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LOOKS LIKE WAR
BAIXANS SOON
Russia Mobilizes Seven Army Corps -Bulgaria
and Servia Call Reserves.
IVioutenegrins Attack Turks- --King of Greece
Hurriedly Leaves Denmark.
New York, Sept. A Loudon mane
says: Although there is ground for be-
lieving that peace will be preserved,
elerming seports are eettching London
-4114 regarding the tension in the Balkaust,
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Pouteia has ituddenly mobilized. seven
army (gape, each about 35,000 strong, at
IVarsaw and the military centree of the
lish tirovinees,
Bulgeria has stomended the diemiesal
of her reserviste until Oetober 14, end is
alleged to be threateeing Turkey with a
general mobilization, if the Porte does
not halt it military preparations.
Belgrade despatehes annonnee that
Servia is quietly Summoning the reserves
and sending them to the frontier, while
her -prime minister has called upon Tur-
key to grant dhome rule" to the Serb
subjects of t1i Porte as the only Mean
of avoiding a war.
Montenegro has been warned by the
power e against &lowing a provocative
attitude, but there is news of an attack
by Montenegrin troops on the Turkish
force, in which the Turks lost 30 deal
and 30 prisoners.
Greece has demanded. satisfaction. of
Turkey in somewhat peremptory terms
for th fictions of the Turkish troops in
t.Atrtos ill firing on a Greek steamer. The
Turkish. Government ha e promised an
thituiry and ex.pressed its regrets.
A Coph
enhaeen telegram saye that in
ennsegmeme of severer urgent telegrams
from the Greek Government concerning
the difficulties -of the Balkan situation,
.King George, of Greece, left Copenhagen
Jest (Sunday) night. To a personal
friend before his departure, the King
said in conversation that the situation
looked Serious, but he expressed the
linpe that peace would be maintained.
i. Conetantinople newspaper publishes
a, telegram stating that a French _miser
on Saturday landed troops in Samos,
where a. revolution in miniature has
been in progress, and disarmed the Turk-
iih garrison.
Turkey, it is
. „
announced, is willing to
WAR CLOUD DARK
Bulgarians Are Wild for
War With Turkey.
e aencentration of troops in
abandon th
Adrianople, to i eh Bulgaria has taken
exception, aua will hold the divisional
Matioeurre..; iii vartoorl parts of Mace-
douia, instead, but if Bulgaria mobilizes
her troop?. the l'orkish army will im-
mediately he plaeed on A war footiag.
Reports from Berlin state that aye
Tark)sh divisions, of WA° men, in Asia
itlinor are Icing called up.
hleanwhile from Sofia mimes news
that, amid the enthushietie cheere of its
imputation, reeimente of cavalry ere en
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training for autteell, on. the southern
frontier, where it great part of the Bul-
garian cavalry ie. being concentrated,
Hopes that peace will be preeerved
are based upon the reported action of
the great powere. Although Balg'aria,
Servut, Montenegro and Greece /rave
apparently arrived at a common under-
etanding against Turkey, it is Remoune.
ed that they have been warned that tiny
attack by them on Turkey would sooner
or later lead to intervention on the part
of the powers, who would not allow
them to profit by tetteh an. attack.
The Daily NoWs' enrrevendent at Core
eetantinople telegraph.: "The 'Russian
Embassy is eeriously alarmed and is
using the utmost exertion% to prevent
the outbreak of war. The Patretittn Am-
bassador and the Councillor of the
Embasey had a long interview on Satme
ditty with the Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs, the Britath Ambassador endeavor-
ing to persuade the Turks to hnnge
their programme and renaeure the Bud -
&rime.
"King Ferdinand and hie Ministers
undoubtedly desire the maintenance of
peace, but the 33ulgarians are SO eXelt•
ed that it ,would regnire but little to
provoke a declaration of war."
TURKEY IS PREPARING.
Athens, Greeee, Sept:Oa-Turkey ice
making elaborate military preparations
to meet any hostile demonetration'e in
the Balkans, according to a semi-official
statement published here to -day,
The Ottoman Government bas called
up 100,000 men, forming eleven divisions
, of the Rediffs, or second reserves, for
six weeks' training in field. menoeuvres.
Pat is, Sept. 30.---A deepalelt from
dated Sunday, 3 p.m., eaye wad
excitement has been aroused by the re-
port, that a mobilization decree would
be irsued Sunday evening. If the decree
cells for only partial mobilization there
would. still be hoee for peace, which
would not be the case if the entire, army
is to ta'itted.
The aabinet ie in session, with Ring
Ferdinand presiding. Although the of -
flees of the Ministries are closed and
there are no isue f important news-
papers, on account of the Sabi) an, tlie.
whole eity eeemeto be well aware of
whet le in the
Demonetratione in favor ofwar are
going on. Crowde are gathered in the
central square, eagerly disetuesing the
situation. Other crowds are at the sta-
tions watehino the arrival of troops,
which, with tliose from Varna, are be-
ing deepatehed to the frontier. The
tow officers Mill reznaining in the city
salute their parting .,• eolleagnes with
ries of "Liberty or (kali!"
TO CONSIDER WATER POLLUTION
Ottawa, Sept. 29. ---An important meet-
ing of the International joint Commis-
sion is to be. held in Ottawa on Tuesday.
It is expected that both the Canadian
and United States. sections of the com-
iniseion will be fully represented.
The question to be taken up is that
of the pollution of boundary waters, re-
eently referred to .the commiseion for
conaideration by arrangement between
the two Governments.
