davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-08
CHAPTER Nil.
NV First Official Bath.

Right hrhind our rest billet was q
large creek about ten feet deep ana
twenty feet across, and II was habit
Of the company 10 avail themselves OF
an opportunity 10 take q swim and at
the same time thoroughly wash them
selves and their underwear when on
their own. We were having 4 spell OF
hot weather. and these baths TO us
were luxury. The Tommies would
splash around in the water and then
come out and sit in the sun and have
what they termed shirt hunt. NJ
first we tried TO drown the "cooties.
hut they also seemed TO enjoy the
bath.
One Sunday morning the whole Sec
tion was in the creek and We were
having n gay time. when the sergeant
najor appeared on the scene. He came
To the edge OF the creek and ordered: :
Come out of il. Get your equipment
on, drill order, and fall in for bath
parade. Look lively. my hearties. You
have only got fifteen minutes" \ howl
OF indignation from the creek greeted
this order. but out we came Disci-
plinc is discipline. We lined up in
front OF our billet with rifles and bay
onetS (why YOU need rifles and hayo-
nets TO take hath gets me.) full
quota Of ammunition. and our tin hats.
Each man had piece OF soap and n
towel. After an eight -kilo march along
a dusty road. with an occasional shell
whistlinC overhead. we arrived at a
little squat frame building upon the
bank of a creek. Nailed over the door
of this building was n large sign which
read Divisional Baths" In n wooden
shed in the rear we could hear a
wheezy old engine pumping water.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-08

country and utterly useless 10 his
South Carolina constituents.
although my health is better now
than II has been for many years. II
is not my purpose to make any cam
paign speeches. In my opinion. II Is
more important for me 10 remain IN
Washington attending To my duties in
the senate and in the naval affairs
committee than IL is for me To engage
III the mere bandylnG OF words with
any man or men upon the stump IN
South Carolina.
II have enough faith in the good
SENSE and patriotism of South Caro-
linians 10 believe the upptrmoSt
thought in their minds today is the de-
feat OF Germany. They know the only
way to do that is to stand by the pres
ident. They know | have always stood
10y the president and will continue TO
stand by him. and therefore announce
my candidacy for reelection.
Lever in Doubt.
Congressman \. r. Lever issued the
following statement:
Il have no positive announcement Ia
make now with respect 10 my ultimate
intention touching the senatorial race
this summer.
THE effect OF the outcome OF that
contest Is so far reaching In its ma
tional and international aspect that no
patriotic citizen can afford 10 shirk
his duty when it Is made plain To him.
Nor on the other hand should the al
ready delicate situation he complicated
10y prccipitous and poorly considered
action. II Is OF vital importance that
mistakes he avoided.
"Strong representations nav" been
made and are still being made TO m".
But shall withhold any definite an
nounccmrnt until | may have further
opportunity to ascertain exactly what
my duty is in the circumstances and
what course of mine will serve best
the state and the nation.
Upon these considerations alone
will my final conclusion rest"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-08
WILSON'S PORTRAIT
"Dissected" by Philadelphia Critics
Who Saw il for First Time.

Here are some comments made by
visitors to the Philadelphia Academy
of the Fine Arts on the portrait Of
President Wilson by Sargent. They
were taken from the lips OF observers
as audibly expressed while gazing on
the painting:
THAT position makes him look as
though he hadn't any brains" from
middle-aged woman.
~ natural pose"
II don't think that's so good"
The brow Is too narrow and the
mouth too small"
It's Il splendid face"
Il can't say / think very much Of
that"
THAT'S fine; simply wonderful; you
could almost make him talk TO you
and Iife-sized. too"
THE mouth hasn't his firmness."
Hes younger man than Wilson"
Hes too heavy in the body"
IL thought he was older than that:
wouldn't call that good picture"
He Is younger looking: ! like his
face. His hands are dreadful: that
hand. the right, looks deformed."
Just looks as though he had only
one knuckle. the left, az though his
hand were swollen"
Il can't tell whether the eyes are
blue or gray"
HE should have more lines on the
dark side OF his face"
II like the upper part OF the face
better. The hands are not good"
II don't like his eyes: now Rookie
fellers eyes look at you"
Don't you think something is the
matter with his eyes? think the eyes
unrap than the handa"
He looks tired"
Hes better looking than when he
went into office. His face has filled
out, but his coat should be buttoned
all the way down."
THE lines Of his face are softened."
81 didn't know he was so gray"
II don't think he looks 80 very
brainy"
"He has a fuller face than that"
Now the hands-the evidence Of
good portrait painting is the character
Of the hands. l want you to look at
Rockefeller's."
Rockefeller is much better in every
way"
face. One gets an impression OF
jaw. l am very much disappointed"
II don't like the right hand"
Looks thin, doesn't he?"
Those eyes don't look like the eyes
Of statesman. There is no life In
them. He looks as though he had a
headache and couldn't see."
That's his face, thoush-very good.
splendid"
Isn't he the student? Oh. I think
he's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Led
ger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-08
II.NI'rFl. NJ.
Over the Top.

