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porte. This counter-project discards
all control when all experience In the
past. more cruelty than all that of Mace
donia. proves that without control Otto
man reform is a vain and futile word
Travellers returning from Armenia re-
count the scenes of disorders that are
daily occurring. Acts OF brigandage. eVic-
ton Of Armenians to the profit of kurds.
In word. Armenia is a seething cauldfon
, OF disaffection and Armenians are being
provoked beyond endurance and thus the
| savage Kurds may he let loose again
upon a defenseless people
There Is little wonder. therefore, that
Christian Armenia is ready to welcome
| the Russians rs liberators. Across the
border in Trans-Caucasia Armcnians
| look with envious admiration upon their
brethren under the rule OF Prince No-
rontzof-Dackof. prosperous and confenfed.
Nor is it at all likely that when the
| kurds make their attack they will md
the -Armenians with barred necks for the
slaughter. but a people whose arms have
been strengthened and their souls pre-
pared for desperate defense.
| The moral situation of Russia In the
presence of a catastrophe will be grave.
and 1t Is inconceiv-
Possible Russian able even for the
characteristic indif-
o"s"s'AoPAe. ference OF the Turk
that he takes no heed of the fate of Ar
menia if the catastrophe should happen.
NJ. Milioukof. former president OF the
| duma. delegate to the international con-
ference at Paris, said that the conference
| had manifested the great unanimity of
European public opinion on the capital
| Importance OF Armenian reforms. For
| NJ. Milioukof it was interesting to follow
the arguments of his German colleague
Prof. Lepsius. In Russia 1t was thought
that Germany was not in accord con-
| corning the Armenian situation But
since the conversations Germany had
understanding: on the contrary. there was
! complete accord on the fundamental
principles.
NJ. Mil.oukof thought that too many con-
\ cessons had been made to the Turkish
government. He recalled the counsel
already given by Gladstone in 1885 mot
to place too much faith in Turkish prom
| ises. but to exact guarantees and not
to abstain in emergency from using
| public opinion in Russia on the question
| of Armenian reforms was neither an i'm
/, perialist opinion or annexaConist
| opinion. but the desire of the people for
peace and tranquility on the Russian
frontier.
The declarations of Djavid hey at Ber-
lin on the question of reforms in which
the Ottoman government will not admit
| of any control of the powers have been
approved at Constantinople by all the
| unionist organs defenders of the indie
pendence and sovereignty of Turkey. From
| this it would appear that the cabinet OF
Said Hahn Pasha had taken its stand
and that it would not admit of any
| transaction on this point. mo foreign
councillors attached to the powers and
thus apparently acting by controllers
| holding Turkey in tutelage. and de-
velopment will be permitted it is said
| "Only functionaries designated by the
powers but employed Ottoman em-
ployes, will be acceptable
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German-Trained
Turkish Troops


Turkish soldiers trained by Germans
along the Caucasian frontier. The
Young Turk should not be surprised at
the unexpected that happens. He has
had SO much of the unexpected these
recent months that we might expect
that he would be wary of too great
risks. But the principal characteristic
of the Turk is his audacity. which IL
often stupid.
The correspondent of LIE Temps has
interviewed a high personality at Con-
stantinople. who declared that "Tur-
key ardently desired the Introduction
of reforms in Armenia" 1t is true
that occidentals have formed quite a
sired. but the Turkish gentleman's
views are cited if for nothing else be.
cause of their novelty
A commission. said the speaker. conn
were assembled at Van. They were
ordered to bring to this thorny SUBJ
Ject OF reforms the necessary solution"
In certain provinces the Mussulman
outnumbered the Armenian. Can one
imagine, he continued, a more awkward
measure than the establishment of
program of reforms IMPOSED by a
minority? You would establish order
and harmony? BY reforms imposed
oy the minority you obtain only in
You desire to inaugurate an era Of
tranquility and of progressc The gen
tleman from Turkey feared. that dis
trust would be heightened and daily
clashing would do the rest.
The real formula was to cause re-
forms to be loved and respected ON
the contrary. European reform will be
mated and detested. 1t was necessary
that the two races who live sid. bv
side in these countries should form a
pean control an abyss will have been
opened between races
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Proposed
Assemblies.

