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El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-10-17
Pennsylvania COUNTERS
REPORT FROM ILLINOIS

Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. 17.-Health
department officers believe there are
IA Pennsylvania at this time fully
300, 900 cases of influenza. Forty coun-
ties yesterday reported 1000 new
cases.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-10-17
BRITISH PATROLS ENTER
nfiRaKI1E0 nE

Paris, Oct. 16.-British patrols en-
tered the southwestern suburbs OF
Lille this morning.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-10-17
FLU CAUSES STORM or
APPLICANTS FOR BOOZE

AFFLt|fAN 'FOR oO0@6
Denver, Oct. 16.-The department
of health of Denver today extended
it's regulations designed Ito curb the
further spread of Spanish Influenza,
including in its prohibition against
public assembly public funerals. The
order issued today was supplemental
Ito that of yesterday which placed IN
der ban all gatherings of persons
even in the open air. -Four more
deaths occurred before noon today
making the total for the last twenty
four hours seventeen. Sixty-eight
new cases of the malady. were report
ed to the health department in the
forenoon.
I VIM. H. SharpIey, manager OF
health, thinned the line of waiting APP
plicants for permits to import liquor
at the courthouse. Eight hundred
permits were issued yesterday and
several hundred applicants were in
line today when the physician acted.
Not more than ten applicants will be
permitted to form in line at one time.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-10-17
GERMANS ARE TAKING IN
THEIR LINES ABOUT ii

Berlin, Oct. 16.--The German forces
in northern France have withdrawn
their lines somewhat in the district
west and southwest OF Lille, army
headquarters announced today.
BELGIAN CITY, THoROUT,
IS CAPTURED BY ALLIES
London, Oct. 16.-The Belgian city
(Honfinnad on naaa O.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-10-17
FLU DECLINES RAPIDLY
IN ARMY CANTONMENTS

washington Oct. 16.-Remarkable
Improvement is shown by today's re-
ports from army camps and canton
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El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-10-17
DIE OF FLU
IN Ne " YORK
Illinois and P~ennsylvan-
la Each Claim To Have
100000 Cases
EPIDEMIC DECLINES
m CAMPS OF ARMY

(5y Leased Wire to New Mexican).
New York Oct. IGNORE than 5000
persons have died from Spanish influ-
enza and pneumonia in this city with
lin a month; more than $4,000 have
been i'll and the new cases develop
ing during the last "a hours show o
big increase over those reported yes
terday, according to the figures given
out today by the health department.
Fatalities are slowly decreasing.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-10-17

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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
SPORTS

- WASHINGTON June 31.-~The list of casualties from the American Ar my fighting in France is now being balanced by returning convalescents, whose numbers in the reconstruction centers like Walter Reed Hospital here have reached an appreciable to. tai.
 It is an outstanding fact to all ob servers that an American youth smashed by shell or hand grenade or a bomb is, notwithstanding, ex- actly the same kind of an individual he was before he went in. High spirited mischievous, all personal loss discounted and humanly anxious to resume any dull round of civil ian labor, they have a tendency to regard the carefully planned hospit- al school for re-educating them to usefulness with the same distaste that healthy youth has for the train
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
Virginia Pearson Be Here TMeSddu.

| Virginia Pearson will be seen to- morrow at the Palace theatre in ' William Fox's latest photoplay, !, "Thou Shalt Not Steal"
 . Thou Shalt Not Steal" is a de- |, tective story with gripping power l and Miss Pearson who plays the 1 part of Mary Bruce takes full ad- vantage of the emotional possibili-
 ties in the story.
 l Mary Bruce is in love with Roger
 Benton (Robert Elliott), the secre- tary Of her father who is a bank CT. Lord Haverford (John Colds worthy), wealthy, is in love with Mary who, when she first met him 1 in England, was not well to do., | Mary's father is in need of $1OO,- 1 900 and he urges Mary to marry 1 Haverford so that he can get the
 money. Believing Mary will do this the father borrows s100,000 from :, the Lord and puts the money in the I bank.
 | That night Mary steals the money 1 but on her way out of the bank she ! is attacked by several men. In the fight one Of the men takes the mon ey and Mary bites his wrist. The
 men get away.
 Mary is accused of the robbery. I So is Benton. Even Mary's father
 Is under suspicion. Mary, Of I course, knows who took the mon \ ey, but she doesn't know who took !, it from her. She searches for the bitten wrist. While she is doing this detective takes up the case
 and by clever sleuthing works out ! the mystery to the satisfaction or Mary.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
SAYS MEMBERS
 BADLY NEEDED FOR HOME GUARDS
Committee Appointed Will Make an Active Canvas Today to Recruit
 Members.

