davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-09-14

| VI uAOu uSOell v meSlCl v CeS.
SIM Sokol ma Clark Av. Pred.
! Tom. Cuchna, 1910 Sackett
Av. S. w., tai. Jos. Blabolil,
3450 w. As St., ucet. Ladislav
Mark, 4219 Sackett Av., pokl.
j. Soldat, 1901 w. sc. st. s. w.
Rad Probuzenci (. 1873 E. S.
P. s., odbyva schulz kazdou
treti sobotu v m9sici v 8 hod.
vecer v Ceske Narodnf SIM v
els. /. Pred. Emil Dezort, 5611
Dolloff Rd.; tajemnik Frant.
Fott, 4637 Broadway, dctnik
F. A. Warak, 1929 Buettner
Ct., pokl. Jan Koudelka, 45OO
Jewett Av.
klub ceskych Psstitela Krs.
ikI pro Cleveland a okoli, cd.
byva sve pravidelne schtNe ka
zdou 2 nedeli po dobu zimniho
cbdobi, a kazdou a. sobotu v
mesici po dobu letni, v mistno.
sti Rybak a Sixta. Zimni obdo-
bi poclna l. listopadem a kon.
ii 81. bremen. Preds. Frank
Horn, 2946 E. Ill ul., tajem,
Anton Husa, 4814 Vivian ul.,
oklad. Vincenc Genpert, 1915
Fullerton ave.
! Velkoloxe Jed. TaboritI -
schuze kazdy A patek v mesi-
ci v Ces. Mar. Sini. Pred. Josef
Pekarek, 6O62 Hillman ave.
Tajemnik Frant. Cernohorsky,
S413 E. So St.; ucetnice Te-
rezie Rittichova, 1926 Union
ave.; pokladnik Prokop Ger
nohorsky, 1857 Svec ave.
Lesni Camp Drevara Svsta
w. of the w., {. 222, odbyva
schuze kazdou treti stredu v
mesici v 8 hodin vecer v
sini p. Fl. Dyndy, 1858 w. SO
ul. Pfedseda, FIR. Kebrle, 1886
w. SO ul., dcet. Jos. Mezera
5000 w. SO ul.
LOze Probuzeni TaboritI {.
20 J. T. Schize kazde ctvrte
pondeli v mesic v Ceske Sini
Sokola Predseda Prokop Ger
nohorsky, 1887 Svec ave.,
! msstopred. Volta Hrudka els.
1852 w. 44. ul., tajemnik FIR.
Cernohorsky 3407 E. So. ul., d
cetnlk Frant. Halas, 3130 w.
46. ul., pokladnik Josef Cerny
2514 Pate ave. S. w. Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Loze Bila Hora, {. ~, J. T.,
,dbyva sve schitze vzdy dru-
hou nedeli We ? hod. odp.
mesici, v mistnosti br. Ant. Ka-
menickeho, ma Fleet ave. Pred.
Bartolomej Bruzek, 5940 En-
gel ave., tai. Bohuslav Fiser,
3733 Croton ave., dcet. Anton
Ianzal, 3541 E. 104 ul., pokl.
Ferd Prdsa, 44OS Warner Rd.
Loze Zlata Praha {. "a, j. T.
odbyva schdze kazdou pryni
nedeli v mesici, We $3.50 hod.
odpoledne v sini Sokola Cleve-
and, ma Quincy ave. Predseda
Kar. Kase, 1923 Buckeye Rd.,
tajem. Leop. Vsetecka, 2119
e. 80 ul., dcet. Ant. Soukup,
1886 E. 115 ul., poklad. Vac.
lovy, 1926 Woodland ave.
cesky Podp. Sp. Svatopluk
Czech, {. /, odbyva schuze kaz-
dou druhou sc5otu v mesici v
,ini p. Kamenickyho, ma Fleet
I'VE. Predseda Ant. StrejGek,
419 Regent kd., tai. j. smid,
4511 Beta ave., ucet. EN-. FL
Ser, 8014 Maryland ave.; pokl.
FIR. Wild, 1921 Maryland ave.
.Sbor verne Sestry, els. 2. S.
P. J. odbyva schulz kazdou dru
hou nedeli v mesici v Ceske Ma
rodni Sini ma Broadway. Pred
sedkyne Josefa Kupcova, 1925
Ivy ave.; tajemnice Celia w.
Levy, Box 1877 Stop 10, Bed
ford, o.; lcetnice Marie Has
kova, 3413 E. SO. ulice, Cleve-
| land O.. nokladnice Rhzena
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BISHOP WISE TO

