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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16

How different is the condition to-
l-day. therefore, from what It was but
a short year ago. Then the rail-
roads were seeking increases from
five TO fifteen per cent. Shippers
everywhere fodsl4 that effort and did
so successfully before the interstate
Commerce Commission. How can
they now. tho they have the right 10
do so? The railroads are going be-
hind and the government has to pay
the bill anyway. The wages Of en-
ployees have been or will be raised
and the money must be forthcoming
Now all this may be necessary We
will probably continue to see rates
increased by the government without
so much as a "by your leave" but
will the West continue TO be discrim-
mated against7
Can the government in its man
agement of the railroads constitu-
tionally, not to mention fairly, adopt
and follow any other principle than
that which II follows in the manage
ment OF the post office department,
In the distribution OF taxation. the
internal revenue department and in
foreign commerce? Must not every
portion of the country be treated
alike?
In other words can the United
states government while operating
the railroads charge a citizen OF Orc
gon three and n half cents 10 carry
him a mile on fits government man
aged roads while Il carries n citizen
of New York a mile for cents? II
20 why does II not charge Oregonlans
live cents for carrying a letter while
charging New Workers. three cents.
Likewise II the government can
maintain on its railroads low COM
modify rate In the East and n high
rate in the West; what Is
20 prevent II from having a higher In.
'ome tax rate In one state than II
has In another? II the government Il
% adhere TO the principles OF the
Federal Constitution II can not per-
nit any branch of government 10 dis.
against the various mem
oers OF tho Union. II a different
,tandard OF rates IA permitted GER
iainly a discrimination Is evident. Il
Is not enough that the relationship
Of rates between various competi.
tive conditions be maintained All
OF the country must be treated alike.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16
VOLUNTEER YOUR DOLLARS.

Next week 10 Red Cross week.
The days from May 20 TO 25 have
been set apart by the American people
az the time for the campaign to raise
500, 900, 100000 for the greatest
cause that ever sought public support.
Every reader knows the purpose for
which the money Is to be spent. Every
reader is, we believe, true and loyal
American. Such men and women
will not be lacking in the manifesto
tion Of their generosity and in this
ease their compassion for humanity.
They will give and give freely. when
asked by the volunteer solicitors OF
this beneficient organization.
Those OF you who have had this
cause on your minds and hearts dur
ing the past year. tho pnfi uonth OF
the past week. and know that you are
20 kive. that you'll be asked 10 yivc--
to4 DO ono will be overlooked by the
20 tors-why not Join those who
arr ding to march to the heodanart.
er d Monday without waiting fora
90 brY ----z---.-.-i--'
- d course VIII aid, the cause
ND RALLY Il will reduce tho cork
af men and women who, berds
Eij money themselves. Just opyou
ar toing to do. are giving their
ti1 70 solicit to others who cannot
co % town. or who have not.rca1ITf
cd need as you have realized Il.
Sd tourse. too. will save you time.
m 3hen you are busiest.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16
3P THE WOOL AT HOME.

~ TO be hoped that the sheep
md Sf Oregon and other West era
81 ~ will see the justice OF the POSI-
I'D thken by the western wool donl-
en consignIng their clio 10 Wcst-
or 9arkets. There viii hc no gain
In ite tor them 10 send tho wool 20
- and other Eastern conters.
10 A. difference In freight ratios
sh ~ ng wool In the grease WIN
M ,han be- offset by having the
td icoured In the West and a larger
pd d. Of Il manufactured here he
70 Hipment
lC Will clip is kept in the West
al )s region will benefit Already
IN lis too great handicap placed
on nkb West by the shipment OF raw
m pal out OF this section and the
sh iient OF finished product back
TN Western man has to pay che
IN ftelght both ways. Besides this
vi Hoes tn Eastern wool buyer do
to nj protecting the Western wool
mi 4 crop by paying taxes or in any
ot Imanner?
~ hll the money that leaves the
WN4 Srn states 10 pay for insurance
pr D hlms, fire, hail, storm. life
ca 8alty and fidelity. stayed in the
We millions more would be avail
All n TOR the upbuiding OF tho state.
TN shme is true Of the raw material
th y shipped from this section and
se East at the Eastern price, less
IN geight, and comes back at East
er pfices. plus the freight,
Sgon sheepmen should be glad
10 q in the upbuilding of Western
ma St for their product under any
con- ZION, and now, with the wool
pin fixed by the government they
ca abtually do so with no chance
70 4 Sss, Then they should realize
th 70 ship wool in grease IS putting
an Snecessary burden on the over
w I'd railroads and send & freight
In che already congestod terminals
of ithb Atlantinc seaboard, Every
MOTIVE OF patriotism aud financial
benefit In years 10 come should
prompt them to ship To the westerr
m$rSsts
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16
DoUBLB WEDDING TAKES
Place AT GRAMsB HOME

