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Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01

priests were shot for having buried
some weapons. At Marqueglise su-
peror officer orderd the arrest of four
young fugatives. Learning that two of
them were from Belgium. he exclaimed
The Belgians are filthy people. and
without more ado took his revolver and
shot them one after the other. Three
were killed outright. the fourth expired
the following day
From the crowd of fugitives which
left Louvain in flames. the priests were
singled out and serched. On one of
a them. Jesuit father. by name Dupier
reux. they found notebook containing
the following note in French: when |
used to read about the Huns under At
tia devastating towns, smiled.
smile no longer now that | have seen
with my eyes the hordes of today set
ting fire to the churches and library of
Louvain. In front of the troops the
priests were placed in a semi-circle
round the Jesuit father. The incrimnat-
ting phrase was read out and then trans
lated into German. The lieutenant said
that it constituted an incitement to
murder and that the Jesuit must be
shot on the spot. The sentence was
carried out forthwith and the priests.
his companions. were made to bury him
where he fell.
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
Roasted Red Cross
Officer In Parafiin.

At Gerbeviller they forced their way
into the house of NJ. and Madame Lin
genheld; seized the son. aged 30. exempt
from service. and wearing the badge of
the Red Cross. tied his hands, dragged
him into the street and shot him. They
then returned to look for the father. an
old man of 20. Meanwhile the mother.
mad : y terror. made her escape. On
com 80 e-s"" T. THE
grot .gns of
life. Vim and
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
SUGAR SHORTAGE
NOT UNDERSTOOD
Il is Real Thing, But TempOra
And The Sweet Stuff viii
Soon be Moving.

There is real sugar SHORTAGE
some extent temporary. he
among a great many it is no, 4.ue.
stood. and by some denied AT the
same time sugar is cheaper than it was
and stays around ten cents.
The explanation is chiefly Hoover.
The war caused an Unprecedented de-
mand for and shortage in the supply
of sugar. British, French and Ame.r,
can reiiners began bidding against each
other for raw sugar in this country and
the West Indies Prices went up
rapidly
Then Hoover took a hand. He or
ganized the refiners and jobbers here.
in France and in England. An agree
ment was reached that none would pay
more than certain price for raw sugar.
The producers. especially those in Cuba.
refused to sell This is really the cause
of the present scarcity. But they will
be forced to sell. because there will be
no market at all for their raw sugar
except that which Hoover contro'~ ~
at his price they can make good
The Cubans are now negotiating
effort to edge up the price
They will eventually come to HC
terms
And when they do Hoover CO
the bat again He has working
ment with the refiners that they n.-
not sell above a certain price. The 10
bers must sell at another fixed price
their government licenses to sell a
will be revoked. and moreover.
must not sell to any retailers
charge more then about ten cents
sugar.
That is the reason why sugar ha
gone to twenty cents or thirty cen
higher, at present. Hoover insis
ten-cent sugar. appealing a. the
time to Americans to use
possible. so that our Ali
suffer
Hoover is the arch foe of pro.
and extortion. Ne is doing great
quietly and efficiently. All Amt
should trust him implicitly. W
they understand every move he
or not.
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
zADOK DUFFY
CALLED HOME
Died Of Bright'S Disease After An
Illness Of Brief Duration
IS Years Old.

Mr.. Zadok =. Duffy. aged Is years.
one of the best known men in this sec
tion of Worcester County, died at his
home on Market Street. Snow Hill.
afternoon. The cause 9
|his death was Bright's disease.
Mr.. Duffy had been confined to his
home for only two weeks, although he
had been in poor health for number
of years Nr Duty was most use
full citizen. of splendid disposition.
kind hearted and accommodating. He
was membef of Whatcoat NJ. L.
Church and Vas an ardent Democrat.
having cast bis ffty-thrd straight
Democratic ticket at the last election.
For nineteen years he was superintend.
ent of the big mill of Smith. Moore
& Company of this town.
Mr.. Duffy was married twice. his first
wife being Miss Matilda Richardson.
daughter of the late Lttleton B. Rich
ardson. Of this county. by whom he
leaves three children: I.ittleton Thomas
Duffy. of Texas; Mrs. Charles l.. John
son. of Snow Hill. and Mr.. Zadok Harry
Duffy. of Salisbury.
His widow was Mrs Ingersoll. of
Salisbury, before she married Mr.. Duffy.
Funeral services will be held this
(triday) afternoon at the residence at
2 80 o'clock, after which interment viii
be made in the NJ. T.. Cemetery.
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01

