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THE UNION COUNTY PftPEREVERYDY READS IT he Monroe Journal PUBUSHEH TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.24. No. 82. MONROE, N.C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. WILSON REPLIES TO THE AMERICAN' CASUALTIES WILL NOT EXCEED 100,000 enemy troops join the cheeking; ok American boys RADIO STATION UNAFFECTED BY SIGNING OF ARMISTICE GOVERNMENT HAS STOPPED SPECULATION IN COTTON DOl'GH-BOYS HAPPY IN END ING JOB WANT TO GET HOME APPEAL MADE BY EGBERT "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT President Sends Remtsurlng Message to the IVople of Germany Prom ise Food anil Immediate (;;"rf. Washington. Nov. 13. President Wilson has sent a reassuring message in tha npnnlp of Oermanv in renlv to the appeal from Chancellor Ebert. He promises to aid Germany in the mat ter of food supplies ana tn relieving distrespinr want. It says steps are to be taken at onre to organize relief work in the same systematic manner it was caried out in Delirium, but that the President de sires to be assured that public order will be maintained in Germany ana that an equitable distribution of food can be clearly guaranteed. The reply was sent today by Sec retary Lansing through Minister Sul ler, of Switzerland, who delivered yes fprdav Ehert's renuest for interven tion by the President to mitigate the "fearful conditions" threatened through enforcement of the armistice terms. LANSING'S NOTE Secretary Lansing's note to the Swiss minister, dated November 12 follows: "I have the honor to acknowledge tha rprlnt of VOIIT note Of tOjaV transmitting to the President the text hie inniiirlne whether this gov ernment is ready to send foodstuffs into Germany without delay if public order Is maintained in Germany an 1 nn pnn iiablo distribution of food is "I should be grateful if you would transmit the following reply to ui German government: " 'At a Joint session of the tw h.nuM nf (!nneress on November 11 ho Prpsident of the United States announced that the representatives of the associated governments tn tne su nremo war rnuncil at Versailles hav by unanimous resolution assured the peoples of the central empires t.ir.t everything that Is possible in the cir cumstances will be done to suppij them with food and relieve the dis tresslng want that is In so many places threatening their very lives nnii th.it uteris are to be taken im mediately to organize these efforts nt relief in the same systematic manner that they were organized In the case of Belgium. 'Furthermore, the President ex pressed the opinion that by the use of the Idle tonnage of the central em- w fiutrh nraaontlv hn nnfmthlA tO It VUIIl jJivDvunrf w ' lift the feat of utter misery from their oppressed populations and set their minds and energies tree ror me great and hazardous tasks or political con Btrnction which now face them on ftvnrv hand. 'Arcoidinlv the President now ,tirut. mo tn state that he is ready to consider favorable the supplying of foodstuffs to Germany ana to lane up thn nmtter Immediately with the allien enveinments. provided he can be assured that public order Is being and will continue to be mainiaineu m Germany, and that an equitable (lis tribution of food can be clearly guar anteed.' "Accept, sir, the renewed asur anres of my highest consideration. (Signed) "ROBERT LANSING." Thl3 message was sent in response to the following message from Win lser Siilzpr: "By direction of my government, I have the honor to transmit me ioiiow lng cable: -Tho npriiian government urgen ly requests the President of the Uni ted States to inform theuerman cnan roiinr F.hprt. hv wireless, whether ho maw ho DRRurpd that the eovernment of the United States Is ready to send foodstuffs without delay If public or- Aor u maintained in Germany ann an equitable distribution of food If ' guaranteed. "Accept, sir. the renewed assur ances of my highest consideration." Pruisc and Patriotism . A big meeting will be held In the court house on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock to which all the people of Union county are Invited. A large chorus choir under the leadership of Mr. i v i.nnev will lead in the famil iar hymns. Short, but excellent speeches will be made by some or. tn inn onnntv'. famous orators. Mayor Sikes will preside over the meeting which fact is a guarantee mm all things will be done "decently and in order;" Surely there is not a patriot, to say nothing of a christian patriot, In our county whose heart Is not full of gratitude to God for the magnificent victory won by the Allied arms result ing In the complete overthrow of the mightiest despotism of all history. Millions will be participating in Just such a meeting throughout our whole land and country. Let us show our gratitude to God and our apprecia tion and admiration of our valiant sol diers, especially those from our home county. Come In time to get a Beat. Committee of Arrangements. lYesbyterian Cliureli. Servlcs on Sunday next as follows: 11:00 a. m.. Worship and sermon. 