davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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ter commended also for the Certifi-

ter commended also for the Certifi cate of Merit
 Information of these new honOrs to Lieut. Rotch, who is popularly known as "Beany," is contained in a personal letter received from him a few days ago by Maj. Walter s. Pollitz, in which a copy of the off, ficial citation was enclosed. De- scribing the reason for the award of the Distinguished Service Cross, the citation states:
 For extraordinary heroism during the bombardment of Paris, France, by hostile aircraft on the nights of September 15-16, 1918 Lieut. -Rotch displayed unusual courage and de- votion to duty when direct hit was registered by hostile aircraft on a barge load of gasoline at the Quai de Javel, Paris, France. With out regard to danger, Lieut. Rotch plunged into the Seine river, which was covered with a film of blazing gasoline and swimming out to the barge succeeded in making fast wire allowing a tug to tow the barge out of danger" .
 Two Foreign Awards
 Previously Lieut.. Rotch had been awarded the British Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre avec branche.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

Has assocating with the larger affairs of the world made MT. Wilson too proud to take another mere presidential nomination in 192O?-(Boston Tran script)
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

As general thing, a man will smile if you say he is an Ananias but. he gets fighting mad when you call him the real thing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

Peace and progress is a very good platform for Juneau this time. That is what the candidacy ot J. Latimer Gray and the Citizens ticket stand for Register and vote the Citizens ticket.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24
Two Foreign Awards

Lieut.. Rotch is a former Alaskan. He is nephew of Gov Thomas Riggs, Jr., and was employed by the Alaskan Engineering Commission before going to war.
 In France he had charge of canal navigation. j
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

When her cheeks are red and her nose is blue, her color schemes at least half true.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

Would an international Supreme Court as suggested by Senator Cummins settle any of dispute the same generation in which it arose?-St. Louis Post Dispatch
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

seder, or else don't close i'd at aii?" This reminds us of the beautiful pome that Fritzie wrote in Law 1enceburg, Ind. The pome follows: In der good old Summer time, In der hottest kind of wedder Id is bedder for two to sleep alone As for one to sleep togedder.
 Gosh! T would not like to have place As boss of our Zoo," said Houp, What would fellow do in case The giraffes went and got the croup?"
 -Uuke McLuke) And if the snakes should get sore throat,
 And for doctor they should send . Said Higgs. "'Twould surely get his goat
 To know just where treatment should end"
 -(Newark Advocate)
 Our Daily Special You Can Dope Your Conscience The Night Before, But It Will Be Back On The Job The Next Morn ing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

cook for one man three weeks with out getting mad about something.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

Since Turkey. Austria and Bulgaria blew up, Bill tIohenzolern isn't that he believes a league ,f nations-Washngton Post.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

The Alaska Grill, the largest and best known restaurant in Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

Another thing-who reads the sta tistics after the Government has them printed?
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24
Tips from Texas
(Dallas News)

(Dallas News)
 Our guess is that a Red Cross nurse who can worry with forty patients through a long war without even saying a cross word couldn't
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

Oh, Joy!
 "It says here that peace has re duced the cost of clothing" said the Old Fogy, as he looked up from the newspaper he was reading. That's right" commented the Grounch "A suit of clothes that cost you $35 before the armistice was signed now costs you only $3497"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24
Easy

We find this in the esteemed Gin cinnati Enquirer:
 Still smarting under the injustice accorded American boxers in London, Biliy Mitchell, manager of Ritchie Mitchell. said he would make Jack Miller British lightweight. pres ent Of S1.OO plm cmfwyp shrdlu etaoi etaon."i
 And Bill O'Brien is "$10O Plm cmfwyp shrdiu etaoin shrdlu?"
 That's easy, Bill The Limo cur rency table is as follows:
 10 etaoin-one shrdlu.
 10 shrdlus-One cmfwyp
 10 cmfwyps-one shrd.
 Now, is there anything else you would like to know?
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24
No Joke

All of whicr meinds us that w. c. V. isn't so crazy when he sends this one in:
 "On these cold nights many fam;- lies have to go to the garage for extra blankets"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

Furthermore, most men quit play ing marbles too soon and take ul golf too late.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24
Yet

An officer of the A. E. F. informs us that he found this notice in English under the German equiva lent on the wall in a corridor of hotel in a German town now occu pied by the Allies:
 Guests Will Lock Doors and Put The Keys At the Porter"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24
Flaw, Flaw!

