Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1932, Page 29

SAGE'S INTIMATE HUNTED FOR CLUE Nietzsche’s Sister Believes “Don Enrico” Knows Collapse Cause. By the Associated Press. TURIN, Italy, June 15.—A polemic over the cause of Friedrich Nietssche's collapse and lapse into insanity has led to a search for a mysterious “Don Enrico,” who was an intimate of the hilosopher and who, if still alive, may in Argentina. Dr. Elizabeth Nietasche Forster, the sage's sister, is heading the search. In her old age she lives at Weimar, Ger- many, where she has founded the Nietzsche Archives. She desires prcof which Don Enrico, whose last name she cannot recall, may be able to furnish to refute statements casting a reflection on Nietzsche's family as being responsible for his loss of mental faculties. Particular emphasis has been placed by some writers on family irritations as the probable direct cause of the savant's collapse, while others hold that the family was not to blame, but rather antagonists of no blood relation- ship, together with Nietzsche's habit of taking overdoses of stimulants. Could Decide Point. Don Enrico, it appears, is the person best in a position to clear up the point. He was in close contact with the philosopher during the latter's sojourn in Turin in 1888 and 1889, just prior to the mental affliction, and wrote sev- eral letters to Dr. Forster's husband, the late Dr. Bernard Forster, describ- ing Nietzsche's habits. He is said to have gone to Argentina 42 years ago, but what has become of him since is a mystery. In her attempt to clarify the matter. | Dr. Forster enlisted the aid of Italo| Zingarelli, Vienna correspondent of La) Stampa of this city, and the latter pub- lished an article here reguesting infor- mation on Enrico’s whereabouts. The Don Enrico in question was em-) loved in 1888 in the library of the niversity of Turin. Being of German | and Italian parentage. he understood | both languages and was called upon to act_as interpreter between Nietzsche and Pascuale d'Ercole, professor of philosophy at the university, in several conferences on points of mutual interests Served as Interpreter. He continued the acouaintance with the philosopher after his work as in- terpreter was finished. and started writing to Dr. For:t husband when | he learned from the savant that the doctor had been in Paraguay working | on a colonization plan. The idea in- terested him in as much as he o{ten‘ had thought of establishing a colony | of Italian peasants in that country. In exchange for the long letters Dr. Forster wrote him about South America, he wrote frequently of his personal friendship with Nietzsche and of the latter's mode of life in Turin. telling of the disastrous physical and moral effects caused on the philosopher by certain letters he received from Ger-| many and by his habit of taking stimu- | lants. Describing his last meeting _with | Nietzsche, Enrico said he found him in a cafe and the two set cut for a walk. | Enrico communicated to his frfend that | he intended to leave shortly for Ger- many and the latter- advised against it. | “Don't go to Germany,” Nietzsche sald, “because there all the noble hearts and all the best souls are called scoun- drels.” Drew Letter From Pocket. The philosopher drew a letter from his pocket. which fell to the paving and while Enrico was gathering up the sheets that had been scattered by the wind Neitzsche disappeared, walking rapidly away. They never saw each other again Don Enrico sent the letter to Dr. Forster. and the latter's widow, in men- tioning it vecently, declared she never in her life had read anything so ma- lignant | “He who wrote it,” she said, “if he still lives, must know that he broke the noblest heart and mortally wounded one of the finent spirits.” She did not dis- close who was the author of the missive. Dr. Forster feels now that the mys- terious Don Enrico, by getting in touch with her at the Nietzsche archives in ‘Welmar, could help her to establish definitely what was the prime factor leading to her brother's coilapse. R ITALY HUNTS GOLD Forgotten Treasure in Form of Heirlooms Uncovered. ROME (#).—A gold hunt unprece- ‘Iiexited in many years is going on in taly. It seeks not so much hidden treasure as _forgotten treasure, In consequence old gold watches, bracelets, ~earrings, battered coins, chains and brooches have come to light from musty cases, All are flowing in & growing stream to the Bank of Italy. ‘This government bank is offering the high rate of $300 s pound for the precious metal. All the gold received will be added to Italy’s reserve, backing up her currency. She now has a 40 per cent coverage. e SN Now He Has 21 Children. James Morrow of London, England, father of 19 children, has been pre- sented with two more in the persons of irl twins. 1 THRIFT-T Laundry Service Everything washed spotlessly clean. The flat work beautifully ironed and the wearing apparel returned just damp enough for easy froning. ;,Only 7c a pound Shirts expertly finished if requested 12 cents each additional. Phone Us Today Metropolitan 0200 WEST END| Wins Law Honors MISS McCATHRAN HEADS SCHOLARSHIP LIST. Double honors were bestowed on Miss Marje E. McCathran, 2812 Military road, at the graduation exercises of National University Law School. A leading scholar of her class, she re- ceived the MacArthur Gold Medal for senior high honors and the Gold Schol- arship Key awarded by Omicrom Chap- ter of Kappa Beta Pi, legal sorority, to the woman who has attained the high- est scholastic standing during three years of study. HUGE WAR COST SHOWN BY WOMEN $9,000,000 an Hour Would Give 15,000,000 Men 2,000 Years’ Work. | GENEVA, June 15.