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Evening star., 1915-02-28

And so. as his beasts of burden were
but few. he denied his people many
actual necessities that his oxen might
transport his rude printing plant.
!.
So barren was the country they oc-
cupied that many farmers had actually
to transport soil from some more fer
tile locality in order to provide ground
from which they could raise crops
Their domestic animals were very few.
Horses and pigs We're worth their
weight in gold. For many generations
they were in constant warfare with the
invasive Turks. conflict which in
variably resulted in the defeat of the
Mosleums and the capture of many
prisoners. while Montenegrin but
rarely fell into the hands of the enemy
and it became an accepted method OF
exchange of prisoners that the Monte
negrins would surrender Turkish rri-
vate in exchange for pig; minor Of
ficer for three pigs, and general Of
ficer for a horse.
Living thus in state of consta Il t
warfare the women became veritable
Amazons. 1t is a part OF their au-
thentic history that. after a battle in
which the leader of the Montenegrins
had slain the Turkish pasha leading
the enemy. his widow sent a message
to the wife of the Montenesrin gem
eral, challenging her to meet the widow
at the border and fight in mortal COM
bat.
The Montenegrin woman. suspecting
no treachery, went to the appointed
spot. armed. but alone. There she
found the Turkish woman accompanied
by a soldier armed to the teeth He
Immediately attacked the Montenegrin
woman, but she unhorsed and slew him.
Then. taking the Turkish woman pris-
oner, she held her as her body slave for
fifteen years. when she took her to
ha
ing her lecture upon the evil results
OF treachery. The women OF today
are in no wise inferior to that wife:
they march by their husbands sides
and fight with them in the trenches
with just the same spirit that moved
their forebears four centa.ie: &Go.
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the United States, it is asserted. In ad-
dition to the heavy expense already
enumerated. there would also be saved
for the country better class of aliens,
who would come through by regular in
spection. while the undesirables would
be kept out for all time.
Almost every commissioner general
of immigration has been confronted
with the problem of ferreting out the
aliens who are in the country in viola
tion of law. AS explained, the service
heretofore, or now. as matter of fact.
consists of a form of spy system or
secret service, which extends its work
ings to nearby foreign ports. scrutiniz-
ing all vessels which land foreign i'm
migrants there. But it remained for
Commissioner General Caminetti to de-
wise the signal system.
Besides the number of blockhouses,
equipped with all kinds of signal ap-
paratus. such as telephone lines. Wire
less equipment, photographs and flags.
it Is the desire of the present commits
sioner general to obtain number of
fast boats for patrol service on the
lakes. rivers, bays and points along the
coasts where the opportunities for
smuggling are known to be very great
and where smuggling is known by the
immigration service to have actually
taken place.
There would be no economy i'll pur-
chasing cheap vessels of small horse
power, the commissioner general point
ed out to his interviewer. The smug-
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FACTS ABOUT MONTENEGRO

