Ross Gazette 12th March 1914 - Page 6
Ross Gazette 12th March 1914 - Page 6
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| Date | 12/03/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 12th March 1914 |
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OUR Specialities , BESPOKE TAILORING AND TELEPHONE : 68 , ROSS . READY - MADE CLOTHING . THE ROSS GAZETTE - THURSDAY , MARCH 12 , 1914 . OUR Representative WILL BE PLEASED TO CALL UPON YOU BY REQUEST , AND SUBMIT FULL RANGE OF PATTERNS . THE HOUSE FOR ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF CLOTHING : VALUE , QUALITY , RELIABILITY . T. BANNISTER & CO . , 41 , HIGH STREET , ROSS . WOOLLENS . Our Pattern Book and Bunches for SPRING and SUMMER are NOW READY . We are confident WE CANNOT BE EXCELLED for 1914 DESIGNS . letter from the Local Government Board . That is the position . Will you consider your present scheme , or what will you do ? The CHAIRMAN : For my part , I don't feel inclined to consider it . I represent the parish of Whitchurch , and they are against it . " I I Mr. DAVIES said he believed they would have to adopt a scheme of some kind . feel , " he said , " we shall have to go on . am opposed to it , but the onus rests upon Mr. WEBB : If we don't do it they will compel us to . I would rather push it on one side . us . " The CLERK pointed out that what the Local Government Board could do was to serve a notice on the Council to carry the work on to a certain time . " They had , " he said , power to call upon some one to carry out the work , and call upon you to pay , but they would not take that course now . They merely serve you with a notice to do it in a certain time , and if not done they will issue a writ , and the cost would fall on the Council . " The CHAIRMAN : The inhabitants of Whitchurch are against it , and they have been against it all the time . Mr. WEBB : There are a great deal more against it now than there were at first . AND AT Church Street , Leominster . READY - MADE CLOTHING : FINE MATERIALS ; HIGH QUALITY ; BEST WORKMANSHIP ; LATEST STYLE & CORRECT FIT . Ross Board of Guardians . the accommodation . The Local Government MENTAL DEFICIENCY ACT . SHOULD THERE BE A CENTRAL INSTITUTION ? The fortnightly meeting of this authority was held at Union Offices , Ross , on Thurs- day morning , when Mr. W. B. Pilkington ( Chairman ) presided , with Mr. F. Cooper in Others present were Mrs. the vice - chair . Constable Curtis , Col. O. R. Middleton , Mr. M. K. M. Power , Mr. F. W. Herbert , Mr. F. J. Constable Curtis , Mr. H. Hone , Mr. J. T. Stone , Mr. J. Grundy , Mr. A. Gwillim , Mr. A. Herbert , Mr. C. Freer , Mr. H. T. Blake , Mr. E. W. Prevost , Mr. J. W. Robin- son , Mr. F. S. Collins , Mr. R. Pashley , Mr. W. Lloyd , Mr. J. Parr , Mr. J. Murdoch , Mr. F. Gibson Fry , Mr. F. W. Bull , Mr. T. A. Lock , Mr. T. Preece , Mr. J. G. Protheroe , with Mr. J. Fred . Arnold ( Clerk ) , Mr. E. W. Gent and Mr. A. H. Webb ( Relieving Offi- cers ) , and Mr. H. L. P. Battersea ( Master ) . OUT - DOOR RELIEF . The RELIEVING OFFICERS reported that they had relieved during the fortnight 256 poor persons at a cost of £ 62 58. 11d . , Mr. DAVIES : We are like a cat's paw be- and that with non - resident relief amounted tween two authorities , the Whitchurch rate- payers and the Local Government Board . Mr. WEBB : If it is put in the hands of the ratepayers nothing would be done , be- cause they have to pay . We are responsible . It is a great pity to put it in the Parish Council's hands . They are not the proper authority . The CHAIRMAN : If there had been an epidemic it would be a different thing alto gether . The CLERK : Something might come , and then it would be too late . If an epidemic did break out you would not feel very com- fortable in your position as a Council . Mr. WEBB : Shall we wait for the order from the Local Government Board ? The CHAIRMAN : I am against it myself , but I am in your hands . If the Local Gov- ernment Board won't take any notice of the petition , I do not see how they will take any notice of us . to £ 61 13s . 10d . FINANCE REPORT . Mr. COOPER presented the report of the Finance Committee , which showed a balance at the bank last Board Day of £ 1,826 16s . 5d . -less unpresented cheques of £ 2,115 28. Od . , leaving a debit balance of £ 288 5s . 7d . They required that morning a sum of £ 279 5s . 11d . to meet their current liabilities , and when those had been discharged there would be an increase debit balance of £ 568 1s . 6d . The unpaid calls due amounted to £ 2,081 , and when paid would give the Board a credit balance of £ 1,512 18s . 6d . He proposed the adoption of the report . Mr. GRUNDY seconded , and it . was carried MASTER'S REPORT . Board had ordered them to clear out the children . The CLERK said they had plenty of ac- commodation for these mental deficiencies , but were they prepared to provide special attendants to look after them ? Mr. MURDOCH : Shall we have to obtain fresh officials P The CHAIRMAN said they would . But could they come to some understanding on this ? The CHAIRMAN said if they did not take this matter up , the County Council would have to make some arrangements . The question was : Would it be cheaper to make their own arrangements , or let the county do it ? Mr. POWER said he was going to make a proposition that they send three delegates to this conference , and that those delegates have the authority to say that this Board considers it advisable to erect a central insti- tution for the care of the mental deficient . They might have the accommodation , but were they prepared to provide