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The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICER
ATTACKED BY CHEETAH
Animal Of Leopard Type, from India,
Suddenly Appears in Suburb Of
London.

Specia- Cable to The Washington Herald.
London. April ga Dublin custom
house officer. Cecil Graves, was attacked
in Hathmines, one Of the suburbs, by q
cheetah, an animal Of the leopard type,
found in India and Africa, which had
evidently escaped from its captors. He
had his dog and thick stick with him.
and he succeeded In killing the animal
IT was taking a walk near Grosvenor
Square," said Mr.. Graves. when q
strange looking animal, somewhat larger
than an Irish terrier. suddenly sprang at
me out OF a hedge near some gardens.
With a hoarse bark 1t grIpped my trcus-
er leg near the knee. tearing the elotn.
shook the animal on. and a fiert s1fue
gle then took place between 1t ara ny
dog. SEEKING the animal thrt Al. tho
cheetah dragged him toward the hedge
I caught the cheetah q heavy tiaw be-
hind the ear with my stick whic killed
him. took the dead body HON, 10 nv
house, where 1t awaits indentifics
The surmise is that the amin = Was
brought from abroad by some Fesiuslss
with the object Of making 1t q pei.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
PRINCE EDUCATED
WHILE YOU WAIT
Successor to British Crown Absorbs
Learning BY Rapid-6re
Mefhods.

Special Cabls to Ths Washington Herald.
London. April 5.-rhat very inoffensivc
youth. the Prince OF Wales. is receiving
what might be called rapid-fire educa-
ton.
He has been sent to Paris to learn the
French language under the tutelage Of
King Edwards friends. the Count and
Countess de Breteuil. and is supposed to
have acquired q huency in that tongue in
a few months residence.
He has been entered at Oxford, where
he has had a corps Of private tutors and
an instructor in the bagpipes, and now he
has been sent to Wurtemburg TO learn
the German. the tongue OF his ancestors.
Meanwhile, his careful mother. Queen
Mary, is suffering from depression. She
did not mind parting with the Prince Of
Wales when the boy went to Paris be-
cause she knew that he would constantly
be under the eyes Of his host and hostess,
the de Breteuils; but her sons travels in
Germany are a source of anxiety to her.
So much so that ii was by her special
wish that one of the smartest young de-
tectives from Scotland Yard accompanies
the prince.
The King Of Wurtemburg, who IL to be
the princes chief host, is the head OF
the Teck family, of which Queen Mary
is a member. He is q keen sportsman and
a good shot, and in the fall he and the
Queen of Wurtemburg will pay a sort Of
return visit to Balmoral Castle.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
PARIS BEAU BRUMMEL
PLEASED WITH AMERICA
De Fouquieres Has Nothing but Praise
for People He Met on Recent
Trim Here.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
Paris. April 5.-Andre de Fouquieres.
the Paris Beau Brummel, speaking OF
his American visit said:
"America is simply prodigious; every
Frenchman should visit it. They say
It is country of business; say 1t Is
a land Of achievement. have sounded
all the depths of American society and
find the people who compose 1t natural,
unassuming and cordial.
II have met kings Of commerce and
industry; have been the guest at mill
tary review; had most fiattering receipt
lens In the universities. The adjective
for them all is prodigious. Not excelsior
but prodigious should be on the Ameri-
can banner. All the men there who
amount to anything are kings of some
thing.
81 ask myself If this is the reincar-
nation Of the dead royalties of old
Europe. Do the Bourbons and Stuarts
live In the kings of cotton and corn?
Every man you meet in American society
Is president Of this. that or the other
trust; they beat even the number Of
colonels."
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
ENGLISH M. PS. PLAN
SET OF PIGEON RACES
Handel Booth and Percy Illngworth
Arrange Novel Contest
for JuIy.
for July.
Ie to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, April IA Parliamentary
sports contest of an entirely novel de.
scription, which. undoubtedly, will arouse
interest of the keenest character, has
been arranged between Handel Booth
M. p, for Pontefrat and Percy Hing.
worth. chief Liberal whip and NJ. p.
for Shipley.
Pigeon flying is wonderfully popular
in both districts, and Handel Booth
challenged Mr.. Iliingworth for a race
between birds from the two constitu-
encies Mr.. Illingworth. a keen pigeon
fancier,. promptly accepted. and the gen.
eral arrangements have been made al
ready.
Sixty birds from each district are to
be released in Palace Yard, and prizes
of SIS, $50, and SIS will be offered for
those first home, time allowance be-
ing made for the difference In the dis
tances to the two places. The contest
Is to take place in July.
Great enthusiasm in the event has
been aroused among the workingmen
Of the two divisions. and birds are al
ready being prepared.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
ANARCHIST LACOMBE, PERPETRAIOR
OF MANY crimes, FINALLY CAUGHT
French Criminal Thought to Be Last Of Famous Motor Bandit
Gang, Falls Into Drag Net Of Police and Is
Captured with Ease

