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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20
BILLIARDS PLAYED
HIGH TN THE AIR.
Room in Which Tables Are.
sHoisted Fifteen Feet From
Rest Of Building.
LONDON. Nov.

LONDON NOV. ~.
Visitors to Northwch at the present
moment are treated to the novel sight of
tho upper floor OF large club 200 tons
lii weight. hoisted high Into tho air.
ut rests upon number Of props, and
the work represents ono of the strangest
pieces or raising" ever seen. even In the
salt town where ssubsdences, occasloned
by brine pumping, have made such
strange things necessary. 35
The club Is the Gladstone. 1t was found
that the corners of tho building had sunk
and that the lower walls showed cracks
and assures.
Iron Orders had to be inserted as sup
ports when the restoration was embarked
upon, This meant tho quitting" or the
middle of the structure and the removal
Of all the brickwork on all sides to
height Of about fifteen feet.
The superstructure contains three BIZ
Hard tables, Il reading room. etc. So
,ceverly has the work been done that tho
billiard tables have remained in use tho
Whole time.
Although this great weight OF building
Is practically in the air and the lower
interior is open to the WORLD yet bill.
Hard handtcaps are In progress nightly.
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PRINCE, or UIALES5 GUEST
or THE DUKE or RICHMOND
Largc Parry 1nvited 10 N1cet England Heir pparcni AZ His
bss @9ss .toric Goodsvood House

Il 1 . IL / i j. & ( 3 " 4 L
Tho modern building was begun in 1909,
and is what the third Duke OF Richmond
evolved iron, the plain Portland stone
structure which superseded the old orig
inal Gothic pile. ,rlc front owes its dccid-
tdly imposing characterize the nrchtec-
turai ingenuity OF the coiornade This is
other Each has six pillars. but the pill
lars OF. the lower one arc Doric. while
those OF tho higher are Iupic.
Guernsey granite furnished the hall
with pillars Of light gray thirteen feet
high and polished. n peculiarly massive
effect Is gained by the plfnth and tori be-.
Ing black and white urblc and the Co
rintl.inn capitals bronze. 55 4,
Among other statuars. the hall holds
the nutllated bust Of an Apollo Bclve-
dere. conveyed ,hither aftcrathe fire
which destroyed Richmond House In
Whitehall.
IN the collection OF pictures at Good
wood The numbers run to c35, and only
cohnclsseur could attempt to do them
Justice. But In the twenty-five in the hall
one may mention that there are included:
tGrtdo's Judgment OF Paris" Titian's
Sleeping Venus" vandyke's Charles IL
md Sir Godfrey kneller's Louisa de
Qnerouaille, Duchess OF Portsmouth,"
The drawing robin is remsrka bic for
two marble tables. The carving tn their
wood work Is perhaps tile finest example
OF Louis XIV style that we have, For
the lover OF old china there are the sets
In blue. green and gold. exQuisitely paint
ed from FIbjects In natural history,which
we're presented by Louis XIV to the
third Duke of Richmond when Ambassa-
dor at he court OF Versailles.
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MADAME IlUBEL1K z

EDINBURGH. Nov. 10.
Nine. Kubelik Is ono OF many people
who look upon thirteen" as an unlucky
number, and this has given rise 10 an
unusual incident in an Edinburgh hotel.
When Herr Kuheik, accompanied BY his
wife, arrived in Edinburgh for his recital.
they went to hotel. On being shown 70
her bedroom Nine. Kubelik observed that
its number was the dreaded thirteen. III
regard to which she has a strong super
stitious feeling, She would not accen:
the accommodation, and was conducted
tolanother room; but here. to make mat
tiers worse from her point OF view, the
outlook was upon graveyard, 4&
That would not do, and she thereupon
Instructed Herr Hugo Gorlltz, hcr hus.
bands manager, to find other acc0mn,o-
dations, and this was procured In the
North British Railway Station Hotel, In
which the Duke Of Connaught stayed be-
fore and after his recent motor accident.
!. Nine Kubelik was emphatic in declar-
ing to Herr Gor!tz that had she occupied
Room 10 something unlucky would have
happened. :453S
But yesterday moraing Nine kubelik
was made happy by the receipt OF LETT
ter announcing that her twin daughter
Marie had cut two teeth and TWIN dauEll-
tor Anne one.
Yet here q punster might extract the
.Ominous number thirteen from the good
news, for In German drei Zahne means
three teeth, and drelzehn--pronounced the
same-a1eans thirteen,
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BEING DRAINED
OF IVORk,Ss or ART

