GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 47, 20 February 1912, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.; (United Press Association.) (Received 19, 9.0 a.in.) London, February 18. The Oceanic, from New York, lest her foremast and 'wireless installation in 'an Atlantic storm. Henry Swaffield, of Seven Oaks, has 'bequeathed to the Wesleyan Church a hundred and fifty thousand pounds. (Received 19, 8.10 a.m.) Tokio, February 38. Baron Inchiko, ex-President of the Privy Council, who presided over a meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association at Seoul, and several others have been arrested in connection with the plot to assassinate \ iscount Teranchi. (Received T 9, S.lO a.m.) Vienna, February 18. Baron Aehrenthal bade farewell to his colleagues and his family in the afternoon. He was cheered by reading Emperor Franz Josef’s Tetter decorating him and eulogising his faithful and distinguished services. He died at ten o’clock at night. Count Leopold Berchtole, ex-Ambassador at St, Petersburg, is Baron Aehrenthal’s •successor. Fie married Countess Karolyi, daughter of a former Ambassador to England. New York, February 18. A charge of forty thousand pounds of, black powder and twelve hundred pounds of dynamite were used in the Sandstone Company’s quarry at Tenino, Washington State. It dislodged a million tons of stone, believed to be the largest amount of commercially uneable stone ever dislodged by a charge. At the aviation meeting at Oakland four competitors were caught in sudden gusts and driven 'to the earth. Their' machines were partially wrecked and all were badly shaken. A fifth, Hoff, fell from a considerable height and was seriously injured. In connection with the recent dynamite investigations at Indianapolis ft appears that the Government used a secret phonographic device concealed in a desk in a roo'm where suspected trade union officials who were arrested conferred. Stenographers hidden in the room beneath, made a note of the conversation. It is believed that important evidence warthus secured against accused. Berlin, February 18. Herr Rebel explains that Comrade Scheidemann goes to the Court when President Kaempf is unable to do so and similarly in the latter’s absence Scheidemann will propose 'the usual cheers for the Emperor in the Reichstag. A fire at a powder station in the Saar Valley deprived many towns and villages of electricity and rendered ■twenty thousand idlo. Malta, February 18. The Powerful has sailed for Gibraltar. Madrid, February 15. A million pesetas has been voted for the relief of sufferers by tho flood. Berlin, February IS. Herr Groeber, in the Reichstag, protested against the Samoan mixed marriage ordinance. Herr Solf replied that- such marriages were injurious to both races. He predicted that the natives would welcome tho prohibition with joy. The twelfth Dreadnought, Prinz Regent Lnitpold, has been launched at Kiel in the presence, of the Kaiser. London, February 18. Gilmour was attempting to volplane when ho encountered an air pocket. The wings collapsed and he descended head foremost. Ottawa, February 18. Wolves arc so numerous in tho outlying districts of Quebec Province that the Government is taking steps to poison them. The National Park is particularly .suffering from 'the ravages of tho animals. Canea, February 18. The protecting Powers have demanded tho punishment of tho murderers of a number of Mahommcdans at Retimo. The local governing authorities profess that they arc powerless to comply.