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The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
ACTS PRINCE TO SWINDLE
German Clerks Own Trap Gets Him
Arrested in Berlin.
Police Waiting when He Calls for
Package OF Money in the Name
of Royalty.

Berlin. July ls.-"Hello. am Crown
Prince Frederick william" was the sur
prising telephone cali which reached the
ear Of the desk clerk at one of our prin-
cipal hotels day or two ago Il am
sending you a young man whose reli-
ability ] wish you TO test. Give him
200 marks. If he does not prove trust
worthy, the court marshaTs Office will
make good the sum.
Sure enough. a little later. a seedy-
looking young man appeared saying that
he was sent to fetch something. It is
hardly necessary to say that ali he got
was a policemans invitation TO accom-
pany him to the nearest police station, for
In the meantime the hotel management
had telephoned 10 the court marshars
Office and learned that an unusually
barefaced swindle was being attempted
The seedy-loolOing young man turned
out tc be a grocer's clerk out Of em-
plOyment
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
THE FIRST HANDOUTS.
The Different Early Forms of De-
vices for STanaeIing Prisoners.


From the london Globe
In Virgil is 10 be found the first re-
corded instance OF the use of handouts
for the poet tells US that Proteus was
thus fettered and thus rendered powerIess
by Aristaeus. who apparently knew that
even the gods themselves were not proof
against this form Of persuasion.
In the fourth century B. c. an army OF
victorious Greeks found several chariots
full Of handouts among the baggage Of
the defeated carthaginians. and it is
highly probable that the ancient Egyp-
tIans had some eontrivance-ef the kind.
The word is derived from the Anglo
Saxon ''handeop," whence comes evil
IDENTIFY the slang term. copper"
In earliest Saxon days "handcops" were
used for mobiles, and "footcops" for
kings. but In the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries the word is supplanted by the
terms ''shack bolt and swivel menaeIe.7
and the instruments were as cumbersome
as the names by which they were known
Up TO the middle OF the last century
there were two kinds Of handouts in gen
was very like those which are still used:
the other kind. called the figure eight"
was used to restrain violent prisoners.
It was so fashioned that the captive
could not move his hands and was uni
versally dreaded. for the pain caused By
limb immovabIy confined is almost
unbearable
A simple but powerful device for secHr-
ing prisoners was the 'twister," now
abolished owing TO the injuries it in
fficted It consisted of a chain with
handles at each end. The chain was
put around the wrists. the handles
brought together and twisted until a
firm grip was obtained. The least
struggle on the part OF the captive and
the chains bit deep into his wrists OF
the same nature. but made of wire. Is
ia ligote." while in an emergency whip
cord has proved perfectly satisfactory.
The hardcuff used IN some parts Of East
ern Europe Is most primitive It consists
OF a V-shaped piece of metal. in which
the wrists are inserted, the open ends
being then drawn together by means
of a cross hook, which must be kept
taut the whole time The most handy
form of cuff. which is in general use
at present. comes from America. It
is lighter and much less clumsy then the
old flexible
1t is no easy matter to clap the brace
lets on a person who is struggling yio-
iently. Inventors should turn their at
tention to the subject. for much remains
TO be done before the lighting prisoner
can be quickly and strongly secured With
out harm 20 himself Or his eapfor.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
LONDON CLERKS IN HARD ROW.
Churchill introduces Bill to Tighten
Their Work.

London, July 1e-The clerks In the dry
goods and other stores of England. be-
ing unskiIled workmen have no effective
unions. and so they have been "sweated'
mereilessly by the meaner class of en-
ployers. They have to work twelve and
fourteen hours a day and their wages
are so scant that they scarcely can make
both ends meet.
Winston Churchill, secretary Of the
board of trade. a member of the present
Radical-socialist cabinet. has introduced
bill in Parliament to ameliorate the
conditions OF the clerks. The bill pro-
poses that they shall not be worked for
more than sixty hours a week. that they
shall not be worked after S .. m. on more
than three nights a week. that they shall
have Saturday half holiday all the year
round and that there shall be no Sunday
work except in shops where necessaries
OF life are sold.
It ia probable that the bill viii be
passed without opposition. as the condi-
tons under which the clerks work have
been an industrial scandal for years.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
SKULL GROWS TO FIT BRAINS.
Scientist Announces What He Claims
10 BE Discovery.

