GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 92, 13 December 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

the girl scout outrage

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, December 12. An elderly man was found at Woking with a bullet in Ids forehead. It is presumed that he was murdered. No weapon was near. It is supposed that he was connected with the Girl Scout outrage. A TRIBAL MURDER. Teheran, December 12. Tribesmen at Shiraz murdered Captain Eckford, of the Central India Hoi'se, during a shooting expedition. THE ORIENT COMPANY. London, December 12. The report of the Orient Steamship Company shows profits of £320,090. A dividend of 5 per cent lias been declared. It is recommended that £55,000 be allotted for repairs and renewals, £50,000 added to the general reserve, and £53,215 carried forward It is proposed to form an Orient Underwriting Company with a capital of £IOO,OOO, of which £57,912 will be offered to deferred shareholders. The scheme will obviate merging the underwriting account with the general assets.

A DEFAULTING SOLICITOR. London, December 12. Francis J. Tarr, a well-known and respected British solicitor, died .suddenly. An investigation showed that he was insolvent. He had been engaged in misappropriations from women clients for many years. The deficiency is £31,000. THE BLACK PERIL. New York, December 12. Following the announcement of Johnson’s marriage, Representative Rodenbury introduced a Bill forbidding the marriage of whites with negroes. He declared that for white girls to be made the slaves of African brutes was intolerable in any Christian country.

A SMUGGLING CONSPIRACY

Washington, December 12. The Federal authorities have discovered a smuggling conspiracy which has allegedly been in operation for years, whereby a million dollars’ worth of ladies’ dresses were introduced, uncustomed through Canada. Mrs. Haldern has been arrested for smuggling gowns, declaring that they were for her own use. BLACKMAILERS ARRESTED. New York, December 11. At Newark, New Jersey, three men were arrested for sending letters to, Dr. Woodrow Wilson, in which they threatened him with death unless lie paid a thousand pounds. The men have been identified as Dunn brothers and Selley, of Davenport, a mining settlement . Dr. Wilson deft for Bermuda earlier than he intended owing to the receipt of the letters.

A HUGE BONFIRE. London, December 12. A drying stove containing forty tons of cordite at Ardeor, Ayrshire, ignited, illuminating the country for miles around. ACCIDENT ON THE OTRANTO. (Received 13, 9.50 a.m.) London, December 12. The Otranto sent a wireless message to Colombo that the after-dry-air refrigerator is damaged and the forward machine is working all the holds.