Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES

several historic houses of entertain
ment in London pay heavy dividends
because American tourists put up with
bad food and poor service on account /
of historical associations. And, more /
over, some of these lack the historical /
authenticity of the Franklin house.
Eastbourne, Sept. 27-The annual ,
Eastbourne tournament, second only
in importance to the sll-England cham
pionships at Wimbledon has ended,
bringing TO a close one of the most
witnessed in England.
The season has been a veritable tri-
umph for j. c. Psrke, the brilliant
Irish player, who went down TO defeat
only one during the year, and that to
Mclaughlin in the open championship
at Wimbledon. He retrieved this de-
feat by beating the great American
player in one of the single matches
in the Davis cup challenge round.
Since last November Parke has beaten
among others, Norman Brookes, A. F.
Wilding, N. r. Mclaughlin, r. y. Viii
liams, A. E. Beamish and A. H. Lowe.
London. Sept. 27.-Another instance
of old customs giving way to new is
found this week in Lloyds Under
writers room, where the famous old
Loss Book" which almost ssince the
inception of the present headquarters
only contained records or losses of yes
sells, their capture, seizure or other
forms of detention, is now to become
a casualty book, which will have post
ed within its pages minor casualties,
such as damages to ships, equipment,
collisions or any happening that might
cause delays, for which the underwrit-
ers reinsure.
Another improvement will be the
posting of home and foreign arrivals
on typewriter sheets instead of the
present laborious method of entering
them by hand in two large volumes.
Many of the older, more conservative
members express regret at these
changes, but the younger generation
welcome them as facilitating their
work.
! The taking over of the telephone sys-
/ TEN by the British postoffice depart
ment has not been welcomed by the
other public utilities already under the
the control of the postmaster-general,
and when that official returns fromAis
visit to Canada he will find feud in
/ full swing between the officials of the
! telegraph and telephone divisions.
! The officials of the two departments
/ have been at loggerheads for some
/ time and the lack of teamwork has
been made painfully apparent by the
adoption of separate codes for the
two systems, although the same clerks
in most of the offices do both the tele-
graph and telephone work.
Practically ever since the telegraph
was invented code names have been
used to designate towns with long
names and recently the telephone de-
partment decided to adopt the same
system. but instead of duplicating the
! telegraph code il invented one of its
own. Now most of the towns have
| different code names and when the
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scribers will be prepared for trouble.
Some of the subscribers already have
/ protested and pointed out that the use
of a little common sense and cordial
ity between the two departments
would have secured uniformity.
Berlin, Sept. 27.-That cannibals
seldom eat white captives and then
without particular zest is the gist OF
a scientific report on the subject made
by Dr. Holman, formerly a consul il
Africa and an authority on the sub
ject of tribal customs.
Writing of the recent murder Of tbs
German-AmeriCan mineralogist, JohI
Henry Warner, by natives of New
Guinea, DR.. Holman asserts that the
abstention of cannibals in Africa anC
of Guinea from the flesh of white mel
is not because they fear the spirit o
the white victim or his powers of mag
ic, as has sometimes been assumed
but because they consider that il ha
an unpleasant taste due to the use 0
sharp spices and condiments and o
sailed dishes in the diet of the Euro
pean.
Dr. Hoffman cites an article printet
several years ago in journal OF LibeI
ia, in which it was said that the car
nibals in the Liberian territory eat
white man only when he has fallel
into their hands alive. Then the vic
tim is immersed TO the neck in a rur
ming brook and held there by bond
for two or three days, on much III
same principle that an oyster /