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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26

Our boys are going "Over the top" and
into ''No mans land" this spring. No one
has any doubt of their ability to get there.
There will also be spring drive on this side
of the ocean, because March is the years
'blue Monday" It's the most fatal month
of the year, March and April is a time when
resistance usually is at lowest ebb. 1t Is
q trying season for the rundown" man or
woman. But medical science steps in, and
says it need not be. We should cultivate
a love of health, a sense Of responsibility for
the care of our bodies. Do not allow the
machinery of the body to clog. Put the
stomach and liver in proper condition.
Take Dr. Pierce'5 Golden Medical Dis
covery, to be had at most drug stores IN
tablet form in 6O-cent vials, composed OF
native herbs. This puts the stomach and
liver in proper condition. You may be
ploddinC along, no spring, no elasticity, no
vim, out as soon as you have put the body
into its normal physical condition-olled
the machinery, as it were-you viii md
new vim, vigor and vitality ,:ithin you. A
little 'pep," ana we'laush and live. Try it
now. Don't waitl Today is the day to
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
WASHINGTON

Il am here to build ships, and l eX-
pect to build them" is the message Of
Charles N. Schwab to the country as
he takes up his duties as director gem
Glal Of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
Iion.
Proposals to increase the fixed price
on wheat to $3.50 q bushel were de-
f~ated in the house, partly through the
aid of the Presidents opposition to the
measure.
4 bill to fix the maximum price for
raw cotton, when sold by the producer
or dealer to the manufacturer, at 20
cents q pound during the war, was in
troduced by Representative Emerson
3f Ohio.
The senate passed the silver bill
providing for the melting into bullion
$330,000,000 to meet foreign trade bal
anceS.
L.. Ninety-fve per cent. of the people Of
the United States are willing to in
trust the President with all the power
he needs for carrying on the war, Sen
u.or Beckham told the senate in dis
cussing the Overman bill.
The railroad administration is pre-
pared to ask for a large coal freight
rate increase if the fuel administration
stands pat on it's decree requiring the
railroads to pay the governments price
for coal.
War department orders will result
In all German captives in America be-
ing put Oh road work at once.
Trial by military authorities and
death as the penalty for disloyalty are
proposed in a bill introduced by Sena-
tor Chamberlain.
The sabotage bill, without the strike
penalty, passes the senate and is ready
for the Presidents signature.
Friends Of Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge will propose him as chairman
Of the Foreign Relations Committee If
the fight on Senator Hitchcock keeps
the latter from succeeding the late
Senator Stone.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
Gcraan-American War

One of the most heroic deeds of the
war is credited to Doctor Patton OF
New York in a special cable dispatch
from Don Martin, New York Herald
correspondent with the American
army. Doctor Patton saved the lives
Of 20 gas victims, operating without a
mask until he himself collapsed.
The American War Cross has been
awarded to Lieutenants WinsloWs and
Campbell, who brought down two Ger
man aviators.
About forty German prisoners, one
of whom was said to have commanded
y boat, were brought to this side on
former German liner. 1t was report
cd that some of the prisoners were
captured by American soldiers on the
battle front in France.
German reports place the number OF
American troops now engaged in trench
warfare at 10000. This may not i'll
clude the Americans fighting in Pic
ardy.
The repulse by American troops,
outnumbered two to one, of 400 picked
German shock troops on the River
Meuse becomes a German victory by
the stroke Of pen.
Three thousand young men are TAX
ing examinations of the Naval Acade-
my, double the number of any pre-
vous examination.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
CAPTIVES At CAPITAL
Red Patch on Hip an Excellent
Target for Marksmen.
Under Heavy Guard, Officers and Men
of Captured Submarine U-59 Are
Sent to Georgia Prison Camp.

