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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1912-03-14, Page 7• AMUNDSEN'S QUICK DASH . . /-••••.P......• 11M111/40•.....1 I WOMEN'S VOTES 0;r00,100.1. -e.0 Ask Ottawa City Council to IN SEARCH OF THE SOUTH POLE PetitiOn Legi.SlatUre the wattle' QT memoora or the Ottawa local council that =niche women who are ratepayors are not being treated fairly by the city. Myra F. Cox, President of the Equal Suffrage Association, and Florence Edgar have written Mayor Hopewell on their behalf. The state that "tile city of Toronto has forwarded to the Login- lature a resolution in favor of removing the disqualifieation reeting of the mar- ried -women of Ontario regarding the exerciee of the municipal franchise in respeet of their own property or income, (Whig the lifetime of their husbands, a franchise which they are entitled to exereiee before marriage and nfter they become widows," ess The ladies claim there is a feeling in 11 1 Ottawa that t h ie d iequal fie a t on :5 un fair to women, and exprthe hope - that the Ottawa City Council will take the same course the Toronto civic ',via- l:I-tors lieve. Tile local Association asks them to send a resolutioitto the Legiela- titre similar to the one the Toronto City Council has eent that body. Norwegian Explorer Describes His Trip to and Arrived at the Pole and Return Again to Civilization. Scientists Accept His Claim to Discovery But Will Await News From Scott efore Apportioning Praise. London, March 11. --It Into oat ure tty there is bitter dieappoiament every- where over the fact that Captain Rob- ert F, Scott, head of the British antarc- tie expedition, has yet to report on his quest for the south pole, there is no- where anything but praise for the achievement of Captain Roald Amund- sen, the Norwegian explorer, in locating the southern axle of the earth. Not even an inkling of the present whereabouts of Scott and his steamer, the Terra Nova, has reached London, but the Englishman's ageut in New Zea- land is of the opinion that he is still en- gaged in exploring and. scientific work and that he probably may'not be heard from for aeveral weeks. That .Annuolsen had reached the pole' and- planted the Norwegian colors was confirmed yesterday in despatches sent by him to Christiana. One of these de- spatches was addressed to Kbag Haakon. The contents of it was not made known, but another said: "Pole reached., fourt eenth-eeventeenth Deem/deer." The two dates were taken to mean that Amundsen had reached the point he sought Dec. 14 and remained there four days and those who know the ex- plorer well, espeeirilly Professor Mohn, the famous Norwegian meteorologist, expressed the belief that Amundsen dur- ing this period had made such observa- tions and calculations as would render - impossible a controversy similar to that which arose out of the Cook -Peary north polo discovery. On leatning of the suecese of his sub- ject, King Haakon sent a telegram of congratulation to Amundsen on behalf of himself and the Queen, and consent- ed to the use of his name and that of Ids wife on the maps of the new territory of Norway in the antarctic. Capt. Amundsen and his party are still at liobart, Tasmania, but the ex- ploror has telegraphed here that he would eubmit his chart e and all infor- mation concerning the discovery of the eolith poleas soon as possible. •The 'Norwegian public and scientists, and even the Royal Geographical Soeiety of Great Britain, have accepted unquali- fiedly the statement of Amundsen that he had gained the pole, and that he was the first man to do ea, Some of the local geographers dedared that it was posaible that both Amundsen and Scott might have been within a mile of each other at the eath's axis and yet not known of the presence of each other. When Amundsen was naked yesterday by a local newspaper correspondent at Hobart whether Scott reached the pole, the correspondent says the explorer de- clined to answer the. question yea or nay. Englishmen have not yet given up the hope that their intrepid compatriot also was succeseful in Ins quest, and they will hold to their belief in his abil- ity until he reports. When the Fram eame to coach,or at Hobart, Amundsen was the only mem- ber- of the expedition to come ashore. Such as the secrecy in which his work in the south was shrouded that nobody even was perreitted tc oard the ves- sel, no me '•er under what pretext. Amundeen wee tacituro when the news- paper men tried to interview' him, aside from saying that he was pleased with the results of the expedition. STORY OF THE DASH TO THE POLE. New York, March 11.-1'1ie Tribune prints the followine cable: "London, March°O.