~The Daily Bri YEAR 79.-K0. 126 KINGSTON'S COMPANIES "IN STEAMBOAT MERGER The R. and 0, N. Company Becomes Owner. TO RETAIN THE NAMES OF THE VARIOUS COMPANIES FOR THE PRESENT, But the Group Will Begin Working ,. Together as Ome Organization How the Stock of the New Com- pany Will be Issued. Montreal, May 20.-At a cial meeting of shareholders of the Riche lieu & Ontario Navigation company, hold, Tuesday afternoon, at which Sir Rodolphe Forget, M.P., presided, and which was attended by a large nom- ber of influential = shareholders from Ontario und the west, the following official statement was given out : "All arrangements have now ' been completed by which the Richelion & Ontario Navigation gompany becomes the owner of the following companies: 'The Niagara Navigation company, the Northern Navigation £0. Ltd., the Inland Lines, [d., the Turbine Steam ships Co., 1td., the Hamilton Steam baal Co., Thousand Teland Steam¥oni Co., St. Jawrence River Steamboa! Co., and Several subsidiary companies "Although for the present the vari ous companies 'will keep their indivi dual names, the group will immediate ly begin working together as one or ganization, The capital of the Riche lieu qompuny, after including the above tompanies, will be 810,000,000. The combmation will include ibe seventy. veswels of all classes, inclid: ing the largest and finest passen y combination passenger and freight steamers and bulk freighters in Can adian waters, This amalgamation is a connecting up of such companies as will give a perfect and complete pas- svuger and freight service on lake Superior; Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, Lake Ele, Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River and Saguenay river, besides the ogntemplated expansion to he Gulf of St. Lawrence, n outstanding feature is the bring: ing Po one Concetn of terminal properties in all the big commercial and. industrial centres, which are of inestimable value, saving the how organization the heavy outlay which was formerly ingurred by the individual companies in having to maintain several terminal dock pro- perties in the rtant centres. The principal properties will: inclade uni- Ye and central wharves at Quebec, 'Three Rivers, Sorel, Ti to, Hamil ton and Niagara River, 'Sault Ste. Marie, Midland, Fort William, other importaht and growing centres. hase: propect are not in a single instance duplloated. The sharcholders of the new orgatization comprise fo a remarkable extet the big shippers and and manufacturers along the various routes traversed by these vessels, as el} an innumerable patrons of the ine. The Richelieu and Ontario company, which is now in ibs sixty-eighth yess, and has arown liom "one little steam. hoat and one bare (Whi the fleet in IMB) to its present pois tiop, has not, in its various develop ments and expansi ever had a dol- lar of water in ite capital. All the companies entering into the new com- bination earned last year an average of thirteen per cent. on their capital, and with the satural economies ex. peeted and highos rdtes of freight and Passchger t should do very much botier the present vear. A new issue of stock in payment of Niagara Navigation company, which was partly on a cash basis, is to be made to shareholders whtsé names are on the books May dist, at four o'clock p.m., in propor tion of one new share for each four shares * held, Stock will be sold to shareholders at Jar: the, policy of the company heing r to that of the adian. Pagiic Can ilway, of giving t. + the # ' whatever profits the to. the stock, comprised + ANTI.MORMON CAMPAIGN. A Strong Fight Begins in the United States. - New York, May 29.