Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-19

| an endowment of 10000 pounds
| (nominally $100,000) for professor.
| ship of United States history has
been given to Oxford university by
Viscount Rothermore, former secre-
| tary of state for air forces. The gift
Is made in memory of Lord Rother.
more's son, who was killed in the
| great war.
According to information received
| from Shangai definite agreement
| upon terms of peace between north.
ern and southern China has been ar
| rived at between Wang whiting
northern plenipotentiary peace dele
| Tingfang. Tang Shao-yi, former pre-
mier of the Pellin government, anc
! Dr. Sun Yatsen. Although peace
delegates of both sides have beer
here for nine months they met fol
the first time in formal conference
Wang Whiting, who is a former
minister of the interior, went tc
Hangchow to confer with a prorni.
| nent northern leader, and the south
erners announced that the Shanghai
peace conference will reopen imme-
diately upon his return.
Word from Geneva has reached here
stating that Immediately preceding
the formal opening of the woman
frage congress the American delega-
ton met and elected Mrs. Stanley
Mccormick, of Boston, chairman, and
Mrs. Jacob Bauer, of Chicago, secre-
tary.
A resolution was adopted urging
in fact, insisting-that Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait reconsider her refusal
to serve again, az presidentof the IN
ternational Suffrage Alliance. Mrs.
Mccormick said:
"If we give up the presidency the
result will be that America practi-
cally will drop out of this interna-
tional Organization. I. think it is
high time the women of America as
sert themselves and take their proper
place in international politics. The
men. of America are washing their
hands Of world affairs"
Reductions in the wholesale prices
OF various styles of shoes of from
rs cents to 81 pair were announced
by officials of three of the largest
shoe manufacturing establishments
in st. Louis.
The companies announcing the re-
auctions are the International Shoe
company, the Hamilton-Brown Shoe
company and the Brown Shoe COM
pany.
A. C. Brown, president Of the Ham
tlton-Brown company, asserted that
tight money" and the resultant diff
1culty met by retailers in borrow
ing was the chief cause of the cut.
Samuel Gompers emerged from the
Michigan Central station and started
for a cab. The only ones in sight
were operated by company employ
ing non-union chauffeurs. Just when
it began to look as though he would
have to walk, touring car with a
union cauffeur drew up.
Son." said Gompers climbing in,
II am glad to see you, very glad in
deed to see you. You've saved me a
long walk"
you wouldn't have walked would
your" asked the driver.
well" said Gompers, II am a bit
old and my legs are short, but am
not so old and my legs are not so
short that Til ride in rat cab
not if I see it. first"
The three men who stood guard
by turn with matrons over Mrs. Hat
tie Dixon, the woman prisoner in
the Sing Sing death house at Ossi-
ming, N. Y, were assigned to duty
Lawes announced that henceforth
the woman's only guards would be
women.
Other women condemned to death
in this state have been under mas
outline as well as feminine guard for
!C"A IhnI oCSDcL dLlOI Hight give
them strength to overcome the ma
tron and make an attempt at escape
or suicide. The expense of main
tanning Mrs. Dixon, the sole occu-
pant of the woman's death house.
will be about $500 month.
An American, notorious as a SNUG
gler, was arrested by Mexican au-
thoities in Juarez in connection with
the alleged smuggling of ammuni-
ton to Francisco Villa, the bandit
He later was released. Mexican au-
thorities announced eight Mexicans
also were arrested at various points
between here and st. Helena in the
Big Bend District in connection with
what they said was q widespread
plot to supply Villa with munitions
There were many smart lunch
con parties at the Blackstone hotel
in Chicago in honor of notables at
tending the Republican national con-
vention.
Among those observed were Sem
ator Truman H Newberry, of Mich
1ga1; Miss Lolita Armour, Colonel
William 3. Thompson. Mrs. Clifford
Pjnchot, Mrs. George Vanderbilt,
Winthrop Aldrich, Vice President
Marshall, Mrs. J. Borden Hartman,
OF New York; Governor Whitman, of
New York; John Barton Payne, Mich
olas Murray Butler and Mrs. Mich
olas Longworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander H. Revell
entertained at dinner tonight for
Judge and Ebert N. Gary. Among