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The Washington times., 1908-05-30
RUSSIA PREPARES
TO ENFORCE DEMANDS
Revolt Reaches Stage Beyond the
Power of Persian Shah
TO Handle.

ST PETERSBURG. May 3o.-ThOugh
both the Russian foreign Office and tho
Turkish legation here continue to give
reports that the internal disorders in
Persia will be settled by June 10. the
time limit set by Russia, It was evident
TODAY that Russia is preparing to send
soldiers to the Shah's land TO enforce
her demands.
The most pitiable figure in the whole
AFFAIR is the Shah. The situation has
got beyond him. and the revolt seems
to be under capable leadership. Russia
has demanded the subjugation of the
frontier tribesmep, under penalty Of in
vasion bv Russian soldiers. The anti
Russian feeling, as evidenced il the
oIlrbresks at Teheran. is such that for
the shah to attempt to carry out the
cars demand would be TO precipitat-
an open rebellion.
The foreign Office IS being importuned
by MANY who are opposed 70 a punitive
expedition TO Persia 10 DO all IN Its
power 10 plaCate the warning factions
before resorting 10 actual warfare.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
Thousands to Lose Their jobs
If Ehbuster Lasts Over Today
-ReUreSentatipe Tavnev
Minnesota Congressman Pictures Dire Results to Pen
sioners From "Senseless' Maneuvering of Mi
nOrty in the Senate.

Thousands Of men and women en-
sployed IN the Government Printing Of
flee Will be deprived Of work and salary
II the hlibuster in the Senate does not
end today.
Moreover an indefinite p0stponemeut
in the June payment of certain pensions
ygiu result from the flibuster If it con-
'iuues longer than today.
These are the startling facts set
forth by Chairman Tawney, Of the Com
mittee on Appropriations Of the House
In explaining the situation Mr.. Tswney
said:
While the patriotic people of CC-
country are decorating the graves OF the
soldiers who sacrificed their lives cor
the Union. Senator la Toilette and a
few Democrats are indulging IN a fli-
buster in the Senate which. II persisted
In beyond today, will cause an indeh-
mite postponement In the June payments
OF he pensions due the widows of those
thus mourned and Of the pensions OF
the veterans who survived that awful
struggle.
.T'heir folly Will also suspend after
today the execution Of printing work fol
the Government AZ the printing Office
and will throw out of employment IN
that institution thousands of working
men and women who toll therein toI
daily wages
.Eever in the history of Congress has
z minority party pursued the policy OF
administering with less cause or witt
more serious consequences to the Gov
er1meut than Uh~ one prosecuted in th(
House during the iast two months, and
The one now in progress In the Senate.
The general deficiency appropriation
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
SENATE USES CLUB
AGAINST DEMOCRATS
Stone Relieves La Toilette After
Record Talk, and Will Continue
as Strength Lasts.
FZLLBUSTER RECORDS

Senator La Toilette, in opposi-
tion TO oAldrich-VreeIand currency
bill, spoke continuously eighteen
hours and 20 minutes.
Senator William Vincent Allen
OF Nebraska, in October, 1898, de-
feated the repeal of the silver
purchase clause of the Sherman
law by talking fourteen consecu-
tive hours.
Senator Thomas H. Carter of
Montana, in March, 1900, killed
the river and harbor bill by a
iibuster of several hours on the
last day Of the session.
Senator Carmack of Tennes-
see, with the aid Of Senate Demo-
Gratis, in March, 1907, killed the
ship subsidy bill by a successful
filibuster.
Senator German of MARYLAND.
in 1898. led Senate Democrats in
a filibuster that killed the force
bill.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
BOY DISAPPEARS;
ALARMS RELATIVES
Marion Price Last Seen at Board
ing House With Strange
Young Man.

lie came 10 my house Thursday
afternoon with a tall young man about
twenty-five years old. The young man
was not an acquaintance Of his of long
standing. never had seen him before.
he left the house apparently IN the best
OF humor."
TLis was the statement made by Mrs,
Lewis, keeper Of the boarding house al
800 New Hampshire avenue. concerning
the disappearance or young Marion s
Price, wEo disappeared Thursday and
has not been heard from since.
The boys aunt is about to leave for
Pitsburg. where she viii notify the po-
lice Of his disappearance and remain
temporarily. pending information as 20
his whereabouts. The boys relatives
are prOstraled with the shock OF his
disappearance.
Young Price fas employed at a
grocery store near the house in which
he boarded Last Tuesday he informed
his employer that he had been offered a
better position. and resigned Thurs
dsy morning he left his home in the
morning as though going 20 work. Later
In the afternoon he returned 10 the
house accompanied by a young man
and. after stop0ping for a few moments
went out. He carried no extra clothing
with him and must have had little
money. There is a belief he has gone .tc
New York, and the police in that city
have been furnished with descriptions OF
the boy and his companion.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
Representative TaWHey

