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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-12-25

Remington firearms and ammuni-
ton were awarded Grand Prize at
Panama Pacific Exposition.
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Let the Women Alone

Innumerabe well meaning people thruout the coun-
rv are taking the to task for their vaSaIieS in
dress
They point the fact that the modern dress exposes
few inches of feminine charms, and they con-
sequence the prompt demoralZaon of the world
But why all this hubbub what woman wears?
Is her form one of which she should be ashamed?
Ask the nen
Eve was garbed in flowing hair and fig leaf, yet
Adam appears to have been disturbed al this fact She
was Eve and that sufficient for him.
She represented the most beautiful thing in all the
world to hn-and from the days of Adam the verdict of
man has not changed
The artist sees nothing imnodest in the woman who
poses for him, because it is art.
The savage respects the who is clothed only
from the waist to the knee because it is the custom
and custom makes right
The evil we fear often in the eye of the critic and
not in the object of his criticism
LET his who is without sin cast the first stone.
And in the meantime, let the women alone-bless
'em.
Our large cities are full of thieves thugs crooks and
The nondescript castoff of humanity. They prey upon
the people at WILL and there appears to be check This
perhaps is because the officials of both the two great
tcal parties afraid TO undertake thoro cleaning up
of their cities because of losing the votes of the under
world al the next election This is an ugly ruth-but
truth nevertheless.
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RUSH CONSIDERATI ton
OF The indian BILL
IN The Lower HOUSE

WASEllNGT0N. May 9%.-Gcncral de-
bate on the Sl5.nUn.h0O Indian appropria-
ton bill was completed today by tho
house in. accordance with the schedule
arranged by the Republicans for rushing
through the appropriation measures
which failed in tho last congress and
which must he passed before July |. The
bill will come up tomorrow for debate
undcr the five minute rule and for final
passage.
Members Of the house took. advantage
Of the four hours debate allowed on
the bill to speak Nh various subjects in
which they were iHIcrt.s ed Err""Sr"i -
I've Johnson Of Washington. chairman
of the immigration commiltrc. urs.a.
that the country begin cleaning honsr'
III once for all "Bolshevik agitatorS:"
that while this was being done the coun-
try'S doors should he closed to other
aliens. Representative Emerson OF
Ohio, speaking on the same subject de-
clared that aliens who had earned high
wages while Americans w"r" lighting al
the front. and now were aGitatES
against the country. were parasites
which should he stamped out
Necessity of returning American SOL
dicrS in Europe To this country as soon
as possible WAS urged by Representatives
Dallingcr Of Massachusetts. who assert
ed that many were being held in the
army because swivel chair" officers did
not want 10 lose their jobs. The same
thing prevailed in many other govern
mcnt departments. he said. urging Il
general removal Of "Sinecurc job hold
ers."
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CrOix de Guer1e For
MOrgantoWn Boy
Who Fought BraveIy

MORGAEToWN W. Va. May e.
Paul NJ. Fulcher. or Morgantowh. has
received from the French army II divi-
sional citation emitting him to wear the
croiN dc guerTe with silver star. His
entire section Of twcnty-eight mon WAS
cited for bravery on the Ncrlun front III
December. 1917. This now homer. how
ever. is personal citation for t'ulchcr'S
work in removing wounded under fire on
the Somme and Disc fronts during .,ug-
uSt. September and October. 1918.
Fulchcr graduated from W"S, virginia
University in 1916 with degree of y. H.
He was prominent in military work in
tho cadet corps. ranking aS r"Eimrntal
adjutanf captain. He received his \. NJ
degree from Harvard in 1917. enlisted in
April. 1917. in the American field service
md served with tn" French array ms an
Ambulance man sine" THAI TIM. lTr
saw active service on practically every
part Of IN" French aruni. Although
while on tho chamna Enc front in Aug
uSt. 1917. he was taken lutm ia" Um1cu
States army. h" was assigned /" duty
with the French with whom il" had
served before tho American troops ar
rived in France. Mr. i"ulch"r * still in
the Army. but is unn Of IN" ".unn United
States soldiers sent TO study III British
universities. He is now at oxford Uni
vcrSity.
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BIG PREPARATIONS
FOR COMMENCEMENT
At MUSKINGUM

