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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-01-18

A democratic exchange speaking Of
the attitude and activities Of the pres
ident and ex-presidents upon the con-
duct OF the war rather CONTEMPORARY
remarks that ex-President Taft occas-
ionally devotes some time to speaking
on Red Cross work. The fact is that
no man in public life has taken a
stronger position in unfolding the
hands OF the government in carrying
on the war than William II. Taft, and
President Wilson hag not in his entire
party more loyal hacker than this
same Taft. II Is habit OF democratic
Papers to make slurring remarks
whenever referring TO Mr.. Taft, and
yet there Is no man In the country not
even excepting the president, that IS
more worthy Of the kind consideration
OF all classes. Sunny Bill Taft never
5ulked when the voters OF the country
relegated him to private life. He &C.
cepted the verdict like the manly man
he Is and nurses no grudge. When war
was declared he did not indulge in
carping criticism, but lined himself
up with the president, has endorsed
his attitude and outspokenly supported
him in this trying hour OF the coun-
try's history. OF course he Is a cham
pion OF the Red Cross, also Of every
movement the object OF which is the
successful termination OF the war. His
voice has been heard at all times and
under all circumstances urging the
people to stand by the president Many
democrats who have been lukewarm
In the support Of their chief could i'm
bibe inspiration from the words OF ex-
President Taft. Bill Taft Is a big man
In body. in heart, In spirit. in 100 per
cent loyalty to his country. Would to
God all men were animated with the
same spirit and America would be a
cemented nation, without a Stacker or
shirker within its boundaries.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-01-18
WARRANT CALL.

The following warrants will be paid on
presentation at my office:
Current Expense warrants Nos. 1901 to
1891 inclusive. "oc
This call natures January IL, 1918, and
interest ceases from that date.
AP MURRAY Town Treas
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-01-18

OF taking a pessimistic stand, advise
the SPEEDING up Of business and recon-
mend such improvements as do not
border upon unnecessary extrava-
ganee. People who are not called up
On TO bear arIns In this war will have
70 aid in financing the war, and unless
business goes On unincumbered with
too many restrictive regulations. and
every man capable Of work IL given
employment, where IL the money COM
ing from TO buy Liberty Bonds, thrift
and war saving stamps? Abandon the
idea that the country Is in dire stress
before it actually gets into the fighting
Or feeling Of suspicion, unrest and
dissatisfaction will be created. This
country IL out to knock the kaiser off
the Christmas tree and the people
should be encouraged by the govern
ment TO furnish the means to do the
knocking. This is no time to throw
scrap iron into the machinery Of in
dustry. Don't rock the boat, keep your
powder dry, and let US fight the good
fight to the finish with all the men,
means and material at our command.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-01-18

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The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
WOODEN CROSSES

~ live the wide world over-bu when you 10 die
quiet English churchyzrd Is the only place
held it half lifetime, until through wars mischance
the wooden that fret the fields Of France
thrush sings an tree old square tower
Stone take noice-but the little wooden
Are thrilling every minute the music of the gunsl
Outstanding at attention they face the cannonsde,
In appepi alignment like Cuardsmen parade:
But tombstones civilians who toll sprawl sway
For them the broken copmn-n its of unkempt grass
The tawdry tnscl garland safeguarded under glass;
And the Squres embazoned that would overweight
On the vault empad in ironscang red for of
The who die for England don't need it rubbing in;
An automatic stamper and a strip of tin
their
And the Squire who dies for England treated the
So stand the still baaions; alert. austere, serene;
Each allowance brown earth
None better his neghbor pomp
All beads the that turned the fate OF Frsnce
Who their is over? While others carry on
The little wooden spell but the dead and gone?
Not while they deck skyline, while they
Or living soldier them and sets his teeth anew
The the churchyard where the singing trshes bind
Were perhaps all of promise well fulfilled.
Some faledthrough love- iquorwhie the Parish iooked
askance;
But-you cannot die failure il you a Frsnset
The brightest gems OF valor in the armys diadem
Are the v c. and the DIS. O., NJ c. and ID. c. n.
who them will tell they dross
e. W HoRNUNc.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Make Ii Safe for Mankind.

