davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1915-12-07
Has No Thought of I'm
mediate Danger

l have spoken to you today, gentle
men, unon a single theme, the thorough
preparation OF the nation to care for its
own security, and to make sure of en-
tire freedom to play the impsrtia! role
In this hemisphere and in the world
which we all believe to have been Drovi-
5ertiallN assigned To II. ! have had in
my mind no thought or anv imr'cdiatn
or particular danger arising out nj our
relations with other nations. We are at
peace with al the nations Of tho world,
and there is reason to hon" that M
question In controversy between THU
The Washington times., 1915-12-07
WILSON MAKES PLEA
FOR DEFENSE OF u. S.
AND MERCHANT SHIPS
Declares Two Americas Must Be Linked To-
gether in Bonds of Mutual Interest and
Service-Would Create Instrumental
ties By Which To Mobilize America S
Economic Resources At Any Time.

The of President Wilson'S message read in person to
House the Hall of Representatives to-
day. follows
Gentlemen of the Congress:
Since had the privilege of addressing you the state
the nations the other side of the which
had then only disclose its proportions has
tended its threatening and sinister until it has swept within its
flame portion of of the globe excepting our
hemisphere has altered the whole face of International affairs
and prospect of reorganization and reconstruction
and people have been called attempt
before.
We have stood sudiouy neutral 1t manifest
duty Not did interest in the policies
which have brought the conflict it necessary if
universal catastrophe be avoided that limit should be set
of destructive and that of the
family of nations should keep the OF alive if only
collective ruin and the breakdown throughout
world of the industries by which populations fed and
tanned manesy duty of the selfgovened nations of
hemisphere redress possible the balance of economic loss
and confusion the other they could do nothing In the
day eadusmen recuperaon earnestly hope and be-
ieve that they of infinite service.
In this neutrality which they hidden only by their
life and their habual detachment from the politics of Eu
also by clear of international duty the States
America have become conscious of vital
muny Of interest and moral partnership affairs clearly
bid them stand together.
The Washington times., 1915-12-07

such manner as shall he jndped most
conducive to the public veal" We
have unfcsitatingly applied that heroic
principle to the case of Mexico and
now hopefully await the rebirth Of the
troubled republic. which had so much
of which to purge itself and so little
sympathy from any outside quarter III
the radical but necessary process We
will aid snd befriend Mexico. Lut we
Will not corece her: and orr course with
regard to her ought to he sufficient
proof to all America that we seek no
political suzerainty or selfish control
The Washington times., 1915-12-07
True American Policy Is Impossible Without Ships of Our OW
Resources of Should Be Ready Mobilization Says Wilson

called economic protection. 1t is high
time we repaired our mistake and re-
sumed our commercial independence on
the seas.
The Washington times., 1915-12-07

particular matter that lies at the very
front of my whole thought as l ad-
dress you today. mean national de-
fense. -.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18

my chest and rub myself with gaso-
| line.
| told Pop / had no desire to be-
come human automobile. so he got
| mad and went home. But before he
| got mad he drank six bottles of beer
| and before he went home he invited
| himself back to dinner.
Then Hep Hardy dropped in and ten
minutes later he had me making signs
| for an undertaken
Hep comes to the bedside of the af.
| flicted in the same restful manner that
| a buZzsaw associates with a log of
| pine.
He insisted upon taking my pulse
and listening to my heart beats, but
when he attempted to turn my eye
lids back to see if l had a touch of
the CHAMBERS every germ in my body
| rose in rebellion and together we
chased Hep out of the room.
| The next calamity was Teddy Pear
son, who had an apartment on the
floor above us. Teddy had spent the
previous night at Tango party and
ever since daylight he had been beat
| ing home to windward. His cargo had
shifted and the seaway was rough.
Still clad in the black and white seen.
cry with the silk bean cover some
what mussed, he CROPPED across the
darkened room and solemnly shook
| hands with me.
| Then he sat in chair by the bed
side and began to sing soft lullabfes
to hold-over
Presently he reached out his arm,
and made all the gestures that go with
the act of hitting a bell to summon a
waiter.
Receiving no answer to his thirsty
appeal, he arose and said: "This is
heluva club-rottenest service in
this club-slimit, that's what it is
s'limit!" Then he hiccoughed his
weary way out Of the room and ]
haven't seen him since
An hour later Uncle Louis Miffen
dale had looked me over and conclud
ed | had galloping asthma. com
pressed tonsilitis, chillblainous Group
and incipient measles. He insisted
that | take three grains of quinine
two grains of asperine. rub the back
of my neck with benzine, soak my
ankles in kerosene. then a little
phenacetine. and hot whisky toddy
every half hour before meals.
If | found it hard to take the todcy
he volunteered to run in every hall
hour and help me.
Then his wife. Aunt Jessica, blew
in with a deduction she called catniE
tea. She brough: it all the way from
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18

