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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1913-03-13, Page 9GERMANY NOV HAS TROUlt:S Sces Danger From New Balkan Alliance. ENDS 6ERMAN SCARE Foo Busv at Home to Men. ace Britain* Ikrfln,alarell 9.--Germa:ny k tili under the epell of the ctietenitial Pr ties is. n eel eb rat ion at Koenigeberg. Not for yeare has the publie been Bei worketi tp und the preae made $0 many references to the gravity of the times a4 if a great ,natieual eatas. trophe was impendiug. Everyone eveine to bee a greatUav 1anger1o0m. in up from the Eat as a reeult of the war in the Ilallfaue, which threat, ens the security of Germany. The propos-al to eat:Haifa: $250,0003000 on the military altar, witieli ie. attributed directly to •the Xai$er, has almost eteumed the nation. The natural de- dnetion is that there must have been etrat danger before the Government would take a step which is rarely re- sorted to by any nation unless it is on the brink or war, The general opin. ion, with few eaceptione, was that the (Brea reieult of the Baikan War is that Germany le practically isolated in Oen. tral Europe, and that her position, gap - graphically and politically, ie -very twit -l- ean The famous Writer. hfaximilian Harden,. who ie getierally opposed to the Government, is emphatically in favor of the military increase. Ile tiars it ie jnetified by the situation whicbeuth a war could easily pro.epitate overnight by a blundering statesman. Ile expresses the belief that no natiou is deliberately plan rring war, unlees it be Russia. Itert Maim, who lias jest returned train Vienna, mid the victories of the Bal- kan, allies had already weakened Ala trig as an ally, and that Germany must /oaf more to herself. Professor Delbreuele; the famous historian and writer, who is close to the Government, declared that the .danger to Germany's position could hardly be exaggerated. A nigh Goo• - eminent offieial saki to the corre- spoudent that the euccese of the Bel lathers had not •only created new erne ditions and a new power which -would largely absorb Austritne military strength.. ae an ally of Germany, but hatt given e, dangerous impetus to the pan -Slavic movement in Russia.. which hail rekindled the old idea ni revenge in France, Italy was an ure knewn quantity in the Triple Aut. anoe. .A.ustria had been weakened by the Belkaa tronble tied was not even certain of saute of her own Slav troops. Oltenia ny, therefore, wa e between two walls. The Government had no aggressive plaits :tun it is ridiculous to attempt to tavist the military preparations into any such eliape. In other quarters the situatien i described as merely a rumbling and the ,shifting of large bodies, in order to encure an •eqiiiiibrium of a new belatice of power. The Kaiecrie abandonment of hie Corfu trip, for sitieh the Imperial yacht Holietizoileen had been ordered to make' ready, le attributed to the outlook rather than to the wedding of his daughter. He is quoted as saying that he roust do his utmost, to the last 'moment to prevent war, but that 'the time miebt, come when lie wetild no longer be master of the bitua lion.At that time, he saki, Germany Should be prepared for eventualities. FINANCES SOUND. nGerrne.n finances, the money mare ket and the industrial world are ab- eolutely sound and in no danger of collapae or serious difficulties," de- clared Richard Wittino Utilielmer Regieurungstratit (Privy Councilor). the direetor-general of the Inationai Bank, of .Germany, and one of the 'big figura% in. the German financial anti political world, in an interview yes- tealate He continued: "What may a,p- pear abroad. to be a serious erisisredue to the extraordinary stuns demanded for military purposes, is merely a alight flurry mused by the unexpeetect manner in which the matter was E3prung. "I ‘vant," the Privy Counciliar said, "to rraprees you oltie two thin. rhe first Is that Germany is not at the end of her financialresources, and it is not 'an iodic:010n of bankruptcy oz the breakdown of her finacial system, aS haS been made to appear, because large Stuns of money are to be raised in a rather Miasma manner, nor dot it eigeify that Germany cannot place an more loans. "The meond point is that there is no truth hi the reports that Germany hae aggressive plaits. Frankly, the Goverzunent is too weak aud too fear- ful to consider agegreseive action. Germany, tinder her present policy,. will never go to war unlens site ie at , tatifed, of which there is little dan. ger. It is pa,radoxietil, but We have the reputation everysvbere of bristling with warlike preparation's. while we at horde know that the Government lacks all the elementthat make for a strong pollee. It might be different if we had a. Bismarck ineteaa of an agrieultural professor at the head of the Government. "The Germane," tontirined Dr. Wit- ting, "have ehowe their eapacity for tertrly everythieg. They excel in many .1,1)iegs, but they are an titter failure in polities, national end international. UndOubtedly we have men ',rho are capable of etielt work, but they are not In it position whero they ean make themselves felt mail a calamity ;weeps the weaker elements away," Dr. Witting Bald he dici net believe Wat wee imminent. AN OTTAWA BLAZE. Ottawa, Marth 9. --Damage to the xtent of $70,600 was caused by fire hith broke out in the Chamberlain Verille woodworking plea of the Mc- Auliffe -Davie Lumber Company, itk4.1) Saturday afternoon. The build - :trig Wes eonipletele' gutted, and flatters deetroYed ituelt valuable inaehlnery. The- flatlets also (Tread to an ediolte beg drying-leouse and teri box -tars, eleven of Whielt Wert', loaded With tut.' bete beitg destroyed. Tho loss to the UteAuliffe-Davis Company is seme- What over $00,000. and to the Grand Trienk Italiway Cattle= $10,099, whiell iutovcered by theorems... 