El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-27
ENGLAND WILL
PUNISH 4
SULTAN
Ruler Of Socotra Must Re
turn Loot or Get Thrashed
by Johnny Bull.
MYSTERY OF TIMUR
RUBY PARTLY LIFTED

London, England, April 27.-An expe-
diti0n viii be dispatched shortly from
Alden to punish the sultan Of SocoTa
unless loot taken from the British
steamship Kuala, which was wrecked
on the island OF SOcOtra, is restored
and an apology given
The punitive expedition viii con
sist Of cruiser Of the East Indian
squadron and the steamship D3lhOusie,
which VIII convey a company Of ma
tive infantry from the Alden sarri-
son. TIE command of that party VIII
be given to major general Sir j. A.
Ben, political resident at Alden
The KuaIa, bound from Dundee TO
Singapore. went ashore in November
ana one OF the crew was compelled 10
travel goo miles in an open BOAT lor
assistance The lives OF the crew
were threatened and the vessel was
looted by the natives. subsequently,
the crew was rescued by a Russian
ship and landed AT singapore.
SOcOtra is au island Of the lndlan
ocean lying near the entrance or the
CUR of Aucn IL is so miles long ana
contains l.5SU square miles InOuSh
virtually part Of an Arab sultanate, So
-Otra is under British prOIecllOns con-
shutting = dependency Of Alden
The Tisnur Ruby.
The Timur ruby has been part OF
the British crown regalia since II was
presented TO queen victoria IN 1891 Dy
the directors OF the East India Com
pany. There has been more or less
mystery IN the history OF this Jewel
some experts even contendIng that II
had been lost The recent visit OF the
king-e emperor ana his cOnsOrt TO india
resulted in the publication of history
Of the jewel written with the idea OF
clearing away the mlsapprehenslons
me Tim1r is the largest known
spineI ruby. weighing inst over S9z
carets 1t is uncut but polished ana
was probably discovered IN one on the
I'D ruby mines Of BadakShan- IL was
seized by Ameer Timur. better known
10 western historians as Iamerlane'
when ne plundered Delhi IN 1888 IN
due time IL descended 10 his grand
son by which time the great tartar
empire was on the Wane and during
one OF the many wars between the tar
tars ana the Pensions the ruby TEL INTO
the hands Of the kings or Iran Shaw
Abbas ] presented the ruby 10 MS
friend the mOgul emperor Jehanglr IN
1872 When his favOrite wife remOn-
strated with him for Inscrlblng ms
name on the jewel, Jehangir made the
striking prophecy that the ruby would
more Certainly carry his name down
70 posteriJy than written history, tor
= would always remain IN the poses
sian of the ruler OF Hlndustan, a
prophecy which has been fulfilled 70
the present day.
stolen From Delhi
In 1910 Nadir Shaw sacked Deim
and carried the ruby aWsy with MIN
When Nadir was assassinated IN 1t4i,
Ahmad Shaw seized the ruby with
other booty, and, proceeding south
founded the kingdom of AfghanlsJan-
When his grandson was expelled from
the country he sought refuge in the
far he COmDellE0
surrender both the koh-i-nOor and the
When the Punjab was annexed by
the British in 1913 the kCh-i-nOOr, the
Timur and all other state jewels were
taken over by the board Of admlnlsIra-
ton and the first named jewel was
taken directly 10 London where II was
presented to queen Victoria The IL
muir was later packed up with oIner
jewels and taken TO London for the
Ereat exhibition OF 1851. Al the close
OF the exhibition the ruby was pre-
scented TO the queen by the court OF
directors OF the East India company
since which time 1t has been one o.
the crown jewels
Too Much Charity.
During a conference of the socletles
for the relief Of foreigners in distress
held at the mansion house, the lord
mayor declared that he was inclined
TO agree with the American critics OF
England who asserted that there were
country. He was almost disposed 10
think that there was one society very
much missing in London and ne would
like TO give 1t the name OF the 30
ciety OF Education in Industry ana
Thrift. The two qualities were scarce
" known among the proietar1at OF
this country otherwise they would 7
scarcely need the work Of the num- !
erous societies formed and managed /
for the relief Of people who did not ]
helm themselves.
Sugar Beets In England.
The annual report Of the British +
sugar Beet council shows that the rails /
Ing Of sugar beets in England has I
passed the experimental stage The .
greatest advance reported by the .
council was the establishment Of a fac
tory at Norfolk There the farmers
viii be able TO test their beets and
those who have not yet planted their
lands viii be given instruction
The members Of the council are con-
WINGED that the industry VIII soon be
placed on a sound financial basis with
out any assistance from the develop
nent fund, which could not be drawn
upon because the International sugar
convention PROMPTS suosloles OF
grants of any kind by the government
cor an undertaking planned 70 produce
sugar for commercial purposes
Bones Of 1900.
The collection Of bones, the remains
Of at least 1000 people IN the crypt
of Boutwell, church, near kettering,
Northhamptonshire, has been rear
ranged and placed on shelves. to save
them from decay by damp
The crypt containing the remains
was accidentally uncovered by work
men some 200 hundred years ago
Many suggestions have been ventured
as 10 the origin Of the bones, among
them that they mark q monastic bur
ial place, or that they were the skel-
etOns OF the victims of plague, or
that the bones are those OF the slain
q { the battle of Naseby- A recent
theory is that the remains are the
bones OF Filla-e~s buried in the 18th
and 18th centuries