4 WHYEMPRESS SANK $0 SOON Two Hundred and Sixty Tons of Water a Second Rushed Into Her Gaping Side A 'despatch from Quebec says: The explanation of all the sugges- tions that have been made during the enquiry into the wreck of the Empress of Ireland about the ves- 6el's- Steering géar came out du Wednédsday afternoon when Percy Hillhouse, belonging to the Fair- field Shipbuilding Company, which constructed her, continued his evi- dence before the Dominion Commis- sion. Mr. Hillhouse gave the first adequate explanation of the actual injuries to the Empress, and his telling of the water rushing through a wound 328 square feet in dimen- sions at the rate of 260 tons a sec- ond gave a clear-cut-impression of how it came about that the liner listed over quickly and shortly af- terwards capsize Another noteworthy feature of the Stesenicole hearing on Wed- nesday ence of Gunner Wilfrid "Whitehead diver from .M. ssex, W. ition to inspecting the hull a the Empress, risked his Bie in ameffort to save that of Edward Cossboon, the American diver, who died from in- juries received at the wreck. White- head and other divers from the Es- sex were ordered' from the court-to the scene.of the wreck Wednesday afternoon after a conference be- tween Capt. Walsh, marine super- intendent of the O.P.R., a: Watson, of the cruiser, at which it was decided to once more try to get the 800 bodies entombed in the Em- press, despite the fact that this work had been abandoned following report ellie its difficulties and dangers FROM ERIN'S = GREEN ISLE BY MAIL FROM IRE- LAND'S SHORES. NEWS Happenings in the Emerald iste"t | Interest to Irish- men. A lioness escaped from a travel- ling circus in the village of Kilcor- mac and terrorized the whole vil- She was finally captured by the aid of a strong net. A distressing accident took place at Brittas, when Pipe-Major So- mers, of the King's Own Scottish Borderers was killed in the Dublin and Blessington steam tramway line. At a public meeting in Ballina|' Town Hall, it was decided to start the Irish Volunteer Movement in the town, and at the close of the meeting 500 members were enrolled. The sale of the Railstown estate to the Estates Commissioners has been confirmed, the landlord, Mr, Marcus Runell, of Cashei,* 'having accepted the terms of the Commis- sioners. The death has occurred suddenly of Lieutenant-Colonel >A nine-acre plantation and yalu- able pheasant cover belonging to Ear! of Leitrim has been burned Lord The Ardee Town Commissioners have decided to accede to the re- quest of several artisans, and start an initial scheme to provide courses for the various classes of tradesmen. - Second-class travel has now been abolished by the changes -- have come into operations on Midland Great Western Railway in Treland, and in future third and first only, will be run. There 'has been a great improve- ment in the Ulster linen trade dur- ing the past few weeks. the increase in the number of or- ders, the Portadown factories are now working full time. 70 hionably dressed women were caught by mill girls while dis- tributing suffragette literature in York Street, Belfast, and compe te dance in the streets until the po- lice rescued them. Mr Keshane, a hero of the Terra Nova, of Antaretic we, was married at Courtmaascherry, Coun- ty Cork, to Miss Ivy O'Driscoll, daiighiér of the officer in charge of the local coastguard station. Suffragists met.in Dublin to de- mand the release of/Miss Houston, who was senten for glass-break- _ing. A message -- fe to stating that he# friends ex- pected to have her out before long. There has just passed away at Lecarrow, in the Claremorris dis- trict an old man named Pat Swee- ney at the age of 108 years, His | whole life was spent in a mud ca- bin cut out of a turf bank on the bog. --_kr______. SUCCUMBED TO INJURIES. Aged Berlin Man Was Struck by a Berlin and Waterloo Car. A despatch from Berlin Ontario, ways: Jacob Drumm, an aged resi- dent of Park Street, died on Wed- y- While crossing the tracks on King Street he was knocked down by a Berlin and Waterloo car, and sustained a fatal injury to his brain. a a Why Ma Was Glad. Mrs. Kawler (to hostess' child)-- 'Are you glad to'see me again, Edith? Edith--Yes' m, and mamma's glad too. Mrs. Kawler--Is she? Edith=-Yes; she said she hoped you'd come to-day and have. it over with. - = - 7 r BRITISH NAVAL AIR SERVICE. of Modern Branch. A despatch from London ~says: The -Admiralty announces a new scheme for the pce of a naval air service, mann y offi- cers of the navy. Naval aia who ave retired into-civil life will be allowed to Bs. for limited periods, Civilians who have proved themselves to be suitably qualified may become officers or "air mech- anics."