davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26

Trc smallest republican state in regard to population is Tavolara, little-known island; about five miles long with an average width of half 2 mile. situated off the north coast of Sardinia. Many maps and geog- raphies are totally ignoran, of the eA- istence of this state. Yet 1t IS a free and independent republic ol about seventy inhabitants, who are their own rulers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26

An, Italian officer who was wounded in inc Trentino has just brought le- gxj! action to obtain decision as to tlie rightful ownership of, bullet extracted from his body
 Al auditor in a Japanese theater IS allowed, for small extra fee' 10 stahd iip, and the unfortunate 'noivloual behind hin, has no right to remoh- strate or to rise and get peep at the stage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE Ex PERT ADVICE THE ,AGRlCUl- TURAL EXPERTS CAN
 GIVE YOu
GIVE YOU,

When you are in trouble or need any agricultural information why not write to the College of. Agriculture of the Extension Division of the Uni yersity of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ark.9 "A number of experts in every line of agriculture are always willing and ready to help you.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26
WELL TRAIN AYltTDRS.

Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 25.-Fort Worth's three aviation train;nr camps, it was announced here todaS twill consist of two for Canadian fly' CTS. The construction engineers vii, arrive Monday to pick out the sites which will be 15 to 20 miles apart
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26
GEgN1AN STEAMER SUNK.

Londcn. Aug. 25.--A Rotterdam dis natch says the German steamer Ken ate Lenohardt, 1,126 tons, bound rom Rotterdam to 6 German port, was tol pedoed off the Dutch coast and sahh in deep water.
 A dispatch from Amsterdam says the steamer presumably was sanH outside Dutch territorial waters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26

those branches of the service agreed that there had been no "hamperlng ln- structions or restrictive directions or inc methods of inv estigatlon."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26

Scientists have found that children grow little from the end of NoVempe' 1o the end of March.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26

A family residing in the English village of Cjlsland has occupied cottage for over six centuries without a break.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26

Economists today are en- deavoring to d e fl n e h C conditions humanity will face after the war is ended. Human fore sight pro b - ably is too limited to go very far in a solution o f the problems nc l C R
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26

Nansen's North Pole ship, Nimrod is now carrying coal for the allies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26

Getting Money Into Circulation.
 Money is sent from treasury to sub. treasuries and from these it is distrib. uted to banks. It is drawn out of banks to be used in payment of wages salaries or exchange and thus gets in. to circulation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26

Five tons of postage stamps are is sued daily from the British general nostOffice
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26
The Art of Furnishing the Sitting Room

THE ROOM THAT SERVES AS RENDEZVOUS Mu nr BE ARTISTIC AS WELL AS COMFORTABLE-1T IS Tf1fsr on FIRST AND LASTING IMPRESSION THE CHILDREN ARE M f ED MAKE THIS ROOM COMFORTABLE AND COZY BY SELF IAN THE FURNITURE FROM VAST ASSORTMENT WE 0NA FURNISH TT FOR LITTLE MONEY
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26

TO REACH OUT FOR THE BEST AND WANT THE BEST Al op p LOWEST PRICES THAT THE BEST CAN BE PURCHASED ro NOT A BAD TRAIT ld
 The possessor of that called Bargain Hun'e 4 that only another for economca" There is good n Tn this store Everything in this stock of furniture is mt ualy and price considered usual "bargaln something old of date ;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
Courtesy Skin Deep