ROME, Nov. l9,--Itnllans complain that
unfortunately there are many works Of
art constantly leaving Italy whiph never
do get back. There Is a law against TAX
ing them out OF the country, bur even
under the eyes Of the government tor
when the government chooses to close its
eyesl pictures. statues holy water basins
Della Robbia ware. all sorts OF beautiful
things. are being bought ZIP BY rich for-
egners. Italians go 10 London or Paris.
and are astonlshed TO find their native
art: looking very homeslck, In the draw
Ing rooms of rich Foreigners.
z II you are walking In Italy, and ask to
go over any likely-looklng YOU will
certainly soc something YOU fancy. Ask
the servant to sell II TO you. Very likely
he will. His master is poor, and he Is
poorer, M government can really pre-
vent the poor from selling to the rlGh,I
However, If Italian mobiles cannot keen
their things. It Is their own fault. They
like motor-cars better than Madonnas.
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MUSEUM OF VEHICLES
now IN common use 81
Paris May Furnish for Future
Generations Carriages That
Will Then be Extinct.

s PARIS, Nov. 10.
II the project OF the well.known painter
OF Partisan life, NJ. Louis Wallet, be
realized, France will possess another per-
manent museum Of unique interest. N.
Wallets dca-suggeated largely by the
works Of prophetic authors who forecast
the abandonment Of horses for street
work In the twenty-flrst century-is to or
ganxe a museum Of vehicles, including In
the collection those used to-day not only
in Paris, but In al parts Of the world
Several great savnnts and collectors are
supporting him In his scheme, and 1t is:
hoped that the State will provide build
Ing and money for the carrying out Of
his Suggestion. #
& III Versailles there exists an exhibition
,of8vchcles OF the eighteenth and nine
tcentk centuries, and the Interest already
taken In these extinct forms of carriages
iiss{an .ndoubted proof that in Years to-
come the "nacre'' and the closed four
wheeler OF to-day would be regarded Just
as curiously by our descendants.
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SW|NDLER UTILITIES
MAYORS STOLEN SEAL
Algerian Merchants Are Victim
lied to the Extent Of
$4,000.
PARIS. Nov. 10.

PARIS, Nov. 10.
A man named Adolphe Rin!baud, having.
tits alleged, stolen from the Hotel We
Vile, at Mcrsau, the official seal OF the
Mayor and packet OF black ELECTORS
cards. settled In Mnrse!lles, where he i'm
medlately turned them to profit
He punctually attended the waiting
rooms and offices OF the steamship COM
panles. and, carefully noted the names
innl addresses of the passengers who were
leaving, his next proceeding being to sec
them of In the boats Returning hurried-
ly{to post oll1ce, he then wired to the
passengers friends. Telegraph me postc
resLarte Immediately money. Have missed
BOAT: or, Have lost pocket book; wire
me money" the families in most cases
sending the money asked for.
An accomplish then presented himself
at the telegraph office, bearing q false
e!Gction card. which had been filled up
ana stamped by Klmbaud with the May
or's oi!'c:u! seal
.iAny Algerian merchants have been VIC
TING cd. INA It il estimated that Rtmbaud
has cieaesI nearly $4,000. he was arrest
ed last night. hut his accomplish has not
yet been ciugllt s,
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WOMEN S CLUBS
.ASSA|LED BY WOMAN.
Plentiful as Betting Rooms and
Witll#About the Same Moral
Influence.
LONDON, Nov.

