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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
BEARCAT HAS SERVICE RECORD
Funston Dog Drafted From Canine
County, State of Contentment.

Camp Funston, Kan, Aug. s.
"Bearcat," army serial No. 666666666,
is among those present here. Bear
cat' is a dog who looks like a Polar
bear when viewed from astern and
considerably like cat when viewed
head on, and he is the mascot OF the
newly organized sos Pioneer infantry
(colored).
Drafted from Bowowville, Canine
county, state of Contentment, "Bear-
cat reported at Camp Funston. and
Joined the recruit line leading to De-
tention camp No. 2. Here he waited
with the rest of the troops, longing for
the time when the Depot brigade
would transfer him to a regular regi-
ment.
infirmary for incubation and is now
immune from typhoid and para
typhoid.
He marched to the hills daily and
learned the Manual Of Arms and how
| to do squads right
and learned how service records are
| made out.
He learned to salute the officers and
smile at the privates.
He became a good soldier.
But he lacked a name. He was just
a number.
Two weeks passed and No. 666666-
| 666 went down to the Zone to parade,
| for he had been transferred to the SOB
"Those troops marched we'll" Major
| General Wood who was watching the
| parade, remarked to Col. c. B. Hum
| nhrey. commanding officer of the
regiment. They would look good in
| kits
| Colonel Humphrey searched for
suitable reply. He resorted to a pun.
well, I've already named them the
| sos Bearcats,'' he laughed.
| r-ba rorao stuck General WOOD
/ and the officers at headquarters and
| every one at Funston now call the
| S05t.l the Bearcats.
| Colonel Humphrey went home and
sent an orderely to call No 6666660o6
| before him.
He informed him that hereafter his
| name was "Bearcat'' because he
looked like a bearcat in the first place
and secondly because he typified
| bearcat.
"a bearcat," said the colonel, "is
some one who fights at the drop of a
hat, who knows his duty and does 1t
who smiles when there is hard work
ahead, grits his teeth and goes at 1t. y
/ "Bearcat" executed an about face
and went out. He reported to the
baseball field where he was due and
the so5th won a game Is to 1 in sever
innings from the S06th, its sister regi-
ment.
"Bearcat' has a service record. tus
ike any OltleT SOIuIeT. Ills SCI WIZ
record shows that he has never beer
up before a court martial. He ha.
never been absent without leave
awol as that is abbreviated in the rec
ords.
Making out "Bearcat's" service rec
ord was easy. but filling out his wal
risk insurance and family allotmen
papers proved quite a task. Capt
Paul S. Bliss. adjutant. went ovel
"Bearcat's'' pedigree and found tina
hi domestic affairs were in such e
tangle that it was quite impossible e
settle upon the right beneficiary-ant
| there are about three dozen bene
ficiaries, by the way.
| "Bearcat" eats at the headquarter!
mess, building 1902, and has 9
Striker who gives him a shower batf
daily and shines up his boots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
BIG K.C.MILL BURNS
$4,000 Bushels of Wheat De-
stroyed Last Night.
Fire Is Believed Due to SpOn-
taneOus Combustion.

Kansas City, Kan. Aug. Sire
which last night destroyed the main
elevator at the Butte Milling plant of
the Kansas Flour Mills Co., with loss
estimated at $15S,O00 and took the
lives of two men, was believed today
to have been caused by spontaneous
combustion. Glenn E. Dale. 80, fire
man. and VIM. Kerr, millright. were
killed under a falling wall. The ele-
vator, valued at 100000 and $4,000
bushels of wheat worth $98,100 were
consumed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

posed semi-pro ieague to be organized
next year, Larry said:
Il think when a man gets to be as
old as 1 am he needs more practice
and warming up than he would get by
playing only on Saturdays and Sum
days. 1t begins to look as if 1 had
played my last game of professional
baseball unless the war ends next
year. If it goes on indefinitely, the
layoff will not do me any good and 1
will be thru when the old game is
resumed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
BIGGEST SHOOT EVENT
Six Hundred Entrants Registered for
Grand American Handicap.

