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The Wingham Advance, 1909-03-25, Page 7THE GERM 4N 41 DREADNOUGHTS Have Thrown the Whole of Great Britain kto Nee. tlet Only the Supremacy Cut the En. ?ate= of Britt in Threatened. Urgent Demand For a Greater Navy, -Admiralty Attacked. Londoxi„ Meath 22.— (117 Marconi 111relese to the Globe.)—ligitish cam- leacency this week teeelyed eltoek which liae en parallel since the Doer war, -Indeed, it may be doubted whether tlei "Lleek week" of uearly ten years ago. brought; sueli a painful eitoek to the national pride as did this weele'e naval debates at Westminster, ..NTIlltitry efficiency Wa4 to the aver- age Englishmail a, limiter of eseondary ;impedance, Ile did not expect very suuelt 'front the War Moe and with prepared to be setisfied if his military ghlefe. muddied through somehow— vvvi there not a navy: And there 'would be no muddling at the Ad- iniralty. Hie - navy 11115 the appki of John Bull's eye. His supreinney at sea. was ineontested, and, he thought, incon- testable. AIR. AVICENNA'S BOMBSHELL. The reveiatious as to German pro. gives in shipbuilding which the week Drought forth were. ve-ritable bomb- shells. Mr. Regioald McKenna, the lairst Lord of the Admiralty, atte-etiol and Mr. .Asquith, the Premier, admit- ted the truth of the statement that the German shipbuilding-. programme win ride:owing with a f.-'i1C-Ctl WhiC11 h141 talSificti all previeus caleula- Gone, Germany, which had been re. preseuted as building slowly and tie ilk, behind Great Britain in capacity, was completing ships of the first class rapidly. -4 The Government litet year calculated that nine German veseels of the Dread- ' nought type would he reude for sea at the end of 1911, wherette the number wilt be thirteen. The Government cake- lated that twelvo German ships would he completed in 1012, whereas probably bevente.en Will be ready. Two years ago Germany had no ships capable of accom- modating the Dreadnoughts; now she has fourte•en and three more under way, 110 First Lord went on to say that whereas two years ago the idea of Ger- inaey buildieg ships in two years would have beeggidiculed, now such possibility 'could not' be dismiseed. ONE -POWER STANDARD IN DANGER. Mr. A. 3. Balfour, the leader of the Opposition, petnted the prospect in eren blacker colors. Figures had been sup- plied him by -a naval expert, whose au- th•ority he vouched for, whieli were 31101,0 serious than those admitted by the Admiralty. Ho had nerer rieen to speak in the House with aegraver sense of responsibility, a graver sense of the immense effect on national destinies PE the decision which Parliament would have to make. and from -which decision there could. he no appeal. It was Mr. Balfour who told his countrymen that it was no longer a question of maintaining. the two -power standard, but a one -power standard, so far as it concerned the latest and mot formislable type of ship. He had infor- mation that (lermeny last year Ilia down four ships of the Dreadnetight7 -class of which the- British Government had no knowledge. By 1912 Germany might have tWenty-five Dreadnoughts to Britain's twenty. For the Vest tirne in modern history )3ritain Wag face to face with a naval situatiou so ue.w, so dangerone, that it was cliff'. milt to realize all its import. NATIONAL E,XISTENCE IN PERIL. 'England'e national existence may bo well within less than a genera- tion from the tremendous- navy now being hurried on in Germany, feoin the - domineering ambition of (ler. limn chiefs and the Eispirationti and inereaso of the German retie," weites '"(Frederic Harrison, leader of the Tag- lish poeitiviets. "It is 110 qusstion of loss of prestige, no question of .shrinkage gf empire. Tt is our exist- ence as a foremost European power, and even as a thriving nation. How., idle are the fine, words about re- Irencluneut, peace and brotherhood, WO lie open to the risk of un- utterable ruin, to a deedly fight for national existence, anti to War in its most destructive, nlost cruel form." . These ar3 th.e words, uoit of an habit. nal scaremonger, but of a man who for forty years has been at tho head of a school .whose doctrines include the aboli- tion of militarism. They are extrects from a two -column letter published in Thursday's Thnes by Mr. Harrison. Tho letter was evidently written before Bri- tain was subtected to the severe, shock which it received during the navgl de- bates in Parliament. Its present publi- cation not only shows the temper which prevails at the moment, but also india cotes the view•whith thinkieg melt here . take of the diffieulties teeing tho Bri- tish Empire. CONTEST LIKELY INEVITABLE, Mr. R•arrison sees as . between Ger-. Many and Britain "all the elem.ents of 0, contest quite natural in the idtimate solution of national. destinies. With the normal growth of these mighty natiotes it -may well come within the actual gee - oration. It is an antagonism like that between Athens and Sparta, Rome and Carthago, Spain and Britain, Geemany and France—one which seems to be in- depoudent of persoes,. oval of the will of peoples, to be borne on by the elemental sptings .of national destinies. It seems Nile inevitable. Our suprentaey at sea will be trot by a determined challenge within a reasonable time. The Germati navy not built for 'distant voyages," he continues. "It is built to act as the spearhead of a magaificeat array. This army, as. aft know, has been trained for a (redden transmarine deseeat on the toast, and every . road .as es bridge and smithy. in EositEughind mad Seotleatd hail been doeketed the .Ger. man War Office. IF XXVI' WERE owittwrizmnb. "If ever our naval defence were brok. .through and tbe military oec.upation of our arsenals, docks end capital effect- ed, the ride would be such as modern history .eannot It would not be the empire, but