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The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
LIVED HERE IS YEARS.
eenator-elect Fox, Killed by Fall, Held
Many Public Offices.

MAYvILLE, Mich, Nov. 22.--State
Senator-elect Edward G.. Fox, who
stumbled while walking through the
yard OF his home here yesterday.
breaking his neck. had lived In Mich
igan So years. He was 90 years old
and was born in Ontario.
In 1876 he engaged In the mercan-
tile business at Mayville, Tuscola, aud
the business still continues under the
name OF Bdwin G. Fox & Son. He was
for SIX years town clerk. for four
years register OF deeds OF Tuscola
county. for two years village presi.
dent, and for 1S years member OF
the Mayville SCHOOL board In 1887 he
was elected TO the state senate. re.
elected In 1889 and elected n third
time IN 1893. In 1908 he was elected
for fourth term and at the late cleo
fiorf was chosen for the ffth time. In
the last session he devoted large
mart OF his time 10 revising all OF the
highway laws which had been enacted
since Michigan became state, and
having them re-enacted In one general
pf1fufc.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
GAR RICK.

Did he or aid he not win the cleo
tion? That is the question that han
kered for An answer i'm the mind OF ev-
eryone who left the Garrick theater,
Monday evening. after the first per-
formance of When All Has Been
Said
The play Is new one and was
launched I'm Toronto fortnight ago
to travel the one-night-stand route OF
the western Ontario towns to Detroit.
The program says the play was made
by Bayard Veiller, from a story call
ed" That Which Never Dies" writ
ten by Jackson ID. Haag. For three
acts IL IL interesting. well put togeth-
er. with ideas that nave weight and
originality and-then the curtain
goes down on problem that is as
stiff as any modern drama could pre-
sent II rises again on a fourth act
that is very lame and limping. and
ia, audience goes away with neither
curiosity OF dramatic sense satisfied
The Original, story may fill out all
the wanting details aud give the So
luton 10 the problem--the writer has
not vead it-but q book.made play can
not depend upon it's source for these
things. To he successful 1t must tell
it's own logical story.
The play. as IL now stands. Is re.
markahle for the character OF . sew.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
yOBBING PRICES.

Canned Goods--Applos. gals, S2.75:
baked beans. lib. 5O@6Oc Lima beans.
sl615O Corn: Fancy Maine. sll0;
standard. SIC. Teole beets 81 30gi4o. LA .
Sockoye, tall. so: nat S215: Alaska
reds, yI75. Alaska pinks> S-25. Toma =
toes. 4SQs0c; succotash. 81 9l,l0 por
doz.
Conee-Packer coffee. 1o0-lb. case.
sic. 20 a 0.25, delivered.
Feed-Bran, s2I: nne middlings, $25;
coarse middlings, sac; cracked corn,
$2S; coarse cornmeai. $23; corn ana
oats chop. s21 per ton.
straight. $4s5; clear, 81 55 per bbl. Rye
-four, $3.50 per bbl.
Oiis--Raw iinseed. 81 90; boiled lin
seed. sl01; Diamond headlight kero-
sene. sc: Perfection. s1sc; Eocene'
IL hc; crown gasoline. 15c per gal; tur-
pentine, IN barrel lots. S0lsc gal
ProvisiOns-Mess pork, $2l so; fam
!iy, s22.50 medium cHar. S2l g ~. 90 :
smoked hams. l5c; dSy| salted briskets,
l3i1c: kettle rendered. 14Ac 10.
susars--Corrected daily by w; II
Edgar & Sons: Crystal dominoes. 2-lb,
sSi'' cut loaf. S.0s ssfis@ fi@ CUBES. Ss9 sssS. X%Sx
$780, granulated. extra coarse. $500;
fine, in bulk, $40; in 26-lb. cotton
bags. s5.l5: Michigan granuiated. 20;
10 case, SO; lib. cartons. As TO case
50 80 diamond a. $3.50, confectionery
q. s5.o5: No. L. $5.le: No. 2, s5;10; No. y
$50 No. 4, s5; No. b, Si.95; No. .,
stgS No EG ,5 S NO no. . + ssss; sss; Mo- NO. ~ T.
$500 No Is. $3.50. No. Ia, S4.5b. No 10.
81 05 per leo lbs.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
LIVE STOCK.
EAST BUFFALo--opening.
Dunning 81 stevens. Live stock Report.

