davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald., 1916-10-23

Loeb was shown an anonymous let ter by a reporter. He acted imm edi- ately, and learned that Heil had writ ten more than 100 letters to minis ters, mayors, physicians, relatives and employers of Mrs Moore, charging her with being a vampire.
 MT. Loeb sent for Detective Jones' He was told that Heil after falling in love with Mrs. Moore and failing to get her to respond to his appeals, had resorted to an anonymous attack on her. Apparently Heil had hoped that the letters would inf1ame her hus- band to desert her and to have her employers discharge her, so she would be forced to join him.
 According to Mrs. Moore's story, Heil had sent her flowers, silk stock ings and costly jewelry. She said she returned them all. He wrote many love letters to her.
 To avoid Heil Mrs. Moore said she left Chicago for Angola, Ind, and there she was traced by the princi- pal.
 "He telephoned me that if I would not come back or let him come to me he would start his foul attack on my reputation'' said Mrs. Moore. 'T didn't believe it possible that 8 man in his position would resort to such infamy.
 ''The next thing I knew the mayor of the town had received a letter on @ thin sheet of tissue paper. It was written on a typewriter. It was sent special delivery.
 Tt stated that there was a woman visiting friends in his town and that she was from Chicago. It said this woman was 8 1urer of men. It named me as woman who had sold my soul for money
 HeiPs Love Letter.
 Here are some of the unsigned let ters below, sent by Heil to Mrs. Marie Moore, addressed variously as Marie, "A. T. L." and wv. W.
 My Dear Marie: I am going to stay long enough tonight to send you just a few words.
 "It was good, awfully good, to be with you last night. AS l sit here now, at 5 o'clock, am sorry I am not awaiting somewhere for you and that I am not going to have for the next half hour the inspiration of your magnetizing presence. I could for get everybody else in the car-forget everything but you.
 
 again. While you seemed at first last night a little bit reserved as we drew near to the place of parting-you seemed to me to be getting every foot of the way closer to me-and just as we left you seemed awfully close.
 "When you think everything over, ours has been a wonderful intimacy hasn't it? It isn't often that man and woman meet as we have without going much further. That's why l feel our relations are right. I will be careful and not let anything hap pen at home. Do you be equally careful; if you think it best, tell him. But be sure you are right before you do-for I can't afford to have any thing happen that will keep me from the woman of all women I've ever known
 The batch of poison pen letters turned over to Inspector Stuart read (expurgated):
 MT Moore: Your wife (--) can surely throw dust in your eyes. She certainly must be handing you the bunk She is probably mighty sweet Well YOU should worry! She is all we've told you she was. She certainly is friendly with old man w. and with
New Britain herald., 1916-10-23
SILVER ANNIVERSARIES.
MT. and Mrs. HI. S. Llangdon and Mir. and Mrs. John Hayes Celebrate.

Silver wedding anniversaries were observed by two New Britain couples Saturday night and yesterday. Mr.
 and Mrs. Herbert S. Langdon of 181 Maple street were married twenty five years ago Saturday and that evening a number of relatives and friends gathered at their home to help celebrate the occasion. The couple were married by the late Rev. Dr. J.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-23
NOTICE

The New Britain Wet Wash havfn moved into their newly equippe, building are prepared to do first clas work. We solicit your patronage Satisfaction guaranteed. 30 UnioI street Tel 5S3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
TEUTONS ARE AGAIN CHECKED AFTER
 VIOLENT COMMANDMENT AT VERDUN|

days ago. on the Isonzo front. Especially fierce have been the attacks around San Martino. Here, Rome says. the Italians cs blurred Dante Del Croviglio. the pivot iE the Austrian defenses. and in the same region stormed two other places and seized Austrian trenches.
 Vienna. on the other hand, declares tfat near San Martina the Italians seven times attempted to storm the Aus trian positions, but were repulsed with heavy casualties.
 The Austrian embassy in Berlin ac- crses an entente allied submarine with having attempted in the Adriatic sea off the coast of Dalmatia. to torpedo, with out warning. two Austrian passenger steamers. The steamers escaped only by skilful maneuvering.
 In explaining the entry of Portugal into the war, the British secretary of for eign affairs, Sir Edward Grey, informed the House. of Commons that the British government had urged Portugal to requi- sition the German ships--right in- herent in every foreign state and one that could not be challenged by any for eign power, he declared. Portugal prom ised to indemnify the owners of the ves- sells, but. said the foreign secretary. Ger many saw fit to declare war. thus alter ing the whole position with respect to the payment of compensatton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15

