davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07

% In number, were counted by our
white-faced lieutenant.
"Our ship began to zig-zag, and,
through port saw destroyer rush
ing along toward white streak in the
water. Suddenly something happened
aboard the destroyer-a volume Of wa
ter rushed in the air directly in its
wake. There was heavy explosion,
and one more sub had gone to the
happy hunting ground.
.The next morning our bugle again
blew "to post" and our guns on the
port side cut loose. In less than no
time our whole fleet, transports and
all, were blazing away, zig-zagging
and rushing In all directions. We
had plugged a whole school Of subs.
and instead Of zig-zagging our boat,
plowed right into them.
"At one time the ship next to us and
our boat were shooting into the
same center and it looked like a bat
tie between the two ships. saw
three periscopes myself and one cut
its way so close that our forward gun
could not be brought to bear.
"One- tOrpedo missed our bows by
less than 80 feet. At the same time
we could see land ahead.
"While this was going on three air
planes appeared. How we shouted
when we recognized their nationality.
Soon they were swooping down like
hawks, dropping bombs and marking
out the places where the Boches lay.
1T was simply great. I felt just as
did before the touchdown against
Harvard last year. At one time four
big guns on our boat were. playing
away at the same time.
"Finally at ten o'clock the whistle
blew, and our first big fight was over.
Nobody scratched and from three to
five BOches went to h. There were
from 8 to IL of them waiting. and, be-
lieve me, they got all they wanted.
"If we'd only had band the morn
ing would have been complete"
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07

sixteen-year-old nephew Of the de-
ceased sovereign. but the leaders pro-
claimed him but a boy.
f "A man must rule" became their
slogan. rr rrse.
"Woman has the vote. Why should
woman not reign?" said the queen.
Agreement was impossible, and the
Gypsies decided that there could be
no lawful selection of a new ruler un-
til the body of good King Alexander
should repose in an appropriate mauso-
leum.s A large delegation packed their
tents. started their automobiles,
checked out" at their hotels and de-
parted.
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07
Every State in the Union to Boast
of Irish Brides After
the War.
CUPID BUSY At NAVAL BASE
Brieid o'Rourke, Descendant Of King.
Weds a Rancher From Colorado
Record for Love at First Sight
Goes to Seaman.

Base American Flotilla in British
Waters.-Every part OF the United
States has supplied hero In love ro-
mances that have eliminated in happy
marriages between American bluejack-
cts and blue-eyed Irish maidens since
the arrival Of the American destroyer
forces in the south of Ireland.
After the war, every part Of the
United States from Maine to Califor-
mia and from the great lakes to Flor
ida will boast of an Irish bride who
was wooed and won in her native land
by an American sailor.
All of the brides are looking forward
to that happy day when they will see
what their husbands SO proudly pro-
claim as Goods country" Already the
American sailor has supplied his Irish
bride with all necessary documents to
establish her identity as an American.
and some have even had their property
in the United States transferred to
their wives as a precaution in case
they lose their lives for their country.
Raneher Weds Irish Maid.
There is the marriage Of former
rapchman, Bert Adams, to Brigid
O'Rourke, whose family descends from
an Irish king of that name. Adams,
who is boilermaker on one of the de-
stroyers, halls from Hugo, Colo. He
is now arranging to have his ranch In
Colorado decided to his wife as a pre-
caution in the event Of his being tor
pedoed. His wife's relatives live in
Bruce, County Limerick. and there is
plenty of anecdote connected with the
family's relation to the O'Rourkes of
kingly fame.
II don't know anything about ranch
Ing" Mrs. Adams told the Associated
Press correspondent, "but I am pre-
pairing myself for the fair land Bert
has told me so much about by studying
a history Of Colorado"
Then there is the case Of Mary
Ridge, head waitress at the leading no.
tel here, who lost her heart to Harland
G.. Richie, machinist's mate. first
class, of Allston, Mass. She was one
of the most popular girls in town. The
dining room over which she presided
is out Of bounds to enlisted men. but
Ritchie contrived to see her while she
was of duty. They knew each other
for four months before Mr.. Ritchie led
her to the altar Of the village church.
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07
LIKE FOOTBALL GAME
Yale Man Graphically Describes
Fight With U-Boats.
Convoy Accounts for Several German
submarines While Travelling to
War Zone.

