THE . OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL, ; PORT LAND.U SATURDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1917.
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PEACE TALK NOW
IS FROWNED ON
BY UNITY LEAGUE
Germany Must Be Crushed if
World Is to Be Left Safe for
.:, People of Free Nations.
HUN LONG ENEMY OF. U. S.
Intrigue Against America Began
. With Riots in Samoa in 1889;
WifsonY Words Are Cited.
or political revolution from within. For. ground for diseuMlon batwaea ths partl
as our president continues : ' -. sans - of rolfbt and .the partisans of
It miznt be lmnoaslbla in audi - risht.' ,. ',.-" '
' New York. Dee. 22. The League for
' National Unity today' Issued a declara
' tlon- signed by its officers and execu
tive committee, in which i .all efforts
toward a premature peace are con
demned and in determination of contin
uing: the war until a military victory is
achieved ' and the autocratic power of
the imperial German government is
broken. Is pledged. ,
"We are in this war to conquer the
enemy's armies," declares the state
ment, "though not his territory or popu
lation. We Intend to nullify the power
of the imperial German government.
We do not intend that it shall gain, at
the' expense of other nations, either 'an
enlargement of territory' or 'an expan
sion of prestige.' '
"When German military reverses
obliterate past victories and the war
map becomes unfavorable, no doubt
om of the German parties will begin
to consider the peace principles of world
democracy," the statement concludes.
"But no influential German party yet
sees coming defeat. There is, there
fore, as yet no common ground for dis
cussion between the partisans of might
and the partisans of right."
vfllsoa ladorset Xeagie
The League for National Unity was
organised in Washington September 12,
191?, an is composed of representatives
of the various elements that make up
American national life labor, agricul
ture, manufacturing, commerce, bank
ing, the church, the bar, women's and
teachers' organisations, and the respec
tive heads of the Democratic and Re
publican national committees. The for
mation of the new organisation was
welcomed by President Wilson In an
address delivered October S to the ex
ecutive committee, in which he empha
sized the need of team play by the forces
of Amertcan thought and opinion and
. endorsed the specific work which the
league proposed.
Germans Seek Compromise
The purpose of the league, as stated
in its by-laws, is "to create a medium
through which loyal Americans of all
classes, sections, creeds and parties can
give expression to the fundamental pur
pose of the United States to carry on
to a successful conclusion ihis new war
for the independence of America, the
preservation of Democratic Institutions
, and the vindication of the basic prin-
' ciples of humanity."
The officers are : Honorary chairmen,
James Gibbons, cardinal,, and Frank
Mason North. D. D., president federal
council. Churches of Christ in America;
- chairman,' Theodore N. Vail, president;
American Telephone A Telegraph com
pany ; vice chairmen, Samuel Gompers,
- president American Federation of Labor ;
Charles S. Bajrrett. president Farmers'
Educational and Cooperative Union of
America, and George Pope, president
National Association of Manufacturers ;
chairman executive committee, James M.
Beck, American Bar association; treas
urer, Otto H. Kahn ; director, Ralph M.
Easley, chairman executive council, the
National Civie federation ; and secretary,
D. L. Cease, editor "The Railroad Train
man." , Germans Seek Compromise
The statement, bearing the headline,
"An American War and an American
Victory," follows in full:
The Imperial German government
foiled and defeated in its plan to crip
ple the great self-governing nations of
the world, first France, next jungiana.
last the United States, is seeking to
achieve through its proposals for peace
what it has been unable to obtain tjy
arms.
The Imperial German government
seeks a compromise in the irrepressible
conflict between autocracy and democ
racy before it shall be too late. All who
are willing to compromise on this issue
are willing to aid despotism, as all who
urged compromise on Abraham Lincoln
In the Civil war aided slavery. The
. American people today are fighting for
their own liberty as well aa for the
freedom of the world. The world cannot
be safe for democracy so long aa an
organised autocracy its people still be-
llevlng- it ' victorious Is intrenched in
: the center of Europe, leading 10,000,000
r armed men and possessing the resources
- of 170,004,000 people In the world s cen
tral position for ail seas and all con
tlnents.
