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The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-08-09
FIRST GENERAL MEETING OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO BE
 HELD IN THE UNITED STATES

PARIS, Aug. H.-Hp- Representatives of the various allied nations determining upon date for the first general meeting of the league o nations They have already decided that it will be held in Washington D. C., the capital of the United States oi America.
 In its issue o this afternoon the Echo de Paris urges that Premier Clomcnccau attend the first meeting of the league saying that he is the logical representative of the French nation in a matter of such import
 SPAIN WOULD JOIN LEAGUE
 MADRID Aug. o. -(4p 1.-The Spanish parliament this afternoon voted on the question of whether Spain to become member the league of nations, the majority of votes being in favor of such proceeding Knowing what is required of members of the league the representatives of Spain yet plan join and therefore expected that a formal application for membership will soon be made.
 BELGIUM RATIIIItS TREATY
 BRUSSELS Aug. 8.-(Ao-The Belgian chamber of deputies today decided rauly the German treaty and the signatures of the representatives of that country will there fore shortly be affixed the historic document When that is done Belgium will have been the third country to give full ratification the treaty. the first being England and Germany,
 THRACIAN PROBLEM SOLVED
 PARIS, Aug 8.-(P-'That the peace conference has had the effect of settling the Thracian problem thus causing less likelihood of Balkan in the future, is the opinion etoriaIy expressed by Intransgean today The confer has provided that parts of hace shall become property of Greece; that other parts shall form free state yet named
 The segregation of the various made with gard the nationality of their inhabitants, that part nhabt ed by Greeks going their mother country The state of ConstantnopIc inhabited chiefly by Turks, but will be under government entirely independent of Tukey which is thus forced out of Europe The unnamed free will be inhabited chiefly by southern savs
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-08-09
BATTLEsHIP BROKEN DOWN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-(P)-One of the battleships of the first squad ron of the Pacific fleet, is reported tonight to have broken her propeller shaft in midocean. She is being tow ed into the port of Balboa where re pairs will be made.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-08-09
MAKING CROSS
 ROCKY FLIGHT
CANADIAN FLYER IS MAKING AT. TEMPT TO CROSS THE ROCKY
 MOUNTAINS OF CANADA.

VANCOUVER, B. c. Aug. 7-(P)- Captain E. c. Hoy, Canadian army flyer, left this afternoon in an aero plane for Calgary. Alberta. This is the first time that this flight has ever been attempted and Captain Hoy desires to be the first airman to make a flight across the Canadian Rockies
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-08-09

Admiral William N. Clark, retired, who commanded her in the Spanish American war, and also for the req son that it is from her decks that ii is expected that President Wilson will review the fleet if he manages to get away from Washington to do SO
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-08-09
BIG STEAMER
 RUNS AGROUND

BOSTON, Aug. S.-P)-The steam ship North Star from New York for
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-08-09
AIEARS COMING BACK

from Washington to the effect that Col Frederick MearS who was formerly member of the Alaskan Engineering Commission go back his old position the commits that he has returned from France and has been re- Iicvcd of his duties rcgncnta commander 1t IS u1l- ,crsood here that will shortly proceed to Anchorage AL aska the information received being the effect that he will leave here the steamship Alameda August Is for the North It is also stated that he will be accompanied on the trip by w. A. Ryan, who has already spent considerable time in interior Aasks Investigating the affairs of the com
 sion for the government and who is going to Anchorage
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
SENSATIONS IN LOST LIMBS
Why Persons Who Have Suffered Am
putatisn should Experience These
10 Hard to Reason.

1t IL fact, perhaps unfamiliar to
the average reader, that the illusion OF
phantom limbs"-to borrow a felicit.
Gus expression from DIR. Weir Mitchell
far from being rare or exceptional
Is almost universal among persons who
have undergone an amputation. Among
ninety cases, including q great variety
of amputations, Mitchell found only
four In which there had never been an
Illusion of this kind.
One Of the best discussions of this
topic is that given by Weir Mitchell in
his book, Injuries of Nerves." pub
lished in 1872. The literature, how
ever, goes back to the sixteenth CEN
fury, when the phenomenon was well
described by Ambrose Pare. In re-
cent times Doctor Charcot has given
some prominence to the subject.
The fact that n great deal has been
written on this subject does not, by
any means, imply that 1t is widely
familiar. We confess, says the Scien-
tific American, to being consumed with
curiosity to know why the great war
has not brought forth flood Of stories
concerning pains and other sensations
ir missing limbs.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
The Stormy Petrol.

