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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-08-04, Page 7MACKENZIE KINO CONFERRED WITH MEN Vice -President Murdock Says They Will Withdraw Concessions to Company. Strikers Issue Statement as to Strike -- Both Sides Still Claim Victory. Montreal despatch —The arrival in the city to -night of Hon. W. Macnenziee King, Minister of Labor, hes itgaen start. ed talk of a settlement of the Grand Trunk strike by aebitration, ir, Kiog's nrrival in fontreal was preceded by ti large number of telegrams sent to Vice. President Murdock, of the Trainmen, and Peesident Hays, of tae Grail Trunk, by Mayors and Beards of Traae in On- tario ciente, asking thou to settle the etike by means ot arbitration in the io- tea* of the public. The Minister of Labor professed to know netting; of theft telegrarne and ven refused to dies enss the purpose of his visit. He was it At the etation by Sir Frederick 13or. den, also a member of the Government, and the two. went to the Windsor, where they were engaged in a lengthy confer- ence, No announcement, was mode at Re close. Outside of this there was but little doing The Grand Trunk to -night au, nounced that during the day it had suoved 143 freight traine, with a total of Mee ens, and to this Added that the oumber of locomotives in use during the week was fifty per eent. ol the non. mai for the same week last year, FIGHT TO A FINISH. Mr. Murdock Will Show the Company What a Real Strike Means. "If the next twenty-four hours do not bring a settlement, iu the Grand elerunk strike, the strikers ore going to fume the fighting and make their first really aggreseive movement." Pais is the intimation given out to- day by Vice -President Murdock, of the Brotherhood of intiamed Trainmen, in charge of the strike in this diatriet, and that the drastic measures to be intro. timed within the next few days will make things more than ever uncomfort. able for the company, the etrike leader Was quite emplie de in ce tearing, .ao outlined toieby by Mr. Murdock, the early portion o. the aggressive eampaip which the strikers ineend to adopt will be felt more particularly at the points of commotion between the (linnet Trunk and other railways and will include the wiehdrawal of every con- cession, no matter how smell, which the strikers have made since the wane -out. CONCESSIONS TO BE WITHDRAWN. "We will show the company what real organizatien among the trainmen means," said .Mr. Murdock. "Weehave made some concussions to other roads affected "by the Grand Trunk in con- nection with the handling of trains .and other niters since the strike began and unless there is some pros- pect of settlement in sight every one of these concessions will be with- drawn as an opener of our campaign. For instance, wa have ellowed the L O. 11. eoine privileges here in connection with the handeng of their roiling stock inthe G. T, R. yai as. The ee concessions will be withdrawn. We have allowed the C. P. R. a crew to run a train on one of the branclt lines, another conces- sion which will be withdrawn. We have allowed a train crew to operate a train at Booth's Mills in Ottawa so that the men in that industry might be enabled to resume work, and that conceseion will also be shut off. If there is going to Ie a real serike, we ale not going to al- low the company to do all the fighting, led are going to take a hand in the game ourselves and show them what the railway organizations can do." "Does that mean that other organ- izations not already involved— the en- gineers, for instance —will be called on to help the 'strikers?" Mr. Murdock was asked. dd would prefer to let the men of theme organizations answer that for themselves," Mr. Murdock replied. That the strike is now undoubted- ly. to be a fight to a bitter finish, Mr. Murdock has no doubt and as a matter of fact he, this morning, despatched tele- grams to his sub -lieutenants on all the portions of the road, warning thein that there was little or no hope for a settle- inent in view of the fact that yester- day's eonferences between the heads of the striking orders and Mr. Hays, the G. T. R. president, resulted fruitlessly. Mr. Murdoek was rather reticent about re- vealing these telegrams, saying they would be of no intereet. But he said they were to the effece given, that the strike had very little hopes of amicable settlement and that the men might as well prepare themselves for n finish fight.. "There is absolutely no truth in the report that we were ready to call off the strike on terms which we refused to ancept before the walkout took plate," /dr. Alindock said this morn "Our Men ealled on Mr. IIitys yes- terday, to diseusts the boater with hien tend to ace whether the attitude of d/I14 both aidee was thoroughly understood. Mr. Hoye was firin in, saying that he Would not accept arbitration, but that's alt a part of his Mutt for lie must know quite 'well that if this strike is eontinued, it is bound to mit the property. Mr. Hays is either very fine bluffer or a fool— and he is not a fool." THE ENGINEERS. Mr, Cableren, Who is the elutirman of the engirieers on the Grona Trunk Railway, fulfil that the engineers were. not at all affeeted by the striko nor were they likely to be, So long as the eortipany does not ask the men to do any Work which will infringe upon the striking trainmen, the engineers will re- main on the job, and tints far they have not been requested to to anything °d- ale of their regular work, "Everything is serene among the engineere,” staid