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The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
RAPHAEL'S TOMB
FREE FROM JUNK
Votive Offerings Removed to
Restore Former Beauty.

Rome, July 15.-Raphael's tomb has just
Undergone a thorough restoration. The
painter is buried in the Pantheon, but
what with the ravages of time, neglect,
and indifference on the part of the Gus
todians, the tomb had fallen into a bad
state of decay.
The altar which the master had caused
to be erected was Uttered with>every de-
scription of yotive offering, for The most
part rubbish Such beauty of the work
as was not covered with dust was hidden
by the votives of house painters and car
riage painters.
The epitaph Of Raphael had been rele-
gated to the lower extremity to make
room for that of Lamachi, and the me-
mortal of Marie Bibiens, Raphaers
fancee, was so high that it could not be
read; but all this has peen remedied. The
tomb and altar are now in condition
corresponding to Raphaers last wishes.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
is SHOPLIFTER;
SEEKS TO PAY DEBTS
Amazing Career of NobIeman Comes to Light After
Arrest by Paris Poice-Wife Deserted.

highly indignant and took back his
daughter, leaving the baron only paltry
allowance per month.
Hotel bills had been accumulating with
surprising rapidity for the last eight
months. and this, 1t is alleged, drove
the son of q one-time king to the ex-
pedient Of shoplifting.
When the police entered his place they
found an extraordinary variety Of objects
entire suits by the dozen, any amount of
linen, and more than 1000 neckties,
which, It seems, had been ordered from
a number of shops and the bills for
which the baron had been unable to
settle.
Since his arrest the shopkeepers have
been sending the bills to the police au-
thorities. There is only one hope, and
that is that his wealthy father-in-law
may come to his rescue.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
RUSSIAN AGAINST
PROGRESS IN CHINA
Newspapers Oppose Ameri-
can Agriculturists.

ST. Petersburg, July ia number of
Russia's most influential political news
papers, headed by the Novoe vermya,
are working up a strong anti-American
feeling in Russia, stating that the United
States is trying to stir up trouble in
Manchuria.
In a recent article the Novoe Vrem-
va accuseS the United States of an at
tempt to convince the Chinese govern
ment that Russia is planning to make
up for her territorial losses in the jap
anese war by annexing Manchuria. The
United States minister at Pekin, CO.
operating with Fred Douglas Fisher
United States consul at Mukden, the
paper says, has mapped out plan which
is to render the cultural mission of Rus
sia and Japan in Manchuria exceedingly
dificuIt, and which may lead to war.
The plan consists of a proposal that
a number of Iand-lets in Manchuria of
from 5000 to $1,000 acres should be set
apart by the Chinese government for
cultivation according to the very latest
American system. The result-or, rather,
one Of the many beneficial results-of
this innovation will be to transform
Manchuria into a center Of civilization
and material prosperity, and thereby to
make it outgrow the cultural boons
which Russia and Japan have to Of
fer it.
Another effect will be to make it clear
to all whom it may concern that Man
churia is in fact, as well as in name, a
province OF China, and must be treated
accordingly. OF course, at the same time,
It will give Americans quite as firm a
footing in Manchuria as Japan and Rus
sia now possess. In return for this all
that China is now asked to do is to
supply the necessary workmen and to
protect the colony by maintaining suf-
fcient military forces in the province.
The Novoe Vremya remarks rather
bitterly, that the syndicate of the Amer
lean Harvester Company, which will sup
ply the agricultural implements for the
enterprise, has as its president the
American minister in Pekin.
This article in Russia's most influential
paper is especially noteworthy because
it shows that Russia and Japan con-
slider that they have paid, and paid
heavily, for Manchuria, and they are de-
termned to make a stand for it. That
either state has the intention of hand
ing over its railroads there to China
when the time limit expires, it would
be puerile to imagine. They regard Man
churia as theirs politically, and every
scheme devised by outsiders, even
though it be purely commercial or agri-
cultural which may render this. their
final aim, more difficult of attainment,
is the work of a disguised enemy, and
is, of course, political
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
SHEIRHS CHARGED
WITH RELIC THEFT

