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CRUELTY ARMY WEALTH, ROYALTY AND UNUSUAL THINGS HELP MAKE WORLD GO AROUND WIRELESS PHONE IS PROVED EFFICIENT SLOWLY Criticism Arouses German Of ficials to Take Steps to Repress Offenses. French Naval Officers Make Apparatus That Gives Serv ice Up to 120 Miles. LIGHT SENTENCES GIVEN VOICE CLEAR AS BY WIRE Brutes Who Injure Men for I.lf 9H Heavily Punched, but New Order Dace Duty Upon Courts to Mete. Out Long Terms. Confusion From Several Communi cations Being Carried on at One Time Eliminated ; Experiments Are Described by Paper. DWINDLES PARIS. July 18. The wireless tele phone, thanks to the unwearying ef forts and inventive genius of two French naval officers, appears to be within measurable reach of becoming: as trustworthy and as widespread in Its uses as the wireless telegraph. It has long: been recognized that the in vention of a simple and efficient high frequency alternator producing electric oscillations, or some equivalent device was a necessary preliminary to the es tabllshment of wireless telephony on a commercial basis. The experiments, of which the Matin gives an account, suggest that an apparatus of the de sired kind has been perfected. In June. 1909, it was announced that two officers of the French navy. Lieu tenant Colin and Lieutenant Jeance had Invented a practical system of wireless telephony. In the course of experiments conducted on board the cruiser Conde communication with the shore was established up to a distance of between 60 and 70 miles. Communi cation was also established on land between the Eiffel Tower and Melun, about 30 miles. The experiments were considered by the French naval authorities to be suf ficients- conclusive to warrant the pro motion of Lieutenant Colin to the rank of Captain and the decoration of Lieu tenant Jeance with the Legion of Honor. It has been understood that the tw"o officers have been engaged In perfect ing their Invention with a view espe cially to determining whether the transmission of messages by wireless telephony could be safeguarded against -wireless telegraphic emissions. In the course of subsequent experiments they have been credited with establishing radio-telephonic communication be tween Paris and Flnisterre. a distance of 300 miles. The chief difficulty, that of produc ing a "constant" oscillation, appears now to have been overcome by means of a special apparatus. It is claimed for this apparatus that by means of It the Hertzian waves can be regulated and controlled at will, so as to procure a, purer transmission of the human voice than can oe obtained by means of the ordinary wire. Owing to the absolute uniformity of key to which the apparatus can be pitched, there Is believed to be no dan ger of confusion from the Interchange of a number of radio-telephonic com munications within the same radius of action. Accordli . to Captain Colin, his ap paratus possesses the signal advantage that it can be used for telegraphy as well as for telephonic purposes. This adaptability will make It of Inestimable value for use in the field. The effect of the results attained up to date by means of Captain Colln's Instrument, under the auspices of the Compagnle Generale de Radlo-tele-graphle, is that, with antennae about 150 feet high, a commercial service can be maintained up to a distance of about 60 miles. Effective communication can be established up to twice that dis tance, and. under favorable conditions, even farther. The shorter the distance up to which it Is desired to communi cate the simpler the apparatus. Within ordinary urban limits communication can be established and maintained with ase. The practical tests of which the Matin gives account consisted in the establishment of continuous communi cation between Paris and a portable field radio-telephone station on board a special motorcar over SI" miles away. This conversation was heard at a point ISO miles distant from Paris. The installation of the car Is itself a trl Vmph of inventive genius. 1- whole f this automobile plant. Including the erection of a mast 90 feet high, can be et to work within 21 minutes by a crew of six men. Whatever the future possibilities of the new invention may be, the imme diate point of Interest is that continu ous and connected radio-telephonic communication can be established and tnaintained within a radius of 60 to 100 miles. SEASOralTFAILURE slFFRAGETTR DEMONSTRATIONS CAST GLOOM OVER PALACE. burets Closely Examlaed for Weapons r Literature and Majesties Are Isolstrd From Crowds. LONDON. July 18. The last court of the season at Buckingham Palace ap pears to have been a disappointment to many who attended In the expectation that Mary Bloomfleld's precedent In in terrupting the previous court by a suf fragette demonstration would be fol lowed up at the next court with mure excitement. The occasion brought out almost everybody entitled to tickets. One guest, who found amusement in the precautions taken, said: ""Everybody, even the male guests, had to ran the gauntlet of Inspection, and one woman was told she must leave her fan In the cloak-room, as it was so massive in the handle that it might be used aa a weapon. Several persons said their bouquets were peered Into, and one middle-aged dame, who came In rather old-fashioned wide skirts, declared that they were obvi ously pressed against the detectives to ee that they concealed no ax." The King and Queen were remark ably isolated, so there could be no repetition of the previous incident, when Miss Bloomfleld beseeched her majesty to stop the forcible feeding of women prisoners. As to the ball following the court, society critics said that it did not go any too well. "Political feeling Is run ning so high Just now, that it was quite a case of sheep and goats," said one. prince Arthur of Connaught, who was looking rather bored, is said to have drawn the Queen's attention to the fact. Fifty Lepers in New York. Indianapolis News. New York City is said to have more than SO known lepers running at large. Tyrone encfSis jZjrti7y. M ISS LAURA M'DONALD STsiLLO, daughter of Edmund K. Stallo and his first wife, Laura Mc Donald, was married recently to Prince Francesco Rosplgllost. at St. Joseph's Church. Hoche avenue, Paris. After the death of her mother. Miss btallo and her younger sister were made the sole heirs to the great fortune of theit grandfather. Alexander McDonald, vice-president of the Standard Oil Company, who at his death left an enormous fortune. The photo shows the bridal couple as they left the church after the ceremony. In the photograph are the Arch duchess Zita, the wife of the Arch duke Charles Franz Joseph, with her two children, tho Archduke Franz Joseph Othon, born on December 1, 1912. and the Archduchess Adelaide, born In December, 1913. At the right is the Archduke Charles Franz Joseph. The Archduchess Zita was formerly the Princess of Parmi. The photograph shows the beloved Queen Wilhelmina and her only daugh ter, who is 3 years old and named for her mother. In case there Is no son born she will succeed her mother to the throne of Holland. The Kaiser officially dedicated re cently the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, which connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea through Kiel Bay from Brunsbuttel to KieL On the occasion Kaiser Wilhelm went through the canal aboard the steamship Hohenzollerc, which Is shown here. Madame d'Argos Is a Roumanian no blewoman who Is causing a remark able sensation with her pet leopard. which accompanies her whenever she walks or drives about the City of Paris. The photograph shows Madame d'Ar- ALPS MATTERHORN SOLD MOt -TAI.- RESERVE IS BOUGHT BY GERMAN FOR ESTATE. Climbers Will De Prohibited From Making Summer Trips to Its Sum mit at Lesst for Season. GENEVA, July 18. (Special.) The Tyrolese Matterhorn, the Grossglock nr, -.". feet high, near Innsbruck, the most popular mountain in Austria and tho Tyrol, has been privately sold to a German named Wleler, of Bochum, near Essen, for a sum varying, accord ing the different accounts, from $12,000 to nearly double this amount. The news has fallen like a bombshell among Alpinists, and all the Alpine clubs are strongly protesting against what they consider the sacrilege. It appears that Herr Weiler wanted a private Alpine reserve In which to raise game for his own purposes, and he bought the mountain and the adjoin ing slopes and forests from the com munes that owned the territory. His mention Is to prohibit Alpinists and the nubile from entering his estate In the future, a decision which amounts to building a high wall around the Mat terhorn. On being approached by rep resentatives of the Austrian and Ger man Alpine clubs, Herr Wieler stated that he might treat with them if they t Mm&mW- IflffiS Germany Is Anxious to Have I fcwS Ha Austrian Alliance. ,!, ,i- B-nnH-lookintr. vet fero- 6 . . . 1 clous Below lUUI'lUULCU Madame Is a London horse- would find him a similar place else where and accord him a reasonable compensation. The proposition was promptly refused, and at present the matter rests there. If no arrangement can be reached Herr Wieler intends to close his Alpine park to the public on August 1, and, unfortunately, he has every legal right to do so, and can even claim the pro tection of the police. The only con solation in the matter Is that every Summer more climbers are killed on the Grossglockner than on any other mountain in the Central Alps, and if it is closed for the season, before the mat ter is definitely settled, there will cer tainly be a decrease In the Alpine death roll this year. Poincare Prestige Wanes. PARIS, July 18. (Special.) If M. Delcasse's popularity rises, that of M. Poincare diminishes. Those who were most ardent in their support of the President a few months ago, who pro claimed his qualities as a ruler, now complain of what they consider is his neglect to take a strong line. He has not resisted, they say, the great wave of Socialism which has swept over the land; he has not encouraged the elec torate to be Arm and fear not on the subject of Three Years. For the sake of peace and quiet so Is the allegation he has sold his party. Whatever are the particular things the President has left undone, he has certainly represented the country bril liantly in the recent fetes. King George and Queen Mary can testify to that, as can the Danish sovereign. woman, who was photographed recently 1 i , ,. ... y. (i n a - n n Ail hv a - - monkey. WOMAN'S BEAUTY GOING 'EMANCIPATION" EFFORTS ENTAIL LOSS OF CHARM, SAYS DOCTOR. Flgnre Deformed, Shoulders Stoop and Face Becomes Puffy From Work and No Sleep, He Thinks. PARIS, July 18. (Special.) "Wom en are fast deteriorating physically, owing to the exaggerated effort, and particularly the intellectual effort which they are making towards what they call their emancipation," is the warning given in the "Bulletin Medi cal" by a well-known dermatologist, Dr. Louis Brocq. "'During the 30 years that I have been in practice," he says, "I have wit nessed a gradual alteration in the physical characteristics of the young women who come to consult me. The figure has become deformed, the shoul ders have taken on a stoop, the chest has tfecome hollowed, more often than formerly the face is either wan or un healthily puffy. "Women" should be more moderate In their work. They should never econo mize on their hours of sleep. They should do rational gymnastic exercises every morning and afterwards walk for an hour or two in the open air. They should regulate their diet on hygienic principles." MEDITERRANEAN IS TOPIC Compact With Dual Empire Would Protect All Ports and Keep Way Open for Supplies in Event North Sea Is Blockaded. BERLIN. July 18. (Special.) Signs are not wanting that the forthcoming visit of Admiral von Tirpttz, the Ger man Minister of Marine, to Konopischt, in company with the Kaiser, is not merely a matter of one of the Kaiser's personal friends accompanying him on a more or less private visit. On the con trary, everything points to the fact that important naval affairs will be dis cussed between the German Emperor and his chief naval adviser on the one hand and the Archduke Francis Ferdi nand on the other. Whatever vagueness there may be about the recent rumors of a proposed naval agreement between Russia and Great Britain, there is striking pre cision and clear certainty about the desire of the heads of the German navy for a closer naval co-operation wun Austria. The programme aims to make the triple alliance dominant in the Mediterranean In time of war. It is the conviction here that this cannot be done unless Austria increases her building programme, preferably by means of a naval law on German lines. Hence it Is pretty well understood that Admiral von Tirpitz' real purpose in going to Konopischt is to nelp in de vising some such plan. The Austrian heir has recently been conferring with the Emperor Francis Joseph in the presence of the head of the Austrian fleet. The argument of the Department of Marine here, as pronounded by an au thoritative source, is as lonows: ine question of the distribution of naval forces in the Mediterranean is very im nnrtint for Germany. Accepting the supposition that it would be possible to blockade successfully the North Sea coast of Germany, a way for supplies would still be open If the triple al liance were able to dominate the Med iterranean and to keep clear the sea approaches to Trieste. This is a most vital question of itself, but there Is also the question of the French forces In Northern Africa. Here there are no fewer than 80.000 French troops which would nave to be transshipped to Marseilles and thence to the uer man frontier in case of war. To keep those troops pent up In Northern Af rica would be to Germany's advantage. For these reasons It would be all to Germany's purpose If Austria decided to nroceed systematically with the strengthening of her fleet. "GRANDEE" IS SENTENCED Alfonso's "Cousin" Not Recognized by Judge at Milan. ROME. July 11. (Special.) Lulgl Rodriguez, who claims to be the Mar chess dl Santa Cruz, Cavalier of Santa Marta, a grandee of Spain and cousin of King Alfonso, has been sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment In Milan for frauds. Rodriguez, who was born in San Sal vador, refused to plead to the bench, saying that it was not fit for a grandee of Spain to defend himself. From records produced it appears that Rodriguez is, in fact, related to per sons of high degree in Spain, but that these relatives have had nothing t: do with him since he was condemned to prison for 15 years for swindling. At various times he had been a merchant, a doctor and a priest, but In 1904 ha lost his five children In a motor acci dent and the next year his wife died. These misfortunes gave him the Idea of raising money from the loss of thjse nearest and dearest to him. The Milan judge refused to recog nize his relationship with the King of Spain. ULSTER TAXPAYERS HIT Damage Done by Militant Suffra gettes May Have to Be Paid. LONDON, July 18. (Special.) The whole taxpaylng population of Ulster probably will have to pay for the dam age done In that province by the mili tant suffragettes. Major-General Sir Hugh McCalmont, a former Unionist member of Parliament, has brought ac tion against the County of Antrim for $55,000 for the destruction of his house, Abbeylands, which was burned by the militants in March. The action is brought under a law that applies only to Ireland and which was enacted at the time the National ists were carrying on a militant cam paign in favor of home rule. Under this law a county Is responsible for any damage done by mobs or persons and also must pay for any extra police protection sent in anticipation of vio lence. Should General McCalmont be successful in his claim the taxpayers of Antrim will have to pay an extra tax of nearly S pence a pound next year, , BERLIN. July 1- Tho unceasing criticism of press and Parliament I slowly reducing the number of case of mistreatment of soldiers by their officers, but a recent report shows that 40 commissioned and non-commls-sloned officers were convicted of uoh offenses last year. This was a reduo tlon of 90 cases from the figures of five years ago. These 490 convictions by no means Indicate, however, that only that num ber of private soldiers were brutally handled during the year. A recent case, and one by no means unusual, was th conviction of a non-commlesloned offi cer of tho Third Bavarian Regiment, who was charged with no less than 90 offenses against the men under him. One soldier was lamed by being struck on the kneecap with a gunbutt, and there were dozens of cases In which recruits were choked and struck In the face. It Is not long since a captain was forced to leave the service after his third conviction for mistreating re cruits. The charges against him cov ered brutal treatment In 140 cases. Iloirrnmrnl ll Aroused. Complaints of these conditions, made In the Reichstag, have from time to time moved the Minister of War to de clare that the government wns equally concerned and was doing Its best to put a stop to them. Figure have been quoted to show that cases of mistreat ment are gradually growing less com mon, and It has been declared that the government desired that punishment of the offenders be exemplary. With all credit lo the Minister of War. It must nevertheless be raid that sentences in the majority el there cases are extremely mild and l.y o means calculated to dlscoum ' ' from a repetition of their oCoaaoa. Tho non-commlssloned officer Just mention, d was sentenced to three nth u U days' Imprisonment and dreaded. This Is a really severe sentence, but It Is at the same time a most unusual otu Not only Is Imprisonment for sin h a term rarely meted out, but dcttradatlon is still rarer. Typical t'rurlt la Cited. The following case Is typical of tho nearly 10 occurring on an a crane each week: A noii-commlsslom d officer of the Third Guard Field Artillery Ileal ment commanded a recruit to !-- harnesses. He was not sallstled wllh the recruit's work and started express ing his dissatisfaction by striking the man over the head with a bridle He then forced lilm to march up and own In the stables and to do settlna up " ercises, Including the fatlgulnts "knee bend." until the recruit Ml from ex haustion. He kicked Mm In the thigh and on the knees and otherwise msl trested him. The recruit was removed to the field hospital suffering, among other things, with concussion of the brain. The courlmarllal condemned the officer to live weeks' light arrest. It Is not only certain officers who mistreat recruits. The latter. In the absence of officers, are subject to the older privates, and many M0M m mis handling Involve Hi. . r ineu. In a recent case one of these was sen tenced to nine weeks' Imprisonment for mistreating a recruit In such a manner that one of the victim s eardrums was ruptured, causing partial deafness. On the other hand, there Is short shrift for the recruit who raises a hand to defend himself against even the most brutal assault from a superior. He Is certain of imprisonment for a long term. $30,000 PEARL "DYED" urii.in ii. ektM n ai.i i n i only Aon i PARIS. Pressing Need" Forres "Iloclorlsu" Owner to Sell for MM finMHKMMn Worth of Jewels Declared llrd PARIS. July 18 (Special.) A com motion was caused among the perl merchants of Paris today over a black pearl, the original commercial value of which was IKOO. Title pearl has been manipulated by an expert, known as a "pearl dyer," and when he had finished with It the pearl looked llko one worth about $30,000. It then was offered lor sale through the ordinary channels, with an Intlma tlon that owing to a pressing need of ready money, the owner would accept $6000 for It, A charge then was laid against the owner and the "pearl dyer" Dy the president of the Paris Syndlcal Cham ber of Dealers In Precious Stones. This now is being considered by a "when the "pearl dyer" was told of the charge he said that he had Im proved the pearl by a special secret process Invented by himself. Hs laughed at the Idea of being charged. "Doctored pearl!" he exclaimed. "Why. on the Tarls market there are more than $100,000,000 worth of doc tored pearls." Another pearl affair also has come to a head today. A prominent mer chant bought a beautiful pearl from a man who said he had bought It seme ears ago. Later In the day ine mer k.,i .kti it to a friend, who at once recognized It aa one that hod been stolen from his shop, ine poncn were called In, and the alleged thief was traced and arrested. MILITANT CURE OFFERED American Offers to Put Down Suf fragists, but Keeps Plan Secret. LONDON, July 11. (Special.) While there has been a temporary slackening of militant activity sine, the raid on Buckingham Palace. It seems to be only because the Pank hurst organisation needs a little root from both tho physical and financial strains. An enterprising grocery clerk In a Middle-Western town of ths United State's hus written to an American ( flclal offering to come to London end put down ths suffragette campaign. He dues not say how he expects to ac complish ll. but he guarantees success. All he asks Is that his expense be guaranteed and that he be paid a bonus If successful. The offer hes not yet reached ths British officials.