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NO. 303. MOUNT CARMEL. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23.

1918. FULL UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES MOUNT CARMEL EM HOT SOUP FOR YOUR SICK NEIGHBOR PLAGUE CLEARING UP AT SHAMOKIN CENTRALIA HOSPITAL NOT OPENED CASKETS ARE BEING MADE HERE No Change In Epidemic ASHLAND HAS THREE DEATHS OYER NIGHT The plague is abating at Ashland, but three deaths having occurred during the la.t 24 hours, one of which was Lawrence Mayers. There are now 25 people in the emergency hospital and about 500 cases in the borough. Shenandoah epidemic is also clearing up. Tim influenza epklemia is iibtn nt Shainoktn.

Although there are stijl many old ruses, it is believed- that, most of the patients are on tho mom and few new ruses are being reported. Tho (loath rale has also dt'opwi considerably, PRESIDENT CONF ON S0 ituaoon By Local Planing Mill, to Relieve Tk. Ch-f, W. A lie tjiiui i sata a Becoming Serious The demand for caskets has been so heavy because of the plague that nil' cusKei iimiiuuici uiers nave iwuu unable to keep up to the. demand with the result that the undertakers PEACE NOTES been having such hard time to Konleonei notlfv'MlJ Elizabeth La '-oflins that the local planing mill who will thut veTV needv Had Been Gotten Ready, But Condition Improved and was Not Opened Centralia has the plague well In hand, the Columbia county borough having gotten control of the epidemic before it was necessary to open their emergency Hospital, mat nail neeii gotten ready in the hose house.

At present there are 300 ease-t in the borough proper, while there were oJ er 5M0 case.4 when the plague was at its height there. The Board of Health of Centralia is working hard to stamp out the disease. A meeting was held last evening when a committee was appointed to go among the people to -ee if any person was in of help, financially or any other way. A house to house canvas will be made. The authorities are doing everything t'j try and clear up the situation.

All loafers are chased from the strit iis are also the drunks NEW ATTACK BY ALLIED TROOPS uci. British and American troops attacked earlv today on the Lecateau Soles- mes front, about ten miles, Field Marshall Haig announced. "Mood progress" was reported, The British have captured Bruay on II .1., When influenza strikes a family it 'often afflicts every member of the household. If your neighbor has influenza you had better inquire about conditions in his home, for every i member of the family may be down aml lhev mfy need lielP- i1 One of the nicest tilings you could jdo for your sick neighbors would he to make some hot soup and send it 1 over to them. We know of some that were actually starving simply because there was no one to prepare food.

you do not know ny one neodillg nnnked tmf wish in heln ones will be supplied. Hot soup lor Elite neighbor. IMPROVEMENT ANNOUNCED AT THE MIN A concensus of reports received from operating companies today, showed the influenza is making no further alarming inroads on the work-ling force of the mine workers throughout the anthracite region. There seems to be some improve iment in both Schuylkill and Nortli-j umberland counties, while epidemic is said to be increasing in Luzerne county. New cases have been reported in and around Shenandoah, a section that heretofore has 1 lorce ui uie epiiiemic ana Hazteton iinu Jeuuo iv.

j. Lunitiiiie, luiiiiiiiiuuillK Lilt; IT 4 1 1 .1 United States medical corps men mi J.the Schuylkill region, finds hopeful signs of improvement and declares I the disease to have run its regular i ourse. "When there is once a de- I iltn Ul-lillfh, llltr UIBtJtlSI? Will disappear as quickly as it came." The Ueatn nas b(en about 50 ner cwit in the wll0''e regiar, Saturday, due to the untiring l. A -i: effdrts of the big staff of army suH KeoIls civil practicioners and heroic nurses, some of whom died from con tagion. Two operating companies have spared neither time nor -expense to aid the stricken mine workers and demic will be cheeked entirely, leav- inS pneumonia as the sole cause for danger among patients and convale- CenU- Production of coal has been cur tailetl at tlie ratH 1.000,- 00 tons a month.

While the loss can never be made up with the depleated working force the anthracite indust ry, by intensive methods, is doing its ut- jmost. With at least 50 per -cent of the winter's supply of hard coal now in the consumer's cellars fact nit in evidence at this time last year, householders can thank their "luckv i 1 ts started io mane casneis. During the last several days the funeral directors raced the serious proposition of being unable to get all the caskets they wanted The result was that they were forced to refuse calls at times because of this difficulty. Since the local mill lias started to make caskets the situation will be considerably relieved. We asked a local undertaker this morning if lite caskets made here were as god as those made at the regular casket works.

