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TO MAKE KNOWN THE RESOURCES OF NEVADA
VOL. LV.
25 Cents Per Wee
CARSON CITY, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1918
Five cents per copy
No. 242
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New M Mis Prepm to raman Poople
its lie late! ilelsli iais iMtf Now Asam --
I !ISiKI of tie teietif i tetw of Defense
And Push On
Miles Beyond-Aniericans Recap
ture Brieulles
Illy Viiiteii rressj
LONDON, Oct. 23. Valenciennes
lias lecn penetrated and the announce
ment of complete occupation is expect
ed hourly. North of Valenciennes the
British have penetrated the great do
Raismes forest and have reached the
Scheldt river at Bruslles and practical
ly surround Tournai. The Anglo
Americans attacked early today on the
Le Catcau-Solesmcs front for a dis
tance of ten miles. General Haig an
nounced. The British have capmrtd
Bruay, three miles northeast of Valen
ciennes, on the west hank of the
Scheldt.
GERMANY ADMITS THAT
TROOPS ARE PRESSED BACK
P.y United Tressl
BERLIN. Oct. 23. The Germans east
of Courtrai have been pressed back to
the eastern outskirts of Vichtc, eight
miles west of Audenarde, the war office
announced. South of the Marie the
Germans evacuated the bridgehead
along the Serre, withdrawing to the
region of Souche.
Pushing Austrians
By I'nited Press
ROME. Oct. 23. The Austrian rear
guard and Albanian insurgents have
been driven north of the Matya river,
thirty miles north of Durazzo and with
in forty miles of Austrian territory, the
war office announces.
CHANGE CONSTITUTION TO
END GERMAN AUTOCRACY
Can the kaiser decree a change in the
German government that will meet
President Wilson's terms? Can he then
abdicate and make the change effective?
These questions were put by the World
to Daniel Blumenthal. formerly mem
ler of the reichstag and senator from
Alsace-Lorraine. He gave the follow
ing explanation :
"Abdication can accomplish nothing.
The kaiser may abdicate as king of
Prussia and thus cease to be emperor,
but under the laws of Prussia the crown
prince would become king and emperor.
If the crown prince should also quit his
eldest son would succeed.
"The constitution, adopted April 16,
1871, by the reichstag, and the federal
council, merged the twenty-five Ger
man states into a federation. The
hereditary king of Prussia was named
president and so head of the German
empire, and was vested with autocratic
power in respect to foreign relations
and m other respects. j
"The only way for Germany to end the
autocracy would be to change the con
stitution, which may be done by the
reichstag and federal council by joint
two-thirds vote.
"One clause of the constitution reads:
'He (the emperor) shall represent the
empire in all international relations,
having sole power to declare war and
to make peace in the name of the em
pire.' "Erasure of that clause and substi
tution of one providing that the im
perial government shall be responsible
to the reichstag would be a means of
giving power to the people." New
York World.
oo
Charles L. Dcady, Democratic candi
date for surveyor general, returned last
evening from a brief visit to the south
ern portion of the state.
to Point Several
t British In Valenciennes
I Illy United Press
LONDON, Oct. 23. In General
j Haig's new attack this morning he
j tween Le Cateau and Solesmes, the
British advanced a mile on a five or
. six mile front, according to front dis
patches. The British are now in Yal
! enciennes.
i Yanks Recapture Brieulles
IIlv I'nited fressl
PARIS.
! that the
Oct. 23. A dispatch states ,
mericans have recaptured
: Brieulles. American patrols entered
, ... vit.f.iww...
ing their withdrawal the enemy heavily
i iter i no .I'rm iti (.i-iPii'itiMii k.i .m-.
siielicd t tie villages.
DOCTOR WORKS UNTIL
CALLED BY DEATH !
Hv I'nited Tress
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 23. One
man dropped dead on a street and an
other died sitting in a chair in a sa
loon today. Both were influenza vic
tims. The number of new cases is de
creasing. Eight hundred and forty
were reported up to noon today, with
twenty deaths.
Where Man Dies for Man
fP.v I'nited Press
OAKLAND. Oct. 23. Dr. Herbert
Hills, a prominent physician, died of
influenza today. He continued aiding
his patients, after contracting the mal
ady, until he collapsed. Miss Ethel
Kelley, head of the home economic
department at the University of Cali
fornia, died this morning.
