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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-22
Vital Statistics
Marrlsas Llesnsss.

Mhrreos lloeneea'
Elwood e Madden n ycnrs old. md
Hattie Woods, 70 years old both Ui Nor.
Joe g. Rich. p years old and Iva
Brnswel 30 years old both ot oklahoma
City
Chnuncey !. Hall. 10 years old. "
Reno. and May Htrumbo 20 yenrS old,
j. v. Wilson. a. years old md Lula
Thomas. % years old. both NJ Edmond
Oryn Snnner, 20 years old, and ffnn-
ces y. Lynch, 10 years old, both of on
lhhoma CITY
Births
Mr. and Mrs sim Davis East Frst
street, u boy.
Mr.. and Afs j e Bryant, s3l West
FUN street, a girl
Charles NJ ThAoker. 81 years old, hos
Johnny Zachary. year old. hospital
Tennoy G. Kidd, 81 years old, 1905
East Seventh street
sarnh Jane McCracken. ~ years old
1910 West Twenty. second street
William Henry Murray. iS years old.
Mrs. Fannie Albright. 5s years old
li20 West Thrty.nrs street
Edna Lucille Hilbert, II yedrs old, 2Sii
South oklahoma avenue.
l.iIio kukula, " years old, hospital
A#I=--
n. r. Wlnn.
The funeral services of II r. Winn
will be hold IN the Marshall and Harper
undertaking department NJ O'Clock TO-
NHYHHs
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-22
Deaths


Tho funeral services Of II Il Winn
will be hold In the Marshall and Harper
undertaking department NJ o'clock to-
morrow afternoon
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-22
Saturday Is Bargain Day
In the House Furnishing and China Departments

tape welded seam riye'ei handles, tr Sc ! slls;
size No , sl4O; SIZE No Sl6S.
Washboards-',S pail board i.r ha.ts-.as.s and
hrcs regular wash.ard metal zoe
Brass King Wiihboadz ~... .-Hr ..Hi
hrSs rubbing surface, hardy /, frame reinforced
back, two sizes-l0yll at 50; : u a. 1St
Wash Boler,-Hcayy tn with copper 0."am as-
uouary handle s79S
Galvanized Steel wash Boiler'-Ev-a quality STA
tonary handles, heavy tan lrd each $50
Galvanized Steel Buckets Welded seam strong
balls, lO-quart size at soc; l2-euar, size at 60c
Cothespns-fir,t quality hardwood 3 dozen tor loc
Spring Cothespins - Finished hardwood. rigid
SPRING dozen for zoe.
Wire Clohesline - SIX strands heavy galvanized
wire, braided, SOioot length for 3sc, 7;ioo, length
for 45c.
Clothes Baskets - Extra heavy willow closely
woven reinforced top medium size each 9Sc.
At Rorsbsugh- h-Browns House.urnishing Dept,
Third Floor
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births

Mr. and Mrs slm Davis. East FIRST
street q boy
Mr. and Mrs e Bryant, s5l West
FUN street n girl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-22
Saturday Finds
LUGGAGE fH
Generously Reduced

Black Cowhide Grips - IIalf.
Quali'E IS a regular SIS 'a.g.
la, brass lock, claw oatghc, and
reinforced corners, genuine lea'.-
cr lined, on sale for sll7S.
Tan Cowhide Grips With
brass lock, claw catches and re-
iniorccd corners. leather lined
regular SIS values for sll.2S.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
ABDICATTON OF KAISER
AND SURRENDER OF ARMY
ONLY BASIS FOR PEACE
The Presidents Answer

Washington, Oct l5.-The text of the Presidents S
answer follows:
The unqualified acceptance by the present German
government and by large majority OF the Relchstag
of the laid down by the President of the United
States of America his address the Congress of the
United States the eighth of January 1913 and in his
subsequent addresses ustes the President in making
frank and direct statement of his decision with regard to
the communications of the German government of the
eighth and twelfth of October, 1918.
1T be clearly understood that the process of
ion and the conditions aristce matters which must
be left to the Judgment and advice of the military advisers
of the of the United States and the Allied Govern
and the President feels his duty that arrange
be accepted by the government of the United States
which does absolutely satisfactory safeguards and
of maintenance of the military
of the armies of the United States and the Allies in the field
this will be % allied
United beig
@ Of % % f % @ hs 5 proposals on p epp:0ss % ] @
@ 1fs 's % | s s
Tasac % warfare village: esro1
an Ts nations M s against T G Germany cannot % S be- @
TO Ss While Which upon %
f'' WIN '"1"' KAISER MUST
81 es%s s
fPf q S @ s % % s sfs rsseS' S;i has at Mount aS sP'sa
follows: arbitrary power
pSee Of the &oT or cannot at ea 's @
the alter @ IL here The Pde words % ut quoted @ ho al % eon aG
S % & eHs BOUND & s action a % the S
Of peace WILL in his @ SPsnI % upon the
against Germany they are
President will MAKE reply the Royal
the renewed assurances of high consideration
Charge DhGSqe "d interim charge German interests in the
Unit
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
WORK SLACKERS
TOBE CAUGHT IN
NEW CITY NET
Mayor to Introduce Drastic
Ordnance at Request of
State Bureau

