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The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-16
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920
THE PANAMA CANAL AT WORK.

THE PANAMA CANAL AT WORK.
 A revolution in the worlds trans portation, which was freely predicted when construction of the Panama canal was undertaken, is under way. Old routes around Cape Horn and through the strait of Magellan are de- serted except between ports within short distance on each side. Distances between ports east and west of the American hemisphere, have been so reduced as to change profoundly the course of the worlds trade Markets in which some nations have had the advantage of distance will be trans ferred to other nations or will be thrown open to competition on equal terms, so far as cost of transporta- tion is concerned
 Of most interest to us on the Pa cfic coast is the influence of the canal on the commerce and devel- opment of this region. Hitherto, when thinking of the rest of the country and of the white race, our faces have been turned landward; they will now be turend seaward. Travellers from Europe have come with impressions of America already formed in crossing the continent. Many of them will hereafter form ther firstl impressions when they land on the Pacific coast. Immigrants have reached us after experience in the crowded cities and with the OK tremes of heat and cold of the east; they will hereafter learn of America first in the wide spaces end equa1ia climate of the we st. Eastern manIfoc- turers will Da dawn here from the eongested states on the Aelantic sea- board by the cheap water transport and abundant waterpower of the west. Population will tend to become equally dense on all our coasts and will spread inland from tue Pacu;c as it originally did from the Atlantic coast.
 The promised toll exemption for eoastwise ships at least will hasten these domestic changes, and if it should be extended to American for eign-going ships, it will promote clos CT direct intercourse with the old world. Whether the effect of that direct touch will be good or bad for ourselves and for the immigrants who will come to us from many na- tions will depend on the provision we make to receive and assimilate them. A new melting pot will be set on the fire on this coast, and it behooves us to Keep the fire burning under it more constantly and to mix the ingredients more thoroughly than did the people of the old states.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-16

Now the Socialists are saying that government ownership is failure only when it is tinctured with poli- tics. Which is about all it's most ar dent opponents would say, being inn pressed with the idea that in the present state of society politics and government are inseparable.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-16

Propaganda in the states for rein deer meat will be greatly helped by the cost of meat of other kinds - pork, for example, which shows no signs of coming down despits the big gest corn crop in recent years.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-16

The woman Congressman" from Oklahoma refuses to wear high heeled shoes and says she never had a pair of silk stockings in her life. Notwithstanding her example, we have no hope that women in general will abandon their dress foibles for a while.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-16

The French government ts under no Illusions It has approved eighteen months military training for youths, sn the theory that it is cheaper to keep fit than to get fit.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-16

Austria is promising to be good, and in view of her being pretty we'll fenced in by neighbors who have ever incentive for keeping her in place, may keep the promise.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-16
THINGS WE THINK

Things Others Think and What We Think of the Things Others Think.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20

.Washington.-Au threatened rail-
road strikes, including that Of 100000
maintenance Of way employees. have
been called OF and further demands Of
the railway employees for increased
wages viii be held in allegiance pend
Ing discussion Of President Wilson's
proposition submitted to representa-
:tiVes OF the employees. at a convention
Of general committeeman representing
railroad labor organizations at Wash
ington Feb: q. "
The plah submitted to the railway
employees by the president contains
two propositions relative to the sett-
ling Of the wage question. Under the
first it would be dealt with by machin-
cry which Is expected to be set up by
law providing for return of the roads
to private control March I. The sec.
ond method for dealing with tho wage
question was by the establishment Of
special tribunal of railway managers
and employees to take up and settle
~ wage aasettQns quickly.
The union executives who have been
meeting. here in a letter to President
Wilson. a1RQunced their contemplated
course of action and added that they
favored creation Of special tribunal
to examine the entire railroad wage
problem and settle it. They asked Will
son to obtain the assent of the railroad
managers to this proceeding.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
Red Cross Notes