Street and elevated s..rvIce IN chi
cago was stopped by general strike
Service will be resumed through the
employment of nonunion worlsmen
and extended as rapidly as possible
Policemen and armed guards will be
present with Mayor Thompson's ex-
press order to protect the lives and
property of citizens.
Twelve persons are dead and forty
or fifty injured as a result of Satur-
days storm in Wisconsin. The storm
at Ferryville was the most serious
This village, between Prairie du Chicn
and La Crosse, was swept by the
storm and practically wiped out of
existence. The property loss was
$4,000
Ten sections Of California oil lands
near the town Of McKittrick, Kern
county. valued at s15.0O0,00O. were
declared to have been fraudulently
patented by the Southern Pacific Rail-
road company in a decision of the
United States district court of Oregon
hled at Los Angeles, Cal.
-Four men were blown to atoms in
an explosion of nitroglycerin at the
plant of the Dupont Powder company
at Ashburn, Mo.
Lem Jones, one of three negroes
who killed Syrian in Norfolk, was
electrocuted at Richmond, Va. One of
his confederates is in prison for life
and the other for 10 years.
Leo NJ. Frank must pay the death
penalty for the murder of Mary Pha.
gan, unless executive clemency is ex-
tended between now and June 90. The
state prison commission at Atlanta.
Ca, refused to recommend that his
death sentence be committed to life
Imprisonment
Property at Portland, Ore. valued
at more than 100000 was destroyed
by fire that spread over six blocks
of the water front from Burnside to
Oak streets.
Frank Thompson of Carpenter
Wyo., was killed instantly and Theo-
dore Poelman, lawyer. was badly
injured when an automobile driven
by Thompson skidded over an en-
bankment into a creek near Beloit.
Wis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
That Stamped Return Envelope

Among the many letters I receive
from charitable enterprises asking me
to contribute" said man who gives
occasionally, II get now and then one
that contains return addressed en-
velOpe with stamp on it,
This must be an expensive way OF
sending out circulars, but / am in.
clined to think it pays. At any rate
| know how it impresses one.
81 should not feel warranted in
using that stamp for my own personal
purposes, and of course it would be
wasteful to throw it away; and then it
seems to me a businesslike method of
proceeding, thus to make it very easy
for the person addressed to reply
Further, | rather admire the sporting
spirit of an institution that is willing
to risk two-cent stamp on the chance
of getting something more in return.
$50 when ] get one of those APP.
peals containing an addressed and
stamped return envelope | usually put
into 1t and forward a small contribu.
ton"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Brass Band Cures CataIepsy

An extraordinary instance of the
curative power of music is recorded il
newspapers recently arrived from
Italy. In a Naples hospital lay a Ger
tain francesca Messina who had ar
rived from New York in a condition O.
coma. He had been asleep for sever
months and nothing the doctors could
do would arouse him.
The Countess Cell, visiting the hos
pital, suggested that brass band be
engaged to play expressly for the
sleeper. The doctors laughed at her
but she got the band, brought 1t to the
hospital, stationed it under the win
dow of the ward in which Messna was
sleeping and made it play its loudes
and liveliest pieces. After an hour o.
drumming and trumpeting, MESSING
suddenly sat up. wide awake. He was
cured and was at once discharged
This is the third time he has had sucl
cataleptic attack, the first having
been precipitated by his sweetheart
jilting him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
John Henry On Getting Grip

