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Morris tribune., 1915-07-09
MORRIS MAN DIES
SUDDENLY IN WEST
j. w. Diedrick Passes Away
Wednesday Morning at Fern
= dale, Washington

A brief message telling of the sud-
den death of J. w. Diedrick, a we'll
known resident of Morris and a pio.
neer of Stevens comfy, at Ferndale,
Wash. was received by George Died.
rick in this city early Wednesday
morning. The last news Mr.. Diedrick
had from his father was about a week
ago when the letter stated he was
suffering with slight attack of rheu-
matism. Mrs. Diedrick is now at
Ferndale.
MIR. and Mrs. Diedrick left Morris
late last April to visit some of their
children on the Pacific coast. and
with view of locating permanently.
Mr.. Diedrick did not like the country
and climate at first but lately decided
to remain.
The funeral will be held in Morris.
The remains are expected here on Sat-
urday or Sunday.
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09
DR.. E. T. Fitzgerald

by a majority of 1859 the voters of
Clay county declared themselves
against the sale uf liquor within the
boundaries of the county. Owing to
the fact that the licenses Of the Moor
head liquor dealers ran out June 30
and that provision of the county op-
tion law prohibits the issuance of new
licenses after a county option election
the saloons had to close Wednesday
night.
For the past two or three weeks the
dealers have heen busy disposing of
their stocks, and with one or two ex-
ceptions were entirely cleaned out of
wet goods. The House of Lords at the
north bridge closed up at z O'Clock.
but the rest of the places ran, the full
limit to IL o'clock. ss ~. r..
When the places started to close up
and those inside were Compelled to go
out, singing and shouts rent the air,
accompanied by the shooting of fire
crackers, Roman candles and rockets.
At both bridges the crowds seemed
loath to leave for home. and the re-
frain, "How Dry Am," was taken
up and sung and shouted to the echo.
Finally. as the truth seemed tc
drawn on the gathering that the stuff
was off, the crowds commenced tt
dwindIe, and by 3 o'clock this morn.
ing had dispersed. I" r
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09
Morris Bow Married

The following item taken from the
Baltimore American of June 80,
will be of interest to many Morris
people.
"Miss Florence G. German, daugh-
ter of P. J. German. 725 Harlem
avenue, and Ralph B. Powers were
married yesterday morning by Rev. J.
E. Dunn of st. Plus Catholic church.
After the wedding, which was at
tended only by the immediate mem
bers of the two families. the couple
left for the White Mountains, where
they will remain for three weeks.
On their return they will be at home
August !.
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09
FUN AT MOORHEAD
WHEN SALOONS GO
How Dry am" Sung by Crowds
While Rockets and Roman
Candles Light Up Sky

Moorhead saloons faded away at
eleven o'clock Wednesday night last
week. after all efforts to have the
licenses renewed to run for the six
months had failed. 1t is estimated
the saloon men at Moorhead had some
thing like $4,000 invested in liquid
refreshments when Clay county voted
out the saloons on May II. Practi-
~cally every drop had been disposed of
when the saloons closed. The largest
place in Mcorhead ran out of stock
at seven O'Clock in the evening and
the others ran en- short supplies till
their licenses expired at eleven
o clock. The liquor men made hard
fight to have the licenses renewed
after the county election, and before
the canvassing board made it's re-
turns. but the attorney general held
this could not be done without vioIat-
ing the state law. ~
Speaking of the scenes which
marked the closing of the saloons at
Moorhead last week, the Moorhead
News says:
lone of the biggest crowds that
ever thronged the streets uf Moor
head, both in autos and on foot, wit
messed the closing of the saloons of
Moorhead shortly after II O'Clock last
night.
The closing came as a result of the
county option election May II, when
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09
Back from North Country

William Sauter returned to Morris
last Saturday after an extended resi-
dence nearsPequot, Crow Wing county,,
where he has a claim. He will re-
main with his father, Joseph Sauter.
to assist through haying and harvest
after which he will return to Pequot.
Sauter took 4O-acre claim near
Pequot three years ago and has i'm
proved it considerably. 1t is near a
lake where fishing is good and the
landscape retains much of it's pristine
beauty. He says heslikes the north
country and looks for a rapid develop
ment from now On. His claim is two
miles from town but that the roads are
good and he doesn t mind. the distance
a bit.l He has erected comfort
able log house where he baches
and has all the comforts of home.
He says the excitment prior to and
during the county option election in
his county wss intense. but the vets
finally won the count. Brainerd. the
largest town in the county which
elected DR.. Beise, a brother of
Judge Beise of Morris, mayor, and
went to the drys at the same time
reversed it's vote and placed Grow
Wing in the wet column. Mr.. Sautel
says he lives % miles from Brainerd.
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09
Lund Had Marrow Escape