5F5 ~ u LON DON,s NOW ~.
I'm these days daughters and wives re-
sent the advice and supervision of tfose
whom Providence ordained to look after
and protect them. They go to clubs, they
mix With loafcrs OF their own sex. with
occasional variati tons; they behave with
the independence of5wild young men about
town: they desecrate home tlife--in short,
they support ladies clubs" 4
AZ The foregoing Is the conclusion OF a
spirited attack on womens clubs IN an
article III tho November issue Of the World
Of Dress. e.,8
The writer--a woman evident y---believes
that, unless she wants to smoke, drink
flirt and bet, woman has no need Of a
club. ~.
But nowadays nearly every wo man be-
longs to one, which Is, the writer believes.
the reason that home as It used to be, is
5.'dwindng into merely place 20 sleep
att and the home duties and tho home life
no longer interest the modern woman.
Ten years ago a woman s club was q
rarity. To-dayain the West End they are
as ..plentiful as betting offices, and have
lust about as good moral influence on
the community FL:
''Women In smoking rooms. women In
billiard rooms women hanging oyer&the
tapc which rolls out the latest wintler,,--it
is not a very cnlightening picture, and the
write wonders what righteous occupation
a woman can find in club that she cans
not find in her own home. M IL ~
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LONDON. Nov. 10,

o. -
4 lord Farquhar, tho Master Of the
Kings Household, met with a slight acci-
dent while out shooting with the Prince
OF Wales and other sportsmen on sutur-
day afternoon.
For a week or two past he has been
staying his Norfolk eHsate Castle Ris-
ing about four miles from sandringhai,
A shooting party was arranged for sat-
urday, and early In tho morning the
larinca OF Wales, with Prince Alexander
Of ,reck. drove over from nandrlngham
The Hon. l1erels Keppel and Admiral Sir
Michael Culmo-iseymour We're also OF thu
party & s5 AZ ytijsylE IN *
While in the covers stray shots from
the gun of one OF the party--who It was
not Observation-Disclosures Lord Farquhar
In the head. One pellet lodged In the lobe
OF the oar, and anotherEln the cheek
Joint lust below the loft eye,
/ Fortunately. the Injuries were not seri-
Gus, though painful, and Lord Farquhar
was able to continue with the party un-
Ill The close OF the day rs shoating.
In tho evening he returned 10 London,
where he vas medically attended, and
yesterday it was stated that he had sut-
ferea little Inconvenience frolo the iajuEy.
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DIVORCE IN SIGHT
FOR CHURCHAKD STATE
French Government Essays Dis.
establishment Of All Religions
III the Republic.

