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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
TO REBUILD HOPFWELL
400 Buildings Were Burned at "Pow
der" Boom Town.

der" Boom Town.
State militia, the police Of var Gus
cities and the private guards of the
Dupont Powder company plant a:
Hopewell, Va, have poined forces
to prevent a reign of terror through
out eastern Virginia.
Following the destruction of Hope
wellwell, the powder city, by fire
hundreds of foreigners, bereft OF
homes and household goods, wande l..
ed aim es&ly about the c un'ry.
Many of the refugees were armed
and militia, police and guards dis,
armed them as rapidly as they coul
be apprehended. Scores were ar t.
ed on various charges, and the a all
able lock-ups were full to overflcwing
A meeting OF the citizens began e
iorts to have all new buildings o..
brick. Three fire Insurance men est:
mated thai the total loss was $4,000,
600.
Four hundred houses, most ot Them
Of wood, constructed in feyerish mas 8
to care for the inauX Of people
brought brought here by activities al
the Dupont explosives plant were
licked up by the flames. In the main
pa-t- of the town or twenty-five thou
sand persons hardly a building re-
mained.
According to one account, the fire
started in a restaurant when an oil
stove toppled from a box in the
kitchen. A hotel caught next, and
soon the flames, driven by a stiff
wind, were eating their way through
banks, stores, hotels and dwelil. S.
The only church in the town was one
of the first buildings to go.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
! KILLED, IS HURT BY BLAST
Flash From Machine Causes Explo.
sion at Bethlehem Plant.


An explosion at the fuse plant OF
the Bethlehem Steel company, at
Redington, four miles from Easton,
Pa, resulted in the death Of one per
son, Philip Adams, Of Easton, and In
jury, chiefly burns, to fifteen others,
who were taken to St. Luke's hospital,
South Bethlehem.
The explosion occurred from fash
from a machine.
The building, according to reports,
was badly damaged.
The injured were: Harvey Vinson,
Glendon; A. Dorman, Allentown; w.
Kunzman, Allentown; Floyd Travel,
Easton; Frank Zingley, Upper B ac!i
Eddy; John A. Melden, Easton; J, hn
Wolf, South Bethlehem; John Wea
yer, Freemansburg; Truman Hess,
Ea3ton; Norman Bener, Allentuwn;
J. Klein, Easton; Fred Brehl, Easton
and three others, whose names could
not be learned. The injuries of sev
eral of these men are said to be seri.
Gus.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Arrest Three Plot Suspects

Acting under instructions from
William Flynn, chief of the secret
service, detectives in New YsSS,
took to police headquarters for
vestigation, Eugene Kluger, desert
as a Hungarian typesetter; his
and Anton F. Mente, an Austria
In Kluger's apartment, the 4,
tives say, they found large
signment of chemicals and expld
They say they watched Menta
at steamship docks in New Yd
Hoboken.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
And For Three Summers Mrs. Vim
cent Was Unable to Attend to
ANY Of Her Housework.

Pleasant Hill, N. CO suffered for
three summers" writes Mrs. Walter
\ Vincent, of this town, "and the third and
last time, was my worst.
had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about. Could not do any of my
housework.
also had dreadful! pains in my back
and sides and when one of those weak,
sinking spells would come on me, |
would have TO give up and lie down,
until it wore off.
+ was certainly in dreadful state of
health, When | finally decided to try
Cardui. the woman's tonic. and ! firmly
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Peidnont'S New Year Special
A Strong Appeal to Ambitious Young Men of
Hi9hand County.

Pdmoni closing twenty ninth with splendid record Inc
educated
smanyn
accepted last fall we VIII
We extend cordial and pressing
and offering following
who enroll with result OF th
UDENT receipt from the Highland Recorder
will ui
OFFER STUDENT Your US your first
month salary will pay tuition in full ..ooo
STUDENT: You promise US $loOO nonhy
will tuition in full
Each of these Young men given full tuition scol
arsp in Shorthand Touch Typewrng Elementary
Bookkeeping Business Pnmansp and Literary Department. and
ntrsc $50 90 SIS 90 position upon graduation.
applicant required bring acompee this
noticeable embarrassing physical defects
S nota ardic o ntoxcants any
personal
letcr rpacky gipau the
Piedmont Business College, Inc Lynchburg, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Shoots Girl, Kills Himself

