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Hungary la A Bad Way. Roms, April 3.-The Hungarian pime complains bitterly of the price of aboer. They are selling ©for G-883 a pair, and is costs $23 to have a pair resoled. Shoe- -makers-refuse to make any for persons unknown to them because the law forbide the making of leather shoes, but the wealthy pablic diedain wearing the clogs which are the common footgear of the poorer classes. Hungarians "Affirm that Austriane pay only a fourth and Germans only a sixth of this exorbitant price, which is das chiefly to profiteers,* A gooze
osta $8 to $9; a chicken 37.
“Saptain of Kopenick" Dead. The Hague, March 10,--A Ber- lin telegram announces the death of the onca famona "Captain of Kopenick," the shoemaker Voigt. The exploit of Voigt which gain- ed for him his sobriquet of Captain of Kopenick and hesped -ridionle upon the German Army was enacted on October 19, 1908,
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Pseudo Count Sentenced. Edmond Bonszelos,fwho in the role of the Marquis de Castellot tried to negotiate a $50,000,000 loan from J. F. Morgan and Co., on behalf of the King of Spain, Wassentenoad at New Yorkrecent- ly to two terms, to ras conour- rently, in the federal penitentiary st Atlanta, each for one, year and eight months. The first penalty was for the theft of government stationery and the second for forging pasees to doke, arsenale and warehipe. To both charges he pleaded guilty before United States Judge Mayer. He was not required to plead to an indictment for swind- ling W. E.D. Stokes, proprietor of the Hotel Ansonis,” of $5,000 on the representation that as a diplomat he wished to entertain the French ambassador. Recorda obtained from Paris and London and placed before Judge Mayer showed that England had deported Boneselot to France, where he served a prison term for swindling and later deserted the French Army, “
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King's Address to Serbian Mission.
The scheme has for some time The King recived at Backing. past been energetically advocated ham Palace recently the members by Lord Leverbalme. Meears, Lever Brothers employ between of the Serbian Industrial Mission, 7,600 and 8 000 workpeople. and in the course, of an address,
A Policeman's Trade Union. speaking in French, he said: We Over a bundred members of had not forgotten sud we should the Manchester City Police Force never forget the heroic resistance have joined the newly formed of the Serbian nation, and we Manchester branch of the National appreciated to the full the notion Union of Police and Prison of their gallant troops, who were Officers. This is a properly now fighting side by side with constituted trade union, affiliated our own upon the Macedónisz to the Trade Unions Congress. front. Membership is open to all officers ander the rank of superintendent. One of its chief aims is to secure
*The national life of our two nations (he continued) is based
liberts and justice, and it is this
**Work or Goal," New York, March 10-New Jersey has recently adopted a regulation known as "work or goal" Now s low compelling everybody to work during the war came into force yesterday by proclamation of the Governor. Ta formal notification to all Local officials the Governor declares" I call the attention of sheriffs, mayors, and heade the "right of conference."apon the same principles of of the police in all municipalities At present the authorities to the necessity of maintaining do not allow collective bargain which makes us certain that after the war we can count upon the ahup vigilanoa and to keep an iog or repressstation on ave for those workless individuale any matters concerning con closest commercial relations be bose lack of ambition and load-ditions of service. The anion tween Serbis and Great Britain. nese for idlenes constitute, not has obtained considerable support These relations will certainly be merely a financial burden to every for its demand from members of to our common advantage. On community, but slao a genuine Parliament. It is estimated by our side they will be entirely free menace to the welfare of the
the officials that probably 87 out from the ulterior motives which nation's manhood under arms and of 124 members replying are have inspired the commercial re- their safety on the battle front.
"favourably disposed" to the lalions of the Central Powers with There are kinds of work 100 granting of the request; not one their weaker neighbours. We are setare in a physical senes for the of the nine members who declared conSdent that before long Serbis society idler, who may, however, themselves against it is a mem will be re established. You will be competent to handle tarka which ber of the Liberal or Lab- then be faced with the taak of would be impossible for slackers our parties. With this backing making good the devastation caus of the hobo type. Sound judg the anion expects shortly toled by the enemy, and, however of the formidable that task may be, you ment must be employed in our obtain regalarigation experiment to rid the human hive right of meeting and of collective may count'apon the cordial co- of ite Zranea. The pricatives of representation. Though the Man operation of all classes of my municipalities of 10,000 popula-chester branch has been found people.
""The industry of your people, tion or over are urged to hare principally to give weight to the their polios departments compile national movement, the men your agricultural resources, the list of all habitual idlers in the complain of local grievance ostural riobes of your country,
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which they hope to get redressed make the same olsim upon our industries need more manpower Ona of these is (according to their admiration and our confidence as than is available to meet the statement) that the scale of pay your national aspirations have extraordinary demands for pro- in Manchester is on the average aade to our political sympathy. duction. By making this now 88. a week low than in Liverpool I have the fullest confidence that Low something more than a tem Police work has become mucb after the war Anglo-Serbien trade: porary senastion we shall be help. more onerous during the war, and will develop greatly, and that
esme time curbing vegtenay, ase- *Panera, mendicanoy, immorality,
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