THE BEE t OMAHA-, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1918; SPANISH "FLU" NOW EPIDEMIC i IN NEBRASKA- ' DiiKIia Unolth Cftrwlflfl Is It!. i uunv iigaiui ociiibc i? r recting Fight Against Dis ease in 30 States .Out-, side New England. 1 Washington, Oct. 17. The public health service now is actively direct ing the fight against Spaniti influen- In If! ctite In of A i H"ti trt ir Vi ; bf Columbia. Particular attention s being given to providing nurses and., supplying physicians for -those 'J, communities where the doctors are onabli' td meet all calls made nthem. The epidemic! continues to spread in many sections. In a 'few states, the number of new cases is showing decreases. New cases of influenza in all camps during the 24 hour period up to that time totaled 4.454 as against 5,668 the day before. Pneumonia cases 'decreased from 1,895 to 1,800 and deaths were 648, a decrease from yesterday's total. n, Reports on the influenza situation received by the public health service today showed that the disease had reached epidemic proportions in Ne braska and was spreading in Cali fornia, New York, Missouri. Ken tucky, Iowa, Illinois, North Da kota, Ohio, Washington and Wis consin. Conditions were described is satisfactory in Oregon, Minne iota, West Virginia and Tennessee. To provide additional funds for Ighting the epidemic Senator Lewis if Illinois today introduced a bill n the senate to appropriate $10,000, K)0 in addition, to the $1,000,000 al ready, provided by congress. The noney will be expended through the lealth departments of states nd nunicipalities. i i i, l "N 3anker Kahn Advises Americans of German Origin to Buy Bonds New York, Oct. 16.-Oto H. Kahn, financier, in an' appeal today "to Americans of German, descent" in which he referred to the large percentage of German names in the 'American army's casualty, lists, im- portuned them to "strain very nerve to equal or outdo our fellow . r l - . u i, i i guizcns oi native uirm in suoscriu; ing for the-fourth Liberty loan. After bitterly assailing kaiserism for dishonoring ill children of the fatherland,. Mr. Kahn declared! . "Professions of loyalty are emp 'y. By our acts we shall be judged. Let eaclv American of German de scent say to himself that his sub scription to the liberty loan is and will be considered a test and a proof of his wholehearted allegiance "to America." i Grand Duke Nicholas ' Condemned to Death " ? by ? Russian Soviet ; '. Paris, Qcf. 17. A Russian wire less message in English, dated Tsar. koe Seto, 8:25 p: m'.,October 13. received here, reports the following information as having been received from Ekaterinburg: ' - "According to the official declara--tions of the soviet chiefs, Nicholas Romanoff has been, tried andeon lemned to death. , He will be shot -luring the night of the 16th." : The Nicholas Romanoff referred 'o is. supposed, to. be . Grand , Puke , Nicholas, . former . commander-in-chief of the Russian army. -Latest reports "on Grand '.Duke Nicholas said he was living -in' the Crimea. - 1 .V .... Military Observers See No Signs of German Collapse By Associated Press. London, Oct. 17. If the war is brought to a quick conclusion it will be through political jnd moral fac tors, and not military, it is believed here. The German position on the western front is not considered perilous, altl.otfgh at certain points the ever-changing front may render some small positions dangerous at times. This view, which has been held by many experts for some time, has been strengthened by the German retreat to the Hunding. line, which is considered one ofithe most suc cessful retreats of the war from the enemy viewpoint. . With the Amer icans and French pushing hard on this front, the Germans doubtless were' forced to retreat faster than they liad planned, but they lost com paratively few prisoners and guns for such a large. operation. The view that the startling trans formation of the whole military sit uation in the past few weeks has brought the German arms face to face with disaster was stated to be unjustified inpoint of fact.. t It is not expected the enemy will be able to hold Vie Hunding line long. This line runs from south of St. Quentin along nhe Serre to where the river turns abruptly southward, thence across country to the Aisne and alons-the north bank of the Aisne to the Argonne. The dent the allies are making in the line south of the Sensee makes his line untenable. . In this connection it is pointed out that the Germans are fighting well immediately south of the Sen