HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-1-23, Page 3OME RULE
BILL PASSES
Majority of i o On the Third Reading Closes a
Memorable Fight
A, despatch from London says:'
£tar; a long, stern battle the home
h -
'i a fCorx
1 b11 passed ouseo
e e H
ons on Thursda eight bya ma -
„leek
y �
racy of 11Q, It was •later read' for
i ea first time in. the House of
.
Lords. There were two diw is an s .i n
the dower House. Mr, Balfour's
tion for its rejection was de-
Bated by 258to 368, while the third
acting wits •carried by a, vote o£
7 to 257, one member of each side
°.vine left the House in the later -
Tel. The result of the division'wae
too much a foregone conclusion for
tremendous .demonstration, but
It
e Irishmen `inside
and outside of
e Houedid their best, and, as-
s .
fisted by the Liberals and Lab6r-
�;gxhe measure.
asure'. for; :which
e
' e}had waited
and worked so
long
good send-off on its, way to the
Witouse of Lords, where its fa,tp
is
itertainly sealed. •
Series of Brilliant Speeches.
The division was preceded by an -
Other series of brilliant speechesby
thep olitical leaders, among whom.
Isere Frederick E. Smith and the
150 ` i r -G neral, Sir Jehn��A. Si-
lie i,o e
!pion, two of the cleverest among
rhe,younger members, and the .vet
trans John 'E. Redmond, Timothy
Feely and Augustine Birrell, Chief
a
Secretaryfor Ireland.
The House was crowded through-
out the day. • The Nationalists
twere only one short of their full
ttrength, Joseph P. Nannetti being
revonte�d from attending by a
paral tic attack. which he ,suffered
pit Thursday. Several of the older
Nationalists who are seldom ;able
to •attend came over from Leland
at division.
The Liberals and Laborites, too,
turned out in force, and the Union-
ists, were not far below their total
membership. The galleries likewise.
were filled to their capacity, those
oeoupying seats including many
dignitaries of the Church and the
Bulgarian peace plenipotentiaries.
Memorable Scene in house,
When the figures were announced
the Na ighalists waved hats,hand-
kerchiefs,
a d-kerchiefs;and papers, and cheered
lustily: for Premier Aequitli and
Mr, John Redmond: , The latter,
who is usually impassive, was car-
ried away by the enthusiasm of his
followers and entered into the spirit
of the demonstrations as effusively
as they.
Scenes in Belfast..
A despatch from. Belfast says:
Thousands of Orangemen and mem-
bers of Unionist clubs held delnon-
,strations outside the City Hall on
Thursday evening and burned .a
copy of the home rule bill. There
was much firing of revolvers, mostly
,blank•oartridges,•.but one man was
shot in the back and is in a critical
condition. There were' no further:
disorders, but bands paraded the
streets until midnight.
DEFENCE IN MURDER CHARGE
Brutalities of husband Drove Wife
to Desperation.
A despatch from Paris, France,
flays : A wife's right to shoot her
husband in self-defence jitter he had
grade her life a torture was success-
fully raised on Tuesday as the de-
fence in the Seine Assize Court to
the charge of murder brought
against Macrame Lhoste, a hand-
some woman, who described her
married existence in bitter words
to the jury. Daily brutalities, said
'Madame Lhoste, were followed by
is proposal to give herself up to
p. shameful life. The jury acquit-
ted her in spite of the declaration
pf the public prosecutor that "no
woman possesses the right to kill
[ler husband whatever his faults.”
A. BAD TIME 'FOIL SHIPS.
ueenstown Harbor' is Full of tate
tered Linere.
A despatch from London says:
Queenstown harbor is inundated
with large steamers which have
sought refuge in the Irish port. All
bre suffering from serious damage
inflicted during the recent hurri-
cane. • They include the Furness,
eyland and : Hamburg -American
liners, and others belonging to vari-
ous companies; battered, rudder-
less, engines partially disabled,
whilst many of them have bridge
decks covered, by masses of wreck-
age.
