davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
HOLLAND REFUSES TO
Give Up WILLIAM
Says Country Will Not With
draw From Guest Benefits
Of flaws and Traditions.

Paris.-The demand Of the entente
powers that Holland deliver up to
them former Emperor William of Ger
many that he may be tried for a
supreme offense against International
morality and the sanctity of treaties"
has been refused by Holland.
In a note delivered Friday to the
foreign office by the Dutch minister,
Holland takes the ground that the
Dutch government is not party to the
peace treaty which condemned Will
liam Hohen"ollern and that it can not
recognize as an international duty the
necessity to associate itself with this
act of high international policy of the
powers"
1t declares also that the constituent
laws of the kingdom, and the tradi-
ton of the country always ground
for refuge for the Vanquished in inter-
national conflicts, will not permit the
government to defer to the wishes of
the entente by withdrawing from the
former emperor the benefit of it's laws
and traditions.
The declaration is made that the
people Of the Netherlands can not be-
tray the faith of those who have con-
fided themselves to Hollands free in
situations.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Planes Without Pilots

Toward the end of the war number
of French officers carried out series
of remarkably successful experiments
with wireless-steered airplanes. In a
number of bombing planes manipula-
ton of the pilots controls and COM
mand of the motor were effected by
means of electromagnetic actuated by
Hertzian waves coming from point
outside the flying craft. In the first
experiments, says the Worlds Work, a
pilot, who stood on the ground and
used a low-powered transmitting set,
caused the plane to maneuver at a dis
lance of several kilometers. In Sep
.ember, 1918, pilotless plane, equipped
with an automatic stabilizer, COM
oleted a circular flight of sixty-two
and a half miles without being cap
sized by wind or cross currents. In a
later experiment, which employed an
ingenious wave-selector and a simple
freuuency-modifler, the officers con-
trolled several pilotless planes with a
single transmitter.-Youth's Compan-
lon.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Importation of Labor
From Mexico Favored

Observation-Disclosures are com.
ing from Texas to appear before the
house immigration committee in sup.
port of the Hudspeth resolution to per.
NIT the importation of Mexican labor
for agricultural and stock raising pur.
poses to Texas, New Mexico and Ari.
IONA for one year,
By termination of regulations Of the
department Of labor on January l per.
hitting continued introduction of la.
borers, some of the border districts
has represented that they are unable
to carry on farming operations owing
to shortage of hands.
In letter to Representative Garner
the labor department states that it is
unable to waive longer the immigra.
ton requirements, which was done in
the first instance only as a war meas.
ure, without congressional authority.
"a majority of the Mexican laborers
admitted temporarily in pursuance of
the terms of the special regulations
were illiterate at the time of their
entry" says the departments letter,
land it is the opinion the department
is without legal authority to permit
those who are still illiterate to remain
here permanently. Such of them as,
upon examination, are shown to be lit
crate and otherwise admissible, will,
upon payment of the head tax, be
permitted to remain in the United
States"
The department expresses no opin-
ion as to the merits of the legislation
being sought, but makes it plain that
unless the Mexicans so admitted can
pass the required tests they will be
deported.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
% Articles of Food Reach
Record Prices in December

Washington. - twenty-five articles
of food reached record prices in De-
cember, according to a report issued
Friday by the bureau of labor stats
tics. The prices were &c per cent
higher than in November, per cent
higher than in the preceding Deem
Der, and SO per cent higher than in
December, 1918. Of the A articles of
food for which prices were obtained
during the month from November Is
to December Is, % increased in price,
IL decreased and 10 remained station.
airy. Increases were as follows:
Cabbage, So per cent; onions, II per
cent; granulated sugar, 16 per cent;
strictly fresh eggs, II per cent; pota-
toes, 10 per cent; raisins, 5 per cent;
flour, 4 per cent; butter and storage
eggs, per cent each; fresh milk and
canned salmon, per cent each; lamb,
evaporated milk, oleomargarine, mac,
aroni, cheese, rice, canned peas and
bananas, / per cent each.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
COLLEGE MEN FAVOR
PEACE RATIFICATION
Senator Hitchcock Announces
Results Of Recent Refer
endum Of Treaty.

