» Che Daily British Whig YEAR 80-NO. 219 EARL GREY OPPOSES KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER a LAAs THE HOME RULE BIL He Wil Suport Uister in Any Action. ~ AS THAT SUGGESTED BY LORD LOREBURN He States That the Endeavor Force the Present Bill On Statute Books sisted. . London, Sept. 15.--Earl Grey writes supporting Lopd o Loreburn's proposal for a conteninin the Home Rule question, He declares that the ex- ford chancellor's statements appear in- | he the The case is one, of controvertible, believes, for the application, federal principle in the United King- dom, and offers of alternative plans can safely be accepted by ull parties, He states that an endeavor to force ithe present bill on the statue hooks should be resisted, as the bill fla grantl violates the main essentiali- ties oa federal solution. "I feel so strongly," says Lord Grey "with regard to the iniquitous at- tempt to dragoon Ulstermen into dis. honorable political servility that 1 am prepared to take my stand with them in any action deemed necessary," Lord Grey concludes that the best permanent interests of the British Isles and the empire call for joint ef- fort to secure a reconsideration of the ill-conceived measure. The labor paper, the Citizen says, that the Duke of Connaught is still in Ireland, and repeats that significant precautions have been taken against the visit becoming publicly known, but there is no doubt that events are moving fast. The Loreburn letter is connected with the movement which points to influence behind the scenes. ' NEGROES FOR R. & O. They Will Likely Be Placel On All Boats. The R. & O. Nav. Co., will in all probability make a further change in regard to the employmert of colored help on the steamers by placing colored stewards on the large Dpassengor steamers of the ' western division. This spring the company intro- duced the negroes in the steward's department as. cooks, waiters and bell boys, etc, on the larger boats of this division and the result has been so satiffactory that next sca son it is expected that the officials will go even further and replace the white stewards with negroes. Off To Japan's Mission Field. Toronto, Sept. 15.--ReveV. C Spencer, curate of St. George's church, for the past year, leaves at the end of the month for the missionary field in Japan. He sails from Vancouver October Sth. A sister of Mr. Spencer waa four years a missionary in Japan, and it is expeciod that Miss Florence Spencer, another sister, at present ab home in Hamilton, will accompany him to the far east. Grace Adams, of london, Ont, was found wandering about Toronto streets and claims she was drug- ged by a man and weman. Sir Edward Carson says ther: will be no concessions in Ulster's ptand. The King has taken a hand in the trouble. Cornelius Vanderbilt, J. P. Morgan and Frederick (i. Bourne have formed a syndicate to build the America's cup defender. DAILY MEMORANDA. See top of Page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. Division Court, § May Robson at Grand, 8.16 "Mrs. Mat Plummer." The Show Win- dows of The -------- Town -- 'Want to have a peep at the new things. Run your eye over the advertising in to-day"s Whig. Lots to see--lots of things mighty interesting to you. The advertising columns'in the dally newspapers are the merchants' 2nd manufacturers' show windows. They are planned, prepared and decorated for your eye. They are most attractive-- especially at this season of the year when the new goods are coming in. Q A few minutes reading of the advertising will give you a very useful fund of information. ~~ There'is no more helpful fea- a.m. Tuesday. pm. 'n 1 pla To the Should He Re- ROYAL MEEKER Member new federal be 1 on ane 8 also of mediz t conciliati ti shin He commissioner of labor sta ties 4 PLUNGER WATERMAN DEAD, Dealer, Who Cleared £700,000 1909 Corner Albany, N.Y., Sept. 15.--Theodore H. Waterman, the Albany grain deal- er who cleared up $700,000 in a single day in 1909 in the Chicago pit, died of dropsy at the Albany hospital. He is credited with having cornered the grain market in 1909 against James Patten and Armour & Co., his com- petitors. 