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VOL. XL NO. 46.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKX1XG, APRIL 30, 1911.
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JOHN NULL MAY
FlUUTJIOItMONS
Awaits the Action of Germany and
. Austria Before Moving Against
Them.
DATA IS BEING GATHERED
Many Mormon Missionaries Are Now
Working in England.
MORMONS DENY ALLEGATIONS
Say They Are All False from Begin
ning to End.
COINS ARE WASHED INTO VIEW
Tidal Wave Drive Away the Sand
ad Eipom Hundreds of Colna,
Manr of Which Are Very
Antique.
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BY PAUL I,AMBETH.
LONDON, April 29 (Special to The Bee.)
It Ib possible that England may enter
upon a crusade against Mormon propo
gandAets, provided that Germany and Aus
tria co-operate.
Th police headquarters In the principal
town and cities throughout the kingdom
hava received special Instructions from the
horn office to ascertain and report all
available facta regarding Mormon propa
ganda and Mormon activities In their re
spective districts. The home secretary has
also communicated with the British em
basnles and legations In continental capi
tals for Information regarding the manner
In which Mormon missionaries are dealt
with In other countries.
. There are said to be several hundred
Mormon missionaries In this country, forty
at whom are In thla city, according to the
Rev. E. B. Scott, vicar of Bt. Peter's South
Tottenham, whose residence Is near the
new "Deseret," Mormon headquarters.
"The Mormon missionaries," said Mr
Scott, "hava been very active In the neigh
borhood. On Saturday nights they may be
seen here In the road preaching outside
the Catholic church. In their house-to-house
visits, they generally work In pairs. When
ever possible, they make a point of calling
In the afternoon, when the masters of the
house are at work, and only the women
at home.
"The wife, daughter or maid, as the case
may be, answers the door to find herself
greeted by two well dressed " young men
The callers prove to be glib, pleasant
spoken men, whose accent proclaims them
to be Americans. She Is Informed that the
Church of Latter Day Baints Is conducting
mission In the district, and asked whether
ah will accept a tract A scrutiny of the
leaflets proves them to be Innocent affairs',
despite their faulty theology.
- "The visit la merely a prelude to others
at discreet Intervals. Not a word Is men'
tloned, however, about polygamy.
TTBefor long the stater '! informed that
a little devotional meeting, with light re
iresnmenta arterwaraa, win . be - held at
'Deseret' on a certain night. She Is cor
dlally Invited to attend. So the attempt to
conyert her ia gradually extended."
Mormons Side.
Elder W. P. Monson. who Is the head of
the new "Daaeret," the present Mormon
headquarters, Tottenham, declared that
the allegations against the Mormons were
"false from beginning to end."
"Polygamy," aald the elder, "haa neither
been preached nor practiced In Utah since
1890. Any man proved rullty of such doc
trines or practices would be Instantly ex
communicated by the Church of Latter
Day Saints.
"I do not say that there may not have
been Isolated exceptions to monogamy. Just
as there are In England; but I do deny
vigorously that these are countenanced by
ur church In any shape or form. It Is
equally untrue that we pay a single far
thing to aeslst any man, woman or child
to emigrate to Utah. Rather than that.
we would prefer that they remain In Eng
land."
Tidal Wave Uncovers Colna.
A remarkable tide at Thorpness Aide-
burgh washed away 1,000,000 tons of sand
and washed out of the sands hundreds of
colna. gold, silver and bronse dating from
early Eaxon times, antique bronse rings
and ornaments, and an old bronze bag
clasp. On the coast here stood Dunwlch
Saxon city. One by one five of Its churches
were undermined by the waves, and today
only one remains, a melancholy ruin, with
a fragment of a monastery and the re
mains of a leper hospital. Ships, harbor,
city, all have gone; even the ruins have
perished with the above exceptions. But
on the shore still grows the "Dunwlch
Rose." which was brought by the monks
1,4j4 years ago.
Pensioner Was Rich.
Going over the duke of Westminster's
pensioners his secretary. Colonel Lloyd, re
cently discovered that a woman had been
receiving $50 a year, dating back to the
late duke, lie asked the clergyman of
the parish to Investigate, and he replied
that the woman waa well-to-do, that she
had a prosperous farm and that he was
sorry that he could riot make a lengthy
Investigation, as at the moment of hla
call the lady was going to take a lido In
her carriage.
ADDITIONS TO COLONIAL NAVY
New South Wales Heady to Bnlld a
Cruiser and a Bunch of
Destroyers.
SYDNEY, April 29.-(tipcial to The Bee.)
