Exeter Advocate, 1912-9-26, Page 6SPREAD OF OTATO CANKER
mportatiou of Potatoes From Europe Is Prohibited
by Order-in.Council—Hard to Eradicate.
.clespatch from Ottawa says;
rder-fa,Couneil has been pass-,
nending those sections of the
etive Ipsect and Pest Act,
s with the potato can-
er., )xy the substitution of a elause
prohibiting tixt. importation of all
potatoes fr..nn ',Europe in addition
to Newfoundland. and other points
mentioned.
Potato cankci is virulent fun-
ga.s''sease whish has done fre
exkos destruction. in Europe
ing some years past. Until last
year importation of potatoes from
Great Butani and Ireland ano
ether European points had net been
heavy either to this mmtry Or the
United States, but the failure of the
crop last year and the high prices
led to heavy importation.
As the potato canker Is a disease
which not only absolutely destroys
the tubers, but is very hard to era-
,
dkate, and will remain iu the soil
, for seven or eight years, the most
1 strenuous precautions are justiaed,
In OreBrItain a. great deal of
very costly work is being under-
takeu in regard to this iPest, The
United States have recently taken
actiou by passing an Act prohibit
-
g the importation „a potatoes
r rn Great Britain and ireland and
everal countries in continental
Europa and Australia.
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AF
A At. TF -C ALITlES
PLAiNED.
an '6
Purcha
hou,ght th
Bean $eot
Very Peer
Term Cold
en Real
Ouess-"An
Senna f
h eVerSO,
The le eentrib
are for o purpose
feetive inve 1111d, if
mg them tram, 105111R
laciag at to "Wild -cat"
y °Investor"
guiding praa-
easihle, of. salt.
through
, Tim
rtial and c the
Matiort may be relle
V*, 111.01). ATUGIO4 And , 1109„or
paler hare no intereata to serttl,
1 With Metter ether thee.
; odor.
NNS I A RA RAPE!
PPENINGS FROM
THE G:1,0117& IN
OVE
61 eR 1111Dirl? and the Worl
°nem) Before
Eves.
CANADA.
is Richard Cartwrtght success -
y underwent an operation,
.R. telegraphers have reeeiv-
e„ea, we inemaso,
f D. N, A. will build a
000 bomb office in London,
t to have Pew fabrics fao-
to manufacture allow
Natural gas was discovered by a
well -digger at Dours, near Peter-
,
-electric 'cars may be used on.
dial line from Tow:alto to
Partridge, a Turkish a
War Vet-erall died
,
Siften, father of Pre'
and Ron. Clifford SU -
1 a
a
0 1 3
nt nay 4 I t
s
e gr o 0 a 5 bl
0
Unoe
Miley W
donor,
Rebellion
or the eon(
the. Conitede
Man Paid
a pair of boo
Wright (or 85 in
tile Who loaned g
Coos tud. uot like eel * b pe
they frould he repaid ot the ratiturity
their loon lit diseounted Doper curren
or in silver reins worth 40 eeldit on 'at
dollar, as Zfealrati tneney4is worth today
So they made provision that they wer
to he repaid in geld and thus there cam
Soto existence the "gold bond.' In Can
oda at present it is merely a name with
out signifleance; but some day, perhall
atter a prolonged war --Canadian nape
ey may not be worth 100 cents on th
ol and then the term "gold". on 'VI
foe a bond will be a souree,hf,. deep
" to the owner; for gold is al -
IV ts face value -920 an ounce
atandard or value and It
11 ea Matteotti in value so far
as i cash price is toucerued.
"What doca 'hod interest' mean?" woe
the next queraion. The bonds to which
the inveator referred were quoted at 100
• nand interest'' Peeuliarly et:tough, ida Wen
was directly oppoalte the truth. Ile
thotight that It rugant that when he
bought, bonds now whose interest hid been
Paid on July first he got the interest
front that date op to the present as a
sort of bonus.
Suptiose the intereat was -paid in July.
