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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-08-19
FOREIGN VESSELS IN LEAD
U. s. Ships Bring In Small Part Of
Our Imports.

Washington. Foreign vessels
brought nearly twice the value OF i'm.
posts into the United States during
the fiscal year 1920 than was carried
in American vessels, according to a
summary made public by the depart.
ment Of commerce. Ten per cent
more exports were shipped in foreign
ships than in American vessels
or imports totallng H,7O6,95I1Gs,
foreign ships brought in $3.50, ,93O. 200
and American vessels S1s36,O26 $50.
Exports In foreign bottoms totaled
SO .5sS.S73. while in American yes
sells the total was sS,2S5.s79,O22.
or the tonnage entering American
ports, however. 5000 per cent was
American and le.94 per cent foreign,
while OF the tonnage clearing from
the United States s1.72 per cent was
American and 1928 foreign.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-08-19
AS OTHERS SEE Us

In Portland the other day man
who knows Malheur county thoroly.
and who knows the people here, too.
said to the wrlter:-
"1f tho people OF Malheur county
would pull together. there is no
county In the state that has greater
possibilities than can be found there
"The owyhee project would have
boen built long ago." he continued.
"had their been unity Of action"
The Argus is not IN a position to
dispute that last question. Il may
be correct. those who were here then
know the facts
But whether or not the statements
above quoted we're true years ago is
a matter OF no importance now The
past II gone The present and the
future are with US or before us. IL
ls what we do with them that mat
ters.
SO far as ability, as loyalty TO this
section. and an earnest desire to for
ward the prosperity of this region II
concerned. the men needed for the
work are here, 70 get together TO
do big things, is the next step, II
can be taken. aud under the leader
ship available will succeed.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-08-19
U. S, CONSIDERS
lid For POLAND
Purchase OF War Materials Is
Requested ard Recruits
Are Desired.

Washington Moved by the rolter.
ated pleas for aid from Poland, the
war d, partmcnt has under serious con.
alteration the request Of Prince Lu.
0omlrsky Polish minister for permits
sion to purchase war materials from
he United States.
Polish officials explained that In ad
lition to the desire for war materials,
hey we're anxious to obtain authorize
ion to permit recruiting for the Pol
sh army in America. II was said
hat not only had many offers Of en-
istment been received by the legation
from Polish citizens resident in the
United States, but that many offers
nad come from former American vet.
rams.
The official communlque announc
Ing the intention OF France TO recog-
iize as a de facto government that
eprescntod by General Wrangel In
.outhern Russia, has been received,
IL says that French diplomatic
agent will be sent to Sebastopol with
the title OF high commissioner.
Administration officials consider tn,
French step as logical IN view OF the
succession OF General Wrangel to the
authority Of Admiral Kolchak and the
Omsk government, which was recog
alzod by both Frence and Great Brl
tain.
Copies Of the American note to Italy
on the Polish situation. II was said al
the state department, have been deliy'
cred TO allied and associated powers
representatives and distributed TO all
the world news csnters, promising its
widest dissemination, even In Russia.
Diplomats generally regarded the doc.
umsnt as having u threefold purpose:
Extension OF moral support to Po-
land.
An appeal to the masses In Russia
TO throw of the bolsheylk yoke and
establish constitutional government.
Influencing OF other nations to re.
frain from recognition OF the soviet
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-08-19
THE TOURIST CROP

Thru the activity of the North
west Tourist Association, an organi-
zation supported by appropriations
from the states of oregon and WASH
ington and the province Of British
Columbia. the harvest Of tourist dol
lars gathered in these three common
wealths has increased from $1,000
600 to S35,O00,OO0 per year in the
past four years.
What this means to the people Of
these states is hard to comprehend,
out in this country where the tourist
is little seen Yet even this section
Is benefited to large degree by this
work. and the benefits will increase
each year as the work progresses.
Right now the city OF Portland Is
the mecca for thousands OF tourists.
all the willamette valley is gathering
in the funds that these visitors scat
ter as they travel thru the state
When the Old oregon Trail is COM
pleted giving a good road from Port
land to ontario, all eastern Oregon
will benefit from the annual pilgrim.
age OF these travellers, likewise thru
the tourist association and its road
maps. lecturers and publicity. travel
ers will be directed toward this re-
glon in increasing numbers, 20 tha'
the time will come when the bene.
fits OF this work will accrue to the
entire state
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-08-19
sevIe, TO seek German Alliance.

