The Wingham Advance, 1912-02-08, Page 7DREADFUL TRAGEDY
AT NIAGARA FALLS
Ice Bridge Gives Way and Three Persons
Meet Watery Grave.
.00lv•rofer•is
Two Heroes Go to Death in Presence of
Crowd of People.
Niegara Falls, Ont., Feb, 4, -The lives
of one woman and, two men who had
veatured to cross the znver naar the
Falls on the ice bridge to -day, were
lost in the tumult of waters in the
Whirlpool Rapide, two miles below the
Valle, to which point they had drifted
on the lee, Thousande witnessed the
accident, but were helpless to render
.assistance, although every effort was
made.
Tue victims were: •
ELDRIDGE STAUNTON, secretary -
treasurer of the 0. 13. Staunton & Wil -
sou Co, stationers, 50 Yonge Street, To-
ronto.
hiRS. ELDRIDGE STAUNTON.
BUteRELL HEireetate, aged lie of East
Mtn stieet, taeveland, truio.
The ice briege wmeh eas choked the
river etainneie and upper arca bridge
below the fails, for the last three weeies
was constueied perfectly safe. For weeks
the great fickle of ice had been com-
ing down the river, piling up against
the barrier uatil it was from 60 to 80
feet thick, and under tile influence of
zero weathenthe great mass had become
firmly anchored to theshore. The jam
was about 1,000 feet in length, and in
eome plates a quarter of a mile
in breadth, For two weeks it ha,d of-
fered safe passage to the hardy, and to-
day an immense crowd of excursionists
came to view the winter wonder of the
river. Had the accident happened an
hour later in the day, hundreds would
have lost their livesfor the crowd
was moving down into Prospect Park
hi the elevators that run clown the cliff
for the purpose of venturing out upon
the ice.
DIED DEATHS OF HEROES.
,Somewliere deep in the great whirl-
pool to -night sleeps Mr. Staunton, who
twice put aside chances of rescue in or-
der to remain with his terror-stricken
wife, and who, in the shadow of death,
just as the break occurred in the rap-
ids, spurned assistance for himself, and
attempted to bind about the woman's
body a rape dangling from the lower
eteel arch bridge. And the lad, Burrell
lieeoek, was cast in the same mould.
Had be not turned back on the ice to
give assistance to the man he, too, might
have made the shore. On the bridge at
the time it tore free from the shore,
besides those three, were Monroe Gil-
bert, of 1,108 Grove avenue, this city;
Ignatius Roth, of 2,114 Fulton road,
Cleveland, Renck's companion; William
Hill, an old merman, who had a shack
on the ice; William Lablonde, a river -
man, and an unidintified Itailan. Hill's
shack was nearest the American shore.
When he heard the grinding and crash-
ing of the ice he ran at top speed to -
the Canadian shore. calling, to
the others to follow, Lablonde gave
tbem warning that safety lay in that di -
realm • Gilbert and the Italian fon
lowed their lead, but the others became
alarmed. By the time they had regained
their composure the bridge was moving
fast down the river,
The Man and woman Started first to-
wards f'' American shore, but they
were stopped by a lane of open water.
Back they ran again towards the
Canadian side, turned about and
inede for the American side. When
hardly more than 50 yards from the
rocky shore the WOMMI fell on her
face, utterly exhausted,
"'can't go on; I can't ge on! " ehe
cried, "Let us die here!"
And all the time the great field of
ice, driven onward by a southwest
gale and pressed by a jam broken
free from its anchorage near the base
of the Horseehoe Falls, went on
breasting the terrible outrush of the
Niagara Falls Power Company's tun-
nel outflow, the mightiest current in
all the river, without being broken.
GAVE UP HIS LIFE,
As the woman fell the man strove
to get her to her feet again, and tried
to drag her along the tee, calling for
assistance to Roth and lieeock, who
were nearest. Hecoek turned back
to the couple and helped the woman.
This cost him his life.
Roth struggled along over the
hummocks of ice, getting close to the
open etreteh of water at the Canadian
end of the jam. There were men on
the shore ready to give him assist-
ance, Lablonde, Hill, Willitun Cook
and Superintendent Harry King, of
the Ontario Power Company, being
among them. They were stationed at
the bottom of the cliff just at the
foot of Eastwood etreet, Niagara
Falls, Ontario. Roth was afraid, to
truet himself in the icy waters. La-
londe jumped out to the field of lee
with a rope, and half carried, half
dragged the boy ashore.
Word that the ice bridge had gone
out flashed through the city like
wildfire,, and within a short time the
American shore of the river was lined
by thousands of people, who stood
watching breathlessly the tragedy be-
ing enacted in the deep ravine below
them:
ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE.
.After getting Roth safely ashore
the men made an effort to reach the
other three on the ice floe. But at a
point about 600 feet below the upper
steel arch bridge the ice -field broke
into two great fields, (hie section
went towards e the Ameriean shore
and anchored on a great roek neat
the Ilydraulie power house. The mov-
ing floe with the three helple,se b*
hive passed slowly (Iowa the riverd
as the floe moved, clear of the other,
and, eaught in a current, raeed down
the river, The other floe then Shot
towards the American shore, and was
caught in eddy and whirled there
for about five minutes. This was
within sight of the tumbling waters
that marked the beginning of the
rapid, and death.
Heeock saw the ropes dangling
from the bridge and made ready to
catea one. Very coolly he took off his
overcoat and poised himself on the
toesing flee. In his couree there
dangled ox e rope, and, a second was
moved teward him. He caught that
held by Officer Patrick Kelly, of the
Ontario pollee force and a company
of about 20 railroad men -caught it
and jumped free of the ice.