Al the home Of A. Gramse yester-
day afternoon Rev. Earl Hanna of
the Methodist Episcopal church per
formed the ceremony which united
In marriage Miss Bertha T. Faubioh
and Schuyler G. Bull and also Miss
Jennie Julia Bull. and Walter V
Gramse. Only relatives and a few
intimate friends Of the brides and
grooms we're present
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16

Any men called for the draft or
Joining the Army or Navy are invited
to have their photographs made be-
fore leaving. Just minutes Of your
time-no charge.
THE BURRELL STUDIO, Ontario, ore
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16

FOR sALEA One team of horses.
six years old. in good condition; also
100 thorobred White Leghorn chick
ems, Inquire OF Argus or see r,
Blomsrom. on 7. II. Moore farm
Adv. lSto22.E
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16

LosT-Blaok mare. VT, 1850. and
one yearling bay colt. from my ranch
mile west OF fair grounds. VIII paw
for information leading 20 recovery
OF animals. Louis Gillspie. Ontario.
AdV.-I8-Its os
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16

Published Thursdays at Ontario,
Oregon, and entered at the Ontario
post office for distribution as Rnd
class matter. ..-t,
One year $3.50. Six months e1.00
Three months 60c. Single copy &c.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16
THE PLEDGE.

Ipledge my allegiance to my Flag
and to the Republic for which II
stands, one Nation indivisible with
Liberty and Justice TO all.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16

Mr.. and Mrs. A, Lochead will leave
this week for Seattle In the hope that
change In altitude will be benefie-
iary 10 Mr. LOhead.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16

Mrs. Frank Davis of Jordan Valley
was visiting friends here last Thurs
day. ..,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16

why not have your name on the
top OF the list OF Red Cross volunteers
subscribers
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16

For sale-5O shares owyhee ditch
Address Argus No. OIL. 20-2
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16

WANTED-A girl for general
housework. Apply to Mrs. J. L.
Blackaby.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-05-16
nMHER RATEs-lowER srRv

Il ICE. t-t
ThAt the government operation OF
railroads makes mighty difference
n lbelng brot home 10 the American
panple every day, The difference Is
fond in two great particulars; less
set&iae and higher rates
Mfi week il Ms announced that
Sa{2n transeontinental trains N would
b%tRDlished; this week the public Is
IN ped that for the privilege OF
h4Hns government owned railroads
th shippers viii pay a flat increase
eftwenty-fiSs- Per -esat- sa rtheiFJpre-
vieus Sakss 90
been no Complaint filed. 80.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
MUST RESTRAIN BEAST,
STONE TELLS EDITORS
General Manager of Associated
Press Guest at Luncheon
in England.

MANCHESTER, August "a lunch
papers of the north Of England to
Melville Z. Stone, general manager of
the Associated Press. Among those
present were the lord mayors of Man
chester. Liverpool. Leeds and Shelf
field. Sir Henry Myers. vice chan
'cellor of Manchester University, and
Ross E. Holiday. the American consul.
as well as the editors of virtually all
the important papers in the north of
England.
Charles Prestwich Scott, editor of
the Manchester Guardian, presided.
Speeches were made by Mr. Scott. Sir
Edward Russell, editor of the Liver
pool Post, Mr.. Stone and the Ameri-
can consul. who responded for the
American Army and Navy.
In the course of his remarks Mr..
Stone said.
America came into the war to fight
but for civilization. If we had stayed
out we would have been fearful of the
future of our children and our chill
drens children
The wild beast that had let itself
loose on the world. he declared. must
be restrained. To this work Ameri-
cans had Dedicated all that they had.
and would never stop, even If the war
lasted thirty years, until civilizatio
had been restored to its proper place.
That was Americas view, and the
view also of the league of nations
on the allied side-the first league of
nations the world had ever known.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
SENATOR JAMES GETS
BIG VOTE IN KENTUCKY
Nine Democratic Representatives
Meet No Opposition at
Primaries.

