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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
In Army Camps the Epidemic
Is Losing Force.
22s,144 Cases in All Of the
Camps In q. s.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE epidemic
Of Spanish influenza appears to be
slightly on the decline in army camps
according to a report issued by the
officers of the surgeon general.
Twelve thousand and twenty-four
new cases were reported in the last "a
hours, a decrease of 2e7 cases over the
preceding day. -
The total number of cases reported
! from all army camps since the malady
made its first appearance is 233.144.
New cases of pneumonia reported.
however, show a slight increase over
previous reports.
Eight hundred and ninety-two
deaths occurred at the camps during
monia.
Aviation camps, which up to this
time have been comparatively free of
influenza, are reporting an increas-
ing number of new cases each day.
Many ,Unburfed.
Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 12.-Hun-
dreds of bodies, victims of influenza
and pneumonia. lie unburied here and
undertakers are unable to cope with
the situation. Health authorities have
appealed to the public to come for
ward and volunteer their services as
grave diggers and relieve the danger
OF another serious epidemic as a result
"a tiS uuDuTIeQ DOQ1eS.
The number of new cases is decreas-
Ing rapidly and the disease is believed
to be under control.
New York Improves.
New York, Oct. 12.--Siight improve
ment in the influenza situation in the
metropolitan district was reported to-
day by Health Commissioner Cope
land.
I Today. 1856 new cases Of influenza
Friday. Two hundred and fifteen per-
sons died during the past a. ndurs as
against 1873 deaths during the previous
"a hours
During the same period s73 new
cases OF pneumonia were reported as
against 394 for the previous "a hours.
Deaths from that disease were 1914
during the past "A as against 21O,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

son is no war maniac but an idealist
whose all is to establish a, world
peace founded on a league of nations -
Stray facts showing the Way the
wind is blowing in Germany are the
following:
The Weser iZeitung of Bremen re-
ports feverish excitement among
clandestine food traffickers and specu-
lators of all kinds whose dilemma is
whether to hold on to their stock or
seh The newspaper says it has re-
ceived advertisements offering various
delicacies which have long disap-
peared from the market"
The Rheinisch papers feature a SEN
sational drop in recently inflated wine
prices, amounting in some instances to
over 60 per cent. Many firms are re-
ported to have lost hundreds of thou
sands of marks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

her name was Patricia Arioza, that
she was IS years old and came here
from Fort Worth, Tex, Thursday. She
did not receive any medical attention
and had no chance to recover, for in
f1uenza had nearly done with her
when she arrived here. The report of
her death was the first indication the
authorities had Of the arrival of a new
source of danger to the people of
Topeka.
Danger I'm Such Cases.
The most extreme danger lies in
these cases in which the disease runs
its course, spreading infection I'M
known in its wake. No opportunity
is given to protect from infection the
unfortunate people who may come in
such contact as to be infected them
selves.
Big Help to Doctors.
Concentration of many Of the cases
in the emergency hospital will greatly
aid the work of the doctors and
nurses who are so courageously and
tirelessly fighting the spread of the
malady. The fact that nearly every
one in the city who is qualified in any
way to assist in caring for influenza
patients is as busy as can be makes it
impossible for many cases to obtain
the medical assistance of either a doc
tor or a nurse. often until it is prac-
tical1y too late.
Influenza works with tremendous
speed, and attention in the start. says
DR.. H. L. Clark, is absolutely neces-
sary to insure recovery. By combin-
ing their efforts at the emergency hos
pital the nurses can care for a great
many more patients than could other
wise be accomplished. Therein lies
the tremendous value Of the new hos
pital. 1t will result in many lives be-
ing saved which might otherwise have
been lost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
WILL KEEP HOTEL.
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lrepudiated his objections to the hotel
being used for a hospital
In the marshai's office today 1t was
stated that the hospital would be
maintained in the hotel at all events
It was said that if Hazelbart wanted to
start proceedings against the Reds
for non-payment of rent he had a
right to do so, but that if Hazelbart
attempted to interfere with the hos
pital prompt action would be taken.
Hazeibart Is a German.
DR.. H. L. Clark, city health officer,
stated today that Graham, in talking
of the hospital. had asked him 'if the
war had reached the stage where citi-
zens' property could be taken without
compensation"
$50 Cases in Topeka.
Two hundred and eighty cases now
cover the total number of cases of in
fluenza in Topeka. Up to noon today
only twenty-three new cases had been
reported This is the smallest num-
Der reported on any other morning
during this week. This report, how
ever, is not taken as any indication
that the strength of the epidemic is
waning. says DR.. H. L, Clark. Reports
had not been received from a large
number of physicians.
In spite of legal battles and private
fights regarding the possession of the
building now occupied by the emer-
gency influenza hospital the work is
goin gright along just as if no effort
were being made to disrupt the organ
ization which has been consolidated
for the purpose of battling against the
spread of the disease and the proper
care of people contracting the malady.
Gases at Emergency Hospital.
Twenty-Five cases were handled at
the emergency hospital Friday night.
Today force of men in charge of w.
L. Porter, chairman of the committee
responsible for the establishment of
the hospital, is working on the third
floor taking up carpets and scrubbing
and putting everything in sanitary
shape to conform with the regulations
demanded by medical authorities. The
fourth floor of the. building is prac-
tically full. This afternoon the work
on the third floor will be completed
and patients will be installed as rapid
ly as possible. About thirty are ready
to Be sent to the hospita as soon as
the work on the rooms is completed.
The epidemic has claimed its fifth
victim here. She was a Mexican wo-
man who was sick when she came to
Topeka 1t was learned today that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
THE BANK STATEMENT
Weekly Showing Made Public by Ex.
change Today

