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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-20
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1917
The War COnundrIn1.

The suppression of socialist news
paper in Berlin recently because it
was outspoken on the war question
and the government wanted II
stopped, was an incident of more
than ordinary importance. The
editor stated that the German
soldiers did not know WHY they
were fighting. Neither does any
BODY else. So far the riddle OF the
why is unsolved.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-20
Free Speech.

The constitution of the United
States stands for "free speech" but
not for free agitation and sedition.
The recent attempts in Paterson to
force free speech down the threats of
the public against law and order
have been very properly squelched
by the police. Peripatetic Miss
Flynn, who poses as martyr to the
cause of labor and free speech, was
determined to force the issue, and so
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-20
Booker T. Washington Dead.

The death of Booker T. Washing
ton, the noted negro leader and
educator, removes brilliant man
and hard worker in the cause of up
lifting his race. Washington at the
very beginning of his career as an
educator started right. He had the
wit to understand the negroes status;
he knew that in his present environ
ment he was not equal to the duties
of citizenship, and that he could not
rise to greater power without help.
The useful arts were his foundation
stone upon which he began his pro-
cess of lifting his race out of the
darkness of ignorance If he could
teach the boys and girls usefu.
things, they would grow into USE
full men and women. That was his
religion.
The moral side of the Negroes
character was it's weakest element.
To this Booker Washington directed
ais influence, and he made religious
training as much a part of the
Tuskegee course as the rudimentals,
reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Attracting the pupils attention to
the necessity of knowing how to be
useful was this great Negroes method
of teaching. He began right, and
when the end came, all to suddenly
for the complete success of his great
work, it was known that he had not
proceeded wrong. He made few
errors, and never once departed from
his fixed policy of giving the col
ored youth useful education. From
a mere nothing he built Tuskegee
to a great, magnificent school, which
was properly called an institute.
Although often misunderstood and
misrepresented, Booker Washington
was a powerful influence for good
among members of his race, and
much of the progress that the south
ern negro has made during the past
two decades is due largely to his
efforts. He made occasional mis-
takes, Of course, but his mistakes
only proved him human.
Washington was scholar of con-
siderable attachments, writer of
exceptional ability, and as an orator
he had few equals in either race.
Born in slavery, he obtained an edu-
cation through his own efforts, and
the institution at Tuskeegee, Ala, of
which he was president, started in
shanty, and today owns property
valued at more than two million
dollars.
Booker Washington accomplished
more good for his people than any
man in history. His death is dis
tinct loss to the South and to the
nation.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-11-20
Wide Awakes On The
Firing Line
By DIR. Cyrus PrOsch
of COytesville, N. ].

rendered to "The Palisadian."
Fire! Fire! Fire! incendiaries are at
work!
Wide Awakes-men and women-no
loyal duty shirk;
The pillars of our peace structure
are in danger now,
And the Carnegie Foundation is
likewise too, / vow.
Through a cruel-trade-wind flaming
the fires of greed,
er-influenced jingos' backing
up the deed,
A wickedly-selfsh program is be-
ing carried out:
To form a peace serving nation,
turn US about.
Wide Awakes, on post! everybody to
man.
"Throw cold water on" its war en-
broiling plan.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
STATE STUDENT KILLED
]. S. Merton Falls to Death From
Window of Allentown Hotel.

J. S. Merton Falls to Death From
Window of Allentown Hotel.
John S. Merton, senior in the de-
partment of chemistry, State college
met his death by falling out OF win
dow at the Hotel Allen, in Allentown
Pa.
Merton, who lived in Ward, re2E
Chester, was one of party OF twenty
seven chemistry students who LETT the
college on an inspection trip OF the
industrial plants Of the Lehish valley
They arrived in Allentown and reS,s
tered at the Allen. They were "a
signed to rooms On the fourth foo:
At four O'clock in the morning tn
employees in the Alien hearI nois
in the rear OF the building and fcuiI.
Merton lying there. lie was all.
but unconscious, and Giel soon eft /
being taken to tie Allentown hosp.ta
His injuries consisted OF a fracture
skill and a broken leg.
Coroner Goheen decided to hold 81.
inquest.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Serbs Fleeing, Berlin Says