-The Tribune says : Believing 'that "Mormonism - is the most inskhous® and banefyl social evil in this eountry," worden are ris- ing 'up all over the cantey in a eon certed offort to wipe out the system. A national assoeiation has been organ ized in this eity, with headquartérs at 100 Broad street, and with Miss O. E. Mason, of Castle School, Tarrytown, as president. Affiliated amociations have heen formed in twenty other states, where prominent men and women are enter ing the fight. , y It is said that in many towns Mor mon agents, masquerading under the name of "Latter-Day Saints," are spredding their doetrine in the ears of young girls, 'Their method is to make the aecquuintance of these girls through the clubs and social associa tions. A MILLIONAIRE REBEL EXECUTED IN MEXICO fought He Had Secared a Pardon and Ventured Back Within the : Federal Zone. Mazatlan, Mexico, May 29. Roberto Almada, millionaire member of one of the leading families of Sinaloa, = was secretly executed for treasom hy the federals, on the Pacific coast An- other prisoner was executed by the firing squad of twelve at the same time. Almada was a leader of rebels when Cutican was taken. A month ago he sued for a pardon, and be lieving that it was granted, came. to Mazatlan ten days age. He was ar rested, tried and found guilty of trea. son, @ The United States consul 'at Duran- go has sent a circular to every Ame- rican in the 'momtaing 'warning them to pack their most valuable Redon ings. and prepare for instant depar- ture, AFTER ESTATE BOOMSTERS. St. Catharines Board of Trade Tak- ing Steps fo Stop Them. St. , Catharines, May 20.-The St. Catharines 'board of trade is follow 1ug Welland's example and Preparing to take active steps against real estate companies who are misrepresenting loeal real estate in Torento and out side markets. It is reported that cer tain companies operating in other cit- ies, which : have purchased sections of land and divided them into lots for real estate, have secured high prices by miscepresentation. Mention was of one company which purchased a subdivision on the easterly side of 'he canal, but ed -no trace of the anal on their plans. The outside men who bad bought lots from the plan at $150 each, on coming to the city, and seeing the position of the land, close to the canal, were willing fo well for 835. The matter wilk be thoroughly sifted, ¥ . A -- i As to ExtortionsTo Be An Invest igation nto Retail he x Washington, D.C., May 29. Amazed st the revelations regariling the pro- ooséd extortion of the anthracite coal operators, and impressed by the high- '¥ suspicious uniformity in increase in the price of coal, the department of justice - has ordeved 'a nation-wide in sent gation of "exchanges" and ve tail associations of dealers, with view to determining whether there is mono: ooly, or tacit noderstanding, among denlers, ns'wall © as among operators ihemselves, Investigations are being conducted hy United States attorneve.in dis ricts {rom which have come com: plaints. One of the objects of the investiga tions is to determine whether there is any relation between certain exchanges nd mine operators or railroads, A ------------ New Jersey has e strong for Re gertes has _ gone sheong fo Art pictures now on sale. Weese's, KINGSTON, ---- " GERMAN FINDS BACILLUS That Will Prevent Foot and Mouth ' Disease. Berlin, May 29.--A discovery of 'the first iportance to the Canadian cat- tleritising industry is reported by Prof, Wilhelm Grugel, dean of the hy- gienic institute of the University of Rostock. Prof. 'Grugel announces that he has not only found the hLacillus which causes foot-and-mouth disease, but has also found a serum for ren dering cattle immune against the mab ady. The serum is not curative, buf preventive, and can, therefore, be ud: ministered © only to healthy animals. Experiments with a large number of cattle have, it is stated, proved . un: qualifiedly successful. Prof. Grugel says that the only fea ture requiring further investigation is the determination of the strength of thy seruin and the length of time the treatment remains effective. He is con tinuing his experiments along those lings. i -- WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH. Rocker of Chair Ignited Box Matches. Chicago, May 20.--Mrs, John J. Dunn, wealthy widow of a former coal merchant here, wag burned to death on the porch of her home when the rocker of the chair she occupied struck a box of matches and ignited them. Mrs. Dunn was asleep in the chair. The fire spread to a pile of news papers near her and then to her clothing. The flames were extinguished by a small boy "with a garden hose, but the woman died of her injuries. ol A BEGGAR AT NINETY-FIVE, Old Prisoner in a Montreal Cowri for Many Years. Montreal, May 29.