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The Wingham Advance, 1912-11-28, Page 7PEACE DELEGATES NOW IN SESSION Rumored Agreement For Week's Armistice Turkey Makes New Demands. London Reports Austro-Servian Condition Better -Germany Fears War. London, Nov. 25. -The pleuipoten- tiariee of Turkey and ot the allied Dal - kiln nations held their frit ineeting this afterneon to discuss the preliminaries for the negotiations for an armistice. Special despatchee received here from Conetantinople say there wa a. nteeting of the Turkish and Bulgarian peace plenipotentiaries 'bald on Suaday near the village of Thhatelja. The eorreepondent of the Daily Ex - pr ese alleges that an armistiee for a week was actually conelueled, and that both sidee agreed to suepend bringing up reinforcements. This report le not confirmed from any other quarter, AUSTRO-SERVIAN SITUATION. Leudon, Nov. 25. -The political situa- tion between Servia end Auetile, has undergone no materielchanee„ but on the whole a rattier better fbeeling pre- vails here, says the correspondent Of 'Ole Daily Telegraph at Belgrade. "The general opinion is," continues, the correspondent, "that the questions at issue eau be eetaed without fightiog. The Serviane naturally are anxious to eeetire art outlet to the sea through their own territory, and if Austria meete their wishee in a reasonable enirit, the risk of war will be easily avoided. It declared that Servia wishee to live in a epirit of amity with Austria, but that no nation, after a suceessful war, ean submit to remain in a condition of abeo- lute tutelage to another power, however fri end 1 y. "For trade reasons alone Servia de- siree acese to the eex, and not from any desire to hamper Austria." • TURKEY'S NEW DEMANDS. Paris, Nov, 25. -The Belgrade eerre- epondent of the Malin says: "Turkey new requeets that she be ad- mitted to the Balkan conference, retain- ing, of course, all the territory she had before the war, "This extraordinary proposal as yet has only been semi -officially Made, and is caueee no surprise in Servian official circles, which are well acquainted with the Ottoman mentality, and know that Turkey never accepte accomplished facts except with the knife at her throat" The correspondent declare e that 'there is unbounded confidence in Servia with regard to Austria, and that this ie due to the belief that eome high Russian per- sonages have given a formal and binding eligagement to support Servia against Austria. "This arrangement is eupposed te have beea concluded by Grand Duke NiSholas Nicholaievitch, the Russiangen- eralissimo, daring a visit some months age, when he Was ,,eensulted on every &tail of the allies' treaties. This pro- mise of support ie said to have been Made over the heads of the Russian Min- istry by p,ersonS more influential than the Minietry. - The correspondent addei "Wliether this engagernente exists or not, the Ser- vian belief in it is a dangerous factor *iinethe.eritical eituatidif,fand ,the truth ehould be known in the interest of the whole 0. Europe. • AN EASTERN PACT. Vienna, Nov. 25.. -The reiadt of the-- vieit to Berlin of Archduke Francie :Per- diaand, the Austrian heir to the throne, is that in ea.etern affairs, notably in those questions relating to Roumania and to the Adriatic Sea, Germany, Italy and Austiia will march together iu 'serried line, according to the Riechspost • Preparatione for every eventuality have been fully made, so that all sur - pries are guarded against. GERMANY IS PESSIMISTIC. • - Berlin, Nov. 25. -Relations. between Austria-Hnugary and Servia are now so strained that political circles in Vienna have abandoned hope of the preserva- tion of peace aceardieg to the Neue Gesellsehaftlicle Correspondenz, which_ says it has its information from a. diplo- matic source. - Despite 'offieial Austrian denials 43f the reported mobilization of the Austro- Hungarian army, the Correepondenz de- clares that five army corps, have act- ually been already mobilized, and the reserves continue to be called up in large numbers. The Aestro-Hungarian Government, it I continues, is resolved not to await the return of the Servian troops operating against the Turks, and an ultimatum to Servia may be expected within a few days. • . The eituation has become more acute - through the changed attitude of Russia. Sergius Sazonoff, the Russian 'Foreign Minieter, after having declared suitable asa basis, for further negotiations the Austrian proposal guaranteeing ,Servia, a, free port on the Adriatic Seat and a Servian railway through Albania, but without territorial righta, has, now abandoned this standpoint. I Austria is now disposed to pueli the matter to a deeision, because if war is inevitable, she wante to take advant- age of her mobilization being more ad- vanced than of Russia,. GREEKS TO FEED SERVIANS. Beleeasele, Nov. 25. ---The Servittne have oaptured Ocrrida, in Albania, without lit redetitnee. response to an inquiry from a. Ser- vian general as to whether Grote could provision the &Men troopa operating along the A.dnatte eoast, the Klieg of Greets has -replied that he would be glad totestify to his admiration for the boundless bravery of the Servian ttemy by sending Greek ships for that purpose. . A BLOW TO TUMMY. Loadon, Nov. 25. -The loss of the Turkish cruiser Hamedieh ie a severe hantliettp to the Ottonuut tononander-itt- Chief. aecording to( -special despatches :from the iront. 