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The Alamance gleaner VOL. LIV. . GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY APRIL 12, 1928. NO. 10. i in. i i ' i i ??? ? ? _ ; i' WHAT'S GOING ON NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Senate May Keep Tax Cut Down to 200 Million*? Week in Politics. By EDWARD W. PICKARD SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY MELLON presented to the senate finance committee his new program of tax reduction, and the Republican members ot the committee, together with Senator King of Utah, Democrat, gave the plan their tentative approval in its general features. The result will be that the )>lll presented to thb senate will provide for a tax cut amounting to about $200,000,000. in stead of the $290,000,000 reduction called for in the house measure. Mr. Mellon asserted that the pros pective $252,000,000 surplus for the fiscal year 1929 already has been shaved to $212,000,000 and that if Con gress appropriates $30,000,000 for flood protection during that year the surplus will be further reduced to $182,000,000. On the basis of these figures he scaled down the administration tax cut maxi mum, which he placed at $225,000,000 last fall, to $200,000,000 without allow ance for food control and to less than $182,000,000 If the expected appropria tion for this purpose Is made. By a vote of 13 to 6 the committee formally approved a reduction In the tax on corporation earnings from 13H to 12 per cent, meaning a reduction in revenue of $123,000,000; and It also approved the repeal of the estate tax. which will cut the revenue $7,000,000 more. In apportioning the remaining $70,000,000 It was necessary to de cide whether to approve the scaling down of Intermediate surtax rates pro posed by Secretary Mellon, Involving a loss in revenue pf $50,000,000, or whether to use this amount In the re duction or repeal of the automobile and other miscellaneous taxes which Secretary Mellon believes should be retained. It was expected tbe commit tee would approve an Increase In the exemption for small corporations as In tbe house bill. CHARLES E, HCGHES having de clined the Job, the Republican na tional committee selected Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio as temporary chairman and "keynoter" of tbe Kan sas City convention. There was no opposition to this choice, as Senator Fess is able and eloquent and has at all times been a loyal supporter of the policies of President CooIIdge and of the Republican party. His name re mained on the Ohio ballot as one of (he Willis candidates for delegate at large, but he announced that If he were elected he would have no de clared first choice for President His second choice, as indicated under the requirements of the Ohio law, is Sen ator Curtis of Kansas. But It is known that he really favors Hoover If the drafting of Codlldge cannot be put through. The other Willis candi dates for delegate also decided thai they would go to the convention with out first choice. Their second choice pledges, which are to stand, are 34 for Low den, 8 for Curtis and 9 for Col Charles Fisher of Wilmington, Ohio. If the name of Charles G. Dawes i* placed before the convention be will have the support of those delegates All of which Is contingent on their election in the primaries. New York Republicans elected 90 nninstructed delegates, of whom the Hooverltes claim at least 47. Among those chosen was Dr. Nicholas llnrray Bntler, wet leader, who defeated an avowed dry. In tbe Wlscoosin Rep oh Mean primary the La. Follette forces received the first serious setback they hare had In years. According to In complete returns the total delegation at Kansas City will be made up of 13 La Follette men, pledged to 8enator Norrls, and 11 anti-La Follette men. most of whom ana on Instructed Hoover was the only announced candl date In the HIcblgan primary and will have that state's 88 votes After winning 30 Hlchlgan delegates without contest, A1 Smith neit day ?-aptored 124 more votes In three states Tlieae Included 86 froni New Tork, 12 from Maine and 26 from Wis consln. In the Badger state the Walsh candidates were anowed ynder by tha state of delegates sponsored by Na tional Committeeman J. M. Callahan and pledged to Smith. The voters, however. In marking their Presidential preference ballots gave Senator Reed of Missouri a three-to-one majority over the governor of New York. Smith's name had to be written In the ballot Reverting to the Republican situa tion, attention should be called to the action of the corn belt committee In Des Moines. Claiming to represent more than a million organized farm ers, the committee adopted a resolu tion opposing the election of Hoover should he be nominated hy the Repub lican