The Herald, 1909-06-04, Page 2LUTHERAN SYNOD.
Governing Body to be Established
For Canada.
Women's Missionary Society Form-
ed—Election of Officers.
Toronto despatch: The members of the
Lutheran Church in central Canada, so
far as organization is concerned in On-
tario, consider that they are strong
enough to stand alone. Up to the pres-
ent time the Ontario churches have
inspectors is to be appointed, who
are to have charge of the punishment
of dynaxniters, the regulation of the
sale of fish, disposition of prohibited
catches and . pollution of waters. Com-
mercial fishing for
is prohibited.
A closed season for sturgeon f
years will be established. A $1,000 pen-
alty for dynamiting will be imposed..
Torchlight fishing will be prohibited.
No fishing with nets will be permitted
within half a mile of the international
boundary.
Ontario Cry Report
ert;xiu game fist ay
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or four
:formed a part of the western conference,
which includes the State of New York.
To -day the first Evangelical Lutheran
Synod. of central Canada will be held
at Broadway hall, as a result of the
meeting which was held in Guelph last
November. The Rev. M. J. Bieber, of
Hamilton, is the president of the tem-
porary organization, and he explained
yesterday that the reason for the
change was that recently there have
grown up a number of English Lutheran
congregations in Ontario, who are anx-
ious that they should control their own
affairs without reference to their broth-
er church across the border. To -day the
Lutheran Synod of central Canada will,
therefore, be organized.
Advantage has beeu taken of the op-
portunity to hold another gathering of
great interest in connection with the
Lutheran Church in this Province. One
• or the chief features of the congress was
the organization of the Women's Mis-
sionary Society of central Canada, which
was accomplished at the meeting held in
College Hall yesterday afternoon.
Among the delegates in attendance
were: Mrs. J. U. Beiber, Mrs. 3.4.. May
and Mrs. Johnson, Hamilton.
After an address of welcome to the
'delegates had been delivered by Mrs. F.
Sehust, and responded to by Mrs. M. J.
Bieber, addresses cm mission work were
delivered by Mrs. F. A. Kaehler and Mrs.
J. L. Sibole, Buffalo, on various phases
of mission work.
After the adoption of the constitution
for the Women's Home and Foreign
: 3afissionary Society of the Lutheran
.Cliturch of central Canada had. been
•adopted, the following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. J. C. Castleman;
Vice -President, Mrs. W. C. Miller; re-
cording Secretary, Mrs. .11. J. Bieber;
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. McMar-
tin; Treasurer, Mrs. Frisby.
Among the other business to be trans-
acted at the synod to -day will be con-
sideration of the establishment in To-
toritr of a theological seminary.
rim For ears.
Portland, May 31. -Judge Turnor. of
the Superior Court, yesterday sentenced
Frederick C. Benjamin, better known as
"Bill Sykes," to the state prison for ten
years. The young fellow, who had told
a pitiable tale of his downfall, said
nothing when sentenced, but seemed to
shrink until be looked' a great deal
'smaller. His face was very white, and
it was with difficulty that he walked
from the court room. He was indicted
Jor larceny .and for being a common
thief. According to his story, he is a
member of a respectable family in Eng-
land. He got into some trouble at
home, and was arrested.
He was allowed to leave the country,
and went to Toronto, but did not find
work. lie then tried to get a job at
Montreal, and then came here. He had
very little money, and while staying in
Toronto became, as he admitted, a com-
mon thief in order to sustain life. He
was too independent to ask aid, he
said. He selected sections where it
seemed to Min that there was little
risk of discovery, and entered house
after house in rapid succession. In
several eases he stole nothing except
food. He entered the house of Ed-
ward A. Noyes, of Portland, took an
overcoat and a basket of food. Then he
wrote a note to Mr. Noyes, advising him
to kill bis dog. Ise signed it "Bill
Sykes, alias Baffles," but after that
signed letters he left in the houses he
entered "Bill Sykes."
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CROPS LOOK WELL.
Weather in the West Has
Good For Growth.
1\'fnniptg, \fay 31.--T'iie Caneelein
Northern crop report shows that
wheat seeding at the present writing
is completed, and that iu a good
many places rapid progress has been
made in the .seeding of coarse grains.
Oat s= -ding, according to the report,
will easily be finished this week, but
as to barley. many farmers prefer to
sow it in the first week of June, as it
ripens rapidly.
