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The Wingham Advance, 1912-04-11, Page 7Lt P".40/4N.N., DISA TROUS FLOODS SWEEP 0 TARIO TO Owen Sound NS Galt, Guelph and Other Places Suffer, ow. the greatest of these Wee the Credit. All four rivets cleared theniseivee of the eeason'e ice, anti the eleariag peewee§ brought with it serious elemage, cepe. ' eially on the Credit and the Don. Fourteen dams and severel bridgee within a distanee of twenty miles were ewept away by the swollen Crealt yea. today and Saturday. Never !n the meinory of the oltleet residents of Brampton of Port Credit line there been suelt it flood, Many of 13rampton'e etreets yesterday were inundated by three and four feet of. water, and the harbor at Port Credit yesterday after- noon was full of boathoneee, laimediee, ecowe and schooners, whielt floated about undecided whether or not to go lout into the lake„ 1 Tho first dem broke at Alton on People Rescued From the Da,nger, Bridges niul huge cakes of ice began to move, • Saturday evening, A rush of water . • • awl, gathering almost irresistible inn Swept Away anid Shipping Injured, petus, they carried atvay cement dams _ and iron bridges, The entire bacilli of the river le under water, The water entered Barber's mill at Owen. Sound, Ont., -S.pril 7.—Theshar. Guelph experiencee such a flood RS !IS aeorgetown and was yesterday mooing bor strewn with wreekrage of small craft, now to be seen, The River Speed ei through the windOWS oil the fleet floor, ...../ 0 011 a rampage an.1 ate it result inan•Y Mr. A, P, Haines had a, narrow escaPe selogs, trees, stumps and timber swirlin„ thousands of dollars' worth of proper- from drowning at Meltenham Mille. He around as though in a maelstrom, un- tv is being, hourly destroyed. The was on the cement dam near the Trainee dermined buildings rted damaged whole of the eohrhern portion of the a. Ellis mill when the flood struck, the bridges, ie the tale of Owen Sound'a efts is praetielly eut ofi from the rest dam. It gave way while he was on it, worsi flood expeeience. At 3 o'clock- a. nd j.,the ,low-lying portions aurround- and he had barely time to jump to this morning, following a heavy rain, ing we WTI: are all under Water. The new steel bric4pe across the river eafety. which supplemented the thaw of the weather of the ptest two sleeve when The flood wile mused by the mild a t the Glen, whieh bridge WaS only practically all the snow of the past erected three years ago,. Was destroyed preveding 48 hours, five dams on the in the downward couVe of the water. Pottawatamie and Sydenharn Rivera winter disappeared. The Water in the 13efore the floe4Y reached Port gave way, On the Sydenhani the dam Er:linos:1 branch of the Speed. began to rise on Friday, but there was no cause Credit yeeterday the following dainS alinVe ingles' Falls at Ineles' mills was ; were deetroyed: The creamery clam at carried out about 3 o'clock this morn- about 4 o'clock, when the water began .or alarm until SLiturday efternoon, Alton, Deaglets dam and James 13ell'e ing, followed in quiek succession by that to eome into the biteement of the Tay. at Cataract, Henry Bracken's at 1303 - at Harrison's flour mills, The immense lor Forbee factory at ekllan'e Bridge. tou Afills„ trainee & Ellis' mill dam bodies of water backed up by these From then until the present time it e rft 1 4 , as, eliesseneam Mine, the dam at Vie Structures came down with a terrific has risen rapidly and there eeems to Terra-eottn 13riek Works, Towneend's rusli, carrying a dozen motor boats from be no sign of it lowering. Brick Works, Barber's dam at eleorge- the score or more hauled up along the - Residents living along, the banks of town, Sykes & 13eaumont'e at the shore for the winter. The temporary the river were t'aken completely by Glen, Norval, MeMurchie's at Hut tous- wooden bridge ereeted at Ninth street surprise and hardly knew what to do. title, Ward's at Eldorado, and Brett two years ago was wrecked and pilo Some of them moved upstairs, prefer- & Companyes at Ateadowvale. of wreckage went tossing down the ring to stay in their own houses, while Port Credit felt the force of this Niagara -like current, Word was tele- others moved out altogether and. ate break about 2 o'clock, The water phoned, to various owners of craft and etaying with friends. . swept upder the highway bridge with in a short time scores of men were work- The first bit of damage done Was such :voltune that hi a short thee it was ing along. the banks endeavoring to the earrying away the two foot level with the platform ad the bridge. save the boats. bridges above Goldie's dam, and to. whieh . etrueture clears the river level Below the new Tenth street cement day grave fears are being entertain - by nearly ten feet. The water backed oto bridge was a pile -driving plant on a ed for the safety of the °dam. It is tip the harbor; and it was soon flow- ' scow. The current wrenched this, from being watched very cfosely, When the ing over the highway on the eaet ne- tts moorings, and, turning it over, it refuse from these bridgee reached the proah to the bridge and cut off all corn - went crashing into the steamer Ven- new concrete bridge at Neeve street munleation, so far as pedestrian and ve- netta, a pleasure boat owned by a 1 Oea) the water was so high that the boards Wailer traffic wee concerned, between syndicate. The result was disastrous, could not get through the arches, and the east and west sections of the tonal. as the boat liee to -day with stern sunk then it was that the water begen to A motor launch Was swept out into the and its now on the upturned seow of the briek up the flood and look eerious. lake, and the scow lying in the harbor pile driver. Seattered through the har- Many people tvlio Were up town in the threatened to go also. A tug with steam bor are the wreelee of motor boats, while early part of the evening, were