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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-04
Landmarks in President Wilson's
Record.

1t is not in reason for President
Wilson to longer count upon the
blind, unquestioning confidence of
the American people. In time of
war much was yielded that Is not in
the spirit of our institutions or the
heart of this free nation to grant in
time if peace.
Mr.. Wilson's judgement has not
been infallible. His record does not
warrant unquestioning confidence in
his course and decisions at Paris.
He is now seen to be wrong on
pre-war preparedness.
Wrong when he thought the
American people were too proud to
fight"
Wrong in his declaration before
we entered the conflict, that there
should be a settlement between the
allies and the German combination
that would bring peace without
victory"
Every one sees now the emptiness
of the 1915 slogan, The kept us out
of war"
In the conduct of the war his ad-
ministration brought many cruel
appointment in ship-building
in the fuel administration. in the
care and training of our soldiers. in
air craft construction. in the opera
Of ha
ling Of soldiers mail, in the gross
wastefulness in the departments and
bureaus at Washington, in the man
agement of the cables.
BY our vast wealth and resources
and the high spirit of the American
people we bore those and other mis-
takes and extravagances between
April, 1917. and November, 1918,
and we may thank our stars that
the war ended when 1t did. Anoth-
er year of such mistakes and ex-
travagances would have severity
strained our resources. Two more
years would have racked us severely.
Four years would have carried us
to the verge if not into bankruptcy.
Now that the president has cut
loose from his constitutional limita-
tions and taken upon himself prac-
tically the sole authority for negoti-
ating world adjustments, his con-
spicuous mistakes are proper sub
ject for review and consideration.
The American people would not be
worthy of their priceless heritage il
they failed to weigh these matters
and hold him to a reasonable ac-
spokesman Review.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-04
Notice to Creditors.

In the Probate Court of the County
of Clearwater, State of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate Of Tom
Walsh, deceased
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrators of the
estate of Tom Walsh, deceased, to
the creditors of, and al! persons
having claims against the said de
ceased, to exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication Of
this notice, to the said administra-
triX at her residence, the same be-
ing the place for the transaction Of
the business of said estate, in Orc
fino, County of Clearwater. State of
Idaho.
Signed and dated at Orofino. Ida
no, this 9TH day of March, A. D.
1919.
MINNIE WALSH.
3-l4-t4 Administrative
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-04
They Are Getting The Idea.

When one of the French states
the harshness of the terms of the
peace treaty being drawn up to ter
inmate formally the Franco German
war of 187O-71, Bismark bluntly re-
piled that a peace treaty can con-
tain anything that the victors chose
to put in it. The idea was not orig
inal with that occasion, for it has
been the theory of all diplomacy
since the beginning. But the expo
sition of it by the Iron chancellor
so recently and rudely should serve
to stop the German negotiations
from consistent complaints about
Marshal Fochs severity. Whether
they are tempted to protest or weep
over the rigor of the Frenchman' s
terms and austerity of his manner,
they can find profit if not consola-
tion in picturing the terms which
Hindenburg and Ludendorff would
have imposed had the fate of battle
made them victorious, or IN recall
ing the brutally exacting demands
and behavior of their iron-f1sted
premier of half century ago, to
whom they have been raising mon
uments and dedicating streets, parks
and "Plaetze' from that day to this.
There is no use trying to resist
hn nf n al
sion. He has most convincing
maner, as Herr Erzberger and the
other German delegates already
know. They may flounce out indig-
nantly from the meeting with the
Allied representatives at Spa, but
they must meet the same people
with the same terms at the meeting
in Brussels. They will be fortunate
if in the revision of the document
they do not find the terms a little
harsher than before. At the end OF
the scroll is e. small dotted line on
which they are permitted to sign
their names-anG that is all there
is to it.
German acceptance of Allied pro-
posals for supplying breadstuffs in
exchange for the turning over OF
merchant ships, is a thoroughly SEN
sible conclusion. Losers cannot eX-
pect to negotiate with winners on
even terms; yet the Germans have
chung to this amusing delusion with
curious tenacity. Apparently they
are at last beginning to get true
perspective of the situation; and if
so, their respect and thanks are due
in large degree to the silent, unde-
monstrative but unyielding Marshal
Foch.-Deseret News.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-04
Lucky Kiss.