In most of the principal " wheat -
growing districts traversed by the
line the grain is well up, and every-
where prospects are considered as
vera bright. The e crop of 1907 at the
corresponding date, and with good
weather throughout the season, , there
is bound to be a good grain yield.
Weather conditions during the past
week have been ideal for the crops,
and the soil is in splendid shape.
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he came to attention and presented arms,
although the little Princess slumbered
on unconscious of the honor. In the
afternoon the sergeant was told by his
5j colonel to repair to the palace in full
uniform, as the Prince desired to speak
with him. '
The Prince told him he had been
watching him !from the window, and had
noticed his 'Moment of hesitation and
subsequent salute. The Prince then pre-
sented him, with a banknote to provide
himself with a souvenir of the first
salute to Her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess Juliana.
The following i.tformation regarding
agricultural conditions in the Prov-
ince about the`middle of May has been
issued by the;; Ontario Department of
Agriculture. r a
Vegetation In the opinion of many
correspondents the growing season of
1909 is the latest for at least a some
of years, it being plagbd atfrom one
to two week •later than the average.
I CTP,ri The exceedingly wet and cool weather
prevailing during April and the early
part of May' is the cause. Returns
were made to the Department as to the
conditions about the middle of May,
and at that date more favorable wea-
ther conditions had given a fresh im-
pulse to growth in both field •and
forest. ' •
Fall Wheat—Reports concerning the
prospects of, fall wheat vary greatly,
even in the .same localities, some de-
scribing the crop as looking well,
though late, while others state that
the fields are not only backward in
growth, but are thin and much "spot-
ted Owing to the dry period pre-
vailing when most of the seeding was
done, much of the new fall wheat did
not start' until the rains of late Sep-
tember carne, and the young plants
entered' the winter with very little top.
Winter conditions', however, were not
unfavorable to the crop, except where
ice formed, and • an early spring
growth would have brought the fields
along -nicely; but the cold and very
wet ether of April retarded growth,
and .on poorly drained or low land
al.nosy deowned out the crop. Much
better growth was made on sandy'and
gravelly soils than on clays, owing
to the excessive moisture.
Winter Rye=The, acreage of this
crop is comparatively small, it being
raised chiefly for pasturing, soiling
or for plowing under. It has done
better than fall wheat and is looking
very well.
Clover—Old meadows poor, new
meadows promising, is a fair sum -
meaty of the returns received regarding
this crop. Like fall wheat, clover
looks best on high land and on. light
soils. While many correspondents
predict a good yield of hay. others
aro looking for a comparatively light
cut.
Spring Sowing—The small portion of
the spring crops that were put in early
found an .excellent seed bed, but
heavy , rains immediately followed,
and the land got too soft to work on,
making further sowing almost an im-
poesil ilitic '°or weeks, except in a few
cease avlie fit, to use- the expressive•
lar>xtaft`? i silo correspondents, the
wedea in. While those
oil hx '; lig4yeor well -drained land..
have made fair headway with their
spring' seeding, the bulk of farmers
ti -ere not more than half way through
with that work in the second week of
May, a most unusual record for On-
tario. However, farmers were ready
and eager to get on the land with the
first appearance of dry weather, and
while some correspondents were tak-
ing a rather gloomy view of the situ-
ation others were most Hopeful that
with the advent of warm weather
there would be •a quick advance in
the growth of spring crops.
Fruit Trees—All classes of orchard
trees have come through the winter
in good condition so far as injury
from the weather or mice is concerned,
although bark -splitting is reported in
some northern localities Unfortun-
ately there are a number of references
to the presence. of San Jose scale and
the oyster -shell bark -louse, and it is
very evident that a steady warfare
must be waged against these and
other insect pests if our fruit trees
are to thrive.
Fodder Supplies—But for the com-
parative mildness of the winter there
would have been much scarcity of
fodder before live stock got upon the
late grass. -As it is, many farmers
have had to fee 7 most economically,
and some barns are rather bare of
supplies. The scarcity of straw and
roots told against generous feeding,
acid in many cases the situatic . was
saved only by the good crop of corn
and theuse of the silo. Hay is in
good demand, but in most cases there
is only sufficient foe local demand,
as a good deal was baled and shipped
during the winter. Oats and wheat
are higl-er in value than for years.