| "Keno!"
Does your nerve center tinkle-
tinkle like breakfast bell in a kitch-
enless boarding house?'
| Right again!"
| Have you feeling that the germs
have attacked your Adams apple and
that there won't be any core?"
| yes"
when you look at the wall paper
does your brain do sort of loop-the-
loop and cause you to meld 100 aces
or double pinochle?"
| Eyes. and 80 kings. too"
do you feel slight palpitation of
the membrane of the colorado madura
and Is there a confused murmur in
your brain like the sound of hard
working gas meter?"
You've got me sized good and pler-
ty, Doc!"
do you have insomnia. nightmare.
loss of appetite, chills and fever and
concealed respiration in the carolina
perfecto?"
That's the idea, Doc!"
when you lie on your right side do
you have an impulse to turn over on
| your left side. and when you turn
over on your left side do you feel an
impulse to jump out of bed and throw
stones at a policeman
There isn't anything you can men
ton, Doc, that haven't got"
"Ah!" said the doctor; then that
settles it."
Tell me the truth | groaned.
What is it-bubonic plague?"
"You have something worse-you
have the grip" Doctor Lesser whis-
pered gently. "You see tried hard
to mention some symptom which you
didn't have. but you had them and
the grip is the only disease in the
world which makes a speciality Of hay
ing every symptom known to medical
Jurisprudence"
Then the doctor got busy with the
pencil gag and left me enough pre-
scriptions to keep the druggist in
pocket money throughout the winter.
Then my friends and relatives be-
gan to drop in and annoy me with
suggestions.
Pop" Barclay sat by my bedside
and after | had barked for him two
or three times he decided had in
fiammation of the lungs and was in
sistent that tie rubber band around
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Washington

Former Secretary of State Bryan,
who resigned his portfolio rather than
sign the second note to Germany, is
sued another statement at Washing
ton declaring that the note was mate
rally revised following the presenta-
ton of his resignation. The revision,
Mr.. Bryan averred, softened the note
but was not sufficient to justify him
in withdrawing his resignation.
W. ]. Bryan addressed Ito the Amer
lean people" an appeal asking them
to hear him before they pass sentence
on his laying down of the portfolio OF
secretary of state in the midst of in.
ternational stress.
The new American note to Great
Britain on the rights of neutral COM
merce will make the same demand OF
that government that the United
States has already made Of Germany
namely, that she shall adhere to the
recognized principles of international
law in her treatment of American clti-
zens and their property. The state
department at Washington is now en-
gagged in preparing data for the note
to Great Britain.
1t was announced at Washington
that President Wilson is preparing a
note to Great Britain protesting
against the unlawful blockade OF
American commerce with neutral Ed
ropean ports.
Orders under which the Fifteenth
| United States cavalry was to sail for
the Philippines within the next few
weeks have been suspended on teie-
graphic instructions from the war de-
partment at Washington. The Fiji
teenth cavalry has been ordered to re-
main on the border.
President Wilson's second note to
Germany regarding the sinking OF the
Lusitania, which was made public at
| Washington, renews the presentations
4 Oh his HUE W TIC hDpCi Ia
German government May Is, and re.
lies in these representations upon 1.-The
principles of humanity" for an AMIGA
| BILE adjustment of existing differences
| between the two governments.
President Wilson and William Jen.
nings Bryan babe each other an Off
| cial farewell in the White House at
Washington with hearty handclasp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18

tors if there was anything I could
take to help me and they said there
was nothing that they knew of. . ] am
thankful for such a good medicine and
will always give it the highest praise. "
Mrs. C. H. GRIFFITH, 1868 Constant
ST., Cleveland, Ohio.
Hanover, Pa.-"I suffered from fe-
male trouble and the pains were so bad
at times that could not sit down. The
doctor advised a severe operation but
my husband got me Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and ! experienced
great relief in a short time. Now feel
like new person and can do hard
days work and not mind it What JOY
and happiness it is to be well once more.
! am always ready and willing to speak
q good word for the Compound. Mrs.
ADA WILT, 3O3 WalnutSt, Hanover, Pa
II there are any complications you
do not understand write to Lydia E
Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfldentiaD
Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened.
read and answered by q woman and
held in strict confidence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
C'DAY VERY SENSITIVE
Newspaper Scribe Kidded Hank
About His Looks.
Public Does Not Know How to An
alyze EMPIRES Face-Official Con-
fronted With Many Troubles
During Baseball Season.