this horrible tragedy continued, neither
Erloach nor his wife daring to move
hand or foot
Let me live. at least" said the wom-
an. II have little boy. Who will rear
him IL / am dead?' "Wretched crea-
ture," snarled Lacombe, do you think I
am going to leave orphans? I will shoot
your boy as well. All three Of you viii
go to heaven together"
Let me write at least one word to
my parents implored the woman.
mot a word said the bandit, your
parents do not care a straw for you,
your son, or your husband" Finally at
8 o'clock in the morning he said, Now
your end has come; i am going to fire.
He still delayed for a while to shoot.
enjoying the agony of his victims. BY
wonderful piece of good luck for the
woman the lamp went oui just as he
fired the first shot. Her husband was
wounded MORALLY in the neck and
groaned. She slipped out of bed and lay
motionless on the floor. The wretch fired
again thinking he hit her and then es-
capped.
When the details of this horrible crime
were known it caused a tremendous
sensation. The entire police force was
in vain modified for days to capture
the villain. Erlbach' soon died Of his
wound, but his wife survived and also
his little son, who slept all night in a
little room below. The wretch, fearing
to be caught, did not take time to go and
kill the boy as he had threatened he
would do. Besides the above crime he
is accused OF three others.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
GERMAN empire DEBATING ON
MEANING OF kAISER'S STAND
Is Ruler Planning to Precipate War with France to Justify
Maintenance Of Great Army Is Question
Now Agitating Country.

the armies Of Prussia will be ready to
stand by their countrys ally, but who Is
able to say what might have happened
X the Kaiser's secret had not leaked out?
Everybody knows Emperor Williams
impulsiveness. and II Is not unreasonable
to suppose that he may have fixed upon
the Tooth anniversary Of the overthrow
by Germany Of Napoleon's yoke as the
proper time to defeat and humifiats
France. which is rapidly growing strong
er. richer, and more patriotic.
Emperor william Is living in con-
tinued atmosphere OF great military cele-
hrations. each one OF which tends to
convince him more than ever Of the ir-
resistible strength Of his army, and all
these army festivals, with their flow OF
martial oratory. might well intoxicats
even a less sensitive and ambitious brain
than his-especially when the ever-in-
creasing number of Socialist members
in the Reichstag Is warning him that
the day may not be far away when
the German army may begin to dwtndle
into final insigniAcance. because the
Reichstag will refuse to go on robbing
the people to provide money for soldiers
and guns.
Another successful war again. F-snca
would be the only thing viii \ cct-i&
make the army popular in Gerr-asy al
stem the tide of Socialism, and that the
Kaiser may have thought of ug3ag thi5
desperate means to further DC 1~E
ideas is by no means impossible, CT sSec
unlikely.
II this is true, then 1t Is . So OF
history repeating itself 1t Is eef the
geese on the capitol saving RcGss. hug
the voice Of a member of the Italia1
Legislature from the capitol sa, ul@ the
Old World from a most disastrous $50
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06

Special Cable to The Washfngton Herald
Berlin. April 5.-Soma Of the halo of
the chief promoter Of peace In the world.
which the Kaiser has spent years In
placing Around his brow. has departed
from him. and many. even among those
who firmly believe In his sincere love
OF peace, are now asking themselves
what the Kaiser's real intentions are.
Does he desire to end his reign In peace.
or does he want to make an effort to
win military laurels on the battlefield?
That a paper SO closely connected with
the foreign department for so many
years as the Koelnische Zeituns should
on, its own responsibility indulge In a
violent attack, which was certainly abso-
lutely uncalled for. upon France was
absolutely incredible to all sensible Ger
mans, and In spite of the official rebuke
which was administered to the paper
through the Norddeutsche Algemeine
Zeitung, everybody here still believes that
the offensive article was inspired from
Berlin, and this impression was further
more strengthened by the statement In
a French paper that a member of the
Italian Parliament had informed the
French government that the Kaiser had
secretly asked the government of Italy
IL 1t would be ready for war in October
nex.
The statement was denounced as a
deliberate lie. and the official denial was
supposed to be sufficient to bury this
''canard," but why. people here are ask
ing themselves, was the wedding OF
Princess Victoria Louise. which was orig
inally fixed for October a. been sud
denly changed to take place next month?
It Is safe to predict now that there
will be no war with France this fall
France will be too well prepared. and
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
Theatre DIES CHAMPS ELYSEES
Opening PROVES A big treat
Divides Musical and Dramatic Interest of Paris with Revvals
Of Berlioz's "Benvenuto CeIlini" and Weber's
"Freitchultz," Directed by Wemgarten.

