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DATAv OREQONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1920.
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NO. 0663
OE ill Olt PREPARE FOR WORE
LEAGUE
COK Will SPEAK
OIIHl 11111118
lit RECORD DRIVE
Greatest Stump Campaign
r Ever Made for Presidency
Will Be Ended Only on
Threshold of Voting Day.
G. 0. P. LEArjERS CENTER
EFFORTS UPON SENATE
Rival Camps Predict Respect
ive Victories as Last Few
Hours of Final Day Brings
Forth Ready Fireworks.
NEW YORK, Nov. I. (A. I)
Republican and democratic
headquarters both4 predicted .vie-
torv In tomorrow's election. 'Vox
and Roosevelt will win," declar
ed George White, democratic
national chairman. Will Hayes.
r publican chairman predicted
that Harding would Ret no lews
than 368 and probubly 395 elec
toral vote. The number requir
ed to elect is 166.
DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 1. (Py Her
tiert Walker, U. P. Staff correspond
ent.) Governor Cox, "determined
to fight until the last, minute," will
end the greatest stump campaign ever
made by a presidential candidate with
a speech In Toledo tonight. It will
probably be Just about an hour before
midnight ushers In election day when
Oovernor Cox gives to the American
electorate the last word of hi nation
wide battle for the presidency. Al
though realising he was forced to
tart hut campaign against big odds
he I confident of victory tomorrow,
"believing he will be carried over the
ii electoral vote mark by the tide
for the League of Nation.
The governor hasravalcd approxi
mately 21 thousand mile inco he ac
cepted the nomination about .1 week
"t!W IT estimates that i
four fifth of " hl speeche he ha
spoken to- ,000. 000 people. .Since
September 2 hhe has traveled virtually
every day, making his "home". In hit
private car, the "Federal.'' He has
carried the rampaign into iiaie nui
ha Jiever seemed to lose hi charoc-
teristto aggressiveness.
Even hi opponent admit- he- has
never stopped fighting. Ieplte the
train of extensive travels, the gover
nor I In excellent physical condition.
' I .carter See Four Leaf Clover.
DAYTON, Nov. 1. (A. P.) Gover
nor Cox I to clone his campaign to
night with a speech at Toledo because
party follower there regarded h ap
pearance as good luck, asserting lha'
hi only chance of defeat was when
he failed to end hi speaking engage
ment In that city.
Harding Tunis to ftenata.
MARION, Ohio.. Nov. I. (Py Ray
mond Clapper. U .P. Correspondent.)
Confident of hi own state at the
poll tomorrow Senator Harding
turned today to assist In tho election
of a republican senate in the final
hour of hi campaign. Party leaders
are centering eleventh hour efforts on
weak spot in the senatorial cam
paign, determined not only to send
Harding to the white house but also to
glvo him a food working majority In
the Minute. They 1clleve the house
will go republican by a liberal margin.
Many visitor are arriving- In Morion
to bo present on election night. Plana
have been made for bonfires, unlimited
noise and a general celebration In the
ovent of the senator' election.
Kmllo .Answers QihtIhs.
MARION, fJov. It (A. P.)-Senator
Harding . is resting today. ' A
mlle answered those who asked for
a prediction of the outcome. Instead
of any. special claim he called atten
tion to the' public of utterance In
which ho lias declared ho fully ex
pocted to be Inaugurated as the na
tion' chief executive next March '4.
DAMAGES SOUGHT FROM
PORTLAND POLICE OFFICE
PORTLAND. Nov, 1. (A. P.)
Suit for $39,000 damages was filed To
day on behalf of Boon Cason against
tho mayor, chief of police and four
fjollcomen, a a result of the death of
Cason 's son Wavno, who was Bhot In
police headquarters last April.
WI4KAT IMItMlTH MOI'NT
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. (A. P.)
Import of Canadian wheat and flour
during the first 1 5 day of October
wore greater than In any correspond
ing period In tho pat several years,
the federal trade commission reported
to the president today. The report is
based on an Investigation ordered by
the president after he had been asked
ty Governor Allen, or Kansas, to place
(VQ JWtfttSq pa Cwuadtao .Wheat.
OREGON WAR COSTS EXCEED SUM
OF ALL STATE, CITY, ROAD, PORT,
SCHOOL OR OTHER FORMS OF TAX
Money Collected to Pay
Possible Conflict is Suffici
ent to Wipe Out Every Cent
Otherwise Assessed.
