davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
GERMANS THREATEN
STATE SECRETARY
BLUFF HAS NO EFFEcT-TURNS
DOWN PLEA THROUGH SWISS
THAT RINTELEN BE FREED
In Exchange For London-Latter Is
Described as alleged American"
in Warning To Hun To Beware of
Rcprisals.

Washington.-Sec of State
Lansing, in note which bristles with
defiance, has refused a demand from
the German Government for the re-
lease by exchange of Captain-Lieuten-
ant Franz Won Rintelen, master-spy
and plotter. A threat to institute M
prisals among United States prisoners
is hurled back with the warning that
the fate of all Germans in the custody
of the United States depends on strict
adherence to accepted international
practices. A note received in the
State Department on April 20, through
the Swiss Minister, proposed the ex-
change of Siegfried Paul London, con-
victed by the Germans as a spy in
War saw and given 10 years penal serv-
itude.
The difference in the station of the
two prisoners and their respective val,
ues to the Governments concerned is
ASoAiuSu do a oAll lll6 CAdihpAG OL NCl
many's unwillingness, at any time, to
make a fair bargain. Siegfried Paul
London is referred to in the German
communique as citizen of the Uni
ted States AS matter of fact, he
was born in Leipsig Of German par
ents, and has lived in Russia during
the last 16 years. He took out natur-
alizatiOn papers in New York in 1887.
Captain-Lieutcnant Won Rintelen is
one of the most conspicuous figures
connected with German intrigue in
this country and England He was
custodian and disbursing agent Of the
great fund, estimated at $lj,000,0L0,
placed at the disposal Of Count Won
Bcrnstorff. former Ambassador in
Washington. He was convicted only
few months ago on charge of con
Gpiracy and sentenced to serve two
years in a Federal prison. He now
IS in Atlanta and is likely to stay
there, according to the authorities.
Great interest was attached to the
arrest of Captain Won Rintc!e3, ow-
ing to the assertion that he is rela-
tive OF the Kaiser. This is regarded
as certainty at the State Depart ]
ment that the prisoners connection
with the German nobility is the direct
cause of the measures taken to obtain
his release. In Entente diplomatic
circles the reply made by the United
States is regarded as firm and entire
iy consistent with the principles rep
resented by the established war pol
icy of the Government On April 20,
1918, the Swiss Minister presented to
the State Department the following
lote from the German Government:
On December 20, 1917, the mer-
Giant and interpreter, Siegfried Paul
citizen of the United States, /
was condemned to death by court |
martial at Warsaw for war treason as |
4 spy. The Governor-general of War
saw, exercising judicial clemency on
January 3, 1918, commuted this SEN
.ence to ten years penal servitude. |
According to facts established at tie |
London obtained citizen
ship in the year 1887. He is married .
. an American citizen, Mary Leon
lard
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
WE'VE GOT FRITzs NUMeER!"
American Wounded, Returning To
Paris, Are FranticaIIy cheered.

Paris.-American wounded arriving
in Paris direct from the new battle at
Chateau Thierry, on the Marne, were
frantically cheered by crowds lining
the streets to catch glimpse of them.
The Americans were all cheerful, de-
spite their wounds, and the story all
had to tell might be summarized in the
words Of one: We've got Fritz's
number. He doesn't like to stand and
face u.s."
A lad from Hoboken, who, together
with a pal captured two German ma
chine guns, taking the crew prisoner,
declared: They all yelled 'Kamerai'
in a hurry"
He was carrying back his pal, who
was wounded, when he himself was
shot four times in the back and shout
ders. His pal was killed, but the
young Hobokener managed to limp
back to safety.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13

Bost0n.-The gilded dome of the
statehouse is to be painted or covered
with canvass so as to make it less CON
spicuOus to possible air raiders. The
statehouse commission decided on this
after a conference with army and navy
officials. The dome is gilded with %
carat gold and in normal times is illu-
minated by nearly 500 electric lights.
The lights, however, have not been
turned on for more than a year.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Obeying the Behest.