The intention of the commission is to
deal with this problem not only as it
ariects alongau& international rivers as
the Niagara and the Detroit, but also
ne it affeete the eonduet of municipali-
ties along the Great Lakes some of
these cities; and town e being regarded. as
among the grea.teet sinners onthe ettat-
ter of water pollittion.
END OF HYGIENE cONGRESS.
Washington. Sept, 29. --The fifteenth SLAYS MISTRESS' CHILD.
Itternational Congrees on Hygiene and Kenora, Sept. 20. --There "%Vila 11, pe
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Demography, the first ever held outside cutler murder at the home of M.
of Europe daring the 60 years of the Shiski her yesterday, when Mike
organizationra exietence, eame to a eloae Waylauzek a boarder shut Mary the 7 -
here yesterday. year-old daughter of Shiski. He pur-
A raeolution for the creetion at The - chased a gun, and taking it, later to the
Hague of a permanent bureau to have Shiski home, pointed it at the child, re-
charge of the work of the congress marking at the time that he W011id
%VAS adopted. Another requests the shoot her, Ho fired immediately after-
notiore of the world to gather end pub. wards, the diseharge piereing her shout-
lish etetistice regarding the marriage der and killing her instantly. Waylanzek
and divorce of family, gaieties in fled to the woods in the vicinity of the
connection with the census, the order of houee before an arrest could be made.
ehildren's births in families, and mortal- *Wayland:. Was about 24 years old, and
ity statistics by oecupations. A corn- had been employed at Barclay, near Dry.
mission to etudy uniformity in criminal den, on an extta gang until recently.
etatieties was authorized.
MEAT FOR PRUSSIA
Reduction of Duty May
Pertnit Australian Imports.
Berlin, Sept. 29. -Prussia refteme
to entertain the idea of authorizing
the importation of non-European
frozen, beef in Order to relieve the
situatiou caused. Iv the ecarcity of
meat. Thais would be the only effective
remedy for the present lack • of flesli
food, aecording to the general tone of
the municipal and commercial protests
sent in to the Government.
The Prussian Government announce,
however, that it will facilitate the im-
portation of live stock, fresh beef and
pork from various regions of Europe for
salo under municipalcontrol of prices.
It holds out a prospect of a reduction
of freights and duties to go into epee -
(dime from October 1, and this' may en-
able the municipalities to import Aus-
tralian mutton, which would afford
some relief during the latter part of
the winter.
The Government's accompanying
statement declares the tames of the
scarcity and high prices to be tem-
porary, and to be due to the drought
of 1911. Its relief measures therefore
are also temporary, and it 'intimates its
intention to restune later on its protec-
tive pollee-, and to make the country it -
eel f supply its own market.
The measures proposed are generally
regarded as going only half way, and
as utterly ineffective to check the wide-
spread. agitation.
GOT THREE. YEARS
PAT", Aree.re.....4,
Roland Harris, Toronto
Bank -Clerk Sentenced.
PKefee.•••••••••ekeer.ereee•
'fermate. :ateit. eta dtothed Hanle, tho
pomp bank viola pleeded guilty to the
theft of 4,0011 retire the standard Bank
itt tae geoteral seesions ou Saturday and,
wee men -fenced by Judge Winvitester to
a tem to: three ,('ILtt Itt peniteadarte
Mr, T. I., debilitate, lit,C.t made tot
earneei plea on belmil of the iteeneed
Lor Jamey. Hanle knew he miwt i.e
punished. The. people most inteteeted
were hie father, who had failea much
sinee the arrest, of hie ion, his mother
and his young wife.whont he married.
not quite a year ago. Upon them tho
greatest puniehniellt IlltISt fall. Hiteris
had told his father that whether his
punisluneut, be for days or years, it
would melee no difference to him, as he
Was a new Man now, anti "When he eame
out he intended to make good.
"It is a eati ante for a young mita
in your position," -said Attlee WhiCheci-
ter, in a voice full of emotion, "and
my punishment if; as a. warning to other
young bank ideas. They think pos-
eibly that they are hardly done ley, but
they -need not beeome bank eleeks
11»-
le.s they choose. Our banks must have
honest elerke. You had a bright future,
It, was more bright than that of most
young men when you eaterea the bank.
When you lutve pm in your punish-
ment, you inay. eonte out and feel the
world ie free for you te make an hon.
oraL4e Atame. Do your limiest duty to
yourseli aud country, and you may yet
attain tile high positiou from which you
have fallen."
WARNED TO LEM COUNTRY.
Stratford, Sept. 20:- On Saturday
judge Barron pronouneed sentence in
the ease of the King Arti 'William Tho-
mas Bugg and Berne. Bugg, who were
found guilty of child neglect, recently
The sentence of the court was that seu-
tome would be suspended. for -the ex-
act period of six weeks, and. provided
they were in the county after that date
they would be brought back to Strat-
ford by the officers of the law, and then
be eenteneed to the provincial peniten-
tiary.
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KILLED BY GUARDS
Augusta Citizen Crossed the
Militia "Dead Line.'
.augueta, C4a,, Sept. 30. --Martial law
reigned in Augusta to -day, as a direet
result of last night's disorders, in which
two citizens were killed. and one wound-
ed by state militiamen guarding proper-
ty of the loteil fltreet railway erompaely,
whose employees are on strike. Five
companies of guardsmen are on doty.
