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The Washington herald., 1911-02-19

newspapers than ever before, while the
sentiment expressed toward the criminal
Is almost universally compassionate and
often sympathetic to an extent that no
previous generation has shown. 1t is
suggested that there Is at all events
ground for fearing that reprobation OF
crime and resentment against the Grim
inal are at present factors OF diminish
ing strength in the primary function OF
civiliZation-the Safeguarding of persons
and property and the enforcement Of the
law.
Laid to Revolt of Poor.
Crime, again says the report, is some
times spoken OF as the outcome Of a re-
volt OF the poor against the rich, and the
feeling Of dissatisfaction with the inc
qualities Of the existing social system is
so deep and general that any one pro-
Tossing to take part in such a revolt may
count on securing a good deal Of public
sympathy. The press is blamed for en-
couraging this view of crime
Newspapers, 1t is complained, give a
disproportionate amount of space to
crimes in which the victim is of high
social standing or otherwise prominent
High class burglary, ingenious frauds
where the booty is big, and daring rob-
berries are reported at great length. FFc
ton, too, Is blamed for beguiling its read
ers with fantastic pictures OF a Raffles or
an Arsin Lupin, the modern criminal be-
ing too often vested with the romance
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
GIVES IDEA OF HOME RULE
John Redmond Replies to Points in
Controversy.
ParneIIite Programme Is Inconsis
tent with Federalism, Declares
Leader of Irish Party.

| London, Feb 1S-''What We Mean by
Home Rule is the title of a special arti-
| Gle contributed by John Redmond, NJ P,
to the February number of 1T. P.'s Mag
azine" He replies fully to two points in
recent controversy:
u That the idea Of federalism 4 snutinn Of the
Irish question is new and CD that Parnalite home
rule as it is called Is inconsistent with federalism
is in fact. antithesis and means In its motive and
Necessary eject. separation.
In disproof Of both these statements,
Mr. Redmond gives a rapid sketch of the
different phases which home rule took on,
and quotes OConaeu to show that when
repeal Of the union was the Irish policy
he was asked to consider federalism as
an alternative, and that, though he ulti-
mately chose repeal of the union as the
most practical policy of the two, he ad
mitted the merits of federalism.
The article then goes on to deal with
Isaac Butts definite abandonment Of the
repeal of the union and acceptance of the
federal scheme instead, and passes TO
ParnelPs clear and full acceptance of the
federal scheme, quoting in support an in
terview with Parnell, a speech on the
home rule bill of 1886, and letter to Mr..
Cecil Rhodes when accepting Mr.. Rhodes
subscription Of $4,000.
The summing up is that the federal idea
dates from 1892, and is quite consistent
with every demand put forward by Par
nell and his successors.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
CONDEMNS CLEVER SWINDLER
Wealthy Women of Paris Among
Witty Frenchman's Victims.
Solicits Money for 'EYounE Russian
Lady Pianist Who Has
Lost Her Sight,

Paris. Feb. 1S.-The Paris police have
caught man named Maurice Jayher
described by the Figaro as a swindEer
At the age OF twenty Jayher was one
OF the most brilliant pupils of the
Conservatory of Music and Acting. He
afterward played with much success
at the Odeaon and Comedie Franchise.
He belongs to an excellent family.
and whose father was vice president of
the Societe de Gems de Lettres.
Young Jayher has lived by his wits.
Recently he was surprised in the act of
appropriating a gold snuffbox at the
house of O'Marquise d'Argenson. He
has just been condemned to eighteen
months Imprisonment and banishment
from France for a series of swindles
His victims were the Duchess de Bel
lune. Duchess de Lewis s-Mirepoix, Bar
onne de Rothschild. Lady Pirbright,
and Baronne de Leonino.
To these ladies he presented a let
ter. purporting to be signed by Bar
onne de GrandmaisOn. or some other
high-bOrn person. in which the writer
warmly recommended the faultlessly
dressed NJ. de Giers (the name assumed
by Jayher). who was soliciting sub
ScriptiCns for a young Russian lady
pianist who had lost her sight"
Several of the ladies appealed to re-
sponded literally. but some preferred
to send their offerings direct to the per-
son whose name the letter bore It
was this that led to the discovery of
the swindle.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
FROCK" WINS
HIGH FAVOR IN PARIS
Smart Set Taking Up Creation Which Resembles
Cures Costume Chiffon and Fur
Worn Together