German ewspapcrs are warning ths! another
war winter is in prospect, says cablegrdm. That 5
German. 1t ought to be American.
Now is the very time for the American people
to consider such a prospect War may be-
lore winter. but long there is the slight
est chance that it will not it is Americas positive
duty TO prepare, with all her might. for another
winter OF war. 1t is only duty to humanity
and as a matter of safety first" but it is a mat
ter OF good business. For any surplus that peace
might hnd on our hands therc'll be markets and
high prices.
For at least year after ceases, will have
TO iced the greater part OF Europe They're killing
otherwise incapacitating the best producers, by
the thousands daily in Europe, and we've got to
supply what they might have produced We ought
those other reasons-htsnaneness and SAFETY first"
And these ways in which to do it:
Put in all the gardens possible.
Preserve eggs.
Preserve butter.
Can, dry or preserve" every sort OF food that
will keep.
In warm weather particularly substitute for
meat and wheat wholly, fruits, fish and vegetables
while they're cheap.
Put in your order for fuel now.
Consume little OF those things that to you
by long haul, rail
Fail to do these things and another winter OF
war will be tho most horrible period in human his
tory. America cannot afford TO take the risk. 1t
is upon America that the progress OF civilization
finally depends.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Seeing, Yet Unafraid.

Should the improbable happen, and the Hun
stand victor the PROSTATE form OF France, he
still will have do what he to do long
before he plunged the world into He will
have leave behind him his poison gas. his trained
land fighters. his 76-mile guns, and go out upon
the waters, gain the world domination for which
he became the wholesale murderer he is
The United States has for the first time awaken
&C to its su?rcmc>t duty and its greatest might
The Hindcnburg drive through British lines has
-shown us that war has in reality and
in dead earnestncss.
II is though the horrid hand OF the Hun
CROPPED through the British break and clutched its
bloody fingers about hunting for the throat of
America, And VIC see the hand. We see those
fingers dripping with crimson dye OF human hearts
We are afraid We are panic-stricken
We not quaking.
But in fighting mood now than
ever before!
That, Wilhelm and Hindenburg, is the fruit
the -eal fruit-of your Success" in Northern
France. You proudly boast of Striking at the
heart OF France" What you did was to sound the
alarm to America. We know that we must
put aside every other consideration pleasure recre-
alton, business. for that of war.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

man. II is no respecter of treaties or human
kind 1t talks peace and slaughtcrs women and
children. 1t is arrogant, selfish and brutal to a
degree. To perpetuate such "kutur" in America
by further immunity from punishment reaches
the heights and depths of folly.
German literature German textbooks in our
schools, idealize the German who is back OF the
German who is in the trench opposite our boys.
German newspapers shade the news so as to give
encouragement to German readers. Germans, who
are not Americans, find comfort in our casualty
lists, printed in German in German newspapers
published in America.
Everybody is saying that the German drive has
awakened America as this country was never
awakened before The continuous, insistent in
sidious drive of the German language in America
is the one great advance we are not yet awakened
to- We must face this problem
The business of war is our first and only busi-
ness 1t is the business of to eliminate the pub
LEGATION of. German newspapers in America, dur
ing the period of the WARRIOR they are not only
hazarding our success, but they are tying up the
very essentials free and untrammeled press and
ADEQUATE transportation facilities. American news
papers are in danger of shortage OF paper, yet
German papers, known to be hostile consum-
ing thousands Of tons of paper every day in the
year.
Congress can stop this outrage, and should stop
it as soon as legislation can be enacted.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Madame-Meet Mars!