for the special attendants ? He thought it would be very much cheaper if an institution were built for the whole county , and run on similar lines to the asylum . It might , of course , be part of another union , there if they liked , but they would have to keep special officers for that portion of the house , or else they must have an institution entirely for the feeble minded . and that would be There sort of secondary lunatic asylum . were a good many people who might come out of the asylum and be placed in this home for the feeble - minded , which would not be He such an expensive place to keep up . therefore thought the best plan would be for them to elect their delegates and tell them to communicate to this conference that this Board approved of a central institution He would for the whole of the county . move that as a proposition in order that it RIOTOUS SUFFRAGETTES . POLICE - COURT SEQUEL . The ten persons who were arrested in con- nection with the disturbance arising out of the London Suffragist demonstration in Trafalgar - square on Sunday appeared before Mr. Hopkins at Bow - street Police - court on Monday . If it were seconded might be discussed . and carried , then the delegates would have the authority from this Board as to what If the resolution were thy should say . Mr. BATTERSEA said that Mr. and Mrs. lost , then it must remain as it was . The CHAIRMAN said it seemed to him James Stephens , of Webbe's Almshouses , were that Mr. Power only desired to give the taken int othe house on Tuesday last , and that they had in their possession 20s . 8d . , delegates some authority to go to this con- which he had paid to the treasurer . Since ference with . But was this Board prepared the last meeting of the Board there had been to give those Guardians who represented them It seemed to him , if they read the letter over power to go as far as Mr. Power suggested ? again , that they were not required at this conference if they were in favour of building a new central institution . Were they agreed to Mr. Manley Power's suggestion ? It had Mr. WEBB : Why not write and say the matter is still under consideration ?. The CHAIRMAN : If you make a proposi - thirteen people admitted , twelve discharged , tion , I will put it to the meeting . and two dead , leaving 104 inmates in the Mr. WEBB : I won't make a proposition house that morning , as against 92 for the on a Whitchurch question any more ( laugh- corresponding period last year . There had also been 185 casuals relieved during the The CHAIRMAN : Perhaps Mr. Davies past two , weeks , as compared with 187 for same period last year , showing a decrease of ter ) . will make a proposition ? Mr. DAVIES : I will leave it to Mr. Wade twelve . ( laughter ) . Mr. WADE : It is not a pleasant thing . Mr. DAVIES : The Whitchurch people will understand it is under compulsion . Mr. WEBB : I will vote for the original scheme , but I don't suppose the Local Gov- ernment Board will entertain that . The CLERK : They will serve you with a notice . The Local Government Board came to the decision that a water supply was necessary , and they won't go back on it . The CHAIRMAN : The people of Whit- church say the scheme will not suit . Mr. WADE : They said the same thing of the first scheme . for the people of the village . CONCERNING THE HOUSE . On Colonel Middleton rising to give the House Committee's report for the first time since his very serious illness , the CHAIR- MAN said : " I am sure we are all delighted to see Col. Middleton back with us again " ( applause ) . Col. MIDDLETON thanked the Board for their kind expressions towards him , and for not been seconded . MEXICAN OUTRAGES . WASHINGTON FLOUTED . TWO ENGLISHMEN IN DANGER . The British Ambassador has appealed to the good offices of the State Department on behalf of two more Englishmen whose pro- Mr. Muskett , who prosecuted , stated that perty the Constitutionalists are wrecking and little after four o'clock a crowd of 400 or whose lives are threatened , says the Wash- 500 persons had assembled at a Suffragiat ington correspondent of the Times . The first demonstration in Trafalgar - square , and Englishman is Mr. W. D. Snyman , a wealthy deputation of some 200 from Bow had come rancher in Chihuahua . General Villa has to swell the numbers and disorder . Among confiscated his ranch and has given him six them was Miss Sylvia Pankhurst , who was days ' notice to quit . Mr. Snyman's alleged out on licence . She was arrested without offence is that he has helped the enemy . His any disorder taking place , and was removed son , telegraphing from El Paso , says that his to prison . When the announcement of her father has never interfered with the internal arrest was conveyed to the people in the troubles of Mexico , and that a number of square ( Mr. Muskett said ) secene of con- prominent Englishmen and Americans at El siderable disorder arose . There were shouts of " Let's go to Downing - street ! " " Break the windows ! " and so on . The crowd moved There were off to Northumberland - avenue . scenes of considerable disorder , and the ten defendants were arrested . Mr. CONSTABLE CURTIS said he would second it in order that it might be discussed . Mr. PREECE said with regard to the terms , they got assistance from Government for the people in the asylum , and he should like to know before they pledged themselves to providing an institution for the feeble minded what help they would get from Government for these people . The CLERK : None whatever . Mr. MURDOCH said personally he was Paso are ready to give evidence of his char- acter and standing . Sir Cecil Spring Rice , after ' communicating with Mr. Perceval at El Paso and the British Vice - Consul at Chihua- hua , has asked Mr. Bryan to instruct the American Consular Officers to co - operate with their British colleagues . Mr. Bryan has done so . pro- Henry Gordon Everett , eighteen , charged with obstructing the police , was bound over , and Edward Dean , twenty - eight , hospital at- The second Englishman in difficulties is tendant , was fined 10s . or seven days . Mr. David Roy , a rich farmer in Sonora . Thomas Pollard , seventeen , who was Writing from Los Angeles , Mr. Roy has in- charged with kicking a policeman's horse , formed the British Embassy that his property was fined 10s . , the magistrate remarking , has been confiscated , and that he has been " Half Bootland Yard had to be turned out exiled owing to the jealousy of business to keep a lot of desperadoes in order . We rivals , who have enlisted the assistance of the are all sick of it . " Mary Jones , forty , char- Constitutionalists against him . The Constitu- woman , charged with obstruction and refus- tionalist case , according to a report from the ing to go away , was discharged . She said American Consul at Hermosillo , is that Mr. the constable mistook her intentions . Verity Roy helped the Federals , and that his Oates , thirty - five , for knocking off a con perty has only been taken temporarily , " al- stable's helmet , was fined 20s .; Georgins though Mr. Roy will not be permitted to Mackay , twenty - nine , was fined 20s . or four- return until the trouble is over . teen days , and a similar penalty was awarded John Marshall Teague . Mary Rogers , who struck a policeman with an umbrella , was fined 40s . Margaret Patterson , thirty - spondent , to accentuate the alarming dangers three , who was alleged to have flourished life - preserver and attempted to strike the police with it , was fined 40s .; and Joseph Strutt , twenty - three , seaman , for striking constable's horse on the jaw , was fined 20s . to KING AND WOMEN'S VOTES . SUFFRAGETTES ' THREAT . The King has declined to see the members of the Women's Social and Political Union who recently forwarded a petition praying for permission to place personally before him their claim to the vote . The letter conveying this information to Mrs. Pankhurst was for warded from the Home Office , and the suffra- gette leader has replied declaring that she with other members of the union will on date to be determined later present herself at Buckingham Palace and demand an audience . It is intended to pay this visit to the Palace after Easter , when the London season is at its height . THE NATION'S TOBACCO BILL . AN INDUCEMENT TO CRIME . Cases such as these are felt , adds the corre- HUDSON NEW - HUDSON LADIES ' MODEL . FA Prices from £ 5 19s . 6d . PASSEY & HALL , CYCLE ENGINEERS , Limited , ROSS . CENTRAL CYCLE WORKS , Agents in Ross and District for the popular CYCLES . HUDSON NEW - For many years Official Repairers to the O.T.O. NEW - HUDSON GENT.'S MODEL . PRICES from £ 5 19s . 6d . REGISTRATION OF NURSES . STEP FOR PUBLIC SECURITY . A bill has been prepared at the instance of the Central Committee for the " State regis- tration of trained nurses . " An explanatory memorandum states that hitherto no mini- mum standard of knowledge for professional nurses has been defined or enforced . The object of the bill is to ensure that the com- munity shall have a guarantee that the nurses they employ are skilled in their pro- fessional duties , and through standardisation to give security to the public that the ser- vices of fully - qualified nurses shall be readily of the situation which the Benton affair pro- duced . Although Mr. Bryan still talks vaguely about investigation , everybody now realises that , as already pointed out , Washington has simply been flouted by the Constitutionalists , and flouted with impunity so far as can be seen at present . To a Mexican bandit the present is all that matters , and it is feared that the discovery that such a dastardly crime as the murder of Mr. Benton has been allowed to go virtually uninvestigated and quite unpunished will encourage the Constitu- fionalists to embark on an orgy of confisca tion and terrorisation for the replenishment of their pockets and the satisfaction of their brutal instincts . It is feared , in fact , that the acceptance by Washington of General Car ranza's impudent ukase that , so far as he is concerned , the United States will not be allowed to act on behalf of the European Powers will reduce the position of foreigners in Northern Mexico to that of the average The bill establishes a General Council Mexican - whose position and advantages are for the Registration of Nurees in the United vividly illustrated by the fate of the great Kingdom , " composed of persons appointed Terrazas family , whose head is reported to by the Privy Council , the Local Government be feverishly pledging every penny to save his Boards in the United Kingdom , associations sou from torture and death at the hands of of registered medical practitioners , direct representatives of the nursing profes General Villa . sion . It is not expected that the appeals of Messrs . Snyman and Roy will be more suc- cessful than the appeal of Mr. Benton's widow , and of the many Spaniards who have been ruined or whose relatives have killed by General Villa . been · A DEVASTATED COUNTRYSIDE . " SUGGESTION " FOR CHANCELLOR . The habit of smoking injures the brain , teeth , lungs , and blood , and smokers are sub- ject to tobacco emblyopia ( blindness ) , cancer on the lips , intermittent