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KING BORIS GOES
/German Prate Intrigued With
I Jaunt of Monarch With
, Matrimony as Goal
BERLIN, D.ec. 17.—The German news
paper* are < commenting extensively
. 2rltl> regart to the trip King Boris ot
Bulgaria will make early next year to
the Balkan and Weit European capl
\ *»*• *“ search of a bride. There la
much speculation amohg them as to
1. th* Probable alliance Boris will effect
! Although the youthful king (he will
be 11 years old January lt)is a Qer
man himself and In prs-war times un
,, doubtedly would have turned to th*
German states, sfth their unlimited
supply of princesses, for a wife, this
possibility now Is precluded. However
ff he were to select Princess Ilsank. of
Rumania, he would marry a girl'Who
la more German than anything else
and is directly descended from Saxe
i Coborg-Ootha stock.
. - ll?an* Is a great granddaughter of
Quefn Viotorla and her consort, Prince
Albert. Her father. King Ferdinand,
' was a German prinee before he was
elevated to the throne.
Boris will visit Jugoslavia, Rumania,
France, England, Spain and Italy. It
apparently is th* desire of many Bui
garian officials that he find a queen
among the princesses in the countries
of the Little Entente, as they desire
that he strengthen Bulga'ria's politi
cal position.
Once it was reported that Boris might
marry an American heiress and that
he probably would visit America. But
this plan met with opposition, his ad
visers, apparently thinking Bulgaria’s
king had far better marry the support
of another throhe.
Wmi Ctrl !■ England
Baroness Edith Von Maltzen, wife of
the newly appointed German' ambassa
dor to the United States, passed many
of her girlhood years In England,
Prance, Italy, and Switzerland and
lived, several years In the Far East.
Iius she Is a woman of wide expert*
ce and extremely cosmopolitan In
r tastes. She Is an amateur painter
much ability and Is an expert ed
itor of art objects. She Is especially
ill versed In Japanese and Chinese
t. The baroness also Is an expert
! skater and an excellent horaewom
and plays golf and tennis well.
Baroness Von Maltzen will accom
ny the ambassador to Washington
:e In February, but will remain in
e American capital only a short time,
turning to Bavarl with her young
ughter. for the summer. In the au<
mn the baroness will go to the United
ates and formally open her home In
ashlngton. Baron Von Maltzen will
me back to Germany late In the sum
ir and accompany his wife back to
| Washington.
; Former Princes Eitel Frederick, Op
car and August William, all sons of
i forme: Emperor William, and their
wives were among the guests at a re
cent ball given by the organiaztton of
royal families of the Mark Branden
burg. The ball was held In a leading
Berlin hotel which Is the backbone of
the German “Junker" movement.
Herr Von Arnlm-Suckow, chairman
\ of the organization, greeted the guests
and proposed a cheer for the old Ger
man colom. The royal marshal of the
organization. Privy Councellor Von
teerg, stoke of the kaiser and . the
high rejponsibility which rests upon
“ the royal family.
Sees Bleep's Elimination •
Sleep k to be eliminated If the Eu
ropean uturlsts who recently held a
congress in Milan, Italy, have their
way. Girman futurists are a bit weak
In thelrndvocacy of an effort to chalk
sleep o^ the program as a troublesome
and unnecessary practice, but the rath
er notel suggestion by Signor Marl
petti, k celebrated Italian futurist. Is
provdtlng much comment in the Ger
man Areas.
In Marinetti’s opinion real progres
sives^ must fight against everything
whial constitutes rest. He would have
actim all the time and declares a
sleepless life Is the qnly really Joyful
( onel The quintessence of futurism. In
thelopinlon of Marinetti, Is movement
and life._
SEEKS BIG SLICE
' OF FLAGLER FUND
—
Mrs, Emma F. Cox Largest Pe
titioner Among Wife’s
Relatives
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Emma
F. Cox, of Philadelphia JLs the largest
petitioner among the many relatives
of Mrs. Ada A. Flagler a patient at
the sanitarium here, to apply to the
supreme court for an allowance from
the J375.000 surplus Income which the
trust estate of Mrs. Flagler earns.
