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onel, These boys will do anything
you wish al ~ "
well, suppose the Germans were
across the creek, replied the gen
eral. I'D like to have this nearest
company attack them u
The captain of the nearest com
pany was given the order, and he
marched his men across the meadow,
Pretty soon, a whistle sounded, and
the company was up and running
toward the creek. Only a minute,
and then they dropped, waiting, then
running, always skirmishing in the
latest approved French fashion
When they dropped 1t was with two
skirmish lines in advance and two
support lines leading off to the rear,
with each man dropping over the legs
of THE chap in front Of him. Tin
derbies and packs covered the upper
portions of their bodies %st iii,
a bit of a flank movement
by a couple platoons, the supposed
German positions along the creek
were stormed and taken. The French
general was delighted beyond words
for "a moment. Finally he said, my
Oldest veterans could do 1t no better,
even il they were warned 1t was on
the program. and Your boys did that
extemporaneously., The general re.
meInbered the review, and few days
later these colored chaps from Chi
cage received a fine letter from him
scongratulating them on their esprit
de corps and their work.
It was interesting to see how these
colored boys mixed with the French
inha bitants of the village, with whom
the Americans were bfl1etted. The
French folk like the cOlored boys
and felt highly i1onored at the way
the I. latter learned French. The
darkies are getting extremely fluent,
andii it fits entirely with their scheme
of things to use all French forms
Of politeness.
Down the battle line q large unit
Of colored troops was encountered
at serious business. 1T was doing Into
the line, taking over hilly and i'm
portant sector formerly held by
French troops. Itifwas the first taste
of the trenches, or {of the front foy
the boys in this unitafil These men
were mostly from the south The.
chad sbeen trained in the middle west
and ssome more in France, but never
had been on duty under shell fire. =
VI YetEon this dark night, while the
Germans lombard ed, these thousands
Of darkie doughboys, chiefly under
direction of colored officers, though
some wereSWhite, took3oyer a difficult
and long sector without a ,mishal
and with less noise than usual, Sc
the French officers said. They have
held that long sector for some time
aow, and there has been no slip, from
the farthest3 outpost Ito the rear sup
ply truck. sJ55s u; 4{aisE tf{ sGti4B
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DUCK HUNTERS HAVE POOR
SUCCESS: WEATHER TOO GOOD

Duck hunters were plentiful Sun
day but the weather, was too good
for. the ducks to settle on lakes and
marshes. Large fiocks fiewsaiigh and
were out Of gun range. The lifting
of the gasless Sunday ban was one
of the chief causes of large numbers
of gun artists being out. 3i9i5i #s
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y. S. Public Health Service Issues
Official Health Bulletin
on Influenza. 4
LATEST WORD ON SUBJECT.
Epidemic Probably Not Spanish In
oriuln--Germ Still u IN known--P CO.
pie Should Guard Against "Droplet
| InfeetIon"--suraeon General Blue
Makea Authoritative Statement.

