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RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS B EVERYTHING THAT'S BEST IN THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS WEST THAT'S OMAHA', M H-T )U AY U A A V U-h H: H JL JLJLJi-4 WlVJLHLlLJLni , iLXlML IU1 JLL-JL-tf. MISS WILSON TO MEET PRESIDENT AT BREST. Brest, Dec. 10. (Havas.) Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of Pres ident Wilson, arrived here teday to meet the presidential party. She will accompany the president to Paris. turks cont;nue oppression of greeks. Athens. Dec. 10. The Turks in Smyrna still continue to oppress the ureeic portion of the population there, according to information reaching the semi-official Athens News agency.. The attitude of the Turks has not improved since the armistice, but rather has become more arrogant. Greeks have been arrested a'nd sev eral have been killed. vThe advices add that the Turks have descecrated Greek churches and have torn down Greek flags raised at the time of the signing of the armistice. HOUSE VOTES TO EXTEND GERMAN LANGUAGE BAN. Washington. Dec. 10. Prohibi tory legislation against the teaching bf the German language in the schools of , Washington was re-enacted for another year today by the house in considering the district of Columbia 1920 appropriation bill. ASK FOR HOME LETTERS TO SOLDIERS. New York, Dec. 10. An appeal to the people of the country to make concentrated effort too break down the barrier created by 3,000 miles of ocean" between American troops and their homeland by writing "let ters full of the home flavor" was made here today jointly by the War department commission on training camp activities and Secretary of War Baker. - Secretary Baker, in a letter to Raymond B. Fosdick, chairman of the commission, who is on his way to France on the U. S. S. George Washington, declared the postpone ment of the homecoming soldiers wouhj often be uppermost in their minds, and that perhaps now more than at. any other time 'these sol diers need to be inspired and strengthened. DIVORCE GRANTED TO MRS. PARIS SINGER. Paris, Dec. 10. Mrs. Paris Singer, wife of Paris Singer of New York, loday was granted a divorce from her husband. The plea of Mrs. Singer alleged misconduct on the part of her husband. , Paris" Singer is a son of the late Isaac Merritt Singer, sewing ma chine inventor. KNIFE SNATCHED AWAY FROM HEART OF AMERICA. : New York, Dec. 10. Americani zation of enemy-owned property will be continued until peace is pro claimed, and possibly even longer during an extended period of liq uidation,, said A. Mitchell Palmer, alien' property custodian, in an ad' dress here tonight at a meeting un der the auspices of the New Ywk City Bar association. The policy of Americanization which lie asserted " hat snatched away "a knife at the throat of America" would, he added, destroy the far-reaching German hold on American industry and assure American manufacturers fair compe tition in their own and foreign markets.' It was preposterous, he said, that the United States should lower the barrier against German trade exploitation merely because hostilities had ceased. VOL. 48. NO. 151. S2K? " TtS? Tm9Jt ITiw" OMAHA,' WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1918. By Mall (I yur), Dllly. S4.S0; I2.U: Oilly taf m fS.Sfl; Mttlft Nfk. OMtM !. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER t Fair Wednesday and Thursday; not much change in temperature. . Thermometer Bedlntii 8 . m. mi p. n. ....... .4 . ro. t l . m. 41 7 . m ...S7 p. m. 44 8 . m. SSi4 p. m 4t a. m SS p. m. ,, 10 . m S7 p. m 41 11 m SR7 p. m. 41 it to S8S p. m M mm IV FRIENDLY RECEPTION GIVEN TO YANKEES Relief Expressed by People of Coblenz When U. S. Troops Arrive in City; French in Mayence. ' Coblenz, Dec. 10. (By Associated Press.) Coblenz tonight is under the complete. military control of the Americans, with the municipal au thorities co-operating. The American forces comprised the Second battalion of the Thirty ninth infantry, which arrived here this afternoon in answer to a re quest from the German authorities. The reception of the Americans was most friendly. The' last German troops left Coblenz Sunday morn ing. There was no trouble of any kind and none is expected. Some citizens of, Coblenz said they felt better now that the Americans had arrived. . Cheered by Children. At many places Sunday crowds of children cheered and waved their hands as the Americans passed. The spirit displayed became more friend ly as the Americans approached Coblenz. When the Americans arrived and detrained in an outlying sectioin of the city they were met by a large crowd, including numicipal officers. Among the others waiting to see the Americans were two professors with all the pupils of a boys' school. Americans on Rhine. Washington, Pec. 10. The Amer ican army of occupation marching into Germany has reached the Rhine. General Pershing, under date of last night, reported: "The American Third army, con tinuing its advance into Germany, today reached the Rhine from Ro landseck to Brohl, and at nightfall was on the general line: Roland-seck-Brohl-Wassenach-Hunstermai-feld-Rheinbollen," French Enter Mayence. Berlin. Dec. 10. The main body of the French army of occupation, headed by a band, has entered May ence (Mainz) one of the principal fortresses of Germany on the Rhine. WOUNDED THROW CRUTCHES IN AIR AT SfGHTOF LAND Injured American Soliders Ex press Their Joy While Band Plays ; "Keep Home Fires Burning." New York, Dec. 10. Wounded American soldiers, arriving here to x'ay from overseas on the steamer Kroonland,. forgot their injuries in their joy at the joy at the reception New York accorded ihem. J When the police baud on the pa trol boat bearing the mayor's wel coming committee struck up "Keep the Home Fires Burning" and "Home, Sweet Home" as it came alongside the , Kroonland, caps, crutches and canes were thrown into the air and the maimed and wounded, vieing with the well and string, danced and cheered. The Kroonland brought 63 officers, 1.180 enlisted men and 106 civilians. The Empress of Britain, which also arrived today, brought 2,450 soldiers. Then men will be debarked tomor row. Among the arrivals was the Three Hundred and. Fourth ambulance . company. - . MANY KILLED IN DISARMING UNRULY UHLANS Effort on Part of Soldiers and Workmen's Group aWJhem nitz Brings Forth Bloody Battle. Copenhagen, Dec. 10. At Chem nitz, members of the soldiers' and workmen's group attempted to dis arm a Uhlan regiment. The soldiers resisted and fired upon them with machine guns, -whereupon the sol diers and workers fled. Many of them were seized and beaten. The soldiers' and workers' council then ordered out an infantry de tachment against the Uhlans but the infantrymen were disarmed by the Uhlans. .The number of killed and wounded is not known. . - Russia Has No Standing at the Peace Conference Washington, Dec. 10. Russia, in the opinion of officials here, will not be formally represented at the peace conference. It was said to day that there is no government in Russia which the associated nations recognize as having the power to confer upon delegate the right to represent that country at the Paris assembly. Roosevelt Favors Treaty That Would Prevent Wars Between U. S. and Britain New York, Dec. 10. That the United States and Great Britain could today agree to a universal arbitration treaty which would make war between the two nations impos sible for all time is the opinion ex pressed by Theodore Roosevelt in a letter made public here today, which the colonel wrote to George Haven Putnam, president of tl.j American Rights league. "I am now prepared to say what five years ago I would not have said," the former president wrote. "I think the time has come when the United States and the British empire can agree to a universal ar bitration treaty. In other words. I believe that the time has come when we should say that under no cir cumstances shall there ever be a resort to war between the United States and the British empire, that no question can ever arise between them that cannot be settled in ju dicial fashion, in some such manner as questions -between states of our own union would be settled." Colonel Roosevelt's letter was written in response to an invitation extended to him by Mr. Putnam to join the Englis.h speaking union, of which Arthur J. Balfour, British foreign secretary, is president. Al though declining to accept member ship, explaining that he was devot ing his time "to secure in this coun try a spirit of undivided American nationalism," Colonel Roosevelt said he was in sympathy with the gen eral purpose of the English speak iig union. In this letter the colonel also ex pressed the opinion" that the United States should not try to build a navy equal to England's which he des cribed as "probably the most po tent instrumentality far peace in the world," but that America's navy should be second in strength. AUTO MYSTERY BAFFLES OMAHA POUCHORCE Detectives Find Car in Garage on Locust Street; Owner of Property Denies Knowledge of It. An automobile mystery e-f many angles is puzzling the auto squad of the Omaha detective force. Saturday night S. S. Conklin re ported that his new Buick roadster had been stolen from the garage in the rear of his Dundee home. Tuesday morning, Detectives Rich and Anderson, in searching some North Side private earasres. found a Buick roadster stored in a garage in the rear of 2219 Locust street. Door Securely Locked. They called up the owner of the premises, Mrs. W. S. Rowe, and asked her about the car. They al lege that she denied that there was a car in the garage and that nothing was stored there but wood. The detectives remained on the premises until she came from town and when they opened the door, which was fasthed by a stapled lock, they found a roadster, answer ing the description of the missing roadster stored therein. Detectives say the tires had been taken from the wheels and carefully stored in a loft overhead, and the machine had been jacked up and a tarpaulin placed over it. "Mrs. Rowe Surprised. The bumpers had also been re moved and the serial number on the frame plate, it is alleged, had been changed, as had also the license plate, an Illinois