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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-03-26
A PRIVATE STOCK

OF good wines and liquors should be
in every home where the aged are in
constant need of a little pure stimu-
liant. We can confidently recommend
our brands of wines and liquors as
being perfectly matured, and decid-
eddy wholesome. They have not that
fiery taste that repels. but rather the
mellow, natural, fruity flavor that
makes them both pleasant and pop
ular.
THE REX BUFFET
West Main Street, Jerome.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
MONDAY.

Germany's harrassed rlsht WINS
army in France advanced in a series
of massed attacks against the French
and British north of the River OlSe.
General Won Kluck's forces assault
ed the allies in new counter attacks
The French and British were driven
from some positions by the fury OF
the German onslaught.
British troops are now fighting side
by side with the Belgians in the de-
fense of Antwerp. The british heavy
artillery has been OF great help TO
the Belgians.
Gar Nicholas arrived at the battle
front to inspire his first line sol iers
In the onslaught on Cracow, calptal
OF ancient Poland, where a huge Aus
tro.German army has been assembled
to contest the Russian invasion OF
Germany. It is estimated that 3,Ooo,
900 troops will engage in the battle
now opening.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
BlGARMlES CLASH .
IN RUSSIAN POLAND
Gar Tries TO Turn Flank Of
AustFO.Gerna0 Forces.

The great battle between the Rus
sian and Austro-German armies is IN
full swing along the Vistula river
north of Cracow, according to reports
received from the front.
The Russian war Office Is main
tanning an unusual silence on tie
operations in that region of Russian
Poland, but admits that great forces
are engaged in conflict.
News. of a raid by ten Cossack regi'
ments 10000 men) south Of Tarnow
and southeast of Cracow indicates
that the Russians are inaugurating a
great Hanking movement in Ga.icia
that will force the Austro-Germ n
forces north of the Vistula to wraneu
the center of their line.
Also advancing a large force to a
point near Thorn, the biggest I rtress
in East Prussia, the Russians are per
fectjng a wedge that is aimed t. s~rike
northwest and split the German forces
in such fashion that they viii be
unable to cooperate.
A dispatch received in Rome from
Russian military headquarters says
the intimation has been given to the
Austrians holding the town of Pre-
mysl, Galicia, that they will be per
mitted to surrender with military hon
ors, but that if they refuse to surren
der the Russians will give them nj
quarter.
The Tribuna says 1t has received
information that the garrison of Pre-
mysl has surrendered. The Russian
embassy, however, denies this report.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
WEDNE SDAY.

Pushing steadily ahead, despite
troops of the enemy which had been
sent to stop them, the AngloFrench
forces which have been trying to turn
the right wing of the German army
in France, have reached, Sc Belgian
frontier, according to an official state
ment from Paris. Hard fighting is re-
norted on the border line of Belgium.
In the meantime the siege OF Ant
werp is progressing favorably to the
Germans. Formal notice has been sent
to the burgomaster of Antwerp that
the city is to be shelled, and all non
combatants were warned to leave.
The British admiralty announcer
that German torpedo boat DESTROYER
had been sunk by the English sumba'
rine E.9 while cruising off the estuary
at the River Ems.
The great clash between Russian
arms and the Austro-German troops
which have been concentrated along
the southe" stern frontier of Germany
IS bcE-t-1 10 be on.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16

ragged in a triangle formed by Arras,
Lens and Douai. During the day
watched a daring aeroplane fight IN
the air.
81 was conducted to rising ground
outside the town, where a wonderful
battle scene came to view. Within 5Oc
yards of us the French batteries were
in action, shelilng the woods to drive
out the Germans. Flashes of f1amo
burst over the woods like lightning
dancing in the tree tops. Presently
the German artillery began Smelling
the battery near us, and as the shrap
mel fire became heavier and nearer
we retired.
"On Oct. the action became gen
eral in all directions. In the director
of Cambrai the shells hurtled over
head. Away to the south villages were
in flames, and northward huge clouc
Of black smoke hangs over Lens
where the coal mines are on fire.
"Entering Arras again, we learned
that all the men between eighteen ant
forty.eight have been ordered to leave
town. They are already streaming ou
on foot for st. Pol"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
SUNDAY.