The fifth company arrived from
t.Vayneeboro early to -day, and was plac-
ed on duty around, the railway power
plant. it was in this territory, 1010
embraces Fifteenth street, that a "dead
line" was esteblished by militia, last
night and in which the shooting of three
pereons. occurred.
Col. 0.'E. O'Leary ,of the State Guard,
arrived here to -day from Savannah, Act-
ing with Adjutant E. O'Bear, he assum-
ed immediate commend of the situation.
Alfred Dornan, who was killed, and
Robert C.Ibrietie and Ben Baker, the two
men who were wounded, aro .Augusta
bueiness men and not employees of the
railway company. Christie was driving
ati al1101110bile and the other two were
in a carriage when they crossed the
"dead line" near the power plant.
Tt is said that they were violating tele
railitary order against traffic in the ter-
ritory. Baker and Dornan whipped op
their horse when a gnarl ordered there
to stop. It •is not known whether Chris-
tie heard the order to halt.
ESCA4-PES41E4iiovvs
Cabinet Commutes Wife -
Murderer' s Death Sentence.
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ULSTER DAY
WAS PEACE UL
4,0%,,sPele••••••.•••••er,e,
No TrouWe Over Signing
of the Covenant.
SIGNING COVENANT
Towns Throughout Country
Also Celebrate Day.
Belfast, Sept. din-a:Meter Day is safe-
ly over, and. what was professed to be-
lieve would, les practically the firet day
of a quaeacivil war. passed merrily as a
gigantie bank boliday.. A booming trade
and the flushness of ,meney helped the
holiday spirit. The piddle homes drove
a. thriving trade, the results being jovial
instead of saturnine.
Beyoud the presence of the eountry
Irish Constabulary the only signs of a
'unitary organization were 500 menthere
of the '17uioniet &its wearing red, whito
aud. blue armlets and trailing holt;
hillVt'Slike the Boy Scouts, who in the
morning marched to the city hall
groonds and took poeitions to keep or-
der. They were relieved periodically
by detaehmeets from a, reserve of 2,000
men and Sir .Ettivierd Carson's guard of
honor of 110 tiniolliste club mea and.
110 Orangemen. The elub melt wore tri-
color sashes with long white stave3, and
the Orangemen melte>, only.
The holiday eph it was all -pervasive.
Harland. & Wolff's ehipyartat, indeed,
opened as usual, but not a single work-
man, not even n Etonian Catholic, ap-
peared for duty.
e'ome persons had feared a repetition
of the horrors of 1880, when thirty-five
persoue were obot dead and three hun-
dred permanently injured, but yester-
day, though there was a crescendo of
mobil ela sM, the proceedings were peace-
ful and harmonious throughoet.
Ottawa deepatch: John Cummings,
the Montreal wife murderer, will es-
cape the gallows. After very careful
consideration it IC understood that at
to -day's Cabinet connuntation to Me
imprisonment Waf,. decided on. Cum-
mings was to have been hanged next
week. The doctor e who examined the.
man reported him not insane, but one
of the experte held that at the time the
crime wae committed he was in a state
of mental .irresponsibility. Witle that
view the trial judge is understood to
agree. Under the circumstances emu -
imitation has been decided upon.
A very interesting capital ease pear
ing is that of Stephen Kyoehk, a. Sarnia
Indian. lie was accused of killing two
men and found guilty in one case. • The
Government reprieved hi& execution tin
jthe second trial, which was coecluded
last week , Wilell a. verdict 'ref not evil ty
war, returned. As it is obvious that one
murderer killed the two men steps ere
now being taken to eecure the full par-
don of the Indian oa the first charge.
BURNS WERE FATAL.
FL Thomas, Sept. 29. ---Mrs. Florence
Eveland, the young married woman who
was severely burned by a. fire in her
house at St. Thome, on September 19,
died yeeterdey morning frotn her injur-
ies. Mrs. Eveland was ironing and hold.
lug her four -months' old baby in her
arms when a lamp overturned and en -
piaci', Although she wos able to place
the child in a, place of safety her cloth-
ing took fire from the blazing oil, The
akettsed was 22 yeara of age and is sur-
vived by her husband and. two -young
ehildren.
, WINDSOR CRIMINAL CASES.
CONFERENCt WOftRita PERSIA. Windsor Ont., Sept. 20. -Five eriminal
eases are Aided to come before Mr. tins -
Telt( mit, '4('I't. 1.-1°- 17) ur"Ialli" " tiee Britton at the sitting of the An -
t0. the cOnferenees Rt 130106M1 "'Alit tumn Assize' eourt, itthiell opene in Sand-
lletween King George, Sir Thlward Greta wiele toonorrow.
the Brithdt Foreleg:a Minietee, rout Al. The on of meet interest it; that of
terteonoff, the Three= Secretary nf War, Sontuel Dttlgon, cherged with killing
is ott the inereasZe. The Governmen.t Thomas Mills num. than a yettr ego.
f wire that some Enten-ltritielt mere le The other eases were `Ch01111114 Seldell,
en tont to reinetate the former Shah, tremor, aernsed of assault., Thomas Wag -
notwithstanding the paet aseeream.1 4.)1 tier, assault; Chalice Ir. Dosse, theft,
SIGNING- THE CONVENANT.
At 12.13 p.m. Sir Edward Carson
signed the -covenant pledging the Ulster
men to refuse to recognize an Melt
Parliament, tied also to refttee to pay
taxes if one were established, in the
vestibule of the, city hall. The Boyne
flag flew before the table. The Marquis
of Londonderry was the next to sign.