New York, Oct. 1.-THE weekly
actual bank statement today showed
the following changes:
Surplus increased, $14,S60,740.
Loans decreased. $29.e35,000
Cash in own vaults by members of
the federal reserve system, increased
$7.732,000.
Reserve in federal reserve banks by
member banks, increased $16,249.
Reserve in own vaults, by state
banks anc trust companies, decreased,
$4,000.
Reserve in depositaries by state
banks and trust companies, increased,
$1,107,000. -
Net demand deposits, with Enited
States deposits of $246,4S9,O0O deduct
ed, increased $19,734,00o.
Net time deposits decreased, So
$4,000.
Aggregate reserve $55o,s03,Ooo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
U. S. TROOPS

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picked up at Islay. There are missing
and it is feared drowned. 335 United
States soldiers,~11 officers and IS men
of the crew, including men with mer-
camille marine ratings.
1.-THE Kashmir reached a Scottish
port and landed its troops without cas-
ualties."
Twenty Men Are Safe.
Word reaching here early today de-
clared bodies of forty soldiers had
been washed ashore and that twenty
survivors had reached Islay in safety.
Islay is the point where the Otranto
was driven on the beach.
American authorities have sent a
ship loaded with supplies to Islay and
British rescue ships have also put out.
Accounts of the accident seem to
agree that it was due to the tanning
of the Kashmir's steering gear and
heavy loss of life was ascribed to loss
of the wireless on both ships shortly
afterward. The Mounsey also lost
her wireless. The Kashmir reached
port in badly damaged condition.
An Irish Port, Oct. 12.-More than
20 0bodies have been recovered this
ing to the small destroyer Mounsey
which calamity came to the rescue
and they seemed to be cheered by the
sight of land. The hopes of the men
THAT liley nOu1u De aDi6 TO make a SAFE
landing, however, were dispelled by
the Otranto's captain when he shouted
from the bridge:
We'll, boys, we will have to swim
for it."
About that time the troop ship slid
with hardly jar onto a shelving rock.
which as a wave receded, bit its teeth
into the ships timber and held her in
a viSe-like grip.
After that the tragedy moved quick
ly to it's climax
The fury of the storm seemed to be
centered on the pinioned and helpless
vessel and in league with the vicious
sea which began to rend and tear her
to pieces. The steel deck house was
wrenched bodily from it's fastenings
by the enormous waves and was
hurled into the breakers, sweeping
many men away with it.
Struck a Mile Out.
The ship had struck about a mile
from shore and on the cliffs stood
groups of islanders eager to send the
aid it was impossible to attempt.
Owing to the terrific wind there was
no chance of getting a line to the ship
which now was fast breaking up.
Scores of men began to jump and
many Immediately were seized by the
waves and hurled against the sides of
the ship.
on the crest of a high comber and
dashed back to the rock so violently
that the vessel broke squarely in two
The mast snapped short, killing men
as it fell.
One section of the hulk turned side
wise, emptying all hands still clinging
to the deck into the boiling surf The
other section proved a plaything for
the waves and speedily was ground to
pieces on the rocks.
The remaining members of the
ships company now were struggling
in the water. The slim chance they
might have had of getting ashore was
virtually dissipated by the wreckage
from the ship thru which the best
swimmers were unable to win their
way.
Had Orders to Go On.
Belfast, Oct. 12-The telegram
states that it was in obedience to
orders from the Otranto, which was
the flagship of the convoy. that the
steamer Kashmier. after the collision,
proceeded without attempting to res
cue any one from the Otranto.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
FLIGHT PAUSES

