davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
491,ooo,ooo
32,84O,OOO
Total
$8Oo,84O,OO0

There will be perhaps $15O,OOO,OOO
available from the company's rentals
which can be devoted to capital expen-
dltures, leaving balance of about $685.
100000. SO to be on the safe side the
new Director General asks for a round
three-Quarters of billion At which
there quite likely will be a considerable
outcry, for this is not war measure,
but peace-time expenditure in a try-out
OF governmental operation of railroads.
Nevertheless the plain facts are that a
much larger sum than this is actually
needed to put the railroads in shape, to
make up for at least $500 900, 900 of de-
ferred maintenance from last year and
to provide for that normal increase in
capacity which has not been made in the
last four years. There never was time
when this country had so much money
in its hands, never such large opportu-
mites for foreign trade, never such fa-
vorable chances for selling it's surplus of
foodstuffs and raw materials at scarcity
prices In the judgment of many able
and farseeing business men and finan-
ciers in another six months our indus
tries>will be driving ahead at capacity
rate and business will be at high mark.
If anything like this should take place,
the country will be crippled for lack of
adequate railway facilities and part of
its normal expansion will be curbed
Meanwhile nothing could be of
greater avail in the present period of un-
certainty and hesitations than definite
programme of adequate railway buying
and Improvement announced at the pres
ent time.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

HOW shall we praise the magnificence
1 4 of the dead,
The great man humbled, the naughty
brought TO dust?
Is there a horn we should not blow as
proudly
For the meanest Of US all, who ereeps his
days,
Guarding his heart from blows to die OBJ
scurely?
am no king. have laid no Kingdoms waste
Taken no princes captive, led no triumphs
OF weeping women through long walls of
trumpets;
Say rather | am no one, or an atom:
Say rather two great gods in vault Of
starlight
Play ponderingly at chess, and at the
games end
One of the pieces, shaken, falls to the floor
And runs to the darkest corner; and that
piece,
Forgotten there, left motionless, is
Say that I have no name, no gifts, no
power
Am only one of millions; mostly silent;
One who came with eyes and hands and a
Looked on beauty and loved it, and then
left it,
Say that the fates of time and space OBJ
scured me,
Led me thousand ways to pain, bemused
me,
Wrapped me in ugliness; and like great
spiders
Dispatched me at their leisure.
Well what then?
Should not hear, as lie down in dust,
The horns of glory blowing above my
burial?
Morning and evening opened and closed
above me,
Houses were built above ME, trees let fall
Yellowing leaves upon nae, hands of ghost
Rain has showered its arrows of silver
Seeking my heart; winds have roared and
r ~ tossed me;
Music in long blue waves of sound has
helpless weed to shores of unthought
silence;
Time, above me, within me, crashed its
gongs
Of terrible warning, sitting the dust of
death;
And here I lie. Blow now your horns of
glory
Harshly over my flesh, you trees, you wa
ters.
You, stars and suns, Canopus, Deneb. RigeI.
Let me lie down, here in this dust.
Hear, fnr off, your whispered salutation,
Roar now above my decaying flesh. you
winds;
Whri out your earth-scents over this bodv:
tell me
OF ferns, and stagnant pools, wild roses.
hillsides!
Anoint me. rain; let crash your silver ar
On this hard Aesh 1 am the one who
named you.
l lived in you and now die in YOU,
l, your son, your daughter, treader of
~ music,
Lie broken, conquered. Let me not
fallSin silence.
CONRAD AIKEN.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
A Sheltered Life

From Contemporary Vers.J
A CRYSTAL rim of ice
4 n Where dry reeds in music shiyer.
Gray gulls and white
On the blue, blue river
And across there in the city,
Where the smoke flags are fyinr.
Each hour sees a baby's birth 49,.
And mans dying. ~*
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
etelestai
SARA TEASDALE

From, The Little Rev vie,r. The title IS the
srdnser tptton OF Greek uord meaning 'Tt is
ended Three stanzds o1rtttcd)
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
GUARANTEE

You purchase merchandise adYertised> IN The
TRIBUNE with absolute safety-for II dissatisfaction re-
,ults Ths TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money bach request No red tape. Mo qubbns
We make good promptly il the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
MIR. Illness Three-quarters of a
Billion

