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INFLUENZA GAINS
THROUGH NATION
Hercu|ean Efforts in Many
Localities to Prevent
Spread of Malady.

While conditions at Army camps
yesterday showed a slight improve
ment for the second time since the
malady became epidemic in the train
ing places, Spanish influenza by NO
means has weakened it's attack in the
various states. where it continues to
spread in the face of strenuous ef-
forts and drastic measures taken to
prevent it.
Influenza in civil life has now reach
ed epidemic proportions in many ad-
ditional cities. including Evansville,
Ind: Lancaster. Ohio, and at Portland
Lebanon and Corvallis in Oregon. 1t
has made its appearance in Oklahoma
and Nevada. and from five to six hun
dred municipalities in Illinois report
the disease.
Herculean Efforts to Halt.
The United States public health
service is making herculean attempts
in this work it is aided by state
boards of health, the Council of Ma
tional Defense. the American Red
Cross and municipal health authori-
ties OF the country. The public health
service is investigating the cause of
the disease. the conditions which pro-
mote its spread and the part played
by carriers in epidemics Of the mall
ady. A new vaccine is being sought
by the service, but an announcement
made last night said that as yet there
is none to be recommended as sue
cessfu1.
$50 Physicians in Service.
Nearly $50 physicians are in the field
and headquarters of the service. In
the field the physicians have been or
ganized in more than thirty cities in
the eastern and southern states The
Council of National Defense and the
American Red Cross are actively CO.
operating with the health service in
New England. Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee. Florida,
Mississippi, Arizona and Montana.
In other states local headquarters
have been established in many cities.
In Army camps the number of new
cases reported for the twenty-four
hours ending at noon yesterday was
1891. There were 2,797 new cases
of pneumonia and $50 deaths. The
total number of influenza cases at
camps since the disease first appeared
has now reached 211,O0O, pneumonia
cases 25,0S3 and deaths 1882.
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BRITISH

October 11.-Yesterday evening
American troops completed the cap
ture of yaux-Andigny and St Soup
let.
British troops crossed tho River Selle
north of LIE Cateau. in the eastern por-
tons of which fighting is taking
place. .s
west of Solesnes we have reached
the outskirts Of st. Vast ana 81. Au-
bert. North of Cambria we captured
q few prisoners last nlgnt IN the vile
lage of Hem-Lenglet-
Prorress was made during the night
North of the Scarpe in the direction OF
Jzel-I,es-Euuerchin and also east OF
SaIlaumines and along the north bank
Of the Haute Deule canal. east OF
Lens.
onr ADVANCE was resumed along the
whole battle front. At all points
ranid progress was made in spite Of
the efforts of the enemy's rear guards
to hold up the advance.
,,oods east Of Bohain. have entered
vaux-Andigny. North of that place
1pe have reached tho general line or
the Selle river from Soupiet TO the
neirhborhood OF Solesmes and have
ca West Of solesmes we captured
Avesnes and Rieux. and then St Mar
tin.
In the towns and villages captured
in our advance today numbers OF civil
ians have been found. including $500
in the town OF Caudry.
Southeast Of Lens our troops nave
made further progress ana nave cap
IA AVIATION squadrons Of aircraft flew
,owtoyer the retreating enemy, caus-
ing destruction by bombs and ma
chine gun fire. The railway juno
lions of Mons. Valenciennes ana Lille
were bombed.
German airplanes were active. TWEEN
tv.one of them were downed and nine
driven down out OF contol. Nine OF
ours are missing.
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FRENCH.

October lin the course Of the
night the French everywhere main
tanned contact with the enemy, whose
retreat is continuing at different
points along the front
North Of the Aisne French troops
occupied and passed beyond Chivy
and Moulins.
Italian troops have reached posi-
tions south of Courtroom on the
Chemin des Danes. which the French
hold as far as the height of Cerny-en-
Laonnois.
In the Champagne the French have
gained q footing at several points on
the north bank OF the River Suippe
between st. Etienne and Boult-sur-
Suippe, as well as at Harmerville,
Vandetre and st. Masmes.
Further to the east we are pursuing
the enemy. who is in retreat French
infantry has captured Semide. Mont
St, Martin, GORDON and Brieres.
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The Military Consequences.