6:
$07 MILES OF NEW C.P.R. LINES
Big Undertakings for Western
Canada are Entered Into.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Contracts were awarded on. Friday
morning by the Canadian Pacific
Railway for 807 miles of new lines
be constructed in the west dur-
g the present year. The -men to
tah sn these contracts have been
awarded will not consider the
(agreements binding until they have.
een formally ratified by the Pre-
eident, • Sir Thomas Shaughnessy.
There is but little doubt, however,
tji.at they will receive the ,Presi-
• dent's signature.
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
lerenis eieore TMe edA)01410 1'NA4110
CaNTligle 4r etch tC4.
trives of Cottle, [3riin, 01009 in ' ptniil,.
reedace it Ham. and Aprenfis.
Breadstuff's,
Toronto, Jan 21,-^Dlanilgba. Whe at--I4ka
Peres, No. 4 northern, 901,4ce, N4, 2, .93 3.40
N 3, 911 c; feed wheat, 50
wheat,
'Meat--No, 2, 921; to 930 for cat'
lots outsdemi.e, ranging dewto 72a Der poor
grades,
Ontario:Oats--No, 2 white, 32o to 340 se
western poittts, 37o to '38e Ou.•trao1s, To..
rent°.
Manitoba Oats—No, 2 0. W. oats, 411,20
track, bey ports; No. 3 0, W,, ,400; No.. 1
feed, 400, fox promet ehiptnent.
Corn--evinerisan No. 3, all rail,. Toronto,
Deoeinber shipments, 57o. •
Peas—No. 2, $1.15. to $1.20 ear lots out-
side.•
Buckwheat—No. 2, 51e to 520,
Rye --No. 2, 700, nominal,
Rolled Oats—Per bag of 9Q pounds, $2,-
22 1-2; .per
2,.221.2;,.per. barrel, $4.70, wholesale, Wind.
sor to Montreal.
Barley—Good malting barley, outside,
63o to 65c,
MillfeedManitoba bran $19
,
Oo,
in ba
g
track, Toronto; shorts, 822;
Ontario bran,
$19.00, in bags; shorts, $22• 3
Manitoba Flour—Piret patents, $5.30 in
jute bage;; second ,patents. $4,80 in jute,
bags; strong btkorrs', $4.00 in jute bags.
In cotton bags, tort cents mora per bar-
rel.
Ontario Flour -Winter wheat dour, 90.
per$4.05, . cent. patents, is quoted at - 83.95 to
_
Country Produce.
The following are the latest prices To-
ronto' wholesale men are asking of the
trade :—
Eggs--Coldstorage 'eggs, 25e to 276 in,
case lots; fresh eggs are Gelling at 29c to
310; strictly new -laid at 32o to 35e.
Cheese—Twins, new, 14 3.4o to 15c,, and
large, new, at 141-20; old cheese, twins,
15140 to 161-20; large, 15o.
Butter—Creamery prints, 310 to 320; do
solids, .29e'to 30e; dairy prints, 25o to 270;.
Inferiors (bakers'); 22c to 23o.
Honey—Buckwheat, 90 pound in tine and
Be in barrels; strained Clover honey, 12120.
a pound in 60.pound tins, 123-4o in 10•
pound' tius; 13a in 5 -pound tine; comb
honey, No. 1, '•82,60 per dozen extra, $3:
Per dozen; No. 2, $2,40 per dozen.
Poultry -Live chickens, wholesale, .100 to
filo per pound; fowl, Be to 10c; ducks, ilo
to 13c; live -turkeys, 15e to 17o; geese,; 9c
to 10e. Dressed poultry, 2e to. 3c above
live quotations, excepting dressed turkeys
at 20o to 21c.
Beans—Primes, $2.50, and $2,60 for hand-
picked.
Potatoes -Ontario potatoes, 05e per bag;
oar lots, 75e; New Bruuswieks, $1 per bag,
out of store; 90c in car lots.
Spanish Onions—Per case, $2.35 to $2.40.
CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER
OF SERVIA..
King Peter's second son, who was
the nominal head of the victorious
army.
op
$10,000,000 TO AID FARMING.
Minister of. Agriculture Moves Ap-
propriation for Ten Years.
A despatch from Ottawa says :
Hon. • Martin Burrel on Tuesday
moved the following resolution:
"That it is ,expedient to provide
that a sum tilt exceeding ten mil-
lion dollars be approp iated and
paid out of the consolidated rev-
enue fund of •Cana,da during the
period of ten years, beginning with
the year ending March 31, 1914, for
the purpose of aiding and advanc-
ing the farming industry by instruc-
tion in agriculture, including the
work carried on by veterinary col-
leges."
ller Hearing Good.
Gibbs -Se your wife quarrelled
with you. I thought you said she
was blind to'your faults.
Dibbs—She was blind to them all
right, .but' she wasn't deaf, and the
neighbors posted her,
THE GOVERNMENT PAYROLL
C' vii.Service Salary List Amounted to $4,798,534
for Past Fiscal Year.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
The first volume of the Auditor
General's report for the past fiscal
year, tabled in the Commons on
Thursda. night,contains in :its
and or morpages of detailed
thous
,,expenditures a few odd items of
spacial interest,
The summary of expenditures of
the year,totalling $131,046,764, of
which. $97,618,003 was on capital
eseoeunt ehowe that the civil ser-
yioe salary list amounted to $4,-
V98,534, and thee the Go'vernment's
,pay -roll is over- $13,000 per' day.
it+ members of the Commons cost
the ooirlat.;tenfor indemnity and tra
Wiling ,cape s $809,401, and. the
r,. ,:
3 gen-
;Oral
243. The n
. 1, 9
ai:ato .s ,cost iSe s
g
1 t $428,392.
,;gyral e ectlon cot .
i ,r t
The Militia Dopa tment soon
,558,285, and, for arts, •agrieulture,
ed statistics the ercpenditure was
0,771,636, of which $1,204,614 went
to the Census Branoh.. For ,the
naval •,service proper, including
maintenance ,of the cruisers Niobe
and Rainbow, the Training College.
at Halifax, and the upkeep of the
Dockyards at Esquimalt and Italie
fax, the total amount 'spent was
$1,233,456.
Canada's total pension bill for
the year was :,$222,620, of which
$45,697 was under the; militie. pen..
slots act of 1901.
The largest single 'item of expen-
diture was foi 'Me National Trans-
continental Railway, viz., $21,110,-
683. • • Public works expenditure
ohargeitl?le to incoina was $10,200,-
9815, although the vote was over
eig
.hteee millions. On capital ac-
count the expenditure of the de -
p
pertinent was ` $2,948,922. The
Go' ern ent's 'advertising bill to
throb hoist the country
nawspapels g
totalled $446,123, while nearly a
million more was distributed for
printing and lithographing,
Provisions.
Wholesale dealers are selling to the
trade as follows:— _
Smoked,
Smoked
and
4 't Dryo5o ahamyM ;Meats—Rolls—
lls- Sir J. J. Thomsen of Cambridge,
to 171-2e; heavy: 151-2c to 160; breakfast Eng., announced the disoovety of
bacon, 18e; long clear bacon, tone and
cases, 141-26 to 143.4e; backs (plain),.211-201
backs (peameal), 220. •
Green Meats—Out of pickle, le less than
smoked.
Pork -Short cut, $26 to $28 per barrel;,
mess pork, $21.50 to $22.
Lard—Tierces, 131.20 to 133-4c; tube,
13 3.4e to 140.
Baled Hay and . Straw.
$ay -Nor 1, $13.50 -to $14.00; No. 5, $9.50
to $10,50; No. 3, $8.00 to.$9.00, Straw, 59:
50 to $10,00, •
Montreal Country Produce.
THE NEWS lti 'PARAGRAPH
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OV/111
THE GLOBE IN £
N VTSIIAL L.
