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R I E,F R I G H T REE ZY "BITS OF NEWS EVERYTHING THAT'S BEST IN THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS WEST THAT'S OMAHA. .rir-.-M . . TPK a. r-rr -rr -r . TPfo IT- Tr" W M AY U A . A V 01H H PERSHING'S NAME GIVEN TO SQUARE IN N"EW YORK. New York, Dec. (i. Mayor Hylan today singed an ordinance designat " ing the space in front of the Grand Central terminal, looking south on l'ark avenue, as Pershing square. WOMAN LAWYER IN NEW FfELD OF ACTIVITY. Denver, 'Dec. 6. The first woman to be appointed special agent in the federal general land office is Miss Velice Colin of Carson Citv. New. Avho reported today to M. D. Mc- - Kniry, chief of the field division of i the general land office in Denver, and begin her duties. Besides being the first woman special agent, Miss Colin also is the first woman lawyer to be a hear ing! agent for the government. She will handle land hearings in Colo rado and Nevada. VnT A 9 MO 148 . ttum MMid-eltM natttr May it, IMC. tt VULi. 48. JNU. 140. omatii P. 0. aw Ml tl Mirth J. I7 OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1918. By' Mall (I )url, Dally. $4.90: 8ty. 12 50; Dally and Sua., W W; auttldt Nab., aoitaa aitra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER;" Fair Saturday and day;-cooler Sunday. Thrrmonirtor Rraiimra; A i. m. p. m. .. A a. m - l. 1 n. in ! l. i. R a. in 80 l. m. .. X at. n Sit a p. m. 10 . ill HI n i. in. 11 ft. in SS-1 p. m. 1-5 in 35.H p. m. Sun ss S7 87 M M S 8H yvju r J mi n2 FLU MASKS AGAIN VOGUE IM CAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, Dec. 6. San Fran ciscaus again will be asked to don flu mas!:s until there is a marked decrease in the number of new cases 'within the next 48 hours, Dr. Wil liam C. HassTer. city health officer announced tonight. TROPTTAT. HURRICANE SWEEPS OAHU ISLAND. 1 Honolulu, Dec. 6. The island of " Oahu, on which Honolulu is situ ated, and adjacent islands arc re covering' today from the wort trop ical hurricane that ever visited the Hawaiian group. Thousands of trees were blo'vn down, all wires were prostrated and many wooden lioyscs wrecked. Fruit trees in bearing were strip ped. The sugar cane crop on the island of OaTw was said to have surterel damage conservatively esti ' mated at ?-'50,000. RECORD F2ICES PAID ""OR FANCY LIVE STOCK Chicago, Dec. 6. Record prices laid for stock, the quality of this year's show surpassing all previous exhibitions according to stock men, has marked the International live stock exposition which wi)l close to morrow night Thirty loads of fine cattle sold for ?27.47 a hundred or $,85 above '.ast year's mark. IOWA BOYS WEALTHY; BUY HOGS INSTEAD OF BIKE. Chicago, Dec. 6. The case of Johnny and Billy Turner of DcWitt. la., illustrates the importance to which the hog industry has recent ly grown in the middle west. Johnny is 16 years old and Billy 13. and 'he style of their firm is Turner Brothers. Four years ago their father gave them $25 to buy a bicycle, but they bought a sow and went in the hog raising business instead. Today they have 600 in their herd of Hamp shire valued at $25,000. They are exhibiting a prize boar at the In- , ternational Live Stock show, for .. i.!.!. .l... t j .. f nnn .vnu-it inrv rcAuacu-tit unci ui .'.., The firm has won 83 prizes, includ ing three blue ribbons. PEACE CONGRESS WILL OPEN FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY Final Action Expected to be Reached Early in May; Interallied Conference Will Assemble December H6 or 17; Wilson Informed by Wireless of Plans Made by Colonel House. Paris, Dec. 6. The opening of the peace congress at Paris has been set for the first week in January. It is expected here that the peace deliberations will last about four months. Un less unforeseen obstacles arise the belief prevails in well-informed quarters that final action will be reached toward the early part of May. President Wilson will be inform-- ed by wireless of the plans for the assembling of the inter-allied con ference and the meeting of the peace congress. He willalso be advised concerning the recent gathering of the supreme war council at London. In the meantime, reports that the Women's Trade Unions Proposed a? Means of Gaining Equal Rights New York. Dec. 6. Organization :f women's trade unions as the first step toward obtaining equal pay with men for the same class of work in the post-war labor adjustment was proposed Jiere today by Miss Mary Yan Kleeck, director of the ivomen' in industry service, United States labor department, i.i an ad dress before the Academy of Polit ical Science. - r Pioneer Iowa Attorney . Victim of Pneumonia Des Moines, la. Dec. 6. (Soeciat Telegram.) Judg6George H. Carr, j'..cer jurist, iawn.