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The Washington times., 1909-04-01
MILITARY SCHOOL
ALUMNI TO MEET
St. Johns Academy Gradu-
ateS TO FraterniZe During
Old Home Week.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU,
ALEXANDRIA. Va, April /.

A large number of old students Of ST |
Johns Academy, which in former days !
was one Of the leading military schools |
in the stale. held a meeting in the rooms
of the Bachelors Club, in King street
last evening.
r. w. Arnold called the gathering to
order and stated that the meeting was
called for the purpose of making ar
rangements for reunion of the old stu
dents during Old Home Coming Week.
Mr. Arnold explained that II was pro-
posed to place a register at some store
in King street, where all old students
visiting Alexandria during the week
cohld register. II was also proposed to
get the use Of Amory Hall one night
during the week and hold a banquet
An election OF officers was then taken
Up. which resulted in the following being
elected: President, DR.. George T. Kip
stein; first vice president, r. w. Arnold;
second vice president, James Z. Glenn
ents, of Alexandria county; secretary,
Richard L. Carnes, jr.: treasurer, Capt
William II. Sweeney; finance committee,
John T. johnson, r. NJ. Latham, and
John Cogan
The meeting adjourned to meet again
next Wednesday evening at 5 O'Clock
at the rooms of the Chamber of Com
MERGE
Chief of Police Goods and Policeman
Fred ]. Garvey paid a visit to Fair
fax yesterday to see the three suspects.
Calvin johnson, Richard Pines, and
James Dorsey. who are held to await
the action OF the grand jurv for the
murder OF Walter Schultz. the Chicago
artist. Policeman Garvey stated that
when he went to the cell of Dick
Pines. Pines banded him a note and
asked him to have it published.
James L. Clements, marshal of Alex
andria county division, has appointed
the following aides:
Jefferson district-wa1ter L. Varncy
Edward Duncan. George w Zachary.
Dorner Price. William Price. Frank
Hume. jr., John Bashford. w. r Carey,
George f. Carrot. Edward Clark, ]. \.
Carpenter
Arlington district-William II. Palmer.
Curtis B. Graham. J. Stuart Thompson.
Howard p. Fields, Harry Collins, John
B. Henderson, jr.. Arthur J. Pastor.
DR.. Munson Corbett. Fred s. Corbett,
Esther Palmer, Thomas Gray, Fully
Shelly, Z. B. Vanevery. Thomas Burke,
Harry Thomas, George Nc. Marcy, Z.
5. Thompson, Harry Crack, Theodore
Veftch, r. W. Grham, r. Ball. Arthur
Watch, Eugene Payne
Washington District-R. c. /. Mon
cure. William y. Fetney. Robert L
Walker, a c. Yates. Crandal Mackey,
jr., Z. +. Duble, r. Bruce Harrison,
Ernest NJ Shreve, Jacob Z. Birch, A.
Ct Grummel, A B. Clark, Theodore A
z. Taft, William Massey. Gordon Colt
a committee on motion, publicity and
advertisement has been appointed fol
Old Home Coming Week by the citi-
zens OF Alexandria county, as follows
George H Rucker. chairman. Rosslyn
j.. W Stearnes. Rosslyn; Frank Up
man, Washington; w. c WibeTt, Ar
lington: A D. Torreyson, Rosslyn: T
St. Elmo.
The Washington times., 1909-04-01
WASHINGTON ELKS
ELECT OFFICERS

Washington Lodge, No. Is, p. p. o.
Elks. rather surprised itself last night
by elccting unanimously, for the first
time since its formation, the officers
for the ensuing year. The new officers
are: Robert NJ Wade, exalted ruler;
Richard a. OBrien. reelected secre-
tary; Rosa r. Downing. esteemed lead
ing knight; James l. Ward esteemed
loyal knight: Thomas J Donovan, cs-
feemed lecturing knight. r. NJ g. Nc
Cormick, treasurer Thomas J. King,
tiler: L. VI. Whitehead. trustee. and
Joseph A. BurkaTt. alternate delegate
% the grand lodge. The installation
ell take place next Wednesday night
st the Elks' Home.
The Washington times., 1909-04-01
FOUR ARE MARRIED
AT SAME CEREMONY
Edward and Henry Halfpap,
Brothers, Miss Craft and
Miss Grant.

