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BHITHIII .BIDS l"llll i
Hill SIIPRHHACY
Hoverument Appoints an !ix`ptr_t_
V Non-Party Aerial _-
' Committee
' "ir: _
wilsr sclsoriric rsnnilfr
funds Placed at the Ngposal of
New Authorities for Gon-
_, struction and Navigation
LONDON, May $58.-Britain has nt
lentgh realized the necessity of recov-
erins lost, ground in thé race for
aerial supremacy, and in an important
statement the premier announces the
formation of a committee of experts
to work in conjunction with a reccsi-
structed department of military aero-
nautlcs.
Funds have been placed at the dis-_
posal of the new authorities for the
construction and navigation of aerial
vessels, and every effort is to be made
to keep pace with the enormous strides
made in the study of aeronuutlcs hy
France, Germany, and the United
States.
In the house of commons the prime
minister. in reply to Mr. Lehmann, nn-
ngunced the appointment of a special
committee, with Lord Rayleigh as
president, whose duty it will be to
supsrintend the work done by the
army and navy experts in the con-
struction of aerial machines.
Mr. Asquith said: "The government
is takin steps towards placing its
organilagon for aerial navigation on
a more satisfactory footing. As the
result of a..re'port made by the com-
mittee of imperial defence the work of
advising and constructing dirlgibie
airships and aeroplanes has been ap-
portioned between tha navy and the
army. '
"The admiraity is building' certain
dirigib‘¢~s, while certain others of o
different type will be constructed at
the war office balloon factory at Al-
dershot, which is about to be reor-
ganized for the purpose. The inves-
tigation and provision of aeropianes
are also assigned to the war office.
"With the view of securing that tin.-
highest scientific talent shall be
'brought to bear on the broblems which
will have to -be solved in the course of
the work of the two departments, the
National Physical laboratory has been
requested to organize at its establish-
ment at 'Paddington a special depart-
ment for continuous investigation, ex-
perimental and otherwise, of questions
which must from time to time be solved
in order to obtain adequate guidance
in c'o'nstructlon. -
"For the supcrintendence of the in-
vestigation at the National Physical
laboratofvl and for the general advice
on the scientific problems arising in
connection with the work of the ad-
miralty and war oifice in aerial con-
struction and navigation, I” have ap-
cludes the following names:
Lord Raleigh, President.
Dr, H. T. Glazebrook (director No-
tional.Physicai lafboratory). chairman.
Major-General Sir Charles 1-Indden
(representing the army).
Capt. R. H. S. Bacop (representing
thu navy). _
Sir Alfred G. Greenhill. ‘
Dr. W. N. Shaw (director of tile
Meteorological office).
Horace Darwin.
H. R. A. Mallock.
Professor J. E. Petavel.
F. W. Lanohester.
A. Lee asked: Will special apd ade-
quate funds be placed at the disposal,
not only of this experimental and scien-
tiiic-body, but also of the war office and
-the admiraity lo curry out the neces-
sary work ‘1
" os, sir,” replied Mr. Asquith.
At a meeting held subsequently in the
house ot commons it was unanimously
decided to form a permanent non-party
aerial committee, with Arthur Lee as
chairman and Arthur du Cros honor-
CW IOBNCBIY. '
FHRBWELI. HMIDCLHSP
LONDON, May 28.-How a hand-
Shake over-prolonged caused s. death
was told at t-he inquest at Colchester
011 Lily Wilde, sixteen, the daughter of
a lighterman of Wyvenhce.
The girl returned by the midnight
train from Colchester to Wyvenhoe and
stood on 'the platform, laughing and
talking with some young men belong-
lil! to Brightlingsea, the next stopping
Place. Among them was Bob Howe,
twenty, yachtnman, and as the train
moved off he shocks hands with the
Slrl. and prolongedthr farewell, pull-
lnir her along the platform.
