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cause Of the einking of the Lusitania
by q German undersea boat. Prof
coar said lie did not feel able to teaen
the ideals o. Gcethe and Schiller, so
Wholly lncompstfble With present scon=E
sditions.
10 some d JUS g appears THAT the he
time Is ripe to teach deals Whit mare.
wholly incompa tible with present.
ditions.s" Surely the professor
| does notswtshii It TO be derstood that
he Is more favorable TO present condi;
tons than to ideals which he finds
to be Incompatible with them The
thing toswhich the world the neutral
world, at least ught to address itself
now IS making head ay against pres:
emit conditions with q view to bring
ing into disfayor the spirit responsible
for them. Is there a better way to
accomplish this than by teaching
more persistently than ever before
ideals subyerstye Of the violence that
has overcome the nations?
The professor means well. no doubt,
but owing to oyerwrought nerves and
need Of rest has gone about # in the
wrong way to express himself. a
few days OF repose ought to Ak him
all right again and get his ideas work
ing along a straight line toward the
goal he really has Tor should have)-
in mind.-Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph. Ell
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Editorial Comments
on Current Subjects.
TEXT TODAY DRAWN FROM
aa CLEVELAND. n

1t is both idle and sunwise to seek
to find in the presidents speech at
Philadelphia any positive indication of
his program for dealing with the
Lusitania catastrophe. The president
has himself promptly indicated that
the phrases upon which his critics
seized were not intended by him to
refer to any particular situation. Only
by preaching the doctrine of peace
as a broad ethical code for the nation
did he indicate the temper in which
he is meeting the present emergency.
Should the president seek for pre-:
cedeht set by a great member Of his
own party for meeting Just such out.
RACES upon the rights, liberties and
dignity OF the United States as have
been presented in Mexico and in the
arbitrarily.created war zone: he can
find one in Presidents Cleyeland's
famous Venezuela message.-New
York American. 5st
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TRUE AMERICANS IN AMERICAN
GROUP.

AS destiny sweeps the country on
toward the inevitable accounting for
the Lusitania crime II may be well to
refrain from specific advice and public
criticism. The country must assume
that the president designs to take the
very Hottest position consistent with
the traditions of dignity, honor and
courage of this people. Atfthe same
time it must be remembered that the
matter has come very near some Inn
portant step. The subject is beng
discussed by the president with hrs
cabinet with, the utmost solemnity
and In profound secrecy. The presi-
dent is the central figure, in fact the
only figure, in this affair for Americans
until his intentions are disclosed. AL
eyes are fixed upon him.-New York
Herald.
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y q
said that the Governor has the prom
Use of at least three votes In the Sem
ate which he did not have before and
as two are all that are necessary 20
pass the desired measures, there -
little doubt but the enbarrassment
kconfronting the state treasury Will
soon be relieved. The Governor has
stood firmly upon the Republ dat
form which has always opposed direct
state taxation and it is not believer
that the Legislature will increase the
state tax to over the present limit OF
ten cents, although some reports say
lit will be increased to Id cents. There
are numerous methods of increasing
the revenue without increasing the
state tax, and It lis very probable thRt
coal, oil and gas intere 2ts# have seen
the wave of protest sweeping oHeT2
the state and have concluded that ~
will be the part Of wisd omS TO share
their Just proportion of the. BURDEN
now rather than take the chance 81
having more burdenaome tax Eplaea
ed on them later.
If measures are passed to NEE the
appEopN atio b the Governor ghitieg
his wflltpe 1ess to borrow money 70
relieve Nil d would then he only
temp efary sacit
tteit tlelsnd eiat rug and furniture
sale & u. sntder's Saturday and
5 MOadas q.
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wILsoN,s NOTWITHSTANDING.

