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The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
HE LATEST NEWS FROM FOREIGN CAPITALS
AVIATION TOURNAMENTS
WILL MAKE BANNER YEAR OF 1912

London. Jan. 2o-In number and va
riety, the flying contests arranged for
this year win yield nothing OF interest
to the great tournaments held during
1911.
So far as England is concerned, the
most important event win be the MILL
.tary aeroplane competition organized by
the war office. Since the publication OF
the conditions OF the contest English
manufacturers and designers have begun
in earnest TO improve their machines. and
II is safe TO assume that when the COM
petitions open IN July or August they
will make a good hght against their for
eign rivals for the capture OF the $1,000
offered as prize money by the British
governments II has not yet been decided
whether the contest is to take place at
at Eastchurch or on Salisbury Plain, but
the probability Is that the latter aero
drome, where the atr battalion Is quar-
tered. will be finally selected.
Other flying fixtures in this country
include the Mortimer Singer army and
navy contest and the two British en-
plre Michelin competitions. The Morti-
mer Singer prize. of the total value of
5000. Is to be equally divided between
an aeroplanist in the army and an aero
pianist in the navy. VIII remain open un-
is to be the oficer, who. accompanied
by a passenger, makes on a heavier
than-alr machine the longest cross
country night.
MicheIIn Cup Contests.
The conditions for the nrst Of the
Michelln cups will differ somewhat from
what they have hitherto been. Although
the Royal Aero Club has not yet issued
the new rules. gather from q reliable
source that the competitors will not be
restricted as was the case this year, to
flights around specified mark posts TO
accomplish the distance Of 80 miles
Further. the prize will be adjudged to
the flyer who remains the longest time
in the air.
As regards the rules for the second
British Empire Michelin Cup. no altera-
be required 20 make a crosS-country
fight over a prescribed circuit. and the
prize will go TO the aviator who accom-
plishes the flight in the fastest time
On the Continent the aviation pro-
gramme for next year is sdually heavy
one In France the first Of the Michelin
target competitions, for which . prize
of $1,000 is offered. will take place, while
in Germany the contest for Prince
Henry's Cup Is being looked forward TO
with the keenest interest.
Among the many other fixtures ar
ranged are flights from Ostend to Lon
don and back, q trans-south American
race, and a large number Of meetings
and exhibitions in Paris, Berlin. Moscow,
Malaga, San Raphael, and other places.
Tho recent murder Of a Jewish couple
in the whitechapeI district by a Russian
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was to start a general movement Of in
dignation against the low wages they
receive. They held demonstrations in
front OF a number of shops, and got into
conflict with the police. Two of them
were sent to prison. One OF them was
sentenced to two days, and the other to
eight days.
The punishment by the courts. more
than their agitation, has drawn attention
to their grievances. We are astonished
TO learn that the most that any of these
poor :reatures can make is less than 50
cents g day for ten hours work. Now
that shops have divided up the work,
giving to each only what they consider
specialities, such as sewing the waistcoat
or the lining of the coat, when it is to-
tailed up the work on a cheap suit Is re-
warded with only a little more than 10
cents. The women declare that they can
no longer live on this pay, and no matter
how much they specialize the work can
not be reduced so as TO be done practi-
cally for nothing. They want to be able
to live after ten-hour day, even IL Il
Is only spent in sewing on buttons.
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Germany Is Wondering Whether His Present Illness
Is Hereditary, and Regards Court Silence
as Suspicious.

til marriage. In Germany. as rule.
the working woman, once married. aban-
dons her employment and devotes her
self 70 her home and husband.
In certain positions women, on the
whole, are preferred TO men. One Of
these is taking charge OF the cash, as
woman is less inclined to dishonesty
than man; and yet. according to the
authority consulted, they must be eX-
cIuded from banking. That is to say.
from the higher posts. for in the ONCE
they are found to be better than males,
since they are more easily contented and
possess more patience. Qeite majority
Of the firms consulted prophesy that
competition between male and female
labor will be sharper in future even than
II is now.
New Charity at Vienna.
Athough 1900 school children at VI
emma are daily fed by charitable insti-
tutions during the winter months, many
thousands Of poor children get no mid
day meals, owing TO the inadequacy OF
the funds. So, that all the hungry chill
dren may be supplied with meals, a So
ciety has Just been formed, which hopes
to get sufficient funds.
1t proposes TO do this by the following
ingenious idea: All bills in hotels, res
taurants, and music halls are in future
10 be made out by the walters on special
forms issued by the society. These
forms are TO cost cent each. which will
be paid by the guests, and the pro-
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
ANTARCTIC BRAVES
SEEK SOUTH POLE
Shackleton, Scott, and Amundsen
Are All Rivals for Honor of
Going "Farthest South"

