RISE OF PRINCESS,
Wife of Austria's Heir Recognized
at Last by Emperor.
NOW KNOWN AS "HIGHNESS."
After Nine Years Francis Ferdinand's
, Morganatic Spouse Is Honored by
Her Husband's Uncle Helped by the
Kaiser.
By granting the title of "highness"
to the' Princess of Hohenberg, morga
natic wife of Arcluluke Francis Fer
dinand of Austria-Hungary, the old
ruler of the dual monarchy. Emperor
Francis Joseph, has renewed the dis
cussion of the exact status of the
princess and the possibility of her
Sitting on the throne with her hus
band, who is nephew and heir to the
aged emperor. The princess and her
husband will shortly visit the kaiser
fit Berlin, where they will receive
great honors.
The kaiser is said to be responsible
for the new honor accorded to the
princess, although it is known that
the aged Francis Joseph has been in
a relenting . mood for some time past,
and chapters in what is now called
"A Romance of International Love
and Politics" seem to be written fast
- The children of this morganatic mar
riage are-the Princess Sophia, aged
eight; Prince Maximilian Charles, aged
seven, and Prince Ernest, aged five.
t'BiUCfi&B 6F EOHENfiKltlS.
The kaiser's reasons for inducing the
emperor to honor his heir's wife, ac
cording to' the Anstrianauthorities, is
due to a desire to promote better feel-
logs toward ermanv on the Dart of
the new duchess, who has been a stead-
ifast opponent of pan-Germanism. ......
. Married to Archduke In 1900. .'
-: The'- wife of the heir to the- Austrian
throne is the daughter of Count.Chotek.
former -Austrian ambassador to Bel
gium. At the time of her' marriage to
Francis Ferdinand. July 1, .1900, she
'sreeeived from 'the emperor ' the' title-
Princess of Hohenberg.
A Vi rl n 1- Pimnnln T ,-. . I. I XI.
1ieir to the throne in the history of
'Austria who contracted a morga
natic marriage for the 'sake of his
'wife, who Is a member of an old Bo
hemian family.
The archduke for
ten years resisted all the imperial ,
'efforts to marry him to a woman of
- his own rank. The emperor himself
vainly endeavored to stop the mar
riage, but finally gave his consent: At
the .wedding the archduke, took an
oath that he would not declare his
wife either empress or queen or his
.children as members of the imperial
house. But now Hungarian lawyers t-
waj lUUi IU1S ICUUULmilUU UUcS uub
apply to Hungary and that the prin
cess may become queen of that king-
-dom, - which is part of the dual em
- pire. Indeed, there are many in Aus
etria who now believe that the renun
ciation will not be too rigidly adhered
to In Austria, and that ber highness, i
, wuu was Dern countess sopnia Uho-
tek, may be impress as well as queen
More Honors For the Princess,
It is understood in court circles that
. this evidence of the emperor's relent
ing after nine years of obduracy will
be followed by other honors bestowed
' upon the once unrecognized morganatic
'wife of the Austrian heir. s
- The Tiew duchess, it Is understood.
' Intends to approach the Vatican in an
Effort to induce the pope to annul
. the archbishop's vows Enunciation
which stand between - her' elder - son
' rfind succession to the Austrian 'throne.
NEWS BY TELEPHONE.
- American Company to Furnish Service
Similar o European. ' - '
The Telephone Newspaper company
of America, with offices in New York,
"announced that- probably within a
year's time it will be in a position to
furnish subscribers With news of gen
eral, interest. - political happenings,
baseball reports by innings and a score
of other branches of current events by
telephone to a subscriber's home. ' '
While this - is the' first telephbne
- newspaper company in this country,
the plan of distributing news by tele
phone from central stations 'has met
with more or less success In London,
. "Paris, Vienna and Budapest. 1 It is un
derstood that the same general1 lines
will be followed in America. ' "
Manley M. Gillam. " who 7 will head
tbe new company as president, said
that the '"newspaper" would try to
'supply lts;v subscribers . with every
. branch pf news and as an added In
ducement will furnish during . the
evenings, while the opera season is' on,
a vocal and instrumental 'musical serv
ice. Patents controlling the appliance
tt transmitting and "receiving' Trtws; he
aaid, are owned by CornellusBalassav
ouc ot ine aireciore -ox- uie coaty my. :
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MORE APPLES THIS YEAR.