Washington. - Thirty-eight surly,
sneering, we'll fed and alert Germans,
the captured crew of the submarine
U-5S, taken by the United States de-
stroyers Tanning and Nicholson last
November, passed through Washington
Their appearance was startling. Few
persons in the great union station,
used to the constant stream of sol
diers, realized that these were the first
prisoners of war captured by Ameri-
cans. They were under heavy guard
of trim khaki clad United States regu-
lars, commanded by a captain, who
plainly indicated he meant business.
The captives came off the Southern
Railway train in column of twos, led
by their commander, Capt. Lieut.. Gus
tave Ansberger, and his other officers,
Otto Won Ritgen, Paul Schroether,
Frederick Muller and Henry Ropke.
Following them were 33 of the crew.
The officers were neatly dressed in
their blue, with gold insignia. They
SlullC6u uIOuuu Tie great SldllOu dlltl
grinned at each other. Back of them
came the 33 men of the crew. They
were in well worn and well used blue
and the heavy canvas clothes Of the
machinists All of the men were un-
dersiZed and the crew seemed com
posed mostly Of boys from eighteen to
twenty, while the officers were not
more than twenty-five to thirty-five.
On the back of the right leg of each,
between the hip and the knee, was a
large oval patch of red, eight inches
high and six inches across. This could
be seen easily mile away.
"What's that for?" sergeant was
asked.
"That's what the iIcinies have been
asking u.s." he replied. "Let any of
them try to run and he will find out
pretty quick. Red is the best thing in
the world to shoot att
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
SPORTING

Monte Carlo Mona Lisa, owned by
julius M. Fangmann, won prize for
best of breed at tenth annual show of
French Bulldog Club of America.
Heavyweight championship fight be-
tween Jess Willard and Fred Fulton
will be held in Twin Cities providing
a subscription of $4,000 Is raised by
st. Paul and Minneapolis.
The official notice summoning Gro
yer Cleveland Alexander, star pitcher
for the Chicago Cubs, to go with the
draft quota from Howard county, Neb.,
to Camp Funston April 80 was sent
to Chicago by Alexander's draft board
Catcher William Killifer Is captain
of the Chicago Nationals.
The Cleveland Indians obtained Ger.
many Schaefer, famous baseball clown,
from the New York Giants. Hereafter
Germany will be known as plain Her
man for patriotic reasons, President
Dunn announced.
Rube Marquard's appeal for deferred
classification in the draft list on the
ground that he has dependent wife
and child was refused by the Federal
Appeal Board, to which body the noted
Brooklyn twirler had carried his re-
quest.
City authorities of, Paris have laid
out three baseball diamonds in the
Bois de Boulogne for the use Of the
American Expeditionary Force League.
William Killifer, battery mate of
Grover Cleveland Alexander of the
Chicago Cubs, who was drafted recent
ly, was placed in Glass Ia, subject to
immediate call, by the District Draft
Board at Kalamazoo, Mich. Killifer
was originally placed in Glass "A by
the local board at Paw Paw. The gov
ernment appealed the case.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26

The greatest contest for world ira ie
in history is now hein& prepared iGr
by the. larger nations, members of tie
Committee on National Exports Con-
troll declared in their report. Even
Germany is formulating, big schemes
while carrying on the war, they de-
clare
Other communities, including New
York, act to curb the sales of German
language newspapers following the
ban placed upon such>sheets in Hack
ensack, n. J.
Indications in shipbuilding circles
are that the advent of Charles M.
Schwab as director general of ship
building will result in important
changes in the personnel of the fed
eral administration of affairs at Hog
Island.
A Citizens Committee placed a ban
on the sale of German language news
papers in Hackensack, N. j., and the
dealers obeyed. Other towns are to
take similar action.
The Railroad Commission completed
its recommendation for wage IN
creases for railroad employees.
japanese marines are in Vladlvo'
stok merely to help police the city ano
not for any political or international
reason, it was shown by the report OF
Ambassador Francis.
The food administration in New
York ordered 10 bakeries to close their
shops for three days as the result OF
violations of the food regulations. Sew
eral were punished for boarding wheat
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
PITH OF T He
w A r NEWS