H. B. Lund, Morris jeweler, is
thankful today that he is able to
count five digits on his left hand. An
alcohol explosion at his work bench
lats Wednesday came near tearing er
burning them off.
Mr. Lund had filled new alcohol
lamp with wood aclohol earlier in the
day and when he lit the wick prepar-
atory to soldering a watch chain the
lamp let go with loud report. The
burning oil flooded the show cases and
the floor and Mr.. Lund's left hand be-
came human torch. He grabbed q
towel and succeeded in smothering the
fire but the thumb was left exposed
and was gently roasted. Mrs. Lunc
and G. W. Suckstorf smothered the
fire on the cases and floor with towels
and few of Mr.. Lund's coats. NJ
damage was done.
Mr.. LundS thinks the lamp was i'm
properly constructed which permitted
formation of gas. Several years
ago at Columbus. Ohio. be had a. sim
liar accident but escaped injury.
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09
GALE SHAKES BIG
CHAUTAUQUA TENT
Fear of Wreck Causes Panic but
Speaker Assures Crowd
Chautauqua was Success

Chautauqua week in Morris closed
last Friday night when the Ell Dorado
grand opera company gave a high
class musical festival to tent crowd
ed with an appreciative audience.
1t was one of the best numbers
on the whole program and when the
last strains died away one Of the
most successful Chautauquas held in
Morris was over. Fine weather
prevailed all though the week till
Friday afternoon when heavy wind
from the west brought shower and
caused a small panic at the big chau-
tauqua tent during the lecture.
Mr.. S. A. Baker was the speaker
of the afternoon and he was in the
middle of very interesting talk on
Community Progress" when the
wind hit the tent and shook it violent
ly. Fearing the tent would collapse
large number of women and child
ern rose to their feet and some of the
men rushed to the entrances. Rain
began pelting the canvas and when the
speaker assured them all would be
we'll the people sat down and he con.
tinued his lecture.
Paul Prosser. a we'll known orator
from the South, was the principal
speaker Thursday afternoon. He dis
cussed progressive citizenship in an
entertaining and instructive manner.
Prosser was fresh from hospital
where he had been a patient for sew
eral weeks. The Regniers appeared
in musical and literary program in
the evening after which frederic
Poole gave an illustrated lecture on
China and the Orient.
The closing lecture by MIR. Baker
Friday afternoon was talk to the
busin ssmen and farmers. He urged
unity as the most important factor
in real community progress. He paid
a compliment to Morris schools, pulpit
and press, but scored the citizen who
is in the habit Of sending away for
goods. He thought the best way to
combat the evils of the catalogue
house was to keep the people at home
informed regarding prices, goods and
sales, and to boost home enterprise
generally. Mr.. Baker said he thor
oughly believed in newspaper adver-
tising and thought the man who failed
to grasp its value was out of date
in merchandising.
At the close of the chautauqua the
local committee signed contract for
return engagement next season.
The Vawter-Redpath people felt
kindly interest in Morris and offered
better plan fer next year. Accord
ing to the agreement the local COM
mittee is to be permitted to share in
the proceeds from ticket sales made at
the door, and to participate in divi
sion of the gross receipts. The COM
mittee will guarantee the sale of tic
kets to the amount of $500. This
committee wishes to increase the num-
ber of members and since the cF autau
qua closed many new names have been
added.
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09
WEATHER FORECA ST

Issued by the U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. c., for the week be-
ginning Wednesday, July Z. 1915.
For the Plains States and Upper Mis-
sissippi Valley;
Moderately warm weather will
prevail during the next three or four
days, with widely scattered thunder
showers. The latter half of the week
will be fair and cooler.
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09
Three Families Move

Midsummer moving began in. Nor
ris this week when Emil Gilbert and
family took possession of the Conrad
residence. DR.. Cole and family are
moving into the Berkin residence
which he recently bought and which
has been Emil's happy home for some
time. R. M. Adams and family are
moving their household goods into the
John House residence which MIR.
Adams bought about two months ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jones have
moved into their handsome new cot
tage and will be at home to their
friends in a few days.
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09

Have you tried the ideal summer
fuel? Let us send you trial order.
Geib-Carl Company. adv.
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09

Now for the Stevens county fair!
Only eleven weeks away.
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09
Ladies Will Serve Lunch

The ladies of the Assumption church
will serve lunch in ST. Mary's school
Thursday afternoon. July 18th. The
following ladies are in charge: Mrs.
D. Lawler, Mrs. Jno. Husch, Mrs. M.
Mahoney. Mrs. j. Hanlon. Mrs. D.
Sullivan, and Mrs. E.. Mahoney,
Everyone is cordially invited.
Morris tribune., 1915-07-09

Eye-sight restored. By DR.. Bro
kaw eye specialist at Krueger's drug
store. Morris the 9th and 7th of every
month. Painful head and eyes made
painless. Prices always lowest. adv
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-03
SMASH AT VERDUN NEXT
Germans Shift 100000 Troops From
Eastern Front to the West.