-The Daily Chron- icle this morning publishes the first in- stalment of Captain Board Amundsen's account of his discovery of the South Pole. The interest excited by the news of this great feat was sofficient to keep thousands of persons out of bed until copies of the Daily Chronicle could be secured. early this morning. There was no spirit apparent of distrust as to the accuracy of Captain AmundSen's claim. In the dubs men familiar with the ant- arctic regions pointed to his clear, con- nected narrative and his exact descrip- tion of the care with which the observae tions at the pole were taken as abund- ant proof of the truthfulness of bis claim, "Captain Amundsen deseribee the long Journey overthe great ice barrier and tells how lie followed the outline of South Victoria and King Edward Land. A great mountain range which , Stzetehes aeross this region, the gen- eral direction of which he folloefed, hem- med the Queen Maud vote. The hardy explorer does not devote many words to Ins descriptions of his feelings upon ar- riving, at the pole, but there is just suf- ficient reference with regard to details to suggest that he shared the great dis- eovery with others. He says that he left his winter quarters, on the 13ay of 'Whales, on Oct. 20. "After crossing the greet ie barrier and. following the mountrtin ranges, he arrived. on Deeember 8 at Shackletort's fortheet south. Following the due south- ern direction, he came to a great pia. teati in Six days' march. This plateau, which he reached on December 14, WAS a vast pLain, monetonous in its appear- ance, stretching for miles in every diree- tion, "Observatione showed that the party was in latitude 80 degrees 55 minutes south. On Deemober 13 the party tra- velled nine kilometers in aS near as pas- eible a direct southerly line._ Obeervas tions taken at the point then reached on December 15 and the following dav fixed thie ite the approximate position of the pole. A but WAS erected her and the Norwegian ftag hoisted. It remain - its the only evidenee of the sdiecovery when the trip bade began. "The pole Wall in the midet of the great platean, which Amundsen, in the honor of the Xing of Norway, named King Ifttakon Plateau. The expeditior wise favored by unusually fine weather and the party WitS able to make an av- erage of thirty-five kilometres it day go. ing to the pole. and thirty-six kilometres -a, day on the return journey. The dis. tan ce font the winter quarters at ilu Ilay of Whaleto the Pole WA.8 approxi- mately fourteen hundred kilometres. Thc highest point of the mountains crowd wee 10,750 feet stbove sea level-, at 87 degrees 40 minutes; south latitude. s "Atitundeen started on his dnelt to the pole on. Oetober 20, find returned to hie quartere Urinary '21 •1111c5 patty eat .===..•••••••••P 11., • 1, LI. I• s'n 4, j JI " 11'1 II. 11' e_ if e- ffili lfin lit ;I! ts :et ' • • • " 1114 11,!t • 1 ?Xi waisommagiiisamztLi• NANSEN, THE POLAR EXPLORER. In connection with the race for the South Pole, It is interesting to note that Dr. Nansen, the noted Polar explorer, favored the chances of the Norwegian, Amundsen, reaching the coveted goal first, consisted of five men, four sledges and 52 dogs. SCOTT AND AMUNDSEN. "Amundsen's full story of his stirring achievement leaves no room for doubt that he reached the South Pole on Dec. 14. He does not; however, make any reference to Scott, and thj e udgment of experts here as to the value of the Nor- wegian's expeattion is suspended until the Englisb explorer's story can be told and the truth can be gleaned whether both rivals were at the pole and who was there first. The Central News will have a copyright of Scett's - story when it conies, and meanwhile Amundsen's narrative as published. in the Daily Chronicle will be mainly interesting as bearing upon the marches of two explor- ers for the same goal. "No light has yet, been thrown on this to know whether Scott reached the pole at all, and if lie reached, whether he reached it before Dec. 14. If lie reached it later the Norwegian can claim the eonqueet of the pole, but if before Dec. 14, and two or three , miles separated, then England can claim the prize. "Sir Ernest Shackleton says if Scott has reached the pole at the same time or before Amundsen there is a possibil- ity that If cairns made by the respective explorers to indicate theoattainment of their object were not inore than six or eight feet high, either party might miss the other's mark. "Amundsen, in taking possession, and in planting the 'Norwegian flag at the south pole and naming the plateau after King Haakon. was presumably unaware that Shackleton had named the Same plateau after King Edward VII, Thus there was an error on his part in nomen- clature, whieh he no doubt will remedy . when he becomes aware of the facts of the case. "In determining his exact position at the pole, Amundsen used. a sextette and artificial horizon which for reliability in very high altitudes is not so absolute- ly accurate as a theodolite, but Shack- - leton admits that if Ammuleen located his position with no more possible er- ror than two or three miles (me way or the other he has certainly left footsteps - on that point from which everything bears north. "Amunasen