Vienna, July 16.-Although not all the
causes that operate in the formation of
the human head are known al the pres
ent time. yet we do know that one of
the principal factors in the skull forma-
ton is the development of the brain it
self. said Prof. Tandler in a lecture on
musicians skulls delivered before the
Vienna Medical Association.
To pGt it plainly. he continued. every
person has the skull that fits his, or her
brain. Therefore when we discuss mu-
steal heads. we must first consider musi-
cal brains.
There is no doubt, said Prof. Tandler,
that musicians brains are more than nor
mally developed in the region just over
the upper temple. and this development
invariably causes a corresponding pro-
tuberanee in that part Of. the bony skull.
AS examples, the professor gave details
Of his observations on the formations OF
the skulls OF Haydn. Beethoven, Brahms,
Bruekner and other wen known COM
posers.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

Berlin. July l6-Herr Won Bethmann-
Hollweg. who Is not only the longest,
but undoubtedly the unhappiest of Ger
man chancellors. received what the Teu-
ton language expressiveIy describes as
mule kick" from the national liberal
party
Prince Won Buelow's successor has en-
deayoTed 10 maintain the fiction that
liberalism still finds a place in his poIiti-
cal lexicon. The national liberal party
considers his latest ministerial appoint
ments-Herr Won Dallwitz. as Prussian
minister of the interior, and Herr Won
Schorlener. as minister Of agriculture
such conclusive evidence of his slavish
allegiance to the Cstholie-eonservative
obIigarchy that they viii have no more
OF him. and have told him so in a party
communique OF refreshing direetness-
From day 10 day signs multiply that
next years Reichstag elections win be q
battle royal between the allied LIBERAL
Radical-D Democratic forces and ultramon-
tanian and agTarianism.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
ENGLAND IN EGYPT.
Revenue Twenty Times as Great "a
When British Control Began.

When British Control Began.
When England assumed sole control
In 1852 Egypt was stin bankrupt. with
a public debt of more than s50O,cO0.O00
and an income insufficient TO pay the in
terest and carry on the government
The public revenue in 1sS2 amounted
to S4.5oO.000 in 1907 to SIS. 5o00c0 more
ditures. On January 1. 1905, the sum Of
$45.O00.eO0 was in the general reserve fund
and the public debt was reduced in 1903
by s1,6000oo; It now is s47sOo0.Oo0.
The cities and towns were without any
drainage or sewerage, says the World
To-Day. Only within ten years even
Cairo itself. with a death rate of forty-six
per one thousand has undertaken any
such public work. In the country every
canal was polluted, and stagnant pools
of filth were near every village.
The annual pilgrimages to Mecca We're
likewise the means or introducing many
diseases. Cholera and other epidemics
were of frequent occurrence. and their
ravages carried of thousands and thou
sands of the population.
Little by little the various difficulties
of the situation have been studied and
solved by the administration, until now
Egypt may be considered a reasonably
healthy country. OF course vast sums OF
money have been required to effect such
a result,
At FIRST enormous difficulty was en-
countered by the English in making
changes in the system of taxation. be-
cause the people. so long accustomed
to the betrayal OF their interests. thought
the plans proposed were simply for the
purpose Of increasing their burdens.
Little by little. however. they learned that
another era had opened, and finally their
suspicious were Gained. They then be-
gan to work with renewed energy. and
now, secure in the fruits OF their labor.
they are not merely improving their own
conditions. but are building up the rep
utation of ther country
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
In SOCIALISM
Political Expert Says Revolt
Threatens Germany
REFORMS ONLY PREVENTIVE
Herr Macmillan Harden EIaborates
on Various Phases of the Danger,
Which He Says Is Threatening to
Undermine the Government, Where
Dissatisfaction Is Growing.

