davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1915-03-25
TRAVELETTE
by NIKsAH.
Carcassonne.


There are few towns remaining N
Europe that are just as they were IN
the brave days OF chivalry. when
plumed knights rode under their great
stone gates and 1ong-bowmen defended
their towers. But one there is that IS
well nigh perfect. At Carcassonne ~
southern France, within sight OF the
Pyrenees, hardly stone mas pee'l
changed since Charlemagne pesieSeu
the Saracens there
You come to Carcassonne TO-DAY
through rich valley that is all one
mighty vineyard of low-ciusterhs,
fruit laden vines. Here ana lhefe are
great stone wells. and the water Is
raised from them by windlass drawn
by a plodding horse, and splashed INTO
tiny aaueducts that carry II 10 the
vines This primitive system OF ltl'-
CATION has been there almost as lohs
as the town. Here and there IN inc
valley are fragments Of walls OF ora
forts and there still stand some OF the
towers where watchmen, armed win
long bows, guarded the approach 70
the valley in the medieval days OF
ceaseless warfare.
And when you come upon 1ateds
some itself YOU know that at last you
have found the perfect, the unspollna
remnant Of the past. Mighty stone
walls, with great arched gates, sur
round the city that lifts half a hun
drey gray towers in striking sifhouette
through IL fortified gateway and
winding narrow passage, and are
shown in room overhead great
caldron where oil was boiled. and the
hole through which 1T was poured upon
the enemy: and in one of the towers,
a torture chamber with it's great ire
place for heating irons. Everything
here is of the past and the stories you
are told of brave medieval days strike
YOU with vivid reality.
1t was here that Raymond Roger.
Niscount of Carcassonne. was betrayed
by the English knight, Simon de Mont
fort. Eiscount Roger was leader OF
Albigenses, and the Pope sent de Mont
fort to punish them. De Montfort
planted his forces before the walls of
Carcassonne and saw that a siege was
useless. Therefore. he proposed con-
ference. and the young viscount agreed.
The great portcullis was lowered. and.
with his knights lined up on either
side of the causeway and retalners
crowding every window. young Ray
mod Roger. in silver armor, accom-
panied by six horsemen, rode forth to
meet de Montfort. And de Montfort
betrayed him and held him prisoner
Thereafter the de Montforts ruled at
Carcassonne. but the days of their
supremacy were uneasy and the son
of Simon de Montfort abandoned the
old fort and gave it back to the French
crown.
Within this walled city of the middle
| ages there live today a handful of
French peasants, who seem oppressed
and overawed by the strangeness of
| their surroundings. quit unlike the
boisterous farmers Of the surrounding
country. It is memories that really
dominate Carcassonne-a genuine city
| Of the past.
Evening star., 1915-03-25
Two Autos Damaged by Fires.

An automobile belonging to Gustav
Stickley. 1912 H street northwest.
caught fire in front of the Brightwood
School yesterday afternoon about clock
No. 12 engine company responded to an
alarm last night about 1880 O'Clock
and extinguished fire in an automo-
bile belonging to George Sembly. sl17
NJ street northwest. The car WAS near
Sd street and Florida avenue northeast
amounted to $500.
Evening star., 1915-03-25
Shippers Trade Oyster Craft.

Capt Randolph Thomas of ST Georges
Island, owner of an unnamed power
boat, and Capt. 2. Sparrow of the east
ern shore of Maryland, owner of the
little schooner Lola Taylor, arrived
here several days ago aboard their re-
spective vessels with oysters for the
market. Each taking a fancy to the
craft Of the other. a trade was effected
early in the week. and yesterday Capt.
Thomas took charge of the Lola Taylor,
while Capt Sparrow transferred him
self and belongings to the cabin of the
unnamed craft. which. il is asserted,
will be named Songbird. The Lola Tay
lor is a vessel of ten tons register and
is f1fty-six feet long. She was built in
Westmoreland county. Va, in 1886, and
halls from Cape Charles.
Evening star., 1915-03-25

sse. .ooo. 600 written since thc war he
gan. Its earned premiums 20 dat"
amount 10 about Si.2an.oon,
Several ships insured with the hu-
reau have gone to the bottom recently
from other causes than those inctueh'
to war so the bureau has earned the
premiums on these ships, despite their
sinking.
In tho last few weeks comparatiNciy
few policies have been written.
Evening star., 1915-03-25
WAR RISK BUREAU AHEAD.
Premiums Paid to Government Far
in Excess of Losses to Date.

