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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-03-28

Orleans to Requa, at cost Of $685.
600, or total of $1,225,O00. How
ever, this has been cut in two by the
assurance of the federal government
that $612,5OO can be taken from q
postal road fund of sS,OOO,OOO
which is available in California.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09

problem be placed before the Italian
delegation, it might be rejected by
the people of Fiume as less satisfac-
tory than either international or Slav-
ic control, for it would involve prac-
tically 100 per cent depreciation in
the real estate and business institu-
tions of the city. 1t seems fair to as
sumo that if in the past the Italians
of Fiume had placed Italian national
ity ahead of business they would have
migrated to Italian soil. So there is
no assurance that they would be will
ing to accept a union with Italy on the
basis of the loss of the city's trade to
a new Jugo-Slay seaport.
The proposal regarding the new
port emphasizes the truth of Presi-
dent Wilson's contention that a city
cannot logically be separated from the
hinterland which it serves and to serve
which it has been created. The Italian
theory that a city is distinct entity,
entitled to political self-determinaion
without regard to the territory about
it, comes to a natural failure when it
is proposed to separate it from the
hinterland both politically and eco
nomically. The laws of political econ
omy, and not the manipulations of the
American, British and French dele
cations, promise to Illustrate Italy's
Adriatic designs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
ERZBERGER'S CLAIM

One does not need to take MaXmil-
ial Harden's word that if peace had
been German peace the terms would
have been at least as hard as those
which will be imposed upon Germany.
Another source of information is a
memorandum made by Matthias Err
berger in 1914 outlining his ideas on
peace which has just turned up in the
hands of the man who was secretary
to Kurt Eisner when he led the first
rebellion in Munish.
In that document Erzberger claimed
for Germany all of Belgium and part
of the French coast, the mines in
French Lorraine, the Channel Islands,
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Russia, all of
the African possessions of France and
Belgium, British Nigeria, and enough
indemnity to pay all of the cost of the
war, to rid all German bonds, pay
all damages caused in Germany by
the war and create a sufficient fund
to care for all of Germany's disabled
soldiers.
1t was a lovely dream and we do
not suppose that the fact that all
Germany was imagining similar
peace in 1914 will suffice to restrain
the German delegates from protesting
with anguish in their voices against
the severity of the Allies.--Republic.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
LEGISLATIVE LETTER

jefferson City, Mo-, May S,-The
Fiftieth General Assembly has passed
into history and with it goes the men,
DRY of House of Representatives
that has run for the allotted time with
the least leadership known in the his
tory of the state. Representative
John G. Dyott, Republican floor lead
err, has been unable to control the Re-
publican majority of the body, which
hes been filled with the factions that
have boon bitterly pickering and back
biting since the early days of the ses-
sion.
One faction of the House was head
ed by Representative Charles U. Beck
err, of Polk County, chairman of the
committee on clerical force. After
providing for large number of clerks,
including twenty eight negroes num-
Der of members attempted to lay the
blame for clerks on Becker's commit
tee. This he resented and the resent
ment was shown many times on the
floor of the house.
Another faction popped up between
Representative Guy Waring, Of Jas
per county, and Representative o. B.
Whitaker, of Hickory county, on the
committee on accounts, Whitaker OBJ
jected to some practise of Warnings
that resulted in fist-fght and Whit
aker resigned from the committee.
Reports are that Whitaker objected to
the payment Of accounts without APP
proval by the committee.
Another feature which marked the
closing days Of the session was near
race riot caused by negro, Charles
Liverpool from st. Louis, who mis-
treated one of the pages of the House.
On seeing the actions of the negro
Representative w. w. Watkins, of st.
Joseph, John d. Tolson,of Howard
county, and Tillman Anderson, of
Scott county. told the offender where
to head aon.' n resolution was pre-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
ITALY'S RETURN TO PARIS

