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__ THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD
VOLUME XXXXm_ BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1913 NUMBER >0*1
INTEREST USUALLY
MARKING OPENING OF
NEW SESSION WILL
NOTBESHGWNTODAY
For First Time in Years
There Will Be No Break
in Routine of Business
Between Sessions
IMPORTANT MATTERS
TO BE CONSIDERED
IN THE NEAR FUTURE
In Anticipation of Disposal of Cur
rency Bill President Wilson Will
Take Up Anti-Trust Legisla
tion With Clayton Dur
ing the Week
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Washington, November .10_The l«- j
♦erewt untidily wti mntinilng; the
ln«: off a new nennlon off t ongrcMM will
he ahNent from thin event tomorrow.
hlle th^ flmt nennlon of tl»e Sixty
third ( onsrenn will end at noon mid
the aeeond nennlon will lie imlirred in
by formal proclamation of the vice
president and the npenker of the Ifoune,
the ntntiin off leul^'flon will he little
different from w'liat It won when Sen
ate and ilonne adjourned Saturday aft
ernoon.
President Wilson will appear before the
House at 1 o’clock Tuesday to read his
annual message at a joint session in the
House chamber. Aside from this formal
ity. inaugurated by President Wilson last
April at the start of the special session
ami the presentation In the House to
morrow of ttt»3 annual estimates for fed
eral expenses, the first days of the new!
session will be scarcely distinguishable
from the closing days of the old. For the
first time in many years, Congress will
step over from one session to another 1
without a break in the routine of business.
The Senate will meet at 10 o’clock to
morrow and there will be an intermission
of only a few minutes at noon before the
regular session begins.
MUCH LEGISLATION
TO BE ENACTED
The significance of the mnv session lies 1
In the fact that it opens the flood gates
Vu . legislative a* tivft' and inauun-j- •.n* a
period thai promises tr be i .< vj*<j with
the consideration of important projects
and prolific in legislative enactment.
The extra session Just ending was lim
ited, by formal agreements with Pres
ident Wilson, to the consideration of tariff
and currency reform, and nothing that
might interfere with those issues was 1
taken- up. The currency bill still dom
inates the situation as the new' session j
begins; but the administration programme 1
of antitrust and railroad legislation which
is to follow must share tj>« field with a
score or more of other important subjects.
It is the hope of democratic leaders that
the currency bill can be disposed of in
tiie Senate by the end of December ami
can be completed by both Houses ami
signed by the President in January. In
anticipation of this the plans for anti
trust legislation will be taken up this week
by President Wilson In conferences with
Representative Clayton. Senator Newl&nda
and other members of the Judiciary and
interstate commerce committees of the
two houses.
TO STRESS STRENGTHENING
OF THE ANTI TRUST LAWS
The administration Is to lay stress upon
the proposed strengthening o£ the anti
trust laws from the cutset.
It Is proposed to have the general line
of action laid out In advance of the open
ing of the subject In the House and
Senate.
Other important projects to be taken
up in Congress early In the year and that
will divide attention with the antitrust
bills Include: Further regulation of rail
roads as to rate and stock Issues, govern
ment owned railroads for Alaska, regula
tion of trading cotton and grain futures,
federal aid for vocational education, es
tablishment of a system of rural land
banks. Independence of the Philippines
constitutional amendment for woman's
suffrage, regulation of working conditions
for merchant sailors, legislation to pro
mote safety at sea, two battleships naval
programme, establishment of a federal
armor making plant, good roads legisla
tion, investigation of cost of'living prob
lems, and all the annual appropriation
bill*.’
The bill to give San Francisco water
supply rights in Hetrh-Hetchy valley,
over which a conservationists tight has
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REAL SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN STRIFE TORN MEXICO
'girls of
EIGHTEEN ANf>!
