To be Daily British Whig IN FULL RETREAT 10 CONSTANTINOPLE Ggred iish defeat and the ingress into those Ytowns of the demoralized Turkish spldiery has attracted the atrenmtion of the powers. Protective, measures in this connection are under discus sion at the German foreign office, | where it is said the German, govern' mekt will take. steps to intervene by sending German warships in case of need. Such intervention, however, it is pointed out, would be purlly non- political. "WHAT 1S PROPOSED. Relative Time Here and in Europe Known Exactly, ; Paris, Nov. 1.--The exact time at a given moment in America and Europe will be established shortly hy wireless t:legraphy. About the middle of November it will be possible for the first time to estab: lish with precision the longitudes of America and Furope in their relation to each other hy the exchange of wire lese vignals between the great station at Arlingson, Va., and the Eiffel Tow- ey in Paris amd other European sia- tions, Commander H. H. Hough, at the in ternational time conference here, de- SHOCKING MASSACRES oF onmeriaxs vy TURKS ARE . a eo -- Send the 'Warships (0 Constantinople to Protect Foreigners, OV. 1.--it is believes y army is in ards Constanti- LL. + The Bulgarian routed the main alin Pasha, 'The faving many an the field. ch ogarded as the : b mt mince the beginting ol the war, Jasted three én. lays. It 8xtended along the line from Lule Burgas #astward to Serai. The front was over 31 miles long." be H he Ottoman 'tréaps retreated - to Tchatiu, about. 2 i the south a 3 dri ' » the " dodt is rum | troops Rarkizh ington was now distributing time with errors of only one thousandth part of a second. Hitherto European and American time has been established by eable, allowances being made for loss of time in transmission and it has been fixed only three times, in 1866, 1870 and 1872. RICH FARMER EASY. GAME FOR CONFIDENCE MAN Gives Up $600 to Seppesed Cousin of a Man fle Knew by 8t. Louis, Nov. 1.--A farmer from Malden, Mo., who refused to give his nanre, told Frank MeFarland, chief clerk of the United States Mail Ser. vice, that he had heen swindled out of $600 by a man who pretended to be MeFarland's cousin, The farmer said he had just sold & shipment of cattle at the National Stockyards when he met the stran- te-jger. The man introduced himselt a8 McFarland, ssid he was fri y + they got eral Building he' borro $600 saying he had to a to some usiness across the street. He told the farmer to go to Frank McFar- he | Iand's office and wait for him: After he had waited about ar hour, the Malden man became uneasy and made enquiries. McFarland told him he knew nothing of a Kan- sas City cousin and sald he sup- posed the farmer had lost his money. "Yep, 1 reckon 1 have," the Mis sourian said. He walked out of the office without further comment. Nn -------- CONTRABAND OPIUM. Smuggling Plot Revealed by Death of Steamship Officer. § San Frantisco, Nov. 1.--The mys teripus death of Edward Morse, fourth officer of the Pacific mail liner Man of | churia, at Manila, was explained, yes: terday, when that vessel arrived hery from the Orient, bringi digs tend- | closures of an opium ing plot, as the result: of which, it is said, two of the Manchuria's officers will be taken into custody. {Morse was said to have been killed on the second night in port at Ma- piles while swimming ashore with ' His body was floating near the ship the next . with a wound on the head. It is he was struck by some float- to advices inthe hands of the customi# authorities there are now hidden on the steamer 1,200 five-tnal tins of opium. The valu of the entive contraband cache is es # timated al $72,000. 3 "to the| the KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1912, LAD TIRES OF LIFE, msn In Belief he. is Overworked Com- mits Suicide. Washington, Nov. l.--Authorities of Capitol ights, Md., pear Washing- ton, are satisfied that John Link, a ten-year-old boy, who was found dead in his home there with a bullet hole in his head, commitied suicide. Near the boy's body was a small rifle that had been discharged and a note scribbled on wall paper, believed to have been written by the boy, was discovered on a table in his home. The note was as follows : "Dear Ma, -I have to work too hard sin't goi to do it any more. said I'h to take the clothes if 1 didn't you would God don't want me in His kingdom The boy was a newspa carrier. His mother had leit word for him to had delivered only one of them. Th in the note to clothes was evidently to the second bundle. POLLY SILENCED BY BURGLARS Men Strangle. sarrot That Tried tc Arouse Family. Allentown, Pa., Nov. 1.