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The Washington times., 1921-03-27

field against. the Turks, and when
next the government of France and
England were face to face with Rus
sia's desire to realize 'her historic
mission" the thing had still the same
aspect. Russias expansion south
ward was a historic policy, and while
the methods Of her statesmen might
diner somewhat the objective was
always the same--will remain that.
The British government was against
any such understanding for the very
simple reason that its contamination
might prove the death blow OF the
British empire. The Russian Black
Sea fleet was a small affair solely for
the reason that there was no ncces-
sity making II larger so long as II
could serve no other purpose than to
protect Russian interests in the Black
Sea.
GREY KNEW BRITAIN
WOULD NOT STAND PLAN.
Grey knew well enough that in a
showdown, the British government
and British public opinion would
never consent to the least modifica-
tion OF the status of the Dardanelles
and the ,Bosphorus. There was no
harm In discussing this matter with
the Russians now and then, but more
than that could not be done.
The reasons for this were the fol-
lowing:
AS yet Russia had but a small fleet
in the Black Sea--a fleet that could
be, wiped out by the British navy in
the proverbial forty minutes, That
feet was small because 1t had but the
Black Sea for a sphere. 1t would
have been larger had II been able to
enter the Mediterranean and the seas
beyond. In that event the Russian
Black Sea feet would have been one
of the most powerful war machines
of our era.
Being able to use the straits In
both directions, north and south. the
Russian fleet would have been a fac
tor in the eastern waters OF the Medi-
terranean. Very soon 1t would nave
been the predominant factor. AS
such II would have threatened the
Suez Canal-Great Britain's highway
to India and Australia. With that
would have come the death struggles
OF the British empire. To India, the
closing of the Suez Canal would have
been the signal to throw of the Brit
ish yoke. especially since the Russian
railroad in the direction of Afghanis-
tan would have made 1t possible to
secure arms.
The Washington times., 1921-03-27
RUsSIA's DREAM OF
CENTURIES FAILS.

IL seems that the plans or lsWolsky
and SaZonoff developed no further
than this diplomatically. In the abb
sence of precise official data, 1t seems
that two. alternatives had been con-
sidered by the Russian government.
One of them was that Russia was to
derive benefit from Slavicizing the
Balkans completely. so far as govern
ment went: the other seems TO have
been that Russia intended seizing at
least the Bosphorus ana Constantine
pie during a crisis that was to be
promoted, and which actually came
to pass.
But that crisis took a wrong turn
as Is shown in the documents. The
Bulgars cast eyes upon the Zarigraj
themselves, penetrated as far as
Bulair, on the Sea of Marmora, and
we're wholly averse to having Sazonoff
dictate to them. The Serbes were
more amenable to Russian influence
In reward they were given virtually
all of Macedonia, and when Bulgaria
objected to this. ways and means
were found to provocate Bulgaria into
declaring war against Serbia. When
that moment had come. the Ru-
manians, under Russian auspices. in
vaded Bulgaria, and at the peace
treaty of Bucharest were able to take
from Bulgaria considerable territory
In the Dobrudja, Sazonoff Furnishing
in this manner the Russian child-state
in the Balkans that had dared to cross
his plans.
sAZONOFF ENGINEERED
1912 BALKAN WAR.
To complete the settling Of the
stage. II should be stated here that
the first attack made upon .Constan-
tinople dates back to $50 A d. In
104S another Russian fleet appeared
of the Bosphorus, and in ITO
Russian fleet entered the Dardanelles.
but got no further than Kephes
Burnu, owing to the fire of the
Tchanak Kalch. which had been es-
tablished for just such a purpose by
Grand Vizier Koeprueleu.
A British fleet under Admiral Duck
worth appeared off Constantinople in
1907, and shortly afterwards the sta
tus OF the Dsrdanelles and Bosphorus
was fixed by the following treaties:
Hunkiair Iskellesi, 1898; Dardanelles,
1S41: Paris Convention. 1856; London
Protocol. 1871: Berlin Congress, 1873.
to mention the most important ones
Meanwhile and since then the Straits
have been the subject of fully two
score international understandings.
ISWOLSkY FIRST. AND SAZONOFF
ENGINEERED THE
BALKAN WAR OF 1S12-13.
M. Is1ootsky to the Russian minis
ter at Sofia. Telegram dated April
5-1S, 1909.
WE MUST NOT FIGURE
TOO PROMINENTLY.
The Serbian government has asked |
me to support its efforts to begin ne
gotiations with Bulgaria regarding |
common action in the Turkish crisis. |
You will learn my standpoint from |
my telegram to our minister at Bel |
grade. beg you on your part to keep |
this standpoint in mind should further |
negotiations between Bulgaria and !
Serbia take place. Although / am able |
to perceive from the words of the Bull
garian minister here that his govern !
ment is seriously prepared Gnten-
tioncd) to consider the questions of /
closer relations with Serbia. we must. |
nevertheless, to certain degree |
The Washington times., 1921-03-27
Mems
Spring Suit
$z9.7