'The guns of the other Turkish warehire, are almost ineffective for the purpose of Mopping the.Bulger- ian advance. The battleship Ileseettlieh, eeirteh was formerly employed for the defence. of Rodosto, end latterly on the left flank of the Teluttalja 1ine, his now beet been deepatehed to the Black See, in order to etrengthert the meniteed right flank of the Turkieh a.rmy. Con- 'eiderable Itetivity hasbeen obcerve41 among the, Dulgariaste. who- havebrought 8,0)160 heavy siege gurus which are 'be- ing rapidly placed in position te -Nine- /nand the Turkieh headqnterters at Mule etakeni. TCRIKS CAIITTItt 111.71G.A.RTANS. London,..t..rov. 26.-A 04'00141 delepateh ikesti the. Turkish headquarter* at Had. emkeui confirms that the Otteman troop e captared 800 Bulgarian prison - ere during the last engagement with the Bulgarians' right wing on the Tchatalja lines. The Bulgariaas also left SIX field glues and one machine gun on the field. Another Speeial deepatelt from An- tivari eays Austria-Hungary is is mob- ilizing. a striking foree act Port Ragusa, to which plaee a portion of the garrison. of the Austrian fortress of Spizza, itt Dalmatia, has been sent. S.AVID FROM 'ME GREEKS. Athens, Nov. 24.-A Greek torpedo boat entered the marbor of Aivala yes- terday and attacked a Turkish gunboat there. On the appearance <if the Greeks the Turkish sailors abandoned the gunboat after opening the vessel stopcocks, Greek mariners. went OA board, but were tumble to stop the in- rush of water. They then blew up the gunboat with a torpedo. NEW err ;RNIPOTENTIARIES. Constantinople, Noy. 24.- Rechad Pasha, Minister of Commerce, and Hadi Pasha, chief of staff, have been appointed additional plenipotentiaries to discuss the armietice. The ap- pointment of the Ambassador to Ger- many, Osman Nizami Pasha ,as a plempotentiary, which was doubted, lute been. confirmed, LOOTLNG SALONIKI. London, Nov. 24.- A etory of law- lessness and looting by • Bulgarians and Greetts in Saloniki, where the in- habitants Inaae been itt a state of terror lest the allies in oecupation 1 all to fighting each other, has been sent bythe eorre.spondent of the Reuter Telegram Company, under date of Nov. 16th, The correspondent is an English- man of many year& residence in Saloniki, and thoroughly acquainted with the city and surroanding cotmtry. He .wrtes: "The Bulgarans on the ma,reh to Saloniki had already more than a taste of blood and- rapine, having rav- aged without meroy the Turkieh vil- lages on their route, and as soon as they entered Saloniki they instituted a systematic pillage of . the quarters occupied by them, regardless, of the remonstranees of Greek officials. "A continuous fusillade was kept up on Nov. 10 and 11, both by the soldiers of the Bulgarians and Greek arraies and the Christian population. The firing re- sulted in numerous casualties. A stoket of the etealner Medea was killed while in the pinnace alongside the ship, A hail of bullets, aceordtng to the reports of the ship's officers, fell on the decks of the foreign warships several nights. "The soldiers, guided by roughs, entered whatever houses appeared to offer prospects of good booty and eleared out everything worth taking. The terror-stricken owners offered no resistance. It would have been use - les, itt view of the bayonets held to their breasts and the revolvers thrust againet their temples." AUSTRIA AND SERVIA ACTIVE. London, Nov. 25. -The peace pleni- potentiaries met at the ,village of 13aghe tehe, near Biyuk Clele.mendye, in the centre of a, small zone which has been declared neutral for the period of the parleya. Beyond an intimation that the victorious invaders are prepared to mod- ify their original demands in regard to the evacuation of the Team:LA*1, lines by the Turks,. and also to permit the Turkish garnson of Adrianople to march ont of that fortress with the honors of war, nothing has been allowed to trans- pire as to the diecasaions between the delegates. Unless significance can be attached to the unusually long armistice of eight days reported to have been agreed to, there is nothing to give a elue to the probable outoome of the dis- cussions. The withdrawal of the Austrian war- ship Admiral Spann and of the Austrian contingent of bluejackets from Con- stantinople, with the sudden and, ttnex- plained departure for an unaamoneed destination of the Austrian squadron, which has been lying at Smyrna, are faetors which are disturbing diplomats, who see in a union of all the great pow- ers the only hope of a peaceful solu- tion. From Vienna, too, comes the informs, - lien that the Servian War Office has re- ealled all the Servian troopte that can be spared from the colamne operating in the neighborhood of Prism:id and Mon:astir, and that the fortifieations of the sereien capital are being hastily supplied wilti eeeavy artillery. The Alle- tritute deduce from theee faete that Sere via is not disposed to yield, and a pacific settlement of the Austro-Servia,ns' dis- pute seems to them diffitult of realiza- tion, if Serviri's demands o,re maintained as an irreducible minimum. These were outlined by Premier Pull - Reit, of Servia, this morning. He declar- ed that a 'minimum requisite to Servials national development 'wile economic in- dependenee