davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-07

Washington, Dec. Five thousand
are thought to have been killed In the
explosion in Halifax harbor and the IRE
which swept North Halifax and Dart
mouth, n. S, according to advices from
a naval commander reaching the navy
department early today. The navy dis
patch said these figures had not peeh
verified however.
The report which came from haVai
commander who witnessed the explos-
ion from a point So miles off Halifax
and later proceeded to the harbor to
render aid said that all of North Hall
fax was destroyed three ships sunk
and many others damaged THE ruins
of buildings are now burning fiercely
in north Halifax" the despatch con-
Cludes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-07

/ OF several hours duration made by su
perior forces"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-07
Official Report.

The report as given out by the navy
department is as follows:
"The following report was received
from a naval commander at Halifax:
"'While fifty-two miles at sea, the
explosion of a, munitions ship was seen
and heard. Upon arrival assistance was
offered to the authorities and the fol-
lowing learned concerning the circum-
stances leading up to the explosion.
"A Belgian relief ship collided with
French munitions vessel loaded with
three thousand tons of T. n. T. and a
large quantity of Benzine. Due to the
collision, the benzine caught on fire
and as soon as the fire started the crew
abandoned the ship, reaching shore be-
fore the explosion took place.
North Halifax Destroyed.
Practically all of North Halifax
was destroyed and all of the windows
and doors in Halifax and Dartmouth
were demolished.
"It is believed here that five thous-
and are dead but these figures cannot
be confirmed. The explosion sank three
ships and badly damaged many others.
The ruins of the buildings are now
burning fiercely in North Halifax.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-07
STUNNED BY MAGNITUDE OF
DISASTER Which, WRECKS CITY
IMPROVIsED ,MORCUEs IN CHURCHES, SCHOOLS,
DWELLINGS AND IN OTHER QUARTERS ARE
FILLED WITH HUMAN BOOKSHELF FROM
OTHER DOMINION CITIES AND FROM UNIT
ED STATES BEGINS TO ARRIVE.
Across the Narrows.

dred children attending the Richmond
school are known to have escaped.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-07

Halifax, n. s.. Dec. III. noon
today. there had been no ch. in
the police estimate of 1000 dead y
yesterdays disaster. About the sa.
number are injured. two.thirds Of whom
are suffering from cuts from flying
glass.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-07
Where Explosion Occurred.

The explosion occurred in the mar
rows, a point in the harbor less than
half a mile wide. On the north shore
is the town of Dartmouth, on the south
shore the Richmond section of the
city. Sloping land on each side of the
narrows forms in effect trough which
served to confine the blast and increase
it's intensity and destructiveness
The main water front buildings, great
piers for loading ships and warehouses
for munitions and supplies are located
south of the narrow and they escaped
the full force of the blows. While these
piers and store houses are damaged
considerably it was learned today that
the facilities for loading transports ana
munitions ships are not so badly Grip
pied as was at first believed.
The matron and all but two OF the
children at the Protestant Orphanage
are believed to have perished. Or the
two who escaped, one child was not In
the building at the time of the eXplo'
sion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-07

washington, Dec. I-KepOrts 10 the
navy indicate there was no American
ship in the harbor of Halifax at the
time of the explosion and officials are
inclined to think that If American sail
ors had been caught in the blast II
would have been reported in the early
dispatches from naval commander
who went in to help after hearing the
detonation fifty-two miles at sea.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-07

Across the Narrows.
- Across the narrows in Dartmouth the
\ults of the vast damage done by
'orce of the explosion became more
az IT today. while reports from
tow 4 villages within "a radius Of
100 IN. indicate that the force of the
impact was felt in some cases resulted
i'm property damage.
At Truro, Amherst and other cities,
where the explosion was felt efforts to
get in wire communication with Hall
fax confirmed suspicious that the war
port had met with a catastrophe, but
it was several hours before wire
was placed in operation to inform the
outside world of the extent Of the
disaster. Telegraph and telephone
wires were torn down in the first mo-
ments of ruin and death.
Halifax was completely Isolated
Early in the afternoon, several hours
after the explosion, "A single wire was
placed in operation by the Canadian
Press Limited. and over ii numerous
government messages told of the dam
age to the city and brought re-assuring
supplies that every available means of
transportation was to be requisitioned
to rush medical aid and supplies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-07

