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man censorship rules, designed to keep the German people in ignorance of the truth, the substance of the address also will leak across the German frontiers from neutral neighboring states and thus strengthen the hands of the Ger man socialistic party in it's struggle with the pan-Germans and the military party.
 There are intimations, though no off, ficial admission, that President Wilson and the British premier spoke with a full understanding as to what was to be said and that the president, who said today there is no confusion of counsel among the adversaries of the central powers" made his address SUD- plementary to that of the British premier.
 Lloyd Georges speech was prepared before the abrupt termination of the Brest-Litovsk negotiations, and he future declaring that If Russia acts independently, we cannot help the ca tastrophe."
 President Wilson is much more opti- mistic and hopeful of the awakening of the Russians to the dangers of the pit fall which Germany has dug for them. Some slight differences in the state ment of the aims of Germany's enemies today as compared with preceding ut teranceS of President Wilson and even Of the recent declarations of Lloyd George are noticed, but 1t is stated that these are unimportant and not de- signed in any way to affect or weaken l the general principles laid down as the basis for any peace that might be con- | sldered. One instance is the use of the | term evacuation and restoration" by l President Wilson in regard to Belgium l instead of restoration and reparation. i This restoration" the president is said l to hold, must be at the expense of Ger many and not of all warning states as proposed by the Russians, so the diff 1 ference in phrasing is not regarded as | substantial.
 1 The third article in the president s | program, declaring against economic warfare, is regarded here as in line with the better-reasoned conclusions of the entente ministeries at present
 though on its face 1t is in conflict with 1 the declarations of the Paris confer
 ence.
 The demand for the re-adjustment of
 1taly's frontiers along national lines is expected to be welcomed by the Ital-
 ians as full recognition of their Italia irredenta" aspirations, something here-
 tofore not forthcoming from America.
 In his article providing for an inde. pendent Polish state the president is
 said to mean that freedom shall be giv-
 en not only to Russian Poland, but tc
 the Poles in Austria and Germany. Il also is stated that the demand for free and secure access to the sea-" for the
 new Polish state does not mean that
 Poland should extend her sovereignty over eastern Prussia to the Baltic sea
 but simply, that she should be giver
 the right to free communication witt
 North Sea ports, privilege similar tc
 that enjoyed by Germany in traversins
 Hollands territorial waters at tn,
 mouth of the Scheldt
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of the war, lies with Germany and her allies. The issues of life and death hang upon these definitions. No statesman who has the least con- ception of his responsibility ought for a moment to permit himself to continue this tragical and appalling ourpouring of blood and treasure un- less he is sure beyond a peradven- ture that the objects of the vital sacrifice are part and parcel of the very life of society and that the people for whom he speaks think them right and imperative as he does.
 There is, moreover a voice calling for these definitions of principles and purpose which is, it seems to me, more thrilling and more compelling than any of the many moving voices with which the troubled air of the world is filled. It is the voice of the Russian people. They are prostrate and all but helpless, it would seem, before the grim power of Germany, which has hitherto known no relent- ing and no pity. Their power ap- parently is shattered and yet their soul is not subsevient They will Lot yield either in principle or in acton. The conception of what is right, of what is humane and honor able for them to accept, has been stated with frankness, a largeness of view, a generosity of spirit ard a. universal human sympathy which must challenge the admiration of every friend of mankind; and they have refused to compound their ideals or desert others that they themselves may be safe.
 They call to us to say what it is that we desire, in what, if in anything our purpose and our spirit differ from | theirs; and believe that the people of the United States would wish to re. spond with utter simplicity and frank | ness. Whether their present leaders 1 believe it or not. it is our heartfelt de- sire and hope that some way may be opened whereby we may be privileged l to assist the people of Russia to attain their utmost hope of liberty and or 1 dered peace.
 Tt will be our wish and purpose that | the processes of peace. when they are | begun, shall be absolutely open and that the processes of peace, when they are begun, shall be absolutely open and
Arizona republican., 1918-01-09
NATIONAL BASEBALL
 CORNERSTONE NAMES
 HERMANN CHAIRMAN
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CINCINNATI, Jan. S.-August Herr mann was reelected chairman and John F. Bruce was reelected secre- tary of the National Baseball Com mussion at the annual meeting of the commission here today.
 Owing to the fact that only minor matters were to be considered by the commission the interest centered in a number of deals that were being at tnpted by various big league clubs.
 Early in the day a rumor from a we'll authenticated source had Brook lyn giving Zack Wheat and Cutshaw for Pitcher Al MamauX of Pittsburg, and a cash consideration. Barney Dreyfus of the Pittsburg club, ques- toned concerning the rumor, said:
 Tt sounds good but it is untrue. That's the only bad part of it.
 The rumOr gained credence, how ever, owing to the large number of private discussions that took place be- tween Ebbetts and Dreyfus.
 Another rumor that would not down but which likewise was given official denial, was that Catcner Snyder of the St. Louis Nationals had been sold to the Pittsburg club. Jack Hendricks, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals said
 Snyder has not been sold to anybody and there are good chances that he will be with the Cardinals when the season opens.'
