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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
j. ). ASK AUSTRIA
FOR FACTS
State Department in Dark on
Persia Sinking.
CONGRESS TAXES A EhHD
1t is Believed President Will Keep
Leaders Informed of Situation
Two Americans on Death List.

Ambassador Penfield cabled thai
he had presented informally tc
the Vienna foreign Office the Amer
ican governments request for in
formation on the destruction o:
the British steamship Persia, in whi h
several hundred persons lost tLelI
lives, including two Americans.
At the time of filing his despatch
Mr.. Penfield had received no reply
Consul Garrels at Alexandria report
ed to the state department that the
affidavits he has obtained from the
Persia survivors give no additional
proofs that submarine torpedoed
the ship, than were contained in his
first dispatches.
So far the only actual statement
tending to prove that the ship wa:
torpedoed came from an officer of thS
ship, who said he thought he saw the
wake of torpedo. No submarine was
seen at any time.
Senators Simmons and Overman, oi
North Carolina, asked President vii
son if any further inf.rmation abou
the death of Consul r. N. McNeely
who was on his way to his post at
Alden, Arabia, when tie Persia was
sunk, had been received. McNeel5
was from North Carolina. The presi
dent told them no new facts hal c3me
to the government within the la two
days, but that every effort was lei
made to obtain additional information
Rev. Homer Salisbury, the Sevent
Day Adventist missionary superinten
dent in India, who sailed on the Per
sia from Mar2eilles, is given up 10
lost, in report which the Peninsula
and Oriental line has transmitted tt
the American embassy in Lon1on.
Through the debate in the senate
on the sinking of the Persia, con
gress at last has begun to take a han.
in the submarine controversy.
Efforts have been maze by the ad
ministration to keep the members o.
congress from talking upon the inter
national Situation resulting from tn:
repeated attacks upon merchant yes
sells by undersea boats. In the exist
ing delicate condition of our foreig
relations, President Wilson desi &c
to prevent anything which might tenc
in any way to interfere with his
handling Of the situation.
But the debate proved an opening
wedge, and however much congress
In Difference to the president, and IN
consideration of the serious situation
confronting this country, may hold it
self in restraint, 1t is conceded thai
from now on the executive must TAXI
congress, and, through it, the people
into his deliberations.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Girl Hangs Over Abyss.

After a fall of fifty teet dowr
the side Cf stripping at the Latti
mer colIiery, at Mahanoy City, Pa, the
clothing of siX-year-old Ella Chipir~
caught on a board 100 feet from the
bottom of the abyss, saving the gir
from being dashed to death.
A rope was lowered by men, but tEi
girl in her excitement placed the
moose around her neck. To prevent
her strangling to death, a boy was
lowered on rope and she was
brought to safety.
The girl had hung by her clothing
for more than an hour before she
was heard calling for help by passin;
miners.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
MUSTN'T STOP u. S. SHIPS

Ambassador Sharp CEbies order
Given to Captain cf Ceccartes.
. Ambassador Sharp, at FaTi', cahe
the state department that the French
government has ordered the captain
of the cruiser Descartes to act "with
great care and ci'cumsre ion Gn1 n2t
to stop any more American YES se!s.'
The captain Of tie D scar.es r, ccnt
ly stopped three Porto Re liaeT;
and took off pes rs he coasids e.
Teutons. 1t was said at the state de-
partment that this closes the inciden
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
BOY DIES In COAL
Lad, Aged II, Caught in Chute and
Smothered to Death.

While his father, John Kershner
Of Nescopeck, Pa, gripped th'
hand OF his e.even-year-old son, Heis
ter, and urged the boy to keep W
courage, the child smotherel to death
in coal where he had been caught.
The father was unloading coal
the Kirkendall yards when the SOD
attempted to jump across the h ppe
car just as the chute was opened. I {
first knowledge anyone had CT the a
cident came with the stopping of the
coal elevator ami the finding of piece
Of the boys clothing.
The child was located under TIE
coal and frantic effLrts were made
save him, but he died before he COL
be removed.
The same day letter was received
from another son in New York sta
ing he had a premonit'on that some
thing horrible was about to happen
in the family, and urged them ali t.
be careful.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Kills AGED Father Defending Mother

