HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1913-02-20, Page 7EWER BEY'S FORCE
WAS ILL-ADVISED
Beaten. Wet and Wungry, They Crowd Galli:
,Staxted Without Supplies
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Misled and Exasperated Soldiers Make Attack
On and Seriously Wound Leader*
'•New York, Feb. 17,-A, cable to the
ibellee from Loader). Sari;
"Mattere are going from bad to evortae
with the Turke. }ver Bees expedifIton.
to land a larga. force on the northern
coast of the Sea of Marmora has ended
indierouctly, Enver himself narrowly ce.
aping with his life in an open boat.
dieheertened men aro now erowded,
wet and hungry, in the open etreeteZU
tkallapoli, in the wort Mad of \Nattier,
a the houses being filled with. wounded,
It la reported that he will ship big men
ugaiu to take them across the .Dardau-
riles, owing to the fact that the Greeke
have landed near Bezika Bay, intending
to tae tae torts, on the etelatic eide
tne ecantianenes m the rear,
A correepoadent oi tee Daily News
fia,y6 tnere are enuoet certatn to be aeei.
dente, oowever, it taiS move is attempt-
ed, for the ,boats are bad and woolu be
overcrowded, and a great tempest is
blowing. Enver'e was an oteallat'e ar.
made., not teat a a •praetatal sailor. His
znen started filled \Mil hope, but, with-
out fotxt they soon got disheartened.
The leaders disdained ordinary precau.
tione for supplying water to the Ships,
and on the eve of starting they tried to
Crab two water boats belonging to a
local Scottieh ehippIng, firm, but, need
-
leets to say, they did not succeed. For
the purposes intended the cehips were
bad. They were Besphartie eteamere,
built to carry 500 pazengere and no car-
goes, but 800 eoldiers were crowded into
and the deck s leen fa of saddles,
ammunition and cargo; and consequently
top heavy.
After leaving the Golden Horn, a
eureerannuated boat, No. 40, which rolled
at all timve, began to get out a hand-
lieg. One porthole glass was burst in,
end water began to pour iu. .Ammuni-
tion, et., wart thrown overboard, and,
the captain beached her. The other boats
struggled on to Charkeui, where there is
no proper landing accommodation. When
half of Enver' men had landed and, the
ether hall were in the throes of landing,
tho Balgana made their presence known
in a inoet abrupt and unpleasant mati-
nee. The revAdti WaS that most of the
Turks who got ashore We. -re drowned,
killed or takeu prisoners. Enver's Ar-
mada woe indeed in a deplorable plight.
The tempest blew for 48 hours, and tho
was no chance of landing elsewhere, As
a matter of feet, all Turkic:eh disembarka-
tion plans may new be regarded as fin.
ally out of the queetion. Attempts were
then made at Conetentiaople to get food
and supplies for Enven and the huge,
ettervod .artny erowdal on the Gallipoli
peninelda, One pound sterling a ton
was offered for ships for that purpose,
but there were no taker, and the neault
will inevitably be the Sallie ae Buie
Burgas, where the army was left ktary-
inkr; the eame outineak of eholera, and
IN FRANCE, TOO
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Militant Suffragettes Prepar
ing for Trouble.
Paris, Feb. 16. -Militant methods
are now to be introduced from across
the Channel by French suffragettes,
who declare that they are tired of
seeking to obtain the vote by peace-
ful means.
Mlle. Arria eLys, who caused a sen-
sation several months ago by chal-
lenging a Toulouse Journalist to a
duel for making disrespectful re-
marks about her in public, has just
founded a new woman's paper called
Lo • Combat Feministe, a fighting or-
ama, tate object of which is to incite
its supporters to do as much damage
as possible until the ballot is gained.
Raids on the Chamber of Deputies
and the Ministerial offices, as well as
window-smashiog affrays in the Reo
de la Paix may, therefore be expect-
ed at an early date.
Le Combat Feministe declares that
force te the only way for woinen to
obtain their due decognition, and
points to Napoleon, St. Paul, Plato,
Moliere, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche
as examples of the world's greatest
minds, who were capable of the "mon-
strous and pitiable woman -hating
folly."
The reforms demanded by the new
militant group are that all widows,
tinniarried or divorced women of
France should have the vote, while
married women should be allowed to
vote at the polls on their husband's
giving consent or when the latter are
incapacitated by illisess or other
Cause.
DISCOUNT FOR TIPS.
New York, Feb, 10.-A plart by which
it hopes to solve the tipping problem
waa annouteed by one of the larger ho -
'tele to -night. Assuming that a majority
of its gurets would resent a request not
to give tips to waiters, and recognizing
the impossibility of enforcing an order
that the waiters should not accept gra-
tuities, the management hit upon a, plan
of making a reduetion of ten per cent.
on all checks over fifty eents, a reduc.
tion equivalent to the average tip, there.
by relieving the guests of the neceesity
of Mien for tierviee twice.
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MENINGITIS AMONG LEGISLATORS
Austin, Texas, Feb. 16. -Cerebro
spinal meningitis ravages among Tex.
tue legislators aused a halt in the
work of beth Hotiee esterday. In
• a two memberof
tlte'TT,u4a ilied of the disease, and
Yeeterday, when it was reported that
Repreeentetive John C. Hunt WAS
stricken with the malady, proceedings
Of the two Ileum% were stoppea by
the presiding °Moors. The Senate
will tot meet until Feb. 24, and the
Renee until IVIarch
ITALIAN KILLFD IN EXPLOSION.
