The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • Page 5

THE WICHITA EAGLE; FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1918. Usual and Unusual WICHITA WILL -SET THE PACE, SAYS SULLIVAN MOVIE MEN WANT RENT REDUCTION BECAUSE OF FLU Natural Gas Waste 'Be Reduced Liberty Loan Chairman Declare City Will Lead In Oversubscriptions. PREDICT $4,500,000 TOTAL "Wichita a Liberty ichita "WEATHER REPORT Kansas increasing cloudiness with showers. Friday or Friday nigh: Sat urday rartly cloudy; not much change It is confidently expected by the Government that a large percentage of the natural gas waste in the fields will be eliminated. Steps in that direction already have been taken in the Mid-Continent field.

The means being used to save gas for war-time purposes are illustrated by one step in West Virginia where SO million feet of gas has been used every day in making carbon-black. Undeir the new licensing system of gas companies by the Government, arrangements have been made to cut down consumption by carbon-black plants tha are so located that the gas from the wells supplying them can be delivered to public utilities. Under this one arrangement, it Is annc unced. 50 million cubic feet of gas a day will be released for more essential purposes. WICHITA NATURAL GAS COMPANY.

Union Suits Seasonable Prices Child's Union Suits Medium weight knit union suits for boys and girls; white, long sleeve, high neck, sizes 4 to 12. Special 79c Ladies' Union Suits Medium weight, knit underwear for this cool weather; high and low. neck, long sleeves, short sleeves and without sleeves. Special $1.25 Child's Union Suits-An extra good knit garment for boys and girls; white; sizes 2 to 14 years. Special 85c Ladies' Union Suits The glove form-fitting comfortable union suits for women.

Our price under present factory price $1.75 Globe Tailor-made Union Suits for women, extra fine mercerized, pure white yarn, tube top, no sleeves, ankle length $2.00 will gro over the top with Loan subscription of more four and one half million dol- from present said Chairman James P. Sullivan in an interview Thursday night. He further added that in all probability Wichita would show a greater percentage of oversubscription than any city in the entire state. This Is all the more remarkable when it Is considered. that less than ten days ago the city was far below Its quota.

The Liberty Loan club, which has been working night and day urging citizens of the city to increase their subscriptions, has been meeting with generous response on all sides and the club will continue its drive until tffe last moment. Thursday afternoon at a meeting of the club C. Q. Chandler and George Kobinson made the report that C. P.

Btddle had purchased J5.000 worth of bonds. Each day subscriptions for like amounts are coming in from Wichi ta who are absent from the city think You you President, Kady, Nu-Way Stretch Suspenders 75c. Boys' Union Suits $1.25 and $1.50. Wilson Bros. French Cuff Shirts, $1.50.

Racine Shirts $1.25. Oshkosh Overalls $3.00. Oshkosh Overalls $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00. are -JfiA each subscription carries with istered Reg Bu members of the club in the work they are performing. The ban on meeting has been a serious handicap, but members of the -elub formed themselves teto flying squadr ns and visited citizens in person and in very few instances were they met with absolute refusal.

State in "Over Exact figures on subscriptions to date have not arrived from the' district headquarters in Kansa's City, but it is known that every county in the state is "over the top" and in many instances the excess is strat-ling-. Another meeting of the Liberty Lo.n club will be held Fri'day after-noyn at 1 o'clock at the Wichita clufb, at which time, a discussion of ne(w members for the organization will be held. Other cities of the state, hearing ok. the success of the Wichita organi- Maybe you are Not (p- formed similar clubs and the result has been uniformly suc-I iessful- at every point according toil ireports. i Fred B.

Stanley, president of the Liberty Loan club, returned to Wichita Thursday night after a four-day yrip to Topeka, He declared he was; HVt in a position to make a state- it of the results the loan drive In city, but said It had suffered much greater from flu than had this city. Roberts Wicks Clothes $20 to $45. Crossett Shoes $8.50, $9, $10 and $12. Stetson Hats $5, $6 and $10. Springtex Unions, heavy ribbed $2.00.

Fleeced Unions $2.00. Paris, Boston and Ivory Garters 25c. PRICES LESS. LOCAL LAND BANK RANKS FOURTH IN TOTAL LOANS MADE For Month of September It Was Third In Volume of Business With $689,200. SPOKANE LEADS LISTS The Wichita federal land bank wltfi loans aggregating $689,200, ranka third among the twelve land banks of the country in the amount loaned to farmers on 16ng time mortgages' during the month of September.

