Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
CURRENT EVENTS

MeSSrS. Len1ne ana IrOIZkyy over
in Russia, along with his feminine
celebrated waver of the red flag.
prison he rewarded Uncle Sans
hospitality by bitterly denouncing
penitentiary officials and America in
ed not long ago they put up des-
perate legal fight to stay in the
country. whose government they
claim is all wrong.
Their work in the home Of the
Bolshevik to to tour the country
getting up exhibits for a museum Of
the revolution.
While tobacco growers of Georgia
and the southeast are enjoying ex-
cellent prices at the opening Of the
and Indiana are agitating the ques-
ton Of cutting out their 1921 crop
of white hurley because Of a de-
pressed market. This hurley is used
in making cigarettes and high.grade
one for skipping the next crop, it
is reported, although there are a
few advocates in favor of pooling
the leaf next year Opponents of
the latter plan predict that it would
revive all the terrors that might rid
ing" brought ten years ago.
To , escape the 1 swe1tering heat It
cradle Of late, nearly 100000 men.
women and children visited Coney
Island and other popular resorts in
that neighborhood last Sunday. The
approximate figures were put at
100000 by the authorities. Out of
this multitude, only one drowning 1 nj;
the more impressive through the
fact that when several thousand
bathers invade one of Atlanta's pub
lie pools on hot Sunday it looks
as if the whole town had gone
swimming.
A sLOO0,OOO plant is under way
on one of the Aleutian islands. off
ding whales like an American pack
it will convert every bit Of whale
anatomy into something to use or
something to eat, with the excep-
ton of the squeal-if a whale can
be said to maintain a squeal.
Hunters in airplanes will scour the
ocean for the big game and the big
Motor boats will tow the carcasses
to the packing plant The steak will
R %hefe Is is and g seSps dt to '"2a
oil will be purified and sold: The
bones will make fertilizer The in
testines will be tanned and made
into kid gloves. The milk will be
condensed. The hides will become
sole leather.
Heretofore, whaling vessels after
spearing the big spouters have
taken aboard only the oil and the
milk, leaving all that remained for
the sharks. -,
General Kuropatkin, who, will be
remembered as a first-class retreat
er'' during the Russo-Japanese war,
is now in command Of the Red forces
controlling the Caspian sea and ad-
vancing upon Teheran in a cam
paign against Persia.
On August 26, a new American
theatrical record will be set up when
"Lightnin," a play about village
"sot" will begin its third calendar
year of continuous performances In
New York. Frank Bacon, who wrote
the play and portrays the leading
part, is now described as the great
est dramatic marathon runner of the
world"
The gorgeous and bespangled Of
ficers Of the Mexican army are be-
ginning to find some things about
democracy that are not altogether
welcome. The nations secretary Of
foreign relations has recently recon-
mended that all varieties of generals,
AMBASSADORS anu SlIIllldE mug u1S OlS-
card their epaulets, tassels, gold
braid, gilded spurs, purple trousers,
crimson getaways, and incidental
flamboyant trappings. The staid
American frock coat, sombre black
in color, Is suggested as substitute.
six years after Germany ruthless
ly invaded Belgium in order to strike
France in g. hurry, she has under
gone change of heart about the
rights of a neutral nation. The Ger
man government today threatens to
troops across her borders in an, eff
fort to help the Poles. The German
foreign minister made this declara-
ton on the floor Of the Reichstag q
few days ago.
The voters of all states in America
except eleven will elect governors
this fall. The only states that will
not choose a chief executive are
Oregon, California, Nevada, Wyom-
ing, Oklahoma, Louisiana. Mississip-
pi, Alabama, Kentucky, Virginia,
Jersey.
drinks and refrigerators were USE
less recently when q big fire COM
pletely melted about $4,000 tons of
ice stored in five nearby warehouses.
The Panama Canal was used last
year by 2,478 commercial vessels
which paid gross tolls of $8,800,000.
meaning a profit over operating ex-
penses of $2,15o,000, according to q
government report covering the fiscal
year ending June 20 last. This Is
five times the previous surplus rec
ord.
Mrs. Harry Perelstein, Of New
York, recently secured the netghor-
hood for children's clothing and cots
when she got a cablegram from her
husband saying that he was bringing
back nine orphans from the Ukraine,
in Russia. The newspaper got hold
Of the story and when the travellers
steamer locked he was met by big
crowd of relatives, friends, photo
graphers and reporters.
He had only one orphan with him.
However, 1t seems that the cable
company had mixed up his message.
Production of war paintings, now
greatly in demand by historical So
cieties and collectors, has been halted
by patriotic strike Of the artists
models in the Montmatre, the Latin
quarter, who refuse to pose as Ger
man soldiers. They have issued an
Germans, wear German costumes,
simulate German kultur, or invoke
the spirit Of Germania in any form.
The artists are frantic, for they
had seen the tide Of their fortunes
swelling with rush of orders from
persons and societies who desired to
perpetuate on canvas the memories
Of certain incidents or battles Of the
great war.
A new counterfeiting Industry
has followed in the wake Of prohibit
ton, it seems.
This industry" says Chief Mo-
han of the treasury secret service,
sis the counterfeiting Of the strip
LABEL label revenue 1ue. stamp that goes over yer
corks-of whisky bottled in bond
Those engaged in the manufacture
of whisky are prepared to use these
counterfeit stamps, and we have ar
rested three gangs already for doing
It,"
Said to have been born la years
ago, the year the Declaration OF
Independence was signed. on a spot
! which Is now a government reserva-