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IAklS Dec. ;. 1850 p. m-The fol
lowing ofnclal communication was a..
sued by the war office tonight.
me only interesting news relates N
o 80 right wing and to the day OF De-
cstnoer = ON the right bank OF the
river Moselle we have occupi.d es,,,e.
nus and the signal OF Xon
IN me Nosges our troops have can
urea the Tete DE Faux to the south 81
the village OF Bon Homme, which dn,' u,
, nstes the range hills forming the from
SS er ana mas served as an obServatorv
Tor the Germans '''|
IN Alsace the station OF Burnhaunt
-, mas been occupied and We have eStabs
sntu ourselves on line comprfSIna,
haupt. anu burn
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BERLIN. Dec. ,. via The Hague and
london, Dec. Z, i:23 a. m.-The Social
ISL Democrat faction OF the Reichstas.
Today issued statement which SAYS
that Or. Karl Liebknecht. Socialist In
Young against the new war credit
Nhlch was approved by the Reichstag
yesterday acted against party discipline,
as especially reiterated IN case OF the
war credit measure
Ut. Liebknecht was the only member
OF the Reichstag voting against the
proposition The statement Expresses
me deepest regret At the occurrence.
further
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CREDIT MEN HEAR EXCELLENT
PAPERS AT DECEMBER MEETING

! serioinE specifically that her husband
snail Join with her In the insuunen,
OF conveyance.
Mr.. Amos paper sxplsinet th.t a
married woman may Be- sued wfthou,
joining her husband In the foliowins
cases: First where the action COZ,
Germs her separate property: second
where the action Il between herself
and her husband. and third. where
sne Is living separate and apart from,
her husband.
Sire Insurance.
Fire Insurance" was the subject OF
Mr.. Psull's paper. In beginning. Are
insurance was defined As "a contract
OF indemnity only. whereby one. for q
consideration. agrees TO compensate
another IL he should suffer losses. .
Inc paper contained many important
stausucs. IL touched upon some of the
throughout West .irrinia In ths
me me Larger eities and towns the same
Wheeling. but In towns which Insurance
men call nth and sixth class towns.
na Oh ar, are towns and villages that have
is Inadequate, the three-fourths clause
mss explained as meaning that the COM
cess OF thrce-fourths OF the actual cost
value Mr.. PAUL explained the iron
ss nse and inventory clause. and several
"A great many people assume that
mere Is an enormous profit to the com
PAUL said. This. he asserted. h. a xrons
impression. and he quoted figure. taken
from the state auditors reports. show
able to break even on their 1918 West
,nrsinia underwriting. whereas their
1919 operations showed a heavy loss.
The 1918 loss ratio OF 53.6 compares
very favorably with the 1912 loss ratio
OF es.z 1911 ratio OF 5e-5 and 1919 ratio
OF Ss:t; the paper said in quoting from
reduction Is due TO the efforts of those
working In the interest OF fire preven-
ton cannot. OF course. be determined:
put certainly there Is good reason TO be
encouraged. II is fair TO assume that
the campaign of education and the re-
more as enTs,ea insurance ,s LAWS fixing
cial.
IF we can keep up this good work Cor
a few years by further reducing the
loss ratio. so that the companies will be
coiiecung more premiums than are JUS
ufied by the losses which they are call
ed upon TO pay. We will obtain lower
fire insurance rates"
IF the people will work collectively
fire losses to a minimum the question
OF Durdensome fire insurance rates will
ing.
Those Present.
In the absence of President George ID
MAXWELL J. - Brennan presided over
the meeting. The session was In charge
OF special committee OF which W. 4,
McGregor was chairman. Those in at
tendance were.
James l.. Porter g w Jerers
-, fttsourgh. Pa robert Lee Boyd
,yde r.. Amos. w. Il. Downs,
a singleton Paul, W. IA. Hicks. Jr
n l. KING. Henry 4. Maxwell
= Is brennan. II. l.. McGranahan
Stanley Floyd Chas. Klein
W &. McGregor, T. s. over
Geo. A. Blackford. F. r WaEner
y. J. seamon. Edward Wagner
hhos; y Hays. Geo. Il. Kennedy.
II w. Davis. w. +. kennedy
w. g. Gardner. chas. b. Feeny
n y Silpin. Geo. j. Eberts
Is. brooks, v. G.. Cameron
m hirbach, W. A. carp.
Jno. l.. Cchel1hase Ferris ri Killer
W. Is. Elliott, Aug. Rockabrand
J. X Trim, J. A. Lashiey,
l. Iarnlts. Theo.. Shockney,
}. ;. Miller. John. T. Reed.
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Blood Poison
Bad Liver

