davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-27
Uncle Sans Working Force
Has Necessarily Increased
TO Achieve Country's Aims

For every FIVE helpers Uncle Sam
had in 1915, he had ten and fraction
in 1917.
This additional force was needed to
achieve the governments war aims.
Workers WEI win the war. It is the
business Of the civil service commits.
sion to sort these for Uncle Sam, ap-
pointing to government Jobs those
which best answer his requirements.
To increase the governments force,
the commission was forced to increase
its own. In reporting the busiest year
In its history, it speaks Of having had
to use $250,000 of the presidents spe-
cial emergency fund for national
safety, in its man and woman hunt.
Enough remains to tide it over till an
appropriation can be made.
One interesting thing found in the
report is that number of applicants
and appointees for various positions
found Uncle Sans pay too meager to
accept his positions when the appoint
ments were offered.
Five hundred appointments were
made without examinations in emer-
gency cases, for the first time in the
history of the commission.
A Observation-Disclosures system
was recommended at the foot Of the
commissions war story.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-27
potato as a wheat and as a bread sub:

potato as a wheat and as bread sub
stitute.
In the present food crisis all cereals
are precious; they will keep and the
potatoes won't. AS an emergency meas
gre increase the use OF potatoes.
Serve potatoes boiled in jacket.
creaned. hash-brcwned and don't for
get the baked potato. The family will
eat well cooked potatoes i,stead Of
bread. In some OF the London hotels,
potatoes are served with meat without
additional cost if no bread is ordered.
The suggestion is good II you eat two
baked POTATOES you will not eat muc4,
bread.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-03-27

Always on the job for quicker anG
better service that will stick" 1--WE
do it now" You will NOT be over
charged. Tourist Garage, Billy Keim,
PROP. tt
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
HIT BUT SAFE; PART
 OF CREW KILLED

WASlIINGTON Sept. 1o-Thc United States transport Mount Yer non, formerly the Princess CeCile of the Hamburg-American line, was tor pcdood recently while on the return trip from France, according to an uoUnccmont just made by the war de partmcnt The tOrpedoed vessel was not yitally injured, and was able to make a French port in safety.
 Thirty-five members of the crew are reported to have been killed by the explosion.
 Among those returning on the trans port was a congressional delegation, which included Senator James Haml. ton Lewis of Illinois None of these was injured.
 Cabling from France, Secretary of War Baker describing the battle be- tween the submarine and the trans port, said:
 "I wish the whole nation to know ot the splendid manner in which the huge transport foiled the attempt of the U-bo&t to destroy her"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
Players on Strike

For d time it looked though there would be no gam t" day. Both the Boston and Chicago players refused l." talk" tho field unless the national commission should dcid" immediate N regarding their demand for adjustment (" the players share the worlds series money, submitted o th" manage yesterday According to the players their sA" Woud be materially reduced account of the low attcn'ancr
 At 25 only player 'StutfN MclnnlS had appeared uniform The crowd, kept ID yell of ''lIAN ball Wm" players in the clubhouse talking the sltuaton Fifteen wounded American soldiers ill the randStand ted tn" crowds in singing cover Therc.'
 After wo-hour strike the national commission refused players demands and the players announced that they would conduct the remaining for the sake of the pubc baseba good name and for the soldiers and sailors present
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
B0LSHEVIKI SIGN MORE
 TREATIES WITH GERMANY

WASHINGTON. Sept. TO- Two treaties have been signed Berlin between the Boshrvik controlled Russians and Gr many They provide that if the Russians fight against the al
 lies in the north Germany will guarantee that attack against Russia will be made by Finland IL is assumed these treaties supplement the Brcs tovsk treaty between the Germans and RusSanS
 The colsting and fishing fleets of Russia and Finland in Russian will be morStrd and in return the Bo Shrvki agree pay Germany billion marks, of which billion is be in goods from the k,inc and half bi lions gold paper and the remainder is be paid in German marks Russian gold.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
ADDITIONAL REVENUE MUST
 BE PAID BY THE MASSES

WASHINGTON Sept. 1O Wealth is taxed to the strain ing point bv the bill declared Representa- tive longwoth of Ohio in the house today warning his hearers that additional levied hereafter must he borne by the people purchasing articles of daily necessity He commended the bill a whole and concluded hy saying:
 Thc German people, gagged and bound pay bloody trh inSatiar ambition of the l0cZocrl and citi zen rmbattlcd nations the Henry Ford the great )ucs is more surely immune from bodily harm than kaiSerS Sons who will be preserved for poStcy
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
WESTERN YARDS WIN HONORS IN
 SH|PBU|LD|NG

'WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-Western shipyards captured five of the six pennants awarded by the Emergency Fleet Corporation in July to speed up competition. Fremont, x. j., and Skinner X Eddy. Seattle, made the best steel shipyard records, and the Grant,Smith. Porter yard, at Aberdeen Wash. won the pennant for wood shipyards.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
UNREGISTERED THURSDAY SOON
 ID BE DRAF TED.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1o.-Provost Marshal General Crowder announced today that the first call to the colors of the men registering under the new draft law on Thursday, September l2, will include men of from l9 to 2o and from &2 to &f. To be ready Tor calls beginning in October,
 Questionnaircs will be sent out i'm mcdiatcly. Many of tn" young men will enter the army training corps as students.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
PROMOTIONS OF PR|vATES RAPID
 AT CAMP LEWIS

CAMP LEWIS. Sept h One hun dred priyates and non-commissioned officers in the quartermaster's de parcment have received promotions Many of these men were from tn" recent drafts.
 Promotions are being made in large numbers daily, and Lieutenant Colonel Walter Neill. assistant chief of staff, who was once an enlisted man, says that any many in training from now on should obtain promotion in a few
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
Hemming In St. Quentin and La Fere

The French made important toward th" southern end of the Incnu line La Fcr and captured th" line northeast the of Ir>z The French north of a, Frr captured the of R"Zgny Mont"cont, Blzrr"IrS, Clan tres Sovincourt c Grdcs Ronpy and Enreiers, the last being within three and one half miles of st. Quentin.
 An official statement says aa south o St. Quentin the French have captured Gborcou and progressed toward Hi naucourt, ESSiglly and Ie Grinle
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
ALLIES CLOSE IN ON THE HUNS
 AT ST. QUENTIN AND LA FIBRE

precautionary fighting, which yesterday ccntcrd south of Cabln, south of St. Quentin, and on the heights north of So Sor three vital spots for the Germans, who resisted drspc aclv but uSurccS>nly. German artillery active from AI Rheims indicating that the Germans fear further with draW It k believed however, that General FocI will not al low dig themselves in they did after the first bat Ic of the Marnp
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
IS SHUT 0UT---
 CHICAGO STILL IN RACE

BOSTON, Sept. 1o-T The fourth game in the worlds cham lion>p baseball series developed reaction th" part of the Cubs. who made d last ditch fight, "Ilppo' Nau4hn the Cubs big >oulnW, succeeded in stopping the SoN, Wh" W"" helpless before his speed and mytifyng service" The Cubs defense, also 9Iittcr with sparkling plays, and twenty thou. saId spectators amlau'rd the visitors
 Leslie MHnn the Cubs left fielder, up steep "mI@nk mrnt the ninth and fell he turned ball from McrS hat but recovered himself and made the atc second later IoIoclrr. after hard sprint, robbed Hoover of hit with great catcI
 The Cub, scored in the third inning, when IloIochor walked and in Mrmi~ double. Two more were made in the seventh. when FIack Wbd Iloorrr beat out bmt and both scored P;,t' two base hit. The ro'" NH> Hs oIIoWS
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
A German Report

BERLIN. Sept. IO.,rhr British yesterday continued hc attacks along the omn" HmI1 road says official stat" non. formidable thrust by the British against toIZcIc"ur and EI'Sv s reported The Germans rrpuSr the French Hd vancrs between the AiSnr and the \rSIr
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
Germans Completely Repulsed

LONDON Sept 1O.-Ihr Germans today attacked against the positions by the British of GouZacourt General lig that the Germans rtulScl com
 Iotcv The British advanced their line south of iaVrncout, in the the Flanders front Tn" British also prog of NruVr tArI and north of AnncltioI.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
Deluding the Russians Soldiers

EXCHANGED. Sept 10.-Many of the Boslevik engaged against the allies ignorant regarding the identity of the forces they fighting. according to many officials Some o the captured olsevki declared their commanders claimed that soldiers dressed uniforms of the allies masquer adng Russian White Guards while another thought they fighting the Germans
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
PRESSING ENEMY AT THREE VITAL SPOTS
SAYS KAISER AND SIX SILLY SONS
 SHOULD HANG


 CHICAGO, Sept. 1o.-"l hope the Americans will cap turc the kaiser and his six silly sons and bring them to America to stand trial for the I.usitania murders. and that all seven of them will b" hanged by the neck until they ar" dead" declared Governor Harding of Iowa in an address delivered here last night on "Thout shalt not steal.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
SIXTEEN MINERS MEET DEATH IN
 |VANA|MO MINES