East Haven, Conn.-How the convoy
In which he Travelled to the European
war zone with the Yale unit account
ed for several German "subs" Is graph
ically described by a letter to rela-
tives by Lauren Lyman of this place
"One night as we were below, FIX
ing our bunks," he says. 1--WE heard
the whistle and then the sharp note
Of the bugle. We shouted. the subs
at last and leaped to our posts. I
had been appointed a stroke oar in
a lifeboat. and our particular gang,
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07

cars. in buggies and wagons and old
prairie schooners" the Gypsies came
from all parts Of the country. For
weeks they have been lettering in
northern California.
Queen Mary. widow Of the late king,
objected to the balloting for his sue
cessor. claiming that she was entitled
to rule. The necessity for having a,
male hand at the helm was pointed
out. Then there arose Michael Adams,
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07

The queen Is just acknowledging the
gift of bouquet from one of her Off
GERS. Queen Marie spends most of her
time in the service Of the destitute and
the wounded, and the Red Cross has
been able to carry desperately needed
aid to the little nation which is iso-
lated from all the allied world except
for the route through Russia. The
American Red Cross maintains mill
tary hospital at Roman and civilian
hospital at Jassy, and has distributed
great quantities of medical supplies,
serums, vuccines and the like, hospital
beds and mattresses, food stuffs and
clothing.
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07
COLLEENS WIN AMERICAN TARS
But the record for love at first sight

But the record for love at first sight
among the Americans belongs to
young seaman, Paul Valachovic by
name, who used to work in the ma
chine shop of the General Electric COM
pany at Schenectady, N. Y. He fell in
love the first day he stepped ashore
here, from the destroyer. Ada Jones,
Cork girl. was the object of Cupld's
dart. After the war Valachovic Is 60
ing to take her back with him to that
thriving city in New York.
few of the Americans first met
their wives on visits to England.
Charles Harmon Cobia of Charleston,
S. c., fell in love on the beautiful Cor
nish riviera with Ada Gilbert. a widow
of twenty-four, whose home was in
Plymouth. Another English bride Is
Nora Elizabeth Kilt, who was married
to Joseph w. Highfield of Des Moines,
Iowa.
Cupid Busy at Naval Base.
But the majority Of the Americans
married Irish girls who lived in the vi
cinity of the American naval base and
whom they met at the dance hall or
roller skating rink. Thus Doris Fran
els Phillips is now Mrs. Leo Vincent
Flavell of Hanover, Mass, and Mary
Ellen Sullivan has become the wife of
Thomas A. Balschi Of Mount Carmel,
Pa. After the war Mary O'Keefe, who
became the wife of Edward c. Turner.
expects to desert the trying climate Of
southern ireland for that Of sunny San
Jose, CAL, which Is her husbands
home. William Spaulding of DeLand,
Fla. has married Ester Allen, while
Oral e. Cox Of lola, Kan, won the
hand of Phyllis Rose Rogers.
Among others of the American sail
ors who have taken to themselves a
wife over here are Benjamin J. Moore
Of Dallas, Tex. Ebert R. Buckingham
Of Pensacola, Fla. Harry e. Holder of
Denver, Colo, and Michael j. Della
Roco Of Schenectady. N. Y. And the
list gives promise of growing steadily.
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07
|Opmp!gtanCe'
= Mites =
CLEANING THE MEDICINE CLOSET
by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)

CLEANING THE MEDICINE CLOSET
The medical temperance department
Of the National W. @. T. o. has been
no small factor in cleaning Uncle Sans
medicine closet. The superintendent
of this department, Mrs. Martin N. Al
len of New York, thus describes the
process:
'When we started in to clean the
medicine chest of the great United
States, the chest was dreadful sight.
Whisky, port wine, sherry wine, beer to
give strength, brandy and gin for GER
tain ailments all stood in proud array
on prominent shelves.
"To attempt to clean up such medi-
cine chest was task sufficient to ap-
pail stout hearts. But few brave
souls said the task should be done, and
gradually, surely, the cleaning has been
going on. Some of the best physicians
Of the country aided In the task. Soon
the whisky bottle for the consumptive
was thrown away, then the brandy for
the typhoid fever patient. Beer and
wine were swept off the shelf by the
aid of athletes who had proved that
these drinks weaken instead Of giving
strength. Whisky for pneumonia was
the next to go, and finally the American
Medical association swept of the last
remaining bottle Of alcohol as unneces-
sary in the treatment of any disease"
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07
PROHIBITION A PART OF GREAT

