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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24
Gardens Of Country
Trip|ed; Products Are
Worth S35O,O00,OOO

WASHINGTON, July 23.-The gar
doninp campaign has resulted In the
nlantlnr OF more than three times the
usual number OF gardens In the Unit
cd States, with tho prospect that lhe'r
products will reach the total value
OF $3.50 900 900. according TO nm es'i-
mate mado tonight by Charles La
,hrop Pack, president OF tho natlonai
emergency food garden commission
Tho commission. which has whHed
nm nctivn propaganda for more Hhr-
dona, recently completed chhVhhh'
allowing tho increase in Onch hccllon
OF tho country. In tho middle wn"tcrn
ptnteH. nCcnrdinE 10 thcho rrlurn". 'ho
number In 285 per cent NOR" hmm mat
wear. In New England The gain J." "ct
n, us por cent, In tho eastern E'"teh
M pkO pcr cent, In the South Atlantic
ncction 235 per cont. in tho Touth CON
trul stntes. 200 per cent. i'm tho lake
rcpion 100 per cent. In the Pncihc
states 1876 por cent ana IN inc NocNS
mountain states l25 per cent.
South Dakota IB credited with nav
Ing Increased the number or It's Rhr'
dcns 736 per cent, the best showing
to be made by any state lenheasce
ncrcrn,aEc increase Is given hs "oo.
md New Hampshire. Florida ana Iowa
have estimated increases or aUO per
cent. The only statos listed as nav
ing failed to double their gardens are
Montana. Idaho, Utah, Nevada Gcor-
Fla, Alabama. Tcxns and Mlasouri'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24
HON. ROBERT SIMPSON

In the business and political life OF
this community the late Robert Sinp'
son maintained IN cnviable promi-
nence. For the past decade he lea
n more retired life as his added years
lesscned his old time activity. Mi.
Simpson for number OF years was
prominent figure in the business cir
cles OF Wheeling. and In relinQuiSh-
!ns his place he took with him to prl-
rate life an unlnrnished record for
probIy In all his dealings with his
fellow men.
His public career waR promoted
through his utilization with the Demo
cratic party tie served Ohio county
arccptahly IN tho Legislature. md VIVA
one OF the most efficient pos,mnsterH
Wheeling ever had. lila ycarH COW
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24
Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
WANT IN GERMANY.

Tho crops have failed in Germany.
md famine stnlks the land; tho wheat
~ uoor and vrrniny, the sugar = luli
ur suud Tho drnuth did more IMAM
WIl.on or our ornaments could oo'
and cen tho noted I'ilscurr II Dul II
4irkly brew. The kalHcr. In M" Vhh-
iIy aworc war full "unn would cease
Ihr foe. rrgnlnlnE sanity. would com"
IN him for peace. oh. hungry lnIN 81
Germany whni nf your hnlHrrh Vo"
Art ready To determine he has dchH
vnr hunk Cpow? Who're heart Hr>nEa
,chc md culver wurst--your heart
,irInuu or the fur'a? Your children
rrv for llvrrwurm. "n"nrkhs" an"
,hinv. IIhc those. Tho MI" Kids nre
clumoring. their fncca wet win Drln"'
md ain the foe Is hnmn"r!nE nj
IIIudcnburg, his line. Rcd I'LL. pro-
timely scrmnny. Of Colt must ever
nro,r and God has blasted Germany
moro than The British hate. And
while Rcd BIZ Was bIllhcrinR OF back
inr from ON high. tho c0untry's crops
wero whitening beneath Il burning
sky. Oh. hungry folk. VIC sigh for
you "a we go forth to kill; oh. starving
kids we cry for you, while swatting
Kaiser Bill.
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taken place. we may get some profit
BY considering the efforts thai were
made IN ancient Rome TO solve the
problem OF the high cost OF living.
That DiocletiRn wns actunted BY
high motives is Indicated by the fol.
lowing expression In Tho. Introduction
10 his cdlct.
who In nf no hardened n heart nnd
30 untouched by rrciinE FOR humanity
TINT ho can 10 unaware Tint In the -nl"
ri warren which nr" exchanged In ia"
market. or donl with In III" dnily hurl-
nenn OF IN" cities. nm ~S"rhitnni ton
drncy In priccs hnH spread I" such nn
extent that tho unhrihl"h dcHiro OF
rlundrrlnE In hrlI In chn"k neither by
abundance nor by scnaonr nt plenty"
How hitting la tho application to
thcse times. DIoclctian's conclusions
are summed up as follows:
1T Is our pleasure. therefore. that
those prices which ttIN subjoined written
summary specifies. he held In "bscrv-
nnce throughout all our domain. that nil
may know that license 10 90 above the
same has been cut OF. II is our pleasure
lalso) that II any man shall have boldly
come into conflict with this formal
statute. he shall put his life In peril. In
the same peril also shall he be placed
who. drawn along by avarice in his de-
sire to buy. shall have conSpircd against
these statutes. Nor shall he be es-
teemcd innocent Of the same crime who.
having articles necessary for daily life
and use. shall have decided hereafter
that they can DO held back. since the
punishment ought 10 be even heavier
for him who causes need than for him
who violates the laws
These quotations are taken from Alb
bolts The Common People OF An
cient Rome" which book presents a
long list OF commodities and Deryices
with prices fixed by DIoclctian. The.
outcome OF this effort to reduce the
high cost OF living Ia summarized in
quotation from II book written by
Lnct antlun In the fourth century a. ID.
reading ar follows
And wh>u h, Ind brought IN Il state
OF exceeding high prices by hi, different
nctR OF lnJun,ico. ho tried 10 fh by law
tho priccn Of articles offered for shlr.
Thcreup"n. for tho v~rieHt trifoH much
blood nh~d. md ont "f fcnr n"rhInE
wnr offered for sale. md the nrnrclty
grew much wor.e. until. nft~r tho death
OF mnny pcrnon-. m" lhw was r"pcnl"d
from more noccrSity.'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24

