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The Seaforth News, 1927-03-17, Page 2TWO THOUSAND LIVES LOST IN CENTRAL JAPAN EARTHQUAKE Scenes of Suffering Enacted Among Victims Exposed to. Snow and Rain, Without Medical Aid. MATERIAL DAMAGE ES- TIMATED AT $75,000,000..'t Tondo. -Thousands of refugees in' Centra.] Japan, shivering, hungry, and in need of medical aid, are struggling to bring order out o£ the chaos creat- ed Monday reated'Monday night by the earthquake which 41riaady is known to have tslken a. tail of more than 2,000 Iives. The Honie Office stated that its latest advices showed that 2,275 per - sena were killed and 3,441 injured, Information received by Tokio news- papers, however, ,indicated that the dead in the entire earthquake -region ytrould number more than 3,000, while one newspaper estimated that the toll would mount to 5,000, with from 50,- 000 0;000 to 75,000 homeless. The correspondent for the Tokio Asa'hi Shimbun, who traveled through the stricken •area,'reported from Mi- yazu that the scenes in Minentay a, where more than 1,000 persons were killed, and Amino, were heartrend Ing. Refugees, he said, were exposed to snow and rain, while only a small amount of relief was available. Tho newspaper correspondents gen- erally reported that the Iack of medi- cal supplies end food was the great- est hardship for the refugees, Injur- ed men and women along the broken roads •asked every passerby if he were a doctor, -so great was their need for medical; attention. The roads throughout the region were reported literally lined with the bodies of victims unclaimed by rela- tives or friends. The Tanga region, whirl. suffered most severely, was described by one correspondent - as the seat of misery of Central Japan. To add to the mis- ery of inhabitants along the banks of the Tatsuta and Maruyamn Rivers, the streams rose over their banks, washing away houses and rendering relief work almost impossible. 'Numerous young factory girls were reported to have been crushed or burned to death in buildings in the town of Amino, and surviving mere - hers of their families dug in the ruins in the hope of recovering the bodies. A second shock was felt in the dis- trict iate Tuesday night, but did cor- paratively little damage. It added to the general misery, however, by heightening the terror of the inhabi- tants and razing the Jew houses Which had survived Monday's big quake. The Kyoto prefectural police and medical associations worked steadily at bringing relief to the stricken dis- trict. The Emperor has donated 50,- 000 yen to relieve the region, while the school children of Tokio are plan- ning to contribute one sin each to- ward a fund being raised for the suf- ferers. Although no estimate of the ma- teriel damage caused by the quake has been made public thus fur, some observers believe that the loss will bo at least $60,000,000, and perhaps 575,000,000. The tragedy- came home on Wednes- day to a young Japanese reporter, acting in the line of duty. Jenji Tanaka was sent by the Tokio Asahi Shimbun to Minelanra, his hone town, to gather the details of the disaster there. He telegraphed a lengthy account and concluded his de- spatch with the brief statement that he had found his own hone in ashes and lois wife and aged father and mother' burned to death. He is still on the job, getting the news for his paper.. Osaka, --A terrific gale which started Tlwrsday night, early on Friday was sweeping Central Japan, demolishing ninny refugee shelters in the Tango earthquake distrieland adding to the rudaery of the thousands of hameleee in the devastated region, Relief measures for the thousands mad° homeless in Central Japan by Monday's earthquake wore in full swhtg -on Friday, all Government agencies throwing their energy into caring for the victims still without shelter or medical attention. Health officials worked steadily in the devastated area to prevent an epi - den*, while thousands of coolies • labored on the broken roads, collect- ing bodies and building crude bar- racks to shelter the living. Tokio official reports -stated that 2,248 persons had been killed, 4,107 Injured and 88 missing,. Nearly 6,000 houses were destroyed, either by col - twang or by fire which broke out Immediately after the quake, and More than 2,000 were badly damaged. Heroic Action of 77 -Year -Old Woman Saves Boy Brockville, Ont: -Mrs. •Mary Cons. "anion, 77 years old, jumped into the swollen waters of the west -end • creek Sand brought to safety Harry Billings, e. boy of six years. The prompt and . Wok action , of , the aged woman (moved brie child from drowning.' Many Happy Returns. Hon.1V111iem Harty, of Kingston, ex- M.P., ex -minister of public works, Toronto, and former owner rind, presl- deeant of The Canadian Locomotive Company; Limited, whocelebrated his SOtlt birthday on March. 