and a free and, adequate pas- sage to the Adriatic Sea. This, itecoixl- ing to the Servian statesman, meitat her poseeesion of a strete.1, of toast line of about 30 odd miles, which would be joint ed to the present territory of Servia by a strip of what Was old Servia. This minimum eontention that Al- bania should be autonomous, as it would cut Albania, in. two aua oonfize the autonomous provinees to a stony and poverty stricken district, unable to Maintain an independent existence, DARDANELLES STILL OPEN'. Constantinople, Nov. 25. -The Derdan- ellee Straits were .still evert to retedgee tion at half -past ten this morning, de- spite the threats of an attrvek by Bul- garian troops on the forts guarding them, the capture of whieh would per- mit the Greek fleet to :3411 through and bombard Constantinople. • • e HAWTHORNE TRIAL OPENS. New York, Nov. 25, ---After a series of aelaye, the trial of Julian Hawthorne, Jeesitth Quiney, former Mayor of Boston, and ()therm, ehargert with using the mails to defraud itiveetors in mining eteekto got under way to -day before jndge Hough, in the FMeral District Court. The ettee of John W. Meltintion, eeere- tery tout treasurer of the Hitertleortte Mining Companiee, Was severed from that of the oth•er four defendant*. • "WM !IVIN7-", ,711,r7 CLOUSTON BURIED Royalties' Token's on Dead Banker's Bier, Montreal, Nov. P,5. -The funeral of the late Sir Edward Cloueton, First Vice-Preeident of the Bank of Montreal, took piece this afternoon, after 'the crematiou *f the remains, Among the utournere was Captain T. H. Itiverte Bulkeley, e.M.G., .M.V.O., rep. resenting 11. R. H. the Duke and Due es; of Connaught and the Prineess Pat- ricia, who sent a wreath. Upon the ear(' attaehed to it was the following; "A token of great regard end deepest regret. "Arthur, "Louise Margaret, "Patricia." Another wreath from their Royal Highnesse& staff luta a card. ataehetl, upou which the following was inecribed: "In grateful remembrance of many kindneeses." ...."""'"""^"...410.41.410.••••• THE STORM'S GRIP Snow Ties Up Eastern On- tario Rail Traffic. Montreal Street Railway Hard Hit Also. OtteaVal Ont., Nov. 25, -Eastern On- tario during the night and early hours of to -day experienced a snowstorm of almost unprecedented severity for Nov- ember. The storm set in early Sunday night, and, though snow in most places ceased falling about 9 o'clock this morning it ranged in depth from one to two feet; and trains on all lines running into the caprial are seriously delayed. The Ottawa street railway service was eompletely stalled. Owing to the soft, helve' nature of the . snow, electric sweepers were useless, and practically the entire system will have to be dug out. Practically no cars were running. before noon. Pembroke Renfrew, Arnprior, Al- monte, Cadeton Place, Smith's Fans, Buckingham and places further east in both provinces report roads blocked and railways eeriously handicapped. •••••••mort.•••••• Montreal, Nov. 25.-A heavy snow - Estoril.: raged over this section of the country all last night and this morning. In the city the street railway' com- pany had a hard fight to keep its tracks clear, twenty sweepers being in commis - :non most of the night. The steam railways report that some of .their trains were late, notably the Imperial Limited, on the C. P. R., from Vancouver, and the Boston Express, on the Central 'Vermont WANT MORE PAY Dominion Members After Sessional Indemnity Boost. Ottawa, Nov. 25.-A movement has been storted to increase the pay of ineeabers of Parliament to $3,000. For the past six or seven years the allow- ance has stood at $2,500, and last ses- sion an allowance was made for steno- graphic help, $65,00 being voted for the purpose, which amounted to about *400 per meinber. This year some of the members desired to draw the allowance, that they might spend it on help as they wished. However, the Auditor - General decided this could not be done, but that the money had to bo.paid to stenographers direct on the certificate of members. It has been arranged that groups of members shall employ a steno- grapher for each group, and these shall be paid direct. The movement fpr the indemnity increase has just been start- ed, but it seems to be popular, and the Government is likely to have an almost unanimous demand for it presented be- fore the session is much older. TO KILL MISS DYE Dynamite Trial Witness Gives Plot Details.. - golompknoommgroomms•••••• Indianapolis, Nov, 25. -Plots to blow up the Friek building in Pittsburg; to hlow up other buildings in eastern cities where "open shop" iron and teel con- tractors had their offices, and explode a bomb in a sleeping car in order to. kill Mies Mary C. Dye, a stenographer, were described by Lindsey L. Jowellat the "dynamite conspiracy" trial to -day as !having been revealed to hint by Herbert S. Hockm. Jowell teetified that Hockin tied Jas. B. MeNamara planned to ause the eaet- ern explosien after the agitation. over the Lee Angeles Times disaater had "blowa over." , Jowell previously had tes- tified that Hockin, an offieial in the Ironworker& Union, who now is on trial, had deetribed to William 3. Burns'n, deteetive, the Los Angeles dyna,mitere soon after the explosion in California. 