FOUL PLAY HINTED AT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2012, 20 March 1914, Page 7

FOUL PLAY HINTED AT.

'' ■■ ■' " JAPANESE NAVY.SCANDALS,

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(R<«. March 3.9,' H4> -p.m.)

To'klo, Match 19, Ih connection with the ro.p.o.rted. death of I'oshiida,, whose stiiteinents were the originating causa of the Japanese 'Navy seaucfel'Si sojjve of fcln> neivspipers <% believe the idea of suicide, suspecting foul play.

GEHEEAL cablegrams..

I By 'Ateoolalloft—donyrlHi!) i fire sweeps mmw block. ' \ (Ree. March 19, 11:5.5 p.m,'J . , ... . Ne* Yom, Siai'ch J9. A ufe in Wisconsin swept 'along ah 'siitifo block. The iiv.es,of the guests at the Windsor Hotel ti ! pro e.hdiuigered, ■ bat- it is believed thai ail ivere"rescued.. The tiamag.e is estimafed at £70.,O0(). A TBKEATINED iIE?OLT. ' Was.hiri|tQMj : March 18, A tlw.eatened nCvolutjo'n at [San . J)o' miiig-o lias been averted. An Uirderataiiding has been i-eached beiweeii the GovemiMtit and rebel forces regarding ■the I'resfcJentm.l electron., which is likely to lend to peace'. IMFISRIAL' MIGRATION. - t . Lpriftany. March 18.: British nnjigrants to the dominions in January and February totalled T?,aoe), as compared with B2 S SOS sit .1913. Emigration to foreign eonutnes decreased by 1386, MURDER CHARGE IN WEST AUS* TBALIA. Perth, March 19. A man named 'Bn\'H Norman has been arrested on a ■charge <if ■.murferi.ng another man liaised James Mufflm, jit Waiigaii Hill's, . Deceased's wife kept a board Mghouse, and Norman was employed by her. On Monday night' Natulan and Muttiia .qiiairei'led,- and tiio latter was fataity shot..

BRITISH. ARMY STRENSTH,

. :Upn.()on, March-J&,' An f>Hiqia:l tetnra shows that there aw 548,1150 ofiicers' ivnd; iiwh in the regular Army and Tefi%iria(s-

RUSSIAN SENATE REFORM,

(Bee. March 19, 10 p.m.) St. .Petijrshurjj, March 19. The Duma has passed the-. Senate Reform Bill, which was promised by tho Tsar in 190$. '

PREHISTORIC MAN

BorlJn, Mareli 19. Anthropologists declare that. tjic skeleton pf a man wlifeli was found in ■ficrnwii East Afrisa, is of the first iinS)OTtai\ec to sejcneS, It is 'boiie-yett to be 150,(300 years all The. skeleton ■is wonderfully preserved.

HA.H.E LIBRARY BOOK'S SOW. London, Ifnrcti 19. Tho Puko of Dayonshire has sold a snia.ll part-ton of bis library, the. Ivemble cblloetiffii, tlio first faui' folios of Shakespeare, ami twenty-tltrcc Cartons. The price, lias not boon r<svcalcd, but American 'reports put the ammmt at £200,000. '

FEDERAL POSTAL WORKS.

Sydney, March is. The Federal Pos.tmas.tra%Ro:noi';vl, Mr. ' A.gar Wyimo, states that pnsiirl ..works j have broil planned, wliieli 'iyjft cost fouvr I millions during tin? wxf tljrtsc years.