The Oregon Daily Journal from Portland, Oregon • Page 32

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1012. 1LOND Display of Wealth Source of Unrest BvfIZ7 FO I IT pisj Betrayer of Country Is ICi jTsLL-f JllM Sent to a Penal folony French Titles to Be Had in Public Market is SOCIAL STRIFE IN ENGLAND IS INTENSE Smokes in Presence of Queen Mary PENAL SERVITUDE American to Wed Woman of Title llii Millions Are -Squandered Royalty While Starvation i Threatens the, Masses, Six Yeara'-Xonfinement-Jor Naval Signalman Who Tried to Sell Parts of Signal Book. ON UPARIS Am nmniip.Mf DlllUUO litIt 71 r-i we? FOR ERIN TRAITOR WARNED AGAINST BEMEN CLASSES WHO STO LE SECRETS SPURIOUS Regular France for Sale of Coats of 'Arms, 1 Jr -I In By Marqulsede Castellane. Paries, July 27.

The arrest tt to- giis count who has been In. the habit By PhlHp Everett (Br tbc International Newt Serrlee.) London, July 2T, In no country social war between the upper and lower classes is being waged with more persistent bitterness today than la England, and the of marrying on the eirengtn or nia title, prompts me to warn American women desirous of coronets and coats) (By the News SerricO Berlin, July 27. lbert Ehlers, a signalman la the German navy, wu tried before the supreme court of the' eroplr at LeipzJg, charged with having tried to ell naval secrets to the British intelligence the secret signal book. He was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. A German policeman named Clause, who wan charged as accomplice, appeared In court today after having been extradited from Englandl Clausa escaped from prison In Germany and fled to London, where he was arrested at the request of the German authorities on a charge of a theft.

Cjlv iiL Iffy' -i--" tf. j- mm fmm I ill A t. trtfxrstrrr7T If fk VS 'A ix kJii if fr I I ji it. vt- i Ml l-S ts 4 I i' it I I Kf wTio, in the presence of Purltanlo a quipt smoke. Viscountess Ctirzon, queen of beauty, royalty took London, July 27.

Viscountess Curzon, the lovelV Englishwoman who was the queen qf beauty for the Elizabethan tournament at Earl's Court, gave an example of her British Independence at a dross rehearsnl of tlio affair. As distributor of the prizes to those taking part in the tourney she sat on a throne gorgeous In jewels and crowned with a blazing diadem of pr mm-? LLOYD GEORGE PLANS TO TAX LAND ON AMERICAN'S THEORY English Chancellor Would Aaopt Principles of Taxation as Suggested by Henry George; Land Owners Utter Cry of Horror at the Idea. Among those who looked at the rehearsal were Queen Alexandra, Princess Henry of Battenberg, and other mem bers of conservative royalty, but their presence did not seem to overawe the queen of beauty, for, during an inter mission between the tilting and musical ride by cavaliers and ladles, the viscountess calmly took out her cigarette case, extracted a cigarette, lit a match and took a quiet Bmoke. whole of the land In the old township of Huddersfleld, with the exception of a small plot In Firth street, long since built over, is the property of John F. Rnmsden, who thus possesses a practical monopoly of the land, so that a man who wants to nuy a plot In the township for a houso cannot do so, but must lease It from the owner.

In eon-sequence no more glaring example of land hunger exists in the country. It Is significant that up to the time when the finance act of 1 900-10 was placed on tho statute books the estate was held by Sir Johns Ramsden, who Is still living. After the passing of the act the estate was tranferred by Kir John to his son. 1'p to 1851 Huddersfleld was almost wholly an njrlcultural town, Its rise, as the world" knows, being due to the wontrn industry. In order to appreciate the present situation, It Is necessary that the lease system In vogue should be understood.

Until the middle of the last century the land upon which most of the buildings In the town were erected was held either inv4t tenancies at will or renewable leases. In the case of the former the tenants had In most caces erected substantial buildings upon the faith that their rights to those buildings would be recognized by the landowner In the same way that In copyhold manors the of arms, xa be -Tery-xarefuL to have the claims of titled aspirants examined. There are 60,000 persons In Prance who use titles without being able to pro-j duce a single proof of their right ta do so. Why docs not the law stop theml Because the republic does not car Trhat a man calls himself. Under the re public we of course, ducal but a duke has not a hereditary seat In our parliament.