At the meeting of the Juneau
 Home Guards last Friday held at
 the A. B. Hall committee composed
 of Bradford, Bartlett and Arundel
 was appointed to make an active
 campaign at once to secure new
 members for that organization. The
 new call for three hundred draftees
 from the Territory will make very
 serious inroads on the membership of the Home Guards as many of the leading spirits are taking this op-
 portunity to join up. Said mem Der of the committee today: An effort will be made by this committee
 new members as possible among the business people of the city, as it is felt that they should become mem bers of the organization and take
 an active part in the drills that are held twice week. AS pointed out | by one of the members of the
 Guards it was established at the request of the business people of
 the community and it is now up to
 the. business men to give their sup port if the organization is to con ltinue to be the same virile force. it
 has been in the past The com
 mittee has a pledge card that they are asking you to sign and attend the next meeting that will be. held Tuesday evening at 7:30 sharp so when the committee shows up on Monday afternoon just get your pencil out and place your name on the Roll Call and do your little bit for your home town"
 It is planned that for the summer the Home Guards will have little outings and hikes where the ladies can take a leading part in the en- tertainment end of the outing and allowing all to get together and en- joy the good afternoons. and eve nines.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
Theda Bora W i1l Los ANqeles.

Word just received by the Fox Film Corporation is that Theda Bara, star of Cleopatra" "Under the Yoke" and other Fox successes, is i'll at her home in Los Angeles. Although the illness is in no way serious, it is said, Miss Bara is un- der the care of a physician.
 The same telegram stated that Miss Bara's illness would not ham, per work on new play which she is producing. "The Message of the Lilies" is the tentative title of the production, but this is to be changed it is said.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
|>IRAP 1 FIELD ai E1

The Kansas State shoot will be something original in the way of a State shoot. It will be held at Camp Funston under the sanction of Oener- al Wood The professional shooters who tour Kansas hope to make this event the biggest patriotic shoot of the season. All the money paid in will be donated to the American Red Cross. The prizes will be Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps. MOn- ey to purchase the bonds and stamps has been collected at various shoots in the Middle West for the past month. With the thousands of sol. diers at Camp Funston who may participate or watch. the Kansas tournament looks like one that will be instructive to the boys in khaki.
 The Maplewood tournament is one that will attract shooters from all points of the United States and Can ada. but there is a shoot to be held in Wilmington. Delaware. the latter part of July that will make all shoot ois sit up anu tdho uolco. Auis Wtt be the Liberty Bond Special Shoot. It will be shoot for shooters" One of the events will be known as the Liberty Bond Championship of the World. It will be necessary for each shooter who participates in this event to put up a $50 Liberty Bond and the Wilmington Trapshooting Also citation guarantees the winner $3o0 in Liberty Bonds.
 The Pacific Indians this year will hold forth at Lake Crescent in. tho heart of the Olympic Mountains. Nith the Western Handicap eliminatsd Omaha shooters formed an osea4isa- tion that is promoting an event Q take its place. A
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
WOMEN ARE ABLE
 TO KEEP SECRETS :
 AS WELL AS MEN

LONDON. Duly S.-War experi- ence in the employment of women as bank clerks has convinced Brit ish bankers that women are able, to keep business secrets quite as we'll as men. When women were first admitted to employment in banks the British directors and managers fear ed that some of their customers might withdraw their business be- lieving their financial affairs might become the subject of gossip. "It Is gratifying to think" says the Bank CTS Magazine,"' that after three years experience of the new con- ditions, no ground whatever has been found for these fears.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
Alice Joyce, at
 Palace in "The Song of the Soul"

, Alice Joyce, "The Madonna of the Screen" will appear for the last time tonight at the Palace in "The Song of the Soul"
 It is the story of Ann Fenton, wronged by her supposed husband, who starts out to make her own way in the world and to live down the wrong done her. She has a long, hard fight, but she is in the right and in the end. she wins-her boy, from whom she has been sep arated, and the love of splendid man.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
ROAD COMMISSION PEEVED BECAUSE PlANkS
 HAVE BEEN FILTERED

