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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15

suspended animation which confronted
them from the judges chair, shrank
tunultuously back as little Miss
Weeks advanced upon them. holding
out her meager arms in late defense Of
the secret to save which she had just
seen man die.
Let us do as he wished" she
prayed. Il feel myself much to blame.
What right had we to come in here?''
No one in authority was present;
no one representing the law, not even
doctor; only haphazard persons from
the street and a few neighbors who
had not been on social terms with the
judge for years and never expected
to be so again. His secret! always a
source Of wonder to every inhabitant
of Shelby, but lifted now into matter
of vital Importance by the events Of
the day and the tragic death of the
negro! We're they to miss its solution,
when only door lay between 1t and
them-a door which they might not
even have to unlock? Miss Weeks
was about to utter an impassioned ap-
peal to their honor, when the current
Of her and their thoughts was changed
Thy sudden sense Of some strange
new influence at work in the room, and
turning, they beheld the Judge Upon
, . his feet, his mind awakened, but his
eyes still fixed-an awesome figure;
some thought more awesome than be-
fore.
| Death was present with them he
saw 1t not. Strangers were making
havoc with his solitude he was as
oblivious OF their presence as he had
been unconscious Of it before. His
faculties and all his attention were
absorbed by the thought which had
filed his brain when the cogs OF that
subtle mechanism had slipped and his
faculties paused inert.
Where is the woman?" he cried.
It was cry of fear; not Of mastery
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
SATURDAY..

German attacks east of the Rawka
river are progressing, according to an
Official announcement at Berlin, which
says that 1900 Russians have been
taken prisoners and i've machine guns
captured.
Viscount Haldane announced in the
British House Of Lords that experts
In England were producing a gun
which was at least the equal OF the
German 42-centimetre gun.
Because OF invasion of Persian ter
ritory by Kurds and Turks, Persia has
sent an ultimatum to Constantinople.
the Persian Minister at Rome states
Preparations for the removal of the
Turkish Government from Constant
nople are said TO have been made.
A communication from Russian
headquarters In the Caucasus, recount,
ing the recent Russian successes over
the Turks in that region. says it haR
been established that the Ninth Otto
nan Army Corps was completely de-
stroyed and that the booty taken by
the Russians included a vast pile Of
cannon
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
THURSDAY.

Hard fighting continues in Upper
Alsace. A Berlin dispatch says the
battle in this region is developing into
the most violent of the war.
Paris reports the blowing up, by q
mine exploded by French troops. OF
800 yards of German trenches in the
Argonne. Berlin announces that sew
(eral of the French trenches in the
same region have been taken by Ger
man troops.
Little change has occurred in the
eastern theatre, according to the Ger
man War Office, which mentions, how.
ever. an advance BY the Germans west
Of the yistula after an engagement in
which 1.400 Russians were captured.
Petrograd announces that pursuit BY
the Russians Of the Turkish troops
which escaped after the rout at Sari-
Kamysn continues.
The former German cruiser Goeben.
now flying the Turkish flag, is reported
to have been seriously damaged by
striking two Russian mines in the
|neighborhood Of the Bosphorns.
Lord Kitchener, addressing the
British House of Lords on the progress
of the war, declared that the Allies
were in q position to prosecute 1t to
q triumphant finish.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15

three or four or even more, Judge Os-
trander. Do you want one of them
to stay. inside? That might do the
business better than dozen out"
NO. While Bella lies above ground.
we want no third here. When he is
buried may call upon you for .
special to watch my room door. But
it's Of outside protection we're talk
ing now. Only, who is to protect me
against your mens"
What do you mean by that. your
honor?"
They are human, are they not?
They have instincts OF curiosity like
the rest Of US. How can be made
sure that they won't yield to the temp.
tation Of their position and climb the
fences they aro detailed to guard?"
"Andh would this be so fatal to your
peace. judge?" A smile tempered the
suggestion.
1T would be a breach Of trust which
would greatly disturb me-. want no
body on my grounds, nobody at all.
Has not my long life Of solitude within
these walls sufficiently proved this? /
want to feel that these men Of yours
would no more climb my fence than
they would burst into my house with
out warrant"
Judge. / will be one of the men.
You can trust me-"
Thank you, sergeant: appreciate
the favor. shall rest now as quietly
as any man can who has met with q
great loss. / shall always suffer from
regret that was not in a condition
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
CHAPTER i-contInued.

