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y RIEF ' RIGHT REE Z Y BITS OF NEWS B "i EVERYTHING THAT'S. BEST X IN THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS WEST THAT'S OMAHA. THE: .Omaha Daily t .1 AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND AERIAL SERVICE PLANNED London, Dec. 9. Australian commercial and financial interests are making plans to connect Aus tralia with London and other parts of the British empire by commercial airplanes. A company already has been forced to finance the survey of an aerial route to London by way Sydney and 'Port Said. MOTHERS' PENSION LAW urnr.jL.xj ax mun tOUKT Washington, Dec. 9. An attack upon the Washington state moth ers pension law of. 1915, brought , by Mrs. Rose Suyder of Seattle, who alleged it was unconstitutional in providing pensions for widows and not for deserted mothers, was dismissed today by the supreme court. Washington court decrees upholding the law's validity were affirmed. OFFICERS MAY QUIT ARMY. IF THEY WISH Washington, Dec. 9. Discharge from the army as soon as practi cable of officers who have signified their desire to leave the service has been authorized by the War depart ment. Vacancies will be Tilled temporarily by officers who want to hold their positions permanently or bv those who have asked for com missions in the resevrei ARRESTED FOR HOPING WILSON WOULD DROWN New York, Dec. 9. Raymond L. Ramsdell, vice president of the . United Ciigar Stores company, was arraigned in a magistrate's court here today, accused of having ex claimed regarding ' President Wil . son: "Wilson! I hope he drowns!" A complaint charging disorderly conduct was made against Mr. Ramsdell and the case was ad journed until Friday. MARSHAL FOCH MAY VISIT UNITED STATES New York. Dec. 9. That 'Mar shal Foch may -visit the United, Mates when his duties permit was indicated by a cablegram received here today by Mayor Hylan from the marshal in response to a recent message in which tfle maj'or invited him to visit New York and offered him "the freedom of the city." VOL. 48. NO. 150. Eitttrtd u M0M-elin Hitter May2S, ISM. (I O-aft P. 0. act March J. 1871 OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1918. 9 ' 1 By Mill (I ynr). Dally. I4.M: tmtay. li.U) Dally M Sua.. IS.N; antilda Nk awtaaa Mtra. TWO CENTS. THE WEAJJJERt v Partly cloudy Tuetdayj Cooler east and south; Wed nesday fair. Thermometer Beading! 1 p. m. ft a. m T . m 4S 7 a m.,..t ....& S . m ,..4S m. m 47 19 . m. ........ 4(1 It m....7....4 t p. m. S p. m. 4 p. m. 5 p. m. p. m. 7 p. m. It m 45 8 p. 4 41 41 .. .41 mm mm D RADICALS SPREADING STRIFE IN GERMANY Hold Building in Berlin in Which" Prussian Deputies Meet; Start Disorders in Munich and Tilsen. Paris, Dec. 9. Additional troops were brought to Berlin Sunday by the Ebert government to crush the Spartacus movement, which is in control of the northern suburbs of the German capital, according to a dispatch to L'Information from Zurich. The radicals are said to be holding the building in wajich the Prussian Chamber of Deputies meets. The movement also has spread to Munich, where there were disorders in the street after the radicals had broKen up a meeting of the demo cratic party. Disorders also are re ported to have occurred in Tilsen. To Make Martyrs. Berlin, Dec. 9. (By Associated ARGON ELIMINATES HAZARD IN BALLOON OPERATIONS Washington. Dec. 9. Discovery of an inert, non-inflammable gas de- Press.) Eager to make members of signed for use in balloons, dirigible? the Spartacus party martyrs as the ana otner nginer-inan-air crau was icbuh; vi nma)a nuimg, nm received by the Navy department , Liebknecht, the leader of this fac loday in a statement explaining ex-J tion, lost no time in staging a spec penditu'res now being made jointly , tacular open air meeting at the Tier- w th the arrnv for its production, girien jast nignt. The department said the use of this new element, officially termed t'ar ' son," 'will eliminate the hazard of lire and explosion that always has accompanied , .ballqon operations jvliere- hydrogen has been used to 'nflate the gas bags. f : BERGER ON TRIAL TOR ACTS HELD DISLOYAL TO U.S. v Congressman-Elect and ftur Codefendants Plead Not Guilty to Violating Espionage Act- i , Chicago, Dec. 9. Victor L. Ber ger, congressman-elect from Mil waukee, with four codefendants, to day was placed on trial in the fed ec1 district court before Judge