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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
TURKEY CANNOT
PAY HER TROOPS
Porte Distracted for Want
of Ready Money.
BRIDES OPEN DARDANELLES
0ttomans Fear Gar May Try to Re-
trieve Losses in East by Seizure
of Constantinople.
BRIDES OPEN DARDANELLES

LONDON, Aug. 13.-While the eyes OF
Europe have been distracted by AFFAIRS
in the Far East the Sultan has been get
ting into serious difficulties.
Turkish diplomacy and Turkish arms
were successful in keeping down the
Macedonian Instruction, but the bills
were not being met The Sultan has
kept an army Of nearly 100000 regulars
and 10000 reserves in the field. So long
as these troops had little lighting to
do, with a chance TO plumber villages
afterwards they did not complain over
receiving no pay. Now, however. with
peace and no plumber it is different.
The reserves are being dismissed, and
a great many regulars are time expired
men who should be paid off. Five mil
lion dollars is needed to meet the Sui
tan's most urgent necessities. The OF
tonan bank has refused to advance an
other copper. and the Dette Publique,
the insternat ional institution 10 which
the Sultan has mortgaged all his re-
sources, also refuses TO give up.
In Constantinople none Of the c11icials
have been paid off for mohths except
those Immediately surrounding the Sui
tan.
Russia and Her Brides.
This circumstance enabled Russia By
the use of a few welcome brides to pass
her cruisers through the Dardanelles
while the Turks were thankfully looking
the other way. II she wishes 10 take
out her entire Black Sea feet the same
thing will happen, so far as the Turks
are concerned. The Sultan would be
glad for a small consideration to tear
up the Dardanelles clause Of the treaty
of Berlin
Austria. Germany. and France would
support Russia automatically, and the
Sultan knows very well that Enslaad
would not back him un 10 the extent OF
a fight Whatever may be happening in
Manchuria Russian prestige IN Con-
stantinople Is unimpaired. The Sultan
has no exchequer. no trained army
worthy of the name and no disposition
to try conclusions with the White Gar
Lately indeed, well informed turks
have been seriously alarmed that -Rus-
STA may embark on Near Eastern war
TO retrieve the disasters in the Far East.
| They remember that 10 was the Sneck IN
her Near Eastern ambitions which caus-
| ed her to expand in the direction OF
! China. History. they say, may repeat
itself in sort OF reverse order ana nus
STA checked in China may seek cOmpen-
sation from the Ottoman empire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
BEE RANCH IN BACK YARD.

There is a bee ranch with more than
a million bees in the heart of one OF
the densest residence districts OF san
Francisco.
1t is owned by Philip Prior prlnclpal
of the Burnett grammer school, at ZbSS
Folsom Street For ten years he has
kent his bees there. harvested about
third of a ton Of honey each season, and
has been at no expense for food for his
interesting and ideally industrious pets.
His bees visit all the private and pub
lie gardens of the city. and gather honey
for their food. and pollen for the nour-
ishment Of the yOung. Incidentally, by
carrying pollen from Hover 10 flower on
their fuzzy legs. they are little agents
that make possible the fertility Of this
citv.s blooms. Just as the humble bees
help propagate clover. for where there
are no humble bees clover soon periSnes.
as has been repeatedly proved in New
Yea lNpd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
RACE SUICIDE IN PHILADELPHIA.

Il used to sneer at President Roose-
velt's widely quoted remark about race
suicide" said the West Philadelphia
man who is the father Of a constantly
increasing family.
Il used to think il was all buncombe.
but have recently had occasion 10
change my views. You see, last winter
my wife Joined a cinch party, composed
of women who belong 70 our set out in
the Forty-ninth Street settlement, and
occasionally she complained because the
children kept her from attending the
afternoon meetings of the club.
81 talked with her about it. and dis
covered a curious state of affairs. There
ore twenty women in the club. and all
but two of them are married.
NOW would YOU believe it, Ny wife
bas as many children as all the other
Eighteen married women put together.
HON many children have l? Oh. quits
a respectable number. Only tour."--
Philadelphia Record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
CoMANCHE's USE FOR A DESK.