NEW CONCORD. May :3.TThc soy
cntv-fourth annual commencement III
Musking1Im College will bf held June
S-l2. The preacher for haccalaurea'E
Sabbath is Rev \. r. Pollock on ''I
First tinted Presbyterian chVrfh "
Denver. Colo. The orator rf commence
mcnt day is Hon. Glenn Frank o. WV
York, Associate Editor "f the ."''u.
Magazine. The class OF tlFrty-lFe VIII
he graduated which is the s'''.''
class in recent years nwlnE TO ne '"' nc
number of young men from inc '',sS
who arc still in tho service. Inc gra'u-
ntcs are as follows:
bachelor If Ais: Div" 1sahf AN
dcrson. Weilsvillr. o.: agnes i-"u'.
Ral,antyn". Ncnia. o.; Lucille Ncru''
Cosby. Ellwood City, Pa: fI'Zan''n
Dickson. Midway. Pa: Walter florence
Dunn. Salem. y. Y: Russell Call, Fhiia-
dclphia. Pa; John willard Citizen. An
trim. O.: Dora Eunice Giffcn. An'r'H''
O.: Edward Everett Gricc. Franklor'
Ind; Elizabeth Lois knipc.. Fair2oi9l'
q. Susnnnnh .,kin Mckcown. New Con-
cord, O.: James Wesley Miller. M'-
Slrys Fort, Pa: Charles Downc moore
head New Concord. Ohio: Ann Lucille
Marin. Midway. Ia; FREDERICK t."''
Patterson. Jamestown. Pa: Mary El'Aa-
beth Warren Brllairr. o.: Ida tu'h
WIcgman PcmbcrvilIc. O.: Esizahrlh
Bruce Wilson Pittsburgh. Pa.
Bachelor Of Science in ;ducalion
Esther Elizabeth Finley. New concord
Ohio; Vcrna Virginia Ncnnon. barnes
vile. o.; Eula Inota Miller. College
Corner. o.; Jesse Atwcll Slack SCUM
GAINESVILLE. q.
Bachelor Of Science: Layton Ncpncr
Cain. New Concord. O.: David FranK''n
Duff. Cambridge. o.; Frances Irene foF'
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THE LOST CYCLOPS
A Beautiful and Touchtng Tribute TO
The Lost American Ship.

In tho current number Of the Literary
Digest. Thomas lornshy Frrril Of Den
Yer. has q touching poem entitled Tho
Ballad Of tho CyclnpS." This poem will
he OF especial interest to the people If
Wheeling because OF the fact that Glenn
kurn"r. son Of -. e. kurner Of this city
was ono of tho crew of tho CycIops and
for many weeks word Of tho missing
vessel WAS gal chcd for with anxious in
tercst by all of his friends here. The
CyclopS with all on boar has long since
h"nn given up for lost. The poem is as
follows:
TIE BALLAD OF THE CYCLoPS
BY Thomas tiornsby Fcrril
She siipt past hooded hi-bor lights
Past muffled buoy and lit;htlrss quay.
Past silent bars. meath silent stars,
Out to the silent sea.
And no man saw thu good ship sail
Sh" dropt her moorjnEs unaware .
TIL" only word her captain heard
Was the voic" Of talking air.
Far into lurking seas she went
Tho dangcr-ladcn months passed by,
She kept her way and every day
Her name flashed through the sky.
Till hushcd ono day her distant voice.
AS still MS bays where shadows sleep,
And on mems lips she Joined The ships
That sail The fantom deep.
Fair callcys lost NJ SRlamis.
Armadns. ahinS Of Trafalgar.
Whose EhoStlik" crews are men who
choose
To haunt n sra ut war
/ Perhaps Sh" pIics Ihrt4uCh arctic wastes.
! On SOM" dim quest with f'ranklan' :;
mon.
Or SocS n now rurifir'S blue,
As thoS" on lIari"n.
! Tho mon havn raised a blasted Maine,
! And iriromrS that i'll N"mi lay,
, They only knew thai long ng".
! Tho Cyclors. sailed away.
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CANADA RECOGNIZED
AS SELF GOVERNING
a
NV ~MNs
!: NATION, SAYS BORDEN