convention. In that event the dommlttee plans to throw Its voting strength to the Democratic nominee. Governor green of Michigan appointed Arthur H. Vanderberg to fill out the unexpired term of the late United States Senator W. N. Fer ris. The appolntmebt Is good only until next December, but Mr. Vander berg announced that he will be a can dldnte for election to the eenaie In the fall. The new senator Is editor of the Grand Rapids Herald and Is a student and writer on American history and the Constitution. He Is only forty-four years old. Cyrus Locher, a Democrat, was named to fill out the term of the late Senator Willis of Ohio by Governor Donahey. Mr. Locher Is the state di rector of commerce and resides In Cleveland. Albert b. fall, in his testimony taken st El Paso for use In the trial of Harry Sinclair, said three Re publican leaders?a former cabinet member now in Europe, a senator and a former senator?advised him to write the famous McLean letter to the senate Teapot Dome committee in 1923 In an effort to conceal a loan of $100, 000 from Edward Doheny, oil magnate. In Washington It was stated the men named by Fall were Will Hays, Sena tor Reed Smoot of Utah and ex-Sena tor Lenroot of Wisconsin. Both Smoot and Lenroot branded Fall's story us utterly false. Lenroot raid Fall told him he got the money from McLean and be theil had every reason to be lieve Fall was telling the truth. GENIAL, optimistic, picturesque old Chauncey U. Depew baa passed away at the age of nlDety-four years. The former senator from New York and chairman of the board of directors of the New York Central railroad suc cumbed to pneumonia at hla residence In the metropolis only a few days after Bis return from a trip to Florida. Born In Peektfclll In 1834. Mr. Depew was educated at Yale and then was admitted to the bar. He was active In politics all his life from his twenty first year and attended every Repub lican national convention as a dele gate since 1888 with the exception of that of 1924. At the 1888 convention be received 99 votes for the Presides* tial nomination. He served twq terms as United States senator, from 1889 to 1911. In 1888 he entered the serv ice of the Vanderbilt railroad system and remained with It until bis death. For 13 years he was president of the New York Central. He was especially well known for bis public sddresses and his after.-dlnner speeches. He at tributed hts longevity to his "refusal to worry." Great Britain's plan to keep np the price of rubber by restricting the exports, known as the Stevenson scheme, bas failed. Prime Minister Baldwin announced to the bouse of commons that the government had de cided that all restrictions on the ex port of rubbjr from Malaya and Cey lon would be removed beginning No vember 1, 1928. According to tbe Stevenson plan the exportable per centage of production was determined at tbe beginning of each quarter by tbe average price during the preced ing quarter. It was attacked especial ly by American users as an attempt by Great Britain to monopolize rub ber. and was successful for a time But Dutch competition In 8umatra. American conservation. German syn thetic rubber and new planting proj ects doomed the sgheme to failure. During recent months the price of rub ber has steadily declined, and experts predict that It will etay low, despite the abandonment of the British plan. until tlie Inefficient producer* art driven out HP RE houie committee on flood con * trol accepted the aenate'a bill on that matter and all looked roty until Tueaday, when President Cooildge ad vised the house leaders that he was not satisfied ulth the compromise ef fected and feared the pending meas ure would Involve huge expenditures In excess of the S325.000.000 author ized. He still wished the appointment of an economic commission to study the question of local contributions, and favored a number of other amend ments. The Republican house leaders therefor* decided the JiM sliould not he called up before the latter part of this week. The houae committee also fears an adequate flood protection pro gram will cost more than Is provided for In the senate bill. In Its report the committee contends that the cost of flood control works and lights of way under the Jadwln plan would be $205,000,000. which Is exclusive of $111,000,000 for Improving navigation. The Mississippi river commission's plan, which under the terms of the . Jones bill may be adopted If desired In cases where it conflicts with the Jnd wln plan, would cost $625,000,000 for flood control works and rights of way. Both of these apply only to the lower Mississippi river. Minister macmurkay went from Peking down to Shanghai to settle with the Chinese Nationalist government the row over the Nanking outrages of March, 