Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1909 — THOUSANDS BETWEEN FRYING PAN AND FIRE [ARTICLE]

THOUSANDS BETWEEN FRYING PAN AND FIRE

Tabriz Threatened With Starvation and Massacre. Teheran, April 6*»There is no doubt that a great tragedy is close at hand. If Tabriz holds, out against the invaders thousands must die of starvation. If Tabriz falls probably tens of thousands will be massacred. The rest of the country, however, looks pn with traditional eastern apathy. Puts Curb on Police Methods. Albany, N. Y., April 6.—The senate passed the Caffrey bill prohibiting the photographing of persons under arrest who have not been convicted of crime. Schiff’s Gift to New York Library, New York, April 2.—The famous Tissot collection of water colors of Old Testament paintings, which Jacob H. Schiff bought at an auction sale a few weeks ago for $37,000, has been presented to the public library here by Schiff.