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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1921)
8 A THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, 3TJLT T&,"niZl. 'Annoying!' Says Man Caught With Wife of Another JIusband of Indian Princess Tells of Spying Upon Wife Through Bed room Window. London, July 23. An Indian prin cess, the daughter of the late Ma harajah of Cooch-Bchar, is the re spondent in a divorce action now be ing heard by Lord Mersey here. Evi dence was given by the husband of an incident lie witnessed in the early morning through an open window of a flat in Knightsbridge, and the Judge, who remarked that there was charge of misconduct "committed in circumstances which appear to be almost incredible," has adjourned the case for further evidence. . The petition, which was undefend ed, was brought by Air. Lionel Men rv Mander of Devonshire mansions, Great Fortlnnd street, against his wife. Prativa Sundan, an Indian pnn cess, on the ground of her supposed misconduct with Reginald de Jieer; Unhappy Marriage. "I was married on February 21, 1912, at the register office, CalcuN ta," said Mr. Mander. "We lived aft crwards at Buckingham gate and other places. There are no children. The marriage was not happy, because tempernientally we were entirely un 6uited and my wfe is a person of vio lent temper. "I joined the army in 1914. My wife returned to India in 1915 and came back to England in 1919, but I did not live with her because I heard reports of her behavior in In dia. She has independent means. "I do not know de Beer except by sight. I believe he is employed as a clerk at the Indian revenue office; Cromwell roa.d. "I was in a hotel in Curzon street one day. My wife was living op posite in Bolton street and I saw de Beer and her leaning out of a win dow. "I heard from a friend of my wife's conduct and I went last August to a flat on the ground floor in Welling ton court, Knightsbridge. I rang the bell, but was not admitted. I went to the back and climbed up some railings." Everyone Talking. The judge asked Mr. Mander who told him that his wife had been liv ing an irgegular life. "It was a friend of mine named Smallwood, who is a merchant in Calcutta," said Mr. Mander. "He told me that she had not been be having herself out there and that everyone was talking about her." The judge: "It must have been a matter of great public interest if everyone was talking about it. .She was a well-known lady in India and people knew of and about her. "Was she a society lady? I do not know." . J -""Mr. Mander, continuing th story of his visit to the flat, said the light went out in the room when he was at the front of the house, and when he went to the back there was a light in one of the rooms. , Sees Wife. "The blind was drawn and the window was open," he said. "I climbed the railings and saw my wife and de Beer lying in the bed. I went to the road and saw a police constable, whom I brought back to' the flat with me. I asked him to look in at the window, and I called out my wife's name. 'Pretty, what are you doing?' or 'What is the mean ing of this?' " The judge: "Does she speak Eng lish?" "Yes, perfectly. She is an Indian princess. v "All Indian princesses do not speak English." ' But she was educated in England. She is the daughter of the late Ma harajah of Cooch-Behar." . TUa nmn ttiio f-, fViA wmnw arm I think he said: 'I say, this is a bit thick,' or something of the kind." . Mr. Mander added that he then took a taxicab and drove home. ' Police Constable Gardiner said that on August 6, 1920, he accom panied Mr. Mander to the flat and saw a woman and a man on the bed. ' . "I heard Mr. Mander call 'PaN sey,' or some name like that. The woman made no answer, but the man got up and said: 'I say, old man, this is a bit cool,' or something of the sort." i The iudere asked when the sun rose that morning, and the assistant register replied that it rose at 4:3U. "I cannot understand," said Lord Mersey, "this lady and gentleman exhibiting themselves with the elec tric light when it was daylight." Mr. Willis for (Mr. Mander): "I do not know whether they found the weather warm and therefore had the window open, or whether they had lost all sense of decency." The judge said there was a charge of misconduct committed on circum stances which appeared to him to be . almost incredible. Mr. Willis: "It is the evidence, . however incredible." The judge: "Yes, but I have to make up my mind, like a jury, whether I believe it." Mr. Mander added that his wife unfortunately gave way to drink. "She is living with de Beer now," he said. - , Mr. Willis: "How do you know?" "I know it because. I heard it from my brother and his wife. My broth er married her sister." The judge: "You and your broth er, married two Indian princesses?" "Yej," . aaresay ft h all right," " re marked Lord Mersey, "but I desire further evidence, and will adjourn the case for that purpose." Artists of Paris Art Colonies To Hold Own Exhibitions Paris, July 23. Artists of Mont parnasse and Montmatre, the two widely-separated artistic