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The Wingham Advance, 1909-12-16, Page 3" • THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN, 11•191•••••••••••111 Austen Chamberlain Criticises the Premier, The Suffragettes Will Fight For Votes For Women. Tory Candidate Chased From Meet. ing at Denbigh, London, Do. majority of the Womon Suffrage tioletlea huge lewd plans of coeupingn. The National Union, comprising 103 affiliated emieties, will support only candidates who doter() in favor of woman suffrage in their elec- tion addremes. These will supported • regardless of party.. . The Unionist. Women'e Assoelatiou, oa t he other hand, will put Unionism first to this extent, that they will not femme: any Unionist, but will not work for any who does net favor woman suffrage. Tile militant Suffragists cast, aeide ell onsiderations except voto for womme The retieing members of the .Cabinet will be opposed "beeanse they have had the opportunity to do justice and have re - Need to use it," All known anti-Suf. fragists win be opposed regareLess Of party. Where both candidates favor the we - men, the militants will support or oppose neither, but will conduct a, militant eam. paign of protest againet any Government being eleeted without the eon:3ot of wo- men. Neither Prime Minister Aegnitles epecch nor Mr. Balfour's manifeeto one oe mid to have much sidvaneed the poli- tical situation or to have markedly slim - Mated interest therein. Both men excel in the House of Commons ibeelf, but nei- ther possesees to any conspicuous degree the gift of stirring to the deplete popular enthusiaam outside. Mr. MOO, of emirse, had a magnificent reeeption by his great and unanimous audience, but the top note of entlinebeen was only struck twice during the evening, once when Mr, Lloyd -George entered the and again when he arose to propose a vote of thanks to the Prime Minister. Judging: from Friday night, the Radical enthusmets look upon him rue the real leader, not the Prime Min- ister. It is difficult, even imposeible, to can- tina the issue of a general election to ono question, bat Mr. Asquith's epee& made it evident that the Liberal party will endeavor to keep the attack oa the Ifouse of Lorde to the forefrent. Other interests must be eonsiderea and the mat promises were held. out, but werc not dwelt upon. Tete one pronouncement of Mr. Asquith's speeeh was contained in the words: "The will of the people as deliberately •expressed by their elected representatives mat, within the limits of the lifetime of a single Parlia- ment, be made effective." While 8nying he favored a second Chamber, Me, Asquith, beyond the words lust quoted. and his declaration that r#Itive absolute veto 1„nuet go," gage no indieation of how his party proposea to reform the present emend Chamber. Op. position erities say that the Reolical pol- icy amounts to a single Cbamber, while Asguith's supeerters, in the words of the Daily News, dechere that "Camp- bell-Bannerman's classic reaolution out - lino the only practical:4e manner in the problem can he soleed." This irnegfti what at the time was described eie the mgoing, going, gone" meeloxl, viz., te bill to the Theme of Lerds and then for the House of Commens an make it n. kw despite the LordA, petiole Though it is generally believed the Unionists will keep the question of the House of Lords in the beet:ground me far ne possible, Mr. Balfour givee itf inet place in his manifesto, but admits that the House le capable of improvement. The rest of the manifesto shows tat the Unionist vamp:lig:I will follow the linen suggested by the peters whieh are alreany appearing upon the hoardings all over the country, attributing the. pov- erty, nomemploymen aria the deermes o f prOviMon3 to th e Libera I overn :melt and eree trade. The ehief effect of the impending fight felt in London thus far is the ruin- ation of the Christmas season. Hest- ,esses cannot get the right people toge- ther, the theatres are suffering, and until dehristmne is over politee is regaraed gomewhet of a nuisance. TO BEAT UNIONISTS. Liberals and Labor to Avoid Triangu- * lar Contests. . London, Dec. 12. -One of Um most iimportant facts in connection with the election campaign is the tacit compact between the Government and the Laborites to avoid triangular contests lig where a Unionist might be beaten. Both cutlet; deny that such. an ar- rangement has been made, but its exidenee, if informal, is already prov- ed by the withdrawal of candidates of both sides in many constituencies. 'NO RED sTains ON TROUSERS. London, Dec. 12. -The Suffragettes aro deeply disappointed by their failure to interrupt Friday's great Liberal meeting. The diseovery just at the iuner door of Albert Hall of ono of their mem- bers, disguised as a messenger boy, calmly tvalking in, wos a bitter blow, she was o nearly triumphant, being only found out because she forgot to have red stripes on her trousers, as the usual messenger boys have. Mr. As- quith's feeble allusion to woman's suf- frage has not allayed Any of the Suf- iraerettes' wrath against liiM, they re- fesWg to consider it seriously. Even Lib. aral women are indignant, and desper. Ate plaits Aro being made to defeat the 'Liberal candidate at tiny cost. Many families are divided against themselves, eti some e Ages so father is running for rearItament, and his wife and daughters aro Working against him. The new so. clay, "The Younger Suffragists," now numbere a thousand girls, under 20. With Ledy Betty Belfour an guide, they had their first public meeting Friday. A-11STEN TALKS. 