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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-10
WESTMORELAND DAVIS,
Governor.
BY the Governor,
(Signed B. o. JAMES,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
Campaign Committee.

Director McAdams has appointed
the following campaign committee III
charge of School Thrift Week.: W.
C. Blakey, Richmond, General Chair
man; A. B. Chandler, Jr, Frederic!ls-
burg, Chairman District A; L. 3. Pen
dergrast, Portsmouth, Chairman Dis
trict B. Miss Bessie Taylor, Rich
mond. Chairman District G; Fl. D.
Wolf, Petersburg, Chairman District
D; w. VI. Harris, MadisonVille, Chair
man District r; ". NJ. Black, Lynch
burg, Chairman District +; N. d. Cool,
Winchester, Chairman District G; Misc
Lulu D. Metz, Manassas, Chairman
District H; J. A. c. Hurt, WytheYille,
Chairman District I; ]. G. Johnson.
Charlottesville, Chairman District j.;
I. L. Warner, Norton, Chairman Dis
trict X, and Agar Voolfolk, Rich.
mond, Secretary.
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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
MELLEN SAYS WIFE HIT HIM
Former Rail- Head Seeks Divorce In
Pittsfleld (Mass.) Court.

Pittsf1eld, Mass, Sept. 25.-Charles
8. Mellen Of Stockbridge, former presi-
dent Of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad company, testified
In probate court that his wife, Mrs.
Katherine Mellen, struck him twice
with q marble egg when he spoke to
her about the condition Of the home,
and that when she attempted to strike
him again he warded off the blow with
his open hand and caused her nose to
bleed. Mr.. Mellen brought action In
probate court to get q decree to the
effect that he is justified in living apart
from Mrs. Mellen, whom he claims de-
serted him.
A stack Of about thirty Photographic
copies Of letters which Mr.. Mellen re-
ceived from Mrs. Margaret B. Brown
of New York, the wife Of P. Douglas
Brown, assistant manager Of the Van
derbilt hotel, New York, revealing the
alleged infatuation Of Mrs. Mellen for
Mr.. Brown and the relations between
Mrs, Mellen and Mr.. Brown were pre-
sented as evidence.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
FLOAT BIG BOND LOAN
NEEDED TO WHIP KAISER
BE CALM --HERTL|NC
Chancellor Tells Reichstag Stu
alton Is Grave.
Declares I'VE Have Already Had 70
Pass Through Harder
Times"

London. Sept. 25.-Count Won Hert-
ling, the German imperial chancellor,
addressing the main committee Of the
reichstag, declared that the public dis
content In Germany was not justified
by the military situation on the west
ern front, according to a dispatch
from Berlin.
The chancellor opened with the
promise to meet the desire Of the
reichstag for information as far as
possible. He proceeded to alHude to
the deep discomfort which has seized
wide circles Of the population" and
said that the principal reason was the
pressure Of the terrible four years
OF war, with all the 6eprivations and
sufferings brought In its wake, and
the sacrifices imposed on all classes,
all families and, more or less, on ev-
cry individual.
II have no intention Of trying to
diminish this pressure by Words" he
continued, "but, gentlemen, If this dis
content Is Influenced by our present
military situation, by the events on
the western front, must, without de-
string to anticipate a statement which
we may expect from a representative
Of the war ministry, declare most en-
phatically that it far exceeds justi-
fable limits"
Count Won Hertling admitted that
the last German offensive was unsuc-
cessful and that it had been necessary
to withdraw to the Siegfried line.
'"The situation is grave" he added,
''but we have no cause to be faint
hearted. We have already had to pass
nrough harder times"
The chancellor instanced the fail
ure Of the Verdun offensive, the
Somme battles and Brusiloff's mass
assaults, bringing in their train the
well-remembered unfavorable reaction
on the Austro-Italian front. Then
came Roumania's entry into the war.
1--WE never lost courage" he said,
"but showed our enemies what reso-
lutte will to victory could do.
"How do things stand now? We
have peace with Russia and Roumania
and even though conditions in Russia
are not yet clear and the future ap-
pears uncertain, nevertheless the for
mer menace from two sides has dis
appeared and a considerable part Of
our men of the Eastern army can be
employed in the West"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
THREATEN BULCAR ARMIES
SERBIANS in OFFENSIVE
YANKS REPULSE REDS
One Russo-AIIied Shell Kills 20
Men on Train.
Bolshevik Attack on Outpost Near
Archangei FaiIs-First American
Dead Buried on Russian Soil.