Jerusalem, July 15.-The sheifAs Of the
Mosque of Omar and other officials, IN
cluding an Armenian, who are accused
of aiding and abetting party Of expIor-
ers in the alleged removal of priceless
relics of Solomon's Temple from the hill
on which the mosque stands, have been
sent under an armed escort TO Beirut to
undergo trial by a special court.
The arrests are in connection with. ex-
cavation work by an English syndicate,
at the head of which was Capt Parker.
brother of the Earl of Morley, to find
the treasures Of King Solomon, which
were supposed to have been indicated by
a cryptogram in the Talmud.
Rumors that sacrilege had been COM
mitted led to a riot, and the excavations
were abandoned. Capt. Parker's work
was carried on with the approval of the
Turkish government. The Englishmen
emphatically deny that anything has been
taken away.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Meanwhile. Montenegro demands apple
compensation from the Turkish govern
ment for the asylum afforded to the
exiles from 100000 to 100000 francs
while Turkey is resolved to enter upon
no discussion of the subject. The exiles.
according to the latest reports, firmly
hold all the strategic points. and Monte
negro is amply supplying theu with
provisions and ammunition. They trust
to European Intervention. and expect for
their persistence the reward of au-
tonomy.
The Miridites have recently received
several quick-firers from French gun
factory. The immediate cause OF the
persistent opposition OF the Malisseres is
said to be ambiguity OF the Turkish
premises, also the exclusion OF the Melis-
seres from the amnesty promised to the
Moslem Arnauts. which Is bitterly re-
sented by them.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Special Gable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin, July IA teacher Of Nurem-
berg, Christopher Wirth, has given to
the world an invention which may con-
siderably alter the aspect of future war
fare by rendering Dreadnoghts obsolete
and gunboats useless.
The new war vessel, for air or water,
will be crewless-a mere machine Of
destruction Of life and property-while
the operator is miles away conducting
battle by means of buttons and levers.
The inventor recently gave a practical
demonstration before a special commit
tee Of the German Navy League in a
secluded part OF the Wannsee, a lake
near Berlin. The system employed Is
very similar to that used in wireless
telegraphy and is the latest wonder in
teledynamIcs.
The first experiments took place in a
building, where the inventor went into a
room surrounded by thick walls and
passed his electric waves through the
wall, exploding miniature mines on the
other side in the order selected by his
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
STATUES TOO NUMEROUS.

Paris, July 15.-So many monuments
have been erected in Paris during the
last few years that the authorities now
consider the time has arrived to impose
restrictions. Instead of raising so many
statues, it is contended that space would
be saved If commemorative bas-reliefs
were placed beside the rames of boule-
wards and streets.
1t has also been suggested that. in the
interest of true art. the council should
not give its consent for monument to
be erected until the model has been
passed by a technical committee.
BY way of avoiding premature glorifi-
cation. municipal councillor proposes
that no monument should be raised until
the person whose memory it is desired
TO perpetuate has been dead ten years.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

of the plebiscite party. may soon rule the
destinies OF France.
The plebiscite party, which gives al
legfance to Prince Victor Napoleon, the
husband of Princess Ciementine Of Bel
gium. has selected this moment of chaos
TO appear In the political arena This
organization has been endowed with fresh
life. and a strong committee has been
formed.
The pIebiscite party has established its
headquarters in busy center Of Paris.
Is actively engaged in disseminating
political propaganda. and. II reports are
to be credited, it is receiving a certain
measure Of public sympathy and sup
port.
IN the event Of the dissolution Of the
present French Parliament the organiza-
tsou would not hesitate to issue Its pro-
sramme and to launch an appeal to the
country
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
FRANCE FACES REVOLT
FROM DEMOCRACY RULE