 To all appearances the much talked of deal whereby the Chicago Nationals would get Hornsby of St. Louis has fallen through. President Weeghmar of the Chicago club offered four play CTS and an amount of money reported to have been $50,000 for Hornsby. but this was turned down by the St Louis management. Weeghman announced that this was his best offer and that he was through trying. The name: of the four players that Weeghmar was willing to give were not divulged
 \ committee from the National As sociation of Profession Baseball clubs headed by Secretary Terrell waited upon the National Commission anC discussed ways and means whereby tht minor leagues could be benefited by active cooperation with the majol leagues. No definite plans were mad, hut the national commission assured the committee that the majors would cooperate in every way possible, witt he end in view.
 Both Chairman Hermann and Sec, rotary Bruce submitted their annua reports, and several cases of minol importance were disposed of. The com mission will meet again tomorrow.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-09
SPOKANE OUT FOR
 LIVESTOCK CONVENTION
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SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. Sword was received today by NJ K. Pearsons, second vice-president of the National Livestock association, that Spokane. Wash, will be at the coming conven- ton with a strong delegation and a determinatlon to take the 1919 meet ing to Spokane. There Is promised a lively contest over the next meeting place. Kansas City, Denver and San Antonlo, Tex, are in the contest over the next meeting place. The Texas delegation has not yet announced fine name of the city in that state to which 1t Is desired to take the next meeting.
 D. F. Houston, secretary of agri- culture, will be unable to attend the convention, according to a message re- ceived here today.
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been charged to meet the trained Ger man negotiators. It is felt that no ef- fort should be spared to prevent q re- sumption of the Brest-Litovsk nego- nations by the Russians, without ear nest but kindly admonition by the al- Hes and America of the terrible dang CTS to which she is exposed.
 The president assumed in his mos
 sage to congress that these negoti-
 auons have been broken off. Yet. it is lelt Tn official circles here that.
 alarmed at the irritating effect upon
 thelr own people of the sudden with
 drawal of the longed for peace with
 their eastern neighbor from whom they
 ilad confidently expected to draw vast supplies of food and raw material with Whlch to relieve their sufferings, the
 dermans will make supreme effort to enlice the Russians to resume the con- 1 lerences by abating their first extreme demands or by presenting them in iresh and spacious language calculated
 to cover their real meaning. Another reason for today's address is found in the necessity of making some reply to the request of Leon Trotzky. the Bol shevIki foreign minister, that America
 and the entente allies join in the peace 1 conferences, Germany having made it
 condition of any peace agreement ] that Russia should bring her co-bellig- erents into the negotiations. Not hay Ing recognized the Bolsheviki regime
 as the Russian government, the only | feasible way of communication with il
 appeared to be through a public enun- ciatton of American war aims follow ing the example of Lloyd George. II | will be necessary to the success of this
 purpose that circulation of President Wilson's address should be effected ir 1 Russia, to which end the full text o1
 the speech was sent by cable and wire | less to all the principal capitals of the
 world for telegraphic distribution.
 ] Probably. in spite of the drastic Ger
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equal terms of liberty and safety with
 one another, whether they be strong or weak. Unless this principe ne made
 its foundation no part of the structure of international justice can stand. The people of the United States could act upon no other principle and to the vim dication of this principle they aIt ready
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whose creed is imperial domination.
 We have spoken now, surely, in terms too concrete to admit of any fur ther doubt or question. An evident principle runs through the whole pro- gram have outlined. It is the princi- pie of justice to all peoples and na- tionalities and their right to live on
Arizona republican., 1918-01-09
PRICE SUPERVISION IS SANCTIONED BY
 RETAIL CLOTH|ERS
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 CHICAGO, Jan. 8.-Government su- pervision of prices of wool and cotton was sanctioned by the National Retail tlothiers' Association at conference with representatives of the efficiency committee of the National Council of Defense in Chicago today.
 This action, according to J. Lynch of Minneapolis, president of the asso- citation, will be to place the selling price of raw wool and cotton in the hands of the government and that with the gov ernment in full control, conservation of these products is assured.
 It was agreed by members of the as- sociation, who represented every state in the union, that it was "as fair to place a selling censorship on wool and cotton as 1t is to put selling censor ship on wheat and grain, and we stand for the censorship on both commodi- ties"
 Wool Men Willing
 SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 8.-Frank I. Hagenbarth, president of the Na- tional Wool Growers Association, in discussing the action of the National Retail Clothiers' Association and the efficiency committee of the National Council of Defense in Chicago today said that if the government believes it necessary to place 8 censorship" on the price of wool, the wool men are perfectly willing that it do so.
 If the government will place the same sort of Censorship on the price of wool that it has on grain and wheat the wool men will be pleased" he said but the wool men feel that they should be given a hearing before any prices are fixed just as we feel that any producer should be given hearing before a price is fixed on his product We don't feel, however, that the government or patriotism demands thai we permit some organization or asso- citation which knows nothing about our business to place an arbitrary price or our product"
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everything that they possess The moral climax of this, the continuation and final war for human liberty has come. and they are ready to put their strength with their own highest pur- pose. their own integrity and devotion to the ies'
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FULL TEXT OF SPEECH OF WILSON ON WAR
 AIMS OF AMERICA

