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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
Professor Peck Commits Suicide.


Harry Thurston Peck, former pro
fessor of Columbia university in New
York city, who was sued for $oO,O0U
for alleged breach of promise by Miss
Esther Quinn in 1910, committed sui
eide in Stamford, Conn, by blowing
out his brains with revolver.
Professor Peck, who was formerly
an authority on the romance languages
and literature, had been living In
Stamford for some time.
Peck retired to his room immediate
ly after luncheon. His landlady heard
a shot and upon investigation found
the educator lying in pool Of blood
wihta revolver at his side.
Professor Peck had been i'll for con
siderable time. He was forced to re
sign from the faculty Of Columbia Oh
account of the Quinn scandal. He was
subsequently separated from his wife
but the latter joined him when he BE-
came i'll. Peck embraced Christian
Science and regained his health, Dut
brooded deeply over his disgrace.
Miss Quinn, the plaintiff in the
breach of promise suit, was a stenog
rapher. Shortly after the bringing OF
the suit DR.. Peck filed voluntary pc
tition in bankruptcy, giving his assets
as $3.50.
In March, 1912, Miss Quinn's suit
was discharged as insufficient. Late!
she filed an other action. Tais action
was pending in court It the time of hls
death.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
SAYS NEGRO ADMITS
SLAYING WHITE GIRL
Arrested For Attempting TO
Attack Others.

William Pegram, negro, arrested
for attempting to attack little white
girls in Wilkes-Barre, Pa, broke down,
according to the police, and by con-
fession solved the mystery OF the mur'
der of Mary Quinn at Scranton twelve
years ago.
According to Pegram, on the night
of June 2, 1902, he met Mary Quinn, a
young white woman of the Kayser
Valley section of Scranton, on her way
home from Hyde Park.
He accosted her and she repulsed
his advances. Pegram states that he
then got a mine sprag from a nearby
colliery yard and, coming up behind
the woman, felled her with blow on
the head. After beating her insensible
he dragged her into clump Of bushes,
where her body was found the next
day.
At the time of the crime 1t was sup
posed that William Perry, another no
gro, now in the penitentiary for a
similar offense, killed Miss Quinn.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
''SNIPPEkV CUTS Off
CRESSONA GIRLS HAIR
Used Scissors as She Talked
ON the Street.

While Ida Reed, the thirteen-year-
old daughter of Sherman Reed, an auc..
tioneer, stood talking with a crowd OF
young people in front OF the postothce
at CressoDa, near Pottsyille, Pa, some
one. following the tactics OF the Phila-
delDhia Jack the Shipper" stepped
up behind her and cut off her hair with
a pair of scissors.
Her tresses were gone almost be-
fore she was aware of it. She felt
some movement at the back OF her
head, as though she had been anad-
vertently jostled, and when she placed
her hands to her head she found that
her crown of hair was missing.
The state police believe they have a
clew to the shipper" and an arrest is
expected.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
Mob Tries to Lynch Boy.

Foreigners who reside in Billmyer
near Lancaster, Pa, made a desperate
effort to take the life of Vivian Ar
nett, the fourteen-year-old negro boy
who on Sunday killed Slav in th'
yard of his home at that place.
Serious rioting followed the killins
and Sheriff Faby sent posse Of depu
ties from Lancaster to queu the dis
turbance. An attempt was made to
get at Arnett. but the foreigners WerS
unsuccessful.
Arnett had been taken to the coun
ty Jail after permission had been OBJ
tanned from the county medical inspec
tor, as Billmyer is under quarantine
because Of smallpox. He was released
later on bail, and the mob tried tt
take him from his home.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
BANDIT RObS
ALTOONA BANK
Youth Shoots the Cashier aid
a Customer. 4
GETS AWAY WITH s2802