The New South Walea state government
haa Informed the commonwealth govern
ment. In reply to the latter's requeat. that
it la prepared to undertake the construction
of a cruiser and four destroyers for the
Australian navy In Ita shipyards, charging
the commonwealth government S per cent
on the actual outlay.
MANUEL GETS JEWELS HE LEFT
Portuguese Minister of Finance Has
forwarded Personal Prop
crty to Ei-Klsg.
LISBON. April Special to The Bee.)
The remainder of the Jewels, clothing and
dresses left at the Necessldades palace by
Queen Amelia and King Manuel In their
hurried flight, have now beeen despatched
to the royal couple at Richmond by the
Portuguea minister ot finance.
"Bobs" Wants Million Soldiers
to Protect
LONDON, April 29 (Special to The Bee.)
Lord Roberts' recent speech in the House
f Lords proves that he Is still a Jingo. He
clamored for 1,000,000 soldiers. His speech
as seml-apologetlc and not at all like
that which might have been expected from
man who knows something about the
orrors of war something that few mem
bers of the House of Lords can say. Al
though his remarks have not aroused
much interest or caused much comment.
till they are Interesting In view of Eng
land's present pretense that she favors
peace and arbitration. In the course of his
address Lord Roberts said:
So far as the army Is concerned, our
military system Is hopelessly Inadequate.
CATHOLICS MUST BE CAREFUL
Visitors Who Want to See Pope Are
Given a Hint.
CANNOT GO TO THE QUEtlNAL
Report of Prevalence oC Cholera is
Denied Attempt to Murder a
Priest In St. Peter
Causes a Panic.
BT CLEMENT J. BARRETT.
ROME, April 29. (Special to The Bee.) A
well-known American priest who Is here
says of the report that the papal authori
ties are trying to keep visitors away from
this country:
"The Vatican cares little who comes to
Rome this year, but the holy father, as I
have been officially Informed, will feel
hurt In" case Catholics who may come here
will take part at the official receptions at
the Qulrlnal.
"Regarding the cholera, I may say there
Is no trace of It to my knowledge here or
In Italy. Much more was made of the
cases that occurred than the state of
hlngs warranted. And, although no really
staunch Catholic should feel much sym
pathy for the Roman exhibition of this
year, It Is but just that I say foreigners
need not have the slightest fear in visiting
Italy. Many In Rome who belong to the
world of- commerce have lost heavily
owing to the cholera scare which yellow
Journalists took a share In creating."
In the chamber the premier announced
the government's Intention to Introduce
legislation for the creation of a state
monopoly of life insurance, the revenue
from which would be entirely devoted to
old age and Invalid pensions for workmen
Panto In St. Peter's.
A panic recently occurred at St. Peter's
cathedral. It waa - caused by an armed
man's attempt to murder a priest. The
would-bs assassin ajtated . tbat-ho nad In
tended to kill the pope himself.
The scene took place Just after high mass
had ended in a side chapel. The celebrant,
preceded by the canons, had left the altar
when a loud report echoed through the
great church. The congregation rushed
wildly towards the doors. Women screamed.
and the utmost confusion prevailed. A
policeman waa then seen struggling with
powerful man, who held a revolver In
his hand. Several men rushed to the
policeman's aid, and succeeded In disarming
the offender, who was in a state of great
excitement and threatening to kill the
priests. Surrounded by policemen and fol
lowed by a crowd he was taken to the
police station. Desantl Is a native of
lstrla, aged 46 years. He added that he
was an antl-clerlcal hating religion and
the priests; hence his desire to kill the
Vatican clergy.
Desantl said he came here last August
with the fixed determination of killing
the pope, but was not able to enter tho
Vatican and decided to kill a priest. With
this purpose In view he had endeavored as
long ago as August to gain entrance to
the Vatican as a gardener. Knowing the
pope well by sight, he said he would have
had no dlflfculty In shooting him. He ex
prebsed regret that the shot in St. Peter's
had not hit the priest.
Desantl spent twenty years in prison for
murdering his uncle and aunt, who left
their money to the church instead of to
him. Thla ia said to be the cause of his
hatred of priests.
Young Btranaler Caught.
A wealthy old lady, who lived on the
outskirts of Messina, has been strangled to
death by her nephew, aged 19 years, and
a friend, who had designs upon the money
In the house. Despite the storm the vic
tim's shrieks were heard by the police who
rushed to the rescue, but the murderers
barricaded themselves and opened fire on
the police from the windows. The police
replied to the fire and after two hours'
fusillade the murderers surrendered. As
they were being conveyed to prison they
were nearly lynched.
