Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-24


ing sport than business. When he
| spoke enthusiastically of the Scottish
royal game, the Amir lost no time in
! putting a corps of sappers and miners
to work constructing a course under
the direction of the visitor. Since that
| time the Amir has become a devoted
exponent of the gnme and he has at
tanned a fair degree of proficiency.
But no matter what his skill, he bids
| fair to remain champion of the coun-
| try, for 1t is not considered polite to
| defeat a man who enjoys the power
of life and death over every one of
his subjects.
| The game has reduced the girth
of the Amir and improved his health,
but he is afraid of OVERRIDING it, so at
his winter capital he is having built
a miniature links de luxe, limited in
size and as smooth as a tennis lawn.
Here he will play the game without
any of the bunkers or hazards usual
| ly provided by the ordinary course.
Peshawur. India, March 24.-With
secrecy and speed unusual in public
work, English army engineers are
| rushing to completion the forts and
| roads of Khyber Pass. to make il a
| Gfbralter against invasion from the
north. As domestic unrest grows in
India, the fear of the Russian bear
and the unruly states between Russia
and the Indian empire increases, and
England is clearly determined not to
be attacked in the rear in the event of
a native rebellion.
Two years ago the road across the
famous pass was hardly more than a
trail for pack animals, but today
Khyber is traversed by two roads
suitable for the fastest and heaviest
military traction. The defensive
works have been constructed with
such secrecy that none of the de-
tails are known TO the public. 1t is
believed that the natural battlements
formed by the cliffs above the roads
are honeycombed with hidden en-
brasures behind which great noun
tain guns lie hidden. Competent en-
gineers believe that unless the de- !
Tending force is cut off from the
south, the pass can be defended by |
small garrison even against host |
such as the ancient invaders of India |
brought down from the north.
London, March 24.-Because it was J
becoming as great an attraction for |
the morbid as the Paris morgue, the
criminal museum of Scotland yard |
has been practically closed to all ex-
cept those who can show some good
reason for desiring to visit it, The
has never been opened to
the general public. but it has not been
difficult to obtain admission. Now
a permit must be secured from the
second commissioner of police, and {
the visits can only be made on one
or two days in the week. Il
Ruring the past year it became
quite the rage for society women to
obtain permits to view the grewsome
relics which the place contains, and I
complaint was made that the museum
was being turned into a sideshow for
the qualification of the morbidly cur
ious. Some of the relics are decided
ly CHASTITY. and these are displayed
with a lack of reserve which accord
ing to the Scotland yard authorities
did not make fixed parties of visitors
desirable. Besides the implements
used in the commission of famous
crimes, perhaps the most interesting
exhibits in the place are death masks,
formerly made of every criminal
executed in England.
Berlin, March 24.-German astron-
omers are already taking a lively in
terest in a total eclipse of the sun
that occurs August 81. The city of
is fitting out an expedition
at its own expense, and Prussia will {
give assistance to an expedition {
headed by Professor Miethe. of the /;
archaeological institute in Charlotten-
burg. a number of German astron-
omers will attach themselves to
American expeditions. Professor
Miethe's expedition, which will be /
chiefly for the purpose of making |,
of the esclipse will go
to the island Austen. far up on the
coast of Norway, where the path of g.:
totally first touches the European =
continent. The Hamburg expedition |
will make it's observations in rus
STA. 1t is understood that the Rus \
sian astronomers are making extern
sive preparations for facilitating the II