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The Washington times., 1908-08-28
REBELLION SWEEPS
OYER ALL PERSIA
Shah, PowerIeSS to Crush
Revolution, May Yield His
Crown After All.

TEHERAN. Aug. 2S. - The seed of
revolution sown in Tabriz is bearing
bloody fruit an over Persia. and, today.
Shah Ali Mira faces the alternative of
convoking a parliament. in accordance
with his promise or yielding his crown
Inability 10 crush out the rebellion Of
Constitutionalists in T8briz which has
ragged internationally for months, has en-
cOuraged uprisings ali over the country
and Ispahau. Herman. Laristian. and
practically he whole of Persian Kurdis-
tan are ahams WA. revolt with the
Shah powerless to stop the onward
sweep.
The reported capture of Herman, a
city Of 5Uu10. by the revoluuOnists, was
confirmed IA messages received today,
which tell Of the crushing defeat OF the
Shah forces ia battle in which a
thousand were killed and wounded
The leader of the COnstitutionalists
has set up a government ana will ignore
the Shahs authority until parliament is
reconVeued.
In many respects the Persian situa-
ton parallels the uprising in Turkey
which resulted in a grant of a con-
stitution from the Sultan Disahection
is sweeping the Shah's army. and gov
ernmsnt officials, alarmed at the
strength Of the revOlutiOnists, are either
deserving their posts or are in con-
nlVaEce with the insurgents.
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
CHARGE PREFERRED
AGAINST CAPT. COOK
Popular Young Officer Must Face
a COuTt-Martial

Capt. Frank a Cook. who several
weeks ago, when about to board a
car for Alexandria, became involved IN
a little argument, and was only induced
10 abstain from hsrcuns - five men,
and who was removed on that occasion
TO the Washington Asylum Hospital.
but was released the next day. will now
have to face a court-martial, on a
charge which has not been made public,
but which Is believed TO have arisen out
Of the street car episode
In the notification sent 10 Captain
Cook yesterday by the War Depart
ment, the date, September 8, and the
the only things mentioned The captain
said that he did not know the charge
against him, SO he could not outline his
defense.
Captain Cook entered the army IN 1881.
He lc1t in 1856. but returned at the out
break of the war with Spain, and has
remained in service since that time.
lie is popular among the younger Of
ucers of the army.
The detail for the court is:
Col. Joseph W. Duncan, general starr;
Col. John W. Pullman, deputy quarter
master general, Lieut.. Col Thaddeus
w. Jones, general stan; Lieut. Col VIII
liam T.. Coffin. Coast Artillery Corps.
Lieut.. Col. David j. RumbOugh b'irsl
Field Artillery; Lieut. Col. William e.
langfirt, Corps OF Engineers. Major
EDeu Swift, general stan; Major GeorSe
q. SQuier. Signal Corps: Major Charles
Henry g Hodges, Jr-. First Infantry;
Major Joseph Il. DiCkman, Thirteenth
Cavalry; Major John T. Thompson.
Ordnance Department, Major Alfred NJ.
Hunter Coast Artillery Corps; Capt
Peter G. Harris general stan, judge
advocate.
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
TAKES HORSE CURE;
BOY NEARLY DIES

SHENANDOAH, Pa, Aug. 2s.-Whne
Dr. Thomas Hughes, OF this city. was
driving through Brandonvlle, a farm
ing village he noticed great excitement
at the residence of Charles Alstetter a
prominent farmer
Alightlng from his carriage he en-
tered the house and found Harry Al
stetter, aged nine years, writing and
suffering great agony from a large dose
Of horse medicine he had taken in mis-
take for cough remedy.
After an hour hard work, the doctor
succeeded in relieving the boy and saved
him from an early grave Had the doe
tor not stopped the boy would have been
dead IN short time.
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
LAND CHEAP,
LEAVES A FORTUNE

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 2s.-Joseph
Llndorfer. seventy-two years old, was
found dead in his home, on Hatch
street, by a friend. who had called TO
see him.
There was an air of mystery sur
rounding tho olG man. For years he
lived in ths hoGse. which he bought
years ago. In fact, # was by his fore
sight IN investing his savings during
the early days ia St Paul that he ac-
quired his wealth.
The property, which he purchased for
q small amount number of years ago,
has greatly increased in value since, and
at the time of his death he was consld-
cred a wealthy mar By his Gightbors.
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
FIND PLOWSHARE
EMBEDDED IN LOG