Il was an awful and a terrifying
sight to little Miss Weeks and, scream
ing loudly, she left her window and
ran into Judge Ostrander's presence,
and. gazing wildly about, wormed her
way toward heavily carved screen
guarding a distant corner and covered
down behind it.
The gasping, struggling men, the
frantic negro, were in the next room
nowshe could catch the sound of the
iatter's painting breath rising above
the clamor Of strange entreaties and
excited cries with which the air was
full; then quick, hoarse shout Of
Judge! Judged" rose In the doorway,
and she became conscious of the pres
ence Of headlong, rushing force
struck midway into silence as the fro
zen figure of his master flashed upon
the negro's eyes thena growl of
concentrated emotion, uttered almost
In her ear, and the screen which had
been her refuge was violently thrust
away from before her and in its place
she beheld q terrible being standing
over her, in whose eyes, dilating under
this fresh surprise, she beheld her
doom, even while recognizing that If
she must suffer it would be simply
as an obstacle to some goal at her
back which he must reach now-be-
fore he fell in his blood and died.
What was this goal? AS she felt
herself lifted, nay, almost hurled aside.
she turned to see and found it to be a
door before which the devoted Bella
had now thrown himself, guarding 1t
with every inch Of his powerful but
rapidly sinking body, and chattering
], defiance with his bloodless, quivering
iipsa figure terrible in anger, sub
lime in purpose, and piteous in its
falling energies.
Back! all Of you!" he cried. and
stopped, clutching at the door casing
ON either side to hold himself erect.
You cannot come in here. This Is
the judges"
Not even his iron resolve or once
uneQualed physique could stand the
sapping OF the terrible cash which dis
figured his forehead. He had been run
over by an automobile in a moment
OF blind abstraction, and his hurt was
mortal. Already his head, held erect
by the passion of his purpose, was
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15

to receive Belas last sigh. He was a
man in thousand. One seldom sees
his like among white or black"
He was very powerfully built
man. 1t took sixty-horsepower rae.
ing machine. going at high rate of
speed. to kill him."
A spasm of grief or unavailing re-
greet crossed the judges face as his
head sank back again against the high
back of his chair.
81 should like to ask a question, :
he finally observed. you were not at
the inquiry this afternoon. and may
not know that just as Bella and the
crowd about him turned this corner
they ran into woman leading small
child, who stopped the whole throng
In order to address him. saw that
woman myself. earlier. She was In
this house. She was in this room.
If you will consent to look for her,
and IL she is found and no stir made,
will pay all that you think 1t right
to demand"
tTO BE CONTTNUED)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
PUTS RUSS LOSS AT 100000.
Germans and Austrlans Have Captured
100000, says Berlin.

SOC, 200, Says Berlin.
Berlin. Including in the budget OF
news given out by the official press
bureau were the following items:
"The Paris Matin estimates that the
Russian losses In killed and wounded
up to December 20 number 1.75O,O0O.
but as the Germans have captured
more than 100000 Russians and the
Austrians have taken 100000. the Rus
sian casualties must exceed 100000.
Reports received here from Con
stantinople say that more than $4,000
Russian prisoners captured In the
Caucasus are being conveyed to the
interior of Turkey.
"The correspondent at Brussels OF
the Kreuz Zeitung asserts that it is
admitted in French official circles that
the losses in the French Army up to
December 20 were about 1000, 900 men,
of whom 10000 were officers.
Destitute Russians living in Ger
many received UP to the beginning of
the new year 20 marks l$5) from Rus
STA. From January the pension is
reduced to five marks (S1.25) fort
nightly. The diminution here is con-
sidered to be proof that the Russians
lack money
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15

