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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-08-11, Page 7THE LAST •OF G.T.R. STRIKE Members of Trainmen's Committee Leave Montreal. Delebirates Endorsed the Course Taken by Leaders --Late Unpleasantness, (Grand Trunk Directors Relied on Mr, Ilays,Absolutely. Montreal, Aug. 7. -The lest chapter of the recent troubleon the Grand Trunk was concluded on Saturday afternoon, when the General Committee of the trahunen, yaramen and conductors end- ed their final conference with Vice -Pre. eidents Murdock and. Berry es to the outcome. The conterence ended in the :afternoon, and all the delegates finally ileft the city for their homes by the "various night trains east and west. It 1F,t1!% stated after the conference that the discussion throughout was of n friendly nature, the delegates look- ing for a clear explanation Of the situ- ation which they could take hack to their various local headquarters. This was given them and they endorsed the course taken by the leaders and finally adjourned. Discussions still continuo between the railways and representatives ef the men,but they are being carried on in a friendly manner. Thirty delegates of the Firemen's '(Jnion are expected to ar- rive in Montreal to -morrow morning for a discussion as to a new schedule of wages and thirty more will arrive dur- ing the following week. It is expected that the discussions will simply be the ordinary negotiations at the close of one agreement and the concluding of another, with an increase of pay as the ))aste:a TRUSTED MR. HAYS. • 'Montreal, Aug. 7. -"The directors were, or course, much concerned about the strike, but I may say that they trusted Mr. Hays absolutely. Mr. Hays )k is not only a fair man, he is a generous man. He took a stand which the boerd entirely approved of, From the start the board stood by him. The board. wish- es to stand well with its employees, but it is a. question of existence. If the com- pany cannot pay a certain wage and live there is only one thing to be done. Mr. Hays went to the full length. He made a wise and reasonable proposition. IE am glad, of course, that the trouble is over, for I may say that anything of this anti which restricts the flow of capital, is exceedingly injurious not merely to the company, but to the whole of Canada." This was the statement of Mr. A. W. Smithers, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific, of London, Eng- land, who is at present in the city. Speaking to -day, Mr. Smithers, who in- tends to go over the line in all its sec- tions and who is full of enthusiasm for Omaha, said that in the old country business was good and money easy. LOSE PENSIONS. Company in Statement Says Act of Parliament Settles Matter. - Montreal, Aug. 6. -The Grand Trunk to -day issued the following , statement regarding pensions: 4 . "The company has no option in the matter. It cannot restore the strikers to their pension rights without violating the conditions upon 'which the fund was established by act of parliament in the session of 1900-7, which became effec- tive on January 1, 1908. "By this act the pension fund is cre- ated, and 'a committee, consisting of the president and three vice-presidents, general solicitor and transportation manager, appointed for its administra- tion. "It was created expressly for the pur- pose of encouraging employees of the company to remain faithful and. loyal to it iit such times of trouble as the re- cent strike of conductors and trainmen and as recognition of long and devoted service. Rule 10, which forms one of the regulations framed under the act, ex - measly stipulates that: 'All employees ▪ aged fifty or upwards, and who shall have been fifteen years or upwards in the continuous service of the com- pany, may on their discharge '(other- wise than for misconduct) be considered eligible for pensions or allowances as hereinafter stated. "The service must be continuous and must be for fifteen years. "The employees 'who return to work may earn the right to share in tho benefits of the fund, but the fifteen years will be reckoned from the date of their return. "There are exceptions to this, but they are expressly set forth in rule 17, which read sae follows: "Absenee on leave, suspension or discharge, followedby reinstatement 'within a year, or temporary lay-off on account of reduction of force when un- attended by other employmakt, will not be considered as a break in continuity of service.' "Strikers were particularly excluded from the list of those who may avail themselves of this benevolent proviso. "The men do not contribute to the fund as they do to the insurance and '111( provident fund, but even in the ease of the latter fund, which is also governed by legislation, they forfeit the benefits by leaving the service and allowing their payments t6 drop into arrears or lapse. They have no voice whatever in the con- trol of the pension fund, which is main- tained by an annual vote of $90,000 from the eompanyee earnings and the in- terest on the sum of $200,000 allocated for that purpose -when the fund was created." BAR CELLULOID COLLAUS. Ottawa, Aug. 0.