The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-24
Sulu Ruler Reaches Great
White Way With
Jewels Galore.
DOLING THEM OUT
TO PAY EXPENSES
His HighneSS and Suite Amazed al
Their First Glance of
America.

NEW YORK, Sept 24.-HadU No
hammed Jumalui Ki-am (Which was all
Of his name which he cared to bring
with HIM. Sultan Of SuIu. Is in New
YOrk-s midst today
Wearing a black velvet tur'ban. with
red velvet trimmings. a black sack srIft
and a boiled shirt, Hadji came smiling
down the gangplank Of the American
liner ST Louis. and fell into the wait
ING arms Of Col Hugh l. Scott, Four
teenth United States Cavalry, former
governor Of Sulu, who has promised to
1 snow the Sultan some. Of the sights Of
this country, with lsmoked glasses
barred
IN the Suitan's suite, for he is still
entitled TO have a suite. notw-ith thstanlf-
ing that he was euchered our Of abo.,t
everything he used TO have bv the
transfer OF his beloved arrhfusIsro =.
the United States. were mis- brother
Datto RaJa Muda NIuaIfIwasit- heir an
parent TO whatever is left when F5arii
gets through: Hadji Butu. lord high
Polsher Of the imperial slippers. Hsdif
honammed PangIima MuIiam Ctbey
grow en- long over in SuIul. premier
excelsior warman Of JoIo- HadH sum
penelse, grand seasoner Of the imperial
--'zf-sat, and a bunch of lesser
oiacks' browns. or whatever they are.
Came Over In Steerage.
Most Of them came steersge. as
they couldn't get frst-cIass accomr7o-
dations- But even the steeraEe had
something on the thatched hu+s they
left behind, and there was no com
planning
iheh. too. there WAS J. Werhie. the in
teFpreteT, former private in The seven
teehJh Infantry, who liked SuIu and the
sUIus so much that when his term Of en-
hstment ended, he stayed behind
I"o hcuons regarding Hadu were
eiesreo uD at the very outset. he didn't /
nave S7E.e'S worth of homegrown |
pearls IN his trousers rockets and he /
nasn [ come over fo- an American wife. /
When the Sultan sailed on June y he /
mad a number IS DERBY hat filled with /
pearls which he began converting into
com OF the various realms through /
which he Travelled
IN Nsnles he let 20 Of one for Ss.-
oo9. and in I-aris. he sold the nick OF /
his collection for $4,000
Shrewd In Making Sales.
All told the Sultan cleaned I'D nearly
SS'',"o9. and they do say that some Of his /
sales exhibited 2 shrewdn-ss that clear I
~ qualities HadH to engage in the
three ball'' business.
He has few jewels with him il IL
true including a diamond OF the little
finger OF his left hand that was so I
iaTGe that he couldn't bend the finger. 4
some Of the Jewels HadH IS going 10 4
give away as souvenirs. provided the
high cost Of living doesn't use 11-, v-T,a+-e
-
HadJi VIII make another exChanSe .of
pearls for pesos
AS 10 an American wife, there's abs0-
iuUely nothing doing We~bTa a,-r1sF-
ed that once upon a time. when T1t -.
a real for sure Sultan, HadU had fo,s~
wives, out by various processes reduced
sun HLes without even the additional /
spice OF an occasional affinity
Says One Wife Is Enough
HadJ overheard the intervievvers o,7ss-
ton concerning his matrimonial AFFAIRS
and he mustered up what little English
D knows. and exclaimed No good I
hgnJing all time One wife. no more -
among the first persons regarding
Wnom the Sultan inquired were PreSi- /
oent Taft, whom ne knew when rae
was governor Of the Philippines, and
MIS- NichOlaS LonEwO-th. who as Miss /
Alce Roosevelt toured the Philippines,
ahu-N nlSper Il iOW-wOn the little feI- 4,
low heart He VIII meet the President !
while here
When told that George Ade had vri--
ten a comic opera called the Sultan OF
SuiUy HaCu expressed a desire to see
II, and was disappointed when told /
that Il was no longer being played
The Sultan and his suite were loaded !
into taNlca DS and WhiSked on 10 The
Hotel AStOT. Their amaZemenr Al rbe
size Of New York buildings and the roar
Of traffic was eIoQuentIv EXPRESSED in I
the almost frightened silence preserved |
as they Eazed from the taxicabs. When |
HadU saw the Metropolitan tower /
-'One step, in Heavent'' was his i'm
preSSive comment