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THE BEE: OUArTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918.
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PeopI
e Cautioned Not to Let
Good, War News Cause Re
laxation of Effort in
Loan Campaign.
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9 Washington, Oct. 2. President
116.
Wilson and other officials feel that
the American penole must exercise
caution lest the good news from
the battle fronts cause a relaxation
of effort on behalf of the fourth Lib
erty loan. Thus far no such tendency
has been noticeable and the cam
paign has been going with an en
thusiasm comparable to that with
which the battle reports have been
received.
1 It is pointed out -that now that
victory is definitely being brought
to the side of the allied armies funds
and more funds are needed to en
able the fighting men to press home
their' hard-won advantage and hurl
the German hordes beyond the
Rhine. Secretary McAdoo is un
derstood to have determined to
have speakers emphasize this point
continuously until the huge $6,000,-
000,000 total is raised.
Official reports today from all
federal reserve districts except Kan-
, sas City, which has not started tak
ing subscriptions, showed $411,142,
050 pledges actually received and
accompanied by payment of the 10
per cent initial installment. This
tovers receipts up to last night, but
does not include millions of dollars
in subscriptions on which the ini
tial payment has not been made or
has been made but not yet reported
officially by banks. The' total to
morrow night is . expected to be
several hundred million dollars
greater. In order to raise $6,000,
000.000 it would be necessary to get
a daily average of $315,000,000 and
at this required rate approximate
ly $1,000,000,000 should have been
subscribed by this time.
Loan Being Spent Already.
In connection with the efforts to
prevent a slackening of campaign
morale it was cited te'day by treas
ury officials that practically all of
' i'the $6,000,000,000 to be raised will
!have been spent by the time it is
received at the treasury. The gov
ernment already is paying out
money at the daily rate of $50,000,
f'00, which is substantially the money
Jo be raised in the fourth loan.
Nearly $4,500,000,000 has been re
ceived in the last two months from
,sale of certificates of indebtedness,
but these securities are only tempo-
' jary expedients, to be paid out of
"" receipts from Liberty bonds. Con
sequently the government is already
spending its fourth Liberty loan
money.
' In September, it was shown by a
treasury report today, the govern
ment paid . out $1,557,264,000, or
. $2.48,000,001) less than the $1,805,000.
000 record of August. Of this
amount $1,274,505,000 was in ordi
nary war expenses and $282,150,000
in" foreign loans. Only $151,790,000
came into the treasury from taxes,
customs and other ordinary revenue
.SdurcSs. s Sales of war savings and
thrift stamps fell to $98,614,000 from
the $129,044,000 of August, and the
$211,417,000 of July.
' War Cost To Date $18,896,945,000.
'.. - The total cost of 18 months of
war to October 1, was shown to be
$18,896,945,000, or three times as
much as will be raised by the fourth
loan. For this nation's war activi
ties $12,263,582,000 was spent, and
for loans to allies $6,527,914,000.
Taxes have brought in $5,183,268,-
000 and Liberty loans or certificates
f indebtedness about $13,000,000,
000. The harvest from war savings
and thrift stamps has been $745,
169,000. Iowastill stood alone tonight as
the only state to report officially
that it was over its quota.
Berlin Report Admits
Withdrawal of Lines
Berlin. Oct. 2. (Via London.)
Parts of the German salient lines
near St. Quentin, northwest of
; Rheims and west of the Argonne
forest yesterday were withdrawn to
positions in the rear, says the official
statement issued today by the Ger
man army headquarters staff.
In local raids west of the river
Meuse, the statement says, the Ger
mans threw back the Americans out
of the Bois Des Ogons and the ad
' Vjaeent lines.
The German general staff an
nounces that St. Quentin yesterday
was occupied by the enemy and that
the town of Rumilly. south of Cam
rai, also remained in the hands of
the enemy.
.; "There were violent partial en
'gagements in Flanders and Cham
pagne," says the official statement
from general headquarters tonight.
1 Kansas City Firemen Leave
Force in Wage Protest
Kansas City, Mo.. Oct. 2. Resig
nations of 389 city firemen here will
be presented to Mayor James Cow
gill today, according to an an
, nouncement tonight by F. W. Bay
. - er, president of the local fire fight
ers' union after a conference with
the mayor regarding wage increases
tasked by the rften. Since thf char
ter of the union does not permit the
men to strike they plan to resign
as individuals, the resignations to
take effect Saturday, according to
Baver.
ihe firemen ask a flat increase in
- wages of $25 a month. Mayor Cow-!
gill asserts the city lacks the mnney I
to meet the demand. He declined 1
' the suggestion of the firemen that
the matter be suomitted to the war
labor board.
