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MNTY-TWO SOLDIERS DIE ~
- IN ONE DAY OF SPANISH “FLU"
yegterday’s Re};orts Bring Total Number
-of I?e.iths in Meade Epidemic Up to
2 62—New Cases Number 900.
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' Twenty-two more deaths resulted
Yesterday frpm the epidemic of Span
bh “flu,” which attacked Meade ten
days ago and which has been raging
furiously in many other camps in this
country. P
#ln addition to the deaths 900 new
©ases were feported to division head
'::bu,rtou, bringing the total number
#Of cases which have been noted up to
fit time to something more than
. 9,400, This is still far short of the
“highest number in any one canton
ment. Slx‘tfly-two deaths have resulted
~&rom the “flu” here.
:““ Hope for Better Turn.
“" The a thorlt:les hope that the epi
demic ill&l réached its high-water
~g:rl. a8 it had been particularly vio
“dent here for: nearly a week. The
.smedical officers, nurses and orderlies
@lfio been overworked and many of
“them have succumbed to the disease.
€ ln_al“(t}i::)otnp ofl&rethhe se}tlwtctis
siste rom. the Mercy Hospi
g Baltimore, .and it is not unlikely
i that-these will be asked to serve if
: %{umh&r of cases does not show a
“ ed decrease shortly.
galuarantine has not been relaxed.
A Quick segregation of cases in the
“®arly stages of the disease is expected
%0 work a benefit and the encourage
“/ment of athletics in the late after
! . and evening is also regarded as
;‘g. preventive measure.
- . _The hostess house, many “Y” and
- XK. of C. buildings and barracks have
mplo{ed as emergency hospitals
s and the “base” is so crowded that
~dmany wards have double the number
!( ‘patients -usually admitted.
-+ Pseventive Discovered (P) -
;,31; was reported in New York yester
. day that the well-known sciengdst, Dr.
. Parke, had discovered a serum which
SON OF RUSSIAN ADMIRAL
- PRIVATE IN DEPOT BRIGADE
Iha Diterichs, Former Lieutenant in the
'Late Czar’s Nav.y, Wishes to Aw;ehge
V the Death of Par‘gnts apd Sister.
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Ilia Diterichs, second lieutenant in
_ the fmperial Russian navy, son.of the
‘late. Vice Admiral Diterichs and
- nephew of Lieut. Gen. Diterichs of
L l"l Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia,
“is & private in the Depot Brigade,
- Camp Meade. He was wounded three
. times and decorated for bravery.
P Afi_ove everything else, even the
" galning of a commission in-the United
. States Army, Ilia wants to Tfight
_against Germany and the bolsheviki,
_the German agents in his native eoun
g And *e strongest motive pow
* behind this desire is the fact that
hig father and little sister were mur
‘de in their honie by the bolsheviki
"#fhd_his mother died as a result of
. the shock caused by the killing of her
0
AP Ready to Fight Again.
.~ %] care not in what capacity I
-~ #serye,” he said, “so long as they send
m’ Eelm the sea. I have had my
. hard knocks, but the hardest of all
is te be,placed in the development
ion,
~ Jlis had a talk yesterday with Sec-
Dembu;: of :Pe mr”fttl “Y‘.”
The secretary is a native o ussia,
wht been born on the shores of
Baltic sea. The soldier unfolded
Bbis story with a sincerity and sim
ity. which he perhaps had not beé-.
- for ‘oon able to display in this
“First of all, it should be known that
.the former . Russian :fivn . officer .
_speaks French, has a slight knowl-_
" edge of German and has acquired fi,\
. it~ acquaintance with - English.
since coming (o America to 8¢ him,-
_he believes, for a position “of ?.‘ :
i . F roG!| ke a-chance b et
@he Fvening Flar.
| would prevent the spreading o'f the
. disease. It is not claimed that the
, Serum is a cure. It would be given
. In the form of a ‘‘shot,” as with the
' anti-typhoid injection.
] Following were the deaths reported
yesterday: Raymond Loud, Salem,
. Mass., Medical Department; 8. W. Mc-
Cullum, 4th Company, Signal Corps
~ camp; William Hunt, Ashland, Md.,
" 18th Company, Depot Brigade; Albert
- Smith, Brandywine, Md.,, Company B,
~llth Ammunition Train; Earl Fran
tum, Cambridge, Md.,, Company E, 72d
' Infantry; J. Seais, Company I, 17th
~ Infantry; Glen Rayne, Delmar, Del.,
| 25th Depot Brigade; Gedrge Jones,
Port Edwards, N. Y., 19th Co., Depot
Brigade; Walton Smith, Wicomico
county, Md., 18th Company, Depot
- Brigade; George Schillings, sth Com
- pany, Depot Brigade; William N.
