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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20

Stocks of distilled spirits have fallen
to 130,000,000 gallons, the lowest fig
ure ever recorded in modern times.
This includes 100000 gallons of raw
alcohol, which is not fit for beverage
uses, so that the stocks of whisky,
rum, brandy and other spirits are but
11S,000,000 gallons.
Notes were sent to Berlin and Vien-
na by the state department, Washing
ton, advising the German and Austrian
governments that the United States
desires to receive no further communi-
cations from them which should prop
erly be addressed to all the allied ma
tionS. -.-
Two documents now in possession of
the government reveal the studied al
tempts of pro-German plotters to buy
control of one or more New York news.
papers and magazines of national cir.
culation in 1914 and later.
Charles NJ Sch.vab has resigned as
director general of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation. President Wilson
In wireless acceptance of the resie
nation pays tribute TO Mr.. Schwab,s
invaluable services to tho country.
Director McAdoo signed an order
turning back the steamship lines which
were taken over by the government
last April.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

NEW YORk.-Whie report of the
United States Employment Service
shows labor shortage in many cen
tiers, a warning is issued against con-
ditions after army rehabilitation.
BERLlN.-Sentimen of members of
the commission appointed by the pres
ent German government to work out
an economic and socialiZation program
was opposed to radicalism as affecting
national industry and credit
NEW YORk.-The Commercial Pa
cific Cable Company asks the Federal
Court to restrain Postmaster General
Burleson from seizing it's 10000 miles
Of cables.
CHICAGO. thousand employ
ees of the Marshall Field Company of
this city will receive bonus totalling
S1,500,000
PHILADELPHIA. - American ship
yards constructed 102 ocean going YES
sells and 63 smaller craft in November.
PITTSBURGH. - Two armed men
held up the First National Bank of
Bridgeville, near this city, and escaped
with more than $4,000
MEXICO ClTY.-According to the
Ell Universal, the United States is pre-
pairing to ship 10000 900 pounds of sug-
ar and 50,000,000 pounds of flour to
Mexico.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
WASHINGTON

Anticipating the possibility of gov
ernment ownership Of railways, the
Kansas City Southern has brought suit
in the District of Columbia, with inten-
ton of appeal to the United States Su-
preme Court, to force an appraisal of
the value of its right of way by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
President Wilson probably will not
sit in the actual peace congress after
it's sessions begin, but after prelimi-
nary conferences with premiers will
remain close at hand to give his ad-
VICE to the delegates.
General March, chief Of staff, re-
veals that the Twenty-seventh New
York National Guard) Division suf-
fered 1,153 deaths in the service. Tho
American army of occupation has been
increased by five divisions and 100000
officers and men are ordered home, he
says.
The War Board, In a letter signed
by w. H. Taft, denounces the scheme
of the Bethlehem Steel Company to
Shift it's control of labor and refuses
to withdraw federal examiners from
the plant.
The question of what shall be done
with the railroads will not be acted on
by this Congress. A joint committee
will investigate the question aud re-
port to the next Congress on a pro-
gram to succeed the present govern
ment control.
Captain Ti;,sner, superintendent Of
air mails, resignes office in protest
against reorganization Of service, de-
caring airplane manufacturers want
to force expenditure Of unneeded thou
sands. Max filler, first air mail pilot,
also quits.
The war revenue bill, which, 1t is
estimated, will yield $5,953, ,466, 900, Is
introduced in the senate and debate
will begin On Tuesday, with the Re-
publicans attacking the 1920 tax rate
provision
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
SPORTING

Indications point to renewal of
boxing in Illinois, as Richard j. Barr,
Republican leader in that state, says
any legislation intended to legalize
limited round bouts will have his sup
port.
intercollegiate Basketball League
decided to hold a series Of games with
out awarding q championship~trophy.
Kid Mccoy, one time contender for
heavyweight championship honors,
who is now in Los Angeles, has ar
ranged with Snowy Baker to bring the
leading boxers Of Australia to this
country.
The 1919 tournament of the Ameri-
can Bowling Congress will-be held in
Toledo next March, starting probably
about the Sth. The exact date will be
arranged later, depending upon the
availability of the building in which It
is 10 be held.
Ice hockey will be added to Penn
States intercollegiate sports activities
this winter. For the first time since
athletics were fostered at the college
suitable rink for mid-Winter sport
will be available. The football field
will be flooded for the skaters early IN
January. =
Four knockouts in month is rec
ord established by Eddie Nugent, a
middleweight boxer Of Nutley, n. j.,
who has been on the coast of France
for some time now attached to Unit
ed States naval air station.
Kid Mccoy, the old middleweight
glove fighter, is arranging to take n
bunch Of American boxers to Australia
in February.
The United States service men who
are to box in London for the King
George trophies have arrived safely
on the other side. In the party were
Greb, Heavyweights Jack Heinen and
Andre Anderson of Chicago; Richie
Mitchell, Milwaukee lightweight; Pal
Moore, Memph. bantamweight; Cal
Delaney, Cleveland lightweight; Den
mis- O'Keefe, Chicago welterweight
Young Clancy, Baltimore lightweight ;
Billy Whalen, st. Paul lightweight,
and their trainers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
WASHINGTON.

