davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
WORSE THAN FACING GUNFIRE
Gallant Seaman Found Himself In
Dilemma From Which He Was Ex-
trlcated in Nick of Time.

A lack tar from II. M. S.-entered
a southwestern London post Office to
change money order.
AS it was government pay order
he was asked, according to regulations,
to show his certificate Of identity. But
the sailor had lost the certificate.
All the girls in the post Office be-
came anxious to help.
Haven't you your name marked any
where?" urged one. Jack thought
hard, suddenly kindled with inspira-
ton, opened his mouth to speak, and
then stood silent. A flush deepened
his tanned complexion.
"Well?" urged the young postal lady.
The sailor wanted that money badly.
He faced the guns. "Yes," he blurted,
'lny names marked on my shift"
Post office girls have no training in
the technical lingo on his majesty's
navy, Whatever sort of document,
docket or disk this shift might be,
it was her duty not to pay the money
until she had seen it. "Then let me
see your Shift" she demanded amia-
bly, but firmly.
Small veins knotted on Jacks tenn
pies, moisture stood on his brow. But
desperate finance needs desperate
measures. Have you got screen
here?" he asked in hollow voice.
"A screenr' echoed the post office
girl in bewilderment. AYE, screen"
repeated Jack on d rising note of
agony.
1t was then that colleague saved
one of his majesty's A. MS from apo
plexy by hurried and whispered ex-
PLANTATION to his inquisition.
Perhaps because the gods love
laughter the sailors identity was then
accepted without further evidence
London Daily Mail.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
KA|SER'S SOLDIERS
ARE HURLED BACK
STRONG COMMENTATORS AT
NIGHT BEATEN BACK WITH
HEAVY LOSSES.
Air Battles Result In Destruction OF
Seven Teuton Craft. While French
AIrmen 5ombard German De-
pots In chauny Region.

London 1.-The repulse OF German
bonlbardments formed the chief fea-
lures OF the fighting Sunday on the
western front from the Somme re.
gion between the French and British
forces and the Germans The at.
tacks by the Germans against the
British took place north OF Ginchy
and against the French south Of Der
ny-en.Santerre.
In addition TO numerous air battles
between French and German ayiators
in which seven German machines
We're forced down, French aircraft
have heavily bombarded German DE-
pots and establishments in the re-
gions OF Chauny, south of ST. Quen.
tin. Ham and Peronne London
claims for British airmen the de,
struction OF three German machines
and the driving down OF others in a
damaged condition.
Continuing their advance in west,
ern Dobruia. the German and Bulgar.
ian forces have captured the old Bull
garian fortress of Silistria. which
lies on the eastern bank of the Dan,
u5e, about twenty-five miles northeast
OF Turtukai and sixty miles east OF
Bucharest the capital of Roumanla
In Ranat. north OF orsova. however
the Roumanians are keeping up their
advance against the Austrians, hav.
ing compelled the Austrian right
wing, after il had pushed them back
two and a half miles, to withdraw to
its former position under strong
counterattacks.
Attempts by the Russians to break
through the Austrian lines southeast
OF Lemberg, near Halicz, failed. ac
cording 10 Vienna. with heavy losses
The Vienna statement mentions the
gallantry of the Turkish forces fight
ing with the Austrians in this region
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
germany is Amer Dutch Educators.

The Hague. Netherlands Having
failed 10 recruit the staff OF the pro
posed Flemish university at Chen,
among native professors. Germany is
making every effort TO persuade
young Dutch professors to take posts
in the new institution. The most
tempting offers are being made. Pros
poets are held out OF salaries far
above those paid by the Belgian gov
eminent before the war, while 1t l.
reresented 10 the desired candidates
that II the Belgian government should
return and Gust them from their post.
their future win be assured by the
German government.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Urges Women to Support Huahes.

