davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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range a plan whereby / could find out
Just what he really wanted to say. .
had one of my assistants call on him
Hu4 tell him that If he had anything
Ia say that was worth while he would
tiy and interest me and arrange for
an interview. To him Pugh made a
fun confession OF the murder, blam-
ing Hodges for the actual killing and
claiming that he tried TO stop Hodges
from doing il.
with this signed statement we next
turned our attention to Hodges. who
was shown the confession OF Pugh,
but he refused to talk. While I felt
that my next move was not abso-
lutely necessary at the same time
wanted TO make assurance doubly
sure, 40 one night l had Pugh taken
from his cell and slipped Griffith in
there In his place, Griffith so worked
on Hodges superstition that he
finally broke down and admitted he
had fired the shots that actually killed
Hand.
Hodges said: Hand had been trying
to get me to stop the gambling among
the men and to live a clean life. and
as last resort had threatened to go
to the commanding officer and tell him
of ell that was going on. On the night
he was killed he had been out or
camp on an errand, and II was only
by chance that we met him. We ar
rested him and tried TO threaten him
to keep him from telling all he knew
When We saw him we never thought
to kill him. but his refusal maddened
me and in a fit Of rage shot him and
beat him on the back OF the head with
a gun"
With the confessions OF the two
men. backed as II was with the wit
nesses we had gathered, had the
case brought to trial. The court
found them guilty and sentenced them
to be hung. The reviewing authority.
however. questioned Srhether the muir
der had been preme,wtated or not, so
commuted their sentences to life i'm
prisonment. They were sent to Fort
Leavenworth. where they are now
serving out their sentences. The en-
tire case occupied about six weeks;
but II was we'll worth the effort and
time spent, for the morale OF the camp
was wonderfully improved by tho nd
dance OF these $50 asa.
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With blood and asked me to have II
cleaned for him. He told me man
on the dock had been hurt and he
had assisted him 10 the hospital. thus
accounting for the blood on his
clothes.
That night he got drunk and. while
m this condition, he Dragged that he
Tad killed a man who was going to
squeal on him. loved him and wished
to shield him, so / never told him
ne did not mention 1t. so I kept still
Some time afterward he told me II
any one ever asked about the suit,
was to deny all knowledge OF 1t. He
has thrown me over for that woman.
and ! do not intend to let her have
him. even e have to destroy him
myself"
From this woman wo obtained the
address of the cleaner where she had
left the suit The cleaner was able
TO substantlate her story, for he re-
inembered the case, as one OF his as
sistants had called his attention 10 the
blood Oh the uniform. He was also
able to give us the exact date that
the uniform had been brought in to
him for cleaning.
PuRh COnfesses.
We now believed that we had
enough evidence, and upon consulting
the Judge Advocate he advised us to
arrest these men, As he was sure OF
conviction. I called both Hodges and
Pugh into my office OF pretence Of
consulting with them, and, covering
them with my revolver, placed them
under arrest. They were told what
we had in the way of evidence, they
were furnished with a copy OF the
charges and then told we did not want
a confession from them. as we could
hang them on our evidence. Our
guard house WAS q fiimsy affair and !
knew that these men were desperate,
30 ! had two cells built for them and
placed them in solitary confinement
not allowing any one except their
counsel TO see or talk to them.
In few days Pugh broke down and
wanted to make a clean confession OF
It all. sending word to me to that ef-
feet refused to hear or see him
and sent back word that / knew all
Ihs gould tell me- However, I. did ar
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storffs remarks on the subject merely
furnished another illustration Of his
frequently expressed contempt and
derision for America, Americans and
for everything they hold sacred. If
Re had recommended Richard. the
brother OF Macmillan Harden, for the
role OF Ambassador. It would have
been quite different For havine
changed his name from Wittkonski to
Whiting he has become tho president
Of the National Bank at Berlin and
one Of the great and powerful figures
In German finance.
But Macmillan. who abandoned his
Polish Jew patronymic for that OF
Harden, has nothing TO recommend
him TO the consideration Of the peo-
Pile of the United States save a
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vitriolic pen. He spent a number OF
years as an actor without winning
any laurels. attempted blaywriting at
terward with Indifferent success and
then turned his pen 10 journalism in
which he rapidly achieved prominence
Icy his daring and violent articles Of
a muck raSing order Writing under
the peculiarly appropriate pseudonym
Of The Apostate"-for he is CON
vert from Judaism--he attracted the
attention Of Bismarck. who furnished
him with abundant material for as
sailing the public and private repu-
tations OF his, the old Chancellor S,
foes
But Harden first won national and
international prominence by imputing
in the pages OF his weekly pamphlet
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lions. the question. very naturally
arises what sort Of men she should
send abroad to conduct that inter-
national intercourse which has be-
come once more inevitable by the
restoration of peace. Bernstorff, when
lie recommended the other day In the
course of a published interview that
Macmillan Harden should be ap-
pointed as Ambassador TO the United
States must have spoken with his
tongue in his cheek. Indeed. Barn.
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Z THEN grasshoppers make their
~ appearance they can be de-
stroyed by the common poi