'Leaden, Dee. 12, aet.fie Austen Chem- herlain, addressieg hie eonstitutnets last night, Made a searching tritieism of Mr. Asquith's speech at Albert Hall. "There was not," said Mr. Chamber. Jain, " a 'Word about the miestion whieh, to those eeenning the empire as te whole, loomed largeet amongst all the greet politicel issues. There eyes not a vford. about the question of im- perial union or the mato& by width timer ietercourse, friendship end al- tienen betWeen ourselves and our king - 1 Men /loud Um the seas might be pr,o- NiNE moted. (A. voice: --quiff reform. ') BODIES reforinere were ready to take a step forward. They knew what the next step was, and they invited the electors to ilia& along that line with them, but the Primo Minister had not a word to sa th t te t 11 y gma s o imperial questions, the ono which was most vital to the futum power and influence of our no." CHASED TORY CANDIDATE. London, Dem 12. -The feature of the Conservative meetings during the past week has bon the nullifier of Peers who have come forward to support the candidates, and the storms of interruptions awl generally good- natured chaff to which they.have been subjected. But aa more serious bioi- dent immured at Denbigh lest even- ing, when the audience broke up a Conservative meeting, chased . the can- didate out of the building, and kicked the Conservative agent unconscious. _Mr. Austen, Chamberlain, the ex-, 'Chancellor of the Exchequer, up to the present has been the only Con- servative leader actively in the field. Last night he met with stormy interrup- tious again from ids conetitueete in a suburb of Birmingham. Mr. joseph Chamberlain has issued a manifesto in Manchester and Sal- ford, declaring that tariff reform must be adopted in order to compete with foreign countries. IN, T1166BLE. Greenspan Arrested in Buffalo For Wife Desertion. ....•••••••••,, Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 13. -Morris Green- span, the Hamilton, Ont., tailor who claimed to have been robbed here of $100 several days ago, was sincere in his story to the court that he was heart- Inoken, especially because the loss of ihe hundiad would keep nim from spend- ing the holidays in the aame city as his wife -Indianapolis. His heart was part- ly, at least, repaired this morning, when he saw Detecive Samuels, of Indieempo- lis, walk ino the police headquarters and announce that he had come to Buf- falo to take Greenspan to Indianapolis. Greenspan had one Clara Smith arrested on the charge of robbing him. He said he had dallied in Buffalo on his way ncst from Hamilton, and bad made Clareee acquaintance on the street, and that i he next morning hu awoke nun le his Loney. The judge discharged (e era foe insufficiency of eviden'a. Greenspan was at once arrested -for disorderly conduct. His tale about 11 Ile 11;f0 in Indianapolis and his being Woke in la fralo touched the. judicin. heart, mi.; Greenspan was also Mt go. Deep broin. he has dallied since then in lles city. Meanwhile the Ineiempolis poliee read of his case and iotihed the Buf- falo police that Indianapvis wantel to toe him as much as no wanted to me Pueianapolis. Detectives located the Bennilton tailor, and he was locked ep thi3 morning. The Indiampolis 11 areived with a warrant eer Greenspe arrest lin a charge of oba ilonment. He assured Greenspan that his having gone brel.e here would, not pre ee it his melee ont• to the where nes wife is living. TORPEDO THINKS. Wonderful NeW Weapon to be Tested by Admiralty. .2,, London, Dee. 13.-A wonderful torpe. do which picks up sound and tracks it down is reported to he in the hands of the British Admiralty, by whom ie will be subjected very 'soon to onausteve trials. The "torpedo with a brain," as the new weapon has been dubbed, is fitted with a delicate mechanism which is con- trolled by a microphone attached to the torpedo's rudders. When the micro- phone picks up a sound it defects the rudder in such a =miter as to guide the torpedo straight to the source of the sound waves. Properly aimed, the in- ventors claim that the torpedo will pick up unfailingly the noise made by the propellers of aa enemy's vessel. Further than this, it claimed that the mechanism can be so adjusted that the torpedo will strike, not at the hnmediate origin of the somul, but thirty or forty yards to the right or left of the propellers at the will of the manipulator. WILL CROOKS. Colonies Will Not Accept It If It Means Dearer Food to Britain. London, Do. 12.-Aecoeding to a Mer bannte cable Le Chrmiele, Wili Croola, speaking of the preference my, said: "The colonial preference emestion is laughed. to worn wherever I have been when it is mentioned that preference will raise the price of food. Conadians eue Now Zealanders, and, so fir ne .1 ham gone, Anstmliame, balm emphatically do dined to accept any preferential system hexing suck an effect. They indienently refuse to have anything to do with any scheme which would increase the pike of food to the masses of Greae Denali)." • • e. • UNLUCKY LADY. Three Times Ile? Prospective Hills - bands Met Sudden End. • 1.•••••••*4 • Utica, N. Y, Dec. 13. --Herman Spen- ecr, a farmer 33 years old, was burned to death near Guilford, Y„ in a fire that destroyed his barn on Sunday morning, 'Sot -Leer was to have bon married next Wednesday. Five years ago the lady whom Mr. Spencer was about to marry was planning for her wedding when her lover wee killed by the cars. Two years ego she was van to wed when her affianced husband. was taken suddenly ill, and died in a few hours. 