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The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26
CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE
FROM SEVERAL CITIES
General Blue Announces the
Maiady Had Made Its Appearancc<
In Twenty. Six States From the At
iantc to the Pacifc--Number Of
Pneumonia Cases in Army Camps.

Washington, Sept. 25.-Spanish In
fuenza has spread over the country so
rapidly that officials OF the public
health service. the war and navy de-
partments, and the Red Cross con-
ierred today on measures to help iocaf
communities in combating the disease
Calls for assistance already have
been received from several cities, and
in one instance. Wilmington. North
Carolina, the public health service fos-
pital was opened for treatment OF per-
sons suffering with the disease.
SURGEON General Rupert Blue, of the
public health service, said tonight that
latest reports showed that the maiauy
made it's appearance in 20 states from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. The dis
ease is epidemic in New England,
where it made its first appearance and
authorities in that section are consid-
ering drastic steps to curb It's spread
including the prevention OF public
gatherings.
influenza has appeared on the Pa
cific coast, in Washington and Calf
fornia, but Is not yet epidemic there.
II also has been reported in Minnesota
and Iowa. East of the Mississippi.
however, there are few states where
it has not been found.
The disease continued to spread TO-
day in army camps, 5,324 new cases
being reported TO the offices OF the
surgeon general of the army up to
noon. No new camps were added to
the list, and 1t was added there are
fifteen camps and stations free from
influenza
The total reported from the camps
today was the largest in any one day
and brought to the total for all camps
29,002 cases The number OF pneu-
monia cases reported among the sol
diers since the outbreak of the influ-
enza epidemic September 13, Is 2,si3
and the number of deaths since that
date is $50, with 155 reported today
For the first time since the outbreak
the number Of new cases reported from
Camp Devens. Mass. was lower than
the number reported from another
camp. The new cases at Camp Dev-
ems numbered 500, making the total
Hills
Hoboken reported the greatest num-
ber 1,025. This, however, included
several camps and depots.
| Camp Dix, New Jersey. reported sos
new cases, the largest from single
camp. while Camp Lee. Virginia, had
393 new cases. Other camps report
ing new cases were Logan. Texas. 2e5::
Sewer, South Carolina, 106; Syracuse.
N. Y, 149: Funston. Kansas. 1856; Cor
| don. Georgia. 213; Grant, Illinois, 293;
Humphreys Virginia, 106: Jackson,
South Carolina, PCS: Lewis, Washing
| ton, "a. Meade, Maryland 2S pike.
Arkansas. 2S9; Taylor. Kentucky, As;
/ Upton, New York. 10l; and miscella-
neous camps and posts 55l. Other
camps reported from one TO four new
cases
AT Camp Devens 342 new cases OF
pneumonia were reported today with
~ deaths. Camp Dix reported Al new
cases of pneumonia. and Camp Lee 30.
Pneumonia cases also were reported
by 20 other camps
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26
NEGRO RIOTERS REACH
LEAVENWORTH PRISON

Fort Levenworth, Kan, Sept 20
Seventeen negro soldiers Of the
twenty fourth infantry, convicted OF
participation in the race riot at llons-
ton, Texas. IN August. 1917, were
brought TO the federal penitentiary
this afternoon. Twelve OF the men
brought in are under life sentences
and the others have terms of fifteen
years, This makes the second party
of negro soldiers brought in who were
convicted of particitating in the
Houston riots.
Nineteen Of them were hanged for
'he part they had in it,
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26
sCHWAB DENIES REPORTS
OF FICTION WITH HURLEY

Philadelphia, Sept. 25.-Charles NJ
Schwab, director general of the emer-
gency fleet corporation. in formal
statement tonight denied as utterly
untrue and unfounded" reports of a
disagreement between himself and
Edward n. Hurley, chairman of the
shipping board. He said he had moth
inc but words of commendation for
all that Mr.. Hurley has done in the
great sh-- building undertaking.
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26
GERMANS ORDERED TO "HOLD TO
THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD"

With the French Army in France
Sept. 25.-General Debeney's troops in
their latest advance toward St Quen
tin took position at Dalton which the
221st German division had been or
dered 10 hold to the last drop OF
blood"
Ten German officers and more than
500 men were prevented from making
the supreme sacrifice demanded Of
them
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26
villa RALns JlMINEz.