The reply that they are better. CHAS. DAUBERT DIES IN OHIO Mrs. James Ori'f, west Third street, received noli'ieution that her brother Charles Dnubert, formerly if this city, but lately of Pcrryvlllo. Ohio.

died of the plague. Mr was v. ell known here, he having been reared in our coininunitv CHARLES LUCAS ABOUT again Funeral Director Charles LlIf.aSi who was laid up with Spanish influ en.a, has recovered sufficiently to leave his heii. but will he n.mhfa to out for it time. Death calls are! reeeivel at his home and ptoperlv looked after.

BRIEULLES RETAKEN I i I I i isli' influenza The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:::0 i iwi Jiuittii win in: inimv wan im imnny, MRS. DAVID HESS Mary, wife of David Hews, west A van no, died this morning at. o'rlork at (he emergency hospital at the High School building. She was IIS years old and is survived by her husband and two Morris, aged 13 years, and Leona, aged seven years. The news of Mrs.

Hess" death comes as a shock to her many friends JOHN FLYNN John, the interesting three and a half year old son of M. .1. Flynn. county surveyor, west Third si reel, passed away thfs morning at six o'clock from' Spanish intliienza and whooping cough. Burial will be made tomorrow in the SI.

Mary's cemetery at lieaverdale. MRS. DAVID PAUL Mrs. David Paul, 305 soulli Peach street, died of pneumonia following following Spanish influenza. MRS.

S. ORZECHOWSKI Mrs. Stella Orzechowski, 334 north Oak street, died at, 12:30 o'clock at the emergency Itospital in the High School building from pneumonia. BRZYZEWSKI CHILD The three year old child of Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph iireyzewskl, soulli Locust street, died from Spanisli influenza. FRANClTcHILD The two year old child of Mr. ami Mrs. Thomas Francis, south Chest nut street, died of pneumonia. Burial will be made tomorrow afternoon in 'the Mount Carmel cemetery.

ANNA BENDER Anan Bender, aged about 17 years, south Poplar street, died of Spanisli 'influenza. The young lady was Unow" to icarn oi ner ueain. JOHN REIGIENIUS John Ueigienius, east Seventh street, died from Spanish influenza. MRS. K.

EURAYITCH Mrs. Kathryn Kuravitch, 319 north Maple street, aged 2f years, died if Spanish intluqiiza. will he made tomorrow at Merriam Hill. ANTH0NYGR0H0WSKI Anthony Grohowski, we.it Fourth street, died yesterday of influenza. VICTOR SIEDLECK 1 I i RY THE AMERIf ANS'mIvIi jJlL STAMPING OUT PLAGUE AT THE GAP Tlie plague epidemic at Locust Gap is now completely under control and there are hopes of the disease being entirely stamped out soon.

Today there are still about 200 cases in the town, and 26 patients are in the hospital. Three were discharged today and three were able to leave their sick beds. But two new cases were reported the lust 4S hours. The dociors, nurses, health authorities and citizens are pleased with the successful way in which the epidemic is being cleared up in that. OI the patients not in the hospital, only two are in serious condition.

The emergency hospital is in the charge of Lieut. Clune and Lieut. Schlege! United Suites army doctors, and superintendent of nurses Cecelia Teresia Pulaski, of Mount Carmel. a graduate of St. Joseph's hospital.

Philadelphia, and assistant suiierinieniient of Airs. Oluno, graduate ujuivc of New York city, wile of Lieut. Clune. doctor in charge of tlie hospital. Mrs.

chine is an army nurse. Miss Pulaski also intends to enter the army services after the epidemic is cleared up. There were no deaths over night. Following is the list of people assisting at the hospital: Volunteer nurses Kathryn Cannon. Kathryn Dailey.

Florence Bres-lin, Mrs. Odie Rogers. Auna Sehas-tine. Kathryn Farley, Anna Qulick, Mrs. Mauley.

Clair Horn, Mary Doyle. Anna Toland. Ella Uo'nley, Anna Skivington. Cecelia I Alw in Hughes. Florence Hoyle.

Mary Doyle, Margaret Mi Hugh. Miss Cannon. Night Nurses Aloysius O'Brien, Pert Bradley, Bernard Kramer. Day Male Nurses James Gallagher. James Gallagher Phil Al Shannon, Leo Newman, Michael Mauley.