Slowly, steadily, undeterred and un-
frightened, the movement upon the
strongholds Of John Barleycorn has
gone forward. To call it. wave Of
prohibition Is weak figure. 1t has
been more like one of those inexorable
changes which group under evolution.
There has been no more staying it than
holding back the grinding, unhurrying
and unsatisfied forces of erOsion.-De-
troit (Mich.) journal. se,u
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07
WEALTHY WOMEN WOULD
DO THEIR BIT IN WAR

Los Angeles, Cal.-Wealthy
women Of this city who have au-
tomobiles and leisure have vol
unteered to drive government in
vestigators during their busi-
ness hours and have formed a
new war organization known as
the Emergency Automobile Driv-
ers. Mrs.. Ralph e. Stark.
weather sold diamond neck
lace and donated the proceeds
for the new work. ~: ~
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GENERAL PERsHINo ON PRoHI
BlTION.

In an address before the National
W. @. T. q. convention, DIR. Anna
Howard Shaw gave direct testimony
as to the attitude of General Pershing
on prohibition.
II had the pleasure Of meeting this
great hero last spring in San Antonio.
Texas" she said. 1.-THE citizens gave
me a banquet, and among the honored
guests was General Pershing. When
he was called on for toast, the great
leader of the army stood up and pro-
nounced himself a confirmed believer
in the enfranchisement of women and
in prohibition. After he had taken
his seat and the program had been
concluded, General Pershing was told
by some of his Texas friends, "Prohi-
bition is an unpopular subject in
Texas. We are not in favor Of it."
the general replied, so long as I
am at the head of the army shall
speak of prohibition But go slow
in this matter they said. General
Pershing responded, I shall not go
slow on prohibition, for I know what
is the greatest foe to my men, great
er even than the bullets Of the en-
emy.'"
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07
WHAT JEFFERSON SAID.

The habit Of using ardent spirits by
men in office has occasioned more in
jury to the public and more trouble
to me than all other sources. And
were I to commence my administra-
ton again, the first question would
ask respecting a candidate for Office
would be, Does he use ardent spir-
its sr'-Thomas Jefferson. .l-t
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07
Patriotic Corn.

Yuma, Colo.-Fred Clarke, a rancher
living near here. hps placed on display
in local store an ear of corn grown
ON his land with distinctly red and
blue grains interspersed between the
white grains. Clarke says 1t was the
only ''red, white and blue" ear in the
field.
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07

Alcohol, by diminishing the moral
and material strength Of the army, 10 q
crime against national defense in the
face of the enemy.-General Joffre.
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07

-. Wee codfish Flour in Iceland.
In Iceland Goldfish are dried and
ground Into q -four for use In bread
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07

Always Before Him.
HE Is great stickler for proce-
dure, isn't her"
II should say SO! Why. even the
furniture covers in his house are all
bound with red tape"
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07

Sloth wears out the body and CON
sumes the mind.
Cheyenne record., 1918-03-07

Nobody ever got anything by nurs.
ing crouch, but the crouch always
gets bigger. Be cheerful
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
YOUNG LAD WINS $50 PRIZE
Duncan Branom Awarded First Hon.
ors by Du Pont Powder Company.

Duncan Branom, the twelve-year-
old son of w. w. Branom, received
word last week that he had been
awarded the first prize for this dis
trict in connection with the boys
land reclamation contest conducted
last summer by the +. l. DUPONT de
Nemours e. Company, manufacturers
of Dupont powders. The prize
amounts to $50 and Master Duncan
plans to buy a Liberty bond with
the money.
Last spring young Branom cleared
an acre of land of stumps and brush
plowed and planted it to potatoes and
this fall he harvested 1900 pounds of
Melted Gem potatoes from the land.
The letter from the Du Pont COM
pany advising Master Branom of
his good fortune and reward for hard
work contained the following para
graph:
81 wish to commend you on the
systematic manner in which you per-
formed your work and overcame your
problems. However, do not be weary
in well doing and let your work
of retaining this acre be but an
introduction to the greater work you
may do later on in doing your share
towards retaining the millions of
waste land which are an obstacle to
the progress of our country"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
Killed at Camp No. II

