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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-04
LUCERNE: THE HOSTESS
OF SWITZERLAND

Lucerne. scene of important confer
ences among allied statesmen, Is a
precious level among Swiss cities
with the lake of the same name for
les settlng-a lake where varied beauty
and historic association are blended.
On that lakes shores William Tell is
reputed 10 have exhibited his marks
manshlp to the discontinue OF Gessler.
and on its waters tradition holds he
won his revenge by selling the rudder
Of the vessel on which that tyrant held
him prisoner and guided IL to the rock
where he aimed. not at an apple, but
at his oppressor's heart.
Less picturesque. but more signifi-
cant, was the formulation OF the per-
petual league. That famous instru-
ment not only was the antecedent Of
the Swiss confederation, but marked
a mile post In humanity's political
freedom.
Beloved by tourists and crowded
with them in normal years. Lucerne
has retained many of its ancient as
poets. Its crumbllng wall with its
watch towers give IL a medieval
stamp; two of Its covered wooden
bridges also serve az art galleries.
On the walls OF one are depicted
scenes OF the city's history and the
other has paintings OF the dance OF
Death"
Perhaps the most famed art object
of the city is the Lion OF Lucerne con
sidered by one critic 1.-The most appro-
pirate and touching monument In ex-
istence." In "A grotto, hewn from the
natural rock, is a dying lion pierced
by lance, with his paw protecting
the fieur-de-lys OF the Bourbons. Thor
waldsen, Danish sculptor. designed
this tribute 10 the Swiss guard who
died in seeking 10 protect Louis XVI
against the mob of Paris revolution
lists that stormed the Tullerles IN 1892
Many quaint houses remain, includ-
Ing the wooden structures whose In
flammability gave rise to curious fire
regulations. Wood for building could
not lie in the streets more than "a
h"uIS. w SUNNY 'ouiu NVih pclN'th
yespers and early mass. Every eth
zen was a potential fire fighter and
the citizens brigade when called 10
fire had 10 await word from the mayor
for dismissal Women were required
10 aid at night by holding lights in the
ooorways Until two centuries ago
the city fathers were assigned special
duties 10 fire fighting.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-04
WHEN THE NEAR EAST IS
CIVILIZED

Roughly speaking. Turkey was d.
vided into Ave great provinces or dis
tricts-Anstoiia. Armenia. Kurdistan,
Mesopotamia aud Syria.
With this Introduction William II.
Hall. writing TO the National Geograph-
ic society sketches the resources Of
Turkey. which have an opportunity for
development with measures that may
lessen the horrors OF misrule, injustice.
deportations. massacres and famines.
He continues:
"The same broad plains that once
fed and clothed a population Of 40
OO0,0O0 human beings are waiting to-
reaper. The mountains still hold
riches of coal and iron and copper.
The quaTTles still have abundance OF
choice marbles. The rivers are po-
tent with power TO turn the wheels
of industry. The natural harbors In
vite the fleets OF merchantmen and
the river valleys and mountain passes
offer natural lines Of communication
and transportation. as in the days
when great caravans passed along
these natural highways, bringing the
merchandise of the East 20 the mar
kets OF the West.
1.-THE whole land has been lying fall
low for CENTURIES land that modern
exploration reveals as one OF the rich
est In natural resources and as unsur-
passed by it's geographic location for
being the trade center Of the world.
Exclusive of Arabia. which was
never more than nomlnslly under the
Ottoman dominion the Turkish empire
embraced about 10000 square miles
of territory at the beginning of the
World war. Only about 10000 square
miles of this were I'm Europe. The
Turkish empire was equivalent To the
combined areas Of the British isles.
France and pre-war Germany. II was
larger than all Of the area east Of the
Mississippi and north " the Ohio and
Potomac rivers.
THE boundaries were the Black sea
and Caucasus on the north, Egypt on
the south. the Aegean and Medter-
ranean seas on the west. and the
Syrian desert and Persia on the east.
Turkey I'm Europe was almost a
negligible area. a. the Balkan wars
stripped the Turks az all their Eu-
ropean possessions except CONSTANT
nople and n narrow territory along the
Bosporus and Dardanelles some 40
miles in width; so that when the Turk
ish empire has been referred 10 In re-
cent years. Asiatic Turkey was nearly
all that the term embraced.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-04
NEITHER WARS NOR RENTS
DISTURB THIS CURIOUS
PEOPLE