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difficult to follow the French advance
from point to point.
More Bite Resistance.
With the American Forces North
west Of Verdun. Oct. 12.-General
Pershins's forces continued their at
Jacks against the German positions on
this front today. German opposition
proved even more bitter, if possible,
than it was Friday.
The fighting this morning was es-
pecially violent on the center and on
the left center. st. Juvin and Cunel,
both of which towns now are IN No
Mans Land. are aflame.
4 The American troops encountered a
violent machine gun fire everywhere
along the front.
From prisoners taken there is every
indication that the enemy is throwing
everything into the battle in a con-
fused way. The prisoners frequently
are unable to tell to what division
they belong. In other cases they re-
veal that divisions, regiments and
even companies have been dissolved
and again formed into new units.
Try for a Stand.
With the Anglo-American forces on
fhe Valenciennes front, Oct. 12.-
There was every evidence today that
the Germans were preparing to make
line. which now has been reached at
least east aof the river Selle by the
Anglo-American forces.
A Mile From Douai.
British Headquarters in France,
Oct. 12--British advance posts now
have been pushed to within little more
than a mile of the outskirts of Douai.
The advance from here has to be very
cautious. however, as many ground
Inines have been encountered, and
there is good reason to believe the
town itself is honeycombed with death
traps.
Across the Retourne.
Paris, Oct. 18th French are
force and pursuing the fleeing Ger
mans toward Rethel, the important
enemy base on the Aisne.
:. Calvary and fast automobiles carry
Ing machine guns are marrying the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
HOGS DEVOUR BODY
Kingman County Woman Meets Sad
Death After Fall.

Ella Latham. "a years old, daughter
of a farmer near Pensacola, King
man county, fell from a haymow into
hog pen Friday night and was in
jured to such an extent that the hogs
mutilated her, killed her and partly
devoured the body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

Lord Balfour Says Atrocities Go On
Without Cease.

London, Oct. lido not forget
that while asking for peace Germany
is perpetrating the most cowardly
crimes" declared Lord Balfour Friday
in addressing a luncheon of American
editors. Balfour characterized the
sinking of the Leinster as ''bar-
barism.'
'"They were brutes before the war
and will remain brutes," he said. "The
alleged change in their constitution
has not changed their hearts,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
MAKE EITEL KAISER?
German Prince Mentioned as VIII.
helms Successor.

Washington, Oct. 12.-Prince Eitel
is prominently mentioned in Germany
as successor to the throne. in case the
kaiser Indicates. diplomatic cables
declare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
STATE FILES SUIT

Asks Ban on e-Cent Fare in Kansas
City, Kan
Suit was filed in the Kansas SUI
preme court Friday by Attorney Gen.
eral Brewster against the Kansas City
Railways company. The state asks
that the railway company be ordered
to stop the collection of 6 cent fares.
that the service to Kansas City, Kan,
be improved, and that the company
be prevented from stopping its cars at
the state lire for the purpose of col
lecting additional fares. The case is
to be heard October 16.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

Washington, Oct. 12.-Four deaths
due to accidents in training were re-
ported from flying fields for the week
ending october 8. Three deaths oc-
CURED at Taliaferro field, Hicks, Tex.
and one at Taylor field, MONTGOMERY.
Ala.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

Germans, who are not expected to
show much resistance until they are
on the opposite side of the Aisne bend
The French have passed GULLY
midway between Pauvres and YOU
ri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
Great Snowman Dead.

