The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1908-06-06 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE PASSING WEEK.  By an amendment of the statutes of the Imperial denies Order, notitied in the "London Oesette," women in the Civil Sec. Vice may now be made Companions of the Order, and also receive the Imperial Service medal for meritorious service in the United Kingdom or colonies and protectorates on the same conditions as men. The decoration of the Order is to be warn by women on the left shoulder, suepended by a ribbon fashioned into a bow.  A terrible accident occurred on Sunday in New Jereey, at a am near the Passaic River, where a peraohutist was " billed" to I give Ala exhibition. The balloon carrying the aeronaut duly ascended, and, when it I had reached a height of about 2,000 feet, 'the men released the parachute. Attached to the trapete was a large Amerioan flag, and this bevame entangled in the parachute, preventing it opening, and also wrapped itself round the uniortunate man.' Amid shrieks of horror front the thousands of spectators the parachutist fell with fearful velocity into the Passaic River, over which the balloon had drifted. When taken from the river the man was found to be dead, the flag being etill wrapped round hie body. • • • •  The police have spent the past few days in following up clues to discover the murderer of a little girl, named &tills, aged six, whose mutilated body was found in a lavatory near the Elephant and Castle, Landon, on Saturday, but up to the present the marderer has not been run to earth.  l'resident Fallieres has given an account to the French Council of Ministers of his visit to London, expressing himself delighted with the cordiality of King and people in the welcome extended to himself and Al. Pichon. • • •  On Saturday the Duchess ad Norfolk was delivered of a eon, who ie heir to the dukedom.  • • • •  After a three hours' consultation, the jury engaged at Winches-ter Assizes in trying John N'ranois M'Onire, on the charge of murdering Miss Emma Sherriff on the Bournemouth cliff, disagreed. The prisoner gave evidence that he was not in Bournemouth at the time of the tragedy. He wad committed in fuetody to the next assizes.  A Little child was killed by a motor 'bus in Loudon on Sunday. An angry crowd atoned the motor drivels and conductors, who had to oak police protection. The Cunard turbine steamer Mauretania, running with three propellers only, ran 635 knots from noon on Saturday to Sunday noon on her voyage to New York, a average of 2.5 t knots an hour. The biggest day's run previously recorded was 632 knots by the Lusitania on her last westward voyage. The veesel arrived at New York on Monday at 7.50 p.m., thus accomplishing a new record for the long course, her time being 4 days 20 hours 15 minutes. _  In the Dublin Police Court, on Tuesday, a barrieter applied for a warrant for the arrest of Lord Aberdeen, charging him with conspiracy with Mr. -Blerell in. connection with the Irish jewehi. The magistrate eaid he had never heard anything so abelurd, and left the bench, _ _  A traction engine fell with two travelking show vane down an embankment into Tbirfmere Lake, on Tuesday. Two persons lost their lives.  President Rooeevelt had a nasty mishap on Wednesday in Rock Park Creek. His bores stumbled and fell at the creek. The President threw himself clear, and though badly bruised was able to wade out of the venter and remount. The President was pitched lengthwise into the creek, and though he escaped without harm he returned to the White House in a soaked condition. His only remark wae—" It Is lucky I landed hoofs up. I don't like my hair combed with a_ horee's hoofs."  Mr. Justice Parker, in the Chancery Division, on Wednesday, delivered his reserved judgment in the action brought by Mr. Philippert, a French engineer, to restrain William Whiteley. LW., from infringing his trademark, "Diabolo." He held that "Diabolo" WHO not a word that can be patented, and .found againstthe plaintiff.  It is officially announced at 10, Downingstreet that Mr. J. A. Pease. M.P., has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treaenry, in eucceeeion to the Right Hen. George Whiteley, resigned.