'Three years ago Mr. Water- man's wealth was estimated at sever- al millions of dollars. To-day his friends say this fortune has diminished to about #300000. "BIG TIM" SULLIVAN FOUND IN MORGUE He Had Been Killed by a Train --Eluded Nurses at the Sanitarium. New York, Sept. 15.--"Blig Tim" Sullivan, the New York politician, who rose from mewsboy to 'state senator and congressman, is dead. His mangled body was identified Saturday by his stepbrother, Larry Mulligan, after it had lain for thir teen days in a local morgue. Sulli- van, whp was ill, eluded his nurses in the arly morning of August 31sk,, and a few hours afterwards was 8tfick and kiiled by a train at Pelham parkway. With no identifying marks on the clothing or articles in the pockets, the body lay in Fordham morgue for thirteen days awaiting identifi cation. For many months "Big Tim's" mind had been under a cloud. Elected to congress last fall, he had never taken his seat because of this trouble, A commission was appointed to administer the affairs of his larze estate and to watch over his person, In THE WORLD'S \EWS, The Very Latest Culled From All Over the World, At Berlin, a child, without brain, lived for four years President Poincaire has made a remarkable automobile trip through France. : May Love, Winnipeg, down by a Toronto and robbed. James Gaynor, Torento, dropped dead at his home and his son was arrested, pending an investigation. The two men killed by a landslide while on survey work along the Ales ka boundary are E. R. Roberts and H. Bode. . At Millen, Ga., Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee was found guilty of the murdes of Mrs. Florence Godbes, wife of her divorced husband, "She goes to prison for life. Felix Diaz, backed by his uncle, Por- firio Diaz, deposed by Madero, will lead a new revolt against the Huerta government within the 'next few months, according to Carlos Villareal, former attorney- al of Mexico. Japan's dema presented to China ten days ago in connection with the killing of Japanese subjects and the trampling of the Japanese flag by Chinese, were ted in their entire ty, on Saturday, by the Pekin gov- ernment. The steamer Whakatane, bound from New Zealand ports to Montreal, ran ashore, Saturday morning, at Indiana Cove, a few wi east of Quebec. A bush 'fire was raging on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, and ths smoke from it covered the river like a fog. was struck highwayman ture in this newspaper than its In response fo an urgent demand from the state department the U, S. ! congress passed a joint resolution mak- ing an ey appropriation of $100,000 to used for the relief of destitute Americans in Mexico and fo- ther States. : Died From Injurjes. Melville | Pp, crushed at loco- orks, died, transportation 'to the Unites | REMANDED FOR A WEEK | H. Denais, « Toronto Man, plains Possession of Key. Ottawa, Sept. 15.--Four of the five prisoners who were arrested in Mont real, on a charge of murder in connee- tion with the mysterious death of Abe Rubenstein, here, on August 28th, were arraigned in police court, Satur day, and, without being asked to plead, were remanded until next Sat- urday. Detectives cant store R. Fx- found a key of the va- where Rubenstein's body was found, in possession of R. H. Dennis, of Toronto. He is an em- ployee of a former tenant of the place and claims that when they gave up the store he Yetained the key by mis take. BY MORGUE GHOSTS Former Keeper Haunted After Dis- missal; Ends Life. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 15.--Driven insane by the constant appearance in his vision of the spectral faces of the dead, among whose bodies he had worked for thirty years, Frederick Weidner, known as "Fritz of the Morgue," ended his life in his home. His body was sent to the morgue, where the greater part of his life in this country had been passed. Since "Fritz" lost. his position a year ago he had been a changed man, LOREBURN'S APPEAL FAILURE IN IRELAND Will Not Listen to Suggestions While the Home Rule Bill Exists. London, Sept. 15.