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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-09-09, Page 7COOK AT THE NORTH POLE, Sir Robert Ball Denribes His Unique position, Itt4ians Relieve That Cook Could Not be Mistaken. Vessel With U, $, Explorer Passed Cape Skagen. New York, Sept. London des- patch to the World quotes Sir Robeet Ball, professor a eetronomy Ca,ni- bridge University and one of the most diatinguished of British scientlees, as saying of Dr, Cook's discovery of the North Pole; "Two questioes ,being Asked all over the civilized world to -day are: Pirst, why does any one want to go to the North Polo? Second, how does he know when lie ie there? "To ansWer the second question first, the mariner whet finds his latitude in the northern hemisphere to be 90 de. grecs, Icn.ows hegean be nowhere else than at the North Pole. The astronom- er will tell you that to any one standing' at the North Pole the sun rises and sets only once a year—six months diylight, six months night, mitigated only by a little twilight at the beginning, and end of a period of awful gloom, broken by occasional inoonlight or aurora. "The pole is truly a unique spot on the globe. Cook standing there faeed clue south. Which ever way he looked he was more than twenty miles nearer the cen- tre of the aarth than if he stood at the equator. 3;lis weight was greatee 'than anywhere else on the surface of the globe. A pram line in his hand pointed vertically upward to the pole of the heavens, around. which all stars revolve. Half of the stars he could never see; the other half never went below his hori- zon, and would have been visible throughout the six months of night. The famous constellation Orion circled around and aroud his horizon. The pole star stood directly over his head. "The gain to knowledge from Dr. Cook's discovery is inestimable. There still is much to learn of tides, currents, aud the ocean, Meterologists have a perfect torrent of questions to ask of any one speaking with authority from the North Pole. "But there is another problem of the highest importance justifying all ef- forts to discover the pole. Many scient- ists believe the Arctic regions have borne at certain times in the mighty history of our globe a very different aspect from now. The ice and stow which have pre- served the mystery of the poles, prob- ably have not existed continuously throughout the ages. - "It is believed that in. the course' of geological time the regions around the', poles have more than once enjoyed a temperate climate, permitting highly or- ganized animals and delicate plants to Rowlett. V specimens •of rocks connect- ing the remains of fossil animals and 'plants have been brought forth, their scientific value could not be exaggerat- ed. Thus and thus only could a very great chapter in the history of the earth lie completed. Until the poles are ex- plored man's knowledge of his dwelling place will beisadly defective. "To mariners, Cook's monaeatous ex- ploit must , bring especial gratification. Hundreds of their hardiest forerunners have sacrificed their lives in the great quest which is now their prize befoee the aviators have had time to snatch it from them." COOK ON BOARD. Copenhagen, Sept. 6.—The steamer *MIAs Egede, with Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Abe American explorer, who is haid to have discovered the North Pole, on heard, passed Cape Skagen, the northern. 4xtremity of Denmark, at 2 o'clock this :afternoon, BELIEVE HE WAS THERE. Reale, SePt. 0. --The queseion whether Dr. Fredereck A. Cook, the American ex- plorer, did or did. not Teach the North Pole. brought out statenfents to -day from Italian scientists and Arctic ex. plorers, including the Plecnnontz guides who accompanied the Duke of the Abruzzi on his polar expedition of 1900. They are all to the effect that Dr, Cook could not possibly have Men rills- . led into believing he reached the Pole if he had not actually done so. He must heve.earried instruments, it is ar- gued, and made observations, which will ,denionstrate scientifically the correct- , mess of his assertion. NO REASON TO DOUBT. Winezipeg, Sept. 6.—Vo. unanimous opinion among the scientists of the Brit- isb, Assoeistion who are still in the city, and espeeiatly those connected with the geographical section, is that there can be no possible reason for doubting the report of the diseovery of the pole re- ceived from the intrepid explorer. "Dr. Cook ie a man 'who has been closely con- nected with Arctic work for many years," said Sir Joseph Larmour, "and there is no reason for doubting his trust- worthiness, He seetns to have felted an easier way than the others who have tried before hirn, but that he has found the pole I have no doubt." • Dr. Robert Bell, whose Work in the northland hen been extensive, gave as teasone for Dr. Cook's succese the fact ileat he startea in the winter, when the ;ice- was hard and dry, and travelling nvas Citsy; the fact that he Managed. to ;procure good dogs and trustworthy Ee• etimes, and. the further fact that he tray - wiled in a somewhat different direction to that taken by those svho made the ottempt before him, If he took observe, tions they would,he of great value from a geographical and meteorological stand- point. A, RELIABLE MAN. Poughkeepeie, N. Y., SePt. Wallese, the Arctic explorer and author, whoee compenion, Leonidas Itabhard, beettnie lost and starved to death when withia a few hundred miles of the north pole, said -We afternoon, at the Items of a friend in Mateo:wan, that he haa explicit faith in Dr. Cook's wonderful feat. Mr. Wallace has niftiest eompleted plane for art -expedition to go to the re- lief of Dr. Cook, In his statement he said: "I have no doubt that De, Cook lias reached the north pole. is a mats of extreme reliability, fairly selett- Cite, and versed ih geographieal tiOria in the Arctic regions. SYMPATHY FOR PEARY, London, Sept, Ooolt's personal orinouneentent diet he reached the north pole hes done melt to dispel the tmeer- tainty treated here by the /fret de- ospatehes. Bat the information is 00 vague, eatireiy, tO 'eenvistee the fierilened siceptice, The personality of tbe etplorer Is held in 'high esteem in Brititsh oicieritifie circlets that thoise beat toatitted to judge are the readied. to Record of North Pole Explorations Year. Bxplorer, 1587 1010 1827 1840 1854 1871 1870 1870 1883 1000 1002 1906 150 1696, 1607 1800 William Scoresby .