Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-18


clare that the workmen in Portugal have
proclaimed a soviet republic. The postal
the Geographic and other workers are said
to have Joined the railroad men in the move.
Telegraphic communication with Portu-
gal is interrupted, but the Spanish officials
consider the rumors of a revolution as alarm
lists. They do not, however, fail to take into
consideration the seriousness of the extensive
strike movement and it's possibilities
The Portuguese legation here is without
definite news from Lisbon.
strike Of all the employees on the Por-
tuguese railroads was announced in a dis
patch from Tuy, Spain, on the Portuguese
border, Tuesday. The strike began Monday
night of last week. The message said it was
bel1eved all the postal and Geographic en-
ployees would strike in sympathy with the
railroad men, who were demanding an in
crease in wages.
For just 23h cents it is possible to obtain
hearty meal, washed down with half a bot
tie of red wine, in the Paris municipal restau-
rants just opened. The 31a cents go to
pay for the wine. A prohibitionist can get
the following repast for 20 cents, and there's
no tip:
MENU
Hors d'Oeuvre
Roast beef with fried potatoes
large helping of vegetables
Cheese or pudding
Large chunk of bread
Food experts here claim that in no other
metropolis in the world can three such
squares be had daily for twice the price
go cents for one days nourishment.
A giant crane, with a lifting capacity Of
more than 100000 pounds has been COM
pleted at the fitting-out pier Of the Philadel-
phia navy yard.
A descriptive announcement by the navy
department says the crane, which has an
overall height of 245 feet or equal to an
eighteen-story building was the largest of it's
type in the country, having been constructed
at cost of nearly $1,000,000.
The utility of the crane in permitting the
installation in battleships of wholly assem-
bled turrets guns boilers, ETC., which here
tofore have had to be dismantled for install
Iation, can be measured, it was said by the
initial test feat of the apparatus in which it
lifted two locomotives of approximately 1907
600 pounds EACH in addition to $4,000
pounds of steel billets.
immigration into Canada from the United
States fell off 43 per cent during the last
fiscal year, according to report of the Cana
dian department of immigration, issued this
past week. Last year 40,715 Americans set
tied in Canada against II ,314 the preceding
year. For the year just closed figures show
9,914 settlers came from the United King
dom and 1913 from other European coun-
tries
Denial was made at the state department
at Washin gton, D. c., of the published re-
port from abroad that the United States gov
eminent, on account of the attitude of the
senate toward the Versailles treaty, has or
dered the withdrawal from Europe of its
representatives who have been acting as un-
official observers to keep this government
informed of the work of the Preparations COM
mission and other bodies provided for by the
treaty.
According to a dispatch from Manila, pen
sions of $4,000 yearly were granted the ter
rtorial legislature to General Emilio Agui-
naldo, leader of the Filipino insurgents
against the Spaniards in 1896, and Cage
tano S. Arellano, formerly chief justice Of
the supreme court of the Philippines
The legislature also voted $4,000 to Frank
w. Carpenter, retiring governor of the de-
partment of Mindnao and Sulu.
Retirement of Governor Carpenter was due
to abolishing of the political organizations
in Mindinao and Sulu, both of which have
become regular provinces with elective gov
ernors.
Mr.. Carpenter has been in the service of
the United States in the Philippines for near.
ly twenty-five years.
1t is understood that Captain H. F. Col
beth general superintendent of the Cape Cod
canal, has announced the reOpening Of the
acnal. 1t has been close to traffic since the
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