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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
FOUR KILLED
IN STRIKE RIOT
Police Charge Oil Workers in
BayOnne, n. J.
MANY FIRES WERE STARTED
twenty-five Wounded in Pitched Bat
tie After Reign of Terror-Mer'
chants Appeal for Protection.

Four men were killed and twenty
| five wounded, four so seriously that
they may die, in battle between oil
strikers and the police in Bayonne,
N. J.
All of the dead were bysta1ders
; who, out of curiosity, followed a rifle
armed force Of 1S5 regular and vo-un.
teer police into the danger zone.
Shots from the strikers flew over
the heads of the police and struck
down the spectators. Two hours after
the opening of the conflict, the fight
still was raging. During the fray
torch was applied to the Consumers
Coal and Ice company building, one
Of the largest plants in Bayonne. TIE
fire made rapid headway and the
proximity of the burning structure to
the Standard Oil plant caused fear
for the safety of the latter.
AS the police entered the strike
district, they were met by a shower
of missiles from roofs and doorways.
They Immediately opened fire, which
was returned by the strikers. In the
interchange of shots one man was
killed instantly and twelve strikers
were wounded. They were remove
to Bayonne hospital. The dead man
was a bystander, who was identified
as Isadore NalitZky, twenty-five years
old, recently admitted to the bar.
Two wounded bystanders gave their
names as Horace Martin and Edward
Green. Martin was shot in the back
and Green through the body.
None of the policemen were wound
ed. The regulars were supported by
eighty-fve specials.
After the first volley, the strikers,
who had advanced into the open, scat
tered again, leaving the twelve vic
tins behind. Others, whose injuries
were slighter, were helped into near.
by houses.
Enraged by the battle with rifle.
armed police, in which one woman
was killed and many wounded, the
thousands of Standard Oil company
strikers made the night a season OF
terror for Bayonne.
Fires we're started at many PAGES
in the city, frequent exchanges OF
shots between maurauders and polite
occurred, stores and saloons were
looted. As the day wore on, these
disorders increased.
The Constable Hook section was in
absolute control of the strikers. They
organized their own police force, and
city officials countenanced the vo'un.
teer patrol plan.
Without assistance from the po'ice,
the Central Railroad of New Jersey
captured its station on Twenty second
street. A force of its special police
swooped down on the building, club
bed the strikers garrison out and re
established communication with the
city.
Meantime merchants and business
men are joining in protest to the
city authorities against the reign OF
violence.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
GERMAN U-B0AT
OFF u. S. COAST
"From Newport" SIgnaled
the Submarine.
WARSHIP FLEET IS HEAR
Submersib!e Was Sighted 200 Miles
East of New York-UnIted States
70 Patrol Coast.


A German submarine identifying
herself as such by wireless, am say
inc she was "from NeWp-r," Wis
sighted Tuesday, more than lou miles
east of Nantucket light ship, Dy
neutral ship now at New York, II De
came known.
The submarine was moving IN al
easterly direction.
The submarine was sightel sohis
distance from the neutral Vessel
which was questioned by Wlleles:
from the submarine as to her name
and nationality. 1t was given, aao
the question asked in turn: VINO aie
you?"
German submarine from Newport |
goodbye" was the reply.
The assumption was that she Wa;
the U-53, responsible for the shlpl In:
raid of Sunday. The U-53 was laS'
sighted prior to that time by the
Greek steamship PATHS, Monday
morning.
Neutrality regulations of the nation
whose flag the ship flies, and speclhc
orders with respect to their obse.V
ance are given for Withholding the
name of the ship bringing the report
but it Is vouched for as correct by a
high marine authority.
A fleet of foreign cruisers and de
stroyers is off the American coast
according to Captain Linderoos, OF the
Russian steamship Hesperus, which
arrived from Huelva, Spain. To the
pilot who boarded his vessel, C:pt&la
Linderoos said "a lot of cruisers ana
destroyers" passed his vessel off cape
Sable, Wednesday, heading southwest
At the rate of speed he said, they
must be off the coast by now.
The Hesperus' captain had moi
heard of the German submarines raid
off Nantucket Shoals, Sunday, as
there is no wireless equipment on his
ship.
Belief that they were British de-
stroyers was he libby many water
front authorities who connected their
appearance with the fact that it was
only Thursday British vesse's at this
port moved out, after being held since
the submarine raid. British destroy
ers, they argued, came to act as con
voys for the ships.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA. - FLOUR-Qulet.
Winter clear, S6.75@7; city mills, ~
@9.25.
RYE FLOUR-Firm per barrel, $3.50
OF.
WHEAT-Quiet; No. red, $1.560
1.59.
CORN-Quiet; No. white, $3.50
99c.
OATS Steady; No. 2 white, 540
5412c. -
POULTRY-Live, steady; hens, II
@19; old roosters, 14915c. D essed,
steady; choice fowls, 23hc; old roos-
ters, 16c.
BUTTER-Firm; fancy creamery.
37Bc per lb.
EGGS - Firm; selected 44@46c;
nearby, 39c; western, 39c.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
StraneIes School Girl.