EAST BUFFALO, N. y. Nov. "a
Cattle. Receipts cars, stead best
1900 90 I,400-lb steers $65OQ555,
good prime l,1UO 90 l,&U0-l steers, 1915
m625, best LOO tu l20O-l shipping
steers. So ft575. medium butcher stccrs
1000 TO ll1O-lh. sf.5OGl525. light
butcher steers St25u f.15. best Tat
cows, So % q t6 fair To- good COWS. $40
ais. common 10 medium do. S215st
3.25; trimmcrs. $25003. best fat heif-
ers, So a go good fat heifers, S4 2d a.
AS; fair To good do. S550QI: stock
heiters. S3.25Gf3.5O. best feeding steers.
dsh0rned. $500 30 medium 10 good
feeding steers - saef I so; stockeTs, an
grades. S3GOn3 So. hest bulls, ,5m
u. bologna bulls. 81 go. 20: light thin
bulls. S3.25q3.15 fancy mixers aud
springeTs, SI9uS0 good To fancy milk i.
ers and springers, S50M Go; common To
gOod do, Sg0ms0
Hogs. Receipts. 20 cars: steady.
heavy, S7.l5W 20. workers., $71OI715:
pigs. s7.50m740
Sheep and Lambs Receipts. 90 cars:
lower: hest lambs. ~ 10 yearIings.
StsedL7S. wethers' Hg42S; ewes,
Calves: >,5dIo
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
ARREST NEAR u
TRUNK MYSTERY
Identity of Victim Has Practically
Been Established as ALERT
Caller, Frenchman.

NEW YORK. Nov. 9Th, idenu-
ty OF the victim in New Yorks latest
trunk mystery" has been PRACTICAL
ly established as that of Alhrt Cal
Iier, Frenchman, who was close
friend of William Lewis, the missing
waiter.
1T certainly looks as thoigh we
know the guilty man." Deputy Police
Commissioners Flynn said todN. IAN
arrest may be matter of onll a day
or two"
The police have not vet dtclosed
their reasons for believing th body
that lay In the zinc-lined truns eight
years before being discovered, Is that
of Caller, but Flynn says this conclu.
sion Is reasonable certainly" II
is known that while Lewis lived I'm
the apartment of Mrs. Alexander, in
West SiXty-third,st., he was ofen Wis.
tied by Caller.
According to Mrs. Lucy Coot. who
also lived with Mrs. Alexander Lewis
and Caller had fight one night, and
Mrs. Alexander separated them. Cal
lier's visits ceased after tais, Mrs.
Cook told the police. Lewis told his
friends that Caller had returned TO
France.
Mrs. Cooks description OF Caller
fits the remnants OF the body fund in
the trunk. II Is said.
Mrs. Cook said Lewis became
morose after his fight with Callir and
that he always kept the door 4 his
room, In which he had three thnks,
locked
No light has been thrown or the
mystery by Miss Ellen Enright, the
former fiancee OF Lewis. who wal de.
serted by him on the date before heir
marriage was to have taken pice,
Jan. IL, 1902.
Miss Enright now lives with her wo
sisters, three miles from Ridgewle.
Conn. She says she has never sen
or heard from Lewis since the dayhe
left her.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
Markets and Finance
EAST BurFAIo-,iss~.

