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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1913-01-16, Page 7rT"'•4 1HANIUM AS OR ary iseltatel child who teepeatty jetatiftee Anti wheee eirettinetatioas permit. Littiverattitte on the line* of Liver. peel arid Leeds are to be lacreeeet1 iu flambee w ith the epeelal object at pARRriqpiiipiq 0 :F mvinvzi,.)..."(sti3eliv,x;rmt:moroti% . eubsiellee ere to be forthooming 'Natio).* n LP VI IA is Intl wet les open the door of the unlvereoty to every boy or giel 1'0401411g the re- guired standard. ockenzte,Marm Lin r ill the new uteesure the reeoine metulatione ef the Ceneultetive (him - Stranded Near Halifax mittee of 1908 aro likely to he adopted. 8e1toolti for mothers will be established en a generoue eca[, and what may form a State kinder- garten inetitutea in such special ear - eery schoolh3 ler ehildren under five ,ab itt considered wall te remove them for some bemire of the day from stir- rouutlinge unfavorable lo the (leveret). meat ot their health and Character. While the slew praposale repreeent in every sense the settled, poliey of the Goverriment, it may be regarded as represeutiug in an eepecial degree the viewe of Viscount Ifaldene and Air. Lloyd -George, who are closely associat- ed, fl forAllulating thig great nation scheme for the young. BRITISH STORMS Gales and Snow Play Havoc \Vith Shipping. ,aieske AT CLIEBUCTO HEAD if Wind Chanes Ship is in Danger. Halifax, Jan. 12.—Vrom the strand. ed 6teanisliip Uranium, 880 paseero gers were taken' off at Chebucto Head at the entrance of ifalifax Harbor, tend reached here in eafety. No lives were lost, but Ceptadn Eustaost and his new aro still aboard the ship, which 'bangs on her bovea on a reef. The captain hope e to get off ee low water, which will be about 11 o'elook eo-nigat, The escape 6f a ship from such a predicament is generally At high water, but the oa,ptaln evident- ly thinks that the efterpart of the ship in deep water will drag the for- ward part off at low. The 'Uranium 'struck at 11 o'clock this morning in thick weather. She crashed, on the ledge a quarter of a utile north ot Chebucto Head light and fog staeion. How the captain got oet of his course in this way is myetery. He was manoeuvring for a pilot et the thne. Were was at once sent to Halifax for assistance, but there was some delay, and it was two o'olock before tile Government steaaner Lady Laur. the Bridgewater and other craft went down to the wreck, The ship struck when the tide was half high, and hi. the middle- of the afternoon b.er bow was six feet out of water and seven fathoms amidships and seventeen fathoms at th,e stern. It is nine miles below Halifax where the ship went asbore, and the only communication was front—the tele- phone In the lightkeeper's house at Onebucto Head. PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED. The- work of transterring the Ur- aniumre passengers to the Lady Laurier -was begun at otice, Three surf boats fregtetteepleteeteaving sta. ticine in the vicinity were on' heed, each with a capacity of 20 persons. There were also the lifeboats on the Uraeiem. The number of passengers onboard was 880 , of whom 640 were for New York, and 240 or Halifax, of these 100 being- caben and the re- mainder steerage. The Lady I.etur. ier took the women and childreni first, and the men were transferred to the Bridgewater, The wind was heavy from the southwest, and the Uranium was therefore protected by Chebucto Head. Had the wind been from the opposite direction the ship would have been fully exposed to the sweep ot the Atlantic, and muet have broken up almost at once. She will be in peril should 'the wind , ohange. The wrecking steamers are still etegstanategeby. The nationality of the people on boiiikit was Russian, Gr - man, and Austrian. The Uranium has 500 tons of cargo for New York and 200 tons for Halifax She- is the property of Mackenzie & Mann. , Iromoworooroople .D. B. }fauna, Vice -President of the Caxiadiae. Northern Railway and To - that the majority of the 'Uranium's Steamship Company, said last night that the • majority of the Uranium's passengers were emigrants bound for New York. They were in Halifax last night, he said, and would be tale - en on. to atew York by train or boat. The Uranium is operated between) Rotterdam and New York, via Hali- fax, She will. carry 4,000 tons of freight, has accommodation for 1,100 passengers, and draws about 26 feet of water. She is 400 feet long and Is valued at $300,000. MISSION EXPERTS Plan World Cruiseto Invest- igate Work. New York, Jan. 13.