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PRINCES DISPUTE A IDOL OF FANATICS.
FORTUNE.
"THE WAR OF THE COBURG SUCCESSION".
:
Prague, March 20. The war of the Coburg Succession
is expected to be decided quickly
Mr. Gandhi the
Inscrutable.
At the All-India National Con- gress in Lahore. Mr. Gandhi's 're- solution demanding complete inde-
pendence has been carried with only six dissentients.]
Mr. Gandhi's title, "Mahatma,” now that the Duchess Dorothea of supplies a key to the mystery of Sebleswig-Holstein has been declar-his lasting influence with the cd wkrupt. An enormous fortune, which includes nut unly forests and mines in Czecho-Slovakia, Hungary and Germany, but thaf must valued object in Central European eyes, "large deposits in the Bank of England," is being disputed by her two cousins, Prince Cyril of Bul- gar, brother of King Boris and son of ex-King Ferdinand, and Princes Philip Josius of Saxe-Coburg,
people of India. It is applied to those who are considered to have transcended the limitations of the flesh, and indicates that he is ro warded by the masses as a giant rather than a political leader.
Five years ago it seemed "that Mr. Gandhi's power wane;
was on
THE
ADVENTURES OF A WATCH.
PRESENTATION AFTER 17
YEARS.
A BRITISH SPORTSMAN.
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Magistrate's Advice to Delinquent.
"I don't know whether you re- alize that you have pleaded guilty to an offence for which, if you had been committed to the Supreme | Court, you could have been sent to prison for anything up to five years," remarked Magistrate C. G. O. Anderson In the Shanghai | British Police Court on April 20 in dealing with a youth named T. H. Hamlin, sixteen years of age, charged by the Shanghai municipal police with the theft of a type writer, the properly of a United States Marine.
"I realize, however, that if I ald so decide the result would be a
over
greater punishment for your people than for yourself. I shall, there- fore, bind you
on your re- cognisance on the following con- ditions: To be of good behavior and to attend at this court for conviction and sentence when call-
Rome, March 19. Some thirty years ago a Briton called Goodley came оп a short visit to Turin, but stayed over ten years. The chief attraction seems to have been the well-known foot ball association, Juventus; he be- came trainer, and, Inter official referce, contributing greatly to the technical improvement of the game. A citizen remarked how "this phlegmatic young the now he is once again a ignorant of our language, was suc- dominant figure. In country cessful in adapting the tech where asceticism is regarded as a nieality of the game to our tem Duchess Dorothea is the daughter shining virtue, and where there perament, and to show us how to of Prince Philip of Coburg and that seem to be as many begging priests play it by his own example. Good- Belgian Princess Louise whose ad-and fakira na there are workers, ley was very popular everywhere; ventures were the cause of so much Mr. Gandhi is pre-eminent among and, when, in 1913, be announced gossip before the war more or less those who practise and preach sim- his intention of leaving Italy for levelled society. Her father had plicity in life. His appearance is, reasons of his profession, aed upon, disinherited his divorced wife, Prinjat a first meeting, disappointing public subscription
WIS start. "You are to lead an honest and tess Louise, and willed to his and aninspiring to ↑ Western ed. the quota being twopence industrious life and you are not slaughter Borothea only that obliga-mind.
But one soon begins to halfpenny, with the object of to frequent cabarets, pony or dog tory portion a child is bound to sense some of that personal mag-presenting
with A gold races.
Further, you are not to Over-anxiety inherit according to Continental netism that has made him the idol chronometer.
to associate with companions of bad laws. Here no father may cut off of the people. A first glimpse of suitably inacribe it delayed mat character." his offspring with shilling. Ile him was after his imprisonment ters, and Goodley left without his divided the family fortune, entailed and illness, when he emerged from souvenir. estates, and ready money between retirement to address a big politi- two nephews, the land and all above cul meeting in Bombay. He had and below it to Philip Josias, and all been living like an anchorite at available cash to Cyril. But since the Republic of Czecho-Slovakia summarily disposed of existing laws regarding entails Prince Cyril was, Outside the hall in Bombay there able to claim a larger sum than were amazing scenes. Hindus of would have been available-if part of all custes-respectable clerks in the property had not been seques their black pill-box hats, beggars rated, and Philip received the pro-and cripples from the gutter, and
naked children-made
fits.
