davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-22
PEAK MUD
DELUGES VALLEY
Sweeps 80 Miles, Taking Houses
and Cattle with It-PeOple
flee TO Hills.

Redding, Cal. May PA food Of
mud from the crater Of Lassen Peak
is reported to-day to have swept over
Hat Creek Valley, in Eastern Shasta
County, taking houses with it, killing
cattle and driving people from their
homes to the hills. The mud, it is re-
ported. in many places reached depth
Of four to six feet.
The mud. which has been reported as
turning TO a lava-like consistency IN
some places as it cooled, reached two
miles above Cassel, fifteen miles north
along Hat Creek.
Several bridges are reported swept
away. roads made impossible and
homes destroyed. Some farms, 1t is
said. have been completely buried.
Fred Seaborn, government forest
ranger at Hat Creek, rode at midnight
through the valley warning the farmers
of the coming danger and through them
spread the alarm to every one WITHIN
miles Of the food.
The distance covered by the volca-
NOS LIQUID flow was estimated at thirty
miles. II was / o'clock this afternoon
before the flow entirely ceased.
An electrical storm was raging TO-
night and clouds obscured Lassen Peak
40 il could not be determined whether
the crater was still active.
Washington, May 21.-The latest re-
ported outbreak Of Lassen Peak, Cali
fornia, marks a distinct point in the
progressive change in the character
Of the eruption, according to Geological
Survey experts. and places Lassen in
the category of more or less danger
GUS volcanoes. Heretofore, they say,
the eruptions have carried only bowl
ders and light ssnes and black smoke
without illumination. The latest erup-
ton. however, is reported as involving
genuine lava, whose cloud-rehected
Glow resembles Stromboli. the active
Volcanic lighthouse OF the Mediter'
ranean.
The latest eruption means, according
20 Mr.. Diller, that the explosions are
getting down into red hot mass, and
that the activity is more completely
volcanic. Heretofore the elected frag
ments blown out by the steam expio'
sion were rarely red hot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-22
FRENCH SWEEP
LoRETTE HILLS
CLEAR OF FOES
Win Only Remaining Posi-
tion Held by Germans
in This District.
IOFFRE'S TROOPS
GAIN IN ALSACE
,,t;l,erv Fire Threatens to Force
Kaiser's Forces from Their
Base al Cernay.

1ondon. May 21.-The French forces
Nth Of Arras. after months OF effort,
1.vs fraly cleared the Lorette hill
II the surrounding lower elevations
:. the Germans. A line of fortifica-
.;o,s called "the White Way" on one
- ,be FIVE foothills to the south Of the
al, height. wss taken by assault.
To.night's French official communi-
.,,ion. which contains this important
;-formation. also tells of the capture
80 section Of the Ablain st. Nazalre,
vbicb formed a connecting link be-
.vscr the strategic position on Athe
WSi.e Wav" ridge and that part of the
,illsre still held by the Germans.
Cernay Threatened.
French artillery has destroyed a
h,;Sge across the River Thur, in the
,icinity OF Cernay, according 20 dis
,s,ches from the Alsatian front. 1t is
Relieved that Cernay, which has been
,be supply and hospital base of the
German forces in the Hartmanns-
wsiIerkopf and Hirzenstein regions of
Inner Alsace. must be evacuated. The
roads around Cernay. as we'll as the
town itself. are damaged badly. The
French artillery throws fire balls at
hight. illuminating a wide stretch Of
country. They are thus able to OBJ
.srye the movements of troops at
hight and fire on them.
The Paris War Offices communica-
ton says: .
troops on the slope of Notre Dame de
Lorette made an attack which succeed
ed brilliantly. We have taken the Ger
man fortified works called the White
Way' La Blanche Voie), situated on
the only one Of the FIVE southern ridges
Of the Lorette hill, which was still par
tally in the hands Of the enemy. From
This point the Germans. with their
mitrailleuses, were considerably ham
pering our action, as also was the case
on the plateau and to the west Of
Souehez.
All of Hills Taken.
"The entire Lorette hill and the
lesser ridges, which the enemy had de-
Tended fercely for more than six
months. are therefore in our power In
addition, we have captured that sec
tion OF Ablain ST. Nazaire, which
linked the White Way works to the
northern end of the village still occu-
pied BIZ the enemy. In this fighting we
captured more than $50 prisoners, sew
ers Of them officers. We also captured
a cannon.
"The enemy replied to our success
here with a very violent bombardment.
They have not, however, counter at
tackled.
Experimenting the previous reports
of the Importance of the defeat sufz
fered by the Germans in their attack
70 the north of Ypres during the night
Of May 20 and p, we captured $50 pris-
oners and took several mine throwers.
The ground was strewn with more
than 500 German dead.
"But in spite Of the bad weather,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-22
GARRISON URGED
COCKTAILS TO STAY
General Wanted to Retire Long
Ago, but Secretary Gould
Not Spare Him."
from The Tribune Bureau

