Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-12-11
Villa Policies CAPITAL.

| troops to maintain order in Me: leo
City and guaranteed protection to all
private property, according to advices
received at the state department in
Washington from ]. R. Silliman, con
sui general at Mexico City.
Mr.. Silliman also reported that the
street railways in Mexico City are
operating and all of the employees
have been granted a 25 per cent In
| crease in wages. The Mexican Ma
tional railwsy is reported to have
been badly damaged by the Carlan'
zistas.
Unofficial advices indicated that
Villa AMI Zanata are expected to be
gin their march ~a~ainst Carranza
next week. Cacranza is entrenched
at Vera Cruz, and military experts
look fer feaYy lcs3es to the Vii
forces when they assault the city.
Rear AGi-1iral A. T. Mahan Is Dead
Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer MaAan.
| u. S. N, retired, the foremost Ameri-
can writer on naval science, died OF
heart disease in the naval hospital in
Washington. He had been i'll for sew
eral weeks.
Rear Admiral Mahan was seventy
four years cid. He was born at West
Point, N. Y, and saw service in the
Civil War. Although retired as cap
| tain, he was raised to the rank Of
rear admiral by special act of con-
gress.
Admiral Nahan was recognized as
| one OF the most noted naval experts
Of the world. His writings on naval
subjects over long period OF years
have been regarded as having the
highest authority, and have been real
; by military and naval men of all
countries.
IS long ago as 1894, when, in COM
! mand of the United States warsh:p
Chicago, when he was in Londcn
where he was the recipient of many
i honors, the London Times spoFe OF
him as the greatest writer on naval
subjects in history"
In Germany his works have been
translated into the national tongue by
! order of the kaiser, at whose be1est
t..cy have become text books for the
German naval officers. Emperor VII
liam has been for twenty-five years a
close student of all that Admiral Ma
han has written.
Uniontown, Pa, Woman Princess.
The long standing dispute of two
American women, Ida Eleanor FltZ-
gerald aad Josephine MofTftt, as to
which was entitled to style herself
Princess Victor of Thurn and Tax.s
was settled in the chancery court ii
London in favor of Mrs. Fitzgerald.
The court allowed Mrs. Fitzgerald
$500 DAMAGES, gave her the costs OF
the tia, AMI Granted her an injunc,
ton a~a:a-t .:iss Mofitt. The prime"
is serving in the Austrian army.
Prince Victor of Thurn and TaXls
a member of well known Hungar:a
family, came to the United States Il
1906 and in New York contracted II
matrimonial alliance with an Ameri
can actress named Josephine MofIitt,
who came originally from Jackson
! vile, Fla.
The prince later left Miss Mofitt
and in 1911 married Mrs. Fitzgerald.
former wiso of General Gerald Fitz-
gerald, at UnioEt@wn, Pa.
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$15", ,oc1 ire In Maric1vllle, Pa.
The b siness -"ction of Marienville,
near Tionesta. Pa, ,--as wiped out by
fire. Twcaty buildings with their en-
tire contents we're destroyed, entail
ing an estimated loss of $150,O00.
IS Nearly a hun lred persons are home,
less. The flames spread rapidly de-
spite thc arorts Of bucket brigade,
and in three hours the business Sec
tioa was iii ruins. A spark from a
railroad ne is believed to havs
started the blaze.