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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
BUILDING REPAIR SHOPS.
yirgininn Railway Company Erecting
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Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l
Meherrin. Va. April 23.-Worls of
building the shops on this division
of the Virginian Railway has COM
menced at Victoria, within the past
week, and 1t Is estimated that they
will be completed by January |. 1910.
Engines have been busy during the
rast severa. weeks laying oft the
grounds. And the contractors have
force on the spot getting in shape to
erect the various buildings that VIII
he necessary to accommodate the
large amount of repair work that will
be done at this place
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
TOO MANY WOMEN IN GERMANY
This Fact Disquieting to the Kaiser
and Others.

Rerlin, Dec. l5.-According to official fig
ures of the census return taken on Decem-
ber /. the population Of greater Berlin now
numbers 3.712,554 Inhabitants.
The predominating feature of the results
Of the census is the revelation of the grow
ing preponderance of females over males
in Germany. The complete results of the
census have not yet been ascertained, but
SO far as the returns go they show an
alarming increase of the dsproportion be-
tween males and females.
The growing majority OF females is exer-
cfsing the minds, not only OF the govern
ment. but also of the politicians and social
reformers in q growing degree. There is
n deep rooted idea in Germany, which, as
is well known, is shared by the Kaiser and
the ruling element, that womans sphere is
the home, and that 1t is the destiny of the
female to seek mate and find her happi-
ness In the upbringing of her children
The increasing preponderance of the fe-
male part of the population is forcing Ger
many further and further away from this
ideal. and is making the position more and
more difficult for those who still oppose the
entrance of woman into all sorts of occu-
nations and professions
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
LIBERAL CABINET IN CHILL
President Taft Congratulates
President Luce.

Washington, Dec. A.-Having been in
formed by tho American Legation at San
tiago Chill. Of the Inauguration yesterday
Of President Barros Luce, President Taft
to-day sent the following telegram to the
new ruler:
offer to you my congratulations on this
occasion Of YOUR assumption OF the eXecu-
tive power of Chilli and beg your acceptance
of my best wishes for the success OF your
administration.
According to reports from the American
Legation, the new Chilian Cabinet will be
as follows: Minister of the Interior. Maxi
rniliana Ibanez; Minister for Foreign Rela-
tions. Rafael Orrego; Minister of Justice
and Public instruction, Domingo Amuna-
tegui Minister of Finance, Raimundo Del
Rio; Minister of War and Marine, General
Pinto Concha, and Minister of Industry and
Public Works. Ismael Valdes Vergara. The
members of the new Cabinet are all Lib
erals.
The Chilian Charge d'Afaires in this city
was Informed to-day by the State Depart
ment that at its request the Navy Depart
ment had designated the Delaware to con-
vey the body Of Senior Cruz. who died here
last Sunday to Santiago. The Delaware Is
at present at Cherbourg, but the body
will not be shipped before February, the
ship will have ample time to accompany the
feet to Guantanamo and take part in the
winter manouvres and drills.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
RED TAPE IN CRIME IN FRANCE
Mayor and Several Others Watch Muir
derer at Work

Paris. Dec. 1S.-An extraordinary story of
rural police methods comes from Pontcarre
a little summer resort situated on the edge
tramp murdered an old woman. the pro-
prietor Of small inn. Her neighbor.
hearing the old woman's screams, instead
Of giving the alarm, went off to fetch her
husband in a village nearly a mile away.
leaving the woman to her fate.
The husband thought he had better tell
the local watchman, and went off TO the
latter's house The watchman in his turn
decided he must inform the Mayor who
was working at Edouard de Rothschild s
chateau which is in the neighborhood.
The Mayor Immediately set out for the
scene. accompanied by the watchman. a
commercial traveller from Paris, who hap
pened to be in the village, and a local
xineshop keeper.
woman's inn they could see the murderer
rihing the upstairs rooms, but the Mayor
refused to act until the gendarmes arrived.
When the tramp came downstairs the party
saw him stepping over his victim, who lay
dead in a pool of blood. Only after the
guardians OF public order had watched the
violation Of the law for twenty minutes
did the watchman decide 10 take action.
CRYING, open in the name of the lawi'
and beating on the door.
But the murderer opened a back window
and escaped easily into the black depths
of the forest. He has not been captured.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
WAR ON HOTEL BEATS
European Landlords Unite in Crusade
Against Them.