Self -Help Society
of Queer Brand
Former Turkish Officials Organized
to Furnish Evidence Needed
in Court
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 29 (Special
to The Bee.) A self-help society, original
In Its scope, has been found to exist among
the pensioned ushers and other officials
of the law courts of Constantlople. This
organisation devotes itself to providing,
at reasonable chargea, witnesses for the
service of litigants who arrive at court
insufficiently provided with testimony.
The society's agents are to be found out
side the doors of all branches of the Judi
cature, and by reason of the extensive ex
perience of Its members, gained by long
service in official posts of trust. It Is able
to supply any class of evidence desired,
not aa intelligent perjury, but In a form
appropriate to the usual preference of the
particular Judge detailed to try the case.
The sucees of the society had so widened
Its sphere of operations that Its terms
were on a low cash basis.
The collapse of the organisation was
dus to internal dissenslos among its mem
bers. Nile Beats Old Mark.
In September, 1818. the river Nile In
Egypt rose three and one-half feet above
the highest mark left by a previous inunda
tion and the waters, ascending with uncom
mon rapidity, carried off several villages
ace hundreds at their luti&Utanta,
United Kingdom
We have neither a home army for the de
fense In this country, nor any effective
army to protect our imperial Interests
abroad."
Continuing, he went on to say that If It
had not been for England's well known
military unrreparedness and amateur re
serves the Boers would never have de
clared war In 1SU9. He said l.oQO.OOO men.
over and above the regular army, was the
smallest number that would prevent In
vasion and at the same time furnlBli a
potential reserve from which a large pro
portion of the men who had been taught
their duty ss soldiers could be depended
upon of their own accord to serve, with
the regular army fighting abroad.
SCANDINAVIAN KINGS AWAY
Rulers of Norway, Sweden and Den
mark Go Visiting.
ALL ABSENT FROM OWN LANDS
Danish King and Qneen In Sou-tn of
Europe and King of Sweden
and Consort Have Gone
to Italy.
BY ERIC GRUNDMARK.
COPENHAGEN. April 29. (Special to
The Bee.) The Scandinavian countries will
have to worry along for a time without
their divinely anointed rulers. It is no
unusual thing for their majesties to go
traveling, but I do not recall an Instance
when the kings and queens of Denmark.
Norway and Sweden have all been absent
from their capitals at the same time, yet
this will be the case next week.
The king and queen of Denmark left
Copenhagen directly after Easter to Bpend
a few weeks in the Bouth of Europe.
They will visit Vienna. Italy, the Riviera
and Paris, and they may very likely ar
range for a meeting with Queen Alex
andra at one of the Mediterranean ports
which the royal yacht Is to visit. King
Frederick and Queen Louise will return
to Denmark about Whitsuntide, when they
are to take up their residence at the
Castle of Charlottenlund for the summer.
The chateau of Bernstorff, which Is quite
near Charlottenlund, and which was the
favorite residence of King . Christian, la
now occupied during the summer by Prince
Waldemar of Denmark and his family.
Will Attend Coronation.
The king and queen of Norway are going
to England early In next month and they
will be present at the unveiling of the
Queen Victoria memorial on May It. The
king will return to Chrlstlanla a day or
two after, that ceremony, but. the, queen
anT Ccrown Prince ' Olaf are expected to
stay In England until the beginning of
July, and they will be the guests of Queen
Alexandra at Marlborough house when in
London. The queen of Norway will be
present at the coronation of King George
officially, but she will attend as a mem
ber of the royal family.
The king of Sweden has gone to Italy.
The queen has been staying for some time
at Capri for the benefit of her health.
Their majesties are at Rome and were
the state guests of the king and queen
of Italy at the Qulrlnal until today.'
They will probably not reach Stockholm
for some weeks yet.; so after next week
there will not be a king or queen in all
Scandinavia. The countries seem to be
getting along pretty well nevertheless.
Gambler's Winnings
Source of Trouble
Friend Steps In to Help Pal Carry
Away His Money and Butts
Into Grief. ,
MONTE CARLO, April 29. (Special to
The Bee.) A funny incident occurred the
other day in the gambling rooms. Two
friends went in to play and one of them
had a big run of luck, so big that he didn't
know where to stow all his money. His
friend noticed a bundle of notes slipping
out of his "revolver" pocket, and fore
seeing that they might be lost, took them
and put them In his own pocket. He went
off for a refresher at the bar, but had
scarcely ordered his drink before an Inspec
tor came up to him and accused him of
robbery. It took -quite a lot of explanation
before the Inspector would believe that he
had acted solely out of good nature.