compel'. up came to the reseue and prevented eeveral of the fleet of fishing tugs are ed to wade through several inches of them from making their escape, scraped- and battered by the impact of water, hi order to get to their homes, timber and floating cakes of ice. The while later in the night the fire appara- Though the • Htuniber River cleared itself of ice with a rush on Friday damage cannot be estimated, but will tus had to be called into service in order night, carrying a $2,000 launch, owned run into thousands. But while the to remove people from their perilous po- Sydeeham River put up the speCtacular, sition. - by Mr. Janice Wood, eity tax collector, into the lake, also a candy store, the the Potthevataraie River's rampage did One of the biggest loeers by the flood damage did not end then. At Bolton the greater damage. The dams at is the Guelph Carpet Mills Ceinpany. yesterday it overflowed its banks and Wright's oatmeal mill, Niehors planing There are over four feet of water in and saw mills and Wright's flour mill some sections of their plant and many earried the upper works of W. Dielc's gave way about the same thne as thoee of the looms are completely submerged. and A. A, Martil's dams and three on the Sydenharn. The tvotst dannete Thoueands of dollars' worth of carpets bridiees. It flooded the enet eed of tee is the wrecking of the storehouse at are destroyed. The Taylor Forbes Co. town, and eAtout thirty houses are sur - the flour mill, The water cut through and the Guelph Spinning Mills are also i onnded wi th woter. an embankment and ine.de a • water- heavy sufferers. There is a river of The Dan did its duty Saterday night, course, causing the storehouse to topple water two feet deep, running down Wel- The ice which jamMed. on Friday at over NN-ith its contents of mill stuff iuto lington street; while the whole of Gow the East Don C. N. R, station and callS- the rushing water. ed a rieriOnS WaShOlit on that road, lese paik is under water. 'rThe auxiliary steam power house was released Saturday night about 5 o'elock, aise) wrecked, and damage was done to THAMES IN eHECK. ft reeched the tawmills near the Roee. STABBED HIM the basement of the flour mill. 'Passen. dale C. N. R. station, when it jammed gers had to be brought to town in D - T rop in emperature Has Saved Ltre again; near tbe bridge to the rniii, vehicles from the incoming trains. The don from Flood. WEST BRANTFORD 1N DANetlelt. G. T. R. had several washouts in the t Irate Italian Attacks Fore - London, Ont., April 7.—The very time- Brantford. April 7. --Fear is enter - Owen Sound lino also, and the paseen- gere. from the night train had to be ly drop in the teniperature appears to ,, lathed to -night that the dyke on the man and Escapes. or,ftrid River which protects West transferred at Parkhead Junction. The have saved Wrest Landoll and other Brantford will he swetp away. The floods are the wont in the history of places along the River Thames from the this section, reports of damage coming flood, which has menaced hundreds of water has been steadily rising .sinee families since the summer heat of Good lett night, ano is now within one foot from all points in this vicinity. ....._ Friday sent the usually peaceful streinn of the top of the dyke, whieh le made GRAND RIVER IN FLOOD. on a wild rampage. of peeked earth reinforeed by -stone. — The water rose fully ten feet, paseed If the dyke should give way a body Damage to Property in Galt Estimated of \rater ten or fifteen feet in depth over Springbank dam, and water trick- led over the West London breakwater, will be let low upon West Brentford. at $100,000, Celt, April 7.— The WOrSt flood in where some 2,000 people. reside, moat of but when it appeared that the flood could riot be averted, cooler weather the homes being those of workingmen, the hietory of Galt is now causing saved the situation, at env rate, for *0 . d a ni a Cr. e tt ,e property - along the banks the time t eine,. A drop of two feet has 13rantford, Ont., April 8,—"The worst of thjie Grand River which means the been recorded and the flood. appears sta- is over." Such was the welcome news loss of thousandO of dollars to the titulary at eight feet. Much damage haE; which Brantfordites received early this owners. At the present thne it ie im- already been done, but nothing compared morning from the watchers who kept an poeeible te give a reliable estimate with what another six inches would ail -night vigil on the dyke, which pro- bu it ie sure to be between fifty and have causel: tects the life and property of 2,000 west a hundred thousand dollars. On Fri- The etroeg current has eaten in six Brantford residents from the annual day afternoon the ice broke up, but feet.into the earth wall protecting West spring rampages of the Grand River. it was not until Saturday that all had London, and fears are expreesed that the liroin two o'clock this morning the nett- paeeed through. At that time, al- trouble is not yet passed. The people of er commenced subsiding, and by six though the river was high, it was not tire district have torn up carpets and pil- o'clock his gone down several inches. The overtiowing.its banks to any alarming ed furniture an d belongings in anticipa- river at Brantford by Sunday night had extent. - Tin8 morning about 4.30 the tion of inundation. risen to 28 feet 3 'inches above normal, water commenced to rise perceptibly, Renorts from all over Western Ontario and the -water was just oozing over the and about 8 &dock the residents to -night tell of floods that have done top of the embankment for which Brant - along the bank on Water street eouth damage to the extent of hundreds of ford spent $20,000 a few years ago. realized that their lives and property thousands of dollars, At Walkerton There is not a house in the eity to - were in, danger. In eome cases the there is' three feet of water ire' the