BERLIN PREPARING
FOR BOMBING PARTIES
LONDON. Oct. 1. by mail. With
memories of last September when air
raids were more frequent than showers, j
London is reading with pleasure ac
counts of German preparations for the,
inevitable bombing of Berlin. London '
is even a little impatient for the show!
to start, knowing that anti-aircraft
preparations are under way in P.erb'
including preparations of dugouts oi
immense size.
The public is warned not to be too
impatient, for while, as the Germans
well know, England has machines cap
able of making the round trip and still
landing with enough gas in their tanks
for a joy ride of a few hundred miles,
the raid, when it comes, will be no
pamphlet distributing party. The prep
arations under way are careful and
complete enough to make the event,
when it comes, one worth recording.
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THE DAY'S CASUALTY LIST
7
WASPIIX&TOXOrt". Follow-
ing is the list of casualties issued to-
day :
Killed in action 125
Missing in action 92
Wounded severely 177
Wounded slightly 176
Died of accident and other causes ... 12
Died of wounds 80
Died of disease 101
Wounded, degree undetermined 440
Prisoners ; 1
Died from aeroplane accidents 1
Totl 1.205
Louie Spellier of the Reno Gazette
force was an arrival on .the morning
express in search of some new political
material. ' -
Not Exptcted That
M. M.
Forthcoming Today
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Swiss prcsidcnt todav
Charge Oederlin delivered the official j
- , , , Solf Has Hopes
text ot the German reply at 10 this j 1!y rniteil Press
morning. A cursory reading showed j COPENHAGEN, Oct. 23. The Ger
suhstantially the same interpretation as man press generally considers Foreign
the wireless note. Minister Soil's reply as a satisfactory
basis for further negotiations, hut
No Reply Today ! "should Wilson demand impossibilities
Ry I mted Press .
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. A cabinet j wc ,ni,st reckon on a continuation ot
nu-mher stated the "situation had ; war." said the Tagcblatt.
t
reached a staj when to act was nee- :
essarv and it woidd he discourteous to
a :.....,. , ,..,.,;.-..- .,,.
jviili Well jin.rLi'Mir iimun. v. i c
,.,1.,.;..,, n i ct " !
President Wilson called Secretary I
. . -
Lansing and licneral Marcti into con-
ferellce at nnon. At the state depart.
ment it was said that "probably no re- I
News That's Up to the Minute
A"? r"itedrresfl ... I "Think, Talk and Make War"
PORTLAND. Oct. 23.-Henry Albers j (Ry Vnited Press
has resigned as president of the Albers ! WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. Declar-
Brothers Milling company as the result ing that peace talk is hampering labor
of his arrest on a charge of having and production problems. Barney
made seditious utterances.
Found to Be Unconstitutional
lli v United Tress
AUSTIN. Texas. Oct. 23. Accord
ing to a decision just rendered by the
state court of criminal appeals the state
wide statutory prohibition law is held :
to be unconstitutional.
More Men In Navy
IMy I'nited Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Secretary
Daniels today told the house naval. com
mittee that 200,000 officers and men
would need to be added to the navy
during the coming year to man the new
naval and merchant ships. This would
make a total of more than 700.000 for
na
INFLUENZA CLAIMS MORE
VICTIMS THAN WAR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Hun bul
lets, poison gas. liquid fire and shrap-
ml have not succeeded in killing as
many Americans since the beginning of
tbc war as the Spanish influenza germ
has since September 14th.
Men killed in action and those who
have died of wounds total 13,645. Eor
the week ending October 19 there have
been over 20,0(X) deaths from Spanish
influenza and resultant pneumonia in
the United States. In several cities
the percentage of deaths in proportion
to the population has risen to heights ' commission them at statutory compen
never before recorded. ! sat ion. See Henrichs.
Washington has had a death rate for
I the past week of 86.7 per cent per thous-
aml I'l1''lli'1n- Tt sixth among
t,,e citics smrgcd by influenza in its
death rate. Fall River, Mass., in the
center of the district where the disease
raged first, records a death rate of
100.4. Philadelphia comes next with a
percentage of 972. The number of
deaths in Philadelphia was 3.234. com
pared with 470 for the same week in the
previous year. Two thousand six hun
dred and thirty-five deaths were caused
by influenza and pneumonia alone.
