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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-22

A Mr.. Tracy, of Okanogan was
brought to the Oroville General hos
pital Saturday by DR.. Lane, OF that
CITY. where DR.. Lewis, assisted by DR..
Lane performed an operation for gail
stones At last accounts the patient
was doing finely.
Morris Costello, formerly of this
place, is still in the railroad game
and at present is living at Half Moon
Bay, California, some 80 miles from
San Francisco. A line from the old
how announces his change of residence
and reports him in excellent heath.
The residents of School District
M ~. which embraces Ellemeham
mountain, are deserving OF special
mention for the promptness IN whlch
thew subscribed their full quota to
H., United War Work tund. They
raised more than their apportionment
Tho liberality displayed is especially
to the credit of the residents OF the
mountain. because giving cash this
wear means a real sacrifice on the part
of the farmers of that locality, VINO
were hard hit by two years OF croE
| failure.
Of course the Oroville district SUD
scribed its full quota of War Worl
subscriptions and then some. Orc
Vile has come through on every loaI
drive and every public war subscrip
ton since the declaration of war. W.
are willing to confess that these col
lections have not always been secured
/ without effort. This community il
not made up of men of large means
Int all have contributed to the limi
of their ability whenever called upon
In many instances these contribution
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-22
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n. 10y rauline Davis, teacher OF do
va science in the high school,
a., y Izen down with influenza Mon
ner condition is not serious.
M, y Barman has received word
ssIs Arthur arm. La Vale, serving in the
ii, !, s','llery, at Camp Lewis, is just
/, W =, Inc hospital after a severe case
MAJ, snu MRS. E. w. Zibbell left Sat-
Nm .Or The east. Mrs. Zibbell will
MI N VI IN Ohio to visit with relatives
Ys, ae ), Mr. zibbell goes on to New
h = Toronto and other eastern cities.
d y. making the trip in the interest
zbbsusS 'ewart-Calvert Company. The
least ,s expect to be absent for at
han,,'e auto trucks are engaged
stsw ,as salts from the lake owned by
il p...,-.aivert, just across the line
'sn Columbia, to the plant a
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-22

Tuesday morning for interment. Mr..
Hollenbeck was Il member of both the
Masons and Odd Fellows and those
societies had charge of the funeral
arrangements. Mrs. Ho!lenbeck
came up to Oroville Saturday evening
and accompanied the body to Brew
ster.
The next excitement for the town
to pass through is the town election,
which takes place the first Tuesday
in December. Not infrequently more
interest develops over a municipal
election in a small place than over
presidential election, but from the
trend of public opinion as heard ex-
pressed on the street men will be
picked for town offices both for their
ability and absolute loyalty during the
war. Henceforth and for some time
a mans patriotism is going to be the
chief factor as to his worthiness for
public support at the polls. and that
| is as it should be for generations to
come.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-22

short distance west of the scho''
house where the product is being pie-
pared for shipment east. Inc ooi,
nanv expects to keep ,ne wheeis .u.i o
ing for some time turning out 'iieSe
salts.
After many dark nights Stol,@ p ,ho
ture house will be o2'hen ~ o az
public Saturday and SUNDAY n
inps. and if there is no increase o,.,,
the flu cases the regular "eoA'a .
shows will be on. After so ions , d
time without amusements OF any ma ~,
If will be a pleasant change ~ t., ~
able to attend even a moving p'''
show. ,d
According to the Penticton s,an1o
there had been $50 cases OF ii'" ''n r.
and IS deaths at Princeton "t
thursday of last week. the nlIirm
seems to have been far more more. ,e' thar
along that part OF the oofu''
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-22

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New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
Historic Poland

In short, whereas the necessity of Polish
independence cannot be disputed from any
angle whatever, it is extremely important
to make it clear that Polish independence
should be restricted to areas with an exclu-
sively or overwhelmingly Polish population.
Now, the extreme Polish nationalist is not
content with a Poland consisting Of such ex-
clusivcly Polish territory. The extreme ma
tionalistic demand is for Poland including
besides twenty millions Of Poles AT least
fifteen millions of non-Poes
Historic Poland, the restitution of which
is urged by the Polish natonalists, would
include, beside the territories "indsputably
Polish,' also large districts inhabited by
Lithuanians and White Russians in the
northeast and Ukrainians in the south and
southeast, not to speak of the millions of
Jews situated in sort of semicrcle along
the old Russian pale.
The maximum demand of the Polish chau-
vnists runs for state incorporating a
large part of Lithuanis, part Of White Rus
sia, also entire Galicia, two thirds of which
is populated BY Ukrainians; the Ukrainian
provinces of Cholm Voihynia, Podoia
and the entire territory west of the Dniepel
as far as kiev. This would mean the incor-
poration nte and of about eight millions
OF unWilir. .rtinian bjects
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
Sea Justice