states that professional men ean work out his sobservations, but there will be no need for this except for minor correetions. It is obvious that Amundsen has conquered tile ereographi. eal south pole. The mareh back was ac- complished without difficulty, in splen. did weather and in record time. "The most reniarkable thing about this whole journey has been the speed with which it, was made. Amondsen re. turned to winter quarters safe and well, having experieneed during the whole trip generally fair weather, A subsidiary party at work at Xing I:4\yard Land brought back geological speeimees, the _ expel. -8 will he eagerly awaited by the scientific world: Vor the summing up of the gs.o. graphical results; filmekleton eonsidere. . they are. of t he highest importanee. Anywnesen has eoyered entirely new ground througlinot the 'whole journey. He has defined the limite of the great iee barrier whieh had been unknown to *of a 1 le 1 ni153 ,t mon till vow. nis %Wolk- in Imre eeienee will not he i4(1 0\tel1tAiVt, 3.) 81,,qtfro.,.. Imo ids ger:graphical ee role is undonbiedly equal im port amp." :NOT 'ON' THE easrams, Tiontlon, `larAli. 11. -11he !mos, in an editorial tide morning, iefeta to Oa ser priee with lintidi Amundetn's el, ress. of sdans to find the South Pen. Thel it of the Neett'i Pole, wae reeeised, .11.11 fott.'d fliA 'Amine noel tt:e unneeeselev Lee ereey with which it U:14 sou et olea were felt to be at e with tee 1 ephit of fair eon:petition, anit 1± t4 1 h enterprise appeared in the light I f mere dash for the pole designed to fore- stall the British expedition. It edds that although British feeling would have beepin sympathy with such an en- terprise if It had been openly .declared, tbe circumstances of its inception have produced a less favorable impression, DANES REMEMBER COOK. Loudon, Marta 11.-Standeed prints the following Copenhagen despatch: "Nothing will afford the people of Denmark greater pleasure than the anowledge that the conquest of the South Pole has been achieved by a Scandinavian expedition, but in the ab- sence of any official announcement of Araunasenns reported success, scientific and other authorities here are inclined to be reticent, "Ther remember somewhat bitterly the arrival of Dr. Cook in September, 1909, and his claim to have discovered the North Pole -a claim which was per- haps too hastily accepted by the open- minded Danish peoPle. They are, there- fore, inclined to be cautious in expree- sions of opinion. Ttiei,inc1ina,tion is, however'to regard it as iiiiefteally cer- tain. that Amundsen has reached the SouAtvhhiPi eole. freely admitting the possibility of Captain Scott's success, the general public which some three years ago ac- claimed Dr. Cook as an Antarctic hero, displays an attitude of indifference and is inclined to await further newel." NORTH POLE, TOO. New °York, March 1L -A London cable to the New York Times says: According to A C. Bang, a personal friend of Cap- tain. Amundeen, the Norwegian explorer will not be sotiefied until he has reached the North Pole as well as the south. Mr. Bang says that in order to get funds for his Antarctic expedition Cap - loin Amundsen mortgaged everything he Possessed, and that hie father and Neil- sen, the explorer, also helped A FRENCHMAN'S VIEWS, New York, Mtireh 11.-A ,Neible. from Paris says: Dr, Jean Charcot, when interviewed on Amundsen's feat, said: "What, was my feelings when I learn- ed of the discovery of the South Pole? This was a foregone conclueion, since Shaokelton's return and the departure Of men like Scott and Amundsen. For some days past I have been eagerly ex- pecting the final announcement. "This eonvietion that the South Pole would be reached in all probability by both of these great explorers does not imply that they would not have to overcome the treniendous diffieulties or pasts through terrible trials. I am ino, patiently awaiting news of the two Indere and their companions with detailed information of the important discoveries which they are sure to have Ulnae. "AsSllnling as highly probable that both reached the South Pole, the ques- tion of priority, which in my opinion can only be one of it few dap, is of lit. tle importariee. If we wieli to pronounte one greater than the other, the prefer - (nee must go to him who Alirr011n(18 this Illagnifieent result with the greatet number of diseoveriol nod eelentific 011q01'VntiOtle," ••• WAGES iNtREASED Alitnehester, N. IL, Mareh anummeing a wage inerease of not less than 5 per emits to take effeet imme. Wel'e poSttld toelay in the seven- toen uotton mille of the Amoskeag Mfg. co. and in the Stark tetton iluck mille. TIIP 1 11(4.3i4i 17,01)t) 011el'at*LVettbit 'Nr..11)411(0 t•V. T.MIllt4011 Me., Mayen 11 ---Nothess an- vionneiug an i11* 11 of wages of about le pee eentin all the eoiton mine of Lewiston \lore posted to --lay. siboot 11,00o persons lo line were affeeted. CRUSHEDTO DEATH Wabash Train Rolled Down a Embankment. Iill.,Mareh 