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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20

A specially organsaed corps or de-
partment of justice agents will make
a nation wide Stacker hunt.
Miss Wanda KreutZinger, arrested
as a spy in the main operating room
of the Postal Telegraph Company, New
York, struggles with her captors in an
effort to reach a Broadway window
and to destroy a paper supposed to
contain message.
A $4,000 Liberty Bond will be pre-
sented to Cardinal Gibbons On the oc-
casion of the golden jubilee of his con-
secration as a bishop.
Johns Hopkins University, Balti-
more, will abandon winter sports.
THE total sale Of War Savings and
Thrift Stamps in New York amounts
to $26634,0GG.
Six American aviators in circus
"stunts" 1000 feet above Mitchell
field, New York, are filmed" by Signal
Corps photographers so America can
see training Cf her bird men,"
The Federal Trade Commission Or
dered the Dearborn Chemical Compa-
ny, Chicago, and their statesmen to stop
entertaining prospective customers
with liquor, cigars, etc, holding that TO
be Commercial bribery"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
FOREIGN

England answers Germnay's talk Of
return Of colonies with record Of MUIR
der of Hun reign in Southwest Africa
during Hottentot rebelllons.
The allies have restored the recently
ousted Tschnikovsky provisional gov
ernment to power in .Archangel, and
Washington views the action as a re-
suit Of local Russian politics.
Eleven British and II French citi-
zens are imprisoned in, the Fortress Of
st. Peter and Paul, In Petrograd.
French colonies furnished 91S,00O
men, Of whom GS0000 were combatants
and the remainder workers.
Every man of the $500 aboard the
White Star steamship Persic was saved
when she was torpedOed 200 miles off
England last Friday. The vessel was
beached.
Gen. Pedro A Seay has been select
ed as the new President Of Panama.
The Bolshevid, In frantic effort to
retain control of Russia, conducted Il
reign of wholesale murder In Petro-
grad and Moscow. Two attempts were
made to assassinate DR.. Carl Helf-
ferich, the new German ambassador.
In telegram to the League of Ger
man National Soldiers Unions, the
Kaiser has reiterated the phrase 'the
enenry's superior forces, reprehensible
methods and will to destruction" He
urged every possible support at home
for the troops at the front,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
100000 REG|STE,2
Nations Response to the Draft
a Complete Success. :.
General Crowder Gets Reports lndlcat
Ing Estimates VIII Be Greatly
Exceeded.

Washington. - Americans to the
number of nearly 100000 answered
the call of the nation to aid In the Gre
alton of the unconquerable force,
"force without limit" to use the Pres
ident's words, which within the en-.
suing 12 months will send Prusssantsip
to its last account.
In every city, town and village, In
every mining and lumber camp. hsh'
cry, cattle range and farm, from one
end of the land to the other, Ameri'
cans ranging in age from the beard
less youngsters of eighteen to the near
granddaddes of forty-fve solemnls
registered their names on the roll VI
availables for the final smashing blow
against the Kaiser.
At the offices of the provost marshal
general, where all the vast plan OF
registering the millions Of citizens had
been formed, where the whole scheme
had been shaped and into which run
the wires Of manipulation by means m
which the vast enterprise, the most
gigantic census of manhood ever gath
cred in a single day, there was no more
excitement than If the whole limit OF
the program was the conduct Of q pri'
mary election for sheriff in Americas
smallest county.
Excitement, there was none. The
mechanism did not rattle; the bearings
did not squeak. 1t was as though ua'
der the guiding hand Of Major Gen.
eral Crowder the whole system, lubri.
Gated to a nicely, had been running on
for months.
Even before the amendment to the
selective draft law under which men
between the ages Of eighteen and
twenty-one and between thirty-one
and forty-fve were ordered to regis
ter the provost marshal generals Of
fee had been prepared for the days
stirring event The organization used
in the great first draft Of June ., 1917,
was employed throughout the nation,
the election machinery and the educa-
tional system furnishing the clerical
force and the locations for the thou
sands Of draft offices.
A noteworthy feature Of the day was
the absence Of any report Of disturb
ance or q breakdown of the registra-
ton machinery in any part of the coun.
try.
The 5000 local boards are under Ia.
struction to report directly to the All.
jutant generals Of their states, who
will report to their respective go"
ernors. The returns to Washington
will be made by the governors.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20

