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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
HEAT BRINGS UP
CORN MARKET

CHICAGO. Aug. 5.-Record-break-
ing high temperatures throughout the
west and southwest together with fail
ure OF expected rains led to Wild
opening today in the corn market.
Rushes to buy forced prices to make
violent jumps.
Opening quotations, which ranged
from / 3.4 to 3-S net higher, with
Sept. 159 to 161 IL and Oct. 159 to
l61, were followed by continued
strength and In some cases by addi-
tional gains.
Oats went soaring with corn. Big
receipts here seemed to have but little
effect as an offset. After opening un-
changed to 2 1-Sc higher, the market
scored further upturns.
Provisions were neglected. The
market hardened little In sympathy
with the advance Of grain.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
ENEMY OFFERS
Tcontinued From Page Cne.1

tons The allies now control the
heights west Of each stream. Mill
tary experts have called the Avre the
path to Amiens and the enemy posi-
tons on the west bank were very i'm
portant. if the drive for Amiens was
to be continued.
Great quantities of ammunition and
guns have been taken by the French
American and British troops south of
the Eesle.
No additional report on total OF
prisoners has been made since the
middle of last week, but in Paris it is
declared that when the aggregate OF
prisoners captured is made known it
will thrill the allied world General
Pershing reports that American troops
alone have captured S,400 and 1873
guns.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

CINCINNATI, o., Aug. 5.-Wheat-
Favorable billing: No. l red winter
track, $223- No. 2 red winter track
s222; No red winter track, 1919 q
1920; low grades, $200@219.
Without billing: No. l red winter
$220@2.21; No. 2 red winter $2,19G
$3.50; No. red winter, $216@2.1S;
lower grades, $2OO4216.
Officially reported sales: Thirty-five
cars
Corn-No. white 1850 200; No
3 white $1909195; No white s1.8C
@1s5; No. yellow $1.70Q175; No
yellow $1.6501.7O; No. 4 yellow
$1.55a1.60; No. 2 mixed, s1.65@1.70.
Ear Corn--White s1.9092.00: vel
low $1.75@1.S0; mixed S1.5041.70.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
War Mothers to Plan
for Registering Soldiers

At the War Mothers meeting, to be
held Tuesday afternoon, arrangements
will be made to have Miss Pound of
Reid hospital explain the need OF
training girls and young women for
nursing. Also a report of the number
Of socks which have been finished
will be asked, and the need for regis
tering all the soldiers from wayne
county SO that they will be allowed
to vote, will be explained.
Mrs. Roach, president Of the asso-
citation, has asked that a representa-
tive of every township in the county
be present, since it is most important
that the information concerning the
soldiers in service be obtained at
once.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
Six Richmond Boys Prepare
at Plattsburg For Boches

most beautiful camps in the country
and is classed next to West Point
The government is converting all OF
the buildings into hospital wards and
making this base hospital. We have
$50 patients mostly from overseas and
they tell some very vivid stories OF
going "over the top" and No Mans
Land. Most OF these patients are suf-
fering from being gassed and from
shell shock.
We all like it here as the country
is very beautiful We can look out OF
our barracks window and see the lake
and beyond the Green Mountains OF
Vermont. The Adirondacks and the
Catskill mountain are also near by. !
shall write you from the other side"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

Boise, Idaho, was named by the
French, when, in 1884 it was first WIS.,
tied by French explorers. They had
travelled for many days through dust
and drear sagebrush in the heat of
summer without the sight of a tree
for hundreds of miles. Suddenly they
sighted a river on whose banks were
many trees. LES bois. les bois''-
The woods-they cried in grateful joy.
1t is from this that the town acquired
it's name.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
SCHWAN ARRIVES

L. A. Schwan, former general secre.
tary of the Y. M. C. "A, arrived in
Richmond today to take charge OF
the local institution until the arrival
of the new general secretary. Lester
Carlander of Gary, Ind, who will
come some time between September
Is and October 1. Schwan will go
from here to the FIT. Wayne Y. NJ
C. A, where he will be physical di-
rector
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

of Florence Nightingale. Never was
it SO honorable and needful as 1t is
tady.
Uncle Sam is calling every avail
able woman. Wake up! Women OF
Wayne County, answer that call today
at the Red Cross Headquarters, cor
ner Ninth and North A streets.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, Aug 5.-The closing
quotatios on the stock exchange were:
American Can, 47A.
American Locomotive, 65h.
American Beet Sugar, 60.
American Smelter, 70 3-4.
Anaconda, 665s.
Atchison, S5A
Bethlehem Steel, SAN. E. .. =. :.
Canadian Pacific, 153.
Chesapeake & Ohio, Sc.
Great Northern Pfd, 1917.
New York Central, 71R.
Northern Pacific, So.
Southern Pacific, SAY.
Pennsylvania, 1915.
U. S. Steel, Common, 10.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.