Main day with gas, a huge main having been er imnates lost no time in leaving their bomes, but others remained until tide street, and the Canadian Nellie River carried away early Sunday evening near. bridge has been swept away. Truax Cockshutt's bridge, and until the river leafteretoon, The water then covered Lumber Mills have had a large part of subsides several feet repairs will be ine WHITE PLAGUE the street to a deptb of three feet and their PtOelc swept away. possible. Theriver eame within three the services of\ the fire department At Paris there is four feet of water Inches of flooding the boilers at the civic were required to renaove the people in the Penman Mills, which are cloee to pumping station and caueing a famine. to safety, Wearing rubber coats an3 the river, 1 Factories in lielmedale, as well as the Can Human Beings Get Bo - hip boots ;the metiers waded through MILLS SWEPT AWAY. Canada Glue Co., are dosed to -day as Afeaford, Ont., A.pril 7.—There has the result of being flooded. .About 50 vine Tuberculosis. the water up to their \valeta and carried men and women to rigs which 'Were houses in Parkdale are surrounded. with been thousande of dollars' damage do»e waiting to take them to other !tonne water four te six feet deep. here by the waters of the Big Head. Riv- on higher ground. The fire debut- City Engineer Jones estimated. the er. Both of the dams belonedng to the ment and the police force 1tave been Georgian Bay Milling and Power Com- volume of water which passed through kept on duty during the whole day pally have been swept away and. the iron Brantfoed on Sunday equal to twice that looking after the safety of the public. which passes thiough in six months of Water street is inundated for three- bridge near their flour mill is also gone ordinary conditions. Ilad it not been quartets of it mile, as wen se twinning and several roes of the street washed ay. The town is in darkness, owing for the work of a couple of hundred. men, streets in the business section , of the aw • el breakin of the dam at the power headed by Mayor Hartman and eivic °Mt is a continuation of Water street, is un- t _o tee g aids the dyke would have given way in is it continuation et Water stree, le un- liotlso. stveral places during the night and. the, Randle's dem and woollen mills rind der several feet of water for at least results would have been appalling. The the tannery, have been swept away, tvith two miles.. This afternoon a couple of dyke held in eheck a torrent of 20 feet canoes carried flood -bound citizens to 'ten rods of the G. T. R. tracks, and al of water, which would have swept ee easee lime prosent it loo . . ks as if the two remaining safety. In the majority through a thickly populated. district, furniture has been saved, the water ris- iron bridges will ago so. The property Mayor Hartman Announced this eh-orn. danla e is now $100 000 or over, ing with such rapidity ais to make 6a I. g 1 tng that West Brantford, which was in vage imposeible. Cellars are flooded a HOUSES FLOODED. grave peril ler a period. of 48 hours, es. block and a, half away from the river, Listowel, Ont., April 7.—The spring caned. without damage whatever. Many the water having backed up elle drain freshets have been very hea,vy, and the of the residetits in that locality, having pipes, Damage has been done to the rain of laet night and this morning has been warned as to the condition of af• Main street bridge, and all traffie has raised the river many feet above its fairs, loft their homes for other parte of been suspended on the three bridges level, The river rune parallel with the the city, but did not take time te re. within the municipality, as it is con- main greet, and the Great .Northweet- move,,any of their effects. Itorsee were -A eidered dangerous to cross. It ii5 ern telegraph office, located in Samuel removed and gertrtered in the uptown thought that the dam of the flalt Gas Smith's jewelry store, also all the etores stables. At one o'eloek this morning on AL Light Company is broken, A wooden tied offices along the street had to be the westerly limit of the eity, the river ' bridge carried down from Elora, is vacated at 5 o'clock Saturday night, as was breaking over the G. T, n. tracks, lodeed against one end, and fear le ex- the water had risen to such a height end a train, load of workers was prompt- preesed for the lower bridges shoeld that it was not longer safe to remain in ly rushed to the seem) and 'unloaded. it loosen while the water is at its pre- the baildings. From that time the 14ver commeneed to sent height. The Baptist (Thera is DAMS CARRIED AWAY. eubside and at 10 o eloelt this morning surrounded With water, and the weet Paisley, Oat, April 7.—The greatest all danger was reported over. side churehee are all closed. Some of flood in forty years oeourred here last Great difficulty Was also experienced the estimated leesee aret Getty ecte - night and to -day. A number of re.tidente at the canal headgates which are els- Soft, Ltd. shoe nututtfaeturera, $7,600; had to be taken out from their homee teen feet above normal ievel. Extra C. Turnbun Company, underwear nutn. in boats, Two mill dams wove partly planking had to be setured, and the ttfaeturers, $2.000; flalt Show Company. swept away by the flood. Nits James gatea built up higher, Had the river $3,000 ;W. W. 'Wilkinson & et)'Y il'Y Stary fell over Lis dam about 1.2 o'clook got through at this apot Engle Plane goode, $5,000; F. IL Chapple, book last night and waS carried docvn etre= with eeveral thousand -residents and etore, $4,000; 1tefoemer Printing Co., about. 