Th Duke da Rohan, for Instance does sot sit-in our senate and la elected to his seat. In Franco, too we have our feudatory marquis and counts but the government only tolerates them and they have no state positions because of their titles. Let me warn my fair readers against an- other set of titles. Sometimes property. valueless, can be bought cheap.

A xew worthless acres of land In Italy or Aua trla may carry a title with them. Market for Bale of Titles. In fact there Is a regular market for the sale of, much titles. Some Impecunious nobles are glad to have titles to sell. Even the Illegitimate sons get titles this wise; their mothers having; amassed fortunes marry needy nobles and get thcSa latter to adopt their sons born out of wedlock.

The adopted son assumes right to the titles. Another interesting point in connection with the titles Is the use of to "Ue." It refers to territory, not to the family name. For instance the "DtfV in the Castellane family primarily cam from the Castellane country. But tho use of the "De" in the title of th Marquis I)e MacMahon la altogether, wrong. I am referring to the son of the.

hero of Bagneta who afterwards was president of France. Let me 'add In conclusion the custom of putting crowns and coror nets on our note paper, carriages and shirts Is becoming obsolete. The best of the nobility now use only the coats Of arms. Here, however, we retain the custom of signing one's title. For Instance, the former Miss Mattle Mitchell signs herself Duchess de La Rochefoucauld, whereas the former Consuelo Vander bilt follows the English fashion and writes her letters over the signature Consuelo EAT EGGSHELLS.

SAY 5 Such Diet Will Promote Lop gevity and Stimulate Vitality. Paris. July 17. "Eat eggshells, eat gghelle. Throw away the yolk lf I need bo 'and spill out the white." (t you will but eat the shells.

Then jrou will be healthy and happy and live to see your grandchildren's Such Is the earnest advice given by Professors iCnimerick and Loews and published widely here. The words "eat eggshells" must not be taken too literally. The learned, pro-: fessors have prepared a liquid tbey call the chloride of eggshells. Like the altruistlo eccentrists they are, they have proclaimed the formula for thUi chloride; there Is no secret about- it, nothing proprietary. So perhapsthtlr advice should be worded: i "Drltrk eggshell." I'rofessor Emmorick of world renowned for bis knowledge of dlpthnrla.

nd rflnorjf. J-Te li ol-. league Loe we declare that ths matron ly Bnor inausirious nen is ranriM greatest benefactors of manklnd'not because she produces eggs but be cause the eggs are contained In shells. These learned men assert that egg shells taken In proper form lengthen human vitality, add weight to ths nourish the brain, strengthen ths heart, prevent lnflamation and lend covirago and energy to the human being. PILGRIMS MEETT0R NOTABLE CELEBRATION i (Ity the International Nwi Harriet.) London, July 27.

The Pilgrims, -ths society that brings into association soma of the best brains of Britain and America, marked its first decads of exist ance by a dinner at the SavOyotoL( London. There is no club quite like ths Pli-srinis that calls politician to (It cheek by Jowl with churchman; novelist with soldier; financier with diplomat; and this in the dinner table spirit of corttrir iality and good humor. Lord Roberts, fresh faced, alert and active, was in the chair, and men of every sort of eminence crowded the room. There were witty speeches by the American consul-general; by Dr. W.

T. Manning, on behalf of the 30 American Pilgrims who, had crosbed the ocean to celebrate the anniversary; by Mr. Harry Britain, the secretary and one of the founders of the club; and by Sir Arthur Couan who sounded the note that murks every meeting oC every club whea he spoks of the harmony of the two great nations of Britain and America, as a guarantee, of the peace of the world. Por Sir Arthur, tiia evening hud a personal Jst when Dr, Mantilng, who Is an American clergyman, told how, in one of ths leading cities of the United fcltate, he wua Introduced "The llev. Conan Doyle," and was requested to say grace.

