THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 7 January 1913, Page 3

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

. ■ ; • »-— — ITEMS FROM FAR AND NEAR. MEXICO'S WEEKLY REVOLUTION. The following items are taken from the Sydney "Sun's special cablo service:— • MEXICO'S WEEKLY REVOLUTION. New York, December 28. Mexico is suffering from another revolution. A railwaymen's stride has led .to general trouble. Over 2000 chop employees on the National Railway downed tools when tho Government refused to give them an eight-hour day and more money*. As soon as tho shops were shut they took a hand in tho national pastime, and . started a revolution. The railroad was destroyed, bridges and stations burned down, villages pillaged, and tho conditions are causing the greatest concern. The military are out to keep order. UNHYGIENIC LONG SKIRTS. London, December 27.' Berlin is starting a campaign against women, who persist in .wearing dresses with long trains, and tho wearers are indignantly protesting. The police have issued regulations prohibiting, under heavy penalties, women's dresses from dragging along the' ground in such a way as to raise the dust. WINGED BICYCLES. London, December 23. A winged bicycle made a successful-, .flight in Paris to-day. Planes were fixed to the front and back forks of an ordinary bicycle. The machine rose only six inches above tho ground, but the experiment is considered to bo most promising, and will iprobably lead to .a new development in aviation.'. . .The winged bicycle is expected to be of considerable use in providing fast locomotion, over bad'roads and even across rough country. .■■..■' . PREACHING AND ACTING. ; London, December 29. The Dean of. Manchester, addressing a congregation of theatrical people in his cathedral to-day, said that actors made a great mistake, wher. they attempted to become preachers on tho stage., On the other hand, he thought that preachers were wrong to act in the pulpit. Tho stage, he wentcon, could broaden tho sympathies of the Church, while'the Church could elevate tho associations of tho stage. They each had interests and obligations for'tho common good of human nature. . ,' REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR WOODROW WILSON. New York, December 27. • Senator La Toilette, ono of the leading figures in American politics, raid in a speech at Indianapolis, that Dr. Woodrow Wilson would have his support and that of all progressive Republicans so long as he tried to serve the interests of tho people. "I will support him so long as he stands for the people'," said the senator, "and I am confident that the other progressives •.vill do tho sanie. •■'.'■; ' . "When the strain-comes, and thereactionory Democrats try to block Woodrow Wilson's efforts, ii ho breaks' down and yields or compromises, I and other progressives will turn and hammer him into the ground." ',' ■ ■ CIGARETTE SETS LIGHT TO PICTURE ■-' \'<- ; -. ■■• FILMS. London, December 29., The Empire Cinema Palac*ewas.pacfcd with spectators to-night, when an alarm of fire was given, and smoke was seen issuing from a room which was used for. rewinding used films. ■. • ' A panic was'averted, and the people fled out of the theatre' without disorder. Meanwhilo tho fire in the rewinding room had increased. The films were Mailing furiously, but tho. manager dashed through them and rescued'a lad "who had been overcome by tho smoke. When ho recovered' consciousness the ■ lad, who was employed in the room, admitted that he had been smoking a cigar-ette.-aud so caused the fire himself. i';„.iIABBIED; AFTER, 30 YEARS, v, ; !.<■•■■' London, December 29. '■ Thirty years Gyllstrocm, a theatrical st,ar in Stockholm,, and Baron Taras fell-in love with each other, and were about to bo married'.' The family of the Baroa objected to tho marriage, and the lover bowed to tho wishes of, his v parents. Tho girl left Sweden and was not'heard of again by her friends. '■■'•'■' Recently- the. parents of Baroa Tarns■ died, and tho lov'er, who had remained faithful to the memory of his'lost love, immediately set out on a quest to find her. Ho travelled round the world,;, and- at last found her in Melbourne, where sho was living under"an assumed name.' , /The couplo 'wont back toi Stockholm, when they were married.; . •">. ... ■"' STEERING A CORPSE. . New Yorft, December 30. Tho first case in which it has been, reliably established that compacts oxist between doctors and undertakers has b«en heard here. . .'■.■' :Dr. Ignatz Schwartz and Frank Winter, an undertaker, appeared at the Harlem Court to air their grievances. ■ They were arrested after a fight at Winter's obituary emporium. During tho battle tho medico fell out of a window and landed on his head in a snowdrift. Tne cause of the row was a demand by Schwartz of from Winter for commis- ' sion on an ombalming and interment job. », Schwartz's patient died, and he rushed to the telephone find gave/Winter the order. The undertaker paid the doctor JJl,.and refused to give'more. The fight 'followed; ■' In .dismissing Schwartz's claim, the magistrate said: "You are a fine doctor—a credit to your noble profession. If over I hear of you claiming a rake-off for ' steering a corpse to the undertaker's shop I'll sool.my dog on you." . LEAP YEAR AND, MARRIAGES.. London, December SO. The German' press denies that tho large' .increase in the marriage rote is due to Leap Year proposals. < ■ ', PARROT IMITATES TRAM CONDUCTORS.- . London, December 28. Liege,.the old-world Belgian city, has a parrot that is causing a great deal of amusement, and has also been responsible for an accident. The bird is owned by some people who live in. a houso near a'tram-car, stop, and it has learned to imitate a conductor's whistle.! '■• .While two people were entering a train tho parrot whistled, and the driver, thinking that it was tho conductor, started the car. The passengers were thrown off and rather badly hurt. . ■ DRUG CRAZE IN PARIS. London, December 25. Sonsational revelations resulted from the' death of M. . Rene Bichet, a brilliant, young graduate, who was recently appointed professor of French at' the University of Budapest. Tho, police allege that a friend, _ who; was addicted to the use of morphine, induced Bichet to try a hypodermic injection, arid this proved fatal. The friend was aifested.. j A general investigation has been mado into tho illicit sale of morphine, and the authorities are convinced that drastic . steps aro necessary to combat the glowing . vice. ' ' ■ ■• l The craving is most apparent among the women who frequent the cafes of Montraartre, and among students in tho Latin Quarter. The newspapers assert that the drug craze is assuming horrible proportions, and it is expected thot tho police will ' close up pharmacies that violate the', law. ■ MOTORISTS COMPLAIN OF FRENCH ROADS. • London, December 27. Complaints are becoming common in ' France regarding tho deterioration of tho roads. Motorists maintain that the once splenr ! did thoroughfares aro not being paid tho ' attention that they used to receive, and ' as the petrol tax yields A 500,000 a-year, ■ tho owners of cars claim that they ai,c ' entitled to greater consideration. 1 The Government is promising a special