Ko'no, Poland.--Soyiet Russia In
tends TO seek an alliance with Ger.
many to make war on France nd. II II
succeeds, to undertake a conquest OF
England and eventually America. Of.
ficlas Of the bolshevik regime told the
Associated Press.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-08-19
Hood sweep, roIedo, ohio.

Toledo. o.--Damage estimated at
100000 was done here by severe
ralnstorm. which floated away great
stretches OF city paving. flooded cellars
and paralyzed traffic. Il was one OF
the most severe storms that ever
struck the city.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-08-19

we wonder what the Poles think
OF the League OF NatlonsY
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-08-19

Your subscription will be appro-
clated at this time,
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
BRITAIN AGOG
OYER ARRIVAL
|. OF ARCHBISHOP
Whole Navy in Operation to
Circumvent Expected
| Attempt. at Coup.
WIRELESS Is SILENCED
London Paper Says Baltic Is
Expected to Reach Liv-
erpool Tomorrow.
WIRELESS IS SILENCED
CBy Universal serviee.)

London. Aug. 7.-Archbishop Dam
lei j. Mannix, on board the Baltic
tonight and nearing his destination
in the United Kingdom, is receiving
as much attention from the naval
side of Great Britain as II he were
a whole fiotilla of hostile ships.
according to the Evening News,
which says: .
The plans to circumvent Arch
bishop Mannix are on a grandiose
scale and read like chapter of the
naval history of the great war. For
although the Sim Fein navy is no
stronger than the Swiss. destroyers
have been sent 400 miles to sea to
bring in the Baltic. As a further
precsution against kidnapping. the
Baltic's wireless is deaf to all ex-
cept official messages"
The Baltic is expected to reach
Liverpool early Monday. There Is
no announcement of just what the
government intends to do. 1t has
been suggested, that the premier in
yte the archbishop to Downing
street for personal conference
with a view to smoothing the
troubled waters.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Vanderbilts Sued
For. Dodging Tax
On Their Incomes

New York, Aug. "A campaign
against many millionaires who
failed to pay complete income tax
was believed to have started when
Reginald c. Vanderbilt, wealthy in
vestor. and Frederick w. Wander
bilt, capitalist, were sued for more
than $122,000, alleged to have been
due on their 1915 income tax.
The suit was filed by Uniteo
States District Attorney Francis G.
Caffey, who was known to have
been collecting evidence on income
taxes for several months past.
Complaints in the Vanderbilt case
maintain that Reginald Vanderbilt
owes the government s34,6S6.57, and
Frederick, $s2,096.S3, on their 1918
income taxes. The government al
legged that both men misrepresented
their true net incomes for that
year.
The complaint gave Reginald.s
net income as $654,779.91 for 1918,
and claimed that he had set forth
his gross income at $217,346. 1t
gave Frederick's income as $s1e6.-
101.51 for that year and alleged that
he made more than the lawful de-
ductions from that amount in show
ing his net income.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
BOY KIDNAPPED
BY AUTOPARTY
Father Reports Two Men
And Two Women Spirited
Away Son.

Cumberland. Md, Aug. Major
Maull. son of ]. l. Maulk 1927
Spruce street, Philadelphia. was
kidnapped this afternoon by two
men who claimed to be game war
dens, while fishing with his father
in Licking Creek, near Hancock
According to the fathers story to
the Cumberland police, the two men
accused him and his son of fishing
Illegally and arrested the son. At
the same time they offered the re-
lease of the boy if the Father would
give them $50. he claims.
This he refused to do. The police
have been unable to obtain any
trace of the men. Mr.. Maull de-
scribed them as dark complexioned.
They were accompanied by two
women. one wearing a pink and the
other a green sweater. They were
driving a Chevrolet car.
A reward has been offered for
their arrest.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

The new retirement law as ap-
piled in the Postoffice Department
has many different angles. For in
stance. here's a sad little tale that
the law makes necessary.
Mrs. c. J. Magalis, 745 Second
street northwest, will lose her place
in the department August 20 under
the pension law, but in this case
the name is a misnomer for she will
receive no pension. having been in
the service less than fifteen years.
She is 72 years old. has no chill
dren and no friends or relatives that
are able to take care of her in her
declining years. From the salary
of s42 a month that she has been
receiving she has not bee nable to
lay any money by for the contin-
gency that now faces her.
She has lived in Washington
twenty years. After the death of
her husband. a railroad conductor,
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Girls Smoke in Warsaw to Stay
Pangs of Hunger, Declares Briton
Who Was Prisoner for Ten Months

