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Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09
SPANISH INFLUENZA
PLAYING HAVOC IN
Penn. COAL MINES
200 Physicians Rushed to Coal Mines
In Pennsylvania to Try to Check
Spanish Influenza Epidemic

Washington, Oct. 31-Nearly 200
army physicians have been rushed to
the mining fields of Pennsylvania in
an effort to check the spread of infiu-
enza, which is seriously curtailing the
output of the mines. The admins?
tration called upon General E. D.
Anderson, of the General Staff to aid
in the relief work, and the latter i'm
mediately detailed Colonel Synder
and Colonel Slee. at Camp Crane, AL
tentown. to take charge of the work
They at once proceeded with 125
army physicians to Minersville. Potts
vile. Pine Grove. Shamokin and She
nandoah, where they established head
quarters.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09
NEGRO GIRLS GET
MOTOR MECHANISM
AND AUTO COURSE

Baltimore. Nd. Nov 4.-Through
the untiring efforts of the Woman's
Section of the Colored Division Of the
Maryland Council of Defense, course
in motor mechanics and automobile
driving has been secured for the col
ored girls of the city This course
has been in vogue for white girls dur
ing the past winter and many of the
popular society matrons took advan-
tage of it. From this course the wo-
man drivers of the Red Cross and Am
bulance Corps were formed.
In order to reach all women, wheth-
er employed in the day or not, the
classes will be held on Friday and
Saturday evenings at 7:30 o'clock.
Up to late yesterday afternoon the
place of instruction had not been Sc
lected, but before the week ends full
details will be given out.
The newspapers, pastors of church
es of all denominations and the mem
bers of the Council have been asked
to cooperate with those in charge to
make the course known through the
community to the girls. A special
appeal is made to the working girl.
for whom it was especially arranged
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09
ONE HUNDRED DIE
WHEN CONEY ISLE
TRAIN IS DERA|LED

New York, Nov. 1.-One hundred
bodies had been taken late tonight
from what is known as the Malbone
street tunnel" on the Brighton
Beach line of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company where a five car
train running at high speed jumped
the track on curve and struck the
side wall with such terrific force that
the first car was demolished and the
others "buckled," until they were
jammed against the roof of the tun-
mel.
The train which carried nearly
nine hundred passengers, was in
charge Of a green" motorman
Rescue workers declared they be-
lieved more bodies were buried un-
der the wreckage and that the death
list of men, women and children
might reach 120. Probably twice that
many were injured, many of them
seriously.
District Attorney Lewis of Kings
county declared the accident was due
to recklessness on the part of motor
man who had been employed as a
train dispatched and was pressed into
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09
20 YEARS IN PRISON
FOR PLOTTING AGAINST
U. S. GOVERNMENT
Four DisioyaIists Convicted of Sedi-
tion and Given Long Prison
Terms

New York, Oct. 31.-Mollie Stein
er, girl Bolshevist, Jacob Abrams, Sa-
muel Lipman, Hyman Lochowsky, con
victed of sedition, were given sen
tences today by Judge Henry D. Clay.
ton, in the Federal District court.
The Steiner girls was sentenced to
fifteen years. Abrams, Lippman and
Lochowsky were given twenty years
each and Rosansky escaped with a
three-year sentence. Accompanying
the pronunciation Of sentences Judge
Clayton delivered scathing denuncl
alton of the prisoners for their plots
against the government.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09
WHAT ONE HUNDRED
PER CENT AMERICAN
MEANS IN TEXAS

Austin, Tex, Nov AT Lago, Tex,
a few weeks ago, strange white man
who arrived in town, referred to Col
ored men and Women as "Mr. and
Mrs" He was summarily informed
by white citizens that if he persisted
in doing so he would have to leave
town; that no white citizen who was
100 per cent American would address
Colored men and women by "Mr. and
Mrs"
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09
LIFTING OF FLU" BAN
AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY

Washington. D. c.. Oct 31.-With
the Sapnish influeza practically un-
der control by the health authorities
of the District OF Columbia, President
]. Stanley Durkee makes the an
nouncement that, according to pres
ent conditions, Howard University
will probably reopen Monday, Novem.
Der 4th. Provision is made for full
Students Army Training Corps, with
both collegiate and vocational sec
tions. as well as for the usual aca-
demic and professional courses. Stu
dents win not be received beyond the
opening date.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09
ARMY LAUNDR|ES
SHIPPED OVERSEAS