Mrs. Flagler was the wife of the
late Henry M. Flagler, Standard Oil
Company official. He divorced her in
Florida because of her mental condi
tion. On her comm’tment Mr. Flagler
created a trust fund tor her support
consisting of shares of stock, mostly
of the Standard Oil Company’s which
at the time had a value «f $2,000.000.
The present vaiuo <f the trust fund is
$10,900,000. Ths income from this fund
is much more than is needed for the
support of Mrs. Flagler, and from
time to time allowances have been
made from It for the support of her
relatives. ;
Mrs. Cox is a cousin of Mrs. Flagler.
She will be SJ years old In January.
She says in her petition she was on
affectionate terms with Mrs. Flagler
before the latter became mentally af
flicted. The petitioner says she is
certain that if her cousin were com
petent she would aid her. A brother.
jxvo nephews and a grand niece .of
Mrs. Cox are receiving allowances
from the surplus income of the Flag
• ler trust fund.
The supreme rourt will appoint a
referee to pass on the application of
Mrs. Cox.
BANKING EMERGENCY IN
NORTHWEST REACHES END
Agricultural Credit Corporation Be
gin* Firm! Step In Liquidation
MINNEAPOLIS, MINX., Dec. 27.—
Holding that the* emergency in the
banking situation In ihe northwest is
at an an end and that established agen
cies will b$ ablejto care for the credit
requirements of these institutions next
year, the Agricultural Credit Corpor
ation began its .lrst liquidation when
its board of directors voted here today
to return to its subscribers 10 per
cent of their con,rtLut Jon to the $6.
000,000 fund, established 11 months ago
for financial relief in this district.
A continuance of its policy of aid
ing in diversification for the north
west farmer was agreed upon, however
and a fund of $500,000 was authorized
for the purchase next rpring of live
stock to he placed on farms in Minne
sota, North and South Dakota, and
Montana
C. T. Jaffray, chairman of the
board, leported to the directors that
the amount of liquidation by banks to
which money has been loaned enables
a repayment of 10 per cent or $600,000
to the subscribers, who are made up
of a number of Industrial and banking
concern* of the eas t and central
states. J
Review of 1921 . By Feg Murray
Msstsag
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JSOME OF 'THE MINOR LEAGUE FLAG WINNERS
V ‘ BASEBALL—WHERE THIS PENNANTS WENT
Washington And New York weren't the only cities to win pennants durtpg
the year 1924. I should say not. Baltimore won Us sixth consecutive pennant
In the International league, setting a record for minor league baseball.
Seattle won the Pacific Coast league pennant In an exciting racw. In which
five teams had a chance to cop the flag at the start of the final week. St.
Paul, winner of the Amerlcap association, beat Baltimore In the "Junior
World Series" and went out to the coast Yo play Seattle to cinch the title
of Class AA champions. “Jupiter Pluvlus” won that series, gowever, four
games being postponed on account of rain, and finally the wholw party was
called off. Ft. Worth, under the able leadership of Jakle Ats. won the S
Texas league on the last day of the season, and beat Memphis, champions of
the Southern association In the "Dixie Senes." Waterbury won the Eastern
league pennant and also took a fall out of the Baltimore "Orioles" In a post
season series. The champions of the Eastern Shore league beat the cham
plona of the Blue Ridge league for the second year In succession when Parks
ley won the "Five States championship" from Martlnsburg.
Other minor league pennants were won as follows: Western league—
Omaha: South Atlantic league—Augusta; Western association—Okmulgee;
Mississippi Valley league—Waterloo; Piedmont league—Durham; New York
Penn league—Williamsport; Virginia league—Richmond; East Texas league
Tyler; Cotton States league—Hattiesburg; Three-I league—Terre Haute;
Florida State league—Lakeland; Qucbec-Ontarlo—Quebec; Kitty league_Dy
ersburg; Mlchlgan-Ontarlo league—Bay City; Appalachian league—Knoxville;
Blu«grass league Paris; Texas association;Corsicana; Southwestern league'
—Arkansas City; Western Arkansas league— Russellville.
(Copyright, 1924, Associated Editors, Inc.)
