THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1915. INSULT ANGERED CHILE, NEW YORK GANGSTERS! , Giving bw: EE | PAGE THREE DAVIES 'Frésh Rendered BEEF Ultimatum to Kaiser, Saturday, easterly winds, fair uutil night, then rain. Five Days For Answer. New York, May 14---A London {cable to the Times says: deren ' SR J ~. 1 "German diplomacy has blundere If the County Council Wili Pay 5 final situation which may provoke 500 or Half the Cost--Special in South America a crisis almost as, Meeting Of the Council May Be acute as, though different in kind Called. from, that caused in the United The Provincial Government has or | States by the sinking of the Lusitan. last been interested in the building |i® Diplomatic secrecy is being of Cross Lake Bridge and will take | Strictly maintained pending the ex-| over the construction. This infor | change of communications, but it is B® mation was given out by W. Db. | learned on excellent authority that| and assault to first degree murder, B Sent OFFER OF GOVERNMENT TO BUILD (ROSS LAKE BRIDGE | IN FRONTENAC QOUNTY, { WHO CONDUCTED CRIME RING! HAVE BEEN WIPED our, Clearing House For Extortion Murder Unearthed, Resulting Indictment Of Thirty-Four ers, and | In| Least. New Xork, May 14.-~The twelve blanket indictments voted yesterday | against thirty-four men, charging them with various crimes from rioting | Dripping Try this useful pro- duct; takes the place of butter for cooking pur- 15¢ Lb The Wm. Davies' Co. Limited, Phone. 507. f -* GET OUR PRICES For plumbing work, or gas piping. Have your repairing déne by us Sat- Isfaction guaranteed. A. AND J. JAMIESON, Plumbers and Gasfitters. Meat and .Grocerie The best in the city at the Jnique Grocery and Meat Market. Give us a Trial, ° ® { No. | British Columbia timber at C. H. Pickering $11,250, exclusive of freight, 490' PRINCESS ST. PHONE 530 Black, M.P.P. on Thursday afternoon | these latter have taken such a tone connection with the garment workers' and should prove of interest to ey-| that the severance of diplomatic re-| strike, sound the deathkuell of the ery resident of Frontenac county. |lations between the two Cross Lake bridge which is in Kemmebec County is one of the most important highways the north and south of the county, owing to the peculiar conditiens the {bridging is a s®rious one. Up to th present a floating bridge has been ia use but the heavy ground-swel down the lake breaks this bridge and the county has been put to a {deal of expense in keeping it in re {pair. For some time ecorts have been made to get q permanent bridg» constructed. Upon examination fi was found thas the water averages from sixteen to twenty feet deep and below is about sixteen feet of mud. The width to be spaisned by the | bridge is about 425 feet. About tw {thirds of the way across is a small island. / | The county have had the matfar {of constructing a bridge under cb: | sideration for some time, but th> | expense would be too heavy and the {old bridge though very inadequat? and often closed for repairs was made to do. W. D. Black, M.P.P., took the matter up with the Minister of Pa)- lic Works, and though it is contrary | to precedent, he ordered an engineer {to make a report. Mr. Black and several of the Coua- {ty Council made an inspection an? {on Monday Mr. Black received a problem of | The engineer, |: wire to go to Toronto as the report was ready. { The engineers sugested these soiu- { tions of the difficulty." The first was | {to fill in the distance with stone at {a cost of $23,000.: A forty 3 | span would also be necessary aid | | this would cost another $2,000, m.ux-| | Ing the cost of $25,000 at least. The second deal was to build a 1. weoden trestle of preferred a cost of pic! driving, labor, ete, which could the violation of her neutrality torial waters, eign rights of the country. "Chile responded by what countries] New York gangster concerned is considered highly prob-! runner ui other wholesale | able. "The incident began with Chile's] acceptance of the British apology for| was said to-day that by | found a the, sinking of the Dresden in terri-| by gangsters in this city," Berlin resented this] every gang {acceptance and conveyed its dissatis-| York had been eliminated, faction to Santiago in terms which| _ the Chilean Government ecnsidered | ridge, who hus supervised the insulting and