a keep a. close Watch Swit & Co, for $12,000, pi, 12 PAGES | L000UT FOR ODIES OF CREW © Derr Of the Steamer Waffle Which Sank in Lake Ontario. WRECKAGE 1S PICKED UP ALL ALONG SHORE NEAR OSWE- GO, N.Y. The Waflle Was Last Before Five O'Clock Running Back Towards Oswego. * The N.Y. following Wattle of All Tues the bouley age Ir th of the cab boule prese near Seen Monday Afternoon Oswego Times has lost steamer ersons living along drawing wreck ntire top on the J. tresses, at been four borho she sprung aleak and foundered, and the other that an explosion some kind on the boat was the of the loss, and because of the v § age many cling to the latter theory ~The fact that such artic washed hore just indicates } many that the not far ih the lake when the occurred and was ) for this harbor, being ti to her in casé of trouble Captain Clemons and members of the coast guard have is 38 as pillows the city boat accident headed one nearest west of pro een asked to roany -bodie that may be washed ashore'and n are engaged to patrotiing the beach; east and west of the city, Captain Zenor Lague of the tug Muscallonge says that it was between four and five o'clock Monday after- Hoon when he first saw the steamer which he believes was Waffle headed for the north shore, steering the course for She was the Kingston. loaded deep but appeared to he going all right, but not making better than six or eight miles an hour. Later he saw that she had turned around and was running for this shore. At the time thegg was a heavy sea running in the lake and as the night advanced it increased'in violence. What has become of the life boat that the Waffle carried is what is bothering many. A part of one of the davits has been found on the beach and a rudder of one of the lifeboats, } there having been two aboard the steamer, but what has become of| them is bothering the mariners. Oars and several more life preservers have: been found'on the beach, all within a space from Butt's Point to Beach Os- wego. BW. Gokey at the Beach picked up several small articles of cabin furniture this morning. INDOOR BASEBALL. s------ The First Game Is Won By the Artil- lery Team. The first game of indoor baseball this season between the Army and Navy baseball ¢lub and the Canadian Garrison Artillery resulted in a vie- tory for the latter hy 24-23, at the Armouries Wednesday night. Major McManus, on behalf of the G.0.C., M.D. No¢ 3, opened the series . by pitching the first ball. .The spectat- {Ors were given a real treat as both teams plaved fast ball. A meeting is called for to-night for the purpose of forming an In- door baseball league for the winter. BOGEY COMPETITION, By the Members of the Ladies Golf Club on Wednesday, + The Ladies Golf Club held a bogey competition on Wednesday . at the Country Club links, the prizes being given by Mrs. George McKay. A very good game was played and prizes were won as follows. First prize, by | Mrs. P. J. Ricks, second by Mrs. H.| "T. West, and the third by Miss M.! Richardson, second by Mrs. H. T.| West and. the third by Miss M. Rich-{ ardson. There will be a handicap | stroke competition next Tuesday and some interesting games are promised. | TWO VESSELS SUNK. { --- vl ny Barge Hilda Sunk In the Galoup. | It is reported that the M. T. Com-| pany barge Hilda, in tow of the] steamer Thomson, is sunk in the Gal-| oup rapids. During the gale Wed-| M. T. Compa . nesday the tug had to let the Hilde £0 and she was likely run ashore. | She carried grain for Montreal. i The steamer Liberty, owned hy the | Hall Company, sank in Cape Vincent} Shea sprang a leak and managed to reach] harbor where she was beached, i ---------------- No Cheese Board Meeting. here was no meeting of the Fron- tenac Chéese Board on Thursday. It had been called to meet at 11.00 a.m. but the ferry Wolfe Islander was un- . able to make the wharf when coming up from the foot of the Island and! the salesmen were left without means! 26 get across in tinle for the board. Several buyers were on hand and on- Jy three salesmen, so no business -f00k place. It is unlikely that any 'Meeting will take place bafore Thurs- | day, Oct. 2nd. * Home From Egypt. i ht Lieut. Stuart Nicol, who! serveq for the past vear with the] Royal*Alr Force in Egypt, returned to Kingston Thursday aftérnoon, and | Fl «® is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Ars. George Nicol Cataraqui. The lost steamer Waffle was pus rebased two ® years ago by James! Am | Barrie street, { Reid, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Reid, { of this city. The happy couple left TRYING TO AVOID FRATRICIDAL BATTLE The Italian Cabinet Faces En~ ormous Problem In Re- gard to Flume. ess Despatch) Cavinet minis- the y of the sits n and the ous difficulty, not to say the Impos- sibility o satisfactory tioh to the Fium ro an. They do not § ast. Capt & Annunzio to aveid a fra- trieidal conflict 1 it is said Rome ters gray ser- solu- want g STOCK MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Bongard Ryerson & Co,, 237 Bagot Street. New York Stocks. was Marine Marine Gen. Mot Studebaker Am. Loe. Smelte ald Loco Anaconda Bethlehem Int. Nickle Inspiration. Copper Rep. Steel ™ Canadian Stocks. Brazilian . 