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THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1913. SECOND EDITION. PRESTWICH AND THE CITY MANCHESTER STATION EXPLOSION. FIREWORKS MANUFACTURER FINED.

The explosion at the Victoria Station, Man chester, in September resulted in the proseeu tion at Southport yesterday of Paul Metz, of Newall Street, Birmingham, owner of a fireworks factory at Blowick Common, Southport. Mr. Metz was summoned on four informations THE INDIANS IN SO mi AFfir? MISSIONARY GIVES HIS LIFE'S SAVINGS. (Recteb's Correspondkst.) Lahore, Mr. Gokhale addressed a mcptiii h-r day on behalf of the Indians in SouU, and a sum of 2,000 was subscrifiM spot to help in their fight against t1Q 'i Government.

A European mif-sior-r 300, his life's savings. -v A "SUFFRAGE FIRST" COMMITTHE A group of men and women women's suffrage have decided to fcW-v." selves into a committee to be called if9 frage First" Committee. The object Committee -will be to secure from' t'- pledge tliat unless women have enfranchised they will at the next ei'-- their division, in using-their suffrage first. Mr. Pethick UmJi' agreed to act temporarily as honorar of the Committee, and to have corr.i" for failing to comply with the terms of hejTOS notaing wrong vith the nmaic cffered to licence granted him for the manufacture of Manchester.

It was a gargantuan feast. But MUSICAL MANCHESTER. RECENT EVENTS AND THEIR MORAL. WHAT'S WRONG? The Manchester Musical Society yesterday evening held in the Portico Library a dis cussion on wrong with music in Manchester." Mr. William KIIpt- whn resided, said theie there was something -wrong with musical appre ciation in Manchester.

There appeared to be no love of opera as opera among the Man- Chester rvMvrl Thev wpta TerfeeUV apatlietic towards it. Even tile music lover-would not. sm ci-r in E.uinn Ti.ir cnera. It was offered in great indigestible chunks. Yet it would not be a paying proposition to give opera two or three nighta a ek all the yea.

nnc m-n hTa nifhts iwpk alt tne ea.r round, as was done on tne continent, were therefore in a vicious circle. Thcv WAITING FOR A STIMULUS. Jlr. c. Aoercromoie movea declaring "that tne state ot music in iu.au- Chester is unsatisfactory owing to apatny in T0nrf its organisation, and that we look to the repre- i.

1 7 m.ni,lh. to fter mucal projects of all kmds espb cunr.nTivA I i-i I in ci' I. I tvrm.3 n.M of the concert authorities was to c.a.tr both for those who demanded new music and those who demanded the old. He suggested that could be over- come bv orovii new music one night and the classics the next nirht. anil extending the system of subscriptions for alternate concerts, na fiifi not acrree -with tne cnairman viw anout tne miiiiip Attiturin towards orcra.

jlhu i po blic willing to hear opera but waiting for a stimulus. Advertisement was needed. The business arrangements-of music should be in business hands. Mr. Louis Oppenheimer, in seconding tne re solution, said there was nothing the atter with Hio Mnre the Tillbhc bv the Hallff fSie iv Tor bv he oeoDle who had hrought opera to Manchester.

The trouble arose. lrom the fact that the business men on tne nccuuve uommiuee oi tno i-uan-u Society did not use the same intelligence in t.lio ,1,.. na ihv ilul iii lhe management of their business. Both the wuvtrus anu tne oiiciii. iiuu.

uctu u.a though the rich people who lived in Manchester thirtv or fortv wirs. vnr-P from Man- Chester to places thirty or forty miles away. The managing bodies ought to turn their atten- tion to the man of moderate means and get a new auuienee irom tne uiiiiaie-ciass oy mas- ing it possible for them to attend. What busi- tend. What busi- urs in order to get Why could not even if a little ere were thousands nes3 man could wait two hours in order to get rade Hall CliUICU I J.

11-C1T-- M-Cl-S Lll-ilS3lllVL- class musifi if thv i-nnlil onlv h- cnpouraEred to hear it. A fortnight of opra ought to be tive tor Manchester to digest. A LOCAL OPERA CHORUS If the authorities wanted to economise they could do it by giving ordinary minor parts toj 1 jjuiouiio aiiu vy employing a iucui chorus instead of importing one. Nothing! 1,6 better fr 6tudentS fc tlie. UoUe! lnt 6luuems Music tliai1 or them to take part opera production.

Anfl sursJv manv rnmnptpnt. rw, r- formances were better than an occasional suPerl performance. Art was nut a thing to1 be put in a glass case. It should bo made as common as possible. The musical critics who -rut0 newspapers were giving people to understand that one could not tniov music unlAss rno it inin c-vt exercise.

That was enough to warn off any TiosRihlA npw lit.imr If nm.n rif nr. miicioijl learning got thp idea that inusic wouhl inothiiuT to him but a noiso he would not pay half-a-crown to hear it. The true fact was that a man could enjoy music without having musical knowledge. The wav to listen to music was with the ears, not with the brain. Mr.

Sydney Nicholson, organist of Manchester Cathedral, said the Halle Concerts were giving too much foreign nmsio and1 neglecting English composers. In Germany music nourished be- mum national mmin Anmnm.l. Tn Mnn. Chester national music was not encouraged. Ul'lUlUU ,,1.111,1 ll.U UI1I.1CT.

.,1 1 a lt1 iinr Act rr fireworks. It was alleged that some cork cart ridges were manufactured at the defendant's works which contained over 0.6: grains of chlorate of potassium and amorphous phosphorus. Mr. Wi agate Saul, who appeared on behalf of the Home Office, said that the chemical advisers for the Home Office had found that alarm cork cartridges containing more than 0.6 grains of the composition had a tendency to explode in mass. This was to say, that if one cartridge in a box of 50 or 100 exploded the shock was such that the probability was that the rest of the cartridges in the box or package would explode.