see, for the dual purpose of holding up as long as possible the allied ad vance toward the important city of Valencennies and to keep the al lies fron further driving in a salient that -would make the Hunding line impossible for. the enemy. In demonstrating these facts mili tary experts are one in the opinion that the Germans no longer will be able to withstand the onslaught with their weakened divisions, tired troops and scanty reserves, but to trained observers no signs exist of a German collapse, nor is there evi dence on which to base the hope of the capture of any huge force of the enemy. War Risk Insurance v Bureau Qiucised m ,1 Discussion in House .if- ' " Washington, Oct. , 17. Criticism of the war rf?k insurance bureau to lay delayed action by the house on the $6,000,000,000 military deficiency bill, including $7,000jfX)0 " for" clerk ."hire and $70,000,000 for additional family allowances for the bureau, which were approved. ' ' . Representative Madden of-Ilihois, republican, denounced the bureau as "outrageously inefficient" in admin istration, and said it was "filled with idlers." Representative Treadway of Massachusetts, republican, de fended the bureau for accomplishing "-a great lume of work in, a shqrt time. .- . father and Daughter Die, Mother .Is Critically III Walter R." Pa'rkhursV aged "35 vears,-died at, Sioux City Tuesday of influenza. Funeral was to be in Omaha Thursday, but was post poned on the news pi the Heath of his daughter Elsie, aged 8. who died iof the same disease. -. Her body will be brought to Omaha, where a dou- . ble funeral will be held at the Lar kin undertaking establishment Mr. -.Parkhurst is survived by four brothers and four sisters, and his mother, -Mrs. Adeline Parkhurst. all living on the south side, .and . his wife, who is seriously ill with the influenza in Sioux City, and unable ;to come to -Omaha. ' ' Nebraska Loan Total ; lnmn AI GfYl ARO -. Kansas City, Mo., Oct 17. Total subscriptions, to the fourth Liberty loan in the tenth . federal reserve, district jumped more than$20,0OO, 000 today, one of the largest itt increases of the campaign. Official "igures still are far behind the un official claims from many communi ties. Today's totals by states vere: ' Colorado-$2261.900; -Kansas $36. 63.400; Missouri 419 counties) $19. ..72,350; Nebraska $40,600,050; New " Mexico (JO counties) $1,050,700; Ok i, lahoma (all' but eight counties $22, $94,950; Wyoming ;$5.3O3,05O. Un- "alloted $4$7W0Q. "r ' -v il- "i . . "V -' ;.- A ripM-tfv -diet m fttflaena HoH&k'f HdUi HUk. v7 alastU)U.rA4v, KAHN SAYS WAR IS NOT YET OVER; RUMORS FALSE '. (CoatlntMd From P(f One.) all the talk about it being necessa ry to elect a democratic congress in order that the president might bet ter carry on the war to a successful termination was a huge play to the galleries. in hopes, to gain votes. "The record of the war as it ap olies to congressional action," said he, "taken from the Congressional, Record, which in a court of law would be considered the best evi dence, shows that republicans have stood by the president much more than the democrats. In fact had the president been compelled to look to his own party in congress to car ry on the war he would have failed and failed miserably." , In the military committee of the house," of which Congressman Dent of Alabama, a democrat, is the chairman and Congressman Kahn the ranking member, when the mat ter of preparing for the war came up nearly every democrat was op posed to the president's conscrip tion plan. It was only after a speech by Congressman Kahn favoring the plan in which he went into the sit uation in his own convincing way, that the committee finally came across and then it was the almost unanimous support of the republi cans on the committee that was re sponsible for the plans of the president-, winning. When the matter first, esinve up, only, three democrats were with the president- 'The, .volunteer plan has never been "a success in any war" said Mr. Kahn.; ;"Even as late as the Spanish-American war, the. effort to raise by volunteers the required 200,000, resulted . only in obtaining 167,000 men. Tie conscription, plan has proven a specess and the wis dom of the president, secretary of war, chief of staff ihd other army officers in advocating it, is- fully proved.' .. . .;, ."Speakef Champ Clark, who two months ago sounded-the keynote speech of the democratic campaign, If ft his nkci as sneaker at the time the conscription bill was before Ine1 J house, came down on trje iloor ana addressing