Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-22
CURRENT EVENTS OF
INTEREST

The employees on the kings estates in
Scotland, including Balmoral castle, are de-
manding an eight-hour day and an advance
in wages to three pounds weekly James D.
Ramsay kings commissioner on the Balmo-
raj estates, has given the men the option
of working ten hours a day or quitting their
jobs. AS far is known he has said moth
ing to them concerning wages.
The question is to be discussed in Aber-
deem at a meeting Of the Scottish Federation
of Discharged Soldiers, many of the men be-
ing former soldiers. 1t is recalled that King
George, in writing to the local tradesmen
at Balmoral some time ago, said he wished
all his employees to be comfortable and sat-
isfed
A final agreement on the $462, 900
postoffice appropriations bill was reached by
| the house and senate cOnferees at Wash
| ington. The senate managers receded
| from the senate amendment authorizing
| the retention until June 0, 1921, of postal
! tube equipment in the postOffices at New
/! York, Philadelphia, Chicago, st. Louis and
Boston Use of the tubes was discontinued
some years ago, but the equipment was
never removed
Senate amendments providing for the ap-
pointment of joint congressional commits
sion to inquire into the present mail trans
pOrtation system with view to making
recommendations for it's improvement were
approved. The conferees previously had
accepted senate provisions for trans-con-
tinental experimental airplane mail service
between New York and San Francisco via
Chicago.
DR.. John A. Lee, President of the Kings
County Medical Society," who became known
throughout the country because of his early
experiments with the died in
home, No. % Revere Place, Brooklyn Death
was the direct result of burns suffered in ex-
periments with the X-ray, when there was lit
tie known about it, and SO slightly under
stood. DR.. Lee was born in New Britain,
Conn. He was a graduate OF Yale He be-
came an inferno at St. Mary's Hospital in
Brooklyn He was quickly advanced to as
slStant surgeon in 1901. He was attending
surgeon there from 1908 until his death 1t
was at st. Mary's that he equipped the first
A-ray hospital department in the United
States. He received many burns in 1905
and was forced to give up the use of the raw.
lie mad several tumors cut from his chest
and one of the fingers of his right hand re-
moved. Finally his lungs became affected,
which resulted in his death.
Paraguay is land of wonderful oppor-
tunlty for North Americans, says w. L.
ochurz, United States trade commissioner who
mas just completed seven months inyesti-
gatlon OF its resources. Ten millions in
American money has thus far been invested
IN the little republic, but in the opinion of
Mr. Schurz, millions more of American can
ltai would lind profitable return there
Nearly the size of the state of Missouri
ana with less than 100000 inhabitants
paraguay mas untouched resources of amaz-
ing variety and possibilities.
over half the country is forested with
the nnest hard woods in the world" he said
Its SOIL and climate are capable of raisin o
t %ny tnlns undef the sun, including wheat and
pananaS' experiments have proved that
q, lure COTTON TO the acre can be raised on
s atas oayan SOIL than on any other soil where
eo.'4n - cultivated at present. 1t is good
thing e00u LUZ any
mere are deposits of manganese and IRON
OF unknown extent that have not heen 49,
ed since the Paraguayan war ended ~ Io1n
IL IS waiting for a railroad to be buiIt to II
There is also copper. A' ~ IT,
Inc American investments in paroo
a. present are in cattle, meat packing n1on+.
anu quebracho. There are less tb.n a,o
l munored Americans in the whole co1rtr,s
Icy are popular with the natives. who +bin1t
d lou OF the United States. 'nln
:: "a pair OF small glass pitchers manufactures,
- - 'ne early days of American history ~ ~
Paron St1egal in Pennsylvania wnro eo17 'l ~
.. Aaroque for $105 in the sale at the Anoari ~
Can ART Association of the Charles Ro11o1Ia
coIlectlon. |. o. Fuller gave S6,250 for .
0taHordshlre copper bowl. Z"
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