The Daily British Whig TEAR 7 7 9-0. 302 DOCUMENT OPPOSING BILINGUAL REGULATIONS Was Presented to the Ontario Government. CONTAINS REFERENCES TO ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL GORDON, OF QUE The Bi-Lingual School Petitioners Ask That the Old Regulation Hee garding the Study of the Two Languages be Muintained. Epecial to bs, 04 Whi Toronto. %1 7.~--There is reference to i Gordon Queen's University, in the seven- typewriten document thai aj Ottawa deputat'on to-day Sra) to Sr James Whitney, Dr. R. A Pyne, minieter of education others, strongly opposing the bi Ingual regulations. It asked that regulation, No. 1% be withdraw and that a regulation as to the study of the French language in the kng lish-French schools be maintained In one connection the statemont presented said: "If the Roman Catholic separ: e schools had a separafe organiza- ton of their own, it woud be in the best interest of education at large. A greater number cof youmg men and women would ent the career of teaching in the sy)uian schools, If proper p rov R were made for thelr promi to Ine spectorships in the separate s:hool districts. It seems only fair to the delegates that if it is deemed necessary to have supervising in- fpectors in the English-French schools, they should be chosen fro 1 among Noman Catholics qual'ied for the office, The game 1 ®yDHn would also ni itate in favor of #p- pointing Roman Catholic principals in the Roman Catho¥e¢ training schools." The document further says thac it must not be forgotten that (he French-Canadian of Ontario belongs a aively to the Romani 61 It would therefore | foliex that it hey are to have tran the prepardii-n of English ren¢h . teachers. they should be put under the a of and direction and care of Roman Catholics who, like Protestants, ded're to have ous ' training in the schools, Principal Gordon, head of Queen's Gnivetw'ty, recently made an eloquent sad forcible plea In support of this desire. UNEARTHED STRANGE BONES Near Edmonton, and Professors are Very Much Puzzled. Edmonton. Alta., Dec. 27.---Work- men digging a tunnel for a sewer, a half mile north of the Saskatche- wan river, which bisfcts the city of Edmonton, unearthed at a depth of 100 feet several bones of an ani- mal whieh professors at the Un'ver- sity of Alberta are unable to classi- fy. One of the pleces resembles the fermur of & bufialo, while others appear to belong to a larger antmal. J. 'W. Begg, chief engi- neer of the sewer construction de- partment, will invite scientists of Caaada and the United States to ve thelr opinions respecting the . The discovery proves that at one time the surface of the land "was at least 10v feet lower than al present. However, it. may be. experts say that the river changed its course centuries before the com- ing of fhe white man to tks coun- try. A -------- PITH OF THE NEWS. The Vexy Lategt Culled From Al Over the World. vernal wrecks have been caused by | Reerilic gale that is raging in ti nnel and sweeping vast upoh the coasts of France and real had the smallest list of arrests for drunkenness ever made for jetmas Eve and Christmas Day, obly s'xteen men being placed u ion in Athahasea gives oli oseph ¥ liberal, a majority of Ver Russell, conservative, for ial house, with two polis ecommendation of At. , the cabinet, It dl. a. shortly appoint o hear evidence in on buAsios to defeat 0 rg voted last Janu- Welland. for the rescue Henry ke, a trackman near Chicago, who was swallowed up in quicksand Tuesday of i erncon, has almost been Mine rescue men have and day ence Luke Christmas McBRIDE POR LONDON, British Columbia's Premier May Be- come Commissioner, BIR RICHARD McBRIDE Vancouver, B.C Dee 27.--A despatch from Victoria to the World gays there is a strong probabilty of Bir Richird McBride leaving the leadership t British Columbia government become Canadian high "in London in guccession to Lord Stratbcona. The despatch adds that Sir R'chard will bequeath whe mantle of leadership to Attorney-General Bowser of to commission ire DEAL GENTLY WITH Hi. Kindness May Lead Eefentric grant to Behave Himself, Vancouver, Dec William Blake wore, who made a special report the provincial government regarding his troubles of dealing with the Douk Jhobors of British Columbia, recom- mends that an ollicial of. theradminis- tration deal firmly but gently with the Doukhobors, showing them with pati ence the necessity of properly con ducting themselves, and put the pres sare re it belongs--on the leaders. He recommends that Russia teachers tmmi- "i to { already appeared in print, & ING STON, BRITISH PAPERS COMMENT On the Recent Warning of Woodrow Wilson. London, Dec. 27.