davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Growth of Belgian Relief


There is no need to review here
the story Of the work Of the Belgian
Relief Commission, which, beginning
with nothing but the promises Of
Hoover and his friends to pay, grew
until it was spending $17,OOO,00O a
month, had fleet of seventy cargo
ships, received donations from all
the corners Of the earth, $4,000 900
month each from France and Brit
ain until the United States entered
the war and took over their load.
had an organization Of more than
$4,000 persons in Belgium and occu-
pied France and fed and clothed. in
some degree, not less than 5000, 900
persons for more than four years.
Nor is there any need to tell of
how President Wilson quite natu-
rally called Hoover to Washington to
be his food adviser, and then, when
Congress had conferred the author
lty, made him Food Administrator in
August, 1917. His work as Food Ad-
mlnlstrator is known to every house.
hold, farmer and producer of food
stuffs in the land.
In the winter Of 1918 he went to
Paris as administrator Of the $780,
100000 appropriation for revictual-
ing the war torn lands of Europe
and as member Of the supreme
economic c~uncil Of the Allies. He
is still directing the work Of the
American Relief Administration
children's fund, which is providing
100000 children in southeastern
Europe with one meal q day, and
the American Relief Warehouse As
sociation, which sells Hoover food
drafts" to persons in the United
States desirous Of assisting friends
and relatives in Europe, thus insur-
ing that they will get the food in
stead Of money that can't buy food
ii, indeed, they ever get the money
in these distracted times.
On top Of these trivial matters
Mr.. Hoover is now working as a
member Of the industrial confer
ence on q scheme for stabilizing the
relations Of capital and labor in the
United States.
Hoover is represented as saying
he is no diplomat and would make
a failure ~ President, because he
would talk out In uesting'' and
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Organized the Chinese

Hoover made Of these people and
others an efficient working corps
that threw up defenses Of whatever
material was at hand, thus leaving
the 2,900 white soldiers In the CITY
free to devote all their time and
strength to actual combat opera
tons Incidentally, he saved the life
OF Chang Yen Now, Minister of
Mines, who, although anti-Boxer,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

50 that she was with him while the
Boxer hordes were laundering at
the gates. They could have got
away in safety, but Hoover con-
ceived 1t to be his duty to remain
and look after the safety Of his
numerous Chinese servants and en-
ployees in those trying days when
suspected Chinaman was apt to be
shot first and tried afterward by
the infuriated handful Of Europeans
fighting for their lives against the
foe without and fearing treachery
from within.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

ministration, and rs \ magician of
metallurgy. He devised new and
improved old forms of recovering
metals from ores, and wherever he
went moribund mines were revived
and feeble ones invigorated. He be-
came famous as an engineer of min
ing management and economies, even
more than as mining engineer
proper-famous, that is, in mining
and engineering circles.
To Worlds End
China, the Malay Straits Settle
ments, Corea, South America, Cen
trail America, Australia, Russia and
the United States shared his expert
attention. Mining companies every
where clamored for his cooperation.
and he became director in a score
of important and fruitful ventures.
In Russia he revived the iron in
dustry Of Kyshtim and restored
large population and whole region
to prosperity and activity from the
depths Of decay and inertia.
In South Australia he built up a
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

Hoover promptly announced that the
house would make good all the losses
occasioned by the absconder and de-
faulter, even though they were not
claims that could be legally enforced
against the firm. When the senior
director out in China or somewhere
heard of this declaration he fairly
burned up the cables In angry pro-
test, but it was too late; the firm
was bound and had to go through
with the making good job beyond
the law.
Hoover, having made that particu-
lar bed for the firm, was delegated to
sleep in it-and sleep or worry in it
he did for six years until the debts
Of honor were all cleaned up.
Paid All the Debts
When the slate was clean, Hoover
resigned and went into business a
a consulting mining engineer on his
own account. So from 1902 until the
war broke in Europe In 1914, Hoover
came and went tho world around
from mine to mine with an ever
growing reputation as a wizard Of
organization. reorganization and ad-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

try, together with the British block
ade, annihilation of a nation by
starvation i1npended. Shaler, an
American mining engineer resident
In Brussels, hastened to London to
tell of the impending catastrophe,
and, of course, he went straight te
his brother. engineer, Hoover. The
Belgian government appealed to the
American Ambassador and the
American Consul General in Lon
don, and they, fresh from the relief
experience with the stranded Amer
leans, referred them to Hoover as
the doctor par excellence.
So it was up to Hoover to rescue
the Belgians. He consulted Mrs.
Hoover, telling her that he could
play the safe game Of sel1shness
and great and growing fortune or
he could take up the Belgian relief
work and drop his private activities.
She voted for trouble, and Hoover
went to it. All the world knows with
what success.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