Miss Worden, the county nurse, has
been very busy on influenza cases this
week; thirty-two different patients hav-
ing been cared for. She first went to
Darling thence to Cushing, from there
to Lincoln, thence to Pierz and lastly
to Royalton. Sometimes all Of the fam
lily are down with influenza and not a
neighbor is willing to come to the door
and ask if anything is wanted.
Miss Worden suggests that if people
keep themselves well and healthy they
need not worry about the "Au." She
finds the situation not nearly as serious
this winter as it must have been last
year.
If anyone wishes the county nurse
through this epidemic they will kindly
leave their names at the Red Cross Of
fee. If the family in need of the ser.
vice are not able to pay for such SER
vice, then the Red Cross will do it.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20

About the only real change Of a
fairylike nature that has come about
is the remarkable ability demonstrate
ed by governments to make one, two
or three dollars grow where only one
grew before. although it is beginning
to sink into few minds that this new
crop Of dollars does not contain as
much nourishment as did the old crop,
writes Samuel Crowther in Worlds
Work. The caloric content Of the new
coinage is considerably less than that
Of the old. Nothing has happened to
decrease the importance Of work, and
the labor problem gets down eventual
~ to simple economics and to the con-
trolling proposition that prosperity
increases only according to the mar
gin Of production ever consumption.
Out of that margin all capital In
created.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
UNCLE DUDLEY's COLUMN

provided he is not a politician or his
wife is not around
We have a little Something" stored
away in our sanctum which we dole out
but thirsty friends-good. cool, spar
king water Have a e o q
ing individual standing on the street
corner gazing at nothing. just keep
your eye on him until trim looking
Then note The Transformation. on,
these men!
i Our office devil : $o . to the head of
the class. He describes q United States
asylum to whom the government pays
sometime for n4t9 n
Coffin !: manufacturers, apparently
have slipped a cog. They failed to raise
their t5edso prizes with the advent OF wood
still il: we could get rid Of the pierre
ing tbs o End t the
wouldn't be such = = ee . one after all:
The de tnHrf d III in 9f
keeps.
Rumor has it that modern man in
order to keep pace with the women
will soon be. tripping daintily down the
street garbed in decolete shirts and
short pants.
q -
Our daintiest little maid says she
the year 1919. There was too much
sameness to the figures-of the year.
8
And yet it is so easy for any weary
pilgrim to perk up when he has the
perkings with which to do the perking.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
GEOGRAPHY WILL STAND.

GEO 0RAPHY WILL, STAND.
One of the scientists now in ses-.
sion at st. Louis points out very
popular error, the belief that geogra-
ply was changed by the world war.
It is not so, he says. Climate, lam
guage, physical contour and other
characteristics that really determine
the geographical divisions of the
world are not altered by the incidence
Of a war. says Omaha Bee. Political
boundaries may be arbitrarily set up
or knocked down, as they were in this
connection, but the real separation Of
the earth's surface into zones or re-
gtons is hot affected by the acts Of
men. Physical geography presents
the same aspect, and will be studied
with the same purpose as heretofore.
And this is another point that may be
stressed in urging the proper study
Of geography. Teachers Of the science
were spurred into activity in the early
days of the war trying to make the
public acquainted with the truth the
profession has again expressed. Prop
er inquiry into the fascinating field OF
knowledge embraced in real ge6gra-
ply will more than repay for the time
spent, and win convince any Of the
futility Of man-made boundaries for
empires.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
Hearst Would Stop Ship Sale.

Neutrality-suspicious. for an in
junction against tho Shipping Board
and the Emergency Fleet corporation
to prevent the sale of 30 former Ger
man liners at public auction has been
filed in the District of Columbia su.
preme court by William Randolph
Hearst Of New York, acting in his ca
pacity as a taxpayer. Chief Justice
Mccoy issued rule requiring the de
PENDANTS to show cause in three days
why temporary injunction should
not be issued.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
Gonzales Nearly Trapped.

