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4. aL-v ! S.'3- JHfet .SmuWi 10 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER E, Pennsylvania Made 'Bone Dry' to Combat Spread of Influenza l'hiladelpliia. Oct. 4. As one of !!ie dratic measures to combat the r;read of influenza ia Pennsylvania, i tie greater part of the state tonight was "bone dry." All places where liquors are sold, even private clubs, l ave been prohibited from dispens ing intoxicants until further notice. In addition all amusement places have been closed and public gather iags, even outdoor liberty loan meetings , were suspended. There were 788 new cases re ported today and 11 deaths. . Objector's Sentence Reduced. Washington, Oct. 4. Death sentence imposed by a military court-martial upon Sander Maki, a recruit with the 16.M depot brigade. Gasoline Substitute Tested. New York, Oct. 4. "A substitute for gasoline" invented by Henry T. Caulett of Treaton, N, J., was test ed here today at the Automobile Club of America and will be given a road test within a few days. It was said that today's test showed the substitute developed "a rela tively higher horsepower than gaso line." Caulett said he could producej the substitute tor per cent less than the cost of gasoline. SbcSbtSbdS g I rS 8 2 Wh en i oil miv Home f urn ish ings From 9 Hartm an s The Name is Your Guarantee of Quality and Service And Our Prices Are so Low as to ' Make Every Item We Offer a Genuine Bargain Spesi:. Easy tathly Payments Gladly Arranged on Every Piird&se, If Ossired Comfortable ROCKER A CARKFUI,I.Y CONSTRUCTIOD HOOKER Iniitatinn mahotrany finish, highly polished or quarter sawed oak. Full saddl? neat, nr tistic paneled back. A very com fortable and splendidly designed rocker; specially priced SSXSSs Guaranteed for h I iU'if"j 1 mmr i kt-Li i ,. mm l $7.75 The Improved Columbia Sewing Machine It Is no longer necessary to buy a sewing machine with ugly iron less, when you can obtain a superbly beautiful eew Inj; machine ct such a low price. Machine illustrated made of full quarter sawed oak. riehly finished in folden. It is absolutely guaranteed, rind will do any scwIiik ou may have on hand, easily and quietly. uquippen wnn hii attacn mnits. supplies and an in. struetlon book. Trice only $37.50 New Design DRESSER splendid designed DRKSS Ell with full swell front, four roomy drawers, fitted with good knobs. Imitation quartered oak, finished poldcn. Artistic oval shaped mirror. An exceptional value, at rONVENl ENTLY ARRANT. E D KITCHEN CAJUNET HASH, built of solid oak. "Fifty-pound tilting flour bin, sliding nickel top. handy utensil drawer, roomy hand compartment. Specially priced for Satur day, and only $11.87 ARTISTICALLY DESIGNED CO LONIAL FOUR-POSTER BED Care fully built of selected 'wood. i'nur choice antique mahogany or Ameri can walnut. A very pleasing and new bed quoted for Satur day's selling, at $27.75 SANITAHY AUTOMATIC DROP SIDE CRIB Built with square posts very closely set together, elegantly finished in white enamel. It is cheerful for both child and mother when the little ones sleep In crib like this. Our price only, $10.98 j "CAPITAL" REGENT STEEL RANGE Has large 20-Inch oven. 6-hole top, roomy warming oven, with conveniently arranged shelf as pictured in illustration. Built of heavy material. A guaranteed Daker. ttutirdaya selling price. only, $32.50 i in i i ?at COLONIAL TYPE BUFFET Splendidly designed, put up staunchly to last and give serv ice, built of solid oak. finished fumed or golden, has French Bevel plate mirror set In heavy frame. Indeed a, money-saving value at tomor- (ho 4 r ItTl !?'. ?.".'??. . . .$2 1 .50 You Pay Nothing DOWN ON THIS Columbia Grafonola We will deliver this splendid Co lumbia Grafonola to any purchaser of four Columbia records. The terms will be conveniently arranged at 60c a week, which is surely a very small amount. 'ou can choose any four numbers you wish from our large selection of Columbia records, which really means eight selections, Includ ing beautiful opera numbers, popular songs or the latest dance music. LATEST MODEL COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA Think of the pleasure and happi ness this Grafonola will bring to your home. Always an evening's entertain ment bringing you all the popular song hits while they are still new, lust the thing for dancing par ties. Come in tomorrow and see or hear for yourself. You are welcome to play any record on any Grafonola as often as you wish. We have only a limited supply of Grafonolas that we can sell under these unusually fa vorable terms. OAK HEATERS Well made and of good dimensions. Stoves that will pay for themselves by fuel saving in a short time. Many attractive designs. We have them priced from J4O.O0,, ac