—A world cruiee of a 6hip1oad of missionary export, to investigate the work in 'foreign fields, is a plan submitted by J. Campbt White, toander of the Laymeuts elission- ary Movement, at the annual meeting of the orgenization, opening at Garden City, Long Island, to -day. • Action on the prOposel, whiclt in eludes the expenditure of $500,000 a year for five years, will be taken during dur- ing, the week. The reports which the •world-eruising party bring back will be Used in a great missionary campaign iu Canada and the United States, eolipsing the suceeseful eampaign conducted iu many cities hr these countries two years ego. Figuree will lie Attbmitted at the meet- ing to show that America, leads the world in gifts to foreign IlliSIA10110, Pro. tsetante oil the rnited Stetes gave,. 3warly S15,000,000 last year, an lure:lee -vet abeeet $),,500,000. Canalt gave $(148,000 more than ittet year, COANCE FOR ALL .4ritaids..N.Iew Education Reform Plan. ;enema Jere. 12.-e4ieeou1tt dare's forectet of the ivezett rottional etitteattiogial fteleeme, linking primary eeleeiels send the university, has At - •d. attentio, the ob. ins to romripte the educationel or vhereby the child of any met can climb to the top 'through his mental opacity rather then through smell. a The Deily 1:ewe, eivee thc follow ing broad outline' of the Government, Pollee" ne far ae it bas :Already taken Aerie 'I he primary echcot rahica. tion iii to continne for a longer nettled in the year, beginning oarlier and eontinuing later. The curriculuna Is fo bo broadened, partiettlerly in the ilirertIon of inertesed manual AN teehnicel instruction. lee the ectieild. ely teleof room h to be ftrend fooe the ent inu lupe of ednernee Per every prim - London, Jan, 12,—The United Ting. dam was swept Saturday and to -day by heavy gales and snowstorms. There have been many wreeke of small craft, and soat shipping, has been eonsiler- I ably damaged. Vesselarriving in I port; to -day felt the full fury of tb.e ' storm, and SOMQ of them are hailly starred. In the north of Euglaud the storm 11r410 of terrific Severity, lasting thirty4 three hours, aud there was a continuous enowfall in the Neweastle district, Tele- 1 phone and telegraph wires are ,down lu all directions. , The eteamer Celtic, form New 'York January 4, which arrived at Queens. - town this afternoon, at 4 am, Friday • spoke the British steamer Wayfarer, . from Liverpool January is, for New Or- leans, The Wayfarer has lost her funnel and all lifeboats, and the steer- I4ieg gear was disabled. The Celtic TO, ported that the Wayfarer was putting back to Liverpool. A wireless message stated that the steering gear had been repaired and that the Corsican and. Me - gentle were standing by. The British steamer Wimborne, Philadelphia December 27 for Htunburg, reports having spoken on January 4 the German steamer Abessinia, which sailed from Hamburg December 22 for Philadelphia. The Abessinia signaled that she had, met with an accident, the nature of elicit, however, is not dis- .closed, Tie Danish steamer Elwell has been wreaked off Girdleness, Seotland, •with the loss of seven lives. CANADA'S REVENUE Nine Months' Increase of About $25,000,000. Ottawa, an. 12e --The revenue or the Dominion for the nine months, ended December 31.st, of the °urea fiscal year, shows an increase of $25,- 094,609, tnaving totatlen 5124,577,556, au against e99,482, .947 for the cor- eesponding perlott of 1911.12, The ordinary expenditure for the nino„ months totalled $67,001,575, as against $54,043,871, an inorease of $12,697,- 704. There was an increase in capi- tal expenditure of $3,686,749, namely from $18,983,354 to $22,670,103. The revenue for the month of De- cember amounted to $14,142,180, an increase, of $2,546,171, over the reve- nue for December, 1911. Ordinary expenditure ,shows a comparative in- crease of $1,028,527, and capital ex. penditure an increase of $311,797. The 'total net debt of the Dominion on December. 31st was 404,194,456, an apparent decrease for the month of $3,ei.a055, as compared with the fig- ures for December, 1911, the publie debt shows a decrease in the year of $9,192,195. t 4 TEMPERANCE HOTEL FOR GALT. Galt, Jan. 12.—The local optionists in Galt have taken official'eognizanee of the talked -of neecegity of more hotel aerommodation, At a rally held on Sat- urday night, attended by a couple of hundred temperance inen, it was decided to appoint a committee to investigate the neceesity, and it was understood that if the need was found' to exist fur- ther action would be taken. Several prmninent citizens eaid they believed that a temperance hotel could ee sue. cesefully eonditeted, and it was general- ly agreed that if a new hotel was built it filleted be modern in every respect. . F. W. STAIR NOT GUILTY. -teas Toronto, Jan. 12. ---,Frederick W. Stair and Daniel Pearce, owner and manager, respectively, of the Star Theatre, were declared "not guilty" on Saturday night of having permit- ' ted the produetioa of an immoral' play at the theatre in February, 1912. This verdict was reached with ad- , mitted "great difficulty" by the jury after nearly five hours' deliberation. The receipt of the verdict was an obvious disappointment to the Judge. He did not attempt to secrete his feelings, FIGHT WITH HIGHWAYMEN. New York, Ian. 12.