HERBERT CLARK HOOVER and Mrs. Hoover uuom
aOhose odvlce he undertook the task of carrying relief
Belgium and renedng to the best of his abilitu the de-
structure aUor Of the Ham, Mr. Hoover for the sake of his
Dorh mever clashed apith the German authorities
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
a sentence construction that was
not described in tho grammars.

- oO~"oA"So CoAASCI uCClOu CnaC was
not described in the grammars.
Science, history, economics, mathe
matics were his delight, and despite
the disapprobation of the English
department his instructors in those
subjects declared that his theses and
other papers relating to them were
models Of clear expression.
First Organization Job
Undergraduate finances gave
Hoover his first organization lob,
and old associates say that it was
discharged in an exceptionally bust
ness-like manner, Notwithstanding
the fact that he was working his
way through school.
Graduation came in his twenty
first year, in 1895, and, following DR..
Branner's advice to be miner be-
fore he was q mining engineer,
young Hoover hastened to the gold
mines Of the Sierras and got on the
pay roll Of one in Grass Valley as
common laborer.
After about a year on this Job,
during which he advanced to a sub
foreman's position, Hoover decided
one day that he had absorbed all
that manual work could teach him,
and he dropped the pick and shovel
end made for San Francisco.
There he called on Louis Janin,
the foremost mining engineer in the
West, and applied for position.
There were no engineering positions
open, and, besides, there was long
waiting list. Hoover declared that
money was no object with him-al-
though he had only a few dollars
that what he wanted was association
with Janin and opportunity. That
being the case, Jsnin found $45
a month typewriting Job for the man
with a C.E. and a years expert
ence, and left it to him to grasp op-
portunity as she drifted through the
offices.
She hadn't chance to escape her
votary, and 1t wasn't long before
Hoover was executing mining en-
gineering commissions for Janin all
over the West. So we'll did he ac-
quit himself that when the West
Australian mining boom was on In
1897, and investors were combing
the world for competent engineers
to handle their properties, Hoover,
only cub Of twenty-three and but
two years out Of college, was highly
recommended by Janin.
Like a Sunday School Book
What follows sounds much like
the way il happens in Sunday school
books-where merit always wins
quick xewardbut the fact il that
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Trouble With Germans

Trouble With Germans
The Germans he had always with
him, and his relations with the Ger
man government and the German
administrators in Belgium were Just
one damn thing after another. The
latter were always arresting bis en-
ployees and forever blocking his
plans Of administration and distr;-
button. In his heart he hated them
yet he played the game so fairly and
neutrally that they never made
good on any Of their charges of hos
tility against him.
About three months after the Bel
glan relief work got under wav
powerful British influences, includ-
ing the army and navy chiefs. per-
suaded Lloyd George that the vict-
ualing of Belgium was in effect abet-
ting the German cause, by relieving
the Germans of their rightful bur
den Of feeding the Belgians them
selves. Lloyd George decided to cal,
off the relief work and sent for
Hoover to notify him of his decision
instead Of accepting it, Hoover off
hand opened up on the little Welsh
man with an argument for the con-
tinuation of the work that was 40
forceful and conclusive that before
he was half through Lloyd George
threw up his hands and exclaimed:
Enough. I am convinced. I shall
alter my policy. Go on with your
work"
1t was not only policy, but all the
red tape and autocracy Of war that
Hoover had to fight. Despite piles
of regulations, prohibitions, inhibi-
tions and impossibilities, he achieved
his ends. On one occasion he went
to an officer of the admiralty to ask
for permission to ship Immediately
certain stores to Belgium.
"UTnless," said Hoover, "these
supplies are in Rotterdam within
two days, two million people will
perish"
II am truly sorry," said the Of
fetal, "but you couldn't purchase
the goods now, and if you could you
couldn't be allowed the railway
transport, and If you had that you
couldn't have the ships, and, finally.
the Channel is closed for a week on
account of troop movements"
"The food is bought and hauled,
is on the ships,. land only awaits per
mission for the ships to SAIL" Hoover
trumped.
"People are confined in the Tower
of London for less than that" de-
clared the flabbergasted officer, "but
as you have done everything I said
you couldn't do, it remains only for
me to do what can, young man, and
wish you success" And the ships
sailed.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
gv Theodore NJ. Knappen
Wosh&nqtom D. c..


