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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

Gasoline Is not suited for use IN ma
rine powe plants It's volatile nature
makes leaks from pipes or tanks ex-
trtImely 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
e rough apertures In the upper part OF
the mainmast n the smoke from tho
galley fires through the mizzenmast
In nontechnical language 1t may be
said Ia the Christian X and the Sc
landia are propelled by compressed air
and crude fuel oil. highly expanded.
hitting pistons. 1t 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
and smooth There is no jerkiness in
pied in tours and are of 1850 horse
power to each series OF four
In virtually every respect the running
of the new motor driven vessels marks
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-f1ve 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 the 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 is q saving in the
end According to an eminent New
York engineer IAN oil engined ship is
more expensive to build and equip than
a steam engined ship In the case OF
such large vessels as the Selandia
and Christian X the difference is as
much as $50, 900 The East Asiastic
company of Copenhagen. the concern
for which these two vessels were built.
estimated that there wos't he a saving
of some $4,000 per for each
ship II engined with u n 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
and then to New York They caicu-
lated also upon a Jain OF a thousand
tons in cargo space tsaved by the
smaller size of the engines1 which rep
resented to them not less than $4,000
per voyage. OF SIS 600 per ship pei an
mum II the calculations OF the owners
are correct the extra cost OF these H.
900 ton moturships will have been
earned and written aft within eighteen
months" ARTHUR } BRtNTON.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

+ all OF mans ingenuity o turned
toward the devising OF new ways
of killing and manning his fellow
y man In honorable warfare" were
turned to the service of peace the ad-
vance Of the millennium would be sensi-
bly, hastened. Throughout the world.
whenever q new Invention or discovery
in science In discussed. the nrst thought
of man seems TO be: "Of what use will
II be in war timer" Even such SEEM
ingly peaceabls Inventions as the aero
plane and wireless ~telegraphy and to-
Iephony have been adapted. almost i'm
mediately after their appearance. as
probabilities to the use OF the soldier.
Recent maneuvers in Great Britain,
the United States and elsewhere have
been mad the testing grounds for
some Of the 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 mad with giant motor trucks as
a substitute for the army mule 1t was
decided that the motor wagon il 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 II
covered often twenty miles In an hour
over very poor 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 be possible to set
up the station for The transmission Of
messages with greater speed and less
labor than when mules were used.
The British mAneuvers brought out
for h 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 mon
in the field OF course the use Of wire
less teiegrnphy in the field las become
almost . 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
q hundred flying machines mounted
INTO the atmosphere and winged away,
impressin9 the beholder with a sense
OF Frances might IN the air France
maintains Its supremacy over other
nations in the matter OF military aero
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

potent Turkish government. o by in
ternal troubles. that IL might do Us II
pleased about the action
Lightning From the War Cloud"
That was four years ago Last year
came the Italo-Turkish war over Trip
OH. dragged along until recently with
no Important actions, The rest OF tina
world had almost forgotten that men
We're fighting and dying on the African
sans IN Il struggle that threatened to
be interminable Peace negotiations
had hardly begun before the old war
cloud in the Balkans" this time q war
loud with no silver lining, began to
send out the lightnlngs OF real conflict.
Before the world knew Ii Montenegro
n Turkish soldiers were exchanging
shots across the border
This years Balkan trouble came to a
head In August. when Turkish troops
attacked and m~assacred the inhabitants
Of Bulgarian villages There were the
usual reports of men, women and chill
dren b%utchered by the Turkish soldiery.
Of burnings and lootings The great
nations ha v heard so many of these
reports In recent decades and have let
them go unheeded, But little Monte
negro. animated either by desire to
avenge the slaughtered or by a nation
al y~earning 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
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

is really open. And behind Russia Is
the inlpelling force OF the desire to
fore. the Ottomans back INTO ASIA.
fourteenth century TO conquer ServIa
and establish themselves IN Europe.
They had already seized A~drlanopie. N
1861. and made II their capital.
All Former Turkish Provinces.
Turkey stands now rlnged around
with Christian power most OF whom
II held in subsection at one time or
other in the four centuries n a half
that have elapsed since Mohamned ii.
and his terrible Mussulman warriors
crashed through the walls of Byzan-
nant OF the Roman empire For CEN
turtles Turkey held in subsection he
Christian folk within her European
empire and defied the Christian powers
to set them free But the power OF the
crescent waned with the centuries and
misgovernment and corruption dis
placed the strong centralized govern
ment founded by Mohammed m 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 D~ardanelles 1t may
be that the hour a struck now and
that the taking of Bosnia and HeIze-
govina by Austria Hungary the vir-
tual freeing OF Egypt and tho occupa-
Z ton OF Tripod, by Italy mean the real
izatiOn of the dream
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

