davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20

TO stop enlistments from coal miners;
to permit woman labor in some of the
lighter surface operations; and to
temporarily take off the restrictions on
boy labor under IA years But while
the Parliamentary committee suggests
these remedies, it does not recon-
mend them. It's chief recommendation
is to stop "absenteeism"-a practice
of the miners of taking a week or
more of at Easter time, August bank
holiday. and other holiday seasons.
But this would have to be voluntary
with the miners And if # brought
the British output up to normal again,
the fact would still remain that this
Is practically the one source of coal
power remaining to the Entente AL
lies. There are of course distant coal
resources Of the Allies, in India, Japan,
Canada, and Australia, with difficulties
of transportation not making them
practical but in Europe the shift Of
war has brought the great coal-pro-
ducing fields largely under Austro-Ger-
man control
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20
ROCK ISLAND AFFAIRS.

WASHINGTON, Aug 19.-The In
terstate Commerce report on Rock
Island financial affairs, made public,
says the commissions investigation
demonstrated the need of legal limita-
ton of railroad security issues and
emphasized the need of a law to fix
the responsibility for the dissipation
of corporate funds
The commissions report on the
Rock Islands financial affairs shows
that millions of dollars were lost in
stock transactions with charges that
railroad OFFICIALS with misrepresenta-
ton in their reports to the stockhold-
ers. It discloses great profits 10 pro
meters in holding companies and ar
raigned the syndicate for the opera,
tions which began in the early nine
ties.
The department Of Justice has been
waiting to 90 over the report The In.
terstate Commerce Commission broad
by suggests action by the legal branch
of the government tt says Those
NltNN Ol lllolthNAllA AtlDl ~ 10 SUN ~
holders should be subjected to ade-
Quate penalties" In the general crit
icism. the commission says: "The
property of the railway company win
be called upon for many years to make
up the drain upon the resources result
ing from the transactions outside The
proper sphere in which the stock
holders had the right TO suppos their
moneys invested This record EN-
phisizes the need Of railway directors
who actually direct There are too
many passive directors who acquisq
i'm what is being done without knowl-
edge OF Investigation The director Of
railway, quasi-public, who occupies
a position of trust, or the director who
submits blindly to the exploitation Of
company is a party to its undoing,
and should be held responsible in the
same extent If he had been the prin-
cipal instead Of an accessory before
the fact The greater his prominence,
the greater his responsibility, and The
greater his dereliction"
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20
The ARARIc,s FATE.

To the scroll Of dead whose lives did not weigh as
speck of dust in the balance of wars fortune to the
roster Of ships which win rot on the bottom Of the
ocean Germany has added another frightful sacrifice
through the destruction of the White Star liner Arabic
On the preceding day Germany sank the British trans
port Royal Edward with heavy loss of life vet different
sensations attended receipt Of news of the two war
tragedies
The sinking of the Royal Edward came in the course
of events. The transport was fair game" accord
ing to the rules of beligerents To England the drown
ing of so many soldiers brought poignant sorrow To
Germany their deaths brought such ioy as is felt by tho
victor To the world at large the affair was lust war
news" which occasioned neither determination Of Ger.
many nor erotic coincidence for ENGLAND
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20

Austro-German con-

troll .......2S
That is, the Austro-German coal
resources in the fields dominated by
them is now about three to two Of the
Anglo-French resources, which are re-
stricted principally to the United King
dom This was so apparent that MT
Lloyd George warned the Welsh min.
ers that France was now looking 10
England for her coal and five French
transports were waiting at Cardiff ia
take on coal for France when the
strike was settled.
In view Of the importance of coal i'm
supplying the Allied fleets with THEN
motive power-a power quite as essen
tial to the ships as their shootini
power-a parliamentary commission
has recently made a thorough inquiry
into conditions in the British coal
fields. This has brought out some in
Iteresting facts showing how the Brit
ish output has been depleted by the
war The report states that out OF
1898 600 coal miners at work before
the war, $4,000 have answered the
/ call to enlist, or over Is per cent oil
1.-THE coal miners now in the trenches
/ or at the Dardanelles For example
/ in the one country of Wales. Glamor
gan, the heart of the coal industry
there are upwards of 10000 miners en-
listed, or over 10 per cent of the min
ing force. The enlistments, too, ar,
D "a
tRges Of 10 and 49, Since the Parlia
mentary commission made their in
quiry the number of miner enlist
ments has risen to 100000
J SingularlY refugee Belgian miner
have helped nm the ranks in Wales
But this has been far from sufficient
and the output of the Welsh minel
has fallen off 35 million tons since the
war began. This has led to proposal
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20
cANApA,s SACRIFICE

