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The Detroit times., 1914-11-06
EFFICIENCY TAX GOES
INTO EFFECT DECEMBER /

Collector OF Customs John b.
whslsn announces that the deficiency
tar ON customs. entries and similar
transactions becomes effective, Dec /.
on and after that date. all entries
NJ merchandise made at the customs
house win have to bear tar stamps,
thu rate being rs cents for values UP
To- 1900 80 cents for values up TO
s5uo and 81 n the entry does not en-
coed $1,000.
chandise from the United States
bonded warehouse must bear q 90
cent stamp.
y Conveyapce deeds are taxed at the
rate of so cents for $500 value.
stamps will be sold by the cashier
IN the internal revenue ONCE.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-06
Eeds Sion WaIsh,s brother.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.--The Brook
lyn Federal league club has signed
Marty Walsh. who pitched last year
with the Bridgeport club Of the East
ern association. Walsh is a brother
of big Ed" Walsh. of the Chicago
White Sox, and was one OF the lead
ing pitchers of the Eastern associa-
ton this season.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-06
Johnson.wIIIard Ao.ln.

For the 'steenth time, II was an
nounced last night, that q champion
ship fight between Jack Johnson
and Jess willard had been definitely
arranged, with Jaurex as the battle
field. The date was not mentioned
this time. however.
The Detroit times., 1914-11-06

Cowei county, Kansas. boasts OF a
hoy aged three that weighs two
pounds more than his mother, who
weighs 10z pounds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
5 YNTHETIC GEMS START
ARGUMENT AMONG DEALERS
Ao""0" Erpe's Discuss the Merits Of The Je1cezs 7hat
IRE h0afy 'ho7"foctu7cd but Diffictztto
detect from Genuine .41ticle
What test can be appiied?"

What test can be apphed?"
Under the microscope the silk which
is the hail mark of the real stone. has
ever been known to have this hall mark.
Then there are always microscopic bubbles
In the reconstructed stones. but It needs
the expert to detect them. Pearls can be
very cleverly initiated. Even some of what
We may call the semi precious stones do
not escape, but the reconstruction Of these
is very difficult.
"Aquamarine, chrysoprase, garnet,
amethyst, lapis iazuli, chrysoberg. kunzite,
tourmaline. peridot are some Of the stones
that defy successful reconstruction.
Here is synthetic submarine. We
keep 1t for purposes OF comparison. When
placed alongside n real stone there need
not be the slightest hesitation in deciding
which is which. The rich browns, greens,
pinks, sherry and wine colors of the tour
maline defy imitation. and the fire opal's
rays are quite beyond reproduction. So
with the black pearl; its colors cannot be
reproduced"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25

Brazil now In Berlin, on his way back
from st. Moritz, where he was one of tho
tirst at the opening of the winter sports
season Among those invited by Mr.. and
Mrs. Grew to meet Mr.. Morgan were
Mrs. Arthur Claflin and Miss Gertrude
Claflin, of New York; Mrs. James N.
Winslow and Mr. l.. Lanier Winslow.
lhere was dancing afterward, partici.
pated i'll by additional guests.
Mrs. Stilke's Dinner.
Another dinner and dance Of the week
was given by Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann
Stllke, who had among their guests many
distinguished personages from high mill
tary circles and the German world of art
and letters. Mrs Stilke has left fol-
Celerina, where she will be joined by
Frau Otto Eysler, also of Berlin.
An illustrated lecture on Yellowstone
Park was given by the Rev. DR.. A. A.,
ffanstich pastor of the Highland Park
Presbyterian Church, of Chicago, and at
tracted large audience to the American
Church on Tuesday. The silver offering
taken at the door will be applied to the
"iiah mouse funu, which LIZ being
slowly accumulated toward the erection
OF a social centre for American students
In Berlin. The fund In hand amounts to
something Hike $4,000.
Berlin operagoers are still under the swnv
OF the "Parsifal" production at tho Royal
Opera, and 80 unprecedented has been
the application for tickets that fourteen
successive performances have been found
to be entirely inadequate to meet the de.
mand. BY consent of the Kaiser the
"Parsifnr' period will be extended until
January 20, at which time the work must
be taken off to make way for the com
mand performance of Meycrbecr's "L'Af-
ricaine,' the first act of which will form
the gain opera to close the Kaiser's birth
day festivities on January 81.
The Kaiser again witnessed "Parsifal."
coming in for the last act to join Prince
and Princess Eitel Friedrich. whose an.
pearance together in public is considered
n rcfutation of persistent reports con.
corning an approaching separation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
Especial Dlspatch.)

