davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Colorado statesman., 1918-05-25
Uncle Eben,

de actual producer" SAID Uncle
Eben, don make de mos noise. Oar
never yet was hen dat cackled as
loud as a rooster kin crow"
The Colorado statesman., 1918-05-25

Manufacturers using sugar, except 10
make essential food produces, have
been on strict rations, the United
States food administration announces,
In order to assure sufficient supplies
for home Gamers and the commercial
manufacturers of preserves, jams ana
other foodstuffs regarded as essential.
The restrictions went into effect May
10, and limit the consumption by man
ufacturers of the less essentials, par
tlcularly confectionery and soft drinks,
to so per cent of last years require
ments.
Manufacturers of nonedible products
will be forced to go entirely without
sugar.
Included In the class with confec-
tionery and soft drinks are condiments
soda water, chocolate, candies, b. l.
age sirups, fruit sirups. flavoring eI-
tracts, chewing gum, sweet pickles,
wines, cereals and lnvert sugar. Those
who entered the business or increased
their capacity after April l, 1918, how
ever, will be cut of entirely.
Manufacturers of essential foodstuffs
will be permitted to buy sufficient
sugar to meet their full requirements.
In this class come preservers and
packers of vegetables, catsup and chill
cause fruits and milk, manufacture
ers of jam, jelly, and preserves, to-
bacco and explosives, apple butter and
glycerin, ice cream (not including sher-
bets and water ices), druggists (for
mediclnes). and producers of honey.
Ice cream is put in the preferred
class.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25
Unwanted Baby Bow.

A woman carrying q baby boy into
court told the Tottenham magistrate
that a neighbor had asked her to take
care Of him for n week, but left q false
address and had since disappeared.
The relieving officer had told her that
She should keep the child until the
guardians met, when he would mention
the Isl to them.
Il thought the government wanted
Boys" said the applicant.
The Magistrate-I don't suppose the
guardians will take responsibility. You
should not have taken the baby. Leave
he witness box, please.
Il have n good mind to leave it
here" said the woman, attempting to
put the baby on the desk.
The Warrant Oficer-You must not
leave it here.
"Why not? Where am I to take it?"
The officer led her out of the court
as she attempted to place the baby on
the seats.-London Mail.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25
MEXICAN FOOD PRICES
HIGHER Than IN |. s.
Nearly Every Necessity Is
Double or More Than Paid
by Americans.

Chihuahua City (by mail)-Food is
so expensive and SO difficult to obtain
in Mexico, N of the most fertile
countries in the world, that the poor
are suffering a and even starvation
while the more prosperous Mexicans
find 1t difficult to provide ~sustenance
for their families.
Prices OF food in the United States,
even if considered by American house
wives to be high, are not to be COM
pared with those prevailing In Mexico
since the embargo was placed on the
expectation Of foodstuffs from the Unit
ed States to neutral countries.
An opportunity to compare Mexican
prices for staple articles with those OBJ
tanning in the United States is afforded
by the following quotations from mer-
chants here:
Sugar sells for q cents a pound,
american money, and is very scarce at
this price.
American butter brings 80 cents a
pound, gold, and is the occasion for
celebration in the Mexican homes when
u be obtained at this price. Butter
Is unknown among the poorer classes.
Flour sells for l6 cents a pound and
IS growing more expensive as the en-
sarge restrictions are made more strin,
gent. Little wheat bread is eaten by
the middle and lower classes who use
hour for making tortillas, a cake made
OF flour and water.
American brands OF coffee sell as high
as Is cents a pound and Is very scarce.
Mexican green coffee brings-2s cents
a pound and is roasted over charcoal
fires as it is used.
Rice, used principally by the Chinese
ana Japanese living in Mexico, is worth
IL cents a pound.
Lard Is another article which has
more than doubled in price because Of
me American embargo. 1t brings SO
cents a pound when it can be obtained.
n principal source Of supply is the
smuggler.
Beans, which are O. staple food
throughout Mexico and are eaten three
times a day, sell for 10 cents a pound
This is the highest in the history Of
Mexico. The red frijole bean is much
preferred to the American white navy
bean.
No ham or bacon can be bought here
ut the present time. The last shipment
received sold for SO cents a pound.
Chile peppers, grown in all parts Of
Mexico, are the only footstuff which
has not increased in price. It sells for
3 cents a pound.
Small purchases are the rule In the
small Mexican stores and shops. The
centavo, or penny, formerly was the
most used medium Of purchase and ex-
change. 1t was not uncommon for
children to ask for i cents worth of
sugar, lard or even -four. Because of
the increased cost of such commodi-
ties the scent piece has taken the
place OF the cent as the most used
medium.
Central markets supply vegetables,
fresh n dried meats and other COM
modities. The Chinese gardeners have
obtained a monopoly of the green gro
Gerry business and they raise great
quantities of vegetables on their we'll
tended farms near this and other large
cities. The Chinese also carry vege-
tables from place to place in big bas-
kets suspended from a yoke which the
peddler balances over his neck.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25
Too Much.
From Harper's Magazine.

