davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
REFUSE TO APPROVE
CONSOLIDATION PLAN
U. S. Trade Commission Hears
Plea of Coal Mining Compa-
nies Who Want Combine.

Washington. ID. c.. April % 2-Impor-
tance is attached here to the results
of a visit of representatives of the
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators
association to the trade commission,
the department of justice and the
White House. The ia coal mining
companies of Indiana want to form IL
single selling organization. thus en-
abling them 10 abolish 800 selling Of
fices and 900 statesmen. The represen-
tatives of the companies departed to-
day, after having failed in the essen
tlal purpose of their visit. That is to
get the officials formally to approve
their plan. They found sympathy in
plenty. but no official %. X.
significance of this lies in the fact
many business men worked for a fed
eral trade commission on the theory
that they could go before it with pro-
posed plans of business organization.
get such plans approved and thus know
that they We're outside the ban of the
anti-trust laws But it appears from
the experience of the Indiana operators
that the commission is unwilling to ace
cept such responsibilities
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
"DRY" VICTORY FOLLOWS
HOT FIGHT AT ABERDEEN

Aberdeen. S. d.. April 21.--On the
face of the returns Aberdeen has gone
dry" by a majority of one. follow
ing one Of the hottest municipal fights
In the history of the city. There were
2.74S votes cast. Judges are recan-
Nassing the returns for Irregularities
and 1t is probable that the issue here
on the license question will go into
court, as 78 ballots were blank or er-
roneously marked. The judges threw
out several ballots that came in by reg
istered mail although tsa voting by
mail privilege was established by the
legislature of 1913.
On account of a socialist vote of
about %, neither Behrens nor Brown
VIII secure majority in the contest
for finance commissioner and q sec
ondary election will be necessary.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22

Biesman and Andrew Helms were re.
elected aldermen. The vets" won by
a majority of 40. A small vote was
polled.
Chamberlain.--L. II. Laughlin was
elected mayor and Fred Croft a mem
bcr of the school board in Yesterday
election The city went wet" Bonds
for $4,000 to build a new high school
We're voted
Dallas Dallas went wet by "A vote
of 9S to 80. N. ID. Buch was elected
mayor. III. l.. Harvey treasurer; j. NJ
Miller. Justice and Harry Leggett and
e. O. Patterson councilmen. The bal
lot battle was quiet.
Wagner H. G. Schneider was elected
mayor over S. l.. Gable by one vote
The fight was exceptionally warm
Womens club members picketed the
polls and carried the public library is
sue. 1t was the most exciting election
Wagner has had in years.
Hudson.-City officials were elected
as follows: Aldermen, Oars j. Grin.
ager. G. II. Ferris and e. w. Aum-
gartner; clerk. Harold Trisbie: treas
urer. j. j. Delay; assessor, William
Bergstrom; Justice. Peter Miller.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
i SAYS WAR is NOT YET
NEAR TO ITS CLOSE

London. April 21.-Arthur Hamilton
Lee, M. p. who was British military
attache with the United States army
during the Spanish American war, and
who married Miss Ruth Moore, of New
York, is serving as colonel on the con-
tinent. He has written Il letter home
from the British headquarters in
France. in which he says:
The allies have it in their power
to win, but this does not mean that
victory is close at hand or that the
hardest fighting and the heaviest losses
are not vet to come"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
EXPLOSION KILLS MAN
AND INJURIES WIFE

Erie. Pa. April 2l.--Samuel Leonoff
was killed and his wife, Mrs. kath-
crime Leonoff, was seriously injured
here today when their house was
wrecked by an explosion. Police. af-
ter an investigation. expressed the be-
lief that dynamite had been exploded
under one corner OF the building. There
were a dozen other persons in tile house
and many of them We're more or less
hurt.
Leonoff until recently was secretary
of the longshoremen's union and. be-
cause he had refused to give up the
books of the organization when he was
succeeded by another member. had been
made the defendant in suit in court.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
Canada Branch of Ford Company
Makes Sueepi11g Wuqe Aduance

ger of tho concern. All employees who
have bc.sn In the s1reice OF the cons
pany six months or longer are to re-
ceive a minimum wage OF so cents an
hour or 81 "a day, the working hours
being reduced to eight hours day or
As hours a week.
The company employs about 2,4OO
persons at it's FACTORY at Ford. ont.
and its nine branches located in the
principal cities OF Canada Ii is esti-
mated this advance in wages will dis
tribute among Ford employees in Cam
ada. in addition to the wages they all
ready receive. about $60O.O0O IA year.
The scale as adopted increases the
wages of all employees from Is TO so
per cent
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
BIG DRY" GAINS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Mitchell Gusts Saloons, and
Aberdeen Claimed BY Both
Sides-Municipal Bars
Voted Down.

