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VIRGINIA
JUDGE
DENIESItlJUNCTION
Ent-Step Taken to frerfet Ab
sorption of Arlington Electric
Company.
MERITS OF THE CASE
ABE HOT C0H5IDERED
- AW ARDEDiNOBELPRIZE;FOR; MEDICINE.,
Officers of Alexandria County light
ing Company Take Oath
to Petition.
A preliminary petition for Injunct'on to
prevent the absorption of the Arlington
Electric Company by the Maryland-Virginia
Railway Company was denied the
Alexandria County Lighting Company
yesterday by Judge J. B. T. Thornton,
of the Circuit Court of Alexandria Coun
ty, Bitting at Manassas. The merits of
the case -were not considered by the
court. It was stated, and the denial does
not materially affect the petition, which
will be taken to the Supreme Court of
Virginia at Richmond to-morrow.
The reported plans of the Maryland-
Virginia Railway Company to merge the
public utility corporations of the District
of Columbia with several of those in
Maryland and Virginia are stated In the
petition of the Alexandria County Utu
Ing Company, which furnishes electrlo
light, heat, and power In Alexandria
City, and in Alexandria and Fairfax
Counties.
It Is set forth in the bill of the orator
that the acquiring of the Arlington Eleo
trie Company Is the first step In the
proposed merger. The Arlington Elec
tric Company now obtains electricity
from the Potomac Electric Power Com'
pany, "or some other subsidiary of the
Washington Railway and Electric" Com
pany."
Director Approve Merger.
The directors of the Arlington com
pany have approved the merger, and the
proposition is to be laid before the stock
holders for final action October 15. It
Is against this ratification of the pro
posal of merger that the injunction ls
sought to be directed. The meeting "of
the stockholders is to be held at Clar
endon, where the offices of the Arlington
company are located.
The Alexandria company, as complain
ant, alleges that by unanimous vote of
the directors of the Arlington company,
October SI. nil. It was to be permitted
to hold a controlling interest In the Ar
lington company, but that since that time
the directors of the Arlington company
hae permitted Merlon E. Church, who
is named as defendant with the Arling
ton company, to acquire a majority of the
stock of the Arlington. If Church Is
permitted to ote ail the stock he has
bought, the orator alleges, he will vote
for the merger October 15.
The Alexandria company alleges that it
subscribed for a majority of the stock, as
It was entitled to do.
Herbert T. Ilartman, a vice president
of the Alexandria company, and Francis
R. Welter, the duly authorized agent of
the Alexandria company and a director
of the Arlington company, made oath to
the petition. Leo P. Harlow Is attorney
ior the complainant and Gardner L.
Boothe for defendants. '
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DR. ALEXIS CAfiREL.
Men York, Oct. 12. Dr. Alexia Carrel, of the Rockefeller laaMtate, the ma
who discovered a way to make the er-rane of m hnman heists; giew to any else
desired, and proved tkat.nortlona of dead hodlea could be made to live again
when grafted anon living hone aad tissue, has received notification from Stock
holm that he had heen awarded the Nobel arise for medtclae, amoonttna; to
abont 940,000. This prise, which Is valaed far more for the hoaor It eoafera
thaa for its latrlaale worth, marks Dr. Carrel aa eae of the greatest figures la
the medical world to-day. The prise, oae of the dve established by Alfred Nobel,
of Swedes, the Inventor of dynamite. Is si Tea for the year's moat notable
achievement la medicine aad nursery.
"SLAY ROSENTHAL"
BECKER'S ORDER
Continued from Pane One.
WHLARD P. STRAIGHT HOME.
He Dlcue Chlneae Loin vrllh Of
flcinl of the State Department.
Wlllard D Straight, the financial rep
resentative of J. P. Morgan & Co. In the
far East, and the man chosen by the
six-power group to conduct the negotia
tions with China regarding the proposed
1300,000,000 loan, visited the State Depart
ment yestetrday. Department officials
stated that while the Chinese loan situa
tion was discussed with Mr. Straight, no
new course of action was decided upon
or requested by the bankers' representa
tive. Mr. Straight was formerly con
nected with the State Department, nnd
Acting Secretary Huntington Wilson and
other officials are among his personal
friends.
