davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Abundance.

"America has no art and no poetry!"
Evidently" said the business man,
severely, "you are neglecting to read
our advertisements"
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good GTocers. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
And then very strange thing
happens to De Spain-an event
that changes the whole course
of his life. 1t is described fully
in the next installment.
(TO BE CONTINUED1
AS a Man Thinks.

A young msn thinks he Is devil,
and an old man likes to think that
there was a day when he was q devil
-Atchison Globe.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
WILL CARE FOR OUR OWN.
Government Insurance Policy for Its
Soldiers and Sailors.

Soldiers and Sailors.
shington.-Samples of the insur-
ance policy which the government will
write for its soldiers and sailors were
made public October IA by the war
risk insurance bureau of the treasury
department.
Details of the policy disclose that
risks will be written upon the lives
of men and women between the ages
of Is and IS In all branches Of the
army, navy, marine corps, coast guard,
naval reserve, national naval volun-
teers, nurses and "any other branches
of the United States service serving
with the army and navy" Announce
ment was made also that crates at
ages higher or lower will be given
upon request"
Premiums, computed on q monthly
basis. vary between So cents per $1,000
at age 10 to 1925 per thousand at age
65. Between 81 and 81 years, the fol-
lowing monthly premiums will be
charged per $1,000 of insurance (the
limit being 100000:
Twenty-one to %, inclusive, So
cents; "a to 25, sc cents; 26 and 81,
81 cents; %, So cents; 20 and 30, 50
cents; 81, 20 cents.
During periods of total disability,
the insurance will be paid, not in one
lump sum, but monthly for twenty
years, should the disability continue
for that period. Sould death occur be-
fore twenty years, the remainder of
the policy will be paid at once to the
beneficiary. At the age of 25, the
monthly installment for the twenty
year period would be S5.75 per $1,000
of insurance.
Provision is made for family allow
dnces, for wounded and cripples, for
compensation In case of death or in
jury without cost and for insurance at
very small cost.
In cases of partial disability the
amount of compensation is determined
by a schedule to be based upon the ex-
tent of the impairment of earning ca
pacity. Total disability payments are
to be increased above the figures
named in the policy where the insured
has dependencies.
Where the injury or disease is
caused by the wilful misconduct of the
man." the policy reads, compensation
will not be paid
The policies will be issued in null
tiples of $500, no policy, however, to
be less than $1,000.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
The Power Of Sincerity.

Though man must be sincere IN
order to be great, he need not be
great in order to be sincere. What
ever may be the size of our brain, the
strength of our pow J, the talents of
any kind with which we are gifted.
sincerity of heart, or belief, or life is
possible to us all. It is of itself a
kind of greatness which, in spite of
many other drawbacks, will make it.
self felt. The honest, upright man,
who lives openly, fearlessly, and
truly, protesting only what he feels.
unfolding only what he believes in.
pretending nothing, Disgusting nothing,
deceiying no one, claims uncon-
seiously respect and honor that we
cannot give to any degree of power
or ability wielded with dupIicIty or
cunning. II we could correctly d.
vide the world into the sincere and
the insincere, we should have a much
truer estimate of real worth than we
generally obtain. It is the fashion to
gauge people by what thsy believe.
rather than how they believe it. Yet,
important as is the former, the latter
Is much more so.-Exchange.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
USES TOMATOES AS WEAPONS
Woman Vendor Also Effectively Bonn
bards Kimonoed Customer With
the Scale Weights.

The high cost Of things generally
including tomatoes-was directly re-
sponsible for the loudest case heard IN
the Yorkville court, a case rejecting
the difference in shopping tactics to be
observed in various segments of a
large city, says the New York Herald
Mrs. Anna Saconne was present in
a cerise Kimono and bandages to COM
plain of the commercial tactics of
Mrs. Concetta Fasano, q travelling sales
woman for tomatoes. According to
the evidence, Mrs. Saconne was com
planning of the price and condition
of the tomatoes sold by Mrs. Fasano,
when she suddenly received one
pound weight In the direct center of
the forehead, and was subsequently
hombarded with other weights ranging
from quarter of a pound to three
pounds, after which deluge of tomn-
toes wrecked another azure blue ki-
mono which Mrs Saconne wears when
tomato shopping.
why this?" asked the magistrate
of Mrs. Fasano.
"She buy natheeng and talka too
mOoch," explained Mrs Fasano "If
she joost buya sometheeng an walk
away. all right, shut up but she no
buys sometheeng and says averytheeng
ees no good. slappa da face; she
talks. I trow da weight; she talks. !
trow da fruit: she talks. She talk,
she talk, she talk She no buy SOON
theeng; she talk, she talk, she talk,
How mooch?"
Give dollars" answered the mag.
istrate, and the fine was paid.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19

