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Sporting and Automobile News
Pages 40 to 45
VOLUME CIX.—NO. 151.
ENGLISH RULER
TORY PERSISTS
IN LONG FIGHT
ON HOME RULE
Palfour Continues Opposition to
Lords' Veto Bill in Hope
?'•■' of Compromise
Emissaries Sent All Over Great
Britain to Rouse Prejudice
Against Irish *
—
By T. P. O'CONNOR
[Special Cable to The Call]
'•* (Copyright, 1911, bx the Trihune Co., Chicago.)
? LONDON, April ;9.—The weakening
"f the tory filibuster in the house of
commons against .the lord's «veto bill,
•which # began last we ok, became more
notsble this "week? Indeed, the fight
palpably is a nearing- the c -id.
This 'week's figliting was especially
disastrous to the tortea and particularly
on the :; Irish 'question. A. J. Balfour
roriewed the persisted hi so
c oft«n to exclude home rule
t'a; operation of the veto bill.
Tliis Attempt was made first in the
Oronf<»rehre last 'ypar. and, indeed, the
conference i.-; believed to have broken
down on. that, point,, the liberal leaders
ob«-tinat"l\- prul fincofrrpromlsingly re
fuslncr to m»ke any such surrender of
the. Irish-claim*. - •
VOTE BEFORE^ CO£ONAT;OX ,
TlaJfoiir, however.Ytill persists In this
d^m.-ind. th'««last hopo o of his party
beln3,tbat they can concentrate against
Ireland and, still force the ministers
Into another general election on-, home
rule with sych appeals, to racial; and
rellpipus passions in oEngla,nd as to
make hom#> o nile Impo'yible.
• T!ie result of t!ie debate on home rule
this .sveek shpuldiirot lend"any support
to these tactics. Balf.our was beaten
entirely in the argument and the debate
was Jo tame that It was allowed to
clo?e after four hours. , • °
Tt now is evident thaj the veto bill
wiH reach the house eof lords at the
scheduled time; that is to say. about
the .mfddle bit Way, and that"the lords
■will have full>time to debate and decide
it before the coronation.
PROGRAM OK THE PEERS °
The present indication is that the
lords have abandoned the idea of a
complete rejection of.the hill, and will
try to amend it out of existence, and
especially will try once more'the dodge
of excluding- home, rule, from the opera
tion Of the 'measure. There is less
chanc* '"now than ever of the liberals
accepting any such proposal. ~lt will
be flung back in the face of the peers.
TMfl, comes the problem: Will the
liberals 0 force the creation of new
peers? All opinion now points to their
refusing to push things to such ex
tremes.' My present prophecy la that
the veto bill will be a law by the end
of July or the "ginning of August.
■When the veto bill is finished the
Teal fight on home rule will begin.
The tories. especially the Ulster men.
are flooding 0 England and Scotland
•with Innumerable" emissaries spread
ing a!) kinds of calumnies, especially
as to religious persecution. The
gigantic sum of $500,000 has been
raised to c push this campaign.
MONEY TO AID O'BIUE.V
In the midst of this new demand on
their energies and financial resources
the Irish nationalists were startled by
the statement of Moreton Frewen.
"William O'Brien's follower, that an
Irish-American had subscribed through
him $25,000 to help O'Brien's cam
paign. The donor's name was not
mentioned, but he is- supposed to be a
■well knowji figure in the financial life
of New York.
The chorus of assent to the arbi
tration treaty of England and America
found a great climax yesterday in the
Manor House meeting, with Asquith
and BaJfour representing both parties.
The feeling of the meeting was unani
mous and enthusiastic, but the Morn-
Ing Post, the organ of the rabid pro
tectionists and tories. keeps harping
against any proposal, making Presi
dent Tiffs action for reciprocity with
Canada the chief pretext.