—A sqtlad qf de- tectives baited a trap for highway. men yesterday with a sixty -year -OF bank messenger and a, tatchei cola tainitig $3,000. The highwaymea took the bait. One detective was 'shot and May die, the reeeseager was beaten setieeless and probably has a, free- tured skull, and a pitched battle, with i 'bullets peppering houses like hail was i faugfht on the East side. One of tho higlawaynaen escaped; the other wee captured. OrP000looPoo.P4,41.4101.ormoop000poopo NOT i� BE CHIEF RABBI. riall'antl, Jan. 12. ----The ltabbinate Committee allot to-dny at Leopold do Itothsehihna reehlenee in fienlnii to choose a e1t'ret-410r tn the late Dr. Ifermenn Ailler as Odd rabbi of the British Empire, No etatement WriA 1351itil at the coneluitive of tee meet,- ing, but R is underStood that the eendidaey Dr. Bernard Dreeaman, of'New York, has been definitely drops pod. The rnieei who Met n1r a oistako eleet reshe ettellel .—Alera awe termer. 4 THE DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT, The Recurrence of Symptoms of Per itonitis Has Necessitated moval from Ottawa to a Montreal Hospital. PORTE TO SETTLE Turkish -1-ler nee Duchess' Condition Shows Some improvement IMontreal, Jan. la — A e‘mtixted improvement has manifeetod Itself in the eonditiou of her Royal Ilighnees the Duchess. of Ce it, and the eymptome whieh caueeti emit grave apprehension when sae was lturrifel frezu Ottawa to the Revd Vietoria flospitla aro apparently not Go marked. Only one bulletin was issued to- day at shortly after noon, and thie reports that the distinguished patient 1 is also the vietim of bronelzial trouble "Her Royal Highaess passed a somewhat better night. Her cough is more or leas, troublesome. Other- wise lier eondition continuee to show improvement and. her strength is maintained. 6.1e S. IVOItTliINGTON, 'A. E. (ARROW, eLD., "W, W. CRIPeLttN, uI., e1.11. " 1),"stbo At no tinia apparel' health of her Ravel Ili glinese beep S() enenuraging since her removal in the hoepital, The reports on, Setnn. day indicated that she Wti,i eleepiue better at alight ami that he was eomparatively free from pale and dis- comfort, The of fieial bulletin wee the most favorable issued time far. and far from suggesting that the con- dition of her Royal Highness might necessitate the performative of an operation, indivated that a stage of convalescenee had been entered upon. ieith the ledded 1103)e that, .though it would be neceeettrily 'slow; • it would be uninterrupted, Montreal, Jan, A.—Further proof ' t)hat the Ducheee of Cannaueht lie now well ou the road to recovery was sup- plied by the followiug bitil etin iesued by the medical advieer of lIer Royal High - pee:* tram the Reyal Victoria Hospital • t P2;30: ON PEACE OR WAR a"Her Royal Nighnees the Duehese of - Connaught pawed the be.st night lase eight einee her arrival in the hespital. °he eough, whieh hae been distressing her Royal Hir.dinees for the last two ranCouncCorwenes,Rournama. s muc , daye, wee h lees troublesome this d il morning, The Duchess is -taking Kli)ur. Demancls Still Cause Trouble. E. S. Worthington." ishment well and is gaining in strength, -4 41 40 -4 London, Ian. 13,—The issue of peace or war will rest with Constantinople after the final drafting of the note to be handed by the European powers to the Ottoman Government, whieh wUl be settled at to.day'emeeting of the Ambassadors at the British Foreign Office. The Ambassadors of France, Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary and Italy, will to -day also decide on the mode and time of presentation of the document to the Portie The convocation of the Turkish Grand Council is considered a good sign in favor of peace, as, if Turkey were ready for war, the calling to- o.the Council would be un- tssary, Like that 02 1878 at the time of Russo-Turkish war, the present Grand Council appears, in the °pill- ion of many well-informed people here, destined to share with the Turkish Cabinet the responsibility of making peace, on this occasion by yielding the fortress of Adrianople. This naturally is not the view held by the Ottoman peace delegates here, who persist in the opinioa that noth- ing can possibly induce the Porte to renounce the historic Mohammedan capital of Turkey in. Europe. - The envoys of the Balkan allies ex- press the opinion that the -note draft- ed by the European powers would ac- quire greater weight if presented to the Ottoman Government collectively by all the European Ambassadors in Constantinople. They' think that if it should be presented by the. Margrave Johann De Pallayleini, Austro-Hun- garian. Ambassador to Turkey, in his capacity as dean of the diplomatic corps, it might lose importance, owing to the Austrian embitterment against some of the Balkan states, The negotiations continue between M. Jonescu, Minister of the Interior