Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 22, 1910, Page 9

PART TWO <EDITORIAL PAGES 1 TO 8 VOL. XXXIX—NO. 49 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. PART TWO LAND PAGES ONE TO EIGNT. OMAHA UNDAY MORNING, MAY 1910 SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Political and Social News of the Old World Reported by Special Cable and Correspondencg ROOSEVELT AND CARNEGIE MEET Ex-President and Library Builder in Discussion of Peace Problem. LAIRD OF SKIBO ‘IS TO ORATE | American Invasion of English Cap- ital is Unusually Strong CUMBERLAND PLACE IS TAKEN Removal of Morgan Silver Attracts Much Public Attention. KING IS A STAMP COLLECTOR Present Whereabouts Jewels of the Crown In Just Now n Great Secret—Removed from Tower for Repairs, BY PAUL LONDON, May LAMBETH. 21.—(Speclal Dispatch to The Bee)-Mr. |Andrew Carnegle and| former President Roosevelt will meet at'| the annual meeting of the Peace society at | the Guild hall on Tuesday. This will be the formal meeting of these two famous advo- cates of world's peace. Mr. Carnegle will make speech, but it is not certain yet whether Mr. Roosevelt can be Induced to say a few words to advance the cause. It| is believed he could, if he would, make | Bome tremely interesting statements as to the feeling toward arbitration and the limitation of armaments at the varlous Eu- pean capitals, but It Is not likely he will. In a conference Mr. Carnegle has ar-| ranged between Mr. Roosevelt and some of the leaders of the peace movement the former president will probably give the re- | sult of his talks with the kaiser, President Fallieres, King Victor and the Emperor Francis Joseph, but it Is hardly likely the | public will be taken into his confidence at| this time. | ‘The impression is strong here that Mr. Rooseevit will head the American delega- tion to the next Hague conference. It Is belleved if he should be tendered and ac- cept this appolntment he would be the dom- Inant force In the conference and would be | able to do more than any other single man | to advance the cause of the peace of the world Mr. Roosevelt has accepted the offer of the Cambridgé union to ba made an hon- orary member of that society. He is not the first citizen of the United States to be thus honored, for included in the small and distinguished list of honorary members of the union is the name of Oliver Wendell Holmes. The last to be admitted was, Lord Kitchener on his return from the Soudan campalgn. Americans Invade London. The American invasion of London this season will be of exceptional importance owing to the number of wives of multi- milllonaires who are expected to entertain on 4 lavish scale. Great Cumberland Place 15 literally turned into an American colony, ®0 numerous are the houses let to Trans- atlantic visitors there. A number of well known English houses have also fallen into American hands and it is expected that the display of dlamonds made by these ladles will add considerably to the brilllance of London functions. From all parts come the Dollar queens, among them Mrs. W. Graham of California, Mrs. Jordan Mott, with piles of dollars from New York, who hus secured Mrs, Cornwallis West's house, and Mre. Willam Leeds, the widow of a multi-millionaire. The duchess of Rox- burghe will be In Chesterfield House; Lady Granard, young, beautiful and one of the best dressed women In Europe, has got Forbes house. Mrs. French Vanderbilt brings some millions to spend in Brook street, while Mra. J. J. Astor will be not far off in HUI street. Mrs. Walter Farwell i sl looking out for a London house for the season and it is expected she will settle in the charming residence of a well known Jnglish family. .;f Plerpont Morgan's splendid collection of old German silver has been removed| from Glasgow art gallery to the Victoria and Albert museum, South Kensington, to| give residents in London an opportunity to study it ‘rhn year was the year of the Flying Man, A his year s the year of the Flylng Woman. ( Four “flying weeks" have been arranged {0 take place during the summer of 1910 in sngland, and at each of them, it Is ex- pected, at least one woman aviator will be seen. 1t Is a matter of money with most of them. The fees pald to the ordinary male aviator are sufficiently tempting. But the first few women aviators qualitied to fly in public for exhibition purposes will be able to demand almost any sums they choose. Already some scores of them are learning to fly, or trying to learn, and some five or six have succecded. One of these, Miss Spencer Kavanaugh, s an English- woman. The others are all French women. to King Collects Stamps, King George Is an enthuslastic stamp col- lector. His collection 1s one of the finest in the world and s worth thousands. Some years ago he gave the huge sum of ¥, for a single stamp. The king's interest in philately was so keen that he turned his attéention to stamp designing and was once asked by