Juarez, sept 25.-Doubling back on
his trail like an Indian, Francisco
villa and 500 men entered and held
Jiminez. Chihuahua. Sunday looting
the town and killing sixty soldiers
and civilians.
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26
BRITISH BRING DOWN
SO GERMAN AtRPLANES

London. Sept. 25.-Fifty three hos
tile aeroplanes were accounted for by
British aviators on Tuesday, accord
ing to the official announcement to-
night Thirty-one Of these were de-
stroyed and 22 were driven ooTn
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26

Ten British machines failed TO re-
turn
More than 2Cc0 photographs were
taken and 12 1-2 tons of bombs were
dropped in "a hours.
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26

system by getting the state banks to
join.
In this connection" he said, pub
lie statements have been made which
seem to me unfortunate in that they
are not only misleading but tend
rather TO retard than to bring about
the concentration that is desired
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26

General Allenby Has Taken
10000 Turk Prisoners and
Captured 265 Guns.

British and French Continue to Close
in on St. Quentin The Stubborn Re-
sstance of the Germans Has Been
Unavaling Except to Impede the
Progress of the Army of General
Haig--More Than 1000 Prisoners
in St. Quentin Region.
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26
w E "A T H E X
FOR EE

Arkansas--Thursday raj
western portion; Friday, faf
east portion. II
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-09-26

People looking for rooms turn to the
classified ads of the newspapers to see
what Is offered An ad in the Sentinel
Record may bring a customer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10
HUN PRISONERS,
TAKEN BY YANKS
GLADLY SUBMIT
TO THE CAPTORS
Hun Officers Called Yanks
= Mere Schoolboys, But
Soon Change Opinion

"Our officers told us that the Am
orleans were only a bunch Of school
boys, and we could go through them
like gravy, but have changed my
mind altogether" said Bocl1e pris-
oner to his American captors, one
Of whom was Ed. R. Evenson. whose
letter to his sister. Ella Evenson. Of
this city follows:
We'll, I've had another sojourn
in the trenches, and sure had lots
of excitement, fun. trouble, narrow
escapes. and all that goes to make
one wonder" he writes from France.
1T is as one Of the boys said when
he was wounded and another boy
told him he was lucky he did not
get bumped off is that so? Say,
those boche amt got gun big
enough to kill mel That Is some
Of the spirit that prevails in the
American army over there.
"One night when some Of my pals
and I were looking over the paFapet
and into the darkness of No Mans
Land we heard a sudden swish, a
bang, and a fierce conclusion Of air
that knocked up all in a heap. A
huge boche shell had exploded al
most under our very noses, tearing
hole in the ground big enough to
bury Ford car. In spite of the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10

Tax On Corporation Stock
>Doubled-Ten Per Cent
Rate On JewelTy

Washington, Aug. 10.-A luxury
tax schedule was adopted an on cial
tax advisory board for the treasury
created, the tax on corporation cap
ital stock doubled to produce an ad-
ditional $30,000,000 and a provision
accepted making Liberty bonds Sc
curity for all government contracts
by the house ways and means COM
mittea today in framing the SS,000,-
600 900 revenue bill The committee
adjourned late today until Monday
when it will enter on the final stages
of its task.
The luxury proposal levies ten per
cent tax on all jewelry, to be paid
by the manufacturer. producer OF
importer and supplants the present
law tax of three per cent on them
The ten per cent tax is also to be
levied on such articles as art OBJ
jects, pianos and pipe organs, furs
cash registers, typewrlters. phono-
graphs and tapestries. The subcom
mittee which submitted the plan pro-
posed and the full committee accept
ed a limited number Of other groups
Of such articles. with suggested ba-
sic prices paid for them by the con-
sumner, above which a 20 per cent
tax is to be assessed against the
seller to the consumer or user OF
other person. not for resale"
This second group and the amount
excess over which will be taxed, fol-
lows:
MEMS and young mems suits OIL
overcoats $50; mems and women'f
hats, bonnets and hoods $25; WON
ems and misses dresses; women'f
and misses suits, cloaks and coats
sold at over $50: boots, shoes, pumps
and. slippers for men, women and
children $40; men and boys hats
IS; mems and boys caps, 50, picture
frames S10;~ fans, 81, mems waist
coats, sold distinct from suits, IS;
silk undercIothing and hosiery, pure
and mixed $40; mems and boys
neckwear So; trunks $50; valises
travelling bags, suitcases and hal
boxes $25; ladies' purses. pocket
books, shopping and hand bags $3.50;
carpets and rugs, fibre, IS per square
yard; umbrellas. parasols and sun
shades 81; mems shirts SO; house or
smoking Jackets and bath robes $10.'
The luxury schedule provides that
articles taxed under one Of these
general groups shall not be taxed
under the other group.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10
Bureau SoIUes
Hay Shortage