Lan pn a charge of violating 'the espionage set. A plea of not guilty ' was entered. Daughter of Bishop Homer Stuntz Dies Here of Pneumonia Mrs. Harry Hunter, 3169 Farnam street, daughter of Bishop Homer C. Stuntz, died in the Methodist hospi tal Monday evening of influenza fol lowed by pneumonia. Mrs. Hunter was 26 years of age, and is survived by her parents, her husband, a , daughter of .even months of age, and two brothers, one of whom is in India and the other serving with the Y. M. C. A. in France Bishop Stuntz, who is making a tour of Eastern Asia and China, is probably in Shanghai at this time and will not receive the news of his daughter's death until he reaches Calcutta. For Jewish Freedom. . Providence, R. I., Dec 9. The American Jewish congress will con vene in Philadelphia December 15 to consider means of obtaining po litical and religious freedom for Jews throughout .the world. The meeting was planned for two years ago, but "was postponed; to await conclusion of hostilities.) His call fof the meeting brought forth 4,000 munition workers, . who had responded to the demand for a general walkout. These men and women marched through UnterDe" Linden to the Tiergarten until they reached the point where the Ave nue of Victory intersects the Char lottenburger Chaussee. There Df. Liebknecht mounted the base of one of the granite -statues erected in honbr of the Hohenzollerns and made an address. Flanked toy Guns. The semi-circle of Dr. Lieb knecht's auditors was flanked on all sides by machine guns, mounted on motor trucks, which commanded all approaches." Dr. Liebknecht ha rangued the crowd in his familiar style, indicting Friedric Ebert, the premier; Philipp Scheidemann and other "kaiser socialists" of com plicity in Friday's rioting. He called upon the masses to organize red guards and beat off the attacks orcounter revolutionists. ' At a late hour tonight Berlin was absolutely, quiet. , .It is estimated by theTageblatt that the number of leserters that Berlin is feeding exceeds 60,000. Premier Ebert and (Continued on Page Tfvo, Column Five.) Wilson Will Not Sit in Person at Peace Table, But Will Act as Referee On Board U. S. George Washington, Dec. 9. (By Wire less to the Associated Press) President Wilson probably will not sit at the peace table, but will be represented thefe by delegates while remaining in close contact wifh the heads of other nations and prepared to decide questions referred to him. Premier Clemenceau, it is be lieved, will be president of the peace conference. This is consid- ered fitting because the confer ence will be held in France. President Wilson's disposition is in favor of entirely public pro ceedings, such as are carried on in the senate chamber at Wash ing, with the press representa tives given every facility to re port certain business. Naturally there will be need of secrecy, as there is,in the foreign relations committee, but the president's idea is that the pro cedure could be much the same as at Washington, a committee considering the confidential and delicate features of various ques tions and then reporting back to the peace conference for action. 2,200 Wounded American Soldiers Welcomed Warmly On Arrival at New York New York, Dec. 9. New York welcomed home today more than 2,200 wounded American soldiers representing virtually every state in the union. The men came, on three ships the United States transport Sierra, which carried about 1,560 of ficers and men; the United States hospital ship Comfort, which car ried 400, and the French liner Chi cago, which carried 260. All of the ships were warmly cheered by crowds which lined the water front and clustered on hou$e tops. Water craft in the harbor tied down their whistles to augment the welcoming din, and fire boats shot streams-of water high into the air, while a police patrol boat, bear ing Mayor Hylan's welcoming com mittee, circled about, radiograph ing greetings. Two military bands played patri otic airs as the steamers came to dock. Red Cross workers rushed aboard to serve sandwiches, coffee, candy and "smokes" to the return ing soldiers. The Sierra was the first to arrive, tying up at her dock early in the morning. The Chicago arrived shortly after noon. The Comfort did not dock ufrtil late in the after noon and the men were kept on board over night. The Comfort, which left StNa zaire November 22, reported the roughest voyage in