MAJORITY FOR ARBITRATION
The discordant note undoubtedly
represents the feeling of a certain sec
tion of the •tories, who see in the
American-Canadian reciprocity a death
blow to th« hopes fo,r a preferential
tariff throughout tire' empire and are
still unwilling to abandon,, Chamber
lain's policy. •;-■; .c 4
This, group is not yet; subdued and
■till Is able to r<ontrol a large number
of tories, but they are getting din
credited and abandoned byoLord North*
cllffe and his large groyp gf powerful
papers. In general, tHe, English feel
ing of all parties remains strongly in!
favor of such a "treaty. °.
It is significant of the immense, strain
■which public life imposts'on British
public omen that gn manyoof the chi«£
figures have been laid up <Jur<Jng the
last few months. ]>ord C'rewe's illness 0
was evidently much more o serio°us than
wa"S supposed and heo-|]i°be compelled
to cspend several months abroad before
fc£ can resume the running of the house
of lord% ,
SUCCESS OF LORD SIORI.EV
As I have already cabled, his plac*
»has bejn filled,with the most m&r^velous
success by JL*ord Morley his ab
sence do^s not inflict any .Idas on the
few liberals in the house of lords, but
he is nevertheless a loss. ,
° Lord Crewe, Indeed? seems like I^ord
Unjdowne, the leader of the opposite
Bide,' a man whom nature in
tended to be a leader. Even his very
defects in speech help him to better
fulfill his task. He chas not the gift
of oratory—on the contrary, he speaks
o with almost a sawdust dryness, he hes
itates, and stumbles, he is rigid as ice
and yet, somehow, or other, it al^ seems
! to fit in with the atmosphere of the as
'■ sembly of which he < find* himself for
tho time being the head. lie always
i pays the right thing at the right: time,
.-and despite his "courtesy he is immov
able. -, HotBSSBQSI
.' PROBLEM FOR LORD HALDAM;
] One,of the problems of 0 the future
i in the ofolords Is L the position of
' Lord Haldane. { As everybody expected,
Alleged Scandal Shown
Without Any Foundation
WEDDING OF QUEEN VICTORIA’S NEPHEW
BASIS FOR MISTAKEN ATTACK ON KING
he is to the manner born there and
looks as if he had been a peer all his
life. The massive face with the pro
nounced features, the almost owl-like
expression of gravity together with the
great big head, in i w peer look
more like a judp ■ lord chan
cellor.
Sometimes, indeed, Lord ITaldane re
calls the observation of Ixird Thurlow,
lord chancellor of the eighteenth cen
tury that no man can be as wise as
Thurlow looked. Besides, Lord Hal
dane always hns belonged to that mod
erate school of liberals which in France
is described as "left centre."
Plausible, soft spoken, imperturbable
and Strongly antagonistic to violent
opinions and courses. Lord Tlaldano be
longs to that historic type of whig
which is especially at home among the
peers, many of whom, though tory, have
a certain remnant of the old aristo
cratic liberalism that made the revolu
tion of Itiso, drove out .lames II and
established a Protestant throne and a
modified form of democracy.
PROSPECT OF WOOLSACK
These are the reasons why people
whisper that the transfer of iHaldane
to the house of lords may have re
sults greater than have already re
vealed themselves. In short, it is
thought that he has been put there in
the hope on his part and on the part
of his friends that he will soon mount
the woolsack. This, of course, he can
not do until the present occupant of
that distinguished post makes room
for him. Will he do
I^ord Loreburn, the chancellor, and
Haldane, the minister for war. are both
Scotchmen, and in some respects have
the same typical qualities of their race
—thrift, caution, resolute ambition,
clear heads, but overopinion and are
irreconcilable.
During nearly all their political lives
they have been vehement opponents.
Like Scotch and most English poli
ticians of all parties, the two men have
always entertained in public the most
OUS and even friendly attitude
toward each other. All the same their
antagonism has only increased by the
two standing so often in each other's
way.
MEMORIES OF BOER WAR
What decided their fate was the split
in the liberal party over the Boer war.
Haldane, next to Ijord P^oseherry. was
the heart and soul of the section which
was known as the liberal imperialists.
This group separated from the main
body of the liberals and supported
Chamberlain in the war against the
Transvaal. The main body, on the
other hand, stood by Campbell-Ban
iirrman and came to be known gener
ally as the pro-Boers.