North Bay, Ont., Feb. I7. -An explo-
elen at the C. N. rt cotetrnetion cemp
ennead the deilth of an ItallirE
fitArr, and tetiously irjurcel an Ifinglisit.
rnAte taretrinta totted Johnetee, Who le
neve Nine! troth, 1 et Vega( Thee tioepi•
t
the same diepereal of the troops, The
lateet new about Euver is that lie hat
taketi refage in the Sultan' i harem, he
beiug married into the Sultan'faniiIy
His own eoldiere are still after him with
anivee. It eeeme that the Turkieli fleet,
or what was left of it, wottld be occupied
In keeping the Government on it lege
and preventing mutiniesamong its own
troops. The Kurd -16h trope at Scutari
are a distinct eource of danger, and clan.
ger \yill begin at Constantinople eaten
vette° is sigued.
ENVER BEY STABBED,
Lawton, Feb, 17. -Turkish soldiers
last eight attemsited to aestuetinate and
sticeeeded in badly wounding Enver Boy,
the Turk leader, who last'week made a
disastroue effort to pierce theflanks
of the Bulgarian army, on the hores oi
the bee, of Marmara, with a "forlorn
hope" of Ottoman troops, who were heti,
ten back with terrible losses. A nOWS
agency despatch by wireless telegraphy
from •Cenetantinople to -day seye Enver
Bey was stabbed aeveral Mlles,
wounds are Serious.
EUROPEAN SITUATION AWKWARD.
London, Feb. 17,- The general Euro-
pean situation arieing out of. the Bal-
kan ed,iiietettelties hays become threatening,
if relactivally critical. The chief source
of alarm is over the relations between
Aeretria, and Russia, which, according to
several etatemeute ascribedto semi-offi-
cial soumee ;have in nowise improved
as the result of Prince von Hohen.
10110'5 1fltS6j0 to St. Petersburg, not-
withstanding the recent hopeful -au-
nouneement from Vienna.
The principal of these sinister signs
is a telegram from St. Petersburg, to
which the morning papere attach
prominence. Thie, says that the Czar's
reply to Emperor Francis Joseph's sug•
geetiou as to demobilization was short
anddecisive, It referred to the long-
standing friendehip- between Austria, and
Russia, but added that the attitude of ,
the former country in the last few year
had impelled Ruseia now to tuinotmce
her inflexible resolve to support the in-
terests of her Slav brethren. At the same
time the Czar saidhe thought that
means could be found to keep pellet),
having regard for the essential oases of
the Austrian policy in the Balkans. The
absolutely divergent views of Austria
and Russia respecting the proposed'
boundaries of autonomous Albania, seem
to be the chief cause of the trouble.
But the tension between Bolgaria and
Roumania Seems to be hardly less dis-
turbing. It is stated in Vienna, where,
by the way it is well to remember, pes-
simism is nurtured wherever Russia is
concerned, that if Roaania invades Dia
garia refuses to cede to her, Russia
will set her armies in motion in be-
half of the Bulgars. Such a step would
in all probability evoke an Auetrian
counter move.
J. P. MORGAN ILL
Financier Had Acute At-
tack of Indigestion.
London, Feb. 17.--J. Pierpout Mor-
gan has been taaen suddenly and seri.
vilely ill at Cairo, Egypt, according to a
despatch from Rome to the eexclaange
Telegraph Compenee The despateh adds
that Mr. Morgan is to -day being
brought back to .Naples on board the
steamship CarOnia, and that he is ac-
companied by two physicians and twe
nurses.
The report about J. Pierpont Mor-
gan's ill -health given out by the I. ;
change Telegraph Company has not been !
confirmed or even mentioned through
any other news source.
New York, Feb. 17. -From authorita-
tive private sources it is learned. that -
Jr. Morgan hnd an acute attack of inda
gestion three or four dayeago, but it,
passed off, and be is now in his usual
health. He is leaving Alexandria, to -day •
on the Caronia for Naples, and is due itt,
Naples on the 26th, and expects to Wee !
his usual journey up through Italy,
e
RESCUERS FAILED.
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Relief Expedition For Ger
man Explorers Returns.
10410.111
HERO WINS• B41)E
Gave Skin to Child, Will
- Wed Nurse,
00.0t00 ..410000400
New York, Feb. 1.7,---Wheet fine
year-old Bertha Waechter came home
frohl St. Myles Hospital to -clay with
burns, whica six weeks ago 0°0010.
certain to Cattfie her death, a pretty
romance bechme known. Charles Kap
tow, swimming instructor of the
Young Mens Christian Associatiou,
while temporarily employed clerk
at the Rooeevelt Hospital, overheard
aturee say that Bertha Waechter
was dying in St. Marleal because no
one could he found who woula give
up enough skin to save her life, Kttp-
low said nothing oa his intentions,
but gave ap his job, quietly sought
out the strange little sufferer, and in-
sisted he Part with enough of hie ,
skin to save her. His modeet BaCo
rifice made him such a, hero that it •
Is said several' nurses wrote letters
proposing marriage, but Kaplow scorn-
ed their proposals ana made one for
himself to Mimi Edith Lee, Dee nurse
who. attended him at St. Marles dur-
ing the two weeks he was confined
to a cot after the operation, It was
immemdiately accepted and they will
be married. soon.
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ON WORLD PEACE
Morgan Shuster to Otta Na
Canadian Club:
Enlightened Public Opinion
the Great Remedy.
Ottawa-, Feb, 17,-W. Morgan Slime -
ter, ex -Treasurer -General of Feria, de-
livered a netableevadrees before the Can-
adian Qua here on intorna•tional peace.
