Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-04
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

A cablegram was sen to London
offering to loan to the international
horse show, to be held in sJune, q
duplicate of the famous Deadwood
coaches common in the west many
years ago and exhibited more re-
Gently by the late Colonel William r.
Cody buffalo Bid.
The offer was in response to an
advertisement printed in London pa
pers.
The coach in Concord, N. H., which
is owned by the original makers, is
believed to be. the only one Of it's
kind now available.
According to dispatch from Ber-
lim, the Deutsche Zeitung says the
German government Is preparing a
note to France, in which a demand
will be made for withdrawal of the
allied troops from Frankfort and
other recently occupied districts The
demand will be based, says the news
paper, on ground that German troops
in the Ruhr region have been reduced
to the peace treaty stipulations.
General Won Waiter, commander of
| German government troops in the
Ruhr district during recent commun-
list disorders there, has resigned, and
his resignation has been accepted, &C
cording to advices from Berlin.
The war department at Washington
| has undertaken a campaign to. en-
courage Workmanship, and to that
endnwill have annual competitions in
each of the seven divisions of the
army, the secretary of war having
| granted the necessary permission
Trophies in the form of plaques will
be given for general horsemanship,
care o., Of horses, equipment, feeding,
etc. The Remount association, an in
| dependent organization, is endeavor-
ing to advance interest, both mill
tary and civilian, in the breeding of
American horses for riding purposes
and is now assured of the co-opera-
ton of the army in this connection
The. first national convention of the
american Woman's Legion will be
held in Washington, D. c., May 10,
Il and IS, it was announced recently
all women relatives of men who took
part in the war being invited to or
ganlze locally and send two delegates
Tor ,,o,, every twenty-tiye members
Emancipation of condition of the
wounded soldiers, reduction of illit-
eracy and participation in the cam
palgn of Americanization were named
as objects of the legion.
-, President Wilson'S letter to Tonett
ohouse, delegate-at-large from Kan
sas to the Democratic national con-
Vent1on, is only one Of several re-
cent incidents that have confirmed
the opinion of leading Democrats
that the president expects to be the
candidate of his party.
Iheer can be no other logical in
depreciation of his insistence on the
League of Nations as the dominant
issue of the. campaign.
Mr. Wilson'S declaration in his
letter that this is "a year Of excep-
t1onal opportunity and duty for
Democrats clears the way for him
70 accept a third term nomination as
a matter of duty
The presidents health is all that
1ntervenes. What that will be in
June no one can foresee.
A dispatch received here from San
KENO makes known the statement
of Signor Nitti: you will have war
IN Asia Minor, and Italy will not
SEM sen ia a single soldier nor pay a sin
Turks their sacred City of Adrian
ople," said Signor Nitti. You have
placed their capital city under for
e1gn control; you cave taken from
tnem every port and the larger part
Oh th dd1o, territory, and the five Turk
will sign a treaty which viii not
have the sanction o. the Turkish
people or the Turkish parliament"
According to a statement issued at
marlboro, Mass, smoking and chat
ting periods have been introduced at
a local shoe factory in an effort to
| increase efficiency.
several ideas eliminating unneces-
sary processes have been adopted.
and other suggestions aimed at time
! saving are being tried out Some of
the operatives, it is said, did not
take kindly to the experiments and
We're wondering obviously what the
next short cut would be.
1t came in this unexpected an
nouncement: Production must be
increased. Quality must be 'improv-
ed. Operation will be suspended
twice daily to allow operatives to
rest
During these periods, which be-
gin at 10 in the morning and 8 in
| the afternoon, the power is shut
off and the wheels stop.
The latest news from CONSTANT
nople states that five hundred
| French troops are reported to have
been killed III the evacuation of
Urfa, in the northwest part of Meso-
potamia. Details are lacking
American relief workers, among
whom was Mrs. Richard Mansfield,
are all reported safe.