Scatters Crowd With FusiIade Fro n
Revolver and Escapes In Stoian i
tomobile, Which He Deserts In IN
Alley.
A lone automobile bandit held rp
the Union bank, in. the center o. l.
toona, Pa, shot the cashier n . =
| tron of the bank, terrorized Lao j.
pie passing by and escaped III li3 r
with S28S2.
1t was at the noon hour, VIII a
scores of people were on the stree. J,
that the bandit, a young man, rode -
in an automobile and entered te
bank. There was no one at the payl!g
teller's window, and he walked up 10
it as though to cash check.
Suddenly he drew a revolver ard
showed it into the face Of Teller BL G
ton, and demanded the banks montE.
Burton ducked behind the counter.
The stranger climbed to the ledge
of the counter, valuted over the n
screen and landed inside.
Cashier A. P. Rupert turrai in g
chair just as the robber fire., tn /
let striking him in the abGCJi"l. l.
pert and a bookkeeper, MIR. r
Shaffer, escapcr through dec. L o
cellar, while Burton lay conc O.; i. q
a corner.
The robber was gathering in 4
satchel the loose bills he found or 9
teller's counters when Mr.. Blacknu !,
patron of the bank, came in to hare
q check cashed. The robber heard tie
door close and fired. Blackburn fell
with bullet through his thigh.
Apparently fearing to remain long2r
in his search for money, the bandit
opened the door to the teller's Gaze
from the inside and walked boldly in;o
the street.
Many persons were passing at tie
time. They were thrown into pan
when the rcbber opened fire in eve
direction, chasing everybody to covti.
Then he jumped into his automobi
and dashed off up Eighth avenue, ~
dppCiFlHS GcLOIS any allSAipI Soo'1
he made to stop him.
The robber is described as being
about twenty-five years old, of n y
dunn height and with a smooth fac5.
He wore no mask.
Prior to his raid upon the bank t.e
bandit entered the garage Of t&a
Mountain City TaXicab company AMI,
jumping into a taXicab, drove it CIT
the door while the chauffeur was It
dinner.
The bank robber deserted the taxi.
cab in an alley in the southern pa:s
Of the city and disappeared, appGt.
emily leaving no trace for the polite
to follow.
Rupert, the wounded cashier, -
sixty-four years old. He was former 2
an Altoona schoolteacher and h;
been employed in the Union bank ftt
twenty-five years, the last eight yea
serving as cashier. He was taken -
the Altoona hospital, where it wa
said that his injury was not fatal, t )
bullet only entering the outer wall {:
the abdomen and not reaching a vital
spot.
Blackburn received only feSl
wound. He was sent to his home.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
BEATEN BY HIGHWAYMEN
Postmistress BrutaIly Assaulted and
Robbed on Street.

Postmistress Brutally Assaulted and
Robbed on Street.
Miss Susie Speight, daughter OF
Mayor David A. Speight, who Is the
postmistress at haywood, near Hack
ensack, N. J., was brutally assaulted
by two highwaymen when within 100
feet of her home and robbed Of a
small suitcase containing S400 worth
OF postage stamps and about S15O in
cash.
One of the highwaymen struck the
girl in the face with blackjack, while
teh other grabbed her arms. The blow
knocked her down, and the broken
eyeglasses cut her face severely. She
struggled to save her satchel, but the
robbers wrenched it from her. The
men escaped.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
Misslnn Girl lS Found.

Edith Schubert, seventeen years old,
the missing Chicago social worker,
was found by the Cleveland police in
q telephone booth In department
store after a search of several days.
She told of being lured from Chicago
by a man she met In a music store
there. Soon after being found she was
reunited with her sister, Mrs. Willis
Melville.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
PIunqes From 24th Floor.

Robert NJ. Friedman, a civil engi-
beer, fell or jumped from the twenty
fourth floor of the new municipal
building in New York Friday, landed
on the cornice of the twelfth floor and
was instantly killed. Friedman was
we'll known in engineering circles in
New York city and was a graduate OF
the University of Berlin.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
DISAGREE Over Mans Death.

Whether Frank Lunow was sui.
eide or :: Tim of cancer was disput-
cd ~ Two doctors after Lunow and
his wife were found dead in a New
York apartment house. There was no
doubt in the case of Mrs. LunoW. a
rubber tube led from an open gas jet
to her mouth. A physician had told
Mrs. Lunow that her husband prob
ably could not live through the night.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
She Knits Socks In Congress.

An elderly woman sat in the house
gallery in Washington during the de-
bate on the Panama tolls question
and knitted sox. She piled her needle
and yarn throughout the day, suspend
iny oDerations whenever the debate
became lively.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
Monroe Wreck Blown Up.

