The Daily British Whig YEAR 70-50. 122 UNITED STATES SHIPPERS ROB CANADIAN CUSTOMS Issue False a AN EXPOSURE IN WEST STARTS A GOVERNMENT PROB} INTO MATTFR. The Enquiry May Cover the Whok of the Dominion--One Calgary Importer so Honest That He Gave the Game Away. Ottawa, May 28.--A very serions charge of the use of false invoices by American shippers of fruit t6 Canada is pow being investigated by the iis toms depariglent, and, while the scen of action investigation is at pre sent confined to Western Canada, there is a probability that before the enqitiry is completed it may cover the whole dominion. The exposure eame through the com plaint of British Columbia fruit men who wondered why they were not get ting their right proportion of the market in Alberta and Saskatchewan A few weeks ago a fruit commissior house in Calgary, which is in sympa thy with the '"keep-the-trade-in-Can ada-as-much-as-possible,"" movement received notifiontion that a earload of fruit from the south had arrived to ita order. In order to secure entry to the var it was necessary to pay over to the local bank the amount of the value of the shipment. The bill of lading called for the payment of R503.48. This sum was paid and ihe importer proseéded to clear his ea at the customs. Put when he came to do 80 he found that the duplicate in voice supplied to the customs valued the ear at only 8340. This meant that the importer would save $49 in duties by the use of the false invoice. This particular importer happened to be an honest wan qnd he id the atten- tion of the collector of enstoms at Calgary to the di ¥ and' paid the duty upon the full 'smotnt, at the same time asking for the linvestiga- tom. { The matter was reported to the cus toms department here, and as a re sult an investigation is being held. no is_particuiar cass, but "in f | the same sori i hE shajmad Ah t nimed the government has been defended of thousands o dollars. in the west Alone by thi manipulation of false invoices, and if is contended that the practice is not confined to (he west, bat is general throughout Canada. The result is that the department has & thorough investigation by its officers of the modus operandi of the American fenit shippers, Hnndreds of thousands of cars of fruit and vegetables which are duti- able are brought into Canada each season, from the United States, and if there can! a loss to the revenue of $49 on one car alome it is easy to see what a large sum eaéh manipula- tion would amount to in the eowrse of a year the whole country over. SCOTLAND 1S UNEASY REGARDING EMIGRATION Thousands of Best Type of Agi- caltralists Preparing olan: for Canada, * London, May 23.--Some uneasiness i= being caused in. govermment and other eoircles by the dimensions which the flight Canada-wards is assuming. In rural Scotland this spring 4,357 ot Scotlands best type of agricultural workers sailed for Canada during March. Thousands more are preparing to go under the persuasive eloquence ot Hugh Mackerracher and the Canadian government ts now touring the! Lowlands a ighlands with a smart, double: Canadian farm waggon. laden with Cadadian farm supplies and alluring literature. acKinnon Wood, secretary for Scotland, is doing pressed to do some to check this diversion of Seet- hs 'Sneat human material by the creation small on state credit, as in . other pro- gressive land ation. Waited Years for Trial. Quebec, May 22. Having waited four years for hie trial, Edmond Rousseau, accused of " Invoices of Fruit; STONE RE-ELECTED As Head of the Brotherhood o: Engineers. | that WARREN 8. ETO Harrisourg, Pa., May 23. --War- ren 8. Stome, of Cleveland, Ohio, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers since 1903, bas been elected for a term of six years. But ome ballot was taken and Stone had so many of the 791 votes cast that the election was made unanimous. Mr. Stone was first elected in 1903 to fill the un- expired term of P. M. Arthur. WILL CHURCHILL RETURN T0 UNIONIST FOLD 7 London Liberal Organ Puts Forward an Interesting Rumor Concerning Winston. London, My .23.--A sketch of the Rt. Hon. Wmston Churchill's career published in the Unionist Pall Mali Linzette leads the liberal organ, the Chronicle, to assume that the union- sty are hoping that Mr. Churchill will nea again step across the flogr. "The wish is the father of the thought," decJares' "the = Chronicle. "When the unionist party abjures pro tection and accepts the principle of governing ' Ircland aceoiding to Irieh wens, it may hope for the return © of one of the most daring, fertife, ahd brilliant minds in present-day politics. "He is undoubtedly the right man at the admiralty at a conjuncture like the present, though it must be added that te those radicals who are de voted heart and soul to the old watch words, . 