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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-01-29, Page 223 WOR _ s N MEET DE T Fire Destroyed Waterworks Intake Crib at Chicago. Men Drowned, Suffocated, Blown Hp or Burned to Death. Twenty -Six of the Injured Rescued by Tug Mefferd. Chicago, an. 25.—Twenty-three men are believed to have lost their Iives in a lire which destroyed the intermediate waterworks intake crib, one and one-half miles from shore, off 71st street, in' Lake Michigan, to -day. Forty-five men were rescued by the tug Morford, twenty-six of whom were taken to hospitals. Fif- teen nren are unaccounted for. The estimate of the number of dead was made by John \Vainpole, one of the injured, brought in by the Morford. I[e stated that a rew might have escaped, into the tunnel, where others were work- ing, but he declared h almost certain that in this event they would die of suf- location or explosion of dynamite which was stored in the bore. Three shifts of men Were working on the crib. Through the cold mouths the then !nave been living in bunks construct- ed at the crib. They worked in shifts of eight hour:, twenty men to the shift. The tug T. T. Morford, which was sta- tioned there, and which was used as a means of escape by the workmen, brought twenty-six of the injured men to the cit}. The boat iteelf had a nar- row escape from the flames. She pulled at the first warning, and stopped a short way off, while workmen were leaping into the water and swimming to the tug's side. The crib is constructed wholly of wood with the. exception of a steel shaft in- etalled to keep it in place. and the flames spread rapidly. The tug Hurford remelt- ed shore with twenty-six injured aboard. The first notice that the fire broke Out came in a telephone message to the offices of the ,Taekson Co., on the sbnre. Tho message read: "The crib is on fire. Send help at once or n dnaen nr more of us will be burned alive. The tug------" Then the telephone wire burned off and the -men or shore heard no more. From the deck of the boat it- was seen chat many of the men were seeking to eseape by swinuning. Some of them clung to -cakes of tee for a tirile, and then dis- •appeared.: The tug was finally .able to get aboard forty-five men, many of them 'Injured. The crib is a temporary strut'- • tore erected in the eonstruction of a new three-mile tunnel into the lake for the nitimate purpose of adding to ('hi- eago's water supply. it was used as the headquarters for supplies and sleep- ing quarters for the Wren. Ordinarily about seventy-five men were employed. They w•nrked in shifts of eight Moura each, eating on the premise, and sleep- ing in the bunk.,, with which the place Woe prooided. e OPEN SHOP. Great Lakes Vessel Mean Meet to Consider Question. Detroit, Mich,, Jan. 25—Vessle men i'rom all over the great lakes to the number of about 100 were present to- day when President William Livingatoue, of Detroit, called to order the annual meeting of the Lake Carriers Associa- tion. Officers of the Association stated before the meeting that while the us- ual amount of business was to be trans- acted, one of the most important mat- ters to come before the members is the welfare plan made public by the Execu- tive Committee several weeks ago, which embodies the enforcement of the "open shop" principle on the ships enrolled in the Association, 4.e A NOVEL CELEBRATION. Sikhs at Vancouver Observe a Relig- ious Anniversary, Varttouver, 7;. C., Jan. 25.— '1'o.dnv rho • Sikhs resident in Vancouver ;ere celebrating the ,anniversary of the in- stallation • of the sacred Sikh Serie. 'tures an the temple here. The yila`rs of New Westminster district charter- ed a speecsl train to Vancouver this morning. A number of Hindus volentar• fly laid aeicle caste and affiliated with the Sikh brotherhood, and the temple was filled to overflowing. Conspicuous among the worshippers was a son of Prof, Teja Singh, seven years ,old, weat'- ing a turban of brown and gold. There were the usual chaate, drums, eynibale and prayers. OUR ANCESTORS COLORED. - HIS MOTHER'S WILL, Toronto Man in Boston Trying to Break It. Boston, Mass., Jan. 25.