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The Washington herald., 1920-12-27
Political
Browsings S
BY Labert ST. Clair.

To look at the kindly face OF IL
ClC Joe Cannon ono scarcely would
think that he would set an automo-
bile on fire just through sheer care
leSSness. Yet he did that very
thing one day last fila
shortly after Cannon fell and
broke his wrist word came to his
headquarters that he had hest do
some work down in the southern
part Of his district. Down there in
Edgar County. II was said. the Den
ocrats w"rr hraEGinE that iHr
only remaining Republican had just
hoen ouarautincd on a charge Or
having smallpox. and, therefore. %
was unlikely that a single Reruh-
liCan vote would be cast for Uncle
Joe. so the former Speaker went
down 10 look into the case.
The trip was made in the finely
upholstered Limousine OF his daUEh-
ter. Miss Helen. While il was bowl
ing along country road and Can
non was enjoying his customsry
smoke, the wind blew the cigar out
OF his mouth. Without looking for
the stump, he lighted another cigar
and the car sped merrily on.
Soon the chauffeur smclled some
thing burning. and investigation
proved that Cannon's lighted cigar.
blown out of his mouth BY the wind.
had landed in the upholsterinG Of
the rear seat and burned out a piece
of cloth and done other damage 20
the extent OF several hundred dol
lars. II made the chauffeur, who
is a pet OF the family sore.
why under heaven didn't you
look for that cigar" he asked Uncle
Joe.
"Oh," Cannon replied. 1t didn't
do much damage, did it,"
The deuce IL didn't" the Chaut-
feur replied. 1T will cost a wad
Of money to repair the damage Il
did"
"Oh. well. that's all right" Can
non responded. curling up in one
corner Of the front seat and putting
contentedly on his fresh cigar. this
car belongs to Helen, anyhow
Hon. Obadiah Dubb. who became
4 Republican late last October, has
written a strong letter TO Senator
Harding urging that he base his
appointments on value rather than
length OF service in the G. o. +.
cause.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27
She Caught Him.

Yes, my SON
Are you busy just now"
NO. my boy. Why"
Got time to answer me a ques-
tion?"
"Oh. think so"
We'll. pop. how are Holsters
caught?"
"Oh, go ask your mother"
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27

The league is dead. The bitter-cnders have
sworn it. So the six nations who Joined at
Geneva merely wanted to be in at the funeral
and view the corpse.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27
Oil Town Burned.

TULSA, Okla. Dec. 26.-Fire de-
stroyed fifteen buildings in the busi-
near Ardmore, causing q loss Of
100000 yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27

1t IS not much satisfaction to the man who
has laid in his winter coal supply at SI4so ton
to learn that it is sold at the mine for S3.so
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27
TURKS FEAR FIGHTING
PROWESS OF ARMENIANs,

The Turk is under no illusion
that the Armenians are not good
fighters. In practically every in
stance of massacre, arms were seiz-
ed from the able-bodied men, under
some pretext or other, before a viii
lage was raided. 1t was the men
who were the first to be killed,
usually being decoyed away by some
subterfuge. Then ii was easy for
the Turk to wreak his will on the
women and children.
Telling of the migration of
nation" when the Armenians fed
before the advancing Turks, ArrolI
said:
Il was in Erivan in July, 1918,
engaged in Red Cross work. Two
of us rode from Erivan on a Sat
urday afternoon and saw this great
migration. The Turks were ad-
vancing to crush out the last re-
mains of Armenia as a nation. and
also to drive through the rich oil
lands of Baku.
The Russians had been defeated.
The Armenian rear guard had put
up n heroic fight. but was almost
unarmel. Heavily outnumbered and
hungry. they had been forced back
until there was nothing to do bur
evacuate Erivan and fee to the
mountains.
so on this July afternoon VIC
rode out and Joined the column OF
fugitives. That column was a sad
sight.
For eighteen miles in two solid
lines, with the noses of the OK teams
touching the tails of the carts in
front of them. the nation moved on
wheels. The march continued slow
ly on and on for days. and finally
the mountains were reached and
there at least was security for the
time.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27

When you search the barn after the horse
is stolen, there is no danger in finding the horse
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27
AN AMERICAN IN
THE ARMENIAN ARMY.