Topeka for the 200 visiting delegates.
an informal reception at Bethany col
lege and a dinner for the delegates by
the Grace Cathedral congregation.
Because of the large number of dele
gates and the number of Topeka
Episcopalians who will attend, It has
been found necessary to hold the din
ner at the Methodist church.
Altho formally ending Thursday
night many of the delegates are plan
ming to remain until Friday morning
at $3.50 o'clock when Bishop Wise
will ordain the first two priests since
becoming a bishop. The ordination
service will be the first ever held in
Grace Cathedral and because of its
pomp and sp1endor is expected to at
tract scores of visitors.
Every Member Canvass.
In addition to explaining the every
member canvass which is expected to
make the Episcopal church in the do
cese of Kansas 100 per cent efficient
as it has in the east, DR.. Robert w.
Patton. church efficiency expert from
New York, continued his drive Tues
day night to arouse interest in foreign
missions. The every-member canvass
will be put on in Grace cathedral par
ish Sunday afternoon under the lead
ership of Dean deb. Kaye and is ex-
pected to round up 500 slackers of the
parish who have neither been attend
ing services nor contributing.
"A gang of slackers'' was the way
Doctor Patton referred to them last
night in the sixth of his series of eight
twice-a-d day addresses in the cathe-
dral. A few of his hearers gasped but
Doctor Patton kept on citing facts and
telling how many of Americas bis
business men regard the plan and also
the great business returns to be ex-
pected from money invested in for
eign missions.
Americans don't know what sacri-
flee for cause is Doctor Patton de-
clared. MANY camplain of the great
sacrifice they are making in buying
liberty bonds, the safest investment
N the world. and getting IA per cent
interest. Well, if they think it is
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HUNS SENT GUNS HERE
Probe of Reported Attempt to Ger
mamie U. s. On In N. Y.

New York, May 15.-Reports that
thousands of rifles had been secretly
imported from the Krupp works at
Essen in order to "Germanize" the
United States were related today at
an inquiry conducted by State Attor-
ney General Lewis into rumors OF
boarding of arms by German inter-
ests in the United States.
Edgar A Holmes, of this city, a
witness, credited the reports to a man
named James H. Crossley. Holmes,
as a broker, tried to buy the rifles,
but was unsuccessful he said. Cross
ley told him, he said that some L.
000, 900 rifles had been imported from
Essen via the Hoboken docks of two
German steamship companies and
were to be used in the United States
if the Germans were successful in
reaching the English channel ports.
Mr. Holmes identified a copy of a let
ter written by himself offering to sell
ridges. The letter, dated June 9, was
addressed to DR.. Thomas Darlington
of New York, former health commits
sioner Holmes testified he had never
seen the articles, but had talked with
an engineer named Frances L. judd,
who said he had seen boxes containing
100000 rifles. Two months ago
Holmes said the United States tried
to buy them but they were not pro-
duced. Holmes had been in touch
with United States officials turnout
the negotiations, he said. -
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April and heavy selling by Liverpool and
weaker. shorts had been covering for a
week on a rise of about 300 points. Buy
ing orders from that source largely dried
~, on rise in stocks turned sellers yester-
day; Weather forecast pointed to gen
h hapss after ter ali ala the weekly government re-
port today may not be bad some
In a.s
and west threw over large quantities. Liv-
erpool was also a heavy seller just before
80 to 95 points lower and the final prices
were close to lowest Of day. Estimated
New YORK MAJ Nav Is ri pales Ru,,et,n.
Stocks-A reactiorary party has sprung up
from among circles that have taken profits
cessions. Preference is being given in
prominent houses to U. S. Steel as a pur-
ported from specialists to be in the mar
ket for Union, Reading, Northern Pacific
and New York Central and Atchison There
intention of transferring into the railroad
department: There is a strong tendency
coaiers. a prominent stock exchange in
stitution that has been buliish on distillers
for for last ten points is taking position now
Chicago, May 15.-Thc Tribune: Grain
Corn and oats traders changed their posi-
! ton several times yesterday. In corn they
got long on bulges in some instances. while
bulges and commission houses. longs and
a few big local traders sold freely around
| the top prices The last hour witnessed
a serious slump in corn which carried oats
down and created an extremely bearish
feeling. 1t said by many traders that
| majority were short at close. In sall it
Of May at last. which IN made rally. was to
| cover shorts. Deliveries of oats went around
freely. A cash handler advances argument
that with July corn around $1.45 and good
corn selling In sample market at 500 to
81 20 the July appears too high. One of
corn bulls says there will be no movement
| from the farms while corn planting is on,
| neither does he look for any movement in
oats. His theory is that stocks Of corn
and oats in country elevators are small and
It is not well to get bearish until corn
planting is compelled under most favorable
| conditions. He argues that were there
| large stocks in country elevators. the
movement to primary markets would be
much heavier, as the car situation is be-
coming easier.
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LOOK FOR DRY YEAR
Water Evaporation Unusually High in
Kansas This Month.