? The uniform resembles that of the naval service, save that the emblem of the eagle replaces that of the anchor. Candidates fer a commission must undergo prelimi- nary instructions. They are then attached to an "air station" or a seaplan. The age limit for "air mechanics" is eighteen and thirty years. They must engage in three months' training and then engage in four years' service. The mem- bers of the new service are paid service. --__*_ AEROPLANES AT FUNERAL. Twenty Machines Act as Escort for|u Dead Air Men. Vienna, June 24.--An escort of twenty aeroplanes, flying mourning flags and manned by aviators from several nations, / formed a flying guard of honor at the burial res the a few miles from Vienna on st day. An enormous concourse people, including several aol dukes, members of the Austrian Cabinet and foreign military at- taches was present at the graveside. While the funeral service was in progress the small air craft circled round and round the cemetery and then flew off in company. . ----_----k FLIGHT LASTED 18 HOURS. German Made a World's Record at Johannisthal Acrodrome. A despatch from Johannisthal, Germany, eays: A world's record for the duration flight of an aero- plane carrying only the pilot was created on Wednesday at the aero- German airman. He remained in the air for 18 hours and 10 minutes without making a landing. The best previous duration record of a simi- lar kind was that mad Langer, also a German aviator, on Feb. 3 this year, when he made an uninterrupted flight lasting 14 hours a 7 minutes. ee OLD AT TWENTY Return of Youth with Proper Food. Many persons who eat plenty ne- ver seem to be properly nourished. That's because the is not digested and absorbed. Much that is eaten is never taken up by the system a8 real » and so the tis- sues simply starve and the indivi- al may, as in a recent case, look and feel old jn what should & be the bloom of Jife, youth. "At twenty I was prematurely old. The health and vigor and brightness of youth-had been, as it seemed,' stolen from me. I went to work in the morning with slow steps and a dull head. "My work through the day was unsatisfactory for my breakfast lay in my stomach like a hard lump. J was peevish and the gas in my stom- ach was Ba annoying. After sup- per Iu ually went to b to toss half the. night from sheer nervous- ness "This was all from indigestion-- caused cd wrong eating "Finally I tried Tirate: Nuts and I cannot describe the full benefits received from the food. It gave me back my henith It has completely restered good digestion and my ail- >} ments have disappeared. I steadily improved and am now strong and in perfect health." Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. 'Read "The Road to, Wellville,"' pkgs. "There's a Reason. the above letter? A new in + true, and of humas e Admiralty' Announces Organization fh higher than those in the submarine x = here by Gustav Basser, a}4 e by Bruno]! £8y Ever read mechs from time to time. are ppears They * te Ttaly. With soldiers and, barricaded stri in pitched battl Rome and other i bs doubt thas adil re neers at AD t the better of but: there Rmust be something Tadi- infp iS labor conditions in a where wid ut- an it. is "no pitts break - can pp tg a thet Italians Mook to this ieee Mobilizing Aeron No hat the experimental evans spec- tacular stage has a vast most useful Aric of wae 3 ity, and a sufficient num- ber of his c antey men are appare ently of of the mo ark- n the h i- ged on 0 the kind has been attempted before in Great Britain on so 1 e a scale, The 3 since road transport vehicles require jup- ple ~_ the flying craft on ties ser-, * smatninton Work" By a Prison. Lig & does not know what extension work Universities and other edu Sonal 'institutions maintat extension art i der to en e» _ the ap ere of influence, to reach elements at cannot cause of ow the regular gular e stat on prison at Teckson Mic has star "ted of exiensios w of paneseging them with nti-crime and anti- Srison caded the streets ae na. NO 3 the riot-| = he} $26 to $26. n 1 'ee dozen, and good stock, 20 to 23c per h - Toronto, ant Bite of | Sam June 2, 93c. 2 at $1 to $1.01, at 82 to 86c, Spit gre ver 4 ¥ to 4ic, : To- ronto. Western Canada oats, tite, 'nd No. 3, and at 42ic for No. 3, Bay = Prices nominal. wheat-- 2 SE 'xia eos a 57 to can, 79c, on track, 75¢ ports. anitoba "bran, 323 to $24 a ton, in 6 bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, Coun! uce, tter--Choice dairy, 17 to 19¢c; in- erio or, 15 to 16c; farmers' separator rints, ve: to 20c; creamery prints, fresh, - i, to ; 80, solids, 21 to 22c. i Eggs-- 'Sir rictly new to 25c en Honey-- Extracted, in tins, 103 fo lic o $2.50 p 143 to 144c for mbs, $2.25 t r doz- Beans--Hand-picked, $2 to $2.25 r bushel; primes, $2 " to $ Poultry--Fowl, 16 lic 1b; Bickel, yearlings, 20 "to 22c; turkeys, to Potatoes--Delawares, $1.1 to he ae m track here, and Ontarios nd $1.1 Provisions. Bacon--Long leas, 14 to ld4fc . per b., in cape ots. ams--Medium, «18 C) tg do, 'lg 17 to l17ac; rolls, 4a t Le; "breakfast bacon, 18 to 190; acks, 22 t c. Lard--Tiertes, 124c; tubs, 12%c; pails, 3c. Compound, 10 to 10%c. a Hay and Baled hay--No. 1 re. 18 to $15 a on, on track quoted at $13 . $8.26 to $8.50, m track, Toro Winnipeg Grain. innipeg June w 30.