cording to size, and as low as $10.98 STRONGLY BUILT FOLDING CRD TABLE Has 30x30-inch square top. and covered with imitntinn leather. Ma hogany finished frames, strongly braced, easny lmuru. Specially priced, at $2.95 Telephone Table ardChdr OJy $5.99 This handy telepheme desk and chair is built of solid oak or imitation ma hogany, table fitted with compart ment for book. Chair strongly braced. Exactly as Illustrated. Price for Saturday as quoted above. STEPL ADDER STOOI An Indis pensable piece of furniture for the home. A stool and ladder combined, fofds automatically a pictured in inset. Heavy steel braces, and our special price - 89c 413,15.17 South lfilh SkcfiLl WHITE ENAMEL BATHROOM STOOL Strongly made and securely braced. Finished with five coats of baked-on enamel; no home 'should be without this handy stool, only $1.29 $18.35 9 top, extending to ljg g j SPANISH "FLU" DATES BACK TO BEFORE. CHRIST Disease Not New. Having Been Prevalent During Days When Hippocrates Was on Earth. Medical experience, has proven the best preventative method of dealing with Spanish influenza is isolation. It is a disease that is communi cated from one person to another by personal contact. The life of Ithc baccillus outside of the body is very short. Persons are "carriers" of the dis ease. Those who have it can con taminate others when they sneeze, especially in a street car, in a room or other enclosed place where there is not a free circulation of air. It is the old "la grippe," so named because it comes with the sudden ness of a grip. One can be walking along the street, in apparent good health and can be suddenly seized with all of the symptoms and in side of half an hour be very sick. Because it is pandemic, flourish ing in its spread by contact in crowds, the best manner of preven tion is the quarantine and the isola tion of individuals. This is a good time for mothers, sweethearts, rela tives and others to refrain from kissing those who are dear to them. The use of common drinking cups and of dishes and other utensils in restaurants and ajl other places is dangerous at this time. Spanish influenza, public service scientists believe, is very similar, if not identical to the epidemic of grippe which syept the country in 1889-90. Very likely the infection, resur rected in Europe, and after sweeping the war torn countries now has appeared in the United States, has a very ancient history, taking it back to the days of Hip pocrates and Livius more than 400! years before Christ. The best means of treatment of the influenza cases were communi cated to the country a few days ago by burgeon General Blue through the Associated Press. Now Gen eral Blue has issued a leaflet which tells something about the strange malady. Brought from Europe. "It seems probable that in 1918, as in 1889-90, the earliest appearance was in eastern Europe," it says. "By April cases were occurring on the. western front. In Spain, according to reports, 30 per cent of the popu lation were attacked in May. The 1889 epidemic, starting in northern Europe, also fell heavily on Spain; the present ruler, then 3 years old, being one of the first attacked in Madrid. The king of Spain is said also to have been attacked in the present epidemic. The epedemic of 1918 was at it's height, in Germany in June and July. It has appeared in practically every ' section of Europe. In England the epidemic prevailed in May, June and July. "Outbreaks have been teported from various sections of the United States, but the spread has been by no means so rapid as in 188.9 when the disease occurred in America al most simultaneously with its appear ance in western Europe. Some of Symptoms. "The symptoms in the present pandemic have been an acute on set, often very sudden, with bodily weakness and pains in the head, eyes, back, and elsewhere in the body. Vomiting may be a symp tom of onset and dizziness if fre quent. Chilly sensations are usual, and the temperature is from 100 to 104 degrees, the pulse remaining comparatively low. Sweating is not infrequent. The appetite is lost, and prostration is marked. Consti pation is the rule. Drowsiness and photophobia are comon. The fever usually lasts from three to five days; but relapses are not uncom mon, and complications, particularly pulmonary, are to be feared. The death rate is usually given as ex tremely low; but in the latter pe riods of an outbreak an increased number ot deaths, presumably due to complications, has been reported in Spain and in the United States. Besides bronchitis and pneumonia, inflammation of the middle ear and cardiac weakness may follow the disease. "The short course of the fever (always less than seven days) in uncomplicated influenza is an aid in diagnosis. All ages are attacked, young