5 vitish RRC me LAST EDITION. THE FINANCE MINISTER ENDEAVORS TO EXPLAIN: Wy the Duty on Cement Was Reduced. Daily DRESDAY, NOVEMBER Te r - 27, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WE 1912, PITH OF NEWS Despatches From Near Aad lista lcs, THE LATEST TIDINGS FEAR 79-NO. 277 £ Eithes. " Ban Francisco, Nov. 27.---Mrs 3 i Lyaia Berkley TSgue, judge of the county court of Eagle county, Cali fornia, is believed to be the first wo- man | i ow hs When Turkey Shows She mene | {3 NOL a& lawyur. Her husband had i been serving as county judge at Red R i Wi i P {Cliffe for a good many years when FIRST WOMAN JUDGE. HEAVY WOMAN BURIED. I-- Tague is Not Her Body Weighed 300 Pounds and Required Eight Pallbearers. London, Ont., Nov. 27.-The body of Mrs. Mary Elien Pike. who was reput- ed 'to be oie of the heaviest women in Middlesex county, was interres, ves. serday, at Delaward cemetery. = Mrs. Fike, although only five feet tall, weighed over 3060 pounds. She was fifty-five 'years of age, * and hed been in aoor health for the past two years, A special casked was required for her, and eight pali-bearers bore the coffin. A MINISTER FOR IRELAND. a Lawyer Toough she is highly educated, she 'sloners hesitated about appointing n this country to be appointed he died, and she applied for his un- TURKEY'S SHGGESTIONS to the bench of a county court finished term. The county commis BASIS OF AS AN ACCEPTABLE AGREEMENT The Allies Do Not Relish Risking Heavy Losses at Tchatalja, as the Turks Have Strengthened Their Position by Pick and Shovel. Londen, Nov. 27.~No change for the warse in the international politicsl situation brought about by the war in the Dalkans is visible, except in so far a8 the continued tension decreases the shility of diplomacy to resist a rap. ture. Great Britain, France and Germany ave ali giving counsels of moderation both aL Vienna and St. Petersburg. Yhete ia also reason to believe thas Great Britain has given Servia, as well as Russia snd France, to understand that she has bo interest in Servia's demand for a ri on the Adriatic Sea. She has also told them she has no intention of supporting Servia's claim by foree of arms, nor of siding any other power to do so. The fact that the Austro-Hungarian consul at Prisrend has arnved at Uskup, thus disposiag of the reports | of his murder, ought to be helpful, in the opmion of diplomats, in bringing about a general improvement of the situation. 'The progress of the negotiations be- tween the ates of Turkey and of the Balkan sllies at Tchatalja is still a sealed book. In diplomatic arcles { in London it is stated that Turkey has 1 presented the following as an accept able basis for an agreement: Ficet--No war indemnity. Second-- Lhe retention of Turkey of the territory bounded by the Maritza River, the lortress of Adcianople to be included. Third ~~ The mammtenance of the sovereignty of the Sultan of Turkey in Albatia. The Tunes correspondent at talja wends the following: a he Tusk Sav recently plied the pick show ith. such good wi that | nd more more convinced that except in the event of pressure trom other quarters the allies will not risk the losses which direct operations against the Tehatalja limes would en: tau "here are signa of the approach of winter, which will add yet another to the many with which the invader hos had to contend." May Not Agree. The Wouter Telegram company's cor- respondent at Constantinople in» inte despatch says: "Official circles are not very sanguine of the result of the meeting of the plempotentiar- ios. A high official last night expres sed the opinion that there was not more than & five per cent. chance of arriving at an agreement unless Bul: garia very materially modified her de mands, which was not very probable." The Post's Constantinople corres. 1 wayai~"A divergence of opin- has arisen between the ambassa- dors of the powers here regarding the Porte's demand tor the withdrawal of the marine detachments in Constanti- nople. The German and Austrian am bassadors share the Porte's opinion, while the others conmider the presence of the marines still necessary." The Daily News correspondent says the cholera is north from Counstantmople, and that the scour has entered Bulgaria: The cholera, t correspondent adds, 1s also raging at Advianople and"is spreading = among the Servians. The garrison at Adrian ople daily displays desperate gallant- ry. It has succeded several times in winning back lost ground( i Balgaria Lenient? Sofia, Nov, ¥7.