--Cash:--No. orthern, 89%c; No. 2 Northern, 88ic; Oats . 3 Northern, 87c; No. 4 C. arle No, rejected, 49c; {set 48hc. i oss, 93; 2 C.W., $1. 368; ontreal Markets. America activ -- propagan The prison authorities find that the averag e f convicts is shifting downward steadily and sadly, <A decade ago the averag wi 8; Gar it is 23. The significance of this is plain. Too man OY e neglected and suffer- ed to lapse into delinquency. Hom ny society are not providing the, discip- line eded by the youn he t rison, wishing to arrest the evil at its source in rough its agents tell the communities just what crime and crim- inals are as studi . in peseoe u con- vict life what be done to pre- vent the constant rearuttheg of the pris- n_ popul In the } of preventing crime and ucation and wholesome But inions are the d polnts, prejudices. coicintorer envir- are tneldentasare. it ® pe | influenced by these olsen woul away from an nsult thelr their regard for and true, thes pinions would skip away to. th hills like wild goats, leaving the 1 swe accord, Time jevels all ae and ha ings in this report a once more blam g& the Bulgarians. The Carnegie report is, however, not only ocument vailable. The truth t memorab! resistance offered by the 25,000 Bulga- has lo at there were atro- but sinc elties on both sides is undoubte d, evidence a Villa type ng advantage of the situation .to rob plun ese recritnina- undoulgediy various com- these f patents, c raight rollers. to y, seconds, to reah, 23 to 24c;. selécted, No, 2 stock, 30 nd 21c. Pota- " 'bag. ach} lots, oO $1.20. - ae I Ni Sete t: Ay 87ic; No. 833 to Sore cy pa- tents, $4.45; frst clears, A ne 42; second clears, $2.65. sae Duluth, Sala' --No. 1 hard, 893c; No. 1 Hocthien. 88i4c; No. 2 do, 86 to 869c; Ju ly 87%c. Linseed -- Cas h and July, $1.693. Live Stock Markets. or o, 80.--Cattle--Cholice butchers', $8.15 to $8. £2 ood, sb. 90 to $8; common cow 78 °to +25; canners and parr $2. oo to $4; choles fats come, et $7.10; choice bulls, Ca iv "Goo veals, $8.25 common, $4.7 $7. ann pegdere--_Staan, 800 quality, 760 , $6. Ba 25; light, $6.10 ep and la mbs-- Hight ew to $6.25; heavy, $4.25 eal = to $11; 75 to © $4.75; $4.75 to $5.30; Spring lawibes $10 to $12; yearling lambs, $7.50 to $8.50. $7 te $7.65 f.0.b., $8.15 to $5530; fed watered . $8.85 to $8.40 "Talonte 1, J 30.--Pri b ontrea une ----Prime beeves, 8c to 8c; medium, + to _79c; co Abe to Bic ws, $30 to $75 each. ves; 34 to Tic Sheep, 6c to 6éc. - Spring lambs, $5 to $7 each. Hogs, 84c eee ne eres ee r LABOR CONDITIONS BAD. is doing magnificent | ood her appearing | her ambitions would be Bulgaria will, be the operatin cares = Retnen man amar a Huntsman. or is a Jects. published. @ come Bon totae thir er's to spectable to e , and althoug °o handle a rifle with y one arm, is . roadie fines ------__k--___ SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM. Many Killed and Injured, and Much Damage to Crops. A despatch from Chicago says: Seven anor scores of crop dam i sands of dolare, and heavy damage to buildings, were caused in electrical and wind storm that swept Minnesota and Wisconsin the North- west on Wednesday. ween many cities was cut off owing to the pros- tration of telegraph and telephone wires. It was feared that a still largér loss of life would be revealed di} much to orgive | ty|on Wednesday Never Did Things Look Worse for e Workers, Says J. C. Watters. A despatch from Montreal says: 'the industrial conditions all over Canada are in a deplorable condi- tion, many are starving because they cannot get a chance to earn even the bare necessities of life, and never in the history of Canada did things look so bad for the work- ers." Such was the statement made by J. C. Watters, president of the Trades Congress of an -- GANG ROUNDED UP. Montreal Police Believe They Have International Burglars. A despatch from Montreal says With the arrest of four men here on Wednesday, the police believe they have members of an international gang of burglars who for the past few months have been terrorizing the city, and who are known to have committed 37 extensive burglaries in the last two weeks. men give their names as Alex, Dwarkin, George Wallace, Thomas Hatley and M. Tatta. They are believed to be thieves from Europe. oa' eee KILLED BY TRAIN. predeat