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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
EASY TO GET MORE COAL
Observer Tells President White Som
of the Ways to Do 1t.

Observer Tells Presiaent White Soma
of the Ways to Do it.
William Wilhelm, lawyer o
Pottsville, Pa, and state Progress VI
leader, addressed q letter to Miners
President John P. White, in which he
pointed out methods by which h3rd
coal production may be increased
100000 tons monthly, or 100000 in
stead cf 100000 every thirty days
He declared that thousands Of min
ers do not mine the maximum amount
of coal they are capable of doing, be-
cause, from experience in the past, the
amount allowed them per car viii be
reduced as soon as the companies see
their large earnings.
Wilhelm suggests that the com
panies agree with the mine workers
not to lower the rates, but to allow
the miners to earn as much money as
is physically possible.
He also suggests thet instead Of cut
ting short tire wort; hours, as is usual,
1t shall be agreed TIA al! miners work
at least eight hours day.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Had.Temoestuous Reian.

The reign Of Constantine was brief,
dating only from March IS, 1913, when
his father. George !, was assassinated
in Salonilia.
Brief as the reign was, ne increased
the territory Of the Greek monarchy
by fifty per cent.
Born on August 8, 1853, he was edu.
Gated largely by private tutors from
Leipsic, which was said to have
stamped upon him a permanent Ger
man influence. His military education
was furthered by attendance at man
euvers in Germany. He became a
brother-inNaw OF the German emperor.
marrying the latter's sister, Princess
Sophia, in 1889.
His alleged pro-German leaningsr
thus indicated, were not always pop.
ular with his. people, and during the
European war strong party antag'
onistic to his desire to have Greece
preserve neutrality and in favor OF
joining the allies. precipitated a cab
met crisis which was weathered with
difficulty.
The crisis arose in the latter part
of April, of this year, when it was an.
nounced that he had served an ultima,
tum on the entente powers. demanding
a guarantee against French invasion
ad that he be permitted to retain his
throne. He offered, if this was done,
to form a cabinet agreeable to the en-
tente. His attitude was regarded as
threatening war upon the entente fore
es, unless his demands were granted
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
TO TAKE OVER sHIPBUILDING
All Contracts to be Communicated a
Once by Government.

SfCS ny SoSCi iiiiSiS'
Steel ship builders called by the
shipping board and Major Gen
eral Goethals, chairman Of the
emergency fleet corporation, were
told the. government would com
mandeer Immediately all shipbbuildinG
contracts.
There is no present intention they
were tcld to commander the yards
themselves.
TIE government has row1r to com
mandear shipping and shipb1ilding ia
cilities under the war budget bill
signed by President Wilson. There i
building in the steel yards of the coun
try now nearly two million tons o,
shipping. more than one million o. l
for British account.
Under an arrangement reached be
tween the American and British gov
-ernmerts the British tonnage building
will be turned over voluntarily to the
United States.
The feet corporation, charged witt
building the governments fleet, WI
see that steel is furnished in sufficient
quantities to hurry construction fol
all ships. in the yards. AS soon as the
yards are cleared of their present con
tracts the corporation will start then
to building the great fleet of standard
lied ships.
General Goethals estimates the coun
try's yards can produce within the
next eighteen months least three
million tons of steel shipping, per
hans more
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
ZEPPELIN KILLS
z, INJURIES 16
Two German Airships Raid the
KentiSh Coast.
ONE IS BROUGHT DOWN
Thousands Watch Battle in Midar and
Cheer When Teuton Craft Falls in
Flames.

