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The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
War ON WHITE SLAVE TRADE
Society Women Join Hands with
Italian Government.
Inaugurate Novel Crusade Against
Evil with Performance of Sensa-
tiOnaI Melodrama.

Rome. March 30.-With the consent of
the Italian government and under the
special patronage of a committee Of
women of the Roman aristocracy. a move
ment has been set on foot in Rome for
combating the growth OF the white slave
traffic by stage plays.
Last night the experiment was initiated
in the performance of a powerful fve-act
melOdrama by Slgnor Giuseppe Parini
called "The White Slaves" The plot un-
folds a sad story of wiles and violence
used 10 ensnare with the offer of a re-
muneratlve post as governess in q wealthy
family at Buenos Ayres a beautiful
Italian girl just bereaved Of her mother.
The authors thesis is that the first fall
is either irreparable in its consequences
or else inclines the woman to seek refuge
from her shame and misery in death.
The large and popular theater was
crowded to its utmost capacity. all the
boyes and stalls being thronged with
prominent citizens Of either sex. The
author received enthusiastic recalls be-
fore the curtain, and an effective verse
prologue setting forth the moral Of the
play was recited by Gabrielllno d'Annun-
ziO. a son of the famous poet
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
TOT RARE CONJUROR
Little Bamboo Blossom
Does Mystifying Tricks.
IS DAUGHTER OF A MAGICIAN
Young Lady of -Four
Years Performs Feats which As
tound Spertators-Arrives In Eng
land Only TO BE Prevented from
Giving Public Exhibitions.

London. March So-Dainty little BAN
boo Blossom. an aImond-eyed young lady
Of four. who has just arrived in London
from the Flowery Land. is a born con-
juror
Bamboo Blossom" is the tiny daughter
OF Chung Ling 500, the Chinese magician,
now appearing at the New Cross Empire.
and she could conjure long before she
could speak.
In the tea gardens OF her own land
Bamboo Blossom can perform all her
tricks freely in public, but here she has
just learned that she is far too young 10
be granted a license.
This strange prohibition has bewlldered
Bamboo Blossom" who cannot under
stand why she should not come on the
stage Ike her father and pull rabbits out
of empty howerpots for her OWL amuse-
ment as she does at home.
When a reporter last night went to see
Blossom she completely mystifed him
with her sleight-of-hand tricks.
Holding half a dozen cards in her
chubby fists, she invited a choice. and
then with astonishing ease. produced the
chosen. cards in the most unlikely places.
A five-shilling piece placed in paper in
her hand on the instant was transformed
into five separate shillings, while Bios
SOM chuckled IN infantile delight.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
.FRENCHMBN GO FOXHUNTING
Arrange for Great International
Event Next Month.
Victims Already Captured and VIII
venience of Riders.

Paris. March 30.-Since Sir Conan Doyle
made Brigadier Gerard cut a fox in two
with HIS sword when he went out with
the hounds, Frenchmen have smarted
under the aspersion that they know moth
ing about foxhunting
Such a hunt as Englishmen have never
even dreamed of has now been arranged.
and the meet will be at Satory, near St
Cyr, next month.
SO carefully has every detail been ar
ranged that the Figaro this morning
prints the programme Of the days sport.
To avoid the trouble of drawing Coverts.
the foxes have already been caught in
the Ardennes. and are now possibly re-
ceiv.ng lessons in deeorum.
TIE number of hedges, bitches, and
streams in the Plain of Satory is being
largely increased. Grand stands are being
erected 50 that crowds may watch the
run.
''The parade will truly be dream of
elegance, says the Figaro. Hunts
women and their cavaliers on the best
French and ELslish thoroughbreds; the
dogs servants (huntsmen) in their classic
4iNeiy' anu the houhus themselves IN good
trim, eager and baying, viii all make up
the splendid spectacle.
"The hounds viii. according to custom.
be let loose after the fox has gone 300 or
400 yards. They will be followed by the
hunters at full gallop."
The Figaro adds that ''as we have few
packs trained for foxhunting in France.
the best English packs and the noblest
huntsmen of King Edwards Court will
cross the Channel to take part in the
'chasse de rentente cOrdiaie.
All Paris is wildly excited over the
event, and tailors are now busy making
pink coats for ambitious sportsmen who
are determined 10 show Englishmen thar
they know how fox hunt should be con
Quoted.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
MAY WEAR DISCUSSES
Sutfragists Have Scheme to
Enter Parliament.
WOULD APPEAR LIKE BOYS
Secretary of Woman's Social and PO-
IitieaI Union says She Would DO
Anything for the Cause-MembeFs
Are Collecting Courage 10 Make
Possible Sacrifice When Necessary.