same plan. The powers would control the
working of this regime by the intermedi-
airy OF the ambassadors and also by their
consuls better placed. in fact. to learn of
the proper application OF the reform than
others.
The government at Constantinople re-
fused to accept this proposition and de-
clared that the executive powers of Eu-
ropean agents and every other kind of
control would constitute an intolerable
attack on Ottoman sovereignty.
The Young Turks appeared to ig-
more article 81 of the treaty Of Berlin
1s78) to which the imperial govern
ment had adhered. and likewise to the
memorandum of 1895, which the am
bassadors of England, France and Rus
sia had submitted. memorandum which
provided for European control The
porte had no want of any one to re-
form the administration of its Ar
menian vilayets-it would see to that
itself.
To these projects it replied finally
by submitting a eounter-project pro-
viding for the nomination of Ottoman
inspectors general, assisted by Euro
pean counselors. who would remain
under the absolute dependence of the
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Russia will have something to say
on this question of Armenian reforms
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Uncle Sam is on the trail of the ma
laria-carrying mosquito. In much the
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Turkish
View.

erty of the Armenian landholder by the
Ottoman functionary. Nor was this
all. for when the Armenian landhold-
err resisted the corrupt functionary emf
ployed the savage and ferocious aux
Gus designs against the unhappy Ar
menian and to fragrant robbery is add
ed butchery in cold blood.
To ask that two races, one of them
appealing to the knife as the supreme
argument against his neighbor. should
form happy family is sufficient
proof of the mentality of the Turk.
even educated and otherwise intelli-
gent.
The Turkish advocate, whom we have
cited here because it is assumed he has
been authorized to speak for the
Young Turk. added: Let Europe give
credit to the Porte for good intentions
their realization. What can Europe
lose? Europe. which assumes the right
to mix up in the affairs of the eastern
provinces of Anatolia.'
To this challenge Europe should
answer that it can lose its honor and
dignity by further discussion of the
reforms in Armenia; that Europe
mixes in the affairs of Anatolia TO save
bloodshed. in the name of humanity:
furthermore. that if there is not inn
mediate compliance with the reforms
in which Turkey acquiesced in the
treaty of Berlin-thirty- five years of
-performance-Europe will occupy
Armenia with an army corps TO en-
force her will.
The conference at London. which has
already been defied by the Turk, may
now retrieve its honor and prestige.
else the blood of Christian Armenians
may be upon its conscience.
CHI. CHAILLE-LONG.
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count for the storm of
The Potato protests which have fol-
lowed the action of Sec
Cmpd1So. rotary Houston in put
ting an embargo upon all disease-in-
fected potatoes from Great Britain. in
Guiding England, Scotland, Wales and
Ireland, Germany, Austria Hungary, the
remainder Of continental Europe. the Do
minion of Canada. Newfoundland and
the Islands of ST. Pierre and Micouelon.
Scores of newspapers in various parts
of the country have attacked the Secre-
tary of Agriculture because of his
action, and their reasons for do
ing so are difficult to understand,
according to horticulturists. who
point to the fact that less than per
cent of the potatoes consumed in this
country are Of foreign import, and that
TO ieopardize the American potato crop,
which is more than 90 per cent of the
amount of potatoes consumed, by admit
ting disea Sc infected tubers. would be
to endanger the supply of one OF the ma
tons most important articles OF food
Notwithstanding the great damage which
has been caused to native crops in the
limited States by the attacks of insects
and PARASITES which have been imported
into this country on infested and diseased
plants, including the gypsy broWn-taiieo
moth and the chestnut bark disease, there
are still some persons who THINK tnat
the governments action piacing al,
embargo on diseased potatoes has been
lInwarranted and in the interests Of po-
tato SPECTATORS. Some letters OF pro-
test have gone so far as to say that the
action has benefited no interests but the
.'potato trust" AS matter OF fac'
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:. At the same time that the north wa.
thus CONTEMPLATING itself ON the diff
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The moral situation of Russia In tn
presence of a catastrophe will be grave
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White House
Reception.

