Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 October 1918 — Page 3
THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATUBDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1918.
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ALLIS WNG RAPID PROGRESS IN BELGIUM Continued from Pege One. cavalry has be#n maIrina daatvMi hare •nd there, and has also taken Its toll. German Engineers Busy. German engineers hare been working on the line of defense rwinln* through Ghent and alone the Scheldt river, and It Is probable that the British, French and Belgians wfll be forced to fight very hard before they can make much of an Impression on this petition. Although the Germans have lost a large number of men and guns, they appear to have extricated the bulk of their forces from the Hastening position In which they were left by the collapse of the line north of the Lys river. Stubborn Defense on Oise. French and Americans along the Oise river have forged ahead slightly, but they find the task of advancing a difficult one. The Germane there are howling their line stubbornly so the forces and material In the Leon salient can be moved back In safety. The advance however, seems to be gaining in momentum in the direction of Hirson, one of the principal railroad junction* behind the German lines. Along the Aisne, General Bertbekn seems to be held up by the enemy. So progreee on this part of the line has been reported recently. The American front has been the scene of constant patrol fighting, with General Pershing's men moving ahead slightly in Lose* and Bantheville woods. Morthwest of Grand Pre the Americans captured Talma farm in the face of a stiff machine gun resistance There was much fighting at close quarters. There has been concerted attack in this region since the assault on Thursday when the Americans moved up to Grand Pre and took valuable ground to the east of t^at village. Gain# by Yankssa. General Pershing's troops have continued to Improve their positions In the region of Bantheville and the wood of Banthevliie. There are some indications that the Germans are planning a withdrawal to what are believed to be new lines of dsfenses a few miles In ths rear. This possible retirement of the Germans Is believed to be due to menacing position of the Americans at the edge or the Kriernhilde line, below L*ndr*e-et-Bt. Oeprgee, where General Pershing's nuh> are steadily advancing. In Albania the Italians are pursuing the retreating enemy on the Isml river, says the official statement from the Italian war offics. In th# Besa valley the Albanians have cut the roads oehlnd t the enemy and Inflicted Important losses on the enemy rearguard, Beveral hundred Italian prisoners hive been liberated. , HUN LEADERS DESPONDENT.
WHERE GERMANS ARE CONDUCTING GREAT RETREAT
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Captured Order* and Other Documents Without Note of Optimism WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BELGIUM. Friday. October 18 (by the Associated Press). — German military commanders, unable to win victories, soera to have gone In for literature on an extenetve scale. Today's reports Inelude masses of captured documents which have fallei. into the hands of the soldiers. They treat of all subjects, but one and all they contain a subcurrent of despair. One says: “I will take strongest action against men who absent themselves from their commands only to turn up again when danger is over.” Count von Waldersee, of the 6»th reserve infantry regiment, wrote that he knew pis regiment was going to be attacked, and warned his men that the attack must be broken down. Incidentally the assauir referred to resulted In the smashing of that regiment. This officer ordered all auxiliary services to the assistance of the Infantry In the line, "which needs all ths support imaginable.'' \ ‘‘The enemy's grsat successes have ■trsngthened his consciousness of superiority *' Von Waldersee very frankly said. '."The strength and condition of our troops can not be unknown to him and there Is no doubt that he possesses ths means to overcome the difficulties which confront him." It would appear from many documents that the German army knows it has lost ths war and Is blue over the fact. German soldiers on the battle front have shown unusual consideration for civilians. Notlcss In French and English have been found at Dtgnles Informing civilian* that they would not be moved east of that town. Of course the allied guns would not fire on towns known to be full of civilians. The Germans, knowing this, could use it to protect themselves. Letters and diaries taken from captured soldiers make Interesting reading. On# man tells how his division "got It In the neck.” Another writes 'There was the devil to pay” and adds that only sixty men were left out of an entire regiment. Not a single captured order, document, letter or diary displays a note of optimism. AMMUNITION SCARCE.
BERLIN'S HIS SEEN IN NEW GIANT AIRPLANE
line for a
load.
»In other words.
Continued from Page One. long flight with a heavy
Major-General
Kenly put* it. it is a hard proposition to do moch damage to Germany if the flyer can remain out only four hours and ha* j a large load of bombs to drop on some
German city.
Kenly and others were gratifled at the news of the all-American day bombing expedition near Grand Pra. in which sixty of our flyers participated The joint air offensive of the United Sjatee and her aMles is to be developed cm gigantic lines. Bombing Berlin is only one pha«e | of it Other phases are understood to be j the bombing of every important Industrial city in western Germany, so that : the German may have a "dose of his ! own medicine.” # Moral Effect Great. f The moral effect of bombing Berlin is regarded as great. Germ a At- thought air j raids were terrorizing, and hence tried; them out on London and Paris. It is be- j I lieved from the Wails she set up at recent allied raids against her that she j will be agonized if Unter-den-IJnden . and W1*helmstrasse feel the might of
the raider
Major-General Kenly is scouring the j * nation for aerial observers. General • ! Pershing has sent an urgent -all for i | them and the aeronautical bureau of the army is making prompt effort to j fill the need from civil life, as well as from the army. A strong response from the daring spirits of the country Is f hoped for. There is no limit in the I i number to be accepted for training, and i qualified men are certain to get quick +
• action.