Canada is feeling the effects Of the She has al
ready raised many soldiers for it as we raised for
our Revolution, and has lost 600 killed wounded
and missing That-a mere beginnings a large num-
Der for population larger than that Belgium and is
especially impressive because it represents blood drawn
from country where every man counts more than
he would in older community.
The enlistment steadily The growing seri-
BUSINESS Of Canadas sacrifice is indicated a
order depryng women Of the right the enlistment
of their husbands sons when they of military
age. This means that the supply Of comparatively un-
attached men is being exhausted and from on the
recruiting will draw those who the dependence OF
families.
Can it be that our neighbor Canada, drawn into the
solely by sentiment is TO be bled white ike the
European begerents?
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20
ENGLAND ANXIOUS
OVER SCARCITY OF
HER COAL SUPPLIES
Dominance in Basic Element
Now Rests With AuStro-Ger-
mans; Changed Conditions
Favor TeutonS.


LONDON, Aug. 19.-The situation
as regards coal, which, with iron
forms one of England's chief resources
Of power, has suddenly taken on a sin
lister aspect, as England begins to real
lie that the dominance in this basic
element which creates the sea power
of British naval and merchant ships
and moves the vast industries of Ian
.cashire, Yorkshire and the country at
large, has passed by the fortunes OF
war from the Anglo-French allies and
rests today under Austro-German con
troll
This is one of the facts, not openly
revealed, which has filtered to the sur
face during the recent strike in the
Welsh coal fields While continuance
of the strike itself has been averted
yet the menace of the coal situation
in its broader aspects has been made
apparent for the first time This sit
uation, broadly stated, stands this
way:
Before the war, the Anglo-French
allies dominated the coal resources
and power of England France. Bel
gium and Russian Poland, aggregat.
ing an output of 300 million tons an
nually, or about IS per cent of the
coal power Of Europe, while the Aus.
tro-German allies controlled the Ger.
man. Austrian and Hungarian fields
aggregating an output of 217 million
tons. or about 80 per cent of Europe's
coal product
Today, however, the German occu-
patton of Belgium has given them the
great Belgian coal fields of Hainaut.
Atwerp and Liege-fouTth largest i'm
Europe advance in Flanders has
given them the rich coal fields of the
Pas de Calais district, and, as Mr..
Lloyd George states, 1.-THE French
coal fields are now held by the enc
my; while the Austro-German sweep
in Russian Poland has enyeloped the
chief coal fields of Russia. located I'm
Poland, those of the Caucasus being
minor in comparison.
This change in the control of the
coal fields, since the war began has
exactly reversed the position Of the
two parties to the conflict, so that the
former Anglo-French dominance of Go
per cent against Austro-German 35
per cent Of coal resources, is changed
to an Austro-German dominance Of
So per cent against an Anglo-French
control Of 80 per cent-a complete
changinging about in the control Of
this elemental agency of power.
As indicating how this change has
come about, the following shows the
normal output of each side before the
war:
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20
70 wRlrs ARGUMENT.