-ker and attor ney and former member of legisla ture and four years counsel for the Great Western railroad, died at his home here fodav after a short illness of pneumonia'. He began his lawJ oractice in Iowa at fcmmetsburg fehineland Citizens Decide. to Form Independant Republic Copenhagen, Dec.6. At a meet ing of leading citizens of the Rhine land in Cologne on Wednesday it was resolved to proclaim at the earliest possible moment an inde pendent republic "under the Ger man empire." The republic would include the countries of the Rhine tnd Westphalia, Allies' Worried About China. Pekin, Dec. 6. (By Associated Press.) The American, British, Italian and Japanese ministers to day tad an audience with" President Hsu Shih-Chang and presented bim with a memorandum expressing the gravfc oucern of the associated governments In 'witnessing (the con tinued civil strife jri China and their wish - to encourage the efforts of soth sides for reconciliation. .resident has approved of anything done at tfic supreme council are pre mature, as the steps taken, at that meeting have not been made known tc him until today. Plans Formed at Conference. The plans concerning the peace meetings are the results of Col. Edward House's long talk with Pre mier Clemenceati, following a con ference with Baron Sonnino, the Italian foreign minister, and the Earl of Derby, the British ambassador to France. It was the desire of the Americans to begin at the earliest possible moment. The interallied conference will assemble December 16 or 17. The meetings will be at the foreign office in1 the Quai D'Orsay. and not at Versailles. David Lloyd George, -Hritish premier, and A. J. Balfour, foreign minister, expect to come here at that time to meet Presi dent Wilson and attend the confer ence but the elections in Great Britain' may not permit them to re main more than two or three days. British Delegates Named. The names of the French dele gates to the peace conference have not, as yet, been announced, but 5t is said there will be three members of the government and possibly a fourth member. The British dele gates will be Premier Lloyd George, Foreign Minister Balfour, Chancel lor of the Exchequer Andrew Bonar Law, George Nicoll Barnes, labor member of the war cabinet, and a fifth delegate not yet seleqted. Republicans Get Order Relieving Big Potash Plants Washington Bureau of Omaha Bee. Washington, Dec. 6. (Special Telegram) What Senator Hitch cock failed to accomplish in reliev ing the potash industry of Nebraska from serious if not irreparable loss because of political fealty to his party's principles, two republican members of congress from the Prairie state effected today in ob taining he promise of Vance Mc Cormick, chairman of the war trade board to ifcsue a notice to the coun try that the embargo on German potash, growing out of the war, was still effective and would continue so until the promulgation of peace. Representatives Kinkaid and Reavis with Edward Richardson of the T. B. Hard potash plant at Lakeside, Neb., had an interview with' Mr. McCormick today. Chairman MtCormick's action to day effectively blocks the propa ganda which the fertilizer com panies have been spreading that German potash would soon be com ing in and wilLxompel them to use tne weDrasKa product in tneir lerti lizer output -for spring delivery. Nonpartisan League Increases President Townley's Salary St. Paul, Dec. 6. The annual con vention of the National Nonpartisan san league, which adjourned today, adopted a resolution increasing the salary of President A. C. Townley from $3,600 to $5,000 a year. The audit showed that, Mr. Townley during the 43 months that the league has been in existence drew for salary and expenses a total of $26,081. BERLIN SOON TO BE OCCUPIED BY ALLYTROOPS Yanks Will Act as Temporary Police Force in German Capital; Serious Dis orders Arise. Copenhagen, Dec. 6. Allied and American forces will temporarily occupy Berlin, as exercising police supervision, according to the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of Berlin, which says that an Ameri can wireless dispatch to this effect has been intercepted by the Ger mans. The newspaper says that Mannheim will be similarly occu pied. The reason for this action on the part of the allies is sajd to be a "regrettable incident-during which a supervisor of a prisoners' camp shot three Frenchmen." , Firing in Streets. London,. Dec. 6.