It is understood that Mr. Straight and
the Department officials found them
selves agreed in the opinion that the pro
posed loan by the six-power group is
still likcl to become a reality. It Is
stated that the greatest satisfaction Is
felt over the continuation of the cordial
understanding between the six govern
ments concerned, and that all are await
ing in harmony and contentment for
China to resume the negotiations.
SECOND MASONIC
CONFERENCE ENDS
Delegates to Supreme Council Meet
ing Here to Leave for
Homes To-day.
Promptly on the stroke of twelve yes
terday noon Sovereign Grand Com
mander James D. Richardson let the
gavel fall and the second international
conference of the supremo councils of
the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
was brought to a close. The business
for which It was called had been com
pleted, and the delegates who had been
in attendance will depart for their homes
and convey to their 'countrymen the
minutes of the conference.
The conference Is saldAto have been
satisfactory to the delegates and while
nothing definite was given out relative
to the deliberations it is the general Im
pression that many doubtful matters
have either been adjusted or at least
put on the road to adjustment later
on.
Sovereign Grand Commander Richard
son after the adjournment of the con'
ference announced the admission of two
new members to the international con
ference. They were the kingdom of Servla
and the republic of Ecuador. The
next meeting of the international con
ference will take place in Luzerne,
Switzerland, in 1917.
he stepped from the witness chair at the
noon recess aa when he swore to tell the
truth. As a court officer started to lead
him from the room, the bald-headed
gambler caught District Attorney Whit
man, by the arm and said:
"You know. Judge Whitman, I've told
nothing but the truth here to-day. I do
not fear any consequences which may re
sult to me personally, but wont jou
please see that my wife and Innocent
child are not murdered to-night?"
Little at -Muht !rlnn.
In order that the cross-examination of
Rose might be completed. Justice Goff
held a night session of court.
Before Rose, was worn at the opening
of the morning session John F. Mc-
Intvre, chief counsel for Becker, said:
"Before the witness Is sworn, I ask
the court to take notice that to-day is
a legal holiday and that it is not within
the province of this court to convene
to-day."
Justice Goff denied the application for
an adjournment and directed that Rose
be sworn.
Assistant District Attorney Moss then
took the witness in charge, leading him
step by step through his relations with
Rosenthal and Becker up to the night
of the murder.
At the night session Mr. Mclntyre
took up the cross-examination of the
dapper, well-groomed gambler, but had
made no headway In his effort to break
down the damaging story of the witness
when at S.30 p m. he pleaded for an
adjournment. Justice Goffff refused, to
entertain this motion, saving he would
declare the cross-examination closed If
Mclntyre did not proceed. Mclntyre
persisted, declaring he was too weak to
continue. Justice Goff then declared the
cross-examination ended and adjourned
court until Monday morning.
Murder Witness
Starts for Hohte
Liverpool. Oct 11 Thomas Coupe. Im
portant witness for the prosecution In
the Becker case, sailed to-day on the
Mauretanla. accompanied by Assistant
District Attorney De Ford.
to
The Honorable James Bryce's new
book, "South America: Observations and
Impressions," went Into a second large
edition on the day of Its publication,
an unusual occurrence for a book of
travel MacmiUan.
DAVID M00B DIES.
Krai Estate Dealer Succumbs
Consjestlosf of Lsagi,
David Moore, of 432 Fourteenth street
Northwest, a well-known real estate deal
er. died1 at1 his home yesterday from con
gestion A the lungs. Though he had
been in poor health for several jcars,
he had been confined to his 'bed only one
day.
Mr. Moore was forty-six years old and
a native of the District He was a jrnid
uate in dentistry from Georgetown Uni
versity, but practiced that profess'on
only a short time. MrJJoore Is survived
uy nis wiie ana tnrce sons, Eugene.
Gardner, and James, and by three sis
ters, Mrs. W. G. Johnson, Mrs. Bernard
Bridget, and Mrs Sarah Davidson.
The funeral services will be held at the
Sacred Heart Church at 3 o'clock to
morrow morning, the Rev. Father Eck
enrodc officiating. Washington Council
No t of the Knights of Columbus, of
which Mr. Moore was a member, will at
tend the services. The Interment will
be private.
COL T&t ISSUES; .
