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The Herald, 1908-11-13, Page 2JAP BOYCOTT, Serious Riots at Hong Kong and Singapore. Slit Ears of So -Called Trailers— $200 a Murder. Hong Kong, Nov,, 9. ---The rioting which resulted here yesterday front the attempt 'of those involveeNo force the dotal merchants to continue the boycott againet Japanese goods, has been sup pressed by the soldiers who were called out to patrol the business districts. One Chinese who offered armed reeistaance, was shot. The riots were organized primarily by the students of tins 6'0e -end the dis- turbance is evidently widespread. At Sl i gapoTe similar riots have oe-. curred and a number of merchants said to have s11own a desire to dliseeiitlnue the boycott and otherwise favor Japan, have been branded as traitors, • and in several iustanc.es marked by having their ears slitted. It is alleged that a lea:gnue has been formed secretly and has plede- ed itself to give any ' man who slits the ears of a so-called traitor, $15, and !Should he be thrown into jai], to see that he is held up to the public as a martyr, and to pay hint a dollar a day -while in prison. Sbould one of the trai- tor merchants be killed, it is alleged, the league agrees to pay his slayer $200. At Canton there have been hints of the same trouble, and a number of ruf- fiens have been hired to attack mer- chants. Vigorous measures to suppress the rioting have been taken. GOT SIX MONTHS. Blackmailing Woman Gets Punish- ment at Brantford. Brantford, Ont., despatch: Mrs. Blanche Winters, of Gait, was this morning sen- tenced to six months in the Mercer by Magistrate Livingston., on the charge of blackmailing James Gailigan, an Eeho Pine° contractor. Mr -s. Winters secured $20 from Galligan on the threat to ex- pose him for having come to her house at Galt which, he thought, was of a sporting character. She followed him to .Brantford, laid bare the facts to bus wife, and with the alleged assistance of Frank Kniveton, secured the money. Kniveton, alias King, also of Galt,v=as arrested at Dunnville, and was commit- ted for trial without hail. He elected to be tried by a jury, The charge against him is complicity with Mrs. Winters. BIT HIS LEG. of the l' inti lee Corernittee, author- izing her to.make the collections; also one front Mrs. L. M. Sheppard to the'' sante effect, Not only were these let- ters forgeries, but the very, letter 'piper upon which they were written was not genuine Y. W. C. A, stationary. All would have gene well had she not made the mistake of soliciting from a man who knew the enembers of the Assoeiatiti r and the details of their work. `Chis man, Mr. J. Carson, paid Mrs. Heathfield a dollar in leis office in. the Manning Chambers, and then telephoned the president, Mrs. Sheppard, She at °nee communicat- ed with the pollee, and acting -Detec- tive Cronin was put on the ease. He kept the woman lid view for a montb while • he. secured • evidence, and has not only I83 names of persons who eau give evidence, -but of about as many more whom he has not yet in- terviewed. The -police say that Mrs. Heathfield has collected sums totalling in the neighborhood of nearly $1,000. Six Bears Chased a Bruce Farmer Up a Tree. 30 SHOPS Le TED. Fierce Anti -Japanese Riots Take ?lace In Hong Kong. New York, Nov. 9.—A cable despatch to '1`lie Herald from ,Hong Kong says' Fierce rioting, last night and this horning marked the renewal of activ- ity among the organizers of the boy- cott egainet Japanese goods here. The stores of ninny merchants who import such merchandise were looted by the mob, which was so strong that the police were unable to cope with it. More than thirty Amps were robbed and nearly three hundred arrests have been made, The looting was resumed at daylight to -day. Several shops were emptied despite the efforts of the pollee, who are using clubbed rifles. Public feel- ing is running high, and it is expected that additional outbreaks will occur. No attempts have been made to do per- sonal injury. the desire of the people being only to destroy Japanese pro - divots. Ninety-eight rioters were arrested this morning. 'T'he Japaneee Consul strongly protested to the Government and asked for protection. All the avail- able police are now on duty. The outbreak was caused by the feet that several merchants determined to disregard the compact entered into against Japan's products. Southampton, Nov. 9.