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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-19
MOVING DAY IN VIENNA
BESET WITH TROUBLE
Strike Of Packers and Drivers Of
Furniture Vans Leads to Awk-
ward Complications.
MANY SLEEP ON STREET

VIENNA, May IS. 4
A general strike OF the packers >and
drivers Of furniture vans employed by re-
moval contractors led to amusing scenes
in the streets today.
A large proportion OF Viennesc change
their residence during May. and the strik-
crs. who are well organized, took udvan-
tage Of this fact to demand higher wages
and to demoralize the removal operations
which were in progress In all parts Of the
city.
Non-union men were employed by the
contractors, and the city authorities pro-
vided an escort of mounted police for
every vanload OF furniture. while other
policemen sat with the driver. These i'm
posing professions caused great amuse-
ment
In some cases the strikers induced the
non-unionsts to unharness the horses and
abandon the vans fun of furniture in the
street. Many unfortunate householders
were forced to sleep In empty flats to-
night. Several vans in the suburbs. which
were without police protection, were over
turned by strikers. the scattered furniture
completely blocking the tram lines.
Many arrests have been made.
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ONE KITCHEN FOR
WHOLE GR0UP0F FLATS
Berlin Syndicate to Build Houses
on System New to the
Fatllerland.
BERLIN NAV

BERLIN, May Is.
a strongly-flnanced syndicate, calling it.
self The One Kitchen House Company
has been started here, with the object Of
building houses in which every fiat win
be served by common kitchen,
The flats will consist of two. three or
four rooms. will be fitted up with every
modern arrangement for the convenience
of occupiers. but will be without kitchens.
The company will retain management OF
the central kitchen and cater for their
tenants. Every flat will have direct com
munication with the Kitchen by means of
an elevator, and at the same hour nll the
occupicrs will sit down to meals. which.
1T is stated. will not be more expensive
than were the housewife herself attending
to them.
In addition. the company will supply a
staff Of domestic assistants who will keen
the flats tidy and clean and will black
boots, and in every fiat there will be d
small gas range for cooking minor dishes
The company is confident Of success One
of their chief trumps is that their plar
will obviate the necessity on the part OF
the tenants of employing domestic serv.
ants. Their plan has already been trief
in Denmark and Sweden. and to a small
extent in America.
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Bay TO BE
SEAPORT OF RAND

DURHAM, May 1S.--A syndicate repre-
senting number Of powerful Johannes
burg firms Is said to have been organized
for the purpose of Improving Delagoa
Bay and making it the permanent princi-
pal seaport for the Rand.
During the first nine months OF 1906
Delagon Bay absorbed 81 per cent. of the
total seaborne trade OF the Transvaal.
being the shortest and cheapest route
thereto. The liveiest competition has ex-
listed between Delagoa Bay and British
ports for tho Rand traffic, but under the
1nodus vivendi the Portuguese port enjoys
substantial advantage as regards re-
duced railway rates.
The greatest secrecy Is maintained re-
gardlng the syndicate, which is now con-
sidering the best method Of improving the
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MINE .MAGNATES GET
WARMING IN time
Rand Government to. Resist At
tempt to Close Works and
Thus Increase Idlers.
CHINESE MUST LIE A v Z