license of the cur rent year, number 319100, being sub stituted. The car was brought to the sta tion and identified by Conklin as his property. Mrs. Rowe, the de tectives ellege, expressed surprise at the appearance of the car in her'gar age. Mrs. Rowe figured quite promi nently in the Hale divorce suit, which attracted considerable attention in the district court last spring. Enlargement of Camp Dodge to Be Abandoned Washington, Dec. 10. Abandon ment of additional military construc tion projects ordered by the War department today includes: Cantonments for two brigades of artillery, Camp Kearney, Cal.; en largement of Camp Dodge, la.; sani tary progress plant, Camp Travis, Tex.; ice making plant, Camp Cody, N. M. Christian Endeavor Union Endorses League of Nations Boston, Dec. 10. Resolutions en dorsing the plan for a league of free nations were unanimously adopted at the annual meeting of the World's Christian Endeavor union, held here today. Rev. Francis E. Clark, LL. D., was re-elected, president and William Shaw secretary-treasurer. MANY CHURCHES REPRESENTED IN MEETING HERE Training Course in Centenary Program Held Tuesday; Dr. Powell and Bishop Lewis Principal Speakers. The 46 M. E. churches in the Omaha district met Tuesday for a training course in the Centenary AVERT WAR AT PEACE TABLE, "My eyes are turned toward the great peace conference to open in Paris-" said Bishop Lewis, at a meeting of the centenary jubilee preparation in the First Methodist church last night. "I am thankful that President Wil son has gone there himself, though I wish he had taken with him Elihu Root and ex-President Taft. "Largely at that peace table it will be determined whether the great war between the write race and the yellow race shall be fought. The seeds for the great war just closed were sown at the Berlin conference in 1878. After that, conference the wlfr was just as inevitable as it was in 1914. "I have great faith in America at the peace table. Twenty years ago the big nations of Europe were just ready to carve up China when John Hay, secretary of state for the United States, step ped in and saved China, Thank God for John Hay." program which has been outlined for the coming year.. Dr. Sherman Powell of Buffalo, N. Y., by way of explanation of the meaning of Centenary, said in sub stance that it is a world church fac ing a world task; a church awak ened to a mighty pleading with God; a church with unlimited resources laying' them before the altar of her needs, to make the kingdom of the world the Kingom of Our God. He said its purpose is not the raising of millions of money, but the lifting up of the church to a new plain of spiritual power from whence it -shall accomplish' the spiritual con quest of the world. The need ;s not from lack of numbers, for it is one of the largest (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Forty-four American Naval Vessels Lost During War Washington, Dec. 10. Only 44 vessels of the United States navy, including army and cargo transports iuanned by naval -crews, were lost from the declaration of war, April 6, 1917, until hostilities ceased No vember 11, and only '12 of these were destroyed by enemy submarines. The collier Cyclops is given in the list as "mysterously disappeared." A total of 151 American merchant vessels were lost between August, 1914. and November 11, 1918. Sub marines accounted for 139 of these, mines, five and enemy raiders, 11. HUN LOOT RETURNED TO CITIES N FRANCE Chests Containing Money and Securities, Stolen by In vaders, Removed from Banks in Brussles. London, Dec. 10. (British Wire less.) French and British pickets under the direction of the paymas ter general of the French army and in the presence of German officers in civilian clothes, have been sent to the various banks of Brussels, notably the Comptoir National D'Escomptede Paris and the Credit Lyonnais, in tie last two days- and have removed large numbers of chests which were placed there by the Germans about the middle of October. Valuables to be Returned. These chests, says the Reuter cor respondent at Brussels, contain strong boxes and securities taken from cities in northern France, in cluding Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Valenciennes, St. Quentin and Cam brai. Other cases placed by the enemy in the banks at Liege are said to contain securities to the value of billions of francs. These valuables will be returned to the financial establishments from which they were taken, except in the case of towns where the banks have been destroyed, as for instance St. Quentin and Cambrai. In such cases the securities will be deposited in Paris. Warships Will Bo Held. Archbald S. Hurd, the naval writer, in the Daily Telegraph, says, with reference to the idea said tor be held by some Germans, that the surrendered German warships would be returned to Germany after peace was signed that it points, of course to a complete misopprehension of the intentions of the allies, "for it is certain that these ships will never again fly the German ensign." Mr. Hurd says that the only course to adopt is to distribute them among the