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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1912-7-18, Page 34 THE ROBIN HOOD OF .TURKEY Lthr. A RETIDTTLESS WAR- FARE ON GOVERNMENT. She( Ris rather, and Ile lade a Vow of•Unceasing and Terrie ble Revenge. News lia,s lately reached this court - try that in Anatolia, not very from Smyrna, ,the Turldah govern- ment has •succeeded n capturing and putting to dealth a notorious brigand named Tehakircijali. The story of this man's life is one of those clraana,tic episodes which bring to mind the legendary lore of the famous Robin Heed. It runs about as follows : • Years ago, in the reign of Abdul Hamid II., a brigand who had made the goverument much trouble in the Smyrna district was offered cone plebe amnesty if he would come to the government ,office aad surrend- er. He accepted the offer and eame with his son, then a mere lad, to au r render hiniself. . On entering the door of the govern,ment building he was she6 without warning. The by turned and fled, vowing eternal vengea,nce on the Turkish government, In •due time the lad grew te •manhood and gathered aroend him a band of lawless men, like-minded like hinaself. This band tumbered at various times from two _Jo three dozen men. All of them, like TchakirdjaIi, were ereck shots and all were armed with the newest modern repeating rifles, For many years this man and his band held •sway in the mountain's and valleys of Western Anatolia, not far from Smyrna. The object ef their biter animosity was mainly the Turkish government its,elf, and in all conflicts with soldiera sent to capture them THEY SHON(TED NO MERCY. It is not denied that during the last ten yeare at least 300 victims, most of them soldiers, have fallen to Tehaleirdjali's To capture a man of this type who knew every ravine and valley, every crag aucl crevice in the moun- tain distriet, was no small task, and for many years the Turkish • government failed in accomplishing its object. In spite of his bloodthirsty atti- tude toward the governmental pow - ere, Tolaakirdjali had a most re- • markable side to his character. He was profoundly religious from the •Mohammedan viewpoint, as were 'else his followers, and they never omitted to observe the regula,tion prayer h,our, wherever they iedght be. Nor was this ma,e. devoid of sympathy with the poor, much as he hated the predatory rich. At one -time, riding along the Meander Valley, he met a peasant driving in front of him a yoke of oxen. "Where are you going, my friend?" said Tehakiedjali. "My master," was the reply, 'I am going to town to sell my oxere", "What makes you aell your oxen? Are they hot your m,eans of plow- ing your farm?" "That is true," replied the man; "but, you see, my daughter is to be married, and I have no mean e to provide a dory, This is a great 'shame, and I shall sell the oxen to provide a dowry," "How much do you expect to gee for your oxen'? ' asked the bandit. "I expect to get about-21•Iiras" ,($80). "It is too bad," said Tchakird- -•jah, "thus to sacrifice your means of living. • Here are 21 liras as a• dowry for your daughter; go home; my son, and keep your'Oxen • but remember this, when the weding procession is formed it must pass by this bridge, where we n,ow are." "GOD BE PRAISED l" replied the fellow; "it shall be as you say.' ' When in due time the wedding procession was formed, it came to the bridge in question, and bhere was Tchakirdjali en horseback alone. Seeing the procession com- ing, he rode pp to the bride, who was on horseback, and. taking a silver filigree necklace, he fastened it around her neck, saying: "God be with you and give you peace !" At another time this same bandit, who fea,red neither men nor • devil, rode into a town in the Meander 'Valley, where liv,ed three Turks who notoriously ground the faces of the poor. It was high neon, and the three men were in the mosque at prayers. Tehakirdjall went boldly into the mosque and, tapping each •of the three men on the ahoulcler, • said: ' "I want to see yee outside." All three ',GLOM OUt, IMO Wing per - featly well who this man was. He • then spoke to No. 1, saying, "I • want of ,Irou six hundred liras, and I waut them now." To No, 2, he aid: "Of you I want seven hundred liras, and I want them new." To No. 3, he said, "I want twelve hun- dred liras, arid 1 want the,m now," No. 3 at on,ce began to make some ••excuses, when the bandit drew his revolver and shot him. The °thee two, seeing thet there