"The Daily British Whig YEAR 78 -NO. 20.. £ KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1911, . LAST EDITION JURY DECRES Night Operator Would Have Averted Tragedy. ALL POSSIBLE DONE THAIN CREW TO COLLISION. BY Evidence Heard at the Coroner's Inquest Into the Collins Bay Wreck--Conductor Said it Was Impossible to Avert the Accident by Signals. "We, the quire into the nis and Thomas they came to their sult of a eollision on the . Grand Trunk railway, just cast of Collins Bay: that every effort had been 'made by the train crews to avert accident, and, msecording to evidence, had » night eperator been stationed at Collins Bay the accident could have been averted." Such was the decision handed out by tha jury m the case of the in quest into the death of Engineer William Dennis 'and Fireman Thomas ER Col jury empanelled to en oe death of William Den McDermott find death as the re McDermott," of Belleville, who to their death at the cut near ling Bay early Nouday morning. inquest was held in the police court room in the city buildings. The jury all responded to their mimes wheo called, with the exception of Andrew McMahon, who was replaced by Al bert Randall The first witness called was Manson Smith, who said he was eonductor on the extra east freight running from Belleville to Brockville, leaving Belle ville at 9.45 p.m. About one hall mile cast of Collins Bay he felt the air brake go on, aud stepped to the door of the van to see what was wrong. He said he thought the trai had broken loose as the rear end of the train had stopped. He told Brakeman Clement to get off as soon as the train stopped. The brake man got off, lighted His fusée, and gave proper signals by swinging the light across the track. A fireman in charge of the dead engines, who was riding in the caboose, told them t get out, 'as they were going. to be run into. Smith grabbed his bills and all got off. Before the trai had stopped the following one could be heard behind, He was sure the -wecond ould plough into the first, The a tecurred -- about three-quarters of & minute later. Askod by coroner if signals were given to the following train he said the flagman got off and gave all pos sible signals. Asked what time was allowed for two ¥rains to pass a giv en point he sald five minutes. The last train was 400 yards behind the first ons. He could see the train approaching when he alighted. His train consisted of seventeen cars and four dend engines. Asked if the signals were observed he said he did not think so, as they were not answered. Asked if the ac cident could have been averted if signals had been geen he said he did not think so. Ocoupants of lust engine could have upplied brakes and saved themselves. He judged train was approaching at rate of between thirty and thirty-five miles an hoor He thought there might have been la lapse ol two minutes from the ti the train stopped until the other ope struck. He said last train must have been at least five minutes behind the first one, olse it would not have been allowed to leave Ernesttown Station. From Ernesttown to Collins Bay is about twenty-five minutes run and is about eight miles. Charles Anson Grant was the next witness ¢alled. He said he was a brake man on Conductor Swith's train and was riding on the engide. Mis evi dence was no addition to that given by Conductor Smith. ~Withiaur Clement; trakenan on Cai: ductor Smith's train got off the <a boose when the train stopped and started back to flag the approaching one. His signals were not answered. The train behind could not have seen on account of the curve, Conductor H Ferguson was in chat ze of the ill-fated train on which the dead men, William Dennis and Thomas McDermott, were. His train left Belleville at 10.20 p.m. and reach- ed Ernesttown station at 12.25 a.m. Heo said his train would not have been allowed Lo pass said point unless the preceeding train kad been gone ten minutes. Signals were gl clear and his train was not stopped. The rear-end Ienkeman saw the signals in front, uit. nathing could he done to stop the was the rear-end east train, and he hahts on the wformed the con. th braced for the rain as soon as The ; 'are between twelve and fou said they could not have been three minutes behind the first train at Collins Bay. The train was about 408 yards behind the first one when the brakes were applied He said, upon De- ing questioned, that if a night opera- tor had been at Collins Bay he would have held them untit sufficient time hud passed to make it safe for them to proceed. The jury retired at eleven and at twelve fifteen (wought above verdiet, o'clock, in the MARRIED IN A TUGBOAT. Resourceful Couple Got Around the Residence Law. 25.