Lawrence, Kan, May 15.-Water
evaporation the first ten days of May
was two and a half times greater than
the corresponding period of last year.
according to Prof. c. A. Shull, of the
University of Kansas, who has charge
of the governments evaporation ex-
pertinent station at K. U. The station
is now beginning its second year of
study of the evaporation and moisture
conditions. Thru these statistics, gath
cred from many stations for a num-
Der of years, the government hopes to
work out a method of forecasting dry
weather periods.
May 9, evaporation from open water
surfaces was $50, the University sta
ton reports, an unusually high loss
since the driest day of last year, July
81, when evaporation was only .709
of an inch This high evaporation in
May indicates that moisture-conserv-
ing tillage should be adopted where
possible, as such tillage means cleaner
fields and better crops even if dry
weather does not develop, said Pro-
lessor Shull.
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TO WAIT ON WAR
Federal Reserve Board Has
Done Much Good.
Many Projects Are Postponed
as Result of Its Efforts.

Washington. May 15.-With a record
of having effected a curtailment ct
SIS 100000 in issues of new capital
stock in five months, the federal re-
serve boards voluntary capital issues
committee gave way to the commit
tee created by statute.
The official birth of the new COM
mittee screws the lid tight on unwar-
ranted expansion in Industrial public
utility or municipal issues for the
period Of the war.
The new committee begins work
with the solid support of the large
bankers associations and practically
every stock exchange in the country.
Many Projects to Wait.
Thru banks and other financial in
situations and It's own subcommittee
the capital issues committee has sue
ceeded in causing a postponement for
the period of the war of projects in
volving more than 20.000,000.
Twenty municipal projects have
been abandoned until after the war
as a result of the committees work.
It's disapproval of unnecessary in
creases in municipal debts" cut the
actual issues to .$41 100000 for the
last five months Compared to this
figure was the sale of more than
S1O5,0O0.000 last year.
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THE Topeka DAILY STATE JoURNAI1-WEDNEsDAY EVENING

sacrifice the church does not regard
1t as so, and any man who thinks his
money lost can turn his bonds over
to our general mission board. II
many DO SO there will need be no
more campaigns for money for mis-
sions."
Business From Missionaries.
Doctor Patton quoted Chester A.
Hawkins, American business man,
who spent a number of years in China
studying conditions. as saying:
IF all the money in the banks of
America which has come from China
as a result of the work of Christian
missionaries there, was to be suddenly
withdrawn we would have one of the
worst financial panics in our history
The speaker went on to show that the
little money spent on missions IN
China prior to 1900 resulted in revo-
luton, Bolshevikism and chaos re-
sulting there following the Boxer up
rising. He declared that the Chinese
government at that time had already
recognized what Christian mission
aries mean to the nation, that the
Christian mission was the only enter
prise to be voluntarily reimbursed for
their losses in the rebellion by the
Picking government.
Doctor Patton told of meeting the
general manager of an eastern rail-
road several weeks ago and OF his
surprise, aItho he was a churchman,
in learning that in enc Episcopal col
lege in China there are over 500 boys
enrolled and could be 5000 If there
was more room and accommodations.
1t was to this school-St. Johns in
Shanghai-that the Chinese president
sent his sons to be educated. The pres
ent Chinese ambassadors to both the
United States ana Great Britain are
alumni of the school, Doctor Patton
said
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and led it in a series of attacks and
counter attacks which left no time for
sleeping and little for eating. He gave
neither his men or the enemy a rest
attacking first on the north, then in
the center, then on the south-harass-
ing the enemy increasingly with the
idea of convincing the Germans that
a large force opposed them.
Whenever the Germans tried tic
feel him out with an attack at one
point, Carey parted with a thrust
somewhere else, even if it took his
last available man and drew the Ger
mans on to the defensive.
The spirit of Carey's troops was
wonderful, the work they did almost
supernatural. 1t would have been
impossible with any body of men not
physically giants. but the Americans
and Canadians gloated in it. They
crahlmed every hour of the day full
Iof fighting. 1t was constantly
changing battle, Kaleidoscope, free
for all, catch as catch can. The Ger
mans gained ground. Carey and his
men were back at them, hungry fol-
more punishment.
Good Ammunition Supply.
1t was fortunate that Carey's sup
ply of ammunition was well nigh in
exhaust IDLE, for he had a big ammu-
milton dump right behind him. There
also was a good backing of field artil-
lery and the 75's supported him
firing mostly with open sights.
Had the Germans been able to
bring entirely fresh troops against il
the detachment might not have been
able to kold out for six days as it did
The detachment took its place in the
line just at the moment when the
Germans had used all their reserves
and the enemy did not have any fresh
divisions to throw against them.
At the end of the sixth day. dog
tired and battleworn but still full OF
fight, the detachment was relieved
by a fresh battalion which had come
uI from the rear.
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LABOR MEN TO MEXICO
Gompers' ENJOYS to Build Up Alliance
Between Continents.