4 • • LOOKS FOR PEACE Gertnan Foreign Office Ig- nores Bourse Rumors. Berlin, Nov. 25. -The German Foreign Office ha e not (loviatad from its previous attitude of eenfidence that an amicable eettlement of the Auetro-Servian contro- versy will be reached. The Nord Deutsche Allegmeine Zei- tung, in an inspired note, today denies fthe alarming report" whiell have been in eirettlation on the :Bourse, that the posi- tion taken four days age by Russia on the gut -Weil of Servitt'e demand for an Adriatic port has been changed. %hie Is 'Stated by the semi-offkial journed to bit incorreet, bee:lame the. pervert) have Ogle ed not to anticipate the general set. flement of the, Denten problem by titiee ing art individual etandnoint nteptselal got eti The 'Sort' Denteehe at denim that Auetrio, hes mobilized five artily eorps, and (stye the report is untrne that an Auetrien ultimatum to Streia may 1)6 expected Alertly, beeatess the Albanian and Adriatie collection will tiVIP up for dims:41m and estilemeirt et a general coufereneen its Balkan sittiatios. ENGINEERS WIN WAGE DISPUTE Ir••••••••••••••••••.••,..... 30,000 Railwaymen to Get Higher Pay. WAGE COMMISSION Advocated by Arbitrators to Settle Future Disputes. Washington, Noy. 24, -The thirty thoueand locomotive engineers of the eastern railroads have won their fight for an increase in wages. The board of arbitration between the railroads and the engineers in its award made public to -day does not grant ell of the engineers' demands, but establishes rainimurn wages, which amount to 4 substantial increase on most of the road)). Notwithstanding the increase irk eom- pensation, the report of the engineers who were on the board. dissents from the award' and says the settlement iteeept. ed by it can be only temporary. The award. is retroactive, running for only one year from May 1, 1912. This means that within five months the railroads of the east probably will be confronted by further demands from, the engineers, and again may have to meet the possibility of a strike. The award by the board of arbitration probably brings the 52 railroads of the east face to face with demands for in- ecmreiailso3,ed,_eews.ages by the firemen and other The railroacle estimated that the de - meads on the part of the engineers, if granted, would entail an additional ex- penditure of $7,172,000 a year, If the same percentage of increase were grant- ed to other employees the additional 0e0xpe0ns0. ewould amount in all to $07,- 0,0The board of arbitration expresses the opinion that this total is too high, but it does not attempt to give exact figures as to the additional burden that the aweeaardatmay impose upon. the railroads of th The findings of the arbitration insuring a renewed attempt on the part of the railroads to raise freight rbaotaeredare regarded here as practically . But more striking than the actual award by the board is a recommenda- tion which itmakes for the solution of all labor disputes on railroads of the United States. This recommenda- tion contemplates the establishment mbyieslaiowns.of State and. Federal wage com- The Federal wage commission, as eutlined by the arbitrators, would be a body similar to the Interstate Com- merce Commission, and all labor dis- putes on interstate railways would be referred to it for eettlement. Under this proposed plan 'arbitration of all railroads labor disputes would be com- pulsory. The announcement of this award marksthe end of the most important American labor dispute that has been submittedto the arbitration since the anthracite coal strike in 1902. Through this arbitration was avoided a etrike which threatened to tie up all the rail- roads east of Chicago and north of the Norfolk and Western line, and which would have brought untold suffering and money loss, The most important features of the award are: A minimum wage of $4.25 per 100 mileor less for engineers on the pas- senger eervice, with an overtime rate at 50 cents per hour, with an average speed of twenty miles per hour; a/mini- mum of $4.75 for engineers in through freight service per day of 100 miles, or less, with overtime pro rata after ten hours; twenty cents additional per day in local freight eerviee, and $4.10 per day of ten hours or less itt switching service. All existing rates higher than thee minima are continued in force. 4.41 U. S. SENATE CLOSE Death of Democrat Makes Upper House Even. Washington, Nov. 25. -Senator Isi- dor Rayner, or Maryland, died this morning of neuritis, aged 62 years. The control of the United States Senate after March. 4 may hinge on the death of •Senator Rayner. The Republican, whom it le expected Gov- e)rnor Goldsborough will appoint. itt his place, will hold office at least until the Maryland Legislature meets in January, 1914. Senator Rayner's death removes one of the Democrats on whom the con- trol of the Senate depended in. the new Congress. Witli his vote the Democratic leaders had counted on mustering forty-nine, or one more than a majority of the total member- ship of 96. In any event, 48 votes, with the vote of the Vice -President in case of a. tie, was looked upon as sufficient strength to insure control, While the Demoeratte still have an apparent strength of 48, the death of the Maryland Senator reduces the supposed majority to a point very near the dividing line of party control. C. P. R• IS HUSTLING Wants Doubleitra.ck Line For 1914 Crop. Woe(' Jaw, Nov. 25. -By the time the