NANAIMO, E. C. Sept 1o.-N cage carrying sixteen miners today dropped three hundred feet, and # k believed that all were killed The cage caught in the shalt near the bottom and is being brought to the top.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
EXPLORER STEFANSSON'S
 PARTY LANDS IN ALASKA

AN ALASKA PORT, Sept. lO-Five members of Explorer Sefanssons party led by Stofson, landed pack off the northern Alaskan and intended to drift westward to- ward Siberia in search of lands of Prince Patrick an according officers of the Setansson vessel which has reached here route Outside
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
Associated Press Summary

INDATED-Thr French yesterday made fast progress ill closing in upon st. Quentin and lH Fr along the southern of the IIindcmbur line They within miles of La Frrc and three and half miles of St Quentin Near La Fcr the French pushing toward the north of th" st. GobAln bHSiom, defending I.aon.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
Haig Piously Announces Capture of Prisoners

LONDON, Sept. 10-ticnerH liaig announces that the British have captured 7OOO prisoners and 050 guns in the past weeks In his conmunique he says ''Wc have passed through many dark days Peas God will The has spent his effort.'
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
ASSISTANT IS NAMED
 ID SECRET TARY LANE

WASHINGTON. Sept. 10.--lierbert kaufmann. author and editor, has Teen appointed special assistant to the secretary of the interior.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
FISH QUOTATIONS

SEATTLE. Sept. lo.-Tho prices for fish at noon today were as follows. Halihut, I52.c; sahleGsh, tc, linz and red cod. &@lc.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
NEW DUTCH CABINET
 TAXES UP ITS DUTIES

THE HAGUE, Sept 1o.- The new cabinet has taken ornce and enters l. Ruisos de Brcrenbrouck is premier and minister ul th" interior.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
AUSTRIANS TIRE
 OF LOSING FIGHT

LONDON, Sept lo.-Tho continued advance Of the allies on the western front is crcat- ing profound impression in Austria-ITungary. According to q Zurich dispatch the recent
 departure of Austrian troops from Vienna caused riot scenes.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
INCREASE OUTPUT OF
 NAVAL MINES FUR SEA

WASHINGTON. Sept lo.-The. navy department announced today that the daily output of mines was now one thousand
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
ALASKA STOCKS

NEW YORK. Sept. 1O.-Alaska Gold, 27s; Alaska Juneau, lM
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-14

Erarbuck's answer was wordiesA
With . quick twist u the pilot wheel
be sent the car skidding around the
corner, using undue haste, a. II
seemed. since they had two hours BE-
fore them. A few minutes farther
along the lights Of the town had been
left behind and the car was speeding
swiftly westward on . country road
par-lleling the railway track; the
road over which Smith had twice
driven with the kidnapped Jibbey.
"rm still guessing" the passenger
ventured. when the last Of the rail-
road distance signals had flashed to
the rear. And then: 'What's the fran
tic hurry, BillyT
Starbuck was running with the
mufiler cut out. but now he cut It In
and the roar Of the motor sank TO .
humming murmuE
II thought So" he remarked, turn
Ing his head to listen. You didn't
notice that police whistle Just as we
were leaving the courthouse. did you?
nor the answers to It while we were
lodging through the suburbs7 Some
body has marked US down and passed
the word, and now they're chasing US
with 4 buzz-wagon. Don't you hear
itY
BY this time Smith could hear the
sputtering roar Of the following car
only too plainly.
"It's Z big one" he commented.
"You can't outrun It, Billy; and, be-
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-14

While you were phoning IN the garags
! put one policeman wise-to nothing :
HE WAS looking for mer'
sSurs thing-and by name. Wen
fool around here In the block streets
until the Judge has had time to show
up. Then I'll drop you at the court.
house and 60 hustle the sheriff for
you. You'll want Harding. take itr'
aYeA I'm taking the chance that
only the city authorities have been
notified In my personal affair-not the
county officers It's \ long chance. Of
course; ! may be running my neck
squarely into the moose. But it's all
risk. Billy; every move In this night'a
game. Head up for the courthouse.
The Judge will be there by this time"
Two minutes beyond this the car
was drawing up to the curb on the
mesa-faclng side Of the courthouse
square. There were two lighted win
dows In the second story Of the other
Wise darkened building, and Smith
sprang to the sidewalk.
"Go now and find Harding. and have
him bring one trusty deputy with
him: III be ready by the time you get
back" he directed: but Starbuck walt
ed until he had seen Smith safely lost
In the shadows Of the pillared court
house entrance before be drove away.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-14