William T. Duff, forty-nine years
cd, shot and killed his father
Thomas Duff, seven;y-four years
old, at a mining hamlet, fou
miles west of Bridgeville, in remote
part of Allegheny county.
William walked two miles to the
Office of DR.. H. H. Rittenhouse, al
Federal, and said: 81 have shot my
father, in defence Of my mother, anc
l want to give myself up"
DR.. Rittenhouse drove cut to the
Duff home and found the old man will
a bullet in his neck. William sur
rendered.
Mrs. Duff corroborates her son
Both told how the elder Duff had beer
drinking and that he had attackeS
his wife with a miners pick when the
son fired at him.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Two Die Coastinq.
killed and

Two young women were killed and
a young man was injured s.
that it was said he coy
a tobogganing accident!
quartet Of young perS
down an incline in Cal
struck telephone pole VI
ing to avoid a standing d
The dead are: Miss Win
twenty years old, killed ingses2ee. q
Miss Helen Vandewater, twenty ""
old, died within twenty minutes after y
the accident.
William Little. Jr.. son of the mayor
of North Caldwell, was seriously In
jured.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
ANY YIELDS
IN NLUS|TAN|A CASE
Meets u. S. Demands But De-
MES "WrOng Doing"
OFFERS TO PAY INDEMNITY

Kaiser Also Gives Assurances U-Boats
in Mediterranean Will Not Attack
Ships Without Safeguarding Non.
Combatants.
Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador presented to Secretary OF
State Lansing proposal to la in
demn:ty ior Americans lot in te
Lusi an!a disaster, and thereby end
that controversy.
He also gave assurances taat any
German submarines in the Me liter
ranean would not attack ncn-cJmbat
ant ships OF any character with III
warning, or destroy them without op
portunity for non-ccmbatants to reach
a place OF safety.
While offering to pay indemnity in
the Lusitania case, Germany makes:
the reservation that it is dine without
admission of wrong-doing. No official
Indication was given as to the accep
liability Of the proposal, bu' one Sci
that it would end this contr> versy.
The assurances regarding submarine
warfare in the Mediterranean are o:
broader scope than those given a:tei
the Arabic disaster, which C. vered
warfare in the North sea. The lat e.:
guaranteed only the safety of liners
Those for the Mediterranean cover al
non-ccmbatant ships.
Count Won Bcr1sto,ff left a memo
randum with the state department
which read
German submarines in the Mel
terranean from the beginning had or
ders to conduct cruiser warf-r.
against enemy merchant vessels only
in accordance with general p inciples
of international law and IN particular Al
measures OF reprisal as apple in tie
war zone around the British Isles
were to be excluded.
German submarines are therefore
permitted to destroy enemy merchanl
vessels in the Mediterranean, i. e.
passenger as wei as +: eight ships, az
far as they do not try to escape OF
offer resis .ance, only after passengers
and crews ave been accorded sa ely
GAIL cases of des L7ucti n cf emmy
merchant slips il t. Ned terranel IN
In which German submarines are con
cerned are made the subject Of OF cial
investigation, and besides subml -te
to regular prize court proceedings.
Insofar as American interests are tol
cerned the German government WI
communicate tie results to the Ameri
can govern meat, thus also IN tie pe
sia case, if the circumstances sh u.J
call for it.
"If commanders of German subm: ::
rines should not have obeyed the o
ders given TO them they will be pun
ished; furthermore. the German gov
ernment will make reparaticn for dam
age caused by death Of or injuries
American citizens"
TIE communication was not signed
Mr.. Lansing made no ammo ncemenl
Of the Lusitania proposals, s2ying he
subject still was confidential. The
Frye note Gcaling with the small boai
question will be made publ later.
The maj rity CT mem ers IN t:e
cabinet 0: President wilson are rep.e
sented, however, as believing that tie
time has come to make &c tain no fur
ther attacks will be mad up n me :
chant ships carrying Anne leans, &C
cording to expression OF >p nj n JUS
b3fore the cabinet met.
Leaders of the administration are
said to feel that con inued loss oi
American lives will lead the Un ted
Safes into hostilities.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
C0LORED Y. NJ. C. A. BURNED
Thrilling Fcscues Made When Atlantic
City Building Burns.