last BUFFALO. IS y. Nov. az
Cattle. Receipts so head market, iignt
aud steady, prime steers. s6.5on6;!3
butcher grades. s6m6.25. Cattle; ks-
ceiIts so head. market SLOW anu zoe
low er. Cull To choice. 50. a. ~. sheep
and lambs. Receipts 3.4OO mead mar
ket slow and lower, choice lambs. 30"
Gle cull 10 fair. 50 20 y 800 yearlihss =.
si5On as. sheep. 50 20 a I. 20 HOGS
Receipts s. 400 head, market. active anu
steady workers.. S115n . 20, pigs. $50
n So mixed. 1900 20. heavy. st|@a +,
rl,us hs $50 - az $50, stays. 50 Ioht D.
l>ION sTOCk YARDS.
UNION STOCK YARDS. CHICAGO,
Nov - Hogs. Receipts. 1000, mar
krt. Sc lower, mi Ned and butchers $3.50
n, %. good heavy, So iaH 70 roug n
heavy S615d690, light, $3.50 "a 10
pigs SG.15G7. cattle: Receipts, 1000
market steady. beevos, SiaOm 30
COWS ana heifers. s. 25N6.35; stockers
and feeders, S23 m5 30; Texans, ~. l5m
40: calves. 81 10. sheep. Receipts,
1000: market. steady. native. 81 20 ~
2 90: western. s25Om go. lambs, STA g.;
western. ;4aSsb
LENELAND.
CLEVELAND. -, Nov g 2~-iiogs'
Receipts. 2.ooo. market loc lower. me.
diuIns. mixed and workers., 81. pigs and
lights, s715 Cat,le: Receipts. cars;
steady sheep: Receipts. cars. 50
Calves: Receipts, 100 head $40 top.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
BUSINESS NOTES.

There will be no offering OF tie
General Motors bond issue to the pub
lie as was expected at one tine. Tie
entire $15,000.000 has been Ilaced In
the hands Of investors throug, private
sale, II Is said.
The American Can Co. Is another
big corporation with brand in Del
troit that is expected to sho, most
prosperous year. The surpls avail
able for common dividends is lxpectedI
to go above $4,000 900 this var, sur1
passing the banner year OF 109.
From Indications OF the tsinesS
done so far this year. the salesof the|
National Biscuit Co. will showan inl
crease of about ten per cent tr thd
year ending Jan. 81. while the srplud
will reach about 975 per cent q thd
common stock. Two plants havebeer
erected during the year. one in Ious
ton, Tex. costing 100000. and oe ID
Kansas City costing $l,000,0OO. The
company now owns or controls 81
plants throughout the country.
Business-like Printing. No fuss md
no feathers. The plain, neat kind ia
looks right. Times Printing Co., /
John R-st Main 149s. or City 1885,
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
NEW YORK pRoDucE.

NEW YORK. Nov. 22 Flour. Inac-
tive and unsettled. Pork: Dull. mess,
$3.50. Lard Weak; middle west spot.
Sl0. % a. 1888 Sugar: Raw, quiet, cen-
trifugal. SO test, S3S7 muscovado. 50
test, S3.35. refined, steady, cut loaf,
500; crushed. $3.50. powdered. $4.70.
gtanulstcd Sl.6 Coffoc. Rio No, Z,
on spot, las sMI3lac. Tallow quiet
city. Sc, country flsdSitc. Hay.
steady. prime. $l12R No. 3. sea soc {.
clover. 500 soc Dressed poultry.
strong. turkeys. IA soc; chickens, II a.
22c; fowls nISc, ducks. "a 2Oc Live
poultry: Firm, geese. l3ia a. &c. ducks.
la lSC. fowls. ~. 0f l4c. turkeys. ia
Pc. rUuStrtS. IQc Cheese Quiet
state milk. rummon to specials. l3H
l.c. Skins, common to specials. 4 " ~
l3iar, tull skims. 20 f,3 tgC
Butter. Dull aud weak receipts. y. .-
iC5 creamery extra, 80 lac, state dairy
tubs 24m zoe. imitation creamery hrsts.
2tis a 20 iac Eggs. quiet aud steady
receipts. 10. S36. nearby white fancy. 81
n soc; nearby mixed fancy, 3SN i2c. .
fresh nrstS. 81 u 3Sc
tHittt.O pRODtCE.
tlliCAip. Nov. 22.-ENtraS. 30 isc,
al 20
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
TOLEDO GRAM AND PRODUCE.