JOhn Smith owned 810,000 of the. bonds
then. He had $10,00 invested :old hia in-
terest was six per cent Obviously . if be
sold the bonds on January iirtz he wouid
liave received the full six months, inter-
est for he would have just cot off the
January eminent... I3ut 60115 them in
October first let us say. He has had his
810.638 invested for 3 months, Ond $0, of
course, should get his interest for that
leugth of time. He eitit't ent off the cou-
pons for they repnesent the whole six
months interest, So the purchaaer pays
int Ids 910.000, anti els° the interest for
three months at six per cent, or 5150.
, On January first the purchaser gets his
- interest from the coupons -930h, which -
less the 9150 he paid John Smith, lears
htixt 9150 net, or FIX per eent. on his $10,-
00q for the three months from October
first to .Trinuary first. So his is not out
of pocket. That ig Nvhat, it means to sell
bends at 100 "and interest," Elnerritintes
one sees that bonds' have sold at 160 "fiat..."
111 this case the bonds are sold at 100
and the interest for the three months -
or for whatever time it has accumulated
is thrown in; but in that case the mar
-
het price 'usually adjusts the interest.
Thus, six nr,r rent bonds, which sold at
100 on the last interest, date usually sell
at 103 on this day' before the next one, and
baOlt at 100 on the day after,
do
t the
en oppgaa
(Win. g z limit, but fa.
aborter fishing $eason.'
Three hotelkeepers Windso
ded gt3ilty to ;selling -litpior
lours and were fined,
isthlni Meinnis, aged 85, walk -
the wharf at plefou, N.S. Be
cued, hat, died of shock.
go Of 1,$00,000 gallons of
n a.s brought to Montreal ,
gar oro in tank stem
per. tt
PRICES OF FARM PlifitliCISP
EPOBTS FROM THE LEAulfitt TROOR
cat4TRES Or AMERICA,
Eflc Or Cattle, Crain, Ce *O and on
Profitine at Home atid Abroed.
BREADSTUPVS.
Toronto, Sept, 24.-Plour---Whoter wheat.
98 per cent. patents, quoted at $3.60 to
9'3.85 at seaboard, Manitoba flours (these
(iaotations are for jute bags, in cottou
Oags .100 more)-Pirsz pateets, 95.70: see-
ond patents, 93.110. and stroug bakers,
85. on track, Toronto.
Manitoba Wheat -The market is Orin,
liMited OiterlOga, Noi 1 old, North -
era quoted at 81.13, and new at $1,09, Bay
POrts, Feed wheat, 65 to .66c, Bay ports,.
„ °Atari° Wheat -No, Z White, red and
mixed quoted at 97 to 93e, outside; new
^
o, oulside.
Oats -Offerings continue light, and
nlar-k.et tirm, New No. 2 oats quoted
45 10 440 Jler0, alld old at 47 to 48e.
ronto No, 2 W. C. oa.ts are flrui at 411
BaY Ports.
BI)rtte3N-crorint5a--leight lb. barley quoted
63 to 65m outside,
Corn -No. 2 American at 821-3 to 83e,
track,Toronto, and at 79e, Bay ports.
ilye-No. 2 quoted at 65 to 70e, outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal,
Bran -Manitoba, bran, 822 to $2$, iu
bags, Toronto freight. Shorts. $26,
COUNTRY' PRODUCE.
Olutter-Dajry rolls, choice, 25 to 26c;
akers', inferior, 21 to 220; choice dairle,
ubs, 23 to 24e; creamery,. 22 to 29e for
rolls d 96 to
Eggs -ea -44 lots of new -laid, 26 to'
r deamit fresh, 24e,O
Obeese-New cheese. 14 1-2 to 14 3,4e for
lorge, and 1434 to 15e for taviue.
Beaua-Hand-picked quoted at 93 per
bushel; Primes, .92.90.
Honey-Extoacted; in tins, Quoted at
311-3 to 121,2c Per Ib, for o. 1. wholesale
combs, $225 to $3 wholesal"
eltry-Wholes ale prices of eheiee
drosoed pooltryichens, 14 o lac per
U .; hens, 13 to 14c; docklings, 14 to 13e.
Live poultry, aboot 20 lower thz th
Potatees-Receinte are fair, and price
uchanged at 25e per bag, ea track.