--Burglars entered the home of Thomas Stern in this city, last nighti and before at- i to burglarize the house strangled the family parrot which the Sterns family kept in place of a watch dog. The Bn, derndhg negglant- rglars! ed to teach polly to squeak lars" Sometime during the night members of the family heard polly yell, "Mag- gie! Maggie!" and then all was quiet, They thought polly was dream- ing so paid no attention to the calls. In the morning the parrot was found dead in the yard. The burglars had strangled it, after which they had stolen the family jewellery. DRAGGED FROM BRIDE'S ARMS. Young Vogt Dozier Arrested on ! Minor Charges, Macon, Ga., Nov. 1.--Young Vogt Dozier, who, Tuesday night, married Essie Carter, who had been cruelly flomged by his father to break off the relations of the couple, was arrested and taken to Dawson. and lodged in ji Young Dozier was arrested at t clerk elared that the observatory in Wash- | burg instance of his father, who is of the superior court at Dawson. The officers found Dozier in company ith his bride and literally dragged him from her arms. Young Dozier has been rather wild and he is charged by the Dawson au- tharities with several minor offenses. The elder Dozier shys he will keep the bok ai forever rather than let him live his wile. ; 2 Montreal, Nov. 1. -- That Premier Borden will not wait until the open- ing ol parliamesit to announce bis nav- al policy, but will make it known dur- expectation expressed to-day mw looal government circles. © Premier Borden is to address a meeting in Victoria Hall between Nov. 12th and 16th in the interests of Hon. Louis , when it is generally regarded 88 Oortuin he will state the govern: ment's intentions. Mr. Borden has taken the position that he would make no announcement until after par- linment met, but this will not be until Nov. '21st, while the contest in Hoch- clags takes. place two days earlier, so that palitiont" loaders expect a definite t in this campaign. A GREAT CONCERN; Kansas Has Largest Fish Hatchery in Workl. Pratt, Kansas, Nov. 1.-The largest fish hatohery in the world has in been over to the state of . san. hatchery was planned and build under the direction of Prof. Le wis L. Dyobe, state fish and game warden, and will be used to supply the farmers of Kansas with young fish to stock streams and ponds. The hatehery consists of sighty: three ponds, in which the fifth be , according to size. It ex: tends over sixty-five aoces. ing the campaign in Hochelaga, is the ;dep general | were in costome. IRISH SENATE By-Election Approved By Brit- ish Commons BONAR LAW DECLARED THAT SOHEME WAS VALUELESS AS SAFEGUARD, John Redmond Gave Lukewarm Support --~ The Government ' Amendment Intended to Satisfy Unionists Passed by 208 to 200. London, Nov. 1.-~The Government offered its amendment to the Home Rule Bill. providing for election of members, for the Irish senate ac cording to proportional representa- tions schemes in the House of Com- mons last night. The members of the first senate are to be appointed by the government. Introducing the amendment, Augustine Birrell, the chief secretary of Ireland, in- timated that it was intended as an additional safeguard and defence against the objections of the union- ists, The debate on the amend- ment then began. Ramsay Macdonald, the socialist and labor leader, astonished the house by asserting that though he Was utterly opposed to proportional representation he was prepared to allow the experiment to be tried on the Irish senate because Ireland, he said, "represented a low form of social organization." : Bonar Law, the oposition leader, opposed the amendment on the ground that it was utterly valueless as a safeguard. John Redmond, the Irish nation- alist leader, gave the amendment, lukewarm support. He said he pre- ferred a nominated senate, but as long as the nomination jdea was to be maintained for the first critical five years he would support it. The amendment was carried by a vote of 298 to 209, MUNICIPALITIES PROTEST Against Power Companies Erecting Poles Where They Wish. Ottawa, Nov. lo--lLarge deputations representing Torento, Winnipeg an other Canadian cities, waited on the goveroment, to-day, arding the right of power and light companies under he Bominion. charter, to place poles wires. reets where muni- = 'objebted. - Gder: a: decision the privy comscil, the companies can now do this quite legally, The government promised lief. Street control will probably be placed under the Dominion Railway Commission. HELD ON GRAVE CHARGE Port Hope Deputy<«Reeve is Accus- ed of Offence. Port Hope, Nov. 1.