Canada, the Empire and
Itt t neral Beiore
Lyes.
Ca►tr3cla.
The Home Bank of Toronto takes
ever La Banque Internationale of
Montreal.
The Grand Trunk. Pacific is plan-
ning to transport sixty carloads of
grafin to Cochrane' daily,
Ontario butter brings a higher
price in Toronto than New Zealand
butter does in Vancouver..
iOouciuetor' George `Pennock` of
Brockville was killed near Ganan-
oque Junction, on the G. T. R.
The nineteen' cadets just gradu-
ated fromCollegethe Navalar
e to
be trained, aboard H.M.S. Berwick.
A baby girl was born to an Itali-
an woman while 'passing through
the .tunnel under. the St. Clair
River.
The annual militia report says
that the general soheme of mobili-
zation when '.,needed is progressing
favorably.
Postmaster -General Pelletier, in
the Commons, promised early ac-
tion in the matter of introduotion
of parcels post,
Hon. Thomas A:shburnham of
Fredericton, N,B., ,succeeds to the
title and estates of his father, the
Earl of Ashburnham, who has just
died. . . -
Wm. Gauthier, a farmer, aged 65
years, inflicted terrible injuries up-
on his wife and then committed sui-
cide at Orient, Russell county, on
Friday.
John Thompson, one of the oldest
settlers in the 1Ioosomin district,
Saskatchewan, died at the age of
one hundred years :six months and
four days.
Great Britain.
the world
You'
Montreal, Jan. 21—Cheese—Finest west -
erne, • lee; do:,.. iteeet et sterns, :121-20 to
12 3-4e Butter-Choiceet creamery, 291-2c
to 29 3-4e; do„' seconds, 25c to 27c. Bggs—
Fresh, 45e; do„ 'selected, 29e to 30c; do.,
No. 2 stook, ZOo. Potatoes—Per bag, car
lots, 75o to 85c.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Jan. 21.—Wheat—May,
89 3-4c to 89 7-8c. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 431-2e
to 44c; No. 3 white oats, 31c to 311-4o, Rye,
No. 2, 57c to 60o. Bran, $19 to $19.50. Flour
unchanged.
Duluth, Jan. 21.—'wheat-No. 1 hard, 89c;
No. 1 northern, 88c; No. 2 northern,.85e;
July; 913-8c bid; May, 90c asked.
Live Stook Markets.
Montreal, Jan. 21. -The beet steers sold
at $6.25 to $6.50 and the bower grades from
that down to $4, while good butchers'
cows and bulle brought $5.25 to $5.60, me-
dium from $4 to $5, and common $3 to
$375 per 100 pounds. Good demand for
lambs at 37,25 to $7.50, and sheep sold at
from $4 to $5.25 per 100 pounds. Calves
from $3 to $12 each, as to size and quality.
gees—$9.25 to ee,5Q per 100 lbs. for select-
ed lots, wefghed off cars.
'Toronto, Jan. 21.—Oattle-Choice butcher
36.50 to $6.90; good medium, $5.15 to -$6.40;
common, $2.75 to $3.75; cows, $4.75 to $5.65;
bulls, $3 to 35.25; canners; $2 to $2.75.
Calves -Good veal, $7 to $9; common, $3
to $3.25. Stockers and Feeders—Steers, 700
to 900 pounds, 35.25 to $5.60; feeding bulls,
600 to 1,000 pounds, $2.75,to $4.25; yearlings,
$3.15 to $3.50, Milkers.' and Springers—
From $50 to $80. Sheep and Lambs=
Light ewes, $4.75 to $5.25; heavy ewes, $3
to $3.50; lambs, $8 to 38.75. Hogs—$8.60
fed aid watered and 38,15 f.o.b.
11E11 ILEARIN G RESTORED.
Astonishing Deliverance of Woman
Thought to be hopelessly Deaf.
NEW YORK (Special Despatch).
—Fully convinced that her hearing
has been permanently restored af-
ter years of torture with head
noises and almost total deafness,
Mrs. B. A. Barry -of 555 W. .170th
St., ` Nr Y. City, has now been per-
suaded to tell the story of her won-
derful deliverance.