3. ;Although In poor health for the, past two years', Mr. Warty is able to go for a drive every day end eujays an oocasional ,visit to his office. FAMOUS TRAPPER TO ROAM NO MORE Government Rules That Noted Character Must Spend Old Age on a Reserve. Ottawa. -Old Benny, who has roamed the Northern marches of Brit- ish Columbia for 50 years, setting his traps and tending his nets, will trap no more. The remote and inaccessible defiles of the Northern Rockies will never again echo and re-echo with the crack of his rifle. Old Benny will not hunt or trap again because the Indian Department will not permit hint to roam the for- ests alone. Last Christmas Eve, when the piercing north wind drove even the wild enemas to shelter, Old Benny, stricken with a sudden illness, came face to face with death. With- out strength to reach his log cabin, and with no human being within 100 miles, he struggled an until he came to a harrow ravine -Telegraph Creek -and there he collapsed. However, Old Benny was not yet through. Lying, in the snow, he saw a thin strand of copper wire --the telegraph line maintained by the Do- minion Government between British Columbia and the Yukon. Summoning his remaining strength Old Benny cut the wire in the hope that the Federal Government "trouble shooters" would find the break -and him -before he per- ished. Lata Christmas Eve the: trouble' party set out with a dog team. On Christmas Day they found the break and Old Benny. •He was badly fro- zen and semi-conscious, but was car- ried back to civilization, and now has fully recovered. • The Indian Department has ruled that Old Benny's trapping days are over, He must live on a reserve within reach of niedical attention, and will be provided for out of Government funds. Women's Suffrage Bill Defeated in Quebec Quebec. ---Women's suffrage fared badly in the Quebec Legislative As- sembly, a bill to give wvoince the vote in Provincial elections being defeated an second reading 51 to 13. Victor Marchand, Liberal, of Jacques Car- tier, sponsored the bill. Moth Premier Taschereau and Mr. Suave voted against: Hon. Honore Mercier, IIon, Athanase Daviel, Hon. L. Lapierre and Hon. J. N. Dillon voted :ler the hill. ONTARIO OBJECTS TO FEDERAL ACTION Premier Ferguson and Hon W. E. Raney Join Forces for Ontario's Welfare.... The full text of the resolution of protest against the renewal of the charter of the Montreal,"Ottawa t Georgian Bay Company, which reso- lution was endorsed unanimously March 7 by the Legislative Assem bly of Ontario, is as follows: "That this house respectfully urges the Parliament of Canada not to enact Rill No. 78 of the Iloese. of Conimons.,respecting the Montreal, Ottawa es Georgian Bay Company for the reasons hereinafter set forth: "That the bill proposes to renew' a charter to authorize the construc- tion of a canal and the development of water powers on the Ottawa and French Rivers, which ,said charter has already been in existence for. 33 years without any evidence of pro- gress, toward the acbomplishment of the projected canal; "That the application to Parlia- ment is an effort on the part of private promoters to secure through the Federal , Parliament the control and ownership of a great and valu- able public utility; "That the water: powers in the Ot- tawa River in interprovincial • waters are the joint property of the Prov- inces of Ontario and Quebec, and that the powers in the French River are wholly situate within Ontario, and are the propea•tics of the Prov- ince of Ontario, and cannot be right- fully legislated upon by the Do- minion Parliament; "That the development of these ,powers is essential to the industry and the prosperity of the two Prov- inces of Ontario and Quebec, and the only effect of Federal legislation purporting to vest these powers in a private company will bo to retard development, create litigation and impair the public interest; "That the water powers of the Ot- tawa River, so far as they belong to this Province, are an essential part of the public development and dis- tribution of power in Ontario, in which the