- Coincident with the settlement of the 'strike of eonduetore and brakemen on the Grand Trunk and the increase in wages to the men as a result comes the news tbat the road will require the men in the passenger branch of the /service to pity more attettion to their pernoner appearance and dress. "Now that conductors are getting pity equal to many profeeeiontil men," mid Superintendent Donaldsent this morning, "they Will be expeeted to Lrees up to their positions, present a utter appear - awe and be eleanshowen when they re. Port for duty, "ChM of the horrors of the ToinrOati A celluloid collar," added Mr. Donald- son, "and it will have to go." RATES ACDEPTED. Wages of the Men in the Several D. partmente in Tabulated Form. The rates accepted by the men under the agreement are, according to the of- fer of the company,. published on Jelly 10, as follows/ PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE. Rates per Month. Con- IPge- Brake - Between. doctors, men men. Toronto -Detroit .. $140 $85 $80 Toronto -Port Huron and Gochnich roik ;t10 130 75 70 Port Huron -Suspension Bridge 135 80 75 Suspen, Bridge -Detroit . 110 75 70 Suspen. Bridge -Toronto. Guelph 110 75 70 Suspen. Bridge -Toronto. 120 80 70 Toronto-Ikrailton 115 75 70 Hamiaton-St, Thomas 110 75 70 London -Pt. Huron -Strat- ford . ..... 100 70 05 London -Detroit .. 135 80 70 London, Suspen. Bridge and Toronto ., 100 70 65 Goderieh-Buffalo ,... 135 80 • 75 Southampton -Toronto 130 80 70 Stratford -Port Dover 100 70 05 Palmerston, Brantford Fe Hamilton .., 120 75 70 Brantford, Harrisburg & Tillsonburg Juno, 100 70 05 Tillsonburg, Harrisburg and St. George ,. 100 70 65 Durnam-Kineardine .,- 110 70 65 London, Toronto -Owen • Sound ... , 125 75 70 Louslon-Winghant 100 65 00 Petrolea-Glencoe 100 70 65 aris Jet.-Toi•onto and Lynden , 105 75 03 Port Dover -Canfield Jet. 100 05 60 Palmerston - Southamp- ton ... 100 65 60 Stratford -Owen Sound 125 75 70 Port Dover-Suspen. 13ridge- Toronto .. .125 75 70 Relieving crew , 140 85 80 aliKED TRAIN SERVICE. Rates per month. Con. B'ge- Drake - Between ductors, men. men. Stratford -Sarnia .. $100 $75 $70 Port Dover -Owen Sound' 110 75 70 Port Colborne -Port ' houses 100 Galt -Elmira . 100 Elmira -Galt ,.,100 Port Rowan-Simcoe 90 Wiarton-Parkhead Jet. 100 Palmerston -Brantford 120 Guelph Lynden - Harris- burg -Paris 100 Ffamilton - Caledonia -Bur lington-Dundas 100 70 Petrolea-Glencoo 105 75 London -St. Thomas 100 70 , WAY FREIGHT SERVICE. Rates per /tIontli. Con- Brake - Between • . •ductors Lon. -Sarnia -Kincardine .. $100 Toronto -Stretford .... 100 Stratford -Sarnia. 95 s. Stratford -London 95 Mimico-Niagara Falls ... 05 Hamilton -Port Dover 95 Hamilton -London 95 Brantford -St. Thomas ... 110 Stratford -Fort Erie .. 110 Saratford-Port Dover 110 Stratford-Goderich 95 Stratford -Owen, Sound .. 105 uelph-Southampton . . 100 Palmerston-Wingham ... 95 Mentitton-Welland Set: .. 95 Guelph -Galt 95 Guelph -Harrisburg 90 Fort Erie-Sherks . 95 Fort Erie -St. Thomas ... .115 St. Thomas -Windsor .... 106 70 67 65 45 09 00 .. 70 80 75 70 05 05 70 65 ••••••••••-••••••••••• men. $70 65 65 65 65 65 65 75 76 75 65 75 70' „ 65 65 05 60 65 80 75 AN EASY MARK. Lunenburg Octogenarian Swindled Out of a Thousand Dol;ars. ' Halifax, Aug. 7.-A Lunonburg man, 80 years am, was the victim of confi- dence men when the circus was in that town the. other day, and the Attorney - General's Department so far has failed to re-cover the funds belonging to .the too unsuspecting octogenarian, who parted with $1,250. On the road to Bridgewater the old man met a strang- er who -pretended to be inteersted in real estate. The two engaged in conver- sation. The old man's hobby was found to be electric belts. The two were soon joined by a third, who said he wanted an agent for an electrie belt. Before an appointment could be made, however, it would. be necessary, he was told by the applicant, to put up $1,230 as an evi- dence of financial standing. . A fourth man, purporting to be a judge from Halifax, joined the trio, who adjourned to a tent conneeted with the circus. But before they repaired -thither the Lunenburg man went to his bank and withdrew the sum named. The cash was handed to the confidenee men, who gat away with it and have not been heard front since. • • * SWIMS SIX HOURS. Fifteen -Year -Old Dorchester Miss Makes Seven Rugged Men Quit. Boston, Mass., Aug. 7.-A fifteen - year -old Dorchester girl, Rose Remelt to -day .succeeded in maimming front Charlestown bridge to Boston light, a feat attempted neany times by most of the beat distance swimmers of the least, but heretofore accomplished by but one person, Alois Aderle, of New York. Seven rugged men competed against lVfiss Pitnoff to -day, but the told and the baffling tides arid currents that have made this twelve -mile course one of the severest attenipted by swimmers in this country forced them out of the water eome distance front the goal. The girl was in the water six hours, klee minutes as against the five hours, 38 minutes, of Aderle, who swam on August 29th last year. The average temperatures of the water was 53 .degrees, and there Was a cold wind from the west that made wraps neces- sary for tho five official witnesses who accomplished the contestants in a boat. • 4 * Smallpox in Brantford. Brantford, Aug. general vaceina. tion of the -city co -emetic -es toenerrow, by the oraer of the Boere of Iiealtit. There are 48 meg of smallpox, all of a mild type, and the authorities believe that vaccination, a matter in svhieb there had been consiaerable laxity to. eally foe some yerae, will ;nerve au effec Ca. Atop for any fin tiler outIneak. ()whir to a tureb-r of the central fire department belies takee 111 laet week, the firemen are carifined to ths de- but they _responded to an liturdiv Witt, NEWS OF THE DIY IN BRIEF Government Launch Destroyed at Sault St, Marie. 1••••,,wm,1,1/10,1, Windsor Woman Gets a Divorce in Detroit. Frozen MeatSentFrom. Venezuela to England, 411.0.1..