Juhu, near Bombay, a place noted among Europeans for ite beautiful palm-fringed beach.
A
vast
In the eyes of the Czechs the sweating,, struggling mass. Inside, money squabble between the two in spite of the sweltering heat, the princes took on a political guise. hall was packed from floor to ceil- Cyril was a "Slay." Philip Josias aing. Now and again the droning "German" A Lex Cyril was hustilly voice of some fanatic would rise passed acknowledging the right of above the babel with "fahatma this prince to the proceeds of some Gandhi ki jai," and there would be of Philip's forcibly sold property. a deep-throated chorus of "jal" A spice of piquancy was added to The Indian equivalent of "Gandhi the ease when Cyril suddenly quar- for ever.") relled with his lawyer in Prague, Mr. Gandhi was walking down This unfortunate man was accused the centru aisle, acknowledging of corrupting vertain political the tremendous ovation with which parties in the Czech Parliament. he was greeted with smiles and an Even the time-honoured lovely occasional salaam.. His only gar- feminine political spy and intriguer Poent was a loln-cloth of rough not lacking. The Duchess home-spun material, and his slight Derothen joined forces with Philip body was dreadfully emaciated, Josias in the meantime.
with the ribs showing through.
Banned False Teeth.
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One can only imagine that sudden overtures of peace all round marked His smile disclosed the fact that
him
Efforts to trace him failed. The war came, and news reached Turih at the front. that he had died With Piedmontese accuracy the editorial staff set aside the chrono- meter with these words printed on a card: "Watch destined for Mr. Goodley, perhaps dead." But Good- ley was very much alive; destiny had taken him to Russia, and after many adventures and the loss of
his fortune he returned to Britain
The watch wns
to resume work. A few days ago he reappeared in Turin, where he received a hearty welcome from many friends. found in a dusty corner of the office of the "Gazetta del Popolo," and was finally presented after a lapse of seventeen years. The inscription runs
A Henry Goodley, Auspice lo
Sport del Popolo, Ciovani Caletatori Italiani,
1913.
At the request of deputy police prosecutor R. W. S. Winter, the Magistrate also entered judgment stipulating that the accused shall not go out at night after 9 o'clock without his father's permission.
Solicitor Reader Harriss, defend- ing, asked for clemency on
the grounds that it would be a greater ileterrent to bind the youth over than to send him to jail. He ask- ed the Court to treat the accused as a first offender.
'IN GERMAN.
KISSES HOLD UP TRAFFIC.
AMERICAN WIVES' DAILY FOND FAREWELLS.
When Shelley wrote his "Love's Philosophy" He little thought that the famous poem would find an echo in the breast of John Shirley, a young policeman who controle the traffic at the central station at Westfield, New Jersey.
Yet this young "cop" faces each morning a problem in the affec- tions which has led him to place the matter before his superiors.
He complains that daily workers. bound for town each morning take so long kissing their wives good- bye that they seriously delay traf- fic and force some of those behind
to miss their trains.
At the rush hour between 8 and 9. o'clock 300 motor-ears enter and leave the station approach which is pleasantly bordered with maple trees.
Policeman Shirley
calculates
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Other traffic policemen support Shirley in his complaint, stating West- that from their experience field does more kissing than any other town in the United States.
"PUT-UP JOBS." Divorce Court Judge
Demands Names.
Mr. Justice Hill, who recently announced in the Divorce Court that
Joseph Schildkraut is a versatile lad. Joseph has been plugging along at pictures with more or less indifferent success. De Mille tried to make a leading man of him, and Along Joseph is anything but. came the talkies and the actor who won Broadway with his per- he would insist where possible upon formance of "Billion" was threaten- knowing the names of women cited ed with recognition. He corrall-ia hotel enses, adjourned a number of actions in which this information had not been given in mall week.
His friends remarked that "ined personal plaudits for his per- formance in "Show Boat". But the English fashion, he betrayed no emotion, never moved an eye-lash; gambler role wasn't exactly up to
his histrionic alley. but he wound up his watch and, as he was leaving, he anid 'It reminds me of some of the best days of my life.'"
