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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-24
ESTHER b. MENDENHALL.

Funeral services for Esther b.
Mendenhal, 21O5 F. Minor St. Will
be held at the st. Joseph's church
Tuesday morning at Q o'clock. Rev.
Z. J. Carroll oficiatinc. Burial will
Doe I'm Highland cemetery.
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INDIANAPoLI< LIvF ,TocK.

INDIANAPoLIS. Ind. Dec -1 HtVv~
-Geceipts. GOO, market steady. hest
hogs. SLIGO: heavies. S1T.T5. pigs $500
n 1900. bulk or sales. S11GO
CATTLE - Receipts ~. market
steady. choice heavy steers. Nlf-urf
$40: light steers S~JOd 100. le.fe-..
81 Goa 1900. cows S6.JOn 1900 bulls s,
S1.Ood 10, calves. $500 1O0o
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts luH.
market steIuE- rrimc sheep. 50 GOA
500. lambs. $1,000 1900
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POULTRY AND MEATS
Corrected Daily BY Jimmie's Market

Corrected Daily by Jimmie's Market,
1913 T.. jefferson Blvd
BEEF-Roast, 3Od zoe; boiling, zoe /:
pOrterhOuse Coo; sirloin. $4,000.
LARD-Paying, 29c selling. BE-
HAM-Paying, 3312c: selling. $50
VEAL-Paying. 22c; selling. 22G4Jc.
LIPPMAN'S.
WOOI-5Jd DOC; calf. 2Od2Oc.
TALLOW-2M3C, rough.
GREEN HIDES-10c TO lie.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-24

SEEDS.
Corrected Daily by Warner Bros. seed
store ia r.. Wayne St.
HUE GRASSES
WHITE CLOYER-S42 30.
ALSIKE-S22
JAPANESE NHLLET-S2 5Gd3
aIAMMOTH CLONER-S2OG2
ALFALFA S11614.
SWEET CIONER-S1561S
FIELD PEAS-S4. 500 80
MILLET-S2d3
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

kBy L. :. Bureau or Markets..
CHNAGo, Dec. p. - Hogs Esti-
bulk, S1730d1765; top. S1T7O; butcher
hogs, heavy. S17.55d no; packing hogs.
heavy, $166Jd 1873; medium and mized,
S1T.4Jd 1865; light. $1,000 10; pigs.
SIS .J0d15.OO; roughs, $500 1850.
CATTLE Estimated receipts. 10000 .
market strong; beef cattle good. choice.
S15.0Od19 30. medium and common, $500
d1j.OO: butcher stock. heifers, $50
400; cows. S725@ 1928; Gamers and
cutters. S6.6jMT2J: stockers and feeders.
good. choice. S1O.25d13JO: veal calves.
good choice. S1400d1+JO.
SHEEP - Estimated receipts, 1000
market strong; medium and good. Nli.N3
@1100; spring lambs good, choice.
S12.7jd142J: ewes, choice. prime - -
d9J0: medium and good. SSOOd9.-J
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK. Dec. 23-Call money on
the floor Of the New York Stock EX-
change today ruled at per cent; high
. per cent: low. 4 per cent
Rates were: sixty days. o. per cent,
90 days 5aid6 per cent; months 1Ad
g per cent; > months. % d6 per cent. %
The market for prime Mercantile
Paper was easy.
Cali money I'm London was 3 per cent
Sterling Exchange was steady with
business in Bankers Bills at $40 1916
for demand: S4T312 for 60-day bills. and
S471ia for 90-day bills.
PITTSBU RICH LIVE STOCK.
PTTTSBU RICH. Pa. Dec. Cat
TLE-Supply 200 head market slow
choice. SIG 50G17OO prime $1,000 100.
good. S15.5Od 1870; tidy butchers. >l4'o
d15JO: fair. S11OOdi2J0. common.
Sl1 OOd 1880: common 10 good fat bulls.
SG.OOd 1880; common &c good Fat COWS,
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LOCAL AND FOREIGN MARKETS
New York StOcks; Closing Prices

NEW YORK. Dec Closing
prices on the stock exchange today
~.
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Grain, Cattle, and PROVISION,

