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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15
LEPER ESCAPES FROM CAMP
Wife Who Wante5 to Be With Him In
Quarantine Etated.

George Hartman, the leper, who was
taken to the. isolation cottage al
Quarantine, several miles south OF St
Louis, No, escaped.
Hartman returned to his wife's
home in the heart Of st. Louis, got
some money and departed.
4 night w2tchIran visited the lep-
rosy cabin and fCGnd Hartman lying
In his room, apparently asleep. In the
morning he was gene. Mrs. Hartman
made DC atteIp: 10 conceal her JOY
over her husb2nd's escape. 1t IS be-
lieved Hartman tock train for Mex
leo
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15
Eour Railroad Workers Killed,

Four laborers were instantly killed
and five are dying as the result of a
collision between motor handcar and
q freight train on the Central New
England railroad near Pleasant Val
ley, n Y.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15

Earthquake Destroys Two Towns.
An earthquake on Wednesday de-
stroyed the Peruvian towns of Cara
veil and Ouicacha. Thousands Wer0
rendered HON eless and great misery
prevails.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15
Woman Found Murdered.

A murder was committed at Stowe,
a suburb OF Pct;stOwn. Pa, Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Talac, aged twenty-fo i,
was shot twice in the head. John Ia.
lac, the husband, aged thirty years,
has disappeared. The body of the MUIR
dered woman was found in field near
her home.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15
II Drowned When Boat Upset.

Seventeen persons were drowned al
Swinemucnde, Germany, on Thursday.
by The carsizing of sailing boat fit
ted up wit, an auxiliary moor. The
boat was hit by a squall while pro-
ceeding 10 inspect Emperor Williams
yacht Hohenzollern. There were
twenty-five on board, Of whom five
we're rescued.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15

M matter how vour watch, case
ring, bracelet. brooch. ctr is dam
aged, ] can have it made "good as
new II. NJ. Slavcn, Jeweler.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15

A fresi, supply of dynamite and
raps and fuse for sale by the Hiner
Plumbing Co., Monterey, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15

We have nice assortment Of
Ladies jacket suits. Come in and
look at them. Highland Mercan-
tile Co.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15
19 Killed by Mine ExPIosIons.

10 hhiSl ny "iHS E"!JiS~'"''S'
Nineteen men are deaf and as many
more are injured seriously, sou.e OF
them fatally, as the result o. eXrio'
sions in the Est BrookSide coiItery of
the Philadelphia < heading Coal and
Iron company, near Tower City, Ia.
The first accident wa2 caused by two
tons Of dynamite used in driving
new tunnel exploding prematurely.
With a tremendous roar the massive
mine pillars 1850 feet below the
ground were shattered.
The dead are:
Daniel NJ. Gihley, fire boss. Tower
CITY,
Henry Murphy, fire boss, Towor
City.
John Farrell, foreman, Tower City.
Howard Hand, Iaborer, Muir.
Superintendent JOHN Lorenz, Tower
City. e..
Harry Hand. miner, Muir.
jacob Kopenhayer, Reinerton, shaft
man.
Thomas Behny, miner, Reintcrton.
John Endise.
Carreni C4mani.
+ Victct Scsac.
CeYedia Groziaao.
-Four untdeut.sad Italian wcssasn en.
Two have rot beea recovered, and
there ig no hope of taetr being taken
out alive They are: Danse! Farley,
fire boss, Tower City: and joan Fess-
ier, Tower City.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15

Advertise in the Recorde
an e d Of that Old stock
You viii net fool the people
all the time.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-15
Mother Kills Three Children and Self.

Mother Kills Three CinCren ana Scir.
Another, driven insane by worrying
over the serious !llnoss Ct one OF her
children in Philadelphia, cut the
threats OF three OF her ch,l'!ren and
then drew the knife across her own
throat
The woman and one OF The children
were dead when neighbors and po-
liceman forced their way. ilto the
house Another child, seven year-old
boy, died few hours after he was
taken to the West Philadelphia
Homeopathic hospital. Mary, aged
nine, also died in the, hospital
The dead ere: Nrs. Alice Brogan,
6l47 Callowh;il street; her throe-year-
old son, Thomas, and her seven-year-
old son, Victor.
Joseph, aged fifteen years, and Ger
trude, two years old, were all that es-
caped from he knife which the woman
had welded so terribly.
r,hn Brogan. Jr., anchor
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-12
WHAT HAPPENED IN CHICAGO TODAY


