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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1914)
w ONTARIO-The future Metropolis of f astern Oregon f he Banner Wool Market for the Interior of Oregon mtt&rio The Ontario Argus lends in Prestige, merit, and Circula tion. Watch as grow m &Vgtt. The Produce from 15,000,000 acres is marketed from On tario each year Representative Newspaper of Ontario and Malheur County. VOLUME XVIII ONTARIO. OREGONTHURSDAV. AUGUST 6, 1914. NO. 32 GERMANY DECLARES WAR AGAINST RUSSIA Emperor William Takes Initia tive When Czar Declines to Cease Mobilizing. DOG SWIMS SIX MILES. London. Events In the European ctihIh developed with startling rnpldlty ri'l the general war. which has been the apprehension of European states men for generations, In apparently under way. Germany took the Initia tive and declared war on (lunula when the ciH.ru government declined to comply with the German request to cease mobilization. Oermany alao delivered an ultima tum to France asking that country to define what attitude ahe would na aume In caae of a war between Ger many and Ruaala, but the Kalaer'a hand apparently waa forced by France's action In calling for mobili sation of her army and the German rmy has Invaded France without a declaration of war. One German force crossed the French frontier near the village of Clrey, between Nancy and Hirasaburg, and another German detachment, probably the Twenty ninth Infantry. Invaded the grand duchy of Luxem burg, neutral territory between He I glum and Germany, and continued I Ih march on the French fortified town of Longwy A dispatch from Brussels said there whs good reaaon to believe that thin force entered France The German force of 20.000 men. which came Into France near Clre. which Is 40 miles from Nancy. Is re ported to have been repulsed with beuvy losses. Oroitsi Dataware River Diagonally After Motor-boat of Matter. Wilmington, lel. T. M. Hull. mi of Newport. Del., has u bird dog tunt beats limning pigeons or anything ISM Tor "turning up." When Mullen started from here In Mm niotoibont for Fcnton s Heath. V .1 . where lie Iiiih a siinmier cottage, he found IiIm dog, Hpei-kle Flirt, hud followed liliu for miles from Newport to tliu wharf. He drove her back, us he supposed Two hours afterward, when he waa sitting n hl- Mir-li. he hiiw n wet and forlorn BBjsrt crawling up to liliu He was n mured to Hud It wnx III dog. The iiuiiinil swum diagonally across the Delaware river, a distance of six miles, to re 'I'll her master She must have kept the niotorlmnt In view all the wnr. for If was her llrt visit to the heacti Mr. Hullen now say there Is not enough money In the mint to buy that dog. lie also savs she ran go with him In the iimtorhoat hereafter when ever she pleases. ONTARIO NATIONAL BANK IN ATTRACTIVE NEW HOI Now Located In Heart of Business Section In Larger Building CONGRATULATIONS POUR IN UPON THEM NEW YORK HARROR HAS FAMOUS TWINS Only Their Wives Can Tell Them Apart. London Sir Kdward Grey has an nounced mobilization of the brltlah army and navy. War by England against Oermany waa decided on by the British cabinet, according to high government offl clals. The decision was said to be directly due to the kaiser's disregard of Belgium's neutrality The Hrltihh ambassador at Berlin demanded that It be respected. Ger many refused. The upshot was a meeting of the British cabinet, at which, It waa stated on high authorlt It was agreed that hoetllltles were Inevitable. The most Germany was willing to concede to Belgium, It was understood, was to respect the Jailers neutrality If It would permit German troops to use Its railroads In crossing Belgian territory on their way to Invade France. This proposition, It was an nounced by the HritiMh foreign office Belgium promptly rejected. belli.. Wheat Bluewicin, 85c; club. 83c, red KusBian. Hiic Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa. $14 per ton. Butter u.iiiM-ry, 28c L'ggs 30c. KAISER WILHELM ilb&fc New York.-Oiptulu Iteglnald Fay .in d Captain Bertram! Fay are the "two Dromlos" of the New York Central and Hudson Hlver railroad's itotuia lu New York waters. They are twins and ure ho much alike that it Is sukl only their Vivas cuu "lell them apart. " Captain Iteglnald Is Hllpei llitelldeiil of the tu.i line department of the company. Cup tain Hertraiul commands tug No. 13. The twins are gi.iduatu of the New York Nautical hcIiooI. They were both in tlu same SSMS on the old St. Mary's training ship There they were togged out alike and loktsl and SJJSkS so much alike as to i. ..lu their Instructors from the time the) came ulsmrd to the day they received their diplomas. After cniiiplctlhg their course on the St. Mary's, which included several cruise across the Atlantic, they ship ped as uMchodlcd seamen nUuird the Amerlcau -hip Alice l CooKr. sailing from the East Thirty-first street pier for .anilbar, Bombay and Hongkong. Cuptaln James Maunders usslgne.1 oue of the twins to the slut board and the other S the port wutcb. Thcv were still clad allue Both could steer nice ly, so they were detailed as helmsmen watch and watch, it was a four hour trick at the w heel. To the captain's wife It appeared that the same man was doing both watches The skipper was a ateru man. and she was a bit afraid of him But finally she mustered up courage to protest. "Captain," said she, "have you no merry for that boy? He's liecti at the wheel ever since the day we left New York. Will you never relieve hlui. the poor lud?" The captain roured. "The Joke's on you this time " Then he explained how her sympathy had been wasted. Captain Itcgliiald Fay Is presldeut of the Alumni a-.