There have been 488 deaths from in
fluenza and pneumonia in Washington
during the past week.
The records show- that the plague is
decreasing in Boston where it first ap
peared. There were 1216 deaths from
the same cause in Boston for the week
ending October 5lh, and 1,037 deaths
a Reply Will Be
t,lv would he forthcoming
from tht
Conferring With the Allies
u'Kiiivi'tnv i .-t ?i Ti-,., '
itk.,Li-i-.vxvs.., v.' i. . i uv. v j
..t"t-t-;rr ,..oi, mi;.; k,, i
there is no indication of the nature of i
the response to Germany's latest peace i vl,,ence without tignting ana in case
'advance. Secretary Daniels was called'"1 negotiations the German people can
to the White House at 2:30.
Baruch. chairman of the war industries
board, has called upon the nation to
"think, talk and make war."
May Engage in Politics
By I'nited Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. In order
to give employes of the national rail-
ways more leeway to engage in politics. 1 .
! McAdoo has announced a modification
f of his order.
Got Away With $20,000
By I'nited Press
' k ' )-t ZA
o. - lone armed
bandit help up two Canadian messen-
j gers in the Grand Trunk express and
j stole $20,000. He jumped from the
, train, commandeered an automobile and
jmade his escape.
WISE PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURES ARE TAKEN
Acting on the suggestion of Mayor
Byington of Reno that all trains on the
, , , . , ,
ci anu an cases oi liinuenza searcnea
, out Governor Boyle this morning wir-
! ed Dr. S. L. Lee of the State Board of
i Health as follows:
j "Mayor Byington
inspec-
suggests
tion r.f all incoming passengers at state
line points for influenza. The sugges
tion has my full approval. If the State
Board approves you may send names of
proper persons to make inspection to
the captain of state police who will
"EMMET D. BOYLE, Governor."
Dr. Lee got busy at once and saw
Warden Henrichs and his interview j feature is the fact that a greater per
with the latter resulted in the sending 1 centage of the commissioned officers
out of telegrams requesting the ap
pointment at Elko, Salt Lake and Sac
ramento of agents to investigate all
trains.
Compensation for the agents, by
authority of the attorney geiieral's of
fice, was fixed at $12 per day.
With this precaution it is hoped that
a stop can be put to the further spread
in Nevada of the influenza.
00
W. G. Walker of the internal revenue
j department was an arrival yesterday
l from San Francisco.
for the week ending October 12th.
During the same period in Washing
ton, however, there has been a marked
increase in the deaths.
Prince Max Tells
Nation Will Not
by Violence
r.y United Press Iv. The essence of Wilson's League of
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 23. "The ene- : Nations will not he accomplished un
my is at our gates." declared Chancel- less the people have the right of self
lor Maximillian in liis address to the i determination. Prussia has advanced
reichstag yesterday. In part he said:
"Wilson's last note is not clear, but the
new answer perhaps may bring a defi-jt
nite certainty. In case the enemy is
eager for war we must assume the
niisturc (lf ticft.nsc wjti, tno strength
uf a people driven to the last extremi- !
tv. W e who look to stand for peace
aml justice will not submit to a peace
not be brought into a conference blind -
CHANCE TO GET IN
TRANSPORT SERVICE
The adjutant general's office in this ! flic idea that the nursing survey now
city has issued the following: j being made by Mrs. Otto T. W illiams
An opportunity to enlist voluntarily f,,r tlc pacjnc division of the bureau
in the motor transporation corps has j ,,f ,mrsing is in the nature of a draft bv
presented itself in a communcation re- j tu, government Is an erroneous one.
ceived by this office from that branch j The nursing situation of the coimirv
of the army. Many thousands of men j at iarc nas ,H.on such ,lat the surROon
are needed at once. J general of the army wisely concluded
"Applicants for induction from qual- t,, secure a record of : the available pur
ified men between the ages of 18 and . jng personnel of the country. Because
45 may be accepted, excepting only j tiu. requirements of the army and navy
registrants who are liable to general j 1ave TCa,v depleted our nursing re-
mihtary service in class 1 A under the
old draft registration.