Halifax. y. s.. Dec. 7.-Stunned by
the magnitude of the disaster which
has overwhelmed the garrison oity
by the sea-" the people of Halifax to-
day bent all their energies to relieve
the injured, feeding the hungry, shell
tering the homeless and gathering their
H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30
CRAIG KENNEDY DETECTIVE STORIES a
BY........
ARTHUR B.
REEVE.

had been fired Mt Marlowe then. to fhe
surprise OF even myself he laid q delicate
little nail file and brush beside the bullet
Just second raced on Kennedy. ION
this file and brush found scores OF those
deadly anaerobes-dead. killed by heat
and antiseptic-dead. but nevertheless
there. l suppose the microscopic ex
animation of finger-nail deposits is too
minute a thing TO appeal TO most PEG.
pie. But (. has been practically allied
in number of criminal cases in Eu-
rope. Ordinary washing. and even
cleaning. doesn't alter microscope Hnd-
ings. In this case this trlfing clue is
all that leads 10 the real brain of this
II. Yesterday found that anaerobs
cultures were being received my some
one in the Belieclaire, and
They were stolen from me- Some
one must have got into my Office. where
1 was studying them" DR.. Gavira had
pressed forward eagerly. Craig did not
pause again;
who were these agents sent over TO
wage this secret war at any cost?" he
continued. One of them, / know now.
fell in love with the daughter. Of the
man against whom he was TO plot
Marjorie cast a furtive glance at
Fitzhugh
Love has saved him. But the other
To whom do these deadly germs point?
Who dun -dummed and poisoned tho
bullet Whose own fingers, in spite
of antiseptic and nanicures, point in
eXorably to guilty self?'
Rae Melzer could restrain herself no
longer. She was looking at the file and
brush. hideously fascinated.
They are mine-you took Them SHE
cried impulsively. 1t was she-always
having her nails manicured-she who
had been there just before-she-Aima
Hiilman.'
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspapers
Syndicate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

terms my eyes fell on a peculiar gun
set UP in a corner. 1t had tremendous
cylinder about the barrel. as II it con-
tanned some device to cool It. Ken
nedv had also observed 1t.
That's an idea sprague. can You
mount that on the plane -,
have it here for" he returned. "I've
been testing it"
Speeding back to the city Craig laid
out An extensive program for me to fol-
low on the morrow. Together we ar
1t was Craig who awakened me in
the morning. prepared to motor out to
the aviation school to meet Sprague.
Hastily he rehearsed our signals. which
Craig was to convey with flag and /
TO receive with the aid of glass.
/ must admit that l felt somewhat
lost when. later in the morning. l took
my place on the launching platform
jorie were among the first to arrive. We
heard a shout from the men down at the
end OF the slip, that commanded freer
view of the river. They had sighted
mechanical bird as it scared closer. AL
ready Kennedy had made us out on the
platform and had begun to signalas a
test. AT least part of the suspense
was over for me when l found that
could read what he sent.
On the stand now with us were Fftz-
hugh and Miss Hillman, while between
glances at Kennedy l noticed little Rae
Meier over at the right. and DIR.
Dayira. quite In his element, circulat-
ing about from group to group. Every
one seemed 10 feel that thrill that
comes with a launching.
AS the clock neared the noon hour,
which was high water, all the prepare
tory work was done Only the sole
pieces before us held the ship in place.
High over head now fioated the hydro
aeroplane, on which l kept my eye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

fixed almost hypnotica1ly. There was
still no signal from Kennedy.
Saw the sole piecea." finally rang out
the order.
ip-zip-zipr' came the shill singing
Was everything all right7 Kennedy
and Sprague were sttll circling over
head. at various attitudes. redoubled
saw Craig's flag waving franticaaily.
A muffied exclamation came from my
lips. Mariowe. who had been watching
me, leaned closer.
What is it. for Gods sake?" he
whispered hoarsely.
stop them.' / shouted, as I caught
Kennedys signal At hurried order
from Marlowe the gang quit.
Kennedy was circling down now. UNI
til at last the airboat rested on the
fore the ship. the plane turned and went
away. making a complete circle, then
coming to rest. To the surprise of
every one the rapid, staccato bark OF
the Lewis gun broke the silence. Ken
nedy was evidently firing. but at what?
There was nothing in sight.
Suddenly there came a tremendous
defamation. which made even the slip
tremble. and a huge column Of water.
like geyser. rose in the air about 500
of us.
The truth flashed over us in an In
slant. There, ten feet or SO in the dark
water out in the river, Craig had seen
a huge circular object, visible only
against a sandy bottom from the hydro
aeroplane above.
1t was a contact submarine mine
Marlowe looked at me, his face pale
The moment the great hulk of the
Usona, in its wild flight TO the sea
hit that mine. fitting 1t, she would have
sunk in a blast of fame.
The airboat now headed for the
shore, and q moment later Craig was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

