davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-06
aaek In the Came.

Arthur Brown, who left Bismarck
with a local $natiopal guard unit.
writes his uncle. IN. y. NrConnor, that
he is back in the game after 9 brief
hospital experience at Aux fe Bains.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-06
i;.,,+ A;il Hare

~ Lieut. HltE H3Ft.ss.r.a
Lieut.. A.. w. Hill Of the Canadian
overseas forces. who recently iectured
here for tho Red Cross, stopped off in
Bismarck yesterday an route: east.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-06

THE local Recruiting office an.
no,lnces that under an act Of congress
Of Jnlyy q the former allowance OF 3
ID, second, third and fourth class post
masters for each recruit procured Tor
tie army has been withdrawn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-06
70 Visit Son.

: Senator F.. w Vail Of Minor who
has been serving on the federal jury
here, left this morning for his home
to meet his son, Lieut. Vail, who is
home on a ten days. furlough.o
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-06

'E7-'- ~ = " v W. " - -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Williams OF
Wilton are here. where Mr.. Williams
awaits q call for active overseas with.
tiietsY. m. tGs Az having recently COM.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-06

Mr.. and Mrs Emanuel Brown and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gussner left to-
day by auto for a three weeks out
ing at the Minnesota lakes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-06

Mrs. P. H. Throdahl and little SON
Peter H., Jr. are back from a brief
visit with friends in Dickinson. They
will spend several weeks more in Bis
marck before returning to the Thro-
dahl winter home in Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1918-07-30

a 5o0-ton vessel. In point of fact. he
declared. it was only 30 tons.
How many submarines do you think
we have really lost to date?'I was
asked. around Christmas, 1917. by a
German who was personal friend of
Maximilian Harden.
replied that I had heard that many
months ago England had celebrated
the sinking of the 1o0th U-boat.
That's ridiculous!'' he calculated. "I
have inside information which is not
publicly known: we have lost exactly
six"
While the kaiser and the Germans
generally felt confident that we would
never be able to send many men
across. they professed to feel little
concern even il we did.
According to some OF the German
officers with whom spoke. even if we
landed 100000 men in France it
would not be enough to break the
deadlock. as the Germans were taking
similar number of trained troops
from the Russian front. The only
menace of American participation in
the war lay in the possibility that we
might add considerably to the allied
air strength. Man-power alone, they
contended. would never be sufficient to
help the allies much. but overwhelm-
ing superiority in the air might occa-
sion the Germans some annoyance.
The kaiser himself had but a poor
opinion of the fighting qualities of the
American soldier so far as modern
war requirements are concerned.
The American soldier would pos
sibly give a good account of himself
in open fighting" he declared. but
he is not built for the kind Of war
fare he will encounter in France. He
lacks the stolidity to endure life in
the trenches. He is too high strung
and couldn't stand the inactive life
which, is such an important part of
modern warfare. Besides. he. lacks
discipline and trained officers"
Ito be continued)
Evening star., 1918-07-30
FOOD BARDSHIPS IN RUSSIA.
Former Well-to-Do Persons Cook
and Wait on Table.
E Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, June 11.-An indica-
tion Of the straits to which former
well-to-do inhabitants of Petrograd
have been brought by the scarcity of
food is the formation of a co-ope-
rative society to conduct restau-
rant. Here the 'intelligentsia" or
former bourgeoisie do their own
cooking and waiting on the table. A
person who proves himself a former
''bourgeoisie" and is needy may. IL he
surrenders all his food cards except
that for bread. thus taking his
chances of getting any other meals,
secure one meal a day for two and a
half rubles a meal. This consists of
thin soup and a meat stew.
In the better class restaurants,
which in some way manage to get
food, dinner costs forty rubles. The
meal generally consists of about two
gills of thin soup, a. bit of fish (the
most plentiful food in Petrograd), a
thin, quail-like bird, a bit Of bread
the size of a postage stamp. a few
thimblefuls of sweet. gluey sub
stance and coffee without milk. This
is the best to be had in the city.
Evening star., 1918-07-30
U-Boat,s Struggles Vain.