HY WARD A. IRVINE,
On the eve of the election huro are
fact of Intercut In Oregon:
The federal government. In the va
rious forum of war tuxes, collects from
Oregon City tho current year $2K4.900.
fcA-ery cent of it is for war or the re
sults of war. If there were no war In
the wcrld practically every tent of the
um of this money could be saved. The
sum Oregon C ly pay is sufficient to
provide tliut city with a $100,000
courthouse, u $100,000 federal build
lug and an $84,900 city hall .
In the ame way the federal gov- j
eminent collects from the people, of
McMlnnvillc this year $1.18,350
enough to build a magnificent high
school building and a handsome city i
hall, with money left for other pur-
poses. That sum will lie pMd by the
people of Mc.Minnvifie this year and In
approximate sums every year until the
world gets rid of war.
CorialHs DrHived or Ituiltl ng.
The federal government collects
from the people of Corvallls this year
for war purposes $287,600, enough to
build at 1 100,000 hiKh school, a $100,.
000 public hospital and an $37,600
federal building. Corvallls has long
ought a
federal building but cannot
have It because of the cost of battle-
hips and the other war bills. These I'oK harbor Improvements, the main
huge sums which the three cities and tenance of the agricultural und all
all other Oregon cities are paying out jo'hr federal departments and all the
every year are not due solely to the i appropriations for o'her purposes. If
lalo war. I!cfore tho world war each
was paving out' about cven-nlnths of
what It is now paying for war pur
poses. In the various form of taxe to
pay war bill the city of porllaii'lj
pays out to the federal government
this year. $12 1114.400. Multnomah
county pays $13.74 000. The c ty of
I'ortland pay for war bills about
threo times as much as It pays for all
city taves. Because the world toler
ate var Portland pay out enough
Ihi year on war bill to build t three
splendid bridges across the Willam
ette. And unless the league 'of Na
I kins ends w and Hmlis armament
Portland Will go on paying an approx
imately equal sum for a aenerallrn,
and an even greater sum after the next
war.
Eugene, Rosoburg, Pendleton, 1 .41
Orando, Paker. Grants Pass. Med-
ford, Ashland and all other towns and
l1'1 Pay sums proportionate to the
RES,
F MARKED 'YES', MAY
increase in fire insurance:
Rates. Lack of Ability to Re-11"'1
nair Water System and Wcw
High Prices May be Averted, i
An Increase in flro insurance rates
lor residences, a, lack of ability to
mako emergency repairs or extensions
to the city's water system and a pos
sibility of high prices tomorrow for
public property which Pendleton can
buy toduy at a figure considered rea
sonable may bo prevented by affirm
ative votes tomorrow for all three In
itiative measures on the city ballot.
City and water commission officials
toduy pointed out, in statements to
the Kust Oregonlan, reasons why ,
these measures merit affirmative
votes.
Measure number 400 culls for al
lowing the water commission to in
crease the amount of script indented
ness to $25,000. This measure, a
mcmbor of the commission today
pointed ont, extends a privilege and
I not a taxation measure. It is made
necessary by tho growth In the sys
tem. The present script limit Is $5,
000, fixed when annual receipts of
I he system did not exceed $10,000.
Now, with an annual Income exceed
ing $40,000, this limit Is so small that
emergency repairs or extensions on
streets to be paved' are Impossible
without the slow, tedious process of a
bond Issue. Bonds cannot bo' mark
eted profitably at present, while war
rants will be taken at not more than
6 per cent and may be retired month
by month.
To Antliorlxp Ilonil Imio.
Measure number 402 asks that vot
ers uuthorlzo a bond Issue of $14,000
for the p'ircliusa of a fire truck und
pump. The need of such apparatus
was emphasized by the state fire mar
shal In tho reoent survey of Pcndlo
lon. It has been petitioned for by
nearly every owner of a business or
business block In the city. Its need Is
Imperative, Manuel Prlodly, of the
fire committee of tho council, today
declared. '
The truck now In use was purchas
ed In 1912 and Is as good as con
demned, Mr. Kricdly pointed out. It
carries hose and chemical but ho no
pump. With the expansion of resi
dential districts to the hills, where
' pressure In the water main la
low.
I ,
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fgfluniount paid by McMlnnvillc, Cor-
vains and Oregon City, for war bills.
Each of them could, If-war is brought
to an end by tho League of Nations,
save enough money in five year to
build more high schools und gram
mar scnooia than cither has now.
War Rills Ku-erd Sum or All.