--Belfast and Dub- lin despatches indicate that Lord Lore burn's appeal has been a complete failure in Ireland, Irish unionists sim- ply will not listen to the suggestion either of a compromise or conference so long as the present bill is in the field, while the nationalists regard the appeal as an attempt to deprive them of the results of the bargain they made between their party and the gov- erument by which the latter has been kept in office. They regard the proposed conference ns absolutely useless unless the union isl party accepts the principle of an Irish parliament at Dublin. Liberal journals which welcome the suggestion, however, say that the ac ceptance of the principle of home rule must be an essential preliminary to the opening of any negotiations likely to prove iryitiul, CRAZED LONGEST APPENDIX FOUND Surgeons Remove It From Body of Massachusetts Youth, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 15.--An ap- pendix ten inches long, believed by surgeons to be the longest ever remov- ed from a human body, was taken irom Paul Hatch, nineteen vears old, of Newton Centre, Mass., at the Gar retson hospital. The appendix was three times the length of the ordinary organ, sf : Red McIntosh Apples Scarce. Morrisburg, Sept. 15.--A cireum- stance illustrating the scarcity of Mc Intosh Red apples this year is the pur- chase by the government of an orchard bere at the rate of £10 per barrel. The apples will be packed .in boxes and sent to England for exhibition in the immigration office there, The product of a few other orchards in the country will be sold to Mant real dealers. WOULD PRING THE KING INTO IRISH QUESTION Lord Aberdeen Denies That He - Has Resigned His Post in Ireland. London, Sept. 15. William O'Brien, Irish nationalist member of parliament for Cork city, sug- gests that King George participate! in the scheme of Earl Loreburn, ex- lord high charcellor, who recently appealed to the great political par- ties to confer with a view to reach ing a settlement of the Irish ques tion by cousent, on the ground that the present home rule bill could not provide a permanent solution. "Neither the liberal, the unionist, nor the Redmonite party can or will refuse to join in the confer- ence if invited by the king," is Mr. O'Brien's comment on the wide- | spread opposition to the proposal. The Earl of Aberdeen. whose resignation as lord lieutenant of Ireland was sent as an unconfirmed rumor to the Daily Qitizen by the Dublin correspondent, replied to a telegraphic inquiry that the rumor of his resignation was unfounded. Wrecked His Toes. Marshall Mofiatt, Flower Station, went out, last week, with a gun.. It was not a case of didn't know it was loaded; for he did know. But in some way the trigger was pulled and the pro- jectiles hit Moffatt on the foot. They took off the second toe of the left foot and injured the big toe and the third one; also tearing the sole off the boot. Resigns His Position. Brantiord, Sept. 15.--C. H. Emer- son, the loeal industrial commissioner, tendered "his resignation to the in- dustrial board. While no reason for his action was made public, it is un- derstood that he has another position in view. The resignation will proba- hly not go into effect till October 15th. . ity Flour," man aetured dee Tl uli BO 3 | s i Wi J4Lity, which made #n PITH OF NEWS Despatches From Near And Distant Places. tng THE LATEST TIDINGS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the World From Tele- graph Service and Newspaper Ex. changes. Canadian Manufacturers' Association convention' will open in Halifax pn Tuesday. Sir Rodolphe Forget is to be ban- queted at St. Anne de Beaupre, Que., on September 20th. A vote under the Scott act for abolition of the liquor traffic in Sault Ste. Marie is probable There were 1,675 rural mail routes in operation in Canada on September Ist, serving nearly 70,000 boxes. Rey. Dr. Duval, Winnipeg, was stricken with heart failure in his pul- pit. He is a prominent Presbyterian. Lord Loreburn's appeal for a home rule conference is engaging the serious attention oi the leaders of both sides. Rev. Joseph Smith Colling, the well- known Toronto Methodist minister, who died August 12th, left an estate of nearly $60,000, At Edmonton, Alta., five persons were seriously injured when a G.T.R. freight train crashed into an electric street car. I'wo men lost their lives and one was