was no effec- tive argument under such condi- tions, weut with Tchakirdjali and eounted out the gold. Thie, very coneiderable sum he thee at enee proceeded to clietribute among the Poor of tho vicinity, thus doming , down on his head a thousand heart- T felt blessings, So popular 'eras this MODERN 11,013IN HOOD among the peasantry that not one of them would willingly have be- trayed hiin to the government pow- ers, Seine years ago thegovernment s•ent word to our Missionaries in Smyrna, warning them, not to go to their ueual summer resort in the hills, because Tehakirdjali was in the vicinity and it eould net safe' guard them. On this aceount the missionaries remained in Smyrna that season, though, under govern- ment escort, they organized one pieeic ep in the hills. The follow- ing Year Tehakirdjali himself called oe one of the missionaries and eaid "Why did you not eome up to your summer resort last yeer1" The reply was that the government had warned missionaries against possible danger. To this he a,newer- ed • . "You need have no fear; you are good people, and I shall never harm a hair of your heads. Go up and take your rest this summer and feel perfectV safe," Relying on this word, those con- cerned went up as usual for their summer ' rest to their bungalows. Seen after their arrival this" man liiinself appeared with some ef his followees. He associated with the missionaries in most gracious man- ner, and played lawn tennis with them, keeping his guards, however, always on the alert ag,ainet any possible •surprise by the • army forces of the government. One day lieesaid : "Perhapi you think I did not ,know where you went on your picnic last summer. 1 knew it very well, however, for while you were enjoying yourselves land my Men were BEEEIND THE CRAGS on the hills above you, and we could have shot every soldier aet- ing as your guard had we desired to do so." This Tchakirdjeli was only about 36 years old, and is described by an eye -witness as 'short and stocky, with his head held high in the air. His features were rugged and pleas- ing, and he had rerserles,bly expres- sive eyes. They were brown in col- or, ordinarily gentle and mild but when the owner became excited or startled the pupils dilated and. fire seemed to flash from them. Atl one time, when ,one of ehe mission7 aries was with the brigand at a pic- nic, he seemed really annoyed when he saw the earnera pointed at him. He at once lifted his revolver and reixtOnstrated. • Of course the cam- era was immediately put away. The brigandethen proposed target prac- tice with revolvers. ,An. egg was placed against a bank about, 30 yards ;may, and, with his revolver, the chief of the band broke it at the secoiad shot. At last, however, as is always the case with men of this type, the gov- ernment -got the better of him'al- though the peasantry believed that Tchakirdjali was bullet-proof. The present Governor Nazim Pasha de- termined to reund him up, and em- ployed a large band of Oirea,ssians for this purpose. The robber band was surrounded and, a.Eter a terri- fic fight, leaving some of their num- ber dead, they escaped. The head- less body of Tchakireljali was found by the Oircassians Oe probably have' in.g killed himself), the robbers hav- ing removed his heed and arms, ae they had marks on them that would identify them. The body was, how- ever, identified by his wife, as also by the.fact that, a little later on, his head was found buried in his father's grave. DETECTIVE DOYLE. • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sat at a dinner on one of his visits to New York beside a lady who asked leave to consult him about some thefts. "My detective powers," he replied, "are at yegr service, madam." • ".Well," said the lady, "frequent and mysterious thefts have been oc- curring at my house for a long time. Thus, there disappeared last week a motor horn, a broon3, a box of Sir A, Conan Doyle. golf balls, a left riding boot, a clic- tione,ry. and half a dozen tin plates," , "Ah,"- said the creator of Sher-, leek Ilelmes, "the ease, 'madam, is . quite cleat. YOu keep a goat.", HOT WEATHER U you are Among those whose body needs nursing along, eattor on a0count, Of important Worlg to be done or on Account of waste of strength front past or present siokness. — Bovril should fOrrs an important part of Your. summer diet.llot only does it build and strongihen but it adds materially to your power to absorb the nutriment contained in ordinary food. • Bovril