'peace, retrenchment and re form," his acts and speeches cause sad perturbation." MILITARY ZONE FOR CANAL Cannon Declares Big Ditch Should be Under Military Law. Washington, May 23.--Denouncing as wrong the entire government scheme for the Panama canal zon®, as pro posed in the Adamson bill, ex-speaker Joseph Cannon, yesterday commended to the house the establishment of oa milita®y government there, "The canal zone should be exactly like an army post," said Mr. Can- non. "It should be under military sa pervision, both for the preservation and for the proper operation of the canal." BALKAN SITUATION DARK. Annual Spring Eraption Makes Its i Appearance. Berlin, May. 23.--\lermany is coming concerned over the ben seriousness of the situation Balkans. that that into that he ing an the It is stated "semi-officially while_ the government is hopeful the wes may not be drawn a. snarl, it recognizes the fact there ave dangerous possibilities might make the situation = eri. tical within twenty-four hours. Ti is hoped, howeyer, © Lt 'this is only the sual spring eruption. MINERS ARE DESPERATE (VER TIMBER FIRES a Tacoma, Wash., May 23. Fairbanks miners who have safferod hoiivy losses from timber fires in Alaska in the past two weeks, and others whose 3 ha been Shree form- a vigilance commit promul- gated an ultimbtom that any one caught lighting fire in timber will be hanged represent a brought ive fires was in about destructive Jie he eb annged ta The woodtuiters so far have been the heaviest losers. ¢ § King Alonsd Decorates Marconi. Allonso Marconi, the Md Threaten. {o Hang. Any ne) | 'afi in KINGSTON, BARON ASKS FOR DEATH. Coward Who Slew Countess Trigona Breaks Down. Rome, May 23.-- Baron Paterno, who is being tried for the murder of the Countess Trigona, is anxious to be sentenced wo that the terrible ordeal in the iron cage will be ended. His lawyers repeatedly protested against his cross-examination, and in- sisted on. the Duke 0'Aosta and other well-known people being called Paterno's behall, The president of the court Paterno a dagger, saying "Is this the kuife you used 7" Paterno seemed to suffocate, 'and put both hands to his throat, saying : "I wish to die. I wish to die, Sen. tence me now. I can ANSWEer no more questions." mt fos BISLEY DIFFICULTY on showed Permanently Seitled--Col. Burland': Gift--New Regulation. London, May 23.--At a Nationa! Rifle association meeilng Lord Chey: lesmore said the results of the visit of Colonels Barlow and Crosse to Canada hs emissaries of peace had heen most successful. He believed that the dispute was permanently set tled. Col. Burland had sens a fifty pound donation to celebrate the happy issue An additional regula tion, unless pernitied by a special condition of the competition, is that no part of the wrist or band mas | touch the ground. SUBSIDY RENEWED. Manchester Steamship Line Con- tinves to be Helped. Ottawa, Ont., May 23. --The depart ment of trade and commerce has newed its subsidy contract with Messrs. Furness and Withy, Man- chester, Eng., agents for the Manches ter line on the Liverpool, St. John, N.B,, and Halifax route. The contract is for four years. At the present time there are savenly steamship lines subsided by the goverameot. re Colonel Kills Pianist. St. Petersburg, May 23.5-Col. Lilie, an officer of the army, hag been ur rested and held at Kiefi for killing a pianist. The colonel and his friends hired a' room in a music hall for a private songfest. After the party had become pretty mellow, the colonel or dered the pianist to play a eertain march. The player said he was sorry, but ke did not have the score. There upon Col.' Lilie drew hix sword and thrust, it through the pianist's neck, killing him instantly. rscpue Fannie Plenty of Famine Relief. New York, May 28.-'Fhe board of forcign missions of the Presbyterian church hay received cable advices from Bishop Graves, chairman of the Chinn famine relief committee at Shanghai, anpouncing that the relief work is practically completed. The test of the message was as follows : "Notily all parties concerned, cluding Gourlay, Toronto, sending funds for famine relief the last week of May. Work will finished abouf June 9th, or 10th. Methodist Minneapolis, Mion., May 23. Dr. 7T F. Henderson, Brooklyn, and W. 0. Shepard, Chicago, are the new bishops of the Methodist Kpiscopal chureh, slected on the seventh ballot. Dr. Hen- derson received 562 and Dr. Shepard, 532. Necessary gb elect 524, mn to stop nfter be New Bishops, It is stated positively in Montreal that President Hays' successor will be chosen from vice-presidents of the G.T.R. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MA To the Borden Government Discussed. A CAUCUS AT OTTAWA BY CABINET MINISTERS TO TALK IT OVER. Fallure of Federal Conservatived From That Province to Carry Out Their Pledges--Stronger Opposi- tion to the Naval. Peliey is Likely. considerable perturbation the Quebec fedéral ministers and ainisterial supporters since the rushing defeat of the combined conservative and nationalist forces by the liberals of Quebec a fortnight ing on the wall, and are now won- | ty some ground for hope, so far as Quebec is concerned, in the next federal elections. | Yesterday there was a small cau- | 'us. of the Quebec ministers their supporters to talk over situation. Armand Lavergne, the titular leader of the battered na- tionalist forces in the absence of Mr, Bourassa, is outspoken ih plac- ing the blame ior the defeat at the doors of the federal ministers. He said that Quebec was lost large- ly because of the failure of the government members from that province to fulfill their pledges to secure the repeal of the naval act and protect the interests of the Catholic minority in the Manitoba boundary extension bill. Plans | reorganization and strengthening | the conservative forces in Quebec | were talked over to-day, brat it is | understood that the caucus broke! up in no very sanguine mood. i It is certain that the Quebec | ministers will 'do their utihost tol barking on any extensive naval scheme, and if they have their way the mission of Hon. J. D. Hazen to England next month will be with a view to giving a pretext for fur- ther delay in dealing with the ques- tion of Canada's effective eontribu- tion to the imperial naval defence rather than with a view to evoly- ing a plan for the larger policy of "an adequate contribution," which the imperialistic 'wing of the party demand. an It is significant that Hon. I. P. Pelletier bas not yet reutrned to Ottawa after the rout of the com- servative candidate in his: district by the liberal provincial candidates. The ante-election declaration of the postmaster-general that he | would resign his portfolio if Mr. ! Delage, the liberal candidate in Quebec county, Mr. Pelletier's con- stituency, were elected is not re- garded bere as likely to be carried oyt. It is known, however, that Mr. Pelletier is decidedly worried over the®political outlook in his district, and it would not be sur- prising if he were to accept before the next election comes on safe har- bor on the bench. Meanwhile he is | seeking to placate his recalcitrant | supporters by continuing to freely | use -the axe on liberal Postmasters | and other office-holders to make | places for party friends. { and | the Amundsen i his South | that announced Lord Curzon says should have Pole dash. Ottawa, May 23.-- There has been | among | ago. They have read the handwrit- | dering what can be done to rehab-! 8 a ilitate ttems:lves and give the par- | taken to prevent further losses. Y 23, 1.2, y TO APPOINT INSPECTORS QUEBEC S BLOW -. Guard Against Losses to the y Dairymen, Special to the Whig Ottawa, May 23. Largely through the efforts that Dr. J. W. Edwards, M.P. for Frontenac, made in the house of commons, the governsient will make a change that will benefit the dairying industries and interests in Kingston, Frontenac and Canada gtm- erally. Hon: Martin Burrell, punis- ter of agriculture, is working on a comprehensive plan. for the greater protection of Ontario and Quebec farmers. : For some years there have been complaints on the part of dairymen, that owing to the system of weigh- ing cheese' and other diiry products {shipped at the port of Montreal thou- sands of dollars was being lost to shippers. Ilon. Sydney Fisher was asked to investigate the complaint and it came up again last year in the hous. Hon. Mr. Burrell is now giving the | matter his attention and hopes to {eliminate any evil that may éxist. 'A number of new inspectors will also {be appointed to guard aghinst fur- ther losses being sustained by farm- ers through the failure of commis- on merchants. Precautions' will be om e---- FINANCIAL MEN PUZZLED Over the Activity of Standard Oi] Company, New York, May 23.--Financial men 'n this city are puzzled over the aec- tivity of the Standard Oil company at Sarnia, - Canada. Tt is not fear just how the company will avoid the effect of the mandamus of dissolufion by locating its headquarters in Can ada, so far as its American business i¥ concerned at least. The fact that its "dissolution" has been 'the joke of Wall street, and the po®iion of the Standard "interests" never seemed more secure than under the new order. ! ROOSEVELT IS CALLED A FRENZIED MADMAN Col. Watterson Says That President Taft Should Not Have Ans- wered Him. Louisville, Ky., May 23.--Colonel Watterson, in the Courier-Journal, says to-day that Roosevelt's suc- cess in Ohio is an invocation to ci- vil war. He intimate s that the United States is losing its demo- tracy, that Roosevelt has assumed the role of dictator, with the idea of a life tenure in an executive of- fice. Col. Watterson calls Roose- velt a frenzied paranolac and mad- man. whose bawling up snd down the land, a good, clean gentleman like President Taft should have left unanswered. 