davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07
TEXAS PRESS
TEXAS GOES FORWARD

Good" is The word the Federal Re =
Herve Bank uses TO describe the busi-
ness outlook In the eleventh reserve
district An viii agree that II is. Hut
Also men Of greater optimism than
bankers permit themselves To indulge
ia will feel that the prospect deserves
to be characterized by more glowing
adjective Certainly as TO Texas. which
1 is almost the whole of the eleventh
reserve district the outlook must seem
TO hc something than merely good"
One could find several reasons FOR the
Opnion that Texas faces the brightest
prospect II has known in decade, or
course much rs contingent ON the crop
outturn But we may count on that
rather confidently, both for the reason
that the soil Us In better condition now,
over the whole expanne 81 Texas, than
I Ii has Been IN three years What Is
of cuual assurance. We have the GER
tainty that the prices of all farm prod
ucts viii continue hish, oven though
they should decline somewhat below
present levels. and, as to cotton, we
know from experience that when the
crop is short the price goes W corfc
spondinglN So that the misfortune falls
but little ON the producers. II ~
worthy Of remark p,lenthetlcailN that
TeNns IL not SO dependent now Tor It's
prosperity as It used To he on the crop
outturn. There is reminder Of tins
fact nj the statement made 10y MI
Nathan Adams Of Dallas the other day
that the value of Texas OIL production
has come 10 be almost half the value
~ MS agriculture production Just
what the rank OF the oil industry b.
has probably not been determined. but
u has undoubtedly become far moro
important than most OF rs have imag
med
Texas could count or "A year of on
traordinafy prosperity even " /, should
have only It's share Of that which ia
bound 20 come to the country as a
consequence of the wars ending A
great uuicKenmg aud expansion of
business is inevitable both because of
the imperative need 10 repair the dam
age done by the war throughout the
world aud because OF the buoyance
which peace has given to the spirits Of
mcn everywhere who plan the great
PROJECTS whoSe execution marlss tho
worlds economic progress. Thousands
of enterprises which the war put IA
allegiance have been revived by peace.
and the realization OF these viii afford
employ meni for everyone who wants
10 wofN Texas Viii be no exception /.
IN fact enterprise rs apt to We more
greatly revivlfied here than in most
states, because being so rigidly add
Just"d 10 the requirements OF peace
our industry has been more Than nor
mally slowed down by the conditions
lOf war In the matter OF building
alone there Is certain 90 be q great
impetus. There is hardly a city and
llarge town In the state that has not
loutgrown les housing. building opera
tons will he limited chiefly by ths
lsupl,ty Of labor and that fact assures
Ian abundance of employment at higl
wages. The difficulty here and every
where VIII not be 10 find employment
for mea seeking labor. hui 60 find met
Tor cmployments seeking labor.---tial
weston News.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

Casualty Lists
secrJoN NUMssR ONE,


Washington, Dec. 6.-Ths following
are reported bS the Com
manding General OF the American EA-
forces, Killed in action.
GO: died 81 wounds. 81 died 81 aeci r
dent and other causes, rs, died OF dis
ease. 9ga. wounded severely, $40;
wounded. degree undetermined, go;
wounded slightly. 2iS; missing IN ac-
ton. ~. Total 1919.
The following Texans are included IN
the lists:
Died OF Wounds.
CoRrORALS.
Edward Il. Hunt, Ammonia.
Lewis Leroy Smith. Dallas.
FRINATES;
Robert W. Meyers, Bowie.
Paul Young, conroe
.Ioseph l.. Early. Boyd.
Died From Accident and Other Causes
Private eddie w Norden' p@isas.
Died Of Disease.
Cook Roy Pollard, Center CITY
PRINATES;
villa Bolt, Rice.
Earl g. Bryant McCregof.
F,tz u. l.. ocltzcn, West Point
Otto hereek. Robstown.
George Horton. Curtis.
George \. Kohl. White city,
Joseph l. Smith, Mckinney.
STANLEY " South, Gatesyille,
tienry Y. Thornton, Boyd.
Alex Marcoux Mccord. San Antonio
Thomas r. Munn, start
Hanson o'Ncii. BtazoFla.
Wounded Severely.
Serst Bonnie y. Anderson. Crawford
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