With a total amount of loans of $14,266,00 the local bank ranks fourth among the land banks of the country in the amount advanced since their creation. Statistics sent out from Washington show that the Ninth District, consisting of Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico, made 572 ap-plcations for loans during the month of September for a total of $1,516,900. Of this number, 358 loans for a total of $93,200 were approved and 284 were actually closed for the total of $689,200. On October 1st ahe total amount of mortgage loans closed since the establishment of the Federal Land Banks was $131,903,684, numbering 8,202. During September.

2,983 applications were received, asking for $9,643,892. During the same period 2,124 loans were approved amounting to $5,972,866. Altogether 101,070 have applied for loans under this system, aggregating $234,780,617. The grand total of loans closed is distributed by Federal Land Bank districts as follows: Spokane St Paul 18,719,800 Omaha 15.122,843 Wichita 14.266.800 Houston 11,780,77 New Orleans 9,469.790 St. Louis 8,746.670 Louisville 8,499,200 Berkeley 8.046.0C0 Columbia 6,529,893 Springfield 5.175.345 Baltimore 6,124,505 There are 8,000 Voters not on the books Call Market 2252 and be sure IT MAT BE ALL RIGHT, BUT IT looked as if they had the cart before the horse.

At least that is what people standing on Main street just south of Douglas Wednesday night thought when two automobiles came along, strapped together. The natural conclusion was that the rear one was out of commission and being towed by the leader, but not so. The explosions of the engine and the vapor from the exhaust emanated from the ear behind. It was pushing the front one back of which was tied to its bumper. Maybe It's Just that the style has changed.

A CONDUCTOR ON THE CLEVE-land street car line, save a transfer one day this week, man who is visiting in the city from Tonkawa, Ok la. He was an elderly gentleman and when he again rode on the same car the next day the conductor remembered him. Now it' happened that the gentleman submitted as fare the same transfer that the conductor had given him the day before and the conductor reminded him of the fact, telling him It wasn't good. "Well If it ain't good it's your fault," replied the man from Tonkawa, "for I was careful to pick out your car because you was the man who gave me the transfer." PROBABLY THE FRENCH WILL give the French a good lacing at Valenciennes." said the Irish punster only to get this reply, "they were certainly up 'a-Ghent's it' at Ghent." THE EMPLOYES OF THE RED-fern store have been singularly free from the flu, as not one had been ill with the disease up to Thursday. Perhaps this is accounted for by the fact that the store is thoroughly disinfected every night.

These employes have been most patriotic lately as all have given a share of their time each evening to work at Red Cross headquarters. A LEMON PIE WAS THE EE-ward Charles Keller, Santa Fe, engineer, who lives at 1521 North Market street, suggested recently to Mrs. Keller for having given up the use of sugar la his coffee since the nec essity for sugar conservation has arisen. Mr. Keller is very fond of this dessert and believed he had more than earned one.

Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Keller have a little grandchild living with them a good share of the time and have a young lady roomer for break fast each day, they have never in NO CHANGE IN FLU EPIDEMIC IS NOTICEABLE Health Officers, However, Believe Disease Is On Decrease Quarantine On. HENRY WALLENSTEIN ILL Although the board of health authorities report that the epidemic of influenza is plightly on the decrease according to the number of new cases reported and the number of cases quarantined within the past twenty-four hours. Dr.

T. J. Carter, city health officer, reports that conditions lemain about the same, and it will probably be several days yet before a decided change can be noticed. Contrary to the report that the schools will be opened next Monday, the board of health officers state that no definite time has been set- and certainly not next week. However, tf conditions improve as they expect, business will again be opened in general the following week.

Conditions are showing a steady improvement at the Red Cross hospital. Thursday night there wers 80 patients and only five new patients were received during the day, Thursday, with 15 released. Aed a rites Dr. F. M.

Campbell, a retired physi cian, has been doing much valuable work in the hospital for the past few days and will remain until the danger of the epidemic is passed. Although the nurse situation Is not as serious as it has been, there Is still much work to be done and every trained nurse or nurse aid who can go to the hospital wilT be appreciated by the nurses and doctors in charge. Henry Wallenstein. who has been doing such valiant work as hea'd of the Red Cross chapter, was taken ill Thursday night and was confined to his bed. START PUTTING CHAT ON CANNON BALL ROAD The Sedgwick county roads are soon be repaired to some extent, according to Mike Roseberry, county engineer.

The government does not permit a corporation, comsany, county or city to do any extensive construction work at this time, and as a result, the county is not building any roads, nor Is It repairing them to a great extent. All roads in this county have been approved by the state highway commission, Mr. Roseberry says. The plans of the roads are submitted to the commission and if they aretmet with approval, the construction of thehighways may be made, the government permitting. The highway commission passes Judgment that conflicting meeting points of the roads at county lines may not result.