constituting an unwar- | gation, rantable interference with the sover-| gangsters. was! in each of and are the fore- arrests, ae- | cording to District-Attorney Perkins, At the District Attorney's office it detectives had | "clearing house for erime, rap | and that | leader operating in New | Assistant District-Attorney Breckin- | : investi-4 described the system of the | "The city was divided ] into districts, which one gang had the | practically ar ultimatum, to the ef-| monopoly," he said. "Gangsters werel fect that Germany must withdraw ired for various jobs, and if they her expressions and apologize for her| Were arrested and convicted thelr pay | flagrant breach of amenities or Chile would take such oh In one case, 'Dopey action as best appeared to fit the eir- cumstances. "There is ground for upon the course she will pursue." THE SPORT REVIEW | believing that Germany has received an allow- ance of five days in which to decide international} Bt on during the time they were in| Benny" and | ree gangsters were sent to the work. house for from fifteen to thirty days each. During all this time each man | jas paid $15 a day by a labor union. | The prices paid for jobs ranged f, $5 to $150. . on "Every 'gang leader of eon uence has been eliminated. The heads of the | 'Little Doggie," 'Abie' Fisher, 'Porkie' | Flaherty, Hudson Dusters and Gop- r gangs are no longer in active ger- vice. If all tne cases mentioned in | Gananoque, has decided not to challenge for the International sail- ing canoe trophy this year. Hon. George P. Graham will offi ciate at the International Baseball League opening ceremonies at Man- treal, and throw the first ball out of the stand. . A fan has been arrested and fined $3 in New York for refusing to give up a ball hit inte the grand-stand at the Polo grounds. Officers of the Ottawa University Athletic Association have announc- the confessions of 'Dopey Benny' are Prosecuted the courts will be busy for six months." _ From "Dopey Benny's" confession, it was said, came the leads which re- vealed the entire operation of the gangsters. When it became known that detectives were following these | leads much assistance was giv victims, some with broken an ear missing, and arms, one with all bearing scare to prove their charges. Many more arrests, possibly 100 in all, are expected to follow, * Nine of 'the thirty-four -indicted mén' were arraigned to-day on warrants {harging assault, attempted extor- lon, riot, injury to pr ty mand first degree murder. With he ero of | AR a ESSAY RY A EY FARR a EO Sale Starts at 9 a.m. SATURDA Amazing Price Reductions on the Most Wanted Summer Merchandise!" House-dresses 300 Print and Gingham House-Dresses: reg. $1.50 and $1.75 7 Saturday ....... '95¢ Silk Coats 35 Black Silk Coats, in moire, Taffeta and Bengaline; priced from $11.50 to $25. Saturday ...... a A LL LE EE RTA LEP CARERS rN It ad $9.95 tees es rests sre nan bring the total to about $15,000. The third plan was to have two steel spans for the 400 feet and tvis would cost $20.750, Owing to the falling off of the pro- vincial revenues, the minister said the only thing he could ecomsijer woyld be the second proposal. If the'county will pay $7,500 as part of the cost, the Government w.:' build the bridge. The township residents are so en- thusiastic about the idea that Reeve Parks has authority to offer to pay the expenses of a special meeting of the council to comsider the matio.. The Township of Kingston will pay the $300. expemses for the special meeting. ho 0 ne | Warden W. J. Donaldson received | the proposition favorably and will likely call a meeting to discuss the matter. Mr. Black pointed out that the offer must be accepted immediately It will take two months to make pre- parations for the building of the bridge. the one charge of murder, bail was set at from $7,000 to $5,000 in each case, ed their intentions of holding a big athletic meet on May 24th. RETR Best's Saturday Snaps 10c¢ Silk Tisstie T | for . i} 25¢ Taleum . ll 25¢ Tooth Powder .. i} 25¢ Skin Cream if 1.000 Toothpicks ...... ll 25¢ Toilet Soap +. . il 15¢ Ess, Vanilla .. 