davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1919-11-18
COMBAT FROST

POMONA. Ca, Nov. 1s-Extensive
experiments in methods of combating
frost will be conducted here this winter
by F. d. Young. government climatol-
ogical expert, who arrived recently. OBJ
servations will be made so charts and
data may be prepared to assist ranch
ers in preventing damage to citrus
crops by freezing.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-11-18
INNOCENTS DIE

Only 5000 of the 1000 Serbian children who march
ed the terrible retreat of the Serbian army 1915 are
living today the American Red Cross reports and these
survivors find themselves sheeress and orphans Some
dav the wars toll Of ehildfe will be calculated When
this is done the figures likely equal if not exceed the
slaughter on the battlefield and appal the wordChicago
Tribune
Imperial Valley press., 1919-11-18
BOLSHEVIKI CLAIM
CAPTURE GENERALS
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Nov. 1S-The Bolsheviki
claim the capture of ten generals and
more than a hundred officers at Omsk
according to the statement of the Soviet
government at Moscow
Imperial Valley press., 1919-11-18

The All-American Canal Association,
as was expected, has gone on record
against the action of the Imperial Val
ley Lands Association in sending re-
quest to Washington that the water
question be arbitrated with Mexico.
The board of directors took adverse
action yesterday and sent the resolu-
ton condemning the action to Wash
ington
Imperial Valley press., 1919-11-18
FRENCHMEN WIN
IN THE ELECTIONS
(By Associated Press)

PARIS, Nov. 1S-Complete returns
fromFrench elections show the con.
servative, moderate and nationalist ell
ements hold 494 seats in the chamber of
deputies while the extremists have "a
members of the new chamber
Imperial Valley press., 1919-11-18
,FRom POVERTY TO RICHES OVER NIGHT

NEW yOVK-rwo IIida Cosgrove was e p w
Of husband, Spanish-a
struggling along since Hyln W
clothe eed
mounting daily the Won was
registered 'S' 0
Ma hean left SAT a bachelor uncle OF coio'"oo'
Imperial Valley press., 1919-11-18
FOOD PRICES RAISE
(Ry. Associated Pressl

(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18-Prices of
many articles Of food increased in Au-
gust but in most cities beef prices show
ed decline, the bureau of labor statis-
tics report today said.
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BRITAINs WOMAN SOLDIER
Miss Dorothy Lawrence Served B.
Front Line Trenches. !.

The strange story of Miss Dorothy
Lawrence, the only British woman
soldic" late of the Royal Engineers,
Fifty .I3t division, 18th tunneling.
company, B. E. F., has just been issued
in book form by John Lane. 1t forms
one of the oldest documents to come
out of the war, and the. story it reveals
has lifted the diminutive figure OF
Miss Lawrence, an English newspa-
per woman, to the proportions of
national heroine. ..--
In the old days it was not uncom-
mon for q woman to enlist as a sailor
or a soldier, and nowadays the exam
pie Of the Russian woman soldiers
has become widely known. But for
a British woman to enter the cohlbat-
ant ranks of the British army Is
thing until now unheard of. Yet Miss
Lawrence contrived to reach the
British front at Albert in 1915, and to
serve for more than. a week in the
10th tunneling company, r. Z. r.
attached to the famous Fifty-fir d.
vision.
Miss Lawrence rode on a ram
shackle bicycle out of Paris in the
summer of 1915 to Creil, one of the
French base camps back of the fight
ing line. Here she applied for and re-
ceived a safe conduct up to Senlis,
whence the French elected her. She
got around the election order, how
ever, by escaping into Senlis forest
and sleeping there until she was for
gotten. Her attempt to get to the
front from Senlis failed. however. and
she returned to Paris to make sec
"nd attrnrt.
Shc ."anrcd u Suit of British Ehaki
in Paris. cut her hair short and mad"
for the lires ct .Bethunc. And this
time she succeeded. She spent
week with a tunneling company in the
frontline trenches before her sergeant
discovered there was a girl in the
ranks. Then she was put under arrest
at once. and after repeated cross-eX-
animation she was finally sent to
convent for detention. Here she was
held for five weeks, after which she
vas cent back 70 En~land. hut was
! forbidden to write or %P.ai; "f h"r
adventure uul;l thc var VS. oyer.
Sees fha, pcac. ha> been signe, N"
ory of her mad escapade has como
out.
One cannot help but think that the
military authorities who arrested her
were less angry than grateful. For
she had shown them how German
spies could penetrate into the British
lines, through the carelessness of the
French local officials in issuing passes
to the military zone.
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CHAPTER XIII.
tIraE COPYRIGHT 81
= >NAcMQv Qvse3@.
Kirby and ] Meet.