Live Stock—The general condition of
live stock may be briefly described
as thin but thrifty. No disease of a
serious or epidemic nature has appear-
ed, the mild form of distemper re-
ported in several parte of the Prov-
ince being of a local natu:.. Horses
are said to be in .id heart, although
not looking so plump or sleek as 'in
some years, owing to close feeding.
Sheep have come through the winter
nicely, and lambing has been upon a
generous scale; but fear the dog
is holding back the sheep industry
in Ontario. Loss of spring litters has
been rather too common with sows,
and several coerespondents report
cases of crippling of h...is. .
EASILY FOOLED.
Innocent Leamington Youth Swin-
dled in Detroit.
Detroit deepatcli: Earl Young ,a youth
from Leamington, Onto, is short 1;320, as
a result of too nuwh confidence ite newly -
made acquaintances. The "friends" were
three pool sharks. Young became of age
just two day, ago, and received 8800
ti, his share of his deceased father's
estate. Ile carne to Detroit yesterday in
search of something in which to invest
bis money. On the street he met a man,
who led hien to Ackerman's pool room
on 1Tactinge street, where, being induced
to play, be was told he won eleven hun-
dred and twenty dollars by a shot he
made, but:must show a similar a .mount
before he could get his winnings. He•
thea upon Went to aVintlsor, secured the
iiiott'v otaea. 'letuining •to 'Detroit, pant
la; hf r hca ha it , , mope the g -an.,, alt,
f Ix cloaca ataani, + lisapl t. . ,1.' •
FOOD FISK
A Tentative Agreement Has Been
Reached by Commission.
OPERA HOUSE FIRE
Little Girls in Drill Are Fatally
Burned.
Central City, Ky., May 31.—One child
is dead. and fottr others are dying to-
day as a result of a fire in the Grand
Opera House la=t night during the com-
mencement exerei,es of Mrs. 13oyd's chess
for girls.
\elite MeGeary, 8, died this morning
and Dorothy Clay, 8; Selma Clay, 10;
Louise .Marshall, 12; and Rena Miller,
8, will not survive tiair injuria;, ac-
cording to the doctors.
A panic occurred in the opera house,
alien the children With their •clothing
aflame jumped ffrotn the stage into the
audience. A class of little girls were
carrying sparklers in a fairy drill and
one held by Dorothy Clay ignited her
dress. In an instant the flames spread
to the crowd of children on either aide
of iter. •
The children knew their patents were
in the audience and made a rush for
them. Lords Marshall was the first to
jump front the stage. and threw her-
self into the arms of her aunt. The
audience Deaden rush from the building
in a body and many were bruised and
hurt. •
Buffalo, May 31.—A special to the
Evening News from Washington says:
A tentative agreement by which the
International Fisheries Commission
shall assume control of MI matters
pertaining to fisheries in the great
]sakes, Lake Champlain, the Niagara
River and St. Lawrence River, for
the purpose of adopting international
regulations for the protection and
preservation of food fish in inter-
national boundary waters of the
United States and Canada, will come
up for final action by the commission
toanorrow in this city. The regula-
tions will control the placing of nets,
the seasons for catching fish, regu-
late the size of the mesh in nets, and
the size of fish that may be caught,
One of the provisions abolishes the
present rule that all prohibited fish
when caught shall be thrown back.
into the water by providing that these
flab may be turned over to the in-
sppeeotors. who shall give them to some
eashritable institutions. An army of
GOODS MERER•
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SUDDEN WARP
Earl of Clanwilliam's Opinion of
Affairs in Europe.
Winnipeg, May 31.—War without a
minute's notice is what the Earl e of
Clanwilliam expects. The Earl and Coun-
tess of Clanwilliam are spending a cou-
ple of day`s in the city on their way to
the—Pacific coast. Germany, the Earl
says, only awaits a favorable opportun-
ity to pick a quarrel with England, and
they will let loose the dogs of war with-
out notice of any kind. England is,
however, awakening to the crisis and is
prepared for eventualities. The Earl
says England is grateful to all the col-
onies foe} their offers. He points out that
a Dreadnought would be of no use in
Canada, but would have to be near Eng-
land to be of service. A. couple of crui-
sers could, however, be kept in Canada
and they would serve as training schools
for a big naval reserve.
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Fifty -One Million Dollar Company
Organized.