The birds known to sailors as Moth
er Carey's chickens, whose appearance
Is supposed to foretell storm, are
otherwise known by the term stormy
petrol (Thalassidroma pelagica). The
bird seems to run in remarkable man.
ner along the surface of the sea, where
1t picks up it's food. The petrol is a
small bird of dusky plumage. nocturnal
In habit, most abundant in the south
ern hemisphere. The name Mother
Carey is supposed to be corruption
or the Mother Cara"-dear mother
OF Levantine sailors.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
IWHY-=
Men of KNOWLEDGE Deride
"ShOrt Cllts"

"Short cuts Short cuts to life, lib
erty and the pursuit Of happiness
comments the Journal of the Ameri
can Medical Association on the con-
tents of q certain Health fad" maya.
zine. 1t continues: "Short cuts to
health, Of course, predominant.
Zone learns that he may cure him.
self Of almost anything from soft
eorns to cirrhosis of the liver by means
Of the various internal baths so
plausibly presented by numerous gen.
tlemen who wish to relieve humanity
--of surplus cash. You can be made
4 100 per cent man. by at least six
different methods of physical training,
each of which Is unique and entirely
different from its five worthless COM
petitors.
Are your eyes weak? There Is a
short cut cure for them! Are you
deaf7 There is a short cut to perfect
hearing! Are you ruptured? There is
. short cut hernia cure! Do you
crave large bustsl Presto, change
You may have them"
! Among the other short cuts cited
are a method of learning shorthand in
seven days, one of gaining a thor
ough knowledge Of law In your spare
time; others are to increase your
will power In one hour; to learn in
one evening "the secret Of being a con-
vincing talker"; to learn to play the
piano In a quarter the usual time at
q quarter the usual cost.
"Verily, we live In an age Of quack-
cry" comments the editor. "And all
the quacks are not In the medical pro-
fession."
1t is wise to remember that there
are no short cuts to health, no short
cuts to learning. You cannot become
a Paderewski except by years of la
boriOus practice; you cannot learn the
Morse telegraph code in five minutes;
Rome was not built in a day.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
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THE OPTIMIST.

An optimist Is a man who would
celebrate the anniversary of the day
on which his leg was broken, because
the automobile didn't spoil his
clothes when 1t ran over him.
The optimist sees only the bright
side Of things. Every dark cloud
to him has a silver lining and Is per-
petually inside out. There Is no such
thing as misfortune to the optimist.
He has torn the misfortune page out
of his lexicon, and has used it for a
cigar lighter. II he is poor, he Is
glad because he will enjoy so much
more being rich week after next.
II he is sick, 1t is most suspicious
occasion because he Is indoors with
liver complaint, instead of outdoors
catching pneumonia. II he has lost
his job, 1t will enable him to enjoy
q nice vacation. II he Is starving,
he remembers how uncomfortable fat
people are, and smiles. II the home
team Is seven runs behind in the
eighth inning, does he leave the park
in disgust? No, indeed. Something
is bound to turn UP in the ninth, so
he bets another dollar and stays on.
IN fact, betting, gold mining, and
stock selling would hardly be paying
games II It were not for the optimist.
He will bet on a three-legged horse,
because for all he knows 1t may grow
another leg on the back stretch. He
will buy $1,000 worth of stock in a
hole in the ground with traces of
brass filings in it and will pay as
sessments for forty years, greasing
up his wheelbarrow every month in
order to be ready when the dividend
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
ROMANTIC STORY OF AMBER
Why Lithuanians Are Convinced the
Sea Has Been Known to Give
Up It's Dead.

