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NORMAN DAILY TRANSCRIPT
COMMANDER OF ITALY'S ARMIES
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Gen. Luigi Caneva, commander in chief of the armies of Italy.
JOY FOLLOWS GRIEF
Gay Season Follows Mourning
Year in Japan.
Coronation at Kyoto In November Will
Be Culmination of Succession of
Festivals—Tokyo Society Busy
With Functions.
Tokyo.—The year's period of na-
tional mourning expired on April 11,
and the printers and dyers were busily
engaged in removing black, the sanc-
tuary of the late empress dowager
was transferred to the "Hall of Impe-
rial Spirits" in the palace grounds
from the temporary shrine at Aoyama,
and the coronation commission has
been organized with H. I. H. Prince
Fushimi as honorary president and
Prince Takatsukaea as chief commis-
sioner. The latter represents one of
the five noble families, whose heads
alone were eligible to the post of the
emperor's prime minister in former
days. The height of the cherry sea-
son and the first anniversary of the
formation of the Okuma cabinet tend
to keep Tokyo society busy with gar-
den parties and convivial meetings,
while the stock market showed a few
days ago the biggest sign of returning
prosperity since the boom after the
Russian war.
April 17 being the tercentenary of
the death of the founder of the Toku-
gawa Shogunate and of the City of
Tokyo, an elaborate program for
commemoration is prepared in Tokyo,
at his birth place, Okazaki, at Shi-
dzuoka, where he had retired, and at
Kunozan and Nikko, where his mem-
ory is kept sacred in gorgeous tem-
ples. A Daimyo procession is repro-
duced for three days in the imperial
capital. The feudal chieftain in his
palanquin, carried on the shoulders of
tall bearers, "shakespears," bowmen,
gunners, horses and grooms, a retinue
of servants and porters of the per-
sonal effects of his lordship—all in
authentic costuming and conventional
manners, will parade to the Shiba
park, where the Tokugawa temples
stand, from three different entrances
to the city on three successive days.
The foreign community and tourists
are particularly anxious to see this
display, for it is only the third time
that feudalism is made visible in the
metropolis. The first occasion of the
kind was to celebrate the thirtieth
y«ar of the Imperial residence in To-
kyo, and the second to entertain
Prince Arthur of Connaught, who came
to Japan on the Garter mission, after
the Anglo-Japanese alliance had been
first formed.
At Okazaki, on April 18, a parade
of impersonated Mikawa Samurai, a
body of single-minded and simple-
living warriors who fought under the
first Shogan, Iyeyasu, to create a
reign of peace out of the chaos and
constant strife of the middle ages, will
attract crowds of spectators, both
Japanese and foreign.
The grand finale of this year's
events, however, will come off in the
month of November, in the shape
of the coronation rites by the em-
peror in his ancestral capital, Kyoto.
The coronation in Japan is somewhat
different in nature from that of Eu-
rope, and instead of being a purely
religious ceremony the sovereign sol-
emnly proclaims his coming to the
throne, to the imperial spirits and the
people on the one hand, and on the
other offers new rice to the deities of
heaven and earth and partakes of it
himself on the spot. The proclama-
tion and the accompanying state ban-
quet will comprise some modern fea-
tures. while the ancestral worship
and the shrines for that purpose will
closely follow the example of primi-
tive simplicity set by the earliest
rulers over two thousand years ago.
These functions are calculated to
bring unusually large numbers of vis-
itors to Japanese shores from the
, Ban Francisco exposition, so that
steamship companies, tourists' bu-
reaus, hotels and celebration commit-
tees are all making special arrange-
ments to offer every facility in their
power. Many of those American trav-
elers will go to China as well, as
the new republic of Asia is arousing
the Increasing interest of its trans-
Pacific neighbor.
DOG DEVOURS "EXHIBIT A"
White Calf's Red Ear Did Not Appear
in Theft Case in Cali-
fornia.
San Francisco.—Elmer Norgard, son
of a wealthy rancher, did not steal
from the Round Valley (Cal.) Indian
reservation one white calf with red
ears, a jury in the United States dis-
trict court found here a few days ago.
The calf's value was placed at J25.
The case cost the government $15,000)
it was said. A notched calf's ear that
v;r.s to have figured as "Exhibit A,"
did not appear in the case.
Daniel Deram, forest ranger, said his
dog ate it.
DECIDES TO DIE A REDHEAD
Life Looked Black to Blond Youth
Who Became Auburn Through
Dyeing Process.
Memphis, Tenn.—After dyeing his
hair red in hopes of concealing his
identity, Winiford Dickerson, clerk of
North Fifth street, wandered to Over-
ton Park, crawled under a clump of
bushes near the zoo and swallowed so
much poison physicians at the City
hospital say he cannot live.