WV oppSoI oiiSV thSJ Nai bC uC-
W stroyed by the common poi
soned bait method. But there is an
other way OF getting rid OF grasshop-
pers that makes the pests pay for the
trouble OF killing or catching them.
This method consists OF driving a
grasshopper catcher through an in
tested field, catching all the grasshop-
pers that hop and then feeding the In
sects to chickens. They can be dumped
into sacks and hung up TO dry and fed
as dry srasshoppers. or II II Is pre-
ferred to feed the grasshoppers alive
the machine can be hauled to the poul-
try yard and placed so that the front
will face the light. The insects will
find their way out, but not too fast for
ar ordinary flock Of chickens. Thus
the grasshopper catcher becomes a
self-feeder.
An analysis OF grsGshoppers shows
them to be high in protein and there
fore good chicken feed. II is known
that chickens are more productive
when insects are a part OF their ration,
and srasshoppsr7 when dried can be
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sovereign's name, declare on a men,
orable occasion in the Reichstag, in
defending Germany's violation of the
neutrality of Belgium. that treaties
were mere worthless scraps of paper?
what the Preachers Teach.
And have not the leading divines of
Germany. the Lutheran prelates who
rank with the archbishops and bish-
ops Of other denominations, been
preaching since Christmas from the
pulpits of their cathedrals and
churches and proclaiming from the
rostrums of the universities and theo-
logical seminaries where they impart
religious instruction-of the Teuton
brand-that their people would be
thoroughly warranted in the sight of
God in repudiating later on any treaty
which thedr Government might be
compelled by force majeure to sign
with the Entente? Being based on
erroneous premises and inequitable,
our treaty with Germany is" accord
ing to the Very Rev. DR.. Otto Baum
garten. dean Of the theological faculty
OF the University of Kiel and one Of
the most popular and influential speak
ers, IAN immoral contract, with no
legal worth in the sight of religion,
law, national or personal honor"
II Church and State in Germany unite
unite in openly proclaiming that honor
counts for nothing where II stands in
the way of service to the State, that Is
to say. of the Government for the time
being, how is 1t possible to accord the
~
official representatives of the Teuton
Governments mean the professional
Enthusiastically In view of our
sorry experiences with them in the
past? ....,.... .
Diplomatic intercourse Of a normal
character between governments is we'll
nigh impossible where the envoy OF
one or the other nation is known to he
so devoid of honor that no weight can
be attached to his official or private
word and who is justly considered as
Gent upon obtaining by means Of I'M
savory intrigue and even by criminal
methods the objects which he cannot
obtain by straightforward dealing
Teuton diplomats have no right TO COM
plain at their being regarded every
where with profound suspicion and
oistrust. They have, by their own &C.
tions, placed themselves beyond the
pale OF honor. Rank, in Teuton d.
plomacy, is no longer a distinction and
title TO consideration. but stigma
OF something very much akin to in
fanny.
Bernstorff's IronicaI Suggestion,
Since the professional diplomats of
Germany no longer command abroad
that respect, that consideration and
that confidence, which is indispensable
to the conduct of official relations
with foreign Governments and ma
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Bernstorf's IronicaI Suggestion.
Since the professional diplomats of
Germany no longer command abroad
that respect, that consideration and
that confidence, which is Indispensable
to the conduct of official relations
with foreign Governments and ma
Evening journal., 1919-09-12