Premiums have been paid to tho gov
ernment war risk insurance bureau to
date amounting to sI.7s0.00o and losses
have aggregated only S6to,seS. accord
ing to an announcement just made.
The loss may be considerably reduced
through salvage of cotton in the car
goes of some of the steamers lost. The
bureau has outstanding policies agsre
eating s1S,0oo.ooo out of total OF
Evening star., 1915-03-25
.SABOT WOODS CAPTURED,
FRENCH LOSE HEAVILY
EYEWITNESS Describes Bayonet Fight
ing in Which Germans Were
Put to Rout. .".

PARIS. March o5.-An official eye
witness describes the capture of Sabot
woods. between Souain and Perthes, on
the battle front in France. He writes:
Each time We attack we gain our
end; each time they counter attack We
maintain our gain said a sergeant. ex-
planning the operations at Perthes.
Between the adverse lines. where
the fighting has gone on for months,
quantities of dead bodies lie-some of
them dating from the first engage
ments, their dried faces reduced to the
appearance of mummies. Beyond these
lines the Sabot woods. which the enc
my held strongly for months. were the
object of systematic attack The
Germans strongly fortified the heights
dominating our positions at that point.
Ordered to Take Woods.
March l. the general order was
given that the woods must be taken.
The artillery prepared the ground for
the first attack. which. in the face of
a violent machine-gun fire, resulted in
the capture of two lines of trenches.
A further advance was checked by a
vigorous counter attack.
Our success was very costly The
lieutenant colonel commanding, cap
tain and two lieutenants fell mortally
wounded.
ION the morning Of the Sth the Ger
mans made Il more serious attempt to
regain the position. The spectacle fur
nlshed by our troops was magnificent.
With fixed bayonets they bounded for
ward and in few minutes the ground
was covered with dead Germans, many
of whom are still lying there.
''E-rop1 9th 18TH further
progress was made. We arrived to
within twenty Yards of the main Ger
man trench. which was particularly
well fortified. Unable to Withstand the
fire, We were obliged to retire until
the 18th. when an epic combat at
o'clock in the morning resulted in its
final capture. In pitch darkness our
men approached silently, until ordered
to charge: they then fell upon the
line of defense so unexpectedly that
the Germans were bayoneted in their
tracks only few survivors sue
, ceeded in retiring to their rear lines.
Blockhouse Fire.
This movement concealed trick. A
strongly organized blockhouse was un-
masked behind the trenches and an en-
filading fire from machine guns deci-
mated our ranks, which, however, held
good until 4:40, when the blockhouse
itself was attacked with great fury.
Hand -to-hand fighting on the parapet
la sted one hour
"At $50 we were inside. Bayonets
! were reeking with blood. Several of
them were bent out of shape by ex-
cessive use, after which the fighting
went on with the butts of rifles.
AT dawn the Germans counter at
tackled twice, but were stopped by our
bombs, and we were master of Sabot
woods.
Evening star., 1915-03-25
The Dividends
Following are the "dividends":

/. Note still due on land purchased back
Of Vacation Lodge. Cherrydale. Va.
for In NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $i.o
.. Extension of girls work department
store employees etc.,. 500
). Extension of work with high school
4. For reception OF visitors Sunday
nights jat these functions nuv WON
an. whether o member Of the as
sociation or not, NAV receive food.
rest. music and friendship. .... 500
!. For religious work and extension Of
sdiHe l.oup
c. For dressmaking and millinery clas<es
Iamount not covered by tuition
:. For finding employment for those ont
Of work and rooms for woman
strangers in the city Cos
s. For library INSTRUMENTATION. Gn
O. For gymnasium Observation-Disclosures. 200
70. For SATURDAY. NIGHT entertainments 500
IL. Difference between tuition in educa-
tiona1 denartment and cost of the
upkeep Of the same ..... 900
10. For classes outside Of regular educa-
tional classes Of the association. . 5do
Total Observation-Disclosures. g. 5oo
Evening star., 1915-03-25

can be TRANSPORTED on four motor
trucks. The fund raised in this coun-
try for support OF the American AM
buIance Hospital in Paris. through con-
tributions sent to ]. p. Morgan & Co.
amounts to S36S,2S1.
Evening star., 1915-03-25
TEAMS MAKE BIG GAIN
IN Y.W.C.A. COLLECTIONS
However, Less Than 1900 of the
$500 Needed Is Reported
on Hand.

