'meufOTTD MAIC TRTnCTNTE, MTTDTOttT). OTIEfiON'. TTTSTUY. FETVTiFA'RY 1020. IN SPITE OF THE E WASHINGTON'. Feb. 21 Despite tho foreimi exchange situation the trade balance in fuvor of the United States iiiereased J237.000.00') in January, figures made public today bv tbc department of cumuifrec show. 1Mb. exports and imports showed an advance, the value of goods sent out of the country bciinr $7:11.000.000 sind that of those received $474,000, 000. The exports compared with $082, O0O.000 in December ami li2.'l,O00.O00 is January a vcar lino. Imports com pared with .f.iSl.OnO.OijO in Decem ber nnd $213,000,000 in 'January, 3910. i For the seven months of the fiscal Tear bctrinnintf last July I exports totalled $4.f!M. 000.00(1 and imports $2,708,000,000 leaving a trade bal ance of $1,820,000,000. The trade balance, for the corresponding' seven months the vear before was $2,099, 000,000. Gold imports for the seven months vcriod amounted to $38,000,000 ns compared with $11,000,000 in 191!) and exports $31,000,000 attains!. $23. 000,000 Inst vear. :. Exports of silver for (he same pe riod amounted to $122,000,0(10 com pared with $1 79,000,000 in the cor- j responding period tli rci'.r before. CONTINUE TALK ON PEACE TREATY CHICAGO. Kvh. .24. Owners M mo vinir picture theater in Chicago todav aiirioimi-eil thev would close their houses Pebruarv 2fl unless the. ratification will In-ifin Thursday under ' Muvinir Picture Operators' union dis- WASHINGTON-, Feb. 24. Uniu-1 terrupted eonidenilinn of the peace! treaty until a decision i.s reached on a plan announced in the senate todav by Senator Lodiie, the republican leader? and received without objec tion from the democratic side. De cision to keep the treaty uo ..continu ally was regarded generally ua likely to hrin ir ouiekly to a decision the con flii't of opinion niJioiur the lemocrats leardintr reservations. Keturnini; to the capitol after two missed its business nircnt xm.il moiii fied its demands to the theaters "to tinphtv men who are not needed iust so that some unemployed men in your organization may be paid." The an nouncement was made in a letter :o operators advising them their serv ices would not be reo"ircd after .Sun day. Turn Mallov. nuent of the opera - days' absence. Senator Hitchcock. tors union, declared film exchanges the democratic leader, huh todav he which sided with the theater owners U-rill i ) ,a I..V-.tt.. . al'iv tl.not..- had not been approached with a pro posal for a party caucus, although democratic senators are eudcuvoriu to urrantre one. "Jf any considerable number of democrats want such a conference," he faid 'I certainly shall not oppose the htnrtfpNtion." .Republican claims that twenty- two democrats had shown a wiihnir ness to neecpt the republican rcM-r-vatioys without change were said by the democratic leader to be "prob ably exaggerated," but he added that he had not made a canvass of the situation durimr the last few davs. The Crown of Womanhood is motherhood. But many women face the ordeal of maternity without sufficient preparation. At such times and later the mother should take a vegetable tonic, sold by druggists and known in almost every home as Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Thousands of women have testified as to its efficacy as docs the following : Omak, Wash. "In tho five years we have been married we hav had three children and lost two of them. I doctored with two . of our local doctors and they told mo I had kidney troublo. I began taking Dr. Pierce's medicines, first having wri'Cbn'to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, in Buffalo, N. Y., telling exactly how I was and had been, what I had done, and psked what I should do. They told me to take Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription, which is a woman's medicine; the 'Golden Medical Discovery,' which is a tonic; and the 'Anurie Tablets' for the kidneys. I took all of these medicines and to-day I have a strong, healthy little girl, also I am better than I ever was before. " I can never thank Dr. Pierce enough for his kindness in giving me advice all du-ing expectancy and in analyzing the samples, free of charge, that