Militarism inevitably perverts national moral sense. It breeds treachery, the policy of frightfulness, cruelty, slaughter, the trampling of treaties as scraps of paper, the sinking of Lusitanias, the murder of the Armenians, the shooting of Edith Caveils, same in America as abroad. That is what preparedness for war will do for us.

Roger Sherman Hoar, ex-assistant attorney general, who was the next speaker, said:
"Human nature is the "Let us waste no life trying to stop the present war. That question will be settled by the belligerents themselves.
If we would prevent war, we must eliminate the causes of war. Cause should be distinguished from occasion. The cause is what builds the pyre for a world conflagration, whereas the occasion is merely match that happens to set it off.
The monster we must blame for lay the foundation for the present is a whose good name is Patriotism and whose had name is Nationalism. A few score years ago we owed our allegiance to the state, today we owe it to the nation, tomorrow we shall owe it to the intervention."

Dr. Severn, the Troy dentist, was a passenger to Spokane on the morning train New Year's day.
Herman Stone came down from the Avon section, Sunday morning to meet the school teacher who had been spending the holidays at her home.
Miss Grace Hammond returned to her school near Ouaway after spending the holidays with her parents.
Miss Ethel Johnson returned to her school near Ouaway after spending her vacation with her parents.
Burnt Ridge  The proprietors of the skating rink have decided to close having too much other work to attend to. 