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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17
GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD
By DR.. Frank Crane

The world moves so fast it is hard to keep
up with it.
And the United States moves faster than
the world
AS Andrew Carnegie put it, the nations
of the Old World creep forward at snail
pace, the Western Republic rushes past with
the speed Of an express train.
And the nose of progress is New York
City. 1t is the PROV of the Ship of State,
which with bone in it's teeth, sails ahead
into the sea of the future.
We were brought up on the idea that Lon
don is the greatest city in the world. It's so
no more. The Western metropolis has
outdistanced it.
New York is the largest centre of popula-
ion on the globe.
Even four years ago five boroughs of New
York City contained 5,518,752 inhabitants,
while the % boroughs of London under one
city government had population Of but
4,517,172.
1t is not only larger but it is growing
faster. 1t is the healthiest of cities
Although some one dies in New York City
every seven minutes, baby is born every
three minutes.
Three hundred and ninety people are add
ed to the population every day by new ar
rivals.
Every three months there is added to the
city enough people to make another city
as large as New York was at the begin
ming of the nineteenth century
While London doubles it's population every
thirty years, New York doubles every
eighteen years.
New York is a concern that does larger
business than any other corporation extant.
1t requires cash balance of thirty million
dollars.
New York is the weaIthiest spot on earth.
Its assessed value is greater than all of the
United States west of the Mississippi.
Its income exceeds that of twenty states
combined.
One American in every nineteen lives in
New York
One-tenth of all the products manufacture
ed in the country is made in New York.
The assessed tax valuation of New York is
almost double that of London.
New York has three times as many hotels
as London.
And twice as many theaters
The bank clearings of New York are near
ly fifteen billion dollars a year larger than
Londons.
These items I gather from a recent news
paper clipping.
SCDc town.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK ON
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
BY DOROTHY DIX

y OMETIMES L go down to the
&aA poorest part of the city and
see the old women, the very
flotsam and jetsam of life,
that misfortune has flung upon it's
dirty pavements. Often these women
loads of sweat-shop work, too feeble
for their strength to bear, or. else
their backs are bowed under loads
of wood that they have gathered
on the street, and that, they are
carrying home with which to make
fire to try to warm their cold
old blood.
Long years of toll. and hardship,
and privation have robbed these
women of almost every semblance
of femininity. Their shoulders are
stopped; their hands are knotted
and gnarled;. their wrinkled faces
are parched by sun and wind until
they look like leather; their eyes
grizzled, blows like witch locks
around their faces; they humble
with toothless gums and sunken
mouths; their clothes are ragged
and dirty. Sometimes they have even
and ribald songs and blasphemous
curses issue from their lips.
1t is hard to realize that such an
old crone as one of these was ever
woman, that she was ever young
and pretty, and soft and dimpled.
1t is hard to realize that she ever
loved or was loved that anybody
ever waited in the dusk to kiss
those faded lips, that any mans
hand ever caressed that frowsy hair;
that babe ever nestled on that
withered breast; that such one
ever had part in the great lot of
Womanhood.
Here is old age robbed of it's re-
ward, without the warm fireside and
the easy chair which the work of a
lifetime should have secured it;
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

at a masquerade of being young
that deceives no one but herself.
For, there is the gray ,pallor of
age that no paint can hide ndea,,,t the
cheeks that no masseur can rub
away, the tired old eyes that have
seen too much; the old weary face
that looks all the older under it's
gayly dyed hair. And it is all so
piteous, the rich old woman trying
to be young, clinging to a shadow
of beauty after the substance is
gone.
Hers is an old age frivolous, sill
ly, vain and ridiculous. 1t Is an
honor, without sweetness, and as 1
see it I thank God that my moth
er knew no such old age as that.
and I pray Him that 1 may never
| know such an old age when my
| time comes.
| try town and there | see another
| old woman. Her figure is still
straight with the look of a victo-
rious soldier about it. Her hands
strong, firm and capable, for she
| has done much work in her life,
| lie folded at rest now in her lap.
| Her face calm and serene is more
| beautiful than any girls because
life has etched on it the story of
a noble experience. Her Eyes are
| and her mouth is something to be
remembered because her smile is
like a benediction.
Her hair, snow white, is banded
away under a lace cap, and a lace
kerchief is folded primly across her
! old woman's dress of black silk
that she has worn so long, made
! in that self-same fashion. that i
has become a part of herself, and
it would seem a sacrilege to change
it's form.
Little children play about this
old woman's feet and creep instinct
! lively to the arms that have nestled
so many babies that they curve of
themselves into a cradle. Young
girls whisper to her their love Sc
crets because in her heart the foun-
tain of romance has never run dry
Her sons and daughters come to her
as to an oracle, and all who are
weary and heavy laden with sor-
| rows, lay their burdens down p
her chair and so away sustained and
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17
So Tho You're Near to Me
"a LOVE soNG)