From Harper's Magazine.
When the mel for the national army
left a New Mexico own for their train
ing camps recently, a feature Of the fare
well was the presentation Of
a comfort bag to each of them. Some OF
the boys were unaccustomed to the use
of the various toilet articles with which
the bags were generously supplied, and
were visibly more disconnected than
grateful when the received their gifts.
One Of hem was heard to exclaim, as
he gazed resentfully at the bag dangling
from his forefinger. And now, on top
of everything else. I've got this darn thing
to contend with"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25
Declaration of Maananimlty.

When in the course of martial events
1t becomes necessary for the admins
tration to issue another Liberty loan,
and to solicit from Americans that
luantum of financial aid which the
owe of country and humanity may
prompt them to offer, a decent appre.
ciation of the greater sacrifices that
others are making requires that
everybody respond without hesitation,
stint. complaint or exaggerated idea
Of his or her nobility in SO doing
Life.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25
His Former Trade.

From the vancouver Province.
Now said the colonel, looking along
the line of recruits, II want a good
bugler."
AT that u stepped a dilapidated fell
low who had a thick stubbIe OF black
beard.
What" said the colonel. cycling him
up and down, "are you a bugler?"
ooh, bugler!" said he. II thought you
said burglar"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25

FToM inc Boston Transcript.
"Did We bring home that pane Of glass
for the kitchen windy, Pat?"
"Oi did not. OF was after a twilve by
fourteen, an the only soize they had
was fourteen by twilve."
Eye fool, why didn't We get it. Ye
could have put it in sideways, couldn't
We?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25
THE
TEETH OF THE TIGER
MAURICE LEBLANC
TRANSLATED BY
EIXEIRA ID MATTOS
CHAPTER SIX. (continued.)

kAAVuo LIE, lHySoIL SolO-
" with scientific research, in view
Of a popular work which | am
preparing, and / do not take the
least part or the least interest in
outside things. / defy any one to
prove that | have read a newspa-
per for months and months past.
And that is why l am entitled to
ray that | did not know Of Hippo
lyte .Fauville's murder"
"Still, you knew M. Fauyille."
II used to know him, but we
Quarrelled."
"For what reasoni"
Family affairs"
/ Family affairs! Were you re-
Lated, then9"
eyes. Hippolyte was my ous
h."
"Your cousin! M. Fauville was
your cousin! But but then
Come, let us have the rights
OF the matter. M. Fauville and
his wife were the children of two
sisters, Elizabeth and Armande
Roussel. Those two sisters had
been brought up with a first cous-
IN called Victor.
Yes, Victor Sauverand, whose
grandfather was a Roussel. Vic
tor Sauyerand married abroad and
had two sons. One Of them died Is
years ago; the other is myself"
NJ. Desmalions gave a start. His
excitement was manifest. If that
man was telling the truth, if he
was really the son Of that Victor,
whose record the police had not
yet been able to trace, then, owing
to this very fact, since M. Fauyille
and his son were dead and Nine.
Fauville, SO to speak, convicted Of
murder and FORGETTING her rights,
they had arrested the final heir to
Cosmo Mornington. But why, in
. moment Of madness, had he vol
UNFAIRLY brought this crushing in
dictment against himself7
He continued;
my statements seem to sur
prise you, Monsieur lie Project.
Perhaps they throw a light on the
mistake of which I am a victim2''
He expressed himself calmly,
with great p~oliteness and in a re-
markedly well bred voice, and he
did not for a moment seem to sus-
pect that his revelations, on the
contrary, were justifying the
measures taken against him.
Without replying to the ques-
zion, the project Of police asked
him:
80 yonr real name is"
Gaston Sauverand."
Why do you call yourself
Hubert Lautier?"
The man had a second Of indie.
cision which did not escape SC
clear sighted an observer as M
Desmalions. He swayed from side
to side, his eyes hickered and he
said
That does not concern the pc.
lice Il concerns no one but my,
sellff.,
IN. Deamalions smiled:
That is q poor argument. vii
ron use the same when / ask yor
why you live III hiding, why yor
left the Avenue du Roule, where
gon used to live, without leaving
On address behind you, and VIII,
you receive your letters at the pos
office under initialsf
4 Yes, Monsieur e Prefet, thos,
1re.matters Of q private character
which affect only my conscience
sYou have 40 bright 10 question m,
aboptthom.
Tibet Is the exact reply which
gg Are constantly receiving at ev
4 moment from your accom-!
1 EMysacconpliceis
Nine. Fauyille.
Nine. FauviIleln
Gaseon SaIveiand had uttered
&sSslslImrses IN O when he heard 81
f6edeStho4 tho engineer and hi
1peeRctI6nNsteemle even greater
ll6ed g Was With 81
Ehat distorted his features
IL T7SS7 ~SMsNnt1SfSnt
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25