& LONDON. Thursday. May H. ,v'a
Montreal. DclayedJ.-Thc peace confer
.n,ee acknowledged the status OF the
british dominions as self governing ma
5$;ons within the British common
-s1rea1th. as it had been acknowledged on
ttf,e battlefield and by III" British gov
-, ,ncn1. Sir Robert Borden. IN" CANA
man premier. declare in speech to-ay
edat Westminster at lunchr"n OF Inc
campfire parliamentary ASSOCIATION. II
e-thc new world or nations. the foundation
SsTof, whose constitution had been wen
sSaid In the new treaty OF peace. Sir Ron-
nrt added. could equally be effective and
.noverful as this new conception OF tn"
british empire. and should give like ser
s.sice TO humanity in tho hour OF need.
,staere was no necessity for any fear for
-fhe future Of the world.
The principle upon which the relation
-ship Of the British groups o. nations
.yras bascd. he added. was that of equal
Efty of na;ionhood. and h" had n" year
That this principle involved tho d'Slntc-
~Tration OF the empire.
sA Sir Robert was RECEIVED by -king
S;eorEc earlier III IN" day ana nttcr~ard
~ met tho PRINCE OF Wales. The premier
ss3s on his way 10 Canada
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Y. M. e. A. WORKER
TO SPEAK SUNDAY

r. VI. I.ittnn hhS just returned from
France and is spending Il few days with
rcln,iv"S in the city on his way to his
home in Chicago. Mr.. l4ittnn was en-
gagged III Y. VI. {. \. work overseas ana
had many interesting experiences on the
battle front. II" will speak ut tho First
English Lutheran church ON Sunday
nlnrnIiIE.
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sythc, Kimbolton. o.: f'cstus Lazelle
Mirnear Norwich. O.: q. Byerla Newton,

sythc Nimbolton. o.: fcstus Lazelle
Mirnear: Norwich. o.;'G. Byerla Newton
Malta. 0. 49,.
Normal Diploma: sara. Margaret
Ramsey. Belle Center. O.: Jaretta Ann
Jenkins. Salinevillc, o.: Marie McLees,
Utica. o.: Helen Wilson. Camden: Q.
Conservatory of Music: Violin. Jane,
Bell. Canton. O.; piano. Doris Ada Cain
New Concord. O.: voice. Ethel Deloras
peterson. East Liverpool, o.; Janey
Margaret Trace. New Concord. 0. -,
The College board will meet June l0th.
II is expected that this will be one of
the most important meetings Of the
board in recent years since 1t Will nave
TO do with the completion Ola half MILL
ion fund for buildings and endowment
and the probable ordering OF the cree
ton Of the main college building.
Tho college recently fell heir to APP
proximatcly $4,000 by the will Of the
late !. NJ. Brown OF Wheeling. who was
for many years an active member OF the
college board
This week the college was visited ny
25O representative women from all over
the Cnitod States who werc In attend
sncc on the sessions. OF The Womcns Cen
cral Missionary Society Convention OIL
tho United Presbyterian church. held IN
Cambridge. -
One Of the features OF commencement
week will be The return Of large num-
ber Of the 400 students and Teccnt
alumni who have served IN: the "orld
war. 4 special recognition service 1or
tho soldier boys is being arransed.
The annual violin festival this week
drew an audience Of loon. There were
sixty performers and the festival was y
: great success. =
The varsity base bail team has not
! yct met defeat this year. whipping SIN
, straight games. ?.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-24
WHEELING SHRINERS
AT MARTINSBURG
INITIATED FIFTY