Washington, D. C.--(special.) All
though King Alphonso Of Spain was
one Of the victims of the Influenza cpl
demic In 1893 and again this summer,
Spanish authorities repudiate any
claim to Influenza as Spanish" dis,
ease If the people Of this country do
not take care the epidemic Will be-
come so widespread throughout the
United States that soon we shall hear
the disease called american" intiu-t
enza. r.. sss.
In response to request for definite.
Information concerning Spanish sintlu-
enza, Surgeon General Rupert Blue OF
the q. S. Public Health Service has
authorized the following official inter
view: i '' w n
What ls Spanish Influenza sls ilt
something new7 Does 1t come from
spain7
1.-THE disease now occurring In this
country and called Spanish lnhuen-
ga resembles very contagious kind
of cold accompanied by fever. pains
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IN the head, eyes, ears, back or other
parts of the body and feeling Of Sc
we're sickness! In most of the cases the
symptoms disappear after three or four
days, the patient then rapidly recover
ing. Some OF the patients, however,
develop pneumonia, or Inflammation
OF the ear, or meningitis, and many OF
these complicated cases die. Whether
this so-called Spanish Influenza is
Identical with the epidemics Of ,inauen-
Ia of earlier years Is not yet known.
"Epidemics Of Influenza have visited
this country since 1647. 1t Is Interest,"
ing to- know that this first epidemic
was brought here from Valencia,
Spain. Since that time there have.
been numerous epldemics of the dis
ease. In 1880 and 1890 AN Epidemic.
of Influenza, starting somewhere In the
Orient, spread first to Russia and
thence over prac tlcaily the, entire civ,
flied world. Three years later there
was another flare-up of the disease.
Both times the epidemic spread vide
ly over the United States. -
although the present epidemic is
called Spanish Influenza there Is no
reason to believe that it originated In
Spain. Some writer's who have studied
the question believe that the epidemic
came from the Orient and they call at
tentiongto the fact that the Germans
mention the disease as occurring along
the eastern front In the summer and
fall of 1917" M 7s5E
howcan spanish Influenza. be rec
ognized7 rs. ~. .a
"There is as yet no certain way in
which a. single case of Spanish influ-
enza' can be recognized. On the 9TH
er hand, recognition Is easy where
there Is a group Of cases. In contrast
to the outbreaks of ordinary. coughs
and colds, which. usually occur IN the
cold months, epidemics of influenza
may occur at any season Of the year.
Thus the present epidemic ragged most
intensely in Europe in May, June and
July. Moreover, In the case Of ordi-
nary colds, the general symptoms
(fever, pain, depression) are by no
means as severe or as sudden In their
onset as they are In Influenza. Final
~, ordinary colds do mot spread
through the community SO rapidly or
30 extensively as does influenza. 81
in most cases a person taken sick
with influenza feels sick rather sud
denly. He feels weak, has pains in the
eyes, ears, head or back, and may be
sore all over. Many patients feel
dizzy, some vomit Most of the pa
TENTS complain of feeling chilly, and
with this comes fever In which the
temperature rises to 100 to 104. In
most cases the pulse remains relative
ly slow. --c
"In appearance one Is struck by the
fact that the patient looks sick. His
eyes and the inner side of his eyelids
may be slightly bloodsbot,' or con
gested,' as the doctors say. There
may be running from the nose, or
there may be some cough. These signs
of a cold may not be marked; never
theless the patient looks and feels very
sick
I'm addition to the appearance and
the symptoms as already described
examination of the patients blood may
aid the physician in recognizing span
tsh influenza for It has been foussA
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Want AID DEPT,

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cost half cent a word per issue, when
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be run for less than Toe per issue
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ACLEAR COMPLEXION
Rudy Cheeks king Eyes.
Most Women Can Have
Says Dr.. Edwards, a Well.Known
I Ohio Physician

n 5.-- q
III Or. F, M. Edwards for n years treated
scores Of women for liver and bowel
ailments. During these years he gave to
his patients prescription made Of few
well.known vegetable ingredients mixed
with olive oil, naming them Dr.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. You win know them by
their olive color. sess ltgs
n These tablets are wonde workers on the
liver and bowels, which cause q normal
action, carrying off the waste and poison
Gus matter in ones system.
If YOU have a pale face, sallow look, dull
eyes, pimples, coated tongue, headaches, a
|listlesse no-good feeling, all out OF sorts.
inactive bowels, you take one Of Dr..
Edwards Olive Tablets nightly for q time
and note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women as well as men
take Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets the sue.
|cessful substitute for calomel now and
then just to keep in the pink Of condition.
1Oc and 25c per box. All druggists.
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MODERN SAMARITANS.