London. March S0.-Hrs. Cobden-Sand-
erson's hlnt that militant sumTagists may
don male attire, and thus reach the In
side of the House u Commons. has been
enthusiastically welcomed by her res0-
lutte followers. They look cheerfully for
ward. indeed. 10 such an eseapade.
4 should not hesitate TO do it for the
cause, said Mrs. Martin, secretary Of the
Women's Social and Political Union. yes
terday. Il would do anything for tha
cause. If any one had told me a year ago
that I would have demonstrated ana gone
to prison I should have been incredulous
and indignant.
In mems clothes? Why Motif no
other means will accomplish the end in
view? Besides. there is nothing so exTaOr-
binary about male attire. Christina
of Sweden always adopted it; so, too. dc
many lady explorers"
Would not the slightness Of a lady's
figure reveal the truth?H
we should look more frail, Of course
You know that ia mans dress e woman
OF thirty seems like a boy of nineteen"
This comment suggested that Mrs Mar,
tin had rehesrsed for the part. but when
asked il she had ever worn tile clothes
sacred TO men, she replied that she could
not think Of answering a question so per.
sonaL
But what about the hair?'
''Well, what of It? The hair Is no.
such great matter. after all. We could
surely sacrifice it. wouldn't mind doinf
sO-f0r the cause.
The suggestion is receiving the closes
attention from suffragists and enthusi
asts everywhere are screwing Up theil
courage to the possible sacrifice.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
KING SEEKS SLEUTHS
Alfonso Eager to Organize
Good Detective Corps.
SHAKES UP SPANISH POLICE
Offers OniciaI of Scotland Yard Big
salary tn Act Rs Chief SuPerintend-
ent-Inaugurates Criminal Iuvesti-
cation Department at MRdrid-Iias
High Opinion of English Force.

London, March 30-King Alfonso has
decided 10 revolutiOnize Spanish police
methods by tnaugurating a criminal in
vestigation department at Madrid on the
Scotland Yard model.
The post of chief superintendent has
been offered TO Detective Inspector Ar
row, OF the criminal investigation de-
partment, whose decision will be eabled
to the King of Spain to-day
A salary Of 5000 a year with special
expenses is offered with the appointment.
The new head Of the Spanish police force
will be. therefore. one Of the best-paid
detectives in the world.
This innovation on the part Of King
Alfonso is the result of the high opinion
of the London detective force he formed
on his last visit before his marriage.
In Spain at the present time the police
organization does not in any way com
pare with the Scotland Yard methods,
and Queen Victoria, long accustomed to
the security OF the English system. has
assisted his majesty in drawing up the
plans
During his visits to this country King
Alfonso remarked on the excellent way
ia which our police did their work, and
he expressed a wish to reform the lax
Spanish methods.
The appointment as head Of the Mad
rid Scotland Yard" was first offered To
Detective Inspector Mccarthy, who al
ways looks after the safety of English
royalties
When the bomb exploded in front OF
King Alfonso's carriage on his wedding
day, Inspector Mccarthy was riding in
the procession behind their majesties.
Inspector Mccarthy was reluctantly
obliged 10 decline the offer OF the ap-
pointment because he has been specially
chosen TO accompany King Edward
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
COLD KILLS HUNTERS
Three Meet Death on Top of
Mountain in Ireland.
LOSE WAY IN DENSE FOG
Searching Parties Recover Bodies
Frozen stih-WaHder About in VIII
dernesS Until They Drop from Ex-
haustiOn--UnRb 10 Find Any OF
Regular Track in Fastnesses.

