The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
BLOODLESS DUEL
OCCURS IN HUNGARY
1t Is Fought Through all Adver-
tisement in Newspaper, and
No One Injured.
BY EMIL ANDRASSY.
lie TO The Tribune

| VIENNA. Aug. 13.-A duel even less
dangerous than any Partisan journalists
encounter lis reported to have taken place
aecenty IN hungary, Two visitors In a
ana the following morning the local
newspapers published an advertisement
,rom one OF the disputants addressed to
the other In the following terms: "Sir-A
gentleman cannot send his seconds 10 a
person OF your quality Kindly consider
mat your face is slapped on both checks.
You can feel grateful that l do not ask
you TO consider yourself caned.'
The bloodthrsty opponent replied also
per advertisement in the next days issue
OF the journal, ''To my excellent ad-
me only in writing. Kindly allow me 10
say In reply have fired six revolver bull
iets into your head, Consider yourself.
therefore; as dead, and receive my best
respects"
Duels conducted on these lines would
obviate nasty wounds and blood letting,
and would also prove profitable to the
newspapers.
Austrian Naval Programme.
The recent speech OF the English prime
minister. In which he spoke or the Aus
trian naval programme as a mystery has
aroused much Indignation here, where the
feeling to England is not over friendly
at Its best In speaking of the matter
the Newe Frele Presse says. THE Aus
tro- Hungarian government has made
clear Its Intentions with regard to the
building OF dreadnoughts on several oc-
casions. and It Is absolutely no secret
that Austria Hungary has already begun
the work. II Is known that the Stabili-
mento Tecnco at Trieste, which is re-
sponsible for the building OF almost all
the warships for our navy, has already
two dreadnouehts in the course OF con-
struction, AS the department OF the
navy could not advance the funds for the
undertaking withoat first obtaining par
liamenJary authority; the stabIiimenyo
noughts at It's own cost. The government
will decide on It's course of action when
the delegations have sanctioned the cx-
penditure. II is expected that the estI-
mates to be laid before the delegations.
which Will probably meet at the begin
ming Of November, will include the first
and second instalments Of payment for
the two dreadnoughts The other two
dreadnoughts that are projected Will be
faid down next year, and arc 70 be built
nj the naval shlpyards at Pola or possl-
hly a the works Of the Donubtps com
gary merely follow the movement for
which the British isles gave the signal
Old Men Commit Suicide.
Two rich Hungarian land owners. Paul
kovacs. aged 40, and Emmerch Juhasz
aged 6S. who had for many years been
neighbors and on extremely friAudiy
because both had become intolerable ow-
ing TO incurable diseases. They uncov
cred deep well on the estate OF Juhasz
hung bags filed with stones around their
necks, tied their left hands together and
then jumped into the well wnere their
bodies were subsequently found by the
servants. The large estates were left TO
distant relatives.
Slew His Entire Family.
A terrible family tragedy is reported
from Budapest where Joseph Molnar. a
postoflice employee and the father of five
young children, sent his wife. under some
preteXt. to town. and when she left killed
all OF the five children with his razors,
finally inhicting deadly injuries on him
self. Before expiring he said that he
preferred his children should die rather
than suffer from such terrible poverty.
his monthly salary being only SOS. Frau
Molnar at the sight of the SIX bodies
became insane.
Lovers Are Indignant
A decision OF the courts at Trieste Is
causing great indignation among the
young people OF Austria, Jcncefortn
lovers Will be liable to n summons II
they misplace a stamp either on let
Ter or a postal card Formerly TO place
a stamp at a certain angle was TO eX-
press undying affection and other missives
Of love.