Special Dispatch to The 1ntclligcnccr.
MARTINSBURG. w. Va. May ga
Several hundred Shrincrs are in Mar
tinsburr today where mobiles NJ Osiris
Temple OF Wheeling. conferred the
Shrine dcgret on about fifty candidates.
The Wheeling delegation arrived here
carly this morning accompanied by tn"
temple band of twenty-five pieces. This
afternoon the band rendered Il concert
in the public square before large aud
icncc Tonight IL banquet was served by
the local chapter Of the Daughters Of
the Confcdcracy.
p1-y WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
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Chalub erlatn's Tablets.

When your system becomes cloEgcd
from ovcreating. constipation and tor
pd liver, your stomach is likely 10 trou-
bic you. A dose Of Chamberlain's Tab
let's Will give you quick relief. They
cause n free movement nf the bowels,
tone up the liver and strengthen tn" di-
gestion. You will be surprised when
you realize how much better you are
feeling day or two after taking these
tablets. For safe by all dealers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-24
2OGUE RUN PEOPLE
WANT RUN IMPROVED

\ Cnmmitt"" Of property owners from
alrn" l'uEu'.'S Eun appeared before he
county commissioners yesterday and
asked that improvements he made to
In" rnnd. The commissioners said They
hal PLANNED 80 make needed improve
mcnts. The committee WIS composed
of: Edmund l.. Jones. Joseph Sp"idcl,
Ir.. Harry Ashton and William Nickcr-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-24
HANS DELBRUECK IN
ATTACK UPON WILSON

BERLIN. Thursday. May %. (By AS
sScisted Press. l-Prof-ssur Hans Del
bructk, 4 member of the German peace
delegation. in Il statement 10 tn" Yer
sailles correspondent OF the Tageblatt,
attacks President Wilson for having put
himself completely in the hands OF the
French and British by agreeing to dcTl-
ate from his fourteen points
president Wilson" the professor
added, probably lmaGincs nc drd US
favor in declining to agree to such de-
nands as the cesSion OF the left bank
OF the Rhine. and the dissolution Of Ger
MANY into several small states. In real
iiy such demands would have been bot
ter than tho present conditions because
VIC arc so bound by the latter that VIC
can hardly do anything financially.
1T is to he assumed that RrcSld"hl
Wilson knows European conditions 700
little to survey their Importance and
perhaps. there is ~ the back or HIS
mind tho thought of conflict between
America and Japan. and LiernahF mus
be SO weakened that she Will not DC aole
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to-day to H. F. Stockwell. Camden
X +. business man, for S5b.nUe.. Inc
plant OF the Charles-Town Gas com
pany, in Jefferson county WAS solo d
fcw days ago 10 StGckwcll LOT So''""'
Both companies have been IN the hahoS
If :, receiver for the past few years.
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COURT ORDERS

Two orders nf minor Importance were
cnI cred in. the circuit court yesterday.
In The chancrry suit Of Mary II. Elmer
81 al VS. Margaret 4. Chapman 1T ri enc
court directed commissioners TO pay 10
Jacob Schlcmncr the sum OF SlT5.36.
The court authorized the adoption OF
Mary Kocock. an infant by Sophia ana
George Bozik- -.
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Love is the fairy spell which trans
forms a bald. spot into halo. gllds req
hair with refined gold. turns oromid-
IONS into pearls Of thought and cheap
Jokes into diamonds of wit and enables
y girl to make a hero out OF wax
rumnW a poet out Of a coal hcaver and
n Prince Charming out Of a mummy,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-24
Lovely Light Colored Wolfe Frocks