Italy is returning to the Peace
Conference, from which, as her spokes-
men have been careful to explain, she
had never withdrawn. The anti-cli-
max of her return, after the spirited
demonstration in Italian cities, is
softened by the conciliatory personal
attitude of the other delegations at
Paris, and the conference now will
proceed to modify Italian aspirations
without making it appear that the del
egation from Rome has capitulated.
Fiums, as city, means nothing to
the Jugo-Slavs. AS port, it means
everything. In reverse fashion, FL
ume, as a city, means everything to
the Italians, while as port it means
nothing. Earlier in the negotiations
it was proposed to separate the city
and seaport of Fiume, giving Italy
control of the population and Jugo-
Slavia of the port facilities, but this
was not accepted. Apparently new
basis Of settlement is proposed, CIV
ing Fiume to the Italians in exchange
for the abandonment of claims in Dali
malta and constructing new Jugo-
Slav seaport on the Gulf. Of Fiume,
with the League OF Nations admlnls-
tering Fiume until the new port is
completed. French engineers pro-
nounce the project feasible.
If this action is taken, it will sat-
isfy Italy's nationalist claim, which is
the only point raised by the Rome
government. 1t means, however, the
virtual elimination Of Fiume from the
map. A, seaport without trade can
not exist. To make Fiume Italian and
build Slav seaport is to give Italy
the shell of the cocoanut after the
milk and meat have been extracted.
Yet it is precisely this shell to which
Italy asserts her title. There is no
assertion that the trade Of. Ffune is
Italian. Both the incoming. and out
going commerce is Of Slavic origin or
'e ssoaId this 'ssiusseap ii aAas faAls
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
DIPLOMACY, OLD AND NEW

The Italian Dipiomatists, who are
of the cold school,, were dazed by
President Wilson's act in committing
himself publicly to oppose Italy's
claim to Fiume. They had supposed
he was "bluffing", and were trying
a counter-bluff of their own. They
were totally unprepared to have him
declare to the whole world that he
could not favor 1taly's extreme claims,
and tell the world why he could not.
To them it seemed that he had put
them in humiliating position, where
they must either surrender their claim
to Fiume or else make good their
threat to leave the Conference. In
reality of course it was the Italians
themselves who had put their country
into an unfortunate position. They
had made threats which they did not
really intend to carry out, expecting
that the threats would be enough to
make the United States weaken. The
old-style diplomacy represented by the
Italians had collided with the new
style represented by the Americans.
It seems impossible for European
uiplOlHdLlStS, LFdlHeu III Tie Olu SCnOOl,
to understand American diplomacy.
Yet our diplomacy really is simplicity
itself; that is why it is hard for pro-
fessional diplomatists to understand
1t has always been taken for granted
that diplomatists never mean what
they say, or say what they mean, but
always have some deep, dark plot in
the background. One would think
that European diplomatists would
have learned by this time that the
United States does not do business
that way. 1t is straightforward. But
that is exactly what they cannot be-
lieve. 1t makes their trade so absurd
ly simple, and they have always sup
posed it complex. Yet the American
habit of making a true statement in
the first place and then sticking to it
has won many a diplomatic victory
for our country. AS Sophocles said
centuries ago, "The truth is always
the strongest argument"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
SALVATION ARMY
PLANS CAMPAIGN
FOR END OF MAY
r EcoNST RUcTIoN PERIOD
BRINGS WORK OF FRONT
LINE TRENCHES TO STATE rs
OF MISSOURI. ~.
GREAT WORK IN THE WAR
"Shock Troops of christendom" Face
Hardest Year in America With
Confidence.