I sent to him." Mrs. H. D. Simpson. in the United States nnd O.nadn." Film exchanges annomiecd tliev would cease delivery of films after February -9. Mallov was a business partner of ".Mossy" KnriL'lit. noted Chieairo labor feudist and L'tinman, who recently was shot and killed. ANOTHER GRANGE IS OPPOSED TO POLITICS I'OUTLANI). Ore., Feb. 24 Strolls; opposition to affiliation between the i:raiii;c and the land and labor party, the non-partisan league, or anv other purlisuii organization, and the criti cism of anv state i:nini.'c officials who "have put other and partisan in terests above the welfare of the liriiniro." nre expressed ill a resolu tion adopted recently and made public todav bv the Kusselvillc Grange. The resolution is in a similar vein to that passed .January Ul by the Evening Star Orange at (ireshain in which the Oresliain organization declared itself as unalterably opposed to link iner in anv way the Grange with anv others in the formation or fostering of anv political party. ICE BREAKING FLEET LONDON, Fob. 21. Tho capture of leo breaking and other naval craft by the red forces which uro overrun ning tho Archangel und Murmansk sections in north Russia Is reported in n soviet coimr. unique received to day. The statement reads: "According to supplementary in formation from Archangel our troops captured tho battleship (?) of the Chosmnr river flotilla nnd two heavy nnd five light Ico breakers. "Tho enemy Is bombarding Cihcu Itchosk (Sea of Azov) from tho sea. "Fierce fighting Is continuing urofllid Rostov nnd Nakhitchovau (ou tho Don). "Red troops have captured the fortifications of t'.ulitch." TONIGHT Don't forget to hear Am phion Concert Orchestra AND SEE Norma Talmadge "THE ISLE OF CONQUEST." A play of romance and ad venture with Norma at her very "most striking." 4 DAYS 4 STARTS TOMORROW Never a Film Like This Back To God's Country Adapted from "WAPI THE WALRUS" James Oliver Curwood "Winter scenes netunlly taken awav ni) in the A re tin eirele north Irialto 16 Varieties of Wild Animals 10 FLU VICTIMS HTIAMn 1 IUV PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 24. Ten deaths from influenza were report ed at the city health office todav. These occurred during Sunday and Monday, no reports having been made Yesterday on account of it being a holiday. Today's report brings the total of deaths to eight -four since the epidemic reappeared here a month ago. It also was re ported by the hctlllh bureau that there are thirty-seven new cases hero, making a total of 878 cases now m I'orlland. There has Been il8 J cases nfported to the city health office since the outbreak of the disease this year. NEW YORK Feb. 2 4. Demand bills for tho English pound sterling dropped a ',4 cents hero ICday, open ing prices being quoted at fS.35'4. Franc checks opened at the rate of 14. t0 for tho American dollar, orr 5ij centimes, and lire checks were quoted at 18.4 0, down 4 5 centimes. The German mark was quoted at 1.05 cents. At the end of the first hour de mand sterling lad rallied to Jli.SSli, PI P".iii up 3 "4 cents from Cables $3.39 14. the opening IE T SALF.M. Ore.. Feb. 21. Jack I,n Kose, 118, known to authorities throughout the state us "The Gas l'ipe Murderer," who escaped nearly a vcar ngd'Trom thd Vuvtodv of state penitentiary' guards here, is held bv Hie chief 'bl- police,'! nt Shawnee, Okla., and an officer from the prison will leave lijniglit to return him here. LaKose was :sentenced to life im prisonment i fori murdering II. New man, n Portland pawnbroker, in Mav. 1'JO!). lie escaped March G, 10111. , .. I'OKTLANI). Ore., Feb. 24. Ur gent telegrams were sent todav bv the local post, American Legion, lo the members of the Oregon delega tion in congress, asking that every effort be made lo obtain action on the proposal for a government bond issue to provide funds wherewith to imv all ex-service men bonuses aggregat ing sums of jf.'iO a month for the service perioil of each in the late war. A call was also issued for a mass meeting to be held here"nc.t Monihtv evening, at which efforts wdl be made to rrvslnllizc sentiment in favor ot the proposal. 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