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By a Inst-minute surrender the demands of the richest man in France, the leading daily news. papers of Paris have escaped being closed down. M. Francois Coty, Mrs. Mourig Morris, the Lendon the multi-millionaire Prince of Por-medium whose trance sermons have fumers, is the man who was on the point of paralysing the Press world of the French capital.

After a four years' foud between himself and all the most powerful journals and distribution and ad- vertisement agents, M. Coly, with the courts hehind him; had organ ised a scheme which einpowered

him to:

Seize the offices of his rivals, including machines, stocks of papers, etc.,

Stop the distribution of all publications printed in Paris, und.

Cut off a vast percentage of French advertising at home and abroad.

attracted large audiences, told the Evening Standard that she will be glad to help clergymon in their in- vestigation of Spiritualism.

A clairvoyant is expected to give A demonstration at a meeting of clergymen and ministers of zil.de. nominations and their wives which has been called to discuss the growth of spiritualism,

Mrs. Mourig Morris, who lives in London with her husband, a drug- gist, enjd:-

"I should welcome any invitation to help the clergy all I can. But before I responded to any invita- tion I should have to get the ap- Below is the story of the fend proval of my 'Guide my spirit and of the plans which gained the helper. It is more than likely that day for the perfume magnate:

he would approve, because we have About four years ago 31. Coty, a shrewd suspicion that when he proprietor of Pipe, which, at 30was among us on this side he was celtimes, is the dearest morning himself an ecelesiastic."' journal in Paris, determined to pro duce the cheapest.

The appearance of the Ami du Peuple, at 10 centimes, caused a sensation. Soon it had an evening edition as well; and before long it could boast the second biggest cir-

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Mra Morris' spirit helper is call ed "Power. Bha does not know who he is, and in her trances she states that she has never heard his

voice.

In Response to an Appeal. The Rev. Arthur Buxton, rector of All Souls, Langham-place, said M. Coty immediately found him that a recent meeting of clergy in self and his enterprise at war with London was called in response to powerful rivals. Thoy regarded his an appeal from the Spiritualists cheap newspaper as "disloyal com-themselves. It was not intended petition," seeing that no other that the proceedings should become newspapers are sold for less than publie. He added:

25 centimes.

First victories in the battle went to M.. Coty's well-armed foes. Hia new journal was boycotted; no etreet kiosk or newangent dared sell it; the all-powerful distribution agency would not touch it; the greatest firm of advertising agents refused to handle its publicity. Everything, possible was done to kid the newcomer, “

Into the Ocurts.

FURTHER FINDS AT UR.

HIGH PRIESTESS OF MOON GOD.

THE SISTER OF KING BELSHAZZAR,

Ur of the Chaldees, the city of Abraham in Iraq (Mesopotamia), has yielded now and remarkably interesting treasures."

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The latest discoveries, following the finding of the tombs of three great Kings of Ur, who reigned more than 4,000 years ago, are now announced by the joint expedition of the British the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Museum and

Cracked and crumbling little mud dogs, and a house-god brau- dishing a copper spear and guard, ing, after nearly 2,500 years, the great palace of a high priestess of the Moun God-theas are some of the finds

Completely new is the discovery of the great painee, built by Nabonidus (550B.C.). for bio daughter, Belshazzar's sister, whom he made high priestess of the Moon God.

It is a big and complicated building in mud brick, about 100 yards square, and containing more than 70 rooms and courts

In one of the principal doorways under the brick pavement thera were brick boxes containing the bumble emblems of the powers who protect a house.

!

There was the god Papsugal, o squat and ugy mud figure, girt with a copper baldrick and bran dishing a copper spear, and the little mud, dogs, in sets of five, painted different colours,

Though the walls of the place "There are various kinde of have been destroyed down to floor Spiritualists, some are only inter-level, the foundations, have been exted in Spiritualism from the preserved, to tell in what sort of point of view of phenomena: the building the Princess Bel-Shalti. hope of communicating with their Nannar kept her state. beloved doad, or even a base sen eational curiosity, attracts them. Others are sincerely religious people, whose faith has been do finitely increased by Spiritualism. They have found through it an amplified meaning in the belief in the communion of saints and the life everlasting,"

THE PRINCE AT THE PIANO.