He was followed by the other leaders,
and then came the Lord Mayor, comp
cilors and other officials. Then the
hall was closed. It was opened again
at two o'clock, when bodies of members
of Unionists clubs marched in military
fashion, four deep, through the crowd
welch were awaiting the proceeeton of
30,000 Uraugemen to the city hall to
sign the covenant.
These co.me last. Every lodge was
preceded by a member carte -mg the
Union ;leak, while the bands played
"Rifle Britannia," "God Save the Ring"
and "God Blest the Prince of Wales,"
avoiding, all exerciees that have a poll
. -
eat import. When one half of the Or-
angemen were in the city hall grounds
the whole of Donegal Palace and one
half of ltoyal aveuue, each fifty feet
wide and nearly a quarter of a mile
long, were blocked with =reheat and
onlookers,
J vet before fiet. o'clock Sir Edward
and Smith Campbell. former
Te1q15.141"etttorney-General, with the Lord
Mayor and others appeared on the bal-
mily of the Ulster Refoem Club and ad-
dreesed a crowd of 8,000. Each declared
his unalterable adhereuee to the opposi-
tion to home rule. Then 3,000 Unionist
elubmen marched to yal avenue.
During the day fire Eitel of Erne, the
Grand Master of Orange institutions
throughoot the world, wired. Sir Edward
Carson the words, "Good Luck," and
signallere in the tower of the old Cath-
edral of earmagh sent messages to the
neighboritig towns. The array despatch -
cd riders and motoriets, who conveyed
the meeelere, "Carson has signed the
covenant,"°to every village and hamlet
for milee arounn.
Sir Edward Careon received. a hello -
gram from the Protestant Lord Primate
of ireland at Armagh, saying: "May God
give you the strength,,andwisdom to
guide aright Ireland's faithful sons who
are trying to save their native land from
degradation and diaster, religioue strife
and civil war."
Thi e message was spread everywhere
by Maan of despateh riders.
At the conclusion of a football match
a crowd of Nationaliets dieplayed green
flags. Two revolver shots were fired,
but no one was injured. The man who
fired the shoal eeeaped in the melee. The
police were prepared for a row and dis-
persed the crowd, but fieticuffs outeide
the football grounds were frequent and
numerous.
Later in the evening Sir Edward Car-
son, aecompanied by many Ulster com-
mitteemen and English member% of Par-
liament, embarked on the - eteemer
Patriotie,for Liverpool, where there will
be e dotionstration on Alonday. From
the 'Meter Club to the qttayaide they
wr-re eeeorted by e: torchlight proceseion.
There was an immense, elmering- erowd
on the qpay, and "God Save the King"
waft sung by those on shore and on the
ship.
Standing on the steamer, Sir Edward
made an address to the crowd. Ile &rid
he did not know when he would retteru
to Belfaet. If there wila to be peen
be would prefer. but if there wee to be
a fight he would not ehrink from it. He
esked the,people of. Belfast to "keep the
oid flag flying while .We are in England.
fighting year battles." There was a trio
mendone Cheering at this, and revedaiere
were fired in the air.
Sir Edward's Carson's journey to tbe
Maritime was made maid a scene of the
wildest enthusiasm. There were salvoes
-
of revolver -ellots, ono of which emeehed
winaew in the Ulster Club. MandreilI4
of 11.4 frenzifd oympathizere
the Itorcee from Sir Itelward'e carriage
and dragged it to the gime-.
MAY REOPEN SPARLING CME.
Port Huron, Mel), Sept. 20. --Plane
aro being made here by hie attorneys
for a new trial in the case of Dr. Rob-
ert :McGregor, a native of London, On-
tario, convicted last spring and Pentane.
ed to life imprieonmeot for poisoning
Cyril Sperling, -of Bad Axe, to profit by
the lad's thematic°.
"We inteed to ask for a new trial,"
said Attorney Walsh, "but first we in-
tend to pretent the plee to the trial
cotrt, then if it is not granted we will
take the (-age before the Supreme
Court."
CANADIAN TRADE Ft TWIN S.
ctitttWa, Sept, The trade of ('-
ado. far firet third of the preeent
lieeal Year showe an increeee OE nearly
eighty dollars, or a little over
thirty per tont" as compared with the
(0)1 11)'h111 four months of la4.3t, year.
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61 ;Him te the OCCI4Drolilinellt
Ow police reported at 11 p.m. that 01
dietricts Were in their normal conditioe,
end that there had been no AsturbaneeN
all evening.
Three thoteeted people eigned the
tneter covenant amid enthusdaetie ecenee
at Liebon and Loudonderry, where the
Dean of Derry preaehed a sermon iu
whith he fetid that "Irieh Protestanta
had been sold tie viethne of a polite
emepiraey." Thro Wa.s nitn41
virtu .tt Armagh, linnieleillen, Downpat-
riek, atul Iiillehorough, where the ow -m-
oat was signed in the eity where King
William in 1090 flexed the regime
lion= Mille on the In,y to the
s
MAY KEEP MONEY
Gotten From An Aged Man
Through Spirit Letters.
Washington, Sept. 30. ---Mrs, Leonia It.
Cramer, clerk in the State Departmeet,
who it was alleged. had. received $40,000
in various arnotints from Fenton J, Hurd,
'of Greeowicia.COTIll., 80 year e al, by the
aid of "fake" epirit nwesagete le entitled
to keep the money, in the opinion of
Justice Gould, of the Suprente Court of
the Itietriet of Colunibia. The etion
was brought by Lee 11, Hurd, of NQNV
York City, grandson of Mr. Hurd, and
the decision watt rendered to -day.