Attend special meeting October Fl.
1918, at 8 p. m, to transact business
and extend liefs to fire sufferers.
D. I'll Fisk: Presiding Officer. 2t1021
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that in this disease the number OF
I white corpuscies shows little OF no I'M
crease above the normal. It Is possi'
BILE that the laboratory investigation
now being made through the National
Research Council and the United
States Hygienic Laboratory will fur
|tnish more certain way In which fndf.
vidual cases Of this disease can be
recognized. ''is
What Ia the course Of the diseases
Do people die of 1T ~ .5 { Is
Ordinarily, the fever lasts from
three to four days and the patient re-
covers. But while the proportion OF
deaths in the present epidemic has
generally been, low, In some places the
outbreak has been severe and deaths
have been numerous. When death oc-
ours At Is usually the result Of q COM
pIfcation." q
& What causes the disease and how ia
It spreaG7
"Bacteriologists who have studied In.
fluenza epidemics In the past have
s,,, q, ..,.,s & . ~, -, :,
small rod.shaned germ called after tts
3,iscoyerer. Pfeiffer's bacillus In other
cases of apparently the same kind of
disease there We're found pneumococcL
the germs of iobars pneumonia. Still
others have been caused by strepto-
cocci, and by others germs with long
names A
$40 matter what particular kind of
germ causes the epidemic, 1t is now
believed that influenza Is always
spread from person to person, the
germs being carried with the air along
with The very small droplets OF mucus.
expelled By coughing or sneezing,
foreeful talking, and the like by one
who already 3has the germs of the dis
ease. They may also be carried about
jim the mir In The form OF dust coming
from dried mucous, from coughing and
sneezlne. or from careless people who
| splt on the floor and On the sidewalk.
/ AZ ii, most :ot her ,itching diseases, a
persol, who nh &. only d mild attack Of
the tlisea ses himself NAV rive ii very
severe attack IA otl,ers u q. $500 NJ
49,. 49, - -. q. ~. ,.,h !.
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sun VIZ peeoii'ss 1870
smo , W i,o,io ~ Vuss aiu 81 - os,.
Ints 49,, siii iei q, ), 80 - "as
uoiiil' ~ .'t ~ $50
,iihe, SEED tne lil,sl i'oir
Tue alsease, lars aaiu y iue' i.,is
aeslraoi T., lliat ~ " aiiom -
sieel, ne il'ss afoolh VITA te pa.
t,e IL. ~ ~ ohe Ivy Etne
silould be iiios YVss silisliie room.
- le = sou s sna - ~ u. 80 Z.
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FOR SALETen pigs. seven weeks
old, for Sc each. Phone $40. l5
.lse,l s a5t1026
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FOR SALE OR RENT Furnish ed
six room house, or furnished room
with use Of kitchen. Typewriter
and desk for sale. 1891 Dewey
avenue. Phone 1911. 6t10261
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Will a person who has had lnfuenzs
before catch the disease again7

Will a person who has had influenza
before catch the disease again7
ut Is we'll known that an attack of
measles or scarlet fever or smallpox
usually protects a person against an
other attack of the same disease. This
appears not to be true of Spanish In
fluenza' According to newspaper re-
ports the King of Spain suffered an
attack of influenza during the epi-l
iemic thirty years ago, and was again.
stricken during therecent outbreak in
Spain"@
How can, one guard against Influ.s
enza2 szsS.-4ssssss55.s1s-..ss ss
,... in guarding against disease of all
kinds, 1t Is important that the body be
kept strong and able to fight off dis
ease germs, This can be done by hav-a
Ing aproper proportion Of work, play
and rest, by keeping the body well
clothed, and by eating sufficient whole
some and properly selected food. In
connection with diet, 1t is we'll to re-
member that milk Is one of the best
all-around foods obtainable for adults
as well rs children. So far as dis
case like influenza Is concerned, health
authorities everywhere recognize the
very close relation between Its spread
and overcrowded homes. While it Is
not always possible, especially in
times like the present, to avoid such
overcrowding, people should consider
the health danger and make every
effort to reduce the home oyercrowd.
ing to minimum. The value of fresh
air through open windows cannot be
over emphasized.
"When crowding Is unavoidable, as
in street cars, care should be taken to
keep the face so turned as not to In
hale directly the air breathed out by
another person. 49,
ut Is especially important to be-
ware of the person who coughs or
sneezes without covering his mouth
and nose. 1t also follows that one
should keep out of crowds and stuffy
places as much as possible, keep
homes, offices and workshops well air.
ed, spend some time out of doors each
day, walk to work IL at all practicable
lin short, make every possible effort
. to breathe as much pure air as pos.
sible.
I'm all health matters follow the adj
vice of your doctor and obey the regu-
lations of your local and state health.
officers"
Cover up each cough and sneeze,
u you don't you'll spread disease
-
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FOR, SALE-Household furniture If
all kinds. One item, combination
gas and coal range, also many
M other desirable pieces. 1915 Bel
"a trami Ave. Phone 44-5N 2t1022s
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE aled hay. 307 F7th
J st, L. N. Ford. Phone 1851. IL
go I. 4 6t1026
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FOR SALE At a bargain If taken
at once. Heavy team OF geldings,
weight about 5000 lbs. Box 81.
Solway, MINI 10t1024
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FOR SALE OR RENT Five room,
modern house and two lots BIT
Bemidii Ave Anton nderson,
call at SIS BemidJi Ave. 4t1 022,
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FOR SALE Household furniture,
wood heater, base burner, range;
4 8 Plymouth Rock pul1ets, 80 o dts.
of canned vegetables. fruit and
az pickles. House for REM, s 100 18th,
15tiSt., p. p. Holle nbeek Phone
tisg6 41-J. 6t1026s
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FO RSALEG God dining room table,
cheap IL ztaken at once. Inquire
t;zi1221 Minnesota Ave tool
FOR sSALE-C heap Kimball piano.
IA 1l16 sDoud Ave, Phone 6 b vi
! 1Ff3 & gs - I, 81 6t10243
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WANTED