crop of 1014 is ready to move, the Oars adia» 'Nellie Railway will have a dolt- ble-traoked line between Calgary and the head of the kites, aceording to a eemi-offieial statement made here to. day. The compauy will spend millione to retain He tnide to the fulleet possible extent. *Between Regina and Cittplitt the, eon:nary are now at work, au1 early double treeking will be emninene- ea, in order to bettor handle the large emits of the three western Provinecie FATAL WRECK IN WEST. Meakine Itat, Alta., Nov. P. R. train 614, eatetbotutd, while taking the feAlirig at SOVell rrson, Alta., to avoid a box eer whieh wae partly off the heck on the nititt141" WOM wreek,ea at 4 A.M. ta flay. The englroer and firemen were killed, and one patteenger seriottel,y injured. The others etteened. NOT FIRST DEGREE Two Lawrence Strike Prise oners Cannot Get Chair. Selena, Maws, Nov. 25,-3oeeph Ettar and Aratro Gioveamitti, who pleaded that theybe tient to the electric chair f entrid guilty of the murder of Anna, Lopizze in the Lawrence textile cannot be convicted of murder In the first degree. Judge Quiun eharging tlte jury to. day, gave the 'instruetiou that the evi, deice in the QMO aid not warrant a first degree verdict. If guilty, the ver• diet, lie void, 'meet be second degree mur- der, CalliSO may be found guilty of first degree murder, but none of the defend. - ants under the Orin of the indictment eould be adjudged guilty of manslaugh- ter, The jury retired to deliberate upon ite yeadiet at 12.43 pan. • SAVING THE CASCO R. L. Stevenson' $ Boat Won't Be Degraded. 0.••••••••••Iiimpow...1•••••••, VancouVer Financier to Re- fit Author's Schooner. Vancouver, B. 04) NOV. 25. -Robert Louis Steveneon's famous schooner yacht Casco, eveathor-beaten, scarred and mis- treated, has been brought to Vancouver to be refitted as a pleasure yacht. The staunch old craft was slated for a season of halibut fishing, but G. Syd- ney 'Smith, the well-known Vancouver financier, removed the danger of this sordid. chapter itt an honored ship's var- ied career by purchasing her for his own uee. The Casco will be thoroughly over- hauled in Vancouver, and there Will be restored to it something of the elegance which distinguished it w.hen Robert Louis Stevenson wrote many. of his South Sea stories in ite cabin. "Treas- ure Island" is one of the Stevenson's tales Casco.eo.hsiChwas brought to light in the C Mr. Smith states that he is going to have the Casco put in her original condi- tion en far as piasible and that when she is finished he will make a. creien along the coast with a. party of friends as a. test voyage. The Casco will then be fit- ted for a long voyage, and, although nothing definite can bo learned as yet, it is understood that she will be sailed around the Horn and. to Edinburgh for the benefit of numerous admirers of Robert Louis Stevenson, who have often expressed. a desire to see the famous ship. The Casco is declared to be the fast- est sailing craft of all the vessels in the Victoria sealing fleet. She IS about 115 feet lone, and has speedy lines from stem to stern. She is built low in the water, and eepreeents the rakish type of schooner built several decades ago for fast travelling on long ocean voyages. A TERRIFIC GALE Lake Superior Mariners Have Hard Struggle. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Nov. 25. -Ter- rible tales of the ruty of Lake Superior during the past three days were told by all incoming steamers yesterday and this morning. The Agincourt, a Clyde- , bank steamship, which carried. her wheel- house amidshipe, had every pane of glass broken by the mountainoutt waves which swept her. The Angeline, with a full cargo of ore, had to berth at the Soo while her cargo was adjusted, as ehe had a. terrible Het to etarbaa,rd, Cap- tain Massey, of the Sylvian, said it was the worst storm in his experience, and that the Wind ehifted from northeast to northwest at midnight Saturday; the vessel ,became almost unmanageable, and he could not tell in what direction to eteer to keep her lie,ad on, for the sea seemed to come from every direction. He Said: "When the eargo &lifted she became like a, submarine, and her deeke were shorn of their entire outside of deck gear." A Steel Trust beta., which locked through on the American side, had lost her mainmast thie morning. Tie wind keeps up, and. the eamal is lined with many anxious watchers, NAME THEIR MEN Arbitrators Appointed in C P. R. Strike Trouble. Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 25. -The C. P, R. has appointed J. E. Duval, euperintende eat of the car service bureau, Montreal, to be its representative on the board of investigation appointed by the Minieter of Lobar to inquire into the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees' strike. J. R. 'MacDonald, of Halifax, ling been chosen by the Brotherhood, and it is expected that theee gentlemen will chooee a third member of the board on Tuesday) and that the board. will meet here •on Wednesday. The investigation is expected to last a week or ten. days. GUELPH WOMAN'S SUICIDE. Guelph, Ont., Nov. McKeneie, 70 years of age, living at the eorner of New and Queen greets, committeel sui- cide this iaorning. Shortly before break- fast time he left the houee, and, going to the ehttl, killed herself by lienging from a beam. She had been despondent Lor Seille time. KINGSTON CLERGYMAN DEAD. Kingston, Ont., Nov.