Daily British Whig (1850), 26 Jan 1925, p. 1

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The LEADERS OF THE TURMOIL ~~ IN ILLINOIS TOWN DEAD Sheriff and Three Kn Klux Klan Members Killed in Gun in Herrin--Hoped That the Struggle Is Ended Control the Town. « Hefrin, Ills, Jan. 26--8. G. Linn Young, picturesque young Wil- fiamson county dry. raider, and Ku Klux Klan leader, two of his com- panions and his avowed enemy, Ora Thomas, deputy sheriff, an anti- Klan leader, lay dead here today, and in heir passing citizens found hope that Herrin's days of bloody turmoil were over. State militia men again had custody of the town, although on many sides it was in- . gisted that, with the leaders fallen, none would be found to carry on the internicine struggle. Many conflicting ~ theories con- fronted officers seeking to establish the precise manner of the fatal meeting, but it seemed that this was the best reconstruction of what. oc- ¢urred. A single shot was fired from the vicinity of the European Hotel, about 9.40 o'clock Saturday night. Young, Ed Forbes and Ho- mer Warner left a nearby restaurant to investigate. In the hotel cigar store they met Thomas, and when the smoke had cleared, Young was found shot through the heart, amd Forbes and Warner were dead, while Thomas lay on the floor dying. ASQUITH ACCEPTS OFFER OF EARLDON Takes Title of Earl of Oxford ~Llioyd George to Be Liberal Leader. i. "Yondon, Jan, 26.--H. H. As- ay mmer British premier, has | mceepted the offer of an 'earldom. ty , reports of Mr. Asquith's ce of promotion to the ere confirmed late yester- "The passing of Mr. Asquith to the Upper House ,withathe title of Earl of Oxford; terminates the an- lous situation which arose at the eral election, when the lead- er of the Liberals" falled to obtain o seat in the House of Commons. Acceptance of a peerage, which Mr. Asquith so many times in the past has refused, may almost 'certainly Tie taken as megning that the active leadership of the Liberal party now passes (o Lloyd George. Y qt is argued by political observ- . ers that, although Mr, Asquith may still retain the nominal leadership of the party, he will be unable to exercise in thegHouse of Lords that close Intimate fluence or his party which can only be exercised in the Tower House. Hush v A Great National Character. Tondon, Jan. 26.--The eminent position held by former Premier Asquith as a great national charac- ter is emphasized dy the promi. nenve given by newspapers this morning to his acceptance of a peerage. The papers generally i agree in approving the high honor given him, "It was officially anounced this morning from the premier's resi- dence that an earldom had been conferred on Mr. Asquith. trom 1888 to 1894. DEATH OF A<FORMER PROMINENT SURGEON The Late Dr. R. W. Garrett Was for Years Professor in Queen's. Dr. Richard William Garrett, one of the best known members of the medical profession in this section of the country, passed away at his home, 52 Johnson street, on Sunday after- noon after a long illness. Deceased was in his. .seventy-second year, and | although he was born in the town- ship of Brock, he had resided in Kingston 'nearly all his life, having practised his profession heré from the time he first started. wi... Dr. Garrett graduated in Arts with thelegree of M.A. from Trinity Uni- versity and from Queen's University with the degrees of M.D. C.M. in 1882. After serving as house sur- geon in the Kingston General hos- pital he began private practice first ds assistant to Dr. Michael Sullivan, He became associated with the Fac- tlty of Medicine early In his practice. He was demonstrator of anatomy and : iecturer In histology from 1883 to 888. He was professor of anatomy hy of clinical surgery from 1894 to 1896. He was appointed professor of ob- stetrics und gynaecology, a position he retained till his retirement in 1913. His text book on Gynaecology was long recognized as a standard for the use of students. His ability. as a teacher was of a high order. His knowledge was very exténsive and accurate and he was always able to impart it to his stu- dents dn a élear 'and interesting style. He held a foremost place among his colleagues in the Univer- sity. WJ He was on the staff of the Kingston General hospital for the whole per- fod of his career and was also a member of the Board of Governors. From the time of the death of Dr. Saunders and Dr. K. N. Fenwick in '1896, Dr. Garrett was the leading practitioner, surgeon and consultant in this city and district. He earned apd enjoyed the full confidence of the public as well as the medical profession. He had great skill in diagnosis, fine technique as a sur- geon and remarkable success in the management of his patients whose confidence in him were always war- rantéd. ' Throughout his active ca- reer 'he was the outstanding man in his profession. No one was ever more missed than Dr. Garrett when, owing to failing health he was forced to retire from practice in 1913. Dr. Garrett was a son of the late Rev. Richard Garrett, Who was for some time rector of St. Mark's church Barriefield. He is survived by h widow and one daughter, Mrs. G. G. Greer, of this city, and one son, Reg- inald Garrett, of Port Dalhousie. The funeral will take place to George's cathedral on Tuesday noon at 2.30 o'clock where will be held . The remains will be taken to Cataraqui cemetery placed in the vault to await b in the spring. {s| McKenzie, was given in Convocation KINGSTON, London, Jan. 26.