1927, and settle It be did, to the satisfaction of Washing ton, without yielding to the arrogancd of the Chinese or sacrificing the pres tige of the United States. The British press In Hougkong was astonished by Mr. MacMurray<s success where the British minister bad failed, and leered at the settlement as one of expediency due to the approaching elections In America. "pREMIER MUSSOLINI and the pope * seem both to be determined not to continue the controversy over the education of the youth of Italy. The Vatican organ In a con ciliatory editorial declared the Holy See had no Intention of project ing Itaelf Into the affairs of .the Ital ian state, and the duce sternly noti fied the Italian press tbat this must be considered as absolutely closing the Incident It Is understood that though there la to be no rescinding of the de cree against Catholic boy scout or ganisations, a flexible formnla for pro cedure will be found whereby the de cree disbanding them In most places will be avoided. SMTRNA, ' tbe unfortunate Asia Minor seaport was shattered by a series of earthquake shocks extending through several days and affecting also a number of near-by villages. The fatalities were numerous and a great many buildings were destroyed, among them being some of the fine struc tures erected since tbe great conflagra tion of 1922. The first temblors were preceded by a terrifying display of celestial electricity. PRANCE'S latest note to Anrrlca " concerning tbe Washington proposal for an unqualified multilateral treaty to end war accepts the,plan with res ervations, And leads Secretary of SlSle Kellogg to believe a real step has been taken toward abolishing -nraaed conflict It Is understood the next move will he to extend the negotla Hons to Include England. Germany. Italy and Japan. Briand has aban doned his contention that the term "aggressive war" be substituted for "all star." but lie. makes It perfectly clear tbat the French government can not allow tbe proposed treaty to Inter fere with French obligations under the league. The foreign minister also de dares that the Inclusion of all powers In the league la absolutely necessary In the Interests of world peace PEACE negotiations between Poland and Uthuaoia. held la Koenlgsl>erg, Germany, fell through mainly because Premier Waldetnaras'would not ylelit en the qoestloo offline. He knew If he did. hie government would he over thrown, for the Lltha Insist the city Toland grabbed must be restored to them. Tbe conference may be resumed later, for three commissions were named to study questions of economics, security and nationalities. Millions Askmd for Nations Air FisUt (expenditure of fl.7U6.000 for la i .roving the aircraft defenses of the Panama canal la called for la a bill Itepreeentatlre Jamea (Bap.) of Hick ifaD baa died la tbe home of repre aenta tires. Hla measure anUiorlxea aa expend! tare of le.eoe.soo^t rarioas aviation fields during I960 to keep pace *r!t|i the government's aircraft expansion program. The vnnrc colli for so outlay of tumdto at Albrook field. Panama, and MA4.ono at Prance field la the Canal none. Thto would provide new hangar*. Improvement In the landing fldde and other Inddemale to an effi cient air defense station. Pointing oat that the air defenses of Haarall are of great Importance to the national defense. J a rare propoaad that 1397.000 be spent then* Boiling Odd at Washington. la al iened $277,000 chiefly for hangars Chanute MIL III. I* *l?en $422,000; Crfaaey Md. Calif.. IWW); Duncan Acid. Tciaa. $.123,000; Fairfield. Ohio. $243,000. and Fort Ram Hooaloo. Texaa, $200X100. Other allotments are: Mltchel Md. N T. $131,000; Rock well Md air depot. Rockwell fleld. $743X100; Relfrtjjfe Md. Mich.. $140. 000. and the Ran Antonio primary tralnlnt achool. 3MIX100. chiefly for baagara. ? Cltra-rtoHK raya ware need tar Creatine the aM a* tally aa l$$$L I LIKE A I | WOMAN t (A by IX T. wiiih.) GWEN waa "up od her ear again," aa Doug Gordon would bare read hla wlfe'a thoughts. But this time ahe waa keeping tbem to berseli?hard aa It rat to keep anything from Doug. It all came from a little phrase that waa erer on tbe tip of Doug's tongue. Coming four times in cloaa auecea alon, It bad angered Gwen to a stern resolution. First there was tbe mouse. Of course It waa foollab for a grown per son to scream and grasp Doug's arm when tbe tin; creature scurried from behind tht broom. "If that Isn't* just like a woman I" Doug bad rbouted between burets of laughter. Tbat could bare been forgiven. But when tbe; eettled down for tbe eve ning. Gwen wltb a piece of embroid er;, Doug wltb tbe paper from which be read occasional bits, be mentioned Keats, and Gwen, Intent on tbe red rose she was embroidering, bad said absent-mindedly, "What In tbe