davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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at all costs. The American barrage
advanced toward my position and the
work of your artillery was marvellous.
The barrage was so dense that 1t was
impossible for us to move out of our
dugouts. Following the barrage closely
were the infantry of the First Divi-
sion. 1 saw them forge ahead and
knew that all was lost. All night
remained in my dugout, hoping vainly
that something would happen that
would permit me TO rejoin my army.
This morning your troops found me
and here I am, after four years Of
fighting, a prisoner. Yesterday knew
that the First Division was opposite
US, and I knew that we would have TO
put UP the hardest fight of the war.
The First Division Is wonderful and
the German army knows 1t. We did
not believe that within FIVE years the
Americans could develop a division
of It's infantry and artillery is worthy
OF the best armies in the world"
During the night of October 8, about
one kilometer Of the front, extending
westward from the enemy's trenches
north of Fleville. was taken over by
the Eighty-second Division.
On October 10 the advance con-
tinued by exploitation for about IN
kilometers- At night the line extended
from north of Sommerance along the
northern edge OF the Bois de Romagne
to the division boundary. On October
IL an effort was made to continue the
advance. but the troops soon became
under the IRE OF the Kriemhilde Stel-
lung and It was seen that a prepared
assault would be necessary to carry
this position
Between October 4 and II the d.
vision gained seven kilometers over a
most difficult country held by ele-
ments of eight hostile divisions, all OF
which fought to the end. The enemy
fully realized the danger to his COM
munioations from the loss of this
ground and every success OF the di-
vision fastened his withdrawal from
the western front
The Captures and the Casualties.
The division captured 2S officers,
1879 men, Is field guns. 10 trench
mortars and large numbers of ma
chino guns, stores and ammunition.
The casualties of the division amount
ed TO lit officers and SS77 men killed,
wounded and missing.
On the night of october 11-12 the
infantry was relieved by the Forty
second Division and proceeded to the
vicinity of Clermont The artillery re-
manned in position to support the
Forty-second Division. As a result OF
the brilliant performance and the
great sacrifices OF the division In this
Ion,.il,.,.ad - RniIo.uI..or pnn.A
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Brigade and of assaulting Hill 272.
The Second Brigade was assigned to
the front added to the division and Il
was required to attack in a direction
oblique to the original front
In order to secure density OF the ar
ttllery fire the Second Brigade, the
First Battalion of the Sixteenth In
fantry and the First Brigade advanced
successfully, each being assisted by
the entire available artillery.
The attack began at daylight on Oc-
tober and was greatly assisted by a
dense fog that obscured our infantry
from the enemy's machine gunners.
The enemy's resistance was less than
usual because of the dense barrage.
The Second Brigade seized Hill 968 by
a direct drive. Starting from the
northern base OF the Montrefagne, the
First Battalion OF the Sixteenth Infan-
try followed its barrage and swept Hin
s72, where It killed or captured the
entire garrison, including the Lieuten-
ant-Colonel who commanded the regi-
nent. F1fty-two machine guns were
captured along the crest of the hill.
The advance OF the First Brigade
reached its objective, as usual. and az
night the division held line extend
ing from the enomy's trenches one
ktcmeter north ~ FlevillA. around the
north OF the Cote de Maldah and ran
across Hill 263 to Hill 269, where it
Joined the division on the right.
HAA Y
captured wept when questioned and
said that he had gone through the
entire war and that this was the first
time his regiment had been on the
defensive. He belonged to a shock di-
vision. The artillery fire had destroyed
all communications and for two days
he had been without food or orders
and had not been able to send any
orders to his troops He then added:
|. X received ordera 70 hold the ground
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DAVID LLOYD GEORGE

