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fHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER . 11, 1910. French Capital Faces Severe Coal Famine - mm IN Conservatives S.I. PARIS S I VIBNMx Silenced Prom ABClKiEi! TAKES LONDON HOUSE, KlfflVH l!l AUSTRIA FOR THHR GOViJS T I! R 0 n E AS ONE Conservatives, Make Fuss Over Donations of Irish Sympa: thizers.to Fund to Aid in ' Honie Rule Fight. German Ruler's Recent Off i- Those rom United. States Are cial Speech Arouses Storm Most Fashionably, Dressed Women at Austrian Resorts Costumers Prosper. of Protest; GreaMYriter Ad vocates Socialism. . AffiBII FIlKDS I' SCORKS KY.VI SUCCLSS Eff EROR WOULD USED 10 HELP lil m WECIICIW BRITISH ELECT! I " 1) II '- By Phillip Everett"' '. , (By tbe IntarntUuvAl Newt IterrtctM London, Dec. 10. There Is every rea ns to suppose that the sensational con servative papers which first took up the cry against the 300,000 collected by' John Redmond on the other' Bide of the AUaaUq to further, Ireland's Just claim for horns rule are'iwishlng that they bad never attempted to make this particular feature a. campaign Issue, for It has proved a moat fatal boomerang to themselves and their causa. Ever stem Uoyd George In his now famous speech at Mile JSnd nearly three weeks ago threw light upon the fact, that this oo nmsiK M-vl v small ' amount Willlnirlv "i donated by lovers , Of. Justice and fair . play and Irish patriots across the At lantic, was a mere -trifle compared with 'the $80,000,000 sent' over here by Irish sons and daughters In' Atnerica , to save their old parents ; and Poof' relatives from being driven from their miserable homes by greedy landlords, or compared wlth-tha -millions'-Americandollars that; bad , found their 'Vay Into arleto era tic pockets lp the. shape of dowries, ' ever , since then Unionist speakers ' at every 'meettajg have. hadto, face these unanswerable v facts. . , . One . , particular London paper, owned by the self ex patriated William Waldorf Astor, which ' had, been particularly, noisy in lis de nunciation Of American dollars In Eng lish elections, became , strangely meek . for.v'everal!'days.raftsp- the. ohaheellol1 of the exchequer '-had referred to ; the fact that, its very 'existence was due to the Income Its s'ovner' .dorlved fron New York tenements. . ; ' Trouble in Parliament From a person! : 'close to the king's socretar?, Lord Khollys.' I have been informed that the liberal government i nearly-came to an end Just, before the announcement of the dissolution: of par liament, because King George after re solving as far as possible to follow his ', late father's politics, explained to Mr. Atsqutth that he' could1 Wot say whether he . would . be ..willing to create' a sufw ftcient .number, of peers to overwhelm 4k-., wftritfrKnAi.v -tinniBA ' tt' lord.! until the'necesslty of th,ls. action .actually ex- ! ISted. c : . - aTIiIs" as might be imagined, was not urv an Mufurtnrv. either to Mr. Asaultb or to the : more advanced members of his cabinet "Resignation was at once advocated at the cabinet council, when Isters of the' king's views. And resig nation almost look place, but - this ca lamity , was " finally Averted by Lord . trnniiv'a itj-flt j Ttrahahlv this in cident which gave rise to the state ment made in some radical papers, mai tbe king had taken sides with the tories, an accusation, which- hr absolutely unjust. - a . .- ' Will Visit India. -t ihm nf ' visit Jtn India in IB by the king -and queen, which was. re ' centlyx officially announced, I hear on excellent ,.. authority . originated with x King George himself. .When he first mentioned this project to the prime minister a few weeks ago, , Mr. AsQulth was doubtful whether the soveiign could-, b spared ifrom - this, country for the necessary period. FuN ther examination, however, showed that the good that Is likely to accrue from this tour will outweigh every other consideration, " The ontMnes for this i visit are now . being considered by the responsible - authorities, and it U understood that they wlU follow very closely upon the lines Of tbe (Teal Luroar ai, iuii,iur 1 J the coronation of the late king. .An in. '' tereeting proposal , has been brought f fnrward that the royal , couple should be attended on this tour by those offi cers still lfrlng- who have held the apr potntment of eammander-in-chlef in .In dia. There are three of these, and each is , s, field-marshal Earl Roberts, 8ir George White and lord KltcheMr. It is also probable that the Prince of Wales, Trtnee Albert and Prinoesa Mary will accompany their parents -er this : tour but this has not yet definitely :" been decided. '": " " ' 11 ''. xord Cruaon Going," too.'m 'Lord Cnaon to HUtf to included ia the; royal suite, and will probably at as chief attendant on the king at the Imrbar. Other sUtely cemnoniahi are now being oonsidj TlJ in India wfll neoessarUy be compara tivehT brief, since tbe king ha - ex Prd wTdertr. to at Smith Af riea, on his return voyage. Neither of the royal yachts are to be employed by hi Vo tourists,- but a battleship trooper of the Dreadnought type, prob aWv the Indefatigable (now undergoing repairs), will be specially fitted p for SrsSS' 4vrealtny ; Arnerlcah widow, ta the tenant of Mr. and Mrs. - George KeppelV handsome J.ew resl denee in Grosveoor street, which Mrs. Keppel had Intended occupying herself nexTseason, and entertaining there for her elder daughter, who will be among the debutantes of mi..; Mrs. Leeds was . Mrs.- Nannie . Worthington. : her first husband having been a Cleveland bus -ness man before her marriage to Wil liam Leeds, the tin plate trust king, who U reported to have left $SO,000,000; Of which amount his widow received the greater part A very pretty woman, with a rather romantic history Mrs. Leeds ia likely to come to the fore as a hostess next season, for, she has many ' friends here. ' , V Sportsman Spends oMy. . i- ' i. im,Hnn nnertsman with capi tal of $1,500,000 may Just now become the owner of a lordly part of tbe British kingdom for the half million acre of " . m,A Mil into arid rivers Of which the Island of Lewis consists is for sale for that amount ana me Buyer De comes the lord : and master of .88,000 Lewis, which is the, principal island Of theOutor neoriaes- group, may oe deserlbea as a sportsman s paraaise, ior, ..imim rtftr ff-ronse and snlne may all i be obtained, within Its ; boundaries ; a thousand '? salmon averaging eight pounds to 10 poundibeing caught in a n h . nrlrwlnul , rivr. : the ;i Grimesta and IS I) stags In the largest .Jh-JpJtakStprnSwiyisflUitea , niOuern town, wiv.u gu uiiwjib hiiu uraiu- ,. ... c : J t " I J MJHV,,. ...w - - J . - tered the largest crofter population ,of ( any pnvaie siaio in okuubhu, poo plo llvlns- itttu tnwnahips of 50 and "it Mile. Polaire adrertlBe4 as Vthe richest. woman la-the world,", wlio has. made another great success la a new ; play entitled "Gay Life on ' Montmartre." , The ' storj follows the lines made familiar by "La - Boheme," "Lonlse," and other stories of the district, which repre- 5-'t. Bents the tenderloin' of Paris. It tells of the association of lidanc--- Ing girl of the Moulhi Rouge -with. a;young working, man' whom she soon leaves for a millionaire; only to tire ': of. semi-respectable' life - " "and 'drifts ba6k; Into 'the .tenderloin. .There In a:few yearstshe be- comesJphyca.l'-wikCShAj' tpnn& tgJtj&Jitei&mlHk. forgives i her and takes her! back As can be Imagined Mile. Polalro gives1 a realistic portrayal of the iSphases which show, her as the abandoned creature of the streets: It ' -fSMkely that the play will have a long run' here and then be seen in America." i But tnt its present form ft would hardly be permitted v on ttroaaway. iviiie. . roiaire naa a souvenir oi ner visit to America In the person of a small slave. It appears that while In the United States she hired a negro boy as a servant, entering Into a contract ! to see personally that he should return to ais home If he wished'! to. , Since.Bhe has been-in France the' boy, who, Is nothing more than, a . child, has been giving the actress untold trouble by getting into mis-h chief. ' She wants to' get rid of him, but ai she must see personal ly to his safe return, she is forced to keep him until she goes back ' to America. ; That probably will be some time during jtbe next year. KING GEORGE OF : GREECE DEMANDS : ; : PRISON REFORMS Athenian Republic Grateful to 'Ruler for. His,. Insistence That Prison Barbarity Shall (Hr the Interaatteaal Mewt Srrrlee.) Berlin, Dec 10. King' George of Greece has new claim upon the grati tude of the. people of his little kingdom by ordering his government to reform the prisons of Greece, which, are the worst in the world.-; Bven in the capi tal, Athens, on e may every day witness barbarities which one would expect to meet only In semi savage countries... ' , In th ,ry heart of the city-of Ath ens .U . iitrge and rambling building where Jiri ncrs are kept to await their trials, utero' In cellars, the windows of which are : on, a level with the pave ment, languish for.' indefinite periods suspects of all classes and ages. Herd ed together, these unfortunate men peer tnrougn the windows at the curious spectators. Without sustenance or means to obtain it, they climb to the. level of the street and, thrusting their hand through the bars, importune the passers by for alms. : Children 'and old , men. sick and hale, are,' it appears, thrust together In a place of common confine ment There the . healthy , become dis eased, some of the weaker prisoners die. and the innocent are initiated into the knowledge of vice, . ,t '.'i'-K:r' Kinff Orders Action. ? This chamber of horrors, which is passed every day . by ' hundreds ; of Greeks, has how had:publlo attention drawn to it by a tragedy which caused King George to. take prompt action. 7 k A suspect ' was one morning found 49 houses built of mud and stone, gain ing livelihood as ; fishermen, and oc cupying themselves - In the few , acres which . they hoU.Jinder- perpe4ual4eases from the owner of the island, 'They al so weave the Harris tweeds, beloved of', sportsmen and women, and two --or three times a year, the island is visited by merchants who travel round buying up ma siocb on nana , ' 'V.".-' A; 4 i e heroine, particularly . In "the, those r dead. is true that th man suf fered from consumption, but the autop sy showed that no food had been taken by the unfortunate man for at least 24 hours. ' Inquiry elicited the fact that the , time passed without nourishment was probably far greater. - "Five days fasting," one newspaper declared, but probably Uhree' would , be nearer the truth. It appeared that the contractor had neglected his part of the bargain. The guards were aware of the ease, but cynically declared that they had no money to buy food with. - Certainly to a cltisen of northern Europe the roeth- pus or me ponce seem to be. altogether barbarous. For example, it Is a common sight in Athens to see small boys of 10 and 1Z 'years ldtheir arms tightly bound to their small bodies by clothes unes, marched, through the streets br policemen with .bayonets , fixed. After they reach the prison to which I have referred, tbe period passed in awaltine- trlal Is a long one. The general public nere seems to see nothing; barbarous in the infliction of pain, l, ,, tc- , ..'. 4 FRENCH AUTHOR SAYS . HE IS REINCARNATED (By tte Intnnatlmud News Service.) Paris, Deo, 10.T-Pierre Loti. the some what eccentric and . "precious" French author insists that he Is having his sec- ona ume on eartn. He declares that he is only a reincarnation of the Egyp tian King Sesostris, 1 To - prove . it he had postal cards printed with tbe profile of, the. Sesostrls mummy side by side wiui nis own. , t , ' , , The likeness Is said to be strlkiii. Both profiles have a receding forehead and a hawklike nose, while the two chins are exactly similar. Below the two pro files is the occult Inscription: .' "Sesostrls, deincarnated In B.-C 1250." "Pierre Loti, not yet deincarnated in A. D., 1910." EXACTING COSTUMES A . - DEMANDED AT CHAPEL Windsor, Dec, 10. A good dial of etiquette has to be observed with re gard to the costumes worn when at. tending the private chapel at Windsor castle. During the last reign, a lady who had been "commanded" there for the first time, during a week end vtait appeared on Sunday morning for service dressed as for walking, w it is said that she was at once informed that it was etiquette to attend their majesties' pri vate service n a bonnet or tat In re spect of this rule she hastily returned to ner room, some distance away, and divested herself of her outdoor garments. Arriving back at the door of the chapeL she-was told that althougH headgear wus labooeoy gloves were essential. An other expedition to her room had to be undertaken and having seized her gloves she returned in a breathless condition only Just in time to gain admittance to thev chapeL ' -wr. If. i By Frederick Werner, (By the lnterntiml Jew SttI. Berlin, Dec, 10. The kaiser's recent speech In the Benedictine monastery at Beuron he 8 given the' German ; press much food for speculation, not because It brought, forward any new. political ideas on the contrary, it consisted most ly of truisms and platitudes but bor cause It is a proof that Emperor William has returned to a way of. thinking which most people had thought he left far toe- hind him, but Which ' is easily , under stood In the Uxht of recent revolutionary events which have made the heads of several European dynasties feei.ratner unsafe. '.. , " j The kaiser is : once more convinced that church and throne , must stand shoulder to shoulder, but his Prussian subjects at least are openly expressing their doubts as to whether the intimacy between the throne and the Boman Cath olic church is beneficial tjo the mon archy, 'Too close cooperation between these two might seem quite natural In a Roman Catholic country like Portugal, and still It was this intimacy that cost poor Manuel his throne. In Spain there Is today no more Important' question than how to bring about a separation between church and state, for if this question is solved Alphonso may hope to keep the crown , on his head, how very small Is the actual Influence and hold of the.thurcli upon the masses of people even in a Catholic country was plainly shown In France, where the sep aration took place almost without any protests from . anyone but the church Itself. , Church Weak Support. In a : country like Germany, . where Catholics are a comparatively small minority, tho church Is apt to prove a very weak prop for the throne, unaer existing circumstances, an alliance be tween i thi , throne and the Catholic church merely means ; the elevat insr of the Center to become the. ruling polUicai party, a faot which catnoiic capers have not been slow in emphasis. ins in commenting upon, tne Kaisers monastery speech; : but there is little drubt.that the next elections win soon change this. Germany has after many b irugglea become one of the most pro gressive countries, ana neitner cnurcn nor throne will be able to block the path of progress.-' Another solution of the political diffi culties has almost simultaneously of fered itself, and may still be adopted by Efnneror William, as opening far wider possibilities to a ruler nf the versatile mind, .1 mean the one suggested by Herr .Berthold Otto in his sensational book. ' "The Country of the Future-A SoclallsOe Monarchy." The brilliant writer tipenly asks the kaiser to place himself at the ; head of the Boclalist movement. In Germany and go down in history as the founder of the first So cialistic empire." , . . v, Book Creates pttr. f ' - . Herr Otto ia well known as a WTlter on social, political and educational sub jects. 'and his new book has aroused considerable attention, owing to the originality of the ideas expounded there in, Herr Otto is, of course, not a So cialist himself at least, not a Demo cratic Socialist but he believes In the amelioration of the conditions of life and labor of the masses on Socallstic lines,' and Is convinced that effective reforms can only be produced by benev olent despotism, and never by democ racy. ' 'Herr Otto argues that the United States, though the most democratic country in the world. Is also more op pressed by great combinations of capital than any other country; in this case, he says, political democracy runs side by side with social slavery. In France, too, political freedom is accompanied by such social conditions that the masses have been driven to the verge of revolu tion. , :. V-i' :.'V,! f vv: State Should' rostss Socialism. . To avoid these evils, Herr Otto be lieves that the kaiser should take' the Socialistic movement : in hand, realize Socialism under the 1 auspices of the state, and become the hereditary presi dent of the Socialistic empire. Profes sor Zlmmer and one ot two other well known men have expressed then ap proval of Herr Otto's book, ana or tne propositions contained therein. s Numerous parties of Turkish military and veterinary commissioners have, dur ing tbe last two months, purchased cav alry remounts to the number of 1000 in south Russia. . The proprietor of a large stud farm to this government informs me that the Ottoman commissions nave for the time being practically cleared the southern markets or ail tne nest ani mals for cavalry and artiUery service. Tbe commissioners are - now buying horses m central. BussJa. 1. '.' : Turkish cavalry remoanta are every year bought in Russia, but never before have the purchases been on so large a scale. They will this year. I am in formed, aggregate about . 15,000 horses. f Slonlsts Bumped Agatt. ; ' The Zionists In . Russia have experi enced another demonstration of the gov ernment's hostility toward their move ment, despite ': the personal assurances given by M. . Stolypin ' to the Zionist president, Herr David Wolffsohn of Co logne, two years ago, that they would not be interf ered with in their activity. A number of young adherents of the Jewish national movement, delegates from various towns In Poland, met in Lods a few days ago, with the object of considering measures for extending the Zionist propaganda In Poland, They were surprised by tbe police and IS Were arrested. These !'' comprise six young men of Lods and six of Lublin, the oth ers being delegates from Lomxa, Dwln ska, Groddo, Petrokov, Plnsk , and Ka liscb. It is expected that the Zionists of Warsaw will provide legal assistance for ' their comrades :,. at! the impending trial ifs,:' i':.'i:fiS-wst'; yA'!;:.-; Domiciliary searches have taken place In tbe houses of Zionists in Kalisch, Tckernlgov and Benderny, followed by confiscation of propaganda literature and correspondence. It Is feared that the leader of' the Tchernigor Zionists, a poor teacher with a large family, will After next July racing clubs In New Zealand will have authority to prevent bookmakers operating on their courses, At present the clubs are foroed to per mit boomakln. t.'v... I. ;'." ('..,.. " -'"If y $ P ' - s t ' ', :'' ' '''' .. : . . 'i Ajh ' J' " " ' -ZsSBBsV ff v.v; - Vy ISI i " . v 9"sir Mrs. William B.' Leeds, widow of the ' Mrs. George .Keppel s handsome . Is likely to be one of London's . 1 11 1 : r COAL FAMINE THREATENS PARIS ON EVE OF HISWS SEASON 'With Weather Biting Cold, French Metropolis Shivers Be- "cause ; of Inability of Railroad Companies to Deliver Coal Fast- Enough Terrible Suffering , Inevitable Unless Con ditions Are Alleviated In Near Future. r; ' : : . By George Dufresne. (By tbe iDtcnwtlooat Htm Service.) Paris, Dec 10. An evil star seems to be hovering over our gay city of late, for Just before the arrival of Christmas we are threatened with a coal famine that the weather, which Is unusually cold for this time of the year, threatens to make a terrible calamity. " The railroad companies ; cannot r de liver coal fast enough, and oal dealers and others are protesting to the minis try of public works against the delay. '. An Idea of the unsatisfactory condi tions may be gathered r from the fact that' only 300 carloads of coal are ar riving in Paris dally Instead of 1500 or 2000 carloads, It reema that there are only 200,000 tons of coal in reserve, while 85,000 tons are consumed daily. : Strenuous efforts are being made to avoid anything like a scarcity of coal, i The railroad companies are being urged to do all they can to improve the situa tion. The Paris chamber of commerce, too; has addressed a circular to the great syndical groups. In which they "are re quested to call attention to, the diffi culties of the railroad companies, in view of the encumberment of their ma terial and the necessity of promptly withdrawing any goods from the cars at goods stations In order to set the rolling stock and rive place to other consignments. -V.-v- ,-''.'. " At the present moment it Is extremely difficult for Parisians to husband their coal supplies. The cold Is intense, and the lack of coal and a vigorous winter Is a prospect from which . cltiiens may well shrink. .. ,., yranoJi Dignitaries Snubbed ..... ' Some 400' French deputies and sena tors have come m for a decided snub from Russia. Their signatures appended to a petition in favor of Finland would. It was thought, make a deep Impression on the duma, but the reply was prompt, i "Th members of the duma said M. Kronpenskyr "did hot require the advice of citlsena of another country in ques tions of Russian policy that did not concern them in any way, whatsoever." And M. Dietrich, member of the coun cil of the empire, writing to a French senator, spoke of "prodigious and un heard of meddling." i WefTO Battalions possible. , ,: The black experiment promises to be verv successful, f Colonel Mangln, who was entrusted with a mission to central Africa, has returned delighted with the nnxmects of raising negro oawuons. H found a real enthusiasm among; the chiefs, "who were only too delighted at the opportunity of contributing a moai quota to the lives even in the districts where the railway il being made, and 2 franca 80 centimes and 5 francs a day are being paid ' as wages, the natives mnntased willlncness to follow the soldier's career. . tt is anoarent that a real spirit pre vails among ' these black nationals of France.: "Twenty thousand ttjfin. 'the coi onel declares, coma De raisea n pania- i mnrroTtCTtrsrid'w4rt-rote-themonr.- This Is one way of tiding over the mill tary difficulties created by a dwindling population in the n.other country.' Tho declaration made by Prince Vic. tor Napoleon to the, French, Journalists who went to iloncallert may, be consld- tin-plate magnate, who has rented residence in Grosvenof Square, and; most popular hostesses next season. . . . '.'.. ' . .. ered as a "bolt from the blue." Let it be remembered that the prince had al ways refused to make any communica tions to the pre, and there were no exceptions to that rule. ; ';. The day after hl marriage be called the Journalists together and addressed them in Just the same way a French j minister would do when he has some thing Important to put before the pub lie. And this was his message: That he was for the republic; that he admired M. Briand; that he Would defend repub lican conquests, and. that his brother Louis had left the Russian army. Now the 'conquests" to which the prince re ferred would mean no other than that what M. Briand a week before had said they meant , The disestablishment and dlsendowment of the church, the sup pression of the religious congregations, and the supremacy of secular primary education. . . '-h.;-W-: 1 ,--."' Prince Victor m a word has placed himself in touch with the Radical ma jority in the chamber and elevated M. Briand to the- skies. It is rot, tnen, surprising that the pretender is consid ered to be aiming towards the prince presidency of the republic, for an the world like his TJncle Napoleon In 1848. And many there are who think that M. Briand is not unlikely to encourage the Idea It would, so It is contended, for tify the republican regime, unite dis cordant elements in the nation, and do no Injury to cherished political convic tions. '" " Organization is Everywhere. ' In view of the threatening attitude as sumed by the labor organizations, all sorts of people are banding themselves together for self defense, r The building contractors and - architects have united with a view to putting down strikes, and now we are to have a middle class asso ciation, which we are told is to be in ternational In character. It will be an anonymous body. No body will know its strength or the names of Its members. Its, headquarters will be at Brussels, near the Interna tional Institute of the Middle Classes, though its aims and methods ' will be distinct. . The new association will be of an economic and political character. J it is pointed out thai the builders and small traders of Amsterdam complain of not being able to obtain money at low Interest because a group of specu lators have operated in Egyptlon cotton, thus forcing the Bank of England and the banks in the Netherlands to Increase their rates of nterest The Interna tional association. It is stated, will take measures to protect the credit of thft small bourgeolse. . x - , Soon the apprenticeship question will occupy Its- attention, ' and - afterwards ihp contract of labor, ; It will deliberate In secret, and it decisions will , be prompt The association Will fight in ternational collectivelsm. It will Intro duce in the game, of diplomacy ait enor mous occult forcev Independent of hij manltarlans, great capitalists and trade unions, it will solve in Its own way the problems which lnrest the life of na- tlons All thlsMooks like a program, but we are told that the mysterious association will not publish a program. It Ms the etat major Of a class which Is menaced everywhere and . which , is resolved to preserve Us life. .'..,,',-.,... -.c. , f ' By Emtl Andrassy. ; Vienna, Dec 10. American women who visit the Austrian resorts are sail to be the most fashionably dressed and -spend more for beautiful gowns , than . those of, any. nationality, waving ume,. to bonder. well on the beautiful wearing , creations of the season. Viennese firms display , them to the best advantage and ; it Is nothing uncommon for a wealthy,. American woman to buy as many ii wf frocks during the season, many of these to take back to America, aitnougn me duty is high. . The "hobble skirt" was never worn by the former dollar la-, dies. The latter allowed themselves to be persuaded into it In the gay city, and j women dressed m cansoaa or vieon ( smiled in a superior way at their sis--, i ters" foolishness. , i . " . . ! In Paris, they say. the lady has j suit herself to the fashions, but in Vi enna the fashions are carefully suited, to the lady. They are not difficult to satisfy, but they require the "best ma.,, terlal, the most . elegant cut possible, and. above 'all, special attention to the clothes that suit them individually." i The Independent Idea In dress of that Which la best .suited to the wearer ap pears to be a breaking away from the custom of following certain styles that are not always suited to all, persons alike. Street dresses are so plain that it Is difficult- to realize that an apparently modest coat worn ton, the street may be lined through with costly fur and fin ished with inside ruffles of rare lace. , Dies After Checkered Career. , ., ; . Vount Vlnxlng Lazar, a Hungarian no- v bleman, is dead after a checkered, and romantic career, not the: least incident of which occurred as he was on his deathbed. , While yet a young man,, the count squandered his wealth In specula- i tlon. After undergoing, a course of training at Brussels as a civil engineer after his wealth was gone, he was given a post by. the Hungarian stale railway administration. After some years hd retired to the town of Mares-Vasarhely. . There he married the daughter of ai , Innkeeper, and, to eke Out his very small pension he worked as, a carpenter, In their efforts to save something for thoir old age the count and his wife lived with extreme frugality. Finally tha count fell seriously ill. When he wa on tbe point of death, a message reached him announcing that the sum of 60,000 pounds had been awarded him as the result of a long standing law suit. The law suit was begun in the days of hla prosperity. The dying man was suffir clently ; conscious . to understand the news. .! .... Boys U Real Duel ' "'Anrr extraordinary duel is r, reported from Mako, in Hungary. A 15-year-old schoolboy, Anton Perecky, taking of fense at' certain , remarks made by a school fellow, Stepan Solymocki, of the same age, sent two friends as seconds to blm, and challenged him to a pistol duel. . : The challenge was accepted, and the meeting took place outside the -town, four schoolboys acting as seconds. Re volvers, which tbe boys had stolen from their fathers, were used. In the fourth round - Perecky was shot through the v heart and died on the spot Solymocki ! and the seconds were arrested. v The ex-shah of Persia, who has bees -it! of bronchitis during his stay ta VI- enna, will, oa his recovery, visit some Austrian towns in Galicia, . Later he In tends to make a Journey through Ger many and France. The attack of toon- chltis followed a cold. ' ' "3 Tbe building of the two. dreadnaushts Is now well under way. The stocks have been laid at the Stabinmento Tee nlco, In Trieste, for a second ' dread- naught . The first dreadnaught rs as high as a large house. The rapid prog-" ress mad ia the building of this ship -Justifies the presumption that it will be launched, according; to program, in June, llll, and the second hi October, -1911, .....,.?.: . ;-v, . ... ., . As regards the type, the details are not given, but It Is certain that the dis placement wilt be above 20,000 tons, the ' length (25 feet and the mala armament twelve 11.6 inch guns. . ... GERMAN TAILORS TO UNITE IN PROTEST Berlin, Dec 10. The latest grievance against, the kaiser is that. he. win not employ 'a German tailor, but has his clothes made in London. ;Thi nobility and all the well dressed men In Ger man society follow hs example, so that the native tailors are in despair. ; They have decided to draw up a petition pointing out the distressing results for German trade, of,JiIa, Anglomania in the matter of dress. It ia Just the same with the German dressmakers. ; Headed by their crown princess, the ' best dressed woman a t court the German society women svod German dressmakers and send their or ders to Paris, Vienna or sometimes to London. - ' ; The trouble -is that .German UIIom and dressmakers absolutely fail to giva that touch of elegance and finish in their work which is the hallmark of Parisian dressmakers1 and London tai lors. The , women's dresses' of homo manufacture seem out of dale and almost-ugly, while the native tailors' prod ucts look as, if they had been thron together in a hurry. What wondr 1 it that the wealthy class who .can, af ford Imported clothes go elswhere for their suits? ' :,,-. -? ,:? t ' BARON ROTHSCHILD ' " TO VISIT PALESTINE (By tfce rntornatioml N'wil Srt-.) Berlin, Dec. .10. Believing that the tombs of Jewish kings are situated noar Palestine; Baron Edmond d Koth MM of Paris will .shortly visit the. - HolV Land, where h Intends Jto have 'M vations made In th locality. A brated French archaeologist, (he hafon' representative, has already srrlvwd In Jerusalem. , . .. It is probable that while thfre trie Ka-- . who has done to iriucli tnr Y,n Jw''i colonies, will take advaii'atfe of )! vi to Palestine by initpp'tl Km if!" i and studying the f.n'Hiiiil.iu .f ..,, , j r.atlon there and in otiH-r imrw nS A ; Tuiky. -..'.'..