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Chelsea. July 1.-The Orange county
re- publican convention was a harmoniou:
affair. at which were nominated the fol
lowing candidates: Senator. Hale IS
Darling of this place; assistant judges
Warren L. Crafts OF Bradford and Henri,
F. Haywood OF Tunbrtdge; sheriff. L. w
Kent of Randolph; States attorney
Frank 8. Williams OF Bradford; )uds
Of probate. (east side. H. T, Baldwin o
Newbury, (west side). George l.. Stow o
Chslsea: high bailiff. william Worthy o
washington. Congressman Frank Plumle
and Allen Fletcher Of Cavendish ad
dressed the convention,
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douphnuts are an Improvement on tfc
last ones made?
Mr.. Gotham-"Oh' yes dear; the holes
ara larger. "-Yonkers Statasnan.
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potent Turkish government, torn by In.
ternal troubles. that It might do as It
pleased about the action.
Lightning From the WAR Cloud"
That was four years ago. Last year
came the ltalo-Turkish war over Trip.
oil. dragged along until recently with
no important actions. The rest Of the
world had almost forgotten that men
we're fighting and dying on the African
sands in a struggle that threatened to
be in~terminable. Peace negotiations
had hardly begun before the old war
cloud in the Balkans" this time q wal
cloud with no silver lining. began to
send out the lightnings Of real conflict
Before the world knew 1t Montenegrin
and Turkish soldiers were exchanging
shots across the border.
This years Balkan trouble came to a
head in August, when Turkish troops
attacked and massacred the inhabitants
of Bulgarian villages There were the
usual reports of men. women and chill
dren %butchered by the Turkish soldiery.
OF burnings and lootings. The great
nations have heard so many of these
reports in recent decades and have let
them 90 unheeded! But little Monte
negro. animated either by desire to
avenge the slaughtered or by a nation.
al yearning for expansion. or by both,
occupied Turkish territory and fighting
ensued.
Behind Montenegro. that little coun-
try that Is hardly more than a speck
on the map. stands Russia. with en-
couragement that is called secret. but
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21
More Than 100000 Fighters.

\ WsVsO USs0st t00O0pOOO 6sASS0IOs
/ A nation which can put INTO the field
l.l75.000 fighters. brave and fanatical.
Is not to be despised. Military critics
have said that II Italian territory bor-
dered on Turkish and that II Italy's
navy did not command the seas be-
tween the two countries the tale of the
wal would probably bear an entirely
different complexion. Man for man.
the Turkish soldier is as good as the
best Europe can show. and military
genius Is not lacking among the de-
s%cendants of the men who conquered
all Of southeastern Europe. Persia.
Syria and Egypt four centuries ago..
An important element in the situa.
ton is religion. II Turkey falls. and
with 1t a large part Of the temporal au-
thority Of the padishah. or sultan.
spiritual head of Mohammedanism, he
may call upon the Moslems of the
world to take up arms against their
Christian rulers. This would be an
extremely serious thing for Russia,
with her hordes Of Mussulman sub.
jects. and for Great Britain, with he.
millions Of Mohammedans in India and
elsewhere. Hindustan il already seeth.
ing with unrest. and the addition Of the
flames OF religious hatred might cause
the pot to boil over. bringing on an
other Indian mutiny.
Even the United States, which has
Mohammedan subjects in the Philip
pines. might feel the tidal wave OF
trouble which would sweep around the
world. While the temporal owe of
Constantinople has waned, the reli-
gtous authority Of the sultan has in.
creased. He commands the religious
allegiance Of Mohammedans In all
parts OF the world.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21

in the "a against Russia in 1915
and In the brief. almost ridiculous way
in which they disposed Of Greece in
1897.
Russian homes still mourn the thou
sands who battered themselves to
pieces against the walls Of Plevna. and
the Greeks know from bitter expert
ence that an expedition against the
Turks 10 Just the reverse Of q picnic.
Italy has recently evinced decided re-
spect for the fighters able to with
stand her in the African sands. All
Europe. In short, knows that as q mill
tary power Turkey IL far from being
decadent, however 1t may be with her
In other points Of civilization.
II 10 this which has given pause to
Europe when thoughts OF taking
vengeance for Christians massacred in
Asia Minor and European Turkey were
in the air. Il was this which nullifed
the efforts Of Gladstone laundering In
English mass meetings against the
great assassin" Turkey has been
dubbed the sick man Of Europe" but
In at least one Of his members. the
army. he has shown great and endur-
ing vitality.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21

