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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15
IN A HARD MONTH
Strenuous Activity on Part of
City Health Board.
Nearly 1860 Cases OF influenza
Reported.
The re,ort of tho mi

The report of the public health de-
partment. which is in charge of Com
missioner w. L. Porter, for the month
of October shows that during the
month 1855 cases of Spanish influenza
were reported to the city authorities.
OF this total the Second ward led all
by between four and five hundred
cas,s. The total for the second ward
was 694 while the Sixth ward and also
the Fifth reported only 1873 cases oh.
BY wards the numbers of cases were
reported as follows: LIST, 27S; End, 694;
3rd, 1873; 4th, 1854; 5th, 1885, 9th, 1913.
Two cases of lobar pneumonia, one in
the First ward and l in the Fifth word
were reported. 1t is believed that in
all probabilities the total number of
cases of influenza was much greater
than reported.
The disease had it's greatest preva-
lence among the white people of the
city and the women lead the men with
a majority of % cases. OF a total
of 631 ceases among the white people
Of the city 327 cases occurred among
the women while 304 were men.
Among the negro populati ton of the
city a total of Sc cases was reported
Again the men were in tie minority
with % cases while 81 were reported
among the women.s
Among the Mexican, Indian and
Gypsy peoples 1876 cases were report
ed, the Second ward leading with a
report of 120 cases, 10 among the men
and SO among the women. No cases
were reported from the Third and
Fifth wards.
Eight cases of diphtheria were re-
ported. also one case each of whooping
cough and chickenpox Typhoid ran
next to diphtheria, with 5 cases and 4
We're reported for scarlet fever and
pneumonia. One case of tuberculosis
was reported i'll the Sixth ward
Educated the Foreigners.
An eminent feature of the months
work and one on which a great deal
OF time and effort was spent was the
education of the Mexican, Russian and
other people on the necessity of having
plenty of fresh air in their homes and
the importance of being properly
clothed.
A total of 172 Investigations and Wis
IT'S OF instruction show on the reports
flIty-three were purely instructive
otherS were, throat inspections, -46:
Spanish influenza, So; school visits
-; and miscellaneous. 81.
! Disease releases were reported az
452- Two cultures were made in the
investigation of suspects. Five houses
were fumigated and investigation
| MADE OF six suspected cases.
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NEW FOOD RULES HERE
conservation Still Necessary, Food
Administration Rules.

wichita, Kan, Nov. 15.-"Europe
cannot raise crop overnight and har-
vest IL before snow flies and there
lore conservation must continue" no.
tei men were informed at the food adj
hinlStratlon today when several called
TO ask when hotels and restaurant
could resume serving unlimited por-
uons OF butter, meat and other pro.
ducts.
The repeal of the wheat substitute
rule makes it possible to serve white
bread, but the service of bread is still
limited. Changes in rules will he an
nounced and hotel men were informed
they must not anticipate withdrawal
of any rules
ButteR service is limited to one-half
ounce a person meal
Cheese is still limited to one-haIf
ounce a person meal.
Only one kind of meat Can be served
each guest except in hash or similar
combinations of food.
Bacon and bread cannot be USED as
garniture
The sugar bowl must stay off the
table.
Bread must be saved as heretofore
and cannot be brought to the table I'M
til the first course is served
Garbage cannot be burned but must
be saved for feed for hogs or chick
ems.
Restrictions will be withdrawn
whenever possible and as quickly as
consistent with our duty to France
England Italy and the liberated people
who were on our side during the war
but who were unable to fight because
of German oppression.
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MAY GET CAMP JOB
Topeka Jack johnson Being Consid.
cred for Army Boxing Instructor.

Topeka Jack Johnson may be made
boxing director in one of the army
training camps for colored troops. Nis
application is being considered by the
war department and his appointment
may be announced in a few days
In a letter received from the war
department today, Governor Capper
was advised that Johnson's appoint
ment was under considera ton. 1t was
also stated that in event he proved able
to handle the work. he might be ma de
general boxing director for one of the
larger camps for negro troops. John
son. who is well known here, has a.
rather extensive ring record He has
established himself both in the fight
ing game and in the training of the
big time pugs. On several occasions
the Topeka Jack johnson has been
retained as one of the trainers for Jack
johnson. former heavy weight cham
pion of the world, and for Fred Full
ton and Carl Morris. contenders.
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BARNES IS FIRED
County Clerk Raub Says He
Won't Take Him Back.
Would Have Lost Job Ii He Had
Not Been Drafted.
NOT A GOOD WORKER, He SAYS
"Deputyship Was Procured
Thru a Political Pull"
County Central Committee Kept
Him in the Office.