-The oldest pri- soner to come before the local courts in many a day appeared before Re- corder: Dupuis, when Emma Roy, nine tysdive years of age, appeared. on a charge of begging on Craig street. Sha plead:d guilty to the charge, and af- ter explaining to the court that sho had a friend who would take charge ol her, on Dorchester street, she was allowed to go on suspended sentence. FEF EERE BEEP PETER PEPEIP0MD FRENCH DYING OFF. Paris, May 29.~The French minister of labor, in the report of the. vital statistics of France for 1911, says the number of deaths wii 34,869 more (han the total of the year vious. thus cohtinuing' the untdvor- able situation of France as compared with that of grow- ing nations. PT PEAPEPEE PLE 0d CHP ER RP EE HIT AN SCAGED DAUGHTERS" LEGION. Lecturer Has Hundreds of Letters From Unhappy Girls. London, May 29.-Miss Josephine Knowles, is continuing her lectures on "Caged Daughters." Since hor last lecture she said, yesterday, she had réceived hundreds of letters from girls who were un happy, who were living at home, and who were catered for in the way of food, clothes, and necessaries, but were without the command of a six- pence; and had no training or edaca- tion. fitting them to earn their own living. It ad been suggested that emigra- tion on a large scale such has she had suggested was not a sufficiently dege- tic remedy. At any raté hex sottition, Miss Knowles declared, was based on sound common sense. For here in Eng- land there are a large number of superfluous women, and in the eplo- nies men are wanting wives and vn able to find them. de------ Safety on Gréat Lakes. Philadelphia, May 29. At the ine ternational navigation congress to- day William T. Anderson, of the de- Patttont of marine and fisheries of 'apna, said that the dominion would be very glad to confer with the Uni til States as to the host method of protecting the lives of passengers crossing the great lakes or any other body of water separating the two countries. Carnegie. Library for Montseal. Montreal, passed a to, spehd Bibrary, to ask Andrew Carnegie to promise, made some yenrs ago, give money towards a building. I his to _Chatles 1D. Hapdies XY. is: 10 be vo Ogdensburg, postmaster of that city. appoin! Er ------ --,.--. 7 LATEST TIDINGS From Near and Despttes | Places {HE WORLD'S EPISODES GIVEN IN THEE BKIEFEST 'POS SIBLE FORM. Matters That Interest Everybody-- Notes From All of Everything Eastly and Re membered. © Toronto Methodists plan a war en race-track gambling, The Massey gold rush seems to have been a flash in the pan. Only one'third of Toronto's military men tan go to camp. At Hagersville, Ont., burglars blew the safe of the post office, but were irightened away without loot. Hon. Dr. Beland, former postmaster- general of Canada, is seriously ill at ms residence, St. Joseph of Beauce, ue., suffering from an affection of the throat. At Philadelphia, police were batter- ing at the door to prevent a tragedy, when Erastus Cannon shot and killed Mattie Colo at her home and then killed: himself. Jealousy was the mo- tive, The town of Skiatook, Okla. practically wiped out in ofr ly Tuesday. Three persons are known to have been kiled, Man, report- ed mjured. "There were casual ties .in the state, At Moundsville, W.Va., Edward Hin- kle, a prisoner for the last five vears in the state penitentiary, 10" have taken indirectly upwards 85,000 worth of | 'goods. Ninkle was employed as a shipping clerk, city way a storm, are Olney is alleged of "FLAMBUOYANT FLAP-DOODLE" Is How London Standard Describes Senator Smith's Speech, Londan, Eng, May 29.--The Even- ing Standard, 10-day. savs that Scna- for Smith's Titanic speech in the sen ate, yesterday, was so much flam- buoyant, flap-doodie, © This paper ad- mits, however, that there were many things in the report that the British government should take notice of. 'Dropped Dead at Goderich, Goderich, May "99 Lnitvew Wiltliano son, ohe of the best known engineers olf the great lakes, dropped dead in front of his residence; here, to-day, For some time he had been in chargé of gunboats, but later went on luke steamers, BITTER PRINARY FIGHT BROUGHT TO A CLOSE Roosevelt's Nomination Looks . Gertainty--His Election as Presi dent Looks Good. Washington, May 29.