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The Washington times., 1908-07-28
TURKEYS SULTAN
FREES HIMSELF
Since Constitution Is Granted
Ruler Can Appear on Streets
With Safety.

CONSTANTINOPLE. July zS.-sultan
abdul Hamid today liberated himself
from the thirty-one years OF self-impos-
ed bondage in the royal palace. and in
an official decree announced that. hence
forth he would appear on the streets
as Freely as any private citizen.
4 virtual prisoner since 1871, when ne
established absOlisl.snn, the Sultan BY his
recent granting OF q constitution "a hiz
people. has also brought freedom 70
himself He believes he can row an
pear in public with the utmost safety.
Closely following this decree was an
other equally as startling to the repre-
Sentat1VeS OF the various powers a06
more significant in its possible bearing
on European politics. That henceforrb
the princes o. the imperial family must
observe monoEamy-
The Sultan hopes BY this decree 70
make the royal princes Of Turkey eIfg-
ible for marriage into the European
Gymnastics He believes the Greatest
protection the empire can have in the
future would be a union Of members
OF the imperial family with the LEADING
powers OF Europe
The Innovations. coupled with the
diScarding OF wells by the Turkish WON
en-. are the most remarkable and un-
usual results SO far apparent OF the neW
constitution
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
NO CRIME WAVE"
SYLVESTER SAYS
Exaggerated Reports Cat Sc
More Harm Than Crimes
Themselves, He Holds.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT,
The Presidential Nominee.

such exaggerations as have been
published concerning tie ordinary
larcenies occurring in the District, ex-
aggerations -inhammatory their na-
ture and calculated 70 implant the be-
lief that crime - rampant n Washing
ton. are far more harafui than the
arrests or misdeuseanors themselves"
This was the manner in which Major
Sylvester characterized the wave OF
c-imo" stories which have Oecn pub
ushed IN Washington fo- the last TWO
days.
He declared that there was no wave
Of crime OF utter decentralization OF the
criminal class and that the excess num-
Der OF arrests were simply the max
iInum Of the huctuatiEE crimes and
r1isdemeanors that 60 70 make up the
s.. 90 fncarceratiOns each year
The increased arrests Tor larcenles.
said he. ARE by no means an indication
that any band CT thieves have begun
operations IN town o. that the police
are unable 10 COPE with the situation
--Larcenies EuCIuate as every other
form Of crime does. Today the arrests
will be less numerous than tomorrow,
but because they happen ts increase ioT
day OF 50 Is 10 excuse Tor wave OF
crime articles, wildly claiming that
crime is stalking abroad
These stories are read by the house
holders Of Washington who. in all prob
ability, accept them on their face value
and are inclined &c the belief that rob
bery and theft are going on unchecked
Such reports do more harm than the
orTenses themselves
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
Cincinnati Goes Wild With
Enthusiasm for Republi-
can Candidate.
SENATOR WARNER
MAKES ADDRESS
Ceremonies on Brothers Lawn.
Democrats Contribute TO Great
Ovation to FaYorite Son.
TAETS PLEDGES

The perfecJing Of the laws 70 per
Pet'late the standards Of public nor
ais set by Theodore Roosevelt.
Physical valuation Of railroads
helpful and important, but not the
controlling factor in adjusting trsfHc
rates.
Federal registry and supervision
Of corporations should be confined TO
those corporations which have the
power and the temptation 10 cause
monopolies and restraint Of inter
state trace.
Tariff must be continued as for pro-
lection, but II must be revised to
prevent too much protection for Ger
tain articles.
mJunctions shall not be issued By
he courts without due notice, ex-
cept in those instances when 1t Is
shown that a refusal 70 issue them
would mean great or irreparable loss
to the complaining party.
Postal savings banks are much To
BE- preferred
No independence for the Tilipinos
inside Of two generations.
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
HRS. FISHER LEAVES
ROOM FIRST TINE
Goes TO Bank and Church
After Supposed Message
From Husband.