NINETEEN
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in The
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6ENERM^OBREGO^T^^N^BOOV«UARt^S^
BATTLE
SUFFRAGISTS HOLD
BIG MASS MEETING
Launch Campaign for Con
stitutional Amendment
COMMITTEE HEARING
Will Urge Creation of Standing Com
mittee on Woman’s Suffrage in
the House—Mrs. Jacobs to
Respond to Address
By C. K. S'l'KW MIT
Washington. November 30.—(Special.)—A
week’s cumpuign by the National American
Woman Suffrage association to secure the
adoption of a constitutional amendment to
enfranchise women was launched today
at a mass meeting In a local thearte. It
was the formal opening of the forty-fifth
annual convention of the association. An
assemblage which packed the editice from
footlights to gallery listened lor nearly
three hours to discussions on various
phases of the suffrage cause by conspicu
ous adyb*-of The n-fUCrir mo> ••ineut. *
feh:s pended above the drop curtain was a
huge yellow banner bearing the h‘geml;
"We demand an amendment to the
I’nited States constitution enfranchising
women.”
The aseociaiton adopted almost unani
mously a set of resolutions introduced by
Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson, a member of
the Colorado state senate, culling up Pres
ident Wilson "in his forthcoming message
to Congress to adopt the woman suffrage
constitutional amendment as an adminis
tration measure and to urge Congress to
take immediate and favorable action upon
it,” urging the Senate to pass the amend
ment, and asking the House to create a
committee on woman suffrage.
Protest Not Heard
The only protest was voiced by one of
the delegates from Louisiana, backed by
a small following. The opposing dele
gates, however, were not even given on
opportunity to explain the reasons for
their attitude.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of
the .association, presided over the meet
ing, and in her brief address voiced the
belief that "a deliverance—a speedy de
liverance—of women is about to tome
through the action of the American Cdn
giess and through the President of the
United States.”
Oliver P. Newman, president of the dis
trict commissioners, welcomed the conven
tion to the national capital. Introducing
Mary Anderson, Margaret Hinchey and
Rose Winslow, all women industrial
workers. Dr. Shaw said "the right of the
people to a voice in their own govern
ment is the one point to which we are
directing our efforts. We know politics
no political parties. We stand for no
class—for no race, but only for a voice
for all the people in their own affairs.”
Miss Anderson, a member of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, told of her
experience before the Illinois legislature,
and maintained that if the women had
hud votes they could have accomplished
much by direct influence. Miss Hinchey,
a practical laundry worker of New York*,
discussed particularly ‘‘the underpaid and
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TO STUDY NATURAL LAWS
GOVERNING WIRELESS
British Commission to Conduct Experiments in Hope of Being
Able to Codify Laws Which Would Greatly Extend
Commercial Use of Wireless Telegraph
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London, November 30.—Two commis
sions, on« International and the other
Englifeh, In organization, soon will be
gin a series of Investigations in the
hope of being able lo codify the vari
ous natural laws which are believed by
•dentists to govern wireless teleg
raphy. The English commission, known
as the commission of the British as
. soclatlon, will devote Its investigations
to the qualitative phase of the prop
's lam, while the other organization,
' called the International radio-teleg
raphy commission, will study tile
quantitative aspects.
The British committee will endeavor
I to discover by extensive simultaneous
observations at various parts of the
aarth those regularities of phenomena,
commonly described as "natural laws.'
' It is hoped that If these laws are <
codified it will be possible to extend
greatly the commercial possibilities of
wireless.
The international commission will
begin its work from a power station
near Brussels, from which, on a spe
cified date, signals will be sent out fo»*
the reception of investigators and na
tional committees now being organ
ized In every participating country.
Certain technical measurements will
be made by the transmitting experts
at Brussels ahd by the receivers in
various countries. The international
commission will compare the results,
especially with regard to the effects of
time, direction and distance on thj
strength and regularity of the received
signals.
The objective of the investigations
is the elimination of such obstacles as
the “strays” or “z's” of the operator,
and the difficulties of communication
encountep'i near the periods of sun
rise and. -Ainfeet and from atmospheric
conditions generally.
• f)
REBEL
MACHINE
GUNS READY^
FOR ACTION.
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—GENERAL VILLA J
Rebel Chieftain Declares
Forces Will Join Soon For
Onward Mar-h to Huer
ta’s Stronghold
•Ynnrrx, Hex., November up.-—Gen.