at is superb demonstration of the
will of the American people" was the
elatcd comment of Provost Marshal
General Crowder to his military asso-
ciates upon the~magniticent response
of the nations citizenship to the call
for military registration.
There is no new wool for civilian
consumption, and there will not be
"for some time to come" This is the
statement of the War Industries
Board.
Representative Daniel Riordan, mem
Der of the congressional committee
that has been investigating naval ac-
tivities abroad, says, "God help the
Kaiser's navy if he ever sends it out to
face the allied ileetsl'
The big revenue bill will be amended
TO exempt part of the income on Lib
erty Bonds from the surtaXes to be I'M
posed
! dispatch from the American lega-
ton at Christiana said reliable infor-
grad was burning in II different places
and that there was indiscriminate mas
sacre Of people in the streets.
The new naval radio station at An
napolis is in operation.
Eightcen-year-old boys and men
thirty years and older will not
be called in the new draft They reg
istered on September y with all 9TH
ers who are eighteen and over, but
under forty-siX, except those who have
already registered and men now in the
SERVICE but they will not Immediately
receive questionnaires nor be immedi-
ateiy classified.
Legislation to exempt from sur
taxes a portion of the income from
Liberty bonds has been recommended
to Congress by Secretary McAdoo. I'm
mediate enactment Of the measure in
order to stimulate the sale Of the
bonds of the fourth Liberty issue is
urged.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
PITH OF HE
w a r N e w s

British troops made important prog
ress in their drive toward Cambria,
crossing the Canal du Nord north of
Harvincourt and capturing thou
sand Gernaana in an advance of half
a mile on three mile front. Sew
erai towns were captured.
Lloyd George, speaking to English la
Dor at Manchester, said only heart
disease can prevent the victory of
the allies over the central powers.
The casualties of the British last
year, he said, were only one-fifth as
many as in 1915.
Menace to St. Quentin grows as the
French and British rush onward.
French pressure continues on the
southern end of the Hindenburg line,
where the Germans are suffering ap-
paIIing losses from their counter at
tacks on the Franco-Americans.
Washinqton's view of the campaign In
the west is that the Germans con-
template the evacuation of Douai
and big withdrawal to shorten
their lines and save men.
Four huge lines Of defense have been
built by the Germans between their
present positions and The German
frontiers. They must DC pierced one
after the Other ky the allies before
they ara driven ous oS Eranea
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
Gcrnan-American War

S1Se1acS-SS SSSSSSG2S-SS -SS@S1@'SS>S0SSSS~ ~.''
American troops launched a viGor-
GUS offensive south of Ferdun anu
pushed in the sides of the famous st.
Mihiel salient, intact for four years,
to a depth Of several miles, working
from the south and west. French, CO.
operating between the two wings, cap
tured st. Mihiel. 1t was the first
American drive, and the entire opera
tion was personally directed by Gen
eral Pershing.
Representative Albert Johnson Of
Washington was commissioned cap
tain in the army chemical warfare
service.
The enemy made vigorous attempts
to break Mangins grip on Mount de
LaffauX, northeast Of scissors, but
each time the Franco-Americans have
crushed the encmys blow and held
their high positions, which threaten
the enemys hold on the whole line OF
the Aisne and the Chemin des Danes
twenty-five additional colleges have
been authorized by the war depart
ment to organize units Of students
army training camps in October.
Plans for enlarging infantry re-
placement camps and central officers
training schools at Camps Lee, Va,
Gordon, Ga, Pike, Ark, Macarthur,
Tex, ard Grant, ILL.,, were made.
Secretary Daniels and other officials
of the United States navy department
said they accepted as true the reported
sinking of a German submarine by the
oil tanker Frank II. Buck In midocean
September 3.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
GENERAL,