NEW YORK. July SS--Is It a mOders
Dido mourning for q wandering Aeneas2
or is IL a latter-d2y Rachael weeping
for her children and refusing TO be
ComfOEtedZ
Nearly the whole OF yesterday Mrs.
Edith Fisher remained in her room at
the Hotel Walton. anG nearly the whole
Of that day. as on the day preCedin,
passing servants heard her choking scbs
and the restless pacing Of her wearied
yet unweary footsteps up and down the
narrow room
This woman, bo-h a Ridgley, once the
belle of Baltimore, then the wife OF
one Of that cItys most prominent club
men. and tie mother Of his children;
now the respondent in his suit for di-
vorce; separated even from the son OF
the millionaire United States Senator
Rayner Of Maryland. with whom she
eloped, and cast upon the cruel rocks
Of an unforgiving world, friendiess and
alOne-she Is WeeOing all day long and
all the long nisht through, but IS it for
her lost lover or for the rich nome, the
proud position, the husband and the
children from whom, even more GER
tainly, she IS separated by a great gulf
OF her own making2
PAGES Room All Night.
Mrs. Fisher began yesterday precise
" as she began Sunday. All night long
the maids had heard her restiessly
psc scing her narrow. dark. and uninspir-
ing room. AT O'Clock, without ner
solicitation, there was sent up TO her
z. breakfast. which was scarcely touch
ed. The morning dragged by as the
night had done, and again at room
came a luncheon scarcely more regard
ed than the meal preceding.
9I,t. shortly afterward. the long pro-
gam Of monotory was broken
At about 1 o'clock Mrs Fisher, with
| OFT a word OF warning, left her room
walked calmly 70 the elevator anu final
! ly descended 10 the --><-in floor Of the
She left the hotel Immediately and was
/ zone for an hour Where she went OF
why are twin mysteries, but one whc
/ should know says that she first visited
I a downtown bank. and another adds
/ that on her return up Chestnut street
! she turned into Tenth street and, en-
/ terinp the old Church of St STEPHEN
/ where her Philadelphia relatives have
| worshiped for generations. she kneh
\ for several minutes in silent prayer
Help From Husband.
J The feeling steaollE gains Dener ina
William II. Fisher has not wholly hard
ena5 his heart against the wife. and al
though he has begun proceedings in di
! vorce. he is ready, dnancially, at least
/ to stand by her
! indeed, il is generally thought that
/ the mysterious caller Of Sunday wa,
! a reoresentative Of her husband, II no
! 49, husband himself and that yester
| Sav,s runored visit to the bank was no
! Uyifhout its connection with that call
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
ZEPPELIN UNDAUNTED
BY AIRSHIP FAILURE
Determined to Show German Skep-
tics That He Can Fly as
He Promised.

BERLIN, July 2S.-Cnless Count Yep
reJ{n vho announced today that his
air,ship would be in shape for another
Tee4 Di+hin a few days, succeeds in MAX
NO q flight successful in every detail.
fbe faith of German military experts
in tfe nractica bility of aerial craft for
firhting purposes will be shaken
7sIready the repeated miShaps Of Zep-
,sIir,s snip. which represents the high
est nresent type o. aerial vessels, have
cs.-sOd skepticism in the minds of many
eSrTeTfs The count Is 50 confident that
biS shin will DO all that he claims for
- tbat there is a disposition 70 await
The trials before attacking the idea too
severely.
THE Kaiser remains undiscouraged.
h,,t several army officers already have
b,S71o advising against further expert
en5es which they say will inevitably re-
sult in failure.
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
HONDURAS EEPELS
AMERICAN CONSUL
Gable Says That Exequaturs
of Foreign Representatives
Have Been Cancelled.
SENATOR WILLIAM WARNER,
Of Missouri, Who lHade the Notification
Speech

Drew Linard. American consul sta
toned a. Ceiba. Honduras. cabIed the
state Department today that President
DaviIla has Cancelled his exeQuatur and
those o. all the other ConsuIs stationed
az Ceibs-
Consul Linar6's dispatch gives no ex-
planariOG for the reason Of This ac-
tion. II is supposed. however. that the
co1suls took united action 20 prevent
the execution Of several revolutiOnlsts s
who had been made pTiOnerS. thereby
incurring tie displeasure Of the gov
eminent.
Acting Secretary Bacon has csbIed
70 Linard asking for details.
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
MOtOrnlan Fined $40;
Rest WI Be More

