The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25
CONAN DOYLE
AT FOUL OF LAW
Author Exceeds Speed Limit
and Is Forced to Pay Il
Twenty-Five Dollar Fine
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
LONDON, June N-Wen up in the
list of the best selling novels on this
side Of the water at present is 'The
Morals of Marcus Ordeyne." It's au-
thor. w. ]. Locke, is one of the dozen
or more English writer's Of renown who
combine literary work with some more
prosaic calling. He Is secretary OF the
Royal Institute Of British Architects.
Tall. STOPPING, clean-shaven and
somewhat gaunt-looking. surveying the
world placidly through a pair Of the
heavy trimmed eyeglasses affected on
this side Of the water. Locke is evil
IDENTIFY his own original for Sir Mar
GUS in almost everything excepting
years, the author having just turned
forty. He was born in Barbados and
went first to the Royal College at
Trinidad and then to Cambridge. where
he gained mathematical honors in 1884.
Counting his last one, Locke has pro-
duced nine novels. the first being called
AT the Gate of Samaria.' Perhaps the
best of the lot was Where Love Is.
which saw the light in 1903. Most of
Lockes literary work is done in his fiat
in Ridgmount Gardens. Bloomsbury.
Besides being a confirmed club man. the
author is popular in society and is
usually to be seen Of Sunday morning
taking part In the fashionable church
parade in Hyde Park.
NEW POLISH STAR RISES.
Since Sienkiewicz practically retired
from the literary world, Polish novelists
have not been doing much for the inter-
national fame of their country. From
Warsaw 1t Is reported that an author
with the sufficiently imposing name or
Gansiorowski is likely to be heard from
presently outside Poland, where his fame
is already great, although the sale of his
book has been prohibited in Russia. His
latest novel, "The Tenth Pavilion"
grim story of the plots and counter plots
of the Polish socialists and of the dread
mysteries of the Warsaw Citadel. is be-
ing translated into English, with the idea
of introducing this author to England
and to the United States. He Is already
known in France. several of his histori-
cal novels having been translated into
the French language.
MOTORS CAUSE TROUBLE.
Their respective motor cars have been
getting both Rudyard Kipling and Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle into trouble of late.
The author of Sherlock Holmes was
in court day before yesterday, and fineG
$25 for letting his chauffeur travel On the
Portsmouth road at more than the legal
speed of twenty miles an hour. 1t was
man were travelling at the rate of over
thirty miles to the sixty minutes, though
the burly novelist declared in court that
he had not thought his car capable of
that speed.
Rudyard Kipling was motoring through
the village of Robertsbridge. few days
ago, when his Mercedes frightened
cart-horse. The animal SHE'D and his
driver was thrown to the ground, his ear
being nearly cut off by one of the cart
wheels. Kipling and the other folk in
the car promptly offered assistance, but
this was wrathfuny refused by the man,
who lost good deal of blood before his
wound could be properly stitched by
doctor.
HONOR FOR HAUPTMANN.
Gerhart Hauptmann Is one of the for
eign celebrities selected this year for the
distinction of an Oxford honorary de-
gree Aside from his genius. the Ger
man writer OF tragedies is interesting
because of his versatility and his ex-
tremely unliterary origin. His father was
a small innkeeper in Silesia and Haupt-
mann got his early education at the VII
lage school, where, like other geniuses
in the making, he was considered rather
a Ounce, though even then he showed
certain talent for storytelling. He first
thought, however, of being sculp-
tor, and he worked at it for while, but
gradually took to writing.
At the beginning his luck was bad. or
his first work, drama called "Das Erbe
des Tiberius'' he lost the manuscript. An
epic poem of his in the style of Byron's
'iChilde Harold was printed, but after
ward suppressed. Then he wrote volume
of poems, but the publisher who accept
ed 1t failed before the book was printed.
An autobiographical novel, on the lines
of David Copperfield," started soon al
terward by Hauptmann, remains unfin-
ished to this day. His first great sue
cess was made with drama called die
Weber" His best known work is die
Versunkene Glocke."
ODDITIES OF EUGENE SUE.
No great enthusiasm has been aroused
by the proposal to erect monument to
Eugene Sue at Annecy, the little town to
which the author retired when his po-
lit4cal opinions rendered Paris impossible
for him. Sue Is one OF those writers
of whom everybody is supposed to have
read, but whom, as matter or ract,
comparatively few persons nowadays do
read Still 1t is unquestionable that at
the time he wrote the Mysteries OF
Paris he was the most conspicuous OF
French novelists.
Many amusing stories concerning him
are still current at Annecy. although
in theory an extremist among Socialists,
he was most luxurious in his personal
habits 1t is said that every morning
when he sat down to work his valet
brought him new pair Of straw-colored
gloves, which he put on before dipping
gold pen into a silver inkpot perchance
to write some fiorid denunciation OF
riches. or to affirm his conviction that
no one was entitled to any Of the super
fuities of life while there were people
who were deprived Of its necessities
What must be record book-bargain Is
reported this week from Scotland. AT
sale of furniture and books recently held
in small country town north of the
Tweed, an eighth edition, in nineteen
volumes, of the Encyclopedia Britannica
was put up for auction. After some hesi-
fancy about bidding, reckless member
ae 4l.c. ,lor 90 fafferad cents for the