--A sensation has bean caused here by the arrest of George N. Patterson, coal merchant, uty reeve and councillor of Port Hope, shorged with an offence against morality. girl in the case is an inmate of the household of Robert Hill here. She is under fourteen years of age and came from the Barmardo Home in Toronto. WASHED ITS FACE. Hydraulic Operati ons Turned Oui Quite Rich, Cobalt, Nov. 1.--Approximately taken y d| was a - WILSON DEMONSTRATION In New York City on Thursday Night. New York, Nov. 1. -- It was Wilson night in New York last night, the De mocratic nominee for the presidency addressing a big rally in the Broax and a tremendous outpouring of vot- ers in Madison Square Garden, At the Garden the demonstration for Governor Wilson lasted for one hour and three minutes. It an when he reached the Garden at ¥.11 o'clock and it was 10.11 before he could begin his speech. - Governor Wilson 'early rook occas ion to reply to the talk of his oppon- ents, that the prosperity of the coun- try oe] be affected by his electig. He point to the betting odds in Wall stiwet, acl largely in favor of democra- tic su This was what he called his "answer in a nutshell," showing, he declared, that there is not the slightest prospect of any check in the country's prosper ity. The only way the prosperity ot the couniry could be injured was by the deliberate efforts of Wall street, he said. "The gentlemen in Wall street don't bet five to one on their own destruc tion and they don't go to their busi- ness smiling and complacent when' they expect a deluge pext week," was his way of putting jt. : LCR, Extension. Halifax, Nov. l.--~Hon. Frank Coch- rane, at a luncheon in this city, delivered important address in which he outlined the proposed ex- tension of the Intercolomial railway. This is to be an extension of' the tracks, and a new Upion station here, with new immigrant sheds, ete., on the proposed new pier. The work is catimated to cost ,000,000, 'STEAMBARGE JUNEAU AND BARGE LOCK SANK During the Storm at Cobourg--Barge Crew Reached Shere After Terrible Experience. Port Hope, Nov. 1.--Late last night the steambarge Juneau, with the barge Lock in tow, from Point Anme, Belleville, to Toronto, loaded with stone, sprung aleak and had to cut adrift from the Lock, putting into Cobourg, where she sank at the pier, The barge, left 10 her own resources, ored, but during the fierce storm, broke away from her anchor- age, .sprunk alegk and sank near the Gull lighthouse. © The crew, consisting of nine men and one woman, took to a alter a. aniy ¥ ch ihn . cence on the rough This is the first known wreck of the late ne vigation season this year. Captain McGregor, of Deseronto, i the Lock, and Capt. McIntyre, Toron: to, the Juneau. teins White Slavers Dealt With, Quebec, Nov. 1.-- Beaulieu, one of the three Frenchmen arrested in conmection with the white slave traffic, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having been a fre- enter of disorderly houses, evi lence on the original charge, not be- | fig sufficient to convict. The other two, Brignoll and Bordier, will be sentenced for the same offence. The three prisoners will be deported to France in a few days. The police have failed to capture the chief of the band, a man named Petitjean. Will Not Put Up Man. Bracebridge, Nov. 1.