This lot includes Blue Serge and Self
Striped Serge Suits, in three-button con-
servative models; full lined with alpaca
or venetian; regular sizes SO to AZ;
young mems and students, models of
Fancy Mixtures in green, brown and tan
/, one, two and three-button, single and
two-button double-breasted styles; some
with patch pockets. Regular sizes 35 to
AZ; also double-breasted models in plain,
tan and green checks; especially designed
for the boys just going into long trousers.
Sizes is to 90 years.
Goldenberg's Clothes Shop for Men-F]
The Washington times., 1921-03-27

ILDO Groups OF Weu 1NLOre6 garments Ofered at Er
Goldenbeg idea buying-cash semgbg
Mems Clothing Department bringing great results ateed by the
their Clothes Tomorrow
savings that will impress aghed clothing buyer with
of mems clothes shop.
young and students semconervatve
and
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05
Hamlin News. Items

Mrs. Rebecca McNutt is being
entertained for a fortnight at the
.Nettie Stanley home.
Spring is so bashful. l cannot see
why
She remains so unfriendly, cold,
distant and shy.
Quite a number of hogs were
dumped on the groggy market this
week.
A big crowd gathered at the
Hamlin hall, Saturday night and
danced to music furnished by the
huff Said" orchestra.
A big crowd of determined char
ivariers surrounded Albert Rubel
and his bride Thursday night and
refused to dispense until they had
the promise of an ice cream sup
per. This event occurred on the
Peter Rubel farm in Greeley, where
the newlyweds are now at home.
Supervisor Railsback operated
the horse grader to very good effect
on the road leading south from
Sunny Side.
Old Jack Frost invaded our gar
den, Monday night, and now we
are weeping over our beans.
Ralph Kness drove to Atlantic,
Friday, to meet his sister, Helen,
who was on her way from Good
land, Kansas, to Ottumwa, Iowa.
She was a pleasant guest at the
Grant Kness home until Tuesday
morning, when she resumed her
journey.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Railsback
went to Extra, Friday afternoon.
to attend the funeral Of her grand
uncle, Jacob F. Wahlert.
Jess Juhl is painting his big new
barn brilliant red. He is doing
the work himself.
Ruby McNutt, y Who seriously
injured himself some time ago when
he vaulted over a fence, was able
to mix with the gay crowd on the
streets Of Audubon Saturday night.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05
Red Cross Activities

TIE new Rest Room in Harper
Building is open to the public. It
is attractively furnished and will
have a cot and a small baby crib.
Mothers when in town shopping
may stop in here to rest and to
care for their children. Miss Skov
or Miss Mclaughlin will be there.
Literature on Health Subjects will
be there for distribution and any
one desiring Literature may write
to Miss Skov and it will be for
warded to them.
The Health Crusade is reported
as going nicely. Audubon County
is one os the three counties in Iowa
having the highest enrolment and
has been asked to join in the ma
tlonal tournament to be held this
summer, the school having the
highest number of knight Banner
cts being awarded a Banner.
Miss Erdman, the Field Director
OF Public Health Nursing in south
ern, Iowa, spent few days in the
county visiting schools and helping
Miss Skov conduct examinations.
While here Miss Erdman met the
executive committee and the com
mittee on nursing activities giving
valuable information on different
faces of the work. The meeting
was largely attended.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05
Postal Rules and
Regulations

In mailing Fragile Articles, liber-
al quantities of excelsior or other
suitable cushioning material must
be used in, around and between the
articles inclosed and the outside
container. Tell the postal employ
ee that breakable articles are IN
closed, so that he will stamp the
parcel "FRAGILE." The follow
ing, among others, are considered
fragile: Amber, cakes, cameras,
candies, candlesticks, chalk, china,
cigars, clocks, combs, crockery,
delicate mechanisms, dolls, draw
ings, fans, flowers, fountain pens,
glass, hats, instruments of precis-
ion, jewelry and jewel cases, maps,
millinery, musical instruments,
paintings, photographs, and sensi-
tive paper and films, pipes, plaster
of-paris articles, plumes, pottery,
porcelain, monographs and phono-
graph records, test tubes, thermos
bottles and other temperature-con-
serving vessels; toys Of a fragile
nature, typewriters, watches, wax
articles, etc.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05
Brayton. News Items

