Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-14
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

A coal shortage is being keenly
felt in Portugal, owing to the pro-
hibition of coal expectation from
England and the absence of any
good coal-producing districts in this
country.
All coal for industries was I'M
ported chiefly from Cardiff and New,
castle, and since that has cease9
and orders placed in the United
States have been Cancelled the sltua'
ton threatens 70 become ser1ous'
and people are looking forward Will
alarm to the coming winter. AbnoTI1
! NAL conditions exist as a result. AL
| restaurants, cafes and places u
amusement must close promptly at
midnight and external illuminations
are prohibited.
Oklahoma, once part of the CHIEF
habitat of the buffalo in America,
will be included in government plans
for preserving the buffalo from ex-
port of the American Bison Society,
says the Daily Oklahoman.
Including IN wild bison ana ana
ZOOS, Oklahoma has Is 29s Of the g.
1913 animals in the United States.
Steps are being taken by the gov
eminent in conjunction with the
| American Bison Society to Increase
the, number of animals in the Plat
! Wichita National Game Reserve at
Cache, both under government con-
troll
Oklahoma is fourth in the number
of buffalo and the herd in the
Wichita reserve is the fifth largest
single herd in the United States and
the third government herd. The
government herd at Sulphur is one
of two recently established. An
other is situated in the Pisgah Ma
tional Forest and Game Reserve in
North Carolina.
in number to $3.50. Of these Sab
are in North America. There are
ninety wild and 1903 captive buff
falo in the United States. Canada
has 500 wild and 1850 in captivity.
There are sixty-six captive buffalo
in South America and foreign coun-
| tries. Australia has three. Through
disease preventive measures and
government protection it now is be-
lieved that the animals are on the
increase in the world Instead Of be-
ing doomed to extinction. This IS
despite the fact that several large
herds have been exterminated in
Russia through the action of the
Soviet government. American herds
are known to be on the increase.
An earthquake, the heaviest in
years, shook San Jose, Cal, last
week. According to the Lick Obser-
vatory on Mount Hamilton, the d.
rection Of the quake was from east
to west. There are no reports OF
| damage.
A campaign against the beluga, or
white whale, was, recently started
from Douarnenez to Concarneau, in
Brittany. The beIuga. pest of the
In color, feeds mainly on marine fish
and commits ravages among the
shoals. The average length of the
adult male is about eighteen or
twenty feet To hunt down the
white whale nee 1,100 yards long
was set up at Douarnenez, while an
other was placed in suitable posi-.
ton by the fishermen at Concarneau.
sardine boats used 1000 Yves Del
age poison tubes against the belugas.
AS result Of patrols maintained
by naval seaplanes; Chesapeake Bay
fishermen are making the biggest
hauls' on record. Reports to the
Navy Department from the COM
mandant Of the naval air station at
Hampton Roads say the patrols had
proved Indispensable" to the fishing
industry in those. waters. IS.
Immense schools of fish are spot
ted alomst daily by the seaplanes. Il
given the loca ton by radio COM
munition or, if within sight, by flag
signals.
The police at Phoenix, Ariz., who
arrested a man charged with OBJ
tanning money wrongfully from
banks, found stitched into the lin
ing of his overcoat $4,000 in $50 and
500 bills
In it's effort to find a solution OF
it's financial difficulties the munich
pality of Vienna is resorting to tax
atoms not approached in any coun-
try during the war AS a first stem
it has raised the deposit Of gas
consumers from between 100 a7d
400 crowns to 5000 crowns a meter
No interest is paid on this deposit
The new schedule of taxes con-
Templates levy On practically every
daily activity. There will be a tax
of per cent on all salaries Of en-
ployees. to be paid by the employ
ers. Hotel rooms are taxed 20 per
cent and graded tax is levied on
apartments to be paid by occupant.
On apartments renting for 5000
crowns a month the tax will be three
times the rent. If more than one
domestic servant IS employed the
employer must pay a high tax on
each additional servant.