Crop Exceeds That of 1908 by Twelve
Million Barrels.
Thirty-five million barrels, or 12,000.
000 barrels more than in 1908, is the
estimated apple crop of the United
States aud Cauada this season, accord
ing to Ren H. Rice, secretary-manager
of the second national apple show in
Spokane. Nov. 15 (o 20. Mr. Rice said
"While the quality of the product
east of the Mississippi river is not as
good as Jast year, the crop will be
uiuco larger and probably more profit
able. Tbe yield in the states west of
tne Mississippi is lighter than in 1908,
but the fruit is of a better 'grade."
The International Apple Shippers as
sociation has issued an official state
ment .that the crop in the New Ens-
land states is 20 per cent in excess of
1908. , while the yield in the central
states is about '7 per cent below last
year, and the middle western states
report a crop double that of last sea
son., when the yield was light. ,
Growers in the southern states rer
port a crop of- from 125 to 150 per
cent larger thnn in 1908. The Pacific
group will have a smaller crop than
last year, but the decreases in Idaho,
Washington and New Mexico are more
than made up by the big yield in Col
orado, so that the western crop will
be fully as .large as the previous sea
son. Losses are shown in reports from
New ' York. New Hampshire. Kansas
and Oklahoma. "Michigan and Wis
consin and other states have gains.
The Dominion of Canada, pot includ
ing Nova Scotia, shows a gain of 75
per cent, and the crop in the province
of Nova Scotia is fully as large as In
1908. wben a bumper crop was har
vested. '
BARBIE'S DIVORCE SUIT.
V '! 1 I 1 -j.
Action of Novelist-Dramatist a' Sur
prise to His American Friends. :
"If . two people love each other
neither has any right to give the other
up" ate words put by James M. Bar
rie into the mouth of one of his char
acters. The recent appearance of the
novelist's name as a petitioner for a
divorce seems to belie the sentiment,
if it is really his and not that of his
character.
Mr. Barrie was married in 1894 to
Miss -Mary Ansell. the -actress. - who
appeared " in s his first ninv. V'W ik-or
London'wbieh was' produced seven
teen years ago.
The -news of bis divorce suit came
as a great -shock to persons in Amer
ica : who have , personal acquaintance
with the Scotch author. The idea" of
divorce in c6nnectlon with the 'author
of "When a Man's Single" -seemed in
congruous and painful. r .
Mrs. Barrie has appeared little in
; public life. ' After her marriage 'she
retired from the stage. . Since then
they have always ' appeared to be a
most devoted couple. . They had no
f,hIld'e1n - bu thfs adopted Miss Pan-
line Chase in ' place i of a daughter of
their own. r''''-.v '
The wonderful "grasp of feminine
character which Mr.1 Barrie had shown
In his books and ' plays has always
been supposed to have been Inspired
1n some degree by his perfect agree
ment wit n nis wue. .
GERMAN COLONY IN TEXAS.
Foreign Companies Carrying Out Plans
. - to Raise Cotton In Our South.
German .and British spinners are
putting into execution their " threat to
buy land and raisecotton in Texas.
Tbe sale of several tracts of land, ag
gregating nearly 250,000 acres, in
southwest Texas to a: Berlin firm led
to the disclosure that German and Eng
lish spinners are the actual purchasers
and that they plan to buy more land
upon which to grow cotton. Their
agents bold options on several thou-
sand acres, all" in Frio, Lasalle, Webb.
Duval arid McMullen' counties.
