Show It- It ire Proves Destructive to f Landmarks of England LONDON Oct 25 Apart Alart Apart from Crom the tr houses burned in io recent months incendiary brigade of the euf- euf agettes En England laId has bas of lute late suffered stiffened m mo mo other serious serious losses in the in by fire of or well irell known country mtr cO i a A number of county landmarks s have hayo In Inc ne the latest being Waldershare rk Irk mansion on the country seat of Earl ulford situated a few miles out of Yer In most cases case detective defective olec- olec iB ic 0 wiring has been tho the cause of theres tho the thor thores r res so o that the lo loss Joss can bo be put do own n tho the demand for modern modem comforts in homes bomes park was as the tho residence Lord North George c Ills His minister whose ose obstinacy England owed the lo loss s of the American colonies colonie He succeeded his bis father as Earl Guilford and aud the present earl in is a 3 direct descendant descend ant of his bis For centuries past the oc oc- of country mansions like Wal Wai- park havo o had to be satisfied with tho the light of candles or in some few cases case gas as but with the advent of electric light and the extension of the tho systems to the country there has been beena a steady demand for this modern modem form of lighting and with it a greater number num num- ber bor of fires In the cae of the earl of Guilford's residence the wiring for tho the electric lighting was only just hem being installed d so that It it could not bo ho hel held directly responsible although it was watS the indirect cause one of the tho electricians elec lea in leaving a a. light at the top of the building which during the night set sot fire firo to the tho woodwork Japanese steamship companies compani 8 have bave durin during tho the present rear purchased between be be- tween fort forty and fifty second hand steamers from British companies payin paying pay pay- in ing in iu case caso fairly high prices price for them This led Jed to a n. report that the Japanese Japa Japa- neso nese government o was t in the market for loO iio steamers to be ho used as transports the TUmor rumor connecting tho the reported in intention intention in- in of the government o variously with v. an expedition a against China an and ana in reserve in case of war with America As a matter mattar of fact although th the pt steamers purchased b by tho Japanese Japa nese companies might be used in case of necessity for transporting war ma maw trial tenial th they would bo he of use uel for tb the carrying of troops They ar are r really frei freighters of a A. type that is is no long longer longcr r built b by bv British companies and are to be bo used in inthe the tho Korean and Manchurian trade and al also o in a trade that Japan is b endeavoring to work ork up with the states on the w western Stem coast of ot South America Shipyards are so eo busy at present resent that the Japanese found it cheaper to pay high h prices for tor second hand band steamers steam steam- er ers cre than build new ones onee In Tn view vio of the important part played by wireless telegraphy in tho the rescue at atea pea Fea ea of ot over OO of tho the and crew of ot the steamer r Volturno-In Volturno in response re no- t ti to f her ber 14 SOS signal elg no nn less lesI than ten steamers steamer hurried to the aid of the burning emigrant ship ship inn lar interest attaches to an international conference to be held in London next month for the purpose of ot placing on an international basis the new r regulations that are proposed or am are already in operation op oration for the greater safety of ot life ant and property at nt sea sen Fourteen nations will bo ho represented rt tn which was called ll at t I the of f f ii emperor I PS IS a n result of tho ho Titanic disaster The German delegation lol will iI propose that all I j passenger steamers carrying earning five t Including Iho crew a and d freight carrying crews nb j of ot ili c 1 be bo equipped with A I I wireless installation capable of sending messages sea miles So far as the British government is concerned very elaborate and complete regulations have been brought i into to effect to provide pro vide greater safety at sea since the Titanic Ti Ti- tanio disaster and some Bome of at least east it is expected will be adopted by other countries Besides wireless there will come up the he question of the provision of lifeboats life life- boats and the instruction of crews in their use uee protection against fire and the watertight subdivision of all merchant mer men chant ships b ps The experts are looking forward orward to discussing tho the possibility of making ships unsinkable or if that is s impossible of providing a ship that will remain afloat at least twelve hours houra after meeting with serious senous accident VIENNA Oct 25 Be Because Because of the recent war in the Balkans it is impossible impossible impossible sible for tor thousands of would be telephone tele telephone phone phone subscribers in Vienna to get fet service There is little chance today to o get a telephone in in your house under undera a year vear and tho the reason is that the tho money money ordinarily expended 1 by Y tho the government gov gov- on telephones in Vienna 11 has as been seen diverted tor for military purposes The public publio is indi indignant ant there is constant con stant com complaint l int of ot interruptions to the service ervIce the breaking of ot connections durin during conversations outside noises on the he line etcetera but all aU to no purpose There is is no mone money to spend on tho the system ll nearly arh all the workmen have been dismissed di miss d and the th opening of three now exchanges promised for this fall has bas been indefinitely po postponed For several years past ast Vienna has suffered Buffered from what might bo ho called cAned a u veritable telephone famine Tho The demand demand de de- de mand for telephones quickly exhausted the he capacity of tho the government system 5 No So private person perRon could hope to get a telephone under a year or so o and when v tho the time HIVO came canio to put in hi the apparatus nothing was over o done dono before an nil official of ufo bad called caned to inquire if the telephone tele tele- phone was still desired It frequently happened that tb the intending subscriber subscriber sub sub- scriber had grown tired of waiting waiting wuting- sometimes he be was dead before dead before the telephone was fa in sight An interesting story has bas just juet come to light which explains ex cx plain plains what was TBS done with a part of the moneys diverted from th the thc original telephone hone appropriation and also shows the bureaucratic methods prevailing in Austria When tho the was In n full last laet wint winter swing r Galicia wan aH flooded with troops the t e eTar war Tar office linked inked up gendarmerie posts and military mili mili- tar tary encampments wit with telephones in great ha haste te This Thill in was Wu In a thinly populated populated pop pop- country where here the tel telephone one was scarcely known After the tho war scare was over thero there was no further f use for these telephones for military purposes but the poles wires and call catl stations were left standing Now No-is' the small towns tOT and villages through h which h the tel cs have havo passes s asked to bo hI allowed d to u use it but th the th f 1 f l ion un s th qc c en- en tom com Tra Tray ray th the cost of tru tionA tion AB they thoy nr unable to do no so ill all this installation made mado at Rt the expense of ot th the Including t hoso in in G stan stanza Jils ML and ani t t Y |