- Knox, Philadelphia, Pa., Remount
. Depot; Joseph Scankowinkinsa; Com
. pany M, 17th. Infantry; Nelson J.
' Moore, Little Brownsville, N. Y.,
- Headquarters Company, 71st Infantry;
James A. Edgar, Company C, 71st In
~ fantry; William J. Burnye, East
- Thompson, Mass.,, Company I, 71st In-
fantri; Howard Wallace, Company D,
' \7lst Infantry; Raymond Rose, Glen
Falls, N. Y., Company M, 71ist In
fantry; Sergt. Raymond L. Johnson,
- Rome, Ga., Machine Gun, 71st In
fantry; J. E. Compton, Montrose, Va.;
Company L, 71st Infantry; George E.
Thornton, Washington, D. C., Coms
pany B, 7ist Infantry; Alexander A.
.Boteler, Catlett, Va., ‘Medical Depart
ment; R. Shaw, Quakerstown, Pa., Med
fcal Department. .
Others who died prior to yesterday
were: David Ross, Thomas Scyze
ganiak, Giovanni Sotille, Eugene
Sortina, Thomasg L. Campbell, John H.
Anderson, Nathan McAllister; M. J.
Callahan, Paul R. Conner, Annunzio
Cucchella, James M. Smyth, John D.
Bondeleur and H. M. Dougrey.
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relatives.” His younger brother, a na
val aviator, was also killed in battle
with the Germans.
“In order that-all may know that I
am not pro-German,” said Ilia,” “al
though my namé might indicate that
I am, I would like to state that for
the last 250 years my family has lived
in Russia. About that ttme one of
my ancestors emigrated from Austria.
Since then every generation has_had
its fighting men. 5
" Saved From Hanging.
“The most exciting experience I had
was on board a dreadnaught when
1,500 sailors started a revolution at
Helsingfors harbor, and after arrest
ing twelve “officers, including myself,
decided to hang us. The hour for the
hanging was set, and at one hour
before the time Comrade Michael, a
socialist from the town, heard .of the
plot and, meeting the sailors, told
them that they were wrong and that
the officers had done nothing to de
serve death. Refusing to listen to
him, they ordered the hanging to pro
ceed, but he:interrupted with the an
nouncement that if they persisted he
would-die with the officers.
“Word was signaled to a nearby
battléship and ‘the ‘crew of revolu
tionists were informed-that aill would
be blown te atoms the minute the
officers_were harmed. That Stopped
the proceeding ,’nd Wwe were released.”
Directed 12-Inch Guns.
Ilia stated that he commanded a
battery of twelve-inch guns on board .
the ship and that they defeated’ the
German high sea fleet in a battle dur
.ing.the fall of-1915. His father, Vice -
- Admiral Diterichs, he declared, was -
moaou'r:l ln—dr.(:lng‘;qc German .:isg
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WASHINGTON.
Keith’'s—Vaudeville, with Leo
Beers. '
Poli’s—*Busincss Before Pleas
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> FlNational——Muulcal comedy, ‘“Flo
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* Shubert-Belasco--Nora Bayes. '
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court-martial, when “he showed the
letter from hi‘sY chief demanding that
the poor ammunition he received. -
Fought on Three Fronts.
, Ilia, according to the Russian sys
, teni, served, after leaving his military
~ college in Petrograd, with the army
. in a minor capacity on the Galician,
Dvinsk and Riga fronts. He then re
l ceived his commission in the navy.
The army, he said, was enthusiastic
' at the beginning of the¢ wgr, in its
war on Germany, as thers were many
' old scores to be settled.
_ “Kerensky,” he said, “was much to
. blame for the present situation and
. frequently released Lenin and Trot
-~ sßky from prison, when they had been
| arrested for starting counter revo
lutions.” .
- Ilia was sent with several other
~ officers to America to bring back a
- ship which had just been launched
-for the Russian government. While
~ here the bolsheviki got control and
the officers and men were ordered to
return to Russia if they would remain
- true to the new regime. But the offi
cers resigned and remained in New
York. *
Embassy With Them,
It was then that they tried to get,
commissions with the United States
forces through the Russian embassy.