The Administration embarked upon
definite policy Of government own
ership and operation Of the wire lines
of the country. Representative Moon,
of Tennessee, introduced a joint reso-
luton to make permanent the exist
ing control and possession Of the tele-
phone and telegraph systems.
Louis Ga,rthe appeared fe:ore the
Senate Committee and showed that the
editorials he had written for the Cour.
Ter were loyal in tone, and was assured
by members of the committee of their
belief in his loyalty.
Ships with aggregate carrying capac-
ity Of 100000 tons have been desig-
mated to be turned over by the Army
Quartermaster Department to the
Shipping Board for return to trade
routes.
Resignation Of the Cotton Distribu-
ton Committee Of the War Trade
Board headed by Charles j. Brand, and
revocation Of all regulations estab-
lished by the committee, was an
nounced.
Upon the recommendation Of Gen.
eral Pershing and with the approval
of President Wilson, Secretary Baker
awarded the Distinguished Service
medal to General Peyton C. March.
Newcomb Carlton, president Of the
Western Union Telegraph and Cable
Company, has been placed in charge Of
all marine cable systems of the United
States.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
PRESIDENT WILSON
FRANCES GUEST
Party Has TumuItuous Wei
come at RreSt.
MARKS HISTORIC {
Imposing Sight As Warships In >Pag'
aeant Pass Up Marrow Strait,
With Cheers Ringing From
Both Shores.

Brest-President Wilson landed in
France amid demonstration Of pop
ular enthusiasm and national sympathy
such as rarely, II ever, has been ac'>
corded the head of foreign govern
ment visiting France.
The landing of the President was
not only a remarkable spectacle, with
q notable naval pageant for its back
ground, but 1t also marked the first
entry of an American President into
personal contact with Europe and It's
affairs.
Although the Presidential feet ar.
rived at Brest shortly after noon It
was not until after three o'clock slas
President and Mrs. Wilson dehaiEed
on a harbor boat and set feet on
the soil Of France. Vast crowds
watched the trip ashore and the ic"ts
of warshtps roared salute as the last
stage of the journey was accompi al
On the harbor boat going ashore
the President was seen stand!r~ Oh
the upper deck with Jules j. Ju&"eT'
and, French Ambassador to the United
States, who pointed out the historic
walls and monuments Of the ancient
city.
AS the boat touched the pier the
French and American guards of honor
presented arms and the strains of the
"Star4spangled Banner" mingled with
the cheers Of the great multitude.
Mrs. Wilson came UP the gang
plank with General Pershing. She
carried a large bouquet and as she
passed the American Army nurses
they handed her an American nag
which she bore proudly.
President Wilson drove through the
cheering crowds. the frantic ovation
continuing until he reached the rail-
way station.
A singular feature of the welcome
TO the President was the suppressed
interest of the German prisoners at
Brest. It was evident that their in
terest in the visitor was as keen HS
that of the huge crowd thronging the
Il, DuL Juc dIIiiOiiI+'~S S. ~
Germans in the background.
Among those who lined the route TO
the station were delegations OF p2tri
otic societies and other organizations
and throngs of people from the neigh
boring localities, attired in gala Bre'
ton costumes.
The first to greet the President, be-
sides the French ministerial repre-
sentatiyes, were Andre Tardieu,
French High Commissioner to the
United States, the mayor OF Brest,
Ambassador Sharp, Colonel e. NJ.
House. General John J. Pershing and
General Tasker H. Bliss.
The arrival was the elimination OF
an imposing naval spectacle, WAicl
began as the Presidential feet round.
ed the outer capes, then passed the
entrance forts and moved majestical.
" into the harbor, where the Geo~"e
Washington anchored at the head OF
q long double column of American
dreadnoughts and destroyers and the
units of a French cruiser squadron.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
The hospital ship Comfort and the