Limited service
iii. ... ''M'""'"" '-
eluding I A general service, may also
apply. In addition, men between the
j ages of 46 and 56 may enlist if espec-
, tally qualified in any of the occupations
i listed. Men of draft age who are phys-
:.w.n.. .i:.... i:v.,i ...1.1 .
iicin uimiuiiiiiv;u ait dnqHaiMc, u-
vj(j0i sllcj, disqualification does not in -
; tertcre with the duties of assignment,
' Qllaified men w ill receive commissions
aml non-commissioned grades immedi-
!att.iv. Transportation will be furnish -
ed to Eort Sam Houston. Texas."
It is predicted that by spring of next
year over 2(X).0(tO motor vehicles will
be in service in Prance and the govern-
! ment feels that considering the import-
' ant work they will have to perform in
, e . ,
tne iront. it win oe necessary to nave
an armv of thoroughly reliable men at
.' .
! one of the motor vehicle bases to keep
; the cars and trucks in first-class run
ning condition.
i The men enrolling now are to be giv-
en almost immediate overseas work.
They will be sent to one of the Atlantic
coast camps and within a short time
after officially entering the armv thev
" . .
will be transported overseas where they
will man the trucks and serve as me
chanics at the various bases in moving
the food and supplies to the fighting;, the ffrm of sj , s, .
forces at the front. An encouraging
now serving in this unit have been pro
moted from the ranks.
Men qualified for this service should
aimlv immediately at the nearest local !
board, where full information as well
aTiii1i-ation hlanks ran be obtained.
On file at each local Wrd is a list of
the specialized industries most desired
in the motor transport corps.
HAS KNIT HER "BIT"
Mrs. Maish, a lady well-known to all
old-time Carsonites, and a faithful;
member and worker in the local Red I
Cross chapter, has knit and turned in
to headquarters seventy-seven perfectly
made pair of socks.
That is a record that few can beat,
Reichstag That
Submit to Peace
so far that equal direct sufferage has
been secured and pending bills make it
possible for members of the reichstag
t.ntcr the cabinet without sacrifice,
Hereafter the deputies, not alone the
i limb imnerial authorities, will lie able
to represent the chancellor. The new
svstem involves a new ifovernment for
- -;.
i Alsace-Lorraine and appointed Alsa-
! tians will be members of the provincial
government. 1 lie aim ot myselt and
; colleagues is political authority for the
, German people.
NURSING SURVEY IS NOT
DRAFT ONLY A CENSUS
isources. it is necessary to know just
j wlat the government may depend upon
among present ranks, and to iudi;e wiiat
educational measures are necessary for
! future emergencies.
j . census was accordingly decided
j upon so this is being taken under the
j UTrn "Slirv,.v." Nurses will not be fore-
. .
into the service.
Til. tii-t?,r is 1r.lt
U,, ti,;r innntf. latri.itism -owl st.-rlin.r
j WOmanhood
j The local Red Cros chapter asks
I tnat wonH.n wn., arc ahle and desire to
j lep the government whether graduate
j nurses or otherwise, register as soon as
possible at Kitzmeyer's drug store,
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PINK TEAS" ARE
TABOO IN NEVADA
f reason and flow of sur
15 to takl' the l,,acc buhcrto occupied
hv more m:iterinl refrc shmeiUs ;it ti ns.
i - , ,
dances, parties, receptions, lodge meet-
11114s, etc., in Nevada, according to the
latest pronouncement of the stale fol
administrator.
"The practice of eating refreshments
between meals, in the f. Tin of pui cbis.
lunches, tea and cakes, or ih'tc elabor
ate 'haiimii'ts' is not consistent with our
, . , , , . c , .
i bond solemnly given to feed the peo
ple of the Allied countries and to eat at
Common table with them." the statement
reads "B:i piiii1 : of rnv s. irt sliiiuhl
served at a regular meal-time. Misuse
of necessary foods must stop absolutely:
this is one way to stop it; one very tay
1,
way.
NAMED JUDGE ADVOCATE
t,,e recommendation of the State
liar Association Attorney ticneral
j r,eorRe B" Th;udu r ,1as Wn namwI. f
.(j 1 judge advocate in the Li. . army, witn
rank of major.
j Following a physical examination.
' which he has been ordered to take, Mr.
i Thatcher will probably be assigned to
The Local Situation
Up to noon today
no new cases of
Spanish influenza had been rejiorted in
j this city, and those afflicted with it are
jail said to be on the mend.