HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-07-09, Page 2POISONED ALE
FOR DOCTOR.
Philadelphia Physician Believed to
be Victim of Poisoner.`
A Good Spender and Had Practice
Amoag Wealthy Women.
Me Sent to Him With Request to
Sample It.
Philadelphia, July 0.—The police of
this city hope to be able to make an im-
portant move to -day hi the case of Dr,
William H. Wilson, who died suddenly
last Friday night, after drinking e bottle
of ale, and who h believed to have been
poisoned. It was at first thought that
the doctor had died from natural causes,
but there were so many suspicious cir-
cumstances surrounding his death that
the coroner investigated, This resulted
In an expressed opinion that Dr. Wilson
had been poisoned, and that he did not
administer the poison himself.
Anticipating a murder verdict by the
coroner, the police soon after the death
of Dr. Wilson began an investigation in-
to his life and habits. At the North 7th
street house, where Dr. Wilson had Iiehtl
for about ten years, there was no sign
indicating that a physician lived there.
He did not do a general practice in the
neighborhood. He had patient,, how•
ever, and they are said to have been
principally women who were able to
pay well for his service. The line of prac-
tice the doctor had was highly remuner-
ative, for he was noted as a "good
spender," and he had a summer home at
Cornwelle, neer Philadelphia, a steam
launch and au automobile,
The motive for the eupposed murder
is believed to be hidden In Dr. Wilson's
medical practice, The theory of the po-
lice is that a male friend or relative of a
woman who is believed to have died af-
ter recetv-ing medical attention at the
hands of Dr. Wilson sent the poisoned
ale,
Prank Paul, the coroner's detective, left
the city to -day to run out what is con-
sidered a very important clue. Before
leaving he said there was no doubt that
the ale contained cyanide of potassium.
The ale was delivered by express and it
has been traced to a certain place, which
Is now under surveillance.
Dr, Wilson's wife had a narrow eseape
from death, When Dr. Wilson opened
the pint bottle of ale he poured half of
it ho a glass and offered it to Mrs. Wil-
son, The doctor took the first drink,
and noticing something peculiar in the
taste, told his wife not to touch it. A
few minutes later he took sick and died
on the way to the hospital. The day the
ale came by express Dr, Wilson receiv-
ed a letter purporting to have come
from a prominent Philadelphia brewing
company, notifying hint that the ale had
been sent to him and asking him to
try It. Investigation showed that the
brewing company does not brew ale,
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FLYING TEST.
Experiment to be Made With
Heavier -Than -Air Machine.
New York, July O.— Arrangements
were completed last night for what it is
odd will be the first public officially
tested flight ever made in America for
a prize offered for successful navigation
of the air by a heavier-thanafr machine.
The test will be made next Saturday at
Hammondsport, N. Y, by Glenn H. Cur-
tiss, In hie new machine, the June Bug,
which meets its gotjtble, flight of 1,140
yards lac Phursday.
It was the success of this flight that
led Mr. Curtiss, member of the Aero-
nautic Experience Society, to challenge
for the Scientific American cup, offered
last year for competition for all the
heavier-than-air machines,
HE TAMED THE LION.
Policeman Attacked Escaped Animal
at Reading, Pa.
New York, July 8,-A despatch to
the Herald from Reading, Pa., says;
A circus came to town late last night,
and while its wagon train was moving
through a residential part of the city
the jolting broke the fastenings on the
door of a cage,ipntaining a lion. The
bent seized the'f pportuntty ee present-
ed to regain its 'freedom, and in a mo-
rdent was botnding-elong the sidewalk.
Those persons who had been idly watch-
ing the progress of the caravan moved
with considerable speed to places of
safety. F�*
Circus employees jo1$jd in the out-
cry that followed the .grecs of the
lion, but none seemed, fsmbitioua to
attempt his recapture, a% ,, he lion ran
for a couple of blocks ,` then leap-
ed over an iron railing the: front
garden of James Harris' res
That particular part of
comprised in the beat of Poli
Henry Ennis, He heard the uproar
was about thirty seconds behind the
in reaching Harris' front gate.