people of this Province have already invested upward of $276,000,000; "That this Legislative Assembly desires to record its most earnest and emphatic protest against the attempt being made, by means of a private bill in the Dominion Parliament, to alienate valuable water powers from the control and ownership of this Province, and thereby deprive the people of Ontario of the advantage of one of our greatest natural re- sources for the benefit and advantage of private .promoters; That the Province of Ontario re- spectfully urges that the rights guaranteed to the Provinces under the Federal Constitution should be at all times respected by the Par- liament of Canada; "That this House believes that the occasion calls for a strong and con- clusive pronouncementagainst the Maze de to Roche A promising young Toronto writes. who is .attracting • attention by her navels and her plays. proposed legislation as being con- trary to the spirit and the terms of Confederption and prejudicial to the public interest, "For these and other' reasons this House directs that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Prime Minister of Canada and to the Speakers of the two Houses of Par- liament of Canada." The resolution was moved -by Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, Prime Minis- ter, and seconded' by Ilon. W. E. Raney, Progressive Leader. PENNILESS VETERAN HEIR TO MCH LEGACY After Eight Years' Struggle With Poverty Returned Man Inherits $100,000. Fort William --After eight years of hand-to-inoiith existence, Roy Gil- moue, a returned soldier, out of work, in ill health, with few friends and less money, suddenly finds himself to- day heir to $100,000, bequeathed to him by a rich uncle who died recently in the Argentine worth $860;000. Like Pullin, the quarter -of -a -millionaire, who emerged from the chrysalis of camp cookee" to be a full-flelged wealthy butterfly at Atikolcan last week, Gilmour was in the Black Watch during the war, and,' like Pulpae, was wounded four tines. A prisoner of war for six months, he caro to Canada eight years ago, after the war, and drifted from one job- to another until he landed in Fort William poor and penniless, robbed of lois last $15. D. B. Hanna, head of the Liquor Control Board, will conte from To- ronto to Fort William to identify Gilmour, with whose family he is acquainted. Gilmnour's mother is the sole legatee of the balance of the fortune. Gilmour says he will remain here and set up a dairy farm, as he be- lieves the possibilities of this district unexcelled for capital investment lir such class of farming. BOARD OF RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS WILLEED N COMMODIOUS QUARTERS Ottawa, -Canada will soon need a railway tariff warehouse. At the rate tariff schedules for freight, express and passengers are being filed with the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada, it will not be long before the board will need More commodious quarters. During the calendar year of 1926, according to the annual report of the board tabled in the ]douse by Hon, Charles A. Dunning, Minister of Railways and Canals, more than 70,000 tariffs were filed with the board, an average of about 200 per day, and up to the end of last year the total number of tariffs ;filed since 1904 was 1,424,568. A total Of 2;517 accidents on rail- way property occurred last year, in which. 420 :persons were killed and 2,620 were injured, as compared with 2,713 accidents in the precious year, when 272 persons were killed and 2,055 were injured. Last year 13 railway passengers were killed and 329 injured; 132 employees were kill- ed and 1,727 injured, and 284 others were killed last year and 504 injured. Automobile accidents at crossings numbered 235, horse and rig acci- dents 20, and pedestrian accidents 09. Last year there were 300 acci- dents at ,highway crossings reported to the bourn], covering 129 persons killed and 3.70 injured. During 1926 railways subject to the board's jurisdiction were report- ed as having caused 926 fires in for- ested territories, which burned• over a total of 45,829 1,cres, with ru.est and other property damage estimated at 394,000. Central Japan Again Stricken by 'Quake iReports of great less of life ant vast destructio•n are being received follow- ing the serious earth ]rotors in the central island of Honahin, Japan. The shaded;partion of the above map fetes the devastated area in the great disaster of 1923 when 93,000 