2 Can. Ce Can. Steamship Can. Loco Cons. Smelters Dom. Steel Maple Leaf ent WOMAN VE IT AWAY. Raid on Mail Train Planned ® Quebec Bar, Quebec, Sept. 25.--~According to information givén out at Rolice head- quarters the sensational robbing of the Ocean Limited last week, for which four-men have been arrested was planned in the reat of a bar in lower town. It is learmed that the police secured valuable information on the men suspected of carrying out the robbery from a woman, who, however; insisted before she told her story that her name should not figure in the case. in KILLED BY LIGHTNING, An Ameliasburg Farmer Met Death In Barn. Belleville, Sept. 2 Richard Do- lan, farmer of Ameliasburg town- ship, one mile from Roblin's Mills was killed by lightning on Wednes- day morning in his bari which was struck during an electric storm and destroyed by fire. Mr. Dolan was fifty-seven years of age and leaveqhis widow and one son. The barn loss was about $1,000, besides the loss to the crop which was stored within and was burned. A horse Ww burned to death in the conflagration. BRIG.-GEN. ROSS WAS SWORN IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT A Toronto despatch to the "Whig says: At Government House Wedensday night Brigad- fer-General Arthur E. Ross, member of the Legislature for Kingston, was sworn in as Min- ister withofit portfolio by His Honor Lieut:-Governor Sir J. 8. Hendrie. The premier, Sir William Hearst, was present at the ceremony: The Toronto Star says: Brig.- Gen. A. E. Ross, MPP. for Kingston, who was to have tak- en the ogth of offica beforéd- the Lieutenant-Governor; Sir John S. Hendrie, did not put in an ap- pearance. at the Parliament huiidings before ane o'clock. and consequently the ceremony did not take place. The officials at Government House expected the arrival of the new Minister all morning. Gen. Rost went to = Toronto Tuesday night, but evidently he "slept in." x Reid-Elder Wedding. St. Andrew's Church was the scene ofa quiet wedding ot Wednesday morning when the Rev. J. W. Step- ben united in marriage Mabel Geor- gina, daughter of Mrs. George Elder, and John Kinnear later iu the day on a motor trip acs ross the border. On their return they will reside in Kingston. Annual Conference. The annua! conference of the Standard Church of America (incor- porated) is in session at 44 Main street. It opened om Tuesday. There i will be an ordination on Sunday. i enormous | KIN ONTARIO, FHURS WON SEVEN CONSECUTIVE "FIRSTS." - Flirt, a chestnut mare, oewned*by Groves Bros.. Toronto. 'who has won first prize for sey loronto Upen A prizes THE LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD | | | | Despatches That Come From Near and | Distant Plaes. | DINGS FOR OUR READERS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST | sy FOSSIBLE FORM. + -1 The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the World From Tele- graphic Service and Newspaper | Exchange. ' } Chatham is to take over the trical business of the Chatham Company i C.P.R September $779,000 Alexander Hall, Meaford, died the supper table, in eighth year. | Burglars in London sec ured some | $10,000 worth of goods from three | large retail stores. It is said the Edmonton, Dunvegan| and British Colu fa railway is to! be absorbed by the C.P.R. : Capt. Bradley, a British has landed at Lausanne, ing flown over the Alps. Premier Paderewski is urging the claims of Poland 'to Galicia before the Supreme Council-at-Paris. King Albert, Queen Elizabeth and Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium. have sailed on their voyage to Amer- ca. Members of the Dutch delegation at Paris deny the reported break in diplomatic relations between Holland and Belgium. Phomas Hook, M.P.P., member in the Provincial Legislature for South- east _Torento, is definitely out of the field in thé coming election. . "Ted" Lewis, former welterweight champion, has accepted offers. to box in England, and will return to his native land in the near future. It is rumored -in Rome that Presi- dent Wilson's answer in the Flume trouble would be favorable to a plan to make that city Italian. John D. Rockfeller has contributed $2,000,000 to the ministers and mis sionary board of the Northern Bap- tist Convention and without restr: tions. It is stated that Joseph Oliver, ex- Mayor of Toronto, has been decided upon as the Liberal candidate for North-¢éast Toronto in the provincial elections. More than 1,300 interned German sailors are on their way from the de- tention camp at Fort McPherson to Hokoben, N. J., on the first leg of their journey home. Fierce fighting was in progress throughout Wednesday in the re- glon of Pskev, south-west of Petro- grad. The Esthonians annihilated | two Bolshevik regimgnts. { It is stated the are forty-four f Conservatives nominated; forty-se- | ven Liberals and fifty-seven United {Farmers of Ontario. Numerous con- | ventions are to be held during the next week. | Black-handers are belleved to be | responsible for the wrecking by a bomb of the two storey dwelling of | Carl Trimarchi at.Batavia, N.Y., ear- | ly on Thureday, killing three per- isons and injuring four. President Flynn, of the United Ve- terans' league, formerly the Gratuity league and the imperal veterans of earnings for 21: § $3,893 week ending | ,000; | increase | at | his seventy- | aviator, after hav- | NA A i { treaty gdebdte h '1s | | is don { vening.of the peace conference, | petition to Germany to accept amend- en conseculive years at the ir Horse Show, in additivh) to many other my, SENATE. WILL RATIFY WITH RESERVATIONS League Suggestions of Elihu Root Regarded as Cer- tain 'to Prevail. ~W The. | to cor resy ashington, Sept. 25. sopened, weeks. The the confusion ef tong: uncertain in the minds o 1ators-whose judgment is not smo-= thered in their emotions, is-alréady written There is no reliable tabulation of opinions, but there a fair mate of senatorial convictions- league of nations' covenant will ratified with reservations gene about which, six in seems so is rally {in line with the Root recommenda ions. These reservations will probably incorporated in [the {nstrument ratification in spite of the President's insistence that t course would tantamount to amendment The peace tradty, aside from be of be { covenant, may he ratified with sp fic eptions. If thi , 'Senator Lodge and his asso- clates y there would be no recon- no and numerous e: ments, and no delay by the fact exceptions in the making of peace pon HAS ARRIVED HOME He Went Overseas With Queen's Bat- tery--In Flying Corps. FLIGHT-LIEUT. W. J. CARROLL Flight-Lieut. William J. Carroll, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Carroll, Victoria street, reached home on Wednesday, having crossed on the 8,8. Megantic. He enlisted in 19153 with Queen's Battary, but later trans ferred to the flying corps, where he made a splendid record. Henry Ford and Son Get Control, Detroit, Sept. 25.--Control of an stock in the Ford Motor Company has been secured by Henry Ford and his son, Edsel, it was announced through purchase of the minority holdings of James Couzens, mayor of Detroit and former vice-president of 'the pany. Mr. Couzens was the owner of 2.- 180 shares of $100 par value. price paid for, the stock is not known definitely, but is believed to have been around $29,000,000. Mr. Couzens' holdings in the, com- vestment of $2,500, which he later increased by the purchase of addi- tional stock from other stockholders. -- > G. R. Geary may be Conservative probable successor to Hon. 1. B. Lu- cas as attorney-general. Vancouver - and Winnipeg will be heard before :the parliamentary special committee next week. | Officials of the Inland Steel Co, { Indian Harbor, Ind., sent an ultima- tum to the striking employees that unless they returned te work with- in two days the plant would be clos- ed down for six mon |S. Americans are eating mare bread and leas of the higher priced foods, the consumption of flour the past sev- enty days showing an increase of 3, 000,000 barrels or fifteen per cent. "over the same period last year. The whole executive committee of the British National Unicon of Rail- {way men will participate in confer- jence to be held with representatives of the government relatiyé 10 a na- tion wide strike, which may begin 'on Friday night. - i Sir Eric Geddes, minister of { transport, and the entire executive {committee of the Natiopal Union of railway men, conferred for two | hours and a half on Thursday morn- | ing over railway wage question. They. ladjourwed until four, { 'The investigation of the nation- i wide strike by the U.S. Senate Labor A threat of prosecution by the new tribunal brought down the prices in every commodity all over England. | ------ Committee, which begins to-day, was called to détermine If the situation {in any wiy can be relieved by feder-; {al actibn. John Fitzpatrick and Judge | {Gary will be witnesses for labor ang! {capital ' rE, FES TL ABI. CRESS) } ST RUHR As A Sm RETURNEE BOLOIER KILLED John Merny. arento, killed by at nay. Torn y oh same adias. "2 tredm His ite WAY save Laie Tony ace, SEPTEMBER, 25, com-| pany were the outgrowth of an in-! candidate in Southwest Toronto as | 1919 Ei ------ START BIC WA ON PROITEERING Ning Hendred Tribunals Are To Be Crpal- ¢d to Hear ths Complaints. THE ACT HAS MAD EFFECT THERE ARE CRITICS WHO SAY IT IS NOT ADEQUATE. Many of the London Tribunals Have Had No Complaint Entered--One Alleged "Flaw the Act--The Doctors : Make Advance In Fees. In An 25.