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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23

| human bodies heaped there. AS we ap- preached the place, the figure of Pug
 atchov, marching about with . triumph.
 ant face, came into sight He was in charge of the firing squad, composed of
 about loo men, some of whom were sailors.
 others soldiers, and others dressed ss
 red guards.
 SURROUNDED BY CORPSES We were surrounded and taken toward
 a slight elevation of ground, and placed | in line with our backs toward the hill. There were corpses behind us, in front of | us, to our left, to our right, at our very | feet There were at least thousand of them. The scene was a horror of ] horrors. The poisonous odors were chok-
 ing us. The executioners did not seem
 to mind it so much. They were used to | them.
 | I was placed at the extreme right of l the line. Next to me was the old general | There were 20 of US altogether. We are waiting for the committee"
 Pugatchov explained the delay in the proceedings
 What pieasurer' he rubbed his
 hands, laughing. we have a woman
 today
 "Ah, yes," he added. turning to us all, you write letters home and ask that your bodies be sent there for burial if you wish. Or you can ask for other fayors'
 The suspense of waiting was as cruel as anything else about the place. Every officers face wore an expression of i'm placa ble hatred for that brute of a man, Pugatchov. Never have I seen more bloodthirsty pervert I did not think that such man was to be found in Russia The waiting wore me out soon and fell again on my knees, praying to tho little icon, and crying to heaven: God, when have I sinned to earn such death? Why should I die like dog. without burial, without a priest, with no funeral? And who will take care of my mother? She will expire when she learns of my end.''
 The bolshevik soldiers broke out laugh ing. My pleading touched their sense of humor. They joked and made merry.
 Don't cry, my child," the general bent over me, batting me. They are savages. Their hearts are of stone They would not even let us receive the last sacra- rent Let us die like heroes, neverthe- less"
 His words gave me strength I got up. straightened myself out, and said:
 'All right: I will die as hero.'
 Then, for about 10 minutes gazed at the faces of our executioners. scrutinizing their features It was hard to distinguish in them signs of humanity. They were Russian soldiers turned inhuman. The
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lines in their faces were those of brutat apes.
 My Godi What hast thou done to thy
 children? I prayed. In long file the numerous events of
 my life passed before me. My childhood, those years of hard labor in the little
 the affair with Tazov; my marriage to
 grocery store of Nastasia Leontievna; i; Botchkarev: Yasha; the three years of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23

war; they all passed through my inagi-s nation, some incidents strangely grip ping my interest for a moment two. others fitting by hastily. Somehow that episode of my early life when I quar- reled with the little boy placed in my charge, and the undeserved spanking ! got from his mother, stood out ver
 (Contfnued or Page Thirteene
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02

There is never any need Of hunting
trouble. Just stand quiet and it'll hunt
you.
Everybody knows people that had no
business being born, but it's too late to
help that, now.
You're only as old as the old woman
who remembers when you were born
says you are.
II you are wise you are wise enough
to know you don't possess all wisdom
mot even II you are an assessor.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
w. B. CHASE GETS
TERM IN PEN,
Sentenced for Whiskey Running
In Michigan.

Milwaukee, April 25.-William B.
Chase, former star detective for the
Michigan state food and drug depart
ment, was sentenced by Federal Judge
Gerger here Thursday to serve one
year and six months in the federal pen
itentiary at Leavenworth, Kan, follow
ing his plea Of guilty to several charges
concerning an alleged plot to ship liquor
by wholesale from Milwaukee to Mich
igan.
Chase was arrested in Milwaukee
some weeks ago by federal officials up
on information provided by Grand
Rapids government agents.
Chase himself some months prior to
his arrest had been engaged in running
down bootleggers. Therefore his arrest
came as great surprise and was ex'
-tremely sensational.
There were several counts in the case
against the former young detective. He
was charged with violation of the in
ternal revenue laws, which included
failure TO make the proper returns tc
the government. He also was charged
with attempting to engage in the whole
sale liquor business under an assumed
name.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
BANK DISCARDS PASS
BOOK SYSTEM; GIVES
MACHINE STATEMENTS
Mechanical Bookkeeping Enables
Local Institution to Give
Improved Service.

