davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

Westward on the front between NoNon
and Chateau Thierry, seeking 10, al
vance along the three great valleys
of the Disc, Ourcq. and Marne.
But along every one OF these roads
now that the intentions Of the Ger
man high command are revealed the
resistance Is increasing hourly. AS
result. the enemy's prOgresB Is pro-
portionately decreasing,
In the battles on the extreme LETT
Of the new front the German ehorts
to reach the Oise a. barred by an i'm
mense chain Of high. forest-covered
hills, including the forests OF Laigue'
Comp.egne, and Nillers-Cotterets'
which constitute a natural fortress.
The Rheims defenses are Earring Ger
man progress on the extreme right.
On the western flank the Germans
are thrusting simultaneously or the
AudiCnicourt-F Fontenoy line, and on
the Crise river line, farther 70 the
south. with the double object OF at
tanning the Oise valley and eneircIlhs
the VfIIers-Cotterets forest. The lat
ter nov constitutes the Boches' prtn-
cipal immediate objective. Here they
are employing their famous innltra-
ton methods, consisting OF attacking
not where French resistance Is strong
but IN seeking out the points where
French electives are fewest' ana
then by means OF their vast numeri-
cal superiority, in altering into inter
veninE valleys, ravines, and other
natural cover until they can outhanS
this French resistance
AIIied Line Stronger.
The steady arrival Of French re-
serves. however, Is strengthening the
entire line and rendering inhltration
constantly more difficult. This Is
particularly noticeable at Chaudin'
where the Germans sought TO filter
through the gap between the forests
of Compiegne and Nillers-Cotterets.
With their efforts to =each the
Oiss thus checked and their advance
westward along the Marns meeting
with determined resistance, the
boches naturally are throwing the
bulk OF their efforts into the valley
OF the Oured.
The entire battle front now meas
ures I2O kilometers (T4.52 miles)' d.
vided into three sectors--Noyon 10
scissors. so kilometers US.63 miles, >
Soissons to Chateau-Thierry, 10 ki-
lometers (2T.945 miles), and Chateau
Thierry to Rheims, 45 kilometers.
The Germans to date have engaged
nifty divisions 100000 men).
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
FEW DROPS AND
CORN LIFTS OUT
Says there is no excuse for cut
ting Germs and inviting
loekjaW.

Sore corns, hard corns. soft Oorns
or any kind Of a corn can harm
leasly be lifted right out with the
fingers II you will apply directly
upon the corn a few drops OF fresz-
one, SAYS a Cincinnati authority.
Il Is claimed that al small cost
one can get a quarter Of an ounce
OF freeZone at. any drug store which
Is sufficient to rid ones feet OF every
corn or callus without pain or sore
ness or the danger OF infection
This simple drug, while sticky,
dries the moment il is applied and
does not inhame or even irritate the
surrounding tissue.
This announcement will interest
MANY women here. for II is said that
the present high-heel footwear Is
putting corns on practically every
Woman's feet
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
100000 Refugees From
War Zone Reach Paris

PARIS, June 5.-Nearly 100000 refugees mostly wo-
and children have arrived from the Marine districts and
have been sent into Normandy and Brittany
American motor trucks aiding in TRANSPORTATION of
thousands of refugees from the city into the country dis
trets to the northwest The the stations are pa
thetc Paris citizens meet the children and aged persons
with gifts of food and clothing.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
ny HENRY WOOD.

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES ON
THE MARINE. June 3.-The Germans
progress having been checked TO the
eastward and southward, they are
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

Have yOu paid your IneOne Tax.
Kick in and help 10 kick the Kaiser
out.s
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

and the battle which started at once
lasted several minutes.
Thirty-six officers and men have
been cited by a divisional order for
bravery and gallantry. Among them
were:
Capt. H. w worthington, Lancas-
ter, Pa; Lieut.. Z. 3. Hope, Walter
boro, S. c; Lieut.. T. L. Wood, Phila-
delphia; Lieut.. J. p. Ratajcak, Lieut.
A. c. Parkinson. OF Petersburg. va;
Lieut. J. 3. Bush. and Lieut.. NJ. r.
Harrison; Ssrgt. T. J. Wade, Sergt
T. Y. Hammer. of Riverside. y. j.:
Sergt. A. N. Johnson. and Corporal
7. W. -Fritts.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12
MORE VANDALISM
The Huns Now Start Campaign Of
t- Blacknail

