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The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
QUITS SOCIAL LIFE
TO CARRY A SPEAR
Niece of Earl Eglinton Be-
gins Her Career
Decial Gable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
London. Sept. 30-London's musical
companies are becoming more and more
the refuge for idle nobility. The latest
recruit for George Edwardes Gaiety
Theater is the Hon. Eleanor Montgom-
erie. niece of the Earl of Eglinton. who.
also. says she is tired of the social world
and wants a definite object in life.
Fred Whitney not to be outdone by
Edwardes, is getting press notices that
he has induced the Hon. John Gordon,
brother of Lady Duff Gordon, to enter
his chorus in The Spring Maid Cor
don tells a different story. He is fifty
years old, is an eX-captain of dragons
in the British army. and says it took all
his wages to keep up his position, and
he may now save an honest peny from
a chorus mans salary.
The River Thames now has a royal
oarswoman every morning before break
fast in the person of the Duchess of AL
bany. King Edwards sister, who has
taken 10 this exercise to reduce her
weight. Those who have seen her sCull
ing declare that she handles the oars
remarkably well. and the duchess mod
cstlv admits that she has derived much
heneit from her exercise.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
RUSSIAN PRINCE ARRESTED
FOR ATTEMPTS TODEFRAUD
Scion of Noted Family Held in Jail Because He Sought
to Use His Name and Rank in Frauduently
Acquiring Estate from Business Man.

for acquiring part of Prince A. D. Our
oussoff's vast estates in Smolensk. The
matter looked like genuine business and
it was not weakened by first inquiries
concerning the prince.
His rank-fOr in Russia the appellatIon
Kniaz. or prince. is not a title comforting
any legal privileges-was genuine and
SO were his Christian names and sur
name. This would seem to establish his
identity with some defniteness. 1t was
proposed to Hentschel to pay 100000 ru-
bles deposit into bank in Moscow as
a guarantee of concluding the business,
and he agreed also to pay the princes
two friends 10000 rubles commission for
introducing and carrying 1t through.
One of the confederates became some
what importunate over his commission,
and Herr Hentschel decided TO have all
the documents attested before A notary
in Moscow. For no reason except that
he did not like the princes looks the
notary decided to proceed slowly with
the affair. He made inquiries and learned
that the Prince A. D. Ouroussoff who
owned the Smolensk estates was a court
chamberlain to the Emperor and that
he had no wish to sell his land. The
Prince A. D. Ouroussoff who was in
negotiations with the German was there
upon locked up.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
STRIKE DECLARED
BY SCHOOLBOYS
Appearance of Bobby" Puts
Pickets to ROut.
Special Gable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, Sept 30.-YOung England ap-
pears TO be in a state of unrest. The
strike Of schoolboys at Llanelly was
followed by boys downing books" at
Liverpool and Manchester. This week
the movement reached London, but in
HoXton, lslington, Fulham, Hackney,
and Deptford the enthusiasm has de-
clined, and the spirit of revolt has, ap-
parently. been practically suppressed.
The boys readily initiated the methods
of their elders in holding mass meetings
and professions and appointing pickets
But the policemen was a factor which
the little rebels could not face. When
one approached they fled around the
nearest corner as II for their lives. Gen
orally speaking, the following were the
boys demands. in which, for the most
part, they failed. greatly to their dis
advantage, particularly in the last
named:
Masters to be more lenient with the
cane.
Half hours play each day.
Hall days holiday each week.
Reinstatement of all strikers without
punishment
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
SAYS WOMEN HERE
ARE "HENPECKS"
Russian PeereSS Declares
They Expect Too Much.
Q The Washington Herald.

:, -cia Cale to The Washington Herald
-. Petersburg. Sept. 3O-Mme. AIexan-
drinc Corsini. Of Moscow. a member of
the Russian nobility. who is devoting her
life and fortune to the education of the
peasant classes OF Russia. has been crit
Cising American women in comparison
with the women of Russia.
american women do not realize what
t.cy ask" she says. The husbands are
working themselves to death and giving
everything to their wives. and the more
they get the more thay think they ought
to have
The men are to blame for this social
Um est in America. They humOr their
wives too much. They go shopping with
them and carry their bundles, and some
of them, l have found. will get up in the
morning and cook their own meals
The private schools of France and
Germany would not exist but for the
American children, whose wealthy moth
ers can't take time from their clubs and
receptions TO rear them in their own
homes.
1t is very hard for a young man to
get started in America. How can he
marry and support a family when his
wife wants to wear silk stockings?
In Russia the women spend more
dresses In America You can see women
on the streets dressed like the Queen
of Sheba, and if you follow them 20 their
homes YOU would probably find that they
live in what might be called novels"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
special osble to The washington Herald.