ON IN. second trap to IN" trenches
our ui!ir.r Was making his rounds oil
Iu,I,r.tl8iI. amt W.. received IA" ch''f-
fuI news thai al four IN III" innruInS
w, N.rr 10 20 over In" top ana tth"
the German iTOut-lin" tr"nCh. VI!
heart rf.in,d 10 lead. Then th" officer
carried ru Wiih his Instructions }"
tn" best OF ms memory ! rc'itII II!'"
~ follows. ".Nt eleven Il WIRING i"flS
w!ll ..o Out ~ front ana cat lah"H
through ,lr harbod W!rc iOi III" pas
say, "f rrUoI.S ia th" morning. NJ 'Wo
o'clock our artillery wIil Opcis up WIN
am intense huII!hIrdiuCnt, which VIII
last uulII four. l'pun III" liitlns "i
IN, i,arrtgr TIA" FIRST Of IN" thrc"
waICS Wlli 20 ever. Ih"h II" l'il.
Som. ui ia" TuruinI"S. iIrst S"ttihS
u,r,uIs,Iun from tn" sergeant, w"i'
INTO the rrl;"hInr runn"rS du"out anu
WTui,. letters home, SayInS mat III lh'
morning they w"r" gong over th' t"P'
and also that II th" letters Ird'h''
their destination ~ would mean 'il'l
the wrltci hId been Killed.
Thrsr letters were ruru"d over l."
the captain with instructions 10 man
SINE, m the event uf the writer's being
killed. Som" of tn" men mad" Out
their wills ia their pay books. under
rh.. c:,riIor, ''W.ll and Last 1"S,h-
m"ni.
Then the u"rNc-ra"hin" wait com
inCuC,.I. Every nnN amt thth W"uI''
rLtuc.. at tn, dial of my wrist "al'h
and N!,S SURPRISED To So" how itSt Inc
minutes I,:lS,"I by. About iiN" minutes
la two got nervous waiting Tor our
guns 10 open up. | could not take my
,.,cS from my watch. crourhcd
against the IarIpct aud strained my
MUSCLE, in 4 l,:ilhlik" grip upun IN!
rifle. NS the hands on my Wat'h
showed ivu O'Clock Il binding rcl HARE
urhird uI, th" sky IN our rear 'i'h
iIlIud,r. IuIcrniNc'l with Il Sh'trl
nhIStlInu sound IN the ar over ""i
hr,,,I,s 1'h" shells from our GUNS were
Sp,UdIuG on their wdN toward tl' '''i
uiu lines. With on" accord the ni'h
sI,raug up on the liz" step ana looked
ul,r th, top III the direction "i tn"
German trenches. y line ui BURSTING
shells h.ht,d up M Mans Land. Th"
din MIS- terrific and the ground ir"in-
bI,d Then, hISh ahON" our heads We
could hear Il SIGhnG moan. cur hiS
h,,\, h,hind the lin" hid nl"ll'" uI
aud ?@'S aud l.-inCh shells c"iiihlth'
..l ,lropprnr into III" German lii'S'
The. llaSh uf the guns behind th' liiitS'
the scream of I'll" shells through lh'
air. and the ilIr" "f them, burSlilS'
WlS u spectacle lhtt put i"il 6'''''
rSt DISPLAY into the shade. The con
Siant pup. pup, of G"rintr hlt'hin'
guns and an uccaSiunal rattle al riilt
-,\, me the ImprcS>Iun Of hu"'
audlcicr arI,l:IudinS the work "i lh'
batteries
cur l>-puundcrS w"r" drStruyin" ia"
German harbcd wire, while inc
heavier stun WAS dcnolishinS their
trenches and biShinS i'll duGouts or
funk holes.
Then Fritz got busy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-08

