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t 6' EliMMG Pull for a bigger, better and more prosperous Roseburg and Dotiglas - - lionnt.v .' " . ' THE WEATHER Tonight, cloudy, wanner; Sat. .inlay, cloudy wltU ruin. Highest temp, yesterday. 48 I.nwAnt. temn. last night. :.H'A - The Only Paper iu Roseburg Carrying; Associated Press Dispatches VOL. IX. ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON KRIDAV, NOVEMBER. 20, 1918.. NO. 283 THE NEWS: ELECTRIC CHAIR GovernorStephensCommutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment. LABOR IS DISAPPOINTED 'An Unconditional Pardon Was Look ed For By The Organizations; Backing Demand for Release of Ooomod Alan. . . (By Associated Press.) ' SACRAMENTO. Nov. . 29. Gover nor Stephens yesterday commuted the death sentence of Thomas J. ' ftinnnriv tn Ufa Im-ni-lanniYiAnt-.- MOONEY DISAPPOINTED. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29. The -late of Tom Mooney. convicted of participation in the preparedness day parade 'bombing outraces, resulting In the death of several persons, Is no longer in dioubt, and with inter vention of Governor Stephens the death penalty- Is removed and . lhe sentence substituted. Whether the the nation-wide strike called for Dec. 9, looking to Mooney's unconditional pardon, will now be carried out ac cording to the program, is an open question. Union labor loaders are avowedly disappointed at the failure to secure pardon for the convicted man, and! Mooney himself has declar ed that he would, rather hang than be condemned to a living grave. GOVERNOJT MAICES STATEMENT. Governor Stephens, in commuting the sentence of Thomus. J. Mooney "to life imprisonment, gave out this statement: "On July 22, 1916, Ip persons men, women and children were WHoil. nnri .hnnt RA AKna ......... .4 .l in a bomb explosion during a pre paredness Day parade in the City of San Francisco. The parade was a patriotic manifestation into which witn much spirit and loyal impulse. Manifestly, because of the oecassion chosen, hostility u the 'Nation's de fense measures must have had a part in actuating the perpetration of so horrible a deed. "It is not unreasonable to assume that a sympathy or even a definite relationship existed between those murderers and the propaganda and violence .then being engaged in throughout the country by agents of the German novernment. The case, as presented to the California courts, was that of murder, without further evidence of motive than the imposs ible tenets of anarchists, whose sym pathies for the German cause in the war are well .mown. Their wild pa cifist theories fitted Into the wide spread activities of the Kaiser's agents In this country. "A number of persons of pronounc ed anarchistic tendencies were ar rested shortly after the explosion, and of these Warren K. Billings, was convicted and sentenced to life im prisonment and Thomns J. Mooney found guilty and sentenced to be hanged). "In considering the Mooney case, I have had before me the urgent ap peal of the President of the United States that I grant commutation. EXECUTIVE AGAIN APPEALS. "In March I received a telegram from the president urging that I com mute Mooney's sentence. It was as follows: " 'The White House. Washimrtnn D. C. 1:06 p. m., March 27, 1918. " 'Governor Wm. D. Stephens, Sac ramento, Cal. " 'With very great respect, I take thd liberty of saying to you that if ydu could see your way to commute the sentence of Mooney, it would have a most heartfelt effect upon cer tain international affairs which his execution would greatly complicate. (Signed:) WOODROW WILSON.' FURTHER MESSAGES RECEIVED. "In June I received this additional message, the President again urging commutation or sentence: " 'The White House, Washington, D. C., June 4, 1918. " 'Hon. Wm. D. Stephens. Sacra- mento. California. " 'I beg that you will believe that I am moved only by a sense of public duty and of consciousness of the many and complicated interests in volved when I again , must reaoect fully suggest a commutation of the death sentence imposed on Mooney. I would not venture again to call your attention to this case did I not know the international significance which attaches to it. ' (Signed) " 'WOODROW WILSON.' "1 have carefully rovlewed all the available evidence bearing upon the case. There are certain features connected with it which convince me that the extreme sentence should! not be executed. - ' LABOR msSATISFTED. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Com mutation of Mooney s sentence does not In any way settle the case from the view point of organized labor. says a statement from Frank Morri son, secretary of the American Fe deration of Labor, tnking the ipost tion that allegod perjury In connec tion with the conviction, makes a. new trial imperative. - OREGON FUEL PLENTY. Oregon faces the winter with a bet ter fuel supply than almost any other state in the union, according to Fuel Administrator Fred J. Holmes. With an abundance of coal from Wyoming, with' a large supply of native wood fuel on hand and with adequate ship. ments of fuel oil from California; the state has nothing, to fear from cold weather, ELY HAS TUB MASK MATERIAL With the cessation of hostilities across the waters and the signing 8 a peace armistice, there are still many difficulties which confront the Ame rican rpubllc. Not the -least of, theso or other problems is that which faces Hall Seeley, who for many weeks. passed his spare hours outside of school sessions in collecting prune and peach pits for the manufacture of gas masks for our soldiers who wore facing the ugly machinations of the enemy. By dint of strenous en- deavor, Hall succeeded in filling the largest wash tut) to be round upon the premises of his home. It was fllledl to overflowing.- And then peace come. Soon after, his father Dr. Seeley also came down from Portland, and suggested to his son that his patriotism might be quest- ioned inasmuch as he had not turned in the pits as fast as thev were re ceived. This suggestion did not bring much comfort to the heart of his son nor did it assist in the useful dispos al of the peach pits. Hall is now nwaittng further developements, hop ing that even yet his . government, which he was so anxious to serve will have some other use for seed pits, collected by small boys with much effort. (IF. Of lntf rest to teachers, . school board patrons of the schools will be the fact that Superintendent O. C. Brown, who has been working on tho apportionment of the state and coun ty school funds for some time, : has almost completed the records. -The state school fund totals $11,128.23 and the county fund amounts to J26.717. According to the census taken, the state apportionment allows $1.83 per capita and the county fund in addition to a $2.00 per capita allotment, $100 will be allowed each district. It will be easy for teachers and school boards to figure out ex actly the amount to be received1 from the state and county funds. Besides the flat $100 donation for each di strict, $3.83 will be the total-allowed for each child, according to census statistics. FINAC REPORT OF THE LOCAL DRiFT EOARC The final report of the local draft board will be ready for submission Saturday night. Douglas county draft board has been previously com mended by the state authorities be cause of the promptness with which all reports have been turned In and It Is acaln the recipient of congratu lations. In winding nip the work of classification of the state, Douglns county has reported 95 per cent iv' the 18 year old classification. Ax cording to Information received, it lr made known that only six boards of of 4.7 in the state have sent in th" telegraphic report of the progress f r the 18 year old classification. This again places the local draft boar ! in the class of top notch efficiency and dependability. Deputy Sheriff Raffety advices thst there are still some 18 year old men who have not sent In their question al res and he urges that they after, 1 to this matter todi.y or tomorrow In order that no one will be reported delinquent. OF BUILDINGS REMOVED The State Council of Defense is sending out the following statement, and wants It -understood that tho ban on building has been removed: Under revised rulings of the .War Industries Board bearing date or No vember 20, 1918, all restr'ctlons gov erning buildings have been removed and) all construction projects, irre spective of costs or materials con cerned, can proceed without the ne cessity of securing governmental ap proval. Encourage all building projects, for In this way you can assist the government In restoring business to HAILS GAS Emperor William's Agents Are Said to be Handling the German Revolution. NEARLY MILLION KILLED Austrian Txtsscs in AVar Totul Four Mi lion, Including Wounded (ioramny Will Be Mud to i l'ay for Dumntfcs. (By Associated Press.) 'LONDON.- Nov. 29. The London Daily Mail says that the former Ger man Enijiieror contemplates an early return to Germany for the purpose of "reclaiming his throne, according to news received In London through neutral sources of high standing. The revolution Is being managed by offi cers of the German .high command, with the sole view of causing its eventual collapse and the triumphant return o the emperor. cling to novArrr. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 29. Prince Maximillian is alleged to be favored as the first President of the proposed German republic. -. . . ; ftOO,0fo MRS KUAjVA). LONDON, Nov. 29. Austria-Hungary lost 4,000,000 In killed and wounde:!' during the war. Eight hun dred thousands were killed, accord ing to a Copenhagen dispatch. - '"' MUST FOOT BILL. NEWCASTLE, Nov. 29. Premier Lloyd George declared in a speech here that Germany must pay the cost of the war to the limit of her 'capa city. He stated that submarine pir ates must be punished, and whoever devastated the lands of another coun try must pay for it. Jie declared that the authors of the war?, should be severely dealt' with. - v.'; CONTRACTS INVOLVED. ' ! WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Govern-j ment war contracts, involving hun dreds of millions of dollars, are ren dered doubtful in status by a decision I of Comptroller Warwick, of the trea sury department, that orders have not ibeen legally executed, unless they are actually signed by responsible! government contracting agents and ' the contractor; The war department, had submitted) a form of cancellation I under which it was proposed to aban don, without unjust loss to contrac tors, thousands of war supply con tracts. Comptroller Warwick refused : to approfe the plr.n, and new leglsla-1 tlon was necessary, it appears, in or der to permit framing of agreements for cancellation of these contracts. . CHARLES MUST SKIDOO. . COPENHAGEN, Nov. 29. Former Emperor Charles has been informed i by the Venna government that he I must leave Austria, due to a counter revolutionary movement there, ' DKMANO FORMAL ABDICATION. LONDON, Nov. 29. The Berlin government, according, to a news dis patch from Copenhagen, has sent a telegram to the former German 'Em peror, who Is in Holland, demanding forma) abdication of himself and the crown prince. S (By Associated Press.) -NEW YORK, Nov. 29. The sugar divisions of the Food Administration throughout Lie country will begin to demobilize about December 15, in anticipation of the arrival of Cuba's sugar crop In January. Restrictions relating to purchase and consump tion of sugar will be mod I led next week. , EADS FOR (By Associated Press.) SALEM, Nov. 29. Governor WI thycombe has appealed to the presi dent to see that the wooden ship lmllding contracts are not cancelled, and asks recoslderatlon of the order. The governor strongly opposes, also, the suggestion that the Oregon and Washington wooden ship districts be lt) erged. Will Cool, who passed Thanksgiv ing at his home at Drain, returned to Roseburg this morning, where he again resumed his duties at the Sher iff's office. t ' normal conditions, thus providing rmnlovment for the many men who will be released from war Industries. SULFUR IS PROVING A FINE Farmers Using This Com modity Report Remarkable Increase in Crop Yield. THE COST IS NOMINAL O. A, C. Authorities Recommend Stil- -- Application leasts for 3 Years, fur for. Most Field Crops One ' PayB lllg Dividends.- V OREGON AGRICULTURAL COI LEGE. CROAVLLIS. Nov 28. Large shipments at sulfur for fertilizer use are being brought, into Oregon. It. ia only recently that soil Investiga tors have found how importaut sul fur 1b as a plant food, and aid lo bacterial activity. The shipments are a result of. several years of investiga tion conducted by the State Agricul tural College ,ut the . central aud several branch experiments. - The ex perimental findings have been veri fied by numerous Hold' trials through county agents and farm owners. Sulfur increases crop production with certain crops and soils for a value far in excess of the costs. Since It may bo a plant stimulant its con tinued use Is best safeguarded by feeding .the crops on the farm and returning the manure to the land. In some'-cases a gain of two or even three tons of alfalfa were ob tained -by the use of 80 pounds flowers of sulfur," says W. L. Pow ers, head of the soils department at the college. "Grain crops have shown 20 per cent increase from sulfur fer tilization." 'i Increased yields with some crops have run as high as 500 -per cent in Southern OreRon trials conducted by F. C. Reimer, superintendent of .the branch station at Talent.