The sag of the rope at that great
drop, 200 feet, let him into the chilly
water up to his waist. And before he
was elear of it he was frightfully bat-
tered by three succeseive floes of jut-
ting ice.
WST GRIP ON ROPE.
Not content with the efforte of the
men above to draw, him up he tried
to •assist himself hand -over -hand. The
time was 1,10 o'clock, and the hour
or more that the bety had been on the
ice and the effects of the icy diteeing
had sapped his strength. He stopped
trying to pull himself up and hung
limp on the rope, which spun. him
around like a top. Kelly and his men
pulled steadily. Ten feet, 20 feet, 25,
30 feet up he came. Tae great crowd
on the bridges cheemd----thoee that
were not weeping. Grimly the boy
hung on always trying to get his leg
wound on,
the rope. Then. his hands
began to slip. He sought to get hold
of the roe with his teeth, but could
not. Finally, just as he was about 60
feet clear of the water his head fell back.
He was utterly exhausted. He lost his
grip and plunged' far down into the
stream. When he ORM up his face
turned toward the great wave and he
feebly moved his arms in the breast
stroke. But the mighty rush of water
was too much for him. He wile caught
like a cork and was sent racing on to
the midst of the seething waters. For
perhaps half a minute he was in view,
and then he was seen no more; he was
swallowed up in the spurnee
Heeock'e failure was witnessed by the
malt on the other floe. The woman
apparently dared not look, The man
appeared calm as he in turn prepared
to make a play against, death, RS
caught by a down -river current, the
floe moved into the course Heeock
had gone.
As -the couple swung under the canti-
lever bridge, the man greened a rope,
and tried to put it about the woman's
waist. The force of the current was too
much for the rope. It parted, and the
man waved the torn end toward the
crowd.
LAST CHANCE FAILED.
There was still another chanee-the
rope that was dropped from the lower
eteel arch bridge by the Niagara ave•nue
firemen. As the floe went into Swift
Drift te man caught it and grimly held
on. He was given sleek tend tried to
wind the rope about the woman's waist.
He fumbled in an agony of effort, tie
if his hands were numb. The rush of the
ice in the stream was overpowering.
When he could not tie the rope about
the woman he let it go.
There apparently was no thought of
himself. He raised the woman. to her
feet, kiesed her and clasped her in his
arms. The woman then sank to her
knees. The man knelt beside her, his
arms clasped close about her.
So they went to their neath. The ice
held intact until it reached the great
wave. Then it was shivered; there the
gallant man and the woman at his side
disappeared from view.
Mr. Staunton and his wife came to
this city yesterday afternoon to view
the lane. They had visited here fre-
quently, but had never seen the falls
in the winter, Because of bitter cold
yesterday they purchased knit toques
end woollen scarfs, which they wore
when they left the Allen Hotel at 11
o'clock this morning.
It is this description furniehed by A.
N. Allen, proprietor of the hotel, and
certified to by young Roth and Levitt
Ackley, one of the men on the Grand
Trunk, that leads to the conclusion
that the man and woman were Mr.
Staunton and his wife. They fetid before
leaving the hotel that they would return
in time to catch the 5 o'clock train for
Toronto, and they had not returned at
a late hoar to -night. Mr. Allen said he
was certain that the pair who went to
their death were the guests at his
hotel.
posit° the dock where the Maid of the
.list lands lier pateiengere, There Wee
a hoaree ere' from the eroensi, and as we
looked farther we emu two boys more
citadel% er:iltdorlivle,„ of tbe river nearer the
41'. Johnstone described tdie vietime
ae prisouere in the worst sense of the
word, penned like rate in a trap, float-
ing on a mem of lee upable retie,'
either Owe. The five of them etimo
getner and tried to reach the American
shore, but the epace of intervening water
was too wide, Then they came towards
the Canadian shore, but again a cruel
fate had deceived them. Hither and
thither they ran, first to ono eide Of the
floating ieo and then another. The ery
of tho onheakere was drownea in the
roar of the waters. The news apreted
through the cities on both sides of the
river, and ream large crowds had aseem-
hhel, Frantic efforts were made to
reach the helplese ones, bat the ropes
and tackle that were available were al-
together too short, and even ere these
could Itave reached the eatrface of the
lee the current had relentleetely drifted
the innate/oiled ones beyond the touell
of helping hand.
"What made the situation worse,"
remarked Mr. Mitchell, who corroborat-
ed his compan101.11.3 experience, "was
that the force of the current quickly
broke the 1111168 of ice into several large
portions, and the water filled up the
wages between. The suspense was aw-
ful. Slowly, paraeps at the rate of four
or five miles all 7101..•'---leeallingiV4IS fast
ari a man could walk -the ice floe mov-
ad slowly on, carrying it human
freight ot certain deetruetion. The min-
utes seemed like hours, and all aid was
unavailing. A SiiV,ht 011117e in the river
near the fo,ot of the Grand Trunk steel
arab brick° attracted the fugitives to-
wards the Amerkan eore, but here with
eleeret wilifel mockery the large flume
'emelt d;sehsteres weste weter from one
ef the lereer tamer plente broke the ice
.arto even ernaller portion% and reluet.
e ?lily the domed ones were driven back
ennire of the peek."
wiee, %setae fartifede deteemirine
that they 40111(1 Share a common fate,
Mr. Johnstone said that the woman was
over abendoned by her companions.
Weakened with her exertigas and half
dead with fright elle eluna to her hus-
band's harn. Where he went she fol-
lowed meekly, apparently blindly; her
stens faltered. she stumbled.but the one
hand that bad been her stay in life held
her up in the face of death. They came
towards the American shore, and one of
the other victims, Heacoek, beckoned
them on. Another, Roth, was ahead and
FJDAV his one chance for life in a wild
leap. Twice he tried it, but the dis-
tance was too great; filially a third
chance came and he made the shore. The
spectators saw the other person who was
saved plunge into the boiling waters
and clutch a rope that was thrown by
bravo men who were risking their own
lives for their fellows.