much can be gathered from the expert.
ences Of the past. There Is and has
been too much likelihood Of tho bayo-
nets Of Russia and the other European
powers becoming mixed in friendly or
hostile fashion with those Of other
great powers or with the weapons Of
the states directly interested.
It u not be forgotten that the paw
OF the bear which walks like q man.
Is extended in tho direction Of Con-
stantinople and that Russian states
men would like nothing better than to
hear the Orthodox mass intoned In the
ancient church. now the mosque. Of st,
Sophia There is that old. possibly
mythical will Of Peter the Great
which. according to legend or authen-
tic history. bids his descendants not to
sleep in peace until the Russian might
sits e%nthroned by the Dardanelles.
One thing about q Balkan war may
be stated with surety That 10 that
the Turk il a mighty good fighter and
yields only when he is overwhelmed.
This 10 true individually and collec-
lively OF the Ottoman warriors. They
proved their fighting qualities and
their generals displayed their abilities
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21

Were Il not for the fact that the
same hour which ushers in the freedom
OF Europe from the presence Of the
Turk will probably mean the inaugura.
ton of q reign Of jealousy and strife
among the Balkan powers 1t would be
a contamination devoutly to be desired.
Macedonia Is soaked In the blood Of
Christians massacred by Turkish
troops with the connivance or open ap-
prevail Of the authorities, and other Eu-
ropean and Asiatic Christians have
felt the bitter weight Of the Turkish
yoke. They are not angels by any
means. these Macedonian victims Of
Turkish misgovernment: they are tur-
bulent.' unruly. vindictive. passionate
and given to murder as an ordinary
pastime. but they are. after all, core
ligiontsts Of the people Of the great
powers. and they deserve a better fate
than massacre for their religious be.
lief.
Likelihood Of European Mixup.
As to the probable outcome OF war in
the Balkans between Servia. Bulgaria,
Montenegro and Greece. united in spite
OF their mutual jealousies. on the one
hand! and Turkey on the other. not
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21

is really open. And behind Russia 70
the impelling force Of the desire to
force the Ottomans back into Asia,
whence they came ct the end OF the
fourteenth century to conquer Servia
and establish themselves In Europe.
They had already seized Adrianople, in
1861. and made 1t their capital.
All Former Turkish Proviness.
Turkey stands now rnsed around
with Christian powers most of whom
It held In subsection at one time or
other In the four centuries and a half
that have elapsed since Mohammed II.
and his terrible Mussulman warriors
crashed through the walls Of Byzan.
tium. the city that was the last rem.
nant Of the Roman empire. For CEN
turtles Turkey held in subsection the
Christian folk within her European
empire and deied the Christian powers
to set them tree. But the power Of the
crescent waned with the centuries, and
mtsgovernment and corruption dis
placed the strong centralized govern
ment founded by Mohammed and his
able SUCCESSORS.
For at least two centuries Europe has
been hoping and plotting for the time
when concerted action would make
possible the forcing back Of the Otto
mans beyond the Dardanelles. It may
be that the hour has struck now and
that the taking Of Bosnia and Herze-
govtna by Austria Hungary. the viz
tual freeing Of Egypt and the occupa-
ton OF Tripoli by Italy mean the real
tzation Of the dream.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21

Gasoline 10 not suited for use in ma
rtne power plants. Its volatile nature
makes leaks from pipes or tanks ex-
tremely dangerous to ship and crew
and cargo Residual fuel oil is safe
from the possibility Of forming an ex-
plosive mixture with the air The by
products Of combustion are discharged
through apertures in the upper part Of
the mainmast and the smoke from the
galley fires through the mizzenmast.
In ~nontechnical language 1t may be
said that the Christian x. and the Sc
landia are propelled by compressed air
and crude fuel oil. highly expanded.
hitting pistons. It may almost be said
that the vessels kick themselves
along, but the kicks come SO rapidly
and so continuously and are applied in
such a manner by the proper coupling
Of the eight cylinders Of the internal
explosion motors that the progress Of
the vessels through the water Is steady
ana smooth. There 10 no jerkiness in
the movement. The cylinders are cou-
pied In tours and are of 1880 horse
power to each series Of four.
In virtually every respect the running
an advance in economy over the steam
ship. For instance. in a steamship Of
the size OF the Christian x. or her sis
ter ship forty-five men would be need
ed In the engine room to handle the
fifty tons Of coal she would burn every
twenty -four hours Of steady sailing.
In h "sea automobile" only ten men
are required This means a saving OF
at least $3.50 a month In wages and
food. The first cost Of the ship Is
greater. but there 10 q saving in the
end. According to an eminent New
York engineer. "an oil engined ship is
more expensive to build and equip than
q steam engined ship. In the case Of
such large vessels as the Selandia
and Christian x. the difference is as
much as $4,000 The East Asiastic
company Of Copenhagen. the concern
Tor which these two vessels were built.
estimated that there would be a saving
OF some $685. 600 per annum for each
ship II engined with motors In place OF
steam engines
Each ship was supposed to make
three round trips or voyages from Co.
penhagen to the far east via the Suez
canal in that time. This plan was
changed latter. and the Christian x.
was sent from Europe to New Orleans
n then to New York; They caicu-
lated also upon a gain OF q thousand
tons In cargo space (saved by the
smaller size of the enginesl. which rep
resented to them not less than $4,000
per voyage. or $4,000 per ship per an.
num- II the calculations of the owners
are correct the extra cost Of these TO-.
900 ton motorships will have been
earned and written OF within eighteen
months" ARTHUR ! BRlETON
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21
new ENGINES OF War TESTED BY WORLDS ARMIES