There is direct, straightforward JUS
tice about the attitude Of the British
seamen toward Germany that will appeal
to every downright human being.
Their sentence Of Germany is based
accurately on the extent Of the German
sea crimes. A boycott of all things Ger
man to last two years followed the Lusi
tania crime~-and the applause of it by
the German people. Thereafter an addi
tional month was added to the boycott
for each fresh crime. The total Of seven
years was finally reached.
The British unions say nothing of the
lives lost in fair battle. 1T is only the
1900 murdered in violation Of interna-
tional law and the law of the sea that
bring them to act. And their action is
thoroughgoing and beautifully just. Not
only Will they not handle any German
goods or carry any German passengers;
they are pledged not to salute the Ger
man flag and not to sign on a German
sailor. All for seven years.
Justice by land should be not less per
lcctly OeSlSncd TO record tne NcIulcC OIL
the world and bring it home to the Ger
man people, There must be trial and
punishment OF the leaders-as is also de
manded by the British seamen. There
must also be trial and sentence Of the
German people not only to pay for the
damage they have wrought. but also to
undergo a world boycott propOrtionate to
the moral turpitude Of their deeds.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
Our New Financial Head

Mr. Carter Glass is, if we mistake
not, the first newspaper man to become
Secretary Of the Treasury. His life has
been one of notable simplicity. He was
born in Virginia, a few miles from
where the President was born, and only
two years after. There he grew up, be-
came a newspaper proprietor, state Sen
ator and then Congressman, and there
he still lives. This is his eighth term IN
Congress. He had taken no very con-
spicuous part in that body until, as
chairman of the House Committee on
Banking, he had charge of the Federal
Reserve bill. 1t seems universal testi-
mony that in the handling of this meas
ure he showed a clear and remarkable
grasp of the problems involved, that he
fought steadily against the inclusion of
meretricious features in the act, and
displayed a notable courage and tenac-
ity Of purpose throughout the long dis
cussion of it, AS much as to any one
man, the credit for it's passage in its
present form is his.
The advent of Mr. Glass to the
Treasury portfolio will be precisely at a
time when these qualities of courage
and understanding and clear and cool
head are deeply needed His influence
and his acts may be most salutary 1t
is well known in Washington that Mr..
Glass has regarded the policy of The
Federal Reserve Board with grave ap-
prehension, as calculated to be subver-
sive of the very ends for which the
Federal Reserve System was established
Certainly no one ever dreamed the Re-
serve System would, almost with it's full
formation, be made vast engine for
credit imitation, with the inevitable at
tendant effects upon prices and busi-
ness. There was a substance of justih-
cation in the extremities of war. That
justification is now gone. A Secretary
of the Treasury who will guide this
country out Of a period of gross. nfia-
ton and back to sane basis Of bank
ing and finance will win high fame and
do his country q great service. That is
the opportunity that awaits Mr. Glass
Among those whom the President had
under consideration, perhaps no more
fortunate selection could have been
made
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
PoIand's Temptation
By Eugene S. Bagger

gift for languages, enables them to plead
for their cause in tongues other than
their own.
If there are races instinctively aristo-
cratic the Magyars and Poles belong to
them, just as the Swiss or Norwegians or
Serbs instinctively democratic.
But the analogy be extended even
further Just the other day political op
preston and economic exploitation have
caused. before our very eyes, the downfall
of the historic Magyar kingdom. On the
other hand, it is comparatively little known
that the downfall of the historic Polish en-
pire was due largely to the same cause This
is at least what Professor r. H. Balm. one of
the foremost British authorities on Slavonic
subjects, says and his assertion is confirmed
by Bruckner the great Polish historian, and
others whose evidence will be accepted as
impartial.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06

relieved from their obligation to sec that
these changes make for a richer heritage,
healthier environment and frccr oppor-
tunity for their children than they were
from their obligation, now faithfully per
formed, TO see that their soldier sons had
every protection. physical and moral,
thrown about them, both in the camp and
ON the siring line
The new part that women will certain
ly play in the future years is easily
the most striking result of the war.
From some Of their war occupations
they will undoubtedly withdraw. But
the door has been opened wide and
women will never withdraw from the
new vision of life which has opened
before them and from their newly won
paths Of obligation and power. What
is true Of women is only less true of
uncountcd groups of men, young and
old. The war has gone to the bottom
of everything. 1t has questioned every
faith, it has uprootcd every habit
Faith and habits will grow again. But
they cannot be the same. 1t is ours
to say whether they shall be better or
worse
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
What The y orid Has Learned