But there was more fun to come. The
Inspector satisfied, the "robber" returned
to his whisky-soda. Presently a well
dressed man approached, sat down in the
seat oposlte him, and leaning forward,
whispered threatingly: "I saw you take
those notes. How much are you going to
give me?" That well dressed person no
longer haunts the Casino.
Rescue Party Starts North in
Search of Captain Mikkelsen
COPENHAGEN. April 2 (Special to
The Bee.)-Wtth the object of find
ing the intrepid Danish explorer,
Captain Einar Mikkelsen, a rescue
party haa Just left Denmark for
the Arctic regions. Captain Mikkelsen left
Copenhagen aa far back as June 20, 190a,
and in view of the words he then used
"If I do not succeed I shall not come
back" the greatest uneasiness Is felt as to
his fata He left Copenhagen In his ship
of forty-five tons, the Alabama, with a
crew of aix men. He had provisions for
two years and sledge provisions for a long
trip. Mikkelsen went north for two rea
sons. His first waa to find the bodies of
My 11 us Ericksen, Haeg Hagen. and (Iron
lund, who had perished year previously
in Greenland. The aecond reason of hla
Journey was to pierce through Greenland
on the east eoaet, make a map of the
Perry channel and eventually come out at
Cape York on the west coaat. No man
haa yet done thla If he succeeds he will
have performed one of the most remark
able feats In the history of Arctic ex
ploring. The letters that fcav beta racdvaj, Iro't)
SWINDLING GANG
CAUGHT IN BERLIN
Count Wolff-Metternich, Said to Be
the Leader, is Arrested at
Vienna.
MAY BE SAVED BY A RUSE
Prison Doctor Gives , Out Impression
He is Insane.
GIVES CLUE TO HIS ASSOCIATES
Thieves Moved in Best Societv and
Secured large Sums.
REMARKABLE MURDERESS TAKEN
Caroline Hopf, Monomaniac on the
Snbjeet o IMnrder, Pnraoed Her
Operations In the Black
Forest.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
BERLIN, April 29. (Special to The Bee.)
The Berlin police are thorough In their
work, slow but systematic, and seldom do
they fall to round up a criminal whom
they are under orders to catch.
The police are slowing gathering the
threads w hich, Is hoped will enable them to
capture all the members of a gang ot In
ternational swindlers. They wr first put
on the track by the arrest In VWnna ot
Count Gilbert Wolff-Metternlch, who Is
charged with , uttering false bills of ex
change. This bearer of a name, which
has an honorable record In the annals of
Austrian diplomacy, now lies in prison.
There 1m however, some doubt aa to whether
his case will come up for trial. For
some time he haa been under the obser
vation of the prison doctors, as his san
ity has been called In question. .Strong
ettorts are being made to procure his
release on the ground of mental irre
sponsibility. Associates Located.
Meanwhile the examlnaton of Metternlch
haa been so far fruitful of results that
clues have been obtained to his alleged
aaaoclations In a series of swindling opera
tions, and one member of the gang haa
been secured by the police. This person
is Steffan Bujas, who has been arrested
In Brussels. His capture waa effected
and after being conducted to the frontier
he waa handed over to the Uerman po
Hoe. Bujaa Is fifty-two years of age, and
has had an adventurous career. The first
Inquiries into the operations of Metter
nlch led the polloe to the conviction that
they had to deal not with one man omy,
but a clever gang of card sharpers.
Numerous complaints reached the author
ities, showing that the swindlers had been
at work for some time.' The- chief of the
gang, it was ascertained, was . Rudolf
StalLmanr "Hla other" associates in crime
were Count Metternlch ' and Bujaa, who
have already been captured, and' a man
Who called himself Baron Korff Konlg,
but whose . name, la Julius Stelnmann.
There waa also a fifth member, a sup
posed Englishman.
Gang Lived High.
The gang frequented only the very best
hotels. An officer was swindled ot S7,
600 and a doctor of 110,000. The officer
gave 30,000 marks in cash and a bill waa
presented by one of the swindlers and paid
by the drawer. The police have portraits
ot all the gang. The whereabouts of the
Englishman is unknown, while Konlg and
Stallmann are traveling.
Murderess Caught.
A remarkable story of crime haa come
to light as the result of the arrest ot
Caroline Hapf. A series of murders in the
Black Forest had kept the people of the
neighborhood in a state of panic. Com
plete evidence of her compllcltly in the
crimes haa now been obtained, and the
doctors have, after examination, come to
the conclusion that the woman ia a mono
maniac of a dangerous kind. Insanity
haa been traced In her family, and it h
been shown that from quite an early age
she haa maaqueraded in man's clothes
at intervals.