-.Serious disor ders have arisen in Berlin and con siderable firing has occurred in the principal streets, according to Re ports reaching the Dutch-German frontier, says an Exchange Tele graph dispatch from Amsterdam. The trouble is said to have been caused by the German bolsheviki. An Amsterdam dispatch to the Central News agency says there were riotous demonstrations in Ber lin Wednesday by the unemployed. The disorders became so threaten ing that labor leaders addressed the crowds, promising assistance and finally pacified them. The meeting in Munich of the newly constituted "council of mental workers" under the presidency of Prof. Brentano was dissolved by the police, assisted by armed sol diers. The secretary of the council was arrested on a charge of work ing against the people's government. Other members were not molested, but their papers were confiscated. , Baden Would Withdraw. London, Dec. 6. Southern Baden is seeking incorporation in Switzer land, according to Baden newspa pers, says a Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily Telegraph. Baden is east of the Rhine. The famous Black forest occupies a large part of southern Baden. War Department Authdrizes Transcontinental Flight Washington, Dec. 6.- Authority was granted by the War department today to Maj. Albert D. Smith, com manding a squadron of five army airplanes, which left San Diego, Cal., Wednesday for El Paso, Tex., to continue the trip to the 'Atlantic seaboard if possible. If the trans continental flight is made it will be the first by a military aircVaft for mation. Hospital Ship Comfort Safe. Washington, Dec. 6. Anxiety over the deiayed arrival of the hos pital ship Comfort, several days overdue from Europe with wounded 'American soldiers aboard, was re lieved late today by a navy depart ment announcement that the ship pat it at the Azores to escape a l.eavy storr, and should reach New York tomorrow or Sunday. v ELECTED HEAD OF OMAHA BED CROSS CHAPTER ROBERT COWELL. At the meeting of the executive committee of the Omaha chapter of the American Red Cross yesterday, Robert Cowell was unanimously elected president to succeed Gould Dietz, who resigned. CROWN PRINCE RENOUNCES HIS RIGHT TO THRONE U. S. Government Still Stand ing Aloof from Controversy , Over Extradition of Former Emperor. Talis, Dec. 6. (By Associated Press.) Crown Prince FYederick Wilhelm has renounced Jiis right to the German throne. . Immunity Priyileg; Canceled-. Berlin, Dec. 6. The! Prussian gov ernment has formally withdrawn the privilege heretofore' held by the members of the Hohenzollern fam ily.jDf immunity from law. United States Aloof. Washington, Dec. 6. The United States government is still standing aloof from the controversy in Europe -over the possible extradi tion of the former German emperor for trial. It was said at the State department today that this question had not been considered in Wash ingon and that the American gov ernment had expressed no opinion on the subject whatever. Secretary Wilson Appeals to Workers - To Abandon Strike Washington, Dec. 6. An appeal to the workers of the country not to engage in a nation-wide strike as a protest in the case of Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of murder in connection with the preparedness day bomb explosion in San Fran cisco, was issued today by Secretary of Labor Wilson. Many Killed and Injured in Train Wreck in France Orleans, France, Dec. 6. An ex press train from Orleans last night crashed into and telescoped another train- Waded with American ma terial near Meung-Sur-Loire, 11 miles southwest of this city. Twelve bodies have been removed from the wreck and identified. Other dead still remain in the debris. Twenty five persons were injured. Four of the railroad cars were smashed to bits. British Ships Go to Aid of Russian Port oReval , Paris, Dec. 6. (Havas.)