Treves Railway Bombed
' . Dw Dritich Air Pnrr-oc
.c)font Oct. 2. The Treves rail-
Tv air force Tuesday, ac-
$4 official statement is
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in tne itmne province
'and claims to be the
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s runs northeastward to Cob-
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ad Strassburg.
Turkey Makes Overtures;
Allies Capture Damascus
London, Oct. 2. Turkey has made further indirect approaches
to the allies through financial channels which are being con
sidered by the British war cabinet, the Standard says it learns on good
authority. Important developments, the newspaper adds, are expected.
Damascus, the capital of Syria, was occupied by General Allenby's
forces on Tuesday morning, according to an official statement issued
today by the British war office.
Damascus is the Turkish base in Syria and Palestine and its fall
probably means the end of all Turkish resistance to General Allenby in
Palestine and Syria. The ancient city is the junction point of railroads
leading to the port of Beirut and Aleppo, 180 miles northeast.
Aleppo is the most important Turkish base in this region of Asia
Minor, as it is a junction point of the railroads from Palestine and Mes
opotamia. Damascus has a population of about 150,000. It is one of the holy
cities of the Mohammedans, and the Arabs regard it as one of the four
paradises on earth.
The capture of Damascus marks an advance of 130 miles by Gen
eral Allenby's forces since September 20. In that time the British
have captured more than 50,000 prisoners, destroying at least three
Turkish arimes and driven the enemy from Palestine and a great
part of Syria.
More than 7,000 Turks were taken prisoner when General Allenby's
forces occupied Damascus, the war office announced tonight.
Amsterdam, Oct. 2. The Turkish cabinet, according to a telegram
published by the Cologne Gazette, has decided "in all circumstances to
adhere to the alliance with the central powers."
SPANISH "FLU"
SPREADING FAST
OVERJOUNTRY
Malady Appears in 43 States
and Becomes Epidemic in
Localities Alona At
lantic Coast.
A
Washington, Oct. 2. While re
ports today to the office of the surgeon-general
of the army showed de
creases in the number of new cases
of Spanish influenza at army camps,
information coming to the public
health service was that the disease
was spreading rapidly among the
civilian population over the coun
ty The malady has appeared now in
43 states and the District of Colum
bia and besides New England it is
epidemic in Tidewater, Virginia,
South Carolina and other places. It
was reported particularly prevalent
along the Atlantic seaboard and the
ptilf coast. Vigorous steps to com
bat the disease have been taken by
the public health service.
The number of new cases in army
camps during the 24 hours ending
at noon today was slightly more
than 13,000, a decrease of 1,000 from
the total reported the day before.
Pneumonia in the camps also showed
a decrease with 876 new cases and
271 deaths.
100,000 Cases in Army Camps.
Influenza cases at all camps now
number more than 100,000, with
7,,645 cases of pneumonia reported
since the epidemic began and 2,148
deaths.
Sixteen camps today reported new
cases of influenza with the largest
number at Camp Meade, Md., 1.590.
Camp Custer, Mich., reported 1,040
new cases and Camps Pike, Ark.,
and Taylor, Ky., more than 1,000
each. Camps Lee, Va., and Grant,
111., had more than 500 new cases.
Conditions at Camp Devens,
Mass., continue to show improve
ment, only 92 cases being reported
there today. The crest of the epi
demic also appears to have been
passed at Camp Dix., N. J., which
showed only 314 new cases against
543 yesterday. There were 50
deaths at Dix and 29 at Devens.
Influenza has spread to shipyards
in New England and north Atlantic
states to such an extent that Director-General
Schwab of the emer
gency fleet corporation today de
scribed the situation as "serious."
In the yards at Fore River, Mass.,
he said there were about 3,000 cases,
or 10 per cent of the workers. At
the Hog Island yards approximate
ly 8 per cent of the 30,000 men
have been unable to report for work
this week on account of the disease.
Like conditions exist in other yards
in the two districts, Mr. Schwab
said, but the disease has not spread
to any great extent to shipyards in
the south Atlantic, gulf, great lakes
and Pacific coast districts.
vast Program of Ship
Building is Plan of Board
Washington, Oct. 2. Construc
tion of 454 vessels, of 1.000,000 dead
weight tons, is the additional pro
gram of the shipping board dis
closed today to the house ap
propriations committee by Chair
man Hurley in explaining his re
quest for additional authorizations
of $4S4,000,000 for the present fiscal
year.
The program contemplates the
building of 210 steel and 244 wooden
ships. Some of the larger vessels
would cost more than $1,000,000
each, but the average cost would be
amout that amount. The shipping
board's figures include requests for,
?34.660.000 for plant facilities, ma
rine railroads and dry docks.