oAiAAoWAl CLCIllSS ny WHO'LL lie Was
surrounded, against those who
were prosecuting him, those who
had murdered Hippolyte Fauville
and delivered Marie Fauville to
the police.
Mazeroux and Chief Inspector
Ancenis took hold of him roughly.
He made a movement Of resistance,
as though he intended to thrust
back his aggressors. But it was
only momentary and he sank into
a chair and covered his face with
his hands:
What a mysteryl' he STAN
mered. II don't understand! I
don't understand"
Weber, who had gone out a few
minutes before, returned. M. Des-
malions asked:
lis everything readyf"
Yes, Monsieur lie Prefet, I have
had the taxi brought up to the gate
beside your car"
IloW many or you are theref'
Eight. Two detectives have
just arrived from the commits
sary's."
"Haye you searched the
house?"
Eyes; It's almost empty, how
ever. There's nothing but the in
dlspensable articles of furniture
and some bundles of papers in the
bedroom"
Every well. Take him away and
keep a sharp lookout"
CASTOR Sauverand walked off
quietly between the deputy chief
and Mazeroux. He turned round
in the doorway.
Monsieur lie Prefet, as 0 are
making a search, / entreat you to
take care Of the papers on the
table in my bedroom. They are
notes that have cost me a great
deal OF labor in the small hours Of
the night. Also
He h%esitated, obviously embar-
raised.
"Well9"
We'll, Monsieur lie Prefet. !
must tell you-something-"
He was looking for his words
and seemed to fear the conse-
quenees OF them at the same time
that he uttered them. But he sud.
denly made up his mind.
Monsieur lie Prefet, there is in
this house-somewhere-a packet
Of letters which I value more than
my life. 1t is possible that those
letters, if misinterpreted, will fur.
nlsh a weapon against me but nc
matter. The great thing is that
they should be safe. You will see
They include documents Of ex.
treme Importance. / entrust them
to your keeping-to yours alone
Monsieur lie Prefet."
Where are theyY"
1.-THE hiding place is easil,
found. All you have to do Is t.
go to the garnet above my bed
room and press ON a nail to thu
right Of the window. It is an an
parently useless nail, but it con
trolls 9 hiding place outside, undel
the states of the roof, along tn,
gutter
He moved away between the twt
men. The project called then
back.
"One second. Mazeroux, 90 d,
to the garrett and bring me the let
ters.
Mazeroux went ont and Re
turned in q few minutes. He hat
been unable to work the spring.
The project ordered Chief In
spector Ancenis to go up will
Mazeroux and to take the prisoner
who would show them how to one,
the hiding place. He himself re
NAMED ia the room with Weber
awaiting the result of the search
and began to read the titles of I'll,
volumes piled npon the table.
They were scientific books
among which lie noticed works 8,
Ichemistry Organic Chemistry,
iandssChemistry Considered ia I'll
Relations with Electricity. The,
were All sc0varadsWith notea IN IN,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25

Farmers! Write today to the SKIN,
NER PACKING COMPANY, Suite 912,
First National Bank Building, Omaha,
Nebraska, in regard to Omaha's New
Day Light Snow White Independent
Packing Plant.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25
Nothing to Go By.

