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at the rate of 100000 a year, and
virtually every great industry has
been built up on the profits of their
labor.
They have been the hewers Of wood
and the drawers Of water. AS long
as they worked hard for lower wages
than American-born labor demanded,
nobody cared what became of them.
Industry did not know them by their
names but by their numbers. When
there was work for them to do they
could work. and when there was no
work for them to do they could
starve.
They lived in their own colonies.
They spoke their native languages
and dialects. They read their own
newspapers, if they could read at
all What English they learned they
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the miners in the bituminous districts
are foreign-born? How does it hap
pen that they cannot speak the Eng
lish language and have no acquaint-
ance or knowledge of our institu-
tions? Who brought them over here
Who left them in ignorance Who
has kept them in an alien spirit
which makes them the easy prey Of
every demagogic agitator who under
takes to tell them how to get some
thing for nothing?
They are not here by accident but
by design. For thirty years Europe
was secured to bring them in. I'm
til the law intervened, the great cor
porations imported them as they i'm
ported any other raw material that
they happened to want in their busi-
ness. For two decades they arrived
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How Long Will u. S.
Stand For This?
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Just a word from one who perhaps
appreciates more than anyone else the
resolution passed by tht National
Convention of the American Legion,
demanding the conscientious object
ors and undesirable aliens be deport-
ed or otherwise made to suffer pen
atty.
Previous to my entering the ser
vice / was employed in the United
States Department of Justice, Bureau
of Investigation, and know something
of the conscientious objector and the
undesirable alien. | was an under
cover" man and came in close con
tact with both types of these unde-
sirables. have also come in con-
tact with the l. w. W., the Red Flag
Socialist, the alien enemy and other
persons whose sole object was to un-
dermine and harass our government
while we were at war.
Not in a spirit of egotism, but
rather to lay the bare facts before
the people-the ex-service men in
particular, | will relate my own ex-
peritnce.
In 1916-17 | was the publisher of
small country weekly, enjoying
good income When we severed dip
lomatic relations with Germany /
made arrangements for the sale of
my paper. | could not readily find
buyer, so traded it at a sacrifice.
That was all we'll and good. But
| tried to enlist in my home COM
pany, with men | knew, and was
turned down on account of poor eye
sight. Next | tried the navy recruit
ing station at ST. Paul, then the
Marines, then back to the navy sta
tion and finally asked my local draft
board to induct me into the service.
The doctor told me | would have to
go in class 1, limited service, and
there was no chance to go then.
In the meantime | secured a po-
sition with the Department of JUS
tice. During the time | was con-
nected with the bureau secured the
arrest and conviction of thirty-six
slackers and deserters and investi-
gated the cases of and secured the
internment of five enemy alien. This
in addition TO numerous other inves-
LEGATIONS such as violations of the
Reed Amendment, etc. Of the group
of slackers and deserters most of
them were given sentences from 20
to 25 years at Fort Leavenworth.
Among these "men" were Otto
Wangerin, Edward Hardy, Robert Co
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BLAMING THE FoREIGN-BoRN