--Alired B. York, and Miss of Edinburgh, Jan. Scott, jr., ol New Stella Mabel Veatling, daughter William Peatling, alto said to be of New York, were married on a tug- boat yesterday. The couple, who had been touring the continent, came to Edinburgh for the purpose of being married They found that a resi- dence of three months was necessary to conform to the Scottish law. Anx- ious to start for the United States Mr. SBeott chartered a tug at Leith, and, accompanied, by Miss Peatling, a minister, lawyers and friends, prg- ceeded four miles to sea, where the ceremony was performed. t DEAD AT OGDENSBURG. of Former Collector Had Long Been Il. Ogdensburg, N.Y. "Jan. 25, --Mrs. Maury Magone, » prominent old resi dent of this city and widow of Daniel Marone, who was one of the best known democrats of Northern New York and a former collector of the port of New York, died on Monday morning after a long illness, ? Mrs. Ma one was noted for her char itable inclinations, She gave much paiet attention to philanthropic work ined to assisting in individual instance of distress and poverty. Since the death of her husband her condition has been the cause of much anxiety to her friends and her daugh ter, Mrs. Frederick T. Haskell, 'of Chicago, who has lwen with her much of the time. « Widow REVIVAL CAMPAIGN ECHO. Lots of Noise Was Made, But it Isn't Paid for Yet, Forpnto, Jan. 25.--~The great Chap man-Alexander- revival campain in Toronto faces a deficit of 85,000 or more, according to a statement made by ex-Mayor om Urqubart, who is in charge of the finances, to a special gathering of clergymen . and church otticers, Me. Urquhart explain- od that so far the co-operating churches had contributed only $282. The esti mated total expenses of the campaign thous. and dollats, but on the "ot eon- trivutions so far received, there will be only about $7,300 to meet the out- fay. Queensland to Press Claims, Kidstone, W.A., Jan. 24.--The pre- mier of Queensland intends to press the claims of the state against the commonwealth for five hundred thou sand pounds sterling. interest on the value of the properties transferred at the time of federation. DRINK HIGHBALLS AND COCK- TAILS IN WASHINGTON. So Curfew Club Says--Boys Not Far Behind Girls=--Club's Remedy is to Keep Youngsters Off the Street. Washington, D.{., Jan. 256.--Hun dreds of Washington girls under six: teen years of age are every night drinkin' highballs, cocktails, absinthe, benedictine and other intoxicating liquors, and boys of the same age imbibe, and mony of them are fre uenting questionable resorts. Thik is the state of affairs that confronts the fathers and mothers of Washingthn, according to members of the Wash ington, Curlew club, who are making | "cab investigation of the matier. a car When their parents believe them to be at the homes of their friends, at the moving picture theatre or engaged in other harmless diversions, school sirls and department store girls of good families nightly it is asserted, meceed in obtaining intoxicating figuors if they have such desire. Fhese 'revelations are declared to have been disclosed through exhaus tive investigation of the Curfew club, which is ingugurating a movement against such conditions for the remedy of which the club snggests the passage of a curfew law which will prevent children remaining on the streets af ter an early hour at night. |. From $120 to $300. Quebeo, Jan. 25. --UQuebee will tax loeal autoniobile owners" $15 on machine. This was the decision The *d at a meeting of the by-law com 10 ANNOUNCE The Trade Agreement in House To-morrow. ONLY A $25 BILL WAS RECEIVED BY PREMIER FROM W. R. TRAVERS. Georgian Bay Question Brought Up--The Matter Cannot be Dis cussed Until the Supplementary Estimates are Brought Down. Bpectal to the whig. POLICE CRITICIZED. Citizens Justified in Resisting Men Who Exceed Authority. . Berlin, Jan. 25.