The Serbian main army is racing
for freedom through the valleys AM
mountain defles south OF the western
Morava.
The Bulgarians and Austro-Ger
mans who have been operating along
the Orient railroad are pursuing al
the best speed the broken country
permits, the war Office announced
The Austro-Germans who pushed their
invasion to the southwark along a
line para!le;ing the Morava river ad
vance bat further to the westward
are trying to get between the Serbs
and the Montenegrin frontier.
TIE pursuing icracs took l7OO prs
oners and teven more cannon Thurs
day in the RibaTi district, twenty-five
miles northwest OF Nish.
The SerGs are fighting rear-guard
actions where very closely presses Il
but evidently are mainly intent on
getting out Of the Morava river re
gicn before they are surrounded.
The Dulgars have taken many pris
oners and great quantities of booty
including ten locomotives and 4OJ
railroad cars, of which fifty are load
ed with munitions and supplies.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19

Francis Thomas, an unmarried
young man OF Dri!t0n, is in Car.
bon county jail at Mauch Chunk,
Pa, the se!i-confessel slayer of
Joseph McHugh, Of Weatherly, state
game war5cn, in the woods near
Hazleton creek, when McHugh at
tempted to arrest Thomas and four
others for illegal hunting.
Thomas was taken into custody at
the home Of his parents, and, after
being brought to HaZletcn, admitted
the shooting and turned over the gun
with VII. i he said he did it.
He said taat when McHugh aD-
preached him and asked what luck
he had during the day he told him he
had baggeI one robbit. McHu5h or
iered Thomas to empty his gun and
Thomas fred at the warden, who fell
wounded fatally and died shortly aft.
arward.
Thomas confessed that he also aim
ed at William Brown, who accompani-
ed McHugh, and pulled the trigger,
but that the charge failed to go off.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Russians In Rumania

A despatch to the Daily Elk
press from Geneva says a mes
sage received there from Bucha
rest states that the Russians have
ascended the Danube river and land
ed a small force Of men and guns
near Sillstria.
(Silistria is on the southern bank
OF the Danube in Rumanian territory
some thirty miles east of where the
river reaches Bulgarian soil.)
The reports from southern Serbia
are conflicting. 1t now is known thai
the French did not reoccupy but simp
ly made a cavalry raid into the town
of Veles, destroying the Bulgarian
ammunition stores. An Athens des
patch reports that the French have
since inflicted a severe defeat on the
Bulgarians near Veles and the fall
of that town is considered imminent
Salonika dispatches say that 5000
Serbians still are holding $4,000 Bull
garians at bay between 1svor and
Abdi Pasha Hahn, in the Babuna de-
file, but the Serbs now control the
heights of Kosjac, and occupy the
whole line of mountains, making, III
the opinion of military men here, the
withdrawal OF the Bulgarians only a
question Of time.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19

Efforts Eeing Made to Ascertain the
Fate of Americans on Torpedoed
Liner.
With 2S5 survivors of the Ita ian
inc steamship Ancona sale at val
BUS Mediterranean ports, the ltallan
government announced that it had
.bandoned all hope that any m-re
would be rescued.
Estimates CT the dead still range
from 100 to 257, but the exact num-
Ger may never be known. 1t is cer'
;ain that some of the passengers who
we're naturali2ed American citizens
Cerished.
The Ancora was sunk by sub na'
zine flying the Austrian flag in the
Mediterranean, Monday afternoon
.ast, while the liner was on her way
from Naples and Messina bound for
New York. She went down between
Sicily and Bizerta, Tunis, on the
north African coast.
Passengers declared the steamship
was shelled for an hour and half
by the submarine when the torpedo
struck the Ancona. The underwater
craft had two white turrets and was
armed with four guns.
The owners of the Ancona have re-
ceived the report of Captain Near
sardo, in which he confirms the charge
already made that the submarine
gave no warning to the liner or afford
ed those on board of her chance to
escape. The first shot, the captains
report declares, was fred when the
submarine was three miles distant.
The captain Immediately stopped the
ship, he says, but this did not ap'
pear to satisfy the commander OF the
submarine, which continued to shell
the liner
The csatain without delay ordered
everybody to take to the boats upon
which, he declares, the submarine
turned all her guns, killing and
wounding many persons both in the
boats and on the deck Of the steamer
Some Of the passengers who Wern
thrown into the water and sought to
save themselves by clutchinS the
sides of the submarine were pushed
away with jeers and insults, he agai.l
asserts.
The exact number Of Americans in
cluded in the Ancona's passenger list
Drsfh
ed have not yet been established,
despite efforts on the part of the
American embassy in Rome. 1t Is
estimated that between twenty and
twenty.seven Americans lost their
lives.
The port doctor af Naples who sign.
ed the bill of health says that seven
ty babies were among the third class
passengers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
100000 FIRE
RACES ROPE SHOP
Big Structure at Trenton is
Burned to Ground.
STORY OF PLOT D|SCREDITED
RoebIing Company States No Num-
tions Were Made in Building That
Was Destroyed.