-'-British Warships have entered the Russian seaport of Reval, according to the Petit Journal, ir answer to an ur gent request from the government tf Esthonia. Similar action will be taken, the newspaper adds, if any other of the small Baltic nations ask allied protection. YANKS IN IM BIG HUM FORT Belgians Occupy Dusseldorf; All Intercourse With Country East of River Forbidden. & L73 i m s M All bvi STRIKE CONFERENCE FAILS OVER CARMEN'S DEMAND FOR RECOGNITION BY COMPANY - Amsterdam, Dec. 6. (By Asso ciated Tress.) American troops on Wednesday entered Mainz, capital of the province of Rhenish Hesse and one of the principal fortresses of Germany, on the left bank of the River Rhine, according to the semi official Wolff news bureau of Berlin. Firearms Taken Over. With the American Army of Oc cupation, Dec. 6. While the march ing forces are bringing more villages under -American control. Gen. Brown, military governor at Treves, and Gen. Smith, in charge of civil affairs are completing p la lis for their temporary government. Firearms of all descriptions and ammunition have been ordered turn ed in with the warning that if this is not done a search of the house will be made. Today hundreds of the inhabitants appeared with guns ranging from the German army rifle to ancient fowling pieces. Food is not abundant, but there is enough. The absence of pepper in the restaurants, it is learned, is due to the fact that the Germans used all the available stocks of this condiment in the manufacture of mustard gas. Belgians Continue Advance. Amsterdam, Dec. 6. Two Belgian cavalry detachments, 300 men strong, today entered Dusseldorf on the left bank oi the Rhine, 21 "miles northwest of Cologne. All inter course with the other bank of the river has been forbidden. The cavalry will proceed to Cleves, -23 milesnorthwest of vVesel, being re lieved at Dusseldorf by infantry. March Toward Cologne. London, Dec. 6. The official report from Field Marshal Haig on the movements of the army of occupation issued by the war office tonight says the British troops yes terday continued their march toward (.Cologne and the Rhine. Unionists Take Kiev ; After Severe Battle; Ukraine Hetman Slain Geneva, Dec. 6. Gtneral Skoro padski, hetman of the Ukraine, has been killed and all power in that country is now in the hands, of the unionists. Kiev is now in the hands of union ist troops, after a severe battle in which 10,000 men, including 500 of ficers, were killed or -wounded, ac cording to a telegram received by the Ukrainian bureau at Lausanne. General Skoropadski rose to leadership in the Ukraine with the aid of the GermanJorces that occu pied the country. ' Private James Babb Killed in Overseas Fighting M. A. Babb, 6109 South Twentieth street, received word of the death of his son, Private James Babb, 26 years of age, Friday. Private Babb was called in the June draft and re ceived his training at Camp Fun ston. He was killed in action with' the Eighty-eighth division in France, A widow and three year old son survive him. Senate Confirms Glass as Secretary of the Treasury Washington, Dep. 6. The nomi nation of Representative Carter Glass to be secretary of the treasury to succeed William Gi McAdoo was confirmed tonight By the senate without objection. Nugent Seated in Senate. Washington, Dec. 6. Senator Nugent of 'Idaho, democrat, was s.orn in today. His seating will makethe republicans in the "next senate number 49 and the democrats 47. Those Who Took Part in Conference Upon Street Railway Strike Those who took part in the street railway strike conference last evening comprised the fol lowing: Ben Short and J. H. McMillan of the carmen's union. T. P. Reynolds, president of Cefitral Labor union. Gurdon W. Wattles and Frank H. Hamilton of the 6treet rail way company. H G. Edwards of Swift & Co. Randall Brown of the Chamber of Commerce. R. A. Wilson of the carpenters' union. John Hansen of the painters' union. Robert Cowell. Rev. Titus Lowe. John T. Smith of the United States Department of Labor. CENTRAL LABOR WOULD BUY CITY TRACTION LINES Meeting Authorizes Circula tion of Petition for Or dinance; Carmen Lead ers Talk Over Strike. Calling its action "a flank move ment" the Central Labor union in its meeting last night voted to empower its executive board with authority to prepare petitions to be circulated- by . the . union . to initiate ordinance whereby ,the city can buy the street .railway properties, and at the same time to circulate a petition for the purchase of the property. Attorney A. H. Bigelow in a speech suggested this "flank move ment" which also was endorsed by Representative-elect G. C. Porter. The executive committee was also given full power to act in the pres ent street car strike in whatever way it show fit for the best in terests of union labor, and give sup port to the street car men. The union also expressed resentment at the advertisement placed in the daily papers by the street car com pany asking for soldiers to operate cars during the strike. 