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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21
CHRISTMAS.

Next Tuesday will be Christmas.
May it bring joy into the life of every
reader of the Gazette, every member
of the community, old and young.
In thousands upon thousands OF
homes in this country the Christmas
of 1917 will be Swallowed and sad
dened by the absence of loved ones,
far away, scattered over the face of
earth. over the restless bosom of the
oceans. Some are facing the dangers
of the deep, others amidst the red car
mage of European battle fields, some
taking precarious chances in the I'M
stable air, still others in field, and
camp, and cantonment, ready to re-
spond at a moments notice to orders
that will carry them into the zone OF
danger.
Next Tuesday the thoughts of par
ents and wives, sisters, brothers, and
relatives will be far away with those
dear ones, while prayers will go up
that a merciful Providence will have
them in His keeping.
Recollectons of other Christmas
days, when the absent ones were par
Elephants in the holiday cheer will
throw a shadow upon next Tuesday
for those safe and comfortable in their
homes. Even the knowledge that those
boys have gone for the purpose of saw
ing our beloved country from vassal-
age to a ruthless foe brings but slight
solace in the hour of sacrifice.
Let us live in hopes that long before
another Christmas day comes around
war will be no more, the absent SOL
der boy will again be with us, and a
peace on earth be established never
again to be broken.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

The Colville Examiner tells OF
residence being completely destroyed
near Marcus and $500 in cash burning
up in the fire. One can always nave
sympathy for those who lose their
property through the instrumentality
of fire, but little sympathy is wasted
Oh the man who loses any large sum
of ready money through fire. There
are strong and safe banks in Colville
and if this individual who is now
mourning the disappearance in smoke
of so large sum had displayed ordi-
nary business prudence he would at
least have had that money to fall back
OF after the elimination of his home.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

1t now looks as though under the
rules of anarchy that Russia. in the
face of the country's plighted word,
will make a seperate peace with. Ger
many. 1t is merely the German ele-
nent in power in Russia playing into
the hands of Germany. The conse-
quences will be that Russia will be-
come vassal of Germany. So far as
the peace is concerned it will have no
effect upon the war. Russia has prac
tically been cut out of the war for
will make no difference in the final
results
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

RANGES These losses will increase in
number as more Americans face the
foe. 1t is the price we must pay If the
integrity of the nation is to be main
tanned, if the people are not to be
chained to the chariot wheels of the
conqueror. We must learn to steel
ourselves to the agony many of us
dear ones. War demands sacrifices,
sacrifices almost beyond endurance,
yet if they must be made they could
not be made in a more righteous
cause
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21
WEST okANoGAN IRRIGATION ac.
SESSMENT NOTICE

TIL 1917-1S assessments Of a., W.
ES AKA Valley Irrigation District" es.
que a.. and payable at the office Of fba car are
iSpt Treasurer sure of 0kanogan County. wash
o'clock in the afternoon of the AM 9ist az hye
tDbe eraf 1917, unless sixty per Sau ~
t thefeo1 shall have been paid and that Il
atty of five ne TO c neGom N, DELINQUENT pen
TO- TO the amount thereof, and that If a s,It
per cent thereof be paid on or befn - siX KY
f fe1 ofy wi 3t December the remainder
April SOth next following. eiiiqueht until
+. w. PLESSINGER
County TreaS,ro
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

Much interest was maniiesteu
throughout this country in the can
adam election thGt took place MONDAY
Really the adoption or rejection OF the
draft law was at stake The election
of Laurier, outspokenly opposed TO
CONSUMPTION, meant that the people OF
Canada were against compulsory ser
vice He headed the liberal party. Sir.
Robert Borden, at present head OF the
government. was reelected by a very
Substantial backing.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

America is at last facing the stern
realities of war. Hardly day passes
without the blood of American sold
iers staining the soil of France. Many
Americans were ruthlessly murdered
by. the German barbarians before the
declaration of war. Those losses were
at sea, coming at irregular intervals.
Now Americans are on the fighting
front, and casualties are daily occur
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