399|!!! the glri's danger, Signalman
Exworth ran and caught her by the
waist in an effort to pull her away. But
the rsslstence was so great that when
HDWG lotto -lsloth the signalmnn and
"le lirl were ling between two car-
riages on to the permanent way. _
Thi girl feli._on to the lines, having
both er legs crushed. but Exworth fell
onto the piping enceving the telegraph
wires which run parallel between the
metals and the platform wail. The
Wh°°ll of t.he,c_arriages_pas0ed him~so_
_#lonely ss io out his tice. otherwise,
the received no bodily iniuty. although?
the experiment up anim-v_ea'h'im. _,
Willa t e ' ri was discover d aft
P-he tl‘a'in?l'lii{,passed, s. crows ran "
her to render what aid was possible,
but she cried: "Never mind me; attend
10 the #porter who tried to save ms."
snitlll next day in Colchester hos-
. The 11;? ieturned a verdict of "Ac-
cldlntl. oath, indirectly and uninten-
"°"\llv esumi by Howe naming ee-
l’°l-l°¢l'l hands," and censursd the
Y°\mr y cimmau severely for mo feel-
iih cond‘uct.
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Cable News in Paragraphs
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W¢ll Known Thames Lock..Clongl
Penton Hook Lock, near Htaines, a
Elf( if the river much pulronized by
NIU!! people, is being deepened and
Wlflened, and is closed to navigation.
‘Another Dartmoor Warder Hurt
_ Another attni-1; by a convict on n
Harder was committed at Dartmoor
Dfiaon. Warder was in charge of a
W Y reclaiming lund, win." mm, or
-“_ "Wil ruillod t him and cut him
severely on the h ad with a spade. <
' Rare \V|t|i `Bnrning 'Is-mln
§l'*l9"\ Stoke to }iil.nley saw u, 1,;-“nk
ui of paper had been set on ilra by
if llilark from a passing engine, and
ated his train at full speed to Hun-
  ri considerable portion ui'
Kent l.lniilorrl's Fine Rescue
While n woman named Saxhy was nt
f‘e°_"l§|l“ "le llun Ra{dons nt Yaldinir
ll! ttlo son rf-ll‘\i.n o the river. ’i‘he
"l°¢l@\` iJi'0lliply jumped ill, and hntli
would have been drowned if Mr, Free~
man of the Anchor Inn. had not plung.
od in and brought them out,
Death of a Fnmunl Pottin-
Uiinries 'i‘nft, one. f tl b _
hoiierv ileslirners nf illo pilgt S;trii_al¥f\\‘€;:\g
and tlle\ futher of Albert 'i‘oi’t, this
ecliinter, has dist] lit Bllrtoil-on-Trout.
al; III:-*ogliilg #af  ‘Ilia lfviis u iles,-ondnnt
u _ ~ » _
wry potter' le amoue lllh len
Kent Awake by n cricket
hA lmillll named Mullett, who vms
c nrired nt I.nurrl|borollg'li w|¢)\ |-pf,,.._
lnrr io perform his insk nt the work.
house, said iw wus tired. having ber-ii
kPl`»t nwnke by n whistling nqise in
ills coll nfidinir linlid laughter, "it
whistled like the very devil_" The "iv,"
was ‘lilly il cricket.
45,000 Fewe; Guns l‘|-oval!
At the onnunl meeting of the guard-
ians ol’ the Birmingham Proof llousi- it
was stated that the number of guns
l>ro\'ed showed n fnllinz off of nearly
45.000 as compared with the previous
year. This was partly attributable tn
the restriction in tileimportatinn oi'
gurls illto Africa.
Oldelt Jewish Minister
Prof. Marks. father of Ii, H. Marks.
M. P.. and the ohief minister of iile
Yvest London Synngogue. Berkeley
square, with which he had been asso-
ciated 68`yeo.rs_ died on Monday nt
the aio of 97. Ile was born in London.
c o .
Winn Unurer’ii R03 Per Cent
Interest charged bv ii woman namwl
Sarah Benton was equivalent to 960
por cent. said the prosecuting attor-
ney at Willenhnll police court. no-or
‘Volverhiimnton when she was fined
£10 and costs for acting as a money-
lender without helm- registered,
Child'|| Insflnctlve Commonnense'
"I could venture for twenty minutes
said the Bishon of London, at the an-
nual meeting of the Home and Coloninl
adults, but I shouldnover venture -is
do it with 200 children, They would
und me out in five minutes."
