davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1926-11-14

mets-that guide, he let on that he
was right surprised But there
were very few men in the column who
remembered the hike to Verdun in the
early Spring Of 191S-in one campany,
s; in another, Il; in the whole bat
talon. the barest handful. 1t had
been a long road. The first way sta
ton was the Bois de Belleau; a lot
of people stopped there and were there
yet. And there were more, comfort
ably rOtting in the F'oret de Retz,
south of scissors. And more yet, well
dead, around Blanc Mont. And a vast
drift OF them back in hospitals. Men
walked silent, remembering the old
dead. . Twelve hundred men hik-
ing to the Rhine and how many
ghosts. The mist rolled around
the column.
you requirements never knew
Corp'ral Snair. that got bumped off
at scissors, dallyin' with a Maxim
gun. He was a musical cuss, an he
ulster sing a song to the tune of the
Old CLAY Mare-She Amt What She
lister Be-something like
TIE ,IIie !! 5. flag VII fly over Germany
and now it is, an it's a pity he
amt here to see it, well, but
he's restin' easy where he is-me. I'm
cold as he'll an this dam drizzle is
drainin' down my neck"
x x x x
THERE was nothing but the mist
and the rain, and mean, cold
little wind with a bite in it. North
and South, from the edge of Hol-
land to the Metz gateway. all the arm
les We're marching. Ahead, just out
Of contact. went the German armies.
The battalion passed a dense little
wood of firs--Christmas tree woods,
the battalion called them.
This clump showed Enthusiastically
that it had been a camp. but there was
no litter; the Boche who bivouacked
there had left it neat and clean. Along
the road in orderly piles were some
hundreds of the round German he'll
NETS, and parked precisely in a cleared
place. where horse lines had been,
was a battery of 105 field howitzers.
The old Boche was jettisoning what
he didn't need. The battalion observed
and was thoughtful.
What about the ole Boche? You
think he was licked enough?" No:
I don't. That stuff back there, they
laid it down under orders, like they do
everything. It's stacked-it amt just
thrown away. An look how they po-
lice up behind themselves" "Yeh!
Remember the other day. when we
was advance guard. we could see their
rear guard, sometimes-perfect order,
an all that-not like defeated outfit
at ALL Sure. An those little towns
| back yonder, with the arches an the
flags and the welcome returnin' heroes
stuff-none o. that was for U.s.
''Thev ajnt licked enough Look at
this country-Winter ploughin' done
everything p-shape-no shellholes-
no trenches-no barb wire-who in
hell won this war. anyhow"
You said it. We oughter got up
in here an showed the old Boche what
it was like TO have war in his own
yard" We'll, I've been in all of it
an pers'nally, 1 was glad when the
shootin' stopped. got me some sleep
an full belly an a pair of new shoes
an some firemenss underwear, too
An I was right proud not to be
killed. J amt prepared to die
Evening star., 1926-11-14
"Well. we've found It," said Mary
Elizabeth, and submerged again.

x X * \
AT dawn we sat up and looked
"A around. We lay in a lake and
the murmur of the little. stream had
bacome the roar of a river. All
around, clinging desperately to the
cactus, were our garments, dripping
dfsconsolately.
It rained for SO hours.
On the day that it cleared we
climbed the mountain wall. More than
q mile we struggled into the air. with
always behind us that vast dead nat
of Salt Lake Desert and the Gulf OF
California.
Up slippery boulders the horses
climbed. struggling frantically for
foothold. And on one such boulder
Mary Elzabeth's horse fell. There
was a wild scraping of iron shoes. a
veil from the man behind her and a
thud.
Il might have been very terrible.
AS it was, she emerged considerably
shocked, very calm and with q num-
Der of bruises whose progress from
blue to purple, and finally to lemon
yellow, she watched with reminiscent
eyes for many q day.
One of the commonest sights of the
JfiD WAS JO see lIic Oullit ticli| W i'i''~
Mary Elizabeth and I. dropping pain.
fully from our horses, would wander,
gun in hand, through thorny thick
cts, which a moment before had been
alive with birds. The moment we en-
tered it became a dead thicket.
We plunged through sand, impaled
ourselves on thOrns, fired at shadows,
and narrowly escaped killing each
other. | have sat in such thicket
cndeavoring to resemble a quail for
hours on end without results. And
when at last l got up in disgust, from
all around my hiding place impudent
birds have piped a jeering farewell to
me.
Came day when, like Balboa in
the rhetoric books, we We're to dis
cover the Pacific Ocean climbing to
the top of a mountain. We had
climbed the Coast Range, and from lt
o'clock that morning we had watched
for the CLEAN of the Pacific. Hours
went by. 1t began to appear as
Evening star., 1926-11-14
CHAPTER X.
The Rhine.
HY JOHN W. TUOMASO\. JR.