PRETORIA. May IS.
Alr, SHUTS today received q deputation
OF the unemployed, 800 of whom marched
utation submitted to the minister the
resolutions passed at the meeting at Jo-
hannesbu-s. urging the government to
find employment for the whites in the
mines.
hlr. SHUTS, In reply. made a momentous
declaration Of policy. He said that he
could not Increase wages on the relief
works, and these must only be regarded
as temporary. The solution must be
sought In the absorption Of the unem-
ployed by the mines.
'.They had" he said, "thc spectacle of
the mines clanoring Cor labor and labor
clamorIng for work. The Chinese were
introduced to meet the demand for I'M
skilled labor. and this disastrous expert
ment, had brought the deepest distress
one result OF which was the unemployed
problem. The government would stick to
Its policy regarding the Chinese, and
would repatriate them al the earliest pos
sible opportunity. This would solve prob
lens with which they were faced The
mines must be regarded not as the heri-
tage OF the rich alone. but also of the
poor 1t was the privilege of capitalists to
put capital in the mines, but also OF the
working people to get employment in
them"
Proceeding to refer to the demand for
legislation to prevent the mines closing
down he said that he thought mine own
ers were not SO blind to their own inter
ests as to do this. but II they did the
government would not hesitate to act
The government would sympathetically
consider the question of working Its own
mines.
Mr.. Shuts remarkable statement puts
the government III sympathy with the
democratic element in the Transvaa. Ii
will be regarded as a declaration Of war
against monopoly control and the doom OF
the Chinese. II shows that the govern.
ment recognizes the gravity Of the coming
conflict.
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rcpcntant at his feet. Then the dead
love of long ago wakcns once more in
his ghostly bosom. lie lifts her to her
feet. For II moment spirit ana mortal
are entwincd in fierce embrace There
follows darhncas again. and fearful rat
things of thunder and Whistlings OF wind
and rain, and the lights go UP, and the
girl Is discovered lying dead upon the
stage.
AS may be seen, considered MS n mere
neutrality-suspicious. true nor untrue-thero
is not Il little interesting sugSestiveNnss
I'm tho notion, especially for those who
gloat over old Gaelic stories and like TO
dream about tile Hall OF Tara and the
harp that once" etc. Frankly. the play
itself Is not greatly dramatic or pecu-
llarly well written. still. 1t Is an alto
gether different sort Of thing from the
empty trash that titled ladies have turned
out before now hy the name of lltera-
ture, OF one sort and another
Indy Crpmnrtic is the only countess in
her own right adjoining the peeragc. and
her paternul uncle Is the Duke of Suther-
tlanu. She Is one OF the largest landown-
ers among women in the United Kingdom.
and derives n considerable income from
! the Furnishing spa OF Strathpelfer. She
Is petite, dark. Very p!quant OF expression
and interesting. fond Of music and OF u
country life, but quite devoid Of the ath-
letic tastes and tondness for adventure
possessed by her only sister, Lady Con-
stance Sstcwart-Fichardson.
Lady Cromarie who Is stlll we'll ON
1.-THE sunny side of 80. was married from
stafford House eight years ESQ to Major
Edward Blunt, and has two sons. Her
eldest child, u girl. died.
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GERMANY HAS SPIES
IN THE BELGIAN ARMY
Advertisement i'll Newspaper
Leads to Arrest Of Four Non
Commissioned Officers.
ESPIONAGE ON FRANCE.
Commissioned Officers.

BRUSSELS, May IS. s
The arrest of four eS-non-commissioned
officers of the Belgian army, who are
charged with espionage OH behalf Of Ger
many, was brought about III q curious
way.
An advertisement appeared In Brus-
sells newspaper OF April 16 for an intelll-
gent young man. non-commissioned ottl-
Ger preferred. who would be we'll res
mureratcd for certain services.
A on-commlssoned officer who ans
answered the advertisement was asked to
keep an appointment the following day.
He was met by n stranger. who informed
him that the present difficult situa ton In
Morocco might result in war between
France and Germany. end that Germany
wished certain information regarding the
numerous forts of the Meuse, especially
Namur, Malonne and Iiese.
The non-commissioned officer refused
Indignantly. Several days later the SOL
der encountered the mnn In the street
and gave him into custody. He proved
to be an cX-non- commissioned officer. and
his arrest was followed by that of three
men who were working With him. 8
The quartet claim that they We're ems
ployed by a private detective agency to-
work against France. and not Belgium.
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WHOLE Family WALKS
UPON THEIR HANDS
Strange Affection to Which a
Woman, Her Brother and Her
Son Are Subjected.
CANNOT CONTROL ACTS

PARIS, May Is.
According to the newspapers, q family
diving in suburban quarter OF Paris Is
afflicted with a curious malady-an ire
sis;ibe desire to walk on their hands.
Yesterday Nine. Bleroti, who is a hard
working woman of 80, went, it is said,
with tears in her eyes to beg the local
police commissary to suggest some rem
edy by which she might be cured Of her
propensity for handwriting. The OIL
cial. suspecting that he had q lunatic to
deal with. had her kept under observation
while he made inquiries. The ncighbors
all replied that there was no doubt OF the
woman's sanity.
ut Is an awful aitliction," she said.
my health has given way uuder 1t. Out
side the house am all right, but as soon
as set foot inside the door the old feel
ing comes over me. My hands are at
ltracted toward the floor as If by some
magnetic force. AS soon as my hands
come in contact with the floor feel my
| self compelled to walk upon them. MY
brother and son suffer in the same way.
This last statement was too much for
magisterial credulity. so both men were
fetched from their work and examined.
They describe their symptoms, which
were ident al with the won,an's. and
added that they. too, felt quite well out
side of the house. The son, who works
| in an office. pointed to corns on the
Mains Of his hands, the consequence of
! the frequency OF this eccentric form OF
daily exercise. Additional proof was fur
nished by all three afflicted persons max
ing the circuit of the room several times
/ on their hands.
The commissary is still puzzled, and has
ordered doctor to examine the strange
trio.
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ROYAL CADETS BEGIN
HARD WORK in COLLEGE.
Treated Like Other Boys, Prince
Edward and His Brother
Enter New Life.
AT BOTTOM OF CLASS
Prince George Of Battcnb,,rg,
One Of Their "Chuns"
at the School.
BOTTOM OF CLASS
at the School.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nav IS

