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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
THATCHING A DYING ART
Galvanized Iron Replacing Pict-
uresque English Roofs.
fFrom The Tribune Correspondent

fFrom The Tribune Correspondent
London. Aug i6--The interesting and
extremely picturesque matched roofs
which for so many years have attracted
the eyes OF the tourists who come from
newer countries TO old England are just
beginning to disappear, but in their stead
IN many places appear unsighty galvan-
lied iron roofs. Both in Devon and In
Somerset hundreds Of zinc roofs have
been erected over ricks. All sorts OF rea-
sons are given for the awkward and UNI
calmly change. one being that the thatch-
ing Industry is fast dying out In the West
Country. for almost all the present day
thatchers are old men.
Although the instruction departments CT
the County Councils are doing their best
10 keep the art OF matching TO the 'front.'
n cannot be said that much success has
attended their efforts. Death and emigra-
ton are filling the ranks OF the thatchers;
and another reason for the change Is SAID
10 he because owing 10 the decreased
acreage I'm wheat-also. II Is said, because
straw is not so uniformly LONG az 1t USED
10 be-the reed" or wheaton straw Is get
ting very scarce and dear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
$4,000 OWN LONDON LAND
Lord Northbrook, with 1880
Acres. Largest Holder.
LFrom The Tribune Correspondent. J


London. Aug. lon account OF bioyu
Georges programme for redistribution OF
land in England. for which every one IS
most nervously waiting. there has been q
great deal OF talk i'm the last few months
about the great number OF large land
boIdars I'm London This has led the
London County Council 10 compile list
OF L,ondon's landholders, which shows
that in a population OF 4.522O0 within the
area covered by the Council there IS
total OF $500 land owners. The number
OF individuals owning one house each Is
approximately 1890. while a little more
than 700 own five acres or more OF land
The area held by railway companies and
public authorities is about % square miles
out OF the total OF ll6 square miles In the
County OF London. The greatest single
landholders are Lord Northbrook and
Dulwich College, each OF which own more
than 1,2so acres.
Over go acres each: Lord St Germans
Blackheathl: II. w. Forster dewisham';
H. T. b. Barron Plumstead) and SIR
Spencer Maryon-Wilson Hampstead and
Charlton).
over $50 acres: Duke OF Westminster
Pimlco).
over 800 acres each: Lord Dartmouth
(st. Pancras and Lewisham); Prudential
Assurance Company various districts'
and Magdalen College. Oxford CWands-
WORTHY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
nv Cable to The Tribune. J

san Sebastian. Aug 23.-The bull
fight season is now In full swing and
is attracting unprecedented interest,
owing 10 the extraordinary feats Of a
hitherto unknown toreador. only eigh-
teen years old named Gallito. who dur
ing the bull fighting competitions going
on here the past ten days between nine
Of the most famous toreadors. includ-
ing Bombita and Machaquito, surprised
all his rivals and Is now proclaimed
the first toroador OF Spain. He Is six
feet In height. extremely slender. and
has large brown eyes and an enormous
" long aquIline nose. Gallito be-
wllders HIS bulls by gracefully waving
his cloak before the Infatuated ANIMAL
eyes the bull charging his empty cloak
while Gallito pivots about, so that the
toreador and the bull seem 10 be dane
ing together a sort OK internal Tango,
Gallito being so near tho bull that he
now and then pats the beasts nose
with the fingers OF his left hand. He
then performs the Gambia de Rodallas,
by posing with one knee on the ground
before the bull. and without moving
from his place incites the snorting and
believing beast by skilful waves OF
his mantle TO circle about him as II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
TOREADOR HAS BULLS
DO TANGO WITH HIM
Gallito, the New National Hero of Spain, Who
TOYS with Maddened Beasts, Is Only Eighteen,
but Masters All His Rivals in the Ring