1 " Short Presents Case. Ben Short, president of the Street Railway Men's union was asked to put tile case of the railway employes before the central body. "At the present time we are not (Continued on Pace Two, Column Four.) Wattles Fears Civil War If Street Cars Started President Wattles of the street car car company afterndon an nounced that he does not want to "start a civil war" by sending cars out under present conditions. He would not explain details, but hinted that traffic would be resumed soon. "We are now in the hands of the national war labor board," he added. Britain Will Demand. $40,000,000,000 from Germany as Reparation London, Dec. 7. Great Britain N will demand of Germany 8,000,000, 000 pounds sterling ($40,000,000, 000) for Great Britain and her do minions as reparation for the war, according to the Daily Mail. The newspaper says it understands that David Lloyd George, the pre mier, will make his announcement in a speech at Leeds today. This, the Daily Mail adds, is what the war cost Great Britain and her dominions and British taxpayers will be relieved of 400, 000,000 pounds per annum by the German payment. Saratoga School Dismissed on Report Strikebreakers Come Teachers of the Saratoga school, Twenty-fourth street and Ames avenue, dismissed their pupils yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock on the strength of a re port that 300 strike-breakers were due to arrive at the car barn across the street. Interested Parties Meet in Mayors Office With Federal Conciliator; Workers Firm Throughout That Or gapization Be Dealt With, While Company Refuses to Yield ; Meet This Morning. Representatives of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street' Railway company and the carmen's union failed to agree at a conference called by Mayor Smith and held in the city hall yesterday afternoon. The hitch was over recognition of the carmen's union. The general situation remains practically unchanged, although some of the conferees appear hopeful that con tinued meetings may result in an amicable settlement of dif ferences. DELAYS SERVICE RESUMPTION. The subject of resumption of street car service was Dot fc feature of the meeting, which was confined to an exchange of contentions and opinions. . It is understood, although not of ficially announced, that the company will not attempt to run cars until after this morning s conference. Expect Attempt to Operate. Numerous Reports were in circula tion during the day that the com- 4 : -J 1 1 '? pany nau miponeu siriKe-DreaKers with whom it would begin operation of cars but during the day nothing developed to corroborate them. r. It appeared quite certain at night however, that an effort to start the cars would be made today. Presi dent Wattles admitted that the re- spouse from the men to return trt work was disappointing and hence the prevailing belief is that the traf fic will be attempted toda under police protection. President Wattles' criticism bl the' protection given by police Thurs day was resented by city authorities who insisted they were ready ' to protect train crews whenever the. company saw fit to send them out on the lines. Police reserves were sent to the barns last night who, heretofore,, have been kept at Central station, ' lending color to the belief that op eration of the system soon will be c attempted. Recognition of the union by the t company, "was the sticking point. 