The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-11

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~ ECAUSE Constanza, Rouman-
- las chief seaport. was the log
ical place for the landing Of
Russian troops and supplies
bound for the Hungarian and Bulgar-
ian frontiers. II HIS been smitten by
the iron fist Of wPr. and since its swift
capture by the Teutons has endured
the hard fate Of being repeatedly boz
/ barded by its friends.
Before the war this thriving little
.city Of 1900 inhabitants handled
practically all the surplus wheat raised
Z by the ROumanian peasants which did
not find its way up the Danube to the
great -four mills Of Budapest, says a
I bulletin OF the National Geographic
| society.
/ Until hostilities began in 1914, Con-
stanza was also the transfer point for
I the extensive passenger service from
/ London. Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Wen
ma and Budapest to COnstantinople
and the near East. Here express
steamers connected with the de luxe
| trains from the west, making the run
to the Sublime Porte overnight.
Millions OF dollars have been spent
on the harbor and docks Of Constanza
since the town became a Roumanian
possession by the treaty OF Berlin.
which transferred the Dobrudja prov
ince to this country. The principal
\ improvements were begun In 1896.
On Site Of Ancient City.
Constanza, or KustendJe, with Its
wide, clean streets, its numerous
mosques, synagogues and church, oc-
! cuples the site of the ancient Toni,
Tomls or Tones, the metropolis Of the
| Euxine. The remains OF many col
umns and fragments Of statuary testify
/ TO the Importance and the wealth OF
/ the city In those. days. In the fourth
| century Constantine the Great changed
| the name OF the port TO Constantiana,
/ in honor OF his sister. During the
reign OF Theodosius II experienced an
era OF great prosperity as the metropo-
lis OF Pontus, but after 1t passed under
the control OF the Bulgars and later
of the Turks Its decline was raplu.
In the Russo-Turklsh war OF 1872 II
was bombarded by the Russians, and
II years later surrendered 10 the same
power without q blow In its defense.
Probably the most noteworthy event
in the history of ancient Toni was It's
designation By the Emperor Augustus
as the place Of exile Of the great Latin
poet, Publius Oyidius Naso. famlllarly
known as Ovid. The poets offense
was the publication OF "Ars Amato-ia,'
which enjoys the questionable distinc-
tiOn, according to no less an authority
than the oxford scholar, George Sid
ney owen, OF being perhaps the most
/ immoral work ever written by man
/ Of genius. Augustus had become pc
| cullarly sensitive about such literature
/ because he had been forced TO Danish
| and disinherit his own daughter, the
brilliant and beautiful Julia. ON ac-
/ count of her scandalous intrigue with
the son OF Mark Antony. This dis
grace was followed by u second scan
DIAL In the Imperial fnmily-thc notori-
Gus behavior OF the younger Julia, the
emperor's granddaughter. As Socru-
ties was charged with having corrupted
the youth OF Athens, so Ovid was
deemed by Augustus as at least in part
responsible for the corruption OF youth
full society In Rome. Therefore he was
ordered TO leave the capital and take
up his residence at Toni where he
remained for the last eight years of
his life, bitterly complaining of his
fate IN series of letters. compiled as
the i've books OF the "Trlstia."
Turnu SEVERN a Busy Town.
Turnu SEVERN was the first town in
Roumanla TO receive baptism OF
iron after hostillties were declared
between that country and Austria-Hun
garla. IL is an il-mile voyage down
the Danube from the international
boundary line at Vercioroya 10 a point
opposite Turnu SEVERN. This busy
Roumanian town OF 5000 inhabitants
pleasantly situated on high ground anC
partly hidden from the river by trees
has important shipyards and repair
shops for the Danube Steamship Nayi
cation company, and Is center fol
trade In petroleum. cereals and pre-
served meats. II ~ supposed TO defiy,
its name from tn ruins of an ole
tower in the vicinity which is said e
have been built In commemoration o
one of the victories Of the Roman EN-
peror. Severus.
II was at Turnu SEVERN that KIM
Charles /, who died only few week
after the outbreak of the European
war lp 1914, first landed on RoumaniaI