SACRAMENTO, Aug 10. Lieuten-
ant Governor Eshelman, appointed C.
c. Young, Speaker OF the Forty-iirst
Assembly aad Assemblyman Milton
Schmitt to write the arguments.
against the non-partisan primary on
election laws. which viii be on the
october special election ballot by re-
ierendum.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20

Newspapers beginning to print resumes of Year
old War News" Let's hope that, alongside OF the cur
rent dispatches wen never read 9The War Five Years
Ago OF Zen Years Ago" 1t has already lasted longer
than anybody thought great could last and
nobody ventures to prophesy the end
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20

The rate advances gained by the western railroads don't
amount TO much. but at least they to emphasize
the fact that the Interstate Commerce Commission is
learning revise rates upward as well as downward
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20

Compared with this copdition of the
coal fields before the war, the follow
ing shows the coal conditions since
Germany's inroads on the coal fields
of Belgium. Flanders and Poland:
Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-20

Anyway, Harry Thaw has refused go into vaudeville
even 10 get back his lawyers fees
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-20

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Photograph with marvellous fidelity.
All the sweetness and brilliancy of the
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served and reproduced. Don't miss
this splendid record
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-20

Come to the special Edison Week
Concert today. Hear the choice pro-
gram Of the worlds best music, Sc
Iected from the great library Of Edi-
son Records. The whole country is do
ing honor to Mr.. Edison's achievements
this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-24
BILLY ROBINS NEW FRIEND.

81 guess he has finally eaten him
self to DEATH said Billy Robin to
Tommy Sparrow some time later. II
happened by the cabbage patch just
now, and not a sign of a caterpillar
did I see.''
Then what is that queer looking
brown bundle just under the edge of
the cabbage pIant?" asked Tommy
Sparrow curiOuSly. Il thought per-
hapS that was he.
.Oh, no." said Billy Robin decided
ly. that is not Fatty. 1 called and
called when 1 went through the gar
den just now. In particular, L called
to Fatty Caterpillar. But he made no
answer. You may De sure he would
have answered if he had been there;
he always did. No, he has simply
eaten himself to death as 1 said he
would It makes me laugh to think
of the things he used to tell me. He
was going to be butterfly! Hel That
fat, greedy creaturei And now he has
eaten himself to death! Well it serves
him right for being so greedy and I'M
sociable.'
IT never liked him myself" Tommy
Sparrow added Che alwsJs liked to
agree with Billy Robin, whom he ad-
mired tremendously 81 predicted he
would come to some bad end !"
And now he has, so let's stop talk
ing about him. said Billy Robin. Il
hate to talk about unpleasant things
and caterpillars, especially dead
greedy ones. Let's fly over there in
yonder yard where the foxglove is
blooming so beautifully. L love to fly
over flowers" So away they flew
towards the neighbours garden where
the foxglove bloomed-and the worms
were plenty
Back and forth above the lovely
garden they fiew-now darling down
for a juicy worm who was unduly
careless about his hiding place; now
flying high overhead.
Never have I known a more beau
tiful day." cried Billy deHghtedly.
lust the day for living and flying!
Yes, isn't it," exclaimed a soft
voice at his side. IT'S the very day 1
have been working for and dreaming
of I'm so glad to be alivei''
Billy lighted quickly on the hedge at
the back of the foxglove garden and
looked to see who might be talking to
him so Familiarity There, perched
close by on a great stalk of blooms.
was the loveliest butterfly he had ever
seen, How nice and friendly that
wonderful creature is to mel" thought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-24
THE BUFFALO.

The Buffalo, whose right name is
Bison, is the only well-known Amer
lean animal, except the Goat, who still
wears whiskers, writes Mourice
Switzer in Judge, and he continues:
The Buffalo is related to the yak, a
mild-mannered bovine which fur
nishes the motive power for Asiatic
jitney BUSES. The yak is of great eco
nomic value when alive, and when
dead his tail still wags in the form
of fly switzerland there are some
flies to swat in Asia, believe us, The
only thing that is left of the buffalo,
so to sDeak, is u tale. Fifty years ago,
when boards Were a mark OF mascu-
line distinction and family portraits
hung in the parlor, when the plush
covered album was a form of popular
diversion, the buffalo paved the west
ern plains in millions. But with the
passing of pIlysiognomic drapery the
buffalo went down and out, until, like
the bull moose, there is nothing left
of his former greatness save a few
samples in captivity and some mount
ed specimens in museums. The trou-
bic with the buffalo was that he had
enough size and speed, but he lacked
direction. His head was big, but there
was nothing of value inside of it.
When the mighty hunter sneaked up
on a band of six buffalo and picked
off one of them with his trusty rifle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-24
Jauh wker Jots