In asking for an appropriation of
$750000,O 900 to meet the necessities of
the railways in the coming wear. Mr..
Hinesssubmits the following items:
Equipment ordered fer 1913 S286 o00,0oO
Other capital expenditures
for additions and better
ments Observation-Disclosures. 4e1,ooo,ooo
Loans, etc. observation-disclosures. 32,84O, 600
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

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New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
SUNDAY. JANUARY IS, 1919

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New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

SVbSI TTTN FA NaII IncudIN9
~ IslE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
one Six Three Ono
Year Months Months Month.
n.1y and Sunday. $1,000 $500 $3.50 $l.00
psy ouy .-...........-.. eOU fuu wv 80
sunday ou'y ............. 800 80 10 80
suaIay only Canada...... 500 80 1.5 80
FOREIGN RATES
naly al sunday. 50 90 sl2O0 500 "a 20
psly ouy ............... 1890 900 4ou -.9o
sunday ouly sou lVO ZVV -
cn,eed q, the pos,of.ce at as Second Glass
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

while in France it cannot be bought for
money 1t is not there, amount of
cash can buy it.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

New York, Jan. %, 1919.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-10
GIVES ACCOUNT TODAY

In an open session of the senate today, President Wilson will give an accounting of his stewardship in Paris and deliver the treaty of peace together with the covenant of the ]eao11c of nations into the hands of the sen ate for its ratification or rejection. It will then rest with that body what disposition will be made of both questions.
 In the main, it is the general opinion that Mr. Wilson, when he set foot on American soil at New York Tuesday, had accomplished in a large measure that which he set out to achieve last January And he came home with a good treaty in his pocket and the league of nations an established fact.
 He met and Overcame the preiudiCes of European diplomats and in the fight for a new world order of justice, secured the aban- donment of the old system of a balance of power as the means of lessening chances for future wars Most of the world has accepted his plan which, it is admitted can only be ef- fective if the United States participates in it.
 A certain faction of the United States senate members of the republican party, has announced that it will oppose the adoption by the United States of the plan. If it adheres to to its position. the country will probably hear some interesting argument in the near future, Mr. Wilson is not going to tamely submit to the republican decree He is preparing to tour the country and plead the cause of the league of nations and impartial observers say that he will carry the support of the American people by great majority.
 It is expected that his message to con- gress today will merely relate to the work of the conference of Versailles. He will tell what was done and deliver the treaty to the senate. His defense of the league of nations, made practical mainly by his own work, will be made to the American people direct
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-10
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE.

The abandonment oj the reconstruction work on the Panama Valley K. R. from Happy to Fairbanks caused by the ten million dollar cut in the Alaska railroad appropriation while it will mean a small reduction in the amount of money to be spent in this vicinity by the Alaskan Engineering commission, will not have any noticeable effect on local conditions. Fairbanks i~ not now nor has it ever been de- pendent on the expenditure of government fund, for its existence, and the loss of the few thousands of dollars from this source will hardly be noticeable in the aggregate for the year from all sources.
 It is true that the Tanana Valley recon struction work would be welcomed here as it would give tangible evidence of the coming ot standard gauge connection with the coast Its moral effect would undoubtedly be greater than the financial benefits to be accrued there from But the loss of money will hardly be noticeable.
 The loss of the appropriation has not changed the plans of the commission for link ing Fairbanks with the coal fields this fall. While no new contracts will be awarded, the work between Fairbanks and the Panama riv- CT at Ncnana will be pushed with vigor ac, cording to Nenana adviccs, and steel laid and trains operating before real winter sets in
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-10
FIRST ACTION
 IS TAKEN NOW
GOVERNMENT DRIVE AGAINST SALE OF BEER IS STARTED
 IN PITTSBURG

