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Evening star., 1915-02-04
BULGAR|A'S POLICY
NOW WAITING ONE
Premier Sees Grave Danger in
Serb and Greek ''MisruIe"
in Macedonia.
ATTITUDE TOWARD WAR
is A STRICT NEUTRALITY
Not Apprehensive, He Tells Core
spondent, of ANY Trouble
With Roumania.

| SOFIA Bulgaria. via London. Febru-
larry 4.-"The attitude here with reference
to the war is one of the strictest neutral
| ity, and the Macedonian question is the
only factor giving apprehension. said the
Bulgarian premier, VaSeil Radoslavoff, to
the Associated Press correspondent.
Our relations with Roumania are i'm
proving constantly: trouble from that
quarter is not expected. But the Mace
donion question Is assuming greater pro-
portions each day with the arrival in Bull
garia of hundreds of fugitives from those
parts Of Macedonia ruled by Serbia and
Greece, the governments Of which have
suppressed the Macedonian institutions
closed the schools and churches and
driven off the private teachers.
Ask Bulgaria for Aid.
In Bulgaria at the present time there
are thousands of Macedonian refugees.
destitute and clamoring for aid from Bull
garia. 1t is impossible to say what Bull
garias action will be. We are waiting,
and must wait"
The premier spoke with strong en-
phasis. He said that the Macedonian
Turks were adding to the problem by
looking to Bulgaria for deliverance
from Serbian and Greek "misrule He
had no comment to make on the gen.
eral European situation.
The premier pointed out that the eco
nomic condition of Bulgaria was salts
factory, although the country was suf-
fering considerably through the cur
tailment of imports, owing to the state
of war in Serbia, the control of the
Aegean sea by the British and French
warships and the disinclination on the
part of Roumania to permit the transit
through that country Of goods des,
f~. D,yyr A a n
been made to improve the situation
with regard to imports, but so far they
had been fruft1eSS.
: People Silent on War.
NJ. Radoslavoc was keenly interested
in conditions in the United States, and,
after discussion of these. he outlined
briefly the social and economic i'm
provements made in Bulgaria recently.
Bulgarian public opinion is very tenn
>perate concerning the beiligerents-aiis
not matter of government discipline,
but arises through the fact that the
people are inclined to act rather than
to talk. 1t is generally felt mere tnat
Bulgaria is obliged to observe an at
titude dictated by her national Wei
fare and preservation. As the premier
said:
THE recent war demonstrated that
our friends were unreilaDie. tndt We
were almost isolated in the Balkans.
This is largely the case today. We
have no dreams of a large empire. For
us it is a case of one attending to his
own affairs.
Bulgaria wishes to progress as rap
idly as possible for the benefit of all
it's people, and in this expansion has
no Lace. But the Macedonian ques-
ton is one affecting the members of
our race whose domination by. Serbia
and Greece has produced results dia-
metrically opposite to the principles
for which Bulgarians have stood for
many centuries. For that reason we
cannot afford to remain needless OF the
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A GAS THAT CONQUERED
THE GERMANS HUMANITY

%traordinary manifestation was hat at
the end OF four hours all those who
had been Frustrated and who had re-
manned motionless II unconscious
during that period OF time rose to their
feet perfectly restored and in the full
and unimpaired enjoyment of their
previous state OF health. Here was a
discovery and IA power indeed. 1t can
be thought what would happen to the
Kaiser's armies in case Richard, who
favored the Quadruple Entente. should
take his balloons over to Europe. Be
fore he took up that matter Richard
made an end OF a German secret en-
terprise in New Jersey, whore several
hundred imported craftsmen were
building submarines in n thoroughly
constructed and equipped s~ubterranean
factory not far from Sandy Hook. The
work of Richard was perilous. He was
beset by spies, particularly n with
a heavy brown mustache, ard a de-
termined and very dangerous spy also
was the father of the girl whom Rich
ard was engaged to marry. But the
gas was too much for these designing
people. 1t was a winning card.
On tho way to Europe the ship on
which he travelled would have been
sunk by n submarine, but Richard
with n OF his little balloons put the
enemy To sleep and the hostile craft
was tOwcd as n prize into an aston
ished and highly gratiied English port.
The young inventor did acts OF mercy
in Belgium, and In Germany ne talked
in good American fashion to the
Kaiser. His gas was applied upon the
battle front and Of course 1t decided
the war handily. The story Is inter-
esting. Any reader will be curious to
know how tho gas II going 70 come
out. Besides, this is greatly
recommended by 1H percifu quality,
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A arge fortune is left to a girl In
Christian Reds "The Secret Bequest'
(The Ave Maria, Notre Dame, lnd.),
together with a letter that imposes on
her the moral obligation to win back 10
Professionalism a young man who has
become a Catholic. The story is prac-
;cilly that OF her struggles with her
conscience in using the money; these
are analysed with remarkable skill and
de,.cacy. though perhaps at too great
length. Her task is rendered more diff
fcult because by renouncing tho in
heritance she will reduce to penury
her worldly and selfish sister. Her
efforts 10 CONVEX the young nan end,
ss might be expected from this author,
in her own conversion to Catholicism. a
process that may not seem quite clear
TO no~n-theological readers. There Is
much dramatic action at the end in
order 10 bring matters to a climax, but
the greater portion OF the story glides
along smoothly and quietly in interest
ing talk between gcntlefolk. interrupted
a. intervals by the somewhat exagger-
sted cynicism OF the worldly sister.
The story is written in unusually good
English.
In The Red Circle" (P. j. Kennedy
and Sons, New York; Gerald A. Rey-
rolds gives a very vivid picture of the
v!cissitudes OF the small European
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ST. JOHN IRVINE TELLS
OF HIS STAGE EXPERIENCE.