Belfast. March 3o,-A mountain tragedy.
involving the death OF three men. was re-
ported from County Antrim yesterday
Five men, named Connolly. Kelly.
White, MillaF. and Smith. started on
Wednesday on q shooting expedition on
the mountain range which overiooks the
beautiful Vale of GlenarIH.
Two or three hours later they lost
themselves in a dense fog. They wan
dered aimlessly about. and endeavored
70 md one Of the beaten tracks, bur with
out success.
At length hunger brought on extreme
fatigue. The men, alone and lost in the
mountains. had scarcely the strength to
walk, and the bitterly cold wind partially
paralyzed their limbs. Darkness came on,
and the men were stiu ignorant Of their
whereabouts.
After while Connolly said he could 90
no farther, and he fell 70 the ground ex-
hausted. His four companions although
almost as weak as he, picked rim up and.
by an effort which taxed theil remaining
strength TO the utmost, carried him over
bovlders and through gullies, until they
themselves were on the point OF coll
lapsing.
Then they put him down. placed him
under shelter in a sitting position,
wrapped him In their greatcoats. and,
having thus done all they could for his
comfort. left him and went away to look
for assistance.
Millar and Smith went in one direction
and Kelly and White in another. The
flrst-named pair reached the residence of
Conway Dobbs, at Parkmore. yesterday
morning. They were in the last stage OF
exhaustion, and as they entered the house
they sank helplessly or a couch.
Restoratives were applied. and when
they had regained sufficient strength they
related their terrible experience.
A search party was at once organized,
and. with Millar and smith acting as
guides, they all tramped to the spot where
Connolly had been left. He was sitting
there, still wrapped IN his companions
coats. but dead. He had been frozen TO
death
Later in the afternoon the dead bodies
OF Keilty and White were found in the
bed Of a frozen mountain stream. The
men had evidently stumbled there. and
had been too weak to rise.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
AUSTRALIANS LEAVE AFRICA.
Depression in business Drives Thou
sands 20 Former Home.

SIRIUS 10 oEhAAEE AA3AAA&a
Cape Town. March 3O.-The depression
which prevails in the cities Of South
Africa is without parallel. Business IS
paralyzed in Cape Town. johannesburg,
and Durham. and the newspapers are flled
with reports of creditors meetings and
announcements of sales of bankrupt
stocks and furniture Hundreds Of Onices
and shops are untenanted.
George Valdez. who represents the gov
ernment OF New South wales. states that
during the last twelve months $500 peo-
pie have sailed for Australia from Cape
Town alone. He estimates that another
5000 have left Durham for the same desti-
nation. They returned at their own cost
There are hundreds OF others who would
leave If they had tbe means
A few days ago, at the request Of Mr.
Valdez. the mayors Of the chief South
African cities invited Australians who
wished to return and had not the means
to send in their names and addresses.
Six hundred genuine cases have already
been reported from johannesburg. 200
from Durham, and about 200 in Cape Town.
All these are 10 be granted free pas
sage TO Australia. and the authorities IN
johannesburg are so glad to get rid Of
the surplus population that they have
communicated TO Dir. Valder their viii
ingness to pay the fares OF the stranded
Australians 10 the port OF embarkation.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
CAMORRIST LEADERS CAUGHT.
Italian Police Inaugurate Crusade
Asainst Dreaded Secret society.

