Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-06
Harding HELPS


Mrs. Dominic Zaccahea, Of New York,
mother of nineteen children, has bettered her
husbands fortunes, as we'll increased his
household. ...
President Harding himself acted as inter-
mediary with the Goddess of Fortune for the
Zaccaheas after seeing a photograph of the
family. The president was so impressed with
the picture which looked like photo of a
Sunday school picnic, that he wrote the
mother a letter of praise and congratulation.
His own mother, the president said, bore
eight children, and said that she would like
to have had eight more.
Mrs. Zaccahea answered the letter with an
appeal for help in getting better pay for her
husband, porter in the Wanamaker store
in New York President Harding Immediately
got in touch with Wanamaker obtaining a
promise to promote the worthy father as
fast possible
Sunken Treasure
Bound on a quest for more than million
dollars in sunken treasure, the steam trawler
Ripple is blowing south, headed for Cape
Charles, Va, and the submerged wreck Of
the Ward Line steamer Merida.
The little trawler's decks were Uttered with
equipment for the salvaging operations when
she sailed from New York, and her crew in
cluded Frank Crilley, Of the best known
of deep sea divers, and two assistants. George
w. Nordstrom, chief officer of the Merida
when she went down, also was aboard to aid
in locating the wreck. .....
The Merida sunk in about 35 fathoms
Of water on May IL, 1911, in collision with
the steamship Admiral Farragut. Her cargo
included gold and silver bullion valued at
from $1,OOO,OOO to $2,OOO,OOO which she
was transporting from Havana to New York
The Ripples salvaging expedition is the
second undertaken. The first effort was made
in 1916, and was reported to have been
financed by James A. Stillman, banker, and
Percy Rockefeller.
Converse D. West, broker, who is Ole OF
the hackers of the present expedition, de-
clared he believed Ripple had good chance
of recovering the treasure Its gamble,
of course" he said, "but we believe the stake
is we'll worth gambling for"
One Left
At midnight Wednesday England was Of
fcially at peace with all her enemies during
the World with the exception of Turkey.
This date, formerly terminating the techni-
cal state of war which has prevailed since the
cessation of actual hostilities, was fixed by
an order in council on August 10.
In business and legal circles this official
conclusion of the struggle which actually
ended two years ago is of much significance.
but the ordinary citizen will probably re-
gard its most practical effect the ex-
tension of the hours for dispensing liquor
under the new licensing act, which super
sedes the defense of the realm regulations
which lapse with the end of the hostilities.
Huns Fall Down
German competition in the field Of foreign
trade is showing signs of weakening, Secre-
tary Hoover declares. The Germans are hav-
ing difficulty in handling business obtained
through their attractive price quotations.
In particular, the secretary explained, the
Germans are finding it impossible to produce
goods up to their pre-war quality. and are
unable to execute large numbers of con-
tracts. In Argentina he said, the Germans
were compelled to throw up contract for
large quantities of steel which they could not
deliver
Roots Age
Eihu Root has declined nomination as
a member of the international court of JUS
tice under the League of Nations, because
of his advanced age.
The italian consulate announced that Mr..
Root had made his refusal known in letter
to President Tittoni, of the italian senate,
as chairman of the Italian nominators. Mr.
Root also had been proposed by France, Bra
zil, Bolivia, Venezuela and Uruguay On re-
ceiving Mr.. Roots declnation, the Italian
nominators proposed John Bassett Moore.
Members Of the court will be chosen this
month by the assembly and the council Of
the League of Nations. meeting at Geneva,
from candidates proposed by various coun-
tries.