months, and fears for its safety had been ex pressed by officers of the transport service, as for several days during the storm no wireless could be es tablished. The Comfort had on board 149 stretcher cases, and one death, that of Priv. Levi R. Richmond of Pe quot, Minn., occurred during the voyage. Many of them who arrived today weremembers of the Rainbow di vision and marines who had been wounded in the American thrust at Chateau Thierry. WILSON TO PAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO POPEjJENEDICT Italy Planning Welcome for U. S. President, Who Is Scheduled to Reach Holy City December 23. Paris, Dec. 9. Thomas i Nelson, the American ambassador to Italy, visited the Vatican yesterday and announced that President Wilson ' ould pay an official visit to Pope Benedict and Cardinal Gasparri, the papal secretary of state, December 23, according to a dispatch to the Temps from Rome today. It has been decided that -President Wilson, upon his arrival at the Bois de Boulogne station at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, will be nut by President Poincare and other government officials. He will then go immediately to Murat mansion, which will be his home while he is in Paris. Virtually all the mercantile es tablishments in Paris' have notified their employes that next Saturday will be a full holiday. It is ex pected to " be a larger celebration than any before seen in Paris. The socialists are taking a great inter est in the occasion of Wilson's visit. Brest Makes Plans. Brest, Dec. 9. Brest is preparing to outdo itself in the reception of President Wilson when he lands, its mayor indicates in a 'proclama tion to the people. The committee in charge of the fete intends to have a group of Breton men and women wearing picturesque costumes to greet the president when he arrives. All the rooms in the -hotels of (Contnued on Page Two, Column Six.) Taft Advises Sending Armed Force to Russia Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 9. Men should be sent to Russia in suffi cient force to set up a constituent assembly and assure representa tive government, William Howard Taft said today in an address before the Investment Bankers association m convention, here. ' "Bolshevism is an enemy to human society," said Mr. Taft. "You cannot deal with the bolsheviki in any other way than through their own system. The only way to deal with that doctrine is to kill them off." "How this is to be done is a question that wilt be settled at the peace table." Marshall Greets Fushimi. Washington, Dec. 9. Vice Presi dent Marshall todav received Prince Wiigashi-Fushimi of Japan and his suite at the capitol. The party, ac companied by Acting Secretary Polk of the State department, was wel comed in the offices of the vice presi dent and then was Shown through the capito!. i NO POTASH WILL BE SENT TO U.S. IN NEAR FUTURE German Product Barred by "Trading With Enemy Act" of October 6, 1917. Washington; D. C, Dec. 9. (Special Telegram)--Judge Kinkaid, who, with Congressman Reavis of the First Nebraska district, was successful in getting a favorable rul ing from Chairman Vance McCor mick of the war trade board with reference to foreign potash, impor tations, thereby immeasurably re lieving the domestic potash- situa tion, is in receipt of a letter from Lawrence Bennett, secretary of the board, confirming the position tak en by Mr. McCormick. The letter includes the following: "The customs regulations, which have been promulgated under the authority of the trading with the enemy act approved October 6, 1917, provid that no importations shall be granted entry except upon presentation of a certificate, duly authorized by the American con sular officer at the point of ship ment, to the effect that the com modities have not originated in en emy territory." This means that there will be no German potash shipped to the Unit ed States until after the proclama tion of peace at the earliest, and in the meantime Congressman Kin kaid will endeavor t have the war mineral bill amended so as to in clude potash. This bill m-is two years to run after the declaration of peace. The Bee's Free Shoe Fund To Buy Shoes For Shoeless Children The drive for $1,000 for The Bee Shoe i Fund before Christmas is progressing rapidly but contribu tions should be made early if the kiddies are to have the needed pro tection Jor their feet to make the holidaysjoyous. The spirit of the campaign seems to be realized more outside of Omaha than in the city. 