4 • 0, INVENTOR DEAD, Chicago, Dee. 13. --Chas. B. Withing- ton, inyetttor of the first automatic grain binder, ond know)! as the father of the grain binding industry, died last evening et hie residence in Janesville. Wk. ITe Was born in Middlebury, now Akron, Ohio, in. 1830, and settled in danesville years ago. FATAL BAPTISM. "rerieeten, Deett-LOne num is dead atui six others are under arrest as a result et a fight at the house of Mithaei Markle, Miriam A Polish cbristning tetr.bration tate moven,. Om Worm, 29 yrare Ind and re - lenity learrigle yels atabhod through the IN A YAWL Picked Up by Commodore Perry 00 Lake Erie From Missing Car Ferry Bessemer No. 2. Terrible Harvest of Death on Lakes During the Season. Windsor, Dee. 12. -With the recovery to -day Of ice -encrusted corpses of nine Members of the crew of the ill-fated ear ferry Bessemer No. 2, all hope was aban- doned that the vessel had weathered the storm and was in sheltme Teenght officials of the Marquette & Bessemer Dock and Navigation Co. gave out a statement soying that the vessel and its crew of thirty-two had undoubtedly been engulfed in the waters of Tiake Erie during the storm of last Tuesday. The bodice of the nine sailors recovered to- day were pielied. up in one of the Besse- mer's lifeboats at a point luidway be- tween Erie and Long Point. All were frozen stark and stiff, and had optima ently been dead for several days. Other lifeboats are believed to be drifting about the lake, and the search for them is still being continued assidnoue'y with tugs in hope that some more bodies may be found. Officials of the eampany incline to the belief that the (Brea eause of the Bessemer's foundering wee the breaking of the key which. anietora the loaded freight cars to the dome Geis :Al- lowing the entire deck load of heneily loaded cars to rush to the vespes rn and founder her keel. - The bodies, which were tek In. to Erie by the State fisheries boat, Commodore Perry, which found them, were identi: fied as follows: Q R. Smith, steward Conneaut; F. Steele, fireman, Conneaut; J. Shank, fireman, Conneaut; J. Hart, oiler, Conneaut; II. Thomas, second cook, Port Stanley; J. W. Sonars, evait- er, Conneaut; Chas. Allen, coal passer, Conneaut; William Ray, coal passer, Conneaut; Sharp, seaman, Ronde:ie. When news of the recovery of the bodies reached Conneaut this afternoon solemn public services were held in sev- eral churches. For three days and nights the wives, motherer, daughters and sweethearts of the members of the ill• fated crew had hauntee the docks, pay- ing little heed to the bitter winds which swept across the lake,. and eagerly drink- ing in every little piece of intelligence from searching parties. When the dread- ful knowledge that the vessel was un- doubtedly lost with all its crew finally forced itself upon them, the scenes were simply heartrending. The whole town of Conneaut is in mourning to -night. The officers and crew of the ferry were young mon, and the fourteen who resid- ede Conneaut •were highly esteemed. The Canadian shore is beine patrolled to -night in the expectation °that some bodies may be washed up, but this is al- most forlorn hope, mariners say, as the bodies not found in the lifeboats, probably will not be recovered until spring. They would not come to the surface with the water in the lake be- low freezing point. FINDING OF THE YAWL. Erie, Pa„ Dec. 12. -Capt. Driscoll, eommanding the Commodore Perry, which picked up the yawl of Bessemer No. 2 containing the bodies of nine un- fortunate men said to -night of the find- ing of the yawl: "There was a heavy sea eunning at the time we sighted. the yawl, end we had some difficulty in reaching it. As we made her out with. out glasses, eight of the men were sit- ting up in the boat, their lifegereservers strapped about their shoulders. The ninth man lay at the bottom, of the boat frozen to the slat flooring. Trie faces. of the men were bloated. Their clothes were heavy with frozen water. We did not attempt to take the dead men on board, as we feared the tiny yawl would capsize if my men boarded it. The yawl was therefore taken in tow to this place," Thomas, the cook, was the only man who -had worn an overcoat. The eight bodies were dresSea in overalls and jampers, indieatino that the de- parture from the car bferry hail been hurried. ln the bow end of the boat was found complete clothing for one man, and it is Um belief that the yawl originally contained ten men and that on, becoming crazed, had discarded his clothing and jumped into the icy wa- ters of Lake Erie. Albert J. Weis, of this city, Treas. urer of the Keystone Fish Co. and the Bay State Iron Works, was a pas- senger on the ill-fated boat. His re- latives and friends had not yet given up hope lintel the yawl containing the nine men ems towed einto the port Aa yee his body has not been. found. The dicers of the ear ferry company give up all hope. Detroile Dee. 12.-A. special from Ask. talmla. Harbor, Ohio, toolight says: The big Cannellini Pacific Railway ferry Ash- tabula which runs between Port Bur- well, 'Ont., and this port, went hard agronnd this afternoon just outside her Canadian dock. The vessel carries a full complement of loade dears, and in the event of a storm coming up her positioe is extremely hazardous. owing to the possibility of the deck load shifting, The Ashtabula lies squarely across the mouth of the harbor and alma five hun- dree feet from the shove. Superintend- ent Buchanan, of the Canadian fleet at Owen Sound, has been notified, awl ordered several povterful wreaking trigs to the scene in an attempt to pull the ferry off. FIFTY-THRILE, tivigs LOST. Clevelond, Ohio Dee, 12. -The terrific storm which passed over Lake Erie Wed- nesday and Thursday reaped a harvest of !lumen lives and more than $1,000,000 worth of shipping property. Late reports show that fifty-three lives were lost, thnt twenty sailors weer rescued, that four boats were destroyed, and that Ante is aground and badly damaged. The summaam shows: Steamer Clar- ion horned, fifteen lives lost, six saved; steamer W. C. Richardson sunk, five drownedt fourteen saved; ear ferry Bes- semer No. 2 evreeked, thirty-two lives lost; steamer dolliah Q. Munro aground, attempting to rescue Sailers from. the Clarion; two barges sunk, no liVeS lost. Snilot from the Itichardsom errizea by exposnre, committed suicide. There is now praetionily no thence that any of the thirteen meMbers of Um erew of the telarion have survived. Two of the crew DSO keown to have per- TlIbl BEASON'S HARVEST Or DEATH. Detroit, Dee. It -With the •certainty that the men of the etettniev Clarion and the Marquette & Bessemer ear ferry No. 2 ha,ve gone to their dOorn the toll of death taken by *wind and Wave einee the offleial filpee of nava getion on the .great lakes one week age falls. but four kilted of the offleial seasonee total. Sixty-three men Was the- wont u pto last Saturday. Thii• weeleri death list -53 on Lalee Erie and eta on Lake Superior -already is 50. 