lives were, lost. Directly north is the area affect - ed by the present eruption The island ie aholtt 75 miles wider than from th.ttlta and Kobe on the south to the northern coast line' an:1 apparently most of that teii'itogy suffered severe- ly. b;xoept for '<;-foto. Milks MO Kube dicer are few largo citiss in the area, which, seems to 1111r01ure.1 tine (liana list. The shod,, according to advives,.! retteh 1 its higlcst trrint of intenwityi In the n•o•th, 21:nno3•ama mono a report-' ing 1,000 killed, Rear .Iarot°, :en an - c•ient (mph al or. Japan, the Annarubc brieige, the largest amt highest railroad span in the Orient, is reported to have collapsed. At it,in1ama and other !points shown on Ufa northern toast `horror and panto prevailed anti people were ob c'•••111 feden an tief3•91ane to he wandering in a dazed state on the beadles. $lam villages are said to have been leveled by fia%es.whicli fol. laWed the `quake. Synopsis of Proceedings of Provincial Legislature PROGRESS DAY BY DAY MARCH '7T7i-Premier Ferguson introduced a .non-partisan resolution • to be forwarded to' Federal Govern ment at Ottawa deprecnting tate pro- posed renewal :of the charter to the Georgian Bay Ship Canal Company (text given elsewhere). Resolution was seconded by Progressive Leader Raney, Liberal -Leader Sinclair de- clined to add his name. Karl Ho- niuth (Ind, Labor) endorsed a mte. Carried. Iion. G. S. Henry explain- ed why ail companies were asked, to collect gas tax for Government,. Hon. W. E. Raney defended. Hon. E. C. Drury against attack of last week made by Hon. Jos. Lyons. MARCH 8TH Hon. W. F{ 'Sin- Clair, Liberal leader, gave concluding speech on the Budget -attributing to better times much of Government's success in deficit reduction, urged fur- ther Government economy and criti- cized the debt retrenchment scheme. He further promised interesting dis- closures before Public Accounts Com- mittee. Premier Ferguson answered WIli Study In Britain. and Hon._ Monteith, Provincial Treat- Gerald Graham, M.A., of Belie River, surer, moved that House go into Qnt, a Queen's graduate, who has been Committee of 'Supply. This is the awarded a two -yeas acholai'sitip at first time in the history of the On-• 0,000 a year for study in a British utni- tario Legislature that the Opposition. varsity. Ile is •now doing 1rosC-gradu- Lias not moved an amendment to the ate irorkat Harvard under the Queen's arts research fellowship. Individual permit to resident of Ontario, expiring thirty-first of each October. Individual permit to temporary resident, good for one month. Special permit to physicians, den- tists, etc. Special permit for ministers of the gospel for sacramental purposes. • Druggists not permitted,' to dis- Budget. MARCH H -Speaker Oruled: F. G. Sandy (Prog., South Victoria) resolution for increased bonus to Rural Hydro out of order. Many questions were answered. A. A. Col- quhoun (Lib., South Perth) was told John McConell, Windsor, bad been Government tax inspector, but has been askedforhis- resignation. G. A. McQuibban (Lib., N. E. Welling- ton) learned that Bowvnianviile Boys' Training School had capital expen- diture' of 3389,000 and monthly sal- penso liquor. ary list of. 32;440; 70 boys were in Breweries distilleries can sell ' residence. R. F. Miller' (Lib., Heidi- in the ries andec to the Board only rand) learned that O.T.A, fines for under a permit from the Board. 1924 were 3420,868, enforcement cost Aro' liquor may be. -consumed in a 3351,955. In_ 1925, collected in fines uNic lace.•y 3365,466 and spent 3402,638 in en- p p forcement. In 1926, collected 3332,- ' Liquor consumed must ,are co. - 882 and spent $317002. F. G. Sandy smued in residence or temporary (Prog., South Victoria) was given Lome of purchaser. figure re Hydro costs and power de- Establishment of stores left to veloped for various plants. Board, ided local option areas or Hon. Chas. McCrea intimated that CanadaprovTemperance -Act . areas are bass and pickerel open season would notaffeeted, • be put back to July 1 instead of June Prosecutions to be 'conducted by the. 15th, as formerly, Attorney -General. Hon (4. S. Henry concurred with'A personto A. P. McWhinney (Lib., North ny found .selling ;liquor Bruce) in Government trying to get ho imprisoned on the first offense. standard light for horse-drawn ve- A Board oiilcial in every brewery hicles. warehouse, ,.' At 5.30, with galleries •hacked and Juane appeal allowed a County to expectant