Lord Loreburn—or Rob Reid, as he
was then called—was just as much a
type of this section as Haldane was
of the liberal imperialists. For a long
time it was uncertain which section
would come out on top. If Roseberry
had been made prime minister the lib
eral imperialists would have won. And
Roseberry might have won if he had
not been the victim of sleeplessness.
OPPO.\'EXTS OF HOME RILE
Roseherry gave up the ghost when
he attacked Campbell-Bannerman for
taking up home rule, and with the
fall of Roseberry came the fail of all
those who depended upon him. Hal
dane was the first and most faithful
of these and Haldane's chance of the
lord chancellorship died with Rose
berry's chance of the premiership.
Reid, on the other hand, as the faith
ful ally of Campbell-Bann*rman. was
pointed out for the lord chancellorship.
Haldane was furious for whole days
afterward.
And now Haldane is in the house of
pp»r?, but sitting under the other
Scotchman who was s*o much wiser
in his political career. The report is
natifral that he goes there in the hope
of reaching at. last the prize which
has so long eluded him.
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE
TO CONGRATULATE CZAR
Visit to Russia Timed for Em
peror's Birthday
RERUN, April ».—-Crown . Prince
Frederick "Williaml and the crown
princess will go to St. Petersburg afcout
ttie, middle of May to pay the visit
which had been planned in connection
with the prince's Interrupted trip In
the far east and congratulate Emperor
Nicholas r*n the occasion of his birth
day. May 19. The visit is regarded not
only as a demonstration of the recent
ncluded Russo-German under
standing, but also an indication of the
definite abandonment of the prince's
proposer] trip to China and Japan.
BRITISH NAVY LAUNCHES
0 LARGEST WARSHIP
Cruiser Named by Princess
Royal Louise at Barrow
BARROW -IN - FURNESS, England.
April 29.—The Princess Royal, the
largest cruiser battleship ever built
for the British navy, was launched to
day and christened by Princess Royal
Louise, after whom the vessel was
named. The cruiser has a displacement
of 11.160 tons and turbine engines af
fording 70,000 horsepower. The con
tract calls for a speed of 28 knots an
hour. The ship will carry eight 13.5
inch guns besides smaller weapons.
THE San Francisco CALL
SAX FRANCISCO. SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1911.
Royal residence in London and persons involved in explanation of
confusion regarding the marriage of Miss Laura Seymour and Prince Victor
of Hohenlohc-Langenburg.
1. The palace of St. James.
2. Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, formerly Miss Laura
Seymour, daughter of the late Admiral Sir George Seymour, whife of a
nephew of Queen Victoria.
3. The late Admiral Prince Victor of Hohenlohc-Langenhurg, a
favorite nephew of Queen Victoria, who married Miss Laura Seymour.
4. Count Cleichen, former colonel of the British grenadier guards, only
son of the late Admiral Prince Hohenlohe, and Miss Laura Seymour.
5. The duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, and stepfather of
Prince Hohenlohe, the husband of Miss Laura Seymour.
6. Lady Victoria Machell, one of the three daughters of the marriage.
She was married to Mr. Machell of the Egyptian service in J895.
POST ROASTS TAFT
AND PEACE PACT
Movement Described as "Amer»
ican Dodge" and Govern*
ments Accused of Sham
[Special Cable to The Call]
LONDON, April 29.—Taking a strong
attitude against Anglo-American arbi
tration, the Morning Post called upon
all patriotic Englishmen to abstain
from attending the great (iuild hall
meeting, charging that President Taft
brought forward arbitration at this
time only to make the passage of Ca
nadian reciprocity easier.
The whole movement is described as
"an American dodge." and both govern
ments are accused of corruption in par
ticipating in "what they knrtw to be a
sham."
The Morning Post represents the ex
treme tariff reform sentiment, out
raged by the reciprocity proposals. It
is also carrying on a \endetta against
Arthur .1. Balfour. the tory leader,
whose presence at the Guild hall meet
ing and support of th« arbitration
treaty Is another reason why the Post
must oppose it.