5 at the conference held yesterday i representatives of the strikers being ; firm' in their demand for this, and ' the company's officials indicating no sign of breaking their determina tion Hot to yield either on the "closed" or "open" shop basis. Another Conference Today. ;f Another conference 'win be held. nf 10 -k'ol nr-L- h 1 a niArninrr in s s Ok -r j v. v, rv llllj lllVllllllg 411 til W v ' fices of the street car company, be tween the executive committee of the union and directors of the trac tion company, Jhe conference lasted nearly 3j4 hours and every phase of the situa tion was thoroughly considered and discussed. President Wattles and Vice President Hamilton of the- street railway company were the first to leave the meeting, depart ing nearly 30 minutes before the j., other attendants. I Wattles Keeps Silent , I Mr. Wattles declined to commit i himself orfv the progress made in conference or as to the prospective 1 outcome of the conference today. ins maimer uiu nui DECISION SOON IN OMAHA CASE FOR KENT FARE Railway Commissioner Thom as Hall Tells Bee Board Expects to Make Rul ing in "Day or So." A persistent rumor last night was that the street car company was using the strike as an emergency 'to obtain a favorable ruling from the Hate railway commission on its pe tition for a seven-cent fare, and in the event such a ruling was made might accede to some of the de mands made by the" striking em ployes. Chairman Tom Hall, of the rail road commission, was called over the long-distance telephone, late at night, and questioned in regard to the rumor. He said: The Omaha traction officials have made no plea to that effect and we would not consider such a proposal in tire event it were made, for it would have no merit or bearing. On account of a -press of other business, which has occupied thc ttme of the commission, no ruling has yet been reached but we hope to give a decision within a day or so." Aviator from Nebraska Meets Death in Tail Spin; San VAntouio, Tex., Dec. 6. Fall ing into a tail spin this afternoon, three miles from Brooks Field Second Lieut. L. W. Bird, of 221 South Vine street, North Platte, Neb., was instantly killed.. Bird re ported for ity as a student aviator at Brooks Field, November 18 last. Will Arbitrate. Lima, Peru, Dec. 6. The Peru vian Chamber of Deputies has adopted a law authorizing the presi dent to send the matters in contro versy with the Petroleum company to an international arbitration board for settlement. The bill now goes to the "senate. British Warship Blown Up. London, Dec, 6. Eleven men are missing as a result of the British warship Cassandra -coming in con tact with a mine in the Baltic sea last Wednesday night. ism and he would not make sny definitp reply to questions, - j J. H. McMillian of the union's ex- ecutive committee wis asked: "Do J you tnniK you could come to an agreement if?? He promptly offered this reply: ; "We can come to an agreement if. Wattles will sign up as we tell nirrf : to, and that's all there is to it." . President Short of Jhe union as scrted that nothing occurred in the conference to change the deter, mination of the union to demand union recognition. Union Recognition Bar. . T. P. Reynolds, president of the Central Labor union, offered the following resume of the meeting: '-. "The union insists on recognition of its organization as the means, through which it believes it can ob tain justice. It was one of the best '! get-together meetings I ever attend- ed. Everybody spoke freely and ; sensibly. Mr. Wattles said that if; there were any unpleasant condi- i tions of work, he would do all he could to remedy them. The one I thing that stands in the way of set; 'a (Contlnurcl on Pne Two, Column Two) . i ALL THE WORLD STILL LOVES A LOVER-SOME OF THE, ANSWERS ALREADY IN--SEND US YOURS ..j '! , Good prizes for the best answers to the soldier in France who has written that he "wants Dorothy to wait for him. Contest open till December 9) Not over 200 words. Address Contest Editor, The Bee. No. 1. Dearest: I am the proudest, hap piest girl in all America since your wonderful letter came last night, for, Soldier Boy, I want you to know that those "few evenings we spent together" have come to mean more to me than all else4eside. . Before I met you, I had cared only for friends of my own choosing, and did not realize what a selfish, self--entered existence I wasleadinK-un- til that memorable day you sailed for France. Then love came, and Jt has- made this world such a big, friendly place! Little children Imile at me on the streets, and even 'dogs stop for a friendly pat.. Although I did not dream you cared for me, I would not for worlds have missed the experience of loving