Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1917 — 100,000 GERMANS LAY DOWN ARMS [ARTICLE]

100,000 GERMANS LAY DOWN ARMS

According to Report Current in Chicago Yesterday. All Grain Prices Affected by Report and Wheat Took Sensational Drop of 14 Cents.

Iteports were current in Chicago yesterday that 100,000 Germans had laid down their arms and surrendered to the allied army. This reI>ort reached Chicago shortly before noon and was given such credence as to cause all piarkets to make some most sensational drops. Wheat opened yesterday at 236, and when reports of the German surrender caine in dropped to 221 but a little later showed a slight tendency to rally and closed at 221. If this report is true, and every indication would point that way, the end of the great world war is not far distant. Once the Germans show a wavering spirit and their army is as good as gone.