r all OF mans ingenuity now T
toward the devising Of new ways
Of killing and manning his fellow
u man In honorable warfare" were
turned to the service Of peace the ad-
vance of the millennium would be sensi-
bly, fastened. Throughout the world.
whenever a new invention or discovery
in science Is discussed. the first thought
OF man seems to be-: "Of what use will
it be in war time?" Even such SEEM
ingly peaceable inventions as the aero
plane and wireless telegraphy and to-
lephony have been adapted. almost inn
mediately after their appearance. as
probabilities to the q Of the soldier.
Recent maneuvers in Great Britain.
the United States and elsewhere have
been made the testing grounds for
some OF h latest inventions adapted
to war uses. With them have been
tried inventions made especially for
military purposes. For instance, in the
recent movements Of the Michigan ma
tional guard extensive experiments
were made with giant motor trucks as
q substitute for the army mule. It wal
decided that The motor wagon 10 al.
most Indispensable in field service and
Is more efficient in many branches of
military work than the animal.
One truck supplanted ten horses and
four pack mules in conveying signal
corps wireless equipment and men. 1t
covered often twenty miles in IN hour
over very poo roads. whereas the pack
mules would have required a day to
travel twenty miles. No forced stops
were. made at any time during the test.
and 1t was found to he possible to set
up the station for h transmission of
messages with greater speed and less
labor than when mules we're used.
The British maneuvers brought out
for the inspection Of military men of
many countries several novelties in
war equipment Among them the
wireless telephone apparatus attracted
much attention. One of the most in.
teresting pictures of the maneuvers
shows the Siamese military attache
watching the work of the wireless men
in the field. OF course the use of wire-
less telegraphy In the field has become
almost a commonplace of many military
maneuvers.
France saw a few days ago a review
of army aeroplanes In the presence Of
the secretary of war Of the republic.
heads Of the army. military attaches
and many other spectators more than
a hundred nytnR machines mounted
into the atmosphere and winged away.
imprcssing the behoidcr with q sense
OF Frances might In the air. France
maintains tts supremacy over other
nations " the matter OF military aero.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21

they will drive from the seas altogether
the reciprocatfng engine vessel and the
newer turbine driven ship. Most nau.
teal experts will not go 80 far az that,
however. while %conceding to the novel;
ty the merits proved by successful ex-
pertinent.
Sea automobile 10 a good term for
the Selandi and the Christian X. but
the reader must imagine an automobile
IN the shape of u steamship. 1915 feet
long and 80 feet vide He must equip
her with three Inasts. but he must by
no means picture between the fore
mast and the ma,n:nAst or bet ween the
latter and the m%,zzennnast the tunnels
that are so familla! q feature OF the
ordinary shy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21

The motorship carries no tunnels.
When a captain or q lookout sights tho
Christian x. or the Selandia at sea or
In port he first thing he does 10 rub
his eyes Then. II he 10 near enough.
he halls her and wants to know what
has become Of her tunnels Captain
Miss of the Christian x. reported on
his arrival In New York from New Or.
leans the other day that he had been
queried by every ship he had sighted
as to what he had dome with hts smoke.
stacks.
Like its land relative. the sea auto.
mobile burns oil. bui fuel oil. not gaso-
line Fuas OIL IL what Is left OF petrU.
i..um after the gasoline Inc the kero.
evGss h8'e been removed BY dietilIattou
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21

planes. Germany has devoted more at
tention comparatively to the ~dirigible
balloon and possesses a fieet of the big
gas bags equipped for var purposes.
Great Britain's army has dirigibles,
and their maneuvers formed an inter-
esting feature Of the recent great turn.
out Of the home army. One Of the big
British dirtgibles. the Delta. 10 shown
in the picture. Some idea of its size
may be gained from the fact that 1t
took more than twelve men to open the
door Of the shed which housed it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-21
BY CHARLES A. LURE.