London. Dec 1s.-With the new year an
international and organized crusade
against hotel thieves and swindlers will
he started in Europe, headed by the SWISS
hotelkeepers, who will be assisted by their
collea CUES in every country.
Already seventy-one of the principal
towns in England, Germany, Austria.
France, Italy, Holland, Belgium and Den
mark have joined the movement to stamp
out the modern Dick Turpin OF the road.
The Swiss hoteliers, in order to protect
themselves and their numerous visitors
from paying an annual and Illegal toll,
which amounts to several thousand pounds
each season, hit upon the scheme of pub
fishing descriptions in their papers Of well
known international thieves-who are
known as "hotel rats on the Continent
with very promising results.
In Switzerland the police have promised
the h6teliers every assistance, and the
crusade is well organized in every small
resort and large town, and it is believed
that other countries will adopt the same
measures in the near future.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
EIGHT DIE IN TRAIN WRECK
Scotch Express Burned After
CoIlision-Twenty-five Injured.

t1irlhv- stephen, England, Dec. a
Tight passengers were killed, some OF
hem instantly. and others burned to
death. and twenty-five more were injured
I'm the wreck Of the Scotch express near
IIawes Junction to-day
The express carried 800 persons. bound
for their homes in Scotland 10 spend
.-ar;et,,as IT was running at its ordi-
nary speed. when near the junction it
ran into = pilot engine and was deraiied
Fire broke out in the wreckase, and the
,,bole train with the exception of the
locomotive and a rear baggage car, was
reduced to ashes.
II was thought at first that only two
,srsons had been Killed and that the
others had had time 10 escape before
the flames swept through the coaches. A
search OF the debris, however, resulted in
The discovery Of charred bodies, and by
tho lime that the whole wreckage had
hean gone through eight bodies had been
recovered,
Most OF the bodies were burned be-
sond recognition. Among the dead was
a little girl, who perished in the flames
before the eyes of her parents. who were
helpless 10 save her.
The scene of the accident Was high up
III the Pennine Hills, the loftiest section
traVersed by railway i'm England. The
isolation OF the wreck caused some de-
iay before physicians could reach the
place.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
DEFY THE CHINESE THRONE
National Assembly Greets Order
to Dissolve with Memorial.

Peking. Dec. 24.-The government and
the National Assembly issued counter
defiances to-day. In a long edict the
throne ordered the return home of the
provincial leaders who are now in Pc
king agitating for the cOnvocation I'M
mediately of a general Parliament and
instructed the Viceroys to employ gen
darmes to prevent further assemblings
in the provinces, and to treat the agita-
tors as revolutionaries, Furnishing them
in the severest manner.
The Assemb1ys counterblast took the
form of a memorial to the throne, which
recites in scathing terms the career or
Prince Ching, whose Office Is that of ad-
wiser to the Naval Department. but who
is of such influence in the government
that he has borne great share OF the
attack OF the Progressives and that OF
his associates in the Grand Council, by
whom. it is asserted. the country has
been steadily impaired.
Arguing that a constitutional regime
has been begun already, and that there
fore the government is no longer vested
in it's entirety in the person of Prince
Chun, the Regent, the memorial states
that the throne does not have the right
assumed in the edict of December Is, in
which the memorial for the creation of a
constitutional government was rejected.
The memorial calls for the immediate
establishment of q ministry responsible to
the people. 1t is reported that the gov
ernmert is moving the modern troops
with the purpose of suppressing any out
la1-oa
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
POPE SENDS GREETINGS
Cardinal Gibbons Also Issues
Holiday Sentiment.
rr,. -raIa,ra,>b g. TN, mt,

iby Ielegraph 70 The Tribune
Baltimore. Dec. 24-The following Christ
mas greeting was received here from Pope
Plus to-day:
To my beloved sons who are working wiz I,
the zeal of the Apostles for the diffusion and
observance or the Catholic religion in the
United States. greeting. with the hone that
the holy mission be crowned by the best re-
suits for the glory of God and for the sal
vauon OF the soul; with particular affection
we impart the apostolic benediction
Plus Y, POPE
1910. -
Cardinal Gibbons, In response to a request
for Christmas sentiment, to-day wrote
the following:
Christmas IS day of sladness for all
men,. Not only do the more comfortab Bile
share their gifts with their poorer broth
ers, asking their prayers in return, but
each and all. rich and poor young and Old
are again made rich and youthful in the
hopes and promises OF the New Born
SaViour-all seem to feel what the angels
sang at Bethlehem: GLORY TO God I'm the
highest: and on earth peace TO men OF
good will
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
MT. SINAI DISCOVERED
DR.. Musil, Explorer, Said to Have
Identified Biblical Mount.