chard, the childless old proprietor of
that great Partisan dry goods en-
porium known as the Grand Magasin
de Louvre, proclaimed his intention of
bequeathing to him legacy of 100000
900 francs. about 100000. Emil
Loubet, with that sense of propriety
and of rugged honesty which were his
most attractive traits. at once made 1t
known that under no circumstances
would he accept a penny piece from
the Chauchard fortune. He objected
to the idea on several grounds, one of
them being that as Chief Magistrate
he had been called upon to sign the
promotion Of Chauchard in the Order
Of the Legion of Honor.
But Chauchard managed to show
his profound respect for Emil Loubet
by donating 100000 francs to the hos
pital in the ex-Presidents native town
OF Montelimar and by endowing the
institution with $4,000 q year in per-
petuity.
Another French statesman whose
name It Is unnecessary to mention
here, since he still looms largely In
the public life of France, showed less
delicacy than Emil Loubet with, re-
gard to the fortune of Chauchard. For
although in far more affiuent circum-
stances he accepted a legacy of fifteen
millions of francs, under the will. BY
so doing. he acquired a fortune but
destroyed for all time his then very
promising chances of attaining the
office CT Prime Minister and of Presi-
dent OF the ReDuhlic IJi. SaIIoxxy
citizens have never forgiven him for
his acceptance Of the Chauchard mil
lions. 1t is constantly being thrown
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Continued from Second Pogo.

SSss"uco JTVWs ocOOHo fU0d-
chatel. where 1t gained contact with
elements of the Twenty-sixth Division
of the Fifth Corps
In the meantime elements Of the
Twenty-sixth Division had reached
Vigneulles at 3:15 o'clock. Thus the
enemy's escape from the salient was
completely cut of during the night of
September IL and 10.
The Divisions Share of Victory.
The First Division had advanced
fourteen kilometers, in an air line, in
nineteen hours, and small elements of
the division advanced nineteen kilo-
meters in thirty-two hours. Tho d.
vision had captured five officers. 1,190
men, thirty IT millimeter and one so
millimeter guns. one anti-tank gun,
so machine guns. 100 rifles and large
quantities Of ammunition and stores
The enemy had been forced TO burn
valuable stores that he was unable to
remove because of the rapid advance
The losses in the division were eleven
officers and sci men killed, wounded
and missing.
On the afternoon of September 10
the division was relieved from the line
ara was assembled in the vicinity of
Nonsard. Here the troops were rested
and reequipped
''The Meuse-Argonne offensive by
the Americans was very uncomfor-
table to me-" Gen Ludendorff has said
since all was over. It must have been,
because 1t broke his backi-that f.
unhinged the whole German defensive
system east OF the Rhine. The First
Division. having SO lately been en-
gagged at st. Mihiel, could not have q
part in this supreme operation which
Immediately followed, at the instant
when the curtain went up. with the
Twenty-ninth and Eighty-second di-
visions. It was held In the army re-
serve as the offensive was begun. But
II "got there Just the same" relieving
the Thirty-fifth in line, and was hold
ing its assigned objective within sight
Of Sedan when that historic town was
taken at the completion of the terrible
drive.
On September 20 the infantry pro-
ceeded by trucks and the artillery and
the trains by marching in the direction
of Verdun. All movements were made
at night, in order to screen them from
the enemy. The troops were assem-
bled In the woods in tho area of Be-
mott dc vaux. whore the division was
attached to the Third American Corps
and held In resarys 1pS the attack be-
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pressed by his honesty and by his
patriotism. and when she felt her end
approaching she intimated that she
intended to leave him all her prop
erty, with remainder to his children by
his first marriage.
Not only did he refuse the legacy
but he declared that she must not even
so much as leave a souvenir to his
children. So she bequeathed her prop
erty to Clementel's native town Of
Rion, appointing him executor of her
will. leaving him free to dispose Of
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KING ALFONSO