Atlantic City, N. "A direct appeal
to the woman suffragists of the coun.
try to support the Republican candi
date for president in return for the
service he has rendered the cause OF
equal rights was made by Herbert
Parsons, Republican national commit
teeman from New York, at the night
session of the National Woman SUI
frage convention.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
FROM ALL OVER

Louisville. Ky, is to have n mission
school for Baptist women, TO cost
sl5O,OO0.
The girls who wore khaki and
drilled through hard months en-
campment at Chevy Chase, Md, are
now 10 be active organizers Of societies
throughout the country for sewing
shirts for soldiers. The khaki-clad
"sister sGescs' VIII also 90 to the front
for the Red Cross II actual need hap.
s,Bs 10 lfru.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
No Word for 80

II is impossible to "kicl," . mon J.,
French, You must give him -. u
w WIN TN. me foot The Portuguese do.
no. wink at one; they close md
upen ire eyes In the languages Of
many semicivilized tribes there i M
woru win which to convey the ides
oi stealing perhaps because tho idea
OF property is so vague. # is re,, leu
- one u the early missionaries thar
~ attempting to translate the Bihle
my Alsohquln' he could find no Word
TO invent one. Nipelieu
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Blows Top of Head of.

0phir. utah.-Joseph ReduIcS. a
miner and millman, SO years Of age.
shot and killed his wife and then com
mitted suicide Ruddick used a .S6.40
gun. He shot his wife first in the arm
and then through the head, killing
her instantly. When he turned the
weapon upon himself he blew the en-.
tire top of his head off.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15

A small pocket light has no battery,
The current Is generated by small
dynamo concealed in the handle and
worked by one finger.
Lake Tnnganylka, near which the
British and German African forces are
battling, is said to be twice as big as
Wales in area and TO lie on n country
Of Ideal climate, 200 to 5000 feet
above the sea. Livingstone, the mis-.
slonary discovered Tanganylkn and
British power ended Arab slave trad
Ing In the region about thirty eight
years ago.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
officer Awaiting Trial is sho, Down

Dothan, Ala. D. Chancey, veter-
an marshal of Hartford, Ala, who was
awaiting trial at the fall term of the
Geneva county circuit court in an in
dlctment charging him with having
killed a man named Driver at Hart
ford last January, was shot and killed
in Houston county 1t is charged that
Barlow Driver, brother of the man
killed by the marshal, did the shoot.
ing.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Fortress costa so.ooo Man.

Berlin. Major Moraht. military crit
ic of the Tageblatt. calculates that
the Rumanian loss in connection with
the capture Of the Danube fortress OF
Turtukai at not less than $4,000. lie
estimates the Russian army in Do
brudja at between 100000 and 100000
and points out that Turtukal was ex
pected TO protect Bucharest from a
fianking movement.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Britain and Sweden Send Sharp Note,

London.-There has been a further
c,t, and rather sharp exchange of notes
! ~ between Great Britain and Sweden in
let regard TO the difficulties brought
y tabout by the entente allied blockade
ceea and Sweden,s retaliatorv seizure ~
lrs. mails ~ ,rans,, betvaan E,n.ia,,d "a
Russia
low btish lorelsh secretary Wis
"a count Grey. insists that as condition
Tito submitting the matter TO arbltra
le rtion, Sweden must promise not to in.
" c'terfere again with English parcels
-post matter in transit across Sweden.
'eesosrhe Swedish government apparently
~ is determined not to make such an en-.
Engagement
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Am R
shIppina Rn sIaned.

hool 7 Washington - President wiIson
riends igned the shining bin rhrrsaa,, !,
alth h,,,hor,.es .,e.,,i,,.,s,., ~
4 corporation or corporations with
capitalization OF not more than $50.
lie Pai00,00O TO buy or lease ships and put
a sclhem in trade II they cannot be
lDorhceased for operation to private CAPT
will tsal
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Kills Stamp Taxes.