Tho court held that no fraud was
practised, but that the money wee"
given to Mire. Cramer all the result of
"strong affection he had for her, which
elle had earned by giving him the care
of a daughter for many years."
The elder Hurd testified that he had
reeeteed nearly ono 'hundred lettere whieh
he believed were spirit messages from
his dead wife. Ire said Mrs, Cramer gave
them to him end they were nearly ell
lased "Laura." He said he had be-
lieved in epiritualiem for forty yeare.
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TO FIGHT APACHES
Paris Police Invent Shield
and Gas Slid,
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:Nit.% kali), for litt:t;i1LCe, lint Arn 0 tift puLpwooD
ttiit apply the eley to the inelde walls.
LAND HEff
WOMEN RULE
Southern Nigeria Husband
Is Wife's Servant.
WOOER'S HARD TIME
INative Poisoners NYiho Out.
do the Borgias.
Paris, Sept. 20. -The war -like destruc-
tion of the Paris bandits several months
ago, when a small army was necessary
to defeat and kill several terrorists who
had turned it hott4e into a. fortress, in-
duced the polit.-• •,•olve some instru-
ment which 1.-r ee3iset them from the
bullets of sit- r s.ao.iits tho future.
The result the rttnl-Atfacture. of a
powerful stvei shteld desteleat protect
the policeman's body in ease t.,1 future
conflicts
AT. Lepine, the Prefect of Police, like-
wise appointed a comtnission to study
other means of defense and offense in
coping with tho new type of ..-,modern
criminal. The commission has produced
a, sort of shell, weighing about a potmd,
which, launched by a special apparatus,
einits a• powerful gas, which momentarily
blinds the bandits and makes effective
fighting on their part impossible. Ex-
periments with the new proejctile were
entirely successful, and the deadly gas
shell has now taken its place among the
instruments of,police attack,
DEAD AS A DOOR -NAIL
F. E. Smith, T. P., who is prominently
eeeoeleted with Sir Ettwerd Carotin in
the anti-Itome Me Moment, epoke
from the steamer. "Home he
":s US deed ais a door -nail. All that le
fleet eeary to bury the putrid corms."
NOT IN BUFFALO
Although Police There Are
Looking for Ogilive.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 30.--Follewing
reports emanating from Hamilton, Ont.,
that James A. Ogilvie, the mob. wanted
lawyer, may be in Niagara Falls or
Buffalo, the local police are making un-
ueunl to locate the missing
attorney. Some time ago the Buffalo
pollee received circulars describing the
man. and have since been on the lookout
for Ogilvie., but when several months
elapsed without his being captured, on
the Canadian side, Chief of Police Regan
believed he might have come to Miele.
LAWRENCE STRIKE FAILED.
Lawrence, Masa., Sept. 30. -.Despite
armed attempts to intimidate intended
workers, the 24 -hours' strike ordered by
the Industrial Workers of the World as
a, protest against the imprisonment of
Joseph J. Ettore and A. Giovannitti fail-
ed of effect to -day. it was estimated
that not more than 7,900 operatives re-
mained. away from the Lawrence textile
mills. Serious rioting followed the at-
tempted intimidation.
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A land of mystery and glamor, of
glowing eolors, of radiant flowers exhal-
ing the most exquisite perfumes, ot mag-
nificent trees -("Why trouble about the
stare when the trees hide then from us?"
say the natives, who know only six stars.
by name, OM Of Whitt)). they have aria.
toted "Uod'e Ilen")---sueli Southern
Nigeria, as P, .A,maury Talbot
paints it to the ineklese who have never
been there,
P. Amnon Talbot, the intrepid and
distinguished traveller, who is the only
survivor of the Alexander-Goeling expe-
dition has been District Commuisioner
of Oban, between the Cross River and,
the German °emulous, for the greater
part of the time since 10073 and during
that tirae he ana hie wife have made
many expeditioes hitherto enexplor-
ed territory in searca of rare flowers
and plaids. They brought back for the
Natural Ristory Museum at Seuth Ken-
sington and the Herbarium at Kew hun-
dreds of specimens, about 154) of whieh
were new to science. Net a few have
been christened "Talbott" or "Dorothea"
after Mrs. Talbot.
In the course of an interview Mrs. Tal.
bot gave a London Daily News and
Leader representative some account of
the flower hunting expeditions on which
she and her /Aster //accompanied her hus-
band and. of the marvellowe Eltol .people
whom he found in the heart of Southern
Nigeria.
"When I eame back to England.," said
Mrs. Talbot, "the oak and elm seemed
to me mere walking sticks in camper'.
son and the gigantic trees I had left
behind. Many grulY at the -rate of over
it foot a month and reach a height of
between two and three hundred feet.
The flowers upon them, simply beggar
description, and we are often made,
aware of hidden flowers by their en-
chanting peirfume. Nature raanifeste
herself in the most curious ways there.
For instance on. some of the trees
flowers grow over the hark exactly
as if a little child had nailed them on.
Sometimee it lattieework of creepers
crushes out of existence the tree up
which they climb. The cotton tree,
which is sometimee 82 feet in girth, is
an enforgettable sight when it is entire-
ly covered with cherry -colored bloseoms.
But I think it is even more beautiful
still when the pods open and. the cotton
falls like snow and lies in a big snow-
drift beneath the tree."