the Canadian postmaster general to give his adyice in the preparation of a new die for the Canadian stamp. This he did, and the resuling design was most artistic L Little Prince Bdward shares his Royal father's taste for stamps and his collection Is one that is the envy of all his school fek- W4, and, Indeed, i better than many pos- séised by experlenced adult collectors. Great secrecy is being observed as to the ent whereabouts of the crown jewels, ?n to the vleltors who Inspect the wer of London as “the Regalia.” Usually they repose In & gless case enclosed In iron cage in the Wakefleld tower, and the only means of access to them is through a trap door In the flooring within the cage, of which the governor of tho tower and only one other person possess a key. But the tower is now undergoing repairs of an extensive description, with a view to making it even more secure than before, as a safe place for these valuable gems. For nearly the whole of seven centurles have bdeen guarded In the Tower of don. It was in Henry 1I1's relgn that by first deposited there and trom A forward they were generally | contest every s Threats of Mob Violence Are Circu- lating Throughout Country. LIVELY TIMES ARE EXPECTED Heavy Irish posi Increase isx Shown ngs Bank D for the Year Past. in I BY THOMAS EMMETT. DUBLIN, May 24.—(Special Dispatch to The Bee)—Trouble is feared in Cork to- morrow when John Redmond, with Messrs. Devlin and Dillon, will invade Willlam O'Bricn's stronghold, and endeavor o show that the O'Brienites in Parliament aio be traying the cause of rule. Threats | of mob violence againsi the nationalist leaders have been freely made and there | is evéry reason to fear that there will be | lively times. The autohoritics quietly taking precautions and are coufident they will be able to handle the situation. It is the purpose of the Redmondites to at now held by an O'Brien lte and great contidence is felt al of the recalcitrants will be left at home The nationalist war chest is rapidly #ill- | itg up and the Irish party is in better shape for the next general election than either of the other parties. In fact, they are prepared for the battle right now should it come. King George Is Popular, The reported action of King George in Insisting on the modification of the oath by the elimination of the phrases uffensive to his Catholic subjects has created a distinetly gobd impression in Catholle lre- land. It is regarded as portending good to the cause of home rule. The half yearly report—July-December, 1909—just issued by the Department of Ag- riculture and Technical Instruction for Ire- land, of Irish banking and rallway sta- tistics, shows that in December, 199, there was an increase of deposits and cash bal- | ances In the Irish jomt stock banks, as compared with the corresponding period in 1908, of £968,000, while there was an increase of £1,14,00 as compared with the June half year of that year. There was an Increase of £820,00 In the deposits in savings banks in Ireland in December, 1909, as compared with the close of the year 1%6, there having been an in- | crease of £582,000 in the sum in the Post- office Savings bank, and an increase of £38,00 in the amount in the Trustees' bank, there being an increase of £241,000 as comparcd with June of the same year— £232,000 in the Postoffice Savings bank, and £9,000 in the Trustees banks. In¢rease is Shown. The amount In December last of govern- ment funds, Indian stocks, guaranteed land stock, guaranteed 2% per cent. Stock (land purchase act, 1%3), and war stock, showed an increase of £312000, as com- pared with the amount at the close of the preceding year, but there was a.dscrease of £818,000 in the amount of the same stock and funds as compared with the June re- port of the same year. At the end of 1909, there was an incréase of £213,000 in the average amount of bank note circulation, and an increase of £66,000 in the amount of coin held, as compared with the figures of the corresponding per- lod of 198, while there was an Increase of £801,000 In the bank note circflation and of £38,00 In the amount of coln compared with June of the same year. The agricultural oredit socleties in Ire- land for 1%08. numbered 268, as compared with 21 returned in 17, while the mem- bership was 17403, as compared with 14875 in December, 107. The total loans granted In 1908 amounted to £53,112 3s 94 in 1907, and were £572 9s 0l4d, leaving a reserve fund amounting to £2,90 4s 0d. The return showed that the total receipts on the Irish rallways for 1900 was £4,180,013, an increase of £74464, as compared with the figures for the previous year. home arc hat seve Renounces a Throne for Wife Prince Victor of France is to Wed Daughter of the King Leopold. BRUSSELS, May 21.