all the warning nations of Eu-
II rope, the Montenegrins are the
~ auaintest, a paradoxical mixture
of barbarism and culture, of learning
and thirst for knowledge and progress.
under difficulties in the middle ages
far ahead of the more favored nations
of Europe. and of indurated medieval
ism amid the civilization of the present
time.
When. about 1450, the Turks stormed
Constantinople and overrun all the
country between the Danube and the
Adriatic. the Montenegrins alone re-
fused to yield. Abandoning the fer
file lowlands of their country-fully a
half of ito the conquering Moslem.
rather than become subject race. they
retreated into the rugged hills. where,
tbonph never numbering more than a
fa,r tbousand warriors, they have
maintained their Independence against
the constant assaults of all enemies.
It is the boast of this people-and a
rightful one-that they alone OF al the
nations of Europe have never bowed
their necks to the yoke of a conqueror
When their young Prince, Danilo, led
them first into the hills that were to
become their future nome. the country
was uncuItivated and painless. They
brought but few goods and chattels
with them. But among them was one
thing that the prince priced more than
all the rest of his possessions. 1t was
n printing press, invented a scant
twenty years before. at that time the
only one in Europe. aside from the
models that Faust and Gutenberg had
Florence. the then centers of the cul-
ture and earning of Europe, boasted
such a thing. Indeed. it was considered
even by the learned scholars Of that
day as being Of questioned value, for
they still clung to the benighted idea
that knowledge anG learning was an
evil thing for the general public. Not
so this young Danilo. He was as far
advanced in his ideas of the value Of
knowledge to mankind generally as
the most progressive teacher of today.
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glers are paid abnormally well, and
they can afford to and do use only the
very best tools in their work. High
class launches, worth thousands of dol
lars, are tied up in this illegal traffic
according to Commissioner General
Caminetti.
One of the penalties provided by law
for those who use vessel in SNUG !
Cling is confiscation of the vessel Sew
eral such craft at this time are tied up
in litigation on account OF the seizure
by agents of the immigration service
when they were caught attempting to
smuggle aliens into the country. One
recent case may be cited of a vessel
suspected of making trips to Lower
California to bring in contraband Chi
neSe.
A nervy immigration inspector, as
signed to the case, loitered around the
wharf where the vessel usually docked
He sought d job aboard her as engineer
and got it. He previously tipped off
the other immigration inspectors con-
cerning his purpose. To Lower Cali
fornia he went as engineer of the craft
When the vessel returned to the states
it is claimed, it had aboard load of
contraband. When in United States
waters the engine broke down: by de-
sign, of course, on the part of the in
spector engineer.
The result was that through pre-
yiously arranged signal to be given by
the inspector engineer the government
craft came in pursuit of the filibus-
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LooKovr5 5ENr1oM ON A AcLH5lpE.

lines and along the lakes and rivers
near our boundaries has always been
and still is difficult undertaking"
declared Commissioner General Can't
netti, discussing his new plans for
combating these troubles. with the
best method that can be devised and
the best force that can be selected it
will SO continue as long as the govern
ment has to deal with men who make a
profession of smuggling and with peo-
pie so desirous of entering the country
without inspection that to attain their
object they will readily assume any
risk and pay high prices for the serv-
ices rendered them.
ITO appreciate the magnitude of the
labor involved as well as the RESPONSE
bilities imposed upon this bureau and
its officers it is only necessary to
glance at a map of the United States
and note the mileage of our borders
and coast lines The northern border.
nearly 1000 miles in length. and the
southern. not quite SO extensive. have
innumerable points offering opportuni-
ties in the night for smugglers to ply
their vocation. Comparatively few in
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spectors were specially assigned to the
herculean task of guarding these from
tiers. and the same relative situation
existed on our coasts, lakes and rivers
SIN March last the bureau, with the
approval of the Department of Labor.
reorganized this branch of the service.
assigning thereto additional men
throughout the country, including
necessary equipment, such as boats,
etc, for service on the coasts, lakes and
rivers. Even this addition met the sit
uation in only limited degree. The
utmost was done, however. considering
the state OF our funds.
THE new system has been tested suf-
f1cently to justify favorable judgment
regarding its efficiency. both as to tho
apprehension of violators of the law and
as preventive measure where put into
force. Its scope is general, disregard
ing immigration district lines, thus
avoiding clash of authority among Of
1cers of the respective districts; yet
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not i'll good ntaitil. and Tie continu-
ous sound of the firing Of the guns and
the loud explosions must be con-
tinuouS shock to her nerves.
There are three children in the royal
family--the Crown Prince Leopold.
Prince Charles and Princess Marie
Jose They are very attractive and
we'll hammered children. Prince Leo
pold is much like his father-a quiet
little chap. reserved and thoughtful
The princess is a charming little per-
SON. She is indeed lively little lady.
She is extremely droll and often does
and SAWS the oldest things. She goes
into her fathers presence and laugh
inply mimics and explains to him what
certain of the ministers of state whom
she sees at the palace look like, and
tells him all about their clothes and
manners of speaking. All of the chill
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great many of our people are fishermen
and seamen. and he desired to interest
them in oversee trade. He especially
wanted to build up merchant marine
for Belgium, and to this end equipped,
from his own personal purse, a train
ing ship which he filled with young
Belgian cadets, and sent them around
the world to study the methods of other
countries.
The development of the Belgian
Congo in South Africa was another OF
his desires for the promotion OF the
welfare of his country. At the time OF
his uncle's death, before he was re-
called to Belgium to become king, he
travelling through the Congo ex-
amning and planning to see what ne
could do toward increasing the Vdlue
and resources of these lands and
making them more attractive for set
t,enent Ever since his coronation he
has been obsessed with these ideas for
fur;hering the progress OF Belglum
"Of his personal hobbies little can be
said for he doesn't seem to have any.
unless mountain climbing and outdoor
life could he classed as; such. He loved
best to get off into Switzerland ana
spend his vacations climbing the noun
tains.
"As far as know, he is not specially
interested in art outside of the culti-
walton of love of art among his peo-
pie. Nor is he accomplished in either
art or music.
-
His boyhood was spent in quiet
study and outdoor life on his fathers
estate at Ciergnon. OF his military
training, there is nothing out of the
ordinary to be mentioned. He went
through the usual preparations for
service under the supervision OF the
army's foremost generals.
I'm manner he is indeed most quiet.
He speaks gently and without ges-
lures. HIS general attitude toward
life always seems to have been most
serious. OF course, as his pictures
show, he is very handsome. In uni
form. especially at palace functions.
he was most impressive.
NOW, the queen declared Mr.. Mas
kens, is of entirely different tenn
most say that she is the most popular
with the people of Belgium. She is
the daughter of the Archduke Karl
Frederick OF Bavaria and before her
marriage to King Albert resided in
Brussels and spent much of her time
going about among the suffering poor
of the city and attending to their
needs Consequently. she is more
familiarly known among the people
than the king himself
Queen Elizabeth is a little woman
and personally very charming one.
After her betrothal to King Albert
they used to walk about the streets
of Brussels together. They made a
very funny couple. she being so short
and he so tall. He is undoubtedly the
taliest man in Belgium and she hardly
comes to his shoulder
THE queen is much interested in
music and plays the violin with the
perfection OF a professional artistic She
interests herself in all of the musical
events OF Brussels and personally at
tends many. She has lent great in
fuencc toward elevating the musical
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n IL sorts of schemes have been
IN devised by the agents and Off
~ cials of the United States i'm
~ - migration service to nreyap%
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SIGNAL STATION tShOWlNG
TELEPHONE MSTALIsATlON AND s0IGNAlt1AM
USING HELIOGRAPH