MOBILE WOMAN
DEFENDANT IN SI
Pinkerton Agency Seeks Receiv
er for Mrs McKfc
B. Hopkins
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—An appllca'
tion for the appointment of a receiv
er of property In New York ot Mr».
MeKlo Bennett Hopkins of Mobile, Ala.,
said to be worth *20.000 was filed In
supreme court today by William A.,
and Allan Pinkerton, conducting the
Pinkerton Detective Agency. The ap
plication wars made on a judgment fot
*10,945 obtained against her by the
Plnlfjrtons In 191* which they have
been unable to collect.
Mrs. Hopkins obtained a divorce In
1914 from Dr. John R. Hopkins- a res
ident of Atlanta, Ga. Subsequently she
brought suit against her son, Russel
L. Hopkins, who died In 1919, to re
cover property she alleged he obtain
ed from her, but she dropped the suit
later. In applying for the receiver
It was alleged by the Pinkertons that
suit was brought against her In Mo
bile, where she has made her home
In recent years, to recover on the slg
year old judgment.
The Pinkertons say that In answer
to the suit In Alabama, Mrs. Hopkins
filed a statement asserting that she is
the owner of jewelry and silverware
which Is now In the possession of Mrs.
Vera L. S. Hopkins In New York. The
latter who was heiress Is the widow
of Russell L. Hopkins. Mrs. Vera D.
S. Hopkins was questioned In the case
recently and testified that certain
property of her mother-in-law Is in
her possession consisting of jewelry
and silverware and that she also has
a trunk containing effects valued at
*800.
A demand was made on Mrs. Hop
kins as executrix of the estate of her
husband, for her mother-in-law's prop
erty but the demand was refused on
the ground that the question of own
ership was not sufficiently clear.
Prince of Wales Drives
While Chauffeur Naps
LONDON.—-The numerous rounds of
engagements which the Prince of
Wales Is called upon to fulfill often
demand long hours of duty on the
part of his servants and attendants,
but the prince Is uniformly considerate
of them.
On one occasion the prince arrived
home In the early hours of the morn
ing after - a busy day and told his
chauffeur he would require his car at
7 o’clock as/ he wanted to go hunting.
Detecting a shadow on the chauffeur’s
face the prince Inquired the reason for
If, The chauffeur replied tnat he would
not have time to clean the car where
upon the prince replied with an en
couraging smile:
“Well bring the car round i«t 7:30.
Do*n't trouble to clean it. I’ll drive and
you can hop Inside and have a sleep.
RARE AMERICAN STAMPS
COMMAND HIGH PRICES
Collection Auctioned In London firing*
in yaH,:soo.
LONDON—Sir Nicholas Water
houses' famous collection of American
stamps was auctioned In London re
cently and realized $68,500. Many of
the stamps will remain in England, but
a large number will return tp Amer
ica. Elliott Perry of New Jeriey, paid
$1,425 for a ten-cent block of 1851
stamps which originally cost Sir Nich
olas about $4.50.
Another rare block of eight flve-cent
brown stamps of the issue of 1847,
realized $3,750, and was purchased by
Philip Ward of Philadelphia. Seven
years ago this block was bought by
Sir Nicholas for $100. Among other
high prices was $500 for a five-cent
blue, $075 for a thirty-cent ultra ma
rine and pale carmine, $450 for a flf
teen-cent blue and brown, and $375 for
a twenty-four cent purple and green.
Heel* From n I'nlverwMy.
In the preparation of a series of ono
hundred historic reels which are being
sponsored by Yale university, the most
exhaustive research is being under
taken In order that the smallest de
tails may be correct. Rare volumes
and ancient records are being planned
for the purpose. The reels are design
ed to make the study of history more
inviting.
Tony Reamer and Allen Rogers
Found to Be One and
'tfie Same
BAUDETTE, MINN., Dee. 27.—Infor
mation wan received here tonight Uy E.
C. Middleton, Lake of the Woods
county attorney that Tony Reamer,
In JiUI here on a murder charge, has
been Identified as Allen Rogers, a har
vest hand who worked In the Kansas
fields last summer.