Supt. J. c. Hayes of the Alaska been appropriating blanks which have been distributed along the Per severance Road for repair purposes. He says. further, that the practice must not only cease, but that the pilfered blanks must be returned forthwith, or there will be trouble.
 "Six blanks were taken from near the Juneau end of the road since Saturday afternoon" said MT. Hayes. This is not the first time. either, that we have missed blanks. and we have come to the end of our patience, and we want the blanks back"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08

ing establishments, however desirable he may know them to be-
 So a chance visitor to the hospital expecting to discover hero is apt to find proportion of youths whose clothes have been taken away from them to compel them to stay near their beds. They are likely to be calculating intelligently their chanc- es to shirk irksome routine. What ever adventure and torture they have lived is being forgotten while .their force and energy are entirely devot- ed to the problem of today.
 Yes, they are most healthy and normal human beings, undepressed and entirely unworried about any. thing" explained Major Cotton, one of the chiefs of othopedic surgery at Walter Reed We find these are not i'll people. Their mental and physical vigor is most astonishing to persons not familiar with the cir cumstances"
 It Is requiring continuation of military discipline and considerable patience and persistence to work out on this material. the far-sighted plans for Reaching maimed man new and productive trade. The message, hydrotherapy, and electric treatment to restore wasted muscle and shrunk. en limb are regarded as splendid but the schools are lodged most gladly. Still, the men are weaving baskets, and demonstrating intelligent interest i" automobile mechanics, and other wise submitting to requirements which arss made before they can have liberty Hffd leisure.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
POTATO SPROUTS ARE USED AND THEY ARE
 SHOWING UP FINE

Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Palmer are graduating into scientific farmers and can now give more pointers about how to raise and grow pota- toes than chicken raiser knows about hens.
 Anyway" said Mrs. Palmer when a bystander referred to the garden, "the doctor and l have had a great deal of pleasure and the exercise has contributed to our health"
 Mrs. Palmer took some potato sprouts from the bottom of sacks in which old potatoes had sprout- ed and planted them and they are growing fine.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
Marie DOr0 20
 "Heart's Desire"
LnSt T1Mle.

I-LUSC T LWLE.
 Some of the extraordinary beau
 tiful scenery which will be seen in
 the Famous Players production "Heart's Desire," was taken al Jacksonville, Florida. In this Far amount picture. in which MaNe Doro is starring, she takes an alto gether different role from any she has yet played on the screen. She
 is see mas peasant girl on the
 quaint littel island of St. Anne's off the southern coast of France
 Hearts Desire" will be seen at the Coliseum theatre for the last time | tonight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
EVE IS REMOVED

Reuben Swanson arrived from the Alaska Pacific Herring Company at Big Port Walter after receiving an injury to his eye. MT. Swanson, a blacksmith, was hit on the head with a large piece of iron from the sle lge His head was badly cut, and when he was taken to the General Hos pital for treatment, Dr. William Pal lister found it necessary to remove his eye.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
AN AGREEMENT BEEN REACHED
 ON ARMY BILL
It Contains an Item for A. aSka Roads and Both Houses Have Agreed
 on the Bill.

WASHINGTON, July 6.-The Sen ate and House conferees have reach ed complete agreement on the $12,- 000,000,000 Army Appropriation Bill. It contains an item for the construc- tion of roads in Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
"Sold for Marriage" Coming to the

Sold for Marriage" a forthcom- ing Triangle Fine Arts release. IS
 the story of poor Russian girl whose beauty leads her unscrupu-
 lous uncle to bring her to the
 United States to be sold into mar
 riage to rich old man she never
 has seen. Fortunately. her lover has embarked for America on the same ship: and when he arrives, he learns to his surprise that the
 police here. unlike those of his na-
 tive land. are not oppressors of the poor. but friends. so he enlists their
 aid in securing the release of his
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
THEA IRE ATTRA IONS General News of Local Theatres, Screen Stars
 and Features


beloved Maria. How they meet his plea if a sequence of thrilling scenes. This feature and Weekly will open at the Coliseum beginning to-
 morrow night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08

making good they duties according to four representatives of who returned after several grayblue uniform or America although
 familiar France The Blanche all of the National Y w. C. A. r. w. work in
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
Attractions Tonight