' "If," he said, "we are to make tan.
gbh) peogrees in the difficult task of
restraining our national passions, under
whatever apparent provocation, and thus
'forwarding tile cause of universal arbi-
tration by subetituting it for war, but
two courses lie before we
"It was one device to adopt some ade-
quate international force of a practi-
cal composition, which shOUld execute
the docreas of the arbitral tribunals.
The ther, to continue to rely , as up
to the present, On toe 61ua11, but growing
power of enlightened public opinion tun -
0I
one. p
civilizedeople Ort all nations I
,
&gluiest the inhumanity and economic ,
losses of war.
"As to the first method, I frankly
confess my skepticism. I ate no proba-
bility <A' &tech a change in conditiona as
wbuld make an. ineetrnational ,poticte
force anything but a source of discord
and jealousy, rather than an agent of
pe•aee.
"There remains then, the aecond me-
thod -and it is, fortunately, the • line
along which most of the peace Societies
and organizations supporting their plans
are working at the present time. Educa.1
tion,the broader principles of religions,
i '
the ncreaeing knowledge of and con- I
tact with our follow citizens of the
world, all thee° aro operating against
the continuance of war as the arbiter
of international disputes.
"It is the inherent right of every in-
dividual in the world to -day to develop
in peaceful and just competition with all
others.
"Thei•0 must somewhere, however, be
a limit to the form of this competition. i
Lawful competition in industry, n emu- t
memo in seine() and in art, ehould be
fostered and encouraged. Competition
in land -grabbing, in military ancl naval
d e mons cc a tion, in re ekleee disregard for
the inheritent righte of other human
beirigs, in wholesale murder, can never
be of permanent value to civilization and
human progreers.
"The principal civilized nations of the
world nminthin in time of absolute
peaee, over 5,0150,000 neeu with the ced-
ars. This figure includes no reserves or
militia, Their navies being the total up
,50O,000. Thcse milli -ons of officers
and men, who must be supported and
equipped by the rest of the world, aro
engaged in practieallyeno productive lab-
or. The tremendous economy lose which
this Situation entails in ordinary times,
is aecentuated when war threatens and,
mobilization ocean.
J`I cannot escape the beTief that this
deplorable condition is in part due to
the false and selfish etatestnanehip of
those directing the foreign polieies of
many great nation. If they could ever
learn the real,abiding advantages of
t -he golelen rule in international situa- 1
tion, disputes -leading to war could be
largely emanated. No nation, however,
seems willing to take the initiative, and
we can only await with patience the
raising of national ideas."
AN ARMED MANIAC
Christiania, Feb. le. -The sceo.nd. -• • •-••
Norwegian expedition sent to the relief ' Gives isOQ Police Chief
• An Exciting Time.
of the German ecientists stranded in a
remote part of Spitzbergen has not suc-
ceeded in its undertaking. It left Ad- ,
vent Bay late in &theory, but Was fore- i
ed to return to Green Harbor in a pitiful I
condition.
The expedition readied Dickeon Bay, '
where a hurricane stopped all progress.
Seven dogs died and several of the mem-
bers of the rescuing party were frostbit-
ten, Two sledges were destroyed, and
for that reason and the lose of the doge
the expedition was forced to leave all
provisions except mininium rations.
unrrora
ON U. S. B NIoNG SYSTEM
Washington, Feb. 17. -Sir EcInitind
Walker, of Toronto, president or the
Canadian Bank of Commerce, before
the Currency Reform Committee of
the House, declared the defects of the
United States banking system, were a
leak or flexible currency, fixed
re-
serves Which dissipated eeeded cash
In times of stress, and the absence or
a rediscount bank.
Sir Edmund deelared that the banks
of the United States had not grown in
relation to the great industries Of the
country, and that they were now "be-
hind the times."
He recommended a system. or rep
tonal Winking organizations to
strengthen.- the individual baalks, but
mid that he was tiot in favor of the
Aldrich plan without qualifitations.
If you have a Jabot Willett is trouble-
some to iret, baste the plaits in.be.
fere it is washed, then Iron arid re.
move the threittle• Vee fine throne'.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont,, Feb, 17. -Cor-
nered in an apper room by an armed
maniac, Chief of Police Ralph Vincent,
has an exciting experierce last night,
which culminated in the nutnia,c, Wil-
liam Saunders, being Shot through the
hand and thigh before he was stopped.
The chief had gone to the bolls) to make.
an arrest, aware that the man had a
gun. Ire was ineide the kitehen when
Saundees drew a gnu, loaded' in five
chambers, ant also a ewor ayon
The dila beaked upstairs and closed
the door, but this wan broken in by
Saunders, When his hand came through
Chief Vineent shot at it, but to no cf.
feet, as the matiae still came ou, though
the bullet had reached its mark. An-
other shot was fired, etriking him in the
thigh, and Saunders then fell over. He
was conveyed to the hoepital, where his
revovery is regarded as doubtful.
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FROZETO DEATH.
Metapedia, Que., Feb. 17.-Einile
Plante, LAW 25, unmarried, WaS froz-
en to death a feev days ago during
a 'hunting exeuralen, II° left early
In the morning with a friend for the
woods, but his companion went
through the lee while trataing a
creek and they decided to return.
The next morning Platte had not
reached his hottee and a party went
itt searela They fouled hie dead body
hi the Middle of the read, With Ms
snewehoom still on hie feet
BROKE TRUC:
IN FEW HON
Mexican Armistice Was
Very Soon Violated,
TO THE BMER END
Madero Repudiates. Senate' s
AdviceowWill Fight,
afexico City, Feb. 10. -President Ara.
dere t1II clings to his office. Hie im-
placable hatred for Felix Diaz, las stub-
born resolve to conquer Diaz or die in
the attempt, and 1118 viteillation defeated
to -day the efforts of the 'Mexican Sen-
ate, of Fraueieeo de la Barra and of the
Diplomatic Corps to weir() eeace. Not.
withstanding his aesnrance to the Brit-
ish consul Friday night that he would
resign, Madero reetteted hostilities Sat-
urday. At 7.30 a.m. the Senate con.