London, Dec. 16.-One of the most active
explorers In Arabia this year is DR.. Alois
Musii. who, with a commission from the
Turkish government. left Vienna in April
last for Northern Arabia. With DR. Musil
were a geologist. DIR. Leopold Kober, and
a photographer. Herr Rudolf Thoma sbereer
Dr. Musil believes that the main result
of his Journey is the identifica tion of the
famous Biblical Mount Sinai a mountain
about whose precise whereabouts. "A great
controversy has been raging for some time.
Some eminent writer's and geographers-
the most important among them being the
famous Sir r. Burton-hod that II is futile
TO try TO discover the exact spot where
the mountain Is situated as all ATTEMPTS a ,
Identification are necessarily vain. Never
theless. those who dc not doubt that ii is
possible to discover it's identification de-
clare that Mount Sinai is in the Snat
peninsula in the vicinity of Elath, and II is
this very region which was explored by Or
Musii and his party. -----------------
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
MORE BIG GAME HUNTERS
Ex- President Roosevelt Has
Stimulated Interest in England.

rMarcnni Aerogram to The Tribune
London, Dec. 24.-Ex-President Roose-
ve1t's big game campaign has stimu-
lated the interest OF sportsmen in natural
history collections.
z. c. Selous will start soon after Christ
mas for Lado and Bahr- -Ghazal on
an expedition for giantland- The Natural
History Museum wants complete mount
ed specimens of eland from the Soudan.
Sir Edward Greys brother, George, is
already heading for British East Africa
after the rare antelope known as the
bongo. and other game. Grey and Ker-
NIT Roosevelt are among the few big
game hunters who have killed bongo in
the dense African jungle.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
'RETRACT D'AULBY charge
Lawyers of Duchess Add New
Sensation to Trial at Tours.
TAKING OF EVIDENCE ENDS
Prosecutor Declines to Halt
Trial, but Defendants Frlenos
Confident of Acquittal.

Tours, France, Dec, 24-The series oi
sensations that has enlivened the trlai
of Count and Countess DAuioy oe
Cat,rnv reached a climax to-day when
the Duchess of Choiseul-P Prasi1n' ioi
merly Mrs Charles Hamilton PAINE Oh
Boston, abandoned her accusations that
D'Aulby and his wife had conspireo 10
swindle her out of 100000 in the sale
Of spurious paintings. AS the duchess
LAWYERS walked out Of the courtroom IN
silence the crowd OF spectators stooo
agap, wondering what would be the next
move in the strange case.
M. Bernard for the defence asked the
Public Prosecutor to stop the proceed
ings. but this was refused and the trlal
continued. Friends of the D'Aulbys are
confident Of their acquittaL The EVIL
dence was finished during the day.
whereupon an adjournment was taken
until January 2, when the arguments
will be made and the finding of the court
probably announced.
The withdrawal of the duchess theo-
retically weakens, if it does not destroy.
the foundation for the prosecution 1t
is understood that she was actuated py
the conclusion Of a private agreement
concerning the disposition Of the letters
in the possession of D'Aulby and al
legged to have been written by Mrs. Paine,
and by the belief that the case was
breaking down as result largely of
the incident Of yesterday, when Carrier
Belleuse. the art expert, called by the
prosecution, was forced to admit under
examination that he was under indict-
ment for maintaining gambling es-
tablishment in Paris.
In to-day's evidence the defence sought
to prove the existence Of plot to ruin
D'Aulby. His London lawyer Behrend,
who had possession Of the duchess's al
legged letters testified that he had been
constantly shadowed and that an at
tempt had been made to break into and
rob his Office. He added that he had
seen a letter written by Paine in which
tract with D'Aulby. AS the court ad-
journed there were some cries of Long
live D'Aulby!''
The duchess hastily left Tours to-day.
The town is filled with rumors that the
inhabitants were planning a demonstra-
ton hostile to her.
Nine D'Aulby was formerly Francesca
Lunt, Of Boston, in which city she mar
ried D'Aulby during the life of the
duchesss first husband, the Boston cop
per man.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