Mr. Middleton stated he received his
information from a special investigator
who is following up clues In connection
with the slaying of Mrs. Elsie Wheeler,
, Clearwater, Kansas, who was found
i dead in a Northwoods cabin near
I Reamer's place.
I The investigator, the county atlor
1 bey, declared, has left Wichita, Kansas,
( where he was stationed, for Clearwater,
t to obtain further information and to
| determine whether the identification is
genuine. The information, contained
, in a telegram, is as yet unconfirmed,
Mr. Middleton said.
I Authorities are working on several
new clues, according to Mr. Middleton,
but nothing definite has yet been dis
closed. Reamer probably will be ar
raigned here late next week, he de
clared.
As yet the prisoner, who formerly
i had been engaged in trapping, has ob
tained no attorney to de/end him, but
he has been considering arranging for
his defense later, Me. Middleton as
serted tonight.
’Reamer still adheres to his original
story that the last time ho savf Mrs.
Wheeler she was alive and that he was
Ignorant of her death until called be
fore a coroner’s Jury.
thirdofIrItaTn
ATTENDS CHURCH
English Churches Have Member
ship Swelled by Thorough
going Revival
LONDON—The churches of Great
Britain have increased in membership
in the last year on a scale not re
corded since the threat Welsh Revival.
With three small exceptions, the
Church in ^Wales, the Scottish Epis- !
copal church and the United Free
Church of Scotland, every dennmina- j
tion has increased its number of com- j
municants or members, the total in- i
crease recorded being 110,000.
j While this increase has been made
j *n atlult section of the churches,
j l*lere hap been a decrease of 23,602 In
the number of Sunday school schol
| ars.
"The strength of the churches in
I Great Britain is summarized as fol
-.uuu memoers 5.S4B,
IIS7; Sunday School scholars 5.495,292;
Homan Catholic population (England
| and Wales) 1,797,250, making a total
I of 13,338,729. These figures, however,
are not complete, as they do not ln
! Cludo the statistics of the Salvutlpn
iAriny, the Free Church of Scotland,
j the Unitarians, except as to their
| Sunday schools, and a number of
j smaller communions, such as the Ply
1 mouth Bretheren. As affording a fairly
complete record, however, the figures
! may be compared with the last popula
tion census of 42,787,530. On this basis,
one person In every three Is associated
definitely with a Christian church.
CHURCH GETS BIG~BELL
Cologne Cathedral Will Have Largest
Hell In World.
COLOGNE.—Cologne Cathedral is
soon to have the largest bell In the
world. It will weigh over 25 tons.
The bell has been ready for ship
ment from a factory at Apolda for ov
er a year, but on account of the foreign
occupation of the Cologne zone It was
deemed Impracticable before this to In
stall It.
HELD WITHOUT BAIL
Ol-LFPOKT, JI1SS. Dec. 27.—Lafe
Shirley, held for the murder of his
father-in-law Samuel W. Brice, wg*
remanded without ball to await the ac
tion of the Harrison county grand jury
following a preliminary hearing before
Justice Evans today.
Shirley Is said to have struck Price
with a rifle during an altercation, the 1
Injury proving fatal.
Veiled Figure Reported Seen
Floating Through Ruins
of Lovel Castle
LONDON, Dee. 17.—The country folk!
of England who ate frequently In the
throes of a ghost scare, have another
one on their hands now, for a mys
terious veiled figure Is reported to
have been seen fluting about the ruins
of Lovel Castle i»»r Witney, Oxford
Tha many old unusgd eaatlea and
abbeys which dot the English province
furnish Ideal visitation places for these
nocturnal wanderers and at most sea
sons there are ghostly appearances
some place in the broad land which
attracts the attention of .the country
people.
Many years of such happenings. In
stead of causing the rural folk to be- j
come accustomed to them, have sharp
ened thely Interest, and nowadays the
report of a ghostly visit Is sufficient
to arouse the erhole countryside.
In a few case* these apparitions
have been explained, but mostly they
hjtve neither vanished unknown nor are
still reappearing without the formal
ity of satisfying anybody’s curiosity.
This latest eerie tale has all Ox
fordshire and Its surrounding counties
in a state of tension. Thee efforts of
the bravest to find out what have
thus far been unavailing and even
learned scientists cannot produce a
scientific answer.
