MONDAY, MAY l,
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CLOWNS TO REUNITE AT
NATIONAlilNDIAN GAME
WHYWEARE
AT WAR WITH
GERMANY
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EPHRAIM. DOUGLASS ADAMS
Executive Head, History Dopart-
Vnent ,
Lsland Stanford Junior University
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Frank Patty Is spending a few days
in Portland.' ' ' -
; Mrs. O. Guinell Is 'a Joseph vis
itor in 'the city. , . V 1
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Byers are leav
ing today for Pennsylvania.
R. C. Wells and Arthur Doty, of
Alicol, nrevlsttors in the cily. ,
Frank B. .rSegley is :n the city
from his homo in Payette, Idaho.
Dr. V. T., I'hy, of Hot Lake, ar
rived home from Portland this
morning. ; k
J. M. Morrow, a largo land owner
of Umatilla county, Is a guest at
the Foley. x 1
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Douglas left
last evening for Portland to make
their future home. '
. James Ulakoly, a prominent citi
zen of Wallowa county. Is In the
city, from Enterprise.
Mrs. Le Roy Morgan, wijo has been
visiting in the city, returned to her
home in Kamela today. v
Mrs. D. M. Clark and daughter Ade
laide have returned from an exten
sive trip in Southern California.
Miss Helen -Johns, a teacher in
the Grande schools, spent the
Week end with friends In Pendleton.
. Neal Suydam camo up from his
home in Flora and hus accepted a
position aB driver of tho Foley taxi.
George J. Archer and George A.
Dodge motored from Aberdeen, Ida
ho, arriving In La Grande on Sun
day. , '
Miss La Verne DcLasIimutt, who
is teaching 'at the Conley " school,
near Cove, was a Sunday visitor in
the. city.. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Will. Hutchinson
came down from North Powder to
visit with their son, who Is a patient
at the Grande Hondo hospital.
The families of Mr. and Mrs. 11.
A. Wllkqrson and Mr. and Mrs. Win.
Anson motored over to Union to
visit with friends over Sunday.
L. C. Smith drove a new Buick six
to North Powder yesterday and deliv
ered it to C.: W. Mercer, who is now
in ppssession of his valued machine.
Mrs. Turner Oliver, who has been
visiting with relatives and- friends in
Union and Wallowa Counties for. the
past several weeks, returned , to her
home in Spokane today.
Therl Green, a young pupil of the
La Grande school and active in ,iuvc
nile war work, has' been very sick at
his. home the past few days, but is
now improving.
Frank Gaulke and daughter, Miss
Irene came up from Joseph Saturday
to meet Mr. Gaulke, who arrived from
a two months visit in New York, 'ihc
family returned to their home Sunday.
The Pardale club will meet Wednes
day with Mrs. Win. Anson and Mrs.
Robt. Wilkerson nt tho home of Mrs.
Wilkerson. This is a regular meeting
of the club and the meeting will, as
usual, be largely devoted to P.cd Cross
work. ,'
Messrs. W. H. Dohnenknmp, M. H.
Donahue, W. R. Jones and L. A. Mc
Allister drove to Mormon Basin on
Saturday evening, returning home on
Sunday.' They report the roads in
..good condition except a stretch on
Catherine Creek.
The pupils from the. Central
school, who went "over (lie top"
on the W. S. S,' for the week end
ing May 4, IRIS, are as follows:
Kuth Bornemann, Kathcrine Moran,
Gertrude Scranton, Inez Hughes,
Wilma Noidcrer. Bennie Nelson,
Harry Dlvens. Grace Ctillen, Golan
Epling, Malcolm Ilyiklt, Ken Sie
grist and Merlyn Mayger.
ENVOY'S WIFE WINS
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(HERMAN SCHAEFFER.1
May 10 will bo a big day in Washington." On that day for tho first
llmo in years baseball's two greatest comedians jylllget together on a
ball ncld. -ism -w i. -v- -
Clark Crlmth used to carry both Nick Attroc and Herman Schaof
fcr on his ball club. This spring Schaeft'er was sold to Cleveland, whero'
ho bponed tho season by doing a Little Eva deathbed scene. -H
; , Nick's stunts' are so varied that it would take an encyclopedia to
enumerate them all, the best one probably being a farce golf gams
'which' ho plays with a ball bat and a baseball. ir.ifu(i'
V May 10 Cleveland and Washlngto" iiact for the first time this
year and there will bo a reunion between Altrock and Schacgor. "'
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Doane
on Sunday, May 5, 1918, an eight
pound baby daughter. Mrs. Doane
was formerly Miss Laverne Wlss
ler." ' i', .. '.