London, Jan. 2o.-Far away among the
snowstorms and blizZards of the antarc-
tic five expeditions are engaged in ex-
ploration. two with the expressed inten-
tion Of finding the south pole. What sue
cess they have achieved nobody knows.
The news about them is neither recent
nor clear We have no information about
what they did yesterday. or what they
will do tomorrow.
Sir Ernest Shackleton has spent two
winters in the antarctic. In discussing
the prospects OF the present expeditions,
his eyes assume a tense, far-away look.
which suggests that he wishes he was
now spending a third winter IN that
region of perilous adventure. He has a
comfortable Office in Roger street, with
a telephone at his elbow, and manuscripts
on the table, but the white south still
calls him.
7 picture to myself" he said on SAT-
urday in tones of enthusiastic envy.
Scott and Amundsen on the high plateau
about 1000 feet above the level Of the
sea Close TO the pole, but whether Tight
ing their way toward II, or on the way
back after its discovery. who can say?
imagine a strong, biting southerly wind
with temperature about 40 degrees be-
low zero, warm clothes frozen sleeping
bags. and a thin tent, which just serves
to keep out the wind, but not the cold.
Il think it quite possible that Scott
or Amundsen, or both, have already sue
ceeded. especially as the competition be-
tween them Is in the nature OF a race.
The German antarctic exhibition IS
aboard its ship In the Weddell Sea,
and the Mawson Australian expedition Is
navigating southwark. but as 10 what the
japanese are doing have not the re-
motest idea Five expeditions in the ant
arctic at the same time is quite unpre-
cedented. When We were there. band OF
fifteen men. we had a continent OF 4oo,-
10000 square miles all to ourselves"
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Flying Contests Almost Entirely Military in Nature,
Will Be Important from Scientific Point of View

Jew who had lost all HIS money gambling
has once more directed public gaze to-
ward that sordid district. which few
Londoners ever see, though some OF It's
most famous streets are known TO the
ubiquitous American tourist with ten
dency toward Summing. And surely mo-
where in the world is It possible 70 nno
such slums as those which disgrace the
worlds greatest city. A few hundred
stations in London you enter as II into
new world
The London Ghetto.
1t Is not really new world: It Is an
old world grated upon modern" Lon
don. a world as old as the race the
members OF which congregate there in
large numbers. II is the Ghetto. where
in thousands OF Jews and Jewesses moil
and toll. year In and year out, in an ef-
fort 10 eke out a miserable existence.
Not all of them, by any means, are
poor. There are proprietors Of nu-
merous shops where luxurious tastes
are catered 10, where commodities are
on sale which viii compare in beauty
and quality with those displayed in
the windows Of the best known shops
in the most fashionable thoroughfares
of the metropolis II Is only the price
which is different. The purchasers in
East London know as much as the
shopkeepers. But the bulk Of the pop
ulation are poor-miserably poor. To
see them as they are, you must leave
the highways and pass into the byways,
into Hanbury street, where the most
recent murder was committed, into the
congested quarters, into the centers
the restaurants OF the Mil
stems. Here you will meet the keep
ers OF the low-class gambling dens:
here you will md the frequenters OF
the low-class haunts. In one OF which
a couple Of human beings have been
done to death.
You will find, lowering around. loaf
ers in large numbers. Some are quite
we'll dressed, others have but apologies
for clothes. They are wastrels and
only Just approaching
manhood and men who have barely
crossed the threshold. Either good In
fuences have never touched their lives
or they are insensible to them. Many
of them have served terms OF imprison-
ment, and have come out into the
world again. resolved upon two things
only-to abstain from honest work and
TO keep free in future from the grip
of the law. They live by their wits.
They gain a few shillings as best they
can, with but one obJect-to increase
them by gambling in one form or an
other.
One of their favorite haunts is a saloon.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
SUNS ECLIPSE THIS YEAR.
French Astronomers Say Rare As
trail Phenomenon Il Coming.

