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The Wheeling Intelligencer Pobllihed by tie Intelligence." l"ub'.l?fcln< Coaw*"} TTKVH PUR TZAR. BY MAIL IN A.UV .OVK T> a ' if Dvy? J*er Week'. 1 yefcf. OaUt. 81i MeotbJ Duly. TIut? Moatha Dolly. Thr*? I>vr? re.' >Vee? D%Uy. T*o r>*y? r?r 5V?* IHUy, One Month ....' Wcakt y. 0o? Y??r. la Ad?*ace Wertly. Pli MonUu jo jo 3 ^3 . t.? . L'iJ r.jo TEI.Ei'HONS?. BdSlort*! Boon*-- B?i! JdltorUi Bocm? ? N*Uob*I Cotuitiog Boom ? Boll Counting Rrvtu NftUosa! The ln:eUl?en*ir rr,.?!<e* N'th the U*y tad night eer?le# nf the Ajwlited Preee. (THS INTKU4UKNi'ER ec.fcrwtng ite ?<rre.-?! edition*. l? entered :a the voetofflce ?t Wheeling, VT. V*.. u second-ct?A? mitter. > Thursday, March 29, 1917. WHEELING'S LOYALSPIRIT While The Intelligencer feels that it can add nothing to the' serious ihought of the community that exists over the prospective war the country is facing, or incite any greater enthusiasm than prevails with regard to the decisive' stand the President has taken in de-i I tennining to sustain the honor of the < nation in the most effective manner, it suggests that it would be well enough for every individual to realize, the importance of his attendance on! the great patriotic demonstration that I has been arranged for next Monday, at the Market Auditorium. Wheeling, we believe, needs no urging when ix comes to an expres sion of its loyal sentiments. It was the cradle of that loyalty that saved West Virginia to the Union, and might, be said to be to the manor born. Last' summer, on the hottest day of the season, its citizens formed the largest procession of any kind ever witnessesd in the history of the city in behalf of preparedness. The spirit of that parade still pervades the community, and The Intelligencer is confident there will be just as definite a mani festation of it next Monday night as | was evinced last summer. BECOMING SENSITIVE The Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives give as one of their reasons for objecting to a bi-partisan organization of the body, that it would be a confession of weakness on the part of the Democrats and of their in . ability to handle a critical situation. With the record the party has made the past four years it cannot be said that it has inspired any great confidence as to its efficiency, and we honesUv believe that if the organization was in the control of Republicans better re sults would be forthcoming than under Democratic management. u The sensitiveness displayed by the [. democratic leaders about foregoing their control is not without reason. President Wilson has paid high tribute to the judgment and foresight of Con gressman Fess. Republican, of Ohio. On February 26. Congressman Fess in troduced a resolution calling a( special session of Congress for April The , House took 110 action upon the resolu tion. Later. President Wilson reluc tantly called a special session for April 16, but was finally compelled to . acknowledge the soundness of Mr. Fess's judgment by advancing the time of convening the session to the date specified by Congressman Fess. On numerous occasions the best interests of the government* have been sacrificed because of the reluctance of those in control of the administration to accept the assistance of Republicans, who are really qualified to administer the af fairs of state. DECLINE IN EXPORTS There is some significance in. the re turns of the export trade of (he country tor February, which show a marked decline compared with the high totals of the closing months of last year and of the record-breaking total of January of this yt?ar. And ttiey show an increase, of almost equal pro portion. over the volume of business of this time a year ago. The value of ;?:e exports in February was 407 million dollars as compared with C14 million dollars in January, a decline of -4 n^r cent. These February exports were 71 million dollars higher ihau those, of the same month a year aico, however, 173 million in ex'cess of those of two years ago. and two and a half times 'hose of February. 