The loss of life in the Halifax dis
aster, occasioned by the blowing up of
munitions ship, was not as great
as was at first reported, but the num-
Der of deaths, some 1900, is appalling.
The material reduction in the number
of fatalities does not change the fact
that the catastrophe surpasses in hor-
ror anything in the way of a disaster
that has ever occurred in North Amer
loo
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

Heavy rain storms and mild weather
has disorganzed railroad traffic on the
west side of the mountains. Land
slides, wash outs and floods have
delayed all trains, and it will he some
tirle before the lines are again open
To traNnl
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

During the past week there has been
little fighting on the western front.
Tie fighting has been severe on the
Italian front. the Germans and Aus
TRANS making desperate efforts to
break the line, so far without success,
suffering terrible losses in the effort.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

1t would seem that the incapacity
of the officers and men operating our
vessels is more dangerous to lives and
property than the enemy. Now comes
word that American submarine FL
was rammed by submarine F-3 in
home waters Tuesday, resulting in the
loss of 10 lives. Accidents are always
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

lions are fighting for 1t stable peace,
the preservation of democracy tna'
would be wiped off the face OF the
earth should Germany win by force OF
arms. 1t may cost blood and tears. ana
suffering to win stable peace, put
better that we undergo the tragedy at
this time than wait until strussio
for preservation is fought out on our
own soil, with all the miseries tnat
that struggle would entail, and which
would be inevitable if any terms pro-
posed by Germany should be accepted.
For the truth is not in the leaders Oh
that nation and they cannot be trusted
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

1t is alleged that Norway, nation
that has endeavored to remain strlctiy
neutral since the beginning OF the war
has suffer a loss of 5000 sailors
through. the murderous operations OF
the German submarine. Paying such
a tax ON life to the ruthlessness OF
nation without mercy, without hoho''
without pity, Norway must patiently
submit owing to its weakness IN man
power and its situation where 1t could
easily be overrun, as Belgium was by
the bloodthirsty Hun. In the race OF
the pitiless record that Germany mas
made during the war in it's indiffer-
enfe to the rights and lives OF neu-
trail nations, does any one believe Tor
a moment that country can ever again
regain the confidence and friendship OF
any civilized nation?
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

Tuesday congress adopted the bill
providing for a constitutional amend
ment for national prohibition. The
amendment will be submitted to the
states for ratification or rejection
within seven years. Whether it is to
be nation wide prohibition is now up
to the individual states of the Union.
Many of the states are already in the
prohibition column, so it will require
only comparatively few more to rat
ify the amendment to make it part
OF the constitution.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

liable to happen to men who go down
IN the sea in ships, whether those ships
be on the surface or under water YET
II appears that those accidents are
artirelv too frequent in our navy
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-12-21

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
CHINA TO DECLARE
WAR ON THE TEUTONS
Acting President Fen Kwo Chang Gives
Unanimous Approval of the Action
of the Senate.

PEKING, Thursday August >, delayed.
Acting President Fcng Kwo Chang to-
day approved the unanimous decision
reached at a special meeting of the Chi
ncse cabinet to declare war on Ger
many and Austria Hungary. The minis
tcrS Of the entente powers probably will
meet at the Chinese foreign office on
Saturday to discuss China : declaration
OF war which is expected to he issued
next week.
President Tuan Chi Jul and his politi-
cal followers insist that Fcng Kwo
Chang as vice president automatically
became president when Ii Yuan Hung
declined to resume office. Parliamen-
tarims are assembling at Canton and are
preparing TO organize a military govern
mcnt with the sanction Of parliament
and TO elect a president. Acting Presi-
dent Fcng kwo Chang has asked for lib
eral appropriations to be used in sup
pressing the southern military elements.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
GIRL FINDS OLD SWEETHEART.
Only Clue Was That He Was Some
where on Pacific Coast.