-- at Britain at scheme for of 3 much London, Sept is embarking on a gre the high cost Hiving, reducing hi show ch there i how truth 8 in the popular outcry against profiteering Iocal tribunals to may make complaints charges for most ar- f common use are about to be- sitting dther they It is too early yet to tell will checking the trader's greed or wheth- be effective in er there will turn out to be too much but the Evening has been distinguished its denunciations greed to check, News, which by the violence of of shopkeepers, asserts that already a marked slump in the Many of nevertheless, there has been prices of certain articles the London tribunals, have so far had no complaints made to them. : The act courts, was setting up these rushed thfough ment at the end of the sesso local} parlia- mandy the manner of its introduction caus- ed many accusations that it had been contrived more with a political than a practical end in view A committee of the House of Com- was sitting to investigate the whole question of profiteering when the government, without warning, cut the ground from under its feet by producing a plan.to deal with the evil by this system of local tribun- als, supplemented by larger bodies to investigate charges made against wholesale traders. Crities of the government charg- ed it with acting in a panic in order to throw a sop to the Labor party, and the working classes, and of de- fHberately putting forward ill-digesat-} ied measures of doubtful efficacy in| forder to satisfy the popular clamor. {The truth of these assertions = will now be tested by the actual results achieved by (the tribunals. Nearly' nine hundred local tribun- als have been appointed, and they will report monthly to the profiteer- ing department of the Board of Trade particulars of complaints re- gistered and of the proceedings tak-| en, mons The moral effect of the act already has caused prices to drop not merely] in foodstuffs, but in clothing, eigh guineas, for instance, now. being charged for a. suit, which formerly cost twelve, Women's clothes have also been reduced in price. One alleged flaw in the act is that it does not affect charges for laund- ry, furniture removal, property re- pairs, or matters like clothes cleaning. Deoctars announce an increase of 50 per' cent. in fees. Their action does not seem to be resented, as it recognized. that the professional classes have been most hardly hit by the inflation of prices. i= PARIS SEES WAR PERIL. ---- Movement Started by D'Annunzio Menaces Jugo-Siav Holdings. Paris, Sept. 25. Uneasiness | growing in peace conference circles {in regard to the situation in Fiume is The | 1t is feared that the movement start- | & ed by Gabrieie d'Annunzio | spread to other parts of the Dalma- | tian coast and result in the occupa- | | tion of Zara, Cattaro and other towns | with large Italian populations locat- | ed in districts where the majority of 'inhabitants are Jugo-Slavs. | . The Jugo-Slavs delegation is extremely apprehensive and the | situation generally is regarded as one | { which might conceivably develop into a serious war. The general disposition at first in| may | | several of the Entente délegations | | here was -to regard d'Annunzio's! movements as a beautiful romance. | | This disposition apparently is disap-| | pearing as the realization is becom- | { ing general that Greece, or, gyen Ger- | i many, might adopt similar tactics to | | gain control of disputed territory. | No reply has been received vet | | from President Wilson to the pro-| posed compromise of the differences!' regarding Fiume. The American del- | égation, however, does not expect an | answer for several days, as the com- | promise plan in final form did not | leave Paris until last Wednesday and | delays in cable transmission as well | i as the process of deciding would con- | | sume several days. 116.492 Killed in World War. Washingto#l, Sept. 25.