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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 191ff. GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TAGS FOUR LA i nt m WMMB THE OBSERVER ) An Independent Newspaper. Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBIJSHING CO. J. D. MEYERS, President, II. B. LEITER, Vice President, CLARKE LEITER, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second class matter. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial Hotel News Stand, Portland. Advertising rates on cpplication. Telephone Main 37 Hy Official Paper. Member United Press Associations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. Daily, single copy 6c Daily, per week 16c Daily, per month 65c Daily, per six months in advance $3.60 Daily, per year in advance ... $7.00 By Mail Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 Weekly Observer-Star, per year in advance $1.50 The Observer carrier boys are in structed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting tho paper to you on time, kindly ' phone the Observer, as this is the nly way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following in struction. Phone Main 37 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER. 1710 Sixth Street. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 191-3 WILL PEACE COME? After reading Germany's peace pro posal, one falls into a revery and wonders if the world at large is to have the best Christmas present of all peace. Coming as it docs at the Christm is season when the thoughts of all the citizens of the Christian world art turning toward peace on earth and good will toward men, toward the meek and lowly Nazarene who travel ed through life preaching, "love your neighbor as yourself," it seems that this might be the psychological mo ment of all moments to discuss end ing the slughter of men in which tho rulers of the world are engaged. The Kaiser may be blamed for starting the war. But it will not rest upon his conscience that he prolonged it. Without discussing the merits of his peace proposals, his willingnessto evacuate the conquered territory in France and Belgium, his propositi 'j establish Poland as an independent kingdom, his desire to repossess his own lost colonies, the Kaiser has made possible negotiations which may bring the allies and central powers to a lasting peace. As for ourselves, we confess that we are a trifle pessimistic about the outcome. The war itself marked tho downfall of our civilization. It show ed that we were rcully not Christian nations but barbarians covered with a thin veneer. It showed that the teachings of Jesus Christ were mouth ed upon our lips but hnd not really penetrated the hearti of the rulers and parliaments of the world, while their peoples were still blind in fo! lowing their leaders, no matter how insane, into paths of murder, arson and lust. Wo doubt yet whether the nations of the world ure sufficiently ehnsten ed for their past sins. We doubt whether the rulers aro sufficiently gorged with war, whether the muni tions makers have profiled enough, whether the speculators in war goooi have reaped enough profits to permit the dove of peace to light. What a gr.-at thin-r it would be at the present moment if there were somewhere in the councils of one ti tha warrine- nations a man whosj ! heart beat for the common people like j Abraham Lincoln. What a blessing it would be if the Christmas time would soften the hearts of thoe who are eager for revenge and conquest. L'pon David Lloyd George rests a great responsit ility. The world at large will judge him by whether cr not he ends the war. True he has the interests of his nation to defend. He should and will endeavor to seize all the advantages to which his nation is entitled from a nation which is suinir for peace. But the world at large is anxious and eager that the sword should be sheathed and ham ' mered into plow shares. The neutral nations who are suffering, the com mon people of the United States, who are helping pay the terrible cost of i this war, should demand that peace be 'granted. I President Wilson may be the man 'of the hour. It would not be unbe ! coming a nation of the United States iat this time to join in asking that 'peace be granted in view of the fact .that the United States is a heavy suf ferer. At any rate, it may be taken j for granted that all the weight of Mr. . Wilson's character, his moral influ ! ence will be cast on the side of peace Great Britain and the allies, ho-.v- cver, regard this war as a holy cru ;cade, they believe that Germany brought on the war with the ambition of conquering the world, and they feel : that now is the time to curb, forever, I the menace of German militarism, i They feel that in order to crush Ger iman militarism they must decisively defeat Germany and practically send jthe Kaiser to Elba or St. Helena. I If Great Britain persists in this view, If Lloyd George spurns the Kai ser's proposal, the war will go on. Destruction, desolation, death in place of mirth, rejoicing, happiness on Christmas day. i It is doubtful if Germany can be i conquered. German ingenuity so fa jhas enabled it to ge; food and sup I plies. Germany, whenever food was (necessary, invaded the allies' territory and seized it. The present Roumanian 'drive has given Germany at least one year's supply of food. Germany's fi j nancial system and her man power seem just as able to withstand ths i strain as the allies, j If the British lion fi'ils to meet his enemy half way now, he may get a I better peace later on, but he will do j it at a terrible cost in money and men, iat the cost of the loss of some of the igood opinion of the world at large land at the risk of meeting reverses j somewhere along his far flung battle , line. In this weary world uneasy rests the head that wears a crown, and un easy too, rests the uncrowned head of