IN VIEW FOR AN HOUR.
"We stayed," said Mr, Johnstone, "as
long as we could, the awfulness of the
calamity becoming more and more ap•
parent. For an hour the victims were
in full view of the crowd, gradually drift-
ing ever onwards, rising and falling
with the WOSCS towards the head of the
rapids. Strong men turned sick, women
hid their faces, and the last seen of the
trio was three tiny dark specks on the
ice, hanging, as it were, over the awful
gloom of an approaching death.
MR, AND MRS. STANTON.
Toronto, Feb. 5. -Mr. and Mrs, El-
dridge Stanton, .of 19 Nanton avenue,
this city, who were drowned when the
ice bridge gave way at Niagara Falls
yesterday, were well known throughout
Toronto.
COMPOSED OF 'LUSH ICE.
About the last thing to be expected
was that the ice bridge would move
out on such a cold day, but the fa,ct,
is that the bridge was emnposed of
slush ice and not the hard lake ice
that conies over the falls in time of a
thaw. Added to this is the fact that
brisk wind had driven the water down
over the fella tnitil the river was sev-
eral feet higher than usual. This simply
milted the hiah Eiem and set it free to
respond to tlie aetlon af the currente,
A similar pasting out erf ioe bridge
took place on Jan, 22, 1800, when three
persons were caught On the lee, but all
(escaped. As stated, had the aeeident
happened in micl-afternoon, many more
lives would have been saerificed, as the
Sunday afternoon ice bridge crowd is
alwaye tremendoue.
.eleantime the fire headquarters EYE -WITNESSES SPEAK.
gen - Toronto, 14+1). 5. --With all its harrow -
truck had been called out, and a n
eral alarm of fire on the Canadian •
mi.; details the awful dea,th of .Mr. and
tilde called Out the ineri there. They Mrs. Eldridge Staunton was told by an
took etation with ropes along the eye-witnese last night. Mr. Benjamin
Shore, but the floe watt far beyond Johnetone, of 229 Peareon aveune, with
their reach, The Niagara Avenue
Mta. Johnstote
firemen Were sent to the lower steel and M'. Charles R. Mit.
(welter bridge, and there took station d)(41. 'If 51 Farnham. "owe* imillleYed
front Tormito yesetrday morning to iioe
with a rope. The Canadian firemen
had two topes dosvti from the canti-' the ice bridge, and areived at the upper
lever bridge, WI/jell is about 800 :bridge just about Men. "The first
yet& above the other etrueture. thing we hearrl on reaching the spot,"
Just above the old Maid of the Mist eaid Mr. jelinotone, "wag the ery that
landinga quarter Of a Mile, from the Inidge had broken nay frem the
the Whirlpeol rapids, the floe On whieh tibare, We met a number of peOpIe
the three Were betel° broke fate tee° wile had it eetne off the lee, and, like
eeetiOne, ear+ about 200 feet equate, eursolves, were telleirig Of Wittig tetek
the watts and Weirten Ott Mee, Heeock eller 1"aelieOn. Ae We gazed over the
on the alter. Iletock 'waved hi g bank we l'iltw tree !nee Old a WOnlan
band to his eempteniorie iti dietteitt teer the Afnerietin aere, apparettly Op.
Mr. Stanton was a brother of O. B.
Stanton, president of the 0. 13. Stanton
& Wilson eComparty, Limited, station-
ers and printers, 50 Yong street ,and
who resides at 13 Simpson avenue. De-
ceased was 'seeretary-treasurer of the
firm, having been connected With it since
it started, twenty years ago. He was
a son of the late Mr. Eldridge Stanton,
photographer and handwriting expert, of
this city: Mt. Stanton was. an Anglican
and a Mason, being a member of St.
(Ian's Lodge. He was only 36 years
of age and was born in Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanton had been mar-
ried about seven years. There were no
children. Mrs. Stanton Was the daugh-
ter of Mr, Nelson. R. Butcher, the of-
ficial stenographer, who lives at 247
Huron street, and was a sister of Mrs.
(Dr.) Charles Sheard, of 314 Jarvis
street, and of Mrs. A. T. Lawson, of
Renfrew, Ontario.
The couple left for Niagara Falls on
Saturday morning, intending to return
in a 'few days.
STORY or SURVIVOR.
"I am thankful to say that I am
alive," saki Roth, as he lay in bed re-
cuperating. "It was terrible. Burrell,
my ehum, and I were cies° together,
and when I saw the people on the bank
I yelled to Burrell and the Man and
woman to follow me, but the woman
seemed beside herself, and all in, and
the man could not do a thing with her.
jumped and grasped the rope which
was thrown me, and they pulled me up
the bank of ice, which was ten or twelve
feet 'high. My plothes were frozen stiff
before I was out of the water a couple
of minutes. It will be hard to go home
alone. Burrell was an only child. It
will break his mother'e heart, We were
friends for a long time.
SAVED HIS UNCLE.
at
Michael plumber living
49 street, and with shop
at 15 Cottage street, Lockport, and his
nephew, Philip Wendling, a wrestler of
Maple Grove Michigan, were aeon by
a reporter. They were the first to effect
their escape from the ice bridge just
before it eommenced its trip •down
Stream
Emenderfer was very much upset. He
telephoned to his wife that all was well
with him. Ite was unable to describe his
sensations, and was given stimulants to
keep him front a total collapse before
preparing for his trip home.