The hospital ship Comfort and the
army transport Sierra arrived in New
York harbor, bringing the first large
contingent of American wounded, all
of the great battlefields on which
Americans fought being represented
in the 1900 officers and men.
The German government raised ST.
$4,000 for propaganda work in the
United States.
Liquor stocks are falling low. A
rush by the holders of bonded spirits
to get them out before the nation wide
dry spell sets in is making deep in
roads into the available holdings in
government warehouses, which repre-
sent all that are left.
President Wilson has been made an
honorary member Of the University Of
Crecovia.
Bankers in convention at Atlantic
City will launch campaign against
fraudulent advertising of investments.
A prize steer was purchased at the
live stock show in Chicago by Wilson
& Co. for $3,350 1t will be offered to
President Poincare for the peace din
ner.
House Rules Committee votes for
resolution of inquiry into activities Of
National security League of New
York in the recent campaign. Among
the charges made by the proponents
of the legislation are that a fund of
S1,200,000 was raised. Elihu Root Is
named as one of the targets
United States Chamber of Commerce
wants trade relations resumed with
new German nation to prevent chaos
and bankruptcy in Germany. Resolu-
tions to that effect are approved.
Senator Reed declares the proposed
league of nations would be q war
breeder, replying to Senator Lewis,
who opens the debate in the senate.
Defense of the theories Of League
Of Nations to enforce peace as an out
growth of the deliberations Of the Yer
sailles peace conference was advanced
in the senate by Senator Lewis Qll)
and provoked from Senator Borah
Udaho) a denunciation of the entire
plan as one committing America to
the surrender Of her national rights.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
COMFORT IS BACK HOME
Over 400 Wounded Men Again
Set Foot on Native Soil.
Want to Forget War and Get Back to
Peace Pursuits, Gonzales
cents Say.

New York.-If an honor parade up
Fifth avenue of all Pershing's men
were to be staged, perhaps no better
selection of unit in the van could be
made than that of S94 soldiers and II
marines who arrived here on the hos
pital ship Comfort
She was the first real hospital ship
to bring back wounded men. Every
one who stood propped up on crutches
on her decks or lay on a cot in her i'm
provised wards had lost leg or an
arm or been otherwise crippled. Most
of them had been dropped" by Ger
man shot or shell more than once,
many of them three times.
They were remnants Of American
shock troops-boys who had been In
the thick of it many times, had had
hospital care and had gone back to
square accounts with the enemy.
When the Comfort was sent to
France to take on wounded General
Pershing personally sent word to the
base hospitals to send to her the men
who had won their Christmas home
reward without question and who
could be moved. Of the AL selected
166 were ambulatory cases-those who
could move around on crutches or
canes-and 245 were stretcher cases.
There were 20 men from the Rain
bow Division, several New York boys
among them. Some came from Maine
and some from Arizona, but just where
mattered not to the army officers and
Red Cross nurses who went to the aHo-
boken pier Of the army to get them.
The Comfort, which left St. Nazaire
on November %, reported the rough
est voyage in months, and fears for
her safety had been expressed by Off
GERS of the transport service, as for
several days during the storms no
wireless communication could be es-
tablished.
Many of the men who arrived were
wounded in the American thrust at
Chateau Thierry.
They hobbled on crutches to which
they were still unaccustomed or press
ed comforting hands against the
sings that held shattered arms or
gripped their sides tight to help the
cough that poison fumes had brought.
There were few among the 35 officers
and 1881 men who had not come to
know what it means to be wrenched
by shell or stifled by gas. -
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
FOREIGN

Great Britain will use all her influ-
ence to make the league of nations a
powerful reality, hut she cannot re-
gard it as a substitute for her own
navy in any measurable period Of time,
Winston Spencer Churchill, the min
lister of munitions, wrote in an article
contributed to the Glasgow Sunday
Post.
Polish-American divisions have em-
barked at Havre for Danzig to occupy
the provinces of Posen and Silesia,
SAYS the correspondent of the Weser
Zeitung at Warsaw.
A report from Darmstadt, capital Of
the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and an
other from Oberhausen, in Bavaria,
agree that the number Of persons in
Germany who still favor Kaiserdom Is
large.
! DIR. Won Pirquet says the birth rate
in Austria has fallen 80 per cent. on
account of the war; children have lost
ten pounds in weight and men have
been reduced from ITO pounds to 12O.
, According to an Amsterdam dispatch
received in London, Holland would
surrender the Hohenzollerns if the al
lies insist, but would prefer to intern
them for life on an island in either
the Dutch East or West Indies.
Herr Ebert evades q demand that
he become the President Of Germany.
Following the arrest of the Soldiers
and Workmen's Executive Council Il
mob is fred on by soldiers armed with
machine guns, apd 81 persons are
killed and wounded. The Berlin gov
ernment hastily meets to consider all
lied occupation of the capital.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
Biz Stories and Minor Events
Blue Penci|ed Into Quickly
Read Paragraphs.
DoINGs AT NATIONS CAPITAL.
Happeninus That Caused Stir Briefly
Observation-Disclosures About the
Progress of Things in General
PEACE BULLETINS.