sold. but Of silver. nlckle platinum,
copper and less valuable ores. other
finds have been made st Flinplon Lake,
Twin Lakes. Athapaposcow and Mandy
Pine Root I'm recent years.
But none as rich as the Jake Cook
pay sireak.
Canoe navigation viii be closed In a
few weeks. when freezing weather sets
in. Meanwhile only the hardest and
most experienced of OldIiimers VIII at
tempt prospecting In the new fields. In
the spring the big rush will gather
Itself, and the tragedies, the melo-
drama. the amazing luck, good and
bad, Of gold hunting will unfold.
An Indian started the Yukon rush
and came to no good from IT, Jake
Cook IS a wise woods Indian. This Il
the third ind uncovered as the result
of his wisdom in the wilderness. H'
piloted Frank Moore, Of Winnipeg, tI
a bed OF quartz near Cranberry Lake
which Is said to be one OF the larges
on the continent. This was in 1915
Near The Pas, Cook made the Coll
Vein strike, which VIII presently b.
exploited. Experts report that It vii
yield millions.
Yes, Jake Cook knows gold
Evening journal., 1919-09-12
Terror OF Volcano 4old
By Witness Of Eruption

MS TO a place Of safety said an OBJ
servant. NO fewer than 2i OF us sat
or hung on TO that mo,or-car SO as
10 escape from the swift rushing river
OF boiling mud which was almost upon
us by this time,
some idea of this avalanche might
be imagined when u Is said that the
width Of q was ten miles and the
depth about four feet. Il destroyed al
most everything ii passed. II broke
through thick prison walls, Il covered
the Bliiar railway station, locomotives
and wagons. and destroyed practically
evry house. big or small, In Blltar as
well as IN Wlngi and SrcngaL while
an over the Kedire district lt wrought
havoc with the cattle and villages he
twen it and the kloei, that received
the full force Of the onrush OF the dead
/ ly river Of mud which, 20 was after
wards believed. took in all toll OF
10000.
This boiling, bubbllng river ran foi
three hours. European was carried
Evening journal., 1919-09-12
STUBS HIS TIE
OVER gold ORE
Acting as Guide on Camp
ing Trip, Makes Great
Strike in Manitoba
SAID TO BE ONE OF
RICHEST EVER FOUND