"Don't go in there; hell kill you!"
yelled the foremost of the pursuing
circus employees, divining Ennis' in-
tention
The policeman made no reply, but
jammed his helmet down over hia ears,
took a fresh grip on his club, and, ad-
dreesin a menacing 'Til learn ye" to
the lion, charged.
Gallantly ,the lion rose to meet the
onslaught, but he didn't know Ennis.
The stout club descended on the run-
away's lender nose with greet violence.
The lion crouched, made another spring
and again was tapped witli such pre-
cision on the muzzle that he realized
he had found his master and slunk into
the corner of the steps.
"Cone on vttd get your lion," called
Ennis to the circus man. They backed
up a rage and the lion, with an af-
frighted side look at the menacing
Ennis, leaped in.
"1 said 1'd learn hint, and I did," cone
mented Ennis.
ATTACK ON
THE COMMONS.
SUFFRAGETTE ,DEMONSTRATION
WAS A COMPARATIVE FAILURE.
Twenty -Nine Arrests—Mr. Asquith Re-
fused to See Deputation—Nelther
by Ruse Nor Force Could Police
Cordon be Pierced.
London, July 0.— Contrasted with
the recent orderly and impressive suf-
fragette demonstration to -day's de-
monstration was a comparative failure
and calculated rather to injure than to
advance the cause it was intending to
serve. Nothing like the number of suf-
fragettes anticipated appeared on the
scene, and the affair seemed to lack a
definite plan and organization. 'lite real
leaders in the attack on the House of
Commons, in fact, remained behind at
Caxton Hall, reserving themselves, as
they now .explain. for nnother projected
invasion of 'Parliament on Thursday.
The police,' mounted and on foot,
were in strong force in the vicinity of
Parliament, and for two or three
hours that neighborhood was the scene
of riots and skirmishes through the
efforts of the suffragettes to break
through the cordon and reach the lobby
of the House of Commons. Numerous
ruses and disguises were employed for
this purpose. but none succeeded, and
in the end twenty-nine of the women
were arrested, including two bold spirits,
who drove in a cab to Downing street,
and threw stones and smashed the win-
dows of the Premier's residence, and
others who chartered boats on the
Thanes and tried to harangue the mem-
bers of the House on the terrace through
megaphones.
Mrs. Asquith and her daughter watched
the scenes from the balcony of a hotel
overlooking Parliament square.
Mrs. Asquith had been watching
events in the street with her daughter
and a governess, but the party were
swept away at a sudden rush of the
mob and somewhat roughly addressed
and handled by n policeman, who sup-
posed they were suffragettes. eirn, As-
quith them disclosed her identity, and
the policeman escorted her to safety in
the hotel. She afterwards expressed her
strong disapproval of the methods of
the militant suffragettes.
The Premier hinted( left' Parliament
on foot and passed unrecognized, nl•
though there were enormoue crowds
around Parliament. Seines of the great-
est disorder were enacted, but it is
estimated that not more than five per
cent of these gathered in Pariiament
square were women.
The attack on Parliament was pre-
ceded by a geiering In Caxton Hall,
from which a deputation was sent to
the House of Commons for the purpose
of interviewing Mr, Asquith nn the gnec-
tion of woman suffrage. The members
of the deputation were refused admission
to the femme. and the ['render in a curt
message declined to see them. The re-
turn of the deputation to Caxton Hall
was the signal of n noisy denuneintlnn
of the Government. which culminated in
the attnek on the TTnuse,
A DIVER KILLED.
St. John Man Attempted to Turn a
Double Somersault.
St. John, N.B., despatch: Geo. E. Pike,
aged 18, of St, John„west, lost his life
to -day at the mouth of St. John harbor.
Leaping from the breakwater in an ef-
fort to turn a double somersault into
the water, he shot fifteen feet through
the air and struck flat on his stomach.