A charming. colorful, refreshing collection of
Wolfe Frocks in checked, dotted, figured and
striped effects ia lavender, light and French
blue, peach, green, pink, gray and white, some
with white or self-colored embroidery, herring
bone and hemstitching, some with smart
touches of black velvet ribbon $50 to
$3.50.
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PLANT SOLD. FOR sso,oco.

special Dispatch to TIC Intcliigenccr.
II MARTISSBCRG. w Va, May "a
.rhe plant Of the Hartinsburg Gas COM
many was sold at public auction here
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Among the late, arrivals in this city
are Virgil l.. Highland of CtarksburS.
member of the Republican national COM
mittcc. and w. T.. Baker OF 'Elkins, Re-
publican state chairman who arc at
tending a conference Of national party
leaders. men and women. which culmn-
ated in q big banquet Thursday night:
Nat T. Frame and H. S. Fandcrvort Of
MorGantown; Judge Thomas A Brown
and Sam Logan OF Parkersburg; T. B.
Cross Of Elkins. private secretary to
John B. Davis Of the same town; Capt.
Fl. c. Gentendanner Of Charleston; H. F.
Mundy of Shcpherdstown, and c. H
Lane and George A. Ecker Of Parkcrs-
burg.
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Edward Theodore England, Charics-
ton W. Va" WIS the WAY IL lonmcd o"
the Willard hotel register. Nolninf
unusual about that There am l.
We'll, il was never lhataway ncloFe-
always just EFT" The Supcrnatoriai
bee becoming turmcnting. the chahEe
was made. West Virginia. II VIII nc
remembered was Bull Moose STATE
than which there was none butler nof
mooSier.
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Who wore the coat with the longest
tail on the opening day Of Congress is
an issue to great TO settle ofr-hand with
out the use OF the tape. stuart Rceds
and Wells Goodykoontz's looked from
the gallery to be wanton waste or
broadcloth. But there is no dispute
whose coat was the shortest 1t was
young Senator Elkins.' 1t was OF the
seymour style. and as tighthttinG rs
his trousers, Only West Virginians
knew that he didn't have on vest
when he held up his hand and sworc to
uphold and defend the constitution in
and out of season. They all know That
he never wears a vest. In keeping
with the dignity Of the occasion. he
was induced to make use of all the
buttons on his coat
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Senator Sutherland has taken up with
tho pension bureau the application Of
Finley S. johnson of Friendly.
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to be Japan'S ally.
ruNE TO PAINT CLOSED CARS.
TEL. 1869. WALTZ & co.
my IL
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Ardrossan is the name Of a new post
office established in Logan county. and
Richard H. 'Nisbct has been commission
cd its postmaster. Other commissions
have been issued to: Preston LinGcr Of
Horner Watson p. Smith Of Rock. Carl
Clay Henson has been designated acting
postmaster at Jarrolds Valley, ". Va.
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Fred G. King Of New York city. for
mcrly a widely known and popular news
paper man located Mt Charleston, is a
visitor in Washington. Mr.. King is
president OF the koloH company. with an
office in the MarbrIdge building on
broadway. and has nadea success in
the great metropolis.
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ew Dresses for Commencement

Dainty Froeks for graduation and class day
wear made of net, wolfe and organdie with
many ribbon-edged fills of washable silk and
beaded Georgette crepe. Girls who will be
graduated soon should not fail to see these
pretty things-Cotton Dresses at $3.50 to
$500 and Silk Frocks at $3.50 to S55.
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r. J. Hcrscy. Whccling's human 'orr
nado has been brcczing in ana out VI
tho Capitol this week. He has several 4,
choices for president. and they are an
senator Sutherland. If old Doe puts u
over, he expects To follow in the 1oot-
prints Of Doc Graysrn and become
rear admiral of our greatest land fleet
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buy WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
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WASHINGTON
West Virginia News - Notes
and Gossip al the Nation
Capital. .