Wendling was more composed and
spoke intelligently of his experiences.
Ile said he first had knowledge of the
danger when he saw the floe on whieh
he stood with hie uncle beeak neway
front the centre part. He looked about
for a place to jump after assuring him-
self there was no chane of his Stlecoring
the inetabere of the other party. ne
had to fairly drag his uncle across the
laterval when making a veritable giant's
etride.
Emend.orfer,
Walnut
a
NES OF THE
DAYIN BRIEF Good Nsehwasreftolitehresy. & O.
PAID WELL
rkerovromforipmaiS
London Engineer Na.rrowly
Escapes Death.
Three-Yea,r,Sentence
Cobalt Stabber.
for
Montreal, Vela 4. It ix understood
that the annual statement of the
& Ontario Navigation Company,
to be sent to the shareholders this week,
will be of a particularly roseate elm -
eater, It is stated that the report will
a show earnings of 10% per cent. on a
capital of $5,300,000, the gross earnings
being about $1,500,000 and net 8510,000.
lt is °lee stated that the Northern NaV-
Igation Company earned for the year
ending laat .Decenaber about 15 per cent,
on a million dollar capital. Of tine cap-
italization the R. & 0. own $1175,090.
Both companies pay dividends of 8 per
rent. The, company owe,s nothing, and
it is generally known that it has $500e
000 loaned on the "street."
Girl SwearsFalsely Against
Her Father.
Wychwoode Baptists dedicated
new ehureh.
their
The Legislature will open a busy ses-
eiou on Wednesday.
Rev. T. Crawford Brown spoke in fa-
vor of Sunday tobogganing.
The German new naval bill proposes
to add 15,000 blue ittekets to the ser-
vice.
A motorman was killed aad six pas-
sengers injured in a street car colli,sion
in Vancouver,
Walter Tyrell, a treet railway con-
ductor'who had' disappeared, was found
dead by his wife.
Otis Kimball, a well-known financier
in Boston, is dead, He was 66 years old,
and had been ill several weeks. .•
Matnie nIcHene, 58 Princess street,
Toronto, suffered a fracture of the
ri t leg on the Riverdale slides.
The resignation of Liout.-Col. W. H.
Davidson from the command of the 8th
Royal Rifles, Quebec, is announced.
Mount Etna is in full eruption, and
lava ie flowing dow uthe sides, while
great showers of aahes are following.
Sir 'Thames Shaughnessy will erect
a ten -storey office building next sum-
mer on the northeast corner of Me
-
Gill and St. Paul streets, Montreal.
Essex County Conservatives have de-
cided to issue a formal counter protest
against Mr. Dueharme, the Liberal cou-
didate who opposed Hon. Dr. Reamxte.
Damage to the extent of $2,000 was
caused by a fire which started in the
third flat of the Toronto Woad Turn-
ing Works, 112 Adelaide street west,
An order in Council bas been issued
providing for compensation to the wid-
ow e and families of seamen who lose
their lives in the service of the Cauad-
ian navy.
Rev. J. M. McLeod, aged eighty-seven,
pioneer Presbyterian clergyman of Vale-
eouver, and one of the oldest in Can-
ada, is dead. He went there from Prince
Edward Island,
. Serga-Man, D. M. AfeNiven., who was
recently transferred from the oronto
corps of military staff clerks, to the
Ottawa headuarters has been elevated
to the rank of lieutenant.
Anthony Bevan arrested several
days ago at Cobalt on a charge of stab-
bing James Brothers, January 11, was
sentenced to three years in the peni-
tentiary at Kingston.
The $14,000 residence of William Cul-
ver, at Bloomsburg, three milee soul'
of the village of -Waterford, was en-
tirely destroyed, with content, by fire.
The origin of the blaze is unknown.
Lewis H. Harold, London freight
agent of the Grand Trank, has been
promoted to the position of agent of
the traffic department, Me iurisclic-
tion extending over the entire sys-
tem.
J. C. Eaton has accepted the cam-
missionership for the Boy Scouts of the
district of Toronto. He was appointed
last week by the Governor-General, and
is head of about two thousand Buy
Scouts.
Senator Robt. ni. La Follette, on the
verge of a physical breakdown, has can-
celled all his speaking engagements for
the next two weeks at Trenton, Jersey
City anti elsewhere, and will seek a com-
plete rest.
Although there wore about the us-
ual number of Sunday toboggan sliders
out at Toronto yesterday, the crowds,
both at Riverdale and High Park, were
noticeably smaller than on the previ-
ous Sunday.
Express Alessenger Sam Seeman and
two passengers were injured when a cat
on Grand Trunk Railway train No. 20
was derailed while the train was run-
ning at high speed between Palmers-
ton and Kincardine.
Grand Trunk Engineer Fred Crock-
ford of 751 King street, London, nar-
rowly escaped death in the east end
yards there, when he was knocked from
his locomotive by some ears on the next
track, and was serious injured about
the head.
The Civil Service Commission is ad-
eertieing two appointments in the naval
service. One is as accountant in the
navy yard at Halifax, the salary being
§1,800. The other is as technical officer
in the wireless telegraphy branch. The
'initial salary is $1,600.
A. Vancouver, 13. C., hold-up man' who
seems to have all the ingenuity ofthe
stage robber, held up Dean Hightower,
night clerk of the Hotel Cecil, and. R.
Dunn, a city taxicab driver, securing a
$25 ruby ring and about $53 in cash, and
made a clean get -away,
Attain) Cra,melli, 9 Christopher
street, Toronto, Ont., was ar•
rested an a charge al obstruct-
ing Constable Seott. The latter
was making an arrest when Craraelli is
alleged to have rushed up And dealt him
a, couple of stunning blows.