1914. when there were neither wars nor rumors of wars to upset the course of international trade. The marked drop in exports last moiuh. compared with the prodding ! January, is accounted for mainly by ' 1"' *ubm;inn(V campaign which prac- I ticaliy blockaded our ports. ?n<i from \ which there wor? no sailings until tt.n : days ago. Ltut thern werw other tactors. whose Kigniiicance wo cannot) ignore. Home conditions are now eueh ! that it i? possible for British. French! and other Europeim manufacturers to I devote more attention to and make i gi eater efforts toward the rebuilding of their export business than has been, possible for some time. .Moreover, smaller shipments of munitions and other war supplies were made to the Allied Powers than previously, >?y reason of the increasing ability of those countries to supply a larger pro portion of their own wants. But what ever may have been the causes con tributing to this decline in export trade in February, the decline of itself is a i forcible and timely reminder of the .abnormally high level to which export ?business was carried in recent months, and of the certainty that a gradual return to a lower and more normal level is only a question of time. Then when the new order finally passes and old conditions return what is to be come of the American home market if .the present Democratic tariff remain.* is force? Mr. Bryan's army of 1,000.000 thai was :o spring up between sunrise and sunset appear to have been ? men in ouckram." I THE VARYING TRENDS j Democracy in this country cannot.' thrive by being satisfied with tlu exaltation that subscribes to "America first." We are drifting away from old ideals in some respects, and the corners will have to be watcued sharply if we would not get entirely away from first principles. European democracy is showing us a few things these days we may profit by. The growth of democratic opinion in Europe has resulted in the abdication of ibe : Czar, and it indicates the loss of power tc the Kaiser when the present war is over. These results have been secured or indicated in the two most autocratic and militaristic nations of the world: and they are directly traceable to the de\eIopments of the war. Simui- . taneously in this country, supposedly the model republic of the world, we have seen Congress grow more and more 'subservient to a President. V\ hiie a Duma arid a Hoichstag have ' been curtailing or destroying the func- , tions and prerogatives of monarchs J and ministries, the American Congress has been replenishing the bands of ['resident and Cabinet officers with powers which are to be exercised with out question. The people in Europe I have been a s s e r t i n g themselves ' through their representatives. The! people in the United States, through their representatives, have been sub ordinadng themselves. An observer at Washington, contrasting the two situ ations. remarks that in Europe the people, finding a set of monarchical institutions, are overthrowing them, i while the people of America, possess ing a set of republican institutions, are permitting them to be undermined, it I must be stopped. ? I j Mrs. Militant Pankhurst couldn't i stand it any longer. She Is out demand ( intc Immediate suffrage for her British j sisters. | I: is the duty of every Wheeling? j to see t!ia.t his patriotism is on straight . next Monday ? and every Monday there ! after. ! 1 Lieut. Thaw's exploits in the service ! of Franco are showing there Is some 1 thins in the name, after all. "The good old U. S. A." was the cheer ' that greeted the arrival of the St. Louis j at its British destination. | fifrniany offers Russia separate J peace, but we have no Idea that I'etro : grad will take the bait. , Our armed merchant vessels are sail Ting through the verbotcn zone in safo I ty. There's a reason. It is a slow ball team that doesn't . win the pennant in the training season. ! Th?? Mexican menace seems to have ? dropped Into innocuous desuetude. The payment of private grudges and i petty spites is not patriotism. The "stat'-> of war" edict still stands, I according to President "Wilson, j - ? - ' v | "n the whole. March has not been as ? bad as it might have been. ; "Thrice is he armed who hath his j quarrel just." That's us. j And the bare, brown hills will soon j b<- green again. Again we have "Dress I'p Week" in I our midst. i The vtrnal equinox wasn't as green I