The Standard, expressing the hope
that the proposed treaty will be con
cluded, warns Kngland not to pitch her
hopes too high. It says that there is
no likelihood of an Anglo-American dis
pute, the safeguard against one being
the common sense and good feeling of
the two peoples.
The Graphic says that the. diplomats
have no reason to complain of lack of
encouragement in the meeting which
soon will have a response in equally
Impressive form from the Tnlted States
and that then the mandate for the
proposed treaty will be complete.
INTERNATIONAL PLAGUE
CONFERENCE FUTILE
Delegates Split Into Three
Camps at Mukden
ST. PETERSBURG, April 29.- A semi
official telegram from Mukden says the
foreign delegates to the international
plague conference, which closed in that
city yesterday, are agreed that the con
ference was without practical result.
The delegates split into three ramps.
those from the rnited States and Eng
land siding wltii the Chinese, while
Germany and Austria formed a con
necting link between the first named
trio and representatives of Russia,
Japan. France, Holland, Italy and
Mexico.
The Chines* took the ground that
they could consider only practical sug
gestions in connection with the fight
against the pneumonic type of plague
and. accordingly, the attempts of other
groups.' to hroaden the scope "t the
conference proved futile.
CLOUDS BALK OBSERVER
OF THE SUN'S ECLIPSE
VAVAO, Pacific Ocean; ( Via, Suva, Fiji
Islands). "April 20.— Astronomer Barac
chi,< head ;" of I the Australian astronomi
cal expedition, say* that his observa
tions of the eclipse of : the sun today
were . only partially successful, hemp
interfered with by clouds.r; y^' ':'"'
FOREIGN NEWS
CABLE
SCOTS SEEK NEW
HOMES IN STATES
Fever to Emigrate Possesses
Thrifty and Capable, and
Population Decreases
[Special Cable to The Call]
EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 29.
Scotch emigration to America is re
flected in the census returns just pub
lished. Inf place of an estimated in
crease of 45.000 in this, city since 1901
(hero has been an actual loss of 1,352.
Glasgow shows 783,000, against 701.000,
hut new districts added since the pre
ceding census account for all except
7.500 of that Increase, and that is the
banner city.
Figures from the rural districts are
too incomplete to bo tabulated, but they
report wholesale depopulation. Every
section has lo«<t heavily, the record be
ing so striking and uniform as to im
press the authorities with the neces
sity of doing something to keep the
ppople on the land. Figures are not yet
computed for England, hut it is feared
that the estimated growth there may
also prove illusory.
Dispatcher to The r a il in recent
months have explained the Scotch trend.
America, is receiving the best. Scotland
can offer in youth, strength, enterprise
and ambition. The fever to emigrate
is no longer confined to the ne'er do
well and adventurous, but it has pos
sessed the thrifty and capable.
HOTELMEN RAISE RATES
FOR CORONATION WEEK
American Guest Who Objects
Invited; to Leave ■
[Special Cable to The Call] .
LONDON, April 29;— number of
Americans booking -at the big. hotels
here over the coronation is increasing
dally. Consequently there is no. sign of
any decrease in -the; exorbitant rates
being demanded. Many visitors are
trying to go out-to the suburbs, but
there ,is no j accommodation; and 1 they
fear the transportation"facilities." On«
American businessman, who has: lived
in a large London'hotel for, five years
was notified yesterday that: during
June \ his rate, would be increased ,300
per cent. When he murmured at the
unfairness Ihe was given the option- of
quitting. The ; majority of ' Londoners
seem to regard the coronation solely as
an event out of which they may make
money. r^Wi^^o^B
Colonial Premier Leaves
ST. JOHNS. N. F., April 29.—Premier
Morris and Mrs. Morris left St. Johns
today for New York, from which' port
they will - sail" for ; England next
Wednesday to attend the imperial con
ference and; coronation ceremonies.
