TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1917.
LA ORAiCDE EVENING OBSERVER.
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' ' "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.
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; 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?
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' " TREASON. '
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.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.
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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
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: ;; . 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.
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' " 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.
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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
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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.
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