So JOn1O0O heifcrs. SlOooa14oO: fresh
cows and spr.lgers. $4,000 1000. veal
calves. $500
SHEEP AND LAMBS supply. 500
head market steady. prime wcthers.
$3.50: good mixed s. .J0FI SO fair
mixed, S6OOd1u0. culls and common.
S3.OOMIOO. lambs. $3.50
HOGS Receipts. 600 head market
steady, prime heavy hogs. S1FGJ; me-
dlums, SIZES. heavy Workers. S11.GI:
light Workers. S1GJO. pigs. $3.50
roughs. S1l JOdfGG5: stays $1,000
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bonds has extensively influenced the
trading element n The stock eN-
change office go take the bear side
quite generally on the theory that BE-
is selling forced by the necessities
of the readjustmcnt To- get ready
funds TO take care OF commitment
i'm business. as well as securities. a
good deal of corporation selling is
noted ."-Fnancial News Bulletin
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-24

NEW YORK-The American
Smelling co. this morning reduced
its price OF lead In New York from
1.0J to 6.50.-Dow. Jones
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-24
South Bend Markets
GRAIN AND Iced.

GRAIN AND FEED.
Corrected Daily by o. W. Burrell, Starr
Mills. Hydraulic Av-)
OATS-Paying Coo, selling S0qS5c per
bu.
SCHUMACHER FEED-Selling $500.
BRAN-Selling, $50 per hundred.
MIDDLINGS-Se s. per hundred.
CHOPPED FEED-Selhug. $3.50 per
cwt.
SCRATCH FEED-Selling. 1913 per
cwt.
BUCKWHEAT- Paying $3.50 per cwt
WHEAT-P8ying 50
HAY, STRAW AND FEED.
Corrected Daily by the Wesley Miller
Flour and Feed Co.. 42O :. Michigan.)
HAY-Paying so to $25; selling $50
to $50.
STRAw-Paying 50 to So; selling Toe
a bale.
OATS-Paying 65c; selling 10 to SOC
SHELL CORN-Paying $40; selling
S1.75 to $50.
EAR CORN-Paying St4O: selling
S1.75
TIMOTHY-S45O d5OO.
TIMOTHY SEED-Paying 81 per bu. +,
selling $500
CLOVER SEED Paying $50 bu.; sell
ing S24 per bu
German Mnlet-Paying $3.50 selling
$500
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PLANS READY FOR
WILSON'S VISIT
TO u. S. SOLDIERS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)
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HAY. STRAW AND ICED.

LIVE STOCK.
Corrected Daily by Major Bros. :. LO-
gan St. MishawRlSa.)
HEAVY FAT STEERS-Fair 10 good,
7dSc; prime. ga 10c.
HOGS-1206 100 lbs. 1412c: 1900 160
lbs, 15c; 16O to 200. 16c; eco up, 1910.
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PERSONALS