BY EDMUND VANCE Ce0Ez
Lost were the years, dear, before we
ever met,
Last years and past years I a-H
shall regret,
For the night may be bright, while
the moon is ashine,
But never knew the sunlight, till
your eyes met mine.
SO tho you're dear to me,
So tho you're near to me-,
Sometimes there comes a forebod-
ing and fear to me,
Fear of the WEAKNESS,
Fear of the dreariness,
Drowning the light in the light Oh
it's teariness.
Out Of the shadow Of the years be"
fore we met
Creeps forth the shadow of the
darkness coming yet,
When one shall be gone and the oth-
err shall remain
And the love-light be blinded by the
tears of rain.
SO tho you're dear to me, ~
So tho you're near to me,
Sometimes there coS@es a forebod-
ing and fear to me; Il
Tears get the start of me,
Sprung from the heart of me,
Lest you no longer be partner and
part of me. H
Copyright, 1920, N. E. Al
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

comforted, for she is so wise with
the wisdom of experience; her heart
that has suffered and rejoiced so
much, is so overflowing with COM
pretending sympathy, her eyes that
are so near to the end of this world
are so touched with the prophetic
vision of the world to be.
Hers is an old age more beauti-
full than youth, happier, serener,
and I thank God that such an old
age my mother knew, and I pray
Him that I, too, may know such an
old age when 1 come to the purple
twilight of life.
Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17
THE ATLANTA TRI-wEEK1Y JOURNAL.

ceiving barely more than ten per cent of the
popular vote. Obviously it was time for Mr..
Palmer to return to Washington. Obviously
his plans for the Presidential nomination were
grievously punctured. Moreover, the cry from
Macondonia had turned out to be call to
Donnybrook fair. The Quixotic adventure was
over. Nevertheless, we were all delighted to
have Mr. Palmer in Georgia-none more so
than the supporters of the senior Senator.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

Foundation of national museum If musio
In which could be placed all the vaIuab1e
musical works of Spain, is demanded in an
editorial printed in Ell Dia These works are
at present stored in various cathedrals and
churches, and some of them which date back
to the fifteenth century, are now in danger of
destruction from neglect or accident.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

100000 rites, with all the grewsome fea-
lures that are part of the original African
ceremony, are being performed in Haiti.
The existence of voodoo worship there has
neen established by the Haitian survey of the
!ntercnurch World Movement. Interchurch
investigators report that the attemnt of
Americans and Europeans in Haiti to break
up thls practice has not yet been successful.
Inc rites are administered by a native
priest or what would be called in Africa a
witch DOCTOR child is sometimes sacri-
1iced' It's heart being taken out, and the par
! Elephants drinking of it's blood. The more
| modern from of the ceremony substitutes a
goat for child. Sometimes the child is used
until the moment of the supreme sacrifice ar
rlVes, when the goat is substituted
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

Mrs. Lille E. Wilkinson, who had tho dis
tlnct1on of making famous the part of
Iopsy,' in Uncle Toms Cabin died in
Worcester, Mass, recently, at the age of 79
she was native of England and I'D to the
time OF her retirement from the stage
tnl[ty-elght years ago. she played with sew
eral famous actors, including Edwin Rootb
and she was at the head of her own com.
pany in East Lynne While she was not the
original "Topsy," she developed the part
until it was one of the principal features
of the play.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

Signorina Italia Anita Garibaldi, grand
daughter of the Italian patriot, who is tour
ing this country in endeavor to observe
American conditions and customs and to pro-
mote understanding between this country
and Italy, is stopping at the Cosmopolitan
Club, 1873 East Fortieth street, New York,
after more than month in New England
She has plans for lectures all over the United
States, it is stated. All the important cities
OF the north and south and west.
S1gnora Garibaldi speaks enthusiastically
or her experiences and treatment so far and
deplores only the fact that so many persons
she has met are depressed by the confusion
of our foreign relations
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

Canada and Argentina may soon prove Sc
rlous competitors of the United States in the
Dairy industry Government officials believe,
The industry in both countries is in it's in
tancy yet Canada is producing 70 per cent
as much cheese and II per cent as much but
Ter as the united States, while Argentina is
producing IS per cent as much cheese and =
per cent as much butter.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