--
PROVISIONS.
acot-Lon g clear, 141.2 to 14 3-4e per lb.,
191 C5 se lots, Pork-filiort out. 44.50 10
do,, mess, ip21,,50. liams.---Methant to
light, 17 to 17 1.2e: heavy. 351.2 to 16c;
roils,. 14 'to 141283 brealifaat baeou. 131'2e
haois,-20 to 21c.
Liard-The merket j firmer, with dei, -
mood moderate, Tierees. 141-2e; tubs,
14 4-4o; pails, 14c.
BALED HAY AND STRAW,
Baled Hay -No. 1 new bay, 912,50 o813,.
(;:loovocrii, Ilatrmac?kd,. T9EioticiontA: No, 2, 910 o 9913
Ilolell6t9'a,w-Quote4 at 811 ta 911 59, on
trot*, Toronto.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
ntreal, Sept, 24.--Oe9- American No.
jUw,83 Collodion AS est-
rn, No, 2, 52 to '52 1.2e; do.,Canadiaa
Weatern No. 3. 581.2 to 61c: de,. extra No.
1 f 51 7 r y feeil,
CO to 61e; do., malting. 70 to WV; blink.
wheat. No. 2, 74 to 75, Flour -Mau.
Spring wheat patents. Grata,' $5.039 tio,,
fietondE. 85,39; do., strong halters% 95.10;
do.. Whiter petenta, elmice„ 95.25; do„
straight rollers. 84.85 to 94.91: do., straight
rollers. bags. 9125 to 92.30. Boiled oats --
Barrel% 94,U; do., bags. 90 lbs., 82,271-2,
Bran, 923,00; shorts, middlings,
822,00 to 529.00; mouillie. 9.30.00 to 855.00
or -No 3, per ton car lots,. 131-2 to 14Q
Chee0.--Pineat Westerns. 131-2 to 13.3-40
Cheese-Ploest 'Westerns, 331-2 to 13. 3-46
do o finest Eat:terns., 131-8 to 15 1-4e, Bu
ter--Ohoieest ereamery, 272-8 to 271-61
0,, Seconds, 261-4 to 363-3, BORS---Seleet-
ed. 28 to 5(iii; do., NO, 2 stock, 21 to 22e
ITNITED ST—OTPS MARKETS,
Minneapolis, Sept. 24. --Close Wheat- t
Sento:ober, 87 1-20; December, 89 3-3a: Maar if
No, 1 hard. 003 -le: No. 1, North- 1
;tiati8410-4, to090149:_Ne. 2 Northern, 851.4
N 3 yellow corn, 701.3;_ 1,0 710.
o. 3 white oats, 30 to 310, N. 2 VIM, 69
61 1-2c. Bran, $20. Plour--Pirst pateats.
.35 to $4.65 ; second Paten ts, 84.20 to $4,-
5; first eleara,_ _85.20 to 93.501 Second
er.:311.:Tiith$2,,WSetpbt..‘"EM24..-IVItettt-New No. 1
rd, 80 3 -Bo No. 1. Northern. 89 3.8e: No.
Northern, 87 3-11e; September, 887-8e; De-
mber. 89 to 891.8e; :day, 94e bid.
LIVE STOOK lIA.IIKETS.
31m:treat, Sept. 24. -The top price rea-
ed for choice steers was 56.501 while
Mum aold at 95 and 86 and inferior
common at 93,50 to 84.50 per 100 pounds,
here were no choice butchers" coveS
e market, but the best brought 95 and
e lower grades from that dowa to 93. -
_Der 100 pounds. The quality rPf the
11a offered was inferior and only fit
canniug purposes, for whieli the de -
lid 'WU fair at 92.75 to $3 per 100
0 KILLED AND WOUNDED
Sanguinary Battle Near Town in Tripoli on the
Mediteranean Coast—Italian ,Losses Light.
A despatch frem Rome says
The most sanguinary engagements
of 'the war in Tripoli were fought
pear Derna, town on the 'Medi-
terranean coast., 40 miles north-east
of Benga-zi, The It.a-lns lost 61,
men killed and 113 wounded, The
Turks and Arabs left more than 800
the dead on the fields Forty-one pris-
at . , '
To- Oilers, 3.ncluding an ,Arab chief, fell
into the hands of 3190 -Italians.