Major-General Kenly said there were n<? rigid age limits or oth»r limitations, i It Is up to the man himself If he ) thinks he can stand the hard, danger | ous service arid can pass the rigorous ’ physical and other tests, . a twelve weeks’ training course will he given him j and he will be commissioned and sent
\ over.
PRINCIPAL POINTS IN HEALTH BOARD’S ORDER
Tke prtmeipwl poiata la tfce order of the state hoard of health. laaneS loot work aaS eontlaaed Friday uatll October SS, midnight. follow i All public gatherings are prohibited. Spirting on sidewalks, on walla and floors of public baildiags and public conveyances Is prohibited. All persons shall hold a cloth or paper handkerchief over their faceo when coughing or aaeesi»g. All street cars, mterurbaa curs and public conveyances shall have all ventilators open wbraever the outside temperature la S« degrees Fahrenheit or above| all windows shall he open except when storming: railway passenger cars shall have all ventilators open regardless of outside temperature: ail street cars. Intcrnrbaa cars aad railway passenger cars shall be thoroughly cleaned after each service trip and before being put in service again. Physicians shall promptly report all cases of epidemic taflnenia coming under their cure to the health officer having Jurisdiction. City and town health officers shall report to their county health comm Iasi oner, who ahall make a dally report to the atate board of health.
of $280 to Indianapolis when he was told over the telephone late Friday afternoon that Marion county wo* still black, although the state quota had been reached. Dr. Bryan had called to Inquire how the state total stood. , Helping Marion County. 1 “I thought I had Invested as much as I could in bonds in Monroe county.” he said. "But 1 feel that I owe something to Indianapolis, so I will manage
to invest £50 more."
Sector 41, commanded by Colonel EH Schloes. will oversubscribe its SldOO.OOW quota. Colonel Schloss has reported the following increased subscriptions: Booku alter-Ball Printing Company, *2.000, Henry Thornton. $5.«M>; Pratt Poster Company. *3,000; Victory Colliery Company. *1,000; niiam F. Piel. *3.500. Colonel Schloes's sector gets credit for the *886,000 additional subscription of the State Life Insurance Company, so the total raised In his sector will ex-
ceed J2.500.000.
The sum of *000.000 has been raised by tenants of the Merchants’ Bank building. The Union Savings and lA»an Association subscribed *10,000; Harry Murphy, *1.006; Charles H Hurd. tldOO-aU additional to previous subscriptions In Sector 24 the Chandler & Taylor Company subscribed *5.000 additional; the American Foundry. *5,000, and the Indianapolis Castings Company. *2.000. Chalmer Brown, president of the Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company
subseribed *6.000.
Plan at Kingan Plant.
The plan used by Kingan & Co. m raising the plant's large subscription will be of service In future loans. The employes were classified bv departments. and foremen were made lieutenants. No persons w-ho were able to subscribe escaped. The Kingan s Employes' Association, a social club, was used to establish the central organiza-
tion.
' REINS IN LOCAL FIGHT
Continued from Page One. Mr. Bell and his worthy political associate. Frank P Baker, his party’s candidate for judge of the criminal court.
Old Machine Active.
Many occasions during the campaign have shown that the local Democratic machine, dominated by the. Bell-Bakei influences, has not lost any of its oldtime ability io stir up the sewage in its peculiar kind of a way. This time there is not only an able organization of mud altngers, but there is a poison lias squad which through various meth t ods. such as whispered scandal, open ! charges, suits and rumors, is conductI ing an offensive-defensive against the ! Republican good citizenship ticket. • Seeing that its efforts were not aecomI plisiung wry much, the poison gas squad recently let' off a number of I smoke bombs in an effort to blind the J voters to the true situation. But recent events have revealed to the public that
ignrattvely speak-
ing. were paid for from Democratic p>.