AS the Norton Courier rubs it in:
The June bride knows more this
month than she did last.
There being nothing in a name the
chances are that Miss Marian Sly, OF
Parsons, isn't a bit that way.
Why is a Ford like rich mans
baby? conundrums the Concordla
Blade, and it answers: Because 1t
has a new rattle every day.
And now comes a town man and his
wife to teach the jitney dance, says
the Fort Scott Tribune, which, we as
sumo, must duplicate the sensation of
going over an undragged road the
Henry Ford way.
Quoted by the Fort Scott Repubi-
can:
IF she an angel is to me,
Why then to me she's only that;
And may they rot who make me see
That she's too scrawny or too fat"
The original "meanest woman"
lives in Cherryvale, says the Cottey-
Vile Sun. She had planted nice
flower bed and the plants were up
nicely when she decided to move. Ra-
Their than allow the next tenant to en-
Joy the result of her labors she grab
bed Il hoe and left the posy bed
lonesome ruin.
Women and children first on land
as well as at sea At Powhattan the
other morning reports the H1aWatha
World, the clouds looked threatening
and the wind blew so that many peo-
pie rushed to caves. At one cave
there was such a crowd that only
women and children could enter. The
men stood outside to watch the storm.
1t always pays to look underneath
restaurant pie, advises the LeaVen-
worth Post. A LeaVenWOrth man eat
ing a piece of apple pie in a Kansas
City restaurant reports that he con-
s1lmed half of q cockroach by ac-
cident. The waiter slammed the pie
onto 4 plate without noticing the poor
roach, which suffered an ignominious
death.
With that rare modesty for which
the Kansas newspapers are noted, the
Smith County Pioneer announces:
Hereafter anyone having roasting
ears of special size or merit will have
to bring this office a liberal sample to
break into the news columns. rms
annlies also to Waterme1ons and musk
melons We are very anxious to have
some news along this line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-24
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

A man so often has more patience
with the fish than with the children.
Nefghfor women are disposed to
froUn on the father of a large fam
lily.
A little praise at the right time
does for a man what fertilizer does to
a garden.
An optimist is one who can always
spot the silver lining in the other TEL
lows cloud.
A mans notion of comfort is to
have his feet cooked up in an undlg-
nified manner.
The empty seat in the tonneau of a
touring car seems the largest vacancy
to the plodding pedestrian
An Atchison man is so contrary that
after he finishes reading history he
says: cav, HI, 1 know better"
In time q man encounters so many
bores he wouldn't consider solitary
confinement as such helva calamity
Link Preston to his son: While
YOU are figuring how far you are
ahead of the other fellow he Is gain
ing ground"
No man can look dignified while
manipulating a left-handed monkey
wrench on the under side of an au-
tomobile engine.
You can't convince a Young Thing
that her Devoted Slave might not be
willing to work for living as
steady occupation.
Men are pessimists. Half of the
men one meets early in the morning
stretch themselves and say: Il GER
tairly feel like HI.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-24
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

For the Philadelphia Record.
The easiest thing in the world to
either make or break is promise.
All men may have equal rights, but
pugilists also use their lefts.
Greeting misfortune with a smile is
certainly one-sided filtration.
A pedigree may be desirable in a
horse, but money makes the mare go.
Many four flusher acts like a mil
ionaire, with the accent on the air.
No, Maude dear; giving a fellow the
marble heart won't make him solid
with you.
It's all right to crack a joke, but
if you do it too often it may crack
under the strain.
1t is perhaps moro agreeable to have
wife who is your treasure than one
who is your treasurer.
The difference between firmness
and obstinacy is merely the difference
Tommy-"Pop, what is pessi-
mist?" Tommys Pop-"A pessimist,
my son, is a person who looks for
ness
''All things come to those who
wait" quoted the Wise Guy. Yes"
agreed the Simple Mug even the fell
low who is looking for a soft thing
may land in padded cell"
Muggins-''That fellow Dolittle al
ways seems bubbling over with en-
thusiasm." Buggins-"Yes, but the
trouble with his enthusiasm is that it
is composed entirely of bubbles"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-24
A Stran0oH,