FOR NEW ANTARCTIC PARTY
British Polar Enthusiasts Plan
Exploring Expedition.
rBy Gable to The Tribune. I

fBy Cable TO Inc Irfbune
London, Dec 24-Patrons OF polar re-
search are projecting a second expedi-
tion to the Antarctic regions.
They are confident that Captain Scott
will succeed in passing Shackleton's fur
thest station and in reaching the South
Pole by marching as strenuous and as
scientific as Peary's in the north. When
that feat has been accomplished it will
never be necessary to repeat 1t, but rnucn
exploration will be required before the
Antarctic continent can be definitely out
lined and charted.
Members of the Royal Geographical
Society are discussing the expediency OF
following UP the discovery of the South
Pole when it is made with systematic
survey of the outer coast, of which 1so-
lated patches have been sighted here
and there. Sir Ernest Shackleton Is IN
tensely interested in this proposal and
will volunteer for the leadership of an
expedition if adequate funds can be
raised for it.
Captain Cook made circuit in hlsh
latitudes, crossing the Antarctic twice.
Wilkes and Ross mapped large tracts
of land and the Challenger expedition
supplemented-thei work.
What is now proposed is an expedl-
ton with two ships which will folio"
the ice barrier all the way around, fore
ing it at three or four points so as TO
leave landing parties at widely separated
stations and linking together the dis
coveries made by the various explorers
German, French. American and British.
The cost of the expedition equipped
for two or three years would exceed
5000 900, and liberal grant from Par
lament would be necessary.
It is also suggested by enthusiasts III
polar research that the cooperation OF
the French and German governments
NAV be secured for completing the work
of Charcot and Gauss. and that Shack
leton's line of operations can be re-
strfcted to the section of the coast be-
tween Victoria Land and Enderby Land.
with two land stations
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
SOCIALISTS GET SETBACK |
Paris Music Hall Reviews Reflect
Changed Attitude of Public.
LABOR UNIONS NOT POPULAR
The Prime Minister, M. BRAND,
and the Army the Favorite
Idols of the Hour.
tBy cable to The Tribune. ]

Paris, Dec. 24.-The popular music
hall reviews of political, social and arts
tic events of the last three months sup
ply truthful barometer Of the tem-
perament and mentality of the French
people. Seven of these clever year-end
reviews were produced this week In
Paris.
The salient feature of all of them is
the fine dominating personality and
popularity of the Prime Minister. Ar1s-
tide BRAND, who at the most witty and
Michel Carre and Andre Barde and
brought out last night by Henry F'ursJ
at the Scala, is represented as Louis the
Fourteenth ruling France with his IN
domitable will and personal magnetism.
A brilliant series of tableaus picture
the Prime Minister as delivering france
from the LAGOON coils Of the General
Labor Federation. This shows the ex-
trsordinary position now attained by NJ.
BRAND In the popular Imagination.
Another characteristic truth brought to
light by these reviews is the tremendous
popular setback to Socialism and against
anti -militarism as proclaimed by NJ.
Jean Jaures and NJ. Herve. Both of their
policies are now ridiculed most pftilessly
at the music halls, to the immense satis-
faction Of the public.
The Scala review thus gives an I'M
partial observer a rare opportunity or
putting his finger on the real pulse OF
the Partisan public and shows that just
now there is popular revival of the
patriotic military spirit and confidence
in the army not only for national de-
fence but also as a safeguard against
the anarchistic doctrines Of the Cen
eraI Labor Federation which has been
scosched but not yet killed by M. BRAND
A novel attraction in the Scala review
is the drum corps Of Bonaparte's army
during tho battle of Arcola and the
various drum beats Of the Consulate and
First Empire. They were given by six
masterful drammers of the Garde Re
publicaine in the historic uniforms OF
those days and ELECTED wild enthusiasm
Shakespeare and Racine also appear IN
the Scala review and bitterly criticise
the modern, up-to-da drama "Perida.'
An amusing but cruelty ironical episode
of the review deals with the n1sfortunes
of a lady from Boston-Mrs. Charles
Hamilton Paine, now the Duchess OF
slin-Who is represented as
the victim Of a dealer in false pictures
as set forth at the essentially vaude-
y;lIesoue trial at the police court OF
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
PARIS BOURSE CHEERFUL
French Securities Neglected for
Foreign Investments.
fBy Cable 20 The Tribune.

BY Cable 70 1nA IF1cuhe'
Paris, Dec 24.-An abundance OF
money at cheap rates, unusual at this
season Of the year. and a cheerful out
look, but with little actual business, are
the leading features OF the Paris Bourse.
A slight rise in Russian government
bonds and industrials Is attributed to
profit taking sales. A strong current OF
investment by small capitalists in Ar
gentine railroads and industrial securi-
ties marks the close OF the year, while
French bonds and stocks are neglected.
A striking evidence Of the prosperity
of the Partisan retail trade Is the estl-
mate of the French Chamber Of Com
merce that during the last week the
value of the holiday gifts purchased In
Paris exceeded $12,O00,oOC.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
REPORTS COMRADES DROWNED
Sailor Tells of Loss of Steamer il
Collision Off Algeria.

