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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Peace in Balkans

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
We are on the eve of the settle
ment OIL the Balkan problem by the
Peace Conference at Paris. While
it was solemnly declared by Presi-
dent Wilson and the leading nations
that they were fighting for the lib
GRAFTON of the small and oppressed
peop.es, it is pitiful fact that we
do not hear from the Peace circles
at the present time anything about
Macedonia. This country, which has
played a leading role in the early
centuries of Christianity-is it not
going to be liberated? The cry for
brotherhood, love and liberty in the
time of Paul spread out from Mace
donia, and it will be a disgrace to
history if this country is going to
be abandoned to persecution.
We, the Macedono Bulgarians.
comprise go per cent. of the popu-
lation of the country, 100000 out
of 100000. In 1910 we possessed
/, ,040 schools, with 55,378 pupils and
1898 teachers; 1853 churches and
monasteries, with 1,132 clergymen
and priests. In Macedonia even the
Turks speak the Bulgarian language,
which is the language of the market
place. We Macedonians have fought
for religious and political liberty for
more than half century. In these
revolutions we have lost more than
60 900 men. Under the flag of the
revolution, which bore the slogan:
Macedonia for the Macedonians,"
the Rumanians of the country, and
also many Turks took part, who,
equally with us, had borne the op-
preston and cruelty of the Turkish
Government.
There are in Macedonia only a
few Greeks as merchants and none
Serbian. Those called Serbians of
late were a small number of Bull
garians of the country who were
paid agents Of the Serbian propa-
ganda and supported by the Turkish
Government, whose policy was to
rule by dividing. Will the Peace
Conference overlook the historical
facts concerning Macedonia, and for
get that prior to the Balkan war
Austro- Hungary, Russia and Great
Britain. anxious to bring to an end
the trouble in the Balkans, dealt only
with the Macedonian case, and al
Revel the King of England and the
Car of Russia agreed to create an
autonomy of Macedonia? This
would have been carried out If the
Turkish pronunciamento in 1908
had not taken place under the die
tation of Germany.
| If the Peace Conference, after all
these facts, decides the Macedonian
question without consulting the will
of the people, there can by no means
be established peace in the Balkans
1t will not be long before my coun'
trymen, realizing the new slavery to
| Serbia and Greece, will start a new
revolutionary movement, which WI
he menace to the peace of the
world.
DAVID NAKOFF.
Pastor of Macedonian Bulgarian
Church at Steelton and chair
man of the Macedonian con
vention held at Chicago durini
month Of December, 1913.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16

January 8, 1915 - do you not
think it is likely that the world will
some day turn to America and say:
You were right and we were wrong.
You kept your heads and we lost
ours"
January 80, 1916 - 'It has been
very difficult for VS. to hold off and
look with cold judgment upon such
tremendous matters. And yet we
have held off,"
February 1, 1916 - America is
called on to sit in a sort of moral
judgment on the processes of the
war"
May IT, 1915 - There are two
reasons why the chief wish of
America is for peace. One is that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
NO DICTATION
dERICANS will bitterl