Mitchell. S. D.. April 81. = Mitchell
yesterday voted to abolish saloons and
Nas Joined by Is other towns OF the
state in which saloons have been oper-
ated. The Anti-Saloon league officials
are jubilant over the showing through
out the state in yesterdays election
and claim that the trend is unmis-
taxable for support of the statewide
prohibitory amendment. which comes
before the voters at the general cleo
ton of 1916.
Unofficial returns show Aberdeen
dry by one majority. but both sides
are claiming victory. The fight there
state.
some OF the towns won by the tenn
perance forces yesterday are: Aber-
deem. Mitchell. Madison, Rapid City.
Custer Platte. Farmer, Milbank. Will
mont. Gettysburg. Spearfish, Highmore,
Philip. Hurley. yiborg, Centerville,
Elkton. Kimball Armour. Madison,
Farmer. Webster. Rockham. Leola.
Sisseton. Faulkton. Wimot. Howard.
Murdo. Plankinton, Flandreau, Kim
ball. Philip. Canistota. White Lake.
Bristol. Britton, Woonsocket and Car
retSon.
The vets" carried Sioux Falls, Hur-
Watertown. Elk Point. Geddes. Pierre.
Ft Pierre. Davis. Marion. Dalton,
Chancellor. Bridgewater, Sturgis.
Yankton. Tyndall, Chamberlain, selby,
castlewood. Webster. Lennon, Bowd-
c. Mobridge. Waubay and Roscoe
I'm my Judgment" said Supt r. N.
dolescaple of the State Anti Saloon
league. 'today's vote is an indication
of the wave of sentiment for statewide
prohibition. Our reports thus far show
hat 13 cities and towns have swung
rom the wet" into the dry" column
and only one is known to have de-
serted the dry" standard
There are several towns voting
wet" today where we will go into the
'ourts and contest the legality of the
petition on which the petition was
,ased. 1t is simply the beginning of
he saloon mans end in South Dakota. I"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
GUARD THIS COUNTRY
FROM TYPHUS FEVER

New York, April 2l.-Physicians and
surgeons at quarantine. guarding New
York from an invasion of typhus fe-
yer, now raging in Serbia and spread
ing to Greece. removed So passengers
today from the steamer Themistocles,
in from Piraeus, and sent them to Hoff-
man island for treatment. All showed
evidence OF vermin infection, by which
the disease is spread.
Every passenger aboard was sub bject-
ed to physical examination. Four cases
of typhus have been found at Piraeus.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
RAPID CITY GOES "DRY" FOR
FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY

Rapid City, S. d., April 21.-Rapid
City goes dry" for the first time in
it's history by majority of so votes
A local reform wave is responsible.
and Mayor Robinson promises rigid
enforcement Local politicians concede
that the saloon men are personally re-
sponsible. on account of mixing in To-
cal politics. The State School of Mines
and the U. S. Indian school officials
endorse the reform movement and
pledge support
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
HALT WORK ON SUBMARINE.

Honolulu, April 21.-Work that ha.
been going on for several days pre-
liminary to an attempt to raise the.
submarine F-4. submerged outside tho
harbor since March 25, was halted yes
terday because of bad weather. The
hulk which contains the bodies of 21
man, is resting at the place on tie
ocean floor to which it was towed yes
terday after being raised 12 feet.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS.

st. Paul, April Ex-Governor Ham
niond last night signed the teachers
Sension bill. Under its provisions
teachers may retire after 20 years ser
vice on an annual pension of $3.50. The
fund for this purpose is provided by
assessment Of each teacher and spe-
cial state tax.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
AUTHORIZE MORE BONDS.

