The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-11
-Four Thousand Will
Attend Win-thp- War
Philadelphia Meeting

PHILADELPHIA. May IN. - Every
str,r IN the l'nipn will be represented
Il, tho win tho War for Permanent
Peace" convention here on May l5th
and 18th. Tho L.cagu" /" Enforce
Peace, under whose auspices the con-
ycntion Will be- held. announced today
that the registration totallcd nearly
4 100. and that several hundred more
arrep,anres are expected. y big red,
white and blue banner announcing the
convention has been strung across
South Broad street in 'front.' Of the Sell
yuc-Stratfnrd hotel which will hc lie
Headquarters Of cx-Prcsidcnt Taft and
the other officers ar the league.
PhiladrlphianS are looking forward |"
tho biggest gathering OF constructive
patriutS" since the beginning nt the war;
Twelve governors ana f"rty-nlnc cN-
governors have accepted the inNllalloh
to attend the special conference held IN
lndcuendence Hall on the afternoon Oh
May 18th for the purpose IF adopting
II ''WIn-thc-W declaration. In the
words Of Ex-Governor Charles Evans
hughes, Of New York. WHO Will prrS'ae
at this conferences, this dcci"ratiol''
signed IN the room sacred To the high
Isl traditions Of American liberty. will
be accepted by our Allies and enemies
,ciu of tho American people 10 figllt
through to the kind of victory that VIII
COMPENSATE for the suffering and sacrl-
flee of IL world war
The governors coming 10 THIS coA'
ference are: Beckett of North caro-
lima. Brumbaugh Of Pennsylvania, Corn
well of West Virginia, Cox of OHIO
Davis of Virginia. Harrington or Mary
land, Lister of Washington, Marnlng
Of South Carolina, Milliken of Name
Phillip of Wisconsin, Rye Of Tennessee
and Stanley Of Kentucky. Vermont
will be represented by Lieutenant'GoV'
ernor Iluburd.
Former governors. expected are:
Crane, Douglas, FoSs and Walsh OF
Massachusetts, Folk, and Major Oh
Missouri, u. S. Senator lioke Smlth
and Slaton OF Georgia, John X. Ien"r.
president National Association Of
Baseball clubs. of Pennsylvania; u. ,.
Senator Thomas Of Colorado, I. >.
Senator Trnmmcll. Gilchrist and len
nincs Of Florida. AnScl Of South caro-
lima. Durbin, Ilanly and Taylor Of In
diana. GlassCock Of West Virginia, DIX
and Glynn of New York, Higgins ana
kimbal of Rhode Island, Murphy o.!
New Jersey. NOcl and Brewer or
Mississippi, RarhcldCr. Fclkcr, Floyd
and Quinby of Ne" Hampshire. Yates
of Illinois. Woodruff Of Connecticut
Coluuiit Of Texas. Campbell. Hcrrlck
and Harmon OF Ohio, Hawlcy Of Idaho,
Van SAINT Of Minnesota. Gillett and
Pardce Of California, Ferguson OF OR
lahoma, ShallcnberScr OF Nebraska
Warfeld and GoldSborough Of Mary
land, HUM and Miller Of Delaware.
Carey of Wyoming, Hlerreid of Soutn
Dakota, Olrro Of New Mexico. stone
Of Virginia.
Tho preliminary registration shows
that PENNSYLVANIA Will hay" Tho largest
state representation, numbering thus iar
100. New York 10 next with $50. Del
cra,es thus far enrolled from other
states number as f"il"wS:
Alrbanu. 80: Arizona. G; Arkansas
70: California. Ii: Colorado. 80. Con
unrjcr;. 81; Delaware. Ca: Florida. "a
Georgia. "a: Idaho. Is: Illinois. 90: In
diana A.: Iowa. ~: Kansas. i: kentucky
ri. Louisiana. II: Maine. Il: Maryland.
100: massachusetts. l"o: Michigan, A.:
Minnesota. IS: Mississippi. Ii: Missouri.
50: Montana. { Nebraska. %: Nevada, !:
New Nampshir". -: N"w Jersey. Ia:
New Mexico. ): North carolina. 90;
North Dakota. 3: ohio. $50: oklahoma.
81; Oregon Is: Rhode island. II: SOUTH
Carolina. "a: South Dakota. II; Ten
nrssrr. ~: Texas. "a: l'ah. =: Vermont.
IL: Virginia. s.: Washington Il: West
Virginia. -: Wisconsin. IL: Wyoming
4S: District Of Columbia. 40.
Moro than LOO" tickets lnNc hr"n
sold for the allied war dinner 10 ?" held
at the ADMINISTRATIONS on f'rida!
night The commits" III rharE" IL ar
ranging TO lrulh au overflow dln""r ~
AN ndiarrnt hotel j! the demand fer
tickets continues. Secretary Daniels as
the nav. viii speak Tor tn" admInlStr;t-
ton Il, this hinn.r and there will h"
representatives. - treat Er!lnln
France lIaiy. and Japan.