world are keatal" He had doubled over wltb laughter and when be could apeak be bad eeld. "If tbat Isn't just like a woman 1" 8he was burt and angry and wished she need not ask blm for the money she must have If she were to go shop ping aa she bad planned tbe next day. But at last she amotbered ber resent ment and made her request. Doug was neither poor nor stingy, but be was old-fashioned, and there were certain formalities to be gone through wltb before be parted wltb naif a hundred. "Wby, 1 gave you SO last week," be exclaimed. "You never blew tbat all In on one dress, did youl If tbat Isn't just like a woman I" Gwen set ber work basket on tbe table with some ungentleness and flounced out of tbe room, slamming the door behind ber, bat sbe did not get out qalte soon enough to escape Doug's comment on this pet of bers: "Well, If tbat Isn't just tike a woman I .Flying off the handle at nothing at all I" On one thing Gwen was deter mined. Sbe would never again be like a woman I 8he stood before ber mir ror, studying the slight, girlish figure reflected therein. "Easy enough to look at," she com mented. "In spite of near-red balr, a lip-lilted nose wltb a smudge of freckles, reddlsb-browo eyes, et cetera. As a whole yoo're not to bad for any body who likes them thai way, but you're femininity from the toes op And you've got to become anything but 'just like a woman' to keep youi own self-respect and foug's Heavens above, bow he hales tbem I And yet be married one!" Dong breakfasted and luocbed downtown, so Gweo bad tbe day to plan her new role. Sbe bad found ISO under her dresser tray that morning and bad seized It wltb delight at the prospect of a morning's shopping?but then the thought Intruded: "Just as any wom an would be." 80 she tucked the SAO Into an enrelope, wrote on the back of It, "Thanks, but I don't need It after all. I don't care to go shop ping." and pot it on Doug's chiffonier, Sbe stilled a slgb as she turned away, but she also smiled with satis faction as she thought: "At any rate that Isn't what lust any woman would do with SAO." That erenlng Doug aame oat of bis room, a blank look on bla broad, rud dy face,! the enrelope In his band. He was In search of Gweo?aba bad not met bim at the door as usual. (That was wbkt all women did?met their hasbandr4at the door, Owen bad re flected). Be found ber la (he kitchen Just as he opened the door?as thoogb at a signal?the moose ran across the Boor. Then be saw ae amazing thing. Inetead of screaming and running to him for protection. Gwen coolly went after the mouse In a fashion thst was uncanny to him. Be could not know that she was hoping It would get away and wondering whether she would drop dead If she bad to pick It up She bad the tittle creature Inescapably cor oered, an sbe could not bare done In a week of trying bad sbe actually wanted to catch lb Blindly she adzed It by the tall, ran to the outside door and burled the warm, furry thing from her. Sbe was sick to the rery pit of ber stomach, but she refused to ac knowledge any such womanish reac tion. Wltb bead blgb sbe walked to the sink, wished ber bands and began dishing up the supper. Doug bad dropped Into a chair speechless, and eat staring at bar, the enrelope wltb the rejected money dotcbed forgotten In bis greet hand. "You'll bare to ezcoee me from eel log dinner wltb yoo tonight Dong," sold Owen, after the last dish bad been* placed a poo the carefully eat table. Too going to a lecture on the ? Eugilsb poets. By tba way, I'ra Jolueo an afternoon data at Uia nnlTeralty." Dong aald nothing. Tba women ha knew alwaya presided at the dinner table when the man of tba bonae re turned from bla business. And they did not go to evjenlng lectures with out aaklng their buabanda to go along. And they, being married, did not atari to achool again. Bla world bad fallen to pieces. When Owen- returned lata in tba evening, rosy-cheeked and starry-eyed, Dong, with a something wistful In his blue eyes and a pathetic sag to bla Jolly mouth, held out tba tnvelope with the fifty dollars to Owen. "1 want yod to take this, Owen, even If you don't oeed It Just now. ItH coma in handy later. I'd like for you to have It" Owen stifled a yawp. "I doubt that I'll be oeedlng It While I was out this evening I stopped In at the Fantasy cafe. . I'm going to do a cabaret stunt there every evening. I've not forgotten my sing ing nor my fancy dancing. And I'll get well paid for It* "Owen." There was exasperation as well as anguish In Doug's deep voice. "You're my wife." "'Pity 'tin, 'tla true,'" said Owen. She had cherished this quotation from the lecture, knowing well that Doug would recognize It and Shakespeare would even her op on the Keats break. "Do you mean that?" blurted ont Doug, bla ruddy face puling. Owen merely shrugged her shoul ders and walked out of the room. Oolng up the stairs she giggled. One day of her life bad passed without beating the hateful phrase. That day followed. Hardening her self, Owen did everything that she hated and had not been sqcustomed to doing, whlla she denied herself every one of the soft dainty, fem inine ways that she delighted In. There were moments when Owen craved with every fiber of her being to be "Jnst a woman," doing all the delightful, aometlnfta foolish things that she bad done before tba reforma tion. Yet surely this course must change Doug's attitude toward wom en and must win bis respect?and Doug's respect was worth something. 