Britain, that would bo destroyed. Occupation by the foreign. ht. vader would bo to the empire what the turetieg of a boiler would be to A Dreadnought. Captial would (liftmen With the dettrnetion of eretlit. Eafeiltio cooled atterebn 'and an luettleulable :hog anittchy and an en able change, in the tedieittiel end fin, (Mehl.. Wahl wonld be the inevitable re. suit. Britain Might live on, as Itolland oo, bet before she began life feee, ly agai4 oho would, have lest half her populationi which she emild riot feed, and, all hoc oversee, empire, which she could liot defend." FREDERIC IT,A,RAISON CONVEItTgD. Contemplation of this "appalling catastrophe" leads Mr. Ilarteeen to. abandon the eati-militarist Po.lieY which ho has censistently Ineintained for forty years. Ile saya Great tain needs more than one line of de- fence. Exactly how that eeconil eliould be et:malt-Med, whether by ex. pension of the new territorial Army or conseription is a problem he leaves oth- ers to Helve. "For more than forty rears," he con - eludes, "I have raked. my voice against every form of aggression, Imperial ex, Pension aucl continental militarism. Few men have proteeted moro earnestly against pot:Spoiling social reforms and the well.being of people to Tinperial CO* quests. But how holloW is all the talk about induefrial reorganization until eve he,vo secured our country against oaths, tropho that would involvo unteld destitution end misery on people iu tho mass." In some respects the situation yerges on a panic. There are wild appeals made for a great nationalf movement, which tvill compel the Government at once to lay down a number of Dread- noughts and Invineibles which will fig- ure on the present programme. Public meetings aro being arranged throughout the country to demand a greater navy, and possibly the most striking feature of all is the suggestion mask that a roy- al or Parliamentary or some other com- mission should be appointed to investi- gate the navy, and especially the Adnitio alty. Hero the situation in some res- pects is comic. Among the stiangest supportive of naval inertias° are to be found the partisans of Admiral Sir john Fisher ein his Contreversy 'with Lord Charles 13cresford. Now that the Admix- alty has admitted that its calculations of year ago were wrong, the Fisherites are in a dilemma, while those who sided with Lord Beresford find their hands tremendously strengthened. CALLING FOR FISHER'S ITEM). Sir John Fisher's retirement from the Admiralty is called for clamorously by that section of the press which es- poused Lord Beresforcl in the quarrel. "It has repeatedly boon suggested by Admirals," says one caustic coin- meutator, "that Admiral Fisher should be rewarded tvith a Peerage for hie sex. - vices to the country. Agree to give him two Peerages, but retire him from the Admiralty." e There is little likelihood of this idea being carried out at present. Ad- miral Fishox will stand or fall with the GoVernment. The Navy League, a non-partisan organization, at a meeting to -day passed a resolution dectiding to enter immediately on a groat campaign for a greater navy. The agitation is already going on iu the great centres, and the league plans to extend it throughoht the entire country. It will hold _meetings in every market place. ' OFFER OF BATTLESHIPS. Melbourne Australia, Marchgeal.—The ptoposal present a "Dreadoought" to the royal navy meets with tho warmest public approval. Several of the party leaders express themselves in favor of making an immediate offer. The Sydney Herald urges definite ac- tion, declaring that should each oversee dominion offer one the moval--' effect would far -exceed the intrinsic worth of the vessels. Tho New Zealand Government has of- fered to defray the cost of a first-class -battleship of the latest type. The money for this purpose will be forthcoming im- mediately, and, if necessary, funds -will be raised for the construction of a sec- ond battleship. DREAROUGHT GIFT Proposal 'Chat Australia Present Britain With Tikst-aass Battleship. MRbourne, March 22. --The Age prints. a suggestion' that Auetralia should pre- sent Britain .with a Dreadnought as a ,free gift apart from the naval subsidy. The Arges, which diners from the Age on many local questions, cordially sup- ports the proposal, The Sydney Herald thinks it an over- strain -en Britain Co keep pace with Ger- many', and is grateful to the mother country for facing the filets. The Tele- graph eays the mese feasible explana- tion of German's activity: is that Britain is to be challenged. • Whatever' that 111CS119 to Britain it means. also tas Aus- tralia. The Star declares tritainiebould issue an ultimo -Lion to Germany to cease building, its British naval supremacy means peace, while German supremacy means war. - a* - LIQUOR SMUGGLING, Large Quantities Carried Over the Upper Falls Bridge. Niagara Falls, N. Ye deepateh: The !oral customs force hits bolt advised that smuggling is going on full blot. It has been learned that large and small quantities of whiskey have been carried into the United States from Canada over the upper bridge and sold in local hotels and saloons. sao ' This morning Deptity Collector of Cus- toms Daniel Dietrick, stationed at the upper bridge, confiscated two quarts, .whielt he found in possession of a well- known hotel men of this city, The hetel litept r was accompanied by another num, who, when the liquor was found, wanted lo claim it as his own. Ownership did not enter into the ense. The law provides that duty may be lieved on a case of tho spirits, but smaller portions must be confiscated. When all this wee made (dear to the hof el man he surrendered unconditionally, and begged for the return of the evbis- key, itut without avail. TIRED OF JOB. Does Anybody Want to be King of Christmas Islartil 7 Tro., Alitrelt 22.