3 is Colonel Watterson is regarded in} Eurone as perhaps the cleverest ed- torial writer in America, as he in certainly the best known. He is a democrat. and fought for the south in the eivil war, being chiet scovt in General Johnson's army He is*bitterly harsh to Bryan as well as Roosevelt. and Is also 'an ppponent of Woodrow Wilson. Pressing Mr. Hanna. Ottawa, May 23.--Hon. Frank Cochrane, minister of railways left last night for Toronto, and will confer with Sir James Whitney. It is emphatically stated here on ex- cellent authority that Mr. Cochrane will press Mr. Hanna to accept the position of chairman of the railway commission. Four Cases of Beer Seized. Brockville, May 23.--Four cases of beer shipped into Athens, a lo- cal option village, have been séiz- ed. Three were adressed to prom- inent men of the locality, who dis- claim any knowledge ment. The fourth was addressed to a fictitious name. An investiga- tion is being held. Girl Took Poison. North Battleford, Sask., May 23. ~--Miss Sevin, North Battleford, daughter of one of the most prom- inent families in the . nerthwest, committed suicide last night by taking poison. Her action was due to an engagment being broken off Sunday, with the man to whom she was to be married. WORLD'S LARGEST SHP LAUNCHED AT HAMBURG Than the [li-Fated Hamburg, May 23.-The world's inrgest ship, the Hamburg American liner Fmperator, ten and one-half feet longer than the ill-fated Titanic, was lnunched here, to-day, Emperor | William in presence of hight officials of the German government and vast throngs. The recent loss of the White Star leviathian and 1,600 of her ord, gave rather a sombre tone y's ceremonies, but, negerthe- there was a ringing chorus of cheers when the monster vessel slid into the 'water. 5 dost} » The Imperator js § ong, 95 feet wide and 103 feer high. From the captain's bridge to the water line, the distance is igh » _ top- most of her eleven decks is as high as a fivestorey house, She will have a tonnage of 30,000, and b for « five. thousand to t less, | agate of the ship- | Tie Imperator is Ten Foot Longer COL. Who calls HENRY Col WATTERSBON. Roosevelt a frenzied madman PITH OF THE NEWS, Over the World, A great home rule rally has ar- ranged tor June 1%h in Duulin. The Montreal diocesan perma- nent fund is nearing $135,000. C. Hamilton Wicks Richard Griggs as British commissioner, Toronto. The body of Clarence V. T. Richeson, electrocuted, was shipped to Virginia, his native state, for burial John Muldoon, of Watertown, N Y., aged eighty-three years, for over six- ty years a resident of that city, died on Wednesday - Col. Theodore Roosevelt's delegates to the national republican convention carried Ohio primaries by a plurality of 'about 25,000 votes. Charles Taylor, a Montreal grain dealer, who did a big business throughout Ontario, dropped dead of acute indigestion. The total cost of keeping the Montreal car tracks clear was $186,000 as compared with $160,- 500 for the winter of 1910-11, Count Nicolai Dunikrijeviteh Von Der Osten-Sacken, Russian ambaassa- dor to Germany, died at Monte Carly on Wednesday, aged cighty-two years, At Minneapolis, with vote of 548, Dr. U. Lucecock, Kansas City, Mo., was elected bishop of the Methodist lipiscopal church, on the fifteenth bal lot John B. Crispell, has whiskers reaching and hair two feet long. He bet James GC in 1884 and paid his wager faithfully Peter two-year-old baby, of New York, wanted to imitate his sister, put on his head an kettle It took three two hours to remove it Claiming 570 delegates to the Chi cago republican convention, or thirty more than enough to insure him the President Taft declared roing into New Jersey to assurance doubly trade Kingston, N.Y., to his waist on Blaine has SZUSCa, a 80 he soup doctors nomination, that he "make was sure." PLUNGED DOWN EMBANKMENT. Accident to Locomotive--=Enginecr and Fireman Injured. London, Ont., May 23.-- The Pere Marquette mogul No 304 renning light from Chatham to Sarnia, left the rails near Court. ri ght.and with Engineer Williams and Fireman Russell, both of Chathagy in it, plunged down a 15- foot efibankment, turning over twice, while the tender rolled down the other side. Fireman Russel was horribly burned about the face, neck and arms by red-hot coals Engineer Williams escaped with a few slight burns and a general shaking up. The cause of the acel- dent was a spreading rail. Vancouver's Moral Reform. Nancouver, B.C., May 23.