After having crawled on hands and
knees along a read for distance of
about four hundred feet, which 1t took
her nearly eight hours to traverse,
Hilda Sterling, eighteen years cid,
was found probably fatally wcunae1
near Crisfeld, Nd. She said she had
been shot By ChaIncey Reese, twenty.
seven years old, and married, who
arterward shot and killed himself.
Reese's body was found.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Highland County Boy Makes Good

BenTrre, W. Va. Sept 10, 1918
Prof W. p. Musick,
Lynch' urg, va.
Dear Prof;
arrived at Beutree THURSDAY evening
and my pay started Friday morning a
the rate Of $50 % pei month with \
promise of raise soon. | find this Is
not the worst pace on earth, as the
people are all native, with the exception
of two Italians, an are kind and sociahlr
as one would wish TO meet up with
Think | can handle the work easily and
stand an excellent chance of getting as
head b okkeeper in short while
like i. very well ard think Will ike
it better after am here awhile. Would
be glad 10 her all the news at Pie imont,
Thanking you for many fav"rs shown
me and getting me this position. am
Yours very truly,
FRED l.. WIMER.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Nurses Beating Fat7I

Mrs. Daniel Cannon, VIE
constable of St. Clair, o. p
Pa, died after an illness o2
weeks. She failed to recove
beating administered 10 ner
bv two nurses when Mrs. Ca
ed for a drink OF water. .
are investigating.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Tries Suicide Tenth Time

Dan O'Brien, twenty-eight yeas
old, of Scranton, Pa, triel sa u
eide for the tenth time. He "aN
hanging from cell bar at police e =
quarters when cut down. "Drat III.
luck, will you ever let a fell II
alone?" said Dan when cr. uo"E\
Magistrate Williams 'oiu MN
would have to ste. hanging himse
or something serious might happ|
to him SOM day.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
ST. LOUIS GETS CONVENTION

Democrats to Meet in Missouri City
in June, 1916.
The Democratic national committee,
in session in Washington, selected st.
Louis as the meeting place of the
1916 Democratic national conyen in.
The vote on the first ballot was St.
Louis, 26; Dallas, IA; Chi aEo, II.
Texas then moved to make it ami
nous for st. Louis, AMI this was done.
June IA was the date fixed for the
convention.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
MAN TORTURED TO DEATH
Maniac Hangs Victim and siashes
Him With Knives.

All the horrors that luaacy could
devise were exercised at Choconut
Centre, near Binghamton, N. Y, in
the murder of an unidentified man by
James Brown, former inmate of the
Binghamton hospital for the insane.
Brown firmly secured his victim
and then strung him up to tree with
a strap buckled about his neck. With
a knife in each hand, the maniac
then slashed at the victim until he
was dead.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Green Has cIew to cri1

A green hat may send
try" Smith, .<colored, of HaI
to the electric chair. The
legged that the nat worn
try" when arrested was st1
the home of Mrs. Ella Abr
dered last summer. Smith
of the crime.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Fort Blown Up; 80 Killed

Fort Cogneise, one of the most i'm
portant features of the old defences
of Namur, Belgium, has been COM
pletely destroyed by explosion, &C.
cording to the Echo de Beige. The
explosion is said to have caused the
death of eighty German soldiers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Thieves Poison Beer

Poison placed in a
he was forced to dri1
death of Nick Cariin
Last Tuesday CarliD
by highwaymen, ~
enter a saloon and dr.
which poison had been }
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
SMALLPOX In Ce!av

Pecause of smallpox
work house, in Wi.
more than 500 persd
cinated. The disease
here by q short-term 10
county on Monday. ne
to the pest mouse.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Three Steamships Sunk

The Italian steamship Dante Align
leri, the Norwegian steamship Aelcu
and the Danish steamship Minsk h Vt
been sunk. The crews Of all tare
vessels were saved.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Pardon for Unique Ii

Frank Johra ason, formerly
ing, w. Va, coh'l"'o psl
dinner buckley ana d
fenced to liSIe I'M rlS
the habitual '2rina naS,.is1sx
pardoned byg Governor +
Johnson ser&eF eight
sentence. ..-......
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Say Hungary Will Quit War