According to the official statement
in Paris the struggle on the left wing
Is at its height in the Arras district,
but 1t is without any decisive result.
There is also reported another ac-
tion between the upper valleys of the
Encre and the Somme and between
the Somme and the Disc. The French
report progress in the scissors dis
trict, where they have taken German
trenches. IA.
II is ofiicfalIv announced that tho
Russian armies are eyerywhere o.--
the offensive. General Rennenkeumf is
advancing in East Prussia, sendlns
strong forces towards the Vistula and
the Danzig -Shorn.
Two of the outer forts of Antwerp
have fallen, according to an olilclal
Berlin dispatch. Two Belgian state
ments contradict this.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
AIR ATTACK ON COLOGNE
Zeppelin Hangers Again Injured B
Aviator of Allied Forces.


According to London Central
News agency dispatch from Amster'
dam, another aerial raid has been
made by the allies on Cologne and
Dusseldorf, both important German
Zeppelin airship bases. The telegram
follows:
"a dispatch from Cologne states
that the hostile aeroplanes threw
bombs at the Zeppelin hangers at Co
logne and Dusseldorf on Thursday al
ternoon. The former were uninjuredr
but damage was inflicted at Dussel
dorf." '
The previous aerial raid upon Co
logne and Dusseldorf was made by
British naval airmen from Belgium
on Sept. %. The attack upon Dussel
dorf was officially reported as sue
cessful. Lieutenant G. H. Collet drop
ned three bombs upon the Zeppelin
shed. sweeping down to within 400
fact of his target. The attack on Co
1ogne at that time, like that reported
in the abovn dispatch, apparently fall
ell. so far as inAicting any damage Is
concerned.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
Kills Neiqhbor For Bear.

Mistaken for a bear, Prince Lilly,
young farmer, was shot and almost in
stantly killed with shot IN loaded
with large buckshot, by Da.il Reid,
neighbor and aged Confederate vet
eran, on Richland mountain, neal
Winchester, Va.
Lilly was in a tree, sEa;:ng down
chestnuts. He wore long oat, color
ed like hea skin. Taking deliberate
aim from thirty yards ay, Reid
fired, the ertire load gong clear
through Lilly's body. He ; ttered an
agonizing cry, fell and died in twenty
minutes.
In his remorse Reid enCcavored to
shoot himself, but was prevented by a
relatiev of Lilly, who came upon the
scene just in time. The aged veteran
has since collapsed. Both men were In
the mountains for chestnuts and
neither knew Of the others presence.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
HIDDEN CUnMEN
AIM AT FAMILY
Shots Fired Info Home Of C.
W Baynard, Of Smjrna
OTHER ATTEMPTS MADE
Detectives and Citizens Are Guarding
the Prosecuted Family From AS.

the Prosecuted Family From AS.
sassins.
Enemies of the family OF FIR. and
Mrs. c. Wesley Baynard, OF Smyrna,
near Dover, Del, who arc prO@! ncnt
socially in Delaware, have sought 10
assassinate them twice in the course
Of the last two weeks.
The police are now engaged in I'M
raVelling a mytery, the solution Of
which promises to be accompanied by
arrests that will cause a sensation in
the county.
The attacks upon the family, made
by some person who has hidden him
self upon the lawn after dusk and
fired revolver shots into rooms where
the Baynards have been sitting, had
been kept secret by the authorities.
The peril of the family, together
with the unusual search waged by
Sheriff Smith, has been revealc by
The sae precautions of Mr.. Barnard to
practically llNiS BAR home. His re5i1ontc i
enlinsted in maintaining ".'''
pionage over his home, and los 81
last few nights armed citizens to-
gether with the police, have pair. la
the sidewalks and lawn. All lights N
the house are dimmed and shutters
barred tightly at nighttall.
In September, 1912, Mr.. Baynard
was molested frequently while driving
over county roads leading into Snyr'
ma. The attacks increased, raAdom
pistol shots being fired over the head
of his horse. On one occasion a pail
pierced the rear curtain OF his car
riage within few inches OF his right
shoulder.
On the next trip he armed himself
with a shotgun. Meeting team in
dark rayine, Mr.. Baynard hailed the
approaching driver. The answer was
volley of shots, presumably fired from
a revolver.
Bringing the shotgun to his shoul'
der, Mr.. Baynard fired. The next
morning Clarence Boyles, young
man of Smyrna, appeared at a doc
tors office with the sight OF one eye
destroyed by load of buc"s:I' t. Bay
nard surrendered to the antIorltieSr
but Boyles denied that the prisoner
was his assailant The case was then
dropped.
On Tuesday evening, Sept. p, an
interval of two years after t. c shoot
ing affray in the raVine, Eve shots
were fired in rapid succession FROM
the lawn surrounding tie Baynard
home. Two shattered a window and
were imbedded in bookcase. A third
lodged in the weatherboarding, while
no trace was found OF the oilers. Five
distinct reports were heard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baynard had been sit
ting in this room, but a few minutes
before the shots were fred had low
cred a curtain and Withdrew TO an
other. The other attack was on Mon
day night, when two shots were fired
late at nigh as Mr.. Bayna:;l left his
home to walk to the barn. 3 !let holes
at abotu the height Of mans head
were found in the barn door.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
THURSDAY.