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from
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"I want to know who the woman is if it is possible to identify her," Joseph hails
Germany, he said. "The King's Proctor also may want to make some inquiries, though he speaks English minus an necent. It was decided to version and if the man does not disclose the "Thay Knew What They Wanted" | name of the woman it will cost him Ger- more. a tacit agreement to conceal what he was practically toothless.
Important statements on the sub- featuring Vilma Banky, in He
"Of course if it is a put-up job Schildkraut was borrowed had really happened. There was adid not
will not wear false teeth-inject of reunion with the Free
from Universal to portray the fea- the name of the woman cessation of advertisements in Vien public, at least because of their Churches were made by the Prin-
ture role of the farm hand. It is be disclosed." nese and Prague journals, to the foreign manufacture. He had a cipal of St. Peter's House, Oxford, reported now that he will remain effect that "His Highness Prince thin face, sunken checks. and
at the conference of Evangelical at M. G. M. for another German Philip Josias of Saxe-Coburg and inscrutable eyes.
His head was
offering a German version of Gotha, Duke of Saxony," warned shaven, and at the back he wore
"Twelve Miles Out." which starred Jack Gilbert. people not to give credit on expecta- the usual Hindu pigtail. tion of legacies to "His Highness Prince Cyril of Bulgaria and Her Highness Duchess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein."
When he rose to speak there was a profound hush from that great assembly. He spoke in Indian dialect, with a swift, smooth flow There was only one appearance of of words, without gestures or a bailiff in the palace of Prince violent language. The British Philip Josias, who seized various translation sounded like a long and priceless heirlooms of furniture, somewhat boring political oration, tapestry, and pictures in the name but his audience was moved to of his cousin. To save as much of tremendous enthusiasm. At the en aristocratic reputation in the end he was garlanded with scented cyes of Republican as was still flowers, according to the pretty In- possible, the two princes agreed to dinn custom. accept the proposal made by ex-King Mr. Gandhi is revered by the Ferdinand, supported by one or two populace as, one would imagine, Archduke members of the family. were the prophets of the Old A special court of arbitration has Testament. They crowded around been set up, presided over by lead- him, enger to catch a glimpse of ing Austrian lawyers, to decide how him and, perhaps, to touch the hem the spoils are to be divided, with of his garment. There a small special, regard to the claims of the Duchess Dorothea, which are sup- ported by her cousin, Philip Jonias.
ROMAN WALL.
Proposed Appeal to Parliament.
The threat of quarrying on the Great Whin S, is Northumber land, in the immediate vicinity of the Roman Wall, has so alarmed antiquaries that it is proposed to ask Parliament to pass a non- Party Act for the protection of the Wall against this or similar acts which threaten to undermine Hadrian's Wall.
The Wall Wae, of course, scheduled as an "ancient monu ment" some years ago, but the possibility of quarrying works in the area was not contemplated. Some archaeologists now suggest an even wider State interest in the preservation of the Wall, the ac- quisition, in fact, of a consider- able extent of the country on either side of the better preserved portions "as a protection against further vandalism
Happily, there is reason to he- Hove that the parties interested in the quarrying business have not "such "fell designe on the Wall as they have been credited with: "in some quarters. To say, as some have, that "the fort at House- steads (Borcoviem) maybe threatened with - obliteration" rather an exaggeration, though there is no doubt about the Inten- tion to remove many thousands of tons of whinstone for road-making south of Housententa.
PROHIBITED
Churchmen.
A great locust plague threatens
Palestine, Egypt from
Trans- Jordan, and
the Soudan. Thick warms are approaching, and theng at the Berlin Catholic Cathedral, Government is taking special men- Eures to stem the advance.
cause for wonder in the fact that, politically, he is still a force with which to reckon.
It has been said that Mr. Gandhi is on the border-line which separ- ates sanctity from sanity, but to the majority of his simple nd- herents he is the Mahatma. He himself prefers to be depicted as aange sitting cross-legged' on couch covered with khaddar (coun- try cloth), beside, a spinning- wheel, which is the symbol of economie independence.
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The Jesuit Father Kohler, preach-
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M. Jacques Thibaud, the French viqliniat, is the plaintiff in an action brought against a newspaper follow- ing stattements made as to the rea- sons for his non-appearance at o recital in Nantes.
After an eight years' quest for a yung of bandits who robbed him, Mr. Arthur · Cullen, the Chicago millionaire, has tracked down a man who he alleges is the ringleader.
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