-- The eclipse was something of a disappointment in London. In the morning there had been more sunshine than for weeks, and then, just as the zero hour arrived, a few minutes before 8 o'clock, great banks of clouds roll- ed up and only glimpses of the sun could be obtained as the eclipse went on. Enough was seen to prove that the heavenly bodies were perform- ing according to schedule, but the resultant ddrkness was far too slight to excite such experts in murkiness as Londoners. There was a certain yellowness in the light and some observers re- ported that birds tried to roost at unseasonable hoprs, but profession- al footballers, who refused to per- mit the eclipse to modify their hours of play; had a laugh on the ASPHYXIATED IN BATH. Aisin Ten-Year-Old Twin Brothers Victims of Escaping Gas. St. Catharines, Jan. 26.--The ten- yeir-old twin sons of Mr, and Mrs. Frank Everett, of Thorold, were asphyxiated 'by iHuminating gas fumes while taking a bath at their home late Saturday night. The par- ents of the boys detected the gas fumes emanating from the bathroom when they went upstairs to retire, and on unlocking the door found the two boys dead in the bath tub. Ef- forts by four doctors who were sum- moned to the Everett home proved unavailing as the boys apparently had been dead for some some time. It is thought that the boys had durned on the gas heater and failed to light it. A WOMAN PERISHES IN. SASKATOON FIRE The Drinkle Building Was! Burned With the Loss of About $500,000. me Saskatoon, Jan. 26.--On Satur- , day fire gutted the Drinkle build: ing in the business sect! on. of Sask atooft, and menaced other '¥ Mrs. Thomas Simmons, wife of Drinkle block janitor perished the flames. Two firemen, Thomas McGrandles and Fred. Caldwell, were hurt. Dr. C. H. Bulmer, dentist, who was caught by a falling pole, was slightly injured. The damage was estimated at half a million dollars. Practically all the firms and business concerns in the Drinkle and grain buildings car- ried ample insurance. The Wool- worth store stock was badly "dem- aged by ke and water, The fi which broke out at 7.30 a.m., is belleved to have originated in the furnace room of the Drinkle | block, The night fireman said every thing was shipshape when he went off duty at 6 a.m. Business in the downtown sec- tion of Saskatoon was completely tied up by the A dense pall of smoke hung the shopping area, street car traffic was at a standstill, and the pavements were rivers of running waiter. oy Only the walla of the five-storey Drinkle block remains standing, AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY By Our Student Correspondent. & a The second lecture of the series by the Canadian sculptor and autWo- rity.on physical training, Prof. Tait Hall Saturday evening before a lar- ger audience than that which had heard the previous lecture, Prof. MoKensie"s subject for "The Emo- tions as Expressed by the Face." Dr, Bruce Taylor preached in Er- skins @treet church, Montreal, Sun- Mr, Jerome Alexander, M.Sc. of Baily British ONTARIO, MONDAY, JANUARY 206, 1 | THURS. FRI, SAT: MARY PICKFORD in "DOROTHY VERNON OF HADDON HALL" LAST EDITION London Was Not Excited By Ecipse of Sun; People There Are Too Accustomed to Murkiness astronomers and finished matches in complete comfort. Interest taken in the gpectacle was very great. Shops and street hawkers did a thriving trade in smoked glass, punctured cardboard and strips of film. On the summit of Hampstead Heath and jin other elevated spots In the parks and commons crowds assembled. Hun- dreds of persons came by automo- bilé, subway or buses and stayed about with devices to shield their eyes as they peered at the sun through rifts in the clouds. Astronomers declared that Great Britain was too far from the path of totality to attempt amy serious observations, but the British 'Broad- Sasiive Company arranged expefi- ments to ascertain whether the eclipes oe help as much as or- their dinary dafkness does. These were very successful and several Ameri- can stations were picked up. A A A AA AAA A AeA eA AAA eee @ | tains several News Off the Wires In Condensed Form An Austrian.engineer has invented a machine that will make ships un- sinkable. At noon Monday the Presbyterian vote by congregations on church union stood: For, 862; against, 279. Damage estimated at $50,000 was caused Sunday by fire' in the vil- lage of Kirkfleld. Six business places and three dwellings were gutted. Joseph Louis Phillippe Roy, bar- rister, Winnipeg, has been appointed a Judge of the County Court for the Central Division of the Eastern Judi- cial District of Manitoba. Rev. Clark F. Logan, Ryerson Me- thodist church, Hamilton, has receiv- ed and accepted a call to become pastor of the McLeod street Metho- dist church, Ottawa. Allen Cooke, twelve-year-old son of Sydney Cooke, Milllirook Road, was so severefy'injured in a bob- sleigh accident on Moore Park slide Saturday that he died Monday morn- ing in hospital, Taking the witness stand in his own defense, §. Casey Wood, Home Bank director on on a charge of signing' afate ts concern- . the 3. igite 2 , testified day that the minute book con- n items that never came before the hoard of directors. FARMERS WANT MORE POWERS FOR OANADA Right to Amend B.N.A. Act « Suggested---Elective Senate and No immigrants. Calgary, Jan. 24.