davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Detroit times., 1917-04-28
COAL PRICES DUE
FOR BIG JUMP
Increased Consumption and
Shortage of Cars
Blamed

CHICAGO. April 2s.-Prices OF
coal are scheduled 20 advance. ma
terially within a few weeks. accord
ing 70 Chicago coal dealers. The
scarcity OF labor. increased wages
of the miners, shortage and unusual
demand, are all given as factors
mat will place coal in the list OF
war price commodities.
The shortage OF coal is already
becoming acute" Fred w. Upham,
president OF the Consumers com
pany. said. And coupled with the
demand for export 20 Italy and
South America, together with 10
creased cost OF production. the on.
orators face no other alternative
The car shortage continues and II
is daily becoming more difbcult 10
secure transportation facilities"
The federal government has also
become a large purchaser Reserve
ships being placed in commission
and the increased activities OF the
FIRST line vessels has made the de
nand more than double what II for
merly was. operators declare.
George II. Cushing, national coal
expert. today said he expected soft
coal OF the grade now selling At
1915. TO sell az $40 by Nov. /.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-28

States and will devote. u is under.
stood, a paragraph ~ his report 10
The tremendous assistance the
American press can be in helping
America solve It's problems OF max
ing efficient war
"Balfour" said a high oficial Of
the commission today. has come 10
feel 10 his duty 10 answer carefully
and promptly AN questions asked by
The American press, except as 10. ma
val and military details
BY letting The people ~ the
country know much about what
England has done and hopes to do.
he feels me American government
will be aided materially "a every
var step % takes"
Lord Cuulde. president ~ The
Bank of ENGLAND. went 10 New York
and viii visit Wall-st.
Admiral Dochair conferred with all
he navy department, heads. lie
was accompanied by Secretary Dan
els ship building submarine war
fare and coast patrols were the
three subjects discussed in detail.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-28

have expressed their wishes 10 the
American government concerning
the part IL shah play in the war.
The American government has as
sured them it's complete support
and cooperation In getting precisely
what they ask for.
Balfour will say thPt the American
government asked how the Allies
want shipping handled-with a pre-
ponderance OF men munitions or
iood' And that after threshing the
question out among Themselves the
British commission asked an equal
division between munitions and
food.
The supplying OF American fight
ing men, IL was agreed between Bal
four. Gen Bridges and Admiral De
chair. can wait
II has been agreed. Balfour will
report. that each point in tho gigan-
tic international parley shall be ask
cd about by America and answered
by the British and French jointly
The French commlssin Is in com
plete accord with the shipping set
Element, Balfour will report His
message. while an official govern
ment report. was drafted 10 carry 20
the British. French. Russian aud
Italian minds the tremendous
breadth the world war conference
has assumed SINCE getting under
way
II will explain that the European
allies have not. as they expected
come 10 a purely technical exchange
OF Views. but that il has developed
into a mutual declaration Of world
principles on which. thus far. the
conterees are in perfect accord
Balfour has been amazed AZ the
extent OF publicity ia the United
The Detroit times., 1917-04-28
BALFOUR
REPORTS
PROGRESS
Shipping Arrangement
Already Perfected
BY Allies
By GEORGE MARTIN.

AStaH ofFesD)ndent IGifed Press.
WASHINGTON, April 2S. 49, The
first chapter of Americas part IN
the world war was penned in black
and white here Friday BY British For
eisn Secretary Arthur James Bat
four when he cabled TO his home
government his initial report OF
agreements az The greatest var par
icy IN American history.
Balfour's report will tell cur Euro
pcan allies that the first problem
settled was shipping
The report viii be- made public in
London, probably within The next
As hours, ono OF the commissioners
said
CIosoted in he small once he has
chosen for his historic work, in The
SiNtcenth.st mansion the dean Of
diplomats wrote in effect that the
British and French commissions
The Detroit times., 1917-04-28
1000 FIRE AT
STANDARD BROS

Fire that started on the FIRST floor
~ STANDARD Bros warehouse AZ
Woodbridge and Firststs. early Fri
day afternoon caused S. 600 damage
Employee believing that The blaze
would re.ch the second, third and
fourth floors whore large amounts
~ ammunition are stored made a
hasty exit from the building. The
automatic sprinkling system extin-
suished the blaze, with the assist
ance Of one stream directed by The
bremen
The Detroit times., 1917-04-28
This is Ingersoll week with me