The battle opened a3 daybreak,
at when a fioree Tifek and Arabs
surPr oci and aitta.cked the Italian
lines. Tho fight raged for four
hours, but the superior Italian Ar-
tillery, snpplentented by brilliant
bayonet chltrges, Rnally routed the
Mussulmans, who tied in disorder.
General Reisoli, commander of
'the Italian arrair in Tripoli in his
report to tile War Office estimates
that the Turks and Arabs must
have lost 1,000 men killed, includ-
ing those who Were carried off, and
that more than 1,000 others were
'Wounded,
ToRotiTo conEspeNDEicE lpareeltsldfecinrcypromotion and 'eleyateil to the
L $peets Mr. Baton would make a most ac-
Mr- 3.'0. Baton, In manY re-
ceptable president. He is a cordial sum.
Toronto's Steady —Crowth-lion. James ,Pouthht8:1Febautteexneieztlettniva'nsy PtititlitiegsW, °nIllotc10'111111?
oorter 'of the Exhibition, and tf he were
untr_onanIng and as .vilso_Exnibition rpagoa of the resources he has at his
Attermath-criticisrn -of counnu. city for organization,
yet there ia aprent Iet u
Toronto's remarbable growth. B1111
Permits issued last, mouth' wore 92.0?
921020 than
Ai.11.°44. ttithaet e°tItTeoree-Trnedniuogt, mpe°
aper permits is indicated by the rep
rem all the buildiug trades, EverY-
Partment reverts tamord busioeta,
e tete' of lifuldoe- .peraioa 154%)
lien
clisPoSal, but by his remarkable calla-
liduLa mixt: viraelfriparnemlsrriad,104,01.14sootipthettaoffiaerlra,tre:ihzronuoeoa
1,040003 bexapredetwos&metheiyminheadvieateputrewmrd f r tb
rely tn. connection with the election ot the
orts Board there is generElly a good deal of
_de* intrigue and wire pulling> yettr or two
tfor a ember 01 the Tioard gave offense in
by Ally unt/tjualty larg(7 individual .etrue-
90100 quarters, Re had also ambitions.
but when the next election came around
110 was quietly knifed. The /luster- is
who knifed him? II/1(1er the cireumstances
tbe exhibition has been fortunate in its
selection of ()Ulcers from year to year
and that it continues to be serwel by
public.spirited citizens.
A'ITACKINO CITY COUNCIL.
CritiCism of t110 methods and pd'igonnel
of the City Council haS been glowing m
volume throughout the Year. One pf the
Italia dailies has started a campaign of
systematic attaolt, Day after day its
columns contain violent charges of Mom,
netence or worse, while its billboards all
over t e city blazon the same inessug,e
turos. ,he untoa Station and Yonge
Street Bfidge are still in the phautona
9 tlee. e 011111411111 feature of the build-
ing activity is the great number of ex-
tensione and alterations as disthigaie4ed
from new buildings that are under way.
Esteblialied busioesses , are mataug
money their trade ie expanding and they
are Prenaying to tnke earc of tho growth,
< . Y. too, this term all records for
Publio school attendance have be bro.
hen and many ,Youngsters have not yet
re-fur:led to their classes. Eurly in tile
mooth the now reeord ot 45,656 pepils at
sellool on one clay, bad beet: reaolaed,
anti it is expected that the figure will go
over 50,000 ahortly.
These signs of the timea till business
men settling --down for atother year's
operatieps after the holiday season with
Satisfaction. One hears oecasienally ex-
pressed some nervonstleas About the real
estate situatioo, but so far criticism has
been direeted ehieily to the ilotatMn of
sululivisioue far outside the oity, The
flaited prices. to whieb this class of Teal
1410 ts raised by bocoo times 18 indieat-
0(1 by the f t 1 ,ecen re-
eereled eales have been at pricea Which
Were no higher than thoee recorded in
the boom of 25 years agO.
UNixr."' DUPP AS A LION.
be o or fall faira in full
is the turn of Jon. Jas. Duff.
or .Agriculture in the queen's
abinet. to step into the thuentitt.
say that be did not get his share
attention at the Toronto Exhibition
this year, but there are other fairs IE
Places Where Votes count for more than
1ey do in Toronto where he has been
" the lion. of the,occasion.
