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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02

SENATE REJECTS LEAGUE
Great was the rejoicing II the
canital Friday night and all day Sat
urday at the rejection of the treaty
of Versailles after more than O. year
of debate. Senator'S Borah johnson.
the irreconcilables were happy pc.
cause they considered that they had
foiled the plots Of European imper-
ialism. !.
Senator Lodge was happy because
he had prevented the ratiflcafion !, q
the original treaty, AID had middle
course between the president, whom
he intensely dislikes, and the Boraf-
la Toilette group, whom &c Ie nIs
Trimmers such as Lenroot and Ael-
logg were feeling easier in mind than
they had felt for many weeks, pc
cause they had at last found e w e!
to vote with the rest Of the Kepubll-
cans the final vote 10 s1eturn rne
treaty to the president with the mess
age Of rejection.
The Washington times., 1920-12-12
CHINA WARY
Of JAPANESE
Distrust Of Npponese Envoy at
League Leads to U. S.
Negotiations.
by HARRY l.. ROGERS,
Interna tionaI News Service.

Distrust OF Japan is mainly re-
sponsible for opposition on the part
OF the Chinese 10 the new consortiun
organized by the United States,
Japan, Great Britain, and France for
the financial assistance Of China, ac-
cording 10 officials here.
DIsTRUsT JAPANESE.
This feeling OF distrust. these Of
ficisls said today, has caused the
chinese delegation at the League OF
Nations conference in Geneva To mis-
construe the statement OF Baron Ha-
yashi. japanese ambassador to Great
Britain, that the United States sis in
accord with Japan. Great Britain, and
France as 10 the future policy Of the
powers toward China"
Hayashi. they insist, had reference
70 the new financial agreement and
not to any general political policy.
Tho note of inquiry as to Americas
attitude, reported yesterday from
Geneva TO have been dispatched by
DIR. wellington HOO, head of the
Chinese delegation. has not yet been
received at the state Department.
Suspect Politics.
"The Chinese apparently misunder-
stand the nature OF the consortiuT,
~, was said at the State DepartmcI
today.
"They seem 20 think its ends are
political, when as "A matter OF fact, II
is merely modern international
banking arrangement. The only rea-
son the State Department took part
in its organiza ton was because other
countries were involved. When the
agreement between representatives
of the four banking groups was
reached. the State Department prac-
tically withdrew"
The State Department explained
that IL negotiated the consortium In the
belief that the interests OF the Chinese
would best be served by cooperative
action of the bankers Of the four
powers VA making loans to the Chinese
government for the construct ton
roads, railways. and telegraphs. II
thus hoped. according to its official
announcement, "to assist the Chinese
people in their efforts toward a
greater unity and to offer TO in
dividual enterprise of all rationale
ties equal opportunity and a wider
field OF activity in the economic de-
velopment of China"
| GROUP OPPOSES TERMS.
! There is a small group in China,
made up almost entirely of politicians.
The Washington times., 1920-12-12

10 the eonsortium because OF the CON
dttions IL has laid upon any loans Il
may make. These political leaders. II
Was explained. are eager enough to
borrow large sums OF money but are
unable or unwilling 10 give the guar
antees demanded. Having profted
richly from the chaotic conditions
which have prevailed for years. they
are also opposed 20 anything which
seems likely to stabilize the situation
In China.
A larger and more important group.
made up of younger and more intelli-
gent elements, are wary OF the con-
sortium because they fear II may give
foreigners undue influence In China's
The Washington times., 1920-12-12
BRITISH CONFER TITLE
ON WILLIAM K. SMALL

The badge Of membership OF the
civil division Of the Most Excellent
order OF the British Empire. together
with the grant Of dignity conferrinS
the decoration. has been delivered 20
Vice Consul William .keRne small at
81. Louis. No. Vice Consul Small Is
the son OF Attorney william Small OF
3I5 Euclid street northwest.
lie was "a student at ST. Johns Col
Iege, Washington, and is graduate
The Washington times., 1920-12-12

Internal affsirf These young meH
point % China's experience vita rail
roads ffnanced by japanese bankers
and insist that the new international
financial group viii exact political
concessions from China. Just as the
Japanese are alleged TO have done In
the past
The Washington times., 1920-12-12
Would Buy Other Roads.

