davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10
PRESIDENT WILSON "JNACcre
SIBLE."

some certain pompous, concci,cd
Iw Iorkers in the neighborhood Of
", wall Street, says The Wasbinrton
iimes' complains that President Wi.
~oloo Is inaccessible" holds himself
alooi." II depends. Several Ame,.
icah soldiers in France were co,nt
MAJ '.aied and orered to be shot fo,
Sleeping on their posts. American
lno'ners appealed to Mr.. Wilson. lie
proved to be quite accessible Two
oi the boys were pardoned mud ,bn
sentence Of two others commutcd 70
aIans s III prison. 1t all depends. His
nioolness to Wall Street makes little
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10
NEGROES MAKE GOOD SOL
DIERS.

The American Indian cannot be
made into a good modern soldier He
is too UNACCEPTABLE. Above all, he will
not fight under discipline. Francis
Parkman, who wrote more interest
ingly than anyone else on American
Indians, tells how, even among the
fierce and terrible Iroquois, the chief
never had any real authority, but only
ly what he could exert by force of
personality.
The Negro on the other hands,
makes good soldier.
Negro soldiers have distinguished
themselves on several occasions (says
q writer in the Journal of Heredity,
and those that secure places in the
ranks nearly always prove satisfac-
tory. There were 178,975 negroes in
the civil war on both sides, and, al;
though they were not extensively in
action, they performed very credita-
bly,. Their famous rescue of the
Rough Riders at San Juan Hill is one
example of their gallant bravery.
There ere $50 war charities regis
tered i'm London.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10
,AIxx2S1NIEM

,,,,, -fl,Gsc<<. crGel sSE.-tH
"rhis business of bombing is all
habit" he remarked philosophically,
as he crammed the tobacco down.
"The British army has habit of
seding us out, and we have habit of
going and bombing the Hun. All a
habit, just like smoking, though per-
haps not quite SO pleasant"
We shook hands and he went away
TO his billet, his great figure com.
pletely filling the office door as he
stepped out.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10
FOR "BILL's" CONSOLATION

The Third Liberty Loan reaches A
billion instead of 8 billion dollars, as
asked for. Within ten months more
than ~ billion dollars have been sub
scribed in Government bonds. And
we can find as much more when I'm
Gle Sam calls for it. And we can nut
20 million men in the field against
the Butcher and his gang of baby
Killers, and will do it if necessary.
Better call off your dogs, Bill.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.

BY Lieut. Colonel John McRae, who
died while on duty in Flanders.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky;
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amidst the guns below,
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we
lie
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10

launcing only, where the Tuckahoe is
practically the finished product.
The Tuckahoe will be christened by
Miss Helen Hurley the young daught-
er of Edward n. Hurley chairman Of
the shipping board. MIR. Hurley and
Charles M. Schwab director-gcneral
of the emergency fleet corporation,
will make addresses at the launching,
and a letter from President Wilson
complimeting the workmen on their
accomplishment will be read, Each
man who worked on the ship will re-
ccive parchment of the presidents
letter.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10
NIGHT FLYERS MEET
DEATH RISKS cody

