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Gambler Rushes Prom Course
. EQ&NMEART BY-CHART
VIEHNA, A««, 3«.
On* of the most extraordinary cases
of sutalde known In recent years took
pine* at him well-known pacing sta
bles n«ar htn today.
The victim was Lieutenant Karl
Ooldschmldt, an officer in an Auatrtaa
Hum? regiment and well known in
raring circle* t> a gentleman rider.
For some time It has keen known
that Ueuteaagt Goldschmidt's financial
position was "practically desperate. and j
ho waa suspected of plunging heavily
on race course*, with the object of re
storing tli fortunes. That he waa only
arrowing mom deeply Involved Is now
known for certain. but It waa thought
recently that he had tided over,, the
woret. Evidently be waa reduced' to
one Anal desperate effort, and this he
gut into operation yesterday!-—and lost
AH his remaining fortune he pul on
a horse running at Kottlngbrann
rams- Had it won he would hnuo boon
re-established. But what If It loat— ?
Thla possibility he had not forgot
ten, and ho made the moat elaborate
preparation* for suicide. Ho bought
an anatomical diagram of tha human
body, in order to find the exact po
sition of the heart. This diagrams he
studied carefully before a mirror, and
marked the position of hie own heart
by Ite aid.
The race started and the unhappy
lieutenant followed It with obvious
anxiety and intense excitement. Grad
ually ha saw to hia horror that hit
bora* was outmatched, but he ettlt
watched, in the hope that It would
all hta hones warn doomed to dteap
**• m^turned hurriedly from
Ibeoouna and entered a motorcar.
Driving home at a terrific pace, he
sprang from tha car. ran t* hit bed
room and undressed before a mirror.
Them taking a last look at the ana
tomicalchart, and again fixing S», n.
net position of his heart, he that htm
eelf dead.
When he was found lying before the
mirror the chart was al hie tide.
Camilla, Amazon Queen of the
Volsdans, Was No Poetic
Myth
A SECRET OF CENTURIES
WOMEN WHO BRAVE THE PERILS Of AERIAL. FLIGHT
The r«c«it deplorable accident to ItUu»« Frank?, In Which her biplane
turned turtle at a height or t wenty-iVe root, and, falling into a
crowd of spectators. killed one boy, Ties not deterred her from her ambition
to creaa the English channel. Although her left leg was broken In U»o
place*, and her neck severely cut by a wire, eke le progressing favorably.
and looks forward with Impatience to her tradscbannet trip The** photo
graphs of her were taken Immediately before hhe seal dent. Mile. Yvonne de
Bray la also a moat enthusiastic aviator, and. like Madame Franke, cher
labem the hope of either crossing the channel or making a record flight
from Paris.
TOILING CLASSPRONE
TO SEEK DIVORCE
Diasolutiun of Marriage Ties in
creases to Alarming Extent
i in France
-
MANY CAUSES NAMED
| PARI*. Xu*. 3ft
From UR to 1M she numMr of di
vorce* to th* French working population
he* more than doubled, the marTiagsa
dissolved In the com of petitioner* suing
Ik forma pauperis having.risen from Sa»
to 4PM, an* having still further Increased
teat year. The Temp* ha* asked varlou*
taperta, how they account for thl* ro
gaarkahte^ social fact. The secretary of
the League for individual Liberty he
Slave* that the tnereae* of divorce come*
partly from growing eeltbrhnea* on the
pari of husband* On the other hand,
wqmen divorce either for immoral rea
tona or on the best moral ground*, in the
latter ca*e often hecaue* they can »»P
port themselves and thetr children with
out an Idle husband to keep. They thus
prefer divorce to separation, the totter
being rather on the decrease.
At the same time, one cause of the to
crease of divorce ts merely the torraaae
of marriages. In th# FtoSch -working
population couple! living together without
being married are raw than formerly.
A lawyer especially tofetaated to suits in
forma pauperis says that It to a distreoa
tog fact that th* treat number riar peti
tionere tor dtvorc# nowadays are young
am tried people, sometimes three or font
month fagidee and grooms. At thl amt
holds mat ths possibility of
>rms pauperis, owing to a too
tatilW.
MOTORIST IMPALED
t ON SHAFT OF CART
Tenitile Midnight Sequel to 'an
Accident and an Act of
Kindness
COLLISION IN A LANE
OE.VEVA. Aug. so.