Chicago, Aug. -Scatter-gun ar
lists faced their biggest day here to-
day. Over 500 of them were to COM
pete in the grand American handicap
the big 100 bird event for amateur
trap shoots. The entrants ranging in
age from 1 to 63, will be handicapped
from the 16 to the % yard line. Emil
j. Buck, Davenport, Ia, won the pre-
Urinary handicap yesterday after
tying with E. F. Woodward, Houston,
Tex. They scored sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

Taking candy from a baby" was merely
figure of speech until the sugar hoarders
got busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

Ball scribe at the Polo grounds has mad,
the startling discovery that Fred Merkl
is a regular ball player.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

Chicago Observation-Disclosures 2
Sanders Heating and Hannah; Shellen-
bach and Schalk.
Philadelphia tat st. Louis) .........-l l
st. Louis Observation-Disclosures. .....3
johnson and Perkins; Wright and Nun
amaker.
Second game
Philadelphia
st. Louis 4 l
: Adams, Watson and McAvoy; Le1fleid
and SEVERED.
Boston Cat Detroit Observation-Disclosures.
Detroit :................11 Is 2
+ Bush Pertica Kinney and Mayor,
Schang; ]. Jones, Hall, Dauss and SHnage,
Yelle-
Washington lat Cleveland) ..........6 Il l
Cleveland Z 1
Shaw, johnson and Ainsmith; Morton,
Enzmann and O'Neill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

Rather than take an unfair advantage O
war conditions, Ichlya Kumagae will sta!
out of the national tennis tournament
Ichiya is regular fellow in spite of TIN
fact that he wears black-rimmed specs
Three banzais for Ichii
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

| If you can get ny excitement out of
| the quarrel between the National and
| American Leagues you are goldarn easily
L excited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

Mems finest made All Wool saS S1QQ5
| and S2S Suits. ................ ~ CsCO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

Nine year-old kid from Alabama hit
thirty eight targets in succession. Some
body has been teaching the young idea
to shoot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

No ticket sca1pers will be there
To stir the blood to angry heat
And any man who has the fare
Can get a seat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
A ROYAL ENTRANCE

The heart OF the civilized world
went out to the king and queen Of
Belgium when, on Oct. Is. just three
months after the beginning OF the
allied offensive they entered OStend
and Bruges.
That unobtruSive entrance was as
significant as any ceremonial
pageant in recorded history. 1t was
royal in its simplicity as betts dem
ocratic rulers. 1t meant more than
the restoration oil Belgium. 1t sig
naized concretely the defeat OF the
Hun and all his works.
1t was the forerunner OF many
restorations. lt meant that every
land polluted by the touch OF an iron
,hod German foot is going to be re-
deemed likewise, before the cru,ad-
er, OF civilization finish their task,
Everywhere races which like the
Belgians, have proved their right TO
freedom are going TO be Tree.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
A WHITEWASH COMMISSION

ne German government has gone
q step further in It's in,olent denial
oi barbarou, devastation and de
-ruction in it, Belgian retreat. Real
i2ing that the allies will not have
anything to do with lis sham pro-
nosai for Il neutral commission to
Investigate the charges. it has ap-
pointed such 4 commission itself
In proof OF its sincerity the Ger
man government has named as head
OF this commission. Baron Won der
lancken. civil governor OF Brussels.
This gentleman happens to be the
man who "played the leading role
in the murder OF Edith Cavell.' 1t
was ne to whom Brand Whitlock
the American minister, made his ap-
neal to save the heroic British nurse
from death. and who not only ig
nored Whitlock's plea. but refused
even to allow the doomed victim to
receive q visit from 4 Belgian law
Yer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
Ma9o9 fSIL5, S7herbrooI1e Quebec

Are you worrying about coal
shortage, Mr.. Manufacturer Does
the outlook spell shutting down
for you? Do not be discouraged. a
remedy is at hand; remedy tried
and prove by many manufacturers.
Use water power.
Where is this water power, do you
ask? Good sites in the United
States have been pre-empted pretty
generally. you say Granted, then
why not cross the border into
Canada and use some Of that seven
teen million horsepower water
power going 70 waste over there?
Why do the Canadians not use 1t,
you ask. They do use some, but not
all. Canada has an available water
power of almost nineteen million
horse power Of which she uses about
1919. This small percentage sup
plies, with few exceptions, all the
principal Canadian cities and great
majority of its towns and villages,
and not a few farms, with hydro
electric energy. Further, this 1870
Yields considerable surplus which
Is exported New Brunswick's sur
plus goes to Maine, Quebec'S to New
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