Miss Prior charity worker was
visiting q certain woman IN small
country town Four little children Ia
N" family all wore giarscs
20 the mother ~ seems thar all YOUR
children have trouble with their eyca."
There ain notlinr the matter with
their eyes. maain" said the mother.
THEN why 10 YOU dlHflenre them
with those rilssea 2" asked tho visitor
wonderinrly
The woman stared 90 her caller cold q.
~ and ansrily why | think they
ioa,, Iovcisi" she said y like glasscs
on little children | think they're real
1resss TIL Hits.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

dug up my last ten spot and J PIT
Il In bond and Baker put It into
shells and sent Il Ger the pond. \
Pcrshing lad picked up q shell and
stuck 1t IN gun that sent II screech.
Ing through the sky with message FOR
The Hum The shell arrived In ifritzie's
midst Just ~ his German finger
reached out TO fire shell Of gas and
give our bows "hlingcr." That Iiochc
shcll win never start 10 gas a Yankee
boy. and every time I miss that ton
my hearts well OF JOY ! know
only loaned 1t and It's going 10 bc paid
back but I'd ho glad 10 lose 1t, lust
20 give the Hun thnt crack.--H. ~
Milwnrd. in over the Top.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07
Delightful Mae Marsh Stars in "mone.
Md y

Although she has everything 10 make
a girl happy. Elslo Dean ~ miserable
because ~ her d!stiuet Of her step
father, Martin Ross When she re-
turns from school and finds him sur
BOUNDED by Objectionable people. the
girl cannot forget the strange Illness
which overcamc her mother and re-
suited in her death and the presence
ihen rs now % sinister Hindu IN
the house. OsfonsibIy a servant Sima
Dominates Martin Ross through the
latters weakness Tor things occult,
And there ~ t'tnettc Lisbon
She Is beautiful creature u doubt
fui reputation whose desire ~ to marry
tho wealthy man and get possession
Of the splendid pearls left BY E.lsie's
mother Tor the girl
Prompted by her sweetheart Elsie
asks Martin Ross for the treasures and
is delighted 70 receive them promptly.
Al once Elsie and Billy Gavin have the
pearls appraised and both are shocked
10 learn that they are of little value.
Elsie liz sure that ahe has been tricked
and concciyes a plan that shall an
mask Martin Ross and his question
able friends
Arrayed Ia the costume OF an
oriental seercss. Elsie awaits the
coming ~ F'anette. who rs lured by
islsies stories Of wonderful fortune
teller Fanctte's visit rs followed By a
call from Ross. who Is alarmed al
what Elsie tells him about the inn
pending fate Of the pearls
He hurries 20 see II they nre safe
and their hiding place * reyeaied TO
Fanctte who shoots Ross when he
attempts 10 regain possession 81 them.
Cunningly she fasfen3 The guilt on
Eisic's sweetheart and makes on with
the pearls
Again Elsie has recourse 10 her trick
and under her skiifuii probing Fauettc
disclosos the hiding place. Detectives
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

Corporal Marion = Boone WIGHT,
Fails
pRIVATFS.
Collier Bradford. Gilmor
Ernest NJ Daughertv Kaufman
Horace Tecumsoh smith Giddinrs
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
LiF,JTENANTS
Fred G. Gardner San Antonio
William g. Bates. Cushing
Corp. Louie G. Medford. Hico
PRIVATES
BIN n Atkinson Sherman
Wiley Z. Iiolcomb. Mt Sclman
Edwin G. Baker. Rock Island
Alvin ID. Baker ri McKavett.
Carl Lawson. Austin.
Edgar ~ i.cissner. Seguin.
Robert owen Mineral Wells
James r. Hester Robuick. Jonesboro
ASA G. Bechiol. smithfield.
Grady A. Pool. Clarssyiilp
Wounded Slightly
Lieut. Robert X Batten. Rusk
SERGEA NTS.
Frederick =. fvcy Paris
Robert r Piackc, Lincoln
CORPORAI.S
Albert l.. tathcrcz Humble
William s. Currin Vernon.
Adan Abrego, Laredo.
Henry w Bolton I.ongvicw
Neil Elroy Cummings. Houston
Chesie Black. Elsyianfield
Mechanic George Case. Montgomery
Cook Gus $. Paulson. Houston
PRIvATES
Anthony ". canizsro. Beaumont.
William A. Terrell. Kinssvfile.
Solomon y. Vickers. Ruckholtz
William a. Killion salmon
Manuel Lopez Brownsville
Christian =. Wise Stonepoint
Louis Yaeger. -Hebbronviiie
Otto Meier Thrall
Marion Francis Rector. Erie
Fred Sackett. Burket;
Martin l.. Upton, shannon.
Luther r Vaughn. Cameron
Hayden G Hathaway. Paris.
William NJ rs'ibble. Mansfield
Ava j. Lackey. Dale
Luther :. Moore. Reagan.
Arthur l.. Tate Irving
Kyle G. Crawford, Mt. ~elmau
Leonard Il. Dauieil, Dcivalle-
claud Douglas Fleet. Fort Worth
Charlie q Harris. Rosebud.
Henry Blihartz. peaisaii
Charles G, Coppcla. beaumont
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

