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Evening star., 1911-06-03

Suburban development is progressing 80
steadily in the outlying parts of the Dis
trict Of Columbia that practically every
passing season sees the seemingly sud
den springing into existence of some new
community. Real estate operators in sub
urban property usually are responsible
for the beginning of growth in section
after section, and the start which they
inspire by the proffer Of home sites. sold
on easy terms. has its fruition in the
shape Of building booms.
One striking example of this condition
Is evidenced at the present time In the
rapid progress of Potomac Heights. Only
a few months ago the Cabin John trolley
line, after crossing the Conduit road.
passed through a sparsely settled stretch
Of land. and there was nothing even re-
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German Greeks.
Muncher Nachrichfen.

From the Muncher Nachrlchfen.
a visitor to Athens who goes to the
neighboring village of Heraclea is sur
prised to see children with blue eyes and
light hair playing in the streets: In fact.
they are the little folk who resemble
but remotely the descendants of PERL
cles.
These children on the Greek soil are
descendants of the suite and followers
of King Otho l. When the Prince Of
Bavaria was called to the throne of
Greece in 1892 he was accompanied by
soldiers. officials. professional men. work
men and shopkeepers In plain Ian
Evening star., 1911-06-03
Buys Villa Site.

A. M. Lothrop has just purchased two
lots at the corner OF Both street and
Park drive, Massachusetts Avenue
Heights, the sale being made through the
real estate Offices of Thomas j. Fisher
& Co. and Randall H. Hagner. This is
considered one Of the best villa sites in
the recently opened subdivision, as 1t
faces the park which has been dedicated
through the center of Massachusetts
Avenue Heights.
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very refreshing. but also that 1t has {
strong therapeutical value.
Admins 1ovarprant Reaerve

Because 1t lies wholly within the Dis
trict OF Columbia. all parts OF Potomac
Heights may be reached for one trolley
fare from any part of the city. Another
advantage claimed for the property Is
that 1t adjoins on the east a government
reservation 163 acres in extent. On one
corner OF this reserve there has just been
completed $4,000 building which will
be the headquarters and offices OF the
members of the Engineer Corps in charge
Of the Washington aqueduct
All Of Potomac Heights lies along the
edge Of the valley. and 1t varies In eleva-
tion from $50 to 175 feet above the river.
Building restrictions have been placed on
the property so that no dwellings may be
constructed in the subdivision at a less
cost than s. 500 each.
The officers Of the Potomac Heights
Land Company are: ]. D. Dorset, presi-
dent: J. NJ Maupn. vice president and
general manager: s. r. Dorsett, secre
tary-treasurer and business manager. and
r. II. McNeill, attorney, and these four.
with W. F. Jackson, j. D. Kenerly and
Capt. A. J. Overton, constitute the board
OF directors.
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Several Sales Reported.

Two OF the new houses in 18th
street. north OF Monroe street north
west. built by Charles f. Wire. were
sold to Samuel s. Marks and Mary G.
Kreiger for $500 each. through the
office OF Phillips & Sager. The same
firm reports the sale of the dwelling
2703 p street northwest for H. g.
Lugenbeel to Michael J. Ready for
81 1850 as an investment. A. j. Cum
mings bought through this firm from
John c. Deichman the six-room house
1928 A street northeast for $3,975.
Evening star., 1911-06-03
How It Works.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Hsu Ping-Cheu. tie popular Chinese
consul at San Francisco. discussed at q
recent dinner his countrys customs.
There is one CUSTOM said a young
girl that | can't understand. and that
is the Chinese custom of committing sui
eide by eating gold leaf. | can't UNDER
stand how gold leaf can KILL
THE partaker, no doubt" smiled the
consul. '-succumbs from a consciousness
of inward gilt"
Evening star., 1911-06-03
Store and Apartment Sold.

During the week the sale was announced
OF the four-story store and apartment
building at the southwest corner OF 14th
and l. streets northwest. William J. Ke-
hoe was the purchaser. and he paid $55 90
for the property. The building. which
formerly was owned by DR.. D. r. Pyle.
has q rental income Of 81. 500 q year.
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NEW COMMUNITY GROWING
RAPIDLY IN POTOMAC HEIGHTS
More Than 200 Lots Sold and Twelve
Houses Built in Subdivision
Overlooking the River.

|sembling community life between George
town and the District line. A syndicate
secured control of almost a solid mile Of
undeveloped property along both sides of
the trolley line from the District line
eastward, and up to the present time the
sales agents for the property have sold
a total OF 30 lots. Already twelve new
houses have been built in the tract and
contracts have been let for the construc-
ton Of eight more dwellings.
Many Civic Improvement Made.
Streets have been cut through. this
new subdivision and water mains have
been laid. while gangs Of workmen are
now engaged In the task Of laying
sewers Potomac Heights has been d.
vided into eighteen city blocks, with
an average OF nearly forty lots to the
square. 1t is bounded on one side by
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Will Remodel Dwelling.