The Tennessee and North Carolina
Railway has applied 10. the Inter-
state Commerce Commission for per-
mission TO issue $500 shares OF capitaS'
stock at 500 par for the purchase
OF lines which the road now controls.
The Washington times., 1920-12-12

Of 1cor<s avn University. He has
Boo. station I'd, az - Louis since 1909
ard We CD Washington asst summer
on .lsit
The bsagt vas presented by sBritish
Consul "a. u. Mackness segeral days
ago Vice Consul small was acting
IritiEh Consul for some time during
the war and an several occasions has
had entire charge Of the affairs or
the consulate. IL was for this work
that The decoration b. awarded.
The Washington times., 1920-12-12

Read the Want ADS daily; you will
lind them interesting and profitable.
Many Worthwhile offers In tofays
issue OF The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1920-12-12
Tourist Cases

Ladies' Travelling Csse-Thts case ~
made of imitation leather The fittings are
OF Colonial Ivory-harbrush, comb. clothes
brush, nail file, buttonhook, soap box tooth
brush box, perfume bottle. and powder bot
tie. Regular $1,000 value. Re 60 M
duced to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ladies' Travelling Case-This case Is OF
genuine leather and has twelve Colonial
ivory Fittings. The regular price S22.5O
was $4,000. Special .............
Men. Travelling Cnse-A pair OK mill
tary brushes, mirror. scissors nail file, soap
box, shaving brush box. tooth paste box.
and toothbrush box are included In this
travelling case of imitation leather The
regular price was s17oo spe- S12.75
cial ....................
WINS travelling Case-rhis genuine
lcat..r travelling case. 0%inches long ard
su inches wide contains eight fine pieces.
The regular price was $4,000. Spc- elk M
cial .,......,,.,.,''''' '''''.'''
The Washington times., 1920-12-12

Capital and Surplus, $500, 10000
Resources, over 81, 500, 10000
The Washington times., 1920-12-12

There is a small group in China,
made I'D almost entirely OF politicians,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

of more than two city blocks. The
American Railway Express Company
has announced the plan of establish.
ing, at an early date, air-express lines
throughout the country, beginning
with line between New York and
Chicago. A Soviet airplane headed
for Germany and carrying four Rus
SLAMS and large quantity of mail in
Guiding documents authorizing inn
portant trade agreements with Ger
many was shot down in Lithunia.
The British Government has sold to
London financial combine about
10000 airplanes, 10000 new engines
and an enormous quantity of spare
parts and material of all kinds, the
purpose being to stimulate British
aircraft building and place it in the
same commanding position as that of
British shipbuilding.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

Again the southern tier of coun-
ties leads the state by being declar-
ed tick free and now the best pure
bred beef and dairy cattle can be
brought into these counties with
safety and the live stock men can
ship their surplus stocks into the
tick free territory. This gives them
a great advantage over the rest of
the state and they are progressing
accordingly. Every county in the
state should be actively at work to
accomplish the same results and en-
JOY the same s.-Jacksonville
Times-Union.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local Applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition Of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachan Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when 1t is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases OF Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which Is an inflamed
condition OF the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

THE $3.50 NEW MILLION
AIRES" who made their fortunes
out of the war may have to pay, in
additional taxes, the $2,OOO,OOO,OOO
needed by the Government for the
proposed soldiers bonus, and also
the 1,0OO,OOO,OOO required to clear
up the floating Treasury deficit. The
plan, which is being considered at
Washington. involves the levying of
a special tax of perhaps so per cent.
on the difference between the wealth
of profteers before and after the
war. Representative Rainey of Ill
inois is said to be one of the strong
est advocates of this plan.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES, the
newly appointed British Ambassador
to the United States, in two recent
speeches, has urged the importance
of more cordial relations between
England and America and has bitter
ly denounced the makers of discord
between the two nations. He said
in part: Nations cannot be judged
by few chance citizens, but by the
expression of their collective will in
hours of crisis" Considering the
events of the World War, he said
mo friend of Britain need be asham-
ed of his friendship" and 'No friend
of America need be other than proud
of his friendship"
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

Experiments at the Florida Expert
ment Station for four years in
succession with eight kinds of
fertilizer under sweet potatoes grown
on high pine land, found the follow
ing mixture to produce highest
yields: 112 pounds dried blood, 81
pounds muriate of potash, and 224
pounds of acid phosphate per acre.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25
GOVERNMENTAL AND POLITICAL

A FLAT TAX PLAN is favored by
Secretary of the Treasury Houston,
as a substitute for the present ex-
cess-profits taxes, in a letter to the
Chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee. Mr.. Houston also
urges that personal service corpora
tions, now exempt, be brought in
side the law. He estimates the loss
in revenue due to the Supreme Court
stock decision at about $4,000, 900
per annum instead of 100000. 900
as originally estimated.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

THE NAVY APPROPRIATION
BILL carries the record-breaking
peace total of 100000 despite
big reductions in the estimate, the
highest peace-time navy appropria-
tion for any previous year being less
than half that amount Aside from
Japan the other world powers have
not authorized any new fighting ships
since the armistice.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

FRANCE has just purchased the
invention rights in a gun which it is
said will throw a projectile 18O miles,
or about three times as far as the
Big Bertha" which was used by the
Germans to lombard Paris. 1t is
expected that this new engine of des-
.uuctiOn will revolutiOnize warfare
1t is claimed that this invention can
be applied to existing heavy guns and
also to rifles and machine guns. in
such manner to double or theble their
velocity and range.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