z Berlin, July 16-Tierr Macmillan Har-
den. the foremost political exper: of Ger
many. is pessimistic about the growth OF
socialism.
He believes that the general election
next year will startle Germany by dis
closing the strength OF socialism at the
ballot box Herr Harden. Of course, isn't
q Socialist, but he tells Germany frank
ly what It may expect in the future
and outlines the causes that have nur-
tured the extraordinary ana even alarm
ing growth Of socialism in the empire.
Herr Harden says:
Sees Beginning of Revolution.
I'VE are at the beginning OF a revolu-
ton. Most people cannot realize it yet.
although the unmistakable signs Of the
times ought 70 warn them Of its ap-
preach, but the majority has never no
ticed the beginning Of 8 revolution.
What history names revolution was
almost always the last and most violent
phase Of the revolutionary movement
which had been silently and gradually
growing for a long time previous 10 the
actual outbreak. The German people feel
that their government institutions no
longer satisfy their political needs, and
that many class privileges. almost all the
exceptional rights possessed by the mem
bers OF the civil service. and the whole
administration OF the country have be-
come intolerable, and their modest wishes
having remained unfuIhned too long,
they now desire to rush into the other
extreme Of complete democracy.
Reform Only Way 10 Combat.
Herr Harden then celebrates the vari-
Gus phases Of the danger which he
sketches in outline in the above SEN
fences, and argues that the only way to
combat socialism is TO pursue policy
of sane and moderate reform.
An undiluted reactionary policy, he
points out. merely assists the Socialists
in their propaganda, whereas progress
sive policy would tend TO disarm them
and to deprive them of the support OF
large numbers OF electors who now vote
for Socialist candidates solely for the
purpose Of demonstrating their discon-
tent with the existing condition Of things.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
BoYHooD OF. GEN. NoGI.

Gen. Nogi, the Japenese soldier. be-
longs to the cosmopolitan army Of self
made men. His account OF his boyhood,
except in the details, has the familiar
earmarks Of such stories the world over.
Ny father could not give me the edu-
cation other boys in the clan were re-
eeiving," he writes in Nihon no shonen.
Il had to stay at home But one day I
said to myself: Come what may I must
learn while I am young. Life without
some sort Of achievement is not worth
the living
so / pleaded with my father and at
last prevailed upon him 10 send me TO a
domItory known ae the shudoba. from
which I was able to attend the clan
school.
MY days at the domitory were days
OF hardship It was under the control
OF the clan government and sheltered
about sixty boys, all under eighteen years
of age. for III those days a boy was SUI
posed to reach manhood at eighteen. and
what man would live in domitory?
Things have much changed since
that time In those days the beys
brought their own nnhulled rice 70 the
domitory ana pounded it for themselves
in the mortar provided for their use;
there was not shop In the place where
you could buy hulled rice The boys,
too, had to cook their own rice for them
selves and TO collect their own fuel from
the neighborlug woods.
There was also a stable attached to
the domitory and II was the duty Of the
boys to groom the horses. AS the poor
est lad in the domitory, q great deal Of
this work fell upon my shoulders.
pounded rice for the others, I went in
to the woods TO gather fuel. l cooked the
meals and I groomed the horses.
There were no .ourryeomhs or clip
pers in those days / had to SINCE the
horses coats with improvised torches
made of dry twigs and to chop the straw
FOR their bran mash as we'll as I could,
and all this for want Of iabor-saving
contrivances entailed mueh expenditure
of time and trouble.
In addition to all this manual labor
I had the usual school lessons to attend.
Never very strong. ] found my double
task a severe strain on my powers Of
endurance. and I began at times to
doubt whether should be able TO go
through with the task hid set myself.
But never allowed myself to lose
heart.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
NEGRO ACTS AFRICAN PART.
Though American, He Becomes
Congo Native for Lucre.

Paris July ia fashionable Partisan
f5s1s that her staff of servants is COM
plete only when it includes a negro, the
bigger and blacker the better. as
chauffeur or footman. and one hostess
recently felt that the glory of her 80
O'Clock" had suffered eclipse because her
six feet two of liveried ebony was no
longer in attendance.
''Helas, Joe is gone. she told her visi-
tors
Gomez But surely you spoiled him
enough"
HE has gone to Germany. where he
is to be an African
The explanation of this unexpected
occupation for a negro proved to be that
Joe and several OF his compatriots had
been engaged to appear in native VIII
iage" at q German exhibition They
were TO be taught savage cookery and
dances Of the Congo. Huts. wives and
children were TO be provided by the
management The novelty Of the life
had appealed to Joe. who is native OF
New York. and has no idsa what or
where tie Congo may be
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
KNOWN as DUKE DE vIsEU.
Husband of Former Miss stewart
Has Long Standing Title.