THUS far the German boat had shown
no signs Of alarm, although those within
her must have heard the churning of
the trawler's screws. Now she suddenly
seemed to awake to the menace that
threatened her"
The article goes on to describe the
fate Of the submarine. ''She wriggled
and squirmed' about in a frantic en-
deavor to escape. but it was useless.
Not loophole was there to be found,
and at length. realizing the helplessness
Of her plight. she ceased to struggle.
This fact was duly wirelessed by those
on board the airship to the destroyer
below. Trapped securely. the enemy
vessel could still rise to the surface did
she SO desire, and. to give her an op-
portunity to do SO. the British craft
now waited for several minutes. She
preferred to lie still, and so. at a tagged
signal from the destroyer, the starboard
foremost trawier and the port aft one
sttached a tin Of high explosives to each
Of the cradle wires and allowed it to
slide downward until 1t rested upon the
U-boat's hull. Then those in the air
ship tagged a signal and upon the two
trawlers two firing keys were pressed.
Followed then the uprising of a
geyser Of water. and when the troubled
ocean became calm of the submarine
there was no trace other than an ex-
tensive patch of oil floating upon the
surface Of the sea-
Evening star., 1918-07-30
German Socialists Speak Out.

The fact that the Germans magni-
fed their U-boat activity was brought
out by socialist members of the
reichstag. They declared that U-boat
commanders returning from their trips
invariably gave false reports to make
themselves heroes. They declared that
these commanders were like the nm
aginative fishermen, who. no matter
what poor luck they might encounter.
were apt to come back with exagger-
ated stories of huge catches.
In this connection, I may mention
that an Englishman who had been in
termed at Ruhleben camp told me that
an English sailor there had kept an
accurate list from day to day of all
the boats sunk as published in the
German papers. An analysis revealed
that one ship had been sunk no less
than five times! He had been skipper
on another boat reported sunk. Ac-
cording to the German papers, it SVas
Evening star., 1918-07-30
STORY Of DESTRUCTION
OF A GERMAN U-BOAT
Sighted on Bottom by Airplane,
British Trawlcrs Did Work
manlike Job.

LONDON, July IA. British wireless
ssrvice.-A sea sport which has aris-
en- out Of the war-hunting German
submarines by airship-is described in
the Times. The writer's story con-
cludes with telling how the crew of
the U-boat apparently preferred death
to being captured.
One of the crew of an airship spot
ted a submarine lying son the bed OF
the ocean. In fairly shallow water
THE wireless sparked," reads the
account in the Times. "and soon away
on the horizon there appeared a little
destroyer, followed far astern by four
squat trawlers. all racing toward the
spot above which the airship cruised
around.
Await Coming Of Trawlers.
'The destroyer came up first. of
course. and 1t was not long before.
guided by wireless instructions her
guns were trained in readiness to
greet the unsuspecting U-boat should
1t bob to the>surface. 1t seemed ages
to the impatient crew before the traw-
lers arrived, but things moved rapidly
once they were at the scene Of action,
for they knew their job Of old.
Working in pairs, they approached
their victim from opposite directions.
steaming toward each other. Between
each pair strong sweep was
stretched and allowed to hang in q
huge loop that it might traverse the
sea bed. The vessels met and crossed
each others tracks Immediately above
the doomed craft. The sweeps of
either pair engaged the U-boat fore
and aft simultaneously and held her
in a gigantic cradle.
Evening star., 1918-07-30
SUES FOR COMMISSIONS.
James B. Locraft Claims $l3, 100
on Sale of 1900 Typewriters.

James B. Loc1aft has filed suit in
the District Supreme Court to re-
cover $13.1eo from William D. Camp
bell for a balance alleged to be due
for commissions on the sale of 10000
typewriters to the government and
individuals within the past year. Mr..
Evening star., 1918-07-30
Kaiser Jeers at England.