The neighbors believe that'the wall
ing figure carrying a light which flits
In and out Of the castle, Is the ghost
of the bride of one of the Lords Lovel
who was suffocated on her wedding
night. As the story goes, she hid In
an old oak chest during the festival In
a game of hide and seek, and the lid
sprang shut, her young lord finding
her body some hours later.
The tragedy for many years cast a
spell about the castle, but the mani
festations wore not reported until the
recent death of the last of ths fam
ily.
Realises Wish.
After waiting for thirty years, James
Abercrombie Burden, who placed his
Long Island home at the disposal 01
the Prince of Wales during the latter's
American visit, has had the opportuni
ty of gratifying one of his greatest
desires. He has become the owner of
the stone work, from the two Porters’
lodges of Devonshire house, part of
the coping and a set of urns and gate
way posts which guarded the mansion
for many years.
It Is recorded that Mr. and Mrs.
Burden came to London thirty years
ago and took a suite in a hotel op
posite Devonshire house In Plraddilly,
this Is the London home, of the dukes
08^ Devonshire. From their windows
the visitors admired and came to de
sire the stone pillars of the gateways
and the urns surmounting them.
Year by year, It Is related, the Bur
dens came to London and occupied
the same suit of rooms so they might
look at the prises they hoped one day
to possess. With announcement of ths
sale of Devonshire house for demoli
tion Mr. Burden was able to purchase
the coveted articles.
Whiskey Famine Feared.
Home consumers are threatened with
a famine In whiskey because of the
great demand emanating from the
West Indies, the Bahamas and Mex
ico. whence the supplies pass to the
United States, say prominent distillers
In Scotland.
In the face of diminishing supplies
of matured whiskies, it Is asserted, the
demand from across the Atlantic Is
very large. Heavy premiums are paid
for whiskies sent to these countries by
the older firms.
The dwindling supply of matured
stock Is being met to some extent by
the small distillers who are bottling
almost Of theln stills and sending out
liquor only two or three weeks old.
Whisky for us In this country must
be matured three years and the same
stipulation applies for export to Aus-,
tralla. The accelerated demand of re
cent months is accounted for by the
reported exhaustion of secret supplies
in America and stoppage of the rye
distilleries In the dry areas of Can
ada.
Dictionary Welcome.
Many people this Christmas have
been astonished and delighted at get
ting a dictionary, of all things In the
world for a gift, and the booksellers
have expressed equal astonishment at
the suddenly‘increased demand for
such books.
It Is not any particular thirst for
knowledge or love of learning for Its
own sake, this tide of buying but sim
ply to meet the dematfd for reference
W'ork In connection with the solving
of cross word puzzles which are being
published on all sides.
Following America’s example the
newspapers started this amusement for
the benefit of their readers, many of
fering substantial prizes for correct so
lutions, and now "everybody’s doing
It."
Pedigrees of Deer
In Great Britain
Go Back 409 Years
. LONDON.—Family history and fam
ily trees are by no means confined
to the English aristocracy; there are
several herds of deer in Great Britain
whose records go back more than 400
years. The 1024 register of the Deer
Herd Book Society of Great Britain,
the social register of the animals, Just
published, gives a eojnplete list of the
ages and distinguishing marks of the
herds.
The herd at Deen Park. Peterbor
ough, which went into residence there |
more than 400 years ago, is the top
notch in the unmixed blue blood of
English herds. Among other deer J
ranking above the proletariat is the j
300-year-old herd of Lord Clifford,
which lias not mixed with other^blood 1
since 1072, and the herd of Lord Cob- !
ham. which has maintained its ex
clusiveness since 1785.
Sir Robert Harvey of Langley Park
owns a herd of mixed deer which have
been bred there since Queen Elizabeth ;
used the park as a royal hunting j
ground. A thirteenth century mixed j
herd owned by Losh Hastings,^ and j
the Dukes of Norfolk have maintained
a herd on their estates In Norfolk for
about 700 years.
Altogether there are about 140 pri
vately owned herds In Great Britain,
Including three belonging to King
George, but which do not rank with
their royal master in the matter of
pedigree. On some of the large estates
of the Midlands as many as 400 deer
are kept.