Lisbon, July l6-The title of the lady,
who was Miss Anita Stewart, Of New
York, before her marriage with Prince
Miguel of Braganza. seems to give
trouble to newspapers here. and in
America The couple are known in So
eiety as the Duke and Duchess de Viseu.
Yiseu is a town in the Portuguese prov
ince of Beira and Is famous for its ar
tistie gold work. The dukedom of Yiseu
dates from l425. when it was bestowed by
King John /. OF Portugal. upon his IA
nous son. Dom Henrique, more familiar
as Henry the Navigator.
Dom Henrique won this honor in the
campaign against the Moors, which re-
suited in the acquisition by the Portu-
guese of Ceuta. on the African side OF
the Straits of Gibraltar and now a Span
ish possession. The title vests in the
head Of the house Of Braganza. and it
was from his father, the duke of that
name, that Prince Miguel received it.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
LISTEN TO JEWISH CARUso."
Five Thousand Hebrews stand SPELL
bound In London Hall,

London, July 16-Five thousand Jews.
including many foreign visitors. listened
spellbound in the great Assembly Hall
in the East end Of London the other day
TO tall, squarely built man, wearing
the black cap of a rabbi. He was the
Jewish Caruso," otherwise the Rev. G.
Serotta. Of Warsaw, Russian Poland. the
most famous of Jewish cantors.
He had brought with him choir of
thirty from his own synagogue which
holds 1900 people, but his own voice alone
would ill the greatest hall A typical
Russian Jew, with a short black beard
and mustache. he put his heart into
chanting the old psalms of his faith.
Strangely Oriental in information and in
wailipg cadenees. rising at times to
passionate outcry, then sinking into
mournful tenderness, the music seemed
to be filled with the spirit of the perse-
euted race. and many of his hearers were
moved to tears.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
NILE OYSTERS DETACHABLE.
Visitors I'm Egypt Soon to Have
Them on Half Shell.

Cairo. July 1s-Real Nile oysters on
the half shell soon will be a novel gas
tronomical treat to those visiting Egypt
While boring for piers of a projected
bridge from Boulac to Ghezireh. the en-
gineers came across the remains OF an
old building on which had grown a large
number OF giant oysters unknown to
gOurmets.
According TO DR. Hume, the head of the
Egyptian Geological Survey. they belong
to the species of Aetheria nilotica and
traces of this species are found elsewhere
in Egypt. but above the present level
OF the Nile. Their existence in such
places has helped scientists in determine
ing previous courses Of the river This
Aetheria has also been found in the
Sudan, but this is the first time it has
been located so far North.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
WOMEN OFFER TURKEY AID.
WouId Deny Love TO Men Who Fail
TO Oppose Greece

Paris. July i6-The saioniki CORE
spondent of the Temps says: The Mus
sulman women desiring TO prove their
loyalty. asked for permission 10 hold q
meeting TO protest against the annex
alton of Crete by Greece. The unmarried
women and the widows were 10 swear
publicly that they would not marry a
man who. for any reason whatever. had
not taken up arms against this annex
alton.
The Vail of Salonih thanked the Ia
dies for this expression Of loyalty but
declined TO authorized the meeting.
In the same town an economic war Is.
being preached energeueally against the
Greeks. and, in addition 10 the -boycotting
OF vessels flying the Greek flag. the
breaking off OF relations with tradesmen
suspected of Greek sympathies is being
urged
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

Berlin. July Eff you intend to go to
Berlin in the future, you may become
the guest of the Kaiser L you have the
necessary money 10 pay for the privilege.
for Emperor William, not satisfied with
his recent increase of salary as King OF
Prussia, has gone into the hotel business.
and Is now principal owner of Hotel
Adm. ons Of the finest hotels in the city.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
The Kaffir's Day on.
From the wide word.

From the Wide World.
When the South African Kafhr has a
day of" and sets about enjoying him
SELF one of his greatest pleasures is to
dress himself UP in some extraordinary
fashion and generally play the fool.
The fete day umbrella and sundry
curious forms of headgesr are brought
forth. Several hold up candles. although
il IS daylight. TO show how civilized
and up to date they are. Crude musical
anything that win make a
noise-are greatly to the fore on such
occasions as these.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

London. July 1.-THE rights of treas
ure-trove are responsible for a temper
airy stoppage of the excavations at the
ancient city of VeruIaneum. st. Adams.
The work was making good progress. and
the Societies of AntiaHaries were hoping
to obtain some Interesting finds. but the
uncertainty Of the law in relation 20
possession has led to complications.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
CURRENT WORLD EVENTS FLASHED FROM CAPITALS OF EUROPE
NEW DOCKS AT LIVERPOOL.
Rivalry with southampton Boom
Seaport Business.