--Commenting edi- toriglly on President-elect Wilson's recent warning to thope who might be tempted to start a panic following tartfi revision, the London Daily News says : "The danger which Mr. Wilson foresees is not a phantom, but the likelhood of the money trast taking this step depends upon two factors : the blow at its profits which the tariff reduction will deal and the vigor of the government. ~ "Trust magnates may conclude they do well to accept the reasonable pro- fits which even the drastic tariff re ductions would leave them and may also think that a determined. presi- dent backed a' determined people is too formidable an antagonist to pro- voke, In the last resort the power of the modern state is greater than any subject or combination of subjects. Whether American people have yet the clear vision and the strong deter mination necessary for controlling the magnates will be doubted and it is still to be proved. The president- elect has had all cualities necessary for leading so arducus an enterprise, and Mr. Wilson looks like being the best man America now has for the task." MAETERUINCK'S LATEST. Public Eagerly Awaits Book "on Death." Paris, Dee. 27.--Maurice Maeter- linck's new book, "On Death," an- nounced to appear in about ten days, is eagerly awaited here. Those provi leged to see the proofs declare it be among the most important and well-considered studies of the subject in existence, perhaps, the finest book that Maeterlinck has yet written. Although part of the volume has it contains a large quantity of entirely new mat ter dealing with the attitude of hum anity toward death in various coun- tries, and at different periods as well as its Ete on the great religions ol the world. Having worked and autumn at writer is now resting at \beilles at Nice, where he will stay for the remainder of the winter. Al ways proud of hisgphysique, he is tak. ing daily boxing lessons from a lead- ing professor in the art on the Ri- viera, and expresses delight in the rapid progress he is making. He also fills in his time with long walks on the seashore, accompanied by two favorite dogs, and with long suto- mobile excursions. UNSPEAKABLE TURK: FLYING BACK TO ASIA The New to during the summer Saint-Wandrille, the the \(illa Les be appointed in the Doukhobor see- Lions He also suggests that no more peo-| ple be admitted as immigrants except with a clear understanchug that . exeoptions of asy kind should be made in the matter of observance of dthe law. Ue thinks a Doukhobor agent should be appointed with autharity similar to that of other agents TOOTHACHE CAUSED DEATH. It Turned to Paeumonia and Then Erysipelas. Hamilton, Dee. 27. bert, & young man, is dead as a result of toothache, which developed into pneumonia and then erysipélas, The deceased was not troubled | with * his teeth up to a few days ago and - not paying: much attention to the #vhe, beeame suddenly ill as The doctors sav that had been ded to would have been living to-da ------------------ Three Children Ble in Fire. Ottawa, Dec. 27. -While Mr. and Mrs Andrew Carrant, of Edward's Station, Carleton county, in the stable getting ready to come to Ottawa for dinner, their house caught three children, who were I'he chil | Thomas Bam A result if his noe. tooth | he | i atten at were . lire anda their in bed, were burned to death dren were burned while the paresis stood 'logking on, unable to do any- thing to save them. STARVING CHINESE EAT THEIR CHILDREN A Million ad a a Half Suffer From Famine---100,000 Have Pekin, Dec. 257.