-As soon as Turkey shows that she really wishes for pence Bulgaiia will, it is authoritatively de spare. as much as possible Turkish sus- ceptibifitios ¢ still further modern- ting her : . In addition to not insisting on' the TOO MANY WOMEN LIVE The Imperial Emigration Board is The excess of female over male adults Tehat [i 1011 was nenrly 'a million and a a r the question of forming such a boayd. The subject was under the considération of the Dominions Royal ered necessary for the British govern jesty's to Canada and the other parts of the twelve months period, : Oil on Tots Got in Exchange for contractor in Upper Alton, has struck oil upon six Jets in Lenox, Mo. which he traded a phonograph a year \ agg. Frederick Hines, of Alton, then own: or of the lots, appealed to Custine to taxes on the 'lots, which amounted to od that holdings. "|THE DEAD OBSTRUCT alt * MONTREAL S in "Montseat "obstruct bg DR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW, She has been elected president of the National American Woman Saf. frage Association. IN THE BRITISH us in Co-operation With the Dominions. London, Nov. 27.-Col. Yate, the House of Commons, in'cglling at- ention to the decision of the Cana- dian government to establish a wo- man's immigration branch in Eng land, asked if the colonial secretary, Mr. Harcourt, would consider the question of forming an Imperial Emi- gration Board with the overseas 're- presentative and go thoroughly into the question of women's emigration. alf Mr. Harcourt said he was not pre: od under 'present circumstances to mission. It had not been consid. ment to offer any special encourage ment to female emigration. Col. Yate inquired : "Will his ma- government take no steps whatever ?"' - : Lewis Hareourt--I don't think there js any necessity. Female emigration been - greater the last than at any previous dominions had BONANZA IN WASTE LAND. Phonograph, St. Louis, Nov. 27.--J. T. Custine, a find a purchaser who would take the "white elephant" off his bands. The contractor proffered his #25 talking machine and a number of records, which were joyfully accepted by Hines. Recently Custine paid his annual six cents. Then he received a letter asking for what he would sell them. Curious as to what anvone should want with the property, he went to Lenox to investigaw, and: there loarn- oil had been found upon his Canals For Manitoba. Portage In Prairie, Man, Nov, 3-- Hon. Hugh Armstrong, who has re turned from Ottawa, states thai Hon. Robert § has promised to have surveys and estimates made for the posed canal to connect Lakes Man- itoba and Winnipeg, and also the last- named lake with the Saskatchewan river, also for eanals to eonmect Lake Manitoha with Lake Winnipeg via the Watirhen river, Lake St. Martin, and the Dauphin river, with continuous navigation on these rivers. Nov. 31.<'That the the streets, | Mrs. Tague, fearing it would seem wy radical. Finally she was given the place. : Tue cases with which she deals chiefly are settlements of estates, di- vorces and the correction of juvenile delinquents. It wae only recently. that she had her firat jury trial. Be- ecanso the offense charged was a vio. lation of the local option law wo men were summoned for jury duty, At the first trial the jury disagreed. At the second, trial, with only men on the jury, the man was acquit. ted. Judge Tague is not sure that she wants the office for another term She says: "There are many disagree- able features, but there is a fair Hv- ing in it." The salary of a judge of the Eagle County court is about $1,200 a year. 5 WIPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE People Back to Land, Says Prol. Shortt. Montreal, Nov. 27.~Dr. Adam Shortt, speaking before the Montreal Canadian Club on the "Social and Economic Significance of the Move- ment from Country to City," held that transportation, which had made possible the city, held the key to closer union of city and country. Af ter quoting a long array of figures which showed the trend of population to he cityward, the speaker said that people could not be driven "back to the land." The best way to solve the question which the city of to-day pre sented was by spreading it out over a wider area, and giving to workman a plot of ground which he would till. In a larger semse the transportation facilities of the day could unite city and country, and help solve the question of the increasing cost of living. FOREIGNER AND FRANCHISE, Commissioner Starr Thinks Franchise Given Too Freely. Commissioner J. E. Starr, who ad dressed the Children's Aid Society in St. George's hall, on Tuesday night, made "an attack upon the looseness with 'which the franchise is allowed to foreigners whose votes in many places carry She polls. Men are allowed to vote, he said, who know nothing of our polities or our citizenship. He said that a movement was now on foot to have this matter remedied. A YOUNG BOY IS urea BY WOLVES Searchers Find Body in Tree and Note Telling of His Last Hours. Cintralia, Okla., Nov. 27.