Deseret Evening News | 1903-08-25 | Page 8 | The Ur Expedition

Till filE IU lit hy by the N XI Sew w York Aug AliI ag it After more than three roar tarl of or preparation ami and effort and the expenditure of more than 00 H II plan paui for th the excavation of ot lit Ur litof of lit the and other places plAtes In IJA by liis hs b brn been rn formal e the Turkish government will Ifill not MI permission to American citizens to 10 do work fork forkIn In a II letter latter to to the ho Ur lit the Hov Itee Ur Dr John Jon 1 I p Peters Intern cl of ot th the advisory board On June 1 n 19 1900 an 1111 application I was waR made for nn an IrAti to excavate I lr 11 r of lC if tho the and runs In clone Io c proximity In III southern rn the toi I map atm RII submitted with t a The Tue win InK In III nil riH 1 ol is In Iti conformIty with v tho the thola law la I of If it the tho Turkish empire governing No permission U to excavate late has been brent obtained nor nol hix hM satisfactory tea 11 wn HIm hicen heen given Riven for tor the failure to such Later at nt the KUK sug of ot the Turkish authorities Tel vim nuts 1111 substituted for tOI with the time caine N I SA t j AA AA A AAA A AS ASA A 1 y m v vw Dr Edgar J 1 Hank time the director of lit the expedition Ix his been In Constan Constantinople sine nine Jan IT n 1901 earnestly pressing the time Turkish To with the tho of or time the t States legation for to excavate I