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than any at present extensively mar
kcted, contemplate employment Of pos
oibly 100000 workers when In full op-
Grafton. tho motor manufactures said
MIR. Ford said the now corporation
will In no way interfere with the pres
emit Ford Motor Company: that he had
no Intention of rclinQGishing control
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settle. for Daughters Dcntb

sL VI TNClIESTEE w, Mnrch IL
..s.lmer Erickson N.as settled With IN.
..Sorfolk and Western hallway in The
sss.um OF $4,000 for the killing OF his
: paushier, Marguerite Erickson. and ms
- ---sst ep daughter Hazel Meade. who wcrc
trhn down 10y passenger train while
ssStdraaEcilng IN motcT truck at Berry
iAli!c recently. Tho settlement also
fgoNers the funeral expense, tho loss
tot time the accident caused. and the
gSpu Tchasc OF a new truck
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Hold North CaroI,r, noc,or

vP-J DH.N' ILI.F', y, MhrCh ll.--tr s.
~ Jctt' physician of ReidsvilIc ~ o.
~sieid for violating tho internal revenue
-1aW, was today bonded IN the sum OF
$500 for his appearance in tho United
! Yes Court mere neat September. lie
s.tSe physician was cauGh; with an au-
.-lomobilc load OF liquor on tho ont
Srkiris OF Martinsville Il few weeks
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"a LfNCHBCRG, VA, March ll.-Dceds
nave been completed here by Il. y.
acres of land is TO NC added al once
10 the Natural Eridgo forcs, reserve.
-Shis area now contains approximately
-se,ooo acres Of land in Amherst Bed
y!ord, ROCK bridge and Botctourt Coun.
T4fes. /; includes all bu, tho tons OF
-tbe Peaks Of otter.
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i.lNCHBCRC;, VA, March 1.-THE
,Woinan's Missionary Society OF the
virginia Conference Of The Methods;
ohurch will be in session at Court
street Methodist Church here five DAYS
This week. About 100 delegates are
expected TO be present.
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Nurse Arrive, Home

g. DANN!l.l-E, VA, March ll.-Miss
w annie Keen for twenty months past
IN france. attached to the Johns Hon
rthins Hospital unit, arrived here this
taltcrnoon Awaiting her At the station
ssWerc forty panvilc women. rcprc.
<sentInG inc Danvillc Red Cross and
1.-The Daughters of tho Confcdcracy. win
-ss~hich orEaniza lion she has for some
s-yearS been closely identified
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ChnrCc Crime In 1914.

Aubrey Britain. colorcd, "A soldier who
ire turned home after eighteen months
service in the army, much of which
~Was at the front in France. has been
arrested by tho local police under two
~-old warrants. one of which is dated in
sl9l4. The negro must now answer to
"a charge of larceny and for malicious
.GuttinG, IL the witnesses can be found
HE was discharged from the army and
&fcturned homo to be arrested
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Urged to Bc Candidate.

+ TDATATtNOCN, Wv. Nurch H.
Colonel T.. Hugh Smith. Il prominent
attorney of Northumberland county. is
being urged to become "a candidate
for the Democratic nomination. to rep
resent Northuin bertrand and Wcstmorc-
land Counties in tn" House OF Dele
gates
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Special Conference for Men

a. PClASkI. VA. March IA spc-
scla! conference OF the men of the Pres.
-pyterian Church in this irnmeiia te
sSommunity was held on Saturday after.
-poon. The address Of the occasion was
-sae iiVercd by the Rev. A. NJ Fraser.
1paStor OF the First PRESBYTERIAN
sGhurch stanton, who took AS his sub
sect. T!ihinS.' Or Fraser remained
ScVeT sunday, occupying the pulnit al
sslhc morning and evening services
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WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS

LYNCHBuRG VA. March ii-Malcom
Nv, Wart son "t Mr.. and Mrs. !. c. Swart OF
lnls .!iN. q former resident of INuchhurp
and Miss Helen BroE,ieu. of ,;ol,shoro n
g, were married there last week.
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iEAT1SNILiE, Va. March Ii.-A auict
marriage was solcmniH"d last week at tho
homo or tho brides ~. rents Mr. and Mr..
Henry Marks. when their daughter bcclrn,
place.
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district composed OF Rappahannock
and several other counties east OF the
Blue kldEG Mountains.
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FREDERICkS RI

