Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-16
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

Sixty-six alleged radicals were taken in
raids meeting places in Akron, Ohio. ac-
cOrding to a late dispatch. Federal opera
tives, city police, deputy sheriffs and indus
trial police took them in custody headed by
| H. w. Rage, department of justice The men
are members of the Industrial Workers of
the World Communist party, Russian Union
and Bolshevik, Chief Kage said
| Bitter attack on President Wilson for his
stand the Adriatic problem characterized
an address made in Providence, r. l.. be-
fore state meeting Of the Sons of Italy by
F. H. La Guardia, president of the New York
| board of aldermen. THE last spiteful note
| OF the president on the Adriatic questions
shows that he represents not the justice-lov-
ing American people, but rather the selfish
arrogance of himself" he declared "Med-
| ding and muddling in the affairs of other
! nations is not the will of the American Deo-
pie, and President Wilson's action in so To-
| ing is unfOrgiveable.'
The st, Louis Retail Druggists Associa-
! ton has asked congress to enact law pro-
! hlblting dispensing Of intoxicating liquors by
pharmacists on a physicians prescription.
! Such legislation is desirable it was explained,
to prevent "undesirables' from entering the
drug business. The druggists urged that
government agencies be established where
such liquors may be sold for legitimate medi-
cal purposes.
The convict industries at Sing Sing prison,
New York, according to a report just COM
pIeted, show an increased earning power of
! 25 per cent During the last six months of
the fiscal year just ended, the industries yield
| ed a profit of $50 900. In the same period a
year ago the profits amounted to only $4,000.
Colonel Louis A. LaGarde, Medical Corps,
U. S. A, retired, died recently OF an
apolectic stroke on train en- route to
Washington from Chicago, where he attend
ed a meeting of examiners. The body was
brought to Washington by Surgeon General
w. c. BREASTED, who accompanying him
Colonel LaGarde entered the service in
1875. It was his recommendation, made
long after study of gunshot wounds, that
led to adoption of the heavy caliber auto
matte pistol now used by the army.
Two American liners sailed a short time
ago for Europe with full passenger lists, but
very little cargo in their holds, the latter con-
dition rejecting the cut in imports, due to
the exchange situation. The Mongolia, which
left for Hamburg at o'clock, had passen-
ger list of nearly 100 per cent German-speak-
ing people. There were 1, 900 in the steer
age who paid 500 each for the passage, the
highest for that class of accommodation in
the history Of Atlantic travel These, and
$50 cabin passengers at an average OF 5000
each, made the cOmpany's receipts $3.50, 900.
Instead of having 10000 to $4,000 tons of
cargo in her holds, normally, the MonSo-
liza had nat more than 5000 TONS mostly pig
iron and lubricating oil. There were no
foodstuffs She goes to Hamburg only on
this voyage. The steerage contained Ru-
manians, Germans, Austrians, HUngarians,
Bohemians, Poles, Slavs, Croatians, Jugo-
slavs, Czeehoslavs and Turks.
The second American liner to leave was
the st. Paul, bound for Southampton, and