Sounding a strict warning that all
cases Of street car speeding Will receive
extreme penalties upon conviction.
Judge sSimbau this morning imposed
SO fine on MOtorman Frederick Wilson
for exceeding the limit Of fifteen miles
an hour on Pennsylvania avenue north
west, between Four-and-a-half aud
Sixth streets, June Il.
This is the first case OF its kind to
be brought into court since the Inter
state Commerce Commission was given
Jurisdiction over street railway com
panias in the District, and it was in the
nature of a test case.
Upon a suggestion of Assistant Dis
trlct Attorney Ralph Given it is prob
able that a set fine VIII be decided rpon
for the milder cases and that this will
be in the neighbOrhood OF SlCO or S2D)
The limit fixed by the new regulation
is fine of $1,000
Must Guess at Speed.
After Officer Lauten and Noses Rosen-
stein had testified as to the speed of
the car. which they said was going at
a rate Of from twenty 10 twenty-five
miles an hour. Wilson took the stand.
| He claimed that he was ignorant OF
! his violation OF the law and that as
/ far as he knew he was operating his
I car accOrGlnG 10 the I3EulatlOnS OF the
| company. He said that since he had no
way Of judging his rate Of speed he
/ was compelled 10 rely on his Judgment
| The court announced that the present
! law is a positive one, and must be
! obeyed.
'srhere was no justification for the
! violation continued the court There
/ has been no claim that the brakes were
| not working all right; the car was not
| going down hill, and there is therefort
] ro excuse.
Il do not waTt to make sn exampl,
| of this young man at this time but
/ want it plainly understood by all motor
! men in the DistriCtNthat hereafter tht
! fire imposed will be a heavy one in al
/ cases of conviction ] have always. be
cause OF the difference in the position
] they occupy. Judged these men more
| leniertly than drivers OF automobiles
I but so many accidents in which stree
cars are concerned have happened late
~. that il must stop once and for all.
7 Law Above Schedules.
! IT ind the defendant guilty and fin,
him SO with the warning that under
no circumstances are motormen war
ranted in exceeding the speed limit hxee
by the law. This law is paramount an,
no regulations OF the companies o
| schedules for the running of cars vii
warrant the slightest violation
! Il do not say that I shall ever again
make another fine for similar charg
| as light as So"
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
MCCrea Died in Berth;
Found BY Car Porter

PITTSBURG. July 2s.-Just nine days
ago Capt Henry McCrea, OF the United
States navy. who was in charge of the
battleship Georgia in the cruise to the
Pacific coast OF the North Atlantic
battIeship fleet. died in the Naval Hos
pitaI. at Brooklyn, and this morning his
son, H. l. McCrea, formerly a paymas-
ter in the navy, died suddenly of hear.
disease in his berth in the Pullman
sleeper Lanark. train No 9. PennsyI-
vania railroad. as the train was run
ming into this city, at point between
Pitcairn and Wilmerding. he was found
dead in nis berth by R a. Boswell. a
Pullman porter. He was coming from
washington for visit
The elder Mr.. McCrea was a cousin
of James McCrea. president of the
Continued on Second Page)
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
REFUSES TO BETTER
.BRIGHTWOGp SERVICE
Gen. Harries Says Through
Cars Are Not Con-
templated.
WOULD NOT PAY,
HIS LETTER SAYS
II. c. Eddy viii Investigate and
Report to Traction Board, Com
merce Commission Decides.

Notice has been served on the In
teTstate Commerce Commission by the
BrightwOod Railway company that no
through service TO tho business district
OF washington is contemplated ty that
company.
A letter n this effect. sent by Gen.
George II. Harries, as vice president
of the Brightwood Railway Company.
&c the Interstate Commerce Commis-
son. was made public today. A large
number Of citizens Of the Brightwood
district had complained 10 the District
Electric Railway Commission Of the
lack Of a through service 20 Washing
ton during rush hours, and as this
was the first complain, that was made
20 the traction board. ii received frst
consideration 4 hearing was arranged
some ten days ago. but was postponed.
Thinks Service Won't Pay.
At the request Of the Electric Rail
way Commission. the Interstate Com
nerce Commission W vrote 10 the Bright
wood Railway Company asking If a
through service would be established,
and when General Harries, who IS also
vice president Of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company, which con
trolls the Brightwood line. among others.
sent the following reply:
Hon Martin A Knapp, chairman In
terStute Commerce Commission
Dear sir:-ReSponding TO your favor
I have TO say that the Brightwood
RailW dy Company has giveT careful
consideration 20 the various propositions
and suggestions looking 70 through ser
vice over alt or portion OF the COM
pany's lines and the Fourth street lire
of the AnacOstia and PgtOnac Railroad
company. or the Ninth street line OF
the Washington Railway and Electric
There IS no serious physical difficulty.
but the financial phases OF the situation
are extremely forbidding. Each year OF
operauOn-because Of our voluntary re-
ducuon Of fare and the granting OF free
transfer privileges-has added steadily
70 our deficit
Further consideration viii undoubt-
edly he given any proposition which
promises TO provide through service
without increasing the deficit or adding
u the floating debt which Is now larger
than this company, unass.sted. coU,o
possibly carry.
very respectfully,
GEORGE Il HARRIES.
Vice President Brlghtwood Railway
Company"
Eddy VIII Investigate.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
| being too busy with larger affairs "a
investigate the complaint Of the Bright
wood people. Il has deputed tia traction
/ board TO make the investigation Such
relief from minor matters was the pri-
mary object sought IN the appolntnen;
/ Of the subcommission- r Q Eddy. as
/ the executive officer Of the Electric
/ Railway Commission. will make the in
vestigation. report 10 the subcommissIou
| as g body. and the latter viii send tc
/ the Interstate Commerce Commission
! its recommendation on the complaint OF
I the BrightwOOd people
/ Authority 10 enforce compliance wit
! such a recommendation rests only with
] the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
TWO TOURISTS KILLED
IN WRECK OF TRAIN
Seven Others Seriously Injured by
Crash on Canadian Pa
cific Today.
cihc TODAY.