|HE, bugles went while it was
still as dark as the inside or
a dog There was swearing
i and sickly yellow candle light
in the billets, mean houses in
q mean little Rhine province town,
and the chow lines formed on the
company galleys in an icy December
rain. The rain pattered on helmets
and mess kits. and fell in slanting
lines through the smokey circles Of
light where the cooking fires burned
feebly.
The faces of the Marines. as they
filed out OF the dark for food. were
gray and frowSy. The cooks issued
cornbill hash and dared any man to
growl on the coffee. How could il be
billed enough, with wet wood and very
little of that--heen up all night, as
it is-you sports just pull i'll your
necks.
The companies gulped their ration
in suilen silence. rolled damp blankets
into the prescribed pack, and when
the bugles squawked assembly they
fell in without confusion or en-
thusiasm. Platoon sergeants. with
flashlights or lanterns, called the
rolls; somewhere out in front flrSt
sergeantS received the reports; officers
Crumbling. "All here, first sergeant
Beg the capt'n's pardon-couldn't
see YOU in the dark. sir--au present
counted for. sir Nice day for a
hike. major says, goin' to the Rhine
today. Eighteen or twenty kIlomet-'
don't know exactly. Dam such a
war; Ia like the old kind, where you
went into ~Winter quarters
Brit" The captain pulled his
collar around his ears.
Presently a bad-tempered. drawing
voice bayed: squads right-march
There was a shuttle of hobnails in the
mud and the rattle OF rifle sings. The
1st Battalion of the 5th Marines took
the road.
These German roads were all hon
estly metaled, hut the inch or SO OF
mud on the surface was like soup
underfoot, and the oVercoats soaked
up the rain like blotting paper. II
was the kind of a morning with no
line between night and daylight. The
hlackness turned to gray. and alter
Il while the major, on his horse, could
look back and see the end Of his
column. The battalion, he reflected:
was up to strength again. 1t hadn't
been this large since it went to Blanc
Mont. the end of September.
He shut his eyes on thal thought
q hundred and thirty men that come
ou,. where a thousand went in-then
renla cements. and after the armistice.
more requirements. Perhaps the quail
itv was running down a little. The
new chaps didn't seem as tall and
e-asI as he old men-the tall, sun
burnt leathernecks that went out the
road from MeauX. toward Chateau
Thierry, NJ the Spring.
ODD. just six months since the
Spring. But a lew veteran
nd hard drilling between fights
would keep the temper in an out:
Al. One remembered phrase
in an order Of the division COM
mander's, 1.-THE Id Division has never
failed to impose Its viii uponft fths
Evening star., 1926-11-14

tortillas and coffee. To have offered
payment would have been a seriouS
affront. We were their guests. And
the ferocious Mexican dogs waited
with their heads on our knees for any
scraps we might choose to give them.
AS / have said, we had elected to
carry no tents, through a misappre-
hension that 1t never rained in desert
country, and so that night we put our
bed rolls in the barnyard. To avoid
being stepped on by horses, we chose
a spot between an lrrlgating ditch and
a great mound of loose straw.
We slept, and at O'Clock a heart.
Evening star., 1926-11-14

across it, Heard anything about
chow? Galleys went on ahead awhile
ago-when do we eat
For fours years no hostile troops
with arms in their hands had seen this
river; only sad files of prisoners had
crossed it, under German guard. The
battalion turned right on the eastern
bank and went up the river on a broad
road between "a cliff and the swift
black water. There were many
houses, continuous town. 1t was
past noon Of Friday, the 18th of
December and the Boche school chill
dren were out. They gathered TO look
at the passing column. The Marines
eyed them keenly.
These kids were different. They did
not point or talk or cry out. after the
manner of children. They stood in
stolid gEpps. woodensfaced. with un-
Evening star., 1926-11-14

anybody know where we goin' to-
day?" "Damtino-naw-I did hear the
skipper's orderly say we'd make the
Rhine, some time" "How far"
''Some guy was lookin' at a map at
battalion. Said it was about 80
kilomets." It's always bout 80 kilo-
NETS in this dam country" "Yeh!
But | remember one time it was II
klomets. The night we hiked up to
Verdun, back last March. Had
Frawg guide-little shrimp wit a
forked beard. Ask him how far, all
he'd say was: 'Dooz kilomets-dooz
kilomets.'
"Hiked all night in the rain, like
this an at daylight we come to
a sign, wit the name Of the place
we're goin to, an it said 'Dooz kilo-
Evening star., 1926-11-14