jthe house. said: 'Down in my part of .the country the words conscript and convict tre synonym ous.' I wonder how the mothers and fathers who have boys over in the trenchet in France like the democratic view of conscription." Mr. Kahn was asked how Con gressman Reavis . stood, in Wash ington and if he had heard the speech made by the Firs district member which brought out so much, favorable comment a few weeks ago. Mr. Kahn said Uat the name of Reavis was on every tongue after he made the talk. "A district that has a representa tive like C. F. Reavis can well af ford to keep him," said the Cali fornia statesman. "It takes long service in congress to reach a place such as Reavis has reached in the short time he has been in Wash ingYon and it would be a great mis take for this district and for this state not to send him back. He has a great future before him and Ne braska voters should do a whole lot of thinking before they consider for a moment the turning down of Reavis for a new man." - i Statewide Closing Order ; For Iowa Put In Force Des Moines, la., Oct. 17. Because of the prevalence of Spanish influ enza, the State Board of Health late today issued an order closing all schools, theater moving pic ture houses,1 churches; and other public meetirtg places fn Iowa ef fecUvt tomorrow 'Tintil further no tice (-,;.: "Everything that brings people together in numbers, including pub lic funerals, must be closed," the order says,' and while "travel is not to be abandoned, people must use reason in such matters." The" order is to continue in ef fect "until such a time as it shall be deemed advisable to release" it and local health boards are instructed to enforce it More than 17,500 influenza cases have been reported to date. to ,the state board and while reports on fa talities are incomplete, the death rate has been low, it was said. : , . I, i. farewell Bombardment. ( PariSyQct 17. Two, Americans were killed, one man was wounded and material damage was paused in the German bombardment of Dun kirk yesterday with a long range gun. ' A' semi-official note issued here today say; , ' - I I HI 'ill III I II , . Eea7 Hardware Stolen. . J . C Mardis & VCo.. "1750 Brandeis Theater building, has-reported to the police the theft of $700 worth of T steel clarps, ropes, pulleys and other hardware from their warehouse vat Eighth and Douglal strjetsT ' .1 GERMANS FLEE INTO ANTWERP (Contloutd From Page One.) a Belgian official statement given out here tonight. "Belgian forces have entered Os tend and reached the line of Ouden burg Zeedelghem RUddervoorde,' the statement says. "Our cavalry has reached the out skirts of Bruges. We hae shelled the enemy retreating towards Eec loo. 1 The French have captured Wynghene and reached the outskirts of Thielt. "The Belgians have reached the confluence of the canal La Mandel and the Lys and have lined the riv er as far as Hirlebeke. where tbey joitied the British. Liberated Bel gians received the allies with inde scribable enthusiasm." - Patrols Enter Bruges. With the Allied Armies in Bel gium, Oct. 17. Belgian patrols have entered Bruges and cavalry is op erating on both sides. Belgian guns are now firing from south of the city. The enemy has been driven back rapidly everywhere today and the entire front from the sea southward is in motion. The British have en tered Lille. The Germans have fled precipitately from Ostend and that section of the Belgian coast. Brit ish naval forces have landed at Os tend, while a number of Belgian avi ators landed in the center of the city amid the cheers of the inhabit ants. ' Meanwhile .the Belgian infantry and French Icavalry sweeping up toward the coast at last reports wert rapidly, nearing the city and prob able will be in it before daylight. Ostend is reported entirely free now of Germans, those left in the city as rear guards having been account ed for. Evacuating" Lille Salient. I The Germans seem to be in full flight everywhere, especially from Belgium, for the gap through which they must escape between the ad vancing allied troops and the fron tier of Holland is constantly being narrowed, and unless the enemy moves rapidly large numbers may be caught. .'The entire Lille salient, it seems, is being evacuated by the hard pressed Huns. Even south of here they have had no rest. From Le Cateau southward the British, assisted by American units, attacked this morning and by night were well on the other side of the Selle river, striking toward the Oise canal. At one place they were less than ",000 yards