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EX-GflVERNDR HATFIELD OF THIS ! STATE HONORED BHLI MUTER m Given the Degree of LL.D, by Franklin College at New j Athens on the Occasion of Ninety first Commence ment ? Gives an Inspiring Address. j ... rv???tcf! v th? lnSellt?<fcfr Thf? ? Spv-?\v vTHENS O. June 14.? T dp > sSiS|^S tou? event? now surging one after aw , 0tThre\nvohcatioa^ibdJuverert by "Dr. | p r Campbell. TMptomas wei* pr . "upJn Dr.! gree- u uw I F * Jurkat of. % %< %?"c ffi!. STS3* " C;v| Athens. Gillespie of Fowler. 0.. . diz. Meander Call of Crafton.J ?r: idVvkJohn TC^lton of R,a ; Clalrsville. R. D.; Mr. xfpV Mr. Scott of Martina F*tr>. the R . punlap , of Steubenvllle and ->ir. a. ( tormance by students. Hatfield's Address. 1 v member? of the , "? of the graduating c.a-s. ulty. members of t a fleK,?. ladies and of 1-'lT;;r X x his delightful occH-j gentlemen. 1 - Krankltn college, my sion in -hi 1 1[? _tv<s a deep sense of | alma mater. I feeling of un- . personal pride and . ODr.,,c\at.ton in I bounded P^'^fhoSor that you have | the distingut hed invitation to ( conferred upon nu in tmd ^ Rffor(? I address you. Ttus i thosc early | me the opportunity tov;[u,. ^ rc-,irttrm he'art-covenants ? v . honored itistitu-; my aIleg.HT.c-; ^ ^or o( my youth, tlon. the ,"str':'n "v !!tK)ul<l he the cov-l Such a nop p. >r tun lt - w,,rthy son and j *ted ambition of c e V. college. i duupliter of this ^llfsf vaatHK.- we have; From two points ol %aniag oomos a -i.:e vt-w of lj SJ \]x, early! amidst dew of youth his, ?"??" ? isfactory. wh.-? * - phoning ?badows! mit toward tin ? T'rom no ; cast !?> s' , ,,Av. we the same point in !l,,\ R'V . ho steer, and broken! hroM.l oviMooU. for UaUiKg places pHt)nv^y ? I with the iooldna- Bic*. t f,f y?? Wit! <^X*S*W?W. the moun am ? ' 111 .^.hod a hiRh f-r-: ter a die .it cliu.t. u al>(1 ^ttlnff, race encircling remarking tOj down, ttirti". 1 ". de'iKhted' l'is condu.-t.-rs '\USo oV, this occt.*i..?.! to look back. f-rrace o ftim- . looking ba.;U ' ' . . , ,vr ?f a century. | for m?"?re vOU of ,-om- .ot 1 am dolisht'd t" t . ^. ^ thvy h. f the vicissitud . ^ rnv Young friends., eoni routed , !hl In "to bo grettW.v vou will not hnd ^ ; w.)(1 f.nc?tif. imlik- il?e highways of Ul-*_| ter as ,rtJ ' ,v . invitation to be Silica Hce^T'tin. g- ? >?? . ,i,jr>.ss oti tills., present and ilehvi ?u ? j f liv>, n,%pirioi:> ...-. asio,.. ? ??'? J^r,v days' over again, m n?e' ""J ? t> ;,,.siWo effort of my vo.lMi, l*M > ' I h whioh r ; have I be.-n ab?- to r |t;iS wl nti?,u ; woul? fni? remem ?? . , memory many oh:. s 11^r.,!l,ifl Th- .!??? of I :s sii* ggisb and _"> ? -.htrr.-.l th- d- . the i-assini; , .... . ?,. iiiooy s ; tails "f c.neral ??utliii- ?? walls, r? veil pan- oblt'erat'-il bv of tho Pi'^ ,V | tlnd moI H,1V.. ,'(l lif? . oinr>b i-ly. the v./'; S SSSU..V ..r- rc;o.l,.ctU.ns. Bv t be v whH' th-v ?"?;? n( all n>? dnvs: i ?^rr Y?*t * "nfaste r-1 i tn 1 1 oe my scene.^ | ' ^ffhough they; Theso rrrn;.r:-c;J< whatever wit; ; bo. ;iM doubly r r , distinguished C.ss I hi. ve a (a. of This in-. <.f>- worker, and th? I r nltogeth-l stituti-n. in M.y > *>? > u<>w..? here' rr. We see no f .uthej ne \ ot | Kav of math.-matnal f' e. to eonr.- ? there still rematiist ?? dij-t|npi,is;hed j sel. an.l to eomfor . r r.-ni.-m; \ ranipbell and " ntways manifested i b?r th<* noblp ? T ?* 1 lM?cly*-- j by them tmvaM (ur ^ ,lW those >tronc . - ^ oxempUneati?>n ? Franklin. ra?(i th.ir well de ?f a wll s,.-n' Knter into! Sorv?d "V'!-' :iiHl reee. ve the reward j everlasting ' [( CMrrl0d. i which vou Ju*\e ' " v raus? for sariness But alas, tlier ? ^ contemplate I ?n th,s occasion. ?nl ?f th.^l the snHlv r?d'iced tli.m a^iri their' noblemen ,h(.ir inspiring! beneficial <nf,1" ,'ho kind eneourag-*- ; ^"r'rveeer'led a theKlr hands. 1 am; merit. I o 1 ; forever debtor , ( ihp han(i of. sz here ??d?y. and rospot.sibiHti.-s ' f. gublVn^ and Wi! v j raVdX^n^n onH' begltin I n g Journey. ^ ^ carMr. j Vpon leavinc r>nnkiin ^ j my further coo I f ? K?U(is?nt of medi-| fessional school, as a stud n ; cine, graduntti ne. flr-n,ver?itv of T.ouls- j department of the niC,,nral depart-i ville. Rnd lastly, af the n ' '11^' 'Ulof I ment of New T^r1l ' "^r^ice for sov-1 ensapiriK ,'o give social con-, era v?*ars. I set out to E ? .? , | slderatlon of ^r,.ry_ ^ the pra.-M'-'' j wr-> e|/.cte.l toj !? m?nv olxtarU'6 I overcame m som* . kn^faile,, I,. others, ^t.r.ng from t^ goverr.orshin at the .nd of four year service. I an. broader, and richer in .x per letice. b.rt stUI mlsunrtors^ood bV manv w^ll meaning people. My most bitter critics, of course, were those who| had an ulterior interests to serve., gen- , emliy for private Rain and in the inter est of greed awl avarice. .