-o. hit ion of the Nautical school. He has a record lis u life silv er. On Aug. ."., lsvs. while still a lad on the St Mary's, he went to the PMCOS Sf I nam who had l.een wrecked in his .raft beyond the line of the breakers off Center Mi ill. lies. N. V The Bllll w '!- -.. he:i V that t ,e rUUg iii wools' h"t launch a boat Fa. wool .ell alone in a bosi uini broagbi the man In. I'm- thi- be received ,i silver medal from the Life IsrUlfl Mi uevolenl assa latfcui and also gold liicd.tl frOU the lioti- proprietor lit Center Moricboa. Captsta Ruins Id" s n g one titm aaalsta.nl goneral lupsHrlntandaul of an the !. roada of the Brooklyn Rapid Tiiin-it coini 'iny, nnil in recognition "f his iinpmv nig the service In Last N w York the ciii us of the Twenty sixth w.ud present. ' him with a -liver -ervhe. The Ontario 'National Bank moved Into its new home August 1, tnd on that evening welcomed literally hun dreds of their friends and well wishers into and through the new banking room. Congratulations poured in upon them for their enterprise In anticipating the hanking needs of Ontario and commu nity by installing at this time such a splendid equipment for the desired pur psjsj, The new room is the latest thing and the last word in modern and useful hank equipment and ia very attractive and comfortable; a special room for ladies is provided, where they may rest, write or use the desk phone; a Are proof vault holds the aafety deposit boxes, and a burglar proof vault houses the large screw-door aafe, which ia It self burglar proof; the cages and room for the working force are comfortable and convenient; the d'rectora' room ia aupplied with splendid furniture, the lobby is marble and all furniture in the room is heavy mahogany. The lighting is beautiful and soft to the eye, It being the indirect system, and is without the glare usual from electric lights This bank was formerly a private bank, then a -tate institution, and was converted into a national bank in 1909. It was fust organized by Stephen Car- aiatant cashier, vcr, in 199, who, with the same gentle-1 bookkeeper. men that now constitute the official board of the Ontario National Bank, started and conducted the bank of On tario A few yesra ago it was decided that a national charter would serve the needs of the locality to better advantage and a national charter was taken Mr Carver has not been connected with the bank for a good many years. When first organised, it was the only hank in a territory larger than any of the New England states. The directors are well known local men, own a great dual of productive real estat u Malheur county, and are among the heavy taxpayers of the county. They arc alao classed among the leading busineaa men of the valley, and their ownership and control of the Ontario National Bank insures to the stockholders of and depositors in that hank the kind of a banking business that moans safety. C. W Mo ire of B..ise. Win. I. iii lil of Portland, Fred Hainea of Harnev, Fred Palmer of Jor dan Valley and J. L. Cole of Long Beach are stockholders Messrs. Adam. Blackaby, Brosnan, Kmison and Van (iilse are directors. The officers are: J. R. Blackaby, preaident; L. Adam and C. R. Emiaon, vice presidents; W F Iloman, cashier; C C. Defrees. as and Karl Bluckaby, SET FIRE TO BURN WITCH. Story Told by Four Boys Charged With Arson. PstSMSB N. J. -Four youths Just enteilng their teens appeared before liecorilcr Carroll on a charge of setting tne M the home of tieorgc lunn. SB Marshall street They were Frank Tumulty and John Hyde, 1H2 Slater street. Charles (Jriffon mid John liouo hone, Marshall street. They were placed under the care of Probation tWlccr Mahoney. According to fhe story told to Police Captain McBrlde hv the boys, they started the Hie to get revenge on Mrs. Amelia Corbet I of H Marshall street, who. they -..id was it witch and cast spells over them. iHinn has been in the almshouse for several weeks and his home Is In charge of Mrs. George Gnlllgher, a cnmtnker. The Imi.vh snld the believed they could burn Mrs. Corliett's place by setting fire to Plum's house They .started a fire In a clothes closet, but It was extinguish ed by neighbors with buckets before the arrival of the