Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-19
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

their guests were Ex-Governor an
Mrs. Charles s. Whitman, Of New
York; Jacob NJ. Dickinson and Mr.
and Mrs: Theodore, w. Robinson.
One of the smartest affairs CT tn L
week was the dinner given by Mr.
and Mrs Marshall Field III, at thei
apartment, 1900 Lake Shore Drive
for their house guests, Mrs. Vincent
Aston, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Butle1#
Miss Mary Kare, Sumner Gerard an
A possible cure for leprosy whic
has proved successful in forty-eigh&
cases under treatment in the Ha#
waiian Islands, was announced bN
! the United States public health serY
ice The cases upon which the hop
of a cure is based all have been o
parole for almost a year, and in tina
time there has been no sign of re
currence.
The chief factor in the new ttrea
ment is discovery by Prof. e.
Dean, head of the chemical depar
ment of the College of Hawaii. Pro
Dean succeeded, after many exper
ments, in. isolating the active COZ
of the oil in the treatment of lei
rosy has been known for sever;
years, but it's continued administrs#
ton never had been feasible. tt
result of Prof. Deans work has bee
designated ethyl ester" and appear
to have none Of the disadvantage
and all of the beneficial qualitid
of Chaulmugra oil.
The public health service is cor
Quoting a thorough study Of til
treatment.
With the release from Ellis Islar
of Comma Mella, the only woman
rested in the department of JuStf
raids in Paterson, the liberation
the entire Paterson group of ana
chists, for one cause or another, hf
been accomplished.
Comma Mella, according to HI
lawyer, is a philosophical anarchist
in that she holds anarchistic belle
but does not countenance fviolend&
She has been held at Ellis Island f
several months under heavy ball an
because of her admissions, was CO.
sidered by agents Of the departme1
under the act of October 16, 1918.
Senator Robert M. La Toilette,
Wisconsin, was operated upon at
Mary's hospital, Rochester, Mini
for removal of the gall sac. II
more serious than anticipated.
An official bulletin issued aft
the operation said Senator La Fl
lette's condition sis good and he
resting as easily as can be expected
/ 1t was announced later that Sen
tor La Follettes condition was v
tually unchanged, and that there h
been no unfavorable developments.
ONTARIO, June "a success
operation in ''pachydermic exodo
terry was accomplished inGuelI
Onatrio, recently, although all
subject nkew about it was that
ter it was over, he was minus
tooth weighing one ounce short
a pound.
What actually happened was. ii
a veterinarian yanked throbbi
belonging to circus showing he
The patient beast had evinc
considerable discomfort for so
time past, and not untilN day
two ago was it discovered that
trouble was due to a decayed too
pain, was preventing the huge
in1al from eating or drinking in co
fort.
While the Hungarian peace trea
was being signed at Versailles t
stores of the city of Budapest we
closed, the street and steam railwa
stopped running, work ceased in
offices, and the church bells we
tolled as a sign of mourning.
A welcome rain fell during parad
in protest against the treaty, and
is hoped that the promising harvd
of Hungary will be saved. It is es
mated here that if the harvd
reaches 100000 quintals (abo
100000 bushelS), of which one-f1f
can be exported, the exchange sitl
ton will be removed.
"The potentates of the earth
cruel to us, but God has not forg
ten Hungary" said Count Albert A
ponyi.
The parades were peaceful. Tho
sands of refugees from the lost pro
inces participated in them.
Further arrests were made by
partment of justice agents in c.
lection with the theft of ieathar V
ued at over $1,000,000 from piers
Jersey City and Brooklyn. The f
arrests were made last Septemb
and James Chapman, who was s.
posed to be the head of the ba
pleaded guilty and was sentenced
four years in the federal prison
Atlanta.
The agents arrested John
jacques, train dispatcher for
Erie railroad, living in Newark,
recently arrested John Mathews
captain Of a lighter, Of West N
York, n. j., and Harry Haugan,
ID Clinton street, and Harry So
mon, 100 Division avenue, both
Brooklyn. Jacques was held in 5
900 bail by United States Comm
sioner McGoldrick. The others W
reld in $4,000 bail each.