LOUIV1LLE, KY. August 3.-Re-
turns from fifty-five counties in to-
days statewide primary election indi-
cate that Senator Ollie NJ. James, now
on a sick bed in Johns Hopkins Hos
pital, Baltimore, was renominated by
an overwhelming majority over w.
Presley Kimball Of Lexington, as
democratic candidate for United States
senator. Senator James polled sur
prisingly large vote in view of the
fact that his opponent had practically
withdrawn from the race by issuing a
card urging the voters to support the
senator In the race for the republican
nomination, DR.. Ben l. Bruner of
Louisville was leading Judge b. j.
Bothurum of Somerset by about 900
votes.
None of the nine democratic members
of Congress had opposition. Scatter
ing returns from nearly all counties of
the eleventh district indicate that ]. NJ.
Robsion of Barboursville Nili succeed
Caleb Powers. who represented the
mountain district in Congress for four
terms. Robsion apparently has won the
nomination, which is equivalent to cleo
tion, over Don C. Edwards of London
by plurality of from 1000 to 1000.
Edwards followers claimed only two
counties for their man.
Six out of fourteen counties in the
third district give State Senator B. S.
Huptsman of Bowling Green a slight
lead over William Henry Jones of
Glasgow for the republican congression-
al nomination.
The denomination of Representative
John w. Langley, in the tenth dis
trict, was conceded.
Evening star., 1918-08-04

has not the significance Of our gaina
elsewhere. But with Coulonges In ou1
hands and no sign go far of the GerI
mans standing beyond 1t, It ought NOT
to take long to clear the country in
the eastern angle of the Ardre.
Here. as doubtless it will be in
England. the supreme questions arc.
What has brought about the retreat
and what will come of it?
Il regard this last phase Of tho
retreat. as well as its earlier mani!
festations. as part of a clever and
more or less orderly withdrawal to a
prepared position, and when thai
,, position is reached, we will find fur
ther acquisition OF ground a very diff
fcult matter.
II have spoken of the enemys re1
/ treat as orderly, so far as l have seen
| il, but he is still abandoning vast
quantities of ammunition, and he Is
not burying his dead. or at least Id
is leaving great number of them unA
buried. He may elsewhere be leav-
ing his guns behind, but in front Of
us he has 50 few that he ought to b
able to make Off with them.
Our line is reported to be everyl
| where in pursuit, and that has d
cheerful sound on this anniversary Of
! our great decision"
Evening star., 1918-08-04
BAN Johnson RULE
DEF|ED BY OWNERS
Three Issue Statement Say
ing His Policies Are Shelved
for the Future.
By the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. August g.
When asked tonight how 1t was that
the American League decided to play
its scheduled games until September
2, in face of his advance prediction
that the league would close on Au-
gust 20. President Johnson said:
III the club owners wish to take a
chance with the government, that is
their business"
That statement met the disapproval
of several American League owners,
and tonight Harry Frazee of Boston.
Charles Comiskey of Chicago and
Clark Griffith of Washington issued
the following statement:
THE declaration by President John
son that we were taking a chance on
continuing the season, inferring We were
defying the War Department, is an I'M
warranted misstatement OF facts. We
have no wish to antagonize the War
Department, for which we have the
greatest respect.
Just why President Johnson should
take the stand he did in this matter is
beyond our comprehension. We believe
he always has acted honestly in the in
terests of the American League. but he
has bungled the affairs of his league in
this case. He has tried to close our
gates several times this season, but
from now on he is through spending our
money. The club owners are going to
run the American Lea que in the future
We criticise Mr.. johnson merely as an
official We have nothing against Inn
personally, but. from now on We intend
to take hand in the management CT
the league. His rule or ruin policy is
shelyed.'
Evening star., 1918-08-04

fighting that gave every prospect Of
continuing, when suddenly the ten
sion snapped, and the Germans were
in retreat.
''Tbe crushing pressure of Petain's
troops about those Of the crown
prince had been so admirably timed
that IL the salient had not broken in
one place. 1t would have in another.
Scissors, for example, the fall Of
which yesterday came as SO joyous a
surprise, had been undermined by the
most gallant capture Of Buzancy by
the famous Scottish division on July
30-an exploit that won Gen. Man
gins enthusiastic approval
with the enemy's abandonment of
the heights above the Crise river,
Soissons became ripe fruit that might
fall at any moment, and although
there was fierce fighting by the troops
that rassed through it yesterday. the
mere possession or the town is not of
great moment. It is the ground about
it which constitutes the pivot of the
maneuver, which may have vital con-
sequences on the new German line of
resistance.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
British Army Pioneers
"Men of All Trades"