—Chrielniaw bland, in the Pacific Ocean, neat Sing, apore, will halm to find a new king, for ita present ruler, Sohn Davis Murray, a Purdue tTniversity graduate, wart married rerently to ft London Wo- man. Ile prefers eivilized domesticity to savage royalty, Murray will there- fore (abdicate. Ilia eollege Meads re. &haat this iraformation from him to. day. Murray, adi manager of the Phos. plette CoMpeuy's ieteriete on Christ. mas Ielaud, had Jaen made king by the 1.1analna, so that he should have bait. tient malignity mer the nettle% DR. JACKSON ON THE BIBLE. He Replies to Critics of His Previ- ous Lectures, "'Common Seise" and "Myth," Mis. interpreted by Others. Faith" Not Shaken in Divine Autherily ‘f whwe 'Toronto, Maren e2. --Te a gathering of xam whieh filled the great auditorium of Sherbourae Street Methodist Char* nev. George thiekson spoke yesterday afteenoon on the question, "Does the Old Testament Contain a Divioe Reveletion?" whielt concluded a aeries of five ad- dressee to men on Old Testeintent inter- pretatien. Rev. Mr, Teel:son began by stain that e heated. controvery had unfor. temately,arisen since. they had last niet. Some things had been said which one would hope would be speedily forgotten. His hearers had. been warned against him ae -a preacher whew public teathingo were unchrietian, that he had out-Inger- solthd Ingersoll. To euch statements his only Delmer would ho silence, But there were others whose hearts may have been turned which he would do anythieg in his power to correct. "Two points io my previous lecture," explained Rev. Mr, jackson, "on the early narratives of Genesis, apgeer to have led to very cousiderable Misappre- hension, and I wish to take this oppor- tunity to add a brief explanatory word. "(I) First of all, hi regard to what I said about tho use of commen sense' in the interpretation of ocripture, Noth, -Ing was further from my theught than the setting up of 'common sense' as the weenie arbiter and test of holy ecrip- ture. All I meant, all eaid, was that to meet the -particular objection to which I was replying, nothing more was neocesary than the use of the same common sena° method as we alwaYs apply to the study of other biblical his, tory. "That, of course, 'common sense' alone will not put . man into full possession of the truth of the scriptures; epiritual things must be spiritually discerned, and if a man is spiritually blind all the 'common sense' in the world will not re- veal to him the deep things of the word of Clod. I did not say this lathe lecture because it did not lie within the scope of my argument to do so; but surely the absence of an affirmation should not be construed into a denial. THE WORD "MYTH." "(2) Again, geeat objection has heen taken to iny use of th.o word 'myth/ as applied to soma- of the early' stories in the boots of 'Genesis-. I udmit that the term ie not free from reproach, -be- cause, unfortunately, to the minds of many it suggests siniply whet is fale-e. 13ut this is it misunderstanding of the titord. A nation in its infancy clothes its thoughts in a mythical form, just as a little child loves to clothe its thoughts in the garb of a story. And just as we use- the picture -world of the child to reach him, so has God used the primi- tive ideas of primitive. nein to teach us, eternal truths concerning Himself. Thus, in -the opening Chapters of the book of Genesis, lye learn that God is the creator of all things, that man was made in Hie image, that sin has de- faced that which He made 'very good,' and se forth. ' "But notaing saki in my previous lecture in any Way weakens my faith inethe inspiration of the Old Testament or its, divine a.uthority. "The whole object of the following lecture is to show that the historical study of the seriptures, so far from disturbing that faith, establishes it more firmly than ever. "And, last of all, does this method. of study touch our faith in Jesus Christ as Son of Man, Son of Goa and Saviour of the world? Whatever some may mis. takingly suppose to be Gin consequences of accepting the point of view of modern criticism, for myself I desire most sol- emnly to reeffirm my unshaken faith scripture as the word of God, and ae the only perfect rule of faith and life, and in Josue Christ as the one hope of a sinful race, 'My Lord and my God.'" 1....rNITY OF OLD TESTAMENT. "The first thing to which I would call attention is the remarkably unity of the Old Testament. Wo think and 'speak' of the Oki Testament ae if it were a book. And yet it is not so much a book as u collection of books, a national literature, with. something liko a 'thousand years. between its earliest and latest -contents. Among the various contributions to this literature there is nothing that can be 'called collaboration. staid .yet when you bringtogcther those seemingly easual writiegs, produced at widely separated intervals, the work of emu unknown. to ecith other, the result is a living whole.; a writing whos.e parts are clooely knit by a single parpose and' fired by a common hope, that for. cen- turies 111C1i lIOVO spoken of it not as a literature, but as a book. This is a literary phonoineima without parallel. This unity of the Old Testament. deeper than the unity of language—Witence came it? Is not the answer of faith likewise the answer of reason, that be. hind the individual minds another and larger mind was at work that central intelligetee whielt directs and gives unity antlepurpose to the scattered move- ments and drift:lugs of men? "From. the unity of the Old Testament it is but 11, short step to its uniqueness. .1. hasty eurvey of a very wide field is all that is here possible, yet it may be euffieleut to show that the psalmist's words: 'God. hath not dealt so with any itittion,' are not -merely it poet's imagin- . "Nevertheless, there is another and more direct argument defente of tho Divine character of the Old .Testa- ment which must tot bo overlooked, end the worth -of which each end' may test for himself; / its area bp. peal to the .spirit of man, Aftee what has it that first gave to these analogs their plaeo : the Cancan -of the Old Testament? 