This fell through, it is thought, be
cause it was felt that they were still
technically subjects of. Russia.
Ilia started a taxicab company and
was making $1,500 a month when the
draft came along and sent him to
Mzade. Others of the. officers were
serving as conductors on street cars,
while some worked for $5 a week as
track oilers. Most of them, lnclud?
Ilia; had taken out their first citizen
ship papera and they believe that they
have fortified their positions in their
fight for overseas duty. Diterichs was
fully. naturalized here on Friday.
And in all this hard sledding in a
country with which he is not familiar
Ilia was successful also as a wooer,
for he became engaged to a New York
lady of high standing.
' - ; .
Russian Lad, at Seventeen, Once a
World Traveler—Now Busy
at Cartooning.
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‘. Walking from Rome to Paris or
from Paris to Berlin and similar lit
tle excursions across Europe is not a
simple matter these days, but a few
years ago Serge P. Knazeff, a Russian,
in the BSanitary Detachment, Depot
Brigade, B 26, made the first-named
trip on foot and enjoyed it.
It happened that Serge was only
seventeen years old. He was a ven
‘turesome lad and left his home in
Russia when he was still very young.
It is ihteresting to note also that his
name, translated, means Duke, aad it
is not customary for dukes to travel
except by horse or carriage.
Traveled More Than Year.
“However,” said Serge, “I deter
mined -to see the world and I went
through Europe within a short time
after I left home. I then took in South
Africa. Later I went to Savannah,
Ga., and thence shipped for England.
ilktept this up for one year and a
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Haying seen many important places,
Serge decided to settle down to work
and.came to Florida, where he had
an uncle. He studied dt the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute and would have
becomeé an expert in metallurgy but
for the breaking out of the war.
“My ambition,” said the soldier, “is
to become a college professor. I think
I shall remain in this country as I
have made so many friends on this
side of the water.”
Now Trying to Amuse.
Knazeff is a cartoonist, too, and his
drawings will ahortlé make their ap
.pearanee-in “T and C.” He is.tremen
.dously interested in the wolwo of his
fellow soldiers and is doin¥ every
: ‘?ullr;h his power tonhqlpf %
even sall; "'éolho(ouh.ot Mfi
m?“g' —"{'-”v " - < $ *“- -’ i ’
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. Popular Singer in M. G. Co., 63d
Infantry, Declines Offer Which
; Would Break Up Quartet. °
. This is a little joke on the members
of the staff of S hut, but it is illus
~ trative of the tremendous amount of
: talent in the Army and of the diffi
~ culty of “running it down.” A
, The Machine Gun Company of the
T 62d Infantry is a live organization,
- which the boys in that body appre
-~ clate, and they constitute a sort.of
self-entertainment ~ society which
f would be hard to beat. !
| One of the principal sources of
. amusement is the Harmony Quartet,
- and the reason that holds it together
more than anything else is the in
tense regard with which Private Por
., ter holds the other three singers and
| the members of the- company whose
. appreciation of the quartet’s work
| has \-\boen demonstrated so often.
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L Warmly Commended.
. Porter has a very good .voice and
the -boys have tolg hh{n so in very
.emphatic tones. ot long ago .his
commundlu% officer came to him with
~ the news that he had been selected
~ for service in an officers’ training
- school where he might study to ob
.~ tain a commission. He was a good
~ soldier besi%el being a good singer.
“Thank you very much,” said Por
ter, “put if I left the company the
~ quartet would be broken up, I pre:
- fer to remain.”
Porter's wish was granted and his
- decision, has been all the more com
- mended by those who knew of the
sacrifice he had made for the benefit
of the quartet and the company as a
whole. ,
‘ This story was.-told by a form;r,
member of the company and the “Y"”
men in 8 huf knew nothing about the
incident. ?
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The Lone Bull’s Eye.
(After Adelside Anne Proctor’s ‘‘Lost Chord.")
(By Private G. R. Mitchell, Co. C, 33d Eng.)
Shooting one day at 200,
From a pose that would break your back,
My gun was wlbbunf madly &
As I took up the trigger's slack.
