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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-23

Bombay-The following statement
given to the Associated Press by
British officer now in hospital here
presents a vivid picture of the suffer-
ings undergone by the Armenians OF
whom comparatively little first-hand
information has hitherto been forth
coming.
Before got my wound in the
fighting up beyond Bagdad I came
into contact on several occasions
with a highly educated Armenian
who had escaped from the Turks
and was being employed by US as
interpreter. The stories he told OF
the inhumanities inflicted upon his
compatriots were SO appalling that
made notes of his conversations
and have attempted here TO repro
duce them in something like his
own language SO that you can get
at the heart of the man and reallze
what he and all educated Armenlans
feel. The interpreter was In Con-
stantinople until the end of last
wear when he was sent to the front
with a party of Armenians, several
of whom escaped.
The interpreters story folloWs'
Cold BIOoded Murder
What you have read and heard
about Armenia is not hundredth
part of the truth. Dante's Inferno
was a heaven compared with the
hen that the Turks have made OF
my country. Som ething of the awful
reality of the past twelve months l
have myself seen in passing through
on the way to the front.
at Aleppo there are four factories
in which, under the supervision OF
deported Armenians, two thousand
Armenian women are being employ
ed under terrible conditions. The
women are all deportees. One of
them said to me: 'On halt during
our deportations, 1 saw n gendarme
bury a sick woman alive. Cold
blooded murders were every day oc-
currence. Our guards had orders to
kill on the spot any one who Jagged
behind on the journey. Often sew
eral were killed at once, and there
was no separate grave for them
the bodies were just thrown into a
ditch together and covered. 1t was
all horrible to behold, but our eyes
eventually became hardened to the
sight.
"Bab. Messguene and Zor are three
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-23
NEWTON NOMINATED

Washington, Aug. 23.-James T..
Newton, of Georgia, was nominated
to-day by President Wilson as Com
missios of Patents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-23
HuRT IN CRASH

Emmett Wolf. 22s Hummel street,
was injured last night when his mo-
torcycle crashed into a Reservoir
Park street car at Second and Black
berry streets. He was taken to the
Arrisburg Hospital for treatment.
condition is not serious.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-23
DIES FROM CONPTJCamoN

John Quann, aged %, -103 Cherry
street. died at the Harrisburg Hos
pital from complications. He is sur
vived by wife and two children,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12

Hypothetical death.
He throws imitation bombs and
thrusts furiousiy at his comrades
with wooden bayonets with leath.
err pads on them Now and again
comes the order "over the top" and
then, with rebel yells that are the
only part Of the drill that bear
the mark OF the genuine, he goes
racing across the field 20 the op-
posing trenches.
On a little mound. behind front
line" stand n group of blue-clad Of.
ficers, who watch the maneuvers
with interest. They are the ex-
perts, officers from the French
army who have qualified as mas
ters OF trench warfare. Now and
again they stop the battle" to give
advice and instruction 10 the olive
drab-clad men and then the con
flict" In resumed.
Perhaps. II In intifnated, before
long there will be training with gas
bombs and fire bombs and tear
shells. and the $4,000 men here
will learn the value OF the gas
mask and methods OF overcoming
the lethb fumes Of the lachyrama-
tory projectiles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12

that nobody must interrupt tha
progress OF our energy. II the inter-
ruption can possibly be avoided with
out the absolute invasion OF freedom.
ITO put 1t concreteiy. that means
this: Nobody has a right to stop
the process of labor until an the
methods of Cancellation and settle
ment have been exhausted. and
might as well say right here that
/ am not talking to you alone.
You sometimes stop the courses
of labor. but there are others who
do the same. And that am speak.
ing Of my own experience not only.
but that l am speaking of others
when I say that you are reasonable
in larger number Of cases than
the capitalists.
II am not saying these things to
them personally yet because 7
haven't had a chance. But the4'
have to be said not in any spirit OF
criticism. because would like to
see all the critics exported. But In
order TO clear the atmosphere and
come down to business. everybody
on both sides has got TO transact
business. and the settlement is never
impossible when both sides want to
do the square and right things
Moreover, n settlement is always
hard to avoid when the parties can
be brought face to face. l can differ
with n man much more radically
when he is not in the room than I
can when he is In the room. because
then the awkward thing is that he
can come back at me and answer
what | say.
1T is always dangerous for a
man to have the floor entirely to
himself And therefore we must in
sist in every instance that the par
ties come into each others presence
and there discuss the issues between
them. and not separately in places
which have no communication with
the other"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12
matt Correspondent
CAMp IEEIG Tn q