There will be no more night work by
bookkeepers, balancing accounts OF
customers at the Peoples State Saw
ings Bank. No longer will they have
to plough their way through an ava.
lanche Of pass books requiring balanc-
ing at the first of each month. BY ad-
dition Of bookkeeping machine to its
equipment, the bank is able to discard
the inconvenience of the pass-book sys-
tenn and to substitute the plan of hand.
ing neat printed statements to deposi-
tors on the first of each month.
The same system is now in use in a
great many Of the big banking institu-
tons of the country. The mechanical
bookkeeper is Burroughs Adding
Subtracting model, which automatically
solves problems in addition and SUBJ
traction and simultaneously prints a
neat and complete record Of each
transaction.
Annoying delays to customers at the
close of each month while their pass
books were being balanced are now
eliminated. The machine-made state
ments are always ready on time. Here
tofore, if depositor wanted a state
ment Of his account in the middle Of
the month, he was compelled to wait
while bookkeepers waded through the
great mass of figures in the ledger for
each day Of the month and then COM
puted his new balance.
With the Burroughs, depositors' .ac-
counts are kept always in balance.
Mistakes in figuring are impossible for
the machine calculator. Each day the
statements are taken from the binder
and run through the machine. Checks
are listed and subtracted, deposits list
ed and added, and the new balance
automatically figured by the machine.
The Burroughs prints dates, adds de-
posits, subtracts checks, gives old and
new balances and automatically detects
and records overdrafts, listing them on
the statement with a red "OD" sign.
Entering of the proper amounts into
the machine by the depression of the
figure keys on the keyboard is all that
is required of the operator. Mental
efforts in balancing accounts is entirely
done away with.
The Burroughs machine, which has
revolutionized accounting and book
keeping methods all over the world, is
now in daily operation at the People:
State Savings Bank.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
LATE SPRING WHEAT
REPORTED A GAMBLE

East Lansing, Mich, Apr. 28.-Many
farmers Of the state are faced with
serious planting problems because of
the fact that frequent rains have kept
them from seeding spring grains at an
early date, according to Prof. j. F. Cox
of the M. A. c. Farm Crops Depart
ment. Oats and barley may still be
planted in proper season, but large
acreages OF grain are certain to be
planted late.
"Those who plant spring wheat in
late April or after the first Of May do
so at great risk" declares Prof. Cox.
Only wheat paintings made at an early
date and on ground which retains
moisture are certain to give successful
crops. Either barley or oats may be
counted on to give comparatively
better yields when planted after the
first of May.
Barley is better crop than oats for
seeding during the latter part of the
planting season (say about May 12) be-
cause it does not suffer as greatly as
oats from the hot, dry spells which
occur in early summer. Both crops dc
best when planted fairly early in the
spring, although barley is little more
susceptible to frost.
At this late date, discing will'in mos
| cases nrove a hetter method of Drenar
ing the ground than blowing. Botf
oats and barley start off best on firm
seed bed. Because late planted crops
do not stool out as rapidly as earlier
ones, it is good practice to seed a
least half bushel more per acre o
either oats or barley when planting
late. Acid phosphate and fertilizer
high in phosphate are also strongl.
recommended, both to increase yielt
and to hasten maturity.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
FUNERAL OF MISS HAGER
HELD AT PETOSKEY
LAST SATURDAY

The funeral of Miss Ethel Hager, who
died Wednesday, April 23rd, at Petos-
key was held Saturday forenoon from
Henika's chapel. Burial in Greenwood.
Rev. j. w. Leonard had charge OF the
services.
Miss Hager was well known in this
city where she nursed for some time.
She graduated from Petoskey hospital
about four years ago. She was born in
southern Michigan thirty-two years ago
She was sister OF Elmer Hager, OF
West Mitchell street, Petoskey, and
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George l..
Hager, OF East Jordan. She also leaves
two sisters, Mrs. l.. Dubber, OF Detroit,
and Mrs. r. Gokee, who resides near
Clarion. Two other brothers also sur
vive her, Harvey Hager, of Detroit, and
Earl Hager, Of the 500.
She was member OF the Baptist
church and attended church and Sun
day school there during her residence
in Petoskey.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
HARVEY SHOWS UP AL