Mr. Cameron, "and we're not looking for any trouble? Aeording to the (rand Trunk offi- dile, there are to -day unmistakable Marna of a dispoeition on the part of the. onditetore who obeyed read:mt. ly the order to etrike4 breaking away from the striking trairtinere who are oppoeed Qtomprontlee and return to work on the advance of 18 per cent, and the poistponement of standardize, tan. MEN'S LEADERS ' Issue Statement That They Are Ready for Arbitration, .Toronto despatch — The strike situa- tion in Toronto yestereety remained aln soeutely unchanged. The company main- tained it passenger. service and succeed- ed in moving a certain amount of freight, and its office:Os affirmed their recent statements that the backbone of the strike was broken and the situation 'was again normal, The strikers, on the other hand, were just on confident of the security of their position, aud exhibit- ed entire satisfaction with the condi- tions from their point of view. Presi- dent A. B. Garretson, of the T. 0. R. C., and President W. G. Lee, of the I. B. R. T„ arrived in the city from Montreal after the conference -with President 0. AL Heys, and spent the day in coil- sultation with the local officials of the unions. They stated last night that no further coninannication had been had from the Ge T. R. president and anticipated no new development looking toward a. settlement. As a result of an appeal sent out by Mayor Geary, ,of Toronto, in deference to public opinion, a ntunber of despatches were received by the men from the municipal authorities and Boards of , Trode throughout the province, asking for an arbitration of the dispute. THE CASE OE THE STRIKERS. Messrs. Garretson and Lee issued a statement last night, in which they out- lined the men's position. The statement read in part as follows "In the month of January, 1910, the men on over sixty railways, cover- ing the territory from Chicago, east, in both the United States and Canada, presented uniform wage requests to the railways whom they serve. Since that time every one of these roads, with the exception of the Gravd Trunk, has placed in effect uniform standard rates ot pay for conductors, trainmen and yardmen, together with a certain code of rules aovering the conditions under which they will serve, and those rates have been in effect upon these various properties in the United States and Canada from about March 1st. This rate went in effect in the Dominion of Canada on the lines of the C. P. R., the Pere Marquette in Canada, and upon the lines of the Miehigan Central, traversing the ter- ritory from Detroit to Buffalo, and up- on the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo. "The Graeld Trunk Railway asserts for itself a right to refuse to be bound or be influenced in any way by what might be described as universal action. It denies the right of its men to re- ceive for one hundred miles running. within ten hours, the same sum that is paid by every one of its competitors, and the only reason that it gives there- for is to plead certain financial inability as its justifying cause. "The assertion of the employees ofl the Grand Trunk Railway in the present controversy is that an em- ployee of the Grand Trunk Road, per- forming the same duties, assuming the sttille responsibilities, filling the same requirements, giving the same dis- tance in travel, the samehours where- in to perform the service required, is worth just as much money as is the em- ployee of any other railway performing like service under like conditions. "If one would reaa the information fur- nished by the publicity department of the Grand Trunk road to the public, it evould be difficult to imagine that there ever had been a strike upon the lines of the Grand Trtiok Railway. But if the revetage citizen would steldeoto the two receiving freight houses of the C. P. R. and. the G. T. R. here in the city of To- ronto, a certain amount of enlighten- ment could be ecured. Team aftersteam of freight handlers have been, and are being added to the C. P. R. freight hand- ling force, while the freight handlers in -atm, Grand. Trunk freight house con- tinue to enjoy the same repose that has been there since the 18th of the month. The statement is given out that the number of trains being handle& for in- stance, on yesterday, was 141, evhile re- ports made to us by men who ara actu- ally as interested as can be the officers of the eompany, show that over the entire Grand Trunk system. only 82 trains, were run. A little analysis of these figures might prove enlightening. For instance, in the immediate neighbor- hood, one string of fifteeu ears made four trips back and forever& yesterday hetween Mintico and York, a distance of seven miles, containing not ono dollen of revenue freight, the train only being run for the purpose of either discour- aging the strikers, or deluding the pub - lie; and this movement constituted four of the trains that were run. Multiply this performance in a few more locali- ties, and it is eosy to see how many of the 82 trains were actual traiti move- ments. WILL WELCOME SETTLEMENT. "Any reasonalele,honorable method of settlement of the diffieulties would be welcomed by the men, and the organi- zations of which they are a part, and this has been made thoroughly apparent not only to Mr. Ilnye, in eontrol of the property, but to the Minister of Labor, WhOr by virtue of his position acts as the inoutbpiece of the people. In tonference with Mr. Hays one great difficulty ninth confronted him was the sacred obligation wideh he asserted