The platform Of the Russian Social
Democratic Labor party. translnliteu
from ] NladivoStock 10 the United
States by Count llyn Tolstoy. read In
its full text Is a document more re-
markable. IL less great. than the Dec
laration Of Independence. largely ne,
cause The Con siiiuIlunnl OF the United
States was required 10 make The Dec
Iaratinn OF practical avail. whereas
the Russian platform combines the
two purposes.
The reports of the demands "f the
Ruaslnn Radicals rAprr >ard by IN"
Social Democratic Labor party. ~
crlvnd In Tins country IN nivnhrr Ut
The complete text. were iCnnnclhstir
Hubvrrnivr Of The irmuCrnrv ltunHl'
had DECLARED Hut The nrlunl plal
Turu with II few exceptions among iis
Hpcclricnt Iuu%. iR nothing more than
n definition OF Russian rights and lib
critics equal To md Identical with the
rights and liberties uf American citl
IONS an embodied in III" Drclara' ION
Of independence and the Constitution
OF the United States.
The exceptions are proposals 'o1
class legislation which Is unjust
These proposals are natural because
Of the expressions practised on the
people Ol thr AuloCTacE lOE ECli'Ih
lions; rcprisaI is Instructive In man
kind. |: il possible. indeed proba bic
that the Russian people ~ whole
will reject these improper demands
when they realize that no democracy
can survive If II be not founded upon
Justice and righteousness. for they are
the bases Of government destined 10
permancnCy.
One among the fundamental de-
mands made is Objectionable. not SO
much because Of any inherent inJuS
tice as because il Is subvcr'lvr OF inc
welfare of the state. 1t provides fol
tho right OF every citizen 10 express
himself in his native tongue in al
public assemblAges: the introduction
OF the native language on an equal
ity with that of the safe IN all loca
public and safe inStituionS. For ne
present. such provision Is eSscntla
10 the right OF free speech. but nus
sla must have a common language. foi
without It Russia cannot assume hei
due station In the world The IRAN
chlse Is accorded TO persons Ot cllhrl
sex who shall have attained thrlI
seventeenth ycnr. The. use OF the Inn
yuage OF the state should be made I'm
prruiivc upon all electors who affair
The right 10 vote within ten year,
Thus he child now seven years OF nG'
would be- the rrat rlrCinr required tt
, use the state lnngung" In public II"
.rmblnErp Within p years. the ma
| iorIty OF The electorate would use thu
ata,n language and would be In con
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CAPITAL news

CHARLESTON, ". Va. July IA
..o,,,roI ,nilinrv court composed ~
commissioned officers 0f the Second reg
,tr.pI chilled in from the r"ld sat in IN"
,r,unry here today considering breaches
IF military rules nni r"sulntl''nS "n m"
rnrI .T SOM, If ia" soldier bows.
Cnplnin t:r"rgr VI Ford + "fii''latinE
Il. 1u,lrr advocate Mater Mcmillan hS
president ami Mayor l;i'" ana Captains
Rnrbuur White. Watson. ihvIa an h'i-
hanks Al, other nrml"r~ "f ia" court.
tutnuruIluH ,haIlcIa wcre laaiIGh 10
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24
MAKE DEMOCRACY SAFE