What a happy and prosperous and
virtuous people we should be if ii
were not for the foreign-bornl They
are the cause of all our woe. They
alone bar the gates to an earthly
paradise.
Senator Frelinghuyser explained it
all to the senate again yesterday in
discussing the threatened coal strike.
ssThe stage has been set for this dis
astrous event." he said, sby 100000
men, over one-third of whom are for
eign-born, who cannot speak the Eng
lish language and who have no &C
quaintance or sympathy with our IN
stitutions."
This is substantially true; but how
does it happen that over third Of
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learned by accident. No effort was
made to Americanize them. The spir-
it of American institutions meant
nothing to them, because they knew
nothing about American institutions.
They were dividends, and highly prof
table dividends, and as long as great
fortunes could be made by exploit
ing their labor, the less said about
them the better.
While this great stream of immi-
grant labor poured in, the great in
dustries had little to worry about.
There was always reservoir of un-
employed labor, and If one man re-
fused to work, another man was
ready to take his job. But the stream
has stopped flowing in food. There
is . labor shortage There is no res
ervoir on which to draw. The econ
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hen, Nicholas, Unger, Robert Troess-
Ter, Maurice Kammenetsky, Joseph
Arver and Allen Strong Broms.
Broms was the "Red" socialist
leader, a close associate of Alexis
Georgian, recently deported to Rus
sla, and strong conscientious OBJ
jector. He was given twenty years
at Fort Leavenworth, and began his
sentence shortly before I entered the
service. He was married and had
two children.
During December, 1918-shortly af-
ter the armistice was signed, he was
released from Fort Leavenworth, Civ
en- an honorable discharge. travel pay,
$50 a month for time served, SIS
month allotment money for his "
and SIS a month for the two
dren. A total of $50 month.
Today he is operating "Red"
quarters at Minneapolis, according
Mr. Campbell, chief agent of the De
partment of Justice, ST. Paul
Broms and others, out-and-out enc
mics of our country, preachers of Sc
dition and sewers of rotten discord,
released soon after hostilities ceased
and given the same pay as a loyal
American soldier fighting for his
country at the 'front.'
How long will American men stand
for this wishy-washy way of treat
ing our enemies from within?''
One of the German aliens whose
case | handled from the time he was
arrested till he was interned lives
IN little town not far from Fair
mont. He was released and came
home three months before | was dis
charged from the army. When he
returned the Germans from the sur
rounding country met at his broth
er's home and held grand celebra-
tion.
Why should he be allowed to force
his unwelcome presence on those who
lost sons or brothers in the great
war? Why not send him back to the
fatherland, whose cause he worked SC
Loyalty for?
Perhaps the people do not neeC
this information. But the subst
of this letter contains a volunE 0I
truth, backed up by facts that can
be proved. 1t seems as though Uncle
Sam has placed premium on dis
loyalty. Why is the undesirable alien,
the conscientious objector and the
enemy alien entitled to this elem
ency? Why not treat them as they
deserve to be treated?
We who served are not so particu-
lar about justice for ourselves. Serv-
ing ones country is duty and a
reward in itself. But we do want to
see that justice is meted out to all
slackers, deserters, conscientious OBJ
jectors, undesirable aliens and anar-
chistic agitators.
CLAUDE N. SWANSON,
Fairmont, Mimi.
st. Paul Dispatch.
A little cigarette started suit 70
divorce in Minneapolis last week.-E,
"A month or two in a city will m
you appreciate the small town 49,
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A month or two in a city will m
you appreciate the small town
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A little cigarette started suit fo
divorce in Minneapolis last week.-E;
The Lamar register., 1919-08-13