Gay German Spendthrift.
In the supplementary proceedings in con
nection with, the bankruptoy of August
Thyssen Jr., the eldest son of the million
aire Rhenls))-Westphalian coal and Iron
magnate, It waa reported by the official
receiver that claims for debts aggregai
lng over $13,000,000. had been filed.
Young Thyssen's heaviest creditor is his
father's firm, to which he owes 15,000,000.
Other debts range in size from $1 to Sl
100,000 the latter being the sum claimed
by Thyssen's former business manager, Dr,
Borchardt, who haa been aentenoed to
four months' arrest in a fortress for fight
ing a pistol duel with his ex-employer in
February. The receiver stated there was
no immediate prospect of a dividend, but he
had not abandoned the hope that the bank
rupt's father whose fortune waa estimated
at $50,000,000 would come to hla son's rescue
tor the family's honor.
mm since nis aeparture tell their own
story of the difficulties that had to be
overcome. On September 25 five men
started north with four sledges and thirty
dogs. Night and day they pushed over
the ice and on October SI Mikkelsen
achieved hla first object. Far north, on
the seventy-ninth degree he came upon a
rifle stuck in the snow and 'by the rifle
he found the corpse of Bronlund. He found
the note books, with the grim story of the
sufferings of his comrades and himself,
and he did not find the bodies of the other
two men. There waa new Ice everywhere
and the two bodies are suppoaed to have
been carried out to sea. Alone in the
northiund they burled Bronlund. Then
Mikkelsen went north again to cross
Greenland over the Inland ice, and only
one man accompanied him, Mr. Iversen, a
navy engineer. They started on March
S and walked, supported by a aecond party
of three men, fur a month, when the sup
port party left them. With provisions fiw
106 days and fifteen dogs, Mikkelsen and
Iversen then went on alone. Mikkelsen
gave order for th support party to wait
1 tot him uxtU A"Cf't 1 iH
Made Kaiser Cut Out Beer
and Study Hard to Pass
BERLIN, April 29. -(Special to The Bee.)
Chancellor Hollweg owes his high posi
tion to the fact that he and the kaiser
were chums at Bonn University. He it
a brilliant man, but a "snorter for war"
and big armies. He Is of Jewish descent,
one of his ancestors having been expelled
from Holland on account of his Jewish
convictions. This, added to the fact that
th- rhanrellor omos only of mlddle-clm
stock, has made his fight for fame a dif
ficult one.
Many stories are told of the kaiser's
friendship for the chancellor when the
two were students. Wllhelm was noted
for his love of learning, while Hollweg,
waa a veritable bookworm, and exercised
quite fatherly .-are over the young prince.
The future monarch found himself o
RIBALD SOLDIERS SENTENCED
Trio of Uniformed Ruffians Sent to
Prison for Two Months.
INSULTED A NUN ON THE STREET
Observant and Experienced Tramp
Sends to Public Guardian Plea
for Beleaae of Children In
the. Workhouses,
BY ROBERT EMMET.
DUBLIN, April 30. (Special to The Bee.)
Frederick Wencomb, John A. Lees and
Henry McNab, the English soldiers who
Insulted a Catholic nun In Kilkenny by us
ing vile language and who also struck -
with a whip and drove her for refuge Into
a church which they later desecrated, have
been convicted. The evidence waa so
strong that the accused men pleaded
guilty. What aggravated the offense was
that the nun was on the way to the
house ot a patient whom she was nursing.
She la a member of an order which de
votes itself to nursing the sick poor. The
soldiers were sentenced to prison for two
months at hard labor. The men narrowly
escaped lynching at the time ot their ar
rest.
A Wise Tramp.
An amusing letter was read from a tramp
at the last meeting of the Baltlnglass
Guardians in which he denied the report
that tramps received eggs, rashers of
bacon steak and onions for breakfast in
the Baltlnglass ' workhouse.
I am now 50 years on - the road," ho
say a, "and I have visited the Baltlnglass
workhouse at least 100 times and I have
never seen the above mentioned flourish
ing eatables."