Mrs. Bernard McGinIey and Miss
Ann enney spent the week end IN
CIarksburg the guests Of the Miss
IS Bess and Isabel Quinn
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Robinson
spent the Thanksgiving holidays In
Evansville guests OF the latter's
sister, Mrs. E. n. Sturgess.
Miss Deborah Fitzgerald returned
last evening from Cameron where
x she had spent the Thanksgiving
holidays with relatives
Mrs. Hal Hall and son, Clifton
have returned from Pt- Marion.
where they were, called by the III
ness and death Of Mrs Halls father
:. Harry Flowers formerly OF this
city who had been stationed with
the U S. army at Camp Lee. Va,
wassaS visitor IN this city yesterday
on his way to PaTkersburg. Mr..
the service. He formerly worked
with the Stevenson Wholesale Gro
Gerry company here
Miss Majorle McAndrews who is
III with typhoid fever at Cook hos
pitaI is improving at this tins.
Miss Eva Wilson IS Ill with infiu-
enza at her home at lemons Ferry
Dent Powell Is i'll with the an
duenSa at his home on the ass Side.
Mrs. J. J Carp ter and daughter,
Miss Genevfeye have returned from
a several days vis-+ In Pittsburgh
Mrs. Arthur Clayton of Manning
ton was recent visitor in this city
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Burkley Of
ManninRton spent short time IN
this city last week.
Miss Ruth Fleming has returned
to wheeling after spending several
days In this city with relatives
> Mrs. Rose Steel spent Suncay
with relatives in Clarksburs-
Miss Edna Jones IS seriously III
at the home Of her parents, Mr. ana
Mrs. Heath Jones on JEFFERSON Sc,
She underwent an operation a few
days ago and has since been in a
serious condition.
Edwin Gaskin, son Of Ar. and Mrs
C. E. GasIlfll, who has been stationed
at. Camp Taylor, KY, for some time,
is here on visit to his parents. He
is now second lieutenant having
been commissioned at the Camp Tay-
Tor Officers training school a few
months ago. he was in training for
several months prior to that time at
Camp Shelby, Mss.
Mrs E. NJ. Taylor viii return to-
night from Washington. d. C., where
she had been the past several weeks
with her sisters, the Misses Hoffman.
Mrs Howard Gushing, OF Warren.
Pa, was here Saturday, the guest Of
Mrs. Wilson Steele at her home near
Miss Lillian Osborne, OF Clarksburg.
ERYs 81 q
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And dsl1Js plllloli's Il e
lziete llael . l..oi -. q
It.shorid tsll .rs u lie bztttle-
And blood ana bones and bruins Of
should cover HIM, smother him-and
HIS pfllogs should Gig with the rot
Coy from the grave Of Z soldier boy
And While Gods stars their ytgils
keep
Ana While the waves the vhitesands
Heesboaid lever. never. never s1esp-
And through an the days, through an
the years.
There should be an anthem IN his
Ringing ana swinging and never done
From the edge Of light to theiset Of
MOANING aud mosaine and moaning
a ravsssd French etrrs bastard
child!
And 1wouId build him castle by the
As lovely a castle as ever could be:
Then I'd show him a ship from over
As fine a ship as ever could BE-.
Laden with water cold and sweet,
Laden with everything good to eat;
yet scarce does She touch the silvered
scarce nai he reach his eager hands.
=. R.T,
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Returned Homo.

Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Rexrode and
two children who were called here by
the death Of Mrs. Rexrode's sister.
Mrs. Alice Gabert. returned to their
home at Sistersvile last evening
Mss Elizabeth Kinkead, who accom-
panied them here. will return to Sis
tersviIle later in the week Other rel
atives from distance who were here
Mrs. a G. Simons, OF Greenfield. o.,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Debolt, Of Wheel
ing.
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PenenaIa.

AR and Mrs. Efcher. of EllIIns
street returned Sunday from Union
town where they were visiting rela-
lives the past few weeks
Little Miss Ruth Irons. daughter of
fr. and Mrs. Willis Irons, Of Colfax
has been quite Ill with influenza the
past few days. Her brother, Dale, is
recovering from an attack Of the dis
1Irs..J. A. Wright and son, Eugene.
who spent Thanksgiving here, return
ed. totheir home at Belington Sunday.
Mrs. Wayne Meredith and son.
in1uenZa
Lee Holland; OF SmithtoWn, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. sum
n1ers IN Maryland avenue.
Paul Williams. OF Vermont avenue,
scent the week end with friends at
EIkins.
ms. Roy cotter and Miss Halle
Z Gotter have returned from visit to
relatives at ElSins.
Afrs 1Gfnta West has been III the
past few days at her home In Morgan
town avenue
Prot. J. W. May. OF Mt. Lake Park.
= ID az the home OF his sister. Mrs
y y Cox. In MoRgantoWn avenue.
lsklelss esAA0 EA4ESs PESLuk 1SGGVeS ana
mile son, left last evening for Okla
bona After q Few weeks stay there
they VIII 1go TO Texas for the remain.
der OF the winter.
Alias Alta Reeves returned to Nor
santoWn today after spending Thanks
Eiying here.
9. Stewart Cordray and sons. Ed
Ed and James. returned TO Morgan
9Hn, sunday after spending few
here with her sister, 3EFE George
5[lslEeES IN GuGey street
'anl rs Bal have houslIt
Crow tie cottaSs "a Cur
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tiome feon Extended Trip.