President Wilson' was the true spokes
man of the : American people when he
said in., his message to congress on
December 4: i ...
"The American people are impatient
i With those who desire peace by any
' sort of compromise deeply and lndlg
nantly impatient.
"It -will be full impartial justice jus
tice done at every point and to every
. nation that the final . settlement must
affect our enemies as well as our
friends."
No compromise is conceivable if the
German government is ,"not utterly
. brought to an end", by. military defeat
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toward circumstances, to admit Ger
many to the free economic intercourse
which must inevitably spring out of the
other partnerships of a real peace. But
there would be no aggression In that ;
and such, a situation, inevitable because
of distrust, would in the very nature
of things sooner or later cure Itself
by processes which would assuredly
set in." . , - .-
- - - At War ia Self Defease
Nor : would this, be our only recourse
against the rulers of Germany; .."It
might be impossible to admit them to
the partnership of nations which must
henceforth guarantee the world's peace."
our national leader further points out.
The flagrant violation by the Imperial
government of the principles and prac
tice of accepted international law was
the occasion of pur declaration of war,
but 'not Its underlying cause. The eauM
of our entering the present war. as of
every other country at war with the
imperial -'German government- is that
this autocracy endangers , our safety
and challenges our freedom. From the
day when it attacked our possession of
Samoa by the Insidious plot which cost
the lives of our sailors in 1889. to the
present period when it has filled oiu
land with spies, has slain our citizens
on land and sea. and set them at vari
ance by fomenting racial strife, the
government of Germany .has been our
enemy in peace as it is. now our foe In
war. Its fleet threatened the fleet of
Admiral Dewey In Manila harbor ; it
sought to set the Monroe, doctrine at
naught ; ' it proposed intervention by
Europe when we freed Cuba ; it laid
plans to ' control Santo Domingo and
Venezuela; and it has attempted this
very year to array Mexico and Japan
against us while we were still at peace.
The visit of. Prince Henry began the
campaign to divide our loyal citizens
of German birth and descent so as to
render this nation impotent in the de
fense of Its own security and that of
the democracies ef the world. Germany
even sought by the Delbrueck law to
establish a continuing German citizen
ship in German immigrants who had
become citizens of the United States by
naturalization. This in effect attempted
to cause them to violate the oath which
made them citizens of the United States.
mil to accept a divided allegiance.
Our war aims cannot be compromised.
Which of President Wilson's demands
on our behalf can we surrender? Can
we abandon our demand for 'liberty
ana seir government" (May 28) for our
selves and others? Shall we give up
our demand for "the freedom of the
nations" (April 2)? A the president
has said, "We can afford to be gener
ous. but we cannot afford to be weak
or omit any single guarantee of Justice
or security" (May 26).
Wrongs Shall Be Righted
Since a lasting world peace is our
chief war aim, which of Germany's
crimes can we afford to accept as inno
cent acts and permit to be repeated and
continued? Which oppressed nationality
can we safely abandon to her sovereign
ty? What slaughter of innocents and
destruction of their property shall we
leave without such reparation as can
be afforded by financial indemnity? In
which cases shall the nations which
have made vast sacrifices in an effort
to protect the victim pay the bulk of
the damages? As the president has
said: "The sinister intrigue of the Ger
man ruling classes to secure peace now
with the. immense advantages in their
hands" is "their one opportunity to per
petuate their military power." (June
14.)