Paris, Oct 1.-THE Huns are at
tempting Il titanic blackmail against
France,
Officers recently taken prisoners de-
clare. it Is the Germans intention to
razc- northern France as completely
as they die the section over which
they reflected from the Somme.
They intimate that General Luden-
dorff plans to make the country such
complete desert that the advancing
allies will be unable to live in it.
But the most sinister purpose be-
lieved to be behind ehe threat is the
hope. to create in France a sentiment
fayofing stoppage of war, as a means
of saving the, historic cities and
towns Of France and Belgium from
sacking, burning and dynamiting.
The low mines now Wrechng
Cambria lave sent wave of rage
throughout the country The Ger
mans have made another blunder II
the psychological character of the
people.
| Had the French or their allies ever
entertained the slightest idea of hold
ling out to Germany any peace propo-
sition, not the slightest vestlge o
any such idea remains.
The Temps asks what will be the
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12
Sincere Sympathy

Publisher Harry E. Parker of the
Bradford Opinion will have the SYM
pathy # alr the newspaper men in
death ri his son, Lee Parker, in a
naval hospital at Norfolk, Va. The
young man had been working up in
the printing business with his father
and sister at Bradford and was oc-
cupying q responsible position there
when ne answered call to the colors,
joining the navy and being assigned
to the printing observation-disclosures
County Mnl,itor.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12
FAMOUS FOREST DESTROYED
Germans Leave Destruction an
Dcsolation in Their Wake

Paris, Oct, 11-Whcn the Belgian
troops broke through the formidable
enemy dcfcnses and occupied the ia
nous forest of Huthulst they found
that great wooded area had been
completely destroyed, not a single tree
remained standing throughout the
vast domain. The huge forest dates
from the 9th century. It extended from
Dixmude to Ypres and covered 200
square miles. Throughout the en-
tire region utter desolation prevails,
the charred stumps of trees extend
ing for niles over the blackcned
Landscape.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12
Express Rates, Too!

Now that the national government
has completed the consolidation of
the various express companies into a
single enterprise, and by a general
closing up of branch Offices has
greatly impaired the service formerly
rendered to the public under private
operation, a general increase in eX-
press rates will not be delayed long.
The prediction can, indeed, be made
with reasonable assurance of accu-
racy that a general increase amount
ing to 10 per cent. OF more will be
authorized before a great many days
have passed. The Interstate COM
merce commission will pocket its
aversion to such procedure, and with
the habits of docility which it has &C
quired during the last nine months
will amiably indorse the increase Of
rates.
There is some complaint among
shippers that prolonged and public
hearings are not given on such mat
tiers as they were in the old days
ID
tray deficient acquaintance with the
spirit and the ideals of the new re-
gime. Public control of the rail
roads is assumed to be quite an ade,
quate compensation for poorer ser
vice and higher rates. The financing
of railroads, express companies anc
the telegraph service is being place.
upon the same basis as the financing
of national, state and city govern
ment, namely the basis OF spending
all that is available. and then asking
| the public for more. When the gov
eminent desires to increase the take
it does not resort to the interstat
commerce commission or to any 9th
CT commission for leave. Why, Their
should we expect anything of the sor
when it wishes to mulct the public i
some roundabout ,way?-Boston Hel
aid.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12
TOWN SOLD
English Municipality Bought by a
Sportsman