Whether he said 1t as Wilson the
man or as Wilson the chief magistrate
OF the nation; whether heSwished it to
apply to the specific Berlin atrocities
against Americans oSany theoretic
case OF violation; Of the laws OF man
and of God, the president made an
astounding mistake to intimate in
Philadelphia; that nothing should drive
good men to war; that under what
ever provocatton they ought to be
proud to a ght: ItSis fortunate for the
dignity OF his office; tits fortunate for
the welfare and safety of this nation
that, upon sober reflection, Wilson
now corrects himself.-New York
Press.
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L!eqisLd::tl!ufet5o
(continued from page one.l

bridges up to an amount not exceed
ing the constitutional limit Of five per
centum OF the assessed valuation OF
the taxable property thereof. tThis
item is inserted at the request of the
authorities and some citizens Of
Roane county,
Ninth To enact any legislation;
by amendment of existing laws 7or
otherwise, that will further strengthen
the law for the enforcement of the
amendment to the state constitution,
known as the prohibition Amend
ment" ratified at the general election
OF 1872 (.
II respectfully suggest" the call
states, 'in order to economic In the
expenditure of public money as far as
practicable, that the speaker and clerk
OF the House and the president and
clerk of the Senate select only such
clerks and other employees for their
respective houses, whose services are
absolutely necessary during the extra
session. and that onl y such be retain:
ed.r
Since the adjournment Of the last
special session there has been q pub.
lie protest sent up from all parts of
the state against the refusal of the
Legislature to provide sufficient rev
enue to meet the necessary expenses
Of the state, and Governor Hatfield
has been invited oBspeak to- the peo:
pie OF many Of the most populous
centers Of the state upon the ques;
ton of revenue where he has been re-.
ceiyed with great enthusiasm. He re:
Gently visited Morgantown, where he
plainly stated that he, would convene
the solons again as soon as he securi
ed the promise of two more senators
to support the revenue measures and
he Smadeta patrio tic appeal to the two
senators from the II til Senatorial dis
'trict to come to the relief OF the Uni
versity and Fairmont Normal School,
which; were being badly crippled in
their wrk. In other places he made
similar appeals and gained much sym
patty and support to- his plans which
he suggested for raising the necessary
revenue 4,
The Governor has not yet publicly
outlined any special plan for raising
the revenue, and 1T is doubtful II he
will, but he Teyide ntly has had the as
surance OF support from some OF the
Republican senators who refused to
support his revenue measures before,
There has been 5eyid ence of weaken
ing from several quarters among the
senators who refused to vote with the
Republican, mai ority betore and soon
after the Legislat ure Sad 1ourned Sena;
tor Goalteri gave out an intervt lew in
which he stated that he would go to-
Charleston without pay and sit until.
the deficit was provide led for. ImmeS
diatelys fol- lowing this intervieWsh elwasi
called ito Hunting ton In conference
with the coal operators organization
aud what session he finally arrived
ct has not been ma DO public. It's
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address. There is only one regret
which the Philadelphia utterance must
provoke, and mention Of this regret
does not mean captious criticism OF
a lack OF sympathetic recognition of
the strain which the president is IN
der. We shall not misunderstood Mr..
Wilson'S words. What is to be feared
is3 that they may be less well under
stood in Berlin and Vienna than In
Washington and New York.-New
York Tribune. ..l-l IVA.
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pRoE. ooAR,s 8jERsIjRsIo,R..

It is repotted that John +. coar.
ofesaor of Gernani at the University
Rockefeller NJ n refused one day
cently to teach his classes, explain.
g to them that underSpresent circun.
-aean he tor unable to do SO be.
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WILSON'S PHILADELPHIA
address,.

Since President Wilson has declared
that his Philad elphia address was not
a statement of national policy and his
reference to pride without bearing
upon the existing crisis there can be
no justice or wisdom in criticising this
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william D. Haywood, secretary Of
the Industrial Workers Of the World,
and one OF the founders OF the or.
ganization who has been summoned
before the federal commission on in
dustrials relations now in session in
Washington, D. G.
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It seems, according to Germany.
that England is to blame for the whole
Lusitania horror. All right. Now,
how shall we punish England?
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Our guess is tAat the jury will make.
Mr.. Barnes reputation read Marked
down from $50 ,o00.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-13

Those American tourists now prob
ably will be glad to see America frst
or any other old time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-13

IA Milwaukee woman, 100 years old,
has become movie fan. Next year
she probably will start chewing gum
and flirting with the boys.
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After Dinner Minis

/ The demand for suit cases was
trebled in Michigan by the passage
OF prohibition laws. What effect it
has had upon the manufacturers Of
sprinkling cans is not revealed.
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We are asked to define "strict nc;
countability. ItFmeans nothing-un:
less you can back it up.
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3oN%PiIlRAcY..

