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! FOLKS READ THE JOURNAL FOR NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS. AND THEY READ IT TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES. Only One Dolb a Year. he Monroe Jou 0, PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. VOI 21. NO. 21. . MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1915. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. "MAD IMMJ" KITE A Itl'SK TO FREEDOM Faked I'nssiiort Also Enabled Ger- man Officer to Reach Fatherland From Abyssinia. Berlin Dispatch, 17th. The adventures of Edgar Boecking are among the moat remarkable of the many experiences which Germans from many corners of the earth have had in trying to reach the Fatherland for patriotic service. Boecking was in Abyssinia when Germany went to war last August. He had been living in that remote section for six years and was widely known there as a former captain of cavalry in the German army. The in genuity he was called upon to exer cise in his trip home was worthy of Phineas Fogg, whom Jules Verne sent "Around the World In Eighty Days." He first considered which was the safest of the three usual routes out of Abyssinia. The quickest, via Jibouti, would take him into French Somaliland, where he was well known and could not hope to escape deten tion by the French officers. A second route, via Massaua, led through neu tral Italian territory, but French and British warships were on the watch and were searching all Italian ships carefully. Apart from the danger of the hostile ships this route required a rainy season. The third choiee.which Boecking selected, notwithstanding that It was perhaps the most risky way of all, was through the English Soudan. In Gambela he encountered an Italian acquaintance, and, casting about for an excuse for his presence, recollected that this Italian had, in the previous year, been bitten by a rabid dog, a thing not uncommon in Abyssinia, Boecking promptly imagin ed that he, too, had been bitten, and told his friend he was on his way to Cairo to be treated at the Pasteur In stitute there. He explained the situa tion to his friends, asked hint to an nounce his arrival to the Ilritish au thorities, and he in the meantime, re paired to his hotel and carefully burned two holes in the calf of one of his legs with a red-hot poker. He had to wait in Ganibehi 10 days for a steamer to Khartum. The whole time he suffered torments cf mind for fear that the authorities might he moved to telegraph to the Ilritish Legation at Addls-Abeda a query as to his Identity. They did not do so, however, and Boecking left Hambela by steamer, still keenly alive to the necessity of preserving appearances. "The victim of a rabid dog's bite," he said to himself, "must, if possi ble, reach the Pasteur Institute with in 40 days to be certain of a cure. It te, therefore, up to me, if I want to make any dog story credible, to keep within this period, or, at least, to ex ceed It as little as possible." To this end he left the steamer al a small station on the White Nile, and traveled on to Khartum by rail. As he left the train he was greeted by seven English officers, who told him he could not proceed Immediately to Cairo, and that, since he had been bitten, he must accompany them to the Ilritish military hospital. Two officers accompanied him thither. Two surgeons examined his "bites" and praised his foresight in cauterlz ing them. Boecking continues: "After I had spent three days as a military prisoner in the hospital word came that I was to he brought before the Governor General. At noon I stood before his Excellency, and learned to my great delight (which I did not exhibit) that, as citizen of the neutral state of . I was free. His Excellency was kind enough to talk with me for an hour about conditions in Abyssinia, and he sent me back to the hospital in his own automobile. There till my belongings were returned to me, and 1 was told that it was greatly regretted that, In consequence of a denunciation as a erman orflcer, I had been arrested. was to be permitted to go to Cairo unhindered, but a military escort would be given me to prevent me from being molested. "I was held four days In Khartum, but I can speak only in terms of praise on my treatment there. If I had been recognized as a German It would have been different. The Eng lish major who brought me to the railway station told me that I had been denounced as a German rap tain, and he congrlulated me that I had proved I was not. Otherwise, he said. I should have been brought be fore