2:30 p. nt.. Sunday cchool. Hour changed on account of big meeting at the court house. There will be no evening service as our congregation will, attend Central Methodist church as -a fraternal ex pression for the pastor of that church on the eve of his departure t'om Monroe. Reporter. v The wheat harvest is encouraging but the demands arc many and wheat conservation n.u$i be maintained Total KM i nutted by Official at Wash. ington ITobabjr Will Be Several Week Before Record of Army Abroad Is Completed. Washington, November 13th. Of ficials here estimate that the total cas ualties of the American Expedition ary Forces in the war will not exceed one hundred thousand, including the men killed in action, wounded, died of wojnds, disease and accidents and the missing who never will be accounted (or. Some of those who have been missing probably will be accounted for when the prisoners are returned from Germany. It was said to-day that it probably will be soveral weeks before the rec ord of casualties can be completed. It is regarded as almost certain tha many of the casualties In the recent heavy fighting by the First and Sec ond American Armies have not yet been reported. Deaths from wounds also probably will be reported Toi some time, while lists of slightly wounded being sent by couriers maj be delayed. The daily lists for several days have consisted of approximately one thou sand and one hundred names daily. Secei-C'iary Baker has indicated that a considerable number of reported cas ualties remain to be given out but that ihese will be released as rapidly as newspaper can handle them. An unofficial tabulation of publish ed casualty lists including those o November 12th shows a grand total of 71,390 men. Careful estimates made to-day based on knowledge of the battle conditions fared by tn First and Second Annie's in the days immediately preceding cessation o. hostilities and on the average lists heretofore, lead officers to bel'.ev that all unpublished and unreported "asualties will not exceed thirty thou sand. Estimates based on previous rr or da fix the total Marine casualties in France at less than Ave thousand News Items From Pagelmid Journal Rev. R. S. Latimer has in his pos session a paper printed on the back side of wall paper at VIcksburg, Miss. on July 1th, 1863. The form was set up by the Contederate proprietor aua was dated July 2, but the Yankees under General Grant captured the city, and the paper was printed by the Yankees Just as they found it ex cept that tney added a note of expla nation. ' From letters written by Captcla GUlcpsie and others It has been learn cd that Company I of the 118th In fantry(the Chesterfield county com pa. ny) has been right in the thick of the fight, and Lieut. W. A. Mulloy of Cheraw was killed in action in France about the middle of October. It Is also believed that a number of others were wounded but no names are giv en. It is to be hoped that there were no fatalities, but the people of the county may prepare themselves for sad news of some of the boys. Lieut, Mulloy was a good soldier and a fine man. He was loved by his men, and and was so attached to them that he recently declined promotion In order to remain with the boys from home. The peace news was celebrated In nearly every town and city through out the country. Monroe and Char lotte pulled off big ones. Pageland celebrated during the day Monday by ringing bells, marching and riding with bannei-3, etc. A number of cars filled with cheering people drove over to Jefferson in the afternoon. At night a dozen or two men and boys brought out theii old rusty guns and pistols and for an hour or more made a noise as much like our boys whip ping the Germans as they could. The orfleers made no attempt to Inter fere, but let those thus Inclined shoot until they didn't care to shoot any more. Mr. F. H. Morgan of White Store township, father of Mr. C. G. Morgan, recently purchased a tractor that is adapted to work on roads and In the fields and also ror use as a stationary engine. Last Friday he was demon strating the work it would do by plow ing with two large disc plows follow- ew by a harrow. He will not only use it in the field but has bought a heavy waeon for hauling, also a shredder, wood saw .etc. The time Is at hand when more of these machines are to be used. Secretary Houston Advises Nation' Fanners. Washington. D. C. November 12th. Sppretarv Houston to-day urged ten he taken to nroeure better or ganization or tne agricultural rorces, especially of the local farm bureaus. He dwelt upon the need for an in- eased production or beef and fats, ivln? It neoma clear thit for a con siderable nerlod the world will de mand a larner supply than normal or these commodities. 