Washington, May 21.-George W.
Goethals, Governor-General OF the "a,
nal Zone, wanted to retire several
months ago, but remained at his post
only at the request of Secretary Gar
rison. This statement was MADE py
the Secretary of War to-day, VINO said
that when General Goethals broached
the subject he told the general ne could
not spare him.
The desire of General Goethals to re-
tire has been known in Washington
for some time. His friends say. tnat,
now the canal is completed and that
it is possible for ships OF any class 70
pass through, the general feels that ne
is entitled to long rest, which ne
purposes to take as soon as Secretary
Garrison gives his consent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-22
RUSH SUBMARINE CHASERS

The Bergen Point Launch Works in
Bayoune, which normally employs sew
eral hundred men, has increased its
force to fill a rush order from the
British government for fifty speed
boats. These boats, capable OF forty
knots an hour, are to be used for patrol
duty in the zone where German sub
marines have been active. The order
was accepted with the promise Of de-
livery by the middle of July.
A similar order, IL is understood, IS
being filled at the Montreal plant OF
the Bayonne concern.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-22
"HOSPITAL" SHIP A PRIZE
British Court Decides Ophelia
Was Scout Vessel.

London. May 2l.-The prize court has
decided that the German steamer
Ophelia. captured in the North Sea oy
the British destroyer Meteor. OCTOBER
rs. 1914. and brought into Yarmouth
the following day, was lawful prize.
Germany protested that TINS act OF
capture was in violation OF Inc hague
convention, declaring that the Opheila
was a hospital ship. The BRUSH gov
eminent contended that the vessel only
purported to be hospital snip ana
that as a matter OF rae. she was mas
querading under false colors for scout
ing purposes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-22
WOULD BAN u. S. TRADE
Germans Plan Retaliation Tor
Shipments of Munitions.

Berlin. May 2l.-A meeting to pro.
test against American shipments OF
war materials was held last night oy
the Deutscher Wehrverein. A resolu-
ton was adopted calling for the dis'
Of expectation from Ger
many Of goods particularly needed IN
America, such as dyestuns, ana the
of imports from America as
far as possible until the trade wnieh
Is declared Objectionable 10 stopped.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-22

Sir John French, the British comman-
der in chief, telegraphs, "our troops
have made appreciable progress east
and south of La Quinque Road (near
Neuve Chapelle). The main character
istics of these operations have been
numerous local fights for strong points
behind the enemy's original line. In
capturing several of these points our
infantry has again displayed great gal
lantry."
British Attack Broken.
The Berlin official version of the
fighting on the western front follows:
North of Tyres colored French
troops attacked our positions east OF
the canal during the night. The battle
continues.
IAN attack by the British in the late
evening south of Neuve Chapelle, IN
the region Of La Quinque Street, broke
down under our fire.
"a further attack, begun yesterday
by the French in the forest OF Ally
failed. with considerable losses TO the
enemy, who left few prisoners"
The French official eyewitness at
the front in a dispatch to-day gives de-
tails of a check which he says was ad-
nninistered TO the Germans at Ville-sur-
Tourbe. France. He denies the state
ment made in a German official com
munication ON May 16 that the Ger
mans occupied the village. >,
am checking the German attack,
saws the observer, "more than 1000
German bodies were counted, and we
made prisoners of the remainder Of the
assaulting troops, comprising nine OF
fcers and 400 men, only fifty Of whom
were wounded. We also took fifty
onick- frers. Our total losses, counting
Killed. wounded and missing, were only
800. half of which were merely tempo
rarily incapacitated. There was no loss
of material"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-22
Visits U. s. Hospitals.