colonies of Paris, have decided to boycott the Crand Salon and hold their own exhibitions. being held in a cafe, where the paint ings are hung amid beer and "watch your coat" signs. The artists of Montmatre exhibit their work on the yvement outside the Moulin de la Galftte onftthe- ton t( Montmatr Butte. Hundreds of society people mimi apairrs visit nnrn la nnfi. ' Germans Are Forcing Down Prices to Get World Trade Flood Nation With Paper Money Plan to Keep Mark, Labor and All Things Down So When They Go Outside to Trade They Can ' Beat All Competition. By STERLING HEILIG. Taris, July 23. Germany is, sure ly, the ingenious business land I They are flooded with depreciated paper money. The mark, which ought to be worth 25 cents, is quoted at one cent and a half in the world market. That is to say, a German toing across the Swiss frontier has to pay, equivalcntly, $2.50 for a 15- cent cake of soap thanks to the de predated German paper money. All right! They have found a remedy to bring them uber allesl They will print more paper money 1 According to old doctrines, it spells ruin. According to new German business intuitions, it is going to mean the salvation of the fatherland! "They are going to keep the print ing presses running all the time, says John Penton, "printing more and more of this paper money, in order to prevent the mark from go ing up in value I They are deter mined to keep the value of their money low in order to control the world's trade in the present market I" Here is th greatest story that has yet come out of Germany. On Pulse of World. John Penton of Cleveland, O., is the millionaire publisher of "The Iron Trade Review," "The Daily Metal Trade," "The Foundry," "The Marine Review," and similar tech nical publications which go every where. For their purposes, he is bound to keep a finger on the iron and steel pulse of the world; and for the last few months, he has been studying industrial conditions in Eu rope. Recently, the news agencies cabled his general appreciation. , But I met John Penton just as he was coming out of Germany, where he had met those German business magnates, so prominent under the empire, so self-effacing under the present republic, who are not getting much space these days, because they are deliberately silent. But they talked to John Penton, and John Fenton talked to me. Next to the agricultural stocks, the world's biggest thing is the iron and steel industry, is it nctf says Penton. Well, four days before the German government told the allies that they would accept their ultima tum, the director of one of the big gest steel plants of Germany said to me: No Way Out " 'We are going to accept. We cannot help ourselves. We have got to do it. We staked on the wrong horse ' "And that was all there was to. itl No remorse, no contrition, no regret for having devastated half of Eu rope; but just gambled and lastl The next day I sat at lunch with representatives of three great steel combinations. You can say the three things that they told me: '"Having accepted the ultimatum, Germany will make the payments. "'It will be done by issuing the biggest bond issue ever made in the world, and " 'By the most extensive taxa tion program ever offered at any England and France, where war can world.' The next thing, says Mr. Penton, is that the empire in Germany is as dead as Napoleon's empire in France. "It is hard to make Frenchmen be lieve this," he admits, "but republics do not make war; and Germany is now in line with the United States, England and France, where was can be made only by a vote of the legis lative body. They arc taking down all the emblems of royalty. The other dav I saw them being effaced in Unter dem Linden with scaffolds up against the buildings for the pur pose. The new money that is com ing out as fast as the dies can be produced is without any souvenir of royalty. Observe these bank notes not an eagle on them wears a crown. No more decorations are given. There is no more standing attention, clicking heels and everybody salut ing everybody. Now no more uni forms, nor decorations, nor en nobling." But if it had won the war tor them?" I said. Look to East. "It would have been all right. Oh, mvves! Glory to God and me I But all that is over and past. Their eyes no longer look across the Khine, but eastward, to Russia and Japan. And Germany is troing after the world's trade in iron and steel in a way that nobody has attempted nor can attempt 1" bxport trade? "Yes. . Thev cannot send to the United States, because of our tariff on all semi-finished; but a leader of the industry tells me that just before the war he was m a position to put certain kinds of finished steel right down in Pittsburgh. They can put it down here in t ranee at prices which we Americans cannot possibly meet. Their cost of production is as 15 to 25 compared with ours. This fact is supported by the quotations which they are making. Skilled la bor in Germany is drawing about 10 marks per hour the present value of the mark being about a cent and a halfl Today a 100-mark bank note, which was worth $25 before the war, is worth just $1,501" "But," I objected, "is not its pur chasing value in Germany higher, practically, than its exchange value?" Hotel Prices Cheap. ,"Yes, I suppose so, considerably," he answered. "Before the war, a man was getting about 1 mark per hour. Now he gets 10. He got 8 marks for an eight-hour day, and now he gets 80 marke for the same. I think he can live, now, better on his 80 marks than he did on his 8 marks. "Here. Adlon hotel, Berlin. De luxe suite, four days for two people, less than 1,200 marks. It was a suite such as for which you would pay $25 to $30 per day in New York, and 1,200 marks is $181 For four days! Early breakfast, bread, butter, jam, coffee for two persons, 25 marks, or 37 cents! "Here. The best hotel in Cologne. 1 hree days, rooms only, for two peo pie, 220 marks, or $3,301 The big gest robbers we struck were at the Hotel Kaiserhof at Essen. Five per sons had early breakfast, bread, but ter, jam, coffee, 47 marks, or 70 cents! Printing Presses Busy. "And, note you, they are going to keep the printing presses running all the time, printing more and more of this paper money, in order to pre vent the mark from going up in value. They are determine! to keep the value of their money low in order to control the world's trade in the present market!" "What is Germany's scheme?" I asked. "By keeping the mark down, and workmen's wages down, and the cost cf everything down," he an swered, "they will build a wall around Germany and when they go outside that wall to compete in the world where higher monetery systems reign they can beat all com petition something awful!" i In pursuance of this scheme they are importing nothing t When Ger many buys outside the wall it has to pay too dear. It must patriot ically live on itself. Daniel Webster's Watch Is Offered for Sale Boston, July 23. A massivx gold watch, nearly three inches in diameter, carried by Daniel Webster when he represented Massachusetts in congress was offered for sale to the state by Otho Wicker of Cam bridge. It was given to Webster by a California admirer and contains the complimentary inscription: "Ad vocate of the union and defender of its institutions." The watch with the chain weighs 19 ounces. Boy's Knowledge of Anatomy Uncanny St. Louis Medicos Nonplused By Six-Year-Old Prodigy. By KENT WATSON. International News Service Staff Corre spondent. St. Louis, Mo., July 23. When he told his school teacher that he'd rather talk on "Hygiene and Sani tation than recite "a silly rhyme," Gene Baldwin Starkloff, 6-year-old son of City Health Commissioner Max C. Starloff attracted attention. In St. Louis now he is considered a prodigy. He pos sesses a verey phe nomenal brain, phy sicians declare, and destiny has so shap ed it that he will be come one of Amer- t r . . . icas loremost s-gjgjgjjg geons or physicians. ""-e- - The boy, in Latin terms, is able to give technical definitions of all parts of the human anatomy, tur ther, he is able to describe the func tions of the bodys organs, lhe best physicians here have been un able to rattle him with puzzling questions. In his fathers office the youth pours over books on medical science, His hours at home, when not given to arduous play, are spent in study ing a chart of the human body. "That story about stork bringing newcomers is all bunk," declares the youth, who has reasoned to his own satisfaction that humans enter the world much after the fashion of new born chickens or other baby animals. The boys knowledge of anatomy would shame the average well educated doctor," one of the leading physicians here declares. "He is a marvel. Sea Lion Strays Mile ami Half From Water, Dies in Field San Jose, Cal., July 23. Joseph Castro, an employe of the Fosgate Seed farm, near Mountain View, made what he thought an unusual discovery, "a yellow pig with wings." His employer, Morrcll Lion, ac companied Castro to the scene of the novel discovery. He found a six-foot lion dead in the wheat field, nearly a mile and a half from San Francisco bay. The sea lion weighed about 500 pounds. HMow it strayed into the wheat field is unknown. Boy Has Sore Throat; Surgeons Find a Cork Beaverton, Ore., July 23. Wayne Wolf, 6 years old, complained of a sore throat His mother took hira to a physician. The doctor, after an examination, was puzzled and took an X-ray picture. A fair-sized cork, wedged in the lad's throat, was dis closed. Wayne finally admitted he had swallowed the cork several days previously, but said it hadn't both" cred him before. An operation was performed to remove the stopper. Among the possessions of a Salina, Kan., woman is a parlor table made by her husband and which contains 10,400 pieces of wood of 46 different vanties. 10-Day Special Shafer Bearings Guaranteed One Year For Front Wheels, Oakland 34, $18 Set Ask Your Garage Man W. S. Lovejoy, Distributor E S S E X More Than 50,000 Owners Share This Reliance "50,000 Miles Never Failed" "My Essex was purchased in March, 1919. and has been driven more than 50,000 miles. 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