Embassy Secretary Named
WASHINGTON, April 29.—Announce
ment was made at. the White House
that Earl Dodge of ,Newv York will
secretary to the special "embassy of the
United States to the coronation of King
George V; ■ ;'- -'.• . ■■":.:,' '.'•■!>?^ % ■'"
CARPENTER 6 VOTE'TOrBTHIKE—Chej-enD«:
•.• Wyo,.'. April ; 2Jt.--l'niou carpenters :to ■ a man
; voted todarto strike Monday if the Increase of
10 rents mi hour demanded wan not granted.
■ Theitnure* >are: ri'jw 50 cents' an- bonr.veiriit
hours a dsy.
Work of Americans Is
Conspicuous in Italy
LIBEL ON GEORGE V
TRACED TO SOURCE
Story of Morganatic Marriage
Due to Similarity of the
Women's Names
Daughter of Another Admiral
Became Wife of Prince of
Hohenlohe
By A. D. JACOBSON
[Special Cable to The Call]
(Copyright, 1911, by A. D. Jaeobion.)
liANGENBURG. Wurtemberg, April
29.—Scandals among royalty die hard.
Pespite the fact that King George of
Great Britain, in a court of justice, has
been cleared completely of the libel
published broadcast, that in the nineties
of the last century, while stationed at
Malta, he contracted a morganatic mar
riage with the daughter of Admiral
Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, scandal
mongers still continue to busy them
selves about it. The reason that this
titbit is not yet eradicated fiUly from
the public mind is, that it has been al
lowed to go uncontradicted for about
20 years.
Tn order that it may be quashed once
and for all, I propose to elucidate how
that story originated and why the
canard received world wide credence.
Strange as it may seem, this little out
of the way place within the borders of
this kingdom contains the solution, and
all I relate here has been gathered
from the archives of the princely house
whose ancestral home it is. But the
strangest thing in connection with this
strange story is that for once, scandal
about royalty actually did have a sem
blance of truth. But as to the inter
esting details:
ORIGIN OK MARRIAGE STORY
The libel of King George's alleged
morganatic marriage originated in the
fact that a marriage did take place be
tween a prince and a >fisß Uiira Sey
mour, who was also the daughter of a
British admiral. As for the rest, some
mischievous or ill advised person linked
the name of the present British king
during his visit to the island of Malta
with that of another Miss Seymour,
who, to still more confound matters,
also was the daughter of a British ad
miral.
Although well known in court cir
cles, it will come as a surprise to the
general public to hear that this very
day there is living in St. James palace
an aged lady who once was a Miss
Seymour. It is she undoubtedly who
was In the mind of those who started
the story of King George's alleged
marriage at Malta. There always has
been a mystery about that lady, the
roa) Miss Seymour, who contracted a
marriage with a royal prince. For
many years she has lived a secluded
life, has never figured in public, and
is quite unknown even among English
men.
She Is now an old woman of almost
80. and her romantic marriage took
place before King George was born.
But all this seems to have counted as
nothing to the slanderer, who mixed her
up with that Miss Seymour who was in
Malta in 1893. The. lady I speak of for
years has been known as Princess
Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenhurg. She
resides In what Is known as Engine
court, within the precincts of St. James
palace. Her son, to whom the late King
Edward was godfather nearly 50 years
ago. Is Count Glelchen, a former colonel
of the British grenadier guards.
QtTBE!V VICTORIA'S RELATION'S
Miss Seymour's husband. Prince
Victor of Hohenlohe-T^ngenburg. was
an admiral in the British navy. He
was a nephew of Queen Victoria. That
queen's mother, as is well known, was
a princess of Saxe-Coburg. whose first
husband was a prince of Leningen in
Germany. By him she had two chil
dren—a son. Prince Charles Emrich of
Leinlngen, and a daughter, Anna Feo
dora, who married the prince of Hohen
lohe-Liangenburg. After the death of
her husband tlie princess of Paxe
Coburg married the duke of Kent, a
son of King George TIT of England, and
their only child was Princess, later
Queen, Victoria of Great Britain. Be
tween the queen and her halfbrother
and halfslster the greatest affection
existed until death parted them.
But while fortune «mlled upon the
English daughter of the German prin
cess and placed her upon the world's
foremost throne, it continued partic
ularly unkind to her German son and
daughter. The revolution of 1848 in
its wake brought ruin to the princely
houses of L,elningen and Hohenlohe*.
