XOVEMBKR 14, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



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THE WAR IS OVER. 



U. S. Gets Credit for Victory. 



The war is over aiul every one of the 

 lieatls 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 stoj) 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 traile. When news comes 

 of the florists who are iighting in 

 France or from those who are now in 

 the training camps here, send it to The 

 Keview. 



E. E. Stone Dies in Battle. 



E. ?:. stone, wholesale tlorist of Dick- 

 inson, Tex., who left December 18 last 

 for Toronto, Out., and enlisted in the 

 Canadian ainiy, was killed in action in 

 France, Mrs. Stone was notified by the 

 Canadian government >.'o\ember 7. Mr. 

 Stone was a Canadian and, having been 

 I'cfused enlistment in the V. 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 

 dilTeicnce where you do it so long as you 

 ail' on the side of the allies,'' Mr. Stone 

 wrote K. (". Kerr, of Houston, Tex., then 

 l>resident of the S. A. F., just before 

 lie h'ft Dickinson for Canada. Mr. 



Leo F. Willis. 



E. E. Stone. 



Stone leaves his wife, who has been con- 

 tinuing his business of growing aspara 

 gus since he left. 



Leo F. Willis Wounded. 



Leo F. Willis, son of Mrs. George 

 Madsen, of the Madsen Floral Co., Al- 

 ton, 111., was anuing 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 \\\\\\ 

 what was formerly an Illinois National 

 (iuard regiment, having enlistetl at Al 

 ton, dune 7, 1917. lie has been in 

 l''rance for a considerable time anil saw 

 a great deal of active service in the 

 ilrive that en4ed tlie war. 



Morris Le Vine Hurt. 



Mcini-- 1,1' \iiic, well known to tlic 

 iradi' I lii'iiii^hiiiit tile country, aiiiuiig 

 ulmni he traveled for a number ol' 

 years, li;is ln'cn woundecl in action in 

 l"r;nice. This news was rc'ceived re- 

 itiitly by frien<ls here. ^Ir. Le Vine 

 joined the army more than ;i ye;ir .Mgo 

 and lias bci'ii in J-"ranci' tor many 

 niont lis. 



Lieut. Charles B. Sands. 



I.iciitcii.-inl ('Ik'hIcs I!. S.'iikIs, t'drnurl \' 

 enipl(iye.| t'or four ye.'iis iiv T. W. Wdiul 

 iV Sons, seedsmen, of K'icliiiioiiil. \'a., 

 who li;is lu'eii missing nian\' weeks, is 

 ie]iorted dea<i of wounds siif1'ei''Ml in 

 action. The facts in regjird tu the fnte 

 of the gnilant VdiiiiL: N'irginian are not 

 definitely known. lie serveil with the 

 first Anieri<;in s(|ii;id of axiators in llie 

 same unit in which (.^iientin Hoosexcll 

 lost his life. It is thought he was for 

 a time ;i juisuner beliiii'l the Cerinan 

 lines. 



Lieutenant Sands was the son of .Mr. 

 and .Mrs. Conway Sands, of Staunton, 

 Va., and was 'IW years of age. He was 



a gra<lnate id' the Kiclnnoini high s(diool 

 and of the Richmond college. He was 

 idi'utifieil with sidiool athletics. 



A Patriotic Family. 



Carl Holl, (d' Fort .Ma<lison, la., has 

 three sons in the army o\('rs(>as. An- 

 other son is at Camp Dodge and two 

 more ere registrants who ii;id expected 

 to get into the service. 



Dies in France. 



Private Herman A. S(diinidt, of ('om- 

 l)any L, .'{44th Infantry, of the Ameri- 

 can Expeditionary Forces, died October 

 14 in France of pneumonia. This in- 

 formation has been received by H. P. 

 Smith, Picpia, ()., his forjuer emjiloyer. 

 He was 24 years of age. I'rivate 

 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 io\ed 

 ones and loyal to his friends, the un- 

 timely i)assing of this brave, good hoy 

 will cause many sad heaids among the 

 scores who knew and lo\('d him." 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Chicago, 111. — Davi.l D. P. Roy, seed 

 merchant. Lake Forest, III., tiled a vol- 

 untary petition in bankruptcy in the 

 United States court here November 7. 

 He scheduled liabilities of $r),;'„10.:'..''. and 

 assets of .t2,7.");").(il. Mr. l{oy has had 

 a wide experience as coniniercial traveler 

 for various seeil conceiiis and started 

 for himself at th<' wealthy Chicago 

 siibuib of Lake l''orest, August I, ]!M<). 



Independence, Mo. .ludge A. S. \'au 

 V'alkenlnnn, I'nited States District 



Herman Schmidt. 



