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1DiEWILDE FARM-IIGH. HEALTHY LOCA-
ZION: hne shade. beautiful views OF Blue Ridge;
iresn country fare: free rides to Warrenton.
MISS L. w. HART, Waterloo Fauquer Co, Va.
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Capom Springs and Baths

In the mountains. 100 miles due west Of Wash
ington Nice place: good table: large company:
pleasant people For pamphlets, rates. etc. address
CHAS. F. NELSON. Capon Springs W. Va.
ASK MIR. Foster. 1888 Pa. aye. NV. je6-6Ot.8
THE MOUNTAIN VIEW HOUSE AURORA, W.
Va. Is now open. 1t is more beautiful and
commodfous than and has hot and cold
water on three floors For particulars address
JNO. A LANTZ. Proprietor. jy9th. So. Su.12t
DELIGHTFUL COTTAGE. COMPLETELY FUR.
ami: china. linen, silver; adj. grove: swim
ming pool hotel; $500 season: hrs from Wash.
Mrs E. c. BREESE. Berkeley Springs. W. Va.
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KEEP TRYST'-IDEAI. MOUNTAIN, ALL SEA
son resort. on r. and o.; 30 miles: exceptional
Tor health and general requirements: special
cottages: camping ground. w. NJ. CLARK,
Keep Tryst. Washington county. Md. jy1S-St
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Mount Vernon Lodge. No. 5. X. Of p.
had as a visitor last Wednesday evening
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BOARDERS WANTED ONE MILE FROM BIUE-
mont-Alilk fresh vegetables and good water
Apply for particulars Mrs. G. w FINNEIL.
bluefn"nt. Va jy16- -3t"
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AIRMOET. THE POPULAR MOUNTAIN HOUSE:
high. healthy: beautiful views: shady lawn: 2
trated circular: L. KEMP. Airmont. Va
fy16-th sa St.
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Past Chancellor S. B. Smiley of William
Mckinley Lodge. No. I. Of Manila. Phil
ippine Islands, who made an interesting
address on events connected with plant
ing the Pythian flag in the orient.
1t is expected that the rank of esquire
will be conferred next Wednesday even
ing.
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COUNTRY BOARD
306S Wisconsin ave.
Cathedral School Annex
Special rates for August tr17ets 4

WANTED - TWO LADIES. SISTERS OR
friends. to board for the month OF August in
private country home; delicious spring water;
fresh vegetables. milk. butter, etc Terms 81
Wingna. Nelson Co. Va. fy11.2t.
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The Fredoa, n st h,a ase f ana Beach Beach
and Youngs Pier. Excellent table. Special July
rates G.. w CARMANY. 1y53Ot,4
Miller Cottage, sv to e cap s seo 2so
Especially noted for its table: dance room - -
daily, 81 and 50 weekly. Eo-ool,1
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Jersey Cottage. block from snt 's ,.s'.
and pavilion on beach. Apply NIB. Groshon D DIS
je2S-30t.4
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THE HOL MFIUPSTo

Pennsylvania ave. near beach: unohstructet
ocean view; highest point in Atlantic City; oper
surroundings; private baths; seventy-two station
ary washstands with hot and cold running wa
ter. in bedrooms; elevator to street level: ca
pscity. 300. Hotel electric coach meets trains
Literature upon request. HENRY DARNELL.
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NEAR CHEVY CHASE CAR LINE. D. G.. ONE
fare-Two large. comfortable rooms with beau
tlful views: porches. shade, bath. Address Mrs
Finch. Grant road, d. G. Tel. Cleveland q r.
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iDLEWILDE: NEAR MOUNTAINS; IL MILES
from Bluemont; cool rooms: shady grounds;
plenty fruit; excellent water; home raised prod
uce: bath and phone. Apply EDW. FIN
NELLIE. Round Hill. Va. iv16-3ts
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The Breakers