COBALT FATALITIES.
MILITARY ESTIMATES,
President Taft Asks That They
be Reduced.
John Lasken Struck by a Train and
Killed. -
Cobalt despatch: Yesterday John Las -
ken, a Finlander, aged about forty, em-
ployed until a day or two ago at
the McKinley -Darragh, having quit to
go home to bring out his wife, was
driving down to the mine for his
clothes when struck by a train. He
died a short time after being removed
to the hospital. A small boy, driving
with Lasken, jumped and escaped in-
jury, as did also the team hitched to
the rig.
A few minutes after 11 o'clock at
the Fourth of July shaft this morn-
ing a young Finlander, aged about 25,
Was coming up in a bucket, evidently
suffering from gas. He lost his bal-
ance, falling from the bucket, the body
being fearfully mutilated in the fall.
Coroner Codd will hold an inquest to-
morrow afternoon, also in the Lasken
case.
HERO FUND.
New fork. May 3L ---Trading begins,
tomorrow in United Dry Goods Co.'s pre-
ferred shares on the eurb. Temporary
receipts deliverable when issued are be-
ing traded its. It is expected that these
receipts will be ready for delivery on
June 1, and that permanent share cer-
tificates will be issued as soon as they
can be engraved.
The United Dry Goods Co. i$ the new
Delaware corpot•atiort which has acquir-
ed control of the Associated) Merchants'
Company of New York, and the follow-
ing four large stores: .Flahne &. Co.,
Newark; Powers Mercantile Co,, Minne-
apolis; the W'Cnt. Hengerer Co., Buffalo,
end the Stewart Dry Goods Co,, Louis-
ville. Its emeita1 is $51,000;000.
The Associated Merchants controls the
following companies: The 11. 13, CIaflin
Co. (wholesale); James McCreary & Co.,
C. G. Gunther's' Sons, O'NeilAdanms Co.,
all of New York; Stewart & Co., Balti-
more, and J. N, Adam & Co., Buffalo.
O'he new company will apply for list-
ing of its stock on the Ncw York Stock
Exchange as snore as the engraved. ter-
tificates are ready. The merger is fin-
anced by T. P. alorgan & Co., who have
taken the preferred stock of the new
company.
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Washington, D. C., May 3L--Preisi•
dent Taft sent back to the War Dee
partment the estimate submitted to•
him for the support of the military
establishment during the fiscal year
1911 and indicated his desire that they
should be cut approximately $36,000,+
000. •
The estimates were prepared during
Secretary of War Dickinson's visit to
Panama and carefully scrutinized by
Acting Secretary Oliver, who reduced.
them to $171,650,000—$18,000,000 less
than the estimates for 1910, but about
$16,000,000 more than the appropri-
ations for the current year. When
Mr. Taft saw the figures he expressed
his wishes that they be $20,000,000
less than the appropriations for this
year.
Assistant Secretary Oliver has sue,.
seeded in reducing the figures by
$18,000,000, half the amount asked for
by the President, and they have now
been submitted to Secretary Dickinson,
for final consideration.
Andrew Carnegie Will Establish
One in France.
Paris, May 31.—Mr. Andrew Car-
negie, of New York, bas arranged to
give 0,000,000 for the establishment of
a "hero fund" in France, under practi-
tally the swine conditions as govern
similar funds in America, England and
Scotland. Formal announcement of this
gift will be' made at a luncheon at the
Sorbonne to -morrow, at which Mr. Car-
negie will be the guest of honor. Presi-
dent Fallieres will attend the luncheon.
During his brief stay here Mr. Car-
negie is being showered with attentions.
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant will
give a dinner to him to -morrow evening,
and Mr. Carnegie will leave on Thursday
for London.
FIRST SALUTE.
Holland's Baby . Princess Out For
an Airing.
The ITa,iue, .tray 31. ---While on guard
at the gate leading from the palace to
the garden foto Molenstraat, to -day, a
sergeant of grenadiers observed the
approaeh of it white perambulator push-
ed by a nurse. z'or five seconds helook-
ed at the approaching' vehicle, when sud-
denly realizing thatt it was the little
:princess ,Iulia.n, taking' her firsr..urirw Lha tsme will wee the arouse .n...
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TWO YEARS JAIL.
NO BAND MUSIC..
Salvationists Not Allowed to Play
by Superintendent at Falls.