I hardly knew where I wss lhobtlng.-
Or w.'u&t I was shooting at |
But I bahged away with ‘‘Old ‘Befsy,”” °
And the bullet struck with a spat. -
It kicked np the sand and the pebbles,
And the target dropped from sight,’ e
And 1 nearly fell off the rampart
When the disc they showed was white,
I have sougkt, and still seek va!nly,
And will while I'm yet alive,
To find where 1-aimed on that target
When I got that count of five,
It may be some time in the future, ?
- ‘When I've had more time to trainm,
And I've got more used to Betsy,
| That I'll hit that bull again.
: —Deven’s,
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IF YOU WANT US TO GO ON, |
HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO HELP.}
The seven organizations that are trying to keep things §
cheerful for the men that are winning the. war have united § "
in a great campaign for funds with which to carry ‘on t % b
Every man in uniform has come into contact with ong §=
or more of them; some of you have with all of them. They §*
are the Y. M. C. A, Y. W. C. A., National Catholic War |
Council (Knights of Columbus), Jewish Welfare Board, ¥ “1 :
Camp Community Service, American Library ociation | -
and Salvation Army. . | e
- The datg’of the campaign as fixed by President Wilsod |
is November 11-18, and the amount for which the seven asi'}
is $170,500,000. . . . o - "R r
It is an enormous amount of money, but it is not ome |
cent less thamthey need if they are to keep up. with the &
Army and Navy. : 5o o
~ And they will get it, too, That is, if the folks back home
realize as |1 what these seven organizations mean to you,
Yfllnz uniform can make this campaign a success
If every one of you, in your letters, will teH the folks bach
home to get behind this campaign they will make it the
-~ Will you do it? Can we count on you to boost from now.
| until November 11?. We know we caa. - | > &
| “Help M-W so_get the money they afed
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ARMY NEWS
FOR ARMY MEN
AND .
THEIR HOME FOLKS
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NEW ARTILLERY W
Twenty-Second Brigade to Takd
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in 32d and 334 F, A. *’g
Regiments. o
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Fulfilling the prediction that artile .
lery would continue to play a %’ifl
large part in the war, a new artill ,§{l
({;rl‘gade has been organized here, . g;;
will be called the 22d. A
The commanding officer will be Cok '
G. M. Compton and the brigade ’Wg
contain two regiments, the 324 W@
33d. These regiments have hitherte
been parts of the 11th Brigade. -The fi
new unit will be sent to France s
a part of another divieion or as part
of what is called “Army artillery,” 6 *
be employed by a corps or Army ooms .
mander in any section of the front'h %
selects. : T
It is understood that Col. Henty
L. Stimson will command the 1% ) P
Brigade, which will consist of ‘the
31st F. A. and the 73d F. A, the
named to be created shortly. ip
ctim‘lmand will remain in the 11th Pis
vision. . ;R
It is not at al]l improbable t Cok %
Compton and_ éol. Stimson '%l{:‘- e
‘made brigadiers, in view of their ,;‘lg‘
larged .pelap—ot action. Both officers
have fine“Tecirds and Meade woul ;;gm
be delighted to have them gle ated
to_ higher rank. "%it
The presence of three aviators ,’9
who worked in con{unct orte with thi ¥y
Bl,fdna.l Corps men in the m neuvers
held here yesterday, was a sourcs. of .
wonderment and luglnuon to tha.
“ground” soldiers, who never before -
had had the opportunity ‘o& eing
an airplane on active scout dut
It was soon learned that the fiiers
can be of great value, especiall :i:fi
the artillery commanders, who som 4
times have trouble in locating the =
. enemy - with ordinary old-time obs
servers. s . Wi
The aviators will ‘be in ade seve.
eral days and it is not at all aniikbly "
that many soldiers will ask. to be
transferred to the air service ag'®
result of their visit. D
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Needed Repairs. &
From Harper's Magazine, L j;"}jf'
The old practice of badgering ¥
nesses {s still kept up in some westems
courts, sometimes, however, to the déte
riment of the cross-exeminer. L
Lawyer Smith, partially bald, and.& *
very infrequept patron of the legss
barber shop, }las grilling a wits 3@
on the stand. ; i
“Now, Mr. Barker, you pass for au
intelligent farmer, and yet you GSff
tell how old this barn {s; and S
have lived on the next farm 2o i
years. Come now, tell us how gl "
your own house it, if you think P
know.” . T
Whereupon. the old farmer soltas
what testily replied: “Well, it's J¥i
about as old as you are, and g
shingling about as bad!” = “SESEEE
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