Saved by Sand
While a new gas main was being
laid at Doncaster an explosion occur-
red through gas from the old main
ratchinz alight, and six men were in-
iured. Two were partly buried hv fi1ll»
lnz earth. nnd sand imd to be thrown
nvor them to prevent them from beinlr
burned to death. '
Greet Florence Ninhtinglle
LONDON, May 28.-Florence Night-
ingale, heroine of the Crimea, has en-
tered upon her ninetieth year, and
messages and congratulations reached
her at her rluleg home in South street.
Park lane, from all over the \vorid.
Since her last birthday her feebieness
has increased and now 'shopis kept
entirely conilned to her room. She
cannot read, but her brain is wonder-
i‘ui and he? sympathy is still undlm-
med. The welfare of nurses -has still
her eager interest.
A Koorls train engine-driver going
and first educated at the Jews Frr-a
S h ol '
society at Wood Green, "to fool ,200
London Dealers 'Have Been 8011-
lng Ooliectqrslogiis
- Antiques ` _
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LoNDoN. May ei.-A also which
possess interest for collectors all over
the world occupied three days of Jus-
tice Grantham‘s time in the kinB’§.
bench division and possibly may have
a sequel in the legislature. The action
wus brought by the executors of the
lair, (‘hu.ries John Dlckins, membrr ‘of
a. well known drapery firm in Regent'
street, against a Bond street, dealer lil
antique china known as Josellh 'Phil'
pot, from whom damages were claim-‘
ed oil the ground bf fraudulent IEDM'
sentntion and breach of wurrullll’ I"
regard to rt sale or Dresden Sevres
china. _ Q
Some sensational disclosures were
made in the course of the trial as 10
im- price.. Pnnpnt mild for me spuri-
ous china which he foisted UPU" Dlck'
ins as valuable pieces. Dicklns WM
an old man and collecting china WEB
the hobby of his declluln8 YP"-ll`3~ _He
paid Philpot $65,000 for t\venty-€l8h¢
pieces which nt the hiBh@Bl Wllmate
were not \vorth $5.000- I" ““°‘h°"
'cane he was induced to purchase for
$2,500 an article \\‘hiuh could be boulhi
for $5 i1 dozen.
' It was further' shown that PhllP“l
acted as an intermediary of other
dealers who similarly swindled Dick-
ins, paiming off upon him "m0d@"\
antiques." The Jury “turned a. ver-
dict or 351,110 damages for the Dialu-
tm and me judge intimated that the
cue 'ought to have been tried in the
criminal court.
Fear for National C°|l¢C\l0l\l
The case ha.s'drawn attention t0
the fact that the manufacture of sP\1l"
iouli articles in recent years has been
carried to a fine art. and it is admit-
ted thatprcbably the British national
collection may contain many doubtful
specimens. Disclosures at the i-rllil
showed the necessity of some organis-
ed body to protect the collector, and
steps are being taken to form an art
collectors’ protective association, which
among other objects. will endeavor to
secure special legislation to safe8uard
tho well intentloned but Lnexpert ama-
teur.
It was shown also during _the trial
that there exists a gang of unscrup-
ulous dealers who band together to
keep down public auction prices and
enable one of their number to secure
lart objects for less than‘ the recognized
I
value. Even the leading firms of auc-
tioncers are not secure against the
manipulatlonslof the ring, and legis-
lation in this direction is suggested.
One of the best authorities sums up
tho situation succinctly by saying that
no amateur can be quite sure. The
safest and best plan is to put himself
in the handslof a reputable dealer.-
Doctars Critioize 8srgent's Work
Sargent‘s picture of Mrs, Waldorf
Astor, which hangs in this yenr's acad-
emy, is severely criticized in an un-
expected quarter. The British Medical
Journal, one of the lending weekiies,
takes the painter to task because of
tho "strained position of 'his sitter's
shoulders, which are held too high.
*the soapulae being pulled back so that
their vertebral borders are almost
.touching one another."
' Somo other artists are criticised
similarly. “It is not n. peculiarity of
one artist or one sitter." says this
anatomical expert, "for it occurs many
tlmes."