The deaf mute grins a grin of glee, Of peace he has a heap; He's married, and he knows that he Does not talkin his sleep.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

me WISe F FOOT Figures never lie," contended the Sage.
 Tt is a cinch that you are not married man." commented the Fool
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24
Keep Moving!

Keep Moving! When Father loafs around the house And sits in any room; Dear Mother comes and stares al him And leans upon a broom.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

Mir. Peayish says that one reason Mrs. Peavish won't let him help with little Pansy's raising is be- cause when the child is bad he doesn't claim it's on account of her adenoids.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

Cheer Up Get out the old lawn mower, boy, Prepare to shout: "Hooray!" What is the cause of all this joy? Why, Spring is on her way.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-24

utf-
 '1 have tough case" said the First Doctor. "I have a patient who can't eat anything and hasn't eaten anything for some time" That is tough isn't it." replied the Second Doctor.
 "Yes," replied the First Doctor What can l tell him to give him?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-12
DEPUTY ASSAILs RECORD
| OF ITALIAN PREMIER NITTI
Latter's Statement That He Asked
for American Soldiers on Front
Receives Chambers Approval

ROME. July 11-Premier Francesca
Nitti was attacked in the chamber of
deputies today by Deputy Codacchi-
Pisanelli Among the accusations
brought forward by the deputy. in an
attempt to demonstrate the unpopu-
larity of Premier Nitti with the allies,
was one to the effect that an allied
ambassador hal protested against the
attitude of Premier Nitti when the
later went to America as a member
of the Italian mission. Deputy
Codacchi- Pisanelli also declared that
an interview given by the premier TO
the Associated Press had been stopped
by the censorship.
Premier Nitti protested Indignantly
against the first assertion. saving that
the author of the report was "a liar.
Regarding the interview. he said 1t
October last he had given an inter
view to the Associated Press IN which
he expressed anxiety because Italy
bad the entire Austrian army against
er. In this interview, Premier Nittl
asserted, he urged the dispatch of
American soldiers to the Italian front.
WAS this anti-patriotiC?' asked
the chamber. He added:
The interview displeaSed one ally.
/ was asked to have the interview
not published, to which l agreed after
having been assured my reasons for
il had been recognized.
The interview referred to in the
above was not received in this coun-
try by the Associated Press. Signor
Nitti was member of the Italian
mission wt--~A visited the United
States in 1911.
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COBLENZ. June 30.--"Frisking frau
leins" is the latest sport of the
American 'Y' girl stationed in the
leave areas of the Rhineland. 1t isn't.
however. as the name might IMPLY
one of the games that these girls
stage for the benefit OF the homesicK
soldiers
All Germans going to and from the
neutral zones beyond the Rhine pass
an outpost in the Westerwald hills,
where they must check in and OUT
and. if there are any suspicious evil
dences. submit to search for contra
band In the case Of a Fritz. this job
is brief and to the point. but it isn't
always a Fritz.
The rotundity of the German frau
lein is proverbial. but even this. like
kultur. efficiency and the kaiser. has
it's limits. The doughboy finds him.
self in the embarrassing position OF
recognizing the limits but pow erless
to prove them. This was the situation
which the sentry found himself in one
day when confronted by a buxom
fraulein. whose buxomness was in
eliminating.
We'll, what was he going to do
about it?" .-.. g.. aa
A "" girl happened to pass OPP
portunely and the embarrassed soluier
appealed to her. ,. 80. s...-.
Would she help: Well. just watch
her. or rather. don't watch her. For
she proce eded to .frisk from the fat
fraulein's person large per cent OF
its obesity. and 10 present it to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-12
MAKES SPECIAL DRIVE
FOR THE "LUxURY TAXES"
Commissioner Roper 1nstructs
Revenue Collectors to Canvass
for Delinquents.

