GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 22, 19 September 1912, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

ROSENTHAL MURDER CASE

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) New York, September 17. “Gypt, the Blood,” and “Lefty Louis,” wanted in connection, with the j police graft investigations of the I Rosenthal murder, walked the streets I of the city for six weeks, meeting the I police daily. They were never arrested, but have now been captured. They declare that the New York police are no good to catch any criminal. PUTUMAYO RUBBER OUTRAGES. New York, • September 17. Mr Howard, the American Commissioner, is investigating the Putumayo rubber outrages. He reports improved conditions. The Indians are now enjoying humane treatment and consequently the rubber production has greatly increased. The wages and food given to workers and the conditions generally are satisfactory. SINGLE TAX. London, September 18. Mr Ure, speaking at Linlithgow, said that he was dead against the single tax, because it implied a repeal of'all others except the licensing duty, and exempted millions of well-to-do people from contribution to the needs of the State. THE ULSTER CAMPAIGN. London, September 18. Mr Carson will open the Ulster campaign at Enniskillen to-day. A disquieting feature of the situation is the rapid increase of the number owning revolvers. One dealer in the Nationalists’ district in West Belfast is selling 100 weekly.

WRECK OF THE DACRE CASTLE. London, September 18. The steamer Dacre Castle, from Yokohama to Ncav York, went ashore at Formosa in a typhoon. It is feared that she is a total loss. She was valued at £200,000. A NEW GUN. London, September 18, An armoured ship will he laid down in 1912, provided with a new gun against all air-craft attacks. She will lire shrapnel at 9000 yards at an elevation of eight degrees. THE CAPTAIN’S FAULT. Constantinople, September 18. The Barrowmore fouled a submarine mine off Salonica. She has a bole twelve feet square in her hull. The authorities accused the captain of disregarding signals. AMERICAN “HOLD-UP.” New York, September 18. Two armed masked men held up a special train at Stevenson, Alabama, bound all the mail clerks, covered them with mail sacks and nearly suffocated them. When discovered, the robbers leaped from the moving train and escaped with a large sum. Another hold-up is reported from San Matca, California. Two men resisted an armed robber, and both were shot. The robber escaped, after relieving the passengers of their, valuables. __ > * " : BOILER EXPLOSION WRECKS BUILDING. New York, September 17. The. boiler in a malt-drying plant at Elgin, Illinois, exploded. The build'ngs were wrecked. Three employees wore killed and several injured. STRINGENCY INTHE MONETARY CIRCLES. Washington, September 18. A monetary stringency is impending throughout the United States, necessitating the Government depositing funds in the national banks, which require money to handle the grain crop, which is worth ten. thousand m'Hion dollars. THE ADMIRALTY. London, September 18. Rear-Admiral Waymoutli has been appointed Director of the Naval Equipment Branch of the Admiralty. THE TURKISH EARTHQUAKE. London, September 18. The Turkish Tmhassadnr announces that the recent earthquake destroyed 92 Government buildings, 11,000 dwellings and shops, 35 mosques, and 11 churches in the Gallipoli and Rodosto districts. It partially wrecked 5000 dwellings. Eleven hundred and fifteen people were killed, and 2122 injured. Twenty-nine thousand required asistance. POLITICAL CENTRE OF GRAVITY. Ottawa, September 18. The census has disclosed, a strong rural-to-city movement of recent years. Consequently tiie Redistribution Bill will provide for largely increased representation in the larger cities. A shifting of the political centre of gravity from Eastern to Western Canada is becoming obvious.