Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-03-02

A semi-offcal telegram from Berlin denies
recent reports regarding Russian peace offer
to Germany and also denies report that Ger
many will participate in peace discussions be-
tween the great powers of Europe and the
Russian soviet government next month,
Germany has been at peace with Russia since
the treaty of Brest-Litovsk,' the telegram
adds.
DR.. James H. Cotton, of Toronto, Canada,
IS credited with evolving new ether which
it is asserted will eliminate entirely all pain
without causing the patient to lose conscious
ness. The patient can laugh and talk While
the operation is going The new ether is
said to eliminate the nausea which usually
follows application of ordinary ether. Given
to criminals the new anesthetic will make
them tell the truth about themselves while
under it's influence.
The national debt of Germany is expected
to reach 2O4,0O0,0O0,O00 marks ($5l,OOO,-
0OO,0OO) by the end of March, loo, ,O0O,-
600 marks ($25, 900, 000,000) of which COM
prises non-interest bearing treasury notes.
The finance ministry Valuta commission and
the finance ministry of the federated states
will confer on the situation on Thursday.
Executives of twenty-three states have ap-
proved the proposal of the Council OF Natlon-
al Defense that steps be taken to enable rapid
the various states to the end of using nigh
WAYS transport wherever necessary or ad-
visable in any national emergency
Extracts from replies of governors and
state highways officials to a letter sent out
by the council with authority of Secretary
Baker were made public and reveal that in a
number of states motor censuses have been
taken and put into such form that in event
of interruption of other transportation facili-
ties the people of the states could be fed and
carry on business by motor transport
In other states such action was said to be
contemplated within a short time.
Charles Evans Hughes, president of the
Italy-American society," has received from the
king of Italy the Order of the Grand Cross
knight of the Crown of Italy.
The house of representatives of the New
Mexico legislature has ratified the federal
woman suffrage amendment by a vote of SO
to 10. The senate passed the resolution by a
vote of II to 5.
Governor o. A. Larrazolo is expected to
sign the resolution shortly New Mexico is
the thirty-second state to ratify.
Will H. Hays, chairman Of the Republican
national committee, and Colonel William
Moyce Thompson, chairman Of the ways and
means committee of the national committee,
told more than 800 Republican leaders, most
ly from New York state, at the Waldorf
Astoria recently, that the financing of the
campaign this year would be an open book.
Subscriptions exceeding 1000 will not be re-
ceived from any one source, they said.
Attorney General Frank Robertson has ruled
that Chinese children in Mississippi cannot
attend schools with white children. He inter-
prets the constitutional reference to "colored'
race to include all except the Caucasian race.
Rear Admiral Benson, chief of naval
operations during the war and now on the
retired list, has been selected by President
Wilson to succeed John Barton Payne as a
member of the shipping board.
Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of recon
struction, and H. l.. Fisher, president of the
board of education are mentioned among
the possible successors to Viscount Grey, as
British ambassador to the United States
The treaty uniting Coburg and Bavaria
| has been signed in Munich.
The League Of Women Voters successor
to the American Woman Suffrage a"2oc.a-
ton, has begun modifying for bette citi-
zenship campaign, which would include leg