--~Search- ere who had been seeking Charles Johndon, a boy, for a week, found his body, yesterday, in the top branches of an oak tree near this city. He had taken refuge in the tree to escape wolves and starved to death or died from fright. A note found in his pocket told the story of his death. He wrote he had been out fishing in a nearby creek when the wolves swarmed out of the timber and made for him. He ran to the tree and climbed it, thinking the wolves would soon go: away. They kept their vigil at the foot of the tree constantly, however, until the terrot stricken boy lbst his nerve and dared not try to escape by running. SAW HAT ON STRANGER'S HEAD, Lady's Adventure Following Thanks. giving Trip to Toronto. Orillia, Noy. 27.~Coming from To- ronto on the evening of Thanksgiving day, a young lady of this town found the G.T.R. cars crowded and left her valise in the entrance aisle of the ear while she found a vacunt seat further on. When the car thinned out at Al landale and Barrie, she looked for her valise hut found it had disappeared. After a thorough search the railway authorities were notified, and later on the pelice, but no 'trace could be found of the missing grip. Amongst the articles in the stolen valise was a felt each {pean war over a strip PRESENTED IN THE DBRIEFESY * POSSIVLE FORM. The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the World From Tele graph Service and Newspaper Ex. changes. : The 7. & N. O, railway sent a check fur $519,000 to the provincial treasurer. Tae United Siates egg market ig cornered. There are 156,277,440 in cold storage. Toronto <¢ity council voted down the propcsal to submit the question of tex reform to the peuple. Col. D, MeLeod Vince of the New Brunswick public utilities comimis- sion died at Womlstock, N, B., aged sixty-four. For the beautification of the capi- tal by parks, driveways, ete, the federal government hes spent so far $1,210,833. William Walters, well known in Howick township, and for years ed- ftor of the Fordwich Record, died at Gorrie, aged forty-six. bt Canadian Northern railway ofticials conferred with ths board of direct: ors of the London & Port Stanley railway with a view to purchase or lease. Precise Designation: Mas Not Been Decided Oui London, Novs 27.-~Premier As quith stated in the House of Com- mons that after the home rule bill had passed there would be a minis tér who would answer for Ireland, but it was impossible to say just now what his precise de ignation would be. ' WAR CORRESPONDENT DEAD, Cholera Claims Its First European Victim. Cousiantinople, Nov. 27.--Dr. Bun- mueller, a German war correspond- ent and a foumer attache of the Ger- man foreign office, dled of cholera at San Stefano. He is the first cholera victim among the Europeans. Two other Gorman correspondents have been stricken. = THEFT OF $50,000 By Replacing Gold Bars With Bars of Lead, Longlon, Nov. 27.--It was given out to-day that during the transit of one million dollars in gold from London so Alexandria, Egypt, somebody skil- Joseph, G. Robin, chief witness for the state in the trial of formar City Chamberlain Charles H. Hyde, New York, has been insane for several; years. | The London press is almost unan'- | mous in denouncing the alarmist re ports foreshadowing a general Euro- of land for Servia on the Adriatic. At Hamilton, Bermuda, President- elect Wilson attended a dinner in his honor given by the Governor- General and Lady Bullock. Mrs. Wilson and tho Misses Wilson accom- panied the governor: William Shapjro, the famous driv- er of the grey car from which Her- man Rosenthal was murdered in New York, will have his chauffeur's license revoked after January 1st by order of the secretary of state. Beattie Nesbitt, of - the Farmets' Bank, will not be tried 'at FPotohto as sizes as expected, though there are five true bills against him. There are those who say that the charges will be dropped before the next criminal assizes. Governor Colquitt of Texas and members of his stall beaded what) probably was the biggest "turkey trot" of the year, when they led a procession