Mrs. n. D. Christie arrived home
this morning from Richmond, Va
where she had spent the last several
weeks with her daughters, Mrs. James
Thompson. Mrs. Christie who with
her husband, Dr.. Christie, spent the
summer at Silver Lake. Col, accom-
panied the latter east several weeks
ago and both wenton to New York to
visit their SON, Carney Christie. and
were also Joined there by Mrs. Thomp-
son and son. DR.. Christie returned
home some time ago.
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ose 16 dang To-
3[iss rEeft. hare "a Rom
Carlefol. ere tha5 had s5sent me
gesS u he fol-rlel 5 parents
1fr. ana 4lrs. 3. J. McGonaugh
n. 6 Wnfong, of PIttsbuTsh.
spent Sunday here with his parents.
8Ir. and Ms. Charles Wilfong, on
Alexander Ptsee-
Miss Lena Rutteneutoer, of Balti-
more, was here yesterday. the guest
of Ms Men Layman on Ogden avenue
She has been visiting relatives IN
ClarkbHrg for wee
Mr.. ana s1rs. o. G. Reuode and
children, VINO were called here By the
illness and death OF Mrs Rexrode'
sister Mrs. Alice Gabert returned to
their home n Sistersvfile last night
Mrs. Elizabeth Kinkead. who accom-
panied them. VIA spend several days
longer here
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Ayers who Lad
been the guests Of relatives for the
last several days returned to their
home at Johnstown, Pa. yesterday
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EAST SIDE
NEWS :.
Glass WIN Be Entertained.

The McElfresh class of the Diamond
Street Sunday school viii be enter
tanned Tuesday evening at the home Of
Mrs. Clarence Stealey In State street
An admission fee OF ten cents will be
charged for the benefit OF the flower
fund. Election Of officers will be held.
An members are urged to attend.
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Mrs. Howard Gaskfns and children
Edward, Louise and William, who
have been guests Of J. N .Gaskins and
family IN Market street the past week.
returned Sunday to their home at
Brownsville. Pa
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LII at Washfnoton.

J. W. Reeves received information
THIS morning that his son, Roscoe
Reeves, who was en- route home from
New York where he arrived last week
from France. was now IN with influ-
enza at a hotel in Washington. D. G.
mr.. Reeves had been daily expecting
him home and hopes that his illness
may not delay his coming many days.
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The Sunday school beard Of the Dfa-
mond street church will meet at the
church Tuesday evening to make ar.
rangements for the Christmas enter
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with Miss tee
~ e chureh.
EIeeted Officer,

Hrs. ". S. Mayors was elected pres
ideut Of the executive board OF the
City Missionary Union at meeting
held on Saturday afternoon at the
First Presbyterian church Mrs. C. o.
Henry was made vice president, MIS-
G. a Bloom secretary and Miss Blake
Watson treasurer. Mrs. Levi Harr
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Returned to Camp.

Floyd Morrow. who spent a short
fmlolGh with his mother. Mrs. Cora
Morrow. returned last evening to Long
Island, n. p, where he is member Of
an aero squadron.
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MfesfonarY Meetina.

The, Foreign Missionary society of
the Diamond street church viii meet
Tnesday at two o'clock at the home
L-sof Mrs. Florence Cray in Diamond
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e RarraeLcviIIe.

Mrs. Mary NJ. BogEess and Mrs.
Basil Layman spent Friday at Bar
rackyine the guests OF Mrs. D. S. HoH-
man and family.
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Aid SoeieN

The Aid society OF the NJ. E. church
VIII meet at one o'clock Thursday at
Mrs. Cora Morrows in state street
to quilt The members are urged to
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Evening Chat