In the head, eyes, ears, back or other
parts of the body and feeling of Sc
we're sickness. In most Of the cases the
symptoms disappear after three or four
days, the patient then rapidly recover
ing. Some of the patients, however,
develop pneumonia, or Inflammation
of the ear, or meningitis, and many OF
these complicated cases die. Whether
this so-caIled Spanish influenza is
Identical with the epidemlcs of inhuen-
"a of earlier years is not yet known.
"Epdemics of influenza have visited
this country since 1917. 1t is interest
ing to know that this first epidemic
was brought here from Valencia,
Spain. Since that time there have
been numerous epidemics of the dis
ease. In 1889 and 1890 an epidemic
of influenza, starting somewhere in the
Orient, sp"7ad first TO Russia and
thence over practically the entire civ-
ilized world. Three years later there
was another hare-up of the disease.
Both times the epidemic spread wide-
ly over the United States
although the present epidemic IS
called Spanish influenza there is no
reason TO believe that it originated in
Spain. Some writer's who have studied
the question believe that the epidemic
came from the Orient and they call att
tention to the fact that the Germans
mention the disease as occurring along
the eastern / )nt in the summer and
fall of 1911"
How can Spanish influenza" be rec.
ognzed?
There is as yet no certain way IN
which II single case of Spanish intlu,
enZu' can be recognized. On the oth-
er hand, recognition is easy where
there is Il group of cases In contrast
TO the outbreaks of ordinary coughs
and colds, which usually occur in tho
cold months, epldemicS of influenza
may occur ut any season OF the year.
Thus the present epidemic ragged most
intensely in Europe in May, June and
July. Moreover, in the case of ordi.
Hdl NplASf lIe ScHtIdI symptoms
(fever, pain, depression) are by ma
means as severe or as sudden in their
onset as they are in influenza. Final
ly, ordinary colds do not spread
through the community so rapidly or
so extensively as does influenza.
an most cases a person taken sick
with influenza feels sick rather sud-
denly. He feels weak, has pains in the
eyes, ears, head or back, and may be
sore all over. Many patients feel
dizzy, some vOmlt. Most of the pa
tients complain OF feeling chilly, aud
with this comes fever in which the
temperature rises to 100 to 104. In
most cases the pulse remains relative
ly slow.
an appearance one is struck by the
fact that the patient looks sick. His
eyes and the inner side of his eyelids
may be slightly 'bloodshot,' or CON
gested, as the doctors say. There
may be running from the nose, or
there may he some cough. These signs
of n cold may not lie marked; nevey-
theless the patient looks aud feels very
sick.
"In addition TO the appearance and
the symptoms as already described,
examination of the patients blood may
aid the physician In reCOgniZin: Span
ish influenza for 1t has been found
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
CONTINUE
TO TAKE PRISONERS
CAPTURE MORE THAN 1000
DURING "a HOURS - AD-
VANCE IN ALBANIA.

Rome. oct. 26.-The text OF the
official statement issued today says
"In the region orthweSt OF the
Monte Grappa maSSif, fighting be
GUN at dawn. continued the whole
dav Yesterday on the terrain car
ried bv Us on the preceding day. The
struggle was fierce and with vary
ing fortune. but finally the stub
bornnesS OF the ourth army over
came the desperate attacks OF the
enemy and our positions were main
tanned and extended at some points
In the last y hours A. Officers
and 2002 men OF other ranks have
been captured. The Pesaro brigade
OF the Eighteenth and Twenty-third
assault detachmentS carried out the
difficult conquest OF Monte Pertica.
which has been formidably fortified
by the enemy.
Albania: Italian advance guards
are in contact with the enemy on
the lower Matt. Albanian bands
have hoisted our flag and taken up
arms for Italy against the retreat
ing Austrians ande are inflicting
considerable losses on them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
REVOLUTION