---S8a far as a» direct appeal tg the voters of the country is conterned, Col. Rousevelt's complete vietory in New Jersey has brought to a close an unpredecegtedly bitter fight in which Roosevelt, Taft and Lalollette have almost been con stantly engaged for the last three months, In practically all the states where direct primaries were held for the election of national convention delegates, with the exception of Mas: sachusetts. Col. Roosevelt won pro- nounced victories over President Taft. This fact has been in each advanced by his campaign managers, as an in- greasing epidence of the certainty of his nomingtion and his election in November. | : Washington headquarters of all re- publican candidates will close this week, and the managers and their as- sistants will establish themselves in Chicago, Monday, for the opening of the battle before the national con- vention on June 158th. Senator Dixon, campaign manager for Col. Roosevelt, returned to Wash. ington from New York, today, . and made the prediction that Col. Roose volt would have move than six hun- drod delegates on the first ballot in the Chicago convention. President Taft's manager, Rep. Wil- lim B. MeKialey, of lllinois, assert- ed this morning that the president's actual - strength at the present was T64 delegates, exclusive of the dele- gates ot large in Ohio and Texas. He was emphatic in his prediction of no- mingtion for the president on first ballot. the | CONFERENCE CHANGES The First : Ready. ing commibide of the Montreal changes are as follows ; . Moutreal, Hochelaga--1. Nelson, fp dontreal, Shaw Memorial--M. shinson. Lachute--J. H. McConnell. Hudson--W, R. Johnson. Clarenceville--J/ ames Pletts. "St. John's<W. T. Smith. Perth--W. Rrgmolds. # Kempiville--G. Edwards. Mernickville--12. Stilwell. Montague--M, S. Lehigh. Easton's Corners---W. A, Wilson. Jasper--W, Locksley--(A. (i, B.) Athenc--J. D. Fllis, B.A. Addison--Thomas Meredith. Elgin--Frederick Tripp. Philipsville--William Pearson. * Finch--S8, J. Bridgett, B.A; F. Cassidy, M.A. Westmeath---W. A. Hamilton. Renfrew--3. J. Hughes. Brawside--To be supplied; G. well, Arnprior--F. A. Read Ottawa East--J. A. Mavety, Ottawa West--M. Tavior. Ottawa, Wesley--J. E. Blanchard Kingston, Queen Street, 1. bell. Pittsburg--W. .1 Neshitt. Sydenham---Paul Pergan, B.A Inverary--Arthur ¥. Shortell. Augusta--Gearge W, Spell. Bishop's Mills--George A. Frankville--G:. C. Cornwall --J. Douglas Iroquois--J. Howard Philp. Morrisburg--A. J. Strike Aultsville--William A. Hanna. Greenwood --F, Morton (Suake er). Avorimore--Herman W. Melntosh Richmond--Thomas J, Vickery, Metealfe--d. W. Phee, McéPFatlane, Vars--- Wilbert W. Weese, Riceville--.J apes M. Vankleek Hill- Joseph Pointe Fortune--(N. (.) Kazubazua, Que~ik. A. Danville--Robert ( East Angus--Heory Mick, 8. 1 Ulverton- Charles Hux tahle. Pinel, Ww. Stanstead, Que.--T. ny, BA. Beebe 13. Wells Fisher, Hayden. S. Clendinnen: rie A. Mclaren. Sutton--Francis J. CrranhyssCoorge West Shelford THERE IS $800,000 Indebtedness to Farmers' Can't Collect One Quarter. Toronto, May standing indebtedness of $800,000 the Farmers' Rank, SISS000 could be collected, was {statement made by "George J, Ison, assignee, at the Commissioner William Meredith, morning. led $712,284. very large amount of this loss, Clarkson stated, mismanagement. will take to settle bank was given stated that there in United when States courts that Ready Very Soon. Corgwall, Ont., May 29. It is pected that the The canal nesday afternoon. other night replaced by new ones. boats which were in the ¢anal the accident oceurred' are moored the mud. London, May 20.-Following night's bulletin mation of the eve siderably and jeopardizes Booth's chances of regaining wight. ; -- forchead denotes she is right, but reverence. the ance the face of adversity and mean it cents. to fifty cents a day. - Draft of the Stations On Wednesday afternoon the station Me- thodist cofberence concluded its work and brought down "its first draft. The Montreal, East End--B. B. Brow Montreal, Fairmount--(G. W. McCall Mentréal (Delarmier)--C. A. Brown Gi. Bradford, J. Seanlan. Max hb Camp Gananoque--W, 8. Jamieson, M.A Adame, Richardson. Riv- Larmour, Ph.D, B.D. McConnell, B.A, TL Little Metis--George (0. Tredenick. Anson Halpen- South Stukely--{ieorge 8. Schagel. Banke 29. That of an