(Th only remedy to abate the trams
nausance, he urgaala direct lsrborand he
than, proceeds to enlighten the- guardians
on the subject ot leslneaa. A. celebrated
man, he says, once stated that the beat
mechanic he had ever known waa the las-
lest men he had ever" met. The writer
said he favored the boarding-out of work
house children, because, he says, "I know
ot no sadder sight than those poor little
prisoners shut away, except for an on-
casional walk, from the fields and trees,
excluded from the fresh air 'and the lib
erty that children love, pent up behind
a dreary wall with a few feet of graveled
walk for a playground, ' and surrounded
by the company of the world's failures."
Knight Give lp Property.
Sir John Carden haa presented a large
piece of ground to the people of Temple-
more as a sports field. The want of such
a field was much felt, and the action of
Sir John is much appreciated. He has
written to his steward, to have the plot
enclosed, and a committee has been
formed, to carry out necessary improve
ment. Still Condemning- Estate.
The estates commissioners give notice
cf their intention to acquire compulsorlly,
under the Evicted Tenants act, 210 acres
and in the townland of Clondoty, Tlpper
ary, on the estate of Colonel Fltzgibbon
Trant.
Poor Business Defended.
The proposal to prohibit street trading
by boy under the age of 17 and girls under
the age of 18, has aroused business whose
merchandise they sell and they will make
an effort to block the bill which waa in
troduced in the House of Lord.
Patriotic Bishop.
Bishop Mangan, who Is an enthusiastic
supporter ot the home rule movement, re
cently sent a letter to Dr. O'Donnell, bishop
of Raphot, enclosing a check for the irlsh
parliamentary fund. It Is said he doubled
his subscription last year, and that the
present situation demands equal efforta
Living, Yet Dead
in the Legal Sense,
French Boy Suffers
Hospital Reported His Death and Par -
ents Had Him Arrested as
a Swindler.
MARSEILLES, April 29.-(Spedal to The
Bee.) An extraordinary aequence of errors
has occurred at Marseilles in consequence
of a curious mistake at a hospital. The
parents of a patient In the institution In
question were informed that their son had
died and had been burled. In great grief
the man's friends asked that the coffin
might be exhumed and the remains sent to
Dijon. Shortly afterwards they were
astonished to receive a telegram from their
son asking for funds to enable him to
leave the hospital and come home. Think
ing the telegram was the work of a
swindler, the parents sent to the Mar
seilles police asking them to arrest the
person who should claim the postal order
sent In refly to the telegram. This was
done and the young man, loudly protest
ing hla Innocence, was put In prison, there
he remained for six days.
Then It was discovered that the young
man's description of himself waa correct
and that it waa his neighbor In the ward
who had died and had been burled in his
name., The parents were at once advised
and a most moving scene took place when
they arrived at the prison and aaw their
son. An elaborate Judicial process will be
necessary to "resurrect" th vtcUia of the
arrar,
backward In philosophical studies that he
asked hla chum to help him in his work.
Hollweg, of course, consented, and one
morning, before a stiff examination, Wll
helm. arrived at his friend's room to be
"heard his lesson."
"H'm," said Hollweg after the hearing,
"you haven't raad up at all on this sub
ject. You had better sit up all night to
night studying Instead of guzzling beer."
"No." replied Wllhelm. ."I must drink
with the crps tonight." Without a word,
Hollweg closed the book and declined to
have anyhtlng more to do with the
prince's studies. Wllhelm departed In a
ruge but returned next day and promised
to be more studious. He did cut out the
beer, sat up all night reading up and
passed his examination.
STILL CHASING THE CROOKS
Russian Government Gives Evidence
of Serious Purpose.
SECRET CODE BOOKS WERE SOLD
Sailor Given Long; Term for Traffick
ing; vrlth Forelan Agent Rnaalan
Marries Ills Mother and
Tragedy Results.
BY GEORGE FRASER.
ST. PETERSBURG.' April 29.-Special to
The Bee.) The government Is pressing its
prosecution of bribery and corruption In
pullic affa'r.'. Although b"th of t' e pow
ers concerned have made official denials
of having been favored through such a
brench of trust, a naval court-martial at
St. Petersburg has Just completed, after
sitting In camera, in which a former sailor
has been sentenced to twelve years' penal
servitude.
The oTfense . alleged against him was
that he sjld secret code books to the acent
of a foreign power. This power was sup
posed to be Great Britain, and the "sg-nt"
a naval attache. The British government,
through the- ambassador at St. Petersburg,
has categerlcslly denied that any such
traffic has taken place. An allegation
that the prisoner dealt also with a Ger
man has been officially denied from Ber
lin. The prisoner was an ex-bluejacket named
Povadre. He was convicted of selling In
formation gathered by Russia concerning
the naval' strength of certain other pow
ers. Povadse denied that he had any bus!
ness with Captain Aubrey Bmlth, British
naval attache, or with Colonel Wyndham,
who lived in a flat in the same building
as Cantaln Bmlth. The allegation were
made by a servant of the building, who,
he fancied,, bad ,rlvance galnaj oae
of these officers. It had been stated by
the proitecutjoa at the court-martial that
the flat wM a plane where foYelgn agents
met the -prisoner and received from- him
official secrets and document.
