Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 2, 1909, Page 16

8 ADANA, LAND OF MASSACRES Country Swept by Fire and Sword for Centuries Past. STAMPING GROUND OF ST. PAUL Ever Since the Days of Alexander Pompey It Has Been a District for Destruction——Ancient Ruins, There ia nothing iike personal familiarity with a locality to arouse a real Interest in news concerning it even if that news be of #o startling a character as to merit the name of a massacre. Poor Adana! There was a time when | knew its broad wheat fields, silvery streams, luxuriant gardens and the wild mountains that hem the tile vtalley tn, for | went there In a smart corvette and fetched away a marble sar- cophagus that had held the remains of a Roman princess for a thousand years more before it came to be a show plece in the New York Metropolitan Museum Now I venture the assertion that not one person in ten thousand who has read the late startling dispatches over heard the pretty name before or knows whether it be longs to a town or a district or where to locate It except as indefinitely somewhere In the sultan's Asiatic dominion. In fact, the general tenor of the dispatches where the name is found Indiscriminately classed with Aleppo, Befrut, Damascus, etc.. giv the,natural impression that it is somewh re in Syrla. If old St. Paul were alive he would surely pour out the vials of his ready wrath upon anyone who dared to call him a Syrian, for he was a Cilician and the Roman province of Cillcia of his day is the vilayet of Adana today Off to the northeast of the island of Cy- prus, just after the mainland makes sharp bend from running north along the Byrian coast to west along that of Asia Minor, lies this, the finest natural granary of the whole Mediterranean coast, and its three principal towns of Mersina, Tarsus and Adana le almost in line completely through its center. Riding and camping but on the banks of the Cydnus our care- free band heard from the native story tell- trs traditions innumerable of the fair land that is so unfortunately located as to have been the battleground of nations since the /n of history. The name of the myth- \cal Sardanapalus is claimed as that of the founder of every town and village. Within (ta boundaries Alexander the Great won the most famous of his victories. Pompey the tireal reached the pinnacle of his fame here when his legions captured the prov- Ince for Rome, searcely thirty years before Bt. Paul was born. Then the Arabian Moslems swept up and across it from the sast; the savage Armenians from the mountains in the north devastated it. The Christian emperor, Baldwin of Constanti- nople, brought fire and sword from the west; Greeks and Venetians harried the roast from the south, and so down the senturies the little province, simply from belng a military key to surrounding peo- ples, was kept in poverty and desolation until great Haroun al Raschid gave it the tew name of Adana and brought peace and plenty to the land. A Consular Agent. There was a wealthy native of Tarsus samed Abdo Dabbus, who for many years 2ad prospered under the protection of an ippointment as consular agent of the United States, and it so came about that in one 3 his fields was uncaYthed a fine marble tarcophagus, which as a murk of apprecia- lion, he made a gift to the United States, with only the proviso that some one should b sent to take it. And so it came about that the Shenandoah was ordered to the sastward to pick it up, and in due time let g0 its anchor in the snug harbor of Mersina. It was a grand opportunity for old Abdo, beyond his dreams, to have a man- Jirst mention to him of the interest | was most natural to see the battlegrounds | our a proof of his mportan: and he made the most of it in the best of ways, for not only were his house and gar- dens placed at our disposition, but at the that of Alexander, he equipped a complete camp, even to a detachment of Turkish in- fantry, to take us throughout the province. Over the campfire at night the stories were told that, true or false, brought to cars the famous names whose vie- tories and defeats had alike brought only misery to a peaceful people. Of all those names 8o often heard, one only, Haroun at Raschid, our Arablan Nights hero, was called blessed. It seems queer that two of the greatest names of Christianity and of Tslam should find thelr common ground here of unalloyed respect. All through the rolling plain and in the foothills of the Taurus were in this time of thirty-odd years ago fine fields of grain, orchards and luxuriant gardens, and all that should make a people happy and well- to-do, but the war storms of nearly 3,000 years have stamped an indelible mark on the people. Poor Adana! One more mas. sacre is but a drop in the stream. Ancient Ruins. Just beyond Mersina and on the sea beach are the ruins of two old cities that gave our men a grand scope for the exer- cise of amateur archaelogical research Julleopolis, named for Pompey's wife, the daughter of Jullus Caesar, and Pompeopo- !