from its bank. The fighting 'today has been hard everywhere along the line. Strong and determined rear "guards were encountered. These were especially' active north of LeCateau. Valenciennes Line Turn d 'Little wire was encountered for the enemy had not had time to lay more than a few strands. Capture of points nearly a mile on the other side of the river means that the Le Cateau Valencienne line has been turned. The Germans are unable to send reinforcements here in any number for they are handicapped by the same considerations that pre vent them from sending help to the tattered divisions which have been fighting in Flanders. Thousands of civilians have been released. How many pris oners and KEY TO ENEMY LINES GAINED PY AMERICANS Pershing Obtains Control of Defenses Northwest of Verdun by Capture ofx - Cote Cotillon. v By Associated Press. With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct. 17.-ln com plete control of the Cote Chatillon, the Americans now hoW the key to the great stretches to the north and northeast. . The hill is, in fact, the final of three keys, all of which have been stoutly defended. 'j The first was Mammelfe trench outside of Romage, 1 which, when won, gave access to the equally vi tal Dame Marie, and that position in turn gave access to Chatillon. From ths latter position the great mass of German defensive positions to the northwest can also be con trolled and the line can be .exploit ed further without organized attack, because each position is on a slop ing hill that can be swept with an enfilading fire guns have been captured ' is un known, but the number of prisoners cannot be large, for the Germans have4been going so fast that they have not had time to remove their heavy pieces. t British Enter Douai. London, Oct. 17. British troops entered the town of Douai today after overcoming the enemy's re sistance on the line of the Haute Deule canal, according to the offi cial statement from the war office tonight. The fifth British army en circled and captured Lille, the state ment adds. British and American troops at tacked on a front of nine miles northeast of .Bohain, where heavy fighting has taken place all day. The British carried the line of the Scl'e river on the whole front south of Le Cateau, establishing them selves on the railway beyond the town. Seven German divisions were hurled back after determined count er attacks and 3,000 prisoners cap tured. Black Day for German Arms. British Headquarters in France, Oct. 17. This' was a black day for the German arms. While from Lille to the sea, a wonderful hsffvest of brilliant successes was being' gar nered, the British Ifourth army struck hard on the Le Cateau-Bo-hain front southeast of (jfambrai, where the enemy was trying to ef fect his main retreat. Heavy fight ing resulted, but the progress of Field Marshal Haig was satisfac tory. The British tonight were re ported to be 600 yards east of In olann and also east of St. Benin. The heaviest resistance was 'encoun tered at Le Cateau. Up to noon 1, 800 prisoners from six different di visions had been captured. In Flanders the ailied troops are marching along the Bruges-Thour-out road and are within five miles of Bruges. At last reports they were meeting with only slight ma chine gun opposition. It - is reported that British out posts tonight are east of Lille. French Make NotableGain, Paris, Oct. 7. French troops co operating with the Anglo-Belgian forces in Flanders captured Pitthem, Moulebeke and Winghem in'spite of strong resistance, according to the French official statement tonight. Notable gains . were also made in the Oise region With the capture of Petit Verly and Marchavenne. On the left bank of the Oise the French took Mont Origny. Twelve hundred prisoners already have beea count ed. i Kensington Club Meeting Postponed Because of Flu The date bf the meeting of the Kensington club of Vesta chapter, which was postponed at the last meeting from the second Thursday in the month to the third Friday, so as not to conflict with the Red Cross meeting at the Temple, will not be held this Friday on account of the influenza epidemic. Exend Chadron Quarantine. Chadron, Neb., -Oct. 17. Special) The Chadron quarantine has been extended until October 27 as the number of influenza cases is on the increase. Margaret, six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Smith, Mrs. Likens, formerly Miss Mary Fox, and Chase Moorman nave died so far from the disease. are J l I '.' a better J I guide than. J i anybody's J Wm "say-so" A