Hungary has resolved to make
peace without the consent of Ger
many or Austria" says Geneva des-
patch to the London Exchange Tee
graph company.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Student Dead After Hazinq

Thomas Sweet, of Chicago, a ca
det at the Virginia Military Institute,
Ut Lexington, Va, died as a result.
vs. said, of hazing, several days age
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17

= OUI O"U
burned when u
nited. She did
Thomas McCas
girl, had left tn
utes, leaving /
floor.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
800 Pupils Schoolless

Two large school buildings in Pit
tston township, near Pittston, Pa,
have been wrecked badly by mine
caves and 500 children are without
public school accommodations.
The foundations of both buildings
have been damaged, plaster has drop
ped from tie walls and the structures
are unsafe. The caves occur: ed III
the mines of the Pennsylvania COM
pany.
School buildings are crowded a.
most to their capacity and school d.
rectors arc puzzled to find room for
the children out of school as a result
of the caves. 1t will be some time
before the wrecked buildings can put
into shape for use.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17

on,v a second did they hesita]
evo:r. then turned, plunging
bbuse beck up the mountain
laid was only slightly iniu
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17

No Nobel Peace Prize This year
The Norwegian parliament will not
award the Nobel peace prize this
year., following the course adopted
,lst year when no award was made
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17

Rarned by Matches, Cripple OIe
AS result of playing with mate
Dorothy McCash, crippled Sc
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Mirror Saves Baby From Wild Hogs

Sanford Philips, Jr., two years cd
of Elkins, W. Va, owed his life to the
fear wild hos had 70: tltir own lie.
ness when rejected frcm mi ror.
Wild hogs which eyist in The moun
tains of Randolph county came down
into the foothills and charged into
the home of Sanford Phillips, upset
ting furniture and attacking Phillips
two-year-old son. The animals hal
torn nearly all the clcthing from the
where {. big mirror hung. The hogs
So. - bu: soon stopped wien tney
Se,c>ela .neir likeness In the big glass.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
Mrs. E!Ia F,agg \

Mrs. Ella Flagg II
been ideIhtifed with
schools fbr tifty-three
six as Superintendent ha
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17
GENERAL MRRkI

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$aoiIc lower grades, f7c.
n Y 4'z929iiiI 'Pz929iiiIITRY: Live stea1y; hers
4 AZ Po1l old H. r. ROSTERS, l00l1c. D:
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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-12-17

"If our enemies make peace propos-
ais compatible with Germany's dignity
and safety, then we shall always be
really to discuss them," sad t e i'm
perial chancellor, D.. Won Be .hmann-
Hnllwen in addressing the reichs.a
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
HUNGARIAN
 PLEADS FOR
 EARLY PEACE

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 8.-Dispatches from Budapest contain copious quota tions from a speech delivered in the Hungarian Parliament yesterday by Julius Andrassy, former Premier of the Hungarian government. in which he pleads for ,peaceat the earliest possible moment The dispatches quote the former Premier as saying:
 'It is human duty to make peace at the earliest possible moment and stop the terrible loss of life and de. vastatlon that is SO large a portion of the European continent. am com pletely convinced that we shall be able to conquer the most extreme resis- tance of our enemies, and continue the war until our adversaries are fore ed to ask for peace, but it would be a blessing If 1t were possible to con clude peace before this last moment comes"
 The speaker then furnished o graph lc picture of the devastated conditions that will exist in Europe and the decimated and mutllated peoples that will inhabit tho continent when peace comes # it shall be delayed until dictated by the exhaustion of the Ma tlons engaged in war.
 That the speech made a profound impression in Hungary and other DOT tions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is indicated by the tenor of the dis patches which are printed in all the Dutch aud other continental newspa' pers
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT
 MAY BECOME A SCHOOL