NiTDy anu mSSI.
Sal remained seated behind the bar
nodding, and so soon as felt reason
ably assured that she was without in
terest in my movements, l leaned for
ward and endeavoref to arouse Ken
nedy. This was by no means easy OF
accomplishment, and 1 was compelled
to pinch the fellow rather severely
. before he sat up angrily, 5lurtinS out
the first words which came 70 his lips:
"What the devil"
His half-opened eyes caught my ges-
ture for silence, and he stopped in
stantly, his lips widely parted.
. 'sMeet me outside" 1 whispered,
warningly. "But be careful about il"
The slight noise had failed to dis
turb. the woman, and / succeeded in
slipping through the unlatched door
without noting any change in her pos
ture. Tim, now thoroughly awake,
and aware of something serious in the
air, was not long in joining me with
out, and drew him aside inio a spot
Of deeper blackness under the trees.
He was still indignant over the pinch
ing, and remained drunk enough to be
quarrelsome. I cut his mufled pro-
family short.
"That's quite enough Of that, Tim,"
! said sharply, and was aware that ne
stared back at me, plainly perpleXed
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Germany as soon as the blockade was
raised. Other supplies for Germany are
coming by every ship and the ware.
house problem in these countries Is be-,
coming serious. Storage rates are high
and are eating up possible profits.
The .salesmen, however, are help
less. They may, it is true, ship their
wares into Germany and accept marks
in payment, but they must leave these
marks in Germany; must deposit them
at the Deuteche Bank. They will be
given receipt at this bank, and If they
can find buyer for their recelpt--some
one who desires to buy something in
Germany and can make use of credit
in the Deutsche Bank-they can, get
their money back with highly re-
duced profit. The deal, in fact, resolves
itself into highly speculative gamble
on the value of the mark. A dignified
cotton or iron deal is suddenly turned
into a sheer. betting match; betting on
the rise or fall Of the mark"
They are an unhappy lot, the sales
men,, Mr.. Shepherd says. They came to
Germany with high expectations, know
ing the country's dire need Of many
things They have all been disappoint-
ed. They can't use German labor, and
they can't spend German marks in Ger.
many And they sit around and damn
German efficiency. An illustration Of
the situation is furnished: .,l
81 encountered one salesman who
had started a shiment Of $1,000,000
worth Of cotton toward Holland for
Germany. He had concluded, long, be-
fore the signing of tina Peace Treaty
that the men who stood at the gateway
to Germany when. the blockade. was
raised and shouted to the Germans:
Here's a million dollars worth of cot
start an auction sale. that would bring
him a vast fortune. But nothing like
this has happened to him. He openly
expresses his distress and worry. Not
all OF his cotton has arrived as yet. He
doubts whether he can find room in
the warehouses for what Is still to
come. The Germans need cotton des-
perately. They will take his cotton
from him and pay him in marks in the
Deutsche Bank, but he cannot remove
the marks from Germany. They will
pay, him in German shoes or in Ger
man tanned leather or in German hard
ware none Of which he wants; none OF
which he feels he will be able to sell.
fIe is going to be very fortunate if he
does not take heavy loss for his cot
ton firm ....... ~ 49,.
Mr.. Shepherd concludes with this bit
Of philisophizing: n.. +
"It was strange to hear them damn
ing German efficiency when they, with
SO much experience, might better have
been damning our own inefficiency.
The people that work the hardest, the
mos. and the longest, are the people
who will soonest recover from the eff
fects Of this war. Ask any Of the sales
men who have been in Germany recent
", what nation in Europe Is the most
heartily at work to-day. ..
Germany is getting so much work
from her people that she finds herself
able to spend it, like coin, in the worlds
markets. ... . -. .......,.. ..
1.-THE rest Of us seem to have only
money-much of it, of doubtful value
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sMaybe not now; but she'll come
around all right, and she signed her
name. So there amt no hitch. She
seemed to get worse after that. Come
on, we can't stand talking here; let's
get them off, Jack: there isn't any time
to waste. suppose We'll have to strap
her into the saddle" = .s.
held back, and permitted them to
work, merely leading my own horse
slightly to one side and keeping in his
shadow. Gaskins brutally jerked the
shrinking mulatto forward and forced
her to mount one of the horses. She
made some faint protest, the nature
of which I failed to catch clearly, but
the fellow only laughed in reply and
ordered her to keep quiet. Eloise ut.