you, so en- i nched am i. Since your dear letter. came, the whole world seems a-throb with mu sic. "He loves me!" the wind whis pered as I fell asleep last night J'He loves me'" was the message borne on a golden shaft of light as I opened my eyes, this morning. Oh, Lad o'. Mne, "Somewhere in France'," 1 shall try to be worthy of that lovel Ever yours. , DOROTHY. , NO. 81. , Dearest: Because- of you, out there, fighting for the world's freedom, I feel a towage unknown to me before. And because I am waiting, I am still dreaming, hoping for the realization; of those ideals dear to us both. I do not fear, betoved, ao matter what shall come. My soul is uplifted, even in the darkest hours, for no 'matter what comes to either of us, and should our lives end, even in andther world, our love cannot die. It is death less; we will have tfte memory, at least, of the perfect hours we spent together. DOROTHY. No.3. - ' It no doubt will be a great sur prise to you to receive 4 letter from a distant friend, who has been silent so long. I will venture to try to ex periment, hoping you will recover from the shock in season to make an early reply. How has the world prospered you in those long months since we have met? I hope you are' in the full enjoyment of the blessing of good health and find many inter esting and profitable enterprises toi engage your time and attention. Thus does time make its marks and it writes upon all living the sad, sad words passing away. But I said I would be brief. Please write me,again and tell me all the items of interest. With many kind thoughts, I remain, Yours, . f No79. My Darling Jim: Big, swift, sil lent, brave snip, carry this word across the stormy ' ocean: If am waiting, Jimto share life's pleas ures and anything else that life holds with you, dear. The one thing in' life that I am most thankful for is that Cod has let us meet. May He keep you safe and bring you back to me. Oh, to feel your strong arms about me, to feel the kisses of your brave lips, to look" into your deep, earnest grey eyes! Well, I don't know how I'll STAND so much happiness. Jim, I have a little way that makes me feel near you. I look up at the "big dipper" n the evening some times and say to myself, "Jim can see that same 'big dipper1 where he is." It's nearly 11 o'clock Jimmie, and T must go to bed, for tomorrow is a big day at the Red Cross. I'm glad that thoughts aren't limited by space. They can fly off to France in an instant. And that's where mine! duty to God and humanity. I thank of the time. Good-night, j .DO RUTH Y. are most dear. No,. 80. Darling Soldier Boy: Your sweet, cheerful letter brought such joy to my heart I think of you night and day, my lover, so far away from those who love you. My heart is there with you, roy sweet thoughts are alTof you, my fingers are busy knitting you little comforts. Could you but know of the dreams that are woven into each; dreams of the day when you will be by my side, to kiss my lips, that ever bravely smile in spite of all, for you. My heart thrills with pride when I think of you over there doing your God that I have been blessed with so . noble a sweetheart as you. I pray for you constantly, pray that you may some day return to one -who loves you with all her heart, her very life. Forever yours. DOROTHY. No. 26. As I sat reading your letter this evening, every cloud vanished from the horizon of my life, as I regard It a very great honor to be even thought of by one so noble and true as you yoTtrself have proven to be. And, desiring as I do that every hap piness should be yours, I take this means of telling you frankly that when you return, which God grant J ence once again. you may, you will come knowing ' that one heart is waiting and long-' ing for the truest and the most-; courageous spirit that ever crossed the sea to take part in this struggle' for the freedom of the world. . nl I often think of those few evenings',' we spent ' together; they are the most precious remembrance of alf my life. As I recall our conversa-; tion of how bravely you spoke of! this terrible war and the battles in," which you would soon be engaged,' thinking not of the suffering whiclT would soon be yours to share, but only of how you and others like you-' were going out to do your duty and return to the one who thinks of you V every nour aim longs,for your ores u !