climbing into our stand. Marlowc
seized him in congra,uiation too deep
for words.
Again the order to saw away the sole
sumed. There were perhaps two inches
more left, when the hull quivering as
the timbers broke away.
Marjorie Marlowe. alert, swung the
bottle of champagne In its silkeu net on
a silken cord. and II crashed on the
bow as she cried gleefully.
II christen thee Usona."
Down the ship slide, with slow
gliding motion at first, rapidly gath
ering Roadway. AS her stern sank and
finally the bow dipped in the water
cheers broke forth. Then a cloud OF
smoke hid her. Was she wrecked"
Just the friction of the ways-set
the grease on fire." shouted M3rlowe
1T always does that"
Tugs crept up and pulled the Usona to
her place. A splash OF a huge anchor
and there she rode safe
In the revulsion of feeling every eye
on the platform turned involuntarily TO
Kennedy.
Just moment called Craig. as
some turned TO go down. There is
Just one thing more"
There was a hush as the crowd press
ed close
There's a conspiracy here" rang out
Craigs voice, boldly: "a foreign trade
war. From the start ! suspected some
thing. and I tried to reason II out. Having
failed 10 stop the work. failed TO Kill
Marlowe--what was left? Why, the
launching. How? | knew Of that motor
boat What else could they do with It. [
thought of recent tests that have been
made with express cruisers as mine plant
et-s Could that be the scheme. The air
boat scheme occurred to me late last night.
IL at least was worth trying You see
what has happened Now for the reck-
oning. Who was their agent | have
something here that Will interest you.
He drew from his pocket the bullet that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

Most of them had been out sightseeing.
though now they were returning, and
as they began to gather in the hotel
parlor Marjorie was again called on to
put them at their ease.
Fitzhugh had returned and had vast
ed no time dressing and getting down
stairs again to be near Marjorie.
Gavira also appeared, having been out
on a case.
IT wish you would call up the ship
yard. walter" asked Kennedy, as we
stood in the lobby. where we could see
best what was going on, Tell him /
would like to see him urgently"
I found the number and entered a
booth. but, as often happens, the teie-
phone central was overwhelmed by the
rush of early evening calls. and after
waiting some time the only satisfac-
ton / got was that the line was busy.
Meanwhile I decided to stick about
the booth, SO that / could get the yard
as soon as possible. From where ]
stood l could see that Kennedy was
closely watching the little manicure.
Rae Meier. A moment later / saw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

how the launching ways were com
posed of the ground ways, fastened to
the ground. as the name implied, and
the sliding ways that were to move
over them. The sliding ways, he said,
were composed of lower course and
an upper course, on which rested the
cradle" fitting closely the sides of
the ship. To launch her. she must be
lifted slightly by the sliding ways and
cradle from the keel blocks and bilge
blocks, and this was done by oak
wedges, hundreds of which we could
see damned between the upper and
lower courses of sliding ways. Next
he pointed out the rib bands which
were to keep the sliding ways on the
ground ways. and at the bow the
points on either side where the sliding
and ground ways were bolted together
by two huge timbers, known as sole
pieces.
You see" he continued, sit is d gil
gantic task to lift thousands of tons
of steel and literally carry it quarter
of mile to forty feet of water in less
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30
THE SUBMARINE MIME.

we looked in. There at the manicure 6
table sat the girl who had gone by us
in the parlor and had looked so sharp
ly at Marlowe and Alma.
The boy told US that the car was
waiting at a side entrance. but Ken
needy seemed now in no haste to go;
the more so when Marlowe, instead OF
going to the barber shop, apparently
changed his mind and entered the
manicure's. Craig stopped and looked.
After matching them moment Craig
lounged over to the desk in the lobby.
'Who is the little manicure girl?' he
asked.
The clerk smiled. Seems as if she
was a good drawing card for the house.
doesn't it," he returned. "All the men
notice her. Why, her name is Rae
Melzer."
AS we stood before the desk a post
man with the parcel post arrived.
Here's a package addressed to Dr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