TOLEDO -. Nov. 22.--Wheat: cash,
% -. 20. Corn cash, sc, Dee. i55sc,
May, sSigc, july. 49i,c oats. CASH.
S4c, Dee, 33Fsc, May, 3Gt.c; July. rs "a e..
seed. cash and oct, tSS5 Dec.
SSS7i,; March SSS5 Alsike. Prime.
Ss95 Dec. 81 Timothy seed Prime
and Nov. Si40. Butter. eggs and RAY
UNCHANGED
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
BUTTER AND EGGS.

Bntter-Creameries. extras. sac 10.
hrsts. 20 = c. dairy butter. 23c; packing
stock. 2OiaC per lb.
Eggs-Fresb current receipts. cases
included, 30ir doz Receipts Tuesday,
gS cases
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
TIE M PIE.

Although Mile. Erna Claron, the
famous model who is the central
figure of Paul Seldom's Poems in
Marble was too i'll to appear Mon
day this star offering on the Temple
theater bill for Thanksgiving week
proved TO be one of the most artistic
the local vaudeville stage has seen In
many day. Omitting the reproduc-
tions in which Mile Claron ordinarily
appears, Herr Seldom gave a series
of remarkable groups with his men
poseurs.
The onlooker might easily have
ina agined himself in a sculpture gal
lery Many OF the groups shown are
original conceptions of Herr Seldom q
while others are reproductions OF
famous marbles In the greAt galleries
of the world. The act is one to de.
light the eye OF the artistic.minded
and the admirer OF the human form
divine, while IL cannot fail to please
any vaudeville audience because OF
its novelty. The Temple manage.
ment hopes that Mile. Claron will be
sufficiently recovered to resume her
place I'm the act not later than Wed.
nesday.
The bill throughout is one of the
best holiday week programs the book
ing fates could have sent the Temple.
Frank Tinney, in black face turn,
put himself on the most agreeable
terms with the audience. Leader Al
Green of the orchestra, works Just
about as hard during Tinney's act as
Tinney himself. The Monday audi
ence liked the Tinney brand of com
edy and laughed until it's sides ached.
Those clever entertainers. Taylor,
Kranzman and White, who were sum-
mer visitors at the Temple. were
given vociferous welcome the mo
ment their boyish faces came into
view. Templegoers are quick to re-
member folk who have pleased them
before and this trio OF rag.time sing
ers certainly made good on their last
visit, and repeated that triumph Mon,
day. They sing amusing songs in an
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23