bih carries many sums necessary for
the public service. chief among them
being SlQ,o05,0J0 necessary for the June
payment Of pensions and $4,000 re-
quired for payment OF wages in the
Government Printing once.
Unless the Senate fibuster ceases to-
day in time for consideration and adop-
tion CT the conference report Of this bill
first by the Senate and then by the
House. and for its enrolment and sigma
ture by the President. the Government
Will be compelled TO default for the
first time in its history in the payment
of pensions TO the soldiers and their
widows. and the Government Printing
once will be prevented next Monday
morning from opening its doors and be-
ginning - customary activities. in
which so many are engaged il earning
their daily bread.
'FiHbustering in either Louse OF
Congress has heretofore been confined
30 occasioEs when il was claimed the
right OF discussion was denied or con
stitutional government was. according
20 the conviction Of the minority. en-
dangered. But during this session OF
Congress a new poilcy has been adopted
The minority Of the House consumed
in senSelesS roll calls the time that
should have been devoted 20 material
QueSuO-S or government while Senator
la Fol stte and q few Democrats as
sistants in the Senate are now engaged
in annihilattng time by reading state
documents in order 10 demonstrate tC
the country that they can prevent ths
majority from lcgislatiEg.
From what heights has Democracy
fallen!'
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
GIRL BALKS TWICE
AT MARRIAGE ALTAR

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. May 3o.-Miss
Ella Mueller, & pretty girl Of Green
Valley, has baked twice az the altar in
two days. She was engaged 10 marry
Arthur Eclller, Of Lincoln, and accom-
panied him 10 the office OF Justice Edds.
As the marriage vows were about 10
be uttered the girl declared that she
would never marry on Sunday as she
thought that II might be UnIucky She
agreed TO return the next day and again
the couple reached the justices office.
AGAIN the girl baked, suddenly discOy-
eriug that the parental permission had
not been given, She hastened home ana
the swain has not been able to get her
TO return
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
HOMAGE PAID TODAY
TO NATIONS DEAD
Line of March

In line Grand Army of the Re-
public, United Spanish War.Net-
Grams. Army and Navy Union.
Place of assembly, Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Z street. be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth,
Fifteenth street north to Penn
sylvania avenue.
West 10 Lafayette square.
North TO II street.
East 70 Twelfth street.
South 10 Pennsylvania avenue
Thence 70 train at south enc.
of Aqueduct Bridge.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
FIGHTS WITH LIONESS
AND BARELY ESCAPES

BUFFALO. y. Y, May 30.-Two lions
have been shot TO death at Luna Park
BY DR.. Crandau. curator OF the Buffalo
zoo. The trainer IN charge called DR..
Crandan to treat n sick lion, when
Babe. a huge. blind lOness, attacked
him. The trainer tried to beat down the
beast. and in a fierce fight the blind
uoness cOrnered the trainer and ripped
his uniform from his back and lacerated
his body. He finally escaped through the
door.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
AEROPLANE FLIES
FAR AND SNIF TLY
De Lagrange Wins $4,000
Prize in Rome for Sue
ceSSful Exhibition.

ROME, May sO-De Lagrange won the
s., COO prize offered in the aeroplane con-
tests here this morning. IN the same
machine in which he made trial fight
before King Victor Emmanuel early IN
the week he covered 1870 meters, or
nearly eight miles, IN Is minutes and
2G seconds.
The De Lagrange aeroplane made nine
circuits OF the Piazza Darmi in its
prize-winning flight This is the best
aeroplane Night that has been ofncially
recorded.
De Lagrange made one fight in the
presence OF representatives, Of aoronau-
tiCal societies recognized by the French
Aero Club, including the president OF
the aeronauucal society of the United
States.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
we viii Beat That"
Says Wilbur Wright

PARIS. May 20.-"The flight OF Della
grange at Rome today. may be a new
Official record. declared Wilbur
Wright, Of Dayton, Ohio, but Il does
not equal flights that my brother and
I have made. When ! get my aeroplaHs
built here / VIII make "a flight. carrying
two passengers, that viii make today 5
record look like a joke.
"Our machine has 81 on all European
makes by having a sliding plane instead
OF a stationary plane. This enables
US 20 adjust the machine 10 air cur
rents with muCI greater success. Our
seroplane can maintain its equilibrium
N a strong wind"
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
KILLS MAN
TO SAVE DAUGHTER