FREDEE1CkSBuRG. VA. March if-Mr
ana Mrs Louis Henry LAYTON of this CITY
nav" issued cards for the marriage nf tbci-
vs." dauEhteTs. Miss belle Frances Layton.
I" Mr.. Mead" Clark brooks. Of IA Iu,nu,h
and Miss liurnctic loo LAYTON to- sergeant
Matthc" Lynn koogh. 81 marine stationed
AZ Suant"o. The double ceremony win t,l;,
nL.cv MARION u At n.clnck.
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lNECHBtEG VA. March li-Invitaiions
ma -" l""n received hcrc Ia thu marriages q!
Mis-: Mail Calling. daughter Of Mr and Mr,'
Il: y. GailinE, formerly Of Amherst. now
OF New York CITY. T." u. Spoit swuod raNnc.
thc Mclding 70 hn snlcmmiEch Mnrch 1.
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Discussion OF the tentative plan to
pc rresGp,sd by Mrs ior li1 ia Wal ,,H,
which Will he staged by the home
demonstration forces at Tho Times
1ispa, food. sawinE eNpnosi,ii;2n in the
this mornings session OF Miss ELLA 6.
Agncw's conference. with district and
s'sE iss %E sn"w ns IS M9FRhYS lG 9
rector of the cooperative extension
work in agriculture and home cconorn-
Mechanical college and roiytechnic
Institute ut Elack sburg. which CO.
operates with the United States De-
parimcnt Of Agriculture in it's varied
ana TAR reaching activities in the state
Of Virginia. Those IN attendance at
The Gonfcrencc from different, SECTIONS
Cooke. Miss Martha pinwiddic. Miss
Ecss iiodsdcn. Miss Mary Helen Ferris
Hughes. Miss Grace Townlcy and Miss
Catherine hlsop. Miss Acncws private
secretary from headquarters.
Tho general plan Of the exhibit
which will he submitted for Miss
AGncw's consideration aud approval
this. morning and for discussion aud
criticism by her workers, embraces, the
production. preservation ANA utliza-
ton of food products in sequence OF
the food-saving exposition.
PROBABLY Will. HAVE
GARDEN ~ IMMATURE
Gardening activities. for instance.
VIII bc shown, with pcrhars Il garden
in miniature. Garden specialists Will
explain the salient features of economic
production of food. and literature Of
helpful nature 10 the prospective
gardener Will he distributed.
Poultry being an important phase
of the activities of tho Virginia Poly
tcchnic Institute, the Judging and
selection of good dressed poultry will
he features. and the proper prcpara-
ton OF fowls for cooking Will ic
demonsstraticd. The cooking process
viii also be shown. a iircless COOKER
being the medium used. and late, tho
cooked fowl Will be properly served
and its food value demonstrated
The method of preserving ccEs in
water glass, which is taught by Miss
Aencw's agents throughout the state
Will be shown in detail and an exhibit
set up. Grading of eggs Will bc IL part
of the instructions
Canning Will he featured ono day
OF The exposition and an exhibit set IN.
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I.NNCIIEI'I,

Marion wooIson and Mrs blanche Mamnina:
r:ahEhornci both Of I.ynchhurg. Wore mar
klnuicr here
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MAY EMPLOY 100000 MEN
Ford'n Proposed Pacific Plant VIII
Give Work to Null
titude.

DETROIT. MICH, March l1.-Plans
produce lower priced automobile
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wnr Chiefs Visit low, T,r
DIES MONIES, IOWA. March ii
Scctrstary Baker and General March.
chiei OF staff arrived here today for
a visit TO Camp Dodge and Fort Dcs
M They leave late tonight for
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Former King Ncnr Drowning.
| BY Associated Press.
GENENN. March l1.-Formcr King
William OF Wcurttcmburg had Il mar
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05
WHAT ABOUT 1T?