A double wedding, in which the par
Elephants were Washington people,
took place at the home Of Henry II.
Ifzlfpap. 1926 Ninth street. last night.
when Edward 81. Halfpap and Henry
II. Halfpap, brothers, were married to
-diss Malinda N. Croft and Miss Mar
gaTet Grant.
Only the members OF the immediate
families were present. the ceremony
being performed by the ev. James y.
Buhrer. The Halfpaps are weIl-known
Washington contractors.
The Washington times., 1909-04-01
Supply Easter Needs from Fridays Big Remnant Sale

Remnants of Shantung POngee.
Glace Punjab Pongee. Embroidered
POngee. Satin Liberty Foulards,
COlOred Satins. Habutai FoulardS,
Colored TaffetaS, ColOTed Macs
salines, Colored Peau de Cygne,
Stripe Louisine, 27-inch Japanese
Silks. etc etc. Values worth up
to 69c yard Remnant price. 25c
yard.
The Washington times., 1909-04-01
DIES UPON THE EVE
OF HIS WEDDING DAY

ASBURY PARK, y. J., April l.
Charles Tins. deaf mute. who was TO
have been married today 10 Miss Fannie
Brown. also a mute ana daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs Russell Brown, OF BclInaT.
died at his home in Trenton. Yesterday,
GftGT an illness OF three weeks Miss
Brown was at his bedside, having faith
fully nurSed him through his Illness.
Tire young couple met at "A school for
the deaf and dumb. and their coUrtship
Logan, and was carried on 10 a betrothal
in the sign language
The Washington times., 1909-04-01
MISSIONARY CONGRESS.

TORONTO. Ontario April More
han 1900 deleagtes from ali over Can
ada are in attendance at the first Cana
dian National Missionary Congress,
which Is now IN session here. All de-
nominations OF the Protestant church
ere represented. The Evancelization
OF the World in This Generation is
their slogan.
The Washington times., 1909-04-01
FEAT IN WIRELESS.

BERLIN. April IA German wire
less telegraph company has succeeded
in establishing communication between
Berlin and Vienna with two light port
able field outfits. Emperor Francis
Joseph has sent message OF conSrat-
uIation on the achievement.
The Washington times., 1909-04-01
BOY TO WE'D WIDOW OF 81.

COLUMBIA. Mo, April Mrs.
Sarah Montamat. a widow. sixty four
wears old. gave up q pension Of SIS
month and salary Of $50 a month as
TO be married TO Turner
Acton. nineteen years old, who worked
1T the same house with her. The
boys mother gave consent.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
Empress Of All the Russias Is Most Unhappy Woman