SEATTLE. Dec That the big growth and development of the jour nalism department at the state uni- versity demands that it shall early become a school of Journalism, was the statement of President Henry Suz- gallo iu the course of an address be- fore the alumni and active members of the Zeta chapter of the Sigma Delta Chi last night The meeting Of the Journalism fraternity was held in the Faculty Club.
 The administration win steer in the direction of giving the department full power Go arrange its own curri- culum. so that att the studies Of the student may be built around his pro fessional training At the present the department Is @ subdivision of the col lege of liberal arts.
 "The so-called cultural training Is the intellectual hump to the journal istic camel Go be called upon as a re. serve when necessity arises. .. he stat ed
 Coach Gnmour Dobie was also @ guest of the fraternity. He paid @ friendly compliment to the newspaper men with whom he had dealt with as dictator of college football games. w. D. Chandler. Frank G. Kane, Lee A. White and Ralph ?. Casey wero the other speakers. VIII A. Simmonds presided
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09

 INVASION OF
 INDIA PLANNED

LONDON. Dec. 9.-A dispatch to Che Daily Telegraph from Rome says: Accordingly Co indirect news from Constantinople, Germany has aban- donod her idea Of an expedition against Egypt ln favor of a great German-Turko expedition against In- dia. The German project is to or. ganize an army of 100000 Turks with 100000 Germans. to be commanded by Field Marshal yon Der Goltz. An immense number of guns will be ready for the expedition, which is scheduled 10 start in the Spring. The expedi- tlon will be preceded by large Tur- ldsh advance guard. which already is on the march to Bagdad. The Bulga- rian army would undertake to hold the Balkan line of communication to insure supplies reaching the German Turk armies in Asia"
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
FIGURES INDICATE
 RECORD YEARS TRADE

WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. - Figures available at the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce indicate that the total foreign commerce of the United States for the year 1915 will set Q new record.
 If figures SO far prevailing hold up for December, as now Indicated, the tota. exports for 1915 will exceed $3,- 500.000.O00
 The aggregate value of imports in- to the United States for the ten months ending with October was ST. 691.7f8.013. and the indications are that for the calendar year they may approximate $1.750000.00o This sum would make an aggregate of S5,250,- 100000 for exports and imports, a new high record for any country, not excluding Great Britain. The balance of trade for the year would be $l,I5O,- 000.O0
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
URGES NATION TO SUPPORT
 POOR BABIES

NEW YORK. Dec. 7.- Dr. Abram Jacobi. the venerable and distinguish. ed physician. at the Free Synagogue Carnegie Hall yesterday. in Che ob- sence Of Dr. Stephen s. Wise, the us- unl speaker. said iu part.
 ''You citizens here are paying heav. iy for your sins or mistakes and those of your predecessors. Babies who prove dangerous through inheri. tance must not be born. The world, if il cannot bo parndlse must not be a hell of your own making.
 Whenever a couple furnished a number or healthy children beyond It's means. the commonwealth should see to it that the existance of every American is guaranteed When you will be told that Is Socialism, J agree Before you have digested it you may call it altrulsm, humanitarian, or plain common sense.'
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
GERMANY WOULD TALK PEACE IF "C0MPATIBLE
 WITH NATIONAL SAFETY

BERLIN, Dec. 9. - Germany will make no peace proposals to the allies but if the entente powers offer terms
 compatible with Germany's dignity and safety the German government ls willing to discuss them, Dr. yon Bethmann Hollweg announced in the Reichstag today
 The Imperial chancellor was cheer ed as he rose and promised Co make reply to the Socialists' interpolation regarding peace. He was cheered again when he frankly stated the gov ernments position. pr. Hollweg had just returned from a conference with tho Emperor. at tho German army headquarters.
 50 long as in the countries of our enemies the guilty and ignorant statesmen are entangled with tho con fusion of public opinion" he said, "it would be folly for Germany to make peace proposals which would not shorten but would lengthen the duration of the war. First, all the masks must be torn from thcir faces. At the present time they speak of annihiiating us and we will have to reckon with this fact Theoretical ar. gument for peace will not advance us, nor will 1t bring the wars end any nearer. Should our enemies make any proposition compatible with Ger many's dignity and safety we are al- ways ready to discuss it. We are full ly conscious Of our military success es and we decline to accept their re- port that we are trying to continue tho misery of Europe and tho whole world. Nobody can say that we wish Go continue the war because we want to conquer this or that country"
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
AMERICAN RED CROSS
 FIRST IN RELIEF WORK