New Ger aan drives in the western
theater, particularly great campaign
against Eerdun, France's mightiest
fortress, which the crown princes
army has vainly striven to reach, are
forcasted in advices received in AM
sterdam from Berlin.
These report that 100000 German
troops, who have been participating
in the eastern struggles, are now on
their way to Alsace and Lorraine,
with the heavy artillery that battered
the Notifications OF Novo Georgievsk.
General Won Beseler, who directed the
artillery operations against Antwerp
and Noyo Gcorsievsk, is said to be ac-
companying the German artillery sent
west.
Verdun Las proved a stumbling
block to thc Germans in tie west, as
Warsaw w;s in the east. The Polish
fortress finally fell as the result Of
German Ranking movements. The
same policy probably will be tried in
the west by smashing attacks i'll the
Argonne and on the st. Michael sail
ent. Success in either region would
permit the Germans to bring their
guns to bear upon Verdun.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-03
S2ra Lcther'S Hoard.

Ncw IJ"H, Aug. 90 Admitting
that lie stc,e $3.50 last Monday, part
of which he spent in coming to this
city, John ..egansky, Is years old, OF
Crabtrce Pa, was arrested in the
Pennsylvania terminal on a charge OF
juvenile delinquency. In the boys
clothing wa. found 1927.
Accordin- to tie hoy's story, ne
lives with his mother aad two sisters
The mother conducts a boaralnS
house for coal miners, and Fart OF the
stolen money is sa.iags CT the board
ers. On Monday, @o said, he saw the
monev and vas seized with desire
to take it. He went to Pittsburgh
and from Tat city came here, but on
Tho wav decided to return home.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-03
PRIEST SHOOTS BISHOP
Right Rev. Patrick Heffron, of Win

Eight Rev. Patrick Heffron, Of Win
ona Diocese Seriously Wounded.
Right Rev. Patrick Heffron, bishop
of the diocese Of Winona, Mimi, was
shot and seriously wounded by Rev
l.. M. Lesches, a priest, for whom the
bishop refused to procure an appoint
ment.
The shooting took place in the pri.
vate chapel of st. Mary's College
where the bishop was celebrating
mass.
The bishop was shot once through
the right lung and once in the hip.
Physicians said he would recover un
less complications set in.
After firing two shots the priest
returned to his room at St. Marys
College and locked himself in. He
was arrested soon after by Sherii!
Parr.
Father Lesches had been spending g
the last week at st. Mary's College
diocesan headquarters, seeking an
appointment, which Bishop HehfroI
had refused to give him.
He hal not been assigned to regu'
lar work in the priesthood for seVera!
years, but visited among his fellow
priests and assisted them at times
in reading mass and other duties. AT
the jail he said he shot the bishop
because the latter had refused to as
sign him to work.
After the shooting the bishop went
into the hall OF the college and with
the assistance of priests was able to
walk to his residence nearby.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-03
AnnviIie Homes Damaged.

Thousands of dollars damage was
done in Lebanon county by hurri
cane which started In MiddletoWn
Dauphin county, Saturday night and
went through Lebanon county in a
northeas CRY direction.
The sto3"l caught the east end oil
AnnviIlc overturning score of barns,
unr.ofng at least 100 homes, and
leaving a trail of derbis which had
all the elements OF a western cy
clone.
At AnnTi.,a the storm damage will
reach 800. Twenty families al
least are homeless because their
houses were unroofed, leaving the
water to soak furniture and plaster
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-03
HOMES RUINED
IN HANOVER
Immense Damage by Storm
That Swept Town,
FACTORIES ARE WRECKED
Streets Blocked With Derbs, But No
One Was Seriously Injured - 100
AnnvilIe- Homes Damaged.

