THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1657, 25 January 1913, Page 6

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

HIGHWAYMEN TRAPPED.

BANK MESSENGER AS DECOY.

1 New York, January 12. Detectives' yesterday hatl an exciting enoounter with eome .highwaymen on whose tracks' -they had been .trying to get for some time, and for whom tney at last specially Laid a trap. It was arranged that a bank messenger, carrying a satchel, should be sent along a thoroughfare that was known to bo frequented by the daring criminals whom the police were anxious to secure. Followed by, a 6quad of detectives disguised as'labourers, the messenger left the Union Exchange National Bank with a bag in his hand 1 containing 680dol. As he made his way along the street the old man, in order to play into the hands of the ruffians by whom ho expected to be assailed, stopped into a darkened doorway.. Ho had hardly done so when he was set upon by two men, one of whom, "Black Jack," knocked him senseless, and, grabbing the bag, made off. The fellow, nowover, was pursued and captured after an exciting - In the the detectives had beon having a sort of pitched battle with tho other* highwayman, tho bullets from their revolvers ipeppering the adjaccnt houses in tho liveliest fashion. The Tobber was eventually hit, and wounded so seriously that.ho nuiy die. One of the detectives also received . a bullet wound, and is not expected to live. The messenger, it was afterwards found, had been badly knocked about, and wa9 taken to the hospital, suffering from what is believed to be a,fractured skull; pearls and a suicide. , i London, January 12, A Bombay diamond merchant in Paris possessed a beautiful pearl'necklace worth thousands of pounds, and a dealer,, assuring tho merchant that ho had a customer for the jewels,'borrowed it. The necklace was not returned, and later on it was found that it had been sold to a London p'awnbroking firm for .'£1230. The dealer committed suicide. The merchant sued the pawnbrokers for the recovery of tho necklace, but the latter put in as their defenoo a claim' that they had purchased it from the agent of the plaintiff. The Court disregarded this plea, and entored a verdict for the plaintiff. BILLIARDS. • London, January 12. Two big billiard matches were brought to a close last night. The result of the. contest between Melbourne Inman and E. Diggle was a win for'Jhe latter by 628 points. In the. final session Inman made a break of 350, to which Diggle replied with .461. T. Reece defeated. Faulkner, to whom he conceded. a start of 2250 in a game of 9000 up. Reece's best breaks on Saturday wore 401 and 333,' , A MONTE CARLO EXPERIENCE. London, January 13. An English visitor to Monto Carlo was leaving ths Casino the other day when ho suddenly found that ho. had .£BO in one of his pockets. He had quite forgotten that Tie - had : this money in his possession, and congratulating. himself on the discovery. he-,mader.'his. way -back', to the Casino. Having ' half ,an hour to spare before the train was timed to:leave. he took a seat at the- gaming tables and' started playing.. The fellow's 'luck' .was in all right, for he' went oi winning stake after stake, until he, had .'gathered in £5200. He missed his train, though, but ho didn't worry about, that. . ' ■ PURSUIT OF LUXURY.

London, January 14. Discussing the indictment 'that children of the present- generation are following tho gospel of enjoyment and comfort preached by their parents,' "The Times," in a'leading article, writes:—"lt would be idle to deny that the pursuit of luxury and ease occupies much time by a probably increasing percentage of our, people, but we set), little'evidence 'yet that tho so-called smart 9et is composed of -persons:, who would havo led useful lives in any. age. Thew are waste products in any. fermentation, and social seienoe is .still baifled by the problem of-.froth and; .dregs. Its first duty as a teaoher is to discover a child's natural aptitudes ,in - the : national interests, as well as in i his own, , and . let him follow his natural-bent." '

THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH. ' London, January 12. Three hundred officers': and; men who took part in the historic siege of Ladysmith during the South African war mot at dinner lost night. -Colonel Sir Edward Ward, Permanent of the War Office, who presided, paid a great tribute to the Boers. He said that they played the game nobly during the' siege, and had' proved themselves worthy, of .being, included in the Empire. : V GERMANY'S AIR FLEET. London, January 12. Germany i 9 erecting- aeronautical stations at every point, of strategic import-, ance along her frontiers and coast line. At ea6h station will be- kept a monster dirigible and a number of aeroplanes will be housed at stations within a flying radius of on? another. Tho German war authorities intend to keep a constant watch on tho borders of the Fatherland. • TRIUMPH OF THE MOTOR. ' .London, January 13. i With a good deal of humour tho Paris motorists yesterday celebrated the disappearance of the last of the horse omnibuses. The occasion was signalised with a mock , funeral. Two horses decorated with wattle, went along drawing a. bus laden with wreaths" and crosses, which was followed' by a motor.' covered with a . black pall; dozens of other motor-cars bringing up the rear. , REMARKABLE INVENTION.

London, January 13. Tests that have been made on, the Atlantic liner Mauretania with the Marconi wireless compass have been attended with remarkable'results. . The captain lias certified that by means of the invention'ho was ablo to locate reef 3, derelicts, . icebergs, ships, and land. It is claimed that a vessel equipped with the compass can safely steam 'at full speed in the densest fog.

; PANAMA CANAL. / • , New York, January 12. Official reports regarding tho progress of work at the Panama Canal state that 25,000,000 cubic yards of earth have yet to b3 excavated,.whioh represents an eighth of the'entiro work. The engineers say that tho canal will bo completed by July. A landslide that has occurred in tho Culebra Cut is moving rapidly, and will probably deposit 1,000,000 .cubic yards within tho next few weeks. , COMPULSORY SERVICE. | London, January 13. In an address before the Brighton Territorial Association at Brighton .to-day, Lord Brassey, formerly Governor of Victoria, cited Australia s military system, and urged tho adoption of somo form of compulsory service in order to produce an adequate army for Britain's defence. The above itoms appeared in the Sydney "Sun's" special cable service.