The loose use Of the word piracy"
by Theodore Roosevelt .astonishes no.
body. tits somewhat. surprising, how
ever, TO find Everett P. Wheeler, a
lawyer ofgreat experience and pre-
else habits Of expression, not only
describing by that term the German
submarines attack on the Lusitania,
but actually arguing that the United
States statutes relative to piracy are
Applicable to re deed in question and
srequire the pursuit and arrest of the
Commander Of the German submarine
tby'NuEt laval Iforce and his punishment
by eth.- few York Sun.
sialaae as ~. - snider's Saturday and
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It's safe bet that the follow who
complains most loudly that the Eng.
fish are slow at enlisting forget to
register at last election.
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the cradle and he's kept close to US ever

the cradle and has kept close to US ever
since.
There are all kinds Of troubles, too,
In this world Of trouble. There are
troubles that we bring upon ourselves,
and troubles that others bring uron us.
The man In the text is called a poor
man, and what Is said Of him is always
true of the man in trouble. Whoever Is
IN trouble ! So poor man, even though
he live In a palace.
"Jairus was a wealthy ruler, and yet
how poor and helpless he was when the
word came TO him that his little daughter
was dead. How gladly he would have
given all his wealth to have had her
back again.
The poor man In the text had probably
been trying to get free from his troubles
In his own way fora long while before he
cried to the Lord, just as all of us nave
done.
He that would hide his sin shall have
trouble enough the Bible says, but he
that will profess and forsake 1t Is certain
of peace
"'This poor man cried and the Lord
heard hlml' One of the things God can
not do Is to turn a deaf ear to q cry
like that.
The man wanted Gods help just then
more than he wanted riches or fame or
honor. His soul cried for immediate
Na@N aANat FAhN' ~ bSN " -
for prayers amount to little unless the
heart gets on its knees.
There is only one way to get out OF
the mire Of sin, and that is to be lifted
out Of II by the hands that were nailed
to the Cross.
There is only one sure way to be
saved out of all trouble, and that is to
do as the man in the text did. 1t was
the best thing he could do and 1t Is the
best thing anybody in trouble can do.
The text is good news for all of us, for
1t tells there is a sure way to get out
of trouble, and there is not one of us
who does not need the help that Is Of
fered. If the Lord helped one poor mar
out of all his troubles He will help every
other poor man out of his troubles.
1.-THE end of the road that Goo picks
out for you is Heaven. The end of the
road the devil picks out for you Is hell.
Which road will you take7 There is no
question which is the best"
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menting on the birth OF Christ Sunday
instanced that beings were being pro-
duced virsinaiiy In the lower orders,
and said that II was reasonable God
would abrogate laws for the birth Of
His son.
IF / had my way. every drop OF aico-
hol would be on FIRE before the sun went
DOWN. Sunday cried in his '32d Degree
Sport sermon in the afternoon. AS he
snapped out the words he tore off his
collar and shook his fist at the men gazing
up at him.
Say, meni" he exclaimed. II ask you,
Is there any bread in rum2 There's bread
for the ~saloonkeeper, but no bread for
you'll There's bread for the brewer. but
no bread for you'll There's bread for the
d~istlller. but no bread for you'll
There's bread and cake for the measley
politician who sells your bodies and souls
to the men In the rum business, but
there's no bread for you'll A moment
later:
IF some Of you men could only lift the
curtain yelling the next 20 years and
could see the felon about to die in the
electric chair up at Bellefontel It's your
boy, your boy, the little chap you sent
for beer, who drank his first drop under
your roofl'
Special collections were announced for
charitable purposes the coming week, as
follows: Wednesday night for the Child
Federation, Thursday Afternoon for the
Juvenile Court Association, and at the
night for the Visiting Nurses Associa-
ton.
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BILLY" SUNDAYS SERMONS