U. S. BOMBING EXPEDITION.
Biggest Effort of Kind, by Yankees,
in Verdun Region.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, October
19 (by thp Associated
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All the committeemen said, ’and the ImpresT
aviators who took part in the all- j tha t some subscriptions are being American bombing expedition behind | workers Is* erroneous 1 la ® :sin8 ' amon K the German lines northwest of Verdun j "We are laying all the cards on the Friday have been accounted for. One ; tanie, sard Fred Hoke, of the commitof the 140 airpianes taking part in the ! K«^, r , 0 .i >e ^ au ^ e . we this campaign raid had been reported missing, byt it’ t* l r e P ut >Hc. The county's —< ou? indicate" US * flRU " s siven
Report# from out sectors of the Sh £i W l u at nJ1 tow nshlps will at doubie their totals or subsertp- ^ ^ third Liberty loan.
ife different kVuU planes
brought
Lines on the European battlefield still are 'changing rapidly. While the Germans are swinging their troops baejk through Belgium in the north, the allies have driven a considerable wedge in the Hun front southeast of Cambrai, taking the rail center of Wassigny and a number of villages. They are within seventeen miles of Hiraon, a German base. > j Northwest of Verdun, the French are reported to have taken Vandy, north of Vouziers, which may also have fallen. In the Verdun region also, a German attack was repulsed by the Americana. While the Belgians and French are close on the heels of the Huns in northern Belgium, the exact positions are obscure. One report had some Germans still in Zeebrugge, submarine base, but other stories said the coast was cleared. Farther south, the Belgians and French wefe progressing rapidly. One story put French
advance forces in Ghent.
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German Morale Also Undermined, Partly by ‘'Peace” Talk. y B R 1 T I 8 H HRADQUARTFRS IN FRANCE, October 19.—Captured orders ■how that the German gunners have been urged to use gas shells Instead of high explosives, and all rank* have been commanded to save their brass cartridges when retreating. Even further economy la exacted Tn the use of shells, it being admitted that the lack of ammunition is hampering operations. In the Lille sector the Germans appear to be rapidly withdrawing their guns far to the rear, leaving only a protecting acreqn of artillery. The Germans, at least for the moment, seem to have stopped their orgies of burning and destroying, partly through fear of what the allied t(S»i» may have a chance to do before long. \ In the neighborhood of Turcoing and Roubaix more than 100,000 civilians have
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been liberated. From some of these evidence corrobative report* of the gradual deatructlon of the German morale haa been obtained. For Instance, R haa been learned that In the neighborhood of Heule and Cuern* north of Courtrai, entire regiment* flatly refused to fight, although threatened with severe punishment by their officers. These regiments finally retired In a body. From prisoner*, especially officers, similar evidence I* being obtained constant!). The officer* of the 20th Dragoon regiment of the crack 0th cavalry division. which had been dlamoamted and fought ns infantry, aay that the spirit of the men wa» broken principally because instead of getting a reat after their hard fighting they had again been sent Into battle. "Peace talk” la also said to be having a demoralising effect on the morale of the men. gradually breaking down their will to resist. .
LUDENDORFPS BIG TASK.
Race Between Allies and Teutons, Seeking to Get to New Line. PARIS, October 1».-The victories of this week have obliged the Germans to make a conversion of the front on which they are engaged and that Is a ticklish operation under the tremendous pressure to which they are belnk sub-
jected.
General Ludendorff Is swinging back his whole right, using as a pivot the
plateau through which runs the canal from the Oise to the Sambre, with the forests of De Murmal and Du Nouvlon os supports to his rear. He has con-
centrated all his available forces there and notwithstanding the etout blows delivered by General* Rawlinson and Debeney, the pivot still holds. The situation may thua be summed up as a race between the allies, seeking U> knock out this prop, and the Germans, trying to get back on the line of the Escaut. Ghent and Valenciennes without too much damage. They will attempt to make a stand on this line, in all probability, a* it Is the shortest line available, but the odds seem to be
against the enemy.
King Albert's armies are pressing Ludendorff hard. He may be driven further and faster than: his plans provide for, and In addition to that he ha# the task of finding troops to cover another weak spot-namely, the Steenay gap. the back door to the Rhineland through Luxemburg, which is being tirelessly assailed by General Gouraud and the American armies. Notwithstanding all his efforts, the German commander has not been able to prevent this slow, but sure. Franco-Amerioan advance. NAVAL FORCE WITHDREW.
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British Wished to Avoid Shelling of Ostend by Germans. LONDON. October 19,-Admiral Keyes entry Into Ostend Thursday wgs made In the course of operations designed to clear up the military situation between Nteuport and Ostend, which was obscure, the admiralty announced today. The naval force withdrew when the Germans, who were not clear of the town, began shelling the warships. The withdrawal was to save lives of civilian# and also avoid further bombardment by the Germans, as German shells were falling close to a crowd of excited inhabitants. The statement says: “The king and queen of the Belgians expressed the wish to visit Ostend, either from the sea or the air. In view of the difficulty of landing and the uncertainty of the situation, they proceeded in the destroyer Termagant, flying the Belgian flag at the main, to the vicinity of Ostend." The king and queen, after landing in Ostend, proceeded to the hotel de ville (city halR La the evening they returned to Dunkirk. BERLIN STATEMENT.
co-Americans, bringing into the action powerful fighting force#, again endeavored to break through our front. On both side# of Le Gateau the enemy’s attack broke down. Local breaches were cleared by counter-attacks.” SHIPS SHOT TO PIECES.
