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AUSTRIA'S HART f OR
PRISONERS OF WAR
Frau Joseph Sets Up Clearing
House for Love Letters to
Italian Soldiers.
BIG BANKING - BUSINESS
(Correepondene of The Associated Press.)
Mauthausen, Austria, Sept 10.
From a picturesque though little
known village on the upper Danube,
' Mauthausen has become the "clearing
house" in Austria for Italian prison-
' ers of war.
Its peace-time population of a few
hundred persons has grown to the
size of a small city and each month
there pass through it, with a three
weeks' stop for quarantine purposes,
several thousand Italian soldiers and
several hundred Italian officers.
The town consists of a group of
picturesque houses, a church or two
. and an ancient palace that clings to
the edge of the Danube, - What may
be called the new city consists of
acres upon acres of white-washed bar
racks, holding when full 42,000 sol
diers. - .'
There were only some 8,000 or 10,
i. 000 Italian soldiers interned in the
"citv" when The Associated Press
enrresnondent arrived to Day the
camp a visit. Two daya earlier there
had been 25,000, but the greater part
, of them had been sent out along their
way to permanent camps in eastern
v Austria and Hungary,
' : Love and Money Sent t 1
T)ailv there arrive at Mauthausen
, aome 8,000 bulky parcels or "love
fifts" from relative and friends In
taiy. The banking and bookkeeping
denartment of the camn has to main
tain a ledger with something over 41,
000 running bank accounts, the total
of which far exceeda 1,000,000 crowns.
Each prisoner, -wherever he may be,
is permitted to possess 10 crowns a
wetk for canteen spending money,
v All that he receivea from home over
that goes into his account. The ac
tual handling of cash devolves upo.
Austrian officers; the bookkeeping is
done by Italian prisoners of war, who
are thus in a position to know that
the funds of their compatriots are
honestly and accurately administered.
So lone as he stays in Mauthausen,
which may be for year if his eon-
duct is good, the Italian soldier
is
offered the oriviles-e of a school in
the
which illiterates are taught to read
and write and in which the better edu
cated may take courses in Oerman, in
Enalish and in other useful subjects,
If so inclined, he may take up paint
ing and wood carving and sculpture,
He will be furnished the materials,
his product will be sold at a price
not under a minimum set by himself
and he will be given the balance be.
tween sales once and cost of ma.
terials. Or he can enter either the
stringed orchestra or the brass band.
Efficiency Everywhere.
The correspondent saw an exhibi
tion of one of the half dozen fire
companies, composed wholly of Ital
ians, who guarded the camp trom
possible conflagration, and who a
matter of fact have kept the fire loss,
desoite the wooden construction.
down to two barracks and no loss of
life. ' Fire prevention is further aided
by a high tire tower in the center of
the camp-on which two men constant
ly stand guard,
with a horn to warn
of a blase and
direction.
a flag to indicate its
The colonel of the camp led the
correspondent through the wash
rooms huge barracks fitted with
showers and heated in winter time, or
equipped with rows of faucets for
washing hands and faces and
through the living barracks. The lat
ter are large and roomy and very
clean far better than any the corre
spondent had seen in the course of
visits to camps in other countries.
The hospital section of 'the camp
is one of the best in Austria, in clean.
lines and equipment. It is the colo
nel' boast that there never has been
an epidemic of any character, that
only such diseases as were brought
by the. men have ever been encoun
tered. and that there have been I
large number of cures. Deaths occur
regularly, as In any large community,
but now the cause is chietly tubercu-
losis of ancient standing among the
prisoners.
, Since the wounded a well as the
well often come to Mauthausen the
camp has met the need for artificial
limbs bv creatine a little factory for
manufacturing these grim implements
and up to date has turned out about
1M) and trained the war victims to use
them.
The Youn,; Men's Christian asso
ciation amusement hall with its tiny
stage has been equipped with seen-
' cry made by the prisoners and with
a drop curtain ahowing the Bay of
; Naples. Here, too, are the educa
tional classes, conducted by the intel
ligent and gifted Italians.
Message to America,
' The English classes are conducted
by "Tony Tenore, who told the cor
respondent that a brother in New
York (Frank Tenore of 300 Bridge
street Brooklyn) believed him to be
dead because he had no opportunity
to communicate with him. The hi-
in Ameica, begged to be remembered
to the brother.
One of the chief aims of the author
ities is to give the men as much op
portunity to work as possible and on
the whole find them tractable and
wilting. If the men do nothing they
receive 6 cents a day if privates, 12
cents, if corporals or sergeants and
18 cents if higher non-commissioned
officers. If they go out to work on
farms or in quarries or roads they
get a settled sum in addition.
seli-government, insofar as it is
possible, has been introduced, and the
common soldiers are commanded by
their own non-coms and merely su
pervised by Austrian troops. ( Ac
cording to the number in camp they
live, 150 to 250, in the big, airy, light
ed barracks, with their own superiors
told of to keep them in order. .
