Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-23
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

Surgeon General Rupert Blue of
the American Health Service has is
sued orders to all officffiers in Eu-
rope under him not to permit any
third-class passengers to depart for
the United States who have not been
vaccinated against smallpox. This
precaution has been taken in view
of the rapid spread of smallpox in
the Central European countries.
There is scarcely a steamship ar
irving in New York from Europe
that does not bring from one to ten
stowaways, in addition to the reg
ular passengers and the crew, dis
patches report. This, it is said, is
due chiefly to the high steamship
fares, which range from SIS to s125.
instead of from $25 to $35, as they
did before the war. The majority
Of stowaways board the liners in
foreign ports by Disgusting them
If they are citizens they can go
ashore directly on arrival here by
passing the immigration doctor and
Inspector and the steamship COM
pany is out of passage money:
Immigration officials s. at Ellis Ellis Is Is
stowaways all pay. big fees to a
mysterious band which operates at
all the principal ports, and has
branch here which deals exclusive
ly with chinese.
The North Dakota supreme. court
issued last week an order enJolnlng
from further charging increased
intrastate rates, which were put
| into effect on September 1. The or
der also directs the roads to rebate
any increase already collected.
Forty buildings, including many
stores, one tug and wharf, were
destroyed by fire at Tampico' Mex
last. Saturday, according to infor,
was made of the damage.
The police and carabineers have
| been busy in a searching investlga-
ton to discover the persons respon-
sible for the bomb explosion at the
Stock Exchange Genoa Several sus-
munists, are under arrest. but ne
no definite clue to the criminals who
committed the act has yet been
| found.
Gun easements. and machinery at
| Fortress Monroe, Va, were dam
ager last week by fire which the
authorities said was Of undetermin-
/ vestigation has been appointed.
! India's steady advancement in in
tensiye agricultural cultivation, has has
tilizers, special grade of seed, and
modern agricultural machinery at,
rapidly increasing rate. and the
e cessi { t for agricultural devel opment
has recently brought about the Tor
nation of the Union Agency. This
| agency, according to an issue OF
Commerce, will specially promote
| -,
seeds.
hishW nS the Yang-tse Kiang. is to
be put to work. To keep the river
always at flood level, seven dams
will be constructed, The project
contemplates the development OF
viii cost $4O,Ooo,OoO. This is the
opnent undertaken in China, whose
Industrial future has a wonderful
outlook in that direction. For
thanks to it's lofty m nou Fa RANGES
water powers available than any
other country in the world.
Nearly 100000 acres Of land in
wyoming, California and Montana
were classified during August by the
department of the interior under, the
| stock-raising homestead law, when
! makes puDllc 1anQS aNall1plo ~ -;
try for stock-ratsing purposes IN
homesteads of $40 acres or less the
| department announces.
Property of Germans to the val
| lie of about $45,000,000 is to be re-
tanned by the South African gov
eminent as a loan repayable IN
| thirty years. This intention OF the
| government was announced recently
| in the South African house OF as,
sembly by the premier Geherai
| SHUTS.
A meeting of hurley tobacco grow
| ers of Kentucky will be held in Lex,
| ihgton, September 80, it is ANNOUNCED
| by the secretary of the Burley To-
bacco Growers association. -
The proposed charter and bylaws
| of the recently formed association
will be presented for ratification.
Meetings in all burley-groW1ng
counties are urged in the announce
ment for September 20.
The plight of the formerly W vel TO-
do people and a sidelight on the ex-
change situation in Hungary are al
forded by the bill in the national as,
sembly increasing certain Judges
salaries from 5000 to 5000 crowns.
mis- represents in American money
raise of about SO cents month
In q worldwide appeal from China
1t is declared that "the South
Fukien Opium Prevention soclety'
realizing the open and Wlllfui olsre-
gard of the law prohibiting the pro-
auction of opium, and knowing that
during the past year enough opium
was produced for five years and thaG
another crop will supply the demand
for fifteen years, appeals TO the
world press and all welfare organ1za-
lions, now that the planting season