The members were again inform-
ed that Preeident Madero had neked
the Senate to advise him what to do
in view of the gravity of the eituation.
After a long discuesion the Senators
voted unanimmly to demand the Frost -
dent's resiguation. -Mad.cro, when wait-
ed upon by the Senators, declined to
abide by their decision. He angrily re•
indeed the mediation of the Spanish Min-
ister, and said thath he would die rath-
er then surrender the Government to
ili renewed hostilities which lasted
the greater part of Saturday, General
Diaz gained steadily and defeated the
Madero forces all along the line.
An American was killed and three
Americans were injured this afternoon
in frone of the Hotel Porter, R. M.
'Meredith, of Troy, representive of the
National Caele iiegister Company, was
kjfled waen_ a shell burst within the
hotel. Two Americans were wounded
severely. An American boy was hurt
in another part of the city. The cene
tro of the city was subjected again to
destructive aliening. The Federal troops
have failed in every attaek upon, the
arsenal and Diaz is in O, stronger posi-
tion to -night than at any time Since
the beginning of the revolt. It is MY
eonceded that the Federals will not be
able to drive Diaz from the arsenal.
T.RUCE THAT FAILED,
An armistice, signed at 2 o'clocile Sun-
day morning by the representatives 'of
both sides, agreeing to suspend opera -
Coes for 24 houria was hailed with joy,
but it was broken before noon. Soon
the sound of heavy cannonading and
the whirr of machine guns announced
the return .of the Federal troop $ to their
posts in front of the arsenal'. It ap-
peared as if the words of Madero and
Diaz might prove prophetic, and this
time the battle would be to a finish.
At nighthfall machine guns on the
roof of the arsenal were sweeping San
Juan Plaza, south of the Altuneda, where
the Federal troops had taken position
for a renewal of the assaults on the
rebel fortrese.
There was 'eery little heavy, gun
firing, but General Huerta. had placed
Maxims on I'm roofs of the tallest
buildings in the neighborhood of San
Juan Market and was attempting to
get into cheee range of the anemia'. In
the late afternoon there were sorties
from the arsenal and Felieistae and
Maderistas fought with the bayonet
in the nerrow streets between the mar-
ket and the oitaidel.
The hand-to-hand fighting was furi-
ous on the west side of the Plaza, do
San Juan and near the large 'factory
of the Been Tono Cigarette Company.
The ancient church- of San Jose de Los
Naturales was subjected to the inees-
emit volleys from the rebel machine
guns and was damaged. , There has
been considerable loss of life, but it
has been, impossible' to get eetimates
from Federals- or rebels as to the .casu-
Th cea;ation of hostilities, how-
ever, short as the time, made a won-
derful change in the eity's condition.
THE DEAD BURIED,
The greatest boon of all was the op-
portunity that was given to the Red
and' White Grose organizations and to
volunteer sanitary organizations to re.
move from the streets such things as
imperiled health andwere in a way to
produce pestilence. For a week the
sanitation 'had been indescribable. The
forty acres of the Alameda were -strewn
with the bodice di horses, The Federal'
cavalry had used the park for bivouacs,
and their poeition had drawn destructive
shellings from the areenal.
many of the principal streets bodice
of 'soldiers and of citizens had lain for
days buried under the wreckage of
building's. In San Juan de Letran street
twenty Federal soldiers had been. killed
on Friday by the explosion of a, alien
in a, warehouse. The volunteers, made
up of Mexicans directed by Ameriette,
Spanish and .German doctors, were able
:
:onele.e.move many of these bodies and to
leesen to sonie extent the peril of pestil-
A conservative estimate plate; the
umnber of dead in the week's 'fightiug
at, 1,000 and the number of wounded
at more. than 1,500. This ineludes
eitizens and foreign reeidents, as well
as soldiers. The Maderistas were by
far the heavier losers. Diaz beet prob.
able. 50 killed and 200 wounded: The
Federal troops, beeetuee of their hope-
less frontal attacks on the arsenal iu
the face of deadly maehine gun fire,
lost probably eix heaved ie killed and
1,000 in \Minded.
Hurried iweparatione were alSO nutd
for the flight of Ameriean women ana
children, 'from the atricken -city of saf-
settea.i4.1.thia the borders of* the United
A BOOST FOR CANADA.
London, 'Feb. 17. ---The ehairman of the
Rosa! Canadian Iteetitnte has eeerteca
eplenetal naverteetment for Canute by
merle of hie eueecesad introduetion of
the teinalian nab ittneh into .Londoe
life. The preee mud' tiekk a by the
preeity elf the entertalement to Celonel
Allen, the New Zeeland alinister
elate, \\Nell laslad only about an home
Right Hon, Earl Grey spoke eloquently,
etlying in part:
"The whole EMpire Wag thrilled when
New Zeal:ilea With a pOpIllatiegi c
than haif fhat °filet Procne, e of QUAyp,,...'
offered a Dreadneught.
raneee the whele writ:Roma-yr of
fee eeeeeeee eseueilene el tee weer{ es
eseaeting the tatted Kiegdom ittCreat
Britain.
'r \teltnt Tiritiali dettfillt 0111 OVitrtbe
t't11141 evetrolne N4v1A7 mina AS MIA of
th0 partnere hi the greet work rif erein
tearie the leen vire"
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TWO C. P. R.WRECKS
High Speed Collision, But
No One Injured.