The veteran umpire and erstwhils
manager, Hank O'Day, is by no meaus
an Adonis and is very sensitive about
his looks. A scribe had kidded O'Day
about his looks. which caused Hank
to tell his story. Here it is: my face
may appear grumpy and grabbed;
may have a distant nature and de
sire to keep to myself, but the public
does not know how to analyze al UNI
pires face. A man may have the
mobile and gentle features of school
boy, but after he has squinted through
a mask for a quarter century his fea
lures are bound to take on the look OF
a troubled man. In an average game
of baseball an umpire makes about
800 decisions. A decision is called fol-
on every ball pitched. In II gamei
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18

Of season. therefore, he must make
about $1,000 decisions. When you
have stood there in the sun Judging
balls that come with binding speed
or with tantaliZing curve or slowness
1t isn't any wonder that in % years a
mans face will become confronted
with an anxious and sullen look. To
tell you the truth, your face almost
freezes that way. / may have looked
severe and cross to the crowds, but
really while having my hardest trouble
with some player | have to laugh
quietly The strain of it will alter an
umpire's facial characteristics, but not
his disposition. If he is the right kind
of a man"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
John Henry.

that the players were given a square
deal. 1t has been said that the Phil
adelphia Athletics have steadfastly re-
fused to join the fraternity, but
Henry throws different light on the
subject: Il have talked with most
every member of Connie Mack's team
this season and urged that they join
the fraternity. To my surprise, found
that most of them were perfectly will
ing, but that they could not get to-
gether and elect leader. one who
would see that dues were paid. etc. I
believe that before many days have
elapsed the Athletics will all be en-
rolled with the players fraternity"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
rAY! did you ever put on the cog
- giles and go joy riding with an at

DAY! did you ever put on the cog
y giles and go joy riding with an at
tack of the grip?
1t has all other forms of amusement
hushed to a lullaby-take 1t from
Uncle Hank.
AS Bad Boy the grip has every
other disease slapped to a sobbing
standstill.
It's dollars to pretzels that the grip
germ is the brainiest little bug that
was ever chased by doctor.
was sitting quietly at home read
Ing Maeterlinck On Auction Bridge
when suddenly I began to sneeze like
a Russian regiment answering roll
call.
Friend wife was deep in the mys-
teries of Ibsen's latest achievement,
"The Rise and Fall of the Hobble
Skirt" but she politely acknowledged
my first sneeze with the customary
"Gesundheit!"
Then she trailed along braveiy with
her response for ten or fifteen min
utes, but It was no use-I had more
sneezes in my system than theresSre
"Gesundheits!" In the entire German
nation, including principalities. pos
sessions across the sea. and the Mu-
steal Union.
John" she ventured after a time,
you are getting a coId!"
I'm not getting it." I shifted; Il
have il now"
What a mean. contemplate little
creature a grip germ must be. Alb
soiutely without any Of the finer in
stincts it sneaks into peoples sys-
TENS disguised as an ordinary cold.
1t isn't on the level like appendicitis
or inflammatory rheumatism, both of
which are brave and fearless and will
walk right up to you and kick you on
the shins, big as you are.
Nobody ever knows just what make.
up the grip germs will put on to break
Into the human system, but once they
get foothold in the epiglottis moth
ing can remove them except inward
applications of dynamite.
The grip germ hates the idea of
race suicide.
| discovered shortly after | had
sneeZed myself into a condition of
pale blue profanity that a newly
ried couple of grip germs had taken
a notion to build a nest somewhere on
the outskirts Of my solar plexus, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18