We are In this war to eoniuer May
zs) tne enemy's armies though not
his territoiy or population. We intend
to nullify the power of th Imuerial
German government (April ). We do
not intend that it shall gain at the
expense of other nations either "an n-
largement of territory" or "an expan
sion of Industrial and commercial op
portunities ' or "an Increase of pres
tige" (June 14).-
We, entered the war. further, with
the demanJ that "wrongs done rhot.-ld
be righted (May 26). Our prMidcnt
has -pointed out that a return to the
statua quo ante could not be sutficient
and that tentorial readjustments and
Indemnifies "for manifest wrongs drne"
(May zb win be necessary. Ie has
made It cleai that we shall demand no
material compensation for the sacri
fices we shall make In the war. that l.
for war expenditures (April 3). But
our president has made a specific ex
ception from his condemnation of in
demnities, in payments for "manifest
wrongs done." It is hardly necessary
to add that ,such payments " fin some
iorm) snail be made in each 'mportant
instance Belgium, Serbia, Poland. ltiu-
mania and Northern France. After
stating our determination to win the
war, our president correctly and con
cisely states (In his recent message to
congress) what we mean by this de
termination to win:
We shall regard the war as won rmlr
when the German people say to 118,
through properly accredited representa
tives, that they are ready to agree to a
settlement based upon Justice and the
reparation of the wrongs their rulers
have done.
Great Fries Matt Be Paid .
"They have established a power over
other lands and peoples than their own
over the great (empire of Austria
Hungary, over hitherto free Balkan
states, over Turkey and within Asia.
which must be relinquished.
he mace we make must di!vr t
once fair and happy peoples of Belgium
and Northern France from -the Prussian
conquest and the Prussian menace, but
it must also deliver the peoples of
Austria-Hungary, the peoples of the
Balkans, the peoples of Turkey alike In
Europe and in Asia, from the impudent
and alien domination of the Prussian
military and commercial autocracy."
iirvery nation must be guaranteed that
opportunity for free economic develop
ment which arises from free access to
the seas ; but that access must not be
made wholly nugatory by the immedi
ate proximity of a hostile military
power. In his latest message to con
gress. America's spokesman- has made
our position In this matter unmistak
able: - V '
'When I said, , In January. " that thm
nations of the world were entitled not
only to free pathways upon the sea. but
also to assured and unmolested access
to those pathways . I was think
ing, and am thinking now, of Austria
herself, among the rest, as well' as of
Serbia and Poland. -.Justice and equality,)
ox r ignis, can oe . naa oniy at a great
price." . -
This is the democratic solution ef the
questions of . annexations and indemni
ties. It Is not only founded upon Jus
tice and humanity ; It is the only think
able basis of lasting peace. To omit
any of the guarantees" of future secur-l
lty that He in the Just .solution of these,
great problems "would mean only that
au tne world would arm for the next,
the final struggle." . : .
The only peace that can assureneace
is one that establishes the "community .
oi power- among ins nations which, the
president has shown, must replace the
old "balance of power." But all nations
entering into such a world agreement
must enter it as equals, without hops of
any , special privilege - or advantage.
When German military reverses obllter-'
ate past victories and the war map be
comes unfavorable ta ; Germany, : no
doubt some of the - German parties will
world ' democracy. But no influential j
German party yet sees coming defeat. I
There is, therefore, as :yet no common1
Babbl Wis Is Xemser
t -"Any body -of free men .that com
pounds with the present German gov?
ernmeat is compounding lor its own de
struction." (Nov. IJ.) M
(Signed) '-" ' '
CYRUS : ADLBR. . acting president
Jewish Theologies.! Seminary of
": " America. Philadelphia. Pa.
CHARLES' a BARRETT, president
Farmers' Educational and Coop
eratlve union of America, Union
X City, Ga. m ;
JAMES M. BECK. American Bar as-
- soclatlon. New York.-
P. H. CALLAHAN, chairman com
mittee on war activities. Knights
of Columbus. Louisville, Ky.
MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT.
president National .American
Woman's Suffrage association.
Washington, D. C
D. L. CEASE, editor the Railroad
Trainman, Cleveland; Ohio.
J. W. CRAB TREK, National Educa
tion association. Washington. D. C.
RALPH M. EA8LEY. chairman ex
ecutive council, the National Civic
federation. New York.
JOHN H- FINLEY. New York state
commissioner of education. Al
bany. N. Y.
R. H. GERARD, president National
Fraternal Congress of America
and .Canada, Crawfordsvllle, Ind.