MERICANS will bitterly resent
n the treatment President Will
n son received at the hands OF
certain radicals In the northwest
whom he was kind enough to meet
for a discussion of their grievances
during his trip on Sunday.
It is all very we'll, perhaps. to
give every man opportunity to voice
his com plants and to make pleas
for what he may regard as neces-
sary reforms of Government but
when men presume to dictate to
tho President of the United States
as to how and when he shall act
with respect to any issue before him
they must expect small considera-
ton at the hands OF the public.
President Wilson, with the full
understanding and cooperation of
Samuel Gompers, head of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, has ar
ranged for a conference of labor
representatives in Washington at
which all of the matters now in
controversy will be thoroughly dis
cussed. The public recognizes in Mr..
Gompers the spokesman of major
lty Of the organized workingmen of
the United States. All 1t knows about
the radicals of the northwest is that
they are an irresponsible lot, whose
motto appears to be Rule or Ruin" I"
It is doubtful if any good purpose
was served by giving them an audi
ence, but it Is certain that Ameri-
cans in general will stand by the
President in his refusal to make
any concessions to this little band
of ear-Bolshevists, whose sympa-
thies lie all on the side of disorder
and against the best interests of the
working people of America.
This northwestern group is of the
type that Ole Hanson put out OF
business in Seattle. They are the
fellows who tried to overthrow the
United States Government and sub
stitute for it the horrors of Russia,
They are of the stamp of Joseph
Brandon, the leader of the con-
scientious objectors at Camp Fun
yton, whom a too lenient War De-
partment has just turned loose to
exercise his malignent influence on
the malcontents of the country. In
stead of giving such men their lib
erty and submitting to their TRADES,
President Wilson would do well to
turn upon them the agents of the
Department of Justice. They are
not Americans at heart and never
will be. The President is moving
In the right direction when he calls
y conference of men of the Comp
ers and Stone type. He must ex-
pect to be slapped in the face if he
tries to talk reason to such unrea-
soning radicals as he met last Sun
day. Such instances only make loyal
Americans determined to eradicate
these evil influences as rapidly as
possible and to put all irresponsi-
bles either out of the country OF
safely behind bars.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
NOTHING TOO GOOD

NJ OTHING is too good for the re-
N turned soldier, and the two
day homecoming celebration
now being engineered by the Cham
ber of Commerce very properly is
to be made an elaborate affair, in
which all of the glory shall go to
the men who served with the colors
duFing the war with Germany,
whether or not all were able to
get to France.
Every man who wore uniform
will have a place of honor. 1t is
their show. They, and they only,
are to be considered. We who,
through age or circumstances, were
left at home will play second fiddle.
We would not have it otherwise.
The committee in making this wise
decision will have the full support
of the public.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Col. Edward Martin State Com
missioner of Health, is to speak at
the Homeopathic convention at
Philadelphia this week.
Charles Walter, former mem
ber from Franklin county, was in
Harrisburg yesterday on State Capt.
tol business.
Col. James P. Kerr, candidate
for county commissioner in Allie
gheny, was formerly a member OF
Pittsburgh city council.
Major E. L. Humes, United
States district attorney for western
Pennsylvania, has been seizing food
stored in Pittsburgh and vicinity
and will sell it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16

Committee holds that a reservation
by the United States Is vital to the
interests of this country.
1t would be interesting. indeed, to
know Mr.. Lansing's opinion. The
committee has perfect right to
ask for this information and Mr.
Lansing could clear up world OF
doubt If he will frankly discuss the
whole situation as 1t appeared to
him during the negotiations in
Paris.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
SPEAK, MR.. LANSING

THE Senate Foreign Relations
Committee should have first
hand information as to the
truth of Mr.. Bullitt's assertion that
Article x of the Peace League plan
was drafted by the President and
approved against the advice of Mr..
Lansing, as Secretary of State, and
the other American Commissioners.
II - to be hoped that Mr.. Lansing
himself will be called before the
committee to testify as to his stand
on this important article of the
negotiations.
The President has been defending
the debated paragraph as the heart
of the League covenant This is the
article under which the United
States guarantees all the boundaries
OF the world and 1t is also the arti-
aAAaAA. z.haah- Aha ZaxAign 1eaattona
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
LABOR NOTES

The public school teachers of Denver.
Col, made very little progress in their
attempt to secure increased wages un-
til they began to talk of forming a
union. When 1t was seen that they
were in earnest in their desire. the
Board of Education granted them the
increase asked for.
over 1000 men at the Sun Shipbuild-
Ing Company in Chester, Pa, were COM
PEELED to quit work because the heater
boys refused to work until they have
been granted an increase of from 81 1-2
cents to SO cents an hour.
The San Francisco Restaurant Asso-
ciation' has adopted a nine-hour day for
all cooks and pantry men. Nine hours
straight. or hours within 12, 6 days
week, for cooks and pantry men in
houses of the members of the Associa-
ton has also been put into effect.
The Afol, the thirty-ninth ship con-
structed at the Hog Island Shipyard,
was launched under unusual circum-
stances. The boat was named after the
American Federation of Labor because
of the support given the Government
by union labor in the world in the
world war. The name of the boat is
the cable code address of the Amsri-
can Federation Of Labor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16