--At the second trial of men accused of taking part in the strike riots in the Moabit quarter, the presiding judge took occasion to say that citizens were ing police officers who exceeded authority, justified in resist. their 'the disorders a squad of Busiug mounted police rods down and ruth- lessly sabred a party of unoffending BSWspapet represeutatives, to t whom the police had killed, the court declared that anvone who shot a guilty policenian was within rights and could not be judge who presided also censured the officers of the law, and the prosecutor proceedings admitted that the guar- dians of the peace bad committed ex- cesses in suppressing the riots. e case of an innocent pedestrian down his unished. The at the first trial at the present Fifteen of the defendants were Ottawa, Jag. 25.~In the house, yes- | found. guilty with extenuating circum- terday, Mr, German, of Welland, read from the Toronto Globe a report which stated that $3,000,000 was to be voted for the construction of the Georgian Bay canal this session, which informa- tion was given as authentic. He ask- ed Hon. Mr. Graham, minister of rail- ways and canals, if this was correct. Mr. Graham replied that as the mat- tor was not in his department he could not answer, Sir Wilfrid Laurier remarked that it would be advisable to await the sup- plementary estimates. Dr. Schaffner, 'Souris, Manitoba, asked Sir Wilfrid Laurier if he had ever received a 3100 bill from Mr, Fravers, of the now defunct Farmers' Bank, and which was reported in the Toronto News recently. The premier replied that on Janu- ary lst, 1997, he feeeived a letter from Mr. Travers, enclosing a $25 bill which was a souvenir, it being the! first issue of the bank. The prime minister had replied and thanked Mr. Travers for the souvenir. Mr. Borden, leader of the opposition, | wanted to know when the house would get some information to the progress of the reciprocity negotiations now under way at Washington. Sir Wilfrid" Laurier in reply, said he had just got a wire from Mr. Fielding saying he would arvive here Wednesday night and expected to make an an- nouncement in the house on Thursday. Mr. Perley questioned Postmaster General Lemieux regarding the num- ber of years he had mentioned in a recent speech he made at Montreal in connection with the Manufacturers' As- | sociation banquet there. Mr. Perley seemed of the opinion that had Lemieux stated {wenty or twenty-five |t years back was the time the fiscal policy of Canada was laid down, 'Mr. Lomieux replied that he had used the words fifteen years, and that was when the liberals came into pow- or and Canada's prosperity began. Mr. Macdonnell will enquire in the house : Is it true, as stated in the public press, that the treasury depart- ment at Washington has recently made a rule to the effect that only citizens of the United States will be allowed to hold navigation licenses for American vessels on the great lakes? If so; is it the intention of the government to enforce a regulation prohibiting Uni- tod States subjects from holding simi- lar navigation licenses on Canadian vessels on the great lakes ? t ¥ DYING ALL ALONE. Tended in Wretched Hut by Old Negro. Edgefield, 8.C., Jan. 25. Estranged from wife and relatives, deserted by former friends and penniless, James H. Tillman, recently lieutenant-gov- ernor of South Carolina, and slayer of N. G. Gonzales, editor of the Co- lumbik State, is dying is a wretched | hut near here attended by an old negro who is his only companion. L. ut for the old negro it is said Tillman would have starved to death. |, Tillman was the most popular politi- cian in been ostracized since he killed Editor Gonzales, who was unarmed. Al- though acquitted by a jury he has sever --twen acquitted by the public: Tillman sought to enter the ministry in 1904, but the church barred him. His wife left him and he was strick- New associate Foreign minister of foreign affairs, Mr. lin the lower were standing ia frien . vention of July 4th, 1910, covering railway and other interests churia, he merely tably he expected would be concluded no distant date. HOW COURTESY PAYS Gor years ago Frank L. Bunnell, senger conductor on the New ed politely as he handed Mrs. stances. Four were acquitted. Those convicted got sentences ranging from fifteen months to two weeks' onment. impris: DE ists OFFERS LEVY ee -- FOR IMPROVING THE ROADS OF ONTARIO. ¥ The Ontario Motor League Presents a Good Scheme--Thé Tax Would " be Handed to the Government for Distribution. Toronto, Jan. 25.