Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-14

troops to quell communistic re-
volt. The expulsion, coming after
Eberts life long devotion to the
workers cause, hurt him deeply and
| is regarded as contributing cause
of his death. A,ty4
Close on the heels of the discovery
that the Cologne cathedral was in
danger. of crumpling to pieces comes
the announcement that the beautiful
Mayence cathedral also is in jeopardy.
The cathedral, parts of which are
900 years old, is known as the Hoo
doc House of Worship because Of
the numerous misfortunes it has suf-
| fered through fire, earthquake and
war. The cathedraFs unlucky streak
started on the day in 1011 when
archbishop Willigis dedicated the
edifice as a completed whole. Fire
destroyed a considerable portion Of
the interior.
Now the pile foundation have
rotted so that one engineer said he
was amazed that the edifice has not
collapsed.
German movie critics. who through
years of experience have learned to-
tell the age of motion picture :, by
looking at it, have won victory
over the press agents.
Noting the fashions displayed by
screen actresses in an American film
which was advertised as "fresh from
Hollywood and starred popular
commedian, the critics insisted the
picture was three years old.
In the ensuing. suit, German film
distributing agencies finally admitted
that the critics were right The
gowns, hats, shoes and stockings
worn by the actresses were known
by the critics to have been in vogue
in Paris and New York exactly three
years ago. The recent agreement
between American and German mo-
tion picture producers and distribu-
tors contain clauses to expedite the
interchange of films.
One of the many intricate prob
lens which confront the government
in connection with settlement of
claims of FORMER German ruling
houses is that involving the owner
ship of Hohenzollern castle, near
ISigmaringen, in southern Germany.
William II lays claim to. the, castle
itself, a monumental structure erect
ed in 1850 on the ruins of the origi-
nal castle which was destroyed in
1923. 1t is his misfortune, however,
that the castle stands upon a conical,
calcareous rock which belongs to
Prince Frederick Victor, son Of the
late Prime Wilhelm of Hohenzollern
whose brother is now king of Ru-
mania.
| But even should the former kaiser
arrive at a satisfactory arrangement
with the Sigmaringen branch of the
family, he is still faced by the fact
that the arsenal and the bastion as
we'll as the approach to the castle
belong to the state of Prussia.
The mystery surrounding the large
number of burglaries of shops whose
tproprietors were on the verge of
bankruptcy has been solved by the
police in the arrest of a gang of
lgentlemen crooks who piled a made
to-order trade.
i The gangs rendezvous was fash
ionable cafe owned by a former or
chestra conductor. Police disclosed
that a shopkeeper with financial diff
/ ficulties put in an order for a rob-
berry and collected insurance
= Adverse economic, conditions had in
creased the number of such robberes
to more than ten a week. Forty five
persons have ,been arrested
Throughout Prussia persons who
are hard of hearing or deaf and dumb
:. will be given special assistance al
: street crossings and subway stations
if they wear new regulation badge
showing three black points within {
yellow circle The Prussian minister
of the interior has instructed police
: to issue the ''help needed" badge tt
: persons thus afflicted and has or.
dered police on duty to assist then
in every possible way
The badge has already been in use
for the blind in Germany, Austria
and Switzerland.
PARIS, May 13.-Dancing masters o.
y two Of the largest hotels of Nice have