THE PAS. Man. sept, i2.-Jake Cook
know gold. lie is indian, with dash
OF white blood in him, blood Of adNen-
turers.
lie WAS guiding J. p. Gordon, former
assistant chief engineer Of the HUDSON
Raw Railway the two living in a cabin
ON The shore Of Copper Lake, about 100
miles straight north Of the last jumping
of place-the end Of the Canadian Ma
tional Railways steel
ono dav Jake Cook stubbed his toe.
ON , ridge in the eXpanse OF muskegs'
syyamps sioughs and lakes, the sure
tread Of his moccasined feet was inter
rupled. lie glanced down, and the eX-
pression i'm his black eyes was The same
a. when he sees a bull moose over the
sights Of his rifle.
lie hurried to his cabin and brought
back a pick. lie swung that pick INTO
the rusty spur Of quartz and presently
the dark shade Of rock and earth was
broken by a tawny gleam.
Il was pay streak, virgin metal, four
inches wide, several feet deep and no
body knows how long
Gordon, his employer, and Jake as
sailed that 1inty ledge with all their
strength. The samples they took were
"fre leaf" and nuggets, They dug a
test pit. three feet wide and three feet
deep. Its sides were inlaid with glow
ing patches; the bottom OF 1t was the
hue OF the northern sunlight In Sep
tember.
Gordon sacked as much as he could
carry, after stalking his claim, and Jake
Cooks and ~ others IN the names OF
his friends, and loaded a canoe for the
i5O-mile traverse TO The Pas. His ar
rival here on the outside started a
rush that may revive the glogies Of
Klondike days.
Il was hard TO get over White Horse
pass, but Il will be harder for tender
foot prospectors TO make their way
into the new gold country.
As the wild geese wing the distance
It is 60 miles from The Pas TO Jake
Cooks cabin, but by winding water
ways, with back-treading pOrlages anC
blind channels to cheat the unwary, d
is $50 miles by Canoe.
Overland through the swamp an'
muskeg country, there is no trail, anC
10 tote an OUTFIT for even the easies
sind OF mining would be impossible.
Yet under an area OF about 800 mili
square, extending nOrthward from
Copper Lake into the wilds, is believe,
90 lie incalculable riches, not only o
Evening journal., 1919-09-12

SINGAPORE, Sept i2- Eruption Of
the volcano OF Klooi. which took thou
sands lof lives in Java caused scenes Of
terror which are just being described
by turists escaped from the island.
The eruption began with sounds Ike
peals Of thunder, pltchy darkness was
caused by the rain Of ashes. Huge
boulders were thrown down the vol
canos side TO the flat land below.
Vivid flashes broke The darkness.
Meanwhile, a boiling. muddy stream.
increasing momeniarly in volume and
speed. was rushing rapidly towards
Blitar. we, who happened 10 be in
the Hotel van Rheedn In that town,
were almost beside ourselves as 20
what TO DO 20 avoid hideous end
when. thank God. the wife OF the As
sistsnt Resident arrived In a motor
car and told The Whole lot Of us TO
set in and said that she would take
Evening journal., 1919-09-12

Lord Northcllre, British publisher
with big part In tho winning OF he
war. Says Tagliche Rundscheui his
conduct OF English propaganda during
the war will some day nnd lis place In
history as a performance hardly to be
surpassed The Northcllno propaganda
during tho war not only correctly esti-
mated tho mentality Of the English peo-
plo but quite as correctly the character
and intellectual pocullarltles OF tho
Germans
Evening journal., 1919-09-12
How to Danish
Piles
Thousands Bless DIR. Leonhardt, the
Physician Who Discovered
Common Sense Remedy.

II you think that the surgeons knife Is
the only method Of escape from the misery
OF piles. it's because you haven't heard or
the new treatment known as Dr, Leon
hardt's HEM-ROlD.
The Doctors treatment IS internal. By
experimenting for years he discovered the
exact cause OF piles and then went further
and compounded a remedy that would re-
move the cause.
DR.. Leonhardt wants every sufferer 20
benefit By his discovery and so that there
win be no doubling or delay. y. 3. Dan
forth and all druggists are authorized 20
sell HEM -ROID with guarantee that Il Will
do as stated or money back.
on that honorable basis every sufferer
should secure a package Of DR.. Leonhardts
HEM ROID today.
Evening journal., 1919-09-12

away while In bed by mud and de-
posted miles away hsii Of dust
lasted for two days I'm Blltar Twenty
six villages were swept away,
Government geologists, on ascending
the volcano, found the crater to be an
Hrely empty. They then descended the
crater and found Il covered with boil
ng water
Evening journal., 1919-09-12

HUNS GIVE CREDIT
TO LORD N0RTHCLlFFE.
BERLIN, Sept i2.-Germans credit
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-09
MAYOR WANTS
$4,000 FOR AUDIT
OF C|7Y'S BOOKS
People Demand a thorough
Accounting, Walton Says,