Adventures in the saddle and
with fishing rod on a Wyoming
ranch and during a 700-mile jour
ney into Arizona and New Mexico
We're recounted in two preceding
articles by Mrs. Rinehart. On this
arduous trip she witnessed a snake
dance. a weird religious ritual Of
lthe Hopi Indians, held in an al
most inaccessible village, which
was reached after traverslng many
miles of desert.
Her desire to visit strange and
rarely travelled lands, next led her
into the peninsula of Lower Cali
fornia. Her adventures on this
trip are wildly and amusingly re-
lated in this article, the concluding
installment of her journeys in the
West and Southwest.
Evening star., 1926-11-14

came down out of the mist on the
farther side.
$50 this is the Rhine" remarked the
battalion. "Hell' A few files were
interested. A lank Texan said Il
don't see much to make fuss about.
You boys ever see the Trinity
in overflow time? Ten miles from
bank to bank, in the Mckenzie Bend
country-why, we'd call this a creek
down where l come from" Nav,
it amt much river, an no more is
your dam Trinity. / was raised in
Sent Louie-Ole Miss'sip', now"
We'll, rivers in this country are main
ly overtouted. That Marine, it
wouldn't be much more'n a branch
down South. 1 never saw that there
| Vesle River. but a guy in the 32d
Division that was with me in Neuilly,
he says you could mighty near jump
Evening star., 1926-11-14
BY MARY ROBERTS RINEHART

" HE entrance of Mary Elizabeth
and myself into Mexico was
marked by an incident which
i caused US for a moment to
doubt the assurances we had
had that that portion of the country
was quiet. We were going to MeXi-
cali, there to call on Col. Cantu and
request permission to visit his prov
ince.
Waiting at the border in Calexico
for the various formalitieS through
Evening star., 1926-11-14

Believed to Be the First of Their Sex
to Achieve the Feat-Encounter Mys-
terry, Humorous Developments and
Perils-Leaving Civilization Behind.
Aching Miles of Desert and Mountain.
A Courteous and Tireless Escort-Fac-
ing Death on Slippery Boulders-Re-
discovering the Pacific.
Evening star., 1926-11-14

enemy. :" And today it crossed
the German Rhine. He swung
out of his saddle and stood by the
road to watch them pass 200 men,
helmets and rifles cleaning a little
in the wet gray light.
X X x
THE road led eastward through a
country of low hills. sodden in
the rain. Untidy clouds sprawled on
the crests and spilled wet filaments
into the valleys. The land was all in
cultivation, laid off in precise squares
and "i3on%, some newly plowed,
some sparsely green with turnips and
rape. II looked ugly and ordered and
suilenly prosperous. There was slow
conversation in the column.
Evening star., 1926-11-14

"HE bugles went while it was
still as dark as the inside OF
a dog. There was swearing
i and sickly yellow candle light
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25
DISCUSSION OF
. MANY PROBLEMS
. rsskzs
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS TO BE
TAKEN UP AT STATE
MEETING

/. PENSACOLA, Fla, May 3D.
tEveTyfs municipal problem cor
fronting Florida's citizens will be
discussed among the two conven-
itions of the Florida league of
municipalities to be held here or
June 2 and 3. A program of adj
dresses and conferences has been
arranged by E. 2. Owens, Jr.,
Jacksonville, secretary, and Eu-
gene Masters, of st. Augustine,
president of the league.
This will be the tenth annual
Hnesting of the league, which has
.efywh from a few members to 10
this year. Delegates are expected
from the governments and cham
bers of commerce of each of the
member cities.
Four sessions will be held on
each of the two days. The con-
genti0n win be opened by Eugene
Masters, city manager of st. Au-
gustfng and president of the
league. Mayor j. H. Baylis will
welcome the delegates and Mayor
J. H..::F0garty of St. Augustine will
make the response. There will be
business conferences and reports
made following these addresses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH
SENATORIAL DISTRICT
OF FLORIDA