around the plaza, and beyond to the
less brilliantly Illuminated residence
dlstrict-whlch was not the shortest
way to the courthouse.
You mustn't pull Judge Warmers
leg. JohD," he protested, breaking the
purring silence after the business quar-.
ter had been left behind; "he's too
good man for that"
Il shall tell him the exact truth, so
far as we know It." was the quick
reply. There is one chance In thou.
sand that we shall come out of this
with the law-as well as the equities
on our side. l shall tell the Judge
that no papers have been served on
~, and. so far as ! know, they haven't.
What are you driving all the way
around here forf'
This 10 one Of the times when the
longest way rouzd Is the shortest way
Aome,r Starbuck explained. THE bad
sews yr~ were looking foe has came
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-14
He Took His Tin Hat on.

A man staggered down the trench
with blood running over his face and
over his uniform. There was so IT.
tie room at this point that we had
to flatten against the wall to permit
him to pass. Close behind was an
other soldier with a small red cross
on his sleeve, not a Red Cross nurse
as they never are at the front. He
started to tell us that the wounded
man had just taken his helmet of
but the wounded man preferred to
tell the story himself. Il just took
of me tin hat to scratch me blooming
top piece when whang Shrapnel. And
now It's me back to blighty under me
own power" He wobbled on.-London
Chronicle.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-14
A KLOND|KE TO THE
REAL FARMER
Western Canada Crop Estim1k
ed at $4,000, Makes p
$4,000. I'D

Messrs. Harris, formerly on b.
bon, Iowa. wrote the Audubon 1oyo-
cate" expressing their satisfaction o1
things in Western Canada. They 10
Gated at Makepeace, Alberta. They
say there are those who make good,
and those who fail. The former are
those that land agents refer to when
advertising their land. But" contin-
ues the letter. "A great many Of the
farmers in this vicinity pay for their
land with their first crop. A man
near here bought section Of land In
the year 1915 for $23 per acre. He
broke 800 acres Of the land during the
summer Of 1915. In the fall Of 1919
be threshed 10000 bushels Of wheat,
which paid for his land, all expenses
and had balance Of $4,000. In the
fall Of 1917 he threshed nearly %
much of the other half Of the section.
At the present time he would not take
$50 per acre for his land.
ave have had five crops In Alberta.
The two dry years (1914-1917) our
wheat made 20 and 80 bushels to the
acre respectively. In 1915 we raised
30 bushels of wheat to the acre on
summer fallow. The best results are
obtained by plowing or breaking In
the summer, working 1t down In the
fall so that It will retain the moisture.
Thus farming one-half your ground
each year.
"Persons owning land here and still
living In the States should, II they
don't feel themselves able to come up
here and finance themselves until they
could get their first crop. get some Of
their land broken and worked down
In the fall before they come. The
next spring they could come and put
in the crop. fence and put up their
buildings. This way they have to
wait only one summer for their first
crop.
ut Is not advisable for a person to
come here in the spring. break ont
land and put It In crop the first year.
because the moisture Is not In the
ground and failure IL almost GER
tain unless 1t is an exceptionally wet
year.
zone Of the boys from that locality,
Mr.. Peder NJ. Jensen came to Alberta
last spring. He bought a 5000 Rum
ely Oil-Pull engine on the 9Th day Of
June, 1917. After that date he broke
1.100 acres Of prairie sod for which
be received an average Of $500 per
acre.
"Mr. Hansen from your community,
was up ere last fall with several
prospective land buyers from that
neighborhood. At that time be In
Quired the value Of the crop on the
section we were farming. We told
him that 1t would probably make In
the nelghborhood Of $4,000. This
same crop when sold brought nearly
$4,000. The most Of It being sold
when prices were low for the year.
Advertisement.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-14
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been a household remedy all ovse
the civilized world for more than half
a century for constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling that accompanies
such disorders. It Is q most valuable
remedy for indigestion or nervous dys.
pepsia and liver trouble. bringing on
headache, coming up Of food, palpIta.
ton Of heart and many other symp.
toms. A few doses Of August Flower
will Immediately relieve you. It Ii .
gentle laxative. Ask your druggist
Sold In all civilized countries.-Adv.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-14
CHAPTER XVI.
Freedom.