Paris, Feb. 1&-Paris has made the
priests frock' so becoming that among
smart women it is likely to be a great
favorite. In shape it very closely re-
sembles a cures costume, and is gener-
ally made of soft black, with a row Of
crochet buttons from throat to hem A
fiat sash with fringed ends accentuates
the simulated bolero OF bright bishops
purple satin, and a white stock gives the
finishing touch to a high black satin COL
lar. In addition there is a stiff little bow
OF the bishops satin, with long, gold
tasseled ends
Wear "PapaI, Hat.
Many OF those who have adopted this
priests frock and to it a little semi-fitting
coat OF black velvet with touches of pur-
pie satin, and hat of black beaver that
is called a 'papal"
Chiffon and fur. though one is the
lishtest of tilmy fabrics and the other
the heaviest OF pelts, are quite a usual
combination. the one as trimming for
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that with more reason belonged to the
htghwayman Of old.
1t Is suggested that all this encourages
the idea OF crime being a revolt of the
poor against the rich, Of the criminal
being the victim rather than the enemy
OF society. The truth is the reverse of
this- The persons who suffer most from
the depredations Of the thief do not be-
long to the propertied class.
Victims Poorly Paid Clerks.
A wealthy man does not often expose
an appreciable proportion of his income
to the mercy of the common thief; his
money is at his bank, and though the loss
Of his purse may be vexatious, it is not
likely to cause serious embarrassment
A workingman a clerk, or a small shop
keeper, on the other hand, may be vitality
affected by a theft which persons who
belong to a higher social standing would
regard as trivial
In the Its cases Of larceny from the
person and the 1883 minor larcenies
which came into court during 1909, the
victims who suffered most were in-paid
clerks or working men and women, who
were robbed of money that had been
saved to pay the rent or to pay for the
annual holiday or for their children's
clothes, lodging-house keepers, and do
mestic servants defrauded by rogues who
were better of than themselves, or arti-
sans who lost the tools that formed the
whole Of their working capital
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
HAIL CURTAnMENT OF TRIP.
SuperstitfOus Germans Fear for
Crown Princes Health.


Berlin. Feb. Interpretations Germans
are glad that the crown princes journey
in the far East has been cut short by
the plague in China, for there is a Ho-
henzollern tradition that a great plague
will some day carry off a junior mem
Der Of the family. This to many means
the heir.
Hitherto the tradition has been dis
regarded. 1t was a subject OF joke with
the Emperor Frederick. When the Kaiser
was child his parents and tutors used
to talk of the great plague which will
carry you or in the dense in which old
fashioned nurses threaten children with
giants and ogres.
Some interpreted great plague" to
mean foreign invasion, an earthquake
or other national calamity, but hardly
any one associated it with an epidemic
The fact that plague has broken out on
the route the crown prince would have
Travelled delights persons who believe in
legends and prophecies. The princes
return, they hold, was indispensable to
his safety.
Germans who know the crown prince
declare that he will be very dissatisfied
with the decision to recall him. He is
not at all nervous as regards illness, but
is keenly sensitive to criticism, and would
probably have preferred to take the risk
and complete the voyage as planned.
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me other. In Paris, however, the fas-
tldlous dame Of fashion who shows her.
self robed IN fur from head to foot dur
ing the daylight hours loves the more
frivolous looking chiffon to enwrap her
LOT evening wear. Even her long enveI-
oping coat. her evening wrap she now
also has OF chiffon. but to keep her snugIy
warm and strike the note Of novelty this
coat is lined with fu-.
New Fur Handbags.
Utterly different from the fur hand
bags Of some decades ago are those which
the Parisienne is now carrying Round,
oval. or fiat and square with a plain or
Well-chased mounting. they all have han
dies Of silk cord knotted and tasseled
so as to give wonderful elaboration to
this new whim Of dress. On velvet bags
there are sometimes handles of leather.
but these are not so pretty as those of
velvet or silk
In black or white are bags Of soft
black kid with pipings OF white and white
porcelain frames
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
BAN ON ROMANCERS.
COurting Swains Held Responsible
for Cattle Infection.

Stockholm. Feb. 1S-Not long ago the
spread of foot and mouth disease in
Sweden was attributed by an eminent
authority to sea gulls and other birds,
which introduced the germs of the NAL
ady from infected areas in North Ger
many. In Upper Austria, too, the dis
ease prevails among the cattle, and a
very remarkable explanation of it has
been accepted by the local authorities
1t is the old recognized custom among
young farm hands on the isolated home
steads there to go counting the maids on
other farms in the evening on the Romeo
and Juliet plan; that is, she leans out of
a window, while the swain stands out
side just within reach of her hand This
'fensternlgehen,' as 1t is locally called,
Is now held to be responsible for the
spreading OF the cattle disease through
germs carried on clothes or boots from
infected to clean farms
Fensternlgehen' is now forbidden on
pain of fines and Imprisonment. Alas for
romancei
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
AMERICANS INVADE
COURT BY STRATEGY
Social Climbers Ambitions to Be presented
Circuanvent Kaisers Objections in
Clever Manner.
Clever Manner.