NEW YORK, May SO.-Discovering
John Mario In the act Of attempting to
n-aItreat her sIx-year-old daughter
Emilia, Mrs. Theresa PhiuipO. today
shot and killed the man in a vacant
lot back OF her home in east New York.
The mother had suspected Marrios de-
sign. and followed him and when she
found her fears justified she fired three
shots. two O. which struck Mario IN
the breast. killing him instantly. She
has been arrested
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
The Filibuster

Senator La Toilette suspended
his address after speaking for
eighteen hours and twenty min
utes.
Senator Stone Of Missouri re-
lieved the Wisconsin Senator at
7 o'clock this morning, with the
intention of holding the floor in
definitely.
Republican leaders threaten 10
strike out S25O,O00 appropriation
for Oklahoma City if Senator
Gore persists in aiding La Fol-
lette.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
Kissing Babies

VIII soon be the regular occupa-
ton of all the Congressman who
expect to be returned to office
this fail.
Most people can spend the
summer idling in the mountains
or at the seashore, but not the
poor legislator. He must 60 from
town to town and farm to farm
in his district, making speeches,
shaking hands, and telling his
constituents why he should be
reelected to Congress.
Is it fun to be a Congress
man? For your answer get the
! Magazine Section of next Sum-
days Times and read what they
have to do this summer!
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
Mrs. Minnie Barrett Clasps
Husbands Picture as She
Turns on Gas.
STOPS UP CRACKS
TO MAKE END SURE
Life Saved by Action of Fellow
Boarder-Was Married on
Christmas Eve.

Discouraged because life was not as
smooth as loves young dream mad pic
tured II, Mrs, Minnie Barrett, OF 2lt9 X
street northwest, a bride Of only five
months, this morning attempted to end
it al By inhalIng gas, and when discoV-
cred was just lapsing into unconscious
ness, clasping her husbands photograph
against her heart
Beneath the photograph she had writ
ten him her parting message: I love
you; good-by.'
Shs had prepared breakfast for her
husband, Guy Barrett, an electrician.
who is only a year older than she, and
had bade him fond Eocd-by. never
giving him even the slightest iutimauon
Of her intention.
Made Preparations.
When he had gone, she made. her
preparations to leave TIC world. cIosing
her bed room windows tightly, and
placing a blanket on the floor against
the door To prevent any gas escaping
into the han. Then she wrote her part
ing message on the photograph with a
pencil turned on the two gas cocks,
and laid down on the bed TO die.
She was discovered about an hour
later by George AIcNally. w.O boards
In the apartment beneath the one oc-
cupled by the Barre Is. He detected the
odor of gas, and summoned Policeman
Bosier Castle, who rooms IN the house,
and together they broke down the door.
The room was filed with gas, and Mrs.
Barrett was lying on the bed on the
verge Of Inconsistencies
After opening the windows the men
called for Patrolman Gall, who lives
next door. end he sent in a call for an
ambulance. The girl was rushed 10
tae Emergency Hos pital.
Out Of Danger.
There the physicians worked over her
for two hours, and then announced that
they thought she was out Of danger.
Ter husband was notified. and he hast
ened tc tho bedside of his young wife.
The couple were married quietly on
ChristHes Eve last. and did not tell
their friends OF the marriage until 4
week later. Mrs. Barrett IS a pretty
girl. and she and Barrett had been
sweethearCs for two years.
barrett. previous 10 taking Up electric
al work. acquired considerable fame as
p trick cycust, and two years ago rode
down the shutes at Luna Park on a
uuiCycIe.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
DUKES COMPANION
NOT BADLY HURT

PARIS. May 20.-AIrs. J. Farley Dick
enson. of New York, was resting com
fortably today. notwithstanding the
severe bruises she received in the over
turning of an automobile yesterday.
Mrs. Dickinson was riding with Mr..
Duke, son Of the president OF the To-
bacc0 trust.
Near Versailles ths machine skidded
and turned over Duke was uninjured
bun Mrs. Dickinson sustained numerous
bruises.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
SHOOTS HIS WIFE;
WOMAN WILL DIE

Following a quarrel with his wife
this morning, Arthur a. Martin, col
ored, forty years Of age, of p Howard
avenue, Hillsdale D. C. shot the wom-
an in the abdomen. She was taken 10
Casualty Hospital, where the doctors
say she Will probably die.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
SIX ARE KILLED
IN TRAIN CRASH

ALEXANDRIA. May 51-The Cairo
express coIiided with a freight train to-
day between DamanhUr and Tantah,
killing six and injuring fifty,
Many Of the injured, IL is expected.
will die
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
sas.so to Chicago and Return

Baltimore & Ohio R. R; account Ameri-
can Medical Association Convention May
28 TO June /, good returning until June 12
ADV.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

sl25 10 Baltimore and return every
Saturday and Sunday, all trains. both
days. both ways. except Royal Limit
ed" on Decoration Day, Saturday, Nav
80, exciting Automobile races Of unusual
magnitude at Pimlico Race Track, Bal
timOre.-AdY
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
WEATHER REPORT.