It was seen from shore that he, was
hurt, and his brother Harry and anoth-
er man swam to him and brought hint
to land, He expired a few minutes
later. Internal hemorrhage was the
cause.
TO PROMOTE VICE.
Winnipeg Police Claim to Have Evi-
dence of Organized Ring,
Wimdpeg, July 6. --The police lain
to have established proof that an ro-
ganized ring or trust is in existence to
finance and promote traffic in social
vice, with ramifications extending
through many western cities. The wo-
men simply go in circuits, When they
are chased out of one toren they have
another place waiting where furnished
quarters are at their disposal. The re-
presentative of the trust here is well
known to the police,
GENERAL LAKE TO RETIRE.
Ottawa, July 0: General Lake's re-
tirement in th$ near future as Inspector -
General of th0 anadian militia will
sever the last link between the Canadian
army and the War Office.
Brigadier -General Cotton, the officer
commending in Wesetrn. Ontario, is
slated for the iosltion of 4teepector-Gen-
eral, while Brigadier -Crete# ueban, In
charge of the mutter dieQue-
1e.
bec, will go
NORTH SEA FLEET.
Britain Proud of the Greatest Fleet
In the World.
Beresford Will Make Descent On
Eastern Coast.
London, July (l.—The mobilization of
all British warships in home wasters
available for immediate service was com-
pleted to -day for the annual naval man-
oeuvres, and Admiral Lord Charles Ber-
esford finds himself in supreme command
of a total of not less than 301 ships, with
an aggregate complement of 08,000 offi-
cers and men. With the exception of the
coact guards, all these men are on the
active list of the navy.
Local pride in the record size of this
fleet is pronounced, and the newspapers,
while they proclaim that the array of
such a force in the North Sea is in no
manner connected with Germany, do not
fail incidentally to ..compare this, the
greatest fleet ever assembled in the his-
tory of the world, with the fleet of sixty-
two vessels with which Germany recently
carried out her North Sea manoeuvres.
Officially all thought of reproducing the
sea operations that might be expected in
the event of difficulties with Germany
is repudiated, but from the general char-
acter of the instructions issued it ap-_
pears that Admiral Bereoford, with the
Channel fleet and the first cruiser squad-
ron, based at Aalbek Bay, at the extreme
north of Denmark, is to enact the part
of the enemy, and essay a descent on the
eastern coast of Great Britain, wbich
Admiral Bridgeman, Commander-in-chief
of the home fleet, with its base in the
Firth of Forth, has to defend.
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NERVY YOUNG MAN.
Bobby Leech Jumped FromNiagara
Steel Arch Bridge.
Niagara Falls despatch: Bobby Leech
made his promised jump from the upper
steel arch bridge at 1 o'clock to -day.
The feat was witnessed -by thousands
of onlookers, who lined both banks. Ac-
companied by Harry Willla.ms, of the
Lafayette Hotel, he mounted the plat-
form which had been erected to hold the
apparatus which governed the para-
chute. A boat from the Maid of the
Mist occupied the station below the
bridge, to render all in case of accident,
and Leech had a boat below also. Owing
to the very high wind which wax blow -
19.1 Tieech erre to brill the parachute to
the level of the &arid e, nnd-'siiine dbfti-
culty was experienced even then.
"Ail right,” 'yelled' Leech; and then
dropped a distance of about fifty} feet
before the parachute opened. When It
opened the i,elocity of his fell was les-
sened, and he dropped gracefully, About
ten feet from the water he released him-
self from the parachute and fell into the
water, and, swimming easily, clambered
into the boat.
Leech says he only made $00 out of
to -day's affair, but thinks he will be
able to conclude arrangemente with the
International Railway, who own the up-
per bridge, to give a weekly perform-
ance. The distance of the'fall Is 203
feet, and the time occupied about one
and a half minutes.
Just before Leech made his jump the
pole which supported part of the plat-
form broke, and fell on the bridge and
injured Mr, Clark, a delegate to the
street railway convention, at present in
session at the Clifton hotel. Mr, Clark
has a nasty scalp wound, and Dr, Bird-
sall attended to him. No ill results will
follow.