• ,,,,, „ • . .. . ..... W. E. Parry , 4.11 9.0 • •P• • NOrdeUlCiOld • • 11 A, • • • • 0 9 • • 4 • ••• julius Payer., ,,,,,,,,,,, .114 *04 ,,,,,,,, Fredevick Jackson R. , • ..... .1. • • 4 .• • • • ; • • • Frithjof Nansen 4 • • • 4 • • • • AI.. ft!. • Duke of Abruzzi 4. 5...••••^4•P10 0.. Pt. ••• * • AnthOUY Fiala . • • • •••••00.1•9 /9* 4. ••• ••• 09. Western Hemisphere, 4.011,11 Davis „, ••• ••• ... ......... Baffin. • • • • • • • • • I. 4 6 1 • • 1111 • • 1 Capt. Unsa . . .04 tAa 4,4 141 alp 0411 Sir John Franklin „ ..... . . .,.„ „,, E, E, Earle , • • , ...... „.„„ • ••• a,* 0. Ran 4•1 100 11,49", nn. nn• nn, nnnnnn C+, S. Xeres , ........ 0.4 I, 0, 4 91,09 11011011g 4.1 1, 9,•••••••• 0.• .1, 6 .16144 O. el • A. W. Greeley , .• • . • .. • •• 4.* 1., I Robt. E. Peary ........... .. • • .. • .. .04 4* Robe. E. Peary • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • Babb. gf NarY • • • 4. 01° • 0 ° • " • • .• • Eastern Hentiephere. lierents 6.6, "1 of. 0.1, ,q,. Rup Hoenrekerek .• .... 14. ..4 ••• 4,0 0 • • • ....... 9. • 9 0 • 4 • I • • • • • • • 1827 1868 1874 1896 1899 1900 1905 Latitude. Deg. Miu. 72 12 77 45 81 as 81 80 10 82 11 83 21. 77 15 83 24 . 83 59 84 '17 87 00 77 20 70 49 80. 83 Et 30 82 48 81 42 81 05. 81 20 80 14 80 34 82-4 00 4....y.,r4.411!"1111•VIrVVVW7V*VVIIIPPVI•11•11TIVIINFITrerVr4rVVIS•710+ •••••••.•••••••••••••••••••m••••••••••••••••••••••••••*•••••••. • explain away thh seemingly- obscure points in the meagre story of the ex- ploit thus far available. M.A.J011 DARWIN SURPlItSED. Major Leonard Darwin, Presidenti of the Royal Geographical Society, said: 'There is no reason why the North Pole should not hove been reache,d, and it is a very fine feat to heve accomplished. In the absence of detailed information I am not in a position to express a critical opinion, ,Put if, as reported., Di', Cook reached the Pole on the floe Ice, I must confess to surprise. That, how- ever, does not male.e my congratula- tion.% any the less warm. „. Captain Robe, P. Scott, Con -mender of the British Antarctic Expedition ,of 1904, explaining the extraordivary rap- idity of Dr. Cook's dash, said: "I1 may be that the. new area diecovered by Dr. Cook is a sheetered sea, over which he travelled, The heavy pressures of the Polar sea may have left this sea comparatively smote eu ing hi in to make' bis rapid progress. The prin- civet geographical Interest in Dr. Cook's journey would appear to lie in the details of this hitherto un- known land and the abeence of ice pressure in the Polar sea." FRENCH SCIENTISTS DELIGHTED. Paris, Sept. 6.—The news of Dr. Cook's success was •received with the greatest interest by the membere of the prench Geographical Society, one of whom said: "Dr. Cook apparently hes succeeded where others failed. Hie sac- eess depended on the conclibion of the atmosphere and the positions of the gla- ciers, which, up to the present time, have jealously stayed. the advance of man. Dr. Cook's recerd should determine who. ther oe nob there is a flattenIng of the e.arth at the pole, and verify the mathe. nuitical situation of the Polar star at the zenith." ZEPPELIN TO PLY NORTH. Berlin, Sept. 6.—Prof, Iiergesell, the seieneific, adviser of the proposed ex- peditioeto the North Pole in the Zep- pelin airship, speaking te-day of Dr. Cook's athievement, said: "1 am extremely glad an explorer has readhed the Pole. •Our airslup expedi• Lion, however, will not be. affected in any way. When we Rest proposed to.go to the Aretic in an airship, the reaching of the actual North Pole was pe matter of inaifferenee to us. Our main objeet is 'to show how a dirigible balloon caln be used. for exploration, Our Oreille is intended for surveying and the taking of photographs, and. it will be eo con- structed as to land on the .deife iee, necessary. There is Still much te be done in Arctic expleraeion, and there is the probability.eof ,great geographical discovery. We regard Dr. Cook as a serious.man,. but as he had only Eskimos with him, any great enlightemilent to 9cience through his expeditioa is hardly likely, as it must have been impossible for hun to carry the necessary instru- ments." NO HAPHAZA.RD EXPEDITION. New York, Sept. 0.—John it. Brad- ley, the financial ' backer of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, took peins to ex- plain to -day that the Breolelee ex- plorer's mimeos in reaching the North Pole was not so 'much the result of chance as the opinions of several polar experts would indicate. `This was no' haphazard expedi- tion," he said; "no intelisified Arctic joy ride undettaken on nerve. We went about our luepatations for -this thing quietly and without brass band accoMpaniment, but we peovided for every imaginable contingency. "We studied out the mistakes mid misfortunes of other men who had tried fot the Pole, hoping to- benefit by their errors, and we certainly benefited by their exemples. "I am not going to tell whet the cost Was. 13ut I 'will tell you this much: One single item of the equip- ment was 5,000 galloas of gasoline, and another yeas two barrels of gum drops. An Eskimo will travel thirty , miles for a gum drop. His sweet tooth is the sweetest in the world. "Cook, it is true, has its much hetve as any man in the world, but he had something besides nerve to tarry him through, I am not try- ing to take ley of the °recite, but .want to say that he had the right kind of an eutfit to . take him there. Dr. Cook will prove to the setisfac- tion of every fair man that he has done eassetly what he claims he did." EXPLORA.TIONS WILD NOT END. .A.nthooy Fiala, 'the Arctic exploree and .conimander of the Zieglet Expedi- tion of 1903-1005, agreed with Mr. Bradley ift`plating tonfidetee la the re- ports of Dr, Cook's Success. "This -will not put an end to polar expeditioes," he saki to4itty. "Other iditions will molt' thole way north. amid, Dr. Cook says he has diseovers ed land in the ter north. If the land is there others will find it eud verify his story. It