Last evening Rev. DR.. stoetzer
preached. on the subject of the Kaiser,
touching on his various cfaraeteris-
tics. his ancestry, and speaking spe-
ciaIly Of his many brutal qualities
which had been inherited. God
never gave such high opportunity nor
such possibilities as the Germans en-
joyed. It Is a tragedy indeed that
now the ruler Of these Germans
should be consigned TO a bottomless
pit by the whole world. But he is
guilty indeed of the geratest crime
since the Cructhdon!" Rev. DR..
Stoetzer sand many people had ex-
pressed their opinion Of what should
be the final punishment of the Kaiser.
He felt that the Kaiser should be all
lo=yed to live in confinement with
food to keep him alive and light
enough for him to see to read. He
wanted papers and magazines handed
to him from time to time with arti-
cles in them showing the horrors
which the world suffered through
him. That, to Rev. DR.. Stoetzer,
would be punishment enough.
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of,-es5 I=efJler IcIreIe 20 aleet.

ausen EstIIee Circle to Meet
The Queen Esther Circle Of the First
church meets on Tuesday even
at 7ss9 O'Clock at the home offhe
Misses Marie ana Marguerite Barss
- dsemont
JostIave Dinner Dance.
It has been announced that Q din
ner dance YIN be q New Years night
event a. The F'airmont Manager Fatt
has stated that so many requests for
such an event, which became popular
lon its initiation last year, have come
TO him that the decision IN its favor
was necessarily forthcoming.
With Miss tee.
The Young Ladies Guild Of the Cen
Ha Christian church meets tonight at
the home OF Miss EtheIyn Ice. in Wal
mt avenue.
Meets at Church.
The regular meeting of Mcfarland
chapter Of the Westminster Guild OF
the First Presbyterian church viii be
held tonight at 1880 o'clock at the
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Mother 100 Years Old.

Mrs. Mary Evans. wife of David
Evans, of Pennsylvania avenue, has
gone to Prairie, Ind, to visit hermoth-
er who is 100 years OF age. She Win
also visit in Indiana before returning
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Granted that the Kaiser possessed
the proper sensibf1ittes and mind
enough to appreciate these horrors,
this sort of punishment might do.
There is no suffering like that endur=
ed by the sensitive mind! But the
Kaiser. according to any record Of
the happening, has never displayed an
appreciative, easily hurt heart he
might read OF thesWorld's suferfngs
to the worlds end and not shed a
tear! Rather, In view Of the fact Of
his solitary confinement for Life,
might he feel the keenest pleasure In
knowing just how far his influence
and authority has gone. It isn't Just
natural to expect that now the deed
is done and punishment looms large
In the near distance. that the Kaiser
shell repent-when it Is loo late. A
seeming repentance on his part might
be considered by him II 1t would gain
him anything. But now a genuine
unhappiness for the. ignob1e part he
has played in the worlds warts not
to b expected
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t4av. "a son.

A son was bonn yesterday 70 M
and Mrs. Maurice e. Miller e the
home Of the latter smother, MFs,iB. r
Reed, IN Cleveland avenue and jack
SON street. The child Is the second
child and drst son IN the family
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So

vas made secretafy Of Ift6rstzsrs ana
puBsisIty with Mss Jessie 7Iee.as as
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Meet for Service