Not having sufficient space for com
plete catalogue We shall here simply
mention the judicial murders of Miss
Cavell. Eugene Jacquet. Battisti. and
others. in order to honor the memory
Of those noble victims. For the same
reason, as they are now well known to
everyone, we content ourselves with
merely recalling the criminal torpedo
ing of the Lusitania (they have decora-
ted the pirates who sank the lusitania:
they glory in the crime and have even
struck commemorative medal in its
honor. Ancona, Portugal, Admiral
Ganteaume all merchant
steamers. without any military charac-
ter whatever. employed in carrying
passengers of every nationality, and
the ast-named crowded with refugees.
We may pass over the crimes COM
mitted from distance. 80 to speak. on
unfortified towns. with iieldpieces. long
range guns. aeroplanes and Zeppelins.
merely noting that the Germans We're
the first to fire shells into the center of
towns indiscriminately. II they made
an exception it was to aim at the Cathe-
dral square when people were leaving
after mass. rs at Nancy. or into the
market place at the time when women
are busiest, as they did at l.unevile.
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
Germans Assassinated
5000 In Belgium

We only mention here such outrages
as were committed at close quarters
with hand weapons. bayonets or rifles
The list is long one Will the exact
number of victims ever be known? In
Belgium alone it has been proved that
up 70 now more than 5000 civilians
have been assassinated; grown men,
old people. women and children. They
slaughtered their victims one by one
sometimes in groups. often in masses
They were not content only with killing
At one place they organized round the
massacre such tragic scenes and at
another displayed such reiinements of
cruelty, that reason falters in face of
their acts and asks what terrible mad
ness has brought this race to such low
depths Is it possible? Yes. it is
Judge by the following examples:
At Foret the village schoolmaster
was shot for refusing TO trample under
foot the national flag torn down from
front of the school lin this case and
many of the following ones the reader
is requested to note and remember the
motive for the MURDERS AT Schatfen.
A. Willem was tied to tree and burned
alive and two other unfortunate men
were buried alive Madame Luyke and
her little girl. IL years old. We're shot
together in a cellar J. Reynders and
his young nephew. 10 years of age, were
both shot in the street. At Sompuis an
old man named Jacquemin. aged 20, was
bound to his bed by an officer and left
there without food for three days. dying
soon after his release.
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01

Application having been made by the
petition of the purchaser to procure
the ratification and confirmation of the
sale made to DIR. Xadok F. Henry on
the seventh day of January. 1913, by
Edwin J. Thomas, Collector of State and
County taxes for the First Collection Dis
trict of Worcester County. Maryland.
for nineteen hundred and ten and nine
lot or parcel of land lying in Synepuxent
Neck in the Third Election District of
Worcester County. containing fifty
three acres. more or less. being part
of the land formerly belonging to Thos.
Purnell and being the same which was
described in deed from William K.
Purnell ct al. dated May Is .lSS5. rec
orded among the land records of said
Worcester County in liber |. T. NJ. No
IL. folio III, assessed To Henry Purnell.
colored, for said years nineteen hundred
and ten and nineteen hundred and
eleven. and the said Collector having
made report TO this Court of the said
sale together with all the proceedings
in relation thereto, and the said proceed
ings having been examined by the said
Court and the same appearing to be regu-
lar and the provisions of the law in rela-
ton thereto having been complied with,
II is thereupon. this 9th day of
November, nineteen hundred and seven
teen. by the Circuit Court for Worces-
ter County. adjudged and ordered that
notice be given by insertion of a copy
Of this order in some weekly newspaper
published in Worcester County, Mary
land. once week for four successive
weeks before the oath day of December,
nineteen hundred and seventeen. warn
ing all persons interested in the said
property to be- and appear in this Court
on or before the 3lst day of December.
1917, to show cause. if any they have,
why said sale should not be ratified and
confirmed.
WILLIAM +. JOHNSON,
True Copy. Judge.
Test OLIVER d. COLLINS,
Dec. l-22 Clerk.
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
Snow Hill Christian Church

Preaching at Snow Hill on lst. 3rd and
8 tn Sundays. at Ii a. m. At Fruitland
and Bethlehem at 3 p. m. on 2nd and
4th Sundays.
1000 a. M. Sunday School
l.00 a. m. Sermon and fellowship
service.
100 .. M, O. '''' Endesvor and
prayer ser"i
.ning wor-
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
The Awful Crimes
Of Brutal Soldiers
In German Army!