Governor Mccall. OF Massachusetts.
BY simple reyerston OF the Presl-
dents slogan. make the world safe
for democracy" ha, added higher
signlncnnce to our aims IN this war.
Governor Mccall belIoven that We
should dovoto our bent endenVorn In
making democracy nnro for the
world" He dinnvown any intention OF
dctracting from tho Presidents ok
preanlon. hut mornly nugBents that hIH
thought glvcn truer meaning to tho
democracy that munt DC made to DO
self.austaLntng. Democracy Ok
plains tho Massachusetts governor.
"ls not a shy flower. some exotic to
be sheltered from the winds and
storms. but must be conceived OF as
strong man making his way in the
world in the face Of tempests. having
in him all the strength OF the race,
and there is no higher power that can
patronize him and make the world
safe for him to live in. 1t IS. perhaps;
more true to say that democracy will
come into Its own not when the world
is made safe for It. but when 1t has
made itself safe for the world"
These distinctions are obviously the
requirements Of government In these
times II we are going to hold up re-
publican government as the safest
and securest that man has yet devised.
In dilatlng on his revision OF Mr.. VIII
sons famous dictum Governor Mccall
points out that to meet the true ideals
OF democracy tho government should
BE- so ordered that the people really
rule. Tho present coGfuBlon that
reign. OF Washington Is not marking
time with real proErcsa In that dirnc-
ton. Wo may bernts tho autocrntc
rulo OF tho Kaiser. but wo cannot en-
capc tho fact that tho great advnn-
tnxe the German government hns had
has been O thoroughly orEmizod Of
ticicncy, In getting things done when
they wcro needed to DO done. and we
can't amble along in thls country on
the very pleasant pathway OF tho old
theory OF division OF powers. 10 that
one organ OF government Yetoes an
other and we have difficulty In getting
anywhere.
We cannot to-day look upon the con-
fiict OF authority. the duplication OF
effort and the lost motion that char
acteYIzes the situation at Washington
without rejecting on the disastrous
lack OF cooperation and coordination.
II ls Just as Governor Mccall says.
democratic government must be de-
veloped In the interest OF efficiency.
to get things done promptly that Call
for promptness. especially where great
issues ara at stake. but rs the ell
cheney Is attained. tho sense Of respon-
sibillty on the part OF the citizen
should keep step with tho Increase In
government efficiency. Otherwise
whcro tho cltIzenry IL not alert and
full OF IL Henoe OF civic duty. We run
the rlah OF tho development OF auto
cratic powors." Truly VIC arc being
subjected TO BtronG test. but we
must all b. imburt with the hlEhrn,
hopes and tho strongest faith that
this test will bring us out of tho nre
regeneratcd In tho labor OF making
democracy safe for the world.
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cred large Hpnn. much creator than
the normal allotment nf man. and HIS
passing srvcrH another link In tho
Chnin that connects tho formative past
OF Wheeling with the constructive and
progressive present.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24

You drnw no losing numbers In IN"
swimming punl.
Tho Morris bnuk completes III" hnhh-
,.Inl cnnNrnIrnc"a OF Wheeling In extend
Ink Recommendations Ia the humhlcHt
borrower.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24

Many who nrr niItInE In I'll" "hrnft'
ihrro dnyn KrttlnE cold feet.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24

Tho seductionn Of German gold. not
tho force az arms Hro driving hnck tho
Russian offensive.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24

Tint unnprnkuhlu traitor l."nlnr In
tho key tn the dinnfrcctl"n or lhn Rus
sian army.
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Tho radical Socialists or Rusa!a nrtSr
throwing on the chains OF slavery nro
doing ihcir pest to yoke up with moro
oppressive hcrvitude.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24