Approximately $1,000,000 damage
was done by fire which destroyed one
of the wire rope shops of the John
A. Roebling Sons company plant in
Trenton, N. ].
The fact that the company has or
ders for war material for European
countries has caused rumors that the
fire was of incendiary origin, but
nothing has been found to substantl-
ate such reports.
The building destroyed was OF
brick construction, and was four
stories in height. The first floor was
of concrete, and the other three floors
were built of wood, and were thor
oughly soaked with oil from machin'
cry. The shop was used for the man
ufacture of wire rope in sizes from
one-sixteenth of an inch to an inch
in diameter, and, according to officials
Of the concern, was exclusively for
domestic trade. The building in
which the company is planning to
make gun barrels for European belis'
erents is some distance from the
burned structure.
The company gave out the follow
ing statement:
1--WE cannot explain the cause OF
the fire. The building burned was
used for the production CT sm&il
rope, and our factory for heavy ro2o
was not affected. About 1000 n Il
are thrown out OF employment and the
loss is approximately S1,O0C,O0O.
1--WE will use new buildings, about
completed, for the manufacture of
this small rope, and expect to be in
operation within two months. The
producing part CT our plant is
intact, and also our steel works, and
other manu- acturers will help us put
our rope in marketable shape"
During the FIRE a row of frame
buildings On Clark street.. running
back to the burned structure, caught
fire several times, and were in dan
ger of destruction. The OCCUPANTS
had to move out, many OF them wear
ing only their night clothing. Strenu'
GUS efforts were made by the fire de-
partment to save these buildings.
Great quantities OF wire were melt
ed like 50 much candle grease, while
machinery was completely destroyed.
Since Monday last the plant had been
working fuil lay and night shift.
Firemen several times were in i'm
minent danger OF death from falling
walls, and a threatened explosion of
three boilers in a small building near
the plant, as we'll as a gas tank in the
yard nearby. Workers endangered
themselves by hurrying into the caut
dron of flames and trying to save
clothing and other things. The streets
were thronged with women carrying
! their belongings from the dwellings
near the burning building.
The flames were SO hot the firemen
had to battle their faces as they faced
the blaze AS each wall fell great
showers OF sparks shot UP and ignit'
ed other nearby buildings.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
BIG FIRE AT WATER GAP
We!-knoWn Hotel Destroyed, With
Loss Of $150,0o0.

VSil-NIiOWIl IiOSCi SSSNiSJS3I "'N''
Loss Of $150,0o0.
The Water Gap house, at Delaware
Water Gap, near Stroudsburg, Pa,
was destroyed by fire. The loss Is
estimated at s15O,0C0.
The hotel, one of the best-knoWn
and largest in Monroe county, was
owned by J. Purdy Cope, owner Ct
the Hotel Aibemarie, at Atlantic City.
The fire first was discovered over
the grill room on the fourth floor.
The Water Gap Hose company re-
sponded, but even with the aid OF
Stroudsburg companies the building
could not be saved.
The Water Gap House annex, where
the employees were lodged, and the
engine room also were DESTROYED.
, Other hotels for several hours were
in danger, and sparks from the burn
ing building were carried to the Della
ware river, mile away.
The hotel closed Monday, after one
of the best seasons in years. Mr..
Cope, the owner, first discovered the
fire, and gave the alarm. He, in COM
pany with his wife, had expected to
leave this evening for the Panama ex-
position. He is president of the Mon
roe County Mountain Resort assocla'
ton.
It is believed that the house Will
ho ,oh,,;f+ ~ once and finished in time
to reopen early in May, 1916.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
GERMANS GUT RIGA FRONT
Natural Obstacle a Barrier to Drive
Toward Seaport.