•••••••••••••• Only three counties in ()aerie are now affected with rabies. • The steamer Sechlot was meekest on the Pacific Coast, but her passengers, and crew were saved. Mrs, Agues Sylvester, 35 years old, an inmate at the Queen street west Asp lum, Toronto, escaped front that institu- tion latst night. The frame residenp of W. M. Tay- lor, Dundee stteet, Brantford was gut- ted by fire late on Saturday night, causing a loss of $1,200, The first verge of frozen meat to be shipped to England from Venezuela and 2,000 cattle are being sent to Liverpool by the steamer Star. of Victoria.' An early morning fire on Bessemer steeet, Ottawa, on Sunday caused the lose of fotir horses belonging to the stable of IL Sugarman. The loss was $800, Generals Lara and Valdez, of the Mas driz army, were wounded and the son of General Lara was captured at a bat- tle recently fought at Chirqui, near juigalpa, Nicaragua. The by -lase to exempt from taxation the Windsor Shirt Company, for its new plant there, was voted on Saturday and carried. There were only 31 votes against the by-law. Mrs. Alexander Elferts, who before her marriage three years ago was Miss Katharine Doumouchelle, of Windsor, bas been granted a divorce in Detroit oil the grata of non-support. Fire of an unknown cause destroyed, the electric light plant at Cresson, Pa., with a loss of $100,000, The town will be in darlsness for a month or six weeks. Eight hundred tons of coal Were ignited by the Dames. For stealiets $40 from his father- in-law lo Chatham sem° time ego, Prank Hawk, aged al,. was arraigned in the police court, Windsor, and pleaded not guilty. He was remanded until his re- cord is looked into. Considerable anxiety is felt for the fate of the two military spherical bal- loons which ascended from Munich, Goa many on Friday afternoon and have not been reported. Each balloon carried a crew of three men. The big Canadian Government launch used by. the canal operatives at Sault Ste. Mame was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday, when her gasoline tank blew up. Engineer Fipp, the only occupant, was rescued. The launch was valued at $1,000. The guards and keepers of the Kiugston Penitentiary took advantage of the visit of Inspector Dawson to present it peti- tion for an increase in wages, owing to long hours, and also the increased cost of living. The petition evill receive con- sideration. While on it vacation at Toronto, Mr, Rolph Barlow Page, of Rutgers College, New -Brunswick, New Jersey, died on Saturday at his rooms, 513 Euclid aven- ue. He was taken ill with bronchitis, which later developed into quinsy, and death ensued. There are busy scenes along the wa- ter front at Halifax these days fitting the sealers for their long trip to the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The fleet this year will be the largest yet, seven staunch schooners making the trip. ; • The Govarnment vessel Cinco, having on board Lady Laurier and Hon. L. P. Brodeur, Minister of Marine and Pieter - les, madvs it brief stop at Windsor for supplies. The Cinco's destination is Port Arthur,where Sir Wilfrid Laurier and party will be met. John Gibson, a married men residing at 20 Cayuga street, Brantford', fell head first from the top of the stairs of his home on Saturday eight and sus- tained a fractured spine. He is para- lyzed from the shoulder down and little hope is held for his recovery. The late Charles E. Goad, of St. George street, Toronto, left. an estate of $450,000 in Canada, according to an affadavit filed with the suceession duties branch of the Provineial Treasury. He was the inventor of the famous insur- ances device known as Goad's. • A special froni Rome to the Petite Republique, Paris, says that the hos- tility of the Royal family to the mar- riage of the Duke of Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins has been withdrawn, and thet the ,official announcement of their engagement will be made shortly. The Free& Ministry of War has re- ceived a Wright, aeroplane and a ma- chine of the Bleriot type, capable of carrying two passengers, to be added to tho military aerial fleet. The maehines were purchased out of 'the subseription fund of $52,000 raised by a Paris news- paper. The sheep men of Seuthern Alberta are requesting the Dominion Govern- ment to extend the limits of the sheep rarige at present limited to the Belly River in the north and west, and the intereational boundary oil the south. They want to be allowed to range sheep on the mealy created Rocky Mountain forest reserve -on the east elope of the mountain, • " e • 10 Te4E WORK CURE. Success of the Labor Treatment for Consuiriptives in Great Britain. London, Aug, 8. -How far modern treatment for eonsumptives has depart- ed from the old rule of absolute avoid- ence of all physieel exertion was strik- ingly demoristrated to the visitors at the Thempton Hospital Sanatorium's "tit home" at leriinky last Saturday. Instead of tiptoeing throutzli weak of tadaveroue, bedridden invalids. the vis- itor booking for the patients had greet difficulty in discovering them, but he noted an unusual number of gardeners and workers engaged about the grounds. A number of sturdy, well-tenned men were bnrcl at work trenehing the ground for the new kitchen garden. In intoner part of the groutde, in covered shedi. open on three sides to the air and pun. light, people set sewing and making mope and mats. Strolling eyerpehere I about the sanatorium itself, one saw a vast crowd of men and wonlen of all ages wearieg rovettes. Still no mane