out- probably on the Clark- inquiry before this Ordinary - obligations total- The total loss through bad debts would likely be $639,407. A Mr. on being asked for an explanation, was due to absolute Some idea of the length of time it the affairs of the Mr. Clarkson were suits pending could nat come up for a year and a half. General Booth May Lose Sight. tie operation for cataract on his eye, last reports that inflam- is spreading con- General his A woman writer says a kids on the Perhaps average girl doesn't care for hat brand of reves: Only the real optimist can smilp in Masons in Arabia receivs thirty-five ex: Cornwall canal will be ready for pavigation late on Wed- 4 staff worked all night and all dav and an- i seseion will be necessary before the locks, damaged by the Im perial company's steamer Imperial will Several when! Er fwas sentenced to ait "ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1012. TOLLS ON THE DOCKMEN STILL OUT. yj | Conference With Board of Trade I Proved Abortive. London, Fng., May: 20.--The strik- ing dockmen are still out. A con- ference with Hon. Sidney Buxton, pre- sident of the Board of Trade, with these men, to-day, proved rather apor- tive, some leaders stating that the men could not go back to work pend- ing a joint conference, others agrew- ing to go back. Finally, united sct- ion was stopped when the news came out that the London Chamber of Com- merce had passed a resolution affirm- ing the right of its members to em- ploy umion or non-union labor as it pleased, *|SWEEP FOR ROOSEVELT IN NEW JERSEY STATE The Colonel Will go to Chicago Convention With Twenty-Eight Delegates Trenton, N.J., May 29.--Returns available at eight o'clock this morn ing indicate that Col. Roosevelt car ried every one of this 'state's con- gressional districts as well as the pre fgrentigl vote, and will go to Chicago convention with twenty-éight dele gates instructed for him, His plural ity* here will be at least 20,000. In the democratic primaries Woodrow Wilson took all but four of the dele gates, . TO REMOVE TAFT MEN. Reported Intention of Roosevelt Leaders Causes a Stir, Washington; May 29.--Rumors that attempts will be made to seat new national committeemen, so that they can Werte on the republican natiosal committee when it begins the hearing of contest eases in Chicago, June 6th, have stirred political leaders here more than any recent move in the presidential campaign. In many states where the Roosevelt victories were pronounced thé, dele- gates chosen to the Chicago conven- tion were instructed to elect mew national committeemen. The rules of the mationsl commitice and the procedure of former conven: tions are opposed to such action. tin te | | L BURN PROPERTY, te oes % « Santiago, Cuba, May 29. A body of insurgents burned 8,000 tons of sugar eane, many cars and other pro- perty on the plantation of Marcos Sanchez, in thé vicin- ity of Guantanamo, belong- ing to the American Fidelity company. Tobe r erst at an Fee test oe + Meat to be Dearer. Winnipeg, May 20.-W. R. Hull, a prominent Calgary cattle magnate, who is on a visit here, says that very fow cattle will be shi i from Al berta to Toronto markets this sea- son. This means that meat in Ontario may be scarce and dear. PRINCE AND PRINCESS WERE BADLY INJURED When Their Motor Car Collided wim a Cart on a Road Near Vienna. Vienna, May 20 «Princess Elizabeth, of Austria, one of the most famous royal beauties of Europe, and Prince Carl, of Roumania, were probably fatally injured, and Crown Prince Ferdinand, of Roumania, sctipg as chauffeur, was also seriously hurt, when their motor car collided with a cart on the country road last night Aaa. REGICIDE SUSPECT FREED. in| Plotter Against Italy's King Re tracts Denunciation. Rome, May 20.