Richard Doyle, the four latter being the reserve nurses. Reserve private nurses Mary O'Neill, Florence Kellaglter anil Ly clip Newman. Kitchen help Ella Carr, Mrs. Joseph YVhalen, Lucia McHugh, Mary Dormer. Messenger Man W.

J. Weldon. Clerks Elizabeth Haffey and Anna Dolan. MARTIN NASH IS DEAD Martin Nash, member of the International Executive committee of tho IT. M.

W. of A. died Monday night at his home in Potlsville of influenza. He is survived by his widow and son, John, a student at the Hahneman college Philadelphia and Jamfs and Nellie at home. 200,000 TO BE ADDED TO NAVY WASHINGTON, Oct 23 200,000 officers and men will be added to.

the Navy during the next year to man new naval and merchant ships, bringing tho total navjl manpower to slightly more tlin 700,000, Secretary Daniels told the House Naval Affairs committee. BOWMAN FUNERAL The funeral of the late Harry Row man. who died at Philadelphia, wfll be' held tomorrow. The body will ar rivt, here this afternoon. PARIS, Oct.

23 The British are in Valenciennes, it was learned today. NOTICE tHeturn all empty; 'bottles dally a3 our supply is entirely exhausted. An embargo being on them we can not .1 Frank Lyons. COATS AND SUITS AT BIG REDUCTIONS The many charms of simplicity, practicability, newness, beauty all characterize the new -suits and coats which re now. being offered at big; reductions.

Early have the lest selection. t- There is practically no change in the Spanish influenza situation in IVIUUfll VCH mwi rAnriit nnc HP usi about the same as they were at tms time yesterday apparently no better and no worse. New cases are being reported to the physicians, and old cases are, being discharged as cured. Physicians were not quite as busy last night, but this morning they appear to have quite a rush of work. Although there seems to be no appreciable in the number of patients, the people are not quite as panic-stricken as they were a week ago.

Unusual success is attending the work of the surgeons and nurses at Mount Carmel's emergency hospital, high school building. Statistics from other towns that have been visited by the plague show that fully fifty per cent, of the pneumonia patients die. Here, thus far, less than half that percentage has succumbed. Some of the patients, given up as lost when they were admitted to the hospital, have been discharged as cured. Deaths in the local hospital, since our report of yesterday, number three, and about a dozen patients are ready to be discharged.

Hospital Notes The following contributions are acknowledged by the Mount Carmel emergency hospital: William A. Phillips, $200.00. V1. JC. Watkins $25.00.

Mrs. I). M. Hughes, $5.00. Mrs.

Bernhard Strauss, $10.00. Mrs. John B. Houston. $2.00.

Mrs. Mary Higgins, $10.00. Cash, $5.00. Mrs. Voris Auten, cup custards.

Mrs. 1'. V. Donohue, clothes and cash. John Churchill, fish.

Mrs. D.D. Bolich, $10 worth of groceries. Mrs. Robert Smith, 217 north Hickory street, $3.

worth of groceries. Frank Feudale, crate of oranges and basket of pears. DEATH RATE STILL HIG The death remains high. 13 having died over night, while Kulp-mont had two and Marion one. frankIlein Frank Klein, prominent wholesale i merchant of our city, and one of the best known young men of this sec- tion, died this morning at six o'clock from Spanish influenza at his home at 204 south Maple street, after a short illness.

lie was stricken til Saturday morning and went to bed at once. The best medical aid was secured, but nothing could be done to drive out the disease and he passed to the great beyond this morning Mr. Klein was born a son of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Klein at the Merriam 31 years ago.

He came here with his parents two years later. The young man was educated in th Schools of the Church of Our Lady and was first employed by wholesaler Charles Gable. Next he was in the employ of Schneider Bros, and then embarked in the wholesale cake business for himself. Possessed of a pleasant, jolly disposition he never had trouble making or holding friends and these qualities together with good business methods helped mak the business the success that it has grown to be. Mr.

Klein was married about eight years ago to- Gertrude Roney, of this city irom which union five children survive. Margaret, aged seven years, Frank. Joseph, John and Harry, aged 15 months, his parents. Mr. and Mrs.

Valentine Klein, and four brothers, Walter, Daniel, soldier at Harry, soldier boy in and Leo at home. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and Holy Name Society. MRS. ARTHUR SCHUCKERS Jennie, Wife of Arthur Schuckers 24 south Pear street, passed away this morning at 9:45 o'clock at the emergency hospital. Her two children have' just recovered from the disease, while her husband and a brother, Harold Williams, are seriously ill at the home suffering from Span- I WASHINGTON, Oct While President Wilson conferiel today with Chief of Staff March, Secretary of State.