Two persons were killed and SIX
teen injured in Saturday nights air
raid in England during which a Yep
pelin was brought down.
The following official report of the
raid was given out:
Saturday nights air raid was car
ried out by two enemy airships. One
airship crossed the Kentish coast al
about two A. NJ. and dropped SIX
bombs on coast town. According
to the latest police reports, two per-
sons were killed, sixteen were injured
and large number of houses were
damaged.
"The second raider attacked the east
coast town of West Anglia at about
2.30 A. M. She was heavily shelled
by guns of the anti-aircraft defense
and driven off. 1t is probable she was
damaged by gunfre. SSortly after
ward this raider, after dropping mum
ber OF. bombs in open places, was en-
gagged and brought down in flames by
a pilot of the royal flying corps. The
airship was destroyed. There were nc
casualties or damages in West An3
liza"
A despatc'r from an East Coast town
says that thousands of persons VII
messed the destruction Of the ZEPPELIN
the attack by antiaircrart guns on
the dirigible lasted fully half an hour
and people issued from their houses
half dressed to watch the event.
When the black object drifting
across the sky from the southeast t.
the northwest was seen to burst in
flames, the spectators cheered tumul
tuously. Pedestrians and cyclists
dashed off in the direction Of the fallen
airs ip, but owing to the unexpectedly
long distance few succeeded in locat
ing the Zeppelin, which fell a few
miles from the coast. It lad been
first winged by a lanl gun and was
then finished by an airplane, which
the Zeppelin fought to the last with
her guns.
A dirigible dropped in field of corn
far from any habitation, and was com
plete!y destroyed. All Of the crew
were killed and their bodies badly
charred. Some of the men appeared
to have jumped from the doomed air,
ship. Doctors hurried 70 the spot, bat
their services were needless.
The British airmen who attacked
tho Zeppelin descended merry unhurt
according to the story of an inspector
who witnessed the affair. Searchlights
enabled him to follow the movements
of the Zeppelin and the attacking air
men. The Zeppelin twisted and turn
ed in an attempt to escape or b. at the
airplane off. aud the machine gunfre
of the dirigible was heard distinctly
Presently another airman came upon
the scene and the Zeppelin continued
to zig-zag in an endeavor to head out
to sea. But the first airman held to
his quarry and within few minutes
the end came.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
u. S, Now Active in War.

Washington, June 15.-Secretary
Baker issued the following formal
statement:
"The arrival of General Pershsng
and his staff In Paris marks the begin
ming of Americas active participation
in the war
"The splendid reception given these
American officers, as we'll as the OFF,
GERS of our destroyer squadron, in Eng.
land and France, shows the harmony
of spirit with which three great peo-
pies are pursuing common end.
"Of our combined armies from now
on will represent league to enforce
peace and justice"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - Firm.
Straight, s12.50@12.75; city mills,
RYE FLOUR-Quiet; per barrel
s11@11.75:
WHEAT-Mominal.
CORN--Firm; No. 2 yellow, $1.Si
OATS-Firm; No. 2 white, 1910
POULTRY-Live, steady; hens, %
m24c: old roosters, 16@17c. Dressed,
Steady: choice fowls, 251ac; old roos.
ters, 19c.
BUTTER = Firm; fancy creamery,
42hepe lb.
FGGS : Firm; selected, 40@41c;
nearby, 37c; western. SIC.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
WEALTHY MAN SUED BY SON
Asks 500 COO Damages for Alleged
Ereach of Contract.

A unique suit in the Cumber.
land county courts at Carlisle, Pa,
has been fled by Henry R. Kramer
against his father, John G. Kramer, a
wealthy farm and real estate owner.
The young man claims he left his
home and business in Elkhart, Ind, In
September, 1916, and came to Carlisle
to manage property for his father, for
which he was to receive house, rent
free, and also sums of money aggreg2t.
ing $4,000. Alleging that his fatt
never lived up to the terms of tie
agreement and even ordered him out
of the house, he asks $4,000 dam.
ages.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Airmen Raid London; Many Killed.

Airmen Raid London; Many Killed.
The East End Of London was bonn
barded by fifteen hostile airplanes.
The raid over the city listed about
fifteen minutes.
A bomb struck a school house killing
ten children and iliiring fifty. One
hostile airplane is reportcd to have
been brought down.
The death Of between eighty and
ninety persons and tie inil"y of
400 was announced in The house
of Lords by the Earl of Darby,
secretary of state for war. He said
he feared these fg"res would BE- ex-
ceeded when fuller reports had been
received.
Forty-one persons were killed and
sixty-seven injured in the city of Lon
don alone, A. Borar Law, government
leader said in the house of commons.
The East End is the section in which
live the city's poor. Bombs fell n
many congested districts.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
CONSTANTINE
QUITS THRONE
Greek King AbdiCates in Favor
of Prince Alexander.
ALLIES FORCED HIM OUT
Ex-Ruler, Consort of kaiser's Sister,
and Crown Prince George Going to
Switzerland-No Disorders Reported.

