The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-22
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from bleeding England and France: Dare
W. rcfuS, To hear taht Macedonian cry
that comes from our own boys VINO are
: being swept into that whirlpool OF lire
! and death in Flanders:
think ! know your answer. l think
/ that answer will be recorded IN n SPLEEN
| did ovcr-SuhSc riptiun tn "heciInEs a.
lntmcnt OF the Third Liberty Loan.
Tn" mans n Stacker that doesn't pay
for what he gets The mans Stacker
that doesn't pay his bills. if he's phyal-
rally and mentally sound. And you IL
; b. q Stacker if You let tn" hrhT" boys
! in the trenches and the cLInpS. ano
Your nrighhurS all around yoIi,pay the
bill for this war while you stick your
greasy money away in your SOCK. or
! blow il in on women and hooz" and
; ri"tous living.
When the First Liberty Loan was
: lnatcd the pnnpl" in our factory UP at
| Newell didn't p!itc understand what II
| meant. 'rh" gam" was new To them.
! The most al them never owned n bond
| 'Thry never expected In own 4 bond.
! They thought bonds were exclusively
III" ill-cnttcn gains Of plntorrats. and
! they hadn't quite gotten oyer the fool
notion that this WAS n rich mans war
| SO they wrr" slow i'll coming across
| Now il is different.
We didn't have To coax them this
TIM. They came Ia rs and asked IT We
/ wouldn't buy III" bonds for them on tho
| same terms as before" 1t was amazing
! how many uf them said: Saving for
| that other bond you sold me got nj" the
| first S1h0 I ever laid mp. ! want an
| uthcr on" and intend To keep II go
! ing. intend To get in the plutocrat
class"
So don't get tho notion that you're
giving away anything. It's purely Il
i money saving proposition. Yul're just
! starting I" tax" ON incl" SAM as your
banker tho safest Sound:'s, banker left
", Gods r"ntstool. And Their" is more
than an even chance that in doing this
| good decd you arc laying up treasure in
, the SAFETY vaults al heaven. "wherc moth
| doth not corrupt. nor thieves break
/ through and steal"
! Ent after AL. ! asrr" with Abe Mar
| lin, who says: "Thcrc's Just IN" thing
+ about this war that hasn't been cx-
planned. and that is why any"n" has TO
| BE- asked to buy Liberty Bond"
Tho nnXt speaker WAS Captain J. Baker.
| p Canadian engineer officer about -
! years of age. II" is blind for life rs the
! result Of 4 riff" shot. received while
| serving in III" trenches. and Chairman
! Lutz introduced him with the following
Simnlr but impressive sentence;
IT is now my pleasure 10 Introduce
! Ia YOU ono who has s"on tn" great war--
hut will So" il no more. Captain Baker,
Of the Royal Canadian Army"
AS the late young captain. wearing the
useful uniform Of his rank. arose. and
CROPPED his WHY Ia IN" table AMI looked
wi. 81, Hr .lI1Il-
rntr, a grca; demonstration occurred.
The equal or which will not soon 10 seen
in Wheeling As on" person. thu men
and women packing tn" theatre from
Iri t. the top gallery arose and clapp"d
their hands. and stamped and chaercd.
Gntil The sichtlcsS officer WAS forced
after several minutes to raise his hands
10 SECURE silence. Even then waves Ut
applause hruk" out tim" and again. II
wo:lld be impnSSihl" Ia reproduce III
print the simple. yet effective story told
nv this man. who vrntur'd his lii" and
made 50 great I sarrfic" in tn" service
nr his country. TIL" slmry was only that
nf Young soldier VIII" had seen iitti"
hit or the war and don" his ShHr" nf tho
work II obtained IFS effectiveness
from tho manner Of tho telling. and from
tho fact thrt in "V"ry heart Their" was
tnr 1rcllnE mat inc fsinE''IS "lli''Il ~
had dared and tho sacrifices that he had
made w"rn dangers and sacrifices that
thousands Of our own h"ys-boys ""
have seen grow mp from h6yhood--and
have known ami loved. must soon dare.
and must soon lnak" Captain Eakrr
kept the audirnc" between laughter AMI
tears as h" told first ni some Of IN"
amusing experiences al thr trenches. AMI
then touched upon thr NOR" serious
phases of thu WAR. II" met hlS wound
while work. Ing; tn r"St"r" IN" Canadian
trenches. after they had h''"n blown up
hv II German min" near NprrS. and h"
called attention IT, ihc fact that Will"
hn was wounded two years ago. thu
british still held tn" lin" n Npr"S. AMI
Wcr. still lighting. almost on III" Sar>r
SPOT. n" predicted that tn" Germans
would rot be able IN break tn" British or
the French line. They could not d" it ,
!wo years ago he cried. when they HAD
all tn" advantages: when They had bet !
ter and moro guns. hntt"r and NOR" am |
munitiun. when they had IN" advantages !
OF preparedness and training "f forty |
Years. Flow rnn the! expect 10 D." II |
today WIEN ". are at last on equal !
terms with them in equipment and III
preparations" Speaking nf tn" claim |
SOME time hack that IN" English wrr" !
mn; doing III" Fighting hut were pushing |,
The Canadians and Australians I" tho !
front. H. denounced it as an ah"mnahl" ,
calumny IN thousands If bray" Irish. .
WrlSh Scotch and English who had /
fought on hrav"ly and died as gallHutly !
as ;nrn over died. The official figures. !
showed h" sHid. thai Euglnad had fur
nishrd. rrr population. NOR" lighting
MOI, Than any "th"r country in the war !
except France. and sh" had horne tn" .
heaviest pcrc"ntHE" Of losses On thr al !
lied side" Referring t. his own cas-"
and To tn" cases uf nth"r men. who had !
hn"n permanently Disabled Captain ia
krr pray ofIri 4 wtririwiud Of applause.
when h" said:
"Wc took n" chances a. :; matter If
duty: W" did r"t SlipIlat" that We
should rurl l." killed ar w"uud' Il. and w.
have no right Ia cnmrlrin. w" rinn't
rnmrlain. W.. fell tlrt, We have Jon"
our small par; in -. great Thing. We
can only plead thai what "" nav" M
dcrIakcn. H.. carried "u:: Ii::,i our sar-
ririr"s l." NOT in vain. and that III" free
nations Of ~" earth stand together for
. glorious victory"
rnitnin l:;Lk"r "rIrliid,d his address
with Il f"rv"n, iLrI-l fi,r unity of ac-
ton lie painted t" ';h' fart that Cen.
Eorh had h.'"r mad" grand g''n"raliSsi-
mo If al thu allied forces anal st'h 'hai
il Shnuld Ia - sin@lcn"s., 81 Vurp"S" and
Thought tina, meant success in tn" war.
and world J".;,r" in III" d"rarl"S {" come.
At-ih. conclusion II captain Bakers
"nnthcr great demonstration
took plac" rh" uuii"nr.. arnS" and
rh""rrd him again aud again. and III"
hl i,,I nrrlrn- v."S rn,ulr,.l ed Ia arise and