of the patients. It was only after one of the staff explained matters that the visitor realized that the gardeners and laborers who kept the grounde in teeth immaculate order were the patients Undergoing treatment, and that the rosettel legion were pa- tients whose disease had been arrested by the graduated work system in vogue at the sanatorium. The dietinetive feature at the sana- torium is that the patients are put to such useful outdoor wore: as they are capable of performing with benefit to their health, and by a system of grad- luestatveicnIg.labor are, in most cases, restored to their full working capacity before THE CRUISER LION Eleven Million Dollar Battleship Was Launched in England, She Exceeds All Existing Dreadnoughts in Size and Sp eed. Louden), Aug. 7. -The gigantic battle- ship -cruiser Lion was 'trenched yester- day at Davenport. It Is the greatest battleship afloat, exceeding all wasting Dreadnoughts in size, speed and arma- ment. The Lion is officially described as an armored cruiser. She is superior to every battleship in the world and is tho naval marvel of the year. The Lion is the first naval vessel to be armed with eight of the new 13.5 ineh gum, which are arranged in four barbettes on the centre line of the ship. The two middle barbettes are raised, which permits their guns to be fired over the other barbettes, which system will allow the whole of the main arma- ment to be trained on either broadside. The guns will fire projectiles of 1,250 Pounds a distance of 5,000 yard's. These projectiles will penetrate twenty-two inch armor. The Lion will have a dis- placement of 26,000 tons. The length will be 700 feet and the beam is 83 feet. The horse -power of the Lion will be 70,- 000, developing a speed of thirty knots. She will be fitted with the Parsons tur- bines and will have forty-two water tube boilers, situated amidsnips, and will be protected with nine -inch armor plating, The Lion is the fifteenth British Dreadnought to be launched. Slw was constructed in eight months and , cost $10,875,000. • TO HELP PEASANTS Co-operation Banks in Britain to Aid the Small Farmer. London, Aug. 7.f -The Earl of Carring- ton, Minister of Agrieulture, has an- nounced that the Government intends to establish a system of co-operation banks for the benefit of the small farm- ers. This announcement has created it bitterness amona the Unionists, who ac- cuse the Ifilarais of stealing their thun- der. The policy was a,dvocated long ago by the Unionist party and Mr. Balfour in 1909 incorporated the idea in a speech which he delivered at Birmingham. The principle whieh he set forth then was in- corporated in his party's platfotra, The Earl of Carrington is it model landlord. He owns 23,000 acres of land.. During the last Unionist Administration he induced Parliament to pass the Smoot lfoldings Bill and this law has revolu- tionized sentiment in the country in fa- vor of the restoration of England to it peasant proprietary. This was one or Carrington's ideals when he was Gover- nor of New South Wales. He has suc- ceeded in reforming the land laws and the consequent dividing of huge farms into small holdings. He has given ne de- tails of his new scheme. It is to be as- sumed that the oredit of the new banks will be arranged along the lines of the Australian plan, under which the Gov- ernment, 'with simple and easy condi- tions, advances to farmers as much as $2,500 to clear and fence their land and provide roads, irrigation, etc. The loans are repaid in instalments when the coun- try is prosperous. While Carrington's scheme is socialis- tic the newspapers of all parties coni - mend it highly. 'ROBBED HIM. London.Horse-Owner Brutally Attack. ed in Detroit' Detroit, Aug. 7. -Claiming that he lied been beaten and robbed of $700 in cash, Daniel aletrwen, of Londoa, a well- known horse -master, was picked up bleed- ing and uncomaious near Lite corner of Bates and Larned streets in Detroit la a aist night, head and face had been battered by a blunt inetrument. He was removed to Si. Mary's Flospiral in a see ious condition. Melawen's stray is that he was Attacked from behind by two eren nnknown to him, wits struck hint repeatedly over the head and .then took Itis rot' of money ni1,1 disamemeeed. No arrests have yet been mule. METEOR PALLS, Shock and Neils° Greatly Excite People of Council Bluffs, la. Couneil Bluffs, Ia., Aug. 7.-Accom- parrieti by a noise as loud as thunder, a large meteor hi the neighborhood of Council Bluffs this afternoon, shaking the thy mad causing intense excitement, Searching parties have been attempting all the afternoon to loeate the point where the meteor fell, but at dark toe night none -Mind berm able to do so. It is supposed to have fallen in the hills back of the City. Hundreds of peo- ple heara the explosion and felt the shock, but because tins sun was shining at the time, very few saw the tierolito itself. The meteor, which is described ea very large and travelling from north- west to southwett, mowed high in the air and disappeared. behind the hills. To- morrow another effort 'will 3m made to locate it. f - A. now employment for women has ap- peared in Paris. It is "radium carrier" the duties of who Mho to earr ya preci- ous package of radium from one. point to another, whirs there is demand for dreseed woman of about medium height. its Weli She was plump, with au *Yid feee, bleek OR CRIPPEN NOT IN COURT ow,••••••,•••• Won't Likely Be. Brought Before a Judge in Oaneda, IIIR limaa.gmavd, Miss Leneve Offered an Engagement in Vaudeville. Quebec, Aug. 7.