; Not thq Dials much of it
; lion. Ordinarily be is as mild-mannered
t* 45 000 of the lanabs that sport5 on his
rich and Pronerous farm up in Simeoe
County. Ile is not ferocioua sta.tore,
for he is several inches under the aver-
age height. But he must have a streak
f iron nt his soul for hia full name i
be Honorable James Stuart Duff, and hi8s.
armits came from the north of Ireland,
t gaea almost without saying that he is
an Orangeman. '11110Y Say there IS an
Orange lodge on the coriler of his farm,
91,22(1 that thenks to the activities of thez'
Duff family it is ono of the most aggres-
alve.la the province, pn -the stump and
10 the Legislature "Jimmie" Duff is a,
ready speaker. The fOell rounded phrases
that are the stook in tootle of the stump-
ing politiolan flow easily from his lips
ILO has it
"straight-fronethe-shoulder4
manner that eau be depended upon to
brier ebeers from "the boys" on hi -'side
of the House. 4n91 he has it aunty in -
nee nt sits Strolling dow
from the Parliament buildings these co
evenings, with his hands deep down 111 11
a set ing Otago O los ears
and a, half -smoked eigar hie teeth, he
Makes a figure that the Stranger looks
at twice, though he might, not guess he
was Minister of Agriculture.
"Sirande" Duff's critics say lie lacks ag-
greasivenesa bi the management of his
department. But at all events he is him.
self a successful farmer. Politics are not
his first have, though he has been in the
House for fourteen years. But if you
were to ask him, I think he would 8117
he likes the game. IIis a- genial soul,
O whom hand shaking and the other
arts of electioneering come as second. na-
ture a,nd of the qualifications; of Cabinet
-timber vote -getting, is not the least.
MORE HORSE- RAGING.
'The "merry-go-round" is still with us,
"merry-go-round" being the graphuc. de-
scription a.pplied O the Canadian horse
racing cironit, under whose system On.
tario enjoys or endures, according to the
sympathies of the observing, a period of
continnous racing, lasting from May un-
til October. Toronto gets about a month
of this sport and supports it handsoine,
ly. The fall meeting at the Woodbine is
less crowded. and less gay than the
spring ' function, . but. it is in -its' way
quite as iinpressiv,e. It provides the same
cross section of society, ranging from the
black leg to the society leader. It pro-
vides the ladies who go in for that sort
of thing the Aret opportunity to display
their new antumn gowns and
Bonny is s11.‘" who has a fresh outfit for
each dav of ;the' function.
61 71600
e re
ment
Henry Legace, ledgerkeeper )3.2
the Bank of Hochelaga at Montreal, t0.0
was arrested on 019
a charge of embez- tc'io
ling 35,000., 111
Geo, M. Fairchild, jun. a Quebec 13,;
author, Was found dead in his bu
grounds at Valca,rtecr, having been
aCcigentally tbot while out bunting. pe -
sal
GREAT 13RITAIN.
The Social Democratic Congress we
itt Gerfnany detiOlineeS cOmpetrtiou at
in armaments .
An Anglo -Russian conference is 50
to take place at Balmoral on the gr.,
situation in Persia and Tibet. hei
cord, a St. Catharines To
s fatally rcrushecl NVI1011 $1
OM his lorry under the 6.
nit Inspector Carey ad- 11„a
'iogarao frultgrowers to use
rutor cars in making ship -
FIRST 310TOB LINES.
Christian X. Reaches New York
• ' From New Orleans.
A despatch from New York says :
The fleet of craft in New York har-
bor looked with wondering eyes
upon a strange new vessel which
glided swi'thly and noiselessly, wiht-
out smokestack or sails, through the
shipping to her dock. She was t,he
Christian X. of the Hamburg -Am-
erican Line, 7,300 tons burden; the
first motor ship which has visited
the port, and she came in from
New -Orleans to get fuel oil to TIM
her to Hamburg. Her captain said
that she consumed ten tons of oil a
day. He calls her the first ocean
automobile.