CRAwF0RDsVILLE. Ind Aug. s.
BY coming in contact with plow-
share completely embedded in q walnut
log. all the teeth Of the thirty-foot band
saw at the Montgomery Lumber Com
pany mills were ripped of
It is supposed the plowshare was
stuck into the tree by q farmer years
ago, since which time the tree mas
grown so much larger that gradually
the implement was hidden. The piow-
share was triangular in shape witn
outside dimensions OF six inches be-
tween the angles
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
BILLIONS SPENT
ON BATTLESHIPS
Astounding Figures of Naval Elk
penditures by Powers Are
Shown.

LONDON, Aug. 22.-The astounding
sum OF s1,431,O7O.gS9 has been expended
in the last three years on TIE navies
OF seven Of the leading countries of The
world, according to an estimate by the
British admiralty made public today.
The seven countries are America. Eng
land, France. Russia, Germany, Italy
and Japan. England leads Win an ex-
pendIture Of S476, 055. i35 and America is
second with S341. 3I0.7i0.
Aside from their hugeness, the chief
interest in the figures presented by the
admiralty is that they show England
Is not keeping up with her policy OF
maintaining a navy equal 10 that Of
any other two powers. Putting Amer
icas naval expenditures III the last
three years with those OF either France,
Russia, Germany or Japan, the total
IS larger than that Of England. The
British, however, do not count America
an opposing power and on tEIs basis her
''tWo-pc Wer' naval strength is being
maintained.
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
FRONT DOOR OPENS
IN NEW CITY HALL
Commissioners Fail 10 Have Any
Ceremony IN Honor of
Occasion.

No longer is It necessary to enter the
city hail by the side entrances.
The front door was opened at s O'Clock
this morning. There We're no formalities
attending the opening OF the main en-
frances, as the Commissioners consid-
cred the occasion of hardly sufficient i'm
portancs to warrant the early rising OF
themselves and employees.
The question of the location of the
Shepherd statue is still undetermined.
Commissioner Morrow is of the opinion
that the statue should occupy the
small reservation 20 the east Of the
District building. Commissioners Mac
fa.land and West are undecided as 10
whether the statue should OCCUPY this
site or the reservation directly IN front
OF The building.
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
DR.. BROOKS STATUE
ALMOST COMPLETED
Is Last Work and Masterpiece
of Famous St.
Gaudens..

BOTTOM. Aug 2S.-The famous tri-
angle in front Of Trinity Church win
soon hold the last great work sof the
eminent sculptor, Augustus s. Gaudens,
IN the shape Of a statue of the late
Rev. Phillips Brooks. for many years
rector of Trinity For ten years the
great artist laboTcd on this commission.
making repeated studies, striving 20 enl-
body in marble the conception which
he had formed in his mind Of the great
teacher and preacher.
Upon the death of the sculptor it was
decided that the model was so far ad-
Yanced that the wife could finish it.
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
CHURCH SELLS CREED
WITH ITS BUILDING
Methodists Buy Dutch Re-
formed Edifce ard Con-
ore 0afio,,
gregation.

LANSING, Mich. Aug. "a whole
building. congregation, and be-
been purchased by the Method
list Protestants OF Michigan.
The deal was approved at a confer
enee being held in this city.
The church is located at Britton, and
formerly belonged to the Dutch Reform
ed demon nation.
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
CASSIE CHADWlCK'S
HUSBAND PETITIONS
Goes Into Bankruptcy-Has Sis
to Pay Debts Amounting to
S65i750.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Aug. 2s-Having
only $40 with which TO pay debts
amounting to $65l. $50 DR.. Leroy S.
Chadwick. husband of Cassie Chadwick
who died in prisOn where she was sent
Tor swindling, fled a petition IN bank
ruptcy yesterday
OF his debts $4,000 were contracted ia
indorsing notes for his wife DR. Chad
wick asks that his books and surgical
instruments be exempt
The Washington times., 1908-08-28
PUTS BILLS IN STOVE,
THEN STARTS FIRE
Illinois Woman Who Has No Faith
In Banks Loses S225
Savings.