- The effects of one application of flowers of sulfur lasts at least three years. Sinoe the cost of application 1b $2.00 to $3.00 an acre the yearly cost, producing a gain of one ton of alfalfa an acre is but a dollar. E NUT SHttLS ARE NEEDED FOR MASKS OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, CORVALLIS, Nov., 28. An nouncement that collection of hut shells for gas masks should be dis continued, has coino to O. D. Center, director of extension at the college, from the gas defense division of the chemical warfare service, Now York. Even shipments now collected a lo cal shipping points, when under 10 tons, are not to be forwarded. The shells may be used as fuel, according to instructions received by Roy G. Cannon, school superinten dent uf Benton county, who has more than a ton now on hand. He was informed from Washington hnt a ton of shells is equal in fuel value to a ton of coal. He made-nrmnge-ments through the Corvnilis Red Cross to give the collection to those In need of fuel and unable to buy all they need. All posters asking Tot shells should be taken down, and all boxes and barrels for their collection and storing should be cleaned out and removed. TO SELL OIL ILLEGAL PORTLAND, Nov. 28. That oil companies were not justified In their recent action of refusing to sell gaso line and distillate to gnragos unless tho dealer agreed' not to Bell from 6 p. m. to 6 a. m. and on Sundays, claiming authority from the Fuel Ad ministration for so doing. Is the decision rendered by the oil division of the United States Fuel Admlnl startlon at Washington, to which Fuel Administrator Fred J. Holmes submitted the matter. N. B. needier, counsel for the oil division, said in a letter to Mr. Hol mes, dated November 21.: "Wo Ihlnk your position Is ontlroly correct, that In view of the fact that no order with respect to closing has been Issued by the fuel administra tion, distributors were free to comply with the request of the Federal oil Director for the Pacific Coast, the Pa cific Coast Petroleum War 8ervlce Committee and the Oregon State Council of National Defense, or not as they saw fit, and that the oil com panies were not justified in refusing to sell to those who failed to comply witn tne request upon the reprenen- tation that they were acting under any directions or the ruel. admini stration or the Pacific Coast Petro leum War Service committee.'. OF SEAS The Thing Is an Utter Impos sibility and Altogether Impractible. WILSON CHANGES VIEW Ex-President Roosevelt Reviews the Facts Connected with tho Pro , posal Finuodlcd in the Four- ' ' teen Pence Proposals, By THEODORE ROOSEVELT. (Copyrighted by KenBas City Star, 1918.) -,m. ,., .-.v tn hill a -great cause is to reduce It to a hard anti fast formula and insist upon plication ol the formula without re gard to ctual existing conditions it is announced in tho press that the president is coins to th .peace con ference .especially to insist, among nthfir things, on mm. - , po?,r dealing with the , so-called "freedom o i" - ol CO se'eager y championed by Oer comae, eiMS"' . nnm.nnv'B spe- clal position throughout the war. It try. Jl la uu"B"" - . r and France and by every a'U -Ger man In America wno unum. - SiTls0utte.ly impossible, In view ol the immense rapidity-of the change in modern war conditions, to ormu late abstract policiCB about such mat " ....,i.t hinckiulen. These Poncfe umst be actually tested In England i-.nd the United States have reversed themselves in this matte on several different occasions. TMk is interesting as a mutter o( history but rrom no innw - - are honorable and intelligent we will follow the course ,m inn ihull. wmcn uuuci DAionuo - this time seems most likely to work Justice In the immediate iuiuie. Germany's position was that Eng . i.-.. n ..i,rt,t in blockade her lanu iia-u- uw so as to cut oit her .supplies from the outside world, presiaem. w.iu.. . .... nnanta,i thin view and talked a good deal about the freedom of the seas. Meanwnim u.iu....,, through her submarines, began Sn I A ani,aa nt wholesale unpreceuemwu murder on the seas. President WilBon protested against tins m languiiE" much more arologotlc and tena-er than he had used In protesting against Great Britain blockading Germany in what was essentially the .., mmnn in which we blockaded the south during the civil war,. He put the dollar above the man ana Incidentally above the woman and ii .kiu,.nn ' 14 a nrntnfttfld more IIIM UllllUlLlt. . -. vigorously upon the interference with American goods tnan againsi me tun ing of American lives. Thon we finally went to vmr witn Germany ourselves. We Instantly adoptod toward! Gcnnnny and toward ndlulD HlI. Unlliinil nnYCtlV the position which President Wilson has been denouncing England tor adopt ing toward Germany and toward us. Our action in this case was quite right, whereas our protest against England's . action had been entirely wrong. . President Wilson now proposes to accetpt the German view and provide' a system which, If It had been In existence in 1914, would) have meant the inevitable and rapid triumph of Germany. If this particular one of ha nmnnl 1J nnl.la Vn, itoan In treaty form and had beon lived up to in j.s 1 4, uerniany wouin nave nau free nccess to the outside world. aided her to bring economic ,pres- HurH tu ifvnr iuijuii normally, ami rinulitlnaR fjprmiinv wnnlii hnvn wnn an overwhelming, victory within