-The cost of the war to the United States in man power is now estimated offi-| cially as 116,492 dead and 205,590 wounded, a iotal of 322,182. These! figures include losses to army and | i marine units on all fronts to Septem- | {ber 1. Killed in action totalled 35,- { 585, or 11 per cent. of the entire] { list; died of wonnds, 14.742; died of | | disease 58,073; died of accidents and | { other causes £.082. Under the head | i of "missing." the announcement re-| | cords a zero, with the notation "all joeprected." . | ship and Mr. Dae |ed an organization and drawd up the following demands: RENFREW LIBERALS CHOOSE R. J, SLATTERY He Is Schoolmate of His Op- ponent, Of the Same Creed and Nationality. or Renfrew, Sept. 25.--R. J. Slattery, barrister, of Arnprior, was today se- lected as Liberal candidate for South Renfrew for the Legislatuwe, at a convention of the party held in the Town Hall, Eganville. Others pro- posed were: Thomas A. Low. J. B. O'Brien and Wilfred Bolam, of enfrew; J. 8. McCann, Eganville; 4. BE. Th mpson, E. D. Qsborne and A. E. Bradwi Arnprior. |. All re- tiréd in favor of Mr. Slattery, who, in accepting the nemination, said he would not be a candidate if he thought that the U. F. O. standard- hearer were strong enough to the governme candidate, Mr McGarry. The U. F. O. is not, how- ever, a great deal better than Con- servatism, in Mr. Slattery's opinion, f d , if each member of the there to-represent result would le de- be Mr. Slattery, like was born in Lanark county, and, like the' Provincial Treasurer, at tended Almonte High School In f » they were schoolmates there, 1g of about the same age. In na- 'tionality and .reli 1 they also incide. Mr. Slatter has practised law in the town of A 3 eral years He has lot in Liberal circles and publi¢ spéaker James E. Thompson, Arnprior, ided at the convention, was «d president of the Liberal Association of South Renfrew; Pat- rick McHugh, Eganville, was again chosen for the vice-presidency, -and D. W. Stewart, Renfrew, was once more made secretary-treasurer. Mr. McGarry, co- been active is a capable ITALIAN FORCES ARE OPERATING IN DALMATIA Rome, Sept. 25 American the squadron in the Adriatic. Italians crossed the line into red the town des- French and warships have joined Dalmatia and captu of Teguire. . A Belgrade patch indicates the fn Dalmatia miles south of Fiume. Italians are operating 150 REEVE OPPOSES CLERK. Both Seeking Election to Ontario House. Cornwall; Sept. 25 Peter A. No- lan, reeve of the township of Corn- wall and: prominent farmer and cheesemaker, has been chosen by the LLF.O., of the County of Stor- mout to contest the riding at the | elections for the Ontario Legisla- | ture. : The selection of Mr. Nolan creates a singular situation in this riding, as Mr. Nolan's only opponent so far is | James W. McLeod, a neighbor, who is also a cheesemaker, and both are closely associated in the business of the township, Mr. McLeod being the clerk and treasurer of Cornwall town- | Nolan is reeve. Sdfeod frp dodo Ddedop ded dd ded fodder A RAILWAY STRIKE IS LIKELY AVERTED (Canadian Pr Despatch) London; Sept. 25. --It is thought a strike of railwaymen has again been averted. The Government has sent notices to the men t it will negotiate further with 'them and that there has been some misunder- standing. r Members of the Union are now working under an agree- ment with the government by which the men will continue to draw their war-time wages un- til December 31st. The sudden demand for an immediate settle- ment, therefore, came as a sur-» prise, 'and there were hints that the union's action was of political . significance Matters have been so satisfac- torily arranged that it is now probable no strike will be called at the present juncture. de op * Rot hs... 0 2 2... 050 0. A <* FERRE RRP MESSE PSR | Bank Clerks Organize. | New York, Sept. 25.--Bank clerks in Paris 8re the latest New York employees to; the lower {reg organize and formulate.demands for, shorter hours and more pay. It was! learned to-day that about 3,000] and financial institutions have torm-| A six-hour working day with time and a half for extra hours up to 7 o'clock in the evening; double time for each hour after 7 o'clock. i So far as known the demands have! not yet been presented to the bank-| i Donovan Chosen for Brockville, | Brockville, Sept. 24.--D; ef of one hundred and eighty-five to] fifty-three, A. Donovan was Tuesday selected as Conservative standard-| bearer for Brockville riding in the] forthcoming Provincial elections. Mr. Donovan is the present member, and] his opponent in this convention was George A. Wright, Mayor of Brock-! ville in 1916 and 1917, and a prom-! inent citizen. After voting, 2 motion! was passed that the nomimation be! made unanimous The convention! was largely attended, several women | being present. | a" John Fitzpatrick says the strike! situation is satisfactory to the union | leaders. A canvass of the situation indicated that 340.000 men walked out. The British government has de | cided to release immediately a