Atlanta tri-weekly journal., 1924-07-19

| lNGTON-InterSta Com
merce commission denies appeal of
western states for reduction of west
ern railroad rates on grain, grain
products and hay, holding that pres
T ent, rates are not unreasonable.
LONDON-American, British and
French representatives to London
are reported as highly satisfied with
| progress made during first two days
| of deliberations.
| PEKIN-F'lood which recently in
| undated Kilgan, Chilli province,
China, killed 700 persons and did
! damage estimated at two million
| dollars, Mexican.
CINCINNATI-Bl Gold, win
| ner of 1924 Kentucky derby, is
among entries of Jockey club for
mile and a quarter race at Latonia
October IL in which Epinard, crack
French thoroughbred, will be fea-
tured.
PARlS-New airplane duration rec
ord is made at Chartres, France,
when French aviators Coupet and
Drouhin remain in air for 81 hours,
90 minutes and 10 seconds.
PARIS-Sweden wins modern pen
tathlon in Olympic competition, TAX
ing first and third places. American
finishes eleventh among forty con-
testants.
BOSTON-Mrs Isabella Stuart
Gardner, art patron and collector,
dies in her palatial Boston residence.
aged IS years.
SAN FRANCISCO. - Continued
Improvement in the forest fire sit
uation in the west states is noted
with all either controlled or report
ed well in hand
WASHINGTON.-Arrestsb bv the
police for prohibitio nlaw violations
in Washington during the last fiscal
year total 13,955, or 1,207 more than
for the previous year, officers re-.
port
HOMEGROWN Prince Humbert,
of Italy, will not stop in Brazil on
his South American tour, owing to
patches say.
KHARKOV, Russia.-The entire
administrative staff of the Radiey-
evaky group of mines in the Ukraine
is placed on trial on charges of
economic espionage.
NEW YORK.-Erasmus Darwin
Beach, intimate friend Of Charles
A. Dana, editor, poet and author,
dies, aged rs years.
(. PITTSBURG.-Nati headquar-
ters of the American party. which
has nominated national ticket, is
established IN Pittsburg.
CHICAGO.-Three Chicago pack
ing companies file demurrer to man.
damus proceedings by federal gov
e!nment seeking to open packers
books to government inspectors, de-
claring proposed government action
an "inquisition."
ROME-Pope Plus, in effort to
aid campaign against immodesty in
dresS, offers medal to Catholic Wom-
ems clubs which evolve most at
tract.ve modest fashion in women S
clothing.
NEW YORK-Judge julius M.
Mayer, of the United States circuit
court of appeals, who sentenced City
Comptroller Charles l.. Craig to
serve sixty days for contempt of
court, resigns.
NEW YORK.-One Of the most inn
portant contracts ever entered into
by the union and employers in the
garment industry of New York is
signed, and it is predicted that rs
per cent Of the workers on strike
will return at once.
NEW YORK-Appropria of
$4,000 for a museum in Yosemite
national park, the first museum to
be installed in an American national
park, is announced by Laura Spell
man Rockefeller memorial.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. - Harry NJ.
Daugherty, former United States at
torney general, returns to his home
to resume the practice of law after
! a hectic tenure of office in which
he figured in numerous controVer-
sizes.
LOCUST VALLEY, n. Y.-John
w. Davis, Dmocratic presidential
nominee, makes his first platform ap-
pearance since the convention in re-
spending to ngratulations of neigh
bors.
DUBLIN, Ireland.-F'ree State
government releases Eamon de
Valera and Austin Stack, republican
leaders, from Arbor Hill barracks.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Will
liam NJ. Butler, of the Republican
national committee, in letter to Sena-
tor Borah, chairman of the senate
| committee investigating campaign
| expenditures. agrees to make report
on party finances every two weeks
during campaign.
Tho Waathoy