per bbl: western apples, s2.25 5Qs.75,
Bnnann.-Good shipping stock. $50
q .. so, according to quality.
Beans-Dricd Lima, 615 W1c 10.
CeIery-Home-g grown. 15d soc doz
CauIinower-!5Q q 90c per bu.
Cabbmge-s1.6 so per bbL
California Fruits-Grapes s1.75@2
per box; pears. t3.50Q4 per box.
Cheese - Michigan flats. 1I417kc c.;
York state. l7c: Limburger, l7ls q lsc:
22c: imported. do. ESQ soc per Id:
Cranberrics--Late Howes. sz5o0s
per bbl; $2.I5 per bu.
Dressed Cnive. - Fancy, 12a12ho
per lb; common. sole per lb.
Dressed H"gs-s q loc per 10
Finnau Ha;idies-10 u 9 lie per Id.
Figs--Imported, new. 12c per ib;
California. s5c per box.
Fresh VegetabIes-Cucumb hot
house. so 1Oc per lb; head lettuce. sl.a5
Ql50 per doz radishes. hot-house.
II a 1sc per doz; parsley, 2oq csc doz;
green pepppeGgs 25e per basket; wax
Si501116 per bu; carrots, soc per bu;
rutabagas. I0c per bu; parsnips. 500
csc per bu; beetA. soc per bu: turnips.
Grapes-ponies. Concords. 17c; Ca
Grape Fruit--Fiorida. s3.16@te5 per
case,
Hay-Detroit dealers are paying the
following prices for baled hay in car
lots. Z. o. b. Detroit: No timothy.
new, s1661s.5o: No. timothy. $3.50
1850; clover. mixed. sl5g 1880; rye
straw. s775Qs: wheat and oat straw.
s6.5o47. Loose hay from farmers
wagons on the city markets ranged
from s1s@22. as TO quality.
HId-s-No. cured. loc; No. ] green,
&c. No. / cured bulls. &c: No. 1 green.
&c: No. cured kip. lotc; NON. green,
9c: No. cured murrain. &c: No. 1
/ green. i3c per lb horse sides, No. 1.
sa.b0; No. 2. $3.50; sheepskins. as to
wool. 2h075c: No hides. lc OF: kip
sand calf. re OFF
| Honey-Fancy white, nc a @17c: amber.
12@ lac; extracted, 7Qsc per lb.
Nut.-Black walnuts, n 42c per ID:
backs, 4diMc per lb.
Lemons-Caiifornia. s75o@S per box;
Messinas, sea $50 per box.
Limcs-s' a LES per box.
Mushrooms-15 a soc per box.
Oafoas--65a a zoe per ou; Spanish, S1.25
per crate; picking onions. 81 5oQs per
bu
Oranges-California Valencias. $40
$50 per box. Fioridas. s3.2bm375 box
Observation-Disclosures 1880 per crate,
$3.50 per doz
P~nr.-Common, sl.5OQ2 per bbl.
Pctntoes-Michi gan, car lots. ss9i2c
per bu.
n 10c: geese. 1SM l3lsc: young, 15c; tur-
KEYS. 10 a zoe III: dressed poultry. 1c UP.
Rabbits-s2 per doz.
sweet Potatoes-virsin,as. 81 per
dried. 81. .S5m1.i0 per crate
TsiIow-No. !. GAc; No. ?. sac 10.
wooiwMedium Ynwashed; nv lSa2lc:
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23

Doc Eggs. Prime ;rsts slc; hrstsA
2gc Cheese skins. Ia. Wlfi8c.
young Americas l5ai ~ Ice Live poul-
try. Fowls. 100 ulOlsc; ducks, i5@
l3l,c. geese. l2M IL &c
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