Blood poison IL q natural and direct
result Of a bad liver When tho liver
r. 20 sluggish and lazy that " cannot
throw on the waste matter and excess
bile that comes into the intestines. IL
naturally goes into the blood. filing a.
with death dealing poisons.
Blood poison IL dangerous 70 US
uaily means the life OF the victim
Don't give 81 chance TO get you.
Clean out that liver and those bowels.
Take TRTETs They will sooH have
you in hne shape. Take one tonight
and see how much better you viii feel
IN the morning They're easy 10
take spearmint Favored.
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SEALED PROPOSALS
chanta and 0thnra NrltnissaIa Taais-.

Notice TO Manufacturers. Jobbers, Mer-
chants and Others wholesale Dealers.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. That
the state Board OF Control OF the State
OF West. Virginia will reoaive bids daily
~ It's office at Charleston, West Virginia
Ior furnishing supplies for the several
state Institutions. tho financial mana ge-
ment OF which II vested in said Board.
Contracts will be awarded 20 the lowest
bidders; quality considered, and other
things being equal. West virginia deal
ers viii be given preference.
Lists OF supplies needed will be fur
nished bidders on receipt OF requests
STATE BOARD or CONTROL.
ja-i-f Charleston. West Virginia
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ElilNEN. Australia. via London Dee
=. sos n. mn tho budget speech the
government estimates Auatraff4sa o.
J, n.cg pr connection with the war AZ
atNoo.ooN for the present ycar rho
speech fNurceaee hope that tho dav 10
not Tar diHfenf when the sister dofnfn.
i"n - Ness Zealand while malnfafnln-
her Identity untmuairrd will be- closer
nseociated With Australia" The apeecb
adds that the var probably viii brine
us ncW obligations in the Pacific"
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oETs $4,000

ST LOUIS. No. Dec. Twenty
thousand dollars a year IL the salary
called for In Walter Iohnson'a con.
tract with the Chicago club 81 tho
Federal baseball league. according to
The story % the deal given out BY
Philip Hail. vice president Of the ~
Louis Federal league club.
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TEST GROUND IN urn
ron FEDERAL BUnDuso.

Special Dispatch 90 the Intelligence.
WELisUJN G. W Va. Dee Upon
iustruCuons received from the United
states Iust0fnco Department NJ 81
boyd. a local engineer. yesterday made
r. test uf the rrOund upon which the
nuHtufncr building o. 90 BE- erected al
the corner of Charles and Tenth streets
hf dlgaiur two plfa eleven feet deem nu Il
then boring atlu i've feet deeper. in or
Der 90 test the rrouud and rocks con.
taluen therein. a. Co HulidifV enrnnfaa
% The stone and dirt viii b. forwaffa.i
o. Washinrtou. whore % VIII BE- tcated
- chemists
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LONDON. Dec. 4. 20 4. u.-The Pet
roerad correspondent of Reuters Teie-
gram company. writing under date Of
Thursday. says.
a meeting Of prominent economists
snd leadinE representative Of Russian
commerce and industry TODAY approvcd
or a temporary Imposition Of an in
come tax In order 10 balance the ioes
oi inc government Of the revenue for
merly derived from the sale of vositsa
trafnc IN which has been prohibited
Count Serrius White opposed an in
come taN and favored Instead a levy on
the owners - big estates ana - -,
crease In the existing taxes.
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LIN hisltf. Dec. 2. VIC petrograd and
LONDON a-39 y. m.--T.emberR TODAY 4.
Intensely Interested IN some 3.ueO Aus
tIlAn and Hunga rian prisoners who have
pc. DtouEnt INTO the city. They came
BY train. and virtually an of lie fier
showed some evidence Of the eNtreme
coid they had endured iu the mountains
great many OF them had their feet
or hands frozen. Most Of the prisoners
appeared 60 be Hungarlans although
ahonE thefn there were a great many
iNroiese. All were captured during the
recent hghting In the Carpathians
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BERLIN. Dec. 3.-By wireless 10 Lon
don f:sb p. m.-ffeld Marshal Count
helmuth Won Moltkc the chief OF the
Gcfman general stan. who has been i'll
III health. to-day conferred in BERLIN
with a number Of high military digni-
the neid ~
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TWO DIE In
ELECTRIC CHAIR