The Williams county farm bureau
is getting right down to business.
Finding that there was apt to be a
shortage OF hay, II. Fl Lampn1an,
who is the farm bureau chairman OF
the section on pastures and winter
feeds, called together the chairmen
of the local committees OF the farm
bureau, and took up with them. the
needs of each section of the county
These community chairmen. then
made the rounds Of their townships.
and in. some cases called meetings
where they secured estimates of the
amount Of hay that the farmers will
need for next winter.
L. L. Hide was delegated to visit
northern Minnesota, ana other sec
lions to see where hay could be. Sc
cured. Mr.. Hide was accompanied
by E.kW. Hall, who has been county
agent in Williams county. When
Mr.. Hide and Mr.. Hall return to
Williston they will report to the
farm bureau the success that they
have had in locating hay.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10
RESIDENTS OF THE.
STATE MEASURE
UP TO TEST TN
81 Wing OF FOOD
Render Loyal Support To
Administration, pr.
Ladd Declares
GREAT SAVING
is EFFECTED
Intentional Violations OF
Regulations Have Been
Very Scattered

Residents Of North Dakota, in the
first year of, the operation = Of the
food saving regulations, have meas
ured up to the test, and by their
loyal support of the national and
state food administrations have ef-
fected great savings in foodstuffs
for the United States and it's allies
according to statement today by
DR.. e. F. Ladd, food administrator
for North Dakota. a
1T is impossible, Of course, to
measure the amount Of foodstuffs
that have been saved by the people
in the past year said DR.. Ladd. 81
can say, however, that the people
ported the administration, and
through their efforts have effected
an immense saving.
There has been some little hard
ship in the enforcement Of the regu-
lations, particularly in the case OF
sugar, and in the making Of regula-
tfons for the peculiar conditions in
the state, but, on the whole, the
work of the administration has been
carried on with very little friction.
Very Few VIolatiohss
Intentional violations Of the food
regulations have been very few, not
numerous enough to be figured in
the terms Of per cent"
North Dakota's greatest saving
has been in breadstuffs, according tC
DR.. Laid. "Only a few months ago.
he said, "the United States had
shipped to Europe. as much wheat
and flour as, was then available
Stringent regulations were ordered
and North Dakota, with other states
came to the front in manner which
enabled the United States to ship
more wheat and flour to Europe in
the following three months than in
any previous three months in its
history"
The work Of the state food admin
istration, according to DR.. Ladd, is
fully organized in. 40 Of the So com
ties of the state, while in the re-
manning four the work Is being sue
cessfully carried on by volunteers
until permanent organizations can
be effected. -. .
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10

limit and down to less than one mile.
The tracks run through woods,
fields, main streets of villages and
down peoples back yards and
through alleys along the main high
ways and canals, so crooked a snake
could not follow It. Curves are 20, 80,
so and 100 meter, the 30 and 80 meter
are hardly curves, just angles. One,
may have a train of ammunition or
rock hardly everything but get it
there is the word and we do some
how. No train order, just block
clearness. After we wound around
through the country and get to with
in certain distance of the front If
1t is night we stop, get her hot, full
Of water, see the sanders are work
Ing, the firemen gets her loaded, no
more fires are allowed to be- put in,
and then for a mad dash from one
to four miles an hour for the front.
If one does not run into a shell hole
with part of the track missing, the
stuff is unioaded and one returns
very low on water and steam and
fire. When the shells start coming
over or gas alarm sounded on go
the Tin Liz2ies and masks, Disagree
able to wear but one fails to put
them on only once If there is gas.
rBut it is very surprising how
many shells they put over and how
little damage they do. On zone
stretch OF track the ground is as full
OF shell holes as there is hair on a
dog. Never hit the track once but they
came within few feet Of 1t. Think
one crew will be mentioned for
bravery under shell fire and
quite a few are wearing wound
chevrons. Get our first service
stripes today; expect to have sew
eral more OF them before we return.
Must tell you about the festive
coolies. Like a poor relation he is al
ways with us. Said coolies is a big
brother to the American seam
squirrel. He sticks closer than a
brother and for his benefit there are
cootie wagons strung along the road
where the boys line up ala Septem-
Der Morn, visions Of American
loneliness, throw your clothes in q
heap, most likely pile a lot Of
stones on them to keep them from
following you and then one is spray
ed with disinfectant, bathed and
handed q, clean outfit from cap to
shoes. The old clothes are sterilized
and washed for the next bunch.
I'VE figure that if we only get off
the track four or five times trip
we are lucky, can't use any lights at
any time so you can imagine how
pleasant it is derailing in the dark.
One soon gets to be an expert; have
to. !
"Have had some pretty hard work,
poor grub and conditions, but things
are better now, plenty of good food
and now draw our government
rations OF tobacco, not enough for
me but helps out.
mo sixteen hour law on the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10
More Work Fo1.
F0u2.-MinxteM Men

