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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-06
THE TOLL OF
THE INFLUENZA
Most of Its Victims Were under
Thirty Years of Age

New York, Dec. 5--The Spanish
influenza epidemlc which swept TINS
country during the autumn stole
inilions vi the pest years of life
irom American MANHOOD ana wom-
anhood, henry NOR, an insurance
authority Of rnis city, declared here
today
rne average economic loss of ac-
tive life in each case of death from
the MALAY or its aftermath was at
least IS years, said Mr.. Moir, en-
'phasizlng the popularity of the cpl
uemIc, which round most of its VIC
tilns under 30 years of age, as COM
pared with the average lite of So and
% years Of persons insured In well
established companies.
Addressing the Association of Life
insurance Presidents, Mr.. Moir, who
is president of the Acturial Society OF
America, described how the epidemic
had dislocated the standard mortality
experience of the insurance COM
panies in the past Is years. With no
pestilence taking toll of lives in the
United States and Canada during that
period, he said, the standards of
health of persons under 80 were
found to be much better than at any
recorded time in the past. But the
Influenza epidemic, causing 86,828
deaths in 44 large cities in eight
weeks, or an average of four of ev-
cry 1000 Of the population, he added,
had brought new element into the
situation. Investigations of claims
before several large insurance COM
panies, he declared, showed that 13
per cent OF the deaths were due to
influenza and 81 per cent to pneu-
monia following influenza, while less
than 2 pe- cent were of persons oveI
SIS years, as against 80 per cent under
40 and 90 per cent under 35.
From these figures, the actuary
said, it was apparent that the age OF
maximum virulence of the epidemic
had been under 80, taking the young
and those whom we ex.
pected t. undertake much of the
worlds work"
Mr. Moir warned the public that
there is no assurance that the danger
is past. owe learn" he said, "that
Influenza is now revising Europe
and this time there are indications
that it may be more Objectionable
than the milder form of midsummer
We should therefore take warning
from this recurrence and observe
watchful care to prevent further in
feetion, since. the disease has dis
/ til1etiy diecreased and seems TO BIZ
dying out in this country"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-06
GERMANY'S COLONIES
Australia Interested in Former Ger
man Pc ssessions in South Sea

Sydney, Australia, Noy. 20-(Cor-
respondence of the Associated Press)
-Pronouncement by Arthur J. Bal
four, British secretary Of state for
foreign affairs, that sGermany's colo
MES will not be returned to her after
the war revives in Australia and New
Zealand animated discussion of the
future of all the islands in the Pa
cific south Of the equator.
Whatever conclusion is reached by
the Allies at the peace conference as
to the disposition of German New
Guinea and German Samoa, not to
mention the Marshall, Caroline and
Ladrone gIoups, it is generally ad-
mitted that an entire recasting of the
various administrations of the Brit
ish islands is needed to develop their
great potential wealth, afford secur-
ity for trade and ensure adequate de-
fence
1t is believed that a federation of
all the British archipelago under a
central utkority having its seat of
government at the most convenient
center viii eyentuate after the war.
Not only viii German New Guinea
or Kaiser Wilhelm land, and German
Samoa be disposed of at the peace
table, but the exceedingly valuable
phosphate island, Nauru, the German
Solomons, the Bismarck Archipel-
ago, the Marshalls, Carolines and
Ladrones.
WEATHER
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-06
HOSPITAL SHIP MISSING
Believed the Boat Is Delayed by a
Heavy Storm

New York, Dec. o--The army aut
horities announced that they had been
unable to get in touch by wireless
with the United States hospital ship
Comfort since yesterday afternoon.
The last wireless received from the
vessel says she was returning with 401
wounded troops. 1t was reported
that she was delayed by a heavy
storm, but was not in distress. The
authorities believe that the wireless
outfit has been put out of commission
by the storm.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-06
CONDITIONS WE'RE
MOST LOATHSOME
Days Before Citizens Dis
covered the Starving
Prisoners
Gondon Times Public Ledger Cable
Copyright by Montreal Star. By
Perry Robinson.