- 25.-1tev. MoeMorine, rector of St. James' Oltureli for 27 years, and Arelideaeori of Kings- ton, died at Augueta, Ga., on Sunday. He Was 70 year of age. Two sons, beth Anglieati clergymen, and fotir other chil- dren eurvive. SHOTGUN CHARGE IN ARM. St. Thomas, Nov.- 21. -Stanley, the 14- veer-o1d son of a widow, Mre. 'Walter Spriugeteen, living on the lake shore, near Ridgetown, had hie left arm ter- rible' mangled on Saturday by the eerie dental 41(4,11111r of a shotgun which he *0(41S handling while preparing to go eltooting. The 11111 charge entered hie life arm at the elbow, which etripped eentpletely the flesh. Off to the finger tire FIRE PANIC'S DEATH TOLL 01,0,51,01,..41.10.0!•11111,•TIV. Fifty Spanish Children Are Trampled to Death 0."1".4.0.e.09.!•••+-4•••••••• AT "MOVIES" SHOW Film Ignited, and, Nervous Operator Cried "Fire!" Bilbao, Nov. 24,-F1fty Ohildren and one woman were trampled to death in a fire in a moving picture show here to -day. The place was packed with spectators, who consisted for the most part of women and children. A Min suddenly blazed UP, and instantly there was a wild panic. The exits became Jammed half a moment after the first eight of the flames by shrieking women and chil- dren struggling to keep their feet in the wild rue... When the police got tbere and tried to help tne attendants quiet the crowd they found that they could do nothing with tile hysterical, helplees stampeue. Theq lead to stand aside and watch the children be trampled to death. Many women and children were in- jured, and there were fifty-one bodies in the place when the police finally cleared it. The moVing picture oper- ator had put out the fire before it made any headway, and the walls of the building were not even scorched. The scene of the accident is a largeaeircus, which had been con- verted into a continuous cinemato- pgraph show. As the price of admis- sion was only two .cents the build- ing was crowded to its utmost ca. it The operator of the machine lost his nerve when the film ignited, and screamed 'Fire." He was able to ex- tinguish the flames himself without difficulty, but the effect of his cry upon the audience was instantaneous. Almost everyone within the building sprang up. The manager and other employes have been arrested and are held pending an enquiry. N. ZEALAND BUTTER Canada Buying More and More From Antipodes. Ottawa, Nov. 24. -New Zealand is selling more and more butter to Canada, according to the weekly report of the Trade and. Commerce Department, and in return is ordering increased quanti- tiee of Canadian apple's. Space has been reserved on steam- ships forupwardsof 125,000 boxes of butteitfor this season. The Trade Com- miesioner states that he is constantly in receipt of communications from places ae far east as Toronto, asking for the names of butter shippers. A recent consignment of Canadian applee proved very satisfactory, being described as the best received this season from anywhere,. Additional orders have been cabled to Canada. The weekly report alto notes that the French press • is urging the Govern- ment temporarily to reduce the duty on wheat entering France. The 'domestic supply has not ripened well this year, and the millers will need a larger quan- tity of Canadian hard wheat than usual to provide the quality of flour French bakers demand. In 1898, under similar circumstances, there was a sivapeneion of duty for over a year. 4.. JANE ADDAMS WON • Routed Mrs. Belmont at Suffragist Meeting. Philadeplhia, Nov. 24.-11ot:tett com- pleted by Miss Jane Addams and her western forces, Mrs. 0, H. P. Belmont, of Now York, bolted Saturday's meeting of the National American Woman Suf- frage Association convention, declaring angrily to those who sought to 'pacify her wrath that she was going home. Mrs. Belnion't• action tame as the climax to a riotous session itt whieli "rais.etatemente" the feminine adaptation of the more expressive but shorter poli- tical invective, was freely hurled back and forth. .At times several suffragist. leaders were on the floor at the same =outwit ',clamoring noisily for recogni- tion. All of tho trouble was-catreet •by- the attempt of MI*. Belmont and. Mrs. Ida nester Harper, supported by the east- ern delegates, to commit the convention to a resolution forbidding suffragette worker ia in the future from adopting pa.rtisan attitude in States where the ballot has not yet been granted to women. The delegates* froin the west regard- ed the resolution ae tt direet slap at Mies Jane Addams, who took a promin- ent part in the Roosevelt campaign. Miss Addams lost no time in marshaling her forces, aided by Mise M. Cary Thomas, of Bryn Mawr College. So heated did. the eontroveray become at one point that a motion was made by Mise Thomas to clear the galleries and go int e executive seagon. This motion was not seconded, a, vote on the resolution being taken instead. The Del- mont tomes were overwhelmingly de- feated, the monition going deveh. under a 10 to 1 vote. Mrs. Belmont then made her angry exit. GONIPERS WON OUT Re-elected President of the Federation of Labor. Roelieeter, N. Y., Nov. 24.