Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-12-18 | Page 5 | Yank Auditors in France Are Busy

MD1I0RSJL ! FRANCE ARE BUSY i Ssxlt Laic Official Wiilet of Celebration in French Cities. K. A. Hock, auditor of Salt Lake, who Is on leave of absence and who Is In charge of twenty-seven army auditors in France, haa written friends here stating that tha army la about three months behind with Its auditing work, ! Hock arrived In Pari. November 7, and had difficulty 1n obtaining a lodging, as there wera almost no lights to ba seen. Blnca tha signing : of tha armistice there haa been one i continuous celebration, ha aays. "As I write, ha continues, "old men and wonrn are dancing up and down tha, main streets. They who have endured en-dured m-re lhan tha people of any other nation are now coming Into their own. On th night of November J 1 the frenzied crowds pushed myself ami sTI other American mrn rmr Cafe de T.irH and made ua slug The Btar-Ppnpg'M Banner, 'Yankee Doodle" Doo-dle" and other American songs. Nothing Noth-ing was too good for the Americans. "American soldiers took soma of the captured Jerman cannon from the Place de la Concord and dragged them through the streets. The French police wer helpless. They stopped tax loans by pulling them backwards. Airplanes were buszing overhead all day, dropping souvenirs and flags." ! Coal in sc;trce In France, Mr. Bock says, and atigar, milk and butter are i not seen.