tions North and east of Verdun the artillery duels continue. To the north of St. Mihiel, in Lorraine and in the Vosges mountains, the guns of both sides have been active. A large number of fights in the air have taken place around Yer dun In these, four German aircraft have been brought down. French avia- tors have again bombarded the station of Br.eulles, behind the German lines north of Verdun.
 The British evidently are breaking Up the opposition of the Senussi tribesmen, led by Turkish officers. in western Egypt An official report received from Bajor General Peyton. commander of the British forces. says the occupation of Sodium on the Egyptan-Tripoli frontier. is imminent, that the Sheik Harun has surrendered, and is in the British camp, and that the headmen of the Aulaid. Ali tribe are asking for pardons.
 The Russians are still harassing the Turks on the Caucasus front and have made further progress against the Teu- tons in East Galicia. They entered Ger man trenches in the region of Riga. killed the occupants and returned to their own positions without suffering any loss.
 The Italians are keeping up their strong infantry offensive, begun several
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
PATHETIC STATE OF.  IS VERY LAUGHABLE|
Colonel Glenn in Sensational Speech Says U. s. Army Is Like a Fly at Small
 End of Telescope

New York, March 14--Col. Edwin F.. Glenn, chief of staff of the department of the east, U S. A., in an address to- night at an army and navy dinner, given by the Sphinx club, declared that the United States is pathetic and all the nations know it. We have been occu- pying the Mexican border for four years" began Colonel Glenn, "two-thirds of our army-or 22O0O men-have been there. We have only 22.OO0 there and 5000 to reln- force them. They are scattered from the Texas border to the Pacific coast
 eff it was not pathetic it would be farcfcal-laughable.
 Our army is like a fly gazed at through the wrong end of a telescope Until the European war came you have shown as much interest in our army as you would in fly"
 He said that the Spanish-American war brought the United States forward as a world power and therefore it must ac- cept the obligations of a world power
 We must have force,'' continued Col onel Glenn, behind our nation we must have force behind any, note our Presi- dent may send or any action he may take.
 Here are you gentlemen sitting here You could not go to war Most of you e'i O IoO Olu lHe Otn6rS or you are not lit to go to war. You are not trained"
 heverting again to the Mexican situ- ation, he said:
 Some of us have had experience in capturing man in his own country, a man who knows every cowpath. who has his own friends. I tell you it is not a matter of day. It is a matter of months. maybe years. We are told we are not going to war, but to capture Vlla. Lei look at tho ,;,J Suppose Mexico announced she was going to send 5000, 10000 or 10000 men into this country How long would we stand
 Do you think Mexico is going to stand TOT 1t? Would you respect her if she did?
 II have made a study of the Mexican situation and have figured that if we are going in there to stabilize the gov ernment It will take five years at minimum and from 100000 to 5O0,0oo men to do it properly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

N hI W Page 1-StrenuOus efforts to capture Villa by Carranza. Mobilization of American army to full strength. Belief that long, bitter war is facing United States. President Wilson has support of Con- gress. Former President Taft protests against Brandeis. Page 7-WiIliam Lorimer is placed on trial. Senator Shively is dead. Pathetic state of United States army is laughabIe. Teutons are repuIsed again at verdun
 s,cATE NEWS Page 2--Phon- corporation Is unwilling to let city examine books. Tuscaloosa setting n hot pace. Page 11--AnnistOn Shriners prepare for visit. Lee Covart on trinI.
 FEATURES Page 2-FootIights and Screen. Page 9-Holland letter. Page 4-Editorial comment. Adrift With the Times. Page 6-SOciety. Ray SamueIs and that-Personality by Dolly DaIrymple.
 SPORTS Page S-Travelers busy at work under Pilot Starr's direction. Central prepares for trip to meet Marion. Remainder of Bnrons arrive in camp. ID. A. C.. easily win at basketball.
 LOCAL NEWS Page 5-Small boy drOwns in we'll at East Birmingham. Auto parade this afternoon one of the Fashion Week. Resolution to bond jitney drivers be- fore commission. ROden project too big for the conn., mission. Page 12-MOrris system of banking will be established. Railroads submit two propositions to build viaduct. Page 9-Urge regulation of street traffic. Page 3-Warri0r presents greatest asset to trade expansion. Routine meeting before the commits sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
DAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE.
Met at noon.

