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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1928.

A LIFE OF OSCAR WILDE POISONED ALCOHOL.

LIBEL ACTION BY LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS.

Before Mr. Justice Horridge, Inj the King's Bench Divison, Lord! Alfred Douglas sued Messrs. Harrods, Limited, for libel in res peot, of the publication of a book called "Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions," written by Mr. Frank Harris, a friend of Oscar Wilde,

Messrs. Harrods admitted pub- lication, but they contested the issue of damages.

Mr. J. D. Cassels, K.C., M.P., on behalf of Lord Alfred. Douglas, säld that Lord Alfred was the eldest surviving son of the eighth Mar- quers of Queensberry. He was now 67 years of age, living in porfecily hany married circumstances. In addition to a small private income, he made a living us an author.,

Thirty-four years are the whole civilised world was scandalised by the disclosures which took place at the trial of Oscar Wilde.

After Oscar Wilde died, Mr. Frank Harris wrote, hud printed, and himself had published the book of which complaint was made. He would seem to have written it at Nice in 1910.

Published Alrond.

"In the look," continued, counsel, "there are frequent refereners to the plaintiff in this case.

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REPUBLICAN JOURNAL CONDEMNS PROHIBITION,

Washington, Oct. 12 The New York Herald-Tri- buar, Mr. Hoover's chief news- paper supporter and spokesman of the Party which opposes Mr. Smith, largely because of his op position to the Prohibition law, apparently agrees with Mr. Smith, and finda Mr. Hoover, who is sup- porting Prohibition, mistaken his views when he proclaimed the virtues of the Volstead law."

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Discussing the epidemie of deaths in New York during the last few daya" from polsoned alcohol, the paper saya: "In the nine years of Be trial" Prohibition has resulted in an increase of deaths from alcoholism in this city from 87 In 1918, the last year of licence, to 518 for the first seven months of this year.

"Could any better argument bo advanced for its abandonment In favour of a system of strict goy- ernmental regulation which would bring the liquor traffle into the opeu, and hold those engaged in it! 63 strict accountability."

Government officials responsible for the enforcement of Prohibition say the duty of preventing the pale of poisoned quer rests with the nol with State authorities and them.

DANGER OF USING PETROL.

WOMAN KILLED WHILE USING

IT FOR CLEANING.

"Both were men of letters, and there was certainly a friendship be tween them, but when one comes to read this book, one finds that Mr. Frank Harris has held up Lord Alfred Douglas as being the alleged cause of Oscar Wilde's downfall, and as being the man who, when Wilde was degraded and despised by all decent individuals, left him in Parks to misery. There is no The recent Home Office warning ou the danger of petrol was re- truth in these suggestions."

Mr. Cassels said that the suggen-ferred in at an inquent at Lambeth tions eame as a great shock to oe Mary Oldridge, aged 57, wife Lord Alfred Douglas, who was left of a master farrier, of Lingham--| with to remedy, as the book was street, Stockwell. published abroad. He had no re- medy unless perchance he should discover any English bookseller sell- ing the volumes. A eo of the book came into the possession of Messrs. Harrods, and an atent of Lord Alfred Douglus bought the book from them.

Mr. Harris in a inter book with- drew the allegations which he had made in the earlier book.

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Evidence was given that Mrs. quilt with Oldridge washed a petrol in her kitchen, and was about to put it through a mangle when there was an explosion. She died from burns. There was lighted gas-jet two feet away from the mangle.

Mr. Percy Haylett, an L.C.C. inspector, said that the petrol had been purchased from a gurage.

Mr. Cassels explained that efforts "It cannot be too widely known had been made by Messrs. Harrods that it is highly dangerous and through solicitors to effect a settle- illegal to use petrol in this way," ment with Lord Alfred, and they he said. "A person is able to a had written saving that they were penalty of £20 a day for doing so willing to pay £25 in full satisfac-in a private dwelling house."; tion.

The Coroner: I did not know

Lord Alfred Douglas then gave that. evidence.

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The inspector said that it was Mr. Du Pare, K.C., for the de-legal for a person to have aver fence-You understand that Messrs. pint of petrol in a dwelling houne Harrods from the first have said for cleaning purposes, but he that they do not for a moment sug-thought that if anyone wanted to Boat that there is any truth in the get petrol nothing would stop allegations made by terris in hienem. Many people thought that books?

petrol had to touch a flame before it ignited, whereas it would Lenite when there was a flame within 20 feet.

Lord Alfred Douglas-At first when they wrote they did not seem to convey any apology at all.

Mr. Du Parcq, addressing the jury, said that there was no ques tion of clearing Lord Alfred's character, because that had been cleared. In fact the sale was to Lord Alfred's agent, who knew bo- forehand what were the contents of the book. Under those circums Lances what damage had been done to Lord Alfred by the sale of that one copy?.

The jury found for Lord Alfred Douglas and nwarded him £100 damages. Judgment was entered accordingly, with costs,

A verdict of, accidental, death was returned.

TALK WITH SON'S SPIRIT.

VISION ON THE BATTLE

FIELDS OF FRANCE.

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The psychic experiences of Sir Frank Benson, the actor-manager, were revealed by him in an inter- view recently. One of the most striking was while he and Lady the copies of the book should be Benson were serving with the destroyed, and Mr. Cassels and

Red Cross during the

It was Rugvested by the jury that

that the greatest respect would be Great War. paid to this suggestion.

PET DOGS SUFFER FROM "NERVES.”

IMAGININGS THAT MAKE ANIMALS ILL.

"I was," said Sir Frank, "140 miles south of where my son was on the Western Front. I was just go- ing off to sleep when, mid-way be tween the ceiling and the floor, I saw a light and in the midst of that light stood my son. I sprang up and half got out of bed.

"I exclaimed: My God, Eric, 1 thought you were doad. 'Dad,' Huid my boy, 'you know we have af- ways agreed that there is no such The very "human" Ills suffered thing as death. Of course, sald by animals are described in a I, what a fool I am. How fre atatement issued by Principal ag going with youth fre Whitehouse, as a preface to the he replied. Everything is going prospectus of Glasgow Veterinary well. Good-night, dad, God bless College.

you, and then the vision faded away. Dr. Whitehouse belleves that "I at once turned on the electric certain animals may almost come light, looked at my watch, and took into the category of hypochondriaca note of the time." patients. Old cows have imagin- Three days afterwards they had Ings of illness, and pampered dogs a wire auying that he had been may also develop such weakness. killed on the afternoon of the day

on which he appeared to him. Dog with "D.T."="

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He himself has known of a dog pearean experiences, Sir Frank sald accustomed to prowl about Ameri- that mediumistic and psychic people can drinking saloons which suffer. had told him a score of time that cd from delirium tremens and ap- they had seen Shakespeare's spirit parently had horrors as acute as form standing behind his own. any human victim.

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