Fred Gearheart of Nicola has
been visiting his sister, Mrs. Jens
Miklesen. He returned home on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Bjorn went
to Kimballton Friday ard spent
the day with his parents.
Miss Ruby Wells of Extra visited
from Friday until Monday with
Lulu Freeman.
Miss Marie Freeman spent Fri
day night in Atlantic with her sis
ter, Mrs. Lewis Heath.
Miss Bena Blom visited friends
in Atlantic, last week.
Mrs. Gertie Ceranek and child
rem of Audubon were over Sunday
visitors at the G. B. Sykes home.
Ray Nielsen had business calling
him to Omaha the latter part Of
last week.
Holger Nielsen went to Corning,
Monday, to see his parents who
are spending the summer with their
daughters, Mssdames Peter and
Chris Christensen. y
Mrs. Schworm and two children
Of Philadelphia spent Monday at
the home Of her aunt, Mrs. Cora
Freeman.
Theodore Keldsen, who has been
working at Spencer. Iowa, has been
visiting at the John Molgaard
home.
Mamie and Edna Clemensen,
who are ill with scarlet fever, are
improving. There are no more
casesIof the disease in town.
E. G. Swab of Atlantic was in
Brayton Friday on business.
T. J. McGovern was in Omaha
on business Saturday.
Andrew Jorgensen and James
Boyer, sheriff and deputy, were in
Brayton, Friday.
Friends of Willis jenkins will
be sorry to hear of his serious i'll.
ness. He is suffering from ner-
vous breakdown and his condition
is grave.
w. B. Smith and family have
returned from Missouri and taken
possession of the store they for
merly owned in Oakfeld. They
are given hearty welcome by theil
many friends. Frank Stager and
family, who tsold the business to
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05

Ward Smith, have moved to Extra.
For Rent
Sixty-6ve acres of good pasture
or will take in stock by the month,
ms G.. K. HALLOCK.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05
ALLSP|cE AND GINGER

ALLSP|CE AND GINGER !.
1T ~ + ***+ + - + + i.
OF funny sayings, errors queer
Each day brings not few;
we get them from our neighbOHs
And we'll pass them on to you.
- + - + + + 4 + + 4.
II understand you said I didn't
have enough sense to come in out
of shower Of rain," said Dobson.
u did not" replied Gadspur.
What did you saMthen,
II merely remarked to a friend
OF ours that if there was a tax on
brains the government would owe
you money!
Judge-Have you anything to
offer the court before sentence is
passed on you?
Prisoner-No, your Honor; my
lawyer took my last dollaf.
Bessie, said her mother, "why
is it that you and your small bro
Their are always quarreling?"
II don't know" returned the
child, unless l take after you and
he takes after papa.
Scene--Little Mary taking huge
mouthful of orange.
Mother (horri6ed- Why, Mary,
don't swallow that whole!
Little Mary-What hole?
A returned vacationist tells us
that he was fishing in pond one
day when country boy who hac
been watching him from distance
approached him and asked "Hov
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05

Special Bargain offer on Capital
and Journal still open.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05
The Common Cold

The common cold is by many re-
garded as a trivial affair accom-
panied by annoying but inevitable
discomforts which finally disappear
under course of hot lemonades or
patent "cold cures
This cold, considered so lightly
is often the forerunner of pneumo-
MIA, tuberculosis and other serious
diseases, which take a heavy toll
from the humanfrace.7
That the ordinary cold is conta-
gious is easily comprehended with
our present knowledge of bacteri-
ology, and proved by the rapid
spread of colds once started in a
household.
Exposure to "cold, wet or
draughts'' is given as the usual
cause of colds but it may be added
"of those whose resistance is below
par" The normal person may
contract colds from ordinary expo
sure but is not likely to do so. The
toxemic, over or underfed imper-
fectly clothed person is the one
who falls the easy prey. :,
The best way to treat cold is
by prevention. Impress upon
yourself the necessity of cleanli-
ness, fresh air, proper food and
clothing and protection from wet
feet. Furthermore, keep the home
at a moderate temperature in this
way promoting mental and bodily
activity and increased resistance.
ANNA SKOV.
LOST--Left side curtains for
Mitchell car. Finder please no
tify Adolph Sornson. Phone Elk
Horn ID on Is.
Special Bargain offer on Capital
and Journal still open.
Twenty bushels Early White
Cap seed corn for sale. ms
JOHN NJ, CHRISTENSEN
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05