PARIS, Noy IL.
The French Government bill for the is.
establishment OF the Roman Catholic
Church and all other religious denomna-
lions in France, contains Twenty-Five
clauses.
II abollshes all payments out OF public
moneys for the upkeep OF any creed or re-
llgion II grants tho Roman Catholic and
other churches the FREQ Use Of the cathe.
dral apd other ecclesiastical buildings IN
their possession for q period OF two
years
After that time the State edhces must
be rented from the government or city or
parish, according to whether they belong
to the State or to the local authorities.
All professions In the streets or other
public demonstrations OF religious worship
are to be prohibited,
The ringing OF church bells is to be
regulated by special rules.
s The bishops, deans. Wears and curates
now In office and over 40 years OF age
VIII receive small pensions for life.
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'WARSH|P SAL-UTES
TINY CRAFT AT SEA A
Lattcr,'s Captain Answers Strains
Of Band With a Dilapidated
Conccrtilla.
LIVERPOOL. Nov. 10.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 10.
An interesting letter has been received
from Captain A. L, Napier, who. with a
companion, left Brighton in August in a
small sailing vessel for the Australian
pearl fisheries.
Writing from Porto Grand. ST. Vincent
Cape Verde Island, he says that in the
Bay OF Biscuy they met with heavy
northwest gale. but 1.-THE vessel rode
through 1t like little duck. Very bad
weather was also experienced Off Madeira,
where the yoyagers spent nine days
A three days voyage brought them to
Santa Cruz Tencrific Leaving this port
OH October ., after q fairly good passage
OF eleven days, they sighted tho island or
st. Vincent,
'.During tho passagc.'' says Captain
Napier. I'VE sighted and signaled several
vessels, all OF them bearing down on us.
and wondering what the little vessel
could be doing so far from land, a large
,mun-of-war overlook us about 400 miles
north OF st, Vincent, and at t1rst took
her ts, he q Russian gunboat, so we hoist
ed our flag and got our guns on deck, in
case she ihight.try to seize us, like they
.liayc beci. doing to the English vessels N,
the Red Sea; but, to our Joy. she turned
oNt ~ pe az ~ set,.li'SS "'oti, ~, Wv.
was In renerIfte With US, and also bound
for ST. Vincent 8
.Thry hoisled their flag, and saluted us
with great cheering, and the band on
board or her tlon struck up Rule Bri-
tannia,' TO which endenyored to reply by
bringing up my 'Goncartinn and trying to
play the Argentine national anthem, but
1t was a failnyn, two Of tile notes being
out OF order, and It was drowned by thu
laughter anu cheers OF the biuejackrta,''s4
& Tho yoyagers have now left st, Vincent
for Sierra Leone. to Inspect some now
pearing grounds. s.s AZ
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..B|}|IES|ECED BY COOKS
IN HIS PARIS FLAT
Frenclllnan in Need Of One Has
Extraordinary Experience
With Hundred.

& l.sSs s PARIS, NOV. IL. )
NJ. Roman, a bachelor Of independent
means living in the Rue des Ahbesses. has
Just had an extraordinary experience in
his quest for q cook. &
AS he could not find one to. suit him in
the registry offices, he stuck number Of
little manuscript bills specifying his re-
iquirements. all over the neighborhood In
consequence of this about hundred ~
lplicants called at his house on Monday
morning. filling the staircase and passage
below.
N. Roman conscicntiously interviewed
them all, and when. after a long wait,
they We're Informed that selection had
been made, the crowd Of cooks threatened
ia smash, everything unless he paid their
expenses lie. however, prudently barri-
scadcd himself IN his nat 4.
& As the shouts of the irate cooks dis
turbed the whole ncighhorhood. the police
had TO be called, and they only succeeded
IN restoring order after arresting several
Of the riotous applicants. 5a5
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special Correspondence

special Correspondence
LONDON. Nov. 10.
T~HE Duke Of Richmond and Gordon vs.
now the host OF the Prince OF
= Wales and large house party n,
Good wood House. his stately Sussex resi-
dehcc.
In Goodwood. as also in the case OF Hal Hal
maker and Wcsthampnett. the Duke OF
Richmond owns mansion with past
It's name hns Saxon dcrivn tion--Godulh-
III. which, however, In the Doomsahy
Book comes out unblushingly as Goain-
Wood. Its vlclssltudes, before being bought
ly the first Duke OF Richmond at the be-
ginning OF the eighteenth century. we're
rot striking until the reign OF Henry !.
d was then given to one Robert de Hain.
Through his descendants by the female
Tide 1t vent to Sir Thomas West. Lord Ia
War, and was no doubt n source Q. pleas
IRE and pride to him. But tkoae were the
good old days OF King Henry VII. and
The owner OF Goodwood was compelled TO
icxchan ge IT for the Abbey OF Whewell. in
Hampshire. In 1870" after which date It
was for many years occupied By tvariout
Z lesEees to the crown.
F. .
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EACH LONDON PARK
TO H.4VE ITS 200"