--Thousands ol Chinese in the famine-stowken dis tricts of Central China, have turned cannibals, and fathers and mothecs are devouring their own. children in order to prolong their Hvea. . This condition of affakws is set forth in a report made to Pres den: Yuan Shi Kai by three comhissioners whom he personally deputed to visit Me starvat'on districts and invest! gate. He took this act'on bethusg of fear that the local officials were exaggerating in their reports, tha real conditions In order that tle. might have an opportunity to gr" from any relief fund that might be appropriated. The president will urge the 5 1 sembly to make appropriaty. Mm Ri oa . Civie ttee will be held to- result of the commiss ons = roport, but he will ask that aation:! agents be designated to distribute "tha funds. It is estimated that 190.02) fave perished from starvat'on and faa 1.500.000 are sulfering from fan'hd Wilson Goes to Virginda. © Princeton, Nol. ee. 27 President lson, stombanied by Mra Wilson. lei heey. At (Hundreds of Thousands Have Already Been Driven Clean Out of . Washington, Dec. 27.--Whatever the outcome of the Balkan war, it uas already resulted in driving hun- dreds of thousands of Turks cut of Europe and back into Asia. In a letter received to-day from W. W, Peet, president of a chapter of the Red Cross, thanking the American Red Cross Society for its recent contribution of $18,500, he says that already 100,000 Turks have fled from Europe across the Bus. phorus into As'a Minor. An equal number, he says, are now on their way, and will be settled in the same neighborhobd. Peet asked for further financial as- sistance. FOOD SHORTAGE CAUSED Head of Lesser Slave Lake High Temperature, Edmonton, Alta:, Dec. 27.-Unusual ly high temperature is the principal cause assigned for the shortage of pro- visions at Groward, a town of 1,000 population at the head of Lesser Slave lnke, 350 miles porth of Edmonton. George Harvey, wnanager for the Hud- son's Bay company in that district, reported og arriving here to-day, that there is no snow and the lake is not frozen, making freighting an impossi- ble task over the government trails. He says the people are living chiefly on game, which is abundant in the district. The stock of flour, bacon and other provisions, iaid in last winter, has become exhausted. There is no suffering. Freighters are in readiness in Edmonton, Edison and Athabasca to make trips to the north gountry a8 soon as there i ssow | to cover the roads SHOULDN'T HAVE hy KILLED CAT. Had No Right to Avenge Desth of Chickens. Montreal, Dee. 27. The tale. of the cut was heard hy His Honor Judge Papinpau in the cirouit court when Emile Dubois sued A. Daigneault for $59.89, the value of an Aagora cat killed by the defendant. | igneault said that the plaintifi's ent-had killed his chickens, but Jus- tice Papinesu told him that he ought not to have killed the cat, but sued for the price of the chickens, Drowned at Camden East. Camden East, Dec. 27.---A sad sequel to Christmas dinner occu - red hers on Chrstmas day whent John Galbraith. a lad of fourtean. was missed from the family = re and afterwards found dead in a well near his home. Ater dianer he went out fo do the chores and when he did not turn up for some time, a search was started for h'n} found floatng ia 8 well. The ice shout the well led to th> supposi- tion that Se had siipped and fallen fn wide drawing water. Wood-Milse, revolving alt . arrived. Womens, Se ONTA R10, Jturped to work After several hours, hls body was) FRIDAY, TURKS REFUSE COULD ADJUST TREATY IF BULGARIANS WOULD ACCEPT SALONIKIL Instead of the Northern City They Covet--Third Parties May Have a Chance Now to Reconcile the Remaining Differences, London, De ~The possession of the Turkish fortress of Adrianople which has been the principal bone of contention since the beginning of the war between Turkey and the Balkan till remains at this moment the real stumbling block jn the wav of the attainment of peace. Compensation for Bulgaria, however, in some other pari of European Turkey will probably in the end remove. even this difficulty and enable her to consent to the re tention by Turkey of the great fortress which the allied troops have heen um able to subdue Salonki has been suggested as a possible bait to induce the Bulgarians to abandon their claims the northern city, which the Turks refuse to yield Perhaps with some such ides in their minds the Turkish delegates have, it i= reported, included in the counter proposals they have offered the peace conference the stipulation that Saloniki shall remain in their hands, a line being drawn from that south. arn.nort through Serres and Adriano: ple to Midia The. maximum demands of the Balkan allies and the minimum offer of the Turks will thus he hefore the peace delegates when they assemble again in St. James Palace on Saturday, and a