Col. George Harvey declares that it is
erroneous to suppose that Mr.. Burle-
son is not a practical business man,
merely because he has held politica
office all bis life. Col. Harvey has un-
earthed contract entered into between
Mr.. Burleson and his brother-in-law on
one side and the State of Texas on the
other. Under its terms the State fur
nishes the Burleson plantation with 125
convicts to work it on the share system
the state receiving sixty per cent OF
the profits and the brothers-in-law forty
per cent.
The guards who have charge Of the
gang of convicts see to it that they do a
full days work. One of the overseers
testified that he worked the men from
daylight to dark, and If there was any
sign of laziness eighteen licks" was
the penalty. Detailed statements of
the profits derived by the Burlesons
from the exploitation Of the Texas GRIM
inals are lacking, but the fact that the
contract provides that "The parties Of
the second part shall pay the parties of
the first part the sum Of twenty-five
dollars per month for the slops," indi-
Gates that no possible source Of revenue
was overlooked by our enterprising
Postmaster General.
Col. Harvey feels that this Texas con-
tract is sufficient proof that Mr.. Burle.
son is possessed Of keen business acn-
men, and many are inclined to agree
with him. However, 1t is the opinion
that the Post Office Department, and
the country generally would benefi,
were Mr.. Burleson to retire from public
life to his Texas ranch and supervise
the spanking OF his convicts.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
Notice Of Eighth Grade
Examination for
Charlevoix County.

Annual examination for eighth grade
students will be held May S-sth, Thur
day and Friday, beginning at $50 .. m.
in the following places In the county,
Boyne City Central School building
in Room X.
Charlevoix In the Court Room. Mote
change to Court House.l
East Jordan In Central School Build.
ing Room S.
st. James in High School Room.
This Is q State Examination under
charge Of county board of examiners.
Paper furnished. Seventh grade
students wishing to write. may take
physiology and geography tests. hold
ing marks over for the following year.
All eighth grade students too m to
write or at present under quarantine
may apply to Commissioner for per.
mission to write at later date, when
the State will furnish different Get OF
questions.
E MAY L. STEWART,
Com'r Of Schools.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02

II you were half as bright as all your
big talk would make people believe,
you wouldn't be where you are.
Most persons fail of good work be.
cause Of lack Of inspiration in their sur
roundings, but il you are really big you
can rise above them long enough to ge,
into better ones. The trouble with u:
all is that we're small and don't know
it and raise terrible howl ~ anybody
suggests II.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
THE LAWS AND
THE VERITIES

Washington, April 30.-The Republl-
can Publicity Association, through its
President, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr,
today gave out the following statement
from its Washington Headquarters:
Every ancient maxim contains a
wealth of truth. II it had not contain
ed truth il would not have survived
long enough to become either maxim
or ancient. Here, for instance, is the
old saying that 'one man can lead a
horse to water but ten men can't make
him drink In those words we have a
statement Of truth that should be hung
upon the walls OF bureaucracy's offices
in Washington, where officialdOm has
gone mad with the desire TO tell all
creation how to live and move and
have its being. Just now we have in
mind the visionary schemes to put re-
turned soldiers on farms. Officialdom
can lead million soldiers up to the
land, but it can't make them farm.
Canada has tried it and failed. II Uncle
Sam also tries it, he will also fail. This
is not saying that none of the returned
soldiers will 60 to the farm. A great
many OF them will. But they will 20
there OF their own accord and not
through the leadership of an official
who is careful to keep away from the
soil himself.
"The trouble with the present auto.
cratic administration is that it tells the
returning soldiers to 20 to the farms
and then does everything possible to
keep them away. Hours of labor and
wages are made as attractive as posi-.
BILE in cities or on railroads, while con.
ditions remain practically unchanged
in the country. In fact, conditions are
less attractive for the farmer who must
hire some help, for he finds increasing
difficulty in persuading men to leave
the city to work on farm.
THE whole policy of this admins
tration has been one Of attempted over
| tHIOW Vi cCOuOuilC lhW-du cllOTt "
prevent water seeking its. level, ar
effort to dislocate the center of gravity
an effort to remake human nature by
law or executive edict. Price-fixing
government operation, artificial and in
equitable wage scales, are illustration!
of the determination of self-constitutet
omnipotents to perform modern mira
cles. The performances have taker
place-their miraculous character ha
not become apparent for the reason
that the eternal law of compensation il
still in operation and the country il
paying in one form or another for TIT
attempt to set aside natural law.
Whenever the governmental "back
to-the-farm" bureaus find themselve
embarrassed by flood of resignation
from employees who are quitting gov
ernment jobs to 60 on the farms, W,
may expect to find soldiers flocking t
agricultural occupations. Until then
soldiers will 60 to the farms when the
feel so disposed, just as a horse viii
drink when he's thirsty"
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02