active adults being especial ly susceptible. In Germany there has been such a preponderance of cases among the , young that it is supposed that the 1889 epidemic conferred an immunity on most of those at present over 30 years of ago. This has not been observed elsewhere." Closing of Theaters By "Flu" Quarantine Entails Heavy Loss Theatrical managers in Omaha are very much depressed over the closing of the theaters on account of ii'ie Spanish influenza and are un atie to estimate their financial loss. E. L. Johnson of the Gaycty said that he could not estimate his loss. Unlike the other theaters, the new bill opens on Satuiday al't'.rnoo.t and the advertising has already been piaced. This adverting will b? a iots.1 loss if the .-how does not open. Joy butphen of the Branded c.-t;-mates his loss on "Marry in Hx,e" at $2,500 to the hous.- and $2A!C to Fiske O'Hara, the star of the pro duction. "Hearts of the World." ! .,.h;,.h !. . . . 1 1 1 ' -,l ' ine next production, ne claims, w;;i oe a heavy loss unless the qnaran 'ine is removed by Sunday night. The loss at the Orpheum was very large. "The house is shut indefinite ly," said Manager Byrne, "which means a loss that cannot even b? estimated because of the length of time that it will take to build up the patronage again. It must be a very serious epidemic indeed to cause uch drastic measures to be taken cn .'uch short notice. PHILADELPHIA CLOSED FOR SPANISH "FLU" Most Drastic Order Ever Is sued in City Put Into Effect; Disease is Spreading Rapidly. Philadelphia, Oct. 4. The most sweeping closing order issued by the Philadelphia board of health in niutiy yearti was decided upon today in an effort to check the epidemic of Spanish influiMiza and pneumonia s growing more serious here each day. All schools, churches, Sunday Order Caskets of "Flu" Victims Sealed at Funeral Orders were given by City Health Commissioner Manning that the casket containing the body of Rev. S. de Freese. who died Thursday of Spanish influenza, be sealed at the house and remain sealed. This order applies to all cases where death has resulted from Spanish in fluenza, except in the case of a private funeral. Funeral services for Rev. Mr. de Freese will be held in St. Mark's church Saturday aft ernoon at 1 :30 o'clock. Death Rate in Omaha Next to Lowest in United States According to figures compiled by the bureau of publicity Omaha, with but one exception, was the health iest city in the United States last week. The leading cities in this respect and their death rate per 100, 000 people, were: Spokane, 6.3; Omaha, 7.9; Port land, 7.9; St.-Taul, 8.1; Seattle, 9.4. Butler Thinks He Has "Flu" City Commissioner Butler, who returned to his work a few days ago after an illness of 10 days, stated at city council meeting Fri day morning that he was convinced he was a victim of Spanish "flu." "I had all of the symptoms as de scribed by the health commission er" said ilr. Butler, Doctors Advise That All Indoor Meetings Be Stopped for Time At a meeting of the council of the Douglas County Medical soicety with Police Commissioner Ringer and Health Commissioner Manning, it was the sence of the meeting that it was advisable for the health de partment to close all moving pic ture shows, theaters, dance halls, schools, churches, lodges and other indoor gatherings, Large open air public gatherings were also decided against. They advised that the order re main in effect until rescinded by the health department. Commissioner Manley of the Chamber of Commerce requested that the recommendation be modi fied if the situation was not too grave, as a quarantine on the city would prove disastrous to the busi ness interests. He said the business men would comply with any order. Xo action was taken on his request. I he members of the council at the meeting were: Drs. A. K. Tyler, J. H. Vance, B. W. Christie, R. W. Bliss, C. H. Waters and W. Wherry. New York to Grapple With Problem Brought by Spread of Influenza Xew York, Oct. 4. With. Spanish influenza and pneumonia gaining headway here, the health authori ties today took steps looking to ward a readjustment of the citv's business and industrial life until the ci'mciiiic lids duaicu. ur. Koyal i. Lopeland, health commissioner, invited employers to a conference to discuss plans for arranging business hours so as to prevent the massing of 'great num bers of people all intent upon ar riving at their respective working places at the same hour in public conveyances. There were 1.605 new cases of influenza and 188 new cases of pneumonia reported during the 24 hours ending at 10 a. m'. today, an increase of 668 for both diseases, as compared with the previous day. Deaths numbered 126, an increase of 11. schools, theaters and public gath