Mr. end Mrs.: Jack Chllds, Mr.
a fid Mrs. Harry Hoffman and Miss
Lillian SininiB motored to Telocaset
yesterday and visited with Mr. and
Mrs. .Foster.' 1
Mrs.1 T. Garrison enjoyed a 'visit
WHITE PLAGUE KILLS
MORE MEN THAN BULLETS
It seems longer, but It was less than
four years ago that tho nations had
not yet started In to wipe each other
off the map and that the only tlme
when ono heard of the Red Cross were
between trains with her mother, times of 'flood or disaster and. 'at
Mrs. O." W. Shannon, of Baker, who i Christmas time, when the peaceful lit
was on her way lo Portland to visit
with friends. , '
A la; ge shipment of gauze has
arrived at the Red Cross rooms and
members are urged to come out and
help with the work. The rooms are
opn every day. . -.
Mrs. E. Jacobson has returned
to La Grande after a visit of sev
eral i days in Seattle and at Cor
vallis, where her daughter, Miss
Ronid,' 1s' a student at Oregon Agri
cultural College. ' ; "
W. Bradbury, who for so iiufny
years has made this Eastern Oregon
territory but who for a. few years
lias been unable to do so on account
of his health, is again shaking hands
with Ids' former friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Maxwell and
two sons, J. Cordon and Robert L.,
arrived in La Grande Sunday. Mr.
Maxwell was formerly manager of
tho Palmer Lumber Co. store, but
with his family, has been in the
South for some time past, and now
returns and says tha); Oregon Is
good enough ' for him.
"Lt.-Coi." T. N. Scott, head of the
Salvation Army operations in Wash
ington, ;. Idaho and Oregon, with
headquarters In Seattle, arrived In
La Grande tills morning and will
hold n meeting at the Army Hall,
Jefferson avenue, this "evening at
8 o'clock.. A special program has
been arranged and refreshments will
bo , served. Evcryono 13 Invited to
attend.
tie Red Cross tuberculosis seals made
their" annual appearance. ( ,
Perhaps, In fact, It was the long, ar
dent light In America against the White
Plague which, in spite of the war's
enormous new demands, Is responsible
Cor the especial Intcrest'belng taken by
the American Red Cross In France's
frightful struggle against consumption.
This - scourge seems to mark the
trench tighter for its own. It kills
more men than do bullets and poison
gns combined. Until" the 'American
lied Cross was permitted by the
French government to start Its drive
airuiust tuberculosis It looked as If,
even with a victory over the Hun, 1 many
France might eventually be conquered
by this deadlier foe.
Already things are looking brighter.
The Rcfl Cross has taken over old hos
pitals and built new ones, lloro than
3(10 tuberculosis dispensaries are to bo
opened throughout the country, and
Red Cross doctors and nurses scores
of them are devoting themselves ex
clusively to this light, doing over there
exactly the same kind of work which
Is financed In America by the Utile
Christmas seals. It Is one of the ways
m which hv our contribution.', lo she
Red Cross America can repy ber debt "was ( honor -bound to defend
to France. '
"Tha obiect of this war is- to deliver
the free peoples of the world from the
mensce and the actual power of a Vast
military esiaoiisnmeni coniroiica ny a:i
irresponsiDie government, wnicn, naving
secretly planned to dominate the world,
proceeded to carry out the plan without
regard either to the sacred obligations
of treaty or tho long.estabtlshed prac.
tlces and long.chorlshed principles of In.
tertiatlonal action a"d honori . . . This
'Ower Is not the uerman people. It Is
he ruthless master of the German Deo
file. ... It Is our business to see to
t that the history of the rest of the
world Is no longer left to Its handling."
rresiocnt vvuson, Mugusi 1, mis.
WE FIGHT FOR GOOD FAITH
"Tho faith i. of treaties Is Ihe only
solid foundation on winch a Temple
of peace can be built up."- ' (James
hryco.) Good faith between nations,
as lift ween men. Is the ono and only
safeguard from a return to barburlsm.
Without It brute force, sifter might,
must rule. Without it there Is no
security in human relations no se
curity, even, for llfo itself. To keep
one's vord, when once given, that Is
the evidence of the progress of civ
ilization, and tho test of it.
Hence the case of Belgium becomes
the single greatest German offense
against civilization in this war. . At
first, in our American ignorance ol
world conditions, we did not see this.
We do see It now more and more we
realize that until the crlino against
Belgium Is atoned for; there can be
no pence, and no hope of n world
at peace. ' . ' -
What the the facts? By treaties
signed in 1815, and again In 1831, and
still again In 1839, this last revision
being in offect in 1914, it was agreed
"Belgium shall ' form' a 'perpetually'
neutral state. Tho Ave powers guar
antee to It this perpetual neutrality,
as also tho invlolnblllty of Its ter
ritory." These five powers were Aus
tria, , France, Groat Britain, " Russia,
and Prussia, By Btich treaties the
neutral stale was pledgod to defend
In arms the . neutrality of its terri
tory; and each of the great powers
pledged Itself not only not to march
-troops Into or through the neutral
state, but also to aid her, In case
her territory., were violated.