The allies standing ultimatum to
Germany. expressed in President
Wilson's laSte note. means simply.
this: Surrender or Revolution.
Inasmuch as the German rulers
are hardly ready as yet TO surrender
and throw themselves on the mercy
OF the allies. the only apparent al
tentative is revolution.
Never in history has a nation had
its pathway of salvation more clear
lv market out. Internal conditions
alone are enough to impel any peo-
pie OF free. democratic instincts TO
throw off the yoke OF their masters.
To that situation is now added the
blunt fact that only by Self-asser-
ton and political reorganization
along genuinely democratic lines can
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
QU|N|NE FAMINE
At Il PASO, TEX.
SAME IN OLD MEXICO DUE
. TO TERRIBLE SCOURGE OF
INFLUENZA

Fl Paso. Texas, oct. 26.-A qui-
nine famine was experienced here
today as a result OF the Spanish in
huenza epidemic. The entire supply
having been exhausted. a similar
condition exists in Chihuahua City.
Mexico. where 81 capsule was the
curren price while the supply lasted.
The epidemic continues to sweep
through the Mexican settlement, in
the valleys near here, Reports from
northern Mexico tell Of great SUI
fering and a heavy death toll from
the disease.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
THE GOOD HALF LOAF

iT The present demand for labor
It would seem that The part time
worker should come into hi, own.
\, surely e, two +iftie. make one
hundred. so surely wiil two compe-
tent employees each working ior four
hour, total up an cight-hour day.
There are professional men whose
time is not all employed: students
MhD would make good workers and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
sSSEsaKaEabeke Falls near Fbrt William !Ontarlo

York. Ontario's to New York and
Minnesota, ard British Columbia's
to Washington.
The bearing which this exporta-
tion of power has upon the imports
of coal into the provinces of Ontario
and Quebec, the source of two-thirds
of the available current, may be sur
missed Since the war resulted in a
scarcity of vessels for transporting
coal up the st. Lawrence for the in
dustries of Montreal, there have been
converted to the use of electrical
energy in that vicinity, no less than
one hundred and fifty private steam
plants with a demand of about as
many thousand horse power. Others
are considering like transforma-
tion.
Hydro power being the one neces-
sary commodity which decreases in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
RUMORS FROM AUSTRIA
AND TURKEY LACK
OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION

Washington. oct. 26.-There y
no official information here to con
firm any of the various interestin ;
rumors coming out of Eurpea
cuntries regarding Developments II
Austria Hungary and Turkey.
An offer OF surrender from Con
stantinople has been expected mo
mentarily for days, but no notics
OF a new proposal had reached tn
state department early tonight
Likewise. the department heart
only through press dispatches OF re
ports that Vienna newspapers wera
publishing announcements OF prep
aration for Austria rehabilitation
and rumors that emperor Charlie,
was leaving the country preparatory
to abdicatiOn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

the German people hope to avert the
most drastic penalties Tor the guilt
incurred through blind obedience
To their present rulers.
1t is a choice between doing what
is the best thing in the world for
them, and doing what is the worst
between national liberty and ma
tional destruction,
What will they do; We do not
know. We do not pretend, any more,
to understand the working OF Ger
man minds. We can only wait and
see, and keep right on fighting the
devil with his own fire while we
wait.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
NEW HOME CARDS
OUT IN DECEMBER

The home card campaign of the
United States food administration.
which was to have begun October ~,
is ostponed until December |.
The campaign was deferred on ac.
count OF the influenza epidemic which
prevented proper school and church
help.
Home cards for Oklahoma have
been printed and the food adminstra.
tion now will further its plans to
have new pledge card placed III eY-
ery home on Decembar !.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

cost in proportion to the increase in
demand and use, makes 1t clear
~ the manufacturing force OF the
future, and as coal is not at all
likely to revert 10 pre-war prices,
many industries supplying the
worlds markets will take advantage
OF this fact by locating in Canada
where raw materials arc plentiful.
The vanguard is already there and
Gaping benefits.
Canada is blessed with almost
every form of the basic eleneyts Of
manufacture and the natural powers
by which these may he developed.
1t has lands suited to diversified
agriculture sufficient to sustain Il
greatly increased industrial popula-
tion. Canada is crossed by great trade
routes over which Canadian products
travel to far distant markets.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
SUCH THINGS HAPPEN