\nd "<>"?_ *! fine! myself hack with ttiy ? f ess ion. ! am now anchored to s..n. r> . K brunch ..f the profession of my j. The inspiration for it 1 obtained h ? So. In thn last half do/en years I ???* . become a pluralist of the mw uba ml , otieed sort, and hav.- been f.e.itii, - ? thins like man In Alcibtades II. t" whom are applied ^ewordsoftu. ?*Kull nmnv a thmc 1 knew, but kne lh\Vithll.nam-'new a.ul unsolved prom-; l~ms do col vine upon you. young men and w.onifti. who take from this tune honored institution a corn/Kate of > "r; ettlciencv. you will hardly be in a ]i#i. tton to' appreciate all that you , hcen required to do. and assimilate li r . nor can vou do so until vouliave ' bri'UKbt face to face with the realities, of I f" Then vou y ill bo in a position to understand." And to the Instructor ; Who has been the most exacting In tills j institution you will refer in the > *' _ l to come as your best friend and b~n. factor. _ . u Tribute to Tranklin. | There are turgor institutions jti this i country presenting larger curricula ir. and greater variety in the way ot | tion i)f studies to make up a K,xen, course, but when it comes i.. elticiciK there are none that surpass, In my , judgment, this institution. re centlv niv pleasure to ciTtity to tne uualtrtcati'on t.r Mr. Wilson, a roc ont , graduate of this college. t? j.1)* I commanding officer ot the V ^lc i i j serve corps. To me. a d plon a of M d uatlon from this institution Is he hu? .?st and best recommendation ol uiuuu. j Truly these are times that try men s -souls." History repeats Itself ; The world today is in a state of t> * u i- n anxiety, because of an | and turmoil of madness whan v<>. ?"--.p. ;. the leading nations ot the earth. rh principles of democracy, so ileal to tli heart of every true American. ai? ( threatened wtth violence by the mad man of Europe. -rcatc-t i We are Integral parts of the , 1 democracv the world has i\. [ ; , We nourish and cherish its ,iiln..i; and Ideals, and we lone to se* the t.ir i j nal principles of this democracy I>re-, vail in all the earth. Great Problem. j Great problems now eenfronr this na- j tion and all the nations . of il "j , ?ri>..v ?re of the gravest concern ana press upon us for Ininiediate solutlon. | -\t this verv hour the ravages ??! ? - ^ and pestilence, and famine are workup havoc upon the gnat nations of world: the whole earth rosoundstot tread of march Ins armies, millions <> men are belne hr.rl.-d a^unst eaeh ott ^ I hrr?tinK -hells and burning shrapnel. vriads of men are daily sacrii.ced upon] ?he altar of Moloch, and ? j I ..vm familv is scourged 1>> this hwiiu emon of war < >h. that there were a.- I ve ' statesmanship and aiplomnc-y . enough in the world today to end this I I, the- fa? Of this world tragedy. wo; must put on the whole armor of truth i :i nd strength and meet th like men I civilization and democracy lik? men. ri, <u\r\l< of Washington *'n?l tin j rlie t?iat democracy may 1.% " id perialism perish from the e.irth. The task of Washington was an mous one. and u was h-.who t^ui.in , part tlie enemies of the pr.ncipl^ f r, Which ihrw "r"th- , sScij/'vrp wi these nations ha\> ' ',a .- ,. ." '-incs ' SjiMe. '%^^iir^^edlrt^e i no* "I'd the "divine right ' . M ... 5 > nni'in riu'ht< which C'l'iraiHeo lo e h t ri'tman nun r..il.ln- nlTiiii^ ? 1 man an euuat voice .ti pm ( :> i. ir" democracv. ? Hour of Sacrifice. ? i .....ii ?. ii-iak-- a prediction for , t me can haidlN m.iK ? i tur-l future on u-count ot t h- .iw .ful I | moil that is now sweeping ?\ ? ? !S?:aKt.1 a'ccordlnlrto % ^^JardsJoC | ^r-iHs yzA"? "fUourTuw. and in1 the language of I ,hr ,mT^lv'!o^": ^r'such'musti ^ ,Av:;y^v or* ; ??? be-; for the sake of the genera- j S Z principles nf ^ ; racy Promul.rated hvoui f^',hrflll , ,hLU?l,o r> nrogr>-ss 'and prosperity, j ihi? ['' rj'"1 rvohiH'.ri ill the . tor the proi'.cii"' , , |s nllr own i personal an d pt t'l ; ^ t recently) ^^irnie^workmeS- compensation 1 i ^ for the protection of workmen and, iClr flnilies an.l provided for the rog ,r^wrs;;: . hv",lho^iillch'.-nrn.-n' ' ' th" l.fnpl-' snnltat on. on for ma ^ ramUlar. S s; 'Jlrn- -?? ?? ulsc'iss. h olaanes?. ,Ve , Iienc. me.:, of an Inst I- , mtion of learninc whose innm-nce has. rut ion Oi ? 1 ho,lt th.. world. I he . i m n h hurned from ibis foundation, of lea rni n c V 1 if ''VC ami, rf t ir in "? iSl 'equation' f- i learnliiC ha\ , v derplv conscious! vlrs'7'- thHr rrent spirits.! ?rV,A-'t'er^ not dend. but their nobility PoVs on forever, for the good that men QRS f Music Rolls For Your Player Piano I Wasn't Born to be Lonesome .CO Love is a Wonderful Thing. 