The wreck of the Old Dominion
liner Monroe, sunk in January by the
Merchants and Miners steamer Nan
tucket, with a loss of forty-three lives
off the Virginia coast, has been blown
I'D by the revenue cutter Onondaga
Four explosions of gun cotton remove
all of the wreck that was menace tt
navigation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
Kills Himself Before Brothers.

In view of his three brothers, job I
B. Gallagher, folty-four years old, liz
ing near fredericksburg, Nd, committc |
suicide by shooting himself with i
shotgun.
Shortly after breakfast Gallagh' :
walked out toward the barn, his thrt &
brothers following short distance
behind. Procuring shotgun, whit
he had borrowed from his sister, Mr.
Victor Dean, and secreted in the BAR,
he stepped across little raTine al |
fred a shot into the air.
His brothers thought he had hret
at q bird, but he turned to them an
said: brothers, am going to comm
suicide, and if you interfere vii! XII
YOU"
The brothers were horrified, bit
tried to persuade him not to comm t
the act. Placing the gun Oh the ground
with the barrel pointing upward he
placed his face at the nluZzle and
pressed the trigger with cane, tEs
load splitting his head open.
Gallagher was subject to extreme
nervousness, which he contracted du.
ing a six years stay in Mexico, and 10
this is attributed the dependency that
resulted in his suicide.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
Buhonic Plaque In Cuba.

The existence OF bubonic plague II
Havana, Cuba, was officially confirm
ed when Carlos Arechaga, a twelve
year-old boy, died OF the disease.
He was the first victim officially re
ported. His body was Immediately
wrapped in blankets impregnated will
disinfectant, placed in zinc caske'
and inferred.
Two other persons are officially de
clared to be in a critical condition
from bubonic plague.
The United States hospital service
is enforcing extreme quarantine meas
ures for passengers and freight for the
United States.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03

Woman Handling Gun Fatally Shot.
Miss Caroline lamar, daughter CT
DR.. John H. lamar, Of Elkton, Md,
shot herself In the head in her bed
room at her home and died instantly.
Miss lamar was an expert at target
shooting, and while handling revolv'
er the weapon was accidentally dis
charged.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03

LIohtninu Shocks Teacher and Pupils.
Twenty pupils and their teacher
were burned and stunned by lightning
which struck a school building at wy,
andot, near Upper SanduslIy, Ohio.
Every pupil was knocked to the floor
and many of them were rendered un-
conscious for several minutes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03

Air Hose on Freishts Cut by Strikers
Traffic on the Monongahela divi&iJ.
IF the Pennsylvania railroad at Pitts
,urgh, Pa, was tied up on Friday fo'
Two hours when the air hose on th:e
freight trains was cut by strikers d;
WesI Elizabeth.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03

School Teachers Form Union.
Teachers in the public schools IN
Fast Liverpool, Ohio, announced that
steps were being taken to organize a
labor union, and that they would seek
afIiliation with the American FEEDER
alton of Labor.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
PROTECTING POTATO CROP
Maine Agricultural Department Warns
AGAINST Diseased Seeds.

WdIIIe HyTTOuItuI at LSPIr sF''err| w Ut TIE
Against Diseased Seeds.
Because of the prevalence OF 4
powdery scab disease in the potatoes
in portions of northern Maine, the de-
partment of agriculture in Washing
ton warned growers to accept only
seed potatoes from Aroostook county
Me-, delivered in original bags bear
ing the certificate OF the Maine de
partment of agriculture to the effect
that the potatoes are free from the
disease.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
TANNENBAUM CONVICTED
One Year and $500 Fine For Creating
"UnIawfuI AssembIage."

"UnIaWful Assemblage."
Frank Tannenbaum, the lcSde. OF
the unemployed, who has been o. trial
in New York for several dayf n the
charge of participating in a.. :n!aw-
full assemblage, was convicted.
Tannenbaum was sentence. to serve
one year in the penitentiary an! aned
$500, default Of payment nearing All
additional days imprisonment for each
dollar unpaid.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03

FOR SALE-A secondhand, Is
horse power gasoline engine, in
good repair. For particulars apply
at this office. 3 6-4t
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
Wi.cor May Sneak In Pennsylvania.