House. is ballet entitled ''Une soiree
de Chopin
jacques Dalcroze, the successful
founder Of the much-talked-of Dresden
and MOSCOW SCHOOLS OF Rhythmic Gym
nastics," will shortly visit America to
organize a chain Of similar schools.
Mr.. Morgan's death caused little COM
motion in Paris except in the close cor
poration of the art dealers with whom
he was in the habit of doing business.
Loss to Art Dealers.
To the Duveens and Seligmanns and
other the demise Of the great banker of
course meant the loss of their chief pa
tron. But many Frenchmen sighed with
relief on learning that the all powerful
millionaire who had bought up so many
treasures so long the glory of this
country had been removed from one
field of his artistic activities.
A prominent Paris banker said yester.
day:
tant American capitalists with whom
have discussed the question that Mr..
Morgan's death will not greatly affect
the French market. The event had been
discounted here and French holders Of
steel securities have confidence in Mr..
Morgan's associates. Moreover, Mr.. Nor
gan himself had invested most of his
capital i'm American enterprises"
At the Inauguration of the new thea
ter de Champs Elysees on the night fol-
lowing the late bankers death one heard
hardly one comment on what most had
supposed would have created a world
wide upheaval in matters musical as
well as financial
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
sp.c;., c.bl. to The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL Cable TO The washington nefas
Paris, April 9Th. Anarchist Lacompe'
who was connected with various out
RACES committed by the band of motor
bandits after the death of Bonnet and
GARNER, and for whom the police nave
been searching for months, has been ar
rested. He was captured in the quar-
ter of La vilIette, and had at the time
two revolvers in his possession and nifty
loaded cartridges He was, however, I'M
able to make use of his weapons, and
after having beer carefully handcufred.
he was taken to the nearest police sta
ton in the Rue Tanger.
Lacombe is one of the most bastard
ly criminals that the police nave had 10
capture in recent times. His crime OF
December last alone brands him as
a villain Of the deepest dye. For wnoie
night he threatened a wretched couple,
Erlbach and his wife, who both had AT
one time been his best friends ana pro-
tectors and had saved him from the
police. He broke into their lodging after
dark, held two revolvers before them,
and told them that their moment had
come and to prepare for death. He
would not shoot them at once. II was
to be only after he had given them plenty
Of time to prepare for death. He made
them go to their bedroom, undress, get
into bed, and wait till morning when
II would suit him to kill them. he
kept the couple in fearful agony all
night, never leaving his revolver out OF
sight, and accusing them Of acting as
informers to the police. For eight hours
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
Special cabis 10 The Washington Herald.

Special Cable TO The Washington Herald.
Paris, April 5-The musical and dra-
matte interest of this week has centered
in the opening performance at the Thea
ter des Champs Elysees, where, besides
elaborate revivals of Berliozs "Benven-
uto Ceilini" and webers "Freitchutz,"
under the direction of Felix Weingar-
ten, has been seen the inauguration OF
a specially attractive concert season.
The programme OF the first concert
was entirely. made up OF music by
French masters. Saint-Saens directed
the performance of his "Phaeton;" De-
busy rendered the same service to his
Afternoon of a Faun;'' Vincent Dindy
conducted his Camp of WalIenstein;'
Dukas superintended the Interpretation
of his "Sorcerers Apprentice" and Ga
briel Faure took charge of his Birth of
Venus"
Gabriel Asturo, the manager of the
new house, may henceforth pose as the
rival Of Oscar Hammerstein, for. on his
opening night, the paper was still wet
on the walls and only few hours be-
fore the curtain rose, masons, uphol-
sterers and decorators were busy in the
building.
sPanurge" Appears Next Week.
Massenet's posthumous opera, ''Pan-
urge" will be produced next week at the
Cate Lyrique, with Vanni Marcoux, a
distinguished barytone, in the cast.
Marcoux will not sign next SEASON for
the Boston Opera House.
Another interesting novelty. promised
in the near future at the Paris Opera
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
Change in foreign POLICY
OF ENGLAND SEEMS APPARENT
Asquiths Uuerances Would Show that Country viii Not
Rush to Aid Of France in Event Of War
with Germany.
spscisi Gable to Tho Washington Hera.s.