as it looked. THE ST. .JAMES Walnut at 13th Philadelphia Thre* block ? from Pennsylvania or Reading Stations, in the center of theatre and shopping districts. Distinctive service and excellent Cuisine Thoroughly modem and fire proof. IVirc for reservations at our expense ROOMS WITH BATH. 32 UP R. J- RITCHIE SSO ROOMS JOO BATHS Managir NATIONAL EDITORIAL SERVICE OP THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER. WHY CHINA BREAKS WITH GERMANY Advantages Present and Future, Which Make China's Alliance With the Entente Almost Imperative. By THADDEUS C. WHITE Former Deputy Consul General of the United States at Shanghai; Expert in Modern Finaneial, Industrial and Commercial Condi tions in China. It is scarcely a question, as it was so long the question in (he United States, whether there ought to be a . break between China and Germany.' It is now rather ?just as it is in the United Stales? that there must be a break. The considerations influencing both countries may be ,on the surface, identical: but the conditions, lying back of the preponderant weight those considerations carry in the crisis, are distinctly different. ! The United States, among all the neutrals whose patience during thb Great War has proved so lung suffer ing. was the ono that could best af ford to wait, because it was? if but potentially ? the strongest. Its pa tience has been the patience o? the strong man under provocation, who tests in the security of his strength. But the patience of China has been the patience of the weak, whose tim idity seeks its refuge In humility. On its * continent, indeed on it's hem isphere. the United States, at no stage of the series of injuries inflicted upon it by either party to the deadly quarrel, has apprehended any lessen ing of its status of pre-eminence.: ? But in Asia. China has had to dread | continually .the buffets of war's for- 1 | tunes, from whichever side they I might come. Were China internationally in the! position of Japan today, it would have been perhaps quite a different story. , But the boot of power, at present, ft on the other foot in the Orient; and, what is of almost equal moment, the ?purse of power is in the other pocket. ; Needy in spite of natural riches ex- 1 ceeding those ol' any other country; i well nigh defenceless, in spite of man power superior in numbers ? and equal in sheer, hard, resolute fighting cour-i age ? to that of any other two peoples; ! governmentally still near to the in-, choate. in. spite of a newborn passion for democracy that yields to the detn-l ocracy of no other peopk ? China re mains for the present th esport of circumstance, less the mistress of her destiny than the prey of all daring, national tvJventurers. Germany in the past has yielded to I no other country in astuteness in ex ploiting China and in the extent of its 1 aggrandizement at China's expense j during the pelrod of peace. Germany, I during the war, has given to China precisely the same reasons for offense that have tried so supremely the tol erance of Americans. The only varia tion is that chronology of German of-, fenses has been reversed. German's plots here against nations friendly with us but at war with her have been modest by comparison with her plots in China, just, as her plots directly against the peace and sover eignty of the United States have been small as compared with her plot _ against the peace and sovereignty of! China. Prior to the outbreak of the war.' certain Germans smuggled into Shan?-! hai 30.000 rifles and a more than am ple supply of ammunition for sale to: the Chinese rebels against, the repub- ' lie. Before those arms were disposed of, Europe burst into flame and they were held in Shanghai for Germany's | WASHINGTON*. D. C.. March 28.? j Senator Howard Sutherland has gone t" | his homo at ISlklns to take a fow days j i rest, and most Important of all to re-] ! new acquaintance with Mrs. Sutherland and the children, who are mill at home. | Tt has been many months stncc they have s?en him long enough to again get really acquainted with him. for he has been a busy man for a long while, what with his congressional duties and his l promotion of his successful senatorial i ambition. Tho t'lrst year, h? was In 'the