rest- ed upon hin to eonserve the rights of those who had been itt hie service singe the 18th doy of the current month, and the sacred character of this obligation, absolutely blotted out from bis view any obligation whidt his company might ONVO to employees who had given it, a lifetime of faithful service, or to a pub - lie which yields to the Grand Trunk road it entire revenue hi either freight or passenger movement. When the sautes% from which these men were recruited are considered, the assertion of the ex- istence of ettelt an obligation makes the avenue thinking man wonder Whether ON was really a moon or an muse. If the publie et large ere absolute be - Meyer. in the theory that property rights absolutely overshadow and Wet out pereonal rigats, then they may be- lieve, that the contention of the men is unsound. On the other liaud, if they be lieve that the laborer is worthy of idei bire, 'We believe tbat they eanuotth otherwise than give their support and improve' to the demands of the men. 11 men believe that the interests of the Domiulon are of greater importance than are the intereste of one corpora- tioe, or if they believe that the openious of the people at large arc of more bin portance than the opinions of one loan then we believe that their support and synmathy will be with those who strive for equal right with ethers engaged in like service. "A. D. Garretson, preeideut of the 0, R. O.; W. O. Lee, president of the le. of R. rivt NINE FREIGHT TRAINS. Company Still Satisfied With. Pro- gress370rolitoaes: 4itteb.is_AMtaktui nog; =elusion of the omen meeting ittne. Anarew Ilan last night, Vie -President Berry state(' that lee add received sev- araltelegtame from proinineut citizens itt various municipalities throughout Co- wrie, urging that oetioo be taken to pet an ena to the prteent situation. Mr. Berry stated that there was not the slighest fear of the men weakening, tool that their laitIt hi ultimate victory was as stroug ae ever. Transportation Agent W. G. Brown- lee was eqoally optimistic, and when scan at a o'elock last night, he stated everything was progreesing fevora,hly. ene far as we are mnieerued," he said, "the striae Is over. We ran nearly all our way freights, mid we had a very good through freight inovemeot alem" Questioned regarding Mayor Geary's air - calor telegram, he stateil that he nad not seen it, but when told it purport, he Added that be did not think that it would produce any effect. "It is only a question of getting a few more men," he coaeluded, "before thine wil be normal onee again,” The G. T, 32. officials stated that nine freight trains had beea despatched dur- ing the ally. Six- of these were sent from Mimic°, three to London and points west, and three to Bellenille, One of the eastbound trains consisted of an engine, a flat car and a caboose, and another of a boe. car aud caboose. At Mimic°, switching operations were car- ried out by Yardmaster Crewe and, some strike-breakers, who, it was stated, came from Belleville. Ouly ono yard engine was employed in the shunting work, and the yards still presented a congested appearance. The Union Sta- tion yarde from john to Bathurst streets remain much the same as they have been for the last few daya. Yes. terday afternoon there was no sign of activity along the tracks, and the spirit of ennui spread to the special constelnes, alio dozed peacefully an the high banks. The bridges were deeserted of all save policemen. The Simeoe street; freight sheds were open, 'but the few men on hand apparently had. little to do, as during the greater part of the afternoon only four lorries were in evidence. Ow- ing to a dearth of competent men to act as train crews, the company was unable to run a speciel service to and from the races at Fort Erie. Regarding Mr. Hays' ultimatum that the men must come back to the service as new employees, a local official of the brotherhood stated that the men would never agree to the gen- eral manager's proposition. The pros- pects of the men, be said, were better than they ever had beep, and not one of the strikers had gone back to work. AT BRANTFORD. Brantford, Ont., despatch—At . the request of Mayor Geary, of Toronto, the CityCouncil and Board of Trade held a joint meeting here to -night, when the following resolution was ad- opted: "That this joint meeting of the City Council and Board of Trade de- plores the unfortunate dispute be- tween the Grand Trunk Railway and a section of its employees, and calls upon the parties to put an end to the disaster, which threatens to over- whelm the industrial and business life of the country, whether by arbi- tration or otherwise." It was the consensus of opinion at the meeting that local industrial in- terests were already seriously affect- ed, and should the strike continue hundreds will be out of work. At least 150 have already been affected. Local wholesale houses are already hard hit, being unable to make any shipments. MR, MtTRDOCK'S REPLY. Mr. Murdoek replied to Mayor of To- ronto's appeal for a settlement, as fol- lows: "G. R. Geary, Mayor, Toroutos Ont.: We judge that your telegram ad' dressed to the undersigned was intend- ed for the President of the Grand Trunk Railway, but as it is also applicable .to the position of the men on strike we hasten to assure you, that we second your motion that nothing should be left undone to bring about a settlement. We are ready now, as we have been, to re- new negotiations looking to a settle- ment, and, we trust that the other prin- cipal in the controversy may accept