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TO EXHIBIT MANY FINE BIRDS
COLUMBIA POULTRY AND
PIGEON SoCIETY'S ANNUAL.
Will Be Held at Light Infantry
Armory From December
to IL, Inclusive.

The fourth annual exhibition OF the
Columbia Poultry and Pigeon Association
will be held at the Washington Light
Infantry Armory, 10Th and Z streets,
from December to IL, inclusive. The
officers Of the association predict that
this will be by far the finest exhibition
of poultry and pigeons ever given by
the association. About TOO entries have
been made, and while a great many of
these are from the District, Maryland
here from all parts of the country and
from Canada.
Invitations to attend the exhibition will
be sent to President Taft, to senator's and
representatives and to the members OF
the diplomatic corps. Secretary Wilson
of the Department of Agriculture has
been asked to open the exhibition. and
it Is expected that he will accept the in
vitation and that he will deliver an adj
dress.
Particular days have been set aside
during the exhibition in honor of Mary
land, Virginia, the diplomatic corps, Con-
gress and the children. On Maryland and
Virginia days the governors OF those
states will he asked to attend and deliver
addresses.
Many Valuable Trophies.
The armory will be deliberately decorat-
ed with flags of all nations. The ar
rangements for the exhibition OF the
fowls will be particularly we'll made. A
large number of valuable prizes have
been offered for the winners in the va
rious classes among them fourteen hand
some silver loving cups These cups are
offered by the Columbia Poultry and
o,tot L..
ST. James Hotel. the Arlington Hotel, NJ
Goldsmith & Sons, Charles conboy, Col
o. G. Staples, the National Hotel, Miller
& krogmann and the Florentine cafe. 3.
H. Warner has offered gold medal for
the best display of white Wyandottes. :
Among the specialties at the exhibition
will be a demonstration of the homng
pigeons abilities as carriers. H. Vose Of
Westerly, r. L., who has furnished tur-
keys for the President of the United
States every Thanksgiving day for many
years, has promised to send to the ex-
which he sent TO President Taft recently
and also hen of the same breed.
Officers Of the Association.
The officers of the association are:
Washington Waters, president: J. F. De-
fandorf. vice president; John r. Risdon,
second vice president: A. d. Brown, third
vice president; Calvin Hicks, secretary;
N. B. Stone, treasurer. Directors-Wash-
inston Waters, J. F. Defandorf, John r.
Risdon, A. d. Brown, Calvin Hicks, N. B.
Stone, Herbert S. Anderson, Roland c.
Booth. E. c. Duffy, C. B. krogmann, jr,
Morgan Stinemetz.
Show committee-Washingto Waters.
Calvin Hicks, N. B. Stone. Roland c.
Booth, c. b. krogm am, jr.
Judges-John d. Jaquins, New York:
j. Fl. Dravenstedt. New Jersey; Calvin
Hicks, superintendent: Thomas j. Lock-
wood, assistant superintendent.
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Carter Sails for Home.

LONDON. November 27-John r. Car
ter. the retiring secretary of the Amer
lean embassy here, and Mrs. Carter sailed
OH the steamer Lusitania for New York
today The members of the embassy
and other friends accompanied them to
the railroad station, where they took the
steamer train.
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Equal Suffrage League Organizes.

RICHMOND. Va. November 27.-The
Equal Suffrage League of Virginia was
permanently organized here today by the
election OF the following officers: Presi-
dent Mrs. B. B. Valentine; vice presidents
Mrs Charles V. Meredith, Mrs. Todd Dab
ney and Miss Ellen Glasgow. the author
ess: recording secretary, Miss Adele
Clark; treasurer, Mrs. Clarence Cadet
Headquarters of the league will be
opened in this city Monday.
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GOVERNOR COTTON REVIEWING TAk Troops