Special correspondence OF the AS
ISOLATED Press from the American
front in France. says:
ain the early part of the night, be-
fore the mist sets in, our night-nying
squadrons dropped five tons of bombs
on two hostile airdromes." Official
Communiquc.
A most prosaic statement, and one
from which the average reader would
fail TO get much thrill. Our night fly
ing squadron dropped five tons OF
bombs" A mere commonplace; an in
cident in the daily routine So far as
color goes, it might have read: "Our
motor transports brought up five tons
of biscuits" And yet behind that
brief announcement, shorn Of all he
roles and behind every similar AN
nouncemcnt, lies Il wealth of supreme
daring, of dangers, seen and unseen;
of hairbrcadth escapes and nerve
racking episodes.
The correspondent of the Associat-
ed PXrcss witnessed the start and re-
turn Of the airmcn who Cropped five
tons of bombs." and the story of this
very ordinary night may serve TO give
the reader some idea of the daily life
of the airman vino, as it were, CON
tinually battles on the edge of pre-
cipicc while the many hands of war
reach out TO drag him down.
We arrived at Il British airdomc
jast rs the evening shades were fall
ing and the mechanics were making
their final inspection of the huge
bombing machines which were soon
to wheel their way across the fighting
lines with their freight of explosives
Some day flyers were returning from
their trips winging their way straight
and true toward the airdomc, from all
directions, like mighty homing pig
cons. a few pilots were circling in
picturesque curves above the grounds,
and occasionally swooping down in
lighting charges toward stationary
targets, while their machine guns
spat steady stream of fire to the
accompaniment of that wicked stac-
cato chatter which spells one of the
greatest terrors of the front.
The night nicrs were to go out as
soons as darkness had settled. and we
found tine all in the mess hall over
their early dinners. Twelve machines
were to engage in the raid in hand.
which meant twcnty-lour of these
clean cut boys would soon be risking
their lives over the inhospitable zone
where the Germans watch and wait
for the appearance of enemy aircraft.
We joined them at the mess and lis
tened to their conversation. 1t gave
one sensation of Witnessing dra-
ma which could have no basis i'm fact
to look into their youthful faces with
the realization that within il short
time they might all be called upon to
pay the great price of defense of
king and country.
Chailing Before The Raid Starts.
They were not discussing the raid.
In fact, they seemed to be avoiding it.
Their talk was largely made up of
mconscqucntial chair and it seemed
at moments that there was just a sus
pici0n of "ncrvcs" in their outbursts
Of laughter From time to time some
Al
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10
THE KAISER BUYING LAND.

Mr.. Lloyd George says that the
Germans are buying land, paying Cor
it with men. Dead bodies are scat
tered over every acre of the terrific
ry gained, and must be considered
very valuable in the covctous eyes of
the Kaiser, or human flesh and blood
very chenp.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10

Tazewcll County's subscription TO
the Third Liberty Loan demonstrates
the fact that many of the people have
awakened to the fact that the war
is going OH.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from falling hands, we throw
The torch. Be yours to hold it high
If We break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppics
grow
In Flanders fields.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-05-10

There ere $50 war charities regis
tered in London.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-23
British OUT DEEP
INTO TIEUT0N LINE
Albert and Other important Posi-
tions Are Taken After
Heavy Battling
Concluded from Page ~

The Arras Bapaume railroad, north
of the Ancre has been crossed
In the British advance and dos
Perate fighting east of Bapaume is un-
der way. This is one Of the important
supply centers for the Germans and
ia evidently to be strongly defended,
The British tanks and armored cars are
ranging widely and smashing into and
through the German defenses, inflicting
heavy casualties in advance of the in
fantrv. The tanks led the assault south
Of Albert, as they did on Wednesday
to the north Of that city.
In their operations on the west side
of the Lys salient in Flanders the Brit
ish yesterday took the village of Neuf
Berquin, northeast Of Merville while
on the north side a German position
north of Bailleul was rushed and cap
tured and strong counters at Locre Hos,
pice, in the Mt. KENNEL section, are
repulsPd.
The war office yesterday summed up
the situation along that section of the
Italian front held by Mritish troops.
Between June IS and August IS, says
this report, the Austrian losses have not
been less than twenty thousand while
the British, during the same two
months have lost only twenty five hun
dred.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-23
Japanese Aroused
Over Charges Of
Rice Profiteering
Will Hold Big Mass Meeting To-
night To Voice Their Griev-
ances - Will Ask Child For
Strict Enforcement Of ReguIa-
tionS

