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The Raymer enterprise., 1917-04-19


Can it be true. this charge that
German doctors innoculated inno-
cent women and children in the
parts OF France they have aban-
doned With tuberculosis germs !?
We can't believe that even if the
Kaiser has gone SO war-mad, that
he could find many men base enuf
to carry out such inhumane orders
War has some compensations.
1t takes the night to bring out the
stars, and the perils of war are
showing the courageous, patriotic
American citizens, and a few of
the other kind. Knowing them
We will be able to keep an eye on
the unreliable ones.
Poudre Valley Lodge No. IL, |. 0. 0.
+. of Greeley. on Thursday, April 26,
will be host to all lodges of Oddfellow-
ship in northern Colorado in honor Of
the 9Sth anniversary Of the founding Of
the order. An all day program is ar
ranged and you are invited.
There will be dance following the
picture show Saturday evening, Apr.2
LOST;---One gray overcoat south of
town. Finder return to Enterprise
offie' See M. C. Morris, Flour City
Tractor man, for reward.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-04-19

Mrs. Will johnson and Miss Virginia
Wanser of Plainview, Neb.. arrived
yesterday to visit their uncle, Fred
Wanser, and other friends, also to look
about the county in hopes of finding
some land.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-04-19

LOST;---One gray overcoat south of
town. Finder return to Enterprise
offie' See M. C. Morris, Flour City
Tractor man, for reward.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-04-19

There will be dance following the
picture show Saturday evening, April
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-04-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Ryckman of Alberta,
Canada, left Monday for their home
after pleasant weeks visit with the
latter's sister, Mrs. Townsend and
family.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
U. S. LINER ATTACKED
Defective Torpedo Saves When A
tackled by Submarine.

Defective Torpedo Saves When At
tackled by Submarine.
The detective mechanism CT Ger
man to-pIdo, discharged by an inViSi
be submarine, is said to have PIE
vented disaster to large American
steamship which arrived at an Allan
tic port from a British port.
According to several Of one, Eun
dred passengers cn board the liner
a submarine attack was made on tx
steamship the second day cut, shor
after eleven A. N. The wake cf ts'
torpedo was observed by lookout; &C
an immediate sharp change in tAf
course of the steamer was oTdc cG bi
the captain. The torpedo, the naS 81
gers asserted, when about 100 va" {
away frcln the steamer suddenly
leaped from the water, and on return
ing to the water, headed in new ii
rection, which carried it past the
stern CT the vessel by twenty yards
No submarine was sighted, but the
liner fred ere shot from a stern CUR
at an object which, it was asserted
might have been periscoDe. There
were no Indications that this shot was
effective.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
General Stewart Dies.

Adiutant Gt@2Gal Thomas ]. Stewart,
administrative head of the national
guard OF Pennsylvania, died Of heart
disease at his home in Harrisburg, Pa.
General Stewart was slyty-nine years
old. Monday being his birthday ami
vefsaTy. =:
General Stewart, who had no. ben
in hc3ith for the last y2ar or more,
had handled all the Ge.1is throughout
the mobilization of the national guard
and is tra~~:or to federal service, and
literally dieA on duty.
liter returning home frcnl his Office
Monday evening. he ate hearty din
/1er and sc1na time later became Ill
A heart attack developed. The genera
rested better toward morning, bu'
about nine o'clock was again seized
viii heat n@ins. He died shortly
after ten O'Clock.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
Equal Pay In Insurance Bill.

The administrations soldiers and
sailors insurance bill, amended so as
to equalize the allowances Of the de-
dendents of enlisted men and officers.
passed the house.
The vote was 319 to 0, Representa-
tives Platt, of New York, and Hersey,
of Maine, changing negative votes to
amid thunderous applause.
The same compensation for depen.
dents of officers. or enlisted men In
death and disability cases was provid.
ed in an amendment to the bill and
adopted over the protest of the com.
mittee in charge Of the measure.
The bill also was amended to in.
crease compensations fer all depend.
ents about Is per cent. The new
monthly rates adopted were:
Widow. $35; with one child, S45;
two children, $3.50; an additional So
for each child up to four.
One motherless child, $50; two, $50;
three, $45; SO additional for each
child up to five.
A widowed mother would receive
$50 a month. No family allowance
woud exceed SIS a month. Under the
original draft, the compensation for
officers dependents might>have gone
as high as 5000 month.
The change was marked by enthu.
siasm by every member on the floor
except a few committeeman.
An amendment to provide that wild.
ows marrying soldiers or sailors with.
in ten years after the date OF injury
should be entitled to the regular com.
pensation, also was adopted.
While the House was working on
the bill, senate leaders canvassing the
situation found>prcspects for consid.
eraEe debate, and considered asking
President Wilson to consent to delay
consideration in the senate until the
December session.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
British Raid Foes Lines.