II do not believe the people OF the
state are in the humor for unneces-
sary political agitation this year. They
want to win the war and they know
the only way to win 1t Is to hold up
President Wilson's hands. Any man
sent to the senate now from South
Carolina who would not sustain the
president whole -heartedly would be a
traitor to the best interests of our
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-08


The chaplains of the British army
are n fine, manly set of men and are
greatly respected by Tommy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-08

Nhe total Of gold reserve In the IL
American Federal reserve banks on
March 2, was $1,777, 1925, 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Movements of rates on foreign coun
tries were extremely narrow during. the
last week. and the volume of business
transacted was small. The market was
generally described as steady.
However, the undcrtone of the ncu
trail exchanges was easy, and bankers
explained that considerable settling Of
deferred accounts was taking place, as
a result of belief that for the rest
of the war there will be no important
movement of the rates against New
York. Exchange dealers anticipate a
gradual movement OF the neutral en-
changes to the normal PARTIES as
peace approaches.
Rates on London and Paris, though
substantially the same as the previ-
GUS week, were firm. Pesetas also
showed strength. but bankers attribu-
ted it chiefly to short covering, and
prophesied that it would soon begin
to act the same as the general list of
ncutrals.
If you calculate the cost Of tho dol
lar in terms of foreign money at par
valuc-that is. il YOU were buying dol
lars with pounds, marks or francs
value at the close of last week. as COM
pared with year ago, would be about
as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27
Aftermath of the Loan Drive

Philosophizing about the fourth Lib
crty Loan has been delayed because of
the hardness Of the official figures.
However, man who was in an excel
lent position to observe every aspect
OF the drive from the inside, in at
tempting to place his finger on the rea-
son why the campaign here Jagged so
perilously up to the eleventh hour, said
that the cause was neither the influ-
enza epidemic nor peace talk nor the
unsettled taxation situation. The big
factor in delaying subscriptions, he
said, was the fact that there was no
satisfactory formula by which the CEN
trail committees could inform every in
dlvidual and organization what their
precise share of the national quota
was. AS makeshift double the
third" was adopted. Then, too, the fact
that 10 per cent of the amount of the
subscription had to be paid down when
1T was filed induced many large sub
scrbers to withhold their bond orders
until the last minute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27

y The course of stock prices in the
last two days has indicated that the
restriction of speculation for the
rise need not produce important
liquidation, for there has been very
little pressure to sell, and prices
have held remarkably we'll. Yester
day trading was light again, the
turnover being less than half as
large as transactions on the proceed
ing Saturday, yet, in spite of the
usual selling by those traders who
prefer to close out their commit
ments over the week elio, the market
as q whole was decidedly strong. This
strength was especially noticeable
in the railway section, there being
hardly an exception to the advance
of these shares.
Dealings in railroad stocks have,
in fact, been an outstanding feature
Of market in which there were
many features of more than pass
irs interest. The average price of
twenty representative issues reached
. new high level for the year during
the week, and the expansion Of trans
actions was relatively much greater
than the increase in trading in the
industrials. approximately so per
cent of the total turnover last week
was in rails. whereas the average
for the year to date is only 10 per
cent.
The rising tide of investment in
terest in the transportation stocks is
probably to be accounted for by the
unique position which they will oc-
cupy in the period of economic read
justment that is expected to fol-
low the cessation of hostilities.
Whatever i'll fortune may befall the
industrials the railroads position is
secure for period of at least
'twenty-one months after the peace
treaty has been signed. No matter
what may happen to earnings the in
come of the railroad corporations is
assured. And it is considered high
~ probable that by the time the
guarantee period has elapsed any in
dustrial crisis that may meanwhile
have developed will have passed.
Moreover, there is very general
feeling that whatever disposition
may be made of the properties
whether they are returned to their
owners or permanently held by the
government - the security holders
will get fair treatment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27
Winchester Arms
Reorganization Is
Fully Planned
Approval of Capital Issues
Committee Now
Awaited