Since the accident it hail been realised that "the margin of safety was rather sinau, ana tne percentage now auowext was only 0.4 grains. On September 5 three boxes of alarm cork cartridges were sent from the de-, fendant's factory to Meols Con Station. South. poTt, to be forwarded to Mr. Metz at Birmingham.

One of these boxes was sent bv the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway through Victoria Station, Manchester. It arrived in Manchester about. 3 p.m., and was being placed in a bin by a parcels clerk when it exploded, niuiciuig sucn irignttul injuries that the clerk but six were found to contain composition over and above that allowed by the terms of the defendant's' licence. In the samples which had been analysed the amount of composition varied between 1-64 grains and 0.51 grains, and it was difficult to see how any proper precautions could have been taken when the amount of composition varied to that extent. Oswald Bradley, manager for the defendant, sa Hi the glass syringe used for filling the corks would not contain more than fi 1 tv.

ture, and he carried out his tests about every four daVS. A hlfnr. Vm ,.1 four days. A fortnight before the accidenthe did not fill any of the corks. He left it to a man who was most careful and competent.

Mr. ttctz had told him that he wanted every precaution taken, and was not responsible. Mr. Bnghouse, who defended, asked how it came about that certain of the corks contained more of the composition than thev ought to have done. It was admitted that this was so.

I he witness said he formed the conclusion fc bun IHJL. rha CirpinrfA 1 i 1 a mile extra composition, and this would cause the weight to be heavier than should be the case. Mr. Brighouse, on behalf of the defendant, said the magistrates knew as well as he did that tne most terrible consequences very often tollowed most innocent causes, and thev should not try the defendant for killing the man at the U'toria station, Manchester Mr AT-ac. 'wf pictauuon, ana in Air.

Bradlev aia manager, he employed the best man he i Sgan They had helrd SrK I i- "I' IIOM aking man. They had heard Air Bradlev xplanation of how possibly the extra composi- i tion got into the corks If bis i-Aretnn i rect, and a larger quantity of composition was should have been used, Mr. Bradlev was not aware of this, and Mr. Metz was responsible for it and should not be convicted If necessary to comply strictlv with ltl section ot the Act. he eucsested thp'Rnn should issue similar snmmrnc -r JiraUley, and he would accept service there and I then on his behalf.

Thedefendant fined 20 in one case, and ordered to pay the costs in the three other cates PLATELAYERS "FOGGING." WILL THE DISPUTE SPREAD TO MANCHESTER The position on the Cheshire Lines Railway itirtt some or tne particles in the comnosition "hi Decfimed tlnckencd, resulting in small lumps. When thv namn rf tv, i i a seat in the Free the shilling seats be mni-fl narl tr, THE WEATHER. OUR SPECIAL FORECAST FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. X.W. ENGLAND AND N.

WALES. First day: Strong south-westerly to wes'terly winds; equally, with occasional rain; some improvement latter part of day. Second day Fresh -westerly or north-westerly winds; weather mostly fair, but some passing showers; cool-Third day: Moderate to fresh south-westerly winds; fair at first, some rain later; rather warmer. FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY. The following forecasts of to-day's weather were issued by tho Meteorological last night Lancashire and the North-West (No.

7). Wind mainly between west and northwest, moderate to fresh or strong, a gale at times locally; changeable, some rain, fair intervals; moderate temperature. TESTJSRDAY IN MANCHESTER. Manchester Ujuvehsitt Meteorological Observatory, Whitwortb Park. Nov.

14. 1913. 9 p.m. Fair to fine and bripht at first lioanr rains lntor Barometer rising. Teupbratorh (in shade).

To-day. Lastj-sai. Fast 24 hour. Lastvaar 9 a.m. 48-4 391 49-3 45-0 9 P-n- 44-9 40-i Lowest 43-3 37-0 Highest on black bulb, 63 2h.

0m. Rainfall 0'465in. Last year Oh. 10m. Last Nil 0 a.m.

9 p.m. Homidity (per cent of saturation) 84 83 Barometer (corrected; Friday. Thursday. At9a.m 2 -208 2-098 At9p.m 29325 29 372 Wind. A moderate breeze, direction varied between north-west and south-west average velocity 12 miles an hour.

Summary of Orservations taken Durixs ths Wrek fcNDiNtt Friday, Nov. 14, 1913. The minima refer to the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m.. the maxima and wind velocities to the 24 hours commencing at 9 a.m. of the datea in.l cated.

The rainfall recordB are taken at 9 p.m. lemper.iture. Sunsalns. Rain. Max.

wind Max. Mia. a. v. Inehsi.

BIIIss. 4--6 Ja-l 1 40 0-010 8 63-9 38-7 0-169 13 3-1 4 25 11 56-4 4pj 5o 4 45-0 0 60 Tr co 15 4-4 47-4 1 35 0-151. 18 44 0 0-245 IB 49'f? 433 Friday, JSbv. 7 Saturday, t-th Sunday, 9th Monday, li Tuesday, 11th Wedneadav. Thursday, 13th cnasy, Sun rlaas.

7 34 Seta. 4 13 Moon rliss. 4 26 p.m. 8eti. 9 44 a.ra.

To-morrow uui. 1 Q. 1U. ror evarv ten milM nnrt.h ni i 7 36 4 12 p.m. 10 55 a.

by nB seconds. IiAMP-TIME FOR CYCLISTS. To-day 5 13 p.m. To-morrow 5 12 p.m. A COUNTRY DIARY.

November 14. Last night and up to eight o'clock this morn ing torrents of rain fell -with scarcely a break. There is now no longer the dense summer foliage to hold part of the moisture, at last. the land is receiving the full benefit of the falL tome are complaining that the droughty condi tion of the soil is so serious that they fear for next year's crops. In this district of Lancashire and Cheshire I feel certain we are in no such danger.