During the times of peace, when
there was no food shortage, farm
er walked into grOcer's little shop
with a firm step.
II want that tub Of butter" he said
'and that lot of sugar, and all that
other stuff"
Good graciOus" said the widow
who kept the shop. Whatever do
yoL want with all those goOds?"
Il dunno" said the farmer. scratch
ing his head, but, you see, I'm the
executor of your husbands will and
the lawyers told me 1 was to carry
out the prOvisionsw
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
To Locate Enemy Property.

Washington .-CitIzens generally
were called upon by Alien Properly
Custodian Palmer to aid in the work
Of locating enemy-owned property. In
L statement explaining President vii,
sons recent proclamation extending
the scope of the custodian's powers.
Mr.. Palmer said the public could as
Eist materially by noting carefully the
classes Of people now classed as enc
mics, and reporting property owned
by them in the United States, together
with the names of the executors, ad-
ministrators or custodians.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Huns Waste Four Torpedoes on Ship.

LondOn.-A Belfast steamer, torpe.
doed by German submarine while
bound from England, has reached an
Irish port badly damaged. Three of
the crew were killed by the explosion
of the torpedo. No fewer than four
torpedoes were discharged by the SUP
marine. The vessel was maneuvered SO
adroitly, however, that three of them
missed their mark. The attack was
made at night. At daybreak the YES
sci still was afoat, but we'll down by
the head The crew, which had aban-
doned the ship, went back on board,
although the forward deck was awash,
determined to take her to port
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Production of Fuel Briuuets.

The output of fuel briquets in the
United States in 1917 was 40G,856 net
tops, valued at 81. 233, ,SSS, an increase
over 1916 of 111.101 tons. or 3S per
cent in quantity. and of $7SS.22G, or SO
per cent in value, again breaking the
record Of the previous year
According to c. L. Lesher of the
United States geological survel. depart
ment of the interior. the demand for
fuel in 1917 was 50 strong throughout
the whole year that there was no lack
of market to limit the production of
the briquet manufacturers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13

With the French Armies in France
The sharpest fighting continues
around the sector of Veuilly-la-Pote
ries Bussiares and Bouresches, where
the Americans and French have beer
attacking shoulder to shoulder fol
some days, making almost uninterrupt
ed progress, Notwithstanding strong
enemy resistance. The French com
pleted the capture of Vilny, Veullly-la
Poteries and the heights southeast oi
Haute Vesnes.
With the American Army in France.
American marines attacked the Ger.
mans and gained 31s kilometers (2A
miles) over four-kilometer front (21z
miles) and capturing 100 prisoners in
the Chateau Thierry sector. The
French, attacking at the same time
on the left, took 100 prisoners. The
Americans killed large number of the
enemy, and themselves suffered very
little casualties.
The Americans now hold all the i'm
portant high ground northwest of
Chateau Thierry. The marines made
their second attack which carried the
American forces to the edge of the
village of TorCy, into positions whence
they now are overlooking and COM
manding the railroad to the eastward
The Americans sang and whistled
yankee Doodle" and cheered as they
went over the top. They made their
way swiftly through the German dead
that lay strewn in No Mans Land.
The fight started at 3:45 o'clock in
the morning, and the Americans had
attained all their detectives at 7:45
o'clock. The Americans have been
pressing the Germans so hard that the
enemy has been forced to throw three
new divisions of his best troops in the
line during the last three days. The
Americans are like tigers. Their COM
manderS have all they can do to keep
the men back. Even the wounded are
enthusiastic and eager to fight. They
are proud of their wounds. A General
who visited field dressing station
said he was elated by the sight.
The Americans stormed the enemy
positions through a terrific hail of ma
chine gun fire, but, pressing onward,
they burst through the unconsolidated
German defenses, scattering the Ger
mans before them like chaff and in
fiCting bloody losses with their rifles
and automatic pistols. The American
advanced assaulting waves broke clear
through the enemy's lines, approach
Ing within AGO yards of Krupp field |
gun positions, and in two instances
American groups "infItratod" right
among the enemy gunners, routing
them and preventing them serving
their pieces.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
WILL SURRENDER SHIPS.
Russia viii Turn Black Sea Fleet Over
To Germany.

