Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-18
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

According to a statement issued at
Washington congress was asked by
Governor Harding, of the federal re-
serve board, to settle the controversy
between reserve banks and. state
banks as to par collection Of bank
checks.
In a letter to Chairman Plat, of
the house banking committee, GOV
which either would compel the uni
versal adoption of par clearance or
would authorize both members and
non-members of the reserve system
to charge collection fees.
The present law, Governor Harding
said, was inadequate and had caused
difficulty because reserve banks had
been obliged to adopt drastic methods
to make collections of checks drawn
upon non-member banks opposing par
exchange.
Mystery over the prolonged &C
ton of the senate committee on Tor.
eign relations on the nomination or
Henry Morganthau, New York, to be
ambassador to Mexico was partly
bers of the committee have decided
that the nomination shall not be
confirmed for the present. Their eX-
PLANTATION is that it would be unWise
to send a new ambassador TO Mexico
while the country was in its present
turmoil. A.,
Coincident with knowledge OF the
decision report was CIRCULATED tnaC
Mr.. Morganthau intended to ASK
President Wilson to withdraw his
name from the senate. The nomlna-
tion has been before the committee
for more than six weeks. .,
Mr.. Morganthau, however, 1rlend
said, has felt for some time that the
delay has taken on the nature oA
personal fight.
| Former Speaker Cannon was eighty.
four years old recently. Members u
the house gave the Illinois represent
alive an ovation wien RepresehtatlSe
Mondell, the Republican leader, an,
nounced that it was uncle Joe
birthday anniversary. .. 100.
Messages of congratulatlon were
received by Mr.. Cannon, Chauncey M.
Denew. of New York, who recently
celebrated his eighty-slHth olr'io"''
sent this message: ~
1T beckon you on to the eighty
sixth milestone which / am holulng
for YOU. 1t is a beautiful journey
and glorious position.
ARRANGEMENTS have just been maze
which assure the removal OF TIE
hody of the statesman. James ".
Blaine, early this summe1' from tSoCh a
| Creek cemetery in Washington Wnete
burial took place il 1893, to peauti-
| Hill. overlooking Augusta, Me- anu
the valley of the Kennebec. =, 49,
The body, of Mrs: Flame .o wll1 d biy
be taken s ther &a7f ano Bla Gnes who is
buried beside his parents in Wash
ingto1.
Eecause wood is a poor conductor
of electricity, John Eagan's artiflc1al
| leg will have to be unstrapped When
| he gees 20 mis- death i'll the e-e"trlc
chair at Sing Sing.
EIagans conviction for murder was
upheld by the court of appeals. m
Eagan will be the first man with
wooden leg to die in the electric
chair.
DR.. John Dill Robertson's munIcl-
pal reduction plant, Chicago, liz
where fat women gather to work. or
their surplus tissues IN an elsh5
weeks campaign ended an se sverl
age net loss of 8.3 pounds per Pupll,
Mrs. Hulda Solberg, who tipped the
scales at ga a week ago. mas wasted
away to a trifle under 2l2' her net
loss of II IL pounds setting rec
ord for the class.
Dr.. w. A. Riddell, of Toronto,
Canada, announced that he had ten
dered his resignation as deputy
minister of labor in the Ontario gov.
eminent. and had accepted p9sltlo on
in the international labor ottlce OIL
the League of Nations.
DR.. Riddell will have, charge i9e
immigration and employment sec
ton, and will probably make ms
headquarters in Geneva. His. resIg-
nation takes effect next weaE1 lie
sails from New York on May 10, to
be in Geneva to attend the seamen
conference next month.
Niagara Falls is not the greatest
cataract in the world. The greatest
cataract is said to be on the lgnazu
river, which partly separates Brazil
and Argentina.
The precipice over which the river
p!ungcs in 21O feet high, that of Nj
aGara being 1877 feet. The cataract, IS
1923 feet wide, or about two and
half times as wide as Niagara.
1t is estimated that 10O,OOO,00O
tons of water pass over Niagara in
one hour A like estimate gives the
falls of Ignazu 140,000,00O tons.
at Albany iia :i,S n. Y, Judge samuel
Seabury issued statement in. which
ne characterized the resolutions
adopted by the delegation an lab
sUrd evasion cofnceived by a group
OF artful dodgers"
The Democratic conference" he
said "dodgs9 sv~ry Issue before the
countr Y-:te A%5ptTd a ridiculous
anG -heiCrjra, address about the
need fo- universal disarmament in
order to reduce the high cost of
living. A gathering never convened
more under the control of Tammany
Hall than was the tSle here"