Italian Police lnaugurate Crusade
Against Dreaded Secret Society.
Rome March 30.-Some five hundred
Camorrist ringleaders have been arrested
al Naples as the result Of the determined
crusade undertaken by the government
against secret criminal societies. The
Neapolitan prisons are full 10 overflow
ing. as many as twenty culprits being
lodged in "a single cell. On this account
and because the Camorrists were found
to be holding committees among them
selves and regular communication with
comrades outside by means Of their own
slang code. the authorities have now be
gun transferring them to different pro-
vinciaI houses of detention till the trial
is fixed. which probably viii not begin
for another twelve months.
The authorities have been obliged to
transfer TO Capri Signor Capezzuti. the
galley marshal of Carabinieri, who super
intended the military police raids, lest his
repeatedly threatened assassination should
be realized, and thereby increase the diff
culues of an already grave situation.
Despite elaborate precautions taken to
effect his capture, Erricone, the notorious
supreme chief of the Naples Camorra, has
succeeded in getting clear away 10 the
United States. whence he dispatched a
message to his pursuers saying he had
merely taken sea voyage at the doctor S
orders. and his absence from hts post was
only temporary. Erricone managed 20
board an emigrant liner in the disguise OF
a coal HEAVIER, and crossed the Atlantic
as a stowaway.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
PARTISAN MOB LYNCHES MAN.
Takes SUMMARY Vengeance on Un-
known Who 'h0t Five Persons.

known Who }hOt Five Persons.
Paris. March CA sensational shooting
affray occurred at the Hotel Pigane, in
Nontmartre, tonight
The hotel Is opposite the well-known
restaurant, the Dead Rat" A man who
has given the name Of Joliybois entered
the hotel with a woman named Ropignon,
and had supper with her.
After supper he suddenly produced a
six-ehambered revolver and shot the
woman. The landlord rushed toward JoI-
lybois, who thereupon shot him IN the
arm.
Jollybois then fred at the hotel porter.
killing him on the spot A policeman in
plain clothes made an attempt to arrest
the murderer. and he was shot through
the head and killed
A lieutenant in fun uniform. who rushed
into the hotel from the street at the
sound Of the firing. was shot through the
left lung and Is not expected to live.
The murderer ran away, but was cap
tuTed BY the crowd and almost torn limb
from limb.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
FIND THOUSANDS OF BODIES.
ExcavatOrs ia Milan Remove 400
Carloads of Human Remains.

London. March ga grewsome dis
covery was recently made in the Milan
metropolis in which It IS estimated that
thousands Of persons were buried. The
Milan general hospital possesses near the
Porta Victoria plot on which there is
a mortuary chapel Beneath this chapel
there are seventy-nine vaults each TWEEN
ty-siX feet long. fourteen feet wide. and
thirteen feet deep. The only means of ac-
cess is a manhole.
Between the years 100 and 17S3 innu-
merabie dead We're cast into the vaults.
until they We're fun, when they were
sealed up. Recent excavations again
brought the long-forgotten burial places
to light As the vaults were faced with
stone and hermetically sealed. the decom-
position Of the bodies has been extreme
ly slow The municipal sanitary ex-
perts finally found "a means to create a
heat of 200 degrees whereby the remains
were gradually calcined. -Four hundred
carloads of human remains have already
been removed TO the cemetery. It will
take some weeks longer to clear the
vaults there
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
TRIES TO CREMATE HER RIVAL
Woman on Trial for Fiendish Crime
in Berlin.
Charged with Pouring EnhammabIe
Liquid Ga Victim and Set
ting IL on Fire.