Paris, July 15.-The unsettled situation
in France. which never seems to inn
prove when one cabinet relieves another,
is giving the diplomats of Europe much
worry. One never knows what may
happen in France as long as present con-
ditions remain. and to change them would
take all the courage and skill Of a man
of equal patriotism and genius. II there
be such a man in France he must so far
have kept hiniself carefully hidden and
30 the country passes through one crisis
after another with increasing rapidity
And every crisis is danger in impulslve
France, where any day a pretender may
take advantage Of popular exesperation
TO impose himself by coup d'etat on q
democracy weary Of Ineffective parlia-
mentery methods.
Indeed. II Is by no means unlikely that
Prince Victor Bonaparte. who is the head
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
SAMOAN WOMEN CHASE
GERMAN FROM ISLAND
South Sea Teuton Punished for Denouncing Marriage
of Native Women to Emigrants from
the FatherIand

Michaelis took it into his head to express
these truths in a letter to the colonial
newspaper, adding that quite apart from
race considerations the Samoan women
made inefficient and unworthy wives.
Seldom has an author had more grati-
flying proof of his power to arouse in
terest and inspire action. The very next
morning deputation Of several hundred
Samoan women of various shades waited
upon him with whips, sticks, and garden
ing tools.
The police were just in time to rescue
Michaelis by taking him into custody.
But the dusky amazons scored in spite Of
the police. for the authorities had to bum
die their calumniator out of the island
as the only means Of preventing serious
trouble.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
TIPS WITHHELD
BY CAFE PATRONS
Increase in Prices Starts
Strike of Hungry.

Paris, July 15.-Following an ill-advised
increase in cafe tariffs a novel strike is
in progress in Marseilles. where the pa
irons, who cannot do without food and
drink are withholding their tips so as to
indemnify themselves.
The movement, which is general, is
affecting the smaller establishments as
we'll as the high-class restaurants. The
garcons go about threatening to lay
aside their aprons, for not sou is to
be found in the saucers.
The incident has inspired the music
hall artists with a theme, and their
songs are creating a great success, but
this is poor consolation for the walters,
especially as the customers, with one
accord, declare that, until the old tariffs
are resumed, there will be no tips.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
RUSSIAN ARMY GRAFTERS
SECURED LARGE FORTUNE
Sxty-six Officers Are on Trial for Extorton Dshon
esty, and Brbe taking During twenty-five Years.

Moscow, July 15.-The trial OF the
sixty-six," as II is popularity called, re-
veals an astounding state of corruption
in the Moscow supply department of the
Russian army. OF the members of the
Moscow intendancy between 1904 and
1870 two generals, twenty-one colonels.
and twenty-eight captains. besides four
councillors of state, are charged with
systematic extortion, dishonesty, and
bribe-taklng.
The majority of the accused are in
uniform, and wear various orders and
decorations. The sums alleged to have
been illicitly obtained by them range
downward from s125,OcO, which is said to
have been the share of one of the men,
bers of the receiving committee OF the
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
FIVE DIE IN BIG SAFE.
Children Sufocated When Locked in
Huge Iron Box.

Children Sufocated When Locked in
Huge Iron Box.
Moscow, July ia terrible tragedy is
reported from the village of Poboyanka,
in the Alderman district. Five children
who were playing at home in the absence
of their parents climbed into big iron
safe with a massive lid. held up by prop
pf wood One of the children must have
accidentally knocked the prop away, for
the lid fell, and owing to the automatic
catch, became immovable from the in
side.
The parents on the return were alarmed
at the disappearance of the children and
searched for them in every likely place,
but in vain.
It was only after a long delay that
they thought of the safe. When they
opened-T they found the dead bodies Of
the children, their little faces distorted
with their sufferings. All had been suf-
focated.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
GUNS FOR SUBMARINES.
Rifles to Be Added TO
Equipment.

Rifles 90 Be Added TO
Equipment.
London. July 15s-An important new de-
parture in the construction Of submarine
boats Is being made by the admiralty.
ON the six s0O-ton boats of the E class
now building a quick firing gun is to be
mounted fer the first time.
The mounting Of the gun will be almost
level with but below the deck, 50 that
when the weapon is not needed II can
easily be slowed away. When steaming
on the surface. however, the hinged faps
in the deck can be opened and the gun
raised and brought into action
The development is regarded in the
navy as a very important step toward
the greater efficiency Of the submersibie
fleet.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin. July 15.-The latest news from
the South Seas brings a story which Illus
trates, in a fashion at once comic and
serious, the chief difficulty OF the German
empire-builder in Samoa: to wit, the
readiness Of the German settler to inter
marry with the native women. The white
population of the German colony is about
800. and there are already about 1,1co half
castes. OF the twenty married German
officials, mo fewer than twelve have Sa-
moan wives As the native girls nearly
always speak English and refuse to learn
German, the frequency Of those misal-
liances causes particular disquiet in col
enial circles in the fatherland.
In April last German settler named
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
PEERS TO FIGHT
FOR PRIVILEGES
Rank and File Await Orders
from Political Heads.