A Niagara Falls, nOt., despatch The
Salvation Army Band, of Toronto, which
spent a three days' Victoria Day visit
here, was refused permission., to give a,
sacred concert in Victoria Park on Sun- .
day, and also a regular concert yester
day. The Sunday concert was conse-
quently given just outside the park
gates and the other on the American side
of the river.
Lieut. Kinkade states Park Superin-
tendent J. II. Jackson, when interviewed,
flatly refused permission.
The staff sergeant ,pf the army stated
that the matter would be brought to the -
attention of Sir James Whitney.
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Thorold Man Goes to Penitentiary
on Two Charges of Theft.
St. Catharines, Ont., despatch: Frank
Caughill, of 'Thorold, generally known as
Frank Hay, from the name of his foster
'father, who was arrested some days ago
for stealing a number of articles from
residents of Thorold township, and
also a horse and buggy from John Hurst,
of Selkirk, has been sentenced by Judge
Douglas, of Ilaldiniand county, on the
last named charge, to two years in
Kingston Penitentiary. Having pleaded
guilty to this charge, and also to that of
stealing in Welland county, the two
sentences of two years each will run
con currently.
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FIREMEN'S STRIKE.
The Georgia Trouble May Spread
and Cause Race War.
Atlanta, Ga., May 31.—The problem
of how to save the railroad
South from the danger-ef.i
the Georgia railroad ' firei'nitr's strike,
with its disauieting negro problem, was.
one of the most troublesome issues pre-
sented at the conferences here to -day
between United States Commissioner of
Labor Chas. P. Neill. Gevernor Smith,
General Manager T. W. Scott, of the
railroad, and Vice -President Ball, of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen. In view of the race ques-
tion involved the widely separated resi-
dence of three of the parties to the
negotiations was noteworthy. Mr. Ball
is front Toronto, Canada, while Wash-
ington is represented by Mr. Neill, and.
Georgia by Mr. Scott and Governor
Smith.
HETTY'S FORTUNE.
Distant Relatives in California
Ready to Claim Some of It.
San Francisco, May 31.—Asserting
khat the $100,000,000 fortune of Mrs.
try ',relii is Mended upon a forged
tloeument purporting to be the will of
>ystaa. Anile td.otv,and, descendants of
the Ilowlands at a family conference
in Napa yesterday decided to start a
bitter contest upon the death of the
"riehest woman in America," says the
Examiner to -day.
When Sylvia Anne Howland died two
wills were discovered. Both left half her
property of $5,000,000 to various tetras.
sties, One of them left the second half
absolutely to Hefty Green. The other
will left Mrs. Green only the income
from the estate during her lifetime, Af-
ter her death it was to pass to the How-
land, heirs. The first will was the one
probated. Now the. Idowlands hold that
DYNAMITE STICKS
Found In the Discharge Pipe of
Stealer 'at Buffalo.
Buffalo, May 26.—Four sticks' of dy-
namite were found to -day on the dis-
charge pipe of the steamer Frank T.
Hoffelfinger laying at the Erie1 coal
docks. The sticks were tied together
with wire. Attached to the dynamite wus
a capped fuse which had been ignited,
but on reaching the wire the fire was'.
extinguished.
The Heffelfinger is one of the lake
carriers' fleet of steamers and arrived
here yesterday from Superior, Mich.,,
with grain. After unloading she "was .
tied up at the Erie docks to load coal;.
The police are investigating the affair.
DOWN WITH IT.
Doctors and Nurses Suffering From
Diphtheria in Insane Asylum.
Boston, May 31,—An epidemic of diph-
theria has spread through the female
section of Austin farm, an institution
for the insane at Mattapan, with the re-
sult that three nurses are in the city
hospital, ten nurses and two doctors are •
under medical treatment, and 50 patients,;
and attendants have been found to IA
carrying the germs. The entire female •
section bas been under spearantine.
There are 200 patients in the depart-
ment, and all, it is believed, have been
exposed to the germs.
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A tramp giving the name of Itobt.
Conway, who insisted on forcing himself
into a section btuse near Glleiehen,
Man., after warning, was shot by the
sectionman with a rifle. The bullet
struck him in the thigh,` passing dowtt
into the calf. He will probably lose a
leg.
In the English language the letter "e"
occurs 137 times in every thousa