definite basis for bargaining will have been formulated If the Turks are successful taining Adrianople they will less consent to limit their demands ta a western boundary running from Adrianople southward along the rail- road: to Enos on the Aegean Sea, thus leaving the Dardanelles Straits in their bands Diplomatic creles here there "is certain to be a gradoal ap: prosimation of the extensive terms put forward by the Balkan allies and the Turks aml when that stage has once been reached third parties may have a chance to intervene in order to, reconcile the remaining differences between the adversaries. MET DEATH AT SMITH'S FALLS, 9= albies, s tow to in re doubt- consider Railway Employee Threw, Himsell in Front of Engine. Smith's Falls, Dee 27 Ford, twenty-five 'vears age, a C.P.R. employee, fatally injured at the C.P.R. station, this morning, when he either threw himself or ae cidentally fell in front, of a yard en- gine passing. He was pushed along by the locomotive some distance, and his body was terribly crushed was taken to hospital and died there theee hours later. Deceased waz one of the C.P.R. strikers, but had re It is said he had been very despondent since the strike was declared. He leaves a wife and two children George of was Brockvile Mayer. Gives Trent. Brockville, Dee. 7. --~Mavor © Ww 300 of Brockville's children of din dis- city hall. After the from a large tree, "kiddies." ner at the ner the mayer, tributed giits to the MORE USEFUL AT FIFTY THAN HE SAY Mettical Experts, Business Men and Artists Say That a Man at Fifty is No Older Than a Man of Forty. Berlin, Dec. 27.=""The Man of Fifty" i= the subject of a Christmas sym posium in the Tageblatt, and medical experts, business men gnd artists agree that a man of fifty is no older than a man of forty, and =m numer ous instances decided' y more useful. Prof. Kraus asserts it is absurd to describe a man of fifty as even grow- ing old. Only in skeptional cases due to special causes does he reveal de crensed elasticity. Prof. Kraus re commends sane sport as the best in surance against old age for a man of ity. Dr. Lappmann, another eminent spe- cialist, declares that a man of fifty is highly superior in intellectual worth, and on a of reliability, steadi- ness, experience and rational living, countless physical and mor- al advantages over a man. Prof. Arthur Kampf, Pricident of the Royal Academy, | claims that great artists in all times have done their best work between the ages of forty - an Zeitlin, f the secretary of t Berbin Retail Traders' Association, blames the i i . man . Sof i we DECEMBER 27, To Yield Up Possession of He | 1913, PLAY CENSOR REBUKED, -- Commercialism and Critics Geod Work Off Stage. London. Dec. 27. lsrael Zangwill has written a bitter foreword to second edition of his play, "The Next Religion," which was published this week by Heinemann. The Pduetion | of the peace under the regular coun ditions was forbidden by the cemsor, and when the play was given at the! special private performance, it was vigorously attacked by the crities. Mr. Zangwill savs in his foreword "A striking rebuke to the censor has heen administered by the parsons and ethival preachers who have made the play the subject of sermons or ad- dresses. The notion that the sus ceptibilities * of any particular sect have to be protected by the state is opposed to the comstitutional right of free speech, and seems to vest om the assumption that those Hkely to be offended" are driven into the thea tre, as the Jews in the Roman ghet- to are driven into church to "he shocked by sermons. There, on the contrary, the bar of silver keeps them ont. "The commercial management of our theatres, the frivolity of the pub- lie and the dearth of criticism are surely a sufficient safeguard against serous work upom our stage. There need by no outer line of defence in tthe shape of a censorship." w-------- Keep! "RIVAL TO "STEEL TRUST." $5,000,000 Plant to he Erected in| New South Wales. | Washington, Dec. 27.