Strangled with her own bookstrap.
Tullie Brown, an eleven-year-old
schoolgirl, was found dead In the eel.
lar of a Monroe street tenement on
the lower East Side, New York.
The girl failed to return from school.
The only clue the police have was
furnished by an uncle Of the girl. He
reported that last Thursday he saw a
strange man purchasing candy for the
child at street stand near the school
she attended. The police say they
have a good description Of the strang-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
Bread Up II Per Cent.

Bread prices increased II per cent
from May Is to September 15-an1
since then have been climbing steadi
ly, the bureau of labor statistics e
ported. Also, the bureau found The
size of the loaf has been sh XII G
Wheat prices rose during the period
thirty-four per cent; wholesale -four
prices, thirty-seven per cent, AMI re
tail -four prices, TWEEN y-three per cent
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
SHOOTS WIFE, SON AND SELF
Miner Wounds Woman, Infant and
Kills Himself.


Tony Sorgurill, a miner at Arrow.
near Johnstown, Pa, shot his wife
and infant son she was holding in
her arms and then fired a buEet
through his brain, dying instantly.
Mrs. Sorgurill sustained only a
wound through the left breasit, while
the same bullet perforated the intes-
tines of the infant, which will die.
Scrgurill was crazed wi h liquor.
He had not worked for several days.
Just before the tragedy he had ap-
peared in the doorway of his home,
beer glass in one hand and re-
volver in the other. Tossing eff the
beer, he said, "Good-by, boys; this IS
the last'''
Entering his home, he fired the
shots.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
Chokes to Death on Bone.

Joseph Lehman, Sr., aged seventy
five years, residing with his son, Jo'
seph Lehman, Jr, in Springetsbury
township, near York Pa, choked to
death on the wishbone of a chicken.
Mr.. Lehman was eating dinner with
the family and swallowed large piece
of "white meat" Suddenly the family
were Mortified to see him strangling
and before doctor could be summon
ed he died.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
German Losses 3,556,C13.

German casualties from the begin
ming of the war to the en1 of Se2tem
Der were 3,556,01S, according to cn of
fetal British compilation as g ven ou
in London. The statement says:
"a report compiled from German
official casualty lists shows the tota
German casualties in September a:
179,684, bringing up the totals since
the war from the same source tt
8,55G,01S."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
Force Rumanians Back.

The Rumanians have been expelled
from fuhther portions of Transylva,
MIA and are being pursued by the
Austro-German forces Berlin an
nounces.
Attempts of the Serbians who fore
ed a passage Of the Cerna river on
the Macedonian front, to continue
their advance northward have been
checked by the Bulgarians, according
to Sofia. Six Serbian assaults were
repulsed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
Leaps Into Bonfire to Save Child.

Too late to save life, but daring
to attempt the feat, Joseph Smolin-
ski, of Breslau, near Wilkes-Barre,
Pa, rushed into a bonfire and rescued
anna Syncavage, four years old. The
boy extinguished the, flames in the
girls dress, but she died later in Mer.
cY hOsnital
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
Man and Girl Burn to Death

Joseph Tarollie aid fcur-year-old
Theresa Dota were burned to
death at South Bethlehem, Pa. Tia.
rollie went to sleep in a pit at the
crucible steel department of the Be h.
lehem Steel company and recei"ed a
bath of molten metal. Theresa's cloth
ing caught fire while playing around
a bonfire.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
Shoe Factory on 8-Hour Basis.