London, Oct. IA whole town of
$500 inhabitants, with a recorded
history dating back to the time of the
Saxons and Danes, Shaftesbury, in
Dorsetshire,s has been sold. The
greater part of the municipality
acreage and buildings, part of the es-
tate of Lord Salisbury, has been pur-
chased by James White, nationally
known sportsman, for 100000 pounds.
In the terms of sale, Lord Stall
bridge announced, was a provision
that the town be offered to the May
or and Corporation at a reasonable
price, and if they are unable to pur-
chase it, to the tenants. If neither
option is taken each Individual tenant
IS to be given opportunity to buy
his home.
Another section of the Stalbridgc
estate, the market town bearing the
family name, also has been offered
for sale.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12
THE ARMIsfICE
Wendell Phillips Stafford in the
Washington Star

Wendell Phillips Stafford in the
Washington Stal
Hit 'em Albert! Hit 'em Douglass!
Hit 'em harder, stern Petain!
Hit 'em Berthelot and Mangin!
Give 'em theirs, Gouraud, again!
Hit 'em, hit 'em, hit 'em, Pershing!
You know where twill give 'em
pain.
Good old Allenby, go to it!
In Aleppo get to work!
There Othello, you remember,
Up and smote the turbaned Turk.
Observation-Disclosures!
Make the Golden Horn a dirk.
Marshal Foch, you're sure a hummer,
When we drew you twas prize,
With the lion in your sinews,
And the eagle in your eyes,
Down from Dixmude to Judea
One perpetual surprise.
Let 'em yell! There's nothing doing
Till denominations cease.
Smite 'em! Till they're weak as water
There's no guaranty of peace
Smite! Till then the hell they taught
That shall be their armistice.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12
tie of Lille and Valcncienncs.

fate Of Lille and Valcncienncs. 1t
says ;he public is beginning to Won
der why j. is necessary that rctalia-
tory ch4stiscment Of the enemy shall
be withhold
eve have to thank God for the fact
that the necessary weapons arc in
our hands 10 make the Germans feel
our anGc.,' the newspaper says. Let
them be employed at the earliest
possible l2cmcnt."
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

take not only gold or silver out Of
the country, but also to carry any let
ters to people in other countries.
They should be sent by the regular
mail where they can be properly cen
sored. Letters of introduction and so
on will be allowed you only after the
Inspector at the dock has gone
through them. So there was another
examination at which we had to show
the contents of our pockets, our
checks, books of credit, letters and
other documents and to swear that
we had nothing secreted about our
clothing. Then we were allowed to
come aboard and once aboard we had
had to stay there. No returning
to shore was possible without going
through the whole rigmarole again
and then Cnly in case of great emer-
gency. Also. as an added precaution,
no boxes Of candy, fruit OF flowers
were allowed to come aboard after
ward rs II the old days. You got
those things and carried them your
self before going aboard. No friends
were allowed to come on board
either ... .,.... ...
Of course the Japanese people had
become a familiar sight to US east
erners since landing in California
We had seen some in Denver and
other places in Colorado, but in Los
Angeles VIC came upon them in set
Elements ard in San Francisco we
had grown so accustomed to them
that even the sight of them in their
native costumes created nothing
more than a passing interest. The
sight Of the steerage passengers
over 500 Of them, men, women and
children and even little japanese ba-
bies-was certainly interesting, how
ever It was a cosmopolitan crowd
we found on board here after we got
cquainted-there being nine differ
ent nation&lities, | understand. But
the bulk Of the passengers and of
course the crew are all Japanese and
so far like them immensely. This
noon time of sailing, however, was
the first time we had really seen SO
many of I'll types, gathered together.
The 600 with all their baggage were
loaded lntc the steerage in little less
than IN hour.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

The trustees of the Rockingham
hospital have decided that it is alb
solutely necessary to advance the
rates. The month of September
showed a deficit of $3.50. All sup
plies have greatly increased in price;
nurses wai.' more pay and are retain
ed with difficulty, and the grocery bill
piles high.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