An ordnance to define the exact
meaning of "slackerism" and loafing,
and to bring to justice, the men who
make it a practice of working a few
days a week at the present high
wages and loaf the remaining time,
likely will be presented by Mayor
Keister to City Council within the
near future, it was said by the Mayor
to-day.
The ordnance would be the result
of correspondence with Jacob Light
ner, of the State Employment Bu-
reau, of the Department of Labor and
Industry, who suggested that the
city in common with every city and
borough of the state pass ordinances
to put a stop to the practice of loaf
ing during times when the manpower
of the nation is needed OF prosecute
the war.
Mayor Keister suggested TO Mr..
Lightner the advisability of having
uniform law throughout the state.
so that the city officials would not
be hampered in their effort to en-
force it, Accordingly, Mr.. Lightner
stated that through the Pennsylvania
Council of National Defense a law
would be drafted to be submitted to
the executive heads of the cities and
boroughs of the state. Mayor Keister
said he would lay the ordnance be-
fore City Council as soon as he re-
ceived 1t.
Mayor Keister has been active in
prosecuting cases which come under
the vagrancy act. but this does not
include those men who are reported
to work a few days and remain idle
during the rest of the week. Large
Industrial establishments, especially
the railroads. appealed to Mr.. Light
ner to- take the step.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
LIBERTY LOAN IS
NOT TO FIND THE
CITY SHIRKING
Harrisburg Expected to Meet
Its Quota by End of
This Week
LONG, HARD PULL AHEAD
Smaller Communities Show
ing the Way Over
the Top"
LONG. HARD PULL AHEAD

While no figures were obtainable
to-day. Liberty Loan headquarters
declared thatthe renewed drive on
the Harrisburg front is being pro-
ductive of results: and before the
campaign ends on Saturday the city
district will have purchased the ST.
100000 needed to make up the
quota.
But it will be long and a hard
pull" said Chairman Andrew $.
Patterson. Mr.. Patterson believes
that the city will get over if its en-
tire population awakes to the fact
that disgrace stares the Capitol of
Pennsylvania in the face.
Here is the statement made by
Mr.. Patterson this morning:
"Steelton has made its quota and
Is piling up big ovcrsubscription to
the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Hershey has made its quota and
Is piling up an oycrsubscription.
! so are Linglestown, Paxtonia.
Marysville. the Fort Hunter Heckton
district. Landisburg and Piketown.
The quota for these places were
scaled in the same manner as that
of Harrisburg.
almost every other community in
the district is nearing its allotment.
"ONLE HARRISBURG LAGS BE-
HIND.
! "A total of 81 600. 900 is needed at
once. We must buy bonds to that
amount and we must buy them this
week.
! "If you have bought bonds buy
again. Don't think that because the
amount you buy is small that it does
not count. Every $50 counts.
/ IF YOU have not yet bought bonds
buy to-day.
The Huns are still on French and
Belgian soil.
/ Hun submarines arc still murder
ing women and children.
THE WAR Is NOT OVER.
Even If IL were over every cent OF
the money would be needed to bring
the boys home.
/ "Uncle Sam Is not asking YOU tC
GIVE him your money. He wants
you to lend il to him. He pays you
better interest than the banks.
Buy bonds If you have to StoI
buying everything else except food
and fuel"
Announcement that the city banks
will loan folks money with which tc
buy bonds-and loan them this
money at -12 per cent. interest
which is the interest the bonds
bring, has sent dozens of people tC
the institutions to-day.
Here is the idea:
! Harrisburg men and women car
go to the banks, sign a note for 90
days for the amount of money they
need for their bond purchase, anC
! Continued on Page IL
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
YANKEE TANKS
USED TO SMASH
GERMAN LINES
American Troops Push For
ward Despite Desperate
Resistance