When L. H. Barnes, who for two
years was first deputy in the office of
Kenneth Raub, county clerk, returned
from Camp Funston. where he had
been sent with a draft contingent last
Monday, he found his place filed by
E. r. Franks, a former Santa Fe en-
ploye. When he demanded his old
position from the county clerk, Raub
refused him. whereupon Barnes took
the matter up with the state council
of defense. and ]. c Mohler secre-
tary, wrote Raub letter asking that
the trouble be explained
Barnes said that Raub had told him,
before he left. that the job was his
If he came back. When he retur led
to Topeka and was on his way to the
office Wednesday morning. he said, he
read that Franks had succeeded him.
Later, he said. Raub intimated over
the telephone that the former deputy
would not be taken back into the Of
fee. Barnes said he had never re-
signed and expected to be taken back.
Raub Explains His Side.
Today Raub made statement,
which, he declares. gives the true
state of affairs. He says that when
he began his first term he hired
Barnes at the urgent request of GER
tain members of the Republican cot n
vestigation made By him at the time
he said. convinced him that Barnes
was not a hard enough worker to fill
the place He says this was demon
strated to him a few weeks later
when Barnes. who started in at q
salary equal to that of another clerk
who had served eighteen years, tie.
gan to come in late mornings ano
take an unreasonable noon hour.
Raub says that when he remon.
strated with Barnes about these mat.
ters, the deputy replied that he .'woulc
thlnk 1t over, but continued his neg
ngence. Raub said the deputy's serv.
ices became so unsatisfactory that hi
consulted members of the central com
mittee and told them that he wa:
going to exercise the right he had re
served to discharge Barnes if his serv.
ices did not prove satisfactory, blu
that the members assured him the,
would demonstrate with the deputy i
Eaub would only keep him. At la st
Raub said, he decid, d to discharge
Barnes the first of the year. Ther
came the draft.
No Promise Was Made.
Barnes made out his voucher ant
brought it to me Friday noon" tn,
county clerk stated, telling me h,
was going to quit then and asked TO
his money. which 1 gave him. Gu
there in the hall he asked me if
would give him back the job if h,
returned and I told him positively tina
i would not and that 1 was thru will
him. Then he went to the council O
defense and told them that I hat
begged him to stay with me and no
enlist in the motor transport corps
which he spoke of doing. The fact is
L urged him to enlist, and told him i
would be the best thing for him to dc
When he left, told him to leave. tn
keys on my desk. but he failed to d.
so. never at any time intimated tina
would take him back if he returned
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago. Nov. MISUNDERSTANDING A.
600 Market generally steady to Toe higher
light and light mixed hogs. weak to i0c
lower: butchers. $1T.1aM1S10: light. SIT 10
M1s00: packing. s16G5M1IG0: throw outs.
s13;22M ld;2o; pigs. good; N4 23m 10 .
and butcher cattle, steady to weaker: good
western. strong: Gamer trade opening
slow calves, 2Jc higher: beef cattle. gm-d
s1J.1I1 11.:O: common S9.6j0 1915: but, h r
stock cows AMI heifers. $4,000 1925: can-
I,ers and cutters. S5.J161 C 30: stockers aud
feeders. good. $1,000 12 20: comm on. S1.HkI
1eO6. veal calves, good s1fOOSd 1T.75 west
ern range beef steers. S1I2jG 11.6j; cows
and heifers. $sJ0M12.75.
SHEIP-Rcceipts 1900 Fat classes.
strong, 25c higher; lambs, $3.50; feeder RS.
steady.
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Mackcnsen's Troops to Reds.
CLOUDS WILL REMAIN


Continued from Page One,
weather However. Flora says that
there are no indications at could
produce a big drop in temperature.
During the last "a hours thruout
the entire Missouri alley, clowdy, rainy
weather has prevailed. No heavy
rains have been REPORTED but scat
tered showers have been reported
from many points.
At o'clock this morning the tenn
perature stood at SO degrees. This
afternoon it will rise to about So
Little variation in temperature will
occur between then and tomorrow af-
ternoon.
The extremes on record for this date
were IS in 1899 and Is in 1889. The
wind at 10 o'clock this morning was
blowing at the rate of IL miles an
hour from the south.
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MEXICO TO USE GOLD
Tho Republic Will Abandon Silver as
Its Coin Standard. To-