Forced by the German drive across
the Lys, the British voluntarily
withdrew from the dangerous Ypres
salient, that curved around from
PasschendaeIe ridge, but still retain
the town. The Germans paid dearly
for occupying the vacated slopes,
which were left desert.
The British have withdrawn their lines
slightly east of Ypres. South of that
town the British recaptured Wyt-
schaete and Meteren in the morning,
but were forced to retire again in
the afternoon.
Piles of enemy dead are strewn in the
fields and villages and even in the
roofless houses, where they lie cEus-
tered around broken machine guns,
So but at Meteren the slaughter seems
to have been unprecedented. Bodies
are piled on the roadside, and hedges
are lined with them. ~
General HaiQ reports the arrival Of
French troops 20 aid the British
north Ct the IYs.
Germans l.; a new drive occupy Pas
schendac!e Or the ridge northeast Of
Ypres and pGsE1 fo!vysrd, taking PoeI-
capeile and ;-engenarck, six miles
ffoa! Y.:1s.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
BRIEF CHRONICLE ESS
BY Land And SEA
Ticks and Flashes Which Bull
Ietin in Condensed Style the
News of the World.
photographic WAR HISTORY
Events at Washington Which Loom
Large as Crucial Happenings
Industrial Activities at
Home and Abroad.
PARAGRAPHIC WAR HISTORY
WAR BULLETINS

Germany does not dare fight the
British grand fleet on the high seas
said an English newspaper, or else she
would have taken this cheaper way
rather than. spend an enormous num-
beraof lives on the western front.
Wide discomfort against the war
reigns in Vienna, and Austria faces
her greatest peril within the empire,
where security no longer exists ana
the populace becomes more and more
friendly to the entente.
The Germans are being held by
Haig's armies, who now are engaged IN
trying to push back the invaders.
Military observers see signs OF an
impending counter attack of consider
able magnitude by the allies against
the newly won German positions ON
the MeSsines Ridge. French reinforce
ments have reached the British lines
and the British advance which General
Maurice reported is regarded as sig
niticant.
Bailleul, Wulverghem and Wyt-
schaete fell into German hands after
al all night battle, together with the
greater part of Messines ridge.
Germany has called up half a mil
Ion more men to the colors, Lloyd
George announced in the house of COM
mons, adding that this made the pas
s;.gc of the man power bill imperative
Messines ridge is the key to the
Ipres sector, and its possession Will
give the Germans a commanding posi-
Son in starting a new drive.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
APRIL 26 LIBERTY DAY
BY Proclamation of President
Wilson Is to Be a Holiday.
Requests People of the United States
to Assemble In Afternoon and
Pledge Anew Their Support.

Observation-Disclosures Wilson is
sued proclamation setting apart FRI
day, April 26, as Liberty Day.
The Presidents proclamation is a
follows:
By the President of the United
States of America:
A proclamation.
An enemy who has grossly
abused the power Of organized
government, and who seeks to
dominate the world by the might
of the sword, challenges the
rights of America and the liberty
and life of all the free nations of
the earth. Our brave sons are
facing the fire of battle in defense
of the honor and rights of Amer
lea and the liberty of nations. To
sustain our gallant associates In
the war a generous and patriotic
people have been called upon to
subscribe to the Third Liberty
Loan.
Now, therefore, 1, Woodrow
Wilson, President Of the United
States of America, do appoint Fri
day, the twenty-sixth day Of April,
one thousand nine hundred and
eighteen, as Liberty Day. On the
afternoon of that day request the
people of the United States to as
semble in their respective commu-
mites and literally buy, pledge
anew their financial support to
sustain the nations cause.
Patriotic demonstrations should
be held in every city, town and
hamlet throughout the land under
the general direction Of the secre-
tary Of the treasury and the inn
mediate direction of the Liberty
Loan committees organized by the
federal reserve banks. Let the ma
tlon's response to the Third Lib
erty Loan express in unmistakable
lGTluS Tic uclGl lllIhdlioh VI -AAhSA
lea to fight for peace, the perma-
nent peace of justice.
For the purpose of participating
in Liberty Day celebrations all en-
ployees of the federal government
whose services can be spared may
be excused at u o'clock noon, Fri
day, the 26th of April.
In witness whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done in the District of Column
bia, this 18th day of April, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and eighteen, and of
the independence of the United
States of America the one hundred
and forty-second.
By the President:
WOODROW WILSON.
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary Of State.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
9 AMERICANS SLAIN IN MEXICO.