~ SOUTHAMPTON, May Is.
Inc two eldest sons of the Prince OF
Wales, who entered tho Naval College Mt
Osborne last week, are now doing daily
duty, observing the same routine and &C.
corded tho same Treatment as any other
cadet.
Prince Edward does not intend to be
sailor but a soldier. Yet for two years
he will follow In the footsteps OF his
father. 1t IS the first time he has felt he
Is really boy first and prince last of
oil, for he has won his entry to the
senior service by passing competitive
examination.
the same way as the other 400 boys who
will be his friends and companions. He
has taken his place In the Exmouth
dormitory. and will sleep. work and enjoy
himself as though he was Cadet Brown,
and not the future King Of England.
Tho luggage and EXIT of the young
prince have already arrived at the college,
and there Is nothing 40 distinguish the
royal belongings from those Of any Of the
other boys, with the exception that the In
itals "E. Of W. are inscribed on the
boxes. The prince has a regulation sea
chest. which will be placed at abe foot of
his bed. and which contains the following
regulation articles only: Two pairs of
trousers without pockets. two thick over
coats, four pairs of flannel trousers three
pairs OF strong laced boots, with soles
three-fourths OF an inch thick. one pair OF
uniform Oxford shoes, six towels, brush
and comb. and one key ring with name
Among his friends ut the college will be
Prince George of Battenberg, son Of
Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Batten-
berg. A son OF Admiral Curzon Howe
also enters at the same time as
Prince Edward. Curiously enough, Prince
Edward, who passed his entrance ex-
animation with flying colors, finds himself
at the bottom of the list of new boys ow-
l. ing to the alphabetical disadvantage Of
having a name beginning with 'W.'
Quite an ordinary kind Of commoner,
whose namc fortunately begins with an
"a" heads the roll, to prove TO the
prince the democratic new order Of
things.
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AMERICANS CROWD
FAMED LONDON TOWN
Streams Arriving From This
Country and Also From the
European Resorts.
THE.ATE.R H EIR FAD
Large Numbers Also Tour Sub
urbs and Places Of Interest
in Automobiles.
'HE.ATER 4, II EIR FAD
LONDON, May /,


London is fast nllingt with Americans.
They arc arriving by every train, filling
the hotels and boarding houses and keep
ing the hircrs OF motor cars busy with
orders From tho Continent there Is al
most as much travel as there is from
America. The two streams meet Just now.
The wealthy half-Europcan-Americ who
has been spending the winter on the
shores of the Mediterranean Is homcward
bound.
The often Weather American who has
no time for idling in the winter is rushing
over to take q couple of weeks or a month
Of rest and recreation In England.
Theater the Passion.
With all classes OF visiting Americans
the thcatcr Is the passion of the moment.
Not nm evening Is allowed to pass without
a visit to one of the popular plays now
running. In London. They grumble good
But they will take no other seats than the
stalls. liking to be In a position In which
they get a view Of the house. as we'll as OF
the stage. Many of the men complain.
too. at the custom which compels them to
wear evening dress. They prefer for
themselves and their wives the simpler
habit of New York or Paris.
Many Of the weather. visitors arc bring
Ing their motor cars with them. Many
millionalres, by the way, now keep car
or two on this side Of the Atlantic all tho
year round. Whether wealthy or not, tho
visiting American does not feel that he
has seen England unless he has taken a
run down to Shakespcare's country or into
Deyonshirc OH an automobile.
The Auto an Aid.
1.-THE automobile" said Mr.. Flagg, the
London manager of the American Express
Company, In whose Haymarket rcndez-
vous Americans foregather, is helping to
keep Americans in this country. Where
formerly they would stay day or two in
London and then go at once to Paris, they
are now spending the best part Of their
holiday In touring England by car. We
encourage them to do 1t, planning tours
for them by automobile and putting them
in the way of seeing the most beautiful
and interesting parts Of this country with
out trouble"
Staying at London hotels at the moment
are many Americans whose names are
household words on the other side. Judge
Morrow. of California, who is staying at
the Savoy, has been making holiday
study OF the system in English courts. AND
admires the greater rapidly Of English
methods, especially In criminal procedure
Senator Schumann, OF Boston, is anothe,
distinguished American who is stopping a
the Savoy =
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BUREAU
NEEDED. IN vienna.
The Crime Of Self Destruction on
Alarming Increase i'll the Aus
TRAN Capital.
VIENNA, May IS.

