- -- -- HOW 6. I. HAM DIED x ------ FORMER NAPANEE RESIDENT DROWNED UNDER AN AUTO Which Plunged Over Embankment Into Creek--Bridgé Had Been Washed Away by Recent Floods The Herald, of Los Angeles, Cal. has the following account of the tragic death of George I. Ham, for- merly of Napenee: "Dudley Harvey Elder, grandson of Millionaire C. W, Harvey, of Whit- tier, and George I. Ham, former Mexico ity banker, were killed when their automobile dashed over an embankment at the Pellissier bridge on the Puente road, just north of Whittier, early Monday. "Their bodies were found bot pinned beneath the overturned automobile. Both had been crushed an drowned in the waters of Sheep creek. "Ham was fifty years old, and leaves a wife, one married daughter and one son, Harry Ham, who drove in the last Phoenix race. "The accident "happened at the| east end of the Pellissier bridge over Sheep creek. About thirty feet of the bridge had been washed away by the recent floods and the damage was not yet repaired. The car went over the embankment and plunged down beneath the overhanging bridge. It turned partly over, and both men, . caught beneath, were drowned. % "Elder and Ham were returning from a fishing trip in the San Ber- nardino mountains. In the party besides Elder and Ham were Mrs. George 1. Ham, Harry Ham, Don Lee, the Cadillac agent in Los An- geles, and others. The party were | two machines. "The car in which the Hams and Elder were travelling suffered tire trouble, and Mrs. Ham and Harry Ham finished their trip in another machine. Elder and Ham, sr., re- paired the tire and followed. "Not knoWing the condition of the Puente road at the Pellissier bridge, Elder and Ham drove directly into it at high speed. "When Mr. Ham failed to reach his home, Mrs. Ham sent William and Arthur King of the Rancho de Rey to search for the missing men. The King boys went over the Puente road until they reached the Pellissier bridge. There they found the wreck- ed machine and the men, "Unable to extricate the bodies, they secured Undertaker White from Whittier and other men and the bodies were taken to Whittier. "Ham was for years a wealthy banker in Mexico City. His bank fatled there and Ham was thrown into Belem prison, w x ed for three years. hen the revo- lutionists opened the doors of his prison more than a year ago, Ham was released and returned to Whit- tier, where he rejoined his wife. Ham ever since lived on a ranch north of Whittier. "Young' Elder was a brother of Churchill Harvey Elder, who was killed when the Los Angeles Times building was wrecked by dynamite in October, 1910. Elder was one of the best known young men in South- ern Californfa. He was a brother of Mrs. Bernardo Shorb and was of an old and prominent family known throughout the state. He was a grandson of C. W. Harvey, million- aire Whittier rancher, and lived at the Harvey ranch, Orange Orchard, north of Whittier." TO WEAR KHAKI AT CAMP Will Not Present Jumble of Colors Ottawa, April 20.-- The Canadian troops will go into camp in khaki uniforms this year. This marks the passing away of the various uni forms which used to mark the an- nual training camps. In the, past it was here a red coat, there an artil lery man in blue with red stripes, the cavalry in dark blue with white or yellow stripes, the rifle regiments in black, the engineers in scarlet coals with plush trimmings, and so on. This is to be all changed the corps will go into camp in t kaki uniforms only. Uniforms Past SHADES OF JOHN WESLEY ---- Great-Greai-Grand Nephew is Charg- ed With Theft London, April 20.---A descendant of Charles Wesley, the celebrated hymn writer, and brother of John Wesley, appeared in the prisoner's dock at Clerkenwell police court Saturday He was Lawrence Wesley, aged 48,1 described as a baker's "roundsman," and was charged with stealing, forg ing, and uttering a cheque for £3 145; the properly of Rosn Burgess The prisoner bad already served a sentence for theft recently and had lived a dissolute life. The magis- trate committed him to Jail. It was stated in court that the prisoner was a4 grandson of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, a celebrated composer, who was the grandson of Charles Wesley, He would thus be the great-great- grand nephew of John Wesley. REAR BADGE In con the United ADMIRAL ) smaller rdered to command 120,000 U.S. MILITIA READY Force Would Have to be Re-enlisted Before Entering Mexico Washington, April 20.