—Judge George in the 1'rubate (:oust today reserved decision on the petition of • Prank lt, Bell, of 'Toronto, nsking for his share of tho $7,000 estate left by Mrs. Lillian A. Merritt, of Revee, :11as:s., whore he de- clang was his mother. She died about a year ago, leaving a will, which gave her properly to her husband, Stephen Merritt a nephew. Etltvard0.,Iones, and .Mies • Annie ('nnk'ey. Bell had not seen his neither far abort forty •tearn hav- ing pane to live with hie; grand- parents in St. Joit, N. 13., when eight Yeas of age. and having afterwards followed the ;ma for thirt.y•t.wo years. He seeks his share of his mother's property, notwithstanding he will, which omitted to Mention him.. Toronto, .ran. 20.—Mr. Tien is a ware- houseman in the employ of the. James Robertson Company. The. late Mrs. Bell, who had not seen her son for thirty- two years. thought he wits deaul. After her death the estate was absent to be divided by the sub -heirs, when the information was given out that the rightful heir to the estate, in the person of the dead woman's only child, was still living and was in Toronto. The court. immediafely made it-miiries, hence the locating of Bell in Toro to. MISSING MINISTER. Said to Have Been Located by Toledo Detectives. Cleveland, 0., Jan. 25.—It is re- ported that Toledo detectives have succeeded in locating Rev. Evan T. Evans, the clergyman who, with a wife and four children living. mar- ried Miss Nellie St. (lair Davis, Sar- nia, Ont., and cli'•ayileared. Evans and Miss Davis lived for several weeks on East 611th etreet, in ('leve - land, in a room rented. from. 0. K. Meek, a rail estate dealer. Erase en- gaged the room about September 7th, and introduced the woman as his wife. Nle said haat he was taking a vacation and hail planned to spend Most of it in Cleveland. Erans did not say what his b:siness vas, and it Was not until the second Sunday that the eonple were in the city that he announced himself to he a veer- gymann After about two wicks alis Davis left. Evans explaining that her another was ill. Ten days later Evans h -ft. saying he was going to London, but would -•be back again. From the first 4,prot a.ndlsiis wife, feared that there might be something wrong about the couple, Evans' -Went ant a great deal and rarely took -the girl with him. He WS Ft drinking heavily end she scareely left the room, and when she did her eyes were red, as though She had been crying. She was often heard sobbing; after Evans had gone out. WATER AT FALLS. Power Plants Do Not Lower the Water Very Much. Niagara Falls, N. Y., San. 25.—'1'he re port of the Internatior:al Waters Com- mission on its findings with relation to the diversion of water into the Niagara River by the power plants, based on ob- servations made June 14, Silly In., and on Aug. 1 last. wheu the two American plants shut .down to permit An inspec- tion, show,t that by there two plap.ts diverting 8,000 cubic feet a second, low- ered the water only two-fifths of an inch. Tree normal flow over the American Falls about 19 inches. The report further shows that of the water diverted on the American side a larger portion is drawn from water tributary to the Canadian side than has heretofore been estimated. eye WATCHMAN BURNED Explosion of Natural Gas hair Foundry. at Chat - Chatham despatch—A natural gas ex pinion took place at Parks' foundry this mornicg. Alfred Moore, nightwatch- man, went to light the gas oven, and the match went out. Fo'gottingthat he left the gas 1 orned on, he struck e. second match and the explosion followed. Moore's arms and face were,,,. burned. lie lies in the hospital in a preettrious condition. The explosion blew out nearly fifty windows in the building and woke sleepers up for miles around, 1 STREET RAILWAY LOSSES. Damage Awards for Accident During London Old Boys' Week.: London, Ont., d,espatcle: Two more dam- agcy suits epsilon the street railway, growing out of.tbe collisions whi,:h occur- rod. 00 Richmond street duringBoys' eek. were tried to -day, and as n. result the Street (e.r Company is poorer by $1.430. Mrs. Jane l'nsefl, who e1 111101 $10,000 as conlmnsation• for injuries sustained in 'th' accide'nt, reee'ved judgment from the jury for 41,000. Snits entered against the company on behalf of Jolin W. and largatret Ann Feeney aro oleo, decideP'iu favor of the plaintiffs, $250 being given tri the itltle boy nod $100 to tine little girl in ;fie l srt.t:letten'o, J Jerrey, apid x, A. McFadden. Albinism Responsible for White-Sk'kee ned Face. London, Jai. lir, Karl l'1' a son, pro- fessor of applied mathematics mid me- chanics at. University College, London, • who is also an attthropo1ogfst, stated let St lecture before the .Royal Institution that It was lain opinion the white reeve sprang from a dark-skinned Anncestry. through partial aibittitnr, Amolg other proofs wee 'the' fact that albinos are comparatively frequently burn of enlnretl parents, but never eke versa. He sug- gested that the greet inel•eaee in the, rel- ative prevalenec sof nibinism nowndays was due to the (,.set intense struggle for exiatenee. YOUNG FORGER Fl FTF,EN-YEAR«OLD GIRL ARREST- EDIN TORONTO, Admits Securing Money from Stand- ard Bank by Forging Employer's '•Name ---Made an Earlier Attempt to'Pase' Raised Cheque. 