WILL RETURN HOME.
Wife of Saskatchewan Man to be De-
ported From Detroit.
Windsor, July 8.—May Ellen War
nock, wife of Patrick Wasnock, of Ant-
lers, Saskatchewan, who followed Sam-
uel Scott to this country and admit-
ted that she' had been "harbored" by
him when Scott was tried before a Fed.
eral jury, charged with maintaining
an alien woman in Detroit, will be de-
ported to Canada on Friday by the im-
migration authorities. She was arrest-
ed several ninths ago and has spent
the time since in the county jail.
A letter has been received by the im-
migration officers from Patrick War-
nock,
annock, wits simply says, "Please send my
wife home to ane." Scott wag acquitted
and is now working in Detroit, Mrs.
Warnock declares she is overjoyed at
the opportunity of returning home.
NORTH BAY CHURCH FEUD.
French-Canadians Not Satisfied With
Affairs.
A North 13ny despatch: A largely at-
tended meeting of the French-Cana-
dian adherents of St, Mary's Church
was held tomilit in Ferguson Hall, to
consider matters affecting their inter-
ests, particularly tib unpleasantness at
the church yesterday, when the St. Jean
Baptiste mass wee prevented. The
meeting 10110 private, and nothing was
given out for publication, except that a
French-Canadian society was formed,
and that the church matter would.be
laid before Bishop Scollard upon his re-
turn.
French-Canadian parishioners are iu-
eensed at the action of the church aro-
thorities in being refused permission to
hold mass yesterday in celebration; of
the Fete of St. Jean Baptiste, On -
Wednesday the fete was duly observed
by the French-Canadian parlshaunes
with a'picnic and sports;- On Sunday
the French eliir asked permission to
repeat the mass, and at refusal anger-
ed them. There is a large Ereni:lrCana-
dien section in the congregation, and
strong feeling exists between them and
the English-speaking members prin-
cipally over the language question in
the school and church,
Tis ultimate result will probably be
a new French congregation for NorIlt
Bay, although Rev. Father Dufresne is
permanently attached to the local
church and French service is held
every Sunday.
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CONVICT'S REVENGE.
HE TRIED TO BURN STORE FULL
OF WOMEN.
Joseph Liston, Sentenced for Break-
ing Store Window, Returned to
Building and Flung a Lighted
Match Into Pile of Lace Curtains.
New York, July 8.—When Joseph Lis-
ton, alias James O'Brien, was sentenced
last September -to nine monthreon Black -
well's Island forhurlinga' stone through
the plate glass window of the Berlin de-
partment store at Broadway and Wil-
loughby avenue, Willianisberg, he swore
he would be revenged,
Yesterday afternoon Liston walked in-
to the store, his term havi;tg expired at
noon time. He went to the lace curtain
department. .He did not look like a
man who knew anything about lace cur-
tains, He asked one of the saleswomen
to show hint some curtains. The Wes -
woman turned around to take from a
shelf a box of curtains when ehe heard
the noise of the striking of a match. It
is against the rules of tine store to
smoke, and thinking the man did not
know this the saleewoman whirled
around to tell him he must put out his
cigar or cigarette.
To her horror, she saw the man had
thrown a lighted match among a lot of
lace curtains on the counter. There
was a flicker and the curtains blazed up.
Employees, hearing the saleswoman's
scream, managed to crush out the blaze,
anchthen they plumed on l:istoe. There
was a desperate fight, but they bore him
to the floor.
There were hundreds of shoppers in
the store, mostly women, and on hear -
Ing the screams, they made a dash for
the stairs; and doors. , They were head-
ed off, however, and a panic everted,
When some of the women learned that
Liston had tried to set fire to the store
they tried to reach him, and but for the
presence of several policemen he would
have been roughly handled,
SUFFER FOREST'FiRES.
Several South of Cobalt Lose Their
Buildings.