Just after the English passed their
conscription law was called to see the
kaiser at the great army headquarters,
which at that time were at Plees. Al
though the war had then lasted two or
three times as long as the Germans had
expected, the kaiser masked the depres-
sion he must have felt by putting on a
bold front
How foolish for England to start
conscription now" he declared. "She
thinks she can accomplish in q few
months what it has taken Germany a
hundred years to attain. ArmieS and
officers cannot be developed over night.
Evening star., 1918-07-30
HUNS HOLD AMERICANS
AS FOIL TO AIR RAIDS

BY the Associated Press
GENEVA. Sunday, July 2s-Thirty-
two Americans, including some off,
GERS. recently captured by the Ger
mans, have been lodged near the rail-
road station at Mannheim in Baden
an the Rhine, according to a report
received in Basle The Americans
were placed in this position in order
70 preyent allied air raids.
Evening star., 1918-07-30
People Kept in Ignorance.

It is really not to be wondered at
that the Germans firmly believed that
they would bring the allies to their
knees within a comparatively few
weeks and that the conQuering Ger
man armies would celebrate Sedan
day, September 2, in Paris. I know
that the Germans were kept in abso-
lutte ignorance Of the marvellous re-
sistance the allies were able to put
up in those critical days Of August
and September. 1914. and to this day
the majority of Germans have not
heard of the battle Of the Marne!
The only newspapers was able to
get at that time were German publica-
tions, and there we read daily Of how
the French were running like rabbits,
how their morale was broken and how
the advance on Paris was progressing
much more rapidly than had been an
ticipated. The papers came out with
such daring headlines a VS.: as; .sisg s a1f A1f
Of Compiegne Burning" Fall Of Paris
Expected Hourly!" The streets were
thronged with enthusiastic crowds wait
ing for bulletins, and automobiles dis
tributed extras free of charge.
1t was several weeks after the battle
of the Marine when J. happened to notice
in an obscure corner Of one Of the Ger
man newspapers a German translation
Of a short item. from a French news
paper stating that q number Of Parisians
had made Sunday excursions to the bat
tlefieIds to collect German souvenirs
in the form Of helmets, swords and guns
The thought naturally arose How could
an advancing German army? The Ger
mans must be retreating?" But it was
many days before secured an Eng
lish newspaper which confirmed my hope.
Evening star., 1918-07-30
KAISER EXPECTED TO WIN WAR
IN FEW MONTHS, HE TOLD DENTIST

We have never stopped preparing since
the days of Frederick the Great!"
Yes, your majesty. but the north
ern states in our civil war put in con-
scription two years after the Begin
ming Of the war;" I suggested.
But just look how long your war
lasted" the kaiser replied quickly.
This war won't last that long. The
allies will feel what the power or
Germany is long before English con-
scription can avail them anything"
The inspired German press ridiculed
the possibility that England could
build up an army by byconscription. Pic
lures Of loafers from Hyde Park. Lon
don. were printed in the German
papers as ludicrous samples of the
kind Of material out of which Eng
land was trying to form an army, and
the suggestion was made that she
would put the Turcos and Singalese in
the front trenches and keep her anna
teur army in the rear.
Evening star., 1918-07-30
His Jealousy Well Founded.

That the kaiser's jealousy was found
ed on sufficient reason I had convinc-
| ing evidence shortly before ! left
Berlin. I saw the kaiser driving up
Unter der Linden on his way to the
palace. He was greeted by respectful
salutes from the people he passed
| but there was nothing in the way OF
demonstration. A few moments later
Gen. Won Hindenburg came along. He
was evidently on his way to a con-
ference with the kaiser. AS he passed
he was met with jubilant cheers and
people threw their hats in the air to
show their admiration for the hero
who had done so much to vindicate
Germany's boasted military superior
ity.
I have referred in a previous chapter
to the kaiser's' unbounded confidence
Now, we've got the allies" he ex-
claimed, with an air Of conclusiveness
which emphasized the optimism he
displayed.
After the capture Of Ruy.ania, he
exhibited q similar degree c. exulta-
| tion. He believed that in that achieve
| ment he had successfully solved the
food problem-the one cloud which
constantly darkened the kaiser's hori-
zon.
Now the allies will never succeed
in starving u.s." he said to me, in my
once, shortly after the Rumanian
drive. With Rumania in our pockets
and Servia already ours, their wonder
full agricultural possibilities. will
supply our food needs and foil our
enemies efforts to starve us. Indeed
they had better look out for them.
selves. Don't forget we have a mo.
| nopoiy on the potash mines Of the
world. Without proper fertilization
American crops will go on decreasing
and decreasing and they won't get any
potash until we get ready to let them
. have it!'
The failure of the Zeppelins from a
military standpoint was undoubtedly
q great disappointment to the German
people at large. who had counted &c
much upon them to bring disaster to
the kaiser shared their chaErin. on
the contrary. have reason to believe
that he never expected very much
from that arm of his military force
except as It might be useful to terror
fze the civil population.
Evening star., 1918-07-30