large quantity of package mail held in England during the war." The third reading "was given to the peace treaty In Canadian Com- mops pn W in. have | dparty are all wall A PO RAR 'vu FP ERA EE ey PAGES 112 | PAREN MURDER USERS HEARD The Jury Was: Looked Up in Court House Over Night. NAN WHO FOUND THE BODY FAINTED AFTER HE ENTERED THE WITNESS BOX ------ The Murdered Man Was Shot From Behind According To the Testi- mony of Dr. W, T. Connell. James Hartwick is o charge of murder, at the the Supreme Court of sided n trial, on a sessions of Ontario, ver by Justice Lennox. trial was opened on W edne ternoon, before a crowd of sp that filed the court room. The prisoner, dressed in a suit of thes, and locking in vest of in spite of he jai pre- The ay als tators dark he nis seven was led const 1 month's st the He dis out the and when ar- raigned on rhe arge that he did "on or i Feb Ith 1919, in the township of Hinechinbre oke murder one, Frederick Hartw ick, (his step- Son), in a glear tone of voice said hot guilty," and further added, that he was ready for his trial. His couns sel, T. J. Rigney, stood alongside thie 8 box as the charge was re ad answer given by the prison pris v and er. Peter White, crown prosecuter ; The prisoner took a keen interest in the evidence of the witnesses, and had note Paper and pencil and made notes on certain 'parts of the éviden=< K.C., appeared - as Ce, The case of James Hartwick was before the grand jury all day forenoon. The jury returned at 12.15 and returned a "true bill" in » and also that of Mrs. Lovica Son, also charged with mur- After the grand Jury made its report, the court then adjourned un- til 1.30 p.m __-_.. The Jury Selected: The work of se ting a jury did not'take very long, Three men wera challenged by the Crown prosecutor and one by counsel for the defence, The jury selected, was tomposed of the following: Joseph Cullen, city: ley, city; tupert Day, Couper, city; Thomas B Island; George Crawfo Lachance, Howe Island 3 key, Kingston township; William Cooper, Kingston township; George W. Bell, Kingston township; Frank Atkinson, Pittsburgh township, Harry Bearance, Kingston township. Following the selecion of the jury, Peter Wright, the crown prosecutor, presented, the case to the members of the jury. "This is not a contest of wit' re- marked Mr. White, in his opening re- marks. 'It is not a case of who car- ries on this chse with the greatest skill .or ability, bat the cold deter- mination of the guilt or innocence of Thomas Cop- . city; Daniel rown, Wolfe city; Felix Craig Haw- | the accused upon the evidence which is adduced here--not elsewhere nor heresay. You must determine alone | on the evidence given. _ Was Struck From Behind. The first witness ealled by the Crown was Dr, Walter. T. Connell. (Continued on page 7.) MAY HE GET SIGNS. Big Balloon Going Up With 8i for Mars. Omaha, Neb., Bept. 25. Leg Stev: ens, balloon instructor at Fort Oma- ha, sayd Prof. David Tood will . at- tempt to communicate with the plan- et Mars this fall in a balloon to be constructed and piloted by Stevens. The balloon, to he the largest ever made, will ascend 90,000 feet. Stey- ens said. Its capacity will be 140, 000 feet. The balloon will be enabled to rise to the expected height, Stevens said, by use of an invention which divided the balloon in two compartments, the upper contain\pg hydrogen gas and air. wy Prof. Tood, just returned to "am: herst College from Brazil. has per- fected a signalling apparatus for the gnals | workers in the city's principal banks| experiments, Mr, Stevens said. ---- Irish Policemen Get Grenades, Dublin, Sept. 25.---1t ig officially confirmed that the Royal Irish Con- stabulary is being supplied with hand renades. It is explained that in viaw of the murderous attacks on policemen in their barracks at night in disturbed parts of the country, the government has ordered that polices men be supplied with all modern means of defense. -------- -- H. PP. Hill Chosen. Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 25. --Hamnett P. Hill, a lawyer, was chosen candi- date of the Hearst administration supporters in an open convention on Tuesday night. The gathering was unighe In that it was open to any elector of West Ottawa professing support of the present Government. About five hundred attended. Form- er Mayor Charles Hopewell was the { only other nominee, ------------------ Young Men Are Safe. Moncton, N. B, Sept. 25 --The seven Moncton young men who have been adrift in a motor boat in the Straits of Northumberland sine Sun- day last were Janded safely at Capa Bauld on Tuesdhy by a lobster-flahe:. man. The mator boat had been riding al anchor about ten miles off Capa Bauld prince Sunday evening. The @? Wednes- ™ ~