pie of the island Is shown in recent
letter to Jose de Diego, speaker Of the
house of delegates. Let us be chart
table each with the other" wrote e. the
governor, Concerning our peculiarit1es.
If We have them, and bend our EFFORTS
toward bringing about a mutual under
standing and a friendship indiSsoluble
because based upon confidence and re-
spect.
Purposes the Same.
"Our purposes are the same, those Of
protecting the rights and liberties OF
the Porto Rican people as a whole and
the advancement of their happiness. pros
perity and contentment in a manner
that will reflect the greatest credit
upon and conform to the highest aims
of our countrymen.
"Frankness and good faith in the
treatment of all men and questions will
be the keynote of my administration.
and / shall appreciate the confidence
that will lead to that attitude toward
me on the part of all those that may
have occasion to come into contact with
the executive department"
After the governor had been on the
island a few days he asked the members
of the press to call upon him SO that
he might have a chat with them and ex-
change views. They met In the executive
house and he Informed them that he
wished them to know all that was go
ing on in the various departments. and
would instruct the chiefs to prepare the
news each day. so that it could be given
to the papers through them In his
address to the assembled representatives
of the San Juan press he said, in part:
Il am very glad to have the pleasure
of knowing you all personally and meet
ing you thus collectively. There is no
body of men who have so great an OPP
portunity to advance the welfare of
their country or to promote good feeling
among the people as the men who control
the press.
Influence on Public Opinion.
THE newspapers of a country have
much to do with creating public opinion.
They cannot prevent Its ultimate cor
rectness. but they can hasten it's devel-
opment along lines that will promote
contentment and happiness. If condi-
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Ship Hit by Submarine Earthquake

VICTORIA, b. c., November ga Sc
we're seismic disturbance off Bungo chan
mel at 3:15 pm. November 10 was re-
ported by the steamer Bellrophan, which
arrived here today from the orient.
When the vessel encountered the dis
turbance she vibrated as IL she had
struck rock
The earthquake was felt ashore At
Natskwa, in Okayama, a woman and a
baby were killed in a fallen house.
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AFTER FLOODS SEAT.
State Senator Strode's Friends
Booming Him for Congress.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, November 81
Friends of State Senator Aubrey E.
Strobe of Amherst are arranging for a
meeting to be held in that county to
launch a movement for nominating him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28

Charles Schooler jr., thirty-tive years
old, of Stafford county. Va. died at his
home near Brooke. He Is survived by
his wife and four children.
Evening star., 1909-04-27

fered prayer. in the course Of which he
referred to the Saloniki troops as an ..im-
periar' army
He was promptly interrupted by the Off
GERS present. who objected to that word.
The hodja then substituted the word
Ottoman"
Buckman Meets Chefket.
Admiral Buckman, an American. head
of the Turkish navy and adviser of the
sultan. interviewed today the Macedonian n
leader. Chefl<et Pasha. and his chief Of
staff, Pertev Pasha.
Pertev Pasha's experiences of decisive
night marches. whereby the Japanese OBJ
tanned their greatest successes in the
Manchurian war, where Pertev Pasha
was military attache. led him to advise
the capture of Constantinople by a simi-
lar lightning night attack.
Chefket Pasha repeated to Admiral
Buckman his purpose to punish the in
stigators OF the mutiny and to maintain
a state OF siege until order is restored.
He reiterated that the army had no de-
sire to hurry events.
Imperial Salute for New Reign.
CONSTANTIONPLrl.A April 27.-Mehem-
med Reschad Effendi was proclaimed
Sultan OF Turkey at half past 2 o'clock
this afternoon, in succession to his
brother, Abdul Hamid H.
Abdul Hamid has been removed from
the imperial palace of Yildiz and con-
veyed' across the Bosporus to the pal
ace at Cheraghan, on the Bosporus. IN
Asiatic Turkey.
A salute of 1O1 guns fired at 2:3O O. clock
this afternoon announced to the waiting
populace of ConstantinopIe the change in
the sultanate and proclaimed the fact
that Mehemmed Reschad Effendi was the
new sovereign of the Ottoman empire
The written declaration of the Sheik-
ul-IsIam authorizing the dethronement
of Abdul Hamid reached parliament
house at 1910 o'clock. Five minutes
later parliament pronounced the deposi-
ton OF Abdul Hamid.
At 1880 O'Clock. forty minutes after
the decision of the head of the church.
the national assembly invited Mehemmed
Reschad Efendi to succeed to the throne.
Decision Unanimous.
The national assembly's decision on the
proposal was unanimous.
The news or the deposition or Abdul
Hamid and the selection Of his brother
to succeed him caused great excitement
| throughout Constantinople. Crowds at
| once began to gather in the principal
, squares and thoroughfares and around
the imperial palace Of Yildiz in anticipa-
ton of the proclamation of new sultan
Qualities of New Sultan.
! LONDON, April ga person who Is
well acquainted with Mehemmed ReschaC
Efendi. the new Sultan of Turkey. gives
the following sketch OF him:
He Is tall and well proportioned, bu,
inclined 10 stoop. His features are reg
ular, but he has hooked nose like thai
of Abdul Hamid. His eyes are blue and
| his hair and beard are light red.
His manners are gracious and easy
He is exceedingly generous and kind. HI
Evening star., 1909-04-27
HAMS JURY COMPLETED.
Expected That State Will Begin Case
Before Adjournment.