II CENTRAL ALLIES CHANGING TO DEMOCRACIES (Condoned From Pe One.) sion is irresistible and that the whole program of constitutional reform now under way is the result of an agreement between the three allies to meet one of the president's con ditions for a cessation of hostili ties. Huns Stop Looting. Baron' Burian's statement that Germany will be in a position to accept the president's demands ap pears to be borne out in a measure by reports from the battle front in Belgium and northern France that the Germans are not' looting anu destroying private property as here tofore.x If this is foKowed by the abandonment of submarine attacks on- merchant shipping, officials feel that the principal obstacle in the wayvof an adjustment will be found only in the arrangement of an arm istice. . There is no doiibt that the Ger mans will make a desperate effort to resist the announced purpose oi the president to leave the termsof an. armistice, to the military com manders of the American and allied forces and it may be some time be fore they are sufficiently humbled in spirit to admit that it is not for them to idictate but Simply" to ac cept such terms as these military commanders' may choose to impose. j Ten Million Apropriation Proposed to Fight Influenza Washington, Oct. l7.-r-Appropria.-tion of $10,000,000, in addition to the $1,000,000 already provided by con gress, to combat Spanish influenza, is proposed in a bill introduced to day by Senator Lewis of Illinois. The money would be expended through the health departments of states and municipalities. How Liberty Loan Situation Stands in Various Districts Washington, Oct. 17. "The sit uations in the different districts tonight," said the loan headquar ters announcement tonight, may be summed up as follows: "St Louis Certain of its quota but owing to influenza expects no large over-subscriptoin. "Minneapolis Unofficially re ports quota reached. "Dallas Conducting wonderful patriotic drive in face of unusual discouragements, including the drought "San Francisco Maintaining steady increease in face of ' bad agricultural conditions in some sections. "Chicago Having difficulty in obtaining larger subscriptions., "Richmond Peaoe talk and' in fluenza has hurt the campaign. "Kansas City A belated sales drive, hampered by influenza, is giving" workers an uphill task, "Cleveland Sales improving arid whirlwind finish expected. "New York Hopeful, but mag nitude of problem not bejing un der estimated; big money must come first. . .."Philadelphia Making . a real battle against enormous odds caused' chiefly by influenza.' "Atlanta Trying- hard and hopeful that unreported subscrip scriptioni make situation 'better than official figured indicate." "The Store of the Town" Browning, Kipg & Company, , We are still offering to i the man or , young man A SUIT OR OVERCOAT FOR that haAio equal on to day's market and we al low you. to be , the judge See Our 15th St. WindoiBt Browning, King ' & Company GlO. T. WILSON, Mgr. Mill Irlilll mm LIBERTY LOAN TW01ILLI0N8 SHORTOF MARK (Continued From P One.) retary McAdoo explained. And whatever the measure of oversub scription to the fourth loan may be it will be deducted from future loans. Actually the funds now being gathered in units of $50 and $100 have already been spent to a great extent. More than three-furths of the $6,000,000,000 expected, or $4,665, 060,000, must go to pay off sHort term certificates issued in bi-weekly blocks since last June to get cur rent funds with which to pay the nation's war bills. The difference between that sum and the $6,000,000, 000 is not enough to run the .gov? eminent for one month. Conse quently, unless the fourth loan is greatly oversubscribed and cash payments come in liberally at once,' the treasury will have to begin soon to issue more certificates for cur rent expenses these to be repaid out of the proceeds from the fifth loan. , Subscription reports today added $338,000,000 to yesterday's loan otal, and although this represents the biggest single day's contribu tion it is short of the pro rata amount sought to bring the total to $6,000,000,000 by Saturday night. Nearly a third of the addition today, or $101,000,000 came from the New York district and sent that district more than half wav toward its $1,800,000,000 goal. Owing to tardy reports trom some parts of the At lanta district, Atlanta fell to last place in the percentage column to day. , Subscriptions by districts now are recorded as follows: DUtrlrt. Subscription. CrntiiffP. M. Louis ?'0,9IMI,'!1O 88.0 Minneapolis H7,163,4ilO 84.S "on 375.401 .7(10 7.10 In"as 82.855.B50 5. Nun Franrliico .... !rl,8W B3S ( hlrtiRO S8,8,S()0 BJ.O Kirhmond 106 371,100 M.4 Knnsns City 153,3211,700 BS S levelnnd 350,182,030 58.8 New York 948,702,000 5?. 