it is uot there hiis story will be branded as false." Asked if the conditions repottied by Dr. Cook at the Pole Weft M pected, Mr. Biala replied: "Yes; I did not leek for the dieeevery of any aretie eoritinent, bitt dfd believe that land *mild be foused. "The only thing that eurpritee in Dr. Cook's story is his mention of glade' lee Tide may toyer shoal pladeb or loWslyieg islandie" 8tORY Or COOK'S Jourit4tv, Its Beginning Visit -tuts and betatis Differ PrOM Any Other. The idory of Dr. Cook's journey, tWeil AA it stands. toeley, with so ranch more to be teld, is one reMitritable in the history of WC' eentrirlee of polar eX' ploration, Its beginning was unique, and almost every detail of sthe two years' effort' among the ice -fields was different from anything in the annals of Franklin, Nansen and Peary, Eerly in the year of 1997 the Brook- lyn physician Was making preparations for a second Anteretie expedition. He had been a member of the Belgian Ant- arctic expedition of 1807-99; He had set himself about seeking subscriptions to finance a southward. dash, and was all en,grosSed, in his plans,•when John 11. Bradley, the wealthy sportsman and amateur Arctic explorer, Who makes hiS homerin New York, when he is not off shooting in strange lands, fell acres Dr. Cook's path. Bradley was ‘arranging for a season's trip to Greenland, where he hoped to get squie Musk-ox shooting; bc had a little emiverted fishing schooner up in Gloucester fitting for the voyage. Cook planned to go :with Bradley, Jae told the New York sportsman that he would. like to take the trip, osteasibly aserahuntieg exp.edition only, but if they should succeed m reaching Iltah, on the western coast of Greenland, he would. leave the boat and alike a strike for the pole. The expeasee of fitting up the boat, which was named. for its ownee and outfitting, amounted to about 48,000, Cook had planned some special ice autos, which he had hoped to use in his Ant - Erratic expedition, and the manufacture of these had actually begun when he laud- denly switched his plans, and made hur- ried preparations to up -northward. He took, instead. four heavy sledges, which his brother, Theodore Cook, of Callicoon Station,,N. Y., made for him, a specita supply of foodstuffs for Aretie travel, and his outfit. of skin clothing, The John R. Bradley sailed from Glou- cester July 3, 1907. During the voyage up Cook had ex- pounded to Bradley his theory of the most practical way to do Arctic travel- ling. Dr. Cook said that he intended to rush northward in the months of winter, when the polar seas were frozen over. The explorer also outlined to Bradley the route that he would follow. He said that Peary had madea mistake in his opinion, in trying to set a direct' coUrse for the pole over the ice floes. The cur- rent that sets from the west eastWard across the continent of treenIend must inevita.bly carry the ice eastwardly, and, therefore, throw a direet polar course of) to the eastward of the objective point. To correct thie 'distributing set in the current, Cook said that he intend- ed making from Malt across Ellsmere Land and Grinners Land, aed in the.di• rection of the new land discovered by Peary, and named Crocker's Land. Crocker's Land hes off to the west- ward, and nortnward of GrinnelPs Land, and Cook believed that if he made such a detour to the west, Ire cduld then strike directly for the pole from Crock- er's Land, and the eastward drift of the floes in the Polar Sea would then be equalized. 1, Cook made a, successful landing of all his stores at Annatok, the site of an Eskimo village, and on Augutt 27th, • the John R. Bradley and. all its crew, with the exception of Pra,neke, a Ger- man with lots of sand, sailed for Gioia eester. During the next few months of the winter that followed, Cook spent most of his time hunting, and laying in a store of meat for his future use. It was on Pebruary 26 that Cook started to make his first advaace north, ward. He took Prentice to accompany him for a way, and a small band of Es- kimos.went along to drive the dogs arid help portage the baggage over the ice hummocks. The first night's camp. was made on an ice floe in Kane's 13asin, -out ,in the frozen sea dividing Greeniend proper from Ethemere Land. • Here the little party wa, caught in the grip of a raging etorm and for a whole day they had to seek Shelter he, hind lee hufronocks weighting down their sledges with the weight of their own bodies lest they be blown over and their contents whirled away. The next day's inareh brought the party to Rice Strait, only ten miles aWay from the winter qUartera that the Greely party had occupied awing the winter oe 1883- '84. The last day that Cook and Frameke spoilt. together they made neater Bey, aed there Cook prepared a eashe of part of his supplies so that he might return thither and find food earry him back to his -base at Annatoak. On parting from Franck°, whom he advised to go back to the beee at Anna - teak and then Wait his retUrn. Dr. NOk promised that be waitld.be bade to rejein the German by the end of May, If he Was not back by that time, took said, Fraocke should make his way down to North Star 'Say and there he would probably find a whaler to take him home. lereseeke left Cook with his handful of Eskimos on the following day, and Made his way back to Annatok. seffered great hardthips, and it was ontv after ha had been so froeeti that be 'bad to make erutthes of two isticke and thus dreg himself along ever the lee that he mainiged to fall in with the Peary expedition at null. A feUr weeke after he had managed to 'reach assistanee an Eskimo runner brotight back a letter from Cook, This was the Cape Thomas Hubbard letter of Mar& 176, the last word of Cook to reach civilization until his, tabled re- port of toteeees cam toality, In part, Cook's letter refute as folloWs: "f_mo far- it hits gone vet's1 but the weather has been awful told, We- get no mak ex until we had eroseed Memel% Land, but einee have eeetreed 102 Musk ox, five bears and about 150 hares. •0066*4.4•1414 A true test of friendebip ie to Meters to a, lonviindod hardslnek etory. FLEET FOR EACH COLONY'. Speech by Lord lierestord at Tor. onto Canadian Club Oanquet, Re