HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-01-23, Page 2167 VICTIMS.
Seven Per Cent. of Boyertown's
Population Perished.
Nine Out of Ten of the Victims Were
Women and Girls.
Nat More Than One-tenth of Bodies
Recovered Can be Identified.
Bgyertown, Pa., despatch: When night-
fall put a stop to the work of recovering
the dead from tbo mins of the Rhoades
Opera house, where last night's hole -
eased occurred, the official roll of vietiius
numbered 107.
Whether any more bodies are buried
beneath the ruins cannot be positively
stated, but it is the belief of those who
had charge of the gruesonc work that
all of the dead have been removed, and
that the total list of victims will not go
above 170. The ratio of women and
girls to men and boys is about nine to
one. The work of identification will not
be begun until to -morrow, as most of
the bodies are still lying in a confused
state at the four improvised morgues.
It was almost daylight this morning
before the flames were extinguished and
rescuer() were able to enter the ruins to
remove the dead. "ifie morning was bit-
terly cold, and by the time the benumbed
and exhausted firemen began the tank of
disentangling the masa of burned debris
the entire ruins were coated avith ice, and
'there was danger o1 the walls fulling.
The work went slowly at =fir et, and It
was 7 o'clock before the first body was
removed.
There were manydifferent stories ao
to the exact cause of the panic and fire,
and there were several rumors of
arrests, but the borough officials and
Coroner Strasser to -night del dei that
any action whatever led been taken.
The coroner said that his one thought
W0.8 to get' out all the boodles before a
sleet Of show storm should set in and
hamper the work,.
The Mettles Opera house wa0 located
on the second: floor of a three-storey
brick building. The first floor was oc-
cupied by: 11 fiational bank and several
stores, sed the third floor was used for
lodge repine. The entertainment hall
WIN a fur; ,9,x001(1 about fifty feet wide
and severitytfive feet long. It had no
gallery. ',There was a stairway at the
front of the bnildieg, (122,1 a narrow exit
in the rear of the stage. Fire escapee
were built by hath sides,and on the
front of the building.
So fns' as be learned there were
about 425 persons packed in the roomy
most of ulnar were adults. The Hour
bey of children present was comparative-
ly email. 'there were about sixty-five
persons, all, local talent our the stage
giving ii pe'forlgnnce of the Scottish
Reformation. The ,entertainment was
nearly over -the audience waiting for the
certain to go upon the last part, when
• something went wrong with the calcium
light apparatus that, was perched upon a
'small platform near the front entrance
of the building and back of the audi-
ence, The light was in* charge of H, W.
Fischer, of Carlisle, Pa.; and ho says a
rubber tube slipped from one of the
tanks, At any rate, there was a 1011d,
hissing sound, w'iddeln caused many 1n'the
audience to turn their leads in curmeity
to see what it was. There 1(210 abaft-
,-"lutely aro panic up to this time, and
,'nothing probably would have happened
'lf one or more of the performers behind
the curtainhad not been curious to learn
•'ttwhat was causing the noise. Who he or
they were probably will never be known.
.Hearing the hissing sound and the slight
t
commotion. in the audience, one of, the
performers `raised the curtain from the
floor.
In front of tine, curtain and scaring as
footlights were about tett lamps, attael2-
ed to a tin tank, eight feet long, three
incites wide and three incline deep. The
tank contained coal oil. In noising flier'
curtain the performer accidentally turned
this tank over, and it fell to the floor
within a few inches of those pe•0on0 in
the front row. The Rev, Adam A,
Weber, pastor of St.• Join's. Lutheran
thatch, for the benefit of whose Sun-
day school the entertainment was being
given, tried to pick up the tank, with
the assistance of others, but before they
could do, so' the oil flowed put and caught
fire.,
' In the meantime someone.discoverce
that there were fire eremites 011 each side
-411 the building, and dozens made thee.
exit by these avenues of escape and gave
the alarm, The fire belt was rung and
' the whole town was nrelmed end went to
the rescue. All this tine the flames
from the oil tank were creeping toward
the terrified mass of people who were
'frantically shrieking and fighting to get
out. The noise was terrific, and few
heard the erica of those who found ,the
e escapes. Some of the bravest of
re0 who hod gained. this ayelme of
inflect dozens.: fru , Ae gtruggling,
side of
as`t1e' Vain,
e
frenzied people were fighting
to get down the front &tees the cal unn
light tank exploded, and fire was dui ad
over the entire mass of people. This
added horror was more than the feeble'
rescuers could stand, and in order to
save their own lives they were forced. to
flee down the fire escapes. On the front
steps outside the door men pulled franti-
cally to open a way far the wedged -in
People, but not more than half a dozen
Were rowelled in this manner. The ex-
ptoafort , of the calcium tank and the a
flames from the front of the stage, which - g
had by this time reached the struggling:
people, oriole further rescue impossible.