Madamc-mect MarSl
There's war in the world today, and it's time
that some introduced to it,
The tortured bodies of the living dead litter
Europc's battlefield. No Mans Land is wiped out
in the surging tides OF bleeding armies. God alone
can know how a wounded man can suffer before he
enters into the peace OF death.
There's a war in the world today. But give
any street the once-over and the glitter OF beads
and the gleam OF thin silks will prove that many
fine ladies are living in ignorance indifference
to the worlds great agony.
Yet for each OF the buyers OF baubles. for
every pretty coquette whose only interest is to
deck her fair body with fripperies, soldier has
laid down his lie.
Think, Madame, that every minute OF every day,
Tor week past. scores OF valiant men have died
that you may live. They have made you their
heir. They have decided liberty to you.
Lie was sweet them ALL it is you
Yet the only you make OF your heritage is to
purchase white shoes for your dainty feet and pink
powder for your nose.
Measured by your standard OF personal beauty,
does their martyrdom seem quite worth whilc?:
Plainly. a new and nobler part must be assigned
to all fair ladies' They make themselves
worthy OF the deeds OF their men, And the first
thing ior them to do is to forget their love OF
fucry, as the women OF England and France have
done.
The German hordcs have in the West
because the total woman power OF the country
backs its man power.
And whether she wants to do so or not, the
American must walk hand in hand
with Mars. She has choice She has escape
Ii the American boys win their battles
quickly, il they are to get through with the horror
and finish it soon the American must make
the god OF war her friend.
Therefore Madamc-mccts Mars!
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
THE MORNING AFTER.
by EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

When you were out the night before
And you're slecp-soaked to the core
And yet you're loose and loppy in the head
So although you dream and doze
And your gormy eyelids close,
Yet you forget you in bed
When the minutes like flies
Buz- zuz-zuzzing at your eyes
And the various clocks strike twos-and threes
and fours,
Till there's something in you saps
And half-conscious of lapse,
You wondering whose nose that is which
snores?
Then you slecp-sleep if dead
In cerement OF lead,
With the boneyard of eternity around you
And for ages it seems,
You sunk beyond all dreams,
Till, at last, it seems Gabriel had found you.
Something nibbles at the crust
Of your brain and stirs its dust
And then. bingo! you have bumped the heights
of heaven,
As, unpillowng your
To the clocks call. loud and clear
Ohl you find it's striking five instead of sevenl
<Copyright 1879
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
BOARD fixes WAGES
FOR ALL SHIPYARDS
Labor Adjustment Body Completes
Schedules for Laboring Men.

The last of the shipysrds wage
decisions was announced last night
by the Shipbuilding Labor Adjust
ment Board. for the Great Lakes.
where the workers will operate un-
der the same wage. hour and condi-
tions OF labor schedule as estab-
lished in the recent North Atlantic
decision. The Great Lakes schedule
is retroactive to April !.
This decision. with amendments
of other decisions. virtually con-
forms to a general scale for the en-
tire Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. maxi
ing only two different scales in op-
Grafton for all government ship
yards, the other scale being the Pa
cific Coast raes. the first awarded.
Some minor deviations are being
made at the Newport News yard for
special conditions there.
The new wage scale" says the
decision, will advance substantial
ly the wages now paid in these
yards to nearly all crafts; but to
make certain that the wages of no
Individual empIoye will be reduced
IN consequence OF lne cnanRe. we
have inserted a provision declaring
expressly that such wages will not
be altered or affected by this de-
cision."
Piece work rates are established
by the decision. but are provided
for by agreement with representa-
tives OF the employers and piece
workers to confer with an examiner
OF the board and adopt a uniform
schedule
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