Special Gable to The Washington Hera.e.
London, April 5.--That q change has
taken place In English foreign politics
during the last two years has been evil
dent ever since Mr.. Asquith, in reply to a
question In the House of Commons. said
that under no conditions was England I'M
der any obligation to send military
force across the Channel in order to asr
sist France in case she were attacked by
Germany.
Later IL has been asserted here in Eng
land that Mr.. Asquith spoke then as
Prime Minister. but that IL he had spoken
In his quality Of chairman of the COM
mittee Of national defense, his words
would have been different, and in the
Paris press Il has been stated that Wins
ton Churchill several days later explained
away the Prime Minister'S words in a
way satisfactory to France. But at pres
ent the people have only Mr.. Asquith's
official utterance to 60 by, and this most
certainty indicates a change OF FROM.
which is far from being approved by the
whole English nation.
Were Ready ina 1911.
1t is an indisputabIe fact that in the
fall Of 1911 the government had every
thing ready to send a very large body OF
troops into Belgium to meet a German at
tack on France, though that country had
II come to war over the Agadir Incl
dent. and when Germany had made sure
of this she suddenly backed down, not
feeling strong enough to fight France and
England at the same time. even if Rus
sia were not TO be dreaded at that time.
Apparently the relations between this
country and France have remained un-
changed since that time. but Mr.. Asquith
has, nevertheless, said that in no case
would English troops be sent out OF the
country to help France. So. under the
surface, a change must nevertheless have
taken place.
England's foreign policy has been
changed. She has reached something ap-
preaching an understanding with Ger
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06

many I'm regard to limitation of naval
ornaments, and certain secret promises
may have been made. England's purpose
is now to prevent a European conflict.
but the present omens do not seem very
favorable.
Germany has unexpectedly declared her
intention of straining all her efforts to
prepare for war which Is to come
very soon, probably even before the end
of the present year If things 30 well in
Germany and badly in France. In that
case 1t seems that France Is to be left
to fight her own battles on land. And
here is where the critics of the govern
ment's new foreign policy see a great
danger to England.
England Comes After France.
II Germany is defeated in that strug-
gle. they say. everything will be well,
for England shall then stand to lose
nothing more than the friendship Of
France. But IL France is crushed, Eng
lands turn will come next. Germany
has several demands to make upon the
British Empire, which she dare not make
now. when France Is ready to rush to
it's assistance. But with the French
army eliminated as factor, these de-
mands VIII surely be made. and England
will have to accede to them or face the
war with Germany she has been dreading
for years.
And it is for this reason that a very
strong public opinion in this country de-
mands that the government should stick
to the policy which was so successfully
inaugurated and carried through by the
late King Edward. Those who raise
this demand are not the adversaries of
the present liberal government, but its
own supporters for the policy of the
strong entente may be carried through
without enormous naval expense or in
PRODUCTION OF general CONSUMPTION. But
the leaving Of France to her fate will
mean that we must be prepared to meet
Germany single-handed il she is victori-
otlS
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
POLICE DIRECTOR
BACK FROM SIBERIA
M. Lopukhin, ExiIed in 1908, Restored
to Former Rank and
Decorations.
Gable to TIE Washington Herald.

special Gable to The Washington Herald
st. Petersburg, April 5.-M. Lopukhin.
the director OF the police department in
the ministry of the interior, who was
exiied to Siberia in 1908 for alleged COM
pIicity in the revolutionary movement.
has received a full pardon and has been
restored to his former rank and deco
rations.
He was accompanied into exile by his
wife and brother-in-law, and some months
afterward he was followed by his daugh-
ter and Miss Russell, her English COVER
ness, who decided to share the fate of
the family.
Mrs. Lopukhin paid visit to London
in 1907, and on the evening Of October
"a, mysterislly disappeared as she left
the Aldwych Theater Her father came
from Russia to direct the search. A
week later Mile Lopukhin rang the bell
OF the door at the house where she had
been staying. No explanation Of her abb
sence was ever made to the public.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
ANDERSON.

