Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-13

to make formal appearance in the case
which will be argued in the district court
of Platte county. 1t will be the first time
in history of the state that twelve lawyers
appear on one side in legal controversy
in the district court.
The petition filed by the Legion lawyers
states that the Nebraska department of the
Legion has a membership of 10000 honor
ably discharged soldiers, sailors and ma
rines who served their country in the late
war. The synod claims a membership In
Missouri of $4,000.
For Veterans
Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant Of the
American Legion, has sent a message to
Washington urging that an agreement be-
tween allied nations be reached with regard
to fixing the responsibility for care of dis
abled Americans who served under other
flags than their own in the World war.
Mr.. Boles cites as an example the case
of Herman L. Chatkoff, pilot Of the La
fayette esquadrille, who was wounded while
flying under SAmerican command. Neither
France nor the United States has assumed
responsibility for his care.
Chatkoff gained distinction while flying
in company with such men as Lufberry.
Prince and Thaw. He returned wounded to
his home at Winthrop, Mass, and his
parents were unable to support him. Tenn
porary disqualification has been obtained for
him by members Of the American Legion,
but Washington officials contend that he
never was officially discharged from the
French army and that the responsibility
for his care lies with France.
Living In Dugouts
Hundreds of families in the war-devas.
tated territory about Dvinsk are still living
in the dugouts used by German and Rus
sian soldiers in the early days of the war;
Little or no progress toward reconstruc-
ton has been made in the scores OF RACED
villages because of the poverty of the peo-
pie who for long time after the war be"
tween Iussia and Germany ended, were
under Bolshevik rule.
Delayed Burial
An appeal has just been taken in the suit
of John LoWn, of Rhinebeck, N. Y, against
the late Joseph Arnett which will prevent the
burial of the latter's body in the family lot
with that of his wife. His body will remain
in the cemetery vault until the court suit 10
settled
Lown is Arnett's stepson. The latter was
president of the Wurtembeck cemetery, in
khinebeck. He planned to be buried beside
his wife in the plot owned by the family and
had a monument erected over the plot, upon
which were to be inscribed the names of him.
self and his wife.
Lown asserts he bought from Mrs Arnett
her rights to the burial plot and was there
fore it's sole owner. Arnett thereupon bought
another plot and was preparing to transfer
his wife's body and move the monument
moving the monument, Arnett died while
the litigation was pending.
Bee Blockade
The pike from Concord to Vanceburg, Ky.,
has been blocked for several days by myriads
of honey bees which for fifty years had used
a roadside tree as an apiary The tree fell
across the highway before high wind and.
honey was scattered over wide area.
The bees refused to relinquish possession
and all travel was diverted by route which
causes several miles of additional journeying.
Persons who approached the falleL tree have
been routed by fierce onslaughts of the bees.
Floyd Call, sent to repair telephone lines
broken in the storm, is in serious condition
from stings.
City Beautiful
Ground work of the Chicago plan, COM
prehensve summary of the city beautiful
proposals adopted eleven years ago, is already,
assured the city, according to officials Of
the Chicago plan commission Cost Of inn
provements to date is over $75000,000 to-
public and property owners, while railroads
have contracted to spend $1S2,OOO,O 600 more
in betterment of their properties
The frame of the plan will be finished
within the next five years. the commission
anticipates.
Preservation of wooded land within hail
OF the city by the purchase of 10000 acres
for forest preserve and extension Of Mich
igan avenue into a great through drive con-
complisheu while much has been done to-.
ward the erection of downtown Grant Park
out of the waters of the lake and its COM.
pletion. These are several of the major
features of the plan.
Numerous widenngs Of important thor
oughfares have been carried through and
others waiting their turn.
Sentiment for the improvement of the city
is fostered by teaching the city plan in the
public schools with it's own textbook, writes
by the director of the plan commission.
It's work is giving other cities help as far
off the Antipodes commission officials re-
port. One of it's latest inquiries came from
Yelling, N. z.
Long Swim
Raymond Edmunds, of Detroit, World
War veteran and formerly of the United
States Life Saving Service, swan across Lit
tie Traverse bay, Mich, from the Harbor
Springs dock, distance of than five
miles. The trip was made in heavy sea,
covered with whitecaps.
Because of the chill of the water, all pre-
vious attempts to swim this distance have
failed.
Dangerous Fire
Troops and fremen have dug trenches and
felled trees to save fort Ecluse, Switzerland,
where tons of gunpowder are stored, and
Collonge and other villages from a forest
fire which swept down the northern slopes
of the Jura mountains.
The fire a mile in width and
driven by hot south wind. The smoke,
which obscured the mountains, visible in
Geneva.