"Germany is recuperating after the war faster than any other nation, simply because, instead of giving way to the reaction of peace and demanding the impossible by means of strikes, she is working as strength and brain allow to regain her old commercial pinnacle and again be the pre-war Germany. In France, and among the allies generally, there are traders who have already forgotten the war and care only to buy in the cheapest market. Germany is out, I repeat, to provide that market, and our eight-hour industrial day will spell disaster for us if we do not wake up."

Wife's Love Is Lost; Asks Two Millions
New York.—George E. Lothrop, Sr., a Boston theatrical manager and producer, has been sued for $2,000,000 damages by Raymond C. Keller, a New York artist, who alleges Lothrop alienated the affections of Jane Keller, to whom the plaintiff was married on April 5, 1918. Keller alleges in his affidavit that the defendant, well-known Jane Keller to be his wife, by gifts of money, jewelry, and other presents, estranged her affection from the plaintiff and gained it for himself.

MARKETS
The following market quotations are the prices paid to the producer by the dealer and are changed daily, thus giving the public the accurate quotations in all classes of grain, produce, and meats.
Hay and Grain. Wheat, Marquis, bulk........ Wheat, Bluestem No. 1, bulk  Net, delivered to warehouses... 2.6
Wheat, White Club, No. 1, blk. 