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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1917. LA ORAiCDE EVENING OBSERVER. EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER v. i ; VI ... j i V ! y " , An Independent Newspaper. ' .' Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. J. D. MEYERS H. B. LEITER. CLARKE LEITER i President ': Vice-President : Editor and Publisher Enteredat the Postcffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second t '"i class matter.".-1' . . ;' '.:'; Address all communications to , THE OBSERVER, 1710, Sixth St. On Sale in Other "Cities: . Oregon Hotel News Stand. Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. City Official Paper. -Leased Wire Telegraph Report of U- J . The Observer carrier boyi are instructed to put the paper on t'.ie i porches. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglect gett:ntf itfce paper 'to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only ,sy can determine whether or not the carriers ere -.following tostroc fPona. Phone Main 87 before T:S0 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by j special messenger if the carrier has Biased you. J' By Carrier. Pally, single copy .' 6c Pally per ;week ................ 16c Daily, per month 45c iDaily, per six months in advance.3.60 Daily, per year In advance...... $7.00 By Mail. -Daily, by mail per ywur, In ad- vance W-00 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Daily, by mail per six months in advance .- $2.50 Daily, by mail for three months in advance $1.25 Daily, by n'l per month 45 The Saturday Evening" Observer per year in advance ....... .$1.60 Weekly-Obaerver-Star per year in advance $1.50 ' ' "WHAT A FIFTY-DOLLAR BOND WILL DO. ' f The proceeds of one fifty-dollar Liberty Loan Bond ! will purchase: Thirteen 13-pounder shells for destroying submarines. . Four 5-inch shells for the same purpose. ' 1 One hundred pounds of smokeless powder, f Eighteen gas masks for a like number of soldiers at the front. ' Enough coal to drive a destroyer one hundred twenty : miles. ';, . ; ; Enough gasoline to drive a submarine ' destroyer one i hundred fifty miles. A sailor's uniform outfit. Four months subsistence for a soldier. .; -U ; SUMPTER IS IN NEED. .; ' , The report has gone out that Sumpter is not in need. ' .This is not true. The Blue Mountain American, of VSumpter,' whose ' indomitable spirit cannot be conquered , , by fire, says : !"' "' . 'I'll . , ....i-t There seems to be a feeling abroad in the state' that Sump ter so far as the needs of the situation here are concerned has tho situation well In hand, and that there is no immediate need for assistance from the outside. This is not the case as ' anyone thoroughly familiar with the situation knows. Never has there been in the State of Oregon a town so thoroughly destroyed as was the destruction of Sumpter by fire. ,- , To make the situation worse our town has not the wealth that , ; ' many places have; the loss Is not covered 'by insurance, and V . the people are left in a condition that with Winter coming on, " will make extreme hardship and in some instances absolute , : wont is ahead of them. The appeal has been sent out from the ' i community, and if the people of the great State of Oregon ful- i ly realize the situation there is no question but thHt assistance i will be given., Probably no oher community in tho state has 1 i been more libera! and prompt in offering assistance to other 4- . ' 1 communities than Sumpter. The wires were hardly cold at the . i ' time of tho great Heppner flood before a rescue party was on t the road from Sumpter to assist in recovering the bodies of . : ' thoso unfortunates. Money was also freely given for the help )f of tho needy. In the big Snn Francisco fire Sumpter did its part and more, too. And in the recent big drive for Red Cross , jW'' "" funds Sumpter exceeded its quota by five times. This is some record that will surely cause n return in like spirit now that Sumpter is in need," Let us bo generous to the people of Sumpter who show ed in the past their liberal spirit toward other unfortun ate communities.' . Surely Oregon will not forgot one of its own cities when stricken. vill go. . The country will come to the conclusion of W. IHie owney a .lunnicsoiu anuiuyj, nu vYda uioutn-nuu who claimed exemption. Then he listened to the address of Sir James A ikens, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, on the seriousness of ihe war. In wfthdraAving his claims for exemption he said: -.,., . "Like a great many other young men I know, I thought lessly claimed exemption because of my wife. Legally I am en titled to exemption, but that speech last night set me thinking and now I don't want to be exempted. It is my duty to go. "There are many: hundreds, possibly thousands, of young .. , : . married men in this town who did the same thing that I '. originally did claimed exemption on account, of