—David Robert- son and E. Hart have returned after a week's driving up in the Peninsula. Mr. Robertson says the bush fires are much worse up there than the most of us have any idea of and that the loss in timber alone will run between $10,000 and $`25,000. He says many small bridges have been burned and traveling up there is very difficult at the present time. The fixes have covered almost the entire area, and much game has been de- stroyed,and the bears have been driven out into the open, and stem plentiful. Mr. William Lynch, of McVicar's, found no less than six at his sheep, and while trying to drive them away they turned on him and he was forced to take refuge in a tree, but before he got up one of the 'Sears took a nip ons of the calf of his leg. After being in the tree for some time a neighbor carne to his assistance and shot three of the bears, the others getting awny. TELEGRAM B -U NED. Steamer Ran On a Reef Near Fitz- william Island. An Owen Sound despatch: A despatcl'i from Tobemory, the extreme north- ern settlement of the Bruce Peninen this afternoon to the managers of t Dominion Transportation Company nounced that the steamer Telegram, that line, but been burned in the pa agewav between Wall and Fitzwilli Islands last night. The boat was deavoring to make Rattlesnake Harb the fishing station on Fitzwilliam Isla when she bumped on a shoal, the sh overturning the range in the gallery setting fire to the vessel. There were no tugs in the vicinity render assistance, but the crew of ten men and two women, the latter being the stewardess and the cook, and the one passenger, a Manitoulin Island set- tler, who was taking across some thoroughbred stock, escaped. The ves- sel's cargo was heavy, including sev- eral orders for stores which were get- ting etting in their winter supplies. o BABY GIRLS POPULAR. Mr. Kelso Has Many Applications From Feeler Homes. Toronto, Nov, 0.—Over three hundred neglected children have passed through the hands of the Ontario Children's Aid Societins sharing the past year, and have been placed in foster homes. Mr. J. J. Kelso, superintendent of the department, commenced upon the happy statistics this morning. "Though we have agents and societies all over the Provinee, the supply of children for foster homes is yet inade- quate. \Ve have appealed successfully to the thousands of homes unblessed by children, and applications are daily pour- ing in. "Baby girls are the favorites with would -bo foster parents; the boy doesn't seem to have the necessary sen- timents surrounding him." la WILLIAM 11. TAFT The Newly Elected Republican President of the United States. EAD MAN'S FACE HAUNTED DETROIT MURDERER 3 UNTIL HE CONFESSED. John Kurka, a Teamster, Tells How He Killed Anthony Schultze, His Half - Brother, and Carted the Body to the Outskirts of City. Detroit, Nov. 9.—JohnKurka, a team- ster, to -day made a dramatic confession how he killed his half-brother, A- thony Schultze, a week ago and then hauled the body in his dump wagon across the eify to the spot on the west- ern outskirts where it was found. The confession was made near the spot where the body was found. The police had dressed Kurka in the clothes he wore on the morning of the murder, mounted - hien -on his wagon and had him drive across the city from the Sch iij e h ,use to the woods to permit w cal eeni5,' o, identify him if pos-. taster they had seen in tli i eiritoodlast Sunday. `.e, had trashed the gruesome lu' d been identified by several itted CONTEMPTIBLE THEFT. Toronto Woman Charged With Obtain- ing Money by False Pretences. Toronto despatch: Charged with what the Police Magistrate termed "a most contemptible kind of theft," Col. Den- ison yesterday committed Mrs. Isa- bella Heathfield for trial before a jury on a charge of obtaining money by false pretences. The alleged frau is were in cca'ineetion with the funds ci the Y. W. C. A., and a large number of ladies interested in the affaais of that society were present in court dur- ing the proceedings. The woman, who is a slight, neatly - clad person, is alleged to have used forged letters to assist in making col- lections for the association from which she had no authority whatever. Many firms and prominetat citizens were among her alleged victims. At present the police have in their possession a list of 183 persons cover ing five foolscap sheets, who have been interviewed by Mrs. Heathfield and succumbed to her winning heart- to-heart, straight-from-tho-shoulder talk. Her operations were confined to the heads of large business insti- tutions and well-lulown public-spir- ited men. The residential districts seem to be avoided. The story that she told fell . sweet on many an ear as the accompanying list of bitten ones will testify. She claimed that she rapresented the Western Branch of the W. C. T.. U., which has its quar- ters at 237 Bufferin street. To back up her statement she produced a let- ter from Mrs. R. , Menzie, chairman SAVED THREE LIVES. Gallant Rescue by Pilot's Ferrymen at Quebec. Quebec, Nov. 9. --Fred