Berlin, March S0.-The criminal court
here began to-day the trial OF a woman
named Schmidt for the murder. under
atrocious circumstances. of an acquaint-
ance named Elisabeth Kreer.
The extraordinary nature of the crime
excites great attention. Schmidt. who is
forty-nine years OF age. and the mother
of eight children, suspected her husband.
who is the skipper of canal barge. of
inhdelity. When rummaging in his pock-
cts, she found Kreer's address. and came
10 the conclusion that Kreer was her
husbands mistress. She visited Kreer
several times, and implored her to cease
her relations with her husband. but Kreer
turned deaf ear 10 her entreaties.
The case for the Grown is that Frau
Schmidt determined TO wreak vengeance
on her rival. She acquired in an un-
known way a bottle of some highly in
flammable liquid, and, proceeding to
Kreer's apartment, poured the fluid over
her head and dress, Immediately setting
fire to It. Schmidt suddenly disappeared.
but Kreer's agOnizlng screams brought
her neighbors to her assistance. HeIp.
however, came too late, for she died
shortly after her arrival In hospital. As
the physicians say. she was literally
roasted to death.
The chief evidence against Frau
Schmidt is that of boy who saw her
in the neighborhoOd of Kreer's dwelling
at the time Of the outrage. and the dying
statement of Kreer herself.
Schmidt declares her innocence, main
tanning that she was at home at the
time. Her counsel seeks to weaken the
deposition of the dead woman by proving
that the name of Frau Schmidt was sug-
gested to her, and that even In death she
sought to injure her rival
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
JAPANESE USE sIX-INCH GUNS.
English Writer Declares Smaller
Armament Is Needed.


Armament Is Needed.
London. March 30.-The Chronicle naval
correspondent writes:
japanese gunnery experts who watched
the recent prize firing Of the British China
squadron consider that the admiralty
made mistake IN treating the 6-inch gun
as an obsolete weapon. They hold that
battles viii be won at sea as much by the
moral effect Of the bursting Of shells out
side as by the material results Of shell
IRE in a heavy sea. They say that ny
draulic-worked guns viii never be worked
as quickly or laid so accurately as hand
worked guns. If the Dreadnought could
always arrange to fight outside limit of
5000 yards Of the enemy she would not
feel the want Of e-inch guns, but times
must occur when light and sea conditions
viii make it necessary 10 close inside OF
zone OF coo yards. It is understood that
the japanese Dreadnought wiz carry T.
inch guns.
japanese naval discipline is a marvel
Gus thing to English eyes. There are no
ship police and there is practically no code
Of punishment. An officer demonstrates
with a faulty man. He reminds him of
his ancestors and appeals to his love of
country. II the man is recalcitrant. the
officer slaps his face once or twice. That
brings him TO his senses. The relati ,s-
between officers and men are fraternal
| like the French. and owing to the absence
/ of physical punishments and also OF
crime. the terms existing on the upper
and lower deck are described as ideal
Since the war, however. there has been
] a slightly greater tendency 10 drink on
I the part of seamen.
1T is a mistake to think that the Japa-
lnese have copied the English navy in other
than mechanical points in construction
/ and the arrangement and dress Of ma
/ lterials They think for themselves on
higher discipline. strategy. ana tactics.
/ The arrangements for the Straits Of
| Tsuhima victory were worked out by a
/ lieutenant on the staff at Tokyo. Admiral
/ Togo, to his eternal honor, accepted the
plans of his junior. who has since been
promoted 10 the rank of commander"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31