7'i,ronto despatch: With a number of highly interested police officers wateh- utg 40.;'".ttnd apparently little disturbed about her position, Marion Archer, a pretty little linen -year-old girl, who scarcely leaked her age, Inst night in Agnes street police station related to Detective' Newton the particulars of her unsuccessful attempt to get money on a raised cheque, and showed how she had forged the cheque that tine cashier of the -ni rket branch of the Standard Bank had• 'finally accepted. The girl, who was arrested on Yong:. street last night :after n search of over a. week, was employed in Cuttell's boa factory on Gerrard street. On January 11 she was given 0 cheque for $1.50 in payment ,for soviet:». According to her own story, .she took this cheque and raised the figures to x5.30. The cashier of the market branch of the Standard Bank, on white' the cheque was drawn, refused to accept the revised version, and the gill left. She then got hold of a blank form and proceeded to write out a cheque to herself for :475.50. the amount she had tried to get the first time. She signed the name of C. le, Cult ell. her employer, and presented it at the bank. The girl made no attempt to im- itate her employer's sigmtt.nre, but not- withstanding this, and the fact that the endorsement on the bank was in the same scrawly, childish hand ns the writ- ing on the face, the cashder paid over the money. When the forgery was discovered the police were notified. but they were un- able to get any trace of the girl until last night, when a young lad who had worked in the box factory with her saw her 01n Yonge street and followed her until he met P. 0. Phillips. lie pointed the girl out to the offieer, who took her to Agnes street station. She spent the night in the Children's Shelter. OIL AND GAS. May Find Enough of Gas at Cooks- ville to Light Toronto. Toronto; Jan. 25.—Gas enough to sup- ply then e mole city of Toronto with light and prolniwe-1 within a few s •L. Toronto 011 and Gas S month.y x Re T 3"n - die , who have leased up many acres of land in. West Toronto, Cooksville, as Pert Credit, and .will start drilling in Cookeville to -morrow. A "rig" or deill has already been set np on A. Roumegons' farm, about 800 yards west of the village, just north of the Dundas road. To -day Thomas Cox, oil expert and "diviner," of Brantford, with Thomas Bull, of Cooksville. will go to Port Cre- dit to lease up more property, with the understanding that drilling will be rommeneed in that district within thirty clays. d . e TERRA COTTA TRUST To be Investigated by United States Authorities. New York, Tan, 23:--Amnouuceunent VMS made to -day that an alleged trust is to lee investigated by the Federal authorities here. The- company con- cerned is the Atlantic Terra Cotta. Com- pany, a $3,000,000 corporation, with offices in this, city. It is alleged that the company is a ulmlopoly, operating do restraint of trade in violation of the provisions of the ,Sherman anti-trust law. The books and other papers of the company have been surrendered to United States District Attorney Simnp- son, under subpoena. They were to have' been submitted to the Federal Grand Jury 'to -day, but that body was too busy with other matters anal the case went over. SEVEN YEARS FOR PEPIN. Young Man Who Assaulted Clerk in Montreal Jeweller, Store. MINERAL BELT. Finds Near Rossport, in Thunder Bay District. • Port Arthur, San, 25.