JAMES GIBBONS, cardinal. Baltl
- more, Md.
SAMUEL GOMPERS, president
American Federation of Labor,
Washington. EL C
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND. the
World Court league, Washington.
J. C
WILLIAM H. INGERSOLU Na
tional Association of Advertising
Clubs. New York.
OTTO H KAHN, Kuhn, Loeb Co.
New York.
VANCE C M'CORMICK. chairman
Democratic national committee.
Harrisburg, Pa.
V. EVER IT MACY, president the
National Clvio federation. New
York.
ALFRED E. MARLING, chairman
International Committee of Y. M.
C. A-'a, -New York.
CHARLES H. MAYO. M. D., presi
dent American Medical aasocia
tlon, Rochester, Minn.
MRS. PHILIP N. MOORE, presi
dent National Council of Women,
St. Louis, Mo.
FRANK MORRISON. secretary
American Federation of Labor,
Washington, D. C.
FRANK MASON NORTH. D. D.,
New York.
GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER,
chairman National Committee of
Patriotic and Defense Societies,
Philadelphia. Pa. I
GEORGE POPE, president National
Association of Manufacturers,
Hartford, Conn.
WARREN S- STONE, grand chief
International Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers, Cleveland,
Ohio.
THEODORE N. VAIL, president
American telephone 4 Telegraph
company. New York.
MRS. JAMES WADSWORTH JR,
president National Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage,
Washington. D. C
WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING,
economist and author, Greenwich,
Conn.
WILLIAM R. WTLLCOX. chairman
Republican national committee,
New York.
TALCOTT WILLIAMS, director
School of Journalism, Columbia
university. New York city.
RABBI STEPHEN a WISE, Free
Synagogue, . New York.
U.S. ATTITUDE 0(1
PEACE UNCHANGED
STATEMENT SAYS
' ' MSS1SMWSSBS
State Department Has Announced
That America Stands Squarely
on President Wilson's Message
GERMANY IS PLAYING A GAME
Kaiser Seeks to Gain Much and
Give Little or Nothing; Greater
Pan-Germany Is His Object
Greeks" Are Seeking J
MoreTradeWitliTI.S.
Sseelal i Jtssreeeatatlve Arrives st Saa
Fraaclsee te rui ' far Cestaitrelal
Ageaeles, ef 2Tatloa.
... San Francisco. ' Dec .J3. L N. 15.
Armed with credentials from Premier
yenlselos and other Greek government
officials PoVybtos P. Leckos, general
representative of the liberal press In
Athens and actively connected with Pa-
trts Hestla Rotnloa, the official organ of
Veniseloa- government, arrived in San
Francisco Friday In furtherance of pre
liminary work the ultimate object of
which is the extension of commercial
relations between the United States and
Greece.
Leckos plans to establish a company
to be known as the American-Hellenic
Commercial corporation, with American
headquarters in New York and branch
offices in a desen or more financial and
commercial centers of the United States.
Madras Irrigation
Delegation Coming
Madras, Dec- 22. At the Madras
Commercial club Thursday night How
ard W. Turner. Ora Vantassel, C E.
Roush, McKlnley Kama and W. R
Cook, r prominent local business men,
were named as delegates to the Ore
gon irrigation congress. They will
leave on the Central Oregon special for
Portland on the evening of January 1
and will establish headquarters at the
Imperial hotel. Madras, being in the
heart of the north unit irrigation dis
trict of the Deschutes, is vitally In
terested In the success of the congress.
Logger Is Drowned
In Luckiamute River
Dallas. Or.. Dec 22. Louis Welnart.
21 years old. was drowned In the
Luckiamute river , near Alrlie Friday
afternoon. He was assisting in breaking
up a log Jam when he fell into the
swollen stream. The swift current swept
him rapidly out of the sight of his
companions. The body has not been
recovered.