A man named Winch, butcher of
Sydney, N. S. w., recently took the
liberty of kissing a handsome girl who
was one of his customers She re-
sented the affront. and Winch was
prosecuted. He was fined heavily by
the board of magistrates. and lengthy
notices of the case appeared in the
press. The publicity given TO the pro-
ceedings happened to attract the no
tice of firm of solicitors in Sydney,
who had been appointed trustees of
certain property which had been left
to Winch by distant relative some
years before, the solicitors up to then
having been unable to find any trace
of the missing heir. Winch was com.
municated with by the firm and, hav-
ing duly established his identity, be-
came the possessor of a snug little
fortune.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-04
LET THE GUILTY SUFFER.

A certain bunch of diplomats are
quoted as asying that the Kaiser OF
Germany cannot be punished, fer an
act of war is not punishable. To
the mind of many it was not war
the article made in Germany. Was
the wanton and destructive ravage
of Belgium wa? Was the sinking
of the Lusitania with its living car
go of woman. children and non-com-
batants, war? Was the bombing Of
defenseless cities. war? Was the
raiding Of hospitals with its helpless
wounded, war, Was the dissertation
OF mercy's symbol, the Red Cross.
was that war? Poisoned gas. and
poisoned wells. and deported civil
ians; do we consider them acts of
war, as war is now understood?
Can al this horrible self-confessed
"frightfulness" be put over, and
the arch agent not be held respon-
sible? One. of the sure ways to pre-
vent future wars is TO hold the
agents of 1t responsible even to
their lives. That will make any die
tator hesitate to gamble with peo-
pies lives Let his life be put in
jeopardy. sure and final, and wars
viii hesitate to start. Wilhelm of
Germany should be tried for his
capital crimes and punished accord
tWash) Enterprise
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-04

able it is irritating. What bushes
have Twenty-Five members of tn
United States Senate to refuse the
people of this country the right to
decide whether or not they want
women to vote? BY what moss
grown code of ethics do they justify
their action? What do they think
this is-1776 or1919?
There could be no more striking
demonstration that this is not .ye'
even a political democracy. 1t was
not even both houses of Congre:s
that refused to submit the amend
ment. 1t was not even a Tajorit.
of one house. 1t was a minority Of
the Senate Twenty-Five senators
stood against the rights. present
and prospective, of half the popula-
ton of the United States. Twenty
nine senate told the worlc that
our prete ntions to democracy are to
that extent hypocrisy. Twenty-nine
senators. speaking for America, dc
clared that this country thinks wo-
men able TO run households, t.
to bring up children, and to take an
increasingly prominent par, III The
industrial and business l,'c of the
country, but not wise enough TO
vote.
What will Mr.. Wilson say if SOME
body at the peace conferences now
raises the question, Just what d.
you mean by democracy. Why
should small nations have the right
of elf-determination when your cwn
federal government. will noe lift a
finger to secure half the adult pop
ulation of your own country tho
full and unquestioned right to
vote?"
The little new German republics
are in this respect more democratic
than the United States. There will
be nothing for Mr. Wilson to say.
San Francisco Call" and Post
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-04
The Hcmelike Church.

The Sunday School at the Meth
odist church meets at 10 a. M.
Preaching at IL a. m. Epworth
League at p. IN. Prayer meeting
THURSDAY at 1:30 p. .n
The pastor wants to be friend
to all who care for his friendship,
and to build a church that will
boost for the best for Orofino.
F. l.. MOORE, Pastor.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-04
TWenty-nine Senators Did.