To read the speeches Of the Huns
You'd think they were the injured
ones.
You'd think to hear them haw and
hem,
That Belgium backed right into them.
Detroit Free Press.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

mysteries of water and sky and in
fnitely the great vessel headed con-
fnity the great vessel headed con-
heart to the bluff old ocean, her
rough old lover, and thrilling as she
sped to meet him.
Incoming steamers were passed
slowly by in silence, preoccupied, it
seemed, by the scenes they had wit
nessed,-and the secrets which they
had learned from the sea. The gulls
followed US in great beautiful f1ocks,
down the harbor, out into the vast
open spaces and even at shutdown
they were still with US, lowering like
the prayers of those we had left be-
hind, over the vessel as she bore.
ever faster and faster into the heart
of the vermillion sunset.
Seventeen days now with the swing
and the roll and the motion; with
the engine to sing us to sleep with
it's heart throb and beat its rhyme
of confidence through all deep dark
hours; seventeen days with the
swirl and the wash and the spray,
with the bells to mark off orr mimic
eternity and the bugle calls to meas
ure our play infnity; seventeen days
with the violet skyline against which
we seem to make no progress; sew
enteen days of idleness and dream
ing and the sending of fancy car
goes off over the waters into the
ports of Once Upon-a- Time; seven
teen nights of the shadowship made
by the sunset which sails along into
the dark with US and the long ghost
ly smoke and the officers measured
footballs on the bridge. This is our
journey begun, indeed.
After dinner I came out on deck,
The ocean and the world was pink
and gold in the ;afterglow. Tho
stars were beginning to prinkle. l
was alone in the stern of the steamer
looking-homeward And a bit of
sadness came over me.
Home was deep in the depths of
the evening now. Back on the dock
which at two o'clock had been all
hustle and confusion and smiles and
and tears as the steam
CT pulled out and away, the boxes
and bales waited in the shadows. The
task of getting us away which was
all in the days work to the officials,
had been ended They had forgotten
that we had gone. The cabs and
taxis had driven away. The great
pier was wrapped in darkness. Butt
further over east where the scarlet
and gold Of a thousand windows had
reflected the rear signal of the sun
set, there were those who had not
forgotten that we had gone and out
over the face of the waters came
their prayers like unseen pilots and
into the midnight they sailed with
US.
Back in New England the picture |
shows were lighting up. The must
clans were gathering for their band |
in the parks. The streets |
were melodious with traffic and the
honks Of the evening automobiles. |
The ending of that day was to be as
the ending of "a thousand other days |
no different, Out here on the i'm
reaches of the Pacific we
were but a wisp of smoke on the
horizon, speck in a world of lone
iness and melancholy, dot-in the
hollow of Gods hand and the Inf
mite. Back in New England we were
a multitude. Out here we were but
an atom on the treacherous face Of |
the waters,-an inconsequental debit |
in the books of the Almighty,-a
thousand souls!
w. D. PELLEY.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

H. H. Cclburn of Wellesley, Mass,
has been engaged by the teachers
committee of the board of education
at Rutland at a salary of $1,000 a
year to become instructor of indus
trial education in the Rutland high
school. He will commence his duties
as soon as he can secure a release
from Wellesley college.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12
VERMONT NEWS

Mrs. Archie Daignault of Burling-
ton attempted to jump from a moving
street car with baby in hen arms
last Monday and was thrown violent
ly upon The iron grating. She re-.
manned unconscious several hours .af-
ter being taken to the hospital. The
baby was uninjured.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

Nathan D. Allen, formerly a resi-
dent of Brattleboro, has resigned his
position as warden at the state pris-
on in Charlestown, Mass, after per-
iod of service extending over "a
years. He will receive d pension of
$4,000.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

DR.. .. V. Wells, a native of Ba-
kersfield, died at his home in West
ford, Mass, Oct. 4, of pneumonia.
He was graduated from Brigham
academy, took the degree of A. B at
Boston university in 1902, and was
graduated from the Harvard medical
school N 1906, since which time he
had been practicing in Westford and
Lowell, Mass. He was awaiting
commission in the medical corps. A
wife and three children survive.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

Prudential policy holders please
read the notice on the first page.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