Four Killed on Same Floor OF Hotel
Near Tampico.
New Orleans.-Nine Americans were
slain at and near Tampico, Mexico. a
fortnight ago, according to a report
made by Captain F. NJ. Sadler, just re-
turned. -Four of the Americans were
killed on the same floor of the hotel ut
which I was stopping the night OF
April g." said he. "There are many
Germans in the city, and they are pro-
nounced in their attitude of dislike to-
ward Americans"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
SUDDEN DEATH

Before an insurance company will take
a risk on your life the examining physician
will test your water and report whether
you are a good risk. When your kidneys
get sluggish and clog, you suffer from
backache, sick-headache, dizzy spells, or
twinges and pains of .lumbago, rheuma-
tism and gout, or sleep is disturbed two
or three times a night.
You can readily overcome such con-
ditions, prolong life and drive the uric
acid out of the system by taking Anuric
in tablet form. 1t was the discovery OF
DR.. Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo,
NY. Send him ten cents for trial pack
age Anuric. Many times more potent
than ithia. Try it now!
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
FOREIGN

Confirmation of the resignation of
the Hungarian cabinet and the ap-
pointment of Count Tisza as premier
was received in London.
Bonar Law, speaking in the COM
mons, said he expected conscription to
be enforced before August 1 in Ire
land.
Lord Miner was appointed minister
of war, to succeed Lord Derby, who
has gone to Paris as ambassador.
General Rawlinson, commanding a
British army in the Somme battle, has
written a letter commencing the Amer
lean engineers who formed an impor-
tant part of the improvised army
which filled the gap in the allied line
The losses TO British shipping by
mine or submarine in the last week
iut5ied Is, according to The admiralty
report. Eleven of the merchantmen
sunk were 1900 tons or over and four
under that tonnage. Twelve vessels
were unsuccessfulry attacked.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
u BOAT TOLL Fifteen SHIPS.

Twelve Other Vessels Are Unsuccess-
fully Attacked.
London.-The losses to British ship
ping by mine or submarine in the past
week totaled Is, according to the adj
miralty report. Eleven of the mer-
chantmen sunk were 1,60G tons or over
and four under that tonnage. One
fishing vessel also was sunk.
Twelve vessels were unsuccessfully
attacked.
The arrivals numbered 2,2i1; sail
ings, 2,456.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26

begin. A little energy will save the day.
The prime necessity of life is health. With
spirit and energy you have the power to
force yourself into action. The Golden
Medical Discovery is the spring tonic which
you need. Send DR.. Pierce, Buffalo, N. T.,
1Oc for trial pkg.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
u. S, WILL RUN
BARGE CANAL
McAdoo Seizes s1OO,OOO,ooo
Waterway to Relieve
Railroad Strain.
BIG FLEET TO BE BUILT.
G, A. TomIinson of Duluth to Be Gen.
era Manager-Grain and Coal to
Be Carried-Whitman APP
proves of Plan.