Marries Woman He Is
Accused of Having Shot
Kansas City, Mo., Oct.. 2. Louis
B. Scliermerhorn of Des Moines,
charged with shooting Miss Ruth
Shoemaker, also of that city, while
the couple were staying at a local
hotel, married Miss Shoemaker here
this afternoon in the hospital where
she has been confined since she was
discovered wounded and paralyzed in
the hotel room. Schennerhorn is
out on bond on the criminal charge
and Miss Shoemaker had started
civil proceedings against him for
$100,000.
Liberty Motors Now
Being Shipped Daily
In Trainload Lots
Washington, Oct. 2. Liberty
motors now have reached quan
tity production and American
built airplanes are being shipped
in, trainload lots daily from the
factories for service overseas.
W. C. Potter, acting director of
the bureau of aircraft production,
made this announcement today
upon his n.urn to Washington
from sn Jr.s-cction cf factories
building planes and motors.
British Operating
Spitzbergen Mines
Owned by Germans
London, Oct. 2. Seizure by the
British expedition of German min
ing property and other development
plants in Spitzbergen, including
a big wireless installation, is re
ported by the Express, with the
intimation that the work of develop
ing immensely rich iron and coal
deposits is proceeding. The expedi
ion to Spitzbergen sailed a few
months ago under the protection
of the British navy. Sir Ernest
Shackleton was the commander, but
he was subsequently obliged to
leave to take up other duties.
His successor, F. W. S. Jones,
who returned to London yesterday,
gave an enthusiastic description of
the fast mineral wealth which has
lulerto been merely tapped to a
limited extent.
Mr. Jones says the expedition met
with considerable difficulties, in
cluding encounters with eight Ger
man submarines.
Americans Shout Bulgarian
News to Enemy Lines
American Headquarters in France
Oct. 2. (Reuter.) News of the
vulgarian armistice has been receiv
ed with rejoicing by the troops, who
shouted it across to the enemy lines,
where the lines were near enough.
The change in the weather to cold
and dry has made the roads again
available for traffic. The enemy op
position continues, hut there are in
dication that the fighting is of a
covering character and that he con
templates a withdrawal to a more
distant line of defense.
Greek People Enthusiastic
Over New Armies' Success
Paris, Oct. 2. The entente allies,
victories in Macedonia in which
Greek troops have taken a prom
inent part, are having a profound
effect on the population, dissipating
the idea that the success of Greek
arms in the Balkans was due to
Constantine, according'to an Athens
dispatch to the Havas agency.
The capitulation of Bulgaria has
destroyed the last traces of the old
sentiment and has aroused wide
spread enthusiasm toward the new
Greek armies around Venizelos.
350 Killed in Train Wreck;
50 of Dead Are Children
London, Oct. 2. Three hundred
and fifty persons have been killed,
it is feared, in a railway accident at
Malmo, Sweden, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenha
gen today. --Fifty children, who
were returning to Stockholm from
the country, are among the dead.
The railway line had been washed
out at this point after several days
of rain, and a large passenger train
carrying 1,000 passengers, ran into
the break. Several coaches were
smashed and caught fire.
Woman Suffrage Resolution
Will Pass, Says Shafroth
Washington, Oct. 2. Senator
Shafroth of Colorado predicted to
day that the national suffrage reso
lution, which was defeated in the
senate yesterday, would be finally
passed by the senate before con
gress ends March 4, next. Resolu
tions are to be introduced, he said,
in all state legislatures convening
next January, instructing their sen
ators to vote for the measure.
Allies Capture Bolshevik
Base in Northern Russia
London, Oct. 2. Very heavy cas
ualties were inflicted on the bol
shevik troops by the entente forces
when they captured Ukhtinskaya, in
northern European Russia, Septem
ber 20, according to an official state
ment issued today by the war office.
The town, which had been intended
as a base for bolshevik operations
in Karelia, had been fortified under
German supervision.
"Treat 'Em Rough," Motto
Of Training Course of
"t. S. Army Roughneck9'
Rockford, 111., Oct. 2. A post
graduate training school for Fort
Sheridan and Plattsburg gradu
ates, it was announced today by
Capt. A. S. Kubu, will be started
tomorrow at Camp Grant. .The
captain, who has the reputation of
turning out the hardest fighters
in the service and who thereby
has gained the soubriquet of "Na
tional Army Roughneck," said the
training schedule will include
every phase of hand-to-hand and
bayonet fighting and physical de
velopment, with "Treat 'Em
Rough" as the motto. The ne.w
est feature in the Kubu training
course is instruction in jiu jitsu,
and the instructor, some of his
pupils say, specializes in meeting
the cold steel of an unsheathed
sword with his bare hands. He
has a standing challenge a the
result of h!s "Treat 'Em Rough"
method of training.
Sugar Beet Crop is
378,621 Tons Greater
Than That of 1917
New York, Oct. 2. The sugar
beet crop of the United States for
this year shows an estimated in
crease of 378,621 tons over that of
1917, but the general condition of
the crop on August 1 was below
that of the 10-year average, the
Federal Food board announced here
todav.