—Women are com- ing out as excellent propagandists. The Disarmament Committee created here by a federation of feminine organiza- tions is issuing pamphlets with a direct appeal. based on figures which all who read can appreciate ‘The World War cost the lives of 13, 000,000 soldiers. Set their coffins side by side and you cover the distance be- tween Seattle and Key West. Add to these the 24.000,000 dead representing the victims of the blockades, of revolu- tions, of submarine warfare, etc., and the coffins stretch more than 12,000 miles, approximately half way around the Equator. ! Illustrated in another form, set the war dead marching 10 abreast at in- tervals of two seconds from dawn to dusk and they would take 162 days to march past a given point. The killing of each of these men or women represents an outlay of nearly $18.000. The war cost $20,000 fcr every hour since the birth of Christ to our day. This represents more than $9.- 000.090 an hour for four years. In other words, the war cost Europe all the money that it had put aside in a century. Estimated in days of labor, the war cost the earnings of 1,000,000 men work- ing 44 hours a week during 3,000 years. | This is equivalent to finding work for | 2,000 years for 15,000,000 unemployed. (Copyright. 1932. by the North American | wspaper Alliance, Inc.) | LAUNDRY | greatly. | degrees alcoholic content, which | quantity THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO BELGIAN LIQUOR LAW IS OPPOSED Claim Made Nation Has 100,000 Speakeasies Un- der Present System. Special Dispatch to The Star. BRUSSELS —Liquor and speak- easies are likely to form the subjects of | debate in the Belgian Chamber of | Deputies for some time to come, for a government bill seeking to modify the | liquor law of 1919 is being fought para- graph by paragraph. It is admitted on all sides that the present legislation favors contempt of the law, “though not to same ex- | tent as in the United States, with its total prohibition.” It is estimated by | those who ask for the open sale of | liquor in cafes an dtaverns that at present there are 100,000 speakeasies -n ‘Belgium, with a population of 8,000,000. Estimates Challenged. The figure is challenged by support- ers of the present system, but that there are many speakeasies is admitted by all. There is no doubt that the law is not | observed and that in recent years the| consumption of alcohol has increased | y. The law of 1919 forbids the sale and | consumption of alcohol in cafes and taverns, which can serve only beer and | light wines, but it permits the sale of | hard liquor by grocers and provision | stores in quantities of not less than a | half gallon. The inevitable result of | this law has been to favor drinking at home and in ciubs. To combat the increase of alcoholism | the government proposes to modify the law by authorizing the sale in cafes and | taverns of beverages not “Nedmfin!” it | is extended to 20 degrees in the case of certain wines. At the same time it is proposed to reduce by one pint tte obtainable at grocery and other stores and to impose heavier pen- | alties than at present on transgressors | of the law. | Twofold Opposition. The opposition to the modifying bill | is twofold—from those who believe that | the present law is not severe enough | and who would revert to the wartime measure enforcing almost total prohi- bition, and from those who believe that | all prohubitive legislation skould be re- | pealed. The latter suffered defeat early | in-the debtaes, when an amendment au- thorizing cafes and restaurants to sell hard liquor was rejected by 91 votes to 70. (Copyright. 1932) WASTE PAPER YIELDS KREUGER CASE LEADS More Than 150 Sacks of Refuse Taken From Offices Gives Probers Assistance. STOCKHOLM. Sweden () —More than 150 sacks of waste paper that were to be sent from the private offices of Ivar Kreuger at the time of the finan- cier’s suicide were seized by the police and proved of invaluable aid in track- ing down the “match king’s” operations. The_ sacks, for instance, had more than 1,900 personal Kreuger telegrams in them. 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Italians, while participating in the exodus, were said to be less numerous than other nationalities. Even some of the Germans, who have formed g sizable proportion of the city's population from early times, are going back. Many are of the older genera- tion, once employed in St. Louis brewer- ies, ‘'Who bave possibly saved a little in better times and bought a small plot of land in Germany. Never fluent speakers of English, they seem to feel they will be able to get along more cheaply and more pleasantly among their original people. Large numbers of aliens who classi- fled themselves as “non-emigrants” when they departed and took re-entry permits have done so only as a precau- tion, agents say, and have little inten- tion of returning. One foreign-born worker, a citizen for 23 years, sought to give up his American citizenship because otherwise it would cost him nearly $1,000 to re- gain citizenship in his native country. A middle-aged factory employe, al- though still working for a good wage quit his job and set out for the “old country” ‘when his parents left him a bit of property and a pittance An agent reported that many of the emigrants were returning to Old World farms, where they would not only raise their own food, but weave their own cloth and make their own clothes. POPE REJECTS MIRACLE Study gf Case for Beatification Is Interrupted. VATICAN CITY (#).—Pope Pius has rejected & miracle accredited to the venerable Antonio Claret. Spanish founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and there- fore study of his case for beatification has been interrupted. The miracle. one of two presented to the Sacred Congregation of Rites by sponsors of the petition, had to do with the curing of a baby. The sponsors will have to submit another miracle for consideration before study of the case can be resumed. e eatens BULE RS DR. CLAUDE S. 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