House, the Premier in- troduced Bill to control the sale of liquor in Ontario. The main points of this long -looked -for Bill are: Board supreme in its powers, and cannot be interfered with by courts or Government. No public advertising of liquor. TORONTO. Man. wheat -No. 1 North., $1.613$; No. 2 North., 31.5734; No, 3 North,, $1.50;1. Man. oats, No. 2 CW. nominal; No. $, not quoted; No. 1 fend, 610; No. 2 feed, 59c; western grain quota- tions, in c.i.f. porta. Matcher bulls, good to choice, $5 to 13 to 18 4c; tubs, 14 to 14Sec; pails, 14Se to 15c; blocks and tins, 16 to 1634,e. Heavy export steers, 37.75 to $8; do, coin., 36.50 to 37,60; butcher steers, choice, $7.50 to $7.75; do, fair to good, 36.90 to $7.25; butcher -pelf - ere, choice, 37 to 37.25; do, corn., 34.50 to 35; butcher cows, good to choice, 35.50 to $6; do, coin. to med., 34 to 35,25; do, fair to good, 35.50 to $6; do, canners and cutters, 32.50 to $3; Ant. corn, track, Toronto -No. 2 old $6,50; do, mod.; $4 to $4.50; do, yellow, kiln dried, 86c; No. 3 yellow, bolognas, $8.50 to $8.80; baby beef; 38 kiln dried,. 82c. to $10; feeders, choice, 35.75 to $6.25; Millfeed-Del. Montreal freights, do, fair, $5 to $0 25; stockers, choice, bags included: Bran, per ton332.25; 36.25 to $5.75; do, fair to )red., $4 to shorts, per ton, 334.25; middlings. 34.50; springers 380 to $95; 540.26. tenets cows, $6br to 380; plain Ont. oats, 55c, f.o.b. shipping points. to'med. cows, 340 to 360; calves, choice, Ont. good milling wheat --$1.22 to 312 to 313; do, med., $10 to 311; $1.24, f.o.b. shipping points, accord-, do, comee7to $8; lambs, choice, ing to freights. $13 to 313.25; bucks, $9.50 to Barley -Malting, 68e. $p 10.25; sheep' choice,3$7 to $8; do, Buckwheat -75c, nominal. Rye -No. 2, 97c, heavies, 34.50 to $6; do, culls, $3 to .$3.50; bogs, thick smooth,' fed and Man. flour -First pat., $7.90, To -'watered, 311; do, f.o.b., 310.50; do, rondo; do, second pat., $7.49. Ont. flour -Toronto, 99 per cent.; country points, $10.25; clo, off cars, patent, per barrel, in enrage, Toronto, 311.40; select premium, per hog, 35.30; seaboard, in bulk, 35.40, $2;75. Cheese -New, large, ,2014, to 21c; MONTREAL. r, a t T 21to21 • t, twins, c triplets, let. 2 1 ,� toM 1,, , p �Oats---CVV No. 2, 76c; do, CW, No. 22 ere, Stiltons, a'ca Old, large, .5c, 8, 67c. Four, Man. spring wheat pato, twirls, 26c; triplets, ere. Old Stiltons, firsts, 38; do, seconds, 37.50; winter 30e I pats., awed, 35.90 to 36. Roiled oats, )nutter -Finest creamery prints, 46 hag 90 lbs.; 33.50 to 33.00. Bran, to 48e; Nc 1 crcanioly, 416 to 47c; No. $32.25. Shorts, 334.25. Middlings, 2; 43 to 44c. Hairy pn liars, 34 to 35, 340.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, ear lots; Eggs -fresh extras in cartons, 314.50. 42 to 44e; fresh extras, loose, 41 tot Cheese, finest 'wcst5., l751c; lineae 42e; fresh firsts, 37 to 38c; fresh emits. ileic. Butter, No. 1 pasteirr- seconds, 84c. poultry, dressed -Chickens, 6 lbs. 42c•, fresh rivets, 40c. Iized, Heft to 44c. Eggs, fresh extras, end,,}tp, 40c; do, 4 to/ 6 lbs,, 38c; do, 3 • Calves, 810 to $10.50; hogs, $12 to sibs.. 860; de, 214, to 3?<1 ahs,; 35e; saws, 39,75 to 310. do, 2 to 2'h lbs.. 35c; hops, over 6 lbs., 84c; de, 4 to 5 lbs., 32c; do 3 to 4 lbs., 28c; roosters, 25c; turkeys; 46 :Dies at; Age of 106. to 47c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 35 - Edmonton;-Atthe remediable age of 1.06 years, William McLellan died here recently after n short illness. He had farmed for 30 ,y'01l18 with his nephew in the Sturgeon district. lie! wee born in Erin, Wellington County, Beans --Can, hand-picked, 33.60' to $8.90 bushel; primes, 33.45 to 33.60. Maple products -Syrup, per im gal,,.82.25 to $2,30; per 5 gat, 32.1 to 32,25 per gal.; maple sugar, ib•, 25 to 26c. Honey -60-}b. tins, 13 to 1rl1 c; 10 - lb. tins, 13% to 13s..tte; 5 -Ib. tins, 14 to 1.41,4c; 21/2-1b. tins, 16c. Comb honey -34 to 35 per dozen. Smoked meats -Hams, used., 28 to 00c; cooked. hams, 42 to 44c; smoked rolls, 25c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 35c; backs, boneless, 33 to 40c. Cured meats -tong clear bneoa, 50. to 70 lbs., 322; 70 to 90 lbs. $20.60.; 201/2 lbs. and up, $21:34; lightweight rolls, in barrels, 341.50;, heavyweight' roils, 388.6e er hhn, Lard -Pure tierces, 14 to 141/.c; tubs, 15 to 15V,,c; pails, 15% to laic; Prints, 161,4 to 17e;"shortening tierces, `'An Astute soy. A little bay went to stay with his grandmother anal found her very par- ticular about his table manners, "Grandma," said he, "should I eat. my Mulcting with a tock?" "Of cotr.