FLUSHING. N Y. April 27.-When
court convened today with ten jurors in
the box for the trial of Capt. Peter c.
Hams, jr.. charged with the killing of
William f. Anns, it was expected that
the two jurors remaining to be chosen
would be secured during the day. Ii was
announced that should the jury box be
filled a reasonable time before the usual
hour for adjournment. the state would
Immediately present its case. This was
expected to take but a short time.
Peter c. Hams III, son Of the captain,
who has not seen his father since the
captains arrest seven months ago, is
now on his way to New York, where he
will join his grandmother and come with
her to Flushing. 1t was reported that the
boy may be called as witness for his
father. Mrs. Claudia L. Hains. wife Of
Capt Hams, was said to be in New
York waiting to be called as q witness.
Emile Lefner, printer, living at Win
field. L. l., was selected as the eleventh
juror. He is married.
The twelfth and last juror was chosen
at 2:l0 o'clock this afternoon. He is
Jacob Kneckes, twenty-nine years old, u
married man with children.
Evening star., 1909-04-27
Dawn of New Day in Turkey
With Abdul Hamid Deposed

Official confirmation of the proclama :
ton of new sultan in Turkey has not
been received at the Turkish embassy in
this city. Nor is an announcement of the
elevation of Mehemmed Reschad Effendi
expected before night. on account of the
excitement attending such events
The press dispatches of the day are ac-
cepted. however, as accurate.
Throughout diplomatic circles the gen
eral impression is that the enthroning of
Mehemmed Reschad Effendi means a new
era for the Ottoman empire. The desire
for reform 'and the adoption of a consti-
tutional government could never be real
lied in it's fullness. it is felt. as long as
Abdul Hamid was the power within Yil-
diZ Kiosk.
His rejection now is taken as not only
assuring to the country a sovereign who
will be more in harmony with the re-
forms, but will lead to the installation Of
a ministry in hearty sympathy with the
reformation that manifested itself SO
Istrongly last summer. and again after the
overturn Of the committee OF order and
progress April IS.
With the reform movement freed from
the obstacles put in its way by the re-
actionaries who yielded power in Con-
stantinople. It is confidently believed that
a new day has dawned for Turkey.
Turkish officials speak of the new sui
/ fConfinued on Second Pa pel
Evening star., 1909-04-27
CooPERs GRANTED APPEAL.
Judge Hart Comments on Many
Recent Murders.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 27.-Judge
William III. Hart today overruled the mo-
ton for new trial in the case Of Col.
Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J. Cooper.
his son, both convicted Of the murder of
former United States Senator Carmack.
The courts opinion was that there was
no ground for setting aside the verdict
of the trial jury. The defense at once
gave notice of an appeal to the Tennessee
supreme court. The appeal was granted.
The defendants were in court early, Mrs.
Lucius Burch coming in with her father
and brother. The colonel was attired
in a new black suit and appeared in ex-
cellent spirits Robin, Cooper was pale
and seemed i'll at ease. The bond re-
mains the same and the same bondsmen
qualified. The defense demanded thirty
days in which to file a bill of exceptions.
Decision on this point was deferred till
Saturday.
After court adjourned Judge Hart COM
mented to some friends upon the fact
that the killing of Isaac Morse today by
young woman, who claims he had
abandoned her. was the tenth murder in
this county since the Cooper trial began,
January ~, and makes twenty-nine mur-
der cases now on the county docket.
Evening star., 1909-04-27

Today's Cabinet Meeting.

The cabinet meeting today is under
stood to have included some consideration
of the case of Director North Of the CEN
sus bureau. but cabinet officers declined
to discuss the subject.
. Reasons for the resignation of. Robert
Watchorn as commissioner of immigra-
tion at the port of New York are coming
out. The main reason. given today by a
White House caller, was that Mr..
Watchorn had been working along the
lines Of Mr.. North and failing to CO.
operate with the Department OF Com
merce and Labor in many Of its projects.
This is especially so, 1t Is stated. in con-
nection with the immigration bureau con-
Quoted here by T. v. Powderly, the object
of which is to distribute immigrants to
advantageous points through the country.
Mr.. Watchorn persistently ignored this
bureau. according to the story. Now that
he is out and a new commissioner is to
be named the immigration distribution
bureau will have it's work Widened by
establishing at Ellis Island a bureau in
addition to the one in Washington.
Evening star., 1909-04-27
Seeks Not Personal Profit.
Revolt of Asiatic Soldiers
Against Young Turks Feared

