Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-18
Cafes to Raise Are Those They Most
FREQUENT.
AISE TAX ON CIGARETTES
Thus Hope to Do AWAY with Budget
Deficit.
NEW KIND OF TOURIST KNAPsACK
Tombs Of the PIantaEeuets Have Been
Discovered by the Government
Inspector General of His-
tOrical Movements.
BY PAUL vILLIERs.


| PARIS. sept. 17.--ISpecial TO The Bee)-
The trades and labor unionists OF this city
are ven, much incensed over the increase
OF prices in the restaurants which they
/ frequent. Some are quietly, others openly
Iorganizing a movement 10 secure a luncheon
to the old rates threatening a boycott, I'M
less their demands are complied with. To
raise prices would have been considered
serious matter. but coupled with the an
nouncement that prices have been raised
carries the other announcement that half
portions will no longer be seryed
The cost of living in France continues
to rise. and has increased by one-third
during the last decade. Last Saturday the
Restaurant Keepers association OF Paris
decided to raise the price OF vegetables and
various meat dishes. 1t is explained that
wine has become so expensive that the
restaurants can no longer afford to serve
cheap dishes. The price of potatoes, more
over, has nearly doubled. Attempts are
being made to reassure the population and
TO prove that the crisis is purely tenn
porary. but experience has shown that
when once prices have been raised the
middleman is reluctant to reduce them.
Tax on Cigarettes.
NJ. Cookery. minister of finance. decided
to raise the tax on the superior btsnds of
tobacco and cigarettes from 10 to 30 per
cent in order to wipe out a deficit on the
budget The trade returns for the month
of June show a considerable falling off In
the sales OF the brands affected. In June,
1909, over $4,000 worth of tobacco was
sold in France. whereas the sales for June.
1910, only amount to s7,5oo,OOo; that is to
say. $4,000 less.
New Kind of KnapsAek.
The government has abolished the old
fashioned leather infantry knapsack. This
will be replaced by a knapsack made OF
brown sacking and will be carried much
lower than the old one. in the method
adopted by tourists in Switzerland. One of
the principal reasons for doing away with
the old knapsAek is the impossibility for
soldiers wearing it to have freedom OF
movement, and to shoot in a reclining posi-
ton. The new knapsack will not look 50
smart on parade, but will be more practlc-
, ally useful.
No Time to Waste.
E Admiral Bonie de Lapeyrere. minister Of
5 marine will not tolerate red tape or delay
E as demonstrated in the following case Ar
= engineer sent model Of new torpedo e
Z the department. The minister ordered the
y
0 formed that he might expect a report IL
six months. He called together the com
5 mittee and much to their establishment
= formally dissolved IT, Then, summoning {
! young officer of attachments, he ordered
him to examine the torpedo and 10 furnish
a report in three weeks
Tombs of the PIantaEeneta.
: A discovery Of interest TO scholars anC
NGN.
\ Plantagenets in the abbey of Fortevraul
have been discovered by the government
Inspector general of historical monuments
Tn architects engaged in restoring the alb
hey, discovered traces of inscriptions AM
- paintings in an arched recess Of the tran
b sept This ornamentation consisted Of goI,
O lcrosses, escutcheOns and traces of heraldI
= devices representing leopard's paws. Belov
$ there remained traces Of the folloWinI
a names: Richard" "Alienor," and Henri
G Beneath the floor were found the tombs o
4 Richard Coeur-de-Lion and OF Queel
l. Eleanor. Next TO them were the tombs O
: Henry II and OF Isabelle Angouleme. Il
r proposed 10 remove the remains and reinte
z them in place Of honor in the abbey.
Il Paris Police Methods.
: The police OF this city. who have bee
famous for their activity. have becom
. lazy Of late. They are doing only tn
= things actually required by them Here
= q sample case: An old resident Of Pari
r recently picked up what he was supposed
e have thought bundle OF illustrated paper
Reaching home, he looked into the bundl,
and what was his surprise 10 find bond
{ worth SSOeo. He went straight TO the polio
eommisary OF his quarter and turned thei
over to him.
You should not have brought theI
here" said the officer. You should TAX
It 20 the commisssary Of the Eastern raj
,e road. for you found IL in that quarter
a But I haven't time to go so far" sal
e. the finder
s. That e. not my business, and Il will
y your fault II the owner of those bond
4 has paid 10 stop payment on them. 70
have prolonged his agony, and made hi
think his treasure lost Now, you don
- know the victim OF your delay has cor
mltted suicide" said the officer who col
sented to have the bundle taken TO whel
Al il belonged. grumbling about men pickir
/" up bundles and bothering public office
with extra work.
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