davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Women street cleaners in Lon
don, England, have proved so eff
cient that it is proposed to employ
more of them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

A speaker in the Reichstag bewails
the fact that German soldiers have
been Cheated out of victory" by the
number and strength of the allies
New York Morning Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Ottawa (Canada) book and job
typographers have signed up an
agreement for a $24-per-week fiat
scale rate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Russia's salvation seems to lie only
in some way TO keep Kerensky on
all fronts and in Petrograd at the
same time.-Wichita Eagle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

situation so far as applications for
Councilmanic Jobs are concerned.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

In the great game now being con-
tested in Flanders rain-checks play
an important part.-New York
Morning Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Harrisburg coal prices are to be re
duced upward. it would appear.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
EDITORIAL COrr1ENT

Germany thus far has stood
strongly for annexations and indem-
mites without peace.-Chicago Daily
News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Draft objectors in Oklahoma seem
to be awakening to the fact that re-
sisting the government is about as
hazardous an occupation as enlist
ing.-New York World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

The Allies have absolutely no re-
gard for the German will to victory"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Having collected 10000 volumes
on the war in all languages, the
Kaiser should be sentenced to spend
the rest of his life reading them.-
Springfield Republican.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

While the Prussian Government is
lurging the German people to keep on
letarving for year or two more in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Organized labor is arranging for
another trade-union drive" on the
meat-packing industry in Chicago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

"why is the cheese co full o.
aoles?"
That's all right. 1t needs all the
resh air 1t can get"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Bethmann-Hollweg. like his sue
cessor, as chancellor. also talked
peace. This was in December, 1915,
and he afterward admitted that he
talked peace to gain time to build
more Observation-Disclosures Dem
Ccrat and Chronicle
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
Labor Notes
By Briggs

An eight-hour ordinance has been
passed by City Councils at Idaho
Falls, Idaho.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Revelation of the fact that Ger
many had possession of Austria's ul-
timatum to ServIa fourteen hours be-
fore 1t was delivered is interesting as
showing that Germany knew four
teen hours earlier than was hitherto
admitted that the war was to be
forced upon her.-Chicago Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Women workers in the British
munitions factories average a little
over 8 cents an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
OUR DAILY LAUGH

JUST so.
"It is said that
the soldiers at
the front are
making cigars
out of roots,
barks and cab
bage leaves"
"That may ac-
count for some
of the reports
about no5iouS
cases."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

"a ~ - oAN
Bug Cop: Hey,
there. you bum.
didn't I tel you
TO keep of my
block!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
SITTING THEM OUT

TOR the next three weeks the
sitting process will proceed with
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

In a short time the shooting con-
tingent of town will be greatly in
creased by members of the Harris
burg reserves who will be armed
with late model high-powered rifles.
The report of the arms committee
will be made to the battalion fol-
lowing the drill on Tuesday night on
the island when a meeting of the
Civil Association will be held. The
committee will not make public It's
reconmendations until that time but
II Is understood that little time will
be lost in placing a first class weapon
i'm the hands of each of the reserves,
after which regular rife practice and
drill will be held. The men are keen
to get to the ranges, and 1T Is under-
stood both the HARRISBURG Rlhe CluS
and the National Guard targets Will
be at their disposal If \ .tain nego-
tiations now pending SsA Eccessful,
as it is believed they W.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
RULERS PEACE PLEA
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA REPLY
TO PoPE,s MESSAGE.
Kaiser Says He "Cherishes Lively
Desire That the Appeal May
Meet With Success.

Amsterdam, Sept. 24.-The German
government in its reply to the peace
note of Pope Benedict, copy of which
has been received here, "cherishes
lively desire" that the appeal may meet
with success.
Emperor William, the German note
says, has been following the efforts of
the pope toward peace for a consider
able time, with high respect.
Peace would come from the recent
proposals of Pope Benedict XIV if the
belligerent nations would enter into ne
gotiatiOns in the sense of the ponttff's
suggestions, Emperor Charles of Aus
tria-Hungary states in his reply to the
Vatican note.
The emperor sees in the pOpe's peace
plan a suitable basis for starting pour
parlers toward a just and lasting
peace, and expresses the hope that the
nations opposing his own may be ami
mated by the same idea.
The Austrian emperor admits that
the future arrangement of the world
must be based on the elimination of
armed force and on the rule of inter-
national justice and legality.
Austria is prepared, the reply states,
to enter into negotiations for the sub
mission of international disputes to
compulsory arbitration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
.HALTs VOTE ON WAR
KAISER DisAvoWs LUxBURG
JUST AS ARGENTINA WAS
READY TO ACT.
SATISFIED WITH NEW NOTE?
Teuton Intrigue Suspected to Be Back
of General Strike of Railroad
Workers-MartiaI Law May
n Be Declared.