The entire interior of the building wee
one seething fm'naee, -Firemen threw a
feeble stream of water into the burning
building, but it had no effect on the
flames. The cries of the unfortunate vic-
tims, many with their clothing already
ablaze, and the moans of the dying were
heartrending- Fathers and brothers
frenzied by the thought that loved time
were in the fifty Phase, were compelled
to retreat. Nothing could be done, to
get their people out, and they were forc-
ed to stand by and watch th awful
0(11'!fice of life. 'Everything possible that
could be done to get the people out be-
fore the flames reached them was re-
sorted t.o, but it wan too late. The
flames travelled with the rapidity of a
petlrie fire,
Fire Companies Quarrelled.
When the flames had entirely envelop-
ed the building and threatened adjoining
property the fire department of Potts-
town, nine miles distant, was (summoned,
The firemen from Pottstown found the
situation very bad, and went to work
with a rim to stay the progress of the
flames, This n'as accomplished after the
building had been entirely destroyed
o.nd several adjoining stsnetures hail
been badly damaged,
While the flames were being chocked
an unfortunate scene occurred. Some of
the firemen made frequent trips to Ilan
by saloons, with the result that towiu'd
morning soma of the men became un-
ruly. There were frequent fights, and at
one time it looked as if the Pottstown
and Bgyertown companies would become
involved in a free fight. It was owing to
the good work of the Stake police, who
had been summoned from their barracks
at Rending to assist. the town in its af-
fliction, that a more serious affray did
not occur.
The condition became so serious that
Burgess Koller at 5 o'clock in the mont-
mg issued an order to all saloon -keeper's
within the borough to close their places.
the order was promptly complied with,
and they were immediately closed until
further notice-
\'Vhen the' flames were extinguished
and tie r08e1er8 entered the building a
]horrible sight met their gaze. Bodies
were piled ' in oro solid 002000 sic feet
high on the second floor. So solidly were
they wedged that picks and nowhere
bad to be used gently to separate the
victims. As each victim was taken from
the pile a numbered tag was attached
and the body pinoel on boards, after
which it was taken to one of the
morgues,
Dr, J. 1i, Evans, who supervised the
removal of the bodies, said there were
nine female victims to one ' male.-' ]Ic
did hot believe that 10 per cent of the
victims would over be identified. In
nearly every ease the upper portions of
the bodies were burned away, and in a
great many instances the lower parts of
the bodies were not touched by. fire,
NO MORE HEADACHES,
Cincinnati Man Has Two Sensory Nerves
in His Forehead Cut Out.
Cincinnati, Jan. 20,—After suffering
excruciating uc aha rains in
g 1 the hand for 25
yearn, Louis Wolleon, superintendent of
the Cincinnati Baseball Park, has se-
cured relief by having surgeons cut out
two nerves.
Wolfson tried medicines and various
fonts of massage and electrical treat-
ment in vain, Ile went the roundsofthe
doctors, consulting leading specialists
without relief, The pain was above the
eyes and above the temples, and dame in
spells,Four or five tittles a week his
head would be reeked by almost', unen-
durable tortures.
A fey days ago :d Christ Hospital
openings were made on each side of his
head near the ear, and two offending
nerves were located and cut out.' They
were between one and two laches long,
and about as thiel: as a pin, and are
termed sensory nerves ---that is,' nerves
which give the sense of feeling and not
control of the movements of musulcs,
When the nerves were eut out Wolfson
161(0 0111y deprived of the settee offeeling
along the area affected by them, and
that was a cou0uunnation 110 had, de-
voutly wished for twenty-five yea's.
Some little sense of uneasiness still per-
sists as a result of the wound in iia,
temple, but when these heal he will be
11101)y' cured.