Toronto. Vela peeuliar
wreedesoecurred on 'the O. P. Ite within
a few milee of Toronto eine() Saturday
evening the peeullerity lyiug in the Int
that no One WAS injured, in either cue,
though in One instance att eaprese
travelling at sixty utiles at lour
bumped lido the rear end of it freasht
near Bronte, and in the other five
eoaches el the Detroit express,. the en -
glue and tender were derailed at
Streeteville Juuetion,
Raring along at sixty miles an hour
and with a dietanee warning of only
ten ear lengths. the Canadian pa-
cific; Railway exprees from Buflehe due
In Ito) Union Station at 9.23 Saturday
night, crashed into the rear -end of it
• ettilled freight train about a mile west
1 of Bronte Station and about lifteen
mile* east of Hamilton, Not a pereon ou
the express nor a member of tee crew
ef the freight train was injured; the
caboose of the freight train. followiug
the collision,. caught fire, ana wl.a de.
etrayed, And traffic on the road between
Toronto and Hamilton Wtt$ paralyzed
for two hours. •
• Stripped of headlight, pilot and, bell,
the exprese enghie heeded it -s train of
six ears awl two hundred nnto
the Toronto yards three 'wore after the
collision.
The Detroit "Fxprees, elle in the
Union Station nt 3.35 yeetertiey after-
noon, jumped the track at a .witch
on approaching Streetsville anetion
at 2.55 p. ne The eheine fuid tender
take The siding switch, dragging the
forward part of tile baggage emte,ii
hi with it. The roar trueke of the
baggage, ear, under pressure of the
oncoming coaches Ileitiod steered e»
aown the main lino and jammed
eroeswise of the two diverging emits,
,forining it blockade, whieh forced
the passenger tonches all to leave the
rails. All the rollieg Stock rolained its
upward position. That there were no
injuries to passengers or crew s irola
ably due to the fact that the train was
dewing down on approaching the june-
time
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GREY'S REPLY
British Foreign Minister's
Answer re Panama.
Washington, Feb. 10, -Sir Edward
Grey's rejoinder to Secretary Knox's last
note regarding the Panama Canal tolls
question practitally has been completed,
and its substance at beast is expected
to reach Washington thei week. It is
understook this last note by no meane
settles the contreverey, nor does it con-
tain assurances of an acceptance of the
American proposition to exchange rati-
fications .of the pending general arbitra-
Om treaty, under the terms of which
the iesue might be referred to the spec-
eial commission of Mx members propos-
ed to be created by that convention.
The rejoinder i$ in fact said to be a
continuation of the British. argument
in zupport of the contention Sat the
shipping of all nations must be on even
tonne in the. Panama Canal. The arbi-
tration idea is, however, by no means
dismieeed, but rather elaborated in` tide
last communication, possibly . with the
deaign of emphasizing the original Brit-
ish application for that means of ad-
justment in order that the British eide
shall lose no point in the event of the
expiration June 3 next of the existing
limited arbitration treaty without adop-
tion of a suhetitute. In euch case it is
expected that the British chain weuld
be that by virtue of having lod,ged its
application for arbitration strictly in
accordance with the terms of this treaty
and during it existence, that demand
meet be recognized.thereafter.
The opinion pre'hails in the State De-
partment, however, that the treaty of
1908 will be extended next June for
'another term of five yens. This. was.
done last week in the case of the Fran-
co -American limited arbitration treaty,
which would otherwise have expired by
limitation February 27.
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HUBBY MUST SUIT
.Or Ontario Girl Wun't
Take a Westerner.
IEdmonton, Alta., Feb. 17. ----Lettere
from every commonwealth he the Unitel
.Statee and all the provinces in Canada
and overseas have been received by F.
Fisher, eecretary of the 14nm...intern
T.
Board of Trade and tho Central Alberta.
Developmant League, making inquiries
thearding a woman he Eastern Ontario,
wiio recently requested the organizations
to furnieh a husband for her. She ears
she is young and comely and has $3,000
in the bank. -"The young woman in On.
ateio, whose name can be had by pro-
' (veal:lye eandidate,s," Mr. rieller said,
) "docen't want a country buinplent; sho
\vents a emu who- knows a noun from a
verb, and whom Elie can take out to an
afternoon tea without hie puttieg both
het into it. She hae heard that wo
hove been succeesful in finding desirihbe
huebands for eastern epinsters, Insane her
letters to tide departmeot, ette are
tloing the beet we Can to provide. hee
..vith it list of eligible men."
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GOOD NAME WAS USEFUL. •
Windsor, Feb. previous good
telemeter and the fact that he had a
xife and child saved George Luzon' of
..ssex, charged with shooting within-
tent to wound, frem a long penitentiary
term yesterday. Luzon appeared before
Judge MeHugh.in the High Court at
1 Sandwich, was tonvietedeand allowed to
go on suspended sentenee wit a warn -
!lig. Luzon admitted' firing the sliot$
width tore away part of John GarrOWiti
jaw On the night of Jan. 11, when he
found him looking in the bOdroOln Win-
dow of his home, Luzon said be fired to
:tighten the man.
BRITISH CHIEF ,RABBI.
London, Feb. 10.--1)r. Joseph 11. Herta
of New York, Was eleetea Chief rabbi
of tho British Empire at a meeting of
the Elertoral College to -day, presided
over be tord Rothsehilca Dr. Hertz re-
eeivvd 208 voteto 30 east fra. Dr. Hee
nmson, bead of the Jewish techadaetical
Court in London.
-I The New York eindithete was the
' eltoiee of the fleleetion Committee. and
Teird itt theehile thieaterted te resign
the presidenev of the Vnited Synegngue
Tee Mete v as clouted.