1 Ottawa., 'March 9.-.Atubassat1or Bryce arrived here at noon yesterday and is the gueet, at Govermnent Houee o'f his Royal Ifighneee the Dulce of Connaught. He is making his offieial farewell vieits to the Governor-General and the Prime Minieter. At a luncheon at the Canadian Club on Saturday Mr. Bryce said: , "1 had the pleasure of calling on President Wilsoa and Secretary Bryan the day before , yesterday. They as- sured xne in the warmest and sincer- est terms of the desire of the American people to maintain the most cordial re- lations with Canada. The Ameriean peo- ple entertain no feelieg of jealousy to. Ward Canada, They have a genuiue fac- ulty of admitting etreauous character in other nations, and I know that they have a genuine feeling of pride' it Cato aches progress," Mr. Bryce had conferencee with the Primo Minister and the Minister of alaritto and Fisheriee in relation to the Panama Canal matter and fisheries and international Ivaterways questiona pend- ing betwed Caeada and the United States. 'THE LOYAL .,..F.RENCU • New Military LAW Meets Hearty Responsee Parie, 'March wlillegaess of the youug melt of France ter join the any in what is eoneidered a national erishe wee ludieated the pat week by the thoueaude of volunteerwho applied et the reeruitieg offices in every part of tleitt rti‘ eeuatey to eerve a term of three y 1?)egene Etienne, the Minister of War„ commenting oe thie fact, held yesterd•ae' that the offers came font eVtry of Soelety. Every pupil in the twe elms - es of the High $chool at Avignon sent a, letter to nf, Etienne, asserting remit- nase to 6tay in the ranks for three year., The reeruite at Poetoiee•eheered loudly when the Prefect of the depart. ment referred, during a opeeele to the three yeare' efirviee. Deputy jaequier to -day brought for- ward a proposition in the Chamber of Deputies to mire) the $100,000,000 asked for by the Goverement for additions to the Vrenich armaments by imposing an extra tax on, incomes. Theee above $2,000, ho bald, should be taxed heavily' when there were no ehildren it the fam- ily, Where there were children he pro- poeed that the tax should be decreased in proportion to their number. Deputy Paul Pugliesi-Gonti brought forward an amendment to the bill, pro- posing to lay a tax, of $23 on every for- eigner working in France. AFTER EQUIPMENT dmaranaa00...eara Stefansson in England Pre. paring For Arctic. Gives Outline of Intentions For His Trip. New York, March 10-A cable to the 'Tribune' from London this morn- ing mere: Vilhjalmar Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, who discovered a strange , tribe of blonde Equimaux, arrived in England from 'stew York last night. He lectures to -night before the Royal Geograplaical Society on "Arctic Is- lands and the. Esquimau.x Inhabit- ants." Lord Curaon, of Kedleston,' President of the society, will take the chair, aud a number of well-known explorer$ will be present. Stefaaeson has come to London for the scientific equipment for the four - years' expedition which ehe intends to •inalce in North Alaska. In an inter- view at Southampton last evening Stefansson said: "My expedition will be under the British flag, for it is being financed wholly by the Canadian Governehent. The funds generously offered by three American Institutes were found instil. ficient, and following an offer by Mr. Borden, the Canadian Premier, who wished, the expedition to sail under the British flag, I accepted in their place the financial assistance of the Canadian, Governtnent. "The expedition, consisting of eight scientific experts and a crew ef twelve will start from Esearimault in May. The main purpose of the expedition Is the exploration of Beaufort Sea, and we shall probably penetrate .far into unknown territory., A secondary base will be establish.ed in Southwest Victoria :Wand, witb a specifie view to a larger examin.ation of tiae copper bearing district." HIS V14.3SSEL IS READY. San Francisco, Marcb. 10 -The what - Ing barkentine Kiriuk, Captain C. T. Pederson, which bas been purchased by Viihjalmar Stefansson, the explor- er, for a three -years' cruise, in the Arctic, is ordered to sail for Esquixn- oult, B. C,, Wednesday. The explorer will go in the vessel later, probably at Nome. BRYCE AF OTTAWA Retiring British Ambassador Saying Farewell. GULLED GERMAN BANKERS. Mareli 0.