Nor are the military consequences
less considerable. A few weeks ago
we had not less than 100000 enemy
troops under arms in the orient. To-
Evening star., 1918-08-15
SHRAPNEL
sideights on the War
f.sa, -sY- s
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

/ British women, known as PEN
| guins,'. who assist In making and
caring for military airplanes. volun-
abroad. They. always are ready to go
! wherever called. ~
he was a master of English, took a
party of Brftfshers to a German farm.
Here's what he said:
| you must turn the field round"
| With a prodding German bayonet at
their back the prisoners decided that
turn over the soil. n a-
\ Modern parachutes and parachute
| harness are so perfect. that the mem
bers of balloon crews only have to
jump overheard when in danger in
the air to reach the ground safely. :
| Every member of any British ma
| chine gun corps is a picked man.
Highest qualifications are demanded.
| The machine gunner must be physi-
| cally strong. cool and sresourceful. .
| Two soldiers got themselves Into a
| little private muss. One of them
sought the attention Of the. Army doc
| TOR. and here is the way the physician
LHduo 1oIiudl SnlTy OI Inc CdScs
IT found on examination q con-
fusion of the integumentss under the
orbit. with. extravasion of blood.
ecclymosts Of the surrounding cellular
tissue, which was in a tumified state,
with abrasion of the lcuticle."i -
It was Just q plain black" eye.
4N .N4Na.
Many American visitors in the west
of England remember pacS-horse
trains vending their ) way through.
Y1a nrxY To rro oo
ways there was a leader with bells
to warn people of the approach of the
pack train. These well trained ami
mails have been largely pressed into
military service and are doing duty
at the 'front.' .-.rs ,.ays
In commenting on the slow trains in
England one journal tells its read
era not to worry over such small mat
ters, citing the fact that the kaiser's
the way to Paris and has not yet ar
rived there.
F Alpinj of italy think nothing of
jumping out OF trenches and Drawing
rifle and machine gun fire to pick a
few figs or grapes. Training and ira
dition have fitted them for any aero.
batic feat on the Alps. No rock is too
sheer or too slippery for the ir ascent,
though they be weighed down with
L.
may see them swinging Themselves
from peak to peak like. human apes.
And their. example Is 80 Infectious
that theAsery lowlanders' have learn-
ed to climb like cats and take to
granite walls as ducks take to water.
One German officer who had been
captured after trying to. escape from,
a. French camp declared that really
he was mot fool enough to seriousiy
try to get back TO the Gefman lines.
The German declared that II, all pris-
oners do not try to escape 7they viii
be punished whom they return home
after the war Is over.
Ss4F e.s s.-- sa1. -ss
Tho husky young crews which man
antt-aircraft gnns in England and at
blanch lof the -service compares with
their own: The element OF SPORT en- :
ters into their daily work, for ii is
dimcult matter to POT" q Hun der.
Big game hunters declare the work
OF the snti-aircraft gnnners ressmbles
the rhaaIng-efwi animais
through the Jungle ana d hit Il about
as dif1cult-
The walls and cells Of the majority
Of British military prisons are cov-
D.
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.PD0LE.DEScR|BES::::: 8. !:
MISREPRESENTATION |! \
American AM! i,s e. Consul General
Protested Against Detention:
III y. Of Allied Nationals. =. !. ! !:


The State has received
a series Of cable dispatches from
Consul General Poole. at MOSCOW. re-
lating experiences Of = the Z consular
Representatives of Great Britain.
France and the United States with
the tsoviet government between July
20 and August g.. involving foreibie
detention, the burning of codes. and
records. vigorous protests of the
american consul general and the
holding of British ana French citi-
zeps as. hostages~ri., > = s.g.suT =
I What has occurred sinoesAugust 6.
following the reported flight Of Le-
nine and ,Trotzky. rs yet TO- be re-
counted. ,:i-srE;- .tsfgt g@H y
lqs Poole Prepared to, Leave. ..
Alter : Consul, nsi General Poole 2 had
witnessed the violation of the Brit
ish and French consuiates, contrary
to all International usage he, de-
pers and prepared TO leave Moscow,
turning over his consulate to the
Swedish consul general, .,.s -
The French and British military
ihtsSiOHS were IeIuSeu pcTIIiSSiOH 10
leave, Citizens Of those nattonalities
were held as hostages for, the safety
Of soviet leaders on the north coast,
where the British have landed. The
soviet government acted by way .bf
and French troops at ,ArcbanEei.
Conference With: Tchiteherin. :.
On the afternoon OF August, sathere
m HHeh <~t~ a.,
and the consuls general of Japan,
Sweden and thes United States with
the following results: r.S
First. the soviet goveininez1t gave
solemn assurances that allied persons
tcherin stated that the allied military
missions would not abe allowed 4s de-
part as had already been promised;
| third, that civil pefsons arrested were
hostages for the lives of soviet mem
bers In territory occupied BY the al.
Tehftchertif said that tihese persons
are civil prisoners arrested IN accord!
ance with the practices Of war for
i internment. He added that no re-
sponsibility could be assumed for
their future e21safety because, ,,Sas S5sa, ss
AfchanEel Without q dsciaratiep OF
Nj. Poole stated that he was with
out knowledge of what had taken
place in the north, but warned Tcht-
tcherin that the peoples of the allied
nations Gould not he indmidated. and
that the initiation Of system Of re-
prisals by,g the soviet government
Gould only result IN. Individual mem
hers of the government being held
personally responsible. and IN. the loss
by. the ,bo1shevik cause OF whatever
respect It might now have in the
minds Of the civilized world. sah-s,
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cred with writing and pictures. This
is one way the Tommy passes leng
s,ousLhprovided snorsh he has been clever
him. Here is one bit of PHILOSOPHY
cleaned from a prison cell: =
FROM this knob (these words ware
written beneath a heavy bell handiaS
rriyate BLANK hanged himself. He
vas 1901. Don't You do the same.
NO sentence lasts for ever. BucEs IN
aud take your cruel like asman..
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WAR CROSS FOE .TARDEU.