'rids total of 122 lives lost he 1009 is far from four times the total of last year, when 33 men found watery graves -as the result of storm and. Ames. BA.RGE CRUSHED 1lY ICE Detroit, Dec.. 11,---4 opecial the The Free Prese from Sandusky, Ohio, .says: After terrifie battle with ice, the steamer Huron City arrived at Huron to -night, bearing the crew of the barge Charles Spa:Imam of Marine City, which went down in thirty feet of water about e half Jnile southwest of the South Base island light last night. The rescued were: Captoin James Bond, of. Afarine City; Mate Frank Robinson, ot Port Huron.' Charles Richardson. a seaman, of Merino City; Miss Gertrude Struebling, stewardess, Of Marine City. With the Spadernan in tow, the Hine on City le.ft I-furon harbor Friday af- tereooe, Both 'meads had cargoes of coal, and were bound for Marine Clty. Near .Putehollay they encouptered ice, which stove a, hale 111 the Spademan. la ten minutes there were four feet of water in the barge's hold. The Huron City was quickly put about in the storm a»d lashed to the sinking schooner, Lines were put down, hp which Miss Struebling and the three men climbed to safety. . The Spademen went down teu mia utes after the crow left her, and this morning all that could be seen of nix was her spars. The Spadoman is owned by M. Sielieri, of Marine City. 4 • * Looking for Others. Erie, Pa., Dec. 13. -When the min came up to -day every avail- able craft of any size put out of the breakwater here to aid in the search for possible survivors of the ill-fated Marquette and Bes- semer.car ferry No. 2, which has probably foundered in the middle of Lake Erie. Nine of the crew of the vessel were brought here last night froz- en to death in a small ten -man yawl, in tow of the State fisheries boat Commodore Perry. It is believed that further boats will be picked up within the next few hours. Capt. Dryscoll, com- manding the Perry, said: "I expect to find other yawls with the members of the crew of the car ferry in them. I hope against hope that I may reach the yawls if there are any afloat in time to be of real serevice." Officers of the Car Ferry Com- pany have spared no efforts to locate their missing ship and ship. wrecked crew. It is reported that the burial of the nine bodies erecovered yesterday will be paid for by the company, and the loss ia some instances falls heavily' upoa the sailors' families. The bodies of the nine sailor men were shipped to Conneaut to. day, accoinpanied'by over a hun- dred mourners. 44-4-4.4-44-0-14-*-N4e4- KING LEOPOLD DYING . - Doctors May Operate in Effort to Save His Life. Brussels, Dec, 13. -King Leopold Wilei reported as dying to -day, but the report lacked confirmation. It is known that the condition of His Majesty has reaohed a critical stage, but death is not at hand. A consultation of attending phyeicians was held this morning, when it wad de- cided that if there mos no change foi the better by to -morrow an operatioo would be performed. Another coneullet- tion will be held toorigide The King slept Intermittently last night. During one period of waktful- nese he sent for hie private secretary, Baron Goffinet, who remained several moments in the chamber. Inunediately following this morning's consultation the Kinn' summoned Ms lawyer made notary, wit)? whom he had a. profaned interview, preminalay relative to his %vile &bee - quo* he received the Papal Nungio, who brought the benediction of the Holy Father, and the Spanish Minister. Leo- pold's coarage and fortitude in the face of death is a matter of general camment. miad remains clear, and he insists upon talking about the affairs of state. This afternoon he suMmoned his young- est daughter, the Princess Clementine. Yesberday the patient suffered a re- lapee, and as the day progrossed he grew steadily worse. Last evening it was an- nounced that a disquieting affection of the alidomen had appearee, and that dropsy of the le,gs was also present. The Cabinet was summoned, physicians met in consultation, Mid bhe royal chaplain was brought to the bedside. Toward evening the King was said to be slightly improved, and eo have had some sleep. The court physician, Dr. Thiraud, held consnitation with other physicians, af- ter which this bullebin WAG isened. "...elthough the night was paesed calm, ly, the King's condition is not immoved. Unless an Immediate ebange occurs an operation will be necessary, The royal ehaplain of Luken Castle renueine the palace, tempered to administer the last saeramente." King Leepold is suffering' terribly. Ms •physiciane foe the result of an opeta- Soo, and should. they deckle to operate the patient will first receive extreme mic- a:me administered by reardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Meehan, BLERIOT BETTER. Conetantinople, Dee. 13. -The condi- tion of M. Bleriot the Freeeh aviator who hall a. bad fell when his aeroplane fouled. the roof of house yesterday, Was, satishictory to -day. His left. side was bruised, end it wits feared that he had internal injuries, but no serious complications developed. • • le" "I was down to the milliner's and elle haa juilt, been to the dentiat's and had a nerve killed." "Well, from the prices she inks for hate, / should :my the den - tint Must have killed the Wrong MM."