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THE WAK IS OVER. 



U. S. Gets Credit for Victory. 



The war is over and every one of the 

 heads of the allied governments give 

 the lion's share of the credit for the de- 

 feat of Germany to the American forces, 

 whose appearance in France eighteen 

 months agO shifted the balance of power 

 to the side of the French and English 

 and their allies. With the signing of the 

 armistice, which went into effect No- 

 vember 11, Provost Marshal General 

 Crowder issued orders to the draft 

 boards to stop the entrainment of se- 

 lected men for the cantonments. Un- 

 doubtedly there will be no more such 

 calls, but those American soldiers who 

 are in Europe will be needed there dur- 

 ing the negotiations that will precede 

 the signing of the peace treaty and the 

 reconstruction period over there. Also 

 the casualty lists will continue to come 

 for some days yet. In these undoubt- 

 edly there will be the names of some 

 members of our trade. When news comes 

 of the florists who are fighting in 

 France or from those who are now in 

 the training camps here, send it to The 

 Eeview. 



E. E. Stone Dies in Battle. 



E. E. Stone, wholesale florist of Dick- 

 inson, Tex., who left December 18 last 

 for Toronto, Ont., and enlisted in the 

 Canadian army, was killed in action in 

 France, Mrs. Stone was notified by the 

 Canadian government November 7. Mr. 

 Stone was a Canadian and, having been 

 refused enlistment in the U. S. army, 

 returned to Canada and joined the Cana- 

 dian forces. "When you have made up 

 your mind to do your bit, it makes no 

 difference where you do it so long as you 

 are on the side of the allies," Mr. Stone 

 wrote R. C. Kerr, of Houston, Tex., then 

 president of the S. A. F., just before 

 he left Dickinson for Canada. Mr. 



Uo F. wmis. 



E. E. Stone* 



Stone leaves his wife, who has been con- 

 tinuing his business of growing aspara 

 gus since he left. 



Leo F. WilUs Wounded. 



Leo F. Willis, son of Mrs. George 

 Madsen, of the Madsen Floral Co., Al- 

 ton, 111., was among the American sol- 

 diers severely wounded in battle during 

 the recent "peace" drive in France. 

 This information came to Mrs. Madsen 

 last week. The young man was with 

 what was formerly an Illinois National 

 Guard regiment, having enlisted at Al- 

 ton, June 7, 1917. He has been in 

 France for a considerable time and saw 

 a great deal of active service in the 

 drive that ended the war. 



Morris Le Vine Hurt. 



Morris Le Vine, well known to the 

 trade throughout the country, among 

 whom he traveled for a number of 

 years, has been wounded in action in 

 France. This news was received re- 

 cently by friends here. Mr. Le Vine 

 joined the army more than a year ago 

 and has been in France for many 

 months. 



Lieut. Charles B. Sands. 



Lieutonant Charles B. Sands, formerly 

 employed for four years by T. W. Wood 

 & Sons, seedsmen, of Richmond, Va., 

 who has been missing many weeks, is 

 reported dead of wounds suffered in 

 action. The facts in regard to the fate 

 of the gallant young Virginian are not 

 definitely known. He served with the 

 first American squad of aviators in the 

 same unit in which Quentin Roosevelt 

 lost his life. It is thought he was for 

 a time a prisoner behind the German 

 lines. 



Lieutenant Sands was the son of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Conway Sands, of Staunton, 

 Va., and was 23 years of age. He was 



a graduate of the Richmond high school 

 and of the Richmond college. He was 

 identified with school athletics. 



A Patriotic Family. 



Carl Boll, of Fort Madison, la., has 

 three sons in the army overseas. An- 

 other son is at Camp Dodge and two 

 more ere registrants who had expected 

 to get into the service. 



Dies in France. 



Private Herman A. Schmidt, of Com- 

 pany L, 344th Infantry, of the Ameri- 

 can Expeditionary Forces, died October 

 14 in France of pneumonia. This in- 

 formation has been received by H. P. 

 Smith, Piqua, O., his former employer. 

 He was 24 years of age. Private 

 Schmidt started to work for Mr. Smith 

 after school and on holidays when he 

 was 12 years of age and continued with 

 him until he joined the army. For the 

 last six years he was foreman and head 

 grower. Of him Mr. Smith said: 

 "Honest, industrious, kind to his loved 

 ones and loyal to his friends, the un- 

 timely passing of this brave, good boy 

 will cause many sad hearts among the 

 scores who knew and loved him." 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Chicago, 111.— David D. P. Roy, seed 

 merchant. Lake Forest, 111., filed a vol- 

 untary petition in bankruptcy in the 

 United States court here November 7. 

 He scheduled liabilities of $5,359.33 and 

 assets of $2,755.61. Mr. Roy has had 

 a wide experience as commercial traveler 

 for various seed concerns and started 

 for himself at the wealthy Chicago 

 suburb of Lake Forest, August 1, 1916. 



Independence, Mo. — Judge A. S. Van 

 Valkenburg, United States District 



Fiermaa Schmidt. 