BRAZILIAN OFFICIALS RESIGN
It It) JANERIO, Dec. 27.—Dr Sam - j
paio Vidal, minister of finance and
Clncinato Braga, president of the Banco
De Brazil have sent letters to Presl-!
dent Barnardes, resigning their posts j
because of dissatisfaction with changes!
in the government's bank policy.
KAHTflQl’AKR FELT
ROME. Dec. 27.—Strong earthquake 1
shocks lasting two hours, were reels- j
tered today by the observatory at Fay- |
enza. The center of the disturbance
apparently lvos some distance from!
Italy.
RICKEY THINKS
HORNSBY BEST
__>
• Manager Branch Rickey of the St.
Louis Cardinals has expressed keen
disappointment that Rogers Hornsby,
his star second baseman failed to re
ceive the award as the National
league’s most valued player. Hornsby,
who established a world's batting rec
ord by hitting .423 in the season just
closed did not appear to mind the
award which placed him second to
Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn pitching ace.
Number of Students From
United States Declines
Towards Normal
OXFORD, ENO.—The number of
American students in Oxford univer
sity is slowly declining from the to
tal of the immediate postwar years.
In 1922 the American men students
numbered 226. I^ast year the number
fell to 181 and this year there are
170.
Of these only 90 are Rhodes schol
ars, as compared with 141 two years
ago and 109 last year. The normal
number of Rhodes scholars is two for
each state, but the suspension of the
scholarships during the last years of
the war resulted in a greatly Increased
representation from 1919 onwards. NoW
the number has reached the normal
again. In 1922 the number of men
students not Rhodes scholars was 85,
last year it fell to 72 and now It has
risen to 80.
Of the 170 men students in attend
ance 80 come from five of the Ameri
can universities. Harvard comes first
with 39, Princeton second with 16, Yale
third with 13, and Cornell and Uni
versity of Virginia tie with six each.
The large representation of these uni
versities is duel n part to the tendency
of Rhodes selection committees to se
lect as scholars men who have done
graduate work in the eastern unlver
verslties Is due in part to the tendency
of the students there. The greater
number of Harvard men at Oxford are
here at their own expense.
It is Interesting to note that '■ng
Il8h, German and Scandinavian names
predominate among the American stu
dents at Oxford.
The strong Influence of English so
cial custom in America is showing It
self In the appearance (ft the hyphen
ated surname and the triple Chrlstinn
name. The fact thar-great numbers of
Americans are content with a single
Christian name has always been a
source of wonderment at Oxford,
where three, four, or even five initial
letters are nothing out of the ordi
nary.
Of the Oxford colleges, Exeter Is
the most popular with Americans. It ,
has 20 American students. Americans
are represented In other colleges in
the following numbers: Balltol 14.
Christ Church 13; Pembroke 11; Mag
dalene and New College nine each;
Queen’s and Wadham eight each; Mer
ton, Lincoln and Hertford seven each;'
Worcester, University, Oriel and
Brasenose, five each; St. John’s and
Trinity, four each; Keble, Jesus and
Corpus Chrlstl, two each; and St.
Edmund Hull, one.
The Nun Collegiate Society, better
known in Oxford as St. Catherine's or
St. Cat's is/not ranked as a full Ox
ford College, having no hall and no
dormitories and no porter's gate, yet It
is a part of the university and its
relation to the university is in many
respects similar to that of the ordinary
colleges.
JERUSALEM BARS KLAXONS
Motor Traffic C.aina In Holy City Fol
lowing War. J
JERUSALEM.—The growth of motor
traffic In Palestine since the war has
increased bo greatly that tho municipal
government of Jerusalem lias been
compelled to take steps to curl* tho
mad careening of automobiles through
the crowded streets of the cities. Also
it will stop the harsh honking of horns
which are distasteful to a population
accustomed to living in the medieval
qualntness and quiet which were char
acteristic of tho Holy City before its
modernization began.