Washington. Oct. 91.-Seventeen di-
visional camp laundries for army, 26
mobile laundries consisting of a
steam tractor, four traitors, supply
truck and the laundry utensils gen
orally for each unit already have been
shipped overseas. These can dissem-
BILE and be ready for moving within
80 minutes when necessary.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09
.cOLORED PEOPLE HELP
FOOD ADMINISTRATION

Washington, D. c., Nov. 5.-The
Colored people of Kentucky are en-
listing in large numbers in the food
conservation movement under the
leadership of the Negro State Direc-
tor, Phil H. Brown, United States
Food Administration. The organiza-
tion has now enrolled more than 1900
active colored workers covering more
than SO counties, and their persistent
propaganda has actually resulted in
saving considerable food. Many far
mers have been reached through coun-
ty fairs and meetings in the rural
districts with beneficial results.
The cities and towns have placed the
food saving message before the urban
Negro population through churches
and patriotic mass meetings, one of
which had an attendance of over
5000, with standing room only" in
the mammoth Phoenix Hill conven-
ton garden at Louisville The feature
of that meeting was the address of
the State Food Administrator, Mr..
Fred M. Sackett, and the Director of
the Negro Section, Mr.. Ernest T. Att
well, from the national headquarters.
This meeting is said to rank as the
highwater mark of patriotic endeavor
in that section.
Indiana Busy
AS a result of a recent visit to In
diana of the National Director of Ne
gro activities, and in order that the
population may be reached more com
pletely with the conservation mes
sage, the United States Food Admin
istration for that State has established
a department of the Food Club Divi-
sion to work with the colored people
of the State. F. B. Ransom, an attor-
ney of Indianapolis, is State Director
of these Colored Food Clubs. He is
appointing leaders in each Of the col
ored communities of the State who in
turn will be charged with the respon-
sibility of organizing the colored peo-
pie. Mr.. Ransom's first appointment
dent of Colored Food Clubs for In
was Mrs. Emma Duvalle as City Presi-
dianapolis.
The organization and supervision of
these clubs will be entirely in the
hands of colored leaders. Several
counties have already organized. in
cluding Terre Haute, Mpncie and An
derson, and other clubs will be or
ganized to enlist the interest and as
sistance of all other colored residents
of to "Save Food Over Here for Vic
tory Over There"
Work in Alabama
One of the model county organiza-
tions in the South in spreading the
conservation gospel among the colored
people is located in Jefferson County.
Alabama. The County cairman, w. B.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09
GERMAN REFORM BILL. CAUSED BY
FEAR Of REVOLT FROM WITHIN
SAYS ARNO DOSCH FLEURO7
Bolsheviki Element Represented by
Left Socialists, 1t Was Feared,
Might Attempt to Upset the
Government

Copenhagen, Nov. 4.-Berlin papers
of Saturday show that the new gov
ernment of Germany feared an at
tempted coup d'etat by the reaction
ary generals at headquarters led by
Hindenburg and Ludendorff This at
tempt was expected to fail, but it was
feared that it would shake the new
government so seriously that the Boil
sheviki elements represented by the
Left Socialists would try to upset the
government from their side, exposing
Germany to the dangers of a prolet-
ariat revolution.
With this in mind the reichstag is
pushing new constitutional amend
ment concentrating all power of con-
trol in the reichstag itself, so that
the general staff will be unable to
make pronouncement breaking off
peace negotiations and throwing the
country into chaos
: vorwaerts Gives Warning
Vorwaerts says: "lne very latest
events makes constitutional amend
. ment especially urgent" 1t adds:
"Minorities, whether they consist of
noble generals or of Bolsheviki, are
not entitled to terrorize the public
will"
A new storm was caused by an eff
fort of Marshal Won Hindenburg to
interfere with peace negotiations by
wiring to the Berlin press conference:
Wilson expects capitulation from
Germany, but the army and navy
would rather fight to the last man"
This caused indignation in the
reichstag. Government papers now
openly state that the demand for
government which could ask Wilson
for peace originally came from gen
eral headquarters.
Count Westarp, Conservative lead
er, sometimes called "the uncrownei
King of Prussia, added to the ten
sion of the eve of the receipt of
President Wilson's last note by say
ing in the reichstag: "The German
army cannot wait twenty-four or for
ty-eight hours to learn whether Will
son demands capitulation"
The indications apparently were
sufficient to cause the Tageblatt to
say "the supreme army command
has decidedly changed its attitude
since it asked the government to ar
range an armistice." That paper adds:
1.-THE question which Wilson calls the
kernel of the situation has developed
to a point which cannot last much
longer"
The Conservatives tried on Friday
to make capital of recent events and
attempted from the tribute to make
propaganda and a pronunciamenta.
The Tageblatt points out that such ac-
ton is all the Bolsheviki have been
waiting. for to turn loose with their
revolution, saying: "This playing with
fire must be prevented by decisive
action"
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Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09
Work in Alabama

