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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-14

ON WEST FRONT
175 Divisions Identified
and 20 More Trans
ferred From Russia
RlILGARS HOLD SALONICA
Germans on That Front Being
Replaced-Austrians Almost
Alone Facing Italy
BY HENRY WOOD
II THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE


FIELD, Feb. H.
The Germans are now believed to have
a, least ..3io,Oo0 men concentrated on
,ho western front.
To date 175 German divisions have
heen identified in this theatre. including
,ycnty-thrcc recently transported from
sr,ssla. \ German division Is supposed
g. conprisc 1000 mon. Du this hasis
,no units Of 100000 men have bcou
,dcntihcd Presumably, an additional
,venty divisions have been transferred
from Russia in the last week, makin;
a total Of 1873 divisions.
A, t1,c moment the separate peace
rth Ukraine was signed the Germans
ain had siXty-threc divisions on the
Russian front. the Austrians had thirty.
,hrec and thu Turks and Bulgars two
sarh while tho Italian front was held
Nc fortv.two Austrian and three German
divisions
indications arc that all German
A,yisious on tho Salonira fr,ut are now
beirg rcpl2ccd by Bulgars from the Eu-
manian front
! tn Turkish army in Asia Minor
numbers forty.acven divisions,
.oNpuN. Feb. fi.-tIostilc artillery.
inr southeast of Epchy aud in tho neigh
borhood Of Bullecourt was all Field
Marshal Ilaig had to report today.
GENEVA. Feb. ~
Germany has sent stroug rc-cnforcc'
ments to the Italian front. according tc
information reaching lprc today from
the frontier. These troops previouSl!
III bae,, tso1 on the Russian front. II
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lie TRUPPE ITALIANE
SEMPRE ,VTTTORTOSE
Violent Attacchi Austro-Tc-
deschi Respinti ad Orientc
del Brenta
DUELLI DI ARTlGLlERlA
Una Torpcdinicra Italiana Silura un
Grandc Piroscafo Austriaco
nclla Baia di Buccar

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. "a
Authorized by the act OF
October 4. 1917. on file at the
Postof'icc of Philadelphia. Pa.
BY order Of the President.
4. S. BURLESON.
Postmaster General.
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.oNpuN. Feb. ii.--tIostic artillery.
ing southeast of Epchy aud in the neigh
borhcod of Bullecourt was all Field
Marshal IIaig had to report today.
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Bankers and Business Men
Learn This Great Truth Right Now!

Banks today advancing to to
vide them with the materials for undertaking large Government con-
the bankers safeguarding themselves
these loans by requiring such borrowers to take out Use and Ocu
pancy insurance policies.
Both the clause situation and this Use
matter bankers further protect them
selves their clients and at the time perform val
liable public benon pointing out that the man who has no
sprinkler than quadrupe the amount his
without increasing it's cost by installing automatic sprnk-
He also reduce the cost of Use and Occupancy 4O
to per cent he will install sprinkler equipment
Automatic Sprinklers do these four things:
Permit insurance of full values at little COST
Permit Use and Occupancy insurance at little cost
Prevent heavy property loss to the owner
Keep his business going.
The Grnne Automatic Sprinkler systems 10000
ported fires less than S2SOO0p fire.
Grnne Automatic Sprkels today protect two thousand mil
lion dollars Of business propertymore than all other sprinkler
combined
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and has authorized an increase in Mr..
Hale's organization by putting on of five
safety agents, one for each general super
intendent territory. They will devote their
entire time to safety work and will be ac-
corded every cooperation on the part Of the
officials and employees of the Santa Fe for
alike to the employees and railroad.
Il. Miner of Denver, Colo, who brought
weighed has returned.
w. c. Keiser; general chairman for the
3. of L. F.. & E., he's recently returned
from trip to Chanute.
Mrs. Edna O'Neal of the motive power
building who has been off several days be-
cause Of sickness is improving
Miss Emma Anderson spent Sunday IN
Coffeyville with relatives.
Mrs. J. A. kowalski Of Emporia. wife of
J. A. kowalski, general chairman for. the
Il. of L. E, is seriously ill.
d. P. Beaudry of the motive power build
ing and secretary of the State Poultry as
sociation. is asking the Santa Fe pebple
to interest themselves in the poultry show
to be held. here next month.
Mrs. Frank Addie. who has been i'll at
her home on Seventeenth street is recover
ing
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Tells H0lD to Stop a
Bad Cough
Surprising results from this famous
old heme-made syrup. Easily
prepared and costs little.
>:2ceoSssSs9 esSssO:

II you have'a. severe cough or chest
cold accompanied with soreness, THROAT
tickle, hoarseness, or difficult breath
ing, or if your child wakes up during
the night with Group and you want
quick help, try this reliable old home
@ ean su fIdyh yo 5am @ith "a ounces Of
Pinex. Pour this into a pint bottle
and fill the bottle with plain granu-
lated sugar syrup. Or you can use
syrup, instead of sugar syrup, if
desired. This recipe makes a pint
of really remarkable cough remedy.
1t tastes good, and in spite of its
low cost, it can be depended upon
to give quick and lasting relief.
You can feel this take hold of g.
cough in q way that means business.
1t loosens and raises the phlegm, stops
throat tickle and soothes and heals
the irritated membranes that line the
throat and bronchial tubes with such
promptness, ease and certainty that it
is really astonishing.
Pinex is a special and highly con-
centrated compound of genuine, Nor
way pine extract, and is probably tho
best known means of overcoming severe
coughs, throat and chest colds.
There are many worthless limitations
of this mixture. To/avoid disappoint-
ment, ask for "214 ounces of Pinex"
with full directions and don't accept
ANYTHING else. Guaranteed to give alb
eolute satisfaction or money promptly
refunded. The Pinex Co.. Ft. Wayne.
Ind.
advertisement
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Looking Backward In State
Journal Socizty Column
TWENTY YEARS. AGO TODAY

Miss Jeanette Lord was the hostess at
delightful card party Saturday which she
gave complimentary to Miss Agnes Lee,
of Kansas City and Miss Snow, of Law
renee Progressive high five was the game
of the evening and the prizes, box of
cigars and a belt buckle. were won by
DIR. Esterly and Miss Weiss.
The invited guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Williams. Miss Helen Smith, Miss
Lois Tefft, Miss Bessie Hayden, Miss
Susie Gay. Miss Gertrude Devereux, Miss
Miss Helen Thompson, Miss Myrtle Davis,
Miss Ivah Davis. Miss Noon, Miss Daisy
Sherman, Miss Margaret Bear, Miss Meta
Robinson, Miss Emily King, Miss Villa
Rodgers. Miss Lolita Ranney, Miss Nellie
McClintock, Miss Edna McClintock. Miss
Priscilla Alexander, Miss Mary Thompson.
Miss Lottie Parkhurst, Miss Wilson, Miss
Helen Wilson, Miss Grace Weiss, Miss
Glenna Cross, Miss Sarah Horner,s Miss
cago, Miss Lillian Whitlock, Miss Edna
Crane. Miss Santa Waters. Mr.. Hale Ham,
titon and Mr.. Will Cawkins, of Lawrence,
Mr.. A. J.. Davis, Mr.. Frank Davis Mr..
Walter burgess, Mr.. Horace Macferran,
Mr.. Pierce Allaire, Mr.. Lohr Grubbs, Mr..
Bob Carver. Mr.. Everett Dallas, Mr.
Ernest Medlicott, Mr.. Dean Low. Mr.. Ed
Mcbride. Mr.. Guilford Dudley. Mr.. Will
Trap. Mr.. Mart Wikidnl. Mr.. Will Wiki
dal, Mr.. Ed Kellam, Mr.. Charlie Lager
strom Mr.. Archie Williams. Mr.. Galer
King, Mr.. Adrian Sherman. Mr.. viii Alex
ander. Mr. Dick Rogers, Mr.. Earl Williams
Mr.. Kurtz Kellam. Mr.. John Waters. Mr.
George EsterIy, Mr.. Edward Dennis, Mr.
John Nicholson, Mr.. Joe Morgan, Mr.. Ton
| Frost and Mr.. Ben johnson.
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Mr.. Henry Mason of e24 N. Lake is re-
covering from the influenza.
Mrs. Edith Keller of Rawlins, Wyoming,
is visiting her sister Mrs. Fred Oberer,
l. 70 Z. 9Th.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Williams Sawyer of Win
field. Kansas, has been called to Topeka
on account Of the serious illness in the
H. S. Sawyer home.
Mrs Edna Pelton daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. V. Slanker. formally of this city
but now residents of Memnhis, Tenn. has
returned from a visit to her parents.
Mrs. Pelton is employed in the Smith Truss
company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Anderson are
moving to 112 w 18th street.
a baby girl has been born to Mr.. and
Mrs Elna Anderson who has been a
guest in the William Watkins home on
Monroe street. left Sunday for Coffeyville
Kansas, where she will visit her son and
family.
reported improving.
Mrs. D. NJ. Lane entertained Tuesday
afternoon for her little daughter Maurine
who was six years old.
Little LEILA Pierson of G21 Lake is sick
with the influenza,
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WOMAN'S DANGER PERIOD.