—(Special Dispatcl to The Bee)-King Albert of Belgium has “gnt General Daclman to accompany ss Clementine, the youngest daughter of the late King Leopold, to Austria, where she will be the guest of her sister, Princess Stephanle (Countess Lonyay), and will mect | her flance, Prince Victor Napoleon The terms of the marriage. which is to take place in August, are to be settled be- tween Prince Victor and General Daelman, who s the king's representative. Frince Victor will renounce his claim to the throne of France. AMERICAN ROBINS IN ENGLAND | For First Time In History Birds Spend | Winter in a Wild Con- ditton, LONDON, Méy 2L.—Special Dispatch to The Bee)—For the first time In the annals American robins have wintered in In & wild state Several accounts have been given on the | brecding of these birds—some in their own nests, some in the nests of thrushes and blackbirds. They took kindly to their new home, but late In December they seemed to have disappeared. The disappearance, however;: was only temporary. Both odd birds and pairs have been continually seen since, and as the great migration, of fleld- fares, to which they are somewhat akin, Is now completed; the robins may be clussed as English stay-at-homes. A new consignment has also been re- ceived from America. These are now mak- ing nests and are likely to breed as suc- cesstully as their predecessors. COMBINE ‘N CEYLON TEA Deal Extent of COLOMBO, Cexlon, May 21.—(Special Dis- patch to The Beé)—A huge combine is in formation of Ceylon tea and rubber estates. The combine will include plantations to the extent of 26,000 acres, 17,000 of which are rubber plantations and about 3,000 acres of which are tea plantations, the rest being ubder the care of & special keeper. lw be subscribed TROUBLE 0N TAP IN CORK| | titea, uncultivated. The| total converted capital #7,000,000. FRENCH WOMEN FALL IN POLITICS Suffragettes Who Campaign for Public Office Make Weak Show- ing on Election Day. 00D NOT EVEN G “ALSO RANS" Mme. Durand, Leader of Movement, | Expresses Surprise at Results. THIRTY VOTES IS THE TOP NOTCH | Returns Demonstrate Positively that France is of Republican Trend. AVIATION PRIZES ARE OFFERED Pollice Dogs Make Dismal Failure in cking # Smooth Uses Perfu Buarg Barel Canine Pursuers, © to BY PAUL VILLIERS PARIS, May 21.—(Special Dispateh to The ‘Bee.)—The recent elections have de- monstrated that the suffragette movement in France is not yet in the realm of prac- tical politics. A number of woman suf- fragists offcred themselves as candidates for the chamber of deputicd, but they hardly received votes enough to qualify them for the “also ran" class. For in- stance, Mme. Durand, the suffragette leader, who made an especially vigorous campaign and who ocxpressed the con- fident hope that she would get a vote which would surprise the opponents of suffrage, was about the most surprised of all when she credited with only thirty-four votes. Other women ecandi- dates did not do so well as this Another fact was demonstrated by returns—France is overwhelmingly re- publican. Extraordinary efforts had been made by the chutch party and the various varieties of Royallsts to get out a big vote, but of the 53,716 votes cast at the first ballots the partles of Republican union and concentration (Radicals and Soclalist Radlcals, Liberals and Independ- ent Soclalists) poled 4,908,347, or nearly 60 per cent. The center parties, the Progress- ists. and Liberal Collectivist and Revolu- tlonary Soclalists, 1,004,837; the - Conserva- tives, 718,692; and the Natlonalists, 149,564, Over 100,000 voting cards were counted out as blank or spoiled, It Is. significant that: the Liberal Re- publican ‘Left, with an ingrease of nearly 20,00, has gained more ground than any other party sinece 1%06. The Radical gain amounts to some 200,000, Big Prizes Offered. Fully $1,00,00 will be offered in prizes for aviation meeéts during the year 1910, When the smaller meets and speclal con- tests are considered it js probably that the figures will exceed the million mark by a very couslderable margin. As the number of aviators who will share In these prizes s as yet very’ small this profession rivals the exponents of grand opera as a high salaried profession. M. Guitry, who plays the name-part in “Chantecler,” Is guaranteed by contract a. minimum of £60,000 and 10 per cent of the Bross receipts. The takings are growing less. During the first few weeks the average evening's receipts at the Porte St. Martin were be- tween 450 and £400. They now average £320. Police dogs are useless in tracking the aristocracy of the Krench criminal com- munity, as was shown in a recent case in Paris. A scries of daring burglaries had been committed at Chantilly, Malmaison, and other fashionable resorts near Paris, and were pronounced by detectives to be the work of one man. In his last job the burglar him a pair of shirt cuffs. Here was a valuable clue, the police thought. Im- mediately Cherry, the best police dog in Parls, was sent for and the hunt began, the detectives following hot foot. The trail was wearisome. Over hedges and stiles, through ficlds and