Ell Paso, Texas.-Gen. Pablo Con.
zales, candidate for president of Mexi-
co and commander of federal forces
trying to conquer the Polaoz rebels
In the Tampico oil region, narrowly es-
capped capture in an ambush, according
to delayed reports reaching here. Gon-
zales at the head of 200 men nearly
walked into rebel trap by which
Polaoz had planned to take Gonzales
prisoner and execute him in revenge
for the shooting Of Gen. Felipe Angel
90, Villista rebel, in Chihuahua City.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20

About one-fifth of a billion acres Of
the cut-over land and woodland in the
United States might be cleared up and
the stumps removed so that the land
would be available for productive
farming. II all this agriculturally
suitable forest and cut-over land could
be made into farms averaging 100
acres, it would provide 100000
farms, an increase Of about 20 per
cent over, the present number: It Is
believed unlikely that more than 50,-
100000 acres, or enough for perhaps
100000 farms, will be cleared Of the
stumps unless the government as
sumes responsibility.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETIT
TON FOR ADMINISTRATION.
ESTATE OF ANNIE (TRAMPE) FELL
BAUM
State of Minnesota
County Of Morrison.)

State Of MINNESOTA
County Of Morrison.)
In Probate Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Annie
(Trampe) Fellbaum. Decedent:
The State14f Minnesota to all persons
interested IN the granting Of admins
tration Of the estate of said decedent:
The petition of BENJAMIN II. Fell
baum having been filed in this Court.
that Annie (Trarnpe) Fell
baum. then a resident Of the County Of
Morrison State of Minnesota died intes-
tate on thes17th day of November, 1918.
and praying that letters Of adnafnistra-
ton of her estate be granted to said
BENJAMIN III. Fellbaum, and the Court
having fixed the time and place for
Therefore. You. and Each of You.
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, IT any you have. before this
Court, 1t the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House. In the City of Little
Falls, in the County Of Merr1son; state
Of Minnesota, on the 18th day of March.
1920. at 10 o'clock A. NJ, why said petit
ton should not be granted. :.
Witness the Judge Of said Court. and
the Seal of said Court this 10Th day of
February, 1920.
(seal}> G; ;. w. + KEMP MP
D: M. CAMERON.
! Attorney for Petitioner 51-1
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
Seven Thousand Armenians Mas
sacred In Cecilia In New
Outbreak BY Kurds.
ATTACK IN PROGRESS
less Aided-one Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Are In Jeo-
pardy, Lacking Protection.

Washington.-Seven thousand Ar
menians have been massacred in c.
ella in a new attack by Mustafa Ker-
mails Turkish and Kurdich troops and
the attack is still in progress, accord
ing to advices received by the :Armeni-
an National union through official
channels.
The report, signed by the acti6g Ar
menian Archbishop Of Symrna, and
the president of the Armenian Colony
Of Greece, states that the foes of the
Armenians number 50 600 men, who
have advanced to Bahtche and threat
en- to spread reign of terror through
out the district.
"The Armenians," the dispatsh said,
'are ready to resist the attack, but
lack the necessary means Of self-pro~
lection. Immediate assistance alone
can save from total determination
100000 people,"
Turks Deny Blame.
Constantinople.-Turkey denies all
responsibility. for the maintenance Of
order in the Aintab.. region, where
James Perry and Frank Johnson, rep
resentatives of the American Y. M. G..
A. were killed recently. This stand
is taken on the ground that French
and British troops are jointly occupy
ing Syria and: that %Aintab is we'll
within the armistice lines. it is learned
on good authority.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
Peace Council Denies That Orig
inaI Terms Have Been M0di-
fled or Softened.
RESENTED BY ITALIANS
Feel That Their Claims To Considera-
ton and Their Sacrifices Have
l:ever Been Fully Appreciated
BY Allies.