pulse , and palpita STORY OF MR . BENTON'S DEATH . ting heart , paralysis , smokers ' sore throat , indigestion , lunacy , & c . , says Mr. Robert P. Moncrieff , of Newcastle - on - Tyne , who has pre- pared an article dealing with the national An interesting article on the situation in tobacco bill in 1918 , which will be published from Mr. Luigi Barzini , who , telegraphing in the official organ of the British Anti - Mexico is published by the Daily Telegraph Tobacco and Anti - Narcotic League . Mr. Moncrieff quotes Government returns from Mexico City , says he has made a jour- putting the total expenditure on tobacco and appliances for the year . at £ 82,603,681 , an in - ney towards the northern frontier , pushing as far as the revolution would permit him to crease of £ 1,770,598 over 1912 , the highest He deprecates the penetrate . previously recorded . " The feelings of the populations in the facility with which licences may be obtained . Figures regarding the number of licences north , " writes Mr. Barzini , granted in the years 1890 , 1910 , and 1918 are months ago were generally hostile to Presi- given , from which it is seen that during the dent Huerta , have changed , owing to the twenty years ( 1890-1910 ) the licences had in- ferocious creased from 801,242 to 405,370 , the figure for Wherever it went the revolution burnt , escked , destroyed . Not only are the news- 1913 being 428,180 . " As a suggestion for Mr. Lloyd George , " paper descriptions of the horrors of the re- he says , " if the fees for dealers ' licences were volt not exaggerated , but it is difficult to go raised , say , to £ 5 instead of 5s./3d . , while to the places concerned and not perceive that not even a tenth part of the truth is known . occasional licences were charged , say , 20s . a day , instead of a miserable 4d , and assuming that only one - third the number of licences case of dealers ' licences , a sum approximating end applied for , we should have , in the to £ 600,000 , and occasional licences about £ 10,000 , a total of £ 610,000 , in place of the paltry £ 100,000 at present received . " DEATH OF A PEER'S BROTHER , A verdict of death from natural causes was which some six excesses of the Revolutionaries . A SPECTACLE OF DESOLATION . All the are " From San Luis onwards the country continuous vision of ruin and death . affords a funereal spectacle of desolation , bridges , small as well as large , have been dynamited , all the wrecked stations nothing but heaps of débris , warehouses and stores have been burnt , destroying vast quan- tities of merchandise , and scattered along the railway , on both sides of the track , amid graves . and human remains , lie the charred fragments of military trains which have been blown up by dynamite . Between San Luis and Saltillo alone I counted the fragments of fourteen disasters . The route is one immense Villa , indeed , has de- catastrophe . clared himself the master of all the best pro- perties in Chihuahua . A number of people He have been assassinated , so that he might succeed to their property without any fuss . returned at the inquest on Mr. Joseph Wil- liam Thomas , aged sixty - four , a brother of Lord Pontypridd , who died whilst lunching at a restaurant in Newgate - street , E.C. A doctor attributed death to syncope , due to the con- dition of the heart . Mr. Thomas retired from their welcome that morning . Continuing opposed to Mr. Power's resolution - because the Colonel said the Committee had visited they had ample accommodation in their own his work as an analytical chemist six years . the house , and made their usual inspection , place . If they took these feeble - minded ago , and resided at Shortlands , Kent . and had found all correct and in order . The new clothing stores were inspected , and people away from their unions , some of them was a Fellow of the Institute of Chemists and these were considered to be most convenient- would be practically emptied . Look at the of the Chemical Society , and was at one time The CHAIRMAN : This scheme is all rightly and well arranged . The Committee found expense , too , of erecting a separate institu- analyist for the City of Cardiff . tion ! How were they going to try and keep down the rates ? This would only be increasing them . They would also have to provide a large extra staff . He hoped they would not support the resolution . Mr. COOPER said they had in this house accommodation for 200 people , and they only had 105 inmates at the present time . that there was no clock in the infirmary , and A member asked if the Local Government they now recommended that one be purchas- Board had considered the Parish Counciled at an expense not exceeding £ 2 . He pro- petition . The CLERK : It has been too much Parish posed the adoption of the report . Council all the way through . Mr. CONSTABLE CURTIS seconded , and it was carried . Mr. WADE : It ought to be a sound job after discussion for about eight years ( laugh- ter ) . Mr. WEBB : We have had it under con- sideration ever since I can remember ( laughter ) . The CLERK : Do you intend to go on with the scheme or consider any other scheme ? It is no use saying you are considering the scheme . They won't have that every month . Mr. DAVIES then moved that the plans of the scheme be sent up to the Local Gov- ernment Board for their approval . Mr. WEBB seconded , and the resolution was carried , all the members voting for it with the exception of the Chairman . IT MUST BE TRUE . THE CARE OF THE FEEBLE - MINDED . Mr. BLAKE , in reply to Mr. Prevost , said The CLERK read a letter from Mr. R. there was