st, John IRVINE, whose "Jane Clegg''
was recently published by Holt. writes
briefly of his stage experience,
My dramatic career isn't very excit-
ing. The Abbey Theatre, Dublin, pro-
duced Mixed Marriage,"a four act play (:
'The Magnanimous Lover" 4 one act
play THE Orangeman." "A one act play,
and THE Critics" n one act satire. In tho
order named. THE Magnanimous
Lover was written about three years be-
fore Mixed Marriage" but was not pro-
duced until about two years after the
production OF Mixed MARRIAGE" Tho
Dublin dramatic critics abused 1.-THE
Magnanimous Lover almost hysterl-
cally. one OF them alleged that It was
worse h anything Synge had written
and much worse than BERNARD Shaw's
Tho Showing Up of B'anco Posnet,"
The public. on tho other hand. liked
the piece very much. Both MIXED Mar
rage and The Magnanimous Lover"
have been performed many times In
America. MIXED Marriage was very
popular in Chicago. When the Irish
Players performed the piece there the
audience were asked to vote for the
play which should be performed an ex-
ira number of times. Mixed Marriage"
received most votes. "The Orangeman"
IS a short comedy. treating of Orange
higotry, and 1.-THE Critics IS a satire on
the Dublin dramatic critics.
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1t is wearisome waiting for the out
come OF the pressures that are being
exerted all the time in the great war.
The inordinate wear upon the nerves
would be happily relieved II we knew
that somebody va about to go TO work
with the tremendous power and in the
merciful manner of the young scien-
tifc genius in Emile Noute's story OF
The Passport" (Mitchell kenncrley).
Richard Warden first tried his wonder-
full new gas upon n band of anarchists
assembled In Union Square. From an
upper window of a lofty building over
looking hat free r no cautiously
and inconspicuously sent forth a small
balloon, and when It descended among
the anarchists all OF them Immediately
fell down, together with n considerable
number OF the police, h were pres
ent, as their habit is when the red
flag appears in that famous neighbour
hood.
The browning popularity OF this ex-
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Deal Woods.
By Latta Griswold.