and the father was the royal crown duke
OF the little German state Of Hesse. Her
earlier years were divided between the de-
lightful parental home in the vicinity of
DarmStadt, in the genial atmosphere of
southern Germany, and in the keen re-
fresning air of English liberty at Wind
sor. She was brought up with perfect
simplicity. and as child she was encour-
aged to forget the fact that her grand
mother was a queen and her father
ruling sovereign. She played games and
she rode and enjoyed with hearty good
spirits all the pleasures in which healthy
girl can participate. Up to the age of
twenty-five her happiness was unclouded.
She had lived almost an ideal life full of
happiness and contentment. characterized
by joyous gayety and the light-hearted-
ness of innocence.
Then she was marked down as the prey
of Russian oppression. The Russian gov
ernment, in its search for suitable bride
for Nicholas. the heir to the throne. de-
cided that Princess AliX of Hesse was the
most eligible young lady to be found
among all the royal families of Europe.
Formal proposals were accordingly made
10 the court Of HeSse, and no end OF
pressure was brought TO bear on the re-
luctant Princess Alix to accept the future
ear as her husband. Nicholas came to
visit her family al Darmstadt. and ere
ated a most unfavora BILE impression on his
future bride. She found him dull and un-
interesting and rather unsympathetic.
He did not appea! to her interest in any
way, and 1t seemed to her that life with
this quaint little man az her husband Of
fered no charms at all. The pictures
that We're drawn to her of the maSnlf-
cence of the court of Russia left her un
moved. forS she was a pure. natural girl
who wanted TO marry for love and to her
the idea Of making q political match was
abhorrent in every sense. But hnal!y
her opposition was overcome. The per
suasion of her relatives and her friends
broke down her opposition Reluctantly
and against her own will she became the
wife of NiChcliS. and no sooner were
they welded than the death of Alexander
Ill elevated her husband TO the throne of
all the RusSias.
1t was a terrible experience for a high
spirited and independent young girl to
leave the surroundings of her youth to
plunge into the corrupt and fetid atmos-
phere OF the Russian court. From the
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very beginning she was dislfked by the
Russian court party and she dlsIked them
in return. Her unconventional habits and
her progressive tendencies made her an
object of suspicion to all the grand dukes
and duchesses and aristocratic maSnateS
who formed the bulwarks of the reaction
ary system of government In the country
The Old gang at court desptsed and ridt-
Cued her: she was exposed to petty nu-
Mutations and annoyances. Her lack CT
knowledge of the Russian language. which
she has since learned to perfection at
that time made her the subject of un-
seemly jests and gibes. 1t Is true that
she was the cars wife, but in the
strange surroundings of the Russian court
she was made to feel like an intruder and
almost like an.impostor.
All this would have been bearahle If she
had loved her husband and could have
enjoyed a happy family life. But that
love which was wanting before marriage
never came afterward, for the revelation
Of Nicholas IFS character came as fear
full shock and deep disappointment 10 TINS
energetic and ambitious woman. She soon
found that the car was nothing more
than WeaklinE. who was driven hther
and thther by the different cross currents
though he were feather IN a Whlri-
pool Moreover. his everyday actions
showed a shameless disregard Of morality.
The cZar did not even take the trouble
to conceal in any way his f1irtatlons Inc
czarina resolutely opposed the immoral
tendencies or the RUSSIAN court T1eI U" II
life has been blameIess above the least
reproach and she excluded from her own
circle all those women who could be iden-
titled as participants In scandaious al
fairs. She could not overcome the Gus
toms and traditions of centuries. but her
influence was felt and it promoted the
purity of the imperial court
1t was not only the personal immortality
of the Russian court and of the highest
circles OF the Russian aristocracy that
the Empress Alexandra opposed and COM
bated. Year after year she strugg ed in
futile effort to liberate her husband from
the yoke of his reactionary advisers and
to convince him that the safety of Russia
lay in the adoption of those measures OF
political progress which had SO long been
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fuentia members of the English royal
family and her own brother, now the
reigning Grand Duke OF Hesse, urged her
to turn her back on the accursed coun-
try and to seek safety IN foreign refuge:
but the cZarina, who alone had seen the
danger and who had sought to avert it,
could not be persuaded to leave her hus-
bands side. The grand dukes fled to Paris
to drown care in dissipations. and the
grand duchesses dispersed to the pleasure
resorts Of Europe, but the czarina re-
manned at home. even although IT seemed
certain at many times that death at the
hands Of the exasperated rebels would be
the only reward for her courageous de-
termination.
Since the first outbreak of revolution. at
the end Of 1904. the czarina has been
living in bondage. Her prison is gilded.
but her incarceration Is hardly less ter
rible than that of the Siberian exiles.
There has been no moment in which the
danger OF assassination was absent. Plots
and eonspiracies to murder the entire
imperial family were discovered and frus-
trated Bombs were found in the im-
perial palace and poison in the food des-
tined for the imperial table. Day after
day news came from all parts of the
empire Of bloodshed and war between the
old and the new order. Throughout the
period of revolutionary disorder in Rus
sia the czarina continued to work with
frantic energy for the introduction OF
progressive measures and for a concilia-
tory policy toward the nation.
1t Is one Of the ironies of fate that
this noble woman, who spared no effort
to save the country, should be the pri-
mary victim of Russian tyranny. She ID
martyr to the cause of liberty and
civilization. Her name will be handed
down to future generations Of Russia as
that of a great and noble woman who
performed her duty unf1ninchingly and
who with courageous determination OPP
posed all the forces of corruption and
reaction in the Russian empire.
Copyright 1909, by Curtis Brown
Evening star., 1909-03-14
THE FRESH EGG.

Z UGENE WALTER. at a dinner in
IL honor Of his latest success, talked of
the perils of New York.
When our daughters. out in the coun-
try" he said, express a desire for the
life of the city and the stage. we should
tell them the fable of the egg.
"A fresh and innocent egg, after lying
in the nest a day. said to its mother:
Mamma. | am tired of the Inonotony
of this country life Here | lie. hour
after hour. with nothing to do but dream
see nothing all day long but pigs and
cows. / hear nothing but the bleating of
sheep and the mooing of cattle. Oh, how
long for New York.
"'Ah my child said the mother hen.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
PERSIA A CRADLE OF DESPOTISM T