Plans have been completed by Judge
Chandler p Anderson for the remodel
ing Of the dwelling which he recently
purchased at 1913 21st street north
west. 1t is expected the improvements
will cost between $1,000 and $4,000.
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Sale Of Dwelling.

King & Fill. real estate brokers.
have sold the house at 1918 Newton
street northwest to George c. McElwee,
secretary of the Columbia Title Com
pany. The dwelling contains six rooms
and bath.
Evening star., 1911-06-03
Property Transfers in Chevy Chase

Sales OF property in Chevy Chase
were reported this week by r. E. L.
Yellott, real estate broker as follows:
Dwelling in Mckinley street to Will
liam p Easterbrook for $1O.5OO.
Lot in Raymond street. containing
$1,000 square feet to David N. Rust, jr..
at a price OF $4,000.
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Practical Old Fellow.

The Indians at that time thought that
the reading and writing Of the whites
was an occult art and that they were
aided by spirits in sending written mes
sages from place to place and having
them understood. Sequoia decided there
was nothing occult about 1t and that II
the whites had a written language he
could make one for the Cherokees. He
got hold Of an old English spelling book
Evening star., 1911-06-03
Sixteenth Street Highlands.
Washington's Most Beautiful Suburb.

SIXTEENTH STREET HIGHLANDS unique location 1t the
| level with
grade o
Pracica subdivision is
solid with
buithe ewinre o Ear
walls
is avoid ground with shovel
So is the in the
in
and
sin
OF dent of
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has been madeto 10
complete S
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hhughgou insca n
To
stop n o our
Holmes Central Realty Corporation,
Office, Corner 4tln and Kennedy Streets NV.
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Accepted by the Tribe.

1t Is not only accepted as the written
language OF the tribe. but all the school
books of the tribe were printed in 1t
when the tribe was still under tribal gov
ernment. and there Is now a newspaper
printed In that language in the Indian
Territory. This paper at its height,
which was about 1890. had circula tion
Of 5000 copies.
The Cherokee tribe was divided in 1880
At that time they were moved to what
is now Oklahoma where there are now
about 10000 mixed bloods full bloods and
adopted members of the tribe. But
when the removal was made about 1000
Of the tribe took to the hills and refused
TO leave North Carolina, SO that there are
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OLD INDIAN RECORDS
They Tell the Tribal Story of
the Cherokees.
FIRST RED MANS ALPHABET
It Was Invented by Sequoia Years
Ago in North Carolina.
FEW OF ORIGINAL TRIBE LEFT
Bureau Of Ethnology Has Trans
lated Long Lost Records
Into English.
FIRST RED MANS ALPHABET
FEW OF ORIGINAL TRIBE LEFT

Within a fortnight the remnants Of the
tribe Of Cherokee Indians now living in
North Carolina will be given the first
chance In years to see the original docu-
ments OF their tribal songs and prayers
that were committed to writing in the
Cherokee language early in the last CEN
tury. These records. written by the In
dians themselves. have been in the
bureau Of ethnology in Washington for
the past twenty-five years. They were
discovered and collected by James
Mooney OF the bureau. who was practi-
cally adopted as a member Of the tribe.
, and during his six years of residence
with them they were partly compiled
and translated into English and put into
such shape as to be available for the
scientific man and the student of ethnol-
ogy. In the interval the most of Mr..
Moneys Indian work has been with the
plains tribes of the southwest, but he Is
now to be sent to the scene OF his earlier
labors and will complete the compilatio
of the old records with the aid Of the old
men of the tribe.
Only Instance in History.
The very fact that therel.are Cherokee
Indians in North Carolina will be news
10 Hduy peOpic, anu Ills idCl IHdL luey
have an alphabet and q written language
of their own Will be news to more. 1t Is
one OF the most romantic stories in the
history of primitive peoples. 1t is the
only occasion In modern history where
an illiterate people have developed writ
ten language OF their own. The fact
that the idea came from the whites de-
tracts very little from the wonder Of the
achievement.
The man who gave the Cherokees their
alphabet was Sequoia, a member of the
tribe and the man in honor Of whom the
big trees Of the Pacific coast were given
their name. He commenced working on
the written language for the tribe early
in 1900 and the written language was offi-
cially adopted by the Cherokees In 1920.
Sequoia was not a full blood. He had
q tincture OF white In his veins. but he
was a member Of the tribe and could not
talk English. OF course he could not
read or write in any language.
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RE3IDENcE. Or
JOHN r Johnson
EAc1MG CONDUIT Road