setting aside 100000 bushels for
seed. have had still one billion bushels
of wheat for export TO Europe.
The crops we raise today are for the
most part planted ard harvested by the
use of horses and mules. Much of the
blowing Is but little more than scratch
ing the earth, and very little of it goes
to the depth of the seven inches easily
possible with the farm tractor. The
labor loss is enormous. The most of
the plows have gone over the fields
with man in the furrow behind holding
the pillow handles. According TO a re-
cent estimate, every time the farmer
pfows an acre that way, he walks eight
miles and his team does the same. Sup
pose $50 acres be plowed on his farm
the distance walked is about as great
from Chicago to New Orleans and
the walking fully as bad. On the hun
bred million acres of cornfields the
men and animals have walked eight
hundred million miles and worked all
the way. The number of our farms is
more than 100000, and by the last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

this wheel. comprising the front part
of the machine, was the hood which
covered the engine and also the gaso-
line tank. Attached to this was an
other tank known as the air-washer.
All the machinery is Enclosed in the
hood. but there is so much dust in
farm work that the air that goes into
the engine has to be washed before it
is used.
The wheels of the tractor are differ
ent from those of the motor car. They
are made of steel, with tires five inches
wide and with great teeth or Tugs two
inches deep, which are set at an angle
to the tire rim three or four inches
apart. This gives the wheels q sur
face of Is or 10 inches, keeping them
from cutting into the soil, and also
gives the wheels the grip which is
needed 10 make them move. When the
cheap. lightweight tractor was pro-
posed the makers of the heavy tractor
claimed that weight was a necessity to
the success of any such machine
Whereupon Mr.. Ford said: Have you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

There are 121 in the United States at
this writing and thirty of these have
begun to build such machines during
the past summer. The centers of the
industry are in the agricultural states
and especially in the northwest. Min
nesota leads with twenty-four different
factories making farm tractors, large
and small. Illinois comes next with
nineteen. and Wisconsin next with six
teen. The states Of Ohio and, caiifor-
MIA have each nine tractormaking es-
Establishments. . Michigan has ten, Iowa
five. Missouri four and Kansas, South
Dakota, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania
have each two, while there are single
institutions of the kind in Kentucky,
New York, Delaware and Massachu-
sets.
Nearly every one of these companies
has it's own special tractor and the
machines range in weight from two
pillow machines UP to the heavy trac-
tors which will drag ten plows and
more through the burrows.
All of the companies recognize the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

.@ ~ ERES the bullet. What I
GSuJl want you to do. Prof. Ken
lT nedy. is to catch the crank
q Il who fired It."
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-08-27
FL nueVo e~jereito
polaco
Una comlsion polaco-franeesa
tsHdra a sH cargo Ia
organization

PARIS, AgoSto 26.-Con el objeto
de coadyuvar q Ia formation del pro
yectado ejercito polaco. dc acucrdo
con eli decrcto dc 4 dc rtnio, del pre-
sidente Poincar6, Ell MiniSterio lie IL
Guerra ha creado uaa nisiun militar
fraaco-polaca bajo Ia presideacia Gel
general Louis Aa:hiaa-d, pasa to.-
mar, por m23io dc fue.zas voIunta-
r.as unidades del e]jer.Ito polaco IN
Francia.
Il tiobicra. h2 aateriza31 ] toip5
los polacos, ~jnciuso ! los qac son
ciudadancs fra's.c;eS Y qGe sirvei. CT.
el ~ejercito frenc@s 4 aliStaEse eli clls
nueys fuarzs y preponc %conccrtar
arreglos cen o&EaS Potencias lie ID
Entente Hlediants a. cualcs loS Lo-
lac9s que sir en- en- t5dos.:QS elirci-
tes podran unir&c ii eietei.9 p%olaco
Ell proyecto.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-08-27
4 SUPERVISION De ALL
MENT0S EN- FRANcIA
Sc han nom6rad0 cOmisi0nes
locales que fijaran los pre-
Cios de los artiCui0S