Buenos Aires, Sept 25.-Just as the
Argentina chamber of deputies was
preparing to vote on breaking diplo-
matte relations with Germany, an Off
cial communication was received from
the Berlin foreign office.
The German note which is said to
give satisfaction to Argentina, disap-
proves of the IDEAS expressed by Count
Won LuXburg, the German minister
here, regarding Germanys cruiser
warfare" The word Cruiser" leaves
some doubt whether Germany intends
to modify her submarine campaign.
A declaration of war on Germany
has been postponed, although the ma
jority in the house is bent upon a rup-
ture of relations and proposes to vote
for it later.
A general strike of 100000 railroad
workers went into effect yesterday.
The managers of the road declare
to grant the increase demanded would
involve IS per cent raise in rates.
Union officials say they will refuse
to go back to work until their demands
are met.
1t is reported German intrigue is be-
hind the strike. The rumor is given
credence owing to the abundance of
money among the strikers.
1t is probable martial law will be
declared.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
al DADYS[y[NNl
Il [AIRY TALE
q 81 hAQY GRAAAI1 BONNER
ABUSED PENCIL.

"a boy named Gerald" said Daddy,
twas finding it very hard to do his les
sons. School had commenced and yet
the days were so lovely 1t was hard
TO study.
"There had been such long and
glorious summer too when studying
had not been thought of, and now play
ing was so much easier to think about.
ut was afternoon and Gerald was
sitting on the back porch of his home
studying. He liked the front porch
better as there was so much more to
be seen there. People passed by on
their way to the post office and boys
who were playing baseball or who were
going for walk in the woods.
But he had known if he had sat
there he would not have been able to
say No. if he had been asked to join
walking party.
$50 very sensibly he was sitting on
the back porch. In front of him was
a table and upon the table were his
books and his box of pencils.
"He could not draw a map and he
was supposed to have one drawn for
the next day. He found it so hard to
remember just how the places looked
on the map and he was supposed to do
it from memory.
'He gave up trying the map after a
few moments. Then he sat and chewed
the end of his pencil. Perhaps in
moment or two he would think of all
the places he was suppose to mark.
"He decided he would do his arith-
metic but he could not manage the
sums. They were all so extremely
hard. Much worse than they had been
in the spring, though in reality they
were little easier. The teacher had
known the children had had a long
summer and it would take them 1t
tie time to get back into their work.
"He tried to. do the sums but
couldn't. What a pity the book had no
answers in the back! And he began to
chew the end of his pencil again while
he tried to think.
Before long he felt he could not do
his lessons for he was too tired and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
TWO VARIETIES OF HEROES
One Who Admits He Is of Make Be-
Iieve Class, Tells of Life in
the Trenches.

There are real heroes and make be-
lieve heroes and they are not always
easily distinguishable, l do not hide
from myself that I belong to the make
believes. And yet, it is remarkable
that l did not find the second week
at the front as terrible as the first. 1t
is not as. bad there as it seems, says
a writer in the Atlantic.
When once you get accustomed to
the idea that YOU may be dead in q
day, or in an hour. or in a minute, and
when you are clear as to your future,
your mood is relieved from constant
depression. InvOluntarily you become
kind and helpful to those about you,
you do not get vexed over trifles, you
are ready to make all sorts of sacri-
fees.
OF course if. in the midst of such
a condition, grenade suddenly drops
into your trench, if you see three or
four of your comrades getting killed,
your misery returns, no matter how
good an outward appearance you may
keep up. At least for a while.
But then again the thought comes
that getting wounded means rest and
safety, and good care. And death
that is still less terrible. One boast
of reaching ones destination along the
shortest road Is not death every
ones final Observation-Disclosures
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
"Gracious, Pencil, What Is the Mat
teri"