Washington.-Out of 158,7S0 votes
cast by students of the 418 colleges,
more than 100000 favored the ratifi.
cation of the peace treaty unchanged,
or with interpretative reservations, &C
Cording to figures submitted to the
senate by Senator Hitchcock, the dem
ocratic leader. Out of the total vote a
few less than $4,000 supported the
Lodge reservations, and very small
number favored the Knox plan.
The figures on the college vote, as
we'll as a poll taken in Charleston, S.
c., submitted by the democratic lead
ers, were as follows: For unqualified
ratification, 1929; against ratifica-
ton, 1888; for Lodge reservations,
27,190; for compromise reservations,
61,494; for Knox plan, 6449. Total
vote, 158,O7S.
Result of membership referendum
by the Charleston IS. CO. Chamber OF
Commerce on the peace treaty, Janu-
airy, 1920, is as follows:
l. Should there be some covenant
among the nations of the world? No,
Is; yes, 1922.
2. Should the treaty as proposed by
the president be accepted? No, III;
yes, 2O5.
8. Should the treaty be accepted
with interpretative reservations? No,
131; yes, 172.
4. Should the treaty be accepted
with amendments which would require
resubmission to the peace conference?
No, 25S; yes, 43.
s. Should the treaty be rejected and
a separate peace be made with Ger
many? No, 2SO; yes, 81.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Mr.. OR MRS.
DYSPEPTIC
CT nd Of Indigestion and
Stomach Worries with
"Pape's DiaPePsin"

~Really does" put weak, disOrdered
.,omachs in order-"really does" over.
Emo Indigestion. dyspepsia, gas, heart,
I'm and sourness due to acid fer
".ntoHon - that just that - makes
psne's Diapepsln the largest selling
. . antacid and regulator in the
."orId If what you eat ferments and
, ~ sour, you belch gas and eructate
vndIgested food or water; head is dir
: and aches; breath foul; tongue
.o.tpd remember the moment "Pape's
nlonepsln" comes in contact with the
..onach oil such distress vanishes. It's
t,rIv astOnishing-almOst marvellous,
"a the 10Y is it's harmlessness. A
soT of Pape's Diapepsin tablets costs
:. little at drug stores too.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
January Bids for Land.

Austin, Tex.-There were 1870 bids
for land at the sale advertised for
January /. Those have just now been
tabulated and within few days the
awards will be made. AS result Of
the bidding, probably 300 sales will be
made, but not many more than that
because many of the bids were for the
same tracts. For instance, there were
$50 bids for a tract of 100 acres in
Wilbarger County, known as the ga,
o. A. Lindsey. The highest bid for
this was $53 per acre, and the lowest
was the minimum fixed by the COM
missioner. There were "a bids for a
tract of 1O2 acres in Harris County,
the highest bid being $50 per acre.
This is a tract which has long been
in cultivation, but which has reverted
to the state.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
new WORKERS HONOR POET
Cottage Where Edgar Allan Poe Lived
and Dreamed Has Been Preserved
for Posterity.

Edgar Allan Poe Is Americas best
beloved writer abroad, according to
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the famous
Spanish novelist. The authors great
est afternoon in America was the one
set aside for a quiet visit to the humble
and tragic home of the author of 1.-THE
Raven and "The Cask of AmOntilla-
| do"
P0e's cottage Is a quaint little one
story frame house, painted white, on
the Grand Concourse on the upper
fringe of the city. The ground around
it has been dedicated and Is known as
Poe park. The building is just the
same as it was when Poe lived there
in company with his fantastic satans
and ethereal sweethearts.
A party of five went with Ibanez. It
was just dark when they arrived at the
Poe home. The air was chilly and dan6,
as Poe would have said. Six or seven
candles spluttered feebly against the
walls and threw fantastic shadows into
the small bedroom where, so history
hath it, the author of 1.-THE Raven" had
spent so many nights of anguish and
unearthly vision.
1t Is strange but there are very few
New Workers who know where Poe
lived and they have never seen the park
or the little tragic cottage. The only
indication that it was the home of the
genius of the odd is the little black
raven painted In the front.
There Is little porch, much like a
modern dollhouse porch. At night Poe
used to sit out there alone with the
stars. smoking and dreaming. Then he
was in the wilderness, for New York
was many miles away. OFF to his right
was the Hudson and the Jersey coast
| Around about him were all sorts of
night cries. He loved the mysterious
walls, the ghostly shadows that creep
about at night. Many ambitious
writer's go there at night now to drink
In the mental pictures that came to
Poe-but instead are bowls of the
Bronx Riddles, the honk of the auto,
the grind of car wheels and all the COM
pick noises Of a congested center.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Report Of Highway DEPARTMENT,