ditches, the dog led them until a small stream was reached. Here Cherry lost the scent completely, and the man hunters returned discom- the disappointment being all the greater because the burglary was an affair of some importance, $50,00 worth jeweiry haviug been stolen. Purely by accident the burglar finally tell into the hands of the police when In tae act of selllng some of his plunder to a jeweler at Rheims, Lepine closely ques- tioned the man, one Andre Lamoulon, a master of his craft, as to the means he em- ployed in baffling pursuers. “Nothing simpler,” same the answer, Nothing else but personal cleanliness. Whenever I have cracked a crib I change every stitch of clothing 1 have on me. Besides, on my lasc Job I took a bath in the little stream, and perfumed myself pretty strongly from a bottle of scent which 1 always carry for the purpose.’” Thus the police have run up against the problem how to circumvent the well- washed and daintily-perfumed modern pro- tessional cracksman. Unpleasant Adventure, A young American woman ‘seeing’ Paris met with a most unpleasant adven- ture a few evenings ago. She and her scort, an American, had strolled into the Rat Mort, the well-known night restaurant, and two Frenchmen started making eyes at the lady. On.being remonstrated with by her escort, they in- sulted the latter and called upon others present to joln in. A general scrimmage ensued, and the American, taking up & champagne bottle, used it with telling ef- feet. The lady and her escort finaMy man- aged to get out of the restaurant, and, Jumping into a taxicab, got away. Inas- much as the police had been informed of the affair the escort thought discretion the better part of valor, and left for England by the first train he could catch FRENCH ORGANIZE THE GREEKS Goes Away from Home to Expert Military Assist- Ance—Greek Subjects. ATHENS, May 21.—(Special to The Bee.) —The Greek government has chosen a French general and six colonels to reorgan- ize the army. In order’ that they may hold full command, a speelal bill will be laid before the national assembly, giving them temporarily the quality of Greek sub- Jects was the left behind of | ‘Montmartre | {AUSTRIA SNARLS AT BRITAIN | “England Had Better Attend to Her Own,” Sayvs Press. | INTEREST IN NEW WARSHIPS | \ Britain Little Love for Great in | Vienna and There is n Chin on the Public Shoulder. By VIENNA | The EMIL ANDRASSY May 21.—(Special Dispatch Yo Bee.)—England had better attend to its own business. That is the attitude of the Vienncse prexs and unofficlally of | the Austro-Hungarian government toward the more less anxious inquirles which are being nade in London as to Austria’s naval program and the suggestiol that its new Dreadnought are really being | bullded for Germany | The disposition | attitude closely sulting. The general feeling is that precisely the same right to | noughts as Gertaany, Russia, Italy and | Turkey, and that there is not the least occasion for England to asshme in this fact any hostile Intention on the part of iA\llxllln | In a leader the on English the in regard as bordering Austria has | build Dread recently the Neue Freie | #resse awells upon the necessity for the maintenance of confidential relations be- tween Vienna and London, and remarks that great praise is due to Sir Fairfax | Cartwright, who has rescued English policy 6bm the deep embarrassment into which |it hae fallen. Then follows a vollent at- tack upon Great Britain: | urns Navy Into 014 Iron. | "It is childish to attempt to place our | Dreadnoughts under German command and it mere nonsense to invent the fable of the common navy of the Triple Al- liance. The Dreadnought scourge is de- vasting Austria only because England has Y.ll'l loose this deceitful vampire, which |'sucks the blood of the natlons. For this | reason alone are Dreadnoughts built. Eng- |1and has, by Its recent invention, turned nearly all the navies of the world into old iron and rendered them useless for warfare, and therefore Dreadnoughts are being laid down.” As a matter of fact, there Is little love for Great Britain here. It is' felt that the recent trouble between Russia, over the Bosnls-Herzegovina coup was largely due to British intrigue. The clearing up,of the sensational army poisoning mystery by the confession of the accused officer, Lientenant Adolf Hof- richter, has caused a gencral feeling of relief. i The offence to which Lieutenant Hof- richter ‘has just confessed is among the most remarkable in the annals of crimin- Ology. In the late autumn of last year a large number of officers attached to the general staff of the army at Vienna re- céived packages contalning small boxes of pills, accompanied by clrculars, bearing a name, which was later discovered to be spurfous, praising the virtues of these specifics for the treatment of various ail- ments. Most of the gentlemen thus fav- ored paid no attention to what was sup- posed to be merely the methods