The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-28
AUTHORITIES PROBE SHAVING OF WOMAN
 BY OFFICIAL ORDER
Court MartiaIed and Shot to Death as Spy = May Have
 Been White Slayer
Police of Munich Act as CensOrs of Dancing in Big Social Event--Other Foreign
 Happenings

1 Belgrade, Feb. 16-An investigation has been ordered into the execution of Princess Soshowicka, a, Polish woman. who was recently courtmartialed and 1 shot at Uskub on the ground that she was a spy. She was engaged as a volunteer nurse in the Uskub military hospital The woman is said to have been Austrian citizen and the foreign office k Vienna. is reported to Servians declare that the wor1An was not a princess, but was known as a White Slave traH.cker.
 Munich, Feb 2G-I'hs action of the police authorities in sending four Criminal Inspectors to watch over the Munich Press ball, one of the big so- cial events of the season, has stirred society circles to such an extent that municipal government may have to name a new head for the police. The elite of Munich society was at the ball. Four officers appeared and said they had instructions to see that the moral code was not violated. One of these walked about the floor and freuent1y shouted to a, dancing couple don't shove, or don't hug under threats of having them removed from the floor. Several couples were ar rested.
 66OQl9, E6D G0r-STTaPG 9aL11G IS C0 De encouraged in Italy This was de- cided upon by the Anti-AlcohoI Con gress. As almost every foot of good soil is given over to grape-rafs4ng, the congress felt 1t would be up against an unpopular proposition if it under took to ruin tte leading industry of the country by discouraging wine drinking without providing some other use for the grapes. Plans were also adopted for encouraging the making of grapes in Jelhes and preserves for local and export use.
 London, Feb. 2STo the relief of those whose pocket books are not so large as their ambitions, the word has gone around in the select circles of society which regulates such functions that this season's .hallz- are to be of a simple character and without the slightest suggestion of s.Hreakfness" The reason is that no hostess who en- courages anything daring in the way Of costumes, is likely to receive Queen MAry's patronage. The queen has not issued any official instructions but her comments on several recent ex- travagant costume balls and other functions of unusual character have been duly passed on by the royal ladies in waiting. Herself simple dresser, Queen Mary has the strongest possible objection to extravagance and extreme fashions. For this reason the hobb1e, directcire and panier skirts are never seen in her entourage. She has no real objection to fancy dress balls, but the Queens cauetic com ments on what she termed the inn modesty Of the costumes worn by dancers at the recent Arabian Nights Post-Impressfonist, and Four Arts balls, gave little pleasure to the cuI- prits but great joy to the retailers of of Court gossip. 'tNo woman should dress beyond the limits Of her bank roll" is Queen Mary's motto, and aI- though the dressmakers are by no means pleased there has been a dis tinct slump in costly entertainments lately.
 Bombay, Feb. 26.-Hundreds of let ters are being received by the news papers from natives, apparently writ ten with the idea of ernpha sizing their loyalty to the British government. suggesting various methods of pun ishing the wo1ld-be murderer of Vice roy Lord Hardinge, when caught One contributor thinks that a. 'SEood effect might be producer if the remains ofl the bomb-thrower were to be Cistrf- buted among the public museums throughout the country Another. a Parsee, would have him rolled for an hour each day in a cask studded with sharp-pofnted nails, and salt rubbed in 1 the wounds" After this treatment has continued for a year, he should be ''brutally hanged