Decrees have Ween Issued providing
drastic punishments for speeding and
reckless driving, and stipulating that
after Jan. 1, all automobile horns must
be replaced by bells. The latter, the !
government declares, are more in
character with the spirit of Jerusalem, j
Beer Drinkers Sustain
German Glass Industry
BRESLAU.—The manufacture of
beer glasses has helped to keep the j
German glass Industry on its feet dur- j
ing the last few months when there ;
has been a let down in numerous
other Industries owing to the luck of j
ready cash for operating expsnses.
The demand has come chiefly from the j
home trade.
Manufacturers, however, believe that I
after some of the pending trade treat- j
les with other countries have been !
agreed to the export business will \
gradually improve.
TOKIO REGAINS PEOPLE
Japanese Metropo!in l itth Largest C'lty
In Word.
TOKIO.—Tokio has resumed hei
place as the fifth city of the world, ac
cording to a police census taken here
recently. After the earthquake of Sep
tember, 1921. Tokio lost a quarter of
her population and dropped behind
Berlin. The police enumeration shows
that the city now has 1.917.000 inhabl
tants. a gain of 390.000 from the
figures Just after tho earthquake, hut
200,000 less than before the disaster.
Lansing Believes /
Japan Will Never
War With America
WATERTOWN, N. Y.. Dec. 27.—
Japan never will make war upon the
V. 8. Is the opinion of Robert Lans
ing, former secretary of atate, express
ed hero today. "Japan cannot afford
to make war upon this country," he
said. "She has no money and no one
Is going to lend her any. Furthermore
she has no Iron and other raw mate
rials necessary for such a conflict."
The former mayor of the Wilson cab
inet declared Japan may take the Phil
ippines from the United States some
time but that IT she does she cannot
hold them. He advocated a strohger
navy.
Self Made Man Loses Say-So In
England With Baldwin's
.. Return
LONDON.—Self-made men have
ceased to have any say In the British
cabinet. The old order has been
brought back by Stanley Baldwin the
new premier, and brought back strong.
All but two of the 19 men In his cab
inet are college bred, and these two
attended puhllo schools, which are
peculiarly private Institutions In this
country, frequented largely by the sons
of people of means or culture or both.
The new Conservative cabinet Is rich
In names long associated with posi
tions of prominence In British life.
The tide of opportunity tor those
born In the lower classes to rise to po
litical power and fame that seemed to
run strong when, only ten months ago,
Ramsay MacDonald, as premlqr s
rounded himself with colleagues who
were ex-mlnere, ex-englne drivers, ex
office boys and mill workers and
clerks, has dropped to the ebb of the
days of old. No one In Mr. Baldwin's
new cabinet ever “polished up the han
dle of the big front-door. S".
Ten of the 19 names Mr. Baldwin
presented to the king as his ministers
are Oxford products. Four can look
back to happy days In the halls of
Cambridge. Of the remaining'fixe, ah
had the advantages of public school
training. Mr. Churchill, upon leaving
the ancient hill where Harrow turns
to Sandhurst, the West Point of Eng
land. Neville Chamberlain, like hie
brother Austen, went to Rugby, but
unlike Austen did not go on to Cam
bridge. He finished up at Mason col
lege. Sir Douglas Hogg, the attorney
general Is an Eton product, and Sir W.
Joynson-Hicks, home secretary, was
educated at the Merchant Taylors
School, of which Carlyle was a distin
guished son. Sir D. Worthlngton
Evans, war secretary, attended East-1,
bourne college.
The Cambridge men In the cabinet
besides the premier, are Austen Cham
berlain. W. C. Brldgeman and Sir John
Gilmore. Five of the ten Oxford men
In the cabinet are noble lords of the
realm, Curxon, Salisbury, Cave, Birk
enhead and Eustace Percy. Then thers
are Sir A. Steel-Maltland, Edward
Wood, Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, Sir
Samuel Hoare and L. S. Ajncry.
The public schools of historic fame,
Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Merchant Tay
lors, Winchester, all played parts In
the education of the new Tory cabinet.
Mr. Baldwin and three of hts cabinet
colleagues prefaced their university
days with a few years at Harrow. Five
other members of his cabinet played
as youths upon the cricket fields of
Eton. Rugby knew three of the new
ministers In their youth. And so It
goes.