By Carl D. Groat
Washington. Dec 2!. U. P.) Amer
Im's Ttonitlon toward neaoe is un
changed. the state department official
ly stated Friday. It remains as outlined
by President Wilson in his message to
congress. There can be no peace nego
tiations while Honensollernlsm. with Its
horrors, exists.
The state department answer was
given in the latest of reported German
peace feelers, extended In an effort to
get a peace mcNrement started by Christ
mas. The department added that it had
not received any of these feelers, either
formally or informally, and was not
advised of Russian Minister Trotsky's
statement that he had given the allies
two months in which to join Russia's
"general peace" movement.
Germany Play is g a Game
It was pointed out that Germany's lat
est endeavor toward oeace is still a
game to give her much and her enemies
little or nothing. She Is striving to gain
advantage in Western! Russia, which
would more than offset the loss of Al
.sace-Lorraine, disposition of which she
might be welling to leave.' to Alsatians.
Economic industrial and political ab
sorption of border province of Russia
and the creation of a colossal Inland
empire of the rest of that country is
the aim of the central empires, accord
ing to Russian officials today.
With everything to lose by a continu
ation of the war, Germany is seeking a
way out and hopes to make Russia the
price she will exact in return for other
concessions she may have to make in
order to reach an agreement with the
allies.
Greater Fan. Germany Is Object
The game Kaiser Wilhelm is attempt'
lng to "put across" in Europe now. If
successful, will create a pan-Germany
greater and more powerful than any the
Teuton statesmen ever dreamed of.
In the demands of Ukraine. Courland
Esthonla, Finland and Poland for Inde
pendence, Russian officials here see the
Indelible tracery of Germany's most re
cent ambitions.
At the beginning of the war, the kaiser
aspired to create a pan-Germany of Tur
key. Bulgaria. .Serbia, Roumanla, and
possibly Belgium, a Russian official
stated.
Balked In her desire to secure Belgium
ana now realising that she cannot re
tain Northern France, the Germans
turned their attention to peaceful absorp
tion oi xneir auies, Bulgaria and Tur
key.
Rstslaa Revelation Fatefal
Then came the Russian revolution and
Germany beheld opening up before her
tne greatest opportunity In her hlstorv
absorption of the richest provinces of
tne Russian empire.
While, on one hand. Germany Is
openly encouraging the Bolshevik!
whose policies are the antithesis of
Prusslanlsm she Is secretly encourage
ing uaraine. courland, Lithuania and
outer states to strike for Independence.
Klamath Falls Is
Going Right Ahead
Asphaltic Post Road
Plan to Be Proposed
Salem, Or, Dec 22. The state high
way department has prepared for sub
mission to the government for approval
a project for hard surfacing 21 miles of
the Pacific highway in Marlon county
from poet road funds.
The project begins at the end of the
present pavement 1.1 miles north of
Salem and extends to the Clackamas
county line. It is proposed to lay an
asphaltic pavement, and the. work will
be done by the highway department. The
estimated cost is S4SS.t4C, of which the
government will pay half and the state
half. If the government approves the
project.
Governor Out of Town
Salem. Or.. Dec 22. Governor Withy
combe was out of town Friday, having
gone to Portland. .
Maury L Diggs Is
Released From Jail
.
San Francisco, Dec 22. (U. P.)
Maury I. Dlgga, convicted several years
ago with F. Drew Caminettl of violat
ing the Mann white slavery law, has
bn released from McNeil's Island
prison, according to advices received
here today. He is reported to have left
Tacoma for California today.
OREGON SO
Li
mm
AT CAMP MILLS VHEN
MAYOR SENT PROTEST
SaSSMMSMWM'' 4t
Former Governor Oswald West
Found Men to Be in Excellent.
Health and Spirits.
The Oregon boys had been moved
away from Camp Mills several days
when Mayor Baker's telegram protest
ing' alleged bad conditions at the camp
was sent to the war department, co
co rd tag td former Governor , Oswald
West, who returned Thursday from a
trip In the East. Like many others
who visited the camp. Governor West
says he found the boys in excellent
health and spirits.