The cone jewellers Of Asia Minor,
technically known as the TroglOdytes
OF Csppadocia. are harassed not at
all by the housing problem, for they
live in nature-made apartment houses.
fashioned by trickling streams and vol
canic violence.
Nor is ii likely that they are con
cerned In the least about their politi-
cal fate, for, though they lnhabit what
is characterized as the cradle Of civil
lization," they are more primitive In
some particulars than The most be-
nighted tribes of Africa or the South
Pacific.
A communication by ]. Ia Stlington
Sterrett 10 the National Geographic
society describes the Cappadoclans as
follows:
Residing within stones throw,
metaphorically speaking. Of the won
derful civilization which hourished on
the banks OF the Nile 5000 years ago:
OF the mighty kingdoms of Assyria and
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-04

both ancient and modern times are TO
be found In greatest number In the
shadow Of Asia Minors Hottest peak,
snew-ciad Mt Argaeus (called by the
Turks Erjias Dagh). an extinct vol
cano whose eruption Ia the dim past
iaid the foundations and supplied the
material for these remarkable habita-
lions, while the Hays river OF the
aDcients (now known as Kill Irrnak)
In succeeding centuries became their
tireless architect.
The practice OF living In caves. In
cliffs or In excavated cavities In the
open plain Is 10 he traced to a state
OF society which we Of today have
some difficulty In depictisg to our
selves. And yet the central thought
OF the Troglodytic habit IL the basic
principle upon which ancient civiliza-
ten was founded.
They have sought and found for
themselves complete isolation. They
seem To have none Of the Instincts Of
agricultural man and they are wholly
snhosl htable.
The entrances 10 their dwellings
are high up In the almost perpendicu-
lar walls of the cliffs, and they are
reached solely by means Of long poles.
which are light enough to be drawn
up when the lord Of the den and his
family are safely housed And when
housed they really are safe from In
trusicn. for 1t would require a host 10
force an entrance against the will of
the family.
'ODe ancient writer tells us that
some Troglodytes made practice cf
killing all those who were not In frst-
rate physical condition, an the ground
that a man who cannot earn his own
living has no right to live; and when
one sees these dwellings. one can Inn
agine still another reason for killing
OF the aged and the infirm-because
OF their inability 10 get in or out OF
the house."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-04

Habylohia which arose in the valleys
of the Euphrates and the Tigris. their
Uuwer and splendor dazzling the world
1000 years before the Christian era /;
and NJ the very threshold ~ ancient
Greece. with its unrivaIed culture and
political advancement the Troglodytes
~ Cappadocia still ref,in toward their
fellow men an attitude of mind akin to
that which obtained in the stone age.
when there was mo- such thing as hui
man society. bur every man was his
o~gn law and Tie mortal enemy OF his
'.eighber
sshe caves. cones and cliff dwellings
Of the Cappadocian Troglodytes Of
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-04
AHESSRS COLLINS and
1V1 HARLAN Americas
popular entertainers, gave an
extraordinary recital Monday
afternoon at Strand Theater.

They walked on to the stage and
stood beside a stately cabinet. They
began to sing Down in Jungle Land"
The audience Immediately yielded to
the spell of their beautiful voices. Then
suddenly there was a stir-a subdued
murmur of surprise-and a perplexed
rubbing of eyes. The voices continued
to fill the auditorium with undimin-
ished sweetness-your ears were proof
of that-but their lips had become alb
solutely silent-your eyes told you
that.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-04

tine sugar exrrUcteo from rnIe cnne
would load fleet Of steamers reach
Ing from Havana 10 New York, with
q ship for every mile OF the twelve
hundred that stretch between the two
ports. The great pyramid Of Cheops,,
before whose awe-insplring proper
lions millions Of people have stood
and gazed In open-mouthed amaze
ment. remains. after five thousand
years. unrivaled as n monumental pile
but Cuba's sugar output this year
would make two pyramids, each out
basing and overlapping Cheops
THE wealth the outgoing sugar crop
brings In II not less remarkable In Its
proportions Four hundred dollars out
OF single crop for every human be-
ing who lives on the island-a sum
almost ms great as the per capita
wealth produced by all the farms all
the factories and all the mines Of the
United States.
what wonder, then, that Cuba to-
day Ii a land Of gold aud gems. richer
than Midas ever WAS. converting
croesus. by contrast. into beggarf
How much net profit the cane grow
er resps nj 1920 prices Is hard 10 es-
innate but that IL Is large will appear
when the methods " cane growing are
stated. To begin with. after the first
crop the planter does not have TO
bother with seed time for about ten
years. The soil Is so deep and 80
fertile that one planting produces ten
hsrveets Neither does cultivation
bother him after the first season, for
the blades stripped from one crop
form n mulch that keeps the weeds
from competing with the next one"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-04