Plans have been perfected for col
onizing German, cotton growers, who
aSree e" tbeit crops 10 the Bpln-
Tbe splnnars contend that the grower
will get a better average price for bis
product season by season than under
present conditions. The details of the
plan are not announced.' but in some
way the spinners will hold a -sort of
CJf n n T
tt"JL
families will isettle on the' land abont
Jan. '1- The price of the land ranged
from $2 to-$20 an acre. " "--',.'
FINDS WORKERS ALL RIGHT.
Young Millionaire Railroader Pays Re-
; spects to Fellow Workmen. ;
"Tiie standard . of morality among
workingmen is Just as high as in any
other class." ' - ; : "
The life of the wdrkingimin-is sane,
the kind every American ought to
lead."
'"The laboring man is not lacking in
brains, only in an opportunity to de
velop them."
" This is what James Watson Webb,
son "of W. Seward Webb, grandson of
tbe late W. H. Yanderbilt, who has
spent a year in the yards and offices
of the Chicago and North western' rail
road in Milwaukee, learning railroad
ing "from the ground up." says -most
Impressed bim. :
- Same Name, Both Want Fortune. -
Theodore Bunnell of Los Angeles left
a will stipulating that $10,000 be paid
to William Pr6basco.:son of Abraham
Pro ba sco, the beneficiary not being
otherwise identified. Two William
Probascos. sons of Abraham Probasco,
one or Asbury PSirk,;'N. J., the other
of Tippecanoe, - Ind., have "claimed the
'legacy. ' '-u - - kw.
SIBERIA'S VEALTH.
Not the Frozen Realm Imagined
' by Americans. -
RICH AND FERTILE COUNTRY
Our Consul In St. Petersburg Sends
Interesting Facts .About a; Land
Larger Than the United States,' In
cluding Alaska.' ''-''".'"
According to an official report made
to the state department by James W.
Ragsdale, United States consul in St.
Petersburg, Siberia. Russia's great
Asiatic realm, is far from ' being - the
frozen, barren country ., pictured to
themselves by Americans when they
hear its name. : - - , ' y
In his report Mr. Ragsdale sets forth
the .results' of his own observations
made while ' traveling from Tientsin,
China,: to St. Petersburg. He" presents
a striking picture" of the development
of Siberia and the wonderful possibili
ties there. ' - ' ' -
Mr. Ragsdale comments on the Igno
rance that prevails throughout the
world as to Siberia. He says those
who have never , visited the country
have only exaggerated ideas gathered
from descriptions that -picture Siberia
as a cold, barren waste Vs wept by
storms and of little value to any one. .'
"That the Winters are long and cold
there can be no doubt," he says "but
they are no worse than the. -winters in
northern Canada, now being so rapidly
settled toy1-people-from all parts of 'the'
world. The soil." too. of thesevast-territories
Is as rich and fertile as that of
Canada and very much resembles tbe
lands in.--the rTeat -states Of -Illinois.
Iowa and "Nebraska, except -that It Is
better watered and timbered." '
N Bigger 'Than the United States.;
Mr.. Ragsdale reminds us that Siberia
is an enormous -territory., representing
no less than 5.400,000 square miles, or
much larger than '-the whole .of the
United States, including Alaska. ; "-;,.."'.'"
"The country is beautiful from every
point of view and will some! day be
thickly populated. Here game Is plen
tiful, and the trapper has a field that
Is rich in fur bearing animals, such as
the black and other foxes, ermine,
sable of all kinds, otter, mink, marten,
weasel, squirrel, lynx and wolf. Tbe
furs of this locality, find tbe best mar
Rets in Cblna. the" United States; and '.,
England through the Pacific "ports. 5.
better article; found In Kamchatka and
Other parts of: Siberia, is sent overland
to Moscow, whence it is distributed to
the whole of Russia, a considerable ,
'quantity finding its way to Leipzig."