8he came from the cabaret one eve ning sick of soul. Two men bad vis ually appraised ber, and she wanted ber good, devoted, honest Doug as she had never wanted him before. Just to be his wife seemed enough pay for this world and the world to come. 8be paused on the porch for a mo ment and looked Into the living room, a charming room that was a reflection of her best bome-lovlng sell Bat ber thoughts were Instantly diverted from the beauty of the room. There wus Doug crouched In the bigs ehslr with bis head resting on the table. 8he had never before seen her upstanding bnsband In a dejected posture. She went to him quietly. "Are you sltk, DougJ" she asked tenderly. lie lurm'u (o ner a race inai con Armed her fears. It bad lotl Its round oem, the eyes were tired sod bleared. "Ye*, I am. Sick to the eery heart of me," said Doug. "I can't Retire out the trick rata has turned me. I mar ried the most womanly bit of a girl I knew?the only kind I could admire or love, and here all In a flash the turns out to be exactly the other sort?the kind I can t stand?bard, like a man ?makes Iter own living. I want a real woman that depends on hef man ant leu him do thlnga for ber." Owen, shaking wltb luogliter, sank Into the big chair beside Doug "Then why did yon always aay so scornfully. 'If that Isn't Just like a woman I?at If a woman were lit only to be spat on. I could have bowled every time yon said It. And I got so sick of being Jut Ilk* a woman that I made np my mind to be anything but?" "Then unmake your mind and be my own old girl again I" shouted Doug, drawing Owen Into tb* abetter of bis arms. Ill never aay that again If It bothers you. but from m* It'* a sort of compliment, for yon can't be too much of a Wroman to suit me. That's what I Ilk* about them?their little fooUsboeeae*. What'd life be without them? I like the feeling that you're leaning bard on me. You're not Just like a woman?you're Just the wftmao for me." Jast Like Crown-V pa Her mother was very proud of Bet ty"* Inclinations to save ber pennies by placing tbem la a small bank on ber dressing table. On* day when a neighbor gave Betty a nickel, the mother said. In a self-conscious tooe: "Tall Mrs. Taylor what you do wltb your money, dear." "Well," aald young Betty, wltb a dig arming smile, "sometime* I lose It" Modern Republican Party Tb* newly organised party aa aumed giant proportions In tb* fall of 1BSB. and was called tb* Republican party. That party nominated Jobn C Fremont of California for Preel dent Be was defeated by Jimaa Bo cbaaao. but thu party still Increased in power and In 18B0 elected Its can didate?Abraham Lincoln. v . l \ * Journey to Teheran r;?i How Portion Woman Draaa for a Joumoy. <Pr?par*4 by th? National 0*o*r*pbl? Society. WaahlMfoo. D. CT) PERSIA'S northern doorway, through her Caspian sea port of Entail, furnishes the quickest route for reaching the country's capital, Teheran, when the passage through the Transcaucasus states of Russia la open. When the approach Is along this sea route the flrst ap pearance of Persia Is disconcerting, because It does not look like Persia It agfeea very well with whnt one might expect of Mlndoro or Sumatra, hut the standard requirements for the "Land of the Lion and the Sun" are conspicuous by their absence. Soon after the uncertain hate to the south has resolved Itself Into shorelines, comes one's first Impres sionistic glimpse?the thatched or red tiled roofs of the low-lying town ; then a wealth of wide-branching trees, the outposts of a dark, enveloping mass of jangle; and behind this, and hslng swiftly to unbelievable height, the lusky. cloud-mantled mountain range which bars entrance to the desert hin terland, the real Persia. If the exotic luxuriance of vegeta tion and the careless prlmitlveness of the thatched huts and rustic booths of the Inhabitants disturb your pre conceived visions of the rouotry, you will find them fading with shocking suddenness at your first Introduction to Its population, when the boat ties up at the pier and an Ill-smelling rab ble of ragged, half-naked villains