Endicott, Johnson & Co., of
Binghamton, N. Y, one of the larg-
est shoe factories in the world, en-
ploying 10000 people, announced a
voluntary reduction of working hours
from sixty hours a week to forty
eight hours without reduction in payd
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
BIG AIR ATTACK ON
TEUTON GUNPLANT
Forty Allied AerOp|anes Were
in the Raid.
FIGHT ENEMY MACHINES
Anglo=French Airmen Drop Four Tons
of Explosives on Rifle Factory at
Oberndorf.

Forty French and British aeroplanes
dropped four tons of Explosives on he
Mauser gun works at Obernd RI, in
Germany, on the Neckar river, the
Paris war office announced.
Six German machines defending the
works were shot down.
Heavy artillery fighting took place
on the Somme front. The Paris Off,
cial announcement says the lombard
ment was particularly severe in the
regions of Morval, BouchaVesnes, Alb.
laincourt and Chaulnes.
Progress for the British in Thurs.
days fighting on the Somme was an
nounced in an official statement, The
advances were scored between Gueu.
decourt. Some $50 Germans were
made prisoners.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
SHOPS RUINED BY FIRE
Pittsburgh Fireren Prevent Serious
CONFEDERATION by Quick Run.

ConfIagration by Quick Run.
The prompt arrival of fremen
from Pittsburgh, Pa, and nesr
by towns prevented serious confa'
grafton at McKees Rocks, when Fl e
destroyed the pattern and coach erect.
ing departments of the shops of the
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad, to-
gether with several Pullmans, passea
ger coaches and other valuable rolling
stock, causing loss estimated BY
railroad officials to be S225,000.
Several smaller buildings were con
sumed and for time large lumber
yard nearby was in danger due to a
high wind spreading sparks in every
direction.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
EIned SGD for Eel Fishing.

Henry Artley and Wilson Artley,
of Salem. and Harry Brocious, OF
Nescopeck, near Berwick, Pa, were
sach fined $50 and costs by jus ice
Noise, of Nescopeck, on the charge
Of fishing eel walls.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
ITALIANS DRIVE AHEAD
Score Further Progress in the Tren
tino and on Carso Plateau,

In the Pasubio region Of the T'cn'
tino, Italian troops have taken str ng
Austrian positions between Sc ea
Croci and Monte Roite, says The of,
fetal statement issued by the r me
war Office.
Austrian attacks in the same r.,
gion were driven back, 1t is add.d
Italian troops, the statement says,
also have made considerable progress
on the Carso plateau, where there
has been heavy fighting during the
past few days.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
CoIored Man Iynched.

Frank Dodd, a colored prisoner held
on a charge of having annoyed a young
white woman, was taken from the
county jail at Dewitt, Ark, by mob OF
three hundred men and hanged from
a tree in the outskirts of the town.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
500 600. 900 of Shells, Bethlehem Steel

The New Castle, Del, Prcjec
tile plant of the Bethlehem Stee
company is taking on many al
ditional workmen, and the unct
fetal announcement is made that th,
company has obtained a contract t.
furnish 100000 small shells for Rus
sia, the contract price SAID to b.
$2O,O00,O0O.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
Odds on Huuhes Shorten.

A wager of $7OO to $1,000 On viii.
son was made on the Big Boa and
another of $500 to $4,000 was made
privately in New York. Another
$4,000 to $4,000 on wilson is being of.
fered and more Wilson money appears
to be coming in.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
i've Stock Ouotatfons.

CHICAGO.-HCG@-5c lower. Mixed
and butchers, $S.85G10; good heavy
S9.30@10; rough heavy, s8.759SIoj
light, .s8.90G9,95; pigs, $6.6ogS.751
bulk, s9.40G9.S5.
CATTLE-Steady, 10c lower. Beeyesl
S5.75011.30; COWS and heifers, S31S M
$50; stockers and feeders, S5.25g1
Texans. S6.75@S.60; calves, Sl0@l2.oUl
SHEEP-10c lower. Native an9
western, $7.259S.40; lambs, $7.6oQ
1920.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
Harrisburo Gets She'll Contract.

