Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-25
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

The cost of food up to May had
risen to 145 per cent above the pre-
war level, and there is a prospect
of it's going still higher, said Charles
A. McCurdy, minister of food, in an
official statement issued in Lon
don.
Mr.. McCurdy, however, declared
the price of food in England was
still lower than in France, Italy and
Sweden, and still it was not much
higher than in the United States.
According to statement issued
from Budapest, Hungary's new
money, which will be issued soon by
the Hungarian bank, will be
the most beautiful in Europe. 1t will
be washable and durable, and it will
be almost impossible to counterfeit
Bills of larger denominations will
be printed on silk paper closely imi-
tating United States money, the fab
ric for the bills being obtained from
silk wall paper stripped from old
view of the lack of precious metals,
the government proposes to issue
small bills, which will be printed
on tanned pigskin.
The 100000, 900 legislative, execu-,
tive and judicial appropriation bill
was passed unanimously by the
house at Washington after it had
been redrafted by the appropriations
committee to meet the objection that
led to it's veto by President Wilson.
The president, in his veto message,
held that congress sought by rider
to interfere with executive functions
in giving the joint congressional
committee on printing supervision Of
government publications. The bill
now goes to the senate.
One thousand cases of whisky,
said to be worth $125,000 was seized
by Federal officers at Delaware,
Columbus. Drivers of seven motor
trucks on which the liquor was load
ed, exhibited. papers purporting to
show that the whisky had been
shipped from Frankfort, KY, to Sum-
nit Hill, Pa Investigation of the
papers is to be made here.
Many lives are reported lost and
millions of dollars damage done to
property in numerous outbreaks in
China because the soldiers have not
received their pay, according to a
London Times dispatch from Pekin.
Japan has ceased to furnish funds,
and the Chinese government COM
plains that it is without resources
to pay the troops.
Draped with the American flag.
154 collins containing the bodies of
soldiers, sailors and marines who
died overseas, arrived recently on
the navy transport Nereus, which
locked at the Supply Base, foot of
Thirty fourth street, Brooklyn, N.
Y. The bodies were those of 1O2
sailors, twenty naval officers, thirty
enlisted marines and two marine Of
ficers.
Syracuse newspapers recently pub
lished the following announcement:
ION account of shortage of print
ers the three Syracuse newspapers
are compelled to issue editions great
| ly reduced in size.
"a newspapers first duty is to it's
readers, and therefore the aim is to
publish all the news and features.
By necessity all display advertising
must be eliminated. The newspapers
| will publish only classified adver-
Using now standing in type, death
notices and legal advertising"
The shortage of printers is due to
| the fact that they are quitting their
posts after their demand for week
| ly bonus Of So was refused. They
| are bound by contract not to strike.
After providing for an appropria-
| ton of $40,000,000 for the army. air
| service, an increase of about $13,-
| 100000 over the house bill, the SEN
ate military committee, at Washing
| ton, ordered the annual army appro-
priation bill favorably reported to
| the senate.
AS finally agreed upon, the bill
carries $418,919,141, an increase of
SAP, 1917 over the house measure.
No changes were made by the COM
| mittee in the house provisions relat-
ing to the national guard. An appro-
priation of $1O,210, 900, an increase of
| 100000 over, the house bill, was
provided for the ordnance depart
ment. The appropriation for the
military intelligence bureau was in
! creased from 100000 to 100000.