terer. The latter. unable to get a~ay
on account of the "broken' engine, was
easy prey. The alleged smugglerS real
ized what had happened too late to do
any harm to their engineer, through
whose ruse they fell within the laws
clutches.
1t is this very class of business that
the commissioner general hopes to dis
courage and break up through his re-
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migration service to prevent
surreptitious entry Of aliens into the
country. and to catch them if they do
manage to slip by the everwatchful in
spectors. But despite the novel traps
set TO catch these lawbreahers they do
get IN
Watching the steamships to the
states. the trains crossing the border
Hhes, the roads and other main Chan
hets OF trafiic. and even keeping track
OF patches of foreigners landed at near
oE foreign ports do not dampen
the determination of aliens, aided by
the professional smupp1ers 70 GET
across ~ 80.
caught oe1ore they are IN the country
pense of taking care of them until tho
necessary government nrocedura can
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'"heh ~ nave 'heih oepofted'
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Thesa conditions have t,xaa ,ha in
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service With the small force avail
able. it has been difficult to trail them.
Often a Smuggling gang is discovered
In on. ~. 20 ~ . :. :.
80 y. Tue anu - ''
be reached to start him on the train
Then after he arrives on the scene he
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oyer at ali fi,nes
Commissioner General Caminettf con-
suited officers of the Signal Corps of
the Inited states army at ashlig .on
,isns ritb H. Nd of the SipnsI C,orns
otfrers 70 esta bIish signal stations
where they will be in full view of each
other. and yet inconspicuous. and Where
.heS can coiiiiia ~ Gnu q iuii "
of conrse ,ba n,ssent secret service
system by means of which the immi-
grafton authorities keep track of every
alien iahded IN loreisu couie u res res III III " y :
part of the globe would be maintained
the slenai service is intshoeo ~ SCI
as an adjunct 70 the present 1hi, o.
ready eHlciehtis reoi safi@e: ~
furNlSh d quick means "a tnS'iiii y
throughout the whoie system alone .hs
two borders and on the Two coasts the
news that aliens nave beeh idhueo sho
started for the United States.
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instantly the Htei ''s
would be on their mettie, ana ~ "oulo
he bad for him who sought to enter
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inInf grafton stations
The system is novel in itself, but en-.
..~.,,, nractic.bIe il is claimed The
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mere ia'' ''i" ~
such a system In an sHorl 10 Keep ou'
The undesira BILE aliens. IL 10 explained
,ro,,,d serve immediately to lessen the
.,;
slIus Snug.
While smuggling IS very prontaple
particularly among the japanese, Chi
,ase and Iindps nevertheless II is fur.
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organized secret service. augmented
by the elaborate signal system. His
idea is to make il so dangerous and
Improbable for smugglers to ply their
trade that it's cessation would be a nat
ural result. This can be done, it is
explained, only by maintaining the sig
nal service.
enforcement of the exclusion laws
along the borders and even the coast
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Wife Belgian Minister Describes Albert His ChdnIhe
Plays Violin With Master Touch Teaches Her Collaborating Albert Very
His and TaeReaEzes His Responsibility
Endeavod He Made
ton-NA NAm HaYennb an American
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@1HE gallant king of Belgium has
stirred Americas imagination as
we'll as aroused her admiration
q and Synpathy He typifies her
The Washington times., 1915-10-24