While the German artillery is s1eli
ing the city of Antwerp, the Frehch
and British troops which have neln
advancing in northern France are
fighting frricusiy to break through
the kaiser's defense ana either t"rn
his flank or reach Or: help to the be-
leaguered Fe!gicn city.
German trccrs which "'re placed
across the 10Th CT The aliit,' fanklng
movement in rc:'hern France, appear
thus far to have failed to stop the
ANGLO Trer,7 advance, for dispatches
from Paris p,aIc the fighting at Mel
nen, Poreringhe, Waerghem' lpres
An ot.lcr Beloian cities. The allies
aanking movement has reached nearly
to the northern oast of France.
Rerlin Officially announces that the
Germa7 army under General Won Hin
denb.rg, operating in Russia, has
ioinel large toly Of Austrians, and
thst the c~i I:aed forces are engaged
VIII the .12-.'s army north Of the Wis
tula river, near Opatow. =,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR
SATURDAY..

The fanking movement of the An.
glc-French allies, designed to encircle
the right wing of the German army in
France, is reported to have been eX-
tended still farther to the north and
the east, until the hostile troops are
fighting in the vicinity of Doual, fif-
teen miles from the Belgian border.
At the same time the Germans seem
to have received heavy reinforce
ments, for Paris admits that the flank
Ing movement. has been brought to a
standstill, at least temporarily.
The long clash between the
Russians and the Austro-German army
near the border of Silesia is on. 81
Progress is reported in the invest
ment by the Germans of Antwerp. The
outer defenses are now being bonn
barded from Fort Boom, southwest of
the city, to Fort Lierre, to the south
east.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
TUESDAY,.

Germany hurriedly sent large forces
across the Belgian frontier at Tur-
Going to save her right wing in
France from immediate disaster by
the cutting of railroad lines into Bel
GUM.
French and British armies made
most progress in their maneuVers to
raid the western line of the Germans
under General Won Kluck.
German troops are being Withdrawn
from the Russian frontier in large
numbers and sent westward. This
movement has assumed such huge
proportions that the German railway
service is taxed to its utmost.
A dispatch from Amsterdam says
communication between that city and
Antwerp has been cut, and expresses
the belief that the Germans have
taken the Belgian city. This IS uncon-
firmed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
IN. 900 Germans Taken.

In the recent battles along the East
Prussian frontier the Russians took
10 hOn prisoners and forty cannon, ac'
rordiar to a dispatch from Fetrograo
II the Havan News agency.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
OFF TRAIN-TOP TO DEATH
Overhead Bridges Sweep Away Two In
Fioht Between Hoboes and Police.


Fiqht Between Hoboes and Police.
Paterson, N. j., Oct. 1O.-ln fight
between railroad detectives and a
party of five unidentified men atop a
fast freight train travelling forty mile
an hour, two of the latter were swel
to death against overhead bridges
near here. The others escaped.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & west
ern fast freight from Hoboken to
Pennsylvania cities, carrying a rich
collection of valuable silks, has been
robbed repeatedly of late, and detec'
tives were recently placed aboard Ii
each night. While searching the train
the detectives found five men hidden
in cars. The fight ensued.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
r r Ruys Burial Plot.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has
purchased a burial plot in Ioung's
Memorial cemetery at Oyster Bay
Deed to the plot was filed in the office
of the county clerk at Mineola, l.. l.
The plot adioins the burial place oi
Samuel U. Fleet and is Is by ~ feet
9,be consideration is given as 81.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16

Subscribe for Your home paper
and keen mp wi.h the late war news.
The first page of the Recorder con-
tains late telegraphic news,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16

LOST-A gold necklace with
initials, "E H W." on it, in Mon.
terey or at the school house Wed
nesday. Finder leave at this Office
and receive reward.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
r,s,ch War Loan Successful.