and got the letters out of that, but there
were not enough Of them for his pur-
pose. SO he turned some Of them upside
down. added marks and lines to others
and invented a few himself that were not
like any letters seen before or since.
He did not know anything about the
phonetic value of letters. so he built his
writing a different plan. With him
each letter stood for a syllable Thus il
word had two or four syllables, it was
written with two or four letters. He had
eighty-four letters in his alphabet and
one extra character for an ''s. The So
sound occurs often In Cherokee words.
and by having the 50 to interpolate in
his sylla bles he saved thousands Of char
acters. In this his alphabet beats the
Chinese, where there has to be a sepa-
rate character for each word.
Proved "The Impossible"
When the language was done he taught
1t to his little daughter. Then he went
with his achievement to the head men
Of the tribe. They gave him the laugh.
But not many inventors get back SO
promptly at their critics as did Sequoia.
He had the chiefs dictate a message OF
their own wording and he wrote 1t down.
Then a committee of the chiefs carried
1t to Sequoia's daughter. who was In an
| other part Of the village. She read II to
them. The chiefs were game. They
admitted that the impossible had been
accomplished. Sequoia's alphabet and
written language was officially adopted
! by the tribe in 1890. Sequoia himself
was luckier than most inventors or
the Cherokees were more grateful than
the most republics. for he was given a
pension and enjoyed II till his death in
Mexico in 1913.
The Cherokee language Is now written
and spoken by practically all OF the
Cherokees of North Carolina and by
practically 1900 Of the full bloods and
half bloods Of what used to be the In
dian Territory.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04
KYRLE BELLEW DEAD
Famous Actor Dies Suddenly
of Pneumonia.

kyrle Bellew, the actor, died sud
denly in Salt Lake City. Utah. OF pneu-
monia.
Bellew and his company were book
ed for a three night and Saturday mat
inee engagement, beginning last Thurs
day, The first performance was given
with Bellew heading the cast The
company will be disbanded
Kyrle Bellew was born in England
March 2S, 1855, the son of a clergy
man When sixteen years old he went
TO Australia. where he was gold pros
pector He made his first 0tage APP
pearance in Australia In 1874, and had
part in a play at the Park theater in
London year later. After three
years with the Haymarket company.
Bellew Joined Henry lrving's company
His American debut occurred in Wal
lacks thcater. New York, Oct. 20. 1885
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04
TAFT AT DAIRY SHOW
President Sees the Sights and Makes
Brief Address.

Preslder Taft visited the national
dairy show Il the union stock ygeCs
in Chicago. He made a brief address
TO the assembled dairymen and pre-.
scented the presidents medal to Rua.
sci Jensen. a student in the South Ia.
kota state agricultural college. The
medal is awarded 10 the student max.
Ing the best score IN Judging cattle.
The president was then escorted by
ii. +. Van Norman. president or the
show, on a tour OF inspection The
long rows OF prize COWS were visited
and the big l2.O00.pornd cheese, made
In Appleton, Wis. and ono of the feat,
ures Of the show. are gaaed upon AZ
close range.
From the dairy show the president
was taken 20 the site OF the new liam.
ilton club building where he took part
In the laying OF the corner stone. This
was followed by a luncheon given by
the Hamilton club AZ the Hotel la
Sale. AZ $3.50 President Taft departed
for Pittsburgh, we'll pleased with his
reception in Chicago
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04
ENRlGHT FOUND GUILTY
Labor slugser Convicted OF Murder OF
Vincent Altman in Chicago.

Maurice ("Moss') Enrght has been
found guilty in Chicago Of the murder
Of Vincent Altman in the Briggs house
bar on March - last Judge McSure-
ly received the verdict shortly after
10 o'clock, the jury having been out
all night
The punishment OF Enright was fixed
AT life imprisonment in the penlten-
tiary.
Enright, who was IN court when his
fate was announced. took II calmly.
Enright. alleged leader OF labor slug
gers, killed Altman, another labor slug
ger, after an alteration His convic.
tioI was largely due TO the testimony
OF Fred Irish. who was in the bar at
the time OF the tragedy Enright Is the
confessed slayer of William Gentle
man. claiming he shot in self-defense
Gentleman was Killed In Pat O'Mal
ley's saloon on State street
The police assert they believe En-
right was responsible also for the kill
Ing OF Barney Malloy"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04
BANDITS ROB A TRAIN
Rock Island Passenger Held Up
in Arkansas.