On Wednesday afternoon, November
10. Walter DemrosSh will open the
The Washington times., 1915-10-24
observation-disclosures y

dollars more than the amount collected
and his client will accept specie-orders
on the amounts represented by the
notes. taking the notes themselves for
delivery"
The proceedings which followed were
brief and crisp. President. Prime re-
signed from his office and from the
directorate. The remaining directors
immediate named j. Rufus Walling-
ford as director to hll the unexpired
vacancy in spite OF the fact that he
only held one share OF stocks. I'm
medintely thereafter. they elected J..
Rufus Wallingford president. and at
once inducted that genial and smiling
iinancicr into office.
Secretary Morris resigned. and no
sooner had he done 40 than he ceased
to twirl his mustache. The board
elected to take his place. one Paul Pol
let. short. chunky young man with
thick spcctaCles and n wiry pompadour.
The fierce whiskercd director resigned
and was replaced by the stranger who
had sat nearest the clock The new d.
rector's name was w. o. Jones. and he
was so bald-headed that short
sighted lamp-cl"aner had once mis-
taken him for an arc-lamp. The fat
director with the upturncd nose was re-
placed by one chinchila Williams. who
had received his nickname from the
| luxuriant fringe concealing his counten-
ance. Jim Measen. n big-boned man
| with n red neck and n much chewed
mustache replaced the director with
WsllinYord with tap Of his gavel
The Washington times., 1915-10-24

with the upturned nose were each ready
to tell him.
In that case we'd have nothing to
say about our successors stated Presi-
dent Prime. who was quicker OF speech
than the others. and his dimplc deepen
ed with misgiving as he glanced at the
four strangers clustered with Walling-
ford around the tick OF the grand
fathers clock "Our resignation in a
body would nccessitate a special stock
holders meeting for an election of Of
ficers, and since we no longer hold
n majority OF stock. we would have sue
cessors who" he paused for n choice
OF words. who would not understand
finance"
"Oh!' observed the fierce .whlskcred
director, his face lighting with pleas
ure. "As see It, we step out Of Of
paper about which there could be any
possible question. called in. paid in
cash and Cancelled"
"All paid" corroboratcd Secretary
Morris. twirling endlossly at his glossy
brown mustache. He was Worried this
morning. He was about to pure huse
n new car, and he could not decide on
which OF two makes.
I'm cash" added the high -shouldered
director, cracking the knuckles OF his ter
! fingers in succession The left thumb
gave him some trouble. but he man
aged It.
, Fine exclaimed the belated little
, director. where's the cash."
We'll. as II Just happens. there ls nc
| need to handle the actual specie. since
, Mr.. Wallingford informs me that he L.
to make special loan Of fifty thousand
The Washington times., 1915-10-24