Francisco Villn, constllut loiiallMt* c»m
ni under, said today flint northern Mex
ico embracing the states of Sonora.
< hihiiahiiii, Conhulln. Nuevo Leon mid
TnmnnIlpaM, nnd including the terri
tory from the border to n line 500 miles
southward, will be wholly under the
uufhorlty of the rebel force*; within
two weeks.
The forces which are fighting Huerl i
will then Join nt Guadalajara with .1
view to marching on to Mexico City.
This campaign, he said, contemplates
not only the capture of Chihuahua City
but also the spreading of the consti
tutionalists authority farther south.
He is to be joined in the interior later
by Gen., Venustiano Carranza, head of
the revolutionary movement.
So far as the north is concerned,
Villa said, the campaign is between 14,
500 federal troops, mostly in garrisons,
and 30,300 rebels or constitutionalists
in garrisons and roaming the countr:,.
The approximate strength of the op
posing forces in the north as gathered
from official sources by Villa and
made known by him today is:
At Guay mas. Sonora, 3000 federal
troops commanded by Pedro Ojodo.
At Chihuahua City, 5000 federals
commanded by Gen. Salvador Mercado.
At Saltillo and Monclova, Coahuilu,
3000 federals.
At Monterey, Nuevo Leon, 3000 fed
j era is.
Scattered, 1500 federals.
Opposed to the federals and their po
sitions are:
in Sonora, about 5000 rebels under
command of General Carranza, head of
the constitutionalists.
At Juarez and en route to Chihuahua
City, 5800 rebels, commanded by Villa.
South of Chihuahua City, 5500 rebels
commanded by Gen. Manuel Chao.
Scattered and at other cities, 800vi
rebels. t
Prepare to Attack Chihuahua
In preparation for the attack on
Chihuahua City 3500 troops with 10
machine guns and equipment which
filled three trains had left Juarez up to
today and had reached a point 50 miles
south. Villa expects to join his men
within a few days and if possible to,
keep open a train and telegraph serv
ice behind him. He said he would be in
Chihuahua City within 10 days.
Hut tile capture of that city, he in-,
sisted, will be only an incident of a.
further advance later, in con junction'
with Carranza and other rebel leaders..
Villa pointed out that the only im
portant points along tlie United States:
border not held by rebels now arc
Nuevo Liredo. opposite Laredo, Tex.,
and Pjedras > Negras, opposite Eagle
F’ass, Tex., and that his forces already
had captured the larger cities of the
north except Guaymas. Chihuahua City,
Saltillo. Monclova and Monterey.
"We will move right on to Mexico
City,” Villa said. "That is our destina
tion. Our forces are working togeth
er. The troops now in S<»nora will
move southward, attacking Guaymas on
tile way. Those in the east now cen
tered around Victoria will move south
west, while I will go right down
through the heart of the country. On
the way I will t»ke Chihuahua, where
T will be In command within 10 days.
Then I will Join the eastern and west
ern wings of our army at Guadalajara.
Combined, we will march to Mexico
City."
Chihuahua City has been cut off from
communication for more than two
weeks. At that time It’ was said thy
federal forces had made every prep
aration to oppose the rebel attack. Air
most all the food supplies have been
exhausted.
Francisco Escudero, minister of for
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13 DEER HUNTERS OF
NEW ENGLAND DEAD;
72 HURT IN SEASON
Boston, November tQ.—The kill
ing of 5180 deer in Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Massa
chusetts this fall cost the lives of
13 persons and more, or less seri
ous injuries to 72 others. The deer
season closed in Massachusetts a
week ago and will end In Vermont
tomorrow, but hunters In Maine
and New Hampshire have two
vv, <2J*h left **® ( « UJvh -teeok tb.-tr
quarries.
Maine leads the northern New
England states In the number of
fatalities. Eleven pi rsons killed in
that state, four was mistaken for
deer and shot by ther hunters,
six were killed by the accidental
discharge of their own weapons
and a littb* girl was accidentally
shot by an elder brother. More
than 60 person# were wounded.