We have this autumn had a marvellous succession of fine, warm, sunny mys, duc onen, as during this week, has fallen heavily in the night, and it must be remembered the evaporation has been slhrht, as we have had remarkably little wind for this sea son of the year. Storms have occurred in die tricts adjacent, but here we have had a still atmosphere. jt TO-DAY'S ARRANGEMENTS. Manchester District Women's Suffrage Federa- nuu iurs. iswanwick, Y.M.C.A., Women's Christian Temnerance Annriih-m ju.k:mii, ctt, deansgate, 6.

nAM -r uuwiiwu School of Technology: Certificates Distribu tion, 10 30. Conference of Catholin FrieTidlir Deansgate Hotel, Manchester. 11. Mr. Churchill at Liberal Demonstration, North I Mi1 nv- i AX Mr.

John Burns at Melton Mowbrav Mr. Mastemian in North Shield. NEXT WEEK. TO-MORROW. Mai and m- T- M.

Healy at tb ree Trade Hall. Manchester. Monday. Mr. John Redmond at Northampton.

MMancheSrmith at the Ha' Mr. T. P. O'Connor at Chatham. Conference on Sweated Workers and Trade Boards at Sunderland House, London the Bishop of Oxford and Mr.

Moorman The Pearl Necklace Case: Trial begin in Bowing: Colquhoun Sculls begin at Cambridge (four days). Tuesday. Lord Lansdowne at Brighton Mr. Hobhouse at Bristol. Mr.

Masterman at Crewe. Meeting on Excessive Annaments, Westminster Palace Hotel, London. Mrs. Sidney Webb's Lecture on Woman at the King Hall, Covent Sn London, Mr. Granville Barker presiding' Bitual Murder Trial: Protest Meeting in the Town Hall, Manchester, the Lord Mayor of Manchester presiding- Twenty-seventh Anniversary of the Man Chester and Salford Weleyan in the Free Trade HaUMon' Chester.

Chrysanthemum and Kruit Show at Chester. Manchester Autumn Assizes. Wednesday. Mr. John Redmond at Birmingham, The Postmaster General Keceives a Dm.

tation of Postal Employees? Mr. Masterman in North Salford. Mr. Ellis Griffith at Darwen. Women's Institute: Mrs.

Humphry Ward on Evening Play Centres." Aeronautical Sooiety of Great Britain- Mr Roger Wallace on "The Right to Fly The Duke of Marlborough at Eastbourne Rugby Union Football, County Chamnion ship: Middlesex v. Eastern (Wt? Richmond; Midland taunties sSev at Leicester. e'' Thursday. Mr. Bonar Law at Dublin.

Lord Robert Cecil at Leamington. Mr. Austen Chamberlain at Bromsgrove Mr. Birrell at Bristol. Welsh Church Bill Protest Meetansr i rh.

Albert Hall, London. the Charges against Dublin Police- Begins. J-nal Motor-boats Exhibition at the Agricultural Hall, London (eight days). Friday. Mr.

Lloyd George at the Oxford Un ion: wi i-iic jua.ii'x l-oiicy. Mr. John Redmond at Alloa, Mr. Bonar Law Mr. Austen Chamberlain, and fair Edward Carson at Birmingham.

Bolton Chrysanthemum Show. Cricket: M.C.C- v. Cape Province, at Port Elizabeth. Saturday. Raring: November Handicap at Manchester.

Rugby Onion Football: County Championship, Lancashire v. Durham, at Waterloo; Scottish Trial Match at Edinburgh. GORTON DIVISION. INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE. MR.

WHITE AND HIS TREATMENT Mr. Henry White, who at the last two elections fought as the official Unionist candidate for the representation of the Gorton division in Parlia- ment. has ii(miirai coot nt. tlin next election as an independent candidate. On Thursday nisht he addressed a meeting in the Norton Town Hall.

There was a largo audience. and many people were unable to obtain admia- sion. Afr i was sun most uesPe ail he had gone through, and all the neglect and indifference with which he had been treated, unless he was compelled in self to taKo any action which would injure the historic party of which he had been so lone humble iustified in saying he best Qf ins ability. Neither did be desire to sav anv 4nsn lmuS against the Gorton Executive of the jinioni naw xr unionise party. He might be pardoned for th Sllln3 tnat it was an extraordinary thine that mere Wre on body a large number of re- apeeJaWe absolutely in their and consciences that he had been out ragcously treated, and.

knowing that, had allowed themselves to be out-manwuvred hv a bandful of irresponsible and lumentaUve auo uiirepresensauve 110 hoped, even now, they would find tneir courage and dissociate themselves from a nrocerinrA iu Liiciiiseivefi 4 JL "-ua lo uie interests of the division. After two congests in one year, such as few men were called upon to undergo, after meeting every r01 ligation financial, social, and poli cumug a. vast sum oi Jus own money, after incessant efforts against the un- relenting opposition of the bulk of the Parli uuab. ui tiie am ljaoour had been driven with turses irom the division. was upon "that platform on, the invita- uoa or a targe and resnonsiMn nt.

hody of Tepie- ticuiura, ana, in resoonse to innumerable messages he had received from all iiij ijL bu aivision. vfus there the re -nresentativA of i i -P-nlauve of the greatest number of electors wno 6ver voted for a Conservative candidate, and because he felt he was the candidate the majority of the electors were goins to vote for ae. intndea to build up a new organisation which should be free from all those corrosive and fatal infiiienres which had, in his view stultified the host of their efforts in the past 111 lne Pasl lntenue" to buUd up a new organisation "men snouio be free from all those corrosiv, It may be stated that th Conservative Execu tive in the Gorton division are in quest of an official candidate to take the place of Mr. Otto Kahn wh has resigned that position. BEITISH INVENTION.

REMARKABLE PROGRESS AND PROMISE. oi -chnology, Manchester, last nigni mi. illiam H. Taylor lectured to mem- bets of the Textile Society on patents Mr 1 rtieuio iiuy presiaea. 31r- laylor traced the history of the law deal- wHh i KuTZtT' -mar" aeelopmcnt of themventive facully iwtowinft hrst, Mr.