One of the model county organiza-
tions in the South in spreading the
gospel among the colored
people is located in Jefferson County.
Alabama. The County cairman, W. B.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-09

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The Washington herald., 1918-11-16
MISFITS FIRST
TOBE LET OUT
BY U. S. ARMY
Secretary Announces That
Development Battalions
Will Be First.
NO NEED OF ANY HASTE
Affairs in Austria May
Compel U. S. Army of
Occupation.

The first units to be demobilized
will be the development battalions, -
Secretary Of War Baker stated yes
terday.
These men are distributed at most
OF the cantonments and number about
fifty thousand. They are "men who
were under physical requirements or
who needed some special drill or dis
cipline to bring them into full mill
tary value-undeveIoped physically,
largely"
Explaining the process OF getting
these out of the army Secretary
Baker said: Every man who, is dis
charged from the army has to have
a physical examination and a very
careful record made for statistical
status. and instead of furloughinc
them and then discharging they viii
be discharged so that there NAV be
no subsequent claims against the
government" No date has been set
Tor the discharge of the undeyeloped
battalions
The Secretary explains that il would
be difficult to grant requests from
business institutions. etc, for .he , s.
charge of particular men and that
1T is not likely that individual re-
quests can be granted He, however.
said that in an individual case eff il
comes in a class that was to be dis
charged as class it might be con-
sidered."
Mr.. Baker also announced that nc
more candidates will be admitted To
central nffirnra ~;
GERS training schools for the line or
staff and departments of the army,
Referring to the present and future
status of attendants at the schools
Mr.. Baker said: Candidates now in
attendance will be allowed to conn
piete the course. or will be discharged
Immediately from the army or at any
time prior to the completion of the
course of Instruction which thev are
taxing. at their option. Candidates
VINO were transferred from the Stu
cent Army Training Corps will be
alioWed the further option of transfer
oack 10 that organization provided
Iney return Is college irnmedfa teIy,
fhose candidates who successfully
complete the course will receive GER
tlncates OF graduation and will he
commissioned in the Officers Reserve
Corps and will be placed Immediate
ly on inactive status"
As to the troops abroad there il
nothing to indicate yet whether anv
OF them will return, although Sec.
fetary Baker in his cabFegran ot
congratulations to Gen Pershinr in
tlmated that the return might be
soon Staff officers Seem to think
that' IN view of developments in En-
rope, there is no need for undue
haste 1t was suggested yesterday
that perhaps in addition to poIicinp
evacuated territory it might be neces-
sary to send American troops to en-
ter Austria. where the terms of the
armlstice were apparently not bein.
carried out satisfactorily.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-16
Wilson Feicitates
King Of the Belsians
On Reentering Capital

President Wilson yesterday sent
the following congratulatory mes
sage to King Albert of Belgium
upon the re-entry Of that sover-
eign into the capital of his nation:
His Majesty, the King of the
Belgiank, Brussels.
Never has a national holiday
occurred at a more auspicious mo-
ment, and never have Fluctuations
been more heartfelt than these
which II is my high privilege 10
tender to Your Majesty on this
day.
When facing imminent destruc-
ton. Belgium by her self-sacriice
won for herself g. place OF honor
among nations. a crown OF glory,
imperishable, though all else were
lost.
THE danger is averted. the hour
OF victory come, and with II the
promise of a new life fuller. great
er. nobler than has been known
before.
. THE blood of Belgium's heroic
sons has not been shed in vain.
(SignedO WOODROW WILSON"
The Washington herald., 1918-11-16
Oklahoma Society Nucleus
Formed in Washington