Instead Of the customary 81 800 for
auditing the city account books $4,000
will be insisted upon by Mayor Wal
ton that a thorough and detailed re-
por, may be assured the neoplc, he
said this morning.
From what | have learned from
auditors who have been in the city
from time ,c time il will cost about
$4,000 TO have the kind OF auditing
,ha, We want and that the people
want he said.
"The department. ha, not been
handled as the people want it hand
led. mean no accusation against
the finance department, but | ,wsu,
the most thorough auditing done tina.
can be don. that everyone may know
the condition Of the hooks"
The mayor said that he would In
ciude in the auditing .of the city
books foS the past four yssrs . COM
plete Investigation Of the faii
grounds proposition and especially oI
The contract that was made with the
city in that matter. "
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-09
ASKS
LABOR TRUCE
Of ) MONTHS
Strikes Would Be Suspended
by Conference Proposal,
G0MpERS HAS SOLUTION
Head Of A, f, Of [, Asks Ac-
ton 10 End Steel Troubles,

WASHINGTON. OCT o, ma.
,...,v -. ,.,,. ;, s..,,,..,. ,h.,.
"'"' .s''' "'' ''''''''e WV
moh'hN was pfopo'eH IN ie'o'u''o'
offered al the industrial conference
today By Bernard Baruch. chairman
Of the delegate, fepfe,en,ins the pub
g. Az .,'u,.. ~, -, ...,I,
Y "" SUMO ""u w "'"'' "V"''
terminate. immediate
Bernard NJ Barn'h, chairman OF ,he
puuho group 'raue '"e P,opo>"' 70,
the industrial truce. "hilc Samuel
nc mpers' prcslhcht ~ ihe. American
Federation OF Labo' and chairman oil
the labor group proposed arbitration
OF re steel strike M hompeB plan
contemplated immediate return OF the
steel strikers to work pending the out.
eeme OF efforts to atbitra'e the dis.
puie
Gavin MeNab OF San Francisco, pro-
posed a permanent arbitration board,
his resolution, which had the approval
OF the public group, providing that all
living ex.pIesiden'S be members.
oo",p,is "Ap 10, "'p'f"uo'
o, me Neel 'ulhe wou'd pe composed
4" sN 'henpers '"o 10 DC apPo''''eu
py eaoh OF 'he ,h'ee group, w 'he con
'efenee-eaptdl' iahof ana 'hc punl'c,
Labor proposmon' as presented
TO-DAY 'nsinuc'
Inc risS' OF wage earnefs 10 OF
sani,s;
J. inc right o' COLLECTIVE bargain
ing
). me r,gh' OF wage esrnefs 20 o.
represented by representatives OF the''
own choosing
= rree speech Tree press and "e'
assembnHe.
! j. ine ',sn Oh einpioyes 10 organic
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-09
Lieutenant Maynard Leading
Field in Big Race Weather
Conditions Hamper Speed
of FIierS From East,

-
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oot y - n
spectacular rescue OF second Licu'en-
ant I Hynes and Second Lieutenant
+ h. Matthews. three miles oW IN
Lake Ere, By the Canadian steam
ship Fairfax. featured the battle
waged with the elements by nine en-
,ran,s in The 'rans-oonilnenisl ai'
derby who started from Buffalo inns
morning for Cleveland. :,
After Lieutenants Hynes an q
Matthews had been given up as iost
by air officials at the Martin iieid
here, the wireless brough, Inc news
that the steamer Fairfax had p'ckea
up the aviaiofs three miles OIL ASH
tabula when fhy were forced down
By the intensity OF the storm
The wireless message said ihat INC
lake was very rough ana that INC
aviaiorS were N grave danger wneh
rescued, IN effort was being made
to to-, salvage on the plane; III, the ,o'snes msssase
OF ,he water il was feared that it
would he impossible to save il.
A. 9:s9 O'Clock Lieutenant New
man in No. l08 arrived at Mar,i,
field after a wild iligh, which had
taken him all the way across the lake
10 Canada and back again. When he
finally made the landing here every
drop OF gasoline in his tanks was eS-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-09
SWatfest Drives
Williams Out, Sox
Hits Didn't Tally