Their food, so far as the corre
spondent could judge from an exami
nation of a week's bill of fare, appears
to be ample, though somewhat mo-
notonous. They have two meatless
dava a week, as all the rest of Aus
tria does; a fatless day and the other
restrictions. But the authorities find
it hard to compel Italian tastes to
accustom, themselves to Austrian
food. '
The few Serhaan prisoners delight
in the Austrian bread, but the Italians
loathe it and eat it only when their
families hare sent them none of their
favorite Italian bread whicli arrives
to the extent of about 20,0001ages
week. n '
Thoueh the men are inclined to be
moody at times, in keeping with their
temperament, none of them seem to
have lost spirit so far as the war is
concerned. The colonels laughed as
thev told of the marked change in
the camp when the prisoners read of
the beginning of the general offen
sives against the central powers. And
express a firm belief in the eventual
victory of hi side. -
Chinese President
Entertains at
The Tea Party
(Correspondonos of Tlw Aseoclsted Press.)
Peking, Aug. 30. President Li
Yuan-hung, entertaining the members
of parliament at an informal tea party
the foreign office building, deliv
ered a brief address, asking for the
united Support of the member in ap
proving the compromise cabinet The
president said: -
' We have just passed through a
great crisis, and your advice is needed
on many questions of reform. These
l snail submit to you in due course
and wait for vour decision. What
the country has been looking forward
to is the formation of a cabinet. Kuan
hung is a man of small virtue, and
he greatly fears that in spite of the
utmost care, he may after alt have
failed to select men sufficiently tal
ented to meet the requirements of
the day and to satisfy the expecta
tions of the people. This much, how
ever, he i able to say. After two
months of careful selection and many
changes after the appointments were
actually made, he has chosen a body
of men. who. while, they may not be
jertect in themselves, are neverthe
less good for certain reasons.
"In my opinion, as restoration of
the republic has been accomplished
by the work of many, the personnel
of the cabinet cannot be limited to
oereons of any one oartv. On this
prjnicple Yuan-hung decided to form
the present cabinet. It is hoped that
you will take into consideration the
difficulties that are before us and bear
the same in mind when the cabinet is
submitted to you for approval.
As to the livelihood of the peo
ple and the proKram of national re
construction, hundreds and thousands
of question are involved. These I
shall consult you about from time to
time for your valuable opinion. I
hoDe vou will, when vou nave time.
after your work in (Parliament, often
call on me, so that misunderstanding
may oe avoided, unlearned as Kuan
hung is, he intends to treat with you
in the spirit of frankness and sincerity
to the end that we may all co-operate
in the great task of building up the
nation. Be assured that I shall be
pleased to accept your valuable ad
vice. i
Carrier Pigeons
In War Service
(Correopondonee of the Associated Praia.)
Behind the Somme Front, Sept 9.
Scattered along the German lines in
f ranee, but several miles to the rear,
are a succession of carrier pigeon
stations" which form an effective link
in the German scheme of defense, and
in time of extreme stress can become
well nigh invaluable. Especially is
this the cue when all other mean of
communication from the front
trenches with the rear are destroyed.
. In the trenches are kept cages of
trained pigeons. The bird are kept
constantly in practice so that in times
pf emergency they will go without fail
to some station to give word of dis
aster that might have been telephoned
had not the telephone connection been
shot away or otherwise destroyed.
the. messages are written on tiny
pieces of paper, enclosed in thimble
like aluminum containers which are
attached to the teg of the bird, and
the flier are realesed. If longer mes
sages must be sent, or maps have to
be transmitted, these are enclosed in
a large container which is attached to
a sort of harness that can be put over
the bird's head and fitted tight to it
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Pompadour Blue, Highly Prized
in France, Finds Its Way
Back to Sevres Factory.
CONSIDERED WORK OF ART
(Correspondence of the Asooclated Press.)
Paris, Sept 9. The national porce
lain factory at Sevres has just recov
ered a dainty statuette which it prizes
more than any of the famous works
of the establishment, for it is the orig
inal figure of Madame de Pompadour
which the Sevres factory made and
oresented to her over 150 years ago
in graiuuuc lur uci luuuuiug me in
stitution. . . : . i - r - i i a: .u - :..
Madame de Pompadour name u
chiefly linked with the gay life of
Louis XV. But the famous beauty not
only vied with Madame du Barry in
the gay world, but ane also exercised
much influence in the serious affairs
of state. One of the most notable of
these works was the creation of the
Sevres porcelain factory, which is a
national institution with an output ot
fine ceramics famous the world over
It was Madame de Pompadour who
was the first patron of the institution,
and to this day "Pompadour blue"
designates some of the most delicate
pieces of old Sevres (fare.