trade directly or indirectly with an
enemy or ally Of enemy Only with
consent OF the board may agents or
enemy companies do business In the
United States after November 5. En-
envy companies also may not change
the names they used at the beginning
of the war without special license.
McAdoo's' Duties.
Secretary McAdoo is vested by the
president with and is expected to turn
over to the federal reserve board 'the
executive administration of any in.
vestigation, regulation or prohibition
OF any transaction in foreign exchange,
export or earmarking of gold or sill.
yer coin, or bullion or currency, trans
fers of credit in any form (other than
credits relating solely to transactions
to be executed wholly within the Unit
ed States) and transfers of evidences
of Indebtedness or Of the ownership of
property between the United States
and any foreign country or between
the residents of any one or more
foreign countries, by any person with
in the United States The reserve
board already exercises virtual control
over gold and silver exports
The secretary of the treasnry's
vested authority to prevent transmits
sion of information to an enemy either
to or from the United States will be
exercised by the secret service.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
WANTED
STRONGHOLD OF THE BEAVER
Largest Colony In Existence Making N
Last Stand in Businesses OF
Southern Rockies.

Far up in the Businesses of the
southern Rockies, hidden in one of the
most inaccessible hooks that remain
in this country today, what is proba-
bly, the largest existing colony of beay-
err, has established itself for a last
stand.
The beaver was once one of the most
abundant Of our American animals, but
the ease with which he was trapped
and the value Of his fur soon drove
him far on the road to extinction. Soon
only the most stringent of protective
legislation was able to save him, but
now he seems to be coming back"
and wherever he finds a favorable To-
cation he increases rapidly.
There is no better place in the world
to study the interesting habits OF this
little animal than in that little hidden
mountain valley just south of the Col
orado line which the Mexicans have
christened ''Lagunitas" and the Ameri-
cans call Beaver Lakes" The valley
nestles against the very backbone of.
the continental divide, 10000 feet
above sea level, and from every side
1T is approachable only long and
toilsome forest travel, except in win
ter, when it is not approachable at all.
The hollow in the mountains crest Is
dotted with irregular rows and minia-
ture ranges of hills, two and three
hundred feet high, that make up
most bewildering topography.
In among these hills the beaver have
built them a city. The landscape is
ideal for the building of their dams.
and by throwing barriers of stick and.
mud from hillside to hillside they have
created dozen big lakes, some of
them half a mile long. Along the
shores of these lakes are built the
beavers lodges. There are probably a
thousand beaver in this community,
reigning in undisputed. supremacy over
their mountain domain. They are shy
brutes, but very early in the morning
and just at sunset you can often sur
prise them cutting the quaking aspen
on the bank with their chiseI teeth or
plastering away industriously at one
of their elaborate dams.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
FIENDlsH CRIMES OF TURKS.
Children Buried Alive in Trenches
With Bodies of Murdered Mothers.

Children Buried Alive in Trenches
With Bodies of Murdered Mothers.
New Yerk.-Burial alive of babies in
trenches with the bodies of their moth
ers, who had been slaughtered or al
lowed to perish from exposure, was
practiced by the Turks in their work
of DISCRIMINATING the Armenians, 1t was
declared here by the Rev. Henry H.
Riggs, missionary of the American
board of commissioners for foreign
missions to Harput, Turkey, who re
Gently came back to this country. A
trench was dug beside a camp of Ar
menian women, he said, and as they
met death the survivors were forced to
drag their bodies to it and bury them.
1.-The gendarmes said they could not
take care of the babies that were left
behind, so many of those We're buried
with their mothers" DIR. Riggs said.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
WHITE sox WORLD CHAMPIONS
Win Four Out of Six Games From New
York Giants.


New York.-The Chicago Americans
won the world series baseball cham
pionship here Monday afternoon, de-
feating the New York Nationals, to .,
In the sixth and deciding game of the
1917 diamond classic. For the first
time in almost decade the titular
banner will flutter over the fans in the
middle west metropolis next spring
when the series pennant is raised at
Gomislley park, as evidence of the SUI
periority of the White Sex In the
great national game.
After winning the first two games
on their home field and losing the
next two at the Polo Grounds, the Chi
cago clan clinched the gonfalon with
two straight victories, one at Com
lsl1ey park and the other ut the lair
of the Giants.
The total attendance at the six
games WINS 1s6654. Total receipts.
1925, STS. National commissions share,
ST., ST2.S0 Each clubs share. $115.-
200.S1. Players share, $152, SSs.58.
White Sox will divide, sol, 1913 10.
Giants will divide SCI, 155.43-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
GOLD OF COUNTRY
WILL Be MOBIHZED
PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CONTROL
OF NATIONS YELLOW METAL
RESERVE DURING WAR TIME.
Cooperation Of State Banks and Trust
Companies Sought as Means Of Wig
orous Prosecution and Successful
Termination of Struggle.