The initial meeting for the creation
of an Oklahoma Society was held last
evening in the office of Senator Gore.
at the Senate Office Building. One
hundred and three former residents
of the Western State who are now
in Washington were present
Senator Gore was elected temporary
chairman and Edward F. Robertson,
secretary. The committee on consti-
tuition and bylaws is composed OF
Maj Peck. Mrs. Elliott. Miss will
Jams and Miss Hogan. The commit
tee on publicity and membership con-
sists of Miss Grace Macdonald, Miss
Dixie Lane, Miss Hazel johnson, Miss
J. Shields. Miss Lulu Weisdorfer, Mrs.
7. p. Fore. Mrs. Boiling. Lieut. Cox,
John B. O'Neii and b. T. Houston.
Addresses were made by Senator
Gore, by Mai. Herbert NJ Peck. for
merly county attorney at Oklahoma
City, and Maj. r. A. Bhlupa OF the
Judge advocates office.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-16
Aid of An1erica Essential
In Worlds Reconstruction.
GAS the Coming in of United States Has Been
Great Turning Point of This War, So the
Collaboration of America in the Peaceful
Order Will Be Factor of the Greatest
Significance" --.T

ned all the losses and sufferings of
the greatest tragedy in history.
The greatest experience of my
life" concluded Gen. Smuts, has
been to witness now in my own
country of South Africa policy
of conciliation that has recreated a
land broken by war and with healed
wounds and wrongs of a very dan
gerous character. The history of
South Africa since the Boer war
beas immortal testimony to the wis
dom of a policy of conciliation.
IF the victors of this greatest of
wars approach the problems before
them i'll the same large temper in
which this country acted on that
occasion, I have hope that the bit
.terness of this war may yet lead to
a great conciliation of the people
in the future and perhaps event.
ualIy the disappearsfce of war it.
self
The Washington herald., 1918-11-16
BREWER PROBE
BY COMMITTEE
NEXT TUESDAY
Senate Judiciary Inquiry on
Political Phase May De-
lay Times Quiz.

Heads of certain brewery organizl-
tions throughout the country have
been summoned 20 appear before the
Senate judiciary subcommittee next
Tuesday to explain the political ac-
tivities OF their respective organiza-
tions.
1t is the belief Of members of the
subcommittee. appointed TO investi-
gate the participation Of the brewing
interests in politics and the purchase
of the Washington Times with money
obtained from these interests, tras rhe
first week of the investigation will
be devoted to hearing testimony on
the alleged attempt Of the brewers to
influynce politics.
May BE UnwfIlinS.
Doubt whether the specific incident
of the purchase of the Washington
Times viii be touched upon within the
next week was expressed by mem
bers of the committee last night
since there is considerable uncer-
tainty as to the willingness Of the
first witness called TO tesofy.
The three witnesses. John Gardiner
of Philadelphia, chairman Of the or
ganization committee of the United
States Brewers Association; Hugh +.
Fox Of New York. secretary OF the
| association, and John A. McDermott
! of New York, manager OF the organi-
. Zation committee, were among those
appearing before the court in the in
vestigation of political activities OF
! the brewers in the State OF Pennsyl-
vania-
At the time Of the Pittsburgh in.
vestigation these three refused tC
I testify. basing their refusal on the
ground that their testimony might
incriminate themselves. and insist
/ ing upon the constitutional privi-
Ilege exempting persons from being
/ compelled TO testify against theii
own interests.
! Questions as to their duties as
heads of the organizations they rep
resented were met with the same
reply: Il decline to answer on tht
ground that my answer may tend tc
incriminate me. and. as one Of the
accused in the proceedings. l insist
upon my constitutional privilege
which protects me against being
compelled to testify against myself
Read Their Answers.
The witnesses in this case acted
4
yers and read their answers from
slips of yellow paper bearing the
I quoted sentence. Any question put
| to them during the investigation wa
met by the little yellow ticket Neil
! Bonner, president Of the National Re
| tail Liquor Dealers Association, pro
duced his saffron ticket and started
! off: 'I decline to answer" wheT
/ the prosecuting attorney asked hin
| IL he thought it looked like rain
/ Hugh Fox went to Jail for contempt
rather than forego his constitutional
privilege.
An editorial in the Philadelphia
| North American of April 20, 1916, de-
clares that the answer of the brewery
heads was an acknowledgment that
the routine activities Of the organizs.
tions were of such a nature that 70
discuss them would incriminate theil
leaders.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-16
CLEAN COMMUNITIES
FOR SOLDIERS URGED
Combating Disease Necessary Be-
fore They Return, Saws Blu.