A Cobalt, Ont., despatch: A big fire
swept through the country four miles
southeast of here yesterday and wip-
ed out the plants of a dozen or more
mines,
The Temiskaming lost their powder
house, and the fire was up to their
Main buildings at last report, but they
will likely save these.
The Columbus Cobalt mine lost ev-
erything.
The Coleman Development Co, lost .all
their buildinga, and the men barely es-
caped with their lives. -
At the Shamrock mule t' - diamond
drill and a boiler ,vas all the t was
caved,
The Lumsden, Duchess, Patterson, I'ro-
greas, Cochrane end Eiaher;Epplett lost
all their buildings and machinery.
H. P. Davis, of the Davis Cobalt Sil-
ver Mines, stated this morning that he
lost all his mine buildings and machin-
ery, and the fire was still raging in ehe
vicinity of Cress Lake.
At the Beaver, the fire burned up to
the office, but the amen worked heroic-
ally, and managed to eave their build -
Inge.
At the Badger mine, the hoist house
and one shaft house were burned, but
the rest was saved,
Robert Bryce, of the Silver'%ueen
mine, sent a large gang of men out to
the Badger property to help in the
work. •
The Rochester, next to the Badger,
was saved.
The amen at all the mines deserve
great praise for the manner in which
they worked to save the properties.
At the present time it is difficult to
obtain authentic information, but the full
report will be on hand to -morrow.
S. T. BASTEDO COMMISSIONER
Former Ontario Official Appointed to
Joint Fisheries Board.
Ottawa, July 0.--11r. 8, T, Bastedo,
for many years fisheries commissioner.
of Ontario, has been appointed to repro.
sent Canada on the International Fish
cries Commission, which will have con-
trol of the regulations governing the
fisheries in the boundary .*linters be-
tween Canada and the United States.
The treaty recently passed between Can-'
ada and the United States, provides for
an international commission of two
members. Dr. Starr Jordan, presialent
of Stanford university, California, has
been appointed to represent the United
States.
WINNIPEG'S TAX RATE.
Civic Estimates for the Current Year
—May increase Rate.
Winnipeg, July • 6. --Civic estimates
for the current year will chow an ex-
penditure of $2,083,004.09 as against $2,-
003,431,05 for the fiscal year which end-
ed on April 30 last. Thi taxrate for
1808 is placed at fifteen mkhle by the
Oont'ollers, tThere is an agitation on
foot, however, to increase the e rate to
fifteen and one-half mills.
MEXICAN BJIND1TS
Force Scattered and Several Arrests
Made by the 1'r�aps.
United States' Troops to Watch
Mexican Border:
Monterey, Ilex., ,fitly 6.—A despatch
to the News, front Torreon says: The
speeia1 correspondent of the News has
just returned from a trip to Viesca with
the Tenth Reghnent from Mexico City.
At the station of Galita information was
received that band 'of about 100 men had
just passed through there hurtling the
bridge on the other side of Galita and
cutting the telegraph wires both ways.
The force hunting in the mountains cap-
tured four men, The four men stated
that the bandits.. bad dispersed, end
were now scattered. At Viesca the
troops made several arrests, among
them ,being Moniciana Estrado, who wee
the principal instigator of the raids;
Benito Iberia, a merchant of Viesca,
who took an'aetite part in the raid, and
was the chief of the band, and Albino
Polendo, a tailor, who was second le
command. These men are well known
and are identified by all residents of
Viesca.
U, S. on Guard.
San Antonio, Texas, July 0,—By
order of the War Department, federal
troops of the Department of Texas, under
command of Brig, -Gen. Meyer, have been
ordered to proceed without delay to the
Mexican border for the purpose of pre-
serving the neutrality law between the
United States and Mexico.
Fight the Brandits. -
Monterey, Mexico, July 8.— Troops
of the Seventh Regiment, -which left
Matanioras on Sunday in pursuit of the
bandits who attacked that town, en-
countered then yesterday after several
hours' pursuit. No details of the fight
have been received.
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COPY ANARCHISTS.