Teams entered in the campaign OF
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
|tion to raise $500 today reported
s5o4.75 as the amount collected yester-
day. This is practically 5000 more than
the amounts reported on either OF the
two previous days.
Following are the amounts reported
by each of the team leaders today for
their respective teams: Mrs. William
Hamilton Bayly, president, $40; Miss
Elisabeth F. Pierce, first vice president,
S31: Mrs. Herbert E. Day, second vice
president, s54: Mrs. Frank G. wilkins,
member of the board of directors,
$3.50; Mrs. II. 3. +. Macfarland. mem
her of the board of directors. $50. Miss
Frances L. Chickerfng, corresponding
secretary. s31, and Mrs. W. l. Brown.
s135.
Yesterdays increase greatly encour-
aged the teams. and although the to-
tai amount collected is still less than
$4,000 the workers are putting forth
|redoubled efforts in order to make up
for the lost ground" A large number
of the associations good friends yet
remain to be seen by the team mem
hers
Evening star., 1915-03-25
Blockhouse Fire.
Pension Bill Progresses.

ALBANY, n. Y, March 25.-The bill
intended to provide pensions for wild
owed mothers passed the assembly
yesterday. 129 to S. It previously had
passed the senate and now goes to the
governor for signature.
Evening star., 1915-03-25

conducted by Rev. Or. H. NJ. Canter
Harrisonburg, a former pastor OF the
local church, who will also preach.
John IL Parrott and others have so!d
to Louis NJ. Evans a house and lot on
the south side OF Cameron street be-
tween Alfred and Patrick streets.
Evening star., 1915-03-25
Peter Morrison Fractures Ankle.

rctcr Morrison. 9o3 g street south
west, fell from a scau"ld AT Esd ana ~
streets northwest yesterday afternoon
and fractured hts ankle. lie was
taken 10 Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1915-03-25

called attention to the service divi-
dends" into which the desired sum has
been divided and which 1t Is hoped
by the association the public will take
up" in return for the social service
rendered by the organization each year.
Evening star., 1915-03-25
Women of Many Countries.

The association has in its member
ship now women of many countries.
All of these, as we'll as all other mem
bers. are expected to assist in the cam
paisn. even though not on one of the
teams. The countries represented in
clude-in addition to the continent of
South America and practically every
state in the Union-France, Germany,
Ireland. Austria, Russia. Denmark,
West Indies, Scotland, Cuba, Switzer-
land. Porto Rico. Sweden. Holland,
England and Canada.
Miss Florence NJ. Brown. general sec
retary of the association, today again
Evening star., 1915-03-25
Sexton to Lecture on Biology.

Roy l.. Sexton is to give an Illus
trated lecture on Biology Practically
Applied" at a meeting of the George
town Biological Club to be held this
evening at Georgetown University.
The wise man bottles his wrath and
then loses the corkscrew.
Evening star., 1915-03-25
RexoM DYSPEPSIA
ASS Tablets

will relieve your indigestion. Many
people in this town have used them
and we have yet to hear of a case where
they have failed. We know the for
mula. Sold only by us-25c box.
O'Donnell's Drug Stores.
Evening star., 1915-03-25
Lewis to Run Glacier Park Hotel.

Clifford NJ. Lewis. well known as hotel
man in this city. has been engaged as
manager for. the Glacier Park. Mont,
hotel. Mr.. Lewis was prominent in the
building and opening of the Powhatan
Hotel Of this city. and was previously
proprietor of the Richmond Hotel here.
The hostelry to which he now goes is
operated by company of Which James
]. Hill is the head. IT is built of logs,
and located at the entrance to the park
The lobby of the hotel is made to repre-
sent a forest scene, and has a camp fire
burning in the middle.
The best way to get along with some
people is to get along without them.
The day book., 1915-08-09

A COMEBACK

A Boston clergyman was called
west for two weeks and upon his
return he asked his wife how his sub
stitute filled his pulpit during his abb
sence.
mot well at all" she answered.
There was nothing in his sermon
at all"
Later in the day the clergyman met
the substitute and asked him how he
got on.
ooh, very well, " he replied, 81 didn't
have time to prepare a sermon Sun
day so preached one Of yOUrs."
The day book., 1915-08-09