Albany. N. Y, April 2i.--1;tockhold.
ers of the New York Central Railroad
company at a special meeting yester-
day authorized an increase of the
funded debt of the company by the is.
suance of sl0O,0OO.OOO 26 year per
cent debenture bonds. Proposals to in
crease the capital stock from $30O.OO0,-
900 to 1000. 100000 also were approved
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
SECONDARY ELECTION WILL
BE REQUIRED AT YANkTOI

Yankton. S. d.. April 21.-In the cleo
ton here yesterday no legal choice was
registered in the vote for mayor and
a secondary election will be required
Wyman and Ellerman led and will be
the candidates next Tuesday. This
city voted for saloon licenses by ma
jority of 21O.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22

Tyndall-The "wets" carried Tyndall
by a majority of "A. The question of
establishing public library carried by
38 majority. Anton Chastka, Henry
Buchholz and George Lepr were elected
aldermen and j. j. Maus was elected
city Justice without opposition.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
.,oHN NJ. FAIsoN DEAD.

Warsaw, N. c., April 21.-Former
Congressman John M. Faison. of Fai-
son. N C., was found dead in the bath
room of his home early today with o
revolver wound in his lower Jaw.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
CONTROL FOREST FlREs,

Philadelphia. April 2l.-Despite show
ers which assisted in the work OF the
flames forest fires continued to burn
last night in many sections of Penn
sylvania and southern New Jersey. 1t
was believed. however, that most Of
them were under control.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
Minimum Wage Of SO Cents
an Hour For Eight Hour
Day Will Go Into
Effect.

Detroit. Mich. April 21.---Announce-
ment of a sweeping advance in wages
and reduction of working hours for all
employees of the Ford Motor company,
limited, of Canada. was made here to-
day by G. NJ. McGregor. general mama
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
pEFEAT LOCAL OPTION.

OEFENI COCNE OFTTON.
Harrisburg, Pa, April 21.-A bill, pro-
viding for county local option In Penn
sylvania. was defeated in the lower
branch Of the legislature TO-DAY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-22
Neutrality is Sympathy.

with the one side or the other. but get
ting ready to help both sides when the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24
HAVE SEEN MUCH OF HISTORY
Birds and Animals Still Living Whose
Memories Could Take Them BACK
Over century's Passage.

1t is a startling fact that If some am
mails could tell their life they wouio
be able to recall events which nap
pened more than a century ago.
Russian eagle, for instance. would pc
able to remember watching Win
greedy eyes as one by one the french
soldiers under Napoleon fell exnause
ed out of the ranks in their awful re-
treat from Moscow in 1912. There are
crocodiles alive in India today winch
saw the first English traveller SET
foot there, while there are whales IN
the sea which may have skirted the
coast of France when the British IN
vaded it in 1415. A great many eie-
phants could recall historical events
of a hundred years ago, While there are
ravens still living whose memory
could go back twice that period.
Talking of birds, the parrot the
crow and the swan, often live nun
dred years-that is, Of course, II they
do not meet with misfortune-whlle
the heron will live sixty years. Geese
and pelicans will survive half cen
fury, and the sparrow forty years.
Pigeons, linnets, canaries, cranes ana
peacocks will live to well over twenty
years, while the goldfinch, partridge,
pheasant, lark and nightingale VIII
live from fifteen to eighteen years. the
robin twelve years, and the thrush
and hen ten years.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24
INVISIBLE INKS ARE MANY
Tho Two Simplest Are Milk and
Water Chemical Substances
That May Be Employed.

It is strange that two separate cases
one military case and the other a
domestic one-should bring the out-of-
the-way subject of invisible ink be-
fore the British public, says the
Manchester Guardian. In more ro-
mantle days (not so very long ago.
invisible ink was a favorite precau.
ton Of sentimental youth-usually,
of course, a quite unnecessary precau-
ton. The two simplest and handiest
invisible inks are milk and water. If
you write your letter with a clean
pen in milk it will dry off quite in
visibly. But the writing will show up
in faint brown when 1t is toasted at
the fire. II you write in water, the
way to make the writing visible Is to
sprinkle the sheet with fine coal dust
or powdered charcoal.
There are, besides, various chemical
invisible inks. A weak solution OF
cobalt used as ink remains invisible
until the paper is heated, when it
shows up red. The red can be changed
to green by steaming 1t or breathing
on it. A solution of salts of lead Or
bismuth makes an invisible ink which
shows up black when treated with sui
phuretted hydrogen. Another recipe
Is to write in a weak solution of tan
mic acid. When dipped in bath of
persalt Of iron the writing comes out
black.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24
WORLDS FAVOR VERY TICKLE
Sale of Treasured Trinket Owned by
Great Actress Shows the Value
Of Sentiment.

