Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-03
CURRENT EVENTS

! Mississippi river is again on the
verge of a breakdown. This state
ment was made by one of the high
est railroad officials in Washington
This official declared that as a re-
suit of the continuous OUTLAW"
strikes. car congestion, car short
age and labor shortage every large
railroad operating in the east is
faced with complete paralysis.
Never before in the history of rail-
reading has the situation been so
critical as it is today" he said. eve
are doing everything within out pow
err to met conditions, but until
there is some unexpected change, no
man can say what will happen.
THE only hope We can see is a
prompt decision on the part of the
railroad labor board in connection
with the wage demands of the en-
ployes. Despite the assertions of
leaders of the brotherhoods that the
men will be satisfied with the. an
nouncement that the wage decision
will be made on or before July 20,
we daily see evidence that the men
will not be satisfied until the board
| speaks"
Information received from Wash
ington states that Secretary Payne
| has revoked the interior department
| regulation limiting. oil leases to A.
| 500 acres on land in Oklahoma own
| ed by members of the five civilized
| The regulation is no longer neces-
sary, said a department announce
| ment because "the danger of nonop-
! DIV is eliminated" since only Is per
cent of the land originally allotted
| to the Indians remains under federal
| control.
Revocation Of the regulation, it is
| stated, is expected to result in large
income to the Indians.
In a message from San Francisco
Valera, president of the Irish re-
| proIrish leaders, representing vari-
| Gus factions Of the independence
sort of defamation in the platform
| AS things look at present, they may
| get some sort of declaratic. But that
| is about all. And there is a good
chance that they will not get even
| that
The international joint commits
| sion appointed by the governments
| of the United States and Canada to
| investigate and report on Lawrence
river, and thus open UP a, deep sea
west, will hold public hearings be-
| ginning October Is in New York city,
| It was announced by Irving T. Bush,
| chairman of the executive commit
| tee of the chamber of commerce of
| New York state.
Since March 10, when the coast.
wise longshoremen at the port Of
| losses in commerce, in wages to long
| shore, harbor and railroad strikers
| in and near New York have been
| about $S,ll96,00O.
| Gently from estimates furnished by
| leaders of the merchants fight
against the tie-up and by leaders of
| the unions.
In the period since March IS there
have continued on strike in this dis
| trict 5000 longshoremen of the coast
| wise lines. Since April 1 there have
! been out 5000 outlaw strikers and
| about 1900 workers of ferries and
| tugboats and lighters.
| The wage losses have been COM
| puted at $2,196,000.
1t is said that practically all of
| the men who have persisted on
| strike have secured other employ
! roads and some harbor boatmen have
| taken jobs as dep sea longshore-
men.
Morris Meth, manager of the
| Glover Farms Milk Company, Inc
| depot at No. Adj East 164th street,
Bronx, N. Y, was fined $50 for mis-
branding milk by Magistrate. Harris
! in the Municipal court recently.
Health Inspector Lyons testified
| that February 26, after he had re-
| ceived many complaints from moth
| ers he found in the depot 100 quart
but contained grade B milk. Lyons
testified also that the labels were
stamped Thursday but the milk had
been bottled Tuesday. Most of this
infants milk stations. and mothers
had. complained that it made their
| babies ILL.
Meth said he had misbranded the
milk rather than disappoint custom
ers. The prosecuting attorney ar
gued that Meth should get jail SEN
| tence, but Magistrate Harris decided
| that, the evidence had not shown
Meth's act was for gain, so he would
| impose a fine Meth paid.
A representative of the Glover
Farms company said Meth bore a
| good record. Inspector Lyons said
| he had never before February 26,
received any complaints against the
milk company.
According to a dispatch from
of coal and the huge freight changes
now quoted greatly Influenced the
Swedish parliament to start electri-
flying the Swedish state railways.
was 100000 krone as first in
| stallment, and the line which is first
| to be electrified is that between
! Ccthen and Stockholm.
| 1t is expected that next year the
| parliament will grant means for SIM
| liar work on the big trunk lines Of
| Malmo- Stockholm and Stockholm
| Boden.
King Alfonso arrived in Barcelona
at 1926 in the morning, June ~. He
was welcomed at the station by the
| local authorities and senator's, mem
resentatives of industry and COM
merce and a great throng of towns
| people, who acclaimed him.
| The king is occupying the captain
and the principal monuments in the
| city are decorated with the Spanish
! and Catalan colors in honor of the
visit of Alfonso.
| Labor conditions for farms are bet
| ter in Idaho now that at any time
in the last three years. according to
a statement by George B. Albert, of
| MoiheS.
He said reports from Kansas and
Nebraska were that those states had
| all the labor needed.
The change in the situation is due
| to men returning to the country after
| being dropped from factories, Mr..
| Albert asserted.
News gathered from Paris relates
| the jewels of the late Gaby Deslys,
! the famous French dancer and ac-
tress, who died February IL, were
placed on exhibition here today, pre-
lfminary to their sale on June 28
for the benefit of the poor of the
city of Marseilles, as provided in
Mile. Deslys' will.
According to connoisseurs, the col
| finest ASSOrt-
| ment of pearls ever seen in Paris.
Although diamonds, rubies, sap
phires, emeralds and other precious
| stones are adequately represented,
| the dancers hobby having been
| paa