The secretary of the navy awarded
a contract to the Harrisburg Pipe and
Pipe Bending works for the manufac-
ture of 10000 four-inch shells at a
total cost of s1,100,00o. The work
will be started about January /.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20

Sick headache is caused by disordered
stomach. Take Chamberlain's Tablet
and correct that and the headaches will
disappear. For sale by all dealers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
swedesboro Hunter Gets First Deer.

Swedesboro Hunter Gets First Deer.
The first deer of the Weymou
deer fields, a big buck, was taken by
G. w. Cozens, of Swedesboro, N. J.
George Ruggeri, Of Hammonton, N. j.,
shot small buck. The woods are full
Of hunters.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20

S1.75 gets the Recorder and The
Thrice Week World a whole years
You can get no better or cheaper
papers for home and foreign new.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20

Be sure and get your home paper
and the Thrice a. week World.
Both for 81 IS for a whole year
home and war news of the latest.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20

How about a little want ad to
let your neighbors or Others know
what YOU want. You'll find it is a
better way to get nearer what you
want and quicker.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20


With customary ceremony the new
associate justice of the United Ste,
supreme court, John H. Clarke, ct
Cleveland, was received by his. col.
leagues. President Wilson appointe |
Mr.. Clarke to succeed Justice Hughes.
who resigned from the highest triban'
al to accept the Republican nomina-
ton for president.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20

Subscription to your home pape
/. a year. 1t is cheaper than bar
rowing it.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-02-10
Amherst SpOffOrd Dead

Word was received in Skowhegan
yesterday of the death of Amherst
Spofford, who passed away early
Monday morning at Bingham. The
funeral services occurred Wednesday
at 10 a. m. Mr. Spofford was nearly
95 years of age and for many years
was a resident of Skowhegan. His
birth occurred on Indian Island near
Boothbay Harbor and at the age of
thirteen years he went to sea, the
greater part of his life being spent as
sailor He was veteran of the
Civil War having served in both the
Army and Navy. consequently took an
active part in the nations struggles
His son Sidney was soldier while
his father and grandfather. both nam
ed Amherst were engaged in the war of
1912. his great grandfather Moses and
great great grandfather Elijah fought
In the Revolution. an unusual record
OF patriotism. During his residence
in Skow hogan Mr.. Spofford was wont
TO celebrate his birthday anniyer-
saries. especially during the later
years of his life and the event was
never quite complete unless the stars
and stripes were unfurled from the
house-top,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-02-10
George C. Frye's Gift to Club Women

1t will be good news to club wo-
men all over Maine to know that
George c. Frye, one of Portland s
most influential business men and
husband of the pioneer club woman
in the State, has given to the Port
land Literary Union, valuable
piece of property on Spring st.
While for some weeks a rumor has
been afioat to the effect that Mr..
Frye was about to make a fine gift
to the club women, not until Satur-
day was the gift formally announced.
The property includes besides a
large. fine two and half story house,
a lot consisting of 10000 feet. The
building will be known as The Wo-
mans Building.
1t is understood that this splendid
gift of Mr.. Frye is in appreciation of
the long and untiring efforts of the
club women themselves to raise funds
for a club house, and comes as a di-
rect result of the fine success of the
Groote Winkel of early winter when
over $4,000 was raised by the women
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-02-10
Plans for Training Class

AS one of the results of the visit
of Mr.. Wesley ]. Weir, General Sec
rotary of the State Sunday School
Association, plans are being formed
for the organization of a Community
Teacher Training Glass in Skowhe-
gan. Meetings will be held once
week in the Philathea Rest Rooms in
the Dodge Block. the first one next
Tuesday evening at 100 and every
Monday evening thereafter. The
committee of arrangements consists
OF one representative from each
church as follows L. w. Gerrish.
Methodist. chairman: Elmer f. Har-
ris, gational; Mrs. Violet V.
Fogg. Bethany Baptist and Miss Cert
rude Carter. Fist Baptist All sun
day School teachers students and
Christian workers who are interested
in tho matter and would like TO join
the class are asked to give their
names TO some member OF the com
mittec by next Sunday, that they may
start with full enrolment
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-02-10
Former Seafaring Man Dies at Madi-
son Center