The entire taxes, stain, city, school
special school, port, road and all
er foi inn of luxe collected in the state
of Oregon this . year is about $32,000,
000. To pay war bills, the federal gov
ernment collects from the people of
Oregon this year In the various forms
of waY taxes, $39 164.2-10. The sum It
over $7,000 000 more than is collected
by the state for all other purposess. It
Is sufficient to build almost twice us I
many paved roads as have liecn built
111 this state In the great road cam
paign cf the past rive or six years. If
war Is abolished 'by the league of Na
tion, the amount I hat the people will
have lo pa for public purposes will
be reduced to less than half the pres
ent amounls. If there were no war
In the world, the money that would be
I saved would be sufficient lo wipe out
all state, city, school, road, port and
other forms of taxes now collected by
the stale and tax districts within the
state.
Before the late war $71 out of every
$100 collected by the federal govern
ment went to pay war bll's. Slii'-e the
war, $92.23 out 'of every $100 collocted
goes to pay war bills. Only $7.17 so
collected goes to the payment of all
father expenses of government. Includ
war Is abol'shed by the league. It is
estimated that the expense of conduct
ing the federal government would be
about one tenth the present amount.
The amount that the federal govern
meat collects this year from various
count'es In Oregon to pay war bills is
as follows: Yamhill $1.026.450. Paker
$396 450, Harney $189 00, Sherman
$199 600. Lane $1,303,300, Douglas
$1,060,600, Coin $1 112.S50, Clacka
mas $1,334,900. Marlon $2 355 850
Clatsop $1,151 EO0. Eenton $687,200.
lii'invt; oims ox harding
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CI.FrVKI.ANI. Ohio, Nov. I. ft'.
P.) Prevailing hettlng odds here are
eight lo one th;il Harding will be elect-
id and four
o one that he will carry
Ohio by at le-iat one hundred and fifty
thousand. Very few lets are being
made.
HALIFAX, N. S., Nov. 1 . ( A .
The dashing little schooner )v
anlo, of Gloucester, today won
P.)
second International fishermen's race
"1P championship, it was
as thrilling a race as ever has been
sailed, through sunshine, mists and
squalls with never more than a dozen
lengths between the JLsperanto and
Oclawaiina.
" ' Itcluwumia Held Li-ail. '
HALIFAX, Nov. L (V. .'.) Tho
Canadian schonnor Helawanna round
ed the first marker today with a four
minute lead over the Yankee Esper
anto. II rounded the second mark
half a tulle uhcud.
The Esperanto cut the lcail of her
Canadian rival to-a quarter of a mile
as they turned into the last lap of
their 40 mile race.
STANTON, In., Nov. 1. (A. P.1
Four persons were killed early today
when three Burlington truins crashed
together 100 yards east of the depot.
Two engineers, named Conklln and
Tyndull, fireman Elmer Anderson and
iin flnldetlfied man were tho victims.
ELECTION NEWS WILL BE
FLASHED ON MAIN STREET
BY THE EAST 0REG0NIAN
As usual 011 election niiihts tho
East Oregonlan will flush re-
turns on Main street Tuesday
evening. The report will consist
of the full Western Union report,
nn Associated Press rejmrt by
special phone giving a 10 minute
servlco with 20 mtnule Intervals
and a bulletin service hy the
United Press, aside from city
and county reports. The service
will be the most complete ever
received here. Tho Associated
Press report Is to start at 7
o'clock.
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WEATHER, WOMEN
AND INDEPENDENT
VOTE MX CARDS
Quadriennial Political Poker
uame Keacnes Show Down
Stage and Hands Will be
Called at Polls Tomorrow.
FIRST VOTERS AND DEAGUE
TANGLE ALL PARTY LINES
Registration Swells Hope of G.
0. P. But Democratic Appeal
for Peace Treaty May Turn
..Trick 9,000,000 Balloters.
CIPICAOO. Nov. 1. (V. P.) The
cuadrenniui political poker game tod;i
leached the "show down" stage. Tarty
leader and campaign managers toss
ed additional claims of success Into the
"Pot" and declared they are ready to
have their hands "caiied," by tho vot
ers tomorrow. Republican national
committee headquarters claimed at
hast 340 decimal votes for Hard
ing. Victor Hclntz, regional chairman,
predicted a political landslide to the
republicans. He confidently expected
the election of a republican senate,
hoiiac and majority of the state tickets
to be swung with the presidential tick
et. Frank Doremus, democratic re
gional chairman, made equally sweep
ing claims. Major party leaders, de
spite their confidence, admitted they
worried over the weather, women
and Independents. Effort are being
concentrated to get out an early vote.