The fourth OF Mr., Griswolds
famous Deal Stories. and one
which will certainly win the approba;
ton Of many boy readers, for II Is iull
of ylgnr and the wholesome excltemcnl
of school life. illustrated. si.|S
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ter's family to teach him good works
and spends his money lavishly on the
objects in which they are interested.
unknown TO tho heroine. A mistaken
notion that the head of the Internal
regions is the god OF wealtA makes
them call him p~layfully and fire.
quently Pluto. which IL unintentionally
funny. His real motive is love for
the heroine. which is revealed when
the author gets ready. The Moral she
wishes TO inculcate, that all girls
should be taught to carr th,ir living.
would be more impressive II wealth
were not showered dow so abundantly,
even on n minister's salary.
We cannot see that the series OF
confessions h "a are evoked from the
unfortunate hero Of Bell Elliott
Palmer's The Single Code Girl
OLothrop, Lee and Shepard Company.
Boston) shed much light on the Ques-
ton Of one standard Of morals for the
two sexes. He seems to have been a
youth OF singular ~self-control. and In
the long list Of girls he cared for there
Is but one moral slip. Even that IL
not so repulsive as Is the conduct OF
the young concerned In It
when he meets her in after years. The
only touch OF pruriency is In the atti-
tude of the persons who examine him.
and Il is something of a shock 10 find
that his chief inauis!tor has been
guilty OF much worse conduct, which
is not. improved by the method he
takes to set It right. We are sorry for
the young girl who IS made TO read
all this correspondence before she Is
allowed TO marry the hero. Readers
OF this book may wonder whether null
ing over single or double standards al
lows people to have any standard OF
morals left.
If the author Of III Any Man Sin"
George II. Doran Company, II. A.
Cody. has stated frankly at the begin
ming what sin her hero had committed
IL might make his conduct more intel
| rrible and make him less or an ao-
s.raction. He seems to have got into
| trouble about a woma and TO nave
been deposed from the priesthood by
| his Bishop for II. AS he Is fully aware
of the wrong he has done. even II no
ia not sorry for II. his bitterness
! against the church Is inexplicao!e.
| However. he goes into the woods OF
,ha far north to get away from al
religious influences. but IN vain. lie
nicks M an orphan girl and takes II
| upon himself to bring her up. Inc
parts about the girl are pretty II the
love making when she has grown up
and the episodes among the gold mines
: are interesting. OF course, the church
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the war vas declared, the shifts EN-
ployed TO restore order in It, the nan
ner in which the confusion affected
other countries and tho several ex-
ped.ents TO which England has re-
sorted in the effort to secure the money
needed to carry on the war. 1t is in
the main a statement OF the facts.
| though the author naturally Canno
avoid n certain amount OF criticism
and occasional surmises as to what Is
likely to happen.
In 1.-THE Neutrality Of the United
| States in Relation to the British and
| German Empires (Macmillans) DIR.
J. Shield Nicholson of the University
Of Edinburgh takes a purely British
point of view; he is panied nj Ger
many's entertainments on the rights
! Of neutrals on the sea and il wholly
unconscious OF n british e~rcroach-
ments. HIS pamphlet Is a reply 10
Dr. T.. Won Mach and essentially an
~arra!gnment OF Germany.
A simple explanation Of the con-
| ~struction OF the German Empire ana
of the chief IDEAS that actuate the
German people IS given by Prof.
| George Stuart Fullerton in Germany
OF To-day CThe Bobbs-Merrill Com
pany. InLanapoils). Il Is Il helpful!
little book In many ways, although the
author is very ~favorably Inclined TO
the Germans. and often Is silent o
essential matters that would alter
greatly the picture he draws. His
compar!sons between Germany and
the United tates are rather visionary.
for he neglects wholly the points OF
difference which maxi them inappli-
cable. As a temperate exposition OF
the German side and 0f German argu-
ments the book deserves TO be read.
Tie story of n noble undertaking.
that has suffered Unfortunately from the
well meant Interference of society phi
lanthrop!sts Is related by Mabel T.
Boardman in Under tho Red Cross
Flag at Home n Abroad" q. b.
Lippincott Company. The author
naturally begins with Florence Night
ingale; she lays emphasis on the many
activities Of the society in m of
peace, describes the organization In
the countries where Il Is established
and in the last chapters tells what the
Red Cross has don SO far in this war.
An account OF the doings OF the
women's Congress at The Hague, with
the impressions AMI experiences OF
three American delegates, will be found
in women at The Hague by Jane
! Adams, Emily G.. Balch and Mice
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gets the better OF the hero In the end;
1t might have been better II the author
had taken that for granted and tried
to explain the reasou for her hero's
recalcitrance.
1t is not a very edifying tale that
the Rev. Thomas Dixon has spun in
The Foolish Virgin" (App!ctons). A
lonely young woman in New York
picks UP a rough youth with no edu-
cation, let's him take her about motor
ing and in a few days agrees to
marry him. This conduct Is ascribeu
TO her spirit OF adventure. lie Is alb
normally chivalrous during his court
ship. but becomes careless the
honeymoon. and when he takes her
into the Carolina mountains she dis.
covers that he is q professional burg
lar. Thereupon ne tries 10 murder
her and IS himself nearly killed by a
woman no has tempted. a provtden-
tial physician steps in. removes the
girl and looks after her till her baby
Is born. discussing heredity at much
length with her; he also cures tho
burglar and helps 10 reform him,
finally bringing the two together
again. The story has the literary
merits OF a p~hotoplay.
4 very masterfu! young boy With IN
astonishing amount Of information
comes out OF the woods into n West
ern lumber town and IA flouted by a
small girl in Larry Evans's Then
I'll Come Back to You CThe IL. *.
Fly Company. New York;. He asserts
that he car have whatever he wants,
II he wants II hard enough. which ne
demonstrates throughout the story,
and he M her that he vii! re-
turn TO her when he Is ready. He be-
m an engineer and has I contend
against all Of foul play IN
carrying out his project, but wins out
in the end and, OF course. wins the girl
also. There are many lovable char
acters in the story. the Incidents are
described with vigor and the conversa-
tons are entertaining. II a trifie long.
It is a story that holds the readers
attention.
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Chained Lightning.
By Ralph Graham Taber.