America has been called the most
conservative nation in the world
and Congress is probably more CON
sentative just now than the rest OF
the nation. So 1T is not remarkable
that a simple measure or justice,
like equal suffrage, should fail OF
adoption But if it is not remark
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-04
Butter Wrappers at this Office.

For Sale by E. 7. Chaplin Co.
Eight head of good farm horses.
Weight from 400 to 1900 pounds.
Ages Z to 10 years old. Located 9.
miles east of Greer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09
A NEWSPAPER, NOT AN
"ORGAN"

Okmulgee Daily Democrat: The De.
mocrat has no desire TO subject any
public official to unjust criticism But
it must be apparent to those who re.
present gang" politics in Okmulgee
county that their appeals to prejudice
and partainship cannot divert The De.
mocrat from its course in carrying on
an unremitting and relentless warfare
on all forms of corruption and graft
in public places, exposing demagogues
Of every political stripe, and lending its
every effort to drive out Of public
life in this country and state those
who, behind the screen of gang or
ganization' stab at the very vitals Of
the people
We stand with the men in the De
mocrat party who represent the people
and not with those who plunder and
betray them. Any newspaper that
stands for a gang, whether Repub-
lican or Democrat, is against the best
interests of the people Of the commun.
ity. 1t has ceased to be newspaper
and has become an organ" No fact
is more patent in the history Of muni.
cipal government in America than that
misgovernment and all species Of Off
cial corruption has thrived only where
the press has been choked with the
loaves and fishes of patronage. And
no community where
self.respecting, fearless and strong press
flounshed long remained unredeemed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09
THE LEAGUE OR BOLSHEVISM? -:
BY Hamilton Holt. Editor of The Independent.

"''' '''., .'''N returned from Paris
'"'''' '. 'h' request "I Colonel
''''.'. H" acted u- HHfon officer be.
."e'n 'n" American Peace Comms
SION amt .n' lD'au" .o .Wuru. rJ..
.'''r'5 '.,ua 1pIo 'o watch ne
'"a''.- "I inr League of Na"pu.
'"''n'n, day hy day 800 H course
.aiu ,Hr 'wmm.s+.oul
Are American people DW, that
Europe ." no" ON rHr Verge o. 30 loU
.n"' \" "nr ! tHIuN. cam have visited
Hn-nod France m1 Germany us {
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

in times 10 come than that of a ven
geanc taken with scant regard for
law.
Yet fixing the blame So tina he YER
dict will stand is not so simple or so
easy a matter as it might seem. If
no tribunal exists which could assure
the culprits fair trial, it is also true
that no dispassionate court Of morals
exists which is competent to pass up.
on the ethical issues involved. The
evidence can be read into the record,
and this is good as far as it goes, but
would in any case gather for them.
selves along with much other infor-
nation which has NOT yet come to
light on the other hand, condemna-
ton put into record would undoubted.
ly be scrutini2ed suspiciously by pos.
terity for the simple reason that it
comes from an eX parte source.
There u.s. in fact no possible way Of
constrainng posterty to accept a
ready verdict We in our time
have seen some remarkable reversals
Of accepted opinion upon historical
questions, and quite certainly this
process viii go on. Each generation
quite rightly insists on Judging for
itself, and the best that can be done
is to hand down as clear a case as
possible Why Jhcy broke the peace
and what were the grounds Of quar-
rel | will first set forth that i'm time
TO come no man may be at "a loss to
know what was the origin Of this great
war Thus Thucydidies of the war
Hellenis leagues, of which he was an
eyewitncsses. Yet dispassionately he
adds. The real though unayowed
cause believe to have been the
growth of the Athenian power which
terrified the Lacedcmonians and
forced them into war; but the reas
ons publicly alleged on either side
We're as follows" Did fear, lurking
behind German arrogance and buster
force Germany into the war? Is it
one Of the questions that keen minds
centuries hence will be asking. War
fear justified?
The thinkers who will shape opinion
in times to come will seek their answer
to such questions much less in any
formal memorial upon the guilt Of
William H. or the murdered Count
Tisza than in the use which the allies
make Of victory In the retrospect
the world cares much less who began
a war than what sort of peace follow
ed, it and its verdict is invariably on
the side of humanity. moderation and
craftsmanship. by all
means let u clear statement of the
known facts be spread upon the rec.
ord. And if having done this. the
allies can keep their fine record clean
10 the end, they will have done their
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09
BRANDING THE CULPRlTS