The Queens trolley company that Is hav-
ing sudden rush Of courtesy to the head
is not unique phenomenon. A number OF
public corporations Of considerably larger
scope arc filled with the same bright idea
! 1t has worked for other companies, tho
progressive ones, that took up the idea
some years ago and have now reaped a
handsome profit in public good will Let's
get aboard, say these hasty imitators, and
cash in ourselves.
There is Just one trouble with this short
cut to success. That is the astonishing rem
nant Of cantankerous common'sense winch
exists in the publcs mind. Usually gulllble
and trusting, the plain people have most
announcement way Of seeing through cour-
tesy that is only skin deep and resenting
! it deeply. In the accounts of the Queens
trolley company it was related that pas
sengers who were compelled to ride nome
on fender, adhering to packed car with
their finger tips took little real pleasure IN
official courtesy. Where ordinary comfort
and safety were lacking the tactics OF Al
rhonse and Castor left the dear commut-
ing public strangely cold.
So all the belated purveyors of courtesy
are finding out Coming aboard at the
eleventh hour, they made the mistake OF
taking the letter for the spirit. They
printed and hung out lovely placards-
quotations from Emerson, acrostics, what
Inot-all devoted to the praise of courtesy.
And then they continued to give just as
poor a service as before. That system OF
courtesy simply does not go. 1t is foolish
pretence and nothing more. Employees
cannot be persuaded to believe in 1t, to say
nothing of patrons. The system should
and must begin at the other end.
Public service is the one vital idea
Courtesy is the final expression of that
service. But it comes only at the end, as
the last, superficial touch. 1t is important
liz it rounds out spirit that permeates an
entire organization. 1t is less than nothing
If it is a coat of varrIish designed to con-
ceal interior defects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
How to Democratize the Nation
e Editor of No Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your editorial OF to-day you com
mend the verdict Of a Brooklyn court in An
ing a theatre lessee for refusing two sailors
in uniform admission to his playhouse. The
fine may have a deterring and correcting
effect The many laws passed in the past by
various states do not correct an unpatriotic
shortcoming Having labored for years in
the field of patriotic endeavor, and nigh tir-
ing Of the uphill work of keeping America
democratic and liberty loving, have come to
conclusion on the question OF uniform dis
elimination which should correct the abuse
and make for proper respect.
If We all wore clowns togs, none OF us
would laugh at the other. SO it would be
in the matter Of the service uniform. Were
universal service compulsory enlistment, the
order of tho nation, then each and every
one some time in his life would be compelled
to wear that garb, which seems to be symbol
Of disrespect, whereas it should be the highest
symbol OF service. Universal military SER
vice will democratize our nation, and respect
for flag and uniform will be highly en-
HANGED and citizenship will be valued hun
dredfold BERNHARDT WALL.
New York. Jan. 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
To Ascertain the Truth

District Attorney Swami has protested
that the charges against him were not
worthy of investigation by the Governor
or a Governors commissioner. Governor
Whitman's action in serving the charges
on Mr.. Swami and calling for an answer
indicates that he does not hold that view
at present. Nor can the public. Too
much has been said against the admins
tration Of this Office, or too little.
The way to find out the truth is not by
Mr.. Swann's prosecution Of one of the
prospective witnesses against him; 1t is
not by an inquiry by the courts here, as
he proposed; it is not even by an inquiry
by the grievance committee of the Bar
Association, as somebody else suggested.
It is by fair and thorough investigation
conducted by the Governor personally or
by a representative to whom is delegated
the Governors power.
In such an investigation Mr.. Swann's
rights will be fully protected. He may
make his answer personally and file brief
with the Governor If the Executive
thereupon decides not to dismiss the
charges, the District Attorney may appear
personally or by counsel in the subsequent
proceedings. The Governor may be trust
ed to select an investigator against whom
no charge Of politics-playing in the in
quiry would lie. Thus the public's in
terests also would be safeguarded.
1t is intolerable to have abroad allega-
tons that politics ruled the handling Of
cases in the Office of the prosecutor for
the County Of New York and that there
existed there official misconduct. 1t is
equally intolerable to have abroad counter
charges that an effort is being made to
GUST a faithful and competent official for
partisan ends The Governor has taken
the first step to set these charges at rest
by disclosing the truth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
The German Hand in Michigan