What wizardry was this? 1t was the
test OF direct comparison with the liv-
ing artist, which Thomas A. Edison
has developed to demonstrate that the
Official Laboratory Model of his new
photograph will sing any song exactly
as 1t was sung by the artist, and that
his Recreation of singers voice. as it
comes from his wonderful new phono-
graph, positively cannot be distin-
guished from the singers actual voice.
when both are heard in direct COM
parison.
Messrs. Collins and Harlan made re-
peated comprehension singly and
together-always with the same result.
1t was truly wonderful This master
achievement of the great wizard. Edi-
son, marks a new epoch in music.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-04
eriahtl

When school opened this fall. Har-
old had n new teacher. He reported
on her 10 his mother as follows:
Her name Is Miss Albright. and
she is bright. and believe me. she is
going 10 make the rest of us bright
or know the reason why"
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-06
WELL-ACTED DRAMA
 HOLDS BOARDS TONIGHT

So many good pictures fall just short of perfection that when we find one without flaw in direction, detail or acting it is worthy of note.
 Such picture is the six-part Art craft Special that will be repeated again tonight at the Empress, 'The Woman Thou Gavest Me-"
 The role of "the woman" is played by Katherine Mcdonald, aptly called "The American Beauty" Her charm and loveliness have never before glowed so brightly as in this part, which she plays with rare sympathetic interpretation.
 Tomorrow night Emmy Whelen will be seen in a fascinating comedy, Fools and Their Money" Who's the fool? We'll, it isn't Emmy
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-06

Information has just been given out by the District Forester's office at Portland of the immediate adver- Using for sale of 1OO,OOO,O0O board feet of pulp wood in Alaska. The timber to be advertised for sale GOV CTS 10000 acres on Port Snettisham and Glass peninsula, in the Tongass national forest, in southeast Alaska, about 40 miles from Juneau. The timber is Sitka spruce, western red cedar, Alaska cedar, and western hemlock, all suitable for paper pulp.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-06
THREE DEATHS HAVE RESULTED
 FROM ANTHRAX

CHICAGO, May 6 Cby Associated Press).-The death of three employees of the Chicago Curled Hair Company from anthrax has caused the closing of the plant pending an investigation by the health officials.
 It is believed the disease was con- tracted from hair imported from Ar gentina. Its spread is not anticipated.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-06
LOCAL. AND
 l PERSONAL l MENTION

The freighter Skagway is in port.
 Attorney F. H. Foster has returned from business trip toeValdez.
 The steamship Northwestern sails from Seattle for Cordova tomorrow.
 George c. Hazelet returned last night from a short business trip to Valdez.
 M. L. McAllister, an old-timer from Nizina, was an arrival in town on to- days train.
 The launch Shamrock came over from Valdez last night, and Ben Ferrel was returning passenger.
 Elwell Thawley, relay operator for the Copper River railway at Chitina, came to town this afternoon.
 The launch Pioneer left today for Katalla and took over a number of parties who are interested in oil
 James Hyland left on the Pioneer this afternoon for Katalla, where he will spend the summer in the oil fields.
 M, D. Snodgrass, superintendent of the government experimental station at Fairbanks, came to Cordova on to- days train.
 The funeral of the late Samuel Est lick took place this afternoon, services being held at the Episcopal church by Rev. B. P. ziegler.
 A group picture of the members of Cordova Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska, was taken this afternoon at the city dock for use in a coming number of The Pathfinder.
 John Jones Post, American Le- gion, was organized at the city hall last night. As the attendance was not as large as it should have been, an-
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-06