the same view. If,. however, the Grand Trunk Company declines to accept an equitable and. unprejudieed settlement of the questions in dispute, we treat that the public and the business inter- ests of this country will think of ond deal kindly with the contention of the Grand. Trunk trainmen, who aria' only asking for the wages and conditions that have been ooneeded the men on more than fifty other railroads he the past few months without the necessity of a strike. (Signed) 'Sas Murdock." SOLDIERS NEEDED AT BRIDGENURG Niagara Falls, Ont,, despatch — In a statement issued to -day, Supt. C. S. Cunningham said that the Grand Trunk had requested that the militia be ordered out to protect the company's property at ridgeburg, wherc at Aeon gari Station, a eaboose and a freight ear were burned last tight. The damage Is said to have bean done by strike sym- pathizers, If the militia, are orderea out it is likely that °tie of the keel com- panies of the 44th Regiment will be tent to the steno of the trouble. The lieert Erie 'authorities say they are unable to secure speeial oficers to guard. the Grand Trunk peoperty. - Supt. Cutminghtem claimed that three of the striking passenger eon - doctors, one at St. Thomas, another at Windsor, and a third at Hamilton had applied to- him tO-day to be taken back in the eerviee, He had replied, that if the applicants -Mae requests in Writ- ing they would be ernisidered, but that they woultt not be given preference over new employees. Thie is looked upon by the strikers as Only another effort to etanmede them. The railway offiekis Say two freight trains have been Relit to Sarnia, Tun- nel from bere to -day, one freight to Hamilton at 1.30 thist afternoon, end On* to Taranto at okdoek, NEWS OF THE DAY IN BRIEF Toronto Man Falls From High Build- ing and Cies. Kingston Stonemasons and Stone- cutters Stop Work to Dispute, Turkish Sea -Bathing Building Col- lapses and Many Drown. Col. G. T. Denison, has been elected vice-president of the iloyat Colonial Institute, Edward and David Walsh, brothers, are in custody, at Toronto, charged with stealing $245 from a man from Califor- nia, John Beale, aged 48, a London labor- er, while intoxicated, drank a large bot - 01 turpentine and died in Victoria Hospital. Alfred 'Dugmore, one of the earliest settlers of Delorance, Man., this district, was instantly killed by foiling from a load of hay, The Maharajah of Mourbhang, who is making an eight months' trip around the world for the benefit of his health, is visiting Canada. Forest fires have broken out again, and two or three cottages at Keewatin Beach have been burned, while the rest of tlee camp is threatened, The 0. P, It, repair shops and some other buildings burned at Brownville Junction' N. B., on Thursday, the loss is between twenty and tweoty-five thousand dollars. Myrtle Elliott, who on Monday stray- ed from her home at Belleville, was found on Thursday, about four zones away. The child had. spent most of the 48 hours in the woods. The body of john Reid, a, young chauffeur -who was thrown out of a fast motor -boat and drowned opposite Brockville last Friday night, has been recovered from the 'St. Lawrence. A women's bathing establishment at the Turkish seaport of Kavala collapsed burying a large number of bathers. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered Many women were seriously injured. The Rev. Bostwick Hawley, D. D, the oldest graduate of Wesleyan University, and one of the best known retired Meth. odist Episcopal clergymen in Now York State, is dead. Announcement was made to -day that the directors of the Atlas Portland Ce- ment Company, which had a capitaliza- tion of $12,500,000, have decided to sus- pend the dividend on its common stock for the present. Ernest Little, who was changed at Belleville with marrying Ethel Povey, a girl sixteen, without the consent of her parents ,and of obtaining a marriage li- cense by perjury-, was on Thursday ac- quitted on both charges by Magistrate Masson. George Van Wagner, an iron worker, employed by the Canada Foundry Com- pany, died at Si. Michael's Hospital, To- ronto, last night from injuries sustain- ed. by falling from the eighth story of the new Kent building at Richmond and Yonge streets. The Finance Department of the Mexi- can Federal Government has authorized the expenditure of $000,000 aditional by the National Commisssion for the purchase of corn to relieve the scarcity of that grain among the poor people in diferent parts ofthe country, The Paris Matin, under the heading, 'Menaced by a Diplomatic Incident,'" de- clares that if the United States goes to the extent of seeking to establish a sort of protectorate over Liberia, the project would be well reettived by the European Governments. Marshal Hermes Fonseca, President- elect of Brazil, yesterday meole a flight in Germany in the dirigible balloon Par- seval VI. The trip °moiled about 15 minutes. The Parseval will shortly pro- ceed to Munich to resume regular pass- enger service. Pour Provineial Ministers of the Crown, 'Hon. Messrs. Cochrane, Hanna, Rome and Duff, left last night for Port Arthur and Fort William, where they will ddress meetings, and. after- wards make a three-weeles' trip through Reiny River district as far as Fort Frances. The congregation eof St. James' Presbyterian Church, Dartmouth, N. S., tmanimously decided to extend a call to Rev. P. M. Macdonald, of Cowan Avenue Presbytee ian Church, Toronto. Mr. Maddonald is a native of Pictou County. Prime Edward &linty wishes to spend and additional $50,000 