German Officers and War Material Aboard, Say Refugees. LONDON. October 19.—Refugees arriving in Holland from Belgium report that a number of ships on the Eccles canal, carrying German officers arid war material, were shot to pieces and stink with all on board by Belgian troops Friday afternoon, says a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph. Yankees Take 1,000 Prisoners WASHINGTON, October 19.-Capture by the Americans of 1,000 additional prisoners In the fighting west of the Meu*e was reported in General Pershing’s communique for Thursday, received at the war department There was severe fighting on the entire front General Liggett'# first army.
Poincare Visits Liberated Region. RARIS, Friday, October 18-Presi dent Poincare today visited the regions in the Champagne that recently have been freed from the Gorman occupation.
WARNS THE PUBLIC
Twelve new' cases have been admitted to the hospital and fourteen have been discharged. There are now 360 pneumonia patients at the fort. Only four deaths were reported In the last twentyfour hours by Major Randell Hunt, in charge of the base hospital. The total number of cases treated since September 26 is 2,94?, and the total number of pneumonia cases treated since that time is 504. The deaths from pneumonia cases total 165, aan compared with the total published last Monday, which was
130.
A death, Thursday at the speedwav aviation repair depot, the first for several months, was reported today by Lieutenant R. M. Snyder, post adjutant. William Carl Broeker, of Owensburg. Ky., was the victim. Two cases of peeumonia are belg treated at the speedway and the two patients are about ready to be discharged, Lieut. Snyder said. One of the soldiers stationed at the depot died at the base hospital at Ft. Harrison some days ago. Reports From Counties. Fifty-one counties reported 1.957 new cases of influenza to the state board of health today. I .ate afternoon mails'were expected to increase the total. The same number of mail deliveries Friday and a somewhat fewer number of counties reporting showed a little more than 2,000
cases.
Most of the increases noted todav w’ere in the central and southern counties, as on Friday. Putnam county reported. 228. the largest number today. Noble county reported 167; White county. 128; Montgomery county, 100; Whitley cohnty, 90; Dearborn county, 88; Clark county, 116: Kosciusko county. 62, and Marshall county, 74 Law'rence county, with the exception of Bedford, is reported to be passing the peak. Fifty new cases were reported from there today. White countv had 1.230 cases and 11 deaths. The health officer in Laporte county wrote that It was thought the epidemic there was lessening, but fresh indications do not warrant the assumption, he added. Increases Shown. Counties showing more or less increases are Decatur, Tipton, Jennings, Huntington; Grant, Johnson and others. Marshall county shows a decrease. Fountain county shows an Increase. Five /doctors there are down with the
disease.
Indications at the state office were held to warrant the statement that the epidemic continues about as Friday, with a marked trend toward the south-
ern counties.
Just about half of the 660 boys at the Indiana Boys' school, Ida Infield, are down writh influenza. In spite of the large proportion of cases only four deaths have occurred and tw'o of
Continued from Page One. where, the city may expect the epidemic to continue unabated.” said Dr. Morgan. ' “The situation is such that people should not go into the congested areas unless it is absolutely necessary. We have taken every precautionary' step possible, ami it is now up to the peo-
ple themselves.” Slight Decrease.
Two hundred and fifty-two new' cases of influenza were reported to the board of health in the last twenty-four hours. This is a slight decrease over the report of the preceding twenty-four hours but the experience of the last two weeks ha# shown that a single day’s
report can not be taken as an indi- them w’ere attendants and not inmates, cation of the real situation. The total j Townspeople have volunteered assistn umber of cases reported since the ance and five men from the state farm, epidemic began is 3.»4_. Putnamville, were sent over to help out.
Barber skops in the congested district will be permitted to remain open until I _ . A . . - „ . 9:30 p. m. tonight, but hereafter as long Red Lross Asks Report,
as tne ban on public gatherings is in j Miss Eliza Browning, chairman of the effect, they wdll have to close at 6:15 1 nlirsin „ committee of the Indianaooli« p. m. daily, including Saturday. Barber n » rs ' n * committee of tne Indianapolis shops % roust also observe the opening: j chapter of the American Red Cross, has hour of 9:45 a. m. ! sent out a request that all members of
f- , , the Parent-Teachers' Association look Outdoor Meetings. (after slight cases of influenza in their
Dr. Morgan again called attention to ; vicinity and report all serious cases to
. .... K „_ ; Red Cross headquarters at 309 Chamber A aophes eaiurilv to Cutdoo^is of Commerce. She also wishes that any
well as ffidoor, meetings It wls re one who has ha< l any ex P« r ^nce in ported to the Crd during the ll« | t " u r ? ing report to her at the headquar-
week that open air meetings were held :.
last Sunday, but such action is a viola- !
tion of the order. * EPIDEMIC IS CHECKED.