In regard to work on highways in Sedgwick county. Roseberry says that chat will be put on the Cannon Ball road, west of Wichita, starting Friday morning. Other roads are being worked on later, the county engineer said. BALLET COMIXG Many citizens of Wichita were fearful that the flu epidemic might interfere with the visit to this city of thee Imperial Russian Ballet and Symphony that was billed here for October 30, but City Manager Ash received word Thursday from Kansas City assuring him that the productioa would be brought 10 Wichita for the nijht of November 14. RKV.

PRIEST RECOVER IXG Rev. Walter Scott Priest, pastor of the Central Christian church, who has been so critically ill with pneumonia, following an attack of Spanish influenza, has so far recovered that his son. Dr. Walt.tr Scott. Priest.

of St Louis and his daughter. Mrs. Byron Hays, of Kansas City, have returned to their homes. creased their allotment of from four pounds per month. sugar CLYDE RUSSELL 6AYS THAT since the board of health has ruled that all street caf windows shall remain openr during the flu epidemic, it is now up to some one to furnish ine cars wun rain coats in rainy weather.

THE INFLUENZA HAS RUN ITS course at the Great Lakes Naval Training station and at present the situation is practically clear. This information was received by Mrs. M. I. O'Connell, 1940 Park Place, in a letter dated October from C.

T. Atkinson, field director, Mrs. O'Connell had submitted to Mr. Atkinson, a design for a perforated tin Red Cross locket to be filled with camphor and worn to prevent the influenza and his letter acknowledges its receipt. WILLIE LUSK, 1815 SOUTH MAIN street, has the serial number of 1111 on his questionnaire.

In spite of the number, he is not a clerk at Jack Spine's, but one at local Santa Fe freigth office, and registered for selective service September 12. MORE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE BE-ing taken -now than during the prewar days, according to A. W. Harden, photographer, of 204 East Douglas avenue. Most of these pictures are of men in the country's service, or of their friends or relatives.

Mr. Harden, who was a photographer in Indianapolis, during the Civil war, says a large amount of pictures were taken in those days, but were more crude than those of th-3 present. The photos then were taken by the wet plate process. THE GOOSE NECK OUT NEAR "Packintotown," which is being paved, had the curb in on both sides when the rain began the other day. That made the roadway even narrower than heretofore and the rain turned the newly plowed street into a loblolly.

This makes It necessary for cars In passing to split the middle of the street, while pedestrians mincingly walk the curb. One neatly dressed North Ender was taking to the curb Thursday afternoon when an automobile struck the center of the muddy driveway splattering him over and closing both his mouth and eyes for a time. As soon as he got his mouth to work ing and his eyes beheld his plight, he was heard to remark: "Frescoed, ADD 2 WOMEN TO COMMUNITY LABOR BOARD Will Assist In Placing Women In Positions That Will Relieve Men For Army. MAN POWER IS NEEDED The Community Labor board, which was organized in Wichita a short time ago In connection with the U. S.

Government Employment bureau, for the puurpose of classifying the essential industries from the nonessential, and recruiting labor from the non-essential industries vf or government work in the ship yards and munition plants, has added two new members to the board Mrs. Albert Lester and Mrs. II. M. Roberts, making a total of five members.

It is the purpose of this committee make personal calls onnhe industries in Wichita and the Sixth district to ascertain the number of male employes in comparison with the number employed by the same concern eight months ago, and also how many vacancies have been filled by women to allow the men to enter war work. In the east thousands of women are taking the places of men in practically every line of business, and to help install this method here, the U. S. Government Employment bureau has added a woman's department which is in charge of Mrs. Fred K.

Hammers. Act lis Investigators As far as possible the members of the community board will recommend that women be used entirely to take the places of the men who have left for some branch of the service, but before women will be directed from the government employment office to these positions Mrs. Lester and Mrs. Roberts must make a thorough examination of the working conditions of the Industry and file a statement in tho Eoverninent office. "Wichita women are "loyal and are anxious to do their part in winning the war.

for although this department has been open but a short time many teachers and other high salaried women have made applications for any kind of work In which they are needed if It will release the men for essential work," atated Mrs. Hammers Thursday. Reports which are being tfiade now by the community board after their visit to the local authorities will be submitted to the war industry board at Washington. Due to the enlarging of practically all of the plants in the United States which are used to manufacture war product. Kansas will be asked to nearly double the quota of men for this work.