Switzerland-N Disorders Reported.
King Constantine, of Greece, has
adbicated in facor of his son, Prince
Alexander.
King Constantine's abdication was
the result of demand made by the
entente allies.
Constantine has expressed the in
tention of embarking On a British war
ship and proceeding to Switzerland by
way of Italy.
Allied troops have occupied Elias
soma without resistance.
There has been no disorder in Ath-
ems up to the present time.
M. Jonnart has sad a long confer
ence with Premier zaimis. He lnt1-
mated that the entente desired greater
security for the army Of the east and
the re-establishment of unity in the
Greek kingdom. He appealed to the
patriotism of M. Zaimis to see that
these objects were obtained peacefully.
M. Jonnart announced that military
lUICGS Hdu DSCu pldGSAt AIN
to establish control Of the 1sthmus Oh
Corinth and to maintain order in Ath-
ems. These forces were landed Mon
day without incident.
Alexander, the new king, is the Sec
ond son of the monarch who has just
abdicated. The crown prince was
Prince George, who was born July l0,
1890.
Premier Zaimis made the announce
ment that Constantine had designated
Prince Alexander as his successor. He
alsa said that Constantine and Crown
Prince George would leave the coun-
try.
Prince Alexander was born August
1, 1898. He WAS captain in the first
regiment of artillery in the Greek
army.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Eleven Held for Draft Plot.

Eleven men arrested Saturday in
New York, charged with conspir.
acy against the selective draft law
were held in $1,000 bail each for ex-
animation next Wednesday. Posters,
pamphlets and pictures opposing con.
scription which were confiscatcd in the
rooms where the arrests were made
will be produced by the police as evi-
dence. The defendants are Russians,
who have never been naturalized.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Rout British SIackerS,

All British subjects between the
ages Of eighteen a~d forty-five
years nwo in the United States
are to be compelled to join the
British colors, it was made known
British consuls and recruiting agents
throughout the country are compiling
lists of these men. Brigadier General
w. A. White, in charge Of the recruit.
Ing, has gone to Washington to c"nfer
on methods to carry the plan through
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
pelnian Commission Arrives.

The Belgian commission to the
United States, headed by Baron Mon
cheur, former minister to this country
has arrived in washington. The
PARTY was met by Secretary Lansing,
Assistant Secretary Philips and Coun.
selor Polk and was escorted by two
troops of cavalry to the home Of Larz
Anderson, former minister to Belgium,
where it will stay while in Washing
ton.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Guardsman Shoots Youth.

Private William Curry, Of the Third
regiment, N. G. P, has been placed
under arrest as the result of the &C.
cidental shooting of Earl Larkins,
aged sixteen, who is in serious con-
dition in Pittsburgh, Pa, with a bull
let wound near his heart. Curry says
he shot the youth while cleaning his
gun. He didn't know the weapon was
loaded, he says.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Anory Bow Sets Fire to Bed.

Infuriated because ne had been put
to bed, William Dietrich, a boy taken
from an institution. set fire to his
bed at the home of Roger Arner, in
Salem township, near Berwick Pa.
Volunteer firemen put it out. The
boy ran away.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
War Buduet a Law.

President Wilson signed the three
billion dollar war budget bill which
carries appropriations for the new ar
my and other war preparations. It is
the largest single appropriation meas
are ever enacted by any government
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
War Costs s3e,42o.ooo Daily.

Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor
of the exchequer, said in the
house of commns that the aver.
age daily expenditure of the govern.
ment in the first nine weeks Of the
fiscal year worked out as e7,SS4,009
(s39,420, ,000).
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
less Willard BUYS a Circus.

Jess Willard who has been travelling
with a wild west show for two years,
has purchased the business for $780,.
600. News of Willard's entry into the
show business as an owner reached
New York from Holyoke, Mass.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Camp Sites All Selected.

The war department has an
nounced tie approval of the fol.
LOWING four army cantonment sites,
completing the sixteen to be selected.
Rockford. H.; YaphanlS, South Haven,
L. l.; Annapolis Junction, Nd, and
Petersburg, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Live Stock Quotations.