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
BEHIND THE RITISH
LINES, IN FRANCE, June 10
The sPioneer Section. of n Brit
fsh battalion consists of n ser
geant nnd ten men, attached to
headquarters. The members of
this little band are really "men
of all trades, and aII-around
yorkmen. ready to do plumbing,
painting. carpentry, or almost
anything else.
The pioneer sergeant is gem
orally known by the nickname.
derived from the carpenters
name for a piece of wood with
n cross section two inches by
four inches, which is the foun-
datfon In the building line.
If the pioneer sergeant IL nsk-
ed for n bed, he must produce
1t forthwith. Four short pieces
of tyyo-by-fOur for the legs, two
long and two short pieces for
the frame, together with suit
able amount of wire netting,
and the result is whnt seems in
the trenches the best bed in the
world.
The pioneers are ms handy
with the paint brush MS with the
saw. They paint the s'tin hats"
of the battalion in the regimen
taI c0lors and with the letters
of the different companies, an
invaluable device in fighting
when companies get mixed up.
of course. the pioneer is pre-
pared to do his lighting when
necessary. He is trained sol
dier, like every other specialist.
His knowledge of saws and
pIanes and paint Inns been mere
" added to his knowledge OF
bombs and rifles.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Retreat on Forty-Mile Front.

Small groups. coming out of their
billets, formed in the roadway and
marched off with their arms at the
slope. 1t was all very orderly and
leisureiy. though perhaps not as
leisurelJ as it looked. There seemed
no suggestion of disorder, still less of
rout. Yet this sort of thing was hap
pening along the entire forty miles of
front between scissors and Rheims,
save that in places the roar and
smoke of guns was obliterating the
Iuiet cinema effect of the scene before
US.
There was smoke indeed. Huge
black. bulging pillars of it. like
miraculousiy created towers of Babel.
suddenly appeared with n thunderous
rproar here and there about the sodden
landscape, as some huge ammunition
dump went up to the skies. splen-
did sacrifice TO the god of battles,
and its dark pail spread and sank to
the rain-swept earth.
Not that there had been no fighting
There had been plenty OF fighting
hard fighting-on the round headed
hin between Charges and Coulonges-
Evening star., 1918-08-04
GETTING IN LAST WORD.
Miller Higgins Carries Argument
With Umpire From Year to Year.

Miller Huggins, the competent little
manager Of the New York Yankees,
always was noted in the National
League for his argumentative ability.
Hug" insisted on having the last
word.
In the ninth inning of the final game
of the 1915 season Hug" and Bill
KLEIN had an argument over a batted
ball. Klein said it was fair; Higgins
claimed it'was foul.
When Huggins came to bat in the
first game of 1915 he looked over his
shoulder at Bill KLEIN, who was UNI
piring, and said:
4 still claim that ball was foul by
two feet"
Evening star., 1918-08-04
TO STUDY BELGIAN SITUATION
Principal Object of Mr.. Hoover's
Visit to Paris.

PARIS, August 3.-The principal
object of the visit to Paris of Herbert
the American food administra-
tor. is to study the food situation in
Belgium. He has decided not to speak
publicly on the entente allied food Sit
Uation.
Mr.. Hoover. according to his friends
fears that too much unnecessary pub
licity was given to the statements
which he made while in London on
the food situation, and he believes
that the effect of a too great optimism
might be to weaken the resolve of the
people to economize on food.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
FOES LINE GIVES
WAY WTHA 4SNAP'
Retreat on Forty-MiIe Front
Proceeds to Prepared
Base, Says Writer.

LONDON, August 3.-Reuters cor
respondent at American headquarters
sent the following dispatch direct:
Today an extraordinary spectacle
meets the eye. The entire German
salient line has given way with "a snap
like that of string that has broken
Yesterday, before the last deluge
OF rain robed the country with thick
white mist, it was possible actually to
observe the German retreat with the
naked eye--a thing of extremely rare
occurrence. A man could be seen
Godging out of a house, with a ma
chine gun over his shoulder, and an
other leading his mule with ammuni-
ton. A third, who seemed to be an Of
ncer, was supervising the destruction
CT some sort of dump
Evening star., 1918-08-04
JAPANESE TO COMPETE.
Kumagae Accepts Invitation for
National q. S, Tennis Event.