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 27-Fifty
Turkish officers have been arrested at
Erzerum by their troops and dispatched
under escort to Trebizond.
The exact significance of this action is
not yet clear. 1t is feared that it means
the beginning of q revolt Of the provincial
troops against the Young Turk officers
PARIS, April Fila Liberte publishes
a dispatch from Constantinople today say
ing that although Schefket Pasha, COM
mander Of the Younk Turk forces. has
announced his ability to restore order in
Asia Minor the latest reports from be-
yond the Bosphorus are alarming. The
whole of Anatolia has been given over to
the passions of the mob.
The. French battleship Verite is at
Alexandretta. The cruisers Jules Ferry
and Michelet are patrollinS the coast
Evening star., 1909-04-27
Dishonored Ruler Seized and Conveyed Un-
der Guard to His Palace at Cheraghan
as Brother Ascends Throne.
IMPERIAL SALUTE OF 1O1 GUNS
INFORMS PEOPLE OF NEW REIGN
National Assembly Votes Unanimously to Vacate
Throne Punishment for Interference With
Progress of Popular Government.
Shiekh-U1-Islam Issues Fetva.

CONSTANTINOPLE April 27-Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of
Turkey today dposed from the throne Of the Ottoman
interference with the progress of
government under the constitution granted by him last July
Rschad Efend the throne
He proclaimed Mehemmed v.
This change decided by the national assembly with
dissenting voice. 1t carried with The utmost rapdiy
DEPOSED SULTAN A PRISONER.
prisoner the hands of the Young Turks
and carefully guarded by his captors.
Among who under of the
tary dictatorship Eddne nephew sultan
and all the members of his family
The prince has been leader of the Young Turk party His
that fallen
The formal decree removing Abdul Haid from all
Turkish empire issued by the Shekusam the
church. the regular form prescribed by
Mohammedan faith.
CHANGE MADE WITHOUT DISORDER
city of constantinople alive with excitement Thongs
popuace fill the number of been
made change of soveregns without dis
order of any kind.
salute of guns announcing the end reign Abdul
Had beginning of Reschad EHendi
was fred at 80 o'clock this afternoon
Evening star., 1909-04-27
CAUSE OF EXCITEMENT.
Fire Discovered Under Bow Of New
Battleship Florida.

NEW YORK, April 27.-Some excite
ment was created in the New York navy
yard in Brooklyn today when fire was
discovered under the bow of the new
battleship Florida. which is under con-
struction there. Investigation showed
that the ways had caught fire, proba oily
from a hot rivet dropped by one of the
workmen.
An orderly. who discovered the fire. and
a sentry used a chemical extinguisher to
such good effect that the fire engines on
arrival had nothing to do. Work was
resumed as usual on the battleship. The
damage was trifling.
Evening star., 1909-04-27
Weather.

Showers this afternoon or
tonight. Wednesday fair and
cooler.
Evening star., 1909-04-27
Cheraghan Palace, Abdul Hamid's Jail;
Ten Thousand Adherents Prisoners:
Honors Paid Dead Salonikin Troons

LONDON, April GA dispatch received
here by the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany from Constantinople says that troops
under the command of Young Turk Off
GERS entered the sultan's palace last night
and took his majesty prisoner.
Later, closely guarded, he was removed
to the Cheraghan Palace on the Bos-
porous.
Harem Taken to Scutari.
Special Cablegram TO The Star.
cONSTANTINOPLE, April 27.-All the
old guard has been removed from the sui
tan's palace and all the old servants are
now passing through Pera under armed
escort.
The sultan's harem crossed the Bos-
porous today. under guard. to Scutari and
thence will be taken to Alambagh, where
the women will be well guarded.
Large crowds gathered in Galata today
where business was completely suspended
in expectation Of the arrival of the new
sultan.
10000 Prisoners Taken.
1t is estimated that, since Saturday the
constitutionalists have made over 10000
prisoners. The Ikdam has been suppressed
and the editor has fled.
There was an imposing ceremony yes
terday. on the occasion of the interment
of the bodies of 600 Salonikan troops.
who were killed in Saturdays fighting.
They were laid in a common grave.
Enver Bey and Selaheddin Bey deliv-
cred stirring patriotic addresses. declaring
the men had died for liberty and the con-
stitution. After the speeches a hodja Of
Evening star., 1909-04-27