tleman had his pocket picked of a wallet
containing two or three hundred dollars
in greenbacks'
In another part of The Star Of the
eral observance of the day, in part, as
follows:
1.-THE year 1854 opens with bright skies
overhead. but rather muddy underfoot.
The streets are crowded, however, mud
or no, and at the present time of writing
all the Indications are that the day will
be very joyously observed. The prac-
tice of keeping open house. which has
lately fallen into some disuse, seems to
have been fully revived this year. The
superintendent of police this morning
made the following details for special
service at different places: At the presi-
Dental mansion, 20 men, under command
of Sergt. Newman of the third precinct;
at Secretary Stewards. men; at Secre-
tary Stantons. = men: at Secretary
Welles', men; at Postmaster General
Blair's, men; all under command of
Sergt. johnson of the second precinct.
At Marshal Lannon's, men; at Secre-
tary Usher's, men; at Secretary Chases,
and at Mayor Wallachs, 4 men: all I'M
der command Of Sergt. Skippon of the
sixth precinct.
Besides this a sanitary detail was
made and precautions were taken to so
guard all the thoroughfares and crowded
resorts as to prevent the depredations of
pickpockets and thieves. The police force
presented a really fine appearance this
morning. each man being neatly arranged
pearance and the manner in which they
performed their duty certainly reflected
credit upon the corporation Of Washing
tom"
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-08-21

The construction of a pipe line 22O
miles long has enabled oil to replace wood
for fuel for navigation and other purposes
in the interior of the Congo.
There is a man in New York who makes
a good living by buying wornout rugs from
dentists for the particles of platinum and
gold they contain.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-08-21
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THE YOUTHS COMPANION CAL
ENDAR FOR 1914.

The publishers of The Youths Compan-
ion will, as always at this season, present
to every subscriber whose subscription Is
paid for 1914, Calendar for the new year
It is a gem of calendar-makinng. Inc
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The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-08-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

\ slightly less than 4OO,UOO.
A process has been devised by which
rubber is made to cling to steel.
British manufacturers supply 90 per cent
of the cycles imported to India.
Public employment bureaus are main
tanned by the government in Sweden.
Among other centenaries that have been
celebrated lately was that of iodine.
An effort is being made in Germany to
unity the forty systems of stenograPhy now
used in that country.
Astronomers have figured that the sun
loses in its mass quantity equal to the
volume of the earth every 0O0.OOOyears.
A national conference of mayors OF
| American cities will be held in San Fran
cisco in 1915 under the auspices OF the
cities of New York State.
A simple clip has been patented tor
holding an electric light at the end OF
cord in almost any position and upon
almost any object where it may be desired.
To carry smaller boats within large craft
a Dutch inventor has patented vessel
with hinged doors at one end of the hull,
through which boats can be foated.
The international electrical exposition
which Spain planned 10 hold at Barcelona
next year has been postponed to 1917 and
will be broadened in its scope.
A new vegetable digging fork is hinged
and provided with pedal to enable a user
to avail himself of the power OF one foot
instead of straining the back.
The national forests contain water powers
with an aggregate estimated capacity OF
100000 horsepower, available for use
under permit from the Secretary OF
Agriculture.
The origin of the story of Jack and Jill
is traced by Dr. William A. White in the
Psychanalytic Review to a myth about the
moon. Jacks fall and Jill's " tumbling
after" are the successive disappearance OF
the moon spots as the moon wanes, the
names of the hero and the heroine being
themselves significant.
Comparing the speeds of telephone and
TELEGRAPH work on a railroad, Donald
McNicol says, in letter appearing in the
Proceedings of the American Institute OF
Electrical Engineers, that first class
telegrapher can handle seventy kilograms
an hour all day without hardship on circuits
practically unlimited in length.
The rapid growth of vegetation in polar
regions, despite the brief summers, is
attributed to the strength of the electric
currents in the atmosphere.
For wssning the hands there has been
invented a small, perforated tube containing
an asbeatos pad within which is wick to
he soaked in henzine and ignited.
Russia is making great efforts to develop
unproductive parts of the Caucasus by
preventing river floods and increasing
irrigation, drainage and canal construction.
United States farmers annually gather
about 1891 ,21l,O00 dozens of eggs worth
at retail more than $545, 28o, 900 but which
bring farmers only $3O6,688,96O.
The ailanthus tree is becoming SO
abundant in some parts of the United
States that the Forest Service is ex-
perimenting in the hope of finding some
use for its wood.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01