court-martial and either shot or condemned to life Imprisonment for having a false passport." At Cairo Boecking went directly to the Pasteur Institute and began tak ing the treatment. He remained for the prescribed 21 days and upon leaving, on December 8, obtained a certificate from the French physicians of the institute that he had been treated with success. Arrived at Alexandria, he was again threatened with arrest, but his passport and Pasteur certificate saved him. and he was permitted to board ah Italian steamer sailing via s Syracuse for Genoa. One more ordeal nwalted him. The steamer was stopped six hours before reaching Syracuse by a French war ship, which examined every passen ger aboard Individually. Again the Pasteur certificate and the false pass port saved Boecking and he finally arrived In Genoa after a trip lasting nearly three month't. He volunteered for service as soon as he reached Germany and Is now at the front. Next week is clean up week In Mon roe. Every week thereafter will be stay-rleaned-up week. No more to be said except "Get Busy." WANTED TO KIM, ASTOIt. Youth Who Demanded $.VMI Admit He Would Have Tried to furry Out Threat. New Vork Dispatch, April 16th. Accused of threatening to kill Vin .. Astor if he should refuse a de mand for $500, John Meriella. a youth of 19, was arrested at the Grand Central Terminal today on complaint of Mr. Astor's business agent. William A. Dobbyn. Merrlella was taken to police head quarters where it was said he admit ted having sent two letters to the young millionaire, containing death threats and demands for money. He admitted, according to the police that If he had not been, arrested he would have attempted to carry out his threat. In addition to a charge of attempt ted extortion, a chargevlolating the law forbidding the carrying of con cealed weapons was made against him. According to Dobhyn the first let ter contained the demand for $500 and stated that unless it was forth coming the young millionaire would be killed. No attention was paid un til the second letter was received when Dolibyn notified the police and plans were made to trap the man. Detectives followed Dolibyn to the Grand Central Station where Meriella in response to a prearranged signal approached Dolibyn and asked if he had the $500. The police officers then arrested Meriella after a strug gle In which the man tried to draw a revolver. Meriella at police headquarters said that his father was an East Side baker and that two weeks ago he had run away from home with $275 of his father's money. He spent in see ing the sights, he said, and he thought he had found an easy way to get some more. No one else, he said, was concerned in the plot. Russian Peasants Belter OIV us Re. Mill of War. Opinions expressed by Pierre L. Hark. Russian Minister of Finance, according to an Associated Press dis patch from Petrograd, that economi cally considered, the war has been a blessing to the people of Russia. Dis cussing financial and social aspects of the conflict in an interview with the Associated Press, M. Bark said: "Notwithstanding the depressing and paralyzing effect of the war, the Russian peasant class is more pros perous that at any previous time in the history of the country. "It is not difficult to account for this unusual prosperity. By virtue of the allowance made by the govern ment to the families of soldiers, which exceeds the earning power of soldiers, the total income of these families is greater than in times of peace." "What about vodka?" was asked of the minister. "It Is prohibition of the sale of vodka which is primarily responsible for the ameliorated condition of the peasant," he responded. "The sieve through whk'h all the available earn ings formerly disappeared has now been closed and the money is either spent for present necessities or sav ed for future wants." "What ahout the crops?" "The farmers have been very for tunate In hein? compelled to hold their supply of grain on account of the difficulties of transportation, for grain Is now at the highest price of the year. There Is every reason to believe the farmers will soon be able to dispose of their grain in foreign markets, and at a great advantage." British and German Officer Killed in the War. A press bureau report of German officers killed In the war shows that of a total number of 4 SO generals in time of peace 43 have been killed and 57 are wounded or miss-fug. The re port says further: "Out of 33,154 Infantry officers, 8.604 have been killed and 18,1 4!f have been wounded or missing. Out of 7,063 cavalry officers, 366 have been killed and 881 have been wound ed or missing. Out of 12,108 artil lery officers, 912 have been killed and 2,264 have been wounded or are missing. "The grand total of officers of the German army at the beginning of the war, including men In the active ser vice, reserve and landwehr, was 52. 