House, Senator Sutherland had his family with him in Washington. But after that one year, they remained at Klkins. and It was only very brief visits he coukl maku with them there, so con-' Itlnuously has Congress been in session I since he first became, a member. There ' Is no man more devoted to his family than Senator Sutherland, but his suc cess Is theirs, and West Virginians know that he lets nothing that can he I prevented interpose between doing his ! official duties, and doing them "now." His capacity for hard, grueling, detailed work seems limitless, and Sutherland at I his desk would make an appropriate fit; ' ure for any artist to draw who was 'looking for a subject to fit the title: "Official Industry." This trait, his friends confidently expect, will be the j means of making for himself a reputa tion In the Senate which will he recog I nlzed and respected by fellow senators, and will be mainly responsible for West Virginia's new senator taking a high rank in that body. Stuart F. Reed's office ? the new con gressional representative from West I Virginia ? is a few doors down the cor ridor from the office assigned Congress woman Jeanette Hank in, of Montana. The statement of this fact may Interest old bachelor constituents of Congress man Keed. It. of course, means nothing to that statesman, for he Is a married man. Some romanticists, however, think I they see Cupid working in the fact that | Miss Kankln's office Is directly across MISS t.illiKln e uiiivv from that of Congressman Kincaid. of ; Nebraska. "Uncle Mose" is the con- j firmed old bachelor on the Republican j 'side of the House, who the visitor in I ' the gallery observes has his dome tne ganery uum-hc.-. ...... ... thought somberly crowned with a black j I silk skull cap. arid who apparently is j enjoying a sleep in the midst of- the le? ! islatlve wrangle and turmoil. Hut like i the opossum and Senator Gallinger. he j may be very wide awake when he set-ins to be pounding his ear. to make use <>f ;a descriptive vernacular term. The j Hon. Moso Kincaid Is the only bachelor I neighbor in 3lght of Miss Rankin's 1 office, but he is a thirty-third degree (member of the brotherhood. I'pon the | I four or five occasions that lie has been i called on to write his biography for the Congressional 11) rectory, lie lias, with out apparent difficulty, restrained him self from giving the date of his birth. A cursory optical examination of him. however, makes sixty years a good guess. If there slfcpuld happen to In- a I tender romance started here by reason of the propinquity of their offices, the! House would disgorge Itself of a :'t!t;d j to buy a wedding present which wuld , make the receipts of a Democratic gov ernment bond sale look like the total contents of a blind beggar's tlncttp at I i the end of a beautiful day. Folks here- I labouts haven't seen Congress woman I Rankin yet. but If she runs even with I her two secretaries who have preceded I her out of that breezy, west. Miss Klor- | ence Leech and Miss Flelgoiman. where i lies Montana, she will be on top the bar- | rcl of hand-picked pippins. Applications have been filed at the j Pension Bureau by Senator Sutherland j In behalf of John Crawford, of liuffy. i who asks an Increase under the general law; William <.Juniett. ??:" '"larksburtc: and for J. H. Rucker, of Kl kins, for ex - ? pensoa incurred at the time of the death j of Mrs. Luclnda Rucker. a pensioner. Fourth, class postinastorshlp commis- j sions have been Issued to John It. i Caldwell, of Barnabus, W. \"a. ; Iceland i IJ Hubtis. Gleasori; Win. I'. lludnaU I Hudnall; Addison Lafferty, Lefiong. j formerly known as Packs Branch; and Donna Winter. Staats Mills. The "Dixie Drive" of. the Sufi's, which ' was to take them into West Virginia ] and other Southern states next month Is j off. At Cameron House, the Washing ton headquarters, It was announced to- ' day that the plans for the spectacular I "drive" had been set aside. War excite- I merit caused It. An automobile of I more selfish purposes!. A conspiracy ' was organized in the International Settlmeiit in Shanghai whose object was to ship the' arms to the Indian rebels against the British rule, one symptom thu German activity at that time being