No new cases of influenza dr pneu- j **
monia developed and no deaths occurred
at the army vocational detachment bar- Latest Report Shows Turning Point
racks at the State School for the Deaf .
during the last twenty-four hours. Major at t/amp ^nenaan. ^ J. Dalbev Crawfls. commanding the de- [Special to The Indianapolis Hews]
i MONTGOMERY Al. October
these men were suffering from Illness The ePEdemw of Spanish influenza at other than Influenza or pneumonia, while Sheridan, where man> Indiana
the erin
Official Admission Made of Evacuations in Belgium. BERLIN (via London), October 18.— "During the la. * few days we have evacuated parts of Flanders and northern France, including Turcoing. Oatend. Roubaix. UUe and Douai. We have taken up positions in lines in the rear,” says the war office statement. “Between Bruges and the Lys vesterday the et.ctny frequently followed in purault with strong forces. We repulsed British companies which pressed forward across the Lys north of CoutraL They were thrown back by counter-at-tacks.” The report also says: "Between Le Cateau and the Oise the battle has biased up again. The British aad Fean
the fifth man was confined because of a recurrent case of Influenza. In Barracks Hospital. There are now 129 men confined at the barracks hospital. Of this number, sixtysix have the Influenza, thirty-eight are suffering from pneumonia and the remaining twenty-five are suffering from other diseases or injuries. The total number of deaths among the vocational soldiers since the beginning of the Influenza epidemic has been forty-one. The situation has shown steady improvement during the week, Malor Crawfis said, and the report given todav was the most encouraging of any since the start of the epidemic.
At Ft. Harrison.
soldiers are stationed, is checked, and the number of patients being sent back to duty is now much larger than the number being sent to the base hospital. On the latest report nearly 100 more were discharged than were admitted, and this is taken as the turning point in the epidemic, which has taken such a large toll of the members of the Sth division and of the Camp Sheridan or-
ganization.
The number of new cases yesterday was 184. while 290 were dismissed. Fortysix were sent to the hospital with influenza complications, making the total under treatment for complications 153. There were four deaths, none from
Indiana.
Two Indiana Men Dead.
min Harrison has shown a marked Improvement during the week, with 740
deaths for twenty-four hours at Camp Taylor dropped to twenty-two, with only
ases being treated, 480 of which are In- sixty new cases. The latest Indiana
fluenza and pneumonia, as compared with *69 cases reported ImC Monday.
deaths were Edward D. Stewart. Terre Haute, and William Stath, Moody.
returned during the night, i Latest reports trom th' squadron# show that the in protecting the bombers down twelve enemy machines.
Observers report that excellent results were obtained at the various points bombed by the expedition, great explosions being seen at points. While the bombing squadrons attacked the towns and villages, two squadrons of pursuit airplanes, flying at low altitudes, attacked enemy troops along the roadways with small bombs and machine
gun fire.
More than four tons of bombs were dropped, the bombers paying particular attention to Bayonvilfe, where a concentration of German troops had been reported. Buzancy received its share, owing to its importance as a railway town and the supply depots there. In the region of Bayonville twenty Fokkers attempted to drive off the Americans, who kept the upper hand every?-
where.
The expedition consisted of four squadrons of bombers, two squadrons of pursuit planes which attacked German infantry, two squadrons of scouts dying at an altitude of 1,000 meters to protect the bombers, twq squadrons of scouts flying at from 2,00ft to 3,000 meters and three squadrons flying at 4,500 meters to protect the bombers. The bombing machines flew at 4,000 meters. The afternoon was somewhat cloudy. The expedition apparently was a big surprise to the Germans, for Foikkers did not appear until bombers in some instances had accomplshed their tasks and started back. The scouting machines were at the Fokkers and shooting as soon as they hove into sight. The day is regarded as the most successful in the history of American aviation. CITY ANSWERS RILEY SUIT. t Contends Contract of Former Purchasing Agent Was Illegal. Answers were filed by counsel for the defense today in the two suits of Hubert S. Riley agginst the city of Indianapolis and others for an aggregate of $440 alleged to be due for services in placing on the tax duplicate omitted and sequestered taxes under a contract made by the city council under the Bell administration. The pleadings followed the overruling of demurrers a few' days ago bv Judge Vincent G. Clifford in superior court. Room 4, In which the defense set up that the contract was illegal because the plaintiff was bound to no particular duties ahd that the services for which he was employed were made by law the duties of the controller, assessor and treasurer. In addition to these points the answers filed today attack the validity of the contract on the ground that at the time it was made Riley was purchasing agent for the city and under the law was Ineligible for another position in the employment of the city.
War Department Orders
[Special to Th© Indianapolis News] WASHINGTON, October 19.-The following men have been appointed officers in the engineers and ordered to Ft. Benjamin Harrison: William Francis Cana van, major, assigned to the 81st engineers; Charles Reuben Whistler, captain, for temporai-y duty; Walter S. Tandrow, first lieutenant, engineer troops; Private Sylvester Thiehoff, second lieutenant, and Corporal Charles H. Pierson, second lieutenant, assigned to
the 118th engineers.