1 50 yards, when lie eerambled out the 1.?ig factory district whieli includes Ltd., $1,200. Numerous smaller looes on the hank aria wae3 110E4 to 4afety ' Masseptlerris, Waterotta, Cocksluttts, comprise damage to -private property - by others. Milt dams ou Lookerby and Verity and Adams firms, would have and mereantile i?.011cerns. At 10 ondoek Pinkerton were partly destroyed. Suffered untold Iwo. The embankment tbe river showe no signs of eubsiding. ! ' Suntley at noon while the ilfe-eaving crew of the fire department rescued. the• family of Adams, including 114 wife and three small eltildren, late - in the 4tftern0Q11: It wae above thie triet on the Coekshutt road thet the big gee main wee carried awey, and thus far it lute been impoolble effect repairs. The water, three feet deep, Is running like a mill eece over where the break occurred, and the men are tumble to work. Cold breakfasts were the order of the . day here, owing to the gas troubles, gaa being almost entirely need for (sir*. I ing purposes. In the Parkdale dietrict the etables of Mohawk Institute were under Wat- er, The Canada Glue factory in the district was under four feet of water title morning, and several thous. and dollars damage ie reported. Below the city at Newport several farma are inundated, but the farmers mauaged eave their stock. Albert end Harry Bertein with their families, were stranded in their houses all night, Both refused as- sistance in the afternoon and at night the city life. boat was he'ld in case of emergency in Wee, Brantford, Holinedale dietriet also %Suffered, sev- eral 'louses on the bank of the elver being demaged. The fire under the boil. ere of the Watson Manufacturing Co. were flooded out, and 300 girls thrown Out of employment temporarily. All dae and night Sunday Mayor Hartman kept in eortununieation„ with Galt and Paris, thus securing an idea of what the river had in rstore. As a result of the rampage the city will .nro• bably spend a large amount of money in further etrengthening the dyke Which protects West Brantford.. Ttiel WELC03.1E FROST. Toronto, April the danger from floods in the various seetions of Ontario, where the onru•sh of epring freshets have already caused immense property lose., has not enttirely varti•shed, it haS so far disappeaeed ass to justify the belief that ..unleas phenomenal wea- ther eondiLioes are encountered in the next few hours there will be uo further desttuction from swollen rivet% and streams. The frost of last night 14 what efived the situation. It stopped the riteh ot water from the laad to the streame, and gave the latter a chance to rid themeelvee of their surplue supply. There wee nereeptible lowering daring the night in the rising of the several rivers whieh have been threatening life and property at Varlet:LS pointe, accord- ing to -reports received from the threat- eued centres of population, and nothing shott of a heavy downpour of rain w•ould now renew the danger. TH.k.: FALLING WATERS. London, Ont., April 8.—Thanks to the cold spell of test Welt, the flood situa- tio•n Loudon and vicinity hae been greatly relieved, and it is believed that the danger of fresh damage has passed. The freezing over of the countless email streams feeding the Thames and Grand Rivers proved ineffectual in reducing the mad race of the water, The Thames has been dropping steadily since last night, and prob•ably will be at normal this evening, Fi•oin Chatham comes a similar report, and long distance tele. phone messages from St, Mary's, Wing. ham, Owen Sound, Collingwood, Durham, and Paisley tell of subsiding waters, eye. e 4....1••••••••14*.• Fort Witham, April 7.—While the workmen were waiteag to be paid at the Canada Iron Foundry last night an altercation ensued his to position in the line, and Tony Rose, an Italian, considered he hied a grievance against the foreman of the pipe mill, Ernest Manuel , and chased him out of the shop. Manuel slipped on the ice, and, hurling himself on the fallen man, Rose drew a long knife and plunged it into Manuel's back. A workman smashed Rose over the head with a dinner pail, knocking him over, and a rush was made to help the wounded mem In the confusion Rose made has es- cape. crossing the ice on the river and disaPpearing in the woods. Manuel sustained a long, deep gash in the back. The shoulder blade, fortunate- ly, turned the weapon, and. he will re- cover, Chief Dodds and the pollee with Indian trackers are scouring the woods, but the task is difficult owing to the snowstorm. Unlees the pursued man got shelter, the police think he must have perished in the woods last night. ' adjoining the extol' headquartera Mao The, traeke of the Grand Valley flail- 1 6 SAIDGES Los.r. , Wil8 110110\Vea awaY and a big gallg Of way are eubmerged for miles, and men wets ereraged for hours plaeig some of the poke are down. Flaropage on the Credit Does Much oan,1 hags wit''ere the eurreut wee doing parti4ge, ite \collat. ,... - i -alw,..,,-11 SPEED overiPLowi. Taranto,. tepee g,.....stsaashalf4 aria Tht., seetion below PArlzdtfie war* tho inyyttionA wore the order of the day real flood district of the sits., how. DatetAge bone by Pleading of Into the quartette of riVers the ever, Mohawk Church find about antes! Fattori es, Ity of Toronto during the week -send, The fifty bottles are all nudet wetter *bleb Berlin, April 8. --The results of the proposal made' at the Washington In- ternational Tuberculosis Congress in 1008 by the late Prof. Robert Koch for a thorough international investigation of his theory of the non-eransmissioni- bility of bovine tubereulosie to human beings will be made known at the com. log tuberculosis congress in Rome. There is lively curiosity in the Ger- trian medical world to know whether the conclusions arrived at support Dr. Koch or agree with the adverse verdict ut- tered. in July, 1011, by the British Royal Commission on Tuberculosis. English, French, Geroaan and Ameri- ean bacteriologists will read eeports dealing the results of exhaustive experi. monis carried out by leading scientists in their respective countries in the past fonr years. REV. RICIIESON'S CASE, Boston, April S.