THE ALLIANCE HERALD
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 91,
THE ARMY
and
THE NAVY
Death Toll Reaches
78 in Single Nay
By J
W Jarnigan. Herald Corre
spondent )
Camp Dodge. Iowa, Nov. 21 lft 8.
-Liberty theater, en-cted by the war
4tpartHaat, tlif laffWl theater la the
middle west, was filled with soldiers
and cltens froni all over the country
on the occasion of a memorial e'.r
clflc in honor of the men and n ureses
who have died at (amp Pft from
the deadly visitation of Spanish iiiflu
i -., and pneumonia. Gen. Simmons
lreshll)'d and after the usual prelim
inaries Governor W. L Harding de
livered an addles.". lefltta the occas
ion. It was an impressive exercise
throughout. The officnl announce
in ut of the number of deaths sin"
the epidemic broke out September
29tb up to November lot ia 792.
This statment was made by Cal. K.
W Rich, division surgeon. This ia
the first and only authentic state
ment of the number of deaths from
the disease. The number of cases of
influenza total 10,008, of which 1,
923 developed pneumonia. The figur
es show that 36.6 per cent of those
developing pneumonia died. During
the worst of the epidemic Des Moin
es undertakers were overwhelmed
with work. The Harbach establish
ment had the contract for taking enre
of the deceased soldiers but it had to
. draw upon all of the undertakers in
the city and in surrondlng towns. The
greatest death toll in a single, dny
was 78. The numerious deaths in
every community in the country
made it next to impossible to obtain
undertakers enough to render prom
pt service. Among the soldiers at
Cump Dodge were scoreB of undertak
ei'6 and these were assigned to this
special service. The Des MoineaOas
kets Co. has the government eon
tract for furnishing caskets and
shortness of workmen and inability
to get material owing to the de
mand ail ove- the count.y made it
a most difficult matter, to render
prompt Bervice. When the demand
was the greatest a telegrnni came
from Omuha for 160 caskets to be
sent by express. In view of the large
number of deaths in so short a time
the work of preparing the bodies
and of sondln ;. tttatS home for burial
was admirably handled. It will ne
ver be known of the anxious n.om
nts, the ceaseless care and the
faithful devotion of physicians and
nurses and volunteers nt the hospi
tal. One faithful nurse with a half
dozen enlisted men aB assistants
would have as m:' ,y as
sick men in her ward
one time. All of the Y. M. V. A.
uen and women came from
communities near and remote to
help lake care of the stricken men.
Hundreds of anxious fathers and
mothers, brothers and sisters watch
ed at the bed-side of loved ones :ia
they batteled heroically with the
disease. Throughout the trying or
deal physicians and nurses maintain
ed the most cheerful composure
when in the presence of the sick and
this exerised a wonderful Influence
in causing the men to make a vigor
ous fight to overthrow the affliction
More Wounded Men at fort Des
Moines
Over 200 wounded men from the
battle front in France arrived at U.
S. Hospital No. 26, Fort Des Moines,
Sunday. These men were ia good
spirits in spite of their long Journey.
One poor fellow with one arm and
one leg left In France, said it was a
pretty long journey, lying on a cot
all the way. Attendants r.re usually
those who are recovering from iu
baling gas und have fairly good use
of their faculties both of mind and
locomotion. Several wounded soldiers
from the 168th infantry arrived Sun
day. They are Eben Let tin well, Bel
olt. Wis.; Ray Hickok, Waterloo, and
Mike Pothetos, Waterloo, Company
M; Cape Jonathan Springer, Minne
apolis, commander of Co. H; Edward
Haw)ey, Co. C; Verne Nipper, Viltis
ca, On. M; Merie Ingledue, Mering.
Co. A., aad Eldon Anderson, Coaa
11 Bluffs, Co. JL.
Circa Men Are Happy.
About the happiest bunch of men
at Camp Dodge are those who have
been In the show business. There
are scores of showmen of greater or
leaser degree In camp here. The
cause of their present hilarity i6 baa
ed upon the arrival of the Yankee
Robinson circus to its winter tuar
ters at Grimes three milea from
Camp Dodge. These showmen aad all
of the rest of the sol Hera have the
freedom of the great enclosure at all
times. Some of the fellowu
who Ik'.vc been -customed to
handling wild amiuals waat
no grower sport Cain feeding
theto beas's la their enclosure ana
mftshinf tuii.- sportive antics. Ool.
Buchanan, uwa?:- ( ( tho rhow. per
mits bareback rlderft Wb.9 may bo a
mong the eoldlora to plva his horses
a try-out whcsivcr they co desire.
New Barracks Practically FinbAed
The 6S8 new barrack are shout
complied and the work of construct
ing (i ft quarters and the var
ious buildings requited in connection
with the barracks is now under way
The war department has taken sev
eral hundred of the carpenters to
Davenport where 400 cottages are be
ing errerted to lake care of Ihe men
working nt the arsons! on Hock Is
land In the Mississippi at that
point.