Facing an enlargement of its work.
and with a treasury which has been
depleted through the demands Of a
world at war, the Salvation Army in
America, and particularly in Missouri,
is about to launch a campaign for
funds which will help to meet the
situation.
The returning soldier out of JOB.
the girl who listened when tempta-
tons call was strongest, the tiny
waif to whom society owes home, an
education and future, all are grist
10 the great mercy mill of the Saliva
ton Army.
The state is being called upon to
furnish $4,000 to finance the work
within its borders and the Army has
pledged itself to see that the entire
sum boes to the men and women of
the state, who, because of misfortune,
lose their foothold on the road Of self
support.
1t has been necessary In the past
for corps officers to devote a large
part of their time to begging for
money TO finance their work. The
Lassie with her tambourine had be-
come a national figure long before
her khaki-clad sister of the battlefield
attained fame for herself and the
doughnut. The drum offerings at the
open air meetings, house-to-house
canvass and the Christmas kettles
have been the medium through which
the Army has financed itself.
Under the budget system, which ID
being used by the Salvation Army for
the first time in the state, no solicitors
will be employed in Missouri and all
of the financial work will be done in
each community by a local orgaAiza-
ton, Of men and women who are In
terested In the work Ut the Army and
have volunteered efor the work. 49, Z,
Locssed IT stfstekieF psfsX ID ths
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
IN DEFENSE OF THE FAITH

The forces of disloyalty are organ
lied, alert and militant. If law-abid-
ing Americans are to cope successful
| ly with these enemies at home they
must organize with like attention to
detail and be as militant on the side
of loyalty as Bolshevists are on the
side Of anarchy.
This is one of the lessons to be
learned from Thursdays rioting in
Cleveland. Those who planned the
May Day parade had organized it with
infinite pains to accomplish a definite
purpose. 1t was a revolutionary per-
Torrance advertised as such in ad-
vance, acted by men and women re-
cruited for the deliberate object Of
Haunting the red flag in the faces of
loyal American community.
Cleveland was quick to resent the
outrage and the public took prompt
steps to show it's attitude. The city's
opinion of the Ruthenberg kind of
revolution was Immediately and eff
fectively expressed. On the public's
part the fault lay not at all in the
manner adopted to express its opin-
ion after the fact, but in its attitude
of readiness beforehand to tolerate the
kind of demonstration promised by
Ruthenberg and his followers.
Were Cleveland loyalists as alert
and active as Cleveland disloyalists
have been and are. Thursdays pa
rade would never have received Off
cial sanction, Our patriotism In nor
NAL times is too SNUG and self-con-
tanned. 1t requires too much to make
us fighting mad.
Of the 116 rioters arrested Thurs
day, according to the list printed the
next morning, only eight were born in
the United States! Many were aliens,
who will, it is promised, be deported
by federal authority. More were cit
liens of foreign birth, who, though
earning good wages in this country
were ready to join in the May Day
revolution--ready to exert all infiu.
ence they possess to overthrow the
government that gives them protec'
ton to enjoy the privileges they
could never have obtained anywhere
else on earth.
DeSCruCLiVe Fdu1cdllSlfl, whatever De
its momentary designation, is an i'm
ported menace. 1t springs from the
soil of oppression, not from the soil
of free America. The danger is best
transplanted here through the leni-
ency of our immigration laws, it may
take root and thrive. 1t will certainly
do so unless Americanism becomes a
militant faith, unless Americans are
ready to defend under any and all cir
cumstances the doctrines that under
lie the republic.
Aliens who participated in Thurs
days demonstration against law and
order should be deported without cere-
mony or delay. Those arrested should
be punished to the full extent of the
law. In particular, the leader of it
all must be made to feel the weight
of Cleveland's outraged decency.
And in the meantime let true blue
Americans everywhere take leaf
from the, experience book of their en-
emies and organize a nationwide
brotherhood of loyalty. Fight Bolshe-
vism with Americanism. Keep the
arteries of our national life free from
the poison of imported treason
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09