A committee of directors Of the VIM
chester Repeating Arms Company, con-
sisting Of Thomas G. Bennett, presi-
dent; George E. Hodson and Jam@ T..
Moran, has prepared plan of recapital-
ization providing for the formation of
new company with S13,000,000 capital
stock, composed of $10,000,000 7 per
cent cumulative first preferred. $1,000
600 cumulative second preferred
and 81 100000 common stock.
These directors announce that the
consummation of the plan is subject
to the approval of the Capital Issues
Committee. In a letter they further
say that majority OF the holders Of
stock row outstanding has already as
scented to the plan. which contemplates
an exchange of s7,300OGO new first
preferred stock for the 81 100000 stock
now outstanding.
The remaining s2.500,O00 first pre-
ferred, the $2,000O0O new second pre-
ferred and the new 100000 common
stock arc TO be turned over to kidder,
Peabody & Co. and associates, in re-
turn for which the company is to re-
ceive S3,500.00O cash for working CAPT
tai. All the voting power of the re-
organized company for the present is
TO be vested in the junior issue. The
first preferred which is callable at
lis, will have voting power when ac
cumulated dividends have exceeded T
per cent.
Pointing out the necessity Of some
means of raising new capital the dl-
rectors assert that "as there seems to
be little likelihood that the company's
normal commercial business can be ma
terially increased after the war, the
company will find itself with a large
plant investment, subjected to taxation
and depreciation, without sufficient
business to carry the various charges"
This situation, it is said, necessitates
the manufacture of new products which
involves learranging machinery, the
sale and distribution Of the products,
all of which requires time and money.
Wherefore it seems inevitable" says
the committee, that unless additional
funds are obtained stockholders will
have to face further deferring of
dividends while earnings are being
used for the development of the new
line of products
According to the committee. part of
the $S,000,000 note issue maturing
March / will be retired from the com
pany's earnings and surplus account.
in addition to this obligation there
are current liabilities aggregating
s9,0O0,O00, of which 100000 repre-
sents an advance from the government
against munition contracts. Stockhold-
ers asserting to the plan of recapitali-
cation are asked to deposit their
holdings before November Is with the
Union and New Haven Trust Company,
Of New Haven.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27
Coffee Costs u. S.
$113,OOO,OOO Yearly

The average American consumes ten
coffee habit is growing. according to
compilation of facts about the in
dustry by the National City Bank.
During the last five years Americas
taste for coffee has cost on the aver
age S113,0OO,0OO Importers price,.
Over the same period, an average of
1,175,O0OO0O pounds Of coffee year
have been brought into this country.
The United States government re-
Gently took control of coffee imports.
Brazil is, of course. the worlds chief
coffee producer, supplying, in fact,
nearly three fourths of the coffee of
the world. In the coffee year 10000
Brazil produced II ,285,0OO bags (of 1872
pounds each) Of the world production
Of 15,07O,00O; in 1911 l0,548,000, out
of the world production of 14,524,000,
and in the coffee year 1917'18. accord
ing to the best estimates now avail
able, Brazil's product was 100000
bags out of world total Of 100000,
the 1917-13 crop, both in Brazil and in
the world at large, having been larger
than in the preceding year, except
in 1906-'07 when the worlds total was
-o,ioo,UUU bags ana lnat OIL brazil w.
100000 bags.
The United States is entirely de-
pendent upon other countries for
coffee except that supplied by her own
islands. Porto Rico. Hawaii and the
Philippines. The quantity of coffee
sent from Porto Rico to the United
States in the fiscal year 1918 was
256,697 pounds. valued at $4,000, or
an average of about Is cents per
pound, against the average price of
about 9 cents for that brought from
foreign countries. Our own consump-
ton of Porto Rican coffee, however.
is but comparatively small part of
her product, since she sent to foreign
countries in 1918 about 4OOOO,OOO
pounds, most Of it going to Spain and
France, where Porto Rican coffee has
always been popular. We brought
also in 1918 about 100000 pounds of
coffee from the Hawaiian Islands,
valued at S276,000, or an average of
about Is cents per pound; while from
the Philippines the quantity imported
was extremely small, the only record
of coffee imported from these islands
in recent years having been in 1916,
l,2OO pounds. valued at S2O3
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27
1918 Boom Year
In Italian Markets.
Consul Reports
Experts Warn That Crash May
Follow High Security
Prices