Don't tell me that the Armcnians
cannot or will not fight" said
James Arroll, former soldier, who
is just back from two years in Ar
menia with the Near East Relief,
when seen at the Dewey yesterday.
There is popular impression
just why I don't know-that the
Armenian simply lays down and
waits for the Turk or Kurd to
come along and massacre him. 1t
isn't so.
"Given anything like a fair
| chance" he continued, with arms
and ammunition. the Armenian will
fight like a tiger to defend his
home and loved ones from harm.
Why. for years. centuries ago, it
| was the Armenian who alone fought
| the Turkish invaders and delayed
their capture of Constantinople."
Arroll speaks with the authority
OF an intimate knowledge of the
Armenians, their spirit, their habits
and customs. He and another Amer
ican. John Elder. helped the Ar
menians against the Turks in the
| defense of the oil wells at Baku
when the Turks were routed and
saved the oil fields of Asia Minor to
the
The two Americans had been in
the American consular service at
Moscow when the fall of the en-
pire forced them to flee for their
lives.
In the world war" he said.
thousands OF Armenians were with
! the Russian forces in the Caucasus.
This embittered the Turks. almos,
| as much as the refusal of Armenian
leaders to side with Germany and
Turkey.
In the Caucasus" he said. "the
volunteers, poorly armed and badly
equipped, saved the Russians ION
more than one occasion by their
splendid fighting. In one engage
ment 5000 of them held up a force
of Turks ten times their number,
and after a three-day struggle in
their trenches hurled the invaders
back. Gen. Allenby gives credit to
the Armenians for holding Turkish
armies that would otherwise have
been released against the British in
Palestine"
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27

England should take leaf from the book
of Uncle Sam and makeIa the Irish policemen.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27

lis better to have loved and lost than
never to have loved at all.-Tennyson.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27

If Mexico is as honest as she says she is, no
wonder no one recognizes her
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27
Significant.

We apprehended. when the silk
shirt craze began to die down, that
cotton would be more or less hard
hit.-Columhia (S. ca Record.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-27
Argentina Coveted Place in the Sun
Jealousy the Motive Behind Withdrawal

which the Argentine might attain
a more influential position.
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JAMES S. MCCARTHY.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
ABOUT HUSBANDS AND WIVES
Words to Say on Inter.
esting Subject.

In series of stories written by
Jean Pierre Perard, designated the
most married man in the world, be-
cause he has % times led blushing
brides to the altar, are many things
Illuminating to men and women. Two
of his stories discuss men and women
who make the best husbands and
wives. In his own words:
Consideration for his wife's feelings
is the good husbands middle name.
He doesn't bawl her out In public. In
fact he doesn't bawl her out at all,
but If something goes wrong or he
thinks he isn't getting a square deal
somewhere, he has 1t out with her and
gets 1t of his chest. He doesn't 20
about with crouch bottled up.
He doesn't keep strange hold on
the purse swings or dole out the
shekels as II he were sitting In a
continuous game of penny ante, but
neither does he throw the clutch and
hit on all twelve cylinders.
When you come to face the facts
al tAC SOSC Tic SOOu uUS.
band is the one who needs the advice
of the Good Book and doesn't let his
right hand know what the other does
or words to that effect.
The women who make the best
wives are the ones who see to mans
comfort without making any fuss
about 1t. They're the ones who take
an interest In their husbands comings
and goings without keeping tab on him
till he feels as if home were jail and
she's the keeper.
They are stfOng-lninded enough to
keep husband in the straight and mar
row path, but they refrain from push
ing him too far or toe fast.
To sum it up the wuu,en who make
the best wives are the ores who regard
marriage as an occupation or profess
sien.-New York Mail.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
COULD NOT HOLD ARAaA0IIL0
Writer Admits Undsrssti matine ne
Strength Of Little Animal he
Was Trying % Capture.