With the American Army North
west of Nerdtm. Oct. 15.-Tanks
were brought into action by the
Americans to-day to break a way
through the enemy wire entangle-
ments west of Romagne.
Despite German resistance the pro-
gress of the Americans, early re-
ports said, was satisfactory to-day.
The Germans apparently were
ready to contest the ground as stub
bornly as they did yesterday. The
enemy artillery was being used free
ly to hold the Americans, but the
Yankee gunners were doing much to
break down the German resistance.
From east of the Meuse to the vi
cinity of Grand Pre-, American forces
chopped a series of fresh notches in
the German line yesterday. They
kept up their swinging blows at the
enemy from early morning until late
afternoon.
While the Germans resisted with
grim determination, their decision to
hold till the last the portion of the
line before the Americans may open
the way to swifter disaster
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
WILSON DEMANDS VICTORIOUS PEACE;
GERMANS CALCULATING BEL LGIAN COAST
Everybody His Own
Quarantine Officer
Says DR.. Raunick

nR. RAUNICK, city health
officer, said to-day:
1T has been suggested that
we quarantine all houses in which
influenza exists. We have con-
sidered this. 1t would be a good
measure il we could enforce the
quarantine, but there are more
than sevenothousand cases in the
city and it would be impossible
to enforce the regulations without
quarantining the whole city. Be
sides. there are many houses in
which the sick are being attended
by neighbors. who, in the emer-
gency. aIe the only nurses avail
able.
But I strongly urge that every
person suffering with a cold re-
main within his home or on the
premises. Every employer should
send home every employe suffer-
ing with a cold or symptoms of
influenza.
The department is overcrowd-
ed and greatly in need of help.
Volunteer workers or those who
have automobiles to lend are
urged to report to the Red Cross.
which is looking after this part
of the work.
I'VE can't enforce n quarantine
at this time, but by the co-opera-
ton of all people We can just as
effectively prevent a spread of the
disease. Everybody must be his
own quarantine officer"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
LIQUOR DEALERS
REQUEST TOSELL
DRINK IS DENIED
Even Limited Sale of Booze
Deemed Inadvisable During
Influenza Epidemic

The State Health Department, in
letter issued to-day. declines to
allow a modification of the order
forbidding the sale of intoxicants
during the influenza epidemic, as
request by the Wholesale Malt and
Liquor Dealers Protective Associa-
ton of Western Pennsylvania.
The letter is addressed to p. H.
keefe, director of the association.
at Pittsburgh and is signed by DR..
b. Franklin Royer, acting State
Health Commissioner, and in reply
to recommendations of Mr.. Keefe
for limited re-opening of drinking
places, says: Your argument is not
convincing and the plan you suggest,
which is in effect a request that the
closing order be abrogated so far as
the liquor interests are concerned, is
in our opinion contrary to the in
terests of public health. The order
closing all places of public enter
taipment, including theaters. NOV
ing picture establishments, saloons
and dance halls, was put into effect
solely as health measure. and has
met with the approval of PennsyI-
vania citizens. Under such circun-
stances my duty to the common
wealth compells me to decline your
request" The letter adds that no
other industry or institution affected
is complaining. Tho promise Is
made that the closing order will he
lifted as soon. as health conditions
warrant.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15

A dispatch to-day from the district
warden of Cambria county to the
State Forest Department said: "Our
county Is so smothered with smoke
blowing in from the confiagration in
Minnesota and Wisconsin that a
number of false alarms have been
sent out and we enclose bill for fl
nances used In investigating the
false alarms. There are no forest
fires in this county.
The Forestry Department is at
a complete loss to account for the
general presence OF huge volumes
of woody smoke which camoufiage
almost the entire state. Fire ward
ems always report instantly any sug-
gestIon OF a blaze. but not a report
has come In to show that any spot
in Pennsylvania is burning, The
only conclusion reached therefore is
the same one as proclaimed In the
Cambria county dispatch, namely
that high and persistent winds are
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
THIRTY MORE
NURSES NEEDED
FOR EPIDEMIC
No Noticeable Decrease in the
Number,of Victims or
Death Rate
DOCTORS ARE SENT HERE
Physicians Overworked by
Constant Demands For
Their Services
DOCTORS ARE SENT HER

