Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-12
RICHMOND 1T1sfaDsf s1rcH. SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 1919

WAS tightly clampcd between his legs
ana who slavcred with fear strained
at his chain below ths axle.
GOING NOME. HtT FORCED
On Bi GERMAN TROOPS
oh. yes" said the Fleming when
o ore ne lieutenant tenant called from the safety
ciase that shell. OH. yes. we are go
Ing 10 our home" The Germans made
Hs r m1v. out last week and live in
because We ar. going to our home.
,s1mme'hins of The Greek and little
peatcu scene in the drama of the little
kinSd4m's dcliver.ncc. Herein horror
u to ,h PITY ir, are eGG"iy stirred refer
H9hc seem TO know who first de-
Use, this modern revival of the Puri.
delivered were the first victims of its
nilter pnnish'nent and thenceforward
chcpEyi WliinSe ana city, witnessed the
instances the soldiers bitterly resent
LUZ mat frailty could find lodEment "a;
We're judges and administ rators of
harsh rrtribution.
no less than elsewhere i'm the World
anu ana. say what you will. Ewes daugh-
, ,@rS must live; German marks may
p"SS ',,., no stains for eyes that are
BURNING FIRES ARE FED
WITH SILK AND ROSEWOOD
nut The burning fires in the streets.
fed with silks and rosewood: the mad
dance Of the soldiers. waving lonI:
! .rcsses Ike sioux trophies. Of a mas
gather The RAGS Of their Nshrcdcd gar
m ,,lSI, nnout their half-naked bodies
scream der!3ton Mt them from nearby
windows-.rh. this is punishment.
eo heiore ~, The. armis,iSs. The ccrsor AT
would have passed, this Incident wish
70 recount-.n9w | may iai;c advantage
OF his powcrlcSsncsS.
the hghting came 10 "A close, in the
ii,,le village Of Wond"lgem. not FAR
Germans. who had held the town under
three days bombardmcnt. rrtrcaied TO
heir last defense lines before Gih",,,
gan outpostS pushed cautiously for
ward 7" occupy the village" This ,hnv
ga without resistance. and rerimental
certain house on tho outskirts.
a., Near 2 o'clock shells from German
iiy of headquarters: one made nearly y
square hit and several OF the stan were
were moved to another house on the
opposite side Of the village. but. after
~, , iapsc OF less than twenty minutes.
commandment. Here was no coinci-
dcnco.
CATCH WOMAN SPY WHEN
Soldiers We're ordered To make dill
Gent search OF every hous" in the viii
i lag one deiachment found n Young
corner Of 'daen cei IL w 9nrre IN CITE
Instrument concealed beneath her
skirts; the wire led through the house
mount 10 trees beyond and so straight
10 the new positions the Germans held
mental commandcr ordained the nun
ishment melted 10 this girl or whether
s ne ieit her fate in the hands of the
naked. her head was shorn and ner
body was painted with alternate red
@sh furnshed p the 81 thrh hat color ne OF Wh ne
sslhrapnel hel'ne, was on her head. a
had been placed on guard in q German
scntr% box. striped with the red. white
and black There the shiverins wretch
stood a marx for the abuse Of passing
soldiers. pitiful. covering. shamed
thinE VINO was paying the price OF her
rove Tor Herman soldier.
Ii is easier and kinder to believe she
was a poor dupc who construed the
love she bore some Fritz or Herman
greater mental caliber than the girl
as demanding all she had To give OF
nSs%f and ,ri SSe IF G9Gn'Ty
what, had been her ultircste fate. but
ronid elicit nothing beyond shrugs or
Toned This j viii ali Attest t heard Tde Of
no, other traitor in all Belgium
,v6 IN my .t n9,Spook ! find the cryptic
whole page to themselves and | have
puzzled over that entry fer some time.
myself for having been so sketchy in
my reporting. All ut once the solution
I've got Reuah placed.
HEuLAII JONES Is NAME
STITCHED IN HANDKERCIIIEI.
This iieulah is not a girl-though
i Sc ,m in The home country there
she reads this. will remember some.
thing. No. this BeuIah is a name en-
call feather stitch" upon a square Of
hlack silk. and that square is one of
,nHs , d9Ien "titGhed together 10
ors room in the Belgian relief COM
missioner's headquarters at Client
SSpiration TO Writ something about the
H. K. &, and what the people OF Bel
sium think Of its labors over four long.
already ] have cablcd Official state
ments from hurgomasters. Of Belgian
heartfelt appreciation of the charity
that came from the great republic:
more imam a score OF Belgians have
them.
Many volumes already have been
S %%nR n On Gsr !nS sus JS of B. r.
purpose nor with my ability TO add
TO that library: Though NJ. Jaen de
!ieinpticnne. industrial president OF the
Provincial Commission Mt Client gave
NE 2 great list of figures aud amounts
nf hour, pork and meat distributed
through West Flanders in the years
l?l7-lS. and | dutifully wrote them ali
down in my notebook. | have no desire
dry reading
WORK TREMENDOUS
AND WILL. BE TRYING
What do wish TO set down is the