Nothing to Go BY.
"She's quite refined, Jack, really |
Iou can Judge a girl by her
Clothes"
"You don't get much Of a chance to
by Jove m-CasselIs Saturday Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Kussellites Plan to
Continue Their Work
Rutherford's Co-Religioni.ts
Will Make Convicted Men
Honorary Directors"

The imprisonment of Joseph +.
rutherford and the six other RUSSELL
ties who we're sentenced to twenty
years in The Atlanta Federal prison
Friday will not hinder the work of
the two religious organizations, the
international Bible Students Associa-
ton and the Watchtower Bible and
Tract Society, it was announced yester-
day.
Charles A. Anderson, Of Baltimore,
vice-president of the I. B. S. A., said
yesterday at the Bethel Home, 1872
Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. that he
would probably call a meeting soon.
He indicated that the convicted men
would be retained as honorary direc-
tors" Scott Anderson, Of Los Angeles,
may probably be made directing head,
it was SAID.
Counsel for the convicted men
are preparing to file papers in an ap-
peal action next week before Judge
Henry c. Ward, of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals. 1t will be
opposed by Federal Attorney Melville
j. France.
Announcement from Washington that
literature of the Russell organizations
had been sent to Italy is believed to
decision to defer the sentence of Gio-
vanni de Cocoa, who translated the lit
erature into Italian. De Cecca's record
is to be carefully investigated before
sentence is imposed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Jewel Of Cooks Has a Party
After Is Years in One Family

Helen Schwarz, of $40 West Forty-
seventh Street, had twenty-fifth an
niversary party last night. 1t wasn't
wedding or birthday celebration,
but marking of the twenty-fifth mile
stone in her career as maid and cook
to Mrs. Rebecca B. Jacobson and her
son, Emil.
Lena gives as the secret Of holding
her job for twenty-five years the fact
that she doesn't gossip, serves the fam
lily as If it were her own and has prac-
tlsed food conservation from the be-
ginning OF her employment, which was
around the time when Hoover was a
boy.
This jewel of maids received her
guests IN the kitchen among seven
lemon pies, two boiled tongues, large
dishes Of potato and chicken salad and
other culinary delights which she had
prepared herself for the occasion. She
started to receive the forty guests in a
white silk gown trimmed with pearls.
but habit was too strong, and before
the first one had come she had slipped
into gray kitchen apron, which served
as costume of ceremony for the entire
evening.
There is no danger of high priced
munition factories Turing away this
maid from her employer.
II prefer being a maid to having
other employment" she says, because
there is more home life. take an in
terest in my family and feel proud to
have their friends come to visit. For
years we had eighteen people for din.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
u. S. Will Make
Drive Against
War Tax Dodgers
by The United Press)