NO ANNEX. A WHOLE BLOCK FRONT
The coolest spot On the beach superior sea
food table; spacious porches; rates. So to S.
per week
LOOK FOR BANNER on THE FRONT
Mrs. NJ. c. CAIiILL. Prop. Colonial Beach, Va.
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The approaching convention of the Su-
preme Lodge. knights of Pythias at Bos-
ton, promises to be one of the most nota-
BILE in it's history. The convention will be
held in the Hotel Somerset. Common
wealth avenue. beginning Tuesday, Au-
gust 4. at 10 o'clock am, and will con-
tinue about ten days.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
REBEL REPUBLIC
SET Up IN PERSIA
Berlin Report Is That Loyal
ist Force Loses Hun
dreds in Battle.

RERLIN. Dec. 13.-The Persian tebels
In Tabriz have set up a republic, follow
ing a decisive victory over the loyalist
forces under Ain-Ed-Dowles, according
TO Teheran dispatches today in the Ber-
lin Tageblajt.
The rebels. led by Cen Bahir Kahn,
are reported as gathering themselves
together after a number of disastrous
reverses and administering a crushing
defeat to the Ioyalist army. in which
hundreds were killed and wounded
The rebels, or constitutionalists, were
recruited from detachments from all
over the AZerbaijan province, the people
realizing that the crisis in their years
fight for freedom had arrived.
The republic, Of Whicn Satar Kahn is
reported to be the nominal head, in
cIIdes the entire province, and the pop
ulace is rauying to the support Of the
new regime to prevent its overthrow by
another military movement by the shah.
Today's dispatches say that the cap
ital fears that other provinces will fol-
low the lead of Tabriz. and that unless
the Shah rises with unexpected strength
to the fearful emergency that confronts
him, the end of the government has be
gun.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Surgeons Believe They Oper-
erted in Time TO Save
HanSbrough'S Life.

BuNNEAPOLIS. Dec I3-SenatOr
HansbrOugh Of North Dakota Is resting
so well this morning that the physicians
who operated upon him yesterday row
feel confident that he is going 10 live.
but he is being given the closest at
tention every minute. one physician be
ing at the bedside all the time
An abscess OF the inner ear has been
a serious menace 10 the Senator'S life
for years. Such an abscess may go for
years without causing death, or 1t may
suddenly poison The brain The opera
ton OF removing the foreign matter con-
Quoted yesterday by Drs- J A Watson
and I. A. Nippert was IN itself a most
dangerous proceeding. but II was con
sidered inperatively necessary as the
abscess had been troubling Senator
Hansbrough more and more
The immediate danger OF the death
on the operating table having now pass
ed. the main danger VIII be that al
the foreign matter has not been remOv-
ed. While the Senator's condition this
noon indicates the operation was sue
cessful on this point, il cannot be de-
hniteIy determined for some time
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
ABSOLUTELY FALSE
IS REPLY OF VEDITZ
Sends Sizzling Answer to
Charges of Anti-Saloon
Organ.

Denouncing as false almost every
statement In the charges made against
him by the Anti-Saloon League OF
America, and promising still more in
teresting developments if they are re-
newed. Prof. c. w. a. Veditz. acting
dean Of the college Of political sciences
Of GeOrEe Washington University, IS
out today In a sizzling rejoinder to the
Leagues attack upon him, because he
assisted the vets in the recent pro-
hibition election IN Lynehburs, Va.
Not only does Prof. Veditz say that
he was grossly misquOte1 in a purported
interview in the American Issue, official
organ Of the League, in which the at
tack was published yesterday, but lie
says that the Anti-Saloon League
sought to obtain such an interview by
sending a representative. who denied
that he was a League representative.
but claimed to be connected with a
reputable news gathering association.
Prof. Veditz denies that he was en-
ployed by the liquor interests Of Lynch
burg and asserts that his sole connec-
tion with the prohibition fight was at
the request Of an organization Of Lynch
Continued on Second PaSe.)
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