-- Samuel Compete wee re-elected president et the Amerieten Federetion of Labor yeeter- eote was: Gomperel 11,0'14; 11ayee, 5,074. International Typographioal Union. The vote was :Gompere, 11,074; II:tyee, 5,074. It was the first tinte in ten setae that there haft beet oppoeition to 'Mr. Gans pet's, who late been eleeted annually aims. 1805. All other offieers were re- elected. Seattle wee ehotiert as the 1013 meeting place. 1 A reeolution opposing the pensioning of eX•Preeldettte of the 'United States, exeollegte presidents and ex -professors of politieal ()enemy hy private eitie.ette wee nnerdenouttly edepted. , FOOL 13» T1,1:.E. LADIES 11 How British Premier Esc caped the Suffiagettes. On Coal For Canada is CiZonfirrned. EMBARGO . • 4.01••••••411111.91,.....0 - London, No. 2/4.. For the first time itt four years Premier „Asquith bite made it publio appearenee without being iuterrupted by the suffragette, but he only eueeeeded ia outwitting them through the elaborate preparationsthat were Puede with that end in vievr, The time of hie arrival vt Ngttinghare Ort Friday night was kept strictly seeret, and although bogus, arrangements were given ent, eco,res of suffragettee who had been warned from London by tele- graph. of the time of hie departure lay itt Wait for him. They were disappoint- ed, however, Mr. Asquith, with his wife and daughter, travelling for a few min. utes by repeeial train in front of the ordinary exprese. The speeial was switched off the main line to the sub- urban tracks at the Station at Radford, where automobiles with oxtinguishotl lights waited in the freight sheds. Thence they went to the hall at Not- tingham, and Mr. Asquith delivered hie speech on t'h.e Balkan war. He remained over night at the hottee of Sir Jesse Boot. On Saturday morning he left the house by the back door and entered an automobile containing two detectives. The party motored by a circuitous route to the village ef Edwaltonithree miles away, where an express bound. for London had been ordered to stop spec- ially for the Premier. Not even the sta- tion staff were aware that the train woes to etop. Mr. Aegulth is chuckling &daily over his cireunevention of his tormentors. CLOCK SAVED LIFE 0111111•4•••••••110.1.•,••••• London Burglar' s Bullet De- flected From Watchman, London, Nov. 24.-C1ty and county police are endeavoring to locate the would-be murderer of John Struat, night watchman of the Sherlock Man- ning Organ Company, of East London, who was shot through the hand while on duty and saved from death only by an alarm clock which he was carry- ing. Struat, while going his rounds Waugh the compan.ess buildings at 11 p.m., heard a window broken, and, Ob- serving a man outside, called to hire. The meturauder with a curse pulled a revolver and fired point-blank at the watchman's face. Struat raised the clock which he was carrying, and while the bullet penetrated his hand, his life was saved by his promptness. Struat believes the shooting to be a case of mistaken identity. He is an English veteran of the Boer War, and had only been on duty two nights as watchman, As the bullet struck his hand Struat dropped to the floor for an instant, and, believing that his as- sailant had made off, rose to run. As he did so, however, a fusilade follow- ed him, his lighted lantern being smashed. LONDON'S° CHANCE The C. N. R. Offer's Two Choices in Deal. London, Ont., Nov. 24. -Colonel A. D. Davidson, land ageut for the 'Cana- dian Northern Railway, and Mr. Mo. Rae, of Toronto, were in London.,Sat- urday afternoon in the Interests • of Mackenzie and Mann, and announce- ment was later made that two pro- posals concerning the London & Port Stanley Railway will be present- ed to the City Council immediately. The company has surveyed two routes for its western Ontario main lines, one making London a terminal point and the other favoring St. Thomas. Mackenzie and Mann state, It is aid, that unless the road is sold for the sum offered, St. Thomas will be made the divisional point and London will have only a branch line, The sum offered for the purchase of the road is said to be even a little better than the estimated cost of the line. A fine new station would be built here by the C.N.R., and a new hotel is also included in the scheme. Large shops employing several hun- dred men are promised with the deal. If this is not taken up by the city the Mackenzie and Mann second al- ternative is a' lease for a very long period. Should both of these fall the Canadian Northern states that St. Thohmeasprwoiplolsirteiaopn sti the obreenaefniti T much vilnrwresotf atilt ethfrettitmhae,t esHpoetci.allAydaimn Beck has Just brought forward his scheme for the electrification og the 'road for municipal operation at a cost of *890,000. This latter scheme is to be veted on by the ratepayers of the.ctty. FAKED PAINTING Roman Artist Got*' $2;x0D0 For "Old Master." Rome, Nov. 24. ---About a year ago a poor Boman painter faked up a sea- scape and gave out that it WAS a Mir. dael. In) attempted to etnitggle the pic- ture abroad, whereupon the Govern- inent's experts made an examination. They pronouneed it an authentie master- piece. forbade its expertation, and !bought the pleture for $2,000. Unfor- tunately for the painter he was not satisfied with his emcees% but went about bragging as to how he had hook - winked the experts, and limy a, special Government commission has been ap- pointed ot again examine the picture. EX'Perts still maintain that the pieture is an authentic reaMerpiece, and that it is worth the mottey the Government paid for it. e-sesesseeesseee-....... BIG PLANS FOR WESt Portege la Prairie, Man., Nov. 25. -- Hon. Hugh Armstrong, whe has just re- turned from Ottawa, states that Hon. Robert Rogers hest promised. to have surveys and eetimetes made at mite for the proposed celtale to mined Lakei Afanitabo with Lake Winnipeg, Vitt the last-named lake with the Saekateliewan River, also for earials Lo coeneot Istko Manitob 'with tke Winnipeg, via the Waterhen River, Lake St. Martin ani the Dauphin 'River, with 06011111one nev lotion on these WA 1ets. 4440swit4444/0 Omelet marble querriee, Italy, are tumble to eupplte the demand for their produet, G. T. Which Will Suf. fer, Denies Clain]. Monism), Nov. 26.