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JOT BAUR 01
IN MEXICO CITY
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But Strict Censorship Keeps
Down News.
TAFT SENDS REPLY
To Madero' s Appeal Against
U. S. Intervention.
Vera Cru; Mex., Feb. 17. -Hostili-
ties in Mexico City between the rebels
under Felix Diaz, and Federal Troops
who have remained loyal to President
Madero, were vigorously resumed nt
an early hour this morniog, accord-
ing to information reaching here from
the, capital. The positions of the two
forces had not undergone any change.
Felix Diaz and his followers still oc-
cupied the arsenal end several strat-
egical points in that distriet from
which they were directing a raking
fire on the National Palace and on the
points at which Federal batteries were
posted, and these replied shot for shot
CENSORS ARE STRICT,.
New' York, Feb, 17, -The censor.
ship on news about the operations in
the street e of Mexico City is absolute-
ly rigorous and nothing is permitted
.to pass over the telegraph wires
levinitlE.
c31i refers in any way to the Mane
or prospects of either of tete belliger-
TAFm'S REPLY FORWARDED,
Washington'Feb. 17. -President
Taft's reply to laladero's appeal for
non-interventitori has gone forward to
Mexico City and evil lbe made public
here as soon as Secretary or State
Knox has been advised that Mttaero
has received it. The lack of any
news despatches at all from Mexico
City early to -day is causing officials
some uneasiness.
Only one dispatch was received
from U.S Ambassador Wilson over
night and up to 10.80 o'clock this
morning. It was very brief, and con-
firmed the :last news dispatch sent
out of Mexico, saying the fighting had
been resumed with the breaking of
the armistice.
U. S. PREPARATIONS.
Washington, Feb. 17.- President
Taft's repay to alfteero's appeal to
keep United States troops out of Mex-
ico, pending his further attempt to
put down the Diaz revolution, while
Its exact nature had not been dis-
closea early to -day, is understood to
be practically a reaffirmation of the
United States Government's attitude
as previously expressed coupled with
a strong warning to Madero that the
United States has a right to land
its troops in Mexico to protect Am.
ericans and other foreignersshould
a state of anarchy come about, or
should neither opposing forces extend
protection. The army and navy con-
tinues to move into position to do in-
stant work. The. battleship Georgia
already is at Vera Cruz, the Virgin-
ia is at Tampico, both on the Atlantic
tilde, and the big dreadnought cruis-
er South Dakota is at Acapulco and
the cruiser Colorado Is at Mazatlan,
both on the Pa c ac. Meanwhile, more
of the big ships are due in Mexican
waters to -day. The Vermont, a six-
teen -thousand -ton dreadnought, .the
flagship of Rear -Admiral Fletcher,
commanding the second division of
tho Atlantic fleet, is due at Vera Cruz
to -day. The Nebraska, another 15,000
ton dreadnought, is also .due., there.
This will make tae total number of
United States Men-of-war in Mexican
ports six, bearing approximately 4,000
jackies, officers and marinea, who
could be lanued for the relief of the
foreigners in. Mexico should their lives
become endangered. President Taft
and his Cabinet regard with most in-
terest ,the mantenance of communi-
cation with Mexico City or the at-
tempt of the Madero Government to
put a censorship on despatches to the
Washington Government.
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A NEW CHURCH
Wesleyan Methodist Con-
nection Wants Incorporation.
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TO AVERT STRIKE
Judge Knapp Still Working
in Rail Trouble,
New York, Feb. 17. --Judge Martin A.
Knipp, of the I -hilted States Commerce
Court, arrived in New York from Waela
Ington tide moruing for a goal (ender,.
je.410leceouwwittlily:ffliieni.‘eriaueolfl, tAhnealloggidiiielortiinoeorid,. 1)Ifi i
the hope of aieeeing a alike again -it
eity-four eastern railroads. Thettga the
et:' .ae ()tease it le tInciet..4, 11.D.B al-
ready heelaistributed to the localeof
the uaiou, it was being "held for re-
tiehlie"t: llteal.:1•14tYhs Jiu)edligdeinii.goatpiTi. gi4t"4" Qf'
If no means of arbitration ise-then
ialgott•lere5(1., texploien fii:m.eieesnaid, the strike would
be- called, ejffeetivewithin forty.eight
still ineisted toelay
that they would arbitrate their demands
for higher pay and better working COD-
dition.s only under the Erdman Acte with
, stititr:iuteael:biteatere, int provided by Federal
1
practically given up the hope of settl.
Reports that beth he railroed'inan-
, angmetrisy ea 'filar e 3,11•Ivepili:e fiileintativee of the loco -
the emit lunl to -day
I
ting their longediseuseed eonfereace$ over
witgeft and working conditions, developed
considerable speculation among New
Yorkers ae to the extent of the strike.
Which seemed threatened. To the 'coma
try et lorge, according to the firemen,
the strike would mean a practieal tie.
up of railroad business, because the fif-
, ty-four railroads in the zone affected.
I eotftstthoefetalsiet. Missiseippi fold north of the
' Ohio River, serve the dense population
There are 18 State, in the zone of the
threatened, strike, The firemen, practi.
cally al bo! whom Oahu to be members
oe the Brotherhood Whose vote tale
brought the sitnation to a oriels, number
over ne.000 mete It is declared that
practically every man firing a locomo-
iive in the enetern territory would obey
a strike order.
ae's
quliteioti•lwas
vote hi the. firemen OD the strike
recorded as e2,178 in favor
of a strike. as compared with 1,108
againet it. A statement homed by the
rOads involved serve over
railrond manaaers says t5101e,otoot,0110e0 rptteill.:
eons, or over half the population -of the
.