HE IS A MURDERER,
John Scott Says He is Glad Man He Shot
is Dead,
A 'Leedom Out., despairh: John Scott
(colored), charged 'with having commit-
ted murder in Philadelphia, and who was,
arrested her yesterday' by Detectives 1.1i -
der and Nickle, talked very freely to-
day, Ile said he did not knew' until
yesterday that Davis (whom he is alleg-
ed to have killed) was dead. "I am'gled
of it," he said, "No one will ever know
the trouble that myon 0at0ed in our -fam-
ily. If lie had not abused my mother I
might not have killed him, but when he
did that 1 could o
a l n t stand it any long -
en." A Pittsburg despatch says: "0n
Tuesday, ,loo. 7th. John Scott kliiol his
foster -stepfather, hn01)nnd of the wo-
man W110 had taken Scott from' the poor
house and raised him decently." •
SHOULD ASSIST CANADDA.
Lennon Morning Post's Opinion of
Immigration Situation.
London,- Jan. `20.—The Morning Post
sayer: "Should the demand for Asiatic'
restriction represent the general desire•
of British.GOlunrbia, and Canada, as a
whoie11 e111'become incumbent upon
the Britteli Government to assist the
Federal Government in achieving the
national object. Failure to do qo
would implythe abdication of thft
country in favor' of the United States
s the' leader of the Anglo-Saxon lea -
110
THAW WAS
IRRATIONAL.
WITNESS TELLS Ory THAW'S DO•
INGS ON DAY OF TRAGEDY.
Thaw's Eyes Had Peculiar Stare That
Day—Harriet Alice Thaw of Un•
sound Mind—Thaw's Behavior at
the Whist Club,
New York, Jan. 20.—Many witnesses,
entirely new to the case, testified at
the trial of Harry K. Thaw to -day, and
told stories of his eccentricities during
the years immediately preceding the kill-
ing of Stanford White, They all de-
clared he impressed them as befog lira -
thine!. The most interesting testimony
was that of Christopher Baggana stew -
and of the New York Whist Club', who
told of Thaw's doings the day of the
tragedy, and who under cross-exnmina-
tlon by District Attorney Jerome gave
Mousing details of bridge whist games
in which Thaw and several men of pro-
minence participated.
Dr, IIo'atius C. Wood, of Philadel-
phia, was called to the stand as the
first witness in the 'Thaw ease today.
Dr. Wood tonne years ago made all ex-
amination of Harriet Alice Thaw, a reite
tive of the defendant. Ilietrict Attor-
ney Jerome objected to the physician's
tcttimony, but was overruled by the
court, as the relation of attending phys-
ician
h e•ician and patient did not exist in this
rate,
Dr. Wood said that Miss Thaw was of
u110061nd nnind.
The next witness called to the stand
told of nun eccentricities of Thaw just
before the killing of 'Stanford White.
He was Christopher Baggan, a steward
of the Now York Whist Club. Thaw
was in the club an June 20, 1506, just
five days before the roof garden'trage-
dy. Although the clay was loot, Thaw
insisted on taking a screen with him wher-
ever he event about the rooms. lie was
highly nervous, excitable 011 irritable,
and- once as the passed the witness wet/
muttering "This is awful," Baggan said
Thaw, finally asked him to have a pack-
age put in the safe.
"What was in the 'Melange?" asked
Mr. Llttletee,
"Three cigarettes wrapped In tinfoil."
Thaw's eyes, the witness said, had a
peculiar entre. A telephone message
came for him, and when the witness
touched hint to attract 1118 attention,
Thaw trembled all oyer. When in the
city Thaw was in the club's rooms every
day.
"Did Thaw impress you is rational or
nuationel.p A.—"irrational."
On crosv'exeminatiot, Beggar) said he
had 1Uiawln 'Irian• fen 14 years. Thew
was in the chub play 1217 bridge whish
the day of the tragedy. \e'ked who else
wee there, the.. witness said Capt .Whar-
ton, John A. Drake and John B. Glea-
son, one of '.I'haw•'s counsel at the form-
er trials. At nines he said "bur. Gates"
and "Air: Schwab" were present.
"But they Menet( appeared calm, did-
n't, they?" naked Mr. Joome. A.—"yes"
"And Tla.w wee nervous?" A.—"Yes,"
"Thaw understood the gone of bridge
whist did he not?" sir?'
"And played with the best members?"
"Yes sir."