Jeffrey, a licensed boatman, who earns his living by ferrying pilots and passengers to and from passing steamships, has again signalised his daring. In the midst of a violent hurricane on the River St. Lawrence on Sunday last a small boat, with three men, upset opposite the Findlay market landing. After a struggle the men managed to catch hard at their boat. Fred Jeffrey witnessed the accident from the shore, and, calling his two assistant boatmen, immediately set out for the res- cue They had considerable difffoulty on ac- count of the high easterly wind and unusual- ly rough water, nevertheless they bent all their strength, and finally reached the men, who were by this time in an exhausted con- dition, 4•5di brought them safely to shore. KING TO INDIA. King' Edward Promises Natives a Share In the Government. London, Nov. 9.—On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Great Bri- tain's control of the direct government of India, Queen Victoria having been proclaimed Empress throughout India on Nov. 1, 1858, King Edward yesterday issued a long message to the princes and peoples of India, which the Viceroy, the Earl of Minto, read at the durbar at Jodhpur to -day. The message dwells upon the peaceful progress of the empire under a benefi- cent administration, pays warm tribute to the loyalty of the Indian subjects and troops, announces amnesty for prisoners and a further gradual extension of the principle of representative institutions in the direction of equality in citizen- ship and• a greater share by the Indians in legislation and government. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, Defeated Candidate in Presidential Elections. A FATAL HUNT. ANN FAITH. Fortune Waiting This Woman In City of Philadelphia. Has Bees Searching Forty Years For Father of Her Child. Blenheim Man Drowned by the Upsetting of Boat. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 3,—Wherever she is and whatever she may be 'doing, Anna Faith, now poor ;and bent and hear three score years and ten, is weigh- ing the two great problems of her life in the balance, A great fortune awaits, her in this city, but to secure it she• must abandon a still hunt fox revenge that has occupied forty years and more of her life. She must expose the child of her misfortune to the gaze of the cruel world, and above all she must stand forth from the veil of time and say to all the waled, "llere am 11 Messrs. Hepburn, Carr & Krauss, lead- ing lawyers of Philadelphia, have in. A Chatham, Ont., despatch: Sidney Burke, of Blenheim, was drowned at Erieau at noon to -day. Mr. Burke, wilth a party from Blenheim, ,went to the Eau to enjoy a day's duck shoot- ing. He got separated from his com- panions and was seated in a small row- boat, when a gust of wind upset it. The Eau was very rough and he was unable to hang on to the boat, He was not noticed by his companions un- til it was too late. Men are still drag- ging for the body, but late this even- ing it had not yet been found. m s s SUFFRAGETTES TO FIGHT. "Not Going to be Ladylike Any Longer," They Say. New Orleans, Nov. 9.—The Era Club, composed of well-known New Orleans wo- men, has leased billboard space in its suffragist campaign. • Yellow posters bearing the words, "Women vote for Governor , in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. Why not for President in all the States?" will blaze out from fifty boards throughout the city. "We are, not going to sit down anti be ladylike any longer," said Miss Jean Gordon, chairwoman of the pub- licity committee. We are willing to go toail if necessary, but we must vote. When one thinks of what the English women are doing, and how they are persecuted, it seems singa- lai; that American women will not be satisfied to do without a hideous fea- ther or two, that only serves to make them appear ridiculous." 20 KAISER'S INTERVIEW. their custody the vast fortune left by Samuel Faith, the brother of Ann Faith, who met a tragic death. in the post - office in this city in February last. In settling the estate of the deceased, Mr. Hepburn came upon doeurnentary recorde disclosing the real and the greater tra- gedy of the Faith family, and the sor- row and humiliation of Ann Faith, which brought her from the little town of Matican, near Carvagh, • Ireland, in the days of the civil war, and which caused her to journey from ocean to ocean and from the Gulf of Mexico to the -Wilds of Canada and British Columbia, seeking the.author of her ruin and the father of her child. Day by day,. week by week, during these forty years and more, she has kept up the still hunt and held herself aloof from all those in America and Ireland who knew her, and she was the belle of all the region around