'The times of the Old Testament books gained their min. onkel position becalms they commended themselves in practical. to the experiftee of the Old Testament Church, and thiS spirituel. ediseeenitient of tho godly in Israel.' Proted -spiritual wotth, Wit is to say,. was the groat principle of tole& tips; and that the Amities. had to do, when late in the day they turned their attention. to the subjeet of the canon, woe to rftegnize the verdict already pre. vomited by tho- vpiee God'a 'people. Etib the test will& was applied. by ihe epiritually minded in fared may be up. plied` atilt. 'If I MA iteked," said Robert - St% Sint% 'why I receive scripture us the weird of nods .arld as the only per- fect rale of faith and life, X answer• "wand let eteryoue whet is in doubt inlaid thee° Werth; ithenet ueolt, and write them upon tlio teble of hie heart —"I answer witle the fathem of the Proteetant church, became the Bible ts the only record of the redeeming love. of God, becalm hi the Bible alone I find God drawing near to men Christ jou% and declaring to us, in Him. ILA will for our salvation. And title record I know to be trim by the witness el will for our salvation. And this aveord I know to be true by the witness of His spirit in my heart, whereby I am assur. ea that none other than God Iiimsolf Is able to opeak suck avorde to my noul." RIBLE'S GREAT AIM- "A.ud tide, not the pedantic infalli- bility of the literalist, which dots 0,11 its i's and °roses all its t's, an infalli- bility which. nobody ever did or ever could prove, this is the true ;nspira- thee, the real miracle of the Ahl Testa, mut. The groat aim. aud purpose of the Bible is to lead to God; if tt dies not de that for late, it matters nothing -sand less nag nothing, that I believe every syllable of it to be infallibly true. If it does bring ine to God, equal- ly little does it matter what opinious I hold touching the outward fashioo ; it has acconiplished the great pur- pose for which God put it into iv bends. "It may still remain somethiug of a problem , to some to understaud how one who speaks as I have done throughout this lecture should yet feel free to say what I have said in earlier lectures concerning certain portions if the Old Testament. But the apparent coutradictiou revolves itself and wholly disappeare, once the point of view ?as been gained for whioh. all that I have said has been a plea. Meanwhile, I can only ask those who view these things with different eyes from mino to believe me when I say again, alike for myself and for the Christian SC1101- ars at whose feet I have learned what I have tried to tell to yen, that criti- cism e has not taken away our Bible; rather it has opened its sealed pages, it has lighted its dark ways, it has re- moved tho stones from our feet, mado the rough places plain and tt °rooked straight ; the Bible is still ours, a larger and diviner book than before WO know." Frequently during the lecture Rov. Mr. jackson's voice -vibrated with sup- pressed emotion, and at the conclusion syinpathetic remarks were heard throughout the large oougregation, and inany pressed forward to greet him as he. descended front the platform. -• te \MANAGER IS GONE. Winnipeg's Mutual • Fire Insurance Company Ln Hard Luck, d‘tinnipeg, Meech 22.—The recently - organized Retail Merchante' 'Mutual. Fire insurance Company, whirl' received its charter noise at the last session of the Manitoba. Lomatatere, has entered its career with a sensation, General Manager • W. A. Coels•on, who is also Secretary-Treasorcr of the. Assottiation, has sudaenly dleapectired, hiking with him all the available funds of the com- pany, including $5,000 which lie was •sop- posed..*to have deposited with the Pro- vincial Treasurer under the provision; of the iasurance act. His defalcations, run into many thousando of dollars, and as yet the .full emount oan only be esti- mated. However, it is known net over sixteen hundred dollars of paid mullions are missing, Coulson has had. a long start of -the police,. as it was not known for several da-ys that he had kft town. The Government inspector etareed an investigation as to why the deposit was not forthcoming, although the eompany was repoited to be accepting risks, and then found that the "manager had de- camped with the money. Contemn came here from Ottawa some years ago, but is believed now tn be iu Seattle or in that section ef the cou.ntty. Ho .forinerly eau a cigar ptoi in the capital. • t CLAUDE'S THOUGHT. Excuse Given by Young Man Ac-.. cused of Stealing. * North Bay despatch: Acting upon information from the Guelph police, Chief Rayner has been watching for a young Englishman named Claude Gregory; wanted on a charge of horse - stealing preferred by a farmer named Robert Ldwery, for whom. he worked near Guelph. Gregory ts arrest- ed yesterday at Rostoule, thirty miles frent Powassan, where he had taken up free grant land and was living in a shack. Ho claimed to have pur. chased a horse from Lowery for,.$5, and owned a cutter and harness him- self. He stated that ho paid .i.owery $45 and that three months' wages were coming to him at $10 a month. Hav- ing a disagrement with his employer, with whom he.had engaged to work a year, he took the.horse, which he con - (adored his own, and started to drive to New Ontario, but arriving at Wash - ago near Orillia, sold the outfit for $50, and continued his journey north- * HARVESTER CO. To Establish Factories in France and Germany. Chicago, 'Mandl 22.-11 is announced that the Iuternational Harvester Co., within it year 'will have in operation two largo European manufacturing es- teldislenents, one in France and one in Germany. 