Waiting and at last kills the bull with
one swift thrust of his sword.
During the performance OF making
the bull dance the tango with him on
Thursday Galito had his shirt-frills
torn away by the bulls horns. and ire
mendous outbursts Of enthusiasm
greeted him as he stood with naked
breast and the blood flowing from a
scratch made by the bulls horns on
his left cheek. bowling and smiling.
Among the spectators were General
Pornrio Diaz. OF Mexico, who came over
from Biarritz before starting for
Switzerland, where he intends TO pass
three weeks. and n number Of promi-
nent artists from Partisan theatres, In
Guiding Monet sully NJ. De Max Nine.
Jeanne Granier. Mime. Lavallere. Nine.
Brozia and Nine. Yvonne Mirval.
Veteran amateurs OF the science Of
bull fighting declare the prowess Of
Galllto surpasses anything seen since
the late master toreador Lagartijo
was at his best. a quarter OF century
ago. The enthusiasm is so great that
Yesterday the spectators acclaimed
Galito a national hero, and in the eX-
element ladies threw into the ring
their jewels, slippers, hats and rams
and his admirers cast before the VIC
tor. I'm allusion 10 his name. superb
fighting cocks and roosters, In lace and
silver baskets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
FRENCH HOPE FOR TUNNEL
Propose Submarine Automobile
Roadway to England.
Try Cable 20 The Tribune.

Paris. Aug. 23.-Great enthusiasm is
expressed everywhere in France in re-
gard 10 the increasing probability OF an
AnClo-French tunnel under the Dover
Straits becoming an accomplished tact-
lie Temps" 'Te Journal des Debats'
"Ie Figaro" and NJ. Clemenceau's
paper "L'Homme Libre." are all IA
voring the scheme which TO meet
French ideas should be double-par-
relied tunnel, one for railroad trafhc
and one for an automobile highway.
President Poincare, Premier Barthou'
War Minister steeg. Naval Minister
Baudin and Senators Georges Clemen-
ceau. Alexandra Ribot, D'Estourneiies
de Constant have all expressed them
selves warm partisans of the double
barrelled tunnel scheme which they
hone will eventually be acceptaoie 10
the British Council Of Imperial De-
fence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
DEAD CHILD REBORN?
italian Scientist Cites Case OF
Reincarnation.
frrom The Tribune correspondent

FROM Inc lEluuuc
Rome. Aug. l3.-Professor Calderone has
published in the italian magazine. the
''Fnosofa della Scienza." a long article
dealing with an alleged case of reincar-
nation in the family OF Carmelo Samona.
a Sicilian doctor
The story is briefly that Dr. Samona
and his wife some time ago lost their
fve-year-old daughter. Alessandrina, and
a short time afterward, at a spiritualisuc
seance. the dead child was alleged %
have told her mother that she would be
reborn on Christmas Day in the follow
ing year.
AT a second seance she announced:
''There will be two Of us. myself and an
other"
On Christmas Day. fourteen months az
ter the date OF the last seance. Signora
samona gave birth to twins, both girls,
ons OF whom bore on the face three
marks identical with marks on the face
of the dead child, and after year began
TO manifest exactly the same moral and
physical tendencies.
The two children are now two years
old. Professor Calderone's statements are
confirmed and signed by number OF
persons who were present At the spiritual
istic seances referred TO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
"GYP" TURNS TO HISTORY
Napoleon's Goddaughter He
roine of Her Latest Book.
,rroro The Tribune Correspondent


Ave 15-"Gyp' (Comtesse de
,,-.an seems 10 have exhausted all pure
-, par,e,an tones for novels ana shoI.
e,ories and has plunged into suDJe''e V
his,orv Perhaps this is due 10 d'avis"'
derived from her great-great-uhcie' Aiad
49, Al all events, the latest bit OF nc
- -, tho author OF "Peut-Bop ana
.N1oriaoe de Chiffon" is based upon events
20 .,,a T,rst Empire and the Bourbon res
toration. ho,o,re
&c qoddauehter Of Napoleon ana niece
90 enc grand master OF ceremonies Oh
Iorto xVrIT Like the famous "Cheva-
liAre DION" she often dressed herseh III
male attire, and was present at the VA
Tie OF Waterloo. where her iather' sai
liant cavalry colonel, was kilied oeioie
her eyes.
"Cvp" seems 10 have taken page from
Tho retbods of Dumas. for Napoleon
cite" has all kinds OF exciting adventures
and court intrigues. She startles Bour-
bon etiquette by shouting in the Corridors
OF the Tuileries "Vive rEmpereur" She
renders inestlmable service 10 the hihe
by stealing away from the roydi lhNoii..
Nine dc Cayla. compromising PAPERS, , aiiI
ON another occasion prevents Louis xviii
from being kidnapped. by his political r emf
The sueciai haired OF Monsieur" the tut
ure Charles X. and she was conunualIy
Of swords points with Nine. de hemusa''
Guizot and Chateaubriand.
There Is deal OF cleVSr lhTisite lei
acter painting IN this risky little nove'
and in spite OF the freaks Of wild imagina-
ton which replace facts II supplies t he
dramatic setting and local color OF tn inc
restoration OF the Bourbons with teii!hs
courts OF Henry w and Louis XIII was
..recnnstrllctedL hv tina elder Dumas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
MANUEL'S TITLE IN DOUBT
Styled King by British Sover-
eigns-Comment Caused.
nv cable 10 The Tribune I