7 Philadelphia S39.331.4S0 47.S Atlanta 86,8811,080 4J.B ' Turn Clocks Back Oct. 27. Washington, Oct. 17. No further effort will be made by congress to continue the existing daylight sav ing law and the hands of the clocks will be turned back an hour Octo ber 27 as originally planned. Way is Opend for Ally Drive in Montenegro Paris, Oct. 16. Austro-German forces in western Serbia have re tired into Montenegro and have evacuated the town of Diakova, on tfie Serbo-Montencgrin frontier, ac cording to an official statement from the French war office tonight. Under allied pressure the hostile forces are retiring on Ipek. The Austro-German retirement from Diakova opens the way for an allied invasion of Montenegro. There have been no allied forces on fontenegrin soil since February, I 1916. ! Porto Rico Appeals i toU. S. forAidior Earthquake Victims New York, Oct. 17. With more than 100 persons dead and thousands without shelter, food or clothing, as a result of the earthquake which shook the entire island last Friday, the government of Porto Rico:to day appealed to congress and to the American Red Cross for assistance, in a cable message received here and forwarded to Washington. Thompson-Belden &Ccx TheTksJiion Qenier &rWomen Advance Notice Remnant Sale Silks and1 woolens at greatly reduced prices. Hundreds of desirable lengths In the season's best weaves' and qualities. If you wish to save on pur chasing a blouse, dress or coat plan to attend this sale early Saturday morn- mg The Little Folks Will Soon Need Warm Wearables Jersey drawer leggings in vari ous grades. Black or dark brown cotton, 2 8 year Bizes. White jersey cotton and wool, 2-3-4 year sizes. Black wool jersey, 2-8 year sizes. All at reasonable prices. Knitted wool drawer leggings, come in white, black, khaki and gray. v Sweater sets in white and Sax ony blue, 2-6 years. These Ho3e Have Very Low.Prices Black cotton for 29c. Black or white cotton, 35c. Black ribbed hose, 50c. Black cotton with ribbed tops and double soles, 65c. Autumn Suits New Fashions of a most dis- tinctive character. Beautifully tailored models that are certain to please every well dressed woman. ' ' No extra charge for alterations. Latest Fashions In Neckwear Style is everything In neck wear, particularly when the newest is not more i;o9tly than the more ordinary. The more recent sorts include: Fischu, net vests, vestees, or gandie collars and collars with cuffs, pique collars and sqts, Georgette and filet collars, satin vests. Collar ruffling in white, pink and blue. H Beautiful scarfs in plusn and velvet, $12.50, $14 and $15. . The Men's Shop Cuff Buttons. The most con venient and comfortable slyle is the Kum-a-part. It holds the cuff gracefully and snugly, and is released only when you so de sire. All new designs in en amel, gold plate and sterling, 75c to $3. Sleeping Garments. In Order to please all of our patrons, we have stocked three well known makes, Faultless, Uni versal and Brighton. A vari ety of styles and fabrics in night shirts, pajamas, pajuniors (one-piece suits), your choice of outing flannel madras, heavy twills, silk mixtures and silks. Priced in moderation. . MARLEY Vi IK DEVON 2. IN ARROW fJOTT.A'RS JEETOtlS FOR CONGRESS I When Writini to Our Advertisers CurgrTTEASOPftfXiwcTvgrKY. Mtnbm SeeiD I iD-Th bee , WESTLAWN CEMETERY PARK PLAN Family lots on easy payments. Thoughtful service. Per petual care of lots and graves free. Street car to entrance. In case of immediate need Telephone Walnut' 820 or Douglas 829 and our auto mobile calls for you. WESTLAWN CEMETERY B8tb and Center. Office 15th i Look Over Your Lighting Now It's the little wastes that count up in the, long run. Now that the nights are getting longer, the waste of Electricity through the use of old-style? carbon filament lamps in your home, becomes increasingly important. Do away with them. Mazada Lamps Give More and Better Light See that a Mazda Lamp is placed in every socket. You can have three times as much light as you get from your old carbon lamps for the same amount of money or you can have the same volume of light and save two-thirds on current. Our stock of Mazda Lamps is complete. Step into our Electric Shop today for uours. Telephone Tyler Three One Hundred. NEBRASKA POWER CO. "Your Electric Service Co." , . - 1