VOTERS LAST CHANCE Those electors of Wichita, who not having voted at the last regular city election in 1917, or who, if having voted, have since removed their place of abode must registe. today in order to be able to cast their vote at the coming November election. The election board will remain open in the basement of City Hall until 10 o'clock tonight, after which time it will be too late, despite and abilis to the contrary noth withstanding. P. Peterson, local weather observer, has been called to Ransm.

111., by the illness of his daughter in the Illinois city. I WICHITA GIRL "ARRIVES" WITH MUNSEY COM ANY Another Wichitan enters the hall of literary fame in the person of Miss Melba Parker, eighteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R.

Parker of 1115 South Topeka avenue. Miss Parker, who is a graduate of the local high school, having been a members of the class of '17, recently sent four of her poems to the Munsey Publishing company. Thursday she received a. check for the four contributions and a. highly complimentary letter from the publishers in which they ask her to contribute regularly to their many publications.

MFN WHO PERFORM Managers Claim Theaters In Los Angeles Paid Half Rent During Quarantine MAY LIFT BAN NOV. 2 Of all industries affected by the flu epidemic and the quarantine laws that followed, none were so severely hit as the motion picture theaters of the country, declared local theater managers Thursday. Yesterday at a meeting of managers and lessees of local theaters the proposition was discussed of asking the owners of the buildings In which the half dozen or more picture theaters of the city are located to share the loss which the theaters incurred during the three weeks of quarantine. In Los Angeles the property owners agreed to cut the rent in half for the period for which the theaters were closed said one of the local managers Thursday. The local managers say that thoy are required to pay salaries to thair help in order to hold them and in some instances heavy losses have bet-n incurred because of advance advertising for pictures that were billed for showing here during the weeks cf the quarantine.

Crawford Lost Heavily E. I Martling is said to have sustained a loss of more than $300 on the failure to show "Hearts of the World" at the Crawford theater. This picture was booked for two weeks and was advertised heavily and a full orchestra had arrived in the city ready to play the two weeks' engagement of the film. This amount is a dead loss, for while the picture may be brought here at a later date, the money already expended for advertising and for the musicians is a dead loss. Reports from Topeka that the st.te health officials have net midnight of Saturday, November 2, as the date of lifting the ian would make the quarantine for the city of Wichita's movie houses three weeks and three days.

Another meeting of theater raar-agerswill be called either tomorrow or Monday, at which- some definite plans may ba worked cut for placing the proposition of rental reduction before the owners of the respective buildings involved. ONE OF WICHITA'S COLORED SOLDIERS WRITES FROM FRANCE Corporal William Grove, one of the many gallant colored soldiers in France with the Depot Labor Co. No. 2 of the American expeditionary force, has Informed his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Allen Grove, 1809 N. Mead avenue, that he is having as nice time as things in general permit. He Is feeling fine because he has got right next to nature in the dugouts. He says that the soil around where he Is seems adapted to the production of almost anything. The vineyards es-pecially are extensive and are well kept up.

But of all things impressive he will remember particularly the trip In crossing the wonderful Atlantic. He never became seasick and enjoyed the acquatic sights in the spirit of the true nature lover. AUGUSTA MAN, WELL KNOWN HERE, GIVES LIFE AT ST. MIHIEL Frank Miers. age 25 years, son of W.

H. Miers, of Augusta, was killed in action in the St. Mihiel drive September 15, according to a message from the war department Wednesday. Mr. Miers was wel Iknown in Wichita, having been employed at tho stock yards here for two years previous to entering the service.

He was a member of Company 353 Infantry of the 89th Division, and left Wichita last April. Mr. Miers was born and raised in Butler county and before coming to Wichita had interests in the oil business in Augusta and vicinity. Besides his father he is survived by one brother, William, of Augusta; and two sisters, Rose Miers, of. Wichita, and Mrs.

Anna Waldorf, of Towanda. TO BE BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS The funeral of George John Knoblauch, who died at Camp Funston Tuesday of pneumonia, will be held at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S.

Knoblauch, S020 East j. Konurcn English street. KnJay morning at 14 o'clock, in charge cf Father Farre'L A company of th State Guards attend and the furjeral will be strictly mii'tary. Burial m-UI be in Calvary cemetery. I ROS 7 Sruith.

Maple street, has received a pstca 5t r4 froin her brother. Private Vernon Davis, announcing his safe "VmaI in Europe wuh the contingent of Am tnat reentiy 3ft KUey for duty abroad. Ft. Avlatlon Officer Urrr. Captain J.

A. I-angston, rcerr.tiT of the staff cf the aviation with headquarters at Washington, is in Wichita visit mg his titter ani brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs, L. Davis, of Riverside avenae.

