Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-08

Restoration
| lomatc room at Washington, scene OF many
! important international events, has been Or
dered by cambridge Colby, the new secre-
| tary of state.
! Demand for office space during the war
necessitated conversion of the room into
| three offices, equipped with desKs' Dooh-
cases and filing cabinets.
BY the new secretarys order the war
time partitions will be removed, the room
redecorated and again be used for formal
Diplomatic events, such as the exchange OIL
treaty notifications.
| Regarding a report from Norfolk received
in New York recently that the Old DOMINION
Steamship company was to go out Oh Dusl-
ness and sell its steamships, which have been
in the trade for many years, officials Of the
company in New York city are quoted as
saving that full statement will be maze
shortly.
It is understood that the old route be-
tween New York and Norfolk will be aban-
doned and the ships sold
The Old Dominion may be merged with the
Mallory and Clyde lines and start IN the
West Indian and Mediterranean trade. The
line will operate for a few days longer, after
the strike has ended.
The carrier pigeons and equipment of the
navy department will be available for the
United States Department of Agriculture
next season for conveying messages from
forest fire fighters Eat the front to mead
| quarters says recent communication from
| the Department of Agriculture The test Oh
the birds for this use was carried out on a
limited scale this season and proved so sue
| cessful that the Forest service offlclals De
lieve that the pigeons can be employed prot
itably on larger scale. -
To establish a successful carrier pigeon
svstem, II will be necessary to lay plans in
The near future to have the posts properly
located and get the birds acclimated and be-
gin their training. Flights OF b0O mlles III
day have been made by many Oh the olrus'
while a distance of $50 to 200 miles means
two or three-hour flight for the average
bird, The distances which would be covered
| in Forest service work are considerably less
than this in most instances the lilghts lioln
fire fighting areas to headquarters pelng less
! than ffty miles The value OF the pros III
nooun+ainous regions where travel is difficult
would be especially great, the department
says.
The Mexican government which asserts
if now controls nine-tenths OF the rallroaa
mileage of the republic, has placed approx
mately $5,OOO,O0O Of orders with American
companies for equipment and repair mate
rial, At the New York offices OF the pur-
chasing agent of the National Railways OF
Mexico it was said that ample funds to pay
cash for these orders are on deposit with
New York banks, and that in some instances
money has already been advanced before de-
livery.
DISPATCHES from Beirut announce thai
Emir Fesal, recently proclaimed king OF
Syria has given the French until April q tc
leave Syria and the Arabs nave oruereu' lie
British out of Palestine.
Prince Feisal, son of the king of HedJaz
! has been ordered to explain to the supreme
council Of the allies the GROWING of him as
king of Syria. Premier Lloyd George an
nounced that recognition was denied him b!
the allies as the ruler of that country, anc
Lebanon protested against his sovereignty:
After the ceremony of his proclamation
Emir Feisal declared that this would not al
feet relations with the allies
The Swiss papers are suppresslng the
names Of women of titles, some OF Whlcf
are we'll known to New York society, who
have been driven to suicide, indirectly, by
the Boshevist regime of Hungary and Rus
sia Since the armistice five have been founo
7 drowned in the lake off Montreux. The re
mainder shot or poisoned themselves in no
: tells. Some were wives of well-known Amer
leans who were killed or disappeared in the