"Travellers in Southern Nigeria must
beware of the again tree. Its fruit is of
the size and consisteney of cannon balls,
and if ono of tb.ese balls drops on the
head of a passerby it tragedy may be the
result. A flower of surpassing beauty
13 the crateranthus-cup shaped, with
a winged stem. It is ribbed all around
with cream, pink and deep rase red
shades, "The members of a learned so-
ciety," said Mrs. Talbot with a. smile,
"held up their hands in horror when I
told them I had used these flowers as
bon -bon dishee for my dinner table. They
were absolutely charming for .this -pule
pose.
Their expedition parties, Mrs. Talbot
said, tenuity eonsisted of a heaa cutter,
with two asedetante-these cut away. the
thiek foliage and brushwood which make
the country impenetrable -two men with
boxes for their plants, twenty or more
carriers, according to the length of the
expedition, and two or three policemen.
"You may wonder how we manage to
reach the flowers when the trees ere so
high," said Mrs. Talbot. "We have
various methods. Sometimes my hus-
band shoots them with his gun, and,
sometimes, ant sorry to say, we do not
hesitate to chop it whole tree down for
the,sake of its blossom. Often tevo or
three other trees fall with it, so closely
do they grow together. This eounds very
destructive, but in a country where
trees grow eo rapidly it is not so bad as
it seems. -The natives occasionally help
us lay climbing like monkeys up the
creepers that depond from most of the
trees. For this service they always get
it present of one or two 'heads' of tobae-
-eo, each leaf of which is equivalent to a
penny. Tobacco leaves are used for
small money tra.neactions and cloth for
large ones. Curiously enough, they
won't look al Victorian coins of the lat.
er period. 'That no good,' they will say,
shaking their heads. Yet they will tte-
eept with joy the mideVictorian coins,"
Lite valor of English suffragettes pales
before the dominating Elect Women; who
are complete mistretsseet of the sitttatiou.
The men are simply their servants.
"Many of the local legend, and- the
Eituis are marvellous story tellerse end
in almost precisely -the same way," Said
Mrs. Talbot, viz., that though a Woman
is married to her husband she does not
belong to him, but he to her, and she has
a right to !tele front trim any serviee she
nuty ehomee."
The prospective bridegroom ire Ettoi
land lots rather it rough tinte, and it
might do some It»glisit men good to ue--
dergo couree of the Saine treatment.
"Pot three years," said Mrs. Talbot, "he
hafl to serve his wife's family as a hewer
of wood. and a drawer of water, and he
has, moreover, to bring, valuable gifts to
thou. Frequently the bride accepts the
presents and service and then at the end
of two years says: 'Oh, I did not !know
you were thinking, of Marriage; 1
thought it MS friendship.' She will then
become etgaged to some. one else) who in
turn MVOS for three years. The parents
neturally enough encourage this fickle -
rose on the part of their daugaters.
Polygamy is encouraged by the wo-
men. 'oho eometinue complain to Mr.
Talbot of a tlateleend's cruelty," beeanse
TURCO-ITALIAN CONFERENCE.
aeneva,, Sept. 20.-Reeltad Pasha,
Turkish Ambassador at Vienna, errived
at Ouelly on Saturday and had a long
conference with the Turkish peace dele-
gates to the eonference that ham been
proceeding here for some time. It is
understood. that Signor Tittoni, the
Italian Ambassador to France, is ex-
p e Tetiejed shortly.ltegotirttions between the two
countries., Turkey and Hely, in regard
to bringing the war ‚to an end seem to
be mitering upon the final stagee.
INSANITY INCREASES SLOWLY.
One out of every 307 persons in the
Province of Ontario is either insane,
idiotic or epileptic. This is the com-
forting intelligence conveyed by the
annual report on the asylums of On -
teeth for the year 1911. The total of
instill° was 5,640, and of ineane, idiotic
and epileptic A,803. The increase in in-
sane during the year, 'however, was only
31, which means it small reduction 111
ratio.
'Unpleasantly large as Ontario's per-
centage of mentay unsound is, the
Province is much healthier than Now
York State itt that respect, the ratio
there being ono in 200 of population.
BERLIN VS. WATERLOO SUIT.
Berlin, Ont., despatelit Berlin and
Waterloo ere about to engage in a
legal action. the outeome of whielt will
be of interest to other municipalitiee.
Acting on instruetions from ,the- Wa-
terloo Council, A. B. Meltride, 8olici-
tor, has issuea a writ againet Berlin
in the 'MA Court to determine wIteth-
It woula be eollSitiered ;L VON MIMI%
thing if tire men applied thie. It le ‘,tiso
bueinces eineoth the floor.
Tiii! awn are more artietie In weaving.
and the finer thinge are made by them,
f•neli os pletted. haskets awl mats, But
the women mite most delightful pot-
tery. The men are very melee], but :I
do not think I have even seen a woman
play a 111llsieta BOth 1$0,Xett
tire wonderful dancer& They dame like
Maud Allan with e rippling movement of
the arnie and body.'
But the nuiet etartlieg thing about
this etariii»g people is theie predilection
for poieteditio The liorgias (multi not
hold a ceaullt to the Ekole in this re-
spect, lf Itkoi eelebrity were astied
to state his recreatione in a local "idtho's
0" lie ev out d probing y put "poisoning"
first,
"Every house," said dire.. Talbot,
"sleeks at least a. dozen antidotes to poi-
eo». Genial invita.tione parties may
eoneeal a fell purpose to poison, and in.
vited guests talie care to bring with
them a vaiiety of srrong antidotes. Oft-
en they take an antidote before they oo.