CHICAGO.-HOGS-Steady, 10@15e
lower; mixed and butchers, s14759
Is, go: good heavy, S14.S0@15.65; rough
heavy. s14.S0615; light. s14.30@15.30;
pigs, S1001410; bulk, $1490@15.45.
CkTTLF-Slow and steady; beeyes.
S9.2001375; cows and heifers, s6.259
11.S0; stockers and feeders, 81 400
.sHEEP-strong, 10@25c higher:
native aud western, sS.40@11; lambs
e1250m17.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Ordered to Arrest All sIackers.

Colonel Sweeney, Of the state
registration headquarters in Harris
burg, Pa, made public instructions
from Washington directing tina: chafg.
es be made at once against all men
within the conscription age limit who
have not complied with the law.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Soldier CAPTURES German General.

It is reported from Hazebrouck,s
in northern France, behind the
British front, that among the Ger.
man prisoners who passed through
that town was a general. He is said
to have been captured single-handed
by soldier.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
British DESTROY ZeppeIin.

The Zeppelin LAB has been de-
stroyed over the North Sea By British
naval forces. This was announced
in the house of commons. The ad-
miralty reports that no survivors were
seen.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
1857 Recruits Since April,

Regular army recruiting showed a
total Of 1880, making a grand total
since April l of 116 ST. New York
was leading with 172, bringing her
total to 11,617.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
WOOL SUITS

1 lot wool suits in Copen-
haven and navy serge also
shepherd check, worth 1900,
sale price, 1855.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22
Names Successor to Judge Brumm.

Governor Brumbaugh announced the
appointment of Charles e. Berger, of
Schuylkill Haven, to be judge of
Schuylkill county to succeed the late
Judge Charles N. Brumm.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-22

The king of BULGARIA. is visiting the
royal BaYarian family at Munich. Ha
is understood to be arranging the po;'
sibLe betrothal Of the Bulgarian cr0w;I
prince with Princess Gondelinde, the
youngest daughter Of King Ludwig
Prince Boris, crown prince CT Blu ga
ria, is twenty-three years cd and a
captain in the Bulgarian army. Prin'
cess Gondelinde will be twenty-si1
years old next August.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-07
SUGGESTS CAROTHERS
FOR STATE SENATOR
Editor Sentinel:

Editor Sentinel:
1t will be necessary for the voters
of this senatorial district in a short
time to elect some one to fill the va
cancy in the state senate caused by
the resignation of Hon. J.. A. Blount,
who has volunteered in the army.
This district is composed of the
counties of Grenada and Yalobusha
and under the tactic agreement be-
tween the counties, the senator for
this unexpired term will come from
this, Grenada, county. In looking
around for a suitable person for this
position, / can find no one who i.
more capable and able than Hon
A. NJ. Carothers. He is clean, he i:
honest, he is able, and he is one whom
all can trust and rely upon. He ha!
at heart the interest of all the PEG
pie, and those who know him, cal
rest assured that at all times and a
all places, this diptri0 he is elect
ed will ably and NkdS4lyr repre-
sented. ! suggest his name for thi
position. Respectfully,
VOTER.
Grenada, Miss, Sept. 4, 1917.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-07
FIRST CONTINGENT
OF DRAFT MEN GO.
Grenada County Sends Her First In
stallment Of Men Chosen Under
Select Draft t. Fort Pike. They
Show Fine Spirit.
A POEM FOR THE SELECT DRAF7
MEN.