Mexico City Nov. 15.-President
Carranze has signed a decree which
will be published on Thursday re-
forming the monetary system of Mex
leo by placing it on a strictly gold
basis. The recent monetary crisis was
caused by the expectation of silver
half peso pieces which, because of the
high price of silver. were worth more
as bullion than as coin. Business has
been seriously Handicapped for fort
night by scarcity of change. Under
the new decree peso and half peso
pieces will be coined with less silver in
them, making their expectation profit
less
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NEARING THE COAL:
UnOffciaily, Shawnee County Is
Over Half Way Mark.
Musical Meeting of U. w. w.
Drive a Big Success.

Officially, Topeka and Shawnee
county have not reached the half way
mark in the s146.oo0 United War
Work fund quota. The district is
short about two thousand dollars of
the half wa, sum. But, unofficially,
topeka is well above the half way
station. With the two thousand dol
lars and more subscribed at the mass
meeting at the auditorium Thursday
night, the Shawnee county quota is
more than one-half subscribed, and
not one single country district is re-
ported to date.
In the business section of Topeka
today is cleanup day. The teams are
working to consolidate the ground al
ready gained and are busy making the
calls at the places where they were
asked to come back. The teams work.
ing districts with big shops and fac
rounds taking in the big belted sub
scriptions from these institutions
where tn, campaign was conducted
from the inside.
No Noon Report Today.
No reports were to be made this
moon as the usual noon luncheon for
the workers was postponed until this
evening in the hope that Topeka will
be in a position to report practically
the whole county quota subscribed
| within the limits Of the city. Two or
three special teams have made no re-
ports as yet, and the big Santa Fe Of
flee and shops subscriptions are not
officially reported.
When the time for reports is an
nounced at the dinner at the Chamber
Of Commerce this evening itis ex-
pected that the united war work fund
apportionment for the county will moi
| be short more than $4,000 of the
county quota.
The results of the monster mass
| meeting at the auditorium Thursday
| night are expected to be felt in the
reports at the meeting tonight. More
than $4,000 was contributed to- the
war work fund during the progress OF
the meeting and it is thought that
hundreds of subscriptions will roll into
| the reports of the team captains to-
night as the net and appreciate result
of the musical coaxing and pressure al
| the mass meeting.
County Reports Tomorrow.
The reports from the country dis
! trictS will be made at noon tomorrow
at the Chamber of Commerce when al
| of the captains of the country SchOo
districts will be entertained at. lunch
con at the Chamber of Commerce
| From the amounts already known t.
be subscribed in some of the smaller
| districts it is thought that the countr,
district total will amount well up to
ward the fifty thousand dollar mark.
! 1t is the desire OF the united wa
1'work campaign committee to be a.
thru and finished with the Topeka ant
| Shawnee county campaign tomorrov
night and it is earnestly requested tina
every team captain be prepared t,
make a report in full at the Dime
| tOmOrrnU evening
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AUSTRO-HUNGARY

Confined from Page One.)
behind the red flag. The only blood
shed in Brussels occL rred on Monday
when a patrol detailed by the soldiers
committee to keen order fired upon
disorderly crowd. killing twelve CT
villains and wounding about thirty.
The crowd had disregarded the firing
of a blank volley by the soldiers.
100 Arc Killed.
London. Nov 15-More than 100
men, mostly German officers, have
been killed in disorders in Brussels
and soldiers councils have been form
ed in that city and at Antwerp. &C
cordirfg to an Amsterda dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company
quoting the Telegram.
Dissolve Red Guards.
London Nov. 1.-THE Berlin SOL
diers' and workers council has decid-
ed to dissolve the red guards, accord
ing to an Exchange Telegram dispatch
from Copenhagen. Captain Won Beer
field, the leader of the Red Guards.
has been dismissed for making revo-
lutionary plans.
Mackensen's Troops to Reds.
London, Nov. 14.-The greater part
of the forces under Field Marshal Won
Mackensen, in command in Rumania.
has joined the revolution, the Buda-
pest AZ Est says. according to a Co.
penhagen dispatch to the Exchange
TELEGRAPH company
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GOT 473 HUN PLANES
Yanks Claim That Many in Two
Months Time.