The name of Fanny Davenport was
for years a household word. Young
collegians put her photographs on the
mantlepiece or in the edge of look
ing glass. Born into famous theatri.
cal family, she brilliantly played parts,
and appearing in dramas by Sardou was
popularity known as the American
Sarah Bernhard.
Personal property belonging to Miss
Davenport was sold at auction in
New York a short time ago. A locket
containing her portrait and lock OF
her mothers hair was put up. Miss
Davenport had worn it constantly dur.
ing the last years of her life. The
locket itself was valuable. There was
a bid OF one dollar and seventy-hve
cents. The auctioneer was dumb with
establishment. Finally he gathered
himself together and said that there
must be some misunderstanding
Miss Davenport loved it better than
her life. She never took it from heI
neck while she was living and died
with 1t clasped next to her heart, for
1t contained the love token of her
mother. Again think of sentiment and
its value. How much am l offered
now?" Someone bid two dollars and
thus possessed 1t. Sentiment brought
twenty-five cents.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24

Tire Perfect Theater.

What some may be disposed to re
CARO- as the perfect tlie;iter exists In
Moscow. A correspondent gives THIS
picture OF it: "a perfectly clean the
alter. with waxed floors and no dirt
-ven in the gallery; a simple heater
without plusl, OF gliding. with hard
but elegant seats even in the stalls; u
.theater where. before you enter, you
must hang up your hat and oyercoat
IN Il peg and take of yU,n Overshoes;
theater Ut no clapping Or laughter and
to which you cannot he admitted II
gou are unpunctna. and arrive after
he action has commenced: Il theatef
where. between the acts you all leave
your seats to walk and talk In the cor
ridorS and picture galleries of the the
ater or to sit and take coffee 10 the
restaurant; a theater where the raising
Of the curtain afresb is not hera lded
by bells or knocks on the floor. but
by turning the electric light OF. first
quarter. then q halt. then three
quarters"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24
An o@ends,,e First Arrest.

The first shock of arrest and imprts-
onment Ia to the first offender the great
crisis of bis life He realizes suddenly
and wildly that the state Is not mere
~ political abstraction out of long
forgotten school book, but thing
alive, armed with jaw and claw. The
effect of this Is overwhelming. There
lives no human animal more penitent
and plastic than the first offender on
bis first day In prison. On that day OF
all days the state can mold him easily
to its civic needs Turn him over to
q man who believes in the bottom good
in him; teach him trade whereby he
may learn to support himself honestly
when released: give MIN a share In bis
earnings. so that he may. even though
in prison. support his innocent wife
and helpless children or. If be is alone,
save bit of capital against that black
est day of liberation-in other words
give him work and hope. the two
things which all men need In order tc
hve-apd yon will have set him Cd the
road to citizenship. Deprive hill u
work and hope and you will as snrel,
have set him on the road to cr'rnlnai
ity.-From The Man In the Cage"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24
hiqh Finance In China.

II Is an established custom In China
that a new company must pay divt-
dends to its shareholders from the first
years of its existence, and this forms
invariably clause of the articles OF
association. Some concerns which fatl
to realize a profit have to contract q
high interest loan In order to pay divi
dends In full 1t Is this practice that
compels companies to contract loan
after loan until they are plunged into
q helpless state. Furthermore, when
a new company is established it Is
from the start tied down to system
Of commission paying. In every pur-
chase as we'll as in every sale Of the
company commission goes with It.
which is therefore counted into every
payment and receipt. thus occasioning
the need of an unnecessarily large
amount of capitaL-Argonaut
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24
HE GUARDED LARGE AMOUNT
Man Who Carried Fortune Across Con.
tinent in Suit Cases, Dies in
San Francisco.

With the death at the Alameda coun.
ty infirmary Of William Frederick Mar
shall, sixty-fiye years of age, said to
be relative of John Marshall, the dis.
coverer of gold in California, there
was brought to a close the life of a
man who once carried 100000 in
bonds across the continent in suiv
cases.
Marshall, who for the past ten years
had resided with Mrs. Mary C. Bow.
ers, 1853 Eighth street, was commits.
stoned by T. G. Crothers and R. d
Mitchell, the executors of the James g.
Fair estate in California, in 1897, to
bring the s4,000,000 in bonds from New
York to San Francisco. Wells Fargo
& Co. wanted s4,S12 for the same serv-
ice, and the executors decided to save
this amount
Accordingly on October Of that
year Marshall left New York with the
bonds in three suitcases, heavily
armed, in a private 6rawing-room. He
delivered the bonds to the executors
In San Francisco without mishap ON
October 10. En- route the train was
held up and the passengers robbed Of
personal belongings in Utah by gang
of highwaymen, who fortunately over
looked the three suitcases.-San Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24
Attack Of the Cossacks.