cARMI, ILL.,, aug. 8.-Deeiding thai
In during election years. Mrs. Josephine
Gordon. an aged woman. Withdrew her
savings Of s225 aud placed a wallet con-
tanning the bills in an old stove.
Yesterday she fired some paper in the
stove. and the money was destroyed. II
was her savings of years.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10

Looking back over the circumstances
OF the campaign now ended. the Cour-
ier-Journal has nothing to regret. or
retract. We have given expression to
our true beliefs. accepting alterna-
tives, not Of our own making. with
good grace and putting forth our ut
termost In the cause Of the right az
we we're able to see II. We had great
confidence In the election OF the Demo
cratic ticket. In no political battle
that we recall has 1t seemed TO US
that 80 much to condemn appeared
upon a single side. or was SO plainly
visible. We believed that there was
virtue and intelligence enough In the
voters to see this. and to resent It at
the ballot box. though only as a rebuke
to overlordism and partyism. quite lost
to the sense OF good citizenship and
fidelity to the state.
The result shows that we diversified
the spiritual and understood the ma
terial In the hearts and minds of the
people. They were deaf alike to pre-
cedents. to reason and to eloQuence:
for nothing could surpass, as nothing
has ever equaled. the personal can
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
From Another Point of View

be loaded before shoot
doctor?
a
edorials?"
WI a be
that wu talks too
stitch
to
labor Will conducted
either.
Turin has hunting Africa President
will
the lice kings Is
q word.
table River Rouge home lamp caused
enso Of ! contact with boot
of Detroit worried because she announced
toundergo change Of mind
clair
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
University Citizen Making.

I'm from the west, where the aver
age man Is a workman and where the
prime functions of life is TO do thing
and then something else-and keep
il up. All afiame with the fire OF edu-
cation, | drifted into an eastern uni
versity town the other day.
Three thousand students" are without
hats. One thousand are wearing any
old thing for a hat l believe.
on three days observation, that 30 per
cent of the men Simultaneously Gig
arettes, less frequently pipes. That
isn't awful, OF course. but II kills time.
Everybody laughs. not heartily but in
a meaningless way 1t seems distinct
ly out of fashion TO take anything SER
iously. And come TO think OF II, II
would look queer TO see a man with
near-balloon trousers rolled within a
few inches of his knees. scarlet hose,
coat almost TO his knees, and cone
hat rounded at the apex, taking any
thing seriously.
Practically everybody drinks two or
three whiskeys a day. In the little
colleges out west people wear natural
clothing, seldom or never get drunk.
hardly ever smoke, and usually leave
school before graduation because they
get a good Job. However. a graduate
of an eastern university who taught
English out there for a year or two
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
Editor Roosevelt Does Some
Strenuous Editing.

Scene - The Outlook's editorial
rooms. Time--Any week day after
f. March 4. 1909.
Younx Contributor. trembling stands
before Special Contributor Roosevelt's
|Hesk. He, glazing and showing his
me teeth. IL jabbing the young con-
|&flbutor's Ms. with blue pencil. as
.elfh = dagger.
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR RoosE.
WI Boy, this IL the age of aero
|<outics and and my friend. Bill Of
0ermany. are highly interested In ny-
IL. But you're too far up In the air.
Come to earth. Boy; come to earth.
161o. In your article on The Wars
= ne Aboriginal Alaskan Tribes" you
<f<e. I'm extending his challenge to
ortnl combat Chief Un-ki-pa-uask.
>|n(lng HIS kong. lean finger at his
1oroory. accused him Of deliberate
on1nc<fy. That's what call verbal
I|ccnlne, polysyllabic somsrpaultins.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
Why Flirting Is Often the Real
Cause of Lovers Ouarrels

Perhaps the most troublesome per-
Tod In the lives of sweethearts Is when
one has TO go to dance or bazaar
without the other. Now. take q dance.
for instance. I have known an en-
gagged girl convert herself into a posi-.
tive 'wallfiower" because she thought
II would not be right for her to dance
too much with other young men.
Surely, had her lover been there.
she would not have danced the whole
evening with him; and. surely, II her
sweetheart really, loved her, and trust
ed her. he would not have denied her
the happiness OF fully entering into
the joys and pleasures of the evening.
1t is not Irritation. Do not think 1t il,
young men. To become engaged does
not mean that one should deny oneself
all the small enjoyments OF life, and
lead the life OF a recluse
venture to believe that when
girl who possesses lover dances
with another fellow-however well he
may trip the light fantastic toe-she
is all the time thinking OF her absent
one, and longing that 1t was he she
was dancing with. and that he was
taking her out to supper.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
BY A WOMAN OF EXPERIENCE.