The period between forty-five and
fifty-five years of age is said to be a
crisis or danger period in a woman's
life which tests her for her fitness to
continue in the race. 1t is then that
she suffers from such annoying symp-
toms as heat-flashes. nervousness,
headaches, the blues" or dread of
Impending evil. or some dormant dis
ease in the system becomes active.
When a woman is passing thru this
crisis there is one tried and true rem
edy, Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound. which after forty years of
success is now considered the standard
remedy for woman's ailments. ADV.
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S0GLZ'YA,
ByDS&eAsih ~

Mrs. Julia F. Soper, Mrs. c. A. Nc
CURE and Mrs. John r. Shelton went
to Leavenworth today to attend
meeting of the board of directors of
the Founders and Patriots of America
at the home of Mrs. Effie H. Van
TuyI. This is a business meeting and
the guests will include only the board
of directors who are the state officers
of the organization. The membership
in Kansas includes some of the finest
families of the state as Il notable line
age must be shown before a mem
bership can be obtained Members
of the board of directors from Topeka
are: Mrs. c. A. Mcclure, state vice
president; Mrs. John r. Shelton, hon
orary past president; Mrs. Warren M.
Crosby. recording secretary; Mrs.
Julia F. Soper librarian. Mrs. Effie
Van Tuyl, of Leavenworth, is state
president.
A cable was received yesterday from
Corp. Wilbur Cole Corp. Douglas Bow
man and Corp. Otto Reinbach sending
love and best Christmas wishes to
their parents. The message was sent
from Pasny, France, which is about
twelve miles from Metz, at S:55 a. M,
| and arrived here at a. m. of the
same day, which is seven hours and
| five minutes after it was sent. Cor
| poral Cole is the son OF Mr. and Mrs.
of Mr.. and Mrs. Mendel Reinbach and
Corporal Bowman the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. S. Bowman. They are all in
the 130th Field artillery under Capt
Arthur Mills.
Mr.. Robert McGiffert arrived today
to visit his mother, Mrs. A. D. McGif-
fert, and his sister, Miss Rachel Nc.
Giffert, of 1895 Clay street. Mr.. Nc.
Giffert is a gunnery sergeant in the
marine service. He was seriously in
jured in the Chateau Thierry battle
on June IS and has been in different
hospitals in France ever since. Re
arrived in New York on the hospital
boat Northern Pacific on December 2
with HOO other injured soldiers mos,
of them marines. He has been in q
Brooklyn hospital for the past week
mad will probably return to a hospital
| again after a leave of absence with
his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Bradley re.
their son, Mr.. Darwin Bradley, fiT
which they learned that he is we'll
The last letter received from Mr.
Bradley came two weeks ago. He i:
| with the headquarters company under
Capt. w. P. Montgomery in France.
x X
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Morehouse, Of
311 Broadmoor, have received a cable
from their son, Sergt. Edgar More
Sergeant Morehouse is in Battery A
. of the both field artillery in France
| X X
! The December meeting of tn,
: Women's club which was postponed
from the first Thursday of the month
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w AN 7 s
AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING RATES: he rate for
inserting Want Ads In The Topeka state
Journal is l cent a word each insertion
minimum 10 cents: by the week cents
word minimum so cents.
COUNT THE WORDS OF your nd inciud
ing four words for State Journal address.
When address is used count each initial :
letter and earh number or combination Of
figures as one word.
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be
classified properly must be in The State
Journal office before 10 30 o'clock. Want
Ais received after Il 90 till rs y. N. will
be inserted under the head: 'Too Late to
Classify
OUT OF TOWN Advertisements must be
accom- panied with cash or check In full
payment of the same. Note the foregoing
instructions about counting the words and
the rate per word for The Topeka State
Journal.
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AND THIS ONE is "SOME HOG"
twenty-five Months Old-Weishs 500
Pounds-Still Growing, Too.