Originally the earth was q white-hot
mass Of gaseous vapor. That was too
long ago for even the oldest inhab-
itants to remember, because the heat
was SO intense that there was no such
thing as an inhabitant on the earth.
The only way we know 1t is by seeing
other planets so young that they are
still nothing but unbelievably hot gas,
After a while the earth cooled Off
bit. Instead Of gas, it was a solid
mass, but white-hot still-then red
hot-then cool enough to allow some
primitive form Of vegetable life. Be
fore long, In about million years or
90, the earth became cool enough to
have fourlshing vegetable garden on
Its surface.
Some parts Of the earth continued
to develop until Adam and Eve came
on the scene. Lithuania, the new Bal
tic republic. had just about reached
the Adam-and-Eve stage when 1t got
drowned out Of sight. The whole coun-
try literally disappeared. 1t was COW
cred by the sea.
There is a common belief that the
sea never gives up It's dead. 1t isn't
true. Any Lithuanian will tell you
90. For the sea not only withdrew,
but in Withdrawing It left Lithuania a
gift without price. Amber It was,
that glowing golden jewel of delight.
The Baltic coast Of Lithuania, in fact,
Is the only place In the world where
milady can get the amber which goes
into the beautiful necklace she COW
cts so much.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
FOR sALE-A desirable building lot
4slSxl44 feet on Williams street. Easy
farms. e. q. Dewey, Owosso.
Buv Your Coal Direct
From Mine-Big Saving

The high cost of coal Is a thing OF
tbe mast! At least. there are no COM
nIair'ts on this account-since the re-
moval of government restrictions
amone those who have learned how to
INV coal. The way to buy coal Is to
Get II direct from the mines. This
saves several middlemen's profits. II
saves hauling expenses. Anyone can
now buy at mine prices, whether a car
load buyer or one who uses only ten
ar fifteen tons q year. This has
been made possible through q plan
evolved by large and old-estab-
lished concern, THE BERNICE COAL.
COMPANY, with main offices at
Como Building, Chicago. -"
This company has thousands of Gus
fomers in various sections of the
United states who receive all of their
coal direct from the mines. These GUS
toners are pleased not only because
Of the many dollars they save every
year. but also because of the quality
Of coal they are getting. Many write
that they never before had coal that
makes SO little dust. that burns so
we'll. leaving so few ashes If you are
a coal user-whether you use hard or
soft coal much or little-it will be
greatly to your advantage to write the
Bernice Coal Co. at once for prices,
stating kind and quantity Of coal you
use.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05

Daily Thought
Valor consists In the power Of self.
recoverv.-Emerson.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
Altar VS.. Halter.

Said the facetious Teller: Nobody
expects wedding ceremony to go
through without hitch"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
For Sale

100 acres rich improved land, good
buildings. Six miles from Owosso,
three miles from Henderson.
MRS. JULIA CARM OOY
Route 2, Box AZ, NOwosso, Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
Orv Lead for Batteries.

A dry battery utilizing red lead. In
stead of the usual manganese COM
pound, has been patented by III. Czanyi.
1t Is claimed that the red lead battery
lasts longer than the type now In
vogue, may be kept inactive for months
without any deterioration and may be
recharged at least ten times. with
each recharge as efficient as any pres
ent battery.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
Volcano That EmIts Lava.

The following is reported by an OBJ
server In Hawaii: Tremendous
changes are In progress at Kilauea.
and there IL no indication whatsoever
Of any cessation Of the monumental
rising of the entire vast lava column.
Over the southwest brink wide
stream of glistening lava is sluggishly
flowing in the direction of the Kalu
desert, not with the spectacular cas-
cading torrents of the southeastern
flows of last March, but with steady.
stealthy gliding, which gains ground
slowly at its base. but which piles up
into tremendous masses from Its
source forward.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
Had n Slim Chance.

Being firm friends, Marie's two iov-
ers decided that one must end MS
courtship to help the other. Whep
Axel suggested "heads or tails" no coin
was at hand. He agreed to the use OF
Sandy's pocketknife, but was Ill pre-
pared for his friends words as the
knife shot upward: 'If the knife stays
up you winp
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05

is declared. He will buy q block OF
stock in a perpetual motion company
and will hold onto 1t even after some
other sucker has offered to cart 1t
away for him free of charge.
Thus optimism Is profitable, but
not always to the optimist. However,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
Those With Enterprise.

The enterprising person is the per.
son who is always learning and then
putting that learning to use, who is
making the very best of opportunity,
and creating all the opportunities
which seem to offer themselves to
his or her mofding. In other words.
what Ii enterprise but busy mind
and q busy person properly directed
~ . sane soul.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
Korean Women.