'Sites have been bought and the work of construetion has been start. ed. The French site is Notre Lille and the German site is Adusseldorf, After the estoblishment of the plants, ateording to reports, shipineuts of men- u fa eture d prodocts front this eountry to ports in Europe will cease. High tariffs imposed by foreiga eountries were responsible to a onsiderable extent for the change. SLAYER RELEASED, Dummer Man Freed After Eervinn Eight Years. Peterborough, Oat., deapatell: rimier Sharpe, of Bummer township, who WAS senterteed to fifteen years in the liangston penitentiary in 1001 for killiog tfull, of the halOO township,has been released from prison. Word to this effect Wnfi received by V. D. Item bar. to.day. Sharpe was totivieted at the spring ItSSiYkS at Tot onto in 1001 by Mr. ,Ttistice Lnunt. Sharpe licensed !Tull of having etolert avife, firoa on him at eloats reuge with a rifle, killing him instantly. THE. INQUEST' ADJOURNED To Give Officers an Opportunity to Follow Up Clues. Officers are Confident of Solving Kinrode Mystery. The Inquest Will be Resurned on April 22. (Ilantilton, Ont,, Despatch.) With the intensely sensational and dramatic scenes that marked the former sessions entirely lacking, the Xinrade minder inquest was suddenly adjourned tor over a anonth, last night, on the sup. gestion of the Crown Counsel, who de - eloped that important evideuce ba submitted later could not .gathered hi less time. A wave of disappointment swept over the audience in the stuffy lit. Ile court room- when George Tate Meek- 4utoottnlient :" arose anti made the an - The army of tweet. corre'sponelents, re. portero, illustrators, medical men, °fa- cials, and an asso•rtment of eitizene, who included many of Hamilton's most prem. inent hotness mem crowding on to the steps of the Coroner's throne, flockieg around the ta•bles where the newspapsr- men Sat, 80 as to scarcenr give them #oin to work, and craning their iiecks to see over the beads of those who stood in iront of them, waited eagerly tont expectaatly. It `was a much. iargar crowd than 1VII.S eve; packed in the court room before, and a woi.thoi:, to •sec Florenee Thtirade, the- ceetrat figure in this great tragedy, the slender girl in black, whim dramatic: exit on two forme er oecaeloas, the last time toreaming in horror': sec the want Ile will kill WO! Help, quick!'" thrilled the audience,- 11 was expected that Florence end poseibly her meteor \route be molted to clear up diecrepaneies about the murdered. gill: being' oat that afternoon. But the Crown disappointed the erowd, There were no thr oe.. The only member of the family nidiced in the audieno last night was Bail Lin:rade. He had to jostla hie way through the crowd just like any ordinary .theividuel, and was obliged to stand throttehout the session at the front; of the railing that divides ta2 beet: benches from the space that is re- served for the lawyers, court officiate ail j Orym srt. There was a persistent import that the mother and daughters were to go on the stand again. When the name of Mrs. King was celled, it was mistaken bv a large section of the audience for Mf 4. Kinradc. and there was excitement fos time. ilettir progress in hearing' evi- dence Wa9 made last night nail tie any former eitting, and when the author- itiee had cenausted a list orfifteee 11CS:306 in two hours the crowd waited ex. pe.etautly while Crown Attoruey Wash. ington and Me. Blackstock conferretd for text minutee. Wnen eIr. Blaekstock arose, sugge4- mg- an adjoernment, and the jury agreed to meet again on Thursday, Aptil 22; the audience :Mowed its disappointment by making a aush for the exits. Coronee A,nelereon immediately ordered the doors icildoisgrateicil..til the inquest was formally The principal evidence last night was that given by the doctors who made the potonortem examination. One of these, Dr. dthlgargwho has figured prominently in a number of important murder trials, swore that a very conservative eetimate fixed the time whiolt Ethel Kinrade iived after the first set of shots were fired into her head and befoee the seeond group ent•ered her breast at fifteen ndn- utes, thee confirming the horrible sus- picion that the murderer stood by the victim for fifteen minutes• before life be- came extinct.• Mrs..Claxit Rudd, the witness on whom the Crown chiefly depended to prove -that Ethel Kinrade was out of the house the aftern000n of the murder, told a straight. forward -story end described the clothing worn by the dead girl. Charles Hossack, a neipethor of the Kinrades, who woe re- lied upon to substantiate this story, was quite gum he saw the girl pass his house, going west from her .home at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the murder, He was sure, however, that she was dressed in brown, while Mrs. Rudd said she was in.blue. Miss Sarah Hillis, said to be the wit- ness by -whom George Lynch -Staunton hoped -Lb show that a inan was seen going from the Kiitrad,e house, proved a disappointmeet. -She saw a man runniog through an alley some little distance from. the hotisce but could say nothing definite ithont the time, could not de- scribe him, fratikly admitted 'that it was no nutmeat thing for people to go through this alley. Mr. G. T. Blackstoc.k and Mr. S.. F. Washington, K. C., representing the Crown, Mr. G. Lyncli-Staunton and Mr. Thomas Hobsoe, representing the fam- ily, entered the court roots minute or two after 8 o'clock and order was' called as, soon as space could bp cleared for them .and chairs 'procured. The shuffling, at which Mr. 131ackstock compkined so much, began at the same monient. MILLER -STILL CONFIDENT, While it 13 dottlotfut if there was ever a murder ease in the criminal aninels of Canada that permitted of so Many the - cities, that contained so many baffling features, the detectives still .cliug to the theory oat which they lieve worked al- most from the beginning. "I am more satisfied then ever that our theory is tight," said Provincial Do- toctive Miller,. who has had &ergo of the ease, before he left for Toronto. "/ still haye- the strongest hopes of solving Oda .or -at least conviaeing the public; it is a tough .proposithm, bet I ain Stitisfied that wo will get it before we are thyough." That evas reeteli as the Proviimial offieer would atty. Ito would not discuss the -ease fin:titer, EVIDENCE SATISFIES. TIMM. The evidence given ..ett the inquest last night, the police say, is entirely satisfac- tory to them. They have succeeded iti es- tabliehing a very important point, the time Mrs. Einrade left her home. She fixed the time very indefinitely' wheii on the 'stand. Last .night Miss;MeTiellau swore it wag about 3.20. The -authotities wish to .elephasiee that Mies Milk, Mrs. Xing and Aire. Cas - eels, who gave evidenee last night about a num ruening through an alley, were witumees subpoenaed on the suggestion of Thoeuta Hobson, the family lawyer. The 'Nice. believe the Mb 1010 *ow semi in the- vicinity was a rag peddler. They istty this would account for him opening tho gate, as thcy have frequent empleittle about the way these men trespass en .people" property. They argae that lin FAttil itittgOili or probably an im eau° person either, would stay. in the. vicinity after emanating the. orime, .aud. go to a back doorstep in broad daylight, Within half a block of the scene elthe ((hooting, te place ft revolver oS the step and ;Mite HOMO Ono tO caVtUre hiln, They say thet no man who Med bboudllyetwaofitaei abeitdloost tiltuitimEatalleal tEthinoriniTtley'e„ tor door did. They are confident that he was Keno peddler who knew nothing a the tragedth WILL anliqt MirCif =Walla)... The detectives have a hard montles work ahead. of them, and they will loae no time in beekling down to it. The investigation will cover a great stretch of territory. A, Provineial man will probably be,seut to Virginia, and the au. thaities .expeet to have intereiting evi. denee that will throw light on the lays. tery when the jury meete again, - WILL PROVE EXPEN*SIVE, ,..This will probably prove oue of the most expepsive in,vestigations the Pro- vincial authorities Lave over undertak„ en. They are determjned, however, to spare no money or trouble in ferreting out the mystery. Already a consider. able sum has been spent, as it Mks ne- cessary to appoint a special Crown ex- aminer, engage private detectives and go to other expense following up evi- dence. It is understood that two, or three detectives. will be engeged in the investigation which is to be begun at onee and which will last a month. WAR ON BIG HATS. Swiss Railway Class Them as Bicycle Wheels. Berne, March 22.—Switzerland has declared war on "cart-wheet" millinery: The big hats tvhictli have latterly had so moll vogue among the women bf all nations aro to be classed as bicycle wheels on the Swiss State'llailways, and will have to be conveyed to the luggage TRO.S. TI10 Official eotice ha said to read as folettes: "Lattice' hats more than 31 1-2 inches in diameter wilt, according to ar- ticle 131, of the railway tariff adopted in February, 1900, henceworth be re- garded as wheels. Any lady weating a het of larger dimensions -who desires to travel by a Swiss passenger train must .either ride in the baggage van or de- posit her hat with the luggage guard and enter the passengers' carriage bare- headed," CARE 6.1/ BOY. He Was Charged With Stealing a Watch at St. Cathariaes. St.. Catharines, Ont., deepetchi Geo. Miller, a lad about 10 years old, who lives near Jordan, was in the Police Ceturt this morning, charged with steal- ing a watch from Mrs, Kratz, Welland avenue. The accueed called at Mrs. Kratz's residence and itelted far money. tle was refused, but told Ito might have eomething to eat. While Mrs. Kratz was not looking, it is said, he took a. geld watch whieh watt on the sideboard. He was remanded to allow officers of the. Children's Aid Society to endeavor Au' 9COUTO a plagg for him on a farm. VOTE FOR ALL. Given by the British Universal Suffrage Bill. London, March 22.—By a vote of 157 to 122 the House of CO1111110115 to -day passed the second reading of- tit( bill giving everybody, men and W0111C11, a vote, the only proviso being that they shall be St years of age and shall have resided( Ithree menthe in the constitu- ency,. - As this bill wa.s teed by a pri- vate member, and ae it hashot received the "blessing'' ot the Cabinet, there is no Ounce of its becoming law during the present session, HOT OFF THE WIRE. French strikers alleged to have won a victory. Willie Whitla still in the hands of the -kidnappers. Louie A. Levy, of Albany, found as- exhxiated in -New York. A balloon jouruey from the Pacific to the ettlantic is proposed. Three doctors will conduct house-to- house vatoination Halifax. Rudolf Yon Reimers, promineet Ber- lin physician, dies after operation for gall stones, Artelus Clintien, a negro,,was electro- cuted at.ltichmond, Va., to -day for mur- der ef a girl. Zeppelin'e dirigible airship broke the record to -day by soaring skyward with 20 persons on board. Pittsberg grand jury brings indict- ment for municipal competition against six prominent mem Mystery surrounds the motive for- the following' personal advertisement hi a Los Angeles newspaper: "Would like to eounnunicate with people who bad girl by the name of Pearl. stolen in Chia cago, 18 yore ago. Address P. 0, Box 4181.0'1)-enty-five maskea men .overpewer- ed the two guards at the Whit:mei. jail, Elkins, Pa., dragged out joe Browe, who yesterday 'afternoon shot Chief of Police Scott White, of Whitener,. and banged him to a telephone pole in front of a saloon. ' In the opinion of the best Informed lumbermen in Oa Saginate Valley, 11. S, Congressmitu Fordeey has pttt, a "joker" tido the Witt' schedele en lumber, which will nullify the propoad redue- tion of the duty front $2 to 81 per thousand. Colleetor of Custente Smith, of Wind- sor, has heen notified that the etnhergo plaeed ell November upon all shipments of cattle, sheep, swine, horso fresh moat rind straw teaching that peA from :Michigan, whether ortginatieg In that Sretgoevet()Ir. poising through it, has heen COULDN'T PROVE THEIR AGES. So 80;000 Old Persons in Ireland tiave. to Live Without Pensions, London, Morel' M.