Hogs sold at $2075, a new high rec
ord i'll Chicago.
Ieomen, nurses and Red Cross work.
ers will be admitted to the Army and
Navy Union.
A telegram was sent by President
Wilson to the striking toolmakers and
machinists of Bridgeport, Conn, call
ins upon them to return to work for
patriotic reasons and to solve their
problems via the War Labor Board.
Because of the shortage, manufac-
turers Of felt, shoes and slippers were
notified by the War Industries Board
that when present stocks are exhaust
ed they will not receive new supplies.
Eugene Y. Debs and Rose Pastor
Stokes held hands as jury returned
O verdict ut Cleveland finding him
guilty Of violating the espionage act.
The maximum penalty Is 20 years and
a fine of $4,000.
The War Industries Beard, Washing
ton, announces that relief organiza-
tiOns will continue to receive their sup
ply of knitting -arn for garments for
soldiers and sailors.
Nineteen alleged members Of the l.
". w. are named III federal indict-
ment at Sacramento. Cal, in conspira-
~ to burn grain, fcoilstuffs and can
ner.es.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
j, S, STEAMSHIP
sinks BIG u BOAT
Two Shots From Tanker Frank
H. Buck Blow German Sub
marine to Pieces.
18TH SHOT DID THE WORK.
Crew Describes Exciting BattIe-AmeT.
ican Says There Was "a Terrific
Explosion and She Sank
Almost Instantly"

WGshingtOn.-The sinking Of large
German submarine, camouflaged and
flying no flag, far out in the Atlantic
ocean on the morning Of September 3
by the American tank steamer Frank
II. Buck was officially reported to the
navy department. SO far the depart
ment has received by long distance tel
ephone from an Atlantic port only a
summary of the statements made to
naval officers by the captain of the
Buck, His official report has not yet
reached the department
The captains report makes the most
definite statement that has yet been
given of the sinking Of a German sub.
marine by an American vessel since
the capture by the American destroyer
Tanning of a German U boat, which
afterward sank. The department re.
Trained from commenting on the cap
tain's report beyond saying that the
captain highly commends the efficiency
and conduct of Chief Gunner's Mate
Joseph Steffens Of the United States
navy and the whole naval gun crew
under his command. The summary OF
the statement made by the captain fol
lows:
ION September g. at :25 q. m, an
enemy submarine was sighted on the
starboard beam at $4,000 yards. The
submarine opened fire with two six.
inch guns. We answered fire with for
ward gun. We saw the shot fall about
400 yards short and Immediately
swung stern forward to submarine
using after gun. Our shots were very
close to the submarine, and the sub
marines shrapnel was bursting very
near to US, some Of the pieces falling
upon our decks amidship. We changed
our course frequently, which seemed
to upset the submarines aim and
range. AS soon as the submarine saw
our range was equal to hers she hauled
away from us. Up 10 that time she
had been closing In on US.
Before the submarine could get out
Of range our twenty-eighth shot from
the after gull apparently hit her stern
The twenty-ninth shot hit her just for
ward of the coming tower, near and
under the water line. The bow imme
diately shot up into the air very sud
denly, then settled and went down out
of sight, the stern making half turn
toward us and then it disappeared.
Upon shot striking the submarine
we saw very closely 4 terrific explo-
sion and black smoke, which enveloped
the submarine. I am positive that we
destroyed her, as she sank almost in.
stantly after the shot struck her.
"The engagement lasted 20 minutes
Some Of the fragments of the subma'
rlne fell on our deck and were picked
I'D. The submarine was about 800 feet
long, of the yarly type of German sub
marine, with high bow, and had two
six-inch guns close to the coming tow
er, fore and aft"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

WASHINGTON. - Joseph c. S.
Blackburn, formerly United States
senator from Kentucky, dies at the age
Of seventy-nine.
BROOKLYN.-Leroy Jones, a stu
dent aviator Of the Naval Corps, Is
drowned by the upsetting of a canoe
In Oyster bay. r. e. Toby, his COM
panion, is rescued.
WASHINGTON. - Provost Marshal
General Crowder issues Il warning that
the new priorities list, issued by the
War Industries Board, does not dis
place the work or fight order issued
by his department, and exemptions
must be figured accordingly.
NEW YORK. The allen property
custodian has seized Il potential Ger
man naval base at St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, which formerly was the prop
erty of the Hamburg-American Com
pany.
ROsTOM.-There will be no political
rallies or speechmaking by Republican
candidates in massachusetts campaign
during he Liberty Lean drive.
P&RlS.-Hoics plead for recognition
rs free nation same as Czecho-SlO
raks, but allies point out latter has Or
g;;nizcA III army IN field against enc
ny. w!:!!c rG!es have been unable to
pr--::,-..i.-s: - SrnN.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
j, S, TRANSPORT SUNK
Liner PersiC Torpedoed, but No
Lives Are Lost.
u Boat Attacks When Transport Falls
Behind Convoy Because of En-
gine Trouble.