Archangel, Sept. 25.-In an attack
against the American outpost south
of Archangel the bolshevik sustained
considerable losses. Eight dead were
found in one heap in front Of an ad-
vanced position and three other bodies
were found in forest Most Of the
bolshevik dead were Let's
A wounded bolsheyik soldier de-
clared that a shell from a Russo
allied armored train had killed 20 men
on bOlshevik train.
The bolshevik raid against the Amer
lean outpost cast the Americans their
first battle casualties on this sector of
the front. The bolsheviki apparently
attacked in the hope Of saving one Of
their afrplanes which descended the
day before just beyond the American
lines. They displayed -stubbornness,
and the accuracy of their artillery fire
Indicated that skilled officers were
manning the guns.
The slain Americans-thef first to be
killed in action in northern Russia
were buried at night in a newly con-
secrated cemetery in the glade of a
nearby wood. A Russian Greek priest
in a gilded robe and a peasant choir
performed the service, while soldiers,
with their shrapnel helmets on, wit
messed the ceremony in the bright
moonlight.
A bolshevik officer taken prisoner
Sunday declared that his forces were
ignorant that Americans were on this
front. The bOlshevik leaders were
using every precaution to prevent this
from becoming known. The death pen
atty was imposed on anyone caught
reading allied proclamations.
Col. Boris AndrOvitch Duroff has
been made governor general Of the re-
giOn Of the north. succeeding the
Tschaikovsky government.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
U. S. TO STABILIZE WAGES
Government to Enforce Agreements
Made by EmpIover and EmpIovee.

Washington, Sept 25.-The govern
ment is about to adopt measures to
enforce stability of wages during the
war. Plans under discussion between
representatives of manufacturers and
labor and officials Of the war and navy
departments charged with letting
enormous contracts, it was learned,
provide for a nationwide system Of
community or industry agreements, in
which both employees and employers
will participate and which will be en-
forced for the agreement period
through government priOrities power
or labor employment pressure. Rapid
ly rising labor costs, stimulated by
competition among industries for en-
ployees and by the governments prime
necessity for production, have forced
the war and navy departments to take
the lead in promoting stabilizing meas
ures, officials explained.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
BAGS 81 HUN PLANES
U. S. Flying Circus" Credited
With Many Air Victories.
Battles Won In Last Ten Days With
out Loss-German Pilot and OBJ
server Captured.

With the American Army on the
Lorraine Front, Sept. 25.-''The Amer
lean flying circus" is the name by
which the most notable American avia-
ton pursuit group will be known In
the future, after having enhanced its
record, notably during the st. Afihiel
offensive.
This group, consisting Of several
pursuit squadrons, is the Oldest in the
service. 1t did inestimable work in
the Marne fighting, and 1t may be said
to have we'll established its claim to
the title by "a clean-cut victories with
out loss during the last ten days.
One hundred and thirty off,
cially confirmed victories had been
credited to the group up to Monday
night, with II more combinations un-
der way and perhaps as many victories
achieved but not countable officially,
because Of the strict American and
French method Of reckoning as vic
tories only those planes and balloons
seen to have been destroyed by wit
nesses other than the aviators taking
part in their destruction.
The latest aviation records show
that none Of the American flyers has
yet eQualed the record Of the late Mai.
Raoul Lufbery, with his II aerial VIC
tories.
A German afrplane was shot down
between Xammes and Berry, by anti
aircraft fire. The pilot and observer
were captured alive. The machine was
only slightly damaged.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
EPIDEMIC IS UNDER CONTROL
Great Lakes Expected to Be Free Of
Influenza by Frlday,

