The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-01
OUR FOREIGN LETTER TELLS OF HAPPENINGS
 IN THE OLD WORLD
Yandowner in Vienna Has Close Call
 From Being Buried Alive.
How Young Women of . Village Man. aged to Have Dancing Restored.


 Sf. Petersbure, May M.-An unus- uAl form of strike is reported from the Polish village of Socbaczow, the population of which is almost exclu- eively Jewish Finding that his con gregation was too frfvolously inclin- cd. tho new rabbi placed a ban on dancing. whereupon a deputation of young women waited on him and de- mAnde0 that the edict be withdrawn. The rabbi. however, remained unyfeld- Ang. Then all the marriageable girls of the town held mass meeting and resolved unanimously not to wed un- ffl dancing should again be permit Red
 The rabbi held out for two months. during which time there was not a single marriage-and consequently no wedding fees. He finally capitulated, dances nightly to make up for lost &ime.
 Vienna, May M.-As a sequel to the recent turbulent scenes in the Reich erath, when the Christian Socialists other in connection with the election results, sixteen motions are pending for the appointment of as many com bnittees of inquiry into the alleged use pf unparliamentary language. Among the expressions complained of are Gxs s,political convict,A .'impudent mud tkrower." and apache"
 Paris, May 31.-Massieurs Henri Des- grange and Jules Gentii gave each other the shorter and uglier word, so ed at the idea of carving each other a1p with swords or blowing holes in each other with guns, they hit on a really up-to-date sporting duel.
 Desgrange is editor of a sporting uewspaper and Gentil manager of a drm of bicycle manufacturers and the latter being the challenged party chose a running match. best two out of three times. round the Bois de Bou- logne- Despite the fact that he is ten years older than his rival Des- grange had Gentil beaten to a fraz- zle in the first race covering the eight mile course in forty seconds un- der the hour. The second and third races are to be pulled off as soon as Genul has recovered his breath, but In the meantime Desgrange consid- CTS his honor Is satisfied.
 Vienna. May 31-A funeral which had to be postponed because the '-corpee' thought he would like to go home Is reported from Zurawica, Galicia- A prominent lAndownslr named Masny was being buried with
 
 en his last benediction to the depart ed and the relatives were commencing to fill the grave, when hollow cries Tor help were heard Issuing from the cof1in- Most of the mourners stam- peded mad with terror, but on the 0uficient courage to investigate and remove the lid of the coffin, the sscorpse" was found to be very much alive. He could give no explanation of his strange trance. but was well enough to walk home, and is now com pletely recovered.
 Tropdlo, May M.-Holding that war fare should be conducted on scientific principles, Marquis Piraino, command er of the Italian dirigibles operating 0ear Azizia, sailed over the Turkish encampment at Seniti-beni-Adem, and dropped a polite note to the Turkish commander Javer Effendi, requesting him to try a little artillery practice s@in the interests of aerial warfare" rhe Turks obliged at once, and suc- reeded in hitting the dirigible which retired for repairs.
 Berne. Switzerland, May 31. - The raids by American and British tour lsts on the edelweiss and other char acteristic Swiss flowers, have caused the Federal authorities to introduce legislation to prevent their absolute exterminatien. Under the law which Is now before the Swiss Parliament it Is prohibited to buy. sell, dig or pull ,rp the edelweiss, the fire lily, the Si- berian spring crocus, the blue Alpine roiumbine, the daphne. the Alpine vio- lef. and other national flowers which have suffered so much at the hands of tourists.
 London. May s1 Despite Judge IIumley smiths orders the jury at the old Bailey refused to acquit Arthur Johnson. restaurant keepeA charged with obtaining $400 by false preten ses. The judge agreed that it was a clear case of fraud, but as there was no evidence as to '.mis-statement of fact'' the law did not permit a con- viction. The jury refused to acquit and were accordingly discharged, the case to be retried next session
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