The estimate for 1918 is 6,359.000
tons, compared with 5,980,379 last
year. The crop condition as given
by the board's statement was 886
whereas the 10-year average is 91.
Edwin Arden, Actor
And Playwright, Dead
New York, Oct. 2. Edwin Hun
ter Pendleton Arden, best known as
an actor and playwright but at var
ious times a cowboy, clerk, politi
cian, newspaper man, theatrical
manager, miner and brakeman,
died of heart disease here today after
reheasing for a new play.
"The Eagle's Nest," "Barred Out,"
and "Raglan's Way," were among
the most successful plays which he
wrote.
Eastman Admits at Trial
Having Opposed Draft Plan
New York, Oct. 2. Max Fastman,
editor-in-chief of the Masses, who is
on trial with several associates on
charges of conspiring to hamper the
nation's war preparations, admitted
in federal court here today that he
had opposed conscription and had
written articles to which the govern
ment objected.
Twin Cities Halt
Labor; Tribute to
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 2. State,
municipal, civic and industrial ac
tivities in St. Paul and Minne
apolis were halted today when the
body of Archbishop John Ireland
of the Roman Catholic diocese of
St. Paul was borne to a grave in
Calvary cemetery. The ceremony
in the archdiocese cathedral this
forenoon and the funeral proces
sion at noon were considered sol
emnly impressive. Hundreds of
military men attended the ponti
fical high mass.
The mass was said by Bishop
Thomas O'Gorman of Sioux Falls,
S. D., a lifelong friend and co
worker of Archbishop Ireland.
Nearly 1,000 Catholic cle?sy
men, including archbishops, bish
ops and newly ordained priests,
participated in the ceremony.
More than 75,000 persons from
every station in life escorted the
body to a small green plot in Cal
vary cemetery, where tne arcn
bishop, in response to his dying
request, was buried among his
friends.
MILITARY GIVEN
COMMAND OVER
RAWJATERiAL
Plan of Centralized Control of
All Economic Forces Ap
proved by the Allied
Governments.
Washington, Oct. 2. The long
planned centralized control of all
the economic forces of the nations
fighting Germany is a fact at last.
It applies the principles of the uni
fied military command to raw ma-
terials, manufactured products, ship
ping, unance, iooa ana tne export
and import relations of the United
States and the co-belligerents.
The great plan was worked out
by President Wilson's so-called war
cabinet and the allied missions. It
has been approved by the president
and the premiers of the entente na
tions. No announcement of its consum
mation has been made here, in fact
it has rather been withheld from
publicity. Some of its details and
the fact it actually is in operation
have become known through devel
opments in Paris and London.
Co-ordination of effort by the
associated governments in addition
to military and naval activity,
amounting to centralized control, is
built around the five irjter-allied
councils war, shipping, munitions,
food and finance. Under these spe
cial bodies completion of a com
mon economic and industrial pro
gram is now being undertaken,
principally in London and Faris and
limited to the following cases:
Where two or more governments
are interested in supplies which
must be transported overseas to
supplement deficiencies in local pro
duction; or where several sources of
supplies should be agreed upon, to
gether with the allotment and
method of their distribution or util
ization; or where there might with
out agreement be competition be
tween governments in procuring
supplies.
The entire plan contemplates the
cutting of red tape, elimination of
controversies between the allies in
their fight against the central pow
ers and welding the resources of the
allies into a common pool and to
provide the machinery to handle all
problems that are intricate, volu
minous, or in need of continuous
attention.
Allies Recognize Arabs
As Belligerent Auxiliaries
London, Oct. 2. The allied gov
ernments have decided formally to
recognize the belligerent status of
the Arab forces fighting as auxil
aries with the allies against the '
common enemy in Palestine and Syria.
Flying Field Commander
Killed in Auto Accident
Mineola. N. Y., Oct. 2. Maj.
Whitten J. East, commander of
Mitchell field, an army training
ground for aviators at Garden City,
was instantly killed today, when Iris
automobile overturned with him
while he was on his way to the
field.
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Hurry, Mother! Remove poi
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No matter what ails your child,
a gentle, thorough laxative should
always be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out-of-sorts,
half sick, isn't resting, eating and
acting naturally look, Mother! see
if tongue is coated. This is a sure
sign that the little stomach, liver
and bowels ar clogged with waste.
When cross, irritable, feverish,
stomach sour, breath bad or has
stomach ache, diarrhoea, sore
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sour bile gently moves out of the
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Mothers can rest easy after giv
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little one's liver and bowels and
sweeten the stomach and they dear
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each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fisr syrups.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
"California Syrup of Figs;" then
see that it is made by the "Califor
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