PIERSON-Vernon Pierson, years
old, died at the home of his parents,
SAG North Thirteenth street, Monday
morning at O'Clock. He Is survived
by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peer
Pierson, one sister and two brothers.
Funeral services were held Monday af-
ternoon at o'clock from the home.
Burial was in Earlham cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
PRODUCE MARKET

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Butter-Market
steady; creamery. firsts, 39@42 lac.
Eggs-Receipts, 1858 cases; market,
higher; firsts, 3S@3S IL; lowest, sec.
Live poultry-Market, steady; fowls,
30031c; springs, 32@33 1-2c. Potato
market, unsettled; Virginia barrels,
$5.0005.10; Minnesota, bulk, Ohio,
$2.35 @2.46; Minnesota, sack, Ohio,
$3.50; Illinois, Early Ohio, S2.30Q2.40;
receipts, "a cars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

Corporations tried t. drive out all
sentiment from business. They acted
on the maximum that Business is
business" And they defined business
as something cruel, heartless, relent-
less. And now these same corpora
lions are moving heaven and earth to
restore sentiment in their business, to
inculcate and cultivate the loyalty Of
their Employees and to win over pub
lie sentiment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
LOCAL QUOTATIONS

Corrected CaiIy by Orner G. Whelan)
Paying-Oats, Csc; ear corn, $1.6O;
rye, $1.35; straw, $500 a ton.
Selling-Cotton seed meal, $3.50
ton, $500 a cwt.; tankage, $3.50 a
ton, SITS a cwt; oil meal. $63.5O a
ton, 1925 a cwt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Corn-No. 2.
yellow, s1.76@1.77; No. 3 yellow, $167
01.7O; No. 4 yellow, s1.60@1.61. Oats
No. white, 6s@69 lac; Standard,
5000 1.2c. Pork-Nominal. Ribs
25M2500. Lard-$2667.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
State of Indiana, Wayne County SIS:
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has been appointed admins
tratrix of the estate of Eli S. F. WATSON
deceased. late OF Wayne County, Ind
lana. Said estate is supposed to be
solvent.
ADA STARR.
Administering.
Robins Keller & Robbins.
July 1929 Aug. 5.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Martha E. Dennis. de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has been appointed by the
Wayne Circuit Court. administrator of
the estate of Martha E. Dennis, deceas-
ed. late of Wayne County, Indiana.
Said estate is supposed to be solvent. 2
CHARLES F. NARDIN.
215 n. 18th St, Richmond.
Administrator.
A,,o
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

EAST BUFFALO, N. Y. Aug. s.
Cattle receipts 500; good strong;
common weak. Prime steers, 1920
1850; shipping steers $16.50@17O0;
butchers S1.00@16.50; yearlings $1,000
@1650; heifers $1000913.50; cows
$6.5O@1150; bulls s7.50@11.00; stock
ers and feeders $500 1850; fresh
cows and springers SOS 00rb$145.00.
Calves-Receipts. $1.400: string:
S700@19.00.
Hogs-receipts, 400; easier; heavy
S20.50@2070 mixed workers.. light
workers. and pigs, s2075@2080; roughs
$17.50d1S.00; stays S10.00q15.00.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 500;
steady; lambs $14O0@1S.00; yearlings
$1000@1500 wethers $10.50@14.00;
ewes s6.00@13.00; mixed sheep $1,000
@13.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
GRAIN QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO GTAiN RANGE

TOLEDO, O.. Aug. 5-Cloverseed-
prime cash, $3.50; Oct. $500; Lee.
$3.50; Mar. $3.50.
Alsike, Oct. $500; May. $3.50.
Timothy, prime cash. s4.35; Sept,
SAT- 1-2; Oct, $4.62 IL; Dec. $4.65;
Mar, S4.75; Apr, $3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 5.-Hogs-
Receipts 5000: market higher; heav-
les s20920.25; heavy and light York
ers. s20.75G2105; pigs $20.25 Q2o.5o.
Cattle Receipts $500; market
-'-No-. ~.oers si7T1s: heifers $116
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

