North Carolina Newspapers

THE And Right The Day Must Win, To Doubt Would Be Disloyalty, To Falter Would Be Sin. VOLUMN 7 MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 1915 NUMBER 24 el A splendid rain all day Tues- av but we fear it came rather , alone were exported in America ' and Encland. of shells Mny to France pay to The Gernnan General Heinrich Rohne When in Burlington make' per Iir headquarters at Walker’s | the German losses have been l()-25c Store. “You’re always I American bulieis and shells ^leome at Walker’s ! American shells that the chief complaint is made, and these ex ports-of explosives include bullets as t well as shells. We will be liberal and iate to elp the crops much ex- . ^ aa/. jaLT t' t' ( assume that ^5,500,000 worth , pt late corn. i •>ome big man in ; lust have gotten oig w .vk up a sentiment against has had published in Berlin some t.ivat Brittain. Is it possible | figures on the allied expenditure (if iii.it the Germans put up the shells alonRf the western tront. ■ He • uey. j says that “nearly 300,000 shells were fired north of Arras on June 17,” and that "this was almost as much as thr whole fire of the German artillery in 1870.” He also says “the very smallest gun shoots a projeirtile costirg at least t'he Thursday afte/noon Book t iiib will meet with Miss Ham at Mrs. C. A. rt-itlence. Alfred 01 lie Terrell . nday to lined. Terrell and Miss j went to Durham have their eyes ex- A special reduction sale for tl\e next 20 days bj^ C. U. Smith iii oxford shoes, and mens and | boys clothing. New line of fall | ami winter pants for men and | ooys just in. j Lois iihell for an average, the Dillard’s I shot off $3,f»00,000 in shells iii I one (^ay at one spot along a 450-mi!e line. Washington News Lett*^ri Clothing, Shoes Etc. I MONKYFOR ORPHANAGE. Mr. I. S Giark our clever clothing man changes ad in to days issue. He directs atten tion to clothes, shoesi etc. He has a nice line and will treat THE ONE GREAT LESSON. Had Admiral Mahan lived to see the beginning of the second year of the This us at the rate uf $90,000 I I 000 a month for a smaU part of the line, and American’s exports of alj kinds of ammunition per month at the \VvV and up-to-date merchan ts'' at Walker’s 5-10-25c Store, Street. Burlington, N. C. 000 for the whole line! These are American facts an I Ger man calculations, not German guesses. In this light, what becomes of the Ger man invention of 50 per cent, of losses — ! and 86 per cent, of losses caused by ^ ^ ! American bullets and shells? Whatevei hntertainment by The I , ^ , u •' I else these American explosives have Juniors and Daughters !(jone, they are shown in facts to have The Junior Order and Daugh- j exploded with deadly effect under the ters of Liberty will have an en- j 50 and 86 per cent liars, tertainment next Tuesday night i American ammunition undoubtly has August 10th. i figured at more than 5 per cent, Hon. D. W. Sorrell and other j of all the aliieM expenditure, and as speakers will be present. I the allied production is enormously in- All members are requested to \ creasing, it will probably never exceed come and bring a friend. j that small fraction. It is not and has j not been prolonging the war or pre Notice 1 venting German victory. Its effects The meeting of the Civic As-1 sociation will be. postponed from co-P^ratively negh- Hldav afternoon the 6th untill^'b'®- The whole story to rte,_oontra ‘ ^ iry has been “made ni Germany for a uieloilowmg Tuesday the 12th | „„ The inevitable decision of the Amer- can Red Cross to withdraw, October first, its doctors and nn-ses from the European battlefields caused intense regret on the part of the officers here. Lack of funds is given as the reason by IVliss Mabel lioardman, chairman I right in prices of the Red Cross relief committee, j — who aniiounced that on the date men- j tioned the general fund, aggreg*iting . $1,550,000 will have been exhausted. | The British note of March 30, defen- j ds the practices of Great Britain in' the attempt to stop all trade with Ger many, and rejects the United States j war he would have found in the events stand, citing civil war precedent;*! of the first year the most striking vin- to justify the allies cause. The note j Jication yet recorded of the influence contends that Great Britain’s acts are | ^ history. consisttnt with the principles of inter- _ , , „ . . * TT .. .1 Except tor the Bntisn navy. Ger- national law, for which the United ^ States is contending and that these.