Great Lakes, ILL.,, Sept. 25.-Forty-
three thousand sailors at Great Lakes
naval training station will say "Good-
by, influenza, and don't come again."
within three or four days, according
to Surgeon Owen j. Mink, senior med
ical officer, If the present sunny and
warmer days continue.
Reports from all camps and hospital
buildings Of the station show a marked
decline In both the number Of mild
and serious cases.
1--WE have got the epidemic down
to the stage now," said Doctor Mink,
"where we are sending more men re-
covered from the sickness back to
duty than the number Of new cases de-
veloping. At the present rate the dis
ease should be negligible here by Fri
day. We are confident that 1t will be
possible to give the boys their regular
Saturday and Sunday weekend liberty
this week."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
ONE Wet OR DRY GUESS
AS GOOD AS ANOTHER

This country is to be bOne-dry on
July 1, 1919. The prohibition forces
are pleased at the prospect, but it may
be that their success is but another
of those victorious retreats" The
objective of the prohibitionists was the
utter annihiliation of John Barleycorn
by January /. His defeat has been
postponed six months, and it may be
that he will never come to his last
ditch. 1t will depend upon what hap
pens in the mantime to that greater
evil, the kaiser. If the war shall have
been brought to a close before next
July the doctrine of self-determina-
ton among nations, for which we are
now fighting, may be extended to ap-
ply to individuals.
The Prohibitionists have made
their fight upon the ground that the
abolition of alcohol was a wartime
necessity. There are many who have
felt, and still feel, that they were in
sincere in this; that they merely
seized wartime opportunity to
make the enforcement OF their will
upon others a peace-time permanency.
We shall see what we shall see.
The main victory at present appears
to belong to the President, for it is
said that it was he who suggested the
six months postponement. It was a
wise and equitable suggestion, for it
will give to those whose capital is in
vested in the business an opportunity
to withdraw without losses that would
be serious and unjust.
But what of the consumer? Will he
at once begin to accustom himself to
the aridity which threatens next July,
as the Prohibitionists seem to be-
lieve? He will not. 1t isn't human
nature at it's best, and it certainly
isn't in the human nature the Prchi-
bitionists have adjudged at it's worst.
He may not be able to get the whis-
key he has been accustomed to drink,
but he will try, even if he has to make
it himself. We have heard of men who
really never wanted to smoke very
much, until they found they had no
matches, or that there was a rule
against it. Then there was no holding
them. There are probably as many
who feel the same way about drink.
The mistake the Prohibitionists
make is exactly the one that has led
the kaiser and his people into their
present deplorable condition-the mis-
taken belief that one set of people can
enforce their views upon another The
war against intemperance is a person
al war, and it must be fought and won
from within. The source of virtue and
of victory is in each mans breast; it
cannot come from without-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
take 4
TOWNS IN drive
ON ST. QUENTIN
Capture of Pontruet Places Brit
ish Less Than Mile From
Stronghold.
MANY PRISONERS ARE taken
French Take Villages Of FrancIIIy-
9eIenoy, L'EpIne, De DaIIon
and DaIlon With 500
Captives.

Washington, Sept. 25-General Per-
shings communique reads: .s4
Headquarters American Expeditions
ary Forces, Sept. 25.-Section AIN
the WOevre our raiding parties were
again active, bringing In 20 prisoners
and two machine guns. Three hostile
raids In the Woevre and In the Vosges
were repulsed."
With the British Army In France,
Sept. 25.-Another AnglO-French as
sault was delivered against the Ger
man defenses before st. Quentin. Re
ports indicate the allied. attack was
meeting with great success.
Tie British troops attacked over q
front Of four miles from the Omignon
river south. and have taken about 500
prisoners.
The British seized the high ground
west Of Fayet and cleared the woods
east Of FresnOy Of the enemy and
stormed their way through Pontruet.
On the right the. French captured
Francilly-Selenoy, L'Epinc Ee Dallon
and the village of Dallon. with more
than 500 prisoners and a large num-
Der Of machine guns, bringing the
total prisoners yielded by operation to
1900.
Close to Vital Canal.
The capture Of Pontruet places the
British only three-Quarters of a mile
from the bend In the st. Quentin
canal, which forms vital part Of the
Hindenburg bulwark. 1t was around
Pontruet that the British captured
many hundreds Of prisoners.
Fighting was proceeding In the aft.
ernoon along the ridge between Pom
truet and Gricourt.
In Flanders British troops succeed
ed In pushing forward and occupying
a portion of the old British front line
southeast of Voormazeele, below Yp-
res.
The Germans, attempting to retake
two posts east of Epehy, lost 200 pris-
oners and 21 machine guns, besides
leaving 100 dead within the British
lines.
Foo Defends Canal Gap.
The pressure which the British have
established is obvious. The great st.
Quentin canal forms strong natural
defense for the enemy for a great dis
tance In this section, but just east of
RonssOy 1t runs underground for about
three miles. This gap is the waterway
defense the Germans have been de-
Tending desperately. ~
In front Of the canal along this gap
the Hindenburg line has been made
especially strong to protect the posi-
bic gateway.
The fresh divisions the enemy has
thrown in here have led to especially
hard fighting just east Of Ronssoy, in
q Quadrilateral system Of trenches,
which the British captured. The Ger
mans attacked here continuously and
heavily, but on each occasion they
were repulsed with severe losses.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
EDGE LEADS IN new JERSEY
Governor Ahead In Race for a.. O. p.
Senate Nomination.