Chamberlain's legislative work 1883 and, secondly, Mr Lloyd Georee-'s of 1907 Tn nft after the Passine of the acc, patents were taken out in this country. In 1833 the number was 5 993 and in 1884 it was 17 nn 'j ally rose uiitil fof isT? it 2 lb got to 30,952, and at 7912 the tota vj. -v. vm i i nft 1. ir tat i nation, lhe United StoUiSfGB-f, 11 -iii i I 1 uioio Loan 1 if rm -An.

n. j. a commercial nation very largely ir "it'11 n.n.1011 very largely ncouTageinont of our native nventors. Without anv disrecnAot i i waj. nid the firm fllllllfl 1T1 ri'lT Tlin i i the inventive line than any other in the uauve laient -was finer xience tne importance of giving it jxuci uucuuragument.

Uwinjr to the absurd man with a red flag go nefore self-propelled vehicles befor 1RPR this country fell behind France in the maS nnrl fiir wio 4.vj porta tion of Frenph-mnrl mtc iono SnfllTrsoJVA.ffi were tho finest the world had ever een ventured to express his belief thit with Ave years, tariff reform or no tariff reform, there would not be the importation of 6ine forefcn in thJs coiintrv "You sep." Mr. Taylor added, "manv American care mini, i 1 lcan a lew years time. AS WO did awav with American bicycle we shall do away with American car. When you hear Grat Britain run down just think of its record thit "i otWU UtlilU na i.n i-iiuic niiitriiuity ir fia the cam-in trado of the wor thafwe finest shiplmildiTMr and noit the world, that there is no finer te-ctilp lay, and that the tree in SPEECH luer has now hxed JJecember 10 as the date for one of his land speeches at Pwllheli instead' of December as previously arranged. CATHEDRAL SERVICES.

d.v. Holy Communion at 8 and after Matins: JU(miTm 30. Matins. 1U 30: Noble, in 11 minor: Atithnm do-7 lie, the evening, the night Kev. Bishop TaylorTmJth.

DT At the inquest held at Macclesfield yesterday into the case of the octogenarian, William Jorn-son, who was knocked down by a motor-car on Saturday evening, November 1, a verdict of accidental death was returned, and the driver exonerated. It wa3 stated that Johnson 7- niu.euie in io me country, Lady Porter said it would be an enormous hpnoflf the money spent in alcoholic liquor could be diverted to housing, education, and other purposes. The fourth of the course of six lectures on international iolity according to the viws Mr. Xorman Angell, -which is'leinr In.M; Board room of the Manchester Chamber of uoniuvirce, was given last msiit. Mr Raphael was the lecturer, and the title of the lecture was Interrelation of Economic auri lecture was Aroral Factors" Mr RhOi-ipI he falYi of Prin" TM-cil "E.A.D to feet.

i f'x aftr her baby was born she had a rash on her neaa, -ro ruD ner ner Bleep, which (Vl. .1, crsl ii mother used thrw boxes of CuUeura Ointment with Of uv.i-um BWfi iu cuilQ was wen. IAOV.T. MANCHESTER'S OFFER FOR UNION. INTERESTING POSITION.

The suggested amalgamation of Manchester Prestwich is arousing much interest, not only in the city and district, but also in the adjoining borough of Salford, Which has cast longing "eyes on Prestwich for some time. There are signs that Sabord will oppose the proposal. The Manchester offer, which is understood to include a preferential rate of Is. 6d. in the pound for some years, is to be submitted on Tuesday evening to certain large ratepayers in Prestwich by the District Council.

One of the principal reasons on the Prestwich side for a closer connection between the two authorities is the city's application to the Local Government Board to secure the amalgamation of the three Poor Law unions within its borders. If this granted there would be then in Prestwich two rating authorities. The district would be in Manchester for Poor Law purposes, and outside it for municipal purposes. There is also the feeling that once the Manchester, Prestwich, and South Manchester Unions were amalgamated, Manchester's terms would rise. 1'iobably the sewage problem also plays an important part in the negotiations, and there is the further point and one of considerable gravity that some of the most lucrative municipal activities are not in Prestwich's own hands.

Tho water supply comes from Manchester, and tho gas. electricity, and tram-ways are supplied by Salford. Manchester cars, however, run along Bury Old Road to Hcaton Park. Although the 647 acres of Heatou Park are in Prestwich, the park is Manchester territory. Prestwich lias an area of 2.482 acres and a population of alKiut 17.200.

For local government purjosc3 it has been divided into five wards North, Central, South, Holyrood, and Roodcn Lane. The district is still an open and. rural one t'cnorally, although a new suburban village for Manchester business folk, still growing at a great rate, has arisen within the last frw years in Park, with outlets on Bury Old and Bury New Road, and a good deal of building has also taken place near Hcaton Park. But much of the land remains under pasture, and market gardens abound. Prestwich Clough ranks among the most, delightful summer resorts in Greater Manchester, and generally the village end of tho district abound.

with pleasant walks. As will be seen, Prestwich has to depend on its neigh-lours for most lmblie services, and probably more than any other near euburb on the city for its higher and technical education, its reading, music, art, and th other grac3 of life. By tram and train it possesses excellent travelling facilities, but it seems a pity that the tram pen-ices of Manchester and Salford, which run through the township, aTe independent of each other, and that it is impossible to get, say, from Prestwich to Strctford or Withington, without changing cars in Deansgate. A special meeting of the Salford Council will he In-Ill i.n Wednesday to consider a com-1 the Town Clerk of tnunication received from Manch oit in th. i a.wich.

and to adopt any resolutions tihat mav bo oonsidered desiTahl." of Pros thereon tihat may bo considered desirable The points in the coiiiiii.iiriiioation are 6et out above, and the decision of the SalfoTd Council as bearing on the whole question of amalgamation will Ik! awaited with interest. THE CHILDREN'S COURT. INCREASE IN JUVENILE OFFENCES EFFECT OF THE PICTURE-HOUSES 1 The twj-ericiice of the officials at the Manchester City Tolice Court is that juvenile offences have considerably increased in the city during the last ye.ir or two. One explanation given is the attraction of some of the picture Offenders brought up at the Juvenile Court for begging or p-tty thefts often say that "they took ilw money to go to tho pictures," while in cafes of shop thefts and breaking-in of th offenders allege that they committed the iiffenees because mc of the pictures showed them how it was to steal or boi'iime burglars. Some of these excuses were made when no fewer than 19 children wcro i nought lcfore Alderman Fildes, Alderman F- Mr.