- ICatigaPf My joining. News in Bfief 00000000000000000000 gassesiaseagsgeagegemagenear posed merger. Canadian canners are diecuesing a vo about jan. 18. It is believed the legislature will open London, Ont., died sndclenly. Mr. J. II. Pritchard, ex-Aldermart of An electric railway from the Falls to Dunnville, via Welland, is planned. Cochrane, Ont., will have its first mu- nicipal elections as a town on Jan, 12. G. T. It station at North Parkdale early rredvtdyi.d considerable daulage to the A, citizen has asked the Toronto Lib -i rary Board to open the libraries on Sun- day. An appeal is to be taken against the Medical Council in the case of Dr. W, R. Cook, • Indian agencies for south Seskatche wan estimate the grain 'grown by In- dians at «50,000 bushels. A German and Unitea States firm each et:internal:des establishing a smelter in Ashbridge's Marsh, Toronto. Mr. Nevem of Hamburg, who was here buying asbestos, was 'killed iu an autoniobile accident at Black Lake. Judge Metcalfe, of Winnipeg, has ruled that municipal' councils have the right to sanction the submission of lo- cal option by-laws. A sensation has been caused in London society by the mystevious disappearance of Lady Churchill, sister of the Earl of Lonstlale. Nine workmen were suffocated to (Meth while working in a compressed aie compartment in the harbor at _Naples. Three others were rescued. Half a dozen persons bitten by a suspected mad dog at Galt will leave to -day for, treatment at. the Pasteur Institute, New York. It will cost the town $1,500. The Government has decided not to, recommend Executive clemency in the capital ow of Sbyrhley, a Pole, who killed his wife at Vegreville, Alta., last summer. He will be hanged on tie 21st inst. Preparations are now completed for the • holding of the seventh annual con- vention of the Manitoba grain growers in Brandon on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next. The Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, the Unionist leader, who has been ill for several days, is said. to be suffering from pulmonary catarrh andeover-fatigue. His physicians have ordered him to rest for two weeks. Walter Ross is under arrest at New Liskeard charged with having shot and killed Percy Parkinson in a dispute over the boundary line of a milling claim. Ross says Parkinson threatened him with an axe. At juvisstosur-Orge, France, an avia- tor named Perratos, while manoeuvring at a height of 25 feet to -day, fell and recejved injuries to his fll'111S and legs. His monoplane was smashed. The United States hattleships Georgia and Nebraska collided Thursday after- noon while engaged in tactical exercisee off the Virginia capes. The effects of the collision were not serious. Rev. J. E. Marshall, pastor of the King Street Baptist Church, Berlin, for the past seven years, has resigned, to accept a new charge in Montreal, that of St. Charles' Baptist Church. News comes from Saint Philippe De Neri, Kamourasko County, Que„ that Mrs. Louis Caron, wife of aebootma,ker, has given birth to four children at a time. All are in an excellent state of health. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, national or- ganizer of the Industrial Workers of the World, was convicted at Spokane of con- spiracy to incite violation of the laws of Spokane and sentenced to three months in the county pail. Christie Vassi, of 64 Niagara street, Toronto, the Macedonian who was so badly burned by falling into a vat of cyanide of potassium at the Canada foundry on Friday afternoon, died in St. 'Michael's Hospital on Saturday. • The King has awarded the Edward Medal (the Miners' Victoria Cross) of the first class to joseph Davis, of Ben- digo, Australia, for exceptienal bravery shown during an accident in the mine in which be was employed on July t6 last. A severe earthquake occurred in Guam at 9 o'clock on Friday, causing consid- erable damage, according to a cablegram received at the Navy Department at Washington, D. C. The Women's and Children's Hospital was wrecked. There were no casualties. At Winnipeg Magistrate Daly -remit. tad the sentence of fifteen lashes impos- ed on William Gale for beating his wife, Representations have been made to him that the woman gave hint groat provoca- tion, and that her conduct was not such as it should have been. Rev. S. E. Maxshall, pastor of Trin- ity Methodist Church, Berlin, whose four-year term is drawing to a close, may be succeeded by Rev. II. W. Crews, of -Guelph, The official board has decided to extend an invitation to Rev. Mr. Crews. William Stevenson an employee of the M. C. It -shops, dt. Thomas, was run over by an engine in the yard there on Saturday night, and one leg was so biul- ly crushed that amputation was neces- sary. William Hartwieh, of Herschel Town- ship, was crushed to death while work- ing at a portable sawmill. He was hold- ing a big log in position when his foot shipped end the log rolled over on him, crushing him so that he died in a feev hours. The first step towards rendering the London Sunday less gloomy has been taken by the organization of the Lon- don Skating Club. It is a very smart affair, and is patronized by the Anglo- American smart set, Which turned ont in tome last Sunday. Fred Miller, of Owen Sound, who jumped his bail there, where he .wise charged With assault, and was arrested at Shelburne, committed suicide in the cells there. Ile was found dead with an emptybottle, whieh had contained car- bolic acid. beside hint. Chas. K. Hamilton in the Glenn 11. Curtiss aeroplane made 21/2 miles in 314 militate at Lek° Contrary, Miss., on Stiturday, He made three flights in all. Ife dialed the lake, and had perfect con- trol of the machine. The flights were made during a snowstorm. Twenty-six Moslems were exouted at Minn, Turkey, yesterdny ana to -an$ in coimeetion with the April inassatres. Great crowds Witnessed the exemitione, end the relatives of the condemned men, together with thole:ands