The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-19
RED CROSS
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sion. which did not conclude until
midnight.
Stirring Appeals Made.
: Stirring appeals for support FOR The
American Red Cross were made by
four Of Weddings best orators. They
are Mr.. George J. Mathison. Hon. John
/ J. Conitf, Rabbi A. II. Silver and Hon.
William p Hubbard. The humant.
tartan cause was ably represented
from every angle and al the close Of
the speech making subscriptions were
called for. meeting vita Il response
that surprised even The most optim-
lstic.
Mr.. Mathison was the first speaker
introduced by DR.. Dickey. His appeal.
eloquent in The extreme. brought tears
TO many eyes.
Mr.. Mathtson's Address.
MIR. MathiSun spoke rs Follows:
The purpose Of our meeting this eve
ming. 10 lnaugurate campaign 70 raise
funds for the National Red Cross ASSOC
citation. is to my mind. the most noble.
the most charitable and the most patri-
otto movement that we. 1T this time,
can engage in. To alleviate human suf
ferinEs. to render aid in times or great
public calamitles. such as fires, floods.
famineS. pestilencc and wars. To feed
the hungry. 10 nurse the sick and the
Wounded 10 carry comfort and solRce
to broken hearts and to ruined and des-
olate homes, is the mission Of The Red
Cross.
The Red Cross. to use the language
Of Miss Clara Barton. means not ma
tIonal aid for the needs OF the people.
but the peoples aid for tho needs OF the
nation. And my friends. al no time IN
the pas was the people aid messed more
than at this very moment: 1T no time in
the past was the peoples aid needed moro
that they did not respond. The call for
Sl00.00o.000 10 meet the needs of the
Red Cross will. I am sure. be met with
as hearty a response as was the call for
the Liberty loan. We arc asked to sub
scribe TO fund to assist. to nourtsh and
to take care OF our boys-your hoys. my
boys. and our neighbors' boys-who are
aisning and preparing to 10 forth 10
battle for the rights Of mankind. Ere
long they will be found on the plains OF
Europe lighting for those same rights
and did for Blessings that you and l
now enjoy. BLESSINGS that tyrannical
emperor Is Eow attempting to destroy
They will h. found lighting shoulder 10
shoulder with the sons Of outraged Bel
GUM. In Sunny France they will show
aud prove our appreciation Of the deeds
of the gallant Lafayette, and before
their return to the United States they
will give our answer 10 Germany's war
lord-that no king or emperor can
zen with lmpuntty.
Our boys are giving lip all that Is
dear to man. They are serering the
ties OF home. of friends, and Of country:
hood. and 1t is to give aid. comfort and
snlace 10 them In the trenches. on tho
battle fields and in the hospitals that
this fund Is being gathered: They are
mont that the love of a frec-born nation
can give them. and there is no organi-
zaiion better fitted or better prepared
Ia serve the cause than the Red Cross
association.
This district Is expected to furnish
$50. o00 of this fund. We have one
week in which 10 do II. We have many
willing workers, and ! believe our peo-
pie will respond literally: every man,
woman and child should have his or her
roll of honor. and II should be published
SO that the entire community may know
that there are no slackers In tho upper
pan handle of West Virginia.
Tits not necessary for HE 10 urge
you gentlemen TO do your duty. Your
presence here tonight is evidence that
your heart. Is in the movement. that you
are ready to make any sacrifice OF tlno
or money that may be necessary.
The I~l Cross must be financed
the expenses OF tho wa must be met
sacrifices must be made--sacrihces VIII
be made. The people a. home. those
VINO Will hot 30 " VIZ AiOIb' SAiSoIA
willingly, cheerfuly furnish the means
to carry this war 10 a successful finish,
Secretary McAdoo. in speaking to the
business men of Baltimore last we'd
who is able to buy Liberty bond, but
who isn't willing to do 80 for such A
noble purpose. to protect Americas young
manhood and their own rights and prop.
! erty. deserve no place on the soil OF
! freedom
The Same statement Is true in this
campagn-there ought not be room in
the Wheeling district for any man who
can hut will not subscribe to the Fed
| Cross fund"
MIR, coniff Stirs Audience.
! Hon. John J. Coniff was greeted
! with a storm of applause when he told
| his hearers:
What are we as loyal Americans OF
Wheeling. going to do in this war;
We are going to send that flag Gndl-
eating a large American f1ag) ahead
! OF everybody else to the foreign lands
| that sign, that symbol which means
more than any other sign or any other
symbol the world has ever known. Be-
hind that flag shall march the army
which Is the bone and sineT, yes, the
| flower of American manhood. But
what will YOU send with that army ,
| To everywhere that flag shall fly. TO
every place that American army goes
TO fight you will send the Red Cross 10
render service wherever they may be.
to relieve terrible sufferings where
! too often possibly they may bend over
dying forms to receive the dying mes
sage or to perform their deeds OF
kindness" Concluding. he said:
Lets start out with $4,000 here to-
| night, and show that we're behind the
bows who 20 across the water to pre-
serve that for which Old Glory stands.
Let's do our duty fully, conscious Of
the glory it will be when the war shall
have ended and we shall have saved
| the democracy Of the world. we shall
be able 10 demand that the Stars and
Stripes float yondcr above The
Hague. And when we shall then hear
plaTed the strains Of The Star Span
! gled Banner let us act tonight so
we shall be able to stand and lift our
! hats and thank God that we were The
! power that redeemed tho world from
! Il threatened democracy"
! Rabbi Silver's Last Word.
The address Of Rabbi A. H. Silver
last evening was the last he shall
make before going TO- Cleveland 10
take up new work. He was given 4
tremendous ovation as he arose for
one Of the most stirring addrc SEES OF
! the evening. He appealed with all The
earnestness that characterizeS his bril-
! liant Young manhood for sacrifice
! which will make Americas efforts in
! this crisis worth while. He cited Il
long history of noble sacrifices that
have marked the worlds epochS of