of Point E Edward, Ontario, Was Run Over. A despatch from Sarnia says: dish Bentick, Unionist member for cial purposes, such as connec is sere = a oe ee NA weet AW; E.W. GILL *ROYAL " Yeast Cakes BEST YEAST INTHE WORLD. DECLINE THE NUMEROUS INFERIOR 5 IMITATIONS THAT ARE BEING, OFFERED , IARDED HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL EXPOSITIONS ETT COMP, IHMIPEG "TORONTE GON |. DOGEnEAT MONTREAL WOMEN CONSTABLES, Lord Cavendish to Introduce a Bill In the Commons. A bill to enable the police au- thorities to enro women constables is to be introduced in the House of Commons by Lord Henry Caven- South Nottinghamshire The officials of Scotland Yard pays decla. themselves oppo 6 the measure. A spokesman said bluntly: "We are against the eiggestion. We employ special women for spe- 1 vigilance work, and in all cases intimately with women or young girls, to a far greater extent employed to look after female pri- soners, and whenever there is a fe- male prisoner a woman is constant- ly on the premises. Then again, we --$------------________ | work in close touch and sy mpathy with the many excellent societies that employ women detectives and watchers, and we step in with our constables on a line from them. that, on the whole, women consta- bles are mot only unnecessary, but objectionable, because they would inevitably lead to what one may call specialized enlistment."' Mrs. Dacre Fox, of the Women's Social and Political Union, thinks the idea an excellent one. © community should have the pick of the best of both sexes. The doctrine of physical force and the sex question apply = in this respect than any o s police- men only exist by the tons force behind them.' ee "Dad, does a cannibal ever go to heaven?" "No, sonny."« 'But suppose he ate a missionary?' eH Renate ane eee Lord Mersey, cool, grim, impar- tial judge--such is the way the press is headlining all references to the Bri"sh Titanic Commission's chair- man, who directed the inquiry into the loss of the Empress of Ireland. After the Titanic inquiry due prom- inence was given to the fact that during the entire questionings the only time he was seen to emile was when a sailor, who was asleep at the time of the collision, explained he was "whacked to the side." His stiff face was then said to have oneskee into laughter that was like a grimace. There is altogether too general an impression that Lord Merseyy if a just judge, is ogre-like and a man of dry rigidity. Otherwise, it would be difficult to decount for his universal popu- larity in the British Isles, along with the. respect for him as the high- est authority on matters maritime that is felt. His career has been notable. A native of Liverpool, nautical terms such as "'alluvion"' or "jettison"' schoolboy alphabet. shipping lore with his arithmetic. In 1867 he entered the chambers of Mr. Charles Russell -- afterwards the late celebrated Lord Russell of Killowen--as pupil, was called to Lord Mersey, who Conducted "Empress of Ireland"? Inquiry. the bar three years after, and later, enjoyed a private practice of almost fabulous worth. All this time he was just plain Sir John Bingham. His subsequent career as president of the Probate, Divorce, and Ad- miralty Division on the is well remembered; also his services on 'the Parliamentary Commission which inquired into the Jameson rai Upon his elevation to the peerage in March, 1910, he had to respond at a Divorce Court banqu'® «given in his honor, and a few oi "iis re- marks revealed the real man. "I think I could count on my fingers,", he said with emotion, "the number of days I have been away from my duties on the bench from ill-health or other causes, but now at 70 years of age, Iam tired--not so tired that I feel unfit for any more work, but tired enough to make me feel that in justice to myself I ought-toerclax the strain of daily work on the bench." Four years later, af this date, Lord Mersey is still in har- ness. That bears reasonable testi- mony to one of his epigrams--much steemed of lawyers--"I hope [| shall still be able to do useful work, notwithstanding the ominous assur- ances of my fri ends that I look younger every day.' ------w THIS half yearly since Patrick Hamill, sailor,-three days out of jail, was run over and killed by a G.T.R. freight on Wednesday afternoon at 5.30. The man was mangled in the chest and when the full extent of the etorm is wo. head. was a resident of Point places on the market 10 28 s. Investment any time after one "NATIONAL SECURITIES CONFEDERATION LIFE B INVESTMENT HAS PAID 7% PER ANNUM the eee oF this yea may De "wit drawn in par yea neon ticulars and booklet gladly furnished on "reans CORPORATION, LIMITED, UILDING Cormora ten wers ess established art or whole Full Bu - TORONTO, ONT.