"BOOK OH FINANCE
WaihUfton Banker Write, on "The
nidation of Banking lef bra to
Corporate' Financing." '
The Washington Herald Is In receipt of
a pamphlet by J. Selwln Talt president
of. the Wsshmgton and Southern Bank,
entitled "The Relation of Banking; Re
form 'to Corporats.Flnanelnr." This pa
ner deals with a most Important subject.
and Is of special Interest to Investors.
giving an explanation 01 we -ura-m u
Industrial lines by fareign countries
nntblv Enaland snd Germany and In
dicating why we, as a nation, are lack-i
Ing In "Industrial" openings ior pumic
Investors. I
CoL Talt treats his subject with'clear-n-
and indicates the means by which
England and Germany have built up
their enormous industrial -ousiness
through the use and enforcement of
practical corporation laws.
For example, nis aeacnption 01 ine
"Companies Acts" of Great Britain con
tains points that might well be followed
In this country, to the advantage of In
vestors. On this point Col. Talt says:
"The fundamental Improvements under
the Companies Acts may be boiled down
to a very small number of basic condi
tions: First every new corporation In
applying to the public for capital shall
Issue a prospectus wnicn snail ce ap
proved and signed by all the directors.
This prospectus Is primarily the circular
sent out to the public in inviting sun
scriptlons to the capital stock, and It Is
a very Important document- It embod
ies all the main conditions of the mem
orandum of association which may be
regarded as the charter of the company,
and In the event that any property Is
transferred to the new corporation as a
"going concern" It contains a reliable
auditor's report showing the net earnings
of the property for the three preceding
years. It also furnishes a valuation of
the property by one of more competent
exoerts. These reports must be made
bySrofesslonal men of undoubted stand
ins', and the directors are legally re
sponsible for their character and effi
ciency.
Second: The promoter Is the fiduciary
representative of the company he Pro
motes, a very far-reaching condition,
which among other things prevents him
from making any profits not disclosed In
the prospectus, and compels him. under
heavy penalty, to furnish and particu
larize all material facts which the
stockholders ought to know."
The passage of similar laws in this
country might prove of equal value, and
If It was not desirable to commltt the
entire country to this policy at first. It
would, at least be feasable to have one
of the States, or better still the District
of Columbia take It up to start with.
Such action would doubtless lead to
tremendous activity In Industrial Invest
ment on the part of the general public.
and other States would not be slow In
seizing the advantage of the protection
given by such laws, and employing the
same remedy.
If Congress would enact a model cor
poration law for the District of Colum
bia It would practically solve the coun
try's corporate difficulties and be. Inci
dentally, a great thing for Washington
as tending to make it the financial cen
ter, for which It Is especially equipped.
ASIATIC FLEET IS
KEADY FOE REVIEW
Seventeen vessels of the Asiatic fleet
have reported at Manila for the mobiliza
tion and review to be held there to-morrow
and Tuesday, simultaneously with
the mobilization and review in New Tork.
A shore parade. In which IX officers and
men will participate, will take place, and
the fleet will be Inspected by Rear Ad
miral R. F. Nicholson, commander-in-chief.
An official reception will be held
on board the flagship, which prominent
civil, military, and naval officials will at
tend. A programme of boat racing and
exercises 01 aesxroyers ana
has been arranged.
DEBATING CLUB MEETS.
V. M. C. A. Orator Elect Ofllrera
for Ensalna Year.
The Debating Club of the T. M. C A
held its first meeting of the year last
night In the board room of the asso
ciation's building and elected officers for
the season. 9
J. H. Bllbrcy. a member of the local
har. was elected president: E. R. Ster
ling, vice president: H. V. John-on, sec
retary: W. T. Kelly, treasurer, and
Roger J. Whltford. an attorney, critic.
Mr. Whltford will direct the work of
the club, whose primary object Is to
train its members in extemporaneous
speaking. It will meet every Saturday
night at the Y. M. C. A., and later If
the ear a aeDate wun a I'liuaaeipma
club will be held.
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Where ''New Women's"
Appearance Is Tragic
Taken for Granted in America and Tolerated in
Englandy She Brings Havoc Into
Home Life in Germany.
'CEHTUEY H1KKKS" HIKE.
Tiny Scout Cover First Lap of loll
mll Jannt.
