BULGARIA ASKS
FOR AUTONOMY
OF HER PEOPLE
A reader of the Daily Times, prob
ably of Bulgarian birth, hands this
paper a clipping from the National
Herald of New York, a newspaper
evidently published in the interests
of the Bulgarian people. Without
any desire to pass upon the merits of
the statements contained in the arti
cle, it is printed as showing that the
Bulgarians, like other nations, have
their own racial and territorial prob
lems growing out of the great war,
and although Bulgaria was allied
with America’s enemies, it may not be
amiss for the people of this country
to be enlightened as to the Bulgarian
viewpoint. The article is as follows:
-From 1398 to 1878 the Bulgarian
people bore the double yoke of Turk
ish political oppression and Greek
ecclesiastical tyranny. In 1878, when
Bulgaria was liberated, the monstrous
diplomatic congress at Berlin gave
back to Turkey the Bulgarian prov
inces of Macedonia and Thrace, to
gether with 3,000,000 people. This un
just act paved the way for bloody rev
olutions and finally climaxed into the
Balkan wars of 1912-1913 and the very
recent world’s conflict.
“In 1913 Bulgaria was treacherous
ly attacked by her former allies,
Greece and Serbia, on the south and
west, and also by Rumania on the
north and Turkey on the southeast.
The result was that the Bulgarian
province of Macedonia fell into the
hands of Serbia and Greece. Turkey
retook Adrianopole district and Ru
mania grabbed a big slice of Bulga
ria’s richest wheat province, Dob
rudja.
“And now Bulgaria is once more
brought to the seat of judgment in
Paris. Her territorial possessions
are again threatened, if the telegrams
coming from Paris are true. More of
her people are about to be cut off
from the mother country and given to
more despotic rulers than the Turks
were. Why? Just because she at
tempted, as any other nation in her
place would have done, to liberate her
people oppressed by Greece and Ser
bia, after all her repeated efforts to
get her lost territory back completely
failed.
instead or correcting tne grave
mistakes made in Berlin in 1878
and thus avoiding more wars in the
future, the Paris conference today
will only fertilize the soil for more
bloody revolutions and wars, if Ma
cedonia. Dobrudja and Thrace are
not given back to the rightful owner
—Bulgaria. The Greeks, the Serbs
and the Rumanians, while insisting
that the principle of self-determina
tion should be applied elsewhere
where they know they are in the
majority, here in Macedonia, Dobrud
ja and Thrace, they ignore this prin
cipal entirely, because they know
that the overwhelming majority is
Bulgarian.
“When Greece, Serbia and Rumania
claim tbe right to unite their own peo
ple, why should not Bulgaria have the
same right to claim unity of her peo
ple? And if nations who fought yes
terday on the side of Germany are
today recognized as independent na
tions, is it unjust that the Macedo
nian Bulgarians, who fought in the
ranks of the allied armies, should
claim the right to unite with their
mother country, Bulgaria, or at least
exist independently We should not
punish Bulgaria by leaving innocent
and martyred Macedonia under Greek
and Serbian oppression.
“The only delegation that is against
taking away from Bulgaria more ter
ritory is that of the United States,
thank God. Let us hope that the
just and impartial diplomacy of the
United States will prevail over the
selfish diplomacy of old Europe.”
The article concludes with some al
legations of atrocities committed up
on the Bulgarians by the Greeks,
which, of course, are not germane to
the matter under discussion.
EZRA PROVED TRUE PROPHET
His Prediction That Funeral and Mar
riage Were Before Him Turned
Out to Be Exact.
Last week a friend drifted in from
the Old Home Town, nowT 20 years
back of me, and we had a season of
gossip about the old acquaintances
which was soul satisfying. Some of
the stories were pathetic, some were
sordid, some were humorous, but all
of them illustrated phases of life in a
country town. Perhaps this one about
Ezra was the best.