NORTH BAY, Ontario. July 2S.-An
express train on the Canadian Pacific
railroad crashed into another today at
Hemlo Station
J. Mccormick, a tourist from Belfast
ireland. and Mile Davis. OF South Esk,
Manitoba, were killed, and seven serl-
ously hurt.
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
ACCUSATIONS PILE UP
ON NEGRO PRISONER
Police Think Johnson Responsible
for Many Robberies in George
town-Caught Entering Saloon.

John johnson. the negro who was ar
rested in Georgetown early this morn
ing on the charge OF housebreaking, was
held at the Seventh precinct today pend
ing the investigation OF other charges
of robbery that have since been made
against him
The police think that in Johnson they
have caught the man responsible fOI
Tnanv of the recent larcenie5 in George
town houses
Johnson was captured by Officers
TaI-fs and GRAY endeavoring to enter
the saloon OF Louis Gordon at 334 N
street northwest
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
H. !. M'CREA DIES
ON RAILROAD TRAIN
Son of Naval Officer Who
Died a Week Ago, Expires
Near PittSburg.

Henry I McCrea. former paymaster
on the cruiser Philadelphia and son OF
the late Capt Henry McCrea. cOmman-
der Of the Georgia. who died last week.
was himself found dead this morning
on a Pennsylvania railway train as It
pulled into Pittsburs- Young McCrea
left Washington last night
As the announcement OF her sons
death was carried 20 Mrs Henry Ne
Crea at the ChampIaIn apartment
house this morning, II. y. Taplin. a
friend 10 the family, was called over
the long distance telephone by PTesl-
dent James 1IcCrea. Of the Pennsyi-
vania railroad, the form er naval ohl-
GERS uncle. and acquainted with the
details Of the death.
End Comes Suddenly.
President NcCrea said that he learned
from railway officials that Henry Nc
Crea arose from his berth in apparent
good health and spirits this morning
Soon sfter ne had been brushed down
by tn porter, preparatory to entering
Pfttsburg. he again took his seat When
that city was reached AfcCrea failed
to respond when the station was callr5-
A porter finally went TO him 10 ascer-
tain why he did not leave the train and
il was found that he has suddenly eX-
pired
have the -.ody cared for in Pittsburg
until the mother OF the young man
could give directions for its removal
Mrs Henry McCrea, who buried heI
husband but a week ago. was so pros
traSed by the announcement OF her SON
sudden death this morning that for the
present no plans can be made. It IS
understood. however. that interment
and that directions will be given this
/ afternoon for the removal OF the body u
this city.
Resigned From Navy.
/ Last November young AIcCrea. who Il
/ twenty-five years Of age. severed hi
connection with the navy. renouncinl
/ the life on the sea for that Of the stage
He became connected with The Tol
/ Of the World" extravaganza. Majesti
! Theatar. New York but apparently no
/ finding the engagement 10 his lkinl
returned 10 Washington within a shor
time. Since that time. according L
| one acquainted with the youns man
] habits. he has led a rather care-fTee eX
| istence. contracting habits that posi-
] bIv superinduCed heart failure. A rela
| tive said this morning thai EtcCrei
| suffered a serious attack OF he's II trou
I HE during the early summer, and tha
/ following the death Of his father. an
the grief and excitement incident there
| TO. his condition had been by no mean
1 improved
Recently he received an invitation
| from an uncle. Walter McCrea, [
spend some time on a farm near Lo
| gansport, Ind. and the former nava
OffCer was en- route 10 the latter plac
VIXEN he dropped dead upon the Pitts
/ burg sleeper Mrs Henry McCrea- hi
mother. is the only immediate relativ
in washington
! The late Captain AcCrea heard wit
| regret OF his sons REIMBURSEMENT G
mis- naval career, as he had hoped tina
he would follow in his own footste =!
and as he then expressed 1t, perhap
succeed Admiral Dewey Henry 1. Nc
Crea was we'll known in navy an
army circles in this city and was quit
popular.
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
WAGON INJURIES
CHILD AT PLAY

While playing near his home this
,ovnin1 Oliver Erickson, a two-vear-
old how. living at SIS NJ street north
east was knocked down and slightly
injured by a wagon. driven by John Ash,
colored.
treated by the family physician.
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
AUTO HITS FARMER.