A special drive for the collection
of luxury taxes was announced by
the bureau of internal revenue. In
structions have been sent to all coll
iectors by Commissioner Roper to be-
gin a thorough canvass for delin-
quents who have not been turning in
the full amount to which the govern
ment is entitled on the sales of soft
drinks. theater admissions. club dues,
jeweiry. art works, wearing apparel.
toilet articles. boats and certain man
ufacturers and occupa tional taxes.
Cities and counties have been di-
vided into zones and as many mem
bers of the field force assigned to the
work as can be spared from other
duties. Books and records will be
examined where the collectors deem
il necessary.
In every case" Mr.. Roper said.
warranted by investigation, penal
ties assessed by law for failure or
willful refusal to make returns will
be enforced strictly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-12
ELKS BAN BOLSHEVISM
Convention Resolution Directs
Lodges to Bar Red" Advocates.

ATLANTIC CITY y. j.. July "a
resolution directing all subordinate
lodges to employ energetic efforts in
barring from membership persons who
express sympathy with bolsheyism and
kindred lsnS was adopted at the
closing session OF the Elks convention
htre Yesterday. The resolution also
directed the subordinate lodges to ex
Iei members who decline to conform
with the rules of the order The reso-
luton further urged all lodges to par
ilclpate IN every movement which has
for its object the education of foreign
ers ia the ideals of the nation.
Frank l.. Rain. Nebraska who was
Installed as grand exalted ruler. de
clared in an address that he pledged
the support of all Eiks in the warfare
on holshcvisn. He expressed conf
GenCe that the member ship of the or
der would be increased by at least
10000 during the COMM. year, ana he
felt that II was not too much to hone
Ior an increase of 700, 900. Other Off.
GERS. most of whom were reelected
were also installed.
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CAMP SITES DEFENDED
BY SECRETARY BAKER
War Department Head Denies ANY
Improper Influence Induced
Selections in South.

Secretary Baker told a House in
vestigatinG committee yesterday that
10 improper influence was ascd 70 in
llce the war Department to locate
Army camp sites in the south and that
the locations were chosen because the
weather conditions were better there.
The Secretary admitted makine a
mistake in proceeding with work on
Camp PenninE near Columbus. Ga.
following the action OF The Senate
military committee. Senator Hoke
Smith. Georgia. VAS active in urging
resumption of work at the camp.
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CLEvEtAND'S PHONE
SERVICE IS TIED UP
900 Union Operators and Electri-
cal Workers Go on Strike
Today.

CLEVELAND. July 12.-Teiephone
service was tied up here when approx
mately 900 union operators and electri-
cal workers OF the Cleveland BELL sys-
temp and Ohio State Telephone COM
panies went on strike at O'Clock this
morning to enforce their demand for
union recognition.
Miss Rose Sullivan of Boston, inter
national organizer for the telephone sec
ton of the international Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, is in charge of the
strike for The girls.
Union officials declared requests 70.
increased wages for the operators are
TO be added to the demands
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CITES HIGH COST OF DYING"
Trainmen's Convention Enumerates
Items of Excessive Expense.

DENVER, July 12.-With a declara-
ton that 1.-The high cost of living. the
high cost of dying. the high. cost of
justice and the outrageously high
cost of everything is the paramount
issue in the world today. the conven-
ton of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen have adopted
a resolution urging immediate estab-
lishment of municipal markets and
cold storage houses to deal in necessi-
ties and thereby to eliminate the
pitts of the middleman."
The resolution attacked the big
packers, alleging control of food prod :
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INFLUENZA WITHERS TRIBE.
Indian Population of Bristol Bay in
Alaska Virtually Wired Out.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAT. July a.
Conformation of reports that the ma
tive Indian population of Bristol Bay.
Alaska. virtually was wiped out by an
epidemic Of Influenza has been brought
here with the return OF the United
States cruiser Marhlehead from re-
lief expedition to the north
According to Lieut.. W r Lcahy
senior medical officer of the expe-
ditiou. - per cent Of a popula ton Of
more than 900 persons had died by the
time the expedition reached Bristol
Bay.
. The Marblehead left here with doc
tors, nurses and supplies June e.
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japanese Press Blamed.