#, which was an altered name for the an- clent seaport of Solls. The old breakwater that formed the original harbor was traced out in the sand by making soundings, and its outer edge was found to be ful feet inboard from the present sea-wate: line. The pertect pillars of an pld temple were standing, and the men captured one of the capitals complete and uninjured, by sending a line over the top of the pillar by a kite, and #o rigging a means to climb the pillar, pry up the capital, and lower it to the ground carefully. It is my Impres- sion that that work of art is now In the Smithsonian institution at Washington. As for the sarcophagus, the secret of Its soul will never be betrayed, for It bears no inscription, nor was anything recovered from it. Probably, whatever it contained was stolen by the laborers who unearthed it. Its bulky eleven tons was hoisted to our quarter-deck, the beautiful sculptures carefully boarded in, and the last home of a countrywoman of Saint Paul, like him a Roman, came on its long voyage to rest in @ country unheard of and unsuspected when it was created.—E. W. Very, U. 8. N., in New York Post. WILL CONFER__% CONGESTION Canl Issued for Meeting to Discuss Amelioration of Over- crowding. A call has been issued by Benjamin C. Marsh, executive secretary of the *Com- mittee on Congestion of Population in New ork,”” for a national conference on ‘“city planning,” to be held in Washington, D, ., May 21 and 22 Congestion of population in most of the large cities of the country, discussion of such measures of city planning practiced abroad which are applicable to the United States, amelioration of the present conges- tion and the means of preventing its recur- rence in the newer districts of the various cities, will engage the energies of the con- ference. President Taft conference be has urged that such a held and will address the conference at the opening meeting. Some of the leading exponents of city planning from foreign countries will be invited. Ap- propriate exhibits of the best features of city planning and congestion of population will be contributed by numerous socleties already engaged in this work. —— Kemper, Hemphtll & Buckingnam, All kinds of plating. THE OMAHA SUNDAY B LIBRARY COMES TO OMABA Swedish Institute Given Part of Sward Collection. NOTED CLERGYMAN'S CAREER Man Whose Books Will Be Given to Perpetaate His Memory Homored in Americs an Sweden, The Immanuel Deaconess Institute of Omaha is about to receive a valuable ad- dition to its library in having assigned to it a part of the extensive collection of the late Rev. P. J. Sward, D. D., who died in 1901 n Mora, Sweden, where he was rector of that parish under appointment by King Oscar 11 of Sweden Rev. Mr. S8ward was a leader among the Swedes in American and had won much renown as seaman missionary at Brooklyn and Baltimore and as pastor of churches at Vasa and St. Paul, Minn., and in Omaha, He was repeatedly chosen president of the Augustana Synod of North America, the general body of the Swedish Lutheran churches of this country, and filled the chalr of professor of church history other branches in the,synod's theological seminary. As a member of the most im- portant board of the synod, he was in the position to take the lead in all the impor- tant church activities. Later in life he returned to Sweden and was appointed to the fmportant reetorship of Mora, where he ended his faithful and busy life in 1901. His wife, Mrs. Selma Sward, returned to America, bringing with her the valuable library of her husband, consisting of several thousand volumes, in- tending to donate it to some of the Insti- tutions of the Augustana Synod. Her death taking place before she could make arrangements for the division of the Ii- brary, the work of distribution was taken up by her children and heirs. The insti- tutions to be thue favored are the Augus- tana College and Theological Seminary of Rock Island, 1ll, Gustavus Adolphus col- lege of St. Peter, Minn., and the Immanuel Deaconess Institute of Omaha. The committee to apportion the books to the several institutions was appointed by the helrs of Dr. and Mrs. Sward and con- sists of Martin Sward of the University of Nebraska, Rev. P. M. Lindberg of Omaha, and Rev. Peter Peterson of St. Paul, Minn. The committec has completed its work. The only condition laid down by the donors was that every book be stamped with “From the Memorial Library of Rev. P. J. 8ward. D. D. Donated by his ghildren.’” The heirs of Dr. and Mrs. Sward who have In this manner perpetuated the mem- ory of their distinguished father are: Dr. E. J. C. Sward of Oakland, Neb. secre- tary of the State Board of Health; Dr. Pdward Sward, dentist, Oakland, Neb.; Mrs. Lydia Romson of Nora, Sweden; Miss Eilen Sward, trained nurse, Omara, Neb.; Martin Sward, medical student, Lincoln, Neb., and Mies Ester Sward, Mora, Sweden. The Rev. Dr. Bward wae highly esteemed by the king of Sweden, Oscar 11, who con- ferred upon him a special honor by ap- pointing him commandant of the Royal Order of the North Star. Not Body of Miss Lewis, CHICAGO, - May 1.—The _identification yesterday of the body found in_ the lake near Lincoln park as that of Miss Ella Lewis was an error. Miss Lewis was dis- covered allve today. Miss Lewls' appear- ance leaves the identity of the suppoged suicide still a mystery. Big Sale of Mine Property. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 1.—The 20,000 acres Included in the J. R. Walsh and J. K. Seifert mining properties in Sullivan and Greene counties were sold today at Eubllc auction to the Equitable Trust and avings company of Chicago for $1,600,000. ‘There was only one bid. and | NEW ENGLAND’S IDEAL KITCHEN Economy of Space and Concentration of Equipment the Chief Feature, If the proverblally busy housewife could he wear a pedometer for just one day would be amazed at the number of she walks right in her own kitchen. till night, and this is perhaps the cause of the unfailing irritability of cooks. Walk ing in the open air Is refreshing and en- joyable, and one may tramp for miles without feeling in the least bit tired; but an endless round from kitchen stove to pantry and across the room again to the cooking table, just perhaps to get a spo: or bit of flour, is nerve wearing. The old fashioned New England kitchen, with it great expanse of floor space, which must be scrubbed every week, Is enough to wear a woman out. The kitchenette, ®0 popular in all the first-class apart- ment houses, Is a4 happy solution of the labor-saving problem. For the woman who does her own work the arrangement Is a real blessing, for she can keep hou: beautifully in the smallest of Kitchenettes a mere cupboard, with a window, sink, stove and cabinet A kitchenette that is elght by nine feet however, Is large enough for one, two women to work in most comfortably There is 80 much to be sald in favor of kitchenettes that one hardly knows where to begin. In the first place they save time, which is about the mest important consideration nowadays. Everything Is right at hand—sink, stove, table, utensilg may be reached by a mere step. Kitchen ettes are sanitary, too, for there are no corners to stow things away in. Then everything Is light, open, airy and gen erally sunny. A little nursery refrigerator Is provided for the food, and, owing to its smallness and simplicity of construc tlon, may be kept immaculate. It is said that poorly kept refrigerators put out in equally badly cared for back hallways a menace in many familles. The absc lute cleanliness possibie In a Kitchenette is one of its highest values. Even the most careful scrubbing does not take. one-quar- ter the time that a barn of a kitchen takes,.for all unnecessary spaces are elim- inated. The kitchenette is well fitted out and one could cook for a good-sized family with perfect ease. The sink is white porcelain and there is one set tub at the left of it A board covered with white ollcloth is placed over the tub. It is delightful to have the window over the sink. for while doing the dishes one may take refreshing peeps into the outdoor world. The gas range Is a model made espe- clally for kitchenettes and has three holes on top and an oven large enough to roast a good, sized now or even turkey. An ex- cellent idea Is the asheéstos mat, bound with tin, which Is hung back of the stove. Over the stove is a tin-covered shelf for. the flatirons. This must be put up with strong fron brackets on a firm wal. A little shelf, with a clock and a pepper and salt shaker, will be found a great conven- lence when cooking. At the right of the shelf is a package of broom cvrns, with whieh to try cake. The little spice cabinet contains every im- aginable spice and fiavoring. Under it is a tool rack, with the flat holder at one side A row of frying pans hang near the stove. The compact cooking table is ahout the best feature of the room. with its tempting array of bowls and spoons. At one side of the table the bread and pié board hang and the rolling pin at the other. Small utensils are kept in the table drawers Under the table is a wooden platform for different tin cannisters, and a vegetable basket. This basket, with the different colored vegetables, such as gay carrots and silvery onions, actually gives a deco- rative touch. The platform is on casters, 80 that It can be rolled out on sweeping day. The china dishes may be prettily ar- ranged in the cabinet, which has glass 1t 1s | no wopder that she is tired from morning Flectric Pianos Will You Have a Slice? Could a Bet you band us? That s just our up when we tell you ay you 4 handsome Our Electric Pla one who has seen and market. They are always ready to play music any We have the vacuum system w cut perfectly to corres No automatic reverse are always ready to coin in the slot. Agev ard, Electrola and ot Come in and se operation and listen dance music, Every doors. On top the chest of drawers under the cabinet is a good place for cook books. In the top drawer are kept th large cooking utensils, such as cake and | bread tins, saucepans and all manner of tins and ename! ware. White enamel ware, by the way, is the best the kitehenette, both because it ig safe to use and looks so delightfully clean and dainty. In the séc- | ond drawer of the chest are a fresh supply of iltchen caps and aprons, clean towels and crisp muslin sash curtains, which should be changed each week Another convenience of the kitchenette is the laundry shelf over the tub. H may be kept =oap, bluing, starch, ammonia and flatirons. A favorite color scheme for the Kitchen- ette is buff and white. The walls should be painted so that they may be washed The floor is copvered with linoleum, with rubber mats at the sink and table. A small radiatos at one end of the room, finally insures the w the LIQUOR SALE NOT LICENSED, GOVERNMENT REQUIRES TAX A Explains General Regard to mth generally supplied by ooking stove.