A Rock Island passenger train which
left Memphis at 1918 a. m. was held
up and robbed between Ridge Junction
and Hurlbert, Ark. Hurlbert is ff-
teen miles west OF Memphis. Accord
ling TO adviees received by Rock Island
officials here the robbery, was com
mitted by six men, who escaped after
wrecking the express car I'm an effort
to blow open the safe with nitroply-
cerine
A message from the railway oprr ..u,
at Hurlbert says that nothing was OBJ
tanned from the express car. but that
several registered packages OF unknown
value We're secured from the mail car.
A message from Little Rock says that
the marshal OF that city. with blood
hounds left at once for the scene on
a special train.
The train proceeded westward after
about an hours delay.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04
FIRES AT THIEVES IN DARK
Then Sees cuIprIts In Flight When
Wife Turns on Light.

Traverse City. Mich. Nov 2. - G..
FRANKIE, prominent farmer. narrowly
escaped infiicting serious injury upon
two young men whom he detected TAX
ing chickens A flock OF young chick
ems had roasted in a cherry tree near
his barn during the night Hearing
disturbance and believing that some
animal was after the fowls. FRANKIE
took his shotgun and fired toward the
noise.
Al that instant his wife in the house
turned on an electric switch, illumin-
ating the barn yard and revealing two
young men with chickens in their
hands. One OF the men was up in the
branches OF the tree. As soon as the
light was turned on the men fed, in
dicating that they had received no In.
jury They were Young men OF prom.
inent families in Traverse City.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04
SHURTLEFF SAYS
HE ASKED BROWNE
Former Speaker Acknowledges
Helping Lorimer.
Mr.. shurtIeff Enlisted Support Of
Minority Leader-Ira c. copley At
tributes His Support OF Lorimer
20 Desire 20 Defeat Hopkins.

The support OF Lee O'Neil Browne
for Senator Lorimer was enlisted
by him. testified Edward d. Shurtleff,
speaker of the Illinois house during
the 1909 session. before the Lorimer
investigating committee Of the United
States senate In Chicago
Mr. Shurtleff said he approached Mr.
Browne on the subject at the sugees-
ton OF either Senator Lorlmer or one
OF his close friends.
His personal solicitation OF the aid
OF the man who is accused OF having
acted as paymaster for Senator Lori
mer was one Of the features OF MIR.
Shurtleff's testimony. In the two
hours he was OH the stand he told a
good deal Of the inside history OF the
senatorial deadlock and OF his election
az the beginning OF the session as
speaker through a bipartisan combina.
ton
Ira c. Copley member Of congress
from Aurora and ancient enemy Of
htiAfA Al+NtN Suites GthdlHF AlDtll
j. Hopkins, also an Aurora resident
was also a witness. Mr. Copley's testi-
mony related TO his opposition to Mr.
Hopkins and also 10 the statement by
James Keeley that he had informa-
ton regarding the Hopkins plot 20 pur-
chase Democratic votes.
lie said he visited Mr.. Lorimer in
December, 1908, and asked him TO be
come candidate for senator. but that
Mr.. Lorimer refused on the ground
that he preferred to remain in the
house Mr. Copley said he would have
liked TO have aided in the election OF
Governor Deneen as senator, but that
his chief purpose all along was TO de-
feat Hopkins
Edmund Burke OF Sangamon county
explained before the Lorimer invesu-
eating committee OF the United States
senate the circumstances leading 10
Former Senator ID. w. Holstlaw's con.
fession that he received $4,000 for his
Lorimer vote and $500 from the jack
pot Mr.. Burke denied emphatically
that Mr. Holstlaw was influenced 10
frame up" a confession along certain
lines. as alleged by counsel for Sena.
Tor Lorimer
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04
MRS. STEVENS REELECTED
Continues as w. c. T. U. President
by Vote OF the Convention.

At Milwaukee Wednesday Mrs. LII.
Han NJ \. stevens OF Portland. Me-,
was reelected TO the presidency OF the
National Woman's Christian Temper.
anco union The other officers are.
Vice president at large Miss Anna
A Gordon, Evanston, III.
corresponding secretary Mrs.
Frfrecs = Parks. Evanston. III.
Ececrilng secretary Mrs Elizabeth
T. anderson, Valley City. y. ID.
Assistant recording secretary-Mrs.
Sarah H0ge. Lincoln, Va.
Treasurer Mrs Elizabeth r. Hutch.
inser. Evanston. m
MIS- w c n Keough former mem
Der Of the Chicago board OF education.
in a short talk al the convention. I'm
which she said she represented Catho-
lie mothers. characterized "saloonitIs''
as an infectious disease, The most
deadly ever inflicted upon humanity.
Socialist Mayor ScIdel was hooted by
the convention when he declared I'm
mn address that he believes In saloons
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04
JOSEPH PULITZER DEAD
Veteran Publisher OF New York World
Passes Away or Yacht.