"Hearing many rmuois as to condi
tions at Camp Mills. Long Island, and
because Mrs. West and I had relatives
and a number of intimate friends In the
camp. I felt It my duty to pay It a visit
and learn the truth." ha said.
I found the location offered a poor
site for a winter camp and I under
stand It was never so intended. It
seems to have been chosen as kind of a
relay station between the permanent
camps and points of embarkation. The
Oregon boys were no doubt held there
longer than -was intended, and thus
cascht by the bad weather.
The camp carried but few ef the
conveniences provided at the perma
nent camps and at times things wars
anything but pleasant for the boys. How
ever, I found them ' In excellent health
and spirits, eager to ret to France, and
being treated splendidly as to food,
clothing and equipment.
"Much credit Is due the government
for the way It is looking to the moral
welfare of the boys in this camp, and
parents who have boys on duty there
can rest assured that everything possi
ble has been done to give them protec
tion In this direction.
"When I visited the camp, which was
several days before Mayor Baker had
wired the war department. I found they
were In the process of moving and all
were gone at the time his wire reached
the war department."
Savin OartlfleaU eeS TMft ataawa
r.TTTj patriotic rill of tfca mttad Stmtaa
ia fotne to faiTaat tj wr ehanca ia war aa
turn evrtifleatca Tit Cnitad Htaaa tnrnmVt
wtO par 7Q intaraat ) thaaa an4 win tvpay
the principal o Jaaoary 1, 1S2S. Bay wat
aaTtns eartlflrataa at The Journal oataaaa
Men From Banks to :
Train for Of ficers
Tratalsg Seseel WIU at Cast
Xtarey en Jaaaary Xegalar Aosy
If ta wm Also Be lee ted.
1 San Diego. CaL, Dec II. t. X. &-;
Under command of Captain Wallace
Phlloon., aide to 'Major General F. S.
Strong, an officers training school will
open at Camp Kearny January I, ac
cording to a statement made public at
the camp Friday. This school win be
permanently attached to the Fortieth
division.
A quota of 111 men will be allowed
to go up from the ranks of the Fortieth
division, US men will be accepted from
colleges and 210 men will be picked
from the ranks of the regular army
units now Included 4n the western de
partment, making a total of 71 men
to be enrolled for the three months
Instruction.
French Capture
Submarine Crew
Paris, Dec 22. (L N. 8.) French
torpedo boats captured the commander
and 21 members of the crew of the Oer
man submarine which aank the antl
OjUated French cruiser Chateau Kenault
In the Mediterranean, it was learned
here Friday.
The Renault was escorting several
ships when attacked. The U-boat de
livered one torpedo, then submerged and
came up on the other side of the cruiser,
filing another torpedo Into her. In the
meantime, French destroyers came up
and sank the submarine with shell fire.
The struggling German sailors were
picked, up out of . the water.
ALLEGED-SYMPATHY
FOR GERMANY LED TO
FIGHT, SAYS MURNANE
Timber Grove School Board Con
troversy. Over Teachers' Ap- ;
plication, He Asserts. -
Quebec to Consider
Secession Question
Quebec Que.. Dec IS. (U. P.) The
Quebec legislature .la to discuss the
question of seceding from the Canadian
confederation. A resolution. Introduced
today by J. N. Franooeur, deputy for
Lotblnler, reads:
"That this house is of the opinion
that the province of Quebec would be
disposed to accept the rupture of the
federation pact of lt7 If. in the opin
ion of tjie other provinces, it is be
lieved that the said province is an ob
stacle to the union and the progress
and development of Canada.
The alleged pro-German sympathies
of the Rev. Mr. Wettdaufer. clerk of
the school board at Timber Orova,
Clackamas county, furnished the under
lying cause for a fistic battle at the
recent meeting of the board, according
to M. J. Murnane. a former member of .
the legislature and a close friend of',
B. Sullivan, chairman of the . school
board. " - -
According to Murnane. the board net
to employ a new school teacher, and
received the application of a young lady
of Swedish descant, who attended the
meeting and presented various creden
tlals as to her capabllltlea. .