Postmaster-General Samuel, In proponing the toast of the club, said, thJ striking growth of Canada bad contributed to the good feeling between Britain and tint United States, Canada was now recognised in the United States as being powerful and prosperous, an was respected. He remembered hear ing, year ago, of a Chicago woman who asked how many children she had. fc. i replied that she had two living and ttui In Canada, Valor is per -e. tTofl fTi'li of German railroads is laid ties, on state, which is rl In using alW FRENCH PHYSICIANS unbiased correspondtnt Is, bound to admit that in no country In Europe la such a war more justified than here.

On the front page of a leading London conservative dally paper I read a few days ago first the glaring headlines: "The king visits a music hall three millions of roses used to decorate the Interior of the palace." A Httlo farther down on the same page another set of headlines, comparatively email beside those containing the more Important announcement, catches my eye: "Starvation in, the East End baby brought to church for christening wrapped In brown paper." The headlines contain a scathing arraignment of social conditions in England: Three million roses to please the eyes of the king a piece of coarse brown wrapping paper to cover the nakedness of a worklngman's baby. Conditions Suggest BSTOlution. v. iniv in FnrArtA flllr-h Ill BUy UiriCr tWUIIll 1 irvK conditions would produce a in England they simply cause Tinrest; the slow-working brain of the English masses are gradually discovering that everything is not exactly as It ought to be, and that even the knowledge of living in a community which can afford to waste millions on decorations and old-fashioned ceremonies in honor of "good Kins George" cannot make you overlook that thousands of people whose lives are at least as valuable as that of the king starve to death In England every year. The outside world hears time and time again that England Is sending money abroad to relieve famines In other countries, but little.

Is heard of the continuous famine which is the constant scourge of England's own great cities. Legislation la Bight Direction. The present liberal government probably means wellnough and Its legislation nearly till inspired by Mr. Lloyd George rectus to go In the right direction, but tt la doubtful whether it will be ablo tj save the country from a mighty social upheaval such as must rnme as surely as there are limits even to the patience of the English masses. In the first place, the Liberal party supporting th" Kovernment contains a number of men on its right wing who in.

AO.Lm.t.r.u Jll.ffljL!lil...w.auld be called Conservatives, and In the second phue the power of the Conservative party proper the Tories, enormous and their agitation ngulnst democratic "reforms violent that it is doubtful If the Rowrnmt lit will be allowed to re-inn In in power long enough to carry thro'iKfi such reforms us will convince even the dull masses of English voters that they must hhik to the Liberals and not the Tories to save them from their present state of bondage. Youthful Incorrigible Kicks Father and Sends Him-After Cigarettes, (United Trow i.etPJ Wire.) London, July 27. John T. Hancell, a factory hand, might readily qualify as charter member of a society for tne prevention of cruelty to fathers, in view Of an amazing story revealed In 'the Macclesfield police court. Application had been made for the committment Hancell's seven-year-old boy to an.

Industrial school. The testimony Bhowed that the lad had completely terrorized his father, who had lost all control over him. Under the threats of thrashing Hancell had actually been compelled to go out for beer and cigarettes for the youthful incorrigible. When In bed the boy had frequently kicked his father bo severely as to form sores, and on occasions he had pushed Hancell out of bed to the floor. Once when neighbors tried to gtf to tne oia man a assistance, the boy locked the door of his father's room and hid the key.

The case being proved to the satisfaction of the magistrate, the boy was eent to the Macclesfield Industrial school until he should be 18 years of age. LONDON DEAF MUTES ENJOY CLUB SECLUSION (Hv the International Newi Service.) London, July 27. A club in which the human voice Is rarely heard, is conducted in London. Without exception it must be the quietest club in the metropolis. As the name National Deaf club would Imply, the members are deaf or deaf mutes.

Conversation Is carried on by oral or manual signs, and It Is fascinating to watch the members gossiping with flickering fingeiB and panto-mlmlcally distorted faces. K.ven the solitary waiter chef never offers' an audible comment on the weather as the waiting fraternity usually do. There are no bells In the club, tho assumption being that If they were to ring nobody would notice them. Under the door plate button resembling an electric bell push certainly does exist, but when pressed there is no responsive purring In the club two floors' above tho level of tho street, instead a red electric light Is automatically switched on and the members know that someone Is fit the door. Similarly when the services of the waiter are Invoked, it Is red light in his sanctum which-, la the agent.

