The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-24
With Rings on His Fingers and
Bells on His Toes, Sulu's
Chief Lands in Gotham
ACCOM- AIMED BY SUITE
AND~DOGMEAT SEASONER
Has Money to Throw to the Birds
and viii See New York With
out Smoked Glasses--One
Wife Enough for Him.

NEW YORK, September 24.-Hadji
Mohammed Jumalui Hiram (Which
was all of his name that ne cared
to bring with him), sultan of Sulu,
is in New YorK's midst to-day.
Wearing black velvet turpan. with
red felt trimmings, black sack suit
and a boiled shirt Hadji came smiling
down the gang plank of the American
liner st. Louis and fell into the wait
ing arms of Major Hugh l.. Scott.
Fourteenth United States cavalry, for
mer governor of Sulu, who has PRONG
ised to show the sultan some of the
sights of this country. with smoked
glasses barred.
In the sultan's suite, for he liz still
entitled to have a suite. notwithstand-
ing that he was euchred out OF about
everything he used to have by the en-
forced transfer OF his beloved archi-
peiago to the United States. were his
brother. Datto Rapa Muda Mualilwas-
II, heir apparent to whatever Is left
when Hadji gels through; Hadii
Butu. lord high polisher OF the i'm
perial slippers: Hadji Mohammed
Panglima Mullam tthey grow EN- long
over in Sulu}, premier excelsior war
I
seasoner OF the imperial dog meat, and
a. bunch of lesser blacks. or browns,
or whatever they are. Most of them
came steerage as they couldn't get
first class accommodations. But even
the steerage had something on what
they left behind and there was no
complaining.
Interpreter, Too.
Then. too. there was J. Werble, the
interpreter. an ex-private in the
Seventeenth infantry. who liked Suiu
and the Sulus SO much, that when
his term of enlistment ended, he stay
ed behind.
Two fictions regarding Hadji were
cleared up at the very outset. He
didn't have 100000 worth of home
grown pearls In his trousers pockets.
and he hasn't come over here for an
American wife. When the sultan sailed
on June L. he had number Tia
derby hat filled with pearls which he
began converting into coin OF the
various realms through which he
travelled In Naples he let go one for
s35,ee and in Paris he sold the pick
OF his collection for $4,000
All told. the Sultan cleaned I'D nearly
1000 and they do say that some of
mis- sales exhibited q shrewdness that
clearly qualities Hadu to engage in
the three hall' business.
He has few jewels with him. ii is
true. including a diamond on the lit
tie finger of his left hand that was 40
gross that he couldn't bend the finger
Some of these Jewels Hadji Is going
TO give away as souvenirs. provided
the high cost OF living doesn't use UP
what's left OF the 100000. Should this
happen, Hadji will make another ex-
change of pearls for pesos
AS to an American wife there's alb
soiutely nothing doing. Werble ex-
planned that once upon time, when
he was real. for-sure Sultan, Hadji
had four wives, but by various pro-
cesses reduced the number TO just one,
with whom he still lives without even
the additional spice OF an occasional
affinity.
One is Sufficient.
Hadji overheard the interviewer's
question concerning his matrimonial
affairs and he mustered up what little
English he knows and exclaimed: 'No
good; fighting all time. One wife: no
more"
Among the first persons regarding
whom the Sultan inquired were Presi-
dent Taft. whom he knew when Taft
was governor of the Philippines. and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. who. as Miss
Alice Roosevelt, toured the Philippines
met the Sultan and-whisper il low
won the little fellows heart. He will
meet Taft while here.
When told that George AIDE had writ
ten comic opera called the sultan Of
Suiu," Had3i expressed desire to see
it and was disappointed when told
that IL WAS no longer being played.
He was told. however, that AIDES
Sultan of Sufu" cocktail can still be
made, and he may try one. notwith-
standing the fact that whisk- broom
goes with every >one to clean floor
space for the resulting tit.
Hadjis trip is not all for pleasure.
and while here he will try 10 get a
number of American school teachers
and Filipincs who have been educated
in this country to go to the islands
and aid in the uplift of his people
He's really serious minded sultan on
this subject.