DtuU Correspondent
CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma. Nov. IL.
rover the topr'
xSDv day In the week Sammy
over the top at this canton
mt. He is fighting an imaginary
war. and his foes are targets Of wood
that bob and dodge with startling
realism.
In several parts OF the camp
trenches have been dug that are
faithful In their reproduction Of the
var trenches which are housing
Gannmies at the front In France.
Here. eight hours every day, 40
hours every week. Sammy charges
md recharges across a miniature
NO mans land" that bristles with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12
BALL PLAYER IS
Wanted At Lewis

ny United Press Leased Wire
TACOMA. Nov. 12.-E.arl Shelly.
former first baseman Of the Salt
Lake Coast league baseball team. In
in danger of being arrested as n de-
serter from the army.
Sheely's number was reached in
the draft drawing and he was order.
ed 20 report at Camp Lewis for
service. Z.
The management Of the club ask.
ed that Sheely be allowed to finish
the season. and when Gov BAN
berger OF Utah appealed to his OK
emption board. the player was al
lowed to continue on the team UNI
I'll the close OF the season.
sheely left Salt Lake ten days
ago. for Camp Lewis and has not
yet reported.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12
VICTORY MEANS LAB0R'S FREEDOM, SAYS WILSON

bility of getting armies into the
heart OF that country quicker than
any other armies could be got there.
Not Tho Heart Of II
Look at the map 81 Europe now
Germany. in thrusting upon us again
and again tho discussion OF peace.
talks about what Talks about Bel
GUM. talks about Northern France.
talks about AlEace-Isorraine. Well.
those mr.. deeply interesting sub.
,ccta. but they are not talking about
The heart OF the matter
Take the map and look Mt IL
Germany has absolute control Of
AuHtria-iiungary. practical control
Of tn. Balkan states. control OF Tur-
key. control Of Asia Minor
To Disturb World
Il saw n map In which tho whole
thing was printed in appropriate
black tho other day. and tho black
stretched all the way from Hamburg
20 Bagdnd--the bulk OF German
power insarted into the heart OF the
world
II she can keep that she has
kept al tnAt nrr dfeslfua cOntcfn-
plated when the war began. II she
can keep that, her power can die
turb the world az long al she keeps
it-tLways provided. for feel bound
TO put this provision in. always pro
vided tho present influences that
control the German government
continue 20 control H.
Il believe that the spirit OF free.
dom can get into tho hearts OF the
Germans and find as fine a welcome
there as IL can find In any other
hearts. But the spirit OF freedom
does not suit tho plans OF the pan.
Germans. Power cannot be used
with concentrated force against free
peoples IL 1t is used by free PEG
ple
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12
0STRANDER EXTENDS
REALTY HOLDINGS

II. +. ostrander, Seattle shipper.
added to his list of real estate a bit
of the old A. A. Denny addition, To-
Gated on the east side OF Sixth ave-.
between Pike and Union ST., Satur-
day.
The purchase was made from the
Prudential Company for $4,000.
Real estate dealers say that re-
yival in Seattle realty 10 at hand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12

Light artillery. too, may play n
part and thus will the student.
Sammy have bloodless baptism Of
fire that will stand him In good
stead when tho Fritzes roar above
his head somewhere in France"
and the hurting Berthas splatter
living death In the ranks OF the al
lies.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12
Continued From Page I

