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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1486, 8 July 1912, Page 5

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LONDON SUMMARY. SUI'I'TvAGETTES SENTENCED. ■ London, May 21. After a long trial on charges of conspiracy the three militant suffragist leaders, Mrs. I'nnkhurst, and Mr. and Mrs. Pcthiclc Lawrence, have been found guilty and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment in the second division, Mrs. Pan'.iliurst and.Sir, Lnwienee being ordered lo pay the costs of, tho prosecution. The Attorney-General, Sir Unfits Issues, in his speech for the Crown, commclitcd on the fact thot the defendants had not called, as witnesses the persons who broke the windows to' prove that, they were not influenced . by. the. defendant's incitement. Although the .Government..miyht not be able, to stop this, campaign of .wreckage, they, were determined..to. show, thai: (his sort of thing.could not be done with impunity, and that private property was not to be injured to call attention to these people's grievances. Before the Judge passed sentence the defendants addressed him at .considerable length. Mrs. J'eihiek Lawrence; in licr.closin? .speech, raising both her hands, said: "Slav God defend mis, as otir cause _is just." Mrs. I'arikhurst was a pathetic figure as sire clung to the edge of. the dock and'pleaded to l>o treated as a first-class'misdemean-ant. A remarkable, scene followed upon the passing of. the sentence, many, of tho women in C'oni-t leaping to their feet and crying "Shame, shame!" When the Judge _had left the bench there was a procession of women in front of the dock, each.stopping to shake hands with the defendants aim to. (ell. them not to be downhearted. .■ As' Mrs. Pethick Lawrence and Mrs., [Vmkhurst .went down to the cell? the women in the gallery rose as one and cheered. Handkerchiefs were'waved, and tho cry: "Keep the flag flying," was answered by a cry of "Bather!" A STATE TUBE...

A.scheme which, if carried out,' will revolutionise the present system of transport, of mails and parcels in the metropolis and greatly relievo'the' traffic.in' its streets, was. briefly' announced in tho House of Commons'by "the PostmasterGeneral, Mr. Herbert Samuel. ; Jfo said that the'Government'contemplated making a tube railway, of their own,- running east and west .of London, to carry'mails and 'parcels. The scheme has not yet been fully developed; but it lias been decided to build a' tube railway between Mount Pleasant, the central sorting' establishment,''and the new .King' Edward Buildings, which recently took tho place of St. Martin's-le-Grand. . Extensions of the railway will afterwards be made to Paildington, and the Eastern Districts Office, and, ultimately, all the other principal termini and post offices in London will be linked up. The trains are to be electrically propelled and worked on the automatic principle, without either driver or guard, and, according to present plans, there will bo two tubes for traffic cither way, and the diameter will not bo less than ten feet. ' ...

'""' LEADER OF-THE .WORLD'S - - - ' . - "• . ANARCHISTS.' Enrico Malatesta,"'an engineer, of Windmill Street,; Tottenham Court Road, described as ' the -leader—of•• the- world's , anarchists, and one of the most dangerous revolutionaries in-Europe,- has been, scn-tenced'-lo three months'- imprisonment at tho'Old - Bailey, for -libelling : Ennio Belclli, of Soho, by suggesting that ho was a spy in the pay of the Italian police. Ho'was also recommended'for-deportation, as- an ,: undesirable alien. Mnlate.sta has lived in this.country for many years as a' political refugee.. Ho has been .'imprisoned in -Italy and ozpelled • from France. . Many, of" his former colleagues have passed through tho British Courts and been given penal servitude, chiclly for coining. It was explained that Belelli camo to London ten years ago, that ho was a professor of Italian history, and'had mado' a living hero by. selling, books and acting as a literary agent. The men had quarrelled over the Italian-Turkish war.

THE\"ELIXIK OF LIFE."--' To an overdose of the "Elixir of Lifo" is attributed the death- of- Oustav Neumann, aged seventy-three, and the serious .illness of his wife, at a little-greengrocery shop which they kept at-West Hani. They were found lying unconscious on the floor, and the old man die.! shortly after. Interest in tho case was chiefly centred round Neumann's alleged- discovery, of "The Elixir of Life," which he was wont to say made him always to look and to feel.young. The subtle operations of drugs and herbs had been his constant study 'ever since he-came from Germany, and ho was always telling his friends that he had discovered, the secret of immortal youth. It is said that his cordial chiefly consisted of diluted phosphoric acid, supplemented at times by syrup of buchu, and bottb upon bottle of this concoction was to be seen in his private apartments.

