davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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the march. They had completely sur
rounded the mine opening when the
sheriff arrived. He talked to the
leaders and just before daybreak in
duced them to M the men to their
homes. Wilson mine is the first of
the many important properties in this
vicinity to attempt reopening and it
was conceded that IL tho move was
successful other big mines nearby also
would start.
, 1922-07-13

gave promise that the next step to
ward a settlement might be In the
form of action by the president. Such
action as was taken by the chief exec
utive In the coal strike is suggested by
the now move OF the shop crafts lead
ers.
r.. NJ. Jewell. head Of the RAILWAY
employees department OF the American
, 1922-07-13
Wdtchman Shot
Plant Robbed

LEBANON. Pa. July Is. - Two
burglars entered the Hunsicke- En-
CINE plant here shot and wounded
Solemn Boyer, the Waterman. and
after smashing the company safe
and taking about 500. dressed
Boyer's wounds. made him rs com
Portable as possible and escaped.
, 1922-07-13

has been unable to get an inteIIi-
gent remark from the prisoner.
Catch fish" is the only thing
Brown has said in ~severaI days, ac-
cording to the attorney. Brown Of
fered this comment yesterday when
Mr.. ShotwelI asked him If he real
lied that conviction on tho kidnap-
, 1922-07-13
LIQUOR vIoLAToRs SEIZED.

CHEYENNE, Wye. July flight
arrests for violation OF the federal pro-
hibition law were made here in raids
Monday and Tuesday The defendants
held 10 the November grand jury
in bail ranging from $500 to 81 900
each.
, 1922-07-13
CHAIN BANDIT TRYING INSANITY DODGE, REPORT
CATCH FISH is ALL bad MAN Can SAY now

OMAHA, Neb., July 1S.-Fred
Brown, the Omaha Chain man."
facing charges OF kidnapping and as
sauit with intent to kill, is sham
ming insanity, according to County
Attorney Shotwell, who In several
visits to Brown in the county Jail
, 1922-07-13

ing charges might carry with 1t the
death penalty.
The public defender. who has
been assigned rs Browns attorney,
has been unable to get Brown to
discuss any Of the charges against
him or assist in planning a defense.
, 1922-07-13
Mine FACTIONS MARK Time
Cloud OF Uncertainty Enpelops Bitumi-
nous Industry With Operators and
Miners Silent on Proposal

WASHINGTON, July 1s:-Although the anthracite oper-
nave submitted what President Harding is said to re-
gard as a complete acceptance of the governments offer of
in the coal strike, the situation with regard to the
oiCumlnous operators and the miners union continued under
a cloud OF uncertainty today with both sides pursuing a mol
, 1922-07-13
IL shop STRIKERS APPEAL To WHITE H0(|S
Bible Bought
With Forged
Check, Report

TACOMA. wash. July hilary
Steirhoit. under arrest here today.
is charged with having purchased a
Bible and a rosary with a bogus
check. The complaining witness.
the proprietor OF a shop. told the
police he accepted the check with
out question because OF the nature
Of the purchase
, 1922-07-13
PICTURE STAR.
in COURT FIGHT

LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 13-Gloria Swanson, film ac-
tress, will appear in court here tomorrow to answer charxes
made against her and her mother of undue influence in CON
nection with the will of the late Matthew P. Burns. step
father of the actress, it was announced here TODAY by .Joseph
Scott, her attorney. The case revolves around application by
, 1922-07-13

CHICAGO, July 1S-By The Associated Press The
striking shopmen carried their case to the White House TO
day, following refusal last night of the railroad executives
10 meet the union leaders for discussion of a peace program
as requested by the United States railroad labor hoard
The move marks a new phase of the nation-wide snsnen-
, 1922-07-13
DISCUSSION OF
PEACE DENIED
EXECUTIVES
RepieW Grievances in Statement to
President Asking Movement for
Arbitration of Differences
STRIKE SITUATION SUMMARIZED.