—The 'first move to save the life of Clarence v. Pr. Richeson, the confeesed murderer Of Miss Avis Linnell, who is sentenced to die in the electric thair during the week of May 19, was made to- day. The former minister's attorney, Wm. A. Morse, had a short confer. elite with Executive Seeretary It. C. Itainlin, at the State honse, following which it Was announced that on April 26, eounsel for the conderrined man Will appear beforo Governor Foss and argue ott the question of referring a petition to the executive council, reste entirely with the governor. OIL FOR FUEL San Fretheieco, April 8...--"Viliatever natty he the outcome of the British. coal *Strike," Sir John 0. Nutting, a prom. front British eapitelist who is visiting here to.day, calla. "it is Pertain to has- ten. the introduetion of fuel oil for in. ditetrial conettnlption. ("rho of on tta Nei was- bonta to eCone Sooner or later, but, the present Guelph, Ont„ April 7.-. Not 611100 CrNlit, the Etobieoke, the Mother end is high enough to flow in the wintloweetrike eeems to be bound to open the ISM, 43 p•arti ag,o haq the f'ity of the Don all were on the rampage, but lleahlenta thia loettlity ima to get out 'Ivey," - STE4MER, AFIRE RAN 0 ROCKS The Ontario Off Montauk Point L. I. Passengers Saved zlad Fire Now Under Control. Wireless Appeals Brought Needed Help. Ditch min 14fe Saving Station, L. April $.—The steamer Ontario, 2,- 000 tone bUrden, from 13altimore to Boetoe, with fifteen pectin -leers and a crew of forty, was 1.mi on the rocks off Montauk Point, by ner ea.ptain, early to -day, with a growing fire in her hold. paseengees were transferred in life boats to the tug Tasco, frhm New Lon- don, Celine whieh ruehed to the (scene reeponse he the Ontariots "S, O. Ss" wireless signals, and after six hours' work, the fire in the -Ontario's hold was , brought under control, The veesel hard aground with a light see, running, 'and Out little wind, and there is little danger, apparently, of her going to piecce, Life eavers hov- ered near the vessel in their boats all morning, in readincee to take off the crew, but Captain Bood, when the fire was uudee control, declared that. there would he no need for their services. A breeches buoy wes shot to the ves- sel from the shore when she flint went on the reekei at 3 o'clock this morning, but the captain aLter transferring the passengere -to a tug, eent word by life- savers that hie crew . would remain aboerd, Long before daylight they had ehopped a rSozen, holes through the pilot house, and deck and hundreds of gallone of sea water pumped by the v essels own enginee, were pouring into the hold. At six o'clock 'Captain Bood sent word eshore that the progress of the fire had been checked. The fire broke out during the 'ntght, and became so threatening that short- ly before 2 o'clock this marline; Cap. Bood ordered. the wireless opera- tor to send S20. S. disteces signals, An hour later he turned back on his course and drove the vessel full speed ahead for the reefs off Montauk Point, be- lieving that otherwise the vessel would be burned at sea. Through the early nuorning hours the vvh•eless eputtered along the entire nerth Atlantic coast, with news of the vessel's danger. When the :Won- tauk Point lighthouise was told - over the government telephone that the etearner was going ashore, the light- house keeper peered out to sea, laugh- ed at the report declared that he (saw nothing to warrant such a belief. Ten minutes later the men at this sta- tion saw the ship on the rocks, hurried off with a breech buoy apparatus and later dragged their surf boat on tie truck three milee over the beach to the burning steamer, The life-savers, reinforced by a crew from the Hither Plain station, two miles away, traneferred the passengere in small boats to a tug and stood off at readiness to take the crew ashore if need be. The peeseegere were transfer- red in the Ontario's life boats. Although the flames. could not -be seen a great" Omni of atom and smoke arose froni the burning ship and spread a haze along the water front for miles. Ceptaian Ned told the life-savers that the fire wits confined entirely to the 'hold, A light sea was running and there wars little wind: The hull of the veseel Was badly blistered on the out. side, • The exact location of the Ontario is three mike east of Ditch Plain sta- tion, and a mile and a half west of Mon- tauk Point Light. The Ontario is a vessel of 1,087 tells net. She is 290 feet long, of steel and was built in 1904. She left Baltimore Saturday. The revenue cuttere Mohauk and Seneca picked up Jim wireless call at New York, and the cutter Acusimet Boston, and hurried to the scene. They were able to give but little assistance, however. FISH AND GAME Report of Commissioner proteeted by a prehibition of net- fielting within five miles of a town-. and that specified areas be set apart ilii "sporting, fish preeervee," within whieh limit eet.fiebing will not be al. lowed, The prepagation of eporting fislt is urged by the establishment of fish hatcheries, and that a scientific research department he organizea to telt:ivilywitivivi.e eonditions nneler which fieh best thrive and direct development in , With reteeence to brook trout, it IR 1r)eee°erentmetebilli(alleiedllii:Itt itth6e.kP"Niaelpigiolantehtelils.Y. trict, It is ale° orged that north of the Lake Soperior district, where tias bering. is done, a fringe of trees be left along the bank of all Rtreame elifficient to afford the shade neees- sary for the fisleasexietence. A portion of -00 report ii aevotea to forest conservation. Al9re atten- tion should be given to the use of spark arresters by railways who might be induced to use a itiel less dangeroue than coal when traveieing forest regions. During the th•y sea- eelle railWaya Should be required to maintain a patrol through forest bean, and that earelessnesa in regard to the starting of fires be made a puniehable offence, In