allies in accordance with the losses which each has suffered in maintaining command at sea. German submarines, on the other hand, should cease to exist. Mr. Hurd suggests they be broken up and the parts used for other pur poses. Germany MustChoose a National Assembly Before It Gin Get Peace Amsterdam, Dec. 10. The Deutsche Tages Zeitung of Berlin, a copy of which has been received here, says it learns -from a reliable source that the entente powers will refuse to conclude a preliminary peace treaty with Germany before the meeting of a German national assembly. New York Again to Ask Harry Thaw's Extradition Netf York, Dec. 10. After an in vestigation of reports that Harry Thaw has been enjoying periods of freedom from the Pennsylvania hos pital for the insane, District Attor ney Edward Swann announced here today that Thaw's case would be placed before the new governor of Pennsylvania after January 1, on the. assumption that the new state ad-' ministration would aid in having Thaw returned to New York to an swer to indictments accusing Thaw i .' kidnaping and assaulting Fred erickGump, a Kansas City, Mo., boy in Thaw's former apartment in ,a hotel here. Harrison Returning to U. S. Manila," P. I., Dec. 10. Francis Burton Harrison, governor general of the Philippine islands, left here yesterday for New York. He has been granted a six months' leave of absence. Kansas City Carmen Vote to Strike Today for Wage Increases Kansas City, Dec. 10. Con ductors and motormen of the Kansas City Railways company tonight voted for a strike, be ginning at 4 a. m. tomorrow. Al leged failure of the company to put into effect wage increases recently granted by the war la bor board was given as the rea son for the strike. The strike call, if obeyed, will bring about the third street car strike here within the last IS months. . Virtually 2,700 motor men and conductors, including ISO women conductors, are af fected by the order. The strike leaders assert em ployes at the power house joined the union of other street car employes today and will obey the strike summons. In addition to stopping all street car traffic this would result in cutting off lights and power to practically the entire city unless other power house employes can be obtained to keep tthe power house running. MINISTERS VOTE DEITY OF CHRIST BASISOF BELIEF Bar All from Local Associa tion Who Do Not Hold View and Unitarian Pastor Withdraws. FEDERAL OFFICERS SAY NOT CONCERNED WITH OMAHA STRIKE Tell Judge McHugh for Street Railway Company That Functions Ceased in Case When Adjusted Wages in Dispute Submitted to Them; No Relief in Sight. Washington, Dec. 10.-(Special Telegram.) W. D. McHugh of Omaha, who is in Washington to present the-case of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railway against Joseph Maucher to the supreme court, which will be reached the last of the week, took up with joint Chairman Manly to day certain features of the railway strike in the interest of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway company, but was mel with the statement that unless new developments should pre sent themselves the war labor board still adhered to its ori ginal proposition that it lacked jurisdiction in the matter and that it had no reason to change its position relative to the strikers. The board contends it has nothing to do with the merits of the strike. Its functions cease, members contend, with adjusting rates of pay. Churches not believing in the deity of Christ are barred from the Oma ha church federation. After a long" discussion and heated arguments last night the federation voted by a large majority to accept a preamble to its constitution which stated that the organization was for persons whr "believe in the deity of Christ." Rev. Robert F. Leavens1, pastor of the First Unitarian church, said the members tf his church wanted to help in -all of the moral and social uplift work of the city, but if the proposed preamble was adopted, he felt his church could not, consist ently, joinj the federation. M. G. McCloud insisted that "any- one who wishes to do less than teach the deity of Christ falls way short of the purpose of this organi zation." Somemembers argued that, since the purpose of the federation is civic, social and moral uplife, all churches should join regardless of creed. Rev. Mr. Leavitt of the Ply mouth Congregational church said, "I can see no reason why the Jews and people of all denominations, who wish to help in uplifting the community, cannot join the federa tion." The members voted to leave the name of Archie W. Carpenter, who died of influenza, on the roll of officers. Rev. H. B. Foster, presi dent, praised Mr. Carpenter's life of Christian devotion and invited the members to attend the memorial services which will be held at the First Congregational church in his honor Sunday afternoon. The following officers of the fed eration were elected: H. B. Foster, president; Lew Sholes, secretary; A. C. Busk, treasurer; Rev. John F. Hawk, Carl Changstrom, A, W, Car penter, Dr. Charles Brown, Rev. C. M. Worden, J. Fred Smith, Bert E. Wilcox and A. W. Bowman, vice