No noticeable decrease in the
number of influenza cases develop
ing in the city is expected before
next week City Health officer ]. NJ.
j. Raunick said to-day. The situation
has become decidedly worse in the
last "a hours, health officials an
nounced.
Thirty more volunteer nurses
aids are need before the end of the
week in order to give necessary med
.ical assistance to sufferers from the
disease. Additional nurses are need
ed also and all who are willing to as
sist should report at once to Red
Cross headquarters. DIR. Raunick call
ed attention again to the urgent need
for automobiles for transportation OF
nurses.
More than thitry patients are now
being treated at the Emergency
Hospital, Fifth and Seneca streets,
and accommodations have been pro-
vided so that at least 100 more can
be treated. Two more wards were
lopened there yesterday: Among the
physicians who have volunteered
their services at the hospital during
various hours of the day are the fol-
Lowing: Drs. Charles S. Rebuck
John +. Culp, Samuel u. Shope and
Ralph Moffatt.
DR.. L. NJ. Shumaker and DR.. w. A
Streeter two local physicians diet
last night from pneumonia. DR.
Streeter was a staff assistant at the
Keystone Hospital.
! DIR. Raunick has urged all resi-
dents of the city in making calls fol
: physicians to do so early in the day
so that the doctors will know how
many calls they must make. Co
operation in this way will be o
much help DIR. Raunick said, and will
give the physicians an opportunit!
to ARRANGE their. visits and saw
much time.
EIGHT ARMY SURGEONS HERE
Eight army surgeons have beel
sent into Dauphin county to he'll
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
Berlin Proposes That
Bombardment of Towns
Be Stopped by Allies
By Associated Press

Amsterdam, Oct. 15.-The Ger
man government has proposed to
France that, in common with her
allies, France undertake to refrain
from bombarding large towns OF
Northern France and enter into an
aigreement with Germany to permit,
at any rate, a portion of the popula-
tion of Nalenciennes to pass into the
French lines, says an official state
ment from Berlin.
The Berlin government, in making
this proposal, represents itself as un-
able to prevent the eastward flight OF
the population of Nalenciennes
owing to their fears that the allies
would lombard the town. The pro-
posal was made through the Swiss
government.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15

For Harrisburg and vielnityi Fair.
continued cool Tonight, with
heavy frostt lowest tenn
perature about 40 degrees; We'd
nesday fair, warmer.
For Eastern PennsyIvanla: Fair
tonight, with heavy frost,
slightly warmer in north pOr-
tIon; Wednesday fnir and
warmers light, variable winds.
River
The Susquehnnnn river and all it's
branches will continue to fall
slowly.
Temperaturei $ a. m. 10.
River stngei A. feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature. so.
Lowest temperature, 81.
Nean temperature, So.
Normal temperature. 55.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
Judge Bonniwell to Meet
Friends at Bolton House

Friends and well wishers of Judge
Eugene c. Bonniwell, Democratic
nominee for Governor of Pennsylva-
mia. will have a chance. for a hand
shake and brief chat with their ia
vorite for gubernatorial honors this
evening at public reception to be
accorded the Judge at the Bolton
House from to 10 o'clock.
1t will be an informal affair and
there will be no speechmaking.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
THREE FINED

Three men who were arrested by
]. B. Lightner. state game warden
on the charge of chasing rabbits with
dogs in Wildwood Park Sunday after
noon. were fined s25 each by Alder
man Murray last evening. The men
are William Washington. w. Stewart.
and II. Hawkins, colored.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
WHOLE ENEMY LINE
CRUMBLING UNDER
NEW, ALLIED BLOWS
Unconfirmed Run1or Says British Have
Landed Big Force on Belgian Coast;
American Armies Pushing Ahead
By associated Press

In Flanders and from the Ose the Meuse Allied troops
continue their vigorous blows gains AS French
in the LaonAne region the Allied offensive Belgium
and the operations west Of the Meuse being renewed
to-day with
Smashing through the network of railways in Western Fan
ders the Belgian French and British forces under King Albert
within miles of the important rail of Courra
The Allies also dominate with their guns the railroad running
from Lille the Belgian by way of Courtai thus
hamper if they have off, all communication between
Ostend and Lille
Germans Getting Out of Belgium
The German resistance Flanders appears be only for the
purpose of delaying the Allies until the evacuation Belgium
be completed The reported evacuang
and be sending large boat loads troops away from the
region.
Between the Disc and the Argonne the French press
the hard East of the Ose the French within half
mile of the Sere along of its length have advanced
between five and six miles from Laon Even the Asne
being lost to the of defepse The French
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15