STRAUSS SHOWS HIM HOW

TO WALTZ.

"Ah, your Prince of Wales is the Prince Charming indeed!"

So Mr. Johann Strauss, the

Waltz king and grandson of the composer of "The Blue Danube," ef his visit to St. James's Palace, summed up the chief impression whero ho spent two hours with the

Prince of Walse and Prince

George.

As the Prince was unable to at-

Mr. Strauss to the palace tend the Strauss Ball he invited

"Your Prince ja so friendly, so homsly, and so kind," said Mr. Strauss "Although I could not spook English, and the Prince had to speak in German, he made me feel as though we had been friends for years.

"MISSING" WOMAN ALIVE AND WELL.

WINDSOR PARK SEARCH

ABANDONED.

Mias Winifred Parrant, in con- nration with whose, alleged disap regrance the police were searching Windsor Great Park last month

is alive and well. She is now Mrs. Richard Jonkina, and with her hus

nonth-old baby girl. at Greenwich. She has time.

band has been living for some

The Metropolitan Polico were informed that Mr. Richard Jen.

wick, a plasterer, temporarily stay kina, of, Langdale Road, Green ing with friends at Harlesden, had called at the police station at

fred Porrant was his wife and was now living at Inman Road. Later, Harlesdon and abated that Wind

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Upaat By Limelight! Mrs. Jonking in an interview with a reporter said: "I have been very much upset by the events Teak Hatstands, Glass Cabinets, which have brought me into the Chesterfold Couches and Armchairs, limelight. I was riding in a tram Gramaphoncs, Bookcases, Docks, car when I happened to glance at Office Chairs, Carpets, and Rugs nowspaper which was being read(various sizes), Cabin and Wardrobe

Vases, Embroidered Pictures, Hand. by somebody at my side. There in Trunks, Porcelain Flower Pote and Binoculars, big bold type. I saw the name

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"After tos, in the drawing-room I played waltzes-old and now.

Parrant" 'Winifred

When I The Prince said that the waltz was the only dance that mattered, and

bought a paper I read the whole "Than Lady Furness naked me to story. This was the first know Prince George agreed with him. show her how wo dance in Vien-ledge I had that the police and my I first showed her how you relatives thought me dead. I was English waltz holding the lady too bewildered to know what to at a distance so that you cannot do, and eventually my hushand and I decided to go away for a swing round properly."

We have told the day or two. police all that there is to any, and now we want to forget the whole unfortunate occurence."

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"The Princo played the piano while I demonstrated," explained. Mr. Strauss. All went well until caught my heol against tho log of a small table. There w&5 terrible clatter of breaking glass. I folt very stupid; but the Prince only laughed."

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In an interview with a reporter Mrs, Charles Russell, of Brockley, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Jenkins, said: "My brother Dick first brought Miss Parrant here soon. after he had been with his Terri- torial unit at Camberley. At thut time he was in the It.F.A., and- he was sent to Camberley for special training. He had met her while motor cycling and they had become engaged. For a time the lived in lodgings in London, then she came to live with us. They were married on October 1, 1820,

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The Surrey police state that when A cat burglar who scaled a 40-

the attache case containing clothing A Temple History.

ft. stack-pipe at the rear of the

was found in the woodlands, como On the south rampart of the city house of Mrs Middleton, at Ash- importance was attached to it in the expedition has completed the

burn plaen, Kensington, ransack view of the statement of a soldier, clearing of tipis discoveredd a second-floor bedroom and Now that it he been definitely! Inst winter twin temple coner took jewellery valued at £1,300 established that the "missing" girl"

The theft was carried out in is alive they feel that no signifi absolute silence and was obviously cance attaches to this find. In the TERMS-CASH ON DELIVERY. the work of an expert burglar,"

Course of their search the police. said Mrs. Middleton to a reporter,"

but they know it to be a common He had apparently concealed him found several hats and garments, self in the back garden and wait-practice for tramps and others to ed, for the sorvants to put the throw away clothing. shutters over the windows nt tea time before making his attempt.