BERL,N, Jan. "a.
II HE outstan ding event of the week in
American circles was the eleventh
anniversary banquet OF the American
Associat ton of Commerce and Trade at
the Hotel Adlon on Wednesday. This
annual event is considered more or less
a family affair and, as on former occa-
sions. was confined to the membership of
the association and very few guests,
among whom were the American Ambas-
sador, the American Consul General, the
two exchange professors, Professor Paul
Shorey and Professor Archibald Coolidge;
MIR. Joseph Clark Grew, Mr.. Willing
Spencer. Mr. Charles Ferguson, Mr..
Harry Il. Hirch, of the Belmont Iron
Company, OF Philadelphia; DIR. Il. w.
Dreshsler and DR.. Berthing, of the
Amcrika Institut, and Mr.. Henry Theo-
bald, president of the Computing Scale
Company, of Toledo Ohio.
Mr.. Isaac Wolf, Jr., president OF the
association, who presided, emphasized the
Importance of keeping ever in mind the
two controlling maxims of international
relations as set forth by the secretary,
the Golden Rule. and the open door.
"In the annual report of the associa-
ton just issued" Mr.. Wolf said, "Mr.
George Atwood, the permanent secretary
has some pertinent advice to give to
American firms wishing to increase their
export trade, the crux of the situation as
represented in the address being that
American firms should send out bright,
promising young men to study conditions
in foreign countries. The salesman who
can converse in the language of the coun-
try has an immense advantage over one
who is tagged around by guide or a
translator
IAN American Ambassador for Ameri-
cans was the chief note struck by MIR.
James w. Gerard in his first public ut
terance made after coming to Berlin, and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25

position, has arrived at Claridge's Hotel
from Rome.
Mrs. George w. C. Drexel and Mr.. L.
l.. Biddlc Lave arrived at Claridge's from
America.
Mr.. Mitchell Depew, of New York, has
returned to the Carlton Hotel from New
castle.
Other American arrivals still at the
Carlton Hotel are Mr. Richard II. Jader,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. T.oines, of New York
Mr.. w. l.. Maine, Mr.. c. Laskc and Mr.
F. w. T.. Vaccine, of Boston,
Mr. and Mrs. O. l.. Dickcrson. of New
York, have returned from the Continent
10 the Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Spickerman have gone
to Berlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T.. Young, Jr., of New
York, and Mr. G. Shaw, of New York
have arrived at the Carlton from the Con
tinent
Mr.. r.. w. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. P.
V. I.ebedjeff and Mr.. Amos French, with
his son, have arrived from New York and
are stopping at the Piccadilly Hotel
Mr.. j. d. Duggan Inns arrived from
Boston and Mr.. G. f. Mason from Pitts
burg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
Especial Dispatch. }

LONDON, Jan. "a.
HE synthetic Sapphres Case" as II
mas been called, has aroused wonder
Ing comment among the uninitiated.
MT. {. Mathews. IIatton Garden expert
IN precious stones, has declared that syn
thetc sapphires can be bought by the
oushcl in all shapes and sizes. for about
a dollar each, but other experts are not
disposed TO go quite so far.
There arc, OF course, very considerable
quantities Of synthetic gems to be OBJ
tanned" a famous dealer said in reply 10
injuries. But" he added, mot in
bushels"
What are the principal stones to be-
ware OFF,
"Rubies. sapphircs and emeralds. Some
of these synthetic gems are wonderfully
we'll done, and it is very difficult indeed
TO detect the fraud. My advice to the pub.
lie is TO deal with reputable houses only
when buying stones"
At the P!ccadllly Gem Box, where pearls
and precious stones and serni-precious
stones OF every description CLEAN and gilt.
ter, the manager agreed that rubies, sap.
iPHHeS anu eiilcia!dS were the stones 10 Dt
most carefully scrutinzcd il their histor,
was not fully known.
Are these synthetic stones difficult t,
detect"
I FOR any one but an expert, certainly
and / have not the slightest doubt that il
many cases reputable firms unwittingl,
pass them as real stones. They are usual,
small stones. and may have been manu-
featured in France, or even IN Blrming
nam. -
Then they are sent out 10 India anc
return as par, OF parcels of genuine fubcs
sapphires. or cmcraids. reconstruct,
rubics have, am sure, often been sol,
for real stones without either seller o
purc'iascr bclog any The wiser"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
While al Norwich with Their Mother They Have Some Excit-
ing Adventures with the Surviving Horrors of the Old DAYS
of Torture-London Society Not Yet Very Lively.