805, out of which, up to March 15, 9,925 have been killed and 21,351 have been wounded or are missing. This makes the total vt losses 32, 276. '. "This shows that the grand total of losses among the officers of the German army Is more than half their number on the day 4)f the declaration of war." An officers' casualty list shows that the British army, since the beginning of the war, has had 1,844 officers k'll ed and 3,301 wounded, while 732 have been reported missing. Thi: Is a total of 5,877. In some organizations the casual lies were particularly heavy. For In stance, the Cameron Highlanders hod 16 officers killed and 17 wounded, ihe Gordon Highlanders ! killed al d 23 wounded, the Northhampton re'Jm-'nt 11 killed and lo wounded, the Pifle Brigade 10 killed and 14 wound 'd, the Royal Irish Rifles 9 killed iir.d 1 1 wounded and tl-e Worcester rcriment 13 killed and 11 wounded. What He Would Do The man hurried Into a fiuirk lunch restaurant and called to the waiter: K "Give me a ham sandwich." "Yessir." said the waiter. ' W you eat It here or take it with you." uotn, said toe patron. INDIANA MEN SENTENCED. Mayor, Judge, Sheriff and Other Of ficials Sentenced to Penitent jury For Election Frauds. Indianapolis, Ind.. Dispatch. Mayor Donn M. Roberts of Terre Haute, one of the 27 men convicted in Federal Court of conspiracy to de fraud the government In the election of November 3. 1914, was sentenced, by Judge Anderson to serve six years in Leavenworth prison and pav a fine of $2,000. E. H.Redman, elected Circuit Court judge by ten votes, and Sheriff Den nis Shea were sentenced to live years and fined $1,000. Harry S. Montgomery, president of the Terre Haute board of public works; Thomas C. Smith, city judge; George Ehrenhardt. public works boards member, and Edward R. Dris col. secretary of the Vigo county Democratic central committee, were sentenced to three years and fined $500. Lewis Nunley, assistant city en gineer; Elmer E. Talbott, former city controller; Hilton Redman, John E. Green and William S. Crockett, em ploye at city cemetery, were given two years in prison and fined $100. Maurice Walsh, county sealer of weights and measures, and treasurer of campaign fund; John M. Mas.se link, city Inspector of weights and measures and a member of 1911 Leg islature; Charles Houghton, assistant custodian of the city hall; Joseph O'Mara, street commissioner; Alex ander Aczel, Inspector of street pav ing; Arthur Gillis, progressive clerk on election board; Joseph Strauss, liquor salesman; and George Sovern, gambler, were sentenced for one year and a day and fined $100. Chief or Police Holler, who had pleaded guilty to the conspiracy in dictment, was given a year and a day sentence and lined one dollar. Four of the men convicted and sen tenced to the Federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, re ceived their commitment papers Mon day and were given until Sunday to "Clean Up and Paint Up." By WALLACE GOLDSMITH. WHAT IMS HUMAN '- V','y '"rv" : TAtWf CAN PO 19 SZ Kjir- -S- begin the trip to prison. The other 16, Including Mayor Donn M. Rob erts, who received prison sentences and appealed, and the 87 who were given sentences ranging from one day to six months in the local Jail, were sent to jail until they could give bond. Judge Anderson fixed the bonds at $10,000 for each year the men were sentenced. Edward Hol ler, former chief of police, was the only one who pleaded guilty to re ceive a prison sentence, being given a day and a year. Only eight of the 116 prisoners es caped punishment. Four were given suspended sentences and four others at the request of Federal Attorney Daily, were not sentenced, as he said it might Invalidate their testimony in the trial of Roy Shuttuck, Republican candidate for congress In the fifth district, and four other Republicans who were candidates for offices in Vi go county. The five were Indicted on ground that they gave Frank Hess, whose sentence was deferred, $1,000 to secure their election. In passing sentences Judge Ander son frequently commented on the evi dence and conditions In Terre Haute. While considering the case of a num ber of saloonkeepers who had plead ed guilty, he aid: "My notion is that the saloon will have to go. I believe the time will come when the people will rise up and smash the saloons, at least as we have It now. The evidence in this case showed that the saloons were the centers of nearly all the corruption in the election at Terre Haute." 