tered no word, emitted no sound, made
no struggle, as the two other men lifted
her bodily into the saddle, where Kirby
held her, swaying helplessly against
him, while Rale strapped her securely
into place. ,..... B.. -.,-..-..
up ugly, but a quart O. red-eye sure
fixed him-thar's our party a comm
now. Ye're ter stay right whar ye
are"
They were advancing toward us up
the bank which sloped down toward
the creek. Rale moved forward to
meet them across the little open space,
and Il moment later, from my hiding
place among the. motionless horses I
became able to distinguish the slowly
approaching figures. There were four
in the party, apparently from the garb
two men and two women. The second
man might be the preacher, but if so,
why should he be there? Why should
his presence at this time be necessary?
Unless the two main conspirators had
special need for his services, I, could
conceive no reason for his. having any
part in the action that night. Had l
been deceived in their plans? Even as
this fear overwhelmed me with conster-
nation, I was compelled to, notice how
helplassly the first of the two women
walked--as though her limbs refused
to support her body, even though ,ap-
.parently upheld by the grip Of the
man beside her. Rale, joining them,
Immediately grasped her other arm,
and, between the two, she was impelled
forward. The saloonkeeper seemed
unable to restrain his, voice.
eyer must'r give her. one h o. a
dose," he growled, angrily. "Half o.
thet wud q bin nough. Why, d. 1t.
she kin hardly walk ...'.
swell, what's the odds?" it was Kir-
by who replied. sarcastically. "She got
more because. she wouldn't drink. We
had to make her. take it, and it wasn't
10 easy job. .Gaskins will tell you
that. Have you got your man hereT
90 course; he's waiting thar with
the bosses. But I'm id If I like
this. She don't know nuthin', does
sheT
(To Be Continued.)
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by the change in my tone and manner.
"You are an officer Of the law; so am
and 1t is about time we were work
ing together
he managed to release gruff laugh
"You-you d. bum; h, that's q
good joke--what'r yer givin' me now?
"The exact truth; and it will be
worth your while, my man, to brace up
and listen. j am going to give you q
chance to redeem yourself-a last
chance. It will be a nice story to tell
hack in st. Louis that you helped to
kidnap a wealthy young white woman
Using your office as cloak for the
crime, and, besides that, killing two
men to serve n river gambler. Sup
pose I was to tell that sort Of tale to
Governor Clark, and give him the
proofs-where would you land?"
He breathed hard, scarcely able to
articulate, but decidedly sober.
"What-what's that? Amt you the
fellar thet wus on the boat? Who
who the devil are yerV
81 am an officer in the army" I said
gravely, determined to impress him
first of all, "and / worked on that
steamer merely to learn the facts in
this case. know the whole truth now
even to your late quarrel with Kirby
do not believe you realized before
what you were ,doing-but you do now
You are guilty of assisting that con
temptible gambler to abduct Eloise
Beaucairc, and are shielding him now
in his cowardly scheme to compel hel
to marry him by threats and force"
"The d, low-lived pup-I told
him whut he wus."
eyes, but that doesn't prevent the
crime. He's all you said, and more
But calling the man names isn't going
to frighten him, nor get that girl out
of his clutches. What want to know
is. are you ready to help me fight the
fellow? Block his game?"
"HOw2 What do ye want done"
"Give me q pledge first, and I'll tel
you"
did you say ye wus an army offer
cer?"
eyes, a lieutenant; my name is
Knox"
II never know'd yer"
"PrObably not, but Joe Kirby does
was on the steamer Warrior coming
down when he robbed old Judge Beau
caire That was what got me mixed
up in this affair. Later l was in thai
skiff you fellows rammed and sunk or
the Illinois. I know the whole dirty
story, Kennedy, from the very begin
ming. And now it is up to you wheth
er or not tell it to Governor Clark"
81 reckon yer must be right" he ad
mitted helplessly. "Only / quit colo
the minute l caught on ter whut WI:
up. l never know'd she want no mig
ger till after we got yere. Sure'S yej
live that's true. Only then l didn'
know whut else ter do, so 1 got bilin
drunk"
you are willing to work with me
them"
Yer kin bet 1 am; I amt NJ
gurl-stealer."
"Then listen, Kennedy. Jack Rail
told me exactly what their plans were
because he needed me to help him
When you jumped the reservation, h
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SETTLED |! AT last
.ThlrtIeth Division Broke linden.
burg Line. ,
VAR Il DEPARTMENT + s SPEAKS OFFICIALLY
Review of the Faets-Others Did Their
Full Duty; But il was the Thirtieth
that Turned the Teiek That Took
the Heart out of the Germans.