Washington. Oct. Is. - Tn
conditional surrender by Ger
many was the Interpretation put
or President Wilson'S answer tc
the German plea for peace by
both American and Allied mill
tary officials here. Only by alb
solute surrender. they said, can the
enemy now prevent the terminating
evidence of his defeat - invasion
OF Germany.
There is no doubt among officers
that sooner or later the enemy will
he compelled TO accept these un-
compromising terms. The German
army is being pounded to death in
the field, they declare. and the only
thing Germany can hope to save
from the wreckage is to prevent the
war being carried across her border
And that can be accom- plished only
at the price of putting herself as
utterly at the mercy of the victors
us did Bulgaria.
Foe Gets Nothing
Military opinion appeared to be
in full agreement that in enunciat-
ing the policy that absolute safe
guards and guarantees of the pres
ent military supremacy of Amer
lean and allied forces must control
any armistiCe agreement. Presi-
dent Wilson had placed il beyond
the power of Germany to reap any
benefits from an insincere move to-
ward peace.
The question of the agencies to
lie employed in framing armistice
conditions naturally will come ur
only when Germany has compiled
with the Presidents other require
ments. 1t seemed probable to off,
GERS, however, that the military
board OF the supreme war council
at Versailles would be the natural
agency. The council itself is COM
posed only of the premiers of the
allied nations and President Will
son. The military and all other
boards of the council are advisory
only and their recommendation
must be ratified by the council TO be-
come effective.
Up to Foch
Without question Marshal Foch
the supreme commander, and the
field commanders, Generals Petain
Haig, Pershing and Diaz would be
fully consulted and the resulting
definite terms of surrender in all
probability would be at once rati.
fed and laid before Germany as the
only price for respite from attack
The general elements of the
terms appear to all officers. 1t was
pointed out that it was the situa-
tion OF to-day at the front that con-
stituted the supremacy of which the
President speaks. the situation which
must be adequately safeguarded. AS
competent military judges see that
situation. the German army is in
TCOntinued on Page IL
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
HER MITE GOES
TOHELP NATION
in TIME OF NEED
Saves Enough TO Buy Bond
From Meager Govern
ment Allowance

Out of the allotment she received
from the United States Government
in the last eight months Mrs,
Charles J. Simpson. 1409 Liberty
street, wife of Harrisburg soldier
in France. has bought a $50 Fourth
issue Liberty Bond and paid cash
for it.
Simpson, a member of Company
NJ, One Hundred Ninth Infantry,
CONTINUED on Page IL
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
AMERICAN
TRANSPORT SINKS
AT HOBOKEN PIER
Second Largest Troop Ship
Founders Without
Warning
By .4ssocia..d Press

Hoboken. y. j.. Oct. 15.-Shortly
before the American troop transport
America, formerly the German trans
Atlantic passenger steamship Amer
tka, was about to sail to-day for
Europe with soldiers and supplies,
the vessel foundered at her pier
here.
In the early morning darkness,
while the troops aboard were sleep
ing. the America settled with her
keel in the mud. leaving only three
of her eight decks, together with
parts of her tunnels. above water.
So far as was known up to noon.
there was no loss of life. Earlier
reports were that between thirty
and forty of the crew had perished
after being trapped in the boiler
room.
Sinking a Mystery
The cause of the accident re-
mained a mystery to Navy Depart
ment officials. The submerged
America, next to the largest of the
Governments transports, was within
sight of persons crossing the lower
Hudson river on ferry boats The
vessel appeared to be resting on an
even keel.
The America. of 22.622 tons gross,
has capacity for carrying 5000
troops and a crew of 1900 men. OF
the troops it was said that only 200
or 500 were on board at the time.
MAKES PNEUMONIA JACKETS
4 large number OF pneumonia jac-
kets were made last night by forty
members of the National War Aid
society. The efficient work being
-
aid greatly in the present epidemic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15

INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE GOING WELL
''oq.a-1s7fss s.. R'i7'sa' chairman OF t.'7
'a -a-' a- COMMITTEE reported chat his committee
aa 7''a so|.o "o5sa OF the S<50ooo additional bond
,'' ana '9a' 7zs' 4- 7''s made -2a-y
as 2l.' million 7sa'@ mus. be reached by the end q
z-or-r-. e-7- a,-,., r,- so,-o-
a-g-Boy Scouts are bound q, su.H z.r-i.-
aa eyer as quota in che sale Liberty Bonds Totals
announced 90 aaon today by Scout Executive J. Fred
E Virgin aanss sol applications sgauuaag TO
(aoso
a1grPr~Ar,z grpryr er 7A-1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
SMOKE OF WISCONSIN
FOREST FIRES MAY BE
CARRIED OVER THE CITY
Heavy Pail Hangs Over Entire State but Wardens Are In
able to Detect Any Blaze of Considerable Extent
500 BODIES RECOVERED

carrying east the smoke from burn.
ling forests Of the West
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-15
SHARON PAPEHs RAISE PRICE

sharon, Oct. Is. Sharon's two
daily papers, the Herald and the TeIe-
graph. will advance their price on No
vember from cents to , cents.