H | I l
was recently captured by
Oliva Fargus, who preached
E*W°l'\l\. who has twenty-one year#
urvics with the G.li.R., was commend-
_ for iris piucky action,
office. This snapshot shows
Th`e British premier, MT- 'A-'.‘1“5"‘» 5_0
fragettes. Despite all hi?
in imommi ai. .lif-
iheso pdf' ' ;’Ziidieq, he
Frank U0'  Mrs.
'to htm all ilte`l\ocy to has
which the  'received
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goveinlment employes 'in Paris.
sign posted ou_"t.¢i`de the Bourse.11e
cuAl<‘LoTT1=3‘rQw`:~I, Palace EnwA_l§i;J_ 'y1‘sLA`sD, _cAN;».oA, SATURDAY, MAY 29,119.19. l.t°f»t».l*iP€’ii`.‘E.t’l.’if»'i..‘*ii.“i..‘i_.‘ltl%._
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_ Strong nieaeitrrs lmvv. been taken by the French government to pre-
» penlf any _disol'11m° from the s[ri`lrc of pasta/five, telegraph and other
1 his picture shows the 8-hour day
.’I‘1-avail, and the guard of Cavalry
' arouncl the building.
Rumed By
LONDON, May 28.-Ten years ago
Milton Wellings occupied a large house
in Hampstead, paid income tax annu-
ally on a sum of over £1,000, rode his
own honed in Rotten Row, and owned
property in the country. Today he
lives alone in a bed-sitting room in
Fulham, unable to command even the
bare necessities of life.
If there_'s ,peace for the sun inl the
ocean's soft breast,
Why should my heart suffer this cease-
less unrest? _
God, catn it be right? Why shinetli the
s ar
Whilst Thou from mine eyes art hid-
den-_afarif `
Am I alone doomed to darkness so
' drear"
For ever? Ah! yes, if Thou art not
neon
Those words were penned by Mr.
Wellings when his world-famous songs
had brought him prosperity. Now that
he finds himself absolutely penniless-
his career completely wreditedby the
"music pirates" of the streets--they
mlght almost reflect his own s`ad out-
look upon life.
"Ah, it seems like a hideous night-
mare," said Mr. Wellings. "Ali of a
sudden, nt a time when I was ofthe
height of my prosperity, the blow fell.
No sooner did pirated copies of my
songs appear on the streets than my
income was swept completely away.
My market had gone." .
He recalled, with a ring of sadness
in his voice, how he had to sell his
home and dispose of his property (a
couple of houses) in the country. His
horse, of course, had to go. People
would say: "Why did you not save?"
Well, he had at the time about £800
in the bank, but all that money had
disappeared long ago.
"I did my best." said Mr. Wellings,
"to get a living. I went on tour with
small theatric l companies, drst ‘ as
pianist and then as manager, visiting
out of ¢he-way places all over the king-`
dom. Wllen»I did this I used another
name.
    I
Muszc Pzrates
"Then my health began to fail, and
‘things went from had to worse. Lat-
terly I have known what it is to have
to sleep on the Emibankment-to go
for a whole day or more without a
morsel of food. It has been terrible.
For the present I_have a roof over my
head, hpt my position still is parious.
Would you believe it, all the money i
have in the world is three ha'pence'."'
This is the ma who wrote “Some
Day," "At, the lgerry," "Dreaming,"
"Teil Ms Again," "Banbury Cross"-
songs which have pleased tens of thou-
sands in all parts of the world. “Some
Day," for example, has been translated
into numerous languages.
Mr. Wellings to_Id 'an int.:esting story
.of the circumstances under which he
came to write thirlidng. "For a long
time I could not set the words satis-
factorily to music. "I lhtii been in the
isle of Wight with my wife. I left her
there and returned to our .ou.nt.°y cot-
tage in Berirshlm.
"In the train I heard that a Yacht
had been wrecked off the Isle of Wight,
I knew that my wife .had intended
going yachting, and naturally I was
enxiou to know that she was safe. I
wired, acking whether lha was all right.
but no reply came. Then every hour I
despatched a telegram; I must have
sent eight or nine altogether-money
was plentiful in those days. Still there
w:_= no news.