Paris.--M. Tchitcherin, Russian Boil.
shevik Foreign Minister, has sent a
wireless dispatch to Ambassador Joffe,
in Berlin, according to a dispatch re-
ceived by the Havas Agency from Mos
COW, announcing that the Bolshevik
Government is ready to surrender the
Russian Black Sea Fleet to Germany
on condition tnat the warships be re-
stored to Russia after peace has been
declared and that the Germans refrain
from using the vessels. The condi.
tions also stipulate that the German
invasion of Russia shall come to an
end
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Engine Figures in Wreck.

Louisville, Ky. - Ten passengers
were injured, several of whom may not
recover, when Louisville G Nashville
fast passenger train, bound from Gin
cinnati to Birmingham, was wrecked
four miles north of Shepherdsville,
near Huber Station. The train was
speeding southwark at the rate of 60
miles an hour when a split rail caused
it to overturn. Six coaches were de-
rallied and two overturned. A relief
train was dispatched Immediately
from Louisville, and soon was on the
scene.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
After ProfiteerS

Washington. In response to the Sen
ate's request for information on prof
iteers, disclosed by income and excess
profits tax returns, the Internal Rev
enue Bureau is preparing a report
which is expected to disclose that
among the classes showing high rate
OF profit last year were coal operators,
oil producers, mining industries and
wool and cotton manufacturers. Addi-
tional information will be furnished
Congress from time to time as returns
Gre ana.yzed. In no case will the iden-
t.ty Of any taXpaEer be disclosed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Steamer Sunk of Maryland Coast.

New Bedford, Mass.-Two whalers
which arrived here reported they had
been held up by German submarine
of Cape Hatteras. Captain ]. T. Con
sGlyes, of the schooner A. NJ. Nichol-
son. said that on his pleading with
the Captain of the U-boat that he
was poor man, and that the loss
Of his vessel meant ruin, he was al
lowed to proceed with his ship and
$4,000 cargo of sperm oil unharmed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
First Of Four Plants For Filling Shells.

Washington.-The first of the four
great Government plants for filing
shells with explosives is being oper-
ated, according to a report from Gen
eral c. c. Williams, Acting Chief Of
Ordnance to Secretary Baker All the
plants will be in operation by August,
it is believed, and will load total of
cost about $5,OO0,OOO, and each will
cover from 1000 to 5000 acres. The
four plants daily will load 100000
three-inch shells, $4,000 six-inch pro-
jectiles, 10000 eight-inch or larger
and $4,000 of the At howitzer shells.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Keepinn up the Game.

"Smirh is a great golf bug, isn't heT'
said Brown.
"Yes," replied Jones. "He kept his
hand in all winter and had practice
every day."
But how could he practice In WIN
ter when the links are closed?" asked
Brown.
eve walked downtown every morn
ing. and every 200 yards he would
swing at an imaginary ball with his
cane," replied Jones. 'Then he would
cuSs a blue streak and when he got
downtown he would drink a Scotch
highball. Sentinel.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Ban on SIGNS May Be Renewed.

Washington.-L tless nights,
which were suspended under the day
light saving plan until September l,
may be resumed. Fuel Administrator
Garfield said he had learned thac many
electric signs were turned ca in day
light, and if such abuses continued he
would have to again Put the ban on
signs, probably with restrictions even
more stringent than they were before.
Fuel Administrator Garfield announced
the appointment of J. B. Neal as Di-
rector of Production of the Fuel Ad-
min a5tration.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13

Seattle, Wash-Twenty-three steel
and wooden ships to be launched July
I will be the response of the Pacific
Northwest to the United States Ship.
ping Boards appeal to make Independ.
cnce Day one to be remembered by the
enemy. Four steel craft are to be
launched at Seattle, while the same
number will be launched at Portland.
Tacoma will launch one. In addition.
wooden ship yards have pledged IA
ships.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
New Railway Reniments.

Observation-Disclosures of five
new regiments and 10 battalions of
railway engineers for service in France
has about been completed ty Samuel
NJ. FELTON,, director general of military
railways. They viii add $4,000 men
to those already engaged in railroad
construction and operation in France,
said an announcement by the War De-
partment. Nine regiments have gone
across. Six are engaged in construc-
tion work and three in operation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
City Employees Will Help Harvest.