out from Fairbanks over the govern ment trail, and is due to arrive in COrdova within few days.
 Oscar Krause and wife of San Fran cisco, who arrived recently to make Cordova their future home, have taken an apartment in the Lambert building.
 Gene Greene, an oil expert, who has operated in the California, Texas and Oklahoma fields, came to Cordova on the last boat, and will make an inves- tigation of the Katalla oil fields.
 The grand jury at the Valdez term of court, of which our townsman, A. J. Adams, is foreman, yesterday re- turned not a true bill against Louis Widing of Mccarthy, on a statutary charge.
 The steamship Alameda is not ex- pected here from the westward until Monday, as she will load three hun dred tons of freight at Anchorage to be transported to the Alaskan engi- neering commission at Nenana, via Skagway.
 COrdOva Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, last night elected the follow ing officers for the ensuing term, who will be installed at the first meeting in June: F. H. Foster, worthy presi- dent; Fred Schrenger, worthy vice president; Frank Douglas, chaplain; George Dooley, secretary; J. F. Haef, treasurer; trustee, Frank A. Saunders; inner guard, Joseph Kieffer; outer guard, Otto Smith.
 Grant Caughey peacefully passed away at 11:30 o'clock this morning, after an illness of about a week from pneumonia. He had been employed by the Copper River railway during the past three years and up to the time of his death was railroad freight clerk at the ocean dock. Mir. Caughey was but recently married, and he and his bride had planned on making a trip to the States within the near future. Deceased was 36 years of age and was popular among his associ- ates. No funeral arrangements will be made until word is received from his mother, who resides at Omaha, Neb.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-06

Scarborough pictures that please at prices that art right. Over Cordova drug store Phone 140-3 rings.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-06
MASONIC MEETING

Stated meeting of Mount Mckinley Lodge No. 183, F. & A. NJ, will be held Thursday evening at 8:3O o'clock.
 JOHN H. SELLEN, w. M. #4 w. B. BROWN, Sec. y sgt
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-06

John Jones Post, American Le- gion, was organized at the city hall last night. As the attendance was not as large as it should have been, an- other meeting will be held at the same
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-06

place on Sunday afternoon at o'clock for the purpose of electing officers.
 Judge c. E. Bunnell is on his way out from Fairbanks over the govern ment trail, and is due to arrive in Cordova within a few days.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-06

A group picture of the members of Cordova Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska, was taken this afternoon at the city dock for use in coming number of The Pathfinder.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
SMITH AND STONE DRAW
IN TEN TAME SESSIONS
Dempsey and Remsey Stage Wonder
full Slugging Match at
ArdmOre.

Sailor Jack Smith, of Baltimore. and
Joe Stone. the Fort Myer artillery
man, boxed ten tame sessions to
draw at Ardmore last night. but
Young Jack Dempsey, of Georgetown,
and Young Remsey, the Swampoodle
slugger, provided a wonderful slug
ging match that set the crowd howl
ing.
Dempsey uncorked some wallops in
the opening round that put the
Swampodle lad on the floor for
counts of nine on four occasions.
Again in the second round Dempsey
dropped Remsey for nine, but the third
round had hardly begun when the
Swampoodle lad hung the sleep punch
on the Georgetown boys chin and it
was curtains for him.
Johnny Ray outpointed Jimmy Nc
Cam, of Fort Myer. Johnny Vitanza
substituting for Patsy Donovan,
knocked out Buddy Sullivan, of Bal
timore, in one round "Frenchy" Rod
uit knocked out Jack Moore in four
rounds, and Jack Bolden dropped Reb
Brock in the first session.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
ATHLETES TO GATHER
FOR SATURDAY GAMES
Twenty Schools With 280 Athletes
Come For Central High Track
Meet.

Twenty schools will send $50 ath-
letes here Saturday for the big Gem
trail High School field and track meet
to be held in the stadium Saturday.
Announcement is made today that
the order of events will follow the
A. A. u. program. The fact that no
less than seventy-eight boys are en-
tered in the 100-yard dash, eighty
seven in the 220-yard dash, and fifty
seven in the quarter-mile run will
mean that these events will probably
take considerable time to run off in
heats.
Central. the host school. will lead
all others in entry lists Bill Foley
is putting thirty-two athletes in the
meet. Staunton and Tech High will
have twenty-seven each, and Western
will have twenty-six-
Large squads of boys are coming
from Richmond, Va, representing the
John Marshall High School, Wood
berry Forest, from Orange, Va: Au-
gusta Military Academy. from Fort
Defiance, Va; the Tome School, from
Port Deposit, Md; the Stuyvesant
School squad, from Warrenton, Va,
and the high school teams from this
vicinity and Baltimore will be well
represented.
The meet Is conducted under the
auspices of the newly formed &C
Club" composed of former we'll
known Central High School athletes.
Some of the best-known men connect
cd with athletics are in charge of the
actual running of the meet on the
field.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
Box Score Bits