CHICAGO us. Bur. Of Markets. Aug
5.--Hogs - Receipts $4,000; Market
strong at Saturdays best time on good
hogs; others very slow and bidding
generally lower; a few sales of pack
Ing hogs about steady with Saturday S
close; butchers $191091970; packing
s1s41s95; rough $17.50G1790;- pigs,
s17.75@lS.50; bulk of sales, $1S,10@
1865; lights, s19.45@19.S0.
Cattle - Receipts 10000: grading
good or better. steady, others slow and
lower.
Calves Steady to csc lower.
Sheep =, Receipts 10000; native
lambs weak; quality poor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

The men who have interested me
have all been men who have had
something TO, or who have been some
thing, that needed to be advertised.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

CINCINNATI, O.. Aug. 5.-Hogs-
Receipts 5000 market steady: pack
ers and butchers So 60m19,S5: COM
mon to choice $13G17.25; pigs and
lights s15G19.s5; stays S11@15
Cattle Receipts 300; steady
market: steers S75061650: heifers,
$791250: COWS. s6.25911.25.
Calves Market steady; $7@16.
Sheep Receipts 1900; market
steady: $4612.
Lambs Market d. strong; $500
$1S25.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
WILL REPORT TUESDAY

The second report of the solicitors
for the Kilo Noiseless Meter company
will be made az luncheon at the
Y. NJ C. A. Tuesday noon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

Trade unions in Wisconsin aim to
secure a minimum wage of 1880
week for women employed in industry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

Business founded on the principle
of serving and satisfying has nothing
to hide, nothing to fear.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

Publicity aids honesty and annihil-
ates dishonesty.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05
MARKETS.

$3.50; cows $9@12.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 2,1OO;
market higher; top sheep $3.50; top
lambs $3.50.
Calves Receipts 1000: market,
steady; top $500.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

We patronize those who serve US
and please us best.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-05

Honest business calls for honest ad
-ertising
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-22
ALLENBYS EXPLOITS
''-'-'''' I IB5CURED BY VICTORY

the experiment Cf freedom is to be- tried.
lei MS do il boldly. and have done once
for all with the old policy a relying en-
Turkey. Oil and water VIII not NIX. bE
no ingenuity can we rcCunCiI" the phlln-
Turk traditions with the new pollcy OF
reconstruction in the Near East.
Secondly more work nnrds to be done
on the difficult prohr,n. MM!ch has trou-
hlcd thousands of year, OF statesmen OF
the drlimitatiDn Of frontiers. Nhatcvef'
political situation III reached. the idc;t
Of a cuILrm!nium must b" definitely re-
jccICd II We ara setting up new Jew
ish state in Palestine. let us do II
whole hcart"dIy. in reference allk" 10 the
historic past Of the Jews in Palestine
ard In the problems of the future de-
Tense IF he country. On such questions
rs th.S". winch are partly military. part
" political, there - 10 one VINO can
speak With such authority as Gencrai
AlInnby and nc Should certainly be gwen
n voice in their settlement, Similar!
with regard IL Armenia and MeSopota :
mia. no ON is more competent 10 speak
ca these mixed questions rf poiltlcS ana
strategy than those VIII" have taken q
narl II, She direction Of the Ncsopniam-
IAN campatgn.. 49,,
Ones only fear with regard to the
East IS thai It's future settlement Snhuhl
dcpvud on accidental and cXtrancous no
ltIcal circumstances. Those VINO nave
mad, history in the past and present
should ui:tkc il III the future. 1t is Tor
tho politicians 10 lay d"%n the genera
cnnditiuns---'n this case the great ideals
If our settlement. These silould. how
over. he interpreted by those VIII know
these new countries, Their 'S-Eraph!'
and all that is compreh"nded IN tie
Dhfasp 'pUlilical strategy"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-22
RIPPING RHYMES
TURKEY TIME.
By WALT MASON