Supreme on Sea and Keep Trade Routes Open, 1••••,•,, ••0P0 J. A. l'ikatiefthl on Canada's Place in the Empire. Toronto despatch—The Termite •IsTa- tional Club banqueted Lord Charles Berosford. last uight, In his speeels again and again emphasized his OM- tention that the niainteassnee of the empire depended upon the keeping ef its trade routes inviolate, and to do this it was essential that an Imperial fleet should be meiatained vthich eheuld supreme ou ever, -F sea, The, part which the overseas donnasons shouls1 take in the bearing of the burden was fel; them- selves to decide, intt he was convinced from the loyalty which he had seen ex- pressed in Cauada during ais visit that this couritrY, et any rate, would not be foond wanting. charaeteristio pheaseology he pointed out that "when another na- tion is increasing its defensive powers beyond the proportion demanded by its coast line and 311ercantile marlue, it is time foe us to keep our °yea irkinned." Quite a naval etmosphere was given to the banquet by the decora- tions. On every table arose tall flow- er stands modeled 'after the fighting tope sf, the modern --man of war, while flowers' were also placed in minia- ture harbettes from which grinned the dwarf presentmeote of naval guns. On the wall opposite Lord Charles were lined parti-coloved flags in the, same Combination as thew which years ago floated from the high masts of Nelson's Victory and gave , to the British race a watoliword arid a motto. The 'President, Mr. G. T. Irving, presided, and among those also pre- sent were Senator Jaffrey, Hon. W. Hamm, Mayer Oliver, Canon Cody, Mr. W., K. MoNaught, M. P. le, Hon. Thos.. Crawford, Col. G. T. Denison, Mr. j, .A.. Macdonald, Mr, I. Ie. Rutter, Hon. Dudley Carleton, Mr. W. K. George, Mr. .1. S. Willison Commodore C G. Marlatt, Mr. Fraok 'Arnoldi, K. C,, Mr. Wm. Stone, Capt. G. Jeffreys, Mr. 11.411, Melville, Mr. NV, P. Gundy, Mr. E. I3ristol, M. P., Mr, G. 31. D. Lee. - A. letter regretting his .yiability to attend was received from Mr. G. H. Gooderhant, M. P. P., President of the ,Exhibition. Lord Stratheona tele - 'graphed from Winnipeg regretting that his engagements in the west prevented his acceptance of the cl-ab's invitation. The President also expressed regret for the absence of Sir James Whitney, who unfortunately had met with a, slight ac- cident in the course of the fire at the Parliament buildings. In his absence thee address he had prepared was, read by the Hon.' W. J. Hanna. NsarAT IS CANADA'S PAR,T? After "The King" had been duly honored, Mr. J. A. Macdonald pre - posed "The Empire," a toast which he said would be received without re- commendation or argument. They ac- cepted the fact that Canada was an inseparable part of the empire. There *Was time when that waaenot taken for granted either in e.Canada or Britain. Those were times when the permanenee of such an empire, widely , scattered and diverse, Was in doubt. • The world's history had no precedent. Men of to -day should not p•ride • themselves over men of' the past who doubted the stability of Britain's colonial empire. It would be to the disarace of the present gen- eration if they did not read the events of hietoey which have made the em - pear advisable and Canada an leo separable part of it. They, might dif- fer on questions of politigs, business, creed, or race, but they recognized that it rested. upon them to prove themselves worthy of the new day and to play their part as citizens of the world -empire, composed of the five free' arid united nations. If Canada was an ihsepzirahie part of the empire she must also be a ,posi- tive part. "Canada -a he said, `can- not be a sleeping partner in the firm of the `British ,Empire, Unlimited.' Not because of what any nation has done or said, or may do or say, not because the old land has asked, but because of the Canadian impulse. That impulse bids us take our share and play our part." Proceeding, he said that if the Do- minion, was an inseparable and posi- tive faeter of the. empire it must also he a defensive force in the empire. "We cannot look with blind eyes on what an Imperialist—not myself—but that ernpire statesman whose Imper- ialism no man would dare to doubt, Lord Rosehery, called the rebarbariza- tiost of Europe. Internationally iv?' are still barbarians. Because of that fact Canada must play her part in the defence af a world-wide empire exposed to' barbarism from without, if not from within. Whatever must be done, Canada must do." THE ADMIRAL'S SPEECH. When Lord Charles 13ereaford wise to reply the entire assemblage sprang to their feet, sang "Rule,. Britannia," and cheered; again and again for "Con- dor Charlie," The gallant Admiral in the opening sentences of hie speech expressed appreciation oh his welcome, and then referred to the Condor in, eideitt ai having been fortunately car- ried Out whoa representativea of the press Were present. Passing On, he paid tribute to thOee officers and meri of the navy who have played their part without coming prominently before the `pishe, and to whom, as he modestly pal it, the nation Ives equally Waked. as to those npon whom the limelight had Rhone. Hely old frieed Sir Arthur Wilsost did as ;smell wheit single•handed he fought forty Dervishes till' his sword broke, and then he fought them with his fists, and they had a devilieli rough time." Paesing to the great topie which absorbs his mind, Imperial detente, lie again expressed the gentitude felt in the old eountry that the OVeraeas dominione should have volunterily' ex- pressed themselves as prepared to as - mune keno of the hiirderie asides 'Were ineemtrable from the defenee of the empire, with it8 growing trade and population. Ile ata not agree that Clout& had done nothieg. Canada hail dote all that Was poseible, isn't they mist remember thet the old eonsitry hest to keep up the defence Ai the empire or lose prestige, sithidt she multi not afford to do. cittioitat mstory was a story of uneelfiehimes, and when Men were needed Alio had eent them, "1 must say," he proceeded, "that Itt the present moment the overoeas (tombstone have appreciated the den - ger of the preeent mere than we have. There is nothing wrong with the old