adopted by some enterprising firm of pushing its wares. Unfortunately, however, one officer, Cap- tain Mader, of the staff, thought that he might as well experiment on himself and accordingly he took some of the pilis. He was almost immediately seized with illness and despite all efforts to save him, he ex- pired. This fatal occurrence aroused sus- plelon, the plils were analyzed and it was discovered that their principal Ingredient was cyanide of potassium. o Licutenant is Arreated. An investigation was at once set on foot, and various circumstances eventually led to the arrest of Lieutenant Hofrichter, who was placed in jail at the close of No- vember. Further inquiries showed that he had bought a number of plll boxes exactly similar to those in which the fatal pills were enclosed, and some were actually found at his residence. At the same time the authorities were not able to trace the purchase of the cyanide of potassium, which, however, might easily have been in the lientenant's possession for some time, as he was an amateur photographer and would have no difficulty In obtaining a supply of cyanide, which Is used In vari- ous photographic processes. From the time of his arrest down to his sudden and dramatic confession Lieutenant Hofrichter had persisted in maintaining his innocence, and Austria was divided into two camp: | the one comprising those who believe Hof- | richter gullty, and those who did not. SCOTLAND NOTES A BIG DECREASE IN DRUNKENNESS Chiet Constable of Glasgow Makes a Report Gladly Halled by Temper- nee Workers Everywhere, GLASGOW, May 21.—Special Dispatch to Tho Bee)—Thero was a great decrease In 1%9 in the number of persons apprehended for drunkenness in Scotland compared with the preceding year. In cities and burghs the decrease amounted to 10,068 and in | counties to 2,700, making a total decrease of According to the half-yearly census taken by the Scottish police fn June, 1%8,, there | were 10,199 vagrants at large, 1,541 of whom were children under 14 years of age; and in June, 1909, there were 10474, of whom 1 were children, A large proportion of these | are offenders who beg and commit potty | thefts and cause considerable damage by |tires when they lie out about stackyards 'ana out-houses at night | The astonishing decrease of drunkenness |in Scotland is also illustrated by the re- |port of the chiet constable of Glasgow, which shows that last year 14,167 appro- hensions were made for drunkenness, a do- crease of nearly 4,500, compared with the previous year and of fully 600 on two years ago. TURKISH SULTAN IS EASY ON PARDON GRANTING of His First Am sary on Throme He Tu Prisoners i CONSTANTINOPLE, May 21L—(Special Dispateh to The Bee)—The new sultan of Turkey has celebrated the first anniver- sary of his uscent to the throne by par- donlug & large nwaber of prisoners. b | Fleet Will Participate in Military | the GREAT WELCOME # FOR ROOSEVELT| Germany Showers Every Po: lblel Courtesy Upon Strenuous Ex-President. KAISER INVITES HIM AGAIN Maneuvers in September. DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIP TAKES PART Plans Under Way for Increasing | Gorman Naval Construction. CHANGE IN ALSACE GOVERNMENT ‘ Wider Measare Be Allowed of ¥ Rule in to the Comquered Provinces and Much Re- in Joicing Prevails. MALCOLM CLARKIE BERLIN, May 21.—(Special The Bee.)—Roosevelt and Berlin is still on the map. Of course | the death of King Kdward piayed hob with the public reception of “melnc friend | Roosevelt,” but the kaiser showed every possible famous American was welcome. ¥ Dispatch has come to and gone and the people that Probably in view of the fact that the former presi- dent was in the hands of his physicians, he was not sorry thai some of the cere- monles which had been arranged for his Berlin stay had to be cut out, I understood ine Katser Roosevelt an earnest and pressing Invita- tion to come back to Germany in Septem- ber and witness the maneuvers to = be held in the vieinity of Koenlgsberg and Dantzic. These will be in many respects most remarkable maneuvers held in modern times and it is possible Mr. Roose- velt will accept the Invitation, | The maneuvers will be particularly in-| teresting owing tu the fact that the fleet will participate in combined landing op- erations, and that all the most recently discovered methods of communication will be utllized. : Dirlgible airships of the various systems represented by the Zeppelln, the Gross, and the Parseval types will co-operate with biplanes of the Wright system, and prob- ably also with several types of German flying machines, In scouting and recon- naissance work. Will Use the Wireless. At the same time, wireless telegraphy and telephony will keep the commanders in tough with the widely distributed units of thefr armids, and a large number of switt automoblles, either belonging to the army or requiSitioned for the period of the maneuvers, will dash hither and thither conveying