PITTSBURG, July 9.-(P)-Action against the Pittsburg Brewing com pany, charging violation of the war time prohibition law, was started to- day by the federal attorney. This is the first step to be taken in the governments drive against the sale of beer containing two and three quarters percent of alcohol.
 The company's attorneys say they will fight the case into the highest courts, believing they will eventually win out. This company has manu- factured a large quantity of this beer since the first of the month and is able to dispose of all that is made. It is probable charges will be placed against other firms by the district attorney.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-10
AIIENATING OUR ALLIES
(NcW York Globe. ]

nCrc u>Cu to DC d question NlIII NIuNII amused themselves: Ii you could press a button on the wall and kill an unknown mandarin in China, who would leave you d fabulous fortune. would you do it: The re- publican senators who oppose the league of nations face situation which is remotely sim liar though ten thousand times more tragic. If they can make political capital for them selves and vent their rage against Wilson by seeking to Overturn all that is good in the work of the peace conference some of them seem to feel that they are justified in doing so re- gardcss of the consequences.
 These consequences are serious enough if they are looked at in the most optimistic light Faced candidIy and realistically, they become simply appalling PurpOSelv or not, Op- ponentS of the league are now doing every thing possible to aIienate America from her allies Since Clemenceau and lloyd George aided Wilson in preparing the covenant, Eng land and France are tarrcd with the same stick Words uttered in wrath at Washing ton appear next day in cold type at half the breakfast tables in Europe and create amaze ment, cOnstcrnatiOn, and dioust. When an American Statesman" advises us to let Europe stew in her own juice, while we huddle the cloak of prosperity closer around our shoulders, it is no wonder that Europe begins to doubt the sincerity of our desire to make the world safe for democracy.
 This is the more unfortunate because there was never time when the common peO- pie of America France, and England were united by so many honest bonds as now. Statesmen may have suspicious of one anoth- CT, but statesmen do not fight wars They sit at home, secure in easy chairs, while the sons of the common people go out and die on the battlefield If every one of those national leaders who wish America to sink national honor for the sake of imaginary national se- Curitv had had a son and lost him in this war, we should hear less talk of leaving Europe to her fate
 Because of the bigortv and sclfisfness of some of our leaders a severe test is about to be put upon our friendship with our allies It may be as we'll to remember during these try ing days that governments may arrange al dances but that only peoples can grasp hands across the sea- The France that is a flame in our hearts, the England that hangs on like bulldog and dies if need be for the sake of the Anelo-SaXOn way of doing thingS-the efforts of bitter old men will not suffice to shake AmeriCa's loyalty to them.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-10
A MANS PRAYER
(The Michigan Tradesman.)

Teach me that 60 minutes make an hour 1O ounces one pound, and 100 cents one dol lar.
 Help me to live so that can lie down at night with clear conscience without a gun under my pillow, and unhaunted by the faces of those to whom 1 have brought pain.
 Grant, l beseech Thee, that 1 may earn my meal ticket on the square, and in going so may not stick the gaff where it does not be- long
 Deafen me to the jingle of tainted money and the rustic of unholy skirts
 Blind me to the faults of the other fel- low, but reveal to me my own.
 Guide me so that each night when I lool, across the dinner table at my wife, who has been blessing to me, I will have nothing to conceal
 Keep me young enough to laugh with my children and to lose myself in their play.
 And then when comes the smell of flow CTS and the tread of soft steps and the crunch- ing of the hearses wheels in the gravel out in front of my place, make the ceremony short and the epitaph simple:
 HERE LIES A MAN.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-10

Iigcucc of others For more than a month it has been easily possible to clear away every trace of the fire, but numcrou, piles of char red timber and iirc->carrcd iron and tin still clutter up the most prominent section of town on Front street
 These un,ighty remnants of last winters fire spoil the appearance of the entire town and they should have been removed weeks ago. The council waited too long on the convenience of the owners, and has given them more than enough time by allowing them until August I to clean up the premises. It is to be hoped that they will not take advantage of the full time limit but go to work today and put their property in a shape which will not be dis grace to the town.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-10
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

In inStructine Chief of Police Sanderlin to see that the debris still remaining on the lots in the burned district is removed and the property put into an orderly condition, the city council Tuesday evening did something which has been neglected too long. The conditions existing on some of those lots are discredit- able to the town and their appearance is an evesore to the entire community.
 Some of the owners went ahead and cleaned up as soon as spring came and the ground had thawed sufficiently. But the eff feet of their work has been spoiled by the neg
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-10
J. H. RUSSELL
 GETS NEWS OF
 BROTHERS END
ONT. WAS PROMINENT CITIZEN OF THAT TOWN; MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TOWN REEVE.