who kept shop in st. James's street,
London, in the latter part of the
eighteenth century, and who had done
work for George III.
The old ieweller was philanthropist,
and ernulated Howard in his attempts
to ameliorate the lot of imprisoned
criminals. He sent his only son John
to Trinity College, Cambridge, and to
the bar, and left him about 81 zoo, 900.
John was somewhat eccentric, but
clever in his investments. He lived in
the most misery fashion, and when he
died in August, 1852, it was found that
he had increased his fortune to $3,000,-
900 cor more" and that he had left
the whole of it to Her most gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria begging her
acceptance of the same for her sole
use and benefit, and for that OF her
heirs"
The will was not contested, there
being no relatives or legal heirs, and
the late Queen after raising a hand
some monument over the testator's
tomb wisely invested most of the
money in the at that time unbuilt and
uncultivated metropolitan land known
as South Kensington, which was then
nothing more than mere bricl<yards.
meadows and country lanes. To-day
it is one of the most fashionable quar-
tiers of London, the value of the prop
erty, all leasehold, having increased
tenfold.
The sensation created by this be-
quest of old John Neild and the pub
licity which 1t received were SO great
that 1t prompted other people to follow
his example. Certain of these be-
quests were accepted, and though none
of them was so large as that of Neild,
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. the money for the town, as he should
see At and recording in the document
his refusal to accept the offer of her
fortune.
The bulk Of Queen Victoria's large
private fortune, which at her death
was divided among her children and
grandchildren, the Duke of Connaught
and Princess Beatrice being the largest
beneficiarjes, had its origin in the be-
quest OF one of her subjects, OF whose
name she had never heard. He was
John Campden Neild, son of jeweller
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States of Frances Minister OF Com
merce, Etienne Clementel. at the head
Of an important and influential trade
mission it may be of timely interest
to mention that in 1910 he declined to
become the legatee of the fortune OF
the old Countess de Vaugelet, amount
ing to three million francs. The
Countess, who lost her husband on her
wedding day through a tragic ac-
cident and devoted her Icing life to his
memory. became acquainted with
Clementel. She was profoundly i'm
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in his teeth. although ten years have
elapsed
And that the odium in which 1t
involved him was by no means con-
fined to his native land is shown by
the fact that when on one occasion
some years ago he had been gazetted
as Ambassador to foreign court the
appointment had to be cancelled be-
cause he could not be considered as
persona grata-
Since announcement has been made
of the impending visit to the United
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Loubet Refused Fortune.

When Emil Loubet retired from the
presidency Of the French Republic in
relatively straitened circumstances
owing to the fact that by reason of
State visits Of foreign rulers he had
been compelled to dip heavily into his
own modest private fortune TO supply
the inadequacies Of the Official emoiu-
ments At his Disposal. Hippolyts Chau-
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LiabilitiesA ttached
to One Bequest
Meant Bankrupt
cy to Queen Vic
toria, but Advis-
ers Led Her to
Refuse
BY F. cUNLIFFE.owEN.

~ IE1THER public policy nor pop
ular sentiment favor the be-
- quest OF fortunes or of an
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
Rumanian King Shot
In Attempt to Flee
From Bucharest Mob

BERLIN. Wedne sday. Feb. IA
general instruction is III progress
throughout Rumania. according to a
special dispatch from Vienna. King
Ferdinand has been wounded slightly
in attempting to flee from Bucharest
with the royal family.
Working men blocked the roadway
from the royal palace when the royal
family attempted TO flee to Jassy aud
the king and his family were forced
20 return The king was wounded
when the workVs. according to the
report. fired upon the palace
Rioters IN the streets OF Bucharest
ere openly demanding the overthrow
OF the dynasty, crying: Down with
the puppets Long live the republic !"
The Village of Budapest. learns
that the revolt is part of a bolshevist
propaganda. In clash between the
and demonstrators at Blar-r,
sixty persons were killed and $50
wounded.
The discipline OF the Rumanan
army the newspapcr adds, j. col.
lapsing The food and economic SIT.
uation is rapidly growing worse and
the cpun,ry's finances are completely
demotaliled. The position OF the
Bratiano cabinet is declared to be un-
tcnable.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
TO ASK
FULL Indemnity
FOR War COSTS
Announcement Made in the
House of Commons,

LONDON, Feb. l5-The British
delegates a, the peace conference
have been definitely instructed to
claim an indemnity which will include
the cost OF the war as well as the
damage actually caused, 1t was an
nounced in the house OF commons to-
day by Andrew Bonar Law, govern
men, leader in the commons, in reply
to a question.
4 commission is now conSideong
the amount to he claimed, the method
by which the indemnity should be
guaranteed and the means OF eniou q
ing law, Mr. Law added.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
RESIGNATION
Of KENDALL
IS ACCEPTED
viii Stay at institute Until
Control Is Changed,
IS GIVEN TO GOVERNOR
Robertson Has Resignation
Since Last Monday

