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    Intervention m
Balkans Is Possible
aisers Moroccan
Interest ' a Puzzfe
Bunco Women in
Paris Prosperous
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DIVORCED ONE HOUR,
ENGAGED THE NEXT
MRS. DEWEY AS SAPPHO
- CREATES A SENSATION
STORrv IS EXPECTED
IN TALLEYRAND HOME
ARE STARVING IN
PLAYED IN PARIS
LOVE MATCH
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MOUNTAIN CAVES
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Condition? Now So Serious
That European Powers, Are
Considering Intervention to
Preserve Lives. '
Sudden- Appearance of the
Kaiser's Battleship in Afri
can Waters Causes Con-
, . sternation in Europe.
Bogus Countess .Swindles a
Jeweler Out of a $10,000
Necklace Another Dines
Well, Gratis, by New Ruse.
Lovely Princess Zita May
Some Dav Share Throne
Kiss -
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With Charles Francis No
Interference From Emperor.
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By John Leddy.
(By the International News RrTtc.)
London, July 22. Ten thousand Al
banians, driven .from their homes by
Turkish troops, are starving to death In
the caves of Montenegro. Conditions
fcave become so serious that there is an
active possibility of Intervention by the
powers. In fact' diplomatic discussions
looking to the likelihood of such Inter
vention h&v already taken place. This
Is the Important Information I received
today from two men In as close touch
with" the whole Balkan situation as any
fftvo man in Europe.
The assassination of Zeki Bey In Con
artaotmople, the revolt in southern Al
ban la. which hitherto has remained
loyal, or at least quiet, and the re
ported1 action of Russia in not notifying
Montenegro she must cease In giving
auccor to Albanian refugees are all
signs of the approach of a crisis that
at any moment may precipitate inter
vention. All the news that has been allowed
to come through from Constantinople
Indicates that Zekl Bey's murder can
properly be placed at the door of the
xnyatlo secret Salonika committee,
'''which engineered the revolution that
placed the Young Turks in power and
at 'whose behest Torghut Shevket has
been executing in Albania this insur
gent movement
Inside the committee Zekl had an
nounced his Intention of making his
Journal, "The Hemreh," the organ of
the committee among the Insurgents.
That the uprising in southern Al
bania Is more serious than the Turkish
officials admit is shown by the fact
that the people of Argyalo Kastro nave
made the local governor a prisoner,
rifled the government's safes and de
clared their Independence. Disquiet
prevails as far as the Greek frontier.
Dispatches from Constantinople report
that the Albanians persist in their 12
demands presented through the Turk
ish minister, chief among which are
those to write and speak their own
language and devote the Income of
taxes to local defenses.
It has always been a penal offense to
reduce the Albanian language to writ
ing, the Turkish policy being to keep
them In subjection through Ignorance,
The Albanians therefore are really
fighting now for the right to- become
civilized.
United States Kay Interfere. ,
That the .United States may have a
hand in Intervention when It onmes Is
the belief of Noel Buxton, member of
parliament and chairman of the Balkan
committee. He said today when Inter
viewed in the house of commons:
"I have always regretted that the
American government never saw its
way clear to Join with the powers in
the Macedonian intervention. The rea
son than given was that the United
States was not a party to the Berlin
treaty Since then Americans 'have
taken an important part In affairs near
est there. There are practically few
sources of information other than na
tive except American. educational
work in the Balkans Is almost entirely
American. It is a common saying that
the Bulgarian nation was educated at
Robert college, Constantinople, an
American Institution. When the ques
tion of relief work has been Involved,
although, the money came mainly from
England. It has been chiefly distributed,
by Americana through the schools and
missions. Only lately the Balkan com
mittee collected funds In order to as
sist the educational propaganda among
all the people of the Balkans, not only
Christians but Turkish. The position
held by the Americans there was so
strong that this money has been dis
tributed by American hands.
"We hops that the recent establish
ment of an American embassy at Con
stantinople marks the Intention of the
American government to take an active
part there In conjunction with the other
great powers."
"Is there a probability of the powers
taking an active part?" I asked. Mr.
Buxton replied slowly and guardedly,
weighing each word:
"It was hoped three years ago that
the Tbung Turkish party would bo far
ucceed that intervention would be aj
RED TAPE ROUTINE
TO AMERICA OF
Miss Marguerite Shunts.
' V (By the International News Senrlrt.V f
Paris, July 12.- Mrs. Theodore Perry
Shonts, wife of ths New- Tork traction
' magnate, and her daughter,' Miss Mar-
' guerlte Shonts, are suffering from "blood
polionlng lo Paris. Both, mother , and
ri, ' tit
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Mrs. John Sare Martin.