of 18,000 turkeys through the streets of Cuerp, The birds will be slaughtered for Thanksgiving "hp the revised banking act will e in a ffovision under which the banks will be enabled to advance loans to farmers on the security of, their grain and cattle was the brief' announcement made in the commons Tuesday by Hon. W. T. White, min- ister of finance. United States vessels will have the privilege of taking on grain at Port Arthur and Fort William after the close of the insurance period and may winter at these ports and in spring | transfer the cargoes to Georgian Bay | ports, \hus relieving the elevators of five mallion bushels of grain for the winter, -- Daily ~-- | Christmas Hint A elifatros GIN 'For the New Baby - § : : fully extracted fifty thousand dollars and inserted lead bars in their stead, replacing the seals just as they were found. Cheerfully Consented. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27.--The Un- ited States government has cheerfully consented to permit Henry Thompson, of the Canadian Department of Ma- rine, to secure detailed plans of the latest power lifeboats in the life-sav- ing service, for use in the establish- ment of a chain of Canadian life-sav- ing stations along the great lakes. Indian to Be Released. London, Nov. 27.--Stephen Kyoish, convicted on™ one charge of murder, freed on another and awaiting retrial on the first, is to be released shortly on $500 bail. It ip the first such case in Canadian history. The young In dian owes his life to the efiorts of Rev. Walter Rigsby, who is mow go- ing to be his bondsman for the neces sary bail. ACTION OF AN OFFICER ELECTRIFIES EUROPE French Brigade-General Called Mis Men to Colors--Placed Under Arrest. Paris, Francs, Nov. T.~Btock markets at Berlin, Paris and London all, opened in violent flurry to-day, with much weakneas in national se- curities, all on account of the action last night. A French brigadiér-general, com- manding the reservists near the Ger- man Yrontier, summoning ali his five thousand men to report to the col ors immediately. This news spread like wildfire all over Europe, till it was finally announced by th: French government that this officer was either drank or crazy when he is sued these orders and that he had been placed under arrest. There was a lull in news from the Balkans this morning, but it is be lHeved .that peace negotiations be- tween Nazim Pasha and Savofl ar proceeding with hopeful prospects. URGE COMPLETION OF CANAL. Districts on Trent Route Anticipate Much Benefit. Peterboro'; Nov. 27--At a special meeting of the Board of Trade ar rangements were completed for the or ganization of a deputation to Ottawa from the districts on the route of the frent canal. The deputation will urge upon the government the placing un- der comtract of the remaining; prin 1 pletion of the canal will insure waler transportation for its raw material from the head of Lake Superior. Ei i 4 i i | ¥ § New York were sold i Be He i {iarmers still remained aug irom here | charge.' 4:1 litt HE BESENTS CHARGES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT BY THE LIBERALS. Mr. Gauthier of St. Yiyacinthe Tells How He Had Been Spied Upon by Roblin Hirelings--Debate Ends in Senate on Address {rom Throne. Ottawa, Nov. 27.--Whetaer, as Hon W: T. White maintained, the Borden government's sudden decision to tom- porarily reduce the duty upon cem- ent "just chanced to syuchromize with the elections in Saskatchewan" last summer, or whether, as Hon George P. Graham humowsusly suggested, the accent should be placed upon the syllable "sin," was the 'serious ques tion upon which the minister of fi- nance defended the goverament when the reply to the address was resum- ed in the commons yestenday after noon. The minister spoke for some hours in explanation of his position, and read many communications from western Boards of Trade and other bodies in an effort to repudiate what he termed "the reckless and uniound- ed charge" that political exigency in Saskatchewan bad been the main spring of his action. "I have some ideals," he confessed, procecding to demonstrate them by the intimation that he would vote against the Laur ior amendment condemning the © of forts made to térrorive and debauch the electors of Macdonald and Riche lieu under the direct aegis of a min: ister, of the arown, because the finance minister naively suggested, the. a mendment h heen submitted to "mask the defeat in Macdonald." Hon, Mr. White resenled the charge of the liberal leader that the wem- bers of the ministry had been ex- peniencing the squalls of currents and crossourrents in the. considera- tion of their naval policy "What shout Sir George Ross and the re ceni. election in the senate * he ask. od, while the conservatives pounded their desks and cheereil for several minutes. "I there was friction in the government, what about the Rt Fits. gentleman's own political fam- ilg ?