The man was found by park police-
man Ferguson. He was unconscious.
MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR
This is the latest photograph of the
ycung bride-widow of the late John
Jacob ABtor who lost his life in the
Titanic disaster. Persistent runjors
are linking the name of Mrs. Astor
with that of Clarence Mackay, the Cft-
ble and telegraph magnate.
DOG ATTACKS SHAVEN BOSS
Captain Loses Beard and Cause* Con-
sternation and Excitement
Aboard Ship.
Baltimore.—That tonsorial changes
may get a man in trouble was the ex
perience of Capt. O. C. Hedstrom of
the Swedish steamer Liguria, which
hps arrived from Gothenburg. When
the ship entered the capes Captain
Hedstrom wore a fine beard, and an
idea struck him that he would re-
move it.
While the ship was in charge of
the pilot he made his sacrifice and
when morning appeared he went on
dock. At once he was attacked by
his pet dog, which had to be subdued
to keep him from biting its master.
Then the officer on deck was puzzled
when the captain walked on the
bridge, and an explanation followed.
Word was passed through the ship
that if a strange man was seen ask-
ing questions either in engine room
or on deck not to be rude to him, as
it was Captain Hedstrom with his
whiskers off.
CUPID BROKE UP A CLUB
St. Paul Bachelor Girls' Club Is Now
a Name Only—Dances Out
of Existence.
St. Paul.—The Hachelor Girls' club
of St. Paul danced itself out of exist-
ence at the Armory, Sixth and Ex-
change streets, after ten of the origi-
nal thirteen members had fallen be-
fore the marksmanship of Dan Cupid.
It was the twelfth and last dance
given by the club, and at the stroke
of one a few mornings ago the last
vestige of the club as an organic-
tion vanished like Cinderella under the
spell of the fairy.
The club was organized five years
ago and the members, bound by sol-
emn oaths of bachelorhood, remained
intact for a time. Cupid battered at
the ramparts and one after another
the members capitulated until five
alone were left. Suddenly two of
these fell and a double wedding an-
nouncement carried dismay to the
hearts of the remaining three.
BRITISH COLONIALS OFF FOR DARDANELLES
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New Zealand cavalry photographod as they were leav lug Cairo to take part in the operations against the forts
on the Dardanelles.
WINS TOOTH-BRUSH STRIFE
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This picture Bhows one of the chil-
dren who won the first prize awarded
in the big tooth-brush drill competition
in which thousands of school children
participated in New York recently.
Tooth-brush drills are now important
features of the routine in the New
York public schools, and the impor-
tance of the tooth-brush in preventing
diseases of the teeth and mouth is be-
ing practically impressed on the pu-
pils, especially in the lower grades.
BLIND MAN IS A LAWYER
Sister Read Rlackstone to Him—
Passes Examination for Admission
to the Bar.
Pierre, S. D.—Among the successful
applicants for admission to the bar
at the recent examination before the
feupreme court was Ole H. Flow, a
native of the Black Hills, who has
worked under the handicap of blind-
ness from birth.
For years he made his way in the
world as a piano tuner, but aspired to
the law, and securing a copy of Black-
stone, had his sister read the work to
him.
At the examinations the questions
were read to Flow by one of the court
stenographers, and his answers were
written out on an ordinary type-
writer, he never having recourse to
the machines arranged especially for
the blind.
GIRL MASQUERADER IS CURED
"Woman's Dress Is Good Enough for
Me," She Says, After
Escapade.
New York.—"Never again," said
seventeen-year-old Myra Whiting of
Baltimore to District Attorney Per-
kins, as she left his office with her fa-
ther to return to Baltimore. Women's
dress is good enough for me in fu-
ture," she added. "I wish my hair
could grow a little faster."
Myra was arreeted with Wilbert Mc-
Kenney, also of Baltimore. She was
then dressed in man's clothing, which,
she Bald, she had put on in Washing-
ton after leaving Baltimore to begin
a musical career.
She told Mr. Perkins that she had
expected to work as a chauffeur while
getting her musical education.
KING OF ITALY LEADS
ARMY AT THE FRONT
Action Arouses Enthusiasm in
Most Democratic Kingdom
in the World.
IS MUCH LIKE ROOSEVELT
Was Sickly Child and Brought Him-
self to Hardy Manhood by Spartan
Methods—Is Man of Almost
Universal Knowledge and
Interested in Much.