Tli. x. w i i;impshire and Ver
mont hunting seasons were accom
panied by one fatality each. Four
persons were injured in New
Hampshire and two in Vermont. No
one was killed during Massachu
setts* open week tin deer, but four
persons were slightly wounded.
LATE INTO NIGHT
-,
As Finally Agreed on Meas
ure Is But Little Differ
ent from the Original
Draft
Washington, November 30.—Deter
mined to have the administration cur- !
reney bill ready for consideration by
the Senate as a democratic party meas
ure, when the new session of Congress
opens tomorrow, the Senate conference
of democrats worked far Into the night
tonight, settling the disputed details
of the bill. As Anally agreed upon the
measure was but little different from
the draft presented to the Senate by
Chairman Owen and the five other ad
ministration democrats of the banking
and currency committee.
The conference decided, however, that
if disputed points of importance be
came apparent in the course of debate
on the floor, each difference among
democrats, as it arose, would be taken
into the conference, the party dis
agreements straightened out, and the
majority united to act on the. floor.
The administration members of the
oauking and currency committee re
ported to the conference tonight on
practically all the disputed propositions
on the hill. The conference adopted The
recommendation for a plah to guaran
tee deposits of banks which enter the
new systfm. TJii.s would provide that
after the new regional banks have
earned a 6 per cent dividend on their
stock and established a 40 p€*r cent sur
plus. the exce*s earnings shall be di
vided half and half. One part shall be
devoted to a guarantee fund and the*
other shall be paid to the government
as a “franchise tax.”
The conference also adopted the sug
gestion of the committee that the fed
eral reserve board which will control
the# new system should consist of the
Secretary of the Treasury und six mem
bers to be appointed by tlie President.
An attempt may be made to place the
comptroller of currency on the board.
• The conference with the exception
of writing in the provision for a guar
antee of hank deposits has made prac
tically no material change in the draft
of the bill presented by Senator Owen,
and the confarehca measure. It Is prac
t Continued on rage Rig lit)
Has Slain Six Men Since No
vember 21—Bodies of His
Latest Victims Rescued
By Posse
Bingham, I’tah, November 30.- While
Ralph Lopez, the slayer of six men, was
attempting to batter down a bulkhead it
the entrance of the tunnel in the I'tah
Apex mines here late today, a posse pene
trated an incline and brought out the
bodies of Deputies Douglas Hulsey and (
Tom Mandrich, who were killed by the
desperado in a subterranean tight yester
day afternoon. A development late to- j
day was the report that Mike Cranovlch, I
who shot and seriously wounded his wife j
several days ago, also is a fugitive in the :
mine and is co-operating with Lopez. |
Two deputies on guard at the mouth of ;
the mine opened fire with rifles when j
Lopez began breaking down the bulkhead j
and he retreated into the mine after pry- j
ing away one board. That he is suffering I
from hunger is the belief of the officers j
as he has been in the mine with only a j
small supply of food since Thursday.
Hundreds of Americans and foreign
ers begged in a dozen different
tongues today for the opportunity to
search the mine for the murderer. Only
five, led by 10. P. Strauper, mayor-elect
of Bingham, were allowed to penetrate
the workings. After making two at
tempts they brought out the bodies,
which had been dragged by Lopez
some distant up an incline.
Outwitted repeatedly since Lopez be
gan his career of bloodshed on Novem
ber 21, the pursuing sheriffs of seven
counties today decided to batten up
the mine and attempt to asphyxiate the
fugitive with poisonous gases. Ac
cordingly 14 of the 15 exits were
stopped with bulkheads and the work
of- preparation for forcing in gas is
under way.
MANY GRIEVANCES
YET TO BE SETTLED
Houston. Tex., November 30.—The
first week of the conference between
officials of the Sunset Central lines
and Rational officers and general com
mitteemen of the englnemen and train
men of the road closed with but little
more than one-third of the f>7 griev
ances under consideration being pre
sented to Assistant General Manager
G. S. Wald.
It is understood that more time has
been consumed In the presentation of
the new' working conditions proposed
by the orders than in the consider
ation of personal grievances applying
to cases in which men have been dis
missed from service.