—Boston Herald. Collector Hamm isconcepth Dealing “There scems to be a popular misconcep- tion regarding the government's tax for dealing in spirituous and intoxicat- ing liquors, and nto which no Jess a dis tinguished a p n than Mr. Bryan has fallen,” said Revenue Collector Ross Ham- mond, Friday morning. “The government does not in any sense grant a license to sell liquor. It simply ex- acts a special tax from those engaged in its sale. It is in the nature of an occupation tax and is provided for under section 3243 of th United States revised statutes, which s The pa internal revenue laws f trade or business shall xempt_any from rishment state for carrying t in any ma or con of such trad contra 2 laws of such ibited by munici or in place nor shall The prohibitionists are making strenuous appeals to voters in behalf of the Anti-Saloon League ticket for the Fire and Police They have centered their fight in this campaign They denounce the republi- cans™as well as the democrats and are doing their utmost to foment discord in the ranks of the regular parties. By such tac- ties they hope to scatter the opposition and thus, together with the aid of the non-partisan petition candidates for Police board the prohibitionists expect to break into office, Commission. upon the regular party candidates. tax be held to prohibit any state from placing a duty or tax on the same trade | or business for state or other purposes | “All so-called government licenses aro ot licenses, but are occupation or speclal taxes, The granting of licenscs was origin- ally a war measure and the system was changed from license to special tax in July 1866, being the first of the war tax reductions. he special taxes now in force and the amounts of such taxes are Brewers of less than 500 barr 850 | Brewers of barrels or m uen 100 ifiers of jess than 600 barrels ctifiers of 500 barrels or more..... | ers, retail liquor....... | Dealers, wholesaie liquor Dealers’ in malt liquors, wholesale.... Dealers in malt liquors only, retall Manufacturers of stills.... - And for each still manufactured | _And for each worm manufactured | Manu ers of oleomargery ilers In oleomarge: s in oleomarge olored ........... in oleomargerine Jleomargerine | not ar ¢ adulterated butter dicted for Taking Money from A feants, CHICAGO, May ¥:-L. Jenkins, members of Examining Engineers, were indicted today, ged with obtaining’ money under false pretenses from Joseph Hornyanski. An al- leged go hotween, Louls Bour, was indic yestorday It i alleged Bour collected 92 from Hornyanskl, claiming he needed the greater part of the money to bribe the examiners in the city hall, J. Griffin and John the city's Board of Sturdy oaks from little acorns grow— advertising in The Bee will do wonders for your busin AN ADDRESS To the Members of the Personal Rights Leagues and Other Voters of Omaha : every other candidate for the police board. An editorial April 9th, 1909, in The Omaha Issue, the news- paper of the prohibitionists, say ‘‘THE FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION." “*Our vote can be centered on four men. not be centered except in part. Much of it is bound to be scattered among the various candidates. And it will be OUR TICKET AGAINST THIEVES” In the same number of The Omaha Issue, the following para- graph appears: 'he other people will have their slate, and the brewers, saloon-keepers, gamblers, pimps, and public service corporations have already begun to prepare a slate, and it will be our ticket against thieves, with all the extra candidates pulling support away from their ticket.’’ The same Anti-Saloon League organ, dated April 30th, makes the following editorial comment upon the demoeratic and repub- lican Aominees for the police hoard: *“1t should be remembered that these eight men, though claim- ing to stand for a greater Omaha, as a matter of fact, really stand for a wide-open town and brewer) ness and licentiousness. They stand for everything the brewer- ies want, and are the Brewers Nominees, and not the nominees of In other words, they have made a slate of their own and are maligning and traducing The other vote can- rule, with unhindered lawless- gambler: Manifestly there is but one way in which to cope with such tacti any political party, except as Judge Redick’s decision secures to them the pilfered party designation.”’ In another paragraph that paper alleges that any man who votes for the men referred to, *“ Will place himself on a level with grafters, saloon-keepers and sabbath breakers. issue is not republicani Every republican and democrat in Omaha should resent this libel upon the candidates of his party. These shameless assaults upon the character of ruputable can- didates whose only offense is that they are opposed to prohibition will be bitterly resented by every fair-minded voter on Tuesday. These attacks upon well known citizens who refuse to (wear the prohibition label are made by impractical, narrow-visiorled higots who have become Mono-Maniacs' upon the subject of the liquor traffic. They form a class by themselves . That is, for every liberal minded voter who i to prohibition to center upon four candidates for police commis- sioners who seem to be stronger than the others, .This view of the matter was taken by the Executive Committee of ithe Nebraska Personal Rights League, whose members believe that the surest way of circumventing the prohibitionists is by combining the entire strength of the liberal element upon four candidates. After mature deliberation the committee reached the conclusion that it was foreed to take a positive stand and select four eandidates for recommendation to the voters of Omaha. and the committee’s selections are made without prejudice to other regular party candidates, and among them are few, if any men of financial standing and business This the Committee did aftet a full and free discussion of the merits of every candidate, commissioners: The W. sm or democracy but good government or bad government, morality or immorality, open or closed town.’’ ability. opposed office. forget, f wise, to win, FRED H. HOYE, Republican, by Petition INTER, Republican, by Petition CHAS J. KARBACH, Republican, by Petition [X] WM. F. WAPPICH, Republican, by Petition forcement and for the maintenance of peace and good order. ministration of the affairs of the Fire and Police Commission. the other hand, we believe that the candidates of the Anti resort to the spy system and other reprehensit In view of all the circumstances of the cas 1t we shouid hand you two dollars for every one (coin operated). absolutely pay for themselves, besides perfection forth the beautiful tone shades of an artist. time without cost lectric Pianos that play entirel musice is played in an endless roll; it never plays out. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. 1311-1313 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. A L A . rs in adulterated buttcr iy | Retail dealers in adulterated butter 4 | Manutacturers of filled chees 4 Wholesale dealers in filled cheose Retail dealers in filled checse..... Manufacturers and packess of mixed special | taxes are imposed upon | dealers in renovated buiter Members of Engineers' Board 1In- You Ask Us For ter Proposition? argument and we certainly prove it that our Electrical Plano Players, bonus every month no Players are conceded by every- heard them to be the BEST on the mechanically and send They are ; never tire out. They furnish you v through ith a perforated music roll which is spond with the touch required. The or rewind to get out of order. They play when played either by hand or icy for Berry Wood, Peerless, Stand hers. asy terms if desired. *e¢ these wonderfu! instruments in to all the latest operas, songs and body cordially invited. | JOHN P. CRICK Present Assistant City Engineer highly by the late and is a candidate An- for Recommended drew Rosewater, following is if-explanatory: that during the year John P. Crick, assistant city engineer, has bebn continu- ously engaged in the service of the City of Omaha, and to the best of my Knowi- edge and belief has given satisfaction in his personal conduct and in the perform- ance of his duties and has kept and ren- dered his accounts o tly and without default. The This s to certify ending April 9, 1909, Mr. ANDREW ROSEWATER, City Englneer. Dated at Omaha this 3d day of April, 1509, ; THE OMAHA BEE Goes Into the Homes Sel odw for the Advertiser, favor of geod government the following candidates for Police In order to be sure that your vote will = be counted do not vote within this clrel O but make a cross in _the kquare after each of these four names. 1X] [X] [X] These men are well known in Omaha They stand for law en- We believe that they would be just, fair and conservative in the ad On aloon League would adopt the old methods of radical prohibitionists by ble measures by which neighbors are embittered against each other, and false construe- tions are constantly attempted to be put upon the statutes. In this connection, we must not overlook the fact that the statute wisely gives to the office of police commisioner, acting as an excise of- ficer, wide latitude for the exercise of individual discretion in the performance of duty, and this being the case it is our duty to see to it that narrow-minded bigots are prevented from holding such The position calls for able, honorable, broadminded men of capacity for the conduct of public business along rational lines, , the Personal Rights League officers feel justified in asking the voters of Omaha to r the moment, party affiliations and to cast their ballots for the above ticket. In such a course there is less risk than other- We must center upon a given ticket if we woald be sure BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, The Nebraska Personal Rights League takes pleasure in recommending to its members and to every voter in Omaha in ROBERT 0. FINK, Secretary Nebraska Personal Rights League,