Barabo. Wis, Oct. 12.-Henry Ring
ling, youngest of the six brothers who
during the last twenty-five years have
been prominent in the circus world.
is dead here of heart and other in
terna1 disorders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

Cleveland, Oct. IA. M. Willard.
painter of the famous picture, .'The
Spirit OF TO-" died at his home here
Friday, aged 81 years. Death was due
to heart failure,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
Chicago Live stock Market.

Chicago, Oct. 12.-HOGS-Receipts 5000
Market fully steady Of good hogs, packing
grades dull, about steady with yesterdays
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T0DAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Kansas City Produce Market
Kansas City, Oct. 12-BUTTER-Market
unchanged
POULTRY-Market UNCHANGED.
EGGS-Firsts, 4ic; seconds, 36c,
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USED AS HOSPITAL.
Field Museum Will House Wounded
Soldiers for War Period.

Chicago. Oct. 1.-THE new 7,0oo,-'
600 Field museum of natural history
mere, almost completed, Is to be used
as hospital for wounded soldiers, It
was announced TODAY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

Railroad time tables in hotels have been
removed by order of the government and
travelling guests are complaining 1oudiy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
MORE HUN GENERALS QUIT
appointment Of New War Minister
Given as Cause.

Amsterdam, Oct. 12-Germania. of
Berlin. has foreshaoowed the resie-
nation of two leading German com
handing generals as the result of the
appointment Of General Won Scheuch
as minister of war
The German newspaper probably
refers to Generals Ludendorff and Won
H1nde1burg, who recently have lost
much of their popularity in Gerrnanx
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

close good pigs. SOC lower; butchers, $1s15
DISCO; light, 81. 60a1s!50: packing. $16.o
ais 90; rough, $16.25017.25; pigs, good TO
choice SIS. 5O@1650.
CATTLE-Receipts 3 Loo. compared with
a week ago Beef and butcher cattle, 75c to
81 lower: calves so to Sits lower; stock
ers and feeders. SOC to 81 lower
SHEEP-Receipts 3,00Q. compared with
a week ago. Fat classes OF lambs and ewes
mostly steady: fat yeArfngs and wethers.
25c lower; best feeding lambs soc lower :
others and feeding and breeding sheep un-
evenly Soc to $1.50 lower.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

The round "eyes" and the curled
hose giving it eyes and . mouth.
It is hauling two U. s. trench
mortars, $40 nm, and shells to the
front. where the Eighty-second di-
vision Of our American boys are
fighting to force the Huns back to
their border.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

Furnished by the weather bureau office,
Topeka, Kan. for the twenty,four hours
ending at Z a. m. Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12
Kansas city Live stock Market.

Kansas City. Oct. 12.-HOGS-Rec
sales, s17.00@17. 80: heavy. ST.. 25G1s.00;
packers and butchers. $1100@1S.00; light.
$16.IJ017.S0: pigs. 413.J0@16.Oo-
Market weak. Prime fed steers. $17.509
1900; dressed beef steers. s12.00617.0o;
steers. s7aoGIs.oo: cows sG.ooG12 90: hcif-
ers 5000 1900; stockers and feeders. 500
also: bulls. $f.50@ao0; calves, $7.00@
14.5c.
SHEEP--Receipts 500. Market steady.
Lambs, SIS 5o9tS.50 yearlines. $1,000
115O; wethers. $9.O0@ 1d.50: ewes. 5000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

trucks of the Motor Transport
Service taking on the members Of
the Seventh Infantry relieved for
rest somewhere in France.
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Continued from Page one)
difficult to follow the French advance
from point to point.
! AIr,uL, I,i.4.- r1........
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Topeka Hav Market
Topeka. Kan, Oct IL.
PRAIRIE Hay $1,000.
ALFALFA-$24.Al
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Continued from Page one.)