"And how did be fare—generallyable
to hold his own?" "I guest so, air:'
Tho avitnes said Thaw had bceh more
or lose nervous Mr since the had known
him.
Mirv;,llattilda Stein who was a tele.
phone openlor at the (hold Hotel in
11103 mid 1004 when Thaw was a guest
there, was the next witness. She said
she knew Thaw under the name of Farr.
She sane him often and his eyes were
always staring and budging. His: manner
the irrational. One mottling Thaw put
in' 75 telephone wills Me,le00 than three
hours. (Inc.morning .s
she ordered his
breakfast three thmol in twenty min-
utes,
Here District Attorney 1020100 ob-
jected. He said - a un 0 did not have to
]ivo long at a NOW 'brk Hotel to know a
theft he had ofteno,%�t'r order his break
fla8t` more than the220 times before he u
got it: .
011 $r0ss-examination \4iss'Stein said
LvelyineiNesbit wleo was a guest at the
Grand under the name of Miss Farr, e
"Wn,en't.it the morning after Ric left
that the 75 calls were put in?" asked
District Attorney Jerome,
The wltnesn was sure it was not, be-
cause Miss. Nesbit had pot In several
that doy. One the witness remembered,
was to Burr "McIntosh.
and New York societies were appointer
e a a closer 'e '
would be better all round,
The election of officers resulted in
S. Peart, of Burlington, being chosen
President; H. Jones, of Maitland, ret
ing; E. D. Smith. of Winona, Vice -Pre
dent, and P. 10. Hodgetts, Seeretar
Treasurer,
d,
ip
ALSO CHEESE.
'Vice -Pres
it being f It that 1 , lationah BUTTER AND
CABINET CRISIS.
JAP EMPEROR REFUSED TO ACCEPT
PREMIER'S RESIGNATION,
Withdrawal of Sakatani, Minister of
Finance, and Yamagata, Minister
of Communications, From Govern-
ment—Everything Arranged; '
Tokio, Jan. 20,—The resignation of
the entire Cabiaet:wa.s na'rowly'avert-
ed to -day,' The Premier, Marquis
Saionji, tendered his resignation to the
1.lnperor this afternoon at d, o'clock,
bill Hie Majesty declined to receive 11,
(ehilc the alternative resignations of
Yoshiro Sakatani, Minister of Finance,
and of Ioaburo Yomegata, .blister of
Communications, were accepted,
M21stthais erasure, Minister of Jus-
tice, will combine the portfolio. of fin-
ance with his own, and Ko)hara, Minister
of the Interior, will eembiee that of
Minister of Communications with his.
This leaves the Cabinet without any new
elements, and removes the disputants
who have been the disturbing factors for
some time past, Tho Cabinet Council
today gave rise to some heated debates.
Yamagata insisted upon the resignttivn
of Sakatani, who is responsible for the
budget, and who is blamed by the
Cabinet Ministers and the public be-
cause in 1907 he promised that there
would be no increase made in the tax-
ation, nor would there be any resort to
foreign loans in 1008.
An investigation of the situation con-
vinced the Cabinet officers and Elder
Statesmen that an iilerenee in the tax-
ation or in lieu thereof a foreign loath
would be unavoidable. Sakatani en-
deavored to reduce the appropriation for
the army and the navy. To this the
opposing factions objected, and finally
succeeded in carrying their point. Saka-
tani then increased the general taxation,
but this found strenuous objoctioes
among the leading merchants and bank-
ers. Sakatnno finally' decided to resign,
and also insisted that his resignation
should be accepted.
Marquis Saionji, the responsible head
of the Cabinet, and the other members
of the Cabinet who agreed with him
finally decided on (Inc following pro -
70210011(1'! The. Marquis Saiouji's resig-
nation would be first offered. If the
Emperor deelined•to accept it, then the
resignations of Sakatani and Ynmagata
would he offered, Matawra and Iieihara
consenting to combine their portfolios in
pursuance of this agreement. Pre-
mier Saionji and Prince Ito waited on
the Emperor this morning, The Em-
peror refused to Incept the resignations
of Saionji, but accepted the resignations
of Sakatani and Yamegatn. The whole
matte' is now believed to he settled,
There probably ,will be some changes in
the budget, and the Diet may decide not
to increnso the taxation, but instead
reduce the appropriations for the army
and navy. It may be decided, to issue
a loam to cover the deficit,
DR. HANNA MUST EXPLAIN.
