Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-07
CURRENT EVENTS

in the 1919 world series, says a state
inent by Abe Attell, former feather
weight champion, whose name has
frequently been mentioned in connec-
ton with the Chicago investigation.
There is master mind who
evolved and operated the entire
scheme" said Attell. "Of course, he
was assisted by several others. His
name and their names I know, but
1 do not care to reveal them at the
present time. Later l shall give
names and particulars"
A plan Of the Industrial Workers
Of the World to inaugurate period
III twenty days, is charged by Con-
GresGman Albert Johnston, of the
Third Washington district, Washing
ton, in statement commenting on
anonymous letters received by the
Seattle police and federal authorities
planning to blow up financial institu-
tons and buildings in Tacoma, Port
land and Seattle.
not allowed to go ashore at Puerto
Barrios, Guatemala, because of yell
low fever in the interior, it is an
nounced at New Orleans. Passengers
from Guatemala will be accepted on
steamships only when from Guate-
Hill lily Ctuh upOII pICSSIldI1OH VI
health certificates issued at the cap
tal.
Lack of sufficient dock 1aborers is
hurting the shipping interests of
BrunsWicl, Ga. There has been
al days that should have been shipped
into the interior, but could not be
moved for lack Of labor. There is
enough labor, but the trouble seems
to be the men simply do not care to
work regularly. There are now more
time, and it seems to be a question
of more work than willing workers.
A British mission will leave shortly
for Brazil to study the districts
where cotton is growing with view
to recommending the formation of
British companies to stimulate the
development of Brazips cotton in
dustry, according to advices to the
department of commerce from Lon
don. Transportation facilities also
will be investigated.
Ten thousand criminal cases were
recorded in Vienna in the year 1919,
against 1874 in 1910. The prisons
are so crowded that it has become a
scandal and the dockets so extended
as to lead the public prosecutor to
recommend that all cases in which
than five years Imprisonment be
quashed It is said that many of the
cases cannot be reached for years.
The judicial machinery of the state
is wholly inadequate to cope with the
situation
Many hundred Germans from Po-
land and the Russian border states
arrive every week at the Dutch sta
lions in Holland and cross the border
with a view to embarking at Rotter-
dam for the United States. If their
passports are right the Dutch from
tier guards do not stop them.
seventy-eight fire alarms were
turned in here within twenty-four
hours, in Birmingham, Ala, last Fri
day. In many instances the hremen
had barely completed their work in
High winds, which scattered sparks
from furnaces, industrial plants and
locomotives, were given as the cause
for most of the fires. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Under the direction of the Eighty
second Division association, southern
veterans of the famous unit OF the
A. F.. F. will gather in Atlanta for an
informal reunion on October 9, the
second anniversary of one of the
hottest combats in the Argonne bat
tie in which the division was en-
gagged.
Girls in search of husbands, gather
around! California, in announcing
her latest vital statistics, boasts Oh
261,34G more males than females.
And CALIFORNIA; men are apparently
healthy and long-lived, for SO per
cent of them are siXty-five years and
older.
New York Citys new rent laws.
which were signed by Governor
Smith few days ago, have nullified
100000 eviction proceedings penang
in the courts, abolished moving DAY
until November, 1922, and have puI;
There will be no moving day until
November, 1922, unless, OF course,
tenants desire to move. The new
laws will keep the tenants In thlr
present homes. The 100000 eviction
notices sent out have been wiped out
as If thew had never existed, and
therefore city marshals who nave
been reaping a harvest from eviction
cases suddenly find themselves de-
prived of their lucrative gold mine.
Floods said to be worse than any
recorded in China in the last tWenoc
ty years in the district north OF
Nanchang are reported to be SUP
siding after having devastated
" People of the districts =. flooded
were on the verge of staryatio ton The
district that has suffered most ex-
tends northward from Nanchang
along the east bank Of the Kan Kan
river to Poyang lake. At one time
the streets of Nanchang Were un-
der water. 1t is estimated that about
one hundred persons lost their lives
in the floods.
A derelict, apparently the wreck
age of a large vessel, has been sight
ed in the steams Id s lane off 6sb the
vessels report. Near the wreck were
two damaged dories. The identity of
the ship was not obtainable.
There now are 9O,952 persons who
own United States steel common
stock, according to the totals made
up by the transfer office on the clos
ing of the books, August 80, for
the last quarterly dividend. This is
q new new high record as compared d, with ttn
books in June last. The average
holdings of the stock is less than
Sc shares. The number of steel com
doubled in