All restrictions for bunkering of for
elgn ships at Atlantic. ports were lifte(
recently by order of the Tidewater Goa
exchange, which succeeded the Director
General of Railroads in administration n
fuel regulations, it was announced off
clally IN New York, few days ago. Elk
ports must still be authorized by permitc
from the Exchange, it was stated by 7
w. Howe, commissioner. The order, eff.
1ectlve now, will continue in force until
April 80 unless rescended
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17
Hoe Hon. Mitchell Palmer
Came, Sac and Retired

a PECULIARLY significant turn of the
- present campaign in Georgia was the
alacrity and, we imagine, great shrug
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

Men discharged from the army who re-
enlist the next day for a period of three
years for assignment to an organization at
the station at which they are discharged
or for special service outside continental
United States may be granted three months
furIough.
Men who re-enlist for period of three
years for general assignment or for assign
ment to organizations other than at stations
at which discharged may be granted two
months furlough.
This announcement was made at Wash
1ngton by Secretary of War Baker. Sol
diers will become eligible for furlough i'm
mediately upon re-enlistment. In cases of
men re-enlisting for service at a station
other than the one at which discharged
furlough may be granted if desired by the
soldier when he joins his new station.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

According to information received from
Fiume, it is understood that Gabrielle dan
nunzio denied reports of projected move
ment north of Fiume for the capture of
the railroad leading to Trieste and Lubina
mo expedition has been planned by us since
the expedition to Zara," d'Annunzio said
''There have been no assertions from our
ranks and no incidents have occurred
., o~~1 to l0~iCNairoS.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

According to a dispatch from Copenhagen.
it is officially announced that the British
delegation has concluded it's negotiations
with the Russian Soviet representatives re-
specting trade relations between Great
brltalan and Russia. There is good pros
pect, it is added, of an early agreement be-
ing reached for the establishment of trade
with Russia.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17

According to dispatch from Madrid, Cap
tain Martorell and Lieutenant Cano, two of
the best known Spanish aviators, were killed
recently when their airplane fell from a
height of fifty yards to the roof of the air.
drOme
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-17
CURRENT EVENTS OF
INTEREST

Should stranger enter the little mining
camp at townsville, Pluumas county, Cal, on
Monday of a summer season. that which first
attracts his attention is not the big stamp
mill, nor any of the scenery of the camp, but
the clotheslines They are a unique feature
of the landscape, and indicate not only the
depth of the winters snowfall but the in
ventive turn of mind of the housewives in
the homes perched on the side of the noun
tain.
City jewellers accustomed to the net
work of lines stretched on the fiat roofs of
apartments and tenement houses; country
folk never cast second glance at backyard
wherein ordinary clotheslines or those
affixed to revolving standards. But when one
first sees the lines a-futter with a week S
wash, extending from a back porch of a
townsville house to the top of an extremely
tall pine tree anywhere from SO to 100 feet
distance, ones curiosity is quite naturally
piqued.
No one in the mining camp seems to know
exactly who was the originator of this clever
scheme, but all the housewives will tell
you what splendid thing it is; for in the
winter the snow falls to a depth of twenty
feet, and in some rare years as deep as forty
feet, and the winds drift it ever higher. Con-
sequently, an ordinary outside clothesline
would be buried out of sight and use be-
meath the heavy fall of snow; but wash day
comes around just as regularly during the
winter season, and to meet the problem of
drying clothes some ingenious person devised
the scheme of attaching a pulley to a pine
tree which thrust it's crown above the highest
recorded snowfall This was easily accom-
plished by skiing over the frozen crust of the
snow. The other end of the rope was at
tached to a second pulley fastened to the
back porch of the house. And when the
practical side of this scheme was observed,
all the housewives Of townsville who had
tall tree growing within reach of their
back porch followed suit, and Mondays wash
quickly strung up and sent t1uttering out over
the high-piled snow
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06