When I left the Old Home Town
Ezra was the possessor of a wife
whom he had had for 25 years or
more, and# who w’as in fairly good
condition, although a little deaf, as
might well be, for no woman ever
talked more fluently or more willingly
than did her husband. For some rea
son she was taken ill and died, and
Ezra mourned her for a time, not an
exceedingly long time, and then he be
gan to take notice and presently mar
ried again.
This wife No. 2 was, of course, a
later model, but she, too, fell ill, and
the physician advised an operation.
Ezra hired an automobile and wrent
with her to the hospital, wThere the
physicians told him that there was lit
tle hope that she would recover. He
went home sorrowfully, and finally he
broke out to the driver in this way:
“Good Lord, I’ve got to go through it
all again—bury this wife and then get
| another one!”
And he w*as a true prophet for
things happened just as he predicted.
—Hartford Courant.
PRINCE’S MEMORY WAS GOOD
Heir to British Throne Had One Qual
ity That Is Indispensable
to Politician.
On one occasion Mr. Louis Sterne,
an engineer and inventor, and a
friend of Charles Dickens, showed the
late Edward VII, then prince of
Wales, hts exhibits at South Kensing
ton and the Crystal palace.
“The next time I met the prince,”
said Mr. Sterne, “I was crossing
Picadilly, at the top of St. James
street. In trying to escape being run
down I ran directly into the arms
of his royal highness. He at once
recognized me and said: ‘Mr. Sterne,
you should give this traffic time and
never cross the bows.’ I expressed
surprise that he should recognize me,
to which he replied that he never for
got either face or name if associated
with any matter of interest.”
Mr. Sterne met the prince again
at a picture exhibition where a por
trait of the late W. H. Smith was
hung. Turning to the princess, his
royal highness said:
“Hallo, there’s Smith!”
At once a man standing near turned
aro?ind and acknowledged the recog
nition, offering his hand, which the
prince unhesitatingly accepted. When
this man, whose name happened to
be Smith, recognized the prince, he
became embarrassed and, with the lady
who accompanied him, made his exit
as soon as possible.
CAPT. W. LEE LEWIS
Capt. W. Lee Lewis, discoverer cf
“lewisite,” pronounced by the war de
partment to be one of the most dead
ly explosives invented during the war.
Captain Lewis was professor of chem
istry at Northwestern university,
Evanston, III., and was commissioned
?t the request of the bureau of mines.
PROHIBITION
NOTPOPULAR
WITH BRITISH
LONDON, Aug. 1 (Correspondence
of Associated Press).—“Pussyfoot
ing” is the term the newspapers and
British liquor interests have given
the campaign to make England dry,
and “pussyfeet” is the title they have
given those members of parliament
and American anti-saloon league
workers who are pressing the move
ment.
It has been announced that there
is abundant money behind the move
ment, and the nucleus of a parlia
mentary prohibition party has been
formed by nine members of the house
of commons to first fight for the
retention of war-time liquor regula
tions while forming their lines for
more drastic action.
Harrogate, a health resort with
some eighty mineral springs, was
selected as the first object of attack,
and a number of speakers were sent
there to spread the “dry” doctrine.
It was also decided to pay particular
attention to Scotland, where, under
new regulations, local option is pos
sible. Other plans, it Avas announced,
are in the making, and Avithin a year
the campaign Avill be in full swing.
Most of the neAvspapers have done
nothing but ridicule the movement,
and urge that, owing to the climate,
British men and women needed stim
ulants and would never voluntarily
relinquish their alcohol.
Lady Henry Somerset, late presi
dent of the British Women’s Temper
ance Association, is quoted as ex
pressing the opinion that the prohi
bition campaign wil do positive mis
chief by making prohibition appear
to be the sole alternatve to a return
to the pre-war position.
The liquor interests say that they
have not given the question much at
tention, preferring to believe that the
prohibition experiment in the United
States Avill fail, and therefore there
will be no need for action in England.
BUFFALO FIRE FIGHTERS
TO RETAIN GAS MASKS
BUFFALO, Aug. 30 (by mail).—
Army gas masks will not be aband
oned by the Buffalo fire department.