1 O life! long to the wretched, short to the happy. Syrus. WOl NDs WIFE; ENDS OWN LIFE. Charlotte Couple Had Been Scmmteil Nearly Tyo Years. Charlotte Dispatch, April 16th. Arthur Thomas, 30 years old, went to the home of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Annie Stevens, at 7:30 o'clock this morning, and going into a bed room where his wife, Mrs. Lenora Thomas, was still in bed. fired two shots at her and then sent a shot through his own brain with a 32-cal-ibre pistol. The two shots fired at his wife lodged in her shoulder and proved not to be serious. She was taken to St. Peter's Hospital, one of rtie balls removed and later in the day was taken back to her mother's home. The couple had not lived together more than three weeks since their marriage two years ago, and bad gone to a lawyer last week to try to insti tute separation proceedings by mu tual consent. Thomas was formerly a valued en gineer on the Southern Railway, but had been out of a job and drifting here and there for five years past. Domestic unhappiness Is supposed to have been the cause of the shooting. Banker in the Livestock Indu-try Raleigh Times. The State will watch for tlu results of Mr. George A. Holderness' experi ment In the livestock industry, the Tarboro banker having devoted sever al hundred fertile acres to this pur pose. Mr. Holderness expects to show Edgecombe farmers vhat it means to raise hogs, cattle and horses and he has stocked up his farms. He naturally has been taking a great in terest In this side of farming and is familiar with results in other States. He is convinced that livestock makes for better farming, better communi ties and better citizens, to say noth ing of adding to the wealth of the State. What Mr. Holderness is do ing for his section of the Slate will have its effect throughout the Com monwealth because he is the pioneer in what will be a profitable industry. Says Negro Can't Get Justice In South Carolina. Release on habeas corpus of Fred rick Brown, a negro held in Phila delphia for extradition to South Car olina, to answer to a murder charge, Is sought before the Supreme Court of the United States on the ground that constitutional guarantee of a fair trial is a dead letter in South Carolina so far as negroes are con cerned. , "Public sentiment is such In the State of South Carolina that negroes may he lynched In the most horrible manner, and their bodies distributed as souvenirs," the brief filed with the court declares. "These atrocities go unpunished for the reason that no Jury could be found to convict those guilty of the offense. It is the un written law that if a negro is so un fortunate as to kill a white man he may be killed or lynched as an out law by any one who has the time to Indulge In the diversion." Brown was denied a writ in the Pennsylvania court and the defend ant appealed to the Supreme Court of the I'nlted States. Considering the tilings that sometimes happen in South Carolina, it must be admitted that there are some grounds for Hie charres in the brief. Fanner Mcrrhuiu Fggw Mountain Scout. Our farmers should not think that a merchant la making a big profit when he buys eggs for 12 cents and sells them for 19 or 20. The mer chant has to pay the freight and stand the loss caused by breakage, stealing, etc. In the long run his profit is rather small and often turns out to be a loss. MR. OFTEN MOVING Will Go Back to His Farm How the Ouestion of Secession Was Settled Ten Cents Brought Out .Nine ' Bales. Correspondence of The Journal. Wingate. April 16 to 19. Mrs. Sallie Ford of Gastonia returned home Monday, the 12th, after spend ing the week-end with the family of her brother, Mr. R. L. Womble. Miss Fronie Perry, one of the teachers in Peachland High School, returned home Tuesday, the 13th, af ter a very successful and highly sat isfactory term. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Perry have moved into the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Perry. Mr. Perry will devote his time to farming and superintending his father's farm. etc. Mr. Brooks and Master Robert and little Misses Ruth, Julia, Li ml Je rome left home Thursday for George ville, their former home, to attend commencement exercises of the Georgeville School. Miss May Austin of Sincerity spent thfe commencement season with Miss Bessie Mclntyre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mclntyre. Little Miss Willard Smith, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith, celebrated her fourth birthday by giving a birthday party to her little friends on Wednesday, the 14th. Re freshments, consisting of Ice cream, cake, confections, etc., were served. It was a jolly day for these little folk and doubtless the occasion will bring pleasant memories in after years. May the little girl he spared to enjoy, with her friends, many more such oc casion. Miss Brownie Elird of Marslivill;; spent commencement season with Miss Ellie Bivens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. I). Bivens. Joe Mask, colored, lost a valuable milk cow Tuesday. The cause of her death is unknown to the writer. Joe has the sympathy of his friends in his misfortune. "I'ncle Rob" is in the lead again, in the matter of cotton planting. He began planting Saturday, the 17th, one day earlier than last season. Josh Billings, I believe it was, said, that there Is such a thing r.s being too persevering. "Some folks," he said, "were like the young hound in the chase;" they got clear ahcv.d of the fox. . Plenty of young fruit yet for a good and bountiful crop. Cotton sold for ten cents per pound on t lie Wingate market Saturday, the 17th. Wonder if the present admin istration Is responsible for the rise? Of course the blame (?l for It will fall there. While on the subject I may as well say doubtless the farmers will get a lot of gratuitous advice and wise cousel in regard to overdoing the thing by planting too much cotton. But I reenn it will be like pouring water on a duck: it will never roach the hide. Mr. J. W. Outen Is moving out to his farm near Mountain Springs. Mr. Outen has been a most valuable and highly esteemed citizen r.niong us for a period covering almost the entire history of Wingate. Progressive Is his ideas, public rplrited, always ready to do his share In every good cause, honest and uptight in his dealings, his friends and neighbors regret very much to lore so valuable and helpful neighbor. ; His friends will be pained to learn that Mr. Henry Slierrin, who under went an operation last Friday for appendicitis is in u very critical con dition this Monday morning. Very small hope for bin recovery is enter tained by his friends; dill "there is hope as long as there is life." Mr. Jinks Goodman of Polkton was visiting Ills brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lamb, Sunday. Mr. J. Carl Meigs left Monday morning for his home in Palmers ville after spending several dnys with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Meigs. Mr. T. A. Presley of Fiuilks sold nine bales of cotton on the Wingate market Saturday at 10 cents per pound. Mr. Presley said he had made arrangements to hold his cot ton two years or have ten cents for it. Is this a streak of good luck or is it an instance of g?nuine pluck? Sunday, April 18th, Just fifty years ago this evening, the writer reached the threshold of the family cabin on his return from a four years struggle In an effort to settle the question as to whether or not any number of the States had the right, under the con stitution, to withdraw from the com pact whenever they felt that condi tions and circumstances justified or seemed to Justify such action. It was settled that (hey would; provided: they could fight their way out against overwhelming numbers and superior advantages, destitution, destruction and starvation; otherwise they could n't. That's the way the exceedingly grave and momentous problem was settled, with a heavy bill of cost at tached. Dog on It! O. P. TIM 1ST Wheat In 4'nlawba. Newton Enterprise. On account of the high price of wheat and the fact that our harvest is several weeks ahead of the West ern wheat that controls the market. Interest in the prospect of the grow ing crop in this section is naturally acute. Farmers tell us that al though it is smaller than usual nt this time of year, that the warm days of the last week have put life into it and that is now coming along nicely. With a good season from this time on and barring hailstorms, they feel sure of a good crop to put on the market before the price begins to go down. i DEATH OF MIL J. I'. DOSTEI Wei Known Citizen Diitl Saturday Afternoon After Short Illness Survived by Wife and ljrge Fami ly. Mr. J. Frank Doster. a well knot n citizen of southwest Monroe town ship, died at his home at seven-'hir-ty Saturday evening after a weuV. illness. He had been in more or le.