Pacific Ocean Six Miles Deep. Relln, July 27. The Pacific ocean Is over six miles deep nt one spot. The Planet, a German naval surveying ship, has JUBt made a record sounding of 8780 meters, or 4 06 feet moro than sHx miles. The sounding waa.

made about 40 knots off the north coast of Mindanao, grrt-'atePt llepm ow reCbrcrjiore: tofore, 9C35 meters, was sounded In 1901 to the south of the Island of Vm. SEVEN YEAR-OLD TERRORIZES FATHER Baroneas Germatne Boucard and 'Jack Henderson below. (By the International Newi RfrTlre.) London, July usual order of International matrimonial affairs Is reversed. "Jack" Henderson, the young American actor, who Is scoring a big success In an American musical comedy here, has become engaged to Baroness Germatne Boucard, the pretty young member of an old Breton family, who English Newspapers Are Exposing Horrors of Rubber District. London, July 27.

The report of Sir Roger Casement on the outrages in the Putumayo rubber district of Peru Is beginning to be taken up by the homo papers here as a sensational matter. The fact that the population of the district was reduced from 60,000 In 1906 to 8000 in mi attests the horrlbre savagery with which, tho wretched people of the place were treated. The was slaughter by famine, which was often purposely brought about by thi destruction of the crops, over whole districts. Starvation was also Inflicted as a-sort of death penalty on individuals for their failure to bring in their quota of rubber! Death by a bullet was also sui 'plemented by flogging and other tortures. Thecase Is also cited of an antiquarian named Augustus Walcott, who remonstrated when a father and son were beaten with swords and bung up WRETCHED PEOPLE PERU MAY BE HELPED When Clause was surrendered to the German authorities he was sentenced to six years' penal servitude for theft, and today he appeared In a special dock between two warders as a witness against Ehlors.

The trial took place In secret, as usual. It was alleged that Clauss and Ehlers were the principal organizers of an espionage association having Its headquarters at WHhelmshaven. Ehlers, being a sigmalman, knew many Important secrets, while Clauss was accused of having acted as Intermediary with the so-called "permanent British at Wtlhelmshaven. Jn addition to the secret signal code, the prisoners were accused having communicated to the British agents documents relating to the speed trials of the fast cruiser Von dor Tann and plans of the locks at the port of WHhelmshaven, with tho object of blowing them up In time of war. STOLE $65,000 SOUGHT (By the IntrntlonBl News Serr1r.

Berlin, July 27. The pnllee throughout Germany are searching for Hans Brunlng, tho messenger who fled from the Prcsdner bank hero yesterday with $65, Oiio of the bank's money. The.Ijerlin. authorities have determined "use the moving picture theatres in search for tho fugitive. By order of the police 250 picture places In Berlin have exhibited tho photograph of Bruning at several performances.

A mysterious letter was received at police- baJqurtr purportlnK to have been written by Priming's sweetheart. The letter, which was signed with the Initials stated that Bruning and his spoil were both hidden In his sweetheart's home at Frledenau, near Berlin. The writer said that Brunlng was ready to refund the money if tho bank promised not to prosecute Mm. "i'loase pity him," the. letter continued.

"Ho always was honest, and he deeply regrets his mad deed." The Dresdner bank had issued a state- I ment that If the money Is returned no further steps will be taken. The police, however, are not sure that the letter Is genuine. rights of tenants are recognized and enforceable. Theso tenant rights owners were destined to receive rude nwakerilng, for about the court of final appeal decided that they were merely tenants at will, who could be ejected without notice or compensation. Ultimately, after long and bitter agitation, an arrangement wag made that the landlord's tlU should be recognized, and that the terirtnts 'shnuld surrender their tenant right Interests, but retain their buildings on lease from 1S59.

An act of parliament was obtained for this purpose. The town of Huddersfleld today has a population of 115,005. and every Inch of soli upon which it stands is owned by J. F. Itamsden, who In the form of ground rent levies upon It a yearly tribute so regulated hat every man, woman ar.d child rajs to him an average tax Of IS.