they love peace and have nothing
to do with the present quarrel ."
April 1. 1917 - "It is war
against all nations The chal-
lenge is to all mankind"
April 2, 1917 - "Our object is
to vindicate the principles of peace
and justice in the life of the world
as against selfish and autocratic
power"
April 2, 1917 -' I'VE are glad, now
that we see the facts with no veil of
false pretense about them, to fight
thus for the ultimate freedom of the
world"
May IL, 1917 - I'VE 60 in be-
cause We believe that the very prin-
ciples upon which the American Re-
public was founded are now at stake
and raust be vindicated."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
Oldest HiqhwaY Still in Use

From GAIA to Aleppo, distance
of five hundred miles. is the oldest
highway in the world. according to
General Allenby, whose British Army
traversed this road in driving the
Turks out of Palestine and Syria.
This road was trod by many great
armies o9 ancient timea
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
CAN'T BUY THE PEOPLE

"HE Democratic campaign COM
mittee is undertaking to raise
a fund of $5,00O,000. They will
be unable to carry the election in
1920 even IL they have ten times
that amount
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
A Parting Gift
T From Life. !

Bridget had been discharged. Ex-
tracing a 5-dollar bill from her
wageroll, she threw it to Fido. Then
the shocked mistress heard her ex-
claim: "Sure'n' I niver fergit a
friend; that's fer helpin' me wash
the dishea."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16

master general. was the Luzerne
delegate and Anthony Wayne was
in the Chester delegation. The
Philadelphia delegation was COM
posed of men whose names are
household words.
Indeed, there are few places in
Pennsylvania which are more closely
connected with the adoption of the
constitution than this city and GER
tainly none where it has been more
staunchly supported since it be-
came the law of the land.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
A LAWYERS PLAN

"HE American Bar Association
says ratify the treaty first and
amend it asterward. That
sort of policy in private business is
what makes work for lawyers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16

A New Brighton mans ne,ghbors
have discovered that he has been try
Ing Tn hide the fact 'hrt he keeps a
PIG. Most of us would be proud to
possess one.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg is having
more conventions now than
ever before in it's history?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

-Harrisburg's first political con-
vention is supposed to have met in
hotel on Market Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16

Members Of the Associated Press-Ths
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
1t or not otherwise credited in this
lished herein.
Ill rights of Republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
WILSON rs. WILSON
Attitude of the President TotDard the European War
and the Peace Settlement

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-16
A DAY TO CELEBRATE


~ EPTEMBER IT, the anniversary
of the adoption of the consti-
~ tuition of the United States in
1887, ought to be observed by every
patriotic society. by every school
and by every Americanization or
ganization in the country. That date
is a red-letter day in the history oi
the Republic. without the consti'
tuition the sacrifices and triumphs
of the Revolution would have borne
no fruit. 1t was not that a new
government had come into beng in
the new world that attracted this
attention of all Europe to these
shores. but that a new form of gov
ernment had been adopted here. FoI
the first time full manhood suffrage
was to have its opportunity for SELF
government on a scale that was Ia
establish once and for all time
whether or not men were fit to gov
ern themselves. And that expeIl-
ment is still in progress. When we
shall have weathered safely tie
present stormy weather and are
sailing once more under sunny skies,
it will have been pretty we'll estao-
lished that democracy is the high
est form of government to which
man in his imperfection can attain,
and that 1t is safe for the world.
Every true American veneraLoS
the constitution, and as Prof. Nc
Elroy, of the National Security
League, recently said, it is our only
guarantee OF law and order. Said
he:
Those who to-day are dreaming
OF eternal peace and eternal
plenty in world free from strife
and the struggle for existence are
waking comes they must face. as
our fathers faced, the sad and
stubborn facts of mortal life.
Mans share OF the good things of
life will still depend upon the
capacity to produce. the thrift to
keep and the brains to organize.
The lazy, the unframed and the
Incompetent will again take up
their ancient place at the foot OF
the ladder. while those with en-
sdagSy sergy' training and capacity will
Do the guarantees of our con-
stitution suffice to protect the
citizen against injustice. against
the danger of being exploited by
men more cunning or more
powerful than himself? They have
not secured him full protection;
but. when we compare his lot
with that of the citizens of any
other government, in any age of
history. we. can say with conf
iencc and with just pride: Amer
prosperous. the most secure of all
people. The ills which they suffer
are the ills which they them
selvea have caused. Ours is not
perfect government; but our con-
Stitution offers n legal remedy for
every evil which can be cured by
the power of human govern
ment.'"
Man has devised nothing better
in the way of governmental doc
trine than our constitution. Funda-
mentally it is sound We may aid
to it from time to time, but we can
neither take from it nor disregard j
any of it's provisions without en-
dangering the peace OF mankind aid
the safety of the world. America is
the hope Of civilization, and with
out the constitution America would
be merely a name-lke Mexico, Or
Russia-and the whole earth woull
revert to lawlessness and savagery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24
Business Questions Answered