An unidentified 10-year-old girl
with a teddy-bear in her arms was
struck by a street car and killed
while running across Wentworth aV.
Mrs. Hattie ArkIess, HomeWood,
Ill, had DR.. W. L. Tallman, 116 S.
Michigan av., arrested, charging he
Rugged and kissed her when she
went to his Office to consult him.
Says she tried to release herself, but
he Rugged tighter. Tallman denied
charge and took jury trial.
John WheIon, 1916 w. Van Buren,
ST., probably fatally injured IN col
lapse of old building being demol-
ished at 1927 w. Lake st. Whelon
fell two floors.
Elevator operators at County Hos
pital and county building may strike
because two union men were dis
charged at hospital by Robert Cath
erwood, president Civil Service Com
mission. Elevator men claim exam
nations were held at time when
working operators could not be pres
ent.
Mayor Harrison and coUaty Con-
troller Traeger testified before cleo
ton commission today they did not
see any frauds in last November
election. Traeger said election was
"as honest as any held in Cook
County"
Aid. George P. Latchford, 3oth
Ward, and Miss Minnie ThuIs, 4643
Union av., married today.
Harvey Abs1ire, 81, 4907 N. 4Sth
av., picked up live" Commonwealth
Edison wire which had fallen in al
ley at rear Of 1860 N. Monticello av
Electroluted.
Two men who tried to enter home
of Mrs. L. Gehrig, 1912 w. Jackson
blvd, through transom, chased by
crowd. Escaped.
Auto owned and driven by Aid. H.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-12

OI northwestern Yeast Co., l10O N.
Ashland aV., had left arm caught and
crushed in elevator machine. Hung
for five hours. Discovered by day
engineer, and members of Truck
Co. No. % had to chop away floor to
release him. Taken to hospital. Arm
will be amputated.
Delegates from Jewish clubs and
organizations will meet tonight in
Sherman Hotel to form plans to pre-
vent caricaturing their race on the
stage.
Nine boys arrested at entrance to
Ogden Park, 9th and Loomis SITS,
for making insulting remarks to
girls.
Rep. Robert E. Wilson has been
appointed assistant chief clerk of
County Board of Assessors.
Walter Barnes, accused of killing
his mother-in-law in 1910, will be ar
rested when he is freed from Leaven-
worth prison today.
Herbert Peppers, 1881 S. State ST.,
arrested on charge of holding up
Thomas MonzUrs, Kolze, Ill, held to
grand jury.
Antonio PartareIIa, so, 514 For
quer ST., dropped dead after drinking
pint of beer.
Harry Dodge, arrested in City Hall
by Aid. HeaIy after revolver was
found in his possession; fined S25
and costs.
Eddie jackson, convicted on two
charges of picking pockets, went to
Joliet to begin term of from one to
fourteen years.
Mrs. Mary Noonan, 115 S. Robey
st., and Isaac Meyers, 1902 Washing
ton blvd, arrested in Midcity Bank
when woman tried to pass worthless
check for $1,000.
Miss Gertrude 1.-THE, 70, 4S46
Woodlawn av., killed by Chicago &
Northwestern train at GIancOa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
Champ Clark And
 His Son Bennett

BysCongressman. Clyde H Tavenner.)
 WAsh1ngton. June 12-A few days ago q wrote an article depicting the ur1srally close comTadeship existing between Champ Clark and his son, Bennett which appears to have att xractsd much attention.
 H. RE. Wheeler, editor of the Quincy Journal. a close. old time friend of the Clark family. and one of the grand old editors of the State of IT. linois. relates the following incident as having occurred in the city of Quincy during the last campaign:
 'Tast summer, as our people will remember well, Champ Clark and his son were in Quincy. The speaker put In strenuous day here, that day. He made a short talk to the teachers in the high school auditorium; he wrote a long reply to an authoritative in terv1ew just published with President Taft; he attended to a big bunch of correspondence; he received visitors by the score; then we had to take him out and Show him the town of course, and at night, he made a set man During the afternoon, Bennett had to leave for home, and leaving time had come. The father and son were standiHg off in one corner of the speakers reception room having a few parting words. stood near, await ing to break in and introduce some one who wished to speak with MT. Clark Presently, the speaker stopped
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
SIXTH EPISCOPAL
 CLERGYMAN TO JOIN
 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Philadelphia, June 1S-The Rev. Franz Maximi1ian schneeweiss, for merly a curate under the Rev. Dr. Mortimer. the unfrocked rector of St Marks church, became a Catholic at a Dominican monastery at Washing ton yesterday.
 MT. Schneeweiss first came to St. Marks church in 1903 and stayed un- til 1905. He returned in 1910 and con- tinued to serve until last January, when he resigned after the charges were made against Dr. Mortimer.
 He is the sixth member of the Epis- copal clergy here to accept. Catholic ism. All had been at some time asso- ciated with St. Clements church. MT. Schneeweiss was born in New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
S9OO,OOO FOR WINDSOR
uoomis Institute Residuary Legatee of
 Wan Street Operator.