—Treasury °Wars who were sent to Ireland to investigate the validity of the utiexpeetettly !elite nuinber of .01t1 age pension etaime there have reported that .tionnt portong in ve(Anpt, of inmsions have leen etruele off the Bet. The dIsquarifieetitites .were meetly due to the iilability the pensioane prone their ova. "CON. GAME. Counterfeit Bills That Were Made by Electricity. Toronto Police Break Up Gang Era') United States. Toronto, March "con. gem" that had for its attraction a promiee of unlimited wealth to the inan who wee williugeto take it venture, was nipped in the bud by the polio last night in the arrest of two persons, a. man nod we - man, and tho seizure of a collection Of properties connected with the game, Those under arrest aro Moses Shteren, aged 32, ao Austrian Jew, and his wife, ldTalle. They -were takeu into custody in a room at 133 York street, and accord- ing to the police are part of a gang of five who came hero from the "United States about a week ago with scheme to prey upon ignorant people. This scheme, the police say, was to select a likely victim, gain his eon, fidenco, and then introduce him to Et pleat of making counterfeit money by which he could make thousands of dollars. The intended victim was told that by putting up capital to admit lihn to partnership he could have a share in the profits of a nntehine that would make counterfeit bills that an export could not detect, Ile was then shown the machine, a gigantic brass egg-shaped affair, filled, with the ex, ception of a small receptacle, with electric batteries. All that had te le done was to put a piece of paper in this receptacle, turn on the current, and out came a bill. The intended victim was treated to a demonstratien of networking of the affair, The op, orator placed in the blank ,paper and by a clever alight of hand substituted a genuine bill. This was then pulled mit and exhibited. As far ite is known the gang have eecured victims here. They arriv- ed hero but a week ago, and hae e jot been preparing the way, Last night the police got word of the oper- ations of no gang and Detectives Wallace, Newton, Kennedy and Arm- strong were sent to the York street house. Shtoren and his wife were- ar- rested and their paraphernalia, hi - eluding the egg-shaped contrivance, seiz- ed, but the others were not to be found. NO WHITE MEN. None Invited to Chinese Students' Dance at Berlin. Berlin, March 24. --China successfully warded off the white peril in Berlin on Tuesday night at a dance given by two hundred. studente conmetsing the Chinese colony in the 1seasetes capital. The party was given in honor of the young Chinese's German WOT11011 friends, who were invited ou the etriet c,ondition that none of tbeni should bring fathers, brothers, husbands or sweethearts. The hosts announced that they had no desire to meet white competition on the hall-roona floor. The result was that not a single white man was present. The Chioese proved to he not only graceful waltzers and two -steppers, but looked exceedingly well in western evening dress. The staff of the Chinese Leg,ation were present, bringing with them the only yellow lady at the dance, the wife of the Secretary of the Legation, who wore Et charming native costume of embreidered silk. :-GAVE HIMSELF UP Insurance Man Denies Story of Misappropriation of Funds. Winnipeg, 'March 21.—W. A, Coul- son,. Secretary of the Retail Mcr- atlas' .A.ssoeiation, who has been charged noith the misappropriation of funils of the sister asseciation, known as the , Retail Merchants' Mutual Fire Itisuranile Company, with which he was at olio time connected, gave him. self up to the Provincial police yes- terday. He had been at Kenora when the warrant for his arrest was issued, although he was believed by the police to be on the coast. Re denies Um charge against him and .threatens to sue the insurance committee of the Re- tailers for defamation of character. Ho was admitted to bail yesterday under bonds of $8,000. BANWELL FREE. Young Bank Clerk Paroled From Kingston Penitentiary. Ottawa, March 22.—George Banwell, the young Toronto bank clerk who de- faulted three years ago with some $40,- 000 of the funds of the Royal Bank, was released on parole from Kingston Peni- tentiary last week, Banwell was sen- tenced in March, 1000,to foie, years' im- prisonment, and ,coenting One off earn- ed by good conduct while in the peni- tentiary, he had when released six mouths more to serve. The warden of thet penitentiary reported to the Jus. tire Department that Banwell had been a Most exemplary prisoner, and this, coupled with bis youth, and the fact that he had previously alwaYs borne tt good charaeter, led the Minister of Jus- tice to gran Ids release on parole. 4, • Galt's New Lecture tie... Galt, March 21. — Knox Church, whose pastor in Rev. It. E. lteowles, widely knowe as a preacher aod nov- elist, had it high day to -day, to eck- &ate the opening of the magaificent new Sunday Sehool and leeture hall. The new building, cootructed of solid stone,. has been erected at a cost of about $25,- 000. is most complete in every arrange. meet, rola will eeat a thousand persotts. The services tn-day were conducted by Rev. Dr. Rom, of St. Andrew's, tondos, and largo coagregatiolis attended. Bev. R. E. Knowles desisted itt the services, immigration Not SO Loge°. Ottawa, March 21.