The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
BRIEF DETENTION
FOR KILLING MAN
German Officer Given a Light Sen.
tence for Staying an
Usurer in Duel
WOMEN AS POLICE OFFICERS
Berlin Has Thirty Females on
Force and Experiment Is
Watched With Interest.
WOMEN AS POLICE OFFICERS
BY MALCOLM CLARKE,

BERLIN, Aug. 1.-THE small value
which German military men place upon
human life has again been demonstrated
by a military court which convened here
recently.
Sentence OF two years detention In a
fortress has been passed by tho military
court on Baron Won Richtohofen for kill
Ing Herr Gaffron In duel The victim
was an ex-cavalry officer The baron Is
lieutenant In the Hussar Guards Re-
serve. Both belonged to old families.
The duel arose out of a money affair.
the baron having given Gafrron an l. O..
U, for s12.5oo. receiving in return half
that amount
silence had been agreed upon as to The
transaction, but Richthofen told his
brother OF 1t. and the latter got back
the l. y. U at a usurious rate. Whis-
pers circulated and Gaffron's position be-
came unbearable, with the result that he
boxed the baron's ears in public GAIT
ron at first refused to fight the baron,
but after being fined for the assault
agreed to meet him later. The conditions
were unusually severe, namely, the ex-
change of shots AT fifteen PAGES until one
combatant was disabled, Gaffron's lungs
died two hours later
Kaiser Learns Norwegian.
The kaiser's latest accomplishment is
the learning OF Norwegian. of which he
has already good sinattering. Last year
he could only speak a few words, and.
as he enjoys nothing more than chatting
in an unconventional manner with tho
people of any country he visits. he deter
mined to learn Norwegian. so, all un-
known to any one. he took lessons from
a professor OF Scandinavian languages.
The kaiser goes about airing his new ac-
whenever he has an oppor-
tunity.
He will hold several reviews. among
them one at Altona and one at Stot,ln
He will join the kalserin at Wilhelmslohe
palace for fortnight, and then come to
Potsdam, TO be present at the grand re-
view September ] and 2. The maneuvers
begin on September II; and when they
the grand inspection and maneuvers
Visit From Royalty.
Arrangements are now practically com
pleted for the Forthcoming visit of Queen
Mary, the Prince Of Wales and Princess
Mary towards The end of August To the
queens aunt. the aged Grand Duchess
Augusta, of Mecklenburs Strelitz at
Neustrelitz.
On August 30 at the Invitation Of the
kaiser; they will witness a naval review
at Swinemunde, which this year will be
by a particularly brilliant gath
erlng, including the Prince of Monaco.
From Swinemunde the prince and prob
ABLY a.. l the queen % and princess will go to the
view parade OF the guards
Unsuccessful in Air.
Germany has not been successful in
the air realm. To be master there, lis |
the japanese warrior Nogi said to a
french general recently one must be
yours have the same contempt for death |
when any enterprise is to be accom-
plished by facing death as thing of
is a terrible evil but IL has called out !
the old Galllc contempt for death. What
Roman general was II who wrote to the
senate to say that the GauIs. having no
fear Of death. were hard TO conquer or
to hold down when conduercd7
In neither the dirigible balloon. the hi /
plane nor the aeroplane have the Ger
mans had any remarkable success. The
ong roll of Zeppelin ventures is one OF
disaster.
Women as Police Oficers,
The authorities have made the expert
nent of appointing thirty female police
men. The only consolation that mascu-
women seldom shoot straight. II Is oer-
-ain that the experiment ulll pc watched
With deep attention. for should the Ger
nan woman prove herself of speclal
value as u guardian OF the interests OF
he citizen of the future there can be !
10 possible doubt that other countries
england among them, viii 6ad In this
state employment an outlet for the cner-
-ics OF scores of women, They are en-
,loyed detectives.
Horses for Food,
An official report from Dusseldorf says
hat the consumption OF horse flesh I'm
nd Will probably continue TO increase
artly on account of the high price of
attic flesh, and partly because Hlc in
istent outbreak OF foot and mouth dis
ase has Created wastnge in young herds
Horses for food are being imported
pto the Dusseldorf district from quar-
ers as remote rs East PRUSSIA and Po-
en In the Dusseldorf abattoirs the num-
cr Of horses killed for food during the
lsi thr0e years were 1908. 1888; 1909.
$6l; 1910 2023.
The trouble In brief is that the poor
cople cannot afford To buy real meat
Insure Against Divorce. {
Munich newspaper says 1t has discov- ,
red an insurance company whose bust
ess deals with insuring married couples '
gainst divorce. The company mas agents ,
1arriagc announcements In the papers
m the return from the honeymoon a 3
lale agent calls on the husband and {
onera tulates him. Then when the on Il
ortunity permits he gets to business He !
alls attcatlon tn the number Of unfor-
Inatc marriages, Divorce is costly. but {
he company for weekly payment will [
AXE all risks, pay the costs and dam {
gcs. II any. The young man insured. &
,dy agent calls upon the wife The same
tory Is told and the lady I'm her turn [
and before night husband and n
lie have each policy OF insurance with L
ut further cause for anxiety, a