Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-16
NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF

Manchester. Gal. II. Davis was
elected mayor over ". l.. Taylor
His majority was 153.
! Neutrality-suspicious. of labor
statistics show 1885, 1928 aliens reached
America during the first six months
of the present fiscal year.
Greensboro \. &C. {. CoVing-
ton. of Wilmington, one of the lead
ing business men of North Carolina
dies OH a visit here.
Mexico City.-The temporary Oh
rectorate of the Mexican fascist has
considered it inadvisable to hold a
national convention this week as
planned.
Macon, Ga.-Perry Burrus, super
intendent of the Cotton States Seed
and Fertilizer company, accidentally
shot Monday by Mrs. 7. A. Fuss,
dies.
Ashdown. Ark.-John Owens was
found guilty of murder in connec-
ton with the Staying of Hugh
Throckmorton, near Wilton, Ark,
November %.
Lawrenceburg, ky.-Clarence Sat
1yi1linO = M
Huffaker, government guard at the
Old Joe Distillery, is removed to
Lexington for safe-keeping.
Austin. Texas.-State Legislators
announce that a study of the ku
Klux Khan and hooded and masked
band operations in Texas will be one
of the first duties of the legislature.
New York. -Spokesman of Nation
al Association Of Advancement of Col
ored People vigorously protests
against Harvard's policy barring ne
eroos from ( man dor itories.-
w clhiO ANNNNAO+
ship in the house will probably re-
main unchanged as the result of an
announcement by Representative
John n. Garner of Texas that he is
not seeking the honor.
Albany, Ga.-Spokesmen for the
Ku Klux Khan, denied at an open
meeting Friday that the organiza-
ton was anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic
and anti-negro, but admitted that
stsci4 persons could not join. s :
WashingtOn.-The department OF
agriculture announced the storage
stock of sweet potatoes totalled
2.894,532 bushels December Is, or
about 10000 bushels less than year
ago.
Indianapolis.-The national eXecu-
tive committee of the American
Legion passes resolutions demanding
the resignation of George Cramer,
chief of legal division of the United
States Veterans Bureau at Washing
ton.
misunderstanding Barnes, presi-
dent of the chamber of commerce OF
the United States, says that body
is considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of
participating in the international
labor office, set up by the treaty OF
Versailles.
Wasi.ington.-suit Gor alleged
libel, asking $4,000, was filed
against Representative Ross A. Col
Inns, of Mississippi, by Rev. James
E. Arnold, whose wife was a candi-
date against Collins in the last cleo
ton. 49,. .,...
New York.-Dr.. M. c. Whitaker,
president of the United States Chem
ical company and vice president OF
the United States Alcohol company,
is awarded the Perkin medal, be-
slowed annually for the most notable
achievement in applied chemistry.
ChicagO.-Samuel M. FELTON,, pres
ident of the Chicago Great Western
railway, declares the charges made
by Senator Brookhart Of Iowa, that
the railroad officials did not support
the government during the war,
were base. and unsupported calum-
MES"
BerliH.-Dr. Leo Jacobson has. in
vented a. radio microphone by which
it is possible to hear the heart beats
Of a person hundreds of miles away.
Ii il ella lined that hY means Of this