having, persons dependent upon tl.em f or support when they knew . thejr wives or other dependents could be taken caro of my other' relatives. ' " . '."''' i "I think it Is the duty ofi'Jsvery drafted married man vhose wife can nossiblv eet alone' without his earnings to withdraw . ' his earnings tshrdluetool shrdluetao ETAOIN SHRo$wETAOINOIN his exemption claim. ' We can't leave this war to be fought by ' boys. It ,is too serious. I drilled two years with Company B, ' First Minnesota Infantry and I also had cadet training at the university. It is up to me to make use of that experience. "Wherever I've gone among young married men I have . ' beard so much of this exemption talk that it has disgusted' me. ,. '. I have heard man after man tell of filing an exemption claim, because of dependants when I knew that in nearly every case those dependents would not suffer if he went to war. I think "' ' j it is mere thoughtlessness with most of them for they are good follows, as a rule and not cowards. Yes, I was one of them un til I heard Sir James Aikeris talk. That opened my eyes and made me think. I am confident that a great many other young . , married men, if they'll only stop and think it over, will do the same as I am doing and withdraw their claims. If they don't they will feel ashamed of themselves-all the rest of their Hves ' whenever they think of this war.". A great many claims for exemption are jokes for in stance, the chef of a big railroad man who wants to be ex empt because he tickles his boss' palate, Young Mr. Gould because he has a dependent wife, Mr. McAdoo's secret service man, Mr. Ford's son because his daddy's automo bile plant is working for the Red Cross. What are we raising these days, men or mice? 1 O -"' ' " TREASON. ' -0- MEN OR MICE? ; Before we got through the war there will be no exemp tions from military service. The men who are drafted Certain words almost" define themselves "Pigs is Pigs," the old lady said. ''.Treason is treason. Those who owe allegiance to the United States and give aid and com fort to our enemies are gfilty of treason. The statutes of the United States say: 1. Whoever, owing allegiance to tho United States, levies war against them, or ndhereB to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of " treason. . " ' 2. Whoever is convicted of treason shall suffer death, or.. -' at the discretion of the court shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined not less than $10,000, to be levied on and collected ou of all his property, real and personal, of which he was the owner at the time of committing such treason, no sale or conveyance, to the contrary notwithstanding, and every per son so convicted of treason shall moreover be incapable of hold- . ; ing any office under the United States. ... '. ; 3. Whoever, owing allegiance to tho United States and hav ing knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, . ..conceals, and does not .. as .soon as maybe, disclose arid make i ' known the same to the President or to some Judge of the United States, or to the Governor or to some Judge or Justice , of a particular state, is guilty of misprison of treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years and fined not more than' $1000. Please observe that knowledge of treason and failure to report it also constitutes treason. It is also well to know that aliens living in this country , although not nat uralized citizens, owe allegiance to the Government. On this point the Supreme Court in the ease of Carlisle vs. United States said: , ( "The alien, whilst domiciled in the country, owes a local and ' ' temporary allegiance, which oohtinues during the period of his ' residence." 'M-'j,r.:. .. And the Supreme Court in its decision followed the principle laid down by Daniel Webster when he was Sec retary of State.: . "Independently of a residence with intention to continue such residence, independently of any domiciliation, independently of the taking of any oath of allegiance, it. is well known that, by the public law, an alien or a stranger born, for so long a timo as he continues within the dominions of foreign government, owes obedience to the laws of that government and may be pun ished for treason as a native born subject might be." So there we have it; aliens may be tried for treason just the same as our own citizens. Men who are stopping pa triotic American newspapers because they prefer German papers, who are saying they would rather see their sons dead than serve in the American Army, had better beware how far thev go. There will be a day of reckoning. o : FALLING BEHIND OUR SCHEDULE. . Supporting' the Government This is a time for every citizen to support the United States Government and many are doing so at considerable cost or sacrifice to themselves. We have joined the Federal Reserve Banking Sys tem established by the Government to give greater financial stability and strength to the member