blast. Work Tor foreign recon.
atruet,or will also require TIE ssrv.
ices Of all kinds 81 handicrafts.
different foreign countries will hslp
keep busy the testilc willie shoe
factories, and ether establish.
llshments.
Then, too. there 10 another
aspect OF tho labor situation. IN
normal times Il was necessary 70
keep getting new human working
material from abroad In order 10
meet the growing needs 81 tho
country. This immigration has
virtually ceased, IN the year 1914
more than 100 900 foreigners
esn,e here. and there wac no dit
feulty 10 absorbing them. Why
there should be great eommosion
IN absorbing few nillion rctura.
ING Americans coming back grad.
usiiy. especially as there "a now
an efficient organization for So
curing employment FOR them, which
was not the case with regard 10
the irnr'iorantsf'
We sTc reminded hN the finnnch
editor OF the Now Yorl. Tribune th4i
there Il an estimated shortage Of thrc,
millions u farm iahcrcra. md that mi
farm workers who won't into the Arms
or tho msnit.on factories arc sure "a
be re-cmploycd on Tho farms Young
Americans who have joined the NavS
and wish 20 continue u Sailors life viii
lind an onportuniiy awaiting them IN
our new merchant marinc The Dallas
News points out
Tho United states Government h.
preparing Through rs War Labor
Policies Board a program OF after war
readiustment intended to prevent un
employment. lowering 81 labor stand
ards ana wages. and possible business
depression. Tho FIRST step we read
IN the New York Trihune's Washinv-
ton correspondence Is Ia he tho iunu
gufation Of public works on . largo
scale. including Irrigation and reclaim
alton projects highways. waterways.
and railway construction IN appeal
IS to lee issued TO states and munici-
palities to RESUME NJ once an public
work which had been cuitailcd Or
abandoned because OF the war IN tho
third place. the War Finance Board,
the Capital Issues Committee the Ped
eral Reserve Bonrd and Congress VIII
he asked to cooperate In the conver-
sion OF war plants 10 peace plants
The curtailcd and suppressed mon -cs
scntlai" industries win hc helped 10 get
back To normal as soon as possible
Soldier labor and war work lnbor are
TO be diverted 10 tho Farms ms Ear as
possible Finally u is planned 10
utilize our soldiers abroad ms long as
possible in the labor of reconstruc-
ton IN Europe.
Besides the soldiers. there is the
great arm, OF workers IN Mar-lndns-
try For their sake and Tor the sake
Of their employers there IL TO be. ac-
rording to Assistant Secretary OF War
l'rowcll "A tapering Off o. war-w work.
giving time for industrial read lust
mcnt and for the industry to take up
,lvilian work" Rrigadier General Guy
F. Trip, who has Just returned to his
duties with the Westinghouse Com
pany, declares that the transition 20
peace basis viii be largely accopp-
ishcd within ak menths From Lit
irary Digest.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