THE CITY COUNCIL AND TOWN
 REEVE
 on the last mail arriving from the Outside, J. II. Russell received word of brothers death at Walkerton, ont, where he had resided for years. The death was caused by stomach trouble.
 The following account of the death is taken from the Walkerton daily pa per. which was received by MT. Rus sell.
 The passing of ex-Reeve Robert Russell, which occurred at his home here about 3:30 o'clock on Wodnes- day afternoon, after long illness from stomach and other trouble. re- moves a familiar figure from the scene and one who took an active interest in the great war which has closed all his four sons enlsting, and he, himself, offering his services to the army, but being rejected for over age
 The late Robert Russell was a noted athlete in his youth, and won many long distance races here in the early days A citizen of Walk erton for forty-three years, he took an active part in the affairs of the town, he being chief constable and caretaker of the town hall for over twenty years, besides being in the council for two years, the last one of which, in 1917, Ae was reeve of the town
 Born on the 12th Con, Brant, on Jan. 27th, 1856, the deceased was the youngest son of the late Adam Russell a pioneer of the township. Coming to Walkerton at 20 years of age, he continued to reside here until the end, engaging in various kinds of work, including that of chief constable of Walkerton, high con stable of Bruce and until recently run ming a large milk business here At the time of his death he was pro prietor of the mail carrying business over rural route number four.
 The late Robt Russell was mar ried to Miss Emma Priscilla Benson, daughter of the late James Benson of Walkerton, and who predeCeased him in March, 1903, leaving a family of four sons, Stanley of Toronto, John and James now overseas, and Leith, killed in action Feb. 1916, and four daughters, (Bertha) Mrs. Ivan Thompson of London, (Ada) Mrs. Harry Shaw of Seattle, Wash, Fan- nie) Mrs Claude Cogan of Los An geles and (Jean) Mrs. Ray Vogan of town Mr Russell was married for the second time in Feb. 1905 to Miss Isabella Morrison of town, who sur wives him with no children.
 He also leaves two brothers, John F. of North Bay and James of White Horse Pass, Yukon, and a half-broth- CT and sister, Daniel Proctor of Owen Sound and Mrs. Hiram LOney of Wiarton
 The funeral will ake place at the Walkerton cemetery on Friday after noon at 2:4O o'clock, Rev. R. Perdue of the Anglican church, of which the deceased was member officiating.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-10

The alarmist report that the German peace treaty contains a clause forcing prohi- bition on Europe may furnish a clew to the senators why the full text has not been pub lshed
New Britain herald., 1919-04-30
HOME CITIES WANT
ARMY DOCTORS BACK
War Department Urged to Release
Them-Still Badly Needed
in Service.

Washington, April 30.--Many COM
munities throughout the country are
urging the war department to dis
charge physicians drawn into the
medical department of the army i'll Or
der that they may return to their
homes, where they are badly needed.
"Unfortunately. the medical DEPART
ment Of the army is now carrying al
most it's peak load in this country"
said Acting Secretary of War CroWeli
New Britain herald., 1919-04-30
JOBS FOR DISABLED
Men RetraIned by Federal Board Ger
tain OF Employment at Close of the
Course.

Washington. April S0.-rhe law
creating the federal board for voca-
tlonal education made it the duty of
the federal board to undertake the
placement of wounded and disa bled
solulers, sailors and marines. Many
or these men while suffering some
slght INJURY, not enough to require q
course OF retraining but sufficient to
prove serious handicap in their for
mer occupation, are in need OF expert
advice upon the best method Of pro-
ceeding in order to utilize their un-
impaired abilities. and this the fed
eral board is prepared to furnish, and
has been furnishing. Since the board
began dealing with the soldier ,904
cases have been placed in suita en-
plOymcnt The federal board main
tains a placement division which
keeps a check on the number Of men
in training, the probable length Of
time required for each man to finish
his course, the date at which he will
probably be ready to take employ
ment: and, meanwhile, the placeme nt
officials are conducting a search for
suitable employment for these re
trained men, with the result that as
each man finishes his training, if it is
a wage earning occupation. there is a
Jop Itauy IoT HILL Tie IS pldCed IN
| the job. supervised, by the federal
| board, his training allowance being
continued, as we'll as the support al
loWance to his dependents, until he
demonstrates that he can carry on
| under commercial conditions. When
he is employed as a competent work
| er and placed upon the pay roll, his
| support allowance ceases; but the COM
ensation from the war risk insurance
New Britain herald., 1919-04-30