~The Ontario Mo- tor League has offered to raise a vol- untary tax of 50c. péx horsepower per automobile and put the amount in the hands of the Ontario government for use in Makutainiig roads, On the five thousand cars in Ontario this would amount to about ing to accept that special legislation be this session to permit the receiving of a private tax and the applying of it to public uses. The suggestion, which was em- ied in the report of the executive _feommiiltee just adopted, was first WILLIS VAN DEVANTER, justice of the supreme court of the United States. JAPAN AND THE WORLD. Relations Perfect--New Treaty With England. Tokio, 25.--Count - Komura, speaking house, yesterday, aid hat the foreign relations of Japan unma by a single incident the way of international The Russo-Japanese "con: Jan. in Man- positively declared, was supplementary and confirma. ory. Alluding to the annexation of Kor- ea, Count Komura declared that the powers recognized this as The negotiations of new treaties . was inevitable. yroceeding in a satisfactory way, no- one with Great Britain, which at RICH LEGACY [FOR POLITE BOW, A A Wealthy Widow Left Her Entire Estate to a Gentlemanly Car Conductor. Hammond, 25. Four a pas York, railway, bow- Jennie Schofield, a rich widow, her ticket Ind., Jan. 'hicago and St. Louis after punching it. Later they jbecame warm friends. Mrs. Schofield died in 1908 and be- South Carolina, but he has | ,ueathed Bunnell her entire estate of $100,000, ignoring Edward Howard, her brother, of Indianapolis, and Wil liam Howard, her nephew, of Kenos- ha, WE. oR ' The Howards sought to break the will in the court of common pleas at Norwalk, 0., Mrs. Schofield's hame. en with the illness from which he is|pygnell, who lives here, won the case. dying. TROUBLE IN GREEK ARMY. Revolutionary Disaffection Feared, | od. and Prominent Officer Arrested. Athens, Jan. 25.<Rumors are cur: rent to-day of serious trouble in the army. It was discovered that Col. Tapathiotis, who was minjster of war in the revolutionary government, was receiving tion-commissioned officers at his home late at night, which is contrary to the regulations, The colofel and his non-commis sioned officers were arrested. Premier Venisglos is in no way perturbed, and assures his fri that he is confid- The Howards higher eourt, alleging that Mrs. Seho- field was of unsound mind. To-day the coroner and pelice are puzzled the manner of death of two men who were found dead in bed in 4 room a lodging house here, vesterday af iis Fis then appealed to a jecision of the lower court was affirm. A CLEVELAND MYSTERY. Authoritics Puzzled Over Death of Two Men, Cleveland, Ohio, 25.~The over Jan, ternoon. A bottle containing a small quantity of whiskey mixed with some kind oh Joizon was found on the floor i ; § made by -the league during the -good roads' paign of toe recent Toron- to municipal elections- Plans are not matured yet anu so it is known in what parts of the pr vince the major portion of the gift 4 will be expended by the government. The league stipulates that it be spent on improved roads, which will include those improved by the gov- ernment or as a result of the muni- cipal good roads' movement. TO MAKE A CALL. The Double Liability From the Sub scribers. Toronto, Jan. 25.--Within four months the double ability call of the Farmers' bank will be made. The no- tices will be mailed to shareholders in every provipee except Prince Edward Island and New. Brunswick, the only two which did not take stock in the bank. It is generally thought that (Umtario "is the heaviest s olders among the provinces. Wartlens Elected. Bruce--I. Shoemaker, Paisley. Brant---Jobm Douglas, ath Carleton--Nicholas H. wer. ~ ; Dufferin--Archie Greer, Mulmur, Essex--Fnos MoCausland, Essex. Elgin--S8. 