regard to the hunting of big game, Mr, Emus would like to see the shooting of does prohibited, and that a general hunting license be adopted to cover those species of games for which no license is required ' Nalti:Aiel)iiitt,..eisEe.gvnaatn,n _arm eotablished_ to de- lse fwonld like to see a Pro- monStrate .the practicability of =is- iing deer and other game animate, and at the same time to be the centre of a syetem of distribution of the in- digenous game birds or game birds which May Inwe become extinct in 1 ttiloion.14rovince. To this might also be added -a marsh for muskrat eultiva- Other recommendations are; "That the dates for the open sea - eons for patridge (ruffed gronee) and woodcock through the Province be -made October 10 to November 30, inclusive; quail, November 1 to 30, inclusitee; and for plover, rail, and seine, September 15 to December 15. - "That Monday of each week during the open season for ducks be declared eloeed to duck shooting on public lauds', marshes, or waters. "That all poseiblo efforts be made by the administration in the direction of encouraging the introduction of in- ternational regulations in regard to the killing or taking of migatory game and other birds. "That - theeprinciple be maintained of not alieneting tbe shooting privi- leges over Crown -lands, marahee, or waters in the wilder portions of the Province to private individuale, clube, or corporations; that in the mare populous and opened sectione of the Province to private individuals, elubs, or corporations; that in the more populous and opened sections of the, Province, should it be deemN1 deeho able to grant such privileges in the intereete Of propagation and conserva- tion, the extent of public lands, marsh, or water over which shooting righte are. thee alienated froin the public be strictly limited; and that in ant0ede.a"se. an entire marsh or watet area suitable for wild ducks be thus alien - ITALIAN .fROOPS ARE,DESPERATE •••••1.0,1••••ft Austrian Officer Pays Visit to Tripoli. Einds Italians Depressed and in Bad Shape. Arabs Stronger and Now Weil Disciplined. New York, April S.—A cable from Vienna says: yedere Von Zuhuvies, Austriaii. eapiain of 'Inseam, sportsman and hunter, nas• returned from Tripoli, where he went to investigate existing conditions. He says: "I went to Tripoli to find out the true state of affairs on the Italian eide, I spent about four weeks there, in the eourse of which I penetrated as far as the outermoet Reheat fortificatione at Zara. have come to the. conclusion that the conditioa of the Italians in Tripoli Calls for Drastic Changes. is getting more .end more desperate every day-. The spirit I the troops is extremely depressed and dejected. "Drinking water has to be shipped from Sicily, the watelworke outside Tri- poli City being absolutely useless, ow- ing to their contamination, which has caused many deaths from typhoid fever. For my own supply of drinking water I had to pay $1.00 a day. The prices of food and other necessaries have been soaring higher and higher, and the dis- tress of the population is almost un- bearable. "The day I left the 'temperature ivas 104 degrees Fahrenheit and in April and May it is sure -to rise to 114 degrees. Further progress or a march inland is absolutely impossible under the existing conditions, "The mosalesof the troops has suf- fered greatly lender the inceissant night attaeks of the Arabs, who aro getting stronger every day and aro eenstant hard trainiag under the able Turkish 'officers. The Italians, when they are reedy to attack, will find that per- fectly disciplined modem army will op- pose them, to dislodge or defeat thein will be nearly impossible. ' "The Arabs, according to my infor. =Aloft, are amply aupplied with food and aminneition and ere in the best of spirits, They are not •afraid of the airshipsswhose movements they view with equinimity• "To sum up, give it as my sineere opinion, founded upon careful leveed- getion and inquiry for it long period, that the Milieus will have to limit their . operations to the coast towns, where they are assisted and protested by the gona Of their warships. "Beforeslong, eseape from the fear. ful eituation, and to satisfy the popular thirst for glory, they will have to at. tempt notion in the Aegean or the Dar - (101011(.8, putting all their eggs in .one basket. The 'outcome of thie hezardene prneeeaing eilimpt be foreseen." sesses-sasess--..... A. Kelly EvansThreeYears' Investigation. Toronto, April 8.—After an investi- gation extending over three years into the condition of fish and. game in the Province of Ontario., Mr. A. Kelly Evans, the Commissioner appointed to make the inquiry, in a report covering over 300 pages„ calls for a complete re- organization of the game and fisheries branch, with an executive officer, two chief inepectors and fonr 'secret ser- vice Men, "The eituation he bad toelay," he says. "In a few years, if matters are not meanwhile improved, it must in. evitably be worse, if not altogether reparable. Surely, then, it omit be the nett of wisdom to take time by the forelock and introduce the re- forms whien are so vital to the Con- servation of these reeourees before it shall have become already too iate, more espeeially eo when the means are aVallable for raising the revenue aecessary to meet the increased Ni- penditure out of income without un- duly or unfairly burdening any one class or profession of the eommunity." To complete the scheme of reor- ganization he sUgge.its that the Pro- vince be divided into six districts for the purpoie of Hob. awl game protec- tion, with en inspector in eletrge, who shall recOve a salary of $1,500 per year, With a staff of six aseietanta, each of whom shall we've a ealary of net lee.; than $900 Per Year • With regard to lieoused fiehinge Mr. Evana reemumendo that no lieenees for eounnereiaI fishing le, issued for inland waters that have not an open erea, of ten atitlare Miles (ii Water that ie caps‘bh‘ of‘ rigid inspeetion. Save where a local demo 1 ntakee it nreessary (ommereial lie re. etrietee to large lakee, and monthly rettnne he required from lieeneea. lt is suggeSted that tporting fish be • g ••• ••• teeietteeseeireeetes, 1,0,40000,4,0044,M0.1.00666m111100,00St, M NHS GOING BACK TO VORK The Great Strike Now Prac- ticaly Over. Fifeshire Miner -s to Stay Out While Funds Last. r .