ample room in the house for these Moore . Clerk to the Hereford Board of people . One half the workhouses would be Guardians , with reference to the Mental De- " to let " if they had this central institu- ficiency Act , and the care of the Feeble- tion . He did not agree with Mr. Power . minded . The letter suggested that a confer- Mr. POWER said he made the remark ence of the whole of the Boards of Guard- that they could have this at one of the ians in the county of Hereford should be unions if they had the accommodation . He arranged for the purpose of considering did not mean that they should necessarily whether it was desirable that a separate in - build a new institution if they could do stitution should be established in which to without it . deal with the mental defectives among the Mr. MURDOCH : You did not put it like inmates of the various workhouses in the that at first . county . If the Ross Board agreed to such a course , it was desirable that they should ap- Mr. PREECE said he would propose that point two delegates to attend a meeting to be the delegates be sent to this conference to held in the Boardroom at Hereford Work - hear what was said on the subject , but he house at some subsequent date . They also was crtainly not in favour of them going desired to know the number of the feeble - there and expressing & decided opinion . Mr. MURDOCH : I will second that . ROSS READERS MUST COME TO THAT minded inmates in the Ross Workhouse . Mr. PREECE : What authority are they The CHAIRMAN : Then the delegates will working upon ? go there just to see " which way the cat The CLERK said the question affected jumps " ( laughter ) . CONCLUSION . It is not the telling of a single case in Ross , but scores of residents testify . Endorsement by people you know bears the stamp of truth . The following is but one of the public state- ments made in Ross . " Some ten years ago I used to be troubled people , and if they were also prepared to would only be there to see " which way the provide the necessary attendants to look cat does jump very much with the backache , " says Mrs. O. after the feeble - minded ; or whether they Counsell , of 21 , Edde - Cross - street , near the would agree to them being removed to one those words ( laughter ) . Mr. PREECE ( humorously ) : Don't use Wesleyan Church , Ross . " The pains were central institution . every union , and it was for the various Mr. BLAKE : That does not agree with Boards of Guardians to consider whether the terms of the letter . they had the accommodation for these The CHAIRMAN : Perhaps not ; but they " ( laughter ) . Mr. PASHLEY : Will all the other dele- sharp and shooting , and when I got down Mr. PREECE said he did not know how gates do the same thing ( laughter ) . it was as much as I could do to get up again . far they could go in this matter . " I had rheumatism in my legs and arms , The CLERK said that one Union might be Mr. PREECE said let them send the dele- and suffered with dreadful headaches and able to take these people , and if they could gates , but do not let them pledge this Board dizziness , all the symptoms pointing to it would save expense . to anything definite . kidney disorder . This was agreed to , and the Chairman , Mr. Mr. PREECE said he certainly did not be- " Some friends of mine advised me to try lieve in delegates attending these confer - Blake , and the Clerk were chosen as the Doan's Backache Kidney Pills . I am glad I ences , and expressing strongly their own delegates . did , for I found great relief from them . personal opinions . They had not had an op- say it again , do you , Mr. Lloyd ? ( laughter ) . The CHAIRMAN : You don't want me to Ever since then , whenever I have had any portunity to discuss this matter at all yet . symptoms of the trouble , I always take The discussion then The CHAIRMAN said he agreed , and if en dropped . Doan's Pills , and they ease me splendidly . the delegates attended this conference , then I always speak well of them , for I have faith they should have some authority from this in the medicine . " ( Signed ) C. Counsell . Price 2s . 9d . a box , 6 boxes 13s . 9d . , of all Board as to what they were to do there . dealers , or from Foster - McClellan Co. , 8 , Mr. MURDOCH : What is the position of Wolls - street , Oxford - street , London , W. affairs in our own house P DEATH OF A GUARDIAN . The CHAIRMAN said that since their last meeting , they had lost the services of Mr. James Griffiths , the Guardian for Ruardean , who had died suddenly a few days ago . His The CLERK : We have about sixteen death would be a great loss to the Board , for he was a regular attendant until quite Don't ask for backache or kidney pills - ask distinctly for Doan's Backache Kidney Pills , feeble - minded in this house . the same as Mrs. Counsell had . The " Ross Gazette " Year Book , 1914 . Price 2d . home . - Advt . A welcome companion in every The CHAIRMAN said the question was recently . He ( the Chairman ) was quite sure he whether there was sufficient accommodation should only be expressing their wishes when in this or a neighbouring house to meet the he proposed that their Clerk should be asked requirements under this Act . They must to write to the relatives , extending a vote send an answer to this letter . of condolence to them in their sad bereave- Mr. MURDOCH said he thought they had ment . This was agreed to unanimously . LEATHER GOODS . Suitable presents for all occasions . Large variety at the " Gazette " Office . - Advt .. Mrs. Daintree , Altrincham , HOW MR . BENTON WAS KILLED . obtainable . and The duties and powers of