London.-The American embassy
has forwarded to Washington the Su-
preme Council reply to President VIII
sons Adriatic note
The council announced in its daily
semi-official communication that it
does not propose to make public the
correspondence so that the question
Of whether the notes will be given out
rests with President Wilson.
Since the main facts are public prop
erty, namely that the President strong
ly objects to solution of the Italian
Jugo-Slav problem by application of
the treaty Of London thereto, and OBJ
jects so strongly as to contemplate
Americas withdrawal from the Yer
sailles compact as possibility, and
that the council objects to re-opening
of the question, the undecided point is
whether the arguments exchanged
shall be published while the contro-
versy is hot on the anvil The state.
ment from Washington confirming
first reports that the President had in
timated rejection of his policy might
be followed by diplomatic reprisals
furnished another surprise to poll
ticians and the public who, outside of
a small but important circle, which
meets twice daily in Downing street.
Advisers In the confidence Of this
group experienced the greater sur
prise because it came chose on the
heels Of other Washington messages,
attributing to Secretary Tumulty an
emphatic denial that the Presidents
note conveyed any notification of any
more serious consequences than Amer
lean retirement from it's part in polio
ing the Adriatic
French Reports Denied.
The council issued an. emphatic de-
NAL Of French newspaper reports that
it was persuaded to modify and soften
the first draft Of the note to President
Wilson.
The feeling at Italian: headquarters
over the presidents action is strong.
Unofficially it is spoken Of as an attack
upon Italy and his memorandum is de-
scribed as an ultimatum. italians also
feel Italy's claims to confederation for
her part Of the war and her sacrifices
have never been quite apprec iated by
her allies. .,..
Tie, feeling in the Jugo~slav camp is
equally strong, but has the element Of
elation that the Slavs have strong
champion They feel they are at a
disadvantage because Minister Trum-
bitch is outside the councils of the
powers and like the Italians have their
own grievance in that they consider
that the fact they were in the war
from the start and that their country
was virtaal4y ruined IL not to be given
the weight it deserves.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
LANSING QUITS CABINET
Resigns His Portfolio As Secre-
tary Of State.
Resignation Follows Bitter WranQle
with President-Lon0 Standing
Strife Has Existed.

Washington.-Robert Lansing ended
his career as Secretary of State, after
President Wilson had accused him Of
uburping the powers Of President by
calling meetings OF the cabinet during
Mr.. Wilson's illness.
Mr.. Lansing denied he had sought
or intended to usurp the presidential
authority. He added, however, that he
believed then, and still believed, thst
the cabinet conferences were for the
best interests of the republic;;" that
they we're proper and necessary" be-
cause Of the Presidents condition, and
that he would have been derelict in
his duty If he had failed to act as he
did.
Letter Prompted Resignation.
AS the record stands. Mr.. Lansing
offered his resignation and Mr.: Wilson
accepted it. The resignation was Of
fered, however. only after the Presi-
dent, under date of February Z, had
written asking if it were true that Mr..
Lansing had called cabinet meetings,
and stating that If such were the case
he felt it necessary to say that under
our Constitutional law and practice. as
developed hitherto. no one but the
President has the right to summon
the heads of the executive depart
ments into conference"
Mr.. Lansing answered two days la
ter-saying he had called the cabinet
conferences because he and others Of
the presidents official family felt
that in view of the fact that we were
aakaed O0slmaIn3oattoa with yoa, It wAs
wise for US to confer informally to-
gether on matters as to which
action could not be postponed until
your medical advisers permitted you
to pass upon Them
Wilson "Much Disappointed"
Tho secretary concluded by saying
that If the President believed he had
failed in his loyalty to him, and II
Mr.. Wilson no longer had confidence
in him, he was ready to relieve you
of any embarrassment by placing my
resignation in your hands,
The President replied that he was
much disappointed by Mr.. Lansing.
He said he found nothing in the sec
retary's letter (which justifies your
assumption Of presidential authority
in such a matter" and added that he
must frankly take advantage Of your
kind suggestion to resign.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
GERMANS TO TRY WARGUlLTY
Allies Agree To Plan with Certain
Reservations.