For Quanah, an intelligent and popu-
lar Comanche chief. the cattlemen
around Fort Worth. Tex, built a house
and furnished it. ThM We're rather puz-
zled when he told Wem that the FIRST
article OF furniture he wanted. was a
roller desk.
What can you do with roller desk.
Quanah?' they said. You can't write. -
ooh. | want EN-" said Quanah. "You
see. l open desk, an I sit down in my
chair, an l put my feet up on desk, an
I light my seegar, an l hor newspaper
up front o. me. like this-sabe? Their
white man come in, an he knock al
door, an ne say, 'Quanab, / wan tall
[ you a minute. An l turn round in
my chair, an puff lot O. smoke in his
face, an / say, Go away, I ve'y busy
tday.' kansas City Journal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
SUNDAY. AUGUST It. 1901.
The Labor Problem.

The Independent" finds the most
certain indication that the problem OF
labor unions is in a fair way Of ad-
iustment in the fact that each side
is developing ability to see the issue
from the standpoint Of the other
side. The editor was struck with the
frequency with which he heard in a
certain establishment the expression,
well, that is a good thing from one
point of view, but see how it works.
He thinks that five years ago such
an expression would rarely have been
uttered. Then the workmen saw
nothing in the employers policies ex-
cept discrimination, oppression, and
grinding. The employers saw in the
unions only senseless trouble-making,
restriction of output, insubordina-
ton, and destruction of the industry.
Already this blindness has gone, p
declares the Independent" The
former condition of frequent morgan
lied strikes has given way to organ
lied freedom from strikes. The en-
ployers meet the union committees
or agents even on the pettiest griev-
ances. So far has each side advanced
that some of the workmen were able
TO make the sweeping statement that
all their troubles in the past had been
due solely to misunderstanding
1t is we'll thus to consider an Opt
mistic view of a situation that too
commonly is regarded as blackly
pessiniistic. OF course, it is truism
that there is no complication in the
affairs of men which mutual under
standing and mutual regard for the
rights of the other fellow could not
settle amicably and justly. The diff
ficulty comes not with the truism but
the putting it in practice.
Soldiers who fought on opposite
sides in the civil war testify to the
genuine brotherly feeling that the
frightful conflict engendered between
nominal foes. They had tested each
others quality, and going through the
fire had burned away the dross of
sectional prejudice, leaving the pure
metal of respect and honor. II was
g fearful school. but it taught valu-
able lessons.
Unquestionably, men who are en-
ployers and men who are labOrers
must learn this same lesson of mu-
tual respect and honor. If they were
big enough, they could learn the les
son in peace. But so perverse are the
meannesses of human nature that
men rarerly do learn the lesson ex-
cept through suffering. The strike,
the lockout, the industrial war, are
teachers in a hard school.
The independent shows the weak
ness of the present situation when &
says that even though one side tries
TO understand the other, each side
continues as strongly as ever to stand
out only for its superficial interests
Yet, an impartial view of the situa-
ton makes it plain that there is in
reality only one interest for all con-
cerned-that justice shall be uni
versally done, that the right way
shall be found and followed. As long
as each side fails 10 perceive that its
real interests lie, not in grabbing al
that it can get, but in finding the ono
right way, selfshness is still para
mount and the first cause Of every
labor trouble remains uncOrrected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
Ready to Fight.

Sending squadrOns there shows that
America is prepared to speak 10 Turkey
in the language Of arms. Who will deny
that threatening Turkey by America is
threatening the peace of Europe2"
The Russ says editorially:
The American 'Joes.' 'Tommies,
.Teddies and 'Willies, having measured
their strength against one Of the Old
nations OF Europe. would like to have
a go at another. The present intention
Of the United States is a matter of high
interest 70 all the powers.
Its present action will be the least
pleasant of all to Americas great
friend Germany. The probabilities Of
A coalition of the European powers
against the United States is increasing
daily
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

a San Francisco gentleman IL sur
prised that the interior of the Capitol
should be permitted to look for weeks as
though a cyclone had struck IT, The
man from the West forgets that this Is
Washington, and that while il takes
no longer to do things here than else
where. II does take a surprisingly num-
Der Of folks longer TO get around TO do
them. Some people say that ii Is the
climate, but more likely II is just habit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
Points in Paragraphs.