The Mackmen leave today. The
Yanks are here tomorrow.
The Griffmen are back at the 900
mark in the standings.
Catsup Snyder made good i'm
preston. even under a hot fire.
There's hope for the lad
Bobby Roth walked the nrst four
times he appeared at the plate and
hit safely the last time, making a
clean slate for the day.
Stanley Harris celebrated his pro-
motion in the batting order by wal
looping a single to center in the frst
driving over two runs.
Jimmy ONeill. with a double and
a triple in three times up, was the
sugging demon OF the day for the
Griffs. The youngster looks better
every day he plays.
AT last Hughey Jennings Tigers
thave crashed into the winning side
of the columns. The first thirteen
games were defeats. but the Tigers
are too good "A ball club to go on
like that forever.
The Brownies are not steaming
along so well these days. Yesterday
they dropped their third in a row to
the White Sox, Sothoron yielding
twelve blows and Claud williams but
five.
Allan Russell was in form yester-
day, setting the Yanks down with
but three hits and easily winning, 3
to ]. Babe Ruth was not among
those getting hits, Lewis, Pratt and
Mogridgc being the lucky lads.
The Chicago Cubs, who have been
ing the bumps lately, walked up yes
terday and grabbed off both ends OF
doubleheadcr from the worlds
champions. Vaughn and Alexander
pitched fine ball all the way.
BY trimming the Giants. Q to q,
while the Reds were dropping n pair
to tn" Cubs, Gavvy Cravaths Phillies
have rusned to the lead among the
National League clubs. The Giants
are having a hard time to get started
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
WILDE CALLS MURRAY'S
BLUFF WITH REAL COIN
Worlds Flyweight Champion WILL
ing to Take on Tough
Rival Again.

PHILADELPHIA, May 4.-Peeved
at statements credited to Johnny
Burns. Battling Murrays manager.
that he should have been disqualified
in the bout at Camden recently,
wilde has sent $500 as forfeit
money for another contest with the
tough little Philadelphia.
MY $500 forfeit is on its way to
box Murray again in your city May
49," wires Wilde. BE sure and see
he posts the same amount to make
JIG pounds, ringside- / don't want
him to crawl out of this match. 1t is
the first time since my arrival in
America that there has been any
question over mly contests. The pub
lie verdict was against me in my first
bout with Jack Sharkey. You never
heard me complain. did you? ] will
have nothing TO say, although I could
say lots, but wait until get SharlSey
in the ring again. Then the public
can be the judge.
"Of course. this little fighting
youngster Murray may drop me again.
And may take the count. But will
always go down fighting. If I hit him
right he will stay down. But I want
to prove to Philadelphia sportsmen-
for they believe in fair play-that i
am Murray's master"
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
MANY POSTPONED GAMES
MARK APRIL THIS YEAR

April proved wicked month for
the major leagues, bad weather post
poniug twenty-three games in the
American circuit and twenty-one in
the National. Loafing has retarded
the effectiveness of the pitchers gem
orally, but the interest of the FANS
was never so great Attendance rec
ords nromise to be smashed before
the Fourth of July.
The Cincinnati Reds are maintain
ing a fast pace and seem destined to
repeat their triumph of 1919. The
surprise in the old league is the Phila-
delphia club. Gavvy Cravath has got
his boys fighting for everything. The
Giants and Cubs are the hzzies or the
spring season.
In the American League are two
SURPRISES, the Red Sox by their good
playing and the Tigers by their poor
work.
The Washington times., 1920-05-04
JOE LYNCH GETS CRACK
AT BANTAM RING TITLE

LAWRENCE. Mass. May 4.-Pete
Herman, worlds bantam champion,
will defend his title here against Joe
Lynch, of New York, in a twelve
round bout to n decision on May IS.
The bout will be staged in the open
air. Herman will receive a flat guar
antee of $4,000, and the weight win
be 11S pounds ringside.
Herman has not defended his title
in a decision bout against a real con-
tender since he took the honors from
Kid Williams at New Orleans and this
contest against Lynch, recognized as
one of Americas best boxers at his
weight. is expected to attract the
attention Of ring fans evcrywbere.