8. McDermand, Malahide. Frontenac--George A. Miller, Keune. bec. Grey--M. McKnight, Collingwood. Haldimand--Henry - Pyle, Dunnville. Huron--Owen Geiger, Hensall, Hastings--J ames lls Deseronto, Kent--Harry J. French, Camden, Lambton--Alfred Darvel, Brooktown. Limecoln--Jason Merritt, South Grimsby. Lanark--William McKibbin, Paken- ham. Leeds and Grenville--John A, Sen derson, Oxford. Lennox and Addington--A. B. Loyst, Sillsville. " Middlesex--W. D. Moss, Glencoe, « Norfolk--Edward Moir, Port Dover. Northumberland apd Durbam--T. A. Kelly, Cavan. Ontario--W. J. Haycrait, East Whit- by. Oxford--William McGhee, North Ox- ford. Prince Edward-J. L. Shauoon, Perth--John Rudolph, Logan. Simcoe--J. 1. Moore, Tossorontio. Vietoria--R. A. Callam, Coboconk. Wellington ~Reeve Fox, Drayton. Welland--W. J. Fry, Fenwick, Waterloo--Philip Christmas, Elmira. Wentworth--Reeve Lawson, Dundas. York--R. J. Bull, Weston, New York, Jan. 25.--By Jaking steps to sue her dead husband for divorce, so that she may establish a dowager right. to his estate--this right having passed - from her when he obtained an mterlocutory decree from her, Mrs. John Wright Hunt, wi of the millionaire hotel man, established a novel precedent in litigation relating to marriage rights. Mrs. Hunt's action was made os sible by Supreme Court Justice pe per, of"Brooklyn, signing an order granting her motion to vacate a stay which her husband had obtained to prevent ber from having the interlocu- tory decree set aside. Lawyers for the estate made no ef fort to contest the motion. Found $10,000 in Old Desk. Montreal, Jan. 25.--While cleaning out the drawers of a desk, long out of 'ue, in the <id St. Laveratios and che- J PITH OF THE NEWS, Over the World. President Taft nominated Wheeler to be postmaster Thomas at Utica, Owing to high winds J. A. D. Me Curdy, Canmsdian aviator, was forced to postpone his fight to Havan 3 tos hn from Key West, liam Loeb, jr., soon may be call ed from the collectarship of the port of New York to resume his old place at the White House as secretary to the president. Ottawa has rented two buildings as' ye hospitals during the ty- epidemic, ome an old school and the other the geological survey building' just vacated. The general offices of the Dominion Iron and Steel company, at Sydney, €.B., are a man of flames and the building will be a total loss. Une hundred clerks were thers and seve ral narrowly escaped. with their lives. A summons was issued Wednesday morning against Lieut.-Col. James Munro, Woodstock, the last president of the Farmers' bank, on a charge of wilfully making false statements to the government. The summons is re- turmable on Jan. 30th. Miss Henderson, a maiden lady, of Little Britain, Ont., fell down stairs, on Monday morning last, while the occupants of the house were ab- sent. When friends found her it was discovered that she was dead, ler neck having been broken. Brakeman Buchanan Yull, aged 37, married, Brockville, was caught between a tender and the Grand Trunk station platform at Prescott, when he attempted to jump on the engine step, and. crushed to" death. He o/} was a meniber of the LO.OF, THE KING REPRESENTED At the De Lesseps-Mackenzie Wed- ding in London. ¢ London, Eng., Jan. 25.--That Count Jacques lo Lesseps will forsake . his flying machine for ever because of iis danger, is said to be ond of the con ditions of his marriage here, to-day, to Grace, daughter of Sir William Mackenzie, president of the Canadian Northern Railway company. This con- dition was imposed, it is said, by Sir William. It was a very fashionable wedding. A representative of the king was present. : Walked to Jail Alone. Welland, Jan. 25~Carrying a com- mitment to prison for three months in his pocket, George Dyer walked into the office of the jail here with a smile. He was unaccompanied by an officer, although he had been sen- tenced in a town four miles away. '9 told them I would come without the disgrace' of having an officer accoms panying me." 3 --------e-- Lafollette Re-elected. Madison, Wis.,, Jan. 25.