---A formidable | rival to the so-called "steel trust" to be created in New South Wales, where a steel-making plant is to be built at a cost of $5,000,000, The ! information is conveyed in a report! just received by this government from | American Consul-General John Bray, at Sydney, who says that 00) has already ben spent in pre liminary work. The mills will be erected near Newcastle, and they will | be extended as the needs of Australia grow "The amount of money to pended will be unlimited," Mr declares in his report, "'because company will be spending money the time." The Broken Hill Proprietary com- pany is said to be behind the pro- ject, which eventually is expected control absolutely the Australian mar- ket. MILITANTS' MAD PROJECT TO WRECK G.N.R. TRAIN Sume Signal Wires Were Found Tied Together With a | London, Dec. 27.--Following upon the fitherto comparatively harmless campaign against letter-boxes, fire | alarms and telephone wires, suffra- | gettes are apparently adopting a | new form of militancy, which if persisted in will seriously threaten the public safety. They have been interfering with signal wires on the Great Northern' railway. Wires were found tied to- gether with a rope. whereto was at- i tached a letter pleading for votes for women The discovery was made before damage was done } is 850, | ex Bray the all be | to i ! WHITNEY WAS BRUSQUE In Replying to the ILingual De- | putation. Toronto, Dec. 27.--~Premier Whitney ' to-day received the delegation repre senting the bi-lingual wolools of Maclean, yesterday na tendered | Opiario with his customary brusque the' poor a turkey. and plum pudding din- |, 00 orapdum setting forth the advan: |... oss, and after * hearing their long | | tages of bilingualism and the un fairness of the rules l8id down the education department, dismissed the deputation with this assuranée "We will take into careful eration all you have said In this world we have got to give and take Plain speaking 1s always best and we | have spoken plainly this morning The government wants to do what 1s right and will do so as far as understands the right I wish yom all | a Happy New Year." | Sir James said the people tario generally had no desire system of education along lines. He declared that some of j*tatements made were utterly A ,and showed exireme ignorance of the | subject under discyssion. At times | the premier got into warm argaments with members of the delegation and they departed with the idea that they would receive little satisfaction out] of the visit RUN OVER BY TRAIN. YW { consid: | of for rac in | } o- : A lad Was Fatally Injured at! Belleville. Belleville, Dec. 27.--A ind named William Palmater, of this city, was, this afternoon, the victim of an soci dent which will probably cost him his life. He attempted to board s mov- ing G.T.R. freight train when he was (thrown to the track, and some cars passed over him, severing both legs above the knees. The lad was taken to hospital. Honors for Canadians, Ottaws, Dec. 27.--It js expected in in some quarters that a number of prominent Canadians will figure in the New Year's honors, Premier Borden and Hon. J. D. Hazen It held that this would be the proper manzer for the British court to re coguice il stands a Jury good chance of being the | lent criminal lawy | government: {the marriage i should las well as to the | warrant | im, | posed Levening at the King Edward That | patronage upper | May be | : naught, knighted, {well-known |< | under io | i } | Ontario Bar Association Re- commends One. OUR DIVORCE LAWS INEFFICIENT, DECLARES E. F. B. JOHNSTON, KC. There Should be Frequemt Sittings, so That the Court Can be Avail able to the Poor as Well--D. M. Mcintyre, KC. to Speak at Han- ques. ARE {| Toronto, Dec. 27.--In a strong ad- | dress before the annual meeting of | the Ontario Bar associavon to-day, IE. F. B Johusione K.C.. a promin- , emphasized the dvorce fo! | nefliciencies bt the present [laws of Canada, and made the {lowing recommendations which will likely be submitted to the dom*nion A purely judicial tribunal far divorce cases, composed of at lepst three judges They should' be of the province in which the parties to reside, and ow any {legal question there should be the right of appeal to the supreme court of Canada Each pro- vince should be divided ito diss LAST EDITION, A DIVORCE TRIBUNAL IS NEEDED IN CANADA OTTAWA, Known Urquhart, "Three little Curran, we Ottawa.' Ths it brought great Victims by Rev. J. R Who is Herve. children of Andrew burned to death re OR m the sorrow on Whig to a bulla visit t w, tricts, and there should be fraquent sittings. In this way the courts, available to the laborer millionaire case where the husband guilty