the abortive mutiny of Singapore. Two mishaps prevented success. Bombs were being manufac tured In Shanghai for forwarding to India in connection with the rifles and , ammunition. One of them- -they were i very good bombs ? exploded and re duced a Shanghai house to ruins. The investigation made disposal of the-' arms necessary. They tried to run them out of Shanghai in a false huchao. or custom house pass/ and were discovered by the international police. That was an offense which China remembered when, in the Medi terranean long after the United States endured the shock of the Lusitania's sinking, hundreds of her' coolies went ; down to death under a German sub ' marine's torpedo. To China, after these episodes of the war, Germany's proclamation' of ruthless warfare af fords ample ground for breach of 'diplomatic relations if not for actual 'hostilities. ?? I If China should accede to the im POiiunuies of the Entente Allies, she stands to gain the ermission of the {Boxer indemnities still due them, now | amounting to some 350,000,000 taels ? and the tael today is quoted higher rthan it has been quoted for many years. From a value of $.73 live years ago. the tael lias risen to $.R6. Those 350,000,000 taels, therefore, amount now to $300,000,000 ? practically an of fer of three hundred million dollars to China to ally herself with Germany's foes. Again, if China were in alliange [Willi the Entente, she would be not. only the ally of Japan ? possibly a union of dubious advantage in Chinese eves ? but an ally of Japau's allies, which would he an indubitable advan tage. Anyone acquainted with, the Oriental situation can comprehend how enormously strengthened would be China's position in iier poltical re lations with her nearest neighbor were she assured of the full mora! and material support of the Allied Powers, soon possibly including the United States. The question has been persistently put as to China ? as it has been brought up regarding the United Slates: What can China actually do for either side in the conflict? The answer is one of a very practical na ture. The Entente 'Allies now stand in need of labor ? of agricultural labor as well as of labor for all the tasks in unskilled lines dropped by their mil lions of soldiery. China may not sup ply men in khaki, hut she ran furnish in limitless numbers the unskilled la borers needed in France and Great Britain. Three hundred million dol lars. still to be collected, would be a modest irice to pay for an adequate supply of unskilled but dependable labor ready for Immediate delivery. It. is a truf1, and significant, adden dum to remark that Japan's allies are rnueh more ager for China's enlist ment in their ranks than is Japan herself. speakers was to have left here for each Southern state April 1st. The West Vir ginia machine with its load of feminine > orators was to have headed straight for Wheeling over the Lincoln and National I'ikos. But it's all off now until the war is over. At least, that novel scheme of propaganda Is. Miss Alice an'd Master T? i ! I >* Mann. ' who are spending their Faster holiday vacation at the home of Hon. and .Mrs'. Isaac T. Mann, were given a theatre anil diner party by their parents, which was attended by twenty quests. Among them was Miss Mary Davis Landstreeet, | daughter or' Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax l.and street, of New York, but formerly of Klkins. W. Va. Miss Landstreet is a niece of Mrs. Stephen R. Klkins. and is here visiting her uncle and aunt. Col. and Mrs. Cieorge Downey. Congressman Kdward Cooper lias sen! ! word from his home at Dram well.' that > ho will be able to come to Washington ?next Saturday, lie will arrive In time to attend the Republican caucus on the ! .v'terno' >n of that day. Mr. Cooper's : illness was serious while it lasted, but i fortunately bis recovery has been ?rapid, j i He will be given a hearty welcome when he arrives and eongratulat Ions on "pull- ; j ing through" all right The Democratic ) 'caucus will be held Friday and Itepre- ! 