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: During the past fortnight the facul-
ties OF sixty-two universities and colleges
throughout the country, including a number
in the Far West, have sent petitions 10 the
President asking him to take action in regard
TO the latest Pruss.an bsrbarity, the deports-
ton Of the Belgisns. In some institutions the
vote Of the faculty was unanimous and in
others there were but few who were not pre-
pared 20 include their signatures.
On the 10th inst. Senator koehler secured
the introduction in both houses of the Legis-
lature Of the State of Michigan Of resolu-
ton for the eensure by the Legislature of the
professors Of the University of Michigan who
had placed their signatures on this petition!
This attempt to censure American citizens for
an expression of opinion, which is always a
right and which, in this instance, they as
surediy believed to be a duty, is curious
example Of the lack of understanding on the
part OF German-American legislators land OF
German-Americans generally of public opin-
ion in this country.
GEO. HAVEN PUTNAM
New York Jan. 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

racks. but into workshops and Offices and
in the fields. Rumor has it that million
messages have already been booked Tor
Hamburg. Bremen, Trieste and Fiume for
the day when peace is concluded.
That Germany is casting about for some
way Of filing her need Of labor at the end
Of the war with a minimum Of loss IN her
military strength is already known, and
il Is interesting to learn that the SWISS
system Of military training and service
is the subject Of close study at Berlin
It's introduction into the empire would un'
doubtedly lead to its adoption by France
and the other powers as well-an easing
of a burden that would become unbearable
step also of the greatest Importance
toward the rehabilitation of the weakened
nations of Western Europe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
"A German Cassandra'
,or Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter headed "a German Cas-
sandra,' by Herman Otto Won Stulzbacher.
published in The Tribune for January T.
was really out of place; it should have ap-
peared in +. P. AS W. k. colyum Certainly
there was nothing in the Coming Tower for
that date that | enjoyed more
And yet there is something pitifu in the
precise, labored English Of the communica-
ton. The writer is sadly puzzled his atti-
tude being characteristic, apparently, of most
Germans during this war. They seem unable
to realize the enormity of their crimes against
humanity and civilization; unable to realize
why the whole world has turned from them
and why, since the Allies are beaten-as
their leaders tell them they do not give in
No one but German could write such a let
ter.
Can the supporters of President Wilson's
wait-and- do-nothing policies find comfort in
the writer's reference in his first paragraph
to "us Germans" followed in the fifth by a
reference to "our President" Some Amer-
cans, indeed. have thought that President
Wilson moved in response to strings pulled
IN Berlin, but We had hardly expected the
Germans to make public statement of their
ownership Of the President
GEORGE N. JOHNSON.
New Haven. Conn.,, Jan. IA, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
WARMTH FROM MOISTURE
AT Temperatures from IS to 20 Gain Is
Held To Be Considerable
To the Editor of The Tribune.

y inc EOlkOT OF me Tribune.
Sir: In discussing, some years ago, the
important question 80 kindly brought to
public attention by Mr.. Charles E. Manierre,
Of the effect of adding moisture to the
heated air which is to be used in warming
buildings, with Mr.. Ellery L. Davis, an archi-
tect of Lincoln, Neb., gathered that it is
the present practice in school buildings out
there to add moisture to the heating air
with the express intention Of giving the
same feeling of warmth at So degrees FAIR
enheit which otherwise obtains at 20 degrees
Fahrenheit. My own procedure for dozen
years has been to have tub, some three
feet long and one foot wide, in the hot air
space of the furnace and 90 have this kept
full of water, a faucet having been installed
in the cellar nearby so that the servant
charged with the duty of keeping the tub
filled may have no excuse for failing in this
respect. The average amount of water
evaporated varies from two to four gallons
a day. and this in three story brick house,
twenty-five feet wide, with party walls on
each side.
The intention in my own case was to make
and to keep the nasal passages and the
throat moist instead of dry and parchcd, and
also to diminish the dust. Indeed, if the
servant is careless and does not refill his
tub properly the fact is soon noticed by
the extra dust particles which come from
the furnace Nor does there seem any
reason to doubt that within the limits of
temperature stated 60 degrees and 20 de-
grees Fahrenheit there would be an appre-
ciable saving of fuel b. moistening the air.
though curiously enough. when we come to
deal with lower temperatures it is the dry
air which feels the warmer. Ny own ex-
perience indicates that in inland cities the
beneficial effects Of the administering proc
ess, especially on the physiological side, are
more pronounced than in our seaboard towns
GUSTAV Kissing.
New York, Jan. 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
"Erom Now On"