Rochester Roman Catholic Priest Asked
to Renounce Modernism.
Ronne,�g,Ian. 20, --Cardinal Gotti, Pre-
fect of t")) Congregation of the Pro-
paga.ndpll'')nade a 1rpo;t to -day to the
Pope t1,j ie meeting held yesterday. Ile
doolare� that the fnitlure to 0oleet the
Rev. . rend J. Hanna, of Rochester,
for r R"bffice of Coadjutor Archbishop
of a. o
, i`.Ir arise did hot ransomer any -
think
y
titin of a personal nature against the
eatrliebn.te, even in the eyes of those who
ppeeed hie election, it being generally
dmitted that he dere 1us the post; but
saki -Cardinal Ciotti, it 'did seem advi0-
hist under present circumstances, when
U) h struggle against modernism is being
toned on so vigermtelj', and when otl-
r ecclesiastics guilty of the same er-
ore of which Dr. Bantle, has been ae-
ued hare bceh puuislux1, especially in
trance aril Germany.
For this realson, lie said, it was deem-
ed indispensable that Dr. Hanna public-
ly demonstrate that ]ie is not guilty
of the charges made against him, ex-
plaining hie opinions with regard to
ndmtt he wrote in the American Catholic
Enoyolopedia mud New York Review,
and publishing these explanations, not
only in America, but in France and Ger-
many as well.
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SIX YEARS OF SILENCE.
FRUIT GROWERS MEET.
Annual Report Presented—H, S. Peart,
Burlington,' New President,
Toronto despatch: The annual meet-
ing of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Asso-
ciation arae held in the office of the sec-
retary at the Parliament buildings yes-
terdu7, i
'Phe treasurer's report showed a bal-
ance on baud of $1,070. The Fruit,
Flower and honey Show this year has
been able to shoo' a surplus, but the
deficit of the preceding year was only
wiped out after each society had united
to defray this. Thus the show will have
a clear sheet for 1908.
The review of the fruit situation of
the past year shored that considerable
Loss instead of a profitable co-operation
of fruitmeu resulted from the lack of
organized connection of all the horticul-
tural societies, and -trona failure of the
directors to understand their duties
thoroughly.
The bad packing of fruit and the care-
less handling of' the express,cempanies
makes for big losses to Ontario fruit-
men.''Phe exhibition of Ontario at Lon-
; -don Hite past year cast pooh reflections
upon, the fruit here, all due to the poor
shiipping, facilities employed, k
Repreeentatives to Michigan,.a'duobee t1
Dreadful Penalty of Solitude for Amen -
can Murderers i
n
Mexico,
• Mexico City, Jan 20. ---William Mit-
chell, Dr. Merles S. Hayle end Leslie E.
Hliallert. the 1111.00 :\mericany whose
death sentences for the murder of two
other Americans for their life insurance
were recently commuted to twenty years'
imprisonment by the Governor of the
State of Chihuhua, arrived here to -day
under strong guard. They are being
taken to Vera Cruz, where they will be
confined in the fortress of San Juan de
Ulna,
The dismal cells of this grim old cas-
tle are far down in the ground, and it
is said that few men live to serve out
their sentences when once placed within
its walls: The three convicts are pro.
hibited from uttering a word to any 000
during their fust six -years of imprison-
nfont. This provision of the laapplies
to all long term convicts. 'Chey will bo
ept'in solitary confinement during this
into.
WEST ONTARIO DAIRYMEN'S ASSO-
CIATION MEET IN W00DSTOCK,
Presidznt John McQuaker Reads Report
of Directors—Good Year for Patron
of Creameries and Cheese Factories
A. GENERAL STRIKE.
CAMPAIGN IN BERLIN FOR UNIVER-
SAL SUFFRAGE HAS BEGUN.
Blood and Iron Methods—If Government
Persists in Them. Commercial and
Industrial Life Will Be at Stand-
still,
8
0. 10oodstoek, Ont., despatch says
The forty -fust annual meeting of the
West Ontario Dairymen's Association
opened in the Opera House here this
morning with a very large attend;-^
of members and others interested 1.