seriously injured by the falling of a scaffold on the new cathedral at Chicoutimi, Que. The rapid growth of the Jewish community of Ottawa has made it necessary to have an additional synagogue put up. Will, Thorne, well-known labor member of parliament, sailed for Montreal to attend the Trade Un'on congress of Canada. Cooper, Mich., a small lumber town, was completely destroyed. by fire, started from a spark from a passing freight train, it is believed. Cheese sales : Listowel, 13}e.; Corn- wall, 13jc.; Victoriaville, Que., 13c; Napanee, 13ic.; Picton, 13 7-16c. to 134e.; Ottawa, l38c.; Iroquois, 13fec. The Hamilton centennial committee has a deliciy of about $10,000, and the Apiopfiation of $15,000," will have to pay off the debt John A. Donovan and W. A. Mc Carthy, Belleville, were awarded the contract jor a new swing bridge over the Rideau Canal to cost $10,350. Appeal court, Montreal, adjourned Thaw case. until Thursday,. to give parties ordered to produce Thaw a chance to explain why they had not done so. The negotiations were proceeding with the Chinese government for the employment of German military wasiructors as wae reported" yes- terday in despatches from Pekin. The contracts for the construction of the government's share of Tb ronto's new harbor works, totalling $5.670,000, has been awarded to the Canadian Stewart Co." of Mon- treal, : "Jim" Larkin, Dublin labor leader, out on bail awaiting trial for sedit- tous speeches, in an address at a labor meeting at Manchester, said the race to which he beloaged had never been beaten, STARVATION IS FACED . wu By, Those In the Slums of Dublin, Ireland. London. Sept. 15.--T¢ is feared in Dublin that by the end of the week the septre of starvation will be a grim reality in the foul slums of the city where life ig at best a hand-to- mouth struggle, owing to the trans port workers' strike. As yet there is no sign of weakening. ' Baseball Record. National league--Sunday; Chicago 7; New York, 0. Philadelphia, 7; Cincin- nati, 6. St. Louis, 7; Brooklyn, 6. Saturday--New York, 4-0; - Pittsburg, 2-8. Cincinnati, 5-0; Boston, 4-1. Phil- adelphia, 2; St. Louis, 0. Chicago, 4; Brooklyn, 0. American league--Saturday! Chicago, 6; Washington, 4. Boston, 3; St. Louis 2. Cleveland, 3; Philadelphia, 1. New York, 4; Detroit, 3. International league--Sunday: Tor- onto, 8-4 Buffalo, 2-4. Providence, 12- 4; Baltimore, 3-1. Jersey City 2; New- ark, 0. | F101 ISLANDS o &f [on TONGO FALCON HOPE ISX Sieve © Kaara T0 NDWICH 5A ISLANDS, FRIENDLY ~ 1555 ISLANDS 15, 1v138. SHOT THREE DEAD Husband Killed Wife's Parents and Brother. ! Memphis, Tenn.," Sept. 15. --Charged with shooting up a whole family, the police were, to-day, looking for Kd- ward Baxter, aged thirty-five, tele phone lineman. It alleged that early to-day he went to the home of his father-in-law and shot dead his wife's father, mother and sisteen-year- old brother. Baxter's wife was the only one to escape- It is declared he then reloaded the revolver and walk- ed leisurely away. FUNERAL OF is SULLIVAN At One Time King of New York's East Side. New York, Sept. 15.--Nearly twenty thousand people, some in broadcloth but the majority in rags, lined the pavements of the Bowery, to-day, as the funeral car bearing the body of Timothy D. Sullivan, one time king of the east side, was slowly driven to old St. Patrick's cathedral. Twenty legislators were detailed by Speaker Champ Clark as a guard of honor, and behind them marched the mourn- ing eastsiders. The casket was cov- ered with four thousand roses and chrysanthemums. EXPLOSION WRECKED HOUSE Killing Four and Injuring Six-- Families Buried In Ruins. Cobourg, Germany, Sept. 15.--When a tenement collapsed, owing to a gas explosion, four were killed and six in- jured. Six families were buried in the ruins, and the death list may be large. The house was lifted bodily by the explosion. SITUATION IN LISBON IS QUITE DESPERATE There is a Very Dangerous Feel- ing Against the Present Adminstration. Lisbon, Sept. 15.