John Hagan, superintendent of the
county poor farm, was in town last
Friday looking after matters connect
ed with the farm.-DeSoto County
News, 10Th.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

HUNGARY, under the dictator
ship of Admiral Horthy, is reported
to be suffering from a terrorism
worse than that of Bella Kun or even
the eXcesses of the Bolsheviki. Hor-
thy's White Army living in luxury
while the masses and middle classes
die of hunger and cold.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

WARSAW is in the throes of a
general strike. Railways are tied up
throughout Poland and metal work
ers and electrical tramway and water
works employees have left their jobs
as protest against insufficient wages
and the high cost of living.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

HOLLAND is guarding the Ex-
Kaiser more rigidly than ever. The
castle which he occupies at Ameron-
gen is like a fort, being protected by
walls. moats and drawbridges and
also by a heavily-armed force of
Dutch military guards which has re-
Gently been reinforced on account of
alarming conditions in Germany.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

A1RPLANES are being used by the
American Government to chase
smugglers through the skies, this
action having been found necessary
on account of attempts to bring lio-
uor from Canada to the United States
by airplane. 1t is proposed to use
the roof of the new Union Station ot
Chlcago as a landing place for air
planes. The roof will have an area
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

RUSSIAN trade delegates are to be
admitted to England, according to a
statement made to the House of Com
mons by Premier Lloyd George. The
delegates will, the Premier said, con-
sist of representatives of Russian
Cooperative Societies and will be
forced to confine their work to com
mercial lines.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

ROME is experiencing a coal cris-
is which is so acute that gas for
cooking, heating and lighting pur-
poses is supplied only for brief per-
iods during the day and evening, the
restrictions being more severe than
during the war.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

GENERAL SHUTS, Premier Of the
Union of South Africa, has been
elected to the House of the Assembly
and, with the Unionists, will control
the Government by a majority of
four. He is also expected to have
the support of the Labor Party in
his economic and financial measures.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

EUROPEAN RELIEF has at last
been approved, though the plan is
tardy and inadequate, by the House
of Representatives in oa"sing the bill
authorizing the Grain Corporation to
sell for cash or credit" 100000
barrels of surplus -four to Poland,
Austria, and Armenia.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

BOLIVIA has been warned by the
American Government not to attack
Peru. This warning was given be-
cause of anti-Peruyian manifesto
tions at LaPax growing out of long
standing dispute between the two
countries regarding certain territory.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

THE STATE OF MAINE celebra-
ted, on March Is, it's one-hundredth
and the American Legion its first
birthday.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

GOVERNOR HOBBY OF TEXAS
has ordered to the Texas Oklahoma
boundry a force deemed sufficient to
hold oil land involved in dispute be-
tween the two States and has di-
rected that it be surrendered to no
one except upon a decree from the U.
S. Supreme Court
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25
MEXTCO has undertakan IN

MEXICO has undertaken to en-
force the recent Government order
excluding from that county members
of the Association for Protection of
American Rights in Mexico, the Mex
lean Foreign Office having instructed
the Mexican Consul at ElPaso,
Texas, not to wise the passports Of
eleven Americans desiring to enter
Mexico.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

ARGENTINA is much disturbed
by labor unrest. Military syndical-
ism is reported to be rampant; work
crs in many industries are on strike;
and anarchists and other lawless ele-
ments in certain sections are engag-
ed in looting and general disorder in
utter defiance of the local authorities.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25
IMPORTANT WORLD EVENTS

CHINA has finally decided to com
ply with Japan's suggestion for the
opening of negotiations regarding
.Shantung. China, it is said, desires
to reconcile her North and South
factions and considers the unity OF
China more important than the Shan.
tung question.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25

CONSTANTINOPLE has been oc-
cupied by forces of the Allies which
landed at the Turkish capital under
cover of a powerful fleet. Only very
slight resistance was offered and the
population showed no signs of alarm
or panic. The people have been
warned against the commission of
hostile acts.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25
THE WORLD AT LARGE.