--A man wearing the uniferm of an officer and giving the name of Dr. Gustav von Krupp von Bah- Iett und. Halbacb, winch is the untie of the manager of the Krupp works at roe Beni entered a municipal counting house there on Satiirday and flaked leave to ex- amine the town's accounts, which Wa8 greeted. After his examieetiot the man declared that lie bed diecovered that there were several thousand marks over rind above the eorrect amount and wild that he would. take the stn -plus to the Ministry of Finance in Berlin. He de- parted from the town, and later when the .town's authorities communicated with Ilerlin they found that they had beers robbed. DARROW JURY DISAGREED. Les Angeles, 1Nfareh 9. ---The jury try- ing Clerenee S, Darrow on a dune of jury bribery reported yeeterda:v, it wee able to agree, and Judge Conley dia. eharged t. The lett ballot good T3 to 4, but whe- ther for nermittal or convietion, wee not stated, DarrOV;.4 entre1 immediately on - n1'11111(.01 ilea he NI mild eel; far a re. .KING 'GEORGE OPENS. HOUSE OF. COMMONS Speech From Throne Expresses Wisbgs of Europa for Balkan Peace. Great Precautions Taken To Prevent Trouble During the Session. Londere March George to- day opened the third session of the pre. eent Vartiansent, after a prorogation of only two rIaye, the briefeet recess on re- cord. The stately eeremonial wee 1)er-formed in the House of Peers, where Hie Maj este, with Queen Mary, took their places on the throne, in the presenCh of a great gathering of rieidy.robed and Jew - elect peerand peereesee and a good leer- eeing of members of the House of Corn - mous, most orwhom were in eourt dress or uniform. Th ti opening was preceded by the fa- Ini proeession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, the mitre of the brilliant pieture being occupied by the great gilitea glass coach, drawn by the farnous Hanoverian creanneolored horses, whose sole duty is to participate in these pageants. Hie Majesty opened with a graceful re. eerencee to the jibilee of his parents, King Folward VT1, and Queen .Alexandra, and to his gratitude for the affect/lop showe by the nation to the widowed Queernafother Alexandra. The portion of the speech dealing with the Balkan war emphasieed the fact that an the great powers earnestly desire to prevent hostilities from spreading, and to see ,the fighting terminated an soon as possible. A large ineaeure of shecess, the King mid, had been .tchieved in es. tablisbing, an agreement among them in principle on matters of the greatest in'. portance. Ho continued: HOPEFUL FOR PEACE. "I am hopeful that the consultations between the. powers will enable thorn not only to secure a complete under. standing among themeelves, but to excl.- eise a beneficent influence in hastening the conclusion of the war." His Majesty- made a pleasant refer- ence to the action of the British Domin ions, who had cootriboted War vessels to the British navy, anti also tq the vis its of Robert L. Borden, the Canadian Premier, and other overseas Ministers to confer with the Imperial Ministers, which acts, he said, were calculated to promote the solidarity of the Empire, Continuing, Hie Majesty mid; '"The discuseions now preceeding in the Canealian Parliament- on matters of defence' testify to • the universal desire within the Empire for the maintenance of the common safety! The forecast of legislation to ae in- troduced was restricted to narrow limite. Apart from the introduction again of the Horne Rule and the Welsh Dieestab- GOT NINE MONTHS Male Suffragette Fired Rail- way Carriage. Glasgow Wires Cut by the Militants. London, March 9-11urell A. Frank- lin was sentenced on Saturday in. the • Middlesex Sessions to nine months' imprisonment for setting fire to a railway carriage. He informed the court that he did this as a prietest against the Goverament's' treatment of the suffragettes. He declared that he would go on a? hunger strike; Franklin le December, 1910, wa$ sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for an assault committed on Winston Spencer Churchill, wire was at that titne Home Secretary. He is a nephew of Postmaster -General Samuel. The militant suffragettes, who have given the British Isles a week of compara- tive calm, have SUccoedod in keeping the police as well as the leadieg statesmen and other officals on the tiptoe of antieipatioo, and it is thought that perhaps the calm was merely the predecessor of another stormy outburst.' The public recreation ground at Nottingham Forest was despoiled by womeh yesterday morning, many of the young trees there being ruined, while lamps were smashed and rail- ings and benches broken, A large number of telegraph and telephone Hues in the neighborhood of Glasgow Were cut, late on Friday night, and cards bearing the familiar "Votes for Women," were left tack- ed on the poles. VIOLATION OF PROM/SE CHARGED Winston Spencer Churchill, the Pirtst Lord of the Admirelty and his wife arrived at Dover to -day from it continental trip. It was thougb.t ne- Oeseary to guard their passage from the steamer to the train by a spe- dial force of police and detectives. All the other members of the Cab- inet continue to supprees annetiece- rnente of their engagements and to eurreund their moveineots with all possible mystery. Mrs. Emmeline Paukhurst, the militelat leader, has tnade one public appearanee since she was released from prison ot her promise to restrain from incitements to vloletce, Her speech on that oc- (lesion is eriticieed in many quarters as it violation of her proMise, but her supporters deftod it with the ar- gument that it was merely a justi- fication of past deede mad not an ineitoment to new one. There appears to ine no doubt that the militant eectioti of the Suffra- gettes has lost ground during the nest menth. Hetty lelaseirighaufis review, The Natlot, and two of the iefluential London daily newspapers have turned agaitet them since the explosion of the' homb whieh aused oxtenelve dam- age to Ohnncellor of the I:IS:Chequer IsloYd-George'e eolintry eottage, and Whieti Might have killed 'several work- men if the plans of the women had worked prePerly. A setond bomb had beton plae,ed, which was timed to explode at rin hour whet there -would have been a detell Workmen there, but the evlud extingtilehed the fese nivielt had been laid to fire it. the only important Moe- uree will be additional facilitation of land purcham in Ireland, the guarantee of a Soudan loan for the development of cotton -growing tlu.re, a Mt to preveut plural voting at electiore, aud a measure for the development Of 0,• national eye - tom of education. The (My sign of suffragettes during the royal Proeession was seen when two Women rushed h om St. ;Team' Park, op- posite Marlborough Howe, while the Royal coach was passing, and vigorously weviel papers. They were promptly sur- rounded by police aud lusetlea from the spot. Another party* of five women who wanted to present a petition to the King as • he passed. along 'White Hall,. were arrested. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST TROUBLE. I Londop March 10. -1 -In connection with the opening of the now seseion of the British Parliaanent by King George this afternoon, special and elaborate preeau- tions were takeu to prevent any inter- ference by militant suffragettes or their male eupportere. The time-houored ceremony known. as "searching the vaults" beneath the. Howie of Commons and the Howie of Lords, was again undertaken seriouely this morning, 'A party of Yeomen of the Guard from the Tower of London, who are better known under the name of "Beef Eaters," and who usually perambuiate leisurely through the buildings were to -day ac- companied by one of the chief offieials of Parliament and by inspectors of po- lice and other high functionaries, who made a thorough 'search of any lurking suffragettes or suffragists. The greatest care, too, was taken in issuing tickets to ladies for the actual ceremony of the opening, which takes place in the. House of Lords, Threats had been made to create it scene when the King arrived to read hie speech from the throne. The Lord Great Chamberlain, who is- eued the invitations, sent with theta a note stating that it was to be distinct- ly understood that the recipient of the ticket of admission accepted the fullest responsibility for the lady of gentleman present it, and that the name must be written on it. Along the line of route from Bucking- ham palace to Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, strong foreee of mounted and foot police, and men in plain clothese were stationed to prevent the occurrence of any outrage. Although wometi property holders and householders have the right to vote at municipal elections in the British Isles, female voters at tbe cbunty council eldctions this week were few, and only two out of a dozen women candidates were elect- ed. While some -of the legislators who favor the suffrage for women declare that nothlag should be done in the matter until the destructiou of prop- erty by the Suffragettes ceases, oth- erargue that the acte of a small minority of the women should not be allowed to kill a worthy movement, FURS ARE DEARER London Sale Shows Big Price Increase. London, March 9. -Furs will be ex- tremely dearer eext year, A pre -Easter talc in London this week schows that all furs are (wiling at from 20 to 00 per ceethigher than they did last year. As Litillal the highest -priced. furs are go- ing to Russia. One of the features of the eale here was five hundred. sea, ot- ters, which probably will be the last consignment for several years, As they will not be placed on the prohibited: list ,to prevent their extermination, Ali brought extremely high prices. One skin eold for the record price of $2,300, going to Russia. Silver !once 'mix° 450 per eent. higher than last year., One brought $1,750. Blue foxes established a, iiew record, one fetching $143. One feature of the sale was the in- creasing popularity of the .Amerlean skunk. A million and a half were offered and they were grapped, The only skin which showed a decline was the lynx, which was 40 per cent. cheaper than it -was it year ago. HON. DR. ROCHE'S CONDITION. Rochester, Minn., March 9. -Hon. Dr, W. K. Itoche, Canadian Minister of the Interior, is recovering from a slight attack of the grippe in St. Mary's Hospital, this city, before sub- mitting to an operation for gallstones. Dr. Roche entered the hospital on Priday afternoon, expecting to go upon the operating table on Saturday morn- ing, but, a delay Was occasioned by the cold, which is not in any way seri- ous. It was at first announced that the operation would be performed on. Monday morning, but it is possible that it will not be until Tuesday. MENELIK'S WIPE FREED. Addis Abeba, Abyssinia, March After three years of beteg interned in Empress Tai-Tou, the Miro of King Menelik, hail been granted her free - done The rightful heir to the throne he also been granted his freedom. The Empress' demain will be in the ' vicinity of Addis Abeini. Recently King Menelik was reported dead. Repots of the same, nature have been in eirenhition many thew in the past, and as usual no confirmation Ives reeeived of the latest report. / E. F. SEAGRAM DEAD. (Salt, Mara 9. - jest as he wars mixed to retire, Edward lerowde Sea- gram, one of (Mee beet eitizene, &eel eurldertly at 10,30 laet night. Death woo due to heart failure. Decerieed Ivrea the only brother of Joseph t. Sen - gram. of Waieiltio, owl 'it .1t4 in his Tiet Pit 1.. HERZ"LAVOIE Romance of Protege of L dy Laurier. Montreal, March 10.