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17 ANTARGTIG 1GE WILL BE EXPLORED AGAIN Sweden and Great Britain Co operating in Expedition to Be Launched in 1915. SIX SCIENTISTS IN PARTY Svo Anonymous Donors Provide Sum of $20,800 Needed for Outfit or Vessel Additional $10,000 Needed for 5 Years' Work. STOCKHOLM, April 25. At a meet In? of the Geographical Society in this city. Admiral Palander, president of the special Antarctic committee, gave an account of tiie arrangements made for the Swedish Antarctic expedition. The project, first mooted on the return of Professor Otto Nordenskjold from his last expedition to Graham Land in 1901, is now fully matured. The expedition will start in a Nor wegian whaler in the Summer of 1915, and will spend five years on Graham Land, exploring the country round about. As there is no proper harbor In Graham Land, a station will be es tablished on the east coast of Antarc tic Sound, and will be provided with wooden houses and a complete outfit for five years. Sledges with dog teams and a 40-ton motorboat will be used for exploring the mainland and the coast as far as the 70th degree of lati tude, and communicating with Norwe gian whalers. Great Britain will take a share in the expedition. Although the British Government has declined the Swedish Government's proposal for official par ticipation, the support and co-operation of British scientific clrclest are expected. The expedition will consist of H per sons in all, of whom six. besides the leader and the physician of the ex pedition, will be specially qualified men of science. Of these, two will be Brit ish. All the collections brought home will be equally divided between Sweden and Great Britain. The sum required for the outfit of the expedition, 75,000 kroner (about $20,800), has been al ready provided by two anonymous donors. In addition, 54,000 kroner for five years will be needed. Half of this will be found by the Swedish Gov ernment, the other half will be pro vided by private subscription, and the British Museum, the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society will, it is thought, be contributors. Professor Nordenskjold, speaking after Admiral Palander, dweft on the scientlfc results expected from the ex pedition in the advance of the knowl edge of the geography, 'meteorology, geology, paleontology and biology of the regions explored. The mountain range and its probable connection with the mountain system of South Amer ica, the fossil formations, glacial process and atmospheric variations would be specially investigated. ANCIENT PALACE FOUND Ruins Dating Back (o 2000 B. . fnearthed at Tiryns. C. ATHENS, April 25. Excavations re cently carried out by the German Archaeological Institute on the site of prehistoric ' Tiryns have revealed the existence of a still more ancient palace lying beneath the remains of the pal ace laid bare by Schllemann and Dorp- feld some 30 years ago. The whole elevation on which the fortress-palace stands was thickly In habited at least as far back as 2000 B. C. Among the early habitations now discovered is a large circular building about- 14 meters in diameter, which may be recognized as the most ancient palace of the dynasts of Tiryns. This structure, which was built before 1500 B. C. differs completely in design from the later building. The places of sepulture of the local Princes have hitherto been sought for in vain, but a beehive tomb In ex cellent preservation has now been dls covered and excavated. More than 2000 years ago it was robbed, of its treas tires, and In the time of the Roman Kmperors It was converted into an oil mill. Other tombs have been found which it is hoped may prove intact they will be excavated next season. NEW SUBMARINE IS BUILT Great Britain. Maintains Secrecy as to Type of 'Special Design. LONDON. April 25. In the new sub marines the Admiralty is building, and about which a great deal of secrecy is maintained, a departure has been made for the first time in this country from the Holland type. The S 1, now . building at Greenock, is of the Lau rentl type. Enormous precautions were taken to screen her from the view of unau thorized persons, but it is known she is built under license from an Italian company design which is very favor ably regarded by the Admiralty. The chief feature of it is the provi sion of watertight compartments which find no place in the design of previous British submarines, and of a detach able keel weighing 12 tons, which can be released by those on board should all reserve buoyancy be exhausted. Two other vesels of the tame deslrn are now on order and will be known as S 2 and S 3. FLEA CAUSE- OF DISEASE Record Shows Epidemic of Scarlet Fever When Insects Are Numerous LONDON, April 25. Suspicion ha fallen upon the flea as responsible for scarlet tever. The public health de partment of London has tried Bince 1909 to obtain a detailed record of the seasonal prevalence of fleas in Lon don. Last year additional information was made available by the examination of elementary school children. The records show that the "curve' of flea prevalence Is almost identical with that of scarlet fever epidomica While no actual conclusions can be drawn, it Is regarded as possibly pos sesslng great significance. QUEEN SENDS INVITATIONS Presentation at Court Does Not Car ry Every Privilege. LONDON. April 25. (Special.) A matter that the court officials have felt It necessary to Impress upon foreign ers presented to the King and Queen is that the fact they have been pre sented at court does not carry all the privileges that are sometimes . pug gested. Nobody who has not been pre sented at court or levee can be asked to meet the King and Queen, but the fact they have been presented does not mean that they will be invited to meet their Majesties on some other oc casion. The presentation at courts or levees has no further results than the appear ance of the names of the presented In the following morning's papers. It confers no privilege except that of entry when invited to a foreign em bassy abroad. The suggestion that presentees are entitled to receive at least one invita tion to a state ball, lacks any authority. The lists of invitations for royal func tions are compiled from the book con taining the names of those presented at court, but in the first place the Lord Chamberlain makes out the lists and then they are carefully scrutinized by the Queen. In the last reign King Edward went E MPKROR'S DEMAND FOR CO- f FAIRS UNPRECEDENTED. over the lists, but King George has left this task to his consort, so that every name is carefully considered be fore It is passed. ESPIONAGE TRIAL BEGUN THREE EDUCATED AUSTRIAN'S AC CUSED OF AIDING RUSSIA. Russian t Books and Pamphlets Are Said to Have Been Spread Broad cast by the Agitators. VIENNA, April 25. (Special.) The anxiety of the dual monarchy over its northeastern frontier and 4ts lively suspicion of continued attempts by Russia to undermine Austrian influ ence among the already disaffected people of this district are illustrated again by the trial of four Ruthenians on the charge of treason, which has begun at Lemberg. The defendants, all educated men, have already been in prison nearly two years. They are a journalist named Bendasiuk, a law student named Kol- dra, and two orthodox priests, Sando vttz and Hudyma. Two officers of the Austrian general staff are attend ing the trial, since the charges against three of the men include that of espionage in favor of Russia. All the defendants are accused of having carried on an agitation from 1909 to 1912 In favor of the incorpora tion of Galicia with Russia. Generally they are charged with having endeav ored to convince the RuthenianB that conditions in Russia are better than in Austria, that the orthodox (Greek) faith is the faith of their fathers and that the Galician Ruthenians are right fully a part of the Russian nation and owe only hatred to Austria. As in the recent trial of some 90 Ruthenians at Marmaros Szgiet for treason, the activities of Count Bobrin sky, the Russian agitator, will play an important part. Bendasiuk particu larly is charged with having been In close relations with Bobrlnsky since the latter's visit to Galicia in 1909. Bendasiuk was Galician correspondent for the Novoe Vremya of St. Peters burg. It Is asserted that he spread broadcast Russian books and pamph lets, that through his agency a num ber of teachers of the Russian lan guage were appointed in Ruthenian educational institutions, and that he had funds at his disposal for subsidiz ing students. Koldra is charged with having carried on an agitation in favor of Russia and the Greek Church by means of magic-lantern lectures in villages of Western Galicia. Hudyma, one of the priests, is accused of hav ing glorified to the common people conditions In Russia, and Sandovitz, the other priest, is charged with hav ing blasphemed the Roman Catholic religion In public. POPULAR . PETITION CIRCULATED TO REVISE LEGISLATION. Crusaders Expect to Get 50,000 Signa tures In Favor of Plan for Suppression of Betting. BERNE, April 25. (Special.) The Swiss people are apparently determined to rid their country of as many unde sirable aliens as possible. While prep arations are being made for an "Ini tiative," or popular petition for the revision of legislation, the object of which is so to amend article 35 of the federal constitution as to leave no doubt as to gambling being illegal in Switzerland, the Cantonal authorities are doing their best to suppress the betting business of a certain number of bookmakers, most of whom carry on their occupation through the post with England. In Geneva the betting business man aged by English bookmakers has been prohibited by the police. Fifteen book makers last week petitioned the Gen eva Department of Justice and Police against the police action, and partlcu larly against the prohibition of the sweepstakes drawings for the Lincoln shire and Grand National in England The promoters of the anti-gambling Initiative are hard at work, and it is not likely that they will have any difficulty in collecting the necessary 50,000 voters' signatures. The article to be amended reads as follows: "The establishment of gaming tables is forbdden. Actually existing gam- ingrhotses must be closed on the 31st of December, 1877. , In any case con cessions granted or renewed since the beginning of 1871 will be declared in valid. The Confederation will also take such measures as it deeme fit in regard to lotteries." It max be thought that this article was plain enough already, but it has been very diversely interpreted, so much so that at present as many as nine casinos, all containing gaming ta- Dies, exist in Switzerland, ana It was recently suggested that these be in creased, by, three. I ' t Jp' I tiar Nicholas. I CZAR NICHOLAS SEEKING REFORM System and Co-operation Home Affairs Now Is . Demanded. in ACT IS UNPRECEDENTED Renovation of Entire Machinery Is Sought TTpright Public Service and End to Petty Alms TTrged.' Question Considered Grave. BY M. DIMITRIEFF. ST. PETERSBURG, April 25. (Spe cial.) The Czar again has Intervened personally in the domestic policy of his vast empire tu press the cause of upright public service, patriotic co operation for the weal of the nation and disregard of petty interests when they move counter to Imperial aims. The fervid note which runs through his rescript finds the warmest re sponse in the breast of the entire pop ulation. The people laud the mon arch's initiative, remarking that he has taken ground that is absolutely unassailable. What Russia most sorely needs are precisely the qualities which his maj esty exhorts her legislators and ad ministrators to set themselves to ac quire. In the conduct of public busi ness there is no co-ordination of ef forts, no statesmanlike aim, no care ful selection of means, no masterful purpose. V'la vi May Become Disastrous. These are the radical flaws in the present mechanism of the government, and their ultimate consequences might bo disastrous? Neither in the trans action of foreign affairs nor in the re organization of the army and navy, nor in the finances are any such de fects perceptible. .There - the domains are circumscribed, easiry surveyed and confided to the care of a few compe tent men who know, exactly what they want to achieve and how to achieve it. But In home affairs, which their checks and counterchecks, exceptional legislation. Individual discretion, over lapping of departments, endless red tape and countless conflicting Inter ests, one is confronted with a bewil dering confusion, the sinister conse quences of which have been long ac cumulating with disquieting rapidity. System Denonnced Nine Yean Ago. Nearly nine years ago the monarch implicitly condemned this negation of all system, and fervently exhorted ad ministrators and public workers to turn over a new leaf, but no. benefi cent change and no perceptible better ment has been effected since then. Yet now more than ever before the entire renovation of the administrative ma chinery in the sense pointed out by the Czar is necessary. . All parties are agreed upon this. The gravity of the question is also very generally appreciated. But when practical ways and meai of realizing the Emperor's patriotic desires are mooted a din of discordant voices grates the ear. And no reasoning. however acute, no exhortations, how ever suaslve, seem able to transform these Jarring notes into a symphony. Each political group declares " that it alone is executing the imperial behest, whereas all the others are thwart ing it. The two recent rescripts of the Czar are absolutely unprecedented in the history of the country. ARCTIC SHIPS EQUIP NORWEGIAN CRAFT WILL SEARCH FOR MISSING EXPLORERS. Captain Sadow Has Not Been Heard From Since Last Summer Geologist Rosanoff Gone Since 1912. CHRISTIANXA, April 25. N. Breit- fuss, a representative of the Russian department of marine, who is in Nor way with the object of acquiring ships suitable for polar waters, has bought the "Hertha" and the "Eclipse," be longing to Sandefjord. They will be used In. the search for three Russian I'oiar expeditions, or which no news oas been received for some time. The "Hertha," with a Russian crew, will search the waters of the Barents Sea, the coasts of Nova Zembla and the Franz Josef Archipelago, with the object of finding traces of the sclen tiflo expedition of Captain Sadow. who. with 17 men, has not been reported since last Summer. The "Eclipse," which will be com manded by Captain Otto Sverdrup, the explorer, with a crew of 20 Norwegians, goes to the Kara Sea to rescue the geologist, Rosanoff, and the oceanog rapher, Kutchln, who left Spitzbergen In the motor boat "Hercules" for Nova Zembla in August, 1912, and Lieutenant Broslloff, who left in September, 1912, on a hunting expedition, for which he was inadequately equipped. The rescue ships leave Christlania on June 24, and Captain Sverdrup is at present engaged in adapting them to their special uses. PLANS OF WOMEN FAIL ST. PETERSBURG POLICE FORBID OBSERVANCE OF DAY. rests Are Made Even Among Those of Educated Class and Suffrage Cause Receives Blow. ST. PETERSBURG. April 25. I Spe cial.) Plans for the observance of "woman's day" by the workwomen of the capital were broken up by the po lice. The day was to have been ob served chiefly by lectures in various halls on general topics affecting woman's work and position. The po lice arrested a number or women in ad vance of the day set, some of them of the educated classes, and forbade all the planned meetings but one. Three of the speakers for this meeting, how ever, were arrested beforehand and the meeting was dissolved after two women had spoken. The audience tried to form a procession on leaving the hall. This was broken up and a nura ber of other arrests were made. Alto gether more than. 30 women have been arrested. Interest in all questions affecting women, but more especially In woman suffrage, is rapidly growing in Russia. A number of meetings have been held during the Winter and crowds of girl students and women from all stations of life attended. Inasmuch as Russian conditions are especially unfavorable to tha extanaloa of the franchise to women, the political issue is generally treated merely as one phase of the gen eral question of the enlargement of the area of women's work for social bet terment. Madame W. A. Tyrkova, a well known novelist and one of the leaders in the women's movement, states the alms and ideals of the Russian women as follows: "Russian women have been for years in a privileged position compared with their Western sisters. They enjoyed considerable property. Independence and higher education, had been secured for women in Russia long before it was acquired in most f of the countries, of Western Europe. In the struggle for political reform women fought side by side with the men. All these things, however, have caused a false sense of security and opportunities for securing full political rights are gradually be ing narrowed down. - There is danger that the traditional conception of HER ROYAL HIGHNESS DE CLARED TO BE POOR CON VERSATIONALIST.' - Queen Mary. LONDON, April 25. (Special.) - Jueen Mary is a poor conver sationalist, according to her most recent critics. On some one being brought up to her it is said she will begin to talk with remarkable' felicity, setting the other at ease and de lighting him. Then, all of a sud den, she suddenly ceases, an acute silence supervenes, and the other does not know whether to break the pause or slip away. The fact is, the Queen talks well by dint of concentration; this does not always last until the end of the conversation, and once the thread is broken she grows abstracted," thinking of some thing else. It is suggested that Her Ma jesty has adopted the idea, not new to many politicians, of post ing herself on a subject that she knows she will be called upon to discuBs. women's inferiority will assert itself, and Russian men. like the men of Western Europe, will resolutely oppose the extension of political rights to women. Mme. Tyrkova points to the suffra gette movement in England as an illus tration of the Btraits to which the best women were driven in a highly civil ized society when the conception of the essential inferiority of women was em bodied in an intricate network of usages and custom. RIGHTS GRANTED WOMEN Millions of Russians Made Happy by Property Law. ST. PETERSBURG, April 23. (Spe cial.) It is announced that imperial assent has been given to a bill "ex tending the persqnal and property rights of married women, and provid ing certain amendments in the rela tions between husband and wife." Under this unassuming garb a re form affecting the happiness of mil lions of Russian women has been ef fected. Hitherto a married woman, es pecially In the humbler walks of life, had been unable to hold property, to enter business, to seek employment, or to obtain a separate passport without the consent of her husband. There was no remedy against a reprobate hus band except by divorce, which is costly and ditlcult to get. except for the wealthy or influential classes. Efforts have been made in vain for 30 years to introduce legal separation. The 'holy synod would not countenance what It regarded as an Insidious on slaught on the sacred bond of matri mony. The present law is in the na ture of a compromise. Inasmuch as, owing to the opposition of the holy synod, It was not possible to give legal status to separation, but only to recognize it as a fact. The new law provides that married women separated from their husbands Bhall enjoy full liberty of - movement and enjoyment of property, even If they be minors. The courts will have no power to order restitution of con jugal rights. Cruelty to the children, rudeness. violence, dishonesty, immorality, dan gerous or loathsome illness will be suf ficient cause for separation, and the husband in such cases will be compelled to provide alimony. The care of the children is to be awarded to the in jured party. PARIS COURT ATTACKED Frlende, Incensed at Verdict, Shoot Judge and Jnrymen. MADRID. April 24. Three relatives of a murdered man made a savage at tack In the court at Hurcla on the judge and jury. A verdict of acquittal had been given In favor of a Gypsy named Mariano Gutierrez, who was charged with kill ing another Gypsy during a drinking bout, and the victim s friends rushed from their seats and. leaping over the barrier, fired at the bench. The judge was badly wounded in the head and a juryman received a thrust from a cutlass. Ultimately the assail ants were mastered by gendarmes and police. Polish Rule Costly to Prussia. BERLIN, April 23. How costly has been the Prussian policy toward the Poles is shown by a parliamentary pa per just circulated amon'g ine members of the Prussian Diet. According to the figures given the government in the space of 27 years has spent no less than $225,000,000 in fts attempts to provide a Prussian rather than a Polish ownership ox land. " ft r i - f - - n , ' ' - 'it IRISH LEADER IS SCORED IN SPEECH Member of Parliament Makes Attack on Sir Edward Car son in Glasgow Talk. ' REVOLUTION TS SCOUTED None Could Succeed', Says Mr. Dev. lin. When-Led by Man Who Has Nothing Good to Say of Conn .' try and Land of His Birth. DUBLIN. April 25. Joseph Devlin. M. P., speaking, at a United Irish League demonstration held in the Pavilion The ater In Glasgow a few days ago, made a severe attack on Sir Edward Carson. Mr. Devlin said that before ther met again to honor the festival of their national saint, Ireland would have taken her place among the cations of the earth. After referring to the passage which he had had with Sir Edward Carson in rue nousfl ox uommons recently, mr. Devlin went on to say that Sir Edward had" been the chief apostle of reaction In British politics, and. no revolution could succeed, even if it were seriously meant, if It was led by a man who had never anything good to say of his own country and the land of his birth. Proceeding. Mr. Devlin said he did not know why the army had been brought into Ulster, and he did not care. .xheys had never asked for the army in Ulster. If the government felt that it was its duty to see that law was observed in the face of the threats of legal anarchists, that was Its af fair. If there was riot and .disorder, the responsibility . again was not that of the Nationalists. The home rule bill was, and ought to have remained, the maximum concession to Ulster. He knew Sir Edward Carson and the crowd of reactionaries that stood be' hind him too well to believe that any kindness, conciliation, toleration, or spirit of peace manifested by Nation alists could have any effect upon them. German Influences Seen. German Influences which he did not venture to analyze had been brought to bear on the government and the Cabinet to make these concessions to them, and they of the Irish party had taken the great responsibility of advls ing their people for the sake of peace to accept those concessions, largely be cause (and this one thing encouraged him in agreeing to these concessions) before six years were over the- reign of.,the reactionary . would have ended, the day of the Carsonite party would have come to an end. the spirit of de mocracy would have completely trl umphed. The civil and public life of the industrial centers in Ulster would rally whole heartedly to a United Ire land, which they would Snd at the end of sue years. f The Government proposals allowed them to vote themselves out for six years; but there was a limit to the term of exclusion, as otherwise Irish Nation alists would not in any circumstances accept the principle ' of exclusion. whether temporary or permanent. Reconciliation Hoped For. Sir John Simon, speaking of Eccles. said that Englishmen. a.nl English women intensely desired that there should be found a method of agreement and reconciliation, final and complete, for the whole of the Irish question. They desired it both for the sake of Ireland and for the sake of this coun try. He was one of , the -younger men in politics who wanted to see this Irish question out of the way, because there were so many things he wanted to see done before he died, things which could hardly even be considered until they had got rid in some degree of this old distraction. Two hopeful signs had recently de veloped which ought to give great sat isfaction to -serious citizens, he said, The first was that the leaders of the different parties represented In Ulster were themselves doing what they could to Mscourage foolish and reckless out bursts and were entreating the people to be patient and self-controlled. His tory. he thought, would hold Sir Ed ward Carson and those who acted with him guilty of the most dangerous play ing with fire, but he believed Sir Ed ward, had urged his followers to restrain the feelings which he had him self done so much to embitter. Referring to the recent movement of troops in Ireland, Sir John denied that the object was to attack. Soldiers, ha said. Were put In suitable positions within the United Kingdom in order that it might be perfectly clear to evil- disposed citizens that if they were to attempt acts of violence they would find such an attempt futile and absurd. INTERNAL DISSENSIONS PB EVENT HELP OF" UNEMPLOYED. Social Democrats nnd Unions Clamor for State Aid Tkroufk Insur inn Against Unemployment, VIENNA, April 25. (Special.) In Hungary some action has already been taken to help the unemployed, but noth lng has been done in Austria. At Budapest the City Council has agreed to contribute funds with the aid of the labor unions for some systematic form of money payments to the fam ilies of men out of work. The union have agreed to furnish some 6000 vol unteer agents who will make a house to-house canvass and report' to th City Council on the actual needs. In Austria the main difficulty In th way of helping the unemployed at the present juncture lies in the unfortu nate internal political dissensions. Ob struction in the Imperial Parliament In Vienna prevents the issue of new loans for much-needed "public works. Many new public buildings, are re quired, the present telephone system is Inadequate and new lines are urgent. lv wanted, not only In Vienna, bu throughout the country, while the state railways are 'deplorably short of rolling stock and equipment. The gov eminent has prepared plans for sup plying all these deficiencies, but can take no active steps until Parliament approves the loans required. The Social Democrats are clamoring for national insurance against unera ployment. They suggest, as a begin nintr. that the government should con tribute funds to the. labor unions. which already dispense considerabl sums to relieve members out of work. They estimate that between five and six hundred thousand dollars a year would be sufficient, but the Ministry of Finance declares that the government has no money available for such purpose and can do absolutely nothing. Moreover, tne government laKea th' oosltlon that the whole question of in AJuixance against unernjlayment is on for the municipalities and not for the tato to look after. But the local authorities refuse to ccept this view and demand that Par liament shall deal with the matter. COMMANDERS TO CHANGE Sir John Jelicoe to Take Charge of Britain's Home Fleet. LONDON. April 23. (Special.) Sir John Jellicoo will become,commander- n-cniei ior ine nome xieeis buuui uie nl.oL.the -present year. Sir John will have for his flagship the new oil-driven battleship Queen Elizabeth as soon as she is ready for the pennant. The Queen Elizabeth will mount the 5-inch gun which Mr. Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, describes as the most accurate gun that England pos- ATTACK MADE ON IRISH LEAD. Ell BY JOSEPH DEVLIN. Sir Edward Carson. sesses. For straight shooting, how ever, the 15-inch is not better than the 13.5. The most casual student of gun nery returns must have noticed how much more accurate practice is made with a 13.5 than with the 12-inch. The reason for this Is that even the best type of 12-inch has a "whip"' at the muzzle, . a defect from which the 13.5 s free, and the 15-lnch. if this be pos sible, still more free. It follows, there fore, that by mounting bigger guns in their capital ships the British are not only enabling them to strike sturdier blows at an enemy, but are adding ma terlally to their power for straight shooting. BUSINESS MAN IS SCORED 'Protestantl Asceticism Responsible for Type Today. 'Gloomy Dean. LONDON, April 25. Dr. William Ralph Inge, dean of St. Paul's, whose sermons and lectures on things modern have won for him the sobriquet of "the gloomy dean," declares that protestant asceticism is responsible for that singu lar product of our civilization known as the modern business man. 'When one reflects that a man is constitutionally indolent, that his nat ural desires are easily satisfied, and that unremitting attention to money making disqualifies its vatary from enjoying . the finer pleasures of life. It must be clear," he said, "nothing but a queer sort of religious self- mortification could Induce many per sons to choose the life which the suc cessful business man has to lead. "When the money-maker was an honest merchant. . subduing the. earth and really creating wealth to the pub lic advantage, his work might be an instrument of valuable moral disci pline. But now that the financier has dethroned the merchant, now that wealth is appropriated rather than created, the connection between religi ous austerity and business Is almost dissolved, and there is the unedifying spectacle, so common In America, of the unscrupulous speculator, who makes his home in his office, while his wife squanders his illgotten mil lions in vulgar and senseless extrava gance. $50,000 GOBLET IS FOUND British Sluseum Offers Big Sam for Antique Glass Art Work. VIENNA. April 24. (Special.) At the town of Sopron, in Hungary near the Austrian frontier, which has al ways been a veritable mine of Roman antiquities, a perfect glass goblet, or namented with splendid reliefs, and in perfect condition, was recently found. Archaeologists are of opinion that it dates from the third century of -the Christian era. - The Inscription goes to show that the goblet was made by Licinus Diceus. It was found by Herr Zettel. a manufacturer living at So pron. It is said the British Museum offered him 150,000 for the find. The Sopron Museum, desirous of acquiring the gob let. applied to the director of the Buda Pejth National Museum, with the re quest that he would move the Hungar ian government to forbid the sale of the antique work or art to bonaon That would have been possible, accord ing to Hungarian law, which enables the -National Museum at Buda-Pesth to claim every antique object found in Hungary, but meanwhile Herr Zettel has got the goblet out of the country. JAILING DRUNKARDS URGED Women Societies of Germany to Seek Terms for Husbands Who Drink BERLIN. April 23. The Federated Women's Societies of Germany have decided to petition the government to make it legal for indefinite sentences of imprisonment to be passed on drunken husbands who ill-treat the! wives and children. Numerous speakers at a meeting of the societies stated that there was n other way of combating the danger t the lives and morals of drunkard families. It is proposed that drunkard shall be kept In prison as long as there Is any probability- that they would abuse tneir liberty by committing further excesses. ENGLISH FLYING STUDIED American Army Aviator Will Stake Report to Government. LONDON, April 25. Lieutenant T. D. Milling, crack flyer of the United States Army, -Is In England studying the latest aviation methods. He will report to the Secretary of War on his return, consequently he refuses to dis cuss his visit until Its results are In the hands of his superior officers. Milling Is spending every moment of his time here with the flyers. He is making a close study of the latest types of machines. He is one of the few flyers able to fly a monoplane or biplane with equal ease and this abil ity has given him an evcellent chance to actually try ail the new modula. BALKAN STATES IN LINE OF -PROGRESS Railroad Projects, Impeded by Political Jealousies and Frontiers, Are Pushed. GREECE IS LEADER IN VAN Scrvla's Favorite. Scheme for Dan ube - Adriatic Lino Is Revived and Credit Is Given M. Pasd cas, Now Prime Minister. VIENNA. April 25 One of the re sults of the Balkan war has been- the release of the economic energies of the Balkan states, which are now finding vent in vast railway construction schemes, hitherto impeded by frontiers and political Jealousies. Greece. Ser vla. Bulgaria, and even Turkey, all are hastening to carry out long-planned railways which are destined to trans form the economic conditions of the Balkans. Greece is easily the first, owing to a variety of favorable circumstances. To reach Athens from Europe it was nec essary to go either to Brindisl or Con stantinople, and there embark upon a boat. As far back as 1900 Greece made an agreement with the French Batig- nolles Company for the construction of a line proceeding from Piraeus over Athens to Larissa and still further along the Tempe Valley to the mouth of the Peneios. Her Idea was then to induce the' Turkish government to con struct a line from Salonika, going long the coast of the gulf to a Junc tion with the Lavlssa railway on the-Graeco-Turkish frontier somewhere about Platamona Point. In this way Greece would have been connected wtih Europe by means of the Salonika- Uskub-Nlsh-Belgrade-Vienna railway. Muraey would not listen at first to the proposal and the negotiations came to a deadlock, but now that Greece has come into the possession not only of Salonika, but also of the greater part of the Salonika-Monastlr lino, she has hastened to take up the old agreement with the Societe IJatignolles. and M. Venizelos has signed the final conven tion for the construction of the railway to Salonika. It will have a length of about 67 miles and run from Karali Zerven. the point where the branch from Larissa to the coast Iihs stopped, along the coast over Ekaterina toGida. close to Salonika on the Monastir line. It is expected that the line will be ready within a year and then at last Greece will be in direct connection with Europe. Next comes Servia with her grand scheme for a Danube-Adriatic line. This is an old and favorite scheme of Servia, first conceived by her as a means of economic emancipation from Austria, through which territory she had to do all her foreign trade. Later on she found an outlet through Salon ika, but the port lying still in Turkish hands, the Danube-Adriatic scheme continued to hold the field. The honor of its conception belongs to M. Pastes, now Prime Minister, who. 20 years ago. was Servian Minister In St. Petersburg. There he, together with the Russian engineer, the late M. Taburno, drew up the first plan of the railway, which found the warm support of the late Czar Alexander III. OLD SKELETON IS FOUND MAN'S BODY 1.10,000 TEARS DISCOVERED IX AFRICA. OLI Remarkably Preserved Specimen Has Ribs and Breast Akin to Ape Lrc ture on Kind Given by Professor. BERLIN. April 25. (Special.) Dr. Hans Rock, of the Geological Institute of Berlin University, has discovered at Oldsway. in the north of German East Africa, a human skeleton which, for the anthropologist, seems, to be of the first importance. Dr. Rock lectured upon the subject here, and exhibited the skull. He brought the skull home with him among his linen for greater safety, while the remainder of the skeleton and the remains found near it are still on their way. The remains were found with mammoth fossils, of which one is a tooth 10 feet 5 inches long. When these are compared with the fossils here It will be possible to determine he man's age. At present all Dr. Rock will say is that the man is about 130. 000 years old. and belongs to the diluvial period of Africa, which synchronizes with the ice period of Northern Europe. It Is a remarkable skull and well preserved. It is long and narrow, with an unmistakably negroid jaw, and the back of the head finely developed and deep. The ribs of the breast are akin to those of an ape, but the skull is un mistakably human. There are indications that the mus cles of the neck were enormously strong, and that the man did not walk quite upright. His 36 teeth are com plete and beautifully preserved. There are marks upon them as If they had been filed. The formation of the eye sockets and the bridge of the nose Is akin to that of the primitive African Bushman. The body was found' lying on the back with the head turned over to the right, the hands before the face, and the legs drawn up in a crouching posi tion. Dr. Rock is almost certain that the position is "ot one of burial. On the spot where the man was found there was once a lake, and it is con jectured' that the man was drowned. The body was gradually covered with deposits of sand and chalk, which In the course of centuries turned Into the volcanic tufa In which the skeleton was found. BOOK'S ANNIVERSARY KEPT Jubilee at Moscow Celebrates Print ins of First Volume in Ruia. ODESSA, April 23. The Jubilee of the 350th anniversary of the publica tion of the first book printed in Rus sia was celebrated the other day at Moscow. The work is entitled "The Apostles." and in the imprint its pro duction is recorded to have occupied "those cunning masters" Plotr Mstissla vetz and Ivan Fedoroff for ten and a half months. The original edition consisted of lOfltt copies, only some half-score of which are now known to be In existence. The memory of the two pioneer printers Is perpetuated by a modest monument. The premises upon which "The Apos tles" was printed were later made the Synodal Typography, and down to the present day the establishment con tinues to fca a xchtef disseminating source of religious literature.