"RadioIites', the watches that show the time
in the dark. The hands and figures are made
of new self-luminous substance that contains
genuine radium and CLOVIS brilliantly in the
dark. This substance will last ten years-to
put it conservatively.
And also the jeweled models, thew aterbury
and the Reliance, which are the sensations OF
the watch business.
/ can recommend Ingersolls to you because,
for one thing, you can take them anywhere
work or play. They stand the jars. Besides,
they're good-looking-and best of ALL they're
accurate, which is what you really want a
watch for
When you think of the faithful service you
get from it, and how permanent the satisfac-
ton isn't an Ingersoll watch the biggest hand
ful of value you know Fifty millions of
them sod-I guess that's the answer.
The Detroit times., 1917-04-28

~ course sell Ingersolls all year round
1T would be a mighty peculiar week
when | didn't. So you may wonder why
I'm celebrating this week especially.
It's Just sort of an AT Home, that's
all There are lot Of people I'd like TO have see
aN the Ingersoll watches. Some of them ex-
pect still think Ingersoll makes only four or
FIVE models. And I've got brand new and
complete stock TO show them.
I've an even dozen of the Ingersolls in my
window now-displayed just as you see in the
picture here.
There are more Ingersolls besides those on
the display board-but that dozen will show
you better than anything can say, the truth
of the slogan, There's an Ingersol for every
one-and for every use"
! especially want you to see the new
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
Six n. d. Men
onCamp Shelby
Football Team
News-Times Special Service

News Times Special Service:
CAMP ZACHARY TAYLOR,
LOUISVILLE. Ky. Nov. 24.-For-
mer Notre Dame gridiron stars
form an important part OF the Camp
Zachary Taylor football machine
which met the Camp Shelby team
today and which will clash with
Purdue here the Saturday after
Thanksgiving. Wednesday the sol
diers eleven had a workout against
the Georgetown (Ky.) college team
and was victorious by a IA TO 10
score Slackford, a figure in Notre
Danes backfeld last year, was the
one man who could pierce success
fully the Georgetown line and when
he started it took three or four Of
the lighter men on the other team
to stop him. Likewise with Berg
man, another Notre Dame back,
with whom il was no uncommon
thing TO shake off two or three
wOuId-be tacl,lers in the course Of
an eight or tCn-yard advance. Berg
man did great open field running
from his position al right halfback
and Slackford, fullback, the great
est line plunging seen around these
parts in a decade. O'Hara, another
member of the famous 1916 back
field went in as a substitute later
in the game. taking the place Of
ROdes. Kentucky States 1916 cap
tain. who played at left half.
Another Notre Dame star TO get
in the game was Mccarthy, the big
guard, who went in for one quarter.
There were no gains through his
territory. Baujan, the speed boy,
who saw service at. end for the St.
Joseph's county school, played the
full game at left end for the mill
tary eleven. Erehart, all-cOnference
halfback, from the Indiana univer-
sity team. is a substitute. which
shows the calibre of the squad. Paul
Sheeks, former Wabash coach, is
the teams quarterback Rodes, who
replaced O'Hara at left half, was
an all-southern quarterback. Others
in the squad are Coffin. a Wabash
end who subs, and Bushman, an
Indiana end who is a regular. Bar
ing. an Indiana guard, couldn't
make the team. nor could Lowry,
Yale quarterback. Weiland of In
diana. is the regular center.
a sixth Notre Dame football star
with the squad is Halfback Van
AIKEN. but he found the pace too
stiff and has not so far got into the
game.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
Football Scores

Washington and Jefferson, o.;
Notre Dame, 8.
Indiana, 81; Purdue. O..
Northwestern, 81; Michigan, IL.
Syracuse, 21; Michigan Aggies. Z.
Iowa, 6; Ames, 3.
Ohio State. O.; Auburn, O.
wisconsin, IS; Chicago, 0.
Minnesota, 81; Illinois, 6.
Camp Sherman soldiers, 80; Case
and Western Reserve, 7.
Camp Devens, 4 Camp Upton, 0.
Dartmouth, o: Brown. 13.
Marines. %; Camp Lee infantry,
0.
Pennsylvania, %; Carlisle In
dams, 0.
Army. IS: Boston college. Z.
Princeton Freshmen. 9; Yale
Freshmen, Z.
Worcester Tech, IS; Camp
Devens Ammunition Train, 0.
Wooster, 20; Otterbein, o.
Heidelberg, IA; Muskingum, 0.
Hiram, z; Baldwin Wallace, IA
Wilmington, is; Richmond. s.
Rutgers, IA; Newport Naval Re-
serve, o.
West Virginia u, 0; West vir-
ginia Wesleyan, 20.
Centre, 2S; Pennsylvania, o.
Allentown Ambulance Co, 20;
Camp Meade. IA.
Marietta, 0; Bethany, Z.
Denison. Al; Wittenberg. 0.
Allegheny, SO: Akron. o.
Lehigh, rs; Lafayette, o.
Johns Hopkins. o; St. Johns. g.
GeorgetOwn-S usquehanna game
cancelled.
Dickinson-Bucknen game post
poned.
Fordham, 2s; Pelham Bay Naval
Reserves, 0.
New York u. 9; Columbia, Z.
Pennsylvania Freshmen. 8; Cor
nell Freshmen. 0.
Boston Navy Yard. "a; An-Col-
legiates. 0.
Rose Poly. 25; Butler, 0.
Colorado School Of Mines, 81;
Colorado Aggies, 6.
South Dakota State. 10; Mac Ales-
ter, 0.
Camp Funston. 7; Great Lakes, 0.
University Of Detroit 20; Uni
versity of Buffalo, O.
Kalamazoo College. %; Olivet, 10.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
CORNELL RUNNER WINS
CROSS-C0UNTRY Run
Associated Press service :