Trenton. N. j.. Sept. 25.-Early re-
turns on Tuesdays state primaries for
the election of Republican and Demo,
cratic nominees for United States SEN
ator showed Governor Edge leading
George L. Record and Congressman
Eoward w. Gray, 8 to l, tor the Re
publican nomination. George Nj. La.
monte and Charles O'COnnOr Hennes-
sey were running nip and tuck for the
Democratic nomination.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
HOLD LOTTERY NEXT WEEK
Drawing Will Determine Order ot
Calling Draft Re0lstranta

Washington, Sept. 25.-The national
lottery which in measure will deter
mine the order Of calling Of the 18,OOO.-
600 men between eighteen and forty
five years Of age who registered Sep
tember 12, probably will not be held
before next week. Officials had hoped
to fix a date late this week, but this
plan is understood to have been aban-
doned in order that additional time
may be given local boards to correct
any errors made in assigning serial
numbers to the registrants. Provost
Marshal General Crowder again, by
formal statement, asked men regis
tered under the selective service law
who are now engaged In answering
missionaries not to let motives of
chivalry prevent them from claiming
deferred classification, If their occupa-
ton or the status Of their dependents
entities them to do so.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
MEETINGS
Tonight.
Watertown Lodge 666, B. P. o.
Carpenters Union.
Thursday.
City Band.
WatertOwn Turner Society.
Emmanuel Church Choir.
He Was Puzzled.

An old colored man stepped into the
Indiana National bank one day recent
ly, and presented a check to be cashed.
It was the window of the discount
cage, and the clerk handed back the
check.
"Take it to the opposite window"
he said, and went on with his work.
The old man examined the check care
fully, then he walked on. About five
minutes later the clerk of the discount
cage had the same check presented to
him. "Hi, you," the colored man said.
you'll have to fix up this piece of pa
per for me. I been round to all the
windows, and amt none of them
marked Opposite Indianapolis
News.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
ALLIES CAPTURE
TOWN OF PRILEP,
BULGARIAN BASE
Enemy Army Reported to Be in
Peril of Complete An
Inhalation.
TANKS ARE AIDING ENTENT.
Entire BuIgar-German Forces Fleeing
-AngIo-0reek Troops Effect juno
ture in the Ooiran Region
Bulgaria Faces INVASION.