Dresden. March 5o-In despair at his in
ability 70 support himself and his family
on his meager pension, Herr Wilsdorf
formerly chief forester to the King Of
saxony. murdered his wife. three sons
and two daughters and committed suicide
.st Dresden last night
His eldest daughter. twenty-five years
Old was also shot after frantic struggle
to disarfn her father She is till alive. bur
Is in q dying condition.
The family lived in a fat but the neigh
bors. though they had heard nothing OF
the Wilsdorfs since Friday. suspected
nothing wrong until early this morning.
when the janitor discovered that a milk
can left in front Of the door had not been
touched. He summoned the police. who
forced open the door.
Upon the floor Of the first room lay the
body Of the eldest daughter. in whom a
spark Of life was stl Pickering. After
she had been removed to q hospital the
police searched the other rooms, discover
ing the body Of the mother In bed. with
bullet through her temple.
In an adjoining room, Uttered with
{ stpffit aus tAAtAlt+ were LAe bt5llee ul the
remainder Of the family three boys and
/ two girls. the eldest Of the latter eight
cen years cid, and two of the boys. twins,
aged twelve.
/ Wilsdorf had attempted in a variety OF
ways 70 earn enough money 10 support
/ his family. but without success The
/ seVenfOid tragedy appears TO have been
/ iprearranged by Wilsdorf and his wife
who were reduced to the belief that stimuli
/ taneous death was the best and happiest
escape from the menace OF starvation
/ Not until the eldest daughter entered
the fat after her mother, brothers and
sisters had been murdered was the father
disturbed Ia the execution of his mad re-
solve. The girl even then fought hard to
save her fathers life and her own. but
( tainted before she could disarm him from
bullet wounds in the head ana breast The
father. believing her dead then stretched
himself upon a sofa and blew out bis
brains
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
SHAH LEAVES RARE JEWELS,
Inventory Of Treasures Just Conf
pIeted fn Persian Capital

Vienna, March S0-A message from
TeheraH says that a careful Inventory Of
the treasurers left by the late Shah has
been made.
The collection includes a number Of un-
rivaIed diamonds and other stones. The
old crown Of the Persian dynasty con-
taiHs a ruby as big as a hens egg.
A belt studded with diamonds and worn
only on great state occasions weighs
eighteen pounds. and is valued at several
hundred thousand pounds
A wonderful silver vase is decorated
with a hundred smaragds, one of which
is so large that 1t was found possible 10
eugrave on il the Shah's numerous titles.
A sword with a diamond-c0vered scab-
bard is valued at many thousands.
A remarkable feature Of the collection
is Il square block Of amber of 100 cubic
inches said to have dropped from the
skies at the time OF Mahomet
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31

London. March 30.-There is a fascinat-
Ing air of romance and adventure about
the expedition which left the East India
locks yesterday in the steamer Alfred
Nobel. TO search for sunken treasure
worth S30.00000O of the coast of Africa.
According to Capt c. A. p. Gardiner,
Of Bloomsbury. who heads the expedition.
The african coast is lined with bullion
sunk in every kind of vessel. from old
Dutch galleons 20 modern liners. Here Is
an aHuring list of a few Of the treasures
which. it is hoped. win be brought to the
surface.
Immensely rich treasure captured from
pirates and sunk in the Wilhelm der Sc
cunda
Priceless china bullion. tin, lead. and
silver. sunk in the Dutch galleon Middle
burg. which was seutued of Hoetjes
Bay lg2 years ago. to avoid capture,
Valuable cargo lost in the Dutch govern
nlents armed merchantmen CrazensteiH
in 1895.
Copper. tin. and silver. of great value
which went down in the Aberdeen White
Star boat Thermopylae.
Cant. Gardner mas served III the Dilttol
ana Chinese nayies. and is an officer OF
the Royal Naval Reserve. His attention
was drawn to the records OF the many
wrecks which have occurred along tht
African coasts. and he spent several years
in endeavoring To locate them.
He was rewarded by the discovery OF
twenty-nine wrecks which could be-
reached. and the result Of his discoyerie.
was the formation of the South African
Salvage Company. Limited with a CAPT
tai of N25.000.
The steamer Alfred Nobel. once tbs
Oromea, a pleasure yacht. and more re
Gently engaged in carrying dynamite, was
chartered. and neither pains nor money
was spared in equipping her as a salyag'
vessel
There will he twenty hands including
two divers an ex-navy or naval reserv,
men. They viii sign for five years
aud viii be given a . per cent share Of al
treasure found.
The Cape government claims Is per cen
of the value OF all silver raised, % pc
cent Of the value of gold and precious
stones. and 10 per cent of the value o
other articles. but Capt Gardiner IS quit
satisfied that there win be enough left e
please everybody concerned.