TITANIC'S BANDMASTER, The funeral of Mr.. Wallace Hartley, tlio heroic bandmaster of the Titanic, whoso body was recovered •a nd hroiifilii to England, took place at Colne, -his native plnco, amid remarkable scenes of general mourning. Thousands of. visitors- came from all parts of the surrounding country to the little.Lancashire'town', and thrqnged tho narrow nvain- streets. Flags waved at half-mast from the Town Hall- and other public buildings. The funeral was largely of' a public, character, and was attended .by the Mayor, in. his uhjin of office; and Mr. Black,,the musical.director of the While'Stur'Opnvpany. ■ The cortege was a long, and imposing one. After an impressive service, at Defliel Church, to which the sok'in'n strains iif "Nearer, tny God, to Thee" gavo an especially- affecting touch, the funeral procession,' headed bv several bands, marched slowly through the narrow streets to the ceiiictery.-

"OLD MASTERS" FRAUDS.' Many tons of bogus "old rooster's" were, stated'.to have been'sold by means of wholesale perjury on the part of James Castiglione, "a picture dealer, and fiolx-rt (feor'ge I'orteous.'.who have been sentenced at the Old' Bailey to six and twelv-J months' imprisonment in the second division. "(Visliglioue had lanw numbers of imitations uf the works of -ul-d mastersmanufactured for him," said Mr. Muir, who p'rosswitcd, "and then sold them as pictures which had biwu w'zed- by the sheriff under (in order of the Court., Large cumnanies were thus u'tro.ctcd to (lie saleroom, .and--tha. pietuw* i.'alisrd' pripr-s far beyond U'tdr actual value. . It is alleged thaPperiu-.y was commit! ?d in order to obtain this assistance from the sheriff."

ADUrnOX TO HIE LAW COUKTS. The new addition.to the Inis Courts,:|s now lvipidly rearing cc-.n'plciion.' It is lifilied'tiriually to' otifn tlie'rew coiirtroniiis ttaV.-aV Is the end of July, though Ihev wjll v.ji bo-occiipied until after,the 1.-'-'ng Vacation. -The new building will r»!jove the pravaiiing congc-stion by providing'.lour -.pwMus i-diivl.rorns, two on the-Miith side for the I'lMl/it.', Divorce, and Adiiiiraltv .Division, and., all Iho north side, one fpr tl]e .King's l>i,-)ir-li Division, and in:- for the Coin'.. <.f Crimiiv.l Appeal.' l'.xeelicnt accommodation fit th-s \vny of robitig rebms for ,lutl,-;m aml-cou-.i-fel is provided, nor is Iho comfort of tho jurors and -witnesses forgotten, women witnesses l>eing favourc-l . with special rooms. 'Beneath the coiirl-i'-wms are a number of rooms for wardois and wardresses, -and ten waiting ccIN, finished in white glazed brick.

MR. CHURCHITJ/S .MIJEI, ACTION. A libel action br AViristoii Churchill, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, against Messrs. Blackwood and Sons, Paternoster liow, printers and publishers of "Blackwood's Magazine," has been disposed of in the King's Bench .Division, tho record being withdrawn,' a full apology tendered, and nn agreed sum paid by the defendants. The case, had reference to Eoiuo verses relating (o Mr. Churchill which appeared in "Blackwood's," and included the following:— More. fond. 6f warlike, words than .blows, When captured by. our Asian foes J low 'cleverly he homeward stole, And broke, liis prison and parole: Behold- him. just from school released, Playing at soldiers in the Rntt. .From'discipline he seeks relief jn mutiny, against his. chief. The. substance of Hut sl-alcraont rnnipltiinod'nf'was "thai'. Mr. Churchill broke, hi" inu'olu as a- urisoner of war at I'ie-lc/ra

during the South African ■ AVar. Mr. Churchill denied tiie allegation in the witness-box.

STARVING ISLANDEIIS. The people of the lonelv island of St. Kilda, in the Outer Hebrides, who have been isolated by storms for some months, have been found to be in a state bordering on' starvation. The captain of the trawler Sircithiiinre, on arrival at Aberdeen, reported that when he touched at St. Kilda the supplies of ten, sugar, and meal had become exhausted, and only a small quantity of Hour remained. _ i'ov a week or two the people had been living on the eggs of sea-birds, but they had been suffering from want of bread! Temporary relief was ntforded by tho arrival during the week of a Hull rawler, tho captain of which gave as largo a .supply ..of provisions as ho could spare. Practically no news had reached the island from the outside work! .since Christmas, and the inhabitants were fttill awaiting fire arrival of Christmas and New Year letters. A cruiser has been sent to the islanders' assistance. AEROPLANE FATALITY. A fatal aviation Occident, in which one man was killed and several people injured, has occurred at .Ymcsbury, near Salisbury. Lieutenant Ashton, one of tho offi,ccrs connected with the Royal I'lying Corps, had been up in ths'air in his aeroplane. When he brought his machine down he shut off his engine, and was running along (he ground until the momentum of his descent had exhausted itself. A - crowd of -101/ or 50(1 persons had been watching the Hying. When those nearest Lieutenant Ashton saw him come to (he ground they, made a rash for him, forgetting the pace at which the machine was travelling along tho ground. The aeroplane dashed into the crowd, hurling them right and lot't. and finally capsized. —"Standard of Empire."