---Canada should claim the right to amend her own constitution, the United Farmers of Alberta decided at their convention her. It was also resolved that the Senate should be made an elective body with limited powers, The convention was opposed to any expenditure on immigration "un- til conditions in the province are such that the average farmer at present in Canada can make a decent living on the average farm." Pry and federal govern- ments were urged to make every ef- fort to secure the return to Alber- ta of her natural resources "ou fair and equitable terms." The government was asked fo reimburse Home Bank depositors. DAVID LLOYD GRORGE Who will likely succeed H. FH. As- quith as leader of the British Liberal party. | PEPALL ARRESTED; BAIL IS REFUSED Taken Into Custody at Los An- goles on & Warrant From Toronto. Los Angeles, "Cal, Jan. 26.--An- drew Pepall, formerly president of the Long Beach Glass Company, was arrested 'at his home here Saturday by United States Deputy Marshal Walsh on an extradition warrant for Toronto. Pepall was arraigned before Unit- ed States Commissioner Turney, and his hearing was set for Feb. 11th. The commissioner denfed an appli- cation for bail, Several months ago Pepall was ar- rested on a charge of violating the immigration law, by obtaining ijlle- gal entry to this country. This ac- tion was dismissed. The present action is taken by the Ontario attorney, general's depart- ment. SAW MYSTIC HORSE ON FACE OF SON During the Eclipse--Mother Reports That Daughter's Dream Came True. Toronto, Jan. 26.--The appear- ance of a mystic black horse in the centre of the eclipse has been 're- ported by Mrs, J. L. Sheppard, of 7 Watford avenue. About 9.30 a.m. Saturday, she states, the sun was visible to her and had the appear- ance of a great golden ball, Flam- ing ~ streaks of. light were 'seen shooting from it just before the great black ball passed across its face. As the golden ball of the sun re-appeared there was clearly visible a majestic black horse of heroic proportions with a rider. This mar- vellous vision disappeared, but in a short time was again geen in the same place, she states. Mrs, Sheppard relates that three nights ago her daughter dreamed of the appearance of 4 wonderful horse in the sun following the eclipse. Seen In Stratford. Stratford, Jan. 26.--For the space of some. four seconds, shortly after nine o'clock" Saturday morning Stratford citizens gazed as though entranced at the phenomenon of the skies. A black disk, seemingly about the dimensions of a half dollar, but en- veloped in a dancing halo of flame, hung in a rift in the clouds in the southeastern section of the heavens. The black disc was the moon, sil- houted in shadow against thé burn- ing bulk of the sun, millions of miles beyond. Its halo was the far- famed corona, which is one of the chief points of interest, both to the astronomer and to the lay spectator, iin any solar eclipse. Stratford was one of the very few points in Ontario, privileged to reé- ceive even brief a glimpse of the eclipse at the moment of totality. And it was only in one section 6¢ the city that this was visible, of the Canadian Party Toronto, Jan. 26.--One million people in the 'path of totality of the eclipse in Canada Saturday, includ- ing Professor C. A. Chant and his corps of official observers at Long's Corners, were vouchsafed but one or two momentary peeps at the spectacle while the partial eclipse was in progress, . Observers who weat aloft in. aeroplanes did" not get high enough above the clouds to secure fair photographs of the total eclipse. In Toronto at 8.18 the sun was visible for four minutes through a elit in the clouds, but as the out- line was not clear no portion of the eclipse could be seen with the naked eye. At 9.40 after the total eclipse 'at 19.07 the sunishone out in clear outline and a partial eclipse was visible to the naked eye. 