Soak Red Cross Officer in Paraffin, Then Make of
Him Human Torch. Shoot Mother With Babe
at Her Breast. Boys Were Tied to the Heels of
Horses and Their Life Spark Dashed Out Against
the Rocks of the Countryside. and Aged
Schoolmaster Shot to Death With Grooming
Crandmothers and Sucking Babes.
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
WEDNESDAY,
December 18th. 1917
Beginning at Q O'clock a. m,

Beginning at . O'clock a. m.
the following personal property. to wit:
4 Mules. 3 Beef Cows. | Large Bull. |
Double Horse Wagon. Carts. | Double
Iron Drag. Weeder. | Four row Paris
Green Sprayer. Double Horse Plows.
| Riding Cultivator. ! Small CuItivators
and Plows. Lot of Harness. Hoes Rakes.
etc, 800 Bushels of nice Corn.
Terms of Sale
On all sums of $1,000 and under the
Cash will be required On sums over
the amount of SO 90 credit of four
months will be given. purchaser to give
note with approved security. No goods
to be removed until terms are complied
with.
(n-2i-3U l.. {. GOkDN.
C. hill, Auctioneer larksle., Va
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01

State Of Maryland. County Of Worcester. IS.
|. VIM. T.. Bratten. Cashier of the above named
bank do solemnly swear that the above statement
is true 20 the best Of my knowledge and belief
VIM. T.. BRATrEN. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2sth day
Of Nov. 1917. EDWARD 6. CONNER. n. r.
Correct Attest
WILLIAM +. JOHNSON
THOMAS NJ. PURNELt. Directors.
OLIVER ID. COLLINS
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
Notice to Creditors

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court for Worcester County. Maryland.
letters Of Administration on the per-
sonal estate of
HESTER JONES
late of Worcester County. deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof. to
the subscriber. on or before the llth
day of June. 1918. They may
otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefits Of the said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. Given under
my hand this lst dav of December. 1917.
JOHN ii. RICHARDSON
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
TUESDAY,
December 18th, 1917
At II O'clock. a. m.

At II O'Clock. a. IN.
First One Broom house with cellar
underneath. good front and side porches.
all in iirst-class repair; with four acres
Of good land Electric lights in house
all necessary outbuidings.
Second 4 farm of - acres. one fourth
of a mile from above residence - acres
of the land is tilable
Worth the attention of anyone who
wants nice home.
Third A number of Horses and Mules
and Farm Machinery sufficient to run
the farm. Also thirty young chickens.
Terms One third cash on real estate
on day of sale
c. B. CLlPP.
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01

States should understand the character of the people with
whom they are at To that end they are supplying
the press of this country with authentic details of crimes
committed by Germany Some of which here given in
The Messenger Some not published because they
unprintable. These absolutely true stories.
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
JOHN W. STATION, Attorney -at-L Law
ORDER OF COURT.

Edwin j. Thomas, Collector of State
and County Taxes for the First Col
lection District of Worcester County,
Maryland. for 1910 and loll,e parte.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester Coun-
ty Maryland. No 3 Miscellaneous.
October Term. 1917.
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
WhatCOat N. {. Chur'

1000 a. M. Sunday Sch
c. Humphreys. SUPER
n.00 a. m. y
mon.
200 p.
6.45 p.
7.30 p. u
mon.
A cordial WEI
REV. L.
To Cure a e
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
Trustees Sale
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate I!

BY virtue of power of sale contained
in a mortgage from S. Henry Davis to
Charles L. Shockley. dated the seventh
day of January. in the year nineteen
hundred and nine. default having been
made in the payment of said mortgage
az therein provided. |, Oscar NJ. Purnell,
assignee for the purpose of foreclosure
of said mortgagee. and trustee named
in said mortgage. will sell to the highest
bidder. at the Court House door in the
town of Snow Hill, Md. FOR CASH. on
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
First National Bank of Snow Hill,

at Snow Hill. in the State Of Maryland. at the
close Of business. Nov 10Th 1917
RFSOuRCES
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
SATURDAY
December the 9Th. 1917
At 10 O'Clock "A. m
At 10 o'clock, a. m.

