Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20

$50 miles; DAYTON to Fairbanks. 275
miles; Fairbanks to Ruby, 240 miles;
Ruby to Nome, 800 miles.
King Alfonso, of Spain. partici-
pated in a game of polo at the Roe
hampton club, near London. The
team on which the king played won
by a score of 9 goals to 5. Alfonso
scored goals and Prince Henry,
third son Of King George, shot 2.
Other members of the team on. which
the Spanish monarch and Prince
Henry had positions were w. s.,
Bnckmaster and Lord Wodehouse.
Their opponents were Earl Beatty.
Lord Wimborne, Colonel c. d. Miller
and E. B. Horlick. The game was a
fairlya.faSt one. Among the Specta-
tors were the Queen of Spain, Dow
ager Queen Alexandra and, Princess
Beatrice. ns H.. H'a.a
LONDON.-Santeri Nuorteva, who1
recently arrived in England as the
emissary of l.. C. A. K. Martens,
the United States, will be deported.
Nuorteva was admitted to England
by mistake, it is stated. He wasl
carrying a diplomatic passport"
signed by Martens and the alien of
ficers at Liverpool. failed to notice|
Nuorteva Immediately got into touchI
with members of the delegation of
Leonid Krassin, the Bolshevill mini
lister of trade and commerce, his OBJ
ject being, according to the authoriI
ties, to induce the delegation toI
finance Martens in his litigation With
the United States department of jus-I
tice and otherwise ASSIST Martens
financially. Nuorteva brought a let
ter of introduction from Canadian
L. g..
found Nuorteva they issued a de-
portation order, which will be excl
cuted shortly. Nuorteva claims Rus
sian nationality on the ground that
Finland, where he was born, was al
Russian possession at the time of
his birth.
Property on the east side of
Broadway between Forty-fourth and
Forty-fifth streets, New York City
cording to a report filed in the SUI
preme court recently in behalf of the
minority stockholders of the New
ork Theater Corporation.
America Is not obligated to assist
the European allies in military
measures they may undertake if the
Germans refuse to accede to the al
was said authoritative in Washing
ton recently. Belief was expressed
that America would lend only mora S
support to efforts to coerce Ger
many. The American army on the
Rhine, consisting of $4,000 men, is
the armistice. it was pointed out, as
America did not become party I'd
the treaty Of Versailles. violations
Of which brought the threat of oc
cupation of the Ruhr. The position
the American forces would occupY
l, lo+n i,1o al hut In -
quarters the view was held that they
might be relieved if hostilities werd
renewed.
In Colorado Springs there IS hos
pital for birds. and it is conducted
by an old gentleman named DR.. vii
liam W. Arnold. The main building
of the hospital is shed Of modes
size, with a bent roof and walls o
wire net 1t is in effect big cage
and for protection against hot sun
and stormy weather curtains o
striped awning stuff are so arranged
as to let down.
His fees? Not penny. His skill
and care are bestowed free of charge
Birds lodged at the hospital unde
treatment or while undergoing con
valescence are boarded without ex
pense. When a patient dies there
little funeral, attended by childrei
as mournerS.
The doctors patients are mostl,
wild birds, but frequently peopl
take to him sick or injured canaries
parrots and other cage pets. An all 81
ing rooster or a hurt duck readilJ
claims his attention.
Here an Ssures, gathered iron
the Merchants association, steam
ship companies, stevedores, railroa
companies and other reliable author
tiles, showing the estimated 1osse
due to robbers of freight cars, piers
steamships and trucks: Silk-Los
servatively at s3,OO0,0oO for the New
York port district Recoyeries hav
totaIled S1,750.000.
Railroad Losses-s6 600, 900 at thi
port. New York Central loses abou
$2,000,000 a year in robberies
In 1914 railroad losses Throughout
the United States by robberies wer
$10,o0o,oo0; in 1917, :s3O,OO0,ooO; i
present rate, $40,00o.0O0.
One group of forty-eight men. in
dicted a few days ago, is accuse
of thefts totalling s1,500,00O.
The Merchants association attor
ney charges that petty grafters
piers get from $40 to $50 a day.
The ''rake-off'' in thefts is splj
this way: rs per cent to the fina
cier of the deal" Is per cent to tn
actual thieves, and 10 per cent
those who handed out the necessary,
tips as to location of goods, etc,