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Evening star., 1915-03-14

A New England man recalls when
whole lobster could be bought for
10 cents. But the cabaret entertain
ment that went with it was not
worth noticing.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
Dodging an Issue.

DO you know where I can buy
any counterfeit money!" inquired the
man with suit case.
"Are you looking for troubie7"
mo. But I'm against the tipping
evil and at the same time want to
go through the formalities and avoid
being made uncomfortable by the
walters"
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Time schedules for ships are rather
uncertain while the steam shovels in
the Culebra cut continue to run on
schedule.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

E1In order to avoid DELAY. on account cs
personal absence. letters to THE STAR ehould
With the ONCE. but simply TO THE STAR. or 10
fne Editorial or Business Department. according
10 tenor OF purpose.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

London's militant suffragettes are
now content with having set an ex-
ample of reckless determination that
may be valuable to the regular
soldiers.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
An Immediate Saving.

"Do you think the government
could run railways at less expense
than they now involve?"
mo doubt of it," answered the busy
statesman. You'd never get this
government to pay any such salaries
as railroad officials are accustomed to
receiving"
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Interest in pugilism continues to
be very mild. owing to the fact that
when Jack Johnson fights there is
no certainty of winning bet on the
other fellow.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

The idea of making a roadway to
England by filling up the ocean with
sunken war craft is, of course, too
fantastical to be considered.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

The announcement that Rudyard
Kipling would compose some new
war songs is causing the English
musical show to be expected with
more than ordinary interest.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Mention OF man for the presi-
dency now does not materially in
lure his chance Of figuring as a
dark horse when the nomination. are
made
Evening star., 1915-03-14

A New York minister has said that
poor people cannot afford divorces.
This seems to suggest opportunity
for new kind of charity fund.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Without having done anything in
particular, the successor of Cole
Blease manages already to be re-
garded a. great improvement.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Huerta said he would return If his
country needed him. but none of the
Mexicans have been heard inquirine
for his address.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Americans who have distrusted
Japan will be interested in China's
impression that the yellow peril is
now pointed the other way.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

The magnitude of events prevents
this years announcements of fruit
crop failures from receiving the us
lal consideration as calamity news.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Ship sinking is now classed as the
most expensive and least amusing
form of outdoor sport.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

If anybody voted twice for Uncle
Joe Cannon his action must be con-
strued as one of unsolicited enthu-
siasm.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Haiti is about the only country
that regards Mexico's system of ro-
tation in Office as slow.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
Different Kinds.

One optimist will seek to grow
A wiser race thasl this;
Another merely strives to show
That ignorance is bliss.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Payable In advanee-by mall postage prepaid:
Daily. Sunday included. one month. 60 cents.
Daily. Sunday excepted. one month. 80 cents
saturday Star. 81 year: Sunday Star. 81. 40 yeai
Evening star., 1915-03-14

The Evening Star. With the Sunday morning
EDITION is delivered by carriers within the city
81 % cents per month: daily only. es cents per
NAY Be sent BY mall or telephone Main 2440.
Month.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Entered rs secondclas mail matter at the post
ONCE at Washington. D. @.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

"A good man." said Uncle Eben,
won't fight unless he has to. An
den If he's sho' nuff good man he'll
stick to de hghtin' same as if twas
a solemn duty"
Evening star., 1915-03-14
The Evening star x.wp.ps. Company.

Business ONCE. l1th st. and Pennsylvania Avenue.
New York Ofice: Tribune Building.
Chicaeo ONCE: First National Bank Building
european of3ce: Regent ST.. London. England.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BIZ PHnANDHR JoHNsoN,
A Candidate for Reform.

What are you SO gloomy about :"
asked the warden. THE offense for
which you were sent to this prison
might have been much more serious" !"
That's what depresses me. I'm
afraid they amt goin' to let me stay
here long enough to finish me educa-
ton"
Evening star., 1915-03-14