After having spent hundreds of
dollars on mechanical devices, medi-
cines and doctors' fees, she decided
that this 1atest discovery, however
simple and inexpensive, should be
the last she would try before' re-
signing herself to the hopelessness appeared in the West End streets
of permanent and total deafness. ff of Landon on Saturday and offered
Those interested .in Mrs: Barry's lr genuine £5 notes for a en.n .each,
hope it holds out for4 � the eiitraordin-
case and the x p { Although he offered e
her in confidence I m ; a •'sh-
a new gas.
The Marquis of Anglesey was
present on ,Thursday at the mar-
riage of his brother, Lord Victor
Paget, with Olive May, a, Gayety
actress. The Marquis' `wedding
gift is understood to be the settle-
ment of one thousand pounds a
year on the bride and•groom. •
United States.
The Carnegie Hero' Fund Com-
ixri"srsion announced two awards ` for
brave Canadians.
An extensive arson conspiracy in
New York was revealed by "Izzy
the Painter,." who confessed to
starting numerous fires.
General,
^-r
TRANSPOIkkTATJI
Railway Statistics Showed Remarkable
in Every Phase for 1912
A ''despatch from Ottawa says;
A sunxuiary of railway statistics fes
the year ending June 30, 1912, cent -
piled by S. L. Payne, Comptroller
o Statistics for the Railways and
Canals Department, and : tabled'' in
the Commons by Merl. Mr: Coch-
rane, gives many illuminating facts
as to the recent reinarkable trans-
portation development of •the Do-
nhinion.
During the twelve months cover-
ed by the• report, 2,953 additional
miles of railway were put in oper-
ation, with 1,738 miles n;ore, report-
ed ready for operation, and 10,000
All to
miles under construction.1 ld
tche railway mileage of `Canada is
now over 30,000, exclusive of sid-
ings, double -tracking, etc, Elimin-
ating Goveynmeht Mines, the total
capital liability of Canadian rail-
ways on June 30 last was; Stocks,
$770,459,351 ; bonds, $818,478,175, a
total of - $1,588,937,526, or $50,832.
per mile. On' this'capital invest-
ment dividends • were paid last year
totalling $31,164,791, equalling, 4.04
per cent. on the total stock issue,
The .rapid growth in net earnings
may be gauged from the fact" that
in: 1907 dividends totalled only $z2,-
760,435,
Generous Public . Aid.
The generous measure' of public
aid to railway construction in Can-
ada is shown by the fact that the
total Federal, Provincial and mu-
nicipal cash aid now totals over
$208,000,000, while land grants to-
tal over 56,000,000 acres. Federal
and Provincial bond guarantees ag-
gregate $245,070,045, of which the'
Dominion's share is $91,983,553. Al-
berta has pledged its credit to the
extent of $45,489,000; British Co-
lumbia, $38,946,832; Saskatchewan,
$32,500,000 ; Manitoba, 820,899,-
660, and Ontario, $7,860;000. Cash_
aid to railways totalled $5,892,818
for;, the twelve months, including'
$4,994,416 to the Grand Trunk Pa-
cific under the "implement" clause.
Record Gain in Traffic.
Traffic shows a record gain during
M. Poincare was elected Presi-
dent of the French Republic.
The interior of Mexico is cut off
from the capital by the rebels.
The Czar's brother was deprived
of the Regency -designate on ac-
count of his morganatic marriage.
M. Briand was requested by Pre-
sident Fallieres to ' form a Cabin-
et, following` the'election of M.
Poincare as President.
THE THIRTEENTH REEVE.
i1 Twenty-fourth
But John Leckie is 11 T y
Year of Office.