11. -With the e,c- ception of a negro cook, unidentified, the score of persons injured in the wreck of a passen.ger train on the Wa- ba-5Jh Railroad near West Lebanon, Ind., late yesterday, will recover, it WaS maid to -day at the hospital in which they are being eared for, The bodies 'of Mrs, D. B. Good, of St. Louis, and Mrs. Fred Grant, of Adrian, Mich„ crushed to death when the day coach of the train rolled down a thirty foot embankment, are at West Leban- on. The report that two unidentified men were dead in the wreckage proved unfounded to -day. Eight cars left the track and went down the bank when the train atm& a broken rail and the steel mall ear turned over twice, but tho five clerks in it wore unhurt. DOUBLE FRAGEDY Woman Feared She Was Losing Her Husband's Love Cleveland, March 11. --Fearing that she was losing her husband's love be came of her long ilness, Mrs. Katherine Buckholzer, 25 years oar, shot and killed Andrew isuckholzer, 28, with a rifle to- day and then killed herself by cutting Iter throat before a mirror with a hotelier knife. Mrs. Katherine Herman, mother of Mrs. Bue.kholzer, coming to the house on an errand, discovered the bodies. She aroused neighbors, who summoned tho police. .•=41-4 NE TEMERE. Moose Jaw Excited Over Story Circulated, Moosejaw, Sask., Mardi 11.--1'he Ne Temere case, MIMI developed Irere on :Friday, WATS the subject of 'bitter re- marks in both the Anglican and Catholic churches yesterday, The Catholic clergy- man, Father Woodcutter, said the writes of the story Was it liar and would be ar- rested for criminal libel, Arch-deavon Wells Johnson, in the Anglican Church, denouneed the action of Catholics in this instanceas typical of Rome. EARTH SNOOK. washington, March 11. -Heavy earth shocks were recorded early to -thy by the seismograph at Gerogetown Uni sity. The vibrations began at 5.30 o'. clock and lasted 2 5minotes, being most violent, at 5.40. The disturbance, which is believed to have beet extraordinary violence, occurred somewhere Within 000 miles of Washington. FELT IN NEW YORK New York, March 11. -An earthquake of unusual. severity was recorded to -day by The seismograph at Brooklyn College. The oscitlatione began at 5.38 o'clock, reached- the maximum at 5.40, and con- tinued until 5.55. The.movements were much stronger in ,the north -south field than from east to west. The estimated distance of the distuebance from New York is 1,500 miles. ME ARBITRATION TREATIES. Paris, March 11. -Action of the United States Senate on the question of the arbitration treaties is regarded in semi- official circles here as tantameunt to their virtual rejection. There is some hope, however, that new negotiations may be begun, and that at a later period the I.Tnited States Senate may restore the general arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France to a form which will be worth while. A NE TEMERE STORY. Moosejaw, Sask., ;Mar& 11. -The eom munity is highly excited by an enforce- ment of the Ne Tonere decree hero. A yomig touple who had been married by an Anglican minister were called on by a Catholic priest. The wife, who was a Cathodic, he addreesed as "Miss," and assured. her eho was not married. She was in tiieh agony that the ceremony, aeeording to the Catholie Chown 'WM hurrielly performed. WORLDWIDE STRIKE POOR PENSIONS OF COAL MINERS No Signs of End of British Strike and Milk ion of Other Workers Idle. Genw.n and French Coal Miners on Strike -Trouble in 'States. New York, March world wide strike of coal miners is regarded by the coal trade ae more than a likeli- hood if the present negotiations now in progress between the anthracite and bi- tumineme workers and their employers in this country do not result in a set- tlement of working conditions. With more. than it. million coal minere on atrike in Great Britain and 150,000 miners in Germany voting to quit work to force higher wages a severe coal shortage in Europe is laced, The anthracite coal operators (inn their reply to the hard coal workers here to -day for presentation to the miners Wednesday, while next week, the bituminous operators and Weir employ- ees confer for the purpose of trying to bring about an adjustment of conditions in the soft coal fields. Meanwhile coal is being loaded on the Atlantic outboard for South American and European ports usually supplied. by English firms. PRICES GOLNG UP. New York, March 11.