--After a lively debate lasting two hours, the police commissioners declined to ac cede to the request of a delegation of two hundred clergymen, members of the Moral 'Reform Association, and the Good Government League, to close the segregated district at once The delegation severely criticised the attitude of the commiseioners and the charge of one clergyman that the com missioners had tied the hande of the plice was flatle denied by Mayor Fiodiay, who declared that the chief of police had been instructed to stamp out the social evil. But the commis sioners took the view that ii was their duty to first eliminate such vide in the oity's business and residentia' sections where it was alleged to ex ist, haforr entering upon a campaign against the so-called restricted dis trict, which has never been given of- ficial recognition by the council and in which the sale of liquor has been prohibited under heavy pehalty. Had Hand Cut Off. Smith's Falls, Ont., May 28.-Joha McCoy, of this place, while walking along the C.P.R. tracks here, last might, was overtaken by a freight train. and in stepping sside he trip ped before he could clear the rails his left hand was 2ut off by, the train. He was taken to St. Francis hospital, whefe it was found = ne leeesary 10 amputate the arm at the shoulder. All the barber shops will be opes to-night until eleven o'clock and will {be closed all day to-morrow, ra succeeds RE -------------- past EormIon ENGLAND AGAIN FACES AN ALARMING STRIKE The Dock Workers and Light- ermen Ordered Out. CONSIDERS THERE SITUATION 18 QUITE SERIOUS, The Trouble Arose Because of the Refusal of One Man to Join the Union--The London Times' Pessi. mistie Picture. London, Eng., May 24.--Dock work- ers and lightermen have been ordered out on strike to-night in this port. The strike is expected to spread to other ports to-morrow. The original cause of the grievance was the fact that a man on one of the docks here refused to join the union, 'and his fellow-dockmen declined to work with him. Premier Asquith and his cabinet are considering the situation, and it 18 agreed it is serious. The Times, which excells in pessimis. tic London cables, prints one to-day to he eficet that an industrial ang social crisis is once more stari Eugs | and in the face. The miners hy went | lee to work after a prolonged steike {are not satisfied with the working aut jof the minimum wage bill, Hundreds of thousands of dock hands in Liver. pool, and other t may he on strike, Saturday. In all it 15 a very gloomy picture of land's summer future, The strike will involve 100,000 and bring the whole trade of the ---- of London to a standstill, . The employers: have given no.' si that they are in a mond to yitld Tio the men's demunds. ' Shot to Death in Prison. Salt Lake City, Utah, May 93. Five riflemen concealed behind "a curtain, sent. steel-nosed bullets into heart of a blind-folded man aw he" t'in 8 chair at the state prison. Jullus Sie may, a murderer, was the target, He had selected death by 'sMooLin in preference to the gallows a aa : confession of the murder of | omas Sarrigk, a fourteen-year-old ho "i ETE Oy i Up to lust night Sirma ay timyd that a fellow-hurglar had killed lad." Then he confessed. London Pleads for Chaufteur. New York, May 28.-While a seven teen-year-old boy lay pinned the lull weight of a taxicab, hi knocked him off his bleyele on Middle Wést Side late yesterday, pleaded with a threatening crowd not to harm the chauffeur ! "It. was ms fault," said Jo Burns, the injured boy. "Don't touch him. I was on the wrong side of the street and he could not help it." ---------------- To Reach the North Pole. Montevideo, May 23.--Capt. Roald Amundsen, the discoverer of the Soul Pole, whe arrived here yesterday, age nounces his intention to etart. from San Francisco in March or April, 1913, on an expedition to the North Pole. He will have with him the same men who accompanied him on his last expedition, a---------- \ Women's Nightdredses, 50c. Dut- ton's. "Frosh weidlitz powders." Gibson's. MARRIED. BUCK WILSON On Regnasday. Ja 2nd. 1912 by the Rev. TW { pastor, of Sydenham Street Churel), Agnes G. Wilson, Kingston, te Ernest J. Buck, of Rath, Ont DIED. HUDON-At Peterboro, on May 23nd, 1812. Henrl, youngest son of Lieu. tenant-Colonel J. A. GG. Hudon, CMG, snd Mrs. Huodon. Funeral private {go flowers, A solemn will be sung for the Wa ppy r of his pow! in BL. Mary's ath ral, on Friday, morning, May ith, at MIDDLETON --In 2Ind. 1912, Catherine Mid Funeral from outer starioh on arrival of express on Friday. s JAMES REID The Old Firm of Usdertakers, bine am Friends are ndly lhe Yited to attend th: mass ; Torontp, on Ma daughter of the late Capt. oto Middleton, of this ity. Er, (The Leading U . a "Phone B71. 280 Princess Street. 254 nnd 256 PRINCESS STREWY. "Phone 147 for Ambulance. A conple dozen of them. Will them at & reasonable price. Must cash. Turks. "Phone 705. Maple Sugar = | Maple Syrup We have just received an extra nice lot of both, which will be the last for this season. Jas. Redden & Co.