A woman will forgive most anything
in another woman who is neat house.
keeper and will believe almost any
gossip about one who is not.
Millionaires are reputed to be gener-
ally unhappy, but the few we've seen
always seemed able to disguise their
feelings.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
SHE FINDS HERSELF MUCH BETTER

Lame back, rheumatic pains, stiffness
and soreness in muscles and joints can
be quickly relieved. Mrs. L. Wavue,
2726 Bird ST., Ocean Park, CAL, writes:
81 used to have pains in my right hip.
! could hardly turn in bed. Now | find
| am much better by using Foley Kidney
Pills. Likewise, pains in my back left.
--Hites Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
School Commissioner's
Notes
May L. Stewart. Comnissisaer

Schools visited during the past week
were Hilton, Norwood, McGeah, Bur.
CESS, Maple Grove, Hopyard, Bay shore
and Murray.
Libraries in Marion Center, Barnard,
and Hilton, were inspected on Friday
thru the kindness OF the state travelling
librarian who was giving q series OF
lectures to the county normal class and
expressed to the commissioner desire
to get out in the country to see just
what the rural school Libraries were
like. The trip was arranged and many
helpful suggestions were made to the
teachers. Knowing local conditions,
also, Miss Allen, the librarian. will be
able to give much more, help to the
normal class.
The following wrote on the teachers'
examination held IN Charlevoix at Court
House on the 24-26th: Mrs. Lizzie De
Nice, Mrs. Cora Willis, Miss Theima
Specs, Miss Sylvia Jenson. r. Verne
Woodwork. Board of Examiners. will
meet on Saturday, May ard. to vote and
issue certificates according to law.
In another column of this paper see
notice ofeighth grade examination.
The following teachers have complet-
ed their terms Of school for this ,yesr;
Olive Underhill, Orthella Porter,
Georgia Scroggie, Muriel Kerry Eva
Latham, Mary Doyle, Josephine Crakes
-Vivia Keller, Eileen Gunsolus. Miss
Orthella Porter will complete the term
Of school left unfinished by Mrs. Leah
Peters.
Only one new teacher available &C.
cording to the outlook from the exani-
nation. There are seven in the county
normal class. Six have already been
offered positions. OF our present teach.
ing force it seems that three are unde-
cided as to their work for next year,
four will 60 to school, six will change
their professions entering into clerical
or other office work, and fourteen will
be married. This reduces our present
corps by twenty-seven and we have q
class of eight inexperienced girls to re-
place them. We may estimate our
shortage at about twenty teachers. II
it were patriotic to teach last year. it
will be doubly so the coming year, even
more so because the school directors
are doing everything in their pswer to
pay wages that are just and right.
Note the splendid list of supplement
tary readers in the Burgess School
library, purchased this year thru active
interest Of the teacher, Miss r. L. Can.
niff: Little Kingdom Primer, Children's
Classic in Dramatic Form, Riverside
Primer, Art Literature Primer, Play.
time, Elson's Primer, Free and Tread.
well Primer, Cyr's Primer, Aldine's
First Reader, Heath's Primer. Aidine's
Second Reader, Folk Lore Reader I 4
II, Children's Classic in Dramatic Form
Book II, Art Literature Book IL, Free
& Treadwell Book IL, Sunbonnet Babies
in Holland. Sunbonnets in Overalls.
Overall Boys in Switzerland, 20 His.
watha and several others
THE latest ruling allows school
boards to use the library fund for cup.
Elementary readers. There Is nothing
to prevent the use Of the general fund
for any or all library purposes.)
Miss Effie Cook will return to Knop
school with fine raise in salary. Mrs.
Cora Willis has been asked to return ia
Maple Grove. No further arrange.
ments are known beyond those already
published.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
TAKES HOLD AND HELPS

Marie Heisler, Freeport, ILL.,, writes:
81 had more or less Of a cough for 10
years and have taken quite a number
OF medicines. None OF them takes hold
and helps like Foley's Honey and Tar. "
This old, reliable cough syrup prompt
ly helps coughs, colds, Group and
whooping cough. Contains no opiates.
--Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
RURAL SCHOOL GROUNDS
WILL BE BEAUTIFIED.