60 Poor Butterfly (with words) $1.00 Ching Chong- (with words) 75 Davis, Burkham & Tyler Co. 1416-1418 Market Street, Wheeling. | ? l < > lues alter tie m. To the truly -TlivrT* is n? death. The stars' ro down Ti? rise u 5*' mi some ! nircr shop*. And. bright in lb-iiven's jewel, d crown Thev shine forever more." I..! ii.- I. "lav . uiulat.- tlm great . ampl*- ot these founders <>1 tins snrlne of knowl-tu* :b> an unselltsh I .> a rpet nation nf III. ..f Frat.klii ll-g. . ami t" " ? let tss conseernf a reasonable pott n n of cur word I v po.-yessioti-i t" its us.. And. In adding flits endowment fund let our hearts go VAiid m h???l with . ur material contrlbu lions. J'-r lh*" *? , without the giver is bar.-, Uet us Iv Iick ill. therefore. til'- lask sv j'|/.,rp lis f i ho -ml that th.- material ^ .;ir< Of this beloved l,.sMtmi..n W ndw ed. and that the gnat work o ^Tltv'nd ors may he r>rcsi-rvc-d f posteiltj alt the world. . , Scenes of Boyhood. It is an tit retnc pleasure to tn<* ,n her.' ami.lst the scenes <>'. my boyhood ? lavs, and t?_.?'ve with you agn n f|J -J dHV in a nelCSnsjiirntion. 'llU a nd mnldtlon for tin- future, st ill J f In h s host I can until the guiding.) 11 hop- shJill have set for me in the It- il zon of human endeavor. In patting . p ^ inlt me to suggest that yon "or ? ' ? i.. make pr-at an.l practlcal iso n a. knowledge acquired. an.l thai J on P t?l v Mvour honrt? wisdom. in? zrVnt *Fr?uidf lins wc?H said: -The knowledge which a inan ean i. ?u%n? tK. iis^f fhe brain, or dried like rain drops off i i.e, ab'lc?' uiiol a w r 1 1 u y >* .'"an f t m mtvr This nun I it v of wisdom Is ? J rdca r that exempted i.n the past bis'.or>. ^ Kr'irklin coll^fifC. And nviy lvr ^ loi*io IHumpIis II.' ?? ?'l,l. she ..Ve,r exemplify, as in the P"*'- *"/ srre.it principles of truth, justice, hon. r 'l,XX ^^/V'fn-nao a heart v hand of groe'-ng and . "in. n de ship, and a sincer ^xpress.onofhest wishes to each and ^ery oil.' 7' r, . " ^ r^t ! Voyage oMife T'iion'whVoh you are soon : ?o embark. The same prlnr lr^ ^Icjh have brought you |o?n suoc | ,.f voiir college career, will brim. . ucce i.o'vou in the greater world -'ourTves I endeavor. T.et this day be in ' the beginning of a new trlumj h? a ?ri iimph that awaits lh?^ w ho jtrhe ear mstlv. nat lentlv and lf m \ .>,i ihl< abov^ nil. t tnin . he true, it must follow as the nkh i dav. that tliou canst not then bo false t0AU-yvS"fr tends. In con.-lnslon T ad ! r^Ud' treasure and '"a"yh^..-|if,,n v expressed | that sentiment so heaut.tuiiv *_ m ! hv America's most b",ovr'^ ???iail on. sail on. o Ship or Mate. Sail on. O T'fllon stronu and &r .?t Humanity with .nil Its ^ars. With nil Its hopes ot > ar ... Is hanulnc breathless n_th I REASON FOR WAR (Contln\iecl from Tirst Paffe.) many is fostering a propaganda for an ea"Peact\C peacc. peace has boon the talk of her foroign oflico for now a vo ir Hncf more." said the rrestdeni. littlo of the talk has boon publu. but most of it has been pri\ato. Throush all sorts of channels it ha> pome to me and in all sorts of - The military masters undei Oermanv is hloedlnp see very cloarlj ,o what Point fate has brought thorn. If thev can secure peaco now. with he immense advantages still in their hands which they have up to this point anparently gained, they will have jus tified themselves before the Gorman 1,1! iS.v ?? Hav,. SHln^fcy what tltev promised to gain. h> it. German Aggressions ? The President recited again thi Ci? r nnn aggressions which dro\e the riiited States to war. He declared ihe pur p loses of th o American soldiers who now- carrv the Stars and Slripes to Furope for the first time in history are not new to American traditions, he cause realization of Germany's war i ins must eventually mean the undo ing of the whole world. He spoke m fU "M*\^ fe?tovi*Vc,*t Izens : We nt,. to cel.. brr.'te' Fla? Pay ,s Mi:: ^Me,na"f -"" ????[> i Zl i^r1: t^e!;r;f;ir^::-ir CIV,. ? fr .in Ken?r:i m?ii f ? \ ;; ^ >?- r:;; srenks to us.- speaks to us ?< t^y wr"te \n>on \\S "I've ceb bra'e t hi- day or its 1,lr''1 and from its birth, until li"W ?t has w 1 1 nessed " Krent history. Has .n-mlwl ? i.n tiiirh the svtnbol ot jtreat . \?nt>. ? tanV.'io III". It *??*<*?! 