davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
RUssLA's PROGRESS IN TURKEY.

RUSSLA's PROGRESS IN TURKEY.
 Interest has been directed for some time to the Turkish area in the war zone because of the activity of the Russians in Asia Minor and the fail ure of the British expeditions in the Mesopetan1ia section. Under Grand Duke Nicholas the Russians have made an important entry at the back door of the Turkish empire which has great possibilities before it.
 The British effort to capture Bag dad was undertaken with less prep aration and carried on without as certaining the extent of the obstacles to be surmounted. It has thus far been a decided failure, but new at tention is directed to future opera tions in that quarter by the report to the effect that the Russian forces, presumably from Persia, have joined with the British. Little or no detail has been furnished regarding this Russian movement, so that it is i'm possible to gauge the effect of the union but it certainly cannot mean any weaker force in that locality, and if the Russian addition is a substan- tial one, the joint operations in Me sopotamia ought to assume a differ ent character from what they have been in the past.
 The claim is made that Turkey has strong Austrian endorsements al Bagdad and that German contingent is on the way, but if the Russians have reached the railway line, as has beer hinted and new offensive follows as the result of the Russians reaching the British, it is not surprising that Turkey is on the anxious seat and weakening it's defense of Constantino- pie for the purpose of checking this | serious invasion from the east.
 It is but natural therefore that there should be new interest attached to the progress which the Russian army Is making. It has been present. ing more formidable front ever l since it captured Erzerum and now il has so operated as to obtain the bene. | fit of the British assistance which LII to now has been held in check.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
TIE s4lp PURCHASE slLL.

After a limited debate that followed determined efforts to amend it the shipping bill has received a favorable vote in the lower house of congress and according to its provisions there will be appropriated, if the measure continues to receive favorable action. the sum of $50 100000 to be raised by the sale of Panama canal bonds. The bill authorizes the purchase, charter Or lease of ships by the government for sale or lease to private capital. with the restrictions, however, that they can be called hack into govern Tment service in case of need and that the operation of such vessels by the government would not extend over i've years after the close of the Flu ropean war. It also provides for a board of five to regulate shipping.
 This is a pet scheme of the ad- ministration for the purpose of re- lleving the shortage of merchant ves- sells. but it is apparent that aside from the governmental ownership fea- ture of the bill which has called forth much opposition because of the competition with private capital, it is difficult to see how such a plan is go- ing to change conditions to any great extent.
 Private capital has been putting new ships into commission as fast as they could be built. old ones have been reftted and utilized and many more would have been used if they had been obtainable. Government reports show that IFS merchant ships have been launched from American ship yards in the first three months of this year and that the yards are filled with orders some of which cannot be filled inside of two or three years. Old vessels are now worth more than new ones under normal conditions and to attempt to purchase or lease such means that they must be dropped in few years at a big sacrifice and without meeting the requirements. The bill will mean a handsome income to the members of the shipping board, a quarter of Q million or more dur 1 ing the five years. if the measure is l finally passed but the senate still has a chance to put damper on such a | proposition, when it comes up in that body for consideration.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
Horrors In the Wittenbera camp.