iahcr'n refusal 20 civ. up vital holt.
lays early In the war cost thou
sands ~ lives for lack Of ammunt
ton" r.andou asserted.
Formal reports today wrr. to
show the A. r. 81 l.. had It's most
successful year in 1917. entering into
agreements with the government on
scale undreafned % until the war
suddenly elevated organized labor TO
position o. enormous Importance.
Delegates were reused by Ian
don'a assertion that n German agent
had offered an American firm $1,000.
200 not 10 make allied munitions.
President oompcrn' fight for re-
election ia certain IN be opposed by
,ho-- who object to his war attitude
Gotnpcrr' ndhrrrnts manifest an In
,rrtion 20 brand those who oppose
him as "Am~-ican polshevikl"
Wilson's speech
The teri of President Wilson's
speech follows
'yr. President delegates Of tho
American Federation Of Labor.
ladies' and gentlemen:
Il esteern II a Frca, privilege and
real honor to be thus admitted TO
your public councils. When your
executive committee paid mo the
compliment, OF inviting me here. l
gladly accepted the invitation. be
cause IL seems 90 me that this. above
all other times in your history. IL
the time for common counsel. for the
drawing not only Of the energies. but
OF tn. minds OF tho nation together
thought II was a welcome opporN
tunity for disclosing TO you some OF
the thoughts that have been gather
ing I'm my mind during the last mo
mentoua months.
Wants To Talk Frankly
II am introduced TO you as pref
dent OF the United states. and yet. l
would he pleased II you would put
the thought OF tho office into tho
background and regard me an one OF
your fellow citizens. who has come
here to speak. not the words OF au-
thority, but the words OF counsel.
the words which men should speak
10 one another. who wish to be- frank
I "A
than the history OF the world has
ever yet known. moment whom II
Ia every mans duty 10 forget him.
self. to forget his own interests. to
FIJI himself with the nobility OF a
preat national and world conception
and act upon u new platform elevat
ed above the ordinary affairs OF life.
elevated To where men have views
OF the long destiny Of mankind.
New Freedom mt Stake
81 think that. In order to realize
lust what this moment OF counsel In.
II is very desirable that we should
remind ourselves just how this war
came about. and just what IL In for
you can explain most wars very
simply. but the explanation OF this
is not so simple. It's roots run deep
into all tho obscure halls OF history
and. in my view. this is the last de-
cidye issue between the old princi-
plep Of power and the new principles
OF freedom.
"Thc war was started by Ger.
many. Her authorities deny that
they started II. But I am willing
TO let the statement have just
made await the verdict OF history.
Germany Had Envisble Place
And the thing that needs 10 be
explained is why Germany started
the war. Remember what the po-
sltion e Germany IN the worid
was-as enviable n position as any
nntinn hns over occupied. Thr
whole world stood In admiration
~ her wonderful intellectual and
material achievements and all tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12

them. want peace. but I know
how TO got II. and they do not.
You will notice that sent a
friend OF mine. Col. House. to
Europe. VINO IS as great n lover of
peace az any man In the world; but
I did not send him on a peace mis-.
sion. sent him 10 take part in n
conference as TO how the war was
to be won. And he knows, as !
know, that that is the way TO get
peace. II you want II for more than
a few minutes.
VIII Raise National Power
AN OF this Ia n preface to the
conference that referred to with re-
gard TO what we are going to do.
II we are true friends of freedom
our own or anybody else's-we win
see that the power OF this country
and the productivity OF this country
is raised to absolute maximum. and
that absolutely nobody is allowed to
stand In the way OF II.
when | say that nobody Is al
lowed 10 stand in the way, | don't
mean that they shall be prevented
by the power of the government,
but by the power of the American
spirit. our duty. II we are 10 do
this great thing and show America
to bc what we believe her to be, the
greatest hope and energy in the
world. then we must stand together
night and day until the job is fin.
ished
Labor Must BE Free
while we are fighting for free
dom. we must see, among other
things, that labor is free. and that
means number of interesting
things.
cit means not only that we must
do what we have declared our pur-
nose to do-see that the conditions
of labor are not rendered more
onerous by the war-but also that
we shall see TO II that the instru-
mentnlities by which the conditions
OF labor are improved are not
blocked or checked. That we
must do.
THAT has been the matter about
which | have taken pleasure in con.
ferring from time 10 time with your
president, Mr., Gompers. And, IL ]
may be permitted to do 30, | want
to express my admiration OF his
patriotic courage, his large vision
and his statesmanlike sense OF what
is alongside OF a mind that knows
how TO pun in harness. The horses
that kick over the traces win have
TO he put in n corral
Now, to stand together means
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12

