The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-05
FRENCH MINISTRY
. SHOWS|TS POWER
l'raise for Manner 1t Handles
First Difficulty Which
Conironts II.
HANoTAUx GIVES WARNING
Gowned Advocates Greatly
Stirred by Woman in
Judges Scat.

Especial Cable to The Timcs. Dispatch,
Paris, February i.--GabrIel u;,ro.
faux. former Foreign Minister Inns an
article In the Figaro. IN when M.
warns those who are alreadv at work
10 overturn Premier Poncahe against
tho acknowledged indication that thcy
VIII arouse the country IL they suc.
ceea IN elindly upscttinS a ministry
"nich has just shown It's power IL
handhnG the first difficulty with when
IT has been conf rontcd. Tns IL the
trouble over the Italian seizure o,
! French steamships
The incidents have been arranged,
nc says, but the question remains tina,
the Mediterranean difficulty must
nenceforth he the governments his.
prsocc"lia ton. frances former adj
I vantage is gone She once had hut
an Eastern frontier, bu, now has a
so ithern one also Instead Of vague
native ncignbors. he continues France
now has the Italians, Spaniards and
/ Germans in contact with her African
| empire.
| In the meanwhile. the national
ministry has shown It's courage at
! two points Of internal policy which
| have gained the public appreciation
ana disconnected party politicians. NJ
| kioiz, the Finance Minister, gave the
/ senate the ministries view OH the in
! come tax as Il method of more fairly
| dividing the weight Of the direct taxa
| ton, and not COMPRISING the screws
/ 10 which another turn could 20 given
! when extra revenue was sought The
! otne- point was the action of 81 Mil
| lcrand, Minister Of war, who abolish
! cd the system of Ff!chcs, or secret re
ports on the army oincers, watch the
! protects, who are government noml-
necs, used to make to tn. War Min
lister. These fichcs were originally
! Intended for the cXtirpation of the
! antircpublican and clerical influences
| from the army, which was considered
| 4 hotbed of monarchism. They were
/ an unavoidable evil In the Boulangcr
days, and they developed intolcrablc
I abuses, among which was that officers
| were encouraged. In the hope OF pro-
motion. to denouncc their fellow officers
! for such acts as attending mass. NJ.
Millcrand now has abolished these re-
! ports entirely, and the only reports
, which will be made in the future arc
(; those specially requested by the min
I lister.
! Nine. Jusslin sat as judge yesterday
! in the commercial tribunal, before
| which disputes between employers
and the employed are tried. The prcsr-
| dent of the court WAS i'll. and his sub
stitute could not preside, as lie was
| personally interested In the case.
| which was n dispute between a tailor
and one of his employees. So Nine.
! Jusslin who was the only other elect
! cd prod d'homme present. occupied the
Judges chair. y prod d'hommc is a
member OF n French court of arbitra-
tion chosen from among employers
| and workmcn to settle industr al s!lf-
| fercnces.
The woman pudgc, after hearing both
| sides OF the case, condemned the tailor.
The fact that II woman occupied IL
| judges seat was an unprecedented
event, and caused sur among the
gowned advocates OF the commercial
f, tribunal.
The Jeugcot cycle firm ans offered
u prize OF $4,000 for the first blight IN
| the air In a machine VIII ca Is driven
BY purely muscular energy. The hicr
mus, cover ten metres and repeat the
| performance in the opposite dIrect:- u
| in order TO show that the wind does
not aid him. The competitions are
scheduled to begin by June /.
| Herbart harndin, II Ncw ork eieG-
| rical expert, who is here, tells The
| Times Dispatch correspondent that ne
i
/ which his father worked life time
ana to which he devoted fifteen years
| of his life.
~ cannot announce the details of
this invention" he said, las the patents
are pending, but the iaotivc force is
generated by liquid which Is put IN
motion by natural air currents
Before his death my tather discov-
cred the constituents of this liquid, but
! h. III Syh
There liz no limit 10 the power the
engine can generate. II Is too heavy.
however. for traction purposes. as II
| fifty-hurscpowcr engine OF this Type
| weighs 1000 pounds.
Tho engine Is nine fee. high. four
! feet broad, and two feet thick. The
| manufacture of the cnSin, costs about
| the same as any similar engine. but
the running cost is only 20 cents daily
| Mr.. ffarndin has sufficient capital
backing TO work the invention COM
| mcrctally.
Laura Ellen Adams, nineteen years
, old, and from Chicago, who has been
| studying the piano in Paris, has been
engaged to appear az tn Olympia
Music Hall as an actress. She then
goes to Amsterdam. She declares that
she has plenty OF money. but Is tired
of an idle existence.
| Count d'Aulhy de CATCHY who is
| well known to Americans because oil
| his prosecution by Mrs. Charles Humil-
| ton Paine, OF Boston, IS going to
America with musical masterpiece
of his own composition. which he is
sure will bring him fame. The case
against the count, whose title has been
questioned. was brought by Mrs. Paine
because of frauds practiced upon her
| Mrs Paine, 1t was learned. during the
| trial. has become married to the Duke
! Choiseul- Praslin. who says he is the
! head Of that house The case against
! the count was withdrawn by the for
= Qnstnp woman haSanae NJ