country, but sho gone to *deep* She will wake up; she is not the blind, blitherieg, silly old country the is supposed to Ie." they did not wake up, then the time would oome when they would find it impossible to exterel, their slap - building programme, ia response to the efforts of other nations, because the slips would not be clear, It, was exactly the position of the manufae- three who recognized the advantage of having a little extra plant when a resli came. Every country had the right to build for its defence, but when that Imitable. was out of pro - Portion to the coast line and mer - motile marine, then it. was the em• pire's business to take note, ,sual without threats or ayeterical thouting to he ptepared• The British navy in in emotion to its mercantile oferine mainteined at a cost of re2.17 per ton, That of a neighboring nation cone 0.17 per' ton, and when they saw a nation paying such a high rate of iusurance for its mercantile marine it was necessary for them to keep their /eyes skinned. THE PRESENT CONDITION. "What is the crisis?" he asked. "IL is that we have got it into our heads that our fleet in the near future would not be in tDo unassailable pusition which we dediand it .abould be.' He was a practical man, anti supremecy, to his mind, eould only mean a see prone position on every ocean pro- tecting all trade routes, WW1 only four -weeks' food in Britain they could . realize wliat an interruption Of sea. borne trade would mean, It Is not the actual danger to the ehips, but shippers would not ship, for they were the most nervous reese of ellen, who - perspired from the time they did., ship' until they, got the telegram of arrival. It would mean that seocles'and securities of all kinds would tumble down to, zwearlo..p, "Why risk such a thing at an?" he asked, Whet does -it matter Mving a few too many battleships as long as' it makes it so that you.will not have Then for a moment he touched upon the feeling of n man of„ eeperience en the horrible results of evar. Proceed- ing, he said it was not his desire, and indeed it would. be impertinent for him to'tio so, to offer any Advice as to what Canada shoidd do, For- a publie man to voice any such -utterance would be to greatly berm and probably nullify the objects of the ggyernments which were conferring on this important mgt. ter, He declared his faith in the con- tinuance of the wity of the empire. • SHOUL,D HAVE THEIR OWN - CRUISERS. Proceeding, he said: "I see it is sug- gested that the dominioes should have cruisere -,of their own. If that is so I can only say that it •is excelleat suggestion. -The difficulty you will'en- eounter is in the training ,of your men. Any dominion can hire its _defence, hut it Rennet buy itri experience and dis- cipline, and all that is necesSary in time of war to make a man:of-war effective. "If the Dominions do *decide to have "'Cruisers, they can be easily arranged. It will consolidate the empire more to have standardized cruisers and repair- ing stations. Yon can have'four on the east coast and three 011 the west coast, and those on the west corietacan change' with the Channel fleet in. times of training and so get to know eath other better. We should find that the overt seas' dominions -could teach us some- thing. That would give the oeedle to the old country and she'd wake, up a bit." On the other hand, the cruisers of de sister nations would: have the ad- vantage ot the expertinge , of the old country in naval affairs.' 'I believe," he said, "that the principle is sound that it will unite the empire,. more, and certainly make its defence -more effec- tive if we did go to War. ,It isesthe 'same as having a polieemasi On the beat. It is no use the policeman going to bed and then when a Inirglar eeoines ringing him up. The man's away with. the swag byotnheae t a tgimaine." pninted out that ime perial defence ,did not Mean imperial aggrandizement,' but it aid mean that they must be prepared attack. There was too much talk of hurting the sus- ceptibilities of other nations. "When you talk about hurting:the suscepti- bility of a nation you begin to lose its respect. Fancy atanding in the ring and saying to a man, 'I “don't want to hurt your susceptibility.' :" Why, he would give you a bleak eye :in the first minute. Real security had to be backed by physical etrength, and they had seen withal a year :hoev treaties could be torn up rind: flung to the winds. in conclusion the Admiral pleaded for the cultivation of patriotism. Let each of the component natione have its own flag, but letathe old Jaele—ahere the old begger, is blowing out," he said, pointing to an eneian streaming the breeze)—"represent'the empire, one and Cheere• again broke out at the con- clusion of Lord Charles' address, and the , proceedings terminated, with- the singing of "God Save the King," STRUCK BY TRAIN. Nineteen Persons Hurt, Two Fatally While in Hay Wagon. Williamsburg, PaNept .6.—Ninetegn persons were severely injured, two prob- ably fatally, last night whoa a hay wag- on in which they were beitg takers to a. corn roast 'Was struck by a freight en- gine lit the St. Claire crossing of the Williamsburg branch of the Pothisyl, venire Railroad. Dorothy Henderson and Edna Snively, of this place, Were caught in the npset wagon and dragged a great distauce. Both were injured in. ternally, and their condition is critical, The neventeen Others, 411 yoling women and 'men, were painfully oni; and bruised. 4 • FINED $10 EACH. Eight Suffragettes Appeal *Reit Cases in London. Sept, 0. ---The eight suffrag• ethos who Were arrested on Aug 10 in Downing street in cenneetion evitit the picketing of Premier Atquith's tesislenee„ were sentenced to•day to pay fines of $10 etieh or spend oath. deys in the Bow street jail. They gave notiee appeal, oe the eratind that all subjecte of the King Mei' the right to approath the sovereign through hie ittirietere, and in endeavor. Mg to intersiew the Premier they wero merely eXereieing these rights. FALL FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS. •••••••••116. Dates Issued by Agricultural Socie. ties Branch, Ontaril D'oparto ment of Agriculture. ANC4.41%14 Sot. 28, aleleXaNDAIA. Sea. 2$, 29 owl. 414 044 1119 .