The municipal budget last year was 174,125 pounus, so that the landowner's tsx Is actually $27,875 In excess of the sum demanded for municipal services. Small wonder the Tory party representing the big landowners considers it a crime to suggest nny change in conditions so Ideal tn the one man who counts in their eyes, and who Is paying a mere nominal tax to the government until th new valuation of land will come Into force. P. Cheng (Chlng Tow), PH. Chicago University, Commissioner of public works, Kwantung prov- 1 China, rivers as to check the frequent overflows and famine, and to open W'ham- BANK MESSENGER WHO Wit dVV not only posseses a title, but will soon come Into posseeslon of a vast unham pered estate and a comfortable fortune, which she will undoubtedly share with her lover from across the seas.

by the neck until they died. The antiquarian, because of his remonstrance, was also up and beaten with a machete till he became unconscious. The matter Is likely to be taken up In the house of commons Immediately and drastic steps to coerce 1'eru for a reform of the abuses are expected to be forthcoming. Thesituatlon Is regarded as being comparable to the Congo In which Great Kritlan, thoGgh she was not responsible, led In the demand for a cessation of the outrages. In Peru Great Brltlan and Rrltish subjects are directly Involved and the facts cry out for speedy remedy.

WORKMEN SHELTERED BY PRICELESS TAPESTRY (Cnltcd (Tm Uued Wlr. Tarls, Jltiy 27, It started raining while workmen were engaged In repairing the. church of Notre Dame at Nantes, one of the oldest places of worship In France. Needing something to form a shelter, the men found an old carpet looking affair which they rigged, tent' like, over the stones they were chipping! Along came the architect. Casually examining the texture of the workmen' shelter, Ills heart gave a bound; the tent wa a tapestry undoubtedly of a very remote date, a marvelous thing done In ancient Persian designs.

An expert has declared the tapestry, which Is about li by 30 feet dimensions, to be a perfect speclment of Persian work, dating from the sixteenth century. It Is worth more thah $100,000. Chinese to enter the United States. Dr. Ixj and Joseph X.

Strand, American vice and deputy consul general nt Canton, are working together to snd to the states only the class of Chinese that will be a credit to any nation. The principal medical officer of health of tho province Is Dr. 8. F. Lee, M.

P. Ch P. H. M. A H.

(Kdin Ha attended grammar schools in the United States but took his medical courses in Hongkong and Scotland. The governor general of the province, Wu Hon Mon is less than 35 years oid. None of the American trained commissioners under him Is older than he. The governor general Is married, but Commissioners Cheng, lling and many others are not. Every one of them is talking of getting married, as the custom of the land seems to require that they should be.

Very few high officials of the dynasty days did not marry young, and the women of the province, the first to receive the right of suffrage, will no longer bachelors above 30 years than one half of the civil officials are Christians or friendly to the faith. They have no more to do with the many festivals on the Chinese calendar. A. Fong Yeung, A. Richmond college; A.

Columbia university, Is now making an investigation of the higher government schools at Canton at the request of the commissioner of public education. There will be a general reorganisation of the schools next This will be done by educators who have been in American schools, new Kwantung which means a new new Kwangtung which means' a new China as every province looks at this as-JtS, fujda UiLieadeuXblLJ)eot)luX the United States then will not regret they nave opened the doors of their great Institutions of learning to the coming men of a coming nation. of American Universities Doing Great Work in Organizing New Republic (By tht Internttlonal News Service.) London, July 27. Lloyd George is gOr lng to tax the land! He Is going to try In practice on a large scare for the first time the principles championed by the American, Henry George. There is no longer any doubt nbout It, and a cry of horror Is beard In the whole English conservative press, which on general principles tries to block every change.

The chancellor of the exchequer will ruin the country, they cry; be is preaching class war and creating anarchists In England, where present conditions are nearer the Ideal than anywhere In the The plans of Lloyd-George are striking at the very heart of English conservatism, thai much Is evident from the uproar they have caused. The lund Is sacred, and so are its, present p.osses-sorsv accordlnir to the tenets of the conservative faith. ,7 One single example, however, will show how radlca-Uy wrong are the present conditions in England, where nil land is owned by mere handful of people. The manor of Iluildersf leM was sold by the crown to" a certn'n William Ramsden. ancestor of the present owner, In 1539 for Three hundred years ago the yearly value of Hyiddfrsfleld was less than $125.