WF!co7 May Speak In Pennsylvania.
Presi,. ent Wilson intimated that he
probably would accept proTerei in
vtation to speak In the Pennsylvania
senatorial fight and in other state
campaigns this fall.
The president made it clear, how
ever, that he would not interfere in
tie ::..-.nal politics Of any state. All
of his speeches will be in the line OF
strengthening the administration poll
cies.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03

ORD1IR by MAIL

IF von are anv distance from store ouside of the
tow limis or live on one of the R. F. D. routes you will
find orderins by mail as Satisfactory means Of ordering
your goods as you could possibly THINK OF.
We have great many customers on X. r D. routes
ybo nse the mails exc]rsively We also have number
who having moved to other buy from US by mail
Try our mail service once and you will be another
mail buyer
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03

Subscrjbe-A newspaper
reader has !; ere Orportunl-
tics fo-- making money.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03

IF youare loc kin3 for gargains
ari speculative schemes
to save- ord make money
cad the Peuorder.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
Elqht-Year-CId Rcy Shoots Mother.

Elght-Year-CId Ecy Shoots Mother.
With a revolver, rusty and dirty.
ei2ht-year-old Arthur Clancy, the sol
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Clancy, OF
Towanda, Pa, inflicted a wound upo1
his mother that may result fatally
Mrs. Clancy lay down to sleep an
told Arthur to awaken her in several
hours. The boy played about the house.
and in rummagiug through a box O.
children's playthings found the old re-
volver.
He played with it for some time
and when the time came to call his
mother he went to her side, playfuli7 7
held the pistol in her face, called u
her to "get up" and pulled the trig'
ger.
There was a flash, report and the
bullet struck the woman just under
the right eye, penetrating so deeplf
that it cannot be located. In an III
conscious condition the woman waa
h-,rfiea to hospital.
Grief-strickcn, yet realizing fully
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
STOMACH Trouble
F0n five Years

taking o.her medicines. decided to
take his advice, although | did not have
any confidence in it.
have now been taking Black-Draught
for three months, and it has cured me
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since | began using it.
| am so thankful. for what Black
Draught has done for me-"
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
found a very valuable medicine for de-
rangements of the stomach and liver. It
is composed of pure, vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous ingredients, ard
acts gently, yet surely. 1t can be freely
used by young and old, and should be
kept in every family chest.
Get a package today.
Only quarter. ~
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-04-03
Majority Of Friends Thought Mr.
| Hughes Would Die, But
| One Helped Him to
Recovery.

! Pomeroyton, ky.-In interesting ad-
vices from this place, Mr.. A. J. Hughes
writes as follows: 81 was down with
stomach trouble for five (5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
times, that thought surely would die.
tried different treatments, but they
did not seem TO do me any good.
got so bad, could not eat or sleep,
and all my friends, except ore, thought |
would die. He advised me to try
Thedford's Black-Draught, ard quit
Tombstone epitaph., 1914-11-29
TUESDAY
TUESDAY Spineless Cactus Farm To Be Near Trc;on

MESA, Nov. 24.~-That the Lu- ther Burbank spipeless cactus farm will probably be located in the Av ra valley, eight miles west of Tue son, was made known when tine state land commission recently designated six sections of land in that locality as nonTirrigable and available for the purpose. Twelvs sections in all, the entire amount granted by congress. had been se- lected by Burbank in the Ayra val, ley. Under the provisions of the bill which was passed by congress , Burbank was granted twelve sec tions of semi-arid, non-irrigablt land in California, Nevada. New Mexico or Arizona for the estab. lishment of farm for the propa. gation of spineless cactus. Unde
 the conditions of the act Burbanl must have 100000 growing plant two years old on the land befor' the title will issue to him.
Tombstone epitaph., 1914-11-29
BrookhiII Bar
 Robbed of Money

DOUGLAS Nov :3.-A burglar broke the transom WIT dow over the rear door oi the Brookbi saloon CD c avenue early tbie morning and stole $90 that wac concealed behind the bar. The robbery was discovered st 6 o'clock this morning when she saloon vss opeoed. The police were notified. Chief Kirby and bis men and Sheriff Wheeler and bis deputies are all CD. gagged today in working on the case
 The burglar made no effort to blow the safe. He took DO whirkey ard msddled with nothing, it sppssrs. but the money be cAri, d away. Evident. ly he knew where the money vss ksps. It wss nos in she cssh regisser. In leaving the saloon, be lifted tne bsr from the Issr door and walked out bssvicg the door open.
 Possibly shs burglar belongs to tbe gssg shat robbed and murdered Joe 8osisot ie his automobile Isst Tues- day morning. Both jobs were % thor oeehly cpd emcisnsly done wishou, ssy elue having been Ieft behind shat shers is rssson to bslisze they were psrpssrssed Sy gspg experienced in ssios the, bss drifted iaso the city.
Tombstone epitaph., 1914-11-29
Strike More Ore
 At CourtIand