sinking on his breast; already his glax-
ing eye was losing it's power Of con-
centration, when with final rally OF
his decaying strength he started erect
again and cried out In terrible appeal:
= have disobeyed the judge, and,
as you see, it has killed him. DO not
make me guilty of giving away his go
cret. Swear that you will leave this
door unpassed: swear that no one but
bis con shall ever turn this lock: or /
will haunt you, I, Bella, man by man,
till You sink In terror to your graves.
Swear. sw--"
His head fell forward again and in
that intense moment OF complete 81
lence they could hear the splash Of
bis lifeblood as 1t dropped from his
forehead on to the polished boards
beneath: then he threw up his arms
and fell In heap to the floor.
''nead!" broke from little Miss
Weeks as she flung herself down In
reckless abandonment at his side. She
had never known an agitation beyond
some fiuttering woman's hope she had
stifled as soon as born. and now she
kneit IN blood
A solemn hush. then mighty sigh
q accumulated emotion swspt from
Up TO lip, and the crowd Of later In
yadeEs. already ahashed II not terri
ned BY the unexpected spectacle OF
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
BANK PRESIDENT ACCUSED.
Certified Checks For $4,000 To Him
self. Is Charge.

Scranton, Pa.-William L. Watson.
president Of the First National Bank
of Pittston, was held in $4,000 bail
for further hearing next Friday by
United States Commissioner George C.
Sheuer, charged with Decentralization
of checks to his own account. 1t is
alleged that Watson certified checks
to himself for $40 900. when his account
was thousands of dollars short OF that
amount; that the checks were used In
the purchase of securities, and that
these securities were used as collateral
for loans to meet the checks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
tTO BE coNTINUED.l
English Lads Shout "MarseIilaisl

English Lads Shout "Marselllaise."
Never say that the English are not
musical people. You shall meet seven
little muddy boys. keeping loyalty to
the gutter. clad in not many inches Of
old clothes, and none of them so much
as ten years old. Yet they will all be
shouting the whole Of the "Marseil-
laise," which is not an eight-bar tune,
but very complex melody. without a
mistake.
Whether the London urchin has been
furnished with translation of the
French battle hymn 1t would be hard
to say, for though the music is well
rendered the words are indistinguish.
able-London Chronicle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
CHATTER II.
The Yelled Woman.


The intensity of the question, the
compelling, self-forgetful passion Of
the man. had startling effect upon
the crowd Of people huddled before
him. With one accord, and without
stopping to pick their way, they made
for the open doorway, knocking the
smaller pieces of furniture about and
creating havoc generally. Some fed
the house; others stopped to peer in
again from behind the folds of the
curtain which had been only partially
torn from It's fastenings Miss Weeks
was the only one to stand her ground.
When the room was quite cleared
and the noise abated Git was a fright
full experience to see how little the
Judge had been affected by all this
hubbub of combined movement and
sound) she stepped within the line of
his vision and lifted her feeble and
Intellectual hand in an effort to attract
his attention to herself
But he did not notice her, any more
than he had noticed the others. Still
looking in the one direction, he cried
aloud in troubled tones:
"She stood there! the woman stood
there and cav her! Where is she
now?"
She is no longer in the house, !"
came In gentle reply from the only one
in or out Of the room courageous
enough to speak. She went out when
she saw us coming. We knew that she
had no right to be here. That Is why
we intruded ourselves, sir. We did
not like the looks Of her, and SO fol-
lowed her in to prevent mischief"
How dared you! How dared she!"
Then as his mind regained its fun
poise. And how, even If you had the
temerity to venture an entrance here,
did you manage to pass my gates?
They are never open. Bella sees to
that"
AS she watched she saw his eyes,
fixed up to now upon her face. leave 1t
and pass furtively and with many hesi-
tations from object to object, toward
that spot behind him where lay the
source OF her great terror. till finally,
with fatal precision. they reached the
point where the screen had stood. and
not finding it, flew in open terror to
the door it. was set there to conceal
when that something else, huddled In
Oozing blood. on the floor beneath.
drew them to itself with the irresist-
ibleness of grim reality. and he forgot
ali else.
Dead! Belal Dead. and lying In
his blood! The rest may have been
no dream. but this was surely one. or
his eyes. used to inner visions. were
playing him false.
Grasping the table at his side to-
steady his failing limbs, he pulled him
self along by Its curving edge till ne
came almost abreast Of the helpless
figure which for so many years had
been the embodiment Of faithful and
unwearied service.
Then and then only did the truth OF
his great misfortune burst upon his
bewildered soul; and with cry which
tore the ears OF all hearers and was
never forgotten by anyone there, he
flung himself down beside the dead
negro, and. turning him hastily over,
gazed in his face.
"And where was !. when all this
happened7" he demanded in voice
made low by awe and dread OF its own
sound.
~You2 You we're seated here" muir
INJURED the little woman. pointing at
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
Curing Cholera BY New Method.