The French minister of finance, NJ
Ribet, announces that the issue of the
national defense bonds was more than
successful. rom Sept. 5 to Oct. $45''
550 400 was subscribed by the public.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
Four Slain at CROSSING.

Four per- ms were instantly killed
at Singerly station when a Baltimore
& Ohio train struck an automobile
driven by Haines Harlan, OF Provi'
dence, Md.
The dead are: Mrs. Tillte Harlan;
two children Of Mrs. Harlan; Lizzie
Stewart, nineteen years old, a servant
of the family.
Harlan, the husband and father,
was taken to the hospital in Elkton
by DR.. Cameo, of Cherry Hill. His con-
dition is critical.
The car, driven by Harlan, ran on
the track in front of the train, which
threw it in front Of the eastbound ex
ira frciy't. The car was demolished,
and Mrs. Harlan and her children and
the servant were killed instantly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
Farm For Sale

Write for list of Anpustas county
and East Virginia Farms.
r. S. Burkhclder,
Route 3 S'aunton Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16

S':"k healacheis r'rs"diy "G,sor3":
;o.4~.;l. Take C'la.2i'c:, ..s II :.
a corrr: fhnf ~ k',n h""':acho: ~-
disappear, For sale Ii a.i dealers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16

The cheapest way to reach
people is through advertising
Compare it with any other
plan to get business.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
Six Months War, S17,50o,ooo,ooo

That the European war will cost the
world $17,600,000,o if it lasts six
months is the declaration OF Yves
Guyot, economist and former cabinet
minister, in the Paris Figaro.
Paul Leroy Beaulieu, another French
economist, says public loans thSt
will be necessary after the war will
amount to $4,000 100000. Europe will
look to the United States to provide
it. with money.
Germany will probably hare to
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-16
The ALLIES
PRESS NORTH
Great Clash Of Cavalry Near
Belgium Border.
An INFERNO ABGUT ARRAS
uncedsine Hail of Shells and Shrapnel
Brought Destruction and Death In
Stubborn Fighting.

| SsaGooi IT i9hAiiiSs
That the allies are meeting with
continued success in their Ranking
| movement near the Franco-Belgian
border is indicated by the official
Lstatement, although it states that tue
General situation has undergone no
thange.
states that the cavalry forces Of
two armies are now operating to
Aorth of Lille. This shows that
i}fes cavalry is pressing forward
sssy ha1 Of the Germans and that
XII, ~ 0ffensixe has not been
checked. e = Il
An artillery contest is an
along the entire front in the sWoetfe]
district.
The official bulletins on the situation
follow:
The Washington herald., 1914-04-06

is struck on the piano. They see where
ii is on the piano. They see where
it is on the stan. They put it there
with their own little hands. They
ask what irs name is.
Gradually they learn more and more
notes. They become SO sensitive 10
pitch that even when blindfOlded. they
can name a note when Il is struck.
You may not know II. but this is A re-
marka BILE thing. Not one experienced
musician in twenty can do It.
In a little while they learn. in this
simple, natural way. how TO make
chords and what the names ~ the
chords are. They talk about dom
inant triads" as familiarly as about
their tricycles. and about relative
minors" even more appreciatively. per
haps. than they do about some of their
own relatives.
They play games with their notes
Mrs. Copp has invented a dozen or
these games which fascinate the chill
dren while at the same time they in
srruct them. II is all very wonderful
But the part Of il that will appeal
most to the average man and woman
is that these children are able TO put
into music the feelings which, some
how. we all of us believe we could ex
press better in that way than in any
other Thousands Of persons have
longed for this ability. They were
born just little too soon =" have
gained Il through the Fletcher method.
tCuTyrigh' IsliJ
The Washington herald., 1914-04-06
Renewing Old Quilts.

An old guilt with worn covering NAV
he replaced and give much service. Use
pieces from your scrap bag about as
they come. leave them large as possible
and do not be afraid Of irregular shapes
Sew them right down TO the surface Of
the quilt sewing the edge of one patch
over right side. leaving a finished edge
where just sewed; where this cannot be
done turn in the edge of patch and finish
1t that way Thus you are making a
crazy quilt of big patches and finishing
the edges Of them on instead of adding
fancy stitches to hide seams. You are
sewing on your cover and quilting it at
the same time Besides. you are able to
use all sorts of patches, and, il large,
there is much less sewing to be done.
Flannelette and outing flannel make soft
and seTviceable covers
The Washington herald., 1914-04-06
CALL FOR UNADORNED BEAUTY.