tain Harold Brasscy, Captain Grenfcll
and Captain Ronald Graham Murray.
The Duchess of Roxburghe has been
entertaining CHILDREN on the Floors Castle
estate IT is only n little while ago that
these children subscribed for prcscn,
To the youthful Lord Bowmont of a spoon
and silver porringer The Dowarcr
Duchess of Roxburghc, who stopped over
'or the new year ut Floors Castle has
now returned 10 Broxmouth Castle.
Lady Naldn Machcll, who is a sister Of
oouht HleiclIcn and daughter of Prince
victor Hohenlohe-l .angenhurg, caused a
profound impression by singing the solos
III Farmers well known oratorio Christ
and His Soldiers at Kirkby Stepbcn
Church. Lady Valda, who has fine
contralto voice is the wife of CAPTAIN
Percy MachelI, the owner of Cracker.
thorpe Hall, near .Applcby.
Lord and Lady Barrymore. who have
been passing Christmas and the New Year
nj t'ota Island, Queenstown. are not VET
done entertaining there. for they are Civ.
Ing ball on January %.
Americans in London.
Inc American Ambassador. who has
almost recovered from an attack of in
fluenza, which happily proved slight. and
Mrs. Pase were present at n dinner given
by Mr.. John l.. Griffiths. the American
Consul General, on Monday to Senator
James Hamilton Lewis. Several other
, American members of the Safety at Sen
Conference and Mr.. Sidney Buxton. prcsi.
dent of the Board OF Trade. also gave
dinners TO Senator Lewis. Among Others
present were Viscount Bryce and Mr.
Winston Churchill.
/ Mr. Ira Nelson Morris. United States
Commissioners for the Panama Pacific FIX.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
GREAT LONGEVITY is
SHOWN IN ENGLAND
Especial Dispatch.)

LONDON, Jan. "a.
-TlIE remarkable longevity OF persons
nowadays Is shown by the obituary
notices in the newspapers. The Times
in one day recorded tho deaths OF ten
octogenarians including Mrs. Coster, 90;
Miss Reed, IS; Miss Younger. 81; Miss Mat
thcws. 81; Mr.. sydney Cones, f. Il. C.. s..
So; Mrs Sarah Collier. 81; Miss Emma
Ibbotson. 81; Lord Radstock, 80; Mrs. Lam.
bert, so. and Mr.. Spencer Austen Leigh.
formerly q famous hnntsman and point-to-
point rider. So In addition TO this list there
were names OF eight others whose ages
vcfc bctWcen 10 ard 50
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
IN THRONE @ROYHL CH4ILDREN@ LORD ROBERTS, ARTICLE
IAN AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TOR AMERICANS" IDEA or
Mr.. GERARD IS VERY POPULAR WITH HIS COMpHTP|OTs
tito mHadR
of OF German
in Dong - 80

, his sta tement found very concrete con.
firnation this week in the fact that the
first time the doors of the new embassy
swung open it was TO admit, not gather,
ing from court and diplomatic society, but
IA body of the Ambassadors compatriots
lOfficially the occasion was the annual
meeting of the American Benevolent AS
ISOLATION, but Mr.. and Mrs. Gerard took
the opportunity Of extending the hospi.
tality of the embassy to about one hun
ldred and fifty Americans allied with this
Iphilanthropic cause.
The formal business of the afternoon
was disposed of in the magnificent ball
room of the embassy, with the Consul
General, Mr.. Thackara, retiring presi-
dent Of the Managerial Board, in the
chair.
Grew, Secretary Of the embassy, had
been proposed and voted upon as tho
successor of Mr.. T'hackara, the remain
ling members Of the Board were reelected
unanimously. Mr.. Frederick Vile will
serve again as vice president, Mr.. w.
Alton Derrick as treasurer, and DR.. Alice
III. Luce, Mrs. S. Fl. McFadden, Mrs.
Morris Cottlow, Mr.. Frederick w. King
DR.. John II. Clcves Symmes and Mr.
IS. B. Conger are the Investigating Com
mittee. Ex officio members are the
American Ambassador and the pastor OF
the American Church.
Receiving Days.
The list has been sent from the Lord
Chamberlain's office indicat ting the Of
ficial reception days throughout the sea-
son Of the wives of the Cabinet Ministers
Ambassadors and Ministers Plenipotcn.
tiary. Countess Brockdorff, mistress of
the robes of the German Empress, is re-
ceiving three days each week, as this
frequency is made necessary by the fac,
that every one expecting to participate
in the defilier cour or the later court
functions must first pay respects II
this recognized social arbiter. She often
receives rs many rs 300 persons in one
afternoon, and is assisted in her task BY
Frauein Gersdorff, first lady in waiting.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
Knowledge That
Is Not in Books
About Gongs, Cows,
Monks and Other Amusing Quota
tons by British Schoolboys.
(Special Dispatch.)