Washington.-When the new gen.
eral revnue bill became effective Sat.
urday business men throughout the
country were relieved of the STAMP
taxes which they have been paying
since December l, 1914, and which
were to have continued until Decem.
Der 81 of this year.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15

Mr.. Chung Tsun Hang, the new Chi
nese minister to Tokyo, has been min
lister of justice and Is thoroughly quail
fed for his high position. His APP
pointment Is indicative of the awaken.
ing of China to the Importance of hav-
ing able and influential men in the
diplomatic service.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Ecape With SIP 600

Martins Ferry, O.-After fatally
wounding Lee Rankin, superintendent
of the Y. & o. Coal company at Flor.
ence, O., two masked bandits escaped
with $4,000 with which Rankin was
on his way to the mine to Pay the
employees.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Flve.cent Loaf % Be Abandoned.

seho Chicago Recommendations TO all
Ees ctpakers Of the United States that the
bn5-cent loaf of bread be abandoned
bn thslnd the io-cent loaf standardized
|egon.Te made after considerable discus.
beension at the closing session OF the ex,
|eeptsacutiye committee OF the National AS
q 0ciation Of Master Bakers Friday.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
sUFFRAGlsTs END CONVENTION
Reiterate Adherence to the Policy Of
Non-partisanship in Resolutions.

Atlantic City, n. 1.-THE National
American Woman Suffrage association
convention in its final business SEES.
sion Saturday adopted a declaration
OF principles in which it reiterated its
adherence to the policy of non-parti-
sanship. Adherence or hostility to
any party, the declaration said, is to
be condemned.
The most significant result of the
recent work of the association, the
declaration says, is that every politi.
cal party has put women suffrage in
its platform and that every presiden.
tial candidate has expressed himself
in favor of it.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Slight NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

How did the tulip bulbs sent Won
turn outY" inquired the congressman
with an ingrutiating smile.
rulip bulbs? We did get a mess of
onions from you, and they were n
tasteless lot,'-LouiSville Courier.
Journal
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
TOWN Mreeked by wInas,orr.

Grand Island. Neb.--A windstorm
approaching the violence OF tornado
linton saturday wrecked the small town OF
|seiifngairo, fourteen miles northwest OF
|se he ere One woman was perhaps ia.
near ally injured
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
EIeetrIc Iren KIlIs Woman

Cleveland o.-August Teury. moth.
err Of five children, was shocked 10
death while using an electric iron in
her home, An investigation Of the
cause OF the high voltage which made
the fatality possible is being made
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Prisoners Escape

New York.-'Four prisoners. charg.
ed with minor olfenses, escaped from
the detention pen of the West Side
prison here Sunday night after throw.
ing red pepper in the eyes oil william
]. Jackson, the head keeper.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
Sounds That wsv

THAT rich little kids rot n nloca
N ms house he calls the buttery. I
wonder what that is?"
why. it's the place where no kaanu
his goat, YOU boob"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-15
FIre Ranlna h Forest.

Denyer.-Three forest fires in the
liz Horn national forest Of Wyoming
ave gotten beyond control Of 400
re fighters, according TO information
eceiyed at district forestry headquart
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14
Co. Commissioners
Still In Session

The county cOmmiss siOners
have been i'm session all the week
and have not completed their
work yet. They audited and al
lowed an accumulation of three
months bills which aggregated a
total of nearly ten thousand dol
lars. This took considerable
time and the remainder of the
session has practically all been
given over to tax matters, listen
ing to tax grievances of various
kinds and considering delinquent
tax certificates.
A number of parties have ap-
peared before the board with del
ipquent certificates which they
wish cancelled in full or on which
they ask for a rebate. Each of
this cases has to be considered
separately and it is probable that
the session Of the board will be
continued over to next week.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14
Will Hold Art
Exhibition Here

Plans are being made for an
art exhibition to be held in this
.ity from Feb. 2 to 5, under the
auspices of the public schools.
The exhibition is of more than
ordinary interest, consisting of
a collection of two hundred car
ION photographs and engravings
oaned by the Elson Art Publish
ng company Of Massachusetts.
Only the best reproductions of
he masterpieces of art are con-
aimed in the collection and one
would need to visit practically
every art gallery in the world to
see the original pictures that will
he represented here. Subjects
rom all the principal schools of
art are shown.
The object Of the exhibition is
not only to advance the cause OF
art in the public mind by devel-
oping a taste for the beautiful
hut to raise funds for the pur-
chasing of pictures for the walls
# the school rooms.
1t is a part of the education o'
ne young to develop in them the
Qualities Of culture and refine
lment and the wholesome and ed
lucating influence Of pictures o
he right sort in the school room
one Of the most certain mean
! nf reaching this aim.
Supt. Lukens and the teachin
taft arc at work preparing tn
shibilion. and the details will b
announced late".
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14
st. Joe River
Is Still Open
ICE BREAKER IS BACK ON RUN
Steamer Flyer Kept River Open Alone fur Several
Days Had to Make Night Run