Doctor Renault. director of the
sanitary service Of French India. re-
ports to the Indian Medical Gazette
that he has had remarkable success
in curing Asiatic cholera by hypoder-
mic injections of Carbohydrate of eme-
tine. in doses ranging from one cent?.
gram for babies to four centigrams for
persons above the age OF twenty-five
In severe epidemic OF cholera he
cured 70 per cent Of his cases. and
says this would have been greater but
for the excessive zeal Of his assail
ants. who administered It to patients
in the last stage Of the disease. when
Il Is absolutely useless.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
SYNOPSIS.

"A curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home Of Judge Ostrander.
county Judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing yelled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates OF the high
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the judge
IL found In a cataleptic state.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
MILLION VOTED ron AlRcRAFTa
House Committee Also Agrees For
staff CORRESPONDING TO Admiralty.

Washington, d. Gone million dol.
lars for aircraft was voted by the
House Naval Committee. They also
agreed to include In the appropriation
bill provision for ~chief OF opera
tions." with star corresponding to
the British Admiralty. Provision was
made for 80 per cent. increase in
aviators' pay, vita double pension al
l0wance in case Of death while on
duty
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
TO MAINTAIN BAN ON AsslNTHE.
France Finds Prohibition OF Sale Has
Benefited Population.

Paris.-The Cabinet has approved q
measure for submission to Parliament
making permanent the prohibition of
the sale of absinthe and similar
liquors. The Government finds that
the military decree forbidding absinthe
has benefited the population.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-01-15
WA KATHARINE GREEN

copyragHt, leI4, By Dodd. Mead = cornDanyl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-12
REPUBLICANS AT
Low ELL MEETING
HEAR GOOD SPEAKERS

Lowell, July live were promised
FL Dorado and the only thing we got
was high taxation" declared Samuel W.
Mccall, candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor, in an attack
on the state Democratic administration
delivered amid salvos of cheers at an
outing al Bunting park. arranged by the
local Republican city committee Satur-
day.
Hundreds of Republicans from all over
M1ddlesex county, a sprinkling Of Pro-
gressives, and even some few Democrats
attended the meeting. The occasion took
on statewide significance, for not only
were both Mccall and the latter's rival
Tor the Republican gubernatorial norni-
nation Lieut.. Gov. Grafton D. Cushing
on hand. but also both candidates for
second place on the ticket-President CAL
win Coolidge OF the Senate and Council
lor Guy A. Ham.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-12
President Is
Considering
Next Move

Cornish, n. H, July lin the quiet
Of Cornish hills. President Wilson since
yesterday has been giving careful consid-
GRAFTON to Germanys latest note on sub
marine warfare. He is believed to have
mapped out in a general way the next
step to be taken by the United States,
though there will be no final decision
until the situation has been fully discuss
ed with the cabinet.
1t now seems probable that the Presi-
dent will be back in Washington in time
for the cabinet meeting next Friday.
Originally it had been planned to have
Secretary Lansing come to Cornish to-
morrow. bringing the official text of the
German note with a view to drafting the
reply here. This was changed because
data at the state department must be at
hand when the writing Of reply is un-
dertaken. So the note was dispatched
from Washington as soon as it was de-
cided today, and the President will get
into communication tomorrow with Sec
rotary Lansing and Secretary Tumulty
regarding the ACCESSIBILITY Of the former
coming here. 1t may be that the secre-
tary of state will make the trip Tuesday
or Wednesday and return with the Pres
icent.
No inkling has been given Of what Mr.
Wilson thinks should be the policy OF
the United States in view of what off,
Gals generally declare the unsatisfactory
nature Of the German note. He has been
studying and thinking over the text as
cabled from Berlin to The Associated
Press. Instead of going to church to-
day he spent the entire morning ana
afternoon in seclusion at Harlakenden
house or strolling about the grounds.
Tonight he gathered the members Of his
family about him and read to them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-12
GIRL STABBED AND
TWO MEN SHOT IN
LYNN GREEK CASE

