Show I Mothers Mothers' of Dead Heroes Scorn Peace 4 ek 1 l 4 rj i Z 2 e- e 4 d f Abhor Thoughts of Wars in F Future ture tureBy By I s. Annie WI Wells ells Cannon President Utah War l Association 4 UTAH war ar with other war Avar mothers oC or the United Gnile States have haye heard of the peace feeler which AtI Austria ll a the German i is sell sending ing out n II now O ow that the war seems to have hac reach reached d a n. critical sto stage e for the central powers But nut are arc they the listening to the these e mutterings 7 Of or course cotis we hear them Peace is is a thing lear dear to the hearts of all mothers 11 Jl 11 is so dear ear to them that they are arc sacrificing the sweetest gifts God ever gave e a them in order that pence peace may prevail Every tia day duy some mothers mother's boy bOj is s leaving We Ve mothers can enn only stand by with a smile on on our oui our lips nn and a prayer in in our hearts as they go We y c know some ome of oC thorn them are arc not coming back bock but t the thought docs does not bring black despair V We c arc proud to have IH them hem go o and glad God GOll gave gnus us its sons SOIlS worthy orthy to go With th a premature peace we see other wars more bloodshed other supreme sacrifices sacrifices' and other sons SOIlS to togo go Now that the thc war Wal is is on and we are giving ing our a all uIl 1 let us give gi until it is ended an anti and ended in a way which promises no more wars ware for mothers or sons or heartbreaks in n our homes Prem Premature turo peace may mean a u temporary respite from wars and sorrows sorrow's but the future would he be continually con con- menaced filth and the rent great le would vo a a- a aaili ain scourge e the thc earth Let us have hac no hasty peace but bul let us carry lurry on OIl until we have hu e 11 a just and 1 lasting peace with autocracy mid and militarism forever crushed t X- X v- v S A v f tw r ia t t I 1 I I V i L 4 4 L k i I Ii Ij Ir It t p t i j r Mr t L 1 Mrs Rihl Ridd Does Not Want r ant P Peace ac Till Cause Canse of Allies Anies Triumphs Peace Not until the tIle mothers of American men men who have given II their I lives lIes In this struggle Je can cnn sa say that our I cause has triumphed Such are the peace I t terms voiced yesterday yes yes- es u by Mrs Mis E E. R. R mother o of ofEarl ofEarl Earl n R fl who as a member of ot the Second engineers mado made the supreme sacrifice for Cor democracy She smiled as she read lead of or tho tile Austrian Austrian Austrian Aus Aus- trian peace drive e Peace tomorrow would bring bring- jO joy to tho the h hearts harts of C Americas America's millions and esp especially to the mothers of or boys bos In Inthe tho the service sho she said but It Jl would havo have to be ie a peace that would not turn into heart breaking tragedy the sufferings s of oC our OUI bleeding sons Wo e who have been called on to toc give c our dearest possessions to the nation feel pride In the thc loyalty loyall of or our sons to the tho cause of oC God and ills his kind of or civilization It would be terrible for me to realize that my boy had given I his life e for Cor a I. I democracy that had not the courage to back ck him up We Ve want peace Wo We 0 demand peace but we are arc demand demanding inS inS' It of oC the Hun and now that the potency of ot American arms is being felt by the hordes of ot Germany we must push h our power to I tho the vcr very heart of or the kaisers kaiser's War Avar beast and force him to his knees We Ye must Hot quit at the first cr cry of from rom the Hun JIun emperors The Thc victory r Is ours ours and tho the glory lor of or saving the thC world for tor the generations of ot the future Is ours Let Lot us not weaken and leave for or our childrens children's children n th the tho o r. r responsibility of oC fighting the hue war wat over o again I Mrs 1 Snyder Rejects Peace Terms Offered by German Ger Ger- man Juan Peace terms with mc medieval monarchs mon- mon archs elis to whom peace terms are but scraps of or paper paper to be torn torn up at the dictates of at expediency are unthinkable unthinkable able in ill the opinion of or Mrs D. D E. E Sn Snyder der del 1163 W. W Third North orth street Here is a home lai laid l lasto waste asto U by the war but butIn butin butin in the thle present nt conflict she sile sees secs a battie battie bat bat- tie lIc for or world freedom m to which such stick sacrifices are necess necessary r and ely bra bearing the loss lots of or her son Elmer who hio was accidentally 1 killed on board hoard a troop train in Texas while en route to France she site wants ants the tile war fought to a a. finish for or freedom I 1 have given my all the all the bab baby o othe or of orthe the family said Mrs Irs Snyder M My 1 heart Is saddened ene l but bul I give him gladly glad slad- ly lv provided pro his death will mean that tha the conflict is to continue continuo to the finI finIsh fin fin- I Ish IsIt h and that his death Is to mean thaIn that tha In the tile future futuro no more mothers mothers' eons aon are to be sacrificed on the same Cruel altar of or warA warA warA war A peace with Austria on tho the dual dua monarchy's terms would mean but a I. I prolongation atlon of or the struggle or a cessation ces- ces Sutton of or It at this time only that i It might ht be bo renewed In the thc future I 1 know not what others othel's thin think I. I bu buI hut bul bulI I think we should continue until peace Is dictated on Oil our terms We Vo know lenow at least icat t that our terms would mean safet safety and happiness for humanity We IVe 1 now flOt also that thal no agreement with the thc present Hun overlords woul he secure for to them treaties are nrc bu but I scraps of paper I Mother l Who Vho Lost Son Adverse Ad verse to Austrian Peace Feeler With a smile on her lips but Lut the thue shadow sharlow of oC a tear In her eyes Mrs Irs Alma Cottam North Sixth West cst street declared yesterday against en- en an any enem enemy peace proposals Mrs Cottam was one of ot the first Utah mothers to hang the gold star In h her r window She has given g her baby to the cause now she thinks would mean that her boy bov had died in vain I Sitting on the ha back k porch busily knitting knitting knit knit- ting ting- for fOI other mothers mother's sons soils who are still fighting she said said- My I boy George Elmer was anI only a bo boy when he enlisted Just 21 n years old lie was wa as the first from the Twenty eighth ward to go to France and the first to be killed in battle The news came as a shock of or cours course Death of or ones one's bab baby I Is a shock even thou though h It does doe linger forever after attel nit hut ut now that I have ha given iven my 11 all In the great cause and andam andam andam am prepared to do it all over again if God so wills it it-I it t still have another son son Archie in training at Camp Lewis Lowis t I I am reads reads' to do so if Ie it can mean menn the end of or the tile war The Tho only thing I feel that I 1 must be certain of or Is that It shall be the last of oC wars That Is why I want peace pea to lJ b be a lasting hasting peace I have read in the papers that Au Austria wishes a peace treaty signed with the United States but bul a peace on her hel own terms I feel feol that I did not give g m my boys boy's life liCe for or anything anything- but hut the very ery highest and best A pe peace ce accepted accept accept- ed ott on any terms but those which mean free freedom lom for tim the entire world would mean that m my boys boy's life liCe had been given cn in vain ain Geor George e I Elmer Cottam was 1 killed In battle battlo Jul July 31 31 a year ear after he jc e had en- en liste I I |