of others, join- ed in the manifestations of fold. .After fighting againet the.epidemie of Seariet fever in 1,VyeltWOod tend dietriet for the past six months Dr. O. A - 'Warren of 1,309 Bathurst' street. To- ronto, inedleal (neer for -volt township, has boa taken ill with the fever and bus had to go to tio kolation liespital. During November the Felmontou street railway carried 220,798 passonge era, compared with 37,362 in the same month a year ago. The increase le 461 per cent. Inland revenue collections were 89,570.31, against $1,013 last year, all immense of 493 per cent. Tlie gross receipts of the Toronto Rail- way Company this year up to the eild of November totalled $3,654,431, of which the city received $472,944 The city's • percentage has been $1,413' per day, since the heginniug of the year, exclusive of the track rental, $800 per mile. A. saleslady in the T. Eaton Co's. jew- elry department at Winnipeg mistook the figures on a large solitaire diamond ring, and sold a $150;jewel for a dollar and ti The parchaser has not been located, bet the girl is devoting her energies hi other liees now, Dr. Ludwig Itleud, the noted chemist, is dead. He was born at Cassel, Ger- many, on March 7, 1830. Dr. Mond made a number of valuable scientific and commercial inventions, including the manufacture of ammonia soda by the Solvay process, whieli he greatly per- fected. A true bildawas bropght in by the grand jury in the Toronto general ses- sions yesterday against Jelik Herchon on a charge of perjury in connection with the trial of Morris Levi, who at the last sessions was sentenced to three years in elie penitentiary for sub- ornation of nerjury, Importations of hides and skins into the United Stato will aggregate approx- imately one hundred million dollars for the present calendar year. These mil - cies therefore rank second in value in the list of importations. Sugar is the one ortiele the importation of which ex - code in value hides and skins. There has been a reinaeheble revival of the demand for South Melo veter- ans' scrip daring the past few days in Winnipeg. Scrip which sold as low as $420 a week ago is now in deinend $675 and even higher. The predietion hero is that it will ultimately be worth as high as a thousand &glom A contraot ware let yesterday by th'e T. & N. 0. Railway Commission to the Canadian Contraots Limited for the eutting away of the rock ledge near the Cobalt station, to permit of the enlargement of the station and yard. The work will be started at once. Several tenders were submitted, Figures compiled by the U. S. Bur- eau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor show that imports Of paper and paper products have iu- creased from $3,000,000 in 1899 to $12,- 000,000 in 1909, while exports of paper and manufactures thereof, have in the same period incl.:eased from $5,500,000 to the visible supply of b5r8Roolmt0im'Cica0o0t43r.ns inonthe States, nearly all of which is controlled by two factories in Evansville, Ind., make it certain that the price of brooms will go up rapidly. Officers of the combination there say they would not be surprised to see housewives paying one dollar apiece for brooms next year. Two boys had a remarkable ascape while sleigh riding on a bob sled on Saturday at Peterboro. As the sled was crossing the street car track at tehar- lotto aid Reid streets a street car yin- ning at full speed struck it amidships, caught it up in the fender and minded it some distance, both boys being herled on the road. Neither was much lova Fifteen lives and half a million dollars in property loss on land and sea is the toll now known to have been taken by the storm which swept Newfoundland and its waters last week. In addition to three Gloucester, Mass, fishing schooners, many Newfoundland vessels were wrecked. All the victims of the storm were Newfoundlanders. The American Ice Company, one of the largest ice dealing companies in the world, was found guilty to -day in the State Supreme Court of restriceing com- petition and attempting to create a mon- opoly of the ice business. The jery war out one hour and forty aminutes. The court immediately imposed the maxi. mum sentence of a $5,000 fine.• Plans are now being laid for a 0 11. eter four days' celebration to be held about the third week of June. on the occasion of the semi -centenary of the Queen's Own Rifles. 'The (Loire is to have the eo-operation of the 13.000 ex -members of the regiment, who have largely made it what it is, as well as the presence of the 1,000 members who .1t1 iptserie•yan klesa.ekinson came to his no`I'vThfa death by a rifle shot fired by Walter ROSS on Thursday evening Dec. 9," was the verdict rendered by 'the Coroner's jury on Saturday night at Englehart. It is generally lenieved that Parkinson cash- ed a large cheque the day previous to xhooting, lint his poekete wore pEacti- eally empty. The contest between the city of Van- couver .on the one hand, and Theodore Ludgate and the Vancouver Lumber Company on the other, for possession of Deadman's Island has reached the courts. The city has been arraigned in the Supreme Court as defendant in the suit brought by the Vancouver Luinbet Company, who seek to recover possession under the Ludgate lease of ma from the Dominion Government. A. petition is being • eirculated at Brockville for presentation to the Min- ister of Justice praying for tlw release on parole of Benson Dickson, sentenced in July, 1908, to five years in the King- ston penitentiary for robbing trains on the G. T. R. between there and King- ston. His companion hi crime, R. Eyre, obtained his release on ticket -of -leave some time ago lifter serving more than one-half of a two•year term. Sanford Heiner, a homesteader, who last July ambushed and' shot his neigh- bor, A. D. Fraser, of Margo, was found guilty at Yorkton, Sask., on Saturday and sentenced to hang on