Lynn, Mass. July 1.-THE killing last
night Of Charles Hatadagkis, a boot
black, and the stabbing of his sweet
heart. Jennie Pappas, had sequel to-
night, according to the police, when
Charles Pappas was shot and seriously
wounded. Pappas is a brother Of the
girl and also of James Pappas, who is
under arrest charged with the murder
Of the boothlack.
Charles Pappas had passed most Of
the day in the hospital at the bedside
Of his sister waiting for the physicians
to perform an operation for the trans
fusion Of his blood to the wounded girl.
Tonight after il had been decided that
the operation would be useless, he left
the hospital and was sitting in a lunch
room when he was attacked After
he was taken back to the hospital with
several wounds the police then arrest
ed John Lampropoulis, an uncle Of the
bootblack. alleging that the motive oS
the attack was a desire to avenSo the,
latter's death.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-12
Two Bodies Found
At Togus Sunday
One Veteran in Togus Stream, A n other in
Woods-Medical Examiner Harris Investi-
gates and Finds Both Deaths Due to Acct
dental Causes

Medical Examiner Harris had busy
time Sunday morning in the vicin-
ity Of the National Home al Togus,
inasmuch as while he had been called
out there to investigate a case in
which the body Of a man had been
found in the Togus stream, he was
called not long after 10 investigate a
second case. where the body of an
other man had been found in WOODS
road leading from the road which runs
from Randolph TO Togus. Nothing
was found, however, to indicate that
death had been due in either case 70
other than accidental causes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-12
CAR RUNS INTO THE
WILSON AUTOMOBILE

Windsor. Vt. July IA small FIVE
passenger car ran into the President S
automobile early Saturday evening while
the President was motoring home from
Newport, n. H
The President had stopped To allow a
spirited horse to pass when the other
car which was following directly be-
hind. attempted to pass at the left and
suuck the trunk rack with its right
headlight The impact was SO slight
that the only notice the President had
OF the accident was the sound of break
ing glass. The Presidents car. a heavy
one failed to bulge and escaped with
only few scratches op the trung rack.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-12

Galveston, Tex. July 11.-Gen. Pab-
10 Gonzales leading Carranza's main
army, virtually captured Mexico City
Saturday, according to dispatches re-
ceived here from Vera Cruz 1t is
stated that the army under Zapata,
poorly equipped and worn out, is re-
treating toward point so miles from
the city. where the archives have been
moved.
According to the messages the fight
ing for the possession of the city
proper began Friday. When Con-
zales pushed the issue Zapata con-
veyed his army from one place to the
other in street cars but seeing that
he was overwhelmed began a retreat.
Beyond the fact that great damage
was done in the city and that more
than a thousand men were killed the
report gives few details. Carranza
agents here said Saturday night that
Gonzales would formally occupy Mex
leo City early next week, when food
supplies would be distributed among
the destitute.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-12
The Letter

Afler announcing his intention to
MI! Mr. Morgan TO avenge the death OF
holi. the letter writer says:
Holt lMuenter) was my partner and
glory IN tbs thought of his conrad
snip We worked together ever since
LIS cursed war began. Holt is gone
Du' ! am still here and l am going 70
Va'F! on the work the Two Ct us be
s@A' am going TO carry on the work
win re-doubled fury
me statement that Holt intended
y, wreck libraries and other such pub
ou'iulhss is a lie. The Capitol Is
~ uhiE building that We planned TO
49,. anu we partly succeeded in our
90. oul What We did plan and what
80 so'ns to carry out, is the Just
-. y stop this country from con-
10 the barbaric slaughter
across the ocean
ls.ria oi'llsh mule ships are daily
,eav!ns New Orleans laden with live
80 lof the enemies of Germany.
,o.' a. SHIPS laden with guns and am
ioh 10 slaughter Germans are al
,ios' oaily leaving. NAV succeed in
IN .h up but one British ship leav-
stro,.; -S port may succeed in de-
..rs ing 1e-out am going TO try.
Af,ar VIII be ready for Morgan.
win se' through with Morgan.
m -o0h Tor Sir Cecil Spring Rice.
10 you want TO know whom M,enter
Mor. ei Wnen ne went to Glen Cove ?
san rarity The real reason for
SIG SIG 10 Glen Cove was Sir Cecil
We nave trailed Spring Rice for
continued On Page LceIumn 3