London.-The Allied reply to the
German note of January Is, proposing
as an alternative to extradition that
persons accused by the Allies be tried
at Leipsic, states that Germany's pro-
posal for such trial at Leipsic is CON-
patible with Article 228 of the Peace
treaty. The Allies, the note says, will
abstain from Intervention in tho pro-
cedure of that court
After stating that the Allies have
carefully considered the German note
Of January Is, the reply says:
1.-THE powers observe. in the first
place, that Germany declares herself
unable to carry out the obligations i'm
posed on her by Articles 22S and $50,
which she signed. They reserve to
themselves the power to employ in
such measure and form as they may
Judge suitable the rights accorded to
them in this event by the treaty"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
Objects To League CHANGES

Objects To League Changes.
Ottawa.-Canada has giyen Great
Britain notice that it objects to any
change in the covenant of the League
of Nations which will prevent the
Dominica from being a full-heged
member OF. the league and having a
vote in the assembly. After a meet
ing Of the cabinet urgent representa-
lions were forwarded to the imperial
authorities protesting against accept
lance by Great Britain of the Lenroot
reservation to the peace treaty which
now is being considered ~: the Uni
ted States Senate.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
Coal Wage Advance Hits Public.

Washington.-Public utilities cor
porations, because of their contracts
with coal operators, must charge con-
sumers the II per cent wage advance
recently granted bituminous coal
miners, Frank Bergen, representing
the Public Service Corporation of New
Jersey, told a Senate Interstate Com
merce subcommittee. The increase
amounts to about 30 cents a ton and
30 per cent of the total increase now
is being paid BY. the ultimate con-
sumner, he said.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20

The French government has issued
q pamphlet telling Of the American
activities In the war and declaring
that the American expeditionary
forces were largely instrumental in
securing final victory. This is grate-
full, but will it be regarded as judi
cious by the English leaders who
claim that Great Britain won the
war;
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20

A woman who had been asleep for
so DAYS was reused effectually by
monograph, but If they had got jazz
band her sleep would not have lasted
Is minutes.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20

Ten million silver dollars are being
melted up at the mint to be converted
into small change. 1t looks as If the
government were optimistic enough to
think that there is going to be use for
small change again, one of these days.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
Turks Deny Blame.
WILSON WAGE PLAN READY
Railroads and Union Asked To Constd.
er Proposal.

Railroads and Union Asked To constd.
er Proposal.
Washington. - President Wilson's
proposal to create a joint commission
to hear the wage demands of the
union railroad workers, If such is not
provided by law, will be laid before
the heads Of the rail corporations here
at once. r..
The railroad executives, through T.
Dewitt Cuyler, president of the Asso.
citation of Railroad Executives, were
asked by Director General Hines, to
send a committee for q conference to
complete its work before the general
conv ention Of union committeeman, to
consider the Presidents settlement
plan. e."
Officials were uncertain as to the at
titude which the rail heads would as
sumo with respect to the voluntary
tribunal suggested by the President,
who told the union leaders in his com.
munication profferihg terms of peace
in the wage controversy that he would
seek the cooperation of the corpora
tions which will receive their. proper
ties from the government on March l.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-02-20
AIRCRAFT REPORT is MADE
Difference Of Opium In Findings BY
COMMITTEES,

Difference Of Opium In Findings BY
COMMITTEES.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the long
continued investigation of the aircraft
production program were presented in
the House from the special committee
inquiring into war expenditures.
Representatives F'rear and Magee,
the two Republicans of the sub-com-
mittee which conducted the investiga-
ton, characterized the aviation pro-
gram in their reports as "a riot of
waste" and Representative Lea, the
Democratic member of the sub-com-
mittee. declared in his report that the
Republican members had sacrificed
facts for sensationalism in an effort
to discredit the government.