a coupie or years, rnerorore, Mr. Wil son's proposal Is that now, when no l.tm.nH knlnn Ann ...nntnll ...l.nll.nH Germany will not feel chastened and morniiy cuangen, we snail taae stepB which will moan that if the war has to be fought over again Germany's triumph will have been secured in advance, so far as we are able to se cure it. All such commons, all merely acadomfe questions or questions as to the attitude of America or of Eng land before the outbreak of the great war, are Insignificant. Whatever our views prior to the great war, we are fools Indeed if we have not learned the lossons these last - four and a half terrible years have taught us. The freedom of the seas In the sense used by Germany andl Mr. Wil son would have meant the enslave- moiiv wi Minimum iu ui ninny. 11 would have meant that this country i.uuiu v v,,,D inn. "mini iltt iyiun prostrate unoer the feet of German IiiiTauoiD ui u. iiuimmaiiiK peace ny ransoms heavier than were paid by nalp-him No pctrotic American has the FREE IS DM right to stand quiet and see the pres sident of the country without any warrant from tho country try' to bring upon us such outrageous po tential disaster as would be implied In the general International adoption ot tne so-called "freedom ot the 'WILLOW OKI THANKSUIIN'VU Mrs. G. W.- Jones' entertained' a number of relatives and friends at her home, "Willow Dell", on Thanks giving day. , A most delicious dinner was served. An appropriate program of music wub rendered!, and a camera wan then used to obtuin a group ol' pictures of the happy party, .who de cided with one nccord that November 28, 1918, was the happiest Thanks giving day of their experience. The guestB were, Mr, and Mrs. Isaac Gil keson, the Misses Vivian, Marie opd Mabel Gllkeson, Kenneth aud Clar ence Gllkeson, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Ware, Miss Shirley Ware, Darby and Gordon Ware, Mr. and Mrs. Horace H. Hogan', Mrs. M. E. Hogan aud Miss Lutavia Hogan, Mr. Bernard Dixon and Mr. Howard Jones, TO BE The body of Lloyd Shockley arriv ed hero from Fort Wordlen, Washing ton, this morning. - Shockley, who was hut 20 years of age, died at Fort Warden Tuesday morning following an attack of Influenza with compli cations. The young man had only been in the service a few days when he became 111 with the disease. At times he would seem to improve, but each improvement was only followed by another relapse, which finally so v-eakoncd his constitution, that he did not n.lly from the last relapse, which occured the first of this week. Quoting from the Port Townsend Leader, in which city the deceased was well kuown, we have tho follow ing: Shockley was a likeable, clean cut 'young fellow who always put the raitnrui performance of any - duty above all other considerations. He was- quiet "and unassuming and was not particularly -Muay m . making friends, hut everyone with whom he becume well acquainted, recognized his many splendid qualities and could not help being impressed with his quiet forcefulness, loyalty and man liness. A military funeral was given the deceased! at Fort Worden, and the burial service here will be held at Masonic cemetery tomorrow after noon at 3 o'clock. The young soldier Is survived by one brother, a lad of 17, who lives with the aged grand parents a few miles from Rosoburg, and an uncle, Joseph Shockley, or thiB city. He was quite well known by many of the high school students. LOWER POSTAGE RATE (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The Senate Finance Committee has ap proved the proposed repeal of in creased postage rates. The mensure also abolishes the zone Increase on second-class rates, to become effect ive on enactment of tho bill. Reduc tion of first-class rateB would become effective July 1. Grant Osborne, who is a membdr of -the students army training corps at the Oregon Agricultural College. Is passing the Thanksgiving holidays with ills family, R. W. Nelson, who hns been at tending to some business matters In Roseburg for the past few days, re turned to his home In Portland this morning. Elmo Henderson came over from Corvallls, where he Is attending the Student's Army Training Corps, to pass Thanksgiving with fall family here. . Oswald! West, ex-governor of the state of Oregon, passed through Hoseburg this morning on his way, east to attend to some private busi ness matters. During the twenty minute stay of his train in the city. Mr. West passed the time greeting old menus,. . A dnnl was cloced Wednesday wJiereoy tne I'linn cooper ranch on Roberts Creek, consisting of about 70 acres, including a producing pruno orchard or 12 acres, was sold to Wm Berdine, of this city, - The considers' tlon was not stated. The new owner will take