When he was Z small boy. w. H.
Hudson, the author of Far Away and
Long Ago." came to grief while he
was attempting single-handed to cap
ture an armadillo. One day. he says,
! was standing on the mound at the
side of moat, some 40 yards from
where men were ut work, when an
armadillO bolted from his earth and,
running to the very spot where was,
standing, began vigorously digging to
bury himself In the soil.
Neither men nor dogs had seen him,
ahd l at once determined to capture
him unaided by anyone. l imagined
that it would prove to be very easy
task. Accordingly. laid hold Of his
black, bone-cased tail with both hands
and began tugging to get him Off the
ground, but could not move him. He
went on digging furiOusly, and getting
deeper and deeper into the earth, and
soon found that instead Of my pull
ing him out he was pulling me In after
him. 1t hurt my pride to think that
an animal no larger than a cat was
beating me in a trial Of strength. and
l held on more tenaciously than ever
and tugged and strained more violent
ly, until-nOt to lose him-I had to 60
down fiat on the ground.
But 1t was all for nothing. First my
hands and then my aching arms were
carried down into the earth, and I was
forced to release my hold and get up
to rid myself Of the mold that he had
been throwing up into my face and all
over my head neck and shOulders.-
Youths Companion.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11

circles. and discovery Of a planet ex.
terror to Neptune that moves In q
greatly elongated ellipse will strike
one more blow ut the nebular-hypothe.
sis, which assumes, says Miss Lewis,
that the plnnets almost circular orbits
are due to the fact that originally they
were thrown OF as rings from a con.
tracing solar nebula.
Irregularities In the motion Of Nep-
tune indicate that the unseen planet n
drawing near to Neptune and during
this period of conjunction astronomers
hope to determine the mass of the new
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
Essay About Hens.

A child of nine in Standard III of
Sheffield school wrote the following
essay on "Hens," says the London Tel
egraph: "Hens are treble (terrible)
things in garden. They do not chew
their food they swallow it holl. Hens
eat bits of pot and then the egg shells
are made from these. They lay lot
OF eggs If you are ducky. Some peo-
pie put pot eggs in the hens nest to
tvs Ctice) them to lay. When hens
start eating the eggs, the people put
mustard in an eggs shell. Hens have
cioven feet and scarly (scaly) legs.
One kind Of hens are called cockefils.' -
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
Praise Tor Yellow Hammer.

Few birds have 80 many scandals
connected with their names % the
yellow hammer has In England, whore
the old wives used to toll that the
scratches and hieroglyphics on its eggs
were the handwriting Of old Nick him
self. They do say, too. that this bird
drinks drap o. the deevil's blood
every Monday morning" certainly q
bad way to begin the week. So far
as ! can learn the yellow hammer is
really harmless chap. I've always
loved the name given by the Italians
to the young Of this species which is
"rigolettO," the name Of the court fool
in q well-known opera. Exchange.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11

style, are chiefly noticeable for the
brass and ironwOrk of their external
decorations, in ratings, door knockers,
lanterns, and heraldic insignia.
Shields, men in armour, gonfalOns,
and weapons figure in brass or copper
to distinguish and to give name to
separate mansions. 1t is said that the
impetus given to metal work was due
to French Protestant immigrants, who
fled to MontjOie. At any rate, there is
something quite French in the atmos-
phere Of the place, and there will be
no sharp wrench in the people casting
aside the German dress they were COM
PEELED to wear against their will for a
century.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
eec,a,mioa waste places.

Twenty years ago news story from
Washington says land in the Louisiana
parish Of Tangpahoa was worth sc
cents an acre and human life was
worth scarcely anything ut all. 1t was
case Of cause and effect.
Then the immigrants came. They
were chiefly Italians and Hungarians.
They had lived at home on land that
was poorer than the Tangipahoa. They
practiced intensive cultivation. Today
their parish is one Of the greatest
strawberry farming districts In the
United States.
Land that sold for 30 cents is now
worth 500 an acre. And the school
authorities have pp6cticed intensive
cultivation on the human products Of
that land. AmericanizatiOn has made
life worth more there than it ever was
before.-Binghamton News.
Too Much oaerlAes.
He-The government calls q -.
De to be economical II IL - g
paper.
Goodness sReeiessi Ard ~
Just become engaged.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
To Photograph . Star.

discovery may be made photo
graphically by some astronomer this
fall or winter in the constellation Gem
ini, according to Isabel NJ. Lewis Of
the United States naval observatory.
1t will be star Of the fifteenth magni-
tude in an elliptical orbit and has been
difficult to find and identify because
in the Milky Way there are countless
others that are brighter.
The orbits of all the planets ex-
cepting Mercury, are nearly perfect
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
Boarding House Romance.