they were entirely too hard. He was
dreadfully afraid he would be put back
with the boys a year younger than he
was, and yet he couldn't do such diff
cult lessons.
''How ashamed he would be to be
put back! Oh dear, what could he do?
He must simply tell the teacher the
lessons were too hard. But then he
felt sure she would tell him to go back
into a class where they were easier.
she put his head down on his arms.
The soft autumn breeze was blowing.
1t had been warm day and two bum
BILE bees were buzzing and talking very
near him. They were having some sort
of talk about the sweetness of the
honey in the honeysuckle vine.
"Just then he saw his pencil. The
end Of it was wrapped up in cotton
wool and gauze.
"'Gracious pencil, what is the mat
terri asked Gerald.
"I shouldn't think you would ask
me what was the NATTER said the pen
Gil as it Squeaked in a sad little voice.
"'Why not" asked Gerald But the
moment he had asked the question he
knew the answer.
"The pencil answered him just the
same. You think I am to do your
work. will work but 1 must be guild
ed and directed. I cannot think. A
pencil is not supposed to think. A boy
is supposed to do that. merely write
down what you think is correct, and
goodness only knows often feel very
badly when have to write down all
sorts of wrong answers.
"'And when l won't think for you,
continued the pencil, this is the way
you abuse me. Think! Don't bite me
to pieces. And I'll tell you another
thing. You may bite me in two, but
never, never will l do your thinking
for you. l am not supposed to and /
WON'T The pencil was certainly very
decided, Gerald thought, and he
thought he would not argue with it.
az was a lovely red pencil with
black lead the pencil continued, in an
injured tone, 'and now I am all bitten
to pieces. One of my ends is almost
useless, and I will break when the lead
is used very much further. Oh dear
And 1 was such a nice pencilp 1t
sighed and seemed very mournful.
"Just at that moment the cotton
wool came off the pencil and Gerald
saw that he had been sleeping. The
pencil had been badly bitten, but Ger
aid, now wide awake, put his mind to
his studying, and found the lessons
were not so hard after all !"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
SUGAR PRICE TO BE LOWER
United States and Allies Unite to AS
sure Economy in Distribu-
ton.

Washington, Sept. 22.-Appointment
of an international committee to ar
range for the distribution of available
supplies of sugar in the world was
announced on Thursday by the food
administration. Two members of the
committee were appointed by the al
lied governments. They are Sir Jo-
seph White-Todd and John V. Drake,
Sr. Two American members of the
committee appointed by the food ad-
ministratiOn are Earl d. Pabst, presi-
dent of the American Sugar Refining
company, and William A. Jamison of
Arbuckle Brothers. The fifth member
of the committee is George M. Rolph.
All the beet sugar producers have
signed the contract presented by the
government assuring a maximum price
for beet sugar of $7.25 a hundred
pounds at seaboard refining points as
soon as the crop is available. 1t is
said that this should mean a reduction
of 1 cent pound in the retail price.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
BIG |. w. w. PLOT is Barred
Conspiracy to Burn Cities and Kill
Officers Told at Trial of Anti-Draft
Agitators at Enid, Okla.

Enid, Okla, Sept. ga revolution
of 100000 maIcOntents, nationwide in
scope, backed by I. w. w. and 48 af-
filiated organizations, including the
Working Glass union, in which it was
planned to apply the torch to small cit
les, shoot officers of the government
and demoralize communication, was
planned for July % last, according to
the testimony given on Monday by Will
Hoover, state witness in the trial Of II
alleged anti-draft agitators from CEN
trail Oklahoma.
The Industrial Workers of the World
were to launch the uprising, Hoover
Said:f"Rube" Munson, alleged state or
ganlzer of the w. G. u, told meeting
of the Friendship local in an open corn
field near SaSakawa
AT prearranged time the w. G. U.
was to capture small towns, take
charge of banks, burn bridges and cut
telegraph wires, while the l. w. w.
cared for the larger cities in like
manner
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
A lest of Friendship.