Springfield Republican; There is
much to De said for The proposal that
the allies should fix for all time the
responsibility for the most terrible
Of wars. If the existing law is found
not 10 cover the case, then let the
guilty be put in the pillory for the
reprobation of generations TO come
This plan, said to be advocated by
both the British and the American
delegates, is to be preferred to law
less revenge or TO the retroactive ap-
plcation Of new laws However, it
may be with particular crimes perpet
uated during the war, the crime Of
crimes. which was the war itself is
apparently not covered by the law,
and 10 is doubtful whether those re.
sponsble for it can be convicted of
partculWr punishable aotL
So far as the warmaking power is
concerned the nations have never TAX.
en- even the first step toward its cur.
tailment or control The right to make
was is an attribute of national sover.
eighty, and even a formal declaration
in advance Of hostilties is not requir.
ed. OF offensive and defensive"
as of "iustifiabe' and 'unjustifiable'
wars international law knows moth.
ing, and it would be awkard for most
nations to raise such questions in re-
gard to the wars which they have
waged in comparatively recent times,
on the moral side, however. there
has always and increasingly in mod.
ern times existed a clear and strong
feeling that there are good wars and
bad wars and that governments
which without justification bring on
the untold horrors which even petty
war entails deserve to be held in cd.
ium. 1t is quite legitimate, therefore,
if no law can be found to cover the
case Of the chief culprits, and no tri.
bunal before which they could be Civ.
en- an impartial trial, to carry the case
to the court of morals. If the blame
can be established in such a way
as to make it stick the moral force
Of the lesson would be vastly greater
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

% NOT symmetrIcally arranged its mean.
ing has to Ue dug out. and the Ian.
guage is ponderous and in diplomats
p"loIs.. ] myself while on the Sea
voyage home was able to formulate
what believed to bc forty.seyen distipc,
improvements iu .he Covenant. most of
them. of course. In the interest Of clarity
and precision, but some of them funds.
menta.
It .s uconce.yabra that tp. p.oo. la.
rorenco ,.n ,,. -, ,.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

played hut that all persons We're alike
before the law
He said the first man taking a drink
Of intoxicating liquor would be prompt
~ removed from the force as would
any man going into houses where there
were disreputable women unless on
business in the direct line OF their
duty.
He told them they must absolutely
obey the rules of the department and
assured them that a violation OF these
rules would mean their discharge.
Chief Chancellor is an old resident
Of the city and has been a peace Of
ficer so many years that he knows
the people of the city and the condi-
tions prevailing as well as can possibly
any man in the city, and his expressed
determination to enforce the law will,
if persisted in. work a revolution in
many spots in Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09
thin PEOPLE
OF ARDMORE

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guarantee of results or money back.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09
GOODBY
WOMEN'S
TROUBLES

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weak, lame and sching back swollen
feet aud limbs, weakness, dizziness
nausea. as a rule have their origin in
kidney trouble, not female complaints"
These general symptoms OF kidney and
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the remedy
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

Official corruption is political disease.
1t thriyes only in The dark and hidden
places. Like all germs II succum0s
20 the strong sunlight Of publicity
The Democrat is a newspaper not an
organ
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