A. Gustovson was instantly killed
Wednesday morning at Camp II of
the Boomers Ferry Lumber Company,
four miles east of Bonners Ferry.
Gustovson was working in front of
a skidway when the logs started to
roll. His partner saw the logs and
yelled to Gustovson to run. He STUN
bled as he ran and was struck on
the back of the head by rolling
log and his skull was crushed. Death
was instantaneous. Gustovson has
no relatives in this par of the coun-
try and has not been working here
but a short time
Undertaken Stookey learned that
Gustovson had a brother in Utah
and held the body until Sunday morn
ing in hopes of getting instructions,
Word came Sunday afternoon asking
Mr. Stookey to bury Gustovson here
The funeral was held Sunday morn
ing
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
CHILDREN OF COUNTY SCHOOLS
TO DO PATRIOTIC WORK

1t has been decided by the War
Savings Committee and Mr.. Thos.
Jones, director, that we should pub
lish the results of the sales of Thrift
Stamps in the schools of the county
each month. So we have planned to
do this the week following the 9Th of
each month for the year during
which the Thrift Stamps will be sold.
We have received some very fine
reports on this work and l wish that
we might publish all of them but it
was decided in the beginning that we
publish only the highest ones. The
rural school which bought the most
stamps for the first month was the
Highland Flat school, District No. 7.
1t also had the HIGHEST average per
which averages about three and one
half stamps apiece.
Supt. Collins reports that the sale
of the stamps in the local school
so far has amounted to S655.00 which
includes teachers purchases. This
in my opinion is a splendid begin
ming.
This week or next our schools
will begin the Junior Membership
Enrolment Campaign for the Red
Cross. This begins Feb. IL and ends
Feb. %. and will be conducted by the
Red Cross in the schools throughout
the entire country. We expect to
enroll a great many Of our pupils
in this work for every pupil no mat
ter how small realizes that his help
is necessary to our government to
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
E. B. STO0KEY WRITES OF
EXPERIENCES IN FRANCE

Last week o. R. Stookey received
the following letter from his brother,
E B. Stookey, who was with the first
of the Bonners Ferry boys in the
National army to reach France.
Stookey is with the Sound and Flash
Range Detachment, army engineer
ing school, A. E. F. He writes as
follows:
Somewhere in France"
Jan. 10, 1918.
Dear Brother: ..
Yes, l am still alive, although
haven't written, but so long as no
letters have reached me since we
landed in this country, / haven't
bothered myself to any extent to
write any.
l have. been taken out of the 10th
to attend an army engineering school,
the nature of the work l am not per-
mitted to state. l think it is the best
part of the service there is. We are
considered isolated, so as to speak,
but that makes it fine when It comes
to studying. The only thing that we
miss is the fuel. One reason is. |
suppose, that it was so cheap and
plentiful in the U. S., while over here
they seem to convert everything,
even the twigs, to a use. Throughout
every bit of the country I have seen
the piles of faggots are carefully
piled around the door. The French
seem to do with a very little bit of
fuel so l guess it is up to us to learn
to save it too.
When it comes to moving soldiers
in large numbers You have to hand
it to the French. They put YOU in
a box-like affair that has a placard
on the door stating that the capacity
of the car is forty men or eight
horses. In the summer they might
be all right to travel in but in the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12

winter they are mo place for min
ister's son." The regular passenger
coaches are divided into three class
es. The third class coaches are made
up in compartments and are entered
by a door on either end. They are
not much better than the soldiers
Pullman" although they have a
"Christian Science" radiator on the
floor. 1t takes a strong imagination
to believe that these radiators give
any heat. The second and first class
coaches are fine and are easily heat
ed, so if you want comfort and are
willing to pay for it these are the
rest to travel in DURING the winter
or any other time of the year. They
are rarely used for troop trains.
When l left to enter this school
had a great time trying to converse
with the French soldiers. / was lucky
enough to find one that could read
and speak a little English and eat
American bareback and enjoy it. We
had a great time, | trying to learn
French and he talking a mixture of
both languages? He seemed to think
it was queer that l had nothing but
water in my canteen while his was
full of a red, sour wine. Wine and
beer are more common to the French
les than water. They are certainly
not very particular about the loca-
ton of their wells and it makes it
hard for the U. S. soldiers, some
times, to get a canteen of pure water.
By the time you receive this letter
it may be that our mail will be COM
ing along at regular intervals so
try to drop me a line often that 1
may know how things are going in
Boomers Ferry. Do not try to send
me edibles as they are handled
roughly in the mails and besides
they only serve to increase my appe-
tite.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12