| to day would be nriaster of the principles have been merely given a | world. Germany’s marveloua prepared new application to suit changed con- j ness, combined with her unparalle .iitions on the seas and the geographi- • military resources, gave the Teutonic cal situation respecting Germany. It I . ! alliance a commanding advantage that is unlikely that the .iocument will chan , ge American position. | Europe could not have Apprehension lest the sinking of the j withstood had land warfare alone been W. M. Cundiff Left $10,000 for Methodist Children’s Home Winsion Salem, N. C. News has reached this «‘ity that Prof. W. M Cundiff of Elkin who died here recent- ly has made provision in his will for $10,000 for the Methodist Children’s Home here. It is understood that Mrs. Cvindiff will turn the money over to the home in a short time to erect a memorial building. American steamship Leelanaw by a German submarine constituted that “delibeiately unfriendly” act of which President Wilson warned Germany in his note of last week was largely dis sipated here with the receipt of unof- able to determine the result. But for British domination of the seas the war would be over and civilization postrate before triumphant German militarism. What has been accomplished by Bvit- ficial accounts of tHc proceduie of the jsh sea power has been carried through German commnnder before sinking the American vessel. It is considered that so far as concerns the observance of the law which President Wilson has been contending as regards submarines that is, visit, search, and the safe guarding of the lives of non-comba tants, the United Scates will have no complaint to ini'ke. without a single conspicious achieve ment. There has been no decisive naval battle. There has been no en gagement betvveen warships of the first class. Not a single dreadnough". has yet bef'n in action except against land defenses or has sightetl a hostile flag a*" »oa. None the less, the work IS the ynd will be held at the home of Mrs. H. P. M. E- Wilkinson at 3,30 purpose that relleets no credit on the ! Government that has been its inspi ration.—N. Y. World. There has been a sharp revival of the report that President W’ilson inten j of the British navy as a whole ds to summon Congress in extraordina- | decifive factor of the wai;. ry session to deal comprehensively | eommerce has .ftsappearod With the subject of the national defen- • se. This talk is indulged in by men so > the ocean and hundreds of thou- close to the President that there is ' sand of tons of German ships are rus- abundant reason to believe, there is | gt their piers. Except in a clan- much more in it then midsummer gos-! (jggt,ne fashion Germany is cut off sip. The signs all point to an extra , , -.i. x- i -j u ^ • 1 J u u ' from all trade with tne outaide world session, eLse, it is asked, why should a i conference between the President and compelled to manufacture for her- the Secretaries of war and Navy be i self whatever she needs for military or now arranged, when it could just as j cjvii purposes. Only her Baltic ports well take place upon the return of the | oi>en One by one her colonios have Chief Executive, which will probably j be ten days or two weeks lience In According to all reports, the Ruesians are laying waste the country around war?aw and stripping the city in antici- prtion of its capture by the Germans. No nation has been less sparing of it self in time of war in the past when it was a question of depriving the invader of the usual fruits of victory. By mak ing a desert of Eastern Poland when forced to evacuate it, the Russians add immensely to the difficulties .of the Teutonic allies in their conquest of more territory. The Canadian militia authorities hereafter will acoept recruits “with poor teeth and other minor physical defects.” why not? why should only the flower of a nation’s yojth be seit to the sacrifice whlK* the defective ard delinquent escape? L THE GAILER WAS JULY 16.1912 Although Four Hired Quki men Did the Killing. It Was Charged That Police Lieutenant Charles Beck er Instigated the Murder HOW THE DEATH STRUGGLE RAGES this connection there is much comment dropped away, her isolation is and mon^ by month more complete. The Brunswick Stew In addition to Ice cream the Civic Association will sell bruns- vvick stew on Friday the 6th. The selling will begin about 11:30 A. M. so that the gentle men who are fond of the stew Germany's Responsibility The diplomatic effect of the first Lusitania note was greatly diminished by Mr. Bryan’s unfortunate conversa tion with the Austrian Ambassador. In that conversation the then Secre- I tary of State managed to create the can get it for the noonday mea . | |_hat the note was merely a Truly Indepedent | concession to popular clamor and ihat I iis language was not to be constructed A family that had only recently j ^he information was imme- oorne into great wealth bought a huge | conveyed to the German For- uuntry estate. One day at a reception j Office, and had much to do with tr»e wife was telling of the new purch- j unsatisfactory character of the ase. “It s all so