The German troops under Field
Marshal Won IIindenburg, which have
been attempting to reach Riga, have
instead begun their retirement.
The German Official statement an
nounces that the Germans have with
drawn from the wooded land to the
west and southwest of Shlok, west OF
Riga and between lake Babit and The
gulf OF Ria. TIE retirement from
the swamp was effected without in
reference by the Russians.
The entire region south and west
Of Riga is low wooded country
which the recent raiGs have convert
ed into dangerous swamps. Across
these swamps runs the railroad from
Mitau, WHICH is diTidel between Ger
man and Russian possessions.
The Germans at the height Of their
offensive in tie quarter reached only
as far as Oiai, about half way to
Riga, and have since been forced
back in the direction of Mitau. TIC
the north there are two lesser rail
roads and government highway
leading west from Riga along the
gulf. 1t evidently is by these routes
that the retreat is being conducted.
Swamps are behind the German
forces as we'll as before them and
there are plenty Of indications that
this line is now rather thinly held
1t is regarded as possible that an
other attempt at an offensive will be
made by the Germans when the
swamps freeze over, if sufficient men
can be spared for the purpose, but the
possibility OF heavy SHOWS may inter
fere with the carrying out Of such
a plan.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19

the husbands account, he took the
motor car of Mrs. Sarah w. Kulp to
Philadelphia, expecting to be gone
over night, bat changed mis- mind and
returned shortly after midnight. He
saw light in the house, and looking
through a keyhole saw his wife with
Schmicker.
He burst open the door and while
he was struggling with Schmickcr
Mrs. Simpson grabbed Schmicker's
revolver and shot herself through the
heart.
Schmicker is son Of Anthony
Schmicker, hotel man.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
GENERAL. MARKETS

PHILADEL LPHGA. - FLOUR quiet;
winter clear, $5W5.20; city mills,
fancy, $5.S5&f.10.
RYE FLOUR-Quiet; per barre
WHEAT firm; No. red, new
$1.11 X q ia.
COIN quiet: No. yellow, 75@76c.
OATS firm: No. white, 45@46c.;
lower grades, 43c.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 140
16c.; old roostcrs, 14012c. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, 19c; old roos-
ters, 13c.
Bitter firm: fancy creamery, 32c.
per lb.
EGGS steady; selected 43@45c.;
nearby, dc; western, 41c.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Bethlehem Fire Loss Shrinks

Charles Il. 3chwab, chairman Of the
board Of directors of the Bethlehem
Steel company, held conference
with the head officials of the company
at South Bethlehem Pa, relative
to the reconstruction Of machine shop
No. 4, which was destroyed by fire.
The loss to the company will be
less than q million dollars, not nearly
as large as was estimated. There
were no big guns in the shop, only
field pieces Of small calibre, and
many of those were not completely
damaged.
Most all Of the men employed in
the destroyed shop were given work
in other departments. 1t will take
about two months to rebuild the shop.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Shonts Father by Mistake

Edward Wiley, young son OF
Charles Wiley, near Portland, Pa,
found a revolver and p!ayfully point
il at the head Of his father pulled tie
trigger. The weapon was loaded and
the bullet struck the parent just
above the right eye, iniicting a dam
gercis wound.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Two Killed in Boiler Explosion

Two men were killed instantly and
four injured by an explosion Of a
steam boiler at the Stiffer saw MIL
at Cross Keys, near Altoona, Pa.
The dead are: Howard Brubaker,
eighteen, of Cross Keys, head blown
off, and William Knott, forty-two, Of
Altoona, head blown off.
Bud Osborne sustained broken
leg and three others were injured less
seriously. None of the workmen
could assign a reason for the explo-
sion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
MiLenn Gives Taft z Job

President Wilson appointed former
President William H. Taft to be chair
man of the central committee OF the
American Ped Cross. The president
conferred this courtesy on his prede-
cessor because o: the latter's interest
in the Red Cross. Mr.. Taft succeeds
Major-Genera! George W. Davis, who
resigned.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
FEAR SERB ARMY
is IN FOES TRAP
Main Body May be Cut OF,
Says Milan Despatch.
RUSSIANS kRE IN RUMAA|A
Reports From Southern Serbia Are
neutrality-suspicious. Are Being
Held at Bay.