William Thomas Barnette and Thomas Augustus Lawler have been appointed captains in the medical corps and ordered to Ft. Benjamin Harrison for duty with the railway battalions. Second Lieutenant Brendon P. Lyons, ordnance department, is relieved from duty at Cincinnati, and will go to Indianapolis and report to the ordnance inspection
officer for duty.
REPRESENTATIVE WOOD ILL Indiana Member Seized With Faint-
ing Spell on Floor of House. [Special to The Indianapolis News]
WASHINGTON, October 19.—Representative Will R- Wood, of the Tenth Indiana |i i8trict ’ was seized with a fainting spell on the floor of the house todav and had to be carried to the cloak rooms. Mr. Wood had been complaining of dizzy spells, but remained on the
‘ * rranged 1,000,(00 deficiency
sSS-SS-'S
' ^i v * n , U8 a h «k help.”
The Prest-O-Lite Company’s total subscriptions was unofficially reported
today as *176,000. * Sectors Reaching Quotas.
The following residential sectors have reached their quotas: Sector 11. commanded by Marie Leppert and Albert Sahm, $402,150; Sector 12, Mrs. Charles - » rvson ind T.
Wynne, $430,000; Sector 14, Mrs.
Boetcher,
c'h. Giiiock. anUwa'it'Tp
floor because he had arranged to make
a speech on the *6,000, “'
^ Attendants were unable at first to find a physician for Mr. Wood because of the scarcity caused by the Spanish influenza epidemic and it tvas fully a half an hour before medical attention could be given him. Representative Lazaro, of Louisiana, a physician, finally arrived. but was unable to diagnose Mr Wood’s case at once. REPORTED MISSING; IN U. S. Boy Wounded in France May
Home for Christmas.
HUNTINGTON, IntL, October 19.—
Everett Fulton, reported by the war department Friday to be wounded, degree undetermined, instead of missing in action in France as previously listed, is In a base hospital at Des Moines, la. This was revealed Friday after the an-
nouncement from Washington. Mrs. Johanna Fulton first learned
through the newspapers that her son was listed as missing about two months ago. Within a few days a sister, Mrs. Sherman Bitner. got a letter, written by a Red Cross nurse ip a Paris hos-
D Z nn Zl Sector 17. Mrs.
Wllham M. Taylor. Mrs. M. E. Clark and George Snider. *308.000; Sector 19.
Jose and Charles Grossart.
$< i ?.t>00; Sector 22, Mrs. John Rice and Leonard M Quill, *504,800; Sector 23 $78 r 5bo K A ’ Rathbun arld Harr y G. Kalb, H. C. Moore, of Decatur towlnshlp, voluntarily placed a subscription for his full quota which represented 7 per cent of the taxable valuation of his property. r ^Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rosenberg, of the Indianapolis Tent and Awning Company, increased their subscription
from $5,000 to $10,000. Late Subscriptions.
Among subscriptions reported today were: F. W. Schidele*r & Co., $5,000; F. W. Schideler, *3,000; Indianapolis Life Insurance Company, *26,600 additional, making a total of *61,500; McCarthy & Co., *1,00(1; Indianapolis Fancy Grocery Company, $1,500; Albert J. Beveridge*^ $2,000 additional; Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge, *4,o00 additional: Life Insurance Company of Virginia. *10,000 additional; Sanitary Cake Company, *2,000; Frank M. Dell, *10,000; Samuel Murdock. Indianapolis Cordage Company, *10,000; Bate Ua Murdock, *10,000; Mrs. Otto N. Frenzel and grandchildren, $1,000; City Baking Company, $2,500; Wire Bound Box Company, $1,000; Mrs. Louis J. Hollweg, *1.000; employes of the Central Hos-
pital for the Insane, $18,000.
Employes of the Selig Dry Goods Company raised an additional *4,000. The firm agreed to underwrite all employes' subscriptions, and most of the purchases represented in the additional to-
tal were Invested in $50 bonds.
Postoffice employes here raised *60,000 the force winning a 100 per cent. flag. The postoffice has been 100 per cent. In subscriptions to all war Issues and in the war chest drive. Soldiers of the aviation section at the speedway raised *15,750. The men were not urged to buy bonds, but as most of them are noncommissioned officers, drawing good
pay, they invested voluntarily.
Employes of E. C. Atkins & Co. increased their subscription total by *6,000. H. S. King, colonel of Sector 36, reported that his sector was going strong. The Missouri State Life Insurance Company, through its Indlanapohs manager, E. E. Griffith, (subscribed *7,000. The Van Camp Producis Company doubled its previous subscription of *25,000, C. W. Mann took an additional *1,000 and the J. 8. Cruse Realty Company increased its subscription for company and offi-
cers to $3,000.
Technically Only.