The technicnlity That given Goldman
and Rcrkmnn rehenrinR calls for a
CopIOua application Of vcrmicidc.
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Tho pRraphrnsc or T'reHlhcnt Wilson's
nlognn TO mnhc democracy snfn for the
world" Is clearer abatement OF tho
American Ideal.
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farmer alone. bic Is too busy tn diR-
curs fool questions and absurd th"o'
rios
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~ place In tho nun" IL relative. II nil
dcpontn on whnl You want II Tor.
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Commissioner Leo OFT today approved
tho following subscriptions Ia Tho work.
m"n'n compensation fund:
I.rwfnhurp md Roncrvcrtc Electric
RAILWAY company nf LrwirburE: e. O.
Young conl mining. ~ clnrkHburH:
Chain md IIntncld. coal mining. Din
gcs: George w wit. pulpwood. Evan
wood: William r. Walker. Hnw mill.
vnughnn: r. J. Trnnc!s Coal company.
Clnrkshurg: Smith-McCuc Conl company
MorEnntown; Fnlrmnnt md Huntington
Conl company FHirmont: Lick Fork
Cnnl company. McD"nnld. 1Icfrncr and
Mnysellcr. foundry. Grafton: Rush
Chemical company. Bcnwood.
NJ p Shawkry. sintc superintendent
Of schools and president of tho state
board Of regents. today announced a
meeting IT the board n be held in
Wheeling AuGucst ; and I. the principal
purpose Of which is IA arrange for tbs,
opening Of tho fall cs*sions Of the sew
cral state educational Institutions over
which II hns control.
Another subject to nc discussed will
l." tho extent 10 which West Virginia
THIS vrar Will comply with the federal
mid v"raii"nnl training Inv.
Th" public service commission was
engaged today. in hearing rvid"nc" III
III" complaint ii Barrett AMI Nelii.
Martin coat company. Ing Vein coal
rnnphnN. t.mrukrr and SnndErhaS.
s'u.tth VIEW I;'hIi, company ard M"t 'or
'."I .."ini."n, "s"Iusl ihr t'n'tIn"I" n
uni" Ihiir"ah company. charging dia
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24

Won't vnu give mo = kiss to r-mcm-
b"r you hy?"
"N"n'l remember longer the kIss YOU
,iIGnI gel. said the wlse girl. Ana
hu iid.-lehIhOn Weekly.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-24

Cutting out the joy rides will con-
serve lifn ns well ns tho Hnn"linc sup-
ply.
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day Ivy tho sccrvtary OF state 10 tho FOL-
lowing concernn:
Tho Barbour County Coal company.
CInrksburs. $4,000 capital stock: TO
operate mines nnnr Hall Pc. Barbour
county: Incorporated by Lander X. Cow
dor. ]. r. Dorney. u. Severn. r. VI. linr-
rlaun Louis A. Johnuon. all Of Clnrka-
burg.
f'nirmnni Slate bank. Fnirmont: 1l0n.-
nn0 rnpitnI rtoch. to do n Rcnrrhl hhnk-
Ing huninrhb Incorporated by ~. l..
Hrlniznlmnn. II. IS. Livoly. J. u. atcph-
rrrnn. s.. u. Hrndy. e. .. Jenkins. NIL or
FnIrmunt.
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Tho House Is for Hoover. nn'I hn mny
yet win out hn tho nlnKln administrator
Of the food bill.
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elimination. CompIninants are coal
shippers and donlorn loading and I'M
loadlnK by wagons nj Fuirmont. They
charges the railroad company with r..
fuaInH to furnish them with opnn top
cnrn. or Gnta. with diyeriinK even box
cnrs to mines loading from tipplnH and
with refusing them privilege at any
but public freight nidinGa The Raiti-
moro and Ohio in rcpr"arnt-d I'm the
honrInK by itr local counsel. W. q. Con-
Icy. and hIvInion officials from Tho Fnlr-
mont dintrict.
An ochO Of tho williamson charter
art OF tho lrEinlnturn OF two ynnra ago
WINS honrd In tho supreme court today
whom M application for writ OF pro-
hibiiion by tho state OK rol w. 0. Por-
tor nGnluht Jnmea DRmron. Judge Of
the circuit court Of MinRo county. wax
r,lcd. Porter In his petition ntatns In
tho hrat election Of ilva city commis-
nionorn three Democrats and two Rn
puhlichnS wcrc nontcd by the old COM
mIssoners and by former Governor Hat
1eid at tho time the former city Kov-
crnmcnt was changed by ripper lssis-
lntion. Porter soeks to restrain Judge
pamron from acting upon tho contest.
Reports received by ths state depart
/ mont NJ prohibition today show that
with tho exception Of ono arrest At
Roomcr. all liquor seiled and arrests
mndc during tho past week occurred In
the southern part OF tho state In what
Is known as the Norfolk and Western
region Officers ". r. Reed and L. 81.
Adkins. reporting today. destroyed 80
gallons OF wine at Boomer but no ar
rest was. reported.
Officer Harry Fi:zEerald destroyed 30
gnllons Of intoxtcnnts at Mullens, 48
ptnts ut Huntington. arrested Miles
Cnnndn ut Mullens. but the prisoner was
acquitted Of receiving stolen liquor. or
nrer II T.. Ketchum destroyed l6 pints
at k-nnyn.
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WHEELING 1FTEIIeHNon
RUSSIAN RADICALS DEMANDS