''Mobilizing Americas Man Power
will be the subject Of Fargo Four
Minute men in Fargo theaters next
week, speakers and places having
been announced by AsNM. Cornwall,
chairman of the publicity committee
today as follows:
Monday EVENING". j. Graham,
Liberty; r. B. Pollock, Garrick.
Tuesday evening-A. r, Bergesen,
Strand j. ]. Mulready, Grand; John
Frame, Isis.
Wednesday evening Gordon
Smith, GarrSek.
Thursday evening-W. G. Green.
Strand. A. r. Bergesen, Isis; II. p.
Thomson, Liberty. y
Friday evening-W. L. stockweIl.
Grand. -
Saturday evening". ]. Mulready,
Garrick.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10

s 4 s.
The English enter a place as &c
they own 1T; the Americans as il
they didn't give. a d. who owns it,
the French say, according to Jack
Dowd, formerly Of Fargo, later OF
Missoula. Mont, now with the Amer
lean peditionary forces in France,
who describes life "over there" In a
letter to his sister Mrs. ]. s. Morri-
son OF San Francisco.
YOU people at home cannot do too
much for the Red Cross, he writes.
The soldiers think 1t Is the best or
gani2ation ip the world
He describes the habits Of the
French peasants. In some parts.
cliff dwellings, and wooden shoes
are all the rtsge, he says. AL the
houses are made OF brick or stone
/ guess they use all the wood to
make shoes Or burn A shoemaker
has TO belong to the carpenters un-
ion oYeg here
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10
FIRST AMERICAN
TRAIN TO FRENCH.
FORT RUNS CLOSE
TO NO MANS Land
Engineer Has Smoke Stack
Shot From His Locomo-
tive By Boche Shells

The other day we took the first
American train into one of the large
French cities heavily fortified as
forts. We run to within three-quar-
ters kilometer of No Mans Land with
steam, and even closer with the
gas locomotive. One of the boys
came in with the smoke stacK shot
off not long ago." writes Pie. e, A.
Green, Of the 21st Engineers, brother
of Mrs. P. T. Boleyn, Of Fargo,
whose letter follows:
Just a few lines as to how we are
getting along" he writes. Having
built our railroad marrow. gauge)
we are now operating it. Am run
ming steam locomotive and the
other day took the first American
train into one OF the large French
cities heavily fortified forts. Guns,
barbed wire and trenches every
where. Ought to see them turn out
to give the American equipment the
once over.
I'VE are located about six miles
from the front and run to within
three-quarters dlometer Of No
Mans Land with steam and the gas
locomotive run even closer. Fritz
uses listeners and can see the sky
rockets when we start up to the
front. It makes him rather peeved
and he sends over a few shells, gas
or H. e. One of the boys came in
with the smoke stack shot off not
long ago. One gets SO one does not
mind the H. E. shells 50 much but
the gas ones are bad and can not
always hear the alarm and then it
hangs around for quite a while, be-
ing heavier than air, and one may
drive in after the alarm has been
sounded
t'Will try and give you an idea of
a trip without imparting any mill
tary information One is called about
an hour before train time. The en-
gine is .coaled, watered, sanded and
oil cups hlled; all one has to do is
oil around, grab train, get clearance
and go. Eight miles is the speed
4
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10