LONDON, Jan %.
,IIDDIED knowledge among school
Fl boys has seldom reached such de-
] licious pitch as In "A 'howler" quoted
g., mo university Correspondent this week.
1t is as follows
Gong is the masculine Of belle ana wear
Of vixen.
Echoes of Sunday school treats are seen
in
The mineral wealth of @ country Is ginger
beer and lemonade.
And a smattering OF modern topics had
evidently been acquired by the young hope
fuls who wrote:-
An appendix is portion OF book which
nobody has yet discovered to be of any
use.
The flannclette peril means petticoat
government.
Other amusing "howlers' quoted include
the following
Much butter is imported from Denmark
because Danish COWS have greater enter
prise and superior technical education TO
ours.
Finally James H. gave birth to a son,
and so the people turned him off the
throne.
After twice committing suicide. Cowper
lived Till 1900. when he died natural
death.
The tropic Of cancer Is painful and IN.
durable disease.
When Chaucer describes the Prioress as
amable Of port he means that she was
fond OF wine.
When the last French attack at Water
loo proved failure Napoleon turned very
pale and rode at full gallop to st. Helena
The Mediterranean and the Red Sea arr
Joined by the Sewage Canal.
Milton was called the father Of English
poetry because he was blind and hi:
daughter did the writing for him.
The Minister of War is the clergyman
who breaches to the soldiers in the bar.
racks.
Woman's suffrage is the state Of suffer
ing in which they were born.
a candidate for the civil service mus,
be neutralized British subject
The Immortal William is a phrase ap-
piled to the German Emperor.
julius Caesar was murdered in the Cine
ma House.
Milton wrote Sampson the Agnostic."
The circulation Of tho blood was In
vented by Martin Harvey
A problem Is figure which you dc
things with which are absurd, and thor
you prove 1t.
People are vaccinated by being inarticu.
lated with lint.
a synonym is word you can use wher
you don't know how to spell the one 20,
first thought of.
Before a man can become monk he ha:
| to have his tonsils cut.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25

According to this list Mrs. Gerard, wife
of the American Ambassador, will not be
receiving until February, this delay being
necessitated by the still incomplete state
of the new embassy. She then will have
Monday as her Official day.
German aristocracy is leisurely getting
back to Berlin in time to participate in
the round Of court festivities.
Count and Countess Adalbert Sier.
storpff are again in their Berlin apart
ment. The Count now has fully re.
covered from the automobile accident
which befell him en- route from his Rhen.
ish estate.
Count and Countess Johann Sierstorpff
have taken up their winter residence in
the Hotel Bristol
Home for the Winter.
Prince Stolberg Wernigerode. Prince
Salm-Salm and Prince Salm-Rciffer.
scheidt are among habitual stoppers a,
the Hotel Esplanadc for the court seo.
son.
The Prince and Princess of Pless
Prince and Princess Biron Won Cortland
Marquise FRANCHISE de Jaucourt, of Paris
the Prince and Princess Of Schoenburc-
Waldenburg and Count and Countess Won
Maltzan-Militsch, with their charming
who were introduced to society
at large ball given at the Hotel Adlou
last season, Baron Won Wagenheim. the
L~wly appointed master Of ceremonies
the Landgrave Of Hessen, Countess
chaffgotsch, Court Marshall Won Yorry
Count and Countess Won Reventlow
Count and Countess Saurma, Count and
Countess Guido Otto Henckel Won Don.
nersmarck will occupy their customary
apartments at the Adlon
1t is doubtful if the town palace of the
last named family, in the Pariscrplatz
will be opened this season, as the vener
able head of the house is eighty. three
years old and Prince Guido has not vel
sufficiently recovered from his late serious
illness to leave the quiet of his countr,
home i'll Silesia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Clark Grew enter
tanned at dinner on Tuesday Mr.. Edwin
V. Morgan, American Ambassador tc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
"MONA LISA" FAILS TO
ATTRACT PARISIANS
Especial Dispatch.)
PARIS, Jan. ~