A German attack in an effort to
recapture positions tax by the Bri.
ish near Iverness Ccrse, was repulS'
ed, the British war Office announces
The British raidel the Gelm1n
lines near Chrisy, penetrate ing as fa1
as the wcs:e ern outskirts of the town
The British Official statement fcl
lows:
British troops sttacked the Ger
man lines in the rcgCn of tee Yp:e
Menin road and near Cherisy. T {
German official statement says taa'
attadling troops were thrown back
except at one point north Of tat
Ypres-Menin road, where they fore ID
their way into the German line on s
small front.
"Fdllowing their successful raii
west Of C5erisy, our troops r2!deG
enemy trenches in this neighborhoo
a second lime and penetrated the Ger
man positions rs far as the western
citskirts of Ckerjsy. We captured !;
'ew prisoners and two machine Guls
OFr casualties were again slight. lr
addition to the prisoners taken by u
the enemy's casualties in wounded,
ever seventy Germans were killed in
the course OF these two raids. His
iugGuts and defenses we're completely
wrecked.
During the night a hostile party
attacked one Of our posts north oi
Lens, but was driven off.
"I1arly in the morning the enemy
counter attacked north Of Iverness
Copse, in an endeavor to Tetake the
strong paint captured by US in this
area. This attack was also repulssd."
Northwest of Rheims a strong at
toNI by the enemy against our posts
In tire Tcglcn of Loivre was repulscd
by cur fire." says the French of1icia'
statement.
'The artillery fghting was rather
severe in tAe sector between Maisons'
de-CaamDagHe and Massiges, with nc
infantry ac.i3n.
"On the A'sne frcnt the two artil'
lerleS were cutie a"LlTS Ill Lite ie7i"h
of Braye-en-Laonncis and Cerny. On
= the right bank Of the Meuee the Ger
mans delivered a new attack on cur
7osi;ions north of the Caurieres wood.
Cur fire, directed with precision,
compelled the enemy to retire In the
direction of the trenches which they
had left. On the left bank of The
Meuse there was lively artillery fight
ing in the region of Le Morte HON
MAJ
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
GERMANS TO
QUIT FLANDERS
Inhabitants Of Reuters Sent
From Danger Zone.
FORCED TO BUILD TRENCHES
British Repulse Attacks of Enemy
and Penetrate Prince Rupprecht's
Observation-Disclosures Are Smashed.

According to the Amsterdam Han
delsbad, the population of the
Belgian city of Roulers, behind the
German front, las been removed, and
that transportation of the inhabitants
at Ostend las begun.
The Newspaper says 1000 persons
have departed from Courtrai, and that
many Belgians have been forced to
work on the defenses of Tourcoing.
This move is in line with advices
received on September from Haas
brouck, northern France by the semi.
official French news agency that
western Flanders was being evacuat'
ed by the Germans as far as the
COurtrai-Thourout line.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
WRECK AMI BURN
7EUT()H BUILDINGS
Argentine MObS DiSarm Police
in BuenCS Aires.
Great Precautions Have Been Taken
to Protect Count Luxburu, When He
Arrives For His Passports.

TIE downtown section Of Bue-
nos Aires was the scene Of the Wild
est disorders in connection with great
anti-German demonstrations, in which
thousands of Argentineans took part.
Many of these ii the mobs carried
J firebrands. AS result scores OF
: buildings were set on fire. Several
blocks of German business houses in
Gale, % De Mayo, were destroyed.
The police wounded seven rioters
severely when they fired into the
crowd.
Extraordinary precautions have
been taken by the authorities to pro-
tect Count Won Luxburg, the German
minister, when he arrives to receive
his passports.
Passports for Count Won Luxburg
were sent to the legation at Buenos
Aires. An accompanying letter said
Won Luxburg had become persona non
grata to the government. An afficlal
statement said the Argentine minis
ter at Berlin would be withdrawn II
the German government did not ex-
press the disapproval of the despatch
es of Count Won Luxburg, published
on Saturday by the state department
at Washington.)
Among the structures attacked were
the German club. one Of the finest
edifccs in the city. and the building
Of the German daily, La Union.
AS fast as the fires in these build
ings were extinguished, they were
started again. Mounted patrols and
the entire fire department kept rush
ing from one part of the city to an
other in an attempt to quell riots and
put down tie flames. In several in.
stances police who W ere attempting
to shoot at these welding torches
were set upon by the crowds and dis.
armed.
The police closed all the streets
leadng 70 the Germ"n legation and
consua1r The archives in these
buildings sere taken 10 the storage
vaults for safe keeping.
Firemen4 armed with rifles, prevent.
ed the mob from destroying the office
Of the German Transatlantic com.
pany whica supplies the city's light.
Heavy forces CT provisional troops
are guarding the railway over which
the German minister will arrive.
The cabinet has approved the az
ton of President Irigoyen In present
ing passports to Count ven Luxburg.
It is said they have considered SINH
lar action in the case of Baron Lowen,
the Swedish minister. No action will
be taken pending the receipt of fur
ther details from washington and
Stockholm.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
1,O74,146 IN ARMY AND NAVY
Land Forces 81e,s31, Sea 254,265, Says
Chairman Dent.