In conclusion. after publishing what
are alleged TO be violently anti
American articles from certain Jap
anes" newspapers. the report of the
Presbyterian investigators says: 1T is
unnecessary TO say more. These arti-
cles speak for themselves The read
or can judge of the attitude OF the
press when the government permits
such stun To be printed. As the press
always is under the censor here when
such stuff is printed. the government
becomes morally responsible The
Truth rs prohibited. Falsehoods and
l1hels are allowed. Such a course of
acton only endangers the relations of
the governments concerned"
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FRAULEIN'S SIZE IS REDUCED
WHEN ~ GIRL SEARCHES HER

sentry in the form of chocolate and
soap.
Inc army Of occupation paper, the
.amaroc News. in commenting on this
incident suggested that as candidate
for honors the I'd Division should an
nounce "a small spick specimen of a
y girl
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N. Y. Broker Gets French Cross

PARIS. June 25 Correspondence of
I the Associated Press) The French
! war cross has been awarded to Ster-
ling S Beardsiey. a New York cotton
broker, who served for nine months
with the American Red Cross as can
4 teen worker in the fighting zone, in
eluding the German drive In the
CONNIE sector in 1913. at Compiegne
and at Chateau Thierrv. His citation
was signed by Marshal Petain.
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NARROWING TALES
COME FROM KOREA
Presbyterian Missionaries
Liken Japanese Atrocities
to Those in Belgium.
MANY WOMEN ARE VICTIMS

Gy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July ia report of
alleged japanese atrocities in Korea
was made public today at the headquar
ters of the Presbyterian Church in
America. 1t is result of Investigations
by representatives in Korea of the
clurch. following the imprisonment of
some of it's missionaries by the Japa-
nese authorities. The information from
Korea was transmitted by such means
that il escaped the Japanese censors.
The report. which is several thousand
words in length. is described by the
Presbyterian Church IN its introduction
to the presentment rs follows
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Lumber of Inferior Quality.

Lumber being used al the camp is
knots ard sap and some bark" the
ma jor said, adding II was Of much in
ferior quality to that which might he
obtained from cutting trees at the
camp. Construction on cost plus
basis which the major said obtained
a the camp. was criticised by HIM,
saying that one should not be paid 10
cents for every dollar spent. He fav-
orea the government doing the work
by Army engineers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-12
Dutch Plan Woman Suffrage.

AMSTERDAM. July 1.-THE first
chamber of the Dutch parliament has
adopted a motion to introduce woman
suffrage in Holland. The vote was
thirty four to five.
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board Of which he was member led
to the removal of the headqua rters
site to point fourteen miles distant
The latter range was two miles wide
and as long as you want il. perfectly
level" said the major. Nine boards.
he said. had viewed the camp site and
made various selections FOR ranges
without determining on this one
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Saved by Commander.
Crowd Was Calm.

The crowd of citizens in the vicinity
seemed calm and the people were
promenading along the thoroughfares
when from the French part of the
port firing began. 1t came from
French troops stationed on the dock,
who fired toward the crowd, which
was terrified. Then several companies
of Italian marines disembarked but
a number of French soldiers in a
barracks on the quay opened fire on
the Italians. Then the Italians re-
piled and citizens and carabineers
laid siege to the barracks.
The fight continued until the
Frenchmen surrendered. Two of
them were killed and many wounded.
number of Italians were also
gravely wounded. The tension in the
city is great and serious incidents
may be expected unless the French
abandon Fiume.
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Billed to Station Sweeper.

Six cars loaded with supplies, which
were caught Thursday on their way to
Germany, had been billed to a German
who was employed as sweeper in
station on the east bank of the Rhine
near Coblenz. From this station the
cars loaded with food were shipped
through the neutral zone to Cassel and
other points in. Germany. In some
billed as empties,s while in other cases
they were billed as containing fertilizer.
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Not Safe in Homes.