Washington. May 15.-Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor, today appointed a
commission to go to Mexico to estab-
lish friendly relations between organ
lied labor in Mexico and the United
States. Members of the commission
are James Lord, of the American fed
GRAFTON; John Murray. secretary OF
the Pan American Labor conference
and Santiago Iglesias, president of-the
Porto Rican federation.
This is one of the first steps planned
in the formation of a pan-American
federation, including all South Ameri-
can countries
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Engineers, Cooks, Chauffeurs,
Anybody, Into Line.
Held Dangerous Breach for
Days Against Huns.
GEN. CAREY CAME BY CHANCE
Tactics Convinced Enemy
z Strong Force Opposed Him.
Had Good Supply of Ammuni
ton, but Were Amateurs.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
: London. May 4.-The banner COM
2any of "Carey's detachment which.
tnder Brig. Gen. Sandman Carey,
Held an important gap in the Fifth
smrftish army in the first week of the
German offensive, was made up of 800
American army engineers Like all
the others of the ''nondescripts"
which included Canadian and British
supposedly non-combatant units. the
Americans were volunteers.
E The American engineers won quite
q reputation for the manner in which
they handled machine guns, a weapon
entirely new to the road and railway
Builders.
: A disastrous looking gap appeared
n the Fifth army south of Hamel in
the later stages of the opening battle.
The Germans had crossed the Somme
at Hammel and had a clear path for
sweep southwestward. No troops
we're available to throw into the open
ing. A certain brigadier general was
commissioned by Major General
Cough, commander of the Fifth army,
&c gather up every man he could find
and to hold the gap at any cost"
The general called upon the American
and Canadian engineers, cooks, chauf-
feurs, road workmen, anybody he
could find; gave them guns, pistols,
any available weapon, rushed them
Into the gap in trucks, on horseback
or mule drawn limbers.
Green on Machine Guns.
A large number of machine guns
from a school near by were confis-
Gated. Only a few men, however,
knew how to operate the weapons and
they had to be worked by amateurs
with only one Instructor" for every
ten or twelve guns. The Americans
did especially well in handling the
arms.
! For two days the detachment held
the mile and a half gap. At the end
of the second day the commander,
having gone 4S hours without sleep,
collapsed. The situation of the de-
tachment looked desperate.
While all were wondering what
would happen next, dusty automo-
bile came bounding along the road
from the north.
= 1t contained Brigadier General
Carey who had been home on leave
and who was trying to find his head
quarters.
I The general was comrnandeered by
the detachment and he was found to
be just the commander needed. He
is an old South African soldier of the
daredevil type. He is famous among
bis men for the scrapes and escapades
Of his school boy life as well as for
his daring exploits in South Africa.
Carey just Right Man.
9 Carey took the detachment in hand
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IT'S HOT ONCE MORE

Z degrees above normal for the date.
At $50 o'clock this morning the mer-
curry was at the Is degree mark and
II was expected that a temperature
of 80 degrees or more would be the
record of the day. The temperaturf
tonight is not expected to drop below
10 degrees and tomorrow afternoon
the mercy will go to about IS. A
f1fteen-m. wind from the south was
blowing this morning. The highest
temperature ever recorded in Topeka
on this date was IS degrees in 1911
and the lowest was 80 degrees in
1917.
The forecast says: Fair tonight and
Thursday; warmer tonight in east
and south portions; cooler Thursday
afternoon northeast portion.
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ASKS FOR GOVERNMENT WORK
Los Angeles Woman Says Grand
Canyon Would Electrify Santa Fe.