Immediate possession. A house and lot at' the corner of Lane and! Flint streets wns turned In as part payment. Failing health, and advancing years compelled Mr. Coo per to let the fine ranch go. The deal was made by the G, U. Holblg real estate nrm. HE IS NOT INFALLIBLE Public Made to Believe That It Was Treason to Criticise . v; The Executive. FREESPEECHSAFEGUARD Unbridled Discussion Of All Pnblio Questions, Including War Poll, ctos, Undeniable Right of American Citizens. : WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. Tho Re publican Publicity ABociatlon, gave out the following statement from Its Washington headquarters: "Hardly Iobs important than our . preparations for war will be the work of putting the country in readiness , to resume once more the activities of peace. In the recent elections tho - ipoople decreed that the task' shall be carried on under the direction of the Republican party. While it Is pos sible from a point of Numbers for the Democrats in the Senate and House to enact the pending bill providing for the appolntu ent of a Reconstruc tion committee by the President, it is not probable that democratic votes can- be solidified, behind such a meas- .ure. There are a few Democrats in each House who io not yield sub servience to the President and who have confidence in their own ability ot their legislative associates to study and determine upon plans for after war reconstruction. Tho Weeks re solution iprovldlng for a Joint -congressional commutes composed of an equal number of members of each of the two political parties will more likely be adopted. , , y "Btut even if the partisans of the' President should prevail and a demo cratic committee on reconstruction should be appointed, there would be little danger of the enactment ol any , .unwise, legislation ouch a committoe might recommend. The Republicans will assume control, of congress on March 4th and It is not likely that much reconstruction will be enacted before that time. .-... "In view of the vast Importance of the reconstruction problems that con front the nation', it Is particularly fortunate' that a majority" -'of each House of the next Congress will bo Republican ' Under the shrewd ma nagement of a Reconstruction Com mission made up of pliant political henchmen of the' "'Administration,, masquerading as industrial and eco nomical experts, supported hv a nuh- 'sorvlont democratic congress, Mr.1 wuBon wouiai nave been able to put ujiion the statute books legislation that, In practical effect, would have provided by law for long-continued administration of the government hv Democrats. That has been the inevlt- auie eirect of much or the legisla tion enacted, during tho last twu years. With the record before them of the unscrupulous political efforts of Congress, the Republicans have awaited with trepidation renewed ex cesses In autocratic legislation, in preparation for the Democrats attempt-In 1920 to continue in the White House Mr. Wilson or a man of his selection. "But the danger Is now behind us. Not only will the ReDtibllcans h in a iposltion, after March 4th,- to stop further attempts at executive usurpa tion of "legislative prerogatives, but tnoy win tie auie to put before tho President for hlo approval MI1 mi. culated to undo ntuch of the care- nuiy prepared! political structure that the Democrats have built. "The people discovered that Mr. Wilson is not infallible. This In pite of the fact that every effort has been made to Irnnresn unnn ih. public that criticism of the Executive wub iittie snort of treason. They have been told innt nctR nt tho Daat dent must be accepted without the slightest quostlon, else encourage- 1 inmii win oe given the enemy. Doubt less amazed at his own audacity, the voter decided to express his convic tions without regard to directions from Washington. He has found that many millions of the Amerlxnn nn. pie think alike In their estimate of tho President. The result of the eler- iiuim wm give courage not only to tho individual to talk as he thinks but will stimulate the mresa fn viva expression to the thoughts that have nurKBii in tne minds of editors Ifor many months. Freedom of speech and unbridled discussion of public questions in tho montHs to come will mark the rapid dissolution of tho hold the Democrats now have inon the country and will spell an even more complete defeat for their party In 1920." . J. E. McCllntock today received a letter from his son, John, who Is stationed at Bordeaux, France, bear ing the date of November 9th. John had Just received several letter rroin Leon, who was on the firing line at that time, and he said that all of the fellows in the trenches were wild ly oxcllcdi over the prospects of no, early peace, ' ,