The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-05

ham engaged in Q little quiet Swfnd- ling. and at the time of his death he was wanted" in connection with bogus bank.
 Instructions ss to Toys.
 A toy show, with the object of teaching parents what sort of play things to buy for their children. Is to be opened in London. The serious aims of the exhibition Is shown by the fact that 1t Is promoted by the London Sociological Society. which has recently given much attention to the subject of child culture.
 It is the opinion of prominent mem bers of this society that the modern child has too many toys, and often toys of the wrong sort. Elaborate models of motor cars areoplanes, etc, are given to children whose minds would be better cultivated by the gift of a box of bricks of painting or mod cling materials.
 The toys to be shown Will include all descriptions of play things. from the ingenious mak shifts devised by slum children in the East End to the costly toys of. the little aristocrat In Mayfair. There will also be typical toys from all parts of the world. both civilized and savage.
 From this comprehensive collection of toys, the promoters of the show propose to make a careful classifica- tion with the object of selecting the toys which are most suited to the child at each stage. of it's development.
 spitxeI's Romantic Career.
 Romantic details have just been oo- tained of the career of man, who. becoming bankrupt in Australia, neo the country, leaving his debts unpaid and afterward amassed fortune or tf0 .0o0, 900.
 The millionaire was Louis Spitzel. who twenty-fiv years ago was work ing jeweler inN Melbourne, and suose- quently opened in business on his own account. He became insolvent, and some time elapsed before ne appneo for a certificate, which the court re- fused unless he paid his creditors so cents on the dollar.
 sspitzel then disappeared. and noth- ing was heard of him for four years, when a Melbourne man, returning from China, stated that he had seen the ex- teweler at Shanghai. where he had ap- parently got into close touch with the highest official circles of the Chinese Empire. At the time of the China Japan war Spitzel was largely inter ested in the Chinese army contracts He was apparently hand-in-glove Witn u Hung Chang. He was prominent man, and rapidly accumulated great wealth. . Snitzel was next traced during the Russo war. He was engaged in running a steamer through tne blockade to Port Arthur.
 So far as Australia was concerned, nothing was heard of Spitzel unsii' a cable message from london appeared in the Melbourne Press announcing tha' Louis Spitzel, formerly an AustraIarS had died at Carlsbad. leaving property of the estimated value of $10.OO0.OOV.
 "A Melbourne solicitor then called at- tention to the fact that a man Of the same name became insolvent in Mel bourne a quarter of century oefore. and then disappeared. Inquiries showed that the men were identical
 MT. Densham, Melbourne account ant, went to England to endeavor 10 secure a settlemen of the creditors claim. He saw the executors, and placed the legal position before them. pointing out that MT. Spitzel had no right to acquire property before ob- taining a certificate.
 With the approval of MT. SpitzeFs family the trustees agreed to pay all the Melbourne creditors in full with 6 per cent interest for twenty hVe years, SO that all the creditors will get i s2.5o for every dollar originally que them.
 At his death, Mir. spitzeI left con siderable sum for the preparation or patriotic books for children for dis- tribution at the public schools. SuMragette Demonstration.
 On June 21st, London will witness the biggest suffra gette demonstration on record. A series of monster meet ings, at which 150,o0e women will at tend, will be held in Hyde Park. Miss ChristabeI Pankhurst will be chief ora tor Arrangements have already been made to run special trains from all big cities in England ands Scotland. and the suffragette organizers have prevailed on the railroad companies to An.A nf all