BOMBS THE NEXT TIME, SAYS
ONE SUFFRAGIST.
Mary Leigh, Arrested for Breaking
Premier's Windows, Startles Lon-
don's Police Court—Two Months
at Hard Labor—Majority of Wo-
men Arrested Went to Jail.
London, July 0.—The extraordinary
demonstration last night before the
House of Parliament made by the
women suffragists - in their effort to
secure votes for themselves had a
rather startling sequel to -day, when
one of the women, May Leigh, ar-
rested for breaking windows in the house
of Premier Asquith, declared in the Bow
Street Police Station that "the next time
we come out you can expect bombe,"
This anarchistic stgtement has had the
effect of drawing a greater degree of
attention to the suffragist movement in
England, and as a result the police will
henceforth have to handle the women
demonstratorswith less of good-humored,.
tolerance and more of severity. Miss
Leigh and Miee Edith New, her compan-
ion window -breaker, were sentenced to
two months at hard labor. The other
women arrested, 27 in number, were
charged in the Police Court with ob-
structing the police. Those against whop
previous convictions had been .entered
were ordered to pay a fine and give se-
curity for their good behaviour for one
year, or to spend three months In prison.
First offenders were required to give se-
curity not to repeat the offence, in de-
fault of which they were sentenced to
one ' month imprisonment. Twenty-five
out of the twenty-seven women elected
to go to jail and serve time,
The suffragist demonstration for to-
morrow has been postponed, as the an-
nual outing of the London police is fixed
for that date.
UPSET FROM CANOE,
One Man Drowned, 'two of the Others
Rescued,
, A Montreal despatch: Drowning acct•
dents have almost reached an epidemic
around Montreal. This evening Bert
Taylor, aged 19, employed' by the Do-
minion Bridge Company, was drowned
at Lachine: He and two companions
had been out in a canoe, and on the
return trip, while not far from shore,
it was upset. Only the prompt rescue
by a steam launch saved two of the
others, but. Taylor sank for the last
time while' his companions were being
hauled in.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR JAPE.
Japanese Children to be Withdrawn
From Seattle Schools.
Seattle, Wash., July 8.—Seattle Jape -
nese have decided to withdraw their
children front the Public Schools, be-
cause, ae was alleged at a meeting of
the Japanese Association of the State
of Washington, the education' given Is
not satisfactory to them. Japanese
schools and Japanese instructora will
be substituted for American schools
and American instructors, and the Ja-
panese Interested say dtplomatieally
that this is due to a desire to avoid
a possible repetition of the San Ihan-
eieco trouble. This action was taken, it
is sand, at the, suggestion of Japanese
Consul Tanaka,
ELOPING PRINCESS.
DEFIED AUSTRIAN COURT ETI-
QUETTE, SCORNED FASHIONS,
Proud, Rich, Beautiful—Enthralled Men
and Made Women Hate Her, Yet
Chess. Chauffeur ter Husband.
Vienna, July U,—'Ten different vex'
stens have already been pubusnea 11buu1,
the love uffetirs et I'rittcess Annette rot
reerstenbe g, tvlio reeen,ly ran away
With to (.tm111IOU.
\ever before have spiteful prophecies
001110 00 exactly true. For two years
ladies of the coma save stud eetars
my words, tent-Fnorsteabeug girl will
come to no goodl" or "She just ivauton-
1y spoils all her ohunces of a good nor•
rage:'
lee' Princess isbeautiful almost be-
yond description, . 'Pall and willowy,
graceful and. stately, figure Midterm are
incomparable, Her face las all the re•
liniment of the old races she springs
from, and Ler expression gives you 'the
idea that she cannot worry or rejoice
over small - things, 'There is something
of the heathen goddess in it.
When nten admire- her, no smile of
flattered vanity betrays - that' she
just takes adout en as her ilie.
Site is. six years younger than her
sister Essie, who wits the court beauty
111 her short spell of girlhood, Vutehc.
remained in the badguound.as lend as,
i'saie was admired and 'sought atter,.