Owensboro, Ky-City employees and
county officials will use every means
at their command to assist in harvest
ing the wheat crop which will be ready
in the early part of the current week.
The City Commissioners will offer to
the farmers of the county 25 of the
employees of the municipality at no
cost whatever to them, Commissioner
Hickman announced. AS many more
as may be spared will be sent to the
rural districts to help.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
Flour, Hay and Grain.

Flour, Hay and Grain.
Flour-Winter patent $10.90@11.35;
rye -four, Northwestern blended, $40
GIL.
Hay-No. 1 timothy s1S.25@19 so,
No. S16@17.5O, No. 1 clover mixed
$15.50@16.5O.
Oats-No. white 771s @7Sc, stand.
ard white 771sc, No. white 77D771sc,
No. mixed 70k @71kc, No. 3 mixed
69h07O7c.
Corn-White ear $1@1.55, yellow ear
SlQ1.5O, mixed ear $101.5O.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
451sc, centralized creamery extras 43c,
frstS 4Ohc.
Eggs-Prime firsts Bic, firsts soc, or
dinary firsts 26c, seconds 251zc.
Live Poultry-Broilers, IL to 2 lbs,
55Q60c, fowls, lbs and over, &c; un.
der 4 lbs, &c; rOOsters, 1Shc.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Shippers $11@17: butcher
steers, extra $13.5O015, good to choice
$11.5041S, common to fair $S.5O611:
heifers, extra $12G14, good to choice
$11Q12, common to fair $7501105O;
COWS. extra $11G12, good to choice
$9.5O910.75, common to fair $6.75@
$50; Gamers $707.50, stoekers and
feeders $9.50@11.
Calves-Extra $15915-25, fair to
good $1S5O@15, common and large
$T.50911.
HOgs-Selected heavy $16,S5617,
good to choice packers and butchers
SIT. medium and mixed SIT. stays $40
G12. common to choice heavy fat
sows $12114.75, light shippers SIT,
pigs (110 lbs and less $15@17.
Sheep-Extra s1S01S.25. good to
choice $1201S, common to fair S5,60
OH
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Three Killed and Six Injured.

st. Ciairsville, O.-Mr. and Mrs.
William Ceilers, of Bellaire. and Lii
liar Paden, 1 year old, of Martins Fer
ry, were killed in an automobile col
lision on the National road east of
here while six others were hurt. The
cars crashed while trying to pass each
other and the occupants were thrown
to the brick pavement. CelIers was
president OF the Bellaire Brewing Co.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Good Exercise for Children.

Brief running exercises are q splen-
did means for expanding the lungs
and increasing the oxygen consump-
tion on the part of children. Thus
the runner is forced to breathe and is
certain to get the result which is not
always possible from the standing ex.
erciseS. A distance of 500 feet, and
without strained effort, is far enough
for the six-year-OId child to run at
first. To increase the amount might
bring on fatigue and dislike for the
exercise as well as lowered vitality
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
New Mail Route,

Chicag ago.-Authorization for the first
airplane postal fight between Chicago
and St. Louis was received here from
Assistant Postmaster General Prayer.
Miss katherine Stinson, aviatrix, who
recently few to New York, will be
sworn in as mail clerk, to leave here
on the st. Louis trip June %. She Will
make survey o. the territory and re-
port on the possibilities for regular
aero mail service between the two
cities.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Gets 20-Year Sentence,

Oklahoma City, Ok,a.-Orville c. En-
ED. Socialist candidate for Congress
against Jas. Y. McClintic, Seventh Con.
grcssional District. was found guilty
BY Federal Court jury here on indict-
ments charging conspiracy to obstruct
the selective service law and sentenced
to 20 years in the Federal prison at
Leayenworth, Kan.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
90 Of Every 100 Wounded Recover.

Ninety of every hundred
American soldiers wounded in the
Cantigny battle will recover. This is
the judgment of the principal sur,
geons in the American Army Medical
Corps, which is caring for them. The
wounded were brought away from the
fighting line without delay when the
battle was at its bitterest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Cheerful Greeting.