Believing the country does not under
stand the real strength of the Ameri
can naval and military forces, Chair
man Dent, If the house military com
mittee, submitted to the house fol
publication in the Congressional Re
cord, a statement prepared at his re
quest, by the committee on public in
formation from government records.
"0n September 6, 1917" the sta.e
ment says, there were in the regular
army, national guards and reserve
corps Of tie army 7S,S2S officers ano
TAI, ,O53 enlisted men. In the navy
there were 1ii,S67 enlisted men, II,
473 naval reserves and 14,500 of the
naval militia in The federal service
There we're 5000 mcn in the doGst
guard and $500 in the hospital corps
lnai>ill, i :uL&; u : .J,a.sv. Enlist. i
strength il the marine corps was
29.971; reserves il the services, 1910;
national naval volunteers, 704; re
tired men On active duty, Il. There
were approximately 1900 officers il
the navy and 1866 in the marine
corps.
"In other words, on that date, the
army had Including officers and en-
listed men, St9,SS1, and the navy 254,
2G5, making a total armed strength on
that date Of 1,G74,146 men, all o. whom
are volunteers. Prior to that time:
there was not drafted soldier in a
single training camp. The draft law
was approved May IS, 1917"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
CITY TO SILL coal. CHEAP
Mayor to Manage Yard and Open q
hunicinal Nine

=, Mayor Bosse, cf Evansville, Ind,
opened municipal cal yard, selling
lump coal to hoUsehChders at $3.63 a
ton, delivered.
1t will be a good grade Of coal al
that. Until the recent advance in
the freight rate the mayor had ex.
pected to sell coal for $3.50.
The municipal mine he is OPENING
In Warrick county will not be com
plete in time to furnish coal before
the first of the year, but Maycr Bosse
has contracted with operators for q
supply until the mine is producing
His experiment is being watched til
great interest by many other mayors
in this state.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
GENERAL MARKETS

DELPHIA.-FLOUR - Firm.
Straight, s10.25@1o.50; city mills
RYE FLOUR-Quiet; per barrel,
$9.50@10.
WHEAT-Nominal.
CORN-Firm; No. 2 yellow, $2.260
OATs-Strong; No. 2 white, 67A9
POULTRY-Live steady; hens, 259
27c; old ROSTERS. 18@19c; Dresse!.
steady; choice fowls, 29c; old roosters,
BUTTER - Firm; fancy creamery,
46c per lb.
EGCS = Firm; selected, 50@51c:
nearby, 42c; western, 42c.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
Slept on Railroad Track, Is Killed.

Richard Ward, formerly CT Waynes.
boro, Pa, was struck by b.
timore and Ohio fast train il t E
railroad yards at Hagerstown,l Md.
and died of his injuries at Washing.
ton coanty hospital. He laid down
alongside tie track and fell asleep.
one hand across one of the rails. His
head and hand were crushed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
Ionn Sentence For Arson.

When Judge Endlich, in Read
ing, Pa, sentenced Dr.. Richard A.
Doerr, medical specialist, pleading
guilty to arson, to from three to
twelve years in the penitent;ary, his
wife collapsed and her hysterical
cries almost stopped proceedings In
court and IN an adjoining room, where
a murder trial was in progress.
Doerr and his wife, jointly indicted,
pleaded guilty to setting fire to their
Office il a business building recently
to obtain the insurance. Sentence
in the wifes case was suspended. She
was carried out of the courtroom. SO
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
Store Economy a Success.