London. - A transport with 2,SOO
American troops on board was struck
by torpedo fired by German subma-
rine while 200 miles off the English
coast at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, ac-
cording to announcement made here.
al on board the vessel were saved.
None Of them was injured.
The transport after being hit man.
aged to reach the coast and was beach
ed. Many Of the men aboard her came
from Chicago and Cleveland.
According to some Of the men, the
submarine which fred the torpedo was
destroyed by depth bomb from one
Of the destroyers which was escorting
the convoy of vessels bound from an
American port to Europe and among
which was the transport.
All the men were taken off the trans
port by the destroyerS soon after she
was hit. The sea was calm, and it was
not necessary to launch the lifeboats.
The men descended from the decks OF
the stricken vessel to the deStroyers
by means Of ropes. There was no sign
Of panic.
The transport was part of large
convoy. Trouble developed In her en-.
gines, however, and she was forced to
lag behind the other vessels IN the con-
voy until the trouble was overcome.
The necessary repairs had been made
TO her engines and she was proceeding
to catch up with the other vessels
when she was attacked. The torpedo
struck her just forward Of the engine
room. She Immediately began to sink,
bow first.
Many of the men on board her were
bathing at the time, and they made
quick dash for the decks, where they
took their places. Water was rushing
into the hold OF the vessel at such a
rate that at first it was thought she
would quickly sink. For this reason
some of the men did not wait to put on
their clothing.
Soldiers who later arrived at an In
land rest camp say that they saw di-
rect hit by one Of the depth bombs
dropped from aboard a destroyer.
They said that they saw the submarine
lit entirely out of the water and then
entirely disappear.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
SPORTING

The world series was remarkable IN
that it was completely dominated by
pitching, thus sustaining the belief
that pitching is 50 per cent. Of base
ball and that the great unknoWns'
among the teams, such as Whiteman,
Pick and Shean, carried away the pre-.
mier honors. Opportunity came to
Whiteman, and he was equal to it.
,'obb never did so well in a world Sc
rieS.
The war department has requested
that educational institutions having
army training for students suspend
football for the season.
A muff by Flack, allowing two men
to score, gave the Red SoN the victory
over the Cubs BY . TO l in the sixth
and deciding game for the worlds
baseball championship, which title tile
Sox won by four games to two.
W. S Kilmer's imported three-year-
old colt, Sun Briar, lowered the worlds
record for mile around turn TO :f3
at the Saratoga race track.
Hollywood Bob defeated David GIy
and other three-year-old trotters in a
fast race at Syracuse Grand Circuit
meeting.
The brilliant victory Of the Cubs
over the Red Sox In the fifth game of
the series for the worlds baseball
championship by 3 to was marred by
n threatened strike of the teams not
to play until assured of larger per-
centage of the receipts of the first four
games.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
LATEST NEWS IN
ABRIDGED FORM
Events That Concern the Two
Henispheres Recorded So as
to Be Read at a Glance.
BULLETINS ABOUT THE WAR.
Progress of HostIities in the Heavens
Above, the Earth Beneath and
the Waters of the Seven
Seas.
BULLETINS ABOUT TIE WAR.
WAR BULLETINS