Robert =, Lee. Hamilton.
jnmesJ Adams Wills Point.
Harry Rcn, Coleman
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
Scrgt. Charles T.. Fox. Dallas
Corp. Harry y. Stromuuis,. coupland
pRtNATES
John Harris bachold. San Antonio.
kenneth Hays Dunn. Victoria
Alvin Frederick. Manriccvilie
Wcsilcy Johnson, Ruen
John w savage. Tell.
Wounded Slightly.
Corn. Ellie y stephens lola
pRtNATES
i.ennlc Hal. Grand Saline
I.ooney A. tIutchips. i}loombcrn
Francis Motifs. Cameron
hefbcrt l. Payne. Marquee.
VIM 4. Ellsworth. Talls.
Ina a MilIer EedhA
James =. Elack Maiakoff
Rogers W Camp. Graccton
Joseph ". McGowan. Crisp.
James Oliver Travis Ifnmkee
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

IN Old sailor approached y farmer
Tor meal one day saving he was
willing to work
y VIII give Nnu meal" said the
larmen ~ ,on viii round up those
sheep on the common thrre and drive
them into this foli
In three hours time the sailor came
back, looking hot but happy
CHANGING over the gate in tho field
the fArmrr saw the sheep safely In the
field "Thcrcs hare sitting ny
among en-" hr exclaimed.
10 you mean that little fellow
thciey' asked tDe alior. 'Whv that's
TIE iii,ie begTer who gave mo ~ the
trouble / though, ID was "a lamb"
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

SECTION NuMeeR TWO

Washington, Dee The following
casualties are reported by the Com
mhnding General Of the American T.x
nedjtionary Forces Died ~ disease.
no. wounded severely ~ wounded.
degree undetermined SOL wounded
slightly. 3f2. Total. see
The following Texans are included ia
the llafo
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

Young Irish CONSTITUTE Ihc TlrHt
time he was placed on bea, arrested a
man for disordcriy, conduct When
stating the case st the police court he
vns asked by the magistrate,
"Dld vuu give this man warning be-
fore taking him into custody
'pi did yer honor Oi said to him
Disparrc! an hc rayfused '--lioston
Troue4t-iuf
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

\ lire escape has hccn Invented tliat
resembles a giant tape measure as Il
consists OF steel ribbon which IN
rolls from within a circular easing az
a person deseents while seated IN a
sling At the end.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

49,.
"Ni -" e'"n'''' ha'' ~ tn' 'ei""n
IVY "'n' wv N''"'
.'''''N" Wv" ''"'hnN "e "'ai inc
,'''''''" NFlnN ~ SUI nln'' ana hpY
wv ~N'f'n"V''n ~ NhAh arms ava
warns oN 'Nn' We Army may renew the
W. " wy ''t'n'Hn p'"lhF may hein
~ "a" nr " 70 restore order'
W." "aF. 'n' 'opre' 'snitA'' thete
NNHfiN W h' rNN'A "no Y expects
49, .N.''''''en '',H, 20 Ne ""an'tle +,
y" ~ '"'"'" "'"' N'p' toI a" matter
,s....,.,,,,s..,,. 49, ',' 1850 ,, ~
\ Am.rican ,,e,cn. ,,,,. 49,, ,.,,.,,,.., Xxx,
wtii t.... ..t,,. $500. ......,.,, ~ .',l,' :.
Amn,,e,, o.,,,,,a ,t,,,, ~ ,4,...,,... .,.'.'.,
sa,., 49,, ..,.,..t
rnn,,ent -, ,.,o,, ,.',, a .,,,,.a :, ~,
ana III *. ,,,.,,,,. .,..., ...,,l,.., 49,.
German, h,s ,.n,ta a,,. .,,' ,,,',. ~
ON. TENN 20 ~, a,,.,,.,,,.,,, 49,, -.
~, owns ~ he ,rc,,d >. ~, ,,n.,',s'.
49,, ~aus .,d ,..,,,.. -, ~. 49,.
hand wants a mintsutsm or pAlice wor,,
and docs NOT consider IL nouf business
o. that Of our allies 4, nso armies IN
order Go esiRhliph IN Central Baron.
lnnN particular government or form OF
/ government" ii VIII I've resne,nhe,-
"a that after our entrance Into the
war MIR Hears,'s pnpcre deelulrnod
against ecnring any OF our bows to
take part in O European uuhrrcl. and
opr readers may he Interested an
knowing their attitude now The, do
niand that tho povernmcpt should az
once bring the bows home The Now
York American declares thar Ameri
cas- object IN the wai Is accommodated
II observes that our associates great
and small VIII get territorial Oh other
compensaiions. and argues that
az tho tjr,,sd e.,,.. !. 49,
foreion 20 Euro,. % h,ve a.. 80.
OF is var.oos.. r.;r,h,,r..d 80,
OF Eurore,x ,.set. I, 80
onablv follo,,. .h,, 81. u.,,.s
States il also for.;oc s,ou,h a.
Europe 70 be unJsr ~ s.r,biv 81. /
liastion 20 iner.a.r Euron.,. a..
set. bv earrx;,c q, ~. .rn.,.n,.
work cf polieiru Europea, .,,,s, !
which are /, disorder
s'e 1",opo"" governments
az poeNe''"s ,"e Jams o'
-. ~" W s"e", pay ane
80 " '"en '~" ponce FORCES
~, p'o'..''S 70 ne '"eeu ~ oe
"lS"s.'N =, ~ ',.'o,"" r'eh ~ me
..... ~ S''''i,.'
=. , =" - ~ we h,'"' "'',ieu"P
III re.psnfpinS them INTO industry
rms uiiiicutN Is being met 10y their
"''' ~ wv ~"
operation % the Government and
ptl'aVe empowers IN furnishing ON
p,'S'hent oh November - General
"ni'h Nsueu orders ioI inc denobiii-
~",'oh OF the lirHt 2oo.ouo' HIS plan to
,e'e"Sc mem nN niii'arN units mas
~ ''oui''e"' ACCORDING 70 'hc wash
ns'oh CORRESPONDENTS aiter confer
enuc pe'Ween the secretary OF war the
,,es''ei's y i-apor' ana some OF inc
governments spech" Apoi AUTHORITIES
:. nay 70" peeh decided aceoruins 70
ny -" '"'h ih'puhe correspondent
a. $3.50 ~ '''e N'en "''o,u'nR :" yer
.tso' 'D' "hu occup',iohai eitssivc"
.,o'''' HS' VI an 'n' Soiu'ers from
~. @iN'' "sr'cnitur"l suites WIN ne
$3.50" % 9ooi' az iosh'p'' :" neip
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