Prices hav eswung consistently up-
ward in the Italian financial market
this year, according to report from
Consul North Winship, stationed at
Milan. The rise began in January and
with the exception Of a temporary re-
spite in March continued reach
ing it's highest level in July which is
the last month covered IN the survey.
The highest increases occurred IN
navigation lines. automobile manu-
featuring companies, cotton mills, real
estate companies, chemical and
electrical works. hemp end linen com
range from - per cont to 81 per cent
has called forth warning from
financial observers, whom Consul Win
ship speaks of as follows
Expert financial writers have de-
fined present financial activities as
being exaggerated. feverish, and I'M
wise, and as being likely to bring
about losses and disappointments to
capital and to create unnecessary dis
order in The market in the near future
The first half Of this year closed with
low prices for four companies alone,
while all the others showed increases,
some as high as so per cent, the most
remarkable having occurred in the
stocks of the Cotonifcio Veneziano
Venetian Cotton Mills), amounting to
104 per cent"
The following increases beginning
with February and ending with July
are noted: February, per cent;
March, 4 per cent; April, per cent:
May, 10 per cent; June, Is per cent
and July, 80 per cent.
The slight decline in March Mr.. Win
ship says, WAS due to the pessims-
tic feeling that then prevailed in com
mcrcial circles. Such conditions" he
adds, "prevailcd for onI, few weeks:
IN tact. IN April. 1918, prices exceeded
February quotations and in May, 1918.
were still higher. The subsequent
months OF June and July, 1918 we're
by very brisk demand
md exceptionally high prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27
The Money Situation

Prospects of easier money over a
temporary period. bankers say. are
based on the expectation of heavy
redeposits with banks ot government
funds on account of the huge Liberty
Loan payments made last Thursday.
Although only 10 per cent of the &c.
000,000,000 total was due, it is be-
lieved that when the full figures have
been tabulated it will be shown that
large number of subscribers elected
to make their payments in full. From
a stock market point OF view these
conclusions are construed as favor
able. even in the face of the money
committees efforts to check unwar-
ranted speculative activity by raising
the minimum margin requirements on
loans backed by Stock Exchange col
lateral. In some quarters, it was
predicted, that the call money rate
during the next few, days might fan
below the maximum rate Of per cent.
This may have accounted for the re-
ports current yesterday that some
banks had put out time money for
thirty day period
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27

whose machinery was already in the
field This tract is about forty
miles from the nearest railroad.
During the last month. operations
have been in progress on about 10000
acres on the Fort Peck Reservation in
Northeastern Montana. There are
many stretches where the ploughs can
so two and three miles without turn
AS the land is mostly dry land" and
unsuitable for winter wheat, half of
the 10000 acres is being prepared for
a spring crop and the other half will
be planted to flax. In the spring
another unit of 1000 acres adjoining
this will be ploughed for sowing to
spring wheat early in 1920.
There is declared to be a fair pros
pect for a total of about $4,000 acres
being under cultivation in 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27
Investment Outlook Favorable

Investment bankers are optimistic
concerning the corporate financing
problem which must be faced over
the next few months. The case with
which the S25,0OO,o00 serial : per cent
notes of the American Tobacco Com
pany were ovcrsubscribcd last week
was considered as most encouraging.
1t was stated that the amount of the
oversubscription was seven or eight
times the total of the offering, one
house reporting that its subscriptions
alone more than covered the issue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27
News Digest
New York
National City Company Prom

National City Company Promotions.
The National City Company ycster-
day announced the promotion of three
district sales managers to be assistant
vlce-presidents. They are A. A. Gust
ard, of Philadelphia; s. II. White. Of
Boston. and E. E. Allies, of WASHINGTON
Two new district sales offices have been
created at indianapolis and Hartford
with Burton Haines in charge of the
former and X. G. Herold in charge of
the latter. The annual convention of
the company's managers from the
thirty out-of-town Offices was brought
to close Yesterday at noon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27
Out of a Russian Prison

Many of the Commerce Bureaus for
eign representatives have been obliged
to carry on their work under trying
and often dangerous conditions during
the last four years, but the experience
OF Roger +. Simmons, lumber trade
commissioner assigned to Russian ter
ritory before our entrance into the war.
have probably been unique Shortly
after escaping from prison, where he
had been placed under sentence of
death, he wrote n. bureau the follow
ing brief account of the progress of his
lumber investigation while in prison:
"Whllc in prison found Two learned
ioresters, several sawmill owners, prac-
tcal men. and fcimer member of the
cabinet. Information received was vcry
valuablc.'
This shows an official av;Gitv for
data that speaks for itself Com
D,ercc Reports.