American. received the visitors with oper
arms and asked no questions about their
positions.
From these third-rate courts the Amer
leans emigrated to second-rate courts,
like those of Stuttgart and Dresden.
Here they presented credentials from the
third-rate courts which they had just
left and were duly received and enter
tanned.
They departed with their pockets fun
of letters Of introduction from their
hosts. Lastly, they descended upon Ber-
lin, fiourished their imposing credentials
from the second-class courts, and the
Berlin court oficfals Gould not refuse
recognition, of these credentials without
running the risk OF offending important
German royalty.
So the Americans were duly received
by the Kaiser, while had they applied
direct to Berlin neither the United States
Ambassador nor the court officials would
have listened to their pretensions.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
CRIME IN ENGLAND
IS ON THE INCREASE
Sympathy with Wrongdoers
One Cause Suggested.
PRESS HELD BLAMEWORTHY
Newspapers Said to Encourage by
Giving Undue Space to Clever Dep
the Rich, to Which Criminal Ten
denotes Are Partially Attributed.

London, Feb. 1&-The home Office has
just issued a blue book on criminal sta
tistics for 1909. In the introduction at
tention is drawn to the increase of crime
during the last ten years and the causes
for that increase.
The high figure for crime, which was a
marked feature of te statistics of 1905.
is again apparent in 1903. In 1905 the to-
tai number of persons tried for indictabIe
offenses was 6S116, a larer number
than in any previous year for which
figures are available. In 1909 the number
was 67,149, smaller than in 1903, but con-
Siderably larger than in any other pre-
vious year. For the five years. 1Ss4-1S9S.
the annual average was 522oS, for 1907
1908 il was G., OOO while the figures for
1909. as already stated, was 67,149.
This steady increase of crime is con-
sidered to point to some regular cause.
1t is noted first of all that the real in
crease of crime has probably been great
er that the figures indicate, for there is
a growing Discrimination TO prosecute for
the less serious offenses. a growing in
clination toward leniency to first Offend
ers, and a growing reluctance to prose-
cute thief who is likely TO be let off
with little or no punishment.
CriminaIity More Prevalent.
The habitual criminal class, in the
opinion of the police, shows no strong
either to diminish or to increase
This, therefore, suggests that criminality
has become more prevalent than it for
nerly was in the community generally.
Vario1Is calses are s1leyeSted for this
In the first place, there is noted a marked
growth since 1895 of a strong sentiment
Of compassion for the criminal This SEN
timent has had certain good results in
of prison discipline, the pro-
baton of offenders act, and the Borstal
system for young offenders. But public
sentiment has run beyond this kind of
thing into excess.
Articles on crime and punishment, ii is
are commoner in magazines and
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
STEAMSHIP PROJECT FAILS.
Swedish Capital Awed by Fear oi
German Compel tition.

Stockholm. Feb. 1S-with a view to the
establishment of a direct steamship line
between Sweden and New York. a CON-
mittee of financiers and shipowners was
formed at Gothenburg last July. the
object being to eliminate foreign connec-
tions with transshipment at Hamburg,
Antwerp. Hull. and London. Toward the
necessary capital about $780, 900 was sub
scribed, and tenders were invited for six
new steamers from Swedish and Eng
ush shipbuilding yards.
News received this week from Gothen-
burg is to the effect that the whole
scheme has fallen through and the sub
scribers have been released from their
engagements Sharp competition was
theatened by the German companies who
grant facilities to passengers from Swe-
den for joining the steamers at Hamburg
and Bremen, and the Swedish syndicate
was awed by the menace that German
steamers would call at Gothenburg and
other ports and cut rates il the new serv-
ice was persisted In.
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Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin, Feb. s.-The Kaisers court Of
flcials have concluded that they are no
match for those willy Americans who
have ambitions to be presented"
Every year for decades several hun
dred Americans have claimed this
privilege. Application have been so nu-
merous the Kaiser announced that
he would not receive more than twenty
Americans in any one year and these had
either to be presented by the American
Ambassador or prove that they had been
received at some other European court
By a Napoleonic stratagem several
Americans who had no claim whatever,
not even that of being muItimillionaires,
have shown at court. This IS the STRAIT
agem they have followed:
They began long ago by visiting the
minor German states like Anhalt, Coburg,
Gotha. and Oldenburg, where the local
sovereigns. having hardly ever seen an
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
WOULD BE PERJURY.
German Priest Refuses to Take Oath
Against Modernism.