Met at noon.
 Debated Myers public land water power site bill
 Former American Bar association presidents protested against supreme court nomination of Louis D. Bran- deis.
 Agricultural committee considered bill for government production of nitrate.
 Senator Sheppard proposed amend ment to rules authorizing perma- nent Senate flood control committee similar to that recently created in the House.
 Adjourned at 4:4O p. m. to noon Wednesday as mark of respect for the late Senator shively.
 HOUSE.
 Met at noon
 Naval committee continued work on navy increase programme.
 Resumed debate on legislative ap- propriation bill.
 Rules subcommittee conferred with Speaker Clark on plan for speeding up legislative programme
 Rules committee decided to recon sider on March 2S, it's recent action postponing consideration of suffrage amendment until December.
 Passed legislative, executive and ju- dicial appropriation bill carrying ap- proximately 37.0O0,0O0.
 Adopted, 236 to l, emergency reso- lution authorizing President to in- crease standing army to its full stength of 120000 s
 Passed resolution of respect for the late Senator Shively and as further mark of respect adjourned at 5:40 p. m. to noon Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
FORMER PRESIDENT
 TAFT |SPROTEST|NG
 AGAINST BRANDE|S
lin Letter Says He Is Not a Fit Person for Supreme Bench Senator Cum
 mins Unimpressed

Washington, March 14.--Former Pres nah. and five other former presidents of the American Bar association today pro- tested to the Senate judiciary subcom-
 mittee against the confirmation of Louis
 D. Brandeis for the supreme court. The
 others were Simon E. Baldwin, Francis
 Rawle, Joseph H. Choate Elihu Root and
 Moorfield Story.
 MT. Taft and five of those protesting sent letter stating that they felt ''un- der the painful duty to say to you that in their opinion taking into view the reputation. character and professional career of MT. Brandeis. he is not fit person to be a member of the United States supreme court
 Mr. Meldrim wrote that he had been invited to approve the nomination. but had declined.
 AN UNFIT PERSON My reason for refusing to approve D
 he said, was that the reputation of MT.
 Brandeis at his home bar makes him
 an unfit person to be appointed Both letters were read to the commit tee today by Austin c. Fox, attorney for the opposition to the confirmation at the reopening of public hearings on con- firmation.
 William F. Fitzgerald, Boston broker, testified that in 1903 Brandeis was employed by Towle and Fitzgerald to help get proxies to gain control of the Old Dominion Copper company. They were successful and after electing new directors it was found necessary to raise
 more funds. Finally. Fitzgerald testi- fled, 1t was planned to consolidate with the United Globe Mining company, ad- joining, and to give the Old Dominion stockholders. some of whom Fitzgerald represented, ? to 1 interest. An engineer employed by the Old Do-
 minion directors to examine the proper ties, recommended. however, Fitzgerald tContinued on Page sevenp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15

Extremely heavy infantry fighting has taken place northwest of Verdun and on the outskirts of the Bois Des Buttes, to the north of the Aisne, with the Germans in both regions the aggressors. Elsewhere along the line artillery duels of great proportions are under way.
 In the sector between Bethincourt and Cumieres, northwest of Verdun, the intense artillery bombardment of the Germans was followed by an in fantry attack, but over the entire front of three miles it was repulsed by the French with serious losses, ex- cept between Bethincourt and Le Mort Homme, where the Germans gained a footing at two points in the French trenches.
 The Germans three times to the north of the Aisne threw their troops against the French positions northwest of the Bois Des Buttes. but none of the at tacks proved successful.
 In the forest of Argonne the French guns effectively shealed Geri1an posi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15

Congress, at the present moment believes that long and bitter war against Mexico, is unavoidable. Con gress. in the first place, sees in the n,ture Carranza, having objected to the passage of American troops across the Rio Grande, an ally of Villa and other independent chieftains who for many years have made independent brigandage business.
 In the second place, the persistence with which Germany pursues its sub- marine warfare, threatening every hou, any American who might have taken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
Consolidate Lines

Washington, March 14-Au Swedish shipping lines between western Sweden ana European and British ports are be- Ing consolidated by the Swedish Lloyds, according to consular dispatches today to the state department. The concern already has obtained control of the Svithoid Steamship company and is ne- gotiating for control of the Thule, an other big concern. The combined com panies will have a fleet of ahaut 5e steamers with a tonnage of 100000 Eight new steamers also are being built
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
PROTEST AGAINST
 THE RATE INCREASES

Memphis March 14-Hearings were be- gun here today before A. R. Mackley, spe- cial examiner for the interstate commerce commission, into the protests against the proposed increases in freight rates on lumber to points north of the Ohio river entered by the Southern Hardwood Traffic association and other organizations.
 Under the new schedule it is proposed to increase all through rates on yellow pine per cent per 100 pounds, while gum and cottonwood lumber rates also are increased.
 Charles Barham. general freight agent of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, was the first witness ex- amined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15

Other than the relationship of this And foreign governments, no subject $ discussed with greater interest in Cloak rooms than the embryonic Mexican purchase Last December hs may be recalled newspapers de- dared that Colonel House, on his Iecret mission. would ascertain wheth- IF or not European nations would |ook with favor on the proposition Ibich even then was seriously considr sred Colonel House, having returned. hdmits that he did make such inquiries bnd that 1t was his opinion that al .Ii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15