consequently. this situation is a dis
Tesslng one. Some instances are
really heartrending. Everything pos
slole is being done to relieve the
situation"
The policy is to release doctors
New Britain herald., 1919-04-30

when possible to communities in
greatest need. Many army doctors are
employed in the physical examination
of men in dem utilization camps as
we'll as in post, camp, base and gen
eral hospitals.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-30

bureau then automatically begins,
provided he has a permanent disa bill
ity, and supplements his earning in
the line for which he has been re-
trained.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-30

III n the
t him
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-21
Barrel as Novel Mousetrap,

When difficulty is encountered in
Kidding a place Of mice by the ordi-
nary methods, try this one. which Is
outlined by s. L. Basin In Popular
Mechanics Magazine: Get fairly
tight barrel and bore a hole near the
bottom to serve as an entrance. Throw
into the barrel quantity of shavings
or any material that would be useful
to the mice In forming nests. Add
some grain to serve as an additional
attraction and then cover with a piece
Of wood. Let the barrel remain In a
place infested with mice for a week
or ten days. At the end Of this time
numbers of the creatures will have
taken up their abode In the barrel and
be busy nest making. Then stop up
the hole in the bottom with a cork
or wood plug of proper size, lift up
the cover Of the barrel a little and
pour in water until there Is sufficient
to drown the occupants. The trap
may be emptied and, after drying. set
up again. In this way locality is
soon cleared of mice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-21
THINK IN 1NrEREST-SAVE--
HAVE SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Gifts Of War Savings Stamps Should
Be Kept.

Every person who makes a gift Of
War Savings Stamps to either a child
or grown person should accompany
that gift by one or two things, accord
ing to Charles Kerr, Minneapolis as
sistant postmaster. He should accom-
/pany the gift either by lecture on
the value of thrift and the wisdom of
keeping the stamps or by pledge
from the recipient that the stamps
will not be cashed.
There Is tendency" Mr.. Kerr
said, for persons who receive stamps
as a gift to think of them as so much
velvet something to be turned into
money and spent at once. Every
stamp giver ought to do something
to Offset this tendency. The value of
money in the form Of War Savings
Stamps is just exactly as great as IL
the possessor got them without effort,
as a gift, as il he had worked to earn
the money and buy the stamps. Also,
the stamps represent the toll of the
one who gave them and for that reason
have a sentimental value that must
be taken into account. II q friend
is willing to work full day, say, to
earn the money for gift to you, the
gift should be kept"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-21
SPECIAL DAYS FOR COURTING
Four Sundays in Month of November
Devoted by holianders to Process
of Matchmaking.

1t is the usual thing with the Dutcn
60 compress matchmaking in all its
branches within the month of NOvem-
Der, an exchange says. The four Sun
days of the month mark the four
stages of the courtship, and each is
known by It's individual name as RE
view," Decision" Purchase" and
Possession" Sunday. On Review
Sunday in a village the whole pOpula-
ton fingers after church while the
young people parade about, but shyly
forbear to speak. Decision Sunday is
q long step forward. After the serv-
ice each bachelor approaches the
maiden of his choice with ceremoni-
Gus bow. He must be shrewd, for
from her manner of responding he is
to judge whether 1t 10 the part of wis
dom or of danger to make further ad-
vances. If the test Of Decision Sun
day is safely passed the sutton waits
a week and on Purchase Sunday calls
upon the parents of his beloved. With
their approval he may appear on Pos
session Sunday as prospective bride
groom. November Is chosen as the fit
test month of the year, because the
hardest work of farming is over and
the comfortable time of gathering the
harvest is the merriest season Of all.