The Century Hikers' Club, under the
auspices of the Y. M. C A , began Its
scries of hikes under favorable circum
stances yesterday afternoon. Leaving
the 1". M. C. A. building at 1.10 o'clock
the hikers boarded a car and rode to
Mount Pleasant, where the group was
augmented by the addition of several
members. From here the walkers emu
lated the example of Thereau of Walden
Pond fame, burroughs, Walt Whitman
and others and left the flagged walks
and struck off through the bridle' and
fcotpaths of Rock Creek Park. The
route selected by Pathfinder Jennings
was across Plney Branch Bridge, thence
along Rock Creek to the Poet Miller's
Cabin, and then along the creek to a
poin one mile and a half from the cabin.
here the trampers crossed the creek and
turned back and returned by the auto
road to Pierces Mill and then to the
end of the Mount Pleasant car line.
party disbanded for thelr
submarles I where the
I homes.
PICKED OUT BY WITNESS AS ROSENTHAL SLAYER.
MANY' VISIT HEW HOTEL.
Corridors of Poihatan Thron-ed
v-rith Fashionably Dressed People.
Hundreds of fashionably dressed people
last night thronged the corridors and par
lors of Washington's newest hostelry, the
TTntel cPowha'an. Eighteenth anA w
Streets Northwest, at its formal opening
to the general public
last evening irom i to 10 o dock a
special dinner was served, during which
an elaborate musical programme was ren
dered by an orchestra, completely hid
den in a flower-decked balcony, off the
main dining room. Invitations were .Is
sued by the management to hundreds of
the most prominent people of the city to
visit the hotel at Its opening, and from
the complimentary remarks made by
many of those who were present, the Ho
tel Powhatan is destined to become bne
of the favorite haunts of the elite of
Washington. '
A -public reception win be tendered to
the public, commencing at 12 o'clock 'to-'
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A. Becker, wte U fada the ehatwe mt aetaa; resnlnslhleer. the death f Hernaam Rosenthal.- Jehm Staanlsa, a wltaeas
to the -nnrder-.t Boaeataal. aware at the Mai Backer that he new "Whltey," wha la eae .f the fenr .-ans-en" held
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In America the "new woman" was
first laughed at. and then good-naturedly
eccepted. The. Englishman, although he
has not conceded the place that she
would have, has accustomed himself to
her outbursts. In fact, he finds nothing
strange any more in dodging a piece of
lead pipe or a brick slung by brawny
female arms. He recognizes that thl- Is
merely a part of her argument, and lets
It go at that. In Germany, however, tha
coming of the "new woman" has proven
tragic.
Germans for centuries have boastd
three things. Through all vicissitudes of
their political fortunes, they have held
these things up to their own admiration
and flaunted them In the face of the
world. Germans believed themselves the
salt of the earth; because th-y had these
three thlngi alone among the nations.
They recognlxed thin; and were their
fortunes on the ebb or on the flow, they
were happy.
First, the Germans were deep thinkers.
In other words, the only true sclenti'ts:
they had a shadowy something called
"Gemute." a thine possessed by them
alone and which we can approximated
translate as "Inward life," and as their
crowning glory the Germans had the
original copyright on that greatest of
blessings "the Hausfrau."
The Hausfrau was not a clinging vine
of a woman. She was not a society star,
nor was she the pampered product of
the hothouse. She wasr't beautiful, and
she wasn't ugly. She wasn't noted for
her Intellectual abilities, nor was she
confidingly stupid. She didn't do roman
tic things, although she was possessed
of deep emotions She was even thing
that a "new woman" Is not, and nothing
that a new woman Is
When her lord returned from work at
night she had his favorite slipper wait
ing for him. Hli favorite dish was
steaming on the table. Ills pipe, to
bacco, and beer, together with his fa
vorite paper, were placed before him.
and while he rested the Hausfrau made
herself obscure behind vast plies of fam
ily mending or armfuls of fancy needle-
w ork.
Priceless Women.
If hef man went out and stayed all
night. -pla Ing skat in some cafe, she
never murmured. It was the prerogative
of the man to go and come as he pleased
and one that she never thought to ques
tion. She lived for him and his children.
and when father was feeling Irritable
ehe kept the children out of his way.
She was priceless, was this German
Hausfrau; one of those blessings to good
to be true, sUll her lord never realised
this, though he acknowledged her as
one of the three advantages that he had
over the rest of the world, and expected
her to last forever.
Well could he afford to become a great
scientist and devote ills time to the culti
vation of his Inward life.
