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Show INDIAN PRINCE IS UNDER ARREST New York, July 11. The Gnekwar of Baroda. absolute ruler of 2,000,000 Indian subjects, has learned for the first time In, his life what it is to be' under arrest , But there, will be no international . complications, both because the maharajah does not bear a grudge and because lu was released re-leased five minutes after his arrest. With the maharajee, tho heir apparent ap-parent and the young Princess Indira UaJ, the potentate, was on his way to call on Herman C. Bumpus. of the American Museum of Natural History His-tory In his homo In New Rochelle. ' AVhether the hired automobile in which the royal party was making the run was traveling at an illegal speed became a matter of dispute as soon as the car entered New Rochelle. Ro-chelle. The chauffeur said vehemently vehem-ently that he was "creeping along." The New Rochelle policeman nald thr. tar was going twenty-five miles an hour, as he arrested the East Indian potentates. A neighbor carried word to Prof. Bumpus. who arrived on the scene while the police were still arguing as lo the advisability of taking the whole, party to the police station. Tho chauffeur, with the aid or aj leng account of the maharoja's do- I lugs, had not more than half con- j Wnced an Incredulous blue coat that' a man who "talks English as well ' us I do." could be an Indian prince, I when Prof, Bumpus arrived The professor soon succeeded in straightening straight-ening out matters and the maharaja was released. By special iavor, the royal prerogatives were stretched Tav fnough lo coer the chauffeur, who was allowed to go. |