They were so. completely Impoverished
that Queen Victoria invited her step
brother and stepsister to send their off
spring to the court of St. James, to be
brought up under Aer direction and to
become British subjects. As a result,
the sons of the queen's halfbrother and
of her halfslster spent their lives in
England.
LOSS OF ROYAI. RANK
They entered the royal navy, rose to
the highest rank and died as admirals,
leaving: distinguished records. Prince
Leinlngen took a royal spouse. His
cousin. Prince Hohenlohe, fell in love
with Miss Laura Seymour, a maid of
honor at the court and a near relative
to the marquis of Hertford, and married
her. It is well known that Queen Vic
toria was a great stickler for royal
prerogative, being very orthodox in her
belief in the "divine right." Still Prince
Hohenlohe was a great favorite with
her, and though he lost his royal rank
upon contracting this marriage and was
obliged to adopt one of the inferior
titles of his former principality, that of
a count of Gleichen, for once. Queen
Victoria departed from her cast iron
rules and restored her nephew to his
former position at court.
What ■was more astonishing- still,
Queen Victoria permitted the former
Mis« Seymour to take her royal hus
band's princely rank, an act up to that
time unprecedented in England. In fart,
so popular was the nephew with the
queen that she placed him in command
of her royal yacht and made him gov
eriv>r of Wlndeor castle. But the mar
riage nevertheless remained a "faux
pas." Though there have been a num
ber of mesalliances of English princes
in days gone by, that of her highness
Is the last of them.
Miss Seymour, by her marriage to
Prince Hohenlohe, also had three
daughters. The late Prince Victor, be
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LABOR DISPLAY
Whiskers Become Issue
In Society and Navy:
[Special Cable to The Call] }N^
LONDON, April 20.—WbJskera
nave become |an I Issue of acute
current interest through the " in
dignant rebuke* that Captain
Kdward Macllwalne of the. navy
la ■' engaged 'In ' heaping upon
RnKlUhnsen who do not .wear
them, In letters .to the ; London
newspaper*. ■ The burden of his
attack* •■ ■••!• that '/■ the ?. country'"
manhood h«» become very low
when It Ignores the plain hints
of - two aovereiKnn, - the.< present
kins and hi* father, that Britons
should be bearded.' .
Marllwalne himself sets an ex
ample of the ! duty -of all . loyal
subjects by wearing; an enormous
beard and Insisting that all | his
staff .shall* cultivate - that adorn
ment. :" . ■■':
The gilded youth, to whom the
letter* I appeal, have ' «r«t only as
far - as * the j mustache ■in the . line
of reform. ; Fashion will do good
service '. In ' many of ' these cases,
for there has been; crying: need
to cover thousands of most ap
palling upper.lips In gay circles.
Along With the mustache the
pompadour, style of brushing the
hair Is becoming the vogue. .
Kinc George's views on beards
have ■ not been . disclosed. He
has worn a beard since he went
into, the navy, and It , improves
bis appearance. King Edward
wore one to avoid the trouble of
shaving. . .
sides being a very clever and skillful
sailor, was a sculptor of no mean skill,
among his works being the marble bust
of the late Admiral Sir Harry Keppel,
set up in the United Service club rooms,
also a heroic statue of his uncle, Queen
Victoria's prince consort, and a group
allegorlcally depicting the deluge.
RO.HAXCE OF PRIM X
The Hohenlohe family otherwise is
also quite intimately connected with
the British reigning: house, the heredi
tary prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
having married a daughter of King Ed
ward's brother, the duke of Saxe-Co
burg-Gotha. He was severely wounded
by a Boer bullet at Modde* river and
also received a gash in the neck which
exposed but did not sever the jugular
vein. The count has also proved his
pluck in the Soudan and Dongola.
The above Is the real romance Of the
marriage of a royal prince to a Miss
Seymour, out nf which originated a
royal scandal, directed against tha mon
arch of one of the foremost nations of
the world, owing tn a similarity of
names. King George never married Sir
Michael Olume-Reymour's daughter.