-Confirinationof the enuouneement made in Ottawa yes-. terday that the Delaware gudson Railway had placed an embargo on all coal ears corning into Canada, thereby preipitating a coal shortage, was seem ed here thie morning frem Hartt Adair, the firm of coal a:twit/Lute which handles most of the coal sent out from the mines served, by the D. 80 IL The railway claims hat coal ears sent into Cienada in the past have not been returned promptly, but have been used by Canadian roecle for hauling bricks and sand. The D.‘'n H. claims that it wil lmain. tain the embargo until all its cars have been returned. The action of the D. 34 H. has thrust upon, the Grand Trunk, which handles most of the D. & H. traffic into this country, the responsibility of bringing coal to eastern Canada from the mines in its own cure. This it has begun to do, The car superintendent of the Graud Trunk said this morning that -there was no truth in the story that D. & H. oars were being held an undue length of time. He showed figures -to prove that between Nov. 3 and Nov. 17, D. & 11. cars to the number of 547, and 452 Grand Trunk and other railway cars were returned. Of these only 379 cars have been returned by the D. & H.) SO that not only is that line holding ite own cars, but some of those of the Grand Trunk and other lines as well. NEWCOMMANDMENTS Good Citizenship Rules .of - Chicago Women. Chicago, Nov. 24. -"Ten command- ments of good fellowehr circulated by the Chicago Woman's Aid, have been taken up by the health department and published in the current bulletin. The "commandments" follow: I. Thou shalt honor thy eity and keep its laws. II. Remember thy cleaning day and keep it wholly. 111. Thou shalt love and cherish thy children and provide for them decent hoines and playgrounds, IV. Thou shalt not keop thy win- dows cloeed day or night. V. Thou shalt keep in order thy alley, thy backyard, thy hall, and stairway. VI. Thou shalt not kill thy neighbore' bodies with poisonous air, nor their soil's with bad companions. - --VII, Thou shalt not steal thy child- ren's right to happiness from them. IX. Thou shalt bear witness against thy neighbor's rubbish heap. X. Thou shalt covetall the air and aunlight thou mist obtain. EIGHTEEN ARE HURT In Montreal Suburban Car Collision. Montreal, Nov. 25. -Eighteen people were injured, none very serious, in a head-on collision whicIi oecurred on the suburban branch of the street rail- way between two heayy express cars at Ahuntsic this morning. A heavy snowetorm was in progress at the time of the accident, and it is thought that the snow falling pre- vented one ot the motormen from stopping at a switch. He pawed it at a high rate of speed, and the two ears were within a few feet of one another before the motormen began to apply the brakes, which were un- able to prevent the smash. Most of the passengers were hurt by flying glass after the impact took place. The cars were crowded with people coming Into the city for their business. DOWN AND OUT Ex -Colliery Owner Seeks Police Help. Vancouver, 33. C., Nov. 25. -Weary and footsore from a tramp over the railway tiee trom Golden to Vancouver, and bor- dering on a. fever caused by constant expoeure, Henry Llewellyn Lewis, once a wealthy colliery owner in Wake, and cousin of the late Sir William Thomas Lewis, a world -famed philanthroplet, walked into the police station and re- . nested to be locked up, as he was des - ti tete, hungry and without a place to go.g7ancry.equest was secceded to, and. he will fa the Magistrate on it eharge oiva GOMPERSAILL -s. The A. F. of L. Presia'eTir' Threatened by Pneumonia. Roeheeter, Nov. 25.-Preeidsnt Saittnel °impel's, of the American Federation of Labor, is eerlottely ill at his hotel here, and is threatened with pneumonia, tte- ording to his physicians. President (Tampere was to have wel- comed the delegates to the annual con- vention of the buikling trades depart- ment of the American Federation of Labor, which convened this morning, but Viee-Preeident McDonald teitneuteed the feet of hie illness from the platform Phricians itt attendemee upon Mr. Clompere have ievated striet order e for quiet. CHURCH THIEVES AT KINGSTON. liingeton, Ont., Nov. 2-1.-eetaureh thiesee 'eine at work on Sunda. While the 6ervktel vies on at Chairmen' Viturt.ii, eetneene enterelehe room letding to the ehoir, and made 'off with OR overeeett belt nging to a ehoir member. At teyelea- Item NtetIveliet Chine+ thievet mule 41 ria while the eerviee was in preserve), erta etole eeveral pairs of glove!) belong- hig to ntembere of thete.lectir.