The tropical disturbance IS now central
of the Virginia coast, and the harom-
eter continues low over the Lage region,
and the Ohio and upper Mississippi val
lays.
Local rains have occurred generally
east OF the Mississippi and in Texas.
and TIE weather is fair this morning
in The Great Plains States.
SHOW ers viii continue in the Southeast
srd Middle Eastern States, the upper
ohio valley. and the lower Lake region.
Steamers departing today for Euro
7,eor ports viii have brisk and increas-
41g easterly winds and showers 10 the
Grand BGnks.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30

Saturdays and Sundays via the Penn
syIvanla Railroad. Tickets good return
ing until Sunday night. All regular
trains except Congressional Limited"
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
MONEY CONTRIBUTED
FOR FAIRGROUNDS

The washington Fairgrounds Asso-
citation acknowledges the following con-
trfblItions.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30

High water today -----.-.. ..-..-.... $40 pm.
Sw water tomorrow. 2;55 am. 3:S4 pm.
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
81 70 Baltimore and Return

Continued on Fourth Page.)
The Washington times., 1908-05-30

Showers tonight; fair and
cooler tomorrow.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-21
Bill for Sugar Is $1,OOO,OOO a Day

the consumer, or more than a million
dollars for each of 365 days of the
year."
The statement shows that 21.3 pei
cent, or 1911, 100000 pounds, of the
sugar consumption of the country was
of home production, III per cent, OF
1854 100000 pounds, was brought from
our insular possessions and the re
naming 81 per cent, or 4,367, O00, 00C
pounds. came from foreign countries
Forty-three million pounds was the
aggregate of the expectation of sugar
from this country.
The United States sugar record fol-
1907 was unique in that the quantity
of that product imported from foreign
countries was larger than ever be
fore, the quantity brought from our is
land possessions was larger than In
any previous year. the quantity pro
duced at home exceeded that of any
other year, the quantity exported was
larger than in any year of the pas,
decade, and the per capita consump
ton was the largest ever recorded, ar
average of S2.6 pounds for each man
woman and child in the COUNTRY.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-21
Editor Wanted-Apply to Uncle Sam

editors of the country second
chance to try for the job. They re.
fused to believe that there was only
one editor who wanted to work for
the government.
What do you suppose kept the 9th.
er editors away?" he was asked.
Il can't figure that out" was the re.
ply. TITS fabulous amount of mon
ey for the modest requirements of
the job, and think of the honor of
singing ink for the government. All
it requires is perfect knowledge of
entomology, economic zoology and vet,
Urinary science, together with work.
ing assortment of French, German,
Irish, Hindustani, African, English and
Italian.
"Of course, you are expected to
qualify on the reading, writing and
rithmetic and letter writing. You've
got to be a ready letter writer to work
for the government these days. Ami.
NAL husbandry and dairy philosophy
are some of the minor subjects in.
cluded in the examination"
The Jasper news., 1908-01-21

w ASHINGToN.-The recent death
w of Mrs. William Hunter Doll, for.
merly the widow of Senator Cushman
K. Davis of Minnesota and we'll known
in capital society, recalls bitter So
ctal feud In which she was one of the
leading characters.
Mrs. Dolls maiden name was Anna
Malcolm Agnew, and she was not
quite 16 years of age when she mar
ried Senator Davis, who was q years
her senior.
Anna Agnew described herself as a
grcat-grandchild of Margaret Malcolm,
a distinguished Scotch woman, and a
great-grandniece Of Admiral ?oultney
Malcolm, who guarded the island of
st. Helena while Napoleon was a
prisoner there. She became the child
wife Of printer named Evans, but
she divorced him in 1878, and, to sup
port herself, entered the household of
The Jasper news., 1908-01-21

Uncle SAM is worried over the fall
~ ure of the United States civil
service commission to get him an ed
itor. The chair in the sanctum of the
Experiment Station Record, a red hot
monthly devoted to cattle society and
oleomargarine endurance contests, is
vacant. The job pays $1,000 year.
AN examination was held in the
Brooklyn postoffice recently, but only
one applicant appeared. He promised
to raise the standard of the Record
and to swell the circulation by ma
king a cow-tocow canvass for new
subscribers.
"They looked me over" said this
editor, land decided to give the other
The Jasper news., 1908-01-21
AND THEY SANG WELL.