WANTED Girl for general house
t6{l work. 1915 Beltrami ave. 444-W.
d 2t1021
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WANTED Woman to do scrubbing.
Third Street Cafe. 1O16tf
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-04

RICHMOND GRAIN ExCHANGE.
lVA>lesnle 0mSta tions On 'Change.D
T1cnmuT;s;, : a.. Sept. 1873.
WHDAT-Caf Lots:
Ne. : Red (wtnterl..... Prless
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Odineal secretary. Changing its name
10 Lexington Telephone com pany.
Supplemental certificate of incorpo-
ration of Hopewell Real Estate and
Development company. incorporated
Hopeweil, Va Decreasing its mini
mum capital stock from $4,000 to
$4,000 John =. Goodman, NJ Finger,
II Silverstein. Louis Browder and
Harry Charnes. incorporators.
Amendment to charter Of Arthur
Jordan Piano company, incorporated
Alexa ndria. Va. Arthur Jordan, pres
dent. Howard l.. Kit. secretary In
ereasing maximum pital stock from
5 Sc. 900 to $3.50, 900.
Amendment to charter of The Home
FIRE Insurance Corporation of Nir-
GINA. Hampton, Va. Nelson :.
Groome, president. II. W. Saunders,
secretary Decreasing maximum capt.
fal stock from $4,000 to 5000
T. T. Gresham company. incorpo-
rated. Norfolk Va, Maximum capital
stock 5000. minimum $50 600 + T.
Gresham, president. d W. Thomas,
secretary; W w. Gresham, vice presi-
dent and treasurer. All of Norfolk.
To own and operate motor trucks and
sand and gravel business.
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cut a. wanted. This Is much more
economical than our habit of serving

cut a. wanted. This Is much more
economical than our habit Of serving
1t in bits.
From where are we to get more
cheese when none is being imported
from Europe, and We now consume
all that our American dairies are
manufacturing! Why. from our
nsighbor Canada. Of course. For the
production Of good milk, and hence
good cheese, no country in the world
Is better sdaptsd than Canada. It's
prairie provinces occupy the same
latitude a. do the famous cheese
making countries Of Europe. The
climatic and atmospheric conditions
throughout the whole Of Western
Canada are ideal for the raising of
Hive stock.
Canada's output Of cheese Is going
70 by leaps and bounds. Manitoba
and Alberta each ps. oH the market
. million pounds in 1915. Canadian
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butter has q great reputation. due to
tire splendid system of grading
which insures standard quality to
the consumer. Canadian cheese il
gaining this same high reputation
BECAUSE the same system of grading
governs its marketing. The demand
is taxing the output and more and
more farmers are turning their at
tention to dairy cattle. Dairying
Associations and good railroad trans
portation combine to bring big re-
turns into the dairy farmers
pockets.
There is still much good grazing
land to be had 1T low prices and
dairy stock Of all breeds is ~ ailable
at the various Canadian Government
Experimental Farms and the Can
acian Pacific Demonstration Farm.
For the man who wants to get into
the Cheese Game. now Ia the time
and Western Canada u the plaza
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New York. Sept 3.-As the reTufN OF
ono Of the most unfavoraole Reports
~xrr issued by the government on the
rr<ton and because of allied successes.
INA cotton market moved into new
high ground today on active and gen
oral buying. The best prices We're not
maintained because Of proft-tak-
,nr and In the afternoon business feH
OF.
There were no exports for the day,
ror ths season to date the elearances
amount to -T4oGs bales. compared
with 3es,ss4 bales in the corresponding
period last season.
Spot at New Orleans was steady with
middlinx Ie5 points higher at s4hc;
the sales were s23 bales.
Spot here was steady at an advance
Of ITO points at $500: there were no
sales
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chicago Grain