presidents. Frank E. Meyer is ex ecutive secretary. Despair for Hungary Leads Count Karolyi to Attempt Suicide London, Dec. 10. Count Michaelis Karolyi, who took a prominent part in the recent proclamation of a V. ingarian republic, is reported in a Budapest telegram to have attempt ed suicide while in despair of the success of his efforts to reconstruct Hungary, says a Central News dis patch fom Amsterdam. The count's attempt to take his life was frustrat ed, the message states, but no details are given. The government, the dispatch adds, appears to be unable to pre vent the partition of the country in to small republics. ' The scene of action in connection with th ft-Mt ' i strike was shifted to Washington yesterday, with only a few minor incidents occurmg. here. . r resident Wattles for the traction company announced, after a meeting of his board of dirertot-a. th tk. .;t....M had resolved itself into a matter between the United States government and the strike leaders. He stated that he was waiting for a reply from the National War Labor board be- rore ne wouia mane the next move. Wattles Tells Situation STRIKE NO PART OF NATION-WIDE MOVEBY LABOR President of International Union of Street Railway Employes Charges Ef fort to Break Union. Washington, Dec. 10. (Special Telegram.) W. B. Mahon, presi dent of the International Union of Street Railway Employes, who is in Washington on business before the war labor board, said today that the rumor in Omaha to the effect that the street car strike was the first of a nation-wide campaign on the part df labor' to force full rec ognition of unions everywhere, was wholly unfounded. In the Omaha Street Railway case, he said, the men were striking as a protest against the company's pforts to break up the union. His infor mation was that the company de cided to discourage its employes from joining the union arid was do ing everything in its power to make a union man's life miserable and the strike was a protest against the company's system of. discouragement. Germans Forming Plans to Prepare for Next War by Building Airplanes Washington, Dec. 10. Decision of airplane manufacturers in Ger many to turn their plants to mak ing furniture has led to a protest from officials of the German gov ernment, according to advices reaching Washington today through official channels. The point was said to have been made that in order to be ready for the next war Germany must replace the airplanes which it is required to turn over to the associated na tions under the terms of the armi stice. Commenting on the protest, the Badish Landes Zeitung declares that the next war will be won in the air and advises the government to make new contracts with the manufacturers "to allow Germany to remain in possession of the number of flying machines needed to face the dangers that may men ace her in the course of the com ing years." In a telegram sent by Mr. Wattles' to Chairman Basil M. Manley !' the War Labor board this statement was made: "Strikers have aur rounded our car harm nH th riu cannot furnish police protection even n we coma secure men to operate. . 1'eanwhile cities we serve are in deplorable condition without trans portation and much suffering will ensue in case -of bad weather. ' Mayor Smith, Superintendent Ringer of the police department and Chief of PolSe Eberstein have said: "Life and property will be protect-" ed.'" -. Zimman Takes Hand City Commissioner Zimman has take na hand as an intermediary to try to settle the street car srike, and with W. L. Musgrave, superin tendent of terminals f the street railway company, met with the eight members of the executive committee of the carmens' union a the La1 bor temple Tuesday afternoon at.3 o'clock. ; N- The conference, which was being ' held behind closed doors, was still in session at 6 o'clock in the eve ning, the conferees occasionally;, stepping to the telephone in the ' lobby to get in touch with interested parties on either side. .... Nothing to Say Yet" Commissioner Zimman stepped ' into the hall shortly before 6 o'clock ' and was asked if he had anything to; say, and he said: "All that I havej to say is that there will be absolute-! ly nq, word to give out tonight. Just as soon as there is anything of importance to say, if there is" " anything, we will make it public." Jerry Burnett, national organizer of the street car men, when seen in his room at the Castle Hotel earlier in the afternoon, was asked what he had to say on the latest develope ments, and said that he would have . nothing to say until after the meet ing that was being held by the exe cutive committee. : Before War Board. '.V The National War Labor board took up the Omaha strike situation yesterday. W. D. McHugh of this ' city appeared before the board in , behalf of the street railway Com pany. The strikers appear to be confi dent of winning. Pickets are 'on ', daty at the barns in regular shifts. The men say they are prepared for an indefinite strike. J. F. McMillian. chairman of the executive committee of the union, believes that his na- ,' tional organization will not interfere with the Omaha situation. Put on Another Mail Car. ' Rumors were heard that the com pany would move some cars yester day afternoon. Police reserves were summoned, to be later; released. The (Continued on Pc Two, Colnma Two.). 