(By the International News Srtloe.)
Paris, July 22. The prevalence of di
vorce In the American colony In Paris
was made the subject of a lecture "by a
prominent Parisian divine yesterday.
His castlgatlon of Americans, which wbs
both severe and unpleasant, was brought
about. It is believed, by the recent en
gagement announcement of Stirling
Postley and Mrs. John Sayre Martin,
of New York, within a few hours of the
reception of her divorce decree.
Mrs. Martin was Miss Jeanne Buck
ley, a niece of Buckley Bllng, a political
boss of San Franolsco. She made the
acquaintance of Stirling Postley last
year while nursing her father, who died
here at the Hotel Celtic.
Postley, foreseeing his own divorce,
lay siege to the chic Mrs. Martin, with
the result that he won her heart and
hand, and the announcement of their
coming marriage was made as soon as
tho marital troubles of both had been
cleared away.
thing of the past but It Is significant
that recently It has become a subject
of discussion among the powers. It
was not thought the Alhsnlans wmilH
make so serious a resistance, but they
have shown that they can produce a
crisis which endangers International
peace and this Is the only motive which
does actually drive the powers to Inter
vention."
OF
(Br International News SerTiee. )
St. Petersburg, July 22. Unenviable
notoriety is being achieved by the Rus
sian guard ship Balkan, on the Arch
angel coast. One of her midshipmen
went ashore the other day at Yolong
with a couple of sailors on a shopping
expedition and behaved like a mad man.
After being hospitably entertained by a
local boat owner, he had the village
elder summoned before him, and
knocked him down with the butt end of
his revolver when the elder indignantly
rejected certain dishonorable sugges
tions that he had made to him. When
the elder came to his senses and en
deavored to escape, the midshipman
fired at him with his revolver, and shot
dead a Laplander and his 6-year-old
daughter.
When the Balkan arrived at Arch
angel, quantities of fittings and tech
nical implements were stolen from her
and disposed of In the town. It Is be
lieved he goods were removed In broad
daylight, with the connivance of some
of the Balkan's complement.
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MAD
BEHAVIOR
RUSSIAN
SAILOR
OF FRENCH LA W DELA YS RETURN
WIFE OF NEW YORK
Mrs.
daughter were infected by insignificant
cratches by a needle. Mrs. Shonts. la
also, in an emuarrassed position finan
cially", being, unable' to leave.' Parti,.' al
though her 'multi-millionaire husband
hag sent her the money with, which to
By Frederick Werner.
(Br the International Jiewa Service. )
Berlin,, July 22. Naturally the Mo
roccan question Is overshadowing every
thing else In the field of European poli
tics, not alone because It cropped up
very suddenly, but because of the shock
caused by the dispatch of a German
warship to the Moroccan port of Agadlr,
The history of Moroccan troubles Is
as old as Morocco itself. 8enor Maura,
son of the late Spanish prime minister,
after several years' close study of the
country, declared in a book published
in 1908 that the Moor would never be
conquered, and his prophecy has been
completely Justified by events.
It was not till 1905 that Germany dis
covered that she had great Interests In
Morocco, Just as she afterwards tfied to
discover she had great Interests in
Persia.
Great Britain and France had patched
up their differences In regard to the
Sudan and Egypt, and France was given
a free hand in Morocco. The kaiser
then made his appearance in shining
armor at Tangier and assured the
Moors of his protection.
The Act of AJgeclras.
France climbed down, and the Alge
clras conference followed in 1906. By
the act of Algeclras the great powers
of Kurope. with the addition of the
United States, delegated France and
Spain the right of policing certain set
tlements in Morocco.
For the first time. In the following
year. In 1907, a French expedition had
to exercise this right: Borne French
men had been murdered near Casa
blanca, and an avenging party was
sent. Their advent was the signal for
a general rebellion against the Sultan
Abd-el-Azla, who was eventually de
posed. His brother, Mulai-Hafld, was in
stalled in his place, but the blood of the
prophet is apparently not sufficient to
qualify a man to become a wise ruler,
and It is really a rebellion against
Mulal-Hafld's extortions which his led
to the present campaign.
It must also be mentioned that in
1910 Germany came to terms with
France, whose "special interest" In Mo
rocco she recognized, provided France,
safeguarded equally the commercial In
terests of all nations. Spain and France
has also, la 1904, entered Into a secret
agreement which Is believed to provide
for the eventual partition of Morocco.