of Roumania, and Dr. S, Daneff, leader of the bulgarian peace delegation. It A HARD PROBLEM ..000mpop poo.o.opoonoo The Question of Contrib- utory Negligence. Meredith is. Against Corn. pensation For Such. Toronto deepatelir Should a work- man who deliberately disregards or- ders Mid brings death and injury up- cla others be entitled to claim com- pensation for the injuries that hei himself has receivea as a result ot that action? This is one of the questions that Is disturbing the Mind of sir William Meredith, Commissioner on Work men's Compensation,, and one which, judging from his coMMents at yester- day's session, he Is likely to decide in the negative, a decision that would by no mewls please the labor inter- ests. When the investigation into work- mezt's compensation was commenced eoMe months ago the Canadian Manu- facturers' Assocesttion through coun- sel made an atteznpt to have embod- ied In the proposed Mt the principle of contributory negligenee. The work- men fought against it vigorously alai received some support feetri the Owm. missioner to some extent. Since then the matter has not come, to the fore the discussions. Sir William introduced it, yceterdaY however, when Mr. D. L. Cease, of elevelanil, editor of Railway Train- men, and a member of the Federal Commission on Workmen's Compen- sation, was "on the stand." Sir Wil- liam asked him whether, for instance, the engleeer who saw a semaphore against him and deliberately ran past trusting to get clear in time to avoid a Wreck Should be matted to cont. Pensation if his disobeclienee ot or- ders brought injury to himself and death and injury to others. Mr. Cease did not see that any dlr. beret:toe amid be made. He thought oameterisation should take no at count to blitima far the Rat the geMmiltisioaer did not la• inei Fro hos rat hintsce on revert segatetet a Srelern1 applitalion of con - seems that Brtig,_.Aa questions strong- ly Roumania's neutrality, and it is de- clared she is able to prove that Buch- arest allowed during the war 800 trucks of war raaterial from Germany to pass through Roumanian territory on the way to Turkey. GREEK REINFORCEMENTS. London, jam 13.—A Saloniki des- patch to the Times says that the Greek Government has decided to send another Greek division from that town to Epirus, in order to hasten the campaign, TURKISH CABINET TO RESIGN? London, San, 13.—The Turkish news- paper Tasfir-I-Efltiar says that the Ottoman Cabinet has decided to re- sign, according to a news agency des- patch received here from Constantin- ople, This believed to indicate the predominance of the influence of the war party. ALBANIANS MAY FIGHT SERVIA. Belgrade, Jan. 12,—The newspaper Pravada says the Albanians 'are pre- paring for war with Servia. Six thous- and well -armed Albanians are already assembled at Elbassan for this pur- pose, and others are gathering. It is assumed that the Servians will not get out of Albania without severe fighting, which may be iudofinitely prolonged. INSIST ON INDEPENDENCE. London, Jan. 13.—The Daily Tele- graph sees trouble for the powers, ow- ing to the unexpected claim of the, Albanian representatives now in Lan- don, who are opposing the powers' idea of autonomy for that country un- der the suzerainty of the Sultan and advocate their absolute independence, although they are willing to go into an alliance with Turkey. slaCettinje despatch gays that King Nicholas of Montenegro has sent a, long cipher telegram to the Ring of Italy, asking him to intervene and settle the question of Scutari and the Albanian boundaries, 1 tributory negligence to compensation but oonsiders that there should- be some) check upon the careless "dare. devil" individioal whose negligence en. dangers the lives of others, "You would find," he said, "that public opinion would crystallize into the view tnat such a law was a bael one, and would watt to repeal it. No amount of political influence could prevent it." The taking of evidence before the commission was ooncluded yesterday, and two evenings next week—Tuesday and Thursday—will be given over to the presentation. of arguments on be. half of the workmen and the maati- facturers. Then will come a round -table cote, ference the following week, when Sir William will invite the various par- ties interested to offer advice on var. ious points in the drawing up of draft bill for the Government. r MILITIA MEETINGS Many Annual Conventions Soon in Ottawa. Poo Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 13--Vehruary '24 to Mareh 1 will be military week in Ot- tawa, when most of the aesoeiations will hold their annual meetingand confer - ohm with the ;Slinieter of Militia. The schedule •of meetings arranged is: Feb. 24.---A1nua1 meeting St. John Ambulanee Aseoeiation. Febe25.--Army Aledicel Corpe Aisocia. time Fele 26.