'Contribu tions from outside exceed those at home where the need can be daily observed. Wake up Omaha! Let us give the unfortunate some thing to be thankful for. The Spanish influenza epidemic has added to the suffering of many of the Omaha pcoi. The gener ous in this city must assist those who have been unfortunate dur ing the past year of troubled times. Don't delay. Add your bit today. Previously acknowledged. .$835.65 Ejnar Larson, Wayne, Neb. 25.00 Harold Gunvordahl, Burke, , S. D 2.00 J. H. Vick, Benson 5.00 ARMISTICE EXTENSION PROPOSED BY FRANCE German Army Command Asked to Send Plenipoten tiaries to Conference at Treves December 12. Berlin, Dec. 9. Mathias Erzberg er, head of the (German armistice delegation, announced today that the French government has re quested the German army com mand to designate plenipotentiaries to confer regarding the prolonga tion of the armistice. The dele gates will meet at Treves, Rhenish Prussia, December 12 and 13. British Hurry to Cologne. Aix La Chapelle, Dec. 9. (By Associated Press.) British troops have been hurried to Cologne to maintain order, buj; what the nature of the trouble there has been or how serious it is, is not stated in the brief unofficial announcement. It is reported that red forces and their opponents haye been rioting. In the meantime British infantry have been pushed, up as far as Duren, which will be entered to night. Stringent orders have been I issued along the British front for bidding anyone not actually a mem ber of the army of occupation to cross the border without a special pass. Belgians Reach Rhine. London, Dec. 9. The Belgian forces aiding in the occupation of German territory have reached the Rhine. Cavalry units of the Bel gian army, it was announced today have, progressed to Urdingen, on the Rhine, 12 miles northwest of Dus seldorf. Americans in Coblenz. Amsterdam, Dec. 9 The American forces advancing toward the Rhine will reach Coblenz today, according to a message from Berlin quoting a representative, of the German for eign office who has just returned there from Treves. Saxon Royal Family's Property Sequestrated Geneva, Dec. 9. (Havas.) The entire fortunes of former King Frederick August of Saxony and his brother, Prince John George, have been placed under sequestration by the new Saxon government, accord ing to Swiss newpsapers. The prop erties and estate of the former Saxon royal family have been con fiscated provisionally, while pay ment of the civil list has been stopped. Flu Epidemic Gains New Headway in Kansas City Kansas City, Dec. 9. With 29 deaths from influenza, 11 from pneu monia and 18 from other causes re ported up to S p. m. today, all pre vious mortality records for a 'day from a singje cause in Kansas City were broken. A total of 315 new influenza cases and 15 of pneumonia were reported in the last 24 hours. Demand for Labor Exceeds Supply in Industrial Centers Washington, Dec. 9. Generally good health in most of the large in dustrial centers of the country, with demand for labor equalling or ex ceeding the supply, are reported in telegrams to the United States employment service from commun ity labor boards in 34 states. Speeder Sent to Jail After Accident on Farnam Street C. W. Shank, drew ten days in the county jail, and A. Blotzka, $15 and costs in police court Monday morn ing, both charged with speeding. Shank and Blotzka were the princi pals in an automobile collision at Thirty-second and Farnam streets, Vahey Changes Front and Will Fight for Men Before Federal Board Washington, Dec. (Spe ial Telegram). James H. Vahejr general counsel of the Amalga mated Association of Street and Electric Employes of America, whose name was used in con junction with the Taft-Manley telegram of last "week to Ben A. Short, president of the carmen's union, calling upon the striking Omaha street car employes -to end the strike, because of the ben efits which they received under the award of the war labor board, said today that he had made a mistake in permitting the use of his name in conjunction with the Taft telegram, "You know we all make ' mis takes," he said, "and I supposed the war labor board had all the facts before it, hence my willing ness to aid Messrs. Taft and Man ley to get the men to resume work." "Now I am in possession of the facts I did not know until this