this year on good roads, and with that end in view applied to the Government to ask if the usual one-thira of the $50,000 would be paid by the Government. An orderein-Couneil has been passed in which it is stated that the Government wil pay one-third the looney. Relatives at London, Oiit., have re- ceived a telegram announcing that John Williams, a well-known railroader, had been killed hi a railway wreck in Texas. The deceased Was 30 years old. Besides his parents in Londou, he had a bro- ther, Herbert C., a traveller, in Mon- treal. Mrs. Mall Brooks and lire. C. IL Thoring were- killed and Mr. Brooks fat- ally hurt a mile east of EthaeGreen, Ind., on Thursday when a Pennsylvania freight train struck the automobile in which they were riding, Mr. Thoring was severely injured. All resided itt Lima, Ohio. Copt, L. A. Demers, onto has been acting Wreck Commissioner sinee the retirement of Commander Spain, has been fornutily appointed to the position. Mr. It. St. George Liodtaty, who has been onneeted with the Allan Line in Montreal for some vas, has been appointed lexantiter of Masters arid Mates. A bottle containieg the words "Izt tress; steamer Hoenig, of Ilittnburg," Inte been foiled on the betteh atMes- tapha, Africa, tl is supposed that this refers to the Dutch ‘Veat African pas- senger liner which tailed from Dar -os - Salaam, German East Africa, and is due at Marseilles oti truly 30. Tit the Route of Commons on Thurs- day Sir C. Xinlocii-Cooke inquired as to what effect the adirtititt1011 of railway leborers into Canada had on the rep - "Won prohibiting astisted emigrants other than Agriculturists. Col, Seely re- plied that he thought the order did not apply to aseleted emigrants, Kingston etonenuions aud stone -cut - ten llaVe quit work owing to troubles between theulteeIvee. The cutters claim. the Masons are doing the work they should not do, and the numons say their constItution gives them the right to de all that they are doing on the varioue buildings on whieh they aro working, A. Riedel course for officerwho wish to Wend the Staff College or attain higher commando in England is to be held at the Royal Military College, Kingston, from August 1 te 5. Twenty- two officers will attend, Lieut. -Col. Rob- ertson and Major Ward, English offieera savtitutieblioedinteohatrge, heRoyal Military College, s13y a tvteragis a vOceovioatteuretheo ptraweexrIsy I ouesseof tIie . tertlay peened to engroesnient a bill to turs prohibit i Tittle xr exehifbriiteisol oniglni ovlitgh the State. An amendment prohibiting pictures of train robberice and similar things was also adopted., "Greed, not humanitarianism," said Jacinto 8, Garcia, the Argentine Charge d'Affairee in Mexico City, last night, "was the motive of the United States in the Intervention iu Cuba. Greed was ner motive in the*Philippines, and in Panama, and it is the seine motive by whieh she is inspired in her poliey witit Nicaragua now," 4.0 THAT PRIEST PLOT Discovery of the Attempt to Bring Discredit on Congress. .1,0••••••••••••• Heard French Masons Plan to Com promise Priests. Montreal deopatch: Some peculiar evi- deuce was heard this afternoon by the committee of aldermen appointed by the City Commit to investigate the charge that there was a plot organized by French Freemasons of this city to bring scandal on the Eucharistic Congress, which* is to be held here in Septeneber. ,According to the evidence the lodge room of the Emancipation Lodge was tapped, and witnesses swore to what they clabened was said and done, Mr, 0. A. Millette, on being sworn declared that he was present at a meeting of Emancipation Lodge on the night of February 11 last, some twenty or thirty of the members being present. Amongst the questions taken up and discussed was the Eucharistic Congress plot. A member opened up on the matter of the plot by stating that he had a plan whereby the whole Eucharistic Congress eould be destroyed and turned into a huge scandal . The plan of campaign was simply that, as there were to be thousands of priests in the eity in at- tendance at the congress and as local accommodation for the proper housing of such a large number of ecclesiastics would be limited, it would be an easy matter to inveigle several of the priests to holism: of ill -repute under the guise of directing them to respectable board- ing houses Photographers had been, se- cured so that clergymen placed unwarily in compromising positions would be snapped ana damning evidence thus ob- tained. All the members present seemed enthusiastic over the project, but one, alleged to be Mr. Franco, objected, and termed the whole plan fraught with dan- ger to all members of the lodge if once discovered. Specific mention was made of Grandeliamps, inspector of police, who was to see the offenders were arrested. After some discussion a committee was named to look into the project, said committee being composed of Messrs. Grandehamps, Larose, A.. T. Beauchemin and Franco. Under cross-examination witness stated that he was preesnt in the room whence he heard the conversa- tion. He, with three companions, had rented a room underneath the lodge room of the Emancipationists and had rigged up a eontriyance by tearing down a part of the ceiling and installing cer- tain acoustic apparatus, whereby all that went op in the lodge room could be heard. With him on the night in ques- tion were Dr. J. C. Bourguignon and Mr. V. E. Beaupre. Mr. Bettupre followed old substantiated in every detail the testimony of the former witness. This witness was the one who brought it oue that the Emancipationists were fully aware that in the affair they did not have the sympathy of English Masons. .6+ 20,000 WALRUS Encountered By Vessel Near Diamond Islands, Behring Sea. • Seattle, Wash., Aug. L --The gaso- line trading schooner Helen Johnson encountered on june 5 a herd of 20,000 Walrus swimming in the sea. near Dio- ixiede Islands in Bering Straits. The an- imals covered an area of several acres of water and the schooner, after trying to sail through the herd drew to one side. A photographer was on the John- son, and the ineident was recorded see- entifitally. This is said to be the larg- est herd ever teen and seems to discredit reports of the impending extinction of walrus through hunting for its ivory tusks. ...