--Cenadian Army Service corps „„)sociatimi, 'Medical:. Corps Asso- elation, Canadian Artillery- Aesoeiation Connell. Feb. t °a:Indian lenginsiers' Aeeso. dation, D. (4. R. A, annual, Guide& As- s)eiation, ttaluelian Aetillery 4V444(Wia* 4111 annual, Vel. 2R. --'[be Military On:to:ape, A‘-sociation. 'Mareli 1. -Vilitare Conferceare; Peer. &hairs dinner iketernment nouee. feree ha's,t1 11411 granted the delegatee by the railways. apak A man elevitye puts the biped benk bill on the of hie toll eareillt when bee gnine 'freight hemp, , New Noik 11L._ WHAT DID HE MEAN? Ettor's Queer Words to N. Y. Hotel Strikeiti • New York, San, 13.—"If you ate com- pelled to go back under unsatisfactory conditions, go back with a determina- tion to stick together until you get what you wait, Go back with your min& made up that it is the unsafeet thing in the world for the capitalist to eat food prepared hy members of your union," This was the advice that ddseph Etter, the labor leader, recently acquitted on charges growing out of the textile strike riots at Lawrence. Mass., Uttered last night to striking hotel employees, Who met in all night session, after e Serieii of dieturbanees in front of ho- tels and reetaurante. After he coneluded his epeeeh, Ettor was asked to comment on his words. "I meant just what I said," was his reply, lie refueed make further ex- planation, , Earlier in lie epee& &tor nigted-the, etrikers not to consider mediation. Mo- tels could, not exist without you," he said. "Do not accept any arbitration board to decide your grievance. Close the doors of every hotel an the city, and keep them closed. Not the pantry doom but the front doors." e•-•-• A TECHNICALITY: May Upset. Finding in New Haven Case. (By Times Special Wire. ) New 'York, San. 11—Counsel forOlute. S. iNfollen, President of the Now York, New Haven & Hertford Railroad, filed a plea of abatemeet ih the 'United States Dietriet Court to -day, asserting that the recent indietmerres age:east Pre- sident E. j. Chamberlin, of the Grand Trunk Railway, and Alfred 81 -althea's, Chairman of the Grand Trunk Board, were "'id. Vitiated and nullified," be- cause One 011. the grand jurors was a re. eident of ,Tersey City. He gave the grand juror's name as Albert A. Stephens. Messrs, Mellen, Chamberlin and Smith- ers were indicted for violation of the criminal clause of the Sherman anti - tut law, for participation in "an alleg- ed monopoly agreement between the two roads." Mellen and Chemberlin ell- terod pleas of not guilty, and had 'It'll to -day to change these pleas. C. P. R. FREIGHT SMAS11. Regina, Sask., Jan. 15.--A. C. P. R. way freight travelling east from Re- gina about is miles an hour, was (leash- ed into by a double-header through 'freight, travelling 40 miles an hour. None of the erew of either train were killed, Fred Chatterton, keeper of the etore ear an the way freight, iG in the hospital and likely to die from burnre. eeived when the ear caught fire. 4 6 46 DEATH OF CHINA'S ADVISER. Pekin, Jan. 12.-1)r, W. Roest, of Batavia, Dutch Best Indies, who was appointed adviser of the Ceinese Gate eminent for the reform of the ren(%* last 'November, died at Makdon yesterday. it is feared that, his death will disorganize the reform selieme‘ Itoest wee a noted financier. tte was first appointed aselotant finare dal adviser to the Chineee (1ociu- G.Visseaing, President of the Java Bank of Batavia, tieing the firtaueiel Adviser, Mr, l'issering now fields the post of honorary adviser,. GOT $20,000 VEnolo-r. Calgary, Jan. --The largest ver - diet ever given m a breaeh of promuse eayb in Alberta, and one of the largest Li the 1OIlli111011 Of Callaild, $'20,000, was ItWar(b41 by a jure' on SateledaY afievmem to Louie (Wien], 27 yeere o leather at Mutton, wbo V.n4 eel* Mtrtiit ThrtleM Armetrong, owner of the Naeton Volley Ranch, for failure to keep hie promise' to marry I her. Tho pc,rnit" sok 141rn. Antal time le to think 'Nett the trona times he might 14lP d. 1 Burns' Great Meat Packing Plant Ruined. FIREMEN HINDERED ikmmonia Fumes Drove Them From Building. Calgary, Jan. 12. The Most disas- trous fire in the history Of Western Canada occurred to -day when the large packing plant of P, Burne & teompany was totally destroyed by fire. The lows, including careaseee in cold storage, will probably be in excess of $e,000,000. On account of the low water pressure the fire brig. ade We0 unable to do effective work, and at a late hour to -night the fire was tail' raging. The loss is serious in that the local plant was the largest institution of ,ts kind in the west, from which all of the 'Western cities, including an. couver. and Victoria, and the coast cities draw largely for their meat supply ad butchering in the open may have to be resorted to in order to prevent a, meat famine. The storage plant oontained from 15,000 to 20,000 -carcases. , The fire was discovered about 12.30 o'clock Sunday morniug, The wb.ole of tee basement was in flames, aad the packing plant department, mtg. mentea