-A London table this morning: The beginning of the new week sees the coal strike no nearer settle,ment. Optimists expect much from this wows conferences, but the overwhelming opinion is that the South Wales etri!ee will continue another month. The miners of Northumberland end Derbyshire are still determined to give in to nothing lees than the minimum wages. „Meanwhile the industrial uphea- val grows from bad to worse, The lead- ing railroads are further reducing 'their service this week. Traine in the rural districts of Northumberland and Cum- berland have ceased running. ltailroule from the east, west and the northeast are almost stopped, Half the steff is suspended and the other half working only three days a week. In the Mold district families are starving. Looting has begun and the stealing of pigeone and raids on potato pits are common. Taondon storekeepers will further in- crease prices of bread, butter and all foodstuffs to -day. A masts meeting of railway men, ar- ranged to take place at Trafalgar Squre yesterday afternoon was prohibit- ed by the police, DISCHARGING EMPLOYPRS. London, Mardi 11. -For the rapidly dwindling stocks of coal on hand in North Wales an advance in priee of from 75 to 100 per cent, has been de- manded to -day, and tide fact has ne- cessitated the closing of praetically ev- ery faetory and quarry in that part of the country. It other portions of the United Kingdom conditions are almost as bad. The shipments of coal from the ports of South Wales last week amounted only to A0.000 tons, compared with the usual total af 400,000 tons per week. Two of the largeet paper -mills in the middle and counties ceased working to -day and all their employeee were discharged. From every other point throughout the country reports are reaching London that work is being stopped.. The pressure of traffic on the street cars and omnibuses in London as a re- sult of the restriction of the suburban train service has become so great that the authorities have given permission to people to stand up in the vehicles, the rule against which is in normal times rigidly enforced, infraction of it being severely punished. BURIED IN PIT. Stratford despatehe Boiled under tons of snow and gravel, Mr. George Sebbeu, a young farmer, two miles at. of Stratford, was mothered to death this afternoon., and his brother, Will, was uneonscions -when rescued by an- other brother, Lorne, and the hired man, Albert Poynter. The smiling out of a root caused. an overhanging InasS of gravel to fall. Poyner escaped injury, and made frantie efforts to extricate the Sebbeu bo,s. STRUCK GAS. t. Cathatinee despatch; A big nevi of natural gas was struek yeeterday by government men engaged in boring test ludo; for what is known rie the "ten mile (leek route" for the proposed new 'Welland Neal. The find took pleee on the ariffith's cant, and is tbe first time mil it flow hag been found within it radive of 'several valet, HIGHWAY ESSAYS Papers on Good Roads to Stir Interest in Problem. •••••••••••••••• OFFERING BIG WAGES. Pottsville, Pa., I1nrch 11.-.Agente-w1to are said to represent British interests are travelling through the southern an- thraeite section offering big wages to miners to aceept employment in Cana- dian mines, the output of which is to be sent to England, where a shortage of eoal .:s expected for half a year after the miners' strike is broken. Bene of the likelihood of it strike in this mection next month, many miners declare they will accept the offers. STRIKE IN GER.MANY. Berlin, March IL -The coal strike went into effect in the Westphalian coal mines to -day, when about fifty per cent, of the 350,000 miners employed there obeyed the call of their leaders to cease work. According toreports received from the mines, the first shifts to de- scend the pits this morning were consid- erably affected, but the results were varied at the different mines. In some districts the cessation of work was pew- stticialile.lykcomplete, while in others only from, 15 to 30 per conm t. of the en The conflict is quite as much a struge gle between the leaders of the rival So- cialist and non -Socialist wings as be- tween the mine owners and their em- ployees. The leaders of the non -Socialis- tic Christian union are so far holding., their followers well in hand. The success of the strike will depend upon how far the feeling of solidarity with their strik- ing comrades of the Socialist miners un- ion is carried, while the fear of re- proaches for strike -breaking will cause many. breaks in the ranks of those who have hitherto not struck work. Public opinion in the Westphalian dis- trict which was with the miners during the' last great strike, is now reported to be largely against the strikers. The stock exchange took a favorable view of the situation to -clay, coal stocks being firm. The effect of the strike is not yet no- ticeable on industry in general nor on the prices of the necessaries.of life. The iron works in Westphalia in the grand duchy of Luxemburg and in Lor- raine are reported to have supplies of coal sufficient to enable them to carry on for three weeks. FRENCH MINERS ALSO. Paris, March 11. ----About two-thirds of the coal miners of France have reepond- ed to the appeal of the general Miners' Federation to strike for twenty-four hours. This action of the miners is not directed against the mine owners, but is designed to show to the Government the "solidarity" of the miners and as it warning to Parliament that the miners are npoetnssiaotnisfliaestwith