Run down by an eastbound Fourteenth
street car while riding a bicycle on
Pennsylvania avenue, between Thirteen
and-a-half and Fourteenth streets
northwest, shortly after II O'Clock this
morning, George Kimon, thirty years
old. 122O Eighth street northwest a
waiter at the New willard. was proba-
bly, fatally injured. He was taken 10
the Emergency Hospital. where it was
said his chance for living was slight
Kimon was riding his bicycle up Penn
syIvania avenue between the car tracks
A westbound Georgetown car was only
few yards behind him. Just as he got
in front Of the District building he
either attempted TO cross IN front or
eastbound car NO. 126, in charge of Mo-
torman E H Hehlin. or lost his balance
and fell across the tracks.
Rolled Under the Fender.
Kimor was not ten feet In front OF
the car when he apparently steered
across the tracks The fender struck
the bicycle, hurting Kimon against the
front Of the car and demOlishing the
wheel The man fell in the net of the
fender. but I'm some way was pitched
out and rolled under the trucks.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
NEW ENGLAND TO BE
TAFT'S SUMMER HOME
Prasident-Elect Expected to sOc-
Cupy Cottage Near
Boston.

BOSTON. Mass, Dec 1S--BeverI y
Manchester is TO be the summer capital
OF the United States. Presidert-elect
Taft is TO spend next season Al one
Of the cottages along the North Shore.
II is announced Up and down the
shore there are many personal friends
OF Mr.. TAFT He has been at Beverly
at the farms several times when he
was staying with the William J. Board
mans at Manchester.
Representative Gardner OF Hamilton
was one Of the Taft leaders at the
caUcuses. and another friend Of
President-eIect, Postmaster General
George Won J. Meyer, also lives at
Hamilton. There are several colonists
who come from Washington for the
summer Mrs. Susan Longworth.
mother Of Representative Lougworth.
has a cottage at Mingo Beach. There
are several cottages at the farms, cove,
ana Prides Crossing, as well as at Man
chester, that are beautifully adapted
for summer home for the new Presi-
dent.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Fourteen Known to Have
PeriShed, Including
Three Americans.
WORST EXPLOSION
OF THIS REGIME
Manv Native Workmen Missing.
Debris Being Cleared
Away.

COLON. Panama, Dec. 12--Latest es-
Inmates received this afternoon from
Bas .Obispo place the number killed ano
wounded in yesterdays dynamite o'S-
aster at upward of $50. Of whoTI AT
least a score are thought 10 be dead.
Owing to the gaet us-s Of rock. diri'
and debris under whicn the wori1nl7Ii
were buried. It VIII probably be week
before the exact coUn- o. the fatali' ies
can be determined.
Every hospital in Bas Obispo Is
crowded and "A number OF temporary
quarters have been set up and manned
by the corps OF volunteer surgeons and
nurses who have rushed to the scene of
the disaster
Contractors Who are familiar with the
work at ths point of the xeiposion state
that fully twenty-eight tons Of dyna-
mite went up. An investigation to FIX
the responsibility viii be started tomor-
row.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
SUSPECTS THOUGHT
TO BE BANK ROBBERS
Looters of Pepperell Vaults Said
to Be in BoSton-Ar-
rests Made.

BOSTON. Mass. Dec 13--Believiag
that the PeppereH Bank robbers are
hiding in Boston. the police OF Station
5 early today raided the Lowell House.
! and 3 Causeway street, where they
arrested three men and three women
The men are booked under another
charge. but the police are going to hold
them for examination
The police OF this city were given a
ti3 that the men who looted $4,000 from
the bank in Psp1erel, were IN hiding
in Boston They were said TO De at
the Lowell House, and the police OF
Station 5 shadowed the place last night
and finally went in and made the ar
rests
Some Of the marked money, which
vas stolen from the Pepperen Bank.
mas turned up in Boston, thus strength
ering the police in their belief that
the burglars are in this city, and pit
ting the money in circulation here
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Paris Gently Hints That
President Castro Leave,
and He Does So.
STARTS FOR BERLIN
WITHOUT ADIEUS
Gluttonous Appetite and Disgust
ing Manners Turn the French
Against Him.