banks and protection to their depositor!,. You can give your support to this great Govern ment enterprise and also obtain its protection for your money by becoming one of our depositors. Member Federal Reserve System La Grande National Bank Only five per cent of the new army will be mobilized on September 5 instead of 30 per cent. In other words we can take care of only 3-1,350 men instead of 206,100 men at this time. It is unfortunate that we cannot keep up to schedule in our military operations. We fear that our machinerv is breaking down under the strain. : o WINNING HIS SPURS. Every week in the Oregon Voter appear clever verses under the title of the "Jerryscope". The authorship has been a mystery. The East Oregonian solves it by atribut- ing them to Lieutenant .Terrold Owen, who left the Ore gonian to join the army. Having won literary fame, and lust recently a bride and a commission in the new armv. We should say that things certainly were coming Lieuten ant Owen s wav. -O .GOOD TIMBER. George W. Stapleton and E. V. Littlefield will probablv be the appointees of the Governor to succeed Judges C. IT. Gantenbein and Georerc N. Davis, who have entered the army, the former as Colonel and the latter as Major. Both Mr. Stapleton and Mr. Littlefield will be excellent men on the bench. They are lawyers of ability and men of fine character. O Troops sent to the forests have been ordered to shoot to kill the incendiaries starting forest fires. That is the proper way to treat these traitors. FALLSSnNG The New Styles are Come in early, tomorrow and see the beautiful new Shoes the very latest fashions. , t .. . , , All the new fabric and leather combinations. All the new kids and patents; all the new shades and colors, heights, widths and sizes. A Mahogany Brown with Ivory Cloth top, medium and high heel ..$6.00, $7.00 A Black with Ivory Cloth top, high heel .,. $7.00 Black with White Kid Top, high heel .$7.00 Black with Grey Cloth Top, medium heel, leather or neolin sole . . . $5.50, $6.00 Black with Grey Buck Top, high heel $9.00 Ivory Cloth Top, high heel U $8.50 All Kid Grey Boot, Lace, high heel $13.50 All Kid Grey Boot, button .$11.50 Black Kid Patent, Ivory Top brown heel, rubber sole ....$6.00 Black Kid Patent, White Top, med ium heel $5.50 All Brown Kid Boot, high heel .....$7.50 Brown with Buck Top ..... ...$7.50 Black with Grey Cloth Top, button ..$6.00 All Mahogany Brown, Cloth Tops, . medium or high heel .......$6.00, $7.00 Mahogany Brown, all leather, med ium heel, price $7.00 LET US SHOW YOU THESE NEW FALL STYLES Satisfaction Means1 To Us, Just What It Does To .v ...o You '""".-"'; , : ;; . BRICKBATS INSTEAD OF RICE. It has been suggested that brickbats instead of rice be thrown at weddings. The bride and groom would be just as well satisfied. ........... : 0 ' ' " EXIT THE SWORD. Officers in the new army will not carry swords. All the good they were was to trip the officers by getting between the legs. An automatic revolver is a better weapon. -O EDITORIAL COMMENT. Uncle Sam's Purse. The war appropriations considered and passed by Con gress arc unprecedented in proportions, but of course are comparative. They are not so disastrous, as some fear, when taken into consideration along with statistics on income and resources of the nation. The government re ports, for example, that .the foreign trade of the country in the last fiscal year was $8,953,000,000, of which ex ports were $6,294,000,000 and $2,659,000,000 were imports, leaving a balance of $3,635,' 000,000 in our favor. That balance in our favor was almost exactly $10,000,000 for every day in the year.- It represents increased wealth resulting from our foreign trade. While it went to in dividuals, not the government, it is a measure of our capacitv to stand war exnnnrlitiiros A imi . - IT , v.xnuiuii U OO rich as the power of its people to pay. It should be borne in mind also that before the war, a balance of half a bil nnn nniurav01' was a fin3 showmS- The added $3,000,- UUU,0U0 last vear represents O T rtAMrliirtvin t One of the vice presidents of the City National Bank in JS ew ork recently made an estimate placing the wealth of the United States at $240,000,000,000, which is more than that of England, France and Germany combined. He ligured the annual income of this country at $35,000,000r uuu, which means that our resources practically are unlim ited .We could raise interest on and provide for the amortization of any sum that could possibly be used in the prosecution of the war. , e are not warranted in wast? cause we can get it, but there is no room for anxiety over wnat the war mav cost g along, as is proposed by congress, will have a tendency to curb pvtravnfrnn ij n ..jjiivv. ouuuiu pay an we can spare without embarrassment to individuals or indus- ml: t "i e1n n?- be e?P?cted to raise all the war require ments by taxation. Indianapolis Star. Job Printing OnipVltr Office, 1710 Sixth Street. ' " lne