the workmen's old age MILLION MEN IDLE, London, March 11. -The British coal Strike whicb began on March 1, when nearly one million men employed in the collieries of England, Scotland and Wales laid down their tools at a given signal shows titlesigns of settlement, eBsides the miners, another million workers, men and women employed in factories and mills in all parts of Great Britain, have been thrown out of employment owing to the impossibility of obtaining fuel to run the machinery. Prices of provisions and all the neces- saries of life have gone up to such an extent that deep distress has been oc- casioned among the poorer classes. The British 'Government has been try- ing to bring the miners and the coal owners together, but has not yet suc- ceeded, and it is thought probable that as a final measure a minimum wages bill for miners will have to be introduced in the House of Commons. New Westminster. B.C., March 11. -In order to stimulote good roads through- out Canada, W. J. Kerr, President of the Canadiari Highway Association, is offering three valuable medals for the best essay on "What Good Roads Mean to Canada." The Competition for these medals is to be confined to boys and girls under eighteen years of age, and no distinction is to be made between the sexes. Women have long since taken it place in literature equal to that meta pied by men, Mr, Kerr believes, and a contest in which girls will compete against boys will be more interesting to all concerned than one in which separate prizes are given The competition will be open to stu- dents in all parts of Canada, and there will be no hard and fast rules as to the length of the essay submitted, although articles of 004 to 800 words will be pre- ferred.. The well-known newspaper rule that writing must be on one side of the paper only will be strictly enforced, Competitors will be required to deal with facts as well as with theories in the preparing of their papers, and all essays must be in the hands of the sea- retary, P. W. Luce, (314 Columbia street, New Westminster, on or before May 15. The first prize will be a solid gold medal bearing on the obverse a repro- duction of a. part of the Canadian High. way, encircled by the words "Canadian Highway Association, 1012." On the re- verse the name of the winner will be en. graved. followed by the worde, "First urize winoer Canadian Highway Anode. tion Remy Competition." The lemma and third prizes will be the earn° am the gold medal, but will be of silver gilt and of silver. In addition to it silver SOu. venir pin will be given every competitor whose essay attains it eertain standard of merit. "By interesting the young people of Canada, in the propeeition to establish a Canadian highway that will reach from Alberni, It C., to Halifax," sari 1\fr. Xerr, "I expeet to ereete wide interest bit this movement," All Oftgays mina 0 aecenipanied by the nano of the writer and by it statement, feigned by parent er gutirdian, &elating that the eompeeiliort is the eompetitor'e nwn work and that the writer is strel 18 years of age, LEAP YEAR ..•••• ••••••••••• Widows ot Naval Heroes Given 17 Cents a Day. London, Mardi 11.---Gereeral nation is expressed at the niggargli- ness with which the Government has Provided for the widow and chi,ldrOn of th.e Men svto were drowned in the submarine A3. In answer to it question by Lord Charles 11eres2ord, Dr. Macnamara, Secretary of the Admiralty, announced in the House of Commons that if the four °Moors and ten men who lost their lives, 50 far as was known, six left widows and four left children. By way of compensation the Govern- ment has granted to three of the widows 5 shillings a week, to two of them 9 shillings, while the case of the sixth was still under consideration. Extra compensation was given in the cases where there were children, 18 pence, and in some cases 2 shillings a child a week being granted. Bitter °ailment was made upon these grants' in naval ports, such as Portsmouth,' Plymouth and Devon- port. The Mayor of Portsmouth has appealed to the people in Portsmouth, and the neighboring district has ,raised over $10,000 for the benefit of those who were dependent on the vic- tims of the disaster,. "Here," says the Mayor, "a highly - paid Minister is not ashamed to an- nounce that some of the children of these heroic men are to be paid 5 cents a day to aid taeir sorrow - stricken wailers, who are guaranteed by the State in its grudgingly un- worthy gratitude another 17 cents and 30 cents a day to keep the wolf from the door." Young Lady' Asked Young Man to Marry Her. New York, March 11.