WASHINGTON, June 22.-gndict~
n,ents against more than 700 ccrpora-
tons and individuals for violation Of
the War Tax laws will be sought by
Federal authorities within the next
two weeks.
1t was learned here tonight that the
first combing by Treasury officials had
revealed nationwide evidence of fraud
in war tax returns
Results of the Treasury Departments
plan to search out the delinquents and
dodgers of Federal taxes shows that
many lines of trade are affected. Off,
Gals assert that scores of wholesalers
throughout the nation have failed to
account correctly for their volume
sales which are taxable.
Some drug manufacturers and max
ers of proprietary medicines are said
to be among the first struck by the
law. Information in the hands of
officials indicates the comb-over pro-
cess will net hundreds of thousands of
dollars for the government The dis
closures in that line are expected to
offset to some extent pleas of repre-
sentatives of those lines for reduced
taxes under the proposed revenue law.
The amusement tax provisions of the
law are expected to add a strong quota
of offenders. Theatrical house mana
gers in dozen cities have been
trapped, it is said. This is true par
Mar gers handling vast crowds Of
movie patrons "seem to think they can
estimate their attendance" officials
said
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Whitman Men See
Danger in Call for
Meeting of arty
May Affect Republican
CHI an $, Washington
Friends of Governor Say
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON. June 22.-Friends Of
Governor Whitman in the Congression-
al delegation here to-day, while appar
emily worried bS the Wadsworth-Cal-
der move in calling a meeting of the
Republicans of the state just prior to
the last date for filing nominations,
were confident that the move, as ons
of them put it, "has not put dent in
the Whitman armor."
Whitman lartisans professed more
anxiety over the effect on the Republi-
can party's chances of success in Mo-
vember than on the prospects of Gov
ernor Whitman being renominated.
81 don't like this subterranean talk
that some of the anti-Whitman men
are quietly passing around about the
impossibility of electing Whitman If
he is nominated" said Western New
York Whitman member of the House.
nominee, and I always think he is 60
ing over big until all the ballots have
been counted. l don't see how these
fellows who are bemoaning Whitman's
weakness can continue to call them
selves Republicans"
Politicians lined up with the Whit
man forces insisted that no one who
was not an enemy OK the Governor
had been consulted by either Senator
Wadsworth or Senator Calder before
putting out their joint statement.
$50 far as l can find out" said one
Whitman member of the House, <'the
only members of the House who knew
of this thing before it was given to
the press were Dempsey and Mott. AS
a matter of fact. both would like to
run themselves, and have not been
hushing up friends who started to
boost them"
An unusually frank member of the
delegation pointed out to-day that
Governor Whitman had used his pat
ronage with amazing effect in building
up his organization, so far as members
of the Congressional delegation are
concerned, at any rate. Certainly it is
a fact that a considerable percentage
of the delegation is strong for the re-
nomination Of Governor Whitman, and
it is equally fact that there is not
the personal liking and attachment
which are SO often manifested between
the political leader of state, or the
leading candidates of a party, and the
men little further down the line.
Governor Whitman seems to have
loyal supporters a-plenty in the delega-
ton, but there seems to be very little
fervent Whitman enthusiasm. And
there are several weak links in the
chain. By no means all of the Repub-
lican New York members of the House
who are Whitman men on the surface
can be confidently counted on through
thick and thin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

except in six trades, in which he agreed
TO increase the mems compensation Is
per cent. He refused TO reduce the
hours of employment, telling the men
that now is time for more and not
less work. He said reduction in hours
would be unpatriotic.
Inc man accepted the offer in part
and agreed to submit the remaining de-
mands which the company would not
grant to the War Labor Board.
Leaders of more than dozen unions
eemphatically told the War Board mem
bers that the workers were not unpa-
trlotic in asking for more money at
this time and justified their demands
by pointing to the increased price Of
1000, wearing apparel and other neces-
stiles of life. They showed that the
company had increased its production
and earnings in much greater proper
ton than the mems wages had been
advanced.
Vice-President Emmons charged the
union men had attempted to regulate
production and that groups had agreed
among themselves that the output of
that certain group was not to exceed a
certain standard which the men named.
This, he said, had been called to the at
tention of the management some time
ago.
He produced figures to show that a
10 per cent increase to the men will
mean an additional expenditure of
s2,O0O,0O0; that 5000 employees who
have worked for the company five
years or more are paid bonus of
approximately 1910 900, which was not
computed as wages by either side;
that wages in this plant of the COM
pany have been increased 20 per cent,
while wages in other manufactures
of this state have been advanced only
SO per cent within recent period.
The increased cost of living, accord
ing to official state reports. for the
same period was SIS per cent Mr.. En-
mons declared war work would be re-
tarded seriously if short period of
work is ordered. The men are en-
ployed fifty hours week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

ner every Friday, and I never COM
planned about the work"
otanoing beside her in the kitchen.
ner slivery-haired employer smiled at
Lena's words and shook her head in ap-
prevail. 49, f
IF | had guests on Sunday, Helena
never insisted on having her day out.
she was always willing to accommodate
me In this way. She always knew just
now much food ana just what food
was needed each morning. She never
wastes anything. And she knows that
l nave perfect confidence in her and
VIII return in some way the favors
she does for me-"
Her Fame Spreads
:, Lena's fame is not confined to New
York; She has received letters from
people all over the country, and Che
only maid who has bettered her record
OIL twenty-five years IS an old negro
nanny In the South, with forty years
Oh service with one family to her credit.
AZ the reception in her honor last
,nignt her employers had provided a
band and professional entertainers.
Alter the guests had partaken of the
feast, which had the distinction Of hav-
ing been made by the guest Of honor.
tnere was dancing until an early hour.
here are some rules which mistress
and maid give for a smooth-running
household partnership:
For the Maid:
Never give anything away that be-
longs to the house, not even the small.
est morsel.
II any one talks about your mistress,
do not listen. 0N'
Never gossip.