THE PRINCE OF WALES has
left London for an Australian tour.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-25
For O. Few Cents a Day
The Thor Electric Cleaner Does
Away With Drudgery
of HOuSeWOrk

The Thor is the best electric vacuum cleaner
made. l am satisfied of this, having made
thorough Investigation of the merits of a half
a dozen makes, any of which I might have sell
ccted. There are so many good features that
it is impossible to mention them all here, but I
want to call attention to the fact that the Thor
is equipped with specially designed General
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trouble; and the Thor is equipped with an ad-
Unstable rubber comb, the only device ever in
vented that positively picks up threads hair,
lint, etc
If you have never used vacuum cleaner or
seen them in use you cannot realize their many
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time and furnishings and keeping your home
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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-01-29
CUT DIAMOND
Jane Bunker:
oopyriSltt.Tha Robbs:herril O.

diction and, greatly elated and excited,
watched for the hour that was TO mark
her initiation into earthly wealth and
occult glory. The hour did not come
in Paris, and she returned to America
a trife disappointed but still expec.
tant.
She nnpacked. She found a slipper,
Where could be its mate? Absent
mindedly she thrust her hand into it
and found-her gift!
"And you see the prophecy was full
filed" she told me. II had been cho-
sen-as the Duval girl said. Every
thing came out precisely as she pre-
dicted-the diamonds really came to
me in Paris, though didn't know it
at the time; there were seven; they
were worth enough to make me f1nan-
cially independent, so can go on with
my work for spiritualism; they came
without human knowledge; I found
them among my things-every detail
was correct"
1t was a frank, Straightforward
story, told with heat of conviction
that think prevented her reading the
establishment that must have kept
growing in my face all the time.
1t was amazing every way I looked
at it; the thing that struck me most
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-01-29
house: 1t was absolutely the only
thing could do.
CHAPTER XIV.
An Important Ownership.

When I left her house this was my
situation with Mrs. Delario she'd
given birth to the incorrigible belief
that million dollars worth of dia.
monds had been presented to her by
an unknown lama in Tibet; sent her
through the air; glued into the toe OF
her slipper, and this in answer te
prayer. And had to reckon with II
as fact-a, fact that yelled me of
the straightforward course I'd beer
about to pursue and bullied me into
taking devious ways.
"No!" replied to myself ten dozen
times. 'The Emperor William didn't
consult me about what he should dc
with his old diamonds; why should he
expect help from me now? He's got
his own machinery to work with-let
him get his diamonds back himself
I'm no detective-I'm not his tool"
Billy was an hour late in reaching
the house and I interrupted his petu
liant explanation as to why he wasn't
two hours late. or three, to commune
cate rapidly-knowing that monsieu,
would be there in minute-.my deci
sion that Mrs Delario was to keep the
diamonds and the Emperor William
might twiddle his thumbs and whistle.
"Ycu took 'em back to her?"
"Yes, and she's to keep them"
"But-what did she say"
The elevator was rumbling, and I
knew who was coming.
"But what are you going to tell mon
sieur?"
The bell rang-I hadn't decided
what was going to tell monsieur.
opened the door. Standing behind
Claire, his glance to me under his OBJ
seQuiOusly lifted hat and across her
head, monsieur rapidly prowled my
face for the sniff of hint that had
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-01-29
II Was Amazing.

1t Was Amazing.
was how her memory had slipped one
little cog and allowed her belief to
roll smoothly off and land her-in
Tibet! She thought the box had been
sent to her in Paris, but she had
worn her slippers on the steamer!
I was about to remind her Of this as
the first step to what saw was 60
ing to be very painful revelation,
when she burst out, "But how, could
he have known about the diamonds?-
that had them in Paris. The only
way can explain it is that either the
Duval girl told him-and she was in
a trance and wouldn't have remem-
bered her prophecy-or he's wonder
: full psychic himself. -. But the
audacity of the man-saying he put
them in my slipperl"
"Claire did," I corrected, by way Of
beginning.
tits the same thing. What lie
to say they're hist"
hurried on: "Claire did 1t on the
steamer-the night before we handed.
That was how. she had been set to
smuggle them through the customs
house. She didn't know what was in
the box-she thought it cipher on
tissue paper to save her fathers life,
and If it was found on her he'd be
put to death; but If it was found on
you or me all right-we couldn't ex-
plain. for we didn't know anything"
WAnd do Won believe that7" Mrs
Delario demanded, her face picture
of amazement-at me!
With that went through the whole
story Of my experiences with mon
sieur, adding no comments on her
story, but telling only his and Claire's
and the legend Of the diamonds.
It took long time 1t took long
nerve. While talked I did not once
look at her-I would not witness the
defeat Of her deep religious convic-
lions and the dissolution Of her hopes.
ended apologetically, $50 you see. ac-
cording to that. the diamonds really
belong to the Emperor William" I.
could not bring myself to come out
with 1t fiat.footedly and say they posi-
lively did.
'Wellf'
Her tone was 30 peculiar that /
looked up quickly. And her face was
a study. She was obviously puzzled,
but amazement still held its ground
amazement at me; pity at me, too, for
my credulity. And moment before
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COMBINE TO KEEP PAPER

The Portland Republican, edited by
j. C. LeBell, and published here for
80 years, one Of the oldest weeklies
in the state, was among the many to
vince at the unlawful pruning Of its
business BY the Brinton- Townley news
paper graft bill. The dubious out