Woshsmgton D. C.
A CHORUS of whispered,
~ solecistic chats him" from
( "A the chattering and eating
feminine clerks, much cram
;rr of necks and the running of
uarv camoufage errands directed
,.tention to a visibly discomposed
and furiously blushing man in the
..fatsria Of the Food Administration
Building.
The girls were the clerks and
stenographers Of the different gov
.rnment activities now housed in the
ala Food Administrative Building,
and the object of their awed and ad-
miring glances was Herbert Hoover,
who as a member of the industrial
conference. has found a working
olace in the building that once
vibrated with his numerous ac-
tivities.
When his much agitated meal was
over athe chief" fed abruptly to the
seclusion of his inner Office, and
since that adventure has had his
luncheon brought to him. The man
who has faced all the terrors Of
nature and the combats Of man tho
world around without f1inching re-
treated in utter rout before the curl
ous young women gathered in
plain little cafeteria.
"Thats him" all right; that's
Hoover-a curious combination Of
greatness, consciousness of great
ness and love of power with achieve
meut ard modesty, and even GER
tain sort Of diffidence.
Confused by Attention
Herbert Clark Hoover was, say
Students Of physiognomy, born to
greatness, but not being born to the
purple he exercised his greatness
long before fame came to him. So
he who has dealt on a level plane
With the mighty Of the world is con-
fused by the curious gaze of the in
conspicuous.
1t should not be inferred that be-
cause the character fans declare
that balanced power is revealed in
the broad forehead and firm lower
jaw, uncurtained by mustache or
beard, Hoover is a type that you
would instantly single out of crowd
and do homage to. Not at all. You
would spend casual day in his COM
pany without knowing that you were
elbowing distinction Who, then, is
this eye-flling man the public
dimly recollects having heard some
thing about in 1914 and then heard
Of daily from that moment in the
spring Of 1917 when President VII
son asked him to come from London
to supervise the national larder, die
tate the national bill of fare and
serve as chief steward for all the
Allies?
To begin ut the beginning, this
is where West Branch, Iowa, gets
into the limelight. In that little
hamlet Of the prairies-wbich, after
listening to the call Of destiny to
10 one of the queen cities of the
West" for fifty years or more, could
muster only 467 inhabitants in 1911
and may have All now-was born
on August 10, 1874, boy baby who
was duly christened Herbert Clark
Hoover. His parents were Quakers
OF group that trekked westward
generation by generation from Penn
Sylvania through Canada.
Mother a Quaker Preacher
The mother was preacher, after
tne casual Quaker fashion, and the
whole family connection was strong
N the quaint faith. The boys !
'ather died when the little fellow
was but four years old, and at eight |
"e lost his mother. After some
years with uncles and aunts on an |
iowa farm he Journeyed to Oregon
anu found a homo with other rela- !,
ives at Newberg. The pious fam
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Mother a Quaker Preacher