Major Priestley, of the Army Medi- cal Corps, has supplemented the recent official report on the typhus epidemic among British prisoners of war in the Wittenberg camp in Germany fast year with further descriptions of the hor- TOTS that he encountered there. Major Priestley, it will be remembered, was one of six British doctors, sent to the when, 1t is alleged, the German medi-
 cal staff abandoned it's post at the camp after the typhus broke out.
 Major Priestley is one of the three sur
 vivors among these six British doctors.
 the others having succumbed to the
 fever.
 We were pushed through the
 barbed wire by the German guards,
 said the major to an Associated Press
 correspondent in describing his intro duction to the Wittenberg camp, and instructed to proceed to certain hut
 where we found our mattresses on
 top of a stack of cof1ns.
 'Bt was dusk when we arrived and | 1t is impossible to give you an ade- quate impression of the terrible con- dition in which we found the camp. We walked through the compounds to
 Number Eight, reserved for hospi- | tai, and although fifteen thousand l prisoners were crowded into a space I of ten and one half acres, we might
 have been walking through a camp of | en of our progress. The men seemed | dazed and apathetic. That night we | began our desperate fight against ty- l phus with all of the odds in its favor. | "Our only stimulant was canphor- l ated oil which, although slow in &C., tion, can serve that purpose when
 other stimuIants are lacking. But 1 that is only one indication of the | hopeless lack of facilities with which we were faced from the start. The compound reserved for a hospital was such in name only, as it was not only l without the most ordinary equipment and sanitary conveniences, but utterly lacked the most elementary comforts There was not a regular bed in the place and the mattresses were filthy and uncomfortable. Typhus is es- sentially fifth disease and to combat 1t successfully cleaning materials and
 changes of clothing are prime necesSd-
 ties. Many of the men had only thu
 ragged remnants of their uniforms
 their great coats having been lost ol taken from them by the guards while l. some had to go about wrapped in { blanket with strips of blankets in thu place of boots Soap had been sen l to the prisoners from England, but thu men were not permitted to receive any . of their packages until MT. Gerard, thu American ambassador, made his in ] spectton of the camp after the epid ennic was over.
 tThe most amazing feature Of tn, l epidemic from the standpoint of { physician was the number of prison r CTS who recovered from the disease Their gratitude was pathetic and em : barrassing as they gave the doctor
 so much credit for their recovery, am had but little to do with 1t, for oar
 q facilities were so limited that we couls
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
PROOF lN TURANTIA CASE.

Since the time of the torpedoing of he Sussex. Holland has been trying Q flx the responsibility for the sink ng of the Tubantia. At the time in IcationB pointed strongly to a Ger nan submarine and since then frag- nents of a torpedo of German man. tfacture have been obtained as proof 4 that nations responsibility in con- lectlon with the act.
 Germany has declared that if 1t was
 German submarine that sent the Iner Co the bottom it will make fun eparation, and in it's endeavor to onvince the imperial government, Holland has submitted the pieces of he torpedo for examination by Ger ian experts with the result that the dlmiralty has made the admission hat they are as claimed. To off, et the guilt which would thus be at- ached to Germany there is offered ho novel excuse that the torpedo was he which was fired ten days previ- us at British warship, ard the in- srence is that it had been floating round ever since waiting for some hIng 10 collide with it.
 If Germany had not been in the MNAL or LOIpGQOlnG lA4lGAS III IAA0 pelS nthout giving warning. and if 1t had ot been offering excuses in othel asea such as the presentation of 6 raWing made by the commander oi ie submarine that attacked the Sus- x, which showed that 1t was a shiI
 an entirely different character. i light De possible to accept this ex' |anation of the manner in which thu ulch ship was sent to the bottom Ht if Holland can prove that thu locaH of the German torpedo wer' stuallv taken off the Tubantia, it hal ,od ground for insisting that Ger anyfis responsible for the loss. Ger any isn't inclined to admit it's gull ntii the proof has bean. furnished 1t when that has been presented al
 the case of the steamer attacked
 the Irish coast and again in tn
 EBtcf the Sussex it has a way O ain@ convinced against it's inclina tn, but the facts have to be cold an, trd
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
ADVENTURES OF TIE NEW FLAT