Making clean communities for sol
dlers to return to is the task that
surgeon General Rupert Blue of the
Lnited states Public Health Service
has set for America.
The task of combating social dis
eases among civil communities has
taken on a tremendously added inn
portance with the coming of peace, "
said Gen. Blue
Fortunately, Congress enabled us
to organize a sufficient time ahead
OF the coming peace to make appre-
ciaole headway before our soldiers
return.
The estimates by some military
authorities is that fve-sixths of all
vice diseases in the army were
brought there from civil life.
Figures compiled by the Public
Health Service also show that Oregon
sent the smallest per cent of diseased
men to the army and F1iroda the
largest
The Washington herald., 1918-11-16
Baker Tells Pershing
Of Country's Pride in
Army's Heroic Deeds

The following is the text of a
cablegram sent to General PERISH
ing by the Secretary of War:
The signing of the armistice
and the cessation of hostilities
bring to an end a great and heroic
military adventure in which the
Army under your command
has played part distin-
guished by gallantry and success,
1t gives me great pleasure to ex-
press to you the confidence and ap-
probation of the War Department
and to those who have labored
with you to make this result Dos
sible, this appreciation of their
zeal. courage and strength both
of purpose and achieyement, The
entire country is filled with pride
in your fine leadership and in the
soldieriy qualities shown by your
army.
Now that a respite has come in
the solemn task to which the army
devoted itself, the War Depart
ment will do all in its power to
expedite the early return of the
Expeditionary Force to the United
States in order that the country
may welcome its soldiers home,
and in order that these. soldiers
may be restored to the opportun-
tiles of civil life as speedily as
the military situation will permit,
extend to you/as Commanding
General of the American Expedi-s
tionary Force my hearty congrat-
ulations and this expression of high
esteem, and I beg You to make
known to the officers and men Of
your command the fact that their
conduct as soldiers and as men
has stirred the pride Of their fell
low countrymen. and that their
military success has contributed
to the great victory for the forces
of civilization and humanity.
NEWTON d. BAKER.
Secretary Of War
The Washington herald., 1918-11-16
DIRECTS SOLF
T0ALL ALLIES
Lansing Advises Foreign
Minister Not to Address
u. S. Alone.

DR.. Solf, the German foreign secre-
tary, was advised yesterday by Sec
retary Lansing to address all COM
, munications in the future to all the
associated powers and not the United
States individually.
/ The Secretary's message, the text
! of which was not made public, ac-
knowledged the many notes that have
lately been received here from the
new German government. and inform
ed that government that the notes
were being transmitted to the allies.
+ In some quarters Mr.. Lansings ac-
! ton was construed as putting a stop
to the sympathy offensive" which
Germany has apparently opened on
this country. Since the abdica ton of
the Kaiser, it is recalled, all of her
messages have been ad lressed to the
United States government, and have
studiously avoided any mention of the
entente nations. In so doing, it is
suggested, the new German states
men may have been actuatd by the
belief that a latent sympathy exists
in this country for the German peo-
pie, while such sympathy does not ex-
ISL IN lHe dllieu nations.
This, however. is not the case. The
| intentions of the United States have
been clearly portrayed by Presiden.
| Wilson in his promise to assist Ger
| many. provided order was maintained.
and also by Premier Lloyd George OF
Great Britain. who has declared him.
self against vengeful peace.
Must Look to Focb.
1t must be remembered, though, II
was declared in official circles yester-
| day. that Germany is still a bellig-
4 erent and as a belligerent she can
4 look only to Marshal Foch, the al
| lies generalissimo. In this connec.
| ton, it was said at the State De-
partment, the Supreme War Council
| at Versailles will be the body to de-
| eide whether or not any of the 150.ooI
railway cars. levied from Germany
| under one of the articles of the arm'
| istice, may be restored to her for the
transportation of food. This action
if taken, would necessarily constitute
a modification of the armistice, ano
accordingly would have to be made
by the Supreme War Council.
No information was Forthcoming
| from the White House yesterday, or
| the disposition that will be made Of
the plea addressed to Mrs. Wilson
| on behalf of the women - Ssmany
While the allies and United
| States stand ready to b rmany
avert starvation, they not give
her FIRST aid" it has~been stated
emphatically here. Germany " IL be
belped-as much as is possible-bu'
not to the exclusion Of the inhabi'
tants of the associated powers.