Washington May 15.-Government
developments of the Grand Canyon to
reclaim semi-arid lands for agricul-
ture and to furnish power for. new
industries was urged today before the
house waterways committee by Mrs.
H. w. R. Strong of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Strong asked that the Grand
Canyon be exempt from the admins
tration water power bill which pro-
vides for private development Of
water power. liberalization of the
Santa Fe railroad is one of the pos
sibilities of dam construction and the
Harvesting OF the water Mrs Strong
said.
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Wall St, New York, May 15.-STOCKS-
Altho rails mounted higher on the enor-
mour turn over Of the morning the charac-
ter Of the market changed, trading switch
ing again to industrfals and specialties.
United States Steel became the center of
another buying movement gaining 2 points
to 111H,. but soon reacted IL. Other
steels and equipments, also metals, Motors,
gains of l to 5 points. Liberty bonds
were firmer,. the .352's selling. at $500 to
to $500 and AIS at 97.74 to 97.S4.
Railroad shares were again the foremost
features at the strong opening Ct todays
stock market, in several noteworthy in
stances experimenting yesterdays gains.
Secondary rails including Fries, Rock Is
sas City Southern and Wabash also de-
veloped further strength United States
Steel gained only a fraction but Bethlehem,
Crucible and Midvaie Steele, also Baldwin
Locomotive, Butte and Superior, Westing-
house and American Sugar ranged l to
uIaF,
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New York Produce Market.

New York, May 15-BUTTER--Market
barely steady. reamery higher than ex-
tras. 47@4715c.
EGGS-Market weak. Fresh gathered
extras. 3S@3Shc.
CHEESE@Aarket irregular. State held
specials, 241a @26c.
POULTRY-Alive, steady; unchanged.
Dressed, quiet; fowls, 29@36c chickens and
turkeys, unchanged.
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Kansas City, May Is.


Kansas City, May 15-HOGS-Receipts
$4,000. Market 1Oc to 15c lower. Bulk Of
sales $171O@17.3O; heavy. $17O0@17. 20
packers and butchers, $17.10@17.3O; light,
$17.15@17.35: pigs, $16.5O@17 so.
CATTLE-Receipts 5000. Market strong.
Prime fed steers. S170oW17.60; dressed beef
steers, s15. OO@1675; western steers. $13.50@
i. 60: southern steers. 81 ;oo@15.oo; cows,
ssa5qSo; hef e n * 9o@15SG9 stsskeTs
1900; calves, $9.O001275.
sHEEP-Reeeipts 5000. Market steady;
100; wethers, s1s. oo@1s5o:' ewes. si1. cog
1876; stockers and feeders, $6.50@17.O0.
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IODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago May 15.-CORN-Favorable
weather for planting led to decided set
backs today in the value of corn. Reports
suggesting that a reduction would be
shown in the seeded acreage of the prin-
cipal states and that plating was at present
a little behind normal failed to act as an
offset About the only demand came from
shorts. Opening prices, which Ranged
July $1.42A to $1.42A, were followed by a
material further decline.
OATS-Oats sympathiZed with the weak
ness of corn. Excellent crop conditions
gave an advantage to the bears. After
opening unchanged to "a &c lower the mar
ket continued to recede.
PROVISIONS-Governm orders re-
stricting prices kept provisions sharply on
the down grade. At the maximum decline
some buying on the part of packers.
Chicago Gran and Provision Market
(The range or prices on grain futures on
Chicago Board Of Trade as reported 81
Thcs. J. Myers. 301 n. e. Bidg.)
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Chicago Live stock Marke

Chicago, May 15.-HOGS-Receipts q 600
sales, s1T.a5a1S.55: light, si71ea17 go
mixed, $17o5@17.eO; heavy. $16.1O@17.4O
rough $16.10@16 so: pigs. $1275@17.1O.
CATTLE-feceipts 5000. Market firm
Native steers. $1O15@17.70; stockers and
feeders. $9.00@12S5: cows and heifers, $69t
git Is; calves, $9O0@14.O0.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady
Sheep, $12OO@16.15; lambs, $14.75@20OO.
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DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

Furnished by the weather bureau office,
Topeka, Kan, for the "a hours ending at
n. IN. Wednesday.
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Morning Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Board Of Trade }

New York, May 15.-JournaI of Com
merce: Cotton-Prices dropped roughly
30 points partly on better weather. lower
cables, some decline In consumption 81
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Kansas City, May 15.-CORN|Cash
Market steady. No. mixed, $1.6361 SO
No. 3, $15S@1 60: No. 8 white, 81 .69MI74
No. 3, nominal; No. yellow, $1.63Q1. SO
No. 3. nominal.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white,
7Sc; No. mixed. 77@77hc.
RYE-$2. OO@2.O5
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-$2 S562 95.
HAY-Market steady to lower Choice
timothy $205O021 so; choice prairie,,, sol 90
300; choice alfalfa, 1924 .0O@25.OO.
WHEAT--Receirts 10 cars.
BUTTER-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Market unchanged
EGGS-Firsts Sic.
CORN-Close: May, $127T@1.2s; July,
$1.4S%.