COLUMBUS. O.. Dec 3-TIarlev
Beard. aged rs. and Wesley jenkins.
aged 30. a negro. died In the electric
chair at the Ohio ponitentiary short.
" after last midnight Roth prison.
ers had been convicted Of murder.
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LONDON, Dec. :. s.eo p. m.-rhe re-
porv That 1000 prisoners attempted 10
escape from the Lancaster concentra-
ton camp and were thwarted By the
guards II officially denied BY the COM
mendant AT the camp. lie declares that
mere - not n word OF truth IN the re-
port He says that there was some boo
ing when a number OF Alratian rrfson-
ssrs we're released but there was no
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The equivalent - one school year Tor
more Than 600 children a. ioaf hrraurr
or CONTACT Win minor runfarIdmn Dis.
cases. according fn Urarra go 80.
compiled for Pittsburgh
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IRIEIS

~ sny Vpto.osts drug store. zoe.
25e. Take Hssets for Indigestion.
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ProDerties. farms. town lots. small
tracts Of acreage near the car line
= you have something which you
Eouid exchange into any % the above.
sec ur
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THE HAGUE Via London. Dec J.
1905 y ma despatch 90 the Nieuwe
courant from Oldenzaai. Holland. states
that Belgian refugees who are not lla-
pie 20 service In the Belgian army will
De sent 20 England free Of charge. the
British government having undertaken
70 care Tor them In order TO alleviate
the burden imposed ON several Dutch
proNlnces where an excessive number OF
refugees have collected.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Breummer G HiIdebtand

c,sssFf ni5'e ,sS SIS sasslnsrs
Fsisphons aet Opsu 1aF ana nishl
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FURNISHED ROOMS

foR REHT-Large front room, suitable
Tor one OF two gentlemen. Hot and
cold water In room Use OF bath. With
~ Two minutes walk OF postoffice
Phone Bell 1894. DIX
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WAR BRIEFS



BERLIN. De. 1-(By wireless TO
eAyrtile. l.. The follouinr Informa-
10 sas EiNen cut ~ the ofheial news
-Cnofncia1 advices from Alsace say
tn> nxhtinE A. progressing actively in
tnis minor ~ar theatre. A heavy can
ncneftnE Il Eoin< on IN Sundkau- The
serrnens are making advances against
The An.fri.nr report ofneialIy n re-
pulse 90 tire ee-tsssr- % Prtcn,sl. Ca
nch The garrison made q sortie
AGAINST The Russians and drove the lat
Ter back from the outer fortincations-
-Ft<htin< continues In the Csrpsthian
Although no news IL being received
soncerntne operations about Lowicz.
russian Poland. a T. assumed that the
German attempts 20 nank the Russians
rant wing are continuing. The great
value OF such a move would consist In
forcing the Russians southwark away
from the route toward Warsaw and into
the rear of the Russian main army.
Much depends ON the progress made by
the Germans and Austrians ON tho
front and on the smeny's left flank So
Tar they have maintained their positions
and rcpulsed ali attacks but whether
they have been able 60 advance IN not
yet known The loss by the Russians
during the last few days OF i00. Gee cap
uNes and many guns h considered by
seriously.
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NFFTrIHeRElsM!I:1nn

CThfrf rioorD
nsu iss1 n
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eonmuInaeh Building
Hationai o2t.
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PERSONAL.


@. A. r. NOTICE.
VIII any person who rememb~rr
George h Cartwright leaving here for
sne war or the Rebellion. kindly inform
MRS. GEORGE k. CARTWRIGHT.
ISIS Ward 81.
o-S-p Chicago. III.
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ron HENT-I.arge front room suitable
for one or two gentlemen. Hot and
in two minutes walk of postofffce
Phone Bell 1884, n-26-k
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FOR RENT