staft officers from place to place. In addition to the troops serving in the regular drmy of the German emplre, totaling 621,112 officers and men, no fewer than 366,882 reservists are to be called up to serve-a petlod with the colors this year, thus bringing up the number of soldiers unfler arms to the formidable tigure of 971,994, - Of these, however, only two army corps will také part in the im- perial maneuvers, namely, the First Army Corps, whose headquarters are at Koenigs- berg, and the Seventeen Army corps, whose headquarters are at Dantzic, The infantry will be brought up to war strength, so that about 85,000 men alto- gether will be engaged. These troops will be gradually concentrated round the two headquarters, - the final three days' maneuvers, under the direct supervision of the emperor, being led up to by brigade and divisional operations lasting about fif- teen days. One division of each of these two army corps s to be clothed in the new gray uniform which Is to be generally adopted by the oranches of tne service for fleld work as soon as the present stock of vari- colored uniforms is exhausted. The statement that Germany contemplates increasing its naval construction program | recelves striking corroboration in an arti- | cle published In the Weserzeitung, an in- fluential Bremen paper. The journal states: “The tremendous efforts which France i making to enlarge its fleet of submarines and the colossal exertions of Great Britain to construct its Dreadnaughts show that cessation in the extension of German arm- | ament will be impossible. 1f the British and French governments force the pace In shipbuilding as at present, the German Ad- miralty will have no choice but to take such measures.as are necessary to provide an adequate protection against such gi- gantic fleets. “After having made inquiries in official quarters, we consider it by no means im- probable that after the fulfiliment of the provisfons of the navy act of 1900, the im- perlal German governmerit will be obliged | to put forward legislative proposals for more extended and more powerful coast de- fense. Whether this necessary coast de- fense will be secured by the enlargement | of our flotilla of submarines, or by the building of substitutes for battleships which are becoming obsolte, or by the creation of & squadron of auxiliary airships, is still open 10 question.” in way the ange in Al That the recent visit of the kalser to Alsace-Lorralne means a change In the government of the conquered provinces with a wider measure of home rule is believed not only in Berlin, but in Alsace as well. | ven the well drilled Strassburger Post, | in an artiele about the need of mutual con- | fidence, says that Strassburg is l'n-luumlnl; the emperor this time in new circumstances, | and adds: “We are still in*a state of anxious sus- pense; but we know that the hour is at hand when the empire Is to present us with | the belated wedding gift of extension of | our rights and upbullding of our constitu- | tion to & greater independence,’” | A characteristic semi-official not on the | Germano-Belglan negotiations is printed in | the National Zeitung. It denies that an| agreement has yet been arrived at, but adds: “That an understanding will eventually be arrived at on the basis of the points which have frequently been mentioned is to be assumed, as these points conform almost exactly with Germany's demands, and Ger- many will under no circumstances be pre- e-Lorraine. f has given Mr.eourt and still is in progress. | deuth of the late King Edward of England {in the menage of the Spanish roy PERSIAN FAVOR BASIS OF RIVALRY Russia Looks with Jealousy on the Progress Germany 1s Making Under the Shah, AGAINST THE EVIL TRAFFIC Norway Interested in War on the White Slave Trade. CHAPERONE FOR YOUNG GIRLS STEAMER CONCESSION AT BOTTOM Defendant In Court Debt is Set King Appears a Stockholm—Big the AL ¥ st ation th, Line on Lake Urmia Sets the New War Talk Going. BY ERIC b COPENHAGEN GRUNDMARK May 21--(Special Dis patch to The Boe)--Norway taking a very deep Interest in the crusade against the white slave traffic. King Haakon at the suggestion of the queen. has made a study of the situation as it effects Norway, and, at his suggestion, i uhderstand, the minister of religion has issued a circular to the clergy, requesting “that young girls preparing for their first communion, should also be instructed respecting the dangers of taking situation in forelgn countries without previous inquiry.” Not only this, but at the king's request, the S:andinavian-American line has de- cided to place upon its vessels a reliable woman whose duty it will be to look after all young girls and women traveling in the ship. This Is a most excellent innovation, und one which canuot fall to be productive of the happiest results. The dangers of the young emmigrant girl arc many, while at sea. 1 rstand that the action of Norway will followed by similar action on the part of both Denmark and Sweden. It Is not often that & king appears as defendant in court, but this somewhat novel thing has happened in Stockholm. Some time ago, I told something about the action brought by former County Councillor Johannson against the royal family. The case was brought before the EMIR'S AUTHORITY DISCOUNTED | | 8t. Petersburg Still Believes that the Shah is Powerful. ASYLUM IS NOW OVERCROWDED ' Grent Bad ! Indignation ditions Refuge—New is the Resnlt of Co in Lunatle Deal for Emigrants. BY GEHORGE FRASER. ST. PETERSBURG, May 21.