First Rooster What's the mat
ter with Mrs. Doodle?
Second Rooster-Shell shock.
Ducks came out of the eggs she
was setting on. $ 4
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05
many fish yer got, mister?"
"None yet" he was told.

many fish yer got, mlster!"
''None YETI he was told.
well, yer amt doin so bad'
said the youngster. II know fell
Ter what fished here for two weeks
an he didn't get any more than
you got in half an hour"
81 thought my daughter was to
sing Juliet?"
81 fear she won't do" said the
director of community opera.
"Why she has a magnificent
voice and she knows how to act.", {
True"
"She is young and graceful"
"That's just it. \ She doesn't
look the part. l never saw a grand
opera Juliet weigh less than 200
pounds.
First Rooster What's the mat
ter with Mrs. Doodle?
Second Rooster-Shell shock.
Ducks came out of the eggs she
was setting on. s 4
"Why did you strike the tele-
graph operator" asked the patrol
officer of the COB who was sum-
moned for assault.
i'Well, sir, gives him telegram
to send to my gal, an he starts
readin' it. So, Of course, l ups and
gives him one.
Young Sailor "On my last voy-
age l saw waves forty feet high"
Old Salt: "Get out! was at
sea for fifty years and never saw
'em that height"
Young Salt: "Well, things are
higher now than they used to be-"
Gosh" said Farmer eCorntossel
to his son, RI wish if you don't,
mind, you'd eat off to yourself in
stead of with the summer boarders'
isn't my society good enough
for them?" -
''Your society is fine but your
appetite sets terrible example, e
"What makes dinner so late to-
day, sonny" asked the summer
boarder at the place where only
homegrown food was served.
"Mother lost thes can-opener, y
replied the landlady's boy.
Quite a large number of young
men,who were loudly singing, few
months ago, "How va Gonna
Kaen I'm Down an +ha Eor,,9,.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05

Quite a large number Of young
men,who were loudly singing, a'few
months ago, "How va Gonna
Keep EN- Down on the FarmY'
can be heard now in the mournful
chant, "How We Gonna Stay in
Town and Eat?'
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05

Twenty bushels Early White
Cap seed corn for sale. ms |
JOHN N. CHRISTENSEN
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05

LOST--Left side curtains for
Mitchell car. Finder please no.
tify Adolph Sornson. Phone Elk
Horn ID on Is.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05

= + 4 ~ 4. 80. 4 + 4t + + T. i
OF funny sayings, errors queer
Each day brings not q few;
We get them from our neiRhbore
And we'll pass them on to you.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-27
THIRTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY

From the Times-Recorder, Sept.
27, 189D.
The Albany News Of yesterday
says: "On yesterday morning Mr..
Frank Sheffield rendered his resigna-
ton to the board of directors of the
First National Bank as cashier OF
that institution. For several months
Mr. Sheffield has been in bad health,
and his retirement from the position
that he has filled SO creditably was
enforced by physical demands"
Inc Lection WHIST Club held the
last of a series of meetings Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. II. c. Storey,
from 3 to o'clock. At o'clock the
rich chenille portieres were drawn
aside and the guests were invited to
take seats around the eXquisitely ar
ranged buffet table. The centerpiece
was miniature fruit garden. Misses
Maude Livingston and Jennie Staple
ton did graceful service around this
festive board. Those present on this
delightful occasion were Mrs. FLO
/ tard, Mesdames Eugene and Charley
Byrd, Mrs. Lane, Mrs. M. l.. Myrlck,
Misses Eva Flotard, Emma bod
son, Maude Dodson and Jennie Sta
pleton.
Carr Glover, the enterprising
young son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. W.
| Glover, is a student in Moore's Bus
| mess College, in Atlanta. This young
man is especially fitted for driving
and pushing business, and will one
Of these days take a high place IN
the commercial world.
Frank Harold leaves on Monday
for the University of the South at
Suwanee, Tenn. Frank was one of
| the honor graduates of the Americas
thigh school last June, and Amerlcus
lis proud to send so able a represen-
Itative to that cultured, solid institu-
ton of learning.
The social festivities of the week
were ushered in with a most bril-
lliant reception german rendered by
1.-THE Americas Club at their elegant
rooms Tuesday evening last. Partici
Ipating were Mr.. and Mrs. Bloom
4 Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Hawkins
mr.. and MRS. Arthur Bivins, Mis-:
Cr0well with Joe Hightower, Miss
Grace Burns with James Lanier, Mis-
Belle Shaw with Brown Burkhalter
| Miss Mamie Lou Hawkins with JohI
| Sheffield. Miss Hattie Windsor will
f.. G. Mvrover, Miss Jennie Hollis
) with Walter Crisp. Miss Frances Bel
with Lester Windsor. Miss Saral
Cobb with +. A. Hawkins.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-27
OBSERVATIONS