NEW YORK, August 3.-.-Ichyia Ku-
nagae, the leading tennis player of
Japan, at present in this country. has
accepted the formal invitation of the
National Tennis Association to compete
in the national championship tourna-
ment at Forest Hills, Long Island, late
this month.
Kumagae was loath to enter in view
Of the absence of a majority of the
leading American players, who are in
overseas service. At special confer
ence with officers of the tennis asso-
citation he was assured. however, that
there would be worthy competitors
and consented to take part.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
ONLY A SHAM POWER.
Soviet Government at Archangel
Cannot Enforce It's Authority.

AMSTERDAM, August "A copy
of the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin,
received here. contains a Stockholm
dispatch, which says:
up to the middle of July the
soviet authorities at Archangel con-
trolled the situation there but since
then entente troops have arrived to
protect the entente embassies, which
came from Eologda-
THE soviet government now is only
sham power, especially as entente
forces have occupied the Solovetski
islands. at the entrance to the Gulf
of Omega, and are using them as a
base for their operations against
Archangel. Strong entente land and
sea forces are moving toward the
city"
A small peninsula separates the
Gulf of Archangel, in the bend of
which is located the city of Archangel,
from the Gulf of Omega.
1t pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
Evening star., 1918-08-04
HOW RUMELY SPENT
GERMANY'S MONEY
Becker Makes Further Al
legations Regarding Former
Publisher Of N. Y. Mail.

NEW YORK. August Payments
to DIR. Rumely talleged purchaser of
the Evening Mail for the German gov
ernment) from funds of DR.. Heinrich
Albert, former commercial attache OF
the German embassy. aggregated ST.
5S9,200, according to Deputy Attorney
General Becker. OF this sum the for
mer publisher of the Mail used ST.
100, largely in the purchase and
conduct of his newspaper. it is al
legged, while the balance was turned
over by him to Louis N. Hammerling,
president of the Association of For
eign Language Newspapers, and head
of New York advertising agency.
With some of this money. Mr.. Beck
er charged, Hammerling placed adj
We isements in English language
newspapers in n campaign conducted
in 1915 against shipment of Ameri-
can-made munitions to the allies. The
rest, it is claimed, was paid to nu-
merous confidential Investigators"
who toured the country. surveying the
output of munitions plants and the
condition of crops, and obtaining in
formation which was reported to the
German government.
Some of these agents, who have
been examined by Mr.. Becker, pro-
fessed ignorance of the fact that their
activities were in the interest of Ger
many.
The deputy attorney general also an
nounced that Leo Wallerstein, head
of the Wallerstein laboratories in
this city, acted as a go-between in
transmitting funds from DR.. Albert to
Or. Rumely. Wallerstein, receiving
5000 in currency from s. Walter
kautfmann. indicated with Rumely in
the Mail case, made payment to Rune
iy through lawyer. Wallerstein, who
came to this country from Bavaria.
told the authorities that beyond the
fact that the money was paid him by
kauffmann, whose firm acted for Ger
man government interests in litiga-
tion prior to American participation
in the war, he was ignorant of its
source.
Most of the money reached Rumely
through Walter Lyon, formerly pri-
vate banker, who has admitted the
transactions.
Kaufman, who. with Rumely. main
tains that the huge funds handled by
the publisher were loaned by Herman
Sielcken. wealthy New York coffee
merchant, who died in Germany late
in 1917, declared in recent testimony
before Mr., Becker that he was re-
tanned to act as attorney for Sielcken
by DR.. Albert while the merchant was
i'll Germany. He did not see Sielcken.
he said, until a year later, when he
visited the latter's home in Germany.
His fees, he conceded, We're paid by
Albert.
During the time that Sielcken is
claimed by Rumely to have been for
warding funds~to him from Germany
through Albert, the deputy attorney
general asserted. Sielcken had a credit
of S6.000.000 with the firm of Cross
man &s Sielcken since taken over by
the alien property custodian. Sie1cken
also had employed for many years a
New York lawyer, who has testified
Mr. Becker said, that he knew nothing
of the alleged loans by his client to
Rumely.