—(S8pecial Dispatch to The Bee.)—The advent of Ger- many into the Persian tangle has com- plicated a situation which was already full of danger, and it is not at all improbable that an international quarrel similar to that which almost embrolled Iurope over cco may develop. German entrance is in the shape of slon 10 & German company o run steamers on Lake Urmia. The eclreum- stances surrounding the alleged concession make It appear more In the nature of political than a commerelal move A concession to navigate Lake Urmia has been long looked upon by Russia as the practical corollary to its roads, telegriphs and commerclal interests. But when it endeavored to secure it formally, it found a claim to the ownership was put forward by Emir Kuli Mirza, who asserts that he recelved It from the Shah Nasr Fddin. Russlan agents entered Into negotiatlons with that prince, but discovered that he lacked a Utle deed—good, bad or indif- ferent. und be Is a high The king ap- pears by council and the proccedings at- tract an audience which crowds the court room. Johannson s former county councillor. The plaintiff asserts that the royal family are Indebted to him In the sum of 6,000,000 kronen, or $1,660,00. He is the heir of the late Madame Helga do | Brehe, and he alleges that some letters which King Oscar 1, borrowed from her prove that she was the illegitimate daughter of King Gustavus 1V., who was dethroned In the year 1509, and that she was deprived of the above mentioned fortune. She never received the letters back again, and Mr. Johannson now claims that the royal family shall deliver them to the court. Mr. Johannson conducts his own case. His opening address made a good 'impres- slon. He sald the letters in question were written personally by King Gustavus IV in the year 183, and he asserts that Mad- ame de 1a Brache was In reality the king's daughter. The defence denies that the Ietters are in the possession of the royal family, and asserts that Madame de la Brache was the daughter of a customs officer, named Mag- nusson, Regarded Skeptically, Persian as well as Russian jurlsconsults regard any concession based upon the un- supported word of Emir Kull Mirza with benignant scepticlsm and maintain that all the rights are still vested in the Per- sian crown. Kull Mirza, however, eager to transform his imaginary rights Into eur- rent coin, got together a Persian company, of which he himself is a member, and gave it a concession, well knowing that Russia's demand was then being considered by the Teheran cabinet. No Persian company would spend money on a worthless conces- slon of this kind, but two German subjects loom large as life in the background. It s unlikely that Russia will acknowl- edge Kull Mirza's claim to bestow upon others rights which he himself does not legally possess. Prince Kull is alleged to have ordered a steamer from Hamburg, where the soul of the Persian company re- sides, Bupposing that that company incurs financial obligations towards German sube Jects which it is unable (o carry out, trouble may result. If political power falls into the minister who absorbed all the money subscribed for the purpose of founding a National Bank of Persia dur- ing the first Persian Parllament, and is a candidate for a ministerial post today, complications may ensue more readily than before the resighations of the Splahdar and Sihidar Azad. Anyhow, until the ministerial crisis |s over and the cabinet is firmly constituted, diplontacy fs paralyzed. There Is nobody In Teheran with whom to discuss the mat- ter. To Establish a Memor! A movement already has been started (o establish a memorial at Christiania to the sreat writer and ' philosopher, Bjornsjern Bjornson. The character of the memorial has not yet been definitely decided upon, but not only all Scafidinivia but the whole clvilized world will be invited:to contribute, King Haukon is taking an active personal Interest in the matter, while the kings of Denmark and Sweden _ will co-operate heartily. It Is usual on the death of a great man for a crop of characteristic ancedotes to crop up. The death'of Bjornson was no exception. Here is one which strikes me as the best 1 have heard. He asked on what occasion he ob- tained the greatest pleasure from his fame as a poet. He replied: "It was when a delegation from the Right came to my house in Christiania and smashed