GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 97, 19 December 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

CAP! AIN ECKEORD’S DEATH. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copy right.) {United Press Association.) (Received 8.0 a.in.) London, December 18. Captain Eckford’s party was emerging from the jungle when they were fired on from the hills. The party pursued their assailants, numbering 150, and shots were exchanged, when Captain Eckford was shot through the heart. THREATENING WOODROW WILSON. New York, December 18. The case against Walter Dunn, charged with sending threatening letters to Woodrow Wilson, was dismissed. A motion is pending to dismiss the case involving other accused, through lack of evidence.

THE PUTUMAYO ENQUIRY

(Received 9.30 a.m.) London, December IS

At the Putumayo scandals enquiry, a witness defended expenditure of £7OOO on rifles required to resist native attacks, and agreed generally with Sir Roger Casemate’s report that the directors ultimately became aware of the conditions at Putumayo.

FRENCH COINER SENTENCED

Paris, December 18

A coiner named Passaret, who parsed 5350 counterfeit live-franc pieces at a profit of £560, and used purer silvei than the genuine coins, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, with the benefit of the First Offenders’ Act. the JAPANESE PREMIERSHIP. Tokio, December 18. Katsura lias accepted the Premiership.