CUTTING CAPERS-„,,
Mr Nitwed--`'Mary, for dinner
think we'll.lhave boiled', mutton
with caper sauce. - Are there .any.
capers in the .house?"
ma'am.",
)
Then g(;. oit in
d eut ,
nods.
e demand for calveFi
liwas good, with
ea of tuillored stook from $3 to 910 and
55-1ed at from 92.50 to $3 each. Hogs
re stronger and prices advanced 10c
per
100 pounds, with sales of selected lots
58.65 O 88:90 per 100 pounds, weighed
cars. '
°onto, Sept M. -Choice butchers, 96. -
to $6.75; good butchers, 56 to $6.25;
dium, $5.40 to $5.75; common, 84.90 to
5; inferior light weight steers and
fers, $3.75 to $4.50; cows, $3.50 to $5. -
bulls, $3 to $5.50; canners. 92 to 95.
ers,-•$5.311 to 95.75; buns at 95.50 O 94. -
stockers $330 to $5 Milkers and Spring-
-The market for milkers and spring -
was unchanged at 950 to 980 each.
1 Calves -94 O 9850, and 99 for game -
thing '
very choice. - Sheep -Ewes, light, 94
to 54.50; heavy etves and rams, 93 to $3.-
50; lambs, 96 O 56.40, and 55.50 for culla.
Hogs -The hog 'market was again stron-
ger, the bulk selling at 99.10 fed and wat-
ered.
25;
GENERAL, Ste
25;
ers
ers
Nrea
The powers disapproved of any
outside loan for China.
• o..
DOCK HALIWA.T OYER.
All Welt Duke of Connaught Re-
ports by 'Wireless.
A despatch, from Montreal says:
New of the Dula of Connaught, as
the new dry clock for Montreal is
called, came to hand Friday when a
wireless message was re,cei-s-ecl from
one of the Dutch tugs towing the
clock b,y the Canadian Vickers, Ltd.
The position given shows that the
dock is about half -way on her long
journey by an extreme southerly
route from. Barrow-in-Furness to
Montreal. It has taken 19_,days 1-0
negotiate half the distance, so, sup-
posing that a uniform rate of speed
is maintained., the Duke of Con-
naught ma,y arrive at her berth in
Maisonneuve about October 6.
"D OWN 1VITII RUSSIA."
°reign Minister Roughly -Accosted
, on Arrival in Lainlon..
A despatch from London says
M. Sazonoff, the Russian -Minister
of Foreign A'ffairs, who, it is -re-
ported, has been invited with -oth-
ers to meet the King at Balmoral
and talk over Persian affairs, ar-
rived in London on Friday. A
member of the Anglo -Persian com-
mittee, whose identity has not beeu
revealed, welcomed the Ivtinister by
displaying a banner with an anti -
Russian inscription and shouting
"Down with :Russia; clear out of
Persia„" The banner was- s•eized
and destroyed by the, peliee, 1)4 the
1"11;ali w, not, aested
KILLED ITER II-USDA:ND.
Wife of German Professor Con-
fesses to the Crime.
A despatch from Berlin says:
Mrs. Blume, the wife of Professor
Blume, who was a,rrestecl on suspi-
cion of having murdered her thus -
band while walking with him in a
forest near their home, has confess-
ed the crime. She states that she
killed -the profesor in a moment of
mental irresponsibility. A written
confession of her liason with an-
other milli was found in her hus-
band's pocket, and her purehase'of
a revolver has been proved, ,
The woman is but 22 years of age.‘
Her, husband Was a well-known
archaeologist, and was connected
with the Kaiser Friederich Mu-
seum.
/WILL REMODEL THE OLYMPIC
Titanie's Sister ShiP 10 be Fitted
vith Inner Skin.
A, despatch from London ' saysi
The Whit Star Line has eoancelled
future . of -the steamer
013,113 pie says -the c err esp•onclent of.