INSULL MAN SAYS THE COAL
NEWS WILL COME OUT
A phone call came for Aid. VIM. E.
Rodriguez a few hours after The
Day Book was on the streets with a
statement from Rodriguez on the Sc
crecy of the Commonwealth Edison Co.
and the failure of Sam Insults Office
to even acknowledge receipt Of four
letters written the company by the
alderman.
"ATe you correctly quoted in The
Day Book" asked the voice.
eyes, I said that; the story's all
straight, said the alderman.
well, I am coming over to see
you" said the voice.
A few minutes later VIM. H. Ar
thur, an attorney for the Common
wealth Edison, walked in. He ex-
planned:
,"All of the men who have the in
formation which you request are
away on vacation. They will be back
early in September. 1 assure you
that the information will then be
Forthcoming. There is no intention
to keep secret the matter of where !
the company buys coal and its
prices"
81 thought it peculiar I couldn't get |
an acknowledgement of at least one
of my four letters" said Rodriguez. |
'I understand your head man, Sam
insult, is strong for efficiency. That |
didn't look like efficiency to me-"
ct is certainly our intention to re-
ply to letters. I cannot understand |
why that should have gone amiss."
Later another voice had Rodriguez
on the phone and this was the talk: |
81 suppose you know Mp. insult |
buys coal from his own mines for the |
EdiSOn -
The day book., 1915-08-09

which Frank Peabody Of Chicago and,
the Consumers Co. is the head"
eff those are the facts I am inter
ested to see them developed"
You will find the company buys
1000 tons of coal a day and pays
S1.83 a ton for coal that can be
bought for $1.5O a ton"
eff Mr.. insult is selling coal to him
self the consumers who pay light and
power bills with cash each month
will be interested to see the prices"
LAST NIGHT WAS A REGULAR
ALL ROUND RAID NIGHT
1t was bad night for street walk
ers and the morals court was crowd
ed today.
The saloon of Nicholas Gozden,
mick the Goose" 653 w. Madison,
which hasn't been touched for years
Dy LuG ponce, Was IdIu6u' IL "OutOA
and men were taken.
At II S. Peoria, 4 men and wom-
en- were picked up and three couples
were pinched while entering the Bon
Ton hotel, 12O s. Halsted. Thirty
women made the mistake of flirting
with Desplaines station plain clothes
men on Halsted st.
The Cottage Grove station police
had to fight their way through crowd
to get 8 women and 10 men to the
wagons from 1852 s. State.
Other raids were at $40 N. Clark,
433 Wells, 513 N LaSaIle, 122 W.
Grand av., 10 E. Illinois and 916
Wells.
-O-O
A COMEBACK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-22
THE WAR SITUATION

21.(s15 in   
 
  repued at m)The following  in Ung valley
   
  losses n The pass i n o U April  the text of the n
 
  lmcnto of the 
 
   following Jaunde road dhaveta posses Q brilliant the allies insignificant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-22
MATTHEWSSAYSHE INSPECTED WALL:
 THOUGHT II SAFE
Building Inspector of City Disclaims Responsibility for CatastrOphe-TaIks
 With Reluctance

Building Inspector W. 0. Matthews stated last night that 1t was not his duty to inspect or condemn old walls left standing by fires.
 George Ward, president of the city commission, stated that such was a part of MT. Matthews duties.
 Tt is the duty of MT. Matthews to inspect all such walls as this one which fell here and report on their condi- ton to the city commission said A,r Ward. "IIe has no power to condemn q wall but he can report an unsafe wall to the commission and then it will be condemned
 No, sir; MT. Matthews has never reported to the commission that this wall was unsafe"
 Mir. Matthews appeared very much excited last night. He showed plainly that he did not want to talk to the reporter and kept walking away.
 MT. Matthews" asked the reporter. whose duty was it to pass on the safe ty of the teele-Smith wall?"
 q don't know. It wasn't mine.' ne said.
 "Do you never inspect old walls such as this? Is that not part Of your office duties?'
 "No; I seldom inspect them"
 Your duties are confined to inspec- tion of new buildings, then?'
 Well not entirely"
 Don't you inspect the walls left standing after a fire?''
 "Yes. sir"
 "Rut you didn't inspect these?'
 "Yes, sir: I inspected these and thought they were safe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-22
INVESTIGATION TO FIX
 BLAME FOR DISASTER TO
 BE HELD BY COMMISSION

Yes, sir. there certainly will be an in .vestigation held by the city commission in an attempt to fix the responsibility, if there Is any, for this calamity last night said President George Ward of the city commission.
 President Ward was one of the first on the scene and he stayed there until late last night, being in direct charge If the rescue work. He took up a station on the sidewalk between the Ham store and the Atlantic Pacific store, and from there per- sonally directed the rescue work in both places assisted by Chief of Police Eagan and Fire Chief Middleton.
 Commissioner Weatherly also was on the scene and remained until late. If there is to be any responsibility fixed on anyone for the accident 1t will doubt less be a difficult matter. as already last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-22