morning ?nd I propose to lay these new facts before the joint chairmen of the war labor board with the hope that Messrs. Taft and Manley will see the matter' as I do. "The striking street railway men in Omaha are acting in self preservation. Ever since the in crease in wages they have been badly treated. Everything has been done by the company to un dermine the union and yet I am at a loss to know what can be done under the circumstances. From . information now at hand I think the men are right in their de mands upon the company and I shall do what I can in setting the war labor board right." NO DANGER OF PACKINGHOUSE MEN GOING OUT Secretary Lynn Jays Report of Sympathetic Strike Is Wrong; Wage Scale . Being Adjusted. Secretary Lynn of the Amalga mated Meat Cutters Union, stated positively that ,the packing house employes on the South Side would not go out on a sympathetic strike for the street railway employes' union as was indicated by President Short in his interview with Mayor Smith. According to Lynn each separate union would have to vote favorably and then have the action passed on by headquarters in Chicago.. He stated that the men did not favor the move and indications from the Chi cago headquarters were that they did not favor such a move. He stated that the wage scale for packing house employes was nOw being adjusted in Chicago by Fed eral judge Altschuler and that such a move would undoubtedly prove disastrous to the proposed increased for which the men are asking. He felt confident that the increases asked would be granted in the arbi trated scale. Jugo-Slavs Protest. ' Washington, Dec. 9. Formal no tice has been given the American government of the purpose of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, former ly held by the Austro-Hungarian government to unite with the king dom of Serbia in a single Jugo Slavic state, and to insist on evacua tion of Jugo-Slav territory now oc cupied by Italy.- fieys to City of Metz Kept from Huns in 1870 Now Handed io Mayor Metz,, Dec. 9. During the .ceremony in the city hall Sun-, day, in connection with the of- ficial entry of President Poin care, Premier Clemenceau hand ed to the mayor of Metz the keys to the city, which the Ger mans failed to 'get when they captured Metz in 1870. The keys had been -preserved by a descendant of Gen. F. A. LaPas set, one of the defenders of : Metz. - j CALLS ON (COMPANY FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CAR STRIKE . ' f -'V",- Federal Commission Asks President Wattles of Street Railway to dive Further Details; National Car Men's Officers Now Openly Back Strikers in , Washington Before U. S. Officials ' President Wattles of the street railway company last evening received a message from Basil M. Manley, chairman of the. War board, which indicated that the board would take some definite action in the' strike situation in the near future. ' V The message asked for more definite information con cerning conditions in Omaha. Mr. Wattles says he has maintained from the beginning that it was up to the war board and not to the company here to take action, and, in his opinion, the message received, is an indication that such action will betaken in the near future. OBSTRUCTIONS FOUND UPON GAR LINE IN BLUFFS i Trip Over Street Railway Sys tem Reveals That Some one Has Made Prepara tions to Impede Traffic. Heavy obstructions were found yesterday fastened to tracks of the street railway company in Council Bluffs. The strikers," when asked, entered strenuous denials that they were responsible. -On Avenue A between Thirteenth arid Fourteenth : streets, the, main line to Omaha, several' wagon loads of granite paving-. blocks were found piled upon the tracks.. The barricade was - further reinforced by. steel rails placed across the tracks and securely anchored. At Eighteenth street two big willow - trees were dragged upon the tracks and wired to the rails. Plans for obstructing the tracks at other points are said to' have been fully matured. AH of the obstructions were placed where, there would be no interference with street traffic, thus preventing any necessity for inter ference on the part of the city. A long and bitter fight seems im minent and- certain. . , Banks Declared Insolvent. Salt Lake City, -Utah, Dec, 9. The Citizens-State bank of Bing ham, and the Copper State bank of Copperfield, both mining Jowns abour30 miles South of here, were