is concentrated beef in Its best form. A. little ripreAd on thin bread and butter sandwiches, or on hot buttered toast, is botli appetizing and nutritious, A simple cup of Bovril makes an appetizing and strengthening bouillon. Send for our booklet which gives much useful information to any mother, Bovril Limited, 27 St. Peter $t„ Kontreal. A THIEF AND EASTER EGGS • ROW TELE LATTER PROVED GUILT'OF THE FORMER. llessage on Shell Wouldn't Have Been Discovered But for Scientists. Arnelf Sehlosemann, living in No. Ma.gaelenestrasse,, Vienna IV., conducted a small banking and brokerage business at the same. ad- dress. He and his family lived in the first apartment over the bank, His family eensisted of his wife, two" daughters of twenty and 21, an old cook who was stens deaf, and a man servant, George, who acted as footman' for the family and as mes- senger for the bank. One Saturday evening in March, after banking hours, two, women called on Schlossrnann in his apart- mene. They were on the committee of the Edelweiss Verein, a chari- table society, and they and various naenabers in different parts of the country had managed to get toge- ther some 100,000 crowns for chari- table purposes. They had intended depositing the money, but through delay on an incoming train had not been able to get to the bank in time. They, therefore, requested Mr. Sehlossmann to take eharge of this money for them—it was all in coin and bills—as they knew that he had a small private safe in his apart- ment. Mr. Sehlossinann agreed to do this, and locked the =alley away in the safe while the wonienetwere still there. Early the next morning the man servant George came to Mr. Schlosemann and asked to stay out until midnight, as he wished to visit his mother, WHO LIVED OUT OF TOWN. Mr. Schlossma.nn said : "If you come in a,t midnight you .will wake everybody. You had bet- ter stay over till Monday morning, if you can be in ley 10. Can you 1" George consulted hie time -table and said he could get in en time on Monday. On reaching th,e, sta- tion, however, he found the trains had been changed, and, therefore, he came home on th,e Sunday night train, which brought him to the house at midnight. Afraid of waking the family, he took off his heavy shoes and crept upstairs in stocking feet. George slept in a room off the kitchen in an extension, and as he crept stealthily through the hall he noticed that a faint ribbon of light showed through a crack of -the library door. George pushed open the door quietly and saw a man in the act of temoving the bag in which the Edelweiss money was deposited. He hurled himself upon the intruder and call- ed lustily -tor help. The banker hiteself came to his aid. Together they secured the man, whom they recognized as a pewter who had occasionally been employed by Schlossena,nn in removing empty cases and old paper from the bank. The case seemed so very simple that complications did not seem possible, but the chief of police nevertheless called in the famous criminologist, Dr. Masaryk, that very night, owing to the fact that a good many robberies had been late- ly committed in that neighborhood, WHAT HE FOUND. The great man asked a good many queations'iome of which -appeared futile to the Schrossmanns. When alone with the Chief of police, he said: "Chief, Schles5nann instigated that robbery. He hired the mart to break into the rooms and remove that bag ef coin." "Impossible , " said the chief of poliee. "Schless,mann is not a 13'1g banker, but he is absolutely hon- est.'' "Here is my case," said Dr. Mas- aryk. "Re is in financial difficultieg and 100,000 crowns would help him out of th,ern, First ,of all, he got hi - man George out of the way for the night. Then he chloroformed his wife and daughters, He himself an- swered George's call for help im- mediately, showing that he had not been Chloroformed, for it 'took sev- eral minutes to arouse his wife and the two young w,ornert. Also the cook had not been chlerofoemed. The porter had clone to work for the Schlossmanns fer over two moriths, and the cook wes with them for barely a month, so that the por- ter could net have known that she tweet , was deaf, and, if he had been boneade burglar 40 would have ehloreformed her along with the rest." The porter would confess notle, ing. Re told a seemingly frank story, Re had overheard the Edel- weiss women discussing on the street their plan of leavine, the mouey Schlossmann's charge until Monday, and he had succumbed to the