—John Fisher, Rossport, recently made a valuable dis- covery of a seam of . zinc, lead and gold. The discovery was made a few miles north of, the Zenith nine, some seven or eight miles north of Rossport. The deposit so fee laid open is a• belt about 28 feet wide, east is traced for about a mile. As soon as the snow goes there will 1,e a great deal of work done along this line. This discovery was made quite accidentally. Extensive development work is being done on the Black Bay copper claims during the winter. Michael McCormick, a Sudbury man, who has taken up eighty acres of a coal claim near Rossport, intends to develop it considerably in the spring. He has uncovered an eight -foot seam of promising coal, and belic'kas it will prove very valuable. --mal YOUNG AUSTRALIANS The Reforms Demanded in Their Manifesto. London, ,ran, 25. --According to Aus- tralian newspapers, the National Com- mittee has made the following additions to the party manifesto of the Young Australian National Party: Australian citizens to own, control and acquire the following additional powers -the right to make treaties with any power or nation. the right to appoint Consuls to any country. An Australian nary built and man- ned by Australians, and tender absolute Australian control. Comm onwealtlt legislation defining citizenship. • Only Australian citizens to own land; and 01111en. Abolition of the naval subsidy to Bri- tain. The abolition of titular clistinctinne. Montreal, Jan. 25.—Oliver Pepin, a ygnng man from the country, who undertook to knock out a jeweler and his assistant a few days ego and walk off with some diamonds, wilt ex- piate his crime by spending sevens, years in the penitentiary. Pepin en- tered the premises of Mr. Farmer on St, Lambert Hill, and, after knocking the assistant down, had a desperate but unsnceessful struggle with a elfarmer, who . overpowered him and handed him over to the p0l100, INVITE HAYS TO E. RATFORD. City Will Celebrate Opening on New Oar Shops. S•.satforct, Jan. 25.—On the occasion of the formal opening of the new million dollar Grand Trunk shops here on Thurs- day) Feb. 113, the city will tattler a ban- quet and reception to Chas. hi'. Hayes, geneeral manager of the G. T. R. After two rare of auditing by char- tered accountants the city has decided to t'cvat-t to the old system of employ- ing loos' auditors and has appointed d. AERIAL FLEET. Machines Will Counterbalance Rus• six's Naval Weakness. St. Petersburg, Jan. 25.—The Rus- sian Aero Club, with the Czar's as- sent, is trying to raise funds to build an aerial fleet by public subscription. Many generals are convinced that Russia's • future power will depend upon aerial machines to counterbalance her naval weakness, and the Ministry of War, besides negotiations with the Wrights, has been for months experi- menting with several types of aeroplanes and dirigible balloons. The club's plan is to buy several of the `'rights and al- so, perhaps, Farman aeroplanes, estab- lish a school of instruction and grad- ually create divisions, with headquart- ers at St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kieff. • � PRINCE'S SON. Engagement of Miss Duchesny of Quebec to Him Announced. Quebec, Jan. 25.—Much interest was awakened in local social circles by an article which appeared some weeks ago in the New York, Montreal and Quebec newspapers, relative to a romance in which a Quebec lady and au Italian Prince were concerned. That there was some truth in the report is now appar- ent, as Hugo Ferreti Torlonia, sen of Prince Augusta Torlonia, Prince of Civi- tells., Cesi, who has been in this city for some weeks past, is engaged to be married to Miss Duchesny. Mr. Hugo Ferreti Torlonia, it is understood, will return to Italy in the month of February, and will come to Quebec to marry Miss Duchesny next ivI ay. • "NO WHISTLING ALLOWED." HORSE FOUND I THE RUINS,. Its Groans Attracted the Attention) of Soldiers in Messina. Volcano Eruption and Earthquake Shocks in Mexico. Messina, Jan. 25. The area swept yesterday by fire, which broke out among the ruins left by the earthquake, is still smoking today, smothering the whole town with the smoke and the smell of burning debris. All night long a close watch was maintained, end the working pumps was continued for fear the flanges might break out again. A cordon of troops is still maintained about the burnt district to be ready is cense of emergency. At a high part. of the city soldiere were attracted by groans under some - of the ruins, and worked strenuously un- til a hole was made, through which one of them made an effort to reach the spot from whence the lamentations Dame. There he discovered a head of a. horse -with its body buried under the debris. 