Full Duty; But it was the Thirtieth
that Turned the Trick That Took
the Heart out Of the Germans.
The following official statement has
been issued by the war department
news bureau at Washington:
The war department authorizes the
following from the office of the chief
of staff. ~. .-..--
"On account Of erroneous reports as
to the activities Of the Second Ameri-
can Corps against the Hindenburg
Line, September 27 to October. l,
1918, the following resume is re-
leased: ... .. .a.... .f
Operations of the Second American
Corps. against the Hindenburg Line,
September 81, October l, 1918: -
I'm September, 1919 the Second
American Corps, Twenty-seventh and
Thirtieth divisionS was placed at the
disposal of the Fourth British Army
for operation against the Hindenburg
line east of Peronne. -..s... -
the Thirtieth division took oyer what
was known as the Nauroy sector,
with front of $3.50 yards, aboutl 900
yards west of the main Hindenburg
Line and approximately on the old
Hindenburg outpost line. On the next
night the Twenty seventh division
took over the Gouy sector, on the left
Of the Thirtieth division and connect
ing with it, it's front was $500 yards,
approximately along the old British
front line trenches, very close to the
Hindenburg outpost line. H-. %.
"On September 27, preliminary op-
GRAFTON was undertaken, to straighten
the line OF the Thirtieth division and
to bring the Twenty y-seventh up to
the start line. for the main attack.
The Thrtieth. division succeeded but
by the afternoon OF September 2S the
Twert ty-serenth division was back in
its original position 60 =: -
At, 5c 80 Il. m, September 20, the corps
attacked, supported by the Australian
Corps. The Second british Corps at
tackled simultaneously on its right,
and the Third British Corps on its
left. The attack was to be led by
tanks, behind a rolling barage. The
start line was slightly to the east Of
the Hindenburg outpost line, and the
objective east of Nauroy and Gouy.
Th: plan provided that after the
Americans had reached their objec-'
tives, the Australians were to pass
through them and continue in the ad-
vance. :,.. .., 49,. - ...;
THE Thirtieth was already on the
start line,r close behind the initial line
of the barrage. The Twenty seventh,
however had not yet been able to take
the three strong points, The Knoll,
Guillemont Farm and Quennemont
Farm, and was consequently about
1,OCo yards behind the barrage' line,
which was east Of them. The question
Of changing the barrage lines for this
division was raised, but decided in the
negative, the bridage designated to
make the attack having reported at 8
p. m, on the 2Sth that it expected to
be within 400 yards Of the barrage
lines or possibly even on the intended
starting line before the hour for at
tack. -.. ..-' -.... g..
"The barrage fell as planned at
$50 a. m, September 20, stood for,
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ORGANIZED POWER.
Minority Working in Unison Can Con-
.. troll Majority.
(To Be Continued.)