It i$ the universal belief in witchcraft
which is responsible for an tide poison-
ineedthe natives think it their duty to
despatch to another world those who
have the evil eye."
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HER LAST CARD
Turkey Seeks Italy's Deter-
mination About Tripoli.
Chiaseo, Switkerland, Sept. 30.-- The
impression prevaib, here that Turkey
is playing her last card in order to find
out whether Italy's poeirion in regard
tn the sovereignty of Lihya harnov-
Tho Italian Minieter to Switzerland,
P. Cuechi-Boaaeo, has gone to 'brie- os-
tensibly on his vacation,. but really to
inform the Italian Premier as to the
latest detaile of the negotiotions goiug
on at Ouehy, These would be difficult
to explain by letter and even more so
in eiphered 'despatches.
liOPEPIlle FEELIWO AT ROME,
Boma, Sept. 27. ---The fact that. tho
Turkish Government has sent Reehad
Paella to Otechy to take part in the
peace nego,tiatious in progress there be-
tween Italian and Turkish delegate e re-
•sives the. hope here that an amicable
understanding, will be reached. This
feeling the outgrowth of the fact
that Recited Pacha for many years WAS
Turkish Ambassador to Italy- and knows
the couutries ana its people thoroughly.
see.e
C. P. R. AND ALLANS
Rumored Railway Will Take
Over Ocean Line.
:Moutreal, &pt. 30. -Has the Cana -
dime Pacific Railway Company seeured
control of the Allan line of royal mail
earnehipe? aeleed the ltontrell Star to-
atly.
This ie a question which is now being
rather freely discussed /by the people
interested in shipping in this city.
While the rumor has been. current for
SO= time that a deal was in progeese
whereby the big Canadian transportattion
company would secure control of the
Allan line, it has been consistently de-
nied by the officials of both companies.
Last night at the Mount Rayed club
the details of the deal were carefully
eoneidered by Sir Thomas Shaughneosey
and Sir Moerttagu Allan.
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Railways Proposal to Solve
Export Problem.
Ottawa, Sept. 30.--A. eolutiott to the
problem now before the Government in
legard to the demand of the pulp and
paper manufacturers for de, probibitou
eNliort duty on pulpwood is fit Sight:
The political diffieultiee in the way
of the imposition of the duty, loan-
ly arising from the antagonism whieh
\meld come from the tens of thousands
of small holdere of pulpwood. Undo in
Quebec, 1011 probably be obvtated by a
eomperatively simple yet practical after-
itative proposal now emanating Mita the
railway, companies. Application has been
made to the Railway Oominiosion for
permission to increase the present com-
paratively low rates on pulpwood orrlea
to the American border. The railway
companies claim that existing through
rates on export pulpwood are not profit-
able, and are unduly low, owing to the
rate-nharing conditions with the vitrious
roads across- the lthe. Fuethermore, the
Canadian roads_ in -Quebec, Ontario and
New Brunswick prefer to bean tho pulp-
wood to Canadian pulp and, paper factor -
les, because in that ease they also got
the adrantage of hauling the finished
produet.
11 the export freight rates are made
higher, and the railway companiee
believe traffic conditions justify this,
Ike result will be to mare the price of
pulpwood. nigher to the Amerlean buyer
einee he must get supply from Can-
ada in any ease.
But taunt:mite ognations already
encourage the manufacture of pulp
and paper in Canada near to the wine
of supply. If it is made still mare ex-
pensive for the American mills to Im-
port their raw product from Canada,
it
is believed there will be a steadily in-
ereaeing ineentive for the transfer of
the American to this side of the
line tend for the ereetion of new Oana-
Alan mine.
At the same time the proposed
equaliza.tion of ratee ort pulpwood. to
Canadian and American mills should
not affect the price now obtained by
the Canadian Boners of pulpwood, sines
the seems of supply and the total de -
mend are not .affected.
The -Governm.ent, it is understood,
looks on the proposal with favor, and,
the Beltway Commission May possibly
take this loth consideration when tb-e
mate-inerettee application comes up for
hearing about -the middle of next month,
A WIRELESS IMPROVEMENT.
':`erew York Sept. 30.-A Paris eabio
says: The itiatin announces that a sys-
tem .of wireless telegraphy without
sparks has been invented by a young
French engineer, Julien Bottomed, one
of the favorite pupils of the late Henri
Pioneare, and a personal friend of the
wireless pioneer, Braedy. Ilethenod's
invention, it is said to be possible to
establish wireless stations in close prox-
imity to one another without messages
being confused, and that it is also post
eible to exchange communications ten
times faster than by submarine cables
and ten times less expensively.
CABINET MEETS.
Ottawa, Sept. 30. ----Cabinet sittings in
preparation for the opening of Parlia-
ment were begun to -day. No announce -
merit is yet forthcoming as to the date,
but it is expected to be either Noverabee
.44 or 21,
ANOTHER AVIATOR DIFS.
Sonnenburg, Germany. Sept. 30. ---The
death of a Cc'erman army air man, Lieut.
Willy Hofer, occurred to -day. Ile 'ivata
injured during the Imperial manoeuvres
in Saxony, when his aeroplane collided
'with' a tree, while he was making a re.
eonnoitering flight.
MONTREAL GRAIN SHIPMENTS.