--A militia force of 120,000 men is available on a few houys' notice for use in Mexico, It cannot be sent across the border without the men re-enlisting in a volunteer army All that is neces- sary is an order from Presidént Wil- son calling the guard out for ser vice. The men could be transported to the border, there re-enlisted, and then sent across as an expeditionary force. This was stated by Brigadier-Gen- eral A. L. Mills, chief of the division of militia affairs. While he denied that any special orders had gone out to the militia within the last few days, he tacitly admitted that under a general order, sent out 2 month or more ago, practically all preparations have been made looking to the actual orders calling the guard into ser- vice, In Mills" office are maps United States and Mexico. That of the United States ix marked with small tags showing militia available at variou® points, transportation facilities, and the like. _ The one of Mexico showed the nature of the country, railroad routes, and other military information of the PANAMA CANAL IN SE OF WAR : WITH U.S. Bound to Permit Is Use, Senate Comniittee is Told--Japs Could Pass Through to New York Washington, April 20. In defence of the Panama tolls exemption, for- mer Attorney-General Charles J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore, told the Senate Canals committee on Satur- day that advocates of repeal could not escape from the position that the United States, in case of war, was bound to permit its enemy to use the canal. "If we were at war with Japan our garrison at the isthmus," said he, "would be mere idle Spectators of the peaceful passage of the Japanese fleet to attack New Organs or New York. If we were at way with Ger- many the troops would look tran quilly on while German vessels tra- versed it to take San Francisco, and the net respit of our enormons ex- penditure for the construction of the canal would be to make our coast much more vulnerabis than it was before." Mr. Bonaparte contended that the rules of construction required the Hay-Pauncefote treaty to be iater preted as not requiring the United States to use the canal on the same terms as the other nations of the | world . He contended there was no ques- tion that the exemption granted a bounty to the owners of coastwise vessels and added he thought it would have been wiser as a matter of form, to collect the tolls and re- fund them. As a general rule of law, Mr Bona- parte tgld -the committee, when one person grants to "all persons' a right to use his propertly the grantor 1S not understood as including him sell among those to whom the grant Is made. A specific expression to inc lude the grantor is necessary to bind the owner to the conditions, he added. "Applying this principle, to the present case," he continued, "if it had been the intention of the partie: to this treaty that the United States should only use the canal on the Same terms as Great Britain, Ger- many, Japan, or other powers, then 10 'give effect to that understanding the United States ought to have promised in so many words to ob- serve these rules in its own use of the canal." Russell L. Dunn, of San Francisco, 'declared the collection -of tolls on American coastwise ships would in- terfere with the passing of (Cali- fornia lumber through the canal. He i t a reduction in the price of 'alifornian. petroleum would follow if that preduct passed through the Canal with no tolls., He said that free tolls would develop the borax j production in California TOWNSHIP CLERK ACCUSED Alleged to Have Converted Public's Money to Personal Use South Indian, April 20 WwW, J Lowrie, former clerk of the township of Russel, was committed. to stand bis trial on charge of the embezzle- went of $300, feceived while clerk, for his personal use The accused maintains that the matter was a per sonal one between himself and J Winstanley, of Morrisburg, who, pre Mills: said that in a number of | States the militia force were not at the highest point of efficiency It] was assumed that New York, New| Jersey, Ohio would likely to be utilized -- New York since the militia there is recognized as the in the country the first to be] best While washiifg his waggon and river St and vehicle overbalanced and the horses were drowned The White Star Line, in view of the approaching advent of the 50,000 ton Britannic into the service, sold the Majestic, to be broken up. The price said to have been paid for the old liner is $125,000 Boiléu horses on the waterfront at Montreal fand W. Harris, Desire Boileu was dragged into the | skiff among the Lawrence when the animals | cued a little liminary evidence showed, had given the cheque as a deposit on a con tract, making it out in favor of Lowrie Restitution has since been made, and possibly linois | yyy the three magistrates hearing the case decided to send Lowrie to trial i aviy 1 particularly, | 44 116 L'Orignal assizes Brave Boys Rescue Dog Montreal, April 20 At the risk of their lives two boys, W Holiday rowed out in a light floating ice and res- The animal had a miniature iceberg Monday dog | been stranded on on the St. Lawrence since and its eries finally touched the | nearts of the boys. Several times | their boat nearly overturned in the current, but they caught the dog, | which died from exhaustion soon af- j ter they reached shore CASE 23 YEARS IN COURTS Plaintiff Spent $186,000 to Get $48,000 ™ New York, April 20.