LONDON. Eov. l9.--The London County
Council IL contemplating great extern
zion OF tho animal collections which have
already proved such success In Batter
sea and Victoria Parks. II the project
comes to a fruition, not only will the pres
emf collections be largely increased both
In size and scope, but similar benefits will
be extended to several Of the other parks
under the Councils control.
The Parks and Open Spaces Committee
OF the COUNCIL have Edeliberated long and
anxiously upon the scheme. and the plans
have been carefully matured and worked
out with the assistance of experts.
In parks where sufficient space Of
water is available It is proposed to install
choice assortment OF storks. hcrons,
cranes and cormorants. It is even pro-
posed to provide. accom-: odaiion for a
few well-conducted cmus kangnrcos and
rcd jungle fowl.
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IN AND PEOPLE
DFs.I r'ILL.4GE HOAXE'D

LONDON. Nov, l9,-Tho most extranr.
binary hoax has Just been played upon
the pc ople OF Rhoose. q village near Baryy.
III South Wales,
a man giving the name OF Captain
Mccarthy. and wearing n naval uniform.
called at the Temperance Hotel there and
told the landady that he hn dfcome to orr
der rooms for a number Of officers OF n
fleet O naval destroyera AZ, X
The fleet, he said. would drop anchor In
the Barry roads, and would remain In the
Channel for a week:
He inquired for the address Of a local
clergyman with the object Of getting him
to conduct o service on board the flagship.
lie took tea With the clergyman. who aft
erward announced IN church that q fleet
of warships was to arrive
Rooms We're prepared for these officers,
and the villagers anxiously watched for
tho fleet, hut II never came, and the police
are now looking for Captain Mccarthy
who has disappeared.
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SMITH ROASTED ALIVE
OVER WORKSHOP FIRE
Masked Robbers Drag Him From
House and Subject Him to
Terrible Torture.
MADRID, Nov.

~ I'd q
vlncente Lopez, smith, of Qulroga, in
the province OF Lugo. has been tortured
to death OH his snithy fire.
Four masked bandits entered his house
while the family were sleeping. and bound
and gagged Lopez, his nephew and two
servants. AS they threatened to kill Lo-
PEE unless he gave them money, he
showed them whore $500 was hidden.
Not content with this. they demanded
more, and proceeded to torture Lopez.
When the smith declared that there was
no more mopey in the house, they car
ried him Quito his smithy and laid him
near the fire, which they lit t7ss5
Then one Of the bandits worked the bell
lows and Lopez was slowly roasted. As
he persisted In his declaration that the
robbers had all his money they threw
him over the fire and burned him to death.
Afterward they plundered the house
from top to bottom, and. having made a
good meal, disappeared without leaving
any trace OF their identity.
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LONDON, Nov. 10.
Miss Ethel McCaul, the great authority
on nursing. who was received a few days
ago by the Queen, on her return from an
Important mission to the Far East having
for its object the study Of tho japanese
Red Cross Society. has given an Interview
to reporter. There can beIno doubt
she said, that the Japanese are ahead Of
us In the management OF field hospitals. X
mo women nurses are allowed at the
front, all tho work being done BY men,
both among the Russian and the Japa-
nesa wounded found that the bullet
holes were very small and clean wounds,
which healed very quickly. The Japanese
gave mo a complete infantry equipment
and a collection OF ambul ance supplies TO
bring home to show 70 people In England.
ut Is, however. n curious thing that !
could not obtain a bullet, All those ex-S
tracted from the Wounded are carefully
kept as the property Of the government.
and are arranged in cases.
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NOAH S ARK REBUILT
AND NOW AFL.0 GA
Designer Followed as Closely as
Possible Probable Outlines
Of Scriptural8 Craft.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10.