interesting,” she gus- ^^p,y^ hfd. “we’re to have our own castle and ^ The diplomatic offect of the second horses and {>igs and hens-'- i note was practically destvoy- about the apparent shifts in the at-1 military consequences of that isolation ti*;ude of the administration with re- ] become more and more important spect to toreign relations since the re tirement of Mr. Bryan net. from the cabi- (_>h, hens'; interrupted another ed by Mr Bryan’s refusal to sign it guest, “And they’ll lay ^®r' from the office of \ nu, ■ '1 li.iil’t IvllOW,’ giJ ledpLiiise. “Or woik if they want we are it really E.erv'td.hy’s Magazine. ' Secretary of State. The German of- was tha rather fri- | has no facility for under- ciiurse our hens ciin i standing public sentiment or for inter- ti>, but situated as j pj-jitjug pulitical event'i in other coun- won’t be necessary.’ - | as the war proceeds. I Since the battle cruiser engagement j in the North Sea, in which the Blucher was destroyed, British sea, in which power in no longer openly challenged by Germany, which is not satisfied to wage a furtive submarine warfare against unarmed merchant ships and keep von Tirpitz’s navy snugly hidden in the kiel Canal beyond the range of British guns. In the midst of this snip ing the British navy nont.inues to do its main work without interruption, while the losses sustained by British shipping through submarire warfare are with out real importance as affecting the outcome of the war. New York. World JStraved or stolen. “My little black dog offer liberal reward for Joseph Vincent, Jr. tries. To Herlii) the resignation of a i Sei-retary of State who had been three I times a candidate for President and I who had been for sixteen years the j acknowledged leader of a great politi- “Pops” cal party was proof po.sitive that Mr. his return” We want you to know our ‘>tore. Walker’s 5-10-25c Store, Main Street, Burlington, N. C. I Wilson did not command the confiden- 1 ce of the American people and that ' his own party did not uphold him. The German Government’s view of the Bryan resignation was reflected from every word of Germany’s pettifogging reply. There are no complications to the third note. Its language is so plain r M that even a German diplomatist can from this country in the month of May , meaning.,. Its loRic is inexorable. There can be no free- Supports The President The New York Tribune, one of the leading Republican papers of the coun try, comes to the front with William rioward Taft and Uncle Joe Gannon in support of the President. It says: “Thanks to Mr. Diyan the Demo cratic party has been divided, ^nd the prospect of increasing division is used to einpnasize the peril for Mr. Wilson in the future if he continues to defend American rights and interest. “To give point to this method Ger man [)ropagan(liat j >urnals are already | printing tabulations of the loss of As an offset to l^iitain’s labor trou- . , . I hies, a strike such as is sai l to threa- Democratu- votes nicident to Mr. Wil- • „ ten Germany s great Krupp inuMitions rion’.s periormance of his duty. is would tip the scales to i been estimated t.-i an impudent and intolerant asser- ^ pretty even balance, l/ike the VVelahjLhe neighborhood of 20,000,000. ti.jii of the oui triiie that the ^'resident coal-miners, this is a cas^ where th^ uf the UiutLd States nmst think of | men want sorne.sm're in the enormous „ , p , J , A war profits bting reaped by their em- ihe votes of those frankly devoted to ^ u \ I ployers. It indicates, what the out alien ii\teiet;ts when national | gjje world had lost all reason to sus- and national interests'are at stake. } pect> that a little more tha-i the spirit “In thi? situation there is just one ot the s'ave still survives in the Ger- thing for RepubUcar.s to do. Their! man workingman and cannot forever „ . ^ be subdued to patriotic fervor when It «;nnnort of a President defending • i. . 1 means huge money gains to employer American lives and rights must be | nothing to him. complete and unfaltering. American Exploding a German Fake Exports of explosives of all kincs amounted to only $5,500,000 more in the same month of last year, when 1 urope was at peace. For the eleven iiiuntlis ending with May these exports were $24,000,000 larger than a yet;r ago. These figures become important vviien weighed against the German dom of the seas cxcept on the terms laid down by President Wilson, and that freedom the United States is pre- pqred to maintain ’‘without compro mise and at any cost.” A military auto cracy obsessed by weird notions of Shrecklichkelt may be indifferent to . har^e that American ammun.tlon to , hum- .o the allies >a prolong.nK the war by ^ appreciate the preventing .a quick German victory. . • 1 ! significance of such a warning as this I'hey will interest those who