The Red Collar Line has had a
great deal of trouble keeping the
ice broken and the river open for
the past few days while the ice
breaker was out OF commission.
The Colfax was taken off the run
and the whole work of keeping
the river open and looking after
the traffic was left to the Flyer
and this boat and crew have been
having a pretty strenuous time.
Tuesday evening they got in
about eight o'clock. The weather
was extremely sharp and grow
ing colder and there was strong
fear that the river would be
frozen over by morning. About
nine o'clock the boat was sent out
again to keep the channel open
and made a trip to East Point, the
)ther side of Harrison, and back
this city during the night.
rhey arrived here at five o'clock
md at half past six started back
m the regular trip. For the past
ew days the boat has been start
ng at six o'clock i'm the morning
on the regular trip and quite fire.
quently it has been nine o'clock in
the evening before it got in.
The ice-breaker, Copenhagen
has been repaired and is back or
,he run again and the officials be-
lieve that they will be able tC
teep the river open.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14
Carlton Leaves
For The East

A. N. Carlton will leave Satur-
day for the east. He will visit
Chicago and New York for the
purpose Old buying his stock of
spring and summer goods and eX-
poets to be away for about two
weeks. He will move his store
into the Shaw's Corner building
about the first of March and will
arrange to have his new stock
arrive about that time He is
planning on putting in large
stock of seasonable goods and will
make his store 1.-The place where
the entire family trades"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14

accident was observing the man
hands Hopping" on the side of
the track. He Immediately stop
ped the train and walked back to
where Sharp was lying and trying
to call out.
The train crew at once eXtri-
Gated Sharp from under the train
and he was taken to the hospital
at Standpoint, where he died at fl
a. M, retaining consciousness to
the last.
The trainmen are inclined to
the opinion that Sharp was trying
to climb on the slowly moving
car and missed his hold. Not
knowing that he was already dead
Mrs. Sharp left Hillyard for Sand
point at noon with her 1-mOnth-
old baby, hoping to cheer her hus-
band at his bedside. The body
will be brought to Hillyard.
Joseph Sharpe, referred to in
the above article, which was TAX
en- from Wednesdays Spokesman
Review, was we'll known in this
city. At the time of the opening
of the Occur d'Alene Indian Res
ervation he took up a homestead
on Harrison Flats about five miles
north of this city, and adjoining
H. Rowinsky's place on the north
lie lived on his homestead for sew
eral years and until he went tC
work for the Great Northern a.
brakeman.
He was married about a yea
ago at Portland and had one child
He still owned his farm here ant
the news of his death was a sever
shock to his friends and forme
ueighbOrs.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14

Now that it has become almost
certain that Oscar Olson was
murdered the interest in the case
becomes more intense. The au-
thorities are convinced that he
was made way with by Fred
Clancy. the man who was working
on Olson's ranch, and are bend
ing all their energies to locate
and apprehend Clancy.
The board of county commits
sioners has authorized Sheriff
Leaf to offer a reward of two
hundred dollars for the appre-
lension and delivery of Clancy to
he authorities here and relatives
OF Olson have offered a like sum
for the same purpose, making a
total of four hundred dollars re-
ward for his arrest.
The last trace which has been
obtained Of Clancy was in Spo-
kane about December 9th. He
had a blue suit of clothes and a
lhlack overcoat belonging to Olson
which he had cleaned and pressed.
After the work of cleaning and
pressing had been completed, the
tailor asked him if he wished tC
lput lhe c;sthes on hut ne reused
.iymg thcy did not fl Rim very
veN.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14
Parent Teacher
Meeting Plans
GOOD PROGRAM HAS BEEN ARRANGED
Students Will Give Demonstration Of Work In
Manual Training and Domestic Science