--Muskoka lib- erals will not put up a candidate in $10,000 worth of ore has been tak from the surface of one of the veins exposed by the hydraulic washing operations on the Nipissing Hill. This | vein showed native silver in quantity, but was only one of the several veins that had been located since the Ni- pissing started their movel method ol prospecting. » Hallowe'en Events. . One of the jolliest of Hallowe'en parties was held at the Y.W.CA. building on Thursday evening, when the girls of the Fellowship club en- tertained about twenty-five young men of the Y.M.C.A, with C. N. Meserve, general secretary and his wife. A most enjoyable time was spent, and Hallowe'en refreshments served. ; ¥ The members of the intermediate together, in the lecture hall, ba Many of the girls and boys Seek Better Car Service. It was intimated at a meeting of the Board Works and Utilities Commit- n y afternoon that, with th | ; Isl the bye-election on Nov. 13th. The riding association executive on baba I of the party ge or such oh the "indecent haste" of the government in fising the date of the byelection so early. The liber. als declare three months would be required by their candidate to make a canvass of the riding. FUNERAL OF SHERMAN "FIXED FOR SATURDAY Salute OF Nifeteen Guns to Be Fire od From All United States Naval Stations. Utica, N.Y., Nov. l.--Arrangements for the funeral a of Vice-President Sherman practically are leted. The services will be held Satande af ternoon, at two o'clock, in the First Presbyterian church, and will be at tended by President Tait and members of his cabinet, senators and n- tatives, foffin diplomats nd ment . ; Rev. Louis H. Holden, Mr. Sher conduct © The Ottoman Empire is Near- : ing Its End. THE SULTAN'S FORGES MEET CRUSHING DEFEAT ON LAND AND SEA. English People Cheer the News of Turkish Defeats--Greek Flect Wins Naval Contest--Sultan to Appeal to the Great Powers. By Special Cable. on, Nov. l.~That Turkey has forever lost her grip on the wheel of Europe, and that she must fight in the near future for her very existence even in Asia, is the prevailing opinion here to-day, with fairly authentic des- patches to hand, telling of crushing defeat of the sultan's forces by land and sea. 'This is practically admit ted by the most a t supporters of the Ottoman 'wause, and there are many such in London, including finan- cial interests of considerable import- ance, Notwithstanding the fact that Bri tish diplomats were disposed to fave Turkey for diplomatic reasons im this latest embroglio, popular opinion ia with the Balkan states, and Balkan victories" are popular. Crowds of thousands of people blocked Flees street, in which are the big news paper offices, cheering bulletins ol Turkish defeat. The Greek fleet fought a naval bat. tle with Turkish vessels off the Turk- ish coast to-day and sank several of them. retreat or making a stubborn re e main Turkish army is either in sistance to-day within fifty miles ot Constantinople. People of the Turkish capital are terron stricken, fearing wholesale mas- sacre by their own (roops, when they ur in, retreating, disorganized aod yond comtrol. Jt js believed the sultan will appeal to the great pow- ers to-day. Powers are Meeting. Paris, France, Nov. 1.<=With the probability of the utter defeat of the Turke and a veign of terror in Con stantinople, diplomats of all nations are pulting a spurt on to-day to decide on something to be done immediately. All the powers of Fur- ope, big and little, except Dulgayia, were represemied at the conference, this morning, but Bulgaria's presence was the most desived of all. . British Fleet to Constantinople. London, Nov. 1.-The British Medi- terranean fleet has been ordered imme diately to Constantinople, where the landing of blue jackets 'and marines may be necessary to protect the lives and property of foreigners when the retreating Turkish soldiers return to the city. The Greek floet captured several Turkish islands last night and to-day, following their destruction of Turkish warships. ' Blow to German'System. Berlin, Nov. 1.--German officers are shocked by the terrible reverses to the Turkish srmy, which was re-organized and trained not long ago by German officers. Troops of Balkan states were trained largely by the Fremch systém. ---- DISTRICT DASHES. News Clipped Our Many Ex- changes. Mrs. Daniel Walker, Descronjto, has ssed her ecighty-eighth milestone. old lady is very poorly, her eye sight having nearly left her. The death of Mrs. Frederick W. Leal, Tweed, occurred on Wednesday last, at the age of thirty-four years. About Sighbeen months ago she contracted tuberculosis, Miss Edna White, Brockville, rap a needle of a séwing machine clean through her left thumb. It broke off and tok a physician half an hour to get it out. Mrs. James Sayers has disposed of ber farm property just west of Tweed, to A. Jones and Andrew Cranson, each taking a part, and she will re move to Belleville. Mrs. James Scott, formerly of Brockville, died, Sunday, in Winn} peg, aged seventy-two years. She jah Manhard, who lived in Leeds county. 