this Council include the standardisation of training and the examination and registration of nurses . DEATH IN DENTIST'S CHAIR . FRACTURE OF A PATIENT'S NECK . An inquest was held at St. Pancras on Saturday on the body of Bertram George Darby , twenty - two , a fire insurance clerk On Thurs- lately residing at Kentish Town . anaesthetic of nitrous oxide gas in a dental surgery for the purpose of having some teeth day evening Darby was placed under extracted . an After one had been removed ne showed signs of distress , and the second operation was not proceeded with . Artificial respiration was applied , but without success , and he died in a few minutes . Dr. Spilsbury , pathologist , St. Mary's Hos pital , who made the post - mortem examination of the body , stated that the administration of the gas had nothing to do with the death . There was tubercular disease of the upper part of the neck and skull , whilst a portion of the bone in the neck had become detached . The fourth vertebra of the neck had been fractured , and this had caused death . The vertebra was so diseased that any slight force or jerk would case dislocation of the neck . The jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure , and found that the operation was properly carried out . LORD SELBORNE ON HOME RULE . The Earl of Selborne , speaking at a ma88 meeting at Darlington on Unionist Saturday , devoted practically the whole of his address to the Home Rule crisis . The Government , he said , were in a great plight , due entirely to the fact that the men and women of Ulster had shown such a stern and brave front . If the Government tried to use force , they would destroy two things , namely , Home Rule and the Liberal Party . All along the Unionists had demanded a poll , for the electors must be the final authority . If the country declared in favour of Home Rule , the Unionist Party would accept the decision like men . If the election was undecisive there Under our " This is what happened to Mr. Benton , the would have to be compromise , which could English owner of a model ranch in Chihus- only take the form of devolution . hus , with regard to whose death I have trust - present Constitution only by the Referendum worthy and interesting details . Villa refused could one isolate a question and get a real to give up the body because it would have decision from the electors . shown that the death was not caused by shooting carried out , as Villa declares , as the sentence of a court - martial . The body would have proved that Benton was killed by two revolver shots in the back . He was unarmed ; he did not inault Villa ; he merely asked , quite politely , what Villa intended to do to compensate him for his stolen cattle . I have not stolen anything from you , ' Villa replied . ex- " Not you , ' said Benton , but your men . " " I can do nothing for you , Villa claimed , adding vulgar insults . ' Get out ! ' " Perfectly calm , Benton proceeded : ' I am an English citizen . If you will not do me justice I shall appeal to the authorities of my country , He then turned to leave . As he was cross- ing the threshold Villa aimed his revolver , and fired . One of his aides - de - camp followed the example . Benton fell on his face dead . " " IF ONLY - DESTROYING THE DANDRUFF GERM . CHIPS OF NEWS . Mr. Harcourt , Colonial Secretary , had an audience of the King at Buckingham Palace on Saturday . The death has been announced in Toronto of Sir George Rose , the Liberal Leader in the Dominion Senate and former Premier of Ontario . Mr. Edward Lloyd , the great tenor , who celebrated his sixty - ninth birthday on Satur- day , is in excellent health . The King and Queen witnessed the per- formance of " The Land of Promise " at the Duke of York's Theatre on Saturday night . Prince and Princess William of Albania ar rived at Durazzo on Saturday , being enthusi- astically acclaimed by the people . Miss Sylvia Pankhurst was rearrested in the Strand on her way to a demonstration in Trafalgar - square , London , on Sunday . The Boy Scouts Endowment Fund now ex- ceeds £ 40,000 . Mr. Tom Mann , the Syndicalist leader , has sailed for South Africa . John Whattam , twenty , one of the crew of the Grimsby steam trawler Remo , was swept overboard and drowned on Saturday . The only possession of an unknown man , Waa found wearing three waistcoats , who drowned in the River Lea , was a latchkey . the Mr. C. P. Little , the well - known society unsettled property of journalist , left value of £ 2,224 , with net personalty nil . Dr. R. W. Wilson , the medical superinten- dent of the Croydon Infirmary , is very seri- ously ill as the result of performing an opera- tion for gangrene on a patient . The sole surviving descendant of Prince Empress Potemkin , the favourite of the Catherine , is filling the post of employee at a St. Petersburg cinema theatre . A miner in the Orlowo Jelenowsky mines , in the district of Slavjanoserbsk , wishing to light a cigarette , opened his safety lamp to do so . The result was an explosion of gas , which killed twenty - four iners . Only two were rescued . A twenty - fifth man is missing . One of the two babies united in the style of the famous Siamese twins until the other day , when a surgical operation was performed on them , has died in Paris . Her death , however , was not due to the separation , but to a fit of convulsions . The Duke of Sutherland has now decided to sell by auction a portion of his estates in Sutherland extending to about 300,000 acres . A correspondent writes that a tremendous turtle , believed to be the largest on record , weighing more than 