-The lawyer Dibla sia, arrested in connection with the al leged plot against King Victor Fm: y wits released on Monda¥ night wien Bulbs, the assadsin, retracted his dation of the lawyer as ote of his alleged socomplices. He said thet lawyer d nothing to do with the atfemipt on the life of the king Givett a Stiff Sentence. Cobourg May 9--Dr. Rowland G. Douglas, aftested some wecks ago ou a charge of obtaining goods under false jpreténces, was sentenced by Judge Ro gr 10 two years sad six months 2 i . KH was proved 4t the a offence oo which he Jwas arrested was only a part of a i scheme carried on some time, and that about six. teen years Ago he was convicted in ille of swmdiing 2 man' and a short term in . Chicago Fireman Killed. Chicago, May 29 ~Fireman Charles Locklind was instantly killed and Fire man Merrie Oday was seriously injure when rushing to a fice. Their ap " {paratus rap into a train buffer, I LAST EDITION BRIDGE WILL BE SOON ABOLISHED The Government Has Token Over the Bridge ACCEPTS BITY'S GIT KINGSTON NOT RESPONSIBLY FOR MAINTENANCE. | Hon. F, I), Monk Writes Dr. J. W. Edwards, \M.P., That He Has Given Orders for the Abolition of the Toll Charges. Dr. J, W. Edwards, M.P., has just received the following Istter from the minister of public works : "Ottawa, May 27th, 1012, "Dear Doctor,~1 have your letter of the 24th inst., and 1 beg to say that I have given instructions that the Ca- taraqui bridge should be free from tolls. I quite agree with all you "ay. ~--Yours sincerely, F. D. MONK, Min ister of Public Works." When the announcement was made that the government had taken over the bridge, Dr. Edwards immediately wrote to the minister of public works urging him to abolish the tolls. In his reply lon ¥. D. Mook said that he would give the matter full consider ation. Dr. Edwards wrote again to Mr. Monk on May 24th, and submitted additional reasons why the bridge should be free and received the above reply on Wednesday morning. Dr. ¥d- wards was highly olated with the re- sults of his efforts. The abolition of tolls onthe bridge will il: a hoavy burden from resi dents of Pittshurg 'and "Howe lslawd, as well as the people of Kingston, who have frequent occasion to use the bridge. The probable result of the order of Mr. Monk will be that the tolls will be removed as soon as ar rangements can De' made with the present. holder the lease of the bridge tolls ¢ One of the arguments used by Br. Edwards against' this tax was that the government had appropriated to military uses a considerable portion of the land in Pittsburg, thus depriving the township of that sonrce of reve nue. He said that the bridge tolls were an additional burden on the peo- ple. He also called attention to She fact. that the people of Pittsburg Wire the first in Frontenac county, and due of the first townships in Ontario to remove the toll gates and took on themselves the expense of the keeping of their roads. He thought that the least return the government could make was relieve them of the bridge toll. The removal of the tolls yas satur- ally expected, as soon as t govery- ment nssumed control of the bridge. The city of Kingston purchased the gtrueture, and tendered it to the gov- ernment, as a part of {he harbor im- provement scheme. The minister of public works accepted the bridge, and City Solicitor Melntyre, last week, sent to Ottawa the deeds of transfer. Just 'as soon as these doow ments are ncoapted by the ministge, the city will no longer own the idge, and the government would make it free to the travelling public. Evidently the deeds have been accepted, and the bridge is no longer under. the gomtrol of the city, which is thus relieved of the ve sponsibility of maintaining it. Eldon or of to Better than the best. Port Perry Creamery. DIED, At Ninnibeg. A iin, AE A om residence J. 8 Babcock, 4 Garrett Thursday afteromot at May 24th, years on MACKIE at John Funeral (pri of Mrs Bareet oun MACALISTER---Enterad va Nay 27th, 1913, 5 ence 22 Demcon Forbes, rellet of Macalister, Funeral private O'NEiL~In Kingston, on 1812, Ruth O'Neill, aged and." oaths father's residence fugeral from or Tal y Fuaces Queen Stheet, on Thurdde aftergoon, at two o'clock, to Cats. ragul Cemetery. Friends and" se- quaintances hare respectfully re. quested to attend. : WILLIAMBON--AL Ki ton Genera Hospital, en May Eh, Vg Adon Willilamsen, 63 years. Fuperal from jaesd Martyrs. ragid- ence, $97 Queen Street, uraday at 230 pm. Priends and scyuaint- ances are respectfully requested to attend. eon o'elot into rest a ber late resid. Street, Mary the late James May ZRih, 16 Yesrs vl '. ROBERT J. REID A soypla dozen them & reas Turks MR wi Maple Sugar Maple Syrup We have just received an extra nice lot of both, which will be the last wh, x