A traveller back from Germany says
the German people pin their hope on
President Wilson and his fourteen
points at the peace conference. They
were not repentant of their acts ana
not chaGtelC. by defeat except in 50
far as they want to save as much as
possible of their nation.
The newspaper Zeitung am Mittag
says returning soldiers are boiling with
rage over conditions i'll Berlin.
A battalion of the Thirty-ninth
United States Infantry left Treves for
Coblenz, using the railway for the first
time, on hurry call from the German
authorities, who fear disorder in the
Rhine city after their forces evacu-
ate it.
Mr.. Lloyd George in q speech at
Leeds says he asked President Wilson
last spring for 10000 American SOL
diers and the United States responded
with 100000. more than million be-
ing carried overseas aboard British
ships at the risk Of famine in. England.
Paris publishes the text Of Frederick
Williams renunciation Of all claims to
the imperial and Prussian thrones.
The document bears the date Of De-
cember /.
A dispatch from Bitburg, Germany,
tells how the burgomaster recognized
his nephew in the captain of an Amer
lean company entering the town and
says the citizens are cordial, as many
have relatives in This country. The
Workmen's Council favor republic
and declare they are opposed to Boil
sheviSm.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
GEORGE FAVORS LEAGUE.

Premier Declares Plan Will at Least
Make War Difficult.
London. = Premier Lloyd George
broke his long silence with regard to
the League Of Nations plan.
Addressing a large women's meet
ing, the prime minister said:
~ favor a League Of Nations. II
may not prevent war, but 1t will make
it difficult and trip the steps Of the
god of war;" Mr.. George added that
the coming peace must make war diff
cult, if not impossible.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
KEYS TO METZ RETURNED.

Mayor of City Receives What Ger.
mans Failed to Get in 1870.
Metz.-During the ceremony in the
City Hall in connection with the Off
cial entry of President Poincare, Pre-
mier Clemenceau handed to the mayor
of Metz the keys to the city which the
Germans failed to get when they cap
tured Metz in 1870.
The keys lad been preserved by a
descendant Of Gen. Il. A. Papasset, one
Of the defenders of Metz IN the previ-
Gus war.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20
PEACE CURES SHELL SHOCK.
More Than 1000 Soldiers Recover At
The News.

Washington.-More than 1000 Amer
can soldiers in France, suffering from
shell shock, were cured by news of
the signing of the armistice, Surgeon
General Ireland told the Senate Mill
tary Committee, of $500 shell-shock
patients, the General said, all except
about 800 were we'll almost immed-
lately. ut was the greatest expe-
rienca in psycho-theraneutics known"
the committee was told.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-20

By the use of the Parcel Post System
our store is almost next door to you.
Mail US your orders and you will be
surprised how quick you will get the
goods. we give prompt attention to all
orders, no matter how small. We have
lots of satisfied customers among your
neiehbors and will be glad to receive
your orders.
The evening herald., 1918-03-16
Tuberculosis Clinics Teaching
Patients How to Cure Them
selves of Dread Disease.

,poudidly,' he said "Bc sure 20 keep
up the milk aud cgs and don't forget your
nar every day
The stranger became fascinated as be-
listened 10 the patients talk. Il was
cheerful, though there We're frequent ref
croncrs 10 temperature aud cure hut
for the most BART IL was about out Of
door life ON tenement roofs and In back
yards There were uumh,r Of children
no the crowd and they all seemed happy
Ihry were certainly coming 100 Tor thcii
share of attention and appeared TO- cu.
Ioy Dr.
The sounds that came from behind the
screen were anything but mournfal Every
now and then q newcomer entered aud
was greeted with general smile. II Was
ail very my,trr'nu- until ho ml.rd with
the uuf.r.
Shc told him chat tuberculosis r. one
0i the most curabie of al Diseases and
that rho rIinir J.. q sury of school lu Which
llosc who have 1t learn 60 take care o
themselves aud others su they will moi
spread infection. She explained that III,
children belonged TO uhcrpulou, father
pr mothers and were coming to the clint,
|ns q mnttrr ~ prc'aulion 80 they coult
nc watched fur symptoms ~ the discas'
'aud il could he arrested iu its in,ipicncv
The evening herald., 1918-03-16