women, too. cannot praise Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enough
for I know I never would have been a.
we'll if I had not taken it and recom-
mend it to suffering women '3 As
Daughter Helped Also.
II gave it to my daughter when she
was thirteen years old. She was in
school and was a nervous wreck, and
could not sleep nights. Now she looks
80 healthy that even the doctor speaks
of it. You can publish this letter If you
like. Mrs. RENA BOWMAN, 161 S. 10th
Street, Ironton, Ohio.
Why will women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three.
fourths Of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound? ~ &
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co,
(cOnfidential Lynn, Mass, for ail.
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman
and held in strict confidence.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01
THE BEST PROOF.
Cresco Citizens Cannot Doubt It.

Doan's Kidney Pills were used
They brought benefit.
The story was told to Cresco resi-
dents.
Time has strengthened the evidence
Has proven the result lasting.
The testimony is from this locality.
The proof convincing.
H s. Pulver, w. Main st., Usage.
Iowa, says: II suffered terribly from
lumbago, accom- panied by sharp pains
through my back and kidneys which
at times almost took, my breath away.
got up in the morning, feeling tired
and worn out after q sleepless night,
and was unable to properly do my
work. After catching cold, my back
became so lame and sore could hard
ly straighten. tried different REM
edies also used plasters, but did not
get more than temporary relief.
When suffering from an unusually Sc
we're attack, I learned Ut Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Tney helped me at once
and continued using the until was
enjoying good health. The cure
Doan's Kidney Pills made has proven
a permanent one." ts I
Price soc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Pulver had Foster Mi. burn Co.,
Props. Buffalo, N. Y. s "a
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01
WEATHER-CROP BULLETIN.

Des Moines, April rs, 1914.-An-
other week of comparatively dry
and warm weather has enabled
farmers to do mo~ than tie aver
seeding is finished, early potatoes
and garden truc.s planted and much
ground is ready for corn. Owing to
a great amount Of fall blowing and
the favorable conditions prevailing
this spring farm work is further adj
vanced than usual at this season OF
the year. Spring grains and grass
have started nicely, and oats show
a good stand. Winter wheat and
rye are generally in good condition.
but a good soaking rain s needed
soon to keep UP the, normal growth
and produce an average crop OF
hay. The heavy frost and freezing
temperatures on the morning Of the
goth did but little if, ny damage.
and the prospects TO a fruit crop
are still excellent. All fruit trees
are in blossom in the southern coun-
ties, and shade and for st trees are
becoming green in all parts Of tha
state. Some corn has been planted
and if favorable weather continues
much of it will be planted during
the coming week.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01
nine KILLED BY
EXPLOSION ( ] { 5 [ ! OF GAS J. \
Several More Persons May Have
Persisted in Fire.