• ALVINSTON .„ T141613614.1..ON k 41, 0 OP COO. 611A 41, 54Pt. VOICSWAT4311. ..... Oct. 0, 6 Ttltntensal•14)/). 00.• 000 Ili" AI 0 1/,,Ct0 Turtssie'ro., Aut •so to mast. . . 'Sept. 47, 2.8 Wr'rents0N. , ..... ept. 40, tt. 1 UNMORW 00B I. * • • I Oet. 12 vaisIcs.1s111C **" a t 21 40 Al 4, 9p . 23 V4644N46n... '" •' WY4)MINd " " " (Stk a 21 14. 4 .••• ..... .01 ty. 1, 2 • • oe t fA W1,31..LAND., Pokt o 4,41 .01 •• • • . Weeestook , eils141,4491.16. "*"." 'Pet. 22, WINORSST8111'..,..” .**** *** ** ISe9t* 14. 45 WARKWORT,ii.. ••-• *- • * °Pate 1, 8 A • • 10.. • .r 70 8 iTinlotrc;* 1,;• 0 4 4 • 1,. •• 4 * Of, . Sept. 2.3, 24 . Oat 6 WALLSONSURY4 .. . .............** ...... :Oat. 13; 14 WALLAONTOWN A0 • 1,4 ::S4Pt: . 801 Mt. 1 . NSPORT...• .. ..... •.1 r Sept. 40 .. ..... Seg.. 20-23 WA LT PAR'S esea.i,:s.. ... .., ,. 4 Sept. 28, 29 .. .,. .„ Oet, 5, 6 WII.LpUFSTOWN.. .,.,, Y., •.44 $001. 881 23 WA LitilitTON, • ., .. ..: .. .. . • ... :. .4.42.c if), • 13,.. 1 61 11. •• •e• • W AT FORD • I .1.1...1. ..t *ore OCt. 71 a WALSIi, • ..... .. . . . .004. 15 wouses iR,"iseli" "" " WOODIMIDC119.• 6 ff 101 f •'. .1)..t.. 1221; N wi$DRAM wooDvirsli..7. • .. .. oat. 6 ZEM111"147 " .... ' "" • Sept. IA 17 •.••• ..• ... ..• • • 1 • Oct. 13 ..--,.......-- 414 00•4 ••• *Pt 404 /14 Oct. 7, $ .... .... Se44. 20-23 ATIMBR 004 /•• 1If *04 "114 41, Opt. 640 ATWOOD • 0, PI 114 400 1. Rt. Sept. 28, 20 4•EIRRPOYL19 •• 000. f $0 .0 . • I •• VOL 5 ASNIYOUT11 "op •••• *R0 • 10 .. • .. Sept, 30 Attiffillt ,•. .,94 OOP 11, Sept, 22, 23 A.S7:AaniientrenkinS1 . ,*. SOP4. 221 23 01tV11.1.51,. . 4 .01.11 POO .*OP4, MOS *01 @Of • OP 1.4t• A ft 4" 0...0. (M. ;1; 0 BOTNW1.61,1,'S CCALNERS ..• sept. 30, Clet. 1 BRUCE: NUNES •., sem,. 22 BURK'S FALLS .., ••• .•. , . 'gent, 73, 24 1411LISS4LS...t. "p.m . $14t. se, can. 1 inealitSVILLE•• •*. . Sept. 29, 30 110WMANVIL44:4 '1409 • a. 6.4 c•O Sept, 21, 22 SRIGDEN ••• .„.. .„ 4 • f • oqt• 1113AOHntrna ..• .1. Sea. 30, Oct. 1 110130A.Y1314014 •••• .• *.. .SeSt. 29, 20 140A.LARe141011B tr1:228!. 22D3 BURFORD • .. 'OR • 01 •• p • OM 5, 0 BRACEB1tIDGE ••• 0 • 9 ••• f'dP•tA 2,,.,4 17fillt.WILllt ••1 11•• *1. 00. 00, DePk. 4. .ROLITON • • • • 'I,. ff •••If f aet, 4, e anocKvaili gent, 1, 3, 9 snaseasiassa ••• ..• ••• •,. Oot. 6, 7 BRAMPTON .„ „, Sept. 21, 92 131.,IRLINGTOPT ••• Sept. 36 BAYSVILLE.•— •,. ..,.... „ . Sept, 29 ertuasEss„ ..... , Boo. 'ea 00, 1 ORLWOOD •.. ,•. ••. •.• • ,, oat. 5, 6 BERVEIRITOk. .•• ... • •• • .. ..... Oct. 6, 6 "Air ,NRA Don:D • 4.••••••••••••••...1:. cP19t 2330 ••• ... . . ••• Qet. 4, 5 Dot a 6 .... e•epi. 30, Oct, 1 Sept, se oat. coo:x.1121E1111u .... , . .. * ,'• S gag: 836. 264 OOKSTOW11 . ,... SA034.8TatTO.N. ..,..........y....4.... .... .. .... ... ..... ..s8.04:0:31:9,t.:2217200,1,22-81631 CA,YUCcOalLeBdoOuRiaNE... ........ ... ... .. .... Dot. 5 anti 5 GA .. . ,••.. OoLLINOilf.06:. . .... .,. ,•,•ieWt.. •21!°12at'eltt7 1948 001•114ATBSWB&RITTLI •12, ... .,, ........ ,Sept.011,. 11i DUNDALK ... .. :, ..!ert.' 3000,1,Qc7t: 31 DRESDEN URHAM D1111114130 ...... . . .......... .,osSeeoppP4tt... 222418.: _22029 UNC tUCH .", .. . , ..,. ,ierw. It• 21 1,1: i uSINZNAlviL1A3 , . Drayton . .. . , Sept. 27°,132%1,5'29 , .. sOecptt.. 1240: 3105 00•S e.pst;2c8t..,.. 3290 .msnito • • Oct 20 •21,01411C7RHEA STER.—.... ..,... ERIN '4.0 0 .EMSDALE ..., .,.. sISSEX gmL110V_A_LE............. ... ... .,.... ....s.epoto.t.107%173 FLORENCE FEVF1RSHAM ... ..... .:. ................... 296 .FORT ERIE FLESI-IERTON . Sept. 28, 24 DELAWARE PF3CRINEWELITCKON Oct. 12, 13 Oct. 6, 7 FERGUS ..... FENELON FALLS Sept30, Oct. 1 FRANKVILLE ...... .... ... Sept80, oce. 1 .GALETTA.. ... . . . ........ . .. Oot. 5, 6 FOREST i.ept. 02001., . 320 aeraRvnenIElhurst .. . . .... Sept. 30, Oct. 1 GRAND VALLEY•i • GALT GLIIINCOE sseepOptc.tt... 2 22 71 9:, 2 2120 Sept. 21, 22 GORE BAY . GUELPH Sept. 28. 29, 30 GODr RICH GLANFORD ....• 14, 01c6i. 166 HUNTSVILLE . .... . sept.Selt.. 2300 HALIBURTON HIGHGATE . . . .. ... Oct. 8, 9 1101:GBTON.... .. . . . . ..... ... .. Oct. 6 1:Hi 111 ter itRe:usWo I a. . ij. . ..... . . . . HANOVER .... ..... .. Oct. 5, 6 . ILDERTON . Sept. 24 Sept. 20, 21 Oct. 6, 6 JARVIS Sept. 29 KAGAWONG .. Oct. 8. 6 C. $ I CICI C 'PINSON? ITR1 LEI N B . . . . . . ...... . . • . . . Sept. 92, 28 KEMPTVILDE • . Sept. 22, 23 'ICC &I GI rTil N . . . . . . . ... . . . ... . • . ... e.p..t . 2222% 2923 ....... 30, Oct. 1 IKAIRICONNT ,.... ,.. ot. LION'S HEAD .. .. . Sept. 22, 30 Sept. Oat 205 LAMBETH LAREFIELD LORING .—,.. ...... ... ..... ... ., Oct. 1 LANSDOWNE . Sept, 23;43 .. Sept. 2'8, 24, 26 LINDSAY LIA01VICKBNARD°Wt ,... ..... . . ... ..........e26.t.•244 LITTLE OURRENT Se'p't se2pit„. 2102 L ' .. LANARK ... .. .1 LANGTOv . . .... .. . OCieete. 70 LYNDHURST LONDON . . ,.............2110•4228 Oct 5, 6 Sept. 28 MoDONALD'S CORNERS .... S. ........ 0230,1.264 6161AAN.SIETYOW.A“Nil••16•• ••• ••• .......... 30s,e0pcc.t.201 MURILLO MT. FOREST Sept. 21, 22 mmul BAtiTifAmi. RoWyl .. .... . ...... ..c.psto.ecap3tp2.0t... 10a62c.n.td.1731 Sept. 23, 24 MIDLAND. .. . sSeepptt.. 1202., 2316 MIDDLEVILLE. . ... . . Oct. 1 serromana.:. • METCALFE.— • . ........ . .... Sept. 20, 21 MAGNETAWAN .. ... . Sei t. 29, 30 MADOC. .. • .. •Sept. 13, 14 MOREPIati ......... Wept. so, net..1 MILVET4TON.. . Sept. 28, 24' Sept, s3e0p.t.02.7et.. 282 iRaY cvlaD7G: SSS eee ppi ltSt ..:31:2261t 12242872 NEW LISKlatii2.••• Les:MrdARKET. °Cit. 71 1414111SWIVING1190N..— . ... Sept. 21, 22 Sept. 4, 6' NEW HAMBURG :•4 NORWOOD 1.11276,: 1327 NN4F.UpASTADJ ..... . Sept, 14, 16 . . Sept. 2 NIAGARA., . . ... . N1111VIVIAtticaT•• . •Sept. 20, 30, oat. 1 ORANGEVILLE*. ... . Sept. 23, 24 Sept. 29, 80, Oct. 1 011SWEION..•4 • • OAKWOOD.. . Sept. 27, 25 OSHAWA.... .. .. ..... t. 0140,1.115 ODESSA..., ... SeR. 10. 18 (50INSANWDAAII—A:. • ,• • • . .... . Oct. 5 ORO.. . *I • • • • • es. Sept. 21 OWEN. SOUND . . . Sent. 14, 15, 16 OTTERVILLE . .... ..... "so pOtc. 07.,187 OORroin)N.C.; ...... :•••••..••••• .:•••••••”67.0 •• gept. 13, 14 OBILLIA. . 