remember i . , , .. . i. 1 f^riendship itself prompts it to sav to the statement of an officer of the Ger-i , • • r f mi- nr ■ the Imperial Government that re man General Staff to The ^ Republicans must replace German Democrats in the national alignment The President ^must know and feel that at the water’s edge all questions of partisan politics end. “It would be better for the Repub-j lican party to indorse Woodrow Wilson | in 191G than to permit the principle to ; be established that to defend American j interests is to conrmit political suicide, j “Let no American, let no Republi can, be deceived by the far reaching and industrious manipulation nt^w in progress. If many Republicans be lieve that the President is censurable for the moderation of his policy, they should not play into German hands i I now by withholding support when Mr. j I WiUon is being assailed for what he 1 his done.” One year ago August 1st the war be gan. No end in sight. The second year of the European war openings August 1st. On August 1, 1914, Germihiy declared war against Russia and the last chance vanished of localizing the Austro-Serbian war, de clared three days previously by Austria Hungary. All the great powers of Europe were drawn into a struggle the like of which history has not heretofore recorded. Eleven Natians are at war and almost all lands are affected, directly or indi rectly. Millions of men have been kill ed, wounded and carried to captivity in hostile countries. Billions of dollars have been expended. Thousands of square nr. lies of territory have been devastated and hundreds of cities and toiPMc laid waste. Half the world is in mourning for the dead. And although the war has been in progress with un example fury for a year, the result may be summarized in one brief sen tence: No decisive results have been achieved and the end is not in sight. Determination to pursue the war to a decisive ending has been expressed by high officials of all the belligerent Nations, preparations are being made for next winter’s campaign, and, in fact, indications from Europe are that it is more likely to increase in size rather than decrease. It is still an open question whether Bulgaria, Rum ania or Greece will "be drawn in. More than half the population of the world lives in the countries at war. The population of the warring coun tries is estimated roughly at 947,000, 000, and of the countries at peace at 797,000,000. The population ot the Entente Nations is perhaps five times as great as that of their opponents. The number of inen under arms has variously, usually in Wil liam Michaelis, writing recently in a Berlin magazine, put the number of goldiers at war at 21,770,000; for the Allies, 12,920,000, for (Germany, Aus tria-Hungary and Turkey, 8,950,000. No previous war has approached the present one in wholesale destruction of life. This is due not only to the num- bei* of men involved, but to the ter rible efficiency of modern weapons Trench warfore on a great scale, with its deadly charges, mining operations and extensive use of artillery ard hand grenades, has contributed to this end. Whereas in the past it has been cal culated that the proportion of killed to total casualties runs 1 to 8 or 1 to 10, the proportion in trench warfare, as indicated by official British statistics is about 1 to 5. Herman Rosenthal, the gambler for whose murder Charles Becker was sen tenced to die in the electric chair, was shot to death by hired gunmen in the early morning of July 16, 1912, in front of the Hotel Metropole on forty-third street, a few steps fro.n Broadway. The murder was the swift culmination of sensational charges made a few days before by Rosenthal against Beck er, in which Rosenthal asserted that Becker, then heard of the Strong Arm squad of detectives, freely sold police protection and had accumulated thou sands of dollars of graft money. Rosenthal went further than that. He swore that Becker was his sileni partner in a gambling enterprise that I failed and that Becker, angered by los ses where he had expected large prof its, raided the Rosenthal establishment and drove Rosenthal out of business by stationing uniformed policeman on his premises day and night. These charges were published and District Attorney Whitman began an investigation of them, i^e summoned Rosenthal to the criminal courts build ing and listen to his story. An appoint ment was made with Ro.senthal for the next day. Before the time came, Ros enthal was murdered. When the assassins had done their work, they ran across the street, jump ed into a grey automobile which was waiting at the curU and whirled sJWay uptown. A bystander caught the licen se number of the car. J. istrict Attorney Whitman, notified by telepnone of the murder, reached the police station where Rosenthal’s body lay before