City Building Burns.
Firemcn arried twelve men and
tree women down slippery ladders in
the piercin, cold Wien fire destr2ye1
the colored Young Mems Christian
Association in Atlantic City, causln:
a loss of $4,000.
The four-story building, a ame
stiuc .ure throughout, was ablaze from
TOP to bottom and men were crying
for help frCm nearly every window
when the fremen went to work.
A two-horr fight brought the flame:
under control with little remaining o.
the Y. NJ. c. A. building except the
she'll
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
GENERAL. MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA. = FLOUR quiet;
winter clear, $5.4o05.65; CT y mills
$675@715.
RYE FLOUR Firm; per barrel
$3.50 $50.
WHEAT quiet: No. 2 red new
S1.26@1.2S.
CORN firm: No. yellow, S2ka
S3Ec.
OATS steady: No. white 5GG
~ POULTRY:~I.ive steady, hens. 15d
Tic: old roosters, 12Wi2Bc. Dresser;
steady; choice fowls, 1Sc.; CID rocs
BUTTER firm: Fancy creamery
''f EGGS steady: Selected, 40@42c.:
nearby, 38c; western, CSC.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Four Children Burned to Death.

Four children of John MorG an, rang
ing in age from four to fifteen ytaTs
were burned to dcath in their homs
at New MartinsviEe, W. Va. Nor
gan saved one daughter, and viii
attempting to reach the others was sc
badly burned physicians feared ne
would not recover.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Duront Mill Blows Up,

With report that was barely heard
outside the plant a prismatic mil o.
the Dupont PowSer company, al
Henry Clay, near Wilmington, blew
up. A considerable q antity of bah
powder, as we'll as tire mill, was d.
Btroyed, but no one was injured.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
KILLED FIVE IN REEEN-E
American Joins Allies to Avengt
Wife's Death on Lusitania.

James Cooper, once a mill over
seer in New Bedford, Mass, W c
Joined the British army after tn
loss of his wife and child wit,
the Lus.tan:a, has written to Anne |
can friends in that city that in fi2h
on Gallipoli peninsula he jumped out
of trench, rushed to the opposin
lines and killed five of the enemy with
out receiving a wound.
Cooper said his act was inspired by
the remembrance OF what happened
to the Lus.tan;a.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
kaiser's Sixth Son to Wed.

The marriage cf Prime 10 chin
sixth son OF the kaiser has ben SCI
for the end of February, it was an
nounced in Berlin. 1t vii be pur ely
a war ceremony, with only immediate
relatives present.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
MAN FOUND MURDERED
Companion is Arrested, Charged Wit
the Crime.

Companion is Arrested, Charged Wit
the Crime.
The body CT Giusep e Vent rim;
forty, who las a vile and three Chi
dren in Italy, wos found outside {
boarding house of Tony Cordino,
Security, near Hagerstown, Md. Co
dino was jailed on the charge of M:
der.
The last seen of Giuseppe alive W,
when another boarder retired for
night, leaving the two in the k ne
There was trail Of blood lr RI h
kitchen door to where the btd dy la
ridge missing, was fund near tn
A 32-cal:ber revolver, with enc Car
body.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
336 Lost on Persia.

An announcement made by the
Peninsuiar & Oriental STEAMSHIP
company, in London, says that t. {
number of persons on beard the
steamship Persia who have not beer
accounted for aggregates 1856.
Of these 119 were passengers anc
217 members Of the crew.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Aeks Another Naval Academy.

An appropriation of $10,OOO,OOt
for the establishment of a nava
academy on the Pacific coas;
within $50 miles of San Fran
cisco, is provided for in a bill
introduced in the senate by Senator
Phelan, of California. The bill pro
vides for the special training of aVia
tors as we'll as officers. Senator Phe
Ian said Annapolis had about reached
its capacity, and that Secretary Dan
iels has approved the i1ea of an AGA
iemy on the Pacific coast.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
cro,std Sees Enoine Hit Man.

Henry Reist, siXty-five years old
tobacco buyer, was struck by the
engine CT 4 Pennsylvania railroad
passenger train in the station at Ian
caster, Pa. His skill being fractured
4 crowd witnessed the accident.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Cattle Market.