To understand the French action, It
Is necessary to bear in mind that she
Is the nominal mistress of all territory
both to the east and to the south of
Morocco. Not only would an extension
of her dominions be a valuable political
asset much of a white elephant as it
must be In practice but it would en
able her to construct a railroad from
Algeria to the west coast of Africa, via
Tlmbuctoo.
By this means she could easily bring
Into Europe, by way of the Franco-
Britlsh closed sea, the Mediterranean,
the black army with which she Intends
to reinforce her own troops in the
mother couny-y, to make up for the
dwindling recruiting due to the falling
birth rate.
In February this year a fresh native
revolt took place. The French instruc
tors who had been lent to the sultan to
train his troops were said to be In
danger, as well as the European rest
dents In Fez, the capital. France then
sent an expedition which entered Fei
on May 21.
Before the expedition reached the
Moorish capital It was declared that it
would only just enter the city and take
away Europeans to escort them to the
coast.
The French troops are still therf.
however, and they have extended their
action to many other districts, bolster
ing up the sultan's falling authority,
"punishing" his enemies, and receiving
the submission of the rebellious tribes.
For Forcing Plants.
Experimenting with various colored
glasses In a greenhouse, a Swiss agri
cultural expert found white to be the
best orange forcing the plants hut In
juring the fruit and violet increasing
the quantity of fruit but lowering its
quality.
TRACTION MAGNATE
Theodore P. Sbonta.
pay the rent on the' luxurious apartment
leased, by the Shonts. The red tape
routine ofFrench law delayed the giv
ing of the money to Mrs. Shonts. en
forcing a . postponement of her return
to 'the United State ,
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Mrs. A. Waldo Dewey, as "Sappho.
(By the International News RerTlce.)
London. July 22. Never In English
history has such goegmus magnificence
as that displayed in a series of costume
balls, that followed the coronation, been
seen In Great Britain's capital. Affair
after affair has followed in rapid suc
cession each more costly than the last
and each more heavily attended by wo
men of fashion, whose handsome
masques gave evidence of $helr social
rivalry.
Many and startling were the costumes
worn- by the guests, but It Is to the
Americans that porAilar criticism gives
the most applause, for dresses that were
not only wonderful and costly, but beau
tiful and historically accurate.
Among the many who thus distin
guished themselves by their raiment
are: Mrs. A. Waldo Dewey, wife of a
cousin of Admiral Dewey, who appeared
as Sappho and challenged Mrs. Waldorf
Astor. dressed as a ballet girl, and Mrs.
Ava Willing Astor, nlio created a sen
sation costumed as June, for popular
honors.
OF ITALY PUIS
(By tbe International Newa Serf Ice.)
Rome, July 22. Owing to his various
misdemeanors and wild pranks, the
young Count of Saleml has evoked the
Ire of his. cousin. King Victor Emman
uel, who has ordered that he be de
tained In Moncallerl castle, near Turin,
where the Princess Clotilde died recent
ly. Afterward he is to make an 18
months' voyage from Genoa nboard a
man-of-war, during which time he will
be In charge of a colonel of gen d'armea
who will act as his tutor and keeper.
The young count, who earned the
sobriquet of "the scapegoat of tho
Savoy family," is the son of Princess
Letltla of Savoy and grandson of the
late Princess Clotilde. Recently the
count was sent to the naval academy at
Leghorn, but was dismissed becouse of
his Incorrigible conduct and persistent
attentions toward the young ladies of
the town.
Princess Clotilde and Princess Letltla,
dismissed owing to the harsh sentences
lmsed upon the young count, wrote
to Queen Helena, asking her to Intercede
with the king, but his majesty, who re
vers the f,-m!lv traditions, remained
adamant. After the death of the Prin
cess Clotilde " the king visited Monca
llerl to attend his aunt's funeral, at
which nil of the princes of the royal
family were present. The Count Saleml,
b"lng the youngest, wns the last to
greet the king, who at first hesitated,
but finally shook hands w-ith the young
ster. It is understood that his punish
ment is to be condoned on account of
the death of Princess Clotilde. The
young prince, however, is still detained
at Moncallerl. awaiting his royal cous
in's further Ordey. ..
PARIS ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER NEW OANGE TANGA
(Br the ln.terrM.lwwi fCewa Si-rTl.-e.i
Paris, .July 22. And now Paris has
a new dance. The two-step and the
cake walk' fire completely driven from
the ballrooms by the "Tanga." which
has been brought to us all the way from
Argentine. It Is made up of many
graceful figures. Their variety also
gives it a charm. The "Tanga" Is the
fashionable dance at Buenos Ayres and
Rio de Janeiro. A wave of enthusiasm
about the dance in particular and about
dancing in general Is sweeping over
Paris, because one of our learned phy
slclans has pointed out that the" "light
fantastic" lengthens life.