Austin, Textile tenth quarterly
report of the state highway depart
ment, which was completed Monday,
and which covers the period between
October / and December 81, 1919,
shows the balance on hand December
81 was $1,339,932. The net receipts
for the quarter amounted to 1928, 41S,
of which $113,977 was for licenses col.
lected by county tax collectors. Of
licenses collected, $42,O42 was from
registration Of cars for the year 1919
and $71,934 for registration for 1920.
Disbursements total $371,944, of which
$126,3O4 was for state aid and $128,796
for federal aid for road construction,
making a total of $255, 100 for state and
federal aid for the quarter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
CHILLS, COLDS,
FEVER|SHNESS
Black Draught Is Used by Virginia
lady for Colds, Fever and
Other Troubles With
Fine Results.

Rocky Mount, Va.-Miss Mae Chit
wood, of this place, recently stated: II
have used Black.Draught for colds and
stomach trouble and certainly have
found 1t very satisfactory.
When would feel bad and fever
ish, as though l was taking a fresh
cold, I would make a good cup Of
Black raught tea and it would soon
set me all right.
I can recommend it as a splendid
laxative and gladly do so. You may
publish my statement"
When you feel chilly, tired, fever
ish, headachy and fear that you are
taking cold, take a good dose Of the
old, reliable, liver medicine you have
heard so much about-Thedford's
Black Draught. It Is made from
purely vegetable ingredients, acts in
a gentle, natural way, and by helping
to drive out poisonous waste matter
from your system, it will often, If
taken in time, prevent a chill from de-
veloping into a cold.
Thousands of people, during the past
70 years, have found Black. Draught Of
benefit in such cases.
Try it, the next time you chill or
sneeze.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Colds
Break
Get instant relief with
"Pape's Cold Compound

Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snuffiing A dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours I'M
til three doses are taken usually
breaks up a cold and ends all grippe
misery.
The very first dose opens your
cIogged-up nostriIs and the air pass
ages of your head; stops nose running;
relieves the headache, dullness, fever
lshness, sneezing, soreness, stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest surest relief known and costs
only a few cents at drug stores. It
acts without assistance. Tastes nice.
Contains no quinine. Insist on Pape's
ADV.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
A Hurry Call.

Senator Boise Penrose awoke his
chauffeur by telephone a couple of
hours before daylight recently and
told him to come to the hotel at once.
The chauffeur responded, sans collar,
vest and coat, simply slipping into his
OyercOat and buttOning it up tightly
about his throat. AS the senator,
warmly clothed, stepped into the car,
the chauffeur asked:
ITO the capitol, senator?"
"NO," said Senator Penrose, ito
Pittsburgh"
A week later, still minus a dress
coat, the chauffeur returned to Wash
ington.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
British Convict system.

The largest British convict prison Is
Dartm0or, writes T. C. Bridges in the
New Illustrated, and here the number
OF prisoners may rise at times to as
many as 1900 At Dartmoor the build
ings have all been constructed by con-
Wet labor, the gas is made by them,
the cooking done by them, while con.
victs grow the vegetables, care for the
live stock and cultivate the farm. They
make, mend and wash all the clothes.
both for themselves and for their
warders; they make and mend their
boots, while all the utensils used in the
cells-the tin cups, dishes and jugs
are made on the spot.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Railroad Orders Issued.