Australian Wild turkey hens lay eggs
in common nests that hold half a
hushcl or more. cover them with soil
and decaying vegetable mattor aud
leaves thcm FOR the heat o. deccnpo-
sitson So hatch.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

The dict during and after influenza.
'iorilck's Matted Milk, nsurisalnx. di-
ges,ible.--Advt.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07
WEATHER SUMMARY
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE


Weather Bureau
Weather bulletin for the ~ hours
ending .. m. 18th meridian tine.
Friday December 8. 1913
Stntlou--- MAXI Mini
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

Among the sanding devices Invented
TO prevent automobiles kl>iddiug Is one
which. operated by lever from the
drivers seat. pours more sand before
the rear wheels the nearer It is moved
to them.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

Scicntists in Europe who have test :
ed the effect of various food plants
containing Iron on the human system
have succeeded in making some vege
tables absorb more iron from the soil
than normally
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07
PRONE s.

Address an business communications
and make on, an chccks drafts, money
orders and express orders 60 The Caller
Publishing Company. An items, ar
ticlca and communications should be
adrcsscd to Editor. Corpus Christi
Caiicr.
s--~-~.-->~~-->----~--~>
Entered as second class matter nj
the poatoffice "a Corpus Christi. Texas.
~->-----------~~-----~->
CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN
TO ADVERTISERS
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07
ECHOES OF SCIENCE

Operated by gasoline engine or an
electric motor. portable scoop cor :
ycyor has been invented that enables
enc man TO load wagon In lar less
time than the work could be done with
a shovel.
TO tcst textiles an Enslishman has
Invented a machine 10 pass fairies un-
der microscope while al the same
time they are subjected 10 powerful
electric lights above and below their
surfaces
For automobile tourists ilreless
.rooker. refrigerator. vacuum bottles
and dishes and silverware for SIX per-
sons have been combined In an OUTFIT
that can be carried on cars running
board
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-07