--A desperate situ- ation is arising here and thousands of persons are fleeing from the country with the government powerless to stop them. Hundreds of minor government officials have not been paid for sev- eral weeks, causing a dangerous feel ing against the administration. News papers believe the restoration of the monarchy would be a failure, and that a new monarch would certainly he as sassinated by the people. WEDDED IN ST. MARY'S The McQuade-Roach Nuptials Monday Morning, A preety wedding took place Mon- day morning in St. Mary's Cathedral, when Mary Kilen (Dolly), eldest daugh ter of Mrs. I. Roach, was united in marriage to Francis E. McQuade; Tor- onto, by Rev. Father A. J. Manley, (rector). Prof. Paul Denys presided at the organ. The bride wore a smart travelling suit of navy blue and pur- ple velour hat. She was attended by her sister, Katie, who also wore navy blue, with alice blue hat. W. J. Roach brother of the bride, supported the room. After the wedding a reception was held at the home of the bride's mother. The happy couple left at noon for a trip to New York state, On «| fterwards they will take up residence in Toronto. The wedding presents were numerous and costly. | LONG SERVICE MEDALS Have Been Awarded To Four Regiment Men. Bandsmen J. MeGall, C. Atwood, T. M. Connor and Pte. I. Carr of the 14th regiment have been award- ed the co'onial auxiliary forces long service medal, according to general orders. The rifle association Yn connection with the fifth field battery of King- ston has been disbanded. The period of tenure of the ap pointment of Major W. St. P. Hughes, 14th regiment, as brigade major is further extended to Sept. | 1st, 1914, The appointment of George Francklyn as a lieutenant in C.P.A.8.C., has been gazetted. Major W. Farrell, of the 46th regiment, which trains at Barrie field, has been awarded the colonial auxilfary forces' officers' decoration. 14th Fy the Was Rendered Unconscious, Ross McCoy, who resides at Hales' cottage on King street west, fell from {an automobile on King street on Sat- {urday, and had to be removed to the | hospital. He fell on his head, and iwas knocked unconscious. SANERANCISCO TO CENTRAL AMERICR ia SOUTH PACIFIC | A PRIEST 10M The Hudson River Mystery is Cleared. KILLED YOUNG WOMAN BECAUSE HE LOVED MUCH, HE SAID HER SO The Priest Tried To Cut His Throat When Arrested--He Was Traced By a Pillow Siip of Unusual De- sign, New York, Sept. 15 early yisterday of Rev. Hans Schmidt, assistant rector of Joseph's Ro man Catholic church, charged with the murder of Aun Aumuller, a domestic, the mystery surrounding the ei | With the arrest St twelve days ago, oi parts of 'the dis membered body of a girl in the Hud- son river was solved Schmidt, according to the police re ports of his arrest, has confessed, and at the time of his arrest attempted wo commit suicide by cutting his throat | with a safety razor blade. "I killed her because 1 loved her so much," Schmidt is alleged to have told his captors, but the police be lieve that it was fear of exposure that impelled him io take the life of the woman. Her condition had become noticeable. He had married her through a ceremony of his own per forming without witnesses. According to the police and the dis trict-attorney's office, Schmidt's con fession was full and absolute. In it he is quoted as saying that he killog his companion with a butcher's knife and cut up the body with a knife and a saw. The deed was committed, the police say, while the woman slept, shortly after midnight on September 2nd, in an apartment at No. 68 Brad hurst avenue, where the priest had placed her five days before When her heart had ceased heating, according to the alleged confession, Schmidt carried the body from the | bod to" the bathroom, and, placing it in the tub, began immediately the task of cutting it up. Dropped Bundles Into River... | Five bundles, wrapped in bed clothes and pupers, were made. Five times |? Schmidt left the apartment house with | ob a bundle to cross the Hudson river to! the Jersey shore. Five times he leaned over the stern of the ferryboat io mid- stream and gently gave the river his burden. Theri he seturned his church. Stains still discolored when detectives = searched the Brad- hurst avenue apartment vesterday Schmidt told the police he had taken the mattress on which she lay, when dealt the death blow, under cover of |¢ darkness, to a