-CHICAGO.-HOGS<- Slow; bulk
s6.S567.1O; light, s6.70@7.05;; mixed
$675G 7.15; heavy, SG.7517.20; rough
CATTLE : S eady; native beef
steers, S6.3009.50; western steers
S6.376S.10; COWS and heifers, $3.10@'
$40; calves, $7.00@10.75.
SHEEP-Weak; wethers, $6.90G
7.50; lambs, S6.J0010.40.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14

How about little want ad to
let your neighbors or others know
what you want. You'll find it is a
better wav to get nearer what you
want and quicker.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
WhirIed to Eeath by Shaft.

John Reynolds. fcrtv-ei9ht year:
old, was whirle to death at the plant
of the l. P Thomas phosphate works.
at Mantau Point, near PaIlsboro
n. j., when his clothing caught in q
rhaft. His body was badly mangied
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
TEUTOM LOSSES 7 MILLIONS
Dead and Crippled of Germany Alone
Total 100000.

Total 3,7UU,CUU.
The losses of the Teuton allie
to date total more tran 1000,
600 in xii ed, wounded and mss
ing, according to al Exchange Tee
graph company despatch from Zuric
The despatch gives the N uv!l.e
Gazette as It's authority and estimate
the losses as follows:
Germany 100000; Austrians, 8,
100 600; Turks and Bulgarians, 100000;
killed and permanently crippled, Ger
many, $4,000; Aust:ians, $4,000;
Turks and Bulgarians, 100000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Physician Killed as He Leaves Mother

FHySTCTdH NTTTeu eS TES IeaVes HOt''S'
DR.. James S. Span5ler, Hunting
don county physician, was killed by
a Pennsylvania railroad train at Map
ton, near Harrisburg, Pa, as he wa:
crossinz the tracks from the home OF
his aged mother, who is critically i'll
DR.. Spangler was fifty-fve years old
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14

Florida Democrats Endorse Wilson.
The Florida Democratic C mmi. e.
has indorsed President Wilson for re
election. Delegates to the national
convention will be chosen by primary
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Children Trapped by Fire.

Trapped by a fire which started In
:. Christmas toy stove, Arrabelle Lear,
ive-year-oId daughter of Will an
Lear, and Josephine Frank, four-year-
old daughter of William Frank, Oh
Frederick Md, were so badly burna
that physicians fear their lives can
be saved. sAmms
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
First Accident Under New

The first fatal acci1enfS
about the mines OF the Hs
district since the conDensas
act became effective occurred
the Jeddo No. co.liesy CT tha2
G. B. Markle company, where Julian
Sambols!;i, of Hazleton, was kfled ~
a fall of rock while robbins pillars.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Cen Ohrenon Seriously LII.

General Obregon, comman1er-in
chief of the Carranza forces Of M-xi
co, is seriously i'll with thr~at afTec
ton at Quaretaro, Mexico.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14

Be sure and get your home paper
end the Thrice-a-Week World.
Bo h for S1.75 for whole year
home and war news of the latest.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14

ST IS gets tn Recorder aud The
Thrice a Week World a Whsle year.
You CAL get no better or cheaper
papers for home and foreign news:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14

Joseph Rucker Lamar, asssc az
Justice of the supreme court OF Tug
United States, died at d meme
Washington, after an illness oil se'
eral months. -
He was seyenty-eiglDa e In 80
had been on the supreme bench ffe
years. l
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
100000 Allies CAPTURED.

The armies of the central
have>taken .>a6oHt e2,4oo,ooo p
since the beginning 4 OF the
cording to estimateS made
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE

| had gotten so weak | could not stand,
and | gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me bottle OF
Cardui, the woman''s tonic, and | COM
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, | could tell it was helping me. |
can now walk two miles without its
firing me, and am doing all my work."
If you are all run down from womanly
troubles, don't give up in despair. Try
Cardui, the woman'stonic. Ithas helped
more than million women, in its so
years of continuous success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
if will do. Ask him. He will recon-
mend it. Begin taking Cardui today.
Write to-: Chattanooga Meiicine Co.. Ladies.
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn. for Special
Instructions on your case and o4-page book, Home
Treatment for Women" sent in plain wraDper. l-ss
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14

