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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-09-11
HUNS MADE A CLEAN SWEEP
What They Couldn't steal In the
French City Of poual They
Ruthlessly Destroyed.

My home was In Douai. writes Jenn
Prolx In Eyerybody's. When ! visited
the town. soon utter the Germans left
II, I found II untouched by shell nre.
Strange as II may seem, the houses
are standing and the roofs are on the
houses. hut every place has been
ransncked; so much 10 that In my
house the only article OF furniture lefl
are two stools. one OF which II Of no
value. The other. light gilt foot
stool In the drawlng.room. ls smashed.
Every other article Of furniture hns
been stolen.
The yalueless contents Of every
drawer were thrown on the floor and
solled. Some valuable paintings by
Corot were hanging In one OF the
rooms. They were carefully selected,
the canvas was cut out OF the frames
In the cleanest possible way and re-
moved by the Germans. whereas u
hole was kindly kicked through the
others.
This Is precise instance OF their
methOdlcnl thefts. When the people
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-09-11
snalls Operated Plane.

The celebrated French alrman,
Georges Dombrlval, has utilized the
well.known instinct which scientists
have long observed Is possessed by
snalls. For some unknown reason, a
snail when placed on an inclined plane
crnwls toward the highest part.
When NJ. Dombrival was Informed
OF this he placed on the upper plane
OF his Maurlce.Farman machine SO
pounds OF snaIls, two.thlrds Of which
were the large. slow snOlls Of Bour.
gogne. beloved by eplcures, the remain
der OF smaller and more agile variety.
After rising TO about 1900 feet he was
able to take his hands on the controls
for the rest OF his two hours flight.
The snnils moved In mass toward the
upper part and re.establlshed the
equilibrium. Whenever the machine
dipped. either lalerally or longitudinal
~. thus keeping the alrplane In per
feet line Of flight.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-09-11

VINO liyed IN the house were turned
out by the Germans they took away
the few papers that were In the safe
which was fast TO the wall they left
the key on the safe door and the door
aJar, ns much as 10 say that there was
no need 10 break Il open. on the
safe found u short hatchet, by means
OF which the door had been smashed.
II this destruction for It's own sakef
No. this IN methodlcal destruction.
The snfe would eventually have TO be
replaced. and very likely by ono Of
German make.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-09-11
Ho, One for Lawyers.

Here Is hot one on lawyers and q
certain sort OF sportsman.
An attorney was arrested for violnt'
ing the game lnws-catchlng 10 hsli
out Of season. He pleaded guilty, but
when $50 per hsh was the fine Inn
posed he withdrew his plea and got O
brother lawyer TO defend him. The
jury. In spite OF the plea Of guilty
brought In verdict finding him guilty
Of catching one fish only, and fxed the
hne at $40. One OF the jurors ex'
plnlned TO the angry game warden as
follows:
ayes. we knew he pleaded guilty
and admitted catching 10 fish. But
the jury you know, were all OF the
same mind. lie was lawyer AND q
fisherman"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-09-11

and a washout swept away lot OF
our chaps. The two I am talking
about struggled on and found some
sort Of shelter and there they sat
down to rest The younger could have
got away and come to camp, but he
wouldn't leave his pal alone In the
storm and darkness and snow.
"The next mornlng they were found
together. asleep for good-frozen stlff.
The younger had his arms round his
pal. He held bit OF broken biscuit In
each hand and there were biscuit
crumbs frozen into the mustache Of
the older man.
"That's the whole story. l don't
know what their reglmental numbers
and names were, but there's a Book
where their names are put down all
right and forever."-New York Sun.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-09-11
Prohibition In Llthuanla.

Prohibition. which grew up over.
night In America, has long been an Is.
sue In Llthuanla. the small Baltic re-
public that Is asking for a self.goyern'
ment that II has long demonstrated Its
ability to use. Llthuanla has a small
brewery and stlll In almost every
home. II has little intoxlcailon. And
Il hns n prohibition society with -l72
branches and 10000 members through.
cat the country.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-09-11
INSCRIBED ON GOLDEN BOOK
Deed Of seltsAer.tee Not Recorded
on Earth. but II VIII De
Found Elsewhere.