1,000lb . , has been caught on the shores of the Isla de Flores , off Monte Video ( Uruguay ) . Eight men were necessary to carry it on to the beach . A tablet in memory of Mr. Richard Conyng- ham Corfield , who was killed in the Camel Corps disaster in Somaliland last August , was unveiled in Heanor Parish Church on Sunday afternoon by Captain Godfrey Miller Mundy , of the 1st Life Guards . York Minster's twelve bells , after under- going repair and retuning at the Spitalfields Foundry , London , have been safely returned to York , and are now being rehung in readi ness for Easter . Primroses , which are now in full bloom , have been used to print the name of Epping Station on the Great Eastern Railway in large letters on the embankment opposite the arrival platform . St. Andrew's Vestry , at Norwich , has con- sented to the sale of the vicarage , which has housed Vicars for more than 350 years , for £ 1,250 , the money to be applied for the benefit of the living . Luring a service at a mission hall in New- castle thieves entered the porch and rifled the pockets of coats hanging up . Twelve pounds . was missed from one pocket , and a silver watch from another . Child's Paralysis . course she HOW TO GROW THICK , GLOSSY HAIR . The large increase in hair troubles within the last year has become alarming , so much BO , that almost every other person , whether aware of the fact or not , suffers from hair trouble of some kind or other from time to time In many cases , the trouble gradually increases , and becomes chronic . The result is probably falling hair , and premature bald- ness . One of the commonest and most dead . ly of hair troubles results from the presence of the dandruff germ . A reliable hair tonic Left Hospital a Cripple . that will destroy this germ is absolutely But made to walk by power of essential , and should be used by everyone noticing the slightest sign of dandruff or DR . CASSELL'S TABLETS . scurt . Lavona Hair Tonic has produced some wonderful results in this respect , not Mrs. Cooper , of Fenn Lanes , Fenny Dray- only thoroughly destroying every sign of ton , near Nuneaton , says : " Dr. Cassell's dandruff , but also promoting a thick growth Tablets have worked a wonderful cure in FRENCH CONVICT'S REGRET . of strong , healthy hair . The confidence the my little girl , Hilda . She was paralysed manufacturers have in this excellent tonic is for three years , and Cough that gave no rest and Père la Capinette murdered a man in proved , apart from the splendid results , by now , after a hurt frightfully - Veno's cured it . jealous passion a quarter of a century ago , the fact that practically every chemist in of the Tablets , and was sent to New Caledonia , the Daily the United Kingdom will give his written can go about by her " Veno's Lightning Cough Cure is such a Express says . A commission was recently and signed guarantee to refund the full price self . The cause of splendid thing that I feel I can never praise it sent out to inspect the convict prison and in to anyone who is not satisfied after trying a the trouble was her enough , " So says Mrs. Daintree , of The quire into the Government lands that are bottle If you suffer from dandruff , falling being knocked down Cedars , Grosvenor - road , Altrincham . She allotted to convicts who are released for good hair , baldness , itching scalp , or dry , brittle by a bicycle when three continues : " Mine was frightfully . tearing conduct . They found Père la Capinette , and dull hair , you should try at once a bottle years old . Some years cough , that gave no rest , and hurt When it started there was no getting it to white - haired , benevolent , and venerable with of this tonic , which was formerly known as later the Paralysis came leave off ; I coughed till my whole body ached his seventy years , surrounded by his sons , Harriett Meta's Gold Medal Hair Tonic . Get on , and though we had with the strain . I dreaded to cough at all , and whom he had brought from France . He the signed guarantee , and if it doesn't do good advice , and also nothing relieved me . However , after months showed the commissioners over the coffee all that is claimed for it , go and get your took Hilda to hospital Hilda Cooper , Nuneaton . of suffering , I got Veno's Lightning Cough plantation on which he had settled after his money back . where a slight operation was performed , Cure , and what a relief ! I felt better after release . " I am making £ 1,000 a year now , " the first dose or two , and soon was cured com A signed guarantee of satisfaction or there seemed no hope . She left hospital a he explained , and then he added , with a pletely . money back can be procured with every cripple , and it was thought she could not I cannot imagine anything being sigh , If only I had committed my murder quicker . " twenty years earlier I should have been a mil- botti from Albert Porter , 18 , High - street , live many months . However , I got Dr. and from leading chemists anywhere . Awarded Grand Prix and Gold Medal , lionaire by now . " International Health Exhibition , Paris , 1910 . For Coughs and Colds , Bronchitis , Asthma , Influenza , Catarrh , and all Chest and Lung Troubles in old or young . The surest and speediest remedy known 9d . Per Bottle Larger Sizes 1/1 & 2/9 The Great Circus in Copenhagen was burnt down on Saturday morning , but fortunately no lives were lost . The damage is estimated at over £ 100,000 . Mr. J. Bower Brooke , a solicitor , of Leeds , was thrown from his horse whilst hunting with the Bramham Moor Hounds on Saturday . ENO'S LIGHTNING He fell on his head and was