II Is the case with many lovers az
ter a quarrel 10 take the first opportun-
ity to rush into a tremendous "hirt'
Now, could anything be more unwise.
more insincere? Flirtations are more
productive of heartfelt pain than any
thing known of. and l strongly ad.
wise my readers not to fall back on
this very. very questionable form OF
paying back an old score"
have before now remarked that
sweethearts are prone to expect too
much Of one another; now. | would
suggest that lovers are too often led
to "misinterpret"- is, they mag
Nifty very simple actions into "firta-
ton"
| am acquainted with young men
and women who positively growl and
grumble inwardly II one or the other
passes the time OF day with men,
Der of their respective opposite sex.
How very foolish. how very mistrust-
full. Whoever you speak to. the one
you love and who loves you should
remember that you possess one an
other, that you are constantly before
one another-in word, you just love
one another.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
A Dollar. Though Tainted, Is
Worth Bush Full of Principle

vass Of Mr.. Bryan: it's wondrous lu-
cidity and power OF statement; its
splendid intellectual and physical en-
durance; Its unanswerable argument.
Nor did Ignatius OF Loyola sweep
through world OF incarnate evil bear
ing the Cross OF Jesus to triumph with
greater force OF inspiration and truth
than did the heroic son of Nebraska
traverse land gaping with curiosity,
but too busy over its work and play
to consider any danger to the immor-
tai soul Of its constitutional fabric.
There is something yet better than
being president Of the United States,
and that Is the real sense OF duty
done. Tilden will live In history,
when Hayes is forgotten. or execrated
History will say of Bryan that in three
great popular movements, clouded
sometimes by errors Of judgment and
INSTRUCTED always by corruption-as
we now know by insurmountable cor
ruption-he led sublimely; that he set
before his countrymen the standards
alike OF God and Truth; and that he
went down beaten with clean hands
and high repute. carrying with him
the homage of patriotic men.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
Leave II to Four
Mayors and Public
Ownership Man
Here's a Commission Of Five That
Would Beat Any Commission
Of Fifty.

And redeemng did and
the results would be something to stagger humanity
the three talors Of Tooy than
citizens whose grasp upon
railing of this intricate and technical subject
them from the fate of the
who gets OFF backwards.
Times proposes commission of FIVE instead of fifty
For that commission it nominates-
Mayor-elect Philip Bretmeyer;
Present Mayor William B. thompson
Ex-Mayor William c. Maybury;
Ex-Mayor George P. Codd
fifth member be selected by the above four preferably
public ownership advocate
Here you have group the majority of which have LIVED
WITH THE STREET RAILWAY QUESTION: OFFICIALLY
They sounded all the depths and shoals of the problem
They know the D. u. r.
proposed would be happily assorted politically
and Republicans and out
and public ownership
1t would represent the public accuateyhe pubics various
political pubcs varying solutions of the traction
tange for the past eight years.
We believe would be stroke to reinforce the mayor
good purposes with the accumulated experience and special
knowledge mayora adding the counsel
ownership advocate who would urging the alter
natl provided by the revised constitution.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10

came very slowly-as slowly as the
trains on that southern line-you
know the one. 1t doesn't advertise.
II was waiting for the train In No
la Chucky one morning One hour,
two hours, three hours passed. The
train was three hours late.r~'I was in.
dignant.
After while the ticket agent
sauntered out Of the Office and lighted
cigarette.
Look here. l said, won't that
train be along soon?
The agent looked down the track
and yawned.
'Ah, yes he said, she'll soon be
here now. Here comes the conduc.
tors dog. Washington Star.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10

You should have written. Shaking his
fist under his nose. Chief Un-ki yelled:
You're liar!' That's a good word.
my boy. use II whenever | can and
often when there Is no need TO. Here
again you say, in the battle between
the Yukon tribes the Ice was ensan.
guined and Un-ki-pa-uasks tribesmen
were completely demolished" Beaten
TO fragile would be better; beaten
TO fragile.
y Young Contributor fees and consults
his forgotten PRIMER for short and
ugly words-New York World
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
She'd Exchange
Places With Any
Peer, Happy Woman
No Woman Should Envy Mrs.
Howard Gould Though She
Spends $4,000 a Year on
Herself.

