The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-13
PLUCKY WOMEN REFUSE To SIGN
PAPER FOR BULGARIAN OFFICIALS
Miss Mildred Farwel Tells How Americans Baked at Signing a Lie
and Forced Officials to Admit It-Macedonians
Are Expert Smugglers.

tight as the huns fought. preferably
with steel. They are quiet unless you
arouse them; then they are savages."
This explanation Of why the Bulgar
ians took our supplies when they had
not touched those al Nish or Scoplje
was the real one. denuded Of all false
frills. Here 10 was TO their Interest TO
take them: at Nish and Scoplie it was
not. lie did not mind telling the truth.
saying. II I repeat anything | can
always say YOU are lying"
Like all BulEarians at that time. M.
was convinced hat Germany had al
ready Won the war. But IL not" and
he smiled sweetly. We can always
turn and 40 with Russia-Russia Is 90
good natured."
Doctor Still Aiding Poor.
Or. Forbes still ran his clinic for the
poor. Sitting on the benches were
many ~types-Jews. Albanians in all the
different varieties OF peasant cos
tunes. and mothers with sick children.
One woman / saw holding a white hen
in her lap. They came for treatment
and help. Many were hungry.
He gave them what food he could
pieces OF bareback. perhaps n little
grain. that they tied up and hid under
fheir clothes to smuggle past the sem
tries. Miss Mitchell and |. for smuse-
ment. walked round and round tho
town. We saw the Turkish quarters,
with its mosques and narrow. twisted
streets, full OF Oriental houses with
o~verhaneing second stories and queer.
secret looking screened windows.
Black buffalo with blue beads across
their foreheads 10 avert the evil eye.
1ostled strings Of little pack mules:
hercc strong peasants from the noun
tain villages and soldiers crowded
the markets. The innumerablc rave
yards. with their carved tomhstones
O "a HNHHma aa 80 LNAnHn - IL ..Unu -.
us realize what an old Country Mace
donia really Is. Everything was COW
cred with snow. Nonastir would have
been a perfect place Tor winter sports.
Believe Ski Runner a Devil.
There Is a legend that in Turkish
times one foreigner had tried them.
Secretly he climbed the hills and came
down like the wind on his skis A
crowd gathered below 10 watch They
thought the devil was upon them N
the bottom they arrested and Clapped
him into jail as a new and dangerous
form OF comet.
The only reminder We had that
: America really existed was q dime
given me by the Greek cake man who
had a brother in Chicago. We feit
deserted. forgotten. and the noun
tains reared a high white wall between
US and Greece.
The peasants were still colnG back
4 ana lpIln over lue unTQeT oflCldA
h. WAS forbidden. but To prevent a
Macedonian from crossing the Greek
line or vice versa is like trying 10
keep a Jersey Commutor from using
the ferry. They had been smuggling
for generations and looked on b. as
a lawful occupation.
Easy TO Escape Across Border.
Two messages J know OF were sent
4 across the bDundary-oue IN the blind,
els of a horse. one IN d Turkish watch.
7 The method was to cvade the sentries
At the edge of the town. go TO "a noun.
tain y~illaCe. = journey on FOOT Of three
hours. wait there hidden in some meas
ants house until exactly midnight
then through the deep snow across
the mountains with a guide 10 the
border. wait In a cave until the sentry
had passed. and step across
" YOU did not meet a Greek soldier
on the other side. who miCht shoot
you by mistake FOR a Bulgarian. you'd
b. quite safe. n sounded easy-in the
words Of onE every M was doing t.
] tried tO get mp my courage TO 20.
The disguise was the most difficult
thing. y MACEDONIAN costume was out
at the question. My face wasn't Mace
DOMAIN. In Turkish costume. the size
Of my feet would have given mo away
instantly. was greatly relieved when
the Iulcarians put forty soldiers bon
the mountain village and made 10 I'M
possible. At times DO b. comforting
not 90 be- 20 heroine.
Lives with Interpreter.
had been dining iu my room on
bread and our made from tablets