stand ready to aid In any and all
work of the Salvationists.
THE true Salvationist recognizes
no other goal than complete success"
said Lieut.. Col. Sharp in a recent in
terview. I'VE have been forced in the
past to make up for lack of financial
strength by the gruelling selfsacrifce
Of our officers and volunteers. II
there is no other way, we will still go
onward with this heart and nerve.
breaking method, but we believe that
an aroused public, spurred to action
by q knowledge of the work which we
have been doing for the past half CEN
fury in America, will give freely,
thereby becoming partners with us In
extending to the unfortunates on lifas
highway the helping hand Of Chris
tianity."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09

state of Missouri, in the hearts of the
great cities where the boys and girls
Of the rural districts and the smaller
towns come to seek their fortunes,
are the rescue homes, maternity hos
pitfalls. industrial homes, workingmen's
hotels. children's homes, young wom-
ems boarding homes, free employment
bureaus, missing friends bureaus,
training colleges and, since America
went to war, great hostels for the re-
turning fighters.
Never in the history OF the Saliva
ton Army in the United States has
the call for just this kind of work
been so loud as it is right now and
the hard driven organization has
cheerfully accepted the call to serv-
ice.
The Salvation Army campaign has
. the approval OF the national govern
ment and Governor Gardner of Mis-
souri, has interested himself person
ally In the drive. In a recent letter
to Lieut.. Col. John D. Sharp of ST.,
is my sincere hope and belief that
you will accomplish great good in
the enlarged field of usefulness which
you are planning" Every govern
mental aid which is permissible will
be given to the Army, according to ma
tional, state and county officials and
failure to secure the allotted quotas
in the counties would be regarded as
serious hindrance to the reconstruc-
tion work in America.
The expenditure of the funds raised
In the drive will. in addition to financ-
ing the corps work for the year, pro-
vide needed improvement and enlarge
ment of several institutions now in
operation.
Defenders Of Old Glory learned of
the unselhsh spirit of the Army work.
er In an ordeal which tried their souls
and brought them very close to the
men and women of the Red Shield.
II has been spiritual influence as well
AS physical that has been operating
through the coffee pot and the dough,
nut as shells were bursting and men
met death cheered by the smile of the
Christian Amazon.
Business men have called that sery.
ice which has been rendered by the
Salvationists in the war Service
Plus" and have marveled that hui
mans could so far forget their own
personal safety as to brave death con-
tinuously in order to be Of service to
others.
Labor leaders. long friends Of the
ARmB lhsNe seen In It = ivindication OF
TIP trust which workers In America.
.AasG 1l4csd q u erganiSsttea and
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
General Praises Y. M. c. A.

Paris.--There are some fools in the
Y. M. G. A., according to Brig. Gen. ].
p. O,Neil of the Ninetieth division.
"our Y. NJ. G. A. is everything to be
desired" said the general. among the
employees are some fools. One of them
was such fool that he would not
stay away from the front line, and he
got so tied up with Boche shells and
other projectiles that we were forced
to recommend him for a Distinguished
Service Cross. That is a sample of the
men you have sent to us. Please keep
this work up and whether am COM
handing this division or not, the things
that you have done will make lasting
impression upon it."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09

The term of Prosecuting Attorneys
will hereafter be four years, accord
ing to bill by Representative Keith,
which has passed both bodies.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
Honor "Y" Worker in Russia.

News that the general commanding
the American and allied expedition in
northern Russia had recommended
Howard B. Merrill of New York, q Y.
M. G. A. worker, for suitable recogni-
ton of his cool behavior during sur.
prise attack on the forces lie was serv.
ing, is conveyed in delayed cable
gram received at the Y. NJ. @. A. ma.
tional war work council offices.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
Plan Educational Courses.

