The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1906, Page 21

- Pages 21 to 28 P — " LONDON ¢ | PR~ T ST STYPICAL HAUSFRAL N BERLIN Mme. Gadski En-| tertains Many | Americans, Her Beautiful Home Is| Pride of Famous | Singer. | Prima Donnals Happiest When | Engaged in Her Do- | mestic Duties. e, = an devise, e of Gadski's Polish name Ger- d of her birt 1d she or looking wants of her f. e traditional trademarks of is adored alike ds and serving peo- ws the sa nature. She nd suffers the of all big-hearted, open-hand- le having her generosity posed upon Many an Ameri- for Euro- | ngratitude, K pointing denoue- een the only har- | her phil- | WANTS | IT TO STOP, —_— Bitter Discussion Displeases the Pope. % BEA " AAS { 7.—Orders have been is the Congregation of the Propa- the bitter discussion in olc papers regarding the wrong done %o the churches in the Phil- ippines by depriving them of property | The matter came before the Court of 2 formerly belonged to them, al-| Cassation, which has decided that the t h managed by the friars, who re- | local magistrate was wrong in impos- ceived $7.0M,000 from the United States. ' ing a fine, and that he had interfered me efforts already have been made by | with the Impartial authority of the he Pope to compel the religious orders to | schoolmaster, which implies the right give up at least half of the money they | received for the maintenance of the Phil- pine church. If this scheme should fafl other plan has been made during the recent visit to the Pope of J. P. Morgan, by which the diocese in the Philippines may be financed to a certain degree. | AP A Lt In Prison for Theft at 101 PARIS, April 7.—In the prison at Rodez, | the department of Aveyron, there is at | present a man aged 10 years who is| awaiting his trial on a charge of theft. | The centenarian is in excellent health and enjoys the prison fare.! | dential tense | wi \CHIEF JUSTICE | susTAINS NOBLES (F SPAIN ARE 1S DUPEY —————i Police at Valencia Arrest| Been | Youth Who Has Posing as a Member of | the Battenberg Family | WINS CONFIDENCE AND GETS CREDIT! S e When Taken Into Custody Sharper Threatens to| Send British Fleet to| Lay the City in Ashes| { VALENCIA, Spain, April 7.—A young just been placed under lock | key in this plzce who for months as been posing in the aristocratic cir- | a court officlal sent by King | king use of the approaching m riage of King Alfonso to Princess of Battenberg, he first introduzed him- 1f as Prince Louis, but on some oc- he contented himse.. v.in pos- | & merely as a relative of the Batten- | & house. Under whatever name and title he appeared he able to win - | confidence and credit Among his assets was a forged cre- from Lord Lansdowne, which | gained him admittance to everywhere, while a letter of introduction, also | forged, to the colonel of the civil guard | | ¢which do duty as police) assured him'| protection wherever he went. He feted by grandees, who cashed his spurious checks, and was admitted | freely to the exclusive clubs. His gal-| lant adventures made him the talk of | the town | The climax of his triumph came when | the Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo, the | primate of Spain, entertained him for | ral weeks as an honored guest in his palace on the strength of his pre- | that he was a nephew of the| Archbishop of Dublin. When at last the house of.cards fell about his ears he threatened that a British fleet 1ld lay Valeneia in ashes. He was rrested, nevertheless, and the “Prince of Battenberg” turned out to be nobody more important than a commercial traveler from Gibraltar th a remarkable knowledge of nine languages. OF SINGAPORE HAS TO buck Punkah Swings Too Low and Court Has to Adjourn. SINGAPORE, Straits Settlement, April 7.—When the Appeal Court here opened the reverend Chlef Justice and his three associates found themselves in a most deplorable and demorallizng position. The punkah (fan) above them would hit them on the head every time it swung, and the learned Judges had to duck. As the dignny of the court could not be preserved in such circum- Stances the punkah, which was no re- specter of persons, was stopped. But without its ald to stimulate the circula- tion of air the atmosphere soon became stifiing, and a recess was taken until the punkah was more favorably ad- Justed. —_—— TEACHER’'S RIGHT TO CALL PUPILS NAMES Fremch Court Overrules Declsion of Vudge Who ed Schoolmaster for Insulting Epithet. PARIS, April 7.—A ‘very curious ap- peal cése has just been disposed of by the Cburt of Cassation. A schoolmas- ter in the Ariege wrote in the copybook of one of his pupils this appreciation: “This boy is an ass.” It did not suit the lad’'s father, who summoned the schoolmaster, The case was heard at the Foix po- lice court. The magistrate considered that the note given to the boy was an infult and the schoofmaster was fined. The schoolmaster thought the fine was absurd and unjustifiable, and appealed against the magistrate’s decision, of reprimanding puplils. Ong of the papers, commenting on the finding of the Court of Cassation, points out that it did not say what was the limit of the schoolmaster’s right. “Are all the animals ‘authorized’ as points of comparison with the pupil repri- manded?”’ asks the journal. “Can all the inhabitants of the stable figure 'n the margin of copybooks as lazy chil- dren? Leaving the animal kingdom out of the question, can a schoolmaster say what he likes to his scholars?” The paper is of the opinion that an official regulation of this subject is necessary, ALL ROME INTERESTED IN DUCHESS ODD WILL FIFTY CLAIMANTS FOR LA MASA MILLIONS Co B G PALA WIFE ©F CTMVAR NI \ W /4 ,// 7 f'i”\‘m IO VAR SEe e & R P S a0 S if no heirs are found are conducting a most determined fight against one and all the claimants, Incidentally the contest has led to the discovery that the identity of the Duchess is shrouded in mystery. It is not positively | known who was her father or who was her mother, or whether she really mar- ried the Duke whose name she bore. Beautiful, rich, charitable, she figured for years as one of the best known women ARE T! AT in Italy." And now her friends have learn- YING TO GET A THE DUCHE S$ ‘ LA FIASA. — SHIP, AND TWO OF THE FIFTY CL, SHARE OF THE VAST FORTUNE. £ ROME, April 7.—When a rich person dies anywhere there is pretty sure to be a squabble over his money. But apparently the Dyuchess Bevalacqua La Masa was not content to take the ordinary chances of having her memory kept alive by liti- gation. She dled recently leaving a for- tune of twenty-two million lire—in Ameri- can money $2,500,00—a prodigious sum for Italy, where a lire goes as far as a dollar will in the United States. 'To insure a big fight for it she left a most singular will. She left her money to charity—or to her heirs if any could prove they were her heirs. As the Duchess doutbless foresaw her will has started a tremendous scrimn@ie. SRR WOMAN WHO BEQUEATHED HER MILLIONS TO WHOEVER CAN PROVE KIN. l ed, with a shock of surprise, that they really knew very little about her. That has led to the conviction that her motive in leaving such a strange will was not primarily to precipitate a fight for her millions, but to secure the unraveling of the mystery that surrounds her birth and -antecedents. So far it has not been clear- No less than fifty claimants have already entered the lists in the battle for her twenty-two million lire, and e of them certainly would not, hesitate to tell that many lies to get it. They constitute a motley assemblage. Among them are tramps, beggars and mount ouths | ed up, but enough has been disclosed to !tmsl;llng to acquire an A and | show that her story is a most romantic old men whose lives have' de- | on one. - The investigation hag shown that from 1818 to 1840 a girl known as Felicita Zaran- tonello Bevalacqua lived 'at Valdagno in the house of a lawyer, Bettino Bevalac- voted to forgetting all they ever learned at school; ugly old- wom nd € young on“'k and (c;‘"dn? ‘ot yet ol enou to know the value of ey. Mo-tn:;t them are very poor, but even|qua, as a member of his family. those who are absolutely penniless, and | was exceptionally beautiful, amiable and whose claims to kinship vltf & dead | good, but the rest of the household show- Duchess rest’ on the most shadowy |ed the strongest aversion to her. Why? foundations, can still find lawyers to the er to that question probably up their cases for them. Of course tI les the solution of the mystery of her charities “which Wil benefit * so largely own parentag e § KNG 0SCAR 1S PROUD OF DECORATION Sweden’s Ruler Cherishes Tri - Colored Ribbon He Won When Crown Prince for Act of Great Gallantry FERSI R WEARS MEDAL WHEN PICTURE IS PAINTED Of All the Many Orders Mon- | arch Has Been Honored] With He Considers This| One .the DMost Glorious STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 7.—When King Oscar of Sweden sat for his offi- | clal portrait he insisted on being paint- ed as a naval officer and called the art- ist’s attention to a little cross on a tri- colored ribbon which hung among many other orders on his uniform. The artist was careful to give this little medal prominence. | In 1867, five years before he came to | the throne, the then Crown Prince was | walking along beside the sea on a road | which ended abruptly at a steep de- cline. Suddenly he heard cries of terror | and looking around saw two frightened | horses galloping toward the eliffs.. The Crown Prince sprang at the reins. For some yards he was dragged toward seemingly ingvitable death, them he managed to bring the horses to a stand- St ¥ The crowd that followed cheered the brave deed, but the modest man evaded it and continued his walk. For some time~ the identity.of the rescuer re- mained a mystery, but finally it was discovered, and to’ the Crown Prince now the proudest decoration he wears is the one he received for this act of bravery. LONE WOMAN AN EXPLORER Mrs. Mary Hall Traverses Wildest Africa. KHARTOUM, Egypt, April T.—After a Jjourney rich in adventure through the in- terior of Africa, Miss Mary Hall, a great woman explorer, has reached Khartoum. She started last June from Chinde, Port- uguese East Africa, and traveled up the Zambesi as far as Port Herald. Then she turned north to Lake Nyassa, which she crossed. In November she arrived in Ger- man East, Africa, and then crossed un- known territory where no white man or woman had ever before set foot, to Lake Victoria Nyanza. This took her twenty- eight days, and only twice did she see a European. Her escort consisted of two native soldlers belonging to a German regiment and a few native warriors. The natives she met were friendlv and brought her bananas, goat milk and salt. Although much of the country was dis- turbed, owing to a native rising agalnst the Germans, she managed to reach Brit- ish territory without trouble. The wild animals she saw included al- most every species of the country, and being an excellent markswoman she had no difficulty in replenishing her larder when neccessary. Her next goal was Uganda, where she found the youthful king playing football. He received her with truly European courtesy and set her on her way to Khar- toum. ———— MAD BULL HOLDS UP LONDON TRACTION LINE LONDON, April 7.