--A cable received by frieeds here anuouneee the liappy ter- mination of a romanceswhieh commeneed over a year atro when Me. tdicgfried, Hers, of Montreal, first met Mise Dittne La - vole, of Ottawa, who, ou the eve of her departure for Europe to further Iter familial Audios, gave a reeital io the Ladies' Ordinary of the Wiedeor Hotel. Mies Lavoie and Mr, Herz were. last week, at Barmen, Germany, quietly mar- ried, and are at preseut in Italy Qn their wedding tour, Mies Lavoie, its yoang pianist of prondere attracted the attention and in - tercet of lately Laurier, aod for four year was resident in We city, where She was a pupil of Mr, Albert Latiberte, eontinuing her 6tlidies with him, after he had gone to Europe. itt Oetoberi1011, while about to leave for the eontloente Mise Lavoie gave it concert in the Windeor Hotel ,the dove', opulent ill nor brilliant work being marked with every promiee of a suevess. ful future. At the concert she met Mr, Siegfried Herz, formerly of Nordheimerhe and later imanager of C. W, Lindeity, Limited, when the latter firm enquired the akin. treat interestof that eel -lulu, andis now a, direetor of Norditeimera,• To. ronto, Ile left about it month ago for tee lionle of his mother in Germany, where the marriage took plaee. MD SI/NESTER At Investigation of Wash- ington Hoodlumism, Evidence Puts Official Awkward Light. in Washington, D C., tlespitteh: Hun- dreds of women to -day crowded into the Senate' office building to attend the hearing of the Senate subcommit- tee into the conduct of the pellee dur- ing the disorders attending the suff- rage parade last Monday. Jeers and hisses greeted statements favorable to the police and applause greeted statements derogatory to the officials. The women grew bitter in their re- marks add interruptions when. Maj, Richard Sylvester, superintendent of police, related his side of the., story, declarine: he believed he had placed a force on PennsylVania avenue that was ample to handle the crowd and -pro. tect the parade. Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the committee which arranged the parade, told the committee that for a month she and her associates ltd "bombard- ed" Maj. Sylvester and the war depart- ment la their efforts to insure the pro- per protection for the parade, "The district police authorties would refer us to the war department, and the war department would tell us that if there was any trouble the fault would be with the district authorities," she said. When the suffragists were urging Maj. Splvester to grant them a permit to parade in Pennsylvania avenue, Miss Paul said, the superintendent of police endeavored to disuade them by telling them that the great inaugura- tion crowds would be disorderly and that he. had too few men at his dis- posal to afford them proper protection. After the perinit finally was granted Miss Paul said she reminded Maj. Syl- vester of these statements and urged him to request aid from the war de- partment. This he did not do. "He told me tliat the riffraff of the south would be here for the inaugur- ation- for the Democratic victory when he, opposed our marching, but after we had .secured the permit and were working to insure proper 'protection, he 'just said, 'Oh, that will be all right,'" said Miss Paul. a TESTIMONY BY SYLVESTER. Maj. Sylvester -was on the stand for an hour or more. He told the commit- tee that prior to the time of the parade he did not think that the aid of troops was necessary. "1 believed the force I had placed on the avenue sufficient," he said. "Then if the avenue was not pro- perly cleared by 3 o'clock on the day of the parade,. in your judgment the men and officers on duty there did not do their duty?" asked Chairman Jones. "Yes, sir; that is it," answered Maj, Sylvester. Maj. Slyvester said he was at The Union station to meet President Elect Wilson when he received word from Police headquarters es1 to conditions. He immediately ordered cavalry brought from Fort Myer. The huge crowds, MO,. Sylvester said, could Itaxdly have been kept on the eidewallts, but they could have been held back enough to allow the parade space to pass In an orderly manner. raamawaraaIari. POPE'S HEALTH BETTER. itome, March 10.-Therc has been no Increase of gravity In the indispositi.n front which Popo Plus X is suffering, The symptoms of the patent wore re- lieved by trio tranquility of his rest dur- in,r the night. There was no rise in his temperature, and the doctors to -day re.4 port that his cough has considerably diminished, that fever is almost non- existent, and that the catarrh is talcinn its usual course. The ehosiciane declare that the indica- dons are that there is no further mese for anxiety, although absolute rest foe his holinees will be nesessary for exilic). time PRUSSIANS Ad CI3LEBRATING Berlin, March 30. ---Emperor William end the Prussian people started to.day the cetenration of the centenery of the rising ageinst the Emperor Napoleon. which (eliminated in the battle of LeIre tile in October, 1S13, wheri the cembined Prussia», Roe:nen. Ausarian null Swedish armiee ()gutted Napoleon's troops, with great loss, and opened the way for the liberation of Germany from Napoleonie control rola for the downfoll of Napo. 10011. MO NOT FIND BENNETT. Brantford, nevelt Couefeble Kerr returned yesterday from a fritititio trip to Toronto, wheie he had been ho formed (leek Bennetts wanted here on a niurapr v...18 F,pen tom week. Local nonce autielitiee believe that /Sennett is still in the prorlitee, and is seeming aettietareei froin ivientle im, tr,‘,,viv1/4 • :RIEOMANN BUSY! FLINDALL 