"Whilst I waited, in great distress of
mind, these words in ‘Some Day' ap-
pealed to me with peculiar force:
Are you dead, or do you live?
L worked throughout the night upon
the song, and whilst I wrote I suffered
agony. When morning dawned `the
manuscript was complete. Later .dh I
had r. telegram from my wife asking
what was the meaning f all the wires
I had sent her."
As to the future. Mr. Wellings said
the suggestion had been madsto him
that he should hire a pony and cart and
a piano, and, getting the assistance oi'
a vocalist. tour the seaside places ,dur-
ing the~summer months. "It means
putting my pride in my pocket, but l
don't mind that. All I require for a
start is about £10 or £12. I know l
cr _ld makens much as that in a week."
Mr. Wellings is now nearly sixty
_years of age. Altogether he has com-
posed over a hundred popular songs.
Now he need: a helping _hand in order
that he may make ii. fresh start in life
- :. "fresh start" at sixtyl
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AEROPLANE IS FACTOR
T0 GOHER`HlENTS
High Authorities Admit That Airslllps
Will Boon Dominate Armies
and Navles
LONDON, May 28.-It is not easy to
explalh' how grave n factor in modern
civilization the aeroplana has become
in the estimation of all of the Euro-
pean governments. A question which
has been seriously- discussed in til lhl
chancellorios is: Will the nerolllane
end war, or will ittnrlt destroy _‘pil
_1'i_.is_.no,w_ freely oanilttso by _mans
higfhauthpriues \lin\`-` Wfthli? Derhapl
three. or mar-years iirships will do-
minate all of the naviss and all of the
armies. Buch aiarmistg as Capt. Tul-
loch affirm that half -s. dozen aero-
planes in ovll haodn could destroy
London. V
, England has at last 'ui aeroplane
that can fly. but it is a mylhry which
hu lst' the wliolo country wonlorinl.
It flies only it night. ahd`i¢ has been
seen At widely different points in the
vicinity of 'Peteri-borough. Nobody
knows whence' it comes_or to whom it
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HRS. HSQUITH GETS CALL
F011 DISPLHYING GO0DS
LONDON. May 28.--Mrs. Asq\.lith's
idlosypcrasfes have, from time to time,
canoes no little bother, as, for in-
stance, her luncheon parties in honor
of s. Salome dancer. Now her cham-
pioaihip of a French drsssmaker
whole creations were exhibited at No.
`1o Downing street, the historical resi-
dence of the British premier. have _lot
her into another variety of hot voter.
The followingfteiegram was lent tothe
pi-eml_c`r "by -the`B‘ra.dfor'd chamber of
§~.§!H\.l_¢.=_ -I . _
__,_f”'Z|.‘li"e _Bradford _chainlflér of ffrade,
fréoreienting Logo British tracuinen.
‘ihpspaotfuily prii\0ot_agsinst_the use of
»ly'oEf:'ofiiciai residence as A showroom
'for ,advertising French ”dr‘esil%\kers'
"pass, si reported by filo oripsn'
`.Record." _ _ ' _ __ R , _
' According to report. -Mrs. Anquitli
lent out n. couple of hundred invita-
'tiorrs to friends who evinced keen in-
t'orast‘ln “ie models displayed hy h
,"1°1|.risi'sn cd's'tu`n'Ier. Mrs( Aoduitli.
.vine is s witty wo;nsn._,v_ri1i countless
consider that the _Bradford chamber*
i. mu" mn. or humor.. mit inn*
cpm question whether. in *lov UI HOP
smiths-i‘§°ifmii< .mom rw ~°\i°=
“Filly placed in possession of the
lliflélt covered water reservoir in the
world. it is situated at Ilonor Oak,
_Uld has taken eleven years to coil-
_“U”\lC!. but all concerned have reason
to congratulate themselves on a unique
°Y\8ineering triumph.
Great difficulties have been met \vlth.
Once One 'Free Hill came pressing on
l-nd lllltlhed a completed wall so nluch
OU! 01' place that it had to bs token
down and rebuilt, but all obstacles
were finally removed, and tho Lord
Mayor on Wednesday had the satisfac-
tion of opening a reservoir that will
add 60,000,000 gallons to Lond0n's
water supply.