The. 8Mfh Division In Action
Word teeeived at the ramp from
France states that the 88th division
which left h ue porno months ago is
actively engaged in the series of
great battles now being wuged on
Ihe western front in France ThM
division Is in charge of a sector in
Alsace-Lorraine and it is naid to hold
the natural if It ever becomes nec
8 Two Onl
Mary, The negro troops that have
Meg sent from this camp from time
to time to hold a sector next to the
88th's assignment. The 88th dlvis
Ion was fully equlppped for service
when it left here. The men are from
Minnesota. North Dakota, Illinois
andlowa. A lettev from a high officer
In the 350th Infantry stated that the
regiment has been in action, one of
ficer killed, and five members of th
regiment, two officers and three men,
have received the Croix de Ouerre
for bravery displayed in action. The
letter was written October 17, ami
indicates th-t the battle occurred
October 16. The regiment was sup
ported by French artillery, but when
the letter wr.s written, the French
had moved, and the Camp Dodge
regiment was occupying the area a
lone. The organization had moved
from the quiet sector in which ;t
received Its initial overseas train
ing. "We certainly got our share of
the Bodies" the ofricer writes. He
has great praise for the men in th)
regiment, all of whom, he says, dis
tinguished themselves by whirlwind
fighting.
afcftbMMftfcg t'nlt Nucleus Arrives
Thirty-seven officers, Including
Col. P. F. Walker, with five hundred
enlisted men, have arrived as a nuc
leus for the Two Hundred Nineteen
th engineering regiment. This orgi
zation will hold the same relative po
sition in the new division that the
Three Hundred Thirteenth under
Col. R. P, Howell held in the Eighty
eight division. Doth officers and men
of the new engineers are from Camp
Humphreys, Va. a training camp for
engineer officers and men. The re
giment will be filled to war strength
by the addition of drafted men.
Jerome Lock, former surveyor gener
al of Montana and later editor and
publisher of the Livingston Kuter-
36 i prise, has been commisioned a cap-
si tain of engineers in the United State;!
army and will report at Camp
Dodge.
School for Staff
A school for staff officers of the
19th division has been established
with five officers of the British and
and Frence war mission to theUnited
States as instructors, Majors Jackson
and Makin of the British mission and
Major Kckenfelder with Captain Au
mont and Lieutenant Renaudau of
the French mission, are instructors.
Col H. A. Ripley, division chief of
staff, Col. E. W. Rich, division sur
geon, Lieut. Col. M. O. Holiday, asaist
ant chief of staff, MaJ. Jesse Ladd,
division inspector and Maj. J. J. Toy,
assistant quartermaster, will leave
soon to attend ihe army staff school
at Washington. D. C.
Work on the Rifle Rouge
Training of the new Nineteenth di
vision ut Camp Dodge is progressing
radidly. All infantry organizations
will be working on the rifle range be
fore the end of the week. Capt. Clyde
L. Day of the Judge advocates branch
has been assigned to duty for Camp
Doage. He will work in connection
with the bureau of war risk at the
cantonment. Captain Day's home 1b
la Chicago.
Bought Many Bonds
Private Curil Van de Willie, Co. 51
163rd Depot Brigade, has purchased
bonds to the amount of $15,000
Van de Willie came to this country
from Belgium eight years ago and
went west to seek bl3 fortune. He
was located at Havre, Montana, when
Called Into the service. All the rela
tives of private Van de Willie are
back in war stricken Belgium.
Bugle OaUs Most be Accurate
Nobody but a soldier appreciates
the Importance and Information con
tolned ia bugle calls. The war depart
ment has sent out the following In
struct Ions as to the observance of
correct time: The attenton of all of
ficers is called to the importance of
keeping their watch properly timed,
aad they have been requested to con
salt their watches when the diaphone
Wows, at noon and at 9 oclock in the
even tag. The first short blast is
blows st ten seconds before noon
and the second at 12 o'clock sharp.
OffieerH responsible for the sound
ing of the calls will be held strictly
accountable th;. rolls are sounded
at the prescribed time.
Mew Librarian at Camp Dodge
Gay N. Power of Burlington has
Dodge The library war service is
under ihe direction of the American
Library association, one of the seven
war activities officially recognised
by the government. The Camp Dodgx
library has 45,000 volumes serving
the soldiers not only through the
main library building, but through
branches In the K. C. and the Y. M.
t A buildings and smaller collect
ions distributed at seventy five
points throughout the ramp.
Death Sentence for Hnldler In
Commuted
Pvt. Vernier Slro, Camp Dodge,
who was sentenced to be shot, rs
eelved com m u , a t ion of Sentence lo
twenty years' imprisonment from
President Wilson. Siro was arrest- d
In Minneapolis In an I. W. W. nml
bj the department of justlc e and
'.ilo n to ( amp Dodge. He refuse! to
Obey orders at camp Pvt. Earnest li
Dally. Company L. 2nd Infantry, has
been sentenced to be confined to
the United Slates disciplinary bar
rai ks. Fort Leavenworth for five
years ut hard labor und to be dis
honorably discharged from the ser
vice after being convicted by court
martial for breaking the quarantin
and going to town without leave .
for stealing $60 from the Western
camp.