••••••••••••......e.,111 Railroads and Mils Will Get Coal First, 4.1•••• 4,•••••••00111•••••,.. London, April 8. --General activity pre. vitae in all the coal mining dietriete of Great Britala toelay. 111 Suotland and. North Wales this morning there was a large inereasie in the number of minere who descended the shafts, %Odle in the English and southern 1.-Velee coal fields, where the Easter holiday 13 being oh. 3erved, small gangs of mon went down the pits order to dear the roadwaye and to prepare foe a general resump- tion of work to -morrow. The full contingent of men. is werking in North \Vides, and as the debris in most of the MilleM in that district was cleared away last week, thousande of tone of coal 'were raieed this moening, In Flintehire 0,000 miners have started work again, and in the Derbyehire pits the men. are workag in preparation for oriel getting to them. In Rifeshire, Scotland,. the men have decided uot to return until the tunds the trea.ettry of the union, which amount to $150,000, have been exhaue3ted, and as trouble is feared by the authorities between the strikere and the non -union- ist men, who aave returned- to werk, • large force of pollee has been drafted preparetione have intjon tLieutchoeurnnte‘ii.rales been made for a roureptron, but the prospeete there are not bright, as the engineere, firemen and other surfacemen breve pledged themselves not to return - to work until their demande also have bele'ilhee°fIlheecHsteedo.al mined will be supplied to the railroads and mills, so that three weeks -evill pass at least before the householdere in the cities will be able . to secure full supplies for domestic pur- poses at the usual prices, and it is esti- mated that an even longer period will Elapse before normal tionditione in for- eign trade willtbe reached, 7 ANTI.fOREiGN .RIOTS. London, Aptii S.—Anti-foreign riote have broker) out in the Province of Shen .51, where many Mohanameeinne have have massaered, nceording to a news agency deepateli froin Tien 'rein reveivell here this morning. FALLS TRAGEDY Joseph Scalzo Shoots and Kills Buffalo Man. Niagara Falls, April 8.—doseph Scal- zo, who on Saturday afternoon shot anti killed. Robert Makin, a Buffalo avenue saloon keeper, in a quarrel was to be arraigned. this morning before Police Judge Piper. It is expected that he will at onceewaive examination and be held for the. action of the grand jury on the charge of first degree murder. DistriecAttorney Fred. M. AckerSon has taken personal charge of the case and will press it to a quick trial, The grand jury is now in session, and it is expected that he will have the case ready for immediate consideration. Seal- zo is skid to have made a damaging statement to the pollee, when he was quizzed aoon after his captur9 by Chief Lyons and Detective Callinan. Makin made and ante-mortem statement to Coroner W. A. Scott. This morning Cormier Scott ordered a post-moilem on Makin by Dr. R. T. Tal. bot and De. F. II. Towne. It was found tha the bullet„ .32 calibre, had entered the left side of the abdomen. Death re- sulted from internal hemorrhage, The revolver, a Colt automatic, was found by Sergeant Curry near the scene of the shooting. No arrangements have yet been made for Makin's burial. Sealzo seems not to be at all con- cerned as to his fate. He is but 22 years old, and up to a short time ago was -wen behaved. For a time he attended the school of pharmacy at the Univers- ity of Buffalo. He has retained Charles E. Cromley, of Cromley Gittins, as his atttorney. EDITOR STABBED His Wife Held by Police Under Suspicion. New York, April 8.—An inquest into the deatn or Walter J. Snyder, editor of bports of the Times, who died yesterday, fi•oin stab wounds in- flicted by scissors in the hands of his wife, was planned by the coroner's jury to.day. Mrs. Snyder, who is held on a homicide charge, declares that her husband inflicted the wounds hitriself by seizing her hands while she was manicuring her nails and drawing her violently to him. They were quarrelling at the time, she de- clares. According to Mrs, Snyder's story to tb.e police, her husband left the bathroom where he had prepared a bath, and dashed water over her. She remonstrated, she Said, and he re- peated the annoyance. She warned him not to do so again, she declared, and he grabbed her hands and a souffle ensued. The seissers opened, she said, and when he drow her to him, the blades entered his breast. There were four wounds. f IN FLAM ES Gasoline Explosion. May Cause Dea.th. Fort William, April burning rubber off the rollers of a washing ma- ehine in the Algoma Steam Laundry on Saturda,y nigh 1, Hyatt WaSherman Emile, tilted. some gasoline out of his can on the bta.ning material. An explo- sion followed, the flames enveloping the, unfortunate man, eonverting him into a veritable human torele Leundry hands flung blankete and sheet.; around the burning ftooman, quenching the blav,e, but he Was neVerillelec+S fearfIllly burned. the ekhe peeling hove hie faeti, tame neek and dick. 1:ee in the hoipital in ao extremely pteastriotta emalition, SUGAR CHEAPER, New "I'ork,..kpril gradee of refined sugar were redueed emits a hundred pounds Malay. AT .SWATOW Chinese and Foreign Com- manders Landed Troops. Swatow, thirsts April $eseit wa5 ‘ien" eral Ito and not General Wu Sum, as at first reported, who landed here at the head of 3,000 Cantonese troops yester- day, General Ito has eRtablished headquarters on board a Chinese war- ship lying off the eity. The commanders of the British, the iThited Statea and the Japanese warshipe stationed here jointly reqnested an in. terview with General lio toelay, which he refused. Tho foreigu couruna,ndere eonsequeetly lauded partice of matinee on shore and these aro now guarding the foreign eonsulates and offieee. YOE NG BAPTISTS Union of Ontario and Que- bec Meet in Toronto. Hamilton. Gives Demonstra- tion of Model Meeting. Toronto despatch: and the final day's sittinessee°nodf tile' annual convention of the Baptist Young People's 'Union of Ontario and Quebec were concluded yesterday in the Jarvis Street Baptist Church. The pro- grt,mme comprised twenty-two events. The larger part of the morning was given up to the reading of the reports of the sectional conferences and of the 13oard of irteiagers. 