firemen. TESTING GUNS TO DESTROY AIRSHIPS NEWS OF GENERAL I INTEREST IN IDAHO Important Occurrences Of The P-st Week From Cities In Our State HR$. W00DR0W WILSON DIED THURSDAY AFTERNOON Mrs. Wilson, wife of the president of the United Statea, died in the White House in Washington, I) C. , at 6 o'clock thia afternoon after an illness of four months. She was afflicted with nervous ailments and Bright's disease. Her husband and daughters were at the iiedside For several days it has lieen known to those in closest touch with the White House that Mrs. Wilaon was gravely ill and that hope for her recovery was slight. TRAIN IS DESTROYED RY FRENCH AVIATOR Field Guns Willi Split Trails Most Salisiaclory. CITY COUNCIL MEETS IN REGULAR SESSION Kaiser Wilhslm, emperor of Ger many, who declared war on Russia and invaded Francs without a declaration. But th. Bear Csnt Talk. Indepeiidetn c Kan A novel defense SB put up l.v Manuel fit-cling. negro under Brrsst here on the charge of violating ti. e prohibitory law. He s.i.vs the band of Imttlcd beer cap Hired at bis DISCS was for hi pg beer with which lie does a vaudeville act Manuel Kiivs the bear drinks Iota of beer ami lust naturally bus to have It and that vv;is why he hid so much on hand It was till on lo. too, by the way The regular meeting of Hie city coun cil was held Monday evening The fire chief aaked for fire coata and helmets and the request was granted. The United States Plumbing and Heating Company was instructed to make the necessary repairs to the flag Kile. ordinance No. 2111, providing for the issuance of sewer bonds to cover the applications for benefits under the Bancroft bondiug net, was passed City Marshal Odell addressed the Council and requested that his resigns tioii be accepted and a successor ap polntsd by Ssptssabsr I le snsbls sisj to make the canvas for sheriff. The council granted the request and H. I. Nos was appointed to till the vacancy. The street committee was instructed to buy oil and have the streets oiled Tuesday, August 18, was declared to bs clean up day and all citizens are no tified to clean up all weeds and garbage. The usual license Were ordered issued. I'lutl ib visiting I'.u nut Mi- Nellie her brother in J. V. Mc( .il loch was in Vale on bo-mess Wednesday Miss Anna Mc(iivern will ar rive from Portland Haturday, when-she has been teaching in the summer school. Paris. Hurling bombs from a soar Ing aeroplane, a French aviator waa reported as having done heavy dam age to the Herman forcea at Longwy Among bis exploits It was said he destroyed a Uermau armored train. A Parla meaaage told of Kolaud Gar ros' sacrifice of his life In bringing down a Herman dirigible Sunday, Just after It had crossed the frontier rroiu Alsace-Lorraine Into France, killing every one of Its crew of 26 The dirigible, a big Zeppelin, waa said to have been scouting (jarros, aa so. ,n aa he sighted It, swooped down upon It, the story ran. from a height of loan feet, running Into It with bis machine at full force. In stantly, It was atated, rhc dirigible burst Into flames, and with the aero plane still entangled In Its wreckage, dropped like a plummet The victims' corpses were said to have been charred beyond recount Hon. Another German Zeppelin waa re ported lost in r the French village of Toul at dusk i ,..iy night Like the other air craft, It appears to have been scouting. A French av 1..101 aeelng It, made an immediate as. .1,1 with an aeroplane to u height I much greater than the Z. imoliii. and ratn.-d shots upon it His lire pi,, v.. I I SO etfei live th.it the dirigible aoon ' ; crashed to the miouihI and all on hoard INI killed Their number was not ! given, hut was supposed to hue he.-ii beiwi . n jo nnil i(,. ;.. I., -. , ,,,,, plemeiit of Slrsklpt of the Ze,ielin type. The aviator who brought It down, however, lost control of ms own ma chine during the fight, fell with bis machine and was dashed to pieces. Paria. That overw helming defeat marked an attempt Sunday by a dlvl alon of Uhlans, Germany's crack cav alry, to capture I'etlt Croix, France, was made known n.-i . Aa the Germans advanced the French garrison opened on them with machine guna The cavalry charged repeatedly, but each time waa beaten back by a murderous hail of steel Jack eted hullei Their flual repulse was so complete that they left their dead ou th field Washington. -In the future every Held gun made for the army will lie (instructed with a spe.-hil view for Its use ngiiliiHt Hying machines, though Its availability for urdlunry lighting iignliiHt land force will not U- de aroyed. While every make of aeroplane guu. is well as all the special models made to light air craft, has been carefully un e iic it.