by ail the city fire department were unable to Intik° any headway against the flames. This was due in a measure to the low water press - tire and also to the ammonia fumee in the basement, whicb were so stroug that the men -could not endure them. DRIVEN BACit: BY FUMES. Repeatedly the ftremen entered the basemeat, only to be dreyen back by the overpowering aramontia James, In a short time the fire had get late. the grease soaked floors of the upper storeys, and when this occurred the water had no effect whatever. Sev- eral of the firemen had narrow es- capes from exploding amm,onia tanks, butant) one was seriously injured. The fire raged furiouslytall day, and to -night little remained of the mag- aicicent pleat but charred ruins. The Burns plant Was a local in- stitution with a history. It had its start, when P. Burns, -then a very young man, came to Calgary about 20 years ago. It is relaterd that his sole capital was one lone beef steer. The growth of his plant has kept pace with the development of this seetion and has made its owner one of the richest men in the West, his wealth being reeuted to be in the lieighborhood of $1.e,000,000. The property destroyed was ftilly insured, the insurance of the Stock in storage being in the neighborbecl of $1,000,000, 13urns, head of the concern) is in Toronto, 1/•**Pao.../..• No information of Mr, Burns: where. abouts could be obtained from enquiry at the Principal local hotels last ele ening. Mr. Burns, - who is a well. known and frectuent visitor to Tor- onto, ordinarily stops at, the Ring Ed. Ward Hotel when in that City, but ‘S'ElS 'n'oteexpeeted there yesterday, A FRENCH CRISIS War Minister Resigns Over Du Paty DeClam. Premier Poincare Also De sired to Quit. Paris, Jan. 12, — Alexandre Mille - rand, who won a reputation at home and abroad as a great War Minister, resigned from that offiee to -day. 31. Lebrun, Minister of .Colonies, has been appointed Minister of War, and M. Besnard, Under Seeretary of Finanee, replaces M. Lebrun, the Under Secre- tary ship in the Ministry of Mance being temporarily abolished. The 'Ministerial crisis was the direct outcome of the reinstatement of Lieut. -Col. du Paty de Clam in the French territorial army. With the election of President oc- curring on Friday next, the political eituation has become greatly eonfused, with indieations pointing to a stirring Tite reinstatement incident led to dramatic sesetions of the Cabinet, at whielt 31, Millerana explained that he felt in honor bound to rteestablise du Paty de Clam in fulfibnent of a pro- mise made by hi; predecessor in the War Ministry, 31. Mesleimy, but as thio net was causing serious attacks against, the Ministry he desieed to withdraw. The Minister of .Agrieulture, jales Pams'who ie opposing Premier rola - care for the Prouleney of the Repute i e, ONpreFt-I'S eregre t that 'AL Mill crane had seeu fit to take sueh a responsible politieal step without consulting hie colleagues. Premier Poiuteire himself admitted that had the Minister of War con- terrcd with ltim he eould not have seen his way elear to ratifyiug the re- inetatement of du Paty de C an. Nevetthelese he wanted to stand by the War 'etineiter, and believed it was the daty of' the entire Ministry to re- sign, The decision of the Cabinet to re- main in ("Mee is areredited to the 'Mince of Aristide Briane, eliuister af justiee, who strongly opposed sueli Shp et a M0111011t when, as he put it, tint external eituation was eritieal. met when Franee labould ObfinVO a, etrong eonseetitive foreign polity, Litt ihi aftornoon 31. 3riIlerainV resignation woe aeoepted, mei the Caliiiiet Tem g.tnized. MAY AFFECT Elt,Rel'iteN. The nee --s generally ie go Millerand's initiatice in leineteting cl Pair de Clain a4 PX1)1(.40. ing the epinion Olt the War Minietel have (eenferred' with hie 'ewe& beforehand, AA the lei: tteie menof wen wen _W1 p.gyea pro t a relent role in the Driectite Pcintrnverigy Nrni morale' tn /melon critieien in the ri1:11* *wow Qe the Geer 144104: *suss to prevail in *am 01roles that the reekaation of rand may leseen M. Polaseare's ahaettee of elatery at tea Yeertattles Congretea Willett will Ulna tile Presidoot on Jenuary 17th. A eemi.offielai not Issued tanight seys "Although Premier Palace re agein iosieted upon the neceeelty of withdrewhig watt the 'War ltidahtter, esery member of the Aidnistry opposed Guth an net. They united In the deelaretion that in view of the grave eituetion it was the imperils,- tive duty of the Premier to remain la a poet in which lie poeseseed the con- fidenee of the Parliament and the eountry." The reinstatement question was touelt. ed on incidentally at the Cabinet meet. lug to -lay, but the new Ntinieter of levity el, Lebrun, wan unable to say offhand whether or not he would per- .. mit Af. Millerand's appointment of Du Paty de Clam to stand. +-es, CANADIAN CROPS " Final Estimates Show Value of $509,437,000. Yield and Worth Less Than Last Year. the ttyliteeleat, ajnadn, 13,—Fina1 estimates of value of the principal field crops of Canada for the season of 1912 are issued to -day by the - census and statistics office of the De- partment or Trade and Commerce. Upon ai0atfhoteIo cal cahr, e7mal,uonodoe r a of ri eolsd repre- sents crops under reaped, dt.aevsetr:ad ,aver lvghof 32,474,000 acres a harvest has been poevalue of which, ealculated cal market prices, makes a $500,437,000, The area a last year was 9,758,400 a the harvested area of Fall wheat grown principally in °uteri° and Al- berta, and also to a limited extent in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. The total prpduction of wheat was 199,236,000 bushels of the value of $123,522,000. Fall wheat produeed 16,396,000 bows or. Abe value of $1e,735,000, Oats upon 9,- 216,900 acree yielded 361,733,000 bushels of the value of $116,996,000. I Barley upon. 1,416,200 Acres yielded 44,014,000 buhsels of the value of $20,405,000, and flax upon 1,677,800 cres yielded 21,681,500 bushels of the alue of $19,626,000. - By comparison with 1911 the results of last year's harvefit, both as regards yield and value, are upon the whole inferior. The average prices realized for most of the crops were somewhat less, whilst the yields from wheat, rye, peas, beans, and corn for husking, were also lower. On the other hand oats yielded about thirteen and a half million bushels more than in 1911, and the following crops also show more oe less an excess yield:—Baeley, buck- wheat, mixed grains, flax, potatoes, turnips, etc., fodder corn, sugar beet and alfalfa. The average yields per acre for the srear 1912, compared with 1911, are as follows:—Wheat, 20.42 bushels, against 20.87; oats, 39,25, against 37.76; barley, 31.10, against' 28.94; rye, 17.44, against 18.89; peas, 14.98, against 15.80; buckwheat, 26,34, against 22.69; mixed grains, 33.67, against 29.78; flaxseed, 12.92, against 11.41; beans, 11`.40, against 19.06; corn for hushing, 56,58, against 59.59; potatoes, 172, against 144; turnips, etc., 402, against 374; hay and clover, 1.44 ton, against 1.61; fodder corn, 10.26 tons, against 9.92; 'sugar beets, 10.74 tons against8.4.66, and alfalfa, 2;e9 tons, against 2.2 nditions as affecting live stock are Iceported to have been mwah the same k those of 1911. Mild weather through (he Fall and up to Christmas enabled itteemers to economize their feenetdeugsupplies ancilive stock have condition. .--seeepet, STRIKERS WANT GOVIP:E..R„..S. New York, Jan. 13.—The general- ship of Samuel Gornpers, President of the American Federation of Labor, probably will be sought to -day on the army of striking garment workers hereh. Te strikers claimed to -day that 20,000 more workers will join them Monday. There are now on their rolls 125,000 mon. and women. Peace plans have been upset by the strikers' re- jection yesterday of the Manufattur. ors' offer to advance wages ten per oent., five per cent now and five per cent. April 1, It was not enough, the etrikers said. PRISONERS ESCAPE IN AUTO. Chicago, Jan, 12,—Two murderers and a burglar, whose sentences rang- ed from ten years to life imprison- ment, drove quietly out of the pen- itentiary at Joliet, Ill., yesterday af- ternoon in a stolen automobile, wfrhoimle a watchful guard obligingly opened theTThe eatrhrreede gates p escaped eeortnhveimeis, all Cook, County, are Sigmund Roche, murderer; Steplien Ayers, murderer; and Edward Sheldon, burglar .,____, WANT PROTECTION FROM MEXI. CANS. Ottawa, San. 12.—Canadian capital. Jets interested in the Mexican and North-westerly railway, one of the Pearson projects, have made strong representations to the Government that the aid of the Imperial Clovern- ment be secured to protect front the , revolutionists $25,000,000 Canadian capteitrapiiics. Itinvested in. that and similar eti 4.6 MAIL THIEF SENTENCED. Maeleod, Sydney Mae- doneld, n maehine operator for the Macleod Advertiser/ was convicted by :‘,1ui .'estttiettr a f o 1).4 a'yt(vfsrtdp gtheA tle)gitit istrtet t,roaCOi.ntIlt ttii paekage, containieg $775, from the Mac. lead poetoffie 0, and a registered mali Fag containing a large quantity of post- ktt, 6tanir54 and post cards. He WAS sen. tenced to five years in the penitentiary at Elm( Mee, oka. MURDERER ESCAI GALLOWS, Weed, Jan. 12.