quite mean that You're impulsivs-
Ms when you hit that poor boy down
there"
WELL" I observed. .Pm willing to
treat you better than you deserve. $50.
I'll say nothing about this. II you like"
tpointinE to the manuscript. "snd II
the wind holds, put you ashore tomor~
row at Spanish Wells. like you Ia
spite Of myself. Is II a bargainf'
On this We parted. and. as l thought.
with = certain rriendliness on both
sides.
There was no sailing wind. 50 there
was nothing to do but stay where We
were all day. | spent most OF the time
In my cabin. reading u novel. and. soon
after nine. fell asleep In frame or
mind unaccountably trustful.
l suppose that had been asleep
about three hours when was dis
turbed by tremendous roar. IL was
Sailor twho always slept near mel out
on the cockpit with man under his
paws-his jaws at the mans throat.
l called him on. and saw that It Was
my pock-marked friend. with his right
hand extended In the cockpit and u re-
volver few inches away from IL. So
far as knew II was the only nrearm
on the ship. Let's get hold OF that
first. Sailor" ] said. and | slipped II
into my hip pocket
Wake up. Tom" | called. and. wake
up. captaini" Meanwhile. | took out
the revolver from my hip pocket. and
held II over the man l seemed to
grow more and more sorry for.
''We've not only got q mutiny
aboard" told the captain but we've
got treason TO the British government
Do you want to Stand for thatf Or
shall / put you ashore with the rsstf-
Unrufiied as usual. he had nothing
to say beyond:
"Ay. ay. sir -
Take this cord. then" l ordered
him and Tom. "and bind the hands
and feet OF this pock-marked gentle
man here: also OF George. engineer.
and also OF Theodore me deckhand.
Bind them well. And throw them intu
the dingy. with a bottle of water
apiece. and loaf OF bread. BY noon
wen have some wind, and can make
our way to Harbour island. and there
I'll have a little talk with the com
mandant."
And as | ordered. all was done. Tom
and rowed the dingy ashore. with our
three captiyes bound like three silly
fowls. and presently threw them
ashore with precious little ceremony
Then we got back to the Maggie Oar
ling. with imprecations In our ears
and particularly the promises OF the
pock-marked rebel. who announced the
certainty of our meeting again.
OF course we laughed at such
but l confess that, as / went
Continued on Page y
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living you're to think ofs" Here Tom
threw careful eye for'ard.
'.The crew. you mean"
he nodded.
''But it's the dead too"
1.-The dead, Tom?"
"Well, sar. there was never buried
treasure yet that didn't claim its vic
tim. Not one or two either. Six or
eight OF them. TO my knowledge-and
the treasure Just where II was for all
that. | das'say 1t sounds all foolish
ness. but it's true for all that. Some
thing or other'll come. mark my word
Just when they think they've got
their hands on IT: n hurricane or d
tidal wave or IN earthquake. And
well. the ghost laughs. but the treasure
stays there all the same"
''The ghost laughsf" asked
"Eh of course: didn't you know
every treasure is guarded by a ghostf
He's got to keep watch there TIL the
next fellow comes along. to relieve
sentry duty. so to speak He doesn't
give 1t away. Ny no lie dassn't do
that. But the minute someone else is
killed, coming LOOKING Tor II, then he's
free-and the new ghost has got to
go on sitting there, waiting for ever
so long till someone else comes look
ing for it,
But what has this sucking fish got
To do with III" And | pointed TO the
red membrane already drying In Toms
hand
"Well. the man who carries this in
his pocket won't be the next ghost" he
answered.
Take good care Of 1t for me. then.
Tom" | said. "nnd when It's properly
dr.ed let me have II. For I've sort
Of idea l may have need Of II, after
ull"
And Just then old Sailor. ths quietest
member of the crew. put up his head
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appnea IT instantly on george. with
under the peak OF the jaw sent him
sprawiing. and for awhile speechless.
In the cockpit.
"No gasolinsr' I said
And then my passenger must give
him credit for the courage-put up his
head for'ard. and called out:
81 protest against that: it's q cow
ardiy outrage. You wouldn't dare to
do 1t to q white man"
"Oh. see." reJoined. $50 you are
the author Of this precious paper here.
are your Come over here and talk IL
over. II you've the courage"
I've got the courage" he answered.
Ia a shaking voice.
''All right" l said: you're safe for
the present-and. George. who Is 30
fond Of sleep. will take quite u nap for
Il while. | think"
'You English brute IT, he said.
"You English brute" be had said |:
and the words had impeIled me to In
vite him aft; for l cannot deny = GER
tain admiration for him that had nys-
Ieriously grown up In me.
Come here - ! said. for your life
II safe for the time being. | would
like to discuss this paper with you"
He came and We read IL together.
futtering as had seen It fiutter In his
fingers as he read IL for'ard TO the en-
gineer and to the deckhand. II began:
Think how many we are Think
what we could dol IL isn't either that
we haven't intelligence-if only We
were to use IT. We don't lack leaders
we don't lack couraxe-ws don't lack
martyrs: all are ready"
stopped reading.
"why don't you start thenf" l asked.
We're waiting for Jamaica" he an
swered; shes almost ready"
ut sounds pretty good idea to
me-" / remarked. from your point Of
view. From your point Of view.' re-
member. I said: but you mustn't think
that yours Is mine-not for one mo-
ment-O dear no! On the contrary.
my point OF view is that of the gov
ernor OF Nassau. or his representative.
quite nearby. at Harbour Island, isn't
III"
Ny pock-marked friend grew a trifie
green as said this.
I'VE have sails still. remember" re-
sumed. George and the lost gasoline
are not everything. Five hours. with
anything Of u wind. would bring us to
Harbour island. snd-with this paper
in my hand II would be-what do you
think yourselfi The gallowsT
My friend grew grave at that. and
seemed to be thinking hard inside.
mixing resolutions the full force Of
Nhich didn't understand till later.
but the immediate result OF which was
graciousness of manner which did
not entirely deceive me.
oh" he said. II don't think you
The Lamar register., 1919-08-13
CHAPTER v.
In Which We Begin to understsn
Our unwelcome Passenger.