Once more comes the familiar threat
that from now on New Workers will do
well to see that they do not spit in street
cars. on sidewalks, or other public places
For a good many years we have been
warned by means of thousands of adver-
tisements in neat frames that we must not
spit. that splitting spreads disease and that
five hundred dollars fine, or years i'm
prisonment or BOTH may be the punish
ment therefor. In the space of two days
about 400 spitters were caught in the act,
and in most cases the punishment therefor
was a fine of one dollar or two.
The Health Commissioner has made 1t
known anew that Imprisonment Is a pos
sible penalty for spitters, and that "if
hailed TO court they arc certain to be fined.
We're it only possible to convince them that
if caught they are certain to be hailed to
court. the effect might be more salutary,
but perhaps the only practicable way is to
persuade them of the reality of the fine.
None of them ever quite believed IN the
original five hundred dollars or one year,
and the certainty of the dollar fine is doubt
less more alarming.
And yet 1t may be questioned whether
these spasmodic raids serve best to keep
the public up to the desired pitch. From
time to time the police swoop down on
those who spit and we hear of hundred or
two day swapping the courts and paying
the penalty therefor. The process con-
tinues for perhaps a week; then all with
one accord forget about the prohibition,
and in the subways and streetcars the spit
ters once more begin to spit freely, sin
cerely fattered perhaps by imitation on
the part of conductors and ticket choppers.
1t is exactly the same process as we sec in
the enforcement of the muzzling order.
Are we to be reduced at last TO No-spit
Week?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

intervene in Greek affairs without the
consent Of the other two.
But if Great Britain, France and Russia
now agree to intervene, their joint inter
vention would be regular and legal. They
do not have TO put forward the claim which
Germany put forward when she invaded
Belgium. that Intervention is matter of
military necessity"
Putting member Of the House Of Savoy
on the Greek throne would be a sharp re-
buke to the Greek people for their submis-
sion to an incompetent, self-willed, reckless
King. who had betrayed Greek interests
because of his personal relationships and
preiudices. 1t would mean the freeing OF
Greece from an intoerable royal bungler.
But it would also mean a partial subordl-
nation Of Greek aspirations in the Near
East to Italian aspirations.
Greece lost her great chance when she
failed to sustain Venizelos against Con-
stantine-when she suffered her natural
claims to recognition, in case the Allies
won Inc war, 10 DO ltIiltISu away ~ ~
stupid and arrogant monarch. She did not
rise to her opportunity when it came, and
opportunities seldom come twice. The best
her people can do now is to try to live
down the follies of Constantine-to rees'
tablish harmony with the Allied powers
and to take whatever part may be assigned
to them in the Strengthening out of the
muddled Balkan situation.
Germany will not be in position to re-
ward Greece when the war is over. The
Entente, on the contrary, may be able and
willing to enlarge Greece's territorial hold
ings. With a King acceptable to the Allies,
Greece might get footing in the Greek
sections of Asia Minor. Great Britain Of
fered only last year to give her Cyprus.
Her political position has become hopeless
under Constantine She will be vastly bet
ter off under any ruler whom the Entente
Allies may now pick out for her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
Mutt for Enlisted Men
Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In your recent editorial enforcing
Respect Cor the Uniform" you state: "The
enlisted man Of the army or navy finds him
self eibowed out or deliberately shut out Of
places where mis- officer Is welcomed" True.
but remember that when Mr. Ofacer makes
a night of it, and they all do al times, he
docs not wear his uniform. The enlisted
man has to wear his on any and sill occa-
SONS. Allow him TO wear civilian clothes
when of duty, il he wishes to; then, il he
wants 10 get drunk his actions will not dis.
grace Uncle Sam, but only himself, and
there will be no excuse for the ridiculous
prejudice against the uniform on the part Of
ordinary citizens" We do not see drunken
postmen being thrown out Of saloons or po-
licemen of duty being shown the town by
budding gunner.
The uniform should be as sacred as the
flag, and the man caught defling it should
be punished, but allow the men to wear
nufti, as their officers do and you will find
ess Of that silly feeling against the uniform
Brooklyn, Jan. 10. 1917. /. L. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
The Future Of Militarism