—The Cabinet on Saturday dcicided to cornm:t to life imprisontuf at the mtenee of nenr1 Regard er Bertrand, to have been I hanged at Calgary thla week, dentes of the mln's inanity halto been produced, and it 'as (Wallah. lend leautternlyg•litilatal4lIbx, plyer,zr boed. for owning to Can-ada, 0111-a441, Jan. D00411 AO a plloisatv mat fox apitun ontoklaig was, 21Mtio4 etlet to -day t a. Vr011ialt of ale oity who peritiuted in the wie of the 4reS 4100 spite the stringetn manifesto issued kr th goveruinea ou Ohrietneas Day, prohibiting people from ludulging in the ha hit, 4y order of the governor of the pro - vino, the woman svao taken to a public plaee and executed by shooting this at- ternoon In the presence of a large crowd of apectatore. The manifesto Issued by the Chinese Clevernment expressed the desire for the etiPereesion of the evil In order to save the peoplefrom a life of degree dation, but at the same time voiced the fear that although the Government was in earnest the people would try to evade the law. The probable collapse of the opium trade Wale foreshadowed, some time ago when it was found that Indian 'altienn to 'the value of $00,000,000 was etaeked 111 thousauds of eheste in Shanghai and Hong Kong werehousee without finding buyers. After the maul- feito- was issued by the Government it Was virtually impo ible to buy or sell opium ie the eoast provinces, or the Yangtse provinces, and it was known that the authorities had been ordered from Pekin to enforce the prohibition laws. To -day's exeeution, however, was the first instance in whieh they lia,ve heeu put into full effect, LOBSTERS TO SOAR Nova Scotia Fishermen Re, port Total Failure. lIalifaze, Jan. 13.—The lobster Season in Weetern. Nova Scotia, whieh opened Dee. 15, is reported by the packers have been an almost complete' fallare. A sueceseion of aortas made the tak- ing of lobsters difficult, so that tthe catch Wesq nearly nil. Added to this was the tidal wave of Dee. 27, and this ye the storms ti yeeee at inued,. eeettlreln or Irinter in carnes prevent the catching of lobsters ti the ice leaves the collet. Not only has the catch been light, but the fiela. errnen's gear has been destroyed twice since the opening of the season on I). 15, The fishermen at the .beginuing were encouraged by high prices, cue to keen (*repetition among paekerei but their hopes have been smashed. Everything now points to a lase by both packers and fishermen. DU PATY DE cum Dreyfus' Enemy Reinstated in French Army, Paris, Jan. 11—Lieut.-Ca Du. Paty de Clam, one of the most prominent figures in the Dreyfus 'treason trial, was reinstated in the French territorial army or reserve 'to -day by a, &tree. signed by President Fallieres. He is ,to have the rank of lieutenant -colonel, which he held when he left the army. LienteCol. du Paty de Clam wail at the One of the Dreyfus affair an offi- cer of the general etaff. Iii comparieg the handwriting of the notorious "Bor- dereau," or list, with that of the offi- cerof 'the bureau in which Dreyfus Was employed., he noted a similarity, and soon became convinced that Dreyfus was a traitor. He Was one of the ptin- cipal witnesses for the proseeution. Some years later, in 1898, he was retired 'rem the army. Lieut. -Col, du Paty de Clam on several occasions .asked to be reinstated., and his last petition to the Minister of War met with Success. •••-••••••.4 "B16 TIM" IS INSANE Congressman New York, Committed. New York, Jan. 13.—There was many a sad heart among the Irish, the Jew, the Italians, the Amerieane, the Bohe- mians, the Slays, the Polack. the Ger- maus, the Hungarians and all creed and races ill the thirtealtil Congress dietriet to -night, when they learned that Timothy D. Sullivan, their representa- tive hi C011PTC6t1 "Big Tim," who had also represented the elowery distriet in the Senate and Assembly at Albarty for many years, would be with them no nlOre forever. The Saute feeling of sorrow prevailed in the Deumeratie National Club and in Tammany's ranks, from Charles F. Mur- phy, its chieftain, down to the humblest follower, when it became known that upon applieation to -day the Supreme Court, made oa petition of relatives, a step -brother and step -sister, justice Amend signed an order eommitting Repreeentative Sullivan to Dr. G. F. M. Bond's private asylum. HAWTHORNE JUDGE ILL. New York, Jan, 13.— The illness of Judge Clierlee M. Hough, of the Ved- eral District Court, who was etriekeft oft the bench yeeteMay, may necessitate a new trial for 'Julian naWthOrney Jos. tali Quincy, Albert Freeman and Dr. \17in, 4r.Morton, who are charged with using the mails fraudulently in 'promot- ing mining companies. At the hospital where judge 'Hough wag taken when the tria was Slispelidett it WAS said to- daythat he was doing well, He suffering from hemorrhagee of the stom web. oiPoOP000*PO.4110.41.11011..... • Oo. WELCOMES CANADIAN cAtie.rs, 1,611(10i), ;km. 12. --Lord Roberti semis tnessage that he is delighted tb hear that a Beetion of carlete representing Ceotada svill be ent here by *he Gwent- ment in itlay in his invitetiou. He alit be friati to make their al(litailltatieff. ViSitort+ will pertiezpate in the Itniplie Day ebootine eompetitions, and visit Waterloo letttlefietd. **Iv GUILD! OF FALSE PRETENCE. liaileyhtlry, San. 12. - Frank L. 0,1e, a fonner Cobalt mining ikon, arre4ted here on a ehame of obtAin. in nwlmey wider [Mop prtforwo, pleeded guflty psttsrdt7 Arid will ho Ntivo,lay by Nines:trite At- kineon.