PARIS, jan ~.
Before being restored to it's old home
in the Louvre. from which 1t was stolen
a couple Of years ago. La Gioconda,"
which was brought safely back to Paris. is
being exhibited at the Ecole des Beau1
Arts.
But whether It be that the enigmatic
smile Of the Mona Lisa" has lost its
legendary fascination or that the Partisan
public. with its usual fickleness, has tired
for the moment or the picture of which
1t has recently heard so much. to the gen
eral surprise but few persons have been
to see Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece.
On New Years Day the numbers wore
but small. while few days later there
were not more than sixty callers at the
Ecole des BeauX Arts This may be ex-
planned to some extent by the fact that an
admission fee of ST. (sD was charged.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
WIDOW OF PEER ENTERS
CON VENT IN EDINBURGH
True Romance, Which BEADS Like Fiction, Recalled
When Lady LyUeden, Who Vas once Shop
Girl, Leaves Society for C1oister.

scented ut length to accept her patrons
name and coronet, and In 1890 the mar
rlagc took place ut All Souls Church.
Hastings. The marriage lasted only four
years. the late peer dying In 1900. and al
there was no issue the title passed to a
nephew. the present peer. Eight years
later tho widow became engaged to Mr..
Henry Hugh Maclean. but the engage
ment was broken off. =.
The present Lord Lyveden has had a
most adventurous career, having been in
his time a soldier, a market gardener and
q ships steward. When he was rouuhn,,
1t In America. without any apparent pros
pect of becoming a peer he lodged over !,
stable and earned n prccarous living os
n cab driver
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
Son of Ras Michael Arrives at
Capital from Home
of Father.
MINISTER OF WAR
GOES ON MISSION
Changes Are Very Likely in the Eth
opian Cabinet of the New
Monarch.
Especial Dispatch.)
ApDIs-ABEBA, Jan. "a.

Dlo-nbr-bA, JAN. "a.
I IDJ JEASSU, heir to the throne of
Abyssinia, has at last returned to
Adds Abeba. For months he had been
stopping at Bessie, the residence of his
father, Ras Michael.
diately followed by the leaving OF the
Influential and powerful Minister of
War, Fitaurari hpte Giorzis, who was
sent to the western provinces in or
der to settle a frontier question with the
Anglo Egyptian authorities. He also
will have to look into the circumstances
that led to and followed the assassina-
ton of an Englishman in the west, at
Boroma.
1t is said that this mission is not much
to the liking of Apte Giorgis, whose alb
sence is much regretted by natives and
foreigners alike. It is also rumored that
other changes are kelly to occur in the
composition of the Ethiopian Cabinet.
Lidj Jeassu, who Is to become the new
Negus of Abyssinia, is the grandson OF
the 8te Emperor Menelik, son of his
daughter and Ras Michael, of Wollo
one of the Emperor's chief feudatory
lords. He was born in 1897 and was
nroc1aimed heir m tho throne hy tho
Emperor Menelik himself in 1905
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
Especial Dispatch.)
LONDON, Jan. "a

LONDON, Jan. z.
" FASCINATING romance of the peer
II age Is recalled by the report that
Julia, Lady Lyveden, has entered a
convent-in Edinburgh.
Seventeen years.ago Lady Lyvedcn was
pretty assistant of eighteen in a fancy
shop at Bastbourne. Miss Julia Kate EN-
cry, as she was then, attracted tho atten-
ton of the late Lord Lyveden, who was
scventy-sevcn years old and an invalid,
lie fell In love with her and was drawn
In his bath chair every day to the shop.
After fulfilling IN engagement as secrc-
tary to the aged peer Miss Emery con-