closed today by order of the state bank examiner. Both institutions were declared by the eximiner to be irisolvent. Gary Proposes Cut in Steel Prices Without Reduction of Wages New York, Dec. 9.j( mod erate reduction in the scale of maximum prices for steel, be ginning January 1 is favbred by the general committee on steel and steel products of the Ameri can Iron and Steel Institute, which jneets with the -war indus tries board Wednesday. Thiswas announced by Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the com mittee, at a meeting here of steel manufacturers today. .Mr. Gary opposed any effort to reduce wage scales at present, declaring that while labor is re ceiving higher compensation than ever before, the rates are no higher than are "proper and just" in view of the cost of liv ing. , "If the workmen are treated fairly and :- liberally," ' he said, "they will stand and contend f)r fair treatment of the employer." A statement front Washington from James H. Vahey, general, counsel for the union, indicates that th,e national officers of the carmen's union apparently are backing the local strikers. t Anxiously Await Word. Information is anxiously awaited ' t from Washington as to what the National War Labor board will do - - r to relieve the situation, and whether is it will beable to exercise its, in- T fluence with President Mahon " of r the natibnal organization of street- I railway employes. - , The street railway company is ready to make some sort of a move I as soon as the waf labor - board ' ' wires the result of its efforts. Jerry Burnett of Detroit, organiz- I er of the Amalgamated Association ' of Street Railway Employes, said last night that no information af- , i fecting the Omaha., strike wilt be received from his national head- - ;! quarters. . ,; . . . 1 , "en-Know What Want" Vv. I "The men here know' what 'they -V want,"'Mie replied when asked "i whether President Mahon of the 'I national association miehr (send ' '' some word which would have a sig"- j i nificant bearing on the strike situa- ; tion. , s , - 1 Mr. Burnett is convalescing at the ' Castle hotel. . Mahon was reported to have been summoned to Washington to ap- pear before theNational War La bor board in connection with the i Omaha strike situation and the 1 award of the board last spring. ? The war board is expected to put the matter up to Mjthon on the basis that he is the h: n 'who shotld convince the strikers . that they are 4 not acting iif good faith with ..the board when they remain on strike. Discredit Sympathetic Strike ' One of the features of thrf itua-v tion yesterday was the discredit givln to expressions' of a sympa-.' thetic strike. The secretary of the ' packing house workers announced that the men of his organization had no. thought of striking to help.1 the street car employes. The menw -bersof.the teamsters' and truck drivers' union voiced similar sen- timents.y - ' : R. A. Wilson of the carpenters' union told the members of the ex- v echtive board of the carmsi that they were not standing on soyd ground in, demanding recognirit a: of the union in view of the facts , f the case between themselves fid the company. .," City Organizations Meet ,j - Various organizatnns bf thevcity hdd mctings yesterday to advise t carmeH to honor the award of the" National War Labor board and to return to then work without y causing further inconvenience to the general public. President Short of the -carmen's union, Chairmen of the - Executive Committee McMillian and other ' members of the committee came to Mayor Smith's office at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and had an other conference. It was stated af ter the conference by them and the mayor thatabsolutely nothing had been accomplished. Hesitate at Resumption. The traction company officials re (Contlnued on- Pa.e Two,' Colons Fomr.) LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND-READ THESE ANSWERS IN OUR LOVE LETTER CONTEST Good prizes for the best answers to the soldier in France who has wnttpir that he wants Dorothy to wit for him. Contest open till December 9. Not over 200 words. Address Contest Editor, The Bee. , '; . Non. ly Dear Soldier Boy: I have not forgotten you I remember the old times, and all the things tp which you alluded in your letter. I thought you were dead and for the last three or four months which' you have been gone I always remembered you as one