Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-03
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

cessor by the representatives of South and
Central American countries has conferred
about suggestions that either Francisco J.
YaneZ now assistant director general, or DIR.
L. S. Rowe, who recently resigned as secre-
ta-y of the treasury to- become head OF the
state deDartments Latin-AmeriCan affairs
division be named, Assistant Director General
. Is a VenezUlan, is said by his
friends, however, to prefer his present office.
inasmuch as it. carries With = Gao oteU,Ur-'
ship of the unions educational division.
vote of confidence in Premier Nitti was
given by the Italian chamber of deputies, i'll
session at Rome. The government received
| 20S votes to 40 The assembly was eX-
tremely tumultuous. There we're personal
encounters between several of the deputies.
! Dspatchs from the Spanish high commits
sion in Morocco say that Spanish troops from
| Tetuan acting against the bandit Raisuli,
have occupied the positions of Conice and
Harcha, while detachments from Ell Arish
and Ceuta still fighting.
Rasuli is said to be endeavoring to provoke
uprisings among the DOuars who had given
! their submission to Spain, his object ap-
parently being to prevent the concentration
J of Spanish troops.
The high commissioner reports OBJECTIONS
among the new recruits of the Spanish forces
in the operations against Raisuli. detach-N
ment of police trying to join a column oper-
|
and part of the detachment went over to
| the enemy.
The plebescite held in Luxembourg re-
suited in majority in favor of the retention
| of Grand Duchess Charlotte ruler and for
a customs union with France.
Miss Helen Taft acting president of Bryn
! Mawr college, declared in address be-
! fore the alumni conference in the Bryn Mawr
ajpn "a increase
remuneration that she wished the professors
| of the country would organize union and
strike for higher salaries. =.
She said they had better than
| the minister's Miss Taft holds that the
| faculty of Bryn Mawr and other colleges are
| taking the most reasonable way possible to
press their claims. She said they are justi-
! fed in refusing to serve the country. Miss
! Taft pointed out that she would not object
| to a strike as a college executive because, she
| believed it would not be strike against the
college executives, the college directors or
trustees, but against the PUBLIC, which ought
| to be made to pay for its education.
Despite the opposition of the Hylan admin
iStration in New York City, plans for the
unionization of the police force and the at
! fihaton of the body TIL the American Fed
Grafton of Labor are going forward rapidly,
says Ernest BOhm, corresponding secretary OF
! the Central Federated Union. Mr. Bohm Sa' d
! that as as the plans had been completed
| TIE secret olSdhIZdtloH VI tnc lolCo WouA
begin 1t was admitted by other labor lead
erS that police strike was not beyond the
| bonds of possibility. Mr.. Bohm, however, re-
fused to discuss this phase of the subject.
He did say, however, that the result of the
| Boston strike would not act as deterrent
| in New York
The famous Skoda arms and ammunition
works, near PilSen, have been natonalized &C
! cording to messages reaching Vienna new
council has been named to conduct the works,
comprised of six CzechS and three Frenchmen.
The latest previous adviceS regarding the
| Skoda works were that their purchase was be-
| ing negotiated for by an American syndicate
A Geneva dispatch, however, said there was 2
hitch in the negotiations due to difference
on the question of the price to be paid.
The Skoda works produced the famous Aus
trian howtzerS, one of the most effective heavy
artillery weapons used by the Central Powers
in the
where are you going to live when you are
married, Lily?" a lady said to her servant,
who had just shyly given a weeks notice.
| I'm California, ma'am," said Lily.
"In California! Isn't that rather risky?
! They have many earthquakes and violent
. disturbances there, you know"
''The more the merrer, am the
! cheerful answer.
Lilly, you surprise me! What shocking
| sentiment!".
at amt sentiment, ma am, but hard fact.
! My young mans the village reporter and he
says that describin' parish meetings and such
! like musty things gives him the miserables.
! SO he's gOin' to place where there's more
chance of eruption or big explosion to
give him a rise in the world"