dawn. He aroused his detectives j'rom their sleep and pread a dragnet over the city for the murder car. It was found before night. ^Its driver, Louis Shapiro, and Louis Lib- bey, part owner, were arrested and Mr. Whitman asserted openly in an emphatic statement that the police had abetted tne murder New York City, already interested in the charges of police corruption, re sponded to the news of the murder as if a call to arms. Becker, who had been the chief target of Rosenthal’s accusations, was openly suspected. He was relieved of his command of the Strong Arm Squad and transferred to the Bronx. Jack Rose, his graft col lector, walked into the Criminal Courts building the day after the murder and surrendered to the district attorney, declaring he had nothing to fear. Har ry Vallon and Bridgie Webber, gam blers and friends of Rose and Becker, were arrested as witnesses. . The grand jury began its investigation. Rose lay in prison 12 days without word from Becker, and, believing his chief had deserted him, confessed, Vi 11 Ml and Webber corroborated his story. He told of his long association with Becker, of police corruption, which existed as Rosenthal had char ged, of thousands collected by Becker for police protection ond finally, of his commission by Becker to arrange to have Rosenthal killed by gunmen commission he Executed. That night, July 29, 1915, A verdict of guilty of first degree murder was returned at midnight Oct- ^obei- 24, 1912, after the jury had deli- iterated sever hours and 57 minutes. Becker was sentenced six days later to die -in the electric chair during the week of December 9, 1912. Within less than a month the four gunmen were placed on trial as the actual slayers, found guiltv and sent to the death house. More than a year later, on February 24. 1914, the court of appeals decided that Becker should have a new trial." The gunmen’s conviction was upheld and they paid the penalty with their lives on April 14, 1914. One of the number, “Dago Frank,” confessed the guilt of his three associates but main tained his own innocence. His confes sion, made on the eve of the execution became known the day they were put to death. Becker was brought back to the Tombs. His second trial was begun May 6, 1914, and ended May 22, with a verdict of guilty He was sentenced to die during the week of July 6, 1914. An appeal was filed, but the conviction v/as upheld by the higher court in a decision handed down May 25, last, and the date of the execution was set for the week beginning July 12. Shor tly after the court of appeals denied Becker a third trial, W. Bourke Cockran became Becker’s chief counsel He appeared before United States Supreme Court Justice Hughes and argued for a writ of error, which was denied. During the week previous to that in which Becker was sentenced to die, Governor whitman granted the condemmed man a reprieve of two weeks, as he had learned, it was stated, new motions were to be made in Beck er’s behalf. On July 20 a 15,000-word statement by Becker was forwarded to the governor. The statement was said to contain new facts aYid made public mention for the first time of the name of the lat2 Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan in connection with the case. The governor declined to commute Becker’s sentence after reading the statement. Becker’s attorneys there up n appealed to Supreme Court Just ice Philbin for a third trial and on July 23 the Justice signed an order for Dis trict Attorney Perkins to show cause why a new trial should not be granted. The order was returnable before Sup reme Court Justice Ford on July 26. The Jutsice reserved decision and dev oted nearly all of his time for the next two days to going over papers in the cause. Shortly after 10 o’ clock on the night of July 28 Justice Ford annouucd he had denied the applcation and Beck er’s only hope remained in possible executive clemency BOY PRODIGY AMAZES WISE SCHOOL TEACHES At Eight Has Knowledge ot Stars, Chemistry, His tory, Geology and Other Science With no schooling except nature and books, supplemented by the help of his parents, eight-year old Richard Carey has left his father’s isolated farm in the ruggid slopes of Santa Rosa Cal. and come to San Francisco, an astrono mer, chemist, historian, geologist and botanist. The lads extraordinary versatality, chsrnless of understanding, retertive memory and cenception of serious sub jects is amazing Dr. Frederic Burk, principal of the San Francisco Normal Scool, where he is receiving special instruction during the summer months. ^ i He was brought here by tiis mother, 1 Mrs. Brook Carey, to benefit by the District l summer course. The final use of the greatest men of a nation is, after all, not with refer ence to their deeds in themselves or their direct bearing on their times or