The ex-mlners and ex-englnc driver*
have gone back to their labors at the
head of trade unions and other organ
izations outside of Whitehall. If they
sit In Parliament, they occupy the op
position benches. The front bench Is
filled aguln with the type of men who
for centuries fiave governed Great
Eritaln, men whose birth the gods
smiled upon, whose climb In life was
made less arduous by the environ
ment of case and wealth, pomp and
circumstance, that England gives In
such generous portion to her privi
leged few.
Everyday Frenchman Not Both'
ered With Terrors of
- Communism ’
a
PARIS, Deo.■ 17.—That near panic
over communism which Premier Her?
riot told the newspapermen gathered
at hie hedelde had aetied upon the
country, seemingly haa not been strik
ingly apparent to "the average IPrenrh
man" as M. Herrlot has christened the
man in the street.
U this man has acquaintances among
the Russian colony, which seems to
bo composed of a representative sec
tion of the pre-war st. Petersburg
aristocracy, headed by grand dukes,
grand duchesses and princes, he cer
tainly will have heard tales of woe
from some of them who had miracu
lous escapes from the Russian revolu
tion and succeeding In reaching Berlin
Justice as the revolutionary troubles
broke Out there and perhaps excus
ably how cannot be convinced that a
slrfllar experience is not. awaltlnrt
them In France.
He will have found the theaters and
muslo 'halls Just as crowded and the
restaurants Just as full as ever; but
at the same time he will have met
representatives of those Paris bour
geois who always are ready to tak'a.i
fright and who, for Instance; always
are sure that each "May day" will see ,
the end of law and *brder and who
formerly dreaded the socialists exact- V
ly as today they dread the commu
nists.
In these circles he will have been
told stories of military preparations
by the government; of machtno guns
secretly placed at commanding points
In Paris and how a certain hotel which
a fortnight ago had not n room empty,
now haa 600 rooms vacant. There are i
not many hotels In Paris containing
600 rooms but had the man needed to
^look for a room he would have found,
some difficulty In locating this par
ticular hotel. ' i ’
--- ... rv. vwv Hinu « lii t.
heard the story of the American Fon**"
en. extremely rich, as most American *
women seem to be In the belief t>f the
French who called at a Jeweler’s In
the Rue ds T.a Pal*. She wished to
buy something choice for Chrlstmaa,
whereupon the salesman told her how
sorry he owns but that he had nothin*
Interesting to show her, because all of
| the finest things In the shop had bean
I sent to I-ondon as a precaution against
the coming revolution. ' .1
Perhaps the highest flight of lmagl- ;
nation has been reached In a story In K
circulation, not connected with com
i munlsm but with Premier Herrlot him
self, who must have enjoyed a good
laugh when It reached him. The story
| has as Ingredients the premier's lame
! l«g; * wondrously beautiful Russian
princess, whose acquaintance M. Her
riot made during hie visit to Russia;'
a Revolver and then a bullet to re
place the mysterious microbe which Is
reported to have Infected the premier's
leg.
Academy at tlamor •
The Academy of French humor ts’
| not yet as famous as the French acad- *
emy or any of the other four acad*'"
I emles forming the Institute of France.
I But nevertheless It exists with the
avowed purpose of fostering humor,
as distinct from wit,< In France. Its
principal step In this dlrsctlon thus
far has been the foundation of a S.000
franc prise for the hook showing the
highest form of humor during the
year.
There are only 18 "academicians” and'
they lay no claim to being "Immortals”
and wear no uniforms or sword like
their more Illustrious brothers of the
recognised academy. Maurice de Kobra,
one of those who founded the new
academy, explains Its workings as fol
lows:
"The members meet the first Thurs
day of each month at 8 o'clock In the
t afternoon. If any member speaks
! more than 'five minutes a little red
lamp shines In warning. From three
o'clock until 4 o’clock the members ob
serve gloomy solemnity.
“At five minutes past four o’clock
the perpetual secretary rings a bell and
an-apprentice humorist who at other
times Is the office boy io- the publish
ing firm where the academy meets,
brings In Ingredients for cocktails.
The members then turn their faces
westward and drink to their unfortu
nate brothers In dry America.”
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