PARIS. Dec. B.-President Castro, Of
Venezuela, left for Berlin at ? o'clock
this afternoon. acting on the hint Of the
French government that now. as Re had
had time to rest. his presence IN France
was no longer desired The feeling OF
the French people had become so hos
tile, due TO the government almost
serviie attitude toward him. that there
was danger Of a hostile demonstration
had ne remained IN Paris
The public IS trying 10 solve mys-
terlous trip Castro took last night IN
an automobile. He refused 10 explain
the purpose Of his trip even TO members
Of his suite. II is reported that he Sc
cretIy met with several prominent
Venezuelans who live in Paris and con-
ferred with them as 10 how far he
should go IN trying 70 clear up Vene-
zuela's foreign entanglements during
his stay in Europe.
Castro made distinctly unsavorabIe
impression during his stay here. His
gluttonous appetite. bibulous manners,
and unconventional behavior auEered
all Of those who came in contact with
him. and were really responsible for the
clamor that was raised for his expul-
sion.
His friends tried to explain his con-
duct on the ground that he vas labor
ing under physical weakness and men
tai worry, the latter due 10 the intunc-
ton 10 keep silent placed upca him by
the foreign office, but the people cata-
logued him as an unmitiEated boor.
1t is understood that Castro's visit 10
Berlin IS for the purpose Of a surgical
operation. but the nature OF his com
plant was not disclosed while in Paris.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
BIKE RIDER CRUSHED
UNDER A CAR FENDER
George Kimon, at Emergency Hospital, Believed to Be
Dying as Result of Accident in Pennsylvania
Avenue, Near Fourteenth Street.

The accident occurred so quickly that
Hefflin did not have an opportunity TO
apply the brakes until after the man
had been struck Kimon was dragged
fully fifty yards before the car was
brought 10 a fun stop.
At the Emergency Hospital II was
found that he had been serious
ly injured about the head and chest.
His right hand and arm were badly
torn and crushed and It is thought he
.as a fractured skull The doctors also
,,tIieve he is hurt internally.
Shoes Torn From Feet.
An unusual feature in come ction with
the accident is that while the mans
legs and feet were not badly bruised
or cut, his shoes were literally torn
off Of his feet. It Is believed that his
feet were caught under tho forward
trucks while he was being dragged
Many persons were on the Avenue and
witnessed the accident. Women screamed
as they saw the man hurled into the air
by the car. picked up ny the fender, and
then drawn beneath It and dragged over
the asphalt
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Mystery EnshroudS Cause
of Double Tragedy in
Illinois.
SLAYER HELD, WON'T
MAKE A STATEMENT
Unfortunate Woman Hao Oaly a
Speaking Acquaintance With
the Other Victim.

ROODHOUSE. Ill. Dec I3-Hundreds
Of persons instead Of attending church
this morning are clustered on the down
town streets discussing Ihe most sen
sational crime in the history Of eastern
Illinois, while Coroner J. A Crsvens.
Of Greenfield. is closeted with a jury
hearing evidence in the killing Of Mrs
William Barnhart and Carl Clapp by
William Barnhart. the wOman's hus-
band. last hight
Maintaining strict silence and refusing
TO appear as n witness before the coro-
ners jury. Banhart is held in Jail.
Public feeling is running high.
Barnhart, who IS q sWitchman en-
ployed by the Chicago and Alton rail-
road. vas supposed 10 be at work Satur-
day niEht and his bride OF three months
went downtown 10 do Christmas shop
ping. Returning, she stopped at the
hJme Of Mrs. Clement Bracey. a friend.
and while there her husband. carrying
a sho. gun, entered. and emptied both
barrels into her body. killing her in
stantly. Turning about he left the
house. went home and got a rife. Going
TO the Roodhouse Hotel. the leading
hostelry OF the city. he told those c@n-
gregated to Lock out, boys" and shot
twice. One bullet passed through -he
heart OF Carl Clapp, an elevator agent,
and the other hit Ross Johnson, a clerk,
shooting of the little finger Of HIS left
hand. The rife was pointed directly
at CIapp and Parnhart followed his
movement 20 escs 9s the aim.
Ciapp and Mrs Baruhdrt were speak
ing acquaintances and their names had
never been connected in scandal They
were of different social circles Clapp
had resided IN Roodhouse but a short
time. he was wealthy and was received
In the best society. He had a vic and
three children
Con plete mystery surrounds a motive
for the shooting. Early this morning
Rsgahart surrendered 20 the cficers
mailing no statement except TO say,
''Yes: I did It"
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
Hears From GoethaIs.