President lowell OF The shopmen teegraphei appesI N Prradr, u.-.
"incomplde information" - vas "aen on
Postmaster General Work Enforupes Prc.ta-. rr.-M- n. -.
"N'g R,n enc Sould be mnoobhhnd within "a hours to move the mails.
suspended pean activities temporarily. flNeahy
t n announced that stLe ordmx arr h,&n- -. -.
o. The Chesapeake and Ohio "h q INC cerks
baltimore and Ohio annuned eight tnnL lin n....- -.
Chicago md the east. "A"S
, 1922-07-13
US. II IS Ordered
Out f. Protection
of Ran d Lines
in State gTexas

WASHINGTON 10
(By The Associated s.)-
Secretary Weeks t in
structed Maj. Gen. John L..
Hines, commanding the 9Th
Army Corps area at San An
tonic. rcxas. to prepare a sufficient
force OF troops to- protect the proper
ties OF the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas lines which are~ the hands OF
receivers appointed by the United
States court.
The secretary acted after receiving
an appeal from c. E. Schaff. the re-
ceiver OF the line. for protection. Mr..
Schnff declared that the state protec.
ton was only partial and that many of
tho employees Of the road had been
beaten vi, and commerce was being in
terferred with by the strikers. United
States marshAls were unable to cope
with the situation. the receiver said.
, 1922-07-13
KENDRICK FILES
TODAY

CHEYENNE, Wyo, July Ex-senator John B. Kendrick,
of Sheridan, Wyo, issued a formal statement yes
stating that he would be a candidate and filed his
petition with the secretary of state for reelection to the
United States senate. Other candidates. announced to date
Frank w. Mondell, Republican leader in the house of
, 1922-07-13

Of the Abu Eieia mosque during the
celebration of the feast Of the patron
saint today.
Great damage was done the an.
Equities in the sacred structure.
, 1922-07-13
MICHAEL COLLINS TO
LEAD IRELAND'S ARMY
Military Operations on Large Scale Projected to Put Down
Republican Movement, ReprtS Indicate; War CouncIt to
Map Plans for Comm g Free State Assault

comnanderinchief of the Irish national army it was officially announcedt today Collins
Richard Mulahy ad Zen. Owen ODufy will comprise a var council in supreme charge of
military operations throughout the county.
Muhahy also is m chief offs staff of thu amy e.
Over ODufy hsb been the officer in command of the Southwestern division of The Irish
, 1922-07-13
Souvenir Shell Blast Kills
And Mangles Eight Children
Watertopn Searched for Other Danger
Relics FOLLOWING Explosion of "Dud"
Found on Artillery Range

WATERFOWL, n; Y, July 13.-Poice are searching this
city for artillery shells retained as souvenirs of the world
after the explosion of a threeinch shell resulting in the
death of eight children. The big shell, believed to be a "dud"
picked up during the wartime target practice of the 1O4th
artillery ON the Pine Plains range. near here We 80
, 1922-07-13

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica. July H.
Damage estimated at So. 500 900 was
wrought by a fire which swept through
warehouses here.
, 1922-07-13

forces. 1t is in the region covered by
this division that the principal opposi-
tion to the Free State government re
mains.
, 1922-07-13
ACCIDENT VICTIM LAID
At REST HERE TODAY

The funeral of Harold Crosswait,
who was killed Monday in a fall from
a horse at Big Muddy creek. ie miles
from Casper, was held this Afternoon
at 2 o'clock from the Shaffer-Gay
chapel. The Rev. L. e. Carter per-
formed the ceremony.
A caterpillar can eat 500 times its
weight of food in a month.
, 1922-07-13
GUARDS.
BEATEN, REPORT

OROVHLE, Cal, July 13.-Sixty imported shop workers
brought from Arizona and started to work in the Western
Pacific railroad shops here yesterday, early today were
dragged from their beds in their sleeping quarters by auto
mobile raiders estimated to number from fifty to seventv-fva
and beaten severely. One man, Roadmaster Tom Wilkin,
, 1922-07-13

ord breaker in attendance and in
terest In launching the senatorial
candidacy of Mr.. Mondell-
, 1922-07-13
MOSQUE e0LLAPsEs, IA KILLED
TRAGEDY ENDS RELIGIOUS FETE

CAIRO, July 13.-By The Asso-
ciated Press)EFouteen persons
were killed and 20 others seriously
injured through the fall of the roof
, 1922-07-13

was caught in a small cabin near the
roundhouse n beaten over the head
with clubs. He was taken to the Orc
vile hospital.
, 1922-07-13

AT Philadelphia r. Fl. e.
Detroit -. 900 002 020-4 IL 2
Philadelphia 800 031 00x-9 Ii 2
Batteries - Ehmke and M~anion:
Hasty and Perkins. Wcach and He'll
mann hit home runs in Sixth. Hell
man hit second home rome in Eighth.)
At Boston r. III. E.
Cleveland 900 DOL I2o-4 81
Boston .....-.. 900 1O1 0o0-2 6 9
Batteries - Uhlc, Lindsay and
ONciI: Collins. Quinn and RueI.
At New Yorls-St. Louis-N York
game postponed rain.
, 1922-07-13
Weather Forecast