The exciting story Of two boys who
accept positions as tclegraphers IN
forlorn spots in Mexico and VINO nave
many strange and stirring adventures:
Illustrated. Si..S
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community in "A town far in the inter-
Tor of China during the Boxer insur-
rection. The author has tho knack of
making his characters stand out clear
~. though the conduct OF some OF
them seems rather arbitrary. The hero
Is a priest who refuses to abandon his
post and his native converts and who
pays for 1t with his life. The reader
will like the engineer on the river
steamer and the Flemish surveyor and
the Protestant medical missionary. A
good part OF the story, particularly the
episodes In which the Chinese figure,
seems 1 o be a transcript from life, an
impression that is strengthened by the
authors leaving many things at loose
ends and uncompleted. He certainly
shows what the pioneers in China have
to 70 through.
The sociologist gets the better of the
storyteller in Julie NJ. Lippmann's
Burkeses Amy" Henry Holt and
Company. The spoiled granddaugh-
ter OF the conventional self -willed,
hard hearted rich man goes to live
with her father. who is "A settlement
worker in the New York East Side.
CIV NatiOuS llNtly yOuTk
persons of that quarter. who rouse
the readers hopes. They. however.
as well as the heroine are speedily
improved. to our regret: the father
is summary eliminated and a maiden
aunt substituted in order to %ineulcate
another moral lesson. A factory fire
rebukes the wicked rich man and the
author INDUCES herself at the end
in a sort of melodramatic orgy. The
heroine is reformed Of curse and the
talented deaizens of the slums are
made known to fame. but this hardly
makes UP for the restraint the au-
thor puts on her talent for depicting
the humorous side of low life.
A society butterfly whose fortune
has been swept away finds herself in
n hospital after having tried In vain
to earn her living in Emma s. Aliens
THE House Of Gladness' (Gritith and
Rowland Press. Philadelphia. She
is bitter against her former friends
n especially against n man
| who has b~efriended her but has not
| understood her. She is induced to
leave the hospital by a genial young
inferno who is her cousin and to
accept the hospitality OF her long
neglected aunt and her husband. who
Is n minister with a large family and
also a large salary. All the family
works and the heroine decides TO work
too; she studies to become a nurse.
Meanwhile the wealthy youth whom
she had snubbed turns to the minis
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Henry Fairfield Osborn
AH1h1r S'Mee eTks
Old Stems Age: o

It seems scarcely possible that nearly
twenty years have passed since Anthony
Hopes Dolly Dialogues charmed
readers OF two continents. His new
novel Is In more realistic vein.
Mr.. Angeles THE Great Illusion was
translated into twenty tongues. His
new book points out the foreign policy
he thinks America must adopt. At
present he is lecturing in this country.
Mrs. Woodruff takes time from her
many social duties not only to write
books. but to work up charitable en-
terprises In connection with them, which
net thousands OF dollars. Her contrbu-
ton to the holiday list is 4 volume OF
fairy stories.
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ABOUT THE A

A very interesting book. dealing with
q phase OF the war that is at least as
important as the supply OF ammuni-
ton and the expenditure OF human life.
has been written by w. II. Lawson
in British War Finance. 19l4-15"
%. Van Nostrand Company. The
recites in detail the history OF
the money market from tho moment
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Hamilton (Macmillans). These ladies
have not been reticent in expressing
their views of the wal since their re-
turn. In this little volume they give
the connected story Of what they did
and Jaw, and express vigorously their
own views on peace and war. and
those Of their association.
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CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SEASONS
Attest Q