King George was not the scion of roy
alty who married Admiral Sir George
Seymour's daughter; nor did he ever
marry any other woman but his present
queen, Mary. The dust laden archives
in the old feudal castle at L<ongonburg
helped to disclose what hitherto had
been unknown to all but the most Inti
mate court circles Jn England.
"MRS. BELMONT MY WIFE,"
SHABBY MAN DECLARES
Creates Scene in Hotel and
Lands in Jail
NEW YORK, April 29.—There was no
end of excitement in the Hotel Plasa
this morning, to which Mrs. O. H. P.
Belmont was an unwitting contributory
cause.
A shabby man, who s£ild he had no
home and gave his name to the po
lice as James Burke, would not take
the word of the clerks that Mrs. Bel
mont was not in the hotel. He was
shown to the door, but re-entered, found
his way to the second floor and was
caught trying the doors.
When the detectives laid hands on
him Burke fought like a madman and
shouted Mrs. Belmonfs name until it
could be heard in the street.
"What made you think Mrs. Belmont
was in?" asked the magistrate, when
Burke was arraigned.
"Why. Mrs. Belmont is my wife. I
guess" a man ought to know where his
wife is," replied the prisoner.
He was fined $10, and. lacking the
money, was sent to prison.
CONGRESS OF MOTHERS
TALK CHILD WELFARE
Mrs. Hamilton of California
One of Speakers
WASHINGTON, April 29.—The rela
tion of the school to child wplfare was
considered today by the National con
gress of mothers and parent teachers"
associations. The school, as a meeting
ground for parents and teachers, to in
sure co-operation in education of chil
dren, child study for parents, provision
hy cities of an adequate number of
schools and ample space about the
schools for playgrounds, were some of
the measures advocated. Among the
authors of> papers' and speakers was
Mrs. A. L. Hamilton of California.
WORTHLESS CHECK
CAUSE FOR SUICIDE
Sign Painter, Failing to Cash
Paper, Cashes In
ALAMOSA. Col"., April 29,—Falling
to secure money on a check said to be
worthless, Vethal Bloomfleld, a sign
painter, last night fired two shots at
his wife and blew out his own brains.
Mrs. Bloomfleld had her young baby
in her arms when the first bullet
struck her on the head. As she fell
she dropped the child, but before it
touched the floor it was caught by her
12 year old son. Mrs. Bloomfield was
not badly hurt.
COURTMARTIALED NAVY
OFFICER IS PROMOTED
Captain Knight Passes Rear
Admiral's Examination
WASHINGTON, April 29.—Captain
Austin M. Knight, V. S. N., recently
acquitted by a courtmartial of charges
of negligence and inefficiency in con
nection with the sinking of the moni
tor Puritan, has passed his examina
tion for promotion to the grade of rear
admiral. His promotion has been de
layed several months pending the re-
I suit of the courtmartlal.
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Californians on Travels
♦• — +.
Among th» passengers sailing on the
express steamship Rhein of the North
German I^loyd line, from New York to
Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg,
on Thursday, April 27, are the follow
ing from this city: Prof. G. Albrecht.
Mrs. G. Alhrecht. Mrs. Elizabeth Uitilein,
Nllan Nikolltach.
PAGES 37 TO 48.
KING VICTOR OPENS
TURIN EXHIBITION
American Pavilion Contains the
Largest Display Ever Made
by Government Abroad
Biggest Affair Attempted in
Italy Has Attractions From
AH Parts of World
TURIN", April 29.—The International
exhibition of industries and labor, the
| biggest affair of Its kind ever attempted
jin Italy, opened today. The exhibition
i occupies 12,000,000 square feet, extend
ing on either side of the River Po. the
two parts being Joined by four bridges,
two built especially for this occasion.
The American pavilion comprises the
largest exhibit ever made abroad by
that government. In all there were 15,10')
exhibitors, representing the European
countries. North and South America.
Japan, Persia, Slam, Turkey, Tunis and
the British colonies.