4s3 WIEN MA, May ~. s
The great number OF suicides which,
are taking place in Vienna has caused
the Neue Frelc Presse to suggest that.
General Booth should establish in Vienna
one Of the Salvation Army antl-sulcldea
bureaus.
Yesterday young shoemaker named
Amboschitz and his sweetheart poisoned
themselves because Amboscht1's rela-s
lives had forced him to betrotF himself
to another girl who had money.
An art student named Gromer shot hlm-
self in the Vienna City Park the day be-
fore his wedding because he saw no
prospect OF being able to support his
| wife. T5
A jealous baker named Soltich, OF
lTreste threw his sweetheart out OF q
! high window ana then jumped after her.
/ both being killed and an unfortunate
| passerby severely injured.
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KAISER CHECKMATED
BY ENGLAHD''S KING
Political Situation i'll Europe Sar-
castically Outlined b. Aggres
sivc German Newspaper.
BERLIN, May IS.

b nI Y
One OF the most amusing and suggestive
comments in the German press on the
present alleged rivalry between Great
Britain and Germany is tho following
passage. taken from the Rhenish West
phalian Gazette, leading German jour
nal of aggressively patriotic views:
"Two players are sitting opposite to ono
another engaged in stubborn contest on
the European chessboard. One Of them
edward VID is a cool, calculating and
quiet player while the other civilian ny
is young full of vivacity, the reverse of
calculating, rich In ideas and fantastic
imagination.
'There is no longer any doubt which of
these players will gain tho victory so long
as the contest is confined to tho dlplo-
matte chessboard. William II is already
checkmated.
.'None OF all those princes and kings
whom he visited in tho earlier years OF
his reign. and whose friendship he gained
has remained true to him, except the
aged Emperor Francis Joseph and the
proprIetor Of the greatest gambling hell
in tho world (the reigning prince OF Mon
nco). All the others have Quilted their
seats at tho German cmperor's BANQUET
ing table, some noisily and others NOISE nose
lessly, because, SO to speak, tho political
cuisine offered to them in Berlin no
longer suited their tastes.
"All tho marks of friendship, all the
words of praise, all the presents. al the
orders and decorations which the German
emperor has dealt out SO lavishly to for
eigners, ana even his own passionate
nr,lyers, have been fruitless. and William
II now remains IN Isolated cminence,'
. s.1a d. . 4
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THIRTEEN IN BALLOON
FAIL TO MAKE RECORD

PARIS, May 1s.-One of the most re
markable balloon ascents ever witnessed
took place last night from the grounds OF
the Aero Club Of France. on the slopes OF
st. Cloud.
The Aigle, with capacity Of $500 cubic
yards. and having as passengers Santos
Dumont. Georges de Castillon, Georges
Bescancon and ten others. assembled will
the idea Of beating the long-distance rec.
ord. This was not accomplished.
Tho Aiglc came down safely this morn
ing near Blois. The temperature during
the night was extremely cold, and a
times the glass registered many degree!
OF frost, and the immense balloon was
covered with hoar frost.
The Micromcgas. which assembled abou
the same time as the Algle, made a de
scent this morning at Persac, Depart
ment La Venne. about 200 miles from
Paris
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FRENCH Prizes rs LIVE
ON COOPERATIVE PLAN
Law OF Separation Leads to a
Curious Syndicate for
Mutual Aid.
PARIS, May IS

PARIS. May IS.
"A curious consequence Of the separa-
ton of the church and state in France
Is the formation Of the syndicat des
Cures. or Priests Association. at the
head of which is the cure Of Notre Dame
Plaisuncc.
The association includes twenty-five
priests established in the suburbs OF
Paris, and the reduction Of their income
has led them to cooperate for the supply
OF their domestic provisions and other
necessities.
In buying their coal In bulk instead of
in small quantity saving OF 5000 on the
year has been effected in the parish of
Plasance alone. and, with the object OF
effecting further economies the cure Of
Notre Dame Plaisance has applied to the
prefecture Of police for the legal recogni-
ton of the association.
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WOMEN MANAGE TOWN
IN SWISS CANTON
Start Cafe Which Keeps Their
Mcn.Folk From F'requenting
Those Of Nearby Villages.
HAS PROVED A SUCCESS