Fair tonight and probably
Friday; warmer in northeast
portion tonight
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that the author regards Hardy as
her master. though she is far from
being initiative. and has a definite
Individuality of her own. Ii is
sincerely conceived. well imagined
end carefully worked out story. II
he mature gentleman who figures as
the real hero has a touch of late
Victorian nobility that is not alto
gether convincing he is nevertheless
possible enough. though he remains
a romantic woman's idea of what
such a man might be, or ought 10
be. under the given circumstances.
The girl in the case. Sareel. which
a wOrkhOuse form of her correct
name, Sara Hill, is more of a sue
cess. She is an appealing. warmly
alive reality i'm spite of the bizarre
elements in her situation. She is
enother sample of the sensitive, i'm
aginative. intelligent young girl
brown by the accidents of birth into
sordid. hard, debasing environment
and gradually working her way out
If the depths into a freer air. She
6 ''workhouse brat" her mother a
domestic servant and her father un-
known, but she is obviously not of
peassntry ancestry. The scene of
he story is Devonshire. At the age
OF ie Sareel goes as a farm servant
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there is good deal Of Henry James
I'm her literary cosmos. Her folk
talk, and think, portentously; they
have subtle, occult meanings that
sometimes are a little thin when one
pins them down and translates them
into concreteness. There is some
times a suspicion almost of the in
comparable Boon's sketch of his
'Blandish- -Blandish, going delicately."
Her people are often "going deli
cately" through life. not exactly
posing, but very sef-consciously.
Nevertheless they are very well
worth while.
This collection Is little likely to
rival any best seller" but it should
have a strong appeal to a mature
discriminating audience. On the
whole she is more at home, more
uniformly successful, in these short
stories than In any of her rather
lcng list of novels.
The New York herald., 1922-06-18

which takes a middle aged merchant
of industrial England from his mid
land environment and his suburban
villa, presided over by maiden sis
ter, into the pagan depths of a re-
mote Italian townlet where he wit
nesses the recrudescence of ancient
Etruscan or Roman nature worship.
But. in all these. il is not fair TO at
tempt any brief summary. Each
must be read carefully TO get its
full flavor. for she always makes no
small demand upon the readers in
telligence.
She Is also extraordinarily success
ful in sketching an incidental
vignette. a small picture OF pass
ing. minor character that is apt TO
stay with you more continually than
the main theme OF the tale Such an
instance is that OF the glimpse one
gets OF the mother-in-iaw OF the
first story-there are only few lines
about her. but she is indelibly pic
tured. So. too. she is often highly
successful with passing dramatic in
c;dent.
Her attitude Is steadily intro
spective; possibly a little too much
so 70 be entirely satisfying. She has
nothing at all of his mannerisms. but
The New York herald., 1922-06-18

THE SECRET TOLL. BY Paul anf
Mabel Thorne. Dodd. Mead & Co
!" HE apparently good old fasn-
toned hollow tree. in which
- the hero of this story is
ordered to put the $4,000 demanded
by the apparently good old fashioned
blackmailers, is really a star per-
former In the development Of this
mystery. Appearances. Of course, ara
deceptive. The tree is a remarkably
equipped vegetable, possessing many
and surprising modern scientific inn
provements. 1t holds the center NJ
the stage, and one is more inter
ested in it than in the assortment of
detectives, reporters, false clews,
hero or heroine. It Is really a very
good tree. indeed
1t was fortunately located on
lane in a suburb of Chicago al ths
edge of a millionaires' colony. The
numerous victims of the mysterious
Friends of the Poor" are selected
from this aggregation Of bankers and
business men There are so many
that one loses count; whenever
things are in danger of becoming
little dull the blackmailer "asphyx-
iates" another millionaire to liyen up
the narrative.
The thing really has some novelty,
both in the invention of its detail
and in its unfolding. Perhaps very
experienced reader will seize the right
clew fairly early in the game, but
the process of following ii up re-
mains interesting. The tale is quite
up to date, working in the spirits. q
new kind of poison gas and other en-
tertaining frills. The conventional
love story, which all but the bosdest
writers of puzzle yarns still seem to
think necessary, does not get badly
in the way, and sometimes even helps
on the plot. The people are live
enough for the purposes Of such a
story, and the manner of telling it is
pleasing.
The New York herald., 1922-06-18
New Fiction

