur James Balfour.
one of the most prominent of English states
men, is once more in the limellght, put tnis
time politics have nothing to do with ms
publicity. Nothing more or less than the
filming of buried treasure-pieces OF brok-
en- silver of exquisite design, indicating that
It was formerly church plate, evidently 1901
from some old world cathedral on the
Scottish estate of the Foreign Minister, is
the exciting news which has brought his
name back to the front page of English
newspapers. There was enough of the silver
to fill three stable buckets, and was unearth-
ed by famous Scotch antiquary, o. A.
Curle, with the assistance of DIR. George Nc
Donald, C. B. The treasure has been turn i
ed over to the National Museum of Edin-
burgh
The first unit of the famous Second di-
visior-the Ninth Infantry, 121 officers and
3O79 men-to return home, arrived In New
York aboard the Matoika, on Friday August
1st The rest of the division is now home
ward bound" somewhere in the Atlantic
The race problem has been brought home@
to Macon in a forceful manner The three
hundred employees of the Wilingham Cot
ION mills there have been thrown out OF
by the strike of twenty one card
room employes, who walked out rather than
work with negro employees of which there are 4
thirty-five &
A resident of Redding, Conn, is the proud }
nossessor of pet crow which talks. me
other dav Dick, the crow went TO churcn, z
and interrupted the services with his jovlal
hail of "Howdy, Boys" When eJecteo ne
laughed hoarsey and said kiss me again. 4
Dear" P
OUIPS AND QUIDDlTlES