Austin, Textile railroad commits
ion has handed down an order in
structing the express companies to es-
tablish an uptown office in the city
Of Eastland for the receipt and distri-
button of freight. The request of Folly
dada for an uptown express office and
city delivery was granted. The rates
proposed for fertilizer In mixed car
loads was adopted; this to apply also
to descriptions.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
"R0SY-FIT"
If Bilious, get your
Pep and Color back
with "CaScarets"

Fured Tongue, Bad Taste, Indlges-
lion, Sallow Skin, and Miserable Head
aches come from a torpid liver and
sluggish bowels, which cause the stOm-
ach to become filled with undigested
food which sours and ferments, form
Ing acids, gases, and pOisons. Cascarets
tonight will give your bilious liver and
cOnsdpated bowels thorough cleans
Ing and have you feeling clear, bright
and as at as a fiddle by morning.
Cascarets never sicken or incOn-
Venlenee you like nasty CalOmel, Salts,
Oil, or gripping Pills. They work while
yOu sleep.-Ady.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
An Advantage.

roe was visiting at grandmOther's
house and was being put to bed when
40 recalled that he had almost for
,otten to say his prayers. He then
Sold them at grandmOther's knee
bIs usual "NOw lay me-" ending by
asking a special blessing for father,
,otber and his two little sisters.
At its close he realized he had not
remembered his grandmother. "Why,
I forgot you, grandma" he said and
then smiled encOuragingly "but don't
vou mind that. Pretty soon I'll be big
enough to make my own prayers and
then | can pray for everybody"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Influenza in Army Camps.

Observation-Disclosures has become
epidemic in several army camps, par.
ticularly in the Middle West, Surgeon
General Ireland of the army said this
week, and it has made its appearance
among the American troops in Ger
many. While the disease is increasing
among the civilian population Of the
United States, it has not reached cpl
demic form, and Surgeon General Blue
Of the public health service said this
week there was nothing in the situs-
ton to cause alarm.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Convention Of Hotel kespsr..

Waco, Tex.-After San Antonio had
been selected as the next meeting
place and officers for the year had
been elected the annual convention of
the Texas Hotel Keepers Association
ended Tuesday. R. E, Fellow, a man
aging director of the Hotel Raleigh,
Waco, was elected president. The
other officers are: Vice presidents,
A. H. Badger, Dallas; Oscar D. Worth
ley, Sherman; secretary-treasurer, R.
L. Sanders, San Antonio; sergeant-at-
arms, C. NJ. Camp, Nayasota.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Natural inquiry.

Our little fOur-year-old girl went
with me to feed the chickens. The
food was quite hot and the chickens
drew their bills out quickly. I said {:
"They ought not put their hoses In
that hot food" Have chickens got
noses?' she asked. / told her they
had, and her next inquiry was:
where do they carry their handker-
chiefs T'-ExcElange.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Seeks Beer Manufacture.

Washington.-An amendment Of the
national prohibition law so as to per-
NIT the manufacture and sale of beer,
ale and porter Of 3 per cent alcoholic
content and wine of per cent alCo-
holic content was proposed Friday in
bill introduced by Representative
SABBATH, democrat, of Illinois.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Reclamation Appropriation.

Washington.-From 10000 to $4,000
former service men, DESTROYS of estab-
fishing farm homes, can obtain fifty.
acre tracts on existing reclamation
projects If congress grants the pro-
posed $25O,O0O,OOO reclamation appro-
priation, the house ways and means
committee was told by representatives
of Western states.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
KEEP IT HANDY

If you paid specialist $500 for
prescription, you would not get any
thing that would give quicker relief
for Group, Catarrh, Colds, or Sore
Throat, than VACHER BALM, which
only costs 30c in jars, Or tubes.
Write for Samples and Agents
Prices. Beware of limitations. r. W.
Vacher, Inc, New Orleans, La.--Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31