DETROIT, Nov. 22.-Close: Argen-
tina is keeping the wheat trade guess
ing and conditions there have more
price making influence than anywhere
else in the grain market For every
cable that comes telling of crop dam
age and shortening OF reserves one is
received telling that everything is GO
ing on nicely and the crop prospect is
excellent Frost has been reported and
denied. so have other troubles. and the
dealer who makes the best guess is the
best man. Bulls figure that the export
surplus will not be more than 100, ,000.-
600 bu, which leaves Europe to hustle
for 100000 bu that earlier estimates
credited TO Argentina. Where they will
buy this wheat is the question. Prob
ably Russia has 1t and will be glad to
sell Canada can furnish II IL Russia
fails and either country will undersell
the United States.
Of Stocks are still on the increase.
The American. European and world =
visible supplies all increased this week.
while there Is nothing new In the way
demand situation az much az ever In
favor OF q decline
Wheat showed a period OF weakness
following aH "pr'inS bulge. but
strength ,tulc .lstee and the close
found ali tur o, up &c. some lost
kc and clUErrst'ta .tdVanced lOc. Other
Wheat unututluuS Cash No. red
951sc; Dec. opened with an advance of
ikc at s5A declined TO 96c. and ud-
vauced to g6c MAY opened at 00l4
declined 10 9sIac. and moved up TO
S10OH; July opened al sc. dropped to
e5Lc and advanced 10 96Hc; No. .
mixed, car at ssl2c; No. white.
$3.50.
Coarse grain quotations, Corn, cash
No. z. 58i.c asked No. z yellow, cars
at Csc: No. & yellow, l car at b4lac. 1
at 54hc: new No. yellow. car at sic.
Oats: Standard l car al 34isc: No.
whiteh 34c. Rye Cash No. l, cars
at soc; No. 9 79c. Beans: Cash $2lo:
Dec. SOS Cioverseed: Prime spot.
IS bags AT ssT5; Dec, $3.50; March.
1885. sample. 10 bags at fS.25. 20 at So.
81 at $3.50. ~ at S7.25. IL NJ 81. IL at
3 bags at s7.75. Timothyseed: Prime
spot. s420 nominal
CHICAGO GRAIN OPENING.
CHICAGO. Nov. 22.---Grain opening.
Wheat showed recovery al tn eopen-
ing OF the market today. Dec. wheat
was up lsc. May advanced 2sc Dee.
and May corn and Dec and May oats
unchanged Provisions steady TO frac-
tionally lower
Noon. Wheat price changes were
narrow during the morning. Dec.
wheat unchanged; May up isc. May
corn lost lsc, Dec. Dec. sc lower. Dec.
oats unchanged; May CT &c
Close: Grains generally gained dur
ing the late hours OF the market. Dec.
wheat advanced ssc; May up aso. Dec.
corn lost sc, May unchanged. Dec.
oats up 40; May up bsc Provisions
showed slight advances
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
NEW YORK COTTON.
U. S. GOVT. BONDS.

Bond quotations reported by Hayden,
tone AZ Co Nov 2g: ~
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
PRODUCE.

The big. deal on the street this morn
ing was in poultry, and for the next
day or 30 everything viii he crowded
In a secondary place. The market was
fun of poultry today Receipts ran
largely 10 1--we stock. ana were Wen
disfributed. everybod having some for
sale The demand was reported excel
lent aud included hens. ducks, geese
and turkeys. while spring chickens
were inclined to lag "A little, Notwith-
standing the heavy receipts. prices
we're on n higher level than ever and
nearly all kinds were included In the
advance Butter was unchanged and
the market in general was as hereto
fore.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
,,tt,,Co puop,,r

CHICAiO. Nov 2s-ENtras. aotAc.
lTsts. 26ise, dairy extras. s1c. hrsts. l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-07
SUSPICIOUS HOLE
 PUZZLES POLICE Man CraWIs Into HGle and Is
 Not to Be Found TUNNEL TOWARD A BANK Work Must Have Been Going on for Weeks in Supposed Attempt To Rob Big Bank and Jeweiry
 Store.
TUNNEL TOWARD A BANK

Naw York January GA true case of a man crawling into hole and pulling the hole in after him is puzzling the police here tonight And there is more of interest 1n the hole than the man who dug it, for s.ursory first inspection soon showed that, from an unobtrusive aperture in the floor nf a tenement house cellar, the hole pres entity stretched into tunnel and that the tunnel pointed in the direction of the ~ar,ts of the East Side branch of the Fourteenth Street bank with deposits ~f s1O.0o0, 900, and toward the safe of a T weIry shop next door in which there 1.v soo. 900 worth of diamonds and 1eweiry.
 Isadore Garbur ran to the police today with . tale of the disappearance of his hrother-in-law, Isaac Ffnkelstein. The nan had last been seen, he said. in the ra,lar of the tenement house where they Sfved. Isaac had gone downstairs to 1ather firewood. He did not return and under the woodpile Isadore had found . mound of fresh earth.
 z rhe foundations of the house. he told She police. must have collapsed on his .hrother-in-law
 -. After q few minutes digging the police sncovered q sharply defined aperture in f5ns cellar wall. about three feet across es,A pitching downward under the street. ! xr1 hef1ninx department inspector crawled K on hls hands and knees. striking
 oa1oh1p q hs vent but came cut ID
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-07