'K, to Il M thousand", 'hundreds of thousands. " wiV"^ St ;c:i5;.i'^ s ss fori. ?a.i i-..;?'a I, on noils of M -? for "WjjJ;*1; , r h'or ,-omo unaecustoni.' . think. J vometliinK for which it lias never s"UKl>L the lire before? American armies w<rc never before sent across the seas. \Mi> tit now* l-'"r some new pur r.ote for w-hlcli tills great tlac has never h. i-n' carried before, or for s-me old. familiar heroic purpose for which it ? as see'n men. Its own men. died on J.vory bat I Infield upon which Arner cans have bftnie arms since the ('.evolution . Murt Be Answered. "These are questions which must >c answered. AVe are Americans. N\e In our turn serve America, and can mm \ {.l'r xvilh no private purpose. We must ns<% her llait as she lias always usj'il it. \\'e are accountable at the bur or luv t,.rv and must plead in utter frankness what purpose It is YVu Ve\vere for ??it is plain enough h"? we wen ior. ? u . into the war. The extraordinary In suits 1.1,1 agressions of the Imperial ?.erman 'itoverntnent left us no sell -r.-spectitH. , choice hut to take up arms in defense] nf our rights as a free people and of ot r | l-.inour as a sovereign Kovernment. I he li rv misters of (Germany denied us i lie ritfht to'lW neutral. They tilled -ur tinsuspectinc communities with v. emus " .ies and conspirators and so?Lht n eorriml the Opinion of ??ur |?en|i|e in | ?hHr own behalf. When they found that j ? v not do that, their aK-mst dl 1 luentlv spread sedition amoncst us and , Mnuiht f draw- our own cti/ens fin... ih-ir allegiance. ? n ml some "" 1 .,....?t^ were men connected with the < ? I f I - 'rial embassy of th- Ormmi c;". eri.ni. ot itself here in our own . capital. I h- x sought by violence to destroy our hidus tr'.es and arrest ?ur coinmerie. ? ' j,! , t? Incite U-Nico to take up arms ncain?t us and to draw .lapan into a L'S ?Ue - ill.-ll.ee with Imr.- and that, tft by Ltas-'WS [threat that they would s'Ml. t- th'ir d. ath any of our pe- ph- w h ; \ tu approach the coasts "t . ./.Vrut.ti'li I iniinv of our own people wcr- < imij I. Men "began to look upon th-ir own migli |H.unrs with suspicion and io w..n; e?; m their hot resentment and suipiis' whether there wr.s any cointininicai ion In which hostile intrigu- did not lurn. A hat great nation in su-h eir-umstan. . s would not have taken up ^"'s- ^ r; a s we had desired peace, it u as . ;-d us. and not of "-.r own .l.oi. .. 'his ,i..k under which we s-rv- '' 1 'V , " dishonoured had he wuh^-le-^ ? u. h.u. I. The German People. ??Kut that Is only pari of 'y" ;'".rv' We Kii'-w now as eb arly as v >ui< ? | bore we were ours'-lv.s e^au-l thai, we are not the enemies ol th- t.-rman f? opt., and tint they are H"t ?ur enetn |.?. They did not originate ... do-i . this hideous war or wisii that we shou ?. be draw n into it: and w< are vagie I . pons clous that w- are t^htlnir h- tr ,aiise. as they will S".n- day ? ' J ? ,l^ well -is our ow n. 1 hey a ??? ? th* m. . I\ ? 1n the pX -f the same sinister power that has now a: last- str-yhed .if ugly ? nut and drawn blood from .... Th- whole world is at war l-eatis- the w hoi* - Wt.rbl is It. the grip "f that P"W-t >nd trying ?ut the gr-at bat b- whl.-h *h-ll! det'-rmtll" wl.e-hel It I t' I brought under us mast- i v cr tltug Its.-u '"rile war was begun by the military mi.sf r< '-f Cerinaiiy. who proved to !??? ol-! masters of Aust ria-11 uaga ry These ..o n have never r> -gardod : nations as rieoples, men. women and r:hil<lien oi like blood and frame as thcins. y* for whom governments existed and lt/?lioni govrnments had their lite. Th?lfc hnve reg?r.|<'l them iiu-relv as ?ervli-"w['- or j Kuni/J.' ifii> winch tbvy cuul'i bj^furce a Minufpf WkT,"1 lake "ft"1' Ci If 1 1 10 U a v ? age of our unequal buy ing power and Save the middleman's profit? ' Thousands of Wheeling people are doing it. Why don't you? Have you seen the crowds at Kinney's? Lii 3 an oasis in a desert! A Sale f v/ith Remarkably Low Prices when high prices are seemingly everywhere. Luck and good ? business ? judgment were with us. We saw the high prices coming, we * bought before they came. Shoes for ?1.98 that are retailing at $3.00 if bought at ' present wholesale prices. We save you at least a dollar on each pair. .Men's Oxfords, (Sun -Metals, Tans ami Yiei Kids, three dif ferent toe shapes, ?>.1)0 values Men's (Soodyear Welt Dress Shoes, ^iiii metals and vini kids, button and (1JO lace, sale price . . . Men's Rubber Knots, black, white and red Knee Boots, new rubber, all QQ sizes, sale prieo .. sp JL?t/0 Men's Tennis Oxfords .black, and white, with black rubber soles, sale QQ/* price Oi/V' Boys' Dress Shoes, gun metal, button and blucher stvlc, sizes ?p t,_5u, (Pi nq sale price X ? V/ Hoys' Dress Shoes, gun metal, blucher style, sizes up to f>, sale price 98c Ladies' Colonial Pumps, par ent and kid, latest heels, sold everywhere at $o. QQ sale priec Women's and C! rowing Girls' White Canvas Lace Hoots, ex tra hitrh cut., while leather soles with low heels sizes tn f?. sale price ?3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 Values $1.98 to$2.98 "Women's Bonis in :: | hundred different styles and toe shapes, the eream I of fashion's newest f'out wcar, in button and lin*e. at $1.98 toS2.9i Men 's Ooze Bals, the best wearing- and the most comfortable light weight Work Shoes on the mar ket for the noney : Men's ?1.69 Boys' ....