—For more than half an hour yesterday afternoon a mad bull reigned supreme in a Belfast street, hold- ing up the electric tram cars and causing a general closing of the shops. The bull escaped from control, and ca- reered madly about the street, attacking every vehicle which came near. One electric tram car driver attempted ta rush past the enraged beast, thinking that the animal would be overawed by the size of the vehicle. But the man dearly pald for his rashness, for the bull furfously charged his platform, and he fled precipitately up the stairs. All the china dealers and other trades- men in the streets promptly put up their shutters, and for over half an hour the bull held complete possession of the street. Finally a policeman intrenched in a tram car and armed with a pistol cau- tiously approached the animal, and when within a few feet of it shot it dead. The bullet passed through the animal's skull and crashed through a plate glass ‘window. LR A S ‘World Is Well Doctored. " BERLIN, April 7.—Dr. Helme of this city is authority for the statement that there are in the world 228,250 M. D.’s. Those of Europe alone number 162,330, These are distributed as follows: In England, 35,000; in Germany, 22,500; in Russia, 21,490; In France, 20,350, and in Italy, 18,250, so that England possesses sixty-five doctors for every 100,000 in- habitants and Italy fifty-four for the same number of people. Of the cities Brussels, In Belgium, contains 241 doe- tors for every 100,000 inhabitants and Madrid 209, while Constantinople has only 38 v T 3 | Honorable 0TS DOWN COURTIERS EAPENSES NewLord Chamber- lain of England Economical. it “‘Bobby "’ Spencer Justifies His Appointment. Reduces the Cost of Court Life but Angers the Royal Tailors, LONDON, April 7.—The Hon. “Bobby"™ Spencer, whose sartorial accomplishments were so sadly wasted in the House of Commons, has speedily justified his ap- pointment as Lord Chamberlain. That functionary has charge of the King's household “above " and the office is considered such an exalted one that only peers of the realm can fill it. There are not many Libegal peers and they are not the kind of men who take a serious view of flunkyism. Unable to find a ready-made peer whose talents and poli- tics qualified him for the job, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the new Liberal Prime Minister, had a patent of nobility conferred on the Hon. “Bobby,” and gave him the billet as Lord Althorp. Te prove himself a fitting representative of a Gov~ ernment whith is pledged to retrench~ ment and reform, the ennobled “Bobby™ has announted sundry changes in the sartorial regulation of the court, the net result of which is to reduce the number of separate garments which the privileged courtier is required to purchase in order to be entitled to appear before the King. The dress coat heretofore worn in the evening by the gentlemen of his Majesty's household has hitherto been distinguished by two gilt buttons ugen each cuff, whereas the coat that goes with what is known as the Windsor uniform had three. Thanks to “Bobby,” the two styles of coat are now practically identical, with three buttons upon each sleeve, one of which must be above the cuff and two on it. Then again the buckles upon the knee breeches of the Windsor uniform were worn plain, while those of the breeches worn at the other royal palaces were covered by tie ends of blaek ribbon. “Bobby™ has ordained that these ribbons shall be removed, with the re- sult that the same pair of breeches will pass muster at any of the palaces. Nor is this all that “Bobby" has effected. He has saved the courtler the necessity of buying two waistcoats to go with the Windsor uniform by decreeing that a single-breasted garment of white martella suall be “de rigueur” for both morning and evening wear. From all of which it is evident that “Bobby” is doing séme- thing to earn his salary of $10,000 a year by saving money for other people. But the court taflors are complaining woe- fully. BERLIN VERY INDIGNANT AT THE EMPEROR Kaiser Visits Severe Pun- wshment on Officers of Army BERLIN, April 7.—By Emperor Wile lam's personal order a young cavalry officct who did not repay $5 he bor- rowed from a restaurant waiter has been court-martialed and sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment. Inasmuch as the leutenant’s superior officers did not, in his Majesty's opinion, act with sufficient severity when the walter com~ plained to them, the Emperor has re- quested the resignation of all of them. Thé.lleutenant has gone to England. His brother, who accompanied him to the railway station, has been dismissed from the army. This excessive harshness has caused intense indignation in Berlin. —_————— Guardizn for Duke Paul. BERLIN, April 7.—Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife, formenly Princess Marle of Windisch- graetz, have been placed under the guar- dianship of the comptroller of the royal household by their nephew, the reigning Grand Duke. The scandal has been caused, it is said, by the ducal pair's passion for traveling, which grew out of Duke Paul's disgust at his exclusion m the Prussian army when he became g Catholie, shortly after his wedding in New Musical Symphony. ROME, April 7.—Abbe Perosi, the well known composer and director of the Sistine chapel, has just finished a classical symphony at’ which he has been at work over a year. He intends to have it performed in Milan next spring before his visit to South Ameri- ca, where he has heen engaged persoms ally to direct several c® him amsis—t—