| Show I CITY OF PARIS IS HARD UP fOR MONEY I BY Br RAOUL DE SAINT RENE Republican Special Cable I Paris Nov No 14 The H.-The The city of Paris Palls Is as hard up for Cor mone money as have ha been bee I tho American campaign committees It mu must t raise and the member mem mem- ber bes of ot the municipal council think It Is 19 up to the of or the tho city who have had an on especially good season this year ear to provide the tho mone money That Is to f say ray the they have o proposed that a n special tax Lax should be levied tl I In cases where the rent of ot rooms Is Ismore more rore than 1 50 a month i The are arc up ui In arms against this proposal which b by thu tho I wn ay Is not new for in 1000 lOO there was wasa wasn a n. project of taxing hotel guests anti and n tenants They have held ci t meeting and have havo Inform Informed d tho the cSt city fathers that they will not bo he reelected re elect ed if It a n tax which Is prejudicial to the Interests of ot servants guests and oven even to tho the dignity oC of Paris IB is Imposed The complaint of or the Is that their burdens burdens bur bur- dens are aro already hea heavy enough h They The point out that the tho price of ot provisions and coal conI has been and Is steadily goIng goIng go- go going Ing up Besides tho the proposed tax would cause more michler It If a a. guest remained three days lar In Ina Ina Ina a hotel and was VOH asked to pa pay a tax of ot ofa ofa ota a franc the declared he I f would bo be furious and would forget fors-et I j I to tip the waiter who in turn would I also be bo furious The manager of ot the Hotel Champs EI ees interviewed on tho the subject r regards ards the project as childish h He lie says sas even en tho the wealthiest American nowadays 8 pays no more than ho lie can help heh He I would refuse any supplementary charges and would declare it was none of or his bU business If It Paris Parl is 18 in need heed of or mone money Workmen Haio Xo No C Country The rhe French General Federation of Labor has Just pa pasted passed etl a n resolution de de- de- de daring claring that t workmen possess posse no n country and antl do not understand tic meaning of tho the world patriotism The resolution sets forth that it Is the duty of oC young oung men while performing military service ser not to use their arn arma against their brothers brothe's the workers In a n conflict between capital and labor Workers have o not an any country countr 15 Is the formula of or the International and anti therefore all nil war Is simply au an all attack upon tho Iho working working- class 1 From 1001 the International point of view tru th workers should reply to a n. declaration of or war b by a general revolutionary re strike Many of ot the trade unions are opposed to the tho resolution and It may re result in a n lar largo large o number of them leaving tho the l Federation of ot Labor A hospital at Albigny near Lyons has ha been the scene ne of ot a terrible crime which had Jealousy for its motive c A few weeks ago a man named Luc- Luc Luccioni cioni who Is 19 blind and almost deaf was admitted to th hospital l. l Ho HoI I was wan separated from IrOm hl his wife who I however contin ed O o him Theman Theman The man ed believed tJ J ne haul had a rival rl and anda a p e enge began to talc take taka shape hIs brain Last Lant night th the the wife JrP appeared at tho hospital an anti and t L Lp fk her husband out for a walk The valk lasted lusted halt half an hour and thi th th- i couple returned d to the hospital The Th porter r of the institution was about to I I admit the patient when tho the latter attacked his with t a knife Sho She Shoran q jinn ran ran Into the yard all arid and sank on a a. bench where she died a a. few minutes later without uttering a wordA word A few days ago the des los de tie France bog began at Dunkirk Dun- Dun I kirk klik the constructIon of or fifty Wright aeroplanes which are nio to be bo sold gold at I I I 5 each and will wilt ho bo fitted with j I motors b by M tf r. r Leon Teon DoUce The Count dc do Lambert and the tho Viscount de la lit Bros Brosso o will vill receive lecel the first two aeroplanes aeroplanes aero aero- planes built buill It Is 18 expected that after reading lending the report of oC the rs who watched the trials the minister of oC I 1 marine marino will order 50 O O aeroplanes for lor coast guard service M. M Jo Joseph RoiI fbi Rol- nacho macli member of tho the I aimy ni-my commission of or the chamber of or deputies s. s who Is It I enthusiastic In Iii his praise f said There Theia I Is no time to waste no reason to wait walt The rue Wright aeroplane Is la su sufficiently practical to be u used ecI by ly tho army It will make Inne H. H wonderful In scouting I i Vr Prom ui to COMIC I h- h V from frum tragedy cd to to- to COl Jy g C ai little ilia play with t a humorous noto floto in It was vas performed on Doul Boulevard dou r I the other afternoon The players were verc a n nel el very beautiful actress from the opera open and a clerk Tho The actress was as going to a rehearsal l The elegance of ot her attire not forgetting her huge hat attracted tho the attention of or everyone A clerk crossed the Street and antI instead of oC admiring the artiste silently and at a n distance he ho accosted her and began to criticize her clothes This Thle was Intended as a n joke but the actress took It Otherwise seized tho the would would-be Joker by the collar and i shook him like a terrier would a rat until his clothes were weaVe torn A J crowd I gathered a It policeman at last came and antl the two were taken before a police po po- po- po lice commissary The cleric imme I admitted he lie was in the tho wrong and apologized to tho the actress It it would have b been en within his right to make a 3 complaint against her Not only did tild he refuse to do this but ho also declined the mone the money actress actress' offered him in return for his damaged clothing No Xo mademoiselle h he d declared I 1 will accept no mone money but If It you oU will kindly get Jet me mc two seats for the opera ra you ma may consider the matter settled I IThe The actress willingly I accepted Luckily for tor her complimentary tick tick- ets et have ha not yet el been abolished |