In Russia there are about 10000
0O0 people, but less than 10 per cent
Of them,s so. it is said, were in any
way identified actively or plssively
with the Bolshevistic campaign which
brought chaos 10 that country. Ten
per cent of the population, or less,
was organized and mobilizCd as against
80 per cent unorganized and with
out leadership. The result is Just what
will always happen when an organized
minority of even 10 per cent, aggres-
sively and vigorously led, can domin-
ate 80 per cent unorganized to their
destruction. This is true in politics
as in war. An organized army OF 10O.-
600 can easily rout and completely des-
troy an unorganized body of, 1000
600 uncuuipped and unframed.
There are more than 40.00O,O0O peo-
ple in the United States engaged Ill
gainful occupation. 1t is e9timafed
by labor union people that there are
3. OOO, 900 members of labor organiza-
stated some time ago that while there
are 100000 people in this country
eligible for membership IN the Ameri-
man Federation of Labor, 100000
of them are still not organized as
members These 100000 organized
union men compacted together into
solid body under the leadership of the
aggressive radicals Of today Will en-
danger and possibly destroy the free
dom of more than 100000 laboring
people Of other kinds and OF others
not members of labor unions, unless
these non-union people promptly and
aggressively make ready to protect
themselves. 1t would he unspeakable
folly for this unorganized mass to be-
Iieye in its own safety by reason oil
It's numbers. Against force OF g.
200. 900 organized union labor men the
$1,000. 900 of organized workers Will be
naIplcss, so long as they are not united
N any cohesive power for protecting
.hi" minority
Russia's experience should warn ~
-. .,.e dancer Of remaining asleep
while an aggressive minority digs at
the foundation of our national life.
1t behooycs non union people in every
walk of life, men who value
their own independence and the in
dependence of the nation, TO be alert
70 those conditions, and in advance to
formulate their plans to sec that a
small minority led by the raniest rad
icals Of the age shall not ruin Ameri-
ra. in order to rule over this wreck and
..jr.. fn III oplo'tr"i:H "f lo"tiE= H.
: I..rinc atd 'TrU'>>T and 'h"!r irt-
.,.yers have done in Russia.
Our safct% is not in numbers. but ~
M awakened consciousness of the sit
,.ation, and a grim determination that
radicalism and politics which toadied
TO radicalism shall not sacrifice the
ucoplc Of this country and its eXis-
toncc as a republic, at the behest OF
this small minority, dominated to n
large extent by Anarchists, Socialists,
and Bolshevists.
| 1t is time for Americans to wake up
! and protect themselves and America
-NanufaC turer's Record, Baltimore
/ Md.
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four minutes on the Initial line and
then advanced at the rate Of 100
yards in four minutes. The Thirtieth
division advanced behind It, SIxtieth
brigade In first Jine.. The One Hun
'dred and Seventeenth infantry was to
follow across the tunnel, then depioy
facing south and, cover the right Of
the Australians after the. relief Ar
rangements were made to seize the
southern exit of the tunnel which lay
in the division sector. WI
THE German barage was not
heavy, but nevertheless there were
many casualties, especially inahe sup
port battalions. Smoke and fog rem
dered It dlfficult to keep direction and
contact. The One Hundred and Twen-
tieth infantry, on he'rieht, crossed
the Hindenburg Line 2'and occupied
Nauroy; the One Hundred: and Seven
Eteenth reached its properal Sposition,
facing southeast icand connecting the
One Hundred and Twentieth with the
Forty sixth British sdivision3@ The cone
Hundred and Nineteenth, however on
the left, was. enfiladed by. fnachine
guns from its own left SaIfd 4 had to
form a defensive flank in that direc-
tion, reaching back to the stppnef. and
then connecting with the: Twenty
seventh division. "A 'battahop Of the
One Hundred and Seventeenth and one
of the One Hundred and Eighteenth
were sent to support this dank.a In
this position, the Australians, passed
tt rough the lines and relieyed the
Thirtieth division on the afternoon Of
September 2s. "a f;IY
sTn the Twenty seventh division, the
Fifty fourth infantry brigade made
the attack under the same difficulties
on account of fog and smoke, 1t also
received machine gun fire, IN .the en-
fllade from the direction5of Vendhuile
outside It's sector to the left Part OF
the right regiment the One Hundred
and Eighth, by a detour to the south,
avoided Quenne.nont 4! Farm and
reached the Hindenburg Line south OF
Bony Groups from all attacking
battalions succeeded In 'penetrating
between the strong points, and reach
ing the Hindenburg Line. hpH,by dusk
only the extreme right reclaimed it's
footing IN that line Hereithe liyi-
sion was relieved by The Australians
and remained in "supperts:sn rnierous
groups, however, aggre6atiag toye-
1909 men, remained with the :; Aus
tralians and assisted them lh-c cleaning
up the Hindepburg Linesohr the Right.
taking it throughout the rest OF the
sector, and occupying partef. the Vii
lage OF Bony. - iirt ~ A2
"The following Is d tSauotatioh fpom
the dispatch of Marshall, Sir; Douglas
IIaigy dated January 1919 North of
Behenglise, the lThirtistli American
division (Maj. Gen. e. NJ; Leyis[, hay
ing broken through the deepydefenses
Of the Hindenbufg Line stormed Belli- /
court and seized Naur6y. ;
"'on their left the. Twenty. seventh
division (aiaj Gen. j. F. F.ao',Ryany met
with very heavy enhiade nasHine' Egun
fire. but pressed on with great gall
lantry. as far as Bony, where a bitter
struggle took place for the possession
Of the viliage.H' ~
= :. =. a..
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8s' The war department will force
Il sale of $1,000 motor cars, and A.
900 motorcycles which were used in
France and the United States during
the war.
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- Samuel Sanders, Jr. Of Sumter has
been appointed Il midshipman at the
United States naval academy.