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DEFINITE TERMS OF PEACE GIVEN TEUTON
 ALLIES BY WILSON

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-09
Our Daily Story
BE WENT ON READING.

Foiestar Goots. with his legs crossed
at a gentle angle, sat smoking i mild
cigar and reading the E:aScful News.
Suddenly terrific explosion shock
rocked and waved the house to and fro.
ShatterinG window pane$. bruSlir
breaking brittle brlc-a-bruc and send
ing the Ivory flying from the piano hc! ..
II knew that boiler would explode
some day If it wasn't careful" said Pole
star Goots placidly.
And he Good-naturedly busted 4 little
plaster off his bald spot and went on
reading Smiley B. Gentics daily articl"
which that evening was entitled The
Rufrlcd Mind Is Its Own Accuser.'
Shortly after that. ,akins out his $500
Swedish movement watch to So" If IL
was much later he dropped il and ri.t'
delicate mechanism broke into hun
dred worthless bits.
Made a rather nice tinklc." thought
Goots, with Il whimsical smile. And hr
went on reading. and shortly after lha;
the room caught fire.
1T way getting umcomfnrt ably cl"s'
In here anyway. though; GoutS. nrria-
bly,. and moved into the next room To
go on reading. His wife was in there.
remarked.
NO. don't believe it has" she re-
piled
YOU don't! oh. you don't" he
cried in towering rage. fnur life
seems 70 be made up Of ono continual ar
Eumcnt." And he storm"d up and down
the room for half an hour his voice
Suuvid with passion. and Il was th'
longest while before he nGain bscntnr
sufficiently collected to go on reading.
Cnpyr1rh, BY George Matthew AdImn
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-09
WE INVITE DISCUSSION

II Is with deep regret that We OBJ
serve n note of dissent from a PROPOSE
ton which we thought was automatic.
In criticisinG the deplorable condition
from the rare collection of garbage in
Woodsdalc, and from the incompetency.
inefficiency. and maladministration Of
municipal affairs in that community we
suggested that the proper cure was q
now city charter. a commission form Of
government. and a city manager. We
assumed from what we have been re-
peatcdIy told. that a new charter was
always 4 cure for anything. and what
a new charter couldn't cure. a city
manager could.
Much to our surprise We see. in a
Sunday papcr, q communication from a
citizen and a taxpayer. who declares
that even in the city Of Wheeling,
whcr. we have new charter. COM
mission government. and a city mana
ger, the residential garbage. very fire.
quen,ly fails Of collection: and that the
same gross discrimination IN favor OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-09
Aerial Traffic In
Germany a Success