East Lansing, Mich, April 28.-As a
step in furthering the statewide move
ment to improve and beautify the
rural school grounds "a bulletin giving
plans and rules for planting trees,
shrubs and plants, together with a
complete list OF varieties which are
adanted for the purpose, has just been
published by the department Of horti-
culture at M. A. c. The use of native
plants is urged, and directions for dig.
ging and transferring to the school
grounds are given. The work should
be done as early in the spring as posi-.
BILE.
The planting Of home grounds is con.
sidered in other bulletins, which may
be obtained from the Director of the
Experiment Station, East Lansing.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-09-27
STATE POLICE AND
STRIKERS CLASH
MASS MEETING BROKEN UP ~
TROOPERS WHO CHARGE
INTO CROWD.
Number Injured and Many Arrests
Made in Collision Near PittsburU
on Eve Of Inauguration Of Strike
by Steel Workers.

observation-disclosures between Penn
sylvania state police and crowds bent
on holding labor meetings In the Pitts
burg district Sunday ushered In the
strike in the iron and steel industry.
The most serious disturbance occurred
at North Charlton, 20 miles from Pitts
burg, late in the afternoon, where the
state troopers charged crowd or
union men holding mass meeting
and broke it up. Resistance was Of
fered and it Is charged by union lead.
ers that the mounted policemen used
their clubs vigorously and injured
number of the crowd. About score
OF men were arrested. The meeting
was broken up at the request OF local
authorities.
WOrkmen declare that the meeting
was proceeding quietly when the state
police broke it up. The crowd scat
tered and some ran up railroad EN-
bankment and threw stones and other
missiles at the troopers. During the
melee, several in the crowd were
struck on the head by policemen, it
was said. The crowd soon scattered.
No one was reported seriously in
jurel. 1t is alleged that several shots
were fired by someone in the crowd
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-09-27
SAILORS SWEAR LESS

think the use of profanity the surest
way to accomplish the result"
The work of the chaplains in the
navy, Captain Scott said. is along a
big brother" line. They deliver talks
at the Sunday services aboard ship
that might not be recognized by regu-
lar church attendants ashore. They
speak to the men In the service in
what they know are the terms of the
men In the service. They try to solve
their problems and to direct them to
clean thinking. clean speaking and
clean living.
They urge them to industry and to
take advantage of the advantages Of
fered for promotion.
Until three or four wears ago, ac-
cording to Captain Scott. there were
only "a chaplains In the navy. He was
one Of them. having some years before
left the Yale divinity school for q
naval post. In 1914, ruling provided
for chaplain to every 1900 men, so
the number grew to $50 during the
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-09-27
Hysterical Young Woman Saved
From insane Asylum by
Psychic Experiment.
IS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER
Young Artist Who Offers Self for Elk.
pertinent Is Later Relieved Of
Transferred Malady by Means
Of hypnotism.

Paris.-A strange cure, Of psychic
nature, has just been achieved before
q number of doctors and a few expert
mentors along the lines of psychiatry.
The patient was q young woman Of
hysterical tendency, who for seven
years had been possessed with an anti
religious mania. During this time the
sight of a priest, the act of passing
near church, the pronunciation of a
religious formula all have brought on
either attacks Of violence or spells of
dumbness. The association of ideas
which precipitate these crises were Of
the most fantastic kinda piece Of
white paper suggested the host, ro-
maine salad turned her mind toward
the Roman shurch, glass of char
treuse the brotherhood of Carthusian
monks. at these suggestions she
would trs:1nble and faint. To nOurish
patient under these conditions daily
became more and more of problem.
Takes Extreme Measures.
In Paris last autumn the doctors
whom her husband consulted advised
him to incarcerate her. Deciding to
try everything else before resOrting to
this extreme measure, her husband, on
the advce of an eminent chemist, final
ly put her under the treatment of a
well-known specialist in psycotherapy,
M. Mangin. Six months Of treatment,
consisting in psychic re-education,
either in state Of waking or by super
fetal hypnosis, gave only results of
short duration. The Easter festivities
exasperated the patient to the point of
frenzy. This decided Mr.. Mangin to
60 to extreme measures. He began a
tireless search for subject suitable
for the experiment of a transferencG
Of the malady, with all it's anguish and
strange manifestations. This was a
difficult task, for the subject must be
Of such delicate and perfect suggest
Utility as to be able later to be freed in
turn from these same miseries.
Nine. Georgette Abel, charming
young artist, offered herself for this
delicate experiment with as much