sons of diplomacy the statesmen of the
shah have declined to admit that this
condition is serious enough to call for
recognition.
But reports which are continuing to
come to the outside world, in spite OF
the vigorous censorship, show that the
revolutionists killed the governor and sew
eral other officials OF the administrator.
which fact would elsewhere be considered
to prove A pretty strong state of rebel
lion in existence
The rebels are fully armed. and they
are desperate in their determination to
fight to the last. 1t is therefore a Ger
tainty that the next several weeks will
see some bloody conflicts in the land Of
the shah.
Not SO long ago a rebellion such as
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that at Rebst would have called for the
most sanguinary vengeance. The govern
ment of Persia used to be the puIest OF
despotisms. limited only by private in
trgues, dread of private vengeance and
the fear of assassination by poison admin
iStered within the palace.
The monarch gave little concern to in
surrection. and when at any time any
liberties were taken by any of the min
listers in the interests of the people the
judicious use of little poison took them
to a place where they could do no more
harm to the plans of the ruler most high.
The power of the shah over the lives
and property of his subjects bore abso-
lutely no check. They were his to do
with as he willed. And the same system
of complete control was communicated
Evening star., 1909-03-14

the capital and take away the ruler as a
prisoner.
Once such threat would have excited
only deriStOn, and the head hunters
would have been sent out for a harvest
that would have repressed any more ideas
Of rebellion for long while to come.
But In the present condition Of unrest
the shah dare not avail himself Of the
methods that We're once so efficacious
These chief enemies of the shah are the
Kurds, who live in the mountain fast
nesses on the frontier. They have picked
out places that are naturally almost i'm
pregnable, and these they have improved
until the best military skill Of the great
est nation in the world would be taxed To
effect their downfall.
The shah does not command this skill.
His military force is small and ill organ
lied. The kurds are powerfully Differed
by the Chiefs Tamar Aga and Mamad
Aga. These have the most complete allie
glance of the clans. which would scorn
an order from the shah that conficted
with the wishes of their chieftans.
In fact, ii Is now only the strong inf1u-
ence eXerted by Russia and England that
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abhors the crimes that have been COM
mitted during her husbands reigr. and
are still being perpetrated in Russia
day by day. Yet far. from being able t.
terminate them she herself has been
struck down and her happiness destroyed
by that very system which she would
gladly abolish in the interest of others
Both her mental and her physical cOndi-
ton are truly pitiable. She is suffering
from the most extreme form Of nervous
depression and exhaustion. She cannot
sleep and she cannot eat. The prolonged
loss Of appetite and systematic lack of
nourishment have reduced her to con
dition of physical prostration.
* x
After the long summer cruise in the
Baltic sea undertaken primarily In the
hope of restoring her health, the czarins
wasF so weak that she could not wall
ashore, but had to be carried in an arm
chair. Now she rarely ventures outside
the palace, but is generally wheeled
about the private grounds in a batf
chair. She ia only thirty-six years o.
age. but she is complete wreck. Mucl
of her time is spent in fits Of depression
during which she lies motionless in apa
thetic despair. Sometimes the terrible
calm OF her profound melancholy is
varied by passionate fits of weeping,
which horrify and alarm the members
of her family and the ladies Of her suite.
AT nights she cannot sleep. but sees aw-
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THE SELFISH HOSKINS.

nROF. CHARLES ZUEBLIN of the
University of Chicago was discussing
his recent lecture 1.-THE Family" where
in he advocated a compulsory six
months interval between marriage IL
cense and marriage.
Marriage is entered on too hastily,
he said. 1.-The six months interval
should be an interval of thought. Thought
would cure many of the ills of marriage.
Unselfshness would perhaps cure more.
"Selfishness in marriage is on the
mans side. Too many men look at every
question from one point or Fie"' 'he
selfish one, only.
.'It is like Hoskins Of the Lake Shore
Drive.
"'You are willing q said Mrs. Hoskins.
TO Law out 81 900 a month on your wine
and cigar BILL but you grumble like a
bear when l want a few hundred 1or q
dinner gown.
WELL snarled Hoskins. can l smoke
or drink dinner gown?
Evening star., 1909-03-14

Is preventing an open outbreak. and just
how long even this influence will be avail
able no one can tell.
Whenever throne depends for exist
ence on the favor Of some other power
its time of life is put very seriously
In question, for the known jealousies of
the powers ever make it uncertain just
how long pact can be maintained.
Conditions might arise at any time that
would take the watchful eye Of the czar
and King Edward off Persia. and with
this accomplished almost anything might
happen.
At Rebst, capital of the province Of
Gillian, the revolutionary forces have
reached a point Of power where they
have actually been able to establish a
government of their own, though for rea-
Evening star., 1909-03-14
ON SAVING.