Hartford, June 13-A surprise came to the trustees of the Ioonnis Instf- tute in Windsor yesterday when 1t became known that William H. Loom is, a Wall street operator, who died in Brooklyn, N. r., leaving an estate of about a. million, had provided in his will that the residue of the es- tate'' go to the Ioonis Institute and that a memorial building be erected. The trustees estimate that after the deduction of the several bequests made in the will the sum to go to the in stitute will be about $9O0,ooo. School buildings to cost $275, 900 have already been planned and bids will be opened next week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

washington, June 12-Vin the sub
 marine eventually put the super Dreadneught out of business2 This question Is a live topic just now for two reasons The first is the decis- ion of congress to build much larger undersea lighters. The second is the success of the Benton in setting a new record for staying under water sat Long Beach. Cal Although the pfon- eer in submarine navigation, the American navy has been outstripped by European engineers in the mat ter of size, speed and offensive power Of underwater craft The navy de-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

partment designers now are planning much larger and more formidable ves-
 sels of this type, and some of them predict the develRpment of the sub marine into a giant battleship that will replace Dreadnoughts in the first line of defense. They even contend these vessels would be able to dis appear beneath the surface of the sea to escape a return fire after discharg- ing their great twelve inch rifles at an enemy: The submarine Benton is a new type invented by John M. Gage. The previous record for submarine submergence was made jointly by the Octopus and the Lake at Newport in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

May, 1907 when the two undersea craft stayed down for exactly twenty-four hours and came up with their crews elated. There had been twenty-three of them in the submarines, and they stood the experience with no signs of wear. It was a new record for/sus- tained life under the sea- Before that the record had been that established by the Fulton at New Suffolk, N. Y., in 1902 when the persons on board were down for seventeen hours. Later in the same year a party on the Full ton lived under sea for twelve hours at the torpedo station
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

over, kissed the boy on the cheek and said, 'HGood-bye, my Son." Hardly anyone else in the room noticed it, but it impressed me as mighty sweet parting between father and son. And the thought that came to me was this: If that should happen to be the last parting between the two, how sweet 1t was! Afterward, when we were alone, mentioned the parting to the speaker and he said: .'I kissed him goodbye today, ATr. Wheeler, just as I did when he was a baby boy. three or four years old. don't seem to know how Do break the habit-and I don't believe care to. Bennett is very close to me-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
GET BIG ENGINE CONTRACT
New London Company Makes Largest
 Oil Burner Yet, For Navy.

New London, June 13-The New Lon don Ship Engine Company announces that it has received a contract from the largest oil burning engine ever built for cargo carrying vessel in this country. It will be used on the Maumee, an oil tank ship of the navy. The contract calls for twin six cyIin- der engines whose total horsepower is 5000. The oil which these en- zines will burn is that which is car .xied~ in the shtnss. tapl<s-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13
NEW SUMMER WAISTS.