A Strange Bequest-A European Colony in China
A Society Butterfly at Work-The Double Standard.
Other New Fiction by Thomas Dixon and Larry
Evans-British War Finance-American Neutrality.
Country Scenes" in Colors Quotations for Every
Day. and Other Styles of Cards and Calendars.
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DIR. sIssoN EXPLAINS

BOISE, Dec. 17.-Explaining the ten
mill school levy, Dr.. E. O. Sisson, COM
missioner of education, has issued the
following statement:
"The recent decision Of the Supreme
court, determining the fve-mill as
against the ffteen-milF maximum, re-
lates entirely to conditions previous to
the last session of the legislature, and
has nothing to do with existing law,
which fixes the maximum levy at ten
mills for both rural and Independent
districts, with the difference, however,
that in the case of rural districts, the
trustees may levy an additional tax for
interest and sinking fund, whereas, in
independent districts the ten mills must
include the amount to be raised for in
terest and sinking fund.
''Pro,ided, furthermore, that dis
tricts maintaining rural school routes,
may levy tax in addition to the
aforesaid ten mills, sufficient to main
tain the said rural school routes, said
tax for school routes not to exceed four
Mills
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LOCAL LAND OFFICE SUSTAINED

The contest case of Thomas H. Find
lay vs.. Justin J. Wixom, which was
tried in the local land office several
months ago and decided in favor Of
Wixom and appealed to the general
land office by Findlay, has again been
decided in favor Of the contestant by
the general land office, thus sustaining
the local land Office.
From the evidence sdduced Findlay
settled on the 100 acres, which is about
eight miles from Blackfoot, in Septem
Der, 1909, when he dug well, erected
IL windmill and cultivated about sixty
acres of the land, before it was sur
veyed When the survey was made and
the plat filed, May 10, 1914, Findlay
failed to file his application for the
land within three months thereafter as
the law required him to SO do. Wixom
fled his application for the same land
on April !, 1914. and it was allowed
OH the ground that Findlay had slept
cn his rights. The land is in section
81, l south, range 35 east.
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route to South Omaha.

route to South Omaha.
Mr.. John Nelson returned from Poca-
tello Wednesday where he was deliv-
ering his farm products to market.
Harry Hamilton made a trip to
Blackfoot late Thursday night on i'm.
portant matters.
I, ]. 8. Nolan has received carload
of cotton seed cake from Ada, Okla,
which he will use to feed his sheep
now feeding in this vicinity.
Frank Nelson returned from Butte
this week and reports the market for
dressed hogs exceptionally good in that
city. Mr.. Nelson shipped about twenty
seven to that point about ten days
ago.
Arthur johnson returned to Black
foot Friday after several days visit
with his sister, Mrs. Glassburn.
w. w. Hayes and wife were shopping
in Aberdeen Saturday.
Mr.. 1. N. Meyer is home from Black
foot, returning Saturday.
Miss May Cole, who has been in the
Blackfoot hospital for about five
weeks was released last Saturday and
was permitted to return to her home
in Sterling.
Lillian White has been very ill the
past week with an attack Of Group, but
is reported much better.
Ezra Wheeler made business trip
to Aberdeen last Saturday.
T. G. Herbert is spending week in
Ogden visiting his sister and renewing
old acquaintance.
Herman Teichert left Saturday for
Portland on a mission of business.
Mrs. NJ A. Driscoll has purchased
new Hoffman piano from the Carta-
sen -Ansen people of Pocatello. The new
instrument has an excellent tone and is
unequalled by any in this vicinity.
Mrs. o. G. Henderson came hOms,
Monday from the Idaho Falls hospital
after a stay of several weeks and two
serious operations, and although the
lady is still very weak she is very
much improved and has the wish Of
her many friends for speedy recovery.
She was accompanied by Eer husband.
George f. Mclean made a business
trip to Aberdeen Monday
Landen Rich and wife are enjoying
visit from their daughter and son in.
As%Ws y duu WIZ, VI DcdI Ldhc.
Mrs John Hutchinson is entertain
ing her brother from Provo, Utah.
Mrs Charlie Underwood; and daugh-
ter went to Aberdeen Monday.
Henry Morrison was called to Black
feet Monday to attend to personal
matters
| Mr.. Greer who is brakeman ON the
G. M. 4 st. p. gave his family very
pleasant surprise Monday by returning
home for the holidays.
Mrs. Ezra Wheeler returned home
Tuesday from Mendon, Utah, where
she has been for the past wsek ut the
bedside of her mother.