Liverpool, July ls.-Liverpool intends
to keep up with the Improvement Of
transatlantic liners by buildings new
docks and extending old ones so that the
longest liners can be safely and expe-
ditiously berthed along the Mersey.
Liverpool doesn't propose to permit
Southampton 10 take away its laurels
as the premier port OF debarkation for
the New York England passenger traffic.
and it has approved plans and appro-
priated the money for the construction
of two docks that will berth the biggest
ships 10 be built within the next decade
and which viii be the biggest docks of
any port In the world
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
wants amperiaI Exposition.

London, July IA scheme put for
wardsb by Sir PETER BAN for the holding
Of large imperial exhibition IN London
at an early date. It is stated, has been
we'll received. and Sir Pieter hopes that
before returning to South Africa in Au-
gust he viii have formed a strong and
representative committee.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
NEW RADIUM MINES.
Turkestan Furnishes Source for
Priceless Fluid.

London, July IA new source of
radium supply has been discovered IN
Turkestan. Radium bearing uranium ore
has already been obtained in consider
able quantities. The native miners have
found that cuts and other wounds which
would take long time 20 heal in other
mines are very quickly cured by apply
ing small quantity OF powdered uran-
ium ore 10 the spot
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

London. July IA letter from the
Rev. Algernon c. E. Thorold. in which
ne gives a vivid description OF a total
eclipse of the sun, as seen in May last
fran the R. NJ S. Corinthic when al sea
800 miles north of Hobart Tasmania, Is
published by a local daily.
The letter reads; To-day a great and
rare event took place to which have
been looking forward for several months,
and which ! saw to perfection-a total
eclipse OF the sun For nine days we
have not seen the sun at all; but TO-
day IT appeared. as we have got farther
north.
Miles East OF Africa.
1.-THE eclipse was visible in a line Of
latitude some few hundred miles east
of Africa as far as Hobart. where it was
visible not long before sunset Along
all this line the eclipse was total But
very few people in the world would be in
this short line. as. except for Hobart. it
lies in the sea. We happened to have
reached 1t at the critical moment, about
the finest position in the world. The
eclipse began ste 100 and lasted till (.
At 2:45 1t was total and the sun went
out entirely. A bright corona shone
around its disk Totally lasted sew
eral minutes
The sight was weird ir the extreme.
The darkness was ominous. and the tenn
perature went down suddenly from mild
65 to TO- The clouds on the horizon
turned opal, dovegray. and black, as the
last rim Of the sun was covered up. and
when the light finally went out the eff
feet was like the sudden switching OF
OF an electric lamp.
Sun Black Ball.
The sun itself was black ball with a
pale but distinct crown OF br1Iiance
bursting arrow-wise unevenly on every
side. Round the corona was a halo Ike
the blurred radiance that surrounds a
misty moon.
The sea looked black like ink and the
sky seemed to disappear. because it was
neither measurable with stars nor re-
alizable with clouds. It became, in fact,
negligible. ana the only proof that day
and night had not come to and end
was the extraordinary phenomenon OF. a
black ball fringed WITTY fire-a fire that
gave little light to the earth, but seemed
suffering toward the stars in indig-
nation at an insult offered BY the moon.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

Berlin. July ls,-The fate of BerlIn's
historic opera house has been sealed. The
Kaiser agrees to sell the property to me
municipality. The price is not yet fixed,
but It is supposed to be in the neighbor-
hood of $2o00.O00. Thus passes out of
Hohenzoliern hands building which has
been IN their possession since the days
of Frederick the Great. The house is not
to be pulled down. but altered. Under
municipal management 1t Is to serve no
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
unIucIrr TifIe.

From the Boston Transcript
Maud-I got this novel to send to Dir.
Baerdohn for his birthday.
Ethei-What's the title Of it7
Mau5-'sThe Lost Heir : s-sv
Ethel-ppAt dssik Hs's bale -
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
ECLIPSE SEEN At SEA
Minister Writes of Finest
Viewpoint in World
TOTALLY BLoTTED FROM SKY

1--WE Reached "A Line Several Hum
dred Miles East OF Africa at the
Critical Time" He Says "and Saw
the Beautiful Phenomenon from it's
BEGINNING to the End"