Except Proposals Glass Legislation They Are Identical
With Our Own Rights and Liberties American Citizens
BY WHARTON BARKER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-04
Queer Features of Industry That May Affect Our
 Meat Markets
MODERN MACHINERY
 USED FOR WHALING
About 10000 Whales Are Caught An nually and Great Fortunes Are Made in Whalebone and
 Ambergris
nx rRANK G. cARpENrER

fCopyright, 1917. by Frank G. Carpenter) Steamship Victoria, Approaching Un-
 alaska, Aleutian Islands.
 Whale beef may some day form one of fhe meat supplies of the United States. Tt is said to be delicious to the taste and exceedingly healthful. A single whale will furnish as much beef as 100 of the largest Shorthorn cattle and the meat could be easily saved. There are vast supplies of it in the waters of Alaska, and the whalers are trying to induce the fish canneries to make it one of their products As it is now, these canneries are idle the greater part of the year, during which time they could be cheaply used for the canning of whale products. Today the whaling in- Eiustry is dependent upon the oil, bone and fertilizer that come from the car cass; and the fertilizer product is a baga- felle compared with what might be made by selling the meat for human consump- tion. The oil, which formerly had a market value of several dollars a gallon, ss now selling for 55 cents, and the great cargoes of whalebone formerly obtained gre growing less and less in this part of the sea.
 Today the whaling business of south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-04

ern and western Alaska is largely con fined to two shore stations. One of these is at Port Armstrong, on the south ern end of Baranof Island. about 1oOC miles north of Seattle, and the other is at Akutan, in the Aleutian Islands, on the edge of Boring sea only q few hours from where this letter is dated. Both stations are run by companies, and each has a plant equipped with modern ma chinery for stripping off the blubber, rem dering the oil and making the residue into fertilizer.
 The Port Armstrong plant has main building that covers a quarter Of an acre and large warehouses for the storage of fertilizer. It has also quarters for employees and buildings for other pur- poses. It is capable of handling 5OO whales in a season, and it has num- Der of whaling vessels that steam over the waters hunting for whales. Three of these ships are known as Star l, Star 7 and Star g. They are commanded by Norwegians, and their crews work on shares instead of on a wage basis. single sperm whale often brings In as much as $90O0. and the business is profit able. The station at Akutan has similar arrangements for handling the product and it's ships are much the same
 The whale fishing of today is far diff ferent from that of the past. The boats used a century ago were little sailing ships of 300 or 400 tons, which carried a number of dories, or small boats. When 8 whale was sighted the men went out in their whaleboats and threw the har- poons by hand. Each harpoon had a long line attached to it, and at the end of this was a float After the whale died it was dragged to the vessel where the oil and bone were saved, the carcass being thrown away.
 Today the whaling vessels are small steamers with their hulls painted green to prevent the whale from observing the approach of the ship. The whales can see red paint under the water and for this reason the paint Is as the color of the sea.
 The harpooning is now done from the steamer and that by means of gun invented by a Norwegian sailor named Svend Foyn. Foyn was & whaler plying the seas at about the time we made the purchase of Alaska He used his gun first in 1867, and 15 years later he is said to have made as much as s2,000,000 out of his invention. His gun formed the basis of the finback whale fishery, which is now carried on all over the world. Some improvements have been made in the gun and boats are constructed with a view to it's use. These whaleboats have high bows to give place for the gun platform, and there is steering box at the fore end of the ship.
 The gun is short tube-cannon on swivel bearings, with a muzzle as big around as the largest teacup. It is dis charged with a Krupp firing screw. The explosive used is black gunpowder with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-04

ceedingly dangerous. The ships are likely to remain too late and they may be caught in the ice of the long arctic winter. There are stations at Point Bar row, Alaska, and at Herschel Island, near the mouth of the Mackenzie river, where the ships sometimes stay from season to season. In this case they. must carry supplies for the winter. As rule, the steamers expect to get back at the close of the season, but they are some times caught and great number of the ships have been lost.
 I had talk the other day with man who aided in the rescue of 300 whalers who narrowly escaped starvation about two decades ago. These men belonged to eight whaling vessels which were fish, ing in the Arctic ocean, and which had expected to reach San Francisco in the early winter. None of the vessels had supplies sufficient to winter over and when the ice caught them some of their ships were crushed and all were so ice- bound that they could not get out. Three of the ships blasted their way to Point Barrow, one was set on fire by the na- tives and some of the others were lost. The American whalers were stranded at Point Barrow and the news went out over the world that they were sure to starve before spring. Congress took up the matter and sent an expedition com manded by Capt. T. F. Bertolph and other officers of the revenue cutter Bear to relieve them. These men went to Alaska and travelled many hundred miles on dogsleds until they got to Boring strait. There they secured the assist