Harry Leon Wilson is worried in The Saturday
Evening Post about what the novests going to
do for drinking characters after July /, when the
long drouth set, in. Don't worry any more, Harry,
but Just come to Oklahoma and introduce into your
interesting tales few Jake addics.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

apparently England thinks better Of Gen. Jan c.
Smuts nowadays than she did in the time OF the Boer
war. when General an was making the British army
do kopje dances many South African yeldt.
Wonder what Dom Paul Kruger would think were he
alive to the turn OF events:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

that we must all agree But it is also
the right and duty Of the people to
be heard This is probably the first
time in history, as President Lowell
has well pointed out when the people
have been invited 70 take part in such
a discussion. The day Of open diplo.
macy has at last arrived
But what we object TO is not tho
criticism that will help the delegates
to perfect and strengthen the Covenant,
but the criticism that would weaken
ana destroy it. Most Of the senatorial
criticism seems to be Of the latter Kind
II is apparently not the intention Of
many or our Senators to see what the
United States can put into the League
Of Nations. but what She can get out
of it,
our young men with an the ardor and
Idealism Of youth crost the ocean to
offer their lives to save the world from
autocratc tryanny Our old men at
home now urge their country to play
safe. Luckily Woodrow Wilson has the
spirit of youth. He would have the
United States give its all. that in Civ.
ing il may gain. ] had an interview
with him at the Murat Palace while
the Covenant was still in committee.
He told me he would sign no document
TO which the Senate could reasonably
object on constitutional grounds. Ap.
parontly if the Senate objected on other
grounds he was ready for fight
Human Selfishness
The fact is that an the trouble at
the Peace Conference like trouble every
where ase i'm the world, is owing to
human selfishness The Peace Con-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

Wonder ii it was the Hun story about the cost OF
President Wilson's trips to Europe that caused the
council OF defense to Ardmore oil the map when
the itinerary OF the two battlescarred tanks in the
forthcoming Victory Liberty loan drive was laid out?
Both OF the tanks miss Ardmore by about sixty miles
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

The Tulsa Democrat has started it, Spring Poets
Corner as threatened and in amongst a drive OF dog
gereI it runs poem OF sprngtime aspect by Lieut.
COL John McCrae, author OF the best OF the war
poems. "ln Flanders Fields" Colonel NcCrae being
dead that hardly seems square deal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

VINO thought League could succeed
''' % momrn. .' ,no United States was
'''. member met many who as.
-"'rd m' That ID America refused 90
JON. revolutions would follow every.
Where I.ur'peH foremost democrat.
II'm'r Nen2rIos ol Greece. told me
.N'. should our Senate refuse TO ratfy
."' covenants aN liberal and humane
l"'h everywhere would despair Ev
'''m.r. Bourgeois. Frances -pokes.
man ON .He Commission that drafted
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

utmost 10 put the war lords in the
pillory for an time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

II has been limited to u.s. or at us, that some read
ers don't like long editorias-they require too much
brain power to assmllate. Very WE'LL then-here', a
short one.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-09

And "Ardmoriete' is frequent way they misspe
f.
The St. Johns herald., 1919-03-06
When the "17-Year
 Locusts" Come

The year 1919 is likely to be one of the worst locust years" on record. But entomologists of the United States Department of Az ricuIture see nothing alarming in the prospect.
 The periodical cicada, the real name of the insect commonly call ed 'Iocusts" will appear this year in the following states: Alabama, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachu- setts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York. North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, West Vir- ginia, and Wisconsin.
 The injury done by the periodi- cal cicada consists almost wholly il chiseling grooves in branches of trees for deposltingeggs. This injury always appears to be great CT than it actually is. Popular alarm is usually out of proportion to general damage.
 Young fruit trees are some times killed by the cicada. The precautionary measures are: De- fer putting out young fruit trees till next year; postpone budding operations; do no pruning this winter or spring.
 When the insects begin coming out hand pick them from yoang fruit trees or spray them with pyrethrum powder, kerosene emuls;ols, or a solution of car bolic acid or acetic acid.
 Later, when the insects are ready to begin laying. spray young fruit trees with whitewash. Weekly News Letter.