The mother was a preacher, after
mo casual Quaker fashion, and the
whole family connection was strong
IN the quaint faith. The boys
'atner died when the little fellow
was but four years old, and at eight
no lost his mother. After some
years with uncles and aunts on an
iowa farm he Journeyed to Oregon
anu found homo with other rela-
lives at Newberg. The pious fam
Ay influence was all for giving him
an orthodox academic education in
some Quaker institution, but at four
'seh Herbert voted unanimously and
ueclslvely for a course in a "scien-
s'nc university" thereby cutting
annsel1 off from educational funds.
90 TO Portland he went, got a job,
worked hard, saved and studied for
MS university career.
by tho summer Of 1891 he had
ssveo few hundred dollars and
.0ok the entrance examinations for
Ae'and Stanford Junior University,
.nicn was advertised to open it's
eoots IN the fall for the first time. He
passed the examinations, and was on
Asnd SO bright and early that he
"ss tho first boy registered and the
). alss 70 occupy the dormitories Of
sae budding university at Palo Alto.
Finding that, while his examina-
) sons at Portland had given him suf-
lssat entrance credits, it WAS de-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Takes No Exercise

Getting down to personalities,
Hoover doesn't hunt, or fish, or golf,
but he reads widely, generally in
bed, mostly solid stuff, seasoned with
hair-raising detective stories or some
adventurous balderdash. He takes
no exercise, but a man who has
tramped and ridden and lived In the
open air so much for twenty years
is likely to be well fortified for
long days of long hours at the desk.
He motors some and likes to go out
with his boys-one fourteen and the
other sixteen--build fire, cook a
meal and miniaturely dam a brook.
He has no time for society, but de-
lights in conversation with those
who have something to say. He has
a keen sense Of humor and likes a
good story. though he rarely tells
one. AS to temper, some Of his
friends say he has none, and others
say that he has strong one under
control. The latter say that he has
been known to break out in right
eous rage on occasion and embellish
it with some sizzling oaths.
But if he had been q choleric man
he would never have gone through
with the Belgian Job, where the
temptation in the face Of the tor
menting policy Of the Germans was
always to give them one grand,
artistic roast and quit, but at such
moments Hoover always quieted
himself and his comrades by saying:
"But we are here to feed the Bel
gians."
A wanderer for years and long IN
exile, he has always considered Palo
Alto as his home and dreams Of a
quiet life there in the nearby years..
At the moment he is no nearer to-
his hearts desire than the Shore-
ham Hotel IN Washingtoa.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

make dismal tumble Of dickerinc
with politicians, Congress and Con-
gressmen. His friends who have
watched him in action during the
past six years concede that he is no
politician in the narrow sense, and
that at what Roosevelt used to call
pink tea" diplomacy he is a total
loss and no insurance. In big diplo-
macy, however, they assert that he
IS master, and they tell of the
constant battle Of wits and reason
between him and the German.
French and British authorities dur
ing the three and a half years be-
fore the United States plunged into
the European wrangle.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Like a Sunday School Book

What follows sounds much like
the way it happens in Sunday school
books-where merit always wins q
quick xeward--but the fact j. that
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-27
IMPROVEMENTS All
 LINN COUNTY FAIR

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 27.-HiLta, fig
 ALBANY, Or, Aug. 27.-Rapid pro- gress is being made on the construc- tion of the compliment of buildings at the new Linn county fair grounds here The frame work of seven build ings has been completed and work has begun on the eighth structure, the grandstand at the race track and the athletic field.
 The main exhibit pavilion and the stock barns are practically completed. The poultry display shed and the ma chinery pavilion are almost inclosed. The work of inclosing the other structures of which the frame work is up is nearly completed.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-27
IUWN PREP ARES FOR
 BIG CLEAN UP

MARSHFIELD, Or. Aug. 27.-A movement, suggested when Judge John S. Coke appeared before the city council and made declaration that Marshfield was in one respect a very backward city and needed a general cleaning up before it would ever be considered a good residence town, has taken form and will be pushed to the limit by the citizens in general.
 Judge Coke mentioned in particular the street upon which he lives and said it was one over which traffic cannot be had, and beside the street being in miserable condition, the side walks are rotted out and the whole thoroughfare needed reconstructing.
 The local E1ks lodge has essayed to assist the campaign for betterment in the appearance of streets and res idence lots and will conduct the cam paign beginning at once.
 The best of coffee at the Alaskan Grill. 17-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-27
MULTN0MAH SIX DAY FAIR
 NEXT MONTH