.the, Ohro•nicle,' at Southampton. • He
addi that, on the return' Of the
,01Yrepie from' New York early in
October the 22111 be, sent :to 13elfas3,
where ,slte •willbe' fitted ,Nyitli an
inner. ,Slart. and ''addi3iona1i.„-.4
11091012 I "
1.1.8 120Tlo, it •1s SIJ 1
,mths'
Other papers confine their criticiSMS to
particular sections of the council. ,
Consequently there is likely to be a
lively contest peat January, But the set:
prising thing is. how few are the changes
in the personnel of the Council from Year
to year, and it is doubtful this year
will be any notable exception, When a
man gets to be alderman he gets so muelt
free advertising by having his name con
stEntly whit that he builds up a. repo-
tation whieb, inalte his re-election al.
moat certain. Eveu eritieisna in a city as
big as Toronto, where the candidates eau
know persooally only 9* small fraction of
the electors. seems to help him. Uncoil-
seloualy be gets the reputation of beingWs ]
. n ess he makes som92115'e is.
take or is dishoueat. which rarelY IMP"
peep, he has a groat advantage over all
newoomers.
Neverthelesa, there seems to be a vague,
but widely 1z9(1, dea eld, ithat a commission
form of goverimient woold be an improve -
Ment on the preSent elective systexn. Judg-
ing by the vete last year on the ques•
'Lion of establisiiihg.a harbor commission,
a proposal to make the change would
oarry on a plehiSeite, But the oxistiog
counoil will not likely let it go to a pie-
biseite. Which, to 19221917 observers who
believe that the mire for the evils of de.
niocraeY is more democracy, is a, thing
to be thankful for.
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TURN 17OUR TIME INTO MONEY
There is a firm to Toronto wile give hun-
dreds of men And women an opportunity
O earn from $250,00 to 51,500.00 every year
with but, little effort. This firm 021992111)20.
tures reliable family remedies, beautiful
toilet preparations and many necessary
household goods, such as baking powder,
washing eompounds, stove, furniture anti
metal polishes, in all over one hundred
preparations that every- home uses 07027day. Just one person in each locality °en
seoure exclusive light O distribute •these
ol ig
r neh ors They
is pay 100 por cent. conimiseion .te their
agents. Write and seoure sole agency be-
fore it Is too late. Address „The Homo
Supply Ob., Dept. 20, -Merrill To.
ronto, Ont., for full particulars.
Soc0*1 reformers, who would abolish
racing and the gambling that is ra.mpant
in connection with it, seem for the pre-
sent to have run into a street with a
dead end. ,The game was probably never
as flourishing, as it is in this year of
grace 1912. And the serious-nairiclecl won.
der how long the country is going to put
up with it. An interesting incident was
furnished the other day when Mr. Abe
Orpen and one or two others pleaded
guilty in the police cdnit to taking beta'
contrary to tlm 'law ,and were fined.$1,00Q
each.- The announcement furnished a wild
gasi) of surprise. Ilot because anyone
doubted the exist,ence of illegal betting,
but because 'anyone, particularly Mr.
Orpen, had been "eaug,ht with the goods."
Betting -on the ponies is an everyday in.
cident to hundreds of Toronto -workmen
and others, who, can scarcely be described.
In a factory some one man takes the
bets. WlMre Le places them the others
may not know, possibly do not care. They.'
are happY if the .horse they backed wins,
which may not be often, The bets are paid
promptly. Of course all this is illegal,
hut it' is '1101. being stepped.
The serious defalcations Of two bank
clerks gave some prmnise, of lifting the
lid from a serial's canker,but nothing
came of it, .and tlie canker remains. The
youths werethe victims of 'crookedness,
and some Orie iimde a killing. Who, no one
professes tie, know. 'Whoever it, was: took
unneceSsary chances. Because there is no
game herder' to beat than horse -racing,
even, without, dishonesty; And there'sal,
ways a steady supply of young lambs
and old ones too, ready to, be fleeced.
DISSInTSIONS Itt EXIIIl3ITIDN,B041l.D.
. '
Ilbe
steries 'of 918S9e11st(34•441,,ilielioard
of Directors of ,the ExinbitiOn'"Associa..
tion continues.' It 'is .fortunate they did
not leak out, until after this year's, fair
WaS safely, past, but,the trouble May not
be smOothed aver time' :(or ri t 7dar:
The most interetIngrurno 18153
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feat that there 'Plan.'gfii 3 15
Plant the two„nre,sent 1sl 1. -TY
the ordinarYcon- e
J.. P. MORGAN; JUN., 10BI3ED.