VrYHAT has become of the new
wv high school project? The
school board having done ex-
cellently in the purchase of the Hoff-
mans Woods site should be hasten
ing along with the work of prepara-
ton. Next spring should find the
contracts let and the ground broken.
We are in hurry for that high
school. We need it badly. Not
only are the high schools proper
overcrowded, but we are told that
some hundreds of pupils ready for
the new Junior high schools cannot
be accommodated until the Technical
high school building can be vacated
and transformed. That means two
or three years at least. Too much
time has been lost in delay Now
is the time for action.
OF course, the board has had its
hands full, and still is very busy,
but even so the high school prob
lem is pressing for a solution and
the public is impatient. If the di-
rectors can do as we'll with the new
university system they are discuss
ing as they have done in the matter
of the two Junior high schools the
city will be able to boast of one of
the most complete plants in the
world, ideally situated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05
SLOW BUT SURE

THE WORLD was not made in
day, nor is our progress from
the Dark Ages to the present
enlightened period matter of years
That is one of the greatest difficult
ties of the reconstruction period.
We seem to think that the whole
fabric and structure of civilization
can be made over in a month or
two. Human nature is not con-
structed on that principle and the
millennium is not just around the
corner, much as we might like to
think so.
Speaking of the Peace Treaty, of
which he is a far more ardent ad-
vocate than are many Americans,
Samuel Gompers, who knows a thing
or two about world conditions, the
other day said:
The Treaty looks to raising
labor conditions to their highest
present level in all lands and
ending the competition of unfair
conditions in the future. so that
there shall be international con-
ditions as we'll as international
cards.
This cannot come in a day, in
a year, or in a decade; but it is
possible to turn the world of
nations in this direction, to give
the command of forward
march" to keep the world NOV
ing until this great end is won.
Gompers is right. We must work
out our salvation. Nobody can give
it to us on a silver platter No
matter how much we want the mil
| lennium of industry. civilization is
still a long way from it. We can make
progress toward it, but, like the
Israelites of old, we must spend our
period in the desert before the
Promised Land is opened to us. The
end can be attained only by steady,
persistent effort and not at a jump
flannel-mouthed orators to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05
RooSeveIPS Letters in Peace-Making
New York Timesl

He sincerely believes that the
English are planning to attack him
and smash his fleet, and perhaps
join with France in a war to the
death against him. AS a matter of
fact, the English harbor no such
intentions, but are themselves in q
condition of panic-terror lest the
Kaiser secretly intend to form an
alliance against them with France
or Russia, or both, to destroy their
fleet and blot out the British Empire
from the map! 1t is as funny
case as l have ever seen of mutual
distrust and fear bringing two peo-
Piles to the verge of war.
AS for Russia, he says in the same
letter:
Did you ever know anything more
pitiable than the Russian despotism
in this year of grace? The Car is
Il preposterous little creature as the
absolute autocrat of 150,000,0O0 peo-
pie. He has been unable to make
war, and he is now unable to make
peace.
On the next day, he tells Hay, he
is to start on weeks horrid
anguish in touring through Ken
lucky, Indian Territory, and Texas;
then five weeks genuine pleasure in
Oklahoma and Colorado on hunt;
to be followed in it's turn by three
or four cindery, sweaty, and drear-
lily vociferous days on the way
home" Evidently he did not enjoy
triumphal tour with its accom-
panying adulation as much as he
was thought to do.
And again, in a letter to Senator
Lodge after the negotiations had ac-
tually begun, he called the Russian
ruling class hopeless creatures
W .th whom to DEAL" adding:
They are utterly insincere and
treacherous; they have no concep-
ton of truth, no Willingness to look
facts in the face, no regard for
others of any sort or kind, no knowl-
edge of their own strength or weak
ness; and they are helplessly unable
to meet emergencies.
To his daughter Alice he wrote,
referring to the two embattled gov
ernments, after the negotiations had
ended triumphantly for him, Il
finally had to write time after
time (to them) as a very polite but
also very insistent Dutch uncle
He added:
1t is enough to give any one
sense of sardonic amusement to see
the way in which the people gen
orally, not only in my own country
but elsewhere, gauge the work by
the fact that it succeeded. If had
not brought about peace 1 should
have been laughed at and con-
demned. Now l am overpraised.
The story itself, as unfolded in
the letters, is a fascinating one.
TEase few quotations are enough to
Justify Mr.. Bishops assertion that the
| letters are not merely like 'Roose-
! Nelt's talk, but are in fact his talk.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05
To Observe Constitution Day
[From Scranton Republican,