- MAN'S LEG IN RIVER. • 1.,L1•10 Found Floating at Landing Place Below Niagara Falls, Niagara Ails, Ont., despatch: A man's left leg, whieh is thought to be the lintb of one of the late suieides, was fouud tonlay at the Canadian Maid of the Mist landing by Capt. Baynes, of the steam- er. The only eovering of the leg was a black shoe and a blank sock, with a white foot, but no marks wItteli would lead to the identification of the body from which the leg was torn 'Were found, A dose watch is being kept on the rap. ids in hopes that the body will be seen and recovered. et -- DR. MeCAUGHAN. Heroic Minister Somewhat Improved His Wife's Oase 1-lopeful, Belatt, Aug. Dr, ItteCaugh- en le Mill uneotteelous, but his Indite IS improving end he is &hie, to take a fair amount of nouriehment. Hie progress Is doubtful, but more hopeful to -day. His wife's condition is fairly- good. She suffers mu& pain from Arista' tan. etission, Inn her crime le hopeful on the whole. Turi npne mole I saidejeoirlawldrieuag ortitrfe4;attwoagenanttiliquarreleyloill / "I" Lunvu UnI010, suell and Enos drew a razor to attack Jackson and Needham, seeing his friend in danger, hit Enos and lama. wedanthiinuge wihttetner eho seadwhema mwaans lying down on the boulevard, Mane Mg. He crossed to help lum and found it was Enos, who had. faked the groans to draw his attention. Need- ham tried to lift him up, and Enos slashed him with a razor. Needham crawled. back. to King street, and told. Itis friends, Jackson and Johnson, what had happened, and those two started. out on a still hunt fOr Enos. They saw him on Welling- ton street, and Jackson shot him in the eye. Johneen esid afterwards, in the presence of Jackson and Need- ham, that the, shot got him, in the head. Both jaekson and johneon have since departed for regions unknOwn, but the police expect to land both shortly. Premier Asquith is Hopeful of .Reaching Agreement, Conference. Between: Lords. and Cern. mons Will Gontinue London, Aug. L—The conference of the two dominant partiett .wbo are trying to compose the constettetional differenc- es of the House of Lerds and. the House of Commous already have sueneeiled itt bridging several gulfs that bave separ- ated them and, a statement made by Premier Asquith in the lower chamber this afternoon indicates. that the out- look for a compromise is more hopeful than had been anticipated. Ienless a, rupture occurs during the re- cess little further of an official charms - ter is likely to be neard regarding the negotiations until Parliament reassem- bles on Nov. 15, Mr, Asquith, after statingthat the confreres in the course .01 twelve meet- ings had surveyed, the tield of contro- versy, earefully said: "The result is that our discuesioos Towle lunch progress, although eve have not so far reacried an agreement—as to render it in the opinion of all of us not only Oesirable, but necessary that they should continue. In fact, I may go fur- ther. We would think it wrong at this stage to break them off." The Premier added that if further de- liberations showed. no prospects of an agreement that could be announced in Parliament at the present session, the conference would be closed, •• 4, LOST CERTIFICATE Judgment Against Captain in Toronto Bay Drowning Accident, Two Young Men Severely Criticised For Cowardly Actions. Toronto despatch: As a result of the aceident in Toronto Bay on dune no when Mrs. Mabel Mehick and lier eieLer, Miss Emma Carlaw, were drowned when the steamer John Hantan struck t he gasoline launch .Cecida, Captain Joyeen of the John Hanlon, loses his license for three months, and must take an examination as to his sight and hearing, and the two young men who were with the kdies, Reginald Cooper end Frank Logan, were accused alumeet of coward- ice and severely criticised fir their ac- tion after the accident. Judgment was given yesterday by the cummission which heard the evidence on Wednes- day, Captain L. A. Demers being the commissioner, and the assessors -being Captain James B. isoote and Captain G. C. S. Holloway, R. N. R. It is quite probable that Reginald Cooper and Frank Lewin, the former the owner and the latter one of the oc- cupants, will be indicted for criminal negligence in contributing to the deaths of Mrs. Mabel Melriek end her sister, Miss Emma Carkw. •:•••••••••••-•,..1111...11. A MANILA TRAGEDY Suicide and Court Martial Over Trouble at a Dinner Party. Wife Gave Husband's Champagne Cooler to Another Man. Manila, Aug. L—LieuteCol. Robt, F. Antes, who was court-martialed follow- ing an investigation of the suicide at Itis home of Lieut. Clarence M. Janney, was released from arrest to -day, and resuinea command of tbe Twelfth Infan- try, U. a A. The findings of the court have not been published, but it is understood that the accused was reduced