The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-11

order is being kept by a new guard OF
disbanded soldiers IN civilian dress: ihe
city then rcuane fairly peaceful! en-
ccpt for tho usual pillaEinE and rrauiS1,
tioning by revolutionary soldiers NItli
Tuesday. when 4 mob OF q 1ew hundred
hoolicans, who do not Seem to have been
soldiers. but Of tho lower elements nt
tho normal population of the town. con
sistinE chiefly OF youths OF u or ~;
started rioting and plundcrnE ROOD
stores The town guard was fairly We'll
able to handle them. and drove thcm
from the depot, which they tried 10 loot
before they could steal more than 10"
tubs Of butter in ono place and guam
thy Of stores in an"tncr; mn tG 1ot1, M
store In order presumably To get suits
for tho cX-Soldiers.
various clashes occurred between tn"
mob and the town guard. Will" the for
NOR was being driven from place "a
mace. There was q great deal Of pro-
rniscuous shooting and casualties caused
hu. II Is difficult to ret accurate fig
uros for the number Of killed was put
to-day as low as six and rs high as
fifty.
moro disturbance, though to-day across
th, Rhine {; gigantic fire was burning,
from which huge columns Of smok"
drftcd to the city. One could SOC
masses OF flame leap!1S over what look
understand il was largo military depot
FOR hay and forage. hut whether tho fire
was set as demonstration by thn law
less elements or, as one account TO
ports. by children playing, II is difficult
20 learn.
Tho food situation is much the. HomN
as in all other towns. Tho rationinG
system has been thorough but the nopu-
lation seems TO have como through The
lean season wonderfully we'll on "50
grarnncs of bread and Il pound Of pota-
toes a day. In the shops and hotels
there Is every abundance Of lnHurioHS
food for those who can pay. | myself
dincd nobly to-day. As in other places
Tho hursomastcr OF Cologne estimates
tho is still on hand essential fondstuffs
enough to last four or five weeks. while
tho situation. II revlctualm"nt were long
DELAYED, might easily h"Com" acute. n"
moment for panic ar such Appeals az
those OF DR.. Solf is NOT yet como.
There arc between 1.0nu and 2.n00 nris-
oners or all nationalitics in r9locn" be-:
ing cared for In hospitals by members o!
tho civilian population.
Tho British prisoners. perha0s dozen
in all. it was said. were now being wolf
looked after, and fed. Tho tales they
toll arn such az arc already familiar.
with those Of dreadful treatment and
terribly hard times in the first W."
wears Of tho war. life having been since
that time only suppNrtHhl" ny means "f
narccls from homo. On" heard IN" sam
stories Of brutal hard$D!pS suffered by
those srt 10 work In tho coal mines. Half
those 10 whom I Spor;" had ut SOM" tim"
hccn close behind tho lines under sh"ll
fire, carrying ammunition digging
trenches not only within n" 80 "l"m' .
tor limit. but within thr"r or four hliu-
meters Of tho lines Nearly all had walk
I'd long distances sine" tho nrmiSiir"
was signed finding N" people "f Ia"
country unsympa;hc;ic. but later heinz;
moro kindly treated. Til" ""id"nr" #
all prisoners on such facts. wien COM
piled. will hr 90 universally %'lC-"""r"h"-
ratTvr that every denial "u IN" um"s, ON
as to its vcraci,y will be impossible. To-
dav those who arc in ro1ogn" ar" harpy.
Good Lord" said ono VIII" had h""n
taken in October. 1914. and Ind h"cn "''
ont nf news for NOR" than four years. -
ho looked at n British machine gun ru
tho wnv. Think Of seeing that anon tn"
Rhine"