tTSSQ0Uvs
On the northern bank Of the Timan.
yoni the Brewster street, Of which the
wagon bridge ID prolongation, be-
comes a country road, forking . few
hundred yards from the bridge ap-
proach to send one Of Its branchings
northward among the Little Greek
ranches and another westward up the
right bank Of the stream.
At this fork Of the road. between
eleven and twelve o'clock Of the night
Of alarms, Sheriff Harding's party Of
special deputies began to assemble.
Under each mans saddle flap was
slung the regulation weapon Of the
West-a scabbarded repeating rifle
and the small troop punching itself In
the river road looked serviceably mill
tant and businesslike.
An automobile rolled silently down
the mesa road from the north and
came to q stand among the horses.
The sheriff drew rein beside the car
and spoke to one Of the two occu-
punts:
swell, Mr.. Smith, we're all here"
allow many1" was the curt question.
"Twenty."
"Good. Here IL your authority
handing the legal papers to the officer.
Before we 60 In you ought to know
the facts. A few hours ago . man
named MGraw, calling himself q depu.
ty United States marshal and claim
Ing to be acting under instructions
from Judge LorchIng's court In Red
Butte. took possession Of our dam and
camp. On the even chance that be
isn't what he claims to be, we are 60
ing to arrest him and every man In his
crowd. Are you game for 1T"
I'm game to serve any papers thai
Judge Warmers got the nerve to II
sue." was the big mans reply.
"That's the talk; that's what ! hoped
to hear you say. Was Stanton arrest
edT
HE sure was. Strothers found hin
In the Hophra House bar. and the lint
Of talk he turned loose would have se'
q wet blanket afire. Just the same
he had to 60 along with Jimmie ant
get himself locked up"
"That Is the lrst step; now II you'rt
ready. we'll tuke the next"
Harding rode forward and the I'D
vance began. For the first mile or X
the midnight silence was unbroker
save by the subdued progress noise.
and the murmurings Of the nearb,
river In Its bed. Once Smith took tht
wheel while Starbuck rolled and light
ed cigarette. 1t was Starbuck WHIT
harked back to the talk which hat
been SO abruptly broken on.
Lets not head Into this ructior
with an unpIcked bone betwixt us
John" he began gently. "Maybe | sait
too much, back yonder at the foot o.
the hill"
(To BE coNrrNUED.)
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-14

been thrsequsrtess n m hour Of skill
ful driving over 4 bad road to come
between Smiths remark and its ~
ply. but Starhuck apparently made no
account Of the length Of the interval.
you're aiming to 90 and 80 Cor
yT he asked, while the car was
coasting to the hill bottom.
.Yes."
With q sudden flick of the controls
and 4 quick jammlng Of the brakes.
Starbuck brought the car to . stand
Just as 1t came Into the level road.
"We're man to man here under the
canopy. John: and Cory Baldwin
hasn't got any brother" he offered
gravely. "rm backing you In this
business fight for all I'm worth-for
Dick Maxwell's sake and the colonel's,
and maybe q little bit for the sake Of
my own ante Of twenty thousand.
And I'm ready to back you In this old
home scrnp with all the money you'll
need to make your fight. But when It
comes to the little girl It's different
HIVE you any good and fair right to
hunt up Cory Baldwin while things
are shaping themselves up - they
are7"
Smith met the shrewd inquidtion
fairly.
"Give II q name." he said shortly.
Il will: I'll give It the one you give
II a while back. You said you were
an outlaw. on two charges: embexzle-
ment and assault. Wen let the as
sault 90. But the other thing doesn't
taste good"
II didn't embezzle anything. Billy.
| thought I made that plain"
$50 you did. But you also made II
plain that the home court would be
likely to send you up for It. guilty or
not guilty. And with thing like that
hanging over you you see, !
know Cory Baldwin. John. II you
put 1t up to her tonight, and she hap
pens to fall In with your side Of it
which is what you're aiming to make
her do-all hell won't keep her from
going back home with you and seeing
you through"
"BIlly. l may never see her again.
l said wouldn'. tell her-that /
loved her too well to tell her !.
but now the final pinch has come, and
IT.
"And that isn't ALL" Starbuck went
on relentlessly. There's this Miss
Rich-acres. Your hands amt clean,
John; not clean enough to let you 60
to HIllcrest tonight"
Smith groped In his pockets, found
q cigar and lighted It.
"Pull out to the side Of the road and
wen kill what time there Is to kill
right here" he directed soberly. And
then: "Whnt you say is right ~ right,
Billy. Once more, I guess. / was 10
coed for the minute. Forget It; and
while you're about It, forget Miss
Richlander, too. Luckily for her. she
Is out Of it-as far out Of It - !
am"