Man Marrle HI Mother.
Russian Poland has been the scene of a
triple, tragedy of a shocking nature grow
ing out of the social condition of the conn
try. The triple tragedy Is directly due to a
man's discovery that his wife, whom he
had recently married, was his mother. Two
years ago a handsome young peasant ob
tained work on a widow's rarm in the vll
lage of Poloschewo. He came from Anch
angelsk, where his foster parents resided,
and in due course msrrled the widow.
One day the. couple were discussing their
former life when the wife made the horri
ble discovery that she waa the mother of
her husband, whom she bad abandoned
when she waa 17.
On hearing this the young man disap
peared, but he was found by his wife
mother a fortnight later living with i
woman in another town. In spite of his
wife' entreaties he refused to return with
her. Slezed with Jealousy, she attacked
her rival and stabbed her to death. The
young man again lived with his wife
mother. One night th police, who had
got wind of the murder, knocked at tho
door In which the modern Edlpus lived
A few minutes later a noise was heard,
The police broke open the door. A fright
ful spectacle met their gaie. On the floor
lay the wife, her head almost severed
from her body. Beside her was her son
husband, stabbed to th heart.
"Mad Monk" Still Agitating
Russia's "mad monk" has again set the
empire in a ferment. The eyes of the
country are fixed on Tsarltsln, where the
monk Ilodor continue to defy both th
holy synod and the government.
According to telegrams from Tsarltsln
notwithstanding the large number of po
lice and Cossacks, Iloder's fervent follow
ers, numbering thousands, have sworn not
to allow his arrest, and they are prepared
to lay down their lives In that cause.
Guards and patrols have formed, and are
on duty day and night, the principal or
ganisers being a priest and his chief of
staff, an ex-soldier. The potential cham
pions of Iloder have been selected from
among the strongest carters and porters
The utmost precautions have been taken
! thttt nne except the known local faithful
shall be admitted to th church. Regular
rounds by torchlight are made Into th
Innermost recesses of the monastery
In
order to make sure that there are no po
lice concealed there. Ropes have been
suspended outside th church from th
belfry for the purpose of raising an Im
mediate alarm In the event of an Incursion
being attempted. Three doors leading to
the sanctuary are heavily bolted and
barred, and a subterranean exit haa been
prepared to enable Ilodsr to escape in the
last extremity.
TWO BOATS SAID TO BE LOST
Lloyd' Agent Report that Two
teamshlp Have Been Lost Off
Cap VaJlno.
LONDON. April 2.-Th Lloyd's agent
at Corcublan, Spain, today reported that
two steamships have been lost off Cape
Vallno, a promlntory at the northwestern
extremity of the Spanish peninsula One
of them Is the Italian ship, F. B. Clampa,
which was bound from I'enarth. Wales,
for Genoa, with a cargo of coal. The iden
tity of th other ship I not known.
Dispatches from Madrid last night told
briefly of the wreck of " a big English
steamship" at Corcublan. No details have
as yet been received here, nor Is It known
whether there was any loss of life.
Th F. S. damp waa a boat of about
FRENCH PRIEST
IS A TART CRITIC
ather Bolo is Unsparing in His De
nunciation of Present Day
Young Women.
GOOD BREEDING, BAD MANNERS
Simple, Modest Girl Has Disappeared,
He Asserts.
JEALOUS TAILOR CREATES PANIC
Killed His Wife, Then Rushed Into
Notre Dame Church.
ASSAULTED AND STABBED OTHERS
Hnmoron Side of Criminal Procedar
Gets Many an Airing In French
Court "Voted Duelist 1
Given a Banquet.
BY PAUL VILLI ERS.
FARIS, April 29 (Special to The Bee.)
Father Rolo, the famous Catholic unt-
erslty preacher, has been censuring th
up-to-date young woman In his sermon.
n one of his recent sermons ha said:
"I am told that certain salons are fre
quented by young girls of good birth, but
bnrt breeding, who affect language and
conduct which shock even men. The simple,
modest young girl, with a shy laugh, ha
disappeared from our natural history; an
other species Is attempting to replace It.
one which Schopenhauer would have celled
the monkey with a pig-tall.' Rut because
hla young girl of today takes liberties, like
n American, flirts like an English girl.
pads like a Norwegian, Is omnivorous and
ersatllo as a Russian, uses her eyes like a
Spaniard, and tomorrow may be dressed
like a Turk, this Is not enough to conclude
lint she Is quite French or even quit
Parisian."
