, 1912-04-17

Sir Gilbert Parker has notified Mr.. Har-
court that he will ask whether the Govern
ment is considering the Legislative Fedora
ton of the West Indies, and whether it will
appoint a separate Trade Commission for the
Grown Colonies.
A war office memorandum, regarding its
aviation scheme, says it includes three hun
dred and sixty four trained flyers for the
army, and forty for the navy, the army to
have eighty four aeroplanes, and the navy
twelve hydroplanes, half to be bought in
England for encouragement of the industry.
The death is announced of NJ. Brisson, the
French statesman.
Ottawa, April 16th-Mr. Foster will start
III May for Australia to negotiate reciprocity,
and will afterwards represent Canada on the
Empire Trade Commission. The Dominion
Parliament will reass EN- BILE, sooner than plan
ned at its adjournment, to ratlfy the West
Indian reciprocity agreement, probably III
November. The action of the House of Com
mons is undonbted but tue Senate is more
uncertain. The Delegates assured its rati-
fcation by the Islands, but Canadians
are less sure that all will be stead
fast against United States retaliation of a re-
ciprocity treaty. The term it is understood
is five years.
New York, April 16th.-Ninety three per
cent of engineers have voted for n strike upon
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mand for al increase of wages is conceded
The Managers will confer tomorrow. The
Engineers declare they will be able to stop
every Railroad east of Chicago and north of
Virginia, producing a famine in New York
within a week.
A despatch to Canso, Nova Scotia, at two
O'Clock yesterday afternoon reported the
Titanic had transferred heI passengers to
the Partisan and Carpathia, and started for
Halifax, the Vlrginian towing and her pumps
working hard. Two thousand two hundred
were on board, and fourteen hundred pas
sengers, including many distinguished people,
we're hastily transhipped by l~ifeboats, clear
weather and O calm sea. Wireless messages
are scanty and confused through their being
repeatedly relayed.
London, April 16th-The ''Olympic" has
roiayed d wireless message from the Gear
pathia,' stating she reached the "Iitanic's"
position at daybreak, and found boats aud
wreckage only. The Titanic" sank about
two twenty am. in latitude 4l.l6 North,
longitude 81. IA West. All boats are accounted
for containing about six hundred and seventy
five saved crew and passengers included, near
ly all saved are women and chlldreO. The
"Californian'' remained searching further.
The loss of life is likely to reach u total of
eighteen hundred.
Another wireless meSsHB6 SdNS 6lSHt uuH
dred and sixty eight have been saved, and
there are grave fears for the remainder.
The Titanic" sailed with fourteen hun
dred and seventy passengers, including three
hundred and thirteen first cabin and two
hundred and sixty two second, and a crew OF
eight hundred, at Cherbourg were added one
hundred and forty two first cabin, thirty Sc
cond and ninety six third. She sank within
four hours, at about Thirty miles from the
spot where she collided with the iceberg.
On board were many persons known
throughout the world, Mr.. Bruce Ismay
Chairman and Managing Director of the
White Star Line, Mr.. Stead the Journalist.
MI. j. j. Aston and wife, Mr.. isidor Straus,
Mr.. George Widener and wife, Major Butt,
Pt resident Taft's aide, and Mr.. Hays, Presi-
dent of the Grand Trunk Railway,
wife and daughter. One woman had
six hundred thousand dollars worth of
gems. There is two million three hundred
and fifty thousand pounds insurance on her
cargo and hull above the White Star Com
pany's self insurance of the first one hun
dred and fifty thousand.
This is the greatest marine disaster re-
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