"Our landlady seems to have no soul
for romance" "Eh?" displays no
interest in those two young people who
are 10 love-" "Well, it's this way.
It's romance to us, but to her It sim
ply means the loss Of two boardefs.S -
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11

We ARE AGENTS Cor Wsar-U
Well Shoes. 4l.9e, 42.lS, @2.99. Fac.
tory price. You save . dollar %
two. Haskell's Second Hand Store
N. Main Sc. l.31.U
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11

The Only One In ExlsteneA
"Why do you drop 20 many pennies
II that slot machinor'
"Oh, like to patronise propo6.
ton that hasn't raised it, pelea~
Kansas City Journal
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11

HOUSES OR FLATS FOR RENT
All the best houses and fats In III
not are listed on our rent board
There 10 no charge for this service
Home Furniture Co. 0-o.1o.t1
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-19
BRITISH VESSEL
SPRINGS A LEAK
AND IS SINKING
10y MORNING souRnAL SPECIAL LEASED WIRE,

Boston, Mass, Jan 1S.-The British
freighter Yarmouth which left New
York for Havana yesterday with a
cargo of liquor, reported in radio mes
sages today that she was sinking. She
gave her position as latitude 80 north,
longiture "a west, and said that she
was twenty four miles northeast of
Light Vessel No. g." The message
said
Forward ballast tank leaking into
engine room"
A heavy mist prevailed. The Var
mouth registers 725 tons.
The cargo of liquor carried by the
freighter consisted of whiskey. gin
and champagne, and is valued at
$4,000, 600. She left this port yester-
day fer Havana with a heavy list to
starboard, owing to the haste with
which 'longshoremen loaded her in an
effort to get her away before prohi-
hilton became effective at midnight
Friday.
Revenue agents were at the pier
watching to see if the ship would put
to sea before the amendment went into
effect, but at midnight there were still
two barges filled with cases of liquor
alongside. and large stacks of 1t on
the pier. The entire shipment was
stopped by the revenue agents but yes
terday the Yarmouth was permitted
to proceed with what had been put
aboard
About q. 900 cases of liquor, said to
he worth between $3.50 900 and $3.50, 900
at present prices, were on the pier un-
der police guard when the steamship
moved out
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-19
ALL PRESENTS SENT TO
FRANCE MUST MEET
FRENCH CUSTOMS RULES
Lsy Mosalne louRAhl SPECIAL .g.srp wlssl

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Former soldiers
who plan to send presents to ac-
quaintances in France, must first
make certain their gifts measure up
to French custom standards, P. w.
Running, assistant district manager of
the Chicago department of foreign
commerce, said today in explaining
why many articles had failed to reach
their destination.
The French government requires
that gold he of 1S-carat or better and
that silver measure up to an equally
high standard before it can be sent
through the customs house." Mr.
Running said
Many men have sent diamond en-
gagement rings that cost several hun
dred dollars But they were set in
gold bands of 16 or 17-carat gold
This is a common standard here, but
the French government refused to
pass them. The result was that the
men have received indignant letters
from girls accusing them Of neglect"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-19
252 JEWS VICTIMS OF
POLISH MOB VIOLENCE