The resignation OF " J. Kendall a,
superintendent OF III, state institute
ior the feeble minded. al Enid. which
IS the subject OF seficS Of article,
now being published m The Time,
b. Jessie " Hilton. has been accepted
with the understanding that he wl'
remain a, the institution until inc
bill changing the manner OF control
OF that institution has been finally
disposed oi II was stated this morn.
ing by Governor Robertson
The bill now pending before the
legislature changes the control Of that
institution from the state board OF ed
ucaiion TO the state board OF affairs.
and | have accepted DR. kcgdalrs
resignation with the understanding
tina, he will continue 20 act a, supcriu.
,endent until this bill IS passed. Then
/, becomes the duty OF the state board
OF affairs to select his successor. ="
said Governor Robertson.
IL was while committee OF house
members, composed Of Representatives
Disney. Chaser and Woodard were
investigating the school last week
after the visit of Jessie " Hilton.
that Kendall decided to resign. He
wrote his resignation while the com.
mi;,ee was a, the school last Thurs,
day, and handed i, 10 a member OF
the committee TO be presented to the
governor. The -.signation was placed
in che hands o. the governor Monday
morning and has been before the gov
ernor since then.
The report OF the committee gave
the management of he institution a
clean bill Of health. bu, did not refer
in TIE report 10 kendall's resigna-
ton or the fracnn Tor =,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
CHAMBER MOVES
TO CENTRAL|zE
ALL ACTIVITIES
Program Outlined by Manag-
er lndOrSed by Directors,

The Oklahoma City Chamber OF
Commerce will oen,rali,e all its ae-
iiviiies. according to q plan submitted
By CHARLIE 4. HILL manager, Ard en-.
dorsed " lhe board OF directors /,
their meeting following a,luneheon in
the skirvin hotel today.
The plan has been considered by
heads Of various organizations and
was endorsed by the board OF directors
today. The time seems propitious for
this Capitalization move as is indicated
by the fact that no, only the follow
ing organization heads. but others. in.
tcres,ed in such matters have seen
and approved the proposal; d. |.
Johnston. chairman OF the city
planning commission: W. A. Brooks.
president Of the Lions club; r. A..
klenschmidt. president OF the civic
council; Walter NJ. Harrison. presi-
dent OF the Ad club, and Leonard II.
Bailey, president of the Rotary club.
Members to vctc.
Now that the board has given its
approval, the proposed program will
be issued in referendum form and sem,
to all members OF the chamber for
individual expression, Of opinion.
The plans involve the following &C
tivities:
Study. recommend and promote
ways and means 70 obtain new in
dustrics.
Service department for benefit Of
already established industries.
Comprehensive industrial survey to
ascertain definitely what industrial
advantages Oklahoma City has to Of
fer prospective new industries.
General development OF industrial
advantages and solution OF industrial
problems uncovered by industrial sur
vey.
To establish 4 community -contri-
button fund combining all drives into
one large campaign. involving a fund
tcent'nued on Pass 7, Column a.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
Huns Must Swallow Bitter Pill
Prepared by Allied Conference
Or Troops Will Enforce Terms

the national assembly at Weimar will
have time to deliberate upon them uu-
Ill the provisional armisticc expires.
Marshal Foch, who leaves for
Treves today. will interview Premier
Clemenceau At 3 O'clock this morning
and will begin drafting the annistice
provisions which the supreme war
council will probably examine this
afternoon.
Clsmencsau Urges Preeaution.
II 70 reported that N, Clcmenceau
made an impressive speech at yester.
days sitting of the council, showina
the necessity OF mking ali desirable
precautions against Germany. At the
Afternoon sitting President Wilson ID
declared to have adopted the same
viewpoint affirming that all the allies
were agreed on that point and that
dIvergencies which cropped up duriua
previous sittin; +, developed upon the
post suitable methods for obtaining
the guarantees.
Yanks May Strike.
President Wilson according TO the
report, !, declared to have said in
conversation that a resumption Of
tcsnsinssd on Pass .. Column ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13

PARIS, Feb. l3.-rhe supreme war
council has decided, says a Havas
report, that the armistice with Ger
many will be renewed on February II
for very brief period with the allies
reserving the right 10 suspend Il at
any time N the event OF Germany's
failure to carry out new clauses or
those which have hitherto not been
executed. II Is said the terms will
provide that the Germans must cease
hostilities against the Poles and main.
tain their forces within fixed limits.
During the brief period OF the re.
newed armstlce, Z special commits
sion will definitely draft the condi.
tioas of On armisllce which will last
I'LL the signature Of the psaee prelimi-
naries.
Pee 10 - Disarmsl.
These condition., which tNe supreme
war council 10 reported TO have %.
proved IN 4 rough form yes erday Az
srnoon. have In view, Il h said. the
demobilisation Of the German army
and the disarmament ofthe enemy un.
der The supervision of.the allies.
These terms. Il IL Understood, will
Be communicated 10 Germany 10 that
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
GOSSIP CAUSES
CORN TO SOAR
EIght-Cent Jump Follow S
War RumorS,