Rome.—Victor Emmanuel III is
monarch of the most democratic king-
dom in the world. When the plain
people of Italy finally forced the nation
into war for the unredeemed Italian
lands of Austria, their democratic
king decided to share his soldiers'
hardships. His action in taking the
field and turning the scepter tempo-
rarily over to his uncle, the duke of
Genoa, has been received here with
the wildest enthusiasm and the house
of Savoy was never more popular than
today.
Their monarch just suits Italians.
He is more like an American president
than a European king. Italy for the
most part is intensely republican, with
a leaning to socialism. It is greatly
tinctured with American thought due
to the close connection brought about
by the return of emigrants from the
new world.
His majesty is also republican, with
a drift toward socialism. He has made
three leading socialists senators and
has shown in various ways his deter-
mination to solidify liis people by ex-
hibiting his tolerance of this most
radical section of his subjects.
He also requested that his name be
included in the list of electors. He
Insists that he be considered an ordi-
nary citizen and he never misses re-
cording his ballot at the soils after
the fashion of President Wilson.
In some ways the king resembles
Theodore Roosevelt. He was a Bick-
ly child, like the colonel, and brought
himself to a hardy manhood by Spar-
tan methods. He is a man of almost
universal knowledge, interested in ev-
erything, much like the Oyster Bay
leader. He possesses great energy.
His Part In War.
What will the king do in the war?
His part, like the kaiser's, undoubtedly
will consist in going from one part of
the battle line to the other encourag-
ing his troops. But Victor Emmanuel
possesses too good sense to interfere
with his general staffs in the actual
planning of the campaigns.
He is a gallant horseman and this
is a source of gratification to the Ital-
ians, for their cavalry is not surpassed
anywhere in the world. The Italian
army officers generally bring back the
Important prizes In every horse show
they enter.
In person Victor Emmanuel Is thor-
oughly Italian. His short, powerful
figure, sweeping mustachios and cast
of countenance are of a general type
often observed throughout Italy. He
Is fairer than most of his people, how-
ever, and blue-eyed.
"Certainly King Victor Emamnuel Is
the right man in the right place—the
king Italy needs in this supreme mo-
ment," said the poet Gabriele d'An-
nunzio recently, after an interview
with the monarch.
"It would be impossible to imagine
a better informed man," he continued.
"On hearing him speak one might al-
most receive the impression at one
moment that he was in Paris convers-
ing with a statesman thoroughly con-
versant with the subject from the
French viewpoint; at others in Berlin,
talking with a minister of the German
emperor, or in London, in Vienna or
Petrograd. The Balkans and East-
ern Mediterranean are so familiar to
Mm that he might have lived there all
his life.
"His lucidity of mind is astounding,
nd only surpassed by his unpreten-
tious manner, which puts one com-
pletely at ease. There is amazement
that this ruler, la addition to ful-
filling the duties of state, could ab-
sorb so much knowledge and possess
such a clear and certain perception
of foreign countries, Interest and men.
Was Sickly Child.
When the kint was a child he suf-
fered so badly from rlcketB that he
could not walk upstairs and had to be
carried. Rarely has a sicklier crown
prince been seen. King Humbert
placed him under a stern military tu-
tor, Colonel Oslo, who put the little
prince through a most rigorous course.
He slept always in a cold room and
took a cold bath at daybreak. Then
came a frugal breakfast. Lessons fol-
lowed, with special emphasis on those
he disliked most. Before the morning
was over the prince was in the sad
die. No matter how bad the weather,
he rode daily. Often he returned to
the palace soaked to the skin from a
violent rainstorm.
He disliked music, a predilection
which he retains. When he was ten
years old he remarked to his piano
teacher, Signqra Cerasoli:
Don t you think that 20 trumpets
are more effective than that piano of
yours?"
In his military studies he made rapid
progress. He submitted to all Colonel
Osio's harshness without a murmur.
He often relates as one of the pleas-
antest memories of his life, his im-
pressions when King Humbert first
entrusted to him the command of a
company on foot, at the annual review
of the Roman garrison.
"The excitement interfered so great-
ly with my power of sight," he once
said, "that the oply people I recog-
nized in the cheering crowd were my
dentist and my professor of mathemat-
ics."
Then a few years later he received
the command of the army corps at
Naples. Frivolous and light-headed
Neapolitan Bociety looked forward to
a worldly-minded prince and rejoiced;
but it soon discovered its mistake.
The prince, scorning pleasure, de-
voted himself exclusively to his pro-
fession and left his barracks only to
go straight back to the Capodimonte
palace, where he spent his spare time
In perfecting himself In the study of
military tactics.