A British sergeant major. In nd.
dressing the recruits at training
station. spoke OF the soldlerly duties
that they would be called upon TO per
form. aud concluded by saying:
"Be proud OF your regiment. It's
your home for the war. So stick TO II
and stick TO your comrades. never
tire OF telling recruits n story OF two
men OF our Second battalion In the
nRTdanelles expedition. A bliIzsvd
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-09-11
Aerial Surveying.

An expedition OF six men travelling
on motorcycles is engaged In making n
survey OF a route for an aerial mail
line from Sydney, Australia, to Lon
don. II Is hoped to locate suitable
landing places at intervals Of 800 miles,
making use OF many South Pacific
islandA
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
THREE ESCAPED PRISONERS
 RECAPTURED IN MERIDEN

Meriden, Conn. Dec. 2S. - Edward Slattery, Charles Dewey and Frank Land, three of four prisoners who es- capped from the state prison at Weth- ersfield- this morning, were captured by local police tonight just north of this city after running chase in which three shots were fired.
 Jchn Ricklefs. the fourth prisoner, made his escape during the pursuit, was the state prison authorities were notified and large number of police took up the hunt. It is believed he will have little chance to get away and will be taken between this city and Hartford
 A man living on the North Colony road notified the local police by tele- phone that four men had been seen in the neighborhood acting suspiciously Patrolmen Bonin and Scheurer were sent to the section in an automobile and came upon the men, who fled into q woods. The officers gave chase fir ing three shots at the fpgitives before three of them surrendered, In return ing to police headuuarters with the prisoners. Land jumped ffst11 the a,1- tonlobile and ran several blocks before 1 he was captured by Patrolman Bar tram, who saw him running. The Meriden police stated that no
 word of the escape of four prisoners 1 had been sent by the prison officials and that the telephone message from the Colony road resident was the first information they had received on the case
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
ONE WOMAN DEAD, ONE , MAN BLIND IN MERIDEN

| Meriden, Conn, Dec. 2s.-Mrs. William c Williams, aged 4S, dead; Martin Catron, aged 49, practically blind and in a critical condition in the Meriden hospital and Charles Holland. seriously sick at his home lin South Meriden. but now reported lon the road to recovery. is the net result thus far of the sale in Meriden lof liquor, said to contain wood alco- lhol.
 An autopsy was held in the matter iof the death of Mrs. Williams and lCoroner Mix took the contents of the kstomach to New Haven for analysis IHe also took the bottle from which Ishe had taken the liquor which caus- led her death, it being about half Dull. Eugene B. Havens, the saloon Tkeeper from which the liquor was purchased. was taken to New Haven Ibv tho local police to appear before ICOroner Mix. who is conducting the iinvcsdcati1 fin that city.
 It is said that Mr Ravens obtained hhe liquor Hom New Haven parties He reported to the police that he had Bought a dozen bottles of it The 1i- iauor taken by the coroner was la lbeiled "Msrtell's Cognsc" All three ilocai cases developed from drinking l1iauor from bottles containing similar llsbe,s The police are trying to To. Icato six bottles. alleged to have
 been sold. as they can account 10; but six of the dozen which Mr. <8v-
 ems said he bought.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
PRESIDENT TO RECOMMEND
 CLEMENCY FOR WlTScHE

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Recommen dation will be made to President Will son by the department of justice that the courtmartial sentence of death imposed some fourteen months ago on Lathor Witsche, former German naval officer, for plotting against the United States, he set aside and that the offic CT be tried for violation of the espi onage iaW by l ieueral court, it was stated tonight by q high official of the department.
 Witsche, who is said by officials here to have been captured in No- gales, Arizona, early in 1918, is now being held in the military prison at Fort Sam Houston, awaiting presi- dential disposition of the findings of the courtmartial which tried him. De- partment of justic officials refused to- night to give in detail the nature Gf the charges against the German of ficer. Reports were not denied that evidence ia possession of the govern ment had conneted him with the Black Tom exrlnsion at Jersey City and with propa yauda designed to arouse the negro. population of the South.
 Presi0ent Wilson, it was said after going over the findings. of the court martial, was not convinced that the case was one within the jurisdiction of the military authorities and for that reason has asked -the opinion Of At torney General Palmer
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
A SUSPICIOUS NUMBER OF
 PERFUMERY MANUFACTURERS