Fourteen dead. three Of them Ameri-
cans, and fifty injured, four Of them
Americans. is the revised casualty fash
cd under the waters today by Colonel
Goethals or the calamity which yester-
day. through a premature explosion Of
dynamite. hurled numbers Of Unprepared
Panama canal worlmen through space
to horrible death or injury.
Captain BOggs. in charge Of the COM
missions office here, received the cable
from Colonel GOethals this morning,
which indicates that the list Of dead Is
steadily increasing and that the list Of
injured is growing in like proportion
John J. Korp, a steam shovel engi-
neer, Of Philipsburg, y. J., died Today.
making the third American TO perish
from the disaster. KOrp was on big
steam shovel which was working be-
low the cliff where the explosion oc-
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

CURED. The cliff was blown over on
the steam shovel, almost bUry1ng IL, and
killing several of the laborers I'm the
shovel crew.
The list o. wounded has four Aneri-
can names. one being Arthur H. Bas-
eett. OF Philadelphia. a foreman OF con
sJruction work. Benjamin II. cole, OF
Rochester, a foreman. is most danger
ously injured, and others on the list are
W. G. Bell. a foreman, OF New York.
and c. W Hayden, steam shovel ensi-
neer, Of Sanduszy, Ohio.
That the explosion is the worst disas-
ter Of the American occupation on the
isthmus is now manifest Several eX-
ploslons of dynamita lave occurred in
the last year, but the death list Of this
one already demonstrates that IT bids
fair TO prove worse than all the others
combined. Many more laborers may
be dead than eleven, the number now
fixed as the official figure, for the
search OF the great pile OF rock thus
tar disclosed more bodies than haC
been expected,
All OF today several steam shOvels and
a gang Of several hundred wOrSmen
have been digging at the great pile OF
rcck which was thrown over, and
Colonel Goethals himself has been on
hand directing the work. During the
day more wires were strung for electric
lights. so that digging may Ce carried
on more effectively tonight
The search in the rocky pile is all in
the section where the steam shOvels
had been working. All In the little gang
of men who were working with Reidy
were utterly destroyed. but around the
steam shovels bodies We're found today
1t is altogether improbable that any
man IS still living in the mass Of debris,
for any man who was buried under the
Continued on Page Fifteen.)
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
One Killed, Three Hurt,
When Auto Strikes Pole

BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. hilary
KessIer. Of 81 West Lexington street
an ernploye Of the Baltimore Athlete
Club. vas killed and three other men
more or less seriously injured in an su-
tonobile accident on Charles street ex-
tended. shortly after midnight this
morning
The smash-up terminated a 10y ride
In an automobile belonging TO oscar q.
Murray, president Of the Baltin- ore and
Ohio railUcad. which at the time, was
driven BY lanes L Hid, Mr.. AEurray's
chauffeur.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
ABRUZZPS AMBITION
AGAIN IS THWARTED
This Time, as Before, Red Tape
Checks Him From
Soaring.