Geo. Walton' Berry, an old man, of
Charlton, Ont„ has been releatied front
jail, where he was sent two months ago,
on a charge preferred by his daughter.
The girl now admits he swore falsely
at the instigation of neighbors. Action
nisy be taken against the neighbors.
Tho negotiations between the
Often of North Toronto and the
Metropelitan Railway Company for a
double track en Yong° etreet have ro.
ceived a temporary set bitelt through
the refusal Ire the company to a,c.
cede to the batmen's recent offer.
Douglas Herbert, a young matt, was
arrested ret the Uttion Station, Toronto.
rte he was boarding a train for New
York. He is charged with the theft of
$20 from II. 0, Churehill, 262 Yonge
street, who sent him out to get change
for a, $20 bill, but he failed to return.
Chief Juetiee Frilconbridge has been
appointed chairman of the Beata of
Conciliation and Investigation in the
dispute between the nutintenanee-of-
Way men and tbe Pere Marquette -Rail-
way, \Vallee° Nesbit, X. 0., represeute
tae company end J. C4, O'Donoghue the
men.
PARIS PASTOR ACCEP^TS.
Toronto, Feb. 5. -Rev, A. L. Brown,
13.1)., of Paris, is to beeonie
asso-
iate pastor to Rev. John MacNeill in
Weimer Road Daptlet Chareh. The call
WAS extended to Mr. Brown hist Fri.
day and on Sate:ratty he accepted. lle
will take charge of the memoriel ehureli
work at the eorter of Teemerieh and
Riehmond etreets, and is expeeted hi
March I, Ntr. Drown graduated iu arts
at McMaster in 1009, and in theology in
1010. 5itiee theft he late been rattan
Of the Ilaptist Church in NAL
An eXeuee is merely 'entailing :von
eftla think abent When you want it.
!RACING THE BO
That Killed. Mrs. Helen
Taylor in New York.
Trying to Connect Charles
IVI. Dickinson With It.
New York, Feb. 5. -Close examination
of the materials of the bomb,tatet kill-
ed Mrs. B.elen Taylor in her home on
West 77th street on Sateerday night are
expected by the police ea -day to furnish
clues that will lead to the arrest of the
murderer. Charles M. Diekinson, who
was in the apartment when Mrs. Taylor
was killed, prepared himself for arraign.
ment to -day before Coroner Feinberg,
charged with the homicide of Mrs. Tay-
lor.
Dickinson says that when Mrs. Tay-
lor attempted to open a package whicb
a messenger boy had brougnt, there was
bLinding flash, and that when he re-
covered from the aback, the woman lay
dead on the floor.
The police say that the .maker of the
bomb had a close knowledge of electri-
cal fuses and sparking appliances. The
police purpose to compare materials
found in the bomb with materials fouud
On the premises of ,the motor company
where Dickinson was employed. The,
typewriting on the teatime on the bomb
will also be compared with the type-
writing. of the machine used by Dickin-
son in his daily work. Experts Ray that
typewriting machines possess as many
individual characterists as men.
The police are also looking for a sec-
ond man, who is said to have been a
visitor to Mrs. Taylor's flat just before
Diekineon called.
WASTE D.
I(Yale 1teeord.)
tnettnee ptiefeeeer (after l)ng-winded
oreen-Apd
now, gentlemen, we get X
eovele ee
Sieetin Voted (from resit of room) -gee,
all that everlt for nothleg,
POLICEMEN ILL
Montreal Officers Are Now
Down With Smallpox.
Montreal, Feb. 5. -Smallpox seems to
have got a slight hold of the Montreal
police force, at least that portion located
in the eity hail. One case was reported
last weei- and another on Saturday.
nwo other officers have now been placed
under surveillance.
The police headquarters are in the city
hall, and officers from all the other eta -
Lions uae them when %attending the re-
corder's court on eases.
Great indignation has been expressed
because the farce on duty at the city
hall twasnot vaccinated when the first
case was detected and the building di-
infected.
-
Instead of taking precautionary mea-
sures, it is stated. the policemeu were
ordered to say nothing about the mall -
pox Mae&
The eity hall is exactly suited to start
an epidemic, critics point out, as the re-
corders' courte are located there, while
thousands of people pans through the
earridors every day to and from the
various offices. Thore are now thirteen
cases of s.of ranallpox in the isolation hos-
7 s;,-.4
SUSPICIOUS ME
Chicago Chief on Burning
of Another Elevator.
Chicago, Feb. 5,-A fire that, is to
eeeult in an official investigation de-
etroyed the grain elevator of the Nor-
thern Malting, Company, North Ash-
land avenue and Bloomingdale Road,
early to -day. The lo,se is estimated
at $500,000.
Two firemen and a watchman were
injured.
cannot understand the rapid
spread of the flames," said Chief
nygferlioh. "I will ask tho fire at-
torney to etart an In.vestigation."
Leas than two weeke ago the ele-
vator of the Acme Malting & Grain
Go., Whieli VMS located but a client
distanee from the structure whioh
bitrned to -day, Was deatroyed by fire.
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I I II y III 11,11,11 VIII I, I, III, 1 IP. II 1 I 4,010040104.
KING GEORGE RETURNS BLEW UP BRIDGE.
Several Passengers Kined
WELCOMED AS HERO on Manchuria Rallroad,
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King and Queen Arrive in London After
Storming Passage.-
A.,ety,r4.,-.•,,x41...nta
Met by Queen -Mother and Chilciren an
Notable Assemblage.