--T1e jail in which Dr. Crippen °Occupies cell was the Mecca of hun- dreds of people to -day„ who walked around it in a vain attempt to catch a glimpse of the physician. Weeny people isecurea permits to visit the jail, and presented them in the hope that they might be able to see. Crippen. Three cablegrams 'were received by the prisoners yesterday and to -day, but no answers were sent, Governor Morin, through whom the messagepassed, has not Made known their purport. The story that Ethel Lenore delated she "hated Dr, Crippen" is emphaeically de- nied, &cording to the attendants at the jail tlig girl never Mentions Dr, Crippen's nitrite, It is stated that Miss Leneve received: it telegram from a Neils York theatrical manager offering her $1,000 it week for an indefinite engagement in vaudeville, to begin immediately upon her release from pieson itt the event that she is set free, Toronto, Aug. 8. -Dr. Crippon will not apnear in court to -day, owing to the fact that he has not contested his arrest. He will not be eeen in the Court House again unless something unforeseen nap. pens. DEW IN BUFFALO. Buffalo, Aug. 8. -Inspector Dew, of Scotland Yard, lad a •late supper hete last night, and motored back to Niagara Falls with it couple of English friends early yesterday morning at the Iroquois. Inspector Dew was recognized by it newspaper man, admitted his identity, and refused to talk about the Crippen case other than to say he expected to be in charge of Dr. Crippen and the Le - neve girl on the trip back to England. Inspector Dew was more inclined 'Et) talk of his impressions of Niagara Falls, which, coinciding as they did with tinge lof any another tourist/ are hardly worth reporting. One of Inspector Dew's English friends said tbat Dew expected to put over it hot one on the newspaper men in the way of getting out of the countryunob- served. Hi He also declared tbat the nspec- tor had told him the English police had Crippen as good as convicted. It is Dew's opinion that the trial will be over and the doctor awaiting sen- tence inside of two months. 1tANTED TO SEE ORIPEN. Quebec, Que., Aug. 8. -Dr. Crippen will nob appear in couht again nor did he ap- pear there to -day. Al further formali- ties have been done away wIth and °rip - pen and Ethel Leneve will return to England with Inspector Dew. Notwith- standing this however'men, women anti children to -day throngad the "Heights of Abraham" in the hope of seeing the prisoners. In spite of the assertions that (happen would not be taken to court, the publie jammed the streets about the Parliament House prison and lined St. Louts street, through which he woula have to be taken, Long before the time set far the hear. ing of the ease around the curt build- ing a crowd gethered also, and special police were detailed to preserve order. The appearance of Judge Angers and Judge Langelier, the special sessions magistrates who set the else for a hear- ing today, when Crippen was arraigned wek ago, caused 0 crush,, which was controlled with difficulty. Deputy Attorney.-Generel Lanctot, when asked this morning if Crippen were to be taken to court. replica that an- nouncement of the plans had already been made. He referred to the state- ment iseued -from the office of Sir Lamer Golan, Attorney -General and Premier of ,Quebee, lase week, in which it wee said Crippen would not be teken fram his cell to -day. WAS A WOMAN. London, Aug. 7. -Discoveries made by the police within the past forty- eight hours have given a renewed in- terest to the Crippen ease. A young German, who lived in Hilldrop Cres- cent. for three years, and. who was on terms of intimacy with the Crip- pens, has been found and he asserts there was an entire lack of har- mony between the doctor and his actress wife. This witness says that Crippen's tastes and those of the wo- man were diametrically opposed in many respects. She frequently expressed herself as dissatisfied with the humdrum of domesticity and constantly hankered for it renewal of her stage career. This led to nutny bitter disagreements. Dr. Pepper and other specialists who have been called in to examine the re- mains of the person found murdered in the Crippen home have told the authori- ties that they are satisfied that the dead person was a woman. It is reported that a birthmark has been identified as slain tar to one borne by Belle Elmore, Crip- pen's wife. DEW AT ST. CA.THARINES. *Niagara Falls, Aug. 7. -Inspector Dew, Scotland Yard, spent the day here at- tending Henley regatta at St. Cathar- ines. He did not register under his own name at the Clifton, but was recognized. from pictures published in the papers since his sensational i•rtee across the At- lantic after Crippen. Ile cannot be found to -night, none apparently know- ing where Im is. As soon as the news spread that the detective was here the Clifton was besieged with newspaper men, but none got so much as 0 glimpse of hire. WIFE NUMBER 2. Toronto People Say 'There's a Wife Between No. I and Actress. Toronto, Aug. 8.