—The total im- migration into Canade ler- the eleven months of the present fiscal year. up to the end of February, was 130,444, as eomparea with 247,050 for the same per. hal of 1007-08. a decrease of forty-seven per rant. The immigration for the month of February was 4,701, rts compared with 0,104 for February of last year, a Oa. erease of 2.2 per eent. A gangway relate emend is the Vickers, Son & Maxim ithimarda at Barrow.in-Furnees, Tftgland, MINN; 3 men and injuring 40. GIRL DYING. rrother Pulls Trigger and Pullet Strikes Sister, • Tillsouburg, March W.—TweiveIcar- old 13essie liyan is lying at the bailee of her lather, William Ryan, near Court- land, dying from a bullet wound inflict. ea by Iter younger brother on Friday.. Tile eitildren had been out playing and had conie into the house for the evening, num 1. On the kitchen table a big, gen had been left. Itoy did not know the gun was loaded. Jilet for fun be pulled the trigger, end his sister fell to tlie flour with a g,aping wound in her left side, front whiell the blood poured freely. Pliyeichtee were innuediately called front Tillsonburg and everythiug was done for the unfortunate girl. The ballet was recovered. At '0, late hour to -night slight hors wore entertained for her recovery. STOLE BLOUSE Because She Had Ao Money to Take Her Home Again. Toronto, March 22.—Afary Humphrey, who came to Canada from tine old coun- try a year ago, appeared in the Police. Court this morning charged with steal- ing a blouse from the T, Eaton Co. She achnitted the crime, and said she Inut committed it in order that• she might be deported. She had no money and wanted to go back home, A remand of a week was granted to allow of an in- vestiga,tion, • • * BOY DROWNED. Body of David Brooks Found in Old Well at Belleville. Belleville, March 21. --The drowning occurred limo last night of David Brooke, the tbree-andei-half.year-old eon of Sem. eel Brooke, a recently arrived ,Towieli clothing dealer. The little boy WWI IniS3- ed. at 5.30 last evening, and searching partiee galled tz discover him until. 10.31) this morning, waen james Wires, 'host- ler at the Albion Hotel, diseovered the body in an unused well in. the hotel yard. The boy dropped iu feet first, • as his head was above watee. The well was twenty feet deep and covered with loose boards. The remaine were sent to Toronto for burial. COOPERS OUT ON BAIL. Rush of Citizens File Bonds of Nearly $1,500,000. Naghtille, Tenn., Masa.% 21.—lhast night, after filing a bond totalling nearly a million and a half (Wars, Col. D. B. Cooper and Robin J. Cooper, wine -feted of murder in the second degree and sen- tenced to 20 years in the penitentiary for tate killing of former Senator E. W. Car - mock, retwed to the home of Judge J. C. Bradford. Although Judge Hurt fixed the bond at $25,000 for eon defendent, thaw was a rush to sign it on the part of many wealthy citizens of NaAville, which fairly swamped the clerk in the Criminal Court. In vain lie protested, over and over again, that more than enough sureties had been signed, but the invariable an- swer was, "We want to put our mono on that bond, too," — ALMOST A WRECK. Boy. Flagged Train When Blocked Track. Galt, Ont., March 2L—A bad railway smash-up was narrowly averted this af- ternoon. Joseph Hallman, of St. George, was on his way to Galt with a big eleigh load of young cattle, when* the sleigh stuck on the 0. P. R. track at Barrie's Cut, and all efforts to move it proved vaM. In the midst of the work the. rumble of an approaching train was heard. Mr. Hallman, whose young son was with hitn, had the presence of mind to send the boy down the traek to flag the train. Fortunately, the engineer of the fhet COgi110—it was a double-header—nosi,ed the wild signals of the lad, and pulled up, bringing the freight to a etandetill within a foot of the eleigh load of cattle blocking the track. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Little Girl Perhaps Fatally Wounded by Beother. Tillsonburg, March al.—Effie Ryan, a 12-year-old.gui, who lives et Courtatel, near here, is in a dying condition as the result of a shooting aocident on Friday. The ehild and her brother, Roy, who is 10 years of age, found a gun lying on a table in their home. The bey pulled tile trigger in fun and the loaded weapou was discharged, a bullet entering the girl's side. 4 re, Sleigh SHE MUST DIE. Albany, N. Y., March 22.—Governor Hughes armouteed to -day that he 4had denied the application for. executive clemency in the case of Mrs. Many Farm- er, who is under sentenee of death at Auburn prisoit for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan at Brownville, near Wa- tertown. Mrs, Farmer will be executaki some time next. week. RAILWAY MERGER. st. Louis, mftreai al.—Itearings began tide morning in the Federal Court here before a Fctderal examiner in the Gov- 'ernment's suit to deelege the merger of the 'Union and Southern Paeific lines by E. II. Harrimait a violation of the Shin -- man anti-trust law. ** -- ORGANIST DROPPED DEAD,. St, Louis, Morch 220--Alre. Georgia 117heeler, organist at the Gibson Ito:I:Oita Presbyterien Girard', dropped 4041Al elle entered the organ loft to play the first brae of the utorning service yes- terday; • $2,000 REWARD. TaMilon, Arareli • despateh the Chronicle from Milian says that the Ital- ian tiovernment has offered a leeward of $2,000 for the captem of the marderers of Lieut. Petrosino. • " Dt. Charles Moxley. of North Bay. died on Saturday at the Royal Vittoria Ire:vital, Montreal, after aft illainta of terettral mmithe, folloWieg lett °par- tition for appendieitie, Dr. Mosley WKS thirty years of alae trobiarried. His parents rondos ih Riagsten, where the funeral Will take place.