The majority of people who stood about the scene of the catastrophe or witnessed it were of the opinion that miniature hurricane had swept over the city about 5 o'clock and that the walls were not strong enough to stand it. Several persons were found on the other hand who gave good evidence that the walls were struck by lightning.
 As to the hurricane, Weather Forecast sr Horton of the United States weather bu- reau stated last night that there was noth- ing in the nature of hurricane. ''1 he wind was merely one of the usual out bursts from a thunderstorm and reached velocity of about 55 miles all hour, which Is nothing out of the ordinary: We have that strong a wind almost every cay. There was nothing twisting about inc wind, however or anything in the nature of hurricane"
 Commissioner James Weatherly states d policeman told him that ne was walking down the opposite side of Second avenue when the crash occurred "Ife said that he heard crash like a collision of some kind, said Mir Weatherly. and when he looked up he saw the buildings erumbling and the cloud of dust arise. also talked tc woman who witnessed the crash and she said she heard two distinct and sep arate reports. After the first report she said she looked up and then saw the cloud of dust and the second report as the walls struck the buildings of the shoe store and grocery"
 F Officer J. c. Kemp of the police force said: "I was standing in that little fruit store next door to the Steele-Smith place when the accident happened. I heard q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-22

night there were a dozen and one theories advanced. any of which sounded more or less reasonable.
 Mrs. l.. P. Hudgins. owner of rne Steele-Smith building. was so shocked that she was under the care of a phy- sician at her home. A gentleman who came to the telephone for her. however. when asked why the walls of the Steeie- smith place had not been torn down. stated that they had not been demolished because the city building inspector had reported them safe. Tt was even stated, ' he said, that it would be safe to use those walls as the basis for new build
 ing on the lot"
 A. w. B.. Johnson. president of the Steele-Smith company, was out of tho city last night, and could not be reached. It is known, however. that the insurance of the Steele-Srnith company has not yet been adjusted and as to whether or not tbls had anything to do with ,ld walls not being torn down could not be learned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-22

distinct thud I had stepped in there out ran into the street and as l did so l heard the walls crash down onto the other baild- iEgs. Men, women and children were run- ning everywhere and screaming 1 gToped my way through the dust to the entrance or the shoe store. saw what had happened and then sent in the alarm
 John Calman of the Odeon picture shows was directly in front of the Steele-Smith store when the walls fell.
 ''I had left the Odeon One and was com ing up Second avenue to the odeon Two said MT. Calman I was under the shed which has been constructed out over the sidewalk in front of the Stee-Smith store when suddenly I heard d crash. Once be- fore at Ocean Grove l was close to where bolt of lightning struck and I felt ex- aotly the same sensation today. I was dazed. In a moment I recovered myself. however, just as there came a second crash and instantly a cloud of dust sim ply enveloped everything. l saw dimly through it the forms of people running in every direction and screaming. I did the same thing. There isn't doubt in my mind but what the building was struck by lightning
 Both walls of the Steele-Smth building fell The theory is that the west wall fell first, crashed against the east wall, which then fell eastward and caused the Catastrophe.
 s"I was in the operating room of the Odeor One and saw the lightning flash, '' said w. c. Alexander, manager of the theatre, last night. q distinctly felt the electric shock. I did not notice so much two. reports but the first one was more ther came the second crash as the walls fell.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-22
SLIGHTLY INJURED

Four people known have been killed injured three probably fatally and unknown number missing thought been buried the ruins of the Atlantic Pacific Tea and the Ham Shoe store which crushed like egg shells yesterday afternoon at 521 o'clock when the wall of the old Steele Smith collapsed The Shoe threestory structure and the stories
 The known dead Alex Mcleod manager of the Ham store J. Whock of Atlanta travelling auditor of the company Miss Marie Deman employed by the company and unidentified negro It is feared that bodies will be discovered the make further progress debris.
 Fire broke out in the of the Ham shortly the collapse of the wall and added the horror the catastrophe The fire department called out and exnguhed the flames before they had gained any headway.
  o people In
  wrecked buildings
 
  their killed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-22

George B. Ward, president of the city commission, directed the rescue work up until a late hour last night, and he then appointed Frank Gafford, street commissioner, to have charge of the rescue work. Carl Wittichen, Walter Metcalfe, Sid Cowan, B. Me- Intyre, Dr. Charles Whelan, Dr. H. A. Stipher and Thornton Estes volun- teered to remain up all night and as- sist in the rescue work. In addition to these hundreds of citizens volun-