two hours later they had about 233
children attending the public school
of my medusa oblongata; and every
time school would let out for recess
j would go up in the air and hit the
ceiling with my Lima.
Before daylight came all these grip
children had graduated from school
and after tearing down the school
house the whole bunch had married
and had large families Of their own,
and all hands were out padding their
canoes on my alimentary canal
BY nine o'clock that morning there
must have been eighty-ive million grip
germs armed with self-loading revolv.
ers all trying to shoot their initials
over the walls of my interior depart.
ment
1t was fierce!
When Doctor Lesser arrived on the
scene / was carrying enough con-
cealed weapons to start something in
Mexico
The good old pill pusher threw his
saws behind the sofa. put his dip net
on the mantlepiece, and took fall
out of my pulse.
All" he said, after he had noted
that my tongue looked like curry
comb.
The same to you. Doc" | said
All" he said. looking hard at the
wall.
Say, Doc!" whispered: there's nc
use to cut off my leg, because the
germs will hide in my elbow
do you feel shooting pains in the
cerebellum near the apex of the cos
mopolitan?" inquired the doctor.
''Surest thing you know" said.
Have you buzzing in the ears, and
q confused sound like distant laugh
ter in the panatella?" he asked.
Its a cinch, Doc" I said
do you feel roaring in the cornu
copia with ticking sensation in tn;
Diaphragm" he asked
Right again." I whispered.
do the joints feel sore and pinchec
like poolroom?" he said.
Right"
Does your tongue feel rare apc
high priced like porterhouse steal
at summer resort
Exactly"
do you feel spasmodic fiutterin,
in the concertina?"
"Yes!"
Have you a sort of nervous hesita
ton in your hunger and does every
thing you eat taste like an impossible,
sandwich made by a ghostly bake
from disappearing bread and phantom
ham," ss4 v f-3
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18

had to drink it or lose perfectly re-
spectacle old aunt
1t tasted like linoleum cocktail
weouw!
During the rest of the day every
friend and relative ] have in the world
rushed in, suggested sure cure and
then rushed out again.
Peaches tried them all on me and
felt like the inside of a medicine
chest.
To make matters worse, l drank
some dogberry cordial and it chased
the catnip tea all over my concourse
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
LOYAL TO THEIR FRATERNITY
Players on Washington Club, Headed
by Catcher John Henry, Work
Hard for Organization.

No ball club in the National league
or American league is more loyal to
the Baseball Players fraternity than
the Griffmen, principally because
Catcher John Henry is an officer OF
the organization and a hard worker
for the cause Of the players. Every
member of the Washington team
wears the fraternity button and pays
his dues. The men are guided by John
Henry and have pledged themselves
to back him up in every move he
makes. In discussing the affairs OF
the players fraternity with baseball
writer Henry stated that the main OBJ
ject of the organization was to ses
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Approaching a Reform.

HAS Crimson Gulch adopted pro
hibition?" NO" replied Broncho Bob
But it's on the way. Sos to bring il
around gradual, the Judge has made q
rule that any man who draws a gun
on another will have to quit drinking
You'll be surprised to see how nice and
orderly the old place is gettin' to be e
Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Makes ColIar-Buttonina Easy

clever little thing in the way q
a collar button is the invention Of
Charles Formage of New Rochelle
n. Y. The button is an ordinary stua
of solid metal. but has tiny screw
hole in its center. Into this taper
ing peg is screwed This goes througa
the bottonhole of collar without any
difficulty or breaking of nails OF
swearing on the part of the owner
When the collar is on the peg is un
screwed and the button remains.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Answer to a Correspondent.

No, Mr. Bosbyshell, you must not
confound bellona with bologna. The
one belongs to the age of myths ant
the other to the sausage. The bellons
is made chiefly of hot dogs of war
whereas the bologna-well. nevel
mind what the bologna is made of
Shut your eyes and eat it. and be con
tent with the thought that. whatever
their origin, it is constructed of litt;t
pieces of something, while the Other
is not
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Street Car Amenities.

Il would get up and give you my
seat. miss" said the ruddy-faced man
in the crowded car, "but don't feel
it 20 be my duty. / am old enough to
be your father" You hold your age
and your seat remarkably we'll. sir
replied the young woman. grasping a
strap as the car Boston
Transcript
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Co-Operation.

Gibbs-So you went after the Job?
I thought you believed that the Office
should seek the man.
Dibbs-I do; but this is a fat job
and thought it might get winded be.
fore it reached me.-Boston Tran
script
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Beyond Understandings

Says the Philadelphia Bulletin: I'm
the worlds series last fall the umpires
let the Boston Braves ride the Ath-
letics from the bench, yet the same
unpires threaten to clean off bench
when they hear the least noise ema-
mating from it. It's beyond understand
ing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Sporting

Louis Disbrow won the feature
event, a 100-mile automobile race,
$4,000 sweepstakes, free-for-all, from
from field of II starters at the state
fair ground at Milwaukee, Wis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
He'll Get II.

How about going to show tonight,
Jim?"
Not for me. I'm going to Jiggins
party"
"Oh, come on with me. The Jig
ginses are dead slow. You never have
any fun at their house"
Il know, but need a new hat