The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24
PRINCE AzIZ PASTA
HOST TO TEACHERS
Was Executed Recently for
COwardice
GAMING TABLE TAXED
Large Annex Built to Art Students
Club-Chamber of Deputies VIII
Consider Extension of Sys-
tenn of Land Banks
GAMING TABLE TAXED

Paris. November s23.-The news that
Prince Aziz Pasha has met an ignomin-
ious death will cause a pang 10 at least
50 school teachers in the United States
who were Hospitality entertained by the
affable Egyptian five years ago.
The prince was found guilty of having
shown the white feather at the battle
Of Kirk Kilisse, Turkey, and was sum
marily executed.
when we visited Athens and constan-
tinople in 1907 says one Of the party,
we met Aziz Pasha. He was cruising
in his yacht near Corfu when we APP
preached that town in our yacht Athena.
When he learned that we We're Americans
he insisted that We should all go aboard
his craft. The prince entertained us for
three hours. offering luncheon with rare
vines was greatly impressed, not only
by his hospitality, but by his intelligence
as well.
Tie had a splendid library on board and
called our attention especially to an au-
tomato piano player as evidence that he
was thoroughly up to date and was inter
ested in things American. No host could
have been more kind than he was to us
sisters who frequently travel in central
and northern Europe, sometimes visiting
Paris. On these trips they wear the at
tire common to this part of the continent
instead of their native costume.
A large annex has been added to the
American Art Students club house at
Paris, which was founded q years ago by
Mrs. 9Whitelaw Reid, wife of the Amer
lean ambassador to Great Britain, who
was then American minister to France.
The addition almost doubles the capacity
of the cub and a commodious tea and
music roc IN has been supplied 1t is Mrs.
Eoid's aim to extend the clubs sphere of
ussyulness throughout the American
eifLs' colony in Paris and to make the
club rouse a centre of activity of the
Amer lean student life in this capital The
aireet1 -ess of the club is Mrs. James Van
Allen ihields, who came here from Con-
nectieut
The .m fernment is OF opinion that the
state does not get enough out OF the gam
ing table. and accordingly has evolved
sliding sea lie tax on the product OF the
.fpaecarats petit ehevaux' and other
amuxements practieed IN the watering
places OF F1s lnce.
uenccfsrth casinos, the gross revenue
Of whose tab les is less than 100000. will
he called sfpo to contribute Is per cent
10 the state nd Is per cent to the local
authorities: fro m 100000 to 100000. 25 and
IN ner cent rel speetively; from s60o.000 to
81 100000. s5 AMI per cent. and above
100000, 90 and . per cent respectively.
(. In connection with Ambassador Her
riclSs suggestion I'd r establishing system
of land credit h0nks IN the United states
II is interesting TO II ote that the chamber
of deputies will also be called upon to
consider a bin extern ding the system Of
land banks to small commercial and m
dustrial enterprises. The plan is based
on the association of small dealers among
themselves. the action of the state being
directed toward stimulating their initia-
tive
with that end in view. the government
will contir ne itself to fssvoring' the erea-
ton of peoples banks lsy simplifying for
maiities and renting taxation and, IN
addition, proposes to put ut the disposal
of these banks the greater rart of the sum
advanced by the Bank of France by vir-
tue of the convention of 1911. The first de-
gree OF credit for the small dealer Will