'The only moment that Toronto actually knew there was anything unusual happening between the world and Old Sol was when dark- ness came quickly with the total eclipse at 9.07. It began to get dark at 9 o'clock and the darkness in- creased rapidly until 9.07 and then just as quickly disappeared. The lights on downtown streets were kept lighted and all the other lights were turned on at 9 o'clock. The tops of all the high buildings were thronged with people shivering iu the cold, but bound to .see. what létle was to be seen and experience the uncanny darkness which en- veloped the city at .the time, of tot- ality . * Lieut. Brooks, who was in charge of one of the aeroplanes, landed on the bay about,9.30. b Went To Roost. Suburban points report that chickens went back to roost and af- ter the totality greeted the second dawn within three hours with ehrill crows. Some animals showed mark- ed uneasiness with 'the unnatural darkness, At the city of Chatham, just out- {slide the path of totality, the skies | wore clear and an excellent view was obtained of the partial eclipse. It was a great spectacle there as far as it went, but the unusual ef- tects attendant upon a total eclipse were of course missing. Aviators of the Canadian Alr Corps {flying under arrangement with a local newspaper report that VIEW: OF TOTAL ECLIPSE Partial Eclipse Was Seen--Chathem Has a Splendid View--The BC as 3 Sted Long's Corners---Work Not Lost Technically. they were able to photograph th eclipse when the sun was only thin dim crescent. They flew part the time at a height of 9,000 feel, but when the few seconds of totality occurred they were in the middle go a mass of clouds at a height of a proximately 5,000 feet. Scientific Description. Long's Corners, Ont., Jan. 26. (By A. H. Gee, of the rch Des partment of Toronto University.) -- The curtain rose for only the final scene of the big total eclipse show here. The house was dark for part of the time, it is true, but the exif lights weren't turned out. The sun and moon hed it all to themselves and the majority of the audience didn't see much. Scientifically, however, the pheno menon was by no means a fallu Continuous records were made of terrestial magnetism, intens¥y of were anticipated; there were no surs prises. The ink tracings and the data books will be sorted out curves will be plotted, which will be compared with those from pres vious eclipses, with the exception of the results with radio reception. In this case there is nothing to coms pare, because Saturday's rvas tions .weré the first of their kind, only feature which was ofs fe tp laymen was A tém per cenly partial eclipse. This is of no inters est to the astronomers, because the time of last contact cannot be des termined accurately and it is of ne use for chocking the calculations: The sun and moon parted company at 21 minutes after 10 approximat: ly. The forecast. was 26 seconds later, but the error in deciding the point is not more than the astronos mers make in their calculations. Radio reception on concert and short wave was restored to its nights time intensity during totality, Tem= perature did not fall, but it stopp rising for 15 Om} shifted for a tow tos after Uh period of darknegs: It Sot nearly dark as at night! ° Predictions. werp that on a clou day the darkness when the mos 'covered the sun completely would be greater than if the day had been clenes//This wes not correct, ho 4 ever. Toronto, Jan. 26.--Seventy-five seconds of semi-darkness Saturday, may have furnished the means of proving or disproving, the Einstein theory of relativity. Buch'is the opinion of Prof. Day- ton B. Miller, distinguished physi- cist, from the Case School of Ap- plied Science, Cleveland, and one of the three scientists, on whose experi- ments Einstein based his hypothesis. Prof, Miller, who has also a claim to fame as the possessor of one of the most compléte and unique col- lections of flutes in the world, is in Toronto, and addressed the Royal Canadian Institute Saturday night, in "Ether Drift and the Theory of Relativity." : Eclipse of Saturday May Result in Disproing. The Theory of Enstein Regarding Relativity Experiments made ( by scientists Saturday, Prof. Miller waid, may des finitely ostablish Whether or thére is an ether drift around the sun. The Einstein theory is based upon a hegation or at least an ignors ing, of the existence of such drift" and was formulated after experis ments conducted by Prof. Miller, Prof. Michelson and Prof. Morley had cast doubt on the existence ol ether or of a drift. Prof. Miller now declares, ever, that he has discovered eo ence of an ether drift, which would indicate that the Einstein theory at least based upon a false hypos thesis, British Members Study West Indies Situation -- .Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 26,--The British parliamentary . delegates touring the West Indies, among them J. H. Thomas, the Earl of Staf- ford, Baron Newton, Baron Laming- ton and Vernon Hartshorn, have ar- rived here. In their tour through the island the visitors will meet prominent 'West Indians with whom will be dis- cussed questions relating to the wel- fars of the British West Indies. oN PLANS T0 REPRODUCE "COLORS OF ECLE An Expert Thinks That tricity WHI Do the Job at Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls, N.Y., Jan. 26. «= W. D'arcy Ryan, of the Gen Electric Company announces his' observation of the eclipse will bs full of results. He add that, by the agency of high po lighting apparatus; such ss he pla ned to install this year at the ract and the rapids on both sides the Niagara River, an eclipse of sun effect: can be' reproduced observation," sald Mr. Ryan, " that I wanted to arrive at = deci: sion whether or not we will be to re ce for the benefit of

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