morning after my husband had gone bag and baggage. and knew that his train had left and there was no chance of his calling up to tell me of any thing he had left and wanted sent on, I went downtown. I had intended to take lunch at one of the tearooms but was seized with a fit of economy in view of all our extra expenses, and came home instead.
 tOf course our maid had left us as soon as we had put up the rens sign and had not tried to get another, but I did not mind getting my own lunch, even if I was tired. I was so eager to get back into the fiat to try the sam pies of new curtains up at the win dows that I fairly ran from the car to my door. was all out of breath when I got upstairs. because am not used to stairs, having used an eleva- tor always in the building from which we came.
 door and found that it wouldn't work At first I thought had kept key of the old flat by mistake, but it was the right key and fused and worked with it till bent it and was so tired that was ready to weep. was ter thought of the cream of tomato soup that I had set aside for my lunch was almost too m1Dctl for me.
 T hurried down to the drug store and telephoned to the agent to see whether he had any other key but he had closed his office and gone to l lunch, so called up his main office 1 downtown. Somebody there said that 1 all the extra keys were kept in the neighiborhood branda offices. re- membered, however, that the woman who used to live here had moved north of me and I went to her house. l did not realize that she had moved | so far or l should have telephoned and not tried to walk. but it seemed like a short distance and kept on, think 1 ing it was scarcely worth while to | take a car. When got there I did not get an answer to my ring. So ] I asked a neighbor, who told me the lady had gone away for the weekend l and that her maid was visiting g friend on the west side.
 q took the car back here and bought myself box of crackers 1 which I ate sitting on my front steps When the box was empty felt bet ter and I had the brilliant idea, of try ing to get through the window The only one oni the back porch was locked tight, but hailed small boy and got
 him to help me work at the door fol 1 @ good half hour trying to open that We failed, but the boy suggested tha IT get a loeksmitf1, and was kint enough to volunteer to send me one"
 Help was at hand, then, I guess
 Well the locksmith didn't hurry a. mut0l as he might have" laughed thC woman who had just moved in. ''Bu he was quite cheerful and willing.
 took him up the front way and hand ed him my key so that he could se' just what was wrong. He took it anG stuck it in the keyho1e and the dool opened as nicely as you please
 Why. did you ever!"
 'sYes" calmly assented the woman who had just moved in. You see
 in my haste had gone to the wront
 door and had been trying to open m,
 neighbours house instead of my own
 Pure carelessness, as I said" Chi 1 cago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

There is strong feeling in con- gress that the naval bill ought not to pass without provision for some bat tleships, and it is a good idea, but it must not be done at the sacrifice of the battle cruisers.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

Possibly this new order to the Ger man consuls in this country means that the supply of medals has run short and Germany isn't going to dec crate any more like they did Boy y-Ed
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

Now it is the German cabinet which is receiving attention, yet there are very few of them which have gone through the war without having some of the veneer knocked off.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

At a woman's convention in New York committee has been named to entertain the husbands who may be brought along. That ought to mean good turnout of the men.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

Most of the belligerent nations have pushed the clock ahead to save time It might be good idea if they would put forward peace for the sake of saving men.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

Much Is being said about the fact that Roosevelt did not meet Ford while in Detroit. Under the circum- stances there is no reason for sur prise
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

Rather Go to the Senate. Nick Hongworth has declared him self ready to go to war if his father in-law starts one. = Detroit Free Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

Carranza is said to have become nervous again over the fact that more troops have been sent across the bor-
 der after the Glenn Springs affair, but the activity of the bandits doesn't appear to be keeping him awake
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: Most men have little use for remedy they caAnot swallow or rub in.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

From the way in which the fighting continues at Verduh. it is evident that neither side is willing to concede the supremacy of the other.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

It is so long since Villa has been actually seen that he ought to be thinking about getting out some new photos.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

The search for Villa alive is likely to bring better and quicker results than the endeavor to find his grave.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

|. No one should question for a min. ute that Norwich can stand the clean ing up that it is going to get thi: week.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

The way to tackle the clean up campaign is to tackle it early and keep it up until the job is finished. There is plenty to do to fill the week.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
Civilization in santo Domingo.