Now the yearly ground rents amount to no less than 1900,000. The Chinese Graduates Written i he Journal by Hlng Wong. Canton, China, July 27. Kwantung, the brain and big brother of all Chinese provinces and the first to have roli-tlonsnlp with tho Roman empire in ancient days, is being reconstructed by Chinese graduates of American col-letreF. This Is not at all a -surprise to who know that 92 per cenrof the i hinese In the United States come from Kwantung and that more than one half of the Chinese students in the leading universities of America are Cantonese.

The former students of Japanese universities have done much in tho destruction of the old Kwantung, but the graduates of the American and the English schools will have the privilege to build a new and better one. Six of the 10 heads. of departments are foreign educated young men, and four of them have been trained In America. Of the two graduates of English universities one bss received his common school education in America. Dr.

Chung Wing Kwong, commissioner of public education, was dean of the Chinese department of Canton Christian college. He has made a study of the American system of education when in the United States, a year Chung-Tan Wang, head of the Industrial commission, who Is given the responsibility of developing the rich natural resources of the province, is a graduate of the school of mines of Columbia university at New York. He Is a brother of Wang Chung-Wei, secretary of foreign affairs under Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, now attorney general in the government under Provisional President Yuen Shl-Kal. Commissioner Wang has In his general direction the bureaus of agriculture, Industries, commerce and mining, The principal officials under him are "either graduates of American or English universities.

I B. T. Kong, a graduate of the. University of California and of Columbia university, has In charge the bureau of mines. Yua Hang Tang of Cornell is director of the Canton agricultural experiment station.

V. Lowe, who was graduated from the University of California some years ago, is acting as mahager of the Kwantung cement works. His factory can be easily enlarged to conduct an enterprise which the land of the province ran well provide. Most of the graduates of American textile schools llnd their service useful to this commission. Although peace is not yet general throughout the province, and the present Is only a.

provisional government, theso young men who are now at work believe they are in a permanent position to map out a new Flowery Kingdom to labor for the happiness of tholr fellow men. To enable Commissioner Wang and his associates to work out their policy with the necessary equipments, Kwantung has another American trained young man. He Is p. T. Cheng, but best known to persons In the United States as Chlng Tow.

Ho la a graduate of the University of Chicago, and now filling the position of commissioner of public works an office through which netr cities "may be founded, old ones reconstructed, and Intercourse In the province made more convenient. With his able assistants he is making a fltrrvcy of the province, trying to widen and improve the roads of communication and open new ports for trudo and commerce. He supervises the construction of all government buildings. The civil list In his department- -is the longest, but he has the difficulty of fighting the ignorance of the mass and the Jealousy of some of his fellow-offlclals. Some of his ambitions are to parks" and baths, to have building regulations that tend to prevent diseases common to large Chinese cities, tot so control the pao, near Canton, as a portpf entry to competo with Hongkong.Uilch Is an Kngllsh concession over which the Chlneso can now exercise no Jurisdiction.

The commission of public works requires and naturally has more American trained youths at the head of Its bureaus requiring technical knowledge. Yeu Ching and Hln Van Yung of the University of Chicago; Ting On Lok, Li Chan, Massachusetts Institute, of Technology, are some members of the commission who have receive. 1 their training in America. Kam Chlk a graduate of the University of Michigan, Is the chlc-f surveying engineer of the commission. The man given tho Job of tearing down the ancient wall that surrounds Canton and mapping an electric road around It, is Peter Soo-hoo, a graduate of Stanford university, who got his higher degree from the University of Illinois.

The two young men who nre being responsible for the civil administration of the province are former students In America. Chlen fihl-Fung, commissioner of civil or home administration, was one time a student at the University of Chicago. Peter Hlng, his deputy, Is a law graduate of McGIll university, Montreal, Canada. He received the degree of master" of arts from Columbia university at New York two years ago. This commisJon has the general supervision of the ninety district governors.

This commission corresponds to the office of secretary of Interior In the United States government. As the commissioner of foreign affairs the province has Dr. Pun-H. Lo, a graduate of Hurvard university, who got his A. it-4nd J.

D. degrees from the University of Chicago. He has as lils clcprity Prank Lee," New York. He was a law Or, Lo has among his other duties of permits to the exempt classes of.