- A` despatch from Brussels, Ont.,
says : J. Leckie, who was returned by
acclamation, as Reeve of Brussels at
New Year's, has entered upon his
twenty-fourth, year as Chief Magis-
trate of this community. Before
Brussels was incorporated as a vil-
lage he served nine years inn Grey
Township Council, •Since the year
1873, when the village was incor-
porated, there have been only thir-
teen occupants of the Reeve's
chair. Reeve Leckie is the thir-
teenth, but he is not worrying
about the hoodoo in connection
with that number.
£5 NOTES FOR A PENNY.
But Incredulous Public Only Bought
Two From Peddler.
A despatch from London says:
As the result of a wager and to
test the 'scepticism of the British
public a man disguised as. a peddler
them may write to 1 oary bargains for an hour, fro ii
ing the notes in his hand and cry-
ing "Five -pound notes for a penny
each," even peemitting people to
examine them, the peddler sold only
two.
PREMIER 110 11 D EN ILL.
Will Probably be Obliged to Res
drain at Home a Few bays.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
e health is
os e
'x Borden, wvl1
e
Pre im
ill -withstanding the constant wor-
ries; of State, is a victim of la gripe
and will ptobablyhave to spend the
next three or four days at his resi-
dence while lie recovers and at the
saute: time takes a brief rest.
for hill details, which she offers to
send gratuitously.
DISGRACE TO SOCIETY.
Man Gets SIX Months' Hard d Labor
Neglecting for Neg His Children. g
A despatch, from Montreal says:
Emery Longpre was sentenced on
Wednesday to sixmonths in jail
with hard laborforne 1
ectin
b to
support, his ehildren. Three little
tots were f'otind lying ou straw, in
an empty house On Dufferin street;
ncin sentence the Judge
In pronouncing �'
told the ,accused that he was a dis-
grace to society.
u•s•r.r;
the year,. The number of 1sassen-
gers carried was 41,124,;181, an irt-
errease Of*4,028,403 over. 1911, The
number of tons of freight hauled
was 89,444,331, a gait of 9,560,049,
The tratf10 increaile is reflected • i n
the gross earnings, which totalled
$219,403,753, a betterment of : $30,-
670,259, or a little over` 16 per cent.
In ten years the gross earnings of
Canadian r
railways have more than
s
doubled. Operating expenses lust
year anointed to $150,730,540, or
$19,691094 more than in 1911.: Neat
d
earnings were $68, 677,213 an in-
fa" r
crease of . $10,978,504 over thepre-
cedingyear. Net earnings er mile
p
of line last year were $2,570, ,as
compared with $2,272 in 1911:.
EquipmentImprovement.
The equipment reported in use
on June 30th last shows substantial
improvement during the year. New
locomotives totalled 265, passenger
cars 433 sand freight cars • 13,760.
These figures will be greatly bet-
tered by the end of the present cls -
eel year. Oil appears for the first
time in the official reports as fuel
for locomotives, the consumption.
last year being 1,729,577 gallons.
A.ecidents Increase.
Railway accidents also show- a
considerable Increese during the
year. The .fatalities totalled 568, an
inerease:of73, and the number in-
jured totalled 3,780, an increase of
451. One passenger in every 872,-
855 was killed and oho in every 84,-
792 injured. Of the total killed on
railways during the year 47 were
passengers, 215 employees and 235
web e trespassers. Passengersin-
jured numbered 485 and employees
injured numbered 1,606. Collis-
ions were responsible for eighteen
passengers killed and. 73 injured,
while 203 passengers were injured
by derailments and ten were killed
and 51 injured by falling off trains.
The number of railway employees
grew during the year from 141,224
to 155,901, while the increment in
wages was $12,685,901.
SEVERAL FIREMEN CHOKED.
The Third Big Fire in Montreal in
Fifteen Hours.
A despotch from Montreal says:
Several firemen were carried out,
choked into unconsciousness by
smoke, District: Chief Mann es-
caped death by inches when a great
plank came crashing down upon a
ladder on which be was standing,
and damage aggregating nearly
$100,000 was caused by a fire which
broke out on Thursday morning on
Deviscer Street. The premises are
occupied by the Canadian Tung-
sten Lamp -Company, and the Mc-
Cormick Biscuit Co., of London,
Ont., the plant; ,and stock of both
of which concerns were injured by.
fire, smoke and water. This was
the third big fire in the city within
fifteen hours, most of the firemen
having been on duty for 24 hours.