The noted dancer "Vestris," dled re
cently.at 80. His brother, also a dancer,
lived to be 95. Louts Mesente, a dancer
-at the Grand Opera House, died. at -the
age of c 102. Our young men are re
calling that Klnar David and Louis "VI,
were; both accomplished dancers. : It
was the grand monarch who established
Joux National, Academy of- Dance ; . . , .
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KING
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PRISON
By William Philip Rlmrris.
(United PrpM leased WIr. I
Paris, July 22. This Is the original
"gold brick" village. "Confidence"
stunts are pulled off dally. Here Is
tho trick of a "countess" who film
flammed a foxy Jeweler out of a f 10,000
pearl necklace.
A smartly dressed woman sent her
card In to a celebrated specialist in the
Champs Ely sees quarter. . The card,
beautifully engraved, bore a crest and
read: "Countess So-and-8o," the 8o-and-So
part being the name of a well
known society woman.
"My son," she said, after being ush
ered into tre elegant private study of
the specialist, "is on the verge of losing
his mind. He Is continually talking of
pearls and necklaces. He Is always
speaking of buying expensive Jewelry
or of selling such objects to his friends.
What shu 11 I do?"
The scientist reassured the anxious
mother and told her to fetch the boy
the next dny.
"Thank vou so much:" she replied
warmly, visibly encouraged.
The next afternoon she drove In a
fine new auto to the shop of a Rue de la
Palx Jeweler. There she selected a
$10,000 necklace, after looking over the
stock. When she went to pay for It
she found she had only $4000 in her
purse.
"How annoying!" she pouted. "Have
you anyone you could send with me to
my home? My husband will give you
tne $10,000 there."
A young clerk was of course sent
out with the Countess 8o-and-8o, of
whom the Jeweler- had often read In
the society columns. The new auto was
soon In front of the specialist's hand
some home. In a Jiffy the "countess"
and the clerk were admitted hy a lackey
in uniform and a minute later saw them
In the doctor's private study.
"You can attend to the matter alone!"
the "countess" said to the specialist,
and quietly left the room.
"Well, my young man," he began. In
his best professional tone; "you know
what It's about, I suppose? Has It been
troubling you any today?"
"No, nothing troubles me, lr," the
clerk replied calmly. "All I want is to
be paid."
Aha! So this thing was always on
the boy's mind, eh? It promised to be
interesting. The alienist settled himself
comfortably In his chair.
"&o you want to be paid? What for?"
"Why, for that pearl necklace, of
eourse."
"And hotf much do you think I owe
you?
"Just $10,000. exaotly.-
"Ah. I see the thing Is still troubling
you. you must not worry about -these
things. There Is really nothing in It
all. Tou haven't sold me a necklace.
Don't you know that?"
"Sure I know that!" piped the clerk.
He thought he was being kidded. "We
didn't sell It to you; your wife bought
it."
"My boy, I haven't got a wife." The
doctor could not help smiling. This
truly was an Interesting case.
And so It went. It was regular vaude
ville farce. The more the doctor tried
to reason with the young "demented"
one, the more wildly the youth became
excited. He talked of being swindled
and wanted to break down the doors,
and finally, believing himself to be
dealing with a violent madman Instead
of a "harmless," the doctor sent for the
police.
With the assistance of the police, the
clerk was calmed down. He told his
story, and when the Jewelry establish
ment was phoned to, It was corroborat-
REALISTIC COACHING SCENE IN SILVER
OF FAMOUS
Dining
' (By the Iotematlooal Nawa Berrlre.)
London,: July 23. One of the" features
of .the recent. London horseli show was
the dinner given by Albert 0.r,Vahder
but at' his, flat in Gloucester House, In
AMoadlUy. ; The table iwaa- arranged to
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The Duchess de Talleyrand.
(Br tbe International Newa Berrle.)
Paris, July 22. The socially elite of
Paris are greatly concerned over a re
port that the delicate condition of the
Duchess de Talleyrand, formerly Anna
Gould, will prohibit her apeparance at
the usual midsummer social season at
the European watering places.
Reports from tne Chateau de Marias,
the ancestral nome of the Talleyrands.
state that the expected attendance of
the stork has fallen with unusual sev
erity upon the bekuttful duchess, and
that she may not regain her former
robust health for some time. The
duchess already has three children by
her divorced husband. Count Bonl de
Castellane, a kinsman of the duke of
Talleyrand, and one y the duke.
ed. But long, long before this happened
the 'Jrountess mother" had disappeared
with the necklace. The automobile was
traced, but was found to be a rented
one. The garage peopla did not know
their client. The "countess" Is still
missing.