LONDON. Dec. .-tBritish Wireless
Scrvice.)--Air traffic has been begun
between some of tho largest German
towns, adviccs reaching here report. The
airp!ancs arc carrying parcel post mat
ter and passengers The fare per pas
scngcr is ~ marks q klomctcr. or
about 4 shillfnEs mile. The machines
can fly at tho rate Of 81 miles an hour
and the journey from Berlin to Munich,
for instance. can he accomplished III
four and half hours.
One company is constructing now,
large type Of airplanc. able to carry A
passengers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-09
RIPPING RHYMES
BY WALT MASON.
I TOLD you so.

told. you, Wilhelm. how 'twould
be, when you unsheathed your snick-
ersnee. and said you'd rule the
world; I said that any bonehead
king. who tried to pull so coarse q
thing. would from his throne be
hurled. And now your splendors all
are gone, your crown and sceptre
are in pawn. no homage do you
know; and while, distressed, you
walk the floor. l whisper at your
bedroom door. "Oh, Bill! told you
SOL" Your German Gott, to whom
YOU call, has turned your picture to
the wall. the last great crushing
blow, and while your finger nails
you chew. l whisper softly down
the flue, ''Oh Bill told you so"
You wished to set Time marching
back along a dark and dismal track
to feuladism's age: you'd have the
world no longer see the institutions
Of the free in your blind, randal
rage. I told you twas too big a
stunt for one arnointed' Prussian
runt md tried to stay your hand;
but you laughed all my words to
scorn, and blew a blast upon your
horn. and strafed TO beat the band.
And now you 20 your path alone:
Won have no Sccptcr and no throne.
no courtiers bending low; and while
YOU drenm Of seas OF gore, In nj
the keyhole of your door. to say. II
told YOU So" You'll hear me when
the midnight rain is streaming down
the window pane. and when the
brcczcs blow: oh. when you sleep
and when you eat, you'll hear me
eynrmorc rcpeat. Il toIo you So.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-09
HIS MASTERS VOICE

Indications OF the intention OF the
Democrats to retain the railroads UNI
der government control for an INDEFINITE
period are apparent in various quarters.
Mr. Winthrop NJ. Daniels, chairman OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission. is
the latest official Of the adminIstra-
ton to voice the opinion that the roads
will remain under government manage
mcnt. Not only that. But Mr.. Daniels
goes a step further and expresses a
doubt that the present government man
agement, without actual ownership, can
be continued satisfactorily in peace
times But when one remembers the
previous history of Mr.. Daniels his ut
tcrances as the expression Of unbiased
individual opinion lose force. For 10
years he was professor OF political
economy at Princeton University. Will,
situation. When Wilson becamd Gov
ernor Of New Jersey. Daniels was made
a member Of the Public Utilities Com
mission Of that State. At the first OPP
portunity after Mr.. Wilson had entered
tho White House he brought his pro-
tege to Washington ard installed him
as member Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Needless TO say, the voice
Of Mr.. Daniels may be taken as fairly
accurate expression Of the Presidential
mind.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-09
WORTH THE PRICE