-ii l.v the war department authorities, (lie attitude has been taken that It Is useless to attempt to stop iitinck from the air by means' of my special gun. Therefore the trans fin million of th id artillery to such a form as will render It available to re tad attack from (he air as widl na o.i terra Drum Iiiih liecn the decision reached by our military authorities This nblcct has Ih-cii achieved by the use of the "Hplli trail" for all field gnus. The ti. ill of n Held gun Is the pun upon which (hens oil SSBMB wheu the guu Is llrisl. and In all old slyle guns this was one piece, while In the I aw guns la-lug made It Is divided like a compass used for drawing. B.v this means the ordinal v Held gun can l... given so great an elevation that It In able to light the cneinv thousands of feel above, while In (be Imwhcr, with lis SBBSftor elevation. (Ids feature be conies still more useful In case an extreme elevation n needed where an ucioihinc nllin k Is expected the trulls, already divided to kIvc the highest elevation possible under ordinary clr i iiinstanies. me hurled In Hie ground. while the w lu-els of (be vveasui are left in (heir norma! position. The six pound hovvltei. with Hie i -hanged trail, an be fclvcii an elevation of 70 de gives, while the Meld guns, which tin iicr the old ajrstsn sad onljf ss alsrs lion or '-'ii duress, bj sinking the trulls liiiv easily hit un object nl an angle of Ml degrees This, however, is but a hiiiiiII part of the work being done for deleuse against aeroplanes, as It Is generally lealicd that with the (remendoiis speed of the uiisleni nlr raft their destruction Is simply an exaggerated foiln of dUCk shooting, with Hie (lie I. iv.nl to lire ha. k at the hunter. Therefore it Is bsllsvsd thai it is ..i,u bj Bgbtlug back s lib Uks air t rsfl that nuii h will Imi accomplished. Colons! lease N Lewis, I s .v, re tired, has pcileited a gun vvln.li has given some remarkable results in tests held both In I In-, i oiiuii v uini in In lope Willi lliis weapon Lieutenant siiiiiiiL'u.- of tin- Belgian imijr, til ing f'loui a Clahuiuc While biplane w lil. b vv.i traveling at the rale ol II fl miles an hour placed eleven ,,,s mil of ntleill in .1 Ihlrlv foot target. The gllg HI capal.le of tiring a maximum of TSO sbolfl I m iillle. vv'e;iMiii Is of the air cooled t v pc ami weighs lull twenty. six and a bull (sounds while It tires the am munition used in (be oidimiry l.vpe nf small uini of the counliv wliLh lliav adapl it ill the I'liiled States this being a ' csllusr County Division Is Up. Grnn;evllli -County division Is nn absorbing topic atnong the politicians of Nei Perce county and Is having much lo do wllh the filing of cnndldn clea for county offices There nre two proposed divisions One takes .i large slice off (he north part, com mencing at a point lu Lawyer's can yon and running dun east to the Mon tana state line. It Includes a small part of Lewis county and Hiiggesla one of the Clearwater towns, Kiituluh, KnoHklii or Btltes as the county seat. It Is proposed to call this county gel way. The name suggested for the other division Is Randall It would begin In Lawyer's canyon and run south to Boise count v. Inking In the largest part of Camas Prairie, Whlteblrd. Salmon Hlver. Klgglns. Domeque and Joseph Plains. The proposed cuuuty aeat is Cottonwood Lightning Sets Fire to Barn, Cilldesiie V boll of lightning act fire to the big barn of C. C Christie, north of (own, during an electrical storm. Mr. Christie mid his wife were milking near (he burn when the light ning struck and were affected by the shock Soon after being hit the barn burst Into flames and hurtled lo the ground. Forty Ions of hay were de siroed, a valuable brood sow and eight pigs and several sets of harness being burned with the barn One set of harness was all that was saved. The loss Is IIHOO. with no Insurance. Welser Has Bad Firs. Welser . The worst fire that has visited i Int. town III several years started about 4 o'clock In the morning and within an hour three frame struc tures almost In the heart of the bust ness district, with nearly all their contents, were totally destroyed and a general conflagration threatened. The loss will he heavy with small lu ail ranee Marqula Wheat Tried. Lewlsioii Samples of Marquis wheat received here Inst -pilio- from Canada ami distributed among Dm far rs by the Vollmer Clearwater Grain company are being brought In l.ewlston and (he grain Is showing up well. According to some farmers' statements It will fill n long felt need for a good sprlnc, vainly which will bring lup prices Tor milling. Genesee Barley Heavy. Ceueaee. Ilnrli V is weighing .1 well Hampton i Drlsooll brought III some full growth that w tughed IM POUndM In ( - S.H k RAYMOND POINCARE Blatt Rj 1.500 Foot Hill. Colli. n. Oil LIl-Iiiv thousand pounds of ihii'iuillc were u-.is In one blast bars to demolish tuiri of Mount glover, a hill about I ..lull crumbled a law and uncovered millions of tons of lime stone used foi iniikilig einelit it hlli The blast portion of the hill 1 BsS Jil gggQgagaVV' I ' ' V Raymond Polncare, president of ! France, whose government will side with Ruaala in the present European crisis.