With the American Army in France,
y, :. 15.--In TIE period from Septem-
Der IL to IL O'Clock on the morning of
November II, American aviators
claim they brought down 413 German
machines OF this number 353 already
have been confirmed officially. Day
bombing groups from the time they
began operations dropped a total of
116,S1S kilograms of bombs within the
German lines.
Many spectacular flights were plan
ned for IL o'clock Monday and just
before that hour. but a heavy mist
on the entire front prevented all but
few planes from venturing forth.
One of those who went out was Capt.
Edward Rickenbacher, but the mist
compelled him to turn back when he
reached Nerdun.
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CONTINUE HOG PRICE
November Minimum Price win Be
Kept In December.

Washington. Nov. 15.-The Noyem-
Der price basis for hogs will continue
thru December. the food administra-
ton announced today.
The food administration has asked
producers to withhold lighter weight
hogs from the market for the next 30
days, pointing out that II this is done
the sibiiity of breaking down pres
ent price levels by excessive receipts
will be avoided
All available hog products that can
be spared will be needed for foreign
shipment in December and January
the thereafter. ii is stated.
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ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE GRANT,

AT THE GRAND
Monday Night-Century English
Opera company in Gounod's musical
drama, Faust"
Tuesday Night-A. H. Woods COM
edy, "Parlor. Bedroom and Bath"
AT THE NOVELTY-Fivea acts vaude-
Vile and fourth episode OF Hands
Up"
AT THE ORPHEUM-Elsie Ferguson
in Hearts of the Wilds", Madam
Raye McKenna, soprano, and a COM
edy.
AT THE MAI Bros.
Stock company in THE Lion and the
Mouse" jazz orchestra.
AT THE IRIS-Paufine Frederick in
La Tosca.''
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Chicago, Nov. Is.
Open High Low Today Yes.
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THE WICK CHEMICAL CO.
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Kansa. City live Stock Market.

Eansas City, Nov. 15.-HOGS-Recai- ,ts
1oeOD. Market steady. Bulk Of sales s17O0
6y17.45; packers and butchers S17.G0d17. :,
lights. S16. 75eI 40: pigs. S1i.0OM152,.
CATTLE-Iseceipts 5000: no southerhs.
Market steady. Urine fed steers S11.s.0d
1884: dressed beef steers s1c-00df1s-
western steers. $40 Goa %: southern
steers. SGop6f 1900: cows. 81 0OeI11 co: h ~
erS. S659sI IN: stOckers and feeders 81 ~
rT1t 30; bulls, sfJ0TaD0: calves. ST.nsaI
log
SHEEP-Receirts 2OO0. Market sfruay
II 90 wethers, S9.:0d 10 80: ewes ss09d
9.25; stockers aAd feeders, $6O0@1 1000
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WE 'HHHOt uBe rOHEu ana THTn VhNHlrHe0
hogs for packing nurp,ses. We will ha %
Retail Nav.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. Is
PRAIRIE HAY >IO00
ALFALFA-x24R III
TOpekn .srNtn Aarket.
tFurBiAhet by i,~rby Grain Co.. corner
Kansas Ave abd Curtis ST.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. La
YELLOW COltS-S1 -.
WHITE fORE-$13O
UATS-Hc.
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MEXICAN BANDIT DIES.
Garcia, of Southern Section, Victim Of
Influenza.

Mexico City. Nov. 15.-Jose Inez
Chavez Garcia, Mexican rebel leader.
who has been to southeastern Mexico
what Francisco Villa has been to
northern Mexico, is dead. Reports
that the bandit had died Of Spanish
Influenza at -Purepero. state of
Michoacan. have been confirmed Of
ficially. For several years Garcia
depredations had caused the federal
government much trouble, but he was
always able to evade capture.
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Three in Prison.

Washington. Nov. 15.-Three ST.
Louis men are in list of prisons in
Germ--n camps announced by the war
department today. They are Roland
TAFT Smith at Karlsruhe, Edwin
Lichen at Rastatt, and Herman Tai
bot at an unknown camp.
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UNCLE SAM DIGS DEEP
People Clip Coupons of Second and
Third Loans Today.