In an emergency, however, the Polish inn
peralists could be induced to content them
selves with the province of Cholm and East
ern Galica, or even with strip of the lat
ter province, including the cities of Lem
berg, Przemysl (PeremishD and Borislav.
The possession Of this strip would give the
Poles control of the oil fields of Eastern
Gal'cla--next to the Rumanian the richest
in Europe.
The world has learned the sulfcrings and
sacrifices of the world war were the tuition
fec what the rule of one race bv another
means. The examples of Turkish and Austro
Hungarian racial tyranny are too vividlv
impressed upon the minds of Englishmen
and frenchmen and Americans to be easily
forgotten. It is reasonable to hope that the
peace congress, in defining the boundaries
of independent Poland. VIII adhere IN tho
principle laid down by President Wilson
that independent Poland shall consist of ter
rtolles with a genuinely Polish ponulatiop
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
Turkish Seizure
made.

By his Turkish seizure of the ocean
cables Postmaster General Burles0n has
alienated many citizens who were open
minded as to the public ownership Of
natural monopoies, such as water sup
ply systems, and utilities which inevita-
bly, become monopolies, such as street
railway systems. Ocean cables are not
monopolies. There is no overpowering
advantage, economic or political, in oper-
ating jointly a cable to England, an
other to the west coast of South America
and another to China. A hundred COM
peting cables to Europe would be practi-
cable and convenient, whereas a half
dozen telephone systems in one commu-
nifty would be an intolerable nuisance.
During the war any act WAS condoned
which had colorado excuse of military
necessity. But seizure by proclamation,
after the President had told Congress
that "thc war thus lby the armstice]
comes to an end" even if literally con
sonant with the language Of the resolu-
ton empowering the Executive to take
possession of such facilities prior to "the
exchange Of ratitications of the treaty of
peace is palpably contrary to the spirit
Of that resolution
The Commercial company in appeal
ing for judicial protection against Mr.
Rurleson, states that no provision has
been made for the payment of compcn-
sation to the company, and that, in the
case of the Postal Telegraph SYSTEM
Mr.. Burleson fixed the terms of compen-
sation at 6 per cent Of an arbitrary
valuation of the physical plant without
any allowance for earning power or
goodwill thereby arriving at the figure
of 81, $50 600, whereas the profits in 1917
were $4,269, ,547. Further, that the only
method available to the complaining cor
poration to collect any compensation
which a court may award is by the vol
untary action of Congress, and that Con-
gress has thus far failed to pay an
award for damages made to cable com
pany by the proper courts in 1913.
What vista of scandal is opened up
by the thought of Congress having ulti-
mately to determine whether the owners
Of the railroads, the telephones, the tele-
graphs and the cables should receive the
vast sums awarded by he courts in ex-
change for their property. That would
be to throw into the political arena the
very apple of discord which the advo-
Gates of public ownership contend that
their remedy would remove from nolit;cs
Through the taxing power Congress
can constitutionally take the property of
all citizens upon equal terms; but neither
/ cpnstitutionally nor morally can a few
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
4 Wrong TO BE Righied

There is nobody in the world oday to
dispute the assertion that one of the
suits of the Allied victory in the Great War
will be the righting of the wrong committed
against the Polish nation by Frederick the
Great of Prussia, with the aid of Maria
Theresa of Austria and Catherine II of
Russia.
Justice and the safety of Europe and the
world demand that Poland shall be reestab
lished as an independent state. Moreover,
if there is a race that has earned freedom
by suffering and working and fighting for
it, that race is tho Polish. The whole world
admiles Polish heroism and Polish endur-
ancc. In the past the eXied patriots of Po-
land have made friends for their nation
wherever there friends Of liberty and
Justice. From the battletields of the Amer
can Revolution to those of the Boer strug-
gle for independence Poles were always
found shedding their blood in defence OF
right against might, of the weak against the
strong. In the Great War the millions of
Poles all over the world exhibited new
quality in addition to those which the world
is accustomed to associate with the Polish
name. We mean an ability for concerted
action, an advantage the lack Of which in
the past has cost the Polish kingdom it's eX-
istcnce.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
New York 5 Disgrace
out at sea