With an exceptionally large number of
t.cke-s en.tered in Illinois and sui
lounding states, election officials fear
Jms tomorrow. Chicago officials cal
culated many may not be able to cast
their ballots within the time limits
even if a constant stream Is kept up in
Chicago and other large centers.
Women "I'nknown Quantity"
NHW YORK. Nov.. l.tpy J54 ,
Keen, T'. S. Mtatf Correspondent. I
T he presidential campaign came to an
end today with the majority cf party
candidates in their home camps ready ,
to await the verdict of the largest I
number of voters ever reslatcred for
On iMnrimn aUMinn Tavhl u nine
... ,,.,. ', ruk, ,mnrTnw
ir u!l voters go to the polls. Of these,
i.lne million wdl be votes of women
who ot-nstitute tile "unknown quan
tity" In the eqiiHlton. If the womens'
otes divide along party lines, follow
ing that of men, the republicans are
confident of victory. However if tho
women are swayed by the democratic
r.ppeal for votes for the leaguo of na
tions the result may eiJrprtse those ex
perts who are furlnsr on a republican
landslide. Accurate forecasl'ng cf the
icsult is made more difficult by the
fact that the Karmcr-I-abor and So
cialist parties seem likely to poll very
l.irtre votes! The Farmer-lyalx-r party
expecta to capture several -western
states, which miht throw the presi
dential election Into the house of rep
resentatives. Sne'altst leaders are also
pred'etin the biinrest vote in history
for Debs, who will await the returns
iln the Atlanta penitentiary, where ho
I sei vins scntrni-e.
Know ItliH-ks W ay , !
WASHINGTON. ov. 1. (V. I'.)
l'nscltled weather everywhere cast of
I the Miss'ssippi during the early hourri
iof cle"t'on day was the forecast of the "
weather bureau today. Heavy snow
. has nlready fajlen in parts of Fouth
IDako'a. Nebraska and Wyoming,
which may hinder rural voters In
J teaching the polls In those sections.
Tipt-o 's also some probability of
snow In the northern states from
Michigan eastward. West of the Mi:'
the forecast 's for fair, cold
weather.
SUGGESTIONS
TO VOTERS
Tho East Oregonian offers the fol
lowing suggestions to' voters on cer
tain ot tnc measures 10 oc voiou upcu
tomorrow:
l,l'.A.l i: OF NATIONS.
(This subject Is Involved in the
presidential election, Governor Cox
favoring tho Icjiguc. and Senator
Harding being opposed; a referendum
vote is desired).
VOTK IXMt JAM US M. COX.
To do this it is necessary to vote for
the Cox-Rooscvelt electors In Oregon.
Tho league issue Is not stated on the
ballot.
COMPULSORY VOTING Ull.li.
VOTE 301 NO The measure is ab
surd and tries to accomplish some
thing Impossible.
SINGLU TAX HILL.
VOTE 307 NO Tho mru mrc
would work great Injustice upon peo
ple who have made legitimate invest
ments.
IX)l II YliAK TKltM HILL.
VOTE SOS YES This provides a
four year term for county clerk, sher
iff, treasurer, coroner and surveyor,
it is a good bill and will promote ef
ficiency. LI.GAL INTI.IUXr KATK 1UU..
VOTE 815 NO (without fall). This
(Continued on Page 4.)
29,500 CRIPPLED SERVICE
MEN IN CALIFORNIA VOTE
FOR COX AND PEACE LEAGUE
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 1. (Special. ) A presidential poll taken
among 31,500 disabled soldiers in five reconstruction hospital In Cal
ifornia resulted in a vote of 29,500 for Cox and 2.000 for Harding. That
Is the report brought to Portland yesterday by a former service man
who had himself been In one of the government hospitals in tho south.
The young man lost three brothers In the war.
He declared that the crippled soldiers' vo'e for Cox Is because of the
Ohio governor's stand for the League of Nation and against war.
There are 33,000 mutilated soldiers in the California hospitals, he says,
and they are nearly a umt in the.r oppostion to war. The vote for Cox.
the soldier declares, is the voice of thoee who tasted the bitter fruli
of war on the bloody fields of Franco.