-Whern is Dr. Crip- pen's second Wife? • Tliat is the question that is agitats lug the minds of n number of the doe. torts acquaintance during his atay in Toronto some years ago. Clapper'a first wife is dead. So is Belle Elmore, his. WA wife, on whose aecount he is eharg- ed wita murder. But between wife No. 1 and Belle Elmore, the aetress, there Was a. wife No. 2, who made many friende in Toronto. The Mrs, Carppen, who came, to Termite 12 years ago with Dr, Crippeu, when he was maneger for Dr. blunyones branch, was a fashionably eyes aud a peculiar alarin of manner. This Isirs, Crippen is not at all recog- nizable by pictures of the first wife or the one whose murder is under inves- tigation. "There in it deep mystery here," said T. M. Humble, the well known adver- tising manager of nobberlin lime., to- day'. "Under the eirettinstaneee there seems to be a rah for an investigation into Dr. Crippen's residence in this city. I knew the doctor and the then Mrs. Crippen very well, and she was an en- tirely different type of woman to those in the pictures published by the police. Many Toronto people, who met Mrs. Crippen, are wondering how this attrac- tive woman dropped out of eight." , During his residence in Toronto, Dr. Clark, of Detroit, was Dr. Crippen's pro. •fessional associate, It will be recalled that the Ontario Medical Council under- took to fight the institution, with which Dr, Crippen was connected, and eight or ten youug specialists wore notified to withdraw of lose their professional standing in Ontario. The ease at the time attractc4 wide attention. The new problem that Scotland Yard will now be called upon to investigate is: Where. is .the Toronto airs, Crip- pen? Is she dead.; and, if so, did she die a natural death? It is believed now that Inspector Dew's itlkged trip to Niagara Falls is merely it cover for further investiga- tions to be conducted in Toronto and Detroit. - • • 4 WORLD'S END NEAR Cult Followers In Philadelphia Advo- cate Severance of All Earthly Ties, Philadelphia, Aug. 8.-Deciaring that the end of the world. is near nadeadaton- ishing their comniunicants to prepare for the event, a band of workerhave in. ettelled themselves in a small hall at ;110 Diekinson street. Meetings are 1‘.';(1 evcry night at 8 o'clock and a talk is given on aeriptural texts; htlQwed by testimonials from the variora auditors. They advocate "getting 'beets to literal obedience to the teachings of the Bible iq separatiug from all man-in.:de organ. izations, selling their personal property, forsaking all earthly ties and entire de- votion of their lives to game] work and living by faith." One of their represent- atives .said that they preach "What the Bible mentions as the taigher callings.'" The principal tenets of their belief are embodied in a small circular, distributed to attendants of the meeting:. Inveigh- ing against material terms and cere- monies, it declares in favor of the "real epiritual fulfillment," baptiems, bread -1 tid Wi ne coin m union turd .fe o washin ge. "Spiritual affinity" le called a "devil's delusion and of the flesh fles.hy," When questioned about the relation of it lius• bane and wife, who might be brought to ACC the light in the same manner as the militant body, D. Sanford, who is con- ducting the meetings, said, "They would become as brother and sister." He °en - tinned, "In our faith there is no male or female, as we all become subordinate to Him who is our head." At the meetings the men end women are segregated, occupying different sides of the ,eooni. The men lune' anoke, arise off their coats and be comfortable. The hymns they sing are shutter to those that are used by other evangelical or- ganizations. SHOT SAILOR. Asked Civil Question, Got Civil An'swer and Then Fired, New York, Aug. 8. -Without provo- cation, it is claimed, Jas. Bina'', 30 years old, a sailor, on boarl the la S. battleship North Dakota, now at the Braoklyn navy yard, was shot by an un- identified man on bands street, near the navy yard, to -day. Smith, with two other Jaekies, Was accostea by the stranger, who asked a civil question and received a civil reply. Without a word, however, the snail drew a revolver, and shot Smith in the groin. The other sail-, ors gave chase, but Smith's assailant made good his escape, and the police, so far, have failed to find him. The , olice think the act was that of an insane man. The bullet hi Smith's groin will be extracted at the naval hospital and his reeovcry is expected by the surgeons. 405 , - • HON. MR. HENDRIE May Succeed Dr. Reaume as Minister of Public Works. Toronto, Aug. 8.a -In all probability there will be a Cabinet shuffle before the meeting of the Ontario Legislature, Hon. Dr. Resume, who underwent an- other operation a few weeks ago, bas been ordered to take a rest and has gone away. His address is known only to his Cabinet confreres and his private secretary. Dr. Reaume finds the duties of his portfolio irksome, and in case he retires from the portfolio of Public- Worlsas Hon. J. S. Iteedrie, of Hamilton, will take his place. In Government cir- cles, however, it is said there is no in- tention of any change for the present. BIRD IN HAND. Just at Breaking Point, Glassblowers Sign Agreement with Employers. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 7. -The wage gonferenee between the Glass Vial and Bottle Manufacturers' Association and the Glassblowers' Association which had been in session here since Monday eesulted in an agreement late yestertlay afternoon, an hour after it had appear- ed that the relations between the manu- facturers and the representatives of the 11,000 bottle blowers would be complete. ly severed. In the face of the machine competi- tion, the blowers agreed to wotk for the :mine wages that ,prevailed during the last year. The manufacturers granted three • shifts in -slue of two, thus proviaing work for the employees who have lost positions since the introduction of the niaehines. The Manufacturers agreed to reduee the number of apprentiees to one for seal twenty blowers in plaee of one to fifteen journeynten. • ••" Fell into Hold of Vessel. Sarnia, Aug. 7.