COLISEUM--Marie Doro in Hearts Desire" PALACE-Alice Joyce in "The Song of the Soul"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
HAS TAKEN PARTNER

Adams, the photographer, has ta- ken a partner and will soon open his new quarters on Front Street in the George Forrest Building.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
Coast InternatIonaI Leaaue
HERE FOR TREATMENT

NJ. Krance of Haines, Toney Ben sen. of Lituya Bay and George Bail ey of KillisnoO are all in Juneau re ceiving medical treatment from Dr l.. F. Dawes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
BASEBALL
SATURDAYS GAMES
American League

American League At Boston-Boston 5, Cleveland 4. At New York-New York 3. Chicago 1. At. New, York-Chicago 3, New York 2., At Philadelphia hia-DetrOit ,, Philadel phia 2. At Philadelphia-P Philadelphia 2, De troit 1. At Washington-St Louis 8, Wash ington 2.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
UNION MEETING TONIGHT

The regular meeting of Local No. 4, Alaska Labor Union. will be held this evening in Winter & Ponds 2x4 Hall.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08
BlGJIM VAUGHN

Jim Vaughn. the great s0uthpaw of the Chicago Cubs. is the hurler who put the Cubs in the lead of the ether seven clubs. He is in great form this reason. and if hls wing can stand the strain the Cubs are going to stay where they are all the way.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08

Dine ar the Gastineau. C0ncer' every evening.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08

Dine at the oAsnneau. Conoert every evening.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08

National League At Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh IT, Bos ton l. At Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh D, Bos ton A. At ncinnati-Cincinnati 10, Phila { delphia 9. At Chicago-Chicago 1, New York O. At St. Louis-Brooklyn 3, St. Louis
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08

STANDING OF THE CLUBS
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-08

Coast international League At Charlottesville 6. Aberdeen 5. At Portland-Portland 6, Vancouver
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
POLICE
CHARGED WITH
AIDING CRIME
U. S. Official Asserts They
Protect Disorderly House.
Encourage Bootlegging.

Vice conditions in Philadelphia
are intolerable. The city officials
are aiding those who profit from
vice and are fostering a corrupt
police force. Men in training for
the navy and Marine Corps are the
prey of hundreds of women and
bootleggers. encouraged by saloon
keepers and police to violate the
law openly.
Make Report.
These charges and the recon-
mendation that the city Of Phila-
delphia may have to be placed with
out the bounds within which men
on liberty shall be permitted. are
contained in a report made to Sec
retary Daniels by Raymond B. Fos-
dick, chairman of the Commission
report has been forwarded to the
Governor of Pennsylvania and the
Mayor of Philadelphia.
In his letter to the Pennsylvania Of
ficials. Secretary Daniels points out
that thousands of young men are IN
training at Philadelphia for the navy
anu lne MdTlHe SOTpS anu lndI every
protection must be given to all men
who are serving the nation in the pres
ent crisis. He pledges the fullest CO.
operation of the navy and the Ma
rine Corps to any movement for clean
ing up the vice districts of PhiIadel-
phia.
Unless a house cleaning is soon
undertaken by the city officials. Mr..
Fcsdick urges that the Navy Depart
ment declare Philadelphia without the
bounds for men on liberty He states
that Philadelphia, alone among the
large cities of the United States, has
failed to. meet the requirements of
the War and Navy Departments in
respect to the suppression of vice.
Sell to Soldiers.
The report declares that disorderly
houses are to be found in almost
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
QUIET STYLES
MARK EASTER
DRESS PARADE
Girls Display New Gowns in
Colors Conforming to
War Atmosphere.