Then, on July 29, 1900, his father
was assassinated at Monza by the an-
archist Bresci. The sou stepped inta
the gap immediately. When the primfl
minister suggested that a proclama
lion should be addressed to the peo-
ple and gave a copy to the king, Victoi
Kinmanuel told the minister that ha
had already written the proclamation
himself.
When the body of King Humbert
was brought to Home It was found ln>
possible to dissuade Victor Emmanuel
from passing through the whole city
on foot and following the beloved
corpse even to the tomb In the Pan-
theon.
This illustrated another trait of the
king's character, a desire to escape the
guards who surround and protect him.
"To get away all 1 have to do is to
borrow a motor car," he once said.
"The queen and myself had a splendid
day out In the country by ourselves
the other day. I noticed that Ira Nel-
son Morris, the United States commis-
sioner of the Panama-Pacific expoBi
tion, owned a very good Flat car. 1
asked him to lend it to me for a day.
and the queen and I went out to Cas-
tel Porziano and had lunch there. No-
body recognized us, not even the po-
lice, who had a holiday."
The king and queen lead a very sim-
ple and informal life for the most part.
There is scarcely more ceremony than
in the White House. The king does
not spend much on his table. The
Italians often complain that his wines
are an injustice to the country. What
he saves on his cellar the king prob-
ably spends on charity, for he is the
leader in every good cause.
As an Illustration of his actions in
an emergency an Incident of the Cala-
brian earthquake of 1905 may be cited.
When the news of this disaster ar-
rived, the king was holding a grand
ball in his castle at Racconlgi. With-
out an instant's hesitation he flung a
cloak over his uniform, hurried off to
the scene of action and tirelessly
helped In rescuing his hapless sub-
jects. So freely did he expose himself
that someone ventured to remonstrate
with him.
"Why run these unnecessary risks?"
urged the courtier.
"It Is my trade," answered the king:
grimly.
TREE DAY AT WELLESLEY NEW GLOVES FOR BRAVE COP
Miss Ruth Banning, queen of the
tree-day celebration at Wellesley col-
lege.
CARRIED WILL IN HIS SHOE
"Fare-Beater," Injured by a Train,
Completes Unsigned Document
Before Operation.
Wichita, Kan.—When a northbound
passenger train on the Orient railway
pulled out of Oakford, Okla., a few
nights ago, a stranger swung on to the
baggage car. At Fairview the strang-
er, who gave his name as Wolkirk, at-
tempted to leap from the car and fell
under. His left leg was cut in two
just below the knee.
Before placing him in a conveyance
a physician clipped a shred that was
holding the left leg together. Before
being operated upon the stranger re-
quested that his remaining Bhoe be
I taken off.
In it was a will disposing of farm
property in the Btate of Washington.
Wolkirk had not Bigned the will, which
was bo worded as to make his three
children his heirs. He Binned It and
I the operation proceeded.
Fruit Peddler Shows His Gratitude to
Milwaukee Officer for Saving
His Property.
Milwaukee.—A pair of white gloves.
This Is the reward Traffic Patrolman
Rohde received for risking his life
in stopping a runaway a few days
ago.
"I am satisfied," said the patrolman
as he looked at his gloveti and
smiled.
William Horowitz, a fruit peddler,
was getting on his wagon at Sev-
enth and Vilet streets when the horse
shied and ran toward Chestnut street.
Patrolman Rohde noticed the horBe
on the left side of the street, and as
he sped past Chestnut street grabbed
on# of the lines. The horse dragged
the patrolman. Rohde clung to the
lines and soon stopped the horse.
When Horowitz came to the scene
a few minutes later the patrolman's
gloves were torn and soiled and he
was bruised about the face.
BONES ARE NAILED TOGETHER
Silver Plated Spikes on a Fractured
Hip Makes Limb as Good as
Ever Before.
Fo.nd du Lac, Wis.—George MulhoT-
lan. South Byron, who was taken to
the hospital six weeks ago suffering
from a fractured hip, will leave that
institution with his limb in as good
condition as it was before.
In the reduction of the fracture the
surgeons performed a rare operation
the first of its kind In Fond du Lac
county. Two tenpenny spikes, silver
plated, were nailed through the hip
bone to bring the broken parts to-
gether. The bones have now knit and
Mr. Mulhollan is able to walk about
as well as ever before.
A "Bully True" Yarn.
East Palestine, 0.—Joseph Knight,
who lives on the Burt farm, south ot
here, says that in all good faith he
gave one hen on the farpj fifteeu eggs
to hatch. She accepted the trust and
Tuesday, when the fifteen eggs burst
open there were eleven chicks and—
Mr. Knight 1b a truthful man—four
kittens.
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