conditions under which nine-tenths
of the people were eking out an ex-
istence. Then. at length. a car came
to fetch me to the station on a Fri
day evening
Il could hardly believe il was a
zeal one. Even when ] found my
self in the train leaving Moscow. in
company with another Englishmsn
who had spent eighteen months
IN a concentration camp. ] could
not feel quite sure I was not dream
ing. But when after a three days
journey and twenty-four hours de-
lay upon the frontier. we at length
found ourselves in Esthonia and
saw shops open and, although il
was near the frontier. saw people
going about normally. then at last
l really knew ! was free.
while our train was standing
outside PehNGrad. my friend and 1
were amusing ourselves by skipping
from rail to rail when a railway
man, who had been looking at Us
sourly enough. said: I dom know
how you can manage to skip about
so on one leg when we have not
strength enough to stand even upon
two said. Is it as bad as all
that? Look at Us. he replied. YOU
can see for yourself What a con-
trast between people in Esthonia
and this poor representative of the
labor party. They are probably as
badly of in Esthonia at the present
moment as anywhere out Of Russia.
but by comparison with 'Sovdepia'
they are extremely well OF"
Copyright. 1870. by Public Ledger Col
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

to the highest bidder all the COM
mon property of the Little Sisters
or Samaria, at the home of the
Sisterhood in Bonhomme street.
The sale will dispose of the
building ground. and the COM
plete furnishings of the house
and chapel, without reserve"
This notice stirred the two
friends to aOreminiscent talk con-
cernins an episode in their jour
nalistic career that had occurred
about two years before. They
recalled the incidents, went over
the old theories. and discussed IT
anew from the different perspec-
tive time had brought.
There were no other customers
In the cafe Madame's nne ear
had caught the line of their talk,
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
What we want to do is
to forget to remember.

safe. Yes. He's boun' spend that
money. somehow" Madame turn
ed a broad and comprehensive
smile upon Dumars. Il ond'stand
you, M'sieur Dumars, those day
You come ask me fo' tell ev'thing
I know bout M'sieur NORM. All,
yes, l know most time when those
men lose money you say Cher
chez la femme'-there is some
where the woman. But not for
M'sieur Norm. No. boys. Before
he shall die, he is like one saint.
You nights WELL Msieur Du-
mars. go try find those money in
those statue of Virgin Mary that
M'sicur NORM present at those
p'tite soeurs. as try find one
femme"
AT Madame Tibault's last words,
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
POLICE IN DASH
GET QUARTS
arsuit in Maryland Fol-
lowed by.Arrest of Three
Washington Men.

\ wild midnight dash through
Maryland. a revolver battle with
motorcycle officers. and a transfer
Of machines early yesterday morn
ing failed to save 121 quarts of
Kentucky Tavern" which was cap
tured by the police when they over
took car on VI street northwest
yesterday afternoon.
William Sacks. 342S H street
northwest; william Story. 500
Fourth street northwest, and
Benjamin Siegle. 800 Maryland ave-
nue. northeast, who were in the ma
chine. were arrested, charged with
violation of the Volstead act
According to the police. the three
Washington men and their car were
first sighted Friday night on a dark
stretch Of the Belair road out Of
Havre de Grace. Two motorcycle
officers said they saw a large auto
mobile flash past them and set out
in pursuit, shooting the gasoline
tank. which put the car out Of com
mission near BeIair. John Sacks,
who was found near the car, is said
to have admitted being its pilot
and was arrested for speeding.
Washington police were notified
to be on the lookout Late yester-
day afternoon Detectives Cox and
Saunders and PatroIman Daglish, Of
the Seventh precinct, spotted the
car on NJ street northwest. An in
vestigatiOn resulted in the dis
covery Of the bonded stock ana the
arrest Of the cars occupants.
When arraigned before Commits
sioner Hit. the three pleaded not
guilty, and were held in sg,o 900
bond to appear September I. C. B.
West, driver Of the car, was order
ed to furnish 800 bond to appear
as witness.
John Sacks was given a hearing
on the speeding charge at BelaIr
yesterday and was fined 800 and
costs.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
WILLFLY HERE
FROM PANAMA
Army Airman to Make Trip
Alone in D. H.-4 Biplane,
Next Month.