SPECIAL Gable 10 The Washington Herald
ST. Petersburg. Sept. 3O.-More than Of
most countries it holds good of Russia
that a prudent man should not put his
trust in princes AS medium for ex-
tracing money from the unwary the
Russian prince is beginning to rival the
hidden treasure" in Spain. In st.
Petersburg alone there are about couple
of thOusa and authentic princes.
1t is in Moscow that the most recent
of their caste has been added to the
prison population at the instance of one
Hentschel, a German subject from Dres-
den. The delinquent is a scion of the
prolific house of Ouroussoff, which itself
supplies some hundreds of princes to the
class roll.
Prince A. D. Ouroussoff with a couple
of friends came to hear that some solid
business men from abroad were looking
for wooded estates to buy up for the
timber export trade. The princes friends
got in touch with one of them. Herr
HentscheI, and put before him proposals
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
CLIMBS MOUNTAIN
AT AGE OF FOUR
Turin Girl Makes Record as
Young Alpinist.-
peaal Cable to The Washington Herald.

Special Cable TO The Washington Herald.
London, Sept. 3G.-The youngest AL
pinist in the world probably is little
Flavia Guidini. daughter of DR.. Joseph
GuidIni, Of Turin. She is only four years
old, and her mother is an EngIishwom-
an. Yesterday. accompanied by her par
ents. she performed what is believed TO
be an absolutely unprecedented feat for
one of her years. successfully climbing
several Of the peaks of the Mont Blanc
range.
First, on the previous day, she reached
the Mont Frety hut 7.24O feet, making
the ascent from COUrmayeur. Then in
six hours she climbed the Giants Neck,
1920 feet.
There she rested "A little while, and
next, crossing the glacier of the Giants
Neck, reached the summit OF the Petit
Glambeau, 11.45O feet. The descent TO
Courmayeur was also made in two days.
So far as is known. no child or any
one approaching her youthfulness has
ever even attempted, much less success
fully accomplished, any of these climbs,
let alone all three
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
OPIUM TRAFFIC SUPPRESSED.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Pekin. Sept 30.-The opium traffic in
China is now practically suppressed, and
the opium growers have taken to the
cultivation OF cotton in order to recoup
themselves for the losses sustained by
the cessation of opium culture.
The new agricultural venture has given
splendid results, Judging from the mag
nificent crops TO be seen in the different
provinces According tc, official statistics
to hand, China last year exported cotton
TO the value of about 2s.141. .2s4 taels to
Russia and America. The years before
the export of Chinese cotton amounted
to one-third of this sum-.
This extraordinary increase in quantity
exported is more or less attributed to
the bad American crops, which afforded
the Chinese exporters a splendid chance
to dispose OF their merchandise at very
advantageous prices.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
SCIENTISTS START
LONG EXPEDITION
Will Explore an Unknown
Island of New Guinea.
oecial Cable to The Washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald
London, Sept. 50-A remarkable eXpedi-
ton, headed by a scientific expert from
Oxford University. has just left London
for New Zealand. whence it will pro-
ceed direct to British New Guinea.
Goodenough Island, the most nOrtherly
district in the DeutrecasteauX ArChi-
pelago, itself in the extreme southeastern
corner of British New Guinea, has been
selected as the headquarters of the ex-
pedition, and the island to which the
work of observation and exploration will
be confined.
This district has been chosen chiefly
because OF the fact that up to the present
1t has been absolutely untouched, not
withstanding the fact that 1t is the most
accessible portion OF Paqua. Nothing at
all is known of its people, who are be