Frank Lurton, who died Saturday
at the home of Miss Olive Hayden
and Fred Hayden in Madison Center
was born in Cape Cod, Mass, Aug.
g. 1926, and had passed long life OF
varied experiences. He was the son
of Levi Lurton and the family moved
to Madison when the gentleman just
deceased was four years old When
he was nine years old his father took
him on sea voyage and every year
thereafter until he was sixteen he
took Journeys to various points, but
at home. After attaining the age he
followed the sea continually until he
became too elderly to longer indulge
in that calling. During the course of
his wanderings he visited nearly
every seaport town, had been around
Cape Horn twice, also around Cape
Good Hope. Three years of his life.
Mr.. Lurtens headquarters were in
New Zealand and two years he was
located in Australia. After leaving
the sea he worked in the woods, on
the rivers and farms and for fifteen
years lived alone in a one room build
ing, short distance from the Lake
wood Road, near the Ned Reed farm.
In April, 1910, Mr.. Lurton fell i'll and
was moved to the Hayden home
where he has since resided The de
sire to read continued to be a promi-
nent trait of the deceased up to the
last and the war reports greatly in
terested him. Funeral services were
held from the house Sunday at II a.
m. and the body was placed in the
South Side receiving tomb to await in
torment in the Lurton lot in the North
Cemetery.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-02-10
The Sex of a Mince Pie

The sex of a mince pie is the ques-
ton that has been submitted to the
State Game Warden's Department at
Madison, in view of the suspected
violation here of the provisions of the
game law forbidding the slaughter of
female deer and providing that all
deer carcasses must bear evidence of
the sex Warden Hubert, hearing
that deer had been slaughtered in this
vicinity, raided home where he
found the family making mince meat.
He placed them under arrest and wir-
ed Madison for instruction. Mean
while he is suppressing the names of
those arrested, fearing suit for false
arrest if the Game Warden rules that
mince pie is neuter.-Maine Woods.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-02-10
The News of Somerset's Busy Towns

comedy there will be a Parcel Post
Sale. All who are willing, kindly
leave a package that can be sold for
twenty cents with Mrs. F. II. Col
by.
TRAVEL DAY IN THE CENTURY
CLUB
One of the most delightful pro-
grams prepared for the Century Club
calendar for this year was enjoyed
last Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Simeon J. Whitney. Forty
eight club members and five guests
listened to a most interesting talk by
Erwin W. Moore upon his trip from
Maine to California. Mr. Moore in
his talented manner carried his lis
teners with him until at the close of
the talk they felt as if they had real
ly taken the trip They had seen the
Rockies in all their grandeur; they
had visited the National Parks and
seen the wonderful formations they
road in the stage coach and beheld in
wonder the working of the gysers
they visited the great fair and enjoy
ed every incident throughout the en-
tire trip. This Is the second travel
talk which Mr.. Moore has given be-
fore the Club and the members feel
very grateful to him for affording
them so much enjoyment. Another
very pleasing feature of the afternoon
was a solo rendered by DR.. P. A.
Wood accompanied by Mrs. Wood at
the piano. Mrs. Whitney played
several beautiful selections on the
victrola and during the social hour
which followed the hostess in most
hospitable manner served refresh
ments to the company. They were
served from the beautiful dining
room of the home. Mrs. Carrie
Colby and Mrs. Carolyn Savage pour
ed coffee while other members as
sisted Mrs. Whitney in serving the
dainty refreshments which consisted
of nut and plain bread sandwiches,
olives, cake and ice cream. This
meeting which was made SO enjoy
able by the kindness of Mr.. Moore
and by the hospitality of Mrs. Whit
ney will long be remembered as a
most enjoyable occasion Five new
members were added to the member
ship list. Three active and two
honorary members. The next meet
ing will be at the home of Mrs.
Della Steward February IL. Subject
South America.