PORTLAND, Aug 27.-The four teenth annual Multnomah County fair will be far bigger than any former ex- hibition. The enlargement of the fair according to c. D. Minton, manager will result from the consolidation of the county fair and the manufactur- er's and land product show.
 The fair and show will open in Gresham October 4, and continue for six days. Exhibits prepared by in- dustrial clubs, schools clubs and scores of individuals promise to make the fair an unusual success
 The opening day will be children's day, when all children under 15 years will be admitted without charge. Au- tomobile races will also be feature of the opening day.
 Special features arranged for the other days of the fair are as fol lows:
 Tuesday, October 5-Gresham day, with campfire at night.
 Wednesday, October 6-Pioneer day, Women's day and Grocerymens day.
 Thursday, October 7-Portland day, Oregon manufacturers day, Business mems day, in which all civic organiza- tions will participate. Livestock parade.
 Friday, October 8-Fraterna1 day, Woodmen of the World day, Elks' day, Grange day and School day.
 Saturday, October 9-Derby day, Patriotic day, state societies and ex- hibition at night
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-27
RAILROADS SHORT
 OF SECTION HELP

MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. 27.-Main- tenance work on the Rocky Mountain division of the Northern Pacific rail- road is being retarded considerably by shortage of sections hands, &C., cording to the officials of the road, who say that the shortage is greater than ever before. The gangs in this short of their usual strength.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-27
,0LD ALASKAN
 SELLS BUSINESS
 GOES TO STATES

NENANA, Aug. 26-After a con- tinuous residence of more than score of years in interior Alaska J. A. Slippern, pioneer builder and con- tractor of Nenana, is headed for the outside, perhaps to remain there. MT. Slippern disposed of all of his stock and machinery and is going to south ern California prepared to remain there, providing the outside agrees with him.
 MT. Slippern came north in 1900 and has been located in practically all the worthwhile camps, including Fairbanks, Ruby, Iditarod, Brooks and lastly Nenana He located here when the town was first established and has been a moving spirit in business and fraternal circles, and veteran mem- Der of the Nenana school board.
 The oldtimer will go to Los Angeles where the other members of the Slip peua family have resided for some time past. He leaves Nenana with the best wishes of the entire community.
 Judge Jennings recently issued an order authorizing the liquidation of the affairs of the Alaska Investment and Trust Company preparatory to winding up the affairs of the defunct institution. The receiver was also authorized to sell property, both per sonal and real, sufficient to pay the indebtness of the company.
 George Herring, city editor of the Fairbanks News-Miner, was a passen- ger on the Yukon, bound for the Uni .versity of Washington. He was ac- companied by his sister Muriel, who plans to spend several months in the states and may decide to go to school in Seattle.
 The last American freight brought by Canadian vessels to Gastineau Channel points or in fact any Auas kan port with the exception of Skag way, was brought north on the Prin- cess Mary last month.
 The new shipping bill prohibits Canadian vessels from bringing any freight originally in the United States to any port in Alaska. = The last of the freight that started on it's way previous to the signing of the bill arrived on the Princess Mary. Other shipments were diverted to Seattle and came north on American boats
 The only freight that Canadian boats can now bring is freight hay ing it's origin in Canada and freight that is bonded through Skagway to Yukon river ports on Canadian soil
 It is anticipated that the restrc- tion will cause some articles used in coast mines that have been in the past routed from the eastern part of the United States through Canada and then north by the c. P. R., to cost more as the Canadian lines quoted a lower rate for through shipments
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-27

Advertise ill the Daily Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-27

The best of coffee at the Alaskan Grill. 17-tf
New Britain herald., 1920-12-27
WILD EXPLAIN NOTE.
aA--s,any Refuses To Disband Bavar. n1H and Prussian Civilian Guards.

Paris. Dec. 27.--Germany's note re- fusing to disband the Einwohnerwehr Sbr civilian guard in Bavaria and Prus- pia. will be examined iate today by the Prouncil of ambassadors. says the Petit Sparisien. General Noliett. head of the ntcr allied control commission in Ber- i In. had a long conference on this suo- 1 lcet' with Georges Leyguos, president yDr the council of ministers. yesterday. Al despatch from Mayence to tho Petit LParisien states the inter-aiiied com 1 mission there has reached a decision
 to break up all German military or- |ganixations.