Berlin. Feb. B-strenuous protest has
been issued by DR.. Franz wieland. one
OF number OF Roman Catholic priests
in South Germany who have been de-
prived OF their Office because of their in
ability TO take the oath against modern
ism
DR.. Wieland states that to take this
oath would be for him equivalent to COM
mitting perjury. The oath takes up a
position which no council has yet ven
tured to assume. notably with regard to
the evidence for a divine creation of the
universe.
You cannot" he says. compel me 10
commit perjury. You may be victorious.
now you have the power and / am help
less, but there is One who will Judge both
you and me-"
About twenty clergymen in Bavaria
have braved the penalty attaching TO the
nOnjuror.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
FORMER CLOWN C0NFEsSES.
On His Deathbed He Admits Causing
Death of Tfght-rope Dancer.

On His Deathbed He Admits Causins
Death of Tfght-rope Dancer.
Vienna, Feb. ia remarkable death.
bed confession has been made at Buda-
pest by an old man named Schmidt, who
died in a hospital there yesterday.
Schmidt, who had been a circus clown,
related that forty years ago he took an
engagement with a travelling circus.
There he made the acquaintance of a
tight-rope dancer, and the two soon be-
came engaged to be married.
One day the girl informed him that she
did not love him and that she intended
to marry some one else. Schmidt plead
ed with her in vain, and then his love
turned to hatred. He cut the tight rope.
and when the dancer began her perform
ance that evening the rope broke almost
Immediately.
The girl fell from q great height and
was instantly killed. At the time no one
realized that her death had been delib-
erately planned, and Schmidt's secret
was not divnlged until he lay dying In
the hospital.
The police have found that a woman
was killed during circus performances
forty years ago exactly as the ex-clovn
described
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
RESUME AIR PASSENGER LINE.
Dusseldorf Contracts for Arising
for Service.

Berlin, Feb. 1S-Aeronautical prospects
for this year are bright, in the opinion OF
the leading airship makers in Germany.
Director Colsman, of the Zeppelin COM
pany. says that the new airship Deutsch-
land ii. built to replace Deutschland I.
which was wrecked last July, win begin
passenger carrying trips in Dusseldorf
early in March at the rate OF SIS an hour
for each passenger.
The enterprise is conducted by the mu-
nicipality OF Dusseldorf. which hired the
original Deutschland and has now char
tered Deutschland II for the same pur-
pose. The idea is to attract visitors to
the town. The Deutschland II carries q
cabin to accommodate twenty-four pas
sengers The motors. which develop $50
horsepower, are three In number-one in
the fore car and two in the after car.
The length of the airship is 500 feet. the
beam Is feet while the gas bag which
supports the aluminium hull has q eapac-
ity OF 5000 cubic meters
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
WHOLE TOWN FOR SALE.
Highest Bid, $375,OOO Falls Below
Fixed Price mt Auction.

Fixed Price mt Auction.
Berlin. Feb. 1S-The unwonted spec
tacle Of whole town being offered for
sale by auction was witnessed recently
at Doberan, where. the Baltic, watering
place Of Heiligendamm was put UP for
sale to the highest bidder. The entire
town was purchased in May. 1909, by Mr..
John Marlitt, who founded a business
firm to exploit it as a popular health re-
sort.
He paid $525,00o and invested another
s25o,oo0 in improvements calculated to
render the place attractive to visitors
The capital. however, was insufficient,
and Mr.. -Marntt was declared bankrupt
at the end of last year.
The sale by auction took place by or
der of the official receiver. The first bid
OF $4,000 was made by Herr Vobes,
lawyer, on behalf OF Herr Kahlden The
Lubbock Bank bid $4,000. Herr Kahlden
sz75,ooo and Herr Gluhenstein, of Ham
burg. $4,000. Herr Kahlden then bid
SS120oo, whereupon Herr Gluhenstein
made the highest bid-namsly, $4,000.
As this amount was below the margin
fixed by the oficiai receiver. another auc-
don sale win have to be held.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
BLUE BOOK OF BRITAIN.
Total Area of Empire Placed Mt H.
193,O 900 Square Miles.