1'he poor animal was fed and. watered, as it was impossible to pro - mei immediately with the excavation, as it was very dangerous for the work- ers to touch the ruins; the walls above - being on the point of falling, MEXICAN VOLCANO. Mexico City, Jan. 25. —The volcano near the city of Colmina is in eruption. It is throwing out a great quantity of ashes and pumice stone. Several slight. earthquake shocks have been reported from that region, but no damage has been done. Predictions of more severe earthquake shocks are made by seismologists. The Latent Sign Which May Decorate the Parliament Buildings. Toronto, Jan. 25,—An interdict hag been placed upon whistling in the Par- liament buildings. The housekeeper chased a man all over the three flats and the cellar till he found him at the front door, where he explained that the penetrating warble pierced to the very roof of the struc- ture and gave hima pain, besides being disrespectful to the crown and dignity of the province and subversive of the peace of the community. The regulation ire practically confined to the Conservative visitors, as the other variety never feel cheerful en- ough now to whistle in the Parliament buildings. _d OWNER CANE TAKE IT. Pawnbrokor Must Give Up Stolen Articles to Rightful Owner. Toronto despatch, Judge Monson de- tided this morning in the division court that a pawnbroker in buying an artiole from someone whom he does nob know, takes a chance, and if the article is sto- len ' property and the rightful owner tures up he must deliver it over without pigment. ':The point carne up in the case of Brown ve. McTartney. Breen is a G. T. Be news agent on the Cobalt speeial and in December last had a fttr coat sto- len from him, McTamney bough it for $15. Brows says it's worth 890. BIG CLOUDBURST In Luzon Thought to be a Volcanic Eruption. Manila. Jan. 05 --.Late despatches toe day from Tryaoas Proviuee, in the southwestern part of Luzon express the opinion that what was believed to have been an outburst of the Volcano of Lagnas last night, was not eruption, but merely a great cloudburst over Mount Banahai. The area damaged by the storm is apparently very wide. The governor of the Provinces reports fields ruined, high- ways impassable and bridges destroyed. Detachments of constabulary have been ordered to ascend the mountains to in- vestigate tiro causes of the disaster. First reports trete that an outbreak of the volcano had occurred with a giant ex- plosion of water." ®fM lyS "' .qtl 4 o Anti -Jap Bills Dodge to Keep U the Trouble. Tokio, Jan. 23.—It is believe." Item. among offieials and others that the in. troduction of the anti-Japanese bills ire the Californian Legislature and the sub- sequent attempt to create the impress. sion that Annenrcane and Japanese are much aroused, is merely a continuation of a plan originally determined upon to insure stele unfriendliness between the United. States and Japan that talk of war will be continued indefinitely, An official of the foreign office, speaking to the Associated Press, said; "We are ob. solutely ootvineed that the people of the State of California and of the Unit - States will always act fairly toward Jil pen,', 0s—.— FIRST LICENSE. Government Gives Permit to Sell • Liquor in New Ontario. Toronto, Jnn. 25.—The first liquor 1i- eense to be issued in New Ontario has, been granted by, the License Departraent to H. T. 'Kern of Englehart, Some ,timee. ago the local License Commissioners re- commended to the License Department. in Toronto that the license be granted.. but the recommendation eves not acted.. upon. Since then Mt. pert has premis- ed to "keep hotel," and as the ra*read; construction eeorlt in the vicinity of En- glehart is completed the license was.. granted. M1'GHT AS WELL PLEAD GUILTY.., James Sugden Admits Numerous For- geries at Montreal. Montreal, ,'tan. 25.---''T might as well plead guilty to the whole hunch and save trouble." 'Phis was the, stmtemeut made to Judge Leet to -day when he asked Jamo"s Sugden if he were guilty to ~,the. charge of passing forged &espies. Is the new complaint Sisgslen wets charged with presenting a forged cheque, for $4,86 to the Imperial ]'ink branch at Ottawa, drawn on the American National Bank, ].os Atageles. On the streegbh of this, and a previous deposit of $10 he withdrew $225 on one occasion and 20 on another. Sixniilar chargee had already been entered against the itemised in Oxitario towns.