temp- tation, THAT WAS ALL, A week passed, and as the e,ourts were very busy the ease did' net come- up. The chief of Relies and Dr. Masaryk hoped that the man would break down -in, the cotart when confronted with his wife and child, whom he had beert allowed to see once and of whom, he seemed very fond, The next Sunday was Easter, and at 9 in the morning the porter's wife appeared, bringing with her her little six-year-old girl. She was told she could not see her husband on Sunday. She began to ery bit- terly and begged the warden to be allowed to send her husband the basket of Easter eggs -which her little girl was carrying and which the child had prepared for her father, ' "The little one does not know what her father has done," she sobbed. The warden promised to send the porter the eggs. Just as the woman was going out Dr. Masaryk carne in. When he saw the eggs he demanded to hear all that had passed. "These eggs are unusual," he said. "ITSually Easter eggs are dyed blue, red, green, purple, yel- low and pink. But these are natur- al,eolored eggs, with little bits of silver and gold paper cut out in the form of stars, pasted upon them." He instructed one of the men to send out for some hard-boiled eggs and silver and gold paper, and when the eggs and paper had been brought, lie proceeded to cut +out little stars, making them uneven and as anuch as possible like those fashioned by the uncertain fingers of the little girl. These little stars he pasted over THE NEWLY BOUGHT EGGS* "This may be an unnecessary pre- caution," he explained, "but we will be on the safe side." • This accomplished, he broke open the • eggs which the woma,n, had brought, very carefully removing the eggshell bit by bit, so as not to injure the filmy skin which sur- rounds the white of the egg. He examined the shelled eggs carefully. Faint lines appeared on their surface. Suddenly he cried: „!`Here ie the, proof of the bank- er's guilt. Do you 'see these -words upon the eg . They were written on the outsid of thiyeabeeelleweell. mixture of ni4.hFi,1ue and a certain aeid fterward tl..ke, eggs • were placed fifl79lUti0n of'acetic acid and ch orinate of lime, whith liberates a gas ealled chlorine, of great 131eahing properties. This caused the, writing to disappear on the shell.iJ The writing had sunk through thte shell and become fixed in the skill. The bleach did net af- Feet it. , thus it was possible to write on the inside of an egg with- out breaking the shell. The mes- sage, when the eggs are arranged in the pr4er gequence, reads: • '''N, "Schlos" ann will pay you 10,- 000 crowns 'I you will nothlab. If possible, heNwill see you go free. If not, pleasde be game and go to jail. He, will f kay half of the sum to me, the othe half to you when you get out. Ten housa,nd crowns will put us on eas street. Your wife." • The banker confessed after being confronted with the eggs. 11 AUSTRALLI'S CENSUS. 4,274,414 Persons Are Registered as Christians. The recently undertaken census of -the Commonwealth of Australia has led to the publication of some interesting details concerning the religious professions of the popula- tion. Out of a total of 4,274,414 per- sons registered as Christians the following are allotted respectively 'to the principal denominations: Church of England, 1,710,443; Methodist, 547,806 ;Presbyterian 558,336; Congregational, 74,046; Baptist, e7,074; Protestant (unde- fined), 109,861; Roman Catholic, 921,425. It should be noted that the total number of men in Australia is 2,313,035, exceeding the total of women, which is 2,141,970. There is little discrepancy between the numbers of women and men allot- ted to the various Christian denomi- nations, but Whereas We men regis- tered the4aselves as • atheists and 7,559 as of "no relEion;" while 55,766 objected to statnig their re- Iigiotis beliefs, the corresponding figures for the female population are athesits, 63; no religion, 1,692; end 27,370 who would not stete bo lief—a striking disparity. A politieal reformer is a, politi- cian who doesn't stand in with the gangs "Have you any references?" Mk - ed the lady of the beuse. "Yes, ma'ant, a lot of 'ere."• "Why didn't you bring them with you 'They're just like iny Photographs, ma'am. None of 'em does trie Jug - Each Package and Every Pound FROM BONNIE Extra Granulated Sugar contains 5 pounds fullweight of Canada's finest sugar, at its best. Ask your grocer for the 5—Pound Package. CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO, Limited, Montreal. 