Council Grove, Dec. &c. F.
Braun a farmer living north of this
city is left with a hog on his hands
which weighs more than GOO pounds
and is but % months of age When
he began fattening his herd in the
fall for market this hog put on fat SO
fast that he out-grew the rest and
when they were ready for market this
too large for family use and the local
buyers and butchers refuse to buy
him, SO he continues to eat and grow
and is now nearly past walking. Lo-
cal buyers say he is the largest
straight barrow ev-r raised in Morris
county.
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wANTED-EEAiAI.E HELP

PEACE WORK at war pay guaranteed for
three years. Knit urgently neeued socks
Full particulars today. SC stamp. Auto
Knitter Co., Dept. 12G-C, 81 jefferson,
buffalo, N. Y.
ter girls for Topeka and other towns !;
cooks, $50 no.; maids; kitchen and house
help; women for country homes; dishwasl-
ers. Furmans Employment Office 1O6
West Sth.
LADIES-Earn SIS weekly in spare time at
home addressing and mailing circular
letters Send 2Oc (siiver) for SOC sample out
fit and full particulars. Vesta Turuer,
Haryeyyille, Kan.
WANTED-Waitress for houses in Kansas.
Apply Mgr. Harvey House Santa lie
depot.
WANTED-Sewing girl. Apply IN person
to Glen Davis, Peiletier's.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stenographer. E.
Il. Guild Music Co.
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FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

NJ A. Billings to J. J. Billings and
others, pit. Sc. " 36-12-14. .......-..-$
f. NJ. Phillips and wife to G. NJ. Drake,
lots J-6-S-9 Winfield ave, Walnut
IaFk SUD.
+. G. WINERY to Shawnee Grange
No. 1908 tract in sec. so-12-13.
A. Scott and wife to S. JsWyatt, lots
% pit. y Jackson ST., Weinbergers
auu. 0o'
e. Barnsdall Oil Co. to c. C. Staley,
tracts in S3-11-16. MISUNDERSTANDING
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Miner VIII Quit
county.

London, Dec. 1.-THE Daily Ex-
press this morning says it understands
that Viscount Miner, the secretary OF
state for war is about to quit the gov
eminent. -, rs F.
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SANTA FEE NOTES

Items for this column may be
phoned to $3.50 between hours of and
ii 80 a. m Other hours. call Mrs. Mar
garet Bostick, AGO White.l
Federal Manager Storey has changed the
title held by Isaiah Hale from commits
sioner of safety to safety superintendent
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Mr. and Mrs W. H. Cottreil of Humboldt
KAN have sold their farm and expect to
reside in Oakland. Mrs. Cottrell is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Handkerchief
of $50 Forest.
Mrs. Bush and her two daughters are
rapidly recovering after a long serious Ill
ness.
w. H Conwell and family of Wichita
former residents of this city, are moving
back here. Mr.. Cenwell is a brother of
H B. Conwell.
There is a great improvement in the in
fluenza condition in Oakland; the situation
is we'll in hand.
Mr.. and Mrs Neubolt of Sumner street
are enjoying a visit from their son Philip,
who is nome on a furlough.-
Miss Frances Jones, regular correspond
ent for the Oakland news, who is ill at aer
home in Highland Park, is reported not go
well this morning.
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EAST SIDE NOTES