London. Aug. 23.-The fact that
Queen Alexandra has sent a wedding
present TO Manuel OF Portugal in
scribed ITO my dear Manuel King OF
Portugal. from his anectionate aunt.
Alexandra" and that the King and
Queen Mary sent a present very sim
ilarly inscribed caused much comment
this week. and a good many people
are still contendinG that Manuel should
not be openly styled King I'm q country
that recognizes the Portuguese repub-
lie. and presidents are cited.
When Louis Philippe became an ex-
lei in England after the revolution Of
lS4S he and his wife lived quietly at
Claremont as the Count and Countess
de Neuilly one of the newspapers
goes so far as 10 say:
Perhaps Sir Edward Grey will
obllge with a hint"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
FROM ALTAR TO EXILE
Russian Woman Who Married
Is Husbands Sent to Siberia.
TOO EAGER FOR PROPERTY
--latest Victim s Suit for Divorce
Discloses Remarkable Career
of Tatiana Betcheriak.
tFrou The Tribune Correspondent.


St Petersburg, Aug 12-Tat.ana Bet
Siberia. after making "A record Of marry
ing sixteen of the more impressIonable
and Weather Of several hundred men
who fell in love with her at various times.
Tatiana. who is nov more than forty
years old. began her career at the age Of
sixteen years, when she married her first
husband. lie lived for three years. and
soon after his death she married a rich
land owner. who spent large sums Of
money on her. Just before his final ruin
she left him. taking with her everything
movable of any value which he still
owned.
The womans next husband was a
stock broker AS soon as she could in
duce him to transfer all OF his property
TO her she sold il and went abroad
with a young Lieutenant. whom she soon
deserted. however. for an Oriental con-
sui, who was her next husband. This
affair did not last long, for as soon
as she could gather together all the
coEsuTs marketable property she forged
a passport and returned to Russia
Here she married an official in high
position and. following her custom, left
him rs soon as she could get his VAL
uables together. This husband, however,
was Of a revengeful disposition. He
caught her and she was exiled TO ST.
IBERIA.
II seemed as II the woman's career was
at an end but fair Tatiana married her
taller and fed with him to CONSTANT
nople. unfortunately for her, her former
husband. the Oriental consul. had been
transferred 10 that coast. and with per
fectlv natural fear Of unpleasant comph-
cations she hastily removed herself ana
her husbands movable property from
Turkey 10 Russia. She was content 10
live a more or less single life for the next
two years. and enjoyed the income de-
rived from investing the sums inyolun-
tariy bestowed upon her by her numer-
Gus husbands
a peaceful quiet soon. however, palled
upou Tatiana and she married te" more
efIsceutfble men. eventually achieving h"r
sixteenth victim, q barrister This union
seemed destined 10 prove happy. There
was a child and life for her was pro-
crossing I'm the most orderly fashion
when. at bali IN q small town. she
met one OF her former husbands. pcSpt"
hcr cutreaties this man informed the man
whom she said she at length genuinely
loved. Her husband Instituted proceed
ings for divorce, with the result thai inc
police discovered that the woman was a
former convict. and she is nov once more
on her way TO Siberia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
N. Y. ART COMMISSIONS
AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED
Secretary Tells London Society
of the Good It Has Accom-
plished Here.

London. Aug. 23.-Several prominent
members cf the American Civic Asso-
citation who visited Hampton Court this
week al the invitation Of the London
Society gere afterward entertained by
the society at the Mitre Hotel. Mr..
Warehouse, ex-sccretary Of the Amer
lean Civic Association. said that the
New York Art Commission had sue
ceeded in establishing it's authority 30
thoroughly that ii was no longer posi-
bic for generous donors Of monuments
or buildings TO have them carried out
in their own way without the approval
of the commission.
This, he remarked. constituted use
full barrier against the blots ana
srnirches which previous gifts had IN
fortunately laid upon the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
DUBLIN FILLING UP
Horse Show Week Signal for
Society Activities.
Try Cable to The Tribune.