Feb. 17 by Judge Johnstone. The evidence hula, Nitta that while the prisoner is peculiar, he was web aware of the serious Mauve of the criine. The judge did not use the traditional eap. A. solitary boat in the storm-toesed surface of Lake Superior, plowed her any through waves that are being dash- ed over her by the thirty -mile -an -hour gale, mid each leaving a new eneting of ice, is the sturdy Huronic of the North- ern Navigetion Co. She is the Wt. boat of the year on Lake Superior. All others -at least Ceetuulien owned---- are safe in the harbors. irranee is stirred to -day by the dia. ovary of two horrible grimes. At Matt -- Reifies a wine -seller slew his whole fam- ily and killed himself. Ife ehot his mother tiud ents the throats of his wife and three children with a mot At it feint neer Tonnerre • two Swiss cosy - herders, bent on tobbery,lured Witter, his wife and folir domesties to a ow - house, where all were 81:m0i:tired, The interdeeers Mired tO a nearby twat, • THE STEEL FIGHT Iron and Steel Wsrkers Confer ith 40tapers. Federalion of Labor May Help in Fight Against Co-operation. •••••••••••••• Pittsburg, Dee, 13. ---"We are desirous of helping the Amalgamated Asiociatieue of Irou, Steel and Tin Workers i» this contest with the United States Steel Corporation, and ao all in oar power to that cud." That was about as far as Sanuiel. Clonipers, Presideut of the Am - orlon Vvderation of Labor, who ie here ,for the confeeence to -day on the slime, - Lien of the strike of the Amalgemated Association of lrop, Steel mid Tin Plate ‘Vorkers against the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co., a Salifildiary of the Steel Corporetion, would say when asked for a statement relative to what, it was prepared to do, There are aboet 150 delegates Imre, and Mr, Gompers said that woukl not be right for 111111 to discuss the plans unless they had been presented to the conference. The conference at the Monongahela Hotel was milled to order by President Cleavers. Among the early art -teeth were James McConnell, of Washington, D. Q., President of the International Order of Machinists; W. D. Mahon, of Detroit, President of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric way- Employees; Wm. Byrnes of New York, President of the Intlernational Brotherhood of Stetionary Engineers. ---- se. BOY BURGLARS, Seventeen Appear Court at Montreal. Montreal, Dee, 13.-Seventeea boys between the ages of twelve and four- teen were arreigned eourt to -day on a charge' of burglary. Five of the boys were sentenced to three years in the reformatory, despite the pleadings and. tears of their parents. They had been found. guilty of breaking into a grocery store ei el stealing cigars, cigar- ettes and candy. "Yes, it is time for you to cry now," said Judge Lauetot, turning to the five weeping boys lined up in the dock. "Here are boys," continued the judge, "who are regular burglars, going in organized gangs and infee,eing the city. We usual- ly treat young offenders with indulg- ence, but they are abusing this indulg- ence. They are mauler burglars, and we must protect solely." There was a pathetie scene when the judge pronounced the sentence. The sobbing of the five boys became hysteri- cal. The little fellows each tried to address the judge but they were choked with sobs and liable to utter the plead- ings they were struggling to express. The mothers also tried to plead with the judge, but his honor- said: "They are robbers, and we must protect society and property in this city from their inroads, which are becoming more alarm- ing every day. It is la the interests of your children and of yourselves." poTnehde. other boys had their cases post - TO FIGHT CANCER• Dying Gift of $1,500,000 From Millionaire to Aid Research. New York, Dee. 13. -The wm.of Mr. George Crocker, who was made public in part by Mr. Eugene D. Hawkins, counsel for the eexcutors, after Mr. ()rocker's neneral, provides for a gift to Coluinbia University that will amount to at least $1,500,000, to be used for an invotigation of can- cer, its cause, prevention and cure. It was this disease that caused the death of Mr. Crocker, his wife and his friend and physician, Dr. William T. Bull. That clause of the will provides that his eaoeutors Ma city residence, No. 1 East Sixty-fourth street, and the contents, as well as his coostry home at Darlington N. J., togethat with the horses, cattle and other personal property, and pay the net proceeds to the Trustees of Colum - bin College, to be invested as a perman- ent fund, to be known as the •"George Crocker Special Research Fund." Should the progress of science make the Prosecution of Buell researches in regard to cancer unoecessary, the will•provides that the income of the fund may be used as the trustees may determine in the prosecution of other researches in medicine and surgery of the principal or income of the fund and in the allied sciences. No part of the principal or income of the fund is to be used for the erection of a build- ing. 4 * * CHILDREN BUR Joseph . Brazier's House Near Eganv.ille Destroyed. Ottawa, Do. 12. -The three infant children of Joeeph Brazier, Renfrew county farmer, living near Dam, be- tween Renfrew and Eganyille, were burn- ed to death this morning in a fire which destroyed the 11 011See Mr. Brazier had gone to neighbor's farm, and his wife 111 the barn milking, when the .houso took fire, presumably through the children playing with eoole th, kitchen stove. When the fire was dis- covered the flames had such a hold on the house thot the horror-etricken fathee and mother were unable to *feet an en. tenure. The eldest child hey o: five years of age alid the other two &ail. dren were respectively three yore ancl one month old. MASON DRURY KILLED. Young Grand Teunk Firenian Struck by Train et Bradford. Bradford, Dee. ee.