"I was having to with my sis ter on the ground floor at the time. We heard nothing between then and dinner time, when my maid look some hot water to my bed. room and found that the door was Jucked. She informed me and I had to summon a builder to get the door unlocked...

éfated to the cult of two little. known gods-and it has been pos sible to race its vicissitudes But M. Coty does not come from It is with these that we are con- through a history lasting from at Napoleon's fragrant isle for nothing.cerned. They want the Church nu

kast as early as 2900 B.C. down. te Nebuchadnezzar, in the sixth thorities to acknowledge their be lief, and I think it is due to them,century before Christ. and a duty of ourselves as Chris tians, that the Church should take, upon itself to investigate Spirity alism and discover whether it is uf God or not. Certainly it is not

tianity.

courts.

At a cost, it is said, of nearly £300,000, he set up his own distri- bution and ndvertising agencies and then carried the fight into the

In the spring of last year he de-necessarily inconsistent with Chris- feated, his rivals, They were con demned by the Court of Appeal to pay

At a Seance.

Mr. Buxton himself has been pre- sentent one Spiritualist seance where a medium was engaged.

There was nothing in it that a Churchman could object to," he said.

.

(1) £10,000 damages. (2) A sum, to be fixed by law, to

compensate for the damage, done to the Am die Peuple subsequent to the date of the judgment appealed against.)

"On the contrary, what - WAS (3) 41,600 down on account of the

aum due under item 2,

spoken by the medium contained helpful and uplifting thoughts. M. Coty's great triumph, of Where the message came from, I course, was item No. 2. It meant cannot say with decision. But that until his foes agreed, to the

have no doubt of the absolute sin victor's terms the damages under cerity of very many. Spiritualists, this heading would mount every such as the late Sir Arthur Conan day.

Doyle. The Church must respect

• Months passed. The other sido their views. One very strong rea- gave no sign, and the boycott con-

son that led me to agree to call tinued in 'lits severity. A Cety the meeting was that I have met waited. And while he waited, the many good Church people who Scent King was busy estimating the Fave found, ag I know, an addition- damage. Reduced sales and adol aid in Spiritualism to their vertisements were adding milliers Christian faith.". of, francs to the bill, and a little while ago, when the total was ap proaching £2,000,000 he acted..

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The Government, was alarmed. It suggested to M. Coty that M. Poincaré should act as arbitrator. But he declared that the time for arbitration had gone. He demand-

manu-

The probable date of the actual walls is 2200 R.C., but a

found dedicated by ment was King Naran-Sin, who reigned 330 years before that

The expedition is now in its ninth year, under the leadership of Mr. C. Leonard Woolley..

The Writing on the Wall. Belshazzar was the King of Baby-, lon (North of UT) mentioned in Daniel V. and VIII, 6 the san of Nebuchadnezzar and as the last King before the advent of the Mo des and Persians..

"On entering the bedroom I found the upper half of the win- dow open and that the room had teen ransacked. The burglar had taken out the top drawer in a chest of drawers, forced the lock We read in Daniel V. how of the second drawer from inside, Bolshazzar gave a feast to the lords forced open my jewel caso and and ladies of his court; at which taken the jewels. The most valu the sacred vessels of the Jerusalem ahlo articles taken were three gold Temple, which had been taken to

and platinum rings with large Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar centre pearls surrounded by the time of the Judean captivity diamonds. in 880 B.C., were profaned by the These had recently been valued ribald company, and of the writat £1,000, Two diamond star ing on the wall-the Divine brooches sat in platinum and a nixtconth-century Venetian ea- menaer, interpreted by Daniel against the dissolute King.

at

In the last verse we are toldamel brooch ero also missing. how Belahazzar was in the sam night, and that his power, passed to Darius the Mede. Belshazzar was King of Babylon for only two

MODERN WOMEN IN CHINA: exa

(Continued from Page 1.)