United States.. These railroads emplov.
nil told. aaproximatelv. 080.000 men teed
women, a Jorge number of whom would
be in a state of. enforced idienese in
the event of a firementi strike actually
. CaUsing trairs to stop running.
Ottawa, Feb. 16.-Parlhiment is to be
asked to incorporate a new religious
body Ohl steeion, According to the
official Dade°, it is to be called the
Wesleyan Methodist Connection, or
Church, The application collies from
Morrisburg'and is signed by Irwin Hil-
liard, on behalf of the applicants.
As set out in the notice, the. powers
asked for are;
"To authorize •sneh corporation to
meet and adopt, frame or repeal con-
stitutions or make regulations for en-
forcing discipline in said church and to
empower said CorpOratiOn to acquire,
receive and take conveyauce of such
lands, moneye, mortgages, eecurities or
other property, as may be required for
purpose of chapel, or chapels, college
or eolleges, echeol or echools, or other
edueational purposes connected with Said
church, and for perpose of printing and
publishing hottee or botetes in connec-
tion with said church, and for power to
undertake and carry on such business
of printing and publishing, and for au
thority and power to endow aed foment
curl' eliapelst colleges and fiellOOIS Mot
Snell printing or publishing bailee and a
book depository or depositories in con- ,
neetion therewith. and to take mid re-
ceive benefit of any gift or devise by
will or -otherwiee in its corporate name
otherwiee, and to give slid church
it 11 neeoseary powere 'eonneeted there-
.
WI th."
MURDER IN CHICAGO.
Calgary, Alta., Feb. 17 -The Italian.
quarter of this city was the scene of a
desperate battle on Senday evening, der -
log which a dozen or mote f.hots were
fired. Gaetano Metropulo, with a wound
in. the Wrist, is in jail, charged with
shooting 'another Italian, The shooting
is to have been the neat ef itit
(nmity letonglit with them from Italy.
.-eosito, the deed man. and Metropide
foeght, het were separated. 1111111 Wt'111
home ana seemed revoh ere, and a short
time later each, accompanied by hiends,
met in the street. Spoeito opened fire,
aria there were preeently fem. or five
men edieotinee at mice. 'efetrnpulo teetes 1
t't) eleee te Sleeks), and, eeizing him bv
the Poet, emptied hls revolver. wound,
the him in the beatl, sheet met prin.
o.
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WILSON'S NEW BOOK
'•
President -Elect's Message
to American People,
Now York, Feb. 16. -Woodrow Wil-
son's latest book; "Tae New Freedom,"
appears to -morrow, with the first mes-
sage over delivered to the American
people by a President-elect on the
eve of his inauguration. It ie an
avowal of faith and a declaration of
intentions on the part of the man who
in. 16 days will be the first Democratic
oilier executive the country will have
had in 16 years.
One of the most interesting chap-
ters deals with the programme of Col.
Theodore Roosevelt and his Progres-
sive followers. Mr. Wilson analyzes it
carefully, and concludes that the
basis of the Roosevelt plan 1 the re-
cognition and legalization of mo-
nopoly, which it proposed to convert
into benevolence and philanthropy.
He declares that "you cannot use
monopoly in order to serve a free peo•
1.1e," and warns Progressive Republi•
cans that they are being deluded.
Getting down to the subject of the
tariff, Mr. 'Wilson declares: "What we
are interested in first of all, with re-
gard to the tariff, is getting the grip
of special interests off the throat 01
Congress. We do not propose that
special interests shall any longer came
in the rooms of the Committee en
Ways and Means of the House ano
tho Finance Committee of the Senate
We mean that those shall be place:
where the people of the Unitec.
States come and be represented le
the United States Goverament for tilt
development of this country."_
7
THAT WAR SCARE
German Press Make Merr:,
at Britain's Expense.
Berlin, Feb. 16. -The German press,
replying to the stories in The London
Daily Express and the Engineer about
Germany building a secret fleet and
a 'new type of wonderful warships,
indulges in sarcasm and satire. •
The Post says the London papers
do not have all the details. The shots
of the new type of ship will be mag-
netized, so that they cannot miss a
British clreadnought which attracts
heat, The explosion of a single shell
will completely melt a 13ritish dread-
nought It is added that the Navy
'Department 18 eonsidering the ques-
tion of turning Heligoland into a
gigantic magnet, to which an Eng-
lish dreadnought will stick. It also
intends to build a large asylum or.
Heligoland, which is to be used ex -
elusively for crazy English journal-
ists.
The Berliner Gazette says the new
ship can be instantly turned into an
aeroplane, which can level London In
five minutes, or by the mere pressure
of it button it can be transformed
into a conference hall, where peace
preliminaries can be signed.
ARRESTED ON ARSON CHARGE.
Windsor, Feb. 16. -Frederick Na
nuckmanster, of Chicago, who wee
lormerly tree:rarer of -the now bank
rept North-Western Can Company, ca.
that city, was taken into ettetody by
Detective -Sergeant Reid, of the Wind
Lor Felice_ Depart•ment, at noon toelite.
hho charge against ilumananster
that he was "implicated he and had
:Miter knowledge in the, burning an,
oiowing up of the plant of the North
-
( -Astern Can Company in May, 1911.
Steransson to Plant It in
Arctic Wastes.
Explorer Severs Connections
With United States,
Ottawa, Feb. 17.--Villijelmar Std.