New York. Jan. 1S.-Details of ex-
cesses committed against the Jews in
Poland, in which 252 members of the
race were the victims of mob violence,
are given in the report of the mission
headed by Henry Morgenthau. which
investigated these outbreaks and
which was made public here tonight.
While admitting that in eight spe-
cific cases the Jews had been made
the target of outrage, pillage and
murder, the report of the mission de-
clares that it would be unfair to place
the blame for these eXcesses on the
Polish nation as a whole.
Just as the Jews" the report says,
would resent being condemned as
race for the action of few of their
undesirable co-religionists. so it would
be correspondingly unfair to con-
denim the Polish nation as a whole
for the violence. committed by uneon-
trolled Troops or local mobs These
excesses were apparently not premed-
itated for IL they had been a part of
a preconceived plan, the number of
killed would have run into the thou
sands instead of amounting to about
280. 1t is believed that these ex-
cesses were the result of widespread
anti-semitic prejudice aggravated by
the belief that the Jewish inhabitants
were politically hostile to the Polish
state"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-19
|MEXICANS FACE:
TREASON TRIALS
IF THEY TESTIFY
Citizens of Republic Told Not
To Give Evidence About In
ternational Matters to u. S.
Committee.


FL Paso, Texas, Jan. 1S.--Meyican
citizens are warned To resist by all
means at their command any effort
OF the United States senate sub-com-
mittee of foreign affairs to force them
To give testimony regarding the in
tcrnationai affairs of their country,
under pain of prosecution for treason
or kindred offenscS, in the manifesto
recently issued by the Mexican secfc-
tariat of foreign relations, the fuii
text Of which was made publlc tonight
by Alberto Ruiz Sandoyal, acting con-
sui general for Mexico at EI Paso.
The document instructs all Mexi-
cans to suffer Imprisonment or other
punishment rather than TO fail to re
spect the good name of their country"
and urges all citizens of Mexico to
refer any order to appear before the
subcommittee to their consul or the
Mexican embassy at Washington.
The senate committee Is character
lied as the creature of the interven-
ZIONIST elements OF the United States.
A translation of the manifesto fol-
lows in part:
"The so-called investigating COM
rise to acts truly hostile toward
country which has friendly relations
with the United States, and is the
cause for offense to the good name
and the good reputation of Mexico,
since, taking advantage of the op-
portunities afford by this committee.
the enemies of Mexico do not fail to
slander her and injure her prestige
and moral dignity.
"In fact. the interventionist ele-
ments of that nation have decided
upon the formation Of this investigat-
ing committee of the senate, and its
object is to profit by the series of ac-
cusations which are being made be-
fore the said committee to make evil
dent the necessity of intervening in
our international affairs.
"MeXicans who have contributed /,
with their statements toward giving |!
body to this information. which in
turn will serve as a ground for COM |
hitting an abuse against the republic |
commit the act of !
treason to their country"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-19
DEMAND IS MADE ON
HOLLAND TO GIVE UP
BILL H0HENZ0LLERN

'sr NC" .ouR"A1 Special LEASED WiREI
Pari S,-The Temps to-
day as, - general see
retary of u. % ><.anee has
handed to the sd ao,sn~,T- "a a
note from the suprcr@.qT7 JIpsoIqs,, -
manding the eXtradition 'QonnA
Emperor william, ~
Paris. Jan. IS (by the Associ-
ated Press, )-The supreme coun-
"i1's note to the Dutch govern
ment, asking that the former Ger
man emperor he given up TO the
allies, under article 227 of the
Versailles treaty, for trial points
out that if the former emperor
had remained in Germany he
would have been delivered under
the same conditions by the Ger
man government.
Among so many crimes" the
note recalls the cynical violation
Of the neutrality of Belgium and
Luxembourg; the barbarous sys-
tenn of hostages; massed deporta-
tions, systematic devastation with
out military reasons, the subma-
NV wal anu ANNltlANSs VI silA
of which acts responsibility. at
least moral, reaches the supreme
chief, who ordered them or abused
his unlimited powers to break, or
permit others to break, the most
sacred rules of human conscience.
The powers cannot conceive
1t adds, that The Netherlands
would regard with less reprobation
than themselves the immense re-
sponsbiiity weighing upon the eS-
emperor Holland would not be
fulfilling her international duty
if she refused to associate herself
with other nations, so far as she
is able to prosecute or at least not
impede the punishment of crimes
committed
1t concludes by expressing the
conviction that Holland, one of
the first to claim place in the
league of nations, will not desire
to cover by moral authority viola
ton of the essential principles of
the solidarity of nations and that
all are interested "a prevent a re-
turn Of a similar catastrophe.