NJ. Andrew Tardieu. French high
commissioner to the United states.
has received the Belgian waHccross In
recognition, of nfa servtces while
Serving with the French troops near
Ypres at the beginning Of the war.
saws, an offfcialg naeSsage; 10 tho .Het-
gian nlegisiation.iJ A-as X .af;1
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PROTEST LIQUOR ORDER.
Abolition Of sals-in Dining Car
Brings Objection From Railroads.

Many proprietors Of bar rooms in
railroad stations. particularly in
Pennsylvania and New YorE. have
protested to the railroad adIninistra-
tien against Director General Nc
Adoo's order abolishing immediately
the sale Of liquor in the, dining cars
or on railroad property controlled by
he government ga. -@ -"sa7f
In spite OF their complaint that tho
order abrogated contracts and nulli-
Evening star., 1918-08-15
MINNESOTA DEAN 10 s2sERYE.
/. apsl~#YSN sl@

Dean Edward p. Nicholson 7of The
University 81 Minnesota has bssp
chosen ~ one Of the twsiys rsEionai
directors Of tie Estudents' ARMY
Training Corp4 His -territory win In
jclude lows North and South Dakota,
.Netrasla aad Michigan. kss,s k7s -
Among .thS many universities. and
colleges which have accepted the plane
of the War Department and win par
.ticipate in the movement are Prince
ton. Harvard, Cornell and Yale.. y. =. !.
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msas. fal ss. $t.69
est silk-Hnished' /
nainso o X q n d.
crepe sownss.
chemises. skirts.
ETC.. exqlisi tely
trimmed " ith
medallions. laces
and ribbons.
Evening star., 1918-08-15
GRAPHIC WORD PICTURE OF
-. = YANI<S' ARRIVAL AT FRONT
First American Regiment Reaches Marine
to- Relieve Frenchmen and Stem I iide
= of Advancing German Hordes..