11 e ',tee .1 "en 1,114141WR.444//rittoRrRASPINIAVIR fa 1 On the Farm eseeeseeweesafeeseetese DON'T FOR THE MILKERS. One—Don't put the can under the cow until her udder is clean. Two --Don't begin to milk the cow .with a wet tail until you have tied it. Three --Don't tie it too short. Four—Don't put your fingers in the milk. If you want to soften the teats milk a drop intoethe palm of your hand and rub them with this. Five—Don't let your pail get too hill when you are milldttg a young cow. Six—Don't crack the seat of your stool on the cow's back if her tail goes in your eye_ Seven—Don't strap a heifer if you can help it. She is generally restive because the milking hurts her. Eight—Don't fodder the cows un- mtilthinemilking is finished or you Nine --Don't talk while you are iikg. will have a lot of dust in the milk. --Ten.--Bunat1/4% any account milk any curd, blood rope -into your milk can. If you ind any slime in- side the sieve ftid out where it comes from. • Eleesen—Don't have your nails long. Twelve—Don't half do the job un- less you want to dry the cow. IN THE CHICKEN YARD. The average chicken does not pay for his keep and he should be sent to the bloek as soon as he weighs four pounds, unless he is to be kept for breeding. Let a strunge dog rush through the poaltry yard and the excitement will affect the egg supply for that day. When hens • have no sentiment there is no doubt they are extreme- ly nervous at times—particularly during the breeding season—and should be so placed that they can- not be disturbed. It does not matter so much about the breed as it does about the kind of treatment your hens receive. Of course, if you are going in for poultry to sell on the market you must select the fowl that will pro- duce the most naeat, and if for eggs the breed .that will produce rnore eggs than meat. Then it is "up to you" to get the most out of them, as the slang does. NOTES OF THE HOG LOT, Semetirnes a week's ehill rains or cold vveether will set the pigs back a month in their growth. • After all that may be said in fa- vor of other pastures, clover stands at the head when it comes to the right thing for pigs. A great many farmers do not rea- lize that grass supplies a feed en- tirely different from corn and that it is a bad practice to ehange en- tirely and suddenly. from one to the other. When the pigs are taken out of -the pasture this fall they should not be turned suddenly into the corn fields or fed all the new corn they can eat. Make the change gradually. If a hog dies on the farm, no mat- ter from what eause, take no chanc- es, but remove the body a long dis- tance from the feeding lots and burn it. ORCHARD NOTES. Many growers say that weeds are as valuable as fertilizer as clover and cow peas if they are turned under every year. The grower who will sort his ap- ples into two or more grades, packed well, will get more money for his fruit than the one who throws all kinds together in a bar- rel and places a layer of the best ones on top. The city dealer profits by the lazi- ness of the grower by grading and repacking his badly assorted fruit. That corky eld apple, the Ben Davis, still holds a high price in the city markets because its fine ap- pearance deceives the ignorant buyer. INVISIBLE INK SECRETS. There are several ways in which two persons can eorrespond with each other unknown .to even. the 'feople before whose eyes the very letter is held. Young ladies, for in- stance'may use new milk as,ink. When dried this is invisible, but If octal clust or soot be scattered upon the paper the writing becomes legi- ble. Diluted sulphuric acid, lemon juice, solutions of nitrate and chlor- ide of cobalt or of chloride of cop- per write colorless, but en being heated the characters written with the first twee become black or brown; and the latter green. And when the paver becomes cool and the writing disappears, leaving the paper blank again. Two good in- visible inks are made by saltpetre dissolved in water, and equal parts of sulphate of copper and sal ane, rnoniac dissolved in water. 