who had quite done with this world. Your letter startled me to day, but your hope abcut me has been abundantly fulfilled, for I fiave never ,ior one" moment forgotten you. You have ' said very good words to me in your letter and what ever happens, and however matters may be arranged between us in the future I shall always treasure the words and .bless you for comfort ing my hlart with them, and taking away the burden of many unpleasant thoughtsBut three years is a long time; in three years none of us stay the same and in three years some of us grow older than others. But I shall understand. In any case I thank you for the Tetter and believe me. Yours faithfully, DOROTHY. No. 99. My Dear, Soldier BoyI received your most welcome letter a few days ago. But, my dear boy, IJear you flatter me too much.' Some way I do not feel worthy of love so strong. I have often wished that I could be a help to the soldiers and if I can inspire you with the courage that -... -. . ... . you speak of in your dear letter I am glad and 1 can not turn such love away. f "Oh sweetheart of the olden time. My heart shall ever be your shrine." It will certainly be the happi est day of my life when I see your dear face again. My tender and respectful attach ment must and will .end only with my life. Yours sincerely, DOROTHY. - . No, 21. ' Darling: L should be, and I am, filled with delight at the thought that the man I love is noble and Joyal enough to give his life if eed be for his country. I am proud to think that under all kinds of conditions he loves me still. That he is witling to give up all the joys and comforts of life to protect his country and the girl he loves. You know who that man is, darling, and may 1 never cease to love him. ; DOROTHY. - No. 6. ! My Dear Boy: God bless you, dear, ttue heart, my sofdier lover, when you know my ,oile obstacle and yet you care so much for me under such conditions. I was near ly ready to give you up and choose my career, when your letter came, and 1 don't feel yet that 'I should cause, you .to love me so dearly. I often ' wonder why I crossed) your path, but the answer will not come. Dear, something made me j and I have prayed continuously that ininK oi tne words ot ine Kosary, the Ood who carried you safely just now The hours I spent with 'three, dear heart, - - Are like a string of pearls to nie,"N I kiss them o'er, each one apart, My rosary. ' My sweetheart, I can se to write noxmore. With love from the very depths of my soul. DOROTHY. ' No. 31 My Dearest: .I am so happy to think that J have in any way helped you through the days when your life was constantly in danger and you were fighting so bravely for your country's honor My waking thoughts have always been of you, across the ocean would bring you safely back to me when the world's great conflict had been brought to an end. ' - May my memory andideals' al ways inspire you to what is best and most honorable, and may you soon return to one who anxiously awaits yourtfcturn. DOBt)THY.' No. 222. Dorothy's Answer. I received that whklk seemed to me a wonderful letter.' I am sure it would be impossible tor you to realize with what joy ft fills my heart, when I learn that I am Jield in such high esteem by one of America's noble sons, who has of fered his life, if need be, to save humanity and uphold his country's flag. You are more than all the world to me and you may rest assftwd that when you return from the hor ror of the battlefield to "the land of the free and the home of thebrave" a warm heart will be ready to-share with you whatever may come in life's pathway. DOROTHY. ! No. 191. Dear Sweetheart: Ydu are the apple of my eye. I hope I will never have to leave you. You are a prince charming. I love you more than money calTbuy or tongue can tell. All the earthly treasures could not fill my heart as yours tan. You are a boy that God could pos sibly bestow updn mankind. .You and you only make life worth while If -I had a thousand lives to five; I would live them all for ,you. ' Never while I am on this earth will I look toward another boy as I look toward you. You are a - precious gift from humanity and love. Even facing the terrors of war I would wish to be by your side. Ah, bless ed be the day I met you! Life was beginning to lose, its virtue until ,1 met you, 'Though suffering from a broken heart, I will love you to1 the ta T will close, meaning lore love. . , DOROTHY. '