chicago. sept. 1--Grain and provi-
sions close:
corn--September. tb5A October.
Is7%
Oats--September. Teh; october, II
1857
Rih s-Septcmber. 24so; October,
-
pcrk-September. $40: octo her.
e4S5.
Pork-SeptembAr. $40: October.
1915
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Here's tip to use in our battle
with III. c. l., Cheese it. Not in a
slangy sense, but literally. We have
had meatless. wheatless and other
less days prescribed. We have been
urged to eat corn and hsh to save
wheat and meat. Why has No one
urged the use Of more cheese?
In food value cheese is the equal
Of most meats and superior Of many
1t is far less expensive and can Be
cooked IN many ways to make It \
staple food. Potatoes, rice. maca-
ROM, hominy and other cereals
baked "au gratin" provide dishes
whose richness dispense with meat
accompaniment. Europeans have
long used cheese in lieu Of meats.
In many sections Of Europe cheese
is served at all meals, the cheese
dish being as indispensable as our
butter dish. There the wfnois ciieess
i placed on the table and slices sxs
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New YORK. SEPT. a-In the industrial
section Of the curb list Chevrolet Me
tors attracte ed some attention because
81 the weakness shown.
war order stocks were quieter and
prices were barely about steady
Independent oil stocks were without
particular feature. although interest
was widely scattered throughout a
broaden list than recently. Prices We're
without material change.
Mining stocks were ouieter ana
prices we're steady. Sales,
SEQ Aetna Explosives, Tx 81 II \
zoo Chevrolet Motors. lce q f3o.
Manhattan Transit. u q
7 n nen Maxim Munitions, 9-1eT y.
1000 United Motors. ~ s3is.
I 500 Coaden Oil, sN n =
con Federal OH, Ia GLE.
400 Int Petrol. IAN GiS&
Oklahoma OIL. eomHacn. ] o.
LAO Metro, Petrol. ] II 81 n
4 500 Victoria Oil, new III %
800 Big Ledge. !. Ti3-ie,
Atlanta. +1s-
900 Boston and Montana, IS T Sc.
1900 Calumet Jerome, 4-Tt+-
100 Cons. Arizona. ~ Ti LIS.
Goidneid Cons. 81 sf2a.
1000 Jumbo Extension. 1910.
SEQ Mckinley DarrsEh. tsG f5.
400 Mother Lode. s+Ts5.
600 Success. 1111s
$50 Tonopah Extension, i'e n s-ie-
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Everybody Can Help
Copyright. Underwood & underwood

EVERY man, Woman. and child IN
America can help win the war. Every
man. woman. and child who buys
liberty bond or war sayings Stamp
does something toward winning this
war enlists in one division of national
service, supporting the government,
and backing un our lighting men in
France ard on the seas
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liens.

Thera are enemy Aliens and there are
native aliens. The American who does
not do his part toward winning the
war. who neither fights nor works nor
lends for victory is as much an alien
TO Americas purposes and America 8
cause as the fankest Prussian interned
in this country.
This is war of peoples as well as
Of nations, and each Individual fss
place and duty.
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WALL. Street SEES
REAL BULL MARKET

New York. Sept. a.--Along about
2:30 this afternoon the creeping bull
market gave promise of becoming an
eutEight roaring bull market. From
1l3h Steel common, which on Friday
sold ex-divided Az per cent cent. gath
cred momentum and almost In as
many minutes was rushed up w
points to 116. With the dividend on,
116 makes new high OF 120A for
this year. The 1917 high was 1858.
Hide and Leather. preferred. American
steel Foundries and Southern Rail-
way, common, shared Stecrs unques-
toned leadership. Cotton In wild re-
Spouse to the lowest August cotton
condition report on record rose, l10
'en5n.s IN y few minutes. October cot
$3.50 nd registered a now
Sigh for the staple.
The major influences on stocks and
bonds as well, were even better war
aews than we have been accustomed
TO for weeks past and remarkable
scracity OF stock offerings at current
levels. In brokerage circles the nope
vas ventred that Acting Chairman
MeGarrah, of the money pool commit
4tz, tii- yt~s41te. .cJHES+ - ',..
f,atr.et Today's course Of prices Ger
tainly confirmed all Mr.. McGarrah had
to say last week about the possibilities
in view of the present progress OF