What About the Sweethearts?

One thing I was going to nak ed complete surrender otherwise, you," said the English woman, "if He would proceed immediately to young man has a sweetheart, ia seize about 33 newspaper oficer, he allowed to tall And can he A mumber of journals wanted to take her to the pictures, or what defy the Scent King, but at the last ever they have for entertainment? minute, M. Loucheur, one of the biggest of French newspaper pro- prietore, made them ace reason, and they went to M. Caty and an nounced the canitulation.

The ban on the Ami du Peuple would he withdrawn at once, and its nublicity and distribution would be handled as that of all other "Must they be back the girls, I papora. 1. Coty would even be mean-must they be back home by Allowed to retain his own distribua certain hour tion and publicity agencies,

Yes, of course, he can. The boys, not only may call, but also they take their sweethearts to the Talkies, buy them chocolate, ice cream, and lemonade, and, possibly take them to a decent dancing hall afterwards. There are hundreds of cinemas in China."

If their car has not crashed

WINDFALL FOR SALVATION ARMY

BULK OF £219,000.

Mr. John Bromilow Holt, of Heywood, Lancashire, & brass and aluminium, founder, has left, the bulk of his estate of £219,707 to the Salvation Army for its social and emigration work.

"I heard no suspicious nois's and the burglar got away with- out being born. He did his job in a remarkably neat manner. No|- damage was done to the furniture or other articles in the room. Scotland Yard, officers are to search. for possible finger prints.

AMERICAN BANKS

·THREATENED. FAILURE IF WAR VETERANS

ARE PAID IN CASH. Washington, Feb. 2-A predie tion that many banks in the United Mr. Helt gave hourly £7,000 States will fail if proposals to pay. to hospitals and other institutions adjusted compensation to America's and £500 a year and his house and world war veterans in the form of household effects to Miss Edith treasury cash warrants bocznic www.No effective was made here to-day by Rhoda Roper.

As a youth Mr. Holt had assist Mr. Charles E. Mitchell, the pre- ed his uncle, the late Mr. John sident of the National City Bank Bromilow, at the brass and New York. aluminium works in William- strert, Heywood...

Mr. Mitebell, a doted and in fluential-banking authority, mointed A friend told the Press out that to pay the war veterans It was n grant victory for the per- into a tree, or there are no rick Mr. Holt was a first-rate busi their compensation, in cash would fome, magante great that when shaws or taxis, or it isn't raining neas man who believed in doing make it necessary for the Depart bis rivals mentioned the question.too hard to walk, the girls night be good by stealth His employees mént of the Treasury to float a loan. worshipped him, and he did a lot in the form of bonds amounting to at the 200-odd million franes of back home before one o'clock, damages, he could afford to be And what happens if they don't for, deserving causos without let at least and perhaps more than

G.81,000,000,000,0 get back until all hours of the ting his part be known. M magnanimous. --

When the terms of tho will were The possibility that Congrem will wifeonggil hanesid is morning!" my interrogator “wanted

theBlod datvietischresh, naumanta to the mour effect "I don't want it all. Let to know. wa make it, ten millions-three mil-What happens in England 41 oer said: "Of cours, it seems a veterans has unselled business CIT

big sum, there.will be no dificulty eles for a week. The proposal has lions flows and the rost say, in countered

"There would probably be a whatever. in absorbing it in con cauedd considerable apprehension in fone wants,??!!

niption with our social work, Wall Street, where its effect upon Half-an-hour Inter, M. Cher had row she replied.. sent authscretion of £95,000 to the there might be in China."

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