Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1911 — Youth Ends 30,000-Mile World Jaunt [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Youth Ends 30,000-Mile World Jaunt

MARION. IND.—The "around-the-world" Jaunt of Robert Matter, •on of Philip Matter, Marion’s wealthiest resident, taken because he was dissatisfied with his monthly allowance, is at an end. The boy has returned to his parents' home after circling the globe and traveling 30,000 miles. During the greater portion of the time he traveled in the true style of the American “hobo," working his way from place to place and stopping only long enough to secure funds to carry him to the next point. Young Matter started his globetrotting under the name of Robert Morton. Not until hff:met his brother in the east s week before be arrived home did he reveal his true' identity He always posed as a poor American boy compelled to work for a livelihood. and never once did he mention

the wealth or prominence of his family, his college days or of his life before he Btarted on the eventful trip The young man first signed as a feeder on a London bound cattle boat from New York. He was sick almost the entire trip, but he did not give up the idea of circling the globe. He spent some time in London, then moved to Belgium and later to Australia. He visited points in Egypt, Gibraltar and other places in the O t ld World. He worked in the Fiji and Hawaiian islands and finally landed at Vancouver, B. C. There he found a serious strike in progress. It was then Matter became an American tramp in the truest sense of the word. Wearing shabby clothes and badly In need of a shave, the young man started to “hobo" his way out of the country. He finally reached Swift Current, Canada, where his brother, John Matter, is located, and a happy reunion followed. John Matter was the first person Robert Matter had seen since leaving New York that he knew Matter secured a position on a farm and worked until he saved enough money to ride to Marion “on the cushions."