swarms on board to wrangle about getting your luggage ashore. A courteous, frock-coated Persian >Mrlal, conventionally crowned with what appears to be a cross-section of in opera hat, passes you through the ^remonlcs of the customhouse, and In a brief space of time yun are rod ing Inland In a Pertinnlxed Russian frosky, near fragrant orange groves, past Illy-padded lagoons, and through lower-carpeted Jungles alive with an ?ndleas variety of setnl tropical song birds and waterfowl. Tlie >1x1)1 lnchea of annual rainfall, which hat* made Ihe aurroundlng ?odblry n Garden of Kden, hare eon Iplred Wl(l) man'a Inventive genloa to , orn thla town of 00,000 Inhnbltanta. arlth ita aodd'-n roofa, narrow, allmy vile)a. and crumbling walla. Into an ' jdoroua, undralned mudhole. a verb I 'abel Slough of Deapond to anyoile ; with aucb lofty lllualona of I'erala aa I hoae of a certain ilJaguated American . reveler vrbo bad (one all tbe way to trnold'a "majeallc Oina atrearn" only ; 10 find II moddy. Teheran la only 70 tnllea eonth of I ha Caaplan, but tbe road mint climb 1 ind twlet for 210 mllea In order to 1 irrire there. | Like a Peddlefa Van. At the poathouae your meana of rnnaporta^lon awaila you. Yon clam per gingerly Into tbe debria of what -nay have been In a loogforgotten era i very elegnnt and comuodloua coupe. >dl which now, with your varlegared laaortment of luggage laahed to every lyaflable projection, apprnxlmatea ?tore clonaly an Itinerant paddler'a .an than anything etae. Theoretically, If one travela day and algbt, tbe trip requlrea a day and a talf; actually, about twice that long. From the oppreeelve humidity of he region of the rice flelda, the road ;radually aaceoda to the ahade of the 'Jeep foreat baU. wboae labyrinth at cloee-growing trees and Interwoven giant creepers forma a dark, attest lane, with Impenetrable green valla. Into.which tbe carriage Introdes with Its ceaseless rumble of heavy-tired , wheels and the constant Jingle of the pong bells. The abruptness of tbe ascent In creases ; the forest area Is left be hind; thriving vineyards, bearing luscious seedless and skinless fruit, cover tbe hillsides; ocoaalonsl clumps of. olive trees appesr, and frequent groups of tsttered peasants star* curiously at tbe InBdei Invader tn the passing carriage. The aspect of tbe country now changes rapidly.^ Alt signs of habita tion, except a few wretched dugouts, disappear, and tbe old coach climbs heavily, over barren rocka to the bleak summit of tbe pass, 7.000 feet above the sea. After a rapid descent through bar ren gullies comes a sweeping view of actual i'ersla. Broad, brown, rolling plains extend beyond the limit of vision, even In the clear, thin air of the plateau. and tbe naked southern scarp of tbe moun tains shows not a vestige of green. At lower levels Irrigating ditches which seem to flow uphill, sluggishly follow the curving hillsides; orchards and mud walled gardens begin to appear; und before long the turquoise domes nnd crenellated walls of the rlty of Knivlo come In sight. Passing through s gaudily tiled gateway, tbe route leads along a wide avenue eheded by beautiful treee lo a pretentious and much-ornamented building, which le nothing more nor leee than tbo poet house sod hotel, where one may actually occupy ? spring bed or eat a passable attempt at a European dinner. Monotonous Wait*. A large portion of the last ninety miles between Kair In and Teheran la a monotony of drab, stone-covered waste, of which the rood Itself Is an almost Indistinguishable part. The route is level an) parallels the great northern mountain rim of the idnteau. The only sign of approach to an Importaht dty la the increasing traffic on the read, not only of the leisurely mule and camel caravans, but of primitive prairie schooners, with wild-looking, shaggy-hatted drl^ era, and bare-legged villagers driving strings of heavily laden little donkeys to market. passes through the Qburz from the Caspian sea converge upon Teberan from the east and west; and water, whose presence Is of such supreme Im portance In the location of a Persian city. Is here In abundance. Although occupying an ancient site. Teberan Is a very modern city. It has been the capital of Persia only a little more than a century, and has been an Important metropolis for a much shorter time than that Phages, or Rd. Its predecessor in this district, was a populous dty of audent Me dia, thrived la the Middle ages, Is sald to have had a population of lc 300,000, and to have been the largest dty east of Babylon, but found Itself too centrally located for Its own per manence and continued prosperity, whoa the Mongols swept through, western Asia. :.d* r '17 IimtKi ltd TiifTlllWfiM
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