tempted to carry on the other side of
the tale. She wanted to dash into a
taxi, take a train for Glen Cove and
the ramshackle cottage, find the young
author seated before a fire with his
pipe in his mouth dreaming of more
stories, fall madly in lOte with him
and live happy ever after.
Instead of that Evelyn dictated a
most editorial letter to John Cutstone
telling him that his story was charm
ing and offering him $3.50 for it. She
added also that she would be inter
eSted in meeting him should he be in
town in the near future.
SO John CutstOne was in town in
the near future. In fact, he took the
first train out Of Glen Cove after he
had m0tOred down to the village post
office and got his letter from Evelyn
Monroe, editor of the Boast"
1t was, as always happens in the
best Of fiction, a case Of almost in
Simultaneous lOve-at least, the instant
Evelyn found her hand in that of John
CutStOne she had a wonderful feeling
of cOntentment. John knew that with
Eyelyns eyes looking into his he had
found something he thought only eX.
listed in romantic fiction.
"Your cottage is painfully in need
Of paint" was the editors stupid re,
mark.
Il will paint it next spring John
promised, Il was too busy gardening
and writing all these stories that have
been bringing me in big checks to dc
any dolling up around the place" Had
his eyes been anywhere but fixed
steadily on her face John would have
turned in surprise to ask: "And how
do you know anything about my
shackW
II happen to have been the poor
city worker who purchased the ap
pies and left my best handkerchief
-"
"By jove, no! I have speculated q
hundred times beside my fire as tC
the identity Of that quaint wanderer
but never for a moment expected
A wonderful blush springing into the
editors cheeks reminded Cutstone
just in time that he had only three
minutes before met Evelyn Monroe
and that even in the best Of fiction the
hero isn't quite likely to propose or
so short an acquaintance. "SO-fam
GUS person." he tactfully finished
and watched the blush recede unwill
ingly.
"You are to be the famous one,
Evelyn said with sweetly serious eyes
fixed on the author; "yours touch is
very, very charming. A rich and
broad experience in life as you &c
along year by year should produce in
you the power to become writer OF
the highest order"
It was Cutstone now who flushed
but his eyes did not waver from the
vision that was before them-a vision
rich and broad and so wonderful as
to make the editorial Office seem q
thing of fragrance and flowers and
blue skies.
Il am on my way to those expert
ences," he said softly, "and ] am q
fairly swift runner"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Take RICH.TONE
and cain new enersy

Rlch-Tone makes more red corpuscleg,
enriching and purifying the blood. 10
contains all of the elements that are
needed most in maintaining strength
and vigor. Rich-TOne rests the tired
nerves, restores appetite, induces
heaIthfuI sleep-it gives you all those
things which mean energy and well.
being. Get a bottle today--only S1.O0
at all drug stores.
A. B. Richards Medicine Co, Sherman, Texas
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31

Compound SO I tried it. Now feel all
right and can work better. You have
my permission to publish this letter. "
cVICToRIA koPPL, q Oak Ridge Ave,
Summit, N. J.
If you have warning symptoms such
as sense of suffocation, hot flashes,
headaches, backache, dread of i'm
pending evil, timidity, sounds in the
ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks
before the eyes, Irregularities, con-
stipation, variable appetite, weakness,
lnquletude, and dizziness, get bottle
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and begin taking the medicine at
once. We know it will help you as it
did Mrs. Koppl.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
He Said Nothlnu.

nlnk the most embarrassing mo-
~'p, q my life occurred the other
s,saing as | was walking with my
~ lilend' We walked down the ave-
aulairtng some Of the new bunga.
~ one IN particular noticed and
aiEea My, how homely this one
49, ne said nothing, but walked on.
su' 9 week after found this was
s ssus 70 be their new home. The re-
N, ~ were haven't had a date with
'lai since.-Exchange.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Noted Resort Destroyed by Fire.

Hot Springs, N. C.-The Mountain
Park Hotel, used for informed Germans
during the war, was destroyed by fire
of an undetermined origin Friday with
the loss estimated at 100000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
"a lava a Clear Sweet Skin.

Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or itching, if any, with Cuticura ONT
ment, then battle with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently ana
dust on a little Cuticura Talcum
loave q fascinating fragrance on SKIN
Everywhere 25c each.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Seismic Disturbances Recorded.

Madrid.-The observatory at Toledo
has issued a communique stating that
at o'clock Saturday afternoon the
instruments at the observatory record
ed a seismic disturbance at an esti-
mated distance of approximately 275
miles.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
Fast on Their Feet.

Hewitt-Do you believe that college
training fits a boy for practical lifeF
Jewett-It sure does. have known
n Young fellow who made record as
q snrinter at college to become one of
tba most successful dodgers of credit.
ors in the community.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-31
DissjmiIar Tastes.

Professor Diggs is gone to visit
the site of ancient Babylon for the
sixteenth time"
"That's the difference between an
archeOlOgist and jazz hound"
"What do you mean?"
"The archeologist delights in dead
city, but what the jazz hound is look
ing for is a live one. Birmingham
Age-Herald.