Bright skies and quiet bonnets is a
strange combination for Easter SUM-
day.
But that Is how matters stood yes
terday With an Easter of clear sun
shine and pleasant warmth. the girls
of the District did not take advan-
tage of it to wear the elaborate Eas-
ter fineTy that has been seen in pre-
vious years.
still Quite Smart.
This doesn't mean that they did not
look very smart and pretty. On the
contrary, f street downtown and
Sixteenth street and Connecticut ave-
nue. in the residential section were
crowded with scores of charming
young visions. But there were none
of the gay toilettes of a rose and
bright blue which used to gladden.
the eye of the passerby on ante
bellum Easter Sundays.
Most of the costumes were in sub
dued tones with perhaps an occasional
dash of bright color to relieve the
almost universal quietude. A great
many corsage bouquets were in evil
dence. however. and created a gem
eral gala effect. At least half of the
girls seen during the morning and
afternoon were wearing clusters of
violets. sweet peas, daffodils, roses,
or opulent orchids.
All this subduedness in dress Is due
to the war, of course. Girls are not
taking the intense interest in STYLES
that they did few years ago. With
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
u. S. Soon May Operate
Business of Beef Trust
Hoover Tells President Federal Control of
Packing Houses Among Plans New
Commission Will Consider.

of the Federal Trade Commission, as
representing trade conditions; DR.. F.
w. Taussig. chairman of the Federal
Tariff Board, as representing eco
nomic thought; William B.. Wilson,
Secretary of Labor, as representing
the civilian consumer: Herbert c.
Hoover, Food Administrator. as hav-
ing to carry ont any given policy
determined upon.
Writes Wilson.
Mr.. Hoover, in a letter to President
Wilson, pointing out the seriousness
Of the beef situation and suggesting
the commission. says the problem is
one of the most complex facing the
government He shows that increased
quantities of beef must be obtained
for export, either by increased pro-
duction or by decreased consumption.
He recognizes that consumption
could be reduced by higher prices
but deprecates any effort TO fix Irices
for this purpose because it would
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The Washington herald., 1918-04-01
DEATH MAY CLOSE
GERMAN SPY PROBE
Passing of Nine. Storch Followed
by Illness Of Companion.

New York, March Alderman eff
cheney has won another victory and
Madame Despina Davidovitch Storch,
the beautiful young Turkish girl, ar
rested here ten days ago charged with
being the leader of Germany's spies
in this country. is dead, while Count
Robert de Clairmont, arrested at the
same time. is almost at deaths door.
Madame Storch died carly this morn
ing and the death of de Clairmont,
physicians say, Is a matter only ot
hours. Both were about to reveal
some of the innermost secrets OF
Germany's espionage system, when
they became i'll, it was Eaid.
Cancer of the stomach is said to be
the ailment that Is dragging to death
and sealing forever the lips of de
Clairmont who is i'll at his apartment,
a West Fifty-eighth street.
In both instances the malady which
seized the alleged spy leaders was at
tributed to natural causes.
Government agents. however. re-
called the mysteriously timely deaths
from natural causes apparently that
have struck down and forever closed
the lips of other German agents
when the net of circumstance has
closed about and ensnared them.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01

Government operation of the big
packing houses of the country became
strong probability yesterday.
Herbert C. Hoover. the Food Admin
istrator, announced that President
Wilson has approved the appointment
of a commission to study the entire
complex meat problem, and that some
drastic change of policy with respect
to meat conservation and distribution
must be made immediately.
Change of Policy.
This change of policy" says Mr..
Hoover. may take the form of more
definite and systematic, direction of
the larger packers as to the course
that they are to pursue from month
to month. or may even take the form
of operation of the packing house
establishments b ythe government
The commission will be composed
of:
David F. Houston. Secretary Of Ag-
riculture, as representing the pro-
Sucers William J. Harris, chairman
The Washington herald., 1918-04-01

extent of German influence in this
country. He will explain. for in
stance, how a German in this coun-
try may be a citizen of the United
States at the same time he remains
a citizen of Germany. The Delbruck
law. very conveniently adopted by the
German Empire, permits a natural
lied American of German birth to
retain his German allegiance merely
by registering at a German CONSUL
ate."
Secretary Lane will show how Ger
man newspapers affect thought in
America. His figures show 4S1 Ger.
man newspapers in this country, with
a combined circulation of 3,353,626. In
New York City, thirty German papers
reach 81, $50 subscribers with each is
sue. In Wisconsin. sixty-seven Ger
man papers have a total circulation
Of ali, ,40. New York CITY, the Secre-
tary will show. is the third largest
German-speaking city in the world.
German influence in the educational
c0cRErFfur. on nanu ,r.uo