'sentatlves Ni-elv and Liitlepage, of that. ' party, are expected to arrive from their i homes that morning. lli-presentatives , Heed and Woodyard ar? expected to put ] in their appearance the same day, and Representative Dowers, who lives so 1 ; near 'h<- ? *;*. p i t ? ! . will be here when ' i needed. Thus, there will be no absen- I tees among the West Virginia meni- I hers of the lower branch, when it. is 'called to <order ne\t Monday. j Jemand is the name given a tiew post- ' I off ic? opened In Wyoming county. Frank i [ C. Holland has been commissioned Its! ; postmaster. | . I Ex-Senator I'avis Klkins is greeting] | his Washington during a longer visit ' than he has been able to make here for 'many months. During that time he was ! mostly in N ?-w York, participating in the big deal by which many of the Kl kins- 1 'avis properties. including the Coal Coke railroad, were taken over by a j : newly formed company. j Captain Walter Krunger. I'. S. A . who has been stationed at Huntington, j W. Va.. in charge of recruiting in \V?st Virginia, lias been ordered to Washing ton to take charge of recruiting here, I To help support the spines of nu n who i do not war suspenders an inventor has : pat'-nled a snvill brace to In- attached [ io their he,lt?. j I SPECIAL: LOT Wednesday. Thursday and Friday Special Lot of Women "s All Kid. Lace and Button. K-iueh Cut Boots ?plain too. This l<>| of Shoes we bouirht under old prices, on which v;e want to give you the benefit, j Sizes ?I to 8. Widths ? A A to K. SATISFACTORY SHOES ? i 1047 Main St. Wheeling. Each Succeeding Day Increasing Interest Marks the Progress of the ANNIVERSARY SALE * TAILORED "Wear and lviiit "Wear, Silk, Wool and Cotton Dress Fabrics, Hosiery, Glo^s, Hand kerchiefs, Ladies'. Neckwear, Belts, Veils, Art Goods, Toilet Goods, Ribbons, Em-broideries, Laccs, Trimmings, Draperies, Floor Coverings, China and House Furnishings, Hen's Shirts, Etc. This Thirty-Third Anniversary Sale of ours is without question your greatest Opportunity of the season to ? ? Get Acquainted With New Styles Decreed By Fashion for Spring * At the same time, Special Anniversary Underprices give choice of ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE LINES of Seasonable, Wanted, Must-be-Bought Spring Merchandise offered this week Buyers at Trices we are positive cannot again be duplicated the present season. .. ' : Just Three More Days? Come Every Day Don't Overlook This Sale of Blue Serge Dresses? .Many Women and Misses have already taken advan I ;i 1*0 of this Anniversary Week offer. But we pre pared liberally for it, and ihe stocks, styles and sizes lire still excellent : Ladies' and .Misses' UTILITY,. Street or School Dresses of fine finality All-Wool Navy Blue Serge. Four attractive styles In chunsc from, and a complete size range. Nowhere to-day will $15.00 procure you Prettier, .More Stylish, .More Serviceable Dresses than 1 hose Anniversary Week specials at "April Showers Bring" RAINCOAT NECESSITIES A genuine Thursday surprise for Anniversary Week is a Raincoat Opportunity which Women and Misses will be quick to appreciate. Kubberi/i d Slip-Ons. in Blues, Grays, Tans and Black. For Sun <u* Shower. Street fir Auto Wear. You'll look v| itiiitr to find 1 heir equal at ? " ANN LVKUSA U Y WKKK" Values in New Spring SUITS, COATS. M.orSKS. SILK PETTICOATS., as well. $9.90 MISCELLANEOUS ANNIVERSARY SUGGESTIONS ? Ladies' Stamped Cambrtc 79c Gowns ? .. 39c 14c to $25.00 Ladies' Stamped Flesfc.'or White Nainsook Gowjjs.. Up to 39c values In ^ide Plain, Moire and Novelty Stilk 00/? Ribbons j. . . Litj C Pure Rubber diving shape Bath ing Caps; Green, Red, Blue, 25c values . . . . . . Printed Voile Boudoir <^aps, OpT/? satin ribbon ruffles.,. AdDC 25c and 35c Neck RuchSnga, -J -J the yard ????? A AC Silk, Velvet, Leather Hand Bags, SI. 00 25c Sterling and Gold-fUled -| rj _ Lingerie Clasps :v. .. lit Broken assortments fof Ladles' Hand-embroidered * 1/ Handkerchiefs r. /2 Women's 65c full-fashioned Silk Boot Hose Out Men's 50c Silk Half ]$ose, Black, White, Colors. (? i AA THREE Pairs for...% OitUv Men's 25c Black Silk-Lisle Half Hose, THREE ipairs tlUC 35c and 40c "Highland Linen" Correspondence % 00/> Paper * ... JdUL Easter Post Cards....',.-.. 1^ SNOOK CO. THE ANTI-AMERICAN ! i * ! (Ccmtlnuta trova. Tint Tage.t ih at day that lie would get it himself and send by courier to Washington. That t-vi'iiing Gerard walked to the s.