Kil- moyle. Soon after her departure from Mati- can one of her brothers followed her to the United States. The other brother remained in the old homestead, and un- less Ann Faith comes forward and claims that which is hers or permits her child to declare her dead and make the claim in her stead, the whole estate of her bro- Cher will go to the descendants of her brother in Ireland. Should. Ann Faith or her child come forth and prove their kinship, one-half of the great fortune would be surely paid to them. A most amazing feature of this domes- tic tragedy is found in the fact that during all the forty years and more which Ann Faith has devoted to the hunt for the father of her child, she never once communicated with her fam- ily in Ireland, nor with her brother in Philadelphia, who was accidentally killed in February last. She has been indirect- ly heard of at various times in British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Ontario, and, no sooner would her. brother learn of her whereabouts In some remote section of the United States and Canada and set his agents to. work to bring her home to him, when she would disappear as if the earth had opened up and given her a final resting place. She not only made it her busi- nese to keep near her quarry, but to keep away from her family and former friends, and now that the last member of her family in America hae passed away, Ieaving behind a fortune that is hers of right. Messrs. Hepburn, Carr & Krauses have opened up communication with agencies in all parts of the Tinted States and Canada, with a view to hav- ing this old woman forget the wrongs of her youth and to come forth to claim that which is hers and to spend the bal- ance of her days in peace and quiet, and if she please in comfortable obscurity. Said to Have Been Written by Former Telegraph Correspondent. London, Nov. 9.—The secret of the identity of the "retired diplomatist" who furnished The Daily 'Telegraph, the Kaiser's interview which has nod such sensational developments has been well kept from the public. Half a dozen names have been suggested, but. each and all of the gentlemen named, begin- ning with Sir Frank Lascelies and end- ing with Sydney Whitman, have denied responsibility. 1 am now informed on very good au- thority that the man who actually wrote the article as published was J. L. Bashford, formerly the Daily Tele- graph's correspondent in Berlin. To be sure, Mr. Bashford to -day denied hav- ing had au interview with the Kaiser. but the denial is possibly only a verbal quibble. The Telegraph's article, as Berlin has explained already, is not an interview in the, exact sense of the term. It was dressed up in the form of an interview from various conversations which the Emperor had had with anum- leer of Englishmen, including Lord. Lone - dale and . Mr. Bashford himself, who won the Kaiser's confidence while he was acting as The Daily Telegraph's corres- pondent in Berling by the pronounced pro -German tendency of his despatches. For Penny Cables. London, Nov. 9.—Mr. Henniker Heaton announces a meeting in support of pen.- ny-a-word cables on Vile 10th inst. to urge the Government to hold a confer- ence of Postmasters -General with a view to buying out existing cables. If the latter refuse, the object can be attained by extending the land systems stn con- junetion with Marconi. LABOR LAW INVOKED Detroit Plumber Ordered to Drop Job at Windsor. Windsor, Ont., despatch: An unusual complaint was laid before Magistrate Bartlet this morning, with the result that Frederick Ricker, a plumber, re- sidieg in Detroit, was ordered to im- irediiately cease work on a job on which he was employed on Ouellette avenue, this city. It was charged that Ricker, being an American, had no right to engage in his calling in. Can- ada. the complain'•, being made by the Windsor P1uinbe.-s' Association. The naagistrate took the case under alyese- inent, and meantime ordered Ricker to do no more v,•irk until the matter. hard been decided. This is the first time in several years in which violations of the alien labor law has come before the notice of the courts. GREEK MEETS GREEK Plunged Sharp bladed Knife Into Cheekbone. Quebec, Nov. 9.-=-Johnannes Strepho danothi, with three other Greeks, arrived in Levis yesterday from Sydney Mines, N. S., and imbibed rather two freely. ,Approaching Omer Ringuet, Strepho' anothi thrust his face right into that of Ringuet. The latter •resented the affront and hit the Greek, who immedi- ately drew a sharp -bladed knife and plunged it into Ringuet's right 'cheek bone, inflicting a wound fully two inches* in length and of considerable 4,epth.. Ringuet is not believed to be fataery in- jured. His assailant is under arrest.