utes. Mrs. Grandin." asked the paying
teller anxiously. as he counted out the
lady,,s money. I'D like to talk with
you"
I'm be back" promised Mrs. Gandin
|,sweetly. as she stuffed the money
| hastily into her handbag. Il want to
| telephone some friends Of mine" and.
| as she darted away the paying teller
| realized with a sickening sense OF dis
aster that the minute Mrs. Granain
emerged from the door. irreparable
| damage would be done.
The butter -and-egg man lunged his
bulk Into the space vacated by the lady
| and slammed down a check His eyes
were bulging and his cheeks were work.
ing. Blackie Daw lunged into the but
elbow and bumped him away: tnen
Blackie wound his long fingers into
the grill. to hold his place in front of
/ the wicket
MY money" he howled You're
holding me back because a $4,000 cash
will clean your bank! You're going to
| have a run today and you know it!'
Call an officer"' ordered the paying
teller. about whose aged mouth there
was a snap which Blackie rather ad-
mired.
President wallinEford stepped for
ward.
~ know the man." he said. entering
the paving teller's cage. The account
| ls correct. give MN tne IiN
picked up the check. and put his @; X.
on II. What do you mean by this" h2
demanded of II. q. Daw. Are yo" try
ing to run the Peoples Bank"
They wouldn't give me my money"
want to put the old officers in bad, but
the truth about Prime and the rest of
them had to come out before the d y :
over ANYHOW. and wanted my money.'
shut up. you fool!' ordered Ws'!ing-
ford. quite visibly angry. Come ir!., Q,
and wait until your money can y,
counted Give me room. will you. vii
Won" Blacke excitedlv requested q
the depositors who were crowding mir.
There were rine of them now In line.
and there was no dcpostor in front Of
the receiving teller's window. Rlack t
and Remember" he cautioned tie pay
ing teller. as he moved away. "no on
gcts paid until ! get mine"
The paying teller looked at the receiv-
Ing teller and the receiving teller 10 ,re
across at the paying teller. Both wcr,,
lost in profound wonder as to how tat
account OF II. G. DAVIS had come on the
books. but they did not speak. No en-
glove desired to know anything VII n
would be embarrassing on witnc -
stand. with .he sole exception OF -,
mandolin player: and he was hand
canned.
Shall J. leave you. the little .cilct-
6cc Of President wallingford,. and te
affectionately patted the yellow eIit
case: now stufred with money,
"No " directed Wallingford with r
strained look on his face. He sat down
with frowning anxiety. II don't want
the money on me-
Rinckis wish hi, .ses ssuld s,nsy. s,ng, rsrCt%s
liable to have a scrimmage before you
get out Of this
Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1915-10-24

bank, he leaned his head for five
locker $50. When he brought the familiar
notes to Wallingford. he laid them
down. and crumpled up in chair Hike a
ruined balloon.
Very good" remarked Wallingford.
lighting a thick. black cigar.
"How's our currency supply"
"Rather low" stated the bookkeeper.
the color coming gradually back into
= VERY we'll, Quaicy. Wen have these
notes paid in currency. I'll issue the
demand in writing. It's a good thing
for a bank not to let It's currency sup
ply get too low. Cancel all these notes
with your time-stamp. showing thc
date hour. and minute of cancellation,
return them to me by II O'Clock. and
"Tcs. SIR" heartily agreed Qualcy.
There was animation In his tone. the
moisture Of relief In his eye. actual col
ns ms Ts. wn "nsh ss, Sc Ts' taS
caah do we? OF course"
Wallingford blew placid smoke
Not So" he said. Not so!'
"Oh ord = groaned Quu!ey, his eycs
popping.
II don't see why we can't resign ir
body and be done with It," growlet
the fierce -whiskcred little director
| who had been out Of town and was be
ing plunged into the whirl Of event.
without explanation.
The president. the secretary. the high
shouldered director. and the fat ont