The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-31
SOME ODD STORIES FROM OVER TIE SEA Refuses To Fight Duel and
 Must Fay Fine AFRAID OF STARVING American Girls FIirt, Says an Italian Authority-King's Son Is in French Army-kamtschatk
 To Be Explored.
AZ RAID OF STARVING

Breslau, May SO.-Robert Schultz, a Royal Privy Councillor. has been sen tenced to pay fine of 1900 marks be- cause his refusal to fight a duel was couched in ''undignified language
 Herr Schultz is 64 years old and a local magistrate. Because he had sentenced a young army officer in a civil suit to make restitution for moneys unlawfully with held the captain challenged him to mortal combat, to which Schultz replied that he might have accepted when he was still a student and ass.'
 On account of his age the court of hon. or imposed "only a light fne'' of 1900 marks (s30O)
 Vienna, May 3O.-Mme. Asti-Leonhard, an authoress of repute, has petitioned the Vienna city council for a license to open Q butter, egg and fruit stand on Ring strasse.
 The authoress says that she is 47 years old. a widow, and a writer by profession. But her writings, though widely pub lished and bringing much fame,' fail 10 yield her enough money to guarantee decent living.
 Rome, May 30-The forthcoming mar riage of the Duke of Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins has impelled the Ital ian philosopher, Bergeret to publish a se- ries of articles on the American girl Tn the Stampa newspaper. His latest con- tribution is entitled ''The American Girl as a F1irt," and furnishes this remarka- ble example
 Behold an electric car in New York, Washington or Chicago. On the long benches the sweethearts sit in pairs. They are holding each other by the hand. fre- quently the sides of their faces touch dur ing confidential whisperings and all this while 30 or more people are looking on.
 London. May SO.-London is to have a daily paper which will defy the rigorous libel laws, which are feared and usually respected by all other journals published in Britain. The new paper will print news and comment which would render any other publication liable to heavy damages for libel, and will ignore the eX- istence of the libel laws.
 To make the success of the sheet pos- sible, it will be edited, published and printed on foreign territory. its office will be at some town on the Trench or Bel gium coast. from which copies can be mailed to reach London by the first de- livery. Thus the English laws will be evaded.
 
 army officers irrespective of creed, have reen forbidden on pain of dismissal to join the Masons. That prohibition has been revoked by the King, fact which occasions much comment, because Fred eric is a stout Catholic and the churcns 1 ban against Masons has never been re- 1 voked.
 Algiers, May SO.-The One Hundred and rwenty-sixth Regiment of the Line, sta tioned here has a real royal prince doing service as sub-lieutenant-His Highness, Prince Monivong, son of King Sissowath of Kambodscho. He is short and fat, has hardly any excuse for nose and eyes as round as a dollar. But he Is intelligent and kindly and loves army life. St Petersburg. May 30.-Twenty men of science historians, geographers, as- tronomiers, surveyors, ethnographers, doctors of natural history and medical men, are bound for Vladivostok, there 10 be equipped with military means of trans portation and a guard for the exploration of Kamtschatka-
 Potsdam, May 3O.-The Kaisers Own Hussars, the most gorgeously dressed i troopers of the German army, have now 1 received their new field uniforms of sim l pie grayish brown, the color adopted TOT the entire German cavalry. Henceforth | reds, blues, greens, yellows and whites | are used in times of peace only. | Madrid, May 30.-A drastic law against anarchism has been passed by the Span 1 ish Senate.
 The law authorizes the government to l suppress entirely newspapers which pub l fish any news about anarchism except | the official notes issued by the govern ment, and punishes by Imprisonment | those publishing such unofficial news. It l also empowers the authorities to close | clubs and to expel citizens who are sus- rected of propagating anarchism. 1 Paris, May 30.-The announcement that | Melba and Caruso are both to sing at | the opera on June Il has caused intense 1 interest in Parisian society. The occasion of Caruso's first appear | ance in grand opera in Paris Is a special | performance for the benefit of the Dram 1 atic Authors Fund. The lowest price for l admission will be 20 and wealthy people l are giving fancy prices for seats. The 1 Rothschilds have paid 1000 for a box, l Baron Henri de Rothschild giving 200 for | stall.
 l The opera chosen is Verdi's "Rigelette.' v l with Caruso as the Duke, Renaud as Rig | oletto and Melba as Gilda. Caruso will | sing in Italian and the others in French.