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Troublesome Cargo.

snN n elephants shoulder is never
4A still" is a Hindoo saying with
reference to the restlessness of the
animal An Englishman tells how the
once came near wrecking a ship.
A number of elephants were taken on
board vessel at Calcutta and the
steamer went down the Hooghly river.
At night 1t anchored off Sanger point
The sea was as still as oil, but the shiy
rolled SO much that she was in dane-r
Of going over. The elephants had fopnd
that by swaying to and fro all togethor
they could produce a pleasant rocking
motion. As the ship had no other cargo
and rode light the captain wac much
frightened. The mahouts. or Keepers.
were hurried down into the hold. and
each one. seated on his own heasi,
made him break step" but they haA
to stay there for lcuE time
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nounced," says Pemjean, but the par
ticipation of Indian, Australian and
Canadian contingents and the Japanese
feet. Announced, equally. the death of
the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and
his wife. the death of the Pope, the
Irish revolt and the attitude Of Italy.
True. the Irish revolt ceased suddenly,
of it's own free will. True. the arch
high parsonage" Personally, I have
found announcements which did not
materialize, such as the profound
catastrophes predicted for England
Another is the financial crisis predict
ed for the United States in 1914, which
was published in this paper December
81, 1913; but, even here, the ensemble
is striking. In the interview which
Nine. de Thebes then gave me, she re-
peated from her almanac.
Il have seen the hands Of many
American women. I regret not to have
seen more hands Of men. Yet the great
lines are clear-a North America (sic)
terribly tried, shaken up and disap-
pointed
North America includes Canada, but
! did not realize it.
president Wilson, I suggested.
NO" she said. president Wilson
will have a delicate role. After having
been very sympathetic. they will fall
on him from all sides. Too loyal and
honestly attached to what he believes
his countrys good, they will find him
not sufficiently of his century,
'Mexico?" 1 asked. 1t was all Mexico
in those days.
No" she said You will have no
war with Mexico. Yet l see fighting
and bloodshed. l see dead men. A bad
year. Trouble and conflict, sudden
terror panic and violent emotions"
Surely. her advice to American farm
ers was excellent.
American farmers. hold your wheat
and corn. You will receive high
prices
Her grain. SO to speak. was mixed
with chafY. She warned America
against fire and water. yet ] am not
aware that we suffered from floods or
fires, particularly in 1914. So, in Eu-
rope, she foretold terrestrial upheavals.
France will be drawn into war and
emerge victorious she had printed
An era of great love. peace. hopes and
labors will date from 1914, but first the
fields must be Redeemed with blood
and fire and water mix in combat of
subterranean forces"
She even evoked earthquakes of the
central plateau of France, which has
not budged for half A million years.
Yet she Is the woman who foretold the
San Francisco earthquake.
Anyhow. she foretold this war; and
it strikes Europe.
She might rest on her laurels In
stead, she risks herself again. She burns
her boats by making new predictions
Nine. de Thebes puts herself on record
Now look YOU, this woman is entire
i French an ardent 2atEiQi. LEG QcE-
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sonal sympathies are hotly with the
allies. Is it not. then, curious that she
cannot seem to see Italy lining up be-
side them without preliminary catas-
trophes1 The reference would appear
to include bombardment by French and
English warships.
What tears and alarms do / still sec
in south Italy, run these new predlc-
tions for 1915. What irreparable
artistic distractions. The epoch OF
perils will be particularly that of the
summer solstice. That of amends. com
pensations and satisfactions of all
sorts announces itself only for the end
Even the king fms q 1isA.
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be supplied by their

material would be supplied by their
nationals.
With the lack of capital which will
follow the war, it is possible that 800
100000 of American money would he
warmly welcomed by the European
powers which will administer on Con
stantinople and the Turkish empire.
But American money is not likely again
to seek the Bosporus.
Under whatever rule may be estab-
lished, there will be a fair market in
Constantinople for certain American
products. Flour may get the perma
nent market which heretofore il has
had internationally, but this can only be
in competition with flour from Russia
and the Balkan states.
Coal is certain to have market. be.
cause of the natural extension of tho
coal trade established with Italy and
other Mediterranean countries. Miscel-
laneous manufact ctured articles will also
be in some demand.
notwithstanding competition in a few
commodities, it might be that constsn :
tinople, as Russian territory, under the
Russian tariff, would offer a better
6eld for American goods than if IN
ternatipnalized in the tariff sense. Rus
sia has every reason to strengthen
friendly commercial relations with the
United States.
Americans. from all points of view. arc
likely TO watch the developments re-
garding Constantinople as strategic
prize. with keen interest. Sentiments
and sympathy should not mislead them
as to its commercial control. Neutral-
i.+rs.,
merce offers no particular advantage to
the United States.
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Problems of Commercial Control of C0nsts