* Where did. they stand on rec procity ?" ; Mr. White read the declaration of Sir George Noss in a speech to the Ustedian Club against reciprocity, an extract from a recent speech by Sir wilirid Laurier stating that the prob- fem of larger markets for Canadian must be solved, and an editorial from the Globe, under the caption, "Free Trade in Farm Products," which he declared to be "an out-and-out declaration in favor of reciprocity." "Isn't that a kettle of political fish?" commented the finance mms ter amid renewed conseryative plaud- its. "What a scene a caucus of those elements would produce! It would be a political Feast of Pentecost, all speaking difierent Mr. Gauthier, liberal member for St. Hyacinihe, after briefly referring to 'the resignation of Hon. Mr. Monk the cabinet, and noting the anomalous position in which Hon Messrs. Pelletier . and Mantel found themselves, deprecated the flag-waving propensities of the Conservative partly and their wmuch-vaunied loyalty Then turning to the Mocdonald and Richelieu bye-elections, he gave the house some of his personal experis ence of the methods eriployed on be half of the governfment. Although a member of the House of Commons, and presumably a free man in a free coun try, and merely discussing public issues betore the electors mn a far wa) he had been shadowed by hirelings of the Roblin. government for eleven days "I have had," he said, "the key tak- en from my room, my grip searched, my papers and personal belongings ran- sacked. A salaried detective in the om ploy of the provincial governmint was given money and liquor to induce him to sign a declaration that I had tried to bribe him, but he did not have the' courage to make the formal two ' tongues." In Richelieu, Mr. Gauthior said, eight days after the election eighty-three workmen who were supposed to have cast their votes agniast the govern ment candidate were summarily : dis i . Apparently one must be =» tory in this country or clase he liable to sent to jail or dismissed from the government service. When ali the details of both elections were known all honest men in the country would be shocked. The Peobie were patwal because they were strong, but in the end would crush those who think they are their masters, but who had been elected to be their servants. The debate on the reas in reply to the the threne was Eg Th ar ing made. fret was by Senator Daniel, of Se. John, who a od the address; the woond by Sepator . gue. whe third by Nir 28 a to fall in Hoe the gov: on the matter of the navy; I | anoGue, asking Fronienacs fo - LLOYD BRYCE States minister Hague The United ta The +" amendment 10 the government naval proposal is now in course of prepa- ration, and unless the French mem. bers of the cabinet can head it off, Jt will be moved and voted for by all the members of the group. The amendment, while not deny- ing Canadian obligation towards the defence of the empire, declares that nothing should be done until Can- ada's representatives . in imperial councils is assured The group which will vote for it is said to be a small ong com- prising not more than six or seven members. There ia hope, however, that certain liberal members from Quebec will follow their lead, and 80 a vote, which will be respectably large, would be secured. Every ef fort !s being made to prevent any such amendment being made bafore the house. An invitation has been issued to the nationalist group in question to meet in the room of one of the French-Canadian ministers when an effort will bd made to dis- suade them 'from proposing the amendment : . « Met Death in View of Fundreds on William. Fort Willlam, Nov, ~~ Mounting on a radiaicr to change a tungsten electric light bulb, before first turn. ing off the current, David Johnston, aged twenty-three, a clerk in a store here, was instantly electrocuted last night The tragegy occurred in the store window in sight of hundreds going home from work, wn "r Employee Broke Leg. Henry Covle, an employee of James Swift & Co., sullered a fracture of the right leg, below the knee, while putting*eosl into the cellar of J. 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