The Senate of Santo Domingo has voted to impeach the President of the republic. In the old days the President would have been assassi- nated.-Albany Argus.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

'T had a really uncomfortable ex- perience the first day was in Ulas flat" said the woman who had recent ly moved in. T almost regretted that qad moved at all. and the charms of my old fiat loomed large in com parison It was all a matter of care- lessness that might have been avoid ed, too"
 Tt sometimes seems as though peo- trouble in the world" said the sy1n- pathetic listener. People leave open the elevator doors, tEey drop banana. peels on the sidewalk and drop papers around to blow in horses faces, and So on without end. We ought to have an association or a school to teach care and attention"
 Perhaps that might help, the woman who had just moved in as- sented. "But maybe it's little late for some of us to learn. We were so delighted to get this fiat that we were like a couple of children. my husband and I, consequently the disappoint- ment I felt was all the greater be- cause I had my ideas so high. We moved in on Monday and we got things to rights pretty fast, because the flat had been vacant quite a while and we had brought over the pie lures and things like that from day to day as soon as the decorating was done. Besides, my husband had to leave for the east the very next day and he worked extra hard in order te get me comfortable before he left. By still delighted with our bargain. We hadn't found a single thing to be sorry about, the way one usually does, you know.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

Indeed I do know" laughed the sympathetic listener. Once I found that there wasn't any window in the pantry, another time I discovered, too late, that the tubs were in the kitchen and the very last time we moved I found that all the faucets in the house were broken-and ttle landlord wouldn't give us a single new one. When you go over the fiat or house you think you see everything there is to see, but somthing always escapes you. If it isn't in the kitchen it's in the reception rooms and your husband always looks so shocked and won- ders why on earth you didn't notice it when you went through. I'd like to know how you could see anything more than the very outside of things when the agent and everybody else conspire to keep you in dense ignor- ance of the drawbacks"
 we were sure we didn't have any here," went on the woman who had just moved in. But that Tuesday
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
A RemarkabIe Recovery.

The most remarkable thing about Villas recovery is the manner in which he survived that $50,0O0 re- ward.-Washingt Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

The building of St. PauPs cathe- dTaI London. required S6 years.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

Norwich, TueadaY May 70, 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

Windham, May 20, 1916.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-05-13
To Fine Constables
For rNotKillingDogs
Indiana County Commission,
ers to Enforce Law Regard
ing Unlicensed CANNES.

The board of county commits
sioners has decided to enforce
to the limit of the law which re-
uuires constables to kill al un-
licensed dogs and constables
who fail to perform this duty
will be fined. The law requires
constables to kill all unlicensed
dogs and they are paid 81 for
each dog killed. They are fined
So for each failure to perform
their duty in this matter. No
fees are paid to the constables
until the officer complies with
his duty.
The commissioners are also
considering the holding up OF
the constables' quarterly return
fees unless their return blanks
are properly made out, signed
and sworn to.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-05-13
OPEN LAMP CAUSED EXPL LOSION
IN THE MINES AT ROBINDALE, PA.
That Is Verdict of Jury at Inquest Into Disaster Which
Caused the Loss of Many Lives at That Place,

The jury at the inquest into
the robindale mine disaster re-
turned a verdict yesterday find
ing that "open lamps in the
hands of employees ignited gas
and caused the death of eight
men in the Robindale mine of
the Conemaugh Smokeless Coal
Co. near Seward"
The inquest was in charge of
Coroner T. B. Buterbaugh OF
this place. A number of men
inspectors in this vicinity, in
Guiding Nicholas Evans and
Thomas D. Williams, of John
stoWn were examined.
The recommendations of the
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-05-13

MARATHON, Tex, May Il
Maj. Langhorne and two divi-
sions of troops of the Eighth
cavalry crossed the Rio Grande
last night and are heading south
ward rapidly, it was announced
today.
They have with them the
three Mexican bandits who were
captured by the employees of the
Porto Rico de Boquillas to guide
the column to the camp of the
brigands, who are supposed to
be about IL hours march in
land.
1t is reported that J. Deem
er, an American storekeeper,
who was kidnapped, is being
held a prisoner at this camp.
A company of coast artillery
of approximately $50 men has
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-05-13
Knights of Malta
in Big Parade
POttsville Gets Two Prizes at the
State COnvOcatiOn

