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THE OREGON J SUNDAY - JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER Si; 1813.
MEXICO CITY SMIRKED AT BLUE
OPERA IN ENGLISH APPROVED JN
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BURDENED WITH TITLES ;
RESORTS TO MOVIES
Vs.
OPERA IN ENGLISH AT
POPULAR PRICES HAS
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PLEASED PARISIANS
Venture, Launched 'in .-New
, York' Follows Three Years'
Fight; ' V, ,
By Charles Henry Meltzer,
Paris. Sept 20. To Paris there have
coma th pleasant tidings that attar a
fight -expending over some three years,
New Ttr it this Week saw the beginning
or an" effort to found opera in English.
Fori full three years or more, those
who had clamored for this great and
rood reform were- mocked and jeered at
as mere-dreamer of mad dreams, but!
as old Galileo said long Ago, The world
does move." v.,,.v ':
The Irony of 'things has forced the
opponents ; of the use "ot the English
tongue in opera to Join its advocates.
To meet the threat of an all-English
"National" opera house lately promised
by; Mr.; Hammersteln, not only various
friends of our vernacular, but also men
of Influence and wealth, like Mr: Kahn
have helped the foundation of the Cen
tury opera company which, under the
management of Milton and Sargent
Aborn, will this week do what it can to
J- change a "dream" into a living fact.
ai It would be hard to overestimate the
i- importance Of this new and- arnst ef
; fort to make opera popular. The Aborns
. hope to convert what was a raa into a
real form of popular art For quite a
-. century ,ur opera has been sung In
foreign 'tongues. It has, no doubt been
sung melodiously and well. But to the
- masses, 0t h4 had no sense. The whole
. vaiue--pie wnoie meaning or tne now
Imminent season at the' Century opera
house lies In the attempt to put this
v -sense into . sweet sound.
Songs la Strang Tongue Foolish.
Since Paul, in an epistle, told the
Corinthians that prayers and hymns of
praise should be made understandable,
many among them Addison and Wag
ner have denounced the absurdity of
rendering songs in strange and foreign
idioms.
Richard Wagner changed "opera" into
genius "music drama." By wedding
words of a poetic kind to glorious tones,
he recreated the whole era of lyric
drama. He wrote his words himself.
I, to assure their perfectness and he wrote
woras wnicn couia oe cieariy unaersiooa
by his own German countrymen.
In Germany today, except In a few
instances, not -only Wagner's noble
works but all the works of the com
posers of the world, are sung in Ger
man. In France and nearly every other land,
in the subsidised opera houses, the
operas of the world are ' rendered in
the national Idioms.
The Aborns will endeavor to present
opera in the language of America. And,
if their efforts are at last crowned
with success, they will have deserved
our thanks.
Hard Cask for Producers.
They have a hard and very grinding
task to face. For, after hearing muala
in outlandish tongues, some may be
fretted by the sound of our English.
But most Americans, I think, would
love "grand opera," would like to un
derstand as well as hear.
To these, at least, the Century opera
season will be full of interest, and no
one who supports the Century scheme
should ask too much at first of such a
novel venture. - '
It may be years before some of the
artists at the Century become "easy"
in our vernacular. English diction,
English enunolation, must be both
taught and mastered by the singers who
have been engaged by the Aborns.
It is particularly worth while to re
mark in this connection that these man
agers have now seen the .absolute need
of teaching diction In their theatre.
Dlotloa Instruction for Artists.
Morton Adklns, a baritone, who has
acted as Instructor in singing and ora
tory at Syracuse university, has been
engaged by the Aborns. He is said to
be well suited for his work, . If he can
help, the Century artists convey their
words and meaning to the audience, as
the professors of the Paris conservatory
do in the cases of French singers, he
will delight New York.
The difficulty of enunolatlng and
pronouncing English clearly, express
ively and musically is the greatest of
the obstacles which must be overcome
by thCentury management.
The Indifference of managers and the
tinwllllnirflAila nf mnata nnhllaharB hv
it "- led to the perpetration tjv mere hacks.
painfully underpaid, of alleged "Eng
lish" versions . of foreign librettos which
have been laughing stocks.
The Aborns tell me that they have
realised the necessity of reforming the
old "versions" or rather perversions of
opera books. ' They "have taken up the
question of better English texts, with
the publishers," who have promised to
furnish them with what ey call "scl
anttfio adaptations" as soon as possible.
a iiy these are -made and cm the man
agement of the Century scheme has re-
formed the diction, the enunciation and
pronunciation of our tongue by singers,
opera In English; however excellent it
I- may be. In the ordinary, will be futile, j
.-j TO interpret me -grand" operas an
nounced in their prospective, the Aborns
, save recruited a company largely Amer
lean. For this, too, they deserve much
, praise.
lagers Are Toung.
Mostvuf 1hs"rngers-ln the Century
Opera company. I hear, are young,
tThey should be welcomed In a kind and
I generous way and have their chance
allowed them. Opera In English is still
In Its infancy. It should be fostered by
the public Sympathy..
The national ' Industries have long
been coddled; art needs help as much as
i Industry.
Thus far, it seems, the response made
by the publlo to the new enterprise has
. v, been . encouraging. A great deal will
depend on the result of the first week's
A . performance. Many allowances for the
difficulties of the management may.be
proper In the circumstance. ,
s Whether it, was wise to entrust the
musical direction of the' new- .opera
a scheme to the conductors selected ti
' h-i ' the Aborns, I cannot say. - It Is not
, clear why a Hungarian maestro, how
' ever accomplished he may bt, should
head the artistic management f ' ; ,
A" To assure perfect sympathy between
the conductors and the singers, Amerl
.... .. cans or musicians who have so thor-
oughly mastered the language of .Amer
icana as to have learned to think - in
"'j ,' IngHsh-might have seemed desirable.
AOn other .feature of the Century
' ojera enterprise should be remembered.
" '. The prices Will be -"popular. -
fi ' For my: part I believe that opera in
English would have a better Ahance of
finally 1 establishing itself , in America
if it were less ''humble" and more daf
' , . lng In its appeal, but the Aborns hope
; to win by charging little for the Joys
of opera. They-may. be, wise. ,
DECLARES LONDON AS
' NOISY AS ; NEW YORK
London, Sept -20.-f"I find Xondon
just about as noisy, as New York," said
Mrs. Isaac I TUce; president of the New
York Society for the Suppression of Un
necessary Noise, "Tour auto sirens are
not so noisy as ours anyhow there is
none - that Imitates I the1, warning sirens
on ' fire- -apparatus but ' your motor
'busses' are dreadful. " n :
. ': "One thing can be' said for Xondon
it does not .suffer from the American
voioe. People here seem to me to speak
about ten time lower than do New
Yorkera. ' , ' ( ' '
''Your 'noise auppresslon society Is at
a disadvantage compared to ours, for
we have had official cooperation; our
work could : succeed only with the aid
of legislation, i . r.V"'-i -.'
. "Thirty-two governors of American
states have become honorary vice presi
dents of our ' society and . are . anxious
that our .campaign will extend effectu
ally- throughout; the county.
, "So we are happy," concluded the en
ergetlo foe of Boise, "for the suppres
sion of unnecessary noises means more
habitable , cities ;and therefor healthier
cltiaena." 1 . j- '
EMPRESS EUGENIE TO
' VISIT ON CONTINENT
"
London, Sept 20, Empress Eugenie
win " leave her beautiful residence at
Farnborough for the continent this
autumn, the first time in many years.
The once lovely empress, who has suf
fered so much unhapplness, was 87 last
May. - Her health is failing but she wlft
not aumlt It.
A Bpanish aristocrat by birth, the
empress did much to bring about the
marriage of King Alfonso and Princess
Ena of Battenberg, her favorite god
daughter.
Eugenie has plainly expressed her
opinion that Princess Henry of Batten
berg Is overacting the part of the pre
cise British mother-in-law: that she
should be blind to Alfonso's peccadillos,
for he is very much In love with his
wife. ' '
FULLERTON GOES TO
URBAN EXHIBITION
Paris, Sept 20. According to Ambas
sador Myron T, Herrick, Morgan Fuller
ton, an American journalist author and
lecturer, will leave here shortly for the
United States to confer with authorities
there regarding his duties as1 special
commissioner at the Lyons Exhibition
Urban which will be held from May to
November, 1914. Fullerton has just
been notified of hisf appointment
The exposition will demonstrate the
workings of a model city and almost
every nation will be represented by its
idea of what a model city should be.
America will take part on an Important
scale. New buildings are being erected
within an area of 26 acres. The re
mainder of the exposition grounds will
cover 6 acres.
MOONSTONES IN HIGH
FAVOR THIS AUTUMN
London, Sept. 20. Moonstones in
early Celtic mountings of gold, silver
and platinum will be fashionable this
season. Black opals are second favor
ites. Pendants are taking the place of
necklets. Ear-rings have long hanging
lobes.
The KInsr Croesus Stone, a fire opal
from the mine of Asia Minor that King
Croesus is said to have worked, is be
ing worn a good deal.
Women with a taste for the Oriental,
are adorning themselves with charms
suspended from a long neck chain. They
are carved out of amethist turquoise,
onyx and other stones and represent
peacocks, and elephants and strairge
eastern beasts.
16 JEWEL DEALERS
DISAPPEAR IN PARIS
Paris, Sept. 20. No fewer than Id
Jewel dealers here, all unmarried and all
without large capital, have retired from
business and left France in the last 18
months. The detectives say, too, that
the best friends of nine of the 16 do
not know where they are.
The police regard the exodus as high
ly suspicious, as confirming the exist
ence of the international Jewel thieves'
trust described in these dispatches,
whose members seek distant markets
to sell their loot.
Equally significant Is thst trafflo In
jewels has increased considerably re
cently in several East Indian and South
American cities.
MUNICH PLAYS TOURIST
GAME TOO HARD, LOSES
Berlin, Sept. to. The hotel keepers
and tradesmen In certain quarters of
south ' Germany are dismayed by the
marked decrease In American tourist
traffic; August was almost disastrous
to them. e
The Munich hotel proprietors were
hit hardest and ars complaining loudly.
This loss of American patronage Is due
largely, It Is said, to the agitation by
certain Americans in Munich against
the systematic exploitation to which
travelers are subjected In that city. Ex
perienced tourists, tired of paying dou
ble prices for everything, are shunning
Munich and going to Berlin and other
north German cities. ,
TRAINS HALTED BY
, WIRELESS DEVICE
Berlin, Sept 20. Experiments being
made en the German railroads with the
wireless apparatus Invented by Christo
pher Wlrth of Nuremburg by means of
which .trains running run at full speed
may be , instantly brought to a stop
from the dispatcher's office, are prov
ing highly successful. An apparatus In
vented by Wirth and located in ths
baggage car, instantly sets the breaka
by a wireless signal from the dispatch
er's office. It is the opinion of experts
that the invention will be a great boon
to the railroad companies. . , . .,
THIEF, CRAZY OR CLEVER,
IS IN PRISON AT LAST
Paris, Sept 20. His last hope of ap
peal gone, France's famous ."superman"
footpad and "poet" ' today began his
term of six years' imprisonment Jean
Michelon is his name. He sandbagged
a woman and robbed her of S 700, but
w'hen betrayed by a friend, spouted an
bds to the sun before the police. "I
may be a crook," he said, '"but I am
an Idea) man, I am a superman, t 1
crack a ladyr on the head,, I grab, her j
coin and run; but any dub that has no !
bed can touch me for the mun!" The
authorities are divided over whethor
Mloheloq is crasy or clever, . v.
IVIES
IP
OYEDBY
FRENCH PO
miA TO
E
Ambitfous ;, Candidate invites
Voters to See. Him Perform
in Motion Pictures, .
Paris, Sept. 20. A French, politician
who seeks election to the council of
on .of the departments has adopted a
time and labor saving scheme to 'urge
his claims on htr . constituents. Per
haps the Chinese praying machine In
spired ,tlB,TiS5-,vv4;r-
Instead of haranguing the voters at
election meetings he invites them to a
cinematograph theatre; there to the
strains, of popular musto one or two
picture comedies are shown.
Then the candidate appears on the
screen: He is een addressing a meet
inr, shaking hands with the prefect and
entering his motor car. ' Another reel of
film shows him helping an old woman
to load her donkey with a. bundle of
wood, indignantly refusing, a bribe and
paying a visit to an old man stretched
on a bed of illness. - -
In the last and most effective picture
of the series the sympathetic candidate
proves his heart is In th right place
by dlscreetely slipping a bank note In
the sick man's hand before bidding him
au revolr. ;
LACK OF FORESIGHT
In 'Consequence Aviators Can
; Fly on Sunday at Will
and Laugh at Law,
ept. 20. i ns zauure or lung
Charles the first to foresee and legislate
for the advent of aeroplanes has enabled
some 6000 residents of Hull and district
to give the police and the local authori
ties the laugh. Incidentally scores of
police notebooks were wasted in taking
the names and addresses of people who
could not be prosecuted.
When Aviator Robert Whitehouse an
nounced that he would give flying ex
hibitions at the local aerodrome on Sun
days, the "unco' guid" of Hull raised
their hands in horror and put up such
a squeal that the police notified aviators
and possible spectators that they would
be liable to prosecution under the Lord's
Day Observance act, on ancient statute
of Charles I, framed to prevent the Ir
reverent from indulging In cockfightlng,
bull-batting and kindred sports, on the
Sabbath. P
Whitehouse declared that he would
fly, prosecution or no prosecution, and
some 6000 spectators patronised the
aerodrome despite the warnings of the
police, who took the names and ad
dresses of all present On applying for
summonses, however, the police were told
by the magistrates that flying was
neither a sport nog a pastime within
the meaning of the law, and that prose
cution must fail. Strict Sabbatarians
are wroth with the "Martyr King" for
overlooking such an obvious form of
desecrating the Sabbath, but they realise
that there is no chance of amending the
law now.
MILLIONS INVOLVED IN
INTERNATIONAL SUIT
Paris, Sept. 20. A law suit In which
millions are Involved between the French
government and the City of Geneva in
Switzerland will shortly come before the
courts.
In 1876 the duke of Brunswick died,
leaving his immense fortune to the
hwiss city in wnicn ne naa long resided
a part of every year. Legally, however.
he was a resident of Paris, where his
will was found and opened, and the
French government,' therefore, put In a
claim for the usual inheritance duty, but
received no settlement.
When a Frenchman named Boudln
died recently, at Bellegarde, leaving his
fortune to the same city of Geneva, the
French minister of finance took posses
sion of his estate as security for the
older claim, which amounts to 3,240,000
franco ($618,000), plus Interest for 40
years. The city of Geneva is now pre
paring to bring suit against the French
government . . .
PRISON SENTENCE DOES
NOT CANCEL LIABILITY
'London, Sept 20. That an employer
must still pay compensation to an in
capacitated workman even If he Is In
Jail, waa the decision formally handed
down today by the appeals court. Last
July while working In an elevator as a
stevedore John MoNally injured his knee
and his employers were ordered to pay
him 5 a week compensation. In Jan
uary they discovered McNally had been
convicted of larceny and sentenced to
18 months In prison so they asked the
courta to rule there was no need for
1hBm"tO"xontinurpaying- him.The rotm
ty court on May 10 reduced the sum to
fS per week, but the employers contend
ed that as he was in prison he could
not get work even If he was able to do
so, which they declared was the case.
The appeal court however, decided that
being partially disabled through the ac
cident it does not matter whether Mc
Nally can get out of prison to find work
or not and that the payments must con
tinue. PARIS UNDERTAKES
HOUSES FOR ITS POOR
Paris. Sept. 20. The city of Parish fol
lowing the example of the authorities in
many - other - towns -and countries, Is
making an effort to provide tenements
or lodgings for the poorer, class of
work people., and a sum of 140,000,000
has been set aside for this purpose. It
has' been decided to allot out of that
sum f 10,000,000, as a subsidy in the
form of loans to philanthropic Inetitu
tions which provide habitations for the
poor or private owners who make cer
tain liberal concessions to workers. The
remainder, $10,000,000, la to be devoted
to buildinga ' under - the direct super
vision of the' municipal authorities, and
an effort will be made to construct a
number of hygienic, habitations In. the
Very center of ths city, where . many
poor people are compelled , to reside In
order to be near their work, ". u,.
ADVANC
CANDIDACY
CHARLES
SHOWED
URRU.TIA WAS
FORMER ' MEXICAN MINISTER" Of"tHE INTERIOR WAS REAL RULER
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Dr. Aurellano -Urrutia, who has established himself as the dictator of customs of the people of Mexico
City. He Was the Minister of Cobernacion until his resignation on Tuesday. In that capacity he de
creed that the police must assist all blind or near sighted persons across the streets and that all per
sona walking along the sidewalks reading newspapers shall be arrested and fined. He Issued some
really good rules, however, among them that every person who pays fare in a streetcar must have a seat.
. By A. J.
(By th International Newi Berrire.)
Mexico City, Sept 20. We Ameri
cans, located In this capital-of-thrllllng
Incidents, have had other things to fret
about than possible Intervention by the
United States and war, or Mexican anti
American demonstrations. We have had,
for example, the distinguished minister
of Oobernaclon, who was a considerable
fret while he lasted.
Only this week, the Gobernacion re
signed after the possibility of being
Impeached by congress, owing to tho
complaint laid before the standing com
mittee of congress by senator uaiero,
who was arrested, despite his right to
Immunity from arrest as a member of
the senate, and he holds the minister
of (Oobernaclon responsible. Senator
Calerd was minister for foreign rela
tions under Madero and later ambas
sador to the United States.
. Since Dr. Aurellano Urrutia was mads
minister of Oobernaclon by President
Huerta'a couple of months ago his new
laws and their enforcement caused every
inhabitant of this city to sit up and
take notice, open their eyes In wonder
and speculate- continually on what to
expect next. The minister of Gober
nacion In President Huerta's cabinet has
duties corresponding to those of the
secretary of the interior In the United
States, but Dr. Urrutia is nothing if not
progressive and energetic and dicta
torial and he didn't propose to be re
stricted by absurd traditions concern
ing the scope of his official usefulness.
He waa tho Theodore Roosevelt of Mex
ico, the Pooh Bah of the Huerta admin
istration. Nominally he was merely the
minister of Gobernacion, but In reality
he was the whole thing.
Kls Word Was Law.
He took an active Interest In every
subject connected with the public Waal,
or the publlo woe. He Is the only mem
ber of the cabinet who talked for pub
lication on politics, on the revolution.
on any" matter of national Importance.
He looked after the health of the capital;-he
decided how the pulque business
should be run; he regulated the. speed
limit of Automobiles and street cars; he
kept an eye on the beggars; he super
vised social evil reforms; he regulated
the hours for saloons and restaurants
to do business; he waa the foremost ad
visor of the president; he deolded what
articles drug stores might sell on Sun
day; he made rules and regulations for
the police; his word was law and all the
new laws were the result of his spoken
or written words, ',''
He gave to Mexico City such Sunday
closing laws as would have filled the
Hlgrim Fathers with holy joy. One
could not buy a clgarete or a cigar here
on Sundays One could not buy a loaf
of bread after 10 o'clock in the morning
on Sundays, t Drug atorea could remain
open, "but they couldn't do any business
exoept to fill prescriptions and sell baby
food and nipples. The baby food and
nipples were under the ban at first but
they were later excepted from the pro
bibitory rule. !. All bars and pulquerlas
were closed Sundays. News stands were
closed. AU Stores were shut tight.
: Theatres are open Sundays. , Bull
fights are permitted on Sundays,, but
bullfights are national Institutions,
Moving -picture shows may give exhibi
tions Sundays. The people may amuse,
themselves out they must not .drink.
THE BOSS WHILE HE LASTED
except with their meals In restaurants
and hotels.
So much for the Sundays here in the
greatest city In Latin-America this side
of Rio Janeiro. Now to tell of a few
other reforms which Dr. Urrutia in
stituted. He decreed that there should be no
crowding In the street cars and that
everyone who pays a fare must have a
stat. When all the seats are occupied
a sign bearing the word "completo" Is
hung up by the motorman at the front
of the car. Cars must stop at every
corner and at every road crossing In the
suburbs. They must run at a low rati
of speed In the city.
He decreed that automobiles must not
exceed a speed limit of about seven
miles an hour on some streets and five
miles on others.
He decreed that the police must as
sist all blind persons and all near
sighted persons across the streets.
He decreed that all persons seen walk
ing along the sidewalks rending news
papers should be arrested and fined.
He decreed that all beggars should
be put in a home and made to work for
a living.
He decreed that pulque shops, hereto
fore the filthiest gathering places of
degraded humanity In the city, should
be lined with white tiles, kept scrupu
lously clean, and that no pulque should
be drunk on the premises. The pulque
bar has been abolished and the horrible
stuff made from the fermented sap of
the century plant and smelling to high
heaven must be sold only In clean bot
tles and at once taken away. Heretofore
it has been the custom of the pulque
vendors to hand out the glasses of
pulque in auch a way that at least
one finger was Immersed in the drink.
but now there must be no touching of it
and the vendors must wash their hands
frequently In plain sight of the custo
mers and must be clad in spotless white.
He oecreed that all Dolicemen on
duty at night shall carry Winchester
repeating rifles, but It has been care
fully explained that this Is not because
there is any fear of a local uprising or
of reoo-s coming into the city. The
policemen carry lanterns at night now
and are armed with six-shooters and
clubs, ao that the addition of rifles to
their armament might seem unneces
sary, but doubtless Dr. Urrutia had
good reason for the new rule.
Seformer With a Big "Js,"
The above are just a few of the recent
decrees of Dr. Urrutia, now deposed.
The doctor is a reformer of the most
virulent type and he was not bothered
wlth having to persuade a board of al
dermen to pass the laws he suggested.
What he said went every time,
The people were not pleased at all
with the rules and his resignation Is
not unpopular.
Grocery store ' keepers, pulque vend
ors, saloonkeepers and many merchants
in a small way were loud In their pro
tests against, closing on Sundays, but
no attention was paid to their mouth
ings and the laws were enforced relent
nessly. The' pulque vendors alone said
that they had been losing 16.000. pesos
every Sunday through having to close.
This Is put forth as an argument why
they should be allowed to do business,
but it simply means that" 16,000 pesos
were saved to the poor which otherwise
would -be spent for the : vilest ; drink
imaginable.
Dr. Urrutia decided, too, thatthe peo- -
pie did not bathe often enough, and 'so
h had planned to compel everyone to
take a bath at least once a week and
was considering plans for many new
public bath houses so as to carry out
his plans. It has been the custom here
tofore for everyone to take a bath on
St John's day, June 24, which was con
sidered quite sufficient by many of the
men of the lower classes, but that was
a sort of religious washing and was
done to please the church. Dr. Urrutia
did not propose to .make a religious
ceremony of the weekly baths. He in
tended to make a police affair of it and
the baths would have been taken.
Dr. Urrutia is a full-blooded Indian.
He is a large, muscular man and In
cllned to stoutness. His complexion Is
very dark and his jet black hair curls
close to his massive head. He reminds
one somewhat of portraits of the elder
Dumas. He Is quick and decided in all
his words, and acta and Is combative to
a degree. He does not like Americans
and be speaks no English.
He is very, outspoken and assertive
and he got himself into trouble lately
by telling the foreign correspondents
that the United States government had
until midnight of a certain day to recog
nise the Huerta government, or there
would be a rupture between the two
countries. Being merely the minister
of -gobernacion and having no official
connection with matters pertaining to
tho .foreign office. Dr. Urrutia spoke on
that occasion without authority and ap
parently merely . voiced his personal
views of what ought to be done. The
story waa sent out to the world, how
ever, and caused no end of trouble. It
was denied officially by Foreign Min
ister Gam boa and it is understood that
President Huerta had a - heart-to-heart
talk with Minister Urrutia which kept
the minister from making; further em
barrajslng statements to the press on
the relations between Mexico and the
United States.
Until placed In the cabinet by Presi
dent Huerta Dr. Urrutia was not known
in politics in Mexico. He was a surgeon
of note and eminent , in the medical
world here.
Bullets Kill Innocent Bystanders,
(United Press Uiaaed Wire.)
. Shanghai, Sept. 20. Two bystanders
were killed and several more injured at
Chenobewfu, province of Honan, as a
result of the introduction of a new way
of executing criminals. Shooting has
been substituted for beheading and a
few days ago, when the first to- be
executed under th new law were being
led to the-execution ground, followed
by officials, he turned about and began
ridiculing . the officers. Enraged by
the man's insolence and abuse,- the offi
cials ordered him shot on the, spot and
the volley claimed two innocent by
standers. . -f, ii' :''.; i '-v-;;
... 1 1 1, 1 1 . M i m,;;,,v..;";i
, School Girl Tries Hunger Strike.
London, Sep t 3 0.-Jnapird y--the
success of the suffragette in getting
out of prison by hunger-striking, 14-yeac-old
Helen Buchan, of ; Peterhead,
Aberdeenshire,- adopted this method, of
evading school attendance. She suc
ceeded for . three days, whereupon her
father was lined ss lor-being responsi
ble for his daughter's truancy. "Is
there any law prohibiting ; whipping a
girl of that age ana sixer asked . the
father.' "Not for' causo," replied the
eourt "Then sn 11 be at school to-
morrow," said the father, and she was.
IS
td ALL TITLES
AVAILABLE IN REALM
YQuqg Noblemanf Son of Am
. e'rican Mother,-Everything
From Duke to Baronet.
BABY
ROXBURGHE
HEIR
(By the IstrrurJooal New Servlo.)
London, Sept. 20. The baby boy that
has Just come to render the, Duke and
Ducheea of Roxburghe happy: U the
first child with American blood in his'
velna to be born lieir ..to; all the horedl- '
tary titles of Great Britain, except those
held by the royal family, of course.
The Roxburghe baby, whose title la
now Marquis of Bowmont and Cessford. .
will, if he survives; eventually be Duke '
of Roxburghe, Earl of Roxburghe, Earl
of Kelso, Viscount Broxmouth, Baron
Roxburghe, Baron Ker of Cessford snd
Caverton In Scotland;. Earl Innes in the
United Kingdom and a baronet of Nova
Scotia. ........ ;,, . ... .
Besides Roxburgh,' only the Dukes of v,
Sutherland and Westminster bear all the
titles from duke to baronet. The Duke .
of Marlborough, who married Miss Con -suelo
Vanderbllt is neither a viscount
nor a baronet .". ' .
Duchess lis Queen's Tavor,
One of th first congratulatory tele
grams the Roxburghes received at Ches
terfield house here Where the baby
first saw the light was from the king
and queen, who were delighted that an "
heir- to the dukedom was ' born-. The
duchess is Queen Mary's favorite Amer- .
lean peeress. Her quiet,' simple taste
and dignified mode of life commended
her to the queen, whose thoughtfulness
was well displayed by a magnificent
basket of carnations sent from the royal
gardens of Windsor castle in response
to a telegram from Balmoral.
Mrs. Ogden Goelet,.who came tq Eng
land six weeks ago to be with her
daughter, has been in constant attend
ance at the bedside. Mother and son are
progressing admirably.. It Is expected ,
that the duke will return soon to '
Floors castle, where he is entertaining
a series of bachelor shooting parties.
Christening In October,
Aa soon as convenient the duchess -will
return to the Templeton.
The baby will be christened In Octo
ber, probably in London, for the con- .
venlence of the royal sponsors. Tin
young heir's name has 'not yet been
definitely chosen, but George, after tho
king; John, the duke's name, and Ogden, .
after the boy's grandfather, Is the a- .
quence suggested. ' -
Lady Alastalr Innes-Ker, formerly
Miss Anne Breese, whose husband was
heir to the title until the arrival of the
little stranger, is in no way disgruntled.
being among the first to proffer con
gratulations ana aeciarmg zranaiy in
considers the Goelet millions really
necessary to maintain such a palatial
residence as Floors castle.
Nobleman Urged to Attend
Council Meeting Once in
Awhile. . r'
London, Sept 20. King George has
Just given the Duke of Devonshire a
rap over th knuckles whloh causes the
duke to regard with mixed feelings the
anticipated visit in December of the
king and queen to his splendid seat
Chatsworth house, Derbyshire. V
Still the suffragette arson squad may
relieve th duke of his embarrassment
Thanks to them, he, like all other aris
tocrats. Is not certain his ancestral halls
will stand during the night
The fire drill has become a vomilar
pastime' with house parties all over the
country this summer. in one or two
instances practical Jokers have given
fa?se alarms about midnight It having
been voted first rate fun to see the
ladies of the party rushing for .fire
escapes in filmy attire. But mostly the
game Is practiced In all earnestness.
The Duke cf Devonshire la chairman
of the Makewall board of guardians and
rural council, which is about as exciting
as such bodies usually are. For some
time the duke has not bothered to attend
the council meetings until a let
tar was sent reminding : him ; ot
the council'a existence and some
what pointedly regretting that h
has seen fit to Ignore it ' King George ,
strongly holds th view that to survive
dukes must make themselves a useful
as possible In publlo service., His maj
esty's hints aroused the Duke of West
minster's gradual return to nubile life.
The Bckewell council affair reached
the royal ears, th result being; a very
sharp letter from the king to th Duke
of Devonshire, which aroused a most
humble and penitent apology from the
duke to th council,, making excuses
and promising to be attentive to his
duty.. :-'.''. ; ': ' r. ,v,-n "-'
Consequently, th duke is not feeling
In the mood to make arrangements for
the royal shoot and to decide the vexed
question a to the participant in the
private theatricals whicn xorra pare ot
the program. :-'- ':' v,Kf ?7
Queen Mary. Pursuing her new policy
of countenancing King Edward's friends,
has expressed th wish tnat tne mn
cess of Pless, the Duchess of Westmin
ster, Miss Muriel Wilson and Mrs. Brtn
ton shall all be Invited to Chatsworth,
ITALIAN ARTILLERY .
. IN RECORD MANEUVER,
Rome. Sent 20.--A11 records for ar
tillery work bava. been beaten by a
battery of Italian' mountain artillery
which climbed Oh central crater of Mi.
Etna and fired it guns on the brink
of th volcano, at an elevation, of 11,
000 feet The soldiers who carried thit
regular equipment made a , long day's
march from Catania and encamped tot
th nlght-on th outer fringe of the
Llnguaglossa forest At dawn they
commenced the arduous task of hauling
tha runs up the Monglbello side of tl
volcano over the eternal ashes In which
the mules sank knee deep. The last pari
of the climb had to be done with th
gunners hauling their own guns, th
mules being unaoie to go runner, iteac-i-
lng th summit firing exir'U wi
carried out until th soldier were com
pelled to retreat to avoid ;hviltf'tt
by the sulphurous smoke fioia tu
crater . .
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE '
REPRIMANDED BY KING
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