"if i Books Close Friday night October 25th 1 WHraiLAL'VVUIVR. I IT BE FED THE MOST I i'he man working at hard physical QUALITY BEST AVE WICHITA BOY IN RADIO SERVICE DIES IN FRANCE Donald P. Fuller, age 21 died in a naval hospital In France October 11 of pneumonia, according; to a message which was received Thursday by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.

P. McCown. He was the son of Mrs. Mary E. Halcomb, of Pond Creek.

but was well known In Wichita, having attended the Wichita high school for more than a year. Later he moved to Chilllcothe. where he took up the study of telegraphy and when war was declared immediately enlisted In the navy and was sent to the electrical training school at Mares Island, CaL. where he finished his course and was assigned to the United States Steamship Princess Matoike as radio electrician and In this capacity has made five, trips across the Atlantic. FUEL ECOXOMY One of the radical moves that the state and national fuel administration intends putting in effect as a means of conserving fuel is that of not permitting retail dry goods stores to open before 9 o'clock each rooming during the winter months.

This measure was found practical last winter and will be in vogue again this year. Vi For Rent 3-Story BIdg. 50X140 211-13 W. Dogsla Universal Motor Car Co. ROLLS Visit ur Roll Department, Latest music specialty.

No trouble to play reils for yea. Sealshipt Oysters are good to use to keep away the Flu. All the hospitals are buying them. We are nole agents. Full line of fresh fish for today and Saturday; alo fresh Hard Shell Crabs, Smoked Salmon, Kippered Salmon, Smoked Whitcfish, Smoked Bloaters, Smoked Herring, Smoked Kippered Herring.

THE NOTHING BUT FISH STORE OF WICHITA jaoor is iu uu givt-u i i tiorr in a boarding house than the business man, according to an expla-ation given out Thursday by the food administration. The order went into effect Monday. For instance the rule limiting service of American cheese to a half an ounce per person per meal will end the career of the Welsh rarebit, but the laboring man should worry. Here are a few other explanations as given out today in answer to ln- Quiries from. hotels aird restaurants: There is ho limit on sandwiches be cause the sandwich is the working-man's food in many instances.

Eating houses where' the average city man eats are limited to two ounces of Victory bread and four ounces of corn bread at a meal, but labor camps and other places where men engaged in hard physical labor eat. are not limited. The Gilt of Permanence A VICTROLA I The order that only one kind of meat ft SPNtliffipiOT VOTERS OF WICHITA Are you registered? Do not be misled by take notices. If you did not vote at the last election you must register today as this is the last day, if you want to sustain the administration you must register. The registration rooms are in the basement of the City Hall.

Register immediately. Rooms open until ten o'clock tonight THB DEMOCRATIC PARTY an be served at a meal does net ex-nd to eggs, therefore ham an' eggs be served. The rule prohibiting the service of wheat bread which contains less than 20 per cent substitute applies to bread baked In the eating honse or in a bakery. Bread cannot be served as a garniture or under meat. This order will prevent serving of bread simply to Improve the looks of meat.

But bread may be served under chirped heefbr tinder reached eggs If the purpose is to provide food. The orders will be carried out under the provision of the food control act forbidding waste. The food administration will enforce orders through the control of sugar and other staples. AYRES RETURNS FROM TRIP THROUGH BUTLER AND SUMNER COUNTIES Congressman William A. Ayers of the Eighth district, returned to Wicl-ita Thursday night after a strenuous, though successful week of in Butler and Sumner counties.

Mr. Ayers declared that the ban on pubtr meetings has eliminated much -ne oratory that other campaigns 'cabioned, but he had a fine trip, meeting mainr of the electors of the counties. He also said that the wheat outlook in those counties is exceptionally fjne. Frid.iy morning Mr. Avers leaves the city for swing through Harvey county.

KD'fllWGLli IMPKOVKD Charho Hothwell, former passenger aKO't Cor the Missouri Pacific, who has bwn critically ill in St Francis hospital with pneumonia, was reported improved Thursday night ani although he is not out of danger he has g-ood chances for recovery. v. Music Brings HappinessThrough All the.Year Get a Victrola and have malic have it when you want it have it as often at you want it, and have your kind. Victor Records are masterpieces in recording. Come direct to Eberhardt-Haya where you find the senuine Victrola and Records.

Ouf help Is corpetet and will aid you in ieleeting your instrument ad recsrdi. PRICES $2250, $22.50, $50, $S0. $50, $115 AND UP. All stylei, woods and finishes See our beaut fl ttock ard one whiie you have a choice. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE will Ivan fj- ir Kiii erte.

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