Corporal Marion r Boone. wichita
Fails
PRIVATES.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-05-16
FOMENT|NG ANTLDRAFT RIOTS
IN PENNSYLVANIA COAL REGION

operating under general orders from
the court.
Bush testified that in some dis
tricts the l. W. w. had become so
strong that it was necessary to call
the state police into service to pro-
tect United Mine Workers. Bush ano
Herbert Smith, sergeant of the Penn
sylvania state police at Wyoming,
Pa, last summer testified that
Prashner, In an address at Cocky
Glenn. Pa, last Labor day urged op-
position to the governments war
plans and concluded War Is hell
Let those who want to, 90 to hell"
Smith said that Prashner criticized
the president the form of govern
ment and told his hearers that If all
would become | w VS., they would
not have to do military service as
the organization had taken the ques-
ton of the constitutionality of the
draft law to the United States SUI
preme court.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-05-16

tBy Associated Press)
The Germans continue their mac
tivity In Flanders and Picardy. No
where have the infantry operations
by either side risou in Importance
above patrol engagements.
North of KENNEL, where the Ger.
mans on Tuesday gained footing on
Hill No. A, the lost vantage points
have been retrieved through persis
tent counter attacks by the French
Not alone were the Germans forced
to reeede, but the French advanced
their line and also took prisoners.
Likewise south OF Hailles In the
Amiens region, the French have
taken another bite into the German
line and successfully warded off a
German counter attack. The Ger
mans suffered heavy casualties.
Throughout Wednesday the British
we're left alone by the German In
fantry
Although the enemy is keeping his
infantry to the trenches he continues
to use his artillery vigorously against
salient positions held by the British
and French all along the front, es-
pecially against Field Marshal Haig's
forces south of Albert and against
the French north of KENNEL. The
French north of Montdidier and be-
tween Montdidier and Noyon also
have been under an intensive fire.
American aviators in the Toul sec
tor are continuing to perform notable
deeds Of bravery In the air against
the enemy fliers. Wednesday three
additional planes we're shot down in
this region by Americans The
French. in recognition OF the bravery
OF the Americans decorated five OF
them with the French war cross.
The meeting between the German
and Austrian emperors at Grand
Headquarters seemingly has been
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-05-16
ARTILLERY ACTIVE
ON BRITISH FRONT
ny ASsocIated Press.,

LONDON May l6 (vla Ottawa =
Much local enemy artillery activity
Is reported on various parts of the
British battlefront in France. During
the night gas shelling in the Flan-
ders and Somme areas was accom-
panied by a harassing fire against
the line from Wieltie, near Dicken-
busch lake, around Hinges, at st.
and against Villers-
Bretonneux, Corbie and Vioux-sur-
Somme. A southwesterly wind was
blowing across the battlefield.
The only infantry fighting in which
the British were engaged has been
minor brush southwest of Ridge
wood The French al Hill No. A
were heavily shelled during the night.
The position there IS somewhat OBJ
scured
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-05-16


CHICAGO, May 16.-Pennsylvanla's
tight to suppress the antiwar activ,
Tiles Of Industrial Workers Of the
World was described today by wit.
nesses called to substantlate the gov.
efnments charges OF seditious con-
Splracy against ll2 leaders of the
o'ganization Three witnesses. all of
Hcers OF the law, told tales Of law
essness by members OF the organi-
la'lon and named specifically three
usIendants Albert Freshmen. John
nadaza and Joseph Graber. as teach
eS OF sedition in the anthracite re.
sohs OF central Pennsylvania.
Counsel for defense made futile
Efforts to bring into the records ad-
MISSIONS that the big mining com
panies owned the barracks occupied
" 'he Pennsylvania state companies,
'ulnlshed uniforms of its members
"uu also issued instructions to county
aulnorities relative to dispensing big
labor meetings
george F Bush. Wilkesbarre, Pa.
auerlu Of Luzerne county, asserted
uuS' The past activities of the l. w.
w. made 1t necessary last summer
break up their seditious meetings
s'iore they got well under way. "He
1'u seen their blowing up of houses
uu other acts of violence" Bush
sO'u OF breaking up an |. W. W. meet
s al Rilldale on June II and ar.
,'S'lng Prassner. BaIdaza and era.
Se'' all of whom he declared we're
preaching opposition to the war
Under cross examination he ad.
4'''ed that he had no specific orders
VT breaking up the meeting but was