---41.r. Ueorge Stanley Marshall, of No. 630 East 188th etree, is one of the happiest of men in New York toolnee Tuesday night, last, an atractive young woman, whom he had met only a fortnight before, availed herself of the leap year privilege and proposed. She "popped the question" as they were returning-. from the theatre, and Mr. Marshall, who is twenty-one yeare old, with blue eyes, accepted. All he is waiting for now is an increase in sal- ary to meet this most happy and unex- pected situation. The young woman is Miss Georgie Casper. She lives in East Seventy-fifth street and is twenty-one years old, Mr. Marshall bashfully told the eircum- etancee yesterday that led to the pro- posal. "I first met Miss Casper," he said, "on Sunday, February 25, in a Third avenue elevated car. There was a col- lision at 106th street, and in the panic that followed Miss Casper fell to the floor of the car and was trampled on. I raised her up and found site had been slightly hurt. I volunteered to eseort her home and elle accepted. She was it bit lame from her fall and it was the least I could do to aid her. She is a charming girl,and the next day I wrote a letter inquiring about her condition. "Then I went to see her and invited her out to the theatre and to supper. I fell deeply in love with her, but I wag too shy to talk about an engagement. Imagine my surprise when on Tuesday night, when we were walking down Sev. enty-fifth street and nearing her home, she stopped arid "Oeorge, what's the matter with yoo min I getting mar - lied? This is leap year, you know.' "I told her there was nothing the mat- ter with it, that it VMS an excellent idea, but -it was so sudden. Then I explained that it wool(' be well if we waited a little oldie rind T aeval Moine money." Miss Casper, when tsPell last (Welling, edmitted that she had propeeed to Mr. A„faieliall, but Added, "I said it only in fun, you know." There ie probably no hell for anthore WOrlii-they sealer se melt etfrom oritiee anti nohlnsion't in thie.-• Dome • 4*4 REGRET IN JAPAN Over Action of U. S. Senate on Arbitration Treaties. •••••••• Tokio, March 11. -The fate of the gen- eral arbitration treaties in the United. States, Senate has caused great disap- pointment here. -Deep regret is express- ed by many influential persons here that Japaa gave Iter rriendly consent to the modification of the Anglo -Japanese alli- ance by the introduction of article IV., which gays: "Should either high con- tracting" party conclude a treaty of gen- eral arbitration with a third power, it is agreed that nothing in this agreement shall entail on such contracting party an obligation to go to war with the power with whom such a, treaty of arbi- tration is in force." This friendly action on the part ol Japan may, it is pointed out, prove fruit. less. NUDE DANGER Acquitted Because Perform- ance Served Interest s of Art Munish, March 10.--te Parisian nude dancer named Adoree Villany was tried here yesterday on a charge of offend- ing public morals by her performance. She was acquitted on the ground that her performance served the higher inter- ests of art. Several eminent artists, in- cluding,Kaulbach, described her perform - once as thoroughly artistic and respect- able. Prof. Peterson, president of the So. eddy of Artists'testified in her favor, and expressed the hope that the time would come when an advanee in culture would enable the dancer to perform in public instead of privately. JOE DIAMOND New York Crook Shot by Philadziphia Police. Philadelphia, March 11. -The body of it burglar, who was shot and killed by a policeman in the business section of this city early to -day, was later iden- tified as that of "Joe" Diamond, who, the police say, was a New York sneak thief. Diamond, with two companions, was discovered robbing a tailoring es- tablishment at Twelfth and Arch streets and was shot while trying to escape by jumping fences in the rear of a row of business houses. His companions made their escape over housetops, and left no clue. Before they were discovered, the robbers had collected and made ready to carry away many hundred dollars' worth of goods. 4.4.4. • FIRE VICTIMS Six Victims of Chicago Fire Still Unclaimed. Chicago, March 11. -The bodies of eix vietims.ef the Barnett lodging house fire of Scithrday remained unclaimed to -day by any relative. It was estimated that 5,000 persons have viewed the faces for the purpose of identifieation. The nautea of two of the victims stil tare unknown to the. police. The remaining four, Itil men of .35 years or over, are: John Col- lins, John Olsen, Paul Wagner, arta Thos. Ma eMahon. 