but the old book Is too tough for the tooth
OF time, and she stands triumphant over
the a of all that have rallied upon
her. God Almighty is still on the Job.
Some people act as though they had sent
for the undertaken to come to embalm
God and bury Him. But It is the truth;
II Is not an accident that places the
Christian nations on the forefront OF the
worlds battles. 1t is something more
than race, color, climate, that causes the
difference between the people that dwell
on the banks of the Congo n those In
this city. The scale of civilization always
ascends the line of religion; the highest
civilization always goes hand In hand with
the purest religion.
"Twenty-seven years ago with the Holy
Spirit for my guide I entered this Won
derful temple that we call Christianity.
l entered through the portico of Genesis
and walked down through the Old Tesla
ments art gallery, where I saw joseph,
Jacob, Daniel, Moses, Isaiah, Solomon
and David hanging on the wall; l entered
the music room of the Psalms and the
spirit Of God struck the keyboard of my
nature until It seemed to me that every
reed and pipe in God great organ OF
nature responded to the harp of David,
and the charm OF King Solomon in his
moods.
~ walked into the Business House Of
Proverbs.
"I walked into the observatory and
there saw photographs of various sizes,
some pointing TO far off stars or events
all concentrated upon one great star,
which was to arise as an atonement for
sin.
Then I YER into the audience room
of the king of kings, n got n vision
from four different points-from Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John; I went into the
correspondence room, and saw Peter,
James, Paul and Jude penning their
epistles to the world; 1 went into the Acts
of the Apostles n saw the Holy Spirit
forming the Holy Church. and then I
walked into the throne room and saw
a door at the foot of a tower, and going
up / saw One standing there. fair as the
morning, Jesus Christ. the Son of God,
and l found this true, truest friend that
ever knew; when all were false 1
found You true.
I'm teaching me the way to life It
taught me the way to live 1t, taught me
how to die.
sc that is why I am here tonight,
and a Christian, instead Of a booze
infidel."
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you Of your manhood2 Won't you give
your hearts to God?
Solomon had so many things that stand
In contrast to what he said about the
vanity Of things. Are we to think that
solomon got his wires crossed2, No.
Solomon did not contradict himself.
When he said: What profit hath a man
of all his labor he added, which he
taketh under the sun?' That explains
IL TO me. It makes 1t all clear. l can
see what Solomon was thinking about
when he said that. He said: Under the
sun He meant to ask what profit Is
there laboring for worldly things. He
had come to a higher viewpoint.
Many q man talks as II he stood on
the mountains Of virtue when he really
Is In the quagmire of sin. When a man
stands up and tells me that the whisky
trade helps business I know that he Is
talking from the standpoint of the brewer
and sa|loonkeeper. 1 know that he is
not talking from the standpoint of the
drunSard's wife, as with her little chill
dren about her she looks out upon life
from squalor and want. l know that he
Is not talking from the standpoint of the
drunkard's mother, as h weeps in sor-
row and prays for her Maynard boy.
IF you take away the church, If you
take away the hope of Immortality, II
you take away the blessings of religion,
IL you destroy all hope for the future,
you turn this world into a hell. II we
blot out all knowledge except that we
get through our senses, II we blot out
all knowledge of Christ, II we blot out
all that which In man tells him that
there is a God and hereafter, II we blot
out all these things-then every grave
would hold a suicide. Danish all hope of
heaven and you are in hell.
Nothing under the sun is ours for
more than a brief moment. We have
It just for a little while, then 1t is gone
forever. There is no happiness possible
without the hope of eternity. TIL thing
you think is happiness mocks you as
1t flies we Nothing under the sun
will satisfy a human soul If this world
were meant to be our home, the things
of this world would satisfy us, but the
world isn't meant to give us peace. Give
us what we want and still we are not
satisfied.
Destroy the Bible; destroy faith in
God. and you might as well simply eat,
drink, curse and die"
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Funeral Of w. r. Wilson