y propose TO De compelled to go without
Monthly Of $500
Geo. and housskeeper rs
t kssn:" maid house maid LADY. 200
Fer grocer t a. much for
Four horses shOeing, 200
orooms sabemen
Livery boots. keeping 50
Harness saddles whips carriages
dre..e.-eh.apst $50 1000
sass wells eteno more than two month 100
lingerie etc :. - so
opera glasses etc
Books. sss.on. massage etc 800
Amusemsnts hesters etc M so
Charities, travelling trips abroad etc, not scheduled
Total yearly osso
In the last years annually upon
herself 10000 the divorce has
And Mrs Gould will be considered quite economical the
set in which she has quite
Gimony.
year ~ ~ N ''' ''N'''''' ''''''N'' ''''''''
Perhaps women readers will make the mistake as
they down through the list of luxuries, wish with sigh
they could live in and have all those nice
sthngs
spend just themselves
But they injustice by wishing anything
the kind
Though they that cost no than ss per
month $500; though the furniture plain though
thee be buffers. coachmen just
living husband coming home night with his dinner pail after
living EARNED what is in readily Gould
1yvoud exchange places with any of them
A field the outskirts of this city the other day woman
At working ut her husbands side husking
# Il was cold work, but what a complexion!
One hundred fifty cheapest
dress in thousand dollars worth month"; would buy this
thirty dresses and enough for lifetime doubt.
But compared Katherine Clemmons Gould with all her
eres with all the outside show her circle hiding
mostly heavy hearts will wager the huking corn
ew better nighta after day which something has been
accomplished the meaning of the word
Al HAPPINESS!
yS6 Money buy it!
4 y The rich gain it'll
gs Honest toll alone produces it!
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
The Truth No MATER
Wbom 1t Helps Or Hurts.

In answer TO the bill for final
separation and alimony filed by
his wife. Katherine Clemmons
Gould Howard Gould sets forth
in exact items the expenses con-,
sidered absolutely necessary by a
New York society woman, based
on the demands of Mrs. Gould.
Here is what Mrs. Gould says
she has been used to and does not
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
Early RIsIno Problem.

Tommy was q very sound sleeper
and wouldn't get out Of bed earlier
than 10 o'clock, no matter what his
mother said to him. So one morning
she tried coaxing. and said to him:
You have heard of the little boy
who got up at s o'clock in the morn
Ing and when he went out he found a
purse of gold?"
"Oh, yes" said Tommy; "but what
about the little boy who got up before
him and went out and lost it?"-Ex-
change.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10

told us we were just evolving what he
called the more abundant college
life"
or course there are complexities In
citizen-making that are probably un-
known to western mind. but IT
seems at first glance that life in the
eastern universities Is an excellent
preparation for stock brokerage and
proprietorship of smoke shops and
billiard halls.--From a Students Let
ter to Life.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10
Tuesday. November 10,
1908

This paper moves to amend
Mayor-elect Breitmeyer's motion
that a traction committee of fifty
be appointed.
A committee of fifty is a fore
ordained fizzle. 1t is too large to
meet. to say nothing of the un-
likelihood of ever moving from
the place of meeting.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-10

II Ran Ahead.
Oscar Hammerstein was talking In
Philadelphia about the success that he
has had with opera.
And yet at first." he said. success
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-05
REAL ESTATE NOTES

John z. Dunn & Sons have sold the
property AIS. AIS and All South Seven
teenth street to Charles r. Lighthipe.
The property contains three modern
~two-family dwellings,, and was bought
for an investment.
The same owners nave old several
other properties to local buyers, as fol-
lows: 80 Bruce, one-family brick dwell
ing, to William Smith, a two-family
dwelling at 479 South Seventeenth
street to William Matcha, and W.
two-family houses at 5S9-60S Fifteenth
avenue to Grace Freeman.
David Weinburg has sold the three
family building at AZ Tichenor street,
which was owned by Jacob Meyers. TO
Lewis Schooner at a price near the one
asked. Mr.. Weinburg is also ego
tiating with New York investors for
the sale of a large tract of unimproved
property near the city limits.