Canadian Instructor Here doing to
front
Kcrgt. MaJ. G. H. Anderson of the
Canadian army, who has been bay
onet instructor here since August 10
th. has been ordered back to duly
and has gon to an eastern port
from which he will later sail for
England and France. Sergeant Major
Anderson was Bent here after con
valescing from shrapnel wounds at a
hospital in Canada. He Is a membi
of the Canadian army gymnasium
stafff. and Instructor in the Cana
dain army.
ANTIOCH CLAIMS GREATEST
GROWTH IN POPULATION
Scottsbluff Is the third largest
freight shipping and receiving rail
road station in Nebraska. Kimball
claims to have sold more tractors at
retail during 1917-18 than any othei
Nebraska city. Antoch claims the
entire country's record for growth in
population during 1918-19. Beatrice
manufactures more windmills and
windmill pups than any other city
in the country. Omaha is the world's
largest butter market. Lincoln made
gasoline engines are sold In every
country on the globe.
Just received: A big line of lunch
eon sets, napkins, and centerpieces
in all sizes. I have the most com
plete line of fancy kimonas In th'
city. Call and see them. Mrs. It
Simmons. 49tf967!
"The fact that Nebraska's corn
production in 1918 averaged only 18
bushels per acre is nothing to worry
about," remarked Will Muupin, direc
tor of the Bureau of Publicity, when
he saw figures. "This was due to an
exceptional dry season, not to dim
inish soil fertility or careless farm
ing. During the ten year period clos
ing with 1918 Nebraska has produced
more corn p:r cap'ta than any other
state. But corn is no longer our sole
dependence, as it was twenty-five or
thirty years ago. We are raising too
much wheat and. alfalfa and oats and
sugar beets and potatoes to feel that
we are nearing the. poor house when
the corn crop fails."
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other druggist has it. Get it today.
The Farmers Union Co-Operative A'ssn
Wish to announce that we have leased the property formerly oc
cupied by O'Bannon Bros.
We invite you to our New flead quarters, where we can
better serve you.
We Sell
Coal
Feed and Grain
Apples and Potatoes
Stock and Poultry
Remedies
Will order for you goods not
carried in Stock, and save you
money.
We can now Show to ad
vantage our complete Line of
Farm Machinery
Gas Engins and Wind Mills
Corn Shelters
Doubletrees, yokes,
Scoop Boards,
Lubricating Oils and Greese.
And Don't Forget
We Ship yourXiive Stock for you.
Come in and Learn our Plan List for car lots
Yours for Cooperation in Buying and Selling.
F. H. WILDER, Manager
I Know the Voice
W HICH TKIJiS THE SUFFERINGS FROM A SORE TOOTH
1 have to see or rea-! for the first time the works of any noted
writer of the middle ages, anything ihat pertains to Dentistry. There
could not have been the demand upon them then as in being made
today.
THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE AND DENTAL SURGERY
Which has shown such wonderful progress In such a comparatively
short time, has been compulsory so to speak. Again
NECESSITY WAS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
For twenty years every hour of every day, I have heard some
one say, "Why does not some one invent something to relieve pain In
a safe and easy manner?" The cry for this great necessity has dwelt
on my mind so long, that I finally solved the problem and have put
it into use. Through Sturgis & Sturgis, Attorneys, I filed for a patent
on this most wonderful method to relieve pain.
I KNOW THE VOICE OF THE SUFFERER ; I ALSO KNOW HOW
TO ANSWER
in a manner that should immensely please. It's here for you to take
advantage of. I will gladly show you.
For Out-of-Town Patrons
Appointments Made to
Best Suit Their Conveni
ence. PHONE TODAY
DR. G. W. TO D
403 BRAN DEIS BUBLDING
OAMHA, NEBRASKA
Ford
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Reliable mechanical attention to your Ford
means more service from your car and less
cost in its operation. Let us take care of
your car. We have the mechanics who know
how and use only the genuine Ford materials
and only ask the fixed, standard, Ford fac
tory prices. As you value the use of your
Ford see that it is kept mechanically right
C0URSEY & MILLER
Successors to Keeler-Coursey Co.
A million sacks of sugar. aaCB
weighing 100 pounds, will be the
minimum output of Nebraska's four
sugar mills this season. This means
enough sugar for Nebraskans and
about seventy million pounds over
for our neighbors and our allies.
Mrs. T. J. Thompson and children
left Sunday evening for Lincoln
whtro thAv will make their future
home. Mr. Thompson will remain in j kaglving
the city a week or two winding ap
bis business affairs before leaving
for that city.
President Wilson has set oslae
Thursday, Nov. 28, as a day of
