Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-07
PREFECT OF POLICE INTERPRETERS
Lepine Arrests Organizer at First
Meeting Held.
PREMIER PROMISES INQUIRY
Sixty Golden Weddings Celebrated at
One Town.
EACH COUPLE GETS A MEDAL
Village of Az IL Destroyed by Rioters
After n Fierce Conflict with Sol
diers-MorgRD Has Relic
of st. Martin.
BY PAUL vILL1ERs.

| BY PAUL NILLIERS.
PARIS. May 6-(SpecaI to The Bee)-
J The league OF large families. organized to
combat landlords who bar children from
| their houses and which numbers 100000
members, has come into collision with the
government owing to parade which was
| stopped by the police in Paris
| M. Depine, perfect OF police watched the
assembling OF about 5000 fathers. mothers.
and children all dressed in their best
clothes and listened attentively to the
speech by Captain Marie founder of the
| league. and himself the father of eleven
children At length he interpused. and
told Captain Marie that the contemplated
parade must take place. "Why not?"
asked the captain Indignantly. We can
march IL we like"
| Leplne thereupon ordered the father of
eleven to be arrested he was conducted to
the lookup. obstinately delaying his pro-
gress by trying to light his pipe with
match after match, volubly protesting.
Several other fathers of three or more
were also arrested before the procession
had been dispersed. Captain Marie and the
other arrested fathers were released. but
the league is nevertheless in a state of
wild resentment at their arrest NJ. Monis,
the premier has promised to consider their
case.
sixty Golden weddings mt Once.
There was a marvellous and unique spec
tacle at Rheims one day last week Sixty
couples celebrated thir golden weddings
After they had attended mass at the
cathedral reception was held in the town
hall, where each couple received a com
memorative medal. One couple was SO
years old.
Albert spadlng, the\gifted vIolinist, has
taken Europe by storm. The young man
who is now his second European tour has
broken all recorde In his line. This bril-
liant young American has reversed the
usual order OF things coming from, the
United States and capturing the old world
BY his wonderful playing. He has appeared
before the most critical musical audiences.
and winning their enthusiastic plaudits,
his tour has been an artist triumph.
Champagne Monopoly.
The whole agitation in the Marne-a
movement. ostensiby for the benefit of
local labor-has been engineered to give
monopoly TO five big champagne firms
This is now so well recognized by the
other firms that May will witness the
breakup of the syndicate of champagne
merchants. The big firms will be left to
themselves, and the others will form a
new syndicate and agitate for a modifi-/
cation of the Determination Act The vine
dressers have been hoodwinked. No wine
may be sold as champagne unless 1t is i
made from grapes without any addition OF
outside wine. This is fine for the vlntages
of the Mountain of Rheims which are
purchased by the manufacturing firms for
500 francs a barrel and sold afterwards
at he of In
Village Destroyed by Rioters.
The village Of Ay has been destroyed by
fire as result of conflict between soldiers
and those who are engaged in riot
II have seen violent demonstrations in
this city" said an army officer, but I
have never Witnessed anything equal to
this Never had my men to deal with peo-
pie who had reached such fury. The
women, with their features convuIsed with
rage. shook their fists in our faces and
spat at nus. Trucks were loaded and
ready to start when the storm broke out
Only distorted bits of iron now remain
OF them. The one question that always
returns to my mind is how these ravages
could not have been foreseen."
Took Money 10 Grave.
The widow OF the miser who died re-
Gently at Pau was visited a few days ago
by debtor, who said that ne had signed
promisory note in favor OF her deceased
husband. The widow searched but could
not find the note Then she remembered
that her husband had been in the habit
Of hiding money in his night clothing
She made an application to have the body
eNhumed in order to examine the clothes
In which he was buried. This proved sue
cessful. The promisory note was there
and also bundle of BANKING amount
ing TO 5000
Morgan Has 50. Martin Relic.
The mystery of the head of St Martin,
a relic which has disappeared from the
church Of soudeiles. has been partly
cleared up by a letter from Pierpont Nor
gan TO the minister of fine arts an
nouncing that the relic is in his posses
sion and offering II to the French gov
eminent. The loss of the relic only be-
came known through>a Belgian dealer in
antiquities purchasing what proved to be
an initiation st. Martins head The in
dignant purchaser made the matter pub
lie, and the minister Of fine arts admitted
that the genuine relic had been stolen.