in the war against Russia In 1878
n IN the brief. almost ridiculous way
In which they disposed OF Greece IN
1897
RUSSIAN nomes 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 Is Just the reverse OF Il picnic.
Italy has recently evtnced decided re-
spect for the fighters able to with
stand her in the African sands All
Europe In short. knows that az a mill
tary power Turkey is far from being
dscadent however II may BE- with her
In other points OF civilization
II Is this which nas given pause to
Europe when thoughts of taking
vengeance for Christians massacred IN
ASIA Minor and European Turkey were
in the air II was this which nullifed
the efforts of Gladstone laundering In
English mass meetings against the
great assassin" Turkey has beer
dubbed the sick man o, Europe" but
In at least one of his members. the
army he has shown great and endur-
ing vitality
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

much can be gathered from the expert
en-, es OF the past There 10 and mas
been too much likelihood OF the bayo-
nets OF Russia and the other European
power becoming mixed IN friendly or
hostile fashion with those of other
great powers or with the weapons OF
the states directly interested
II must not be- forgotten that the paw
OF the bear which walks like \ man"
Is extended In the direction OF Con
stantinople and that Russian states
men would like nothing better thar to
hear the Orthodox mass intoned In the
ancient church. now the mosque OF St.
Sophia There 10 hat old. possibly
mythical will OF Peter the Great
which. according to legend or anthem
tic history. bids his descendants not to
sleep IN peace Until the Russian might
sits enthroned by the Dardaneiles
One thing about a Balkan war may
be stated with surety That 10 that
the turk Is a mighty good fighter and
yields only when he Is overwhelmed.
This Is true Individually and collec-
lively OF the Ottoman warriors. They
proved their fighting qualities and
their generals displayed their abilities
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

Were II not for the fact that the
same Jul which uShers in the fre.doin
of Europe from the presence OF the
Turk will probably mean the Inaugural
ton OF a reign Of jealousy and strife
among the Balka powers II would be
a contamination deVoutly to be desired
Macedonia is soaked In the blood OF
Christians massacred by Turkish
troops with the c~onnivance 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
Turks misgovernment. they are tur-
bulent. unruly vindictive. passionate
and given to murder as an ordinary
pastime but they are. after all core
ligionists Of the people of h great
powers and they deserve a better fate
than massacre for their religious be-
lief
Likelihood Of European Mixup.
AS to the probable outcom OF war In
the Balkans between Servia. Bulgaria,
Montenegro and Greece, united in spite
Of their mutual jealousies. IN the one
hand and Turkey on the other not
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

or course nowadays. as IN former
years. an army travels or it's stotn-
ach." which ls an old way OF sayins
that @ soldier must be fed before hs
can be Entrusted with the tasl Of fight
ing the enemy Travelling field kitch-
ems formed an interesting rar, OF the
equipment at the British
n in the big red and blue skirn1ishe.
around New York city The pho.
tograph shows a travelling British
camp kitchen
RALF'H S. PRESTON.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

they will drive from the seas altogether
the ~reciprocating engine vessel and the
newer turbine driven ship Most nau-
teal experts will not go so far az that.
however while conceding to the novel
ty the merits proved by successful ex-
pertinent
"Sea automobile" is a good term for
the Selandia and the Christian X. but
the reader must imagine an automobile
in the shape of d steamship. 375 feet
long and SO feet wide He must equip
her with three masts out he must by
no means picture between the fore
mast and the malnmast OF the
latter and the mlzzenmast the funnel
that are so familiar q feature vi the
ordinary ship.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