25¢ Furniture Polish ......20e ll Do your shopping Saturday and i all days At Best's The Sa Drug Store. Oven Sundays: oe Almedia, the Cuban, who Montreal got from Cincinnati, after being a wn: rag HE 4 h holdout has also come to terms with Is the Royals, and will report at Mont- ' t Tamm, the third baseman © Artistic selection of who the Royals got from New York - Highlanders, has been sent back to a club; while Allen has been re- leased. F: ERR ar Are worthy your thought and inspection. | Our reputation for nobby straws will 'be more. than sustained this year, ENGLISH STRAWS. Made in Canada and in England on American blocks, eombining STYLE, | eo Nightgowns 20 dozen Crepe, Cambric and Nainsook Gowns -- well made; reg. $1.50, $1.75 and $2. Baturday ..... 0... American Middies 10 dozen White Drill Middies; regular $1.25 Saturda, FA ne anne pret rar rey A sr de as Waists 10 dozen New York Lingerie values. Saturday Montreal Herald: --We saw a wag-| gon load of amber brew crossing to-| ' ward the river front yesterday, from | > | Gananoque St which we deduce that the yachting season will soon be among us. May 14.--The steamer made a trip to Ki Ernie Paisley, "the McGill football and handled a fairly ...95¢ star, is back in Montreal and will likely play baseball with one of the city league teams. . Missisquoi on 'yesterday -- arge amount of The revival of racing in New York State is not expected to affect the Canadian tracks. Troight, The Women's Missionary Society of Grace Church met at the home of | Mrs, John Webster, Brock street, yes- terday afternoon. Miss Scholefield, on furlough from the mission field st Port, Simpson, B.C., who is spending a few weeks with Mr, and Mrs. + Arthur Jackson, gave an interesting talk on the work in that field, Nine soldiers from battery i ©4215 dozen Steacy's Special $1.50 Corsets -- new. French models. Saturday ...... And others up to $2.00 Waists; reg. $1.50 and $2.00 Err trv rae nas en an sera PRL tree AR rR se, With Newark and Buffalo inter- nationals fighting the Fe 'erals this Season, changes in the make-up of the Barrow circuit may be expected. Springfield, Worcester and Hartford are mentioned in the event of any of the teams being transferred. Corsets saS ERs ss ara rare S ree for 96¢. trees The annual report of the Scottish Football Association, just . irsued, Shows that 1,600 active professionals he have enlisted while well over-2,000 old players have gone on active ser- vice. Thousand Islands Gun Chib held another handicap spoon shoot og Noduusdny sfafvoon. The «lub | arranging for a big field day on May Mth, t . y Mrs. Frederick Wills, Seeley's Day, is Jmiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. | Richard Wilson, Garden street. Miss Applin, John strest, is having her household belongings packed and pur- poses removi to the west at gn early date. rs. E. E. Lewthwaite, Newbury, Middlesex County, is visit- ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. .J. Gordon. Mrs. D. J. Gordon is don fined to her home, Princess street, quite seriously ill, * Towelling +-1,600 yards all pure linen Roller: Towelling; 12 1-2¢ yard. Saturday, 10 yards for .... Pillow Cotton' 1,200 yards 42 inch Cireular Pillow Cotton; reg. 25¢ yard. Saturday, 6 yards for ........... Unbleached Cotton 1,500 yards Heavy Grey Cotton; reg. price 12 1-2¢ yard; full 36 inches wide. Saturday, 10 yards for ................ Black Satin Duchesse 300 yards Jet Black Silk-~full yard wide; reg. $1.35 yard. Saturday price reg. tresses vane § ' 95¢ tests eras rsa sh mre Because of a row with Umpire Silk O'Loughlin, in St. Louis Sun- day afternoon, Ray Schalk, star cat- ¢her of the Chicago White Sox, has A} indefinitely suspended by Presi- FEVER IN PRISON CAMPS. dent Johnson. Where British Captives Are Held In . Whether "Bill" O'Hara will be Germany with the Toronto Leafs or not on London, May 14.---Sir Bdward opening day is a question. "Bill" has Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, | not been feeling well all spring, and | has received through Walter Hines | he knows that his playing has been Page, the Ame merican ambassador at ». 80 he has asked the Toronto| London, an: James W. Gerard, the lub for his release. Both Presi-| American ambassador to Germany, dent McCaffery and Manager Cly- mer are loath to give it to him, as they think he will round into form after the team arrives home. 95c 95c¢c EASELS AS ASMA NRER SD AGEs NE ea aS Eee. See Window Display ee 2 on nt : : has resigned, eo ™ aay rn himself whether Italy will enter the war. 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