-jatiie. The* wreath had disappeared. Weed bv week the league continued its propaganda. Gerard continued his( investigation. J Bloody Hand on Declaration of Inde pendence. July 3^1??. another circular was scattered broadcast. mi page 1. was a large black cross. 1'agcs - and 3, the inside, contained a reprint of the "Declaration of Independence," with the imprint acpis.- the fact, ot a blood} hatul. lndos?l in a heavy black bor der on page -l were nine verses by John 1j. Stoddard, tin' lecturer, en titled "Wood - Traffickers." Three verses: j Cowards, who . kill three, thousand miles away. Sec the long lines ? ? i shrouded forms increase! Yours is this work, disguise it as you may ; But for your greed the world were now at peace. You, who prolong this hideous hell on earth. Making a by-word of your native land. Stripped of your wealth, bow paltry is your worth'. See how men shrink from contact wit.li your hand." j There is pollution in your blood-. smeared gold. There is corruption in your pact with! death. There is dishonor in the lie. oft-told. Of your "Humanity"! 'Tis empty breath. Inciting the German-American The league made an especial appeal to the "German-Americans." Germany, as was pointed oul in a previous ar ticle counts upon some German-Amer icans as her allies. One day Ambas sador Gerard received a circular .enti tled "An Appeal to All Friends % of Truth." The same was sent i*? Ger man and English to a mailing list of many hundred thousands. Excerpts from this read: "If iiuvnn" is called upon to raise his in fi'P ign lands for the cav.so of ituih. it is the foreigner who wa? able witness the unanimous rising of the fj. rinan people at the outbreak of War, juhI their attitude ilitrlncr i's continu ance. Till; aptdi. s especially to the ? '???rmnn-A m-rlcan. ? As a citizen <?f ,lv" ?"f,nt inputs, in proportion as his character has , re mained trii'- to Herman principles, no rinds hutli lore and th-n- tie- rich: word to say. "Nusnb'-ri- sv mi!li"ns ot ttvn arc f o r ? ???<! to Io<i|; upon ;t loathsome spec tacle. tt is thai of .???riaiti individuals in \rti"t*icn io whom a trrea t tuition has temporarily In* trusted Its weal and Hfii;, supporting .a tew multl-rriillioii nires and their dependents. setting at naught - unpunished ? th- revered dnctt i;o -tit of ih- Kourtn of .1 tily. 1"6. and daring m barter away th- birthright o. the white race. . . . We want to see whether tjie untied voiei.'S of Germans and foreigners have not more weight than the hired writers of editorials in the newspapers, and whether the words of men who are independent w-IIl not render it. impossible for a (subsidized press to continue its destructive work. Exposing tho Pi'opagrani3&. <;, lard's Investigation showed that a group fit' ctertnan-Americans in w* re finarfcing "l.eague of Truth . that a man named William P. Marten. Mho posed as tin American, was tho head, and that the editors and writers of the publication. "I.ight and Truth were itr;inir assisted hy the foreign office press bureau and protected by the general staff. An American dentlHt in Herlin. T'r. Charles Mueller. was chairman of the league. Mrs. Annie Neumann-I Jofer. 'li" American-born wife of Neu rnann- Mofer. of the Iteichs tag. was secretary. Gerard reported other name!! to the state department, a lid asked authority to take away tho passports of Americans who were as sist lng the German government in this propaganda. The "league heard about the am bassador's efforts, and announced that a 'Biff Bertha" isssue would bo publish- 1 THESE SHOES WERE MADE FOR MEN f For men who know quality and can recc?g? nizc real worth in footwear. There is notHbij about them,? in style, material or workman'; ship ? that is not of more than standard excel lence ? they are made to satisfy men who wapt and who know shoe merit. For the young fellows, we show those - ever-popular English Lasts, in a wide ? ? diversity of brown and mahogany leather ; - shades. But the conservative dresser will j find a quiet line of equal worth await- * ing you. ; " The Locke reputation goes behind cvefcy pair of shoes we sell. If we say it is 0. Iv. vqu can expect it to be just as we tell you. > The Spring and Easter lines are in, ? would like to have the pleasure of showing them. Anytime that suits you, of course. LOCKE SHOE CO. I 1219 Market Street and 1043 Main Street. x ..t <?