A. s&A
-. ...e,,...a -. - s,.h-hor,
.aa,., s.',n. con-
Ths peremour< nection with tho best
German sources
Issue OF war. lsarns that there is
ereat talk Of peae. in ofncial circle. in
germany" adding. "rt 4. certain that
the Germans win not risk another win
ter c.mpaisn in Russia"
II thar. v,. a, atom, ~ <rutn In the
h,,. ~. .o,.,,,.,. ,.,,, ,h.t -. a
.o.s,.,. =. 80. .h.-.
,,...,s ,,pS
- .,-, It.
%. ''.ueu A'nia.e
as'oe Aro"a at' oe"'t '''1o''
oeihs tho main issues oeeWeen the CON-
batants in the present war. And these
issues are paramount becauae Of the
.nn.,,;r. ..-,e,.. 40 .,a n,.,.y
VI e" o
A little more than seven months OF war
nass.a ~. ,,,,,,o, ,.rt wb,,e the sac-
'A,o ''
rince OF money Is no less appalling.
penses Of the belligerents and tho neu-
trails who arc maintaining armies in
campaign and In q state OF mobilfSa-
tion. Twelve billions a year. exclusive
Of Of ii indirect dire, expenses: tho Cd destruction
indemnities and pensions, which may
double and even triple tho expense.
The partisans of continued armament
or disarmament In the ranks of the
comba tants form the most astonishing
contrasts. To refer particularly to
those enrolled under the banner of dis
armament there are two classes as far
apart as water and fire, refer to the
situation preceding the war. the war
partisan and the peace partisan. the
first, because he believes in war as a
principle. the second, who makes war
against the scourge Of war for the ex-
termination of mflitarism. These latter
appearea q snoTt line ago as peopie
there are many Who are actmai,v in The
army who are such avowed partisans
or disarmament that they are willing
70 sacrince life Tor the principie o. o.
the history Of hattIes
-
England, 1t NAV be recalled. in no in.
vidious sense to Germany did not fall
to propose on all occa-
Limitation s,ona a ,,u;tot;on ne no
prnnosed Val armament. Inc
Car OF Russia in the
beginning of the twentieth century
took the Initiative to suggest the CON-
f.,or,. - M -.
:, "ieh INC VIC" "
the establishment OF peace and dis
armament. suggestion which found the
most sympathetfc sunnort in the Irnitad
c+,+as .,d q, rr,,.. =. L.,s
.noaiu oe
called also that RUSSIA which Is made
the subject at times OF severe criticism
as the type of autocracy, proposed a
long time ago to resuscitate Poland
no+ r.,.n.,,, -. ,,o..s -,
nv. 90 .Aoi eeu' oip.o-
matic maneuVer inspired by the cir
cumstance OF war. but by preceding
but for the enereetic onposition NJ
Prussia and Austria
Historically the most successful war
has been invariably the immediate
cause of financial trouble. al much
for the victor as for the yanouished.
It Is true that Prof. Baron Karl Won
Stengel, jurist and one of tho German
delegates to the first conference at
The Hague. in his work "weltstadt und
Friedensproblem" writes negatively,
Evening star., 1915-03-14


states. like the United States and Bel
gium, have not made war
Prosperity but have relatively had
p.... more economical expan-
!" sion than Germany. If
the commerce of England continued to
be the most important in the world It
was not due certainly to the Transvaal
war, which cost England s1.250.0oo. 900.
nor to her augmentation of dread
naughts Holland and Switzerland.
neither of which has had war. possess
ed no dreadnaughts nor permanent
army. But they possessed a more i'm
portant commerce than England or
France in proportion to their popula-
tion. Also Norway's commerce., COM
pared to population, is triple that of
England.
The bonds of these small nations
Holland. Switzerland and Norway-were
quoted on the bourse Is per cent higher
than those of the German empire. An
other example is Spain. which seventeen
years ago suffered the loss of her
distant colonies. her economical situa-
tion is vastly improved; the Russian
empire, since her disaster in Manchuria
has had great economical expansion
These examples are cited to prove that
military defeats are often followed by
commercial and financial advantages.
Prosperity that finally followed in
Germany was attributed to the Franco
Prussian war of 1870. But 1t is sus-
ceptible to proof that neither the treaty
of Frankfort. Notwithstanding the Gus
tomary clauses therein. nor the billion
Of dollars of indemnity, have pro-
cured real profit or prosperity to Ger
many. Why? Principally because Ger
many has spent twelve billions on arm
ament on the armed peace system to
which she has been subjected and to
which all Europe in consequence has
been subjected, since forty-four years.
A German writer, having in mind the
financial distress in Germany, 1S71-7S.
wrote: 1T is well that France only gave
us a billion dollars; if she had given US
two billions we would be begging along
the roads The victories of which we
were so proud were fatal in an eco
nomical way" The truth Is that dur
ing seven or eight years that followed
the war the "Schwindel period" per-
ished of vertigo or fllibustering." in
dustry made no progress on the other
side of the Rhine. and Germany was
forced to buy outside her borders the
Evening star., 1915-03-14