The population of Turin, which Is
nearly 500,000, has been doubled by the
visitors, enormous crowds filling the ex
position grounds and the streets of the
city today.
The inauguration was participated in
by King Victor Emmanuel, Queen
Helena, the duke of Aosta, the. count
of Turin, the duke of the Abruzzi, for
eign diplomats from Rome, Premier
Giolitti and his associates in the min
istry; Francis B. Loomis, commissioner
general from the United States; Albert
E. Michaelson. American consul nt
Turin and deputy commissioner; Ameri
can Ambassador Lieishmann and Com
mander I>ang\ naval attache at the
American embassy.
Senator Rossi, mayor of Turin, wel
comed the visitors, and Senator Frola,
president of the general committee,
spoke, thanking the sovereigns for
their presence.
At the conclusion of this program
the queen touched a button releasing
an electric current that awoke to life,
the miniature city.
TWO STEAMSHIPS LOST
OFF COAST OF SPAIN
One the F. S. Ciampa and Other
Not Identified
LONDON. April 29.—The Lloyds
agent at Corcubian, Spain, today re
ported that two steamships have been
lost off Cape Vilano, a promontory at
the northwestern extremity of the
Spanish peninsula.
One of them is the Italian ship F. S.
Ciampa. which was bound from Pen
arth. Wales, for Canfon, with a cargo
of coal. The identity of the other ship
is not known.
Dispatches from Madrid last night
told briefly of the wrecking of "a big
Knglish steamship" at Corcubian. No
details have been received here, nor
is it known whether there was any
loss of life. The F. BL Ciampa was a
boat of about 2,50(1 tons.
Stranded Steamer Floated
WIL.LEMSTAJD, CortfcaA April ».—
The Norwegian steamer Aurora in the
Red D line service between Curacao
and Maracaibo, which was stranded at
Bajo Baroa on the west sido of thr>
peninsula of Paraguay and the north
coast of Venezuela, arrived here today.
The vessel was floated undamaged with
its cargo of 400 tons, principally coffee.
Warship in Distress
CAPK HAYTTEN. Haiti. April 29.—
Word was received here today that the
Haitian warship Nord Alexis, on whicli
It is supposed there are a number of
political prisoners, was in distress off
Port de Paix.
FRENCH COURT UPHOLDS
WRIGHT AIRSHIP PATENT
Expert Directed to Investigate
Alleged Infringements
PARIS, April 29.—Tn a decision today
by the third civil tribunal in the suit
of the Wright brothers against several
French aeroplane manufacturers' for an
Infringement of patents, the court up
held the contention of the plaintiffs In
principle, but declared that it did not
wish at present to render a definite
decision, as the science of aviation wan
too new to admit of an arbitrary find-
Ing in such a case.
Therefore, the court appointed three
experts to investigate whether there ex
isted aviation discoveries calculated to
disprove the priority of the American
aviators' inventions and patents 1.
The. Wright suit against Hantos Du
mont was, however, dismissed on the
ground that the defendant constructed
aeroplanes only for Ma personal use.
Wilbur and Orvil'e Wright alleged
that the defendants had infringed their
parents, which covered inventions pe
culiar to their machines, laying srpeclal
stress on the warping wing principle,
which they patented in 1903. The. de
fendants disputed the priority of th«
Wright discoveries.
RUSSIA SENDS ENVOY
TO INSPECT MONGOLIA
War Minister to Investigate
Attitude of Chinese
ST. PETERSBURG, April 29.—Lieu
tenant General Sukhomlinoff. the min
ister of war, left today for a two
months' tour of inspection In the far
east and Mongolia
° The trip ■was undertaken as thp result
of the conditions of the far east as dis
closed in a report recently received by
the foreign office from the Russian
minister at Pelting.
This report had to do, among other
things, with the attitude of the Chinese
towards the Russians, which attitude,
I it is reported, is not wholly pleasing to
this government.
PANAMA NAMES JUDGE
FOR COURT AT HAGUE
THE HAGUE. April 29.— Deltsaxic
Porras, minister of Panama to the
United States, has been appointed by
his government a member or the perm
anent court of arbitration.