Grenada county's first contingent
of men drawn by the Selective Draft
law left Grenada Wednesday after
noon, Sept. s, on passenger train No.
A, for Fort Pike, at Little Rock, Ark.
They we're:
James Clifford Leverett, Of Elliott,
draft No. 45, serial No. 927.
Claud Edwin Aven, of G~raysport,
draft No. IA, serial No. 54S.
Cornelius c. Clark, of Holcomb,'
draft No. 4, serial No. 1888.
Andrew B. Mccormick, Torrance,
draft No. II, serial No. 552.
These men came in, according to
orders, Tuesday afternoon, Septem-
her 4, and reported at 8 o'clock to
the Local Board. They were in good
spirits and showed that they were
Americans to the core. These young
men come from splendid families and
have good records to sustain and The
Sentinel believes that they will not
be found wanting at the crucial hour.
Every man who has been called
under the draft law has a right to
feel a special pride in his selection.
He is really entitled to no elss credit
than those who voluntarily enlisted.
1t is hard to know the reasons that
animates men in anything, but when
the Select Draft law was passed, it
is fair to assume that Uncle Sam
knew his business and that he thought
that a better way to get an army
than by volunteering. The Sentinel
is unreservedly of the opinion that il
is the fairest and best way to raise
an army. 1t gets all classes and il
must not be overlooked that the Law
provides that there can be no hiring
of substitutes-the sons of the
wealthy must go when called just a.
those of all other men, and there
have been thousands of the wealth,
called.
The Sentinel reproduces here TO.
the benefit of the boys called by tn,
selective method, a-.poem which re
Gently appeared in the Clevelah,
Leader from the pen of Harlowe r
Hoyt. 1t was entitled, DRAFTED.
1t reads:
They've chosen you. my son. for the wor
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-07
Z. A. PENN, HEAVY HARD
WARE MAN, lNSTALLS SELF
INDEXING LEDGER OUTFIT.

The Sentinel has just had the
pleasure of equipping the office of
Mr.. f. A. Penn, who does a big busi-
ness in heavy hardware, with q loose
leaf ledger equipped with the very
latest self-indeNinc ledger leaves.
This makes the fourth progressive
firm in Grenada to inaugurate this
new la~bor-saving system and it would
be well for the remainder to look
into this matter before considering
anything else.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-07

to do,
You are picked for the foremost line,
To follow your country's flag afar.
10 battle for every stripe and star,
To conquer for yours and mine;
Sons Of a land of blood true blue,
Gut OF the many, the one is you
They've chosen you, son.
They've chosen you. son, that your name
may stand
In the epoch that you will write;
That never again the world may know.
The heartless hand and the cruel blow
W a ruthless rnonarch's might;
Inat never again a helpless land
A tyrant pitiless need withstand.
They've chosen you, son.
They've chosen you. son. from the 1--WE.
Of youth
To herald a lasting peace;
To prove to the world that the aid we
give
may live.
That up from the blood-stained sod the
truth
Must spring. eternally born. forsooth.
They've chosen you. son.
They've chosen you, son, you're the one
they ask
To battle a foreign foe;
To a distant strand mid the hell OF
war,
You are the one who must bear afai
Our banner. that all may know
That we give our best to the righteous
task
The schemes OF selfshness to unmask-
They've chosen you, son.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-07
LEAVES THEM NO
GROUND TO STAND ON
Judge Speer of United States Dis.
trict Court Knocks the Stuhing
Out of Argument of Anti-Drafters.
Takes the Matter in All It's Phases.
DENIES APPEAL OF THOSE WHO
FOUGHT LAW.

Judge Speers, of the United States
District Court of Georgia is the first
judge that has been called upon to
pass upon the constitutionality of
the Select Draft Law. His opinion
knocks the kickers into the middle
fix of nowhere. He said:
Arthur Jones and John Story, i'm
prisoned in the Richmond county jail
under commitment for unlawfully
failing to register for military duty
as required by the act of Congress
of May 10, 1917, known popularity
as the selective-draft law, have made
application for writs of habeas cor
pus. They allege that their imprison-
ment is unlawful. They charge that
the enactment. made to raise a ma
tional army, is violative of the Con-
stitution of the United States. 1t is
insisted that the authority exercised
by the United States under this legis.
lation is void because the act contra.
venes the thirteenth amendment. This
provides that neither slavery nor in.
voluntary se~rvitude. except as pun.
ishment for crime whereof the partie!
shall have been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United States or any
place subject to their jurisdiction
"To agree to this contention W,
must conclude that a soldier is
slave. Nothing could be more alb
horent to the truth, nothing NOR
degrading to that indispensable an,
gallant body of citizens trained il
arms, to whose manhood, skill, an
courage is and must be committe'
the task of maintaining the very eS
istence of the Nation and all tina
its people hold dear. The Gran
Army of the Republic, the Confedel
ate Veterans and the Sons of Netel
ans are not maintained to presery
= the traditions of slavery. Natior
do not pension slaves to commend
ate their valor. They do not civ
= in charge their names to the swe
: Tyre nor. does
S Sculpture in her turn
Give bond in stone and eVer-durnil