Macoun, Sask., April 21.-Nine per
sons are known to have been killed
and seven injured when an explosion
of an acetylene gas plant in the base
ment of the Hotel Macoun wrecked
the building. Several persons may
have burned to death in the fire that
followed, but this could not be .veri.
hed. The ruins have not been
searched. ..N .,s.
The injured were rushed to Estevan
on special train, where. physicians
and nurses took them in charge.
The gas plant was in the basement
directly beneath the dining room.
When the explosion came the dining
room crumbled into the basement and
in twinkling the walls of the build.
ing collapsed. ~
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01

looks like the outside Of. the church.
In nearby court yard is the
giant grape vine, said to have been
planted about the time the church
was founded. The vine has three
stems each perhaps 10 inches in di-
ameter. The recent owner has
trellised it up until its vines now
cover 10000 square feet, or the equiv
alent Of 100x12O feet It's shade is
a very refreshing retreat from the
suns heat. The vine is full Of
grapes of a wild variety. If you
ring bell they run to let you in at
10 cents each.
The alligator farm is indeed a
novelty. Here they have quite a
herd of old allis, and little gators.
They are kept for public exhibit
ton and profit at rs cents per spec
tator. The keeper went to poking
around in a number Of placid pools
and a great squirming, blinking
squad came out into the open, some
large and others medium and many
baby gators. The alligator eggs
are white and slightly smaller in
Mrs. Ali fills the nest at one laying
with Is to 20 eggs. From the nests
they are gathered and Matched in an
incubator. When they are yearIings
you can buy them for a dollar per
head, two years, two dollars, and
older at the above ratio. Some are
from 100 to $50 years old. The
one 500 years old recently died. At
the tender age f Is they are ready
to be slain, such skins being valua-
BILE for ladies' purses, handbags and
satcheis. We saw a large chair that
was upholstered with body, head and
feet, that was pretty-expensive
The keeper illustrated their method
of eating by stalking down chunk
of tough beef. One snapped at it
and rolling over as fast as, it could
twisted a piece Of it lose, and others
followed, never swapping but once,
but turning until the piece comes
and tails for meat and number of
cripples show the result of such fol-
ly. In this same manner people
who are killed bv them are eaten.
But enough. Let us visit the Os-
trich farm. |
The Cawston farm keeps about
so birds here for exhibition, but out |
on their farm there are 1900 of |
them. When they stand erect they
are 10 feet high and modest feath-
ers come that high too; the fancy
ones are almost out of sight. When
fed oranges they stretch up their
necks and you can see the oranges
go down whole. The ostrich has
bu two toes and when it
kicks it strikes forward instead Of |
back. One strike can easily kill a
horse. These birds run loose in
high board pens and are unfriendly
toward visitors They select their
life mates and when one dies never
choose another. A bunch of two
weeks old chicks about the sixe of
IN old Plymouth Rock hen were in
teresting objects. All this and more
for the usual fee of Is cents.
Ito be continued)
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01

years. When l be~
gan to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound I
could not sit up. I
had female troubles
and was very ner-
vous. l used tina
remedies q year and
l can do my work
and for the last eight
months / have
worked for other
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01
FIRE KILLS 5000 CATTLE
Another 5000 Race Through Streets
When Barns Burn.

Peoria, Ill.,, April 21.-Fire swept
over three blocks, destroying the cat
tie feeding barns and block of baled
hay belonging to the Nelson Morris
company. .... -..
Six thousand cattle were housed in
the sheds and it is estimated that 5000
Of them burned The others were
turned loose and many raced through
the streets, "
The loss IS estimated at 100000.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01
Health q Factor in Success.

The largest factor contributing to a
mans success is undoubtedly health.
It has been observed that a man is sell
dom sick when his bowels are regular
he is never we'll when they are consti-
pated. For constipation you will find
nothing quite 80 good as Chamberlain
Tablets. They not only move the bow
CITIZEN the digestion. They are sold by
Fred Lowry. -