Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-11-22
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Wireless Opera
Operas produced by the Chicago Opera
company during the present ten weeks sea.
son will be transmitted by wireless telephony
thousand miles that care to "listen i'm Mary
Garden, general director of the companv an.
nounces.
Georges Mail
Although the British premier cancelled his
transportation on the Cunard liner Auuitania
before she left Southampton for New York.
the vessel brought to port last week 5000
post cards addressed to the premier by 81
600 British girls.
The cards were addressed to Lloyd George
in care of the ship, and were to be delivered
to him after the Aquitania sailed. The writ
ers wished him godspeed and success to the
arms limitation conference in Washington
The greetings were mailed to the premier
through an appeal sent out by Lady Astor,
Milicent Fawcett, Maude Royde and Ethel
Snowden.
On each card appeared the name and adj
dress of the writer. C. T. Speeding, the ships
purser, put the cards in the ships safe and
will deliver them to Lloyd George at Down.
ing street if he does not come to America
on the next westward trip of the Aquitania.
Bagdad to London
An officer of the Royal Air force, proceed
ing home from Mesopotamia in the ordinary
course Of duty, travelled from Bagdad to
London in six days, according to "The Man.
chester Guardian He flew from Mesopo-
tamia to Egypt in two days over the route
which has been opened up by the Royal Air
force for the carriage of official mails.
Starting from Bagdad at a. m. on Sep
TENDER Is, the flight across the Syrian des-
ert to Amman, distance Of SIS miles, was
made in eight and three-quarter hours on
the first day. The second days journey COM
menced early, and by o'clock Helopolis
was reached after flight of 325 miles.
From Heliopolis the journey was continued
to Abonkir, the total distance covered on this
day being 440 miles. This flight was ar
ranged to connect with the sailing of the
steamship Vienna from Alexandria dock.
|, Within forty minutes of arrival at Abou-
kir the officer embarked for the remainder
of his journey to England by sea and rail.
He arrived in London at sos p. m. on Sep
TENDER Fl, six days and fourteen hours after
leaving Bagdad, having saved from ten to
fourteen days in the passage.
The air route linking Palestine with Meso-
potamiay was surveyed and organized by the
Royal Air force in June of this year. A
regular fortnightly service by air for the car
rage of official correspondence was COM
menced on August 1.
Long Life
Determined, to find the physiological cause
which enables some to live permanently at
great attitudes, five scientists forming the
Anglo-American expedition from Cambridge
and Harvard universities, have sailed on the
Grace Line steamship Santa Teresa for
Peru They will go to Cerro do Pasco,
$4,000 feet above sea level to make expert
ments. The party includes Drs. A. c. Reed
field, George Harrop, Harry Forbes, G. A. l..
Binger and A. V. Book.
Other passengers were Carlos Van Buren,,
Chilean fancier; Colonel Dalmace M. Toll
mos, Minister from Peru to Brazil; Major,
Franklin H. Whitley, military attache of the
American Embassy in Eantiago, Chile, and
Alberto Zavala, Chilean publisher.
Ship Progress
Chairman A. d. Lasker, of the Shipping
Board. has testified before a joint meeting
of the senate committee on commerce and the
house committee on merchant marine and
fisheries, going over the progress made thus
far by the new Organization The meeting
gave the Shipping Board chairman further
opportunity to enlighten the committeeman
on many of the points on which congress has
sought information.
The Shipping Board chairman takes the
position that the governments shipping
agency is department of the Federal estab-
lishment over which congress has consider
able control He informed the committee
members tonight fully on present conditions
of the American merchant marine and OF the
hopes of the Shipping Board and the Elmer
gency Fleet Corporation in improving con-
ditions.
The appearance Of Chairman Lasker be-
fore the committees is expected to be follow
ed by a decision by the committees not to
press the resolutions calling upon the Ship
ping Board for certain information, on the
theory that the information sought would
be of immense value to comptitors of Amer
lean shipping men and would be of no aid in
lettering conditions of the American mer-
chant marine.
Jap Schools
Striking evidence of optimism and the
prevalent tendency to regard the slash in
to be found in the discussion now being in
releasing tremendous revenue, which could
be made available for the development OF
education, industry and trade. Thus far the
Japanese government authorities have main
tanned absolute silence concerning the WasE9
ington proposals, ezsept for general express
sions of admiration for AmSTca's sincerity
and of hope for the success of the confer
ence. =
Nevertheless, business men and bankers ON
the disposition that Admiral Kato's accept
ance of the proposals in principle is conclu-
sive, have begun to plan for a new Japan.
The first place in their consideration is given
to education. More and better schools OF
the primary middle and high grades are Wis
ualized, with consequent relief from the de-