/ wish to announce my candi-
dacy for reelection to the Flor
ida State Senate from the Tween
ty-fourth district, subject to the
Democratic primary.
There will be a number of
matters of vital Importance to this
District, and particularly to Mon
roe County, in the 1927 session
of the Legislature. The bound
aries of the City of Key West will
have to be changed to include
the Florida East Coast Railway
terminals. The ten year contract
will expire with the 1927 session.
l am a party to the contract ex-
GLIDING the terminals from the
City in consideration of the con-
struction of the Casa Marina no.
tel in 1917. / very much desire
to personally see that these
terminals are reincluded in the
City limits. No one has in the
slightest degree intimated opposi-
ton to the terminals being rein
corporated in the City, neverthe-
less if l am reelected to the SEN
ate / pledge that the terminals will
be placed back within the cor
porate limits of the City of Key
West.
My long service in the Senate
qualities me for efficient service.
During the campaign I will make
further declarations of principles
which shall govern me in the SEN
ate. / solicit the support of the
Democratic voters of this Dis
trict.
WILLIAM III. MALONE.
(Paid Political Advt.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25
DON'T LOOK OLD BEFORE
YOUR TIME

So many tired, nervous, run
down men and women needlessly
endure pain and misery by day,
sleep-disturhing bladder weakness
at night, when just of Foley
pills On diuretie stimulant for the
kidneysl corrective and regula-
tive. taken after each meal and
az bed time. would give them
bodily comfort and ease from
pain. Miss Sara +. Watson, Bel
videre, H.. sums ii mp: Foley
pills made a big difference in me.
and I feel stronger and better in
every way" Satisfaction guaran-
teed. Ask your druggist for
Foley Pills. The Key West Drug
CoMpany. mayI-im
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25
INFORMATION ON KEY WEST

La Concha Hotel, European plan single So to 81
double SIS to 81. On large parties of IS or more,
special reduced rates Oversee Hotel European plan
single 50 up, double Sd up.
Hotel Casa Marina, closed for the season.
Population of Key West, 10000
Municipal Golf Links-a sporty course extending
from Gulf to Ocean Summer rates. green fees 75c
day. $500 plus tax for year.
Bathing Beach and Tennis-Casa Marina Hotel
Grounds. Also public tennis and bathing beaches.
Fishing! Over 900 varieties See hotels for boats.
Free Aquarium, east end of Flager street. Marine
curio shop on Margaret street.
Taxi Stands at railroad station and hotels. See
Key West.
Ocean Boulevard to encirele city, being built
by Monroe county.
Oversee Highway from Key West to the mainland
One-third distance completed balance of roadway
tracted Steel tobrdges span the long water gaps
Take taxi spin out the Ocean, from the city of
Key West.
Pipe Line for municipal waterworks soon to be laid
from mainland Plenty of fresh, pure water to Key
West and the Florida Keys
White Ways now being installed through the bust
districts
Building permits and Bank deposits rapidly increas
ing.
Key West postal receipts show an average monthly
increase over last year of 80 per cent
Best natural harbor in Florida. Exports-imports
reach SAT, 000,0 100000 annually.
DuVal Mortgage Company. First mortgage loans
to home owners and home builders. Maximum loan
100000. On improved income business properties
$12,500. Applications received at Company's office
No. GA Duval Street.
Key West Foundation Companys beautiful Sub
division at easterly end of the island daily reporting
Progress" Several new houses under construction
Graders, scarers, roadrollers, dragines and motor
trucks in active operation.
25 it. business lots on Flagler Street. 500 per
front foot or $4,000
SO #. residential lots SIS per front foot or
$3.50.
Terms 20 per cent cash, balance 1, and years;
interest per cent per annum, payable semi-annnu-
ally.
All titles insured by New York Title and Mort
gage Company. Certificate of Title Insurance delivered
to purchaser with contract
consulting either the Wall Street Journal
Boston News Bureau will find copies of the file
in our office.
ANY further information Key West will be gladly
furnished by
KEY WEST FOUNDATION CO.
MALCOLM MEAcHAM, President
Phone As Ga Duval Street
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25
BOY TOO LAZY TO WASH

Declaring that her 19-year-old
son was "too lazy to wash him.
SELF" Mrs. Caroline Walsh of Chi
cago asked the Judge TO make him
go to work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25
COUNCILMAN FINED $500

Charles Scheren, councilman of
North Haledon, N. j., was fined
5000 when two stills were found
in his barn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

The telephone wires in London
alone, IL joined together, would
stretch around the world fifty
times.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

The Tibetans' love of lofty
heights and viewpoint leads them
10 select for building sites the top
Of a mountain spire or else the
hedges Of rock on the face of some
cliff.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

1925-Niagara Falls was illum-
mated by electric light of 1,3O0,-
100000 candle power.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