Paris, May 2l.-Mme. Poincare, wife
Of the President, visited the American
Ambulance Hospital to-day. She was
received by Mrs. william G. Sharp, wife
of the American Ambassador.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

perfect, must already have achieved great
success. That is why Europe is full OF
American singers who are fine artists, but
who cannot gain the opportunity TO sing
at home.
IL studied in Paris and Milan and Berlin
four years. When 1 had been there two,
l went to an agent and sang for him.
After that 1 had plenty to do. Mar
guerta' and Butterfly were my favorte
roles. I shall never be quite happy until
l have sung Butterfly here, for, of
course, l want to sing in opera here some
time. The critics were good enough TO
say that my Butterfly made them forget
all others they had heard.
ITO accomplish the best results one
should be able to sing and study at the
same time, and that is what one can do
abroad. 1t is when you are singing be-
fore the public that you most need a
competent teacher. Then so many stu
dents forget that a good voice is not the
only essential. After all, it is personality
that counts. I took lessons in acting and
also developed my dancing. I love to
dance almost as well as to sing, but
should never do that exclusively because
I shouldn't want to unless / could be a
Pavlowa, and can't stand on my toes"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

ITO be sure. I'll tell YOU" cried the
water-lily. "Pll like telling you and
everybody would like being a wster-lIly II
they only knew how fine It wasl We
stay still in the water instead of fiutter-
ing wildly about as you poor creatures
do: we have good strong roots which
give us plenty to eat without our bother
ing a whit; we have all the sunshine
there is; all the water we want-oh, a
water-lily's life is the happiest In the
world"
NOW just listen to that"' said the
dragon-ny scornfully, when she had nm
ished. "Such common desires such low
aims! Don't you ever want TO know any
thing OF the world7 Don't you get des-
perate staying forever in one place?
never could be happy If / was fastened
by strong roots 10 the slime and mud
Of a tiny pond"
The dragon-hy darted first TO one leaf
of the snow-white lily, then to another.
'Seel How / hyl / go from petal TO
petal, from flower to fiowerl That is
happinessl 1 see all the world"
''see all the world" laughed a great
bird who sailed over the pond just then.
Think you that you, a poor dragon-hy,
see the world?" And so great was his
Interest that the great bird stopped by
the side OF the pond 70 hear the dragon
ny's answer
ITO be sure do" said the dragon-hy
contentedly. Don't go from lily 70 my
IN search OF the best2 Don't / travel
from side 10 side Of this great pond? All!
A dragon-iiy's life Is free ana big and
happy oner
Almost as good as a water-lily's,"
said the lily TO the great bird Almost.
but not entirely ] am the happiest OF
all"
The great bird thought OF his long,
hard flights OF the siahts IN the world
he had seen-and he flew away without a
word TO mar the happiness OF the fy and
the aower, who were content And the
waier-lily aud the drag only. left alone,
sang Of their happiness IN the world
the little pond which was an they knewl
copyrlEht-c Clara ingram Judeon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04
STUDENT LIFE ABROAD AS
DESCRIBED BY ACTRESS
HELENA MORRILL,

IF ANDREAS DIPPEL had not made
i good his promise to give New York
light opera, with a real opera company,
its theatre-goers would have been de-
prived Of the joy of seeing and hearing
Helen Morrill, at least for the present.
The young prima donna or Mr.. Dippels
new comic opera, 1.-THE Lilac Domino"
now at the Lyric Theatre. tells of her life
as a student abroad and of the ad-
vantages of European training as opposed
to American.
"I had quite a discussion coming over
on the boat with Fannie Bloomfield
Zeisler," said Miss Morrill, relative to the
merits of foreign musical training and
study at home. Madame is one of our
musicians who have started a movement
to encourage young men and women to
stay at home. instead of going abroad to
study. She holds that there are as eff
cient teachers here, and that in addition
the student is not subjected to the
dangers of the Bohemian life supposed to
flourish in foreign capitals.
81 did not find any more of this life
than in New York, and one does not have
to be a part of it in Berlin any more than
in New York, unless one chooses. 1t is
so common to see groups of girls at the
concerts. They go unattended, and are
not molested in any way And there is
such a choice of concerts-a great many
every night to choose from.
But the greatest advantage is that
over there they are willing to give you
chance while YOU are still young, to
put up with your lmperfections in the
hope that as you grow you may develop
into a big artist. In America the public
demands that a singer must be almost
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04
BRAVE, BOLD BRIDEGROOM
Although Bachelor, He WEEDS a
Widow With 1s Children and 13
Grandchildren