products subsequently made in Gers
many
Evening star., 1915-03-14

SeOQetlc survey, Is u Str1k-
ing example Of the great value of the
wire drag survey in the search for
hidden menaces to navigation, and for
which Congress again has refused to
provide any but totally inadequate
sum-in this instance, $4,000. The
rock Is 600 feet high, and is potentially
a ship destroyer of the first order, as
1t is only seventeen feet below the sur
face, and could tear asunder any deep
draft vessel.
Briefly, the wire drag survey is SIM
ply contrivance which lowers long
wire from the stern of a vessel and
which may be towed along at any
depth. The ship steams at the rate OF
one to two miles an hour. and the ac-
tion of buoy indicates the discovery
Of an obstacle. Naturally, geodetic
method is Infinitely superior to the old
plumb line way This is specially true
in Alaskan waters. where the hidden
rocks pyramid to a point. and the
plumbline slides down the side Since
1905 the wire drag method has found
$500 rocks along the Atlantic coast
that were covered by less water than
the depth given on the charts. and
nearly 800 were positive menaces to
An appropriation of 100000. accord
ing to government experts. would
change the long and Jagged, Alaskan
coasts from an ocean graveyard to a
haven. There have been twenty-seven
preventable wrecks UP there since 1903,
and of which two alone cost twice the
sum that could have prevented all or
most of them. They are the Armeria,
May 20. 1912. with loss Of s175.ooo,
and the State Of California. August II.
1913, loss thirty-one lives and $780,
900. The five leading steamship COM
panies operating in Alaskan waters
Joined Secretary Redfield in asking
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Congress for an adequate appropria-
tion. and several months ago. after the
needless loss Of one Of its largest ships.
one OF tho companies announced that
another Of the same type would be
withdrawn from a certain route. which
had great need for its services.
As Secretary Reddeld once remarked
with pithy humor: The plan Of dis
covering hidden rocks by running ves-
sells on them 10 still in vogue" Indeed.
disasters due to hidden or uncharted
rocks are so common that q newly
found obstacle to navigation IL usu-
ally known thereafter by the name of
Thus were named California Rock.
Ohio Rock. Idaho Rock. Potter Rock
and others.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
Sheridan's
Victory.


closer toward Richmond
Sheridan's and Sherman was smash
ing through the commu-
vIGto1y. nications south of the
secession capital. Sheridan was operat.
ing in the western part of the state te
destroy the sources of Confederate
supply. In The Star of March 8, 1865
is an account of Sheridan's victory over
Early near Waynesboro in the Shenan-
doah valley, which resulted IN the cap
ture' of 40 officers, 1900 men, cannon
and over 100 wagons. This action was
believed to portend the early federal
occupation of Charlottesville. The Sta1
said:
Owing to the fact that all the sup
plies gathered in the Shenandoah val
ley for Lees army had to pass through
the place (Charlottesville) it has been
considered of vital Importance to the
enemy. Its capture insures, now for the
first time, the destruction of the net
work of railroads northwest of the
rebel capital. Gen. Grants bulletin i'm
plies that Lynchburg is Sheridan's OBJ
jective point and deserters, he informs
US. state that four brigades of troops
have been dispatched from Richmond
with the hope of reaching the place in
advance of Sheridan"
Il
Little was being done by Grant in the
way of active operations at this time in
1865, owing to weather
Routine at conditions. In The Star
~ ~. of March IL of that
VIZ 1Ao"'' year is an account of
the routine Of the work of the Army of
the Potomac brought by letter from the
front dated March 9, saying:
"Quiet continues in this department
and is likely to do so for some time.
so far as army movements are concern
ed. for the roads are in very bad con-
dition, owing to recent heavy rains.
Recruits are being drilled daily and
new arms, clothing. etc. issued. pre-
paratory to the coming campaign. The
reviews. held almost daily, show that
the men are in excellent condition,
each command seeming ambitious to
surpass the others In appearance and
discipline. Deserters continue to come
in though not SO numerous as hereto
fore. About thirty arrived today
through the lines of the 5th and 9Th
Corps. 1t is reported that four were
shot on their way over"
Evening star., 1915-03-14