Loeraft a 1 was to- reeeive @ % IN 0 adSifion fon
to his salary a commission Of 81 on
each machine sold in his territory
He seeks to enforce the alleged con-
tract.
Evening star., 1918-07-30
Germany Well Prepared for War.

At this late day 1t can hardly be
necessary to establish how thoroughly
prepared the Germans were for the
war, but an incident which occurred
in the early days Of the conflict may
not be out of place to show the self
satisfied and confident attitude which
all the Germans assumed.
Two officers sitting at table in an
out-of-door cafe shortly after the war
began overheard one of several ladies
who were passing remark: Look at
those officers sitting there drinking.
Why are they not at the front fight
ing?" One of the officers got up and.
the ladies, said: Our
work was completed months ago. We
worked from early morning till late
at night on plans which our armies
are now carrying out. 1t is our time
to rest
The resistance that France would be
able to put up was always very light
ly estimated, and il che Intervention
Of England was at all taken into con-
sideration, the comparatively small
army she could place in the field was
regarded as but drop in the bucket
compared with the well trained Ger
man horde that was ready to sweep
across the border. How could Eng
lands $4,000 men cope with Won
Kluck's 100000 or the hastily mobil-
lied French armies resist the thor
oughly prepared. equipped and well
disciplined German warriors?
Evening star., 1918-07-30
French Army, Too, Belittled.

The French army, too. was generally
belittled. and the Russians were be-
lieved to be absolutely negligible. The
French army was SO poorly equipped,
it was pointed out, that the officers
had to go to the field in patent leather
boots, and on the Russian front only
the first-line men had guns, the others
being armed with clubs!
All this may have been true. OF
course: but the remarkable thing
about it was that the German govern
ment circulated the reports as widely
as possible, never realizing, apparent
ly, the raw Inconsistency of enlarging
upon the total unpreparedness of the
English. French and Russians to wage
war while they obstinately contended
that it was the allies and not the Ger
mans who started the conflict!
Eventually, officers and soldiers re-
turning from the western front on
furlough or passing through the
country en- route from one front to
the other brought the report~of the
participated in that disastrous retreat
wrote from the new trenches to their
friends and relatives telling of the
terrible experiences they had under
gone, when they went for days with
nothing to eat but raw potatoes and
turnips which they picked from the
fields.
When these reports finally spread
through Germany the people began to
realize that their generals in the west
were not meeting with thu, Same success
that Won Hindenburg had had in the
east and Won Hindenburg became the
idol Of the people Immediately, fact
that was very distasteful to the high
command
Evening star., 1918-07-30

Locraft says he has received $1,000
on account and alleges the defendant
has refused to pay the balance.
The plaintiff asserts that he was in
the. employ of the defendent and
Evening star., 1918-07-30

Lieut.. Col. Russell c. Hand died July
q, from wounds received in action in
France.
Evening star., 1918-07-30
Huns Defeat on the Marne
Never Printed in German
Newspapers.
KAISER'S JEAL lousy OF
| HlNDENBURG NOT HIDDEN
Emperor Gave Figures to Prove
America Could Not Land
Soldiers in France.

By ARTHUR N. DAVIS, D. d. 8.
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure Newspape
Syndieate.)
Evening star., 1918-07-30
Kaiser Argues Against q. q

The last time I-conversed with the
kaiser was on November 2e, 1917. IN
TO that time we had sent over 16s. .01,
troops according to the figures which
Evening star., 1918-07-30
.cHApTER. TX.