As the material found on the site
was very suitable for brlekmoking, all
the brick required have been made
ori the spot. By this means a large
saving in the eventual cost of the reser-
voir wns effected, ns not only ww; gn
outlay on the carriage of the bricks
|\V°|d6d. init there was no expense of
removal, cartage and disposal of the
Surplus material.
Here are Home facts about the new
reservoir:
Total cost . . . . . . .
 £236,000
No. of bricks used  . 16,000,000
Cement  20,200 tons
Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,000 cubic yds.
Clily in puddle wail,
etc. ...............`14,ooo cubic yas.
Excavations  .....1'i8,000 cubic yds.
Extent of reservoir  . 14| acres
Water area  .  10 acres
Greatest depth  84 fest
Thickness of walls . . . . .  6 to 1| feet
Covering arches . . . . . . . . . .
 I miles
Jack arches connecting piers .. I miles
Men employed, average .......... |00'
The tcp water-level of the reservoir
is situated 144 feet above Ordnance
datum. and its principal use is to afford
low~l>resoure service to the southeast-
ern portion of the water board's area,
although by means of mains which
exist beneath the River Thames it will
be possible to transfer the supply to
the northern side should it at any time
be necessary.
The reservoir is constructed on tho
natural clay formation, _the bottom
being of concrete, and _is divided into
cells or bays Zlft. 6 in. square. Two
division wall. at right angles to each
other divide up tho reservoir into four
sections; these walls are cambered
back to_back. the space between the
walls being filled in solid with con-
crete. The outer retaining walls of
LONDON, May 28.-London was rs-‘
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the reservoir are of concrete lined 0!!
thu inside with brickwork. and vary
in thickness at the base from lift to
l6ft,, according to depth.,_
Where Water Comes From ,
The source ol' supply to the resor-
volr ig by means of u. 42 in. pipe, con-
nected by s. branch to the board's
main, which conveys filtered Water
from the pumping station at Hampton L
the Nunhead reservoirs. u. distance of l
about seventeen miles. The outiet~_
pipes are also ~i'.'ln_ ndlunmter, andl
each of the four divisions communi-
cates with. and is connected to, ii. ser-
ies of valves in a valve-house situated
at the junction ol' the four sections of
the reservoirs. from whence the water(
is distributed to tho districts as re- ‘
quired.
Atfer making a tour of the reservoir,
the lord mayor. who was uccompanied -
by the lady muyoress and the sheriffs. i
was formally welcomed by E. B. Blarn- .
ard. M.P__ the chairman of the board,
who said the people of Great London,
were the real proprietors of the water]
undertaking, and. as such. were ‘wel-
come that dar. They were doubtless
uwnre that they now supplied Wninr,
daily to 7_000,000 people, and as this|
vast population kept on increasing:
they not only had to safeguard thai
present, but they had to make provi- V
sion for the future.
In responding, the lord mayor saiiin
there were reasons for associating’ thol
city with the board, as the city con-
tributed so largely to the board's.
funds--not very willingly. it was truo,'l
but of necessity. In its wisdom par-
liament had resolved that the private'
enterprise of the old water companies
should vi-ase, and it was now. there-'_
fore, the duty ol’ the board to provide ‘
an efficient water service. The 2
population of London was on the in- ;
crease, and. with its education to ‘l
greater cleanlines, an increased sup- .
ply of water was absolutely necessary. i
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Amazed at Vastness
They were all amazed at the vast-
ness of the reservoir, and he heartily
congratulated the engineer, the con-
tractors. and the board itself on their
achievement. He had been requested
to christen the reservoir the "Beach-
croft Reservoir." ag a memorial of tho
work hg had done and was doing for
Lflrflon, and this he did with the
gr»-stest possible pleasure.
with a special presentntion key the
1.n.i_nv\vor then ouom-il lhs cupboard
I-i»nt.ilnlng gm t-in for turning on the
\\‘-wer. and thousands of gallons were
th»»|-enpn_n released, a pretty effect bo-
lng --~i~||r»~ri by s play of limelight on
th.. _ ,.»|-"ng column.