Manager Hughey Jennings. of the
Detroit Tigers, makes it a rule to give
a try-out to every one claiming to be
a ball player who comes seeking a
place with him. One day at morning
practice, as Jennings tells the story, a
chap wandered in and asked for a
chance.
You're an experienced player %
questioned Jennings.
"Oh, yes replied the candidate.
Can you hit and field pretty
good?"
"Oh, yes, indeed!'
What do you usually p-ay?"
I'm a right fielder
well, go out in right" instructed
Jennings, land We'll see what you
can do"
Jennings instructed one of the
pitchers to hit few flies to the new
man in right and turned to other af-
fairs. He was back IN a few moments
and, greatly to his surprise, found the
candidate still beside the plate.
"What are you going here?' he
asked, II thought L sent you out in
right field,''
Eyes, Mr.. jennings was the reply,
you'll have to excuse me, but you see
I'm a stranger here, and which is
right field in this park ?''-The Ameri-
can Boy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-24
Euening Chat
A Bad Loyalty.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A group of suffragistS who were go
ing out to campaign for their cause
We're solemnly warned by the organ1-
cation against one thing.
Don't let anyone declare himself
against equal suffrage if you can pos
sibly help it. If you find you can
get him to say he believes in 1t, let IL
drop. Don't push him into saying ne
against it, for if a man takes that po-
sitiOn, he is apt to stick to 1T no mat
ter what happens, because he thinks
he ought to defend an opinion that ne
has once expressed"
There is a good deal of excellent
psychology to that, isn't there?
To some people expressing an opln-
ion is like raising standard.
And yet l should not put 1t that way,
for that implies that loyalty to ones
oninions is commendable, and it isn't.
To express an opinion is merely to
record your mental reaction upon the
facts that have so far come before
YOU Suppose tomorrow brings you new
facts Is there any fine loyalty in re-
fusing to let your mind react upon
these, too?
Opinion is knowledge in the MAX
ing If you artificially arrest this
process, instead of making knowledge,
YOU ossify your opinion into prejudice
.'All my old opinions were only
stages on the way to one I now hold,
says Stevenson, las life itself is only
stage on the way to something else
No one need be ashamed OF having
changed an opinion. 1t is sometimes
hard when you have been identified
in your friends minds with one poln'
of view to come out for the other slde.
1t means surprise, questions perhaps
thoughtless ridicule. But remember
that the deeper meaning IS that you
haven't stopped thinking.
suppose the fundamental reason
why we hate to admit change OF
fI10 INNre CO. n
Il was wrong" But which is worse,
to have made a mistake, or to continue
to make it? AS someone has SAID, he
who never changes his opinions never
corrects his mistakes and viii be no
wiser on the morrow than he is to-
day.
Everyone makes mistakes and keeps
making them. The new opinion you
have formed may be no nearer the
truth than the old. It is only pledge
that your mind is still open and that
you love truth more than you do the
sta bility of fixed opinions
Question-What do you consider
mans most characteristic fault and
what the commonest fault of the
weaker sex? We were discussing this
question the other night and decided
to get your opiniOn--A Regular Read
er.
Answer-Every time I start to ans
wer that question I am prevented by
thinking of some individual who does
not have the fault L am about to as
sign his sex. But of course that's IN
evitable. 1t seems to me that cOnce1t
is the commonest man fault The ira
ditions and inheritance of ages plants
| the seed of conceit in mems minds
and mothers, sisters, sweethearts ana
wives proceed to water it Narrow
mindedness, lack of a sense of justice,
L should call the commonest fault
among women
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-24

the other five would stick around and
look foolish, until the whole Sextet
were ready to be made into buffalo
robes. This behavior was called cour-
age, and maybe it was; but the fellow
who doesn't know when to beat 1t
is made of the stuff that undertakes
delight IN and cemetery associations
pay dividends on. The buffalo has
always been regarded as heroic fig
ure. but all he ever got for his cour-
age was to have a village in New
York named for him and get his pic
ture on a eive-cent nickel. Courage,
my son, is a fine thing; but remem-
Der that it is pleasanter to be live
politician with large income than
dead statesman with a large monu-
ment Don't be a buffalo.