Sick headacleis caused by & disordereo
tornach. TaSe Chanberlain's Tablc!s
and correct Fhat and the headaches win
disappear. dFor sale by all dealers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
HiccouQhs KHs Te.o

Violent and protracted case
coughs caused the death o. FiSC. z
Yerxa. a dentist of Wil.iamSp rt, Pa,
in local hospital.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
After Four Years Of Discouraging
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Upin Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

Catron, Ky.-In an interesting letter
rom this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: 81 suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and during
this tis1e, could only sit UP for little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
III. AT times, I would have severe pains
my left side.
The docicg was called in, and his treat
ksnt relieved me for a while, but was
IN confired to my bed again. After
pthing seemed to do me any good.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Mother Falls From Ladder, Killing Scr

Mother Falls From Ladder, Killing SCR
When saspladder broke, Mrs. Gott-
fried PfadT Sof Erie, Pa, fe ruth
ing to dedEl her son, Gerald, age,i
three, who was climbing up behind
het.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-14
Woman Burned to Death.

Mr2. Grace Green, thirty. our, wa:
burned to death at Cumbc,, aad, Mi
Sic was a daughter of Magistrate j
J. DreSSman.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-04-05

With a good deal of an al.
she walked up to the payin; !.
teller's window in the bank, an
informed the person in charg,
that she was desirous of opeuin;.
an account, relates The New
York Post. She was directed to
a window further down the line,
where such matters were attend,
ed to. There she told again
what she wanted.
what is the sum you wish to
deposit?" inquired the clerk.
"Oh, l don't mean that kind OF
an account" she replied. 81
mean an account like | have at
the big stores down town."
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-04-05
Retired Officer Dies in Cheraw

Cheraw Chronicle.
Captain Arthur w. Dodd, who
with his wife, was spending
sometime in the city, the guests
OF M. and Mrs. E. H. Duvall,
died very suddenly here this
morning.
Captain and Mrs. Dodd were
out walking when, without warn
ing. Captain Dodd fell to the
ground, and when Mrs. Dodd
reached his side he was dead
the cause of death being pro.
nounced heart failure.
Captain Dodd's home was in
New York. He was retired
captain of the United States
navy. The remains will be
taken back TO his home for inter
ment.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-04-05
N Office to Patrons.

To the patrons on rural routes
from this office:
You will notice that we have
remembered the boxes on routes
No. and 2, and tomorrow,
Thursday, we will place in each
box a sufficient number of pa
irons Name Slips. We ask you
to fill in number Of your route
and box and the names of all
persons, old and young, big and
little, white and black, who are
to receive mail in your box.
The given names of married
ladies should be given, not mere
ly Mrs. ]. G Jones" or Mrs.
Tom Brown" A separate sheet
should be used for each family
Give us a complete list. This
will help very much in the de-
livery of your mail.
When writing always give the
number of your route and box.
Fill out the blanks and place
them in the box at once. Nc
postage is required.
Postmaster and Carriers
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-04-05
McBEE ITEMS

The Ford Fever" is still rag
ing in our little Burg. A new
case develops nearly every day.
Be on the look out, it is very
contagious.
Mrs. Bishop of Columbia, is
visiting relatives in and uear
town.
Mrs. L. E. Hurst and n1eces,
little Misses Mae Belle and YOU
cile Pate, of Patrick, are the
guest of Miss Mollie Poston this
week.
Mrs. Dolly Seegars and daugh-
ter. Mrs. Sanders, spent last
Thursday in Hartsville.
Miss Mary Caddell and brother
Joe, spent the week end with
their Cousin, Mrs. ]. R. Hall.
Misses Ola Bethune and Katie
Mays of Bethune visited in town
Saturday.
DR.. Ingram spent Tuesday in
Bishopville.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-04-05
Work Appreciated

| desire to thank the people of
the Town for their splendid
work on clean up day. They
have shown a spirit of coopera-
ton, and we are glad.
Now, let's keep our premises
clean all the time.
r. ii. Felson, Mayor.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-04-05
Notice of Court.

The Court of Common Pleas
spring term will convene on
Monday, April 18th, 1916.
Witnesses and Jurors please
take notice. Grand jurors neeG
not attend.
l. P. Mangum,
Clerk of Court.
April 4th, 1916.