LONDON, Nov. i2.-'"rhe usual
mutual artillerying" was all Marshal
Haig had to report from the front
today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12

intellectual men Of tho world wen
20 school 10 her. A. n uniycrsit,
man. have been surrounded b.
men trained In Germany. men wht
had reHorted 20 Germany because
nowhere cls. could they get Euct
thoro trimming. particularly IN tho
I principals Of Ecicnco and tho prin-
clples that undcrlio modern ma
'criai achievements
Tier men OF sciencc had made
I her industries p-rhapa the most
competent industries In the world
and tho label made in Germany
vas guarantee Of good work
manrsiip. and Of sound material
Sho had access 20 all tho mar
bets Of the world and every other
man who traded In those markets
f,arei Germany because Of her ef-
fective and almost Irresistible com
petition. Sh. had n place in the
sun.
What Did She Wan,'
why was abe not satisfied
what moro did she wantg There
was nothing In the world OF peace
AlA&f MIN MkA WffA MT F-t@AT AssA 9
and have In abundance. We boat
Of tho extraordinary pace Of Amer
lean Advancement We show with
pride the statistics Of the Increase
OF our Industries and OF the popu-
lation ~ our ciues
Germany Directed Industry
We'll. those statistics do not match
the recent stssfiHtics OF Germany
Her old cities took on youth. grew
faster than any American cities
ever grew. her old industries opened
their eyes and saw new world.
and went out for lts conquest. and
set the authorities OF Germany were
not satisfied.
You have one part OF the answer
to tho question why she was not
satisfied In her methods of compc.
ution. There IN no important in
drstry In Germany upon which the
German government has not laid its
hands To direct II and, when necos
sary. to control IT,
You have only to ask any man
whom you meet who IL familiar with
the conditions that have prevailed
before the war In tho matter OF In
ternauonal competition. to find out
the methods OF competition which
tho German manufacturers and OK
porters used. under the patronage
and support of the government OF
Germany.
Methods We Prohibit
you Will find that they were the
same sort OF competition that we
have decided 10 prevent by law with.
in our own borders. II they could
not sell their goods cheaper than
We could sell ours. ut profit "a
themselves, they could get n subsidy
from the government. which made II
possible 10 sell them cheaper. any
how; and the conditions Of conpeti-
ton were thus controlled in large
measure by the German govern
ment iself But that did not satisfy
them.
Wanted 20 Dominate Labor
IAN the while there was lying be-
hind its thought. in its dreams OF the
future, "A political control which
would enable IL. In the long run, 10
dominate tho labor and the industry
of the world They were not con
tent with success by superior
achievement, they wanted success by
authority.
81 suppose very few OF you have
thought much about the Berlin "a
Bngdad railway The lln-Bagdad
railway was constructed in order "a
run the threat OF force down the
flank OF Industrial undertakings OF
half dozen other countries. 80 that
when German competition came In
IL would not be resisted too far
because there was always the posi-.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12

You know many limitations come
to us from one OF the central pow.
ors that II IL more anxious for
peace than the chief central power;
and you know that II means that the
people in that country know that II
the war ends as IL stands. they will.
in effect, themselves be vassals OF
Germany. Notwithstanding that their
populations are compounded with all
tho people of that part of the world.
and Notwithstanding the fact that
they do not wish, in their pride and
proper spirit OF nationality. to be 10
absorbed and dominated.
Germany is determined that the
political power of the world shall
belong to her. There have been
such ambitions before. They have
been I'm part realized. But never be
fore have those ambitions been
based upon so exact and precise and
scientific n plan OF domination.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12
Danger From Germany

May ] not say 1t is amazing to
me that any group OF people should
be so Uniformed ms to suppose. as
some groups In Russia apparently
suppose. that any reforms planned
I'm the interest OF the people can live
in the presence OF n Germany pow
erful enough to undermine or over
throw them by intrigue or force2
Any body of free men that com
pounds with the present German
government is compromising for its
own destruction.
But that is not the whole OF the
story. Any man In America or any
where else. who supposes that the
FREQ industry and enterprise OF the
world can continue II the pan-Ger.
man plan is achieved and German
power fastened upon the world. Is
aa fatuous as the dreamers of Rus.
aia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-12
Opposes stupidity

what | am opposed to is not the
feeling OF the pacifists, but their
stupidity. My heart Is with them,
but my mind has a contempt for
Evening journal., 1917-01-22
RAIDER sEVADEs ALLIED SHIPS.
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
United Press Stan Correspondent,

