Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-25
FOREIGN NEWS
Hammer Queen Mary,s Efforts.

Hamper Qhccu wary ) EitoFts.
London, Oct. 25:-It is an open
secret in Court circles that Queen
Mary's efforts to bring her family
into greater prominence than they
have hitherto enjoyed, are being ser
iously hampered by the continual
pickering which goes on between her
brothers the Duke of Teck and
Prince Alexander of Teen.
The brothers, with their wives and
families have been occupying apart
ments at Windsor Castle, but owing
to the strained relations existing be-
tween them, it has been found me-
.cessary to find the Duke fresh quart
ers at Frogmore. The Duke n
Prince Alexander are temperament
ally as unlike as chalk and cheese,
and the latter's wife strongly dis
agrees with her sister-in-law on the
subject of bringing up children and
ether domestic matters.
Altogether the Tecks, who are
heartily die''ked by the public. are
far from being a happy family.
Queen Mary and the Duchess of TeCk
ore always at loeeerheads on the
question Of the education of their
children, and the latter's daughters
are forever quarrelling with their
cousin. Princess Marv. Despite the
fact that King George took his broth
er-in-law with him TO India, it is an
open secret that he is not fond of
the Duke of Teck's COMPANY. for the
latter. contemptuously STYLED "Fat
Adolphus" nv the man in the street.
has an aggressive manner, and diff
fers from his roval relative on almost
very subject under the sun.
Freight Cost Mems Lives.
London, Oct. 25:-"The lives of
those twenty ren were sacrificed to
100 tons additional freight"
This was the declaration of Magis-
trate w. IT. Lewis. of Cardiff, In pro-
nnuncing JUDGMENT in the inquiry
into the recent loss of the steamer
North Briton, which founderef with
all her crew. He held that the DIS
aster was entirely due to "insu@-
Gent freebnard." which had been
made permissible under the revised
REGULATIONS of the Board Of Trade
whereby the height of the PtnsO'1
mark on numerous vessels had heer
raised. The MAGISTRATE expressed
the opinion that manv of the wrecks
that have occurred since these reer-
lations won't into effect m'cht have
been chviated, if a proper freeboard
had been required.
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Building Flooded At Fair.
Petersburg, Oct. 25:-Because a
policeman at Rige had no orders to
turn off q water faucet in the offices
of the annual fair committee. the
,yhaIa hni1J;nn woo Hnndod ond tho
other tenants are now suing the
authorities for DAMAGES.
A detachment of notice had been
CHARTERED in the Offices during the
fair Desiring TO take p bath the
sergeant ordered one of his men to
turn on the tap. Before the bath
was ready a message from the pro-
vincial governor summoned the SER
geant and he hurried awav. Several
hours later an investigating tenant
fro none of the flooded floors below
found the policeman calmly standing
beside the o~ver-fowjng tub awaiting
the.sargeant's return. He COMPLAIN
ed that it would be impossible for
him TO turn off the tap without or
ders from his superior.
Germany Hos Go Ieu"h.
Berlin. Oct. 25:-A1l Germany is
laughing owe the eynloits of a man
named Glitch who. according to the
Mittaes 2aitune. has been earniro a
comfortable livelihood by selling
fake German war plans to foreign
governments.
Although a civilian. Glitch was
sufficiently vereed in military science
to he able. with the aid of Ordance
mans and timetables, to construct a
plan Of campaign for possible oper-
atoms on the French frontier that
looked like the real article. He SEN
it TO the general staff Of the French
army, with tho explanation that il
bad heen purloined from the Offices
of the German general staff w his
cousin, who was a German officer.
The cousin had TO meet a big gamhl-
ing debt in a few davs, and IT he
couldn't raise the necessary funds he
was resolved to commit suicide, Bv
return mail, so the story eoas. Glitch
received hanknotes for $1,000 and
q request for more of the same kind
of information.
He NOT only accommodated the
French with further plans, hut pro-
ceeded to worke out an elahnrat
three-frort mobilization against
France, Russia. and neland. which
be had little diFiculty in selling to
agents of the two latter countries.
Cbamnion British Polygsmist.
johannesburg. Oct. 25'-The
CHAMPION polveamist of the British
Empire has been discovered among
the Bantu trihesmen of the Trans
vaal, according to returns of the CEN
sus office. He has fortv-six wives.
and is th'rtv-Ave years OF age. His
next nearest competitor in the matri-
monial stakes boats of only thenty-
eight wives.
Hiph Price OF Meat Caused Vt.
Berlin, Oct. 25:-The prevailing
high price of meats of all kinds was
RESPONSIBLE for an extraordinary in
cident reported from the village of
Haerzdorf. in Silesia. where the
scarcity of beef amounts almost to
O famine.
An old delivery WAGON horse fell
dead in its shafts on the street and
was dragged to 3 nearby common
and skinned. While preparations
we're being made to burn the carcass,
according to the village regulations,