ron HENT-rHE SHOW WTrpows
A9D SOME INSIDE SPACE AT con
NEA OF MAIN STREET AND STEEL
BHfDQEWAY. WILL BE LEAGTn
DURING DECEMBER FOE HoIIpAY
T1ADE IN ANY MICE BusIHEsB. THE
LoCATtoH II GOOD ron a TOY DIS
JAMES L HAwLEY,
ioess MAIN st.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE
s-s>><--~>~>---->->ss--s>-
FOR SALE.
The Homestead" cottage on
Moundsville Camp Grounds, in
good condition. Address Forest
View" Box i02, Elm Grove, ". Va.
Or call Bell phone 79-L. Elm Grove.
ron sALE1;Hoysehold FURNITURE, all
ter o'clock. d-s-i
at the sehmuibsch farm. Moneys
Fotnt. W. Va d-S-g
ron sALE-Up to date pool room.
cigar and shoe shining stand. central
loca,Sd. in Belleire. Address n. A.. care
lntelllgeneer. d-a-i
Tor saie-es acres coal and land. near
pdn,nll1l.i W; va. Enquire Mike Manion.
behWood. W. Va dem
ron sALE-Tsbernacie. BeIiaire. Ohio.
where Hart and Magann revival Is be-
lumber and sheetinE. Possession given
after December 21st. Sealed bids re
eeived up to Dec. 5. IL o'clock. noon. The
served. Write j. w. Jones. Chairman
building committee. MEL
TOR sALE-Team OF good work mules
and one 1890 pound bay horse. Cheap
62s -. Wabash St DIR
RoE SALE-Two cows part Jersey
One fresh. J. II. Riggs, Willow
oloNe. ~ d-2-j
foE SALE-Fine farm. 200 acres. fine
location. For name and address write
r.. care intelligencer. n-30-i5t
ron SALE-Oliver typewriter. good
CONDITION. H. j. Smith. S1i Swami
=. Iarkerspurg. WI. Va n-5-tf
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REDEMPTION OF BONDS

n-i3-20-2T-d-4
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In the absence OF President George ID.
maxwell, j. u. Brennan presided over
the meeting. The session was In charge
OF special committee Of which w. 4.
McGregor was chairman. Those In at
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should Establish Credit.

Credit never exercised. is not credit
AZ all. NJ. Porter declared. He said
MS advice to young men is not 10 paw
eash. but pay promptly. He said he
impressed upon them the importance
OF prompt payment In order that their
credit might be maintained Credit
- working capital and should never be
impaired" he said
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-15
Buy Now and Save Money
Everything to Furnish the Home and Cothe the Family
From Head to Foot at Saving Of Almost OneHalf

unequaled buying power Inexpensive
enables
ngs Four large filled with utoa stock and everywhere
proclaim wonderful
buying this Whether wish furnish modesy
grade Grand Rapids furniture select whatever
Pay CASH bill charged No Club Fees N
added No embarrassment No red No inquiries made of
landlord friends We business
ness without annoying our friends patrons.
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to Philadelphia whore he had been in
the service of the Bulletin" the
In discussing Mr.. Wert's appointment
the current Issue of Electrical Re-
view" says:
Frank Vert, of Philadelphia, Pa,
where he was engaged in newspaper
work, has been made head of the de-
partment of public relations of the
Light Company, at Youngstown, O.,
succeeding in the capacity H. d. Man
ming, assistant to the president, who
has found his double duties too heavy
the city in connection with his work in
the latter position. Mr.. Vert was
formerly engaged in newspaper work
in Baltimore and Harrisburg, and is
admirably qualified for the work of
maintaining amicable relations between
the company and the section which 1t
serves"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-15
Former City Newspaper
Man Chosen to Head
Big Publicity Dept.

Frank Vert, a son of Professor ].
Howard Vert. this city, and a former
city editor of the Patriot. has been
made head of the publicity department
of the Mahoning and Shenango Rail-
way and Light Company, of Youngs-
town, o.
Mr.. Vert resigned from the city
editorship OF the Patriot nine years
ago to take over the news desk of the
Baltimore News. From there he went
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ELECTED INSTRUCTOR
Special to The Telegraph

Annville. Pa. Sept. 15.-Faber e.
Stengle, senior at Lebanon Valley
College, was elected as instructor in
physics in the Annville high school to
succeed Miss Clippiner, who removed
to Shippensburg. Mr.. Stengle will
continue his work at the college. His
home Is in !oberlin.
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Cumberland Valley Railroad
TIME TABLE
In Eject MAY a. 1914

TRAINS leave Harrisbur9-
For Winchester and MartinsbuFg &C
For Hagerstown. Chamber-burg, Car
isle, Mechaniesburg and intermediats
.s:tops .s:to sss at .7!tS 49, ,l:oO 1862 n .. i -
Additional trains for Carlisle aad
Mechanicsburg at s:ts q M. 3:1e. ss17,
For Diiisburg at 5:oS. s7:ss and
'11:6s q M. 2:1s. '3:4o. B:s2 and s:so
p. m.
'Daily. All other trains daily except
sundfy !. e. roNeR d A Ri1pfs 9. :. =
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was the fourth man from him, lay with
his chin on his rife stock and 3 tiny
trickle OF blood from hole in his
forehead running down the bridge of
his nose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-25
GERMAN TRENCHES
AS SEEN BY VISITOR
/ lie Permanent Notifications to Correspondent
Verdun Doomed, He Says-Belgium Held Up as
Example of Defiance of Power.
By J. F. ARCHIBALD.