In Korea women occupy a place
in society which has no parallel else
where in the Orient. They are both
better and verse off than in China or
India or Japan-better off because
there are more fields open to Them
worse because they are overworked,
often ill-treated, and until recently
We're actually enslaved.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05
THE OwOSSO TIMES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. PROP.
OWOSSO, MICH. SEPT. s, 1919.
FREE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

A health center was opened last
week in New York under the auspices
of the National Board of the Y. w. c.
A. Thorough physical examination
will be given free to any woman APP
plying. Authorized women physicians
will make the examinations and rec
ommend treatment where it is needed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05

life is very beautiful to him, and he
is always happy. Once an optimist
was lynched for horse stealing out
west, and just before they kicked
the barrel out from under him, he
was asked If he had any last words.
Looking over towards the mountains
he murmured: "You couldn't have
picked out a spot with Q nicer view
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-09-05

Optimistic Thought.
Against stupidity the very gods
Ruht in vain
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-10
FAMOUS
PEACE TREATIES
TREATY OF GUADALUPE-HIDALGo, 1s4s.

BY H. IRVING KING

In April of 1S45 the United States
entered into war with Mexico. By
September 1S47, the American flag
rs a pacifst orat1r of the day put it
waved In insolent triumph in the
halls of the Montez1mas," and on Feb
ruary 2 of the following year a wholly
unauthorized private citizen signed on
the part of the Americans a treaty
by which the Unitei States obtained
u~ndisputed sovereignty wei a terri
tory more than four times the size Of
the German empire as it was before
the recent debacle, paying Mexico in
return $4,000 900 and assuming 49,
100000 of Mexico's debts. BY the
treaty with Spain in 1919, the United
States haG, indeed, acquired Florida,
but she had released her claims to
Texas, over a part of which at least
she had claimed a right under the
Louisiana Purchase. When the last
Spanish successor Of Cortez as viceroy
OF Mexico was deposed in 1921, Mexico
succeeded to the right of Spain in
Texas, but left that vast territory as
forlorn and undeveloped as it had been
under Spanish rule.
A year of war ensued. Everybody
remembers the name of Sam Houston
and the fact that Thermopylae had
its messengers of death; the Alamo
had none" From 1886 to 1916 Texas
was an independent republic under the
banner of the Lone Star"
In 1915 1t vas annexed to the United
States and a dispute at once arose
with Mexico over the southwestern
boundary of the newly acquired state,
Mexico claiming that boundary to be
the Nueces while the United States
claimed 1t to be the Rio Grande. John
Slidel, afterwards so well known | IN
the Mason and Slidel affair Of the Civil
war, was sent to Mexico to try and
arrange the matter in dispute, but was
refused o hearing. al saa4
Early in 1916 General Taylor was
ordered to move to The Rio Grande.
Mexico had severed diplomatic rela-
lions with the United States upon the
annexation of Texas. General Taylor
established his headquarters at a point
opposite Matamoras. His force con-
sisted of a little over $500 regulars.
Learning that the Mexicans we're pre-
pairing to cross the river higher up,
Taylor sent out a accommodating party
consisting of So dragons under Cap.
tain Thornton who, on April %, was
surprised and captured by the Mexi.
cans after the loss of 16 men. The
war had begun. The news of Thorn.
tons capture reached Washington on
May 8. President Polk sent a mes
sage to congress stating that Mexico
has passed the boundary of the United
States and shed American blood on
American SOIL" Congress passed q
bill providing for the enrolment of
10000 volunteers and a wal appro-
priation of $1O,OOO.OOO, congress agree
ing with the president that "war ex-
lists by the act of Mexico"
General Taylor gained the victories
Of Palo Alto May 8, Resaca de la
Palma May 9, captured Monterey Sep.
TENDER "a, and won the hard fight OF
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-10