George washington, Of Virginia, was
the father OF his country, but George
Washington Henry, OF Gloucester, has
gone "a step farther" by marrying a
widow with IS children. He married Mrs.
Henrietta Vermillie. who Is g. and II
was learned today that they were very
happy.
Henry, who Is So. was bachelor black
smith. lie became acquainted with Mrs.
Nermillie a yea. ago at her little grocery
and cigar store. Her sociable manner at
tracted him and he called frequently. The
fact that Mrs. Vermillie was the mother
OF is children. which little army was
reinforced by 13 grandchildren, did not
deter him In the least.
lie proposed and was accepted, and each
of his prospective stepsons and step
daughters were glad. Even the step
grandsons and step-granddaughters were
pleased and attended the wedding
Mayor David NJ. Anderson performed
the ceremony ana Henry Dalke, a grand
son OF the bride, acted as best man for
his grandmother's new spouse; his wife
was her bridesmaid A reception was ten
dered the bride and bridegroom at tho
home of Mrs. George G. Gray a daugh-
ter OF the bride.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04
Little Benny's Note Book

I took 3 peeces Of chewing gum to
skool this aftirnOon, starting TO chew
wun Of them dooring the langwidge lessin
and pritty soon Miss Kitty, beeing my
teetchir, saw my mouth going and she
sed, Benny Potts.
Nam, l sed
Is IL posserbil that you are chewing
gum, sed Miss Kitty.
Yes nam, / sed.
Well come rite up and spit 1t out in
my waist basltit, sed Miss Kitty. Wich
1 did and dooring the drawing lessin I
put anuthir peece in my mouth and
startid to chew It and Miss Kitty saw
me, beelng pritty hard to eet enything
very lawng without her seeing you, and
she sed. Benny, you amaze me, wat did
l lest get throo telling you.
This is anuthir peece, l sed.
Come up hcer and spit II out. sed Miss
Kitty. wich I did Miss Kitty saying,
Now don't you dare to let me catch you
chewing agen.
And I went back to my sect, and l
dident put the 3rd peece in my mouth
till the joggriffy lessin, the joggriffy book
becing a pritty good thing to hide In
back of. but Miss Kitty saw me jest the
saim, saying, Benny Potts, can l bleeve
my eyes.
Yes mann, 1 sed.
Dident tell you not to dare chew
agen, sed Miss Kitty.
No nam, l sed.
Watts that, sed Miss Kitty very lowd.
You told me not to dare to let you catch
me chewing agen, sed.
Well, 1 cawt you, dident I, sed Miss
Kitty, and ] sed, Yes nam. and Miss
Kitty sed. Come up heer and let that
peece folio the ferst 2, and stay an hour
aftir skool for beeing so smart.
Wich did.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

toes, fresh bread and butter and coffee
or tea. ~.
For dinner there was always a nice
vegetable or noodle soup, roast meat
potatoes, two or three vegetables Tex
cept corn-the foreigners don't like corn),
and coffee or tea again.
For supper corned beef or fish hash.
or beef or mutton stew, stewed prunes.
bread pudding with raisins, tapioca mud.
ding or pie, fresh bread and butter, and
always coffee or tea. OF course, the
meals varied each day."
For AZ cents a day." she .murmured.
and then with little laugh added, "and
they think ] made lots of money" 81
LONELY CHINESE ON ROOF.
The roof garden at the immigration sta
ton is a pretty cold-looSing proposition.
II is an upper veranda with stone floor
and seven or eight benches ARRANGED
stihy to face the stone parapet 1t over
looks the river, where boats of all sizes
mayj be seen plying up and down every
little while, or where one may alwaye
watch the endless war of wind and wave
The Chinese who sat there, however
looked with unseeing eyes. AS the door
swung open he looked up expectantly
and his eyes seemed to search Mrs.
Palmer's face for some word of encour-
agement. He had been sitting on that
bench since early morning, according to
Mrs. Palmer; his hat was pulled on tight
ly, and in his hand he clutched bundle
wrapped in newspaper. He was ready to
answer the first summons which would
spell his freedom. Although the authori-
ties might hold him indefinitely, he arises
bright and early, clutches his bundle in
his arms, dons mis- hat and waits. And
the minutes stretch away into hours, and
the hours into days,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04
IMMIGRANTS FED AT LOSS
SINCE GREAT WAR BEGAN
Lively Scenes at U. s. Sta
tion Down the Delaware
Replaced by Dreariness.
w o m an Contractors
Profits Have Ceased