London, Feb. 1S.-The Forty-seventh
statistical abstract of the British en-
pire. just issued as a Blue Book, contains
some striking figures. According to
the latest returns, the total area of the
empire is 11.1s9,Oo0 square miles. The
total population in 1901 was 34s, $4,000, as
against SO7. .f74.OOO in 1891
The work Of the colonial postal DEPART
ment has enormously increased during
the last few years. During 1903, the l8.-
Sss post-ofices in India dealt with 767. 90. :
rs letters and cards, 101. .1s2. .2S5 news
papers, book packets, and circulars; g.
140,s19 parcels, and 13,244, O97 telegrau1s.
In Australia the number OF letters
dealt with numbered 81, so, ,3lS; news
papers, &c. 90, SIS. .S73; parcels. 2.s17. as4 /.
kilograms. 1S,Seo,27. The Canadian fig-
ures have been more than doubled in
nine years letters alone totaIing a.
s7o.ooo
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CENSUS TO BE TAKEN.
English Householder Will Have to
Answer Sixteen INQUIRIES.

London, Feb. B.-Advance copies of the
schedules for use in the census to be
taken on the night OF Sunday. April >,
have been sent to every registrar in the
country.
Each householder will have TO answer
sixteen distinct inquiries. but the ques-
tions are asked in the most lucid lam
guage. In case of difficulty the enumera-
tor will render assistance when deliver
ing or collecting the papers, and further
aid is given by sets of model answers set
out on the back of the form.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
SULTAN Is SOME DENTIST.
Monarch of Morocco Splinters the
Teeth of His Slaves.


Paris, Feb. 1S-Some curious details
with regard to the private life of MuIai
Hamid. the Sultan of Morocco, have been
sent to the Patrie by it's Tangier CORE
spondent, who has been on visit to Fee.
The Sultan has adopted an ingenius de-
vice for appeasing the turbulent tribes
in the interior, and at the same time lid
ing himself of the older and palmer
members of his harem- He simply dis
patches to Marrakesh seventy of the
wives he wished to discard. Believing the
Sultan to be coming in person, the tribes,
on the arrival of this important caravan,
became greatly pacified.
With the aid of a dentists foot-driven
steel drifl and polishing wheel the Sui
tan practices dentistry, which he con-
siders as hobby. 1t is said that his
subjects for experiment consist OF slaves.
and he applies the drill with such force
In the mouths OF his unfortunate victims
that every tooth in their heads are
spltntered. II is even reported that the
Morocco monarch has tried his skill on
the ladies Of the harem.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
ANARCHIST SUSPECTS
TORTURED BY POLICE
Fear of Violence During Coronation Festivities Has
Made British Authorities Nervous.

ally Immediately supposed to be an an
archist, and as he refused to tell his
name, he was subjected to a series of
shocks from an electric battery until
fear loosened his tongue
He then gave his name as Antoine
Anvoitch, native of Russia, and said
that after the Sidney street affair he had
been told that English soldiers were to be
given orders to shoot all foreigners in
London, whereupon he Ned from the city
to save his life.
cause the police say that he may be
Peter the Painter, although he is evi-
IDENTIFY almost twice the age of the GRIM
inal
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
London, Feb. 1S.-Fear of anarchist
violence during the coronation festivi-
ties, desire to get revenge for the muir
ders of London policemen, and anger
because of the ridicule heaped upon
them after the Sidney street affair have
made the English police so nervous that
torture is now resorted to in dealing
with prisoners suspected of being anar-
chists.
The other day a poor tramp, unable
to speak but very little English, was
found hiding in a haystack near Cam
bridge. Being a foreigner he was natur-
The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
PROSPERITY IN GERMANY.
Can Wen Afford Strain of Her Grow
ing Armaments.

Can Wen Afford Strain of Her Grow
ing Armaments.
Berlin. Feb. 1a-Is Germany capable of
standing the enormous strain of her
growing ornaments without being re-
duced to financial ruin? One OF her en-
inent political economists, Prof. Ballod,
has just published an interesting treatise
in which he answers the question IN the
affirmative
He demonstrates by means of statistics
that the private fortunes of German
subjects have increased by s12.5o0, 900 900
within a decade and the statistics of IRE
insurance companies reveal q similar
increase of real property. The prosperity
Of the country is by no means limited
to the wealthy or upper classes, inasmuch
as workmen's wages throughout Ger
many have increased on an average by
IS per cent during the last twenty-five
years.