under these conditions. since Egypt.
when the pretense of sovereignty was
maintained. had an ad valorem tariff,
and the purpose is reported to be to
maintain the same system under the
open British protectorate.
A Russian protectorate might pro-
vide the same system for CONSTANT
nop1e if the fruits of the war should
give Russia only limited control. But
should Constantinople become Russian
territory it might not be popular in
Russia for tariff system to be main
tanned distinct from that of the en-
pfre.
Russian diplomats might prefer that
a separate system be maintained. hut
Russian statesmen having to do with
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have the printed page before meD
Turk. you must quit Europe she
says. Il see the axis of the war dis
placed" Now she adds world changes
in this direction which none had imag-
ined. She sees new states created, new
systems of government born and great
notifications of the map of Europe.
Germany will increase in spite of loss
The Germanic elements of Austria
will attach themselves to Germany by
the lien of the Danube and community
of religion" (This means enlarge
ment on the side of Bavaria
She sees no luck for Austria Hungary,
threatened not alone by war but by
some ominous novelty which she breads
to mention. L see only signs of mourn
ing and other ills than merely those of
war. All, far or near attaching to
Vienna and Budapest are cruelty menaced
by trials and scourges Of every order'
Meanwhile Germany astonishes the
world by coming out d f1ourishing re-
public. The road, how, yer, is the dra-
matte one trodden a century and more
ago by the France of l. lfayette. His
tory repeats itself IN othing lacks"
she says. hostages, ma sacres, tribu-
nails. judgments, scaffolds,"
She sees the fury of the German peo-
pie, determined to save Il fatherland;
loss of confidence in the Military aris-
tocracy: tearing apart and a re-
building from the inside. Repeating
the heroism of the first French repub-
lie, resistance Of the allies continue
In spite of interior struggle. Suddenly
vague figure looms up
w mere is the man of whom | know
whom l predicted last year and who
should rise up in Germany to make
them listen to word which will domi-
nate all words and who can save his
native land part of the just punish
ments reserved for it by Providence"
Meanwhile. the Hohenzollerns disap-
pear and the allies enter a Germany
which has become a republic.
* x
1t Is surprising and unexpected in a
French prophecies. who proclaims, at
the same time. glorious success for
France and her helpers. But Nine. de
Thebes must give her message.
For what result. oh France?" she
exclaims. Not always those which
you think, but others equivalent"
And she breaks into defamation
..Oh, France. oh, sublime native
land. What generous enterprises are
not marked Oh the road of destiny by
the mileposts of your heroisms and
bloody sacrifices"
Amid the flowers, triumphal arches
and fireworks welcoming their victori-
0Ws troops. she perceives a French peo
pie become Sravcr and stronger, and
more lender Als4 better aklacAsd TO
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chiefly concessions and contracts in
Asiatic Turkey.
The most important contract let by
the Turkish government in recent years
was that with a British firm for the
reorganization of the dock yards and
naval arsenals. 1t was a sort of joint
affair. but majority of the directors
were to be British. and the control of
the company was therefore in British
hands. When the war is ended Eng
land is likely to pay pretty close at
tention to this contract.
Outside of the various public i'm
provements which afforded a market,
and which, whenever they shall be
taken up again. will afford a further
market for material. Constantinople
has some local industries. There is a
cotton mill which manufactures yarn.
This is controlled by an English com
pany. A year or so ago machinery was
installed for the purpose of manufac-
turing cloth as we'll as yarn. 1t was
said that if this experiment succeeded
several new cotton mills would be es-
tablished, and there would be con-
siderable demand for machinery.
There is also a glass factory in Con-
stantinople, and some minor indus
tries The city is to be considered more
as marketplace for carpets and rugs