Plans have been perfected for a
flight by an army airplane from the
Panama Canal Zone to Washington
early next month, the War Depart
ment announced last night
: First Lieut.. Charles B. Austin.
Army Air Service. is to attempt the
flight alone in a d. H.-4 biplane.
He is now remodeling the ship for
gasoline and oil tanks which will
carry the large amount of oil nee
essary- for the trip. There will be
a capacity of 200 gallons of gaso-
line. sufficient to reach Jamaica.
first stop Of the journey, from
Panama City.
On this stretch OF $50 miles Au-
stin will have to fly directly over
the Caribbean Sea, with no possible
landing place from his take-off at
Panama, to Jamaica.
The route OF the flight will be
from Panama to Jamaica. to Ha-
vana, Army Flying Field at Ar
cadia, Fla; Southern Field. Ameri-
Gus, Ga; Artillery Fire Center.
Fayetteville, y. c.; Langley Field,
Virginia, to Washington.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
COLBY LAUDS SPEECH
OF GOVERNOR COX

1T was with entire confidence that
I took up Gov. Cox's speech this
afternoon and read it," said Secre-
tary of State Colby in a statement.
My interest and admiration grew
with every paragraph. and when I
finished it my feeling had become
one of deep and solid satisfaction.
He states the issues of the cam
paign not only with clearness but
with a due sense of their relative
Importance. He speaks in the tone
of man who has convictions. This
is as it should be, because the DEM
ocratic party is a party of convic-
tions and its candidate must be a
man of convictions.
The governor gives the Repub-
lican party a foretaste of the blister
ing process which both its candi-
date and its platform will undergo
as the campaign progresses. He
says just the right thing as to the
Republican proposal of a separate
German peace. Who is going to en-
force it if Germany proves in
tractable?"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
.SPEECHOFCOX
SURPRISE.
Acceptance Address En-
tirely Foreshadowed by
Recent Farley Here.

The ranking member of the Re
publican hierarchy in Washington,
Clarence B. Miller. secretary of the
Republican national committee. is
sued the following comment last
night:
Gov. Cox's speech gives complete
confirmation. if any confirmation is
needed, of his complete surrender to
President Wilson-frst in making
the league of nations the para
mount issue Of the campaign, and,
secondly, in making Mr.. Wilson's
particular kind of a league of ma
tions his own.
Immediately upon his nominal
tion, Gov. Cox came to Wilson to
receive the word he should utter
and the position he should take re-
specting the league of nations. He
now utters it as his own. The au-
thoritative announcement of his DO
sition constitutes a pledge to the
American people. Should he be
elected. therefore, he Would insist
upon carrying out and putting into
effect Mr.. Wilson's particular brand
of a league of nations. which it is
safe to say is now repudiated by
90 per cent of the people Of Amer
lea.
Everything is now ready for the
campaign movement. The issue is
clear. clean-cut, sharply drawn. Mr..
Wilson's un-American leaC of ma
tions on the one side and Mr.. Hard
ing's robust Americanism. that must
dominate any international engage
ments of the United States, on the
other hand. There is no doubt
about the result. 1t is already re-
corded in the determination of the
American people. Mr.. Cox cannot
carry a single State outside of the
old solid South and he will have
to work overtime or he will lose
three of them"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Cox Tells Big Dayton Crowd
League Is Vital Issue and
Monroe Doctrine is Essence

Dayton. Ohio, Aug. THE for
NAL notification of Gov. James N.
Cox today of his nomination for the
was marked by a polfti-
cal demonstration. which. 1t is gen.
orally agreed, has never been
eQualled in Ohio.
Fifteen thousand took part in the
parade and 100000 thronged the
Montgomery County Fair Grounds,
where the ceremonies were staged.
Large delegations from practically
every city, town and county in
Ohio, other delegations from nearby
States and representatives from
every part OF the United States and
the Philippines were in the parade.
Gov. Cox walked two miles at
the head of the parade, stood for
one hour and half. reviewing the
1900 marchers, and spoke for
about an hour and forty-five min
utes, as his part in accepting the
nomination.
The supreme issue of the CEN
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
MARTENS SECRETARY
SAFE BACK IN RUSSIA

New York, Aug. 7.-Oficials of
the Russian Soviet Bureau an
nounced here today that Santeri
Nuorteva. formerly secretary to
Ludwig c. A. X. Martens self-styled
ambassador" had arrived safely
in Russia and was probably now
reporting to Soviet officials in Mos
COW.
Nuorteva left New York several
weeks ago to go to London to con-
fer with Bolsheviki trade repre-
sentatives and while in England
was taken into custody by the
British Secret Service. The British
authorities decided to deport him,
and he was taken on a battIeship
into. the Black Sea, but suddenly
returned to London. He was then
informed that his request to enter
Russia through Esthonia. would be
granted. A cablegram filed several
days ago said he had arrived in
Reval.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