Borden Back in Ottawa
Ottawa. November 30.— Robert L. Bor
den, premier of Panada, arrived home to
day after a sojourn at Hot Springs. Y'a.,
where he took the baths. Mr. Borden an
nounced that he was feeling in the best
of health. The premier declared there
w-ua nothing official in the visit he made
to Washington on his return journey.
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TODAY’S AGE-HERALD
1— Opening of new Congress session
today.
Suffragettes hold mass meeting.
Kebels will soon control northern
Mexico.
Another big strike for Indianap
olis.
No change in Mexican muddle.
2— baptist pastor on senatorship.
3— America's balance in foreign trade
roaches big sum.
i—Editorial comment.
5—Traders National adds $ lad, 000 to
capital stock.
Corner stone la id for new church.
Dr. Kdmonds talks on habit.
W*'idman show arrives in city.
•—Sports.
8—Same speech described by two dif
ferent pens.
ANOTHER BIG STRIKE
FOR INDIANAPOLIS
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Teamsters Will Not Report
at Barns This Morning
ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS
Drivers of Milk Wagons, Hearses,
Government Vehicles and Express
Companies Not Affected.
Police Are Ready
Indianapolis, November 30.—'The team
sters’ union voted unanimously late to
day to go on strike at midnight tonight.
The union, which includes the commercial
chauffeurs, Is one of the strongest in the
city and has between 1500 and UOO0 mem
ber?.
A special dispensation for milk wagons,
driven by union teamsters, was made at
the meeting on suggeslton of Thomas J.
Farrell, general organiser of tho Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffers, Stablemen and Helpers. Drivers
of hearses are exempt from the strike
order. Farrell also announced there would
be no interference with the mail or other
government ,f%agons or automobiles, or
(
with the wagons or machines of express
companies. He said arrangements would
he made for delivery supplies to hospi
tals, so there would he no added suffering
among the sick.
Signing; Didn’t Help
Several employers have signed the
agreement but their men will join the
strike to make it more effective. The
men were ordered not to report at their
respective barns tomorrow morning, but
to picket the barns.
Employer of teamsters, who are mem
bers of the National Vehicle Owners’ Pro
tective association, have practically de
cided to abandon all attempts to move
their wagons 0:1 the first interference.
They say they will put their wagons in
the barns and send their horses to the
country and await developments. Whole
sale dealers have notified their customers
they will not attempt to make deliveries
if there is interference w ith their vehicles.
The 'teamsters demands were drafted
last Sunday and submitted to the em
ployers during the week. The demands
include a wage scale and changes of
working conditions. The wage scale for
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PRESIDENT WILSON
FINOS NO CHANGE IN
MEXICAN lOOLEON
RETURN TO CAPITOL
_
Official Washington Chiefly
Interested in Watching
Rapid Spread of Con
stitutionalists’ Power
GENERAL TREVINO,
EX-FEDERAL CHIEF,
REFUGEE IN LAREDO
Citizens of Monterey Much Alarmed.
Aldape Will Attempt to Raise
Loan for Huerta Abroad.
Says Condition of Coun
try Not Desperate
\\ hmIiIiikIoii, November SO.—Prowl
dent WIImou found no dinnue In tlic
Mexican situation to<la> on his return
to the cnpitnl. Official Washington in
In nn nttltude of pnnntve observation at
proNcnt, pnrtlciilnr Interest being man
ifested In the rapidly growing domina
tion of territory by the constitution
Hilata.
Tho possibility that the visit to Vera
Cruz of Querido Moheno, Mexican min
ister for foreign affairs, might mean
the reopening of negotiations with the
United States through t .John Lind,
awakened speculation again, but offi
cials tonight were unaware of it, if
Moheno contemplated such a purpose.
High government officials here have
said repeatedly that tho only condition
on which negotiations would be re
newed was the assurance of Huerta’s
elimination.
HALE’S RETURN IS
AWAITED WITH INTEREST
The return to Washington of Wil
liam Bayard Hale, who conferred with
General Carranza and the constitu
tionalist. chiefs on the border, Is await
ed with much interest. Mr. Hale may
get back late tomorrow or Tuesday.