twelve num- bers. Mrs. Janney, widow of the suiekle, and who was a witness at the enurt-martial, has sailed for Hong Kong enroute for home. Ames was eharged with conduct un- becoming an officer and to the preju- dke of military discipline. He was ar- rested on orders from Washington fol- lowing the receipt there of the report, of the board of inquiry which investie gated the death of Lieut, Jemmy. Jan- ney shot himself after a quarrel with ads wife while the two were dinner guests of Ames. The quarrel was said to have* started over the discovery by Janney that his wife had given Ames a champagne cool- er that had belonged to her husband. WILL I3E TROUBLE Madrid Newspaper Warns the Vati- can of Danger, Madrid, Aug. L—EI Mundo, discuss- ing the threatened break between the Spanish Goveroment and the Vaduz over the refteeal of Premier Canalejas to retail& the itimeriol decree which per- mits nott-Catholic societies to display the lesignia, for public worship, says: "The holy see has no reason to feel of- fended. It is hauling deliberately to- ward ,a 'rupture which Will preeipitate the opening of a rapid and strategic anti-elerieal eampaign." *so DEATH OF ENOS, Inquest Continued on Man Murdered in Chatham Brawl. Chatham deepateli: The coroner'st inquest into the cause of death of Jacob Enos, who wasmurdered in this eity on the night of July 18, was resumed to -night, and again adjourn- ed to receive the evidence of Casie Vinont and Louise Willie, 'who are at present locked up in Windsor on a Marge of vagrancy. The most import/tut evidence to. night Was that of Orly Needham, who NOW DON'T SPEAK Vatican Has Broken AH Negotiations With Spain, Will Recall Ambassadors—Trouble Over Edict. London, Aug. 1.-4. despatch from Madrid to the Central News says the negotiations between Spain and the Vatican in reference to a modification of the Coneordat are in such a shape that a rupture between the Holy See and King Alfonso's Government may be regarded as certain. El Liberal says that it has informa- tion to the effect that the Vatican has addiceeed a mint :to to Spain breaking off all negotiation. The Vatican note practically amounts to an ultiniatuin. El Liberal understands that the Spanish Ambassador to the Vatican will be mi- niediately recalled and that his pass- ports will be handed to the Papal Nun- cio at Madrid. Prime Mielister Canalejas virtually ad mitted to -night the accuracy of the statement that the Vatican had broken oft the negotiations. He said the Vat- ican's note intimated that the 'negotia- done could not be continued unless the Clovetnment suspended Re recent edicts. Senor Ca,nalejas said that he would do Itisutmostto maintain the negotiations within the limits of prudence, but added that under all circumstances he was re solvedto fulfil his proiniees to the na- tion, THE WAIFS. J. J. Kelso Says They Must Have a Proper Education. Toronto despatch; de 3. Kelso has re- ceived a letter from one of the Provin- cial School inspectors directing his at- tention to the fact that parents who have wards trom vailous homed are not any too particular .about their attend - once at public schools. He states that the °pillion seems to be prevalent that it is necessary to send a child to school for four months out of the twelve. He finds upon investigation that this applies generally, and has written asking that the matter be taken up at once. Mr. Kelso has written to all the homes and societies in the Provinces stating that if they have a clause in their agreement stating that four months' schooling is all that is required per year it must he eliminated at once. Mr. Kelso draws attention to the fact that in some of the sehool sections this regu- lation may yet apply as a relic of years ago, He does not intend that it shall apply any longer. Those who take chil- dren from any society molt give them proper educations. NAVAL' COLLEGE Will Probably Be Opened at Begin- ning of Year. Halifax despatch: Deputy Minister Desbarats, director of the naval ser- vice, who arrived here to -day, says that the cruiser Niobe has been de- layed owing to the naval inanoeuvres She will sail for Halifax about the middle of September. The naval college at Halifax will be opened about thesfirst of the year. A large number "'applications have been received, and it is expected the new college will start work with a promising class of cadets. The de- partment is now looking for competent instructorsand it is intended to have the college manned by Canadians eventually, In the meantime prob- ably it will be necessary to get the heads of the staff from the old coun- try. DID IT FOR ARTHUR ••••••1•••••*•• Young Woman of New Westminster Shoots Herself, Iraneonver, B.C., Aug. 1.