About ten days ago a timecheck
issued from the if offoech t? e.
issued from the office of the Bonners
Ferry Lumber Company in favor of
Gust Erickson, laborer at Wilson's
camp, was lost or stolen in transit
to the camp.
The check came into the possession
of couple of men whose names are
not known and they in turn passed
it off on local man. The local
party had to make good to Erickson
and now the authorities are looking
for the fellows who first secured
the check. The check was for $70.44.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12

win the war and to save the lives of
those engaged in it.
We also intend to begin the Red
Cross sewing in the schools soon.
This has been made possible for us
by the local Red Cross which has
agreed to supply half of our mater
ials. The teachers are raising the
remaining half by holding social
gatherings of different kinds or by
obtaining appropriations from their
local school boards. The pupils will
sew Monday afternoons after recess.
find that they are greatly interest
ed especially because they intend to
They feel that they will then have
a real auxiliary and that a good
deal of work can be done.
Wherever | have been the boys
and girls seem anxious to begin the
club work which we will take up for
the first time this spring. We hope
to make it possible for each pupil
desiring to take up this work to have
an opportunity to do so. This will
perhaps be done by the county club
leader naming meeting places or cen
ters where instruction and demon
strations will be given.
At the fair next fall we will dis
play our exhibits of club work, sew
ing and regular school work Every
pupil intends to work for the cham
pionship Of the county and we expect
to carry off most Of the prizes al
the Spokane and Boise fairs
MARGARET MOORE,
County Supt. Of Schools
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-02-12
IS ACCUSED
OF BURGLARY
YOUNG MAN ARRESTED HERE
AS SUSPECT ADMITS CON-
MITTING TROY CRIME
WAS HELD FOR DEPORTATION
Sold and Gave Away Many Stolen
Articles.

The Jail of Boundary county is now
empty. Yesterday morning the last
prisoner, j. B. Simons, was taken to
Libby, Mont, by sheriff of Lincoln
county, Mont, to answer to a charge
of burglary.
Simons is nineteen years old and
with his partner, was picked up here
on January 10th by Sheriff Dunning
as suspect in connection with the
breaking into of the j. l. Monks
garage. Nothing was stolen and the
county was ready to turn the two
young men loose when u. S. Immi-
grafton Officer o. S. Davis asked
Sheriff Dunning to hold Simons for
deportation to Canada, Simons being
citizen of Canada. The other young
man was released.
In the meantime Sheriff Dunning
received word that Simons was want
ed at Troy on burglary charge. The
apprehension of Simons on the bur-
glary charge came about in a pc
culiar manner.
Simons and his partner, when they
first came to Boomers Ferry, sold and
gave away quite a quantity of cloth
ing, jewelry and various articles Of
value. Gold rings were disposed of
to various parties and Fritz Brant
bought some of the rings and buck
skin shirt. A couple of weeks ago
Brant attended a masquerade ball at
Troy and wore the rings and the
shirt. These were recognized by the
owner and Brant was arrested. Upon
his arrest he told that he had pur-
chased the goods of Simons and so
the authorities at Troy got into COM
munication with Sheriff Dunning who
secured a confession from Simons.
1t seems that Simons broke into a
house at Troy and stole about 5000
worth of goods. His partner who
was with him here was mot impli-
Gated in the robbery.
When he came here Simons was
wearing an overcoat which he had
stolen from the house at Troy. He
evidently is new at the game as he
made but little effort to cover his
tracks. The articles he sold brought
but very little money and Sheriff
Dunning has secured the return of
most of the goods.
AS Simons was being held here
for deportation he could not be
turned over to the Montana authori-
ties until the proper authorization
was given at Washington, d. G..
These papers only arrived yesterday.