7 enjoy Peter Flint immensely. | do not
know what l would do If I had not these
little experiences of his TO read every night.
a few nights ago you spoke OF slang
words In advertising. Let me cite YOU a
little. experience Of mine. / sent out fifty
circular letters describing a certain brand Of
rubber cement which I wac building. On
twenty-five of these letters ] brought out
In bold caps Sticks like the devil. l sub
mltted one OF, these letters to a critic who
az not Ike, the phrase, SO modified Il to
] received six orders from the letter reading
sticks like the devil and never a letter
Of inquiry from the other twenty-five.
would like to. ask would YOU think it
advisable to establish in South America
without a full knowledge OF Spanish? How
long would 1t take a person of ordinary
Intelligence. TO pick up everyday Spanish? l
mean by this Spanish enough to carry on
ordinary conversation. Could I find a teacher
Spanish to my family? Il. A. L.
7 think your critic was quite right.
The result obtained IA not by the use
of slang. but by the very anomaly Of
fered. Sticks with great strength
makes no vivid impression, like Sticks
like the devil" You could say that it
has "a bulldog grip" or some such
phrase as that. l am sure you could
find a good smile which would avoid the
use Of slang.
It would be inadvisable to 60 to South
America without a fair knowledge of
Spanish. II would be impossible to get
a full knowledge without going to a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24

cows until | come home. Then 7 will
pay with my earnings"
How much do YOU have there"
asked the lender.
Two dollars and forty cents"
And now you W on the interest
almost ten times that! All, no. ] shall
take the horses and the cows. / can.
not wait any longer. You do not In
tend to pay. You have given me hard
words before listeners"
His eyes glittered angrily as he
spoke, and his mien vas unrelenting.
There are men on this border who
will give you something more than
words, you man who will take the food
from poor children! You will go too
far with fathers who see families suf-
fer because your heart IS hard. l do
not threaten you. / believe in God,
and I try to do my duty" cried the
man, his voice breaking. But there
are men who will forget God when
they see their children starve on &C.
count OF you. ! warn you. Vetal Beau.
lieu!"
It was passionate prophecy, but
the usurer wrinkled his nose and
sneered.
There were audible indications out.
side that the man with the hounds
was making good his threat TO Cyr,
Staccato yelps and mournful howls
nearly drowned the quavering accents
Of the debtor.
"All those who bark at my heels
bah! / think only as much as I do OF
what is outside there" declared Vetal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24
CHAPTER /
Why the FLOWERS We're Late