than as manufa ctory of these articles
Whatever political control ultimately
shall be established in ConStantnople
and any remnant of what is now Euro
pean Turkey the tariff adjustment is
going to be of great importance to
trading nations.
The Ottoman empire in the past has
raised revenue both by import and by
export duties, but the bulk of the ex-
port duties went to satisfy the foreign
debt The import duties were purely
of revenue character. and were on ad
valorem basis, for the most part, of
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their national character. content TO
recover only their own. desiring no
novel conquests, and turning their
backs on excessive frivolities
The great war will end. in the MAN,
with the first third astral year-that Is
TO say. by July. 1915 Yet, as we nave
seen, Italy will attain her period OF sat
isfactions only at the end of the year.
The words of the wise and their dark
sayings.
Is it monumental guessing?
Any one else is free to try it.
This is the woman who foretold TO
Bruntie e his election to the acao-
envy and editorship of the Revue des
Deux Mondes. She warned the Mar
uuis de Mores not to go to Africa. She
predicted the tragic deaths of King
Humbert and President Felix Faure.
She foretold the failure of the Paris
exposition of 1900.
The French National Dictionary of
Contemporaries stands for 1t that she
predicted the charity bazaar fire, and ii
is certain that Count Robert de Montes-
ouieu acribes his self possession dur
ing that awful moment to her advice:
You will shortly escape death by
burning" She has the credit of the
san Francisco earthquake. She warned
Chavez not to tempt the Alps and Col
Astor not to tempt the ocean And it
is considered notable that, more than
three years ago, she should have an
nounced the "unheard-of rise of the
Car Ferdinand of Bulgaria, unless
the unexpected stop his course"
Some ascribe her success to the lock
ed cases."
For thirty years past she has chatted
with the great.
Autographs of kings are all over the
shop. The late King Edward and that
grand old joker, the late King Leopold.
found her conversation so diverttng
that they often called on her incognito.
The late King George Of Greece did
not follow her advice. The present
young King Alfonso. they say, does.
In corner of her library this woman
has a quantity of locked shelves COW
cred with heavy iron screens. What
appear to be books are boxes filled
with secrets.
They are consultations of princes.
ministers, ambassadors, statesmen,
scientists, explorers, millionaires, COM
mercial travellers and rich idle women.
They are the locked cases of Nine. de
Thebes.'
And as Nine de Thebes is famous for
drawing OUT people-that is, for
learning as much and perhaps more
from each client than she tells him or
her-I myself have often wondered how
much her predictions owe their success
to the locked cases.
But, you object they would not help
her to foreten an earthquake!
/ don't know. Suppose that, in the
wear 1eO4-5, a scientist of Washington
or San Francisco. being on trip to
Paris, had gone to see Nine. de Thebes
as a local celebrity?
I even asked myself once did this
woman really foretell the San Fran
cisco earthquake after all? Taking
nobody's word for it. ! sought and
finally secured. secondhand. a copy of
Nine. de Thebes little almanac issued
in the winter of 1906. found the place.
1t read as follows:
The second period tApril. May,
June) will have the maximum of
crises In foreign lands there will be
physical troubles. notably in South
America and North America will be
disquieted. Then the latter season Of
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Il have new reasons to believe in a
magnificent future for the reigning
house of Italy," she says yet the
coming year threatens it. A feminine
hatred, which has not disarmed, pur-
sues it,
Political censorship of the various
countries prevent the papers from dis
cussing this feminine hatred" Many
individuals pretend to know, but l can
only indicate the directions of Monte
negro and Bulgaria Nine. de Thebes
is too well posted to make a mere bluff.
AS will be seen, her locked cases" con
tain many secrets.
She saw the Bosporus purple with
bluud as carly ~ pecemhsE. l?1A Il
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END NEXT JUL Y