Child Employed la Swindle.
Here's1 the story of another woman
swindler:
Dressed in the height of fashion, a
woman here has been in the habit of
eating In the most expensive restau
rants. She enters the place accompanied
by a little girl. After eating bounti
fully of tho choicest things on the bill
of fare, she gets up and tells the child
to wait for her a moment, she Is going
to buy her some candy.
The woman waits to say this until a
waiter Is near. She Is permitted to go
out without question or suspicion. But
when, after an hour Is gone and the
child still waits, the restaurant people
grow uneasy.
"Isn't your mamma coming back?"
the waiter asks cautiously.
"Oh. .she isn't my mamma," the child
replies.
Questioned, the child has- Invariably
told the same, or rather the children,
for It is a different child every time.'
She has pimply met the woman In the
streot, never having seen her before.
A. G. VANDERBILT
room get . fdr Vanderbllt's lavish
represerita meet of the Coaching club In
Hyde Park. Down tha center of the
table waa a stretch .of roadway leading
from Power: Magaalne past tbe .Achillea
statue... AH tha grooms, jockeys, horses,
spectators . and perambulators were in
By Marquis Do Castellane.
(By th International rcewa Service. I
Paris, July 22 Though not announced
officially. 1 am In a position to state
that the young Archduke Charles Fran
cis Joseph of Austria, grand child of
the emperor and heir presumptive In
the second degree to the throne. Is en
gaged to Princess Zlta of Parma.
Archduke Charles Is a son of the late
Archduke Otho and a grandson of his
imperial and royal highness, Archduke
Charles Louis, brother of the Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria and of the
Emperor Maxlmillian of Mexico. The
Princess Zlta, his fiance, belongs to the
Parma branch of the Bourbons. 8he
is very pretty and very poor. For, while
the Bourbons of Franco and of Spain
and even of the two Sicilies are quits
wealthy, the Parma branch of the fam
ily Is Impecunious.
Princess Zita is Jusjt 19 years old and
belongs to a family numbering 19. Her
father. Prince Henry, duke of Parma,
has been married twica By his first
wife who was a Bourbon princess of
the house of the two Sicilies, he had
seven children.
By his second, who is a Bragama
princess, he has 12. Of this dozen, ths
beautiful Zlta Is the fourth. Ths ven
erable emperor cherished the hops that
his grand nephew would marry tha
Archduchess Elizabeth Frances, daugh
ter of the Archduches Valerie for her
imperial and royal htgness Valerie la
the favorite daughter of Francis Joseph.
But from the moment Archduke Charles
laid eyes on tho beautiful Bourbon,
there was no chance for his less favored
Austrian cousin.
Bow Bomanoe Begun.
The romance began at the palace of
Schoenbrun. The young Zlta was in
vited to make her debut at the court of
Vienna. The dashing archduke left his
garrison at Prague where he Is an of
ficer, danced with the exquisite Bourbon
and promptly fell In love with her. He
Is Just five years her senior. A curious
point is that the morganatic wife of
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Immediate
heir to the throne, befriends the beauti
ful Zlta, even to the extent of putting
a check book at her disposal. Naturally
there should be rivalry between the two
ladles. For should the morganatic wife
vw be officially acknowledged, k is
very likely then the eldest son would
become heir to the dual monarchy, and
the ravishing Zlta could never become
empress queen.
The emperor, who will be 81 next
August, has put himself on record as
saying that he will never again Inter
fere In the love affairs of his family,'
for an unhappy marriage lost him his
only son, the Crown Prince Rudolph.
SEA CAPTAIN STARVES
TO DEATH; EATS TAR
(By the International News Service.)
London, July 20. At an Inquest on
an old sea captain, whose body was
found in a barge in the Regent's canal
docks, it was stated that the man had
died of starvation, and had been alle
viating the pangs of hunger by eating
tar.
The dead man was Benjamin Powell .
Wllklns, aged 67. A son Bald that his
father had been very unfortunate Of
late. He had lost his wife, and had
been shipwrecked twice. He saw his
father last on May 18. when he bor
rowed some money In order to go and
seek for work.
A verdict in accordance with the
medical evidence was returned.
IS FEATURE
DINNER IN LONDON
spread
ail ver. 4 Grass and miniature trees mtr,
planted on the slda At the end of th
table was an exact . modvt ,f ; (tv
Achilles -statue, 1 Inches high. Afi
the supper, each guest . was prsnt
with a sllvr favor. . . .
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