The inaugural ball in 1856 was held
on the night Of Monday. March 8. In
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Inc sudden receipt of large su
OF money provoked imitation of pric
Evening star., 1915-03-14

In 1879 a discovery in metallurgy
changed the current of political events
Evening star., 1915-03-14

While Gen. Grant was holding tight
to Lee at Richmond, steadily pressing
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-02
Public Sale of Land

AS administrator with the will
annexed of Oscar F. Rexrode
deceased, I will on Saturday May
/, 1915, offer for sale publicly at
the frcnt door of the Court House
of Highland County, the lands OF
which said decedent was seized
and on which he resided on Mon
terey Mountain about 8 miles north
of Monterey, made up of tyo
parcels aggregating 80 acres more
or less.
There is dwelling, barn and
other outbuilding on this land, a
part of the land in state of Guilt
walton, and the rest of it suitable
for grazing sheep or young cattle,
and is weel watered.
Terms: Cash sufficient to pay
the costs of administration and
sale, and the residue in five equal
annual instruments, with annual
interest from the day of ssle, evi,,
dence by notes with approved
personal security and also secured
by lien retained in the deed.
. LUTHER e. REKReDE
Administrator @, t, q OF
Oscar F. Rexrode, deceased
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-02
Administrative Sale

AS Administrative of W. T..
Swadley, deceased, ! will on Thurs
day, the 9Th dav of April, 1915,
at the late residence OF said
decedent at Vanderpool, Va, offer
for sale at public auction the fol-
lowing personal property:
One black mare IA years old in
foal to Belgian horse, one grey
mare 7 years old, weight l4OO
pounds, one mare 4 years old and
we'll broken in every respect. one
three year old colt to ride, one two
year old colt, one yearling colt three
young mich COWS to be fresh this
spring, one yeal:ng steer, two yearl-
ing heifers, nine head of good young
ewes, one brood SOW with pig, six
shoats, one set of wagon harness,
one set of double driving harness,
one set of single driving harness,
one two horse wagon, one moving
machine, one buggy rake, one
spring tooth harrow, one buggy,
100 bushels of corn, one hay stack,
$50 bushels of apples, one organ,
4 stands of bees, ten bags of wood
fiber plaster, a lot of leather, one
telephone, a lot of house hold and
kitchen furniture and other things
too tedious to mention.
Terms: Purchases amounting to
SIS. 90 and under cash will be re-
quired, over that amount purchaser
to execute negotiable not salts
factorily endorsed on either of the
Highland Banks due in six months
without interest.
Mrs. W. T. Swadley. Executrix
of W. 7, SWadley deceased.
-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-02
WEDN ESDAY.

A great battle is in progress In the
Carpathians, which it is believed will
20 far toward settling the fate OF Hun
gary. The Russian forces which have
been investing Przemysl and which
have been released through the sur
render of the Galician fortress, are
being rushed to support the Russian
troops.
Allied transports in the Gulf Of Sa-
ros have landed troops on the Call.
poll peninsula, on the European side
of the Dardanelles, which are to unite
with the fleet within the straits In an
attack on the Turkish Notifications.
A Turkish force estimated at between
100000 and 100000 men has been sent
to defend the forts.
A German attack, made on Tuesday
and Wednesday against the French
positions on the great spur at Notre
Dame de Lorette, north Of Arras, was
completely checked. The French also
report further advances at Hartmans-
weilerkouf, in Alsace.
A fleet of British aeorplanes made
a raid on the German submarine ship.
yard at Hoboken, Belgium, and drop
ped several bombs on the place. Dam
age was inflicted on the plant and on
two submarines.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-02
New Salem

Mrs. John Rexrode and little
daughter, Bertha, spent sveral days
last week with the formers sister,
Mrs. Emma Ryder, near Wander
pool.
VIM. Vance, who has been some
what indisposed, is much improved
Mrs. D. "A. Kiser, of Headwaters.
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Bishop. last week. She was
accompanied home by her sister,
Miss Ruth Bishop.
Miss Bette Bishop has returned
home after few days visit to Mrs
Maria Pullin.
Miss Grace Wiseman has return
ed home after spending the winter
with her sister, Mrs. Lille LASER
in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pullin made
a business tri p to Doe Hill last week.
Mrs. Jim Ralston. who has been
right ill, is mnch improved.
Miss Annie Hicklin gave sugar
stirring to number of her frinds
one night last week.
Most of the farmers are through
blowing.
The Junior Civic League. of Nc
Dowell will give a very interesting
program Saturday night The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
Wild Laurie
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-02
KNITTING GOOD FOR NERVES
Revival of Pastime Is One OF the Few
Good Results of the War In
Europe.