There is grave reason to fear that
the main body of the Serbian army,
which has been fighting the Germans
and the Bulgarians' right wing, has
been cut of between KralieVo and
Nish, says dispatches received from
the Milan Secolos correspondent.
1t is possible that, as the southern
Serbian army is holding at Katcha'
mix, the retreating columns may es'
cape the invaders, but it is consid'
cred significant that no news has
been received from the retreating
Serbian army for days.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
OFFERS CHILD TO PAY TAX
Woman Fad No Money and offered
itfle One TO Coiicctor,

Little One to Collector.
When Tax Collector zerby went
to the home of an alien woman
in Summit HE, Pa, who conducts a
boarding house in this village and
asked her to pay her taxes, she told
him she had no money, and proposed
that he take one Of her numerous
children in payment.
Mr.. Zerby has five children of his
own, and declined the offer.
The woman's husband recently wa
discharged from an insane asylum
and as all her boarders had left the
house she was without money.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Phone Wire ElectrocuteS

Lena Baroni, sixteen years old
Of Somerset, Pa, was electrocut-
ed while climbing over raj! fence
when her foot became entangled in a
broken telephone wire Which had
come in contact with higA-tension
circuit.
Her sister, Annie, nineteen years
old, was knocked to the ground, but
was not injured seriously.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Aavfi Eatif;es u. S. Treaty

The state department received Off
cial word that the Eaytian senate had
approved by a vote Of twenty-six to
seven the treaty with the United
States providing for a virtual Ame i.
can protectorate over the country.
The treaty will go before the UniteH
States senate.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Live Stock Quotations

CHICAGO.-HOGS- Steady to Sc.
lower; mixed and butchers, s6.62@
7.50; good heavy, $655W745; rough
pigs, $5.4OG6.50; bulk, s6.G0@7.25.
+ Est9ady Zo ~ to &C. 1oTeT Sfr
ers, $36S.25; Texans. s6.IO@S.40;
SHEEP-Steady; native aad west
ern, $3@6.25: lambs, S5.i5g $50.
>alves, S3910.50. .
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Eind Man HANDED and Shot

The body of man was found in
the woods at Troy Centre, near I'll
tusville, Pa. The man had hanged
himself to a tree and had fired a re.
volver bullet through his body. There
were no marks on the clothing to
show who the man was or where he
came from.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
Accidentally Shoots Mother

Mrs. Mary Gilbert was brouTht from
hon,e in Horse valley to the Chambers
burg. Pa, hospital, suffering from a
bullet wound inflicted by hcr fifteen
ycar-old son, Tom. The woman was
accidentally shot in the right hip.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19

Fell in Front of Traction Engine and
is Crushed 70 Death.

is Crushed 70 Death.
Albert Hyent, nine years old, scl
Of Mrs. David Patterson, of So IL
Island, near Chambersburg, Pa, W S
killed near his home.
A traction engine pulling a tn c L.
ing machine, tender and water w@5on
passed by and the lad jumped Oh The
threshing machine tongue and stole
a ride.
Boy like, he jumped on and off, and
in trying to regain his seat on the
machine slipped and fell in front of
a wheel, which passed over his head,
killing him instantly. Coroner Ma
clay will hold on inquest.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
u,r,ter. Aced ID, shot by Boy

william Powers, fourteen years
old, Of New Wilmington, Pa, was
shot and EiIle1 while hunting rabbits
with Clarence Campbell, in Plain
Grove township, Lawrence county.
Car1Dbe"'s Gcbert rifle was discharg-
ed accidentally.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19
BIG ORDER FOR DUPONT
$65.ooo,oo0 Worth to be Delivered to
Allies in 1917.

EIIIeS in 1917.
An additional $S5,000,0G0 powder
order from the allies has been award
ed to the Dupont Powder company
according to reliable information re-
ceived in Wilmington, Del.
Officials of the company, however,
refuse to confirm or deny the report
as has been the case with all war
orders received by the company.
1t is understood that this last or
der stipulates the powder is to be de-
livered during 1917, an indication that
the allies do not look for an early
cessation of hostilities.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19

Bank Rubbers Get Away With $4,000
Robbers wrecked the safe in the
Columbiaville, Mich, State bank, es.
Gaping with $4,000. Heavy rain oblit'
Grated their tracks.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-11-19

Mr.. Wilson to See Arny-Navy Game
President Wilson has virtually de-
cided 10 attend the Army-Navy foot
ball game at New York on November
27. He attended the game two years
ago, but was unable to be present last
wear because of Mrs. Wilson's death.