Al w CLOCK, a, m.
The following described property:
One Horse, one Cow, one Cart. one
2-horse Wagon. one Corn Shelter. one
Grind Stone. one Double Section Drag.
two Plows. two single Cultivators. two
Shovel Plows, one Double Cultivator.
four sets of Chain Harness. one Car
riage, two Wilson Heaters. one Suit of
Parlor Furniture. one Cupboard. one
Singer Sewing Machine. two Wooden
Bedsteads. one Mattress, and other
household furniture.
TERMS OF SALE.
On all sums under S. 90 the cash will
be required On Sums over that amount
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property

will offer for sale at public auction
on the w X. Rowley Farm. at Box
Iron. Md. on
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
TUESDAY.
December 11th, 1917
At2 30 0 clock L. NJ.

At = ~ ~ CIoVh M.
all that house and lot of ground. lying
and situate on the South side of Bay
Street, in Snow Hill. Maryland. form
erly known as the "Emmons Property
which was conveyed to the said S.
Henry Davis by William o. Shockley
and wife by d, ed dated December 10th.
1908 and recorded among the land rec
ords of Worcester County. Md. in
Liber O d. c.. Fo. 3. folio 90.
This is a well located home with large
lot for garden purposes.
O. NJ. PURNELL.
Assignee a. Trustee Named in Mortgage
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01

State Of Maryland. County Of Worcester. ~.
|. r. r. Maddox. Cashier Of tho above named
bank. do solcmnly swear that the above state
ment " true 70 the best Of my knowledge and
] belief RkF. Y. MADDOX. Cashier.
%e.heEore me thia27th day
spS01a N wnN
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
SALE
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate
AND
Personal Property

As ! intend to leave the State | will
ell at public auction at my residence. on
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01
Public Sale
OF VALUABLE
PerSonal Property

will sell at public auction at my
residence in Queponco. on
Democratic messenger., 1917-12-01

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Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
ADMIRALTY SPEAKS.
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COPENHAGEN, Oct. 1S.-The Ger man admiralty has been forced to is- sue an explanatory statement regard ing the mutiny of the fleet in which Chancellor Michelis and Vice-Admiral von Cspelle endeavored to place the blame on the independent socialist party and now declares that the af- fair was confined to a special ship where a few sailors endeavored to carry out not a mutiny but a propa- ganda. The admiralty denies the re- port of a mutiny on the Nurnberg and four battleships.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
OPERATORS FIRM
 IN REFUSAL TO
 HIRE AC|TATORS
Mine Owners of Globe and Miami Tell Commission That Fairness Forbids En- ployment of Men Who Caused Trouble.
(By Review Leased Wire.l

GLOBE, Oct. 13.-Mine operators testifying before the federal industrial commissoin~ here today declared that while they desried industrial peace in the Globe Miami district, they could not take back the striking miners without takig with them the agitators who caused the present troubles. This, they declared, they could not in jus tice to themselves and in justice to the men who are now working in the mines. and who accepted employment when their patriotism was appealed to. The operators testified that they commission in every way possible to bring about maximum copper pro- duction, but that they could not treat with the officials now in charge of the local unions. They declared that the strikers ignored all appeals to patriotism when they walked out; that they ewre not asking for more money, but only a change in working conditions that they had always been satisfied with until the agitators hda come here. Representatives of all the mining companies in the district were present, but all were not heard. Their testimony will be resumed Monday, and the commission plans to leave here about the middle of the week, according to Secretary of Labor VII son.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
ABOUT TO RESIGN.