English universities are preparing
to welcome the American officers and
men designated to take collegiate, spe-
cial or postgraduate, courses there In
accordance with the scheme of the
army educational commission conduct.
ed by the United States army and the
american 7. NJ. G. A.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
Great Athletic Program,

Through the Y. M. G. A. the United
States plans to introduce project for
the development Of American athletics
in the allied countries. Americas
greatest athletic leaders are being fit
ted to direct the movement from the
headquarters to be established In
'~ts
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09
Praises "Y" Work

Unqualified praise by Consul Gen.
eral Harris in Siberia for the service
rendered not only to the American ex-
peditionary troops, but also to the
Czechs and to Russian prisoners by
the American Y. M. G. A. secretaries,
Is contained in an official communica-
ton transmitted to the state depart
ment at Washington by Paul s.
Reinsch, American minister to China.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-05-09

pared by them to present to the House
but on request of Republican leaders
it was decided to withhold the res
olution provided the negro was sent
back to st. Louis. After this trouble
it developed that he had been discour-
teous to a number of the young lady
attaches of the House. Had this been
known before it is quite. probable that
the negro would have been roughly
handled. He is one of the twenty
eight Republican negroes brought
here from st. Louis by Republican
members of the House as members of
the clerical force.
The bone dry bill passed by the As
sembly makes violation of the law pun
ishable by a fine of from 500 to
II 900 for the first offense or from 30
days to six months in Jail. For the
second offense the fine is not less than
$500 and Jail sentence may be one
year.
A measure has been passed provid-
ing that the county clerk shall be a
member Of the county board Of equal
ization.
The measure which Representative
Parker of st. Louis said would per-
nit negroes to attend the Agricultur-
al College at Columbia, was defeated
in the House after it had been passed
by the Senate under the impression
that it would be placed under the di-
rection of the Lincoln Institute,
State college for negroes. The debate
on this measure was quite spirited
and political lines were frightened by
the Democrats who defeated the meas
ure eve do not favor negroes at
tending the State University" de-
clared one of the leaders who said that
he favored giving negroes the advan-
tage of agricultural training but OPP
posed sending them to school with the
whites.
The term of Prosecuting Attorneys
will hereafter be four years, accord
ing to bill by Representative Keith,
which has passed both bodies.
Some of the other laws passed are:
Permitting notaries public to take ac-
acknowledgements in counties adjoining
their home.
Making it a criminal offense to
grease car tracks or otherwise de-
face property, as is done on Hallow-
cen.
Requiring the carcases of all dead
animals to be burned in "a hours.
Making it felony to poison domes-
tic animals.
Road overseers are required to keep
turns in roads free from brush, weeds
and other distractions.
Although urged to do so by citi-
zens from all sections of the State,
Republican members of the House re-
fuse to submit the question Of a new
constitution to the voters of the
State.
Governor Gardner is determined
that the appropriation bills shall not
exceed the revenue Of the State dur
ing the biannual period and will use
the veto power to see that the state is
financially able to care for all obi
cations. The Governors attitude is
meeting with the approval of almost
everyone regardless of politics. The
Governor is determined to leave sthe
finances of the state in good shape
when he retires from office despite
the fact that he paid an indebtedness
of 100000 left over from the Had
ley and Major administrations.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-05

reach so cents per pound by fa there v5 he aone III
Sumter county command that aeare WHAT cotton ]:
in the warehouse In the HANGS Of The farmers
here is being held for only RRAs0NAsI.2 pr3ce and
when that is attained the cotton viii be sod-and is
devoutly hoped that this reasonable price is not
away. Sumter farmers asking and not expecting
so cents per pound Al they ask fair profit and
opeh unrestricted market to sell anywhere in the world
AS to the estiHa ale Of Of only Is per cent in
acreage, whether this be or not Sumter can only
profit from whatever reduction has been made here If
she has kept the faith by reducing at least onehd
her growers promised and has been betrayed by other
communities, SO that oyerproducon and low price
result she viii have money by producing this year
less cotton and of other commodities On the other
hand the acreage has actually been reduced and high
prices result she VIII have grown rich on limited cot
ton output at the time pocketing enormous re-
from cultivation in other crops Of the land redeem
ed from cotton slavery.