Second Edition. GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 72, 16 March 1914, Page 6

Second Edition. GENERAL CABLES.

[By EuSotmo Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.J Paris, March 14. While the wife of M. Hartog, a banker, was at the theatre, £BOOO worth of jewels were stolen from a secret drawer in her residence. The valet has disappeared. Albert Edwards, founder of Le Matin, has bequeathed a quarter of a million sterling to Gabrielle Romano, a young actress, and a friend of his late wife.

New York, March 14

The Lusitania steamed 618 knots on the eastward run, a world's record for a day's steaming. London, March 14. In the House of Commons, Mr R. Hunt asked whether the War Office's orders for Australian meat had been reduced because it was infected witli a parasitic worm. Colonel Seely replied that it was found necessary to exercise portion of the carcases to make sure that the parasite was not present. This applied to all meat imported from Australia. m Tokio, March 13. Ivvahara, managing director of the Mitsuit Bushan Kaisha, and a director of the Oji Paper Company, has been arrested in connection with the navy scandals. Iwa.hara is one of Japan's leading commercial men. Washington, March 14.

The Senate passed a resolution demanding an * explanation from Mr Page, Ambassador to Britain, who said at a banquet given by-.the-chambers of commerce that it pleased Americans to know that Britain would be the chief gainers by the opening of the Panama Canal.

» London, March 13

Mr P. Wh'ite, Nationalist M.P. for Meath,' armed with a blackthorn, headed the procession. of Larkinites armed with staves. ' They, demanded from the Lord Mayor work for i the unemployed. White was ordered by the police to clear the road, and; a serious conflict ensued. The;'police dispersed the procession, their batons injuring several. Three had to be sent to hospital. White was injured' in the face and was arrested. He was bailed out on a charge of assaulting an uh spector, sergeant, two constables,-and a mail-van driver. The inspector states that he was struck on the'back of the head by a blunt instrument while arresting White. Meanwhile, the latter struck him with the blackthorn on the chest, and violently resisted arrest.""