Andy Foster. q well-knOwn charac-
ter in his native city, had recently
shuffled off this mortal coil in desti-
tute circumstances, although in his
earlier days he enjoyed financial pros
perity.
A prominent merchant, an old friend
of the family, attended the funeral and
was viSibly affected as he gazed for
the last time on his old friend and as
SOciate.
The mOurners were cOnspicuOusly
few in number and some attention was
attracted by the Borrowing merchant.
THE Old gentleman was very dear to
your ventured one of the bearers af-
ter the funeral was over.
Indeed he was" answered the
mOurner. ANDY was one true friend.
Re never asked me to lend him q cent,
though / knew that he was practically
starving to death. Harper Maya
zine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
TAKE 5000 GERMANS
BRITISH PENETRATE ENEMY'S
LINES EAST OF YPRES.
Allies Win Positions on Wide Front
in Belgium and Menace Sub
marine Base.

London, Sept. 22.-British troops on
the Belgian front attacked the German
positions east of Ypres and are re-
ported to have penetrated the German
positions as far as the Zonnebeke-
Gheluvelt line. The official report is
sued on Thursday night says 1900 pris-
oners We're taken.
Reuters correspondent at British
headquarters, reporting the extent of
the British advance, telegraphs that
up to the time his report was dis
patched the Germans had launched no
counter-attacks. They were massing
in certain places, however, where the
British guns were bombarding them.
The British penetration has reached
the depth of a mile, (which. consider
ing the character of the ground, is a
wonderful achievement" the dispatch
adds.
Field Marshal Haig's selection of
the battle front to the east of Ypres,
in Belgium, as the scene of his latest
offensive against the Germans, indi-
Gates that it is the continuance of the
expressed purpose of the British COM
mander in chief to force the armies
of Grown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
from the western coast of Belgium
and to cut off the German submarine
and airplane bases on the North sea
from Zeebrugge to Newport includ-
ing Ostend.
The British drive apparently is be-
ing made in the direction of Roulers
and COurtral, from which Belgian
towns, according to recent dispatches
from the Dutch frontier, the German
military authorities have been evacu-
ating the civilian population.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
STEEL PRICES GUT
REDUCTIONS AS HIGH AS 70 PER
CENT DECIDED UPoN-ENDs
LONG CONTROVERSY.
COOPERATION PROMISED U. S.
American Government and Entente
Allies to Buy on the Same Basis
Wages viii Not Be Lowered
Prices Effective at Once.

Washington, Sept. 26.-An agree
ment between the war industries
board and steel producers reducing
the price of steel from so to 20 per
cent was announced ON Monday follow
ing its approval by President Wilson.
The new figures become effective at
once and are subject to revision Janu-
airy 1, 1913.
The price for steel plates of 1925
per hundred weight, or $50 a ton, is
7O.5 per cent less than recent quota
lions.
The steel men held out for about
$68 a ton. but were forced into line
for the lower figure by Bernard Ba-
rUch of the war industries board and
others who represented the govern
ment in conferences during the last
few days.
Under the agreement the steel men
pledged themselvs to the following
.stipulatiOns:
That there shall be no reduction in
the present rate of wages.
to purchases by the general public as
well as to those of the allies and the
government.
That the steel men will exert every
effort to keep up the production to the
maximum of the past so long as the
war lasts.
The prices are based on results of
an investigation conducted by the fed
eral trade commission into cost pro-
duction. This inquiry has been
in progress for several months.
The detailed schedule of prices fol-
lows:
Iron ore, basis, lower lake ports,
price agreed upon, $5.05 gross ton; re-
cent prices, $500 gross ton. Coke ba-
sis Connellsville, price agreed upon Sc
net ton, recent price, SIG; reduction,
$40; per cent reduction, 62.5.
Pig iron, price agreed upon, $685. re-
cent price, ~$58, gross ton; reduction,
SO; reduction per cent, 43.1.
Steel bars, basis, Pittsburgh and Chi
cago, prices agreed upon, $3.50 hun
dredweight; recent price, $3.50 hun
dredweight; reduction, $3.50; reduc-
ton per cent, 473.
Shapes, basis, Pittsburgh and Chi
cago, prices agreed upon. So hundred
weight; recent price, Sc hundred
weight; reduction. SO; reduction per
cent, 800
Plates, basis, Pittsburgh and Chi
cago, prices agreed upon 1925 hun
dredweight; recent price, $11 hundred
weight; reduction, $7.75; reduction per-
cent, 705.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
Country Conversation.