; Discussing ' the mines of -Siberia,
speaking of gold. Mr. Ragsdale says
gold is known to exist in almost every
district,- both, in quartz and placer, but '
the methods are poor. " Improved" metlK
ods' would double the Outputs Exceeds
ingly j rich " gold discoveries have '-rev i
cently been reported on the Siberian
coast," a territory as large as California
and Oregon. It Is said these mines
will prove as rich as ' the mines ; at '
Dawson and NOmer' The find is- near ;
the mouth of the AquaOr river.' which
is 'about 100 miles directly west across
the water from Nome. ' The output of
gold alone from the Siberian mines for
1907. Mr. Ragsdale says, was valued
at about $26,000,000. .
' " Rich In Precious Stones. ,
It is believed the coal deposits will
'prove as extensive as those of China.'
Iron and miscellaneous minerals
abound. Many 'of the mountains, : es
pecially the Drals. are exceedingly rich
in precious stones.
; Other features of the country as de
scribed by Mr. Ragsdale are the great
navigable' rivers, the: abounding sup
ply 'of fish, tbe prospects of rich ex
ports and railroad development. - Al
ready thousands of tons of the :-finest
butter are ; being sent to: -Denmark,
Holland. Germany-and England. It is
of late shipped to China and Japan and
even South Africa from Siberia. -
CHINAMAN RLES HIS WILL.
Only Testament In That ,' Language
: Recorded In -Wilkesbarre, Pa.
A will 'Written on Chinese" parchment
and in Chinese characters - was filed
with Register Smith in Wilkesbarre.
Pa. It was the will of the late Dong
Lee of Freeland and is the only' "Chi
nese wilt ever filed In Wilkesbarre. " it
says: -: : ys .
May 4 (In English June 20), 1909. -
In the beginning, everything -which I
have or possess I give or transfer to my
cousin,' Dong Jong, for him to look after
my business and have charge ot. every
thing 1 have. ' -
I do not know ' whether : I will get well
or not If 1 die the funeral expenses are
to be paid, and if there is anything left
my cousin shall send to my father. I am
going, to New York to see a doctor and
try and et well,- and if 1 should come
back 1 will look after the business my
self, and If I should die everything is to
be transferred to my cousin, Dong Jong,
who is to receive -my 'business.
(Signed) DONG LEE (known ' as Sam
-Lee).. -
LOBSTER OR DOGFISH?
One' or the Other Must Go, According
to Fisheries Bureau -Head. -
Whether the valuable" lobster "Or the
worthless dogfish-of the waters of
Rhode Island and Massachusetts Is to
be allowed "to survive Is a question
that' is receiving- -the careful attention
of Commissioner Bowers of the bureau
of, fisheries.
" The ff0rts""of 'the bureau. 6t fisher
ies to propagate the - lobster so-ithat it
may. become plentiful, and cheap have
been' nullified to s great An extent by
the voracious dogfish :ithat -Commissioner
Bowers -is contemplating plac
ing a price-upon the head of the ma
rine traisanue. - '
' FATHER AGAINST SON:
Novel Contest Between the Gardners
l-or Buffalo Golf Championship.
I Mr. W. Allen Gardner of the Coun
try clnb of Buffalo won the city cham-
v viic a. a i iv uiuu iiuks recent
ly. The runner up was his seventeen-year-old
son, Hamilton Gardner. This
was the unique result of the play that
eliminated all other contestants In a
field of nearly 100 entrants. Never be-"
fore in this country has a father faced ;
his son in the final of a city champion-1
ship contest The unusual situation "
aroused the greatest interest among !
goners, ana tne press of the city fea
tured the match in prominent head
lines. - ' '
Allen Gardner, the new champion,
has for years been a "star member of
pthe County club team and .has played
iu many tournaments in this and other
states as well as in Canada. His prQw
ess as a golfer is well known, and
from the first he was considered a
likely candidate for championship hon
ors in the city tournament. But no
one thought of Hamilton in that con
nection'.: The youngster has been play
ing the game only a couple of years,
but his advancement has been so rapid
that his father openly confessed his
fear of the result when the final test
came. -
' That his fears were well grounded
was shown at the very start of the
match; when the boy won the first
two holes and,; after halving the third,
won the fourth, making him 3 up.
It looked very much at this stage as.If
the son was about to make a runaway
game of it. ;He was clearly playing
the better golf, and showed .absolute
confidence, without a sign of nervous-,
ness: The large gallery that followed
In the wake of the strangely matched
pair, . jwhich - was composed of Mr.
Gardner's old golfing friends, could
with difficulty refrain from chaffing
the iathei on'his impending' defeat;
but,' Of course. - they restrained them
selves, although their amusement must
have;' been - perfectly, obvious to the
exasperated sire.
.! Hamilton -was .2 up ; at the turn
and going as smoothly as silk. :But at
this ..juncture the "old man" took a
mental bracer and proceeded to close
up the gap in the score. Right at the
tenth' hole he started: his gait, winning
it In 3 to Hamilton's 4. As the bogie
Is 5. it can-be seen, that the pair were
straining - every nerve. They went
alongvln'bogie to the twelfth.; which
Allen ?won .xa one stroke under the
colon ersupattern. For the first time in
the match they were all square. The
"kid", took the thirteenth In 4, but Al
len ievened ;up by winning the next
hole.- The father annexed the next two
holes and held this advantage to the
end, winning by 2 up.-.This ended the
most novel contest for the city cham
pionship t&at Buffalo will ever see, in
all probability. American Golfer. " .
HAVE YOUR i CHILD TESTED.
Clark. University Will Tell You if Any
, thing Is WrongvWith It.
Secretary .Henry S. i Curtis, of the
Child Conference For Kesearch , and
"Welfare "Instituted at Clark -university
at Worcester, Mass. as the first
department of its kind in this country,
is being flooded with inquiries ' from
parents in all parts of the country who
desire to have- their children examined
by the new methods. ' . "
The purpose of the department is to
gather statistics as to tbe best methods
of promoting the health, happiness and
welfare of children and -form child
welfare organizations. The endeavor i
also will be to determine in what'
points children are weakest morally or
physically.
: The head of the department, directly
under Dr. G. Stanley Hall, president1
of Clark university, is Dr.- Curtis, for-;
merly of . Washington, who has been'
engaged all his life hi child welfare
"work. r -' ..
The- department has not - been long'
enough organized to show results, and
it is not definitely known how it is to
be received by the child welfare organ
izations of the country, but from the
number of letters received lately con
cerning it. Dr.. Curtis thinks it will leap
into popularity at once. ;
h Parents who have children with phys
ical or moral defects may have, them
examined. "The chief purpose of the
organization.", aid. Dr. Curtis, "Is to
correlate the work of child welfare in
stitutions and especially to -provide all
workers in these various fields who de-,
sire it with the latest results of scien
tific child study that bear -upon their
work.. One. of the most valuable fea
tures of the work will be to provide
parents, teachers and others whd have
the responsibility of the. care of chil
dren with the results of the scientific
Btudy of children."
SEWED UP FOR THE WINTER.
Foreign -Mothers In Philadelphia Imi- rj
tate the 'Eskimos. ..
"Foreign , mothers in Philadelphia '
have made it a practice to sew their -children's:
clothes so they would re-
main on all winter." .-
That was the statement made be-f
fore the American Humane association-!
in- convention in w St .Paul . , by t Miss? j,
aiary . ioveil or Philadelphia, whq
said that drastic Bteps had been neces
sary to stop the practice with regard
to pupils in the public schools.
Englishwoman's Unique Honor.
Miss Ivy E. Woodward, M. D., has
been admitted to full membership In
the v'Boyal College of :Physiclans of
London. It Is the first time in its his
tory that this body, has: conferred the;
coveted M. R. - CI P.
although some women have obtained
K. C-'P.; whichr indicates that
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