"And that i why." said M. Bour
geois, administrator of Sevres,' "that
we prize so highly this statuette of
Madame de Pompadour which has
been recovered after being lost these
many years."
The administrator pointed out the
statuette, which was carefully guarded
in a glass case. It shbweo the fav
orite of Louis XV, garbed as a shep
herdess and leaning against an urn in
the gardens of Versailles. Very
thoughtfully another statuette of
Louis XV had been placed alongside
the recovered relic, so that as just as
in the old days of reality at Sevres
Louis and Pompadour were here
united again in the same place.
Moulds Are Destroyed.
"As this statuette was specially
modeled as a gift," M. Bourgeois ex
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plained, the molds were destroyed
after 'a few copies had been made. As
a miff scores of examDles of a work
are made, and it is comparajvely easv
to obtain one ot the originals, as ro
make' another copy from the molds
which are preserved. But as this was
a special gift to the founder of our
institution, It went only to her, and all
other traces of the work were lost or
destroyed. We had long known of
the existence of the statue and had
longed to recover such a historic work
marking the foundation of Sevres. It
was only by chance that we got track
of it recently, and it was brought
back as the most precious relic of
the institution which made it as a gift
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Roumanian Queen
An English Woman
(Correspondensa of The Associated Press
London, Sept 9. One of the many
reasons for rejoicing here at the en
trance of Roumania into the war on
the side of the allies is the fact 'that
the Roumanian queen is an (.nglisn
woman of great popularity. Before
her marriage to the Hohenzollern
nrinre who is now Kins Ferdinand,
Queen Marie was the beautiful and
nnnnlar riamrhter of the late King fc.d
a,srri' eldest brother, the late duke
of Edinburgh. She i ttill regarded
a hrantifnl. and. indeed, with her hus
band and two boys and four girls, is
frequently spoken of as constituting
th hrst-lookinsr roval family in Eu
rope, as well a the most photo
graphed. '
. Queen Marie is beloved throughout
her country for her generosity and
constant efforts in behalf of the poor.
She is the leading spirit of the Society
n Goddesses of Roumania, each god
dess acting as a fairy godmother to
at. least one poor child. 1 he queen
has an odd hobbv in the collection of
srent-bottles, of which she has more
than 8,000.
When aboard her father's flagship
at Malta, Roumania's future queen be
came a great favorite with officers
and sailors. She had a great love of
hrlninor the shin's cook with his duties.
On one occasion she fried fifty eggs
and slices of ham and had them dis
tributed among the men as a token of
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American Lepers
; In Japan to. Be
, Sent to Hawaiians
(Correspondence of The Associated Press ) ,
Yokahoma, Japan, Aug. 30. The dis
covery of about twenty-five American
lepers in different parts of Japan ha
become a pressing problem for Amer
ican officials and for the American
Association of Japan, which is under
taking to secure their transportation
to the American leper home in the
Hawaiian islands. ',"..'
The lepers have made their wav
here in recent years with the hope
that they might' be healed at the fa
mous Japanese hot springs, especially
those at Kusatsu, which is always
crowded with Japanese lepers taking
the waters. Gradually they have drift
ed to missionary leper hospitals or
have in other ways become burdens
on the community. In view of the
excellent asylum at Hawaii the Amer
ican association is taking active steps
to secure their removal.
Leprosy is one of the great ques
tions seeking solution by modern
Japan. It is estimated that the. lepers
of the empire number about 25,000.
five governmental leper asylums were
established in 1907. but they accom
modate only a few thousand. The re
mainder are scattered over the coun
try, desperately seeking a cure in the
hot springs or publicly begging in the
market-place or before the temple.
. At the last session of the Diet the
Japanese Leprosy Prevention society
petitioned for the establishment of a
national leprosarium on some island in
the Pacific ocean. Ihe cost of the
asylum was' estimated at $8,000,000,
and its maintenance at $250,000 a year.
It is believed that at least one-third of
the lepers could be housed and treated
at once and it was contended by the
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ot leper in the course of ten years.
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Tokio, Aug. 30. The marquis de
Vitry of France, who has just com
pleted a tour of South America and
of the far east in the interest of the
French government and of the French
people, will sail for San Francisco on
the steamer Shinyo Maru August 25
for the purpose of making an ex
tensive tour of the United States.
Monsieur de Vitrv's chief mission to
the Pacific coast states will be the es
tablishment of branches of the Franco-
American committee, the headquarters
of which is in Paris, and which has as
its object the development of the in
tellectual relations between France
and America. He will deliver a series
of lectures to the people of the west.
Later he will probably visit New Or
leans and New York. A well known
member of the French nobility and
living a quiet, retired lite in the beau
tiful chateau district of Touraine.
Marquis de Vitry responded to the call
of his country to make a trip around
the world to tell something of
France's aims and ambitions for the
future. He bears letters of introduc
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United State! .
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