some of the fellows, and before 1t was
time for the berths to be made down
lot Of them told the porter to put
them upstairs" and explain it to the
women. Mark you, those men didn't
do the gallant In person; they simply
sneaked off and had the porter fix the
thing up, so that none of the women
passengers would have to take an up
per berth, And they were drummers,
too!
! figure II out this way: those
hymns and prayers, and the religious
atmosphere generally, had gone deep
er than the epidermis of that bunch
of drummers, and had hit them where
they really live--or used to live, may
be. The brazenest and toughest OF us
carries sentimental spot somewhere
beneath his fancy vest. A fellow may
jog along for most of his life without
giving a thought to what affects his
better nature, and then all of sudden
he is brought up with jolt to realize
that the preachers are right and that
man is at core spirit.
breaches Himself to Sleep.
After ] had crawled into my berth
thought the matter oYer--not
through. but over, for I'm salesman.
and not college professor checked
OF In my mind the names and charac-
tiers of the men In that crowd. and
what j really knew about them. 1t
was surprisingly little. Beyond a few
facts about their business experie le0,
and a hint here and there Of tier
home life. knew nothing more than
what appears on the surface o. =
travelling man'S life.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-21
Place for Inaugural Dance Is in Doubt

Pension Commissioner Warner says
that the pay of employees during that
period, within which they would be
in enforced idleness, aggregates $685..
Ala, and it would mean just that much
cost to the government.
He says that the work of the Office
will be put back, and that damage
that cannot be estimated invariably
follows every occupancy of the pen.
sion Office for the inaugural ball.
There is already on foot, however,
a movement to utilize the building as
in the past for the ball and the house
committee on the District Of Columbia
after the holidays will bring in a
resolution to that end. Unless the
temper of congress has undergone a
radical change in the last four years,
the resolution will meet with defeat.
The only other building in the city
where the ball could be held is the
new national museum, now nearing
completion, but this structure, because
of the absence of court such as the
pension building has, would lessen
the brilliancy of the function by con
fining tie guests to the corridors.
The receipts from the inaugural
ball in the past have gone toward pay.
ing the expenses of the Inauguration
The Jasper news., 1908-01-21

1T TAKES a million dollars day to
l satisfy Uncle Sans sweet tooth, be-
cause the average citizen in the Unit
ed States consumes half his own
weight In sugar every year.
These and other interesting facts
are given in a statement issued by the
bureau of statistics, which reads more
like fairy tale for children than a
government report.
The total consumption In the
United States In 1907, the latest year
for which the figures are obtainable.
was 1858. 667 .s75 pounds.
Calculating this enormous total at
the average retail price of Ok cents
per pound,g the report states, I'VE get
a total Of ss7a. 100000 as its cost to
The Jasper news., 1908-01-21
BY WILLIAM t. ELLIS.

/ saw number of travelling men
give up their lower berths and take
uppers on sleeping car between St.
Louis and Pittsburg few days ago.
The shock was really dangerous. /
would have staked my reputation as
an experienced salesman, and as a
Judge of human nature, that 1t would
take box of dynamite to elevate the
average commercial traveller into an
upper berth In a sleeper, when once
he had his hooks firmly on a lower.
Yet here was the unprecedented hap
pening before my eyes.
1t was all due to crowd of Chris
tian Endeavorers. They were mostly
women-which, understand, is the
Christian Endeavor fashion-and they
had come aboard at the last moment
from one Of their convention excursion
trains There were dozen of them,
and they had all been attending some
convention out west. Most of the
lower berths had been engaged before
they reached st. Louis, but that fact
did not bottle up their music any.
For they were singing crowd
They sang on the platform, while
waiting, with other delegates, for the
train to start. When we got under,
way they all gathered in one end Of
the car and, after some more singing,
they held regular prayer meeting.
Perhaps that wasn't polite; other pas
sengers might have objected. But l
guess most of us had travelled in cars
with crowds of noisy sports, and the
Christian Endeavor sort of disturb
ance was preferable. Fact is, think
we all rather liked 1t. The Endeavor-
ers were mostly good lockers, and
they sang well. They gave us lot Of
the old-time hymns, and then some
catchy rag-time things about "Hun-
shine"
The Drunmers Take Upper Berths.
1t was the music that did the trick
for the drummers. Those old songs
got next to the true inwardness of