CHAPTER TX.
The Kaiser's Confidence Of Victory.
About twelve years ago I attended
the German military naaneuvers at Lieg-
nitz, in Silesia. The military represen-
tatives of England, France. America
and other countries were there with the
kaiser's stan to witness the display OF
Germany's military power. Apparently
they were very much impressed, for \
heard afterward that one of the French
officers who had been present had writ
ten a book in which he said: with
such an army Germany could annex
France in six months!"
I happened to mention this fact TO
the kaiser shortly afterward and his
significant comment was:
"Six months! should hope 20. 1t
wouldn't take that long,"
Evening star., 1918-07-30
People Confident of Victory

People Confident Of Victory
The confident belief that when ''der
|tag''-"the day''-fnally arrived Ger
many would crush her enemies and ac-
complish her object within few months
at the outside was held not only by
the kaiser, but by the people generally,
and their conduct when the war broke
out clearly disclosed 1t.
When Germany's man-power was
modified no one In Germany believed
it would be very long before they would
all be back and every effort was made
to make their few weeks of active serv-
ice as little irksome as possible.
.Liebesgaben," gifts of love. consisting
of clothing and food Of every descrfp-
ton, were forwarded to them by their
relatives and friends in the most lavish
manner, although, OF course. at that
time the German conimissary was able
to satisfy all the soldiers requirements.
The extent to which the country's
resources were sQuandered in those
early months is evidenced by the fact
that the soldiers had such an excess
of limiting woolen wearing apparel
that they used many of the knitted
articles as ear-pieces and covers for
their horses. No one had the slightest
idea that the time might ever come
when the whole nation would be cloth
ed in paper!
Evening star., 1918-07-30
Kaiser Disliked Hindenburg.

The kaiser's dislike of Won Hinden-
burg was Of long standing. He had
never forgiven that general for the mis-
take he made during military maneu-
vers in peace time when by a brilliant
stroke of strategy he had succeeded in
Capturing the kaiser's forces. including
the kaiser and his whole STAN! When
war vas declared Hindenburg was re-
tired citizen in Hanover and he would
have remained in that capacity if the
kaiser could have had his way. The
fact that Hindenburg lacked social
status and was particularly grun in
manner no doubt had much to do with
the disfavor in which the kaiser held
him.
when the Russians were sweeping into
East Prussia. the high command felt it,
self compelled to dismiss the German
general who was responsible for that
defeat. and Hindenburg was hailed by
the people as the one man who could
stem the tide. The kaiser was accord
ingly compelled to acquiesce and Hin
army in the east. How completely he
vindicated the confidence the German
people had in him is already weh
known. He swept the Russians into
tho Masurian lakes and snatched vic
tory out of the jaws Of defeat.
ser's dislike Of him and every obstacle
was placed in his way. Dor nine months
the kaiser withheld sufficient troops to
enable Hindenburg to follow up his sue
cessful campaign, all the available
men and supplies being sent to Won
Mackensen and Won Falkenhayn instead
to give them an opportunity to distin-
guish themselves and to gain some Of
the glory and popularity which Won
HindenburR seemed to be monopolizing.
The Ordway new era., 1918-01-11

supper at the Carlton, and a cigarette
in my library afterward. would have
been a great deal better for both OF
you-certainly for Mr.. Strangewey.
think shall run away with him, as
1t isT'
The prince shrugged his shoulders.
'It is unfortunate" he sighed, "but
we are both engaged. II you will give
us the opportunity some other eve
ming"
II am not at all sure that shall have
anything more to do with you, Eu-
gene" she declared. "You are not be-
having nicely. VIII you come and see
me while you are in town, Mr..
Strangeweyw she added, turning to
John.
II should like to very much" he re-
piled. II think" he added, little
hesitatingly, "that I have read one of
your books of travel. 1t Is very In
teresting to meet you"
$50 my fame has really reached
Cumberland" !" she laughed. "You must