DUBOIS, Pa, May 11.-A
parade in which uniformed men
from all parts of the State par
ticipated featured the convOca-
ton of the Knights of Malta
here today Thousands viewed
the pageant. Prizes were
awarded to the following lodg-
es:
Commandery coming longest
distance, Pottsville; command
cry with most men in line, Nc
Keesports; commandery making
finest appearance, Puritan
commandery having best drill
team, McKeesport; Danes OF
Malta having best drill team,
Pottsville. The next convoca-
ton will be held in Pittsburgh.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-05-13

jury were as follows:
First, that a competent fire
boss be engaged to perform his
duties as required by law.
Second, that lock safety or
electric lamps be used in all
parts of the mine.
Third, that suitable explosives
recommended by proper author
tiles be used, the shots to be
tamped with clay or other non
combustible material and the
shot to be ignited by competent
employees with an electric bat
terry
Fourth, that due care be exer-
cised in the use of electric lines
in the said mine.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-05-13
WRITE LETTERS
WITH BULLETS.

COLUMBUS, N. M, May IL
One of the hundreds of bullets
the American soldier boys are
using to write letters to their
wives, mothers or sweethearts
may later kill Villa or some 9TH
er Mexican bandit. The soldiers
write most of their letters with
bullets, on the cardboard ends
of shoe boxes. Pens, pencils
and stationery are among the
equipment abandoned by the ex-
pedition, so it could travel light
and fast.
Several of the shoe box letters
state that these are written with
the bullet that is going to kill Vii
la. The shoe box letters are
delivered unstamped, as postal
cards. A big bag full of them
arrives here every few days by
aeroplane.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-05-13
Gen. Obregon Plans Own
Welfare in Terms OfPeaCe
Is Belief According to y. S.
Continued Rumors of Friction Between Carranza and Obre
gon Lead Border to Suspect Latter May Be Plan
ming Revolt-ThA q. S. Hopes for Peace.

been ordered here to guard the
line of communications.
WASHINGTON, May IL
Administration officials today
were hopeful that Gen. Obregon,
Carranza war minister, would
sign Immediately the military
agreement presented at Ell Paso
by Gems. Scott and Funston, on
behalf Of the United States.
Despite the long delay of OBJ
regon, it was pointed out that
Gen. Scott had made no report
indicating the agreement might
not be signed.
Consequently officials were
not inclined to believe that the
negotiations would reach the
point where a break would oc-
cur between Mexico and the
United States.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-05-13
CLEARFIELD COUNTY DRYS
APPEAL LICENSE GRANTG

DUBOIS, Pa, May 11-JOseph
S. Reitz, chairman of the Clear
field County Temperance League
today filed the papers appealing
the cases of the thirteen whole
saleers and three breweries of
Clearfeld county who are doing
business under licenses granted
by Judge Singleton Bell.
With the papers there is a
motion to advance the cases
from the October to the June
session of superior court.
Judge Bell granted the icen-
ses after considering them for
seven weeks, filing an opinion
that the wholesalers and brew
ers would engage N business
at their own risk, as he was not
sure of his authority, the legal
advertisement having appeared
, in only two instead Of three
newspapers.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-05-13
Faculty Recital at Normal Monday, May 5

faculty recital will be given da Bartak Mcanus soprano
Chapel Monday She will be assisted by Miss Or
evening" May 18th at o'clock Alma Reinecke, pianste
The recital given by Mrs Ma the following program:
Wolf
mpronpu sharp rpnnnor
ALL derer The Wander n
De he
Gesang Weylas CHeya,s song) Wolf
PIANOPoichineIe, 5, Rachmaninof
Aria--Ah forse
was t he nyh ear fore
lie in F A
The
Sof from the n
vOCAIr-Nfght and Dawn
Woodman
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-05-13
RECORD PRICE FOR CATTLE

CHICAGO, May IA new
record price for May was set to-
day for choice cattle at the Chi
cago Stock Yards, when Armour
and Co. paid $10.25 per 100
pounds for a carload of Angus
yearlings.
Buyers predicted that because
of the failure of the Iowa corn
crop last year and the war de-
mands No. l cattle may bring
$12 per 100 pounds within a few
weeks.