The other day l went to a bakery
shop in the West End. While | was
waiting for my war bread In came
man in khaki who had just returned
from the front.
"Why, Lieutenant" said the bak-
eress, 'are you back? I've been look
ing anXiously for you every day in the
casualty Iist."-St. Louis Star.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Mine Is Struck Rv Hosni+s, Shin

The Hague.-The hospital ship Ko-
ningin Regentes, having on board the
English delegates to the Anglo-Ger.
mar war prisoners conference at The
Hague, struck mine off the English
coast Four firemen perished, but all
Others aboard were saved by the hos
pital ship Sindoro.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Big Battle In TranscaueasIa,

London.-A big battle was fought
IL the Kars district of Transcaucasia
May "a, resulting in favor OF the Rus
slams. the Exchnge Telegraph CORE
spondent at Moscow wires. The Turks
and the Germans are retiring along
the Ardahan road and the population
is being massacred. the dispatch de-
claTes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Cold Wave Hits Eurone.

AmSterdam.-A sudden cold wave
has struck Central Europe, and spread
over Holland and Scandinavia, accord
ing to reports from many points.
There have been local snow falls, hail
storms and severe night frosts.
Widespread damage to the grain, fruit
anC potato crops is reported.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
oh. You "pixle" Tune.

The Houston Post notes that ''sOme
Cincinnati feIler is writing new words
for Dixie" and it discOurages him
with
NO use. Few people have ever
learned the old words. 1t is the Dixie
tune that plays the wild with human
emotions and makes patriot want to
yell and shoot holes through the en-
emy."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
/. w. w. Are Sounht

Sault Ste Marie, Mich-Authorities
are investigating the explosion at the
power plant of the Schedunk Lumber
Company, which resulted in the loss
of two lives and the serious injury of
one man. l. w. w. sympathizers, said
to have been employed by the COM
pany, are being sought.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13

st. Louis.-Leo Miller, arrested in
connection with the inquiry into the
fire which destroyed $1,000 900 worth
of army supplies, was ordered interned
by local representative of the De-
partment of Justice. 1t was learned
that his name is Brecht, an alien.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
House Protects Birds.

Washinc'on.-A bill giving effect to
treaty between the United States
and Canad9 for the protection of song
and migratory birds, was adopted BY
the House, and goes now to confer
ence. Under the treaty the open sea-
son for game birds is limited in both
countries to three and one-half months
N each year.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
May Use Russian Fleet.

LondoL.-The whole Russian fleet
remaining in the harbors of Odessa
and Sebastopol will be manned by
German crews, and it is rumored it
is intended to use the warships
against the allies in the Mediterra.
mean.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
LEDGE Struck BY Japanese Freiahter

A Pacific Port-Striking on ledge
in a dense fog off the North Pacific
Coast, the Japanese freighter Aikoku
Maru, said to be the first Japanese
vessel taken over by the United States
Shipping Board, is in a precarious con-
dition and may slip of to deep water
a: high tide, according to a message
received by the local Merchants ,Ex-
change
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Austrians Mass Men for New oriv.

Washington. - Dispatches from
Rome said it was believed the expect
ed Austrian offensive would start
within few days. The Austrians. it
was said, are bringing up about 60 o:
their best divisions and are massiHg
cavalry on the Lower Piave.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Raider rorpedoes British Shin

Misunderstanding of the Brit
ish steamship Harpathian. 100 miles
off the Virginia Capes by German
submarine, was announced at the
Navy Department. The entire crew
was rescued by the steamer Palmer.
which arrived in Chesapeake Bay.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Explosion Kills Many.

Paris.-Much damage was done by a
violent explosion in a plant in which
war materials were being manufac.
tured at Baussens, in Southern France,
near Aries, a Havas dispatch from
Marseilles reports. The number of
persons killed or injured is large.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
soothe ltchinu Skins

With Cuticura. Bathe with Cuticura
Soap and hot water, dry and apply the
Ointment. This usually affords relief
and points to speedy healment. For
free samples address. "Cuticura, Dept.
x, Boston" at druggists and by mail.
Soap 25. Ointment 25 and 5O.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Prisoners Total tS2

Washington,-There now are 1873
american prisoners of war in Ger
many, with ZIG civilians, including
some sailors, in internment camps, the
War Department announced.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
Seven u-Hoats In Atlantic Waters.

London.-Patrick Devitts, Genoa cor
respondent of the Express, learns from
Hamburg advices that seven U-boats,
three of them of the latest and largest
type and the other four of a smaller
size, are operating in American waters.