Items for this column may be
'phoned to $3.50 between hours of and
II 80 Il. m. Other hours, call Mrs. Mar
garet Bostick, 1860 White.l
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FOR sALE-LIyEsToCK

FOR SALE|LIVESTOCK
TWO MARES. years old weight 1910 lbs
each; two weanling colts. Phone 2427
ONE Jersey heifer, just fresh, ideal family
cow SO If sold at once. as Topeka ave.
FOR SALE-Registered Poland China pigs.
Very nice. Phone 1853 K-2.
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FOR SALE-REAL estate

FOR SAI.E-REAL ESTATE
$1,875
Six room. story house. piece bath,
.cemented basement, large wired sleeping
porch. reception hall. lots, some fruit,
on West side, block to car. Price 81 ,S7H
$4,000
Five room cottage. reception hall, 3 Picce
bath. cemerted basement. electric lights
on pavement. L. blocks from Kansas Ave-
nue.. West side, IL lots. east front, house
In splendid shape. Price $1,000.
The Shawnee Investment Co.
5s4 Kansas Ave. Phone $3.50
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OAKLAND NOTES

phoned to $3.50 between hours of s and
il 30 IL IN. Other hours. call Mrs Mar
garet Bostick, 1880 White.1
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FOR EXCHANGE

FOR EXCHANGE
We have several HEATING ana COOK
STOVES, all in good repair that we wish to
dispose of. We will trade for your Old
worn out stove, regardless of condition.
TOPEKA STOVE HOSPITAL.
PHONE $40.
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WANTED-SALESMEN

WANTED-SALESM
WANTED-Salesman, by International
Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa. /;
take charge of established business.
Splendid opportunity for right man. EN-
perience desirable, but not absolutely neces-
sary. e. q. Hughes, Ia West Sixth St.,
Topeka, Kan.
SALESMAN-Two who are capable of max
ing So to 81 per day, to travel with man
ager in Kansas and Mo-; experience not
necessary; expenses advanced. Also one
man as collector. Prefer one with car. See
Ormsby Fifth Avenue hotel.
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED-Home for three little girls, ages
board in country. Gail at 315Madison.
WANTED-TO RENT
WANTED or room modern apartment
Phone 4574 Black.
WANTED to rent for winter furnished
house or apartment. Call 3071.
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LOST AND FOUND

LOST AND FOUND
LOST-Pair brown side curtains for auto
mobile. Return to 525 w. 14th st. or
phone 3433. Reward.
COLD BROOCH on 18th st. or Santa re
car to depot. Reward. Phone $40 Ring ..
FOUND-A scientific matchmaker. Wheeler,
40S Kansas ave.
FOUNTAIN PEN. Call Black 4469. Huldah
Theren. .
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FOR RENT-FURNISHE ROOMS
NEWLY papered and painted sleeping
rooms; .1so FIRST floor front room board
il desired Reasonable. 100 Van Buren,.
NICELY furnished rooms modern; house,
keeping If desired. Reasonable. PhoDe
30 WEST STH-Furnished rooms, Edison
heat Phone 1861.
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FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
TEN acres Florida land, clear for good car
Phone 551O-W.
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WANTED to rent for winter furnished
house or apartment. Call BOIL.
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FOR RENT--HollsEs