SPLINTERB IN BRAIN
LONDON, May 28.-A doctor gave
evidence at the West Lond rl police
court in the defence of Robo-_t uiarles
Dowdall, of Chaucer-road. Anton. who
pleaded guilty to a summons of driv-
ing a taxi-cab in a negllgi :»; manner
in Richmond road, Kensington. The
defendant had been previously convict-
ed of 'negligent driving, and was, in
mot, fined- £20 for knocking down
the ex-lord mayor in Northumberland
avenue.
The doctor stated that from March
il to' March 26 tho defendant was suf-
feringjfromfconvuisions of an epilep-
told character. _The man received a
bullet wound in the Boer war. and
several,splinters entered his brain,
with the result that nts ensued. _His
brain was foggy _and his salt un-
steady, and he was quite incompet-
ent to drive.
The 'magistrate ordered Dowdail to
pay two guineas costs, and allowed
him twenty-one days in which to pay
the moncv.
Asus: Makes .laws Missile 1
LONDON, May 28.-The bishop of
stepney made 'a remarkable appeal on
behalf of the charitable fund for Jews
in ‘the out ima or London.
Hs believed the .Tew's love for money
was due to the terror which had come
upon hun through ages of long hunt-l
ing. He hearcec, because the Christians
had thieved. and he saved because he
never knew when and whore he might
be stranded in destitutlbn.
He Believed the Christians were
largely to blame for the Jews' tenacity
in regard to 'money.
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This is LM lberlfeen, wife of the
 gelaiid. who is accused
b_i/-tliejDi.ililhi Trade Society of tn-
¢i'n¢e`l‘ffy in liar campaign to build
FOR SIXTY YEARS
A CHURCH YERGER
Once Delicate Boy Celebrates His
103rd Birthday-Descendant ll
oi’ Kings _ ‘-
LONDON, May 18.-James Came.
verger of the Church of Columbia, and
parish clerk of St. Columb Minor,
Cornwall. celebrated his 108rd birth-
day, having been bom on May 8, 1306.
Although of such great age, Mr.
Carne still carries on his duties. at- -
tending the church services regularly. _
I-Ie cannot sec to read, but he can ro- l
peat the Psalms and many portions;
of the bible and prayer buds from
memory. Ha rises daily between It
and 8.30, and retires between 9 and liL\_
taking o. glass of grcg before going oo(
bed, but he abhors tobacco. `
Mr. Cai-ns remembers well seeing tho.
smugglers riding inland with n. keg of
spirits slung on each side of a horse,;
and he becomes vary animated when'
he tells of tho incident; associated
with the battle or Waterloo, and how'
"we beat old Bony."
Three generations of the Came
family have held the same office for?
169 years. Mr Carne's grandfather, ‘
years, served titty years as verger,
and was followed by his son John. who ._
died at the ago of 84, after of servioc.<`
in the church of ilfty-four years, ra- '
tiring in 1843 in favor of the present
verger, who until nine years ago never
missed n sr-rvire. tho death of his wife
causing then a break in his record.
Mr. Carne was a delicate youth, s.nd~
being considered unfit for the rough-
work of a mason, the occupation of his
father and grandfather, he was appren-
ticed to ii tailor, but afterwards bccams
a postman, and for thirty-one years
walked his round of ten miles daily. _
When he became verger he had to_§
march up and down th, aisle of thc
church leading the choir with his iluttnx
Later a elarionet. a flute and a big
bass violin were added, and later ltill _3
s. cornopean. The practices were held »
an hollr before service in the parlor of
the inn near by. Bridge’s "Oh, Bo
Joyful" was sung in the church svery4
Sunday for many years before it was .
superseded by another by the sums?
composer.
Mr. Carne possesses an old stone ol! J
which are carved the laws of Massa(
and which has belonged to the church 5
since 1823. At one time the laws went
road aloud by the verger before the
congregation dispersed. 1
The s ed ve r claims to be
8’ fl*
descendent of the Cornish kings. His
lineage has been traced by Sir Paul
Molesworth to s famous Cornish prince
_ up Irish ilnduetiies. _
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