GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 30, 28 September 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

DIE!) GAME. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) New York, September 27.

Harry Thorne has been executed by 'Shooting at Salt Lake City for the murder of a clerk during a hold-up at a grocery store. The Utah laws permit a prisoner to choose the mode of liis death. Thorne is the first prisoner to choose shooting. He asked that •bis eyes should not be bandaged, but the request was refused, lest the firing squad, should bo disconcerted. "He was the gamest (man I eyer saw die," said the prison governor. A QUESTION OF PREFERENCE. Ottawa, September 27. * Canadian manufacturers refuse to consider an increase in British preference at the present juncture 'to graingrowers. The invitation to a conference on the subject is declared to he a mere political move. DESTRUCTIVE TYPHOON. Tokio, September 27. Ten thousand families are i homeless at Gifu-aichi*. The streets collapsed wholesale, and temples, theatres and schools were wiped out. Even the forests disappeared. •• • < • '■'• ■ Four hundred fishermen were drowned at Sappono. Communication is still uhrestored in the provincial districts. Refugees coming to Tokio Teport appalling loss of life and damage to property.

COST OF LIVING.

New York, September 26. Professor Fisher, speaking at the International Chambers of Commerce Conference at Boston, said that it was necessary to Consider the remarkable increase in the cost of living throughout the world. He suggested that the weight of the gold dollar be increased in order to increase its purchasing power. , EDITORS IN ARMS. New York, September 27. Editors throughout the country have been aroused against the new Federal law ordering isworn statements biyearly covering their circulation and the stock-holders of every newspaper to be furnished to the Government under penalty. The newspapers threaten to refuse to use the mails.

THE INSURANCE ACT.

London, September 26.

Mr Walter Davies, in his presidential address at the "Friendly Societies' Conference, at Newcas'tle-on-Tyne, complained that the Insurance Act was chaos. It was now officially admitted that the commissioners had no knowledge of the financial provisions for medical benefit, and the warfare regarding fees was transferred to every local insurance committee in the Kingdom.

Other speakers demanded fulfilment of Mr Lloyd George's promises. One hundred and seventy doctors in Mid-Staffordshire have resigned their friendly society appointments.