some phases OF II we are constrained
to say that even some OF the deep
imprints made upon the doctrine by
the ravages of war do not run en-
tirely contrary to the Presidents
expression. He goes into deep ex-
PLANTATION of the differences be-
tween State and federal govern
ment. and says:
las things looked then 1t seemed
idle to apprehend too great
diminution OF State rights; there
was every reason, on the contrary.
fear that any union that could
Le agreed upon would lack both
vitality and the ability to hold its
ground against the jealous self
assertion of the sovereign common
wealths of its membership. Hamil-
ton but spoke the common belief of
all thinking men of the time when
he said: 1T will always be far
more easy for the State government
to encroach upon the national
authorities than for the federal gov
ernment to encroach upon the State
authorities: and he seemed to fur
nish abundant support for the
opinion, when he added. that. the
proof of this proposition turns up
on the greater degree of influence.
which the State governments, il
they administer their affairs up
rightly and prudently. will gener-
ally possess over the people; cir
cumstance which. at the sine time,
teaches us that there is an inherent
and intrinsic weakness in all fed
eral constitutions. and that too much
pains can not be taken in their or
ganization to give them all the force
that is compatible with the princi-
pies of liberty"
Read in the light OF the present
day, such views constitute the most
striking of all commentaries upon our
constitutional history. Manifestly
the powers reserved to the States
were expected to serve as very
real and potent check upon the Fed
eral government; and yet We can see
plaintly enough now that this bal
ance OF State against national au-
thorities has proved. of all constitu-
tional checks, the least effectual. The
proof OF the pudding is in the eating
| thereof, and we can nowadays detect
in it none of that strong flavor of
State sovereignty which its cooks
, thought they were giving it. 1t
: smacks. rather. of Federal omnipo-
, tence. which they thought to mix in
only in very small and judicious guam
titles. From the nature OF the case,
as Judge Cooley says. 1t was i'm
, possible that the powers reserved to
| the States should constitute a re-
straint upon the increase of Federal
power, to the extent that was at first
expected.
The Federal government was
! necessarily made the final judge of
its own authority. and the executor Of
its own will. and any effectual check
to the gradual application of its
jurisdiction must therefore be found
in the construction put by those ad-
ministering it upon the grants of the
Constitution, and in their own sense
of constitutional obligation. And as
the true line Of division between Fed
eral and State powers has, from the
very beginning. been the subject of
contention and honest differences of
opinion, it must often happen that to
advance and occupy some disputed
ground will seem to the party having
the power to do 80 a mere matter of
constitutional duty
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
CREEL Tells "HOW"
OF news CENSORSHIP
Head Of Public Information Bureau
Addresses Arts Club.

George Creel. chairman OF the
Committee on Public Information.
addressed an audience OF sixty high
school teachers OF the High School
Teachers Association at the Arts
Club. 2Ol7 Eye street. last night.
Mr.. Creel explained how the Com
mittee on Public Information is try
ing TO inform the American public
on the actions of our army and navy
during the wer.
1T is one of the hardest things [
have ever been up against" said Mr.
Creel. ito inform and bring home to
the American public in the right
way. just what our troops are do
ing in France every day.
We are letting the public know
just as much as we possibly car.
but of course. there are some thincs
that can not be made public. due to
the great number OF German spies
who are. no doubt, still in the United
States"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
A Man to Be Pitied.

Speaking at a dinner Senator Porter. ]. Nc
Cumbcr, OF North Dakota, referred to the great
reverence the Scotch have for their national celeb
rites and recalled this anecdote:
One afternoon an American was driving around
Edinburgh looking at the sights when the cabman
stopped his team in front Of house and turned
10 his fare.
THAT, sir" he proudly said, waving his whip
toward the residence, "is the house OF John Knox"
"John Knox" the jokeful rejonder OF the
American. "Who in the deuce John Knox?
Good heavens, mani" exclaimed the cabman,
with an expression of mingled pity and scorn.
''Hain't you never read your Bible?"-Phiadclphia
Evening Telegraph
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

The emptiness OF Germany's U-boat boasts are
well evidenced by the fact that up TO date she
has not sunk one American transport despite her
keen vigilance for such a marine triumph. Under
the circumstances Uncle Sam feel optimistic
for the time is fast approaching when the subma-
rne will no longer be considered grave menace
We have the remedy and will apply it soon.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Like the Case of Mrs. Uriah's Husband.