1917-Seventy-six persons in
English coast towns were killed in
a raid by German airplanes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

The two largest hoists in the
world are now in use in Canada.
They can raise $50 tons of ore an
hour from a depth of $500 feet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

B(ilD G. Lowrey, representative
in Congress of the Second Missis-
sippi district, born at Kossuth,
Miss, "a years ago today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

William B. Oliver, representa-
tive in Congress of the Sixth Ala
bama district, born at Eutaw, Ala,
So years ago today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

NEWPORT, VT. - Vermont
Grand Commandery Knights Tenn
plars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

DR.. jobs R. Mott, general secre-
tary of the International Commit
tee of the Y. NJ. c., born at Liv-
ingston Manor, n. Y, 81 years ago
today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

Earl of Dudley, former Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland and Cover
nor-General of Australia, born SO
years ago today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

GRAFTON, w. Va.-order of
Red Men of West Virginia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25
CONVENTIONS OPENING
TODAY

$50 $3.50 $50 =
PHILADELPHIA - National
Paper Box Manufacturers Asso-
eiaeaon.
! ATLANTIC CITY - American
iron, Steel and Heavy Hardware
Association.
: STOCKTON, Calf. - Disabled
american War Veterans Associa-
jon.
CLEVELAND - international
Conference of Policewomen.
Observation-Disclosures Assoc
citation of Hospital Social Workers.
ATLANTIC CITY - Pennsyl-
rama Bankers Association.
SAN BERNARDINo, Cal. -
California Parent Teacher Assoc
siations.
KANSAS CITY-Midwest Retail
Coal Merchants Association.
SAGINAW, Mich. -Knights of
Columbus of Michigan.
BINGHAMPToN, N. View
York Grand Lodge /. o. o. F.
ALBANY, N. View York
State 0ptometric Association.
SUPERIOR, Wis. - Wisconsin
Parent-Teacher Associations.
LONDON, nt.--Medical Asso-
e1attDn Of Ontario.
HOUSTON, Tex.-Texas State
Medical Association.
GRAFTON, w. Va.--order of
Red Men of West Virginia.
NEWPORT, VT. - Vermont
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

Gene Tunney, former holder of
the light heavyweight pugilistic
championship, born in New York
City, % years ago today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ssesosssseses .
FOR STATE SENATE
Gath District
FRANK Fl. LADD
FOR STATE SENATE
oath District
WILLIAM II. MALONE
Fob SHERIFF OF MONROE
COUNTY
A. H. McINNIS
FOR SHERIFF OF MONROE
COUNTY
CLEVELAND NILES
TOR REPRESENTATIVE
MONROE COUNTY
CHAS. H. KETcHUM
FOR JUDGE OF THE CRIMINAL
COURT
J. VININC HARRIS
FOR JUDGE OF THE CRIMINAL
COURT
J. LANCELOT LESTER
FOR COUNTY SOLICITOR
J. F. BUsTo
FOR COUNTY SOLICITOR
T. s. CARO-
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
First District
VIM. r. PORTER
(Re-Election)
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
First District
BOLIVAR T. REcIO
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Second District
EMORY L. PIERCE
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Second District
BRAxToN B. WARREN
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Fourth District
EDUARDO c. GOMEZ
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Fifth District
w. HILTON CURRY
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Fifth District
ABELARDo LOPEZ
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Fifth District
S. OWEN SAWYER
FOR MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD
First District
CLARENCE H. PIERCE
FOR MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD
First District
FRANK o. ROBERTS
FOR MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD
Second District
WILLARD nj. ALBURY
IFoR MEMBER SCHOOL BoART
Second District
| HARRY M. BAKER
FOR MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD
/ Second District
/ MYRTLAND GATES
I
/ FOR MEMBER SCHOOL B0ART
Second District
/ ELLA FORD
FOR MEMBER SCHOOL BoART
/ Third District
WILLARD b. GIBSON
FOR MEMBER SCHOOL BoARI
i Third District
1 VICTOR LOWE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

1909-Andrew Carnegie gave
81 100000 for a hero fund in
France.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

Policeman John Finlay of Bel
fast, who was shot in the heart
last October, has recovered and
returned to duty.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

$3.50 ss&s& 80 e .
The Danube flows through
countries in which 81 languages
and dialects are spoken.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-25

4 new treatment of grosgraiD ribbon
trimming is shown on this hat OF
green bangkok. There are two bands
Of the ribbon in two shades of green
caught under the hrim in front.
brought over the top of the crown
and tucked under in back