Thanksgiving Day Is drawing
nigh, we plan the bill OF fare. ais
cuss the Juicy pumpkin pie. the tur-
key ripo and rare. We have such
cause for gratitude, for patriotic
pride we contemplate some oysters
stcwed, or. pcradvcnture fried. The
season bids Us shake OF gloom. let
m!rth and music flow; while In the
Fotsdam dining room the kaiser's
eating crow Tho weary war Will
soon be done. its fires will cease 70
burn, and from their conquest OF the
Hun our soldiers will return: and
waiting mothers will embrace the
sons they've missed so long; and
swcethcartS meeting. face TO face,
will sing loves old sweet song.
We'cl celebrate the war lords doom
with all the curves We know. while
IN the Potsdam dining room the kali
scr's eating crow. The kaiser'S eat
ing crow. my boys. and SO IS Eltei
Fritz, and Eronprinz Friedrich
makes n noise like one who's throw
Ing fits; there is no turkey on the
board. n crow Is oil that's there: tho
kaiser carvcs it with his sword, and
damns the bill Of fare. The crow is
bus n scrawny dwarf. the sickliest
OF things; and Nindenhurg and l.u-
dendorff will get the lcgs and wings.
Oh. let our faces be abloom. let Bill
have oil the woe. as he sits In his
dining room. and wrestles with his
crow.
Copyright ny George Matthew AdnnA
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-22

In song and story we have heard
A lay for many years
With bombast bold the tale was told,
Tho wclliin rang with cheers.
A tale of might. no thought OF right.
It rumhlcd on so fine.
But now our boys arc on tho trail.
They'll get Die Wacht Am Rhein.'
Full many stems on table rang
When Gambrinus held sway.
And lusty lungs the chorus swcll"d.
II was mighty lay.
DER hill and dale. Ger craE and vale
Mid products Of the vine
They san. the song until one day
We bagged Die Wacht Am Rhcin."
When spirits Jagged in trench or camp
Tho kappcllnlcist"r view
"I.i.h Vatcrland magst ruhig sein
Would make them dare and do.
With shout and roar you'd hear 1t Soa!
Mid rattle OF the stein.
But now, Hooray for Uncle Sam.
There Is no "Wacht Am Rhetn."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-22
THE KAISER'S FATE
If could be one to say what should be
done

If could be one to say what should be
with the kaiser. old wilhelm the Rcd.
I would ask him real quick. why he left
all his chquo
And packed up his family and fled.
If q cuwardly fear had crept into his ear
And lodged at the base OF his. brain.
If ii caused him 10 run, ere his kqltur
had won.
Hcd be yellow, then, that much is
plain.
In this world of fair play. such as he
cannot stay,
For a yellow dog never sees right.
Rather than give and take. tifty-Ittty or
break.
He wthdraws like thief in the night:
Leaves his people 10 face the whole
world in disgracn
And some hundred odd problems or
more
Death would he much too tame FOR this
And n" sro, should he spoiled with his
gore.
I would chain this old brute to tree or
root
So he could not stand up nor advance:
Motion Pictures I'd show of the murder
Gus woe
That bctrll his poor victims in France.
And in Belgium too, and on saltwater.
blue.
Lei him view what ne argued WAS fair.
Till u'ercnmc with tho force of mistaken
rcmorse
He'd 20 rccling insane with despair.
Edward Louis Schafor, Jr.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-22
"A DIFFICULT PROBLEM

Edward Hurley, chairman of tho
Shipping Board, has sailed for Europe.
planning to seek an international
union among the governments, ship
ping interests, and labor interests Of
the maritime powers for the standard
ization Of seamen's wages and work
ing conditions. Mr.. Hurley has I'M
dertaken a very big job. To solve It
successfully means the creation OF con-
dIttons under which VT may expect to
maintain a mercantile marine. Ameri-
can merchant shipping sailing the high
seas has decayed. not because the
American business man has been lack
Ing in enterprise. and not because
Americans have not had taste for
the sea, but simply because the Ameri-
can standard OF wages and living con-
dltions Is much higher than ruled in
competitive maritime countries. The
American ship owner has been unable
to meet competition and hold his own
In the open markets OF the worlds
blue waters. The long hours. hard
labor and poor pay which the Dutch.
Eorwegians, Swedes and British sea-
men have endured have never been at
tractive to the American worknCnan.
He can find better employment at
home and preferred 10 stay at home on
that account.
1t is doubtful II Mr.. Hurley will be
able 10 persuade foreign governments
and foreign shipping interests to create
a higher standard o. wages In their
shipping service. They will meet
with difficulties at home because the
elevation Of one class Of labor is bound
to create a demand for like elevation
in other classes. The whole wage
question is involved in the problem.
Il is possible that some arbitrary ar
rengement may be made that will
tend to bring the foreign wage stand
ard near to the American standard,
but even this IS a very serious. que!-
ton. We are treading on dangerous
ground when we ask foreign countries
TO change wage standards and labor
conditions among any considerable
number of their own people.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-22