-s bad health for some lime, hut wa- about attending to his a flairs until u week before he died. On rhurslay week he spent the day in Moiiioe and took dinner with his son, Mr. !i. Doster, and was feeling especially good. The next morning he got up as usual and began to gel about s lit -place, but took sick during Hu da;., and from then on got worse. An abscess on one of his lungs is thought to have been the -aiise or his death. The remains were buiied at Min eral Springs, his grave being 1 lie f.r;t one in a cemetery laid oif ihere, it being on Mr. Doster's land adjoining the church. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon by Rev. Mr. Abernethy of Monroe aud Rev. Mr. Sandford of Waxhaw. The burial was attended by a large concourse of people. The pall bearers were: Mes srs. R. W. Lemmond, W. B. Love, J. H. Edwards, R. L. Helms, Peter Taylor and R. D. Crow, being Mr. Doster's land adjoining the church. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon by Rev. Mr. Aber nethy of Monroe and Rev. M. Sanford of Waxhaw. The burial was attend ed by a very large concourse of peo ple. The deceased was about seventy years of age and as a boy saw service in the latter days of the war. After the war he started life at the bot tom. He ws not only a hard working man, but a man of good judgment and great energy. He lived in Jif ferent localities in the "outity for u while, hut settled forty-three ear.i ago on the place where he died. !! gradually extended his possessions until he became a very large land owner. Soon after the war h? mar ried Miss Francis Richardson, who survives him, with nine grown chil dren, eight sons and one daughter. He was always devoted o hi fami ly and there was nothing which he had, or w hich he could n i, that li ' denied them. He took aa activ.i pari in the affairs of his community. He was a member of Caiiuel Methodist church and had own fir .iiuny years. He. was a man of good humor and always had a smile and a pleas ant word. He was loyal to his friends and a kind and accommodat ing neighbor, lie will be griMtly missed. Mr. Doster is survived by e.ii" full brother, Mr. R. W. Doster, and two full sisters, Mrs. O. L. Pierce of San dy Ridge and Mrs. D. W. Harris of Greenville, S. C. All his children were at home at t lie time of his death. Ilis only daughter, Mrs. Henry Eu banks, lives in LaurinhuiK. His suns are Messrs. J. E. Doster of Waxhaw, S. R. Doster of Monroe, J. 11. Hosier, F. C. Doster, T. H Doster, O W. Dos ter of Troy, L. 11. Doster and H G. Doster. From Vance Tounsliip Correspondence of The Journal. Mr. Marvin L. Rich of Charlotte motored down to our village for a. short stay Friday morning. He then went on to Monroe and back to Char lotte in the afternoon,' Mr. Leslie Conder spent Sunday at Rama. Mr. T. L. Conder is not only a poul try raiser and grocery man but has become an optician. Misses Nannie, Martha and Mary Boyd of Indian Trail spent Sunday afternoon In the village. Tncle" Clark Harkey Is in failing health at this writing. We hope Ills case will not prove serious. He is one of the oldest men in the commu nity. It is a little inconvenient for some of us to get our mail since Mr. Brady Helms mail route has been reduced. He now turns off at Houston Cross Roads, while he did come up to the eight mile branch al Mr. .1. P. Rich's. But we don't mind "beatin' it" to the Matthews route to get our mail, especially on "The Journal" day. Life's a merry carnival to the man behind the plow. The lour for Sunday school has been changed from eleven o'clock to 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Preach ing every third ami fourth Sunday by Rev. Vestal. .Miss Mary Price of Rama is spend ing a few days with her cousin, Mrs. T. L. Conder. We all enjoy reading O. P. Tlmisl's and Nov us Homo's articles very much and especially the last om by Nevus Homo. ' The farmers of the county should benefit by It. Mr. Lonnie Conder went on a busi ness trip to Charlotte Tuesday. Mr. F. M. Yandle is preparing to plant about two acres in watermelons this year,--But! he has a bull dog, too. Work "Beneath Ilis Position." Secretary Redtield of the I'nlted States Department of Commerce, in reply to a man who complained that he was required to do work beneath his position, wrote follows: "I do not know v hat the kind of work can be whfrh ?m b'tieath any man's position. I t! there is no work of which I know r have heard that is beneath my ; i i i t y to do, and I am glnd to t-cy that I have done the plainest ar-! v.!irb's' and what is sometime trisiakenly '-id the most menial worn, and an 'jr to do It again If there in c ras r it." I V
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