The ceremonies which were to
have taken place at the taking over
of Middlebury college as military
post by the government Oct. l, were
not carried out, owing to the epidemic
of influenza.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

imam IN nOuI.
1t was quarter to two on the af
ternoon o. July 81 that the last steer
age passenger was directed below,
the last trunks and steamer chairs
hoisted and the gang-plank pulled
ashore. The great whistle overhead
blew a three-minue blast. With
scarcely tremor to denote its NOV
ing, the big ship began to leave the
pier, the hawsers were slackened and
pulled abcard-the ship backed
slowly into the broad harbor and
took a half hour to swing around
and point it: prov to the sea. And
as a Sigh vibration sounded through
the vast hulk, we knew the turbines
had started. The Tenyu was under
her own steam. The voyage we had
looked forward to for four months
had begun in earnest
To me there has always been
something potentially tragic about
a great steamer with its freight of
human lives, headed for the open sea.
In these days of terrible things tax
ing place on the far-hung face of
the lonesome waters in mid-ocean,
each leave taking seems a farewell,
perhaps for always. 1t is a solemn
time, perhaps more SO for the folks
who are left on the shore than for
those who have started on their
journey. For those aboard there is
the zest of the voyage ahead, days
of experience and perchance excite
ment, the thrill of adventure. For
those who watch the boat sink into
the haze and the sunset until even
the last wisp of smoke fades on
the far horizon, there is but anxiety
and silence and waiting.
Down the long inland harbor we
moved slowly, along the panorama
of San Francisco's waterfront and
the Preside (the big army canton
| ment for this district) and the bar
| rem stretches of ground that ycster-
day housed the Panama Exposition
all spread on our right like some NOV
ing picture flung upon the blue-tlnt-
ed canvas of the sky. Away from
the city with it's clocks all pointing
steamer time and its buildings seem
ing to stand upon tip-toe to outreach
one another and the advertisements
/ faring on the prostituted wallis
away from the sparkle of mid-aftc1-
noon sunshine where the sun glanced
from the dome of the Ferry House
/ tower.-far down the harbor VIC
moved and through the half mile-na>
row Golden Gate. Then the arms Of
the Pacific opened wider and widel
, and the land slipped away on the cas-
and the United States was behinC
, US and in an all-too- brief hour, Am
7 erica and home but a low-hung CLIQUE
, upon the y-linc,-that, and mem
] DRY. .4.tu
' Past saucy little naptha launche
riding up and down on the white
t caps OF obese ferry boats paddlin
:. like big serious ducks back and fort
' to Oakland or the country on tn
/ | northern shore,-past sturdy tug
q that crossed and recrossed our pat
t nonchalantly looking for bushes
/, and seeming to mimic the land on tn
n water,-past long lines of barge
!, towed like professions of serfs t
S their drugery and Tapping their laz
V lines in the slanting sunshine
O into the heart Of the ocean and Il
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

President Thomas of Middlebury
college has left for Camp Zachary
Taylor, Louisville, KY, where he will
enter the army training school for
chaplains and after a five weeks
course will go overseas. Prof. Char
les Baker Wright becomes acting
president of the college.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

William Bartlett Vinton of Brat
proprietor of a paper mill
there operated under the name Of
William H. Vinton & Son, died
Monday night of pneumonia.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

Richard r. Holbrook, 81, of
Charlestown, N. H., dropped dead
Saturday afternoon while loading his
household goods, preparatory to re-
moving 10 Jamaica, Vt. Heart fail
ure was supposed to be the cause.
He is survived by his wife, two
daughters, and five sons.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

At a meeting of the board Of dir
ectors at the Chicago and Western
Indiana Railway company in Chicago
recently, c. G. Austin, Jr., formerly
of St. Adams, was elected vice-pres-
ident and general counsel.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

E. A. Guild of Bellows Falls, as
Sistant treasurer of the Bellows Falls
Savings bank, expects to leave in two
weeks for france, where he will en-
gage in Y. NJ. G. A. work.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12

Deputy L. S. Marshal Lackey Of
Montpelier has been serving papers
this week If condemnation proceed
ings in L. S. court in the matter of
the White Mountain Forest Reserve
on parties in Peacham, Barnet, Wells
River, Waterford, and Canaan, who
are heirs to some of the land and
who are residents of Vermont.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-12
PRESS COMMENT

w. D. PELLEY.