Lansing and by cable with tlic Allied governments, the curtain of secrecy continued over tlio nnturn nf llir, I'luin Id lifi mnilii to Germany's latest pea re advance. Mareh'n presence at the White House session was regarded as AFTER I PROMOTION Nathan Schlegel, Advanced to Outside District Superintendent Victim of Influenza i Just a month after having been pro-! tiioted to outside, district sunerintend-'enl of the Mount Carmel District lor the Philadelphia and Heading Civil and Iron Company. Nathan Sclilegel. Sliamokin, died this morning at two mclock from Spanish influenza. Mr.

Sclilegel had been outside foro- man at a Sliamokin colliery before being promoted lo this district. He liveMl Shninokin nnd had not yoi asKiimeu me retipoiisiiniiiies oi nis new He is survived by his willow and four children. MAY OPEN ORPHANAGE AT SHAMOKIN To Take Care of the Many Children Made Orphans by the Plague About 200 Su inaliy oi pli.uis Iiuc l.Oi-n Iliad through the many deaths from the plague at. Sliamokin that. a.

movement has been starUdin that town to-tty anil establish an orplianag'. It is estimated at fully 200 children have been left with no patents to provid i for them. The situation is very grave and the lending men we aie g'ad to announce have alre.idy taken hold of the situation to try and find some relief. DELIVER BEER IN TOURING CARS We are thick. Also slow.

We could not understand why the beer waaois demic and quarantine. The answer: About 2:30 every morning a number -I of touring cars, owned by certain' 'of our brewers' agents, may be seeiide livering beer to the saloons that are net observing the quarantine. 'And i'l the meantime we don't seem able to check the disease. READING MEN ARE GETTING BACK TO WORK Reports from the Reading Coal and Iron Company today show that 'each day more men are getting back to work, which is a good sign. Yes- terday the three collieries of the Read ling here had C57 men off while there were 62G.

Of these men GIG were sick yesterday, while today 504 of the men off are sick, showing that 12 recovered and are back at work. mahanoy city PHYSICIAN DEAD Dr Horace D. Herraany. Mahanoy died of influenza which he con City, tracted while fighting the disease in 'Fraekville emergency hospital. He was first to respond to Fracqville's idistress call.

DIES MONTH he Ad stars" for the business foresight east as Morc.ieres. shown and the speed tactics display-! Fierce lighting was. resumed in the ed by the industry through the sum-1 region east of Vouziers. In the face of mer months in shipping coal to all German counter attacks Czecho-Slov-states not barred to anthracite, out-iaks. cooperating with the French re-lined by the anthracite commission caDtured the villace of Terron-Siir- limes norineasr or aien: iciiiies.

CKlfi MADE BY FRENCH TROOPS PARIS, Oct. 23. French troops gained slightly between Nizy-Le-Comte. and Le Thour on the Serre front last night, the War Otlu announced today. 1 lie Uer- mans prevented an attempt to cross the Serre at Souclie.

Along the Oise there was a lively artillery duel 'through the night, CZECHO-SLOVAKS ON WEST FRONT T.w on LONDON Oct 23. Progress was made by the Belgians and French on practically (he whole front between the Dutch border and Tournai. The Belgians cleared the entire west bank of the itarenburg canal except at Overbroeck. The French advanced crossing the Lys nearly south two miles of Devnze. French troops pushed the Germans back again in the Serre valley, clear- hig the south bank of the river as tar Aisne.

four miles north of Vouzier. In the Balkans the French have reached the Danube at Lorn Palanaka and now hold the south hank of that river on a front of nearly 20 miles in Bulgarian territory facing the Rumanian frontier. Serbians. Montenegrins and French detachments continue to cut the rearguard of the Austro-Gerinans to pieces, taking a number of prisoners and material. TEXAS PROHIBITION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AUSTIN, October 23 The Texas state-wide statuory prohibition law was held unconstitutional in a decision handed down here today by the State Court of Criminal Appeals.