-Willient Locke, a freight handler at Point Alward, was almost instantly killed by falling into the hold of the steamer lturonie. With other met, he WAS loading heavy doors into the hetet, and in some manlier was ' Oriel by one of them and fell into the holds ale Anil Was fraaturatti ALLIUIET AT SAN SEBASTIAN The Basque Provinces Giving the Government Some Trouble. •1011,1111,01, •••••,, Portugal Also on Verge of RuPure With the Vatican, Report That King Alfonso is Weak Minded Denied, San Sebastian, Aug. 8. -The city con- tinues tranquil, no further attempt at demonstrations having been made eillee group of the snore hotheaded clerical adherents yesterday gathered on the street with shouts of "Death t3 Spain." "Long live the Pope," The Premier, however, will remaie in the summer ettpitaa for several days. The government press express the greatest confidence that the flaw* of the antagovernident f119,111Seetation marks the end of the Carlists, and- of an attempt at au insurrection in favor of the Pretender, but they aro plainly ner- nervous as they fully realize the blind devotion of the peasant population of the Basque Provinces, who had been told by the priests and monks, with which the country swarms, that it was their religious duty to support the Pope against the Spanish Government in the pending conflict. Sixteen priests and monks were among the persons arrest- ed on Saturday on charges of attempt- ing to provoke disorder. TROUBLE IN PORTUGAL. Lisbon, Aug. 8.-PeRrtugal, like Spain, is almost on the verge of an opeu rup- ture with the Vatican, due to friction over the government's censure of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Braga foe suppressing a Portuguese Franciscan newspaper without submitting the eider to the Portuguese Government for ap- proval, and other incidents. Since the issue of the rays' decree on July 12 nul- lifying the action of the archbishop, the clerical forces, inspired, it is charged, by Cardinal lafery Del Val, the papal secretary of state, have been conduct- ing a bitter canapaign against the gov- ernment on tMs account. ALFONSO WEAK-MINDED. Paris, Aug. 8. -The Spanish Ambassa- dor to France, Senor Perez Caballero, dechtres that the report printed in the Croix here that Xing Alfonso is show- ing signs of marital weakness, is a mali- cious invention of the clerical presss Marquis de Ojeda, who has arrived in Paris after being recalled by the Spanish Government from his post as Ambassador to the Vatican, said to- day that 'Marquis de Gonzales, counsel- lor of the Spanish Embassy at the Vati- can, who is now in charge of the Em- bassy, has orders to attend. the Pope's anniversary on Tuesday. RIFLES SEIZED. Bilbao, Spain, Aug. 8. -Six thousand rifles were seized by the authorities to- day on board a tug which had been chartered to go to San Sebastian whore the great anti-government demonstra- tion was proposed to be held yesterday before the clerical leaders abandoned the manifestation. The local authorities at San Sebastian arms, LOYAL that the Carlists were planning ing to start a movement against the governmeot. No statement, however, is to take advantage of the Catholic meet - made as to which party to the conflict chartered the tug and loaded it with LOYAL TO VATICAN. Rome, Aug. 8. -The Pope and Cardin- al Merry del Val, the Papal Secretary of State, received this morning from Spain many telegrams . expressing loyalty to the Vatican in the conflict with Spain. The telegrams were sent yesterday even - in 'g evidently being delayed by the Span- ish authorities. The telegrams encouraged the Vatican to resist the anti -clerical movement in Spate, the senders assuring the Pope and Cardinal Merry del Val that the movement does not find deep root am- ong the Spanish people. - SEVERAL DENIALS. Madrid, Aug. 8, -An official of the government stated to -day that the gov- ernment has no confirmation of the re- port, current in severest European capi- tals, that the Pope has addressed a let- ter to King Alfonso, appealing to the King to Use his influence for a settle- ment of the confliet between the Spen- ish Government and the Vatican. The official further asserted that there was no foundation for the reports at Rome, implying it prospect for the improve- ment of the relations and Spain and the Vatican. He further denied a cur. rent report that Spain had presented protest to Austria against tho con- duct of Don Jaime, the Carlist preten- der, who is an officer in the Austrian service, during the pending conflict. SHOT HirviSELF. Gravenhurst Man Quarrels With Wife and Ends His Life With Shotgun. ••••••. 11.04.••••• • Gravenhurst, Ont., Aug. 7. -Mr. Chas, Towle, an old resident of this town, 55 years of age, committed suicide here this afternoon by shooting himself with a shot 'gun. He plated the gun on the table and sitting down facing the muz zle pulled the trigger with the stove poker. About it week ago deceased had a vio- lent quarrel with his wife and she left him. Since then he has been drinking herd ned feeling very despondent. He hasniso been threatening suicide and this morning poison, neer atid certridg. es were taken .from him for fear he might do somethieg rash. About noon he bectnne ill and a young 'win, his neighbor, went over tunt per- suaded him to lie down while he went for a doctor. About a o'cloele the neigh. hove hearing it Ant, went ht and found. him lying on the floor, /shot through tbe alelomen.bus.deeth was instantaneous. Flt-----4...6-tAL Act/DENT, Beltsville, Ont., Aug. 8. --While trying to eats& on to' it freight trein yesterday nfterneou, ,Tolin Brame a young fame; 19 years old, of Sideey Township, slip. ed and fell under the trains Hi died within a taw mittutes, SEAGRAM'S SON Swindler Poses as Relative of the Canadian Whiskey Distiller. .1.