An inconclusive peace, we are told, Will
merely mean that Germany will immedl-
ately resume her military system; that she
will forthwith proceed to arm more IN
tensely than ever before for the next
war; that all Europe will be forced to re-
sumo the increasingly crushing burdens
of the forty years that preceded the out
break Of the war. But economic neces-
sity might make such a course difficult, if
not impossible.
1t took Continental Europe many years
to adjust itself economically TO the inter
ruptons of its trade and industry caused
by compulsory universal service-by the
withdrawal for three years, at the begin
ming of their careers, Of the young men
Of the nations Nowhere was this dislo-
cation more acutely felt at first than in
Germany itself, as is attested by the enor-
nous German emigration to evade mill
tary service in the late '70s and early SOS
of the last century. The nation gradu-
ally adapted itself to the new conditions
efficient organization reduced to mini
mum Of cost this yearly withdrawal from
all the ranks of life Of hundreds of thou
sands of young men. But il is doubtful
if, after the loss of millions, and with ad-
ditional millions incapacitated for work
and entitled to support, Germany can after
this war afford TO return to the military
system which she had perfecteu-at least
for many years TO come. And what is
true Of the German Empire applies in
even greater measure to France and Aus
tria-Hungary, TO Italy and, most of all, to
the smaller nations. Russia does not
come into consideration in the era of COM
mercial and industrial competition which
viii succeed the ordeal of battle. England
has an advantage, thanks to her smaller
losses in human material, which must be
met by the Continent, as must the advan-
tageous position which the war has given
the United States.
Continental Europe may not be able to
afford withdrawing its young men from
production for three years, or even two
years, after the restoration Of peace. 1t
will have to set them TO work and to keep
them at it. The thinned ranks Of indus
try, commerce and agriculture must be
filled up again. The emigrants Of the
Central European powers of military age
will be recalled but on their returnit is
likely that they will be Gut. not lnto bar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
The American Founders Were Chnsd'n

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent NJ. c. q, ID ..
urday's Tribune, writing on The ss0''-
and Civilization" is so illogical 'hs' n'-'
NAV hesitate to trouble TO correct MS p.
statements. Assertions, however IKE 'n' ~
lowing, 1.-THE founders Of our COUNT! '''
Gated no Sabbath laws" "The gres'e'' !
them were not believers in ChrisashN -
any FORM" should not be allowed /" 81 =
challenged. Washington, Jefferson "''-..
Lincoln and Grant are among the i0uAD''.
named as those who had no conneeu0n
Christianity in any form. l simply s''N :
remind NJ. c. F. that George Washes
was a vestryman Of two Church OF EhEN..
parishes. Fairfax and Truro, in the v'eiI'.
Of Mount Vernon, Va. One Of these enu' ~.
was rebuilt on a plan Of his OWL sn ~ - .,
great measure at his expense aeco'0'"s
Washington Irving. u an,
Thomas Jefferson was so fond OF tne D.,
that he made book out OF la'oi'' h,
sages which he cut from copy
Scriptures, and devoutly studied y on -.
DAVIS. which dav he insisted should DC :,
holy. The tribute Of Jefferson as Nsn
that of John Quincy Adams, 70 the ' -
the Bible is well known Abraham -
was a man Of prayer a profounlaa sup Dor
the Bible. a firm believer IN DIVINE
dence and a faithful attendant oil 'he -.
terian Church A man who was as pSe 80
YOUR correspondent would have Us 80 ~,
Lincoln was could never have said As ~
great emancipation: If u were not ~
firm belief in sn overruline ProIlesLs ,st
would be difficult for me in the midst GO ,,,,'
complications 70 keep my reason on !" 4,
Ulysses s. Grant was pew holaei al
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Ohul'Ii
with his family attended church res. h
every Sunday morning while Presiden-. |,
mis- private life he had done the SIN 1~g
Galena, III. This were strange eondu's q
On grro NV wsw. T. DUNCAN,
Pastor, James Methodist Episcopal V''''
Brooklyn, Jan 10, 1917