Poor Czernn They've not only bounced HIM
from his ministry JOB but propose to give hin
command of fighting division of Austrian troops.
As saith Samuel ii, II, IA. IS:
"And it came to pass in the morning, that
David wrote letter to Joab and sent it by the
hand of Uriah And he wrote in the letter saying,
Set We Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle
and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten,
and die"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

Spread the news" writes c. s. 1T will be oi
great help in these days of conservation. My wife
we were married only two weeks ago-tred her
hand for the first time in making nut cake. using
hickory nuts. But she put them in the cake with
out cracking 'em and we're going to use them
again next week"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

Queen Mary of England, says the cable, drives
a horse to save gasoline We know fellow VINO
bought an automobile to save corn and oats ana
hay And We know OF another fellow VINO walks
TO save both gasoline and horse feed and another
fellow who. rides in street car to save shoe
leather.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Wires Protest Against
2O-cent Cotton Price

Protest against the Emerson bill
introduced in the House fixing twenty
cents per pound for cotton was tele-
graphed yesterday TO Senator Over
man. of North Carolina, by Senator
Ransdell, of Louisiana. who is In
New Orleans. The telegram was in
serted in the record
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
LOVES LANGUAGE.
By John Kendriek Baass.

LOVES LANGUAGE.
The words of Love are very fair
None others with them quite compare
And yet to set the pulse astir
One other language I prefer,
Not OF the lip, nor of the tongue.
As Poets measures may be sung.
But the Love-Language sweet that lie:
Down in tho depths OF silent eyes.
tCoryrisht. ls1s.l
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
German Newspaper.

Germans in America who put their fatherland
above their adopted country; Germans who belong
10 German associations. read German papers, ad-
vocate the continuance OF teaching German in our
schools. one OF the greatest menaccs the coun-
try is facing.
German autocracy knows no law of God or
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

Six New York men, names unknown, have failed
TO make their income tax returns because they nave
so much money their clerks haven't been able to
finish the work That's another advantage in being
poor.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

The Irish convention took great step toward
self-government, says its chairman. Now, what
would Irelands self-government look like, should
Germany win in this war? Sort o Russian like.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

Might is right, says the Hun, as his long-range
gun brings down maternity hospital. While any
nation holds to this policy, the world cannot be
wholly decent place to live in.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

For that blue feeling the war news take
another liberty bond.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

81 am not interested in the Presidency, says
T. Roosevelt Not this-the next.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

About 100000 a day is reaching the United
States Treasury from sales of war savings stamps.
And the children raising most of it, bless their
hearts,
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

a financial paper estimates John d. Rockefeller
wealth at 81 ,2ooooo.ooo. That isn't any too much
TO keep such reckless spendthrft going.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

Save food and buy bonds as if the war will
begin for us where it leaves off for the British and
French!
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow

Oh pretty well, but the weathcrs been all
against it and | guess l should have used more
fertilizer
The Washington herald., 1918-04-20

Over In Brooklyn a young man has
started a new religious. organization.
He married girl of wealth. and as
his desire was always TO be a preach
er. she bought him an old church not
in use. He breaches there every Sun
day and is building up quite congre-
cation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-02
LIST OF NEW BOOKS ADDED
TO ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY

The following new books have been
added recently to the list of the local
linrary:.
The Panama Plot. Arthur Reeves.
Simba. s. f. White.
The Wings Of Youth. +. Jordon.
Comrades, Mary Dillon.
Suspense, Isabel Ostrander.
Vicky Van, Carolyn Wells.
Something That Begins With "I,'
Kay Strahan.
The Lonely Stronghold, Mrs. B.
Reynolds.
The Enchanted Barn, Grace LUtz.
From Mexico 70 India, Emo Ham
Johnson.
Dave Darius, Sd and 4th years al
Annapolis. Hancock.
Keeping His Course, Ralph Barbour
The Great Sioux Trial. J. \. Altsheler
Dave Strong, Patrol Leader. William
Heyliger.
Six Young Hunters, ". G. Parker.
Wild Woods Life. Capt. c. A. Far
rar.
Running to Waste, G. NJ. Baker.