The Post-Standard from Syracuse, New York • Page 16

16 THE POST-STANDARD. Syracuse, N. Saturday, March 17, 1956 Grand Deception No. 6 False Princes Outwit British Navy By JOSEPH M. HONE In a picture paper of Feb.

16. 1910, which I have by me. is photograph of four Abysinnian princes. Profoundly impressive; they look. Behind them is their; German interpreter, and beside them, a i in clothes, completely unembarrassed, a gentleman described as Herbert Cholmondeley of the Foreign Office.

Herbert Cholmondeley had just, conducted the princes to Wey-; mouth, Egland. where, amid the: pomp of a large part of the British Navy, the visitors had been shown over the mightiest battleship of those days--H. M. S. Dreadnought.

Beneath the vast bushy mus-i a i Cholmondelev not even the smallest smile is to be seen, and; it was typical of Horace Cole, otherwise Herbert Cholmondeley i of the Foreign Office, that he: YOUR HOROSCOPE By Carroll Righter DAY SHIFT A arr a tn 'March 1 M. i tints most hrlpful. Thpn the aftr'nooii'PtDK. for In was it necessary to change some attitude. Tjniahl get away irom our ideas If you aie to act slonu weii ous toU.

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Enjoy quiet ro- VIRGO i AUK 22 to Sent Outside IF YOUR CHILD IS BORN TODAY Today's child is one of those very alive, alert and aware wlin will be race horse typp and 1 .4 vour ir.orr.ru: io Questions were asked in the House of Common, after this 1 partner unless you hold sarcastic say- i LIBRA iSeDl. "3 by laughter at a moment when he! had set all England laughing, set! Europe laughing and nearly set; amusing- hoax. the House of Commons, the Ad-j rruralty and the Government byjously and laboriously the officers'tendants that their Ki and the ears. For that photograph ue sts around. 'could receive food only from a picture of an enormous hoax.

still Hungry 'people wearing gray kid gloves. Horace Cole's jokes were prob-: when it came to toy-time Cole and in the of that February; ably the most serious things in a said nt Abyssinia princes evening, the express was stopped! life which, it is right to say, took OOC on i twice a day. So at Reading while the town was; found time for the cultivation of i cole had a sood tea, while up searched fur two pair? of gray! the the mind--art and! on deck the "princes" went on kid poetry in particular. jsayiug more and more i Back in London, a Fooled an MP quickly arranged that the press London, Dublin and Paris werej And then the blow fell! For should have photographs and a the scenes of his amazing then there appeared the crtief full story, and then he sat back 1 There was the London prank'staff officer, own first cousin of to enjoy the fruits of his day's Cole played on a Member lady prince and the poorly labor. Parliament, so young, so hand- disguised interpreter.

To Cole's' Questions were asked in the some, so complacently the officer's eyes cen- House of Commons, Scotland able. This youne politician had tered once on ihe interpreter Yard hummed; the Admiralty been boasting that a Member of and ho quickly demanded: hummed wildly; a book was Parliament could never be ar- "Who is that fuHow there?" written about the rested. That very evening Desperately Horace answered, but the of Cole's delight Horace had the MP himself "Their royal German was when he learned thai a royal! alive to and relaxanon earliest days By Frank Adams fur Firm Honors Retiring Worker Retiring after 40 years service, Miss Hattie L. Fickeis was hon' Saturday at a dinner party at Howard Johnson's. The party was attended by members of the firm, which is celebrating its 85th anniversary, and their families.

Miss Fickeis will retain a position in an advisory capacity. She was presented a plaque and other tokens in recognition of having served the retail trade of the fur industry for 40 years. DENIES MURDER ROCHESTER. March 16 'jfl -Matthew R. Biggs, 28.

accused of strangling his estranged Josephine, 22, today pleaded innocent to a charge of first degree murder. to Oct. AM start, you can that child Is not disturbed dur ins slumber and has only the finest I "Read that about automation ag'in GOOD part When stomach acsd Brings sleepless nights lake 2 TUMS To set things right! type literature yersons and a i a i about how duties Of US skilled personnel i mm tt mm If Tfi f. bh urn tivj surroimdiiiRs Pine chart for work: i be chance to lind ou; a i i -swift and logical rrasor.lnc: hat new com- which must be put Ir.to motion at oner reduced to punchin' a button!" FOftTHt' TUMMf uts new washing power info the water! 9 arrested! prince, one nf Prince Louis Strolling along Piccadilly with "What:" exclaimed the officer Battenberg's sons, had while re- the a friend. Horace angrily.

"A erman JSut we turning to his ship crossed MP and i his gold watch into the oughtn't to have Germans on bows of the launch bearing Cole's' S- I MP's pocket, then brightly pro- board the Dreadnought." And party and had been severely; posed a race as far as Jerrnyn Cole breathed again, reprimanded for crossing the i street. Off they dashed the MP When it was time to go. the bows of royalty. well ahead, and when half-way were manned for a royal. across the street Horace began but etiquette demanded shout "StoD thief 1 Stop thief!" that a recmest must be made for New York, ccoyricht.