London. July ia peaceful solution VI
the constitutional problem now seems to
be entirely out of the question. The peers
have not received a single hint as to the
conduct of their fight to retain their
old privileges from their leaders, but the
rank and file have made up their minds
to fight to the last ditch. They are by
no means united-these men who prefer
political extinction to surrender-but fall
in several sections, each one Of which
has adopted a different scheme. The
most interesting of these sections is. un-
doubleday the Twenty-eiehth Irish peers,
nearly all of whom are descendants OF
ancestors who had nobility bestowed upon
them as a bribe by Pitt at the time OF
the union.
These men, who have given family
hostage to the Unionist policy, have at
this critical moment taken a decisive
step. They have agreed to press on the
House of Lords the policy Of fighting the
veto bill on TIE issue of home rule, and
to make that fight the issue Of great
national conflict.
The peers have decided to fight. 1t iS
true that there are groups which are
not agreed to fight on home rule alone
but wish to include other issues. The
bishops want to include the establish
ment, and a surprising number Of peers
wish 20 include the finance bills. But
there is no sign that, after all these
months, there is any considerable group
Of them. apart from certain sage indi-
viduals, who see any reason for giving
way on any single serious point at issue.
They seem to stand exactly where they
were two years ago.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

intendancy. 1t is calculated that one
firm alone in the course of twenty-five
years had paid s1o.OOO.OOO in brfbes to the
members of the Moscow supply depart
ment.
One of the counts of the indictment Is
that the department accepted from the
contractors boots of such wretched quality
that the soldiers could not wear them,
and sold them for what they would
fetch. The boots eventually found their
way back to the contractors, who de-
livered them again to the department.
The soldiers were obliged to sell their
food in order to procure boots for them
selves. 1t is declared that clerks in
the department deliberately spoiled the
samples of any firm which did not give
them brihes.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
INSURANCE BILL PASSES.

Accidents and sickness Measure
Long Delayed.
Paris, July l5.-After having been elev-
en- years before the Swiss Parliament,
the bill for compulsory insurance against
sickness and accident has just been
passed by the upper house unanimously
and by 1856 votes to u by the lower house
A bill for the same objects was sub
mitted to a referendum in May, 1900, and
rejected by a large majority. Since then
the original bill has been entirely recast.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.
The coniugal difficulties Of the Duchess Of MArl-
borough and her husband, the duke. are again BE-
fore the British prblic through the determined
stand taken by the fair American for the rights
and privileges betting her rank The duchess.
contrary to expectation, has refused to bear the
ouIs Of her strained marital relations, and viii
fight for court recognition despite the Weil-known
aversion Of the royal family to those separated
from their husbands.
This statement was made by close to the
duchess and has been confirmed by several others
IN her confidence II Is said that the trouble
between the American heiress and hef husband
Was IN no wise Of her making. and that efforts
would be made TO reach the ear Of the Queen with
! corrected version Of the Affair."
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Kni.er to Have BERLIN Zoo.

Berlin, July l5.-The Kaiser has deter
mined to establish an open-air ZOO in
Berlin on the same lines as that owned
by Herr Carl Hagenbeck at Hamburg.
The wild animals win live in apparent
freedom. and be kept in their respective
areas by deep moats, which for the most
part win be concealed from visitors.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
UMPIRE IN DUEL DIES.