New York. Dec: 2S-Investigation by the police of numerous deaths attr1b- uted to wood alcohol poisoning re- cealed tonight that in the last three months federal permits to manufac- ture perfumery have been issued to approximately 1000 persons. of whom, it is said not more than fifty are legit- innate manufacturers of perfumes.
 According to the police. the holders of permits are entitled to buy what is known as cologne spirits" at $4.S0 a @allon, and those who bought it for other than the making of perfumes have made purchases amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 Another death in New York from poisonous liquor was reported today, that of Eugene Massielio, who drank a large quantity of wine before he died. An autopsy will be made to- morrow.
 John C. Varehl, a farmer. who died shortly after being taken to a hospi- tai, is believed also to have been d victim of wood alcohol and will also be the subject Of ar autopsy.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
Escaped
 From State Prison
Three Were Recaptured By Police In Meriden-Frank Land of N e W London Among the Recaptured.

Wethersfield, Conn.,, Dec. 28.-Four prisoners escaped from the Connec- ticut state prison this morning by saving their way through the wall of bath house and scaling the wall af- ter they had eluded three guards. One of those who escaped was Edward Slattery sentenced from Bridgeport to life imprisonment for murder in the second degree.
 The other three who gained their liberty were serving sentences for burglary. They are: Charles Dewey, S2, sentenced from New Haven in 1911 for burglary and robbery; John Rick iefs, 92, sentenced from Bridgeport this year for burglary; Frank Land, sentenced from New London in 1917 for theft. Slattery is 2S years old and started serving his life term in March 1917.
 After the escape of the prisoners was discovered by guards, Deputy Warden Parker gent alarms to the police of Connecticut and Massachu- setts cities. A reward of S100 each for the capture of the convicts was announced.
 Prison officials believe that Dewey engineered the break for freedom He had escaped from the prison once be- fore, on April g. 1913, when he con cealed himself in a case of shirts and was carried by guards from the pris- on and put on board a train. Two years later he was found in prison at Columbus, Ohio, serving a sentence under the name of Charles Berry. Ii was said that he was traced to Ohio 1 byq letters he sent to a young woman in New HaVen
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
WESTERN CATTLE GROWERS
 APPEAL FOR MEAT PACKERS

Washington, Dec 2S.-Members of twelve western cattle growers asso- citations have appealed to President Wilson, through former Secretary Me Adoo. to upset the arrangements made by Attorney General Palmer to com promise the governments antitrust proceedings against the meat packers, John Miller of Fort Stockton. Texas, president of the Pan Handle Cattle association, announced here today.
 The growers. Mir. Miller said, sub mitted to the president through Mc- Adoo. a series of charges to the effect that the compromise does not give them any redress for their chief sriev- ance. which they allege is the control of stockyard markets by the packers to the disadvantage of the producers They ask that the prosecutions be taken out of the hands of the attorney general and that new suits be brought with Francis J. Heney of San Fran cisco, former attorney~ fer the federal trade commission, as Q special prose cutor.
 According to Miller. the matter was laid before the president last week.
 we adopted the unusual course o1
 getting the matter before President Wilson" dr. Miller said. "because we thought it unwise to psit our evidence at the disposal of the attorney "enera in view of his attitude as demonstrat l. ed by tine settlement with the pack CTS"
 MT. Miller said that in addition tc several Texas cattle associations similar organizations in Colorado : Oklahoma aud adjoining states ha+ joined in the presentation. Confer ences with McAdoo upon the suhiec were held by the growers represents lives in New York last week. and thel ! the matter was brought to Washing : f0n
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
RABBI BERKOWITZ DEPLoRES
 EDUCATIONAL BANKRUPTCY"