S. H. Cox. jonl boys were charged with begging. The.

mill been repeatedly before the magis and yesterday their parents were also summoned. The children wro eent to an industrial school, and the ivarents who said they could not control them were discharged. l-'ivo lads next appeared on a charge of theft and of breaking into a storeroom in Wilmslow One of the accused effected an entrance 1 back, and the gang divided four pounas I of Two were sentenced to receive siv -t birch rd each, and the others were ilifi barged with a caution- livo gir.s were charred with in it jit i. eharaiter. l'our were, bound over, one was sent to a reformatory, and the sixth ordered to be birched.

A boy was charged with breaking into his masters shop in September and stealing 41 He gave his mother 5 and said he had found tho money. Some of the money he spent on amusements. He was Temanded till Tuesday in order to be sent to a reformatory. Another boy who stole 17s. from his employers was committed to the Fyldo Reformatory.

Two of the offenders yesterday gave their ages as nine and eleven respectively, and the others ranged from twelve to fifteen years SIR G. AGNEW. TORIES AND TARIFF REFORM." Sir George Agnew, M.P., speaking to of the West Salford Young Liberal League last night, said Liberals rejoiced in a united Cabinet and a loyal party behind the Cabinet. They might lose an election now and then, but In warfare they must expect to lose something On the otheT baud the Tory party were, with one exception, a party of negation, vhos nn object seemed to be to oppose any legislation that came from the Liberal side. They regarded the Liberal Government as the most wicked Government on earth, and they tried to get a change of administration by snap divisions.

The first constructive plank in the Tory platform was one of Protection. He hoped the Tariff "Reformers" would not at some lutuTe aate eaten tne people of this country unawares. He objected altogether to any of the Tariff "Reform" proposals applause), to any alteration of our fisoal system. (Applause.) MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY. The following awards have been made: Leech Fellowship, F.

L. Newton, M.B., Ch.B.; Professor Tom Jones Memorial Scholarship, Greek Testament Prizes, senior A. H. CandleV Junior W. H.

Howard, B.A.. B.D (Londoifr. for worth Scholarship, Mary F. Dymond, B.A. l-1 auiwii, r.A.

snuttle- unior xrihn JaxniDion, Jaoob Holker; prox. coesseruoat, P. A Oxmerod and J. A. Panton.

selling clothes from house at which one of a tiinn worKcii. line was bound over, and the .1 other, uho-e home Mirrouiidinsra were of a most deplorable character, was sent to a to li Mx lois admitted breaking into a shop Stockport Road and stealing fireworks. They tu.o anniiHtn anoincr onence ot a similar i it bv it in do at sity, was had was 1 SPECIAL MORNING EXPRESS. ANOTHER STORM ON THE GREAT LAKES. THREE VESSELS SUNK.

(FR03r a Correspondent.) Chicago, Friday. A second storm swept over Lake Huron last night, and throo vessels are reported to have boon sunk with all hands. The identity of the vessels and the number of their crews have not yet been established. The death-roll on the Lake shores now reaches 200. THREE HUNDRED MEN ON LOST SHIPS.

(Reuter's Correspondent.) Ottawa, Friday. Mr. Foster, Acting Premier, has caused orders to be issued to the Government steamer Lambton to patrol Lake Huron and search for possible survivors of the vessels wrecked in tho storm and recover the bodies of sailors who perished. The lifeboat at Goderich, Ontario, will conduct an inshore patrol near there. Several more bodies have been washed up on the Canadian shore, among them being that of George Willmott, of Oxford, or Windsor, England.

The body of Airs. Willmott, who was with her husband on tho wrecked steamer exioru, has not been recovered. rlhe total numour of bodies recovered is 32. The following is a list of the vessels lost and the number of the crew of each James Carruthers, 28; ltegina, 22; McGean, 28, Henry B. Smith, 30; Wexford, 22; Price, 28; Argus, 26; Lafayette, 12; Hydras, 28; Manchester, 26; Butters, 20; Plymouth Leafield, 15; Nottingham, and Lightship Number 82, 6 making a total for all crews of 301.

MANCHESTER MAN AMONG THE DROWNED. Reuter's Toronto correspondent says that the steamer Regina, of Toronto, which was lost on Lake Huron during the recent gale on the Great Lakes, had among her crew Peter Cornley, of Glasgow; A. Young, of Edinburgh; A. Marney, of Manchester; and H. H.

Robert, of Plymouth. A LEVER ENTERPRISE IN VANCOUVER. In the course of a cablegram to the High Commissioner for Canada, the Minister of the Interior at Ottawa states that Sir William Lever has extensive plans for developments in Vancouver (B.C.). It proposed to build a model city at Burnaby on the lines of Port Sunlight. DEATH OF KIAMIL PASHA REPORTED.

Reuter's Rome correspondent says that a telegram from Larnaca, Cyprus, reports that Xiamil Pasha, formerly Grand Vizier of Turkey, died there yesterday. Kiamil Pasha was, or, since the report of his' death lacks confirmation, is, one of the most noted statesmen of modern Turkey. He was Grand Vizier several times. One term of office followed the Young Turk revolution and another covered the greater part of the war with the Balkan Allies. His policy was consistently friendly to England.

PRESIDENT WILSON AND MEXICO. AN INCIDENT IN A THEATRE. President Wilson (the Washington correspon dent of the "Morning Post" telegraphs), accompanied by ms daughters, witnessed a performance of Mr. Parker's play "Disraeli" on Thursday night. In the threatened com plications arising out of the purchase of the Suez Canal shares.

