The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-29

But DIR. Gilbert +. smith Spilled one
Overheard.

80 NtA& 49, A
edge OF the Black sea, sitter having
been ola vessels which Wer. AIRED IA
three times hy the Turks and ono.
by the English. Or. Gilbert n. Slrlta
arrived in baltimore yesterday.
BronZed and of gigantic proportions.
DR.. Smith chcrishes the memors II
one momen in the pitch ~ulacku.~S
Of the harbor Of C-oustanunople ii >
a IN, when for all his strength he
felt aCutely how unpleasant It would
be to have Turkish steel pierce MS
frame.
DIR. Smith went out from. New York
early in July as ships surgeon OF the
Corcovado. of the HalnIurg-Amers-
"a Line, bound for Naples. Con
stantinople. Odessa and Iatoun. ne
was at the last named place whe
the war broke and knew nothlns
about the war until the Corcoyado
steamed into the harhor II Constar-
tinople during the first Week in Au-
gust and was promptly seizcG. Guns
were crowded IN her dock and lie
vessel was covered into = warshlp.
DR.. Smith says that all TN. Balhaa
States are aflame; that the Turk =
ready To turn his guns on England
at the slightest excuse; that to cay
one Is German Is all that is ueces-
sary 10 make tn" Turks clear he
way. They are the friends Of ne
Germans. Greece IS waiting to leap
at Turkeys throat the minute it
looks safe, and men are walking
fguratively, with their hands on
their weapons all over the Balkans.
the armies of each State moDiliZIn2.
: Adventure piled upon adventure
from the moment Or. smith reach
, ed Constantinople until he sailed
from Piraeus. the port Of Athens. on
. August rs on the Greek ship Thcs-
! salonika, arriving in New York on
Thursday. Men and women Of the
= steerage were crowded out of their
berthS on the way over on this ship,
so that cattle, sheep and chickens
might be kept out of the danger OF
= being swept overheard and every
e body might have fresh meat daily.
1t was a day or SO after the sur
geon reached C-onstantincplc that
the GOeben and the BreSlau. German
e warships, We're chased into the har-
Dor by the British dreadnauSht
Indomitable and other ships Of the
British fleet.
n Getting out OF Co~nstantlnople on a
British ship. the Doctor went to the
G town of Dardanelles, where he took
passage on an Italian ship, the
e Roumania- That was tifed on as
d soon as it appeared in sight of the
c forts. The captain stopped and
!, waited q day. Then he tIled it again.
g Again the gun of the fort spoke.
Then the Turks came aboard and eN-
e planned, will their teeth showing,
"A . Lie SUI StoIi. AidI liz IA
les were filled viii mines. They
escorted the Roumania out and il
d had hardly botten into the Mediter-
n ranean when the British ship vas
h firing upon il.
But the physician confessed that
" the experience in ConStantinople MAS
the most thrilling Of all.
There are NJ lights IL Constant
nople,' he explained. You must
take a lantern with you when YOU
~ go abroad at night. A friend ~
G mine was mistaken for an English
q spy and followed about. and it was
imperative that we get him ont ~
- the city. I finally got him on an
z, English freighter lying in the worst
section Of the harbor Of the city,
re where the barges of the most muir
g. derous Turks are moored | took him
n there az midnight. saw him locked
h in his room and went on deck to find
ce the ship absolutely deserted, with my
IN self in pitch darkness. the tiny light
IN OF lanterns moving about the barGes
There was no way to get TO shore.
y I was on that deck for two hours
Then one Of the sailors appeared II
e a small boat. ] seized the boat and
roWed to a barge near by. There
rs were about four between it am
1g shore. An old Turk pat his finger
over his lips as | stepped on his noa'
IS and l stepped aboard, thinking tina
al I would have an easy time settin-
to shore.
Mt "When l put my foot on the sec
Of u barge four Turks sprane At me
One had a knife. and he came RICH
re for me. | thought my time hat
of come. but | felt. too. that somebody
would get hurt before they got me
g put all the foCce OF my arm aEf
caught him on the jaw. He wen
over the side Of the boat. mis- kuif'
IL Gathering Down with him. and / jns
lis slammed my way through tn
ct, rest"
&c, Dr.. Smith * a native OF Baltimore
nd and d cousin 81 y. Norris Tyson, Law
yer Of this city. Two years ago h
IN. was surgeon 81 the Alaskan Boundar
les commission and had some T"ugI
CO, experience up nH3r me Arcfi" .r
1c- Gle.