Baltimore Md, Dec. 2S.-Deploring the existince of a condition bordering on educational bankruptcy" and is suing a call for teachers who would always uphold the high standards of the American nation against present adverse influences. Rabbi Henry Der kowitz of Philadelphia at the open ing session of the Jewish Chautaqua tonight declared the present system futile and inadequate.
 The opening service was conducted by Rabbi Montague N. A. Cohen of Tor, Pa. Teaching of miracles, such as the creation of the world in six days and as the parting of the Red Sea for the children of Israel was condemed as crime by Rabbi Louis l.. Mann of New Haven, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29

Boston, Dec. 2S.-The insistence of the public upon cloth made from fine wQols is large factor in the present nigh prices of clothing, according to William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen Company. MT. Wood who recently charged that some of the merchants in Lawrence were raising prices with every increase in wages in the company's mills in that city, gave his views on the cost of clothing in d statement tonight:
 If our people would consent" was his conclusion, ito wear good, substan- tial, durable clothes made of the coars- CT wools, clothing could be purchased at considerably lower prices than those which now prevail ---.-.
 His statement in part follows:
 Tt is generally thought that the ocst of cloth is the controlling factor in the clothing. but the fact is that the cloth cost is less than half the cost of a completed suit
 Tn the last five years the price of cloth in the ordinary suit of clothes has advanced a little less than the cost of labor and other materials that go irr- to making of suit. The following figures show this which I have from manufacturer and merchant of clothing of the highest prominence in Boston.
 "The cost in 1919 of the cloth for a ! suit of clothes of a particular grade l is s13.67. The corresponding cost in 1914 was s4.5S. showing an increase ir
 the cost of cloth of ss.09.
 'The 1919 cost of making this suit | is S14.47. The corresponding cost 1 in 1914 was s4.9S, showing an increase in the cost of $9.49.
 Why have the costs and, prices ol
 everything, and especially Of clothing so generously increased?
 'In the first place, war is always fol lowed by a period of high prices. Wal
 means the destruction of the neces.
 saries of life in enormous quantities together with the diversion of the pro duct of industry from it's usual chan
 nels. It needs no argument to show that when cloth and clothing ar' scarce, this scarcity always means high prices.
 "Another factor of considerable ef Effect iu bringing about higher prices i st fae high i.ate lf faxat tfons .99uth stat
 and federal.
 ''Bilts beyond these causes which re x s1Iit in the general scale of high price there are, I believe certain factor l HHItu -UbNt elilcSlCti tllt. !, of cloth particularly and which are un doubtedly reflected ill the cost of clotl and of clothing.
 Tn the first place, in measure dur ing the war, and to a greater exten
 since, there has developed a curiousl insistent demand for cloth made fror the finer and more expensive woods People will TO longer buy, cloth mad
 of the -coarser and consequently cheap CT grades although clothing mad from these woois is both serviceabl and sound. Before the war the deman for these finer grades of cloth wa
 ehiefly-indeed almost exclusively
 from the more fastidious in taste, br
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
FOUR ARRESTS OF LIQUOR MEN AT CHIcoPEE, MASS.

Chicopee, Mass. Dec. 2S.-United States Marshal Edward J. Lcyden to- day arrested four men on federal war rants charging them with violation of war time prohibition and also illegal transbortation of liquor from state to state. The arrests resulted from his i--- '--~ .' s''-' ia.9 .lie fieaths Of more than fifty persons in the Connecticut N-.-. -. -.-. J.inn..-g wood alcohol contained in a mixture sold as whis- key. One other arrest was made by the Thompsonville. Conn.,. police.
 Five more deaths had resulted since early this morning from alcoholic poisoning, three in Holyoke and one sn Chicopee. bringing the total for the Connecticut valley. not including Hartford, to 52. divided as follows:
 Chicopee 36, including two women; Holyoke 2 Springfield 4; including one woman: Greeneiield 1; and Thom- asville 2.
 Those under arrest on the federal warrants are John Nasaizewski of Chicopee, and Harry Shapiro of iSpringfieid. ttucS drivers, who ore charged witk bringing the liquor into tho valley; Adam Ostrowsli and John w. Starzyk, both of Holyolle, charged with violation of the war time prohi- Ibltion ac.
 , The Thompsonville police placed ,Leonard Montana, a saloonkeeper oi that town, under. arrest on the charge of Illegally selling liquor. Chief oi Ilolice r. J. Rogers Said that Montana slated he bought five gallons of the concoctjon from Bronerwine's saloon in Hartford for $40.
 Marshall Alfred T. Caron of tho Chicopee police left this afternoon fol New Haven, Conn.,, with warrants charging murder. against four mer who have been arrested in that city The warrants were sworn out tn, police say. on information given by William Baker Of this town, who i! under arrest on manslaughtel ,charge, and Harry Shapiro of spring field.
 Although several new cases wer. reported today in the valley, the mum Der decreased considerably over Fri day and Saturday. In Holyoke, tn, largest gain resulted in giving the i'm pression that some of the poisonous Ii quor bough in that city, may have beel cdlsumed since Friday. when the frs signs Of the poisoning became evident Scattering cases of poisoning symp toms were reported in this city an tSpringfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
WHY ADMIRAL DECKER
 DECLINED NAVY CROSS