The motorship carries no furn"iS
When a captain or Il ookou ste
Christian X OF the Selandia al
In port the first thing he does Is tuo
his eyes Then. If he is neal enough.
he halls her und wants 10 know what
has becom of her tunnels Captain
Miss of the Christian X reported on
his arrival In New York from New Or
leans the other day hat he mad been
queried by every ship he had sighted
az TO what he had don with his smoke
stacks
Like its land relative the sea auto
mobile burns oil but fuel oil, not gaso-
line Fuel oil is what is left OF petro-
ieum after the gasoline and the kero-
seus nase been removed by distillation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04
NEW ENGINES OF WAR TESTED BY WORLDS ARMIES

planes Germany has devoted more at
tentlon comparatively to the ~dlr,gible
balloon and possesses a fleet Of the big
gas bags equipped for war
Great Britaln's army has d~irlgibles,
n their maneuvers formed an inter-
estinR feature OF the recent great turn.
u OF the home army One OF the big
British dlrigibies. the Delta. is shown
in the picture. Some idea OF Its SIZE
may be gained from the fact thai it
took more thar twelve men to open the
door OF the shed which housed IL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

N EN- years ago d reading ency-
~.clopedia writer said Of the
Balkans. 1.-The strife OF nation
alities is intense in the Balkan
peninsula and threatens at any no
ment to disturb the existing order"
The same might have been written
with truth at any time within the past
hundred years, Indeed, so constant
n continuous has been the condition
of disturbance in the Balkans that II
became trite. commonplace.
The war cloud over the Balkans"
has been n of the stock Jokes of
newspaper Offices in Europe and Amer
ica. Wars and ruInorS OF wars ha ave
been the normal condition Of affairs IN
che southeastern corner OF Europe,
peace has been the abnormality
Ordinary JUNIORS OF serious trouble
there would therefore have been re-
ceived with increduIity by the wise men
whose business II is TO read the cable
dispatches carefully But when the
armies of -four distinct nationalities
were modified for Immediate action
against Turk~ when reports told OF
fB6-pUttl1g on q wal footing OF more
than 1000. 600 soldiers. the editors IN
structed their war correspondents to
prepare for service and ordered the
snapshotters TO load up their cameras.
Real war was in sight in the Balkans
after decades Of talk
The Balkan states have been I'M
usually disturbed and restless since
1903. 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-
Eovina. 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.
But 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 cut her hand and telling the I'M
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

n OF since the turbine appeared
on the scene in the marine
engineering world, promising
L relief from the defects of the
r~eciprocating engine. has SO great an
advance been mace 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 ohserv-
ers of marine affairs. They are unani-
nous. or almost SO. in Calling the ocean
going rotor driven vessel the fore
runner CT a revolution in navigation
There are aow only two Of these ships
anoat. the Chriotia X. and the Sc
india. but Il ere viii ooE Se others
tsarhnsiasts asserf tisaf in . few ysars
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-20
Episcopal Churches
Map Lenten Program

The Episcopal churches of Omaha and
South Omaha observe Lent by uniting
in a series Of interparochial services on
Thursday evenings. and by conducting
MONDAY services at Trinity cathedral
from II to 12:sO each day throughout the
season. The first of the interparochiaI
services will be held at st. Stephens
Mission. Twenty-fourth and Ames ave-
nue., next Monday evening, when Rev.
T. ]. Mackay, rector of All Saints
church, will preach. st. Stephens Mis-
sion was only organized the first, of
ing, so the service will be held in Sara
toga hall, where services are being held
pending the erection of q new church at
Twenty-seventh and TempIeton streets.
The second service OF the series will
be held at All Saints church on Thurs
day evening. February g. where Rev. A.
G. White, rector Of st. Martins church,
will preach.
The MONDAY services at the cathedral
will be started Ash Wednesday by Rev.
John Williams. rector OF ST. Barnabas
church. The following week the services
will be continued by Rev. L. W. Heaton
and Rev. C. II. Bascom.
Ash Wednesday will be observed with
service at every Episcopal church in
the city, and special services for the
whole Lenten season were announced
yesterday at the several churches.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-20