6 6 • • "0. tea. Sdpt, 23, 24 foe ..... as* ...Oct 7, 8 PT. CARLING.. .. . . Sept. 22 POWASSAN.... .. . ..... . . Sept, 28, 29 Sept. 23, 24 PPAI.AR.L.11.1t“.T. • , Sept, 28, 29 PERTH... . . . Sept. 1, 2, 3 PARRY SOIIND. ••• ......ept. 29, 30, Oc' 1 P1GTON.. ... . . . ..... . Sept. 22, 23 PAISLEY.. ... . . Sept. 28, 29 PETPOLEA opt. 23, 24, 25 PARXHILL,••• Pao •• 006 4 ,y. • 64 i Oct. 6, 6 PINKERTON.. . . ... , Sept. :11 Sept; 30, Oct. 1 itiPtoaorsets;v1Aauol nr. ..... ... sot, 22 Att eieNnlic:iti . . .. 0. sOceetp.t .t1. 5;2236 ROBLIN'S .2, Oct. 1. 2 RAINI1AM.. •• ... • . .. • • * 66 *sent. 22, 23 RAMONA•,. ••• .66 •fe • •• ••• tz,oet, R.oDNI3Y14•0 Pie• 0 ••• bob oat 4, ROSENHATH ...•• es • 4 •• •• • Oet, 1 111.6NFRNW.... .Sept. 312 22. 23 nomemose,...• 91.1 • •••• •Oec, 12. 13 RIONYLOND.. .. Sept. 27, IS, 29 ROCKLYN. ' Oot. 7, 8 RICHARD'S' 144NDIN40... ..... 4, Sept. 25 1tIPUEY,..* 41, . *4 . *. • • • •• Sept. 28, 29 STAFFORDSVILLE.. .t.Sept, 15 BARN/A...1.f tf tftir if —.sees. ss, 28, 29 SPBNCIORVILLE1 .o.Sseeepkt.. 2288,, 2290 SITUT'UnRNRTA:r0TRCIPDOICIIIINgjilDF"134:"L' • 1-22 4, • 2 36 . Sept. 23, 21 ••• * 4 *4. 164 1 rent. xi, 24 TRATIIROY. ..... .. Sept, 20, 21, 22 SHELBURNE.. . Sept. 28. 29 SAULT STE. MARIE . .Sept. 22, 22, 24 SIMI; cn DALE „ „ . ** sept, 27.. 25 sotrrn MOUNTAIN.. .... Sept. 0, 10 smtrivtun.. *. V s 41414 Sept. 23, 24 11340016. •... 104 0.64 61 y4 Oa 12, 14 ST. MARY'S•• •.. •••• * Sept. 22, 23 .Seett. 25 STRATFORD,. ..... 41 04;4 • oe.t, VI, 29 ,SSeePpti, 41111COMIIN„. 4 • #11 STRATIIROY.... Sept,e'20, 21, 22 SCROM1110110,...• 110 f uct• 14, 16 SOARROR0.2 ,14 • f. 41 ..... V4i soot. 29 pernistsTavnly.... . VC 610, .1,6 14. Sept, 29 ... 11 1 • 111. a. let ,Oct, 6, 6 11116r4exuto•• ... 4,V VI*, Sept. 29 TAVISTOCK.". .. Rept. 20, 21 erwenen.... ..11 • IF y V 1r SOLI 244 TquitoNhttno:: ic.29 TivsnoN., 4.14Y 1144 If V 11,14 11114 44,100t4 1:05343047200(20043C30421a II.E,RE iNe. THERE 00000300000000000606 The Emperor of Russia, will visit Mos. cow next week, riesident Taft will probably visit Aleska next summer, Additional men are required for the Turceito police fore°, • , ,Mr, E. W. Bruce has been appoiated fourth inspector of Toroato .Pablic Setirl°17°eIrser are still forty miles of the Na- tional Transcontinental Railway to be withyails to complete the liue from eyennipeg to Port William. The Lusitania, clepped three hours from her best previous record, proving berself a reel four-day boat. 81, Thomas will license Chinese laun- dries and taX them $50 a year., cancel- ling 'the licenses whenever liquor or gambling devices are found on the pro- perty nf the recommendation of a spa- cial committee is adopted by. the City C°Auneril;nrisylvania Railroad train yes- terday afternoon struck an. autonlobile at Douglassville, killing W. Gaul and wife, of Temple, and. the wife of Dr. Samuel E. Stegel, 'Well:known dentist of Reading. Dr. Stegel had both legs broken and cannot survive. Raymond Hitchcock. the comedian, wee given a clean bill on the Criminal Court records at New York yesterday, when the Court of General Sessions dis- missed the remaining four indictmehts against him charging misconduct, During the past week Hon A. J. Ma- theson, the Provincial Treasurer, sold over 000,000 in Ontario bonds, bringing the total sales under the present loan of $1,038,000. Of' this total nearly $600,. 000 was received in small individual sub- scriptions ranging from $100 to $2,500. While lighting a fire al; her home. 104 Macpherson avenfte Toronto, about 7 o'clock last nighe„ Flossie the four- teen -year-old daughter of Frank Robbins, was badly burned about the limbs and body, and her mother, in try- ing to .extinguish tire flames, was also painfully burned about the arras and terday Hon. W. je Hamra, Provin- celialYelsetss'ecretary, announced the appoint- ment of 0. It. W. Postlethwaite as in- spector of asylums, succeeding S. A. Armstrong, who became assistant pro- vincial secretary on the resignation of Thomas Mulvey. Mr. Postlethwaite has been acting inspector during Mr. Han- na's absence in Europe all summer. The Toronto District Labor Council last, night- passed ti resolution to the effect that the names of. contractors bidding for 33oard of, Education con- tracts should ere' submitted to the Dis- trier, Labor Council before contracts were ;warded,- in War that the Coun- cil could decide' as to whether they were fair employers of labor or not. "The Goverament will take steps to proceed with the reconstruction of the damaged portion of the buildings at once,' was the statemeet of Sir James Whitney to the newspapermen who interviewea aim at, the close of the ;pedal Cabinet meeting held yesterday afternoon tee consider matters relative to the conflagration at the Proviteial Parliament building.s. "In doing so,' e.ontinued theVremier, "a fireproof roof will be placed on the damaged part of the building, and the question of extend- ing this system of roofing over the en- tire etructure will be considered. LESS WHISKEY. .Annual Report of the Inland Re': venue Department. Ottawa, Sept. 0. -;--The annua,1 report of the Inland Revenue Department for the last fiscal years shows a coniider- able. falling of f in the production of spirits end in the consumption of tobac- co, due, doubtlesa, to the financial strin- gency end the consegtient economizing of liquor arid tobacco users. ,The quan- tity of spirits prectuced daring the twetve months was 6,176,043 gallons a decrease of 1,673,715 gallons, or abOut 25 per cent. as compared with the pre- vious fiscal year. The foreign detnand for Canadian distillery products also fell off, the quantity exportmlebeing 311,314 gallons, a decrease of 101,545 gellons. The excise l'evelitte *as $15,048,589, a de- crease of $029,073. The number of eigars taken for eonetimption during the yeat was 102,103,371, as compared with 200,- 133,255 in 1007. The number of tiger- ettes mannfactored last year was 356,- 180,380, a decrease from the previous year of 28,304,074. 4 . FINE POST. Iisanbury:Williams to be Brigadier - General in Scotttsh Command. Ottawa, Sept. 0.