Montreal, Sept. 30.-E.xports of evalo
from the pert of Montreal for the wek
eliding Sept. 28 were 983,26 bushels of
wheat, 342,314 bushels of oats, 70,-Ifit
bushels of barley, 53,775 sack e flour
and 2,050 'Reeks of meal.
WHEAT GRADES HIGH.
Calgary, Alta., Sept. 30.--tThe quantity
of hard wheat threshed in Alberta this
year will be ten times as much as last
year. The prospect is that at teatit half
of the 1912 crop will grade No. I hard,
and INTo. 1 and No, 2 northern.
CONSTABLE USED VIOLENCE.
Windsor despateh: Charles
ris-
eolt, the young man who Wale AO se-
verely puniethed by Polieeman joeeph
Langlois yesterday when ho attempted
to resist arrest, reeovered C011Se1011621014$
at the notel Dieu late last night. It is
pessible an. investigation will be otder-
eft by* the pollee commiesiiners into the
eireumetanees, attd Constable Langlois
may be censured for Ming unneeeseary
'violence with Driscoll, who WAS intoxi-
4 +Al -
HALIFAX FIRE
Brick Warehouse and Coir
tents Toially Destroyed.
Halifax, N. S., deepatelt: Halifax
was visited by a disastrous fire on
the waterfront early this morning',
when the big brick structure on 'Up-
per Water street, known as the
George C. Cook watchhouse, was com-
pletely destroyed, together with all
of its contents, causing a loss which
Is roughly estimated at $55,000.
The upper portion of the building
was fitted with offices, and the lower
floor occupied by Corkum & Ritchie,
grocers. The fire spread with great
fury, and before the firemen could
get to work the massive structure was
doomed.
Geo. C. Cook, ship broker, owner of
the building, occupied the ground
floor of the structure. His loss on
stock was principally from water.
The other occupants were Corkum
& Ritchie, who were bit heavily, A.
Grant & Co. had it total loss on
carriage" materials and • hardware
stored in the building.
GIVE WOMEN VOTES
George Bernard Shaw
Would Save Male Sex.
London, Sept. 30. -George Bernard
Shaw made an address to -night at a
meeting which was held to demand the.
release of Mark Was, the schoolmas-
ter, who is in jail because he calui,ot
pay his wife's income tax. Mr. Wilks
paid his own tax, but could not afford.
to pay that of his wife, for'which he is
liable under the altnglieh law. Mrs.
Wilke, who is a suffragist, refuses to
pay taxation without representation.
Mr. Shaw indulged. in much cynical
humor over the new situation. He eatd
he could bear the delay in enfranchiaing
women so long as they only saerifieed
themeelves to the cause1 but now that
they had got to eraerifietng the men no
male WAS safe. He added:
"The W011lea have get beyond the
present laws and nac beating the Gov-
erinnent every time. The Government
sentences them to prison foe a month
and releases them in a week. -Readhing
eupreine heighte, they zeritenced one
woman to five years an.d released her
in a mouth."
AN AIR REVIEW
A French Minister Sees 72
Aeroplanes in Parade.
Parte, Sept. 30. -The first TOVielY ever
ildt1 of a complete aeroplane armada
took place this morning at Villabettblay,
near Paris. No fewer than 72 French
attny flying machines, with their full
complements of pilots and observers, and
the attaelled part of motor trucks bear-
ing supplies, passed in review befoxe the
Fretwit Minister of War, .Aleattoolre Alli-
terated.
Thousands of peeple were present wed
there wes great entliusiestu as the air-
men. saluted. the Minieter of War.
At the elose of the review M.
end made a epeeeh, in which he dwelt 0,11
hie awl the nation's determination to
!zap Franee to ihe forefront of eviction.
nitlluitt Sir Edward Grey that (Treat 131 dam add •Werttherhetta. toretble er this eity has the right to reeerve he will not -marry another wtfe. An on y. making nineii .reshstatio. Ortled the officers to refram from
tYlti.1114 puoileity, 'wide% he said, could
eatea at the thne, and WaS incapable of
would never eortutertanee hie reetora- Nary. The tetal trade for the Poet tom „ the payment of tat•M front the Berlin wife hat to do all the house -Work, - tedv 1.e hermful to the eervice.
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cene 'there LOWOLLIstedly, iitrong 0.41.0•SY,e...ear.
taillabg ef the present fieeal ytr Was
mmittottes elteere, followed by the aingieg by flerlitt.
Toea, sentiment wag teemed %Nall tre- rata 'Waterloo Street Railway owned whereto; if there are othere 1116 .
sentiment among eeetien l'ae-lera • *4”28,6;45,A11, conipareti With Wcaded rulea over them. Thero,ftre sO.
t11%1 Inn c,irt otg, Tiltbro were irony out- film ef telmineting eentinuing the Quite reeently he mermen taleed the he 41,1,vrttl'-1, deehired to-nie ht. to etoe; 0. en titi i'like,n-a0AVII hrttee
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woo tailo the man who gives eaUse for etetling to llertilleo idetttifieettone,
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TO DECIDE TEXTILE STIKE.
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per11 cattle beat to -day, Myhre.
rtemt., sera, eft,- -The Government hae , eat every VtirtlItry ;If/woolly etetoeiltied
1lb:ea by casualties At, th the Thitelter, and is not yet out of (Inger. 11'he timnfiroopie, wont tornoon, Von between yttenis an.I women's work. tried single-banite41 expineo than a relaxetien,---Teledo
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