"Vote for Governor James M. Cox and The League" Is the appeal
from 'The Cox-Roosevcit Club" at the large government hospital lo
cated at Arrowhead Hot Springs, Calif. The veterans ha've a consoll
dated club made up of followers of every political faith, who through
mutual consent have combined In an appeal to the voter of the state
to stand with them and the Gold Star Mothers of America who have
endorsed Governor James M. Cox and "The League" and ask that
each voter place aside party affiliations and go hand In hand wih
them to the polls on November 2nd and cast their vote for "The league"
that their work will be completed and that their EIGHTY THOUSAND
crirade will have not died in vain. The Arrowhead Club is made up
, of men representing most every state in the L'nlon and hailing from
every division which served In France, Germany and Siberia. Two of
their number since they oreanlzed the cluL have passed to their Maker
from effect of their waf .wjjunds. ,
In view of the great and solemn referendum In which the people
of America are to tate part tomorrow this newspaper commends the
sen'.knents of the above named disabled service men to the conscience
and the hearts of the voters of Umatilla county. It la also appropriate
to recall that Governor Cox courageously stands ror affirmation of the
great war principles of the nation, advocate Joining the League of Na
tions and keeping the promises made to our allies and our dead, whereas
; Senator Harding has cast aspersions upon some of our most chershed
war slogans, voted for a separate peace with Germany, has publicly
advocated a separate peace during this campaign and talks vehement
ly of "scrapping" the League of Nations despite the fact that as a
senator he sanctioned President Wilson' action in making tho forma
tion of such a league one of America's chief aims during tlje great
world struggle.
On this the eve o a presidential election which is held to involve
vindication or repudiation of the country's war policies and of those who
died there are no words more fitting than those immortal line by a sol
dier who later fell on
F"LANDER3 FIELD
In, Flanders fields the poppies blow
I'etween the crosses, row on row.
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks still 'bravely singing fly.
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead: short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
'. " Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe.
To you fVom falling hands we throw
.The torch: be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
COIJNEL JOHN JlcP.AS.
ANY ANTI-JAPANESE
LAW MUST BE JUST)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (A.'P.)
Leassurances have been given the
Japanese ambassador by the state de
partment, "no anti-Japanese legisla
tion in California will be acceptable i
to the country, that does not accord
with existing and applicable provisions
of law and with the national instinct
of justice," according to a statement
made today. ,
The statement was the first issued
on the California laud question which
long has been a matter of conversa
tion between the department Slid the
Janumse a-nbassador. The , impres
sion was .liven that the chief purpose
was to ec-iWty an assurance to - the'
Japanese People that the American
government would see to It that their
legitimate Interests would, be safe
guarded and would continue to have
the considAretion to which they were
outlined. The deiwrlment's state
ment 'was given out by agreement with
the Japanese government, it having
been the understanding that neither
novermicM would Issue any state
ment regarding the matter without the
consent i,f the oilier.
IN LITTLE IRELAND CITY
Dt'NGANNON, Ireland, Nov. 1.
(A. P.) This town. In central Ulster,
spent a terrifying night as a result of
reprisals following the wounding of a
constable during an attack on a police
patrol. Policemen and armed, dis
guised men, discharged homtis and
ftre arms in business houses owned b
-Sinn Felncrs. Many places were
wrecked and families fled to the coun
try. LOCAL LAWYERS ENDORSE
CANDIDACY OF G. M. BROWN
Wo, the undersigned members of
tho Pendleton Itar, endorse George M.
Itrown for Justice of the Supreme
Court, to fill the vacancy caused by
resignation of Justice A. S. Rennett:
Edw. J. Clark. Will M. Peterson.
R. I. Keator, C. 7,. Ruudall. J. I!.
Perry, Stephen A. Lowell, P. M. Col
lier, Geo. W. Coutts. S. A. Newberry.
Fred K. Schmidt, James A. Fee. Jr..
Dan P. Smythe. Chas. H. Carter, J.
R. Raley, Frederick Stelwer, J. H.
Haley, H. J. Warner, James A. Fee.
VOTING BOOTHS OPEN
FROM 8 AJ. TO 8 P.M.
Voting places In the 13 precincts
of Pendleton will oee virtually the
same for the general elections to-
morrow as
In the primary election
May 21. Deputy Sheriff Joe Hlakely
announced today. , The Naxarene
church, at the corner of West Court
and Matlock, will lie used as, a new
polling place for precinct 41.
Persons who vote In Pendleton need
have no worry about casting their
vote for councilman, for the four
wards and the 13 precincts aro so di
vided that there is no overlapping of
territory. The ballots have been ar
ranged ..so that the proper ward of li
ce rs will be on the ballot In the pre
cincts included In thctr wards.