--The case of Donelly against McArdle, which has been in the courts for more than twenty-three years, is settled at last, and Michael Donelly the plaintiff, will within ten days receive the $48,- 000 judgment for which he has spent the best years of his life and about $186,000 in expenses to obtain, The suit grew out of a business transaction between Mr. Donelly and his brother-in-law, Patrick J. Me- Ardle. The latter died four years ago, but the suit against his estate was persisted in. second John ah average amous Walter COSTS U.S. $43,332 A DAY Mexican Flurry Rather Expensive for Uncle Sam Washington, April 20.-Unele Sam is paying about $42,332 a day for up- keep charges alone, excluding pay of officers and men, in sending vessels to Mexican waters, maintaining those already there, and keeping under "awaiting orders" a flect on the Paci- fic coast. This was figured out from Navy department estimates Satur day. The totals do not include spe- cial emergency supplies of coal, food and ammunition and the cost would be enormously increased if any am- munition was actually used MUST SERVE SENTENCE Boy With Amputated Leg Cannot Escape Punishment Toronto, April 20.--Despite the pleas for leniency made for William Eaglestone, who with three other men robbed the Mimico post office some time ago, he was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. The iboy came into court on crutches, as he had to have his leg amputated as the result of a shot fifed by Postmas- ter Werden after the robbery Magistrate Brunton said - he -feit that the boy had been punished severely by Providence by the loss of a leg and the suffering he had undergone The best he could do, however, was to impose the mini mum sentence of three years. The others connected with the robbery were sent down for five years Hermann Ahlwardt, a'noted anti Semitic agitator, died as the result of an accident in Leipzig, Germany. WITH AN AXE AT HER HOME IN OTTAWA Mother, Believed to Have Objected to WGirl's Sweetheart--she Appears to be Violently Insane Ottawa, April - 20.~ Wielding an axe as the instromenf™or death, Mrs. Placide Massie, aged 45, wife of a plasterer, residing on the corner of Adelaide and Alfred streets, Hull, on Saturday afternoon murdered her nineteen-year-old daughter, Marie, the oldest of a family of seven child- ren. The woman had been acting strangely for about a week, and it is thought she committed the crime on an insane frenzy. The direct cause it is believed being the mother's o jection to a young man with whom the daughter was keeping company. So far as known there were no wit- nesses to the events leading up to the crime. The screams of the girl were heard by a neightbor," Pelix Charron, who was too late to save her. He held the woman until the police arrived, 2 The body of the girl was horribly mutilated, the hands and head being almost severed, though she lived un- til a few minutes after Dr. Belisle had reached her. She was, however, unable to make any statement Mrs. - Massie was immediately taken into custody by a squad of police, and on being placed in a cell at headquarters, tried to suicide hy battering her head against the wall She appears to be violently insane Later details of the murder are to the effect that Marie Massie was called home to dinner by her mother. She entered the kitchen and seated herself at the table One of the younger children says the woman at- tacked her without warning, the girl putting up her hands to ward off the blows of the axe, which caused the horrible wounds about the hands. She endeavored to run out, byt only succeeded in reaching the door when she was struck down Mrs. Massie endeavored fo use the axe on 'herself and was badly cut about the head Her only words were 'Let me die, I'm sorry I've done a bad thing for my family." She had to be tied down at the police sta- tion MOVIES AS CHURCH LURE Adrocated by New York City Method- ist Parson Saratoga, N.Y, April 20 ~-- Moving pictures as a method of increasing church attendance were advocated by Dr. Christian F. Reisner, of Grace Methodist church, New York city, in an.address before the Troy Methodist Episcopal conference, in which he de- clared that the church must awaken to the necessity of utilizing in its work some of the measures in opera- tion outside "The devil has been using motion pictures too long," he said. "We have got to wake up and take them | from him." LION KILLS MOVIE ACTOR {Animal Shot by Attendants--Tragedy Whilst Making Film Los Angeles, Cal, April "20. -- {| While William Warner Kirby was performing before a moving picture camera in an animal scene, a lioness suddenly leaped upon his back and so terribly chewed and lacerated the actor that he died an hour later. The lioness, after being beaten from Kirby's body by attendants armed with iron bars, was shot. Girl Kidnapped Chicago, April 20. 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