There are several .-ousand young
women in this city who will do we'll TO
pay attention TO the warning OF a su-
perintendent of a lace mill on Long
Island to the girls employed in his fac
tory-"wash your faces or lose your
jobs" They had become infected with
the peruicious rouge and powder habit
and the superintendent wouldn't have it
He is entitled to the commendation OF
the community. Our sidewalks are
crowded with young women who imagine
that they make themselves fetching by
the use OF rouge and whitening their
noses till they look like plaster of paris
They impose on nobody. They do not
make themselves beautiful, and the use
of paint and powder is not even good
form. This reflection ought to teach
them. if nothing else will. There is little
federation for cosmetics where the raw
ages OF time are to be covered. but alb
solutely none in the case OF youth-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-06

of an evening to please her, when he
would much rather have stayed at home
with his paper. dressed in his best clothes
to do her credit, unnoticed, but easy and
comfortable in her presence. and making
those with whom he came in contact
easy and comfortable too.
At the realization. she had felt a sud
den thankfulness that he was not as
Edith's husband was. For an hour she
had been wishing herself in the other
woman's place: but in that moment she
had recognized the truth and repudiated
the folly.
Something of this penetrated now into
Jim's mind. although she remained ST.
lent.
So" he said. little grimly, and try
ing to cover the grimness with laugh,
you were sorry you had married a stupid
feller-eh?"
Jimmy" she cried; and threw her
arms around him then and there.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-06

WHY HE ACTS COOL TO HER
Dear Miss Libbeyi Please advise me
Of certain young man. | am girl
from the country and engaged to a young
man about three years. He talks Of our
intended marriage and future to me. says
he loves me, would marry no other girl
He gets mad at mel never know what
at-and never writes 10 me until | call
him. He is in a big town. Do you think
he will come back TO me. How can
win him again; Christmas he got mad
at me on purpose. Did not give me any
thing. lie works. gets a good salary. has
no eNeuse ! know of. Do you think IL
proper for me TO call him over phone
II he wants to call on me. must | let
him? CLARA.
Your plaint is certainly quite perpIeX-
ing to answer. II seems TO be a cas-
Of true loves course never running
smooth with both Of you. II may posi-
bly, be that YOU are paying too much
attention to the Young man whiI- he is
away. that he thinks himself by thus
Going. man Of Importance He should
be showing you more complimentary al
fectiOn il he intends to wed. Unless you
have a most important message why
phone to him? Let him do that. II lao
wants to call. that's just what you want
him to do. AIS we'll that ends well.
FINDING THAT GIRL
Dear Miss Libbey: \ Young lady has
written you she would like to change
her place Of living. She Is a bOOkkeeper
in a store, Julia by name. hOm 7 met
would correspond with her. though
she insists she never had beau. but likes
thOsr she is well acquainted with and
Is Chary Of strangers. DO you think I
would be acceptable to her? ROY Z.
| think YOU would make a mistake in
desiring to correspond with the Young
girl who has mind of her own and is
wisely chary Of strangers, even though
she had met you before. Perhaps it's
tn" name, not the girl. that haunts you.
AT any rate. YOU seem to know little
concerning her. while she. am glad to
say. is Of the particular. worthy kind
that will 20 among her own a,qlainl-
anccs and wait her time before ell uura--
ing a suitor even to her liking One who
finds such a girl will never WOO her IN
haste and r"pen. at '"iSur".
WNTyri-hr 1914.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-06

but still it pleases you. All that was be-
fore dinner. But you remember how
much he talked at the table?'
"All about himself" suggested Jim.
Yes, exactly" cried Molly. He is one
of those persons who can't talk about
anything else. He is awfully entertaining,
but has only one subject. Did you talk
with him afterwards at alp
mo"
There was a group OF us near the
piano when Glare sang. 1t was then that
/ first noticed how he seemed bored and
duh. unless he was in the center of things
himself. He listened politely, but his ap-
plause was only perfunctory, and he was
glad when the music was over. But when
that barytone SANG" Molly let go his
arm to make a gesture of dismay. 1T
was agony for him! l could see that IL
was bad enough for him to have to yield
the floor to a woman. but he just couldn't
bear to have everybody paying attention