$1,49 Women's $4.00 Sprinir Boon, patent ;iii<I dull kid. with grey tops. pnleilt ;i m { dull (outliers, with hl.uek tops^.in button and laee, extra liii^hjcut, with the latest style I ne ;iud heel, sale priee Ladies' and (irmvinj: (iirls' Slippers and Bain Dnii's lin<? dull kid. $2.2.-) v;d- qj-l JQ ucs. side price ... Women's .^l.OO White Shoos, genuine nubuek leathers, the produet of nue of Ameriea 's master shoe makers, this is the greatest bargain ive have ever been able to offer, A sale priee Women's Button -Shoes, dull and patent leathers, with plot h 1 nps. in plain and tip 1m?. sale priee. Women's Palm Beach Boots, fashion's latest creations in Palm Beach Boots, two lots in clude Palm Beach with white tops, the last word in style, sale price *l5^?VFi/ Odds and Ends in Ladies' Pntenl and Kid . Two-Straps and Pumps, low and medium heels, $2.50 values, sale price <J)X?Ov .Misses' and Children's Shoes and Slippers, patent colt and dull calf, sizes up to 2, 98c sale price Infants' Button Shoes, with . good leather soles, edge heels, _ the 75e kind, sizes up 59c to 6, sale price Misses' and Children's White Canvas Lace Boots, extra high top, white leather soles and heels, sizes up to 2, QQ/? sale price.. .. t/Ov Infants' Patent Two-Strap Sandals, hand turn soles, sizes up to (i, sale 69c Children's Dress Slippers, patent and gun metal, with black bows, Baby Doll's and Straps, sizes 8^ to ^*| OJT 2, sale price THE LARGEST SHOE RETAILERS IN THE U. S. G. R. KINNEY CO., INC., FORMERLY BETWIXT 15TH AND 16TH ON MARKET ST., WHEELING. RETAIL STORES IN 57 CITIES I ? >r ituricue bend < ?r corrupt to their ?>wii| purpose. Tluy have regarded the small- j . r slut'.'. In particular, ami iln- peoples who ...tild he overwhelmed by 1 'T . as | t! ? it- natural- tools and instruments **' j ? !? initiation. Their purpose lias longj I avow -I. The statesmen of oilier | iiHtions. to whom that purpose was 111 rredibie. paid little Utlenlion: regarded ; wlial i.lernmn pr-d'essurs expounded 111 j t h?*tr cIasm :tn?l *<?rrnutn wriit'fSjj v.-i forth to l he world as th< ?oiil " man policy as rather the dr. am ; ininils detached from practical aflalis.; :l. i.r. i..isi?-ron- private cone. -pi ions ot ( lierinaii ? 1 1 -'mv. th".n as the actual (dans of responsible' rub is; hut the rules yt j i iermanv lliemselves knew all the while ( what concrete plans, what well ad- . vailed mtrinuvs lay .ba>-l; ol w.ial t!i> I professors ami the writers w-re saymx. end were j-l.-id JO KO forward unmolested, tilling the thrones of Balkan states with j ? o-rmaii prine^s. puttinir ?rnian officers ; at the service of Turkey to drill her | armies and make interest with her go\-; ernnient. developing plan ?>f sedition and i rebellion in India atel ICgvpt. setting I 1 1.. ir tires in Persia. The demands made hv Austria upon S>rviit. were a mere. "ingle Step ill plan which eonipasse<l Kurope and Asia, from Berlin to Rag diid. They hoped those demands might ? i ? ? t arouse ICurope, hut lbc\ tn**n n I to press thein whether they did or not. for iliev thought themselves ready for tin lina'l issue of arms. The Plan of Autocracy. '?Their Plan was to throw a broad h. It i f Herman military power and political i onind aero'is the very centre of Kurope and l? voivl t he Mediterranean into the leart "of \sia: ami An.* ?a-llunjiary Uiis to he lis much their tool and pawn ;iy fiorvia or Bulgaria ' 1 r" Turkey nf t h*5 ponderous stab's of the east. Auslria Jluugarv. indeed, was t < 1 >mc part of the l V n t ra 1 lot-man Empire, absorbed .??lid dominated by ill- same forces ?nd tulluencejs that had origMially ccmente-i the derma n states themselves. The dream had Its hvart at Berlin. It could have had a heart nowhere else. Ii re iecte.l Ih" Idea of solidarity ol race en I Ire I v Th ? choice ?.f peoples played lio I .art" til tt at all. It contemplated bind ing together racial and political linns v.hieh colli. 1 he kept toother only hy force- i *'/.? elis. Magyars. I'roais, Serbs. Roumanians. Turks. Armenians. - t he prrvid states of Bohemia and Hungary. t!n -t"Ui littl" commonwealths of the Balkan'8 the indomitable Turks. I If sill. lie people* of the el, St. These peoples ? lid not wi-h to I- milled. Hew ard. nl t\- desired to direct their own affairs, would he satisfied only h\ undisputed independence. They c iild !