But when Essie married Coent Salim
three years ego, Amelie came out at. full--
blown beauty and tool: dor place in the
loreiist rank of distinction.
But court society soonu, began to talk,
Amelie was objected : to. .. on ittany
grounds. She dressed unconventionally ,
and not exactly atdcording to the. fasit'
iol. She never wore ornaments of any
kind and she dyed her hair to magnifi.
cent -reddish blond. She refused partners
or accepted them just as she liked, with -
she walked, rode and drove with any
one she liked, indulged by a mother
w9m had boor just the same in the days
of her, youth.
This Mother, Countess Leoutiee Rio-
aenllueller, was twice married. tier first
husband was the then roignifng Prince
Egon, father of the present Price, who
besides being the eighth "Fuerst zu
Fuerstcnberg," is "Lamdgrave in der
Bear and zu Steuhlingwe, Graf zu, Hei-
ligorberg und 1Verdenberg, Freiherr zu
Gumlelfingen" and lord and master of
13 other fine properties, too many to
enumerate. This Prince has the hind
eomest of the three Sclloeuborn-flnc-l:-
helnt beauties for a wife, Countess hare,
He is an intimate friend of the German
Emperor, who often hunts with hint on
his property in Germany, where the
source of the Danube rises out of the
out considering their birthrights; and
ground in his park.
When her first husband died, in .187.33,
Princess Leottine married her I rather-
iu-law, Prince Emil Egon, of Fuersten-
berg-Kocnigshof, 13y this second Mar-
riage she had two daughters, Essie, e
Countess Salm, and Amelie, who by ilia
tante is Frau Noczian. .
Lieutenant in the reserves, Cess. o
Iioczian was originally in the ti nqy, end
was studying herd to become a staff of-
ficer, but before lir passed the examina-
tions he had contracted debts to sn^h an
amount that he bad to quit the are.y-
1-ike all ex -officers, he turned to the
motor car trade, turd, being tall, hand-
some and a good talker, :the firm of
Beurz trusted him with its summer es-
tablishments in Carlsbad,'
This was in 1907, when Princess Leon -
tine spent two months in Carlsbad for
her health and had her'hnndsonte dough.
ter with her. The ex -officer and the
Princess made numberless, excursions in
llueze motor cars and fell in love with
each othr. At the end of the season
Koczinn had lost his place, the sale of
motor ears having been nil, and Princess
Amelic had lost reputation.
During the court ball in February it
was noticed that the ladies did not treat
her in the way usual among the fatuous
"courtesan" at the court festivities, but
that:every main who had a bouquet to
give away at the cotillion offered it to
her. She was more draped than dressed
in salmon -colored chiffon, wore her now
yellow hair done in a peculiarly becom-
ing fashion, without en ornament or a
flower, and (lanced more like a sylph
than a human girl, Society talked more
than ever.
Young Iioczian had in the meantime
found a situation in the Rhenish auto-
mobile works and lived in Mannheim.
The elopement must have been settled
by correspondence. About as week ago
he came to Vienna with his mother,
some reports say, and on Saturday,
May 23, Princess Antelie was Missing
from the houyc in the Jaquingnsse,
where she lived with her mother when
in town. She spent one night in a Hotel
and next day started with her lover
by the Northern Railway via Berlin for
London.
She wrote a card to ler mother saying
she was about to many and would give
her new npme in her next letter. Of
course, the mother knew what that
mune must let She informed her son, a
secretary of the Austrian Embaesv in
London, 111111 the .ince gave the alarm
to the English police.
The Princess attained Iter majority
March 17, so the family cot'only hope
to argue her out of her plans. Young
,Koczien has done well for himself, for,
besides getting the handsomest girl in
Vienna to marry him, he will- certainly
have a rich wife. The Paerstenbe'gs
have enormous wealth. and Amelie will
have her 'share.
o-+
The ode of the gas engine on the farm.
is growing more popular every year. In
the past two years 50,000 of these mo-
tors were purchased by farmers and the
demand this' year has every, indication
of being greater.