'nuiln the war." said Mr. Hour- ton, "the farmers of the Nation have roannnripri mnenlflcpntlv to the 81)- peals for Increased production and rl' the people nave romnnea wun ine ur ppnt reniier.tn for fuller conservation. During this present fall season our irmcrs have planted an increase" heat ecreage and c larnc acreage In ja Tf 1m nn pnrlv nnw tn make de tailed suggestions for the spring planting season." St. Paul's Episcopal ClinMi. Services will be resumed next Sun day, ss follows: Sunday school at ten A. M. (Morning service and celebration nf the holv communion at eleven o'clock. Fvenin prayer and swman at 8. Th Wednesday night litany and address w!ll bcfjln again next week. Germans Are Bewildered at Number of Americans SMaklng Their Lan guage All Are Anxious to Get Home. Paris, Monday, November Ilia. When dawn came this morning there was no hint of the cessation of hos tilities. East of the Meuse, regaidiess ot the situation, the American Second Army attacked in force at eign; o' clock. The onslaught as preceded by a tremendous barr.ge, whici was returned in kind by the enemy. For three hours the Americans swept for ward, hurling themselves against the wire entanglements. The German gunfire was d-'vasta ting. Then, at exactly one minute o 11, like a final thunder crash at the clearing of a storm, th? guns on both sides abruptly reused. The silence was more startling than the deafening roar of tho barrage, For a brief minute intermittent rifle fire followed. Then came a pause, punctuated by ripping cheeis from the trenches on both sides of the line What followed on one sector was perhaps one of the moat singula events or the war. Again the sky line figures were suddenly silhoutted They appecrcd cautiously at nrs' but soon, growing bolder all along the line, they stood upright. Tnese were Germans. The Americans were not so cau tious. As the barrage died, ending iu a final husky rumble in the distance from the big guns, runner3 went springing along the firing lino. In stantly comprehending, the whole line of doughboys leaped from trenches. fox-holes and shell-craters, splitting the unaccustomed silence with gre:t cheer. The roar of voices wrs like an outburst at some great college con ! test in America when a contestant scores a classic play. Strang to relate, the defeated en emy Joined vociferously In '.he cheer ing. The world war was finished. At one minute before eleven, it would have meant death to show role's self above shelter. Not moro than a minute after the hour the rolling plain was alive with cheering, shout ing men, friend and enemy alika. Not many minutes later German 'and Americans were coming along , tli narrow stretch of ground, so fiercely fought over, some shyly ana " awk wardly, like embarrassed schoolboys, The first advances were followed by offers from the Americans of cigar ettes chocolate and chewinJwrn The Germans la some places recipro cated with offers or hot coffee, bread and sausage. The orders forbiddeng fraternising were strict, but the novelty of the situation at times overcame prudence and Doughboys surrepltiously visited nearby enemy dugouts. Along the barbed wire at a road crossing some Doughboys and Germans began a brisk barter ror souvenirs. The Ger mans were bewildered by the number or Americans speaking German. "Sure, my old man was boin in Germany," laughingly remaiked on'' stalwart private. "That's nothing," said, another; "my mother and rather wera both born there." A middle-aged Landsturmer ex claimed: "Yes, the war is finished thank the good God! My only wish is to get back to Germany." A slender, pink cheeked machine gunner said: "Yes, I know the Hal ser has abdicated." Instantly a young aristocrat raised his voice: "There will be no revo lution in Germany. A new Emperor will succeed." An uproar Immediately aro3f . The speaker was drowned out by protest ing voices. Then the Germans began offering the Americans such new? and gossip as they knew. Tne ap proach or an officer broke up the conversations. To-night the Germans are celebrat ing peace along the lines by firing flares, rockets and signal lights. The night is uproarious with their cheer' Ing. The victorious Americans are taking It more calmy. Along the front the majority of them are setting a eood nleht's restful sleep. Behind the lines in towns brilliantly lighted for the first time in rour years French and Americans are parading the streets arm in arm, singing the "Marsellalse," "The Star-Spangled Banner" and French and American war songs. ( Give Thanks Sunday. Raleigh, N. C. Tuesday. Governor Birkett issued a call today upon all ministers of the Gospel to rally their congregations Tor special praise and Thanksgiving Sunday all over North Carolina. The call to the ministers and the people to hold these services aud ror general resumption or churcii service following the epidemic, has a striking note or gratitude and re joicing both for, the victory that has atteuded American and Allied uruif and ror the passing or the terrible epidemic. The address or the governor to "All Ministers of the Gospel," follows: "Today, our hearts leap with Joy; Our eyes shine with gladness and our lips are full of praise. God's in His Heaven, all's right with tho world. "For many weeks our churches have been closed. On next Sunday they will be opened again. Therefore, I devoutly urge that every service be one of praise and Thanksgiving. Let all the people assemble In their places of worship and lift