[From Scranton Republican
In times like these when so many
have shown a tendency to forget
that splendid document which blaz-
ed the way to a larger measure OF
human liberty, the Constitution OF
the United States, it is cheering to
note that preparations are ABOUT
complete to approximately observe
on September II next, the one hum
dred and thirty-second birthday of
the fundamental law of this repuo-
lie.
This contemplated celebration
should impress on the people OF
this country the need of closer
study of the Constitution which mas
brought the Nation such marvellous
prosperity and moral and material
assets such as are presented mo-
where else on earth.
A study of this American Magma
Charta" will prove profitable to all
who would rush this Nation into
hastily signing away some of the
independence that was won in the
Revolution, confirmed in the Great
Rebellion and finally sealed in the
gigantic struggle against the auto
cratic and ruthless Central Powers
of Europe.
These liberties, that independ-
ence, consecrated by the blood of
patriots and made sacred by the
tears of the survivors of those who
fought that this Nation should be
free from entanglements as we'll as
from a foreign yoke, must not be
compromised by the delusions OF
foolish idealists, by the caprices of
| internationalists nor by the weak
| nasa of sop,e seeminplY well-mean-
| ing persons whose Americanism is
| so feeble and fiabby that they are
mere visionaries and sentimental
lists.
Let every city and town in this
| great land observe Constitution Day
| by evidence of a more vigorous
American patriotism and by show
of greater respect for the revered
instrument that has pointed for us
the way to happiness, contentment,
| honor and glory.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05
JUST AS WELL, PERHAPS

~~ AY BE it is just as well that
MI the arbiters OF fashion have
A'A set their feet down hard on
the flam boyant vest, waistcoat they
call it. which had begun to make
its appearance on Fifth avenue. The
garments. probably would have cost
a lot, however decorative they might
have been, and it would have been
hard to resist the splendor of such
colorful habilaments as some of the
tailors had begun to turn out
Likewise it would have been diff
cult to explain to friend wife why
it was that the high cost of living
precluded satin gowns for her while
permitting velvet vests for husbands.
It's an ill-wind that blows no
good, much as we always have
hankered for one of those beflowered
waistcoats such as we used to note
in the English fashion prints and
around the bookies' stands at the
racetracks. Mankind is surely miss
ing a lot by confning itself to the
somber colors the tailors declare
the scN must wear.
But we are glad the white vest
also has been forbidden, else many
of us might have been mistaken for
bar-tenders out of a job.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05

most potent influence in bidding up
prices was the Siberian Union OF
Cooperative Unions. This is a purely
economic and strictly nonpartisan
organization of 100000 consumers.
The buying of the Siberian organ
ization has been taken as an indi-
cation of the way in which foreign
buyers generally are likely to ope-
rate. Obviously, it is nothing of the
sort. The regular foreign trader who
buys in this market must sell his
purchases at a profit to distributors
who must resell them at a profit.
The Zakoopsbyt can distribute the
goods directly to its members at
cost, or even below cost, if for any
reason this were considered to be
desirable or necessary.
1t is possible that the bidding
would have been just as wild If the
Zakoopsbyt had stayed out of it.
There were some other foreign buy
ers and a number of spectators.
But it looks as if the Siberian buy
Ing was the chief factor in causing
the stampede.
However, one thing certain is
that the Government made n profit
of s1.OO0,000 on goods which it paid
for with public money at a substan-
tial profit to the manufacturers
concludes the economist. Taken
in conjunction with the Govern
ment's prospective campaign against
profiteers the thing has certain
flavor of Gilbertian humor."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05
.URING the seven years and