H. NV wireless via Savvie Iong Isand heavy Jog
M nre lett interrupted small the
~ | DAYS but big continuing the already
=" I visited every important point the left and the
oo;nts The commanding showed the great
y to personally accompanying and showing the details
m caused by fog four hundred yards beyond the
Ia. the German and within three hundred yards OF
The trenches made bonbProo by wire cntans
The Steering quarters roofs earth covered logs and look like
made
defensive works Everything must be covered with
Nothing can withstand Austrian and German heavy
~ tno OF Antwerp twelve days proved Vcrdun doomed to
fall -. H. 49,, ,o. borrh,rd,,.rt and the de-
nv the BIG inconceivabe Every structure was burned
re defensive absolutely demolished hole ten feet
- sn feet wide by shell that struck the
o after the town had been absolutely wiped out by the
m Occasionally untouched where the enemy haa not
.roed the position on retreat go
- well having supplies taken from individuals Inc contrast
~ b heavy hand France and Belgium and the conditions IN
y.mbure is dramatically marked
cont one dav and thanking GOD nc
- - t the passage There was no ocupa
c rrons or encampments everything absolutely
raroe contrast places where only women and ohrdch
M behind Luxembourg hall German and hall French IN sympathy
IN core, in bowling TO will OF power r the midst OF war
o M he's, Germans seem TO pride themselves showing that
lot rxrburQ should be harmed and that Belgium woud De
with the had resisted the German transit ana IN
@ Foc,and Luxembourg thriving the war because OF inc
l commerce the conquered parts OF France VISITED the "rS'
80 Invariably is When will the end?
- 5ons along line amazingly perfect Inc
@ onderfrl Prisoners wounded get the treatment as
There i; splendid OF relieving the men IN Inc
m regular complete The older reserviStS Guau 0o'
- and bridges bunesslke determination shown every
49,. ,Iorc the front and behind the lines
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-25
BY J. DE GRUYTER.

Especial Correspondent OF The New York
Tribune and London Standard
Client, Oct. 9.-Many young men of
the levy Of 1914 are arriving here. One
trainload saw was full to overfowing.
They were being taken TO their quar-
ters. About a fortnight ago | t=ay-
elled to Antwerp with the first batch
of these men. have met many since,
and a couple Of days ago | saw train
Of about twenty-five carriages enter
St. Nicolas, crowded with boys OF
1917; even the tender carried about
forty of them. The country had called
them and they had obeyed with enthu-
siasm. Many thousands of them came
from territory occupied by the Ger
mans. This was not an easy matter,
for the new masters are doing all they
can to keep these future soldiers back
and send them across the Rhine in
large numbers TO prevent their doing
any injury.
81 came along footpaths and through
fields" said one Of them who had sue
ceeded in outwitting the Germans, "and
now | feel that | am free, although
shall have TO submit to our military
discipline. But how much more diff
cult and hateful it is to submit to the
oppression of the conqueror! / may
now fight in our army, that is why
feel myself free; and his eyes gilt
tered with JOY.
The enthusiasm of the new soldiers
is most striking. Many of them have
witnessed the occupation of their
town or village by the foreigner, they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-25
MANY YOUNG BELGIANS
ESCAPE THE GERMANS
Glad To Be Free to Fight for the independence
of Their Country-Many Families
Torn Asunder.

have seen their parents forced to hand
over their money or possessions, forced
TO listen to German commands, TO read
German placards, in some parts salute
German officers; and they have seen
worse things than these.
But now having regained their I'D
erty they are going TO fight Tor the
most righteous cause they can think OF
the independence Of their country.
Client has seen only one German
prisoner 80 far. The town Is place OF
refuge for thousands Of fugitives. In
the course of a few weeks the popula-
ton has increased from 10000 to 250,-
900. By the bombardment Of Alost its
1000 Inhabitants were robbed Of their
homes, and they have come in crowds
TO Client. And Client is doing It's duty
in these difficult days. All the fugi-
tives have found a roof, food and shell
ter and words Of compassion and love.
Many families have been torn asun-
der. The papers are full OF inquiries
regarding persons who have disap-
peared. Wives are looking for hus-
bands, husbands for wives, fathers ana
mothers for children.
A parson brought man into a
shelter for fugitives and said to him;
Cat something, my friend. II will do
you good" The man sat down and
helper took him a plate of soup. Sud
denly he jumped up. and with a voice
full of sadness, said: "No. no, meneer
de PASTOR, do not be angry; ! can
not eat. must look for my wife and
children" And out he went TO inquire
and keep inquiring where his loved
ones were