GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15252, 15 March 1913, Page 5 (Supplement)

GENERAL NEWS.

'.r—: — »»'■ ——r— EXPELLED FOR KISSING. " Great indignation has been caused by the actios . of the authorities of Munich censoring dancing at the carnival balls. -Four policemen .who were stationed: in the dancing pavilion during the most important ball of the series frequently interfered with couples on. the -./floor/, and. arrestedseveral cf them for alleged, improper dancing., Other guests were, ejected from 2,he half 1 because they kissed' -each other iiri public. >■"" -■' , .■■■'' ;\ BETRAYED" BY TEETHMARKS. A Parisian burglar has been "arrested and proved guilty, because of his fondness for butter. He broke into a house in the Rue Danton, and before leaving- it with a stolen- bicycle and other property, ate some food. He had bitten into a large pat of butter, on which his finger-prints and the .prints of eighteen teeth—oneoorf r which is broken—were so clearly marked that when the man was arrested a de- 1 tective made him "bite into another pat of butter and proved his guilt. ,— SOAP, GOLD, AND;, PROMOTION. Private Tenin was given a piece of soap from the stores ,of the 56th Infantry at Chalons-sur Saone recently, -when he went-to. the length of using the soap he found two 20-franc (16s) gold pieces in it. The coins had been hidden there by a man who. had been accused of stealing and had got rid of the evidence in; a' spot, where he thought it unlikely to be found. Tehin r was promoted oft the spot to be a private of the first class for cleanliness arid honesty. DEATH COMPACT. .'. A death compact has been carried out .under terrible circumstances in Paris. A woman named Carriers . had for five years suffered terrible pain as the . result of a spinal complaint, and to end her sufferings she came to ah. arrangement with her husband, a labourer.. that he should .kill her, and then commit suicide. • They senttheir 17-year-old son to sleep with a relative, and during the night the husband strangled his wife in bed, and then hanged himself in an adjoining room. The tragedy was discovered by the son on his return home, • •:. '- ' MISS' TAFT'S BRAVERY. J;"." President Taft's only ' daughter, Miss Helen ,Jaft, was the heroine of, thrilling adventiiijß in Washington. Miss Taft and Miss Bowers (a gueßt at White House) were out riding together, and the latter's mount "shied after being pulled up" sharply to avoid a waggon; and bolted. Miss Taft galloped after her companion and made several plucky attempts to stop the" frightened animal, and was warmly cheered by onlookers. The runaway horse unseated his rider, and dashed. into a tramcar. MADE SURE 'OF £500 REWARD. How the Canadian police made sure of a £500 reward offered by the. German authorities for the capture, of a thief is described in a telegram from Berlin.. , The offender, a bank messenger, named Bruhning,. who fled to Canada with a, large, sum in banknotes belonging to . the bank.and. was arrested ■; there, has , been brought back to Germany for trial. When arrested he had £3000 on him. The .Canadian police deducted the £500 from the money before remitting it: to Germany, on the ground that they had unsatisfactory ex-, periences with Germany in similar cases. . DOUBLE MURDER BY A BOY. The Marseilles police shot' and killed a desperate criminal. He was sixteen years old. Five boys, the oldest of whom was seventeen, were on their way home from, a dance at midnight;;-when two of them quarrelled. Jacques Barale, the younger of the two, drew a revolver and shot his companion dead. The tragedy happened just, outside the house where Barale lived; and before the police arrived he rushed upstairs and shut himself vin '« his -bed* > room. Over the door of his room Was a fanlight. One of the policemen climbed a ■ pair of stops ■ to see(""what he - could of * the room; ana fell back dead with a bullet through his brain. Another '-policeman - then climbed up,-and through' the fanlight «hot Barale dead. ■/■ ■■'■/. .'■/.;-'■/". ■./■./ /-'/:/,v/a ; i. : s-:-;.--/ | .v'/: ; v 1^^::;^^: - 1!^-.. , , t , ' ' •■ w, ' -■■■—-- - '—