The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-11
KAISER ADDS COSTLY
NEW CARS To GARAGE
Emperor William Develops Liking
Akin to Mania for Handsome
New Automobiles.
DECISION KILLS COUNTESS
Lawyer Argues That Woman Who
Seeks to Escheat Boys Prop
erty Is Not Mother.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
e 20 TIE Trihnne.

BERLIN June lu.-IES EelseT Las ce-
velopet what borders on 2 mania FOR au-
,omobiies He recently added new cars
to his auto stable l. takes hfty-nine
men TO rua and repair the cars
The Emperor William Is usually repre-
se1ted stern and rigid and has the repu-
tstlon o. being a rigid discipIinarisn But
there is another side of his character IN
which ne shows himself a. a joker On
"A one occasion he visited = cadsI scAoo
a. the appointed hour for work and no
teacher had put IN an appearance IiVeo
% waiting the emperor began 70 con-
duct the lesson himself and upon the
arrival of the HuTied schoolnaaster said
nothing but quietly left the building.
The teacher regarded his dismissal as
certain. and was much alarmed when
some time after Z messenger arrived and
handed him 2 package with the kaiser
COMPLIMENTS Ee o7ened Il nsTvousiy
and found nothing more terrible inside
than an alarm clock,
Wiireln's vit Is often biting. and he
does not in the least mind snuboing IN
public those who are unlucky enough 70
ven him. ~ recent state dinner dis
rirEuishsd guest tucked his seTVietJe IN
der his chin just as the SOUP came on
Nov, this is custom The emperor dis
likes immensely Turning 20 the Of
fender he asked. in his blandest tones:
TELL ne do YOU wish 20 b= shaved
One OF the best stories told OF him
concerns his nursery days One evening
wilhelm was troublesome and his gov
euess gave him q severe whipping. At
ter IL was all over she took The future
monarch by the arm and addressed nin
"PTince." she said. y felt i, my duty
pained me more Tran you.
"oh. YES. exclaimed ne between soos.
but does it hurt you where II hurts
re-''
Red Tape in Postoffice.
A Eoo-d story IS going the rounds Of
the newspapers illustrating the beauties
It. In
office department Il e clerk wishes new
pencil he must 1urn in the stump Of the
one that has become too short. In the
particular instance cited clerk received
his new pencil without returning the end.
Before the omission was discovered the
clerk was transferred 20 another office
just after he rad commenced his duties
st his new post he received IN official
intinsrion that NJ had neglected 70 hand
IL his pencil end. BY this time II ha6
d!saDpe ared. but 10 prevent bother The
clerk purchased Z new pencil. cut off z
piece about the length OF The missing
BIT and dispatched il 70 the stationery
department
After eight wears o. bitterly contested
litigation in the courts The romance o.
an alleged chanEelins has been conclude
br the decision OF the imperial supreme
court az Leipzig that the I4-yea--old Jo-
seph Kvilecki is OF noble birth and not
child Of lowly origin By this decision
haired youth noS attending public
school at Breslau. becomes heir 20 estates
valued al s2.50 900 in German Poland
Count IEnaz Kwilecki and his wife
Countess Isabella KSilecEl. who occupied
prominent position among the Polish
a-isIocrary. were for many years disap-
pointed in their hopes OF son. the lack
OF whom meant THAI the family estate
would after the edath OF Count IEnaz
pass 70 Count Hector kwilecki, distant
cousin
Count and Countess K1ilecli had three
daughters but no son. The death o!
Count Ignaz would thus have plunged
Countess Isabella and her daughters into
When Countess Kxilecki was 81 wears
b effect that she had given birth 10 s2D
Count Joseph K1ilecki whose fate has
now been decided
Boy Is Not Changeling.
The legal contest began soon after the
boys birth. when Countess Isabella was
accused OF having obtained the baby from
another woman 10 pass It Of as her own
son. with the intention OF depriring Count
Hector kwiiecki Of his rightfui inher-
enrailed revenues during the minority Of
her alleged child.
Count Hector employed small army Of
detectives. and in The course ot their in
quiries they brought 10 light many strange
facts
Countess Isabella Instead OF remaining
her child had rented small fat AZ
the time Of the birth she refused 20 sum
mon doctors. but Was attended by several
Polish women, Who had been domestic
servants in her household for years
Count Hector spent years in collect
ing incTiIninating material ard then
high court al Posen should adjudge the
infant 10 be an interloper and neither the
TiEhtful son OF the Countess Isabella
kwilseki nor the legitimate heir 10 the
The case vas tried in 1901. when the
boy was four years old. and he wes
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able likeness 6stveen his his own 7 fsatures is
and those OF the Countess Isabella The
court rejected Count Hector Kwilecll's
claim and ruled that there Was insufficient
proofs 10 warrant the denial Of Countess
lssbelia's motherhood
Count Hector then pressed the public
prosecutor 10 take action. and the array
~ evidence laid before the official seemed
70 De so Overwhelming that ne ordered
the arrest OF Countess Isabella and her
husband. ss veil as q the servants who
we're IN attendance upon her ~ the time
o, the birth The trial OF Count Ignez
and Countess Isabella KSilecki and %
their servants. took place in Berlin In
1893, and ended in the acouittsl Of all.
First Verdict Killed Her.
Count Hector persuaded Cecilia Mayer.
TIE alleged rtEhtful mother OF the boy 20
bring action in the civil cour, for the
robbery Of the child Count Hector made
10 secret Of The fact that he supplied
hsr with money 70 pay the costs OF tnis
The action was frsi heard and the
counsel who appeared on behalf ot the
little count argued that Cecilia MAYER
could Tot possibly be the mother OF the
oov. because u she we're she would nstu-
rally desire 20 see him the heir 20 mag
zihcent estates. Irving in luxury insiea'
Of endesvorsng 10 drag him down from
his high position and reduce him 70
bsEEaFy-
Nov the case has developed q step fur
ther. According 70 the decision gwen
by the imperial court the lad % fourteen
Nho has been brought up as Coun,
Joseph kwilsck may continue-st any
rate. for the prese at-to regard that as
his legal name and 10 look upon hir,seli
as the heir 20 the manor Of Wroblewo and
It's revenues.
The supreme Judges have upset the or
der Of The Posen court that the boy should