ANY one who ever visited the United
States immigration Station, located
few miles down the river at Gloucester,
N. j., In the "ante-bellum" days, and was
an eyewitness to the great crowds OF
brightly garbed distressed but babbllng
mass OF humanity which surged resuessly
about the grounds awaiting release
from their erstwhile prison, VIII md u
hard, indeed, to readjust his mental pic
ture TO 1T the station as II stands today.
There Is a silence there such as one as
sociates with the tombs of the dead, FOR
instead Of go detained foreigners, whose
jargon Of low gutturals or high stacatto
tones were wont to make the rooms re-
sound, there are only nine lonely persons
feverishly counting out the hours un'l
the gate to liberty swings wide open TOT
them.
This silence is significant II represents
the loss of fortunes both great and small,
for it tells the story OF the mammoth
transatlantic liners which ply no more
between the Old World and our own land,
carrying their animated cargo of human
souls into this promised" wonderland OF
wealth
. Mrs. Anna S. Palmer, who has a con-
tract with the United states Government
TO feed these hundreds of detained I'M
migrants, says the silence Is doubly sig
nificant to her.
Mrs. Palmer is n quiet, motherly little
body, and is probably the one woman in
America who has felt the direct pinch or
the war havoc more than any other wom-
an on our shores.
FEEDING IMMIGRANTS AT LOSS.
Indeed It is impossible to make ends
meet nowadays" she said, but with a
sad little smile which means she is maxi
ing the best of It gracefully. MY con-
tract will not be up until next July, and,
Of course. make my living here by feed
ing the detained immigrants at AZ cents
per person. There are only nine here
now, but the rent and many of the ex-
penses go on just the same. l rent this
part Of the station and pay all my own
help. While l don't have to pay quite
as much rent as before the war, l am
losing money right along; i'm fact, l can
not even attempt to make ends meet
1.-THE time is far away, l am afraid,
when there will be as many immigrants
here as there used to be. The Haverford
which used to bring them, has been taken
by the British Government; the Merton
was lost, and the German-Lloyd and ltal-
ian Lines have stopped running. The Do
minion brings very few"
81 charged AZ cents day for each per-
son per day." Mrs. Palmer said. "And
1 always served good substantial food
For breakfast I always had a cereal with
milk, a hash or meat stew or baked pork
and beans (sometimes fried fish), pota-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

type And clothes were made accord
ineiy.
Nowadays, sartoriaIly speaking, a
change has come over the spirit OF tho
feminine dream. To be freakish is the
aim and object OF each fair damozel. And
Y she Isn't freakish then rest assured
that she Is unhappy, and is feeling that
she hasn't adequately fulnlled her mis-
sion IN life.
walking along the street the other day
I could not help noticing that every sec
ond woman was sallying forth arrayed In
something striped, horizontally, vertical
". diagonally. all sorts of ways; in fact
producing In the case of one stout Eve,
at least, most amazing effect.
Jsnst why a woman should want TO look
Ike zebra cannot quite make out. II
she turned her frills into wings and fast
ened them to her shoulders and combed
her hair back so that II resembled a halo
and generally gave herself the look Of one
Of Arthur Machen's Mons angels, could
quite understand that.
II L. only natural for a woman to want
TO look like ministering angel. A zebra
has a reputation, too, but II is such as
makes even the most intrepid fight shy.
OF course. you can't tame a woman,
eisher. I once heard man say that a
man Is the most savage thing there is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04
The Waterlily and the Dragonfy

noWN the pretty breeze-ruffied surface
IL Of tiny pond water-lily swayed
back and forth, back and forth in the
sunshine.
What a pity it is" she said to her
self contentedly, that everybody on
earth can't be water-lilyI How happy
they would bel"
WHATS that you say?" asked a hand
some green and gold dragon-ny who hap
pened by Just then.
II say. What a pity is is that every
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04
The Now

The charm OF n love is its telling, the
telling that goes with the giving.
The charm of a deed II is doing; the
charm of a life is its living.
The soul of a thing is the thought the
charm of an act is the actor!
The soul of the fact is its truth, and the
now is its principal factor.
What use to mankind Is a purpose that
never shone forth in a doer;
What use has the world for a lover that
never had winner nor wooer?
The motives, the hopes and the schemes
that have ended in idle conclusions
Are buried along with the failures that
come in a life of illusions.
Away with the fiimsy idea that life with
a past Is attended,
There's now, only now, and no past
there's never past; 1t has ended
Away with its obsolete story and all Of
its yesterday sorrow
There's only today, almost gone, and in
front of today stands tomorrow,
Exchange