(dent John McQunkcr, of Owen Smut.,
was in the chair, and the first busines,
*as the rending by him of the report
of the directors. He said that the past
year had been most encouraging for the
patrons of creameries and cheese fac-
tories on account of the higher prices
which had prevailed. Steady progress
was being made, he said, in the quality
and finish of cheese, and an improvement
was also shown in the quality of cream-
ery butter turned out in western On-
tario. He bald that last year there was
spent on improvements to cheese fader -
les in the district $35,802s:1ml to crennn-
e•iee $18,054. The prospects for the fu-
ture of tho dairy industry in western
Ontario were bright, Ile said, •
President McQuaker commented on the
fitness of holding a convention in Wood-
stock, the centre of the finest dairy dis-
trict in Ontario, and spoke with regret
of the resignation of Chief Inspector G.
P. Barr. Ile mentioned the fact that
energetic measures :sere being taken to
stamp out from among the farmers the
practice of odultat'ating milk.
Secretary Frank Berns forwarded his
financial a'1atement, which showed n
good condition of affairs,
SWEAR IT ON MURATO.
Japanese Witnesses in a Vancouver
Stabbing Case.
Vancouver, Jan. 20. --Unexpected ele-
ments doveloted in the preliminary
hearing of the Japanese and city fire.
monassault 002:4. to -day. Four Japa-
nese, iI, Naknshei, 1i.'-Tanaguehi, \I.
Tawaowyht and F. Murato, were charged
with attempted murder, Medical evi-
dence showed the end of Fireman Frost's
nose almost severed, holding merely by
a little cuticle, Practically all the
right side of his face w110 laid open to
the emirs. Tho contor of the nolo was
changed, 01(41 u0atril being lost. Frost
appeared in court, in bandages. He
said when the window was broken and
the Japs ran out they offered to pay
for the broken glass. One Jap drew a
knife, stabbed Anderson, and then him.
Ile 52110' two Jape. 'I3he affair happened
hall a biock from the fire hall and one
block from the police station,
Fireman Anderson said the firemen
were sober, He slipped on the side-
walk and hie elbow broke the window,
S. Osakf; reporter of a Japanese paper,
said the accused, Murato, came to his
room the following morning and de-
clared the deed was done by him. A
fellow boarder with Osaki corroborated
this, and the owner Japanese prisoners
testified against Murato,
DEAD BODY FOUND IN HUT.
Probable Suicide of Unknown Mau Near
Chatham.
Chatham despatch: Three youths out
511o0ther about non to -day entered a
but 012 the farm of Anthony F.dwaw'ds,
near Bloomfield about four miles from
here, and found the body of a man half
reclining in the corner. A nearby re-
volver, afterward discovered to have
one exploded shell, and a wound over
rho heart told the tale; a whiskey
bottle with &onto of the contents e'till
remainhvg was also found near the body.
The clothing, hat and Shoes were of
United States make, the hat being lab-
elled "Henry, Detroit."
The deoased w'a0 about 25 or 30 years
of age, height 5 feet 8 or 9. There were
powder stains tie well as blood on the
&dart Corner Bray ordered the 001000al
of the remains to this city, where they
await acetification,
o -o
MAN CORE OF HUGE SNOWBALL.
_
Alpine Started Avalanche by Shooting
at a Chamois,
Berlin, Jan. 'O, --The tame:lent opinion
is that the demonstration by tleSocinl-
ists yesterday, which was intended its a.
pretest against the Diet's rejeetion of
universal 2uff21170, was merely the be.
„inning of a campaign which, in view of
the tlol'1rument'a determination to adopt
blind and iron method, must, if it Is
carried n, result sult in 811110118 consogaenecs.
the Executive Committee of the So-
eelsts has not anuouneed any plans,
but according to unofieial statements by
prominent members of the. party, ar-
uuigeuunls are bean; made to Mange -
tate a general strike 111 i!erlin ;and its
neighborhood for five consecutive slays
not week, Such 0 strike wont( bring
to 0 standstill the commercial and indus-
trial life of the capital and the m..01'011)1(1-
ing towns. Among the inconveniences
hat would be ea need would be the
coping off of the gas runtelee1rie light
51'101(1'3,
According to 112e'spiakesmen of .110,
e eilists, the strike is designed to
impress on tine Government and the
Dirt the enormous forces controlled by
the Social Dem 00(als, ,aid the alvisabij-
ity of conceding their demands.
JAPAN CRISIS.