SITHE late James Molloy." said a
music publisher. wrote humorous
songs now and then. but it is as the
author Of Loves Old Sweet Song that
lie will be remembered.
"Yet his humor was good, too-bright
clean and pure. He liked to make fun OF
people who lived in the country. I once
heard him say in London to a Devon
man:
why do you live in the country, any
how?
$50 as to save money! was the reply.
"'Are vegetables and milk and meat
cheaper?'
They are. on the contrary. slightly
dearer.'
How do you save, them
No Salome opera. $50 a year. No
restaurant dinners, 500 year. No
theater. 500 year. No taxicab fares.
$50 year. No distractions of any kind,
SIS a year.
Look here said Mr.. Molloy could
not you save money if you died?' -
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pItIa Die eXIStenCe at the Imperial court
of Russia. Her fate may we'll excite the
deep sympathy of the civilized world, for
although she is a victim of that unholy
system of government that still prevails
in her husbands dominions, she is an
innocent sufferer for the terrible wrongs
perpetrated by others.
The Empress Alexandra is a high
souled. liberal-minded. generous and low
ing woman. She is a woman of the most
refined tastes and generous Instincts; she
loves the common people and their sor-
rows appeal TO her with tremendous
force. She is in deep sympathy with the
progressive movement in Russia, and she
Evening star., 1909-03-14
WITH A REVOLUTION

the prowling hordes OF rebels had become
so active and menacing that 1t was nee
essary to get them in check by use OF
some extreme display of power.
This answer sufficed, and the cruel gov
ernor was usually able to escape without
even reprimand.
1t can be seen what q condition of az
fairs must necessarily develop in a gov
ernment based on such discordant ideas.
But it may be said that the spirit of revo-
luton has lately assumed its greatest
strength through the accession OF the
cause of educated and wealthy Persians.
These travelled into the world. They
saw other peoples without a tithe Of the
natural advantages of Persia outstripping
them in the race for wealth, happiness
and national progress.
They examined their system of govern
ment- Its faults Were evident. Even the
traditional loyalty to the shah could not
blind them to the fact. These have re-
turned to their country imbued with tho
new ideas. and instead of taking active
ground against the despsed Talks. have
actually become their allies and leaders
1t is also a fact worth remembering
that there is a splendid nucleus Of educa-
ton in Persia. The lower classes are al
most entirely iliterate, but the schools
and colleges for the upper and middle
classes have increased In number, and
have won the admiration Of European ed
ucators who have visited the country.
With education comes a naturally in
creasing lberality of ideas. and the cham
pions Of the people are increasing in mum.
ber and power
Ostensibly the shah has an army Of
2O.CDO with which to fight his battles, but
as matter of fact there are really
about $1,000 infantry, 5000 artillery and
12,dsU cavalry.
On the conditions which exist 1t would
seem to be the part Of diplomacy for the
shah to take a page out Of the book Of
the Sultan Of Turkey and grant reforms
before they are forced from him, with
perhaps his royal life as the price OF re.
siStance.
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RATHER A FAN.

DR. MADISON C. PETERS. the elo-
l. quent Baptist minister in New York.
was discussing the question, "Will the
coming man marry?" which he has so
ably hantled in his book
DR.. Peters instanced a certain type OF
bachelor.
This man." he said. lis a hypocrite. He
uses his religion as cloak
And what will he do in the next
world, eho" said the reporter.
oh" said DR. Peters, "he won't need
any cloak there"
Evening star., 1909-03-14

from the head of the government down
to the servant underlinSs. For instance.
the governors of the provinces possessed
the same power over those under them.
Naturally the oppression of the mer-
camille and the working classes became
an inseparable necessity OF such con-
dtion of government.
The central government was until lately
under the grand viZier. whose traditional
title came to him from centuries or
grand viziers reaching back to the days
of antiquity, and being found In the
earliest legends which deal with the life
of the orient.
But even Persia felt 1t necessary to
make some concessions to the spirit Of
modernity, and a ministry was installed.
modelled on the lines Of the cabinets or
Europe, and having president Tor Ns
head.
There were installed the various de-
partment heads-toreign affairs. justice.
mines war etc.-and the promise OF q
more liberal government was strongly
made by the shah and his ministers
But there are traditional reasons why
the reforms could not progress beyond
certain point in the hands of those who
held the powers Of administration.
The law in civil cases is founded on
the Koran and tradition. Its admlnlstra-
ton is left to the mollahs.
4 host of ancient punishments. terrible
and revolving. survived. including the
bastiuado. and death either by decapita-
ton, stabbng or torture.
X X
The beelerbegs, or governors, OF the
provinces had ingrained In them savage
endowment in administering the extremes
of punishment wherever an excuse might
he found, and they were ever ready 10
oppress the poor Talks in the interest OF
the Turkomans. who are OF the oiooo
royal.
In case at any time policy or motive
Of humanity should prompt the shah or
any of his ministers to demand an eX-
PLANTATION of some especially extreme
atrocity, the answer was ever ready that