1§ENEDIOT'S IDEA. Mrs. Benham --"All the world loves a lover." Benham—"Sure! A man can be popular any time if he is willing to make a fool of himself." • ate ,te "te Take A Handful Of "SI. Lawrence" Sugar Mine The Stare Door —out where the light can fall on it—and see the brilliant, • diamond.. like sparkle the pure white color, of every grain. That's the way to test arty stgar — that's the way we hope you will test Sugar COM4111 b Al Oparkle—itsoren grain—its matchlesssweetness, 0210 if with any other sugar --compare its pure, white Better still, get a 20 pound or zoo pound bag at your voter's toad test "St. Lawrence Suter. in your hotne. ST. lAWRIrtiCit SUGAR IRSIE;;ZIR"VS ••••••••• ortriemr; 6/4 NOTES OF INTEREST HP RANKS AND BILAW4S. What is Going en 41 The Inglilanal find Lowlands of Auld Bootie. It is proposed to erect a Public; scheel at Firth, brAoinc.e:tir poiudre eilB eouici feserlet fever has A motor ambulance has been get for Dundee, at a cost of 2548. it is reported that smallpox has broken out at Glengarneck. It is proposed to have a railway station at Rosyth Naval Base, DJu'an;eeseiItattray, one, of the rescued from the Titanic, is a native of raE0:: 0:risive, building operations are being cared out at Berwick Bar - Private j. McIsaac, Peebles, has been presented with the long -ser- vice medal. A new postoffice with improved accorarnodation is to be, provided for Kilwinoing. An alarming fi.re broke out in a row of Defilers' houses at Kockenti- her, Crosshouse, daring burglary was committed in the shop of Mr. Wm. Chalmers, jeweller, Kilmarnock. • The installation of motor power in the fishing skiffs on Loch Fyne has met with muck success. The, price of heusehold coal at E1to 2hu8rgh on the 18 pound net was 2 shillings per ton. Considerable damage was done by a fire that occurred at the farm of Little. Barras, Druralithie. Mr. Vernon Roberts, Kincardine Castle, is to act as chieftain at the Auchterarcler Highland gathering. The municipal bowling greens in Glasgow had to be elosed at times on account of the unsettled wea- ther. Fully one thousand women and girls are thrown out of employment by a fire at the Bradford Mills, Aberdeen. Much damage was done by fire that occurred on the pr(.eises of a waste paper merchant 'in Wales Street, Aberdeen. to purchase a steam fire engine from Glasgow Corporation at a cost of I.Boeork town council have agreed .wie Shipbuilding is very brisk in the Clyde district. Last month it ag- gregated 54,000 tons, and it prem- ises to continue go for some time. James Stewart, butcher, Perth, was fined 40s. or 220 days, for push- ing his wife into the fire, and as- saulting his 12 -year-old daughter. An obelisk in memory of Alexan- der Anderson, "Surfacernan," has been erected in front of Kirkcon- nel schoolhouse, Dumfriesshire. FEVER GEM'S IN VEGETABLES Very Scarce. Unless GrOW11. Under Unsanitary Conditions. Recent experiments showing that vegetables may act as vehicles of typhoid fever sounds alarming, un- til the whole story las been told, and then it is understood that while this is true, the chances of contag- ion by m.earts of vegetables is so slight that there is little to worry about. Soil was inoculated with fecal xna- terial containing typhoid germs and radishes and lettuce .planted in it. Some of these plants were kept in., doors and sprinkled from t'me to time, while ethers were allowed to grow naturally out of doors. It was found that after twenty-five days the plants that were grown in- doors had typhoid germs on the leaves and stems, while it was thir ty days before the germs were found on the leaves and stems of, plants grown ent CI- doors. All this was merely by way of ex- periment and preyed nothing, as far as danger to the consumer is oncerned, inasmuch as the soil in which the planta were grown was first ezirefelly inoculated with the dread germs. This naturally would not happen in the average garden, and espe- cially in the great track gardens where so much ef the produce is raised for cite, consumption. There is a poesibility, however, that vege- tables growing too near a sink drain in the country or too near the stable yards might possibly acquire some of these germs. There are few vegetables ever planted in such localities even away in the country, while modern sani- tary systems de away with even the sink drain plots and the stable yard. So that while the result of this experiment sounds "seary" at first, no one should worry in the least about dangers of typhoid from vegetables, especially eince there are a thousandfold greater dangers of contagion about us every day, ihe eornmen house fly, for instance, be- ing one of these examples. A girl expects a man to think her hair is naturally early even when she knows that he knows it isn't, It isevery ote's duty to have i books a lbrary la hot a luxury, but , one of the necessariee of life.