All the little worries and cares of life
were absorbed and conquered by his
ample Hausfrau. She fed him on the
best the markets could supply. She au
dited such accounts as he left to her
supervision and never asked to see such
as he kept himself. She kept his house
clean, his larder filled, bis children
clothed, humored his every whim. 'and
effaced herself every time he developed
a wish forgsolltude.
Tills was the German Hausfrau.
Like a bolt out of a clear sky came
the new woman into the Fatherland. She
organized clubs for the consideration of
politics. Her lord was hurt ana staruea.
She took to divided skirts and bloomers;
smoked cigarettes, became an enthu
siastic follower of the races, and. In
the younger generation, told "pop" that
It was up to him to "come across" with
an automobile or ant aeroplane.
Vater" remonstrated, cussed and Anal-
li, wnt Th. nlnrM denflm of hla In
ward life were terribly stirred. One of
his three priceless possessions was being
lost to him, and as he wept into bis
confiding beer stein, be felt that the
'cotter dammerunsr propnesiea in
German legend had arrived.
The movement spread, until the great
mass or Haustraus was Infected beyond
hope of rescue. "New Women" Invaded
tho universities.
Father made a last stand, and for a
lens; klme refused to teach them. but. In
the end they had their way. They be
came doctors of medicine, lawyers, and
lecturers upon political economy of a
new school.
Chnnites In Times.
balloon ascension, and gets her name
into the newspapers.
His peaceful home-life has become a
thing of memory, and the average Ger
man frets beneath a change that he can
not understand or accustom himself to.
The "new woman"' problem Is too much
for the deepest of German philosophy. It
has poisoned the sweet stream of the
German's contentment. It has ama-ed
nnd overwhelmed him. In Schopenhauer,
he flnds no hint of this "new woman,"
though he reads all uch arraignments
of the sex of poorer clay as the only so
lace remaining
Broken and disheartened, he stt be
fore his stein of beer, and remembers
how his meek Hausfrau of former days
made life worth while. Then before his
mind's eye comes the vision of this
ample ministering angel sitting upon a
piatiorm. with a cigarette in her jnouth.
while some other Hausfrau in bloomers
and sombrero harangues the cowd. tell
ing them that the men have been running
the country long enough to demonstrate
their incompetency, th-it the time has
come for them to mind the child-i n and
keep out of serious affair. He shud
ders; he harks back to other days, and a,
tear drops, and mles In his beer. Truly,
the world has become verruckt.
The 'new woman" movement Is ram
pant In the Fatherland It his broken
the heart of the male population. The
dajs when father ruled have vanl-hed
In Germiny. as well as other land-.
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and now the Hausfrau backs him Into a
corner, wnen he seeks to enforce his old
time authority, and by the time she, bas
finished explaining what an Infinitesimal
speck he Is on the fence of creation, he
lays awake nights for fear of losing;
himself.
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DISCREDITED BUEBOAEDS.
Froca Le-oV W-rklr. !
When circus men go back on billboard J
It marks the beginning of the end of that
form of advertising. The traveling cir-!
cus Initiated billboards, and In turning!
from them to newspapers the circus ad
vertiser inaugurates a departure from t
tradition and custom which have unques
tionably built up many a fortune. While
still a novelty, billboards told a story and
were effective. But In their rapid multi
plication they no longer make the impres
sion they once did. Newspapers give Im
mediate results. They reach the class
of people you want to Interest. Where
one person read newspapers and maga
zines thirty years ago, hundreds readj
them now. It Is to the papers every one
goes to End the record of births, death-,
marriages, weather predictions. Wall
Street reports, sermons, prise fights and
ever thing else that is going on in tho
world. The circus man figures correctly
that S" per cent of the people will look
In the same place to see about the coming
of the circu.
The Sells-Floto circus has made the
change In Its advertising methods, andl
find that It works wonders In actual re-1
suits. "At Los Angeles." sas H. H.i
Tan,n:cr, part owner of the circus, "wai
plaved the biggest three days' business!
in the history of our circus. At ravianil
we doubled our buiness on that of last
ear. and In San Franclco we have been
i")"'K io capacity. TCat's an answer
nara to combat." If circus manr.r.
prove so conclusively the superiority of
periodicals over billboards It Is reason
able to conclude that a little careful
an so on ine part or general advertls
er would show similar results.
Autobiography Lays Bare i
Soul' of Noted Countess
"The Path of My Life Is Strewn with the Bodies,
of Those Who Loved Me Most" She
Writes, While in Prison.