Scene-Any country place, any place
at all. Time-Summer.
Mere Male Boarder-Ah, here is o
cool, shady spot. guess I'll sit on
this bench and invite my soul, as Walt
Whitman said. (DOes so).
Female Voice (close by)-Yes, that
Is exactly what they did to my sister
Julia. The poor woman suffered some
thing awful for nearly four months
and none of the doctors we called i'll
could tell just what it was that was
the matter with her. One said it was
one thing. and another would say it
was another. Finally, we called in a
specialist from New York. because
Julia seemed to be in such bad way.
The specialist made an examination
and sale We would have TO have an OPP
Grafton at once, or he wouldn't be re-
sponSible for my sisters life. He said
she had complication of troubles, but
would you believe it, after they had
performed the operation they couldn't
find "a
Mere Male Boarder-Good lord, let
me out of thisi Is that al women can
find to talk about when they're away
in the country? guess I'll stroll down
by the lake-A. II. Folwell in Cartoons
Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
BIG RUSS VICTORY NEAR
SIavs Win Two Battles With Germans
and Bar Advance Towards
Petrograd.

Petrograd, Sept. 26.-Russian forces
in two battles have succeeded in bar
ring the way of the German advance
from Riga toward the capital.
The Teutonic vanguard was driven
back at Rudna, 129 miles southwest of
Petrograd. The main body of the in
vaders met with defeat south of the
Pskoff high road, 1872 miles from the
city Peter the Great built.
Russian armies are now everywhere
on the Riga front on the offensive, and
the campaign 10 recapture the main
Baltic port before winter sets in is
progressing in the most favorable de-
gree.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
The Only Way.

Food Administrator Hoover said in
Washington, during the filibuster
against the food control bill:
1--WE must control food or flour will
rise to $50 barrel and meat to fifty
cents n pound.
"Why. look az prices already!
a said to haggard family man the
other day:
"'See here. Jones, you'll ruin your
health if YOU work all day on your
books in the city and then go out and
do night work on other mems books all
the evening. My boy, you're burning
the candle at both ends
az got to, Mr.. Hoover said Jones.
It's the only way to make both ends
meet. ''-Phladelphia Bulletin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
Why he Left.

The large, tlorid gentleman at the
movie threw down his program in very
evident disgust, and as he ground our
toes on his way out we heard him
mutter something. The seat he had
left was better than ours, so we moved
over into it, wondering what could
have set the old man off so. In about
n minute we found out. In the row
just behind sat young man and a
young woman, both grown. AS the he
TO flashed across the screen, the man
said:
oh, dere he is. Bwess his heart.
'Ou Telleden, Geraldine Farrar's hub
by, 90 know. Idn't he dist the tweet-
est Sing?"
''Muh-huh! But he idn't half so
tweet as 90 is, is he?"
That's as long as we stayed.-Kan-
sas City Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
SAY FIVE SHIPS SENT DOWN
Passengers Arriving at Atlantic Port
Tell of Destruction of British
Steamships.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 25.-Word
that five British steamships and two
destroyers were sunk by German sub
marines a few hours out of Tough
Swilly, Ireland, September 8, was
brought by passengers who have just
arrived from England on an American
vessel. The reports are regarded as
circumstantial. The five steamers, it
was said, conveyed by a feet of six
destroyers, put to sea shortly after
midnight and were attacked by massed
submarines at daylight the following
morning. The news of the disaster
was received here Saturday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
SIiuhted.

$50. you're leaving US, Mary. What's
the trouble; don't you like the place
here"
II did, but 1 amt going to stay here
no longer. You don't treat me like one
of the family"
'Why, Mary, how can you say that?''
Its plain as day. You were away
for ten days and you didn't even send
me a picture postal card"