MUSIC awakened Peggy-music that
lv1 thrilled her heart, that drew her
exulting from her bed, that sent her
dancing gayly out Into the tingling air
OF early dawn. It was the spring song
Of the birds:
Cheer up. Cheer up! Glad days are
here,
Sweetest, fairest of all the year.
Cheer up! Cheer up oh, gayly sing,
Welcome, welcome to gentle spring"
Gathered in a circle on the lawn were
robins, orioles, bobolinks, thrushes,
brown thrashers. wrens, blue Jays and
a host of others. pouring out their souls
In melody. Reddy Woodpecker, perched
on a telephone pole, kept time like a
drummer in an orchestra, while from
the air above General and Mrs. Swallow
trilled an accompaniment.
As they sang the birds kept bobbing
their heads joyously toward something
at which they seemed to be directing
their song. Peerlng over their backs,
Peggy was surprised to see that this
something was a blooming violet plant,
which she had the day before trans
planted from a window box to tine open
afr.
The first wild flower! Queen Flora
has been this way! Murray, Murray ~
sang the birds.
Where is Il? Show It to me quick"
tinkled the voice Of Prince Bonnie Blue
Bell, and up rushed the wild Flower
Elf whom Peggy had met on former
adventures. His face was all aglow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24
THE RED LANE 4 BY s.n "o." VI y. p s..,
A Romance of the Border

swapping his fingers scornfully at the
window. 81 shall take the horses and
the cows"
He turned his back on the man,
for Roi had thrust an elbow into his
side. A new arrival has just come
h%urrying into the room. This man
was distinctly of importance, Vetal
Beaulieu decided. He wore n frock
coat and staggered. lie and Roi ex.
changed looks.
"A room, Felix" commanded the
smugglcr. Quick with you'll Bring
US something to eat. M'ser Beaulieu
and I arc tired OF standing here where
loafers can insult US"
The frock.coated stranger came later
to the room to which the landlord
had escorted his guests. lie was in.
t~oduCed &c Ne'al.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
THE AFTER.CARE COMMITTEE
By Nellie Gordon

Nov that the war was a thing OF the
IN past, so to speak, Dorothy found
time hanging heavily on her hands; No
more Liberty Loan boosting, and the
Red Cross activities had abated con-
siderably in the town Of Kentville with
fore the war, had been rather a lady of
leisure, but the lure of doing ones bit
had gotten into her blood, and she was
restless with little to do.
Scanning her mall she touna one ie sn,
to her very attractive face, replacing
the bored, l~istless look which had set
tied there lately.
1t was from the American Red Cross,
asking that she serve on a committee
to aid men returning from the service
in finding positions suitable to their
various abilities and to help them in
general In readjusting themselves 10
Dorothy literally threw herself into
the work with great eagerness. From
morning until night she gave or her
best efforts to the wonderful work.
One morning, as she was leaving for
the "After-Care' headquarters. a caller
was announced. And in the living-room
she found a tall, bronzed young man
clad In olive drab. with the merriest of
brown eyes.
Miss Gray?" he questioned.
Dorothy nodded.
II understand that you are one of
the Aftef-Care' committee. and as !
have just returned from camp I have
taken the liberty of calling to ask IL
you could aid me in finding work. |
suppose 1t Is a little irregular, as / do
not belong here, but as I intend to re-
main here for some time, al least, ]
thought perhaps you might be willing to
help me-"
Dorothy considered ror a moment
then. assuming her most businesslike
manner, said: ut is rather irregular
l suppose, but then, the object OF the
work Is to help all soldiers. and I think
perhaps the matter of your not belong.
ing here will not natter"
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author Of king Spruce" TIVE Ram
roddcrs." "The Skipper and the
Skipped" etc.

tongue. In his rage he took no ac-
count OF what the listeners might
think. 81 have put my mark on your
face once. 7 will come down there
and do il again"
The fiddle ceased. After a moment
OF silence Billedeau replied:
as it you, M'ser Netai Beaulieu?'
you know very well who It is
your guilty conscience tells you, loaf
ing pig of a fiddler. Go on your way,
and don't disturb gentlemen who have
business
Here are gentlemen down here
who have no business, but who are
ready for a little fun" interposed a
voice. the voice of n Of the guests
"Yes. go on, Billedeau. Go on with
your fiddle As for you above-keep
still"