They got a :.much-needed meal from
the biscuits found in the McCor-
mick Company's factory.
TWO LIVES WERE• LOST.
Crushed in house in a Bad Fire at
` Edmonton.
A despatch from Edmonton, Al-
berta, says: Fire in the wholesale
district on Thursday night took
the lives of several Italians. -The
blaze started after midnight from
an unknown cause in the five -story
brick block„ of the Canada. Rubber
Company, which was completely
destroyed in leas than an hour.
Two bodies have been recovered
from the ruins of an Italian board-
ing-house, which was crushed by
failing walls. One is that of a wo
man, probably the wife of the pro-
prietor'
and the other that of a
child. It is believed that there are
two more bodies in the ruins.
LIABILITY FOR TITANIC LOSS.
A Flood of Petitions for Damages
are Pouring In.
A despatch from New York says:
A flood of petitions for damage
through the loss of the steamer Ti-
tanic, filed on Wednesday, inoltid
ed one from Mrs. Irene Wallach
Harris, who 'claims $1,000,000 £qr
the loss of her husband, Henry B.
Harris, the theatrical manager.
This is the heaviest of the 279
claims so far filed. Mrs. May Fu-
trelle of Scituate, Mass., asks $300,-
000 compensation for the loss of her
husband, Jacques Futrelle, author.
The claim of Mrs. Lily B. Millet,
widow of Francis D. Millet, the art-
ist, a Titanic ` victim, is $100,000.
United States Judge Handy ex-
tended the time .for filing petitions
en claims to February 11. The
claims amount to more than $10,-
000,000, but th"e White Star Line
contends that its liability is limited
under the United States statues to
less than $100,000, the value of re-
covered records and passage money,
.N
FEWER LABOR DISPUTES.
December. Record Shows Industrial
Unrest Diminishing.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
There was a marked decrease in the
nunxber of labor disputes in exis-
tence in Canada during December
as compared with the preceding
month. The department of 'labor'e
record of strikes and lockouts shows
there were thirteen disputes in De-
cember, and, while the number is
greater by five than that of the cor-
responding period of last year, it
represents only about half as many
as were in existence in November,
when twenty-five were reported to
the department:
NEARLY 400,000 ARRIVED
Of These 145,859 Were British and 140,143 Were
From the United States
A despatch from Ottawa says
During the nine mouths, 'April 1 to
Deoember, 31., 1912, 334,083 immi-
grants arrived in Canada, 118,798
being from the United States, the
remainder coming in by ocean
ports, from Britain and all ether
countries.
These figures show an increase
of 14 per cent. as compared with
the number of arrivals in the ;cor-•
responding months of 1011, Fvbioh
were 185,151, .and 107,365 front, the
United Stateei, making •a totalfor
t
the nine months period, las year,
,
of 292,516 persons.
Durham the naatlof Dccei:ber'
this year there were 13,025 arrivals,.
7, 2 >i. been t oceaxt
,,26,. of them having been a
ports, and 5,768. from the United
States, as against 10,624 for Decem-
ber last year, 4,945 of whom were
at ocean ports, and 5,679 from the
United States.
Varying the comparison, we hair
foie the same nine months : British,
127,875; United States, 118,798; ell
other countries, 92,410; total, 334,-
083. Corresponding months of the
preceding fiscal .yeet: British, 120,-
137; United States,: 107,365; all
other oountries,,65,014; total, 292,* -
•516.
Comparing the calendar' year
1912 with 1911, immigration figures
i' 145-'
1 r tush
are follows: 912 ` T3 145,-
850;
>
850; American, 140,143; other ootizx-
tries, 109,802; total, 895,804. 1911
--British, 144,076: American'
131,-"
114; other countries, 75,184; total1.
350,374.