Hundreds of new summer models, hundreds of exceptional bargains will go to hundreds of pleased patrons on Saturday, See1y's Waist Shop, 1115 Main street, up stairs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

and educated at Ammondale in that state. He was ordained in 1897 by Bishop Scarborough of New Jersey. His first assignment was at Trenton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-13

Somebody who noticed the shopping crowds gather about certain down town windows, says, that after all September Morn Maid is the girl who took the finger out of 1ingerie.-Min- neapolis Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21

clear right to close his mill or chop,
discharge his help and quit, and no
government bureau can leeitim ately
inquire as to his reasons for 60 doing.
It vas not strange to hear suchia reck.
lees spouter % Vice President Marshall
indulging in this kind OF tommyrot,
but 1t was thought that Chairman IN.
derwood had better sense, ever II be
were unrestrained by ecruples of hon.
esty and decency, than To take euch q
stand.
The best thing tina President Wilson
could do at this stage of the tariff cor.
troversy is to muzzle bis fool friends
and especially the members OF his own
of1cial family. II the new tariff per.
mite the American manufacturers to
continue business they will not quit.
But IT this tariff is such that they can.
not do business under 1t with profit,
they will not try; and that is all there
is to it.-Kansss City Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Hat Catching Out West.
New York Times.

NOW XVHA x4mO0s
EYES," said the man just back from
the west, when I went out to Mon.
tsnA l did what nearly every other
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. one of those
broad brimmed hats like the ones the
cowboys wear and put it on 1t the
fret opportunity.
milne wasn't the only one in town,
but l felt conspicuous just the same.
Somehow or other l hadn't acquired
the knack of wearing IL. One windy
day and, believe me it can blow some in
B. without half trying-I walked
down the 10 ain street OF the town hold.
ing onto my hat with one hand and
my coat with the other. As l turned
. corner the wind seemed to stop blow.
ing and l let 60 Of my hat, whom a
sudden gust came, took 1t of my head
and sent 1t rolling like q frightened
hoop down the street.
II started to give chase when anothe,
hatless mamie WAS q sure enough
westerner-.ook me by the arm and
said:
"Don't chase II partner, there'll b
another along in . minute"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Evade Chinese Exclusion Act.

HELENA, Nay 13. - Methods by
which two Seattle white women defeat
tho objects OF the immigration lsws
and import Chinese into the United
States 80 students, receiving any.
where from 800 to 81, 900 per head,
we're disclosed u the deportation
hearing of the United States against
Mau Bong Lung. which 10 being held
today before United States Commits.
sioner Julius Brass.
According to evidence brought out
at the hearing, the two women In Sc
attic reap big profits a. the result Of
their operations. BY virtue OF q
treaty between the United States and
China, several classes OF Chinese are
admitted to this country and ameng
them Is the student class. Taking ad-
vantage of this agreement, the wo.
men, according to the testimony,
round up . band OF Chinese In the
orient and then start q school in this
country. The students are brought in,
the school is conducted for about two
weeks and IL then closed. The China
men are then 1t liberty to 60 where
they please.
Mau Bung Lung, the Chinamsn
whose hearing is on here, was admitted
to the United States at Seattle 10 July
1910, as . student. He attended
school about two weeks. 1t is alleged,
and then secured employment and st.
tended night school for . short time.
He next came to Montana and became
. student at the agricultural college
At Bozeman. In September, 1910, he
was found working Is . waiter In q
cafe. He declares that he was merely
working for q few days during the
rush stsendsn upon the sweet pea
carnival.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Make Bread From Potatoes.

The over production of potatoes IN
Germany In the last few years has re.
suited in the discovery Of new way Of
utilizing the surplus. According to
recent information, there are now 43d
factories devoted to the preparation
OF potato products. The tubers are
prepared for use % cattle fodder, or
for the production of alcohol and
starch. A yellowish.w white -four is
also milled. German bakers ore mix.
ing this -four with the ordinary -four
OF wheat and rye. The product is
said to be . bread of excellent taste,
which is easy OF digestion, and re-
mains fresh for . longer time than
the bread in common use.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
WEDNESDAY, MAY II, 1918.
IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT.