Observation-Disclosures General Nc
Adoo ordered the Erie and New York
state barge canal system to be taken
over by the railroad administration.
To relieve freight traffic the director
general announced that "he had decid-
ed to construct as quickly as possible
and put into operation a line Of barges
to be operated by the government on
the canal"
'The barges," the announcement
continued; "will be Of modern con-
struction of the most approved type
and will be operated in conjunction
with and as :. part of the general rail-
road and waterways transportation
system of the country under the con-
troll of the director general of rail-
roads,"
Several hundred steel barges of
about 700 tons each will be ordered i'm
mediately from construction compa-
MES ON the Great Lakes, and the first
Of these probably can be completed in
five or six weeks. Each will cost about
100000. The intensive use Of the new
barges in the late summer and fall Is
planned, and investigation Is being
made Of the practicability of concrete
barges which, it is said, can be built
quickly and cheaply.
In his announcement Mr.. McAdoo
said:
&c. A. Tomlinson Of Duluth, Minn.,
asman of large practical experience in
lake navigation, has been appointed
general manager of the Erie canal op-
eratfons, including the construction of
the barges and general equipment"
This is the first inland waterway
whose operation under the railroad ad-
ministration has been decided on as
result of the extensive investigation
made by the Committee on Inland Wa
terways of the railroad administration.
Within a few weeks, however, the d.
rector general Is expected to order sew
eral other canal systems and navigable
rivers, including the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal, the Black Warrior river, in
Alabama.
The canal system running from Buff
falo to Waterford, near Troy, on the
Hudson river, is capable of carrying
about 100000 tons of freight sea-
son, and probably half Of that amount
will be hauled this year. Grain from
Buffalo and coal from Ithaca and Wat
kins, N. Y, will be the principal COM
modities transported.
Title to the Canal Stays With State.
Albany, N. Y.-Under the constitu-
tion of the state the title Of the Erie
canal property must remain with and
be maintained by the state. Director
General McAdoo's announcement was
interpreted to mean that the railroad
administration would simply direct the
operation of freight and the dispos!-
ton Of barges and boats.
Little construction work remains to
be done on the canal, and 1t is expect
ed that within a few weeks the entire
system will be open to navigation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
Wets Win 21 New York Cities.

Albany, n. Y.-Wets and drys ran
neck and neck in the two-day special
excise election. Returns from 80 Of
the cities in which the elections were
held showed that Is had gone dry and
81 wet.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
Title to the Canal Stays With Stat
CHICAGO FEARS ICE FAMINE.
Hospitals and Private Homes Supplied
First, Dealers Aqree.

7 HoIJ DCaICTS NyT CC'
Chicago.-Ice will be served to Chi
cago hotels and saloons only after hos
pitals and private homes have been
supplied. This agreement has been
reached by Chicago ice dealers, it is
announced by John p. Boyle, Chicago
secsetary of the National Association
of Ice Industries. The agreement also
includes a provision that 90 cents a
hundred is to be the maximum price
charged hospitals and private con-
suIners, although the price charged
hotels and saloons may go higher in
the event of a serious ice famine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
PASS DOLLAR SILVER MEASURE.

VIII Aid Britain in Paying Trade Bal
ances in India.
Washington. The Pittman silver
bill, which will use $3.50, 100000 of, sill
yer dollars to pay trade balances, was
passed by the senate. The $3j0000,-
900 will be taken from a reserve of
s476,OOO,O00 dollars of silver now held
in the treasury. 1t will be melted into
bullion and sent abroad to pay war
credits. For every ounce of the silver
taken out new silver will be purchased
at mot more than 81" per ounce.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-26
FOR s4o,ooo,ooo EXPRESS MERGER.
Plans to Consolidate All Companies
into One Before United States.

Observation-Disclosures company OFF,
cials discussed with the railroad ad-
ministration a proposal to consolidate
companies into one corporation which
would be authorized by Director Cen
eral McAdoo to conduct all the ex-
press business in the country. The
corporation would have capital stock
of about S4O,O0O,000, divided among
the companies in proportion to the
physical valuation of their property.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

War Savings Stamp, you will be given a War Savings
Certificate. This has spaces for 20 stamps. Thus
when full the certificate will have cash value of
$4,000 on January 1st, 1923.
The interest paid you on War Savings Stamps is
equivalent to 40 compounded quarterly if you keep
your stamps for years. If you should need this
money before Jan. lst 1928 you get it back
ten days written notice with interest approximately
$50, by presenting yourW War Savings Certificate, with
stamps attached, at Money Order Postoffce.
The Is cent Thrift Stamps, however, are not re-
deemable exceptn exchangefor War Savings Stamps
1t is the desire of the Treasury Department of the
United States to have every man. woman and child
participate in the War Savings Plan by buying
Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps regularly
Parents are asked to encourage children to and
buy these stamps-to help win the war
You can order War Savings Stamps and Thrift
the coupon below. Fill it out-stating the number
and kind of stamps you want-and mail it to the
nearest Postmaster. Your letter carrier will deliver
the stamps and collect the amount. Place your
order at once. WA0 SaOes, Seyves!
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