London, Sept 25.-French cavalry
operating to the northeast Of Monas-
tir, in Macedonia, have captured the
town Of Prilep, according to an Off
cial statement.
Prilep was the chief base of one of
the Bulgarian armies and military men
here declared that this enemy army
may now be in peril Of complete ami
hilatiOn.
The entire Bulgar-German forces are
fleeing now In rout. Tanks, operating
In the most mountainous and rough
country which they have ever been
called upon to tackle, are playing an
important part In the drive.
1t Is reported that allied troops have
crossed the Bulgarian frontier.
AngIo-Greeks Advance Ten Miles.
The Anglo-Greek forces in the Dol
ran region have effected juncture
with the Franco-Greek forces to the
west, and continue to pursue the re-
treating Bulgarians, says the British
official statement
The Anglo-Greeks have reached
Smokvitsa, marking an advance Of ten
miles up the Vardar, and are at Ba-
Zarli, three miles north Of Lake Dol
ran.
British troops are reported to have
captured the Important town Of Dol
ran, on the southern shore Of Lake
Doiran.
Serbs Close to lstib.
Italian troops operating on the left
flank Of the British and Greeks in the
Vardar valley have advanced ten miles
during the day, according to another
dispatch.
Serbian troops have crossed the Var
dar river on front of 15 miles. The
enemy's line of communication along
the Vardar On this front is now def
nitely In the hands of the allies.
The Serbians are now within strik-
&ng distance Of the road running from
Keulprulu to Istib, on which the bulk
Of the Bulgarian forces are retreating
1t is believed this road will be cut
soon.
The Serbians alone have taken IL,
600 prisoners and 14O guns so far, it Is
reported.
Strumnitza Now In Peril.
Allied cavalry is heading toward
Strumnitza, the important Bulgarian
city 20 miles north Of Doiran and ten
miles within the Bulgarian border, ac-
cording to one dispatch.
The Serbian official renorf oovoripo O
Sundays operations was received here
today. It says:
"On the 22nd (Sunday) our troops
continued to cross the Vardar, where
they are in contact with the enemy.
Toward Prilep Serbian troops have
reached the very steep massif of the
Drenska mountain range and at sew
eral points are on the Gradsko-P Prilep
road.
'The enemy continues to burn vii
lagos and his own stores Despite this,
however, great quantities Of war ma
terial have fallen into our hands. On
the Vardar railway line, Uskub to Salo-
niki, we captured several trains"
Threaten BuIgar Armies.
"The whole line Is In rapid move.
ment on front of a hundred miles, >
says the Daily Telegraph, while the
wedge separating the two Bulgar
armies threatens their destruction"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
Curtaii Making of BICYCLES.

Washington, Sept. 25.-Curtailment
of the manufacture of bicycles and ac-
cessories was announced by the war
Industries board. Mems bicycles are
to be made hereafter only In 20 and
22-inch frames and women's models
facture Of racing and juvenile models,
steel guards, tool boxes, metal stands
and metal tanks is discontinued en-
tirely.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
BRITISH SEIZE TURK PORTS
Gen. AIIenby's Cavalry Occupies Haifa
and Acre.


London, Sept. 25.-British cavalry,
pushing up the Mediterranean coast of
Palestine, have occupied Haifa and
Acre, it is officially announced. The
capture of these ports represents an
advance Of 60 miles in the present op-
erations. Allied troops have reached
Es-Salt, 15 miles northwest Of Am
man. The total number Of Turks taken
prisoner will exceed largely the 25,OOO
already reported. Arab forces of King
Hussein have occupied Ma'An and are
harassing bodies of the enemy retreat
ing northward toward Amman along
the Hedjas railway. General Allen
by's remarkable success in Palestine
was achieved against a total enemy
strength of 100000 Turks, according to
unofficial dispatches reaching London.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
GERMAN WOMEN ARE BARRED
iUnnaturaIized Females Ordered Out
of War Camp Zones.

Washington, Sept. 26.-Unnatural-
ized German women may not enter or
live in zones within one-half mile
about camps or other prohibited MILL
,tary institutions after midnight Oc-
itober g. Attorney General Gregory an
nounced. The prohibited zone applies
to federal or state forts, military
camps arsenals, aircraft stations, gov
yards, munition factories and othe,
institutions producing army materials.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-25
WANTS U. S. TO OWN ROADS

Samuel Untermyer Surprises Bankers
by Statement Made In Chlcauo.
Chicago, Sept. 25. = Government
ownership at fair price will be far
more advantageous for the government
and infinitely better and vastly more
just to the security holders than fed
eral control under the onerous condi-
tions Of the present wartime contract
between the government and the rail
roads,"
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the
National Association of Railway Sc
curtty Owners, thus espoused govern
ment ownership Of railroads in an ad-
dress before the savings bank section
of the American Bankers association,
which opened its session at the Con.
gress hotel.