Associated Press Service:
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Leading
a field of IS contestants from start
to finish over the siX-mile course
at Vancortlandt park today, I. c.
Dresser. OF Cornell university, won
the individual honors in the annual
intercollegiate cross country cham
pionship run in SO minutes fiat.
Last year at New Haven Dresser
finished in fifth place and he was
picked as the one most likely TO
win the honor today.
The team championship went 10
Trainer Robertson's runners from
the University Of Pennsylvania, four
OF whom finished among the first
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25

LONDON, Nov. IA collection
OF several hundred letters and
paper Of oliver Goldsmith has just
come to light in England. after hav-
ing been lost for more than a cen
tury. The letters were collected by
the Bishop OF Dromore. a friend OF
Goldsmith's. soon after the latter's
death. The trunk containing the
letters came into the possession OF
the bishops daughter, and had
never been opened until few weeks
ago.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
PENNSYLVANIA BEATS
CARLISLE INDIANS 27-0
Associated Press Service

Associated Press Service
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. "a
Pennsylvania defeated The Carlisle
Indian football team today. 26 TO 0,
much smaller score than had been
predicted by followers of the Red
and Blue. With the regular team
in the field during the first and part
Of the second period, Pennsylvania
showed its superiority. After that
the Indians put up a plucky fight.
twice threatening 70 score. Casey
Jones. the Indian center, was injur-
ed in the second period and re-
moved to a hospital. Later he was
able 10 return to the field and watch
the game.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
CAMP TAYLOR WINS

Associated Press Service:
LOUISVILLE. Ky. Nov. 24.-ln a
wide open game featured by fire.
quent use Of the forward pass the
Camp Shelby football team went
down in defeat before the Camp
Zachary Taylor team here today, A
20 p. Camp Shelby scored only in
the second and last quarters. Fitz-
patrick OF the Camp Shelby team
and a former Notre Dame star,
broke his left ankle early in the
game and was sent TO the city hos
pital
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
Associated Press Service:

Associated Press Service:
ROTTERDAM. Netherlands, Nov.
24.-The Germans have established
a special camp e. the "Sennelager.
near Paderborn, for deserters from
the Netherlands army. About IS
Netherlands soldiers are at present
inmates Of the camp, and are suf-
fering the greatest misery. Most
OF these deserters are men who had
been on sentry duty on the frontier
and, having participated in SNUG
Cling affairs, fed over the border for
fear Of discovery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
ROSE POLY TRAMPLES
ON BUTLER rs TO o
Associated Press Service /:

Associated Press Service:
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov. "a
Rose Poly with a heavier team,
plouEhed through the defense OF
the Butler eleven here today for a
% 10 0 victory. At no time did
Butler have a real chance 10 score
but the smaller team fought game
~ throughout and held It's oppOn-
ent Scoreless in the third quarter.
Capt. Crate scored 19 of the Wis
itors' scores and Quarterback
Springer. the smallest man on Rose
Poly's squad scored the other six
points. Score by period:
Rose Poly .....7 s 12-2 .
Butler ...O 0 0 o.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
Associated Press Service:

LONDON. Nov. 24.-After i
years OF preliminary work costing
over s2.00O.OOO. coal mining opera
tons are about TO begin on a de-
post OF coal at Keresley, England.
The output / s expected TO reach
more than a million tons a year
and TO last so years. II will be the
largest coal mining property in War
wickshire and the nearest 20 the
London market Four seams have
been located. Their depth is about
200 feet below the surface. and
their thickness about % feet
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
CAMP SHERMAN WINS
Associated Press Service:

Associated Press Service:
CLEVELAND. O., Nov. 24-The
Camp sherman soldiers football
team defeated elevens from Case
and Western Reserve here today,
50 TO Z. Case played the first half
against the soldiers. scoring seven
points in the second period. West
ern Reserve played the last half.
but was unable 10 score. More
than 5000 persons attended the
game.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
Associated Press Service

Associated Press Service:
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Nov.
24.-Much comment has been caus-
ed in Holland by a speech Of the
new civilian war minister, Bernard
Cornelis de Jonge. in which he said
that, IL the country were to be prop
erly defended after the war, Hol-
landers would have to reconcile
themselves to a war budget of some
thing like $4,000. 900 instead OF
$4,000, 900. as formerly. He is criti-
cised for the lack Of faith in the
attainment OF the general reduction
OF ornaments at the end Of the war
Critics argue that, as Holland could
never hope TO successfully resist an
attack by one of her big neighbors
she must confne herself TO ade-
quate preparations to defend her
neutrality.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25

LONDON Nearly five million
dollars have been saved by the Brit
ish war Office in 10 months by a
new method OF salvage Of soldiers
clothing and equipment.
Clothing is collected at various
depots. sorted out and sent 20 cen
trail depot where IL is cleaned, patch
ed and made up or rewOven into
new khaki Some 500 10 400 women
are engaged on the work of sort
ing and $4,000. 900 articles have so
far passed thrnnEh their hands.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
CULVER WINS 49-14
ssociated Press Service

Associated Press Service.
CULVER, Ind. Nov. 24--Culver
Military academy won a - 20 IA
victory from Lake Forest academy
here this afternoon. The Culver
team being indicated this year,
claims the preparatory school cham
pionship.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
Purple Whips
Wolverines 21-12
Associated Press Service:

Associated Press Service:
CHICAGO. Nov. 24.-Michigan
played it's first game in the western
conference in II years today and
the result was the biggest surprise
Of the season. The light, speedy
Northwestern team, outweighed
nearly 10 pounds to a man, downed
the Wolverines, q TO u, in a gam
that thrilled a capacity crowd OF
1900 spectators. The Evanston
squad outplayed the Wolverines in
every department. Every one OF
Northwestern's three touchdowns
was earned while one of Michigan's
was a fuke and the opportunity for
il was afforded by penalties. The
lineup:
Northwestern (21) Mich. (12}
Marquard Observation-Disclosures. Goetz
Left end.
Mclaughlin .... Wiemann
Left tackle.
Ulrich ................ BOYD
Left guard.
Lynch ............ GOooIeil
Center.
NJ ulder MOrrlSOn
Right guard.
Randolph ............. Weske
Right tackle.
Aries ........ Cartright
Right end.
Underhill ... Fromke
Quarterback
ElllnRWOOQ ny z
Left halfback.
Holmes hanlSn
Right halfback.
hOenleT COHn
Fullback.
Score by periods:
Northwestern ....7 O-21
Michigan ........O 6-12
Referee - Holderness, Lehigh.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
INDIANA HuMBLES
PURDUE CLAN $40
Cream and Crimson, With Two
Stars Out, 0utpIayS
BoilermakerS.
Associated Press Service:

Associated Press Service:
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Nov "a
Indiana handed Purdue a big sur
prise here today closing the con-
ference season with a victory over
the Boilermakers 81 to O. After
the upstate athletic board had sue
cessfully protested Howard and
Ewert, the two stars on the Grim
son eleven, the Lafayette team was
picked to win but Purdue could not
stop the determined Indiana attack
and never made a first down until
near the end of the first quarter.
Indiana thrilled the crowd of s.
600 persons time and again with
its brilliantly executed forward
passes, many of which were for
gains of as much as 90 yards.
Stiehm's men also fooled Lafayette
with many trick plays. Purdue at no
the Indiana goal line and held In
diana only in the third quarter.
Lineup.
Indiana (37) Purdue COZ
RiSley .............. Mcdonald
Left end.
Hathaway (Capt) (CaptO Berns
Left tackle.
julius ...-......... BoSonltz
Left guard.
Pierce ............. Cooley
Center.
Minton ........ Morriss
Right guard.
Ingles .................. Bartlett
Right tackle.
CraVenS ............. Hume
Quarterback.
BOwser OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Markley
Left halfback.
Huering OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Allen
Right halfback.
Keever ................ Huffine
Fullback.
Score by periods:
Indiana .......9 10 o lo-5t
Purdue .-.O o o. D
Referee - Schommer, Chicago.
Umpire-Gardner, Cornell. Field
judge-Hoffman. Chicago. Head
linesman-Davis, Princeton. Scor-
ing. Indiana touchdowns: MintOn,
%: Hess. Bowser, Huering. Goals
from touchdown: Hathaway, 4.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25