up their hearts In prai3e of the Lord of Hosts for HU deliverance, and In praise that in our day of triumph He will keep us Ju' and gentle still." Secretary Daniels States Pittsburg Men Here l,ooking Over Site Be. fore Placing Bid on Construction Work Estimate Each Tower Will Require -IUO Cars of Material. The Journal was right when it stat ed iu the last Issue that Lie signing of an armistice woiud probably have no eaect on the bunding o. the radio station at Bakers, as it was not plan ned solely as a aar measure. This was proved by the1ajjtement given out by Secretary Daniels, Wesunesday, to that effect. The ualeigh News aua Observer has the fullowiLg legardiug the matter: "The world's largest wiieless eta Uca at Monroe, Union County, wai be unaffected by the cessotiou o! hi-j-tilities. Secretary of the Nay Daj tels stated to-day that the end of the war would hasten the const rucion of this permament Institution. The plant that covers one square utile will be ample since the end of the war will release supplies hitherto scantily dis tributed. Communication with a re coutructed Europe and a trade stimulating South America will be an accomplished fact when the radio sta tion hag been completed." Bids are now being received by the Government for the construction woik. These bids will be opened on the 25th, or this month and the suc cessful contractor announced. Mr. E. M. Rust, head or the Pittsburg En gineering Company or Pittsburg, Pa., and one or the largest companies of Its kind in the United States, arrived this morning to look over the site at Bakers preparatory to placing a bid for tho construction work for his coiu puny. Mr. C. J. Boe, of the same company, arrived Wednesday and has spent hi. time since arriving in Investigating the conditions of the soil and other things necessary for the placing of a bid. Mr. Boe stated to a Journal reporter that as a rough estimate i would require four hundred car3 of material ror the construction or each tower to be erected. The Government is now receiving bids for the ejecting of twenty such towers. Thus it can be seen that around eight thou!it"' cars of material, such as brick, steel, cement and lime will be required in the work or erecting the twenty tow ers. Later the Government plans to erect sixty more towers. Messrs. Rusl and Boe are stopping at the Glouces ter Hotel. As It has been pointed out the erec tion or the greatest 'radio station in tho world at Bakers will put Monroe and Union County on the map as nothing else could. The station, be Ing even larger than the wireless station at Nauen, Germany, will be tn direct communication with every nook and corner or the globe, where a station is located. Should a sink ing in the Indian ocean send out an S. O. S. call it would be heard by the station hem Should Villa go otr a lampage in Mexico or some 1 evo lutionist or fanatic put out the lights of some important personage at the other end or the world, it would be flashed abroad and the station at Ba kers would pick it up. Next morning the dally papers over the United State would probably carry the story with the phrase "Via Wireless at Mon roe" in pir-nthesis. Some have given It as their opinion that the Associated Press will keep a representative here to gather the new3 picked up by the wireless. A FEW MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE IX ARMISTICE TERMS, Relates Clitefty to Quantity of M:i teiinl and to be Given Over and Time of Surrender .Main Features Remain Essentially the Sum''. V. ashingtou, D. C, November 12th Changes iu the ainilsti?e terms titiv. Geni'tny, wru 'i stiffened them In some vital respects, were jnade be fore their final signature. They wen not known here when the terms wave given out for publication by the Stale Department yesterday. They relate chiefly to the amount of material and time of surrender and do not effect the general purport of the conditions. MUST GIVE UP ALL U-BOATS. The most interesting change relates to submarines. Orginally Germany Was ordered to turn over one hundred and six-five U-boats, but the revised edition or the terms provides that all submarines or every description must be surrendered to the Allies, and they must be on their way to the ports designated by the Allies within two weeks after getting the order. Instead of sixty thousand railroad cars for that Is how the word wagons following locomotives is In terpreted the revised terms call for one hundred and fifty thousand. It was the matter of transport de mands that brought yesterday's pro test from Foreign Mlnlser Sou. Tho blockade continuing la force ho did not see how food would reach Ger many, and the demand for five t'lou- tand locomotives and one hundred and fifty thousand cars further alarm ed him. This In connection with the order that Germany should feed the troops of occupation gave him the idea that the starvation of Germany was ' Intended. I Dr. Self did not know that our In-. tentlons were not those of Germany when she made similar demands on Belgium, and that the Allies meant to! use the German ships to bring food and