Burglar Ransacked Rouse With 40
Servants.
A despatch from New York says:
Burglary of the mansion, of J. P.
Morgan, jun., with the ransacking
of every room while Mr. Morgan
an(' his forty servants slept through
it all ,is confessed, the police, say,
by John Bernaner, when -1..611u- ar-
rested late on Friday, IU his pos-
session were found seven watches,
medals, diamond pins and other
articles of jewellery belonging- to
the young fina.neier.
The burglary occurred last Janu-
ary, but the news of it was not
made public until some time after-
ward, when Mr. Morgan informed
the police that he would pay it re-
ward of 85,000 for the recovery of
the stolen articles, many of which.,
. .
were pricele,ss to him for their asso-
ciations.
A MARVELOUS ESCAPE.
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Felt Faux Hinulred and Fifty Feet,
Then trod Lunch.
A .despatch from Paris says:
II. De Astley, the English aviator,
with•Miss Mary Davis as a passen-
ger, went' 'from Bonn to. Liege,
whence they started for London in
a Monoplane,. , While trying to de-
scend R,ofichin camp, near
Lille,. -the. leyea: wotild not worlr, •
and the. ma -chine. came, down vie-
leai:tly 'distance of 450 feet. Ast-
ley and his woman pas.senger had a
marvelous SCap Q.
Peyl. Ware, found seated , in a
beet field by the:ruins of the moan-
pl. e, eating crackers and' jell y.
Gun Ble
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„e:op'0;toh ',:froni London says:
There •was'an .ci<Plosiort aboard the'
b attleShip,., King Ed:war 4, .• • in
.off the Fcqish ooasl1 in which One.
,The
man' .,.:WaS'•:•;_t led. and eyeral,.•,h;u-rt.,t, KitEcLwhrd VII,
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riAnwroN TRAGEDY.
Man Kills Ris Wife, Then Blows Off
His IlLead.
A despatch from Hamilton says:
William G. Wills, 118 Tisdale St-,
shot and killed his wife, and r,hort-
ly after turned the weapon on him-
self and blew part of his head off,
Wills WaS a man well liked by
his friends, but it is told of him'
that of late ho had been drinking
heavily, He was a color -sergeant
in the 13t19 Royal Regiment, and had
some retiiitation as a erack shot.
Thursday afternoon he and his
wife quarreled over a sum of money
that the eldest boy had earned. It
is stated that Wills wanted to get
the mr107, but bis wife refused to,
part with it. She then walked out
of the house by the back door and
klown an alley towards the, 40 -eat,
where she stopped at a, gate looking
into the road.
Wills, in the meantime, had se-
cured a gun leaded with buCkshot.
Re want out on the,..back verandah,
and, spying his wife leaning ever
the, gate, took careful "aim and
fired. Part of the shot took effect
.the wornan's. head, killing her
insthntlY, en seeing that he
had uecemplished his purpose; went
Upstairs . to his bodroore, where he
reloaded the gun, pointed it direct-
ly at his face, and pulkd the trig-
ger.
LA111P EXPLODED.
St. Thomas Woma n Seriously
Burned.
A despatch from St. Thomas
says: Mrs. Charles Eveland was
probably fatally burned on Friday
night when a lamp she attempted
to prevent from falling off an iron-
ing board exploded in her hands.
The oil set fire to her clothing and
Sbe ran into the street. A neighbor,
Thomas Nichol, extinguished the
flames and in so doing burned 114,. •
hands severely. Mrs. Eveland had
befOre seeking aid placed her baby
in a place of safety. The fire in the
house was extinguished before seri-
ous da,mge was done.
,MIKADO RECEIVES _GARTER.
Invested With British Order by
Prince Arthur, of Connaught.
A despatch from To}' says : '
With ola,borate ceremonial Prince
Arthur of Connanght, the repre-
sentative of King George, invest- "
ed the Emperor with the ,Insignia
of the Garter. The Empress, -the
members of the Imperial fa,mily,
the. Cabinet, the ' elder statesmen
and councilors were 'present.
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