All politicians are promising men.
The best cure for ffeckles is win
ter.
The first Greek offensive was gar
lie.
The best thing about a girl is
your arm.
The best cure for smoking is a
cheap cigar.
There are only two kinds of men,
wise and otherwise.
Stingy people readily give you a
piece of their minds.
The price of rubber is S. and costs
if you rubber too long.
The German mark is low because
Germany aimed too high.
Corn-on-the-cob or corn-on-the-hip,
it's only matter of taste.
One thing you have that is hard
to get is phone number.
Fall dances are another evidence
that the nut gathering season is here
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-27
DR.. BARTON'S
DAILYLETTER
MERCER SCHOOLMA'AMS
By DR.. William f. Barton.

THIS is the way it was told to me,
Z and it was a good story when
heard it:
In 1865 Asa Mercer went from
Seattle to Boston to buy goods. Seat
tie was young in 1865, and Asa Mer-
Ger and his brother were Of her lead
| ing citizens. For one Of them Is Mer-
Ger Island named and if that island
were much larger there would be no
| Lake Washington.
Asa Mercer bought for himself
and other Seattle folk goods in such
quantity that he chartered a schoon-
er to convey them home; and the
Panama canal was not then in good
| working order.
There was room for passengers
and he filled the boat with school
ma ans. He told the young women
of New England that they could get
better wages in Washington than in
Massachusetts, and that was no lie
They pay better wages now to school
teachers there than in the east.
How many young women he sailed
with / do not know. He appears to
have had no difficulty in loading the
vessel full. 1t required five months
to round Cape Horn and reach San
Francisco. and some of the girls
were ready to go ashore by the time
they arrived in that port. lie
reached Seattle with about 40 of
them still on the boat.
am told that every one of those
40 girls was engaged to be married
before she got off the dock. I sus-
pect that some people will think this
statement was eXaggeration, and they
must reckon with Judge Everett
Smith, who told me the story. re-
fuse to censor it or to admit that
two or three of them may have
waited for a week or two. The story
as / heard it is highly creditable to
the men of Seattle, and | prefer to
leave it as it was told to me.
Those young women did some
teaching. How much they did, I do
not know. But they became the
mothers of Seattle. They married
men of character and enterprise and
their children rose up and called
them blessed.
The more I think about this Incl
dent, the more it seems to me that
Seattle has done well to honor the
name of Asa Mercer. ] believe that
it is for certain civic and commercial
achievements that he is chiefly re-
membered. but I doubt if he ever did
anything else so potent for good as
in the collection of th2t fine bunch
Of schoolma'ams and taking them
from New England where they were
not needed to a place where there
were children waiting to be taught
and young men waiting to establish
homes.
If there should be another cargo
of that sort, | think | could find a
captain for the cruise. But every
captain must look up his own cargo
as Asa Mercer did.
It is quite possible that the school
ma'am in YOUR own home district.
perhaps beginning her first term this
fall. IS every whit rs good teacher
and just as pretty a girl and IS cap
able of being Just as good wife as
any of the young women whom Asa
Mercer conveyed to Seattle
This is matter worth inquiring
into.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-27
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

close yesterday was 10 or II points
better than at the opening, still there
was very little buoyancy of feeling in
the trade here. Americas buyers still
paid Z - cents for the better grades
yesterday.
Americas sports who We're going to
the agricultural exhibit and turnip
display in Savannah until the propos-
ed prize fight there was muzled can
go to Macon instead.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-27
EDITO RIAL .

CEAGER Wheeler, Canada's wheat
- wizard, gets $50 bushel for
Early Triumph, his new variety of
seed wheat. 1t ripens 10 days ear
lier than any other wheat and yields
8 to 10 bushels more to the acre.
That helps all farmers, by increas-
ing their possible profits. 1t also
moves the wheat belt 100 miles far
Their north, putting millions of acres
under cultivation.
Wheeler, on his Saskatchewan
farm, has a wheat production record
of 80 bushels an acre. In interna-
tional eXpositions he has won the
worlds championship five times.
Men like Wheeler and Luther Bur
bank will be the outstanding figures
of our time when, a really civilized
posterity re-writes history and puts
wars, kaisers and Fatty Arbuckles
where they belong-on back seat.
The dinnerpail will be the really
important thing when the United
States becomes as thickly populated
as China.