Home WORK centres about the clinic"
ske said. The visiting nurse sends her
patients here for medical attention. The
clinic sets as q feeder to the hospitals.
and " a patient il In need OF sanatorium
care We see that he gets It. Prevention
is the keynote Of the work. II Is impos-
sibie To tell how many pcopl, are saved
from getting tuberculosis by the teaching
that cmanatcs from the clinic"
The tuberculosis Clinic is established
IN every community In tho country whore
The fight against pulmonary tuberculosis
ls being Carried on To-day there are
nearly 800 oi these clinics and dispen.
sarics which radiatc hopcfulness aud pro.
mote education. but this number is in
sufficient 10 care FOR the .asrs that are
calling for attention
m" American Red Cross aud the W.
uoual Association Tor the Study and Pre-.
ycuuon NJ Tuberculosis ar emphasizing
DO" need ~ more clinics IN connection
with thc annual Christmas sale Of Red
Cross seals. The seals will provide any
community with funds To start clinic.
Ninety per cent Of the money raised is
left IN the community and state to be
used - nm educational fund in anti.tuber.
Iculo,is work
The war has made IL necessary to open
nov clinics to care for men rejected from
tho army on account o. tuberculosis
Everybody * asked to do his biz 60 h..
"einblish these centres of cure and cu
T 'li-hfcumruL
The evening herald., 1918-03-16

Kansas Cit>. Mo. March lG.-llog-
';cceipts 3.00o. Market steady Hulk,
i1G.90M I1.Gb, heavy. stG.HU4f li.in.
light. sii.35m 17.7a. pig-. Sl2.'oF'
1850.
Cattle Receipts 100. Market stead,
Prime fed steers. S12.50I 1873. dress
cd beef steers. Sl0.5Om l1.55. -tockyr.
and feeders. s7.5Od t2.5o: bulls 81, .t
~ 1880. calves. S1.5Um 1900.
sheep Receipts 'Noue Markr
steady Lambs. $1,000 Is 90. year.
lings. St3.50N 1859. wothcrs. s1s.5p"
100. ewes. Sll.aUTt3.0O
The evening herald., 1918-03-16

In t5e dingy smoke bcgrimcd stree, the
white front of one house CLEANED prom
inently. White curtains hung NJ the
windows, The doorstep was Immaculate
and an air Of cleanliness and well being
radiated from the place a sign over the
door read Tuberculosis Clinic" Ont Of
curiosity the passerby stepped inside or
all places which might be expected to
radiate hopclcssncss ana despair tho
tuberculosis clinic seemed 10 him the most
likely.
A nurse In white linen with a sm ling
face bustlcd up TO him aud inquired II
she could do anything Cor him.
Il am just curious" he said 81 would
Ike 10 watch." Tho nurse led him 20 a
chair where he could see The whole room
and satiato his curiosity some Of th,
men and women who crowded tho plroc
did look 90, but none of them hopclcs.ly
80. Some were pale and emacigtcd aud
some coughcd occasionally, but for th,
most part they were rathrr uuu1l lupS
ms and not at an depressed
In the corner q woman was stanlin.
on the scales and smiling az the nurse
II have gained a puund she said proud
ly. Il have taken the milk ana css' rcgu
larly-ncvcr MISSED onro
The nurse laughed and doctor p,nrr'
from behind screen "Shr B, dnn.
The evening herald., 1918-03-16

Chicago. March 10. h"ss i'r-
.ccipts. 20 o,u Monday sn. 900 Marfr'
firm Ten cents Iouvc YESTERDAY HN-
.r,pe Hulk Nsl5" i5.Na. light
Sl..g0miA mixed. tl6.soH 100,
heavy. slGet0 135; rough, fl6 81 70
l6.55. piss Sl3.75g l7e'.
Guuo -E,yrlpt~ 900, Munlu'
ta.ona. Market steady .dtiNc steer
at0m14g .tocker- and feeders
kN.gs1ls.- COWS and heifcr-. fi.l'
gl.l1. Calves. Slu.a0et
sheep Receipts 1000, Mond 's
tS On0 sheep 81. "a so. inmbf
xiAbOM M1N.t'.
The evening herald., 1918-03-16

Denver March lG.--Cattlc-R Rg-
ceipt- loO. Market steady
tlogs Roccipts 100. Market . 10 10
cents higher TOP. SlIi5, bulk,
Si7.OOM11.35
Sheer. Receipts Zoo. Market
strong. Lambs. SlG.0UalN.0o, cwc-.
Sl2.15M 1850.