is not at all fanatical, but Is sincerely
religious.
HE plays unusually we'll on the piano
and is a great admirer of classical music.
Like the deposed sultan, the new ruler
Of Turkey is a good craftsman and he
sketches well. He has two wives and
several children, three of whom are ooys.
His wives are both highly educated
and are the daughters OF distingulsneo
pashas. They dress at home in the
French fashion"
No Soldiers to Be Left in Capital.
BERLIN, April 27.-The correspondent
at Constantinople of the Berliner Tage-
blatt teegraphs the following interview
with Schefket Pasha, the commander-in-
chief of the constitutional army that en-
tered Constantinople last Saturday:
mo soldiers will be left in the capital:
only 6OO Saloniki gendarmes will remain
there. Sixteen battalions Of the I'd and
Sd Army Corps will be quartered in the
vicinity of Constantinople.
Soldiers do not belong in the great
city. The Tasch kishla. Taxim and other
large barracks will be razed and the
ground sold for villa sites.
my chief task is the restoration Of
order. ! often have written to Constan-
tinople from Saloniki: Restore order else
y
government was constrained by weak
elements which prevented energetic meas
ures.'
Seeks Not Personal Profit.
The correspondent mentioned the prob
ability of Schefket Pasha becoming grand
vizier, to which the general replied:
Efforts already have been begun to in
dLce me to make myself grand vizier.
\ <I;s IL Il
the post.
Nor do / desire to become minister of
war. For nobody ever shall say that
undertook this expedition to Constanti-
nople for the sake of personal advantage.
who will be the members OF the new
cabinet am unable to say. The army is
without influence in this matter. as ii
should be. The new cabinet will cor
respond to the majority in the national
assembly,
Evening star., 1909-04-27

Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1909-04-27
His SerVice to the District.

During his long service as chairman
of the House committee on the District
of Columbia Mr.. Babcock was brought
CONTINUED on Second Page)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-19
4 Mite"

The difficulties experienced by our forefathers ill trying to reckon money in very small proportions appear in the various values given to a mite" in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen tury books of commercial arithmetic. The original mite" seems to have been q third of a Flemish penny, but the use of tue word for the widow 8 coin of the New Testament made it's regular English meaning half far thing. and some old people may re- member applying the name to the short lived nineteenth century coins of that value. In those old arithmetic books mite" stands for various val ues not represented Ey actual coins, but obviously used in reckoning. X work of 1706 makes it e-twelfth of penny. two sixteenth century books one-siNth of d farthing, and in 1G14 Jeake's arithmetic made it as little as one siXty-fourth of penny.-Lon- don Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-19
GRAUSTARK' AT
 FlKS SATURDAY
Matinee and Night Performance to he Given By q Competent Com
 pany.

A play that points a moral and "Glaustark", the dramatized version of Geo. Barr McCutcheon,s bewitch- ing book, which is to be the attrac- tion at the Elks Theater Saturday, matinee and night The moral that 1t touches is, there are no heights to which a nlan with courage and perseverance, may not climb. and it's incentive to live is in its charming romance, that indescribable some thing which makes all the world love lover. and innoculates one with feeling of divine bliss and aspira tons for higher ideals. Plays of this kind are a valuable adjunct to the pulpit. and preach powerful sermons.
 Mir. McCutcheon's delightful story is enhanced by the later day scenic eff fleets that add realism and give to the play the atmosphere of the ob scure principality the author had in mind. James w. Castle personally staged the play, and credit should be given him for the many nnova- tions of stagecraft introduced.
 The throne room scene is spoken of as a masterpiece of theatrical me chanism, mtssively built and gorge ously decorated to the point of daz Zling one. It was painted by Castle and Harvey from whose studies came the Shepherd King production of Wright I4orimer, which has been pro- nounced one of the finest ever seen on any New York stage. It is in this scene that the most intensively dramatic portion of the play takes place
 There is |; touch of humor blended into the story that is irresistible. Prominent II the cast are Isabel Mac Gregor. MGurice Brierre and ]. II. Lewis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-19
Heroic Treatment.

In Guiana if child is slow in Its movements the parents apply an ant to the child instead of a whip to make 1t move faster. This little ant bites more cruelty than a mosquito. and it's bite is apt to be troublesome after ward. AS you caa imagine. this treat ment does not make the child kind to others, and the children of Guiana are said to be particularly cruel 10 ani- mals. The little boys in Guiana do not reckon their age by years. but by their ability to endure pain. Until he gets to the point where he can let the flucu ant bite him without wincing he is considered merely a baby.