Already the Parent-Teacher
Association, which was launched
early in the present term, is Civ
ing promise of becoming an or
ganization from which much good
may be expected. The attend
ance at the meeting of the as
<aociation has almost doubled
since the first meeting was held
about two months ago and a num-
Der of movements have been set
on foot which are eXerting a
strong influence in bringing the
people of the city into closer touch
with the public schools.
The last meeting of the organi-
zation was given over to two
hour discussion OF health cOndi-
tions in the schools, the discus
sion terminating in the appoint
ment of a committee to make a
thorough investigation of vari-
Gus matters relating to possible
methods by which the general
health Of the students might be
improved and more thoroughly
safeguarded. The next meeting
of the association, which is sched-
uled for Friday evening, January
twenty-frst, will be devoted to
discussion of the work that is be-
ing done in the departments OF
manual training and domestic
science. A number Of speakers
from outside the school, as wei
as several from the high schoo
faculty will appear on the pro-
gram.
TO enliven the program, ar
rangements have been made for
number of practical demOnstra-
tions to be given by students o
the high school. In those dem
onstrations will be shown a mum
Der of articles that have beer
made this year by the manua
training and domestic scienc
students, and the displays will b
accompanied by thorough eX
plantations of the process by whic
~-the exhibits have been produced
n more detailed account of tn
program will be given next weel
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14
Good Entertainment
Is Promised

To those who heard the Uni
versity of Idaho glee club at the
high school auditorium last
March, the Announcement that the
University singers will be here
again this year will be a well
come one. The club will leave
Moscow on January seventeenth
for a tour of north Idaho towns,
including st. Maries, Occur d.
Alene, Wallace, Kellogg and Rath-
drum. At the request of the
University Club of Spokane, the
glee club will give an entertain
ment in that city before its return
to Moscow.
The singers will appear in st.
Maries on the evening Of January
% and their entertainment will be
given under the auspices of the
high school. Arrangements
have been made whereby the Local
high school will receive a large
percentage of the proceeds Of the
entertainment. The program
twill include even more specia
! features than were presented las
year, among which will be dancing
solos, quartet numbers and SOM
good comedian performances.
The prices of admission will h
made very reasonable and it is ex
lpected that the big auditorium
will be filled to its capacity
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14
Death OF Mrs.
MabIe Wolfe

Mrs. Mable Wolfe, wife Of w.
d. Wolfe, residing in the Govern
ment Townsite, died Tuesday of
premature childbirth. She leaves
hesides her husband a family OF
six children, four girls and two
boys. the youngest of whom is
five years old and the oldest fif-
teen.
The family are comparatively
strangers in the city having
moved here from Maiden between
two and three months ago. Mr..
Wolfe has a shoe shop ON Main
street between Tenth and
Eleveth strenels. The funeral
was held today
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14

more to ship them around by Spo-
kane than it did partly by rail and
partly by water. The long haul
necessitates more train crews and
it has also necessitated the put
ting to work of more men in the
railroad shops here, preparing the
stake cars which are used. More
men are now employed in the
repair shops here than at any
time in over a year.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14
Form Parent-TeaCher
Association AT ST. Joe

Miss Helen Nesbitt, principal
of the Lincoln school, spent a
part of her holiday vacation Wis
iling friends in st. Joe. While
there the patrons Of the school
held a meeting for the purpose
OF organizing a Parent-Teacher
Association and at their request
Miss Nesbitt attended the meet
ing and assisted them in perfect
ing the organization.
The Parent Teacher Associa-
ticn movement is spreading over
the county. FernWOod ana
Fummor have organized associa-
N0n- and plans for organizations
are being made 40 Santa and
lFmida.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14
Offer Reward
For Fred Clancy
BELIEVED TO HAVE KILLED OLSON
Sheriff Offers $4,000 and OIsOn'S Relatives the
Same Amount for Ills Arrest

distance of the ST. Maries river,
into which the body might have
been thrown.
A man was arrested at Walla
Walla Wednesday, who answered
somewhat to the description of
Clancy ad Henry Olson went to
that city to identify him. It was
found, however, that he was not
Clancy and he was discharged.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14

Born sunday to Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Mclaughlin. boy.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-14

PUBLISHED AT
ST. MARIES, IDAHO
TWICE-A-WEEK