With the British Army of Occupa
ton, Dee. AT Liege, Spa and Yer
viers one meets the same universal
disgust and loathing of the Germans
as everywhere. One hears the same
tales of lcoting, espionage and i'm
positions, hut the topic of all others
to which il is impossible to refrain
from returning is the German treat
ment of prisoners, especially the Brit
ish.
In all the black history of Ger
many's conduct in this war, there is
nothing viler than her treatment OF
sick prisoners in hospitals up to the
time OF the armistice. | heard the same
tale in several places, but know the
facts best Us they occurred in Namur.
The treatment of sick prisoners al
most always was bad Their diet
consisted Of four ounces of black
bread day, with coffee in the morn
ing, rice soup at noon, and tea
spoonful of jam every As hours. Our
doctors tell me every prisoner was
suffering and still suffers from intes-
tinal troubles All were emaciated
and show evidence of neglect.
The eliminating crime was at the
last, when the Germans made no
attempt to hand the hospitals over to
any authority or representative OF
the Allies. They did not even in
form the patients or civilians they
were going, they merely went away
and left the patients -alene.---At Ma
mur there were a dozen places used
as hospitals, of the existence of which
the civilians did not seem even to
have been aware Of.
The consequence was the patients
We're left entirely to themselves.
| Into some hospitals the civilians
penetrated the first day. Other pa
itients remained absolutely unvisited
for 48 houro when, driven by hunger,
those who could walk went out on the
streets to seek food. Then only did
the citizens hear of the situation
When they entered the hospitals they
found an almost incredible state OF
affairs. In one institution six pa
tients lay dead in their beds There
were eleven dead in the hospitals al
Namur, and seventeen in one insti-
tuition in Nivelles The conditions
as to filth and evidences of neglect
were loathsome The places were
Uttered with dirty bandages and
refuse so the atmosphere was terri
BILE and the sufferings of the patients
too dreadful for words.
1t was five days after the Germans
left the hospitals before British nedi
cal officers arrived, ten days before
there was Gnything like proper sup
ply of food and medical necessaries
Meanwhile, the residents of the towr
did everything possible. Many worked
in the hospitals regularly until the
British took them over. An organi
zation, of which the Catholic fathers
were at the head, did all possible tt
repair the damage done by German
barbarity. Altogether there wer,
six hundred prisoners in the hospitals
at Namur, and 200 more arriving il
the town exhausted had become pa
tients.
Of all the accursed things the Ger
mans nave done in the war, | doub
if anything has been so truly damna
BILE as this.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-06
EAST BARNET

Do not forget the Sparhawk Ira
velogue this evening at Barnet hall
Proceeds entirely for the local Red
Cross. Superb color scenes. Per-
sonal experiences and observations in
Yosemite Valley and among the big
gest trees in the world. The young
people announce a promenade after
the lecture
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-06
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED
Dead Body of James Allen Found !.
: Near Pile of Wood
Especial to The Caledonian)


Especial to The Caledoman)
Orleans, Dec. 5-The dead body of
James Allen was found out among
the board piles in the mill yard about
6.15 this evening with several gashes
cut in his head, the number and loca-
ton of the wounds indicating foul
play. DR.. Cleasby of Orleans and DR..
Prime of Barton were at once called
also selectlnan F. L. Hall.
States attorney Thompson of eBar-
ton came Friday morning and con
tinued the investigation.
MI. Allen was a man apparently
about seventy years old and had
been an employe of the Parker &
Young Co. for some time. He had
about 5000 on his person which
might have been an incentive for tils.
crime.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-06
TO SAVE OVER SEVEN Bill LON

Washington, Dec 5-Secretary
Baker told the Senate Finance Com
mittee today that through contract
cancellation the War Department ex-
poets to save approximately $780,
100000 of the s24, ,281, 100000 voted by
Congress for the Army during the
war
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-06

A subterranean river, running un-
der the Australian continent from
north to south, has been located over
its entire course, and at several points
wells are being sunk into the bed of
this huge perennial water supply
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-06
THE CASUALTY LIST

One VermonteT among the Casualties
Washington, Dec. 6-The following
casualties are reported by the COM
manding general of the American Ex-
peditionarg Forces:
Killed in action 205
Died of wounds Al
Died of accident and other causes 5
Died of airplane accident 5
Died of disease 296
Wounded severely .105
Wounded (degree undctermined) 800
Wounded slightly 588
Missing in action III
Total 1850
Died of disease:
Pvt. George B. Adams, Addison.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-06
WEATHER