(meson will go eorth to the unknown
land this eprieg under the direction and
with the finaneial baeking Of the. Dentin -
ion Government Neither the mentbere
of the Govermnent nor the explorer are
yet in n position to discuss the terme
under width the expedition will be ar-
ranged, the conferences having not yet
resulted i» a final understanding. It
is known, however, that since Stefaneeon
rrived here ten days ago lie hasprac-
tieally agreed to an arrangement under
which the Canadian Govermiteet will
sole direction of the expedition,
enanintechie an amount bald to be itt
the »eighboe'rhood of $75,090, eonditional
lisng.
oititnhieeeplorer starting 1Vith the cont.
Stefausson came here with the, idea
thet the Government might
make up the difference between the aiu.
omit guaranteed him by the National
geographical Society of the United
etates and the American Altaic= of
Natural History, and the total which
woula ide lleCeStiftry to provide him with
4 he necessary equipment.
That plan, it is understood, has beeu
changed, the explorer having been re-
leasea from his .,.tmerican connections
and having obtained their coneent to the
arrangement whieh he is now making
with the Canadian Government,
The expedition will probably start in -
May as uriginally planned. Ittefaneson
says that: he will be absent three win -
tem and foter summers. He goes to the
inexplored territory north of the Cana -
elan mainland, and will plant the Cana-
dian flag there. He eats that this is
the last part of the world remaining
mexplored, and he intends to round off
the map. He will take with him Cana -
Ilan students if any volunteer, provided
'.hey have some scientific knowledge.
The expedition will likely be uuder
the immediate direction of the Canadian
colpgical Survey, which had a part
arterest in the explorer's last uorthern
journey when he diecovered the fair-
haired, blue-eyed Eskimos on Coronation
)ay. There are, at the same time, other
lepartments of the Administration.which
win take a mere or less dh•ect interest
in the venture, the Department of the
.nterior and the Department of Marine
Ind Fisheries.
RCL A1 I VACCINATION,
Wel Woo, Out., Feb. 17. -Acting aeon
tie, tole lee ef Dr. aleNally, Distriet i
He ilth Inspeetele sninmoneee were iteee
al to fem teen citivene by the alagietrate
for it440. ting to coninly With C011111111.0
(.1'y Vivehl IC. 114114. They Will tt”-
!, It; her: NI eilettate Weir th's after
11 eel It it via then half
of the level:Wen have eomplied with
the older,
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BIG, TRADE UNION
0
Three British Railways
Orders Amalgamate.
London, Feb. 17, -The amalgama-
tion of the theee principal unions of
railroad workers in Great Britain was
eccomplished this afternoon at a con-
ference .of the delegates of the dialer.
ent unions, which li•ae been- in session
in London for a week past. The object
If the fusion ie to insure co-operation,
,vhitth lute been larking iii the strikes
allied by the men in the peat.
The new organization will be. titled
the National 'Union of Railwaymen
eld it will .absorb the Amalgamated
tioeiety of Railway •Scr,ante, the Unitel
Pointsmen and Signelintehs Union aod
the General Railway Workers' Uni
Thesa three societies have it memher-
5alp of about 200,000.
TRYING To AVERT STRIKE.
New York, Feb. 17.-Offieers of the.
erotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
.nginemen, .deferrine their threatened
itrike order for twecive hours at least,
Oegan a conference with Federal Media-
1:ors this morning to consider the latest
roposalof the railroads looking to ad.
ustment of the controversy over wagos
,nd working conditions. It provide e for
irbitration under the Erdman Act, but
eith six, instead of three arbitratone as
the statute provides.
The firemen have been holding out for
lrbitration under 'the Erdman Act, with
ThiTs has been the etumbling block in
iliinreelet arbitrators, as provided by law.
the negotiations to. date. The
ded proposal of therailroads wos
mule last nighaafter al lefforts to
ring both sides together had failedeand
when it looked as if the etrikeorder
vould be is:elect at once.
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ELK LAKE FATAL FI r E
•
North Bay, Ont.'despatch': Elk Lake
lity was visited by a disastrous fire
vhich started at '3 o'clock this morn -
ng in the kitchen of the Matabanic
--tote', and spread with great rapidity
aefore it was discovered. The hotel
was burned to the ground, and the
flames swept to the Hudson Bay Com -
')any store, J. R. Bootle, office build-
ing, the fire hall, the Gowganda Trod -
'ng Company, Lang & Jordan, Wilson's
barber shop, besides three small
tores, all of which were destroyed.
Two men are known to be dead, one
named Sophia, a stranger, and a for-
eigner named Ecker. Three men aro
missing end ma,y be in the ruins. The
loss will reaeh $100,000, exclusive of
merchandise stocks.
ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION SAFE.
London. Feb. 17,---A despatch from
Sydney, N. S. W., says that it wh•elese
nuesage liar.; been received here dating
that Dr. Douelas Mawson and members
of his Antaretic expeditiou are on
board the relief Ani*Ora. All the
members .of the party are reported
well,
The expedition had not beta heard
from for thtee month%
The auetralien expedition, under Dr,
atawsen set out the latter part of 1011.
alegeon planned tO prooeal .south
from Auetralia and laud three eeparate
elone parties. Ills speeial desire waa
to somplete ui geogiaphteal and magnetic
eurvey,
TWCi KILLeo AT CROSSING.
despatt.11: Alvin Brown and
dellit Grant, neighliore ou the flairth
eonsee.a el of Elwartithing. en route. to
(fl )'i 111111 to do Th 011101111', weee etrliele and
haineils Lined by the T. P. Interne.
thinel Limited at n ere -ting "%vet
of tilt, \ this morning, The home
took Weld at a Meet el the whistle ant
eteed edill on the treed:. leevine the
bilgeiy and its •oeoupante (tiredly in
'trent of the train going eixty milee aYi
enee
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