David Lloyd George. PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER PRE SIDES OVER AMERICAN CIV IC ASSOCIATION Washington, Dec., 13 (United Press) With talks by Miss Mar garet Wilson, the President's daught er; Percy Mackaye poet and play wright, and Dr. Henry E. Jackson, of the United States Bureau of Educa tion, the twelfth annual convention of the American Civic Association open ed here today. Miss Wilson presided at the after noon session, which was devoted to a discussion of the use of the schools I as a community center. She made no , extended talk, however. Dr. Jackson, ! of the Burenu of Education, discussed 'the same topic at length and Mr. Mac ikaye spoke on the growth of the com j munity drama. The delegates of the convention will be the guests of the Washington Real Estate Hoard tonight at which time officials of the War Department are expected to outline the plans of tho Federal government for the improve ment of Potomac Park, the District of Columbia's future municipal playgrounds. The Wheel That Squeaks the Loudest is the One That Gets the Grease The samo assuredly applies to you and me, as well in order to pet anywhere in this world, we must attract the at tention of the lig men. Now listen, young man! 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Forrest (UnitedPress Staff Correspondent) London, Dec. 12 The American system of Mother's pensions forBrit ish war widows and their children may soon be raised in the House of Commons. A WOMAN'S TORTURE No ingenuity of barbarism ever de Vised an agony so intense, so persistent, so long -enduring, so nerve -harrowing as that which is suffered day after day by the woman whose distinctly feminine organism is deranged or dis eased. There are three trying times in even- woman's life: 1st when girlhood blossoms into womanhood ; L'd when motherhood is achieved; 3d the change. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was devised to make these three periods safe and painless by restoring to vigorous health the organs involved. H soothes, heals, nourishes. It gives nature just the help it needs. It is the only ready-prepared medicine de vised by a regularly graduated phy sician and skilled specialist in the diseases of women. You know what you art1 getting with this Prescription of 'Doctor Pierce's, be cause it '8 extracted from native roots by using glycerine mi alcohol or nar cotics. The ingredients published on wrapper and free to the world. For nil diseases peculiar to women, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a powerful restorative. For neaily fifty years it has banished from the lives of tens of thousands of women the pain, worry, misery and distress caused by irregularities "and diseases of a feminine character. Buy it mir, in liquid or tablet form from vonr druggist or send tt) rents or $1.00 to Doctor Pierce's I Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., for tab lets. rite for free book on wcnian a diseases. Judge Henry Neil, of Chicago, who jhas fathered the plan through 27 I American state legislatures, is telling I the British authorities about it in ! London today. The Chicago judge is pointing out to Members of Parlia ment that it will not be good for the future of the British race nor will it be human to jam Britain's already numerous children's institutions with tots -whose father have fallen in the war. He is urging them to pension the mothers like America is doing and allow the children to grow up under real material care. Immediately after the war the mothers will cease to reap their war separation allowances and will have to fall back on the small government pension allowed to war widows. The natural result will bo an over crowd ing of British orphan asylum. This was the way Judge Neil oui lined the situation to the United Press today: "You may put a baby into a cleaner bed than its mother can provide, give it clean cow's milk, tend it with the most scientific and sanitary care and yet it will pine for tho lack of a moth er's coddling. It needs the warmth of her arms, the squeezing and sort of massage she supplies. Mother's love makes all the difference between viril and weakly children." are now either serving with the army or doing war work. One can understand why a Tory should find it hard to ser1 under a Welshman, but Lloyd George and the times are different. The Oregonian. j j j V London, Dec., 12 The Red 4 J Cross headquaters here utilizes 4 4 aeroplanes for sending urgent- 4 4 ly needed supplies to base hospi- 4 J- tals in France. 4 4)4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4. If von will pay the mailing charges, Doctor Pierce will send you his cloth bound book ot over 1,000 pages, newly revised with color plates and illustra tions. Send three dimes or stamps to Dr. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, 1 N, Y., and enclose tbia notice. England Puts An Knd To The Gypsy Business Till War's End. London, Dec. 12. (United Press.) The last remnants of a gypsy band that has wandered aimlessly about England for years, was rounded up in Sheffield today, one man being must ered into the army and three others imprisoned for petty thefts. The Scot bind Y'ard man who trailed and final ly caught the wanderers believes that they avho put an end to the gypsy business at least for the duration of the war. Before the conscription law became effective there were hordes of gypsies and van dwellers following their peri patetic existence throughout England imd Scotland. Practically all of them n To the Stockholders of the State Bank of lmbler, Imbler, Oregon Notice is hereby given that the an nual meeting of the stockholders of the above named bnnk will be held at the banking rooms at Imbler, Oregon, between the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock p. m., on Thursday, January 11th, 1917. 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