lands. The final use of a heroic, emi nent life—>especially of heroic, eminent death—is its indirect filtering into the I nation end the race and to give, often at many removes, but unerringly, age after age, color and fibre to the per- Bern correspondent of the sonalism of the youth and maturity of f^iorning Post says he has learned that Oh The Dirty Liars that age and of mankind dramatic deaths of every its most Important inheritance 1 are ! value in some respects beyond its liter- ! ature and art —Walt Whitman. * The I i.jjg report of a strike at the krupp nationality j Essen was untrue and that the report was issued purposely by Germany to encourage the coaletrikers in South W ales. List Of Letters. World’s correspondent that 100,000 German 9'ldiershad already been killed by American ammunition and 200,000 ^ wounded; or the statement Jof another, ^ tiigh German officer that 50 per petition by the Commanders of Ger man naval vessels of acts in contra* vention of those rights must be regar- cent. 1 States, Government of the United when they affect American the German losses are so caused; or the later inspired outgiving of an citizens, as deliberately unfriendly.— N. Y, World. To Our Patrons. To those who have given to us their patronage for the past year we wish to express to them our sincere thanks, and to solicit a continuation of their kind favors, assurine: them that we are better prepared to serve than ever. We can quote you summer prices on your winter coal, and save you oioney. Don’t fail to see us at once. Miles-Nicholson Lumber Co. Attorney Whitman summoned the; Untii little Richard enrolled at the grand jury by telephone and telegxaph | ^jormal School two days ago he had laid his evidence before it and within | never attended school, two hours obtained the indictment of i jjjg extraordinary education is the re- Becker on a charge of murder. Four East Side gangsters were indic ted as the actual murders. Rose tes tified that these men were assigned by “Big Jack” Zelig, a gang leader who suit of application on subjects which he fancied and the assistance of his parents—teaching him how to study from nature and books. At the age of five he collected 200 had been arrested by Becker’s men on, time tables and studied them a trumped-up charge, to do the mur der. They were to recevie $1,000 and Zelig was to be released. Zelig’s or ders had been issued from the Tombs to the gunmen. These gunmen—known in the streets of the East Side as “Gyp the Blood” Horowitz, “Lefv Louie” Rosenberg, “Dago Frank” Cirofici and “Whitey” Lewis—were rounded up one by one. until he knew every route ■ and every time schedule. At six he classified all the kings in the worlds history, including those of the ancient empire and the manchu dynasty. Has studied astronomy until he can name the planets of the first magni tude, the principal constellations, loca te with a telescope all svars of impor- I List of letters for week ending July 31, 1915. 1 Letter for Mrs, Nelelia Murray 1 Letter for Mrs. Sam Tate 1 Letter for Mrs. Sam Terrell 1 Letter for Mr, D. D. Hunt 1 Letter for John Leath 1 Letter for H W. Baker 1 Letter for Liither Gunn 1 Letter for Chiley Pale These letters if not call for will be sent to the Dead Letter office Aug. 14 1915 J. T. Dick, P. M. Easily Pleased “Guess I’d better order a few going away gowns,” said she brightly. “Nix on the going-away gowns, my dear,” said her husband gloomily. “I can’t afford to take you anywhere this summer.” '“All right,” was the cheerful re sponse. “Then I’ll just order a tew staying at home gowns.” The last two arrested, “Gyp the Blood I tance and calculate when comets will and “Lefty Louie” were not found till: relurn. September, hiding in a Brooklj'n flrt. j studied chemistry knows chemical sym- With them were found their young wives who, to divert suspicion, had dyed their light hair black. Jealously is always born with love, but does not always die with it.—La Rochefoucauld. To give standing to the testimony of Becker’s three accomplices who had turned in formers--Rose, Webber and Vallon—a corrobating witness who was not implicated was needed. Sam Schepps, a dapper* little gambler who had fled the city, was the man who could do this. He was found at Hot Springs, Ark., brought bacK to New York and the people’s case against Charles Becker was complete. It went to trial on October 7, 1912. many impor- bols and understands taut chemical actions. Leasned the names of all trees shr ubs and flowers and call them by their Latin appellations. Studied geology and can describe and distinguish rock formations. Haa studied botany and now is try- iny to cross hollyhocks to produce better flowers. —It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good Even treading on other people’s toes is a blessing for the chiropodist.