EUGENE, Ore, August 6. - Mary
Dorothy Ford, Is years old, following
the death of her parents at Dickinson,
\. d., set out three months ago to find
her sweetheart, Granville +. Wetzell, 20
years old, from whom she had been sep
arated for several years. Her general
knowledge was that he was somewhere
on the Pacific coast. She travelled to
the Pacific coast and from city to city,
paying her expenses by working as
waitress.
Miss Ford arrived in Eugene recently
and scanning the faces in the crowd
here found Wetzell, who had been max
ing his home with his father, w. G..
Wetzell, on a farm near the city. Wet
Zell and the girl first became friends
when both were residents of North Da-
kota. The girls parents moved to an
other city and the Wetzell family came
to Oregon. Each lost track of the other.
Following the meeting at Eugene the
old friendship was renewed and imme-
diate plans were made for the wedding,
| which took place at the home of the
| bridegroom s father.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
TO DRAW
GUN ON MOTHER
Horton Sheldon Gives Officers Tussle
in Police Station in Springfield
Hearing Tomorrow.

Horton sheldon Of As Nursery street,
Springfield, Mass, was placed in a cell
in the police station in Springfield last
evening, and tomorrow morning he will
be arraigned in the police court on the
charge of carrying a loaded revolver.
Sheldon is said to have come home
intoxicated and to have announced that
he would not sleep at home.
81 II go to the police station and
get myself arrested before III stay
with YOU, his mother SAYS he growled
at her. He hounced out, slammed the
door and went down the street to the
police station, his mother at his heels.
The sergeant at the desk ordered him
home. Cursing and muttering, he re-
fused
III drown myself first, or shoot
her, he yelled, and reached for the
butt of a revolver in his hip pocket
Policeman j. H. Mcdonald, standing be
hind him, jumped for his arm. Mcdonald
and Policeman J. c. Driscoll, after a
lively tussle, disarmed him. and he was
lodged in a cell.
sheldon formerly was employed in
the pressroom at L. l.. Hildreth & Co. Is
in Brattlehoro and later was driver fol
the American Express Co., finishing
work for the latter company last Jan
uary and going to Springfield.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
HOTEL BAR CLOSED.
Vermont at Burlington Charged with
Violating the Statutes.

Bl RLlNGTON, August 6-The Hotel
Vermont bar was closed Yesterday after
noon at ! O'Clock by Sheriff A. 4 Read
OF Williamstown on a warrant issued by
States Attorney Allen Martin on a
charge OF violating the public statutes
relating to the sale Of liquor on Sunday.
The warrant was served on John Dunn.
bartender on duty at the time Sheriff
Read was accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
George a. Tracy of Chelsea and Deputy
Sheriff Leon NJ. McAllister Of Williams
town.
The first inkling of trouble arose after
one Of the deputies had purchased a
bottle Of gin As soon as this transac-
tion was completed the sheriff read the
warrant and the bartender was placed
under arrest and later was released under
$500 bail The serving of the warrant
was done by Orange county officials be.
, cause the Chittendcn county officials wer,
too well known
The bartender claims that hotel meI
in this city have always sold liquor t,
their guests on Sunday and thinks thi
will be nothing more or less than tes
case to find ont whether or not th
practice of l. years will be discontinued
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

A Philadelphia touring ear standing in
front of Hoadley's restaurant about 2.3O
o'clock this afternoon was sideswiped by
load of logs and considerably damaged.
The logs were being hauled northward
and one wheel caught in the ear track,
swinging the rear end of the logs side
wise so they struck the car and moved
lit along. One running board was
smashed, hub cap was Knocked off and
other damage was done.
A reward has been offered for informa
tion leading to the whereabouts of Fran
els koref, known as Frank Koref, by the
Kings county detective bureau, Brooklyn
in notice sent to Chief of Police George
Wilson. He has been left legacy and
the executor is trying to locate him
The letter to Chief Wilson states, that
Koref is believed to have been in Brat
tleboro two years ago. He is "a years
old, weighs 40, five and a half feet tall
dark brown hair, brown eyes. He had &
mark on the left side of his nose where
a healed pimple had hardened. He hai
been salesman for Office furniture,
patent medicine, and pocket books a
different times. He is Mason.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
GREECE'S NEW KING
is DULY SWORN IN
Venizelos Stands at His Right as He
Takes Bible from the Presid-
ing Bishop.