Unusual success has attended the
rqtion-wide campaign to reduce deliv.
cries of retail stores, to minimize t E
abuses OF the returned goods priVi'
lege, said statement by the ciemmer'
cial economy board Of the council o.
national defense In the larger cite:
deliveries have been reduced from fovl
CT five to one or two, while in many
towns merchants have organized c.
operative system. Special deliveries
i've been eliminated to a ggrelt ex-
tent. III .
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
SHOOT UP NEW HELMETS
s:eeI Hats For Our Boys in Franc

Cef!cct su!ets at Factory.
s!eal helmets for the American
sa,die2s in France are being manu-
sactrmad st the Berwick, Pa, plant
Of tic American Car and Foundry
ccEnp-ny.
The helmets are tested by placing
tie steel hat on a "dummy's" head
Standing ten feet distant, with reg
ulat!on 45-ca.ibre repe, ting revolver
the helmet is fred upon. If the bull
let pierces the steel, the helmet Is
rejected.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
LANDS on PILOT IN CRASH
Woman Eriving MIX Wagon Marvel
ous,Y Escanes Death.

oG2:y escapes pea[n.
Mrs. William II. Espensnip escaped
death when the Green Lane shifting
engine struck the milk wagon she was
driving ct Pcnnsburg, Pa.
Her horse baked on the grads
crossing as the engine c1me Ground
the curve, and tie impact broke the
animals fastenings and he leaped tt
safety down a twenty-fcot embanl
ment. The wagon was carried forty
feet and deposited a mass of wreck
age along the tracks.
In an almost marvellous manner
Mrs. EspenShip was thrown from ths
closed wagon onto the cow-cAtcher oI
the engine, where she was founj
when the engine was stopped, 20(
yards from the crossing. Her r'gl
arm was crushed and amputat:on viii
probably be necessary.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
AVERT RACE RIOT
Arrest Negro in Chester Who Shot a
Policeman.

George Burrows, elias Ford, the
negro who shct and seriously
wounded Joseph Har:!man, waite
policeman, in Chester, was arrested
and held without bail On a charge OF
assault with attempt to kill.
Burrows action for time threat
ened to cause a recurrence Of the
recent ~ /, disturbances, bud after
his arrest T. e crowd cf men and Us
who rad searched for rim throughout
the night dispersed and the police ex
pect no further trouble.
HaTdnan WAS shot while attempt
:ne to arrest Burrows on minor
charge.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
[ i've Stock Quotations,

CHICAGO.-HOGS : Strong. Bulk,
$1725@l8.6O; light, s17@18;65; mixed,
rough. s16.75017; pigs, s1261G:50.
ChTTT T,E-Slow Native bsef cattle,
1920: stockers and feeders $4,000
$40; cows and heifers, $4.65@12.7o;
CALVES S12M16.
SHFFp-Strong. wnthe"s, $500
1910; lambs. s11.40@17.60.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
VitaIs Eaten, Still Lives.

A man found on mountain
near Lansford, Pa, with his stom.
ach almost eaten away by yer.
min but still alive, was taken to the
Laurytown hospital by Chief Burgess
Thomas Gallagher and Chief OF Police
Cullen. The man Is thought to have
been exposed to the elements for sew.
eral days.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
Government Cribs SUGAR.

By = p'e>ia2r-ial Proclamation The
entire SUGAR Industry in the Uritct
States was placed under the food ad
Pini8tration. to be conducted under q
license which will d'at-ol maavfac
ture, distribution and impor a in.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
Rail PLAYER Dies From Injuries.

Roy Spencer Dayton Central league
ball player, died in q hospital IN Cham
paign, Ill.,, from injuries received on
August % in a wreck on the Big -Four
railroad at Mansfield.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
Burned to Death al "2antY."

Martha Rriscce, negro, has
been committed to the Kent county
Jail at MiGd'e!own, Del, charged with
having Killed AloEzo Walters, also q
negro. walters hai rarty at his
home. During the evening g 12ht EN-.
sued. when the woman, it IS alleged
procured a can Of coal oil, poured the
fluid over Wallers and then threw
aim across a rot stove. He was so
badly burned that he died short time
later.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
Robert x. Young Dies.