Il viii be interesting to watch Carrie
Nation trying to convince an English
navy or a French student or German
soldier that alcoholic stimulants are UNI
wholesome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

The signs of autumn are more spirit
ual than physical. more financial than
atmospherical-fOr. alas, the price of
coal is slowly on the upward move. FIJI
up the bins before the evil days are
uDOn We
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

y physician has been arrested in Bos-
ton for passing bad money. A grave
offense indeed, but scarcely of such a
hue as would be the passing
of bad medicine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

It viii be feast fit for a king-at the
start
There viii be cold storage chickens,
cold storage beef. cold storage vege-
tables. cold storage fruit, and all kinds
of staple articles served a la cold stor-
age,
The guests viii be twelve in number,
and the host Will be DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Agricul-
tural Department,
Congress, two years ago, directed the
Department to make experiments to de-
termine what was good and what
was not good" to eat. The task was
assigned to DR.. Wiley.
When it was announced that the Ag-
ricultural Department was TO establish
a free lunch" department, volunteers
were many. Twelve promising subjects
were selected. They passed through the
ordeal of embalmed beef. and no round
robins" disturbed the peace and quiet
,of the department Some of the sub
jects grew pink and rosy, while others
took on the color Of a half-baked fried
cake
Change of Diet.
This year all artificial elements will
be eliminated. The real article will be
served. II will be of the cold storage
variety, but the quantity will not be
lacking
The subjects will be served with cold
storage chicken, cold storage beef cold
storage fish, cold storage vegetables and
cold storage fruit They will be at
lowed all the appetite Graves, and notes
viii be made of their physical condi-
ton from time to time.
( DR.. Wiley is now in correspondence
with persons opera ting cold storage
I plants, with a view Of learning all that
is possible about the business. He
q thinks by so doing the work he is
about to undertake can be brought to a
more successful enc.
/ 1t has not been decided where the cold
storage plant viii be located, but the
chief chemist hopes to find a place in
I this city He has had offers from New
York and Philadelphia. and one Of these
cities will be selected, unless the Wash
! irgtonians come to the front, offer cold
| storage quarters for the use of the Gov
eminent experts, and thus help along
the efforts of the department TO de-
termine the right kind OF food to eat
Plans in Doubt.
The plan to be followed has not been
determined at this time, as DR. Wiley
has been busy with the preliminary
work; correspondence relative to quar-
/ tiers. foods TO be tested, the personnel OF
! his class. and the hundred and one other
/ things incident to placing his experiment
on a solid basis. One thing has been
determined, that all members of the
class will be fed on cold storage foods
A plan for conducting the experiments
( is now being outlined and will be sub
mitted 10 Secretary Wilson in a rev
/ DAVIS for his approval II takes the sub
/ fecttup in detail and tells just how tn
! students will be treated, how the cold
| storage food will be administered, ana
] the results hoped to be accomplished.
/ From the present outlook the men who
| are TO be the subjects Will be, in q
| greater part, clerks in the Bureau OF
| Chemistry, who have offered themselves
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

All the ina ginative writing in the Far
East seems to be done in official dis
patches 1t is terrifying TO think what
may happen when the novelist-corre-
spondents get a chance to let their bot
tied Sp inventive genius loose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

General Harries won a victory at the
District militia maneuvers at Harpers
Ferry. That ought to put him in fine
fettIe to conduct to a successful issue
when he returns TO Washington the
street car fight against the unhappy
TenleytoWn commuter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

A carrier pigeon bearing a love letter
has been caught in Richmond, Va
Evidently there is still considerable of
the old-time atmosphere of romance left
in the Southland in spite of up-tO-date
invasions by the commercial spirit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

The cable men, on Midwey Island, in
the midst Of the Pacific, may strike II
the Navy Department persists in en-
forcing its order against shooting the
birds of beautiful plumage that frequent
the place. We can imagine no spot
more appropriate for such a senseless
move as a strike against so eminently
sensible an orderthan an island in the
middle of the ocean.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

This week the new Secretary of&fhe
Navy will start out on III. first official
NsSit to the navy yards of the East.
There Is reason to believe that with this
slight warning everything will be found
spick and span in the various summer
resorts
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
Untold Martyrdom.