6VILTY Treated Se \ enteen Case in New York. Is Winning Good Will of • the Physicians, New York, March Vrederloh Frans Friedinann further entrenched himself in the goodwill of the medical profession here to -day by administer - lag his tUberculosis culture ti ZeVett- Went people, He had promised that "not it day would be lost," .and thet ,the number of sufferers whom be Met would be by far greater than that at his unfortunate initial appearance, The Cale was held this afrernoon at the eerie° of Dr, George Kanniteimer, at 41. :'as t Fifty-first street. The seventeen persons who reedy - ed Dr, Friedmann's injections were women, ehildren and men, about an equal proportion of each, Their eases were general in character, moderately well advaneed, and as one doctor put • It who witnessed the clinic, would prove the efficacy of the treatment it it is it real cure. There were eleven cases of tuberculosis, two of affection of the knee joint, one of the laip joint, one of the neck glande, and two cases of tubereulosis of the kidneys and bladder. In all of th,ese the injections of his preparation were intra muscu- lar, and were made itt the thigh. Addi- tional intra-feinous injections were made in the wrists of the three pa - tions suffering from the joint disease. The impreuion which Dr. Fried- mann left With' the members of lath profeselon was far better than thet lie made on his first public appearance, His techtique were all that could be desired, according to witnesses, and bis antiseptie preparations were sat- isfactory, GOVERNMENT TEST. The two Government surgeons, John F. Anderson and Dr. Arthur Smith, sent on here to look into Dr. Fried- mann's culture for tuberculosis, chose to -day the Mount Sinai Hospital as the place for carrying on the Govern - meet tests with tuberculosis suffer- ers. The hospital authorities and Dr, Friedinarm agreed, and late this af- ternoon the Berlin doctor gave his treatment to seven patients who were; in the hospital, Dr. Friedmann also supplied Dr, A,nderson to -day with samples of his culture, which the latter will take to Washington to -morrow to be in the exhaustive scientific tests which the hygienic laboratory of the Publie Health Service will at once institute. There no patients will be treated, tat: plan being to try the preparation out on monkeys, and perhaps other ant - mals. NEW GERMAN TAX Strikes Hard Blow at Trade Expansion. New -York, Martel .eable from - London to the Tribune says: 'Dispatches from Berlin give details of - the German. Emperor'. proposals to tax private fortunes for the provision of a great fund to tie usad for the increase of German armaments. The Galicia fig- ures of the semi-offielal etatement issu- ed' on the subject as aro follows: Fortunes up to *50,000, $1.25 in every $500. Fortune e of *50,000 to *125,000, $1,00 in every $500. Fortunes of *125,000 to $250,000, $2,50 in le,ovretti• n$e5.ro. f - in every $500. Fortunes of $230,000 to $2,500,000, *5 $2,500,000 to $5,000,000, $71.51'00rtiiiilne(e'"o11$$125,(0)(03.0,000 to $12,500,000, $10 in erer $500. Fortunes of $12,300,000 to $20,Q00,000, $12.50 in every $500. Fortunes of $20,000,000 to $2,n000,000, $15 in every $300. • To take a contrete example Bertha Krupp Von Bohlen, head of die great Krupp works, will have to pay $1,800,000 as her share of the war tax. When it is remembered that title is not a tax oti income, but on capital, and that it strikes every hank aecount of more than *5,000 in the German Empire, it is not hard to fiee what it vital blow has been strUck at German trade.expansion, And all Europe will be dragged aowe with nermany. Every country of Europe will be forced to follow the exarupie of Ger- many in armament expaneio», with it consequent increa se of the burden of taxation. The withdrawal of so large an amount of capital front commercial Dath8 11)ea111.3 11 corresponding restriction of trade ectivity and of the power of trade to expand. e . a • T. R. TRAIN WRECK Smash Near London Loohs Like a Crime, Londoe, Ont., Mareh 9. --The Grand Trunk exorees No. 5, en route to Port Huron and Chicago, was wrecked at a switch at what is known as the Sand Pit, Just east of London, to- night. While four ears were derailed, no- pereon Nvits injured. Grand Trunk detee- tives are enaeavoring to ascertain the identity of the pereons who tampered with tbe switch throwing the locomotive, which was in charge nf Enghwer Roy - ford, and ears into the ditch. Two months ago a heavy debt was • tied over the milli of the eaetbouna main line at about the eathe point short. ly before tho sehauled thue of one of the fast expresses. nowever, an extra - freight Bent out; of London eneotintete ed the obstrnetion and wa6 thrown into the ditele At that time deteetiyes work- ed on the case unsuceessfully, but a more rigid investigation is now to be proseented. BOY KILLS FATHER. Chieago, Afareh f‘felieile 101, 19 years eld, 'Alia end kilkd father, Charles Seliniblee, 47 e earl old. iu their home oe.the Iveet side toeley. The outing ()oeuvre 1 after the tern end iiie (lister :Reline, 13 vers of flee. bad barricaded them -wives in the pantry tr eseape their father, who WaS kented With 0, inItcher nit.i tva trinl to foree open the dOor, ihe policy ariised the boy was etated in the parlor smoking a pipe, he 41110;1 bie pet opt in -elf fle.f"twe. Fivelear Sentence For Killing Rs Father. Cobourg despeteli-Aftee being out about 000 hour, the illry itt the CaSe oi 'Dilate Militia, charged with manslaugh