The completion of the first unit OF
the Prickly Pear irrigation project,
near Helena. 10 a. incident that sug.
eests possibilities of future develop
msnts along similar lines In other
parts Of Montana. The water supply
for this project comes from pumping
system that 10 operated by electric
power, and It 10 believed the plant is
the first Of it, kind in the United
States to be applied 10 irrigation on
. large scale.
The hrst unit Of tho Prickly Pear
project sonsists Of about 5000
acres to which water 10 supplied
through ditches Of . total length of 26
miles. The water is pumped into the
ditches from q plant thss 10 operated
by electric power from the Hauser
lake dam, and according to news.
paper reports, the annual cost Of irri-
CATION and maintenance of bitches
will not exceed S1.75 an acrs foot.
This water rate istssid to be the low
est in thel United States.
The total ares Of the Prickly Pear
project 10 about s 1000 acres, oil Of
which twill.:bs reclaimed under the
pumpinglsystem that 10 now In opera.
sion on the first unit.
The success OF this enterprise points
the wsyito reclamation Of vast areas
OF land In variousDparts Of Montana
that ore ~ too high an elevation to
be reached BY other methods. The
valley and bottom lands may be made
productive BY irrie atien from diver.
zion dans, lbut the bench lands in
many parts OF the state are 20 high
above water level that some other
plan mustlbe adopted for their reclama.
tion-snd the exhibits preeented by the
Prickly Pear project sppears to solve
The problem.
Modern improvements In the devel.
opment and transmission of electric
power promise important results in
irrigation and other industrial en-
terprises. In nearly all the large
streams throughout Montana there Is
immense power running to waste
power that will at some future time be
applied to many useful purposes-and
its employment q of the agencies
by which Montana lands will be made
productive should be encouraged by
those who have the welfare of the
community at heart. EsReclamat alton Of
arid lands At the low cost charged on
the Prickly Pear project 10 an enter.
prise that promises benefit to the gen
eral public, - we'll % the owners OF
the land that 10 irrigated, and similar
results would follow 1.-THE undertaking
OF such projects In other1 parts OF
Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
POLITICAL

1t seems more than q simple CO.
incidence that :three or four Of the
leading members Of the present I'd.
mtnistration should ihave expressed
the opinion, almost simultaneously,
that American manufacturers will
not be allowed to restrict their opera
tions without mourning dire penal.
ties at the hands OF the governments.
Recently Chairman Underwood OF
the house ways and mesns commit
tee "served notice" upon bushes .
men that i. they "dared" close their
factories "for political reasons" the
bureau of foreign and domestic com.
merce would investigate their books
and ascertain whether such action
was justifable.
This kind of talk is the rankes,
sort ofNpolitical buncombe. Presi.
dent Wilson sknows, Vice President
Marshall knows, LSecretary Bry an
knows, Secretary Red6eld knows,
Chairman Underwood knows, and, Ia
fact, every Intelligent person in the
country knows that. the %governmen,
has no authority whatever to tell q
manufacturer that he shall not close
his factory for any reason. 1t IL
strictly and literally none of the gov.
ernment's business whether q manu-,
facturer expands or contracts his &C
tivities even though pending tariff
legislation is directly or indirectly
the cause.
The! absurdity of such 9 warning
must DO apparent to anyone who stops
to think. No manufacturer in his right
mind is!going to close his factory te
spite the administratton. Such q pre-.
sumption IL In the came category a.
manufactured gloom that some o.
the newspapers r prating about
American business men are uos goiue
TO ruin themselves in order to demon
strste the ruinous effect OF tariff tin.
keripg. But any business man has q
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Farming Under Water.

Farming under forty feet Of water
would seem to be . rather difficult
work. It 10 q dinicnlt and expensive
work, but It 10 done upon . vast scale,
ss there are farms under forty, fifty
and even sixty feet OF salt water, to
the extent of 10000 acres under . sim
gle management. These farms, while
they are - extensive % the vast grain
fields OF the west, do not produce
grain, but they produce oysters.
The crop 10 propagstsd. seeded,
planted. protected removed, rsplanted,
mstured and harvested ill by steam
power, large steamers being employed
capable Of catching 1900 bushels of
oysters per hour.from these grouuds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21

Parties wishing to purchase live
stock will find some attractive offer.
iags in our advertising columns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Eccentric.

Eccentric.
"Snaggs ia a most eccentric chap"
"Yes?"
"Sure! He has named his place Pine
Terrace"
"Well what Of IT."
"Well. he has pine trees and q ter
race."-Judge's Library.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
lrato Patient.

"You understand me we'll, doctor--if
you amputate my legs I shall never set
foot inside your door againv-P Paris
EOurire.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Tho Human Hoq.

Crawford Don't you believe that 4
man should be the architect of his own
fortune? Crabshaw-That's all right,
but he shouldn't build on the other fel.
lows l0t.-Judge's Library.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-05-21
Prussia's Forests.

Timber from forests belonging to
the Prussian state brings in ar annual
revenue Of 100000.