Murderer Cause a Panic.
A tragedy that led up to a panic at th
church of Notre Dame de Lorette waa a
sordid affair. Clement Bochelier, a tailor,
heat his wife and Ill-treated her. She left
him. She had a room In the Rue de
Gravllllers. The other morning there wa
knock at the door. It waa" too early for
the post and In answer to her cry, "Who
Is there?" she heard her husband's voice
say, "Open." When she opened th door
he killed her with a knife.
A crowd rushed along the narrow street
In pursuit of Bochelier. Carrying hi
knife, he lunged at all who tried to stop
him. He cut the finger of one man, atab
bed another on the shoulder, trlppled up
four men and women. He rushed Into th
church of Notre Dame, where mas wa
being celebrated. There he knocked down
two men, stabbed the beadle in the face
and escaped through a side door. There
two policemen rushed at him. He kicked
one ahd'stabned the other, but just aah
broke away and ran again th crowd closed
In around him and threw him down.
Eventually the men carried Bochelier Into
the police station. "I was jealous of her,"
was all the murderer said In hi defence.
"I beat her, but she ought not to have left,
me."
Humor of French Trial.
Sensational and humorous trials are of
greater frequency In French courts than in
those of other countries. Unfortunately.
the Interest is often hung up for the con
venience of advocates or Judge for long
periods. Such a suspension now defers. th
conclusion of the trial of Comte Claud d
Cholseull and his friends. Vandenarra. n
picture dealer, and Ffuster, an expert In
art. The comte i charged with having
taken in a Jeweler named Walter In nh.
talnlng of him a pearl necklace wortk
90,000 franks on the security of a picture
gallery. It is true that it belonged to a
Spanish lady with whom he had boarded
They are charged with having helped th
comte to obtain the necklace with theii
eyes open.
The comte Is 27 years old a son of thi
late Due de Praslin. Comte Horace d
Cholseull served as under secretary ol
state when St. Hilaire held the portfollc
of foreign minister. On the maternal sldt
he Is grandson of Marshal Sebastiana. on
of the French ambassador to Queen Vic
toria.
The court resembled a showroom on th
eve of a great picture sale. Ther wer
alleged Lelys, Rubens, Frans Hals, Van
dykes and even Van Eycks. One expert
expressed the opinion that the worth of
painting is determined by the nail on which
it has been hanging. Not long ago h
valued a Cacanova at 10,100 franca. Nexl
day a delaer bought it for 12.000a franc.
Ho-us Marquis Flee.
Uvlng near Nantes is the Countess de 1
Bourmene, a handsome woman of 45 years,
rli-h and beloved by her neighbor. Thre
years ago her husband died, but she mar
ried again. The fortunate husband waa a
handsome young man, known a Marquis)
de Roquefeuil.
The bombshell fell and burst In th
household of the "marquis" a day or two
ago. An official visited his luxurious flat
and the following conversation took place:
"The Marquis de Roquefeuil?" he asked.
"I am he." .
Banquet to Duelist.
Rouzler Dorcleres. a journalist to whom
duelling comes naturally, after an experi
ence of 260 fight In which he wa
either principal or second, is to be the
guest of honor at the banquet given by hla
opponents and those who have had hi ser-
"Are you sure?" said the official. "Th
marquis died fifteen years ago. Here H
his death certificate. Your name Is Charles
Relss, or Paul de Reti. You are a forger
and a bigamist."
The marquis fainted. When the police
came to arrest him he disappeared. He I
said to be the son of a circus man. He had
been through marriage ceremonies twice
before he met the countss.
The discovery of the alleged fraud wai
due to a maid who was recently dismissed
by the baroness. She had ausplslons about
the genuineness of the "marquis" and com
municated them to the authorities.
Valuable Life Cut Short.
Viscountess de Vlllebresne, while visit
ing the poor on Thursday last, was run
over by a motor car and died In a hospital.
She was a unman of wealth and devoted
her time and fortune to works of charity.
Although owner of several vehicles It w
her custom to walk when visiting the poor.
The automobile which caused her deatl
was occupied by a worthless society woman
who never was known to do anything bul
dress or dance. She was riding to give hei
pug dog an airing.
vice as second. Dorclert la a mUd-maa
oerd man,