Mr. Disraeli is represented as being asked, "What is the solution of the problem? War?" Disraeli replies, "War is not a solution. It is an aggravation." The audience, evidently having Dr. Wilson's policy in rtgard to Mexico in mind, broke into a storm of applause, and the President applauded as enthusiastically as the rest. THE DUBLIN LABOUR TROUBLES.

The "Times" Dublin correspondent says it was believed there last evening that confer ences are now proceeding at Dublin Castle with the object of finding some formula by the Irish Government for bringing the employers ana workers together. DEATH OF LORD COURTNEY'S BROTHER. The Times announces the death of Mr William Prideaux Courtney, aged 68, the well-known litterateur and brother of Lord Courtney of Penwith. He -was at one time principal clerk in the Pay Office of the Ecclesiastical Commission. LORD ELGIN.

The "Times" says a marriage has been arranged and will shortly take place lw.iv.r, the Earl of Elgin and Mrs. Frederick Ogilvy widow of Captain C. A. Ogilvy, R.N. The "Times" says that by the will nr late Mr.

G. W. Palmer, which has been proved ai, university College, Reading receives 10,000, and other local and several London charities benefit. Reuter's Buenos Ayres correspondent graphs that half of the corn crop in the Bahia jjiauka itrgiui lias 1QSI. SIR G.

H. POLLARD DRAGGING iin nb KING. Sir George Pollard, M.P. for the Ecclea sion. speaking at a Swinton meeting in support of Home Rule last night, said that the Onnn 1 1 fa.

t.n 4ir 11JU" siiion iieiu su i i6ui.t-cn wimseives in their anger as to make the discreditable suggestion that the King should do the dirty work the House of Lords formerly did, and reject tT, nome M-uiu- am. -uui oe sure that the King would act as a constitutional monarch when the time arrived. (Cheers.) The real nn tr position nuiuo "an now awmdled to such a small point that it should be possible to settle the question by agreement and make this great reform the gift of tlie country as a whole and not the itt of a party, so that all could work together for a united and prosperous Ireland. (Cheers.) Lord Haltlane addressed the Associated Societies or Edinburgh University last night as their honorary president. He took his subject the conduct of life, and urged, a sustaining power through life and its reverses, the acquiring of a wide outlook and a firm faith in spiritual realities.

tne j-iverpooi aistnct, where the platelayers if'" laV" amounted to 333,456 and the disbursement-, to have decided to adopt the method o'the Ly in" strike aa a mount. r. ii: i' to nim more or less the exaction of a tTiniw- fm muuiiiiK uiitr V.UIII- mm. au.iiv in me 111 ui me iiivi- pany to consider their wage demand" has not'STairllries for the concerts- So long as music ehanged during the last few d. tL four be imPortcd frcm i-onen saui mat wnai was neenea was a vr.i.

-r. unpopular cnthuMasm Tor musio similar to that Sf i future footlmll. The nublic to bf- cdn- tne matter of motors. Our Greatness. dealt with at his ofllce, 4-7, IU-J Jbieet btreet, London E.C.

A fire broke out yesterday at a occupied by 3Iary Street, Salford. On the arrival of th.j -the shop was found to bo a mass Jets were quickly got to work, and were successful in preventing spreading to the rooms above. The tents of the shop, however, troyed. It is supposed that iri had caught lire while a girl was' stove. WEOTMXCOTT'3 DRY GI.VGKR atp At Hotels, Grocrs.

17. AXENDALE'S fob pOR FURNITURE A LU HUNTER'S, ST. MARYS PARSOSAOF. LAIN ff A I 0 f- PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTS 69. MARKET MANCHESTER.

Telephone Jo 4r.4n WOOULEY'S RELIABLE MEIJ1CIKAL IT.LPAH Ur S3 Our New Furniture. Showrooms are perhaps the most spaciou and best lighted in the city Inspection InvixJ Thomas Hudson's Exors. 59 TO 69 SHUDEHILL MOURNING. DRESSES AND SUITS DVED. No TSamaklar.

No Shrinkage. Bracchee Ereryj JOHNSON BooUe Dye Work. I.IVEBPfin;. Announcements of Birtlis. Xlarriages, ami Dc.v.hs Memoriam Xotices are charged rh fllow.r:g r.v" -Two Lines la.

6,1., and 6d. each Additional Lr.e Xotices ot Thanks aro charged Is. a l. AU such announcements must he -r name and address of the sen-inr. J'ostap? postal orders may be sent in payment.

BIRTHS. On the 12th at 63. Victoria Eccles, to Mr. ond Mrs. JAMES BAHKI'lT lii: daughter.

HAULER. On tho 14th at Wonlock. -n Avenue, Dldsbury, to Mr. and Mrs. HIAMi M.iji:..-:: a son.

PARRY. On 14th Xovernber, at The I.im. i Hill, Oheadle, to Mr. and Jtrs. W.

a daughter. REYNOLDS. On the 14th ot 10. EdKbaston, Birmingham, the wife of It. W.

of a daughter. SCHOLI K1ELD. On the 14th at 21, Tmts nS Failsvronh, to Mr. ond Mrs. P.

W. SCHuI.KHK:.: a daughter. MARRIAGES. BitlGGS HORItlDfiE. On the 13tli nt Church, Bury, by tho Rer.

J. C. Hill, rector assisted hy the Rev. D. Herbert, of I.Iai.fi i-'.

and by the Itev. J. R. Brunskill, of IJ.iI", REGINALD, younfjeft EOn of Mr. on.i Mr-.

Iiowlhor House, Hale, to MARY, onlv lii Mr. and Mis. HORRIDGE, Boihoit ilouse, 1'Ias Llnntair, Anglesey. CA'MBELL MATUIE-MORTOX. At the N-w r.r- Cliurch, Ayr, on the 12th November, bv W.

pliin Gillieson, NEVILLE, Eccnn-! fir: c.t CAMBELL ond Mrs. Cambc-11, -Broughton, Manchester, t.i FAUtLIE FLM.AUi"'-eldest daughter of J. M. Beimont, Ayr. At liorne, Carrii-k.