>?? kept f|iii"t i. nly hy the presence ..r the . (.nstant threat "of armed men. They would live under a common power <>nl> hy sheer ..impulsion ft lid await 'lie dav ol revolu tion. But th? O.-rnian military, states men liad reek on'"! with all thai and were ready to d-al will) It in th. ir own way. As Thing's Stand. "And Ih'W Inve actually earned the ??reat.-r part "f that ama/.iliir plan oito "\eeuiion! l.ool. how things stand Aus tria is their in"rey. It hu? acted, not upon i i s i . w .* i Initiative or upon the .?hoice of its own people, hut at Berlin's 'dictation i\er since the war began. Us ?.. .ii-le now d> sir. pence, hut cannot ha v. i, ?nti| l-a\- i? granted from Berlin ?fl,, vo-e-illed ? * Vit t r.-tl I 'ewers are In raet but a siuirle Cower. Servla is at its i,,..r-c\ should its hands he put for a fr.ed Bulgaria has consented. t.? iiv will ?in?i R^umanm is nvr-run. : The Turkish annl'-s. which Uerniansl i rin ii- -I arv s? r\ inc H-rniativ. certainly not ihems'M.'s. and the cutis ol i'..r mmi warships lyinir m the harhour at remind 1 urkssh states-, ? ..very lav Unit tl.ev hav- n- elude,, |.?, ink. I heir ...ders iron. Berlin. | |.*roin llaml.iii'K to the i i-rsiau ? .nil the j "l's it' Ii' i v to un-h rsiand the . ac . i n. ss for pea.".- that haw 1..-. u mani fested from Berlin ever sin.-, the snare was set and sprtinir? - ll!ts I,,..., , i he talk of her for. ti:.t offo.-e ? or now a yen i '-r more: not peace upon I her own iniliatUe. hut upon th- initia- , t-ve ..f th*- nations ,-\>r which she now, ,l...-m? herself to h-d 1 th. advantage. A t lie i a Ik has been public, but I most of It has been private. IhroiiKh ;.ii sort* "f channels it has come to me, and' m" all sorts of iruises, but never uitli the terms disclosed with th.- Her man covernm'-nt wollld tie wllitnir to ii.-. ... T>i;tt Government has other valu-j able Pawn.- in it* hands besides these T , le,ve hentiotied It Still holds a valimhl< ; phi of l'rance. thouph with slowly r->- i tax Inc K'l'isp. and practically th- whole ? >f Belgium. 1'* nrniier press eiosc upon Russia nrnl over-run I'oland at their will. 1 '. cannot ko further; it daro not go haek. It wishes to close its bar train before it Is too late and it has lit tle left to offer for the pound of flesh It will demand. Tliclr Powers at Horn?. "The military mastery under whom I ? iennany is bleed i lit' see very clcariy to i what <i 11 1 l-":i t ? ? Jim:- brought thorn M i in. v fall li.i'l; or nr.- forced back .*>'> Iii.-h. Hi. ir |?.\v r l?. il abroad mid nl homo will i':i 1 1 if pi. * 1 ?K.- :i house oi funis, l! is ih-ir i??w r at home they ?i r ?? ihiii.klng about now ni"i'- '.I. an the i r I ?. iwrr abroad. 1 1 is 1 1 in i piiw r whic.t t-. ii'inl'liiiK under iheir v.-ry feet: and .".???I. fear has entered their hearts. Tht-y I i.i \ but ??>??? chanee tn perpetuate tlii ir military pow<-i <>r < n their ?"< ?? ? - trolling iii'l 1 1 i. -i I J 1 1 ? t il* ? n ? II Ih' J ? al1 M i ni.. ; i a> . lew witli lli?. immense ad vantages -'ill in t In, i r hands v. hich they I. s? \ up l" llns puiiil apparent l\ gain. ?!. they will !i i \ jus) ill. il l h.-msel v? s I" inji tin i ;.-i man p* ? ? i : I li**y will haw gam-d I-;. I"! u I in I '!:??> promised I" train h\ il: an rxpaiisjon of i : i-rinan pow?r. an immense enlarge ii" ni "i ? !.. email miiIji "I rial anil comnief rial opportunities. Their prestige will h. secure. ami with their prestige I licit I > I it i 1 1 power. If lli. y fail. their peo ple will ilirust llii-in aside; a govern ment a-'i'.-iin'Mlil.* io i lit' people th.-ni si!\.-s will l?- s.-i up in liermany as it has I in ICngland. in I lie I'liited Stales. in Krar.ri? anil in nil the great countries i?r the modern time except ? ? 1 1 n:i i ; > . It' they succeed ih.-y are safe ?mil ? ientinny and the world are Iindon-: ii' ili.-v f il iJ.-riiw.ny Is saved and the world will I'.- :\t p.:,..-.- If I hey succeed. America will fall viihin tlo- menace. We and all lb.- rest id' the- world must remain armed. as lli- y will remain, and must make ready l'< r the next step in ih- ir aggression: if iliey fail, the wi'rlil may uni'e f*>r pence and tiermany may In' lli.- union. "1 . j-nii ti.d nniv undersiand the new intrigue. t he intrigue for p. are, and why tin: master* of ? lerinany do not hesitate !<? usi- any agency thai promises to < t i< et their purpose, the .leceit of tin- un til. lis. Their present particular aim is io d.-ei iv- all i hose who throughout tho world stand for tin rights of peoples and the self -governim -nt. of nations: for they si-i- whai Immense strength the for.-, s of justice and of liberalism are gallo-ring out of tills war. They are ?