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AS | write this the whistles arc
blowing celebrating the departure of our
Executive.
What contrast this is to what wit
messed yesterday at Hobo1en on Track Ii.
Lackawanna Railroad depot! There was a
train packed with suffering men, not only
from the anguish of their wounds but
from the added distress of rough VOYAGE.
These heroes, whom we have given such
lip service to, came unattended and evi-
IDENTIFY unwelcomed. There was not a sim
gle flower on the train, nor did see dur
ing my trip through the train single
woman.
Would it not be possible for sufficien,
women to take upon themselves the dutv
Of greeting these men, and at least seejnr
that they receive cup of coffee upon their
rcturn to their home shore? All that
could do was to buy few cigarettes at
newsstand and give them to the boys.
HENRY A. MORRISON.
New York, Dec 4, 1915
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06

w war?
You say it is too early to ask this
question, considering that officially the last
war has not come to an end yet But you
are mistaken.
Almost ali wars in Europe during the
last two hundred years were due to the fact
that when a war was finished nobody-at
least nobody who mattered-went to the
trouble Of asking that question, because
everybody took it for granted that the next
war was bound to occur somewhere and
somehow. In a sense peace treaty IN
those bad old times was simply regarded as
a more emphatic-and more hypocritical-
sort of armistce. The whole theory of the
"balance of power" and Of armaments was
based on this tacit assumption.
Now. those who know, the fire insurance
experts Of international relations. to
speak seem to agree remarkably that the
next war, if any, will occur in that vast
basin of intermngled races stretching be-
tween the racial bodies of Teutondom and
Muscovy--in the countries known as Po-
land, Lthuania and the Ukraine. The next
European war will be fought by the Poles
on the one side, the Ukrainians and Lithu-
anians on the other-unless the nations of
Europe and America are on the job and
forestall that calamity by bringing about
just settlement of the controversy separat-
ing those remote nations.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
Britain S Day

To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIT; Apropos Of "Britan's Day" it is we'll
Tor all men of magnanimous spirit TO pause
for moment and give expression to that
fair need OF praise which cannot be denied
to the people across the sea.
The significance of Brtain's contribu-
ton to the war will never fade; our chill
dron and our children's children will con
template the story with wonder and admi-
ration and will be upiifted and inspired
thereby One may hardly choose any sim
gle factor entering into the mighty epic
for special mention-it is all so consis-
tenty glorious and immortal. Perhaps it
may be admissible, however. to recall here
IA few words from of the utterances of
Lloyd George, words that convey to the
open mind the true index of the strength
and humanity OF British character Said this
God given leader and insprer of his people:
"We are scourged to elevation where
we can see the great everlasting things
that matter for nations the great peaks
we had forgotten OF honor, duty, patriot
ism and the pinnacle Of sacrifice pointing
like a rugged finger to heaven" In honor
ing Britain we do credit to ourselves.
VIM TAYLOR
New York, Dec ). .:l8
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06

corporations be singled out for conisca-
tory seizure. Only public discussion,
before the fact, can protect alike the
public and the corporation. The salts
faction of President Vail of the Amcri
can Telephone and Telegraph Company
with the compensation awarded to his
company seems only to throw into
higher relief two facts complained of by
the Commercial Gable Company, namely:
First, that Mr.. Vail had long repre-
sented antagonistic and rival interests;
and, second, that the government de-
rived its expert advice all from one
side of what has been for years an in
tensely competitive condition in the cable
and telegraph field.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-06
Mr.. McAdoo's Twenty-seven
Billions

1t was with a gasp of astonshment that
the public read yesterday of Nh. McAdoo's
estimate of needed expenditures by the
government for the next fiscal year--a
matter of twenty-scven billions>in all. 1t
is rcassuring to know that these esti
mates were made up before the signing
of the armistce, that they were very
the maintenance of an army on a war
footing than the probable cost of return
ing our army from Europe within the
next year. The probabilities are that the
sums required will be very heavily re-
duced. If an early peace is signed they
may be cut more than half.
Something like five billions was esti-
mated for loans to our allies This may
or may not be needed Private loans
abroad may be adequate to cover the
enormous trade balance in our favor and
shut out the inflow Of any more gold
We shall, Of course, have to maintain our
share of the army of occupation, and the
requirements OF an army seem almost
limitess. The wan to date has cost us,
aside from loans, under fourteen billions.
1t is not very clear why, under present
prospects, it should cost much more than
an additional five or six billions. Juggling
with billions has become, during the war.
q kind Of financial p&stime. With the
passing. let us hope fol. d long time. Of
the shadow Of a military dominion, gov
crnment expenditures will be sharply
scrutinized now as before the storm.