Washington. = President Wilson on
October 10 sounded call for the
mobilization of all the nations gold
reserves under the supervision OF the
federal reserve board.
In statement made public through
the board, the president called upon
all eligible non-member state banks
and trust companies to join the fed
eral reserve system without further
delay, that they may contribute
their share" to the consolidated gold
reserves of the country and aid more
effectively in "a vigorous prosecution
and successful termination of the
war"
Scores of such institutions have
fiocked to the system within the past
three weeks, among them some of the
largest trust companies In New York,
philadelphia and other cities.
Landslide Expected.
The movement to the federal re-
serve system has lacked only final
impelling force to assume the proper
lions of a landslide. Within less than
three weeks resources of such insti-
buttons in the system have risen from
81 ,200000,000 to more than $2,6O0,OOO,-
600.
Liberty loan financing, the resultant
activity in the money markets, the eff
feet of the governments huge finan-
cal transactions upon the bond mar
kets and the stock exchanges of the
country, have made it imperative, in
the view of the administration, for the
federal reserve board to control not a
major fraction of the gold reserve of
the country, but the entire amount.
The recent embargo on gold exports
has made it highly desirable that this
control be acquired as speedily as pos
sible.
With the board in active daily con-
troll of the country's huge store of
gold, at present more than $3,000,000,-
600, watching every avenue through
which it may be lessened and vigilant
in the supervision of the country's
banking activities, officials believe that
the financial position of the country
may be rendered as nearly impreg-
nable as human skill can make it.
At present the board controls the ac-
tivities of institutions representing
only one-half of the country's total
banking resources. The latest report
of the comptroller of the currency
places at several millions above six
teen billion dollars the resources of
the banks within the system. Since
that report was issued, however, near
ly $1,500,O00,000 in resources have
been added through the acquisition OF
new members.
There are, however, between 5000
and 5000 eligible banks and trust com
panies, with resources estimated al
from twelve to sixteen billion dollars
whose activities are entirely beyond
the control of the federal government
| being governed only by state laws. The
| president addressed himself to these
institutions.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
FIRE DESTROYS sTocKYARDs.
Eleven Thousand Cattle and $500
Hogs Destroyed in Blaze.

Kansas City, Mo.-Reports that the
fire, which early Tuesday destroyed a
large portion of the Kansas City
stockyards and resulted in the death
Of approximately 1000 cattle and 81
300 hogs, was of an incendiary origin,
of the corporation owning the yards.
Insurance adjusters place the loss at
approximately $750,000, of which $780,
600 represents the buildings, pens and
chutes destroyed and 100000 the live
stock burned, with heavy insurance.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
PETR0GRAD GATE
LOCKED BY RUSS
PERMIT GERMANS TO TAKE THE
GULF or RIGA AND ITS
STRATEGIC ISLANDS.
Baltic Fleet Abandons Gulf of Riga
Waters in Order to BE Able to Shut
Hostile BattIeships Out of Gulf
of Finland.

London.-Faced by the choice of
leaving the Germans to take the Gulf
Of Riga and it's strategic islands, or
opening to them the Gulf of Finland,
which is the 'sea-door" to Petrograd,
Russia chose the lesser of the two
evils
As result, a powerful Teuton fleet
Is now master of the Riga bay and
rapidly clearing the islands Of the
last defenders, but the naval gate to
the capital remains shut, the flock"
being the Russian Baltic fleet, deter
mined to hold that gate or go down
in the attempt
Such is the situation after four days
Of Germany's eastward naval drive,
as explained in an official statement
by the Russian minister of marine,
Verdevski.
"The blow is hard one" he said,
''but the Russian fleet was in no po-
sition to hinder it. The risk was too
great"
Germans Lose Two Boats.
In the miniature naval battle which
ensued after more than dozen Ger
man torpedo boats, backed by the
long range fire of a cruiser, had
squeezed halfway through the narrow
Seola Sund, which separates Dago and
Oesel islands, two of the invading tor
pedo boats were sunk, two others put
out of action and one Russian torpedo
boat the Grom, went down, according
to the Russian admiralty statement.
This brings the German losses in
the battle for the Riga bay up to six
torpedo boats sunk and two disabled
and one cruiser grounded.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
utahns Offer Their servioes.

Washington. Ten thousand farm,
ers. represented by the State Farm
Bureau of Utah. telegraphed assur-
ance of their support in food conserva-
tion to the food administrators,
through w. w. Armstrong, federal
food administrator of Utah, promised
to supply beet-sugar factories to the
limit of their capacity next year and
assured him that through their eff
forts their state has Il surplus this
year of 100000 tons.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Coal Miners VIII Strike.

Kansas Clty-Resolutions calling
for strike of $4,000 coal miners in
Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Ar
kansas, beginning October 10, was
passed at a meeting of the presidents
Of the state organizations.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Small Boats sheIled by subs.