ali the windows. Liecause, when they had thus attacked me and were starting from home ugain, they felt they ought to sing some- thing, and o they began to sing 'Yes, We Love This Land of Ours. They could do nothing else. They had to sing the song of the man whom they attacked.” Perhaps nowhere out of England did the Trouble in Asylam. indignation has been caused by revelations regarding the Novo Znamensky lunatic asylum. The male and female de- partments are qvercrowded. The patlents fight each other from morning to night, and a perfect pandemonium exists. Many of the lunatic have attempted to commit sulcide by jumping over bannisters or leaping through windows. When the com- mission of the municipality visited the asylum they were attacked by lunaties and compelled ‘to retreat, while inmates sav- egely fell upon the superintendent, who was rescued by the attendants. In the attendants' quarters 100 children, -many suffering from measles, were congregated, The Russian minister of commerce has claborated a new project in regard to emi- gration, whereby emigrants to countries outside Europe can only leave Russian ports on Russian steamers. The steamship companies are prohibited from taking pa sengers whose expenses are paid wholly or in part by any foreign govermment or foreign colonization soclety which s not legally authorized In Russia. All cmigr tion agents must be Russian subjects. The most severe penalties, including long terms of " Imprisonment, are enacted for the spreading of false reports concerning the advantage of emigration from Russia A friend of the dalal lama, now sojourn- ing he announces a visit of the dal, lama to Russia, and in particular to St Petersburg, within the t two months, Grand Duchess akes Vows, The widowed Grand Duchess Sergius, who a daughter of Princess Alice of gland and grand duchess of Hesse, ye terday took formal vows of devotion to the service of God and nelghbors. The | Community of Saints, Martha and Mary, several days—and not to.her liking. It is Isters of Mercy, which she founded, and not ‘generally known that the queen, in-|of which she Is now Mother Superior, num- stead of becoming more used to the ways | bers forty-five members, including Princess of the Spanish court, is really getting quite | Obolensky and other aristocrats. bored with its stiff formalities and is long- | interpellations committee of the ing for her native land. has unanimously approved of the - | interpellation concerning the shooting of & HIS ANCESTORS COVENANTERS |lictie xirl of 7 in Yaroslav prison. ‘he —— |chila was accompanying her mother, & Peden, peasant woman, who was lodged in the Jall. Hearing the tramp of conviets, the child approached the cell window, and a warder below fired at her The bullet fortunately struck one of the window bars, but the child received a deep wound on the head from an iron splinter. Instructions have been sent to M. Koros- tovetz, Russian minister at Pekin o | inform the Chinese government that uniess the question of navigation on the Sungarl is settled with Russia by the end of Jun this country will, after that date, lgnore the regulations arbitrarily imposed by China, and the customs dues will be de~ posited in the Russo-Chinese bank, Russis reserving the right to demand repayment on the dues already pald to the Chincss Great cause more sincere grief than in Copen- hagen. Queen Alexandra, a Danish prin- cess, spent much time here and was per- haps a more familiar figure in Copenhagen than in London itself. She was alway popular ,among ‘thé Danes as was Indeed her distingulshed husband. Many evidences of the deep sympathy felt for her by the Danes, in her bereavement have been sent to the widowed queen 1 understand it is her purpose to spend much more of her time in Denmark in the future than she has in the past. TROUBLE IS BREWING ON THE THRONE OF SPAIN Queen Victorin, it is Said, ix D pleased with Erratic Husbnond and Longs for Home. | in MADRID, May 2L—(Speclal Dispatch to| ns The Bee.)—Things are not what they seem 1 family. Queen Victorla, who has a declded mind of her own, has Intimated pretty plainly to| her spouse that his erratic movements, practically unattended—Alfonso was cently reported to have n in Paris for is re. one's | Duma Recently ecenn mt of an Old EDINBURGH, Ily 21.—(Special Dispatch to The Bee)—Mr. John FPeden, farmer. Auldbyre, Auchinleck, whose death I re- ported, was a diréet descendant of the family of the “prophet,” Alexander Peden of covenanting fame. The Pedens have held the farm of Auldbyrc from about the year 1600, and it was in the family burial place In Auchirleck churchyard that “Prophet” Peden found his first grave. At the end of six weeks his body was ex- humed by soldlers and carried to Cum- nock, where the remains were contemptu- ously buried at the gallows' foot, on which spot @ fine monument has been reared in pared 10 abandon its clalms, even partislly. Peden's honor, customs.