COPENHAGEN, Nov 10.
A trial trip was made yesterday on the
Sound Of model Noah's Ark.
The vessel, constructed BY the engineer,
NJ, Vogt, a nearly a possible in accord
ance with the description given in the
Bible narrative. is OF 200 tons burden. The
cost Of building has been betrayed by the
Carlberg Naval Fund.
After consulting number OF dstin-
gushed Hebraists. NJ. Vogt followed the
outlines of the most ancient representa-
ton known of the Ark, which are given
on an Apamean coin dating 800 b. c.,
now the property Of tho Stockholm Mu-
Eeum. 81. III E
q He made his model thirty feet in length,
five feet wide and three feet In height,
the entire dimensions averaging about
one-tenth the actual size Of N oah's Ark.
Interpreting the Hebrew word s.Zohar''
not as light, which is the usual meaning
assigned to 1t. but as a smoke escape,
the model was further equipped with a
chimney.
The Ark. with a number OF university
professors. engineers, Eovcrnm ent Off cials
and journalists on board, as well as her
designer, N. Yogt, behaved splendidly In
the waters OIL Inc OOul1d, ShllIlIIllu6n grace
fully over the waves, and vcering with
the changing winds with an ease as
though worked by a propeller 3
The Ark is declared by marine experts
here to be not only the simplest kind Of
vessel possible, but also masterpiece Of
shpbuilding, upon which the latest de-
velopments OF the craft could devise no
Improvement.
1t has been decided by the municipality
to invite,the King TO make trip on the
new Noah's Ark. ri e.
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.tVEAL1HY WIPES
FOR NEEDY NOBLEllEM

BERLIN. Nav, 1o--Another sensational
trial Will shortly be commenced In Berlin.
a certain Frau Hartert will be indicted
for malpractlces connected With semi-
secret matrimonial agency she had estao-
llshed in ono or the best residential quar-
tiers Of the city. Her specially was tho
finding OF wealthy middle-class girls for
lmpecunious mobiles. and her hunting
ground Was among the daughters of tho
"honte fnance." Hartert received snor-
nous sums, 1t is alleged, Tor her good or
Aces, both from the girls. people and from
the husbands after marriage
Astonishing revelations are proni'sed Of
an incredible state OF AFFAIRS, There are
over 100 witnesses.
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IA7NITED no ATTEND
HLS5O OWN EXECUTION

PARIS, Nov. 19.-Dr. Abdul Hikmet, a
Turkish resident here, has been requested
by tho Turkish Embassy to return within
twenty days to Constantinople. where an
order for his execution awaits him.
The doctor recently published a violent
~ worded pamphlet charging the Sultan
with responsibility for, the massacre OF
nom Mussulmans in the Turkish empire.
He has appealed to the French Govern
mcnt for protection. q. 4
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Another SEAT Girl,o

Z ROME, Nov. lo.--sophonsba Benini, n
peasant girl, who hsts b., been discovered IN
IA "a ra /, although, only Ii Years old. stands
j feet high, Weighs Is stone 70 ounces. and
is IS inches round the chest, She is de-
scrIbed as u perfectly healthy and hap.
child, Notwithstanding her size.
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Tug-of-WaY with sla,a,rks,

QUEBEC. Nov. l0-While three fisher,
men were Alternating to drag ashore the
bodyof A whale on the coast Of QueEeo
te safks seTsn e
until eight OF the sharks Wore killed,
EWheh the other two made off. Nh
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Punished for Arresting Girls.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. le.--During a
Observation-Disclosures the Kasan
Cathedral !. yestsrday the &, Police arrested
feet on hearing of this, ordered their re-
lease and the punishment or the men who
had arres ted them, u ~ ls
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Alha1nbra In Danger.

E MADRID. Nov, l9,-The word-renowned
Alhambra of Granada rs N DANCER 81 col
the walls, and otherwise the building is
Ia u condition OF regretIable dIIupida ton,
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"A $1,000 Smoke.

ROME, Nov. ia stranger who was
to-day arrested by the Italian police at
Bari forthwith lit cigar with e200
note. He refuses to give any account OF
himself.