SHEEP-The same ailment that caused
a dull, mean trade in sheep and lambs at
last weeks close, was responsible for a
slow, bearish demand today. Trade was
TOO heavily loaded to permit free move
ment an excessive run prompting leisurely
purchase and efforts at cheapening cost
Right around 15.0c0 head OF fat stock ar
rived, some through Colorados being in
cluded and bulk of this estimate con-
sisted of fed ewes and fed lambs
Reluctant buying early delayed the main
session until well along toward midday,
but there were scattered orders at the
opening that APPEARED to be more or lees
urgent and business transacted before s:3Q
O'Clock averaged steady TO merely q shade
lower. as compared with prices in force
last Friday. Offerings that did not get
the benefit Of early competition had to
clear on a quiet market that was gen
orally quoted I04isc lower.
Toppy western lambs bought, S.&, the
best figure paid for stock OF this descrip-
ton. while good classes ranged at S0C
and less. Common 10 fair grades were
wanted only at big discounts, the range
in values amounting to about l:S.
Sheep sold less readily than lambs in
most instances as local trade in ma
tured muttons has been crowdlng eastern
markets for some time past. Extra good
ewes landed at s.. IS, but 1t required long
workouts to place unattractive strings al
s. 80 and less. Wethers and yearlings were
scarce, choice wethers moving AZ slS,
with yearlings quctable up to S.Ss.
The feeder market was a seasonably
small affair. owing to slack demand and
meager supply. Weekly purchases on
country account lately have been ranging
around 5.co0 head.
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Good
to choice lambs. s600dS25 fair TO good
lambs, s 1905 %: good to choice yearlings,
e Olff5 %. fair 10 good yearljnxs "a kS9l
500: good to choice wethers, 4.15f54 IS,
fair to good wethers. SS.f5ff4. l5: good to
choice ewes. ss.s5aS IS: fair to good ewes,
81 .0o9l3.65.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-20
new YORK STOCK MARKET
Reading Only Prominent Stock to
Move as Much as Point.
EARLY LOSS IN PRICE MADE UP
Tone Heavy I'm First Part of Day
and Prices Are Cut, But List
Hardens in Latter Part
of Session.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1e.-Reading was the
only market leader to move today more
than a fraction from last weeks close
That stock was under pressure during the
morning and lost point, but made II
up In the afternoon.
The market moved with Reading. The
tone was heavy In the early part Of
the day and prices were cut fractionally.
In the latter part of the session the list
hardened.
Quotations at the close were barely
changed on the day.
The pressure against Reading appsr-
emily was due TO bear selling on the
idea that the supreme court might render
Its decision in the anthracite case. As
several other important cases are
pending In the supreme court there was
disposition among the trading element
to await word from Washington whether
decisions were to be made In any OF the
cases in which the most interest il felt
In Wall street.
The copper stocks showed continued
firmness. American Sugar was I'M
changed.
ST. Louis Southwestern. Central
Leather, preferred Westinghouse,
Mackay Companies and General Electric
were the strongest, rising a point or
more.
Improvement in freight movements oil
western roads during the last week was
half of February in many cases show
considerable gains chiefly on account of
unusually large receipts Of farm pro-
ducts
II was said that the enlarged volume
OF traffic represented to a considerable
extent the congestion due TO the recent
severe weather and that no definite and
sustained Improvement was expected
until there was a corresponding change
In general business conditions.
Germany again borrowed money In this
market. New York bankers received
bids Of ~ per cent for one month loans.
offers 80 much above the current quota
tons here as to attract some large ship
ments. Bankers ascribed the demand
for money In Berlin to commercial
activity and the requirments Of the ap-
preaching settlement. Movement Of gold:
$1,000 was made today for Argentina.
The bond market was steady. Total
sales par value, si,sss.o0 United States
bonds were unchanged on call.
Number OF sales and leading quotations
on stocks today were as follows:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-20
Former Omaha Boy
Makes Discoveries

In the current issue of the Literary
Digest attention is paid to Prof. Stebbins
and his astronomical observations Of the
Demon Star and its companion. Prof.
Stebbins, an instructor in the University
of Illinois, is a son OF C. s. Stebbins OF
this city. and graduated from the Omaha
High school. Speaking of new discoveries
about the Demon Star" the Literary
Digest says:
1.-THE variable star Algol, sometimes
known as the Demon oscillates con-
tinually between the second and the
fourth magnitude, taking q few hours
less than three days to make the change.
This periodical alteration in brilliancy
has been shown to be due to the fact that
Algol is a double star. consisting Of two
celestian bodies revolving in orbits about
their common center OF gravity. The
change in brightness is explained by sup
posing one of the bodies TO be brilliant
and the other dark. SO that when the
second passes between US and the other,
its light is shut off. Now. however,
comes an American astronomer, Prof.
Stebbins, Of the University of Illinois,
who shows thatthe companion" Of Aigol,
far from being dark, shines with over
five times the brightness Of our own sun.
Surprising as this Is. it does not funda-
mentally alter the theory of Algols varia-
ton, for the brighter OF the two COM
ponents OF that star is more than fifty
times as bright as our sun, and Q large
percentage of the light is, therefore, shut
off when its companion passes in front of
it-enough to account for the observed
change In magnitude"