ATHENS, August 6.--King AleXan-
der took the oath of office Saturday amid
great pomp. Preceded by troop of
soldiers he rode from the palace in a
carriage drawn by four horses through
the streets lined with cheering citizens,
to the parliament building, where he
was met hv committee of parliament,
the council of ministers and the clergy
and escorted to the legislative hall,
which was profuselv decorated. The
diplomatic corps was present in full
dress and the chamber was filed with
deputies. ministers and guests.
The king wore the white uniform of
a general, with numerous decorations.
Ills entrance was the signal for hearty
cheers. Standing between Premier
Ncnizelos at his right and the president
Of the chamber Of deputies at his left,
the King took the oath upon a bible
handed him by a bishop Of the Greek
church. Again the hall rang with cheers
and shouts Of Long live Alexander!
4" Long live the Constitution! and
Long live Nenizelos,
Alexander then read the speech from
the throne on the attitude of Greece to.
ward the belligcrcnt powers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
FUNERAL OF DIR. DONNELLY.
Body of Prominent Gardner Surgeon
Brought Here for Burial.

The funeral of DR. John B. Donnelly
of Gardner, Mass. was held in the Sa-
cred Heart church in Gardner Saturday
morning, solemn requiem high mass be
ing celebrated by Rev Father John +.
McDermott, assisted by Rev Father
Thomas p Ryan and Rev. Father S. j.
Chalapowski. Delegations from the
Knights of Columbus, A o. H. and phy-
sicians attended. besides many Others.
The funeral party came to Brattleboro
by automobile and Rev. Father James p.
Rand officiated at the eommittal service
in st. Alichael's Roman Catholic GENE
terry.
DIR. Donnelly died Thursday of brights
disease at the age of 60. He was ma
tive of Westminster, Mass. a graduate
| of Holy Cross college, where he was a
star athlete, and the medical department
at Harvard. He formerly was president
of the Worcester North Medical society
and was chief staff surgeon at the Henry
| Haywood memorial hospital in Gardner.
His wife was Miss Nellie Bowler of
| Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
STATE NEWS NOTES.

Ten applicants. six men and four
women, Saturday at st. Adams took the
civil service examination at the federal
building under the direction of the local
board of examiners for first grade clerical
positions in the internal revenue and
|other field service positions under the
government.
County Agent Forts ii. Abbott esti-
mates that the potato crop III Washing
ton county will exceed 10000 bushels
which Is little over double that of a
gear ago. The acreage is approximately
5000 against 5000 acres last year. His
estimate on the hay crop is 100000
tons against 10000 tons in 1916.
Angeo G. Comolli, a granite manufac.
turer, died Sunday at his home in Barre
He was born in Italy in 1866. He estab
lished a granite plant here in 1892 ant
had been active for a quarter century il
the development of the industry. II,
was a Woodman and a member of the
Manufacturers association. His wifi,
and five children survive The funera
was held today.
George Northington of Benningto,
was elected president of the Vernon
State Golf association at the annua
meeting held Saturday in Burlington a
the conclusion of the finals in .he annua
tournament. Clarence l.. Holden of Ben
nington was elected secretary treasurer
1t was voted to hold the next annua
tournament with the Mount Anthon,
lelub at Bennington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
WAR TAX BILL is
FINALLY REVISED
Latest Estimates Reported to Senate
Today Proposes to Raise
S2,006, $40, 900.