N UR1NG the seven years and q
half that he was president,
Col. Roosevelt wrote, one of
his secretaries estimates $50, 900 let
ters, and those which he wrote dur
ing other periods of that crowded
life have not been estimated at
all. The instalment under consid-
Grafton deals only with his efforts
to bring about peace between Russia
and Japan in 1905. These efforts
began as early as February, when
he privately and unotficially advised
the Russian government to make
peace.
But it is not our purpose to trace
the steps by which he accomplished
his desire, though the story stands
out like a monument throughout
these letters. All we now concern
ourselves with is the reaction on
Roosevelts mind, the humor and
quaintness with which he viewed the
monarchs and peoples with whom
he was dealing, and above all tire
keen penetration. There is inStruc-
ton for us, emerging from the
great war of the world, in looking
back on Roosevelt's Russians, Jap
anese, Germans, Englishmen, and
men of other nations, and their
for John Hay the peace situation.
Cassini and Takahira have been to
see him about negotiations. but the
Japanese won't stir except on the
word of the Car himself, because
it is evident that no one Minister has
power to bind the government" Il
fact which the whole world learned
/ in turbulent years. Cassini, the
Russian Ambassador, tells him that
the government is officially bent on
war, but that privately he would
welcome peace-a hint that when he
speaks of himself he means the
government. Then this delicious
bit:
The Kaiser has had another fit
and is now convinced that France
! is trying to engineer a Congress of
! Nations, in which Germany will be
left out. What jumpy creature he
| is, anyhow!
On April 2 he writes to Hay about
| his conferences with the Russian,
japanese, British, French, and Ger
man Ambassadors. His conference
! with the last named lead to this bit
of information about the Kaiser:
! The Kaiser has become a mo-
nomaniac about getting into COM
munication with me every time he
drinks three penn'orth of conspiracy
against his life and power.
This irreverent comparison of that
I potentate with Dickens unhappy
/ Mr.. Dolls is followed by a depletion
of the Kaiser's relief and astonish-
ment when he finds that Great Bri-
| tain agrees with him in opposing
! that mythical Congress of Nations
! from which Germany is to be left
! out:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05
Crusoe and Friday
IFrom the Kansas City Star. ]

IFrom the Kansas Clty Stdl'1
Robinson Crusoe and his man
Friday had reached a point in their
life on their desert island Wnere
they were doing we'll. They hau
accumulated enough breadfruit and
cocoanuts and other provisions SO
they could spare the time to build
themselves a comfortable house and
make themselves some clothing.
They had to work hard. it is true,
to keep ahead of the game. But
they were industrious and thrifty,
so they began to accumulate some
of the comforts of life.
Then one day Crusoe said to FRI
day: What's the use of working so
hard and saving up yams and cocoa
nuts? Thrift is out of date. Let's
work short hours and not accumu-
late anything. We might as we'll
consume all we produce. Let's
spend our money and get the good
of it right now"
The plan sounded good to Friday
! If it was possible to be better off
by loafing a good share of the time,
and by not denying ones self any
thing, why naturally it would be
foolish to work. So the new plan
was put into effect.
At first it worked beautifully.
They had accumulated enough food
so there was plenty to fall back
on, and the dwelling was in good
shape. But after a while the roof
began to leak and their clothing to
, wear out and the reserve supply of
| food had been exhausted. They de-
cided finally they must mend the
roof and make some more clothing.
| But then they found they hadn't
I l.
! had to stop work on the roof while
| they went after food.
! In the time they had allotted for
working however, they discovered
! they couldn't get the dwelling re-
| paired, keep up on clothing, and
obtain all the food they needed.
Life became more and more un-
comfortable for them. Their house
/ became almost impossible to live in,
/ they were ragged, and they began
to feel the effects of hunger.
"Mr. Crusoe," Friday one day re-
marked after several months trial
of the new light work plan, your
scheme sounds good. But it some-
how does not produce the results
For some reason we don't have as
many comforts now we are working
four hours a day as we had when
i
seems to me If we are going to have
as comfortable a home as we used
to have, and as good clothing and
as much to eat. we have got to
work as we used to under the old
plan"
Crusoe had had the same ideas
borne in on him by the experience
of the previous months. So they
went back to the old plan and grad
ually produced enough surplus to
enable them to live as comforta bly,
as they did before.
Thus, the chronicler reports, did
the desert island realize through
painful experience the two great
facts of political economy which
the race regards as so disagreeable.
that in the long run a good living
is to be had only by work and
thrift.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05
The League Of Nations

Dreamers come, who follow war
with Vision overdue.
Dreamers come, the thoughtless
laugh; but often dreams come
true.
Greatest Teacher of Mankind, the
one who preached Good Will:
Greatest Dreamer of Mankind, the
one who healed with skill;
Cast aside the evil lie that there is
east and west.
Science, the cause of love must
serve by divine behest.
Ocean does not separate. nor do the
hills divide,
Engines in the sea and ar bind
nations side by side.
Tears of sad and stricken souls flow
toward n common sea,
Force makes the sun of justice draw
them thence up to Thee;
Help us to know prevention is
worth much more than cure,
Bind the strong together to make
sure that peace endure.
Force, indeed, must rule the world !;
but there is Power above.
Dreams come true. All rule Is
Force. Let Force be ruled
by Love.
SAMUEL HAMILL WOOD.