The whirlwind which struck Hano.
yer, Pa, with the velocity of cy-
clone in two minutes did damage to
property estimated at fully S500,OOO.
Hundreds of houses were unrooied,
scores of stores and manufacturing
plants wrecked, thousands Of panes
OF glass broken, while trees were up
rooted or limbs broken by the hun
dreds, and innumerable chimneys
and many poles blown over.
A dozen houses were demolished,
street cars were blown off the track,
telephone, telegraph and trolley wires
were blown down, street and alleys
blocked with derbis, yet not a single
person was killed or even seriously
injured.
Had the storm lasted few minutes
longer Hanover would likely have
been blotted out. AS it stands, this
historic town, which in three weeks
will celebrate the centennial OF its
incorporation, has suffered seriously.
Following a heavy rainstorm, the
wind suddenly raised and blew fu-
riously, making sound like freight
train. Typhoons from the south and
north met in the center Of the town
and played havoc
AS usual on Saturday night, Center
Square was crowded, but the rain
drove the people to shelter in the
stores and houses, which probably
accounts for no loss of life Street
and store lights Immediately went out
and the people were terror stricken.
Merchants closed their stores and
rushed home to learn the safety oil
family and home.
Residents sought refuge in cellars.
Woman wept and strong men lost
their nerve. A crash on the roof and
falling plaster caused someone to cry
fire in a motion picture theater and
a panic followed. In the rush for the
exits mothers we're separated from
their children, hut no one was In
jured. Many streets were almost I'M
passab,e ani in the darkness all the
lanterns and flashlights obtainable
were used.
Every house for five blocks on
Pennsylvania street is damaged.
Fronts or sides of dwellings were
blown out on this section in North
Hanover ard along the Abbottstown
turnpike tie slate is off the roofs
everywhere. The Hanover Cordage
mill is dam2 gcd, the Fitzwater Wheel
plant was hit and the John f. Rohr'
baugh planning mill warehouse and
office were battered down.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-03
GERMAN FORCES
CAPTURE OLITA
Russians Prepare to EVacuafe
GrOdnO,
ARMIES ALL RETREAT
The Teuton.c Forces Are Making
Material Advances in All Other
Regions.


Tho Russians, falling back under
German pressure along the line from
the east of Kovnc, southwark 10
Grodno, have evacuated the fortress
Of Oi!ta, thirty miles south of koVno
and are preparing to evacuate Grodno
IS soon as the retreat Of its defenders
is covered.
Clita was on the principal Russian
line of defense, midway between koV'
70, already in the hands OF the Ger
mans, aid Grodno. 1t is about nifty
miles southwest of the important rail-
| road center of wilma, which is on the
direct trunk lire to Petrograd. Olita
is the ninth important Russian fort'
ress to fall before the invaders IN the
last three weeks.
In all the wide sweep of Russian
territory south of the Baltic PROV
inces, which has been covered during
the great Austro-German offensive
movement the fortress of Grodno IS
now the only strongly defended posi-
ton remaining in the hands OF the
Russians, and a message from Petro-
grad states that this fortress Will be
given up when the retreat of its de-
tenders has been successfully accom-
p]lshed.
The retreat of the Russians toward
tie Niemen, in the region to the
south of Olita, Is being harrassed by
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's for
ccs. General Won Gallwitz reports the
capture Of $500 prisoners and five ma
chine guns.
Ii the fighting to the southeast OF
NIitau, in Courland, and east OF koV-
no, 2450 prisoners, four cannon and
three machine guns were taken.
Material advances are claimed for
the Teutonic armies operating in the
vicinity OF Brest-Litovsk, the capture
of which by the Germans was an:
nounced.
The statement issued from German
army headquarters is devoted prlncls
paily to the operations in Russia and
says:
Battles at Bausk and at Schof-
berg, southeast Of Mitau, and In the
region east of Kovno, continue. We
took 2450 Russian prisoners, and four
cannon and three machine guns were
captured.
Southeast of Kovno the enemy
was defeated. The fortress of Olita
has been evacuated by the Russians
and was occupied by us.
Further south German troops are
advancing toward the Niemen. The
crossing over the Berecowka tributary
east of Ossowetz has been won. The
pursuit is being carried along the en-
tire front between the Borbe and Sue
hawola on the Berecowka and in the
Bieloviezh forest On the 25th and
oGth the army of General Won Gall
witz took $500 prisoners and captured
five machine guns.
"The army of Prince Leopold of
Bavaria is continuing its course. It's
right wing has reached point north
east of Observation-Disclosures
Army group OF Field Marshal Won
Mackensen: Northeast of Brest-Lito
vsk our troops are approaching the
high road from KamienieZ-Litovsk to
Mysozyoze. Southeast of Brest-! ito
vsk the enemy was driven back
across the tributary Of the Ryta."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-03
1000 PERSONS SEE HANGING
NEGRO Youth Guilty Of Attacking Girl,