In Which We bc9tn TO Onoefetdno
Our unweleome Passenger.
As yawned and looked out Of my
cabin soon after dawn. about 30
next morning, there was no wind at
all. and no hope of wind.
As | stood out OF the cabin hatch.
tiutter a piece Of paper that had been
csught IN the mainsail halvard: II fiut-
tered there lonely In the morning
Nothing else was sstir but 1t and l,
| did so George reared his head forard.
Morning. George" l said; 81 guess
we've got to run on gasoline today"
There amt no gasoline. sir. It's
run out In the night"
"The tanks were filled when we
starred. weren't theyT' asked.
Yes. sir"
ave can't have used them up so
"No. sir-but someone has turned
the cocks
stood dazed for Il moment, wonder
ing how this could have happened
then a thought slowly dawned upon
me.
"Who has charge OF themf" said.
George looked a little stupid. then
defiant
IL see," said; and. suddenly. with
out remembering Charlie Webster's ad-
vice not 10 lose your temper with Il ne
gro-I realized that this was no acci-
dent. but a deliberate trick. something
indeed In the nature OF miniature
mutiny. That fiuttering paper | had
picked from the halyard lay near my
breakfast table. ! had only half read
II. Now Its import came to me with
full force. had no firearms with me.
Having quick temper. have made IT
a habit all my life never to carry u gun
because they go OF so easily. But
one most essential part Of gentle
mans education had been mine. SO ]
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me as ! ate, with a pathetic touch of
the old slavery days In his deferential.
half-fatherly manner. dropping
quaint remark every now and again !;
~, when drawing my attention 20 the
sun bursting through the clouds. he
said. ''The poor mans blanket ii COM
ing out. sah"-phrases In which there
seemed a whole lot of pathos to me.
Presently. when breakfast was over.
and I stood looking over the side into
the Incredibly clear water. In which
It seems hardly possible that q boat
can TO ON floating. Suspended as she
seems over cleaning CULTS Of liquid
space. down through which at every
moment It seems she must dizzily fall.
A Tom and i gazed down. lost In
those rainbow deeps, l heard a voice
at my elbow saying with peculiarly
sickeninE unction:
THE wonderful works of God"
II was my unwelcome passenger.
who had silently edged up TO where
ws stood ! looked At him. with the
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CHAPTER ~.

In Which Tom Catches an Enchanted
Fish. and Discourses Of the Dangers
Of Treasure Hunting.
The morning WIS little overcast.
but brisk northeast wind soon set the
clouds moving as IL went humming In
our sails. and the sun. coming out in
its glory over the crystalline waters.
made u fne flashing world OF It. full
Of exhilaration and the very breath OF
youth and adventure. very uplifting to
the heart.
Nassau looked very pretty In the
morning sunlight, with It's pink and
white houses nesting among palm
trees and the masts OF Its sponging
schooner. and soon we were abreast
Of the picturesque low-lying fort. Fort
Montague. that Major Bruce. nearly
two hundred years ago. had such a
time building as a protection against
pirates entering from the east end
Of the harbor. II looked like a veri-
table piece Of the past. and set the
Imagination dreaming OF those old
days Of Spanish galleons and the black
nag. and brought my thoughts eagerly
back to the object of my trip. those
doubloons and pieces OF eight that lay
in glittering heaps somewhere out In
those island wildernssses.
Then Tom came up with my break.
fast. The old fellow stood by to serve
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ooIexN1 0y RN45L ko4Y R40f R40fIcoV9otXSSNAZ
SYNOPSIS.
BOOK I.

CHAPTER 1.-The author, who tells the
Atory, Is on = visit to his friend John
Saunders, British Official In the town OF
Nassau Bahama islands. Conversation
turns on buried treasure
document supposedly written BY Henry T..
Tobias once pirate, telling OF two
places where gold had been secreted In
the islands. Their conversation apparently
u overheard. and the document dissp-
Gears.
CHAPTER III.-The writer charters .
schooner the Maggie Darling. and sets
Out on q search for the treasure. AS they
sail they take aboard passenger. whom
he author instinctively distrusts.
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into my hands. as though to say that
he had been unfairly lost sight OF.
''Yes. and you too. old chap-that's
right. Tom and you and L.
Arf then | turned In for the night
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
ODD FELLOWS IN
ANNUAL REUNION
Thousands of Members of the
Order Gather at Pen-Mar
Park