Dublin. Aug. 23-Dublin and It's
neighborhood will be very fun for the
horse show, and a brilliant attendance
is looked for each day. A large party
will be entertained by Lord and Lady
Aberdeen. whose arrival at the show
on two Of the days will be carried out
I'm viceregal state Their guests Will
include Ambassador and Mrs Page.
Many evening entertainments Will be
given throughout the week. Lady
Aberdeen has sent out invitations Tor
her usual big dinner parties, and much
entertaining will be done at the Royal
Hospital. where Lady Paget, who mas
been abroad. is expected TO give big
ball. which will be attended In state
by the viceregal party. Lady Aoer-
deem will also give a private dance
and she. with the Lord Lieutenant ana
her guests. will attend a ball to be
given at the Rotunda in aid or n local
charity.
II 70 doubtful II Lord and Lady
Iveagh will have friends staying with
them. owing TO the still delicate state
Of Lord Iveagh's health. hut among
other entertainers Of the week are Lord
and Lady Fowls. at Poyis Court cas-
tie; Lord and Lady Decies, who have
become most popular since they TOOK
up their residence at Luttrellstown' ana
Sir John and Lady Arnott, who are
always 10 the fore during this all I'M
portant week and during the Castle
Goa son
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
CARACAS GOVERNMENT
REPORTS R0UT OF REBELS
All Revolutionaries Captured or
Driven Into Colombia and
Made Prisoners There.

Caracas. Aug. 23.--The United States
cruiser Des Moines. which Is In Ven
ezuelan waters 10 protect American inter
ests. is steaming toward Coro. a town In
the state Of Falcon. recently recaptured
by government troops. The warship left
Porto Cabello yesterday
The Venezuelan government announces
that General Jurado. the federal com
mander, has captured the remaining revo-
Iutionaries in the State Of Falcon after a
fight at Cumaribo.
II also is officially declared that the rev.
olutlonary bands in the State Of Tachira
have been driven across the frontier
where they were captured by Colombian
troops.
There still remains a number OF revoiu-
tionary groups. however, at other local.
ties I'm Venezuelan territory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
BABY'S BATH DELAYED
Waited a Month for Permission
to Take Water from Sea.

Paris. Aug. l5-"Le Matin" tells an IN
teresting story OF the difficulties OF
family at Trouvile In following their
Doctors prescription Of warm sea baths
for the baby
The maid was sent 10 the beach last
month 10 fetch couple OF buckets OF
water. but was prevented from doing SO
by customs official. who stated that U
was illegal 10 take away sea water.
Application was thereupon maze 10 the
authorities on a special paper bearing
eo-centlmes stamp. Other formaIlues
having been compiled with the necessary
authorization has nov been granted ana
the baby can have the baths as ordered.
The reason given for the prohibition is
lest sea water be used for making bread
without any duty being paid on the salt
In II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
CRIME LAID TO MOVIES
Russia Placing Heavy Restric-
tons on Film Shows.
fFrom The Tribune Correspondent. J

From The Tribune Correspondent
st. Petersburg. Aug. 12-Heavy restrlc'
lions are being placed on moving picture
shows in Russia by the order Of the Min
lister OF Education. The minister has re-
ported that his Investigations lead him
10 believe that the great increase In crime
among children and the increase OF sui
cides are due to moving picture shows
and he has made his new regulation IN
the hope OF decreasing crime.
Hereafter moving picture films are to be
taxed 2i2 cents a yard. whether Russian
made or imported. Boys and girls under
the age Of sixteen are now refused ad-
n,,,tance to picture shows not especially
adapted TO young people. There is also
nrotect for closing down all picture
nIaces at p. m, but this would' no
doubt. mean bankruptcy for them. In
some cities. especially where the bulk OF
the population is non-Russian' picture
paIace proprietors pay one-sixth OF tneir
gross rrofits 10 the imperial theatres.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
TUBERCULOSIS CUT DOWN
international Conference to
Show Decrease in Disease.
FRIEDMAN TO BE ABSENT
But Delegates Can See the
Condition of Patients
Treated by Him.