Fred Wurster, who is registered as an alien enemy, subscribed *6.000. “Technically I may be an alien enemy, but my heart and soul are all with the United States,” he said as he gave his subscription. , W. H. Watson, of Charlestowm, ad<led *1,000 to the *2,600 subscribed here, and George A. Ruddy, of Vincennes, subhelp Marlon county % fill Its quota: helu Marion county fill its quota. John R. Ward made an additional subscription of *5,000, as did Crawford
Fairbanks.
The Equitable Life Assurance Company, which made a subscription of *60.000 earlier in the campaign, took an additional *27,600. The Puritan Bed Springs Company and employes have taken *«.2S0, and the Xnsley Manufacturing Company and employes *18,250. They are both in
Sector 25.
Almus G. Ruddell, general in charge of the business sectors, announced at 9 a. m. that his sectors had passed their quota of *14,000,000, and he Immediately assumed an additional *800,000. He distributed this amount among his sectors and clean-up squads were sent out to get it The remaining *200,000 needed was assumed by Mrs. Joseph B. Kealing for her fifteen residential sector*. • Buy Another Bond. Members of the executive committee were pleased with the response made by the public to the "Buy another bond” plea. Many large subscribers quickly agreed to take one more *100 bond, giving the total a sharp boost. Complete reports from many large Industrial plants had not been received, and solicitors gave particular attention to smaller subscriptions. Reports from the factories were expected to add about JooO.OOO to the day's total. Besides the added subscriptions of $600,000 by the State Life Insurance Com-
ONLY TWO BLACK SPOTS ON LIBERTY LOAN MAP AT NOON Weils and Marion Not Quite to Goal —Blackford Sixty-Sixth County
to Fill Quota.
Only two black spots remained on the Liberty loan map of Indiana at noon. They were Marion county, with a deficit under its quota of *1,164.900, and Wells with a deticit of *310,000. Ninety counties of the state were white, including the twenty-four In the Eighth federal reserve district. Will H. Wade, director of sales, was advised by the chairman of Wells county that Indications were that its quota
would reached.
"We have every hope that the state will be white by midnight,” Mr. Wade
said.
The state has an oversubscription of *2.525.550. Lake county had the largest oversubscription. *2.325,000 having been raised there after the quota was reached. A later report may increase that oversubscription. St. Joseph reported an oversubscription of *800,000. Blackford county was the sixty-sixth county In the Seventh federal reserve district to reach Its goal. It advanced *125,000 during the morning. Among counties with oversubscriptions were; Bartholomew, *100.000; Brown, *11.000; Clinton. *25,000; Dearborn. *100,006; Decatur, $10,2ft0; Dekalb, *75.000; Delaware. *100.000; Elkhart. *170,000; Fountain, *13,000. Henry, *70,000; Kosciusko, $100,000; Madison, *100,000; Marshall, *25,000; Moffsoe, *76,000; Montgomery. $25,000; Morgan, *14,500; Newton, *7 250; Noble. *96.000; Owen, *8,450; Pulaski, SS.OOO; Putnam, *3.000^ Randolph, *81.850: Rush. *36,500; Wabash, *125.006; Wayne. $61,000; White, 830,260; Whitley, *15,000. Congratulation* for Wade. The following telegram from L. B. Franklin, war loan director, was received by Mr Wade at state loan headquarters at noon: “Congratulations on your success. Was sure you could make it.” Every war loan quota given Indiana thus far has been heavily oversub scribed. In the first loan the state was asked for *40.939,000, and it raised *42,420,660, in the second loan *58,712,000 was asked, and *69.800,000 raised; in the third Joan. *53,770,000 was asked, and *71,263,000 raised. Hendricks County Gets Quota. [Special to The Indianapolis News) DANVILLE. Ind., October 19.-Hen-dricks county has gone “over the top” in the fourth Liberty loan, raising more than *750.000. The county, it is said, hits no man whose wealth is rated at more than *500.000 and there Is not a factory or machine shop, and not a plant giving employment to more than ten men at a time. It is purely an agricultural and merehantile county. $25,000 by S. A. T. <L Young Men. [Special to The Indianapolis New#] LAFAYETTE,* Ind., October 19.—Approximately *25.000 has been nubacribed to the Liberty loan by young men of the S. A. T. C. at Camp Purdue. A great eleventh-hour rush featured the close of the campaign. Liberty Loan in Indiana. ANDERSON—In the fourteen township# of Madison county, all except two had oversubscribed their quotas in the fourth Liberty loan up to Saturday. The large oversubscription in the cities of Anderson and Etwood. and in some of the smaller localities, make a total of more than *100.000 in excess of the quota of *2,200,000 for the County, according to W. 8. Diven, the county chairman. FRANKLIN—Johnson county has oversubscribed its quota for the fourth Liberty loan by *13,400, every township except Franklin, outside the cUy of Franklin, having sold more than luf apportionment. The county’s quota was *825.000. and the mount of bonds subscribed for represent individual bond buyers, and not guaranties made by banks. Harry Houghan, director of the campaign, gives much of the credit for the success of the fourth Liberty loan to the women of the county, who, unde’ the leadership of Mrs. Chauncey L. Varmuys, sold half of the bonds.