A terrible accident befell M. Alleman,
• well-known Swiss watch manufac
turer, as he was motoring at night la
the Bernese Obsrland.
When passisa through a village a
schoolboy ran from a garden right la
front of the ear and wan ran ovor be
fore there wae the least chance of
Stopping it. M. Alleman took the boy
in bla car, and at once Went off to the
nearest hospital, whera^thd' lad was
found to be very severely'injured.
11. Alleman remained near the boy for
mid* time, anxious to‘sea how he would
get on. It was dark when he set out
t£ return home.
In going along a narrow tape he did
not see a cart coming toward him, and
the car dashed Into It at * ■sharp pace.
There was a dreadful crash, in which
the konutai badly cut and the cart
smashed t# atoms. *
Whan help arrived it was found that
Jjt Allenaaw* body had boon pierced by
the splintered end of one of the shafts
'of the cart* and he wrap hilled on the
Latter Tries to Horsewhip Him
certhe/Street andLoses ’
BCCHAJUUrr, Aug. »
Qrlgorin., an afUttery officer,
•at off a man'b head irf the
Botoahani. Boumenia. ■.
a violent uoarfni with. Doctor
*, an advocate, shout a woman,
awycr bad challenged hfan to a
is eeptaia. however, tufuaad <•
_t
EGYPTIANS WANT
ENGLAND TO QUIT
A
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Nationalists Strongly Protest
Against Speech of the Brit
ish Foreign Secretary
I
WILL STRIVE IX PEACE
t CAIRO. Aug. **.
The Nationalists are very indignant
over Sir Edward Grey's latest declara
tion* in regard to Egypt, and the ex
ecutive committee of the party.'through
the medium of Ita* vice president. Aly
Eahmy Kamel, hap dispatched a tele
*nm to Sir Edward. Grey strongly pro
testing agatnet hla latest* declarations
In the house of commons relative to the
subject of the British occupation of
Egypt
Such declaration*, tlie telegram slates,
are altogether Incompatible with the
honor of Great Britain, in view of the
promises that have been made In the 1
speeches from Uw throne, and by Eng- 1
llsh statesmen, “who have declared
that they would; e«p:ujte our coun
try It only means that such state-,
ments as those of the foreign minister
wl^l have the effect of making the peo- '
pie attach themselves more closely to <
the Interests of their ccuatfy as far as
independence and liberty ure con
cerned." The telegram concludes: j
"la continuing our peaceful struggle !
we will without doubt secure our i
rights, in spite of the onslaught that i
mpy ha made against the principles of
justice and of humanity. Certain It la
that the future resists nobody." .
1"be situation here continue* to im
prove. hut one doe# not quite know
whether to ascribe this to the pro
nouncement of the foreign secretary or
to the lack of political interest that
follows on the great heat that we ex
perience here at this periods! the yaar.,
when sufficient energy even lor a com
plaint against British administration Is
difficult of generation.
T^rrc*“D
Sickness Among Hornes I
Mimic
Warfare in Austria j
VIENNA, Aug. so—Th* great Austrian :
maneuvers, which sbdttld have taken!
place in September in OwUcta.' have bee,n 1
entirety abandoned owing to the prev- !
slenoe ef glanders in the Galician c*v» j
airy. Owing to Use very infectious na
ture of the disease and the danger of
it* spreading among masses of horses, the j
emperor determined to cancel the maned- j
vers, which were to take place on I
the Russian frontier. J j
Owing to the place selected for the ma- ;
neuvers some political as well as military i
significance has been attached by the]
press for some time pant to the Intended!
display.
Mayor for Thirty-tv* Tears
"VIENNA, Aug. 2S.-~W«^WWiri»h4rd.
Stern has been re-elected raaybr of
Bucnacs. the third largest town In
Galicia, Austria. He thg* enters on Ms
thirty-fifth year of office.
Mixed Bather* in Clkg Thntia**
LONDON. Aug, ».-Thg; Walton urban ]
district Monell has sanctioned mixed
bathing at* the public bathing place on
the Thames on four morning* n week.
engla;
DO WOMAN POLITICS
IS KAISER’S IDEA
_______ ' b , m
They May Become Lasers, or
Doctors, or Dentists, But Poli
ticians—hiever
AGAINST GIVING VOTES
- BERJUrX. Aug ».