Blood Poisoning in sIashed Fingers
Is Fatal.
Berlin, July 15-In the course Of stu
dents duel at Breslau, a student named
Brieger, acting as umpire, had his
cheek slashed by the rapier of one OF
the fighters, who also chopped off three
of his fingers. The wounded man has
now -succumbed to blood poisoning.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Members Of the diplomatic circle here are won
dc-ing what course Mrs. David Jayne Hill wife
or the United States Ambassador. will take to
extricate herself from social predicament IN which
she has been placed as a result Of her husbands
enforced stay in Berlin. As far as social Berlin
is concerned Mrs. Hill has departed from the
realms Of the Kaiser for she has given her fare
well reception, bid her social acquantances adieu,
and received numerous parting presents from her
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

In the face Of the much-talked-of royalist re-
vival in Portugal the rumored meetings Of youth
full liking Manuel with his one-tne amour, Gaby
Deslys the fascinating dancer, are causing con-
siderable uneasiness among those who have the
welfare Of the young King at heart. Mile.
Deslys is now playing in London, and despite all
reports to the contrary, persistent runnors state
that the ex-King Is still frequent visitor.
So much has been said regarding this haison
that loyal supporters of the young mOnarchs cause
are said to contemplate a monetary present to
the fair danseuse If she will break her contract
and leave England. The offer. it is stated, will
be made as soon as those behind the project are
satisfied that the dancer will not, as in the past,
use it as advertising matter.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Germany Buys Aeroplanes.
Berlin, July 15.-Admiral Won Tirpitz,
German minister Of marine, has decided
upon the purchase Of a number Of aero
planes of various types for use in the
navy. Their trial will take place at Kiel.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Mis- Emile Griesby is prominent figure at the
current court functions Of King George and Qusen
Mary. She Is considered the most favored Amen
can IN England.
Mis- Grgsby's social success in London = z
now in England for her attempts to penetrate the
1raric circle drawn about exclusive society IN the
United States proved futile. In fact. 80 ehagrtned
was she that she sailed from the land Of the nee
vowfng never TO return.
Once landed m England. however. the tide Of
socisi fortune 4nrzed. She was taken up oy Eng
lish nobility. and now enjoys place IN royal
favor superior to that Of any American In Eng
land-ezcsptins, Of course. the American peeresses.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

Because q the danger q explosion. Hamburg for
lids manufRclursrs &C keep much wool waste Oh
band unless they have special buildinss for Il. ~
auirins them . kcsp Il n = municipal storehal1s
The Republican journal., 1911-01-26
EASTERN FARMS ARE BEST.

The farming possibilities of Maine are
being freely advertised by the Maine
Central Railroad. The company feels
that its own future depends largely upon
the growth of the farming interests.
Agricultural freight is one of the most
reliable sources of income to railroads,
being fairly steady from year to year,
and not depending so much upon general
business prosperity as some other kinds
of merchandise.
The railroad people are trying to help
extend cultivation of potatoes and other
vegetables in the central and southern
parts of the State, which they claim are
just as we'll adapted TO these specialties
as the northern sections Along the
route of the Maine Central lines alone,
potato shipments have increased from
IL, 461 tons in 1905 to 10, 552 tons during
the last year, a gain of nearly 600 per
cent. 1t is claimed that Maine farms
cultivated according to best methods
YIELD more dollars per acre than the
farms of Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska,
three great farming States.
The average Maine farmer receives
S4l from each acre, Iowa, $9.40, Kansas,
$40. Nebraska, $7.S4, yet good farm
land is very much lower in price in Maine
than in the Prairie States. Maine
is supposed to be north of the corn
belt, but raises bigger crops to
the acre than the chief corn
States of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and
Kansas. This corn also sells at higher
price per bushel than is received by
western farmers, so that an acre of
Maine corn is worth at the farm about
three times as much as an acre of corn
! in Kansas. As for potatoes, everybody
knows that the yield in Maine is far
ahead of that in other sections. The
average was 225 bushels, compared with
LOG bushels for the rest of the country.
Prices were low, but the total receipts
were greater than received by the other
States. Taking the crop reports and the
market figures of Maine crops as COM
pared with the price of land, it looks as
if no better farming opportunities could
be found anywhere in the country. The
American Cultivator.