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 written that he wants Dorothy to wait for him. List of awards in this Love Letter Contest in The Bee soon. No. 24. My Dear Soldier Boy: In answer to your letter I feel highly honored in being the means of stimulating vine liner feelings of a soldier of the great U. S. A. Your recognition and response td my ideals and aims proves you Aorthy of my consideration and I tope you will feel that it is as much your duty as mine to be able to present a soul equally as unsullied y life's mud and mire. Yes,' I ' too, am dreaming of the ime when you will return, always loping that the brutal war will not have wrought any great changes in you.- - . " " "' It seems to me. that some dread ful transformation must take place in a lovable, peaceful man to make him want to kill, even his enemies. I have read that before a-jnan be comes a brave, fearless soldier he has to "let go" of himself and be come more beast than man and I will admit that has been the most terrifying thought to me for I loved you as you were. But, I will love you as you are" Sincerely, v t ; , DOROTHY. . tio. 334 My Only One: You have been "unum es pluribus," who has fought for the most precious thing, liberty, mothers, fathers, sweethearts, have days and nights follow your glor ious steps; you came out victorious, as the Stars and Stripes will always be. As a snowdrift, my love for you" increases, it has reached its highest peak. Its latitude and long itude are unknown to me. Words, in fact, can't describe it. When you are again near me, sitting again under the shade of the old apple tree,, our ideals will better develop. I hope, my dear one and only one, you have received my, little Christ mas gift. In addition, I send you a little song try it Your sweet heart. DOROTHY. No. 8. ' ' To My Soldier Lover in France: Indeed you may be happy and have the right, for did I not tell you when you left that I would remain true to ou and would wait for you to share those pleasures? While you are dreaming, off there in your blankets at night, I lie here in my little bed and recall those times, and as I do recall them, each time they seem nearer and dearer t,o me than before because I know that the one I love is fighting "Over There," anff some day in the. near future will come back to me. Just as much as my face is giving cour age to you "Over TJiere" so .does yours as it appears tme; give one that hope and' courage which God only knows a woman needs at this time to perform her duty and ser vice to, the country, and for the many lives that are given up for their own dear land. It is for this that one must have-courage, sol trusting and believing in you, may God protect you, with love, DOROTHY. ; No. 162. Dearest You: When I read your ietter this morning, asking me to wait for you, I wondered why you did not know. Why something didn't tell you. even if it were only the sighing of the wind, the whis pering of the leaves or something in the storm that I love you, that I'll wait for you as long as life lasts, and then, cm the Other side, I'll still be waiting. I am dreaming of a little home, just a little cottage, perhaps, with vines and a flower garden, where I can wait for you at the end of the day, and where all else but love, will be forgotten. DOROTHY. No. IS. 'My Own Sammy:. I. received your wonderful letter which proved your loyalty not only to me but also to our country... As my' face is your courage, dear lad, your face is my guide on this race of life. When I think of you so courageous in facing the fires of war and in helping to make the world safe for democracy, I am happy that .1 have Jept my mind and soul pure and unstained. I am proud to know that you are performing your part in this world's war. As I knit and sew for the Red Cross, the thought ql your sacri ficing of self urges me to do more, and even then I can not give as much as you are giving. With your 'form in khaki always before me as my guide I try in every action to .make myself -worthy of your love. With greatest love. j DOROTHY. No. 1. Dear Soldier Sweetheart: Re ceived your loving and most a- fectiorate letter. It filled my heart I with joy to know that your i thoughts are always with me. Since j our country and my face are ypur courage aid are Helping you to fight so nobly and bravely to make the world safe for democracy, I will use courage at home and cheerfully await your return, for you know, dear sweetheart, that it is very hard to be thus separated. I am continuously thinking of the neat little home we are to have after Uncle Sam thinks best for you to return to me. For you know, dearest, that there can be nothing but happiness and contentment therein. ' My love is still burning for you, dear, and nothing can make me happier than the -.thought that we are to stroll down life's silvery pathway together. May God keep and protect you until then. Your loving DOROTHY. s