shift of interest is gradual. made In
natural orderly fashion, but quite
complete. 1t is a highly effective
method, of some novelty in its tech
nique.
The twin stars Of the piece, Of
course, are the two professional de-
tectives: the massive Winter and the
nervous. diminutive Furneaux. They
are a truly delightful pair, sometimes
serio-comic and little of the opera
bouffe stage, but always immensely
entertaining. They are. each Of
them, really very attractive, well
done studies, never exaggerated be-
yond the requirements-a more alive
and more steadily intriguing couple
than the great Sherlock and Watson.
Each of them displays actual human
intelligence and neither is called
upon to perform impossible miracles.
Life at Headquarters" in the courts
and the underworld" would be a
much happier affair than it actually
is if these two could be materialized
and set to work in the flesh. But the
reader mustn't get the idea that
there is anything impossible about
them; there isn't, and that's one rea-
son why they are so pleasing. They
are genuine creations" and one
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Der "Sir Richard Calmady" win re-
call her as the daughter Of Charles
Kingsley and niece Of Henry Kings
ley. In a subtle, curious way she par
takes both of that formal past and
of the very modern present. without
really belonging to either.
Always she is concerned with some
central moral problem. some crisis
in the lives of her characters, often
with an element of surprise in its
solution, but with nothing forced or
mechanical about it. Her people. too.
are apt to be mature, and their prob
lens are not trivial She is fond of
the middle aged widower as a pro-
tagonist; there are several of him
in this volume. The title story, how
ever, deals with youthful widower,
and his sudden coming to maturity
under painful circumstances. 1t is an
exceptional plot, too, in that it
touches upon the problem Of mis-
cegenation, for the secret Of the lady
involved is a "black" one. originat-
ing in Brazil and in the life of the
borderline half caste. 1t is a vividly
dramatic tale. So, too, is the story
of the elderly widower of "The Pill
Box" which is a complex case of
conscience. The best and most strik-
ing story of the lot is The Higher
Education of Mr.. Besley Wright"
The New York herald., 1922-06-18
DA SILVA'S WIDOW. BY Lucas
Malet. Dodd. Mead & Co.

DA S1LVAS WlDOW. by LUCAS
Malet. Dodd. Mead Co.
.HE art of Lucas Malet, par
ticularly as evinced in her
short stories, such as those of
this collection, is abundantly worth
study. 1t may be especially COM
mended to the young aspirant who
yearns to do something beyond the
machine made article
not. of course, for conscious imita-
ton, but for prayerful examination.
II is a fine art. with an individuality
of its own; at its best very fine. in
deed. but not always at that best.
The stories in this volume. however.
average at a high level. She is never
or commonplace, though she
is. sometimes. a little tenuous.
These stories do not date; they
are not of the vogue OF to-day.
though she often makes skillful use
of some of its machinery. Stin less
do they remind one Of the Victorian.
or Of her distinguished father and
uncle-readers old enough to remem-
The New York herald., 1922-06-18
Continued from Preceding Page.

reader familiar with Belloc, that the
incidental qualities Of the narrative
are always admirable. 1t is witty,
full of unexpected twists of express
sion, of good things thrown in by the
way-a rich mixture even aside from
its main purpose. Looking at it as a
whole, one is obliged to go back to
Swift himself for anything compare
BILE. Possibly, like his great prede-
cessor, he sometimes a little over
shoots the mark by giving too full
measure, but that does not often hap
pen. 1t is satire OF the highest order.
H. L. PANGBORN.
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TO a house on the moors, where shQ
falls in with a wandering young
Cambridge student, and a mildly
idyllic love story naturally follows
But his letters to her are suppressed
By the harsh mistress of the farm.
and Sareel despaire-
At this point the real hero enters
a learned recluse, of the mystic age
of 80, Bob Nugent, who marries
Sareel out of pity and to rescue her
from drudgery. She does not lore
him, but he respects" her and the
whole affair is platonic. 1t is an un-
real situation, but treated skiilfuiiy
enough to make it plausible Then,
of course, Sareel accidentally learns
of the suppressed letters from her
youthful lover, and runs away to
him. But, in the meantime, he mas
outgrown his infatuation, and no
longer wants her. Here. again, =
rather theatrically conceived situa-
ton is well managed There follows
the not unfamiliar drama of husband
and wife falling in love with each
other. to the ultimate entire sats-
faction of each.
The whole plot is thus somewhat
artificial, but the author has SKIN
enough in developing the emotional
growth of each of the characters.
and in presenting their interactions
upon each other to make the tale en-
crossing as a psychological stucys
There is never anything hysterical OF
too high-keyed in her treatment o.
even the most difficult situations "
is. on the whole, a very well dom
book.
The New York herald., 1922-06-18