Newton d. Baker, United States sec
rctary of war, witnessed the o.hnlnS
Of the first great AmeriNn tlriVe
AGAINST the st. Mihiel salien, at ord
lag to reports received in Paris trom
tie front.
The French captured Travecy, on
the Hindenburg line two miles north or
La Fere, outflanzing the latter town.
The British advanced their lines near
er to ST. Quentin and Cambria,
French bombing machines down 2So
Hun airplanes and G6 balloons in the
month Of August.
The Hindenburg line Is already be-
Ing manned by troops who have not
appeared in the fighting so far.
German war correspondents report
to their papers, according to Amster-
dam advices, that Douai, the great
base in the Hindenburg line between
Lille and Cambrai, Is being evacuated
by the Germans. The bulk of the
civilian population already Is out OF
the town, the correspondents assert.
Talk Of German retreat of strategy
shown to be false.
Captured German positions give
proof that high command had decided
to spend winter in Peronne and Ba-
paume. Officers had fitted up luxu-
ri0us quarters for cold weather and
supplies Of fuel had been accumulated.
The peril of the German forces in
La Fere was increased materially by
Il new French advance on either side
Of this almost invested town.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
FOR CHILD LABOR IN TAX BILL.
Pomerene Says Wilson Will Support
Such Amendment.

Washington. - The President has
pledged support for what In effect
amounts to a child labor amendment
to the war revenue bill, says Senator
Pomerene of Ohio, who conferred with
the executive. Senator Pomerene in
tends to obtain the effect of prohibits
Ing the use Of child labor by a pro-
hbitory tax against the sales of prod
ucts OF child labor, the child labor law
being held unconstitutional.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
DEBs GUILTY ON THREE COUNTS.
Socialist Convicted of DisIoyalty Un.
der Espionage Act.

Cleveland.-Eugene V. Debs, Social.
ist, was convicted on three counts,
charging violation of the espionage act,
In the United States district court
here. His defense consisted of an adj
dress by himself in which he explain
ed that he was working for the good
Of the whole world.
The maximum penalty on each count
is 20 years. Imprisonment and fine of
$4,000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20
***** K k X X K X X ** **5
VIENNA WoMEf4 RIOT IN
PROTEST AGAINST MORE
TROOPS GOING TO FRONT.

], I.Cnd0n.-The continued ad- >
+ vance Of the entente allies on 4
+ the battle front in France Is \
* making a profound impression X
X on Austria-Hungary, according =
II to q dispatch from Zurich to The !
* Evening Star. The recent de- 4
+ parture Of Austrian troops from =
< Vienna caused riotous scenes in !
4 tie Austrian capital.
X Thousands of angry women, \
X the dispatch says, raided the i
X railway stations, protesting \
X against the departure of the >
X men.
<
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ALIEN ENEMIES IN THE "SERV.
ICE"

An officer of the army guilty of
giving aid and comfort to the enemy
in time of war deserves no mercy at
the hands of the Government lie Pc.
trayed. Nor will there be, any sym.
pathy for man holding hiGh com
mission in Ia; service Of hfs country
who at the same time contributed to
the sort of hostile propaganda that
was carried ON in the United States
by Germany before the wary and to
whom military COURT has lpeted Sc
we're punishment. Nevertheless. the
case of Captain Henkes, jus'k dismiss
ed from the army and sentenced to
twenty-five years Imprisonment
presents some peculiar features which
should command the attentions Of the
Government They shoal' at least cal
| for full explanation frpm the Secre
ary OF War and for pFcaRtioas tc
prevent repetition 0. oiseaAastaneos
hitch make the casNof Captain
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28
Henkes decidedly peculiar.

Here was an officer Of German par
entage and German sympathies who
had the frankness to recognize his I'M
fitness for service in Europe against
his kindred. He was willing to serve
elsewhere, even on transport duty in
the submarine zone, but being con-
WINGED that he was incapable of MAX
ing war on his kindred lin manner
that would become his duty and sta.
tion," he asked to be relieved In May
last, within few days after the decla-
ration of war, he offered to resign
from the army but in spite of his frank
warning was sent to France with the
first of the army contingents, only to
be returned in disgrace for court-mar-
tial Whatever may be the military
ethics in such case, however serious
the question of permitting an officer
to resign in time of war, it is plain
that Captain Henkes case was grossly
bungled somewhere, by some one. He
should never have been sent abroad
at all. His commerce with Won Bern
storf was without excuse, under the
circumstances, but that in the face
Of his own repeated appeals, his frank
statement of. his attitude toward his
countrys enemy, he should have been
retained in the front line was equal
ly inexcusable