- Neuis ago a leading encv-
81 ftopecla writer said of the
Balkans. THE strife Of nation
Il allties is intense in the Balkan
peninsula and threatens at any mo-
ment to disturb the existing urder..
The same might have been written
with truth at any time within the past
hundred years. Indeed. so constant
and continuous has been the condition
OF disturbance in the Balkans that IL
became trite. commonplace.
The war cloud over the Balkans.
has been one Of the stock jokes OF
newspaper Offices in Europe and Amer
lea. Wars and runlors Of wars have
been the normal condition OF affairs in
the southeastern corner of Europe:
peace has been the abnormality.
Ordinary rumors OF serious trouble
there would therefore have peer re-
ceived with in~credulity by the wise men
who's business it is to read the cable
dispatches carefully. But when the
armies Of four distinct nationaiities
were modified for immediate action
against Turkey. when reports told OF
the putting on a war footing Of more
than 1.009.o 600 soldiers. the editors in.
structed their war correspondents to
prepare for service and ordered the
s%napshotters to load up their cameras.
Real war was in sight in the Balkans
after decades of talk.
The Balkan states have been un.
usually disturbed and restless since
1908. when Bulgaria declared her in
dependence OF Turkey and Austria
Hungary startled Europe and the rest
OF the world by gobbling up the Turk
tSh provinces of Bosnia and Herze-
govina. Some Of the Balkan states
saw in the action of the dual monarchy
a menace to their own existence and
feared the loss of their autonomy. gain
ed with pain and anguish from Turkey.
4ut Europe acquiesced in the action of
Franz Josef's government and the war
talk Quoted down. None of the Balkan
states was strong enough by itself to
pick up the gauntlet. and there was at
that time no possibility Of a coalition.
SO Austria gained two important prov
inces simply by the process Of stretch
ing out her hand and telling the i'm
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OF course nowadays. az in orrne
years an army travels on its stom-
ach." which is All old way of saying
that a soldier must be fed before he
can be intrusted with the task OF fight
ing the enemy Travelling field kitch.
ems formed an interesting part of the
equipment at the British maneuyern
and In the big red and blue skirmishes
around New York city. The pho
tograph shows a travelling British
camp kitchen.
RALPH g. pRESroN
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l z OF since the turbine appeared

IA OF since the turbine appeared
on the scene in the marine
engineering world, promising
relief from the defects Ut the
r~eciprocating engine. has so great an
advance been made in that line as that
of the sea automobile" newest OF
ships. The recent appearance OF the
latter In New York and other great
ports Of the world aroused the observ-
ers Of marine affairs. They are unani.
NOUS. or almost 80. in calling the ocean
going motor driven vessel the fore
inner OF a revolution in navigation.
There are now only two of these ships
aloat. the Christian X. and the Sc
iandia. but there will soon be others
Enthusiasts assert that In q few years
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-14
School Notes

The Crescent Literary Society
gave a fine program Friday after
noon.
Mr.. McVay gave a fine speech
Monday noon on "The Ability of
the Scholar"
Miss Myrtle Sweet aud Marie
Irwin were visiting over Sunday
with Miss Iva Sweet of Armour.
The Senior boys we're enjoying
the beautiful sunshine Sunday
afternoon by the appearance of
things.
The Senior boys must be taking
sides with the turks by the appear
ance of those new hats. If the
Senior boys weren't so digniied
some people would judge by ap.
pearance they have "rooms to rent"
Others probably would say "They
are being paid for wearing them
by Feltons'. :
The Z%etalethlan and Crescent
literary societies are having a
spelling contest, but, of course the
Zetalethians will win.
Mies Bolleman and her basket
ball team are certainly making
fine progress in the art of the
game.
1t has been rumored that two
senior boys are studying after
supper. OF course we don't know
if it's true OF not, but if they are,
its surely "Human Nature"
The Boy Scouts received their
new suits Wednesday morning and
they certainly are an "honor to our
land"
Miss Nina Wagner was visiting
at home over Sunday.
Miss Melick n of u last
years teachers was visiting her
friends here the first part of the
week.
Mr.. McVay was a happy man
Monday morning and was wearing
a larger smile than usual. Of
course everybody knows why!
The senior boys must be train
ing for a five hundred yard dash,
judging from their sprint through
the middle of main street to the
school house Tuesday noon.
Miss Frieda Landmann, a senior
Of 1912, who il attending the uni.
versity of South Dakota, was a
visitor of the high school Monday
morning,