WASHINGTON. u. g., May e$.--Thc
editor Of the tongrcsSi"h"l :,,,,o
a'rt ou, rnnursts to senatorial private
s.crctarirs for personal sketches OF
their advcnturSnmc ilHtS. H"',t'', ,.,ms-
ms secretary responded: John Walk
rr lh.nton. jr.. Of uncertain age. h'A't
cd. father of i've children. lives VII"
mothcr-in-law. Hivvcr and ca'.
Thomas ". Keller. democrat ol "sl
virrinin is acting assistant doorkeeP-
cr in the present Republican sehttc
That shows how high Tom STANDS:
has bscn working ut the Cnpi'ot 81
many years, and has lived in WasHns-
ton SO long. that he has a hard l'ihS re.
Numbering just what place Ill West
Virginia nc came from.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-13

win pubic patience exhausted with public good r;u - =.
.L PeoP running riot because dgraceu service
- 'e washington Railway and Electric Company new cod;
N"s ue'eloped which Jeopardizes public safety
Listen to the remark of a motornan n.ssoroo-.
front platform: pse'S nerued on the
If anything gets into my way you people had bette. Ill ;
tor your lives My won't hold in an .n.a | M
at the barns but this the was told 70 sn.
and to luck" ~ ~ ~ 'peeu '"ousn
win" inc past month we have personally witnessed three acci
dents on the w. r. F. which fronts of thc cars ~
smashed in like cggshel purely luck that several ,
killed ' iN0P''
Accidents will happen Yes they are not lust banncnr m
the w. r. l.. lines. are being created I ;I;5
equipment and incompetent employees
The greatest mistake declining company ever made c.
han year ago. when refused recognize the demands of
union labor largely because of companys then
Clarence p King strike followed
and equipment began % 60 to pieces 0rf
IheVns kebreakers made $50 daily by Knocking
es ana selling packs of tickets price
And the company this because Mr. King
bent breaking the strike all break it but
sacrifice OF the w. r. E. public good will
With the regular motomen incompetent operators handled
the Even today this ncompeteny prevails COMPANY
pears to have few moomen who or crossing
and properly the power without
stuck and tying traffic This daily fact almost
hourly occurrence
This the through neciency BEGINNING
to tell 1t condition 1t condition which filling
dokets with safety is at
stake and lives will be lost unless something
to the present operation of the w. R. & E. Co.
President William Ham company cannot
live fare. If the Public Utilities Commission
enough fare, should application made
believe that the public will because public considering
the cents worth that getting every scent
fare feels will the
company will get better
If Washington representation, and pride
which hand hand with the first principle
Constitution the miserable service in this would
today the public would take the charter of
W. R. & E. Co.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-13
SEND BOYS HOME
ORDERS WILSON
Says Vessels Which Took
Them Over Can Bring
Them Back.

II President Wilson has his way all
of Americas fighting men now in
Europe will be back in the United
States within the next eight months.
1t became known yesterday that the
Presidents conference with Gen.
Pershing Saturday dealt exclusively
with the subject of American demobil-
ization. The President is known to be
deeply interested in the speediest pos
sible return of the American troops.
He realizes their homecoming affects
every fireside in the United States, and
he is therefore anxious to cut the red
tape and allow the men to go back to
civil life without any delay not abso-
lutely imperative.
Mr.. Wilson, it is understood, ques-
toned Gen. Pershing particularly with
regard to the German merchant ma
rine available for the transportation
of our soldiers. 1t is believed COM
Wandering by America of such ships
as the Bismarck, Hindenburg and 9TH
er giant German liners, together with
other vessels in German ports, will do
much to expedite the situation.
To finish the job within the next
eight months is not impossible
Mr.. Wilson believes difficulties of
transportation now apparent can be
overcome. He thinks the bridge of
ships which carried America $ men
across the Atlantic to the battlefields
should be just as able to return them
to their homes.