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 1S.-Accord- ing to the latest information of the Berlin newspapers the resignation ol vice-Admiral von Capelle. minister Of marine. has not yet been submitted. although it has been decided upon.
 Friday nights announcement of the minister's resignation came through Amsterdam. credited to the Frank furter zeitung. The delay may be due to the absence of Emperor Will liam, who, accompanied by Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann is a Sofia and may perhaps go to Constantine ple. as the published itinerary of pr. von Kuehlmsnn includes a visit to the Turkish capital.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
tCdnaned
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DOUGLAS, Ariz.. Oct. l3.-The Cananea Consolidated Copper com pany, whose properties have been inactive since last June, will re- sume operations next week and all employees of the company who were dismissed when work stopped have been ordered to report at Ca nanea, according to an announce ment issued by Ives c. Lelevier. local Mexican consul of Sonora late today. Officials of the com pany and Governor P. Elias Gales of Sonora. after several confer ences, have adjusted the difficult ties that caused idleness at the camp, Mir. Lelevier said, and both representatives of the government and the company directors are sat isfied with the arrangements. The management of the corporation has made a statement that 5000 men will be employed.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
DEFENSE RESTS
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MARSHFIELD. Mo. Oct. ls.-The defense in the trial of Claude PiersoI. charged with abducting Lloyd Rect. rested today after the defendant had held to his story through cross-exam- nation. The prosecution in rebuttal also finished. Arguments will be heard Monday.
 Piersol maintained that he had had nothing to do with Kidnapping Lloyd Rect. nor plots to abduct any other person. He clung to the denial that he wrote the so-called ransom letters. and gave an account of what he claimed were his actions throughout the day and night of May 30.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
FREQUENT CLASHES
 MARK |. W. w. TRIAL
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 GLOBE, Oct. 13.-Frequent clashes over the admissibility of evidence concerning rough tactics of the mob of strikers on the picket line of the Old Dominion mine marked toda's re- sumption of the trial of Jesus Lavan- dero and John Smith, alleged l. w. w. members, charged with rioting. At, torney Frank McCann protested wig. orously against such evidence, but the court permitted it and ordered the at torneys to stop quibbling.
 Judge Pattee also denied two mo- tions made by McCann. one for dis missal and the other for a jury in struction of acQuittal.
 Witnesses for the defense. includ' ing Union Secretary George D. Simth, said the crowd was so orderly that women and children mixed freely with it. Cross-examination brought out that this was the crowd in which a policeman was severely beaten.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
RIVALRY KEEN.

GLOBE, Ariz. Oct. 1S.-ln a keen Liberty loan rivalry among members of a cavalry regiment stationed here, one troop today reported sS,05O in subscriptions and the total subscribed by the troopers thus far is S21,0O0.
 Globe and Miami begin the loan campaign Monday when committees will make a house to house canvass while the Boy Scouts solicit among the school children.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
|NCENDIARISN
 BLAMED FOR BIG
 F|RE|NNEW YORK
Mammoth Grain Elevator Is Destroyed. Fire Officials Declare That Too Many Water Front Blazes Have Occurred.
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NEW YORK, Oct 13.-RepSrts of in- cendiarism in connection with disas- trous water front fire which destroyed an elevator and nearly 100000 bushels of grain in Brooklyn today were reviv- ed tonight when Fire Chief Kenton is- sued a statement saying the cause of the blaze would be rigidly investigat- ed The property loss was estimated al more than s1.20o.000.
 There have been ffty-six water front fires in New York City lately and it is improbable that all resulted from natural causes" Chief Kenton said.
 Grain For Export.
 The grain consumed today was in- tended for export, according to officials of the New York Dock company. own CTS of the elevator.
 Superin .endent Tommline, in charge of the elevator, declared the fire was caused by an explosion inside of the structure. He said the nature of this explosion warranted the suspicion of d PAahNCA OCAh6 This theory was secuted by Fire Mar shal Brophy, who after preliminary investigation, said he believed an ex- plosion of grain dust" had occurred. Each said the cause he assigned would account for the blowing out of DOT tion of the wall where the fire originat- ed. ] When. the difficulty of combating the flames became apparent, every fire boat in the city and every other avail able piece of apparatus was called in- to action by the chief. Chief Kenton said the fire was the most difficult he had fought since that which destroyed the Equitable Life building in this city January. 1912.
 Two of the towers are regarded as totally lost and firemen were making efforts to prevent the flames from en- tering the third. The fire was one of the most spectacular in the history of the New York water front
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
METHoDIsTs SUBSCRIBE.
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TUCSON. Ariz., Oct. 13.-When the annual conference of the Arizona Methodist mission in sessicn here learned today from it's treasurer's re port that 1t had s1 200 remaining in the treasury. it unanimously voted to invest the money in Liberty bonds.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
GERMAN STATEMENT

BERLIN (via London, Oct. 13.-The supplementary report issued this even ing from general headquarters fol- lows:
 "On the Flanders front there was artillery activity of varying intensity but no infantry engagement. On the remaining land fronts there were no new events of importance.
 'Fy cooperate action between lana and naval forces we succeeded in gain ing foothold on the island Of oesei in the bayof Riga"
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
BRITISH OFFICIAL
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LONDON, Oct 13.-The official statement issued tonight by the war office follows:
 Beyond the intense artillery action of both side on the battle front, noth- ing of special interest occurred during the day. The wet, stormy weather continued. The number of prisoners taken by us yesterday and so far re- ported is 741, including fl officers"