His observations of the character and
strength of the constitutionalist move
ment will be placed before President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan and are
expected to be an important factor hi
the Washington government’s future
attitude toward the constitUtlonaUsUf.
Though Mr. Huh* has s«'nt lung dis
patches and letters on what he ra v
and heard at Nogales, .Sonora it Is be
lieved he will supplement these witti
personal conferences with the Presi
dent and Mr. Bryan.
Sir William Tyrrel, private sec -
tary to Sir Edward Grey, who lias »
acting ns a medium of comn
i between the British foreign
j the American government
I illness of Sir Cecil Spr
British ambassador, left
New York. He will sal.
England. The British hi
day was able to take a
GENERAL TREVINO
LEAVES MEXICO
Uadero, Tex., November 30.—Gen.
Geronlnio Trevino, former commander
of the federal troops in northern Mex
ico and one of the most prominent of
the older Mexican statesmen, with ht^
wife and three daughters, arrived her
today as refugees together wdth mem
hers of 35 wealthy families of Mon
terey.
Trevino will go to Ills ranch near
]>el Rio, Tex., and later to Sacramento,
Mai. The other refugees will sojourn
In various parts of the United States
and Kurope until chaotic conditions In
Mexico are changed.
General Trevino would not comment
upon Uie Mexican situation.
Many Monterey citizens reported that
while there had been no untoward
happenings since the unsuccessful con
stitutionalist siege last October, tin*
city was very much alarmed over thw
progress of events, and tlia tthose who
could do so were leaving the city. It
is believed here that the object of the
departure of wealthier families is to
escape forced Ioann which, when re
fused. have led to Incarceration anrl
reprisals.
ALDAPE WILL ATTEMPT
TO NEGOTIATE LOAN
Santander. Spain, November 30.—Manuel
Garza Aldape. who recently resigned the
portfolio of minister of the interior in the
Mexican cabinet, reached here on the
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AUSTERITY OF SWEDISH
COURT CAUSE OF DIVORCE
Gay Russian Wife of Prince William Unable to Endure Quiet
Life at Stockholm and Returns to Her Father in Paris—Ex
odus of the Russian Contingent Causes Much Gossip
Stockholm, November 3b.—Incompat
ibility of temperament Ik believed here
to be the real reason for the expect
ed divorce of Prince William, second
son of the ICing, from his wife, who
was the Grand Due ness Marla Pav
lovna. daughter of the Grand Duke
Paul Alexandrovich, ur.d a cousin of the
Czar. The princess left Stockholm
about the same time the Russian min
ister. M. Savlnsky, took his departure.
The minister departed soon after the
military attache, Colonel Assanovich,
was practically dismissed from Sweden
for spying
All sorts of gossip was caused by
this exodus of the Russian contingent.
Some leports had it '.hat the princess
had been engaged with the minister in
the espionage which caused the at
tache's downfall.
In court circles, however, it Is said
that ttie rupture between the young
royal couple was not unexpected. The
atmosphere of the Swedish royal house
hold is about the most puritanical to
be found In any European court, whllo,
the grand duchess came from a set ox
quite opposite tendencies. The prince,
although only 29, is a man of serious
and scholarly tastes and without groat
personal magnetism. He is a captain in
the navy but prefers his books to tho
quarterdeck and has some reputation
as a poet. The gay princess, 23 years,
found life In Sweden under the chap
eronage of her husband's extremely
Conventional parents, very dull. Henc*»,
it is said, she fled to her father *11
Paris and refuses to return.
A high court official, the Marshal
Prlnt/.akjoeld. Is In St. Petersburg ne
gotiating terms for a separation of thy
royal couple. Prince William has re
nounced tliat part of his wife's fortuity
that would have come to him accord
ing to the terms of the marriage set
tlement. The .young Prince Lennart.
4-year-old son of the prince and prin
cess. will inherit Oakhill castle, near
Stockholm. William is starting for
Africa on a big game shooting expe
dition.