Robert X. Young, former auditor
general and state treasurer, died in
tie D:oesbu:g hospital at Wellsboro.
Pa. He Was fifty-six years old.
2ic. Young was a bitter enemy OF
graft in politics and early in his ca.
reer took leading rank as TN "inde.
pendent"
Last June Mr.. Young was badly in.
iured while fishing with former Gov.
ernor Stone. His right deg w2s brok'
en- two i2cEes below the hip JOINT,
and he lay il the water an hour and
a half before aid reached him, and
he was taken to the Blossburg hos.
hospital, where he has been since.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
TWO Americans Wounded in Franc

The war department announced
that Sergeant NJ. G. Calderwood
and w. F. Brannigan, a private,
both of Company +, Eleventh
railway engineers, had heen slightly
wounded by shell fragments while on
duty in France.
This is the army first casualty an
nouncement Of the war except that
concerning tha members of the medi.
cal corps killed wen Germ aviators
bombed a hospital.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
(Signed) minister and President,
Kerensky;
"NTipister of Justice, Yart


(The title minister and president
affixed to Premier Kerenskys sigma
ture to tie proclamation probably re
fers to his position as president o
the ministry, rather than of the re
public.)
The provisional government an
nounced that NJ! affairs of stGte had
been ert"ustcd to five members Of
the cabinet. The following oficia
communication WIS iesuei:
"Pendng the definite constitution
Of a cabinet, and in view of the pres
ent extraordinary circumstances, al
affairs Of state have been entrusted
TO NJ. Kerensty. premier: NJ. Te"e5t
chenko, mipis!er of foreign affairs;
General VerI1cvsky, minister of war;
Admiral Vcrdervski, minis er of ma
rine. and NJ. Nikitin, minister Of posts
and tclegranhs.
The surrender of General KornilofI
took place without bloodshed, but on >
after PROLONGED negotiations, during
which a collision seemed inevitable.
When the government army under
General Korontcllcff was MARCHING
from Orsha on Mohilev, General Kor
niloff was negotiating with General
Alexieff. chief of staff, who already
had reached Moliilev but was unable
to effect Kcrnilolf's arrest owing tc
the fact that part of the local force:
was emphatically for Kornloff, and
prepared to defend him to the last.
Korniloff and Lokcmsky laid down
conditions under which they were
willing to surrender their swords, the
nature of which has not yet been re-
ported. Both showed considerab OBJ
stinacy and the negotiations broke
down.
General Alexieff telegraphel 70
Premier Kerensky description ol
the position at Mohilev. expressing
the opinion that a majority CT the
local troops were siding with Kor
nilof, Kerens!;y refused to counte'
nance delay ani gave the order tc
General Aleyieff to execute immeli
ately the order OF arrest, and a.
Alexieff still hesit2ted TO provoke g
conflict. Kerensl'y te!asTarhel him
that II Ecrni,cT ha1 not surrendered
within Two hours, he would ccnolu Il
that A1cEicff was Ke:ni'2si's Dr's 1ne'
and would take other mo s~res fo1
the expulsion os the coun e,-Eevo:u
tionists from Mohilev.
In the meantime government tTocr
were BENZ steadily Ccn~catra I'd
MchileY, b2rIing the reads ard caT
turing all fur:tiveG, among there b
ing KorniioGJ's ordinary cEicer, T.
voika,~who took promi" CIT pa: +
the rebellion, members Ct tie un;c:
OF the officers CT tie amy a3d I II
and other prominent re';cs. Ko~ni,.
off surrendered apparently OILY w&cr
General Korotokoif's forces ware ne2l
Mohilev and af,er the detection oil
his last supporting troops.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21
Government Acts as Freedom
is fisaaeed.
KEREHSKY FIRST PRESIDENT
Gen. Alexieff's Forces and Revolution:
lists Near Clash During NeJoIla'
tions, But Premiers Firm Stand
Saved Situation.

Russia has been proclaimed a re
public.
The provisional government issued
the proclamation dated September
Il.
The proclamation follows:
General Korniloff's rebellion has
been queEed. But great is the con-
fusion caused thereby and again
great is tne danger threatening the
fate of the fathelland and its free
dom.
Holding it necessary to put an enc
to the external Indebtedness CT the
states organization, remembering the
unanimous and r2pturous approval OF
the republican idea expressed at tce
Moscow state conference, the provis'
ional government declares that the
constitutional organization aoco1di
to which the Russian state is ruled
is a republican organization and II
hereby proclaims the Russian Repub'
lie.
(Signed) minister and President,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-21

q This illustration tells its own story. We
would not pay out good money for it unless
we meant exactl ly what it says.
q We are in this community for honest
business. Large stock Of diamonds. watches,
silverware, pins, rings, etc.
=. L. SWlTZER. JEWELER
StauntOn, va.