Saionji'z Cabinet in Jenp and ---The
Immigration question,
Tokio, Jan. dlt•-
\niiceuratc pre-
diction coacoraing the; prob11110-MMMO 01
the _\lnrqun, Shionji's .Cabinet 'is dif-
ficult, The probability of the Cabin-
et averting a climax and the resig-
nntious of the Ministers of Finance
and, Communications,. has created a
situation approaching 0'11. a political
panic. Even those best informed. are
unable to forecast developments with
any degree of certainty.
Tho unnegrntiorn question has troth -
ug to do with hastening the clime::.
It is believed on' all ,,sides''thet the
immigration questions which exist
with America and Canada will be
settled tamicably.
An interesting feature of. the situ-
ation is the increasing influence of
the commercial classes in the politics
of Japan(
e -a
DROWNED IN, TUR.
Discoured Over Her.. Husband's
Loss of Work. ` .
New York, lot, 20,– linbdhity of her
husband to obtain peen lhett employ -
went, is believed to havered Mrs, Imei00
t:retire to end her lite to -day. Her
body was found lying in a foot of wa-
ter in the bath GM in their home, in
West 24th street, by the busbarll when
lie arose this meriting.. The couple were
married in Canada fico years age. It
we ; uun,tuny 11111 1011, lis. Mc01010 liad
told her neighbors, her parents 120ving
objected to the utaiiiage. For sone) time
after their :weal in Neo York every-
thing went well. hit flout a'year ago
M(C1uc lost I.is i.t,sitiou, and had not,
been successful iu getting any regular
worls since that time. 11Irs,McClure bc-
ename deeply despondent, aid when she
did not recover he; strength after the
birth of a ehild'a Sew mouthy -ago, she
worried continually over the* family'8
desperate condition.
JAP DE '
STINY
in Asia, Corea and Manchuria, Says
Oaki.
Vicom, .huh 20,--- The Deutsehea 11011°01u, Jan, 20.—A local Japnn-
Volksblatt records that a sportsman who ! ese newspaper prints an interview
eras looting ch01001) near L'ttendorf with. Viscount Aoki, Japanese Am -
loosened the snow on which he was lassador to Americo, in which Vie -
standing by discharging his rifle. Once
started:the movement became an ava-
lanche.
The hunter was thrown down the side
of the uunuit,in, rolling rapidly toward
the valley. As he went over and over
SHOW 001100ted around 12)10 until he be -
the centre of an immense Snowball,
which ever increased in size until it
stopped in the valley.
The moon was then so tightly packed
in it that it was impassible to e,xtrichlte
him alirc. iii bI Jl' rya 11L11 difficulty
1)02411 out of 11(0 hartieuesi masts.
SAVED THE GIRL,
Picton Lad Hero of Plucky Rescue
While Skating.
Picton, Ont„ despatch: Reginald Wil-
son, 14 -year-old sol of Mr. Wilson,
made a plucky reeene on Saturday,
He was Skating with Miss Dorothy
Wileocks, youngest daughter of Mr.
H S. Wilcocks, on the bay, when the
icer gave way. Yonne Wilson, with
great presence of mind. kept firm hold
of the young girl. The ice around was
rotten and kept breaking_ with each
effort to get put of the011 ter. Con -
tinned calls for help , vain, bat
Wilson, who is i ;p1 udid sa'dinmer,
kent use until fire? ice ens-aaehed,
count Aoki is quoted as follows: "I
do not approve of 10111111111 laborers
going to America. Tney canlrot cx•
pe.t, after Japan's long isolation, to
establish themselves in any western
country. Destiny and opportunity are
m Asia, Korea and Manchuria."
Viscount Aoki also expressed Min-
n -tit as opposed to Japanese seeking
naturalization in America for the rea-
son that citizenships are "only needed
by those who contemplated permanent
residence, •
THIRTY FELL THROUGH' jCE.
Only Two Drowned in Accident on
Lake in Paris.
Pais, an. 20:-- Great excitement
wits caused this afternoon by the
breaking of the ice on the lake in
the Bois . do Boulogne, some thirty
young people being precipitated into
the water, It was feared at first that
tunny of them were drowned, but after
a detachment' had dragged the 'lake by
the aid of searchlights, it was found
that only two had been drowned, both
bodies being recovered.
A -O
Irorx—Oil 1101105 hue beet( married
four times, Joax—Gee! He must re-
gard matrimony as n sort. of endless
chain. I f .11/111111111leull