Polls will be open for 13 hours dur
ing Tuesday, opening at S a. m. and
closing at 8 p. m. There have been a
large number of additional booths in
stalled at each place because of the
length of the ballot und the heavy
registration. The voting places an
nounced today are as follows:
Precinct 32901 East Railroad St.
Precinct 33 Washington school.
Precinct 34 High school.
Precinct 35 Court house.
Precinct 3 City Hall.
Precinct 37 Pendleton Hotel sain-
' pie room.
Precinct S8 310 West Webb.
Precinct 39 Field school.
Precinct 40 Residence, 708 Aura
street.
Precinct 41 Naxurene church.
West-Court and Matlock. .
Precinct 43 Hawthorne school.
Precinct 43 County Phrarv.
Precinct 44 Lincoln school.
LOCAL W. C. T. U. HAS NOT
OFFICIALLY ENDORSED
ANY CERTAIN CANDIDATE
Mrs. A. F. May. local , presi
dent of the W. G. T. V.. today
stated the position of that or
ganization as follows:
' No official action has been
taken by the local W. c. T. V.
towards officially endorsing any
camt'dute for mayor or for any
other office. Our position is that
we should support tho men
whom we think win be most vig
orous in enforcing the eighteenth
amendment and the Volstead
act."
SMI ANSWERS
PARTISAN PLEA
AGAINST LEAGUE
Judge Lowell Classed as Lost
in Fog of Partisan Bias; No
Sound Cause for Attack
Made on President Wilson.
COVENANT WAS WRITTEN
TO SAVE CIVILIZATION
Local Cox Chairman Asks Sup
port for League of Peace as
Against Return to Militar
ism and War.
' BY C. P. STRAIN
What the result of the election of
tomorrow Is to be Almighty God alone
knows. But standing out above and
beyond all mystery la the fact that
now is the phychhological moment to
strike a decisive blow for an interna
tional peace of Justice.
Jtoe a Party goarrel
The Issue to be passed upon tomor
row Is not a mere quarrel between riv
al political parties. It Is an Issue pro
jected upon us by Jhe terrible world
war, and theje is embraced In this
'ssue the entire fruits of that war. The
fruits for which the awful price of ten
million soldiers lives was paid for
which fifteen million other boys -were
wounded in battle, and for which a
price of 33 billion dollars was paid
n money and destruction of property.
These frightful losses were fresh in
the minds of the diplomats who drew
up the League of Nations. And the
very spot where they deliberated upon
'is t'rms was calculated to inspire ,
their souls with the awe of God's
vengeance. The city, of Versailles Is
situated near the battle zone end the
crnwes marking the newly mad
graves of the dead stretched on and oa
ahout and beyond this qlty In all but
countless numbers.
The Major Issue .
The covenant of the League of Na-
t'ons there made under these circum
stances has come to be by common
consent the major issue of this cam
paign. And there Is embraced In this
League and the Treaty of Peace the
entire fruits of the terrible world war.'
The objects which they sought are
clearly stated In the League's pre
amble. Here Is It:
league Preamble -
In order1 to promote International
co-operational peace and security hy
the acceptance of obligation not to
resort to war; by the prescription ot
open. Just and honorable relations be
tween nations: by the firm establish
ment of the understandings of inter
national law as the actual rule of con
duct amotur governments, and by the
maintenance of justice and a scrup.
ulous, respect for all treaty obligation
ir. the dealings of organised peoples
with one another, agree to this cove
nant and League of Nations.
For us to accept these purposes of
the League ar d to achieve them would
be to life mankind up out of the age
old oppressions and sorrows of tho
I st Into that- new and golden era,
proposed by the Prince of Peace.
In the presence of this opportunity
I is astounding that men of Intelli
gence' would allow their political bias
to blind them and to arouse the evil
passions of their nature.
The cry thwt President Wilson won
his second election through having
kept us out of the war is a pitiful ex
cuse for rejecting the League.
Wilson Kept Faith
lresHlent Wilson did keep us out of
the war until much of the war's fury
had been spent. Dot when the Kaiser
announced his policy of unlimited
submarine attack, there was. In the
opinion of the nation, no alternative
but to fight.
Neither could a big souled man in
his right mind find It In his heart to
t.ick the president or congress on
the score of the cost to us of the war.
(Continued en page J.)
Weather
Reported by Major Ixe Moorhouae
official weather observer.
Maximum, 60.
Minimum, 23.
ltarometer. 29.95.
Tonight and
Tuesday fair:
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