hurry when he bumped into what seemed to be collapse of earth and boulders. The walls of the tunnel were unshored, and only the cohesion of the hard packed earth held the roof up. Who ever had dug it must have worked in se- cret for weeks
 Fearful of further exploration from the cellar, the inspectors began to dig down from the street level, at the same time sounding the cellar walls of the bank and the jewelry shop. So far as they could learn both are sound
 Digging continued all afternoon and all night with crowds of curious in attend ance The work went slowly. both be- cause of the depth of the excavation and the necessity for caution. At point be- yond the first obstruction fork in the tunnel was found, one branch heading for the bank vaults and the other for the jewelry shop. In all the diggers had uncovered about 50 feet of borrowing with no trace of the body of Finkestein late tonight. There is some doubt whether he is in the tunnel. for it is pointed out that the entrance to 1t was barricaded from the outside.
 On the other hand the police contend . confederate could have made the barrf. cade.
 Garbur, the brother-in-iaw of the miss ing man, is being held by the police as a witness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-07
ASQU|TH REFUTES BALFOUR'S CLAIMS Political Pot Is Still Boiling In
 Great Britain TRADE HAS lNCfEASED Chancellor Lloyd-George Defends the Navy and Says That There Is no Chance for War With
 Germany.

London. January 6-Premier Asquith, David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the excheouer; John Burns. president of the local government board, and other mem bers of the government occupied tonight in denouncing A. J. Balfour's alarmist references to Germany, and refuting his accusations of the unpreparedness of the navy.
 Chancellor Lloyd-George, who received an ovation at Peekham, district in Lon don. described MT. Balfour's speech as the last resort of a thoroughly desperate man who saw that his cause was lost. MT. Balfour had indulged in plucking the German eagles tail feathers, and tail- twisting had become a discreditable prac- tice, he said, even in America. He was sorry to see the leader of great party, an ex-premier, reduced to the extremity of following in the footstep of the most discredited type of politician in the United States.
 Such talk was dangerous to the world s peace and disgrace to British politics. Great Britain, the chancellor went on, in her time had warred with almost every country. but never with, Germany. On the contrary, she had generally had Ger many fight side by side with her. Dur ing the last decade Great Britain had
 built n4arly double the number of bat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-07
MEDIATION WILL
 BE BEGUN SOON

Washington. January 6.-ProceedinRs in mediation of the controversy between the officials of the railways operating out of Chicago and their switchmen will be be- gun at the offices of the interstate com merce commission in this city next Wednesday. The negotiations will be conducted under the Erdman act
 If the mediation should prove unavail- ing, it is entirely likely that the con- troversy will be referred to arbitration under the provision of the law.
 The joint telegram to Chairman Knapp and Dr. Charles P. Neill, commissioner of labor, the mediators, from g. E. Heb- erling, vice president of the switchmen's Union of North America, and '. o. Melcher, chairman of the general man. asers' committee of the railways, request ing mediation. was received today.
 The differences to be considered are sim of the switchmen employed on the north. western railways.
 MT. Perham was keenly disappointed by his failure to bring about g settlement. He had a conference in the afternoon with Chairman Knapp, but 1t resulted in noth- ing. Subsequently the statement of tho mediators announcing the abandonment of present efforts to bring together the strik- CTS and railroad officials. was given to the public.
 MT. Perham expressed astonishment at the statement, and at once sought another interview with Chairman Knapp. The late ter confirmed the statement to MT. Per- ham, but assured him that if the med- iators could he of service at any time In the future, they would be not only willing but glad to act.
 MT. Perham said afterward that whilo the mediators apparently had abandoned, their efforts to bring about an ad5ustment he proposed to stick to 1t. He did not dis guise his annoyance at the turn the affair had taken. but gave no intimataon e @ what he proposed to do.