vacant lot nearby and burned it. The police found in the apartment, among other things, a marriage license issued in New York last February and hearing the names of the priest and the murdéred woman. This license had been, used. According to Schmidt's confession he went through a mar riage ceremony with the girl. In this ceremony Schmidt was both pried and bridegroom; thers were no witnesses. g A gayly colored pillow of usual pat- © tern led to Schmidt's apprehension. i This pillow, stained with Blood and soiled with the filth of the river, was A ' Ww t te Pp te 1c st to the bathtub I « © The detectives traced the pillow to the manufacturer; the manufacturer traced it to the dealer; the dealer traced to Schmidt. And the police tracing ar- both of them hours before they v rested him, CONFESS | Wife bi the OQ tarnish the honor of the state." Northern wil] be consecrated bishhop TH Bucknell's News Depot F Gibson's Drug Store McAuley"s Book Store wrapped around vortion of the torsag Si "APF ay a ¥ | MeGalVe Cigar Store .,.. | MeGall's Cigar Store it | MeLeod's Grocery Medley's Drug Store, 200 University Ave, . | Paul's Clgar Store 30) rl ow all about Schmidt and the girl, knew all abo Prouse's Drug Store .... LAST EDITION. URDERING GIRL COMONSTON. Wash, ' ' MRE. ALBERT 8 BURLESON postmaster general of the United States, DIRECT TAX FOR DEBT PAYMENTS cting Governor Glynn Tells Legis- lators No Delay is Allowable. Albany, N.Y, Sept. 15. Acting Goy. lynn has made a personal appeal to ich member of the legislature to at- tend next Wednesday evining's session, hen it is planned to pass a bill au horizing the levying of a direct tax » raise funds with which to meet the ayment of interest and contributions » the state's sinking funds, I'he governor points out that failure >» pass this legislation would mean : : Ta "deplorable situation," he says, wuld be avoided, Gov, Sulzer vetoed a direct tax mea- ire, Another skyseraper for Toronto, ud this time it is the Canadian railway The building he the gite of the present ffices at the corner of Toronto and on King strets. Mgr. Michael JJ. O'Brien, of Mgr D.D., will Peterboro n September 24th, by Stagni, the papal delegate EDAILY BRITISH WHIG 8 ON SALE AT THE FOLLOW- ING CITY STORES 5 King * larke, J. W, & Co. 353 Princess ollege Book Store 160 Princess oulter's' Grocery 909 Princess ulien's Grocery, Cor, Princess & Alfred rontemnc Iotel Ontario St. Market Square 03 Princess 854 King St. . 88 Princess . B1 Union St. W, $12 Princess allesu's Grocery 208 Montreal ASKS EXTRADITION OF HARRY K. THAW The Lunatic to Be Produced in] the United States District Court. Concord, N.H., Sept. 15 ---New York state made its official request for the extradition of Harry Ken-} dall Thaw by filing papers at Gov- ernor Felker's office to-day. Colebrook, N.H., Bept. 15.--The arrival here to-day was expected of United States Marshal E. H. Nute, bringing an instruction to the sheriff that Thaw must be produced on a writ of hab=as corpus before Judge Aldrich in the United. States district court at Littleton to-mor- row. This puts the lunatic under the protection of Uncle Sam and guarantees his safety in face of kid- napping rumors. Thaw himself ex pressed gladness for the protection. To Fight For Thaw, Concord, N.H., Sept. 15.--Judge Edgar Aldrich of the United States distriet conrt jesued a writ of habeas corpus to the attorneys for Harry K. Thaw. The writ is re turnable at Middleton, N.H., Sept £6th. It is said that it will insure Thaw a long stay in this state. "ls sued with the writ was an injunc- tion against the kidnapping of Thaw by either the New York state "attorneys or Thaw's supporters At Calumet, Mich, state troopers with drawn sabres, rode down cop per strikers.: Many persons, 2 soodly portion of them women, w~ere knocked down and trampled 0 E unon hv the horses and several were 1 "Phone 577. Dressers, Stands and Beds hs. REDON Sunday Wm. Gibson, a 10th, 1813, ne, 243 Vic. RRIED On Monday Sept A Hanley, laughter an, this ie, Aus MA ite Den) Br 2 Otto Chedik, Prag ~In St. Mary's ea- wi Sept. 156th, 1913, by the I. Hanley ( (Dolly) Ie McQuade, To -ROACHE ROBERT J. 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