COMISKEY PARK, CHICAGO. Oct. 9.-Chicaso's hopes
Of evening up the series went gmmering in the fatal tint
singled for the Reds Groh followed him with single.
Rossh hit for double scoring Daubert and putting Goh
third Duncan doubled scoring Groh and Roush. Big
Bill James took the hurting job
James couldn't locate the plate and walked Kop Duncan
holding second Rariden hit first for single scoring
Duncan Eller ended inning by short fly to Felsch.
In the Chicago end Of the third Jackson connected
squarey with the phi and while the spectators yelled fran
tcaly the ball sailed the fence for home 1t
was the record waop Of the series.
Despite two hits by the Reds, the fourth inning the
Sox held Eer's mates gathered outs from pop flies and
grounders
Kopf connected soldy for triple to right and Neale
brought him in a single. The fifth ended: Cincinnati
6, Chicago !. p H..
The sixth was terrible slaughter. James taken
from the mound early in the inning and Wilkinson made
poor substitute. James had walked Rath and had a.
ready let Eller single Dauber hunted off Wilkinson and
Duncan singled, scoring Daubert Every Red batsman
had made hit by the time the sixth closed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-09
ANT|-STR|kE ACT
WILL Be PASSED,
WATSON SAYS
Senator Says Labor 0ppoSi-
ton viii Not Hamper It,

WASHINGTON, Oct. o.-Whle
the industrial conference was at
tempting TO settle labor policies to-
diy, the senate was preparing for a
tight against the right which or.
ganized labor has announced il will
never, relinqui,,---the right TO strike
The anti strike provisions in the
Cummins railroad bill. which would
prevent q strike OF railroad work
ers, will pass the senate and will not
be stricken ou, despite the protests OF
Warren Stone Of the railroad brother
hoods and Samuel Gonpcrs OF the
American Federation Of Labor,
Senator Watson Of Indiana. said to-
day. The bill with the an,i.s,rike
provision will be reported TO the sen
ate next week
Union labor will oppose this pro-
vision" said Senator Watson. a mem
Der Of the interstate commerce COM
Mittec Of the senate, but the commit
tee with one exception is in favor OF
Il and I think il will 'be accepted by
the senate"
Senator Watson expressed an opin-
lon that the anti strike provision
would he somewhat modified 30 that
Il would provide for compulsory ar
Filtration among railroad workers and
would make strikes q crime only a.
ter the government atbIuators have
rendered a decision.
Congress has the constitutional
power to regulate commerce" Senator
Watson said. In answer to the charges
Of labor leaders that anti-strike pro.
| visions are unconstitutional.
The modified anti-sirike provision
| will "wield The desired moral effect
without making il neees,ary to Us,
kiafQA" u addaA --''-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-09
MEWSe0YS PAY Y. N. c. A.
FIVE CENTS EACH week

Two hundred and forty Oklahoma
City newsboys are members Of the
" N. CA The boys pay their mem
bership fees of ore dollar In five cents
a week instalments. The boys are
divided into eight gymnasium teams.
which are basn of clubs Each club
has il, officers. committees ssocials
and hikes. In the senior class are boys
from y TO 10 years old. and In the
junhr, boys from 3 TO II, Friday night
the newsboys viii have I hike ard
"wienie" roast, with H. O. ThufstoM
~ AAd&k ''----s'..as.,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-09
DAYTON MAYOR TO
SPEAK HERE SOON

y. F. Garland, director OF the pub.
lie welfare department OF Dayton,
Ohio, and former mayor OF that city,
will he a speaker at future Cham
Der OF Commerce forum luncheon. j
was announced this morning. Gar
land has written the Chamber that
he would be unable to get here No
vember 10, the date he was invited
to speak, but will be available at a
later date. he ,ays.