--Robert M. Lafollette was re-clected United March 4th, 1911, by ths two of the legislature, tous, houses voling separately {A DASTARDLY CRIME STOLE WATCH AND CHAIN FROM CONDUCTOR. While He Was Lying Under Wreck. aged on the Grand Trunk Railway --Convicted of Bigamy-----Comes to Penitentiary. London, Ont., Jan. 25." you did dealt with," said the crown attorney, this morning, to William Payne. a re cently-arrived Englishman, charged with stemling a watch and chain from a Grand Trunk conductor, William Armstrong, as the latter lay pinned wmder wreckage. Two years in the penitentiary was the: sentence, to-day, on Edwin J. Por ter, bookkeeper, convicted of bigamy, in marrying Ethel girl, here, 'while he had a wife children in Bugland. =. ~~. INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. Newsy Paragraphs Picked Up by Re. porters on Their Rounds. "Purdy," 109 Brock St., flowers. F. Conway went to Toronto, st noon, to-day. Benson' & Hedge's tobaccos, sold at "Gibson's." William Swaine, piano tuner. Orders received at MeoAuley's. Phone 778. W. E. Foster, of Montreal, represent od the Grand Trunk Railway at the inguest last evening. McConkey's chocolater, sold only, st iibeone. = Cunpingbam » piano tuner, King street. Leave orders at Auley's bookstore. . F. J. MeDonald, district superiohgn- dent of the Intermational Uerrespon- dence Schools, is in the city. Red Oross cold erenm for *"chaps™ i roughness of the skin, at Hil. . : The populati © i Cape Vincent, Y., at the last oemeus, waz 1,155; dayton, 1,94} Alexandria 'Bay, | 84. Captam William Savage will the schooner D. Wan this Senta, having purchased an interest Benson & Hedge's «i al wllineon & Hodge's cigarotion ---- The Very Latest Culled From Al ta N.Y., in place of Harry W. Roberts, | ome." States senator for the term beginning | this, it's the most dastardly crime ever | Payne was remanded. | Porter, a young | and two | ! Acceptable hockey bets, Huyvler's & lo- | vom- | , | be Clifford. WEATHER 'PROBABILITIES. y Jan. 35, Miam Ot 3 Upper St Wrence Thursday higher tem peratwre, with a few light local (alls of snow or sleet RITE TOMORROW, 0) Clearing Sale rien YF seni Table "Oylhi D'Oylies Dainty little pieces of Irish - handiwork made to sell at double the prices we are asking. Round D'Oylie« with linen centres and hand made crochet lace edges. Sizes and Prices Like These 6-Inch Round Doylics,* plain centres,crochet edges, 10c. qualities at Sc. drawn centres, crochet edges, 15c. qualities at 10c. 9-Inch Round D'Oylies, drawn centres, crochet edges, 25c. qualities at 17¢. ¢ ---- Corset Sale About 40 ih the lot, of broken lines and sizes, wo wish to clear. * All are good AMERICAN MODELS. Sizes 18, 19, 23, 21, 26 to 30. Regular selling prices $1.35, $1.50 to $2. SALE PRICE, S5c. STEACYS DIED, MOONEY In Kingston, on Jan 241} 1011, at her inte home, 113 Ha Bireet, Jane Elizabeth, belove: wife of Robert J. Mooney Funeral. Thursday sernoon; service o'clock, Funeral, 2:30 REID--In Glenburnie Fan 24 1911, Robert Reid, aged 52 vous Funeral from his late residence, Thu: i day morning, at 10 o'clock. ¥ri | and acquaintances are respes invited to attend. BARNEY =At on Hite Kingston General Hi tal, on Jan. 25th, 1911, Rohwer Barney. aged 78 years Funeral from the board rooms of hospital, Thursday afternoon o'clock A FRESH LOT. A very expensive Oolden Oak room Buite, also an up-to-date Cupboard A snap for & cash at TURKS Phone 705 Reames: Fie dias ROBERT J. REID, The Leading Undertaker, 'JAMES REID The Old Firm of Undertak 254 and 208 PRINCIAS STRAT "Phone 147 Yor Ambulance. Health: Foods From Battle Ureek Sanitarium. Toasted Rice Biscuits Breakfast Toast Oatmeal Walers i Laxative Biscuits Protose Vegetable Meltose. Prune Marmalade Fig Marmalade. Peanut Butter. Yogurt Cheesn Jas. Redden & Co. IMPORTERS OF FINE GROCERINS. : : Don't Lke the Name Redhead, New York, Jaan BB-Twe veuns Eoglishwomen, whe don't like the real pames, were detained for seve: al hours at Ellis Island by the boar of enquiry, yesterday, to explain wh, they had chosen to book on the ship « fist under their mother's maiden name. They explained that' their father's name is William Red bead, and their mother's maiden name ~- i ------ CW. Lane's twenty-five per cent. [em tley uke is still gn. Come in sud convipeed. @his peroentage is on biz entire stock, ' Bee fine collection of and * 6-Inch Round D'Oylies, -...- 'Phone 577. ~~ 890 Princess Street. --