Washington.-Sma boats from a
British steamer recently attacked by
two submarines were merciIessly
shelled by one of the U-boats, two
men being killed and seven others
wounded, the state department
was advised in consular dispatches.
One other man was killed before the
crew abandoned the steamer, which
carried number of Americans.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
salonlki Bait to Bulgaria.

Amsterdam. The Weser Zeitung
suggests that the visit to Sofia of the
German emperor and DIR. Won Kuehl-
mann, secretary for foreign affairs,
had as its object TO encourage a Bull
garian attack on General Sarrail's
forces with Saloniki as reward in the
event of success.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Business Proposition.

A little lad came in the grocery STORE
for five-cent head of lettuce. The
clerk was removing the withered
leaves and told the boy they cost ten
cents, whereupon he remarked, Cant
you take off e few leaves and make il
i've cents:T
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Many Voluntary EnIistments.

Washington.-Volu enlistments
have more than doubled the strength
of the regular army since the decIara-
ton of war against Germany, accord
ing to figures made public by the war
department. These show the total en-
listments to be, 22S,365 men to mid
night October Is,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Strike Averted.

st, Paula strike of railway clerks
and station employees of the Northern
Pacific railway, called for Monday and
which threatened to tie up the entire
freight system of the road, was
averted Sunday, an agreement being
reached.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Drys Win in iowa.

Des Moines, Ia.-With an estimated
majority of 10000 to $4,000. Iowa vot.
ers on Monday decided to prohibit
the manufacture and sale of liquor in
this state by constitutional amend
ment. The state has been dry by stat
utory provision for two years. The
amendment becomes effective immedi-
ately.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Ford BUYS Bonds.

Detroit. = Henry Ford contributed
$5,o00,O0O and the Ford Motor COM
pany made similar contribution to
the Liberty loan on October 10. Ford's
subscription was accompanied by a
statement declaring that the United
States in making war on Germany did
the best thing that ever happened for
the world.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Lucid Explanation.

Theodore had learned from his play
mates that the Murphy family had fen
children, each being two years Older
than the one before, you know the
Murphies; well they got ten shilren.
Each kids two years older than each
other; they go by ages"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
peserter Mappina Roads.

Juarez, Mexico.-An Austrian who
deserted from the United States army
at Fort Bliss, Tex, is mapping the
roads, trails and water holes of north
ern chihuahua, it became known here
Tuesday.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
AK for Mediator.

Kansas City.-Fearing strike of
the $1,000 coal miners in the south
western district, f. w. Lukens, rep
resenting the operators in that district,
Sunday telegraphed Washington ask
ing that mediator be sent here.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
A Poor Financier.

He-WeIl have to give up our in
tended trip. My account at the bank
is already overdrawn.
She-Oh, John, you are such a
wretched financier. Why don't you
keep your account in a bank that has
plenty of money?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Draft Plans Near Completion.

Washington.-s Secretary Baker in
Heated on Monday that decision as
to the examination and classification
of all remaining men registered under
the draft law might be reached within
O few days.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Mystery Envelops EXPLOSION.

An Atlantic Port-0ne man was
killed and another perhaps fatally i'm
jured in a mysterious explosion aboard
United States patrol boat off this
place. Naval authorities declined 10
div ulge any details.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
How's This ?

We offer $4,000 for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRFf MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is TAX
esl internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces Of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price TIC. Testimonials free.
+. j. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Ronds or Taxes. says clark.

st. Louis. Failure Of the Liberty
loan will mean higher taxes, said
Champ Clark, speaker of the house of
representatives, who, accompanied by
Mrs. Clark passed through here Sun
da- on his way to Fort Sill, Okla.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
hurricane Sweeps Mexico.

Mexico City.-Several persons have
been killed and great damage caused
by the severe hurricane which has
ragged along the Pacific coast the past
week. according to udvices received
here
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Put Roads In shane.

are your roads going to be in sucn
shape that you can travel them all
right this winter? If not, better get to
work on them.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Minister susnended-

Philadelphia. - Rev. George Chal.
mers Richmond, Episcopalian minister
who was on trial on charges of attack
ing the bishop of his diocese, was
found guilty by the board which tried
him, and was suspended.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Nc Yirtue II wida 49,

There is no particular virtue in buiI6s
ing farm road wider than is neces-
sary TO answer the special traffic re-
quirements.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
New York City Has 626,so Voters.

New York.-The city's total registra-
ton for the coming municipal election,
as shown by the completion of the
count establishment, is 696,S09. OF
these, 25O.OS6 enrolled the first day.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Money for Good Roads.

The 4S states are now spending $780,
100000 year on good roads.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-19
Character.

rs she q good nnrseg"
"She must be; she's awfully home.
Iy."-The Lamb.