The Russian Cossacks have a form
Of attack which IL peculiarly their own.
1t Is known as the ''lava." Cossack
horses are specially trained to carry
out the maneuver. The leading sotnia
(squadrsn) spreads out to right and
left. and the others, at full speed, form
up on either side Of it in semicircls
~ half moon. Every man with lance
- attended by a man wearing 4 sword
and all the officers are in front Of the
men Of each sotnia. The other squad
rons do not wait for a special order,
but at once adopt the same formation,
endeavoring to surround the enemy
from another side. With loud shouts
reminiscent of the red Indian war
whoop the Cossacks rush down on the
foe. and even though the first assault
Be repulsed another "lava" pours down
on the shaken enemy. This system 81
attack takes its name, Of course, from
the liquid products Of volcanic activity
London Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24
From the Woodstock TO


When Caesar in his Commentaries
pronounced the Belgae the bravest OF
Ill the Gauls he was merely recording
the reputation that they had earned on
many a battlefield and which they
maintained even In defeat. Caesar
overwhelmed more than quarter Of
q million OF them In the year 81 B. &.
on the banks Of the Aisne: After the
crushing defeat on the Aisne several
tribes, headed by the Nervii, made q
last stand on the Sambre, taking the
offensive against the Roman legions
and very nearly defeating them by the
intensity of their onslaught. But the
training and discipline of Rene saved
Caesar, and the final result Of the he
roic resistance Of the Nervii was theil
practical humiliation. Their peace
emissaries said, 'Of 600 senators we
have lost all but three: Of 10000 fight
ing men but 500 remain" 1t ts from
this stock that the Belgians Of today
are descended.-F. ]. Splitstone In Les
Has.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24

MAY CALL THEM ''LANGLEYsn
Move to Honor the Memory Of the
First Man Who Dreamed
Of Aviation.

The reading world has become IA
miliar with the word "Taube," and I'm
derstands that it stands for a Ger
man aeroplane. Men read every day
OF flying machines that are called q
Wright "Curtiss," "Bleriot," a
"Farman." a Bristol" "Morane-
Saulnier" and other names fastened to
a plane by a builder or an aviator
who has succeeded in fashioning a
model differing from some other
model
No flying machine is called q Lang
ley in commemoration of the crea
tive and original service to aviation
rendered by the late Prof Samuel
Pierrepont Langley of Washington
Two citizens of the capital have joined
in the gestion-perhaps it might
even be called movement-to have
the generic name Langley" applied
to flying machines that are heavier
than air.
The suggestion seems to have been
brought forward first by Col. Archi.
bald Hopkins of Washington, and
Frank Warren Hackett has seconded
the motion, suggesting that perhaps
the commander in chief of the army
and navy, upon this subject being
brought to his attention, might favor
Colonel Hopkins proposal and give d..
rections that henceforth the govern
ment airships shall be called Lang.
leys." Mr.. Hackett has written that
"the unselfish devotion of the late
Samuel Pierrepont Langley to the solu.
ton OF the problem of aerial fight
to the discovery of the principle-has
been admitted and admired by all we'll
informed Americans and that our
country ought to enjoy the honor that
would attach to the coming into use
of this term"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-24

- y 9.
oriolnal EtynoIcny.

IN her language, Nancy Allison was
inclined to be what her brother called
gushing One summer she took an
automobile trip through New England.
On her return she was giving an en-
thusiastic description of one fine old
town to her family.
ut was perfectly charming! Such
wonderful doorways and the quaint
est old inn!" She paused, searching
for word. 1t was-unique!"
Brother Ned had been listening
gravely to the rhapsody.
Unique" he said, quietly. That's
a fine word. Let's see. 'Uns,' one:
.EGuus,' horse. 'One-horse' town.
Good" and without waiting for any
one to criticize his Interpretation of
the word, he promptly took his depart.
ure.-Youth's Companion.