Fair ard cooler tonight and Satur-
day.
The border vidette., 1918-12-14

My commission expires July Is, 1872
The border vidette., 1918-12-14
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease
Catarrh is q local disease. greatly in
nuenced by constitutional conditions.
take an Internal remedy. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces OF the system. Halls Catarrh
Cure was prescribed by one of the best
physicians IN this country for years. It
Il composed of some of the best tonics
known, combined with some of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect COM
bina ton of the ingredients in Halls
Catarrh Cure IS what produces such
wonderful results in catarrhal condi-
lions. Send for testimonials. free.
=. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo. o.
All Druggists. 76c.
Halle Family PMS for cOnstipatfon
The border vidette., 1918-12-14
STATE or ARIZONA
office OF the

Arizona Corpor alton Commission
UNITED STATES OF ANERIcA.lc
STATE OF ARIZONA,
The Arizona Corporation Commits
sion does hereby certify that the an
nexed Is true and complete transcript
of the
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
:. E. PATTERSON RUBBER COMPANY. INC.
which was filed in the Office of said Ari-
zons Corporation Commission on the
18th day OF November, a. D., 1918. at
1000 O'Clock a. NJ. as provided by law.
In Testimony w hereof, The Arizona
Corporation Commission, by its Chair
man, hss hereunto set it's hand and
affixed its Official Seal. Done at the
City Of Phoenix, the Capitol. this 18th
Gay of Novem Der, A. D.. 1918.
Arizona Corporation Commission,
49, F. A. JONES,
SEAL MAReAREr AEPII, DS"'
>0-' Acting Secretary.
The border vidette., 1918-12-14
GOOD SCHOOL WORK.

Prof. Madden of the NogaIes Schools
Educates Through Newspapers.
The border vidette., 1918-12-14
STATE OF ARIZONA,tu

County OF Santa Cruz. J
Before me, E r. Purdum, a Notary
Public in and for the said County and
State. on this day personally appeared
Mrs. L. r. Larimore, F. E. Patterson
and J. w. Larimore, to me known to
be the persons who subscribed to the
foregoing instrument, and ack
led ged to me that they executed the
same for the purposes and considera-
ton therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal OF
Office this 9th day of November, a. D.,
1918.
(SeeD E, r. PURDUM,
Notary Public
My commission expires July Is, 1920
The border vidette., 1918-12-14

Filed in the office of the Arizona Cor
poration Commission this Is day OF
Nov. A. D., 1918, at 1000 a. m, at
request OF Duffy & Furdum, whose post
Office address is Nogales, Arizona.
Arizona Corporation Commission,
BY F. A. JONES, Chairman.
The border vidette., 1918-12-14

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE-
SENTS, That we, Mrs. L Il. Larimore.
F. E. Patterson, and J. w. Larimore,
whose residences and postoffice ad-
ty, Arizona, do hereby associate our
solves together and form a corporation
under the laws OF the State OF Arizona,
and adopt the following
The border vidette., 1918-12-14
OF ARIZONA, tss

STATE OF ARIZONA,
County of Santa Cruz. SIS
I hereby certify that the within in
strument was filed and recorded at the
request of F.. r. Purdum, Novemb Der
21. A. D.. 1918, at p. m, book 1 Art.
of Inc, pages PIT.
Witness my hand and official seal the
day and year aforesaid.
(SeaD ARGUS REDDOCH,
1877 ct County Recorder
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
OLD TIMERS SHOOTS.

Forest and Stream: The trap
shooting calendar offer something
new this year, in the "old-timers'" "
shoots. These "old timers Shoots
will be staged by many gun clubs.
Their purpose is to get together
at least once in each year the "old
time" trapshooters, and as many
others as care to attend, and hold a
shoot in honor of the veterans. 1t
is a reunion event which deserves
to be encouraged. An "old timer
does not necessarily mean an old
man. The definition OF an old timer
in trapshooting is person who has
been shooting at the traps for fiji
teen years or more. For several
years "old timers" shoots have
been staged by number of clubs
and their success prompted the idea
OF making the "old timers" shoot
a national proposition. Indications
are that there will be 500 of these
shoots held. There are more vcte-
rams in trapshooting than in any
other sport and there is saying
"once a trapshooter, always a trap
shooter"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
Ice Eeating in Japan.