Untold MartyIdom.
The sacrifice cannot be appreciated by
the ordinary being. but to The intrepid
twelve il means untold martyrdom. The
first meal will be Eft for king, but
after that. as the plan goes. the vic
tins will begin to cry. How long, Q,
Lord. how long,
The experiments as outlined contem-
plate the placing in cold storage of
certain quantity of chickens. beef, vege-
tables, fruit, and all staple articles.
These different articles will be as near
alike as possible.
Twelve husky. healthy subjects. VIII
be selected from the office staff OF the
bureau. and If a sufficient number can
not be obtained, several medical stu
dents who have offered their services
will be accepted
The first meal will be given some time
next month. 1t will consist of every
thing with which the experiments are
10 be made. Each member OF the class
Will be given a taste of the first article.
and then the whole will be put away IN
cold storage for month.
Separate packages viii be made OF
each article of food. so that at the end
of the second month. a certain quantity
Of each can be extracted without as
turbing the other portions This Will be
served to the class-and It is then that
the trouble will begin.
The first meal will be the real, frst
article but the second meal will be OF
food kept in cold storage for thirty
days.
Must Eat Heartily.
The student will be expected to eat
heartily of each article of food, and
give his impression as TO the taste
whether it is better than the first ar
ticle. or whether it is inferior. This
months. the monthly supply being regu-
lated 81 that a new package will be
opened cry thirty days.
No restriction will be placed upon the
class. Each member will be in honor
bound not to eat of any food outside
that supplied by the department.
The department. board of expert
chemists will dete. nine the condition
OF the food from lime TO time. The
substance OF the experiment Is to de-
termine how long certain articles Of
food will remain in good condition after
being placed in cold storage. ExamIna-
tions will be made every thirty days. II
viii be of great value 70 cold storage
/ dealers.
/ The entire plan. the scheme by which
I il will be worked. and the results hoped
I 10 be obtained viii be given TO the pub
I lie in a few days.
Smacking Their Lips.
/ Meanwhile, the members OF the ex-
, perimental class are smacking their lips
/ in anticipation Of the first meal, and
/ then shuddering when they think OF
| what will be produced thirty. sixty OF
/ pinety days later.
| But the chemist experts argue that il
! is all I'm the cause of science that grea
i results are TO be obtained, and that the
! members Of the class viii make a name
/ for martyrdOm that will be handed
/ down to pOsterity.
Dr. Wiley says he cannot make public
/ the details of the experiment until th'
matter has had the approval of tn
! Secretary of Agriculture. but he prom
| ises some interesting reading when tn
scheme is given out for publication.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

Judge Parker is said TO be angry at
the report that he said things about
the gold standard at the notification
which were not down in his speech Of
acceptance. If the judge is going 10
get mad every time somebody declares
that ne has done what he has not done.
he will have a largely increased bald
sDOt by next November
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

Mr.. Unger from Boston, visiting Wash
ington after tour of Germany. believes
that the privates Of the Kaisers army
make a better showing than do the Off
GERS OF the United States army. Tut,
tut. 1t all depends where one sees
them, whether on the bouveIard ogling
the girls or on the firing line bossing
the pumping Of the bullets
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

Sending American War
ships There No New Policy.
VOYAGES IN OTHER DAYS
Secretary Seward and Others Protected
Missionaries as Hay Is
Now Doing.