Buena Vista on February % of the
next year. In March of 1847 General
Scott captured Vera Cruz and march
ed to the City of Mexico. winning the
battles Of Cerro Gordo April Is, Con-
treras August 10, C~hurubusco August
20, Moline del Rey September 3. and
Chapultepec September Ii. The next
day he stormed the Belem gate and
entered the Mexican capital.
When Vera Cruz fell President Polk
decided that it would be well to have
along with SCOTS army a commission
er authorized to sign a peace with the
Mexicans as soon as they had been
sufficiently defeated to be amenable
to terms. N. P. Trist, chief clerk OF
the state department, was chosen and
having been given the rough draft OF
a treaty reached Vera Cruz on May .
Of 1S47 and Joined Scott. MI. Trist
got no opportunity to exercise his dip
lomatic powers until after the battle
of Churubusco. The morning after
that battle Scott was met by commits
sioners from the Mexican president,
Santa Anna. with proposals for an
armistice. This was agreed to and
Mr.. Trist wrote to the Mexican minis
ter of foreign relations that he was
ready to enter into negotiations.
A Treaty Without Authority.
Five Mexican commissioners met
Mr.. Trist at a village lying between
the American and Mexican lines which
bore the impossible Aztec name OF
Atzcopozalen. Mr.. Trist wanted Low
err California but was willing to con-
cede that point, but he would not give
up the demand for New Mexico (then
comprising what is now New Mexico
and Arizona) south of the thirty-sey-
enth degree. Nor would the Mexicans
give 1t up. The negotiations came to
nothing, the armistice was ended and
Scott resumed his advance: Counter
propositions which the Mexican COM
missiQners had made were referred
by Mr.. Trist to Washington, but he
was generally thought to have been
too wavering at the village with the
unpronounceable name-and, without
waiting to hear from him officially.
President Polk revoked his authority
and sent him a letter Of recall.
After the capture of the City OF
Mexico the Mexicans saw that further
struggle was hopeless. California had
meantime been occupied by Commo-
dores Sloat and Stockton and the land
forces of Generals Fremont and
Kearny. Santa Anna resigned the
presidency, which passed to General
Anaya, who summoned a congress at
Queretaro. One of his first acts was
to appoint a commission to proceed
to the City Of Mexico and confer with
Mr.. Trist. Mr.. Trist had already re-
ceived his letter Of recall. The Mex
lean commissioners, with singular rea-
soning suggested that they had mot
been officially notified Of the American
ENJOYS recall' and Mr.. Trist agreed
to treat. Mr.. Trist met the Mexican
commissioners at Guadaloupe-Hidalgo,
a town about three miles north of the
City of Mexico, where the treaty was
signed on February 2, 1848.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-10

Gastein on August 20, 1865, and after
talking matters over agreed that Duke
Augustenburg should be thrown over.
board and that Prussia should have
Holstein. At the same time the lit
tie duchy Of Lauenburg, a part Of the
greater duchies, was assigned to Prus-
sia absolutely: and from this uncon-
sidered trifle Bismarck subsequently
took his title of duke Of Lauenburg.
Early in June. 1866, Prussia brought
forward In the diet at Frankfort a
proposition to reform" the Germanic
confederation, the reform to consist Of
the expulsion Of Austria, the establish
ment of an elected German parliament
to take the place Of the diet and the
formation of an army of North Ger.
many to be commanded by the kina
Of Prussia. Naturally these drastic
propositions were rejected and Bis.
marck frankly warned the diet thai
he would destroy the confederation.
Austrian Motion Prevailed.
The Prussian governor Of Schleswfs
on June 10 announced that owing "a
the failure Of Austria to preserve or.
der in Holstein he was compelled n
take over the administration OF that
province-which he did. Austria and
Prussia recalled their ambassadors
and both nations appealed to the diet.
Austria demanding that Prussia shonId
be disciplined and Prussia DEMANDING
that Austria should get out. Bismarck
declared that If the Austrian motion
prevailed Prussia would declare tbe
confederation ended, and threatened
with loss of sovereignty such German
states as should support Austria IN
the coming var. The Austrian motion
prevailed and Prussia withdrew from
the confederation. All the German
states except Mecklenburg sided with
Austria while Italy became an ally al
Prussia and attacked Austria
Negotiations for peace began md q
treaty was signed at Prague on Sen.
TENDER 3, 1866. Austria agreed 10 the
dissolution Of the Germanic confeder
alton and to withdraw entirely from
German affairs, Prussia was TO anne,
~Schleswig-H olsteln, Hanover. n portlor
Of Hesse-Darmstadt, the electorate d
Hesse and the city Of Frankfort.
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