-in piojmg liheral.s in their enterprise. They are" using iicn. in ? o-rmnny and witlioul. a s their spokesmen whom they have hlth* rio d-spisrd and oppressed. us inn ihi'in for tln-ir own destruction. ? social ists. ilio leaders of labour, the thinkers they have hitherto sought to silence. J i,..| tliem once succeed and these men. now ilnir tools, will b'e ground to powder beneath i he weight of the great military ? ?inpir. Kiev will lone set up: the revo lutionists in llussin will he cut off from j all succour or co-opera i ion in western Kurope and a eounler-ro\ oiu t ion fostered and supporie.i; i|. rmnny herself will lose he r chance >.f fro . loin: and all J I'.urope w ill arm for t lie nexi, the final j Stril K!?le. Sinister mtriifuo. "The sinisi- r nitricu.- Is heinc no iess ae!i\ely .?on.lti.'ied in this country tlian in liussia ami in everj country In I'.u rope to which the airents and dupes of til-.- Imperial 'ierman (;o\-ernmeni can pe' access. That tiovernment lias many spokesmen here, in places liitli and low.! Tin y have learned discretion. They j keep withi.it i he -law. li Is opinion they utter now. not sedition. Tli>> proclaim the liberal purposes of their misters; declare ibis :i foreign war which call loip li iij. rica with rn> danKer to eliher h.-r lands or her Institutions; set Ku? land a i 1 1; . - center ?>! tb" sta>;e and talk of h< r ambiMon t" assert e. onoini'- <i" mii'lon i liroiiKb.oit ilie world; ni-pcai t'?i our ancient ifHilillon of isolation in the politics of ih" nations: ami sck to tin- ? il. riiiim- i lie tfov.-rnment with false pro- j fi ssions ..f b.yalty lo its prim-ipb-s. "'Un I hoy will-make no headway. Th? , fals<? I., tray lh>iiiselv?s always in every accent. 1 1 "is only friends and partisans I ? i' th>- Oeriiiaii jtov.-re.merit whom we j have alr-'ady identified who utter these! ihmly dlSKUiserj disloya.)t ies. The facts iii-e patent io all tlo* world, and no wh.ro nr.- they more plainly seen than ir. the I'nii "?! '.Slates, where we are ac ? ust. .in.-. 1 lo de?il with facts and not] with sophistries': and the ffreat fact that i ?lands out above all Ihe rest is that | i his is a peoples' war. n war for free-, ?|oiii and justice and .self povcrnmenl i ainoucst nil the nations of the world, a! war to make the world safe for the l.eople who live upon it and have made :t their own. the ilerman i.eopi,-. them .- -.1 \ ,-s inclin'iMl; and that with us rests the choice lo break through all these hypo.-t isies and patent cheats and masks of brute force and help set the world f r< e. or e|ye stand aside and let It be dominated a lone at;e through sheer w> i t h ? of arms and the arbitrary choices of self-constituted masters, by the na tion which ccn maltiiuin the biggest armies and the most Irresistible nrma iivnls. ? a power to which the world has afforded no parallel and In the face of which political freedom must wither and perish. " For us there is but one choice. We have made It. Woe be to tho man or group of men that seeks to stand in our way in this day of high resolution when i every principle wc hold dearest is to be I vindicated ami made sc<'urG for the I salvation of t nation.?. We are ready i<> fi|i-ai| at ih.' t?ar nf history, and our] llav shall y-ar a u ? ? w lustre. Once more. \\v shall make pond with our livs and I *'urtuiif.? i he >civut faith to which we were l>"rtt. anil a new itlory shall shine I in the face ? ? f ?ur pe<.>p|<?." I BONO CAMPAIGN . (Continued from rirst Page.) (The committee in charge was Baird j '.Mitchell. S. I'. Norton and Gibson! .Caldwell. i Wheeling's Quota Increased. i When the Liberty loan subscript inns 1 I were Marted Wheeling's quota was j i fixed at $2,29H."00. Later, however,] (this was raised to JM.IUO.OOO. I Wheeling is in the Fourth federal 1 reserve district, the headquarters of j i which is in Cleveland. This district j J includes six counties in West Virginia, j namely, Hancock. Brooke, Ohio Marsh-; ' all, Wetzel and Tyler. Robert C. Dalzell. as president of! I the Wheeling Clearing House associa tion, attended the banquet in Cleve-; I land at which the campaign was i i launched. The banquet was addressed j j by Lord Nortbcliffe. I Mr. Dalzell, by virtue of his being! {president of the clearing house, was j I named chairman of the local cam-j ? paign. committee. An efficient organ-; ' ization was effected and the various i I agencies set at work with the result! i that few, if any, communities have ' j made a better showing, everything! ' considered, than Wheeling. The bonds j i have been generally popular here, and i jit is estimated that thousands of. J workmen have subscribed to the loan.j j Nearly every large corporation offered 1 j bonds to its employes on an easy- 1 I payment plan and the banks formed I Liberty loan clubs on the same prin-! ciple. . Many Large Subscriptions. Many large subscriptions were re ported from the. Wheeling district. > : Tin' largest sum made public was tliej subscript ion of LaBelle Iron Works i company for a million dollars, besides j | $200,000 for LnRi'lle employes. Km-! | ployes of the Whitaker-Olessner eoin-j pany subscribed for a total of ?25.rt.