Mra. Wettdaufer. Murnane says, is a
member of the board, while her hue ,
band la clerk of the board. Mra. Wett
daufer voted against the employment .
of the appllcaat, while Chairman Sul
livan and Director Bucks, the other
member of the board, voted for her.
Mr. Murnane says there was some .
discussion regarding the result of the
voting, and that Mr. Wettdaufer picked
up the applicant's credentials and started
from the room. Chairman Sullivan
knocked htm down and recovered the
credentials. .-
The difficulty, Murnana says, grew
out of the supposed disloyalty of the
clerk or the board. Chairman Sullivan
is one of the pioneer residents of Clack
mm county, having taken up a home
stead In that county mors than 48
years ago. He operates two farms sear
Timber Grove, and owns a home on the
east side, purchased that his ahQdrsn
should have the advantages of the Pod
land high schools.
Darnell Goes to Work C;
Peoria. 111.. Dec 21 (L N. S.) James
Morrison Darnell, the marrying parson,
a bo wss released from prison a few
months ago, after serving a term for
Mann act violations, la swinging a It
pound hammer In aa Implement factory
here- He declared today ha liked the
Job.
Klamath Falls, Dec 22. The progress
of the city of Klamath Falls is evidenced
by the building permits Issued by the
city council at the regular meeting.
me new amain state bank was
granted permission to remodel Its re
cently purchased quarters at the corner
or Sixth and Main streets at an approxi
mate cost of $2000. A new building is
planned for the corner at a later date.
The Ewauna Box company is author
ised to proceed with tbe erection of a
new factory on the former location on
81xth street, the estimated cost of which
la 115.000.
Fred Garrtch waa given a permit for
the construction of a house at Ninth and
High streets at a cost of $4000.
The crosswalk: just beyond the govern
ment canal on Esplanade In Hot Springs
Is to be raised and repaired.
Store Open
Ton
ight
X.
Until 9 o'Clock
: For the benefit of those who
cannot shop during the day -'and
for those who' just remem-
fcered some "last-minute" gift '
the store will be open.
CHECKS CASHED ON THE
MAIN FLOOR '
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Cam Besperate femaiy
.Break Throng Ik ?
Germany's, prof est contempt for America's wr preparations is somewhat
belied by evidences of her desperate determination to win before our soldiers
arrive in force. Thus dispatches tell of westward -moving German troop-trains
congesting the roads to Flanders, of Austrian forces shifted to the French
front, and of a growing intensity of Teutonic artillery - fire along the whole
Western line. Advices that leak out from Germany all indicate that the
Kaiser's only hope of victory lies in delivering a "knock-out" blow, before
American forces can get into the field.
In THE LITERARY DIGEST for December 22d, one of the leading
articles deals with the possibilities in the German drive on the Western front,
and how it may affect the Allies' chances of victory. Other features are:
Turning the Light On . Our War Activities
Editorial Opinion Upon The Charge Before Con great of a Lack of Efficiency
v in our War Administration
Is the U. S. Government Competent
to Run the Railroads?
Germany's Deep-Laid Plot Against U. S.
When the Germans Awake
Building Cities While You Wait
Wanted:- A Clothes Administration
Daylight in the Workshops
Fooling the Enemy's Eye
Christmas in the Redeemed Jerusalem
India's Christians for Free India
News of Finance and Industry
A Revenue Tax That Passe th Understanding
Fixing the Blame for the Halifax
Tragedy
German Wails Over Submarine, .
failure
Transportation Evils and Remedies
(Prepared bj the U. S. Food Administration)
, - - e
The Best Food to Fight On -:- -Good
ResulUFrom Poor Fuel
Heifetz: New Wizard of the Violin
When the Soldier "Goes West"
Best of the Current Poetry
Many Striking lllt&trations, Including thm WV Best Cartoons. This Week's Digest Cover
Unusually Attractive, Depicting American Jackie 9 Receiving Their Christmas Boxes at Sea
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