The kaiser recently seised an oppor
tunity of ventilating his views on the
feminist movement, and the general trend
of bis utterance has been made public,
presumably with his majesty's permis
sion. . ( ;; r u-. ■ X -
He view* with profound sympathy the
general movement proceeding in all the
civilised countries of the world for the
amelioration of the position of women, In
cluding higher education.
Hi» majesty believes in tecun.eaj_etluca-j
tion for women and the invasion of differ- j
ent bueineesee and professions by women,
holding that,in the present numerical pro- i
portion of the sexes this Is inevitable, and ;
could not denied to women without
grave injustice to them.
Consequently, women lawyers, women j
doctors, women dentist* and women In j
many other bra nrbea of activity may j
count en the lurlefr * approval. j
In brief, the kaiser ,1* a supporter of |
every phaae of the new woman move- j
ment, wHh the single exception of ita
political aspect. He it * teepiuV op-i
ponent of woman suffrage He abhors
the idea of Women m political life. j
The introduction of woman suffrage inj
any country appears to him to be. an un-:
miatakaUle sign of hopeless decadence and |
decay. Women In polities would, he
thinks, be Ute beginning of th».«ad of,
any country. Consequently, hi* majesty \
has an aversion for the eccentricities and •
extravagances perpetrated by the e»- j
treme suffragists in various countries. I
XOVTNO A CHtTUCH TOWNS
Balfitfitt
for
Notable Triumph „.in ,
Two American Engineers
BRUSSELS, Au«. id.—The ramarkablo
(cot of moving a church to wee to per
mlt of the church brink enlhrgad 1*
being' accomplished at Bocholt, Bel
gium. The work 1* being: done by two
American engineer*, auid , t&« vaaf un
dertaking requires oply sight
New foundation'*’ h»r*- been prepared
for the tower about OUrty feet away,
and along the maehtnary constructed
for Its transport the tdwbr. which date*
from the fourteenth century ami it said
to! weigh S70<r tons, la now being
moved. * / ^ . « V
Already about etghttW has been
covered, and ltf* hdlied that the tewer
will by the «k of tk*:'.w*#k ...haS*
reached iU nOw site. Large crowds
assemble each day to wIRtae* the elg
gular spectacle. f
Horae Stung to Death by
LONDON, Add
...... ,
in a water can at
horae was attacked
The bee* stung
end several men
a nee were slat* *t
PROTECTION NEEDED
' FOR BOLD AVIATORS
Recent Deaths and Accident to
Madame Franke Make Such
Imperative
AERO PRESIDENT ACTS
joint Cogimittee of Club and
League in France Now Con
sidering the Subject
* ‘ PARIS. Aug. ».
Th« death of the unfortunate M. Nich
olas Klnet and the more recent accident
to Madame Franks, added to the many
other recent fatalities, makes an article
by M. Rene'Quinton, president of the
Aerial League. on the necessity ..of pads
or life protector* for aviators, appear very
opportune. M. Quinton, In an article In
the Kclair. says that ft la htgh time that
the safety of the aviator should be taken
seriously into consideration. The fre
fluent repetition of similar fatalities
against which certain precautions might
he taken makes It Imperative that some
thing should be done.
Aviation la Itself in dancer of seeing
its progress hampered. Without security
there can he no flying. Just as there are
today no steamers that are not provided
with lifebelts, so no aviator ought to be
Without his Ufe-prdtector. In sailing
through the air man ventures on a new
plement which is not less treacherous than
i he wdve. ahd the avlator'e safety ought
to be, one of the Oral things to be con
sidered. If the problem cannot be solved,
aviation will be nipped tit the bud.
Subject Being: Considered
It is for this very reason, eays M. Quin
ton. that the committees of the Aerial
League and of the Aero Cftib have been
for the past few weeks considering the
subject. The Aerial League !e prepared
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life-protectors. Which msny or its mem
ber* consider on absolute necessity. The
suggestion of Rudyard Kipling of » pneu
mstlc helmet end other protecting devices
seem* to him to be dictated by common
sense. f
A great msny fata! accidents, be safe,
might have -been avowed If such devices
had been used. Such protectors, of
course, would be ineffectual in cases of
a fall from a very great altitude, but
in the majority of instances the descent
is really from a small height. The aviator.
Instead of being (lashed brutally to the
ground, would fail In reality on an air
cushion, which would nearly always save
his life.
It is enough to recall the majority of
fatal fails to recognise the utility or such
a pracaution. If afich a life-protector
had been used. Captain Fecber, Lefebre,
Fernandes. Deiagrange. and several
Other* would still be eUve. If Rougier
had not fallen into tbs sea St Nice, he
would probably aieo have lost his hfe.