The Young Ladies Aid society OF
the u. P. Temple meets tonight at Red
Cross rooms for service
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In this connection a poem written
by F. D. Van Amburgh, editor Of
The Silent Partner. magazine. very
popular. among business men, and
published in that journal in Novem-
Der OF last year, is interesting. This
poem has been widely printed, often
quoted and has even been set to mt
The silent Partner. over 1a0 people
throughout the country have laid
claim to the authorship. The poem
Is as follows:
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LLET HIM LIVE.
So long as flowers their perfume give,
So long I'd let the Kaiser live
Live and live for million years,
With nothing to drink but Belgian
tears,
With nothing to dueneh his awful
thirst -.
Butthe sailed brine of a scotshunanss
I -ou1d let him i've on a dinner each
served from silver on a golden tary-
Served with things both dainty and
Served with everything but things to
And I'd make him a bed of silken
sheen,
with costly linens to lie between,
With covers Of down and dllets OF
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Which means that they
are ready here to make
Christmas the happlest
day in a little lassie,s life.
And such a delightful as
semblage of those EELittle
Wonen1 and Little Men.
Little Girls In white pima
fores, over pretty frocks,
Boy Dolls just as clever
looking. Dolls dressed in
many costumes. Dolls for
wee little boys and girls,
all here for little ones to
view them and parents TO
select thel1 Prices soc To-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
THREE MEN HAVE
NARROW ESCAPES
Army Men in Balloon After
Gable Snaps Finally
Save Selves.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec, 5.--Three
men and n captive balloon. to say
nothing Of the parachute. experienced
wild adventures, but no injuries, when
a captive balloon at BROOKS field broke
away, As the balloon was beiag hauled
down tho cable snapped and tho bal
loon assembled rapidly to a height OF
1880 feet. In the basket were Lieut..
II, w. Reid. pilot from camp John
Wise. and Lieuts. Eldridge and Mackie
Of Brooks field.
As the balloon threatened to 20 on
upward indefinitely at this height the
valve was used and Notwithstanding
tho fact that sand and coats and every
available thing was thrown out TO
ease It's descent, it struck with such
violence that two Of the officers were
thrown from the basket.
IL Immediately began to ascend
again, and the third officer seeing that
his only chance of escape lay In max
Ing n parachute descent, nut his para
chute was tangled in tho cords OF the
balloon and at FIRST could not be loos-
ened. He climbed hand over hand up
tho cords, reached the parachute, dis
entagled II and mate a perfect para
chute descent from a height Of 200 feet,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-05
ILLUS DEATH TOLL
more THAN 100000
Estimate Fatalities From Epi-
demic in U, S. May Reach
$4,000.

WASHINGTON, Dec. between
800, 900 and 350, 900 deaths from influ-
enza and pneumonia have occurred
among the civilian population of the
United States since Sept. Is, according
to estimates Of the public health serV-
ice, These calculations were based OF
reports from cities and states keeping
accurate records and public health Of
flcials believe they are conservative.
The epidemic persists, but deaths are
much less numerous, according to re-
ports reaching here, A recrudescence of
the disease now Ia occurring In many
communities throughout the country.
but this is believed to be sporadic and
not to indicate a general renewal OF
severe epidemic conditions.
Insurance companies have been hard
hit by the epidemic, government re-
ports indicate, although there are M
figures available here to show total
losses sustained by the companies. The
government incurred liabilities Of more
than $l70, 900, 900 in connection with
life insurance carried by soldiers in
army camps not including those in
Europe.
About 5000 deaths occurred in the
camps in tho United States, war de-
partment records show.
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SWISS WILL CARE
FOR U. 5. PRISONERS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-To trans
port the 1900 American soldiers from
tho German prison camps at Rastatt
TO the French hoarder, the Swiss gov
ernmert has offered to provide fully
equipped trains. the American Red
Cross was informed by Its representa-
tives In Switzerland, The Americans
will be taken to France by way of
Switzerland.
The Red Cross has asked DR.. Gre
sole, n Swiss physician with considera-
bile experience in prison camp work. to
go into Germany to expedite the move
ment Of wounded or stick prisoners.
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HARDEN PICTURES
.GERMANY'S CHANGE

LONDON. Dec. &. british wireless
service D-Maximillan Harden, in his
paper, Die Xukunft, gives a picture of
Germany in the days preceding and
following the armistice, IN August, he
says, the late Albert Ballin, director
of the Hamburg-AmeriCan line, was
called In by the military men as the
only German who could tell the en-
peror tho truth,
There was a terrible scene" he con-
%tinues, 'and a lady's fan threatened
tho ship owner"
There was a second interview, hut
nothing came Of It n tho facts sud
denly burst upon Germany with the
resignation of Gen, ~Ludondorff, which
came with the violence or an unex-
pcctcd thunderstorm.
Herr Harden bitterly d~enounces the
sudden conversion Of all the junker elo-
ments TO democracy and to support of
the new government.
yesterday" he declares, they were
hloodthirsty with the viii to victory.
To-day they are kNghts or tho spirit,
raising a disgraced civilization up to
pure glory"
He tells the German people that their
paper money and loans are worthless
and ''only the labor OF our sons and
grandsons can give them value"