From what information has been given out at Headquarters the Car ranza forces are making determined effort to catch Villa before the Ameri- cans get the opportunity. Gutierrez says he has 15,O0O men closing in upon the bandit, who was last reported at Alamo, some miles directly south of Galeana.
 Other endorsements are coming from Sonora, according to Gutierrez, so that in a few days he will have 18,000 fighters at his disposal. Villa is be- lieved to be making for the mountains to the south, which he has made his recuperative station during most of his revolutionary activities.
 Staff officers and clerks around the headquarters office in Juarez still take a significant interest in reports about the American troops crossing the border This is the first subject they question the vis- itor from Fl Paso about,
 CENSORSHIP IS STRICT
 Through the thick veil of censorship es- tablished by General Funston suffic, information leaked today to confirm the he,ief that the advance guard of the first expedtionary force may start III pursuit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15

passage on an armed merchant yes sel of one of the belligerents. is re- garded as perpetual and peculiarly acute source of danger. And, in the third place. Congress is convinced that England, in it's search and seizure of American ships. will eventually trans gress to that exent which requires one government in honor positively to as- sert itself.
 RETURN OF GERARD
 And as climax, there are incidental but distracting occurrences which tend to aggrevate and intensity. The de- struction of the Norwegian bark Silius. inflicting serious wound on one of
 sCentlnuea ea Page sevsn.l {.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15

of Villa in 8 time to be measured by hours. The main force may not get un- der way for two or three days.
 While the border waited in keen ex- pectancy for word that United States sol ders had crossed the international line. reports flowed in from Mexican sources that Mexicos arch bandit already had been surrounded by Carranza troops. The first chief apparently was making strenuous efforts to anticipate the Amer jeans and was reported from several sources to have concentrated more than 10000 troops at different points along the Casas Grandes region in Chihuahua, where Villa is supposed to be.
 The officers of the Tenth cavalry left here today for Columbus, shortly after lit was learned that the passage of trans port trains between here and the scene of the Villa raid had ceased They were practically the last of the corps Of or ficers stationed here. The stoppage or transport trains. the movement of which had not ceased night or day since the news of the Columbus raid was flashed through the country. was taken to mean that the concentration of supplies at Co .Iumbus has been practically completed.
 VERY LITTLE NEWS
 On account of the censorship the httie definite news that reached here from CO
 (Contiuucd on Page Twelve)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15

European governments, including Ger many, would offer no objection.
 This report has caused redoubling of interest in the project. It is esti- mated that the sum of $S00.000.000 would be required to consummate the deal.
 The purchase would- bring to the United States all of Lower California The possession of this territory would give the government not only the most excellent naval base on the Pacific coast, but would guarantee that no oth- CT nation throughout future years would be able to occupy that point of vantage and from 1t threaten the se- curity of the country.
 The deal would give New Mexico a
 SCentanusa q Pses seveal :.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
President Wilson Has the Support of Congress
 In Purchase of Mexico
informal Poll of Members of the House and Sen ate Indicates That the $3OO,OOO,OOO Proposed Deal to Purchase Mexican Territory on the BOr- der is Regarded With Favor
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Washington March IA Special )An informal poll of the House and Senate indicates that were President
 Wilson advocate the acquisition by purchase of that territory northern Mexico contiguous the Rio Grande he would have LLo suY,nort If COneress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
RELIEF THAT A LONG, BITTER WARS PACING A MEXICAN REPUBLIC
Stold Seriousness in Military Circles at Washing < ton Reflect the Delicacy of International Sltua- tion-Why Was Ambassador Gerard Recalled! Attack on the Silius Important Enough For An Investigation
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Washington March 14(Special) 1.-The eAuberance winch Capital life when President Wilson ordered egu lars to bring low Mexican brgand Na has given place to
 d seriousness which reflects the decacy of the interna tional situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
Rushing Troops

Presdio Texas March 14A troop of Thirteenth cavalry it's way here from Mara rush orders following report that roting has broken out among the Carranza troops at Onaga the border from he and that General Roja the Carranza commander has been asassinated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
STRENUOUS EFFORT LIS MADE TO CAPTURE
 VILLA BY CARRANZA; NO TROOP MOVEMENT

Thick Veil of Censorship Prevails Over the Mexi- can Front and No News is Allowed to Leak Out Concerning Activities of the American Army at Columbus Advance Guard May Invade Mex icO Within the Next.Few Hours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
Will Not Permit Invasion

San Diego, March 14.-A proclamation General Car ranzas signature published late yesterday at Houaymas stating that Caanza had informed the American government he would permit armed forces invade Mexican territory The proclamation urged the greatest moderation and that feet security be given Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-15
On Way to Border

Torreon, Mexico March 14A special train with American refugees board passed through Paaca Gomez the the border The European nationals here decided main for the present