BERNE. Dec. 9.-Deep appreciation of the participation of the United States in Red Cross work in the Eur opean war Is expressed In the latest bulletin of the International Red Cross. which says American organiza. tions everywhere have held first place among the foreign ambulances. Dur. ing the first year of the war the United States sent to Europe seventy one surgeons and physicians and 253 nurses. This staff worked In France, Belgium, Russia, Germany, Austria, and Serbia
 'In Serbia" the bulletin says. "the American Red Cross contributed the most effectively to the extirpation of the epidemic of typhus fever.
 The total expenses of the American ambulance during the first year of the war amounted to S1,460,S06.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
DUEL
 RESULTS IN
 THUGCAPTURE

SEATTLE. Dec. 9. - James Moran is dying in the city hospital with a bullet wound through his body and Charles Salo IS locked up In @ cell fol- lowing o pistol battle fought in the very heart Of the business district this morning. Moran was shot by F. Hal- verson. a merchant policeman, 60 vars old. who claims chat the two sought to hold him up.
 When Moran was told he could not live he asked Go see Saio. When the latter was brought Go his bedside, Mo- ran said "Wen. old pal. they say 1 am going to cash in. ! just wanted to say goodbye"
 An hour previous three youthful thugs held up William Krippner an auto driver took his jitney bus and in 8 flight of six blocks held up two sa- looms. robbing a dozen men. They lre still at large
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
NEW TOWN H0PENPELL
 BURNING

RICHMOND, Dec. 9.-HoDewen tho newest town in the United States" is burning to the ground this afternoon. The city is the home of one of the pu. Pont powder factories. and has pop. ulatlon of about 2IOOO people. The town sprung up overnight" " and ia indirectly the result Of the European war. as its products have gone abroad.
 Late telephone messages say the fire is spreading and hrc-nghting ap- paratus has been sent from all nearby points
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
ENeLANo's ANSWER TO GERMAN PEACE TALK
 IS 100000 SOLDIERS

LONDON, Dec. 9.--England intends to have four million men in the field by April and three million of them nre now in training for war, accord ing Co Premier Asquith today.
 The premier, supported by every member of the cabinet. will ask par lament within the week to authorize the recruiting of the extra million men and this decision is regarded to- day as England's answer to Germany's deaire for peace terms satisfactory to her alone'
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
GERMAN EDITOR. SAYS "No WONDER we ARE
 HATED IN AMERICA"

AMSTERDAM, Dec.9.- Herr liar den, editor of the Berlin Die zukunft, said fin on editorial today that the conduct of Germans In attacking the United States and her course in ithe war is dlsgraclng Germany before the eyes of the world. Tt is no wonder that we are hated" he said In com. mentlng upon the unchallenged slur of one Of the members of O biz Ger. man corporation, who. at meeting of the directors referred to "that pack Of scoundrels in America"
 Herr Harden said that such pro ceedlngs are disquieting to every right thinking German who Is famil- far with tho facts, aud that the re- markes will rise to plague the Empire land outrage our own cinsciences.'
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
ITALIANS MAKE
 STEADY PROGRESS

ROME. Dec. 9.-Italian troops are making steady progress in the move ment to encircle the Austrian strong hold of Gorizia Dispatches from Ud- inc say the Austrians have been very strongly reinforced in response to re- peated demands to Vienna, and that Gen. von Hoetzendori, chief Of the Austrian general stan. has arrived on The lsonzo front to direct the de- fense.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
MINER TRIES TO
 KILL SALOONMAN
 IN THE ToLoVANf

FAIRBANKS. Dec. g. Details of the first shooting scrape at Brooks, the Tolovana diggings, reached Fairbanks yesterday. Sam Barber, a miner, was refused whisley by Anton Christopher the proprietor of a saloon, and Barber attempted to kill Christopher with @ 22.calibre "high-power' gun. The bul- let went wild and Swanson, by- stander grappled with Barber The latter was knocked down and kicked in the face.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
STATE DEPARTMENT GETTING INFORMATION
 FOR BASE OF PROTEST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The United States State Department has been ad- vised that the American Transatlan- tic Company of New York Is securing afldavits from its stockholders in on effort to prove that none but American citizens and American capi- tal is interested in it's fleet of steam ships. Several of the vessels, flying the American flag, have been seized by British cruisers on tho grounds of suspected German ownership. Deliv- cry of such affldavits to the State Department probably will lead to dip lomatic representations to Great Bri- taln.