Paris, Jan. IA total eclipse Of the
sun-an event which can be seen IN
France only once in every $50 years-is
predicted for 1872 by the French astrono-
mers.
NJ Charles Nordmann, OF the obskrva-
tory OF Paris writes that this phenome-
non will take place on April II. about
midday, when the sun will be entirely
covered by the moon. causing absolute
darkness for six seconds.
From lO.4j in the morning" writes NJ.
Nordmann. by the aid OF smoked glasses
II will be possible In Paris to see the
moon gradually shading the dazzling sun
ball, and a few seconds after l2:lO. the
total eclipse will take place, lasting about
two seconds. The sun will then gradually
emerge from darkness, and by l:a0 p. m.
Il will have recovered all its radiance
and circular splendor."
NJ. Nordmann remarks that a slight Diff
ference on the subject of this solar
eclipse exists between French and Eng
lish astronomers According TO the cal
culations Of the latter. the eclipse will
not be total, and at the moment when the
exact interposition OF the moon between
the earth and the sun occurs a solar ring
OF light will surround the somber lunar
disc. NJ. Nordmann and his French col
leagues assume a slightly greater di<
ameter Of the moon than that accepted
by English astronomers, and In conse-
quence a total eclipse
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which bears unmistakabls evidence OF It's
new prosperity. Here you have your
racing slips. your betting bargains, and
even your }bookmakers' settlements. But
the gamblers business lasts at these
points for but a few brief hours a day.
and an Adjournment must perforce be
made. in due course. 70 new centers to
places wherein the punter's tastes can
be INDUCED to his hearts content, or so
long as his money lasts
You must not imagine that all the gam
bling dens in East London are saloons
or restaurants. Many OF them. and the
most notorious of them. are rooms in
private houses. with more than one
egress. but the largest number are associ-
ated with eating g-houses. and even so-called
lodging houses. And the reasons? II Is
because IN case OF raid, those found on
the premises can say they merely drop
ped in" for a meal. or for q nights lOdg-
ing. Now and again, the police become
to order modest repast. and danger Is
scented. For these gaming houses are
centers Of every form OF ugly
vice. They are places where stolen goods
are received for trtfiing sums which are
lost at the tables: they are
dens OF immortality to which men are
decoyed and thkir money taken from
thetn. not by melt, but by means little
better. There are hundreds Of them scat
tered all over the East End-pestilentiaI
spots which are the despair OF the nobls
men and women who ceaselessly strive
to combat the evils they bring in their
train.
Queen Alexandra will be at Windsor
In the first week of May. when there Is
to be a service in the Albert Memorial
Chapel in memory OF the late King Ed
ward The Queen viii return from her
spring trip abroad just IN time for that
mournful anniversary. But the details
OF the cruise upon which she is TO en-
bark in the early weeks OF the spring
have not yet been settled.
1t Is not by any means certain that the
Victoria and Albert will proceed to the
Mediterranean. It has to be remembered
that. while trouble continues between
Turkey and Italy, It would bring about a
good deal OF Inconvenience II the Medi-
terranean feet had to escort the royal
yacht from place to place, especially
when II Is remembered that Queen Alex
andra does not care for her movements
to be planned out before hand. The place
OF all others which she would most care
to revisit is Corfu, where she is able TO
enjoy the companionshIp OF the Hellenic
royal family in the delightful informal
way which cannot be enjoyed so COM
pletely in Athens or even in Copenhagen
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
LONDON MAIL HUGE.
Christmas Season Breaks Records
at the General Post-ofnce.

London. Jan. 2n-All records were
broken at the general post-ofice during
the recent Christmas season, and an ex-
ira stan OF 5000 men was employed to
handle the trafic. This is 500 more than
the previous year.
In the six weeks preceding Christmas
q, 500. 900 articles for abroad were handled.
compared with a normal traffic Of about
900 articles q week.
II Is estimated that in the East Center
district alone, 100000 extra letters were
posted and delivered in Christmas week
This figure Includes $4,000 tradesmen's
cieties.
At Mount Pleasant, where usually about
Ii, 10000 letters and 10000 registered let
ters are dealt with every week. these
totals were increased by Is and 50 per
cent. Mount Pleasant also dealt with
/. 3oO, 900 parcels, as compared with a nor
mai quantity Of about half million.
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having at least twenty years experience
may end their days in peace and decent
comfort. Dancers on the stage will be
asked to contribute only francs a month
toward the scheme. He relies greatly
upon private benefactors, chiefly among
society people to whose children he
teaches dancing and who entertain the
strangest and most erroneous ideas about
the lives Of the ballet dancers in general
No once who gets to know the world
Of professional dancers well can fail to
feel interest in and sympathy for them, Z"
concludes II. Raymond.
The president of the Maidservants'
Union, an organization recently formed,
has published some interesting details as
to the programme OF the union, which
has already been Joined by more than
1000 maidservants-
Want Twelve-hour Day.
The servants are agitating for the in
PRODUCTION OF twelve-hour day, but they
viii work fourteen hours in exceptional
cases. They also demand better treat
ment by employers, no sleeping in kitch-
ems and halls, but the provision Of spe-
cial servants rooms. Old-age pensions
and pensions in case OF incapacity for
work are demanded. and they also claim
q minimum monthly wage OF $3.50 for
DeslhheIs' - lOr chauDernalos' ana Ss-ov
for cooks.
Finally, they demand one free after
noon each week, besides one free Sunday
afternoon each fortnight. and four weeks
holiday each year. during which wages
must be paid. These holidays must be
granted quite apart from whether the
servants accompany their employers to
summer resorts or not.
The servants believe that in a few
years. when the organization will be
Joined by nearly all maidservants. they
viii be strong enough TO enforce all their
demands by a general strike.
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HAS aTHE HOHENZOLLERN CURSE"
LAID DTTS HAND ON CIR ROWNPRINCE? !?

ceeds entirely devoted to feeding the
school children
A great number. Of inn and hotel keep
ers have already agreed 10 this novel
method OF charity, and allow the publ
cation Of placards in their restaurants
BY which guests are asked not to refuse
cent TO the hungry children.
Two important additions to German
social insurance laws have Just come
into operation. one providing for the COM
rulsory insurance of the clerical and
other employees OF private undertakings,
and the other for the compulsory insur-
arce Of widows and orphans in the work
ing-class proper.
Under the phrase private officials" is
comprised almost the whole Of the less
well-to-do middle-class. save IN SO far
as Il is already provided with pensions.
The idea Of extending social insurance
benefits to clerks, private teachers, and
other workers above the manual-work-
ing class was borrowed by Germany
from Austria, where a government pro-
ject was produced in 1901, and in 1909
came into force.
The aim Of the law is to provide old
sge and invalidity pensions TO clerks. Of
fcials foremen, trade employees, teach
ers, oficers in the merchant service and
in internal shipping, and. finally, to thea
ter and orchestra artists. irrespective
of the artistic value OF their work." and
further to provide their widows and chill
dren with pensions.
All such persons whose annual earnings
do not exceed $50 are compulsorily
insured: and those with incomes between
s. go and s. 500 may insure at will. Ex-
GUIDED from the operation OF the law are
State officials. public school-teachers, and
also workmen, who are insured under
The existing invalidity and old age pen
sions system. The number OF persons
who will beneft under the new law is
about 100000.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
CHINESE REBELS CELEBRATE.
F.I,e Report OF Pekin's Fan Causes
Outbreak Against STnnchus.

Honekong, Jan o.-The ripples Of the
Chinese revolution are being felt In the
British colony with its 10000 Chinese
population. when the fall Of Pekin was
falsely reported. there was a demonstra-
zion among the Chinese such as had
never before been witnessed No demon
siration in the West could have been
more fast and furious
Hundreds Of Chinese Hoped on their
pigtaIls-the symbol OF serioom imposed
nv the Manchus-piled them up in mo-
tor-car struck a revolutionary flag in
their midst and made tour OF the city.
fhssa on board the car cheering and
making frenzied declarations OF venge-
ance on the hated Manchus.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
BURKE TEAPOT SOLD.

TrapneIl Collection of BrItiGh Por-
ceIain Bought by Albert Amor.
London, Jan. "a teapot which Is
worth more than ten times its weight In
gold Is one Of the most remarkable pieces
in the famous. TrapneIl collection Of
British porcelain. which has been pur-
chased by Albert Amor
This teapot, which is part Of a service
presented to Mrs. Burke to commemorate
Edmund Burke's return to Parliament.
weighs about sixteen ounces. About five
years ago the teapot was purchased for
nearly $500. and its value is now more
than ten times its weight in gold.
The Trapnell collection cost its late
owner, Mr.. .Trapnell, about $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
NEW WALTZ IN LONDON.
Leo Falls Latest Melody Captures
English Metropolis.

London. Jan. 2O.-''The waltz. the waltz,
the viennese waltz. l think you know the
true from the false"
This is the haunting refrain OF the
new waltz, which has come 10 London
and set everybody humming- II is Herr
Leo Falls latest triumph-''The Eternal
Waltz"-which Is making the audience
sway to its fascinating rhythm at the
Hippodrome.
The waltz has captured London. Peo-
pie dance to II in every ballroom until
the millzman comes and whistles II on
the area steps in the morning, while
the barrel organ carries It far into the
streets and alleys OF the slums.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
A ROMANCE OF TWO sEAMEN.
Land Mt Cardiff After Remarkable
Adventures I'm Spain.

London, Jan. 2o.-Two seamen Of the
Plymouth schooner Pride of the West
have been landed at Cardiff, after re-
markable adventures.
The vessel bound from Aviles SPAIN.
to Oporto, lost a rudder on December 5
and was driven ashore. The crew took
TO the boat. but Il iilIed and the captain
and cook were drowned.
Two seamen. Martin Puddifoot and
Charles Dean. baIed out the water and
beached the boat at Cudillero (Spain). AZ
ter a perilous ascent OF the high cliff.
they walked TO a village, whence they
were sent to Bilbao. Here the steamer
Falcon took them on board.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
WIN Oppose Home Rule.

Belfast. Jan 1s-Fifty thousand women
members of the Ulster Unionist Associa-
tion issued q manifesto to-day calling
upon the women OF Great Britain to aid
them in their fight against home rule.
The manifesto declares the home rule
bin must be defeated even IL the most
drastic measures have TO be employed
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
John ouIIinan seriously I'M.

Dublin. Jan. 1s.-John CuIlinan, Nation
alist member Of Parliament for South
Tipperary, Is seriously Ill at his home in
Bansha,' Tipperary. Mr.. Cullinan was
Imprisoned several times for his aetivi-
ties in the plan of campaign days, and
almost died in Tullamore jail in 1891 from
an attack Of fever.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
CHINESE PLAY IN LONDON.
Reinhardt Production TO BE DupIi-
Gated by George AIexander.

Retnhardt Production TO BE DupIf-
Gated by George Alexander.
london. Jan. MA Chinese play. s.Tu-
randot, win probably be seen at the St
James Theater at the conclusion Of the
run OF Bella Donna"
Sir George Alexander was present at
the first performance Of "Tlrandot' AZ
the Dentscher Theater. Berlin, a short
time ago, and Immediately made arrange
ments with Or. Reinhardt, the producer,
for the English rights.
Future plans for the st. James also
include q new play by Dion CLAYTON cal
throp, entitled What Is Life?" 4 YER
sion of Paul Bourgeois lie Urban, n
new piece by the Hungarian draInatist
Franz Molnar; "Honoria," !" by HERNIA n
Chiffon. and the latest Partisan Success.
la Flambee." oy Henry Kistermaeckers.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
uiuerr Vote 10 Strike.

London, Jan. 1s-The result of the re-
cent ballot on the question Of strike
taken by the coal miners OF Great Brit
ain was announced to-day as 4s5.s01 in ia
vor Of a vaIk-out and 1l5.S21 against il.
The miners will now notify the employers
OF their intention to quit work on March
!, but in the intervening time viii nego-
tiate for an agreement
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GRHFoN WAS RAT.

Rodent sewed Up I'm Dog Skin
Fooled Society Woman In Paris.
Paris, Jan. so.-An amusing story Is be-
ing told on the boulevards about fraud
perpetrated on a famous society woman
who is bitten by the craze for extremely
small dogs now prevalent IN Fars.
A few days ago she bought from a street
baulxer for a large sum what looked like
the smallest grifon ever seen
When she took It home It promptly ran
up the curtains, and when 1t was re-
captured by the servants It turned out to
he a rat sewed into q dogs skin.
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Eugene Kelly Die. suddenIy.

New York, Jan. 1S-Eugene Kelly. the
banker, son Of the late Eugene Kelly.
founder Of the banking firm OF Eugene
Kelly & Co.. died suddenly at his home
this afternoon. Mr.. Kelly has been IN
for three weeks. but his condition was
rot thought to be serious. When Car
etnaI Farley heard Of the death OF his
friend and parishioner. he hurried to
the Kelly home TO offer his consolation
to the -bereaved family.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
MINE HERO HoKoRED.
Simple Tribute rendered to Thomas
stokes by CoIIIery Comrades.

London. Jan. 2O.-'Thomas Stokes.
hero"
Roughly written in chalk. this simple
tribute appeared on the mOrtuary shell
containing the body Of one OF the four
victims Of the Cannock Chase colliery ex-
plosion. which were brought up from the
old Hednesford pit.
Mr.. George Lowery. manager OF the
East Cannock colIiery. said: Il have
never seen such herOism in my life.
Deeds have been done which shall never
forget. Men took their lives in their
hands in their keen desire to get to the
missing men"