-Maaan Drury, a young man firing on the Grand Trunk, running out of Allendale, litits dpetally killed here last night. Ile hail Mee finished cleaning out the itelipan of 'his engine, Mika was on foul ivos wniting till the Cobeit epecial had gone. It is thought lie etemi too 'Owe to the main line, and was strnek by the stops -of the train. Ito died in Mont fifteen minutea, before ' mil renelt him. The body wee Oleo': by :motel traiu to Allendale, an -I wlll from there tn hie home in Grime' v. It hmi: been firing only about :lei nienthe en.t1 Was previously employed at .111111 dale as telegeapli operater mid tlekel dodo Aeroplanes Will Displace lia;seei in Future Wars. 'et Major Baden.Powell Says Nation Dare Not Fail Behind, ' London, Dec. 13. --The assertion that aeroplanee will displace horsegin future warfare, and form mounts for dashing squadrons of eerial cavalrye signalized . an address by Major Baden-Powell be- fore the Royal United Service Institu- tion yesterday afternoon, while Lord Roberts uttered a stirring elemend th(tt Englavd wake up. and prepare far the utilization of aerial eraft and prosecute systernaticaly the development of the airship and. aeroplane. A large audience of military' and naval men and aero- nautical experts signified their enthus- iastic assent. "We have been contented to wait and benefit by the experience of others " said Lord Roberts, "We cannot affor'd to be beltind-baad. We must make our machines, have trials and have a staff of men trained and ready to adapt them- selves to aerial machines. ate anxious that the country wake up to the necessity of doing its utmost to perfect these craft. We still are strangely apathetic, The future dirig- ibles nnd aeroplanes will be as far ahead of those of to -day asethe present loco- motives are ahead of The first locomo- tive built." Major Baclen-Powell said: "There is no doubt that the machines of teelay, both dirigibles and aeroplaues, are cap- able of the Greatest use in ease of war. Let us not fOrget that they could come without warning from the continent aud wreak great damage. We must make" pieparations to defend ourselves against such possible aggression." - He specifically pointed out that they could be utilized as follows: Reconnais- Sallee. obtaining complete and reliable information of the enemy's position, movements of armaments and num- bers; transportation of troops by the employment of thousands of aeroplanes capable of carrying three or four men each; discharge , explosives with much damage by hovering over the enemy's country, and dropping bombs on powder magazines, stores, bridges and railwa.ys; raids, by carrying small parties of troops for dashing forays; communica- tions, could carry despatches and com- municate with any besieged place; in savage warfare they would have great moral effect by dropping bombs to spread panie among the ignorant enemy; as a lookout; unsurpassed as a coiern of vantage for the commander-in-chief during au action; advantages of the air- ship as compared to the marine vessel, greater speed, wider view, ability to rise to rise to a suffieient height to avoid projectiles and to get vertically above an enemy. Alt evoked tremendous enthusiasm. Major Baden-Powell has written sev- eral articles on aeronoutics, including "Ballooning as a Sport." He invented a man -lifting kite in 1894 and made fre- quent ascents by kites in following years. He refounded the Aeronautic Society and acted as its honorary see- retary for some years, after which he was elected president. He joined the Scots Guards in 1882 and has seen much actual service. He served with his regi- ment and on staff throughout the South African war. CANADIAN HORSES. Won Prizes at Horse Show in Chicago. Chicago, Ill:. Dec. 13. -The follow- ing are Canadian prize -winners at the hib horse show. Class 80 -Stallion. mare or gelding. over fifteen hands and under fifteen hands and two inches -Lady Avon- dale, George Pepper, second; Lawns- brough Madge, Crow Sz Murray, third. Class 6'7 -Jumpers, open to all, per- formances over fences to count- Stayaway, Crow & Murray, first; The Wasp, Crow & Murray, second; Dutchman, George Pepper, third. Class 62 -Hunters, qualified or green (middle -weight), neon by Crow & Kurrav's blk.g., The Wasp; so- ond, Crow & Murray's br.m., Melba; third, George Pepper's br.g., Lord Minto. COOK'S DATA. Geographic Society to Investigate Fabrication Charges. Washington, Dec. 13. -The National Geographic Society has decided to investigate. the claims of Captain Au- ' gust W. Loose and George Dunkle, insurance broker. recently made in New York, that they furnished to Dr. Fred- erick A, Cook observations and data to prove that he reached the North Pole. Prof. J, H. Gore, Rear Admiral Pills- bury and Dr. C. W. Hayes, of the Geo. logical Survey, went, to New York to. day to begin this work. They expect to report to the society here on Monday. Prof. 1Villis L Moore decided on. this course yesterday at a conference with members. WOOD PULP. Difference of Opinion as to Re. taliation on Canada. •••••••••••411• Washington, Dec. 13.-Ifouse Leader Poyne and Chairman Mann, of the Douse Committee on Interstate :nal For- eign Commerce, are not as one on the subject of Mr. Mamas bill prodding for postponeemtn for the time when the retaliatory wood pulp provision of the Payne tatiff law relating to Canada shall go into effect. ,Mann is very urgent for the con- sideration of tlw measure and takes the position that much depends upon early fiction. •On the other band, Mr. Payne &fends, the law WI it 110W Otatide, and Will Op- pose strenuously any effort to amend or modify it. Necessarily, the hilt was referred to the Woes and Means Come Mittee, of widell Mr. Pityne is chairman, and for the present itt least it is in Mr. Payne% hands. "It is safe to rsay," said Mr. Payne to - 'day, "that the bill will not be eepotted letek before the hOlidaye." •