1955. br! The public responded gallantly, a salute, and just as the inter- the running MP was chased, col- preter was about to make the SUNDAY SAWING northern and turned around because the lower end Jurors Unable to Agree lared and Cole declared that his request, the band struck up "God OFF A A A watch had been stolen. He then Save the King" ad the interpreter ISLAND. It was in the sum- to put an end to the joke, was afraid to speak for fear of mer of 1824 that a man named but the police, justifiably an- exploding into laughter. So.

i Lozier made the preposterous noyed. hauled them all off to "Zank oo ver mooch" and a proposal that Manhattan Island Vine street, and. though Cole "Bunga-Bun-ias" the party went should be sawed off at the tried hard to keeo the next off amid naval cheers. Vl morning's police court proceed-; A Hunt for GIov ings out of the paper, he failed Even now. Horace had nnt was sinking.

People actually to do so and the unfortunate MP finished. When the starving' believed he could do It. as you almost had to resign. "princes" clamored for will learn in this hilarious true He only saved himself by a Horace secretly told the train a account. two-hour speech of contrition to his constituents.

But the most famous hoax of all was that visit to H. M. S. Dreadnought in February. 1910.

i Atlantic fleets were concentrated in Weymouth Bay--a striking spectacle for the world--and Cole; decided that the fleet must receive the Princes of Abyssinia. Faraous Names a i 3 bov in? to a VV" Kennedy 1 i -r or nis 'princes ne naa avail- hareed indecent exposure. 1 street woman. Tne alleged abel a tall athlete. Anthony Bux- The ljry deliberated more than posure was on last Nov.

23. ton; secondly. Duncan Grant, thc. two hours Tne i to the jury about 3 p.m. An hour and 25 minutes later the -to the courtroom and stated a member? a to reach a verdict.

Justice P. Loo Dorsey toM of the importance of the case and reci'JCL-ted a they tn i and make a a reach an Un MoraSsLase verdct cT i men and three women was 127 W. Kennedy St. i able to reach a verciict yesterday- The yo'jth is accused of expr.s- art OL. thirdly, Guy Ridley, the son of a judge, and lastly a beautiful young woman known to you as Virginia Woolf.

the renowned author. Virginia Woolfs brother was the other member of the party--he posed as the interpreter to the Abyssinian princes --and pretended to be a German. Early on the chosen morn ing Willy makeup men began to turn three young men and a beautiful young into formidable-looking Abyssin- 0-ycav-ol ians and the ladv's brother into brought into police headquarters a somewhat duskv German in- yesterday and found no broom at Justice Dorscy said ttuu Snowstorm, Lack of Broom Irk 'Top Liar 1 1 1 a cheap town this nf About 5. IS oi to lne counrr.o'.n awm and said 1 -TM -f irrf m- -fif ff -r -r T- terpreter. Here one mistake was the door to sweep snow from his made--the princes had not yet shoes.

lrl had had breakfast and. once dis- His irritation at the city, and guised. their false complexions at the snowstorm was soon dis-. would have been ruined by eat-'pelled. Once inside the i i ing, so they had to face a hungry serenaded Sgt.

Joseph Vieau and thirsty day. of several Irish dit- Then at the last moment, all.ties. learned with dismay that the! Despite his good humor, of- chief staff officer of the fleet fercd little help in a first cousin of the lady and her i questions at the captain'- thinly-disguised brother, the in- His occupation, he said terpreter. It was too late by thrn "N'ntioruillv kr.ovn i-s the -rent- to make plans against this consid- i i a C.nunV.* erable danger. InvestiffatJon of his 15 entitled to another 1 Honors Syracusan 1 i i left that a fellow conspirator who -j know I had had never been convicted dashed' HA 1S bv oft to send to the admiral a i a i i 100 a telegram signed 3alina street the name of Hardinge.

the pcr- of Rochcslcr was charged rr.anent under-secretary at ths 4 jr-n Foreign Office. wlW in' rit'- iVji ill i ill? I 1 i I 1 .) Hungry Princes p. US 4 in simper. 1 On tm; tram Cole or.d the poorly-disguised interpreter had Kncheon in almost regal style. but.

the lunate J7rince? starving in their reserved carriage, a i i i i a Cole bought four buns at ALBANY. March 16. and. behind drawn tributions to 1956 the "prince" munchc-d campaign are oxrvcted to their buns. And then the express the STfij.OOO stonmnd into Weyrriouth.

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050 and ho prrriicted i i the acimirnl. a total would SiiOO.ffOO. a Kuard of hortor of i was 1 1 the bard a to play the day rr.or*tm£ hero Abyssminn national anthem. tjr.n of Dr. Eugene J.

Biit the band did not know the of a as chairman for a FCC- Abyssinjan anthem, nor was there onrl term. set. for nf York ENSE! ILLS! watch and by an extraordinary coin- 7 i a of cxlercrc the anlhom and Mrs. Robert C. Osborn nf Ithaca.

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