Air Qwafaioii •oggaatsd .
There are many instances in which
aviators hsve fallen, and we were told ,
that they escaped as by a miracle,
because they were protected by a bar of
wood or network of wires which deadened
the first impact. How much more safe
would the aviator be if he were alsrays
sure of- finding an air-cushion between
him and the hard ground or parts of the
motor. Captain Ferber would certainly
still be alive if such a cushion had been
between his chest and 'the motor. '
Mr. Quinton's conclusion is that no ef
fort should now be spared to make avia
tion practical, and It can only be made
practical by being made eafe. Aa re
gards the fatal accident to M. Nicholas
Kinet. the writer rtwaarks that the fall
was from a considerable height, and so
a simple protective pad or shield would
probably not have saved him. For such
cases, he says, a regular parachute ought
to be devised.
awns pobtia
it
Wu Hn nnt a*d Sh« is Miek
Disappointed st Basalt
©BNSVA, Aug. Tf* number
8»ia# women barristers pfacl icing st th*
btr wu increased by one yesterday, when
Mite I.lly Frank pleaded before the tri
bunal of Xeucbatel,
Much to her disappointment, she lost
be? fitwt case. Her address eras of much
eloquence, slid she eras complimented by
the judge after the trial. V
This dairy bring* the number of Swiss
Portias, who are actually practicing, up to
#»#, two of -er^om are at Geneva aod
two at Zurich.
Mile- Uly Frank's family was originally
English, and the new "avocate" tgamart,
etever, sympathetic and a great favorite
at J«eucha|0l, where she th sure of “e»eat
a large cBeateBe. *
Exclusion Train's Peril
UVKRPOQU Auk 20 -While a hank
holiday *x<curilon train from Liverpool
and Manchester to Scotland was run
ning at high speed past Wreay, live
Ihtlea south of Carlisle, the engine be
came detached and plowed up the
permanent way tor a considerable dte
Tance. without, however, derail tag the
of His House
M HID DUKE
BECOME FIST F!
-. KAHMKANP PCWI
H ho. tbrwuch Um rood e«M of tha
Franc 1* Joeeph. nor he mew teeoiwth
_ VIENNA, Aug. M
The lonj-it ending breech betweea 1
bouees of Pruesla and Hanover is nU
be about to be cioeed, 1 banks to the gc
offices of Emperor Francte Joseph.
The reconciliation between the Oene
emperor and the duke of Cumberland,
often attempted, will be aecompItbhM -t
This -report baa freqaeoWy been «#•
culated. but the reconciliation baa neves
taken place- The chief obstacle is Pitta .
ata’e demand that the dttka of Cutahdf»;
labd ehalt renounce forever all etstm ttt
the kingdom of Hanover, of ertdeb wk
area deprived bp Prussia ill MM as a <*»;
quel to the war with Denmark. ThedtM*
of Cumberland, who It ft years of
la the eon of King deorge V. of RlM
over, who died in MM. He mMffgir’iig
the earn# pear tha Princess TbPra #T
Denmark, s la tar of Quern Alexandra.
The duke la a prince of Orest Britain
and Ireland,
Traditional Specter of Kreo
Chamber of Deputies Turns,
Up Once More
PRESAGES DIS A S'
The session of the chamber of 4*
which bee Just ended he* been mtl
an unpleasant incident. The ghost
chamber or deputies he* bees men
This frhost is known as the *1
Man.” It is the shadowy appears*!*
tail, thlf mas, with a curiously ;
face. Round his neck Is a mark,
the more imaginative deputtea. and
who have seen the apparition, deem
being "palo Mood coler.”
The apparition ie transparent. i
dqps not appear at mated interval
has bean seen by many members ,
chamber intermittently during tbi
Sixty years. It was first seen In M
bar, llm. In ls» it was seen by tbs «
of the chamber's guard, tat ty a
Jwt jxdBsa tba-mmr
Germany broke nt. It eras seen
evenings before Oambetta died la M
It was seen, again tarn days befm
murder of President Oanaab
.The ghost usually appears either
bail of the four datum as Pt .St till
lery leading to the private aparim#
the president of tbs cjtamtoer, and.
are wondering What disaster its s
anee presages' this ttms. ■ ^ vr*.
HANGING ENDS:
A pitiful tr«n*ar
suwi