IMO ,111••••• •••••••••••,•••
London, Feb, 5. -King George and i was not expected until 4ste in the
evenbithe
Queen Mary returned to England to -day Medig at the earlieet, Whenna was signalled nothing coati'
from the most memorable journey ever be seen of the Royal yeelie, fbtllla 012
k
undertaken together by a King and accoint of the snow eturea
There wee no salute :tom the un-
Queea of Great Britain and Ireland. prepared ebore batteriee, bett the Me -
After an ammo of three monthe, diva dropped anehee the appointed
moorings between the liaes ot the war-
ship fleet, whleh roared a iii-a!eaing wen
ogle from the guile, which 4''prised the
townspeople preparing tar aliareh,
The. faltilliSit'v9 Ina the erowde, reaehed
its climax et Iltieleinghaen Palace. Af-
ter Their Majeatiee had entered, the
thousands of people who had atieembled
around the railings wing "God Save the
King," "Auld Lang Syne," tHonae, ageet
Home," and. "Ile's a jolly Good Fe.
Pay." Their Majeeties responded to thie
demonetration by appearing on the bal-
cony of the first floor, when tney were
erected with salvo after salvo of Aetna
esase.
during which they had been erewne4
Emperor and Faaprese of India and bad
received the homage of many of their
princely vassals in the Vast eaetera
ein-
pire, they were welcomed back to Lon-
don in the most hearty manner.
Their present stay in the British Isles
will be only a short one as they are due I
to pay a round of date vieits to Euro-
pean courts this spring and summer,
After breakfasting on board the Med-
ina with Queen -Mother Alexandra, the
Prince of Wales and other royal chil-
dren, their majesties landed and. were
saluted by the guns of the forts around
Portsmouth. On the quay were deawn '•
up guards of honr of bluejackets • and
soldiers, who preeented arms while a
military band etruck up the strain3. of
the National Anthem.
The King inspected the guard of
honor and Olen boarded a special train
in which he with the Queen and the
loyal children travelled to London
through country oovered thickly with
snow, All the stations along the route
were decked with flags.
A large assersblage of notables was
waiting at Victoria etation when the
train nulled in soon after' midday. An
archway bearinsz the word.s "Welcome
Home" in gold lettering on a bine ground
%MS erected across the platform where
their majesties alighted.
Prowler Asquith witli. other members
of the Cabinet were the first to greet
the King and the Queen. Then came a
group of members of the diplomatist
corps and prominent officers of the army
and navy in brilliant unifOrma. The Lord
tfayor and the sheriff e of Louden and
the Lords Mayor a the principal eitiee
of the Britieb. Nee, all wearing their re-
galia, were also present to ,,veleoule their
majestie,s,
When the greetings were over a pro-
cession of five royal carriages was form-
ed. The King and Queen, with the Prinee
of Wales and Prince.% :Nary, occupied
the first carriage which was drawn by
four horses. With its •eseort of Life
Guarde in their brilliant uniforms, with
shining breast plates and helmete and
flowing plumes, the proemial:1 proceeded
to Buckingham Palate, .ping through
Victoria, street to Parliament square,
and then along Whitehall and the Mall,
through streets thronged with cheering
enthusiasts.
Religious serveee of tbankegiving for
the safe return of the King and Queen
from the first visit ever paid by reltenteg
sovereigne of Great Britain to their In-
dian, posseesions will be hold this after-
noon in Westminster Abbey and the
Churches throughout the British Isle,
WELCOMED LV( QUEEN -MOWER.:
Portsmouth, Eng., Feb, 3.- King
George and Queen Mary, on board the
steamship Medina, entered Portsmouth
harbor this mortung on their return
from the Durbar.
A large fleet of warshipand mer.
chantmen welcomed them home, The
anchored ships were brilliantly daeseed
with flags for the occasion. The only
ceremony RS the .Medina eteamed
through the lines was the dipping of
flags.
The Queen -Mother .Alexandra, the
royal ebildren and many members of the
court went on board the King's ship
early in the day and took breakfast
with their majestiee
The Medina in entering the harbor
passed close to the spot where the Bri-
tieh submarine A 3, sank on Friday. The
veseels in °barge of the salvage opera-
tions anchored over the s.unken vesel,
joined in the salute to the Xing and
Queen.
SNOW STORM
Raging in Germany -Steam.
ers Locked in the Ice.
Berlin, Feb. 5. -Unusual severe weatla
er prevails throughout Gernaany. A
snowstrorm raged all last night in the
weeterti section, in seine pieces the snow
falling to a depth of three feet. Cux.
haven reports a temperature of degrees
below loahrealleit, which is the eoldeet
on record.
The heavy ice drift in the Elbe is en-
dangering shipping. It is almost hnpos
ethic for vessels to leave port. Several
eteamers aro locked in by the ice and
German liner has been :stranded by the
'ee pressure. The British fruit Steamier
Sultan. is ice -locked in the Baltie six
miles off shore, near Kolberg.
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SUGAR CONPERENCE
Tirussels, Feb. 5. -rhe International
eintear Conference is at a eoniplete stand
still, pending the German Cloveromeet's
action with reepeet to the westward ex-
pert of sugar by Rutarie. The clelegatee
to the eotiferenee, with the eaeeption
Of the eGrniaris, have praetleally agreed
to the Raseiten demand that her export,
which wee limited by the previews esite
volition, ehould be cotielderalily hiereae.
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COMES HOMES A HERO.
London, Feb. 5. -"With cold hands,
but warm hearts ,we welcome the re-
turn of the King and Queen to -day.
There can be no bounds to the great
enthusiasm with which tho nation will
welcome their xnajesties home." .
Sentiments such as these which are
quoted from the Daily Mail find a gen-
eral expression in the London's papers.