•••• "Pg•••14. Fooled Many Persons and Got Three Years' Imprisonment, London, Aug. 8. -When John Howard Clark, aged thirty-one, it tall, thin -faced young man, neatly dressed in a grey suit was placed in the dock at London Sete Siena OA ViretilleSSILLyk an extraoainary account of it series of fraude was given, among the vietinas being aka Birrells wife of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Clark. was charged with obtaining by false pretences sums of 41 10se 75- Ode and 2s. Od. Mr, J. P. Grain, prosecuting, said that the accused called at the Eton Mission itt Hackeey Park, presented to Mr. H. le. Anderson a .earil with the ziame of Seagram, and stated that he was the son of a rich Canadian whiskey distiller. Ile was shown over the club and prom- ised subscriptions. Later in the day Mr. A.nders•on met Clark at Victoria Station. The accused declared that he had been robbed, and Mrs. Anderson handed him 4s, and: also an old umbrella, as it was raining. It was also alleged, sail counsel, that the accused obtained 41 10s. from Mr. Wellesley, of Portman square, pretend- ing that he was a friend of Mr. Wel- (osiers son. He also called on the Ree. Charles Stuart Donald, Lancaster road, Kensington, who was in charge of the Rugby mission, introducing himself as the brother of an old Rugby boy, and obtained 41 on the representation that lie had been robbed, Mr. Wellesley,sen., said the prisoner was an interesting conversationalist. Ile talked about emigration schemes be was concerned in, and the improvement of the bree& of horses in Canada. The Rev. C. S. Donald deposed that the prisoner had tea in the Rugby School Mission and played billards in the club, a member of Parliament being present. He also had supper with the witness and the M.P. Detective Sergeant Morgan stated that there were more than a score of cases against the prisoner. Once while he was in prison it clergyman became interested in him and allowed him £1 a week af- ter his release. Ins the clergyman's ab- sence the prisoner defrauded his wife of a sovereign by a false story aid ob- tained the suit ot clothes in which he appeared in the dock from the clergy- man's tailors. He had given a young woman some stolen cheques and ha& robbed her of .8 cigarette case. Using one of Mr. Wel- lesley's cards he ordered £30 worth of cigars, but failed to intercept the mes- senger despatched with them. In Mr. Wellesley's name, too he had hired motor car, and he had obtained various sums of money from persons connected with colleges in different parts of the country. One day he called at the Regent street Polytechnic and announced that he was about to present them with a trophy. He spent some time seleding one at a Regent street silversmith's, and afterwards obtained money from some of those who were to compete with it. He went to Eton, where he posed as a wealthy Canadian. He dined with one of the masters, and Mr. Birrell, son of the Secretary for Ireland, was present. When in London Mr. Birrell, jun., was visited by the accused, who persuaded his mother to give the man £3. Clark also obtained 21 from a master at Etore and then went to the master's brother and! obtained £2 from him. The accused was found guilty, and five previous convictions were proved. Mr. Wallace, K.C., sentenced him to tbree years' penal servitude. AEROPLANE RACE GREAT SUCCESS All France Crazy Over the Cross Country Ra0e. The Flight Means Definite Conquest of the Air, Paris, Aug. 8. -All France is aero- plane mad over the marvellous success upon the first lap of the great 485 mile cross country race from Isly les Moll- neux through Troyes, Nancy, Mezieres, Bouai and Amiens, in which 'six of the eight aviators succesfully completed the first stage of the race to Troyes yesterda.y. Ala the aviators unite in declaring that the success of the prearranged flight of so many ma- chines clinches the definite conquest of the air. Literally thousands of automobiles gathered at Troyes to -day with the in- tention of following the race, the sec- ond stage of which starts to-raororw, through to the finish.. On account of the dificulties experienced by the ma. chines yesterday in following the -course, it has been arranged to fly marking flags on the spires of churches along the route. Three military machines, the drivers of which under the rules are not allowed to eornpete for the prizes, flew from Mournentoulin Le Grand to Newsy to- day to join the contestants when they arrive there to -morrow at the conclusion of the second stage. Hubert Latham, Who was unable to start with the others yesterday on ac. count of illness started from Paris upon his machine illness, ill an endeavor to complete the trip ot Troyes and 'place himself upon an equal footing with the competitoes. Will He Visit Canada? Berlin, Aug. 7. -Crown Prilled Fred- erick William will, accoldieg to preeent arrangements, start in Novendier for * tang tour of the far test, itialtraing India. It is more than probable that he win return by way of the Paelfle, vieiting ainerieaanti:nigh this is net included in 'the programme for his trip as it it now merle rip. The tom' of the Crown Prince will bear an official ehareptet. and arraugements have ntreatly late mede with the th'itish -uvemnm1'tI t.1' bus reception in Indic He will also vile China and lapan.