Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
LORDS ARE LIVING IN SHELLS
Some Notable People Participate in
First Meeting.
lMG GEORGE A GOOD GUNMAN
Kills 100 Birds with 1,4O0 Cart
ridges in One Day
AMERICAN DOLLARS HOLLOW CRY
Great Britain Largest Foreign Holder
of Our Securities, in the Amount
of $4,000, 900, OOO--AIIeEed
American Crooks Work.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.

1t has been publicly suggested here that
II was possible that Stun missionary work
might have to be done among English peers
and the nobility in order to bring them to
their senses. The Agenda club, an or
ganizauon on novel lines, was formally in
augurated a few nights ago at the Hotel
Cecil. Hon. sydney Holland presided in the
absence of Lord Shaftesbury, and among
those present were Lord BrAssey. the head
masters of Elton and Harrow, and w. w.
Asquith, the prime minister's brother.
'The object Of the Agenda club" in the
words OF its constitution, rs to do few
things that need doing and can be done for
the betterment of the existing social con-
ditions"
The club is established for a limited
period Of twenty years and shall cease
to exist December T. 1885,
In general the idea behind the club is
that there are many men in the world who
wish to do something for their fellow men
and are discouraged because there is no
business-llke organization which will tell
them what to do and help them to do it.
Mr.. Holland, in dealing with the objects
OF the club. said: zone aim will be to bring
gentlemen. the natural leaders OF our
country out of their shell. 1t may be our
duty to slum among dukes, rescue earls
and set young peers on their legs even II
their last legs"
King n Good GUN Man.
The king left Thetford by special train
Friday morning on the conclusion of his
visit to Viscount Iveagh at Elveden. AS
the party motored to the station the
scholars of Thetford school greeted the
king. who most cordially responded. Dur
ing shooting at Elveden It is said that
his majesty used 1,40O cartridges in one
day, killing 100 birds. It looks as II ne
was going to prove as useless an ornament
as his father.
HolIOvvneas OF Election Slogan.
The tories have been doing much shout
ing In denunciation OF American dollars
as though they were something to be
avoided. In view of this outcry It may not
be generally known that Great Britain Is
the largest holder of American stocks
among the other nations OF the world. Its
holdings amount to about e7OO,OOO.OO0 or
SS.50OOOO.OOO
Clever Crooks Mt Work.
American crooks are stu at work here
A good reason for the success OF American
crooks here is the fact that the average
English crook, II he be born in a lower
strata Of society, is apt, all his life, to
cling to certain mannerisms that plainly
indicate the class from which he sprung
Americans, being more adaptable soon dis
cover that abroad there are just two real
classes and shape their personality 80 that
they are mistaken for those OF the upper
class. Consequently most Of the big
Deals" in the English criminal world are
turned by Americans
Most of the men of the underworld who
keep the police in hot water here are old
enough at the business to emulate the
monkey who persuaded the cat to take the
ohestnuts from the flames. There is
'Cherokee Frank" who actually conducts
a sort of criminal intelligence bureau, with
headquarters in Paris. advising his tools"
when anyone leaves Paris for Berlin Rome,
London or ST. Petersburg with any amount
of jewelry or money on his person. "Cin-
clnnati Kid" is said to be one OF his most
valuable assistants 1.-The Toledo Punk
cbristened Frank Vaois-is said TO be q
general sales agent for ''the gang" a sort
Of gtraveling fence" who knows whom he
dare trust IN the matter of selling stolen
goods.
Strange as It may seem, Eddie Guerin,
once a shining light in his peculiar world,
has sunk low in the estimation Of criminals
and Is my no means equal footing
with those whose names are above mem
toned He is a sort Of leader among the
cheaper crowd. piokpockets and the like.
who frequent that unsavory section known
as Aldgate, below The City" the rejuve-
nation OF THE Seven Dials Gang" which
dates back TO the times OF which Dickens
wrote. Guerin promised Inspector Stock
he
allowed TO remain here and as a matter
OF fact. nothing has been proved against
him since he managed 10 beat the extradi-
ton by means OF said-to-be perjured evil
dence 90 the effect that he was English
born. His friend. Dutch Gus another
New Yorker, Is the president OF the as
ISOLATION OF piokpockets who work the
''Tupenny Tube" and the Underground rail
way. These are all English thieves whom
Gus has trained.
Another shaw Failure.
George Bernard shaw has made another
failure, here, He has written a play upon
the life OF Shakespeare. called THE Dark
Lady OF the Sonnets." To Judge by the
reports OF Il. II Is one Of the tiresome liter
airy practical jokes OF which Mr. shaw
has become proud and the public has be-
come sick
American Gambler a winner.
Among the visitors here recently was an
American whose name Is said 20 be Willis
D. Danbro. who, thanks 20 the tables OF
Monte Carlo, Is e64000 richer. The first
day he played he risked el.eO0 and won
heavily. He continued. and az one time had
a credit balance OF e9S.OOO. From that mo-
ment his luck turned and he won and los,
from Rl2OO0 20 $4,000 a day. He finally
decided that he had passed the maximum
OF good luck, and 80 let well alone For
ten consecutive years he has been TO the
Riviera In the summer and autumn, when
the hotels are quiet. and one can give
uroper attention 40 the eama