'rhe Exeeutive boars resume of the work during the Past. year was decioecily discouraginee, eatistactory progress had IMILle 111 perfecting a more uniform orgainzatiun ttiroughuut the rrovinces of ()marl° and Quebec, a general edueationai campaIgn taut been initiated; a euccessful Onurch uonvention had been neid in Montreal, arid the number or converts brought to the toot or tile Cross registered 411. morning's conference WitS marked by an invigorating and charming twenty minutes address by Rev, Dr. W. T. Gra- ham, et Toronto, on "Baptists and the National Life." As regarus the marriage question, the spec.ker warmly declared that no Church had any right to say that when a man had inarrii.d a girl tne marriage was in- Trie Roman Catholic Church did not believe in liberty of conscience or the freedom of the individual. In a free Stati, the Church rnust no free. The catholic party -svas always going to the State for financial hen... .ur. Graham aiso raised loud cheers when nu said that he was strongly opposed to the policy of Sepnrate schools in Manitona,. Tee State had.,no right teaen It was not competent to do So. The religious teatting ef the child must be left to the The afternoon sitting found again a great gathering or the delegates. Rev. rt. H. .611'4;i:eta pres.ded, Ice,- A. 1 on -At 1. gave 0. rapid unit euitiprelienshe sketeti or the wink planned out rut. trio present year. The first 13aptist Summer Assumbiy woulti.be held at Lake Coeni- Ching. from August leth to August while it IN as hoped to inaugurate a 1;urlawidti campaign for the establish- ment of 13. Y. P. Associations and the gathering in of members, A vigorous and inspiring discourse was iglven by Rev. Dr. W. E. Chambers, of enuadelphia, on "The Types of Church Lenders B. Y. -V. U. Must. Train." An eifective demonstration of a model 13. Y. P. (J. meeting was given by thirty mem- bers of Hamilton City Union, under the conductorship of Mr. F. S. Husking. Tlie final service whs held in the Bloor Street 13aptist Church, and the seating. capacity of the building was crowded with another enthusiastie company. The eliair was occupied by the Rev. A. L. Brown the President-elect, who received a very cordial greeting from the dele- gotes. The features of the programme, however, were the two brilliant orations delivered by Chancellor A. L. McCrim- mon, of McMaster University, and Dr, 3, A. Macdonald, the latter speaking on the imperative necesssity of a federation ot' the English-speaking race. The Eng- lish-speaking fraternity of this continent, Dr. Macdonald said, must stand together with the Mother Country to solve the great problems which may arise in the future an the Pacific Coast. Chancellor McCrimmon, in an exhaustive address on. "The Basis of Efficiency,"said that effic- iency must be based upon pure unsullied character. The newly -elected officers were as fol- lOws: President, Rev. A, L. Brown, Toronto; Vice -Presidents, Rev. G. H. Baker (Montreal), Rev. H. H, Bingham (London, Ont.), and Mr. G. Fraser (Ham- ilton); Secretary Treasurer, Rev. IL R. Noble, Toronto; Superintendents of Sac- red Literature Course, Bible Readers' Course. Missionary Education, and Junior Workers, lUv. W. J. Pady (Colingwood), Mr. A. J. 'Madill (Fort William), Rev. E. R. Fitch (Villa Nova), and Mr. C. S. Dale (Toronto). MID -WEEK MAILS British Miners' Strike Kept Them Back. New York, Aupril 8.—Uwing to the coal strike in Great Britain there were ne mid -week mails from Great Bri- tain this week, and there is no fast mail for Southampton to -day, as three of the four Ameriean liners aro laid up, as well aa the Oceania of the White Star Line, The next mail will arrive to -morrow on the Cunard Liners Car- onia. Shipping men say that the oak.° Atlantie service would have II( up 11 the strike had continued much longer. 46-4-4 FARMERS AT WORK. Wirmiptg, Alan., April 8. ---All over southern ltanitoba, Saskatchewan and. .Mberta, farm work is under way. On the Brandon plains, where most of the No. 1 hard is grown, eeeding haa been going oil for several dept. The SeaSen ie five weeks advanced, The spring weather ie general, and all the Stlnimer birds have nutde their appearanee. DEPORTED HIM. Sun Diego, Calif.. April 13.---Aitiong the men removed_ from San Diego dur- ing tile night, preetimably by membere of the Citizens Cemmittee, wee A. It. Sauer. editor of a weekly paper that has npheld the industrial workers and bitterly denounced the authorition was plaeed in an nutomobile and driv- en stNiftly away. -teretiricATeg HEALTH.” Chicago, Ill.. April 7. -The first wed- ding under the now regalations whieh require the production of medieal eerti. fietttes with the mai riage license will be eolemnized nest Wedneeday at the cathedral of SS. Peter and Peel, when .e, eV. node and asies Path pal oar v be mat OM. The third aval last hats oleo riehite the eeremony were reali sit the ZAthIlrfl to -day. Both bride and orides•ooni '4'1;14-(e:telt; it 1`14rvci:in itkiet,I,Istt4' re/tat; it ee tp°1:y sce.i Qin" eeeording to the sheeny at of Dean Sumner.