METHODIST CHURCH During the quarantine period mem-bei of the Methodist iEpiscopal church, who desire to pay dues may hand their envelopes to M. Kay Wat-kins, treasurer, at the First National Bank, or to Secretary Harry! Wagner. NOTICE, STOCKHOLDERS The annual meeting of the stock-; holders of the Guarantee Trust 'VI Victor Siedleck, 425 west Second roulrt he kept busy hauling emp-street, a child, died of pneumonia yes-''es while they were not engaged in terdav. Burial was made today at delivering full kegs during th's epi wtttt Titir AMRnir vv Anitire tv FUANC10. October 23 Brieulles has been recaptured.

This important defense point on' the Meuse 'outh of Dun w- entered by Americans today after the aPr. 1 nians had evacuated it. The enemy following their with-1 eM-awnl from 'the vlllnye heirnn shell-! ing vigorously. C'JP COYS GARNER HUNS AND HELMETS By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press Staff Correspondent) WITH THF, AMF.R1CAN ARMY IN Fit October The American army is gradually being populated with boche dogs.

At the same time the United States soon will be thickly populated with bocho helmets. The fighting American is just as earnest in bis souvenir hunting as the peaceful American. Practically every doughboy therefore-1 whether from town or country- made it a point to pick up a bochfe helmet somewhere during his advauce from the Marne to the Vesle-i The German soldiers cast asidtit the- heavy 'helmets- in their re-treaty and they were scattered broad- koaJat over the Marne. vallev, on and across the Ourcq to the i By pasting the address on the hat together with 40 cent3 postage, the American fighting man can send his sweetheart or mother ai souvenir direct from the battlefield. And all of them have done it or are doing it.

About the dogs. The boche left them behind, just as he did the helmets. When the Americans entered Bourvardes, Sergy, Cierges, and various other towns, they found 'he boche dogs lurking about in the cel lars and dugout their late masters had been driven from. A dog can't help being boche. so the doughboys i don't hold against him the fact that is one.

The deserted dogs were fed. They quickly made friends with i the Americans and were adopted by various companies. The dogs now are just as good democrats as they were autocrats. Each bears some sort of German name. A chaplain has a little black dascbund he calls "Minnie" The after part of her name is "Wer-fer." Reductions for 1 Day, Thursday $1.25 satin finish damask, Thursdays price, S9c a yard.

$10.00 women's rain coafcs, Thursday's price It L. Grossman Mer. Co. i on May 29 last. PLAGUE AT HEIGHT AT MIDVALLEY the bpanisn miiuenza epidemic is now believed to be at its height at Midvalley Nos.

1 and 2, there now being a total of about 60 cases there. A decline is now looked for. MRS. STILLFOX DIES IN PHILA. Mrs.

Samuel Stillfox, former resident of this city, but lately of Philadelphia, died of the plague! DAUGHTER OF AL. OSSMANDEAD Mr. and Mrs. AI. Ossman, west Third street, have received word of the death of their daughter, Mrs.

Bert Wilson, death having been due to Spanish influenza. The husband and three children survive, and her parents and two brothers in the army service and a sister. HACKED TO DEATH IN SCRAPER LINE Caught in a scraper line at the Turkey Run mine Vincent Brazusky, aged 1 fears, was hacked to death. His remains were taken to his parents home, 308 west Coal street, Shenandoah, to be prepared for burial. Regular $1.00 grade window similes, in three colors at 59c Louis Feinberg, ad 2nd Oak Streets Merriam Hill.

JOSEPHPIERVARZ Joseph Fietfvarz, 711 Chestnut street, Kulpmout, is another victim of Spanish influenza, passing to the great beyond yesterday. Burial was made today at Kulpmont. 1 MRS. SARAH KLEMAT Mrs. Sarah Klemat, Kulpmont, passed away this morning at the em- ergency hospital from She was 24 years old.

pneumonia, MRS. FRANK KREMY0CK Mrs. Frank --Kremyoety. Afarion Heights, well Known woman, led tins morning from Spanish influenza. OFFICIAL TEXT OF GERMAN PEACE NOTE WASHINGTON, Oct.

23 The official text of the German I peace note was delivered at 10:00 1 o'clock this morning by Swiss Charge Oederlin. A reading of the official text showed that it was substantially the same as that sent out by German wireless. I Safe Deposit Company of Mount Car-! for the purpose of electing! rinvivis i i in nil. C.ir,UIIl?S serve year and transacting any other business that may legally come before that body, will be held in the office er the Company, Oak and Third streets. Mount Carmel.

Pa.i Thursday, October 2bth, 191SO at 2:00 o'clock p. m. John A. ad tf L. Grossman Mer.

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