Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

Unless federal officers experience a
change of heart there will be an
other blasted romance at Ellis island.
A board of special inquiry excluded
Anna Sherbetdjian, an Armenian
woman who was rescued from the
harem of a Turkish official by Harri
Mammalian, q wealthy rug merchant,
and brought, to this country with
him. She had expected to, marry
Hampirsoon Terekelyian, a Philadel-
The literary test proved too much
for Anna.
The prospective bridegroom APP
peared before the board and offered
to marry her; Wealthy Armenlans
plan to appeal the case.
For more than half century the
burial vault of Governor Morris, i'll
the yard of ST. AIMS Church of Nor
risiana, has remained unchanged OK
cept for the debris which has collect
ed along the entrance, the rust m the
iron pickets and the hinges OF the
door and the climbing roses which IN
a few more weeks will bloom across
the grave of the famous Odd soldier,
statesman and diplomat.
Governor Morris is credited with
writing the final draft of the consti-
tuition of the United States, the docu-
ment which has been amended no
less than eighteen times since Nor
ris, as secretary of the constitutional
convention, dried his quill and called
it a good days work.
A movement to care Tor the MS
toric churchyard of St. AIMS, where
are buried not only Governor Morris
but many other members of that IL
lustrious family as well, has been
started Senator Peter A. Abeles mas
introduced bill into the New York
yearly appropriation of $500 for the
improvement and care Of the. burial
lot of Governor Morris, including the
construction Of a memorial tablet
and flagstaff in the churchyard: 1t
is understood that Senator Abeles
Of James T.. Wells, state treasurer,
who is one of the vestrymen OF st.
AIMS church. Mr.. Wells has been
interested for many years in p"eserv"
ing this his oric bit OF property.
F: tn he ard SEN; ;or Abeies s:e con.
fiae7t hat the appropriation VIII De
o-cvidc1 Tacy roint OUT tina: ~
present t. ere is nothing 70 denote
who is buried II the Governor MOI
IS vault, ari 20 whole pr jnerty 49,
in fact, badly in need Of improve
ment and maintenance.
Declaring that profiteering had
taken new form in the medical
profession Of whisky prescription
writing, DR.. Harvey w. Wiley in MS
address at Washington as retiring
president of the United States Phar-
macopoeial convention, advocated leg
islation to prohibit physicians from
writing more prescriptions for Whls-
ky. and brandy than they wrote III
1914.
"The physician is the leading OF,
fender in the Illegal sale of liquor,
DR.. Wiley said. 1.-THE pharmacist is
only doing his duty when he fills
prescriptions for whisky and brandy.
wi iyoo Of
is abused the medical profession must
accept the greatest part of the crltl-
cism and blame"
DR.. Wiley opposed the placing of
whisky and brandy back into the
pharmacopoeia, from which they were
removed ten years ago.
A rare Persian rug, beyond
price," containing within its weave
a love story as enhancing as any
ever written. and carrying assocla-
ttons of the greatest htstor-~ inter
est, is the gift to. the people Oh the
United States on behalf , Of the pee 10
by the owner of the rug. Thomas ii.
Kullujian, and is considered the re-
spouse of Armenia to the gift of
replica of the Liberty Bell.
On this rug, the premiers OF
France and England and President
Wilson stood while they signed the
Treaty of Versailles. Generals
Pershing and Foch stood on the rug
when they received their swE rds
from the French government in Per
sling stadium during the fntEf-Al-
lied games The first men =:lduct-
ed from San FRANCISCO marc~. ed over
the rug as they left for their camps
Many notables, including most O. the
crowned heads of the world, have
stood and trod on the rug, until, Mr.:
KulIujiau says, it is "beyond price"
He has refused offers of amusement
syndicates to rent or buy the rug.
Cigars are gaining in popularity
abroad, according to export figures
give1- out in New York, which show
that during February 6,284,0OO more
cigars and cheroots were shipped out
of the United States than in the
same month of 1919. On the other
hand 90169,000 less cigarettes went
abroad There were 9,496,000 cigars
and 1880, $4,000 cigarettes exported
According to information from
Berlin, the depreciation of the mark
has dealt a stunning blow to Ger
man science, Emil Abderhalden is
quoted as having made a statement
to that effect. Emil Aberhalden, is
food expert and professor of physiol-
ogy at the University of Halle.
Large numbers of German scien-
lists engaged in research work are
facing the failure of their plans.
struments, chemicals and so on have
/ IN increased several hundred per
cent, and so the means Of research
cannot be kept at the same Jewel as
in peace times"