A mass meeting of the japanese of
this city, which promises to be a great
meeting as indicated by enthusiasm
among the local Japanese, will be held
tonight at seven O'clOck at the Asahi
thcater on Maunakea Street, for the
purposes Of voicing the grievance of the
consumers of Japan rice against profit
2erlmg by some Of the importers of the
staple, and ut the same time asking the
food administration for a strict enforce
mcnt of regulations relating to the sale
Of rice. The meeting will be held under
the auspices of the japanese Assoeia-
tion Of Hawaii
This mass meeting is an outcome of
n discovery by Food Administrator
Child of proftcering by some of the
prominent local Japanese firms, which,
it is alleged, are using false invoice
mcthOds to accomplish their purpose
The Japanese of the city are consider
ably aroused over the discovery and
the japanese papers are all making Sc
we're criticism of those who are respon-
sble.
The meeting tonight will be presided
over by X. lshida, secretary Of the Jap
anese Association, and ten or more
speakers will address the meeting Some
strong resolutions calling for a strict
supervision of the japanese rice import
"rs in general will be passed and pre-
scented to Food Administrator Child.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-23
PERU WATCHES CHILE
WITH NERVOUSNESS

WASHINGTON, August 7-fAssoci.
ated Press) -Peru's nervousness re-.
gardIng Chile and her intentions caused
II scene in the national congress Of
Peru recently, according to information
received in Washington through official
channels, when Don Juan Maria Zallcs,
former Senator and former diplomatic
representative at Lima, was assaicd
as an "agent of ChilS."
Senior Zalles, who has always been
considered a great friend of Peru, was
accused Of "attempting the peaceful
conquest Of Peru for the benefit of
Chile" in trying to purchase as an in
diVidual extensive territory in the
Peruvian department of Moquehua and
Tacna Libre. His real object, it was
charged, was to turn the property over
to Chile. lie denied the charge assert
ing that he was endeaVOring to pur
chase the property for himself The
charges against him, however, effrrtuuI
ly prevented the sale Of the lands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-23
TO
GET CONCESSIONS
Plantation Men Admit Kauai De-
mand For Nine Ton Purchase
Basis Is a Just One

Kanai homestcadprs are going to win
out in their contention that the basis
between small planters and plantation
MILLS for the purchases Of cane on that
Slund should he nine tons of cane to
a ton Of sugar it pears as result
of conferences which Elmer Cheatham
and Frank Crawford, n special commit
tee of the Kauai Chamber of Com
, mPrrr, are holding with the admins
tration officials aud representatives. Of
I the plantations interested.
In the agreement previously reached
between administration officials and
the plantation representatives. eight
tons Of cane was fixed as the purchase
basis, but conditions on Kauai are such
that this works to a marked disadvan-
taRe of the small planters, it is as,
serted.
This objection, raised by the Kauai
| homcstcaders, is admitted ns a Just
one by some of the Kauai plantation
men, says Assistant Attorney General
Harry Irwin, who is representing the
| Governor at the conference, another Of
which is to be held today.
The assistant attorney general says
he was told by Charles Rice, a director
of the Makce Sugar Company, but also
an individual planter, that he believed
! the eight ton basis was unfair to the
small planter and that nine tons was
the proper basis for the island Of
| Kauai
Rice agreed that a fve-percent de
| ductlon for trash was fair one except
when the cane was burned. Rice told
the assistant attorney general he would
| supply him with some specific figures
be has gathered regarding trash deduc-
| tOns and other cane statistics.
| Another reason the assistant attorney
| general is inclined to think the Kauai
homesteaders are right in their eonten-
tion that the cane should be bought on
a nine-tOn basis is that this Is the
amount formerly specified in the Makee
plantation Company contracts
Irwin Confident Of Settlement
Attorney Irwin expressed confidence
yesterday afternoon that a satisfactory
agreement was going to be reached by
| the government between the Kauai
homesteadcrs and the plantations. He
said there was no disposition on the
part of either the plantation represen-
tativcs or the planters to make de.
mands that the others could not CON
ccde, and that probably both would
make some concessions
In figures made public yesterday by
Elmer Cheatham he asserted that under
the terms of the present contract the
homesteader could clear annually only
nineteen dollars an acre, with a profit
Of sixty dollars for the plantation mill.
The assistant attorney general has re-
quested the submission of other cost
estimates for the raising and milling
of ton of sugar for use at the con.
ferences, which will be compared with
those of Cheatham
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-23
HAWAII SHUT Off
FROM JAPAN RICE
Embargo On Export Extended BY
Nippon Government and No
More May Be Shipped