lieved to be an intermiXture of the
Melanesian and Paquan tribes. 1t Is Il
well-known fact that cannibalism Is praC-
ticed on the island very extensively.
There is one mission station on the
coast, and occasionally a government Of
fetal pays a visit TO the island, the in
terror of which, however, remains un-
explored.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.
Il cable to The washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
London. Sept. 30-The continued
drought is causing no end Of misery
throughout the country and in many
places a water famine is feared. London,
fortunately, is in no danger of having its
water supply restricted. but other large
cities are seriously threatened. Man
Chester's distant stores of water are run
ming lower and lower Several of the
largest reservoirs have long been dry and
grass is sprouting in the hard beds.
Manchester still has stock of 964. 900 900
gallons OF water. and with the restric-
Ions enforced by the waterworks COM
mittec-by which the supply is now cut
off from in the evening until in the
morning-there is a daily saving of 900,
q" gallons Nevertheless, the citizens are
urged to waste a little water as possible
Ten Thousand Face Famine.
Ten thousand people are threatened
with the pangS of hunger in Bradford,
which has ucv"r Len more prosperous
than it is al present, Sucn is the situ-
alton which has arisen through the water
famine. The drought has dried m the
water courses Of the Nidd Valley, and,
as the city has water reserve of only
.~'CgJ'co gallons its industry and COM
mrrcc unless copOUs rains fall in the
meantime. will be brought to a standstill
in less than three weeks.
Even now the daily supply OF water
has been limited to nine hours by the
bradford corporation. whose restrictive
aglion. though hardly avOidable. has
thrown about Cno0 wool comhers and 60O
dyerS and labOrers out Of employment.
The numbers Of their dependents is placed
at between 100 and 5000 and as wages.
more particularly in the woO-cOmDing
trade, are VIGOROUSLY meager no savings
stand !ctwCen them and hunger.
There is every prOba bility of a RELIEF
fund being promptly opened under civic
auspices.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
THOMAS A, EDISON is IDOL
OF POPULACE OF BERLIN
Noted American Inventor, Who Has Just Ended So
jOurn on Continent Gets Hearty Reception
Everywhere on Visit to Germany
Special Cable to The Washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin. Sept. 3O.-Thomas A Edison,
who returned home by the steamship
Amerika on September %, became the
idol of Berliners during his short stay
here, every one showing an almost comi-
cal anxiety to catch glimpse of the
great inventor. Thus, one evening the
audience. at a moving picture theater on
the Inter den Linden, discovered Mr..
Edison in a front row when the lights
were turned for intermission.
Some jumped up and craned their necks
when he walked up the aisle toward the
exit, and one man boldly exclaimed:
What are you doing here, Herr EdI-
SOM"
Edison laughingly answered: I'm
studying the German kinematograph; we
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
MOTOR ACCIDENT
RESTORES SPEECH
Says "You Never Blew Horn
When Crash Comes.
;rer;aI C.hIe 10 rhn MnsLinrtnn Hsrald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, Sept. 3O.-A motor car accident
has been the cause of a woman tempo
rarily regaining her lost speech.
During an illness in America last year
Mrs. Cranor, of County Clare, became
dumb, and had - spoken from Decem-
Der until hemotor car in which she
and her husband were riding at Black
pool was in collision with another car.
To her husbands amazement and de-
light, Mrs. Cranor exclaimed to the
driver of the other car: You never
blew yo1 Lorn."
She has since relapsed into dumbness.
This is her fourth seizure, due to nerv-
Gus breakdown.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01