Gleeson Nov 23-W S CsmbelI and associates in the ownership oi the West Side group of claims. on which ssmall force is working, report hay ing etruct . new body of ore that showt up splendidly, though its value bss not been determined nor the ex- tent of she fnd made known. This group. consists of ten elaine. lying ss they do. between developed proper. ties and joining on the end lines other we'll developed properties with demonstrating ore bodies, gives ,his group . promising opportunity that may be fulfilled with the discovery of the ore just found.
Tombstone epitaph., 1914-11-29
Liquor Dealers
 Preparing to Close

PHONIX Ariz Nov 23-All over
 Arizona preparations are being made for the abandonment of the liquor traffic on the fret day of Jsnusry Dealers. otbes than saloon keeper, slrsady are advertising bargain sale in booze. The two bre cries within Arizons, ss DSug'as and Prescott. are ~inciDg up .he.r affairs The ITO hibition smsodmsat to the coostiiu- :;on. enacted by popular vote, will b+ contested if possible, but ,Le be., that lawyers h.ve been able to do with it thus far i5 to csvil over the method of the art's enforcement-
 whether il is in itself sufficient or whether 1t must frst be given added machinery by legislative enactment. It woald spr ear, however, that the majority of the saloon men have ac- cepted the results as final and are not inclined to struggle. Ar ady Gra- ham and Apscbe are dry 9, s- well all of Msricops county gave Phoenix, an ] all of Navajo save Winslow. Tn addition there are msny "dry" local
 ities, by the will of their own voter. g. the main effect of the law will be upon the larger towns. Phoenix hss . score of saloons, about the came ss Prescott, which has about . guar ter of her population. Some towns, such ss Miami, have . saloon 10 about every forty male residents, Possibly this ratio will hold 10 most of the mining camps. Ai,oge her, about $50 fuch sstabli- -braents are involved.
Tombstone epitaph., 1914-11-29
THURSDAY
New Hotel
 At Grand Canyon

Phoenix Noy 24-To sccommodsts the tbousauds of expedition tourists who will take the s'de trip to tho Grand Canyon. the Santa Fe is pre-. pairing to add . new $65.0OO hotel to the accomm, dstious at the rim .
 Plans fer the new structure, which are practically completed, cali for building l6211S0 feet. two stories. The hotel will be built of wood in log cabin and .ill be completed in time for exposition travel. PIsns for the new combination sts- sion and hotel at Gallup, to replace the present structure are now under way. The new building here viii bs concrete construction with brick fscing.
Tombstone epitaph., 1914-11-29
Social Center To Re-
 place Arizona Saloons

PHOENIX. Ariz Nov 2l-A " SO- cisl center" bill is being prepared by Dr W W Schenk. Of Flsgstaf, aod will be introduced in the legislature next spring. Dr Schenk belives ,ba' ~hen saloons are abolished in A,iz- ona municipalities muss make pro. visions to keep their inhabitants en- tertained. In other words, . euheii- tute for the saloon ss . lounginR place must be provided. Dr Scbenk's bill pr vi ie for the msintecspce of a "socisi center" equiped with bOwlirg g alleys, pool tables and other amuse- ment devices. in each indorpora,ed city or towo.
Tombstone epitaph., 1914-11-29
Booze and Jealous
 Iy Lead to Killing

MESA Nov 24.-A combination Of booze and jeslously led to a killing in Mesa last night.
 Rafael Cardepss, aged l9, hsd at. t,nded c dsure in company with the sweetheart of J Jan Pels.co, aged 2l and the infatuated Juan is said ,c have objected. He voiced his disap' proval by means of 6 six-incb bowie with which he is alleged to have stab. bed bis rival twice below the right shoulder. Cardenas bled to death be fore medical aid could be secured.
 Pslssco is in custody.