French families, and was Of some
distinction as an sntiquary and
historian. He was a bachelor,
about SO years of age. He lived
in quiet comfort at one of those
rare old hostelries in Royal street.
He was found in his rooms one
morning dead from unknown
causes.
When. his affairs came to be
looked into, IL was found that he
was practically insolvent, his
stock of goods and personal prop
erty barely-but nearly enough to
free him from censure-coyering
his liabilities. Following came
the disclosure that he had been
intrusted with the sum of 5000
by a former upper servant in the
Norm family. one Madame Tibauit
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
CHERCHEZLA FEMME

DOZENS, reporter for the Pic
IN ayunne. and Dumars, of
L'Abeille-the old French news
paper that has buzzed for nearly
a century-were good friends,
well proved by years of ups and
downs together. They were seat
ed where they had a habit of
meeting-in the little, Creole
haunted cafe OF Madame Tibault,
in Dumaine street II you know
the place, you will experience a
thrill of pleasure in recalling It
to mind. 1t is small and dark,
with six little polished tables, a,
which you may sit and drink the
best coffee in New Orleans, ana
concoctions of absinthe equal to
Sazerac's best, Madame Tibault,
fat and indulgent, presides at the
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

Robbins started slightly and cast
a keen, sidelong glance at Du-
mars. The Creole sat unmoved,
dreamily watching the spirals of
his cigarette smoke.
1t was then o'clock in the
morning and, a few minutes later,
the two friends separated. going
different ways to their days du-
ties. And now. follows the brief
story of Madame Tibault's van
ished thousands.
New Orleans will readily recall
to mind the circumstances attend
ant upon the death of Mr.. Gsspard
Norm in that city. Mr.. NORM was
an artistic goldsmith and jeweler
in the old French quarter, and a
man held in the highest esteem.
He belonged to one Of the oldest
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

and she came over to their table
for had it not been her lost
money-6er vanished 10000
that had set the whole matter
going?
The three took up the long
abandoned mystery, threshing
over the old, dry chaff of it. 1t
was in the chapel of this house
OF the Little Sisters of Samaria
that Robbins and Dumars had
stood during that eager. fruitless
news search of theirs, and looked
upon the gilded statue of the
Virgin,
Thass so, boys" said Madame,
summing pp. '.Thass ver' wicked
man, Msieur NORM. Everybody
shall be cert he steal those mon
ey PLACE In his hand for keep
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

desk, and takes your money.
Nicolette and Meme, Madame's
nieces, in charming bib aprons,
bring the, desirable beverages.
Dumars, with true Creole lux
ury. was slipping his absinthe,
with half-closed eyes, in a swirl
of cigarette smoke. Robbins was
looking over the morning Pic,
detecting, as young reporters
will. the gross bIunders in the
makeup. and the envious blue
penciling his own stuff had re-
ceived. This item. in, the adver-
tising columns, caught his eyes,
and with an exclamation of sud-
den interest he read it aloud to
his friend:
Public Auction.-At 3 o'clock
this afternoon there will be sold
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
FATHER CUTS
BRIDES THROAT
Slashes Daughter Is, When
She Marries Man
Aged 90.

New York, Aug. Mrs. Madelein
Longiocola. a bride, IS. was near
death in Bellevue Hospital tonight.
the victim of a razor. The police
said it was at the hands Of her
father.
Witnesses to the tragedy said the
father, Luciano Orlando. so. be-
came enraged when he heard his
daughter had been married to
Vincnzo Longiocola, 60. Orlando,
on hearing the couple was visit
ing at the home of a friend. accord
ing to Longiocola and other wit
nesses, berated his daughter for
wedding a man so much her elder,
and then slashed the girls throat.
The man then fed. Police were
called and search for Orlando was
started.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Lonely Woman of y Must Lose
S42 Postofice Job, Pensionless,
As Result of New Retirement Law

she was forced to earn her living.
For a while she nursed. but the
work became too hard for approach
Ing old age. so she ended up in a
little back bedroom, the cheapest I
could find" she said, with her s42
job of sealing mail sacks. This has
been the only thing she has had
to keep her from starvation.
The work l have is bad enough"
she said. a tremulous quiver at the
corner of her mouth threatening
tears. but 1 would be satisfied If
they would only leave me that.
Here l am, an old lady of 7e and
not a soul in the world to care for
me.
IF I could only find some family
that needed a housekeeper / am
sure that I could manage things for
them. 1 can preserve fruit. and
cook and everything" and she
smiled a brave hopeful smile.