Referee-Birch. Earlham. Umpire
knight, Dartmouth. Field judge
White, Illinois. Head linesman-
Whyte. Cornell. Time Of periods
Is minutes each. Scoring. Wiscon-
sin: Touchdowns. Jacob. Carpen-
ter. Goals from field, Simpson. 2.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
Badgers Wallop
Maroons Is to O
Associated Press Service:

Associated Press Service:
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-Wisconsin
triumphed over Chicago, Is to 0,
today in the final game of the big
Ten" season. Chicago gave the
Badgers a game fight for the first
two periods but its defense and at
tack crumpled in the last half Hig-
gins, the big fullback was forced
out of the game because Of injuries.
Lineup:
Chicago COZ Wisconsin (1S)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25

Umpire-Kennedy. Chicago. Field
iudge-Nichols Oberlin Head
Iiresman, Famp, Wisconsin. North
western scoring: Touchdowns-Ar-
ries, Koehler. Underhill. Goals from
touchdowns-Ellin 3. Michi-
gan scoring: Touchdowns-From-
Ike. 2. Time of periods-15 minutes
each.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25

Frank "Bodie" Andrews is a good
example of the battling type of
Notre Dame players. He has played
a stellar game at left tackle
throughout the season. At smashing
interference and tackling the man
carrying the ball he is a genius. He
plays a hard game every minute
he is on the field. off the grid
iron he is one of the most popular
men at NOtre Dame
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25

Don't say you saw II In the
newspaper. Say Nevs-T1meS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
Gophers Trim
Illinois 27-6

Associated Press Service:
URBANA, H.. Nov. 24-Using
nothing but straight football the
University Of Minnesota eleven es-
tablished its position as runner-up
in the western conference by de-
feating the University OF Illinois
here today, z 10 s.
The Gophers with an acknowl-
edged superiority in the line, gain
ed momentum as the game pro-
crossed and during the final minutes
pushed the Illini down the field al
most at will. The lineup:
Illinois (6) Minnesota (27)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25

Goals from Brandy.
Notre Dame. Time OF quarters-13
minutes Omcials-Corlius OF
Dartmouth referee Hammond.
Michigan Umpire Durfee. Williams.
lnesman
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25

judge-HOffman, Chicago. Head
inesman-Davis. Princeton. ScOr-
ing. Indiana touchdowns: MintOn,
2: Hess, Bowser, Huering. Goals
from touchdown: Hathaway, 4
Goals from placement; Hathaway
Time of periods. ; minutes each.
Evening star., 1917-05-13
DUTCH CAN LIVE YEAR
WITHOUT ANY IMPORTS
Especial CabIeKram to The Sunday Sta,
and New York Times3

Especial CabIeEram to The Sunday Star
and New York Times.)
THE HAGUE. May 1.-THE weekly
papers, the Haagische Post, dealing
with Hollands position and food supply.
says that as far as strictly necessary
food is concerned Holland can do with
out imports for a year to como IL
meats. eggs. butter, cheese. etc.. are
distributed with. rigid economy. The
paper recommends that all grain crops
be at once seized by the government.
as the greatest danger to the country
lies in imports and exports, because
conflicts may be caused thereby.
".If we are drawn into the war at the
eleventh hour" 1t says. .the financial
blow would be far heavier than if one
third of the population Of the Neither
lands were to be fed at the expense of
the state for whole year. II need be,
the export of dairy products might be
stopped. There is supsrfiuity of cat
could be slaughtered and preserved,
What is needed is a large central or
ganization and distribution system"
In View Of the daily articles inr the
Dutch pregg on Americas treafnaent Of
sstae poor ntf3e neutral" this Is "A In
teresting statement.
Evening star., 1917-05-13
Widest Day Ever Recorded
by Chicago Grain Exchange,
With Wheat as Chief Factor.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. May 12-At the close of a
day such as the Chicago Board Of Trade
never saw before traders were asking one
another what measures would be taken, II
any, to check the sensational upward
flight of wheat prices. And in other mar
Kansas City. st. Louis
and lesser bourses-the same query was
being put. There was no answer, save
in the resolutions Of such bodies as the
Illinois council of defense. which urged
Congress to take rigid control of The
whole food and basic commodity situa-
tion. ~
May wheat is iegislated out Of ex-
istence by the board directors as q
patriotic duty. and because its sky
rocketing course might inspire run
away market. As check for advances
tho move failed stgna}ly. At the OPEN
ting prices for July ahd September op-
lions hesitafed few cents below the