CHICAGO, Feb. lJ-Big upwards
Jumps In the price Of corn today car
ried the market more than 8 cents a
bushel IN some cases above Tuesdays
finish. Transactions were on a large
scale.
Uneasine" over diplomatic de-
velopments. together with uniavorable
domestic crop conditions. had much
to do with the advance.
The market closed excited at the
topmoa prices Of the day, cents to
SIt cents net higher, with May 81 22gi
to sl.231t and July $l,l9,s to $40
Greatest advances were in the active
deliveries, May and July.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
OF TRAIN
FALLS IN RIVER
Few Penn Line Wreck De-
tails Known.

FRANKLIN, Pa. Feb, 1.-THE
Pittsburgh and Buffalo express,
nor,hbound on the Allegheny Valley
division OF the Pennsylvania railroad,
was wrecked a, noon at ST, George,
twenty miles south Of here Early re.
ports said the entire train had gone
orr an embankment in the Allegheny
river, but a statement issued by the
company declared only one car left the
rails A relief train carrying physi-
clans left Oil City for the scene At !
O'clock
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
FLYING RISKS
ARE uEaIaIBlE

LONDON, Feb. iJ.-According to
figures compiled by the British air
ministry covering the last three years
Of flying on the western front, iae
chances OF = pasWger reaching his
destination safely IN an airplane are
almost a. good as his chances Of safe
arrival by bus. street car, Or other
surface vehicle.
Since January. 1915, the air minis
try, figures show q total OF about
lWm flying hours or ia years
During this time $40 officers were
killed. Most OF the htAlMies were
the direc, result N actual battle, and
only a small proportion due to aeci-
dents.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13

MY judgment is that the only safe
guard by which We may pefpe'uate
our institutions. by which ,hi, republic
can continue TO exist. i, maintenance
OF an armed force that can prove rs
supremacy on the iield Of battle
This was the statement this morning
oi former Brig. Cen Roy Hoffman
Just returned from France. before the
opening meeting OF the Seventeenth
district Roiarians in the Oyerholser
theater.
General Hoffman.S address was one
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
Other Operations.
! DIVERSE REPORT ON
ROLL OF HONOR BILL

The senate committee on appropria.
tions decided today TO submit an ad.
verse report on bill by Senator
Warren h. Snyder to appropriate
Sl5,OO Tor preparing permanent
honor roll OF Oklahomans who were
in service during the war.
Discussion in the committee brought
out that all members were favorable
TO preparing such roll but Senator
+ NJ Kerr asserted that i, would be
impossible tn rhtain an accurate roll
until after the war department has
completed us permanent record il
will take two years to do this. Sena-
tor Kerr asserted
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
PACKING HOUSE
BILL FAVORED
Senate Committee to Make
Report Soon,

WASHINGTON, Feb. lJ.--Favor.
able reports on a bill to regulate the
meat industry at this session Of CON
greS Is planned by the senate agri-
culture committee. Chairman Gore
announced today AT the conclusion Of
several weeks Of open hearings ~
which representatives OF all interests
testified.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
HOUSE TO PRINT
TIMES ARTICLE
IN ITS JOURNAL
''SuStainS Findings Of Com
mittee," Says Disney,

Today's story by Jessie W. Hill
ton, Times reporter, regarding the
good things" found in the State
Institute for the Feeble Minded at
Enid, will be published in full in
the house Journal, 1t was decided
by the Oklahoma house OF repre-
sentatives immediately after con-
venins this afternoon.
The movement to have the stoy
published was sponsored by Represent
a,iye Disney OF Muskogee count,
chairman of the house committee
which investigated the institute a
short time ago. Mrs. H,lton's story
he said. sustained the findings OF the
committee insofar as the sanitation
and physical characteristics OF the
place were concerned, and he felt II
should be a matter OF record
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-13
BULLETIN

Governor Henry J. Allen OF
Kansas announced today, accord
ing to The Associated Pre-. re-
ports from Topeka a, noon, that
be will be unable TO come TO Ok
lnhoms City TO attend the seven
teenth district Rotary convention.
.iis cancellation OF the engage
ment was due to the fact that he
expects to be summoned to Wash
ington any time 10 testify before
senate committees concerning the
ThiIty-tifth division.