LONDON. Dec 13--Another height to
which the Due d'Abruzzi would have
scared has been denied him, acc 1rding
to thinly veiled intimatiOns in this
mornings papers. which state that his
intended exploration Of the Himalayas
viii probably be thwarted by the Bril-
ish East Indian office refusing passports
70 the duke
The reason back of the Indian office
Is the fear that the granting Of special
privileges to the Italian nobleman
might embrou England with the Grand
Lama
dian affairs at this time the British
government will not take the risk IL
had been the intention of the duke TO
head an expedition in a climb UP Mt.
Everest
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
ESCAPES DETENTION HOME.

BUFFALO, y. Y, Dec. 13.-Ruth
Wheaton, sixteen. of Girard, Pa, was
arrested at Niagara Falls last night
for breaking out of a local detention
home where she was awaiting orders
from her family. She had run away.
James Thompson, a sailor who was with
the girl, was sentenced this morning to
twenty-five days In the penitentiary.
The girl viii now be taken home by
a State charity officer.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13

PARIS, Dec. 13.-Two hundred dead,
forty vessels, ranging from fish boats
to steam freighters, either sun or over
due, and the French and English coasts
strewn with wreckage and corpses, is
the count at noon today of the damage
of the storm that has ragged almost
without interruption for the last week.
Almost every hour brings additions
to the death toll and increasing. anxiety
as To the fate OF steamers that are long
overdue
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
STORMS DEATH TOLL
REACHES THE 200 MARK
Forty Vessels Lost Range From Fish Boats to Steam
Freighters-French and English Coasts Strewn
With Wreckage.

The terrible loss OF life was little
suspected at first, owing to the IA Z
that most of the drownlngs have been
IN small groups. but today's compilS-
ton of figures reaches a total Of aOa
with the probability that fifty more
viii be added
The loss in shipping win run far into
the thousands, both in actual destruc-
tion OF property and in the interruption
Of traffic.
Large searching parties and salvage
corps are now patroling the coast
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
THOUSANDS STARVE
AS FAMINE GROWS
Disease Adds Terrors to
Stricken Province in
Southwest Africa.

BERLIN, Dec. I3.-Messages today
from Ovamboland. IN German South
west Africa say that 1.O00 deaths have
occurred from starvation therein the last
week ard that the situation is daily
growing more desperate, with an in
creasing death rate
The famine, which has been growing
IN Sc -erity for weeks. las so emaciated
the z ople that they are falling victims
10 disease by hundreds
The government VIII adopt some COM
prehensive system Of relief as speedily
as possible
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
WEATHER REPORT.

Barometric depressions are central to-
day in Ontario and Alberta. respectively.
The Ontario storm is causing light snow
in the region Of the Great Lakes and
threatening weather in the middle and
north Atlantic coast States.
Temperature changes in the past
twenty-foUr hours have not been i'm
vortant; moderate temperature prevail
ing generally.
Forecast for the District Of Columbia
Generally fair tonight and Monday:
moderate temperature minimum tenn
upraUure tonight near freezing; fresh
southwest to west winds.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
PRESIDENT VIEWS
ART EXHIBITION
Is Piloted Through the CorcoraS
Gallery by Director F. B.
Mcclure.

President Roosevelt spent an hour this
morning at the COrcoran Gallery of Art
For the last week the gallery has had
a notable exhibition OF contemporaneous
American art, with special attention TO
the work Of St Gaudens. It was this
exhibition which the President viewed
director F. B. MCGUIRE accompanied
him and explained the features OF the
exhibit.
The Washington times., 1908-12-13
COULDN'T PAY BILLS,
SHE TRIES TO DIE
Baltimore Woman, Whose Husband
Is Out of Work, Drinks Poison,
But Is Saved.

BALTIMORE, Dec B--Despondent
because her husband was out OF work
and she could not pay her bills, Mrs.
Kate Ehrman attempted suicide by
drinking arnica and Iaudanum at her
home, 1Oi5 Hillman street, about :
O'Clock this morning AS the result %
heroic work by physicians. she is now
out Of danger, and viii recover.
Her husband was until recently an
employe in the sewerage department,
but had been laid of