wondered whether they were British,
Canadians, Australians or,Americans.
Then the outline of their. helmets be-
came discernible through the cloud
and q great lump rose. In my throat
as I recognized the tin hat of the
lments of which had heard. They
had left their training, camps only .
few hours after orders reached, them
telling them they were needed to
help stop the Teuton rush. For three
days and nights they had been on the
limiting their sleep. to a few. hours.
Now the head Of the column was opv
posite .me and l. made out an oldish
man at the head. He looked past
fifty. but sturdy and ,straight..tWeary
he was, like the ,others. Then my
our way. and l made out the silver
eagle on his shoulder, strap. 1t
was the colonel of the regiment, on
foot at the head of his men. "No
automobiles or horses for him." a
husky sergeant. said as he passed.
What we do he does, and you can
bet where he goes we'II 60" :,@f
Now and again in the ranks q Song
would start. Generally It was Hau.
Hail. the Gangs All Here" These
boys. however. realized the task ahead
OF them and knew 1t to be no Joking
''hSSV. Lucy ~Cfc RouTluS AlAU Ch6
maelstrom of terrific conflict not light
ly. without understanding. but stead
fastlya courageously, with. their eyes
wide open and looking unwayeringly
ahead. As the head Of the, column
neared me figure arrested my at
tention, The uniform and helmet were
the same. He wore the same khaki,
the same nat steel hat and was COW
cred with the same coating Of dust.
He was bowed beneath a pack Of enor-
nfnnnrffnn -
packs borne by. others. r"s Then he
stepped from the column and toward
me. 4 - -.
Who are your he inquired
Coffee for Fighting Msn:
I made out red triangle beneath
the dust gathered thick on his right
sleeve. What on earth have you In
that pack?" I asked. "Oh, THAT'S some
eonee I'm trying to take along for
The men who had been At this most
for several days told me also-of the
american machine gun company which
mad arrived before the German rush
mad been even partially checked. Be-
fore many minutes the German waves
| swept down on them and there they
after rank Of Teuton infantry was
swept away before the deadly hail. oi
this American machine gun battery
supported by French infantry. After
two hours Of vaiH effort the Germans
gave up the attack and withdrew.
The men I found laboring beneath
the sign. of the red triangle at this
crossroads were veterans of the strug-
gle Some were Americans, Others
french. All were attached to- the
Foyer du soldat. the French =. NJ
G a. Scattered all over the fightinc 2
Hont from Soissops to- Rheims intJsf
OF them had lost their personal posses
sions, yet they managed to carry. on
supplying the soldiers up to the front
lines with those things which make
bearable.
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Americans Finally Appear.

Now a new column made itself ap-
parent. a gathering spot, a cloud of
dust. Finally we could make out the
brown, of their. uniforms. and we
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Anxious Frenchman 1nuuires,.

II watched a poilu slide up to one OF
be here to fight with us" -
They are coming fast now wa,
,he answer. You know we have q
'1e0S waysto comesand there have been
rev ships. But many big ships are
t peing ooiIt; millions Of men are ready
And now the Americans were begin,
ning 70 arrive at the front with the
fh1encn.. and promises were beine
Evening star., 1918-08-15

fed their leases. railroad administra.
ton officials declared the order wnuls
not be changed. ~
Evening star., 1918-08-15

| A. graphic word picture of the ar
| rival of the first American regiment
| to relieve the hard-pressed poilus OF
France on Marine last month is given
in the following article by Walter
Kellogg Towers. writing for the Z.
NJ. c. A. from France:
| I stood beside the crossroads be-
hind the front where the fate Of de-
mocracy hung In the balance. The
Hun. smashing between Soissons and
Rheims, had rushed headlong with an
overwhelming impetus which had
carried him to the Marne for the sec
ond time, Weswere wondering how he
was to be, checked and Paris saved.
For five days the utterly wearied
forces of the. French had fought an
unequal fight. much of the time with
out artillery. without aerial observa-
tion and without reserves. They had
faced forces ten times as great as
their own, but had fought every foot
Of the way from the Aisne to the
Marine and had made the, Hun pay
dearly for his gains. These French
veterans told of u bombardme mt Tar.
more severe than any they had pre-
sotitremendous that in a. few hours
it E leveled eIaborately prepared
trenches blasted dugouts and laid nat
whole acres of barbed ewire- With
this bombardment came clouds of gas.
/: i. Shock Troops in Waves.
the Instant the bombardment ceased
division after division OF enemy shock
troops were upon them. rushing in
borne hack. by weight of numbers.
Yet. they never wavered. The line was
bent and bent, badly, but not broken.
They were not the volatile French Of
whom one hears. but steady and cool
in the crisis.
'Ah, those gunners were wonderful. /.
said oneuof them Il saw one of our
batteries still firing into masses of the
foe with no chance to get away. As
We were borne back I saw the Ger
gut was still firing. its crew working
desperately" But as. we. regarded the
shattered ranks of this splendid, deci-
mated regiment and considered their
story wished ! might have had there
group u OF my, acquaintances in
war will be won easily and there
really is no necessity for them to be-
stir themselves ==, ..5
saw, too. long columns Of English
4
colonels. and every once in awhile a
tgeneral. Now came a.cIatter of hoofs
and long column, of horsemen swept
by, each wearing the horizon blue.
Sprinkled thickiy down the column
were small carts bearing the deadly
mitrailleuses. / looked as they zwept
past and thought of reports I had
rheard in America that France was
bleds white and that her soldiers had
lost heart.s Never, had i seen a more
wig gorous body of men. strong, straight.
powerful and riding superbly. 1 had
read of "eyes that shot fire." but never
before had I seen them. 1t was hard
to meet the glances of these men.
They seemed to inquire, Where are the
AmextcansT ~ ~
Battery after battery of French 75s
moved steadily forward and we made
out some numbering tractors, drawing
behind them the great naval guns, the
powerful 1855. But my eyes eagerly
swept the roads for sight of the
Yankees They. too. should be there
Americans Finally Appear.
Now a new column made itself ap-
parent, a gathering spot, a cloud of
dust. Finally we could make out the
brown of their uniforms. and we
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is no smallpox, diphtheria or scarIe'
fever in the city at present,
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German As Naval Power
Ceased To Exist With
Surrender of Fleet
Continued From Page u