Negro Youth Guilty of Attacking Girl,
Publicly Executed at Denton, Md.
Wish Sheppard, 19-year-o d Fed
eralsburg negro, was publicly handed
at Denton, Md.
The death march was without inc,
dent. Twenty deputies guarded Shep
pard.
1t is estimated 1000 people were il;
Denton to witness the hanging. TAe
crowd was orderly and tae execution
took place without a hitch. The rope
was cut into small pieces and. taken
by many in the crowd as souvenirs.
The crime for which ShcpparI pail
the extreme penalty was committed
July Is, when lie attacked Nii!red
Clark, 15-year-old daughter Cf E.och
S. Clark, farmer. He was captured
next day and recognized BY Miss
Clark as her aaSailant.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-03
Bow Grabs Endine Pilot.

Failing to notice an approaching
train as he attempted to cross
the railroad at Paulsboro, N. j..
George Gugelis, years old, barely es
capped beins ground to pieces beneath
the wheels of the locomotive. He
was riding bicycle, and as the train
struck him he gave jump and grab
bed the pilot on the locomotive, be
Ing dragged 100 yards before the
train was stopped. Aside from slight
decorations lie was uninjured.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-03
TWO Men Saved From Mob.

Harry Lord, 2S years old, ana FL
ward Davis, 81 years old, We
rescued from a mob, in Hanover to"n-
ship, near Wilkes-Barre, Pa, by po-
licemen, after they had been run down
by band of men, who charged the L
with attempting to assault Mary + r
ley, years old, and Katherine Po"a,
8 years cid.
When the mob formed, police CT
cials were notified and arrived 1t the
scene Just in time to save Lord and
Davis from mob violence.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-09-03
WIFE AND Three Three
CHILDREN BURN
-Four Of Gen. Pershing's Fam
lily Die in Fire,
ONE LITTLE BOY ESCAPED
Lamp Explosion Believed to Have
Caused Tragedy at the Preside,
San Francisco.

Mrs. Frances Warren Pershing wife
of Brigadier-General John ]. Pershing,
u. S. A., and three of her four chill
dren were suffocated in fire in theif
quarters at the Presidio, San Fran
cisco.
Their bodies were badly burned
Mrs. Walter O.. Boswell, relative,
and her two children, escaped, as did
Warren Pershing, 5 years old, and
three servants. The dead children are
Helen, s years old; Anne, 7 years olds
and Mary Margaret, 6 years old. Mrs.
Pershing was a daughter of Senator
Francis E. Warren, of Wyoming. He
husband, commanding the Eighth
Brigade, United States Infantry, is al
El Paso Tex, in charge of the border
troops.
Mrs. Boswell was the first of those
in the house to discover the fire. She
was aroused by the smoke. She
awakened her children and called to
Mrs. Pershing. Then she opened
the door from her room to the hall.
A gust of smoke drove her back and
she saw the flames in the hallway.
She took her children to the stairway
but found it cut off by fire and re
treated through her room to the roof
of the front porch.
The noise OF the flames by this time
had aroysed Lieutenant Engene
Satachel, Twenty-frst infantry; Pri-
vate G. J. Haziitt and another soldier,
who broke in doors of the house, but
were forced back by the ames.
Then MIS-. Boswell, from the porch
roof, threw her two children, Philip
and James, 3 and years old, to the
men below, still calling to Mrs. Perish
ing and jumped herself. Her maid
previously had jumped and been
caught. Mrs. Roswell fell in a flower
bed, injuring her back. She was ta'
ken to the Preside Hospital.
Warren Pershing was found uncon'
sci0us on the floor of his room by
Johnson, the Pershings' aged negro
servant, WAC led a rescue party into
the house. He was revived at the
Preside Hospital.
In the corner of the house most
burned the rescuers found Mrs. Perish.
ing dead On the floor with her arms
around one of the children who was
on bed. On another bed was an
other child; the third lay on the
floor.
Major Henry H. Whitney, command.
ing the Pre8idio, Immediately appoint
cd a board of inquiry to report on the
fire.
The business mems camp recently
opened at the Preside was close to
the Pershing quarters. Members OF
the camp rallied to the call for aid IN
fighting the fire.
Lieutenant Boswell, whose wife es'
capped, is in Georgia, on sick leave.
The fire is believed to have been
caused by q night lamp,
The general fought in the Indian
wars in the early days and in the
Spanish American war. He became a
brigadier-general in 1908. Mrs. Perish
ing was devoted to her home and chill
lren and ok an interest in suffrage
ard other womens moveemnts.