rs f. Eighth st, 3 room cottage. gas
for light and heat. IS SuO
100 Quincy St. rooms. electric
lights. city water at sink. .......... 1870
AS Polk St, 6 rooms, modern except
BETZER REALTY LOAN COMPANY.
New England Bldg.
LINCOLN ST, 1324-6-r room, electric. two
piece bath, SIS; will be vacant within a
week.
.farson St, 5o7-Bath. electric. $50.
COTTEELL co. 112 W. 9th. Phone 340S.
30s FOREST AVE. Oakland, room
house, electric lights. 312 lots, barn. fruit.
garden. well. good cellar, blocks to car,
church and school near; macadamtx road
to city. Good neighborhood. Call at GIL
East 4th ST., or phone G10.
BRANNER, 1026-S-roo flat (colored), I
{ roo1Is downstairs and upstairs. for two
small families or one large family. Call
p,-One Black 4S62 see owner at 102S
Rranner.
12OS HARRISON, five room cottages, gas.
water. electricity; also modern five room
house. adjoining.
BRANNER, 1O2i-4-room cottage (colored).
Phone Black 1862 or see owner Mt 102S
Branner.
HOUSES for sale and rent for the rich
and poor. j. B. Gibson, phone 323G.
, 913 WEST GTH-7-room house and barn
Red 2461.
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CHIMNEYS CLEANED
LEGAL

Published in The Topeka State Journal
December II, 1881
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PERSONAL
-~~~~~~-~~~-~~~-~-~~ ~ ~~>>~~~~-~>~~-~
WILL PAY well for Information regard
Ing to what part of city Mrs. Naomi
Westling lives. Inform Theodore Metz,
Irving, Kan.
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will be given up all together according
to decision reached at meeting
yesterday afternoon. The next meet
ing will be held on January 2, if the
ban for influenza has been raised.
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FOR IsENT-RtNDNas

923 AND 935 KANSAS AvE.-Unfurnisi.
rooms. Tel. 2461 Red.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
.alANN|NG TO- COMBAT
FLU EPIDEMIC IN 1878
Health Officials to Meet in Chicago
gssfs This Month Ia Consider
Ways and Means.
Each CASE is MORE vlRuLENr
During Thrcc-Day Conference the
- Methods Used in acrcnt OItbrcak
;ff Will Be Considered. With View to
Improving the Treatments.

CHICAGO. December ..-rlans for
combating another influenza epidemic.
which is expected Ia sweep tho conn
try, in 1919. viii he considered by
health authorities from all parts ar tho
United states. Canada and south
America al the forty siNth annual con
nontion OF tho American Public Health
Association. which cpcns here pcccm-
Der q
Members Of the association say that
allNthc influenza cpidomics since L.?
threc years after the initial outbreak
Fof this reason leading authorities
feel convinced that Tho visitation Of
S1J1S will hc repeated III 1914. and prob
ably in 1920. Aisc it is pointed out
that in previous cpidcmics the second
and third outbreaks have been more
rtrulent ana attended by 4 higher
mortality rate than were tho initial
manifestations.
1t was carly in. l"1S. according 10
DR.. ". y. Evans. former Health COM
missioner 81 Chicago, that the now so
called Spanish influenza made its APP
pcarance in spain. No" spain is havin;:
stst second outbreak. according 10 Or.
Exams. more virUlent III form and at
tended by an alarming death rate.
During the ,hrccday meeting. tho
methods used in combating The l2iS
epidemic In the United States viii hc
thoroughly considered ana plans out
lined for meeting any future cmcrs-
ency. Among those who will present
papers and take part in the discussions
arei Ma jor w. H. Wclch. of tho Nation
al Medical Corps: nr. +. Z. Eoscnow, OF
the. Mayo foundation. pr Herman
BigGs. commissioner OF tho New York
state Department Of iIenlih. and br.
ASH. Mclaughlin. assistant surgeon
general of tho United states Public
Health Service.
Resides consideration of influenza.
many subjects OF general interest per
taininE to public health during the
rccpnstruction period viii he taken up.
There will be discussions regarding
proper precautions in the care Of chill
dren TO reduce mortality rates. rural
sanitation. tho effect OF fashions on
health and tho use OF narcotics in war
times