4 : Death came with startling sudden ness to Mr. Winters, who had been } Falls. He was aged sev enty a. Mrs. AC bee, wile of a super- annuated Methodist minister, died at Albury on Sunday, Aged seventy. five years. Two brothers, John C. and Wililam P. Peck, of Albury, sur: vive. * THE GRIP OF TURKEY "ON EUROPE IS LOST was the daughter of the late Nehem- |' LAST EDITION. ---------- THE LATE DIXON M. TOWNLEY Passed Away in General Hospital on Friday Morning. The death ooourred in the general hospital on Fridey morning, at six o'clock, when Dixon M. Townley, 'cor: ner Earl and Victoria streets, to rest after an extended illness. It was only on Wednesday that he wad ~ taken to the hospital. Some weeks he was stricken down with a alight attack of pneumonia and recovered was taken down with embolism which caused his death, He was a box-mak- er by trade. In March, 1¥11, he ac: cepted a position as manager of the Kingston Box company, and when the British Whig Publishing company took over the business, he in the same position, but a few months ago he resigned td" go in partnership with H. Horne in the box manufacturing company known as Townley-Horne company. The deceased was horn in Sutton West, Unt., thirty-eight years ago, and for some time he lived in Toronto. He was an Anglican in, religion, and at- tended St. James' church. He leaves a wile and three children, two broth- ers and two sisters, W. B. Townley, of Vancouver, I). A. Townley, of Taigite Mrs. R, D. Fargo, Toronto, and Miss G., of Toronto. QUEEN'S. SOCCER TEAM Has the Intercollegiate Champion. ship in its Hands. Queen's soccer temp will meet Me. Gill in the championship game of the Intercollegiate soccer league at the lower campus on Saturday morning, So far this season Queen's have gone through without a defeat and if they win Saturday's game they will have the championship, As ° the league stands now they have two chances of winning as compared with Varsity and MeGill's one chance. Queen's will line up as follows : Fisher, goal; Duffett and McKenzie, backs; Ball, Coulter and MacDonald, halves; Bissonotte, Whitehead, Foster, McNab and Masters, forwards. City League Soccer. The teams of the Canadian * Looco- motive company and the R.C.H.A. wil} play in the city soocer league on the cricket field on Saturday afternoon. The following are the teams : C.L.C.~Goal, Cavey; backs, Other; halves, Anderson Batty, Morris; forw! : Woods, Kirkettle, Guys, « R.C.H.A.--Gosl, Capt. Constanti backs, Sergt. Hatte, Fidgney: halves, Corpl. Carey, § t. i son; forwards, Tv ferty, Norwood, Campbell. Funeral of Late €. I. Franklin. The funeral of the late Charles BD. Franklin, lrock street, occurred on Friday morning and was conducted by Rev. T. W. Neal, in Sydenham street Methodist church. I'he onsket was Ind. en with a great abundance of floral tributes as tLe-deceased was grestly esteemed by many in the city and among old friends in Pittsburg town. ship, where he was born and where he liveg for years. His son, James, of Winnipeg, reached the city last night to attend the funeral. The bearers were nephews of the deceased and the remains were interred at Ustaraqui cemetery. Ontario Railway Chairman. Toronto, Nov. 1.~H8ir James Whit: ney will give no i as to who will suceeed Ontario Chairman Leitch, » ship. It is xpeised raised from $6.» to 2 big man secured, possibly Lysch Staunton, of Hamilton, or T. G. Mere dith, of London. Syracuse Couple Wedded. A quiet wedding was solemnized at the parsonage of Sydenham street Methodist church on VHday morning, when the pastor, Rev. T. W. Neal uni- ted in marriage Caroline F. Blumers to Patrick J. Byrne, both of Syracuse, N.Y. 'I'he couple left on the Uspe boat to take up residence in Syracuse. Carnovsky Will Have a Sale Of fruit Saturday vight. See Satur day's Whig for prise v Edward Baker, son of F. G. Baker, Belleville, Gied in Ottawa: on Weds nesdsy. . bs