narrow escape we had, We all got
up shook the dirt off our clothes
and started to laugh, when one OF
the boys exclaimed: Next time YOU
hear one of those things coming
and you start pulling In your necks
don't all pile on me--you nearly
broke my neck One Of the boys
told him he ought to be thankful
that the shell didn't blow us all to
pieces, and I think he was right. It
was a case Of Colt NIT uns' as the
Germans say. 3.as..
Sees Fight In Air.
Another time while I was walk
ing along a road I heard a sudden
pop, pop, pop, in the clouds above,
some French and German aviators
were fighting and having a hot time
in the air. Pretty soon / saw one
of the small objects burst into
flames, and then came the anxious
thought, can It possibly be a French.
or is 1t a boche? ! did not have
long to wait for as 1t came crash
ing earthWard was able to see on
both wings the black cross Of de-
feat The French had won the bat
tie, as is their usual luck. The Ger
man aviator Jumped from his plane
while still high in the air. Both the
plane and the aviator hit the, ground
not far away. a total wreck. while
the French planes like huge birds
scared over their victims. II was
a wonderfully thrilling sight that !
shall never forget.
"On another occasion when we
made a successful attack on the
boche and took some prisoners. some
Of the boys were bringing them to
the rear when one Of the prisoners
started to dance and act as though
he were going to see his best girl
One of the boys asked him what he
was feeling so good about and he
answered in English: Would you
not feel good after having gone
through four years Of war and then
become captured by the Americans
Our officers told us that the Amer
leans were only a bunch OF school
boys and we could go through them
like gravy but have changed by
mind altogether
"One Of the boys was bringing in
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10
"The Human Fly %
Falls to Death

Chicago, Aug. 1o.-Roy Meyers. a
steepletack, called the "human fly"
because of his exploits in climbing
hazardous prominences, was killed
yesterday when he fell from the
cupola of Joliet courthouse at Joliet.
while, performing in aid of the Red
Cross campaign.
Meyers will be remembered for
scaling the .flatiron building in New
York. He is survived by a widow
and one child.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10
Seeks. LabOrerS
In Tze,iN Cities

!, ten, state director Of, the
federal employment bureau, is in
Twin Cities seeking harvest hands,
and. before returning early next week
will also visit Duluth and Superior,
it was announced this afternoon.
Many appeals for harvest help
have been received at state head
quarters, County Chairman Orr, Of
Adams county. today making a call
for 500 men. a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10
Officers Must
Support Vices

Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash, ,llg.
10.--Officers who do not support or
make provision for the support of
their families are to be sunmarily
dismissed from service, according TO
bulletin potesd in camp today by
order OF Col. Il. NJ. Jones. camp COM
n1ander.
The bulletin quotes a memoran-
dunn from the adjutant generals, Of
department to dismiss the officers
for non support Of families because
under existing laws an officer can
not, in the greater number OF cases
alleging non-support, be subjected
to civil suit
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10
Barnes County
Gets Club Leader.

Barnes county has appropriated
money toward cooperating with
the boys and girls club work OF the
extension division of the North Da-
kota agricultural college, in hiring
Miss Clara L. Larson to give full
time to boys and girls club work in
the county, 1t was announced to-
day.
Miss Larson has for two years
been deputy in the county superin-
tendent's Office, and is we'll qualified
to take up this most important
work.
1t is beginning to be realized that
the farm problem is largely a boys
and girls problem.
Dickey county was the first coun-
ty in North Dakota to employ a
boys and girls club leader, in CO.
operation with the extension diyis-
ion. for full time work. Other coun-
ties are considering this work and
will likely soon have a full time
worker In the fieldN
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-10
Name Mission to
Farley With Hun

Washington, Aug. 1o.-John W.
Garrett, American minister at The
Hague, has been designated to rep
resent the state department and to
head the mission of the United
States which will meet German del
crates at Berne. Switzerland, with
in a month to discuss the treatment
and exchange of prisoners Of war.
Personnel of the American mission
was announced today. Major Gen
eral- Francis J. Herman. chief Of
staff to General Pershing. will rep
resent the army, and the navy mem
Der will be Commander Raymond
Stone, now attached to the office
OF the Judge advocate general here.
No date has been fixed for the
conference, but Germany has agreed
TO the American proposal that ii, be
held at Berne, and the understand
ing is that the delegates will meet
about Sept. /. -
William Duncan-Princess Mon