Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-28
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

william Shakespeare was placed
under $500 bond in Atlanta recently,
charged with reckless driving. He is
not the shade of the famous play
wright but just a negro chauffeur
whose automobile broke J. w. Wray's
leg.
Complaints by banks and the gen.
eral public at the flood of unusually
dirty and insa1itary paper currency
in circulation bring an explanation
from federal reserve bank officials
that the bureau of engraving and
printing at Washington is unable
to remedy the situation by 1ncreas-
ing the output of new notes. The
limitations placed on the Washing
ton bureau, according to the officials,
are physical One-third of the bu-
reau is utilized in printing perma-
nent Liberty loan bonds, and the pa
per currency in the United States
has doubled il circulation during the
last six years.
Reorganization of the Interchurch
World Movement has been brought
vent. Bishop Thomas Nicholson. of
Chicago, chairman of the reorganiza-
ton committee, has announced.
More than 100000 has been paid
into the organization by, the demon
nations which undertook to under
writes the original $100,000,000 cam
paign, Bishop Nicholson said. Con-
ferences will open in New York city
in two or three weeks.
The old battleship Iowa, weighing
10000 tons, was navigated with pre-
else accuracy by means of radio
waves emanating from control sta
ton on the battleship Ohio, in a test
ment off the Virginia Capes.
The control was found efficient up
to 10 or II miles. The novel test
was declared to have fulfilled the
| highest expectations of naval ex-
| pert.
San Francisco police have started
a search for Grover Cleveland Berg
doll, wealthy ,Philadeelphisan. wanted
for evading the draft: The search
| began when department Of justice Of
| ficiaIs advised the police that several
| people had reported they had seen
! Bergdoll here
Judge Ebert H. Gary. American
steel magnate, at luncheon given
in his honor at Paris last week, &C
! year with a delegation of American
| steel men to inspect the steel indus
try in process of reconstruction.
Major General Leonard Wood was
decorated last week in Chicago as ar
| officer of the Order of ST. Maurice
| and ST. Lazarus by Colonel Di Der.
nezzo, italian military attache. al
Washington. The ceremony took place
| on the Municipal Pier auditorium
| and was part of exercises in honor
of the fiftieth anniversary Of the
! entry Of the Italian army into Rome
A large quantity of railroad roll
ing stock, including a number Of 10
comotives. has arrived at Alicante
| Spain, on board a French steamer
and will be employed immediatel!
| to replace material on roads in thi:
vicinity. The rolling stock on these
| lines is so worn that service ha!
been abandoned on many branches.
Many thousands of Hollanders are
| inquiring about prospects Of work OF
business in the United States, New
York hears. There are three main
reasons for the coming migration
from Holland. First, an accumula-
| tion of those prevented by the war
| Second, the over-crowding Of Hol-
land by refugees from war-stricken
countries, principally Belgium. Third
! a general nausea caused by fear OF
Bolshevism, the lowering Of moral
standards and the uncertainty Of pol
tiles.