King George undoubtedly returns inuoli
more deeply and generally tiapheciated
than he was when he left. His visit to
India bas been a magnifieent achieveinent, one of the most signal triumphs
that stand to the credit of ins tangly
personality.
It IS 11" secret that the gravest ap-
prehensions were felt for the Safety of
his majesty in India, and many counsel-
lors advised King George against
the trip,
The King alone knew no fear, or per-
haps it may be more correct to say that
knowing the risk he faced it because he
felt it was his duty to do so.
Fall credit for the extraordinary 6116.
eess whiet hoe attended the Durbar
ceremonies belongs to him. He now ac-
complished what he had previously fail.
ed to do -he has touched the imaglea.
tion Of his subjects.
CONNAUGHT'S viusu,
London* reb. 5.-A London contribie
tor to the Liverpool Daily Post, who
taps excellent sources of eourt soeiety
information, says that the Deice of Con.
naught is said to be very anxious that
the lining and Queen should vieit NOW
York.
It is quite likely, this informant adds,
that they will. Such a. visit would do a
lot of good, he says, and eerteinly make
the grip of bands tierosa the eeo. yet
closer,
DEATH OF PRELATE
IBishop of Athabasca Dies
While it 0
Loii
don.
London., Feb. 4. - The Rt. Bev, Geo.
Hoanes, Lord Bishop of Athabasca,
Canada, died here yesterday from In-
ternal beinorrhage. lie had beeu
Bishop of Athabaaca and .Aating
Bieliop of Mackenzie River since 1909.
The late bishop was born in 1800 in
'Westmoreland, :England. His early
life was spent in the Old Lan& Ilia
early education was obtained in hie
home town, and culminated in his
graduating in theology from the
Church Xisstionary Cellege Landon.
For a time he was on cif the ener-
getic baud of workers whieh was led
by the Rev, Prebendary WebbeeTetloe,
of St. Paula Cathedral, London.
Coming to Canada., he engaged in
the work of the Church in the Diotiese
of Rupertta Land in 1885 and 1880. In
1887 he was ordained deacon at Ver.
milion, Ueace River district, which is
in Athabasea diociese. A year later lie
was ordained priest in the same dio
cue. He became known as the pos.
sessor of boundless etores of energy
Dela an unflagging zeal in the work of
the church, A trihnte to his worth.
which was warmly received by his
brother clergy, was his appointment
as an Archdeacon of Atliabagea, Dio-
cese by Biehop Young. In 1905 a still
higher honor was given him in Ids
election as Bishop of Moosonee Dio-
ceee, His,labors as head of that large
diocese Were marked by the tame
single -heartedness as those whieb
characterized' his prieetly work. In
1009 he was traneleted to the Meow
of Athalateaa, so that he ended hie life
in charge of tlie diocese In whieh he
started hi church career, Since the
translation of Bishop Iteeve to Toronto
he administered the southern portion
of nIackenzie in the abeenee of a bishop
for that diocene. Biehop Hoixe.ea belong-
ed to tlai younger set of Ottnadiaa An.
glican prelates. He had frequently beep
seen in this and other eitiee of Eastern
Canada attending gatherinp of the
bishope of the two eeelesiaetacal pro -
Some time ago the late blehop wet
to England personally to raise funds
for the church in his diocese. While
there he waa strieken evath the illness
which ended in his death. Being 'in-
formed of the eerionenese of his con-
dition, Alm. Holmes., his wife, Matted
immediately for England to be with
him. She is on the ocean now, not
having had time to reacb him.
A pathetic note is given to the news
by the fact that both morning, and
evening at St. James' Cathedral, by
the Bishop of Toronto's instructions
prayers were read for the :safe re-
covery of Bishop Holmes.
IN 13IG STORM.
Loudon, Vele 2.-- glee Medina, con-
veying the King and Queen from In-
dia, arrived at Spithend, with the eaten
dant flotilla. at 10 ohdoel: this morning
in a blinding BMW etorni, one of the
meet ovens, experieneed thi winter - The
weather of the Irtet week hae hem the
worst known in seventeca yeare.
Bv Arriving re) eaely the Mi
reithed pert fourteen home Weead. ot
reheduled time, initwitlietelntl
bease gale in the Bey of lreieev.
it was !motto at Porterriouth he
wireleee tlie4 the MedIna was nAl:-
iv, a Irm1 paeetige but her anneal
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CH1NESETAGGED
• Ms
Suppose This Had Been a
Canadian in. China.
San Diego, Calif., Feb. l3. -Gee Fong,
a Chinese laborer, who was twice caught
While attempting to get into the United
States from Mexico, has been shipped
in from Eneenada, Lower California, in
cliarge of the Wens Vargo ExpreseCo.
When seen to -day Geo wore a tag sim-
ilar to that which might be found on
merchandise. He is coneigned to Van-
couver, B. C.
The formality of placing Gee tinder
bonds attaching a Government sealing
wax seal to his tag and filhag paper for
his Sale transportation through the
country, was atteaded to by the cue -
time officials here. A bond of $500 war;
required for this.
In addition another $500 was depOsi.
ten with the company as payment for
the head tax imp:reed upon Cilium by
the Canadian Government. Thai money
was put up by a brother of Gee's, in
San Francisco.
WAS DOG MAD?
Montreal, Feb. 5. -The eareass of the
dog which attaeked and bit four chil-
dren here bat Thursday haa been tient
to Ottawa ior examination. The veter-
inary general, at the capital asked that
tlie dog be kept alive so that it could
be watehed. The local pollee, however,
did not like to have the eximel around,
to shot it The wounds on the children
have all begun to heed up after ea.ateriene
tion.