—A 'chance meeting, a brief Courtship, marriage, a few weeks' happiness, different Wale, led to the suicide in a dmentoWn hotel of the nineteen -year-old wife of Arthur P. Browne, who shot, herself. Mrs. Browne belonged to a. well-known New Westminster family, and was night operator in the telephone exchange. A few weeks after her marriage Mrs. Browne returned to her mother's home. The pair were reeormiled, but subsequently drifted apart. The dy- ing girl's last words were: "I did it for Arthur." Judge Barron III. Toronto despatch: Judge Berm, Of Stratford, was taken suddenly ill yes- terday and was unable to attend the sitting of the Toronto RailwayCon. ciliation Bi Board of which he s the chairmen. He Was eonfined to his bed and the physician ealled said that he was suffering from an attaelt of appendicitis. It will not be neces- sary to Operate at present, but judge Barton will have to remain in bed for several days before he ean travel to his home, IN THE MR IN 1 STORM fer.T.F.0.31n. Actor Loraine's Flight Over theSolent in a Ga!e. Dramatic Finish to Bournemouth Fete By Mr. Loraine. eeseseese Bournemouth, Bug., Aug. L-4. thrill- ing dramaof the sir, with a mailer 40 - ter of romantie parts as its hero, ended tile International Flying Meeting on. naturday. Never before even ia the eventful histery of airmadiellip has a pilot played so brave a part. The situation with which the acaor-air- man, Mr. Robert Loraine, was soddenly confronted would—if the necessary me- ,hanieal effeets could be lielnneee— make a striking Act in a Drury Lane play. The first scent. came when the air. titan, who flies under the name of "Mr. Jones," donned a lifebelt ana declared that lie would fly to the Needles and back, an aerial journey over the Solent of 10 1-2 miles. Other airmen—even tlus intrepid II, Morone—were amszed at the. prbject. The say was banked with lowering clouds, a gusty twenty -miles - an -hour wind blew, a eterm was coming up from the Kea, No other pilot would even venture to circle the course. A minute or so before he started—his handsome face, pale and stern, set—Mr. Loraine was officially warned, of the dan- ger of the flight. Less than a month ago he obtained his certificate as a pilot aviator. In experience he was the young- est airman an the ground. As he flew over the shore and came over the water a cold sea mist blew up Won the east and he disappeared into it, Thia ended scene one. In the second scene the actor -airman was observed by the crews of motor- boats rocking and. swaying through the mist 100 feet above the waves. He had passed entirely out of siglit of land. Then, with a darkening of the sky which robbed him of all sense of direction, the threatened storin broke away beek on the aeroOrome, When the rain came lashing down every flying man—even M. felerlot himself—deciarea that the bi- plane could not live through the down- pour and moat bo beaten helplessly into the water. AIRMAN'S PERIL. air, Loraine's peril was readixed, too. Nuboat could see a quarter of a mile ahead in the storm. "If the aeroplane falls into the water will it ba found?'' This was the question asked with bated breath. A little group of airmen strug- gled against the wind awl rain tee the cliff's edge, peering out over.the sea. Thus—very dramatically—ended ecene thre.e. Scene four was a struggle against wind and rain such as no airman has waged before. Alone above the water, with no land to guide bim and with the rain beating blindingly into his eyes,the pilot crouched forward in bis driving seat and forced bis quivering air craft upon its way. Treacherous gusts, and the weight, of water upon his planes conspired to drive him downwards. With grim courage he struggled on. No hero on the stage has ever fought against such overwhelming odds. Had his engine once faltered he would have been lost. The sea below him was lash- ed into fury by the storm. The cold al- most numbed him. The biplane pitched and rolled. Every nerve was at tension to correct the tilting of the machine in the vicious gusts. So far half an hour, which seemed like an age, Mr. Loraine clung to his steering lever and groped Ids way through the windi and rain. DRAMA OF REAL LIFE. Scene five opened picturesquely with the lighthouse -keeper at the Needles peering ',out from behind his windows over the storm -driven water. Suddenly, to his amazement he saw a strange "something" appearing from the midst of a dark raincloud. It grew into an aeroplane—a desolate speck above the water. Slowly the aircraft won its way towards the cliffs. Its pilot--hiseaching eyes fixed far ahead 'through the gloom —had seen a dim outline of land just when he had thought himself hopelessly lost. Although exbauMed he fleev over the cliffs near Alum Bay. The biplane alighted upon a, rain -soak- ed. slope, like a whiteovingea seabird ex- hausted by a battle with the wind. Slowly the air -man elimbed down front Itis seat. lie was alone upon the cliffs. Leaning against the lower plane of his machine, he gasped to regain his breath, he gazed back across the -angry sea. iThe curtain fell upon this realelife drama wben the' antor-air-man was warming his numbed limbs iu a cottage on the cliffs, and a telegram, received with cheers at the aerodrome, announced his victory against the elements. 4 I 41. CUT HIM DOWN 04•••••••*. Despondeht Youth Tried to Hang Himself in Park in New York. Police man Noticed HimSwing Off an d Ran And Gut the Rope. New York, Aug, 1.--A Bronx pollee- inan to -day seccessfully played the role of rescuer of a would-be Suicide, cutting down &mob Katzen, a despon- aent youth, who had attempted to hang himself from the limb of a tree in Oro-. tona, Park leatzen, while walkiog through the park drew a rope front tin- aer his oat, climbed into a tree, adjust- ed the noose about hie ueek, fastened the other ead to the tree, and jumped. Patrolmen Lyneli Saw the last steps of the man's preparations from a dis- tame and eame up on a ruin Ile wim just in time, as the noose had. tighten. ed about Eetzen's noir, and the young man Was gradually &eking to death when the officer arrived, ana whipping out his knife, hurriedly severed the rope. Aside front abrasions en the neck, roused by the ord, Kelm, 'when ex- amined et the pollee station, was found to be uninjmed. ITe lied written A letter iti veld& he said that leteines. was bad arta he wanted to die.