Valencia, Spain, Dec. A-The steamers
reported yesterday as having been in col
iision off Oran, Algeria, were the French
man Jeanne Conseil and the Industrial
The latter was badly damaged, and sank
after being towed into the harbor Of Carta-
sena to-day
According TO a sailor who reached here
on the steamer Yao, he WIS the sole sur
vivor of the Jeanne ConseiI, which he says
sank in few minutes after the collision.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
NEW SOURCE OF AMAZON FouNr
Not Lake Lauricocha, Peru, but on
Mountain Further South.

Berlin. Dec. 15.-In the new number of
the journal of the German Geographical
Society Professor Wilhelm Siever an
nounces the discovery that the source OF
the River Amazon is not Lake Lauricocha.
Peru, as was hitherto believed. but on a
mountain called San Lorenzo. seventeen
miles south OF the lake. in the CordiIIera de
Huayhasch.
Lake Lauricocha, out of which the ANA
zon flows i'll the form OF deep. rapid
stream, is fed by three rivulets. the largest
OF which is the Rio de Lauricocha This
stream rises on Mount San Lorenzo a
snow-capped peak. and flows on its course
broken by chain of lakes. into Lake
Lauricocha. 1t Is the longest of the
streams flowing into the lake. and must
therefore be regarded as the beginning OF
Athe mighty Amazon.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
CRUELTY IN GERMAN NAVY
Court Furnishes Petty Officers for Bru
tality to Recruit.

Berlin. Dec. 15.-At a naval court martial
held at Kiel two engineer petty officers OF
torpedo boat were each sentenced to seven
years penal servitude for brutal III treat
ment of stoker recruit, causing the death
of the latter Petty Officer Wroschke sent
recruit named Brandt TO clean a boiler
furnace which was still glowing and
thrashed him with a ropes end because
the recruit wanted to come out Subse-
quently Wroschke locked brandt I'm the
furnace till the latter tainted, when he
was brought out and thrashed and abused
for two hours while lying in a faintins
c0nditio9. Brandt died next day.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
EXPECT MANY new PEERS
Gossip in London Is That New
Years List Will Be a Long One.
TWO EXPLANATIONS GIVEN
Radicals Say New Lords Will Be
for Reforms, Unionists That
Peerages Will Pay Debts.
rMsrconi Aerogram to The Tribune.

rMsrconi Aerogram to The Tribunc.I
London. via Glace Bay, n. S., Dec. "A.
The most interesting holiday gifts are
not in the Christmas stockings. These
are the peerases which are reserved for
New Years llonors.
There is a general agreement among
the newsmongers of both parties that
the list will be a long one, but the eX-
plantations of the motives Of the gov
ernment differ.
Radicals among the politicians assert
that a fat list will be wanted and tna'
hundreds of new peers will be created
if the House of Lords hang up or reject
the veto bill.
The Unionist sossips scott at the notion
that the creation Of a score or more
peers is tactical move. They assert
that the Radical exchequer is empty
and that large supplies in hard casn
came In time for the December canvass
They add sententiously, the Prime MIN
listers political debts must be pa1d IL
hereditary and not life peerages. The
more generous contributors to party
funds are named as likely to receive
peerages.
A considerable number of bye-electlons
are expected in February. Whlle THESE
rumors are irresponsible. 1t Is not un-
likely that the Prime Minister'S recen'
summons to Buckingham Palace related
to the New Years honors. 1t Will VIZ
tuslly be the Kings first list, as the
previous one included nominations whlcf
his father had approved. He is no'
Ii,,elv ia convert the crown into a deb1
paving machine.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
VATICAN POLICY UNCHANGED
Passage of Paddock Bill Doesnt t
Improve Relations with Spain.

Rome, Dec 24-The "Osservatore Ro-
nano," the Vatican organ, commenting on
the statement made by Premier CanaleJas
that the approval Of the Spanish Chamber
OF Deputies of the paddock bill was nee
essary in order that he might conduct the
negotiations with the Vatican in more de-
cisive manner, says that IT does not under
stand what he means.
What is certain, the paper continues. IS
that the situation, after approval OF the
paddock BILL" is Identical with that Of last
January, when it was stated that the Holy
SEQ could not continue negotiations While
the Spanish government was formulating
regulations affecting the question under dis
cussion.
These regulations, it Is pointed out, IN
clude the new bill, and thus the situation
is not altered In the least