- j 1)00. One local hank made applica-; | lion for more than $800,000 worth of | the bonds for itself and clients. ! It is beliwed that accurate figures ins to the amount nf subscriptions ' obtained in this city will be available i ! late today. Several banks in the six J j West Virginia counties considered as-( j the Wheeling district will probably re-j I port this morning. Mr. Dalzell expressed gratification j 'las' niuht over Wheeling's ovcrsub-; scribing her quota. Boy Scout Activities. ! In ih" drive down the stretch to in-' jsure the success of the Liberty loan i there were no more ardent workers' Ithan the Boy Scouts of America, an organization of which President Wil son is honorary president, and which numbers almost 300.000 members from : 12 to IS years old. June 11. 12. 1" and 14 were assigned as t he days for the Hoy Scouts to distribute applications and solicit subscriptions to the Lib erty loan and each Scout who secured ! I subscriptions from ten or more diffcr 1 ont homes was promised the award of !n suitahle war service emblem. Local Roy Scouts were among the most active in the country, and al-' * ? ready several have been announced aa, 'being eligible to receive the war serv jice emblem. \mong those who turned in his applications to his scout-, j master yesterday and awaits his em iblt'in was Louis H Tibbens. aged 1?. jof North Wabash street, who turned 'in L'2 signed applications for $1,200 worth of bonds, representing 20 dif t'erent homes in Wheeling and sut)? urhs. Louis is a member of troop No. 2 on the Island and has been a Scout' for about a year. More Employes Subscribe. - ( Among the late subscriptions to the! ? Liberty loan yesterday afternoon waa? one of $2.00)) made by office employes' of the National Tube, company wbo> had not previously subscribed, afiki most of these subscriptions were li? small amounts. ^ The working force and office em~ ployes of th?' Wheeling Stamping com? pany subscribed to the Liberty loan U)? the amount of about $4,000. The stamps ing company has arranged to advance," lirst payment on the bonds to all o? the employes who desire to take them and to finance the proposition so", as, to make the payments generally easy,- ? Employes of the North Wheeling , Glass company yesterday subscribed^ a total of about $.',000 to the Liberty* loan, most of them in small amounts, arrangements being made by the Klass company to facilitate payment.' at the convenience of the men. Christ Varvouzanis, proprietor of" the American restaurant, has fre-. fluently demonstrated his patriotic Americanism. Me furnished further!" evidence of it yesterday. when he sub scribed $2.00'? to the Liberty loan, while employes jn his restaurant sub-, scribed for a like amount. AUDITOR DARST HERB State Official and Staff Making Perl* odical Inspection of Con scrvative Life. State Auditor John S. Darst, with* a staff of assistants, is In the city;, for a stay of a few days. Mr. Darst's* .mission is the periodical inspection of t lie' accounts of the Conservative Lite Insurance company, a Wheeling cor^ poration. Mr. Darsr is being assisted In this examination by J. M. Miller, Mr. Hauerman and Leo Wolf, the latter of whom has but recently joined the auditor's staff. DR. HATFIELD RETURNS. Dr. Henrv D. Hatfield, former goV-" ernor of Wes; Virginia, returned lajit night to Huntington after being at New Athens. O.. to deliver the commence ment address at. Frankling college. Pr. Hatfield came to Wheeling yester^ day morning, remaining a brief white before leaving for New Athens. Upon his return he went directly to Monndm. ville. where he was the guest, of War den M. Z. White until his train leftT there early this morning for Hunt ington. Creative Power . The person who creates something is a benefactor to his Country. Give your' dollars the opportunity to create more-' dollars by placing them promptly to your credit with us. Your account is invited. . ... ? Depositors have received 4 14 fo Interest on their qu&r> terly balances for the past 12 yeara. The Mutual Savings Bank loans money on good resi dence or business property anywhere in Wheeling or vicinity, .*? ... v#