At the first fire in which they were
used here firemen wearing them were
overcome while others without masks
were able to stand the smoke. It
was declared at that time that masks
were useless as fire department equip
ment.
Fire Chief Murphy refused to ac
cept this as a conclusive trial and
since then, he says, the masks have
been used with signal success.
“At the recent fire at the Cudahy
packing plant, where the smoke was
very dense, men wearing masks pen
etrated to all parts of the building,
remained for long periods and suf
fered no ill effects,” Chief Murphy j
said. “The army mask has come to
stay in the Buffalo department,” he
asserted.
Introduced Lilac to Europe.
There are men who in a lesser
sphere have been givers of gifts which
are enjoyed by millions, though their
own names may have .slipped out of
the memory of the world, says the
Boston Transcript.
Such a man was Ogier Ghiselin de
Busbccq. He was horn in the pleasant
town of Comines, in Flanders, now
half French, halt Belgian, with the
River Lys between, almost four hun
dred years ago and educated in that
university at L utvain which now, alas,
is laid low. Busbccq was a collector,
and, when he was sent by the Emp ror
Ferdinand as ambassador to the Sul
tan Suleiman the Magnificent, on his
return brought manuscript and coins
and plants home to Vienna. Mid
among these plants was the lilac.
Read the Daily Times tor the latest !
and most reliable world news.
It’s the flavor and the gram which
make the bread at the City Bakery
famous.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Cordova Pre
cinct, before R. H. Noaks, United
States Commissioner and Ex-officio
Probate Judge, in the matter of
the estate of of Mathew Pedrodas
kalakis, known in Alaska, and here
inafter referred to as Mike Paros.
No. 130.
The undersigned hereby gives no
tice that he has been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Mike
Paros, deceased, and that all persons
having claims against said estate are
requested to present the same with
the proper vouchers within six
months from the date hereof, to the
undersigned administrator, at his
office in Cordova, Cordova Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 20th
day of August, A. D. 1919.
B. O. GRAHAM,
Administrator of the Estate of Mike
Paros, deceased.
Date of first publication, Aug. 20,1919.
Date of last publication, Sept. 17,1919
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division. Torger
Asbjorson plaintiff vs. Caroline
Asbjornson, defendant. No. C-176.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
the publication of this summons, to
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of October, 1919, and answer the
complaint of the above-named plain
tiff in the above-entitled action,
wherein said plaintiff prays that he
be given an absolute decree of di
vorce from you forever dissolving
the bonds of matrimony heretofore
existing between you and said plain
tiff.
And unless you so appear and
answer the plaintiff will take judg
ment against you for want thereof
and will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in his said complaint
as hereinabove set out.
The date of the order for service by
publication herein is September 3,
1919, and such order was duly made
and entered and filed herein o i said
date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is September 13, 1919,
and the date of its last publication is
October 25, 1919.
WITNESS, The Honorable Charles
E. Bunnell, Judge of said court, and
the seal of said court, on this 3rd
day of September, 1919.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
( ierk of thg District Coun for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy.
I I M I I U IN
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In the Probate Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division,
Valdez Precinct, at Valdez. In the
matter of the estate of Robert D.
Gray, deceased.
The President or tne United States,
to L. T. Gray, and all other persons
interested in the above-entitled
estate, Greeting:
Notice is hereby given that James
Smith, executor of above estate, has
fled a petition in the above-named
court, alleging that said estate is in
solvent, and asking for an order di
recting the sale of the property of
the estate, and that a hearing will be
given on said petition on the 22d day
of October, 1919, by the Judge of the
above-named court, at his office in
Valdez, Alaska, at 10 o’clock of the
forenoon of said day, and at said
time and place all persons having ob
jections to the granting of said peti
tion will appear and file their objec
tions thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and official seal this
21st day of August, 1919.
GEORGE J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and ex
officio Probate Judge.
First publication August 28, 1919.
Last publication September 15, Uy9
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