have no such pictures in America"
The German press men were much
pleased over the friendly reception they
had from Edison. though they found it
hard to talk with him, owing TO his deaf
ness and his ignorance of German One
prominent writer wrote after interview
ing the inventor:
Edison looks so very benign that l al
most called him grandpa and when l
said good-by, 1 was filled with so much
respect that l felt inclined to kiss his
hand"
While in Berlin Mr.. Edison was en-
tertained by all noted men in the electri-
cal business such as-Von Siemens,
Rathonaus, and Bergman, especially by
Bergman, who was his assistant in
America for fifteen years.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
BATHING AND TEA
LATE PARIS FADS
Society Finds Novelty in the
Great NatatOrium.
400" ARE AMONG THE PATRONS
Handsome Pools Erected in Rue de
ChaHeIIes Become Popular Meet
ing Place of UItra-fashionabIe
Set of the French CaPItaI-Ten
Parties Are a Feature.
cial Cable TO The Washington Herald.

- 'cial Cable 70 The Washington Herald.
Paris. Sept. 3O.--The latest novelty in
Partisan society is the issuing Of cards
bearing the inscription Swimming and
Tea. From to - II you happen to be
in the Rue de Chazelles, near Pare Mon
ceau. between these hours. you will see
a procession of smart motor cars and
broughams depositing well-known club
men and acknowledgement women be-
fore the ''piscine" kept by DR.. Guimard.
The central swimming pond occupies
three sides Of a square, with one end
roped of for children and beginners. The
rest Is deep water for those who dive
and swim and play at water polo. The
baths are got up in art-nOuveau style of
architecture. with platforms running e+Et
over the water, supported by mosaic
columns The sides are lined with mir
rors, and the pond IS lit from the ceiling,
which Is dotted with myriad electric
bulbs. Mixed bathing is permitted, or
rather it is one Of the attractions.
Ayiators Among Patrons.
Among the regular patrons Of the es-
tablishment are VI. CASTOR DreyGus,
Baron de RothschiId. NJ. Gailhard, for
merly director of the opera; Messrs
Latham and Paulhan, the avtators:
Dranem, the Eldorado Eomic; Mile
Chenel, of the opera; Mile. Yvonne de
Bray, and half a dozen of the best
known ladies from the Comede Fran
caiSe
DR.. Guimard says the establishment
cost 100000. The bath is filled with Paris
drinking water. and before 1t reaches the
swimming pond it is boiled, filtered. and
clarified with lime. So that there is small
risk of any one being poisoned, especially
as 1t Is changed twice a day. There are
800 cabins. and so great is the rush on
the baths on some days that the people
have to wait their turn.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
MAY HONOR FALLIEREs.
King George May Confer on Him
Order of the Garter.

UrdeF OF me UHrteF'
Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, Sept. 3o-Fhere has been a good
deeI of talk during the last few days in
Paris of an intention credited by King
George " to give the Order OF the Gar
ter to President FaIlieres, and by so do
ing give an outward sign to the whole
world of the entente cordiale. The dis
tinction would. of course, be an unusual
one, and President Fallieres would be
only the second Frenchman to wear the
garter, with the exception of those Of
royal blood. NJ. Theirs made every effort
to get the honor given him, but without
success. and the one French statesman
who wore it, NJ. Guizot, was the author
of the first Franco-British alliance. Ma
poleon III was the last F'renchman to
wear the garter.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
GLACIER BEING SOLD.
Heat Wave Causes New Industry In
Swiss Mountains.


Special Cable TO The Washington Herald.
Geneva, Sept. 30.AThis summers
great heat has been the means of start
ing new industry in certain of the
mountain districts of Switzerland, gla-
cier ice being exported for the first
time to Germany, France, Italy, and
other countries.
For many weeks past in Grunewald.
the upper glacier, about two miles from
the railroad station, has been supply
ing carloads of ice for export Cut
straight from the glacier. the ice is re-
moved in huge blocks to the station.
where they were placed in covered
vans and forwarded to various partS
OF Europe.
The glacier being quite accessible, the
ice is easily obtained, while the roads
from the frozen field to the railroad
station Is downhin nearly all, the wsy.
Besides providing a good deal OF EN-
ployment, this export OF ice helps to
swell the Golfers Of the railroad COM
pany
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
EWS FROM FOREIGN CAPITALS FOR HERALD READERS
DIVORCE ON INCREASE.

German Statistics show Surprising
Growth of Marital Woes.
Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin, Sept. 30.-Divorce in Germany
is on the increase, according to the off,
cial statistics for 1909. which have Just
been published.
While the average number of divorces
during the five preceding years was about
1900, the number rose in 1903 to 14,TSO
No fewer than 6,22S divorced men and
6,261 divorced women had been previously
married. Statistics show that mans fa-
vorite marrying age in Germany is be-
tween twenty-four and twenty-six, while
that Of woman's is between twenty-one
and twenty-four.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
Lead. Death. Head Hussar..