WASHINGTON. August G.-The war
tax bill. finally revised to meet the latest
estimates, was favorahly reported today
by the senate finance committee 1t pro-
poses to raise s., COG $40, GOO by taxation.
The house bin proposes 81, ,s67 ,000, goo
in new taxes. No provision for addi-
tional bonds, to be considered later by
the house, was made in the senate bill.
Chairman Simmons plans to call up the
revised bill for debate the latter part of
the week and hopes for its final enact
ment by congress early next month
Most Of the new taxes proposed un-
der the revised bill for war expenses of
the present fiscal year would come from
incomes, war excess profits, liquor and
tobacco taxes.
The revised senate bill strikes out the
retroactive tax upon last year 5 incomes,
but principally, by increasing surtaxes
on wealthy persons, and by doubling the
normal tax on corporations, proposes
Ito raise So ,000,0 600 in addition to the
$50 600 now secured from incomes.
1t proposes a levy of SJ62 100000 on
war profits and extends the tax to indi-
yiduals in trade or business as well as
corporations.
The original senate committee provi-
sion for an increase of one-quarter Of
one cent a pound in publishers mailing
rates and a five per cent tax upon their
net incomes over $1,000 in lieu OF the
house plan for increasing postal rates
| by a zone system, was retained. The
house provisions reimposing Spanish
war stamp taxes We're substantially re-
tanned
The total estimated increase in feder-
al revenues of 5000 ,970,0 600 proposed
under the amended bin was said today
/ by Chairman Simmons and treasury eX
perts to be conservative. Many OF
those IN charge of the revision believes
the bin viii in actual operation yield
lmanY millions more.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
BrattlebOrO Boy Writes of
Experiences in Transport
ing Wounded
LOADS AUTOMOBILE
WHILE UNDER FIRE
Shell Shrieks 10 Feet Overhead and
Lands 100 Feet Beyond, Giving No
self as Is Custom

Senator Sanford A. Daniels has just re-
ceived a letter from Merrill Haskell of
Brattleboro, who is in the American field
service in France 1t is dated July Is and
in part is as follows:
I'VE have been at several different
camps, but are finally settled in big
hospital about six miles from the front
We are doing mostly evacuation work
that is, taking wounded from here back
to larger hospitals We have not been up
to the front much
''On the 18th we had our most exciting
time. Our chief rushed in and ordered
ont six cars at once | happened to be
one of those on the list to GO He said
the Germans were shelling field hospital
near the front We were off in about
three minutes with another French sec
tion 1t took about 90 minutes to get
there. While waiting to go in, for only
| two can 90 IN at once, we heard an awful
z-Z-z-z-z-z sound, and we lay down on our
stomachs just where we were That IL
what we are supposed to do, for the dam
| ger is much less ] slid under my car The
/ she'll landed in a field to our right. Moth
| ing more happened until / had my ar
loaded with wounded and was Just start
ing. Then came another z-z-z-z-z-z, close
one 1t went about 10 feet over the car
and land ed about 100 feet in front of me
There was nothing to do but stay in the
car and keep on going.
when we get used to them we will be
able to tell Just about where a shell is
going to land, by the sound We can hear
them coming for some time before they
hit
There is a big bunch of airpanes near
here, that is, big camp of them Every
clear night the German machines come
over and try to get it. We have seen
some mighty good battles in the air. es-
pecially the first night we We're here.
There was full moon and not cloud
in the sky. The air was full of airplanes
and shrapnel. little to our left Ger
man and French plane met 1t certain
ly was a wonderful sight OF course we
couldn't see the planes, but we could see
the flashes of the machine guns and hear
the engines. don't believe either plane
was hit, but the German retired.
The office in Paris sent ont fine
bunch of baseball stuff, so we are playing
ball much Of the time 1t is quite sight
to the natives here
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-06
IN WAR CLOUD THREE YEARS.
Soldier, Mind Blank Since Mons Re
treat, Receivers.

LONDON, August Ga soldier in the
London hospital, wounded in October,
1914, in the retreat from Mons, who had
lost his memory completely and had never
been identified, has come back after
nearly three years, and famous war
mystery has been solved.
The mans picture was printed recently
and was seen by Joseph Butler of~Lon-
don. He suspected it was his brother and
sent an old friend to visit the mystery
man The moment the visitor entered the
room the patient recognized him anC
called cheerily. Hello Jack. Come sit
here and talk with me-" He was identi
fed by the visitor as John Butler, anC
later the brother, Joseph, confirmed this
The only fact concerning himself tha
John Butler had been able to recall wa
that he had belonged to a Cornwall regi
ment. At the hospital he was known a
John Mason He is now on the road t.
complete recovery.