Berlin. Aug 14.--Recent progress In the
worldwide tight against tuberculosis VIII
be clearly set forth at the eleventh Inter
national Anti-Tuberculosis Conference. 70
be held this year in Berlin from October
% 10 &c. One evidence Will be the at
tendance.
Twenty-eight nations will be repre-
scented by delegates, and although no
cure" for tuberculosis can be reported
encouraging progress will be recorded tow
ard the control of the disease by natural
restorative means, food and fresh air
and by modern methods OF sanitation DIS
infection and isolation.
DR.. =. f. friedman has not appEed
for a place on the programme and nc
cording TO one member OF the committee
Of ARRANGEMENTS. none would have been
given him had ne done so. the German
EXPERTS being more than ever skepucai
and insistent on the SUBMISSION OF 'he
Friedman serum 10 the convenuonai
tests before taking the doctors preten-
slons seriously. The American visitors 70
the conference will. however. have oppor-
tunity 10 see the patients on whom III.
Friedman based his original claims OF
success eighteen months 20 two years
after treatment was begun, and 10 Judge
how his claims have been borne out DE
time
Aside from the social and business ses
sions the programme shows reports ana
discussions under the general topics OF
"Tnberculos!s and Mankind The SurSi-
cal Treatment OF Tuberculosis" THE Role
Played by Life Insurance in the Strugei =
Against tuberculosis professional
Schools for Children Predisposed TO Con-
sumption" and an afternoon devoted TO
miscellaneous topics.
American delegates are expected TO con-
tribute largely 20 the programme inc
limited states being admittedly in the lead
in many respects in the successful haho-
ling of tuberculosis problems. In Europe
although the Scandinavian countries, par
ticularly Sweden, have scored the greatest
results in combating the white plague
Germany is considered 10 show the high
est degree Of organization.
The delegates will find that Germany
has made substantial progress since the
first OF these conferences. in 1902, In re-
ducing the terrors OF consumption. From
the reports of 34s cities OF more than
Is 600 population each. II appears that the
yearly death rate from tuberculosis was
reduced from 22.26 per 10000 population
in 1905 to 1890 In 1911. For the whole
kingdom Of Prussia the rate for 1912 was
only 1449
The reduction has been particularly
rapid in hospitals and homes FOR con-
sumptives, having dropped within sixteen
years from 81 to IL In penitentiaries
and tails. formerly regarded as breeding
centres for tuberculosis diseases. the NOR
talty is now only about one-sixteenth OF
what Il was some fifteen years ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
NO ITALIAN L0AN--YEI
Ex-Premier Admits, However
That Nations Balance Is Low.

Rome. Aug. 23-Slgnor Luigi Luzhatu'
ov-Prernier and the most competent man
in Italy in financial matters mas Ju9.
published an article denying the ne"s
given by the journal DIES Depats' Oh
paris. in which It was alleged that Itaiy
was TO contract a loan Of s2oo'oo'oo IN
Paris 49,.
..Italy" writes signor Luzzatu doeS
mt need any new loan at the preSen'
moment, and, If she should need H. "ou'd
no in a condition 70 provide Tor py
herself" Admitting that the Italian ofI-
ance could be strengthened. signor huh-
aa.t saws the condition Of France II
worse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
CELEBRATE FRENCH DEFEAT
Grossbeeren Observes Centenary OF
Napoleonic Reverse.

Berlin, Aug. 23.-Grossbeeren, a httie
village in the Province OF Brandenours'
twelve miles south OF Berlin, to-day Is
celebrating the centenary OF the battle OF
Grossbeeren. which saved Berlin from
French occupation and resulted In Ma
poleon's first defeat OF his campaign
which ended In the battle Of the nations
at Leipsic.
Prince Eitel Frederick is representing
Emperor william at Grossbeeren, where
AN address was delivered to-day by the
great-grandson Of the late Prussian COM
mander. General Frederick William Won
Buelow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
CARDINAL WIVES Y TuTo DYING.

Rome. Aug 2S-The condition OF Cardi-
nal Wives y Tuto. who is here in a sana-
torium. Is so serious that there Is little
hope OF his recovery. A statement given
out this week by the doctors said the
advanced age OF the prelate and the fact
that he does not retain nourishment limit
the possibilities Of q cure,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
ITALIAN FOR ALBANIAN THRoNE7

Naples. Aug 9-From Wen informed
,o,,rces q was learned to-day that after
The decided refusal OF the Kaiser to have
c.ar,,or nrince on the throne OF the
NC s.ate of Albania 1t was proposed
that that 10 avoid dlssensions between Italy
ina austria, the Albanian throne be of
S Sis 10 the Count OF Turin cousin OF
King Victor Emmanuel VINO IA suSh oaSe
would marry an AUSTRIAN ai
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
EoYPT's FRONTIER DEFINED.

Rome, Aug. 2a--With great satisfaction
Il was learned here this week that the
Italian government had reached an
agreement with the Egyptian government
regarding the dellmitation OF the border
between Egypt and Cyrenaica-