GENEVA. May Is.
Women are in virtual control of tho
town of Plona In the canton of St Gall.
The men OF the town recently pcttioned
for the opening of q cafe. but the women
organized contemplation. and declared
that the granting of the license would lead
to disturbances. Thereupon the authorities
prisals, the men of Plona frequented the
cafes in the neghboring villages and re-
turned home very late at night.
The women of Plona then petitioncd for
the establishment OF n cafe under their
management, and promised that 1t would
be closed at an carly nour each night.
The petition was granted, and the cafe
has proved great financial success.
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little visions that could be vouch-
safcd to the jaded modern playgoer
was afforded large and arlstocratic
audience at the Playhouse yesterday aft
crnoon This was the appearances before
the footlights of the beautiful young
countess Of CroInartie-not indeed as ac-
trcss. but in the no less endcared capacity.
Of playwright. Her effort was little
ltwo-scened play called THE Finding of
the Sword" produced in aid of st. Vim
cents Home for Destitute Children.
The countess herself came out in front
of the curtain at tho end in response to
cries Of "Author" Wreathcd in smiles.
she curtsjed to the house With the dam
test grace and gaiety.
The story-ns those who have read some
If the countess OF Cromartie's recent
writings might guess-deals with nothing
less remote than the invasion of ancient
Britain by the old Milesans--the original
Scots who came over from ireland and
settled in Argyllshre, whore Is the co,in-
Tess ancestral home. On this occasion she
brings them before US by really daring
reliance upon the doctrine Of reincarna-
ton.
Plot of the Drama.
Thus we are to suppose that little
company Of quite modern people among
them II professor OF archaeology and an
Imaginative girl. find an ancient sword
hurled bcnea tn Il c0irn. They go off with
the sword, leaving the girl alone. when
suddenly all grows dark Amid rumblngs
MS of thunder there appears IN the lime
light. clad--likc the ghost OF Ilamets
father-n complete armor. the owner OF
the sword, one Qsra INNS AZ slshl OF
him the girl faln1s.
r,hen we are introduced to tho great
l,all of tho castle-n grim enough place
An itself. Here Osra Innis appears again
this tine as gaunt visitor, accepted
by tho men AS n modern person. wearing
the ancient Irish Kilt, ms worn today by
Gaels of the more enthusiastic order.
All goes well for time, but no sooner
does Osra limits cnst his stern eye once
more on the daughter OF tho house than
she proceeds TO conduct herself after the
strangest fashion, She dresses In pur-
ple and green, and dances mystic dances
to tho sound of weird Accomplishments
that came from nowhere. At last Osra
|and she are left alone together, and we
learn the heart of the matter.
II is this. Osra-the real, original Osra
had been buried without Ills wife,
who had refused to follow him--accordins
apparently to thelaneient Celtic custom
voluntarily into the tomb
A Realistic Climax.
All these hundreds of years he had
lain lonely IN his grave. He was now
come for his revenge lie had discovered
|that this very girl was his own vito OF
the dim past le!ncarnated she kneelS
10 81 +
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ELECTRIC BEAMS
LIGHT HEAM|T'S CAVE.
That Held Peasantry in
Superstitious Awe is Solved
by Magistrate.

PARIS. April 8.
a strange herpll, has been arrested IN .
cave called "lhe peyit.s Grotto." neal
Bcauyoir en- Royans,
The cave Was not known to be inhabited,
and the residents OF the neighborhoo6
held 1t in superstitlons awe- Lately they
We're terrified by reports OF mysteroul
lights having been seen In the cayt
after nishtfall. and police assistance wal
soaght,
a Magistrate and several policemen y!a-
tied the cave, and on penetrating TO iha
interior found u man with long, matted
hair and beard. who said his name was
Andre lSaure,
The cnse contained an electric generator
and was brilliantly illuminated. Faurs
was hitting up shelves to accommodata
some thousands OF volumes which We're
stacked IN the cave,
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Australian Fruit Season Ended.

SYDNEY. May ls.-The season Tor
shipments Of Australian fresh fruit,
hundred ard eleven thousand cases,
which is practically double the amount
shipped last year We're shipped from
and from Adelaide, $4,000