Japan Advertiser (Tokio): The
Japanese are probably the only civ
lied people in the world who eat ice
in the way they do. Blocks of small
cakes of ice smashed into tiny peb-
blv pieces are eaten with sugar and
lemon or any other mixture one may
fancy. But by far the commonest
way of eating ice is to shave it into
snowy flakes by means of a plane
and swallow it with sweetened wa
ter into which various appetizers
may be thrown, such as fruit juice or
sweetmeats. Ice cream, milk and
eggs shaken with ice. and other
kinds of cooling beverages are sold
in an evcr-increasing quantity, but
the old style of eating ice--that is,
in the above described "korimidu'
fashion--is still in the greatest
vogue. Every summer finds the
number of kori shops swelling at an
enormous ratio.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
THIN PEOPLE
SHOULD TAKE
PHOSPHATE
Nothing Like Plain BitrO- Phosphate to
Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh and
to Increase Strength, VigOr
and Nerve Force.

Judging from the countless prepara.
tions and treatments which are contin-
ually being advertised for the purpose
OF making thin people fleshy. develop
ing arms neck and bust and replacing
ugly hollows and angles by the soft
curved lines of health and beauty.
there are evidently thousands Of men
and women who keenly feel their ex'
cessive thinness.
Thinness and weakness are usually
due to starved nerves. Our bodies
need more phosphate than is contained
in modern foods Physicians claim
there is nothing that will supply this
deficiency so wlel az the 'orgsEAic phos-
phate known among druggists AZ bitro'
phosphate, which is inexpensive and
is sold by most all druggists under q
guarantee of satisfaction or none,
back. BY feeding the nerves directly
and by supplying the body cells with
the necessary phosphoric food ele'
ments. bitro.phosphate quickly pro
duces welcome transformation In the
appearance; the increase in weight FIRE
quently being astonishing.
This increase in weight also carries
with II a general improvement in the
health. Nervousness, sleeplessness and
lack OF energy, which nearly always
accompany excessive thinness. soor
disappear dull eyes become bright. and
pale cheeks glow with the bloom o.
perfect health.
CAUTION: - Although bitro.phos
phate is unsurpassed for relieving
nervousness. sleeplessness and general
weakness. it should not, owing to it,
remarkable fleshgrowing properties. be
used by anyone who does not desire
to put on flesh.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
Election in Nebraska.

Lincoln, Nebr, Aug. 20-Ne-
braska electors are voting today to
select party nominees for u. 5. SEN
ator, congressman, governor and
other state officers. Under a law
enacted several months ago, Ne
braska soldiers and sailors stationed
in the United States were mailed
ballots and all votes received IRON
them by midnight tonight will be
counted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
Livestock.
REVOKE LICENSES OF
COLUMBIA OFFICERS

Washington, Aug. 20.-The licen-
ses of Herman f. Mehl and George
T. Williams, master and pilot re-
spectively, of the steamer Columbia
which sank in the Illinois river near
Peoria in July with the loss OF near
ly 100 lives, has been revoked, the
steamboat inspection service an
nounced today. Nehl is charged with
inattention to duty and incapacity
and Williams of unskillfulness and
negligence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
CALL TO ARKANSAS
FOR MORE TROOPS

Little Rock, Ark. Aug. 2O.-The
adjutant generals office today re-
ceived the following draft calls for
Arkansas from General Crowder:
To entrain Sept. "A; 5000 white
men class 19l7-l8 to go to Camp
Pike: 500 white men 1917 class, for
limited service, to Camp Bowie,
Texas. To entrain Sept. 500 ne
groes, 1917 class to Camp Pike; 44o
negroes l9l7-lS class to Camp
Dodge, Iowa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21

There is more cAtarrr IN this Sec
lion OF the country than all other
diseases put together. and for years
il was supposed to be incurable.
Doctors prescribed local remedies.
and by constantly failing to care by
local treatment, pronounced it in
rurable. Catarrh is a local disease
greatly influenced by constitutional
conditions. and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
,arrh Cure. manufactured by r. J.
Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio. is a
remedy. is taken in.
ternally and acts through the blood
on the mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that
Halls Cafarrh Cure fails to cusc.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
r. ]. CHENEY & CO. Tc.edo, o.
Halls Family Pills for eorstipa-
rion-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
Are They in Earnest?

Amsterdam. Aug. 20.-Members OF
a deputation from KarS, Batum and
Ardahan, in Russian Armenia and
trans-C -Caucasia, have reported to the
Turkish grand vizier, according to a
dispatch from Constantinoole, that
referendum held i'll those terri
tories resulted in an overwhelming
majority in favor of return TO Turk
ish nationality. The grand vizier told
the delegates that the Ottoman gov
ernment would hasten re-annexa-
tion-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
Congressnen in Italy.