<! (.\ posing Gerard. For several months the j-iopagandists worked to collect 'lata. One (lav Gerard decided to go to . the league's offices ami look at the peo- j i'li' who w- re directing It. In t lie course of hi? remarks the ambassador said that it' the foreign office didn't do some thing 2" suppresse tin- league iinmedi ai ??!>'. lie would hum down the place. The n?'Xt day Marten and his co-work ers went to I he"' royal administration of tin- superior court. No. 1, in Berlin, ami through his attorn*\\ lodged a criminal charge of "threat of arson" against the ambassador. Tin* next day Germany was flooded witli letters from the r.cugue of Truth, saying: ; The itn-!er*igned committee of thej I.*-aKue of Truth to their deepest regret ; '??It compelled Ki inform the mens be rs i tiiHt Ambassador Gerard had become in-! volvd In a criminal cl*urgu involving i threat of arson.' . . . All American j riti/.i ns arc now asked v. In t her an am- I ItasMidtir w l?o acts so undignified at the, moment of a forma! threat 'of a wholly, unnecessary war. Is to b-> considered ; worthy further to represent a country like the Ciiited States'; Were it not for the fact that at this time President Wilson was trying to impress upon tjcrmntty the seriousness of her continued disregard of American and neutral lives on the high sens, the whole thtn<r would have been too ab surd to notice. Hut Oermany wanted to create the impression amons her peo ple that President Wilson was nor speaking for America, and tlint tlx- am bassador was too Inslenitleant to notice. Confection. After this Inelrfen' <"5ernrd"ralled upon von .Jrrow again and demanded the im mediate suppression of the third num ber of "Mxht and Truth." Before von Jagow consented Mrs. Xeumann-Hof'-r turned upon her former propagandists and confessed. I believe her confession Is In the state department, hut this Is what she told me; "Marten Is a German and has never been railed to the army' -because the ireneral staff has delegated him to di rect thlB anti-American- propngandu ( We were talking at the embassy the cay before the ambassador left). Mar ten in supported by some very high of ficials. Ho has letters of congratula- ' tlonfl from the Chancellor, General von Falkenhayn. Count Zeppelin and others for ore of his propaganda books en-1. titled "German Barbarians. ' I think the Crown Prince 1g on? of h'ls backers, but I have never been able tfj prove It." The "Leajjue of Trutji7 is but one branch of the ajiti-Ameylcan maoufac turin# machine "Hade ' hi Germany." The next article will te|I* of the anti American sentiment the army. Arnonu army officers bit-ernefis and re venge arc so deep that afi -officer In the war ministry remarked' to another American correspondent: "Mr. X., 1 am a poor man. but I have a thousand dollars. Whenever tho I'nited States goes to war with Japan or Mexico, I am going, to contribute that much to the Jap&rjjaTe or Moxlcan war funds." , Rippling Rhymes By WALT MASON. <1 ? ? : ? ? MOTOR GRIliFS The man who owns a motor car with briny tears bedels the land; he dwells wore tribulations are, and walks with sorrow hjirid in - hand. When skies are bright be starts to roam, to view some sv'eet, attractivo scene, and when he's ^ijieleen miles from home, he finds he's out of gaso line. The grievous mishaps always chance when he's remoje from all re pairs, to which tinbapp;; circumstance he owes the whiteness of his hairs. The radiator's dry as 'ihist, in. some drear desert. Iotk and v^ide; and for a well, in deep disgust, Jift scours the whole bleak countryside. -? And when he lacks an extra tire, /ui inner tube is sure to split, nnd. kneeling in the mud and mire, he wejjps and prays and throws a fit. If* he's in naste to get to town, to fetch a doctor or a nurse, the steering j.-ear is broken down ? if not jusr. th? t, it's some thing. he mpst buy. a4 tire, a cork screw or a jack; the ;ost of motor ing's so high that it vould break a banker's back. The man who owns a motor car mu6t daily : hear misfor tune's call; he walks where the tribu lations are? yet has a grand time> aher all! i t ? -*>