The embargo on rice from Japan,
which was put into effect Tupsdhy by
the Japanese government and which
made the departure from Kobe Of
special steamer with n large c0nsign.
ment Of Japan rice for the local imp
anese merchants an impossibility, Will
also be applied to the regular boats on
the Orient Hawaii San Francisco run.
This means that rice from Japan
consigned for Hawaii will come no
more, until the time the embargo be
lifted by the japanese government,
which may be in all probability after
November when the new rice crop is
harvested in Japan.
The above information vital to the
local Japanese Was contained in
cablegram received here yesterday
from Japan by a japanese importer
of rice. The message said:
Rice situation still grave. Vessel
unable to take rice because of EN-
barge.
The general belief Of the Honolulu
japanese merchants was that the EN-
barge as announced by the japanese
department of commerce, through Min.
lister X. Nakashoji, was applicable only
to special steamers and not to the
regular boats. The Japanese govern
ment put the ban on rice export from
Japan on the ground that the short
age Of rice supplies at hand must hc
relieved before any expectation Of the
staple to foreign countries will be per
mitted. As far as the rice export Of
, Japan y concerned, Hawaii is the only
foreign country which the export of
the staple was granted heretofore by
the Japanese government
With definite word from Japan that
the ban Of rice export to Hawaii is
to be applied to the regular boats, the
local Japanese are apparently worried.
| The supply at hand is not sufficient
TO last any longer than a month and
in case the embargo be not lifted un-
til the harvest Of the new crop in
November, Hawaii will have a famine
of Japan rice, which will prove to be
a most serious problem to the 10000
japanese in the Territory.
An idea that the rice situation in
Japan is stili grave is clearly gained
by the fact that the riots are still in
progress in many parts of the Empire.
| A special cable from Toxic to the
Hawaii Shinpo reported that distur-
Dances occurred yesterday at twenty
seven large cities throughout Japan
and in the most of cases, troops were
called out to quell the riOting. In
Yamaguch prefecture where the riot
was violent several thousand coal
miners have startedta reign of terror.
Tht police with aid Of the soldiers are
reported to have arrested 1900 rioters.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-23
BRITISH CHAPLA|NS
ARMY IN THEMSELVES

LONDON, August 8 - (Associated
Press The British army has 1894 com
missioned chaplains, including 1874
Church of England clergymen, 662 Ro-
man Catholic, TIA Of various Protestant
denominations, and IA Jewish rabbis.
These figures do not include Colonial
,haplains, nor chaplains engaged locally
md uncommissioned.
The war Office administers the Army
ChaplainsI department directly, and
chaplains are appointed by the Secre
tary of War on the nomination of the
various denominations. In France, the
principal Chaplain at the outset of the
war was Rev. Dl. Simms, of the Pres
byterian Church of Ireland, ranking as
q Brigadier-General. At the present
time, Bishop Gwynne of the Church of
England, is in command, with the rank
OF ma jor general DIR. Simms has been
graded to the same rank and remains
in charge of all chaplains in France be
longing to churches other than the
Church of England
About 100 chaplains have been killed
in action or died on service, and many
have been wounded or invaldcd home
from diseases contracted while on ar-
tive service. A considerable number
have been made prisoners of war,
though most of these have been released
subsequently under the provisions Of
the Geneva convention.
Honors received by the commissioned
clergy in the British army include two
Victoria Crosses, 60 Distinguished ser
vice badges, 256 Military Crosses, and
IL foreign orders.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-23
ADMIRALTY SUIT IS
BAD LEGAL SNARL
Libel Action Against Schooner
James Makee Becoming
More Complicated Daily