these smoke bombs, figuratively speak-
M Paid for fr litical funds
Those of the best elements of Democrats are frank enough in private conversations to admit that the Bell-Ba-ker element practically captured the Democratic county ticket, although there is a small minority of that ticket which did not formerly have the Bell brand. The fact remains that most of the names on the ticket were formerly associated either with the Joseph E. Bell or Frank P. Baker element. And it is aleo freely admitted by the best element of Democrats that they can not hope for party success with such men on their ticket as Baker, for criminal judge, Pat Kelleher, for judge pf the juvenile court, and Mike Mahoney, who has been listed by the Indiana Dry Federation as the “wet" Democratic candidate for the state senate from this county. | Cause of Maneuvers. The high standing of the men on the Republican county ticket for good character and faithful service to the public is the very' thing that has caused the frantic maneuvering by the Democratic poison gar squad One example of attack of the many which could be cited, is the •attack of a gaseous nature being made on Leo Fester, present county auditor, wffio is a candidate on the Republican ticket for re-election. The public ha# no difficulty in recalling that as a public official Mr. Feeler showed his stamina from the first by insisting that the public service corporations pay their Just chart' of the taxes. He said that if the rich corporations are compelled to pay their equitable shares of taxes, the burden of taxpaying will not fall so heavily on the small taxpayers of the com-
munity.
The public service corporations put up a stiff fight for low’ taxes, and brought powerful pressure to bear, hut Mr. Fesler fought them clear up to the state board of tax commissioners, whdre the ruling was favorable to his contention. Powerful Interests financially and politically have never forgiven Mr. Fesler,* but the men 3Vho own their own homes in the community still rotnemher hie service to the small taxpayers. Mr. Fesler is now the center of attack by the elements which would|like' toi see a man In the auditor's office wTio will be easier when the big interests want things, ahd this attack on him even has the appearance of a bl-partisan affair. However, Mr. Fesler remains one of the strongest members of the Republican ticket.
DIED. MILLER—Irvin R. Miller died at his Igte realdrncp, 1944 N. Alabama, Friday. October 18, at 12 t>. rn. Funeral notice later, morning paper.
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ILL, MARCH SAYS
Continued from Page 6ne. Indiana. Kentucky and West Virginia, formerly stationed at Hattiesburg, Miss., has been received by the war de partment. General Peyton C. March today made this answer to a question submitted to him in writing and looked up for him by attaches of the general Despite the fact that the war department has not yet received a report of the arrival of the division. It is believed here that it muet be very near, if not actually at its deetination. Newspaper reports of the arrival of the dlvlaion heretofore publiehed have been based on precise knowledge of the time when the division sailed together with knowledge of th® usual length of time required in the voyage overseas The war department refuses to give information of the arrival of a division until everv one of its units has arrived overseas and inasmuch as it sometimes takes more than one convoy of ships to carry a division, depending on the size of the transports used, it is possible that, some of the 38th divisional units haver arrived but that others have
not.
In response to a question asking the location in France of the 84th division, composed mainly of national army troops from Indiana. Kentucky and Illinois, General March said that the division had only arrived in France a short time ago and that he had no report as to where it was stationed.
suranee companies: Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, of Newark, N. J., *30,000; Guarantee Fund Insurance Association of Omaha, Neb., *6,000; the Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company *20,000, and the Missouri State Life Insurance Company, 17,000. The Indiana National Life Insurance Company re-
‘ *25,000 Fri
— . — 4# ^ , . ported an increase of *25,000 Friday ^ 4 , [Special-to The Indianapolis News] p^a], telling them that he was confined morning.
The influenza situation at Ft. Benja- LOUISVILLE. October 19.-Influenza there with wounds in his right arm and The National Motor Car and Vehicle
Company made an additional subscription of *50,000, and Edgar H. Evans increased his subscription by *5,000. Dr. William Ilowe Bryan, president ©f ; Indiana university, sent a subscription
left thigh.
Fulton sailed for the United States
August 31, landing at Ellis island. aYid was transferred to Des Moines. He ex-
pects to be home by Ghriaunaa.
HITCHCOCK APPROVES NOTE Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Head Says It Fills Bill.
WASHTNGT0DN. October 19. - The President’s note rejecting the Ahstrlan peace offer was read to members of the senate military committee today as they left their weekly conference at the war department. Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the foreign relations committee,
one of the group, said: -
“That is good stuff,” and others
nodded their agreement. Later Senator
Hitchcock made this statement: “It seems to me to fill the bill ex-
actly. It live# up to the letter and spirit of our relations with these subject nationalities of Austria whom we have
encouraged to seek Independence.” President Wilson's reply to the Aus-
trian note was read.in the house and applauded vigorously by the fifty mem-
ben who were In their seats.
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