sure that all conditions oi the arm
istcc were observed. The enemy
vessels will be interned in Scapa
Flow. Part OF the crews will remain
for maintenance work and the re-
maindcr will be returned to Ger
many soon.
Whether American ships have q
further part to plav in connection
with this internmcnt and guarding
the high seas. i, 4 question which
is being discussed by officers and
men of thc United States squadron.
KING Georges yisit ia the Amer
lean flapshin New York Yesterday
Aos = notable occasiop through
ONT. British dcstroyers were steam
mo opt of tbc barbor ia take mn adj
,,nccd nositions and net rs q screen
for fine or,nT flcet and ,hc porte,,-
,iou,ncss nj tbcir mission cave a
no,, ~ solcn,nity IN the cal, sccpc
an tbo Now Norl, As .soon as .hc
ro,al Marty stcnned obord thc ro,a'
cr,ion was boisted to the mast head.
Th;. was the first timc since ,Lc
Tinted Ct,tcs entered The war th,.
,nv ceremonial nunctilio has b,c1
observcd King Gcorge was touched
by the .ight al his standard snapping
IN the hrecze above the Stars and
Stripcs and EXPRESSED his apprccia-
,;on
r-, A., n. N,-.i-
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New Wilson
Pearl. SNOW AND
ISABEL BEANIE, Cors.

Mrs. f. !. Buchele and Mrs. C.
Buchee motorcd to Ardmore We'd
ncsday
Mrs. /. o. Addy spent Wednesday
in Ardmorc.
W. NJ. Rothrock left "Wednesday
for Cedaryale, Kansas.
Miss Bessie Chadd spent Wednes-
day in Joiner City.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. +. Lindsey have
moved to Wilson from the oil fields
They came to Wilson in order that
their children might attend school.
Miss Winniired Alyis entertained
the teachers at the home OF her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George ..
Alvis Wednesday night, Each was
requested to bring knitting or fan
cv work. Games and music we're
features OF the entertainment. Re.
frcshments. consisting OF sand
wichcs. olives and chocolate were
served. Those present we're: Misses
Matte Dunlap. Oma Cornish, Jean
ncttc and Dorothy Ellsworth,
Gady, Scivally, Isabel and Nina
Lou Beanc, Olive, Pearl and Nola
Snow, Wnnitred Alyis and Mes
danes ]. ~ Hamilton, y. \. Rog-
crs and George O. Alvia.
Miss Margaret Hall has returned
after a visit to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. A. Hall at Matador, Texas
Leslie T. Huffman OF Oklahoma
City, was in Wilson Thursday.
Miss Pearl Kimbrell lett Tor
Austin. Texas, Thursday where She
will visit her brother, Paul Kim
brell. who is in training at the Un'-
versity Of Texas.
Mrs. Frank Scivally Of Ardmore'
visited her daughters, Miss Gladys
Sciyaly and Mrs. Joyce Adams on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Turner and
daughter. Miriam, have returned
after an cNtcnded visit to Alabama.
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contract with the government las
been completed,
THANKSGIVING ! oNnP VHIiP
OR ANYTHING FOX fUoH ~
THANKSGIVING DINER' W. j.
LANE.
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size an order removing many, ii not
all OF the restrictions which have
been placed on the navy personnel
With two flotillas of submarines,
now interned in British ports, naval
authorities here estimate that nearly
half the German undcrsea fleet has
been turned over. Latest informa-
ton leads to the opinion that tue
German government will not be able
to deliver more than 100 OF these
boats.
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Ford that the River Rouge plart
where the Eagle submarine ehas'rS
are being built for the United States
government, will be diverted 10 che
manufacture of canal boats on =
large scale, Immediately after Tie
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27 Mine Sweepers
Were Interned Monday

London, Nov, 22-Twenty-seven
mine sweeping vessels passed out
OF German possession on Monday
according to a Central News dis
patch from Amsterdam. They ar
rived in Dutch waters from Belgium
and were interned.