mote was sent last night, and that it
is in a sense an acceptance.
Reply Is Completed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-12

Topeka Kan, Oct. II.
YELLOW CORN-$135
WHITE CORN-$135
OATS-65c,
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Topeka Grain Market.
FURNISHED by Derby Grain Co., corner
kansas Ave. and Curtis St.)
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
Relevant Comment
Canadian Steel Merger Again

Negotiations are reported to be un-
der way which will ultimately lead to
the merger Of the Dominion Steel Cor
poration and the Nova Scotia Steel and
Coal Company, the two biggest cor
Germs in the Canadian steel industry.
Efforts have been made in the past
on several occasions to bring the two
companies together, but without sue
cess Now. however, it is said that
Frank II. Crockard, the new president
Of the Nova Scotia company, formerly
head Of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company, and Donald II. McDougall,
general manager of the Dominion Steel
Corporation, have convinced the finan-
cial interests behind the companies of
the advisabilty of merger. 1t is re-
ported from Toronto that the proposed
large plant of the United States Steel
Corporation at Ojibway, Canada, may
have been a decisive factor in the de-
cision of the two Canadian companies
to consider combining for self-protcc-
Non. The Dominion Steel Corporation
has 9,265 600 OF stocks and bonds out
standing; the Nova Scotia Steel and
Coal Company, S1S,2S7 900.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
The Harvest
tF-ancts H. SiSson ce-prcsidcnt Of tn
GnarantY Trust CompaNln

(Francis II. Sisson. uice- president OF the
Guaranty Trust Company)
We have watched the grim spectres
of cold, hunger and want stalk in the
wake OF transportation paralysis. We
are reaplng the harvest of ten years
of railroad batting born of ignorance,
prejudice and political eXpediency, the
doing of which as a people we never
understood and the results of which
we never anticipated. The fair and
sane plan proposed by the Administra-
ton to meet the immediate situation
rs IN process Of enactment into law.
and is, and should be, q far step in
progress toward the ultimate solution
of the problem. With the enactment
by Congress of the Administration plan
opportunity for achieving many desired
results will follow. Already the Direc-
tor General has organized a we'll Sc
lected stan which promises we'll It is
significant TO note that the very steps
taken by the government to increase
efhclency III railroad operation are in
themselves the best possible vindica-
ton OF the position and contentious of
the railroads managements for wears.
Only by practically suspendine the
Sherman act, eliminating conflicting
state control and permitting combinas
tons, pooling and merging of activi
ties and resources has the government
been able to effect greater operating
efficiency. No better evidence is need
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
Committee to Aid
Exchange Members
Solve Income I ak
Collector Edwards Says Dis
trict Collections Will Reach
$50O,OOO,OOO

William II. Edwards, collector of in
ternal revenue of the I'd District. and
George W. English, one of the legal
advisers of the Treasury Department in
Washington regarding excess profits
tax, addressed a meeting of Stock Ex-
change members and partners of ex-
change firms yesterday afternoon at
the Luncheon Club of the New York
Stock Exchange regarding the new in
come tax law. At the suggestion of
Collector Edwards President H. G. S.
Noble Of the Stock Exchange, who pre-
sided over the meeting, announced he
would appoint a committee whose du-
ties will be to aid the members solve
their income tax problems by close
cooperation with the collector and his
office.
Collector Edwards said:
"Wc collected last year lust a little
short of $50, 100000. This year we be-
lieve $500,000000 will be the payment
from this district. 1t may be larger.
1t certainly will be if every man who
has an Office in this district sends his
return to the Custom House.
"While on the question Of estimated
collections give you authoritative
statement wired me by the commission
er for this occasion:
Estimated collections 1917 Indi-
vidual income tax, $3.50. 100000; corpo-
ration income tax, $53500O,OO0; excess
profits tax, $1,226,0 100000
You will appreciate the great part
that greater New York plays in this
enormous return"
Mr.. English discussed the question.
us seat on the Stock Exchange in
vested capital ?" with the conclusion
that the answer depends on special cir
in each case.