had to dig down deep in his jeans to-
day to pay interest on the second and
third liberty loans. Several million
American citizens were clipping cou
pons today.
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Wall St. New York, Nov. 15.-STOCKS-
Announcement of the treasury department
expectation Of accomplishing a substantial
reduction of war expenditures probauiy
contributed more than any other develop
ment to the strength of the stock market
at the opening of today's trading. Prom
inent rails. shippings and U. S. Steel were
foremost in the movement at>gains of l to
~ points and Mexican Petroleum fea-
tured the speculative issues at an advance
of BIZ. The usual reactions, due to profit
taking set in before the end of the. fiji st
half hour.
Early gains were soon cancelled. partly
as a result Of reports of serious disturb
ances in several Of the neutral European
countries. United States Steel, baldwin
Locomotive. Marine preferred and Mexican
petr"sTm ra reacted II to points an! In
noon. however. fresh buying of a more con
fident character was witnessed among such
leaders as steeis and several of the war
equipments. also Pacifics, oils and motors
In few instances prices were lifted over
best quotations of the first hour.
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William H. Jones Flu Victim.

Pittsburg, Kan. Nov. 15.-William
H. Jones, superintendent of the army
substation of the Kansas mine rescue
and first aid service died Thursday
at his home from influenza. less than
twelve hours after his wife had died
of the same disease
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TO INTERN THE C.BOAT
The U-39 Will Pc Kept in Spanish
Waters Under Guard

Madrid, Nov. 15.--The commando
of the German submarine U-3s. hith-
erto anchored at Carthegena, has been
interned.e The crew has beer landed
and p Spanish guard placed aboard
the vessel.
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Hagood to Command.

Paris. Nov. 15.-Announcement is
made that General johnson Hagood.
chief of staff of the American depart
ment of supply, has been promote to
command at the front. He is sue
Ceeded by Brig. Gen. w. d. Conner.
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Another Name,

Washington, Nov. 15--The name of
Corporal Joe A. Brasher, Joplin. Mo,
was added by the war department to-
day to the list of those lost in the
sinking of the steamer Otranto off the
Irish coast in a collision last month.
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WOULD PUNISH Them
American Defense Society Asks Trial
for Criminals i'm War

New York, Nov. 15.--The executive
committee of the American Defense
society has sent the following telegram
to President Wilson:
The American Defense society ear
nestly recommends that the United
states government shall present at the
peace conference the request that no
terms of peace shall be assented to
which shall not include the trial and.
II found guilty, the punishment of all
persons who may have committed any
criminal acts outside of tie laws of
war regardless of rank"
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RIOTS IN GALICIA
several Towns Are Affected by the
UprisingS.

Stockholm, Nov. 1.-THE Jewish
press reports that anti-Semitic riots
have broken out in several towns in
western Ga1icia and in Poland. Six
Jews have been Killed in Siedlce, So
miles southeast of Warsaw.
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Poultry ana EGHa
Furnished nv the f"l,rka Packing Zen.
pany. corner Laurent anf NaIisan
Topeka, Kan, Nov. II
braiiers. 2 Tbs an un..pr Biz nena over
3H lbs, &c: hens under az lbs, Nc
springs over lbs, pc; stays, 19c.
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EXTREMISTS ACTIVE
They Demand the Abdication of HOl-
lands Queen.

London, Nov. 1.-THE threatening
attitude of the Extremists in Holland.
who have demanded the abdication of
Queen Wilhelmina, is causing anxiety
at The Hague, according to the Daily
E,XpreSS
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LIFT BAN ON ROADS
There Will Be Building of Highwa vs.
Now, says Council.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Removal of
restrictions upon highway improve
ments was announced Thursday by the
United states highways council. No
further applications for approval of
projects will be required and previous
disapprovals are revoked. The council
pointed out. however. that its action
did not affect highwty bond issues.
which still must be passed upon by the
capital issues committee of the treas
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CALI OFF THE STRIKE
Swiss Socialists Revoke the General
WalkOut Order

Washington, Nov. 15.-Uncondi-
tional revocation of the general strike
order in Switzerland by the socialistic
committee was reported today in an
official message to Swiss Minister
Sulzer here
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THREE. MILLION JARS
SHIPPED DURING
OCTOBER

On Monday, October 81, we adj
dressed an ad. ertisement to the whole
sale and retail drug trade. advising
that we were badly oversold. due to
the influenza epidemic. stating that all
deals and quantity shipments were
postponed. and requesting that Vapo-
Rub be purchased in small lots only.
This condition still prevails.
At this writing we have back or
ders for eighteen thousand t1S,00OD
gross and our orders each day are
double our daily output. The epidemic
however, is decreasing in most sec
tons. the demand is slackening and
we are working night and day to
catch up. In the meantime, we ask
the trade to be patient with us.