MAN-SIZE. BY William Macleod
Raine. Houghton Mifilin Company.
rR. RAINE needs no introduce
M ton to most 'e.aer-- He !.
always a good workman,
painstaking and accurate in literary
artisanship, which results in the pro-
duction of easily readable fiction
Sometimes he rises to really striking
dramatic effects, as in the high
spot" of this tale. That climax is
the decision of the hero. temporarily
a member Of the famous Canadian
Mounted Police. TO bring in his man
alive at any cost II is a stirring
narrative. especially through the
scenes al this crisis, where Morse has
a badly wounded comrade on his
hands. along with a very dangerous
desperate whom they have caught
OF course they are miles away from
starvation. He is tempted to-
execute" the prisoner as the only
way to save his friend and get out
alive, but the honor OF the service
triumphs and he successfully works
the miracle-rescues the wounded
comrade and delivers his prisoner
alive.
There is no great novelty. ot
course. in all this. or in the preced-
ing preparatory scenes. But it e
told with fine spirit, In a rapid but
never hysterical narrative. and Wit
unzrual descriptive power. Indeed
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SAREEL. By Edith Dart Boni &
Liveright.
"HIS is a pleasant variant from
the prevailing modes In fic-
- ton. 1t is something of a
throw back" to the manner of the
end of the last century; romantic,
emotional but well restrained and al
ways in good taste" One suspects
The New York herald., 1922-06-18

hopes to meet them again some day.
For this kind Of story makes one ask
for more. HENRY WALKER
The New York herald., 1922-06-18

Continued % You0,osn0 Pase
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-01
Y. w. &. A. Holds
Annual Meeting

A large and appreciatiyc assembly
filled the y. ". c, A. HEADQUARTERS
last night in response 10 the iuyj
tation to attend the annual meet
ing, followed by the reception i'm
honor Of the national and field sec
retaries here to conduct the educa-
tional institute for the benefit OF
the members and an friends OF the
y. w. c. A. The rooms We're brit
liantly lighted and decorated with
beautiful flowers This combined
with happy hopeful faces, lent a
charm the "Y" should always pos
sess
Annual reports were read by the
president, secretary treasurer and
chairman of the service committee,
all combined, were the proof Of
wonderful work accomplished the
past year, which is most gratifying
to all who have generously contrib
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-01
DEATH TOLL IN TKEATER
CATASTROPHE AT NATIONS
CAPITAL NOW TOTALS ia
Reports of Deaths Coming Hourly From Hos
pitfalls, Where One Hundred and Forty Four
Injured Victims Are Being Cared For-Be-
lieved Number of Fatalities VIII Be More
Than One Hundred Twenty-Five.

Washington, Jan 30.-The
death toll caused by the collapse
of the Knickerbocker Theatcr
here Saturday night, one Of the
greatest moving picture eatas-
trophies in the history of the
country. now stands at ia.
Deaths are reported hourly from
hospitals throughout the city,
where 144 injured victims of
the disaster, many Of whom are
near deaths door, are being
cared for.
With the daeth list constantly
mounting, police officials and
rescue workers believe it will
pass 1876.
E. H. Shaugnessy, second as
sistant postmaster general, IS
in a critical condition as a re-
suit of injuries sustained in
the horror. He has received
three blood transfusions. He IS
not expected to live.
BELIEVE ALL DEAD REMOVED
Rescue squads which have
worked frantically during the
past thirty-six hours to eXtri-
cate those trapped in the build
ing, believe that all the dead
have been removed. The work
ers are still carrying out, de-
bris, however, and making final
search.
TO MAKE INVESTIGATIONS.
Several Investigations as to
the cause of the catastrophe
will be started at once. Sena-
tor Arthur Capper of Kansas
will demand that the Senate
District Committee make a COM
plete inquiry. Similar request
probably will be made of the
House District Commissioners.
The local building inspector
and the coroner have ordered
comprehensive probes,
When dawn crept over the
city today, the night shift Of
Marines doing rescue work
was relieved and another call
ed.