—Colonel Sir John franbury Williams, military seeretary to his Exeollency the Gloin,ssnor-Oeneral, has been offered by the "Isaiah War Office veld has stecepted the appointment Of brigadier-gene:al in charge of the admin- istration of the Seottish command. lie will leave Moeda in a few weeks, to as• Mile lieW mid important pest in ecotlatid. Sir John came to Canada with Bari Grey over foUr years "ago, and has been end of the most generally popular and capftlile secretaries ta vies- royelty in the history of Ritieft11. Before contiag to Comae, he served with his regiment ist India, in 1311r1714 and in the Soudan and Smith Africa easn• paigna, and was mentioned in despatehes for distinguished serviees. II& was knighted Ittat year Oil the Oteasion of the Quebec tetcentenary celebration. In South Africa lie 'Wass military Bette - :4** - Sixty-nine entirely new varieties of roste were eliowa at a reeont Wench ox. 'Whitton. WESTERN CROPS The Wog Fevore Covetructiou a( lludeon Ray Road. Captain Eernier Supposed le be All Right. 11* 44.. 0 Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 0.• -•-Mr. 51. J, But. kr, Deputy Minister of Railways, hao returned from, 'a trip through the West. I,Le is greatly imprea-ied with the succeii of the crops end the etrong sentiment among all classes west of thelakeo in favor of the conetruction tit the Iludon Day Railroad, expeete a final engin. ,oertax report on the ratite of tha road within a short time, hut preliminera re. porta show that the reed oast eaeily and. economically built. The only thing the exatnination °tale Water telePraach" tthnadt f eiln.eo•bstombyeatdioostite alfs :hoe .00u4nerlpgle4e: ing setuson Stralte. Mr. Bat - ler reports thet railroad work is Itetivst throughout the Weet, and that the C. 1'. IL is getting its system into fine shape, Cars will he abundant for crap. moving this fall, but i0e0IndiVes inay bioesTtaheil. ni t rt lteert :Bre tav ceti ai tty Is baselese, so fel, as anyone knowe. aofaPttiltienliBoerbh Polo rnier lie left in July, 1008, and was to be ale sent two years, SHOT HIM. •••• Arthur Scaillet Killed by Son,in. Law's Hired Man, Zealandia, Seek., Sept. B.—Arthur Scaillet was shot down in his tracks about 8 o'clock lase night by Edgar Harold Hope,. the eighteen -year-old hired man of the victim's son-in-law. This af, ternoon Hope is. undergoing a prelimin- ary examination before Magistrate Me - Lean ae Zealandia, having confessed the shooting. It happened on the farm of Saaillet's son-in-law, Duman or Durn- yee. Sonnet crossed over from hie farm to that of his son -it -law, adjoining: He wanted to borrow a horse, but his son- in-law for seine reason or other refused the elderly man's request; the two, gos- sip has it, never being on the best of terms. They fell to' quarrelling verbelly, and then to blows, and in the midat of this young Hope, Durnan's hired man, went into the houee end, seizing a loaded shotgun, ran to the scene and let the father-in-law have the charge of No, 4 shot in the heart. Scaillet, it is said, died almost in- stantly. Word of the affair was rushed over to Zealandia, about ten miles west of where the shooting occurred, and Constable Grey went to the scene. The body of &millet and his slayer were taken .to .Zealaudia where they are now. The report of the R. N. W. M. P. of- ficer to Captain Walker here this morn- ,* • I SHORT FLIGHT. WILLARD AEROPLANE WENT OVER LAKE AND DIVED. Aviator Received a Ducking—Propel- ler and Several Ribs of Airship Broken—Mithine Will be in Shape' Ag7in2::_y To -morrow. • Toronto despatch—The first attempted ascent in 'regent° by Mr. C. F. Willard in the Curtiss aeroplane, Golden Flier, wee made at 7.30 o'clock last night at Scarboro' Beach Park, and was a flight of about three hundred yards straight out over the lake at a height of about twenty feet,., at the end of which the machine dived suddenly at a sharp angle into the water. Mr. Willard was thrown from his saddle clean through the network of wires and' over the nose of the aeroplane in- to the ice eold lake. He swam beck and climbed to the uppermost plane of the machine, where he was found sitting calmly when two minutes later a dozen canoes and rowboats arrived on the scene. "The whole trouble was," Mr. Willard explained after- wards, "that as soon as got over the water I could not see a thing. It was juse like flying in an inkpot. I could not tell how high I was, and when a gust of wind came along it lifted the tail of the machine right up. I wasn't high enough in the air ttoogegteltlerriagghatehdi.inWae cownrillle ohfadveayist." p a t Having waited in vain for the wind to drop completely, Mr. Willard de- cided at about 7 o'clock that he would make the attempt, despite the some- what unsteady breeze. Accordingly the aeroplane was brought out and placed in position on the grass well back from the shore. mounted the seat, preparatMor2; el:starred-- ing right off, but it Wail about fif- teen miuutee before the motor could be made to start. When it did stait ab 7.25 o'clook the machine swept at a tremendous pact down to the betudit.,— htst at the top of the incline track - which lied been built for it at the shore it rose gracefully like a huge bird about thirty feet and sowed out over the darkening water. It was not in the air more than ten secorids tile outside, but that time from goo yards to a quarter of a mile were put between it arid the shore. As soon ho lad Ascii from' the ground, the aviator said in. discussing the; flight later, he lad shut the pow- er down to half, When he saw it be- gin to plunge he stopped the motor entirely. In an ifteredibly short time the ship was surrounded by email °rats, all eager to have a hend in bringing it back to land, road ho less than SiX boats toeved it in. It was back in its tent by 8 o'elock, half an hour after it had hit the ground. The injueles done to the aerial craft Were surprisingly slight. Both blades of the propeller were brae», as Well 85 several of the ribs and wiree, but tethetwise it is still intact, Pour air ettahions Which had been fitted under the bottora plane 'were found to be quite auffietent to float it and it evae undoubtedly theme that saved it front suffering much greater damage thee, 1110St Setiatti 1•54IS, as the only ewe one the aviator has is muds in* ferior to t1_41,44____sat which -was breken. Mr, Wtoily.11ard. fully expeetes, however, to be Was the cited. The propeller the Able to make another Hight by to-reoek The itvaileble Iron supply of the Bait. ml Skate is estintated at 4,111,009,000 Iota Ulna.