William II. Wilson, a retired member OF
the Wheeler-Wilson Sewing Machine
Company and a veteran of the Civil War,
will be buried this afternoon from the
home of his son. William T. Wilson, of
3343 North Bowler street. He succumbed
Friday after a lingering Illness.
Mr.. Wilson, who was Il years old, was
born in Lowell, Mass. He enlisted with
the Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Volun-
teers, at the outbreak of the Civil War
and was in active service until its close.
He was a meber of Post No. 2, G. A. r.,
and a deacon of the Grace Baptist Tenn
pie, Broad and Berks streets. He Is sur
vived by a son, Howard S. Wilson, of Ia
coma. Wash.
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BEST-On February %, 1915. ANNIE s.,
widow of Robert D.. Best, Funeral on We'd
nesday, al 1 p. M, from the chapel of Kirk
Nice. 63O1 Main St, Germantown. Services
lum SIS, at 2 p. IN.
BROWN.-On First-day, Second Month 2sth,
1915, CATHERINE p, widow of the late
Davis S. Brown, in her S5th year, Relatives
and friends of the family are invited to at
tend the funeral, from the residence of her
son-in-law, Samuel L.. Smedley, Pap Bryn
Mawr ave, Bala. on Third-day, Third Month
I'd inst, at . p. m. Interment at the Friends
Cemetery,
BRYANT.-on. February 20, 1915; at the
residence of his mother, Hatboro, Pa, Will
LIAM G., son of Mary II. and the late Alex
ander Bryant, Funeral services on Wednes-
day, at . p. m. precisely, at the residence
of his uncle. William Bryant, 915 Spruce st.
COWAN,-suddenly, on Friday. February 20.
1915, REBECCA, daughter of tho late Mar
Earet and Samuel Cowan, aged ~ years.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral services. on Tuesday. at 1880
o'clock, at her late residence, 272b North
18th st. Interment private kindly omit
flowers,
DEyENNEY. - on February IS. 1915,
DANIEL, son OF the late Daniel and Ann
Devenney. Funeral from 3045 Aramingo ave.
Solemn Requiem Mass at st. AIMS Church,
at 10 a. m. Interment private, New
Cathedral Cemetery
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The funeral of Mrs. Carrie c. Keenan,,
for years an active member of st. Vim
town, and a sister of Mother Catharine,
superior of Holy Cross Convent, Mt. Airy,
will be held tomorrow morning from her
late residence, 1880 Germantown avenue.
Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated
at st. Stephens Catholic Church, Broad
and Butler streets. Mrs. keenan,, who
died Friday, was So years old. Twice
widowed, she is survived by her two sons,
Roger j. McCann and Thomas j. Keenan,,
and two daughters, Mrs. Il. j. Campbell
and Mrs. Joseph Park. Rev. James v.
O'Brien, c. M, of Princeton, N. j., Is a
brother.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.
gEAIED PROPOSALS made out on printed
forms and addressed TO the Chief Engineer.
Pennsylvania Railroad Go. land marked on the
outside PROPOSALS"1 viii be received at
this ofnee until ia m, March IL, 1915, for
furnishing all labor, tools and materials and
81 buildinEs and other distractions hetween
Queen and Reed Streets and Front Street and
fhA Buikhead Line Ia connection with the re-
Location % Federal. Reed and Christian Street
~ UNDER CONTRACT NO. 1.
Work eppurtenant to the South PHILADELPHIA
Track Elevation, authorized BY ordnance OF
II, 1914,
Plans q the work can be seen and blaeprints.
sn~scIhcations and proposal obtained at tie
ONCE Of G. " Th9rns Assistant Eagineer q
construction. Bread Street and Washlngton
Avenue. Philadelphia. Pa
A. c. sHAND
z. Il TEAIPLE.
Asst chisf Enkinssr.
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OBITUARIES
Henry Hile

Henry Hile. one of the oldest dry goods
merchants in this city, is lead at the
home of his daughter. Mrs, Charles r.
Fulmer, 12l1 Allegheny avenue. He was
70 years old, and his death Friday fol-
lowed an Illness of several months. Mr..
lille, who was born in Curwensville.
Clearfeld County. was a deacon in the
9TH Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
eth and Norris streets. He was an Odd
Fellow and a charter member of st.
Paul's Lodge of Masons. He leaves three
sons, William H., Charles and j. Clark
Hile. The funeral will be held Wednes,
day morning at 10 o'clock from the resi-
dence of Mrs. Fulmer.
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Major Barton Darlington Evans

HARRISBURG, March 1.-Major Barton
Darlington Evans. 20 years old, ex-Super-
intendent of Public Printing and Binding.
and for years connected with the State
Government, died here last night. Born
in West Chester, Major Evans left Yale
University to enter the Union Army. For
a time he published the West Chester
Village Record, a daily paper founded by
his father. He was chief clerk of the De-
partment of Fisheries in Governor Hart
administration, and later under
Governor George r. Snowden, eX-com-
mander of the National Guards.