United Press stan Correspondent.
BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 22.-Absence
Of accounts OF depredations by the
German raider-or raiders-occurring
within the past week and the fact that
a vast Gordon Of Allied war vessels
and guardians of neutrality have fall
ed as yet to locate her, led TO the be-
lief today that the terror-or terrors-
had changed the field Of operations.
Since the raider dispatched the Ja-
panese steamer Hudson Maru 10 Per
nambuco loaded with prisoners, no
definite word OF the vessels where
abouts has been received. This was
on January 12,-ten days ago. The
packet boat Bahia reported her belief
the raider had passed her far off, and
speeding northward, of the coast OF
Rio Grande do Norte.
The most careful questioning Of
survivors and landed at Pernsmbuoo
has failed 70 elicit anything like an
agreement as to the raiders appear
ance. The widest variance was de-
veloped. giving additional credence 70
the detailed story of the captain Of
the captured British steamer Radnor-
shire that the raider had armed and
equipped at least one OF her captures,
presumably the British merchantmen
St Theodore.
Evening journal., 1917-01-22

taking form in my mind in regard to
the duty OF our government in the
days 70 come when it will be neces.
sary to lay afresh and upon a new
plan the foundations OF peace among
the nations.
1T is inconceivable that the people
of the United States should play no
part in that great enterprise.
ITO take part in such a service
will be the opportunity for which they
have sought TO prepare themselves by
the very principles and purposes of
their polity and the approved practices
OF their government ever since the
days when they set up new nation
in the high and honorable hope that it
might IN all that II was and did show
mankind the way to liberty.
They cannot in honor withhold the
service to which they are now about
TO be challenged. They do not wish
10 withhold il. But they owe 1t 10
themselves and 10 the other nations
OF the world to state the conditions
under which they will feel free to
render t.
THAT service is nothing less than
this. 20 add their apthority and their
power TO the authority and force OF
other nations 70 guaranee peace and
justice throughout the world.
'Such a settlement cannot now be long
postponed. II is right that before that
Evening journal., 1917-01-22

Il comes this government shouId franirig
formulate the conditions upon which Il
would feel justified In aslcing our people
TO approve its formal and solemn adu
herence 10 a league FOR peace. am here
TO attempt to state those conditions.
"The present war must frst be
ended; but we owe II to candor and
TO a Just regard for the opinion OF
mankind 10 say that so far as our
participation In guarantees OF future
peace is concerned, II makes a great
deal Of difference In what way and
upon what terms Il IL ended. The
treaties and the agreements which
bring II to an end must embody terms
which will create a peace that is
worth guaranteeing and preserving.
a peace that will win the approval
of mankind not merely a peace that
will serve the several interests and
Immediate aims Of the nations on
gaRod
we shan have no voice ip deterrn
ming what those terms snas. be. but
we shall. feel sure. have a voicS N
determining whether they shall be
made lasting OF not by the guaran.
b tees OF a universal covenant; and our
I judgment upon what Is fundamental
and essential as a condition precedent
to permanency should be spoken now.
not afterwards when # may be too
late
mo covenant of cooperative peace
that does not include the peoples of
the New World can suffice to keep
the future safe against war; and yet
there is only one sort OF peace that
the peoples OF American could Join
in guaranteeing. The elements OF that
peace must be elements that engage
the confidence and satisfy the princi-
pies OF the American governments.
elements. consistent with their politi-
cal faith and the practical convic-
tions which the peoples Of America
have once for all embraced and under
taken 10 defend
Il do not mean 10 say that any
American government would throw
fany obstacle in the way Of any terms
OF peace the governments now at war
might agree upon, or seek to upset
them when made, whatever they
might be. / only take IL for granted
that mere terms of peace between the
I belligerents will not satisfy even the
belligerents themselves.
Mere agreements may not make
/ peace secure. Il will be absolutely
necessary that a force be created as q
guarantor Of the permanency OF the
\ settlement 50 much greater than tbs
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