The libel suit filed against the motor
schooner James Makee for $4,000 by
Cation, NriIl & Company because of
alleged negligence in loading machin-
cry destined for Manila is rapidly grow.
ing into such a legal puzzle in the fed
rral court that it would bother a
" Philadelphia lawyer" to understand
it.
An Additional angle to the suit since
if was originally filed is as to whether
NrCnhr, Hamilton & Renney, the steve
d"rmE firm, u.s. should be, or will be a
drfrndaut to the action. Impliration
Of this firm in the suit is because Of
H. pant in Leading the machinery on the
Nal &C.. The original libel action as
NrItS the damage to the machinery was
caused hv negligence in "loading and
stuWiug.'
The Make" attorneys, day before yes
trrIny, filed a petition in the court nsk-
ing that the strVedoring firm be made a
defendant with the James Makee. No
drrjsio has been given on this petition
by JudE" Horace Vaughan, but the
court continued yesterday to hear the
testimony ''do bene esse "-for the
good there i in it.
Hrrnus" Of this the question was
raised if tins does not make the Nc
Cahr, Hamilton & Rcnney Company de
'rndnut already, even though the court
has not So decided.
Besides these few little legal Quirks,
one Of the attorneys has asked for per
prtuation Of the testimony, so other
cases can be- instituted, even after the
james Makrr has departed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-23
ADVANCE Of FRENCH
REMARKABLY RAPID
From Heights Taken Yesterday
Enemy Is Observed In
, u Full Retreat
Concluded from Page ~

Signy to the Ailette' River, the Ger,
man line fell back yesterday from
one to two miles. Towns and
villages taken by the French include
LeplemOnth, Thiescourt, Cannectan-
count, Vile, Bourques and st. Paul.
Between the Matz and the Oise Gem
erhl Humbert also made substantial Ad-
vahees,' his gains, in connection with
those Of General Mdgnin, making the
early fall Of Noyon a certainty, in the
opinion Of military observers.
The Allies, on the Somme, Disc and
Marne fronts, have defeated and dam,
aged six German armies since July Is
The British under General Byng are
now smashing the seventh German
army. that OF Won Eben; General Hum
bert is defeating and driving back
General Won Boehu, while General Mag.
min, along the Disc and the Ailette is
throwing General Won Marwitz and his
army back in almost rout.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-23
DRESS OF SOLDIERS
BIG ARMY PROBLEM
Weather Conditions In France
Change Quickly and Must
Be Met With Clothes

BEHIND BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE, July 81 -(Associated Press)
The soldier has little or no choice in
clothing, and the conditions Of cam
pnigning are such that soldiers are
seldom ideally dressed The changes
of temperature that Western Europe
can experience in 49 hours completely
battle anyone who possesses a restrict
ed wardrobe and who is obliged to
live in the open. Yet the soldier in
France must be prepared for anything
in the line of weather.
In the British army, the seasons are
regulated by official routine rather
than by any slavish adherence to eli
mate. The first signs Of Spring are
nrmy orders commanding that all
Especial heavy" winter clothing, such
as trench coats, furs and sweaters, shall
he handed in by April l. And handed
in these comforts duly are, whereupon
the weather forthwith turns wintry
again and the middle of April is per
haps marked by three days Biz
zard and sharp frost.
clothing disappears into the store
houses-sweaters, winter shirts, trench
gloves and mittens, leather coats-all
inexorably return to the ordnance de.
partment. During the summer this
clothing is cleaned, repaired, sterilized
and repacked in bales ready for the
succeeding autumn and winter issue.
The clothes collected are replaced by
! l.,
for warm weather wear, for in the
summer, fighting is hot work, and
gunners prefer to oserve their guns in
kuee-lPngth underdrawcrs and a shirt.
During some battles in the hottest days
the men have stripped even farther
than this, and worked bare to the
waist, as their grandfathers served the
guns in Nelson = day.
Wool and flannel seem heavy for
summer wear, but the British army is old
in experience and knows the best all
round materials. Cotton, though ex
crIlent for comfort, is said to swell
the sick lists rapidly for when soaked
through with perspiration it dries in
such Il way as to chill the wearer,
while the heavier wool, though less
pleasant to wear, dries without i'll eff
feet.
The same standard outer uniform
serves the British soldier for all sea
sons In France. One article that is
the same for British soldiers in all
parts Of the wOrld and in all climates
is the regulation grey army sock. Ex-
perienre has proved to the satisfaction
Of the British authorities that this
standard sock is the best for all cOndi-