the locomotives and cars to dis tribute it under the directions of Hoo ver who will soon be on his wav to tnlrA itn tho tncl- M f . . . W IHUIIt , .... l Government Takes Action to Prevent Hammering of priee Speculative Short-Selling Forbidden. BY H. E. BRYANT. (Washington Correspondence of the Charlotte Observer. ) Action was taken by the government today to prevent speculators from hammering down the price of cotton for the purpose of niakiug money. In connection with the prohibition of speculative short selling of rof.oa en the future exchanges, Chailes J. Btr.nd. chairman of the committee on cotton distribution, today said: "The signing of the armistice brings us suddenly to the tnreshold of the reconstruction era. Pending develop ments are or the utmost importance to the entire cotton world. "The conseque-nces of unfounded rumors that tend to promote vicious speculative activity, and cause unjus tified (!emorilizatiun must be avoided as far as possible. In order tluit harmful violent fluctuations may be checked, the committee on cotton dis tribution has ordered all speculative short selling on the New York an New Orleans cotton exi-hanes stoppe'l and to make this eider thoroughly ef fective, has required that no sellin-; contracts be executed from anew for eign country. "The stopping of sinkings by U-boats, the monthly increase in new ship tonnage and the releasing o! ships now engaged in tupplyiag the fleets of the Allies, together with the freeing of space previously used in sending ammunitions to Europe, wlli mean a large Increase In available tonnage for cotton exports. "The world's requirements of cot ton to meet its increasing demard? ror clothing will henceforth be on a continuously apcending scale. Based on reports to this committee f"o" the various foreign countries, we esti mate the requirements and probable Imports of cotton under present con dition to be over two million bak In excess of last season's takings. "Europe Is almost denuded of cot ton and cotton goods. The potential buying power of the world which will he aided and hastened by the estab lishment of the necessary credits will quickly assert Itself." Mr. Brand made a special request that his statement be printed in full as everybody connected with the cot ton industry Is keenly interested in It. We Cannot Have Progress Without Pence, Says Lloyd George. . Pre-m'ier Lloyd Geoige made this announcement in an address to his liberal supporters on November 11. "What are the principles on which that settlement Is to be effected?" he asked. "Are we to lapse JjaxJi- Into the old national rivalries, ani mosities and competitive arma ments, or are we to initiate the reign on earth of the prince of peace? It is the duty or liberalism to use its Influence to Insure that It shall be a lelgn or peace. "What are conditions of -race? They must lead to a settlement .. " ' will be rundanientally Just. No su tlement that contravenes the princi plies of eternal Justice wil be a perma ment one. Tho peace of 1871 Im posed by Germany on France outraged all the principles of Justice and fail play. Let us be warned by that exam ple. "We must not allow any sense of revenge, any spirit or greed.any grasp iDg desiie to override the rundamentr.1 principles of righteousness. Vigorous attempts will be made to hector and bully tho Government in an endeavor to make It depart from the strict principles of right and to satisry some base, sordid, squalid Ideas of ven geance and of avarice. We must re lentlessly sc-t our faces against that. "The mandate of this Government at the forthcoming election will mean that the British delegation to the peace congress will be in favor of a Just peace." Discussing the question of a league of nations the premier said that such a league would be more necessary now that ever. "A large number of small nations have been reborn in Europe," he con tinued. "And the.;e will require a league of nations to protect them against the rovetonsness of ambition? and grasping neighbors. "Wo shall go to the peace confer ence to guarantee that a league o." nations who believe that without peace we cannot have progress. "Of course, we must have In Ihb Country an effective army to police the Empire, but I am looking forward to a condition of things, with the ex istence of a league of nations, under which conscription will not be neces sary In any Country." Notice of OiM-ning of Schools. The County Board of Health and school authorities, after having con- f.alred with the physl ilan.i of the City of Monroe have derided to allow the schools to reopen on y -r lav, Nov. 18, subject to the roliowin; restrictions: No child who has been exposed to In fluenza may be allowed to enter school until seven days after the last expos ure. AH physicians shall report im mediately any new cases to the coun ty physician or the superintendent of city schools. And all families In which there Is a new case shall report i the same to both the county physi cian and the superintendent or school and will be required to keen their ch" dren out or school until allowed or