Waynesboro, Aug. 7. - At Pen
Mar Park to-day the tenth annual
reunion of Odd Fellows is being
held. Thousands of the fraternal
order members and their friends are
on the mountainside. Incidentally
the centennial of the founding of
the order also is being observed.
The jurisdiction comprises the
membership in Southern Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia.
The visitors are from this place,
Chambersburg, Shippensburg, Bal
timore, York, Martinsburg, Win
chester, Hagerstown and Washing
ton.
One of the principal speakers to-
day was Hon. Julius Kahn, Con-
gressman from California.
The musical features were the
singing of the male chorus of Hag-
erstown, under the direction of Prof.
Roy A. McMichael, and the prelude
concert by the Pen-Mar orchestra.
Exclusion trains were run to the
park from various points, while
there was a special trolley schedule.
Chester a. Geesaman, Waynes-
boro, who has been the secretary of
the reunion committee for several
years. prepared the fine program for
the occasion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
WILL DEDICATE
ITS BAND STAND
New Cumberland to Celebrate
in Honor of Soldiers on
September 6

New Cumberland, Aug. Z. - The
committees that sold bonds, created
the community singing and prose-
cuted other war activities here were
not satisfied to disband without
doing something for their town.
They got on the job, found they had
a good band and authorized the con-
struction of a new bandstand at
Third and Market streets. Lumber
and all materials were contributed
by the Susquehanna Woolen Mills
through the courtesy of G.. II. Reiff.
Mechanics of the town furnished
their labor free of charge. Next
Monday the band stand will be ded-
icated and presented to the borough
for the use of the band and other
public activities.
The committee set aside September
6 for the giving of Il community
thank Offering to the boys who so
freely gave their service to their
country. This will be an all day
picnic and jollification. Friendly
rivalry is running high among tho
different organizations of town to
show how appreciative they are of
the soldiers work. AS a memorial
to these boys it is planned to give
the fine athletic field in New Cum
berland to some civic organization
and build and maintain a play
ground and ball park for the kiddes
and gronwups.
Plans for these events are being
carefully worked out under the
guiding hand of New Cumberland's g
old favorite, Frank l.. Leib, whose
motto is, Nothing too good for our
town"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
LEBANON FARMER
SUES THE STATE
Wants Highway Department
Restrained From Erecting
Bridge Over Greek

Lebanon, Aug. I. - Declaring his
lands will be greatly damaged,
Bucher Gingrich, we'll known South
Annville township farmer and land
owner, has entered a suit in equity
against Henry L. Wilder, Lebanon
county superintendent of the State
Highway Department, and w. E.
Swanger, local contractor, to re-
strain them from erecting bridge
on the Gingrich lands in the town
ship. 1t is alleged in the bill of
complaint that Superintendent Will
der and Swanger have already be-
gun the erection of the bridge, with
out making an preparations for the
payment of damages, etc.
The bridge to be erected covers a
creek known for many years as the
South Mountain stream" crossing
the main highway running from
Elizabethtown, Lancaster county,
into Lebanon county over the lands
owned by Gingrich. The supports
of the bridge, if erected as at pres
ent contemplated, will reach into
Gingrich's land ten feet, for which
the bill states, proper remuneration
should be made. Swanger has the
contract 10 erect the bridge, and in
consequence has been made one Of
the defendants.
The defendants have been given
fifteen days in which to file sutti-
cient bond insuring that damages
arising from the erection of the
bridge will be fully covered.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-07
Dickinson Law School
Grads in First Reunion

Carlisle. Pa, Aug. Prominent
alumni will be here for the first an
nual reunion of the Dickinson Law
School Alumni Association scheduled
for Friday. Matters in connection
with the school will be considered
at the business sessions, and ar
rangements made for an increase in
the size of the student body and
staff.
The session will open at II o'clock
in Trickett Hall in the assembly hall
donated by Col. Smith, of California.
In the afternoon there will be a
lawn party at Forest Hills and in
the evening a banquet at the Hotel
Carlisle.
Justice Kephart, of the Supreme
Court, is president of the associa-
ton and Will preside at the various
sessions: Among those from this
section who will attend are: Justice
kephart, Judge Fred e. Koser, Sha-
mokin; Anthony T. Walsh and Thom-
as a. Donahoe. Scranton; J. Will
mer Fisher, H. T. Canter, Robert
Mays, Harry W. Lee, Reading;
Harry y. Gross, York; Charles E.
Hover. Mount Union: A. f. Miller.
Lebanon; Floyd McAlee and \. Rus
sci Turner, Easton; Richard Gill
bert and Frank ]. Reisner, Holidays
burg; Parker Skinner, Albert Strife,
Edward D. Strife, Cham bersburg
and Major W. G, Murdoch, Harris
burg.