Rome, Aug. l9.-(Monday).-The
American congressional naval COM
mittee, headed by Representative
Lemuel p. Padgett, of Tennessee,
left Rome today for the Austro-ltal-
ian battle front. King Victor En-
manuel will receive the members OF
the committee Thursday. After Wis
ting the Venetian battle lines the
Americans will start for Paris on
Wednesday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
NOTICE FOR BIDS

Office of Clerk, Carter County,
Oklahoma, Aug. 9, 1918.
Bids will be received for the con-
struction OF 4 miles of gravel road,
miles 2-4-5-6, Section B, Dist. No. l.
Also: Construction of steel truss
bridge between Sections 33 and "a,
8 south. east.
There will be recess meeting OF
the Board of County Commissioners
of Carter County, Oklahoma, on
the 2l day of August, 1918, for the
purpose of letting contract for the
above mentioned road and bridge.
Plans and specifications OF said
road and bridge are now on file in
this office. Sealed bids will be re-
ceived until II o'clock a. m, August
2l, 1918. All bids must be accom-
panied by certified check or other
security in the amount of ten per
cent of the bid which shall be for
The party TO whom said contract IS
feited to the county on failure TO ex-
ecute bond as hereinafter provided.
The party to who msaid contract is
awarded shall execute to the county
a bond in the sum of the amount of
the contract TO become void upon
performance of the conditions set
forth in said contract. Fifteen per
cent Of the contract price shall be
retained by the county until the con-
tract is completed and the work ac-
cepted. The Commissioners reserve
the right TO reject any and all bids.
G. w. YOUNG, Chairman.
Clarence Harris, County Clerk.
(SeaD BIO
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
Crack Ball Pitchers Tie.

Washington, Aug. 2O.-Walter
Johnson of the Washington club,
leading pitcher OF the American
league, today was on an equal foot
ing in number of games won this
season with Jim Vaughn, OF Chi
cago, the leading pitcher OF the ma
tional league. Both have won Il
games. Johnson's twenty-first vic
tory came yesterday in the fourteen
inning game with ST. Louis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
JUST HEARD THERE
WAS WAR ON EARTH

Montreal, Aug. 20.-Returning to
civilization after five years in Grant
Land in the Arctic circle, Frederick
Smithern, a fur trader, has just
learned there is war. He is in
today enroute for his home
in New York. He said he would en-
list in the United States army.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
When Monster Fleet Landed
10000 Americans hFrance
Midst Darkness and Rain

climbed up 20 feet to the wharves.
As they fell in for the march to
camp they had an earnest quizzical
look, for this was the first sight these
men of the new world were taking
of the old world-most of them from
Iowa, Nebraska and the middle west.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
Hoeela.

THE JORDAN HOTEL-New
building, new furnishings, hot and
cold water. All outside rooms,
strictly modern, log IL East
Broadway. Phone ll4S. ]. Z.
Jordan, Prop l9-lm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21

II you want your MOVING worries
and trouble eliminated have US move
your household effects with our
MODERN
MOTOR SERVICE
Our men are the kind that take exact.
ing care Of ALL articles-everything
from the most delicate bric-a-brac to the
bulkiest and heaviest
The proper motor equipment plus
skilled. trained. carefully directed help
insure the right service when We serve
you
J. l. WILSON
Phone -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
TO TRADE.

EIGHTY ACRES of good farming
land in eastern New Mexico to
trade for Ardmore Producing and
Refining stock, or Chickasaw Re-
fning stock. l26 IL West Main.
r. F. B. Logan, Phone 22. 2O-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
WANTED TO RENT.

WANTED TO RENT-Two unfur-
nished rooms. close in, by couple
without children. See Mrs. Gard
ner at Westheimer & Daube, Sec
ond floor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21

FOR RENT-Furnished new bum
galow, four rooms and bath room.
West Main, E blocks from new
hotel. Rent SIS month. Phone ESQ
M. 1917
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
FOR RENT HOUSES

FOR RENT to grown people, fur
nished modern 5-room house and
garage in Southwest. Phone Y
or SIS. l9-/
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21

LOST-On Main or Washington
Streets, gold open face Hampton
ladies watch. Gold piece on fob.
Reward. Phone 1872 or 81 1913