Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-06
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

Lady Geddes, wife OF the newly appointed
British Ambassador is generally spoken Of as
an American woman. This, the Pail Mall Ga
Zette, London newspaper, points out is in
correct. Lady Geddes born in New York
State and educated at Windsor, Nova Scotia,
but she is the daughter of W. A. Ross, of
Belfast, Ireland who spent his life in Ameri-
ca, but who the paper says, was never nat
uralized
Organize labor has opened it's non-parti-
san political campaign, the object of which
is to defeat foes of the working men.
Talk of President Wilson running for a
third term is again prevalent Propaganda
has been floated by the Tariff Reform
League, urging his reelection and insisting
that survey taken during the past year
shows that there are ten million men voters
who favor drafting Wilson and Marshall for
an other term in office.
Senator Borah introduced bill to prohibit
presidential candidates from expanding more
than $4,000 for campaign purposes prior to
their nomination. The bill would exempt
expenditure for travelling, kilograms or cir
culars but would include expenditures by as
sociatiOns or individuals unless publicly re-
jected by the candidates, under penalties of
5000 fine and two years. imprisonment
A score of religious denomina atoms have
launched an interchurch movement,N under
the direction of former Secretary of State
Lansing, to combat the Red menace
Stimulation of the production of power al
cohol for use as motor fuel was urged in a
report submitted to the House of Representa-
t1ves by Representative Dyer, of Missouri.
from the judiciary committee.
Ludwig c. A. X. Martens, so-called Soviet
Ambassador to the United States, sued the
REVIEW OF Reviews, Albert Shaw, the editor,
and Arthur Wallace Dunn in the Supreme
court Tor $1,OO0,000 damages because of
an article by Mr.. Dunn in the February
number entitled, "The Reds in America, :,
Inc artlcle stated that Martens was spread
ing propaganda looking to the destruc-
t1on OF the government of the United
otates' which the plaintiff says is false.
It is understood on good authority that
onaIles Lively, Federal Prohibition Director.
made the statement that an owner of his
nome IN West Virginia may move his Iiouor
TO MS residence in another state.
henry Morgenthau, former United States
Ampassador to Turkey, has been selected bv
PRESIDENT Wilson as Ambassador to Maxico
He succeeds former Ambassador F1ercber
VINO resigned not long ago.
~ Legality of commitment on which Ada
M M ana phoebe Brush aged sisters, were con-
FINED in the Kings Park State Hospita1 for
the insane in New York for the past ten
years. was defended in statement given ont
Oy the state hospital commission. The wom-
en- were recently released from the bosnia,
ana Immediately made charges that tnev had
oeen Illegally held for ten years on con,1
mltment originally intended to detain them
only ten days. 'A0h
according to information given to Now
i; :. o In Newspaper, it is understood that opium
Is oelng smuggled into this country in largo
quantltles. Mrs. Ing Sal Wah twentv-tbree
~ ~hite wife of Chinese actor, was arrested in
CHINATOWN, New York, and held in s2,O00
bail by United States Commissioners Hitcb.
COCK 1t became known that her husband
was apprehended on the same charge several
weeks ago. - ''-
When Wah was arrested in his apartment
at NO lit West Twenty-sixth street, largo
quantity of opium copper containers and
plates for printing labels were conf1scated.
Small six-ounce containers, manufactured
IN New York City, were shipped to Canada
for packing the opium.