WASHINGTON, Ago=to 2G.--El
Gobicrno francis, prus:Guiendo sas
e~;flcrzos para relief" eli co3to de las
suDsistancias public6 hoy un decreto
autorizando ia formation de comisIo-
ucs locales que presidiran los Alcal-
des de los respectivos Districts, para
que supervisor los precios de Yenta
&c los a~rticulos alimenticios.
los concentrates al por mayor Y
los conaumidcrcs cstaran representa-
dos CT cada comisijn por cuatro
m;c:nbros. dos dc los cualcs dcbcn
no.tsncrcr i asociacioncs obTcras :
eros Il G~oc:edGdcS ~coopcrativaS.
IL mision dc las comisicnes Is cs-
tadjar del mcrcado J scnalar c! pre-
clio dc costo y dcaunciar Il is 2uto-
iidadcs 4 toda persona que rcciba
beEcficios eXagerados. Las comisIo-
hes dc5cn vjgilar Tarticp!aracnte ei
comcrcio dc where's. chocolates, c2r-
VEGA Y who's. In caaOs ncccS2riCs las
comisioncS pucdcn haccrSe cargo dc
las c:iistcnciaS dc los di5t-;to5 y apo
yar Z las al,or;dadcs CT 10 que res
pccta & u direction dc los cStahl"ci-
m~icntcs munir;nalcs 4! pgr mci:or.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-08-27
Los CANPOS D{ BATAuA DEL TEATRO.
OCCIDENTAL Sc DECDRl Ia GUERRA
Ash 10 cree Arthur Dapper, redactor del DAILY Mail" de
Isndres, que ia permanecido d. ante a'gan tien=
20 con los e~jercitOs a'iados ea EuFoTa

LONDRES, Agosto 26.-DespueS de
rer.uarccer aigin tempo recorr!en-
= cl freatc de combate de Occiden-
. asi come los campamentos de ms
trucci5n de Francia e Inglaterca.
donde estan acamulados varios MI
Tones de hombres que diariamente
IAN adiestrandose en- e. ejercito de
las ar.ras para acGdir 4 ocupar 81
puesto tan pronto como 10 diSponga
:! alto rlando aliado, he ~regresado a
LoaGres, escribc Arthur Dapper, re-
Gsctor de! DAILY Mail" de esta Ca
pital. en- IN articulo, que ha dado I
n Jrbi:icdad = tras brere descanso
me he puesto al habla, seg1n ira
d;cional costumbre, con los altos fun
c;onsr;os de los distintos de0arta-
mentos ~oficialeG, con los cuales he
camb:ado imprcsiones, dandolc cucn-
II dc mis- apuntes durantc c. reco-
rrido que acabo dc hacer J rcciblen-
do dc c!los imporantcs datos acer-
"a del Scsgo dc los acontecimientos
V lie los ultimoS successes acaecidos en
Ell muado Giploma;ico.
In hecno que no admi;c dudaS. una
cosa cue Va nadic disclte por cs-
tar ~c2nycacjJo hcSta Ia saciedad dc
81 ccrtaza. = &a5er: CUE IL ayuGa dc
los Estados UHidoS hace possible. qui-
5as on muy htevc tempo, cl triunfo
decidido dc los ai;adoS en- Occ;dentc.
Los aliadoS tai Y COMO sc encuen-
tran act4almentc, caasayian 4 los
~alerlancs, los sgotarian, pcro su ac-
suaciva seria larSa y no tan preve
como las c,rcun3Garc:ay demandai.
Para alcanza" Ia victoria. . biea uE
aX:to decisive G0c inic;c una nucva
fac eli IA coEtienda. UnIcam2ntc los
Esta4os Unidos, con los p~odero5os re-
curses dc quc dlSnonc, s"G capaccs dc
rcalizarlo.
(Pasa a Ia Ga. Gel. 3e.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-08-27
CUANDO SEA POSSIBLE IRAN

Londres, Agosto 26.-Fedcrico
Ebert, micmbro del Reischtag, ira
tando dc IL coniercncia pacifiSta de
StocoInlo, con relacion a IA negative
dc los Cobiernos DC Ia Entente Z ia
cllitar raSaportes q q los Delegates
decla.o segun dcSpscho rsclbido pcr
Ia agancia Reuter- que G. ccnitG ho-
landes. cscardiIayo, no habla exnues-
to io4ay!a 81 actitu@ cen rcSpecto al
camt!o &c cend!cl9nea ) "4unqut n
ccafarencia sea impossible ncr c! NO
mcntc, IL cs Gle metro para que
nosotros cambicmos dc actituI ton
respecto = aquella.'
81 cl comito holandco-cacanLilia-
ru, cree quc Ia Confcrcncia r~royccta-
da para 81 nueyc de Scptieaahrc pue-
da llcvar \ cabo sus trabajos Hacitis-
las sin los Representatives. lie Il En-
:entc, cntonccs vondran los s~ocialis-
tas alcmapcs."