Washington, Dec. 2S-Statements made by Rear Admiral Decker. former naval attache at Madrid made to the effect that he and his assistants were instrumental in preventing Spain from joining, the central powers during the enemy offensive of March. 1918, and that his work was hampered by the American. ambassador, probably will be investigated during the congress sional investigation of the award Of naval decorations, Representative Lufkin, republican, Massachusetts, of the house naval committee. said to- night.
 Rear Admiral Decker's statements were contained in a letter to Secre- tary Daniels, made public yesterday setting forth the reasons which prompted him to decline the naNy crcss for which he was recently rec commended by Secretary Daniels.
 Tn my cpinion.' the letter read. this award is entirely inadequate to the services that were performed by the office of the naval attache and those who worked with me. The e1- feet of this work was to keep Spain fro mentering the war against us. the time of the enemy March offensive Of 1918. also a reduction of the submarine activities off the coast of Spain.
 ''If my estimate is correct, my ser vices and the services of those who worked with me, in spite of the oppo- sitiCn of the ambassador is certainly greater than the work done by any single battleship in the war or by any official stationed on shore duty in an administrative capacity"
 The letter contains the first intima : tions of friction among American diplomatic and navay officials at Madrid during the war.
 MT. Lufkin said tonight that Hen- bers of the committee on naval af- fairs from the house and senate with whom he had discussed Rear Admiral
 Decker's letter had expressed them l selves as iu full agreement with his opinion that the statements deserved congressional Investigation.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
BILL FOR BEER AND LIGHT
 WINES IN NEW JERSEY

New Brunswick. N. J.. Dec. 2S.-The preamble of the bill authorizing the sale of beer and light wines in New Jersey was made public here tonight by State Senator Thomas Brown, who will introduce the measure at the next session Of tho state legislature erlator Brown said that the biii itself Is not ready for pub!ie;ltion.
 The preamble sets forth that the State or New Jersey E2s not ratified the eighteenth amendment, doubts that it was passed in a constitutional manner and intends to disregard the Nolstead act and pass, an enforcement bill which will bc supreme within toe limits of the state, Senator Brown said the theory upon which Governor elect Edwards and his supporters are working is that the eighteenth amendment gi'es equal pcn-er to congress and the states in the en- ofrcement Of prohibition ard that the congressional enactment applies only where there is 10 stGte law in effect.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29
ATTEMPT TO AsSAsSINATE A
 CONSTABLE AT BALLYBOFE\

Lendon5 Dec. 2S.-Severa1 untoward incidents are reported from Ireland by the Sunday Evening Telegram. A, daring attempt was made to assassin ate a constable at Ballvbofev, County Donegal. The assailant fired pistol from the street at the constable. who was sitting with his family in a bed room. Nobody was injured. but the bullet struck bed a few inches from sleepin~ infant.
 A band Of men ~a:Ied a farmers house at Victoria Bridge and carried off rifles At Killarney constable was shot and wounded on Christmas eve while assisting other constahles to quell rn1'gh and tumble fight be- tween soldiers and civilians.
 It is reported that 10000 rounds of ammunition have been stolen from the Dangarvan railway station. The con signment. it is believed was intended for the military authorities