of offgnces, which an absolute decree against im- be In every ie found a punishment ought to be The 'grounds for divorce are choie] favored by the majority report the recent British commiss'on divorce. In the morning, the retiring presi- dent, W. C, Mikel, K.C., of Beile- ville, delivered his address. and James Bicknell, K.C., read a paper on the advisability of a bankruptcy law for Canada. The banguet will of on held thas hel. Justice be The speakers will include Riddell, Justic Hodgins, Hon Joseph A. Lawson, of Albany. chalr- man Donald McIntyre of the Ontario Railway board, and other guests. LANCASTER DECLARES Patronage of Constituency tongs to Him, De 27 meeting of the last might, | declared that his Be. ' In a rath conservative \ the Catharines, er warm association, MP. was caster, and no ciation s Speaking pohicy he said ed the bill Mr tempt an amend North American house ox of Premier Borden that if SOTA Le Borden would the abolish an te it act make bods THE SON OF CON NAL GH Created Duke Shortly hese Prince the of Kent Very 2 A Arthur Pruks be London, Eng to rumors here On will of Lg § sh created naught, of he 5 Johnst popular ir and Mr authores wily Robert so Canada Humphre rece on Fortes ma oveted. order of merit Curfew at Victoria, Victoria, B.A ing immediately blown here a as a sixteen years properly guardianed summer the whistle 'slo hen curfew be a 9 1 and to be indoor will blo al o'clock persor i age no x suv EMPIRE THE AIM OF THE AUSTRIAN HEIR Aa Abitioes Pan is Reported Under| Way by Archduke Franz Ferdinand According to the Vienna correspondent of The Jour nal, a friend of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is authority for the dis- closure of an ambitious plan whigh the Archduke has conceived and is now actively endeavoring to make effective. In a word, the Archduke aims at the creation of a vast Slav empire of the south under the crown of the Hapsburgs. The new confederation, according to the same authority, fs to includn the autonomous kingdoms of Hun gary, Bohemia and Poland, each its own personal ruler; Servia vith. frontiers extended by recent victories amd still further increased by the inclusion of Slavonia; Montes negro, enlarged by a part of I'l matin and part of Herzgovies, and ithe other Balkan states Poland is said to have been quick to grasp thé plan and has signific ungnimous adhesion. Bulgaria = favorably disposed, and active pour pariers are sow going ou between Emperor Ferdinand and Archduke Paris, Dec. 27. Frans Ferdinand. Servia, it is also in the city, on the person of Rev Cit vB Friday morning, in J. R. Urquhart, lew, near Ottawa, gradu of Queen's un'veraity "ie three children, who me terrible death at their homey at Edward's station. Carleton county were former members of the Sua day school under Mr. Urqubart's charge The news of the terrible fatality, came as a great shock ¥ him, and he called at the Whig office for the particulars Wih{le Mr. and Mrs. Curran in the stable, getting ready to Ottawa, for Christmas their house caught fire were burned to death. dren met thelr death, parents looked on, unable to render ald Their parents. with some of the neighbors. who quickly gathered at the seene, made several attempts to break through the flames, to carry the children out, but they were unable to do so, without ont dangering their own lives. The children were aged thirteen, nine and two years, Albert was the olde®™ Annie the second, and Ewa the youngest An older boy went to a neighbor's home the night pe- fore to have' his skates sharpened, and thus he escyped CANADA'S RECORD TRADE. me Billion 2, When will { of and a such iy weara to gO dinner, and the/ The chil while the Will Reach in Dollars Dee { sil ves establish he at anada trade Ven have prosperity ate that fominior 1 of ecord for the Sine the will bilthon ind de of the neighbarh I the b one loliar month In the t Slates predominate increas VArsus stondy. United mdons Un Yes en he trom trade with . ala gree over other beginnivg to realize the ad- - the scheme. Ww ROBERT a nED, The Leading Undertaker. 'Phone yt 280 Princeps Strood JAMES The Od Firm of Usderiakera, 304 and 256 PRINCESS STREST, 'Phone 147 for Ambulance. STOVES AND RANGES. The best lot we have swer bad; Dressers, Stands and A % ithe. Eassonsnie prices. At Turks. 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