1906 will bring to the United States an
unexpected shock.
So it was true.
She had both earthquakes. San Fran
cisco and Valparaiso. True, she had
them reversed, in the wrong order. But
she had them.
STERLING HEILIS.
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that the powers who administer on the
remains Of the empire will have to
determine. Constantinople and Turkey
in Europe, as debtors, cannot be seq
regated from Turkey-in-Asta eXcep
by the most careful manipulation:
The Ottoman public debt administra-
tion. which is essentially foreign.
has been the means by
which Turkey procured loans for pub
lie improvements and other purposes
With foreign officials overshadowlng
the Turkish officials, foreign investors
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established. The time was when Ane; .
lean capital was ready to go into Coz.
stantinople and into the rest Of Tu'~
key for important development entel =
prises This was when the ffty-nils
lion-dollar syndicate was organized,
and numerous concessions were proma
iSed.
German influence thwarted this pro's
ect. and, though other European pow
crs were combating Germany. they
We're not displeased that American en-
terprise should be discoura ged. They
wanted the contracts for themselve~.
because the contracts meant that the
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spscsa, Correspondence Of TIE Star

speess! Correspondence Of TIE star
PARIS. March IS. 1915.
HE foretold the war. Her vogue,
as a result, is immense.
~ ~ Thsy hey call 1nrdes hss the "Dy'h'hess
Even in Germany long extracts from
this French woman's predictions-nota-
bly, those relating to Italy-are copied
and commented upon from the Swiss
papers
In Switzerland, Just before I left
Lausanne. the local authorities fore
bade their reprinting.
While as for the remainder Of Europe,
never had a pythoness such luck.
You can look in the dictionary. A
pythoness is woman who makes pre-
dictions. The dictionary does not tell
how she does IT. and neither can l.
Nine. de Thebes decorates with phrases
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Who Foet Earthquake Record With Another Prog
Trouble Also Predicts Hungary Will
Have Hard Rod-Gemy el the Sunday STAR Special Cor
Interesting Made French "Pyhonehe
Locked CaseCon of Princes Ministers, Ambassadors Statesmen,
enhss, Milonhs, and Rich Women
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

~oMMERCIAL control OF Con
N stantinople is an incident Of
II political control. Information
~ ally, Constantinople is a stra-
tegic prize. Commercially, as the gate
way of the Black sea. it is nota BILE
factor in world commerce. In this
sense. however. it is not likely to be
greatly affected whatever ultimate dis
position be made of it politically.
Russian aspirations for a free pas
sage to the Mediterranean and out
through the Mediterranea, to the world
beyond relate to the trade of the
Black sea and the Caucasus: but the
national aspirations for Constantinople
rs the capital of the Slav empire pre-
sent more perplexing question.
A Russian statesman was once cred
tied with saying that Constantinople
would be no more use to Russia as a
mere gateway of trade than would be
the ancient Pergamus, in Asia Minor.
but this was a far-fetched comparison
Constantinople, under whatever domi-
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the Caucasus Not the Only Point for RusaNtn Aa
Held
in Purse
Administration
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Progress had been made in the in
stallation of the new system OF cleo
trio trolleys, but although some twenty
miles of track had been laid there was
still much to be done. Underground
telephone wires also had been laid. and
electric light plant established, but
these improvements were all subject to
further expansion. A system of con-
crete drains and modern abattoirs was
planned to replace the slaughter
houses scattered throughout the city.
1t cannot be assumed that the privf
leees of the concessionaires who held
the various contracts will be invah-
dated on account of the war. The vic
torious countries, of course. will take
care of the rights of their nationals.
The vanquished countries may have
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make easier the carrying out Of the
original plans for the new city. This
will call for material, and the demand
for material will make Constantinople
a valuable market Some of the narrow
streets were already in the process of
widening, and old buildings were com
ing down to make the new thorough
fares
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-15
WHOLE
SHOW AS CUBS
BOW TO BRAVES
Dick Holds Opponents
Safe While He Cleans
Bases with Home Run.

Chicago. Sept l4.-Dick Rudolph
pitched fine ball for the Braves to-day
and held the Chicago Cubs safe, Will,
he himself drove in the talies which
won the game in the fourth inning
with a home run. The score was : b
/. Boston is now in second place
Two men were out when Connolly
doubled Egsn singled and Connolly
scored. Gowdy singled, and Rudolph
followed with a homer TO left, VII oh
cleared the bases.
Lavender was succeeded by Stand
ridge, and he was hit hard in tie
eighth inning. in which Magee's dou-
Bile. a fielder's choice on Smiths
grounder, Connolly's triple and sag
rifice Melted three runs.
Rudolph eased up in the eighth inn
ing and Goods double and Fishers
single saved the home team from =
shut-out.
Snodgrass, who was spiked by Fish
err in yesterdays game, was in uniforia
o-day, with his hand bandaged. It
will be several days before he will be
able 70 play.
Tho Scora folloUs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-15

GIANTS AGAIN
BADLY BEATEN
BY CINCINNATI
Schauer and Matty Ha
Hard, While King Lear
Makes Good Showing
Defeat
-B, rs-.s,anh U N. r--.-.-.,