Respectable women in one part OF
Korea were not safe in their homes
during the day. the report continues
and so were forced to spend most of
their time as refugees in the hills, re-
turning to their homes al night. The
Japanese police designate all women
who favor the independence of their
land as social outcasts. One case
cited referred to a Christian woman
whose arm was said to have been
Vrenched from the socket by her
prosecutors.
The Chosen Shimbun OF March IL
1919. is quoted as saying: The stir.
ring up of the minds of the Koreans
Is the work of the American mission
aries. This uprising is their work.
There are A good many shall
low minded people among the mis-
sIonaries. They make the minds of
the Koreans bad and plant the seeds
OF democracy"
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bridgehead through these channels.
Most Of the Germans involved in the
plot are employees of the railroads. The
officers said that some Americans also
were involved. but refused to say
whether any charges had as yet been
filed against them The officers also re-
fused to give the rank of the Americans
involved. saving that the case was still
under investigation
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Whole Village Burned.

n. II. Underwood. missionary liv-
ing in Seoul. WAS quoted in the
Toxic Advertiser of April % 1919.
according TO the report. regarding a
visit he made to Pal Tan. a market
town. A fortnight before. Japanese
troops. he said. he was told, burned
thirty six of the forty houses in the
village of Chayammni. two miles from
Pal Tan. because tn. Inhabitants were
christians. Pal Tan. he said. he was
hformed, escaped both fire and sword
because there were no Christians
here"
Preliminary police examinations of
Koreans suspected of completely in
the revolutionary movement are said
in the report to include every human
refinement in brutality" men being
beaten to death and women subjected
TO nearly every possible form of
shameful treatment. Milder punish
ment, il is said. included ninety blows
rained upon the prisoners body with
a bamboo rod and the administ ering
of many boot kicks.
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WHOLESALE THEFTS
REVEALED At COBLENz
Germans and Americans Involved
in Plot to Dispose of Food and
and Other Supplies.
BY tie Associated Press.

by 1Le ASxof1Ated Press.
COBLENZ. Thursday, July 10-A
plot involving wholesale thefts of
food, automobile tires and other troop
supplies for shipment to Germany has
been uncovered by Army officers here.
it was learned today, when several
Germans who are alleged to have had
hand in the plans we're arrested.
Three cars of American bacon and
three cars OF tires and tubes, which
were billed through the unoccupied
Germany as empties were returned to
Coblenz today from the edge of the
bridgehead. Officers say that ship
ments under various pretexts have
been going on for weeks and possibly
months, and they estimate the loss to
the Army at several million marks.
Other Arrests Expected.
Officers investigating the plot said
that other arrests were expected with
in the next few days. They said there
was no way at this time to check the
amounts of bacon, automobile supplies
and other commissary articles which
had reached Germany beyond the
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Gist of Report.

The American papers are already full
to oVerflowinS with the reports of atroC-
tiles in Korea. Knowing that
another Belgium is on the world :
hands. il becomes necessary that the
facts he stated by some one and that
'',-s-- be held to form the basis of con
.:r1"ctlve reformation later on. This
Gle is written with this idea in mind
hat is reported here can be dupli-
Gated in scores of places in Korea. and
some of the reports thus far received
are even more narrowing than the ones
we report. But as they have not beer
definitely established by competent wit
nesSes, we omit them. but confine our
selves strictly to incidents which are
known beyond the shadow of doubt tC
be true.
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Many Reports Repulsive.

MANY of these reports are repul-
sive in the extreme and our readers
blood will boil with Indignation as
ours has who have witnessed these
things We leave the facts
to convey their own lesson"
Hundreds of Koreans who had pro-
feSsei Christianity are said to have
been driven by Japanes CendarmeS at
the point of bayonets into churches,
there to be fired upon through open
windows as they huddled in terror.
and later TO perish in the flames as
the places of worship were put to
the torch. Most of these victims, it
is narrated. were men. Surviving
women and children were left in des-
titutiOn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-12

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