We are to cat next year will be grown
this year, and men must work il the
fields to grow it. Our clothing Tor
next year is today on the back vi
some sheep. or in the bloom Of some
cotton plant, and labor must make it
available. Among misty drramcrs
who find their greatest satisfaction in
denouncing everything that is. We hear
much wild and uncertain talk about
the changing of everything and the
improving Of everything. The world
has always had this class. and prob
ably will always continue to have
them. They are the men who make
the noise. but they are not the men
who work In factories. create indus
tries, employ labor. till farms. build
homes, rear families. pay taxes, buy
bonds, and support the bulwarks Of
the state.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-22

WASliINGT0N. Nuy. @l.~-WaEc in
cr,lSrs for employees Of min" street rail-
ways and IutvrErhun systems were
granted in awards announced tonight by
TIN. war labor board. TIL" advances are
for the duration III the var and III each
cas-. Ihr beard r,'c"Iun"ud"d that he
companies IL. permitted |" raise the
fares IT, adhere IL the announced cost OF
up, ration
The companies affected nre the De-
Railroad and tn" Syracuse Suburban
RaiIr"nd. Syracuse. y. y: the Lewis
town, Augusta and Walcrvill" Railway.
The Cumberland County Power d. iAght
CO.. Portland. Mo-; the East ST. Louis.
Columbia and Waterloo hallway. the
Auburn 6 SyraruS" Electric Railroad.
the Cincinnati Traction Co. and the Den
yer TramwHy Co.
Aiutnrnun and conductors of the En-
pjrc State railroad corporations CITY
lines were given wages ranging from 50
tn A. cents an hour. while the wages OF
those on IN" intrrurhHn lines were fixed
Ut from 4 In ~ cents an hour. Other
employees were EiVrn pruP"rllunatc IN
crraS,.s. fiat minimum rate OF AZ cents
an hour was Established and provision
made that women shall receive equal
Iuy for equal work.
This award is retroactive 10 last AN,
gust l.. and III" company Is gwen until
next February | Ia make back payments
Gt BACK pay uu' Clllpl'SfH'
In the case If the Syracuse suburban
RAILROAD Go. wages uf m"tnrinGn and
conductors were fixed al from IS 70 -
cents mn hour but nothing was said as
tn wages Of other cmpi"yus. The award
IS retroactive To last August o and tht
company Is given until next February l
to maxi. thu back payments.
The award i'll the case or the octroit
United Railways Co. affected only Cur
INSPECTORS controller mcn. pit men and
pi,Incn helpers. who are given a fiat IN
crease OF 20 p"r cent or more IN order
To bring pay OF all such 1dult employees
IL a flat m,nimum rate of Az cents an
hour, which is established. Women must
receive the sun" pay as men tor the
same work. end the entire award Is re-
troactivc to last June /. The company
is given until December 10 make back
payments.
Wage scale for motormen and conduc-
tors OF tho Cumberland County Co. were
fixed at from IL to - cents an hour.
while wages Of all other employees must
bn increased proporttonatcly with 42?E
cents as the minimum for aSrlt male
employees. Women were given Yhe same
pm. az men for equal work. The award
Was made effective Immediately.
Motormcn and conductors on the Low
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-22
BELGIUM RELIEF

The advance Of the Allied army into
Belgium and Germany gives additional
assurance that the proposed peace
terms will be accepted by the German
people, and that the armisticc was en-
tered into in good faith. The Ger
mans have already surrendered large
quantities OF ammunition and stores
that were not included in the armis-
tice terms, and very little material
that has been surrendered has been
found to be injured. II IS particularly
gratifying to find that large part of
Belgium has not been seriously hurt.
The cities and towns which were de-
stroyed in the early stages OF the war
have not been restored, but during the
period of occupancy the Germans have
sought to encourage Belgian industries
and keep the people N some kind OF
good living conditions. AS the arms.
tice had been signed before the retreat
from Belgium, and as there was little
lighting In middle and eastern Bel
GUM, the large majority of these great
Belgian communities have not been
seriously harmed. Client, Brussels
and Antwerp are intact, save for a
relatively small number of buildings
destroyed by looters. Germany's war
bill will be lightened that much.