Of the Carranza army to spend the
SnEstmas holidays and make arrange
ine9ts LOT his return to the staff of mis-
ieaoer, Paiaez. in the Tampico district.
leaving the room he procured a nen.
paper and ink, and wrote the following o.
herewith translated from the Spanish:
un,. Mexico City. Dec. 29, 1919.
Inis Is to certify that on this date.
n THIS city, have talked with Mr..
orrest, representing the American
newspaper The New York Tribune. for
one nour, and that l have explained to
ann the existing revolutionary move
mene In Mexico, and that have also
told him the true occurrences in CON
nection with the abduction. which
personally effected, of the American
consul W. o. jenkins.
TO which I certify for whatevar
Mr. Forrest may believe convenient.
FED. CORDOVA."
When Cordovs regntered the roou
he left the door open and as he wrote
sitting with his back toward the door
my interpreter arose to close the door
rms necessitated his stepping behind
Cordova momentarily, but Cordoya
took no chances. His eyes followed
every move and he did not resume
writing until the interpreter was
seated.
rev moments later he personally
ushered US to the door, holding the
candle while we descended the few
steps to the street. We returned to
the center Of the city by jitney bus.
convinced that what Cordova had said
ABOUT Carranza's inability to furnish
guarantees for the safety Of foreigners
IN mexico was apparently true.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06

american propaganda, including a
charge that Henry P. Fletcher, Amer
can Ambassador to Mexico, had ac-
cepted $1.000,00O to uphold the Car
rama government. Mrs. Sturpis said
she told. the bandit who made % th;s
cnarge that ut was lie."
OEe of the bandits told me that AM
Dassador Fletcher could not return to
tna5 mat country" Mrs. Sturgis said. II
uon cnlnK MI. Fletcher knew how bad
conditions were. Once, when I was in
mexIco City, they blew up a train in
irumc u, OF me and one behind me-"
Inc most thrilling chapter of her ex-
pEerlence followed capture of the family
by zapata bandits, who took eyervthinr .
movable from the plantation. including
S23,OO0 In cash. They were sent fortv
mlles across country to prison camp.
MRS. Sturgis and her husband afoot
ana the formers mother on q mule.
Some months later Mrs. Sturgis was
ordered to proceed on foot to another
camp with secret message, and
warned that unless she returned in two
months other members of the family
would be killed. On the wav she
stopped at Mexico City and reported
1e ner troubles to the American Embassy.
me embassy. she said, got in touch
WIN Aapata forces, and it was agreed
to send Zapata lieutenant back to
camp with her. Meanwhile, q bridge
on the way to the camp where she was
to deliver the message was blown up.
ana the shoe, with the message in the
sole, was sent by messenger.
returning to camp, Mrs. Sturgis
found her mother dead and her hus
band dying of starvation. Some months
later she was released. and, more dead
than alive" walked with DR.. Sturgis
over the hills to their old plantation,
to find it "bare as bone"
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06
7ribune;s s Mexicun
Expose Aids u. S.
Disclosures Made by Cor
respondent about .Jen-
kirs Case Stirs Officials
Nero York Tribune
WASHINGTON Bureau


Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The dis
closures made by Wilbur Forrest. The
lrlbune's special correspondent, that
the Mexican government had sought to
nave Federico Cordova, who kidnapped
William 0. Jenkins, American Consular
Agent at Puebla, swear falsely to boil
ster up the case against the American
ofhclal, are Immediately to be inyesti-
gated by the American State Depart
ment.
Mr.: Forests story was read by all
the State Department officials in any
way concerned with the Mexican situa-
ton, from Secretary of State Lansing
down, it was learned to-day. Mr..
Lansing was furnished with copy of
The Tribune early this morning, and
read Mr.. Forests article completely,
Later in the day Mr.. Lansing said he
could not comment on the revelations
made by the Tribune correspondent.
and added that the department knew
nothing of the report that the Mexican
government had offered Cordova ZOO
600 pesos (s100,000) to appear against
Jenkins.
Members Of the Foreign Relations
Committee of the House and Senate
expressed the keenest interest in the
revelations made by Mr.. Forrest. Thew
declared that the interview with Cor
dova strengthened the evidence that
previously had been gathered that the
Carranza government was making fran
tic efforts to "save it's face" in the
jenkins case.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-06

h!m on one side while Villa supports
him on the other.
What is the significance of the re-
ports published in the Carranzista
newspapers that various rebel chiefs
fately surrendered or intend to sur
render"' l asked. Cordova declined to
answer the question directly. except to
say that many of these reports were
fabricated by the Carranza press, while
others had to do with revolutionary
plans which he was unable to discuss.
Cordova said he was not in sympathy
with those who blow up trains and
commit other depredations constantly
occurring in Mexico, which were not
always due to revolutionary organiza-
tlons to which he belonged eve don't
want to harm innocent people," he de-
cc!ared. "Our fight is not against the
Mexican people. Our feelings are
kindly toward the American people.
whom we believe to be our friends and
sympathizers toward our cause"
Writes Statement for Proof
When the interview was nearly ter
minated l asked the rebel leader to
write statement with which I might
prove that I had talked with him al
most in the heart OF the capital of
Mexico, where he had come in defiance