DAYTON News: Have YOU ever
had a dream that came true:
Yes. | had one few nights ago
dreamed that ! was gong to re,
ceive telegram which I'd be AFRAID
to take home.
And YOU got it"
"It came on the day after my
dream
IL wasn't from a woman, was 1t
you've guessed it. My mother
wired me that she was coming 10
,tav Tor a month.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
The Canoe Pole

The pole for river work should De De
10 or II ieet long. one END shouIu
be shod with an iron spike Which
can be attached by means OF cap
fitting over the end OF the pole and
held on with nails. The spike may
be carried in a pack and a pole cut
and properly shod when 1t is needed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
MONDAY PRAYER.

Hear our prayer, holy Father of
love for our soldiers and sailors who
are dearer to US than life itself
Make them true heroes, triumphant
in heart and in action; and NAV all
who meet death have first met Thee.
Strengthen our nations heart to en-
dure: and to rise to holy heights of
sacrifice and devotion; thus honor
ing Thee and serving our day
Amen.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
NV Soldier Boy.

Ny boy across the sea
Seems very lar from me-
And vet despite the tide
So measurelessly wide,
I'm soul and mind and heart,
We're not so lar apart;
For I'm with him always,
In spirit. night and day.
And we'll ! know that he
Still fingers here with me
And in our dreams we meet
In a communion sweet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
MINING MEN HELD
BY VILLA FOR RANSOM

Iuarez. Mexico. Oct. 26.-Three
American mining men are being held
for 5000 ransom by Epifanio Hol-
guin a Villa leader. at Ahumada.
chihuahua. it was said here to-
night. The men reported 10 be pris-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
FOOD NOTES

The United States Food Admins
tration appeals three times daily to
the individual responsibility of lO5.'
600 900 intelligent people to continue
the greatest voluntary effort at food
control ever made by a nation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

oners OF the Villa leader are Z. T.
Knots. d. b. Saith. ana a Mormon
prospector named Tinney They
were seized while at the Erupicor
mine near Villa Ahmr -a. IS mile,
south OF the border. Efforts are now
being made to obtain their relea
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

We must send the allies and our
own forces overseas so per cent more
food this year -han we sent them last
year To do this we must eat no
more at home than is necessary for
health and strength.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

The Food Administration does not
ask you to stop eating any particular
food; it asks you TO use less OF all
food.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

In every X. of c. hut in this coun
try and overseas there is an admon-
ition to Write to Mother often"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

Be proud to be a food saver Be
content with a PATRIOTS PLENTY
and discontented with SLACKER'S
SUPERFLUITY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

Ninety-one hostess houses are
now operated fy the y. W. {. \. in
cdntonmentS in this country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

The X. OF c. huts in this country
and France are keeping on lille home
newspapers for the use of the SOL
diers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

Missouri Democratic party leaders
are greatly alarmed over the heavy
registration OF negroes in st. Louis
-l5,S05. as against l2SH in 1910.
They assert that with several thous-
and negroes gone to war it would be
impossible Tor the increase to be
bona iide.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

Every bit OF food unwisely bought.
wastefully cooked, or carelessly eat
en-, is that much taken from the al
lied table.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

Loyal Americans are eating at a
common table with 100 900 600 allies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27
IN PLEASANT SIBERIA

There i, sort OF general impress
sion that Siberia is a waste land, the
epitome OF cold and deSolation. In
the face Of this, it is interesting to
know that our armies nowPNtationed
in and around Nladiyostok are really
well off.
The country and climate are about
like that of Eastern Pennsylvania,
and the soldiers have fine times fish
ing and hunting. The winter sea-
son begins like ours, in November,
and the iacilitie, ior barrack, in
are unusually good.
The Russians in that part OF 81
IBERIA are reported to be in accord
with the United States, and have
welcomed the presence OF our ar
mics a, the harbingerS OF better
DAYS to come for bleeding Russia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-27

\ bitter fight for the United
States senatorship Is in progress in
West Virginia. where Clarence Wat
son. millionaire Democrat. is trying
it out with David ElkinS. millionaire
Republican. Watson may overcome
the normal Republican majority that
ha' from time to time showed s'grs
OF diSintegration in uate years.