•se you should," W&1, hawk 'you a .piece I might g practise on?" Very Poor 'Taste. Although it has a huge tongue, the 10111119 ltes very little sense of Mate. BRITAIN TO CAfADA BY AIR IN TWO DAYS Prediction Made by Sir Samuel Hoare, Air Minister, in Commons. London. -The Cairo -India air line is already so popular that it carries "strap hangers," Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare told the House of Com- mons .in discussing estimates for the air force. The line carries more pas- sengers than 'there aro seats in the planes, he explained. Sir ,Samuel `plans a' j10 per cent, decrease in air force expenses next year but he made it clear Great Bri- tain is ..einbarlting on an ambitious program which -will entail heavy costs. after that. It is, generally reported this country, is determined to have an . air fleet second to none. • The program for conn)nercial%: • plates calls for regular passenger lines to Canada and to South Africa, via Cairo,' Canada, Egypt and South • Africa bearing a share of the ,ex- pense. Sir Samuel stressed the value of the Imperial co-operation shown. by this. Ile believed the future of British 'aviation lies along the lines of Im- perial communications rather than developing purely European routes. IIe predicted developinent of a British air service which would bring Canada within reach of Great Britain . in two clays, South Africa in six, In- dia in seven and Australia. in eleven - Sir Samuel foreshadowed a future when the development of the Imperial air service *vould enable the move- ment of forces to any threatened point with a swiftness, that'a few years ago, would have appeared in- credible. ' LONDON O O AND HAVANA CONFER BY PHONE • Latest Link, in Trans -Atlantic Service Makes Two Cities Neighbors. New Yorle Although for upward of 400 years Havana and London have been prevented by thousands of miles of seas from getting acquainted with one another, electricity has .made those two cities neighbors. On March 11 Dr. Martinez Ortiz, Cuban Secretary of State, put a re- ceiver to his ear in his office in Ha- vana rind addressed Godfrey' Locker I.ampeon, of the British Foreign Of- fice, in London. The voice of Dr. Ostia was the first to be heard over the latest link in the trans-Atlantic' radio' telephone sys- tem opened recently between this country. and London. Accerding to annonneement by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., it took one -twentieth of a Second for his words to reach London. The distance is more than 5,000 miles. Duchess of York Catches 8 -Pound Trout in New Zealand. Napier, New Zealand. -Next to the wirelessed news that'her little daughter, Princess Elizabeth, had cut her first tooth back- in London, the Duchess of York says her great- est thrill on her trip to the Anti- podes hie Gonne from catching an 8 - pound rainbow trout of American descent. When the royal train carrying the Duke and the Duchess on their tour of. New Zealand arrived at Toka, they took a clay off from oflieial func- tions and went to the Tongaio River in quest of the trout, which were introduced to this country from Cali- fornia. As soon es they reached the stream the Duchess waded •out and' started casting. When finally a trout struck she waded waist -deep into tlto swift current. After playing the,tlah for half an hour she landed' 15, with the congratulations of all her 00111- N/dons. The Duke had an "off" day. He caught only a - fe,wv little fellows, but the Duchess landed enough to provide 1011011 foe the en- tire party. Fair Enough. A barrister was accosted, by an ex. convict . whom he had detondee on several occasions In the:, past "The, guv'noI,"' said the •man, "I tsant you to defend one again -and this this IliSe;I've been falsely accused." "Go anti see Illy&eek about it!" re- plied the barrister, '1 can only offer da couple o' quid;" pursued the criminal, "but r ask you to take it vii 'cos I swear I'm as in- nocent ns;anew-born babe. I never pinched the, stuff at all -1 swear I` didn't. " "Go and see my Mak!" re ,eatod,t.he I. other, "1'i8 make It a .river, bogged the man, th!nking' dist the foe. question was the obstacle to a favorable ane. war. Again he received the same ro- ply "Well, loop 'ere, guv-nor," be cried in desperation, "I'm innocent, mind you, but if you'll get me off, I'll give :ton half the swag!" :