Joseph Pulitzer proprietor oi the New
York World and the 81 Louis Post
Dispatch, died on hcard his yacht lib.
erty IN Tile harbor 81 Charleston. s.
G, lie he'd been in only about forty.
eight hours and until Just before he
died Il WAS believed that the illness
was only q slight indisposition. Death
was caused by heart trouble. caused.
II is believed. by an attack OF acute
indigestion
Mr. Pulitzer was sixty.four years
old. He leaves widow. three sons
and two daughters
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04

With 27000 loyal soldiers. backed by
the empires fleet. threatening to at
tack Pc,,in. all China awoke 10 face a
new era.
by his own act. done through the
prince regent. the boy emperor has
granted demands for genuine reforms
under a constitutional government.
giving up a vast portion OF the author
ity hitherto vested in the throne.
The demands were made first by the
Army league, then Endorsed by the
Chinese National assembly and pre-.
scented 10 the throne An immediate
attack on the city OF Pekin was threat
ened II the demands were not granted
The attack was 70 he made by he
1000 soldiers OF tie Third and Twen
ueth divisions
Al the same time a telegram was
received from the secret war counsel
by Admiral sab. This said the navy
would mutiny unless a political change
was made. IL indicated that the navy
wds In cooperation with The army
TO Pekin Immediately. Yuan's is ~
doubtedly the master hand which
shaped the whole situation. He an
parently possess complete coutrol both
OF the army and the national assembly.
Following are the demands made on
the throne at Pekin by the loyal Chi.
nese army and the Chinese national
assembly:
Full power TO parliament TO revise
the constitution.
Army and navy must not be used in
internal troubles without consent of
parliament
Emperor must no longer have abso-
Lutte power ~ life and death
Pardon for political exiles.
A responsible cabinet, with a pre-
mler 10 be chosen by parliament
Royalty 10 be ineligible 70 the cab
met
Parliament TO share the treaty-mak-
ing power and have fun power over
the budget
Throne o have no nower over tax
alton unless authorized by parliament.
No appointive members In the upper
house OF parliament until the reforms
are completed and the army and navy
t. have ful voice i'm their shaping.
The cabinet has offered it's resigna.
ton and a new one will be announced
Either Na-Tung OF Hsu-Shi-Chang,
vice premiers, will be named acting
premier, pending Yuan Shih Kais set
Element OF the Yangtse troubles A
OF the members Of The new
cabinet will be Chinese. and ultimately
Yuan will be premier.
The imperial elan is deeply enraped
over developments and the other
princes bitterly recrlminate Prince
Chun, the regent, charging that ne is
for the Manchus' loss of
The throne They say he can atone |
10 his imperial an tors only hy sui
eide.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04
CONDUCTOR FALLS OFF CAR
Missed and Found Unconscious near
Third Rail-.

Grand Rapids Mich. Nov Fall.
ing on the steps OF the front yestibule
Of his car as he was speeding into
Muskegon, Q Slagter. a Grand Rap.
ids and Muskegon interurban conduc.
tor lay in the sand along the tracks
few inches from the deadly third
rail while passengers with lanterns
hanted for him
Slagter Is now in Muskegon suffer
ine from internal injuries lie had
INST completed HIS trip through the
car, collecting fares, and had gone to
the front yestibule Through an mex.
plicable accident, he slipped OF the
steps The car continued on It's way
into Muskegon
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-11-04
STEEL TRUST Is TARGET
Government Brings Suit to Dissolve
the Big Corporation.

The government of the Quilted States
has filed suit for the dissolution
of the United States Steel corporation
In the federal court in Trenton. n. ]
Some OF the subsidiary companies
OF the United States Steel corpora
ton also are attacked in the petition.
which was prepared by Jacob NJ Dick.
inson. former secretary OF war. who
had been retained by the government
as It's special counsel in this case
The petition charges the steel cor.
poration and those subsidiaries which
are named as defendants with
maintaining or attempting TO maintain
a monopoly in the steel business The
evidence upon which the suit was
brought was obtained by the special
investigators OF the department OF Jus.
tice