W. W. GTeg0r. Of Branchville. Mo.
was struck by an auto driven by R ;.
Moor today and slightly injured The
accident occurred al the corner or
Ninth and @ streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
TO ASSESS PROPERTY.

Thomas NJ Harvey. Edward p.
schwartz. and Thomas ]. Owen today
were appointed BY Justice Anderson
as a commission 70 assess the property
value OF a tract OF ground at First and
BRYANT streets northwest, to be used as
an addition to Mcmillan Park The
property adjoins the filtration plant
The Washington times., 1908-07-28
THE WEATHER.

Local rains have continued in middle
and southern districts from the plateau
and Rocky Mountain regions 10 the
Atlantic coast. and showers have Oc-
CURED in limited areas in the upper
Missouri Valley and northern New Eng
land.
Temperature changes have Been slight,
except in the upper Missouri Valley.
where readings this morning are about
The Washington times., 1908-07-28

TEMPERATURES.
The Washington times., 1908-07-28

Showers tonight or
Wednesday. Light
to fresh east winds.
The Washington times., 1908-07-28

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-24

and have peculiar feeling for him, because
throughout that time we have worked for the
same object with the same purposes and
ideals.
do not believe there can be found In the
whole eeanty man so well fitted to be Presi-
dent. He is not only absolutely fearless, abb
solutely disinterested and upright, but he
has the widest acquaintance with the nations
needs without and within and the broadcast
sympathies with all our citizens.
He would be as emphatically President OF
the plain people as Lincoln, yet not Lincoln
himself would be freer from the least faint OF
demagogy, the least tendency to arouse or
appeal to class hatred of any kind.
He has a peculiar and intimate knowledge
of and sympathy with the needs OF all our
people-of the farmer, of the wage worker, OF
the business man. of the property owner. No
matter what mans occupation or social
position, no matter what his creed, his color
or the section of the country from which he
comes, if he is an honest, hard-working man
who tried to do his duty toward his neighbor
and toward the country, he can rest assured
that he will have in Mr.. Taft the most upright
of representatives and the most fearless of
champions.
Mr.. Taft stands against privilege, and ne
stands pre-eminently for the broad principles
of American citizenship, which lie at the
foundation of our national well-being.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-24

might make any man forget that he had
ever been defeated in anything.
The members Of the Maine delegation
voted alike on all matters except in the
selection Of candidate for vice. president,
three votes being given Gov. Guild, OF
Massachusetts, and nine for Sherman.
They were on the winning side on all
matters but one, and that was on the
question of making different apportion-
ment in choosing delegates for future
conventions, which was lost by a small
majority. Their feelings on this question
being governed somewhat, perhaps, from
the fact that the national committee had
been working for several days trying to
adjust the claims OF the different delegates
of some of the states, and our member,
Gov. Hill, had been so worn out by his
labor that he was unable to attend the
convention.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-06-24
HULL'S COVE.


Mrs. Charles Allen is in Bar Harbor for
a few days.
Melvin McGown, OF Nicolin, visited his
son, Watson McGown, recently
Mrs. Frances Springer, of Trenton, is
employed at Mrs. s. l.. Leland's.
Miss Ella Sweet has been spending a
few weeks with friends in Calais.
Miss Lucy Salisbury is employed at the
Van Dozen cottage for the summer.
Hiram Grant and wife, of Ellsworth
Falls, visited friends here last week.
Alice Cunningham returned home Sat-
urday after spending two weeks with
friends in Harrington.
Mrs. Experience Piston and grandson,
Robert Saville, OF Rockland, are visiting
at Charles Whitcomb's.
The many friends of Elihu Hamor were
panied to hear of his death at Bar Harbor
June "A. Mr.. Hamor was lifelong
resident OF this place, and will be
greatly missed. He leaves besides his
widow, two daughters Mrs. Sarah
Butterfield, of Bar Harbor. and Miss Ber-
tina Hamor, of Boston, and three sons
Ralph Hamor, of Northeast Harbor, Roy
and Percy Hamor, OF Bar Harbor; also two
brot theirs Milard and Warren Hamor, Of
Bar Harbor, and two sisters-Mrs. Lucy
hamor, Of Boston, and Mrs. Frank Alley
OF Bar Harbor.
lime % ANNE.