instantly killed . VE COUGH CURE During the progress of a Rugby football match at Pontypool , Thomas Evans , aged fifty , a carpenter , residing with his sister at Pontypool , dropped dead , presumably from heart failure . TRADE UNIONS & SPORT . Our readers interested in the national sport of horse - racing will doubtless welcome the announcement that the Prize Distribution of $ 10,000 on the Lincolnshire Handicap organized by the well - known Turf Pool Syndicate of Geneva , Switzerland , is being held with the full approval and support of organized labour . No fewer than ten prominent Trade Union leaders will attend the drawing , and a substantial sum will be allotted by the Turf Pool Syndicate to such Trade Unions as shall be decided upon by the Labour Leaders present at the Draw . Those Interested send Id . Post Card for full particulars . Cassell's Tablets for her , and the improve- ment amazed me . Hilda now goes about without any help , and even runs errands for me . " . Cure after cure , even in the most severe cases , have proved Dr. Cassell's Tablets to to the surest remedy ever devised for Ner- vous Breakdown , Anemia , Debility , Sleep- lessness , Nerve Pains , Palpitation , Kidney and Stomach Disorders , Children's Weakness , Spinal and Nerve Paralysis , General Bodily Exhaustion , Brain - Fag , and all run - down conditions . Send 2d . to - day to Dr. Cassell's Co. , Ltd. , 418 , Chester - road , Manchester , for a free sample . All Chemists sell Dr. Cas- sell's Tablets at 10jd . , 18. 1d . , and 2s . 9d.- the 2s . 9d . size being the most economical . Coln Picti Of 20 Sp A large assort ORI Gloucester - ro HINTS FOR TREATMENT Much can be done to the attacks of this disea living . There should b diet , and no solid food During an attack the take milk as food , says There are certain asthr halations which are must be prescribed by a not suit all patients . It the patient to make a where he will have as possible to his present co one living in a fat dist ceive benefit by removin and vice versa . The t the country and the co Asthmatic people should have plenty of rest and e Hot , stuffy places of en avoided . An exciting li for this complaint , on creased strain on the n patient must also guar nervous fatigue and physi TO CLEAN Dry some salt in the o the fur , and rub with a cl Shake out the salt . T magnesia and sprinkle it rub over the surface of t piece of flannel , and repe is removed . HARD FOOD FOR " Healthy back teeth w of 200lb . , " declared Mr. a lecture at the Royal " The enamel of the teeth stance in the human body the harder the food we teeth will be . When I Hospital I noticed the ber Russian emigrants . They hard bread they eat in Ru that if we eat hard , toug need of a brush . " TO CLEAN THE Place the kettle empty c the fire - where it can thoroughly hot , remove fr with a flat piece of wood , t kettle all round . The fur sides of the kettle . TO CLEAN A Marks on enamelled ba the clotting of soap in h evaporation of drops of w main on the surface . If ho and dried after use a bath these marks after a time . sightliness dip a flannel mo oil into salt and rub vigor then rinse with plenty of h If the marks are not of can be removed with salt a moistened with spirits of t this to the bath when dry . cleanser is whiting mixed water . Cover the surface o this ,, and leave it to dry . polish with a soft cloth . UMBRELLAS AND MA Very little extra care is the life both of umbrellas a An umbrella when not in rolled ; otherwise there will the cover to wear thin , ev the edges of the folds . When wet ап umbrella placed near the fire , but , af opened and shut to shake water , should be placed h to drain and dry thoroughly . To keep an umbrella in must always be carefully fol way is as follows : Pull out it in smooth folds , one straight and flat . Then tal ribs in one hand and grasp lower down with the other umbrella gently round once all the layers of cover may compact as possible . Then f A small hole or tear in an mended with a strip of cour of course , inside , with the e drawn carefully together . Mackintoshes are spoilt i the fire to dry , and to keep good shape a coat - hanger s used to hang them up . the ove Bran , warmed in with a piece of flannel , will g up the surface of a soiled mend tear use rubber so cyclists use for mending tyres needed , it is usually possible square from the inside of the the garment , which patch affixed inside by means of the sores or CAMPHOR AND THE Two drops of camphor on will give your mouth the fr feeling imaginable , will make and absolutely prevent any affections of your gums , by the way , are barome dition . If they are clear , bi in good health , while if our b wanting in the mysterious red make us healthy , the gums wi or if we are in a very bad much in need of a course of they will be almost white . NEW WAYS OF COOKING Time was when plain boiled day in an English household w by an occasional fried batch , wi the joint appeared on Sunday , the reproaches levelled at Briti consequence of their lack of varie vegetable which they used more Nowadays housewives awaking to the fact , long realis ment , that there are more cooking even so simple a thing that the less - known methods are satisfactory . STUFFED in th way CREAMED ΡΟΤΑΤΟΣ Perfect potatoes , as nearly the shape as possible , hot peas , cream , salt , pepper , and par potatoes , and hollow them out oval cases ; then boil in salt w tender . Drain . Take same p will do ) which have been cook and have had poured over them butter . While still hot , fill the potatoes with them . Season so salt and pepper . thicken it sligh |