E-J-. Kersal, Manchester, DeoemDer 18 an-1 19. PEESCOTT WILKINSON. On Novemii. a.

at A Park Weslcyan f'lmroh. West Didsburv, tftr- Birtn-istle. WILLIAM ARNOLD," the Rev. C. J.

PRESCOTT. M.A., hea mas-r Vf inston College, Sidney, to MARY K. tl WILKINSON, granddaughter of the bte Airs: J.P., of Alkrington Hall, Midtllcton. DEATHS. BROOKS.

On the 12th nt 21, GaMwr r.n. irestwieu, ilAlil, widow or tlie lato J.nin-s 1 rRO7IW, in her 80(h year. Interment Church, Tleaton Mersey, this rf.iv (S.itii.-i.-!v); at Congregational Church at 2 30. accept this (the only) intimntion. CLARK.

On the 13th siwl.lrnlv. WILLIAM CLARK, of Itydal Moiinf. V. Prestwich, npcl 68 years. Knrty.i.-.e Messrs.

Crcssfleld, FORD. On November 11, at 5. null Street. riUMANNAU (Susie) FORD. Intermen' Cemetery to-day (nturlay), 2 30 p.in.

rvi- "a-5" Matthew's Church, Crumfisall, 1 p.m. MOODY. On the 13th in his var, at -v naught House, East S.W., an-1 1j-' Rftthaspeck. Wexford, EDMUND, of Sara MOODY. NEWTON.

On tho 12th at Fern Lea, Koad, Sale, EDMUND NEWTON, in hi Forty-seven years with the firm of Mr. Susi'iei -seedsman, Shudehill, Mur.ehester. a- Unitarian Clinreh, 1 SO: Intcrm'nt Cemetery 2 15 this day (Saturday). FILK FNOTON. On (he 12th ot Ash Trs Road, Whalley Range, ABSALOM, tiie husband ot Margaret Anne FILKINGTON.

year. Interment Soutliern Ccmeterv o'clock; service St. Margaret's, eleven o'clock. PLATT. On the 13th nt 6, Beriffnrd 1 tight.

EDWARD, the dearly helove.1 PLATT, in his 71st year (late of tlie Mar. '-'r Office, after 43 years' faithful scrvi-eV Broome, Downing Street. Telephone 2.C-02 POM FRET. On the 12th nt Old. AlVn.

i WILLIAM HARKKR. rMest. s. I late Walter PfJMFRET (formerly of U-ifT. in his 21st year.

(By cable.) BAFFO- On the 12th at tho Gerrjre Hotel. Ardwick Ureii. JUSEI'H. husband of Annio HAFFO, 3f! Interment on Monday at M. J' 1 Moston, 2 30 p.m.

All Fyans and Gordon, Ill, Great An RIPLEY. On the B'li the remit r.f JAMES RIFLE i nou-, farmer, ond n-us interrcl in the S.i-.t.V on the 12th aged 67. SMITH. On the 10th nt 19. MidilXen bide, oi pneumonia, the.

belovexl husband of Priscilla SMITH. year. Forty years ivith the firm Soott and Son. Interred southern November 13. SMITH.

On tho 13th ot Stinnysioe. ti Stockport, t.M.A, the beloved wife of in her 71st year. Service at St. (orr- Monday next, the 17ih o'clock, prior to interment at the B. ir-M-li Stocknort.

Inquinea to Rostron At i Place, Stockport. the 14th ELY STOTT f.v.t Hulton Street, Moss Side), in his 74ih year. Ir-: please accept this (the only) intimation. The Family oi the late Mrs. FOOTE -thanka lor tho kind expressions of -floral tributes during their recent Mrs.

J. D. HIBBERT desires to exi-re." thanks to her many friends for sympathy and floral tributes in her ''''t ment. Crescent House, DukinfieM. Dr.

and Mrs. R. WILSOX SUTHEItLAyp, I. Square, Warrington, thank all kind friends tot pathy In their recent bereavement. Iu Memoriam.

lovinc memory of JOSEPH FRY, of Mar1 Trade Harks Office. Xorember 16, 1903. In lovinz memory of T. H. LAW, who d.

i -ir: life November 18, 1912. The Torre, Higher Crumpsall. UGHTFOOT. In loving remembrance ef iW, HARHIETTE ACROYD (Ette), who died th; November, 1912. FATHER al MuTlU-K CREMATION.

AU application mad to and Information and form a5--4cl JUng Strnt. Kaoohaster. Tl Ctty 3896. rmnm. uaiiy to vumna IP to Snndaya.

oU iATTESON'S MONUMENTAL WOflK'- --96. Oxford Bd. opp. Southern OMeteiy. Tel.

1-Jly. AfEMORlAL BRASSES AKDTABLEI-; -1. WEBB men who were suspended by the Company for refusing to do fog-signalling work during a fog nool svstem on Tuemlav 1 ,1 1. not been ovine iiuiici oi xne Xiiver- .1 mJlm. DO(1y of Ule i U' dutles should be, refused tour will be made a condition of anv final settlement of the dispute.

In the meantime is to say to what extent an active dispute exists, as the men still remain at their ordinary work. I hey have onlv given notice that the siiecial duties of "flaiHm" luin iiie reinstatenipnt. ilia "fogging" will not be performed? and from the nature of tho oasu further mmnm foniSofsu-reXefi. remains to be seen what will hapiwn when the foggy weather conies. lhe ispu ori-mated in a claim put in the permanent-way men for an advance their present mmuuun.

of i a The" i-omplauied the way in which thtir demand Wiui received, and decided at a wet-k to adopt the stay-in strike as a iui(1 to continue it until the concessions thtv -rant; If j.lan shouki 4ws uimcuitics for r.i,1,: company. J.JlllVs sofaras i zjkj iitr as1 be inferred from I to appreciate music. J.lic JHy c-orpora- tion ought to i ashamed of the thiiwrs thev to appreciate music. The City Corpora- allowed to be given to the public bv the bands in the parks. Instead of teaching the people I narks.