JUS, Ivy way of appreciation Of VIVA;
tho world has escaped. suppose for a
moment thai the German plan OF world
empire had hen carried out successfully.
And that Germany today was debating
The terms Of peace.
Would King Albert of Belgium be
back in Brussels?
Would stricken Roumania be holding
her head up once moro with smile OIL
hope"
Would devastated Serbia be gathering
together. tho remnants Of her former
government and b" preparing To reouild
her burned homes?
Would the NGnitian@ be bringing PACK
To Venice the ar, treasures they hur-
! ried AWAY when the Austrian advance
crossed the border"
Would Franco bcjuhilatinS over tie
probable carly restoration OF Alsace-
Lorraine?
Would England have the Union Jack
Floating from every flagpolc in the land
and Hnrwich harbrr full of docilH Ger
man U-boatS?
Would Russia be freed from the terms
Of tho alrocious FSrcst-Litnvsk treaty
and Mt liberty to 'rc9rSanZc her gov.
r-nmcnt along the broadcast lines "t
liberty"
And would Uncle Sam he preparing 10
20 out and pick the Juc!GS;t plums IN
; foreign commerce. or would he DC ar
ranging 70 pay $40.0n0.0o0.o 900 indem-
nifty ard 10 bow Ia tho kaiSer's yoke for
. the next half century?
And what Of the world nj large?
! Would Il he rejoicing today 1t tho
prospect Of unfcttcrcd democracy and
: liberty"
/ Not if the kaiser retained his facul'
! tics.
! For tho kaiser had planned Il little
! privatclv-manaErd world pr"tnctorai"
with the world uaying substantial trih-
! ute 10 the now Germany.
! 1t cost tho allied nations something
moro than sion 0nn .nN0 600 To escape TINS
| fmt". not forgetting tremendous olo'H
! toll
| Sul il was worth it,
And If Unclr sam is compelled TO add
| Il few billions more 10 round out his oD
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-09

THE SPIRIT VIII CHI is AMERICA
Mysterious Are the Things Which Go to Make Up Democracy
By HON FRANKLIN K. LANE,
Secretary Of the Interior
Secretary Of tie InteHOr.

America First" There never was m
America more supcrmimd"d or more
nearly unanimous than 1t Is l"day%
Great events make it necessary. We
believe. to preach America rtrst. The
strongest preacher and the most pow
crrul preacher is thc Thing that Is dom"
the lifc that is lived Nations are like
MISUNDERSTANDING rnmc up through sac
rifIcc and experience /" character.
We arc not. making our country great
merely by development nj resources.
We are not making ii noble. merely D!
enterprise. These are great factors.
but VIC arc making it great ANA making
it noble by standing for those things
which are American and which the
world recognizes aS being American.
Do mt let any doubt exist as 10 the
pcrmancncy Of America. no matter what
the difficulties. DO not for one moment
think that the struggle which has been
wagcd for $50 years is tn die. The
, seed sown has sprung into tree that
; ovrrsprruds the earth AID will continue
to grow. because II is rooted in the very
foundation OF Christianity.
We have had tho advantage of free
institutions. We who have in our
;
stand firm as stone. and pledge our
eternal loyalty 10 those ideals. tn those
mysterious things which go 10 make up
IL democracy.
II is that spirit that makes America
1t IS that something which cannot be
defined that VIC call Amcricansm. fnu
cannot define it: one cannot define any
! thing which is mysterious and myth
!cal Who can define n force, who can
define beauty. love or Graritatl"n?
Americanism Is that thing swelling
: up in the heart which We wanted to put
! into tho soul OF every man who went
| across the water. We did that by hold
! ing before him constantly. not the
| wealth. not the power Of this country,
! but tho love Of justice that men stand
for. and tho love Of liberty that our
! fathers fought for.
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TWO VIEWS OF
RECONSTRUCTION

contradictory views of the labor situ-
alton are taken by Frank Morrison. sec
Rotary Of the American Federation OF
Labor, and by a. c. Bedford. president
OF the Standard Oil Company. MI.
Morrison calls for.xan immigration law.
that will forbid the incoming OF alien
laho-ers until American soldiers are re-
turned from Europe. and satisfactory
ernploynent has been given them. Mt.
Bedford. on the other hand. believes
that our greatest manufacturing handt-
con in tho next: f-.w years will DC the
lack Of labor tIe points out that for
tho pas, fou, years the yearly Inflow of
labor from Europe has practically
stopped AS result. he declares. We
nre now short over two million labor
ers. There will. ne believes. be tend
nncy also. among foreign laborers now
in America, to return 20 Europe. TO as
sist their families and to help in the
rebuilding Of their home states.
Which OF these gentlemen is right.
and whether either OF them is entirely
right. IS matter concerning which we
can only speculate. II American in
dustry can readjust itself 50 as I" find
new buyers 70 take the place on the
order books made vacant by Uncle San S
withdrawal from the market. We will
need all the labor we now have. or ran
get. Many industrial leaders believe