tor in killing his father) Reuben Plindalj. brought in. a verdict of "guilty) with it reeommendation to mercy," ate„jeetiee ainnnetott sentenced the youog man to five yearin, the peniten tiary, Hie ()otiose' will in all probabilits consult with the Minister of Justice asking for elemeeee upon the ground ot the recommendation for mercy. Solf-defenee was the ground taken by the defence largely, while Oa prosecution sought to prove that th( prisoner at the time of the quarrel witt his father could have escaped had 1)1 Wen, and that it wat not neceesary tot him to strike 111 self-defence, Part of tee fork handle and a rileigh htake were the weapons lewd iII the fight. The evidence of Seenuel ilerpese who witnessed the figlit, was to the effect that, the deeeened had first thrown etones et 'his son and then strnek at liim with a elute Dr. FarleN testified that the elder Flindall'e wit"; and daughter had both eomplained of ill-treatineet at the heeds of the (locate ed, Three brothers of the vietim swore that prisoma might, have tactual!. irom his father had be wished, as there svaz-- a small floor leadina to the cow shed, 'rho aefenee eallea witnesses to show ellow that by tryina to escape by the email door into the cow stable the m•isoner would have been obliged tc climb over staneltions, and that there Was only a narrow passage and he would have been more completely in his lath tirr's power. Mr, Finley, son-in-law of de eeased, atul others gave eviaeneefaae to the latter's violent temper. atrad Mee Ithereon, housekeeper at the' Flindati home, deecribed ,Ilruee, as the "peace inakcr of the bunily," while the lather WAS a vioirint man. lier evidence and Chet of Mabel Flindall brought out pea ticulars of other quarrels, TO ANNEX EGYPT Rumor of Britain's Inten- tions Gains Ground, London, Mar. 10. --The report current a few months ago, that Great Britain was about to annex )rpt is renewed and with :t particularity which suggests that 1st:fore long the formalities needed to accomplish,this purpme may be car vied out. ff they are, their porformance will mark the end of a ram which Great Britain has -played with an imperturba Mc face for practically thirty years. Neither in forth nor in fact is .ltgept really one of the Sultan's tributaries For the last quarter of a century a Turkish commissioner bas resided in 4qpt as representatilve of the Sultan, but ac has been under strict orders not to interfere in the slightest degree with the British administration, edid the Brio isa administration in turn gravely' pre tends to do all things- in the nanle of the Khedive. The Khedive was his Ministry, and that Ministry puts into decrees the meinoranda pa.csed it by the British resi - dent Congul-Cleneral, who. is the source‘ (.4 all governine authority. 11 ina:y scent at first glance a matter of indifference to Turkey that the Brit- ish sbould now carry out it long. -postpone, ed formality, but the final separation of the slender thread which hes hound Egypt to Constantinople carries wash it the snappiug of a preetige terribly im paired in consequence of the Balkan War. ONTARIO HEALTH Measles Epidemic and Smallpox Increasing. Toronto (lova-tell-Ontario is in the throes of an unusual epidemic of measles. The retures from the local board, of health from all over the province ehow that the disease is ten times as Preva - as it was in February •last year, elthough the great majority of tbe eases X1 re of 41, Mild 'type. :Cto nionth' figures show 1;210 e11506 reported, etiinpareff with only 111 last February. Smallpox and scarlet fever aleo showed a large inerease, the numbee of (meal of the former almost cloubling. Tuberculosis ehowed evidences of better reporting. The detailed figures shotv: 3913. Disease. Cases.' Deaths. Smallpox 145 0 Searlet fever . , .. : A . .;. nil 11 Diphtheria . , 0 • 0 • • .* 0 • 109 Meo.slee.. .., ..... .,....1,210 Whooping cough .. .. .... 75 Typhoid fever .. .. .. • . 47 Tuberculosis.. .. , . . a 15$ infantile paraiy:4is , • • „ 2 inirebro.spinal meningitis.. 4 20 13 11. 11" 95 ••••• 44••• 4.1 2,121 173 SMALLPDX AT EXETER. 'Exeter, Ont., despatch --Smallpox ham broken (int in twenZy Exeter homes 1-Vhat ws thonaht t� igi chickerioos has 'Pe in the enuf eneild Taylor, 12-y r-ohl 3011 of ex- 11))0exte.i prevalenp 'for the p.181 two ln,011.08, eot being smallpox. s ,Sound, di4riet health offh.lr, 11e0Ve ..01111 Taylor. ettitation, pronounced. the (1150(150 smell. el tare pent fae The Bete proenneat liven 11 Offieer, Toronto, who, after eon- r bet seaeleions 1)01 first aroused as the dietotO On ThlIrSday 1)r. afeNally, of OWell or • 10•4.0sommik...., KING RECEIVES TURK ENVOY, London, Mar, 10. - Jhtg George today revolved Ilakhi laente, the former ih Grand Vizier. :r1r .Edward Grey, the tenant Foreign Ministee, preseuted him. The reply of the allies to the power' offer of mediation in the Wt 1' in isonth- en4.Ltern Europe ie stili awaited. It is iteserted 11 diplomatis quartees that the allies in no ease will emetent, to ally. riling in the nature al eulimitting arty lege-tame arbitrillen, even if they .1.' 01)] be willine to eyeeie ealsol,yart irediutien. .kecoriling the le& ef the slii0e II111 be Lauds,' to thy pee er, (01 MondAy, teal 01)1))))" 1' their ne.ne, ionise ie. essee deinaisi ieelanni!,.. N'e !!at:qf'r 1144 roP.Ii‘ id ;rOln Or. tl!“,2t.re ef oar 1. -1t ft ie 61a ted that. the Greene eaptarsd 108 guile 01 tome ereehtlia413 eleT) piect SCOTCH MSASTEi Explosive Works Blow Up Near Giasgow, Many Killed. Hundreds jured, Town Wrecked Glasgow, march 10 terrtila mite exploeion killed many inhabfe tants of the town of Irvine, in Ayr- shire, and injured hundreds of ethers to -day, as well as virtually wrecking the town itself, The explosion oceurred at Nobel's Explosive Works at Arder, a littla over 20 miles rem Olasgew. The town of Irvine was shaken to Its foundation, Maley houses, churches, ohools and public institations were irretrievably damaged. Ceilings fel, everywhere, partitions collapsed, ana scarcely a window was left Intact. People walking on the streets were hrown to the ground, and all the in- habitants rushed from their bousee itt coneternatiou, The harbor and many works adjac- out to the scene of the 6:019810n were masses of wreckage. There were three distinct explos- ions, followed by an immense columri of smoke, which rose high into the air and could be seen miles away. Six bodies had been recovered up to 4 o'clock this afternoon, wnile Bev - en people eeriously injured and a largo, number of °there with slighter hurt had been taken. to hospitals. • DUE TO. COMBUSTION Experts' Opinion of Balti- more Catastrophe. Baltimore, Mareh 10.---A1though Wil- liam H. Borahardt, aseletant foreman of the stevedores employed in loading the dynamite ship Alum Chine, which blew up inthe lower harbor here realty, is under arrestacharged with the act that caused. tbe. disaster, dynamite experts still incline to the theory that epontance ous combustion in the coal bunkers of the vessel caused the disaster, Bernhardt was arrested early thie meriting, after Cormier Ruseell, of the eastern police dietriet, had, to.ken the etatement of Morrie Price, a stevedore, Who said he saw Boznitardt stick a bale - hook into a box of dynamite and cause its explosion. The coroner says tho etatcluent of Prieens sopportea by other stevedorewho were in the immediate Bernhardt denies the use of the hale - hook, but admits thebox of dynamite exploded while he was handliug it. His .theory is that the dynamite, which had been frozen, had blistered and that the friction caused by the blisters on two adjoining sticks produced the explosion. Contrasting with 'thew etories are the atatements of others aboard the Alum Chine that they heard no explosion what- ever before they saw emote and flames pouring froin the hold of the ship. Theatoroner's inquest will be held to- morrow night. "Hoepital reports to -lay added the MUIR% of two stevedores to the list of casualties. One of the men died late beet night, all the ether to -day. Others of the injured &hewed improvement to- day. 4' ANARCHIST PLOT .Italian Train Accident At- tempt on I oyalty. Ronw, March O. -Despite the striet censorship and repeated denials and explanations of last Sundey'a "slight accident" to the Naples Express, when King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena were on board on their way to Rome., it is generally believed that it was the. result of an Anarchist at- tempt to injure the Royal party. it was aeouneeu that a piece of iron had become detached from the royal cat and struck violently against the other one which was wrecked, but ties explanation 18 nOt believed. first official version WAS so obviously absurd that it almost served to eorro- aerate the suspicion that the affair wae the work of Anarchists. The second explanation is more plausible, but it does not explain how all the doors of the second-elass ear immediately behind the royal car were completely enmelled and its sides pen forated. The fh•st explanation stated that t he • damaged ear WaS empty,. Later it was aekhowledged that Were were on board several pesseegere who were undoubtedly detectives, as none of them would talk when they arrivedain Rome. The damaged car had previously beep examined by in- spectors aboard, who returned at midnight to -Caserta, where they made an expert examination. The few pas. sengers aboard the trainwereconvine- ed that thee accident was oftueed eithev by a, bomb which was thrown by Anarchists or by rifle ShOt8 amy. ing it high explosive. There is no doubt" about the "accident" being inys- terious, and it is well known that, shortly after it happened the first newe winch reached the Clovernment was to the attempt that an Anarchist attenipt had been made on the life of the King end Queen. The aecident occurred at 2,30 p. m., jitst ;titer the train had pass- ed the station. LATEST MAWSON MESSAGE. alelbourne, March 9, -Dr. Hunt, the." Commonwealth meteorologist, has re- eeived the following wireless from Doug- las Afawson, the Australian explorer, who, owing ti his failere to catch the re- lief (drip Aurora, is spending the winter itt Peron iu Mello to Dd. With SUMO e0111 - pinions. "The climate here is probably the severest on eertli. The average NVintl 110%11 ri. Ve10eity of fifty 1111108 lin )1011r4 There has been deluges of snow. The wireless MaSt. blOW11 (10W11 laSt. )'ear, It has been re-Creeted and I expect to keep in touch," -seas* SHIP CAPTAIN'S NARROW ESCAPE 11crlie. 31t1,, Marc)) Dos -Lashed to one side of the meet of his sunken veesel, to the othoh side of whieh mos tied the 0.0,4d lesly 44) ti eolored man, Captaiu l'eniterd 'Slervitt. iniconsolous and vicar death, Was pleked up in the oc-ean off the Marylaml est, about ten miles out from ( obb'e 1411111(1, Ire MP))) hel N of the crew of Cobb's Lite,Sa‘ing iSta- lion, after he had been teesed about in the waleis f4$1' 1110111 than Rerty•(.1:411. 1)1)111'.4. 'sea e"