110-1•-•, NOT GUILTY CU IFEIN VICTIM Jeered by Neighbors and Took His Own Life, Jealous Wife Had Penalty Imposed on MM. New York, March Bloom, who on eomplaint of hie wife wee re- quired by order of a city magistrate to be at home every night by 9 o'dock, hirneelf Saturday while in the rear room of his empl oy me n t ageney, itt 747 Lexington avenue- Tlie police say the guying whieh Blown received on every hand when 0 o'ciods, eame round, and. the way the neighbor snickered at his enforced retreat, drove him to suicide. Frank L. Bailey, entering the front room of the agency looking for it job in the after0000, waited for the pro- prietoe to aopeter and heard a shot be- hind the door. Re ran out for Patrolman eiheedian, 'Who knocked in the door, and they found Bloom lying on the floor, dying, with it bullet in hie head. Dr, Hall was eummoned from the Preeybterian hos- pital, but before he arrived the Malt was dead. The body was left at the house until Bloom's wife, who recently left him and had gone to live in the Bronx, could be found. About three weeks ago Bloom was ar- rested on the complaint of his wife, who eharged him with cruelty. It developed at the hearing, however, that hie wife Was jealous of the Swedish and Finnish girls who went to Bloom's employment agency. She said her husband did not always come home at night. Bloom was releaeed on condition that he would be fa home by 0 o'olock each night. The practice became frequent after that for dozens of persons to line up on the sidewalks to watch and make audi- ble comments upon the retreat of Bloom. Charged With Murdering Chicago Non-UnionPrin ter Chicago, Mardi 11.--4Vm. J Boerne; former organizer of the Chicago Typo- graphieal Union, No, 10„ was found not guilty of murdering Rush V. Denon, it 00)i -union printer. Denon was assaulted on January 10, 1011, and died of a frrietured "Chicago Jack" Daly and six other men eonfeseed to committing the as - molt. Daly declared Dooley 'aireti him to slug Denon and other nonaneion men nho refused to join the union. OPERATOR MISSING, At ta Elt a dept : Aide ftoin the sorrow among the trienda of the vic- tims of the \week on the Pontiac line, between 111111 and. Ottawa. yesterday morning, tl%e mitetanding feature of the lamentable affair toAay its the dieap. peeranee of Harvey Boal, the young operator of the 1II11 tation, whem the C. P. IL offielale elaint slows tesprot- sane for the actidelit. TAX BACHELORS Massachusetts Single Men May Have to Pay $5 Yearly Boston, March 10. -Bachelor members of the Legislature, particularly those itt the committee on taxation, are looking forward with anxiety to the morrow. At four o'clock in the afternoon will be given a nearing at the State House pro- viding that every bachelor of 35 years or over, who can marry and does not, must pay an annual tax of $5 to the city or town in which he lives. The income is to be devoted to the relief of deserving spinsters who have passed, or are be- lieved to have passed, the marriageable age. G. D. Cushing, speaker of the House, the tallest bachelor in the Legislature or State, has received an invitation from Mrs. Charlotte Smith, leader of the movement, to address the commit- tee on the subject of the bovhelor tax. Governo17-Foss is said to believe In the tax. He has been urged to send to the Legislature a special message urging its adoption. •••••••-•-•••••-•-•••••••=1. BAD OLD MAN Sentenced to Georgia Chain Gang for Ten Years. Calhoun, Ga., March. 11. -The next ten years of his life will be spent on the chain gang by Andrew King, it farm- er of this city, 70 years old, who pleaded guilty to mortally stabbing his son-in- law, Robert Keel°. in the back and kick- ing Keele's child into an open fire, de- claring he intended to kill the entire Keele family. The child was reseued before it was fatally burned. When he was arraigned the judge promised to give the defendant a chain gang sentence, if he would confess, which he did. Friends are now seeking to have him sent to the prison farm instead of chain gang, on account of his age. GIRL'S MARRIAGE Made Known by Minister at Funeral Service. Warren, Ohio., March 9.-A sensatiote was created al the funeral today of Mabel Emma Bexter, the la jeanold daughter of a prominent business man here, when it was announced that elle WILS married some time ago at Windsor, Ont., to Theodore Finney, a student of Hiram College and scion of a prominent Warren. family. The girl died suddenly following an operation. When Rev. Mr. Rheinsold, who con- ducted the funeral, announced that the girl had been married some time ago, some of her schoolmates becfme hyster- ical. The young husband was present. LITTLE MISS Came From Glasgow to Boston to Meet Her Papa, Boston, March 11. -The tiniest tray - eller who ever crossed the eea alone to this port is Agnes McNulty, aged 0, who is here to -day after a, stormy voy- age aboard the liner Scotian: from Glas- ford. The child was in charge of one of the ehip's etewardesses and provedhbr- self a real sailor, never showing it eigie of seasickness. On arrival the little pea. senger WaS welcomed by her father, who lad not seen the ehild since she was five monthe old. Since the mother'e death, the ehild hoe been livitig with atI EliE, NN P G fIRE. aunt in. Glee, gow. i Tit Winaipees, Ile- eine 2.10 eonimissiouer, the pinke and the insur. n use un del w ri t e oaril ue ti ly en gaged teelay in the wok 01 toveotient- ingSatiiidtlyte fire. The fire ,departmert ettime firntg uiC eeeponeitne for th.1 blaze. The Direness sof tanks ef nepat'an at Radford Wright te's, place, the eipl.*. eion of whieh kauseed tsix. fatnlitaes, eobjeet of ()Melo" invesCgation.