Now, when father spends a late, even
ing out his Hausfrau goes off for a
s-otatalB-cUmblns; expedition or takes ft
Rome, Oct. li "The path of my life
Is strewn with the bodies of those that
loved me most.
"Every one of them died a violent
death."
So writes Countess Maria Tarnowskl in
her autobiography. This volume, soon
to be published. Is of a frankness so
astounding that It amounts to a confes
sion made almost religiously.
The countess wrote the manuscript in
the penitentiary at Trani by the Adriatic
There she Is Imprisoned, serving an,
eight-year sentence for complicity In the
murder of Count Kamerowskl by her ad
mirer and creature, the Russian student
Naumow. In Venice In 1908.
This amazing autobiography Is the his
tory of a once noble soul lost In the
labyrinths of passion. Against her fath
er's commands, she married Count Vas
sili Tarnowskl when she was only sev
enteen years old. He proved to be a
debauchee, and slowly but cunningly led
his young and beautiful wife along the
easy path of a gay and slnrul life. In
finitely repulsive to her at first.
"I was surrounded, she writes, "as
long as I was with my husband, by peo
ple of dubious morality, low extraction,
and absolutely unscrupulous.
"It was at that time that a woman,
rrlend wMspcrea In my ears a word
that made a deep Impression onne and
which I have not forgotten. "My dear,'
she said, 'you are young, beautiful, and
charming. When you And yourself In
one of these gatherings seep a steady
smile on vour face, never show your
inner sufferings, and always strive to
make yourself acceptable to both men
and women. Rather die than show In
different eyes a glimpse of your Inner
soul. And an old Russian prince also
told me: My dear madame. you are
beautiful and seem to be made to turn
men's heads and make so many slaves
of us. But smile, smile always.
One Hansa Himself.
Peter Tarnowikl, her husband's broth
er, fell in love with her, and realizing
the Hopelessness of his passion, hanged'
himself. He was one of four who kill
ed themselves or were killed for love
"He fell i iove with me as 80
he waslntroduced to me.
"When I understood what was happen
,nf x ran -"- from him. but hlsTcourt-
-.... uDn ine form of a veritable
persecution. On one occasion he re
quested some friends to invite me tol
their country place, but when I learned
----. mere i reiused to go and
i. ends came er to visit us. bring
ing Borgewskl as their guest. I mult
insert here that my husband-was a Bne
trJ ?1 ,?e Jn nfade me a WI of
target holder by placing something over
.head wh,ch ho ',rouI'- "hoot away.
TTiat day my hiish.inri .,,hi
called away to Kief on urgent affairs.
Alter dinner we went in n,,,. ihH..
gallery to amuse ourselves with -h-
rifles. While loading my gun Borgewskl
told me many times that , i, .
and that he would love me to his death.
I shall prove It to you.' he cried, put
ting his right hand over thA mni. ei
my rifle, which he had reloaded while J
j -iwiiuvn was engaged on something
else. As I pulled the trigger a bullet
P erced his hand. Borgewskl raved all'
night, and I never left hi hf.M. a
few days later, when he was on the way
to recovery. I ordered him to leave the,
house, which he did." J
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Hnvband Good Shot.
A few days later Borgewskl sent fori
the countess- husband. "H went.-?
writes the countess, "and In the pres-'
eqce of several witnesses Borgewskl toldj
itm that he was madly In love with me.)
and demanded that my husband divorce 1
me and Jight a duel with him. '
"My husband asked for two days' tlmei
to consider, at the end of which tlm. ,J
told Borgewskl that he had begun an ae-l
tlon for divorce. On this Borgewskxl
asked us to a supper of celebration. '
"The supper over, we got resMy toJ
leave. It was 1 o'clock In the morning.,'
Borgewskl kissed my hand ami em-i
braced my husband, but while he wasJ
neiping me into tne sleigh a bullet I
whistled past my head, piercing a Iargal
teamer jn my Donnet. and Borgewskl
fell at my feet with a hativ wnimii in.
his neck. As I bnt over the prostrate
of her. One of the most tragic" chapters
In the book describes her affair with
Lieut Borgewskl. Describing this re-
Ba-nsi tragedy, she writes:
man I beard my husband say: "This
is better'
"Borgewskl was taken up to his room'
and there died. As I have said, nj kW
tend was a good shot
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