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin. Sept 30-The crown prince OF
Germany has been installed as colonel
of the famous Deaths Head Hussars.
1t is his first command: but the signifi-
cant feature of his promotion is the
fact that il will keep him in residence
far from Berlin for a greater part of
the year.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
WILL MODERNIZE
PONTIFF'S GUARD
Steps Taken to Protect Pope
from Any Attack.
ARE FEARED
of Rifles and Am
munition for Use of the Vatican
FrOntIer-TunneI to BE Built
Into Gardens as PrecautIOn.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald
Rome. Sept. 30-A consignment of rifles
and ammunition for the Papal Guards at
Rome was recently held up at the Italian
frontier.
1t is well known that on the suggestion
OF Col. Repond the new commander of
the Swiss Guards. the Pope has decided
to modernize the equipment of the Swiss
Guards and gendarmes. who in future
will be armed with modern rifles.
precautions are never useless" Col
Repond is reported to have told a friend
recently. The anti-clericals of Rome
may attack the Vatican suddenly before
the italian government can protect it,
and it is just as we'll that our 800 men
Pope in an emergency"
Tunnel from Vatican.
Evidently other precautions are being
taken at the Vatican besides the equip
ment of the Pdpal troops, and the pro-
posed opening of a tunnel between the
Papal palaces and the Vatican gardens
is considered by many to be significant
The official organ of the Vatican, the
Osservatore Romano, explains that at
present the Pope cannot go to the gar
dens for his daily drive except in the
early morning. as he has to cross the
Lapidarian and Chiaramonti museums
and the Stanze of Raphael, which are
open to the public. OF course. the Pope
cannot go to the garden in winter, except
during the warm hours of the day. when
the museums and the Stanze are crowded
with visitors, and consequently he is
forced to renounce his daily exercise.
Access to Gardens
To obviate this a subterranean gallery
about 200 yards long will be cut under the
street between the Vatican and the gar
dens, thus connecting the courtyard of
St. Da nascus with the gardens, where the
Pope can go at any hour of the day
It is we'll known that the Vatican gar
dens are surrounded by the walls of the
city, and that they overlook solitary
roads leading to the country and the sea,
only 30 miles away. No doubt the new
direct communication between the palace
and the gardens will prove very conven-
lent for the Pope's daily drives. but it is
obvious that in case of sudden flight
from the Vatican, If it should be attacked
by an anti-clerical mob. say, the Pope can
safely leave his apartments and through
the subterranean passage reach the gar
dens and waiting automobile which will
lead him to safety. Thus the proposed
tunnel is considered another precaution.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
DROUGHT PROVOKES
GREAT SUFFERING
Hundreds Idle When Shops
Suspend in England.
BIG CITIES IN GRAVE DANGER

Nianufa ctOrIes in Industrial Centers
Forced to Shut Down Because of
the Continued Dry Season-Man-
rhester's Reserve Is Diminishing
Gradually and Famine Threatens
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-10-06
BURNED
In A Very Painful Manner
Was A Child

The twoyear-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hull was badly burned
about the face and hands as result
of gas explosion which occurred
Monday afternoon at the home of the
child's parents on Rideewood avenue.
The burns will not result seriously.
The child was playing in the kitchen
where one burner was burning In the
stove, when 1t innocently turned on
a second burner and allowed large
quantity of gas to escape into the
oven. After time the escaping gas
reached ;he flames In the other burner
and an explosion followed. The child
was standing nearby and was struck
on the face and hands with a sheet of
flames. DR.. James f. Lee was called
to dress the burns.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-10-06
ARR
Elected Vice President OF A
New Organization

Columbus. Oct. AT meeting OF
the executive committee of the Ohio
Retail Shoe Dealers association held
here yesterday the organization of u
mutual fire insurance company for re-
tailers was planned The organiza,-
ton, II Is expected, Will be known as
the Ohio Retail Shoe Dealers Mutual
Fire Insurance company. George T.
Schott. OF Cincinnati, was elected pres.
ident. Other officers were Silas Parr
OF Mount Vernon, first Vice president;
A, i, Sloane OF Oxford. second vico
president; #, II. Cantwell, of Coshoc-
ton, secretary and treasurer. The
officers with the following constitute
the board of directors; John J, Baird
and G, H. Wilcox of Columbus; l.. M.
Wright, OF Springfield; 10. Stanley, of
Van Vert, and w. II. Haggaman OF
Hamilton,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-10-06
Several Suits Are Filed In
Common Pleas Court
Two Wills Are Filed In Pro.
bate On Tuesday
Contempt Of Court Cited
Against Arthur A. Simmons

The October term of circuit court
Of KnCx county was convened Tues
day morning al o'clock with but two
judges on the bench--Judge r.. NJ
Voorhees, and Judge r, S. Shields
Judge Lewis X. Powell was sent to
Kenton, Ohio, this week and 1t was
the intention CT Judge Grove of Ken
ton to come to Mt. Vernon this week,
but on account of the sickness of the
latter he was unable to come and
court convened with the two judges on
the bencr.
The docket was first called.
The first case heard by the court
was that of Harry G. Devin VS.. Eleanor
Delano Shealey ct al,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-10-06
Wants Nuisance Abated--

Sarah Colville ct al. have commenc-
ed a suit in the court of common pleas
of Knox county against Dee G. Nixon.
The allegation Is made that the de-
fendant conducts slaughter house in
Clinton township on ground adjoining
that of the plaintiff and that slop for
pigs is allowed to lie on the ground
and that the same has become so Of
fensive that 1t cannot be tolerated. The
plaintiffs therefore ask that the nuis-
ance be abated. Waight & Moore for
the plaintiffs.