London, Feb. 5,-A railway bridgewai
blown up to the east of alukcien, an
ehuria, thie morninn at 3 o'clock, and a.
train wee wrerited, several passengers
heing
According to te newel agency despatch
from Tien 'rein, reneived here teadaye the
oatrage vats committed at Chinteulin,
where the railroad from Shan Haikwan
to Muknen passes over a river. The
crime had been carefuily prepared, the
viadivet being ennerinined and charges
of dye:tante plaaed in pantion. Wiled
the train was in the centre of the bridge
the feise was fired and the Whole etrue.
tern blew up,
It is not known whet -her rebehe or bap-
dits Axe oreponsible for the outrage.
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DIED U HtS SLEIGH.
tendon, Cut., aceepatelt: Thos. -Wileot,
aged 40, a fanner of lot lei, e,e-ineeinen
Weettnineter neat:eine, was f duaa
in bus01(110 on 'the fifth teaecrieion
that townehip Ode aftertmaa Melte
veal et i duo te heart faltire, \\T-
eat' Wag MS way i:t t4.3 fyeat.,,,1 p';(,
i',or a load where etelettes, mai he wart
VOL isliSCOVOMI Anti! VIrotrilS O.
paSli.1411 hisiin,Tted
lam va.
BRITAIN'S NEW
BATTLESHIP
I.••••••••••••••••••••.•••
The "Sect Ship" Will be
Built in Private.
Admiralty Keeping Im-
provements From Public.
London, Fob. 5.-A new battleahip,
toe ieeei ot waien wad reeentty and a.
Portsmouth dock ya.rds, the first of tb.u_
e arenored enepa of toe 1011-12
1.1L1U11O, wilt IX: kilei)WIt 28 t410
lt is geuerally known that elle
le to be th.e hugest, liattleabip bUiit for
the &ideal navy, that, sae is to Itave an
an ti• torpedo battery of tax -inch, inetea
el fatueineh aune, 0.6 in older ships, and
that there is to be a great improvem.ent
in the compartment, to prevent oinking
in vase he is torpedoed. Beyond this,
liowever, the Admiralty are mtroducing
changes which are to remain a secret foe
the time being, at least
Usually the laying of the first kaed
plate is attended with some eereznony,
end naval attaches and others are invit-
tel. On this occasion; however, only the
dockyard officials), Miee liteelyu alotere,
daughter of Admiral:Six Arthur eaciore,
who performed the eereneany, and a tew
ladies were present.
Newspaper men and pliotograptieze
were rigorously excluded. The ahip is to
be completed in two years, but it is quite
nkely that she will be ready for seeviee
before that time. Immediately her that
plate was laid workmen riozterueneed pat-
ting other plates in poeition, so that be-
fore the afternoon bad passed the Teasel
eommeneed to take grape. In fact, a
Treat deal of the material was ready be -
tore the aetual work of construe/ion
commenced.
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HE WASN'T DEAD
But Wife Was Paid His Life
Insurance Policy.
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•
'New York, Feb. 5. -After paying a
salary for fourteen yea,re to William
P. Larkin, the Metropolitan Life1.
Surance Co., has just made tho Inter-
esting discovery that it paid a policy
on his life and recorded him as dead in
1806.
During all the years he had been
thought dead, Larkin was working -un-
der his own name in the printing dre-
pa.xtmerre of the insurance comany and
living within a block of the e-omparlyne
offices. It never occurred to hiza, hte
says, that his life had been insured, or
that hie wife laid collected hie polithre
on the supposition that he was dead.
Larkin went away frora his home in
Brooklyn in 1896, and his wife hea not
seen 'him' since. In 1910 she applied for
the payment of hie instfranee
After an investigation they were paid.
A few weeks ago one of the company's
investigators stumbled upon Larkin th
a corridor and recognized him.
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THE SUNK "A3."
Effort Being blade to Raise
the Wrecked Submarine.
Portsmouth, Eng, Feb. 3. -An attempt
to salve the suoniatine "A 3," 'which
sunk yesterday near here with four °Hi-
eers and tea men, after a collision with
the gunboat Hazard, was again made this
morning. There was a thick fog and op-
oratione were greatly impeded.
Several steamers from the government
dockyard are on the spot and a large
number of naval divers have gone below
to examine the wreck. it is thought aft.
likely that the boat will be nailed tot*
severae days, as she was not fitted wita
appliances for that purpose, suet as are
carried by submarines of the latest
types.
HIS LONG WALK
A Fourteen Year Old Boy
Footed to Buffalo.
Buffalo, Feb. 5.-Dar1d Gibbs lat.
Buffalo last night with his son, Siduey
Gibbs, 14 years old, for their homea at
Miner.= itills, near Hornell, N. Y. Sid -
net left his home last Sunday with $11.
in his poekets and a desire to see the
world. On Wednesday after trailingLn
BnOW for many mile, Gibbs reaehed
Hamilton, and from that city he came
to Buffalo, walking almost all the Way.
Ile was arrested at the ititernatieual
bridge by immigration inspectors. When
arrested he had $1 left, but till had
confidenee that he eould face the world
unaided. "I stopped at the bent hotele
in every town, and I had a rattling good
meal at IIamilton," (lea:trot the youth,
as he hopped on the train en route for
h01.110 with hie father.
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WAS ALLOWCO TO GO.
Itingeten despateh: ‘trilei Parker
Appeered before Judge Vries! thie morn.
hig eliereeal with the theft of $7ii from
the alethediet Chew+ at 101,111, b
VrortOnne (*.c.unt,r, o whiph ho WAS Cul
tete:outer.lileplea.led 11.114 was
04:07Ta off en su3persiled solteuto. The
mell3N, has *ben tot:nit/11 aeit the oi
0::411c4 did ta tare te t t‘'*.q4 for pxtrJah.
Iht