permitted to send them by the advice of a physlcinn or the school authori ties. By order of the Board of Health and School Auihorit'.ei. The World VrreMi)deiit See Ger man Trying to Be Friendly With A inerii-anM Fort Setoiul In isino raptured HnLtn. BY LINCOLN KYRE. (Staff Correspondent of The New York World.) With the American Army nejr Ver dun. November, lltii. .tvti. P. M.I The first Oockg of the one ou-and and seven hundred German alrpluaes which aie to be turned over to the Allies by the terms of tV aimNtice were winging across th? Ii.i o sot t .Sown peace:. bly in ri- ;ii;ilioiiies when I walked down ih- ual fiom Hauu.ont towartl tot front today. The- road itself ve i I'm- field alongside it bore evidences in th torn-up soil and slashed tries of the terrific strife that had raJ there an hour before. In many pln.- thr earth was r.tained with iresh blood spots, thoui.h all oji dead and wounded had already been removed. GERMANS ANXIOUS TO TALK Suddenly among the trees I caught sight of baibod wire marking the Ger man line. Ranged on either side of it were groups of men apparently en gaged In amicable converse. As I drew nearer 1 saw that most of them v. ere the gray green cloth of Germany and ine resi our own onve-arau. It was an uncanny spectacle. For four years I had known No Man's land as a place where one might never show one's self, never stand upright without risk'ng sudden death. And here were men who a little- while be fore were striving to kill one another by every known weapon that scienti fic warfare has produced chatting quietly together. - The Germans were rll smiles and wa3 ready to trade iron erojses and othe-r trinkets for a pr.ck-.ige or Amer ican cigarettes. Fifty yeards away a machine-gun poked its sinister muzzle above a low parapet and some Ger mans who hud been manning it were in a group with whom I talked. They were unfelgnedly delighted that the armistice had come and ap peared completely indifferent to the chaotic state of affairs in the Father hind. Most of them expressc4 the belief tha.t Germany would become a republic. One stalwart young ma chine Runner disputed this theory, whereupon another exclaimed, "Ach! But they have already uiado a re public la .Munich and assassinated the King Saxony." These men said they were to ir.n-ch northward immediately and would be aboard trains in a couple of h "We will be back in Germany to night," they chorused happily. The doughboys in the group .s:iiJ little.. I caught one of them a purticularry husky Boche a black look. "Say," he muttered abrnirtly, "would it burst this nnnlstlce up if I was to give that guy a crack in the JawT I The German officers reniainc' distance, though their men said they 1 wore just as glad r.s the rest th . the fighting was done. The American soldier to-nisM. ' the happiest being alive. for he knows he has finished his job right and in such fashion that it will not have to be tackled all over again in his life time at leant. Now nil he wants Ls to get home), RAINBOWS TRIUMPH AT SEDAN. To the Rainbow Division, which was the third Ame.lcan contingent to reach France, belongs the glory of assuring the capture of Sedan, the scene of the defeat of the nrmie3 of Napoleon III. by the forces of the King or Prussia in 1870. That event marked the downfall of the military prestige of Fiance. To-day Sedan's loss maiks the collapse of Prussir.ii militarism. In close company with the Rain how boys, aces of the Regular Army First and Second Divisions drove hard along the Meuse. East of the river the Twenty-Slxlh Division faced the enemy, swept clean the ridges of the Freya line and pushed on to Stenay. It is a fine and fitting climax to the epic of our wartime achievements that those divisions, whoso records are so gloriously graven in the ruins of Cantigny or the shattered tree stumps of Bellenu Wood, tilong the bloodstained banks of the Marne, Oureq and Vede, and amid the roll ing meadows north of St. Mlhlo', should share In the final victory. The First Division holds the record of the longest service In Fiance, as the Forty-Second holds that for the met conilnuous service. Another division which Is rated as a topnotcher by the General Staff and by the dough boys too ls the Thirty-Secord made up of Michigan and Wisconsin Nation al Guardsmen. This division came Into the final battle on tho right hand and drove the enemy from his formid able centers of resistance on the heights north of Verdun. Robert 1 Collier, editor nnd nnb liher of Colliers Weekly since 1S9. died suddenly Friday night t his home In New York, death resulting rroiii heart diseases. He was forty two yepr old and was born In New York. He wr.s very much lnte'ettd In aviation, rarebooks and a crusader against tuberculosis. Appointments North Monroe Charge, Sunday, Nor. 17. preschln? at Grace Chapel, 11 a. m.; North Mon roe, 3 p. m.; Icemorlee, 7:30 p. m. Let all our people who can dr so be present at their church Sunday, as this will be the last service for this Conference year. J. R. Warren, Fas- , tor. I
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