Cincinnati, Sept. l4.-Cbarlsy a
zog's Reds beat their bitter e5s-s..
the Giants, again to-day. making -
victories for Cincinnati out q =.
series Of five games. To-day's az.
was 9 10 ., and the victory put Cis,,.
natl in fifth place in the Na,i,,.,
League race. The Giants still are H..
The Reds won by hard bi,,;r.
Schauer. Mathewson and Ritter trisS
turn TO stop the Reds. but Ritter IA.
pitched the last two innings. "a, ~.
only one who had any sort Of sp..s,'
Lear pitched for Cincinnati. and :.
cept for the first inning. wbsn =.
Giants attacked him savagely and ma,
their only two runs Of the game \,
was always too good 20 be scored uso,
The fielding Of the Giants was -
and errors by Fletcher and DOYLE aiS..
the Reds in their run getting. kl,,.
ander Schauer started for the Clan,
and terrific was the beating tha, 10 :.
ceived before McGraw got him on, :,
the box.
Killifer's triple with the bases mi
helped materially in scoring four ma,
for the Reds in the second inning !,
the third after three hits had prs.
duced a run for Cincinnati Nstb,r.
son went in and stopped the hitting n,
the time being. Matty, however. wa.
in trouble in the fifth and sixth I'M.
ings. In the fifth Wingo hit rom,
run. In the sixth .hree hits. an e,yo,
and wild pitch put over two TALES
Bill Ritter took up the Responsibilities
in the seventh and managed to stop n,
scoring.
The Giants started after Lear az Il
he had done something they didnt
like. Burns tripled and scored on Rob.
ertson's single. Doyle forced Robert.
son and stole second Merkle, 1ho did
most. Of the hitting for the Gian,s
singled, scoring Doyle. Then Fleiehs,
hit into a double play and the Giants
didn't score any more all afternoon.
The score follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-15
FOUR IN A ROW FOR
THE BOSTON RED S0X
White SoX Lose Again, Chiefly
Through J. COllinS'S Errors.

Boston, Sept. l4.-The Red Sox again
defeated their white hosed opponents
to-day, winning the fourth straight
game Of the series with Chicago by
score Of 2 to /.
Errors decided the contest. which
was a tight pitching duel. Ruth al
lowed only two hits, one Of these. a
double by John Collins in the third
inning following Gardeners error which
had given Murphy his base, scored the
visitors run.
1t was John Collins's errors that won
for Boston. With two men out in the
seventh. he allowed Blackburne's throw
TO pass him, Wagner going TO second
base on what should have been an easy
out
On another throw from Benz to re-
tire Henriksen, a pinch hitter, Collins
fumbled, Janvrin, who was running for
Wagner, racing home with the tieing
run. Ruth then doubled TO left, send
ing Wood, another substitute runner,
in with what proved 10 be the winning
tally.
Tho ccora fO1loUe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-15
Non Seven Straight
Defeats for Yankees
Plumpness of Oscar Stanage Spells
Best Chance Wild Bills Men
Have to Take Game
from the Tigers.
By JEROME BEATTY.

Now if Grover been the catcher and Oscar Sanage
the pitcher Of the other around Fritz Ma "oud nave
~ home in the third Polo Grounds yesterday and wneh
ninth inning would have been tied and eventually the
Yankees might have
But Stanage plump who caught while the lean
snkv Iowdmk pitching Fritz Mae out at the plate
and il so happened that by Of to 1t was the
seventh for the town boys
Tvus Cobb hitting much happened around IN
pinch in the eighth inning Detroit behind Two men
were on base when Tyrus He looked the board ana
saw that those home order to win the game so ne
went and drove themin with single to centre,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-15
CLEAN SWEEP FOR BROWNS
Athletics Badly Beaten in Final Game
of Series.

Philadelphia. Sept l4-St. Louis
made a clean sweep Of the series OF
four games with Philadelphia BY win
ming to-day's contest. The score was
10 20 4.
Three pitchers failed 20 stop the Wis
sting batsmen. while Parks and Koob
did good work for the Cardinals. Sis
Ter made three hits. giving him ten
SafetieS for the series
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-15
RECRUIT FOOLS CLEVELAND
Dumont Allows Only Two Hits, Sena-
tors Scoring Shut-Out.

Washington, Sept. 14.-Gene Du-
mont. young recruit from Fargo,
Nd. made his bow with Washington
to-day and held Cleveland to two hits
and no runs. while the home team was
making three tallies.
The Senators have won three
straight from the Indians and four
teen Of the last sixteen games played
Tho score follows: