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BRITISH ALARM
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Pear of Possible Invasion by the Ger
mans Brings Oat Signifi
cant Statements.
WAB EXPERT PRESENTS SCHEME
Seagoing Force of Great Strength is
Main Reliance.
PICTURES DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE
For First Time in Its History Nation
Has Second Naval Line.
SUICIDE OF SUPERSTITIOUS MAN
Urabrn of Trade I nlon Reported a
Mora Generally Employed Tltaa
t Any Time la the Last
Tare Tear.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
LONDON, Feb. IS. (Special to The Bee.)
That the government la alarmed at even
tlia poMlblllty of an invasion by Germany
which la apparently aware of the poor con
dition of the navy for lack of men Is
ahown by the recent frequency of state
menta wljlch are calculated to prove that
England la prepared for fight at the drop
ping of a hat.
Following up Admiral Wilson- declara
tion that England could not be Invaded a
war expert who say ha has carefully con
sidered the subject says:
In the light of the British position as the
center of an overseas empire, a defence
of four lines has been evolved as follows:
The baste principle Is the existence of a
oa-golng force of predominant strength.
Thle comprise squadrons In foreign waters
varying from time to time In accordance
with the grouping of the powers, secondly,
the Atlantic fleet, acting aa "pivot force"
between home and Mediterranean waters
reinforcing either aa required; and squad
rons In the vicinity of the British Isles,
arranged as follows;
The first and second divisions of the
home fleet, embracing all the newest and
most powerful ships, fully manned and
stored, and always on a war-footlng-ln-tantly
ready for war.
The - third and fourth divisions of the
home fleet, maintained on a peaceful footing
with nucleus crews, but with an organiza
tion enabling the third division to be put
on a war footing at a few .hours' notice.
The "balance crews" to complete the nuc
leus crewa to war strength are always
"told off," and immediately . available in
the depots and Instructional establishments
of the porta to which the ships are at
tached. The first sea lord, -as the supreme ex
peat responsible for the naval policy of the
country, and the direction of It fleets In
war, declares that apart from the squad
rons serving In far-distant waters, "some
where within wireless call we have nearly
double the number of battleships and
Cruisers", that any enemy can muster.
The first time In Its history the nation
possesses a Sycond line of naval defence
a mobile coastal defence consisting of
destroyers and submarines.
Nulcldc of Htuprrstltlou Officer,
Captain R. C. Blair, adjutant of the
Gurkha Rifle, boarded a steamer at Aden.
He was only S3 years of age, but seemed
to be despondent. He was on his way to
England for the benefit of his health.
Friday, January 1J, Captain Blair's at
tention seemed directed to the fact that
it was an unlucky day and an unlucky
date, lie also recalled the fact that he
had recently cat thirteen at a table. That
this series of circumstance preyed on his
mind Is generally believed by his feTlow
passengers, and It is reported that he told
a brother officer that If anything happened
to him that day they would find K In
his cabin, and he wanted this sent back to
bis regimental mesa.
The matter was regarded as a joke, but
Just after 10 at night, when midway be
tween Aden and Sues, Captain Blair posted
two letters and then lighted a cigarette.
Wllh this In his mouth he Jumped Into the
Sea.
An alarm was raised. The ship circled the
spot and life-buoys were thrown, but no
trace of the officer could be found.
Meal for School Children.
. Reporting to the County Council Edura
tlon committee, the Children's Care Sub
committee state that the returns received
from April to the end of October show that
1.732.J1S meals have been supplied to needy
children during that time, and the sub
committee eettmate that 4.&6.OS0 meals will
be required for the period from November
to the end of March next. Thousands of
children go to school on empty stomachs.
Rector Seat to Jail.
The Caversham magistrates recently com
mitted Rev. Thomaa Hughes, the rector,
to Jail for twenty-eight days for non-payment
of taxes, amounting to Hi. The over
seer stated when he saw the rector the lat
ter, informed him he had ten children to
support. The man was in actual need.
rmplormrat More Steady.
'Enforced Idleness seems to be increasing.
Returns relating to ",0iR members of trade
unions show that the mean of the per
centages of member returned as unem
' ployed at the end of each month of 1910
was 4.7 per cent as compared with TT per
cent In 1MB and 71 per cent 19.
Church Robber Sentenced.
Recently at Old Bailey, Thomas Raymond
was sentenced to three years penal servi
tude and five year detention; Thomaa
Wrightson. to twenty months hard labor,
and Charles Henry Goodspeed to eighteen
months hard labor, for breaking and enter
ing St. George's cathedral, Southwark, and
Canon Sprankllns's house adjoining and
Stealing I'.'O.POO worth of property.
Among other things the burglars took
were right valuable chalices, a Crimean
medal won by the late Catholic bishop (lr.
RutO and ancient relics. The moat prized
article was an altar stone of the twelfth
century, set In silver. Thla la the fourtn
burglary at the cathedral In a few years
I ettoa la Rhodesia.
The Puke of Westminster's experiment
of growing cotton oo fifty acres of his es
tato In northwest Rhodesia has been no
successful that the area lias thla season
been extended to about 300 acres, which are
expected to yield alxty tons. The first coti
s'Knment of cotton from the duke's estate
fetched 111 0l a pound at IJverpool. The
value of the land, which was 2d an acre
when the duke bought it. has been In
erfaxed -ft 6.1 a a acre aa the result of the
cvlluo I'lantlr.K txportment.,
DUBLIN HIBERNIANS AROUSED'
Exciting Campaign Ahead for Office
of Lord Mayor.
SOME MEMBERS SICK OF POLITICS
Portion of the "Hill of Tarn," Ancient
Seat of the Irian Kings, Bring
Miood Trice When Sold
at Anctlon.
By THOMAS EMMETT.
DUBLIN, Feb. 18. (Special. )-There has
been much rivalry in connection with pub
lic positions between certain members of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians. This ele
ment haa become keen among prominent
members In connection with the municipal
elections, and especially in regard to the
filling of the position of lord mayor. It
is a question of wno ia to have tno "up
per hand" In wielding the influence of the
organization aa a whole. Aiany members
who are not personally Interested In poll
tics have protected against the use of the
name of the organization in political af
fairs.
"Hill of Tara" Sold.
The portion of the famous Hill of Tara,
sold under the hammer, realized ,a b.g
price. The auctioneer put up pait of the
lands of Castletown, Meath, comprising a
portion of Tara Hill. Valentine J. Mc-
Dermott, Rosetown, bid 4,710. and the
farm was knocked down to him. James
Bryce, British ambassador at Washington,
regards the hill as the 'moat interesting
and authentic monument of eaiiv civiliza
tion in Europe." On the farm Is the fort,
Hath of the Synods, under which tradi
tion says the ark of the cuvtnunt lies
buried. A former owner commenced ex
cavations in search of the ark, but only
discovered gold coins and ancient weapons.
Work IIodkc Inmates Satisfied.
Of sixty inmates In the Garrick-on-Sulr
work house entitled to old-age pension
only two are willing to accept and leave
the house. Thla was reporieu to the
guardians, one of whom declared that the
board should compel old people who could
get 6 shillings a week to go out.
Bishop Foley of Ktldare has suggested
that a list of inmates entitled to the
pension be made out and "applications in
vited from suitable parties In the districts
to which they beloriKed who will be pre
pared to maintain the pensioners at 5
shillings a week." Ihe bishop in his let
ter to the Carlo w guardians added: "It
appears to me that in this way many of
these poor old people will be induced to
leave the work house who would other
wise remain where they are."
Lord Antrim a Worker.
Ireland haa a nobleman who really
works for a living. Lord Antrim, who
haa Just completed his sixtieth year, takes
a practical Interest in farming. A big,
bearded man, . Lord Antrim Uvea at
Glcnarrn castle, where he is a recognized
authority on stock raising. Antrim was
once seen urivmg three caws along the,
road, and, on. a Uijrnlfl-d friend Inquiring
whether It ware . sm, the i-.cr katd It
was not there wei two cows and a bull.
Ireland has at least one nobleman who
uoes something useful. . '
Ship Bulldlug Great Industry.
The ship building Industry at Belfast is
one of the marvels of Irish Industries
which hud to struggle under all the ob
stacles the British government, tory and
liberal, have placed In their way. The
original Queen's Island ship yard was an
enclosure of four acres on an artificially
made bit of land. The Queen s lsiand
firm were pioneer builders of vessels of
great size and of a new type, which had
largely revolutionised ocean transporta
tion. Harland & Wolff created this vast Irish
industry. All the White Star liners and
there have been more than fifty ot them
were built on the Queen's Island. The
concern employs an army of men, and the
weekly pay roll is SltW.OOO.
Sultan of Morocco
Gives Away Seventy
of His Old Wives
Sent the Women He Decided to Dis
card to Warlike Tribes to
Appease Them,
TANGIER, Feb. lM.-(Special to The Bee.)
When the aultan of Morocco amuses him
self other people generally suffer. An In
genious device has been adopted by the
sultan, for appeasing the turbulent tribes
in the Interior, and at the same time rid
ding himself of the older and plainer mem
bers of his harem. He simply dispatched
to Marrakesh seventy of his wives he
wished to discard. The arrival of this Im
portant caravan produced a pacificatory
effect on the tribes, who beileve the sultan
to be coming In person.
One of the sultan's latest diversions la
the practice of dentistry with the aid of a
dentist's foot-driven steel drill and polish
ing wheel. Slaves serve the sultan
aa subjects for experiment, and he applies
the drill wltH such effect In the mouths
of his unfortunate victims that he splint
ers every tooth In their heads. The corre
simmtent adds that the sultan has even
tried his skill on the women of the harem.
He pulls out teeth which he admits do not
trouble them at all.
Girls of Missions
Wanted by Soldiers
Expulsion of Jesuits from Mozam
bique Likely to Be Followed
by Pad Condition.
BAN IX'RENZO, Marques. Feb. IS. (Spe
cial to The Bee A serious situation is
reported aa having arisen in northern
Mozambique In consequence ot the order
of rxrulslon which has been made against
the Jesuit miaslon there.
The Missionaries, who include Austrlans,
Hungarians, Germans, Brazilians. French
men und Boles, have charged themselves
with the education of some TtX) natives,
of whom 0 are girls. The missionaries
contend that they are protected by the
Brussels agreement of 1S1. but this plea
haa been tgnortd.- and they are under
orders to depart by March 1. The situa
tion Is complicated by the fact that tiie
soldiery have designs upon the girls. anH
have already made overtures to them with
regard to their futuie when the Kilaslon
arles have font
KAISER ADVISES
S1GN1SGPLED.GE
Ruler of Germany is Worried by
Drinking Habits of Army and
JMavy Officers.
LECTURES ON STEADY LIVING
Urges Devotees of Flowing Bowl t9
Quit It.
NEXT WAR TO BE WON ON NERVE
Crown Prince is Causing Anxiety by
His Actions.
VERY SUSCEPIIBIE TO BEAUTY
Crown Princess Put End to Fancr
I) re Ha llntl on Shipboard to Check
Indiscreet Cnndnct of
Her llnshnnd.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
BERLIN, Feb. 18. (Special to The Bee.)
The kalner Is still greatly worried about
the drinking habits of army and navy of
ficers. He has gone to the extent of ad
vlslna them to cut out liquor and to stn
the pledge.
The Importance of maintaining steady
nerves under modern conditions of war
waa the text of a speech delivered by him
at the Murwik Naval college. He said he
was aware that drinking was an old In
herited habit of the Germans, but they
must free themselves from it by self-discipline.
Formerly young men thought It
smart to consume great quantities of
liquor. As a young officer he had occa
sion to see Instances of this, but without
ever Joining in tho revelry himself. k
Those were exploded notions, he said
They were well enough for the good old
times, but not now. "Nerves will win the
next war," added the kaiser, "you will
see from gunnery practice at target ships
the effect of modern gun-fire on board
ships. You will see the terrible destruction
It works. There firm nerves and a cool
head are wanted and needed."
He suggested that they should quit tip
pling and Join temperance societies.
Crown Prluce Acting I p.
It has been recognized for some time
that' the crown prince Is prone to be Im
pressed by the charms of the opposite sex,
and, apparently, he has yet to learn discre
tion in this respect. His tour In the east
has afforded several Instances of his in
stability, and during the voyage of the
mall steamer Prince Ludwlg In' the Indian
ocean his conduct on one occasion caused
passenger's embarrassment. A fancy dress
ball was In progress, when, to the be
wilderment of the dancers, it was suddenly
brought to a close at the unexpected early
hour of eleven. Subsequently It leaked out
that this was done by order of the crown
princess, who had been greatly piqued to
discover that the prince,. had been paying
c S'U -.rial attention to a sprightly, young
American girl. He had, In fact, . eittered
his name on her program for nine dances,
four of which, however, the couple did
not spend in the ball room..
Police Moat Keep Within Law.
A few days ago Judge Unger of the
local criminal court delivered a remarkable
dictum to the effect that citizens may
shoot brutal policemen. Summing up the
case of an innocent pedestrian named
Hermann, who died of wounds Inflicted
by the police during the Moabit riots, the
Judge said;
"Policemen who were patrolling the
streets for the purpose of maintaining law
and order were undoubtedly engaged In
the lawful performance of their duties.
The legality of their action came to an
end when, as has been proved by wit
nesses, a man who was making his way
peaceably through the streets was struck
down with the saber. In my Judgment a
man who was the object of such brutality
would not be acting contrary to the law
If he defended himself by means of a well
aimed revolver shot"
Greatest Achievement.
The Lokalanzelger has been collecting
the opinions of persons of distinction here
and abroad as to what they consider tho
greatest achievement of recent years. Prof
Metschnlkow of Paris awards the palm to
the discovery of radium, and hopes that
various governments will encourage men
of science to pursue their researches In
this direction. Dr. Charott things the
work of Shaekleton, the most meritorious.
Kmlle Jacob, a privy councillor, considers
aviation the greatest. Mine. Fllosophow,
the Prusslon femlniste, places the admls
sU n of women to Parliament In the first
rank, and the next to that aviation. M.
Malzeres Is Inclined to place the peace
movement first. EIJa Pepin, the Russian
painter, takes much the same view. The
list concludes with the views of Molsant,
whose trugic death is mill fresh In the
memory. With unconscious irony, he wrote
a few days before his death, the great
est conquest of the age la the triumph ot
the flying machine.
I'rlrat Discard Wife.
A wife who had been an actress aband
oned by her husband, who left the priest
hood to marry her, hus appealed to the
public for help. The man has returned to
the church, and the distracted wife ac
cuses the Catholic clergy of destroying her
Harried happiness. Johann Koschitzkl,
who Is 27, and until recently a priest con
nected with Trinity church, Leipzic, took
his vacation last July and traveled to
Bohemia, where he announced to his su.
pel lor his Intention to leave the church. He
then went to Marienbud, where he met
Rosle Kloetzl. He became engaged to this
woman, and on Chriatmas eve married her
and returned to Leipzic. Ills former co
religionists, who regarded the mariage
of a prtest aa no marrlas-e at all. made
every effort to bring him back to the
faith. He grew d pressed and lit last
started f Jr Vienna, where he met a promi
tunt cltrn man. He had been away fr or.i
home three times since his marriage-, hut
lie did not return from the fourth Journey.
Instead came a letter for th woman unk
ing pardon. The actress Was told that sir.,
could not see Ko.chltxkl, and letters sent
by hir were not delivered. Hot'i woto
ub.Vrts of the king of S.'un. and It i
slatrd t hut the matter will bo bruu;h: up
in Hie Uriel. sj as.
Fuud to Clothe Artrtiwi.
Baronne Koentsswater of Frankfort,
formerly a distinguished actress, has Just
set aside S.1.1HJ0 the Income of which Is
to provide needy actreasee with necesarv
7tajte clothe, the lack of which often
prevents them from getting engagements.
Actors and actresae are puorly paid here.
SKULLS SHOCK AN AUDIENCE
Theater Manager in Rome Carries
Realism Too Far.
GRAVE-DIGGER SENT TO PRISON
Dental i.lvrn to lleport that Pope
Plan Is to Close the Ynttraa
ftallerlc and Miwim to
(irnrral Pabllc.
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT.
ROM K, Feb. IS (Ppeclnl to The Bee.)
A tale of stnge realism run mad comes
from Florence. There is a mixture oT the
frhsstly and the humorous In the narrntive.
Pignor Antonio Buonvino !s the director
of the Naples Touring company. Wishing
to make "Hamlet" as realistic as pnis'ble
he persuaded a grave digger !o exhume a
couple of skulls from the loc-il cem. tery.
hen the specter, wlerdly Illuminated, ap
peared on the stage to the prince of Hen
mark some of the p.udteneo began To
scream and fled from the building.
A prosecution followed and the "Comedy
King" was fined and sentenced to a
month's Imprisonment. The masistrat
agreed to treat him as th- first offender,
but Insisted that the grave dinner should
KO to prison. The dinner left the clock
complMlnlng bitterly. He nrted thnt his
reward for dlKglntr the skulls consisted of
a couple of francs and half a dozen tickets
for the show.
ttlnnder on Vatican.
It has been erroneously announced that
beginning In March next the pope will
close the Vatltiin galleries and museums
to the public, so that all tho:e who come,
to rejoice in the occupation of this city
will not be permlttfd to see these treas
ures of ancient and renaissance art. It is
a falsehood Invented by the enemies of the
pontiff. The pope. In consideration of the
safety of Catholic pilgrims durtntr this
year when the anti-clerical and anarchic
elements will flock here, has discouraged
pilgrimages. That has been found fault
with by the promoters of the exhibition
to be held here this year. They are In
ttreat dread that the celebration Is doomed
to failure, as the riah traveling foreigners
ate not likely to come, dreading a return
of the cholera.
The people here do not trust the veracity
of the medical rtports concerning the mal
ady In this city, declaring that the extent
of the disease was minimized In order to
Induce the travelers to come and fill the
hotels.
Revision of the Viila-ate.
The pope Is giving every encouragemert
to the work of the Abbot Gasquet, O. S. B.,
in the revision of the Vulgeto Bible. In the
audience which the abbot had with . him
the pope was particularly pleasod with
the results of the work so far. The chief
drawback Is the abbot's want of funds,
but he is hopeful. He announced to the
pope that the photographs and reproduc
tion of manuscript that he ha made
would, . If put up for sale, realize $I.on.
X' eald he hoped r.uc'ri a misfortune
might be avoided and sooner than they
should be lost he, would himself purchase
them. The abbot ha discovered manu
scripts of intense Interest.
Bet tie Between Families.
Giuseppe Brancia, a student of good fam
ily, was attacked in Nlcatera by v two
brothers, Mlchele and Amedeo Gelanze,
belonging to a hostile fumlly. After a
few shots had been exchanged young
Brancia fell dead. Roused by the shots a
crowd assembled. Among them were the
parents of the dead youth, two of their
sons and a friend, all armed. The assas
sins fled. One reached his home, but the
other, struck In the knee, fell to the
ground. His brother, his father and others
In the house fired from a window on the
Branc a family, who returned the fire. In
the battle more than 200 shots were ex
changed. The fight only ceased on the
arrival of soldiers, who entered .the house
of the Qelanze family and arrested the
original assassin as he wa flrlnsr from
the window. They also arrested the elder
Brancia, Several members of both families
were wounded. A girl named Angelina
Ferraro, who was watching the battle from
a doorway, was shot In the stomach end
will probably die.
Robber's Rich Loot,
Secured on Train
Soon Taken Away
Victim Plucked on a Swiss Train is
Nervy Enough to Save Life
by Feigning Sleep.
LUCERNE, Feb, 18.-(SpecIal to The Bee.)
A Swiss commercial traveler, who was on
the way to Milan from Lucerne, had a
tlirlllinV adventure In the St. Gothard ex
press. When he entered a second-class
compartment he found only one man, who
appeared to be asleep, and the traveler
also settled down to a nap.
Just before the entrance to the St. Goth
ard tunnel the "sleeping" man sat up,
pulled out a revolver, and carefully ex
amined the face of the 8wiss, who In terror
kept his eye closed. Apparently satisfied,
the stranger placed the revolver on the
seat, and emptied the traveler' pockets of
a large quantity of gold chains, watchea,
sleeve links, bracelets, diamond rings, pins
and brooches, and after packing them In
paper hid the valuables In secret pockets
of his own.
The Swiss traveler continued to "sleep"
until the guard entered the compartment
at Belllnzona for the tickets, when he In
formed, the official, who telegraphed to
Chlasso. When the express arrived at this
station the stranger was arrested.
KICK ON MILITARY EXPENSES
Member of Indian Vlcoroy' Council
trace that Kcouoiny Vtaat
He Practiced.
C.VILTTA. Feb. ll-tSjw. lal to The
l ec.) At the viceroy's council on Wednes
day M. t'okhale in a moderate speech in
troduced a motion that the government
rhould orl..r a public inquiry into the great
increase of ivll tnd military expenditure.
Ha parti. Jlarly attacked military expen
diture, and jrd that the changed situa
tion In Cintral Asia warranted a reduction
of trooi.
In the debate which followed Sir Guy
Fleetwood Wilson undertook to show that
all members of the government would
cloj-ely scrutinize i xiiendlt ire during the
j ear with a tiew to economy
GUILLOTINE FOIi
TWO BOY THUGS
i
Enticed a Bank Collector Into a House
and Murdered Him for His
Money.
LIVED HIGH FOR A FEW DAYS
Girls on Whom They Spent Their
Money Betrayed Them.
EACH LAD ACCUSED THE OTHER
Hiring of Mother-in-Law Involves a
Bridegroom in Trouble.
REAL ONE REFUSED TO ACT
Police Doa 1'aed In Large Numbers
Uy Purl Police and Crlmnal Kle
nient Flnda Dlflcnltr In
Kscanlnar.
BY PAl-'L VILLI KRH.
PARIS. Feb. 18 (Special to The Bee.)
This city, which has long been familiar
with bloody scenes, will soon witness the
decapitation of two boys, unless their sen
tences be commuted to Imprisonment. Both
are under 17 years old. and were recently
crmdemned to death at the Seine assize
court for the murder of a collector In the
service of a hanking company. The boys,
Georpe Tlssler, aged 17, and Paul Des
marest, aged 18, deliberately lured the col
lector of a $25 note to the flat where Tls
sler lived with his mother, and while the
collector was looking at the document,
killed him.
The lads had been brought up to a trude
by their parents, respectable people; and
they are alleged to have found about $S09
In the man's bag. They disappeared from
their homes and went to a hotel. They
soon blossomed out In brand new clothes,
and thus attired they proceeded to differ
ent cafes and restaurants, whero they
spent their money freely. They were be
trayed by two girls upon whom they had
spent the stolen money.
nianied Kneh Other.
DtnViK the. trial the Judge asked Des
marest who conceived the Idea of the crime,
and he replied:
"Tiller. As he had been In a commercial
establishment and he knew what I did not
know how the collectors colled."
Tlssler Interrupted: "Desmarest Is not
speaking the truth. It was he who sug
gested the crime."
Desmnrcst exclaimed: "I persist In my
statement. How could I, who had never
committed a theft, have thought of a
crime? lo people begin with murder?"
Despite the Judge's charge that Tlssler,
who dralth the fatal blow, alone was the
murderer, and that extenuating circum
stances might be urged In favor of Desmar
est, the Jury replied In the affirmative to
all the questions, and the death penalty
was passed on both youths.. . The verdict
caused anf arnOhTnn In court, most of
whom were fashionably dressed women.
Hired a Mother-ln-I.a w.
In Marseilles the hire of a motber-ln-law
for a few, hour 1 quoted at two francs.
The parents of one of a future happy pair
were separated. When asked to the wed
ding and to give her consent, the future
mother-in-law said.
"I will go If a carriage Is sent to fetch
me; If not, I will stay at home."
The carriage was promised, but the day
and hour came, and thecarriage did not,
and the old lady stayed home.
"Very well," said the bridegroom-to-be,
when he saw that she was not turning up,
"I will find another mother-in-law." So he
went out Into the street and found one for
pay. She went to the wedding, and duly
gave away her "daughter," whom she had
never In her life seen before, and tho bride
groom and bride were made one, but they
let themselves In for more than they bar
gained for. A complaint ha been lodged,
and the bride, bridegroom and witnesses
are liable to severe penalties for procuring,
aiding and abetting impersonation, and
other crimes, while it seems likely that the
marriage In French law Is null and void.;
the consent of the parent having been
given by a sham mother. The hired
mother-in-law 1 being looked for by the
police.
Police Dog to Star.
The police dog ha become an integral
part of the criminal prevention system.
At present 150 dog are allotted to the sub
urban police and thirty to the capital Itself.
In the beginning of 1U07 the first exploits
of the police dogs brought them under
the notice. A series of daring burglaries
had been committed In the suburb. The
police had to admit themselves baffled, and
the thieve were not discovered until Lion,
the first canine recruit, was sent to Arcuell
station. Only a few minutes after his ar
rival Lion led the policemen where they
found two men hiding. They protested
that they were Innocent, but Lion kept on
hunting, and eventually found a complete
set of burglars' tools.
On the way to the station the thieve
made a bid for liberty. They succeeded
In breaking away from their captors, but
Lion was unleashed and led the chase. A
hundred-yard dash brought him up to the
fugitives, who, finding nips oh the leg
unpleasant, stopped running.
Encouraged by this success, the founders
of the dog force turned their attention to
Gentllly, a region then Infested with bad
character. Four dogs affected no less
than 136 arrest In six months. The rough
characters, who had but little fear ot
policemen, seemed terrorized by dogs, and
In most cases surrendered.
Ballon tireat Thief Taker.
Ballon, a stout Brie dog, has for two
years been the terror of the ruffians who
swarm behind Perce Lachalse cemetery.
The policeman whom Ballon accompanies
on his rounds, Is Justly proud of him, and
many of the. Inhabitants and tradesmen of
Charonne know and esteem the do;;. Sev
eral ruffians swore to kill him. One was
Kmlle Pagouet, who In the course of an
attempted burglary had made Hallon'a
acquaintance. The dog in capturing him
having seized him by the throat; he threat
ened to kill him. The policeman In charge
of Ballon suspected the ruffian's Intention
and watched curefelly over the dog's
safety.
On April 2 the policeman saw Hegouet
talking to three other ruffians. Hegouet
pulleo. out a revolver. But the Intelligent
animal saw the movement. In two bounds
he was upon his enemy and burying his
?ecth in the rtiff'an's wrlM, made him drop
the weapon. Then, while the other Apaches
ran. Ballon, with hi teeth buried in the
man'calf, held Ieouet till handcuffed.
Since then the Apache of the Twentieth
Arondlas4 nieut hat done their best lo
avoid Paliorv
AUSTRIAN BIRTH RATE IS LOW
HasFallenfromFortytoTwentyPer
une xnousana,
NEW NAVAL ESTIMATE ISSUED
Head of Distilling Firm Heaponalble
for Many Deaths I Let Off with
a Fine Terrorlatn Work
a llncr. ,
By EMIL ANURASSY.
VIENNA. Feb. 18. (Special to the Bee.)
Austria Is worried over the decrease of
the birth rate In the empire. The pre
liminary official count of the Austrian
census to Oecember SI,-1910, shows that the
Increase of the population during the last
decade Is less than was anticipated. The
birth rate has fallen from 40 per I.W0 In
1870 to 20 per l.OuO in 1910.
.Naval Ratimatra Issued.
The dreadnought estimates have been
issued to the Hungarian delegation. The
total cojjj; of the new shipbuilding program
Is estimated at $'". OOO.OuO to be spread In
Installments over the next six years. The
program Includes four dreadnoughts "of
about 20,0110 tons displacement" each. The
naval and military estimates together
amount to tltrs.OOO.OUO.
Klvrs to l,le In Ylemirt.
It Is stated on good authority that
George H. Rives, who has for a number
of years been first secretary of the Ameri
can embassy here, but who recently re
signed when notified that he was to be
transferred' to a South American capital,
will make his home In Vienna. Mr. Rives'
health Is not of the best, and he feared
the climate of Brazil would be too much
for him. It was for this reason he de
cided to give up his diplomatic career.
He and his family have been very popu
lar In Vienna society, and have formed so
deep an attachment to the Austrian capi
tal that they have decided to remain here
the greater part of the time.
Quarrel on Frontier.
The recent incident of Podwolocyzka will
not have any International consequences.
It appears there was a quarrel between
two Austriajr gendarmes and a Russian
frontier guard. The latter was killed, and
forty Russian soldiers opened fire upon
the AuEtrtans. Mutual explanations have
been made, and the parties at fault have
been punished by their respective govern
ments. Fntal Infatuation.
An extraordinary story of a little girl's
Infatuation for a clergyman comes from
the town of Godollo, in Hungary. The
Protestant pastor of the place, an ex
ceedingly good-looking man, left his pas
torate to take up another elsewhere. Soon
after departure an oruhan air I tt 13 vun
of age. Bona Lamba, hanged herself from
a Deam in a loft. The child, who was of a
very quiet and reserved nature, had con
ceived a great passion for the pastor. She
only saw him when he came to an Inn to
play bowls. He was accustomed to stroke
the child's hair as he- passed through the
kitchen to the bowling green. No other
communication passed between them. .
After hi departure the child told her
cousin that she could not live without ee
lng the pastor. In her prayer book it waa
found that she had written the following:
"My unforgettable beloved, the pastor of
Baranya."
Ilud Brandy Killed Many.
Mr. Kovacs, the head of a firm of dls
tillers at Nagy-Bocskerek, Hungary, has
been fined 12.000 for adulterating brandy.
The prosecution alleged that over 100 per
son had been killed by the adulterant,
but the court found that only sixteen
death were directly attributable to It,
the rest being due lo alcoholic poisoning.
Terrorists a M liters.
A telegram from Troppau state that In
vestigations Into various murders and rob
beries which have recently taken place
In the Ostran coal field have led to the
discovery that among the many Russian
subjects employed in the mines are per
sons belonging to the terrorist movement
who left their own country with forged
identification papers and found employ
ment in the coal field. A number have
been ordered to leave the district
Discarded Wife
Has Strange Vision
Touching Successor
Supposed Bigamist in Australia is Ap
parently Pointed Out as a Mur
derer in Strange Way. ,
SYDNEY, Feb. 18 -.SpeclaI to The Bee.)
A mysterious story comes from Perth,
West Australia. The disappearance of a
girl named Kthel Harris led a representa
tive of a Perth newspaper to make Investi
gations which had sens'ational results. He
communicated his discoveries to the police
and the developments became still more
remarkable. The story Is briefly as follows:
Some four or five years previously a man
who called himself Wilson went through
some kind of official ceremony with Ethel
Harrit-, whereby she thought she waa mar
ried to him. A little time ago. however,
she disappeared and some suspicion was
aroused. Her father made inquiries cf
Wilson, who was now working at a foun
dry under the nam of Smart, and was told
by the "husband" that his daughter had
gone to Adelaide on a holiday, and was well
and happy. Then followed Investigations.
It was found that Wilson, alias Smart,
had not really married Ethel Harris at all.
It was alno found that under the name of
Smythe he had shortly before married a
girl named Mary Jane Pemberthy, and that
he had a wife living in Victoria, and an
adult son In Perth. He was arrested on a
charge of bigamy, and Inquiries Into the
fate of Kthel HarrU were pursued.
The strangest circumstance In the whole
strange story, however, is that Miss Pem
berthy told of a vision she had of an s p.
parltlon In the bathroom of tiie house In
which she wa living with Wilson, or
Smart. She declared that she saw the form
of a woman struggling in the bath, and
gave a minute description of the vision,
which appeared to tier on two occasions.
But the police obtained several more tan
gible clue to the fate of the vanished girl,
with the help of the marveloiisly clever
I black trackers, and eventually excavations
I were made under an old disused smithy In
the neighborhood. The result of the ex
ploration was tiie discovery of a human
body, which was strongly presumed to be
that of the unfortunate girl.
At the time the message was sent Al
bert William Smart hd been sentenced
to two year for bigamy. Further develop
ments In the case will be awaited with
great Interest
KOREAN PRINCE
HANGS1IIMSBLP
Chim Pom Yee Became Weary of Life
When Japan Seized the Her
mit Kingdom.
HAD SERVED AT WASHINGTON
Told His Friends He Planned to End
Existence.
CAREFULLY ARRANGED FUNERAL
Bought Coffin and Provided Money
for Mourners.
HEIR TO THE THRONE A WISE BOY
Tuirrvllrh Tries to Urt Aronnd an
Order ot III Father br Promis
ing a Sentry He Will Keen
C lose Month,
BY OKOKOE ERASER.
ST. PETKKSB11U1, Feb. IS. (Special U
The Bee.) The tragic death of the Korean
prince, Chim Pom Yee, has been one of the
most talked of events of recent days In
St. Petersburg and the greatest sympathy
Is expressed for the Ill-fated diplomat.
The late prince was minister plenipoten
tiary of the Korean emperor at the court
of the czar during the far eastern crisis
which culminated In the Manchurlan cam
paign. The mortal enemy of the Japanese,
Prince Chim Pom Yee, was the soul oi
the Russophlle party 'in Seoul, where hit
Influence was far-reaching some fifteen
years ago. It was lie who moved the lega
tion in Seoul in 1S!4, thus precipitating a
crisis which threatened the peace of the
world. He also induced his imperial master
to send representatives to foreign court,
he himself accepting the legation at Wash
ington, where he learned English.
Subsequently, being dispatched to St.
Petersburg, the prince married a Russian
lady, and continued to display his resource
ful hatred of the Japanese, whose design
on his fatherland he endevored to frus
trate by proposing that Count Lamsdorff
should proclaim a Russian protectorate in.
Korea.
Annexation the I.nat ft raw.
The recent formal annexation of Korea
and the transformation of the emperor
Into plain Prince Yl filled the en-mlnUter'a
cup of bitterness to the brim. He frankly
apprised his friends of his Intention to
escape from the battle of lire by the open
door. The neighbors, healing three re
volver reports the other day, rushed to tho
fiat and found the Korean prince hanging
from a lamphook In the dining room. Life
wa extinct. After placing his head In the
noose he had fired thrice, but missed. On
the table lay a statement addressed to the
police Inspector, declaring that death Was
voluntary, a telegram to the cx-empeior of
Korea, and a long letter to the czar, thank
ing him tor 'Ms' services to Korea, ami re
iterating Prince Chim Tom Yee's convic
tion that Russia could and would yet resus
citate his Ill-starred fatherland, which was
comatose, but not yet deed.
A fortnight ago the prince had given an
order to one of the principal undertakers
here for an oak coffin, a hcarso and a
solemn funeral with a procession of mourn
ers clad In while, for which he paid SiJOU.
He also directed that his body should be
embalmed and transported to Vladivostok,"
and he paid M for the cost of trurisporlv
He explained to the surprised undertaker
that the Koreuns always ordered a coffin
when they knew they were about to die.
Taaretltch Make a Hit.
A good Btory of the b-year-old czarvttc)
I now going- tno rounds of society in St.
Petersburg. Ills Imperial highness iu, of
course, greeted with a salute whenever he
passe a enjfy' In tho palace precincts. Re
cently, however, it became evident that
the honor so much gratified the young
prince that many unnecessary excursions
were made past the box of a certain sentry,
the customary salute being accorded him
every time.
The matter reached the ears of hi
father, who, to give hi son a lesson, la
sued orders that In future no notice should
be taken of the czarvltch'a comings and
goings by the sentries. The dismay of the
heir was profound when, on passing his
favorite sentry box the next morning, he
found that hi presence was ignored. In
childish indignation ho went to the sentry
and demanded the reason of the omission.
"It is by tho czar' orders," was the
reply. This seemed at first to settle tho
matter, but after a few moments' coalta-
lion the royal youngster approached the
sentry again und suld, pleadingly
"Pleaso Just do it this once, and 1 promise
you father shan't hear anything about it."
Tvtmt- Wives lu Three tears.
David Kotchiiier ha beam arrested her
fur matrimonial swindling. He has married
twenty wives In less than three years.
China Asks for
Plague Fighters
Wants the Powers to Send the Clev
erest Available Doctors to the
Stricken Districts.
PEKING, Fell. 1H (Special to The Bee.)
Impressed with the serious outbreak of
plague in Harbin, and Its spread to parts
of China hitherto free from the disease, '
the Chinese government has dispatched
a circular note to the powers asking them
to select plague experts and doctor to pro
ceed immediately to China,
The Chinese government undertake to
defray all the expenses to and from and
in China, together with accommodation
and maintenance.
Government officials say the plague ap
pear lo be due to contact with curcaaes
and bones, and to be carried by bears and
possibly other animals from the neighbor
hood of Vladivostok.
"JOLLY" TRIXTlED AT SEA
World's Fa It rat t.lrl ttuecaiub While
on Board ship to Attack
of ipolra,
BRI SHANK, Feb. !s.-(Speclal to Tho
Bee.) Tiie world fattest boy, "baby" F.
Blla, U year of age and weighing Ibi
pounds, haa arrived at Urli'tann. Jolly"
Trlxle, the world fattest girl, who was
2J years old and weighed SSS pound.,.
Joined the steamer at Honolulu, apparetMl
In good health. However, Just before
reaching Suva the died. Apoplexy U be
lieved to hate been the cause of d alh,