The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-06
TOBACCO PRICES
ARE INCREASING
And the French Smokers Form
Defense League
CHARGE AGAINST SISTER
Children Is Charged with Swim
dling-Gossip From Gay
French Capital
BY GEORGE DUFREsNE


Paris, June Especial smokers ar,
not taking kindly to the increased prices
of tobacco. There is a National Leagu,
for the Defense of Smokers and it ha.
started campaign with view to In
ducing NJ. Cookery, the minister o
finance, to lower the prices of tobacco
and cigarettes. The secretary of tht
league declares that smokers furnish
iG,o0o,oo0 francs, or a tenth of the budget
to the state annually and are not dis
posed to tolerate the new duties. At q
meeting of the league the idea of a strike
| was discouraged, but smokers Were
urged to buy the tobacco and cigarettes
which are not surtaxed. One speake,
put this question:
III on every occasion there is a budget
deficit the consumers of tobacco, sugar
| alcohol, etc, are attacked. how will II
end?" He added: 'If the state sets itsel.
| up as a manufacturer and trader, let /,
be honest first of ALL"
| Another speaker suggested that meet
ings of protest should be held with the
idea of arousng public opinion. He cited
| the cases of the wine growers and the
licensed victualers. The finance minis
ter wanted to put fresh burdens upon
them, but the monster demonstration OF
protest they held at the Trocadero was
| too much for him. They bowled him
| over. Why not smokers do the same
| he asked.
| This meeting concluded with cries OF
| Down with Cochery,' Long live cheap
| tobaccol" The National League for the
Defense of Smokers was only in exist
| ence>4S hours when 1t obtained 1000 men,
/ bers. The annual subscription is modest,
only 21a francs year. Another meeting
| - d, ~ laa1l dina Ia
and In a fortnight a monster demonstra-
ton will be organized. 1t will receive the
support of all classes and will probably
be followed by a manifestation.
| Many smokers laid in stores of tobacco
| and cigarettes before the new prices
came into operation. The result was that
| the tobacco shops did very little trade
yesterday. 1t Is doubtful whether the
minister of finance will receive as much
money as he expects from his new taxes.
Indeed 1t would not be surprising if his
| experience proved to be the same as fell
| to the lot of Mr.. Lloyd-George when he
took 1t into his head to increase the
whisky tax. 1t is almost safe to say that
less tobacco will be consumed In France.
Considerable sensation has been caused
by the charges of swindlng which M.
Dagnaux, a jeweler In the Avenue de
lrOpera, has laid against Sister Candide.
superior of the hospitals for tuberculosis
children at Ormessen, Villiers, Noisy lie
Sec, and San Salvador.
The accused sister has been a pronli-
nent figure in the charitable world for
n years Some years ago she was bven
the cross Of the Legion OF Honor In rec
ognition of her services.
Questioned by NJ. Hubert de Puy, the
examining magistrate in charge of the
| affair, she stated that 1t was the case
that NJ. Dagnaux and Peyret, another
| jeweler, entrusted her with jewelry of
great value which she was to dispose OF
| on commission. But she denied that any
fraud had been practiced, declaring that
the jewelers. will be paid to the last
centime.
Asked why she had taken to the sale
| of tewelry on commission, she stated that
| this was due to the financial embarrass-
| ments caused to the institutions which
she directed by the failure of the lot
| teries she had organized. She declined
| to divulge the names of the persons to
| whom she had confided the jewels In
| question. NJ. du Puy informed her that
| as a magistrate 1t was his duty to leave
| nothing undone to discaover the truth.
! and that he would, therefore, be under
| the necessity of sending the subchief OF
the detective department with her to her
| office in the Rue Miromesnil and her
|
| make domiciliary searches. This gave
but little result. Only a few unimport-
| ant papers were seized. When thesa
| operations were at an end Sister Can
dide was set at liberty
| According to the Petit Parisien no
doubt is felt as TO the good faith OF Sis
ter Candide. The only fear Is that she
NAV have been the victim of interme-
diaries to whom she entrusted the jew
| elrv for sale. The president of the COM
| r,ittee of the hospital at Ormessin is NJ.
Emile Loubet, formerly president OF the
| republic.
| A strange incident has occurred in the
art exhibition organized by the National
Society of Fine Arts. NJ. Jean Sala sent
a picture of the humorous writer's, Max
| and Alex Fisher. On the day following
| the vernissage he made the discovery
| thar his picture occupied less Favorable
| position The painter complained to the
committee. The explanation he got did
not satisfy him, and he wanted to remove
his picture. But his desire was not ac-
! coded to.
| +, The painter then decided to take the
law into his own hands. Yesterday morn
| ing Is persons whose movements were
| rather mysterious were In Room X, II
/ which the picture hung. The artist ar
| rived on the scene carrying hshina
| rod Addressing CUSTODIAN, ne ASKED
| for ladder. declaring that he wanted Il
give his picture coat OF varnisn. a
policeman told him that this was not tht
time TO work on his canvas and that HI
could not have a ladder.
M Sala showed that he was very an
erv He adjusted his fishing rod
"At any rate the picture is mine HI
said, and can do what / like with my
own property.
| And before he could be prevented h
struck the picture with the fishing roo
several times, damaging It in severa
places.
sion in art circles,
The idea of the transformation of Pari
under the second empire may be gather
ed from an exhibition which has jus
been opened at the Hotel de Peletier d
ST. Fargeau. in the Rue de Sevigne.
The exhibition, which has been organ
lied by NJ Marcel Poete, was inaugu
rated by the president OF the muicipa
council. During the second empire Pari
slams protested against tn upheaval 0
the public thoroughfares Just as the
are grumbling now on account OF tn
commotion caused by the operations Il
connection with the Metropolitan rail
way Their protests will become louder
for other big works have yet to be exc
cuted.
Numerous plans engravlngs and draw
inRs and photographs illustrate TN
Haussmann method of building cit,
THE method Is to be developed with tn
assistance of s1so.0oo'ooo of borrowed NOR
CIV. There are plans showing the deve
opment of railways. drawings. ETC., c
the various types of public vehicles an
documents relating to the origin OF hc