One of the few good results Of the
European war has been to make thou
sands of men, women and children
learn to knit. There Is nothing better
for nerves that are unstrung and need
toning up, physicians say, than knit
ting. For many years every man In
the British army, from the men in the
ranks to the commanding generals
has been taught to knit, and now
thanks to the demand for warm socks
and muff1ers for the soldiers at the
front, the practice is spreading to all
walks of life.
The monotony of plying the needles
in and out Of the tiny loops is extreme
" soothing to tired brains and nerves.
The effect is similar to that produced
by counting sheep, which is recon-
mended by many as a method OF 10
ducing sleep.
Once the art Of knitting Is mastered
you can pursue 1t without giving your
plying fingers either thought or sight.
In the London parks these days you
can see hundreds of convalescent SOL
diers, their fingers busy with knitting
while their eyes are occupied IN
watching what Is going on around
them.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-02
Trustees sale

BY authority vested in mo by a
certain deed of trust of record in
the Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court of Highland County in deed
book No. 19 at page 226 conveying
the hereinafter described property
to me as trustee to secure f. K
Hull as endorser on a negotiable
note therein described made by W
NJ. Winner, default having beer
made in the payment of the salt
note by the maker and the same
having been taken up by said en-
dorser, and having been notified so
to do by the said f. R. Hull, | will
on Saturday, the 18th. day of Apr.
1915 at the front door of the court
house in Monterey, Va, offer for
sale by way of public auction to
the highest bidder for cash the fol-
low ing personal property belonging
to said Winner: one bay mare
about 7 years old, one roam mare
about s years old, one black mare
about 8 years old, one bay horse
about s years old. These horses
are in fairly good condition, nice
riding and driving animals, we'll
broken and gentle. One brown
mule about II years old and one
Ford Automobile Model T and in
good condition.
William F. Jones, Trustee.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-02
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
ID The WAR
SATURDAY,.

The British battleships Irresistible
and Ocean and the French battleship
Bouvet were sunk IN the Dardanelles
by the Turkish forts during a terrific
bombardment. London says the Brit
ish casualties were not heavy, but
over 600 men on the French vessel
were drowned.
The fighting on land Is continuous
particularly in the eastern war zone.
In Poland the Russians have forced
the Germans back into their own ter
;itory after the Tauroggen engage
ment. and they announce also the
capture of Memel.
In France the Germans have made
a gain over the British in the region
of st. Eloi, and repotr also that they
have repulsed French attacks In
Champagne, the Argonne, after a two
days struggle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-02
THURSDAY,

The German submarine U-29, which
has torpedoed eight steamships in the
English channel, is reported by the
British admiralty to have been sunk
with all hands.
The London Chronicle declares the
Turkish plan to surrender the Darda-
nelles forts and make terms with the
attacking fleet was blocked by the
Germans at Constantinople.
Italy Is ready for mobilization, 1t Is
said. and seven classes are already
with the colors. Russian newspapers
daelare that the time has arrived for
the neutrals to decide their course.
American Presbyterian missionaries
IN Persia are said to Dc in great dan,
ger A physician saved nearly 5000
lives by the use of the Stars and
Stripes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-02
IMPROVEMENT OF THE FLOCK
Fowls for Show Purposes Require
Closer InbreedIne Than Those
Intended for General Uee.

After carefully looking over your
male birds If you do not notice any
predominating points which will tend
toward the Improvement Of your flock
1t would pay you to purchase some
good male birds of the same breed
with the points desired. II your
flock has been too closely inbred It 10
also advisable to buy males from an
other flock. Birds for show purposes.
as the first consideration, require
closer inbreeding than those for utility
purposes, This Is necessary to gain
any noteworthy Roadway, and It Is car
ried on by most of the successful poul
try fanciers of today. There Is limit
to such line of breeding. and for best
results it requires study and careful
selection OF the matings.