Instead of teachincr the peonlc Lju. 1 1 to piav ragtime tnoy tcacti Uicm to listen to a Chopin nocturne. THE TOWN HALL CONCERTS. Councillor Derwent Fimpson pointed out that the City Corporation had made a step in the right direct hv irra.ntnnr for twn Hnllo rvm-'ot n. Trn11' nrTV.n.

that the people thcmscH-es were re- 'risible for the ju-esent unsatistactory state of affairs in Manchester. It was neeus- ry to begin at the bottom, and bring first-class concerts within the reach of people who could not to Pa' lnore lhan 3'L or Some members of the City Council had suggested that I Kr aim Ancoais, iu wen as in tne town nail, ana did not fear that there wouhl be any opposi-, tior- to a reasonable projiosal of that kind. After further discussion, ouiicu to take nmsio in hand, and treat it as "THE GREATEST SUPPORTS OF THE NATION THEV ADORN." The Vicar of Girlington (the Rev. G. Pedley), in the November issue of his parish magazine, says: Ihere is a great outcrv just now about the loss to the country which the present uses ,..,1...

in to he thf the the of the in 17, at 1- in wntiiiin invii i'j (i uic can the of th i Committee of the Corporation. Wl.v. he asked, vii.fl"r.:Tue:(f"r, M.01"11"1' Wnes P0 "'should it I beneath the dignity of the Citv Ls' on 1 1 dut'es" that have been tcfnwrt 1 -n ui.m wi, nruain to-t Telusd a part of lhe re-olutin was carried without opposition, we are absolutelv at the ton of the orihnary work of the men: an. I 1 xop OI to their ordinary work will have voting. be suspenaea.

But if the refusil honM rrr become general on the occasion of 'the next MB- LLOYD GEORGE'S LAND serious fog. as is threatened in Liverpool it VJCA.R TRTRT'TK TO TFFF ap nurr may be difficult to run a full service 0ins AJ AF PVLLHELI. nf tno -AVv Sa.ule. com- vmi.ji.,, lne oi tne JSxcheq nlications of the work at the eViipf wio imuiuius aao .4 uunileli, Lilt up your heads Holy Commmiinn such grabbers as is declared, how is the ill-use iu K.FtttV Hvmna 317, nrt 651. Evenaomr 2 3Q-of the land explained? Maybe the landlords fh, iL f.erall are not sovtry keen.

Thousandsof acies, Th 512. MornIn8. the flight bin it is true, are kepi for game preserves, but could better use be made of it than the rearing of game and the growing of timber Unfair statements and misleading cries ought not to be tolerated by a Christian community, and men ought to be made to tlread the consequences of so doing. What allowance can be made (he continues) for those in authority -who say the most ceivcd injuries to the arras, but that he died from pneumonia, which set in the day after the accident-minded T-Lidy Portfr at ll'c dton Hall, Man-. Chester, esterd.iv a sale of work orani---fri hv the Women's Christian Tempeianee Jsoefi tion.

In pointing out the importance of the it is not u.uiKeiy mat the men in Manchester will follow Liverpool's example in refusing fog duties, but it is stated by a Manchester official there is no foundation for the report that they have already given notice of such an intention. Demands similar to those made on the Cheshire Lines for an increase in platelayers' minimum have been made also on several of the other companies, including the Lancashire and Yorkshire. The matter is being- considered a great many districts on the Lancashire and Yorkshire system, and the South-Western Federation has arranged a conference for December 7 to consider means: of n.nfr.rin u. OMllUIl. demands of the branches.

BRISTOL UNIVERSITY CONTROVERSY. At the annual meeting of the Court of Bristol University, yesterday, Professor Turner, of Oxford, moved that the Council should be asked to inform the Court fully of tho circumstances of the appointment of Professor Cowl. He said that it was a friendly motion, and quoted a letter from the Bishop of Hereford expressing the hope that he might be able to something to stop the newspaper campaign against the University. During the discussion it was stated that Professor Cowl, though he held the appointment the University College and helped to establish the University, was not appointed to the Chair of English at the University. Judge Austin, however, denied that Professor Cowl had been ill-treated.

When the Univer he said, was constituted. Professor Cowl not reappointed, but he accepted a solatium of 800. Mr. Radcliffe, K.C., said that Professor Cowl no right to reappointment. Other speakers opposed the motion, which lost by an overwhelming majority, only three or four voting for it.

The following is the text of a telegram which Professor uerotnwom sent to Mr. Ueoree Wills A 1 T- 7. vaancu' the urt meetmS yesterday For the good name of the University I be Uie -n challenge the Council and Senate, to Tetitirm tli, Crowr for 4nnra i lnnuirv mtn all hi charges against their I r-V 1 it educational institutions, and measure out to the needy and suffering ones unstinted kindness and help. They adorn the nation by their lives and deeds, and it will be a sorry day for the country -when they and their estates are ended. The' Government official or paid agitator who endeavours to set class against class is the worst enemy of thi9 England we love.

It is sad to see men who know better, and will not xneniseives io it, not onlv listening orf IJtuwug uj- uai sucuce, dui maintaining an -i iwere, in fact, the whole of the Section? In a concluding paragraph the nouncee peaceful picketuie as -a I travesty of liberty," and adds that th J1111 attempts at arbitration and the "rai, uegiect oi tne i appneataon of authority v. British Constitution." 6 "agos pictures derogatory of the wealthy classee and purposely legislate to their hurt? Every fair- man is ready to acknowledge that our aristocracy and wealthy classes are not onlv the i-1 greatest supports of the nation, but are the most generous eupporteTs of our charities and.