Sending an American fleet into Turk
ish waters to force "the sick man of
Europe" into complying with American
demands, is not a policy which began
with the present Administration, nor is
the Sultan's utter disregard for the
keeping Of his promises anything new.
Perusal of the foreign relations volumes
will show that there have been various
incidents of a similar character.
As early as 1866 there was a cry from
Crete. An insurrection was going for
ward, there were outrages by both Gre
tan and Turk and between the two the
American missionary was made afraid.
Secretary Seward sent over the Ticon-
deroga, which cruuised for a few months
in those waters until peace was restored.
Delayed Firmans.
In 1873 the Marion was sent to Volo
to investigate the massacres at Macrin-
itza, Larissa province, and the Dispatch
was given general orders for cruising
about Turkey. These vessels do not
appear TO have accomplished any last
Ing results, since from that time until
1895, the record is filled with accounts
of the burning of missionary buildings
and consequent negotiations with the
Sultan upon the subject.
Apparently. his majesty was Away :
amenable TO reason and readily saw
both the justice of the missionary de
mands for cash and measures to afford
safety, but somehow, he put off from
day to day the actual issuance OF fir
mans TO enforce his views.
In 1895 Secretary Olney, aroused by
a. series of outrages against the mis-
sionaries at Marash, at Smyrna. and
other places, ordered into Turkish
waters the Marblehead, the San Fran
cisco. and the Minneapolis.
Other Visits.
They visited Smyrna. AIexandretta,
and other ports and the Secretary
backed their mission with a note to the
porte, in which he said that the govern
ment of Turkey would be held response
BILE for any loss of life or property to
American citizens.
American naval vessels have visited
Turkey from time TO time since that
year. Two years ago the country was
delaying in it's payment of missionary
claims and another vessel was sent
thitheT to hurry up negotiations. A fan
promise was obtained, but many Of the
indemnities still remain unpaid.
A year ago insults were offered to an
American consul at Alexandretta- Yes
sells were again sent and again fax
words were the issue. Then came the
attempted assassination Of Vice Consul
MageIssen at Beirut last summer, and
for several months this cOuntry's war
ships again paraded the coast Of Asia
Minor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
Experts Are to Feast
On Cold Storage Food
Prof Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Ready to Begin
Experiments as to Deterioration.

as sacrifices on the altar of patriotism.
They are all ent husiastic, healthy young
men, and are willing to be fed and
suffer for the sake of humanity.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-02-05

As he sat there, plans for the futurs
came trooping through his brain. Now
he could go home to England. The
weary years of wandering, hardship,
and ill-luck were all behind him. He
saw himself taking his proper place
once more among his fellows, wealthy
beyond the most sanguine dreams of
ambition or avarice. No more sleeping
out on the veldt, frozen by night and
roasted by day-for your African des-
ert, even within 20 degrees of the
equator, is as cold as Labrador between
sunset and sunrise. There was a
gentleman's estate, good society, and
pleasures innumerable at the end of
the journey!
And wife, perhaps-the Queenly
Marcia Churchill.
They had laughed at him in Kim
berly when he talked of new
diamond country away off to the north
east, and no one had faith enough in
from an old Kaf1ir, to lend him paltry
100 pounds for an outfit. Well, the
laugh was his now! He would be a
diamond king!
Through all his visions of the past
with it's cruel hardships, and OF the
future with its golden triumphs, there
f1oated fair face-a woman's face
crowned with an aureole of dusky hair,
framing pair of steadfast gray eyes
that could look man through and
through, and forever Danish falsehood
and guile.
But perhaps she had not waited!
All, in that case-and with a sudden
tightening of the chest Dysart half
rose to his feet, showing himself full
in the ruddy glare of the fire. -
As II in answer to the cruel thought,
from out of the darkness across the
narrow stream there was an angry spat
of flame, a sharp report, and with
groan Richard sank back as though
lifeless, shot through the body! s.
A sound of hurried and scrambling
footsteps, a sudden FLASHING in the
shallow water, and then there appeared
out of the darkness whence the shot
had come the form of man running
swiftly. He made straight for the 81
lent figure of his victim, grabbed the
bag of diamonds lying by his side, and
vanished in the blackness whence he
had come
A life-tragedy in the space of two
hundred ticks of the watch!
The two Kaffir boys, startled by the
shot, saw only the silent form of the
"baas" and the swiftly moving appari-
tion that seemed to swoop down upon
them out of the African night. ~,
With a simultaneous yell they
dropped their tasks and fed into the
surrounding blackness. Richard Dy-
sart was left alone dying, perhaps
dead-alone on the veldt, treacherously
and cruelty robbed of his hard-won
treasure!