erings of all kinds were ordered closed for an indefinite period. The drastic action is due in part to an effort to prevent any serious curtailment of production of war materials, I'liiladelpnia and its en virons constituting one of the great est war industry centers in the world. The order also applies to all in door liberty loan meetings and it may have a serious effect on the city's plans to till its quota. There were 636 new cases v-f in fluenza reported today, and the health department expects a big jump in figures tomorrow as orders were sent out to physicians to re port all cases. It is estimated that there are more than 20,000 cases of influenza in the city. The number of deaths reported t day was 139. Abandon Indoor Liberty Loan Meetings to Stop Flu Quarantine restrictions will put a stop to the holding of in-door Lib erty loan meetings. Chairman O. T. Eastman of the Omaha committee has stated that all contemplated in-door meetings will be abandoned during the time the quarantine is in effect, but he believes, notwithstanding this han dicap, Omaha will go over the top in approved style. "Flu" Raging in Persia. Washington, Ort. 4. Word reached the state department today that an epidemic of Spanish influ enza is raging in Teheran, Persia. Miss Ruth Latenser Dies in Philadelphia of Spanish Influenza One of the latest victims of the deadly Spanish influenp is Miss Ruth Latenser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Latenser, 3217 Poppleton avenue, who died Thursday in Phila delphia, Pa. Miss Latenser was vis iting her sister, Mrs. John O. Yei ser, and a brother, Frank Latenser, was at the Yeiser home at the time of her death. Mrs. Latenser left for the east Wednesday evening but did not arrive until after her daugh ter's death. Miss Latenser was very promin ent in social circles. She attended the Sacred Heart Convent in Oma ha and also the Xational Park Sem inary in Washington, D. C. Miss Latenser was engaged in Settlement work in the east for some time and upon her return to Omaha she be came society editor of the News, which position she held for several months. colds that devolop into Pneumonia You are safe when you take Father John's Medicine for your cold and to build new flesh and strength, because it is free from morphine, chloro form, codeine, heroin, 01 other dangerous drugs. Take it Today. D6wn Four Planes. Havre, Thursday, Oct. 3. In aesial fighting on the Flanders front today British aviators de stroyed four German machines, the Belgian war office announced tonight. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets Get at the Cause and Remove It Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the sub stitute for calomel, act gently on the bowels and positively do the work. People afflicted with bad breath find quick relief through Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar-coated tablets are taken for bad breath by all who know them. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently but firmly on the bowels and liver, stimulating them to natural action, clearing the blood and gently purifying the entire system. They do that which dangerous calomel does without any of the bad after effects. All the benefits of nasty, sickening, griping cathartics are derives from Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets without griping, pain or any disagreeable effects. Dr. j. M Edwards discovered th formula after seventeen years of prac tice among patients afflicted with bowel and liver complaint, with tha attendant bad breath. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are pure ly a vegetable compound mixed with olive oik you will know them by their alive color. Take one or two every night for a week and note the effect. 10c aad 25c per box. All druggist - CUTICURA HEALS SKIN TROUBLE On Face and Hands. Itched and Blisters Caused Disfigurement. "One morning I got up and my face and hands began to itch. Then they were broken out in blisters. The blisters itched, and wherever I scratched it left sore eruptions and caused disfigurement. I lost a lot of sleep, and I could not do my regular work. , "I saw an advertisement for Cuticura Soap and I sent for a free sample and bought more, and I used two cakes of Soap with three boxes of Ointment when I was healed." (Signed) Carl A. Zang, 393 Kenwood St., Kansas City, Mo.. March 25, 1918. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are ideal for every-day toilet uses. Mm, hi -9 p.l Ointment. utpl. Eeh Fn. bf Mill. Arfdren post-wri: Cntlcor.. DMt. H, Boit.il. Soap 26c. Ointment 26 and Sue. Sold everywhere. Talcum Zte DISCARD your old carbon lamps they waste coal and current use instead Mazda lamps in their places. 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