The world,' thinking no nation
t-aso as to break Its word, was com
pletely taken by surprise by the at
tack on Belgium. But we know now,
from German statements, that German
military plans had for years intended
to break thiB pledge. German rulers
lied as to this consistently, and lied
to the tost day. On tho -morning
before the German troops advanced
the German mliilster assured Belgium
she need' feel no, alarm, and In the
evening of that Same day he delivered
his ultimatum. : -t V.:
Tho world has never seen so com
plete a denial of the -binding effect
of the pledged word. Why has Ger-
lost sight of the principle
of honor among nations? .Her own
answer reveals the cause; it is again
tho plea of mtsjlif. "The fate that Bel
glum has called down upon harsell
(note the hypocrisy of this) Is hard,
but not too hard, . . .' for the
destinies of the immortal great na
tions stand bo high that they can
not but have the right, In case ol
need, to . stride over, exigencies-that
can not defend themselves." (Pro
fessor Oncken.) When the British
Minister nt Berlin notified the Ger
man Chancellor ' that Great Britain
Bel
gium's, neutrality,, ti9 U-!.-r ery-j-1
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ir LA GRANDE fflMmjp. SIORE . ?
that this was "Terrible." a war "Just
for n word 'noutralitv'-t-lust for
scrap of naner." 'fie pitiful yes, th
terrible smnlicniicc of such (lcr-1
duces, is that Germans Icllero 'hem i
justified. : . . - . ...
"If I am aaked what we nro nglit.
lng for," said Prime Minister As
nuilli. "! can renlv in two seiitencoa,
In the first place, to fulfill an obllga-!
tlon , . . not onlv of law, but or j
honor,' which no self-respecting .man !
coijd possibly have repudiated; sec
ondly, to vindicate the principle . . . ' , .
that Bmall4atlonalltles are not to be j
crushed, in aenauco or mternaiioaai
good faith." i -.- . f ,
America was not a direct guarantor,
like Groat Britain, of tho neutrality
of Belgium, though in various con-
volitions (of which Germany also was
a signer) we pledged to the ' main- j
tennnce of the world principle of ''good
faith." But ever) nation was attacked
when Germany broke faith. . '.'The law j
protecting Belgium which was vio
lated was our law and tho law oij
every other civilized country, . . It i
was our safeguard against the neces--:
elty of maintaining great armaments, i
Our interest in having it maintained
At the law of nc'iotts win suiistan.
Hal, valuable, . pernimioMt Intorcsf."
(iilih'u Root.) ,.- V i
In file hope of an enduring peace, In !
the hopo o an advancing civilization, !
we can not forget Belgium,. In the,
hope for unmolested self-devolopmcnt,
In the sense of our 'own security nee-,
essary to progress, wo mttst iof forget j
Belgium, until Iter wrongs are righted, j
till .'. :::
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Chief Of Staff March States Needs
To House Committee.
THEATRE
.THE HOUSIi Ol' Ql'aMTV..
WASHINGTON, May 0. (By Unit
ed Press.) TJhe army's program for
the war next year includes the expen
diture of ?3,378,000,000 and $.1,200,000
for light ordnance, Chief of Staff
March told the house military commit
tee today. The heavy ordnance is esti
mated to total $7,000,000,000. March
said the quartermaster's corps will re
quire $5,780,000,000.
MOKK DIXAY t'ltlTlCISM
Committee .Members Sny Hrowitin
Marhiiic ;un Supply l,uekfiiu;
WASHINGTON, May . G. (By
United Press.) Members of the
house 1 'military committee declared
that the KHurc of the production
of heavy urowning umchinp. guns Is
"comparable only to the fuiniie or
tn alicrai't program. " and "that a
ridiculously small ni-mber hid been
produced." The committee question
ed General Dixon two hours roard-
itiB the Browning machine guns.
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j Madame Sulier, wife of the new j
Swiss minister to the United
States, has been in America only )
ti short time bM she is already
nne of the favorites In Washing
ton. Her husbsnd, a Swiss btisl- i
ness tian, succeeded Dr. Paul UiL-1
ier, jecalled,. - I
Investigatioifof Aircraft Production
Is To Re Made.
WASHINGTON, May (!. (By Unit
ed Press.) The White House has for
mally announced that the President
has ordered an official probe as the
outcome of charges aa-ainst tho air
craft production board. The President
has asked the Department of Justice
to co-operate with the Senate military
affairs committee to sift the allega
tions, to ascertain -w.iether a jfran-1
jury investigation is needed. He also
asked Secretary Baker to inquire as
to the need of courtmartial,
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