Special Gable 10 The Washington Herald.
London, April 5.-Mme. Navarro, who
was Mary Anderson. the beautiful!
American actress. recently paid London
one Of her rare visits. She was pass
ing through from Ireland. where she
had visited Viceroy and Lady Aberdeen.
on her way to her magnificent home, at
Broadway, Worcestershire.
Nine. Navarro was accompanied by her
son, Antonio, very clever youth of
seventeen. who has great passion for
music and football
His mother, who seems to grow
younger and more beautiful as time goes
on. says that she hopes to pay a visit
to New York in the fall.
She is very enthusiastic over the good
time she had on her previous visit to
the American metropolis a little over
year age. when she was there to help
stage a play.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06

|TWO WOMEN figure
| in STRANGE TRAGEDY
PECULIAR NOTE IS DISCOVERED
Special Obj. to The w..hinstoa Herald.


London. April ga strange double
tragedy was discovered recently u
Godalming, when Mrs. L. wyman-Jef,
fryes and her daughter Natalie were
found drowned In pond in Busbridg<
Park Mrs. Wyman-Jenryes. who had
lived for seven years in q house with q
large garden on Holloway Hill. a resi-
dental district. was the wife. Of Mr.. H.
Wyman-Jenryes. a professional man OF
London. She was sixty and her daughter
was thirty years OF age
At few minutes past 4 in the morn
Ing a servant. Annie Barrett. was awak-
ened by Mrs. Wyman-Jenryes shaking
her and saying, "Annie. Annie. my
daughter has gone out and left note
saying that she il going to Busbridgs
Pond to die. and advising me to do
the same. Help me on with my cloak"
Mrs. Wyman-Jeffryes left the house
alone. The maid went out and told her
father. who informed the police. A
search was made and between and Z
a. m. the body Of the elder woman was
found floating face downward In the deep
water in the pond. She had on her
gloves and coat, and in her pocket was
a note. which said: IT am going to
Busbrfdge Pond to die. You had better
do the same
The daughters body was found two
hours later. a hundred yards away, be-
meath the water. Some kitchen weights
were tied to a handkerchief around her
neck. Her watch had stopped at min
utes past I. Her fur boa was found on
the bank
Marks on the grass seem to show that
mother and daughter approached the
pond by different routes. entering the
park by different gates. The park con-
tains large house. the residence Of T.
N. Graham, and the pond in which tho
women We're drowned is an overflow
from the lake In front of the house.
The lake Is quite a mile from the house
Of Mrs. Wyman-JeEryes.
Both mother and daughter Joined In
the social life of the district.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
MOTHER-IN.LAW GIVES
SEVEN STRIPS OF SKIN
FOR HER SON.IN.LAW

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, April 5.-Mme. Manouvrier, liv-
ing at Landrecies, Department of the
Nord, has ceven times allowed strips Of
skin to be taken from her body and
grated on to her son-in-law who was
accidentally burned and would otherwise
have died.
She was operated on without an anaes-
thetic and att the end of the seventh
operation tainted. When she recovered
consciousness she said to the surgeons:
81 am ready for another operation IL 1t
10 needed, to save my son-in-law's life"
The Washington herald., 1913-04-06
LONDON HOSPITALS FACE
SHORTAGE OF RADIUM


Special Cable to Tho Washington Herald.
London. April 